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Where the Uncertainty hits close to home elite meet, and learn “There has been a financial deficit for the cottages ever since this was started.”

Sauk rolls out new all-day program for high-achieving high-schoolers

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

Attorney representing Coventry’s owners

“Bankruptcy court has the right to tear up contracts and force people to leave their homes, and people have been living under that fear for 4 years.”

Dan Hawkins

Attorney representing Coventry residents

“We’ve become pawns in a game of finances and real estate. The residents deserve the right to return to worry-free living, and so do their heirs.”

Rosanne Johnson Daughter of former Coventry resident

“We’re down to the wire here, folks, and the only solutions are the HOA or losing your property.”

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Sterling resident with a family cottage at Coventry

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Sterling City Planner Dustin Wolff (left) answers questions Monday about possible plans for the Coventry Village Sterling Cottages at a Sterling City Council meeting. The owners of the cottages say time is running out to find a solution to a problem that’s been years in the making. The cottages are losing money, and if something isn’t done to address it, bankruptcy could be the next step.

Time is running out for residents of Coventry Village, who must decide whether to take matters into their own hands, or let bankruptcy take its course

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

Tuition feels the squeeze of tighter budget

What’s next

STERLING – Residents and owners of Coventry Village Sterling Cottages implored city leaders Monday to move quickly to facilitate a resolution to a difficult and emotional situation that started 4 years ago.

A special joint meeting of the City Council and Planning Commission filled council chambers as information was shared on the owner’s proposed plan for turning over deeds to the 68 units – 25 of which are currently occupied – to residents or heirs.

The owners, petitioning as WC-Sterling LLC, gave a presentation which outlined the harsh financial realities that led to the decision to make its proposal to the Planning Commission in September.

The city has no vote on an ownership structure change, but its approval is needed for the necessary zoning changes.

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DIXON – Attention, go-getters: An all-day program at Sauk Valley Community College for high school seniors will launch in the fall, and the application deadline is 5 weeks away.

The Academy, unveiled Friday morning, will allow 25 students to earn nearly 40 credits, all on Sauk’s campus.

Online extra “We’re looking to get the most Read this story at elite students in a cohort togethsaukvalley.com to er,” said Jon Mandrell, the colwatch video of The Acadlege’s vice president. emy’s unveiling during the Each of the local high schools college’s spring kickoff. will be guaranteed a spot for one of its high-achieving seniors.

Once the committee has made its selections and students accept, the rest of the roster will be filled in with those still in the pool of applicants. A wait list will be formed.

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While it isn’t etched in stone, City Planner Dustin Wolff said a public hearing for the WC-Sterling LLC petition will probably be held at the March 16 Planning Commission meeting, and then the recommendation could be moved to the council in time for its April 3 session.

Changes coming to waivers, scholarships

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

DIXON – Tuition waivers and scholarships at Sauk Valley Community College will be reined in starting in the fall to address the college’s financial plight.

In reducing both athletic scholarships and tuition waivers for Sauk Scholars by one-third, and setting up a three-tier system for waiving tuition for dual-credit students, the college will save about $170,000.

Sauk is operating with a $1.9 million deficit for fiscal year 2017, and is unsure how much – if any – funding it will receive from the state. While the stopgap measure signed by Gov. Bruce Rauner on June 30 fully funded K-12 education for the whole school year, Sauk got just 28 percent of its funding.

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ILLINOIS

Lawmakers want the lead out Legislators pass bill requiring schools, day care centers to test water for lead; Rauner on board Tribune News Service

The Illinois General Assembly moved a step closer Monday toward requiring schools and day care centers to test for lead in their water.

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House overwhelmingly passed the bill, 108 to 1, and Gov. Bruce Rauner’s office said the administration was on board with the plan.

The bill applies to schools that teach children from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade that are hooked up to a community water supply.

Schools built before Jan. 1, 1987, the year after lead plumbing was banned, would have to be tested by Dec. 31, 2017. And schools built between 1987 and 2000 would have to be tested by 2018.

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BY PHILLIP HARTMAN phartman@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5525 @phartman19

MOUNT CARROLL – City staff might soon take another step toward selling an abandoned home at 602 S. Miller St. Under new business for today’s City Council meeting is discussion and possible action to clean up the home, which has had no maintenance for about 5 years, City Clerk Julie Cuckler said.

“It was a situation

where the gentleman lived here, retired here, raised his family here, and became ill,” Cuckler said. “After that, it seemed like nobody was taking care of the mowing. It’s a good-sized home with a fence.”

Owner Alfonso Cantu died Nov. 30, 2013, in Rockford. The city received the deed about a month ago.

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The tax has raised about $22,000 so far, which is listed as a line item in the general fund. “The council may propose that there’s another fund for the tax, separate from any other fund,” Cuckler said.

No businesses have yet asked for money from the fund.

SPRINGFIELD

Senate will vote on criminal justice reform Tribune News Service

SPRINGFIELD – Lawmakers in the state House approved on Monday afternoon a major criminal justice reform package sponsored by state Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth.

The measure, which passed 83-26 and is expected to get a Senate vote today, includes recovery services to aid

violent crime victims; allows good-time credit off sentences for prisoners who complete rehabilitative courses while incarcerated that are specifically targeted to fix their individual shortcomings; and gives judges added discretion for probation-only sentences in some first-time drug cases.

Victims need more added “to the cadre of resources” available to them, while encouraging personal improvement among prisoners has been proven to reduce recidivism and increase employment after returning to society, GordonBooth, D-Peoria, said.

“By and large, what we’re doing now is ware-

housing people, not getting them rehabilitated,” she said in an interview. “[When they’re released] they’re just getting a bus ticket and returning to the same communities they left, worse off.”

Gov. Bruce Rauner supports the measure and is likely to sign it, House GOP leader Jim Durkin said.

a matter of common sense and long legal tradition. In his legal brief, he called it a “proposition almost too obvious to need stating.”

But it has not always been a winner in state courts.

Banner and UCLA’s Supreme Court Clinic appealed on behalf of Shannon Nelson, a Colorado woman who paid $702 in fees and restitution after she was convicted of abusing her children.

But when her conviction was reversed and she was acquitted in a retrial, Colo-

rado officials refused to refund the money.

The UCLA clinic raised the issue in an appeal last year and said Colorado was the only state to enforce such a rigid rule.

The justices voted to hear the case of Nelson vs.

Colorado and to rule on the Constitution’s requirement for due process of law and fair treatment of people whose convictions are reversed.

During Monday’s argument, most of the justices voiced skepticism.

IN BRIEF Students can visit Supreme Court Newman High urged to refund STERLING – Newman fines and fees Central Catholic High School’s annual eighthgrade visit day runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at the school, 1101 W. Third St. Prospective students will be given tours, visit classrooms and meet teachers.

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WASHINGTON – A law professor urged the Supreme Court on Monday to rule that the Constitution requires the government to refund fines and fees paid by people whose criminal convictions are reversed.

People who are freed are “entitled to get their money back,” University of California, Los Angeles professor Stuart Banner told the court. It is, he said,

Lead tests could cost from $500 to $5,000 TESTING

The Mount Carroll streets and finance committees will meet at 6:30 p.m. today, followed by the city council at 7:30 p.m., at City Hall, 302 N. Main St. Visit mtcarrollil.com or call City Hall at 815-244-4424 for more information, including an agenda. ers, aldermen will discuss bookkeeping for receipts from the Business Development District. When the council created the district in March, they raised the retailers occupation tax within the district by 1 percent, to help pay for economic development and infrastructure.

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The state’s nearly 11,000 licensed day care centers and homes also would be included in the plan, and state officials would have to come up with testing standards and procedures by 2018.

The schools and day care centers would have to foot the bill for the cost of the one-time testing, which environmental experts said could cost anywhere from $500 to $5,000 per facility.

The Department would also have to post on its website information about lead mitigation in schools within 90 days of passing the bill, as well as decide by June 30, 2019, whether it will require schools built after 2000 to test for lead.

The measure was meant to target the most affected demographic, young children, explained Jen Walling executive director of the Illinois Environmental Council.

But, she added, “even

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POLICE Sterling Police

Leslie R. Burke, 34, of Dixon; 12:14 a.m. Sunday at West Fourth Street and Avenue J; no valid insurance; given state citation.

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Laramie O. Warren, 22, of Dixon; 9:17 a.m. Sunday in the 900 block of Palmyra Street; possession of drug paraphernalia; given city citation.

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Amber L. Decker, 25, of Amboy; 3:38 p.m. Friday at Sterling Road and Corregidor Road; failure to yield at a stop intersection; given state citation.

Rock Falls Police Bradley A. Owens, 44, of

Sterling; 8:36 p.m. Friday at U.S. Route 30 and First Avenue; expired registration; given notice to appear in court.

Girl, 17, of Forreston; 10:14 p.m. Saturday at Dixon Avenue and Avenue D; disobeying a stop sign; given notice to appear in court.

Aaron T. Briggs, 34, of Sterling; 12:33 a.m. Saturday at First Avenue and Second Street; disobeying a traffic control device; given notice to appear in court.

Boy, 17, of Sterling; 2:38 a.m. Sunday in the 900 block of First Avenue; speeding, operation of an uninsured motor vehicle and no valid driver’s license; given notice to appear in court.

Jeriha W. Leblanc, 26, of Sterling; 1:03 a.m. Sunday at Second Street and Eighth Avenue; disobeying a stop sign; given notice to appear in court.

Brad N. Rhodes, 50, of Rock Falls; 7:08 p.m. Sunday in the 200 block of Fourth Avenue; assault; given notice to appear in court.

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Sasha N. Phillips, 20, of Sycamore; Dec. 8; DeKalb County warrant; taken to Ogle County Jail.

Dylan E. Green, 24, of Mount Morris; Dec. 15; Ogle County warrant; taken to Ogle County Jail.

Robert F. Winterton, 41, of Mount Morris; Dec. 15; Ogle County warrant; taken to Ogle County Jail.

Ian R. Hart, 24, of Mount Morris; Dec. 18; Ogle County warrant; taken to Ogle County Jail.

Andrew D. Rutherford, 22, of Elizabethtown, Tennessee; no valid registration; given state citation.

John P. Dubois, 36, of Dixon; Dec. 27; Whiteside County warrant; taken to Ogle County Jail.

Mikki J. Perrine, 33, of Chana; Dec. 27; illegal transportation of alcohol; given state citation.

Joy F. Merrill, 49, of Mount Morris; Dec. 29; failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident; given state citation.

Andrew T. Brown, 21, of Forreston; Dec. 31; operation of an uninsured vehicle, improper lane usage, driving under the influence of alcohol; taken to Ogle County Jail.

Julia L. Allmon, 27, of Lanark; Jan. 1; speeding; given state citation.

Ryan M. Dietrich, 23, of Byron; Jan. 1; speeding; given state citation.

Sean E. Flynn, 21, of Milledgeville; Jan. 1; driving under the influence of alcohol; taken to Ogle County Jail.

Jerrold L. Stauffer, 62, of Polo; Jan. 1; operation of an uninsured motor vehicle; given state citation.

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Zachary Davis, 21, of Mount Morris; Sunday; obstruction of identification; taken to Ogle County Jail.

Almoreli SaldanaModeston of Rochelle; Sunday in the 1200 block of Tilton Park Drive; driving while license suspended; given state citation and released on individual bond.

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community colleges and universities should test,” she said.

The bill would require the Illinois Department of Public Health to issue guidelines by June 30, 2018, that “require the mitigation of those lead hazards within a reasonable time after their identification.”

The bill would also require all community water supplies to “develop a water distribution system material inventory” every year starting on April 15, 2018.

Lead testing in schools has gained traction over the past few years since the water in Flint, Michigan, was contaminated following the decision to change the city’s water source.

“Testing drinking water in all Illinois schools and day cares is an inexpensive way to immediately identify and stop lead exposure in young children that would otherwise cost families, schools and government much more,” Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, whose office pushed for the legislation, said in a statement.

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‘The tweet speaks for itself’ could be Trump’s motto Tribune News Service

WASHINGTON – Nearly every day, President-elect Donald Trump’s press aides are beseeched to clarify, tame or shed context on his torrent of tweets that have flustered congressional leaders, corporate chieftains and heads of state.

The spin operation has settled on a stock answer that may yet become an administration motto: “The tweet speaks for itself.”

The phrase, and closely related variants, have begun popping up with increasing frequency among the presidentelect’s spokespeople in a Trump-era update to the Washington tradition of responding to a question

confidently without actually answering it. It joins a parade of such notable political locutions as “It is what it is,” “I’m not aware of any conversations” and “I’m not going to get ahead of the president.”

Such dodges are usually driven by aides’ fears of attaching their bosses to too many promises.

Trump has been known to contradict lieutenants – and even himself – after they try to explain away his most controversial statements.

Trump’s aides also cite another motivation: They often have no idea what the next president is liable to tweet at any given moment. Trump, who is unlike previous presidents in using Twitter to

speak unpredictably and directly to the public, sees the medium as essential to his appeal and his ability to stamp the news with his agenda.

“He drives the train on this,” Sean Spicer, Trump’s incoming White House press secretary, told Democratic strategist David Axelrod during an interview at the University of Chicago last week.

Spicer’s comments came amid a busy week on Trump’s Twitter feed.

Only hours earlier, Trump had sounded off about congressional ethics, the auto industry, Obamacare, Guantanamo Bay and the entertainment lineup at his inaugural festivities. Trump would

later comment about a wall along the border with Mexico and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s ratings as the new host of “The Celebrity Apprentice.”

Partway through the tweet-o-rama, Spicer was asked what exactly Trump meant by some of these fragmented declarations. Did a threat to impose a border tax on the Chevy Cruze relate to a broader trade policy that would include all companies and all countries, or just General Motors and Mexico?

“The tweet on General Motors speaks for itself,” Spicer said during his daily conference call with reporters.

And what about the taunts of North Korea,

arguably the world’s most volatile regime, over its nuclear capabilities?

“Again, that speaks for itself,” Spicer said.

A week earlier, Spicer offered a similar assessment when asked to elaborate on a dust-up between Trump and President Barack Obama.

“With respect to the tweets, they speak for themselves,” Spicer said.

“I think very clearly.”

That was not long after another spokesman, Jason Miller, dismissed tweets about the Electoral College as speaking for themselves. Ditto for Russian hacking and Trump’s unfounded allegations of widespread voter fraud.

Tweets, of course, do not speak. They are lines,

no more than 140 characters, broadcast to the world, lacking the context of a 40-page policy paper or even a full paragraph tossed off during a backyard barbecue. And the utterings of the next president often prompt a slew of questions.

Trump is different from other politicians, who tend to imply things and speak in signals, leaving journalists and pundits to interpret their true meaning, says John McWhorter, a Columbia University linguist.

“He isn’t a politician,” McWhorter said in an email.

“When he sends a tweet, he isn’t signaling,” McWhorter added. “He’s saying what he said.”

WASHINGTON

Ethics groups are alarmed by Trump team’s secrecy Tribune News Service

WASHINGTON – The first casualty of the new government taking over Washington might be information about the government itself, ethics watchdogs say.

The new Republicanled Congress is moving toward confirming several of President-elect Donald Trump’s choices to run executive-branch departments even though they have not had their financial disclosures vetted and cleared by ethics officials. The first act by the House was a vote – later rescinded after criticism– to dilute the power of an independent ethics office, notably its authority to share information about members with the public.

At the same time, Trump continues to refuse to release his tax returns. He’s asked for an investigation to find out how NBC News got intelligence information. And he has not yet said how or whether he’ll divorce himself from his business interests.

“There seems to be a new kind of culture coming in, different from what we’ve seen the past,” said Jordan Libowitz, spokesman for Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.

Republicans downplay the controversies as partisan whining. “Little procedural complaints,” was how Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, described the complaints about the lack of information from Cabinet designees.

To ethics watchdogs, the trend is clear and troublesome. Trump made “drain the swamp” in Washington a major theme of his campaign, yet the public is probably more confused and skeptical than ever, independent groups maintained.

“It’s hard for the public to keep track of all that’s going on,” said Karen Hobert Flynn, president of Common Cause, a nonpartisan public interest group.

Wednesday, for example, could be overwhelm-

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tion with “potentially unknown or unresolved ethics issues” before their confirmation hearings.

Friday, Walter Shaub, director of the Office of Government Ethics, wrote to Senate Democratic leader Charles E. Schumer of New York and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., that nominees must have their

financial disclosure data certified by the office before hearings. Not all of Trump’s choices have “completed the ethics review process,” he said.

He did not name them.

The Senate is to begin confirmation hearings today, and it hopes to approve several confirmations shortly after Trump takes office Jan. 20.

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Trump, in Twitter posts, questioned the timing of the vote, and the idea was dropped.

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The rejection of transparency began Jan. 2, the night before the new Congress was sworn in.

“Maybe they thought it was a federal holiday and no one was paying attention,” Flynn said.

Nearly half the House’s Republicans voted in a private meeting to curb the influence of the independent Office of Congressional Ethics. They wanted it under the jurisdiction of the House Ethics Committee, which would give House members more control over its proceedings.

Watchdog groups and social media were outraged. “The American people will see this latest push to undermine congressional ethics enforcement as shady and corrupt,” said Tom Fitton, president of Judi-

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OBITUARIES Jerry L. Conley sports teams.

Survivors include his wife, Julie; his son, Jason Conley of Chicago; his daughter, Johnna (Raymond) Soler of Chicago; his mother, Rita Conley of Rock Falls; his sister, Kathy (Walter) Griswold of Springfield; his brother, David Conley of Rock Falls; his nephews, Jeffrey and Andrew; and his great-nephew, Gavin.

He was preceded in death by his father.

Visitation will be from 3 to 6 p.m. Wednesday at McDonald Funeral Home, 1002 12th Ave., Rock Falls. The funeral will be 10 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial with military rites will be at Oak Knoll Memorial Park in Sterling.

McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls is handling arrangements.

ROCK FALLS – Jerry L. Conley, 68, of Rock Falls, died Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017, at his home.

He was born on Nov. 12, 1948, in Sterling, the son of Harold and Rita (Jackley) Conley, and was a 1967 graduate of Rock Falls High School. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War, having served in the Army from 1968 to 1970 in Germany and Vietnam.

He married Julie Pierson on April 20, 1974, in Rock Falls. He had worked at the former R. B. & W. (Reliant Fastner) in Rock Falls for more than 28 years. Jerry enjoyed trips to Wisconsin with family, fishing, cooking on the grill, playing cards, and watching the “wild kingdom” from the comfort of his home and backyard.

He rooted for all Illinois

Robert R. Brandenburg Rapids, Iowa, and Myrl (Peggy) Johnson of Dixon; one sister, Kay (Weldon) Wilkinson of Walnut; 10 stepgrandchildren; and several stepgreat-grandchildren.

Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, and the funeral at 11 a.m.

Wednesday at PrestonSchilling Funeral Home in Dixon, with Pastor Jack Briggs officiating.

Cremation rites will be accorded. Burial of cremains will be at a later date at Grand Detour Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established.

Preston-Schilling Funeral Home in Dixon is handling arrangements.

Visit prestonschillingfuneralhome.com to send condolences.

DIXON – Robert “Bob” R. Brandenburg, 81, of Dixon, died Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017, at Franklin Grove Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Franklin Grove. He worked at Donaldson Co. Inc. in Dixon for several years before his retirement.

Bob was born Aug. 1, 1935, in Princeton, the son of Russell F. and Katherine (Dawson) Brandenburg. He married Phyllis Johnson on Feb. 14, 1987, in Dixon.

She preceded him in death on Jan. 21, 2005.

He was a veteran of the Army, serving during the Korean war.

Survivors include two daughters, LeAnn Brandenburg and Lisa Brandenburg; one stepdaughter, Cindy (Steve) Dehart of Dixon; two stepsons, Allen Johnson of Cedar

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Dan Hawkins, an attorney representing some of the residents of Coventry Village Sterling Cottages, speaks during the Sterling City Council meeting Monday night.

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FUNERAL SERVICES FOR THE WEEK ▼ Today’s visitations:

Ronald Hoffman of Sterling, 10-11 a.m. at St. Mary Catholic Church in Sterling.

Gladys E. Winkler of Prophetstown, 10-11 a.m. at Prophetstown United Methodist Church.

Mildred A. Etnyre of Savanna, 4-7 p.m. at LawJones Funeral Home in Mount Carroll.

Gregory Manzano of Rock Falls, 4-7 p.m., with the rosary recited at 3:30 p.m., at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls. ▼ Today’s funerals: Robert J. Foss of Sterling,

10 a.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Sterling.

Gladys E. Winkler of Prophetstown, 11 a.m. at Prophetstown United Methodist Church.

Ronald Hoffman of Sterling, 11 a.m. Mass at St. Mary Catholic Church in Sterling. ▼ Wednesday visitations: Bob Brandenburg of Dixon, 10-11 a.m. at Preston-Schilling Funeral Home in Dixon.

Jerry L. Conley of Rock Falls, 3-6 p.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.

William K. Schwab of

Sterling, 5-7 p.m., with full military honors at 7 p.m., at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls. ▼ Wednesday funerals: Mildred A. Etnyre of Savanna, 10 a.m. at LawJones Funeral Home in Mount Carroll.

Gregory Manzano of Rock Falls, 11 a.m. Mass at St. Mary Catholic Church in Sterling.

Bob Brandenburg of Dixon, 11 a.m. at Preston Schilling Funeral Home in Dixon. ▼ Thursday funeral: Jerry L. Conley of Rock

Falls, 10 a.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls. ▼ Friday visitation: Lucien Kroll “Skip” Laswell, of Byron; 5-7 p.m. at Farrell-Holland-Gale Funeral Home in Byron, with the rosary recited at 6:45 p.m. ▼ Saturday funerals: Lucien Kroll “Skip” Laswell, of Byron, 10 a.m. Mass at St. Mary Catholic Church in Byron.

John O. Bonnell of Dixon, 11 a.m. celebration of life at Dixon Elks Club.

Douglas Payne of Amboy, 4 p.m. celebration of life at Amboy Community Building.

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Honorable discharge for 91-year-old gay vet Tribune News Service

HARTFORD, Conn. – A 91-year-old gay veteran from Connecticut has won his legal quest to upgrade his discharge status to honorable.

H. Edward Spires of Norwalk was notified Friday morning that his application to the Air Force Board for Correction of Military Records was approved, eliminating the undesirable discharge designation that has marked his service record since he left the military in March of 1948.

“My first thought was, ‘it’s about time,” Spires said Monday. “I can lift my head again.”

In November, Spires and a group of lawyers at the Yale Veterans Legal Services Clinic filed a federal lawsuit against the Air Force seeking to upgrade his discharge status. They cited the repeal of the military’s controversial “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy regarding gays and lesbians in the service.

Spires and his husband, David Rosenberg, are relieved to have the effort behind them, said Erin Baldwin, one of the law student interns representing Spires. Baldwin said she is unsure what persuaded the Air Force to agree to a change in Spires’ discharge status at this point. “I’m not sure we can say with certainty but it was helpful that he had support from a lot of different places,” Baldwin said. “Ultimately we’re just happy that the outcome was what we thought was just in this case.”

The Air Force Board’s ruling is officially worded and contains no apology, Spires notes. It states: “Sufficient relevant evidence has been presented to demonstrate the existence of an injustice.”

The board referred to Department of Defense guidance that requests to change a veteran’s status to honorable should be granted when the original discharge is based solely on earlier policies that prohibited gay men and women to serve in the military, as long as there were

“It’s about time. I can lift my head again. … I can smile again” Edward Spires

91-year-old gay veteran no aggravating factors such as misconduct.

“Although we cannot conclusively determine the applicant was discharged for his sexual orientation, based on our review of the facts and circumstances in this case, it is our opinion his discharge more likely than not meets both conditions noted above,” the board stated.

Veterans with a less than honorable discharge are generally ineligible for a host of military benefits, from educational reimbursement to housing and medical services to the right to military honors at a funeral. But an honorable discharge also confers intangible benefits, said Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., who has advocated on Spires’ behalf.

“I’m very gratified for Ed Spires and his spouse, for this decision corrects an incredible injustice,” Blumenthal said. “I’m also hopeful and excited for others who were similarly unjustly discharged with less than honorable status simply because of their sexual orientation. I’ll continue to fight for them.”

Air Force career Spires joined the U.S. Army Air Force in 1946, at the age of 20. After completing basic training, he was assigned to be a chaplain’s assistant at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. His duties included typing letters to distressed families, playing the organ at Catholic Mass and setting up the chapel for services, according to the complaint. Within 18 months, he was promoted to the rank of sergeant.

Spires built a large group of civilian friends in San Antonio, many of whom were gay. But in those days, that was a risky proposition; in October of 1947, the commander called a meeting to “clean up the

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Sen. Richard Blumenthal, left, walks out of a Yale Veterans Legal Services Clinic press conference with Edward Spires, 91. base of homosexuals,” the lawsuit states.

At an off-base Halloween party, Spires dressed up as the Oxydol “Sparkle,” from the ad campaign for a popular brand of laundry detergent. Someone at the party mistook his costume for drag.

Shortly afterward, Spires was summoned to the judge advocate’s office and asked if he was a “homosexual,” the complaint states. When Spires did not initially answer, the master sergeant “threatened to throw him into the stockade and tell the other prisoners that [he] was a homosexual.”

“Over the course of an hour-long interrogation, the master sergeant repeatedly asked Mr. Spires if he was gay and requested information about his relationships with many people in the address book that the Master Sergeant confiscated from Mr. Spires’s pocket,” the lawsuit states. Spires signed a statement saying that he had “passively participated in homosexual acts” in order to end the questioning but he refused to provide the names of other gay soldiers.

In the complaint, Spires described the ordeal as “horrific and unbearable.”

Afterward, he was sent to a psychiatrist and, in March of 1948, he was given the “undesirable” discharge.

Following his discharge from the Air Force, Spires seldom mentioned his service. He destroyed all evidence of his time in the military including his dog tags and transcripts of his court martial. And when pressed, he usually said he was discharged for medical reasons.

“I could never mention my military service to my family,” Spires said, noting that many of those relatives are now dead.

The lawsuit is not the first time Spires has sought to change his discharge status. He first submitted an appeal in 2014, following the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell.” But the Air Force Board for Corrections of Military Records rejected the request, saying his personnel records could have been destroyed in a 1973 fire. Other efforts also fell short.

Spires suffered some medical setbacks in recent months, although his health is now stable.

“I’m still recovering from pneumonia but every day seems a little brighter,” he said. “This is one thing less on my mind. … I can smile again.”

With his husband, Spires planned to celebrate his honorable discharge this weekend but a snowstorm caused them to scrap those plans. Instead, the couple will mark the victory in Florida next month.

“There has been a financial deficit for the cottages ever since this was started,” said Karin Berg, an attorney representing the owners, WC-Sterling LLC. “After many discussions, the thought was that, rather than bankruptcy, it was better to turn over deeds to the residents and heirs.”

The owners want to set up a homeowners association to manKarin age the 68 Berg units in the 600 block of East St. Marys Road.

To illustrate the financial woes, Berg said net revenues were coming in at about $142,000 a year, which didn’t even cover the $150,000 a year owed in property taxes.

Local attorney Dan Hawkins, who is representing many of the residents and their families, said it is in everyone’s best interest to act quickly.

“Bankruptcy court has the right to tear up contracts and force people to leave their homes, and people have been living under that fear for 4 years,” Hawkins said.

Hawkins said there has been consensus among residents to turn over the deeds since December 2014, when 75 percent of the residents and heirs voted to pursue that avenue.

Many of the residents and heirs in attendance Monday said they wanted to make the best of a bad situation.

“If the HOA doesn’t go forward, how long do you think it will be before they cut and run?” Tim McNinch of Sterling asked.

McNinch said, at this point, his only hope is that he realizes a fraction of what has been put into his family’s cottage.

“We’re down to the wire here, folks, and the only solutions are the HOA or losing your property,” McNinch said.

Many in the audience stressed the emotional toll the situation has

taken on families.

“This has been a painful process for the people who live there,” said Peggy Wills of Sterling, who’s mother has been a cottage resident for 16 years. “Even if we’re looking at getting pennies on the dollar, it’s a more viable economic solution if we have the deeds.”

Rosanne Johnson of Sterling, read a prepared statement which brought applause from some city leaders. Her late mother lived there 17 years.

“We’ve become pawns in a game of finances and real estate,” Johnson said. “The residents deserve the right to return to worry-free living, and so do their heirs.”

Marilyn Mathers of St. Charles said she couldn’t even allow her mother to come to the meeting.

“My mom is 93, and this would have been too emotional for her to come to, and I have seen her health deteriorating from all of this,” Mathers said.

Patti Sword, a local real estate professional, agreed that there must be a sense of urgency in setting up the HOA. “As a local Realtor, I would encourage the city to get on this as soon as possible because I believe the cottages are marketable,” Sword said.

The city has reservations about infrastructure because when the cottages were built in the late 1980s, the utilities were privatized, and have not been the city’s responsibility. City Planner Dustin Wolff said the city is looking at the situation decades out.

“If the HOA isn’t prepared to deal with infrastructure issues, the first call they’ll make is to the city,” Wolff said. “I have to ask the city, that in a worst-case scenario, if they are prepared to take over those responsibilities.”

Wolff said the city only received the petition a few months ago, and while the city is open to making the changes, the residents and the city need to understand the responsibilties they could be taking on.

Sterling City Council member Karen Chevalier asks a question about the proposed plan for the Coventry Village Sterling Cottages on Monday during a City Council meeting.

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Sauk dual-credit hours up more than 15 percent over last year ELITE

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“Everybody will be evaluated the same,” said Taylor Baker, the college’s dual-credit coordinator.

Students must place into college English 101, or already have completed it. They must be r e c o m mended by a high school counselor, carry a 3.0 unweighted grade-point average, Jon Mandrell and submit an application – complete with several essay questions –

by Feb. 14.

Accepted students will Taylor Baker be notified March 1, and registration will open in April.

Dual-credit education has seen a meteoric rise of late, with Sauk seeing a 17 percent increase in credit hours in the fall, compared to the previous year. Currently, however, students are capped at 12 credits per semester.

Academy students also will take a course Fridays that can best be com-

Breakdown of Sauk’s dual-credit students

Overall numbers

FY 2015 Percentage of total

Overall numbers

FY 2016 Percentage of total

High School Students Credit hours Students Credit hours Students Credit hours Students Credit hours Amboy.......................15.................. 89....................2%.................. 1.5%........................... 4.....................18.................0.6%.................0.4% AFC............................9................... 44....................1.2....................0.7............................. 2.....................14.................. 0.3.................... 0.3 Bureau Valley..............6................... 31....................0.8....................0.5............................ 22....................96.................. 3.5.................... 2.1 Dixon.........................28................. 161...................3.7....................2.7............................ 23...................128................. 3.7.................... 2.7 Faith Christian.............2................... 12....................0.3....................0.2............................. 4.....................27.................. 0.6.................... 0.6 Fulton.........................6................... 36....................0.8....................0.6............................ 15....................89.................. 2.4.................... 1.9 Milledgeville...............26................. 138...................3.4....................2.3............................ 17....................99.................. 2.7.................... 2.1 Morrison....................27................. 142...................3.6....................2.4............................ 21...................119................. 3.4.................... 2.6 Newman....................23................. 111...................3.1....................1.9............................ 20...................104................. 3.2.................... 2.2 Ohio...........................2................... 12....................0.3....................0.2............................. 0......................0.....................0.......................0 Oregon.......................0.................... 0...................... 0....................... 0.............................. 8.....................36.................. 1.3.................... 0.8 Polo...........................13.................. 69....................1.7....................1.2............................ 24...................141................. 3.8......................3 Prophetstown............18.................. 72....................2.4....................1.2............................ 21...................136................. 3.4.................... 2.9 Rock Falls..................35................. 192...................4.6....................3.3............................ 23...................125................. 3.7.................... 2.7 Sterling......................70................. 318...................9.3....................5.4............................ 61...................323................. 9.8.................... 6.9 West Carroll................3.................... 9.....................0.4....................0.2............................. 0......................0.....................0.......................0 WACC......................471............... 4,449................62.5..................75.6.......................... 360................ 3,201............... 57.6.................. 68.8 Total.........................754............... 5,885................ 100................... 100.......................... 625................ 4,656................100...................100 pared to the Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities class through Whiteside Area Career Center. They’ll learn to write applications for colleges and scholarships, representatives of 4-year colleges will visit, and leadership training will be in the mix.

Depending on the interest and demand, the Academy could become a 2-year program.

In many courses – including all math and science courses – students will be mixed with college students. The college is, however, working to chart a schedule of

cohort classes, in which high school-aged students will be grouped together.

Tuition will be the same as the dual-credit format that will take effect this fall. Whereas dual-credit students used to get halfprice tuition, students who are not entitled to free and reduced-price lunches now will get 25 percent off. Students who get reduced lunches will get half off, and students receiving free lunches will get 75 percent off.

How students will get served free and reduced lunches while at Sauk

More online

The Academy’s website is up and running, although a couple of aspects still need finishing – the application and a proposed schedule, for instance.

Go to svcc.edu/academy to learn more about the Academy.

Email the academy@ svcc.edu, or call dualcredit coordinator Taylor Baker at 815-835-6240 with specific questions. is one of a few bugs that need working out.

Making sure the cohort schedule wraps up by

2 p.m. will be crucial, too, since Sauk draws students from as far as 50 miles away.

Another tuition policy change: Sauk Scholars – high school seniors in the top 10 percent of their class – now will get only 24 credits waived annually, rather than 36. Mandrell said many Sauk Scholars didn’t see the value in taking dualcredit courses, since they knew they’d get free college after graduating high school.

“When they arrive here as a Sauk Scholar, their waiver will likely cover everything they need

from us,” Mandrell said.

The Academy provides something of a carrot for students to chase, Baker said. Many local high schools don’t offer such dual-credit college courses as chemistry, because of lack of equipment.

Besides, what fasttracking go-getter wouldn’t want The Academy on a transcript?

“We know a lot of these students who come through here go on to do great things,” Mandrell said. “Having attended college at such a young age deserves acknowledgement, too.”

Sauk waives more WASHINGTON Officials predict a gloomy global outlook tuition than other, comparable schools Tribune News Sevice

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That’s after the college got about 20 percent of its funding for the 201516 school year, via a previous stopgap measure.

The decision to reduce the tuition waivers was made shortly after the Oct. 24 Board of Trustees meeting, at which President Dave Hellmich made the proposals and pointed out that the college is budgeted to waive nearly $1 million for those three groups of students this fiscal year.

That’s about 8 percent in free college, compared to an average of 4 percent for similar schools.

“When we compared ourselves to our peers, we had more waivers than, I think, anyone we compared ourselves

to,” said Steve Nunez, Sauk’s vice president of research, planning and information affairs.

Sauk now charges dual-credit students half-price for tuition.

Aside from Whiteside Area Career Center students, whose waivers would not be changed, students who qualify for free lunch would get 75 percent of their tuition waived; those qualifying for reduced lunch still would get half off; and all other dual-credit students would get 25 percent waived.

Athletic waivers will be reduced by one-third, as will credit-hours offered for free to Sauk Scholars – high school seniors who rank in the top 10 percent of their class.

They’ll get 24 credits waived, rather than 36.

WASHINGTON – U.S. intelligence officials paint a dreary next halfdecade for incoming President Donald Trump that will see waning American power amid slow growth while China and Russia are emboldened to counter U.S. influence, according to a new global trends report.

The National Intelligence Council, under the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, produces the report every 4 years following the presidential election. This year’s 240page report, released Monday, provides predictions on a range of themes from the economy and energy to war and climate change.

“The next 5 years will test U.S. resilience,” the report said. “For better and worse, the emerging global landscape is drawing to a close an era of American dominance

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following the Cold War.” The pessimistic forecast is at odds with the campaign vows of Trump, who pledged in his campaign to “Make America Great Again” and suggested beefing up the U.S. military, including a major round of shipbuilding and a larger active-duty Army, even as he called for less U.S.

intervention abroad.

Outside observers wonder if Washington has the “will and the means to continue exercising broader international leadership,” the report said, adding that the “rules-based international order” is also at risk, which will make it harder to cooperate internationally and gov-

ern. That in turn creates an opening for other countries and non-state actors to pursue their interests.

Intelligence officials also foresee the global economy continuing to struggle in the next 5 years.

Other threats include rising terrorism and regional rivalries.

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EDITORIAL | OGLE COUNTY

Tuesday, January 10, 2017

THE CARTOONIST’S VOICE

Nate Beeler, GateHouse News Service

Saving paper offers county numerous advantages What we think Digital board packets will save Ogle County taxpayers money and boost transparency by putting the same information online for the public to read. We hope this futureoriented experiment is a success.

D

on’t look now, but a county board that meets in a building built in 1891 is adopting a practice that is very much rooted in the 21st century.

We speak of the Ogle County Board’s decision to go “paperless” beginning with its meeting this month.

What would the denizens of the late 19th century think about viewing agendas, reports, and budgets on a “magic touch screen” instead of having them printed out on sheets of paper?

We think they’d be just fine with it.

After all, as the 1890s approached the 1900s, all sorts of new inventions were cropping up and being adopted – horseless carriages, hand-held Kodak box cameras, adding machines, the game of volleyball, cotton candy, even mousetraps.

Ogle County Board members of the 1890s were a progressive bunch. They’d just invested a substantial amount of taxpayer dollars in a new courthouse, and they viewed the future with eager anticipation.

WELL, THE FUTURE is now when it comes to receiving packets of agendas and information for the Ogle County Board’s 24 members.

With the Jan. 19 meeting, those elected representatives will receive that information digitally.

They will view the various reports on Lenovo YOGA laptop computers, which also can function as tablet computers with fully functioning touch screens.

The county paid about $12,000 for the 24 computers, according to County Clerk Laura Cook.

County Board Chairman Kim Gouker considers that money an important part of “making

investments to increase efficiency.”

By the county going digital, county clerk’s employees won’t have to spend hours and hours printing out reports, assembling board packages, stuffing them in bulky envelopes, and mailing them hither and yon.

Money saved from the postage will be $3 per packet ($72 per meeting), not to mention the three reams of paper that no longer will have to be run through county printers.

Another advantage will be that board members can quickly call up reports from previous months, should that be necessary to finalize a decision.

THE PUBLIC SHOULD reap an added advantage.

With all the agendas and reports available in digital form, citizens should be granted easier access to them as well.

And indeed, the county’s website already has the 2-page agenda for the Jan. 19 meeting posted online – along with a 279-page PDF copy of the entire board packet for January.

Ogle County residents can thus use this information to become better informed on issues that will be coming up before the board. Should they then decide to attend a meeting, they’ll be forearmed with knowledge about the issue well ahead of time.

Board members from the 1890s didn’t have the wonders of today’s technology, but they were future-oriented, nonetheless.

We have no doubt they’d applaud their descendants on the 2017 board for trying to save taxpayer dollars and better inform the public.

We hope this future-oriented experiment proves to be a success.

STATEHOUSE INSIDER

State revenue hits the skids Tax receipts down in three key categories The Illinois General Assembly’s Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability delivered some more sobering news last week.

At least, it should be sobering to anyone concerned about the longterm stability of the state.

In its monthly report on state finances for December, COGFA said state tax collections continue to perform poorly. They’ve been doing poorly ever since the start of the state’s fiscal year July 1. In fact, COGFA said that through the first 6 months of the year, the state’s big three tax producers – individual and corporate income taxes and the sales tax – are all down.

But here’s the really scary part. COGFA said the last time those three big revenue producers were all down for the first 6 months of the fiscal year was during the Great Recession.

COGFA didn’t say the state is headed for a recession, but there has to be cause for concern.

State finances were in far

everyone is pulling in the same direction.

Of course, that hasn’t happened for the better part of 2 years now, so why expect everything to suddenly change now?

dougFINKE Doug Finke’s column is syndicated

by GateHouse News Service.

Contact him at doug. finke@sj-r. com.

Long, long-termer

better shape at the start of the last recession than they are now, and that recession caused more than enough havoc.

If there is another downturn in the economy now, who know how much worse things could get.

Governing like a duck The long-awaited lame duck session of the Legislature began Monday.

It will last all of 2 days.

It almost makes you long for those heady days last summer and fall when Gov. Bruce Rauner fairly regularly talked about all the great things lawmakers could accomplish once the election was behind them and they were free to take bold votes on controversial issues.

Admittedly, big things can be done in the Legislature in 2 days. Heck, big things can get done in a couple of hours when

CARTOONIST’S VOICE

The folks at the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform provided a little research they did on the longest-serving House speakers in the country, since that’s become such a major issue here in Illinois.

House Speaker Michael Madigan is by far the longest-serving speaker in the country at 32 years.

The organization said the next longest currently serving speaker in the country is Franklin Chopp of Washington.

He clocks in at a mere 18 years in the post.

But that only compares currently serving speakers. Surely, you say, someone in the country’s past served longer than Madigan. Well, you’d be right, but not by much.

ICPR said the record for most years served as a House speaker belongs to Solomon Blatt, who served a total of 33 years in South Carolina during a couple of separate stints. His record will be eclipsed, assuming Madigan is re-elected

Dave Granlund, GateHouse News Service

Would rather believe than not

[The Reader’s Voice, Jan. 7], I won’t argue with his belief, but I will say I would rather believe BARB LUDWICK what the Bible says is Sterling true and find out it isn’t, In response to George than to believe it isn’t Welty’s “Literal belief true and find out too late in Bible is dangerous” that it is.

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

Enough of Mike The Illinois Policy Institute plans to hold a protest next week at the University of Illinois Springfield.

Specifically, it is scheduled for when newly elected members of the Illinois House are sworn in Wednesday. They’ll also formally elect a speaker, which is the focus of the rally.

In case you haven’t been paying attention, the Policy Institute is no fan of the current speaker and wants representatives, a sizable majority of whom are still Democrats, to select someone other than Madigan.

Good luck with that.

Anyway, a Facebook posting from the group announcing the upcoming rally had this observation: “The power Madigan wields as speaker has caused many to refer to him as the ‘King of Illinois.’ But Illinois voters statewide don’t get to pick who holds that position.”

This is true. In very few kingdoms in the history of mankind in any part of the world have people had the ability to vote for the king. Sort of goes with the territory.

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Stop ex-husband’s drunken driving

there are also selfish reasons I’d like to see him picked up. My concern is that he’ll find out I turned him in. Any suggestion on what to do?

– Nervous in North Carolina

to stop him, he might kill somebody. I say this not only because it is common sense, but also because the daughterin-law of a friend of mine was the victim in a terrible accident caused by a man who was blind drunk. She was the only survivor; two others died.

Her injuries are extensive and traumatic, and it might take years for her to fully recover.

So, please, put aside your personal issues. For the safety of the community, turn him in. If his car was damaged, you would not be the only person who is aware of it.

Dear Nervous, Your husband is a menace on the road, and unless something is done

Dear Abby, “Kirk” and I have been together for 10 years, married for 5. We’re

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

nearing our 30s, and the idea of a child has come up. While I have never had any desire for children, I’m becoming more open to the idea.

My parents divorced when I was young, so I have a fear of being a single mom. Kirk grew up never knowing his father, so he has always wanted to take on that role.

Kirk is a wonderful, loving husband, but when he’s tired, he doesn’t always handle things well. We have two dogs, and when they bother Kirk during the night or when he wants to be left alone, he gets frustrated.

I’m wondering if this is an example of how he would be if we were to have a baby.

SUPPORT GROUPS, CLUBS AND SERVICES Wednesday, Jan. 11 Childhood immunization clinic; women, infants and children clinic; and family planning services, Lee County Health Department, 309 S. Galena Ave., Suite 100, Dixon.

Appointments: 815-284-3371.

Dixon Kiwanis Club meeting, 7 a.m., private dining room, KSB Hospital, 403 E. First St. Rock River Center Board meeting, 7:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Blood pressure screenings, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Whiteside County Health Department, 1300 W. Second St., Rock Falls, 815626-2230.

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

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

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

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

Representative from Rock River Center in Oregon, 9:3011 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Blood pressure checks, 10-11 a.m., Morningside of Sterling, 2705 Ave. E, 815-5642145.

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

Mercy Nursing Services free blood pressure clinic, 11 a.m.noon, Dixon Food Center – Red Fox, 500 Chicago Ave. Winter Safety Class, 11 a.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

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

BorgWarner retiree lunch, 11:30 a.m., Duwaynes Diner, 609 Depot Ave., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous Gratitude Group, noon, Big Book, closed; 6 p.m. Big Book, tradition, closed, lower level, Loveland Community House, 513 W. Second St., Dixon.

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

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

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, noon, open; 7 p.m., open, Big Book, back door, 1503 First Ave., Suite D, Rock Falls.

Book Club, 12:30 p.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Free blood pressure checks, 1-3 p.m., Amboy Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 15 W. Wasson Road, 815-857-2550.

Woodworkers, 1-3 p.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Milledgeville Woman’s Club, 1:30 p.m., Milledgeville library, 18 W. Fifth St. Alcoholics Anonymous, 1:30 p.m., open, St. Patrick Community Center, 903 N. Caron Road, Rochelle.

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

Pearl, a self-esteem support group of the YWCA Domestic Violence Program, 6 p.m., 815-625-0333.

Wellness Recovery, 5:30 p.m., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon. Reservations: 815-288-4673.

Sauk Valley Gold Wing Riders, 6 p.m. dinner, 7 p.m. meeting,

That Place On Palmyra, 628 Palmyra Road, Dixon, 815-5358349.

AWANA, 6:20-8 p.m., 3 years through sixth grade, Northside Baptist Church, 598 River Lane, Dixon, 815-288-5212.

Safe Harbor – Community Recovery Group, 6:30 p.m., Town Square Centre, 101 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-9941953 or 908-361-7924.

AMVETS 123, 7 p.m., VFW Post, 1560 Franklin Grove Road, Dixon.

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

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

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

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

Northern Illinois Star Gazers meeting, 7:30 p.m., Room 3G12, biology lab, Sauk Valley Community College, 173 state Route 2, Dixon, 815-288-2852.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed, Polo Town Hall, 117 N. Franklin Ave.

Thursday, Jan. 12 Childhood immunization clinic; women, infants and children clinic; and family planning services, Lee County Health Department, 309 S. Galena Ave., Suite 100, Dixon.

Appointments: 815-284-3371.

Abuse Changing team, 815625-0338.

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

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

Blood pressure screenings, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Whiteside County Health Department, 1300 W. Second St., Rock Falls, 815626-2230.

Blood pressure screening, 8-9 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

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

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

TOPS IL 825, 9-10 a.m. weigh-in, meeting at 10 a.m., Coventry Activity Center, 612 St. Mary’s Road, Sterling, 815626-0034.

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

Dementia Support Group, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Morningside of Sterling, 2705 Ave. E, 815622-2800.

Free blood pressure checks, 10-11:30 a.m., Oregon Living & Rehab Center, 811 S. 10th St. Caregiver Support and Education Group, noon-1:30 p.m., St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, 703 Third Ave., Sterling; bring sack lunch; 815-5357389.

Alcoholics Anonymous Gratitude Group, noon, Big Book, closed; 6 p.m. literature, open, lower level, Loveland Community House, 513 W. Second St., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed, St. Paul Lutheran

Sterling Hearing Aid Center Inc.

815-626-3220

603 Freeport Rd., Sterling

Church, 114 S. Fifth St., Oregon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed; 7 p.m., closed, step, Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, noon, 7 p.m., open, 12x12, back door, 1503 First Ave., Suite D, Rock Falls.

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

Red Cross blood drive, 1-6 p.m., Tampico United Methodist Church, 202 Lincoln St. Appointment: 800733-2767.

Volunteer Care Center of Lee County, 2-5 p.m., 101 W. Second St., Dixon. Appointment: 815-284-9555.

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

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

Alzheimer’s Support Group, 3:30 p.m., Terrace Conference Room, Pinecrest Manor, 414 S. Wesley Ave., Mount Morris, 815-734-9069.

Narcotics Anonymous, 3 p.m., 2611 Woodlawn Road, Sterling, 815-625-0013.

Care for the Caregiver Group, 3 p.m., Home of Hope Cancer Wellness Center, 1637 Plock Road, Dixon, 815-2884673.

Al-Anon-Alateen, 4 p.m., Wesley Chapel Annex, 200 S. Hickory St., Shannon.

Alzheimer’s Support Group, 5 p.m., Whiteside Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Whiteside County Chapter 31115, 5:30 p.m., Our Savior Lutheran Church, 21491 Hazel Road, Morrison.

Mindfulness Meditation and group dialogue, 5:30-6:30 p.m., lower level, United Way of Whiteside County building, 502 First Ave., Sterling, 563-210-6516.

Speak Boldly Toastmasters 2125, 6 p.m., Sterling Public

Library, 102 W. Third St. 815626-7650.

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

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

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

A New View, a family mental health support group, 6:30-8 p.m., Faith Lutheran Church, 14206 E. Flagg Road, Rochelle, 815-761-7654.

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

Lee County Voiture 409, 7 p.m., American Legion Post 12, 1120 W. First St., Dixon, 815-284-2003.

PEO Sisterhood, Chapter KM, 7 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 110 E. Third St., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., open, back door, 701 First Ave., Suite A, Rock Falls.

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

Sterling Optimist Club, 7 p.m., Candlelight Inn, 2907 N. Locust St. Whiteside County Natural Area Guardians, 7 p.m., Odell Public Library, 307 S. Madison St., Morrison, 815-772-3811.

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

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

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

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

Rock River Valley Barbershop Chorus practice, 7 p.m., Rock Falls Community Building, 603 W. 10th St., 815-6261574.

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

I have discussed my concerns with him; he says it would be different because it would involve a child, not a pet. I love my dogs dearly and feel they should have their needs met as children do, no matter the circumstances. Is it possible that Kirk will be different with our child, or is this how he’ll react when he’s disturbed in the middle of the night?

– Looking Toward the Future Dear Looking, That depends upon how Kirk reacts when he becomes “frustrated.” Most adults are mature and rational enough to differentiate between an animal’s

need for attention and a small child’s, and react appropriately.

However, since you are approaching this rationally in advance of becoming pregnant, it might quiet your fears if you and Kirk were to join some parenting classes together. Your OB/GYN might be able to tell you where to locate one. Or go online and do a web search on parenting classes in your area.

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

MUSIC

U2 announces ‘Joshua Tree’ anniversary tour Tribune News Service

U2 has announced a full tour to celebrate the 30th anniversary of “The Joshua Tree,” its landmark 1987 album.

The band will also make its first-ever U.S. festival appearance on this tour, headlining Bonnaroo in June. Tickets for all headline dates go on sale Jan. 17.

U2 will play “The Joshua Tree,” widely regarded as the band’s best, in its entirety, alongside a slate of other hits. The group has, until now, not yet played any of its peakperiod albums live in full.

In the liner notes to the album’s 2007 reissue, singer Bono said that at the time, he was inspired by what he saw as two different visions of America.

“Two Americas, the mythic America and the real America – harsh reality alongside the dream,” he wrote. “It was prosperous and it was parched and I began to see this era as a spiritual drought.

I started thinking about the desert, and what came together was quite a clear picture of where I was at personally – a little off-kilter in my emotional life but very much waking up as a writer and as a commentator on what I saw around me, my love of America and my fear of what America could become.”

Robert Hilburn, a former Los Angeles Times music critic, once wrote that “The Joshua Tree” was a pivotal step forward for the band.

“From the infectious, cinematic sprawl of ‘Streets’ to the unsettling despair of ‘Running,’ the music challenged, inspired and comforted, and Bono’s lyrics acknowledged going through life’s disillusionment without needing to sacrifice one’s faith,” Hilburn wrote. “‘The Joshua Tree’ may have been the Irish quartet’s finest hour, but every step in their grand journey has been rewarding.”

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Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Zits® by Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman

Arlo & Janis by Jimmy Johnson Garfield by Jim Davis

Luann by Greg Evans Get Fuzzy by Darby Conley

Blondie by Dean Young & John Marshall

Wizard of Id by Brant Parker and Johnny Hart

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

Pickles by Brian Crane Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce

Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom

Baby Blues by Jerry Scott & Rick Kirkman

Soup To Nutz by Rick Stromoski

Family Circus by Bil Keane

The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn

­­­Alley Oop by Dave Graue and Jack Bender

Bridge Frank & Ernest by Bob Thaves

When you see the cards, it’s easier

Grizzwells by Bill Schorr

Joey Adams, a comedian, said, “It’s very easy to be witty tomorrow, after you get a chance to do some research and rehearse your ad libs.”

It’s very easy to make your contract tomorrow, after you get a chance to do some research and find out where the opponents’ cards lie.

This deal is an example. Six spades is easy to make after a quick glance at the full layout. But what should one do without X-ray vision?

In the auction, East psyched three spades over North’s takeout double. However, South, Yvonne Wiseman from England, doubled twice for penalty, then bid four spades.

North happily jumped to six spades.

We have seen that we can take a diamond finesse at trick two, draw trumps ending in hand, lead a second diamond and claim when the king appears.

We lose only one heart.

That is a reasonable line of play, but if the diamond finesse loses, a club return from East would strand us in the dummy.

Better is to take the heart finesse at trick two. If it wins, ruff the club three, take the spade ace-queen and heart ace, ruff a heart, draw the last trump and try diamonds for an overtrick.

Here, the heart finesse loses and, say, a club is returned.

South ruffs in the dummy, cashes the top trumps, plays a heart to the useful 10, draws the missing trump and takes the diamond finesse.

Wiseman felt sure that East had the heart king, so she ruffed the club three at trick two, cashed the spade acequeen and led a low heart from the board. East had no answer. © 2017 UFS

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DINING OUT

Restaurant menu prices to stay high in 2017 Bargain-hunters will spot deals Tribune News Service

Sorry, diners: Although restaurants got pushback for raising menu prices in 2016, they aren’t expected to cave in and lower them this year.

But there’s a silver lining. Promotions and deals on meals might be more widespread, which means eagle-eyed diners still can grab a bargain if they can find it.

The restaurant industry largely held prices steady after the recession, in a desire to prop up sales while customers remained skittish.

Last year, many raised prices as they expected an improving economy

would give consumers more disposable income to eat out. But Americans weren’t feeling as confident as restaurants were hoping. Consumers are bogged down by rising costs for health care, student debt and other costs, and they also have cheaper alternatives like grocery store-prepared meals and at-home kits.

“You don’t have to go to a restaurant to get a prepared meal,” said Bonnie Riggs, an analyst with the research and consulting firm NPD. “You can order delivery, use a meal kit, get a rotisserie chicken at the grocery store. ... We have so many options available to us now.”

Those alternatives are growing in number and popularity, in part because restaurant rivals

Tribune News Service

Buffalo Wild Wings, which has a location in Sterling, said it plans “minimal” price increases after raising prices about 3.4 percent at company-owned restaurants over 12 months.

– like grocery stores – are passing cheaper food prices on to their customers. Restaurants, on the other hand, largely are digging in their heels.

This has created the widest price gap between

food eaten at home versus food eaten away from home in decades, according to government data.

“People have sticker shock,” Riggs said. “It’s not that they don’t want to go to restaurants – it’s

that they can’t afford to go to restaurants that often.”

Some restaurant companies said in their quarterly conference calls this fall that they were taking a “wait-and-see” approach to menu pricing in 2017.

Among the restaurants that offered a specific plan to raise menu prices was Brinker International, which operates Chili’s and Maggiano’s. The company said it plans to continue with price increases between 1.5 and 2 percent, offset by some discounts on food and alcohol. Buffalo Wild Wings said it plans “minimal” price increases in 2017 after raising prices about 3.4 percent at company-owned restaurants over 12 months.

Fast-food chains, which

have more price-sensitive customers, are adjusting their product offerings to increase customer spending without raising prices. McDonald’s, for example, has added more expensive “signature crafted” sandwiches. It’s also pushing its McPick 2 menu, which allows McDonald’s to offer a deal to customers but also requires customers to purchase two items. The burger chain’s old Dollar Menu required the purchase of only one item.

Restaurant visits stalled in the first half of 2016, and declined in the third quarter, according to NPD. Visits to fast-food chains, which make up a majority of overall restaurant visits in the U.S., fell for the first time in 5 years.

PAYROLL TAXES

High-earners will pay hundreds more in taxes NEW YORK – It’s tax time again, and President-elect Donald Trump and his fellow Republican in Congress have promised to slash them – especially for corporations and the rich.

For millions of Americans, however, a tax increase will be the first thing they see. About 12 million workers will pay more this year thanks to an automatic adjustment in their payroll taxes.

Unlike previous years, this rise in the Social Security “taxable minimum” – the amount of

What is the cost?

Why is the increase large?

Workers at the top of the income spectrum pay Social Security payroll taxes only on a portion of their wages. For the past 2 years, only the first $118,500 of earnings was subject to the 6.2 percent tax. In 2017, this taxable minimum jumps to $127,200.

If you make less than $118,500, you won’t notice a difference. But if you earn more, an extra $8,700 could now be subject to the 6.2 percent Social Security payroll tax, costing you as much as $539 more by the end of the year.

Employers, who pay their own 6.2 percent tax on payrolls, will see costs rise too – self-employed workers could see their Social Security tax burden jump to more than $1,000.

A 7.3 percent hike is way above inflation: The main U.S. consumer price index was up 1.7 percent in the 12 months ending in November (the latest data available), and it rose just 0.7 percent in all of 2015. So what’s going on here? Well, the Social Security taxable minimum is adjusted annually based on an index of U.S. wages, not consumer prices. The National Average Wage Index was up 3.5 percent in 2015,

five times faster than inflation.

But the real reason for this sudden, steep hike is simply that the government is making up for lost time. The 2017 hike is essentially 2 years of wage gains packed into one. The wage index also rose 3.6 percent in 2014, but the Social Security Administration couldn’t raise the taxable minimum last year because rules prevent an increase from happening in a year when Social Security recipients don’t get a cost-of-living increase.

the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Monday that the Federal Housing Administration is reducing the insurance

premiums people pay monthly on FHA mortgages.

The annual premium that people will pay is dropping 25 basis points – from

0.85 percent of the value of the mortgage to 0.60 percent. The change goes into effect for people who refinance mortgages or buy homes with FHA loans

on or after Jan. 27.

The reduction will save the average borrower who gets a 30-year fixed-rate $200,000 mortgage about $500 a year, the FHA said.

income subject to tax – is a whopper: 7.3 percent, the most in 34 years. That could cost each affected worker as much as $539, and much more if they’re self-employed.

What’s changing

Retirement funds If you try to max out your retirement accounts every year, you might be disappointed to learn that the amounts you can contribute to an individual retirement account or a 401(k)-style retirement plan are holding steady.

In 2017, there’s still an annual limit of $18,000 for contributions to a 401(k) and $5,500 for an IRA. Workers 50 and older can save an extra $6,000 in a 401(k) and $1,000 in an IRA.

About 1 million borrowers will save money on mortgage payments, reducing costs about half a billion next year, said HUD Secretary Julian Castro.

IN BRIEF

FHA mortage rates are falling As rising interest rates make it more expensive for people to buy homes,

COMMUNITY EVENTS Tuesday, Jan. 10 Open pool, open cards, open Wii games, and computer lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236.

Coffee, 8 a.m., Mount Morris Senior Center, 9 E. Front St., 815-734-6335.

Burn exercise class, 8:309 a.m., Polo Area Senior Services, 101 E. Mason St., 815946-3818.

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

Bingo and doughnuts, 9-10 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Kings on Corner cars, 9 a.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815622-9230.

Kings on Corner cards, 9 a.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815622-9230.

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

Fit for Life, 9-10 a.m., Polo Senior Center, 101 E Mason St., 815-946-3818.

Boot Scootin’ Seniors, 9:15 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815732-3252.

Sing-a-long with Margo, 9:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815732-3252.

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

Line Dancing, 10:30 a.m., Polo Senior Center, 101 E Mason St., 815-946-3818.

Line dancing, 10-11 a.m., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815288-9236.

Community coffee, 10 a.m.

Oregon Living & Rehab Center, 811 S. 10th St. Line dancing, 10:30 a.m., Polo Area Senior Services, 101 E. Mason St., 815-946-3818.

Sing-a-long with Margo, 10:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815732-3252.

Lifescape lunch, 11:30 a.m., Post House Community Center, 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.

Birthday Potluck Lunch, 11:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815732-3252.

Healthy eating class, noon, Polo Senior Center, 101 E. Mason St, Polo 815-946-3818.

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

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

500, noon, Polo Senior Center, 101 E Mason St. 815-946-3818.

Bingo, 12:30 p.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th Ave., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Euchre, Scrabble, 12:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815622-9230.

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

Euchre 101, 1 p.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-589-3925.

Karaoke, 1-4 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Yogo with Dr. Rama Shankar, 5 p.m., Home of Hope Cancer Wellness Center, 1637 Plock Road, Dixon, 815-288-4673.

Bingo, 7 p.m., Sterling Moose Family Center, 2601 E. Lincolnway, 815-625-0354.

Wednesday, Jan. 11 Open pool, open cards, open Wii games, and computer lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236.

Coffee, 8 a.m., Mount Morris Senior Center, 9 E. Front St., 815-734-6335.

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

Kings on Corner cars, 9 a.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815622-9230.

Stretch & Move, 9 a.m., Mount Morris Senior Center, 9 E. Front St., 815-734-6335.

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, 815732-3252.

Rock River Center, 9:30-1 p.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

January Birthday Party, 10 a.m. live music, Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave.,

Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Greeting card class, 10-11:30 a.m., Mount Morris Senior Center, 9 E. Front St., 815-734-6335.

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

Lifescape lunch, 11:30 a.m., Post House Community Center, 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.

500, noon, Polo Area Senior Services, 101 E. Mason St., 815946-3818.

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

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

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, 815-589-3925.

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

Men’s cards, 12:30 p.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Bridge, 1 p.m., Mount Morris Senior Center, 9 E. Front St., 815-734-6335.

Bingo, 1 p.m., Rock Falls American Legion Hall, 712 Fourth Ave. Bingo, 1 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Wii Bowling, 1 p.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Second Wind Entertainers, 1:30 p.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815732-3252.

Community cards, 2 p.m., The Meadows of Franklin Grove, 510 N. State St., 815-456-3000.

Skeet shooting, 2 p.m. until no shooters, Coleta Sportsmen’s Club, the corner of Pilgrim and Blue Goose roads, 815-336-2191.

Mindfulness Meditation community sitting sessions, 5:306:30 p.m., Mind Body Spirit Connection, 1254 N. Galena Ave., Dixon, 563-210-6516.

Kings Kids Club, 6 p.m., Liberty Baptist Church, 2002 Ninth Ave., Rock Falls, 815-579-1209 or 815625-4101.

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Broncos, Rangers will return Tribune News Service

SAN FRANCISCO – A blast from the past: Ford is bringing back the Bronco and the Ranger.

The Bronco is a truckstyle 4x4 sport utility vehicle that was discontinued 20 years ago. It’s best known as the vehicle O.J. Simpson drove in an infamous 1994 police chase after he failed to appear for arrest in connection with the slayings of his ex-wife and her friend.

The Ranger is a midsize pickup truck. Ford stopped making and selling it in North America in 2011, although it’s still sold in other parts of the world.

Their return is motivated by increasing public

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Joseph Hinrichs, executive vice president and president of the Americas for Ford Motor Co., announced Monday during the North American International Auto Show in Detroit that the iconic Bronco brand will return in 2020. demand for sport utilities and trucks.

The success of the similar-sized Colorado

pickup from Chevy and the Canyon from GMC prompted a reassessment at Ford.

The Bronco and Ranger are to be manufactured at Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan The Ranger is to go on the market in 2019, the Bronco in 2020.

The news was announced at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, which opened Monday.

“Ranger is for truck buyers who want an affordable, functional, rugged and maneuverable pickup,” Joe Hinrichs, Ford’s president of the Americas, said in a statement. “Bronco will be a no-compromise midsize 4x4 utility for thrill seekers who want to venture way beyond the city.”

Victory motorcycles ride off into the sunset Polaris: Brand will wind down immediately Tribune News Service

MINNEAPOLIS – Polaris Industries will exit the Victory Motorcycle brand it started from scratch 18 years ago, company officials announced Monday, citing a mix of competitive pressures and lack of market share.

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The announcement will not affect Polaris’s fast-growing Indian Motorcycle brand or other divisions, officials said.

P o l a r i s CEO Scott Wine said the “winding down” of the Victory brand will begin immediately.

“Victory has struggled to establish the market share needed to succeed and be profitable. The competitive pressures of

a challenging motorcycle market have increased the headwinds for the brand,” Wine said in a statement.

Victory’s share of the motorcycle market slid to just 2 percent last year, from 3 percent in 2013.

“Given the significant additional investments required for Victory to launch new global platforms that meet chang-

ing consumer preferences, and considering the strong performance and growth potential of Indian Motorcycle, the decision to more narrowly focus Polaris’ energy and investments became quite clear,” Wine said.

Polaris, headquartered outside the Twin Cities, will help dealers liquidate existing Victory inventory but will continue to supply parts and service for 10 years and to honor warranty coverage accordingly.

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STERLING — The last time Thea Mauck played against the Newman Comets, back in December, the St. Bede senior poured in 27 points.

Newman coach Brandon Kreczmer wasn’t going to let that happen again.

Not only did the Comets hold Mauck to 12 points, their pressure defense caused enough fits for many other Bruins to make up for poor offense in a 37-30 home win.

Mauck found many open looks against the Comets’ defense throughout much of the first three quarters, and after she hit a third-quarter 3, Kreczmer called a timeout to re-lecture his players on their target. He took his dry-erase board and wrote “11,” Mauck’s jersey number, and told the players, “that’s what the number 11 looks like.”

Mauck didn’t score another point after that, and the Comets took a tight game and pushed through with a second wind of defensive pressure late in the game.

“Thank goodness she was off,” Kreczmer said. “We held her to 12, but she got way too many open looks.”

Newman (7-10, 6-2 TRAC East) used plenty of full-court pressure to swipe nine first-half steals. Despite a poor offensive night, leading scorer Kelsey Simpson had five steals in the first half, and Mady Ferris had two of her four steals in the same span. Lauren Wilson added three more steals for the Comets, who totaled 14 swipes.

St. Bede (8-11, 2-7), despite owning brief leads on a couple of occasions, nearly had as many turnovers (25) as points.

“Turnovers came and got us.” St. Bede coach Tom McGunnigal said. “We got a chance to cut the lead to five with 3 [minutes] to go, and bounced a ball off her foot. We had a couple of chances early on in the third quarter to extend the lead and put pressure on them, and we failed to do it.”

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Newman’s Kelsey Simpson (left) defends St. Bede’s Julia Browning during the second quarter of Monday night’s game in Sterling. The Comets held the Bruins to 30 points from 36 shots from the field in a 37-30 win.

Star of the game: Madison Craft, Newman, 13 points, 5 rebounds Key performers: Thea Mauck, St. Bede, 12 points, 5 rebounds; Kelsey Simpson, Newman, 5 steals; Mady Ferris, Newman, 6 rebounds, 4 steals, 3 assists; Maggie Sons, St. Bede, 6 rebounds, 5 assists Up next: Newman at Princeton, 7:30 Thursday

klahoma City’s one-man team, Russell Westbrook, is averaging a triple-double. Averaging, people, do you hear me?

The Bulls’ one-man team, Jimmy Butler, scored 114 points in just three games combined last week.

That is good enough for seventh place in each conference.

Yeah, that’s what all that great play gets you: seventh place.

Super.

The point is to win a title, not barely make the playoffs. The Bulls, of all franchises the last three decades, should know that. So, yeah, why not trade Butler?

Here’s why not: Dwyane and Wade.

Two things seem to be going on – two Wade-centric things of great importance.

First, Wade appears to be helping Butler grow up to be a better player and a better leader – a better everything. That’s the way it has looked from the time Wade followed his signing with the declaration that the Bulls are Butler’s team.

Quantifying such intangibles is tricky, but this looks like a science experiment worth playing out if only to salvage something from palm-to-forehead offseason that management wonks stumbled through.

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL | NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP | CLEMSON 35, ALABAMA 31

The Tigers take it Last-second TD lifts Clemson to title

BY RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer

TAMPA, Fla. – College football’s first national championship rematch was a fitting sequel to the original, with an unusual twist at the end.

Deshaun Watson and Clemson dethroned the champs and became the first team to beat Nick Saban’s Alabama dynasty in a national title game, taking down the top-ranked Crimson Tide 35-31 Monday night in the College Football Playoff.

Watson found Hunter Renfrow for a 2-yard touchdown pass with a second remainAP ing to give the Tigers their first Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson (4) threw for 420 yards and three touchdowns, national championship since including one with 1 second left in the game, and ran for another score in Clemson’s national 1981. A year after Alabama won championship win over Alabama on Monday in Tampa. its fourth title under Saban with

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a 45-40 classic in Arizona, Clemson closed the deal and denied the Tide an unprecedented fifth championship in eight seasons.

The lead changed hands four times in the fourth quarter, but Watson got the ball last. Likely playing in his final college game, the junior quarterback threw for 420 yards and three touchdowns.

Coach Dabo Swinney had built an elite program at Clemson that was missing only one thing, and now the Tigers can check that box, too.

The Tigers took a 28-24 lead with 4:38 left in the fourth quarter when Wayne Gallman surged in from a yard out.

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All in the family Kirk Ferentz Iowa head football coach Kirk Ferentz hired his son, Brian, on Monday to be the team’s new offensive coordinator.

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West Carroll’s Casey headed to Greenville West Carroll senior Jacob Casey will sign a national letter of intent on Thursday to attend Greenville College, where he will compete on the track and cross country teams.

A Division III school located in Greenville, Ill., Greenville won the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title in cross country this past fall.

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Coloma P.D. to hold tournament The Coloma Park District will hold its 43rd annual youth bowling tournament on Monday, Jan. 16 at Blackhawk Lanes in Sterling.

It begins at 9:30 a.m., and bowlers ages 6 to 18 are eligible. Entry fee is $12.

For more information, phone the park district at 815-625-0272.

Jordy Nelson Packers’ WR is questionable for divisional round playoff game at Dallas after suffering a rib injury against the Giants on Sunday.

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GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

Cougars slip past Panthers Doege’s double-double sparks Clippers past Royals

By SVM Sports Staff

Three players scored in double figures to lead Eastland to a 59-49 win over Lena-Winslow on Monday.

Makenzie Fink and Lydia Coatney each scored 18 points. Fink also had 10 rebounds, four assists and a steal.

Coatney pulled down seven rebounds, and had three assists and two steals.

Katie Krogman had 17 points.

Bureau Valley 62, LaMoille-Ohio 55, OT:

Christen Hurley scored 30 points to help the Storm top LaMoilleOhio in Manlius.

Hurley had 25 in regulation and added five more in the extra period

Monday’s stars Christen Hurley, BV, 30 points Karlee Doege, Amboy, 20 points, 10 rebounds Makenzie Fink, Eastland, 18 points, 10 rebounds as the Storm outscored LaMoille-Ohio 13-6 in the OT. Lexi Loftus scored 19 points for LaMoilleOhio. Maddi Deery added 17.

Amboy 68, HinckleyBig Rock 29: The Clip-

pers and Royals were tied 14-14 after the first quarter, but it was all Amboy after that.

Karlee Doege tossed in 20 points, grabbed

10 rebounds and dished three assists to pace the Clippers. Delaney Wilhelm had 12 points and three steals, Ema Lindenmeyer had nine points and nine boards, and Katelynn Pankhurst added seven points and six assists.

Hinckley-Big Rock’s Emily Southern led all scorers with 22 points.

Hall 28, Prophetstown 19: Courtney Pierceson

had seven points, two rebounds and a steals as the Prophets fell to the Red Devils in Spring Valley.

Lexi Rangel added five points and four steals for Prophetstown.

Pearl City 47, Milledgeville 39: Mady Fred-

erick had 13 points, and

Rebecca Waite added 10 for the Missiles in a home loss to the Wolves.

Sherrard 40, Morrison 31: Jaeden Workman

had nine points, and Kassidee Church added eight points and four rebounds for the Fillies in a road loss to the Tigers.

Faith Anderson and Spenser Strandgard each had 15 points for Sherrard.

Erie 40, Riverdale 36: Madison Newton

scored 14 points, and Whitney Bramm added 12 as the Cardinals edged the Rams in Port Byron.

Sydney Garrett led Riverdale with 15 points.

On the calendar Local events

Today Boys basketball 6 p.m.

• Rockford Fire at Faith 7 p.m.

• Ottawa at Sterling • Sandwich at Dixon • Kewanee at Newman 7:15 p.m.

• Indian Creek at Oregon 7:30 p.m.

• Bureau Valley at Hall • Orion at Erie • Fulton at Morrison • Milledgeville at Amboy • Forreston at AFC • Pearl City at Eastland Girls basketball 7:15 p.m.

• North Boone at Rock Falls • Oregon at Byron 7:30 p.m.

• Erie at Sherrard • AFC at Stockton • West Carroll at Polo Boys bowling 4 p.m.

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• Dixon at Rockford Christian • Oregon at St. Bede Girls bowling

Ex-Wrigley rooftop owner sentenced The onetime owner of a rooftop club overlooking Wrigley Field was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison Monday for hiding more than $1 million in revenue to avoid paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in royalties owed to the Cubs as well as state and local taxes.

R. Marc Hamid, 48, was convicted by a jury in July of nine counts of mail fraud and illegal bank structuring for falsifying attendance records at the Skybox on Sheffield, a rooftop club beyond the right field wall.

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• Rockford Christian at Sterling Wrestling 5 p.m.

• Fulton at Camanche, Iowa quad 5:30 p.m.

• Sterling, Freeport at Dixon • Rock Falls, Byron at Dakota • Newman, Mendota at Oregon • Durand, Polo at West Carroll

Ex-Sox pitching coach dies Jackie Brown, the White Sox’s pitching coach from 1992-95, died Sunday in Oklahoma, the team said.

Brown, 73, helped the team to the 1993 American League Western Division title, the same year Jack McDowell won the league’s Cy Young Award.

He was 47-53 with a 4.18 ERA in 214 major league games with the Senators, Rangers, Indians and Expos from 1970-77.

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Northwestern’s Hankins dies Monday Northwestern women’s basketball player Jordan Hankins has been found dead in her room Monday at the university.

The statement from spokesman Carsten Parmenter said there is no indication of foul play or “any danger or threat to other members of the Northwestern community.”

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ABOVE: Newman’s Delaney Hinrichs (10) looks to pass the ball during the second quarter of Monday night’s game against St. Bede in Sterling. The Comets won 37-30.

BELOW: Newman’s Chloe Klein puts up a shot while St. Bede’s Naomi Ochuba (left) defends her on Monday in Sterling.

Comets hang tough to pick up win against Bruins LEARNING

CONTINUED FROM B1 t Newman increased its lead to five points with 2:48 left to play – only the second time a lead increased to that much by then.

Ferris came away with a steal under the Bruins basket and quickly dished to Madison Craft for a 33-28 lead.

Mary Jensen added a bucket not too much later for a sevenpoint lead, which would stand at game’s end.

“I know in the fourth quarter everyone kind of gets tired,” Ferris said. “We were able to keep the energy the whole game. That was important, and we didn’t get tired and give up the ball or give up easy fast breaks. That helped us keep the lead.”

Craft led the Comets with 13 points and five rebounds.

“We were working hard the whole game,” Craft said. “Our goal is to finish the game strong, so we do all we can to try to get to that point.”

Newman shot just 24 percent from the field, making only 13 of 54 field goal tries, but limited St. Bede to only 36 shot attempts total.

“Defense came back to help us a lot,” Ferris said. “In the first half, we weren’t executing our plays that well and couldn’t get shots to fall. So at least if we were able to stop them on defense, it will help us stay in the game and keep the lead in the first half.”

On the tube TV listings

Today Men’s basketball 6 p.m.

• Kentucky at Vanderbilt, ESPN • Baylor at West Virginia, ESPN2 • Syracuse at Virginia Tech, ESPNU • Xavier at Villanova, FS1 8 p.m.

• Indiana at Maryland, ESPN • Kansas at Oklahoma, ESPN2 • Florida at Alabama, ESPNU • Providence at DePaul, FS1 8:15 p.m.

• Kansas St. at Texas Tech, ESPNEWS 10 p.m.

• San Jose St. at San Diego St., ESPNU Golf 2 p.m.

• Web.com Tour, The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic, third round, at Great Exuma, Bahamas, GOLF NBA 6 p.m.

• Bulls at Wizards, CSN 6:30 p.m.

• Celtics at Raptors, NBA 9:30 p.m.

• Heat at Warriors, NBA NHL 7 p.m.

• Bruins at Blues, NBCSN

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NBA | THUNDER 109, BULLS 94

No Butler, no chance Thunder, Westbrook dominate Bulls

BY K.C. JOHNSON Chicago Tribune

CHICAGO – The NBA may have finally found a way to slow Jimmy Butler – illness.

The do-it-all star missed Monday’s shootaround at the Advocate Center and managed just one point on 0-for-6 shooting as the Thunder snapped the Bulls’ threegame win streak with a 109-94 triumph at the United Center.

Russell Westbrook missed his 18th triple double by one rebound, adding 21 points and 14 assists.

Steven Adams scored 22 points and Enes Kanter had 20 as the Thunder piled up a 60-36 points in the paint advantage.

Dwyane Wade, trying to pick up the slack in Butler’s absence, led the Bulls with 22 points.

Michael Carter-Williams, who started on Westbrook, added a season-high 15.

“They’re third in the league in fast-break points, all because of Westbrook,” coach Fred Hoiberg said. “He gets it down fast and does a

CONTINUED FROM B1 t Second, Wade’s willingness to forfeit further championships allowed the Bulls to land a respected, but not great free agent.

In fact, Wade is here because he isn’t great anymore. Great free agents won’t sign with the Bulls. Nobody knows why. The Bulls certainly don’t know why, and they get pantsed everytime.

But if Wade can have a good season -- an enjoyable season in his home town, a playoff season the way he talked early on – then he’ll likely talk

MONDAY’S SCOREBOARD Girls basketball Monday’s results at Newman

NEWMAN 37, ST. BEDE 30 ST. BEDE (8-11, 2-7 Three Rivers East) Maggie Sons 1-3 0-1 2, Thea Mauck 3-11 3-4 12, Julia Browning 1-1 0-0 2, Chase Ludford 3-9 0-0 7, Naomi Ochuba 3-5 0-1 6, Isabel Pozzi 0-3 1-3 1, Carly Eustice 0-4 0-0 0. Totals: 11-36 4-9 30.

NEWMAN (7-10, 6-2) Mady Ferris 1-6 0-2 2, Kelsey Simpson 1-6 0-0 3, Mary Jensen 2-7 2-4 6, Madison Craft 4-12 3-4 13, Payton Murray 2-8 0-0 5, Chloe Klein 1-4 0-0 2, Lauren Wilson 2-6 0-0 4, Hannah Wilson 0-0 0-0 0, Teagan McKenna 0-0 0-0 0, Delaney Hinrichs 0-4 2-2 2. Totals: 13-54 7-12 37.

St. Bede 10 4 10 6 — 30 Newman 9 7 13 8 — 37 3s – SBA 4-16 (Mauck 3-9, Ludford 1-4, Pozzi 0-1, Eustice 0-1, Sons 0-1), Newman 4-14 (Craft 2-7, Simpson 1-2, Murray 1-2, Wilson 0-1, Hinrichs 0-2). Rebounds – SBA 31 (Ludford 7), Newman 34 (Ferris 6).

Assists – SBA 9 (Sons 5), Newman 9 (Ferris 3). Steals – SBA 5 (Sons 2, Ludford 2), Newman 14 (Simpson 5). Blocks – SBA 3 (Eustice 2), Newman 0. Turnovers – SBA 25, Newman 14. Fouls – SBA 13, Newman 12 (Jensen out). at Amboy

AMBOY 69, HINCKLEY-BIG ROCK 29

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The Bulls’ Dwyane Wade (3) passes the ball along the baseline as the Thunder’s Domantas Sabonis (3) and Andre Roberson defend during the first half of Monday’s game in Chicago. The Thunder won 10994. great job of dropping it off. Their bigs are great rim runners. They get a lot accomplished in the post in transition as well.

It’s a full team awareness issue with Westbrook.”

Wade played Monday night but Hoiberg said the plan is for him to sit

today in Washington.

The Bulls began a stretch of five games in 7 days against the Thunder.

Wade missed a game last week with a swollen left knee and said he’d revisit playing in back-to-backs.

Butler has a fever, according to Hoiberg.

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up the franchise around the league.

In some way, it has to be true that the Bulls are using their dumb luck landing Wade to pay for player public relations because they have no other idea how to get lure great free agents. In lieu of a championship plan, this is where the Bulls are.

But if the Bulls trade Butler now, likely for high picks and/or a player who’s not as good, then the season’s over, and so is the Bulls free agent future because Wade probably will torch the franchise to everybody who will listen and even those who won’t.

That’s not to say Butler

still couldn’t be traded.

I mean, the Bulls still employ the general manager who refused to trade Pau Gasol in a desperate bid to earn the right to be swept by the Cavaliers in the first round and then declared the nearly 36-year-old Gasol a part of the team’s core going forward.

And then there’s Gar Forman’s nonsense about getting younger and more athletic before signing thirtysomethings Wade and Rajon Rondo.

So, yeah, the Bulls are capable of tapping a big keg of stupid anytime, but I believe even they can see they can’t make a Butler deal right now.

Clemson claims first title since 1981

H-BR Kossman 1 0-0 3, Southern 9 0-0 22, T.Prellberg 2 0-0 4, Ryan 0 0-0 0, Hanacon 0 0-2 0, Prellberg 0 0-0 0, Dunteman 0 0-0 0, Saucedo 0 0-0 0, Halverson 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 12 0-2 29.

AMBOY Katelynn Pankhurst 3 0-0 7, Delaney Wilhelm 6 0-1 12, Karlee Doege 6 6-6 20, Emma Lindenmeyer 3 3-4 9, Nataly Jones 1 0-0 2, Kallie Appleman 3 0-0 6, Noelle Jones 1 0-0 2, Logan Winters 0 2-2 2, Mackinzie Hamlink 0 0-0 0, Kaitlyn Ortgiesen 1 0-2 2, Kelsey Stewart 0 2-2 2, Kyleigh Donna 2 0-0 4, Breanna Fisher 0 0-0 0, Hope Sachs 0 0-0 0. Totals: 26 13-17 68.

H-BR 14 5 8 2 — 29 Amboy 14 22 18 14 — 68 3s – H-BR 5 (Southern 4, Kossman), Amboy 3 (Doege 2, Pankhurst). at Sherrard

SHERRARD 40, MORRISON 31 MORRISON (9-9, 4-3 Three Rivers West) Emma Melton 3-9 0-0 6, Emma Sitzmore 1-4 0-0 2, Jaeden Workman 4-6 0-0 9, Kassidee Church 3-8 2-6 8, Shayna Vanderleest 0-1 0-0 0, Peyton Tegeler 1-4 0-0 2, Madison Steines 0-1 0-0 0, Lauren Vos 2-3 0-2 4, Mackenzie Petkus 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 14-36 2-8 31.

SHERRARD (17-2, 6-0) Minch 1-5 2-2 4, Anderson 5-16 3-5 15, Crippen 1-6 0-0 2, Strandgard 4-5 7-9 15, Mattingly 1-3 0-4 2, Morrison 1-1 0-0 2, Hofmann 0-1 0-0 0, Whitsell 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals: 13-37 12-20 40.

Morrison 4 12 9 6 — 31 Sherrard 4 14 9 13 — 40 3s – Morrison 1 (Workman), Sherrard 2 (Anderson 2). at Port Byron

ERIE 40, RIVERDALE 36 ERIE Calisa Steele 0 0-0 0, Riley Redell 0 2-2 2, Whitney Bramm 5 2-2 12, Montana Lawson 1 0-0 3, Jenna Saad 1 0-0 2, Taylor Steimle 1 3-6 5, Hannah Schanze 0 0-0 0, Madison Newton 6 2-3 14, Skylar Steimle 0 0-0 0. Totals: 15 9-13 40.

RIVERDALE Falk 2 1-2 6, Maring 0 0-0 0, Mitton 2 0-0 4, Berge 1 1-2 3, Walls 0 2-2 2, Garber 0 0-0 0, Smeltzly 1 0-0 3, Garrett 5 5-7 15, Weaver 1 0-0 2, Darin 0 1-2 1. Totals: 12 10-13 36.

Erie 8 11 7 12 — 40 Riverdale 9 4 12 11 — 36 3s – Erie 1 (Lawson), Riverdale 2 (Falk, Smeltzly). at Manlius

BUREAU VALLEY 62, LaMOILLE-OHIO 55 OT LaMOILLE-OHIO Martin 2 0-0 5, Motler 0 0-0 0, Conner 2 2-5 6, Kahly 1 2-4 5, Lundquist 0 0-0 0, Hansen 0 0-0 0, Loftus 6 3-4 19, Forbes 0 0-0 0, Pinter 0 0-0 0, Walzer 1 1-2 3, Deery 7 3-9 17, Billhorn 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 11-24 55.

BUREAU VALLEY Nicole Wirth 3 2-5 8, Courtney Hoagland 0 0-0 0, Saige Barnett 3 0-0 8, Heather Williams 4 0-0 8, Addi Moreland 1 4-6 6, Christen Hurley 11 6-7 30, Hannah Williams 0 0-0 0, Marissa Mungia 0 2-2 2, Maddy Mares 0 0-0 0. Totals 22 14-20 62.

LaMoille-Ohio 17 11 7 14 6 — 55 Bureau Valley 16 12 11 10 13 — 62 3s - LaMoille-Ohio 6 (Loftus 4, Martin, Kahly), Bureau Valley 4 (Hurley 2, Barnett 2)

NFL playoffs Wild-card round Saturday’s results Houston 27, Oakland 14 Seattle 26, Detroit 6 Sunday’s results Pittsburgh 30, Miami 12 Green Bay 38, N.Y. Giants 13 Divisional round Saturday, Jan. 14 Seattle at Atlanta, 3:35 p.m. (FOX) Houston at New England, 7:15 p.m. (CBS) Sunday, Jan. 15 Pittsburgh at Kansas City, 12:05 p.m. (NBC) Green Bay at Dallas, 3:40 p.m. (FOX) Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 22 AFC Divisional winners, time & place TBD NFC Divisional winners, time & place TBD

College football Monday’s result College Football Championship Tampa, Fla. Clemson 35, Alabama 31 Monday’s box score

CLEMSON 35, ALABAMA 31 Clemson Alabama

0 7 7 21 — 35 7 7 10 7 — 31

First Quarter BAMA–Scarbrough 25 run (Griffith kick), 9:23

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Alabama’s Marlon Humphrey is called for pass interference on a pass to Clemson’s Mike Williams during the second half of the college football playoff championship game on Monday in Tampa, Fla.

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t The Tide’s offense, which had gone dormant for most of the second half, came to life with the help of a sweet call from newly promoted offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian.

Receiver ArDarius Stewart took a backward pass from Jalen Hurts and fired a strike to O.J. Howard for 24 yards.

On the next play, Hurts broke free from a collapsing pocket and

weaved his way through defenders for a 30-yard touchdown run to make it 31-28 with 2:07 left.

More than enough time for Watson, who hooked up with Mike Williams and Jordan Leggett for great catches and big gains to get to first-andgoal.

A pass interference on Alabama made it firstand-goal at the 2 with 6 seconds left.

Time for one more play to avoid a tying kick and potential overtime. Renfrow slipped away from the defense at the goal

line and was alone for an easy toss.

It was the walk-on receiver’s second TD catch of the night, adding to the two he had last season against Alabama.

When it ended Clemson’s 315-pound defensive lineman Christian Wilkins did a cartwheel and Ben Boulware, one of the toughest linebackers in the country, was in tears.

The Tigers had snapped Alabama’s 26-game winning streak and beaten a No. 1 team for the first time ever.

Second Quarter BAMA–Scarbrough 37 run (Griffith kick), 10:42 CLE–Watson 8 run (Huegel kick), 6:09 Third Quarter BAMA–FG Griffith 27, 12:25 CLE–Renfrow 24 pass from Watson (Huegel kick), 7:10 BAMA–Howard 68 pass from Hurts (Griffith kick), 1:53 Fourth Quarter CLE–M.Williams 4 pass from Watson (Huegel kick), 14:00 CLE–Gallman 1 run (Huegel kick), 4:38 BAMA–Hurts 30 run (Griffith kick), 2:07 CLE–Renfrow 2 pass from Watson (Huegel kick), :01

CLE BAMA First downs 31 16 Rushes-yards 43-91 33-221 Passing 420 155 Comp-Att-Int 36-57-0 14-32-0 Return Yards 133 66 Punts-Avg. 9-37.33 10-41.5 Fumbles-Lost 2-2 1-0 Penalties-Yards 3-35 9-82 Time of Possession 34:44 25:16 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING–Clemson, Gallman 18-46, Watson 22-43, Fuller 1-3, A.Scott 1-0, (Team) 1-(minus 1). Alabama, Scarbrough 16-93, Hurts 9-63, A.Stewart 1-25, D.Harris 5-24, Jacobs 2-16.

PASSING–Clemson, Watson 36-56-0420, (Team) 0-1-0-0. Alabama, Hurts 13-31-0-131, A.Stewart 1-1-0-24.

RECEIVING–Clemson, Renfrow 10-92, M.Williams 8-94, Leggett 7-95, Cain 5-94, Gallman 3-39, A.Scott 3-6. Alabama, Ridley 5-36, Howard 4-106, A.Stewart 2-12, Scarbrough 2-7, D.Harris 1-(minus 6).

College Football Championship Winners Jan. 9, 2017 — Clemson 35, Alabama 31 Jan. 11, 2016 — Alabama 45, Clemson 40 Jan. 12, 2015 — Ohio St. 42, Oregon 20 BCS National Championship Jan. 6, 2014 — Florida St. 34, Auburn 31 Jan. 7, 2013 — Alabama 42, Notre Dame 14 Jan. 9, 2012 — Alabama 21, LSU 0 Jan. 10, 2011 — Auburn 22, Oregon 19 Jan. 7, 2010 — Alabama 37, Texas 21 Jan. 8, 2009 — Florida 24, Oklahoma 14 Jan. 7, 2008 — LSU 38, Ohio State 24 Jan. 8, 2007 — Florida 41, Ohio State 14 BCS Championship Jan. 4, 2006 Rose Bowl — Texas 41, Southern Cal-x 38 Jan. 1, 2005 Orange Bowl — Southern Cal-x 55, Oklahoma 19 Jan. 4, 2004 Sugar Bowl — LSU 21, Oklahoma 14 Jan. 3, 2003 Fiesta Bowl — Ohio St. 31, Miami 24, 2OT Jan. 3, 2002 Rose Bowl — Miami 37, Nebraska 14 Jan. 3, 2001 Orange Bowl — Oklahoma 13, Florida St. 2 Jan. 4, 2000 Sugar Bowl — Florida St. 46, Virginia Tech 29 Jan. 4, 1999 Fiesta Bowl — Tennessee 23, Florida St. 16 x-participation vacated

Men’s basketball Big Ten

Conference Overall

W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Minnesota 3-1 .750 15-2 .882 Purdue 3-1 .750 14-3 .824 Michigan St. 3-1 .750 11-6 .647 Nebraska 3-1 .750 9-7 .563 Maryland 2-1 .667 14-2 .875 Wisconsin 2-1 .667 13-3 .813 Northwestern 2-2 .500 13-4 .765 Iowa 2-2 .500 10-7 .588 Penn St. 2-2 .500 10-7 .588 Illinois 1-2 .333 11-5 .688 Indiana 1-2 .333 11-5 .688 Michigan 1-2 .333 11-5 .688 Ohio St. 0-3 .000 10-6 .625 Rutgers 0-4 .000 11-6 .647 Today’s game Indiana at Maryland, 8 p.m. (ESPN) Wednesday’s games Minnesota at Michigan St., 6 p.m. (BTN) Michigan at Illinois, 8 p.m. (BTN) Thursday’s games Ohio St. at Wisconsin, 6 p.m. (ESPN2) Northwestern at Rutgers, 8 p.m. (ESPNU) Purdue at Iowa, 8 p.m. (BTN) State schedule Today’s games NIU at Kent St., 6 p.m.

Providence at DePaul, 8 p.m.

Wednesday’s games Loyola at Wichita St., 6 p.m.

Illinois St. at S. Illinois, 7 p.m.

N. Iowa at Bradley, 8 p.m.

W. Illinois at Denver, 8 p.m.

Thursday’s games Ill.-Chicago at Cleveland St., 6:45 p.m.

Murray St. at E. Illinois, 7 p.m.

Chciago St. at Utah Valley, 8 p.m.

Austin Peay at SIU-Edwardsville, 8 p.m.

Top 25 schedule Today’s games No. 1 Baylor at No. 10 West Virginia, 6 p.m.

No. 2 Kansas at Oklahoma, 8 p.m.

No. 3 Villanova vs. No. 15 Xavier, 6 p.m.

No. 6 Kentucky at Vanderbilt, 6 p.m.

No. 7 Duke at No. 9 Florida State, 7 p.m.

No. 23 Florida at Alabama, 8 p.m.

No. 25 Kansas St. at Texas Tech, 8:15 p.m.

Wednesday’s games No. 8 Creighton vs. No. 12 Butler, 8 p.m.

No. 11 N.Carolina at Wake Forest, 7 p.m.

No. 14 Louisville vs. Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.

No. 24 Minnesota at Michigan St., 6 p.m.

Thursday’s games No. 4 UCLA at Colorado, 10 p.m.

No. 5 Gonzaga vs. Loyola Marymount, 8 p.m.

No. 16 Arizona vs. Arizona State, 8 p.m.

No. 17 Purdue at Iowa, 8 p.m.

No. 18 Wisconsin vs. Ohio State, 6 p.m.

No. 20 Notre Dame at Miami, 6 p.m.

No. 21 Saint Mary’s at Portland, 10 p.m.

No. 22 Cincinnati vs. SMU, 8 p.m.

No. 25 Southern Cal at Utah, 8 p.m.

Saturday’s games No. 1 Baylor at No. 25 Kansas State, 3:30 p.m.

No. 2 Kansas vs. Oklahoma State, 1 p.m.

No. 3 Villanova vs. St. John’s at Madison Square Garden, 11 a.m.

No. 4 UCLA at Utah, 5 p.m.

No. 5 Gonzaga vs. No. 21 St. Mary’s, 9 p.m.

No. 6 Kentucky vs. Auburn, 3 p.m.

No. 7 Duke at No. 14 Louisville, 11 a.m.

No. 8 Creighton vs. Truman State, noon No. 9 Florida State at No. 11 North Carolina, 1 p.m.

No. 10 West Virginia at Texas, 3 p.m.

No. 12 Butler vs. No. 15 Xavier, 1 p.m.

No. 13 Oregon vs. Oregon State, 9:30 p.m.

No. 19 Virginia at Clemson, 11 a.m.

No. 20 Notre Dame at Virginia Tech, 1 p.m.

No. 23 Florida vs. Georgia, 11 a.m.

No. 24 Minnesota at Penn State, 11 a.m.

Sunday’s games No. 22 Cincinnati at East Carolina, 3 p.m.

No. 25 USC at Colorado, 7:30 p.m.

Associated Press Top 25

Record Pts Prv 1. Baylor (55) 15-0 1608 2 2. Kansas (8) 14-1 1517 3 3. Villanova (1) 15-1 1499 1 4. UCLA (1) 16-1 1433 4 5. Gonzaga 15-0 1366 5 6. Kentucky 13-2 1327 6 7. Duke 14-2 1173 8 8. Creighton 15-1 1111 10 9. Florida State 15-1 1071 12 10. West Virginia 13-2 972 7 11. North Carolina 14-3 902 14 12. Butler 14-2 880 18 13. Oregon 15-2 869 15 14. Louisville 13-3 744 9 15. Xavier 13-2 651 16 16. Arizona 15-2 634 17 17. Purdue 14-3 584 20 18. Wisconsin 13-3 581 13 19. Virginia 12-3 580 11 20. Notre Dame 14-2 468 23 21. St Mary’s (Cal) 14-1 377 19 22. Cincinnati 13-2 256 22 23. Florida 12-3 252 24 24. Minnesota 15-2 167 — 25. Kansas State 13-2 20 — 25. Southern Cal 15-2 20 25 Others receiving votes: Seton Hall 11, South Carolina 7, Iowa State 7, Indiana 6, Virginia Tech 6, Maryland 5, SMU 5, Clemson 4, UNC-Wilmington 3, VCU 3, Nevada 2, Dayton 2, Wichita State 2.

NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB Toronto 24 13 .649 — Boston 23 14 .622 1 New York 17 21 .447 7½ Philadelphia 10 25 .286 13 Brooklyn 8 28 .222 15½ Southeast Division

W L Pct GB Atlanta 21 16 .568 — Charlotte 20 18 .526 1½ Washington 18 18 .500 2½ Orlando 16 23 .410 6 Miami 11 28 .282 11 Central Division

W L Pct GB Cleveland 28 8 .778 — Indiana 20 18 .526 9 Milwaukee 18 18 .500 10 Chicago 19 19 .500 10 Detroit 18 21 .462 11½

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

W L Pct GB San Antonio 30 7 .811 — Houston 30 9 .769 1 Memphis 24 16 .600 7½ New Orleans 15 24 .385 16 Dallas 11 27 .289 19½ Northwest Division

W L Pct GB Utah 23 16 .590 — Oklahoma City 23 16 .590 — Portland 16 23 .410 7 Denver 14 23 .378 8 Minnesota 12 26 .316 10½ Pacific Division

W L Pct GB Golden State 32 6 .842 — L.A. Clippers 26 14 .650 7 Sacramento 15 22 .405 16½ L.A. Lakers 15 26 .366 18½ Phoenix 12 26 .316 20

Monday’s results New Orleans 110, New York 96 Minnesota 101, Dallas 92 Oklahoma City 109, Chicago 94 Today’s games Chicago at Washington, 6 p.m.

Atlanta at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m.

Boston at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.

Charlotte at Houston, 7 p.m.

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

Cleveland at Utah, 8 p.m.

Detroit at Sacramento, 9:30 p.m.

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

Portland at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s games New York at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

Houston at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Memphis at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

Washington at Boston, 7 p.m.

Cleveland at Portland, 9:30 p.m.

Orlando at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.

Monday’s box score

THUNDER 109, BULLS 94 OKLAHOMA CITY (109) Sabonis 1-5 3-3 5, Adams 11-14 0-0 22, Westbrook 9-18 2-3 21, Oladipo 6-9 0-0 13, Roberson 3-5 0-0 8, Jera.Grant 3-6 0-0 7, Lauvergne 2-3 1-2 6, Kanter 9-11 2-3 20, Payne 0-6 0-0 0, Abrines 3-6 0-0 7. Totals 47-83 8-11 109.

CHICAGO (94) Gibson 4-8 1-1 9, Lopez 1-7 1-1 3, CarterWilliams 6-11 3-3 15, Wade 7-16 6-8 22, Butler 0-6 1-2 1, McDermott 2-6 2-2 7, Zipser 0-3 0-0 0, Felicio 5-6 1-1 11, Mirotic 1-4 0-0 3, Portis 3-7 0-0 7, Jeri.Grant 4-7 2-2 11, Canaan 1-3 2-2 5. Totals 34-84 19-22 94.

Oklahoma City 26 35 28 20 — 109 Chicago 20 26 21 27 — 94 3-Point Goals–Oklahoma City 7-24 (Roberson 2-4, Lauvergne 1-2, Oladipo 1-2, Abrines 1-3, Jera.Grant 1-3, Westbrook 1-7, Payne 0-1, Sabonis 0-2), Chicago 7-20 (Wade 2-4, Canaan 1-1, McDermott 1-2, Jeri.Grant 1-3, Portis 1-3, Mirotic 1-4, Carter-Williams 0-1, Butler 0-2). Fouled Out–None. Rebounds–Oklahoma City 42 (Kanter 11), Chicago 38 (Felicio 11).

Assists–Oklahoma City 30 (Westbrook 14), Chicago 18 (Butler 7). Total Fouls– Oklahoma City 17, Chicago 13.

NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 41 25 10 6 56 125 97 Boston 43 21 17 5 47 105 105 Ottawa 39 21 14 4 46 99 102 Toronto 39 18 13 8 44 120 116 Florida 42 18 16 8 44 98 113 Tampa Bay 42 19 19 4 42 118 127 Buffalo 39 15 15 9 39 89 109 Detroit 40 17 18 5 39 100 115 Metropolitan Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Columbus 39 28 7 4 60 132 85 Pittsburgh 39 26 8 5 57 139 109 Washington 40 26 9 5 57 115 84 N.Y. Rangers 42 28 13 1 57 146 107 Philadelphia 42 21 15 6 48 123 129 Carolina 40 18 15 7 43 104 108 New Jersey 42 16 18 8 40 95 124 N.Y. Islanders 38 15 15 8 38 106 117

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA 43 26 12 5 57 120 104 39 25 9 5 55 123 85 40 21 14 5 47 114 118 43 20 20 3 43 118 126 40 17 16 7 41 112 110 40 16 16 8 40 103 121 39 13 25 1 27 79 130 Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA San Jose 40 24 14 2 50 105 90 Anaheim 42 21 13 8 50 113 113 Edmonton 42 21 14 7 49 120 113 Calgary 43 22 19 2 46 114 119 Los Angeles 40 20 16 4 44 98 99 Vancouver 42 20 19 3 43 105 121 Arizona 40 12 22 6 30 86 128 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Chicago Minnesota St. Louis Winnipeg Nashville Dallas Colorado

Monday’s results Florida 3, New Jersey 0 Washington 4, Montreal 1 Winnipeg 2, Calgary 0 Dallas at Los Angeles, late Today’s games Columbus at Carolina, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at Buffalo, 6 p.m.

Boston at St. Louis, 7 p.m.

Vancouver at Nashville, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Chicago, 7:30 p.m.

San Jose at Edmonton, 8 p.m.

Dallas at Anaheim, 9 p.m.

Wednesday’s games Florida at N.Y. Islanders, 6 p.m.

Montreal at Winnipeg, 6:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Washington, 7 p.m.

San Jose at Calgary, 8:30 p.m.

Transactions BASEBALL American League HOUSTON ASTROS — Agreed to terms with C Luis Barajas on a minor league contract.

National League MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Agreed to terms with C Cody Decker on a minor league contract.

NEW YORK METS — Agreed to terms with RHP Williams Valencia on a minor league contract.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Fined L.A. Lakers G Jordan Clarkson $15,000 for throwing a forearm above the shoulders of Miami G Goran Dragic.

NEW JERSEY NETS — Waived F Anthony Bennett.

FOOTBALL National Football League CHICAGO BEARS — Waived LB Josh Shirley.

DETROIT LIONS — Signed WR Jared Abbrederis and Andrew Turzilli, OL Matt Rotheram and Brandon Thomas, TEs Kennard Backman and Khari Lee, RB Mike James, LB Steve Longa and DB Charles Washington to reserve/future contracts.

GREEN BAY PACKERS — Released DT Mike Pennel.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed LB Alex Bazzie to a reserve/future contract.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Named Doug Marrone coach and Tom Coughlin executive vice president-football operations. Signed general manager Dave Caldwell a two-year contract extension.

OAKLAND RAIDERS — Signed DE Jimmy Bean, DL Demetrius Cherry, CB Kenneth Durden, TEs Cooper Helfet and Ryan O’Malley, WRs Jaydon Mickens and K.J. Brent and Gs Oni Omoile and Ian Silberman to reserve/ future contracts.

HOCKEY National Hockey League CALGARY FLAMES — Assigned D Tyler Wotherspoon to Stockton (AHL). Recalled D Brett Kulak from Stockton.

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Waived G Curtis McElhinney. Assigned F Markus Hannikainen to Cleveland (AHL). Recalled G Anton Forsberg from Cleveland.

EDMONTON OILERS — Assigned RW Jesse Puljujarvi to Bakersfield (AHL). Recalled RW Anton Slepyshev from Bakersfield.

NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Assigned D Petter Granberg to Milwaukee (AHL).

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Reassigned Fs Erick Condra and Adam Erne to Syracuse (AHL).

WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Recalled F Paul Carey from Hershey (AHL).

COLLEGE AIR FORCE — Signed football coach Troy Calhoun to a contract extension through the 2021 season.

COLORADO — Signed football coach Mike MacIntyre to a contract extension through the 2021 season.

IOWA — Named Brian Ferentz offensive coordinator.

NEBRASKA — Announced junior F Isaac Copeland has transferred from Georgetown.

NORTH CAROLINA — QB Mitch Trubisky will enter the NFL draft.

OHIO STATE — RB Curtis Samuel will enter the NFL draft.

SOUTH CAROLINA — Named Eric Wolford offensive line coach.

STANFORD — Announced the retirement of women’s volleyball coach John Dunning.

TUSCULUM — Announced the retirement of golf coach Bob Dibble, effective May 31.

WAKE FOREST — Named Wayne Lineburg tight ends coach and special teams coordinator.

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

U.S. Bank National Association Plaintiff, vs.

Matthew B. Vaupel; Kathryn M. Vaupel; Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants Defendants.

2016CH 52 1960 IL Route 26, Dixon, IL 61021 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on December 6, 2016, the Lee County Sheriff's Office will on February 9, 2017, at the hour of 10:00AM at the Lee County Sheriff's Office, Lee County Courthouse, 309 Galena Avenue Suite 320, Dixon, IL 61021, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: Parcel 1: Part of the East Half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 30, Township 22 North, Range 9 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian, the point of beginning being described as follows, to wit: Commencing at the Northwest corner of the said East Half of the Northwest Quarter; thence Southerly on the West line of the said East half of the Northwest Quarter a distance of 1292.2 feet; thence Southeasterly at an angle of 40 degrees 02 minutes measured counterclockwise from the last described course extended South a distance of 962.85 feet to the said point of beginning; thence continuing Southeasterly on an extension of the last described course a distance of 155.0 feet; thence Southwesterly at an angle of 89 degrees 18 minutes measured counterclockwise from the last described course a distance of 194.55 feet to the centerline of S.B.I. Route No. 26; thence Northwesterly on the said centerline of S.B.I. Route No. 26; a distance of 156.5 feet; thence Northeasterly a distance of 214.65 feet to the place of beginning; (Excepting a tract conveyed to the State of Illinois for the use of the Department of Public Works and Buildings by Warranty Deed dated January 16, 1966 and recorded April 1, 1966 in Book 3 of State Deeds, page 35, described as follows: Commencing at the Northwest corner of the said East Half of the Northwest Quarter; thence Southerly on the West line of the said East Half of the Northwest Quarter a distance of 1292.2 feet; thence Southeasterly at an angle of 139 degrees 58 minutes measured counterclockwise from the last described course a distance of 1117.

85 feet; thence Southwesterly at an angle of 89 degrees 18 minutes measured counterclockwise from the last described course to a point Northeasterly of and 60 feet normally distant from the survey line of a highway designated S.B.I. Route 26, which is the point of beginning; thence continuing Southwesterly along an extension of the last described course to the centerline of the said highway; thence Northwesterly along said centerline a distance of 156.5 feet; thence North 50 degrees 40 minutes East to a point Northeasterly of and 60 feet normally distant from the said survey line; thence Northeasterly parallel with the said survey line to the point of beginning); Parcel 2: Part of the East Half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 30, Township 22 North, Range 9 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian, the point of beginning described as follows: Commencing at the Northwest corner of the said East half of the Northwest Quarter; thence Southerly on the West line of the said East Half of the Northwest Quarter 1292.2 feet; thence Southeasterly at an angle of 40 degrees 02 minutes measured counterclockwise from the West line of the said East Half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 30, 962.85 feet to the point of beginning; thence extending Southeasterly on a projection of the last described course 155.0 feet; thence Northeasterly at an angle of 90 degrees 42 minutes measured clockwise from the last described course 50.0 feet; thence Northwesterly at an angle of 89 degrees 18 minutes measured clockwise from the last described course 155.0 feet; thence Southwesterly at an angle of 90 degrees 42 minutes measured clockwise from the last described course 50.0 feet to the point of beginning; all in Lee County Illinois.

Commonly known as 1960 IL Route 26, Dixon, IL 61021 Parcel Number(s): 07-02-30-176-008 The real estate is improved with a Single Family Residence.

Sale terms: Bidders must present, at the time of sale, a cashier's or certified check for 10% of the successful bid amount. The balance of the successful bid shall be paid within 24 hours, by similar funds. The subject property 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. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than the mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

For information call Plaintiff's Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski LLC, One East Wacker, Suite 1250, Chicago, IL 60601. Phone number: 312-651-6700. Attorney file number: 16-016808.

Alan S. Kaufman MANLEY DEAS KOCHALSKI LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff One East Wacker, Suite 1250 Chicago, IL 60601 Telephone: 312-651-6700 Fax: 614-220-5613 Attorney. No.: 6289893 Email: MDKIllinoisFilings@manleydeas.com I711508#l: MDKIllinoisFilings@manleydeas.com I711508

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It is the policy of Kreider Services Intermediate Care Homes, New Main to admit and to treat all clients and employees without regard to race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, color or disability. There are no distinctions in eligibility for services, nor in the manner of providing services. All facilities of the Intermediate Care Homes are available without distinction to all clients, visitors, and employees. All persons and organizations that refer clients for admission or recommend Kreider Services Intermediate Care facilities are advised to do so without regard to race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, color, or disability.

Reviewed and updated January 5, 2017 Connie Kay Foster, Administrator Jan. 10, 2017

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

SELECT EMPLOYEES CREDIT UNION, Plaintiff, vs.

Wayne Ebersole, Tammy Ebersole, BMO Harris National Association and Dean Wade, Defendants.

CASE NO. 16 CH 64 ST NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered by the Court in the above-entitled cause, the property hereinafter described or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said judgment, will be sold to the highest bidder.

(A) The name, address and telephone number of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate is: Tuesdai Harris, Select Employees Credit Union, 2412 Freeport Road, Sterling, IL 61081, Telephone: 815-626-8181.

(B) The common address and other common description, if any, of the real estate is: 27685 Pilgrim Road, Sterling, IL 61081.

(C) The legal description of the real estate is: Part of the East Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 17, Township 22 North, Range 7 East of the 4th P.M., Whiteside County, Illinois, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a steel rod at the Northeast corner of said Section 17; thence South 0°17'33” West along the East line of said Section 17 a distance of 338.47 feet to a steel rod; thence North 90°0'0” West 1320.73 feet to a steel rod on the West line of said East Half of the Northeast Quarter; thence North 0°16'48” East along the said West line, 338.47 feet to the Northwest corner of said East Half of the Northeast Quarter; thence South 89° 59'59” East along the North line of said Section 17, a distance of 1320.81 feet to the point of beginning.

PIN#: 05-17-226-001

OPEN DOOR POLICY It is the policy of Kreider Services Intermediate care homes, Ashton Terrace, Franklin Grove, Ashton 1st St. and Ottawa, to admit and to treat all clients and employees without regard to race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, color, or disability. there are no distinctions in eligibility for services, nor in the manner of providing services. all facilities of the intermediate care homes are available without distinction to all clients, visitors, and employees. all persons and organizations that refer clients for admission or recommend Kreider Services intermediate care facilities are advised to do so without regard to race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation color, or disability.

Reviewed and updated January 5, 2017 Patricia Howard, Administrator Jan. 10, 2017

(D) A description of the improvements on the real estate is: The real estate is improved with a residence.

(E) The real estate may be inspected prior to sale at the following times: The real estate is not available for inspection.

(F) The time and place of the sale is: 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, February 2, 2017, in the 3rd floor lobby, Whiteside County Courthouse, 200 E. Knox St., Morrison, IL 61270.

(G) The terms of the sale are: Certified check, bank money order, or cashier?s check (H) Title will be conveyed subject to all general real estate taxes which are a lien upon the real estate and special assessments, if any, and easements and restrictions of record.

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(c) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. Sheriff Kelly Wilhelmi Whiteside County Sheriff Attorney John E. Miller MILLER & LANCASTER, P.C. Attorneys for the Plaintiff P. O. Box 535 Sterling, IL 61081 Telephone: (815) 625-0600 Jan. 10, 17, 24, 2017

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS SELECT EMPLOYEES CREDIT UNION, Plaintiff, vs.

Wayne Ebersole, Tammy Ebersole, BMO Harris National Association and Dean Wade, Defendants.

CASE NO. 16 CH 64 ST NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered by the Court in the above-entitled cause, the property hereinafter described or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said judgment, will be sold to the highest bidder.

(A) The name, address and telephone number of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate is: Tuesdai Harris, Select Employees Credit Union, 2412 Freeport Road, Sterling, IL 61081, Telephone: 815626-8181.

(B) The common address and other common description, if any, of the real estate is: 27685 Pilgrim Road, Sterling, IL 61081.

(C) The legal description of the real estate is: Part of the East Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 17, Township 22 North, Range 7 East of the 4th P.M., Whiteside County, Illinois, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a steel rod at the Northeast corner of said Section 17; thence South 0° 17'33” West along the East line of said Section 17 a distance of 338.47 feet to a steel rod; thence North 90°0'0” West 1320.73 feet to a steel rod on the West line of said East Half of the Northeast Quarter; thence North 0°16'48” East along the said West line, 338.47 feet to the Northwest corner of said East Half of the Northeast Quarter; thence South 89°59'59” East along the North line of said Section 17, a distance of 1320.81 feet to the point of beginning.

PIN#: 05-17-226-001 (D) A description of the improvements on the real estate is: The real estate is improved with a residence.

(E) The real estate may be inspected prior to sale at the following times: The real estate is not available for inspection.

(F) The time and place of the sale is: 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, February 2, 2017, in the 3rd floor lobby, Whiteside County Courthouse, 200 E. Knox St., Morrison, IL 61270.

(G) The terms of the sale are: Certified check, bank money order, or cashier's check (H) Title will be conveyed subject to all general real estate taxes which are a lien upon the real estate and special assessments, if any, and easements and restrictions of record.

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(c) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. Sheriff Kelly Wilhelmi Whiteside County Sheriff

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LEE COUNTY - DIXON ILLINOIS U.S. Bank National Association Plaintiff, vs.

Matthew B. Vaupel; Kathryn M. Vaupel; Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants Defendants.

2016CH 52 1960 IL Route 26, Dixon, IL 61021

OPEN DOOR POLICY It is the policy of Kreider Services Intermediate Care Homes, Amboy Terrace, Boyd, Division and Wasson to admit and to treat all clients and employees without regard to race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation color or disability. There are no distinctions in eligibility for services, nor in the manner of providing services. All facilities of the intermediate care homes are available without distinction to all clients, visitors, and employees.

All persons and organizations that refer clients for admission or recommend Kreider Services intermediate care facilities are advised to do so without regard to race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, color, or disability.

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Parcel Number(s): 07-02-30-176-008 The real estate is improved with a Single Family Residence.

Sale terms: Bidders must present, at the time of sale, a cashier's or certified check for 10% of the successful bid amount. The balance of the successful bid shall be paid within 24 hours, by similar funds. The subject property 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. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than the mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

For information call Plaintiff's Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski LLC, One East Wacker, Suite 1250, Chicago, IL 60601.

Phone number: 312-651-6700. Attorney file number: 16016808.

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PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Help those less fortunate.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Emotions will surface and are best dealt with methodically. Once you figure out the best plan of action, it will be easier for you to put pending matters behind you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -An emotional change will help you decide upon your next move. Do what will bring you the least stress and the most joy. Honor a commitment.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Get involved in something that interests you or take on a challenge that will put you in the limelight. A little excitement will brighten your day and bring about positive change.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Show compassion and understanding when dealing with the people you love.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Consider the vocational alterations you’d like to make, and formulate a plan.

Put pressure on anyone you feel can help you reach your goal. Connect with people from your past.

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Answer on B10

CELEBRITY CIPHER

by Luis Campos

Celebrity Cipher cryptograms are created from quotations by famous people, past and present.

Each letter in the cipher stands for another.

TODAY’S CLUE: H equals V

“MDFFN XZATXKM, PZDX XLE CUDVV. DBLEC KMZ YTEPZVK DEP CZEKUZVK VLIUV KL MDHZ RDUYZP KMTV ZDXKM RTKM IV.” -- DPDB ADUPRTE Previous Solution: “Sometimes my kids would say to me ... ‘How come you don’t scream at those kids on television like you do us?’” -- Florence Henderson

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