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the accident.

The accident delayed traffic for five hours, with northbound lanes closed completely for most of that time, until the semitrailer was turned upright and hauled away.

The semitrailer rolled over

at 4:40 p.m. south of Bluff Road. State police said lanes were reopened at 9:40 p.m.

According to a state police account, the driver said he believed his load had shifted when the truck began to sway.

He told police he attempted

the state’s attorney’s office, Sheriff Kevin Callahan said Wednesday, noting it’s up to the state’s attorney to determine if formal charges are pursued.

Police were called Tuesday by the dog’s owners, who said they witnessed Metroz shoot and kill their 1 ∏ year old American bulldog, according to a police report.

The owner said the dog ran from the house after she let it out, so she went inside to grab her coat and shoes. When she

got outside, she told police she saw her neighbor shoot her dog in the head with a rifle, according to the report.

Metroz allegedly told the dog’s owners he shot their dog because it previously had killed his chicken in front of his children, according to the report.

Metroz told police he shot the dog and he then was arrested, according to the police report.

Metroz is next due in court at 9:30 a.m. Dec. 29, according to judici.com.

Bryanna Niswonger of Seneca and Joshua Hosek of Morris participated in the performances.

ROCK ISLAND – Augustana Founded in 1860, Augustana College performed its annual College is a four-year residential “Christmas at Augustana,” performance Dec. 5 and 6. More than college of the liberal arts and sciences. The college is recog300 student musicians shared nized for the innovative program their talents in one of the highlights of the Augustana and Quad Augie Choice, which provides each City holiday season, according to a student up to $2,000 to pursue a high-impact learning experience news release.

such as study abroad, an internship or research with a professor.

Lauren Hickle and Kassidy Maierhofer.

The Illinois Student Assistance Commission selects Illinois State Scholars based on class rank and ACT scores, according to a news release.

The Illinois State Scholar program is an honorary recognition without any monetary award.

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By CHRISTINA CHAPMAN–VAN YPEREN cchapman@shawmedia.com MORRIS – The Grundy County State’s Attorney’s Office has filed new charges against a Morris man who was arrested this week after allegedly shooting his neighbor’s dog.

Robert L. Metroz, 36, of Morris, was arrested Tuesday by the Grundy County Sheriff’s Department on a charge of aggravated cruelty to animals.

Wednesday, those charges were dropped pending further investigation, and on Thursday, different charges were filed against him.

On Thursday, the Grundy County State’s Attorney’s office charged Metroz with cruelty to animals and criminal damage to property, according to judici. com. Both charges are Class A misdemeanors.

Sheriff’s police made the initial arrest Tuesday following consultation and approval from

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By HEIDI LITCHFIELD hlitchfield@shawmedia.com MORRIS – The story of Jesus Christ starts with his birth at Christmas for most Christians.

First Christian Church in Morris wants to tell the whole story of Jesus this Christmas as it presents “The Story,” the musical.

“It’s usually the same story of the birth, and angels and shepherds,” said Trudy Moore, director of Worship & Arts. “I prayed on it and looked around for this year’s show. I found ‘The Story’ through an ad that kept popping up online. When I listened to it, it was exactly what we wanted.”

The performance features a video that depicts Jesus’ life from birth to the Resurrection, while congregation members sing songs that support the story and narrators tell the story between songs.

Debbie Paulsen, one of the show’s narrators, said she likes that the performance gives the entire story.

“It shows the purpose of his birth,” Paulsen said.

Paulsen said attendees will be treated to an array of Christian songs that aren’t traditional Christmas music. Each piece focuses on an aspect of Jesus’ life.

Stephanie Chapman is a soloist who performs the song “Alive,” celebrating Jesus rising from the grave.

She said Wednesday the group offered a performance for community members who help others, such as police, firefighters, nurses and nonprofit organizations.

“Tonight went well,” she said after Wednesday’s performance. “We had a small audience, and it’s harder to gauge what people thought.”

She said despite the smaller turnout, it was important for her to share the story that is bigger than just a baby in a manger.

The show’s presentation for those who give to the community was a way for the church to say thank you to those who

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Debbie Paulsen, Mark Hunt and Austin Allbert act as narrators during the musical “The Story.”

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and Sunday n WHERE: First Christian Church, 455 W. Southmor Road, Morris n COST: $2 For information, call 815-942-3454. serve all year long, Moore said.

The show has returned after church members took last Christmas off from performing due to an illness of one of the organizers, according to Pastor Todd Thompson.

“This year we are glad to be back and keep it going,” Thompson said. “Everybody is excited about Christmas.”

Thompson said the church

is trying to make a concentrated effort to participate in the community and let everyone know that even though they are south of town, they are very much part of the commu-

nity.

He said the show is just another way to reach out and touch people.

The church will continue to support local agencies and the

community as part of an effort titled Project 25, which started last Christmas, Moore said.

This year, they are combining Project 25 and the Christmas musical.

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Attorneys make final arguments in petition objection cases

By CHRISTINA CHAPMAN-VAN YPEREN cchapman@shawmedia.com MORRIS – Attorneys Thursday gave closing arguments in the petition objections for two Morris residents attempting to run for city offices.

The objections are filed against the petitions of Republican Doug Hayse for Second Ward alderman and Republican Mary Callahan for city clerk. Both objections were filed for the same reason – improper fastening of petition sheets.

Kristan Smolenski of the 100 block of Briar Lane in Morris filed the objection against former Morris and Minooka police chief Hayse, while David Perry of the 900 block of North Street in Morris has filed against Callahan, according to the objectors’ petitions.

At the hearing of the Morris Municipal Officers Elec-

toral Board on Friday, attorney for the objectors in both cases, Michael Olewinksi, argued that the cases are simply a matter of whether the candidates followed state statute.

“A candidate should be able to uphold the rules and uphold the law,” he said.

Attorney for Hayse and Callahan, Robert Geiger said in both cases the objectors are going against the state’s public policy of giving the voters a choice.

“This is about depriving the voters the right to their choice over apparently a paper clip,” Geiger said.

The objections against Hayse states the aldermanic candidate turned in his petitions without fastening his papers together. Deputy City Clerk Beth Walker testified Wednesday the papers were numbered but were not fastened. After being recalled later during that hearing, she said the pages were not fas-

tened together when they were handed to her, but she can’t recall when Hayse walked in if they were fastened.

Hayse testified Wednesday he used a black clip binder to fasten his papers together.

Video surveillance, as well as still shots, were put in as evidence Wednesday. In his closing argument Olewinski told the electoral board and judge that if they watch the entire video surveillance, the black clip Hayse’s attorney claims can be seen on the video is actually shadowing and later in the video it is clear there is no clip.

Between Walker’s testimony and the entire video, he said it’s clear the papers were not fastened and therefore, in violation of the election code.

He asked the board to remove Hayse from the ballot.

Geiger argued it would not make sense for Hayse to not have fastened his paperwork.

In addition to not carrying the

petitions in anything when he brought them into the clerk’s office and therefore, would need to fasten them to keep them together, it would not make sense for Hayse to not follow the code. Hayse has run for office before and knows the rules.

Geiger argued it is an issue of credibility and that maybe Walker didn’t want to admit she lost the clip or that she had her own reasons for removing the clip. He said between the testimony and Hayse’s background, the board should overrule the objections.

For Callahan’s case, Olewinksi said this also is a case of compliance. City Clerk Carol Adair testified there was no clip on the papers when she received them. In addition, she did not page number her petitions, which also is required.

Callahan testified she did use a paper clip, which Olewinski said is not proper ac-

cording to the rules. But regardless, Adair testified there was no clip when it was turned in. Callahan chose not to use page numbers, therefore she chose not to follow the rules, Olewinski argued.

Geiger argued again this was about credibility and that maybe Adair mistakenly or deliberately took off the clip when she discovered Callahan was running against her.

He also argued that Callahan’s petition papers were only two sheets and the page numbering should not be an issue.

Hayse is running in the Feb. 24 primary election against Second Ward Republican incumbent Julian Houston. Callahan is running against incumbent Adair, also a Republican.

The Morris electoral board will meet again at 4 p.m. Friday in the Morris City Council Chambers, where the judge and board are expected to rule.

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By NICK SAMUEL nsamuel@shawmedia.com MORRIS – Grundy County officials have lent support to proposed state legislation that would increase recycling goals for state electronics manufactures.

House Bill 4042, the Electronic Device Recycling and Reuse Act, seeks to raise the total amount of electronics manufactures must recycle in Illinois from 50 percent of the weight of electronic devices sold annually in Illinois to 100 percent.

The change is designed to ensure there is enough funding for recycling or reusing

electronics.

Members of the Grundy County Board’s Legislative and VAC Committee this week approved a resolution, 6-1, to support the bill and recommended it to the full board.

If passed by the full board, the resolution will be effective Jan. 13.

New Life Electronics, the recycler for Grundy County, charges the county 7 cents a pound to recycle a television.

County Land Use Director Heidi Miller said TV manufacturers currently pay electronic recyclers half of what it costs to recycle televisions.

She added TVs are the hardest to recycle because of the cath-

ode ray tube glass.

“The CRT glass is hard to recycle and find use for. It’s an expensive process to break it down, recycle it and has been a hardship for everybody down the line,” Miller said before the meeting. “Everyone’s trying to get rid of them now, and there’s a lack of being able to dispose of them. Other counties aren’t taking them as much, so we’re getting them from other counties, as well.”

Kerri Courtright, committee member, voted against the resolution and said increasing the funding percentage will raise the cost of a TV. “I think if we start raising the costs, people are go-

university residence hall or apartment who exhibits high scholastic achievement and outstanding personal character, according to a news release. The recipient also must have significantly contributed to residence hall or university apartment programming.

Peterson, daughter of Jerry and Gretchen Peterson, is a 2011 graduate of Morris Community High School. She is studying family and

consumer sciences.

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ing to start dumping them.

They’re not going to come to recycling,” Courtright said at the meeting. “There has to be schools you can send them to or charge them for.”

Miller said all counties in Illinois are trying to get resolutions to state representatives for HB 4042, as state law-

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“With this resolution, we want to make sure that support is given to Sen. Sue Rezin, Rep. John Anthony, Sen. Toi Hutchinson and Rep. Katherine Cloonen,” Miller said.

“We’re just hoping it goes through.”

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Saint Mary Parish coordinators for the annual giving tree Carol Musgrave and Kathy Sabuco sit at the foot of the tree with parish pastor Father Tuan Van Nguyen as they start to assemble and sort the gifts that will go to the less fortunate this holiday season.

Musgrave and Sabuco coordinate the effort for the parish’s women’s club, the CCW. food drive and brought in 2,000 nonperishable food items, which Tagenhorst had police officers deliver to St. Mary’s.

Other groups from the community are involved, too.

The Minooka Junior High School donated hats and mittens, Family Video provided hams for all the families, and Channahon Family Dentistry donated oral hygiene items.

The church also serves as a collection point for the Minooka High School National Honor Society’s effort to collect baby items for the Lamb’s Fold in Joliet.

Other organizations – including the Minooka Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association and the Minooka Lions Club – have provided financial assistance.

Musgrave said the names of the families come from We Care of Grundy County. Gifts collected also are distributed to residents at Park Pointe Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Morris and the Embassy Health Care Center in Wilmington.

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MINOOKA – Minooka-area families and numerous others from nursing home residents to young mothers will benefit this holiday season from the generosity of a Minooka church and the community at large.

In an annual effort, Saint Mary’s Parish’s CCW, the church’s women’s organization, gathers donated gifts and food supplies for families who lack basic necessities.

The effort is not solely that of the parish: The gift-giving uses the help of the village’s police department, grade, middle and high schools and area businesses, said co-coordinator Carol Musgrave.

She and fellow co-coordinator Kathy Sabuco organize the various groups and donations The effort has grown from year to year, Musgrave said.

This year the church is planning to present gifts to 14 families and 120 nursing home residents. The families also will get a Christmas meal.

The work is done “because we love giving back to the community,” Musgrave said.

“We love helping people in need. We’ve probably been in their shoes at one time or another.”

She talked about the annual effort that she, Sabuco and others undertake.

“Our kids used to help us.

Now, they are grown. There’s a new crop of parishioners with children that come and help us,” she said.

Several weeks ago, tags were put on a Christmas tree at the front of the church with gift requests. Parish members picked up the tags, bought the items and then returned the items to the church. Parishioners helped assemble, wrap and will deliver the gifts. Religious education students made fleece blankets for each family member, as well.

Meanwhile, Minooka Community Policing Director Denis Tagenhorst coordinated with teacher Kyle Hasler at Minooka Intermediate School. The school’s student council organized a canned

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COME WORSHIP WITH US AMBASSADORS FOR CHRIST 702 E. North St. - Phone: 942-6214.

Pastor, W.C. Stinette Sun. School, 9:45 a.m.; Morning Worship, 11 a.m.; Evening Worship, 6 p.m.

CHURCH OF GOD

FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH

The Rev. J.M. Frechette.

(Call 584-1648 for place of service.)

Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11:15 a.m.

Pastor Caleb B. Counterman Pine Bluff & Goose Lake Rd.; 942-0675 Worship Service, 10:30 a.m., Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Service 10;00 a.m. & 6:30 p.m.

CHURCH OF HOPE (Gardner)

Family Worship Community Church (Channahon)

ASSEMBLIES OF GOD (Seneca)

HOUSE OF GLORY

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN (Braidwood) Sunday Adult Bible Study 9 a.m; Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Sunday Morning Worship, 10 a.m.;

A Spirit-Filled Church 815-651-8564 Pastor Esther Holiday – Called to the Prophetess Office, she has been a Pastor in the Morris area for 4 years.

Meeting at the Quality Inn, 200 Gore Rd., Morris Sunday Morning: 10:15am Youth ministry – ages 5-12

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN (Morris)

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CATHOLIC (Braidwood)

106 Lincoln St. Rev. Ph.: 458-6317.

277 East Shipyard Rd. 357-6617.

Rev. Jason Sprinkle. Sun. School, 9am; Worship Service, 10am; Evening Service, 6:00pm Wed.: Family Night 6:00pm; Tues. & Thurs.: Intercessory Prayer 9am. www.senecaaog.com

Monroe & Jefferson Sts. 237-8312 Pastor Jan Chandler Sun: Worship Service 10:15 am; Wed: Pastor’s Lectionary Group Meeting, 8:30 am; Choir Practice, 4:00 pm

Pastor’s Sammy L. & Patricia J. Ritchie Services held at Pioneer Path School 24920 S. Tryton St. (Rt. 6 & Tryton St.), Channahon, IL • Sunday Worship Service 10 a.m. • Sermon 11 a.m., Church Phone: 521-9712 • Web Page: www.Familyworshipcommunitychruch.com.

Jackson & Franklin Sts. Rev. Dr. Roy C. Backus Ph.: 815-942-1871. www.firstpresmorris.org.

Saturday Worship Service, 5:30 p.m.

Sun. Worship, 7:45 a.m. and 10:00 a.m.; Christian Education: 8:45 a.m.; Bible Study/ Christian Education for all ages. Nursery provided.

Rev. Show Reddy Allam, Pastor, Rectory: 458-2125 Mass: Sat, 5:30 pm; Sun, 7:30 & 11 am; St. Lawrence O’toole, Essex, IL Sun: 9:15 am; Weekday Daily Masses Tuesday – Friday 8 am in the Adoration Chapel; Communion Service: Monday 8 am.

ASSUMPTION CATHOLIC

CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

FIRST APOSTOLIC CHURCH

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH (Morris)

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CATHOLIC CHURCH (MORRIS)

245 S. Kankakee St.,Coal City, 634-4171 Rev. Robert Noesen Weekend masses: Sat. 4pm, Sun. 8 & 10:30 am; Daily masses: Monday, (No scheduled Mass) Rosary, 8am & Communion Service 8:30 am Tuesday, Rosary 8am, Mass or Communion Service 8:30am, Mass 6:30pm Wed. – Fri., Masses at 8:30am; Confessions: Wed., 1/2 hour before Mass, First Fri. before morning Mass, Sat. at 3:15–3:45pm & 1/2 hour before Sun. Masses, or by appointment.

Corner of Dupont Ave. & Lakewood Dr. Bishop Steve Gordon Missionaries Phone: (815)579-8303 Services: 10:00 a.m. to 1 p.m.

118 E. Jefferson, Ph.: 448-2038 Pastor - Jerry Hill Sun. Worship Service 3:00 p.m.; Sunday Free Lunch 2:00 p.m.

Liberty & Jackson Sts.; Ph.; 815-942-0809 Sat. Worship, 6pm; Sun. Worship, 9am; Sun. School, 10:30am Sun. broadcast 95.7FM, 11am www.morrisumc.com

CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE (Marseilles)

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH (Channahon)

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH (Seneca)

BETHLEHEM EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH 202 W. Jefferson St., 942-1145.

Pastor: Patrick Lohse Sunday: Worship Service 9:00 am Sunday School 10:15 am (Radio 95.7 FM) www.blc-morris-il.org.

1292 Morris Rd, Marseilles. Church phone: 795-4896. Pastor Bill Clark.

Sun.: Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed.: Prayer Meeting 7 p.m.

BRACEVILLE UNITED METHODIST

CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE (Wilmington)

24466 W. Eames St., Ph.: 467-6846.

Pastor Randy Blan Sun.: Worship 10:30 am; Bible Study 9:15 am; Wed.: Bible Study (All ages) 6:30 – 8:00pm; Thurs.: Midweek Connections, 1:30pm; More info: www.fbcchannahon.org

FIRST BAPTIST (Coal City)

P.O. 46, 106 W. Goold St. • (815) 237-8512 Pastor Bennett Woods bumclighthouse@yahoo.com Sun: Worship Service: 9:30am; 1st Sunday Holy Communion;United Methodist Women 2nd Tues of mo. 1:30pm; Fri: Alcoholics Anonymous, 8pm

303 S. Kankakee St., Wilmington.

Pastor: Bill Luttrell, 458-2006.

Church phone: 476-5752.

Sunday School 9:30am, Worship 10:30am & 6pm; Wed.: Bible Study 7pm.

Visitors are always welcome.

Sun. School, 10 am; Worship, 11 am; Sun. Eve., 6 pm Wed. Eve., 7 pm

CALVARY BAPTIST 225 George St., 942-0261 Pastor: Phillip Arnold Sunday: Sun. School, 9:30 a.m.; Morning Worship, 10:40 a.m.; Wednesday: Bible Study, 6 p.m.

COAL CITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

FIRST BAPTIST (Morris)

6805 E. McArdle Rd., Coal City, 60416. coalcityum.org • Phone (815)634-8670 Rev. Walter Carlson Worship Service Schedule Sun: 8:00 & 10:30 am Sunday School for all ages: 9:00 am

1650 West Route 6, Morris, IL 60450 Pastor Steve Larson 815-942-0812 • fbmorris@csky.net Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

Worship 8:00am; Worship 10:45 am Sun: Baptist Youth Fellowship (Grades 6–12), 6pm

CHANNAHON UNITED METHODIST

CROSS LUTHERAN (Yorkville)

24751 W. Eames St. (Rt. 6) Ph: 467-5275 • Pastor Steve Good Sun.: Worship - 9:00 and 10:30 am, Sunday School 10:15 am (all ages); All Welcome!

On Rt. 47, about 15 miles N. of Morris.

PH: 630-553-7335, www.hiscross.org Sat.: Blended 5p.m., Sun.: Traditional 7:50 a.m., Blended 9:15 a.m., Contemporary Worship 10:30 a.m., Children’s Ministry 9:15 – 11:30 a.m., Adult Bible Study 9:15 a.m., Nursery Care Available.

CHRISTIAN LIFE ASSEMBLY OF GOD (Coal City)

DESTINY FAMILY CHURCH

Rt. 113 & I-55. Pastor Mark Thompson.

Ph.: 458-2387. Sun.: Sunday School 9am, Adult Worship & Nursery 10:15am, Services (all ages) & nursery 6pm; Wed.: Adult Bible Study, Drop Zone, Kids’ Zone, Nursery 7pm

25809 South Yellow Pine Drive Channahon, IL • Senior Pastor: Derek Ott Ph: (815) 342-5533 destinyfamily.org destinyfamilychurch@yahoo.com

Dr. Avery Wilson, Pastor.

Ph.: 634-2654.

121 W. Lincoln Street.

Pastor Carolyn Lukasick.

Ph.: 815-357-8340.

Each Sunday: 9:00 a.m. Worship Service

FIRST CHRISTIAN (Wilmington) 1824 Church St., 476-6734 Dallas Henry, Lead Minister, Josh LaGrange, Children’s & Youth Minister Sunday: Worship 10:00 am; Children’s Worship 10:00am; Coffee 9:45 am; Bible Study for all ages 9 am Nursery provided

JOLIET JEWISH CONGREGATION SHABBAT (SABBATH) 250 N. Midland Ave, Joliet. 815-741-4600 Friday evening: 7:00pm Saturday: 9:00am • Sun School: 10:00am Led by Rabbi Charles Rubovits www.jolietjewishcongregation.com

FREEDOM BAPTIST CHURCH

(Independent-Fundamental) 5140 Nettle School Rd. Pastor Joel Robertson. Ph.: 942-0494. Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Morning Worship, 11 a.m.; Sun. Eve. Worship, 6 p.m.; Wed. Night Prayer Service, 7 p.m.

FRIENDS IN CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH 1338 Clay St., Morris, IL (LC-MS) 815-941-1255 www.ficlc.org Worship: Sat 5:30pm; Sun 8:15 & 10:45am Sunday School: (Sept.-May) 9:30am Bible Study: Sun 9:30am Pastor Mark Willig

GRACE LUTHERAN 455 W. Southmor Rd. Scott Zorn - Lead Minister Todd Thomson, Tim Henson, Kyle Wolfe, Trudy Moore, & Ryan Weimer, Ministers.

Ph.: 942-3454.

Sunday Morning Worship, 9 and 10:30 a.m.; Sunday School for all ages, 9 & 10:30 a.m.

516 E. Jackson St. Father Edward Howe, Pastor.

Confession Saturday, 4 - 4:30 p.m., Saturday Mass 5 p.m.: Sunday Masses 7, 9 and 11 a.m., Spanish Mass 2 p.m. Weekday Mass 7 a.m., Wed., Thurs., Fri. Mass on Fri. at 8:15 a.m. when school is in session. Scripture & Communion Serv. 7 a.m. Mon., Tues.

(Rt. 47 at Airport Rd.) Pastor Steven Heilmann Church Ph.: 942-2252 www.glcmorris.net Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages 10:45 a.m.

HELMAR LUTHERAN (A.F.L.C.) 11935 Lisbon Rd., Ph.: 695-5489 Pastor James Mostre Sun: Worship Service 9:00am, Sunday School for all ages 10:15am

KINGDOM HALL OF JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES Rt. 47, 1-1/2 miles south.

Public Talk, 9:30 a.m.; Watchtower Study, 10:20 a.m.

LIFE CHURCH MORRIS 220 W. Main St., 3rd floor 815-942-0800 Pastor Jon Nebbeling

Sunday Prayer 9am Fellowship & Worship 10am

LIVING WATER CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE Rev. Steve Cook: 815-942-2000 Email: cooksd7@aol.com 118 East Jefferson St., Morris Sun: Christian Education/All Ages: 9:45am Worship Service: 10:45am Wednesday Study and Prayer 7:00pm

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LIVING WORD BIBLE CHURCH (Morris) 304 E. Jackson St. • 815-521-1990 Pastor Timothy Greene. livingwordbible.org Sunday: Sunday School Hour 9 a.m.; Worship Serv. 10:15 a.m.

NEWARK LUTHERAN (A.F.L.C.) 101 E. Liberty Ph.: 695-5251 Pastor Luke Emerson Sun: 8:45 Meet and Greet Worship 9:30am

PEACE CHAPEL ASSEMBLY OF GOD 852 School St., 815-942-4462 Pastor Bob Hahn Sun: Sunday School 10:30 am Worship 10:30 am; Youth 6 pm Wed: Family Night 6:30 pm

LISBON BETHLEHEM LUTHERAN CHURCH

NEW COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN CHURCH

Dedicated to proclaiming the Word of God.

108 E. Woodman St., 815-736-6271 Sun Worship, 9:30 am Sunday School 10:45 a.m.

705 E. Washington St., Morris, 815-942-4255 Pastor Kevin Yandell Youth Pastor: Jake Raymer Sunday Worship at: 9:00am & 10:45am Nursery and Children’s programs offered.

“You’ve got a Friend at New Community”

NEW HARVEST WORSHIP CENTER CHURCH OF GOD(Wilmington)

MAIN ST. BAPTIST CHURCH (Braidwood) Pastor George A. Hendricks.

458-6211. Sun. School, 9:45am; Fellowship Break, 10:45-11:00am Worship Service, 11:00am; Eve. Serv., 7pm; Wed. Prayer Mtg., 7:00pm

315 N. Daley 815-634-4148 Rev. Jan Quiett. Sun: Praise & Worship 6 p.m.; Tues: Kids Club 6 p.m.

Counseling by appointment.

ST. PATRICK CATHOLIC (Seneca) 176 W. Union St. 357-6239.

Saturday Mass, 5:15 p.m.; Sunday Masses, 8:00 & 10:00 a.m.

PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH E.L.C.A. 101 Candlelight Lane • 942-1010 peacelc@plcmorris.org Pr. Luanne Bettisch Sunday Worship - 9:00am, Sunday Education Hour 10:15am,

SACRED HEART CATHOLIC (Kinsman)

ST. THOMAS EPISCOPAL (Anglican)

392-4245 or 237-2230 Fr. John Hornicak Saturday Mass 6pm Sunday Mass 7:30am Confessions before Mass

317 Goold Park Drive (Chapin St. West) James Steele, Pastor 815-942-1380 Sun: Holy Communion at 8 & 10 am Church School at 9 am

PEACEFUL WATER ASSEMBLY OF GOD (Channahon)

SENECA EVANGELICAL

Middle School, Sage St. (S. entrance): Pastor Frank Snook. Ph.: 467-9754.

Sunday School, 9:00am; Worship, 10:00am & 6:30pm Wed. Prayer Mtg., 7:00pm

NEW HOPE PRESBYTERIAN (COAL CITY)

PHELAN ACRES BIBLE (WILMINGTON)

80 N. Garield. Ph.: 634-8332.

E-Mail: newhopepres1@sbcglobal.net Pastor: Rev. Nate Manzo Sun.: Adult Bible Study 9am Sun School 9:15am, Worship 10:30am; Wed.: Choir Practice 5:45pm

R.R.#1. Pastor Rodney Chappel.

Ph.: 476-7818.

Sun. School, 9:45am; Worship, 11:00am Eve. Worship, 6:00pm Wed.: Children’s Groups & Adult Bible Study.

MAZON UNITED METHODIST

NEW LIFE CHURCH (Coal City)

PLATTVILLE LUTHERAN

509 7th Street • Ph.: 448-5677 www.mazonmethodist.com Morning Worship, 9:00 am Sunday School/Adult Bible Study, 10:15 am

495 E. 1st St., Coal City 815-634-4133.

Larry Garcia, Pastor.

Sun.: Sunday School 10:00am, Worship 10:00am Wed.: Worship at 7:00pm

MAZON BAPTIST CHURCH 708 North 7th St. Pastor Andrew Wzorek.

Parsonage Ph.: 448-2327; Church Ph.: 448-5545.

Sun School, 9:30am; Worship: 9:30am, 10:30am & 1 pm; Wed. Service 6pm

MINOOKA BIBLE CHURCH

5475 Bell Road, Minooka.

(4 miles north & 4 miles west) Ofice, 475-7220, Parsonage, 475-4127. Pastor Bret L. Reedy.

Worship Service, 9:15am; Sunday School, 10:30am

TRINITY LUTHERAN (LCMS) (Dwight)

130 W. Scott St. • 357-6879 Pastor Rick Mitchell.

Sun. School, 10:00am Praise & Worship Service, 11:00am EYF, 7:00pm Thursday.

SHEPHERD OF PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH ~ MISSOURI SYNOD

1.5 miles N. of I-55, 1/2 mile E. of Rt. 47 515 Stonewall Rd. Rev. William Mitschke, Pastor 815-584-3407 Sunday School & Adult Bible Class 9am Church Worship 10am

TURNING POINTE APOSTOLIC CHURCH 85 S. Broadway, Suite C • P.o. Box 254 Coal City • 815-342-0652 Email: tpacentre@gmail.com Pastor: Ida M. Nelson Sun: Worship Service: 10:00 am Tues: Worship Service: 7 pm

1180 W. First St. (just off I-55) Braidwood Ph: 815-458-9445 ~ Pastor Kurt Ulmer

Sunday: Worship 9am Sunday Bible Classes 10:30am

STANDING IN THE WORD MINISTRIES

UNITED LUTHERAN CHURCH ELCA

Establishing foundations for lives to be built upon

R. Giovannetti, Pastor • 815.942.3758 Sun: 10:00am & 6:30pm Kids Church: 10am, Nursery Provided Wed: 7:15pm standingintheword.org

Gardner - Pine & Jefferson, One Block N. of High School 237-2227 Pastor Jana Howson Sun.: Worship 10 a.m.

Women’s Bible Study - Third Wed. of the month at 1pm

STAVANGER LUTHERAN (North of Seneca)

VERONA UNITED METHODIST

412 N. Wabena. • 467-2205 • minookabible.org Saturday: Service 5:30 pm, Master’s Men 6:30 am; Sunday: Worship 9:00 & 10:45 am, Bible School 10:45 am, Women’s Bible Study 10:45 am, Sr. High Youth Group (360) 7 pm; Tues.: Women’s Bible Study 7 pm; Wednesday: Mother’s of Preschoolers (MOPS) 2nd & 4th Wed. 9 am; Jr. High Youth Group (ICE) 6:30 p.m.; TeamKID ages K-5th grade 6:30 pm; Great Expectations 6:45 pm

OUR SAVIOR’S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN Rt. 47 & DuPont Rd. Pastor Dale Schilling Ph.: 708-212-4323.

Sun. Worship Service, 9:30 a.m.; Sun. School, 10:30 a.m.

RESURRECTION LUTHERAN (Channahon) ELCA

MINOOKA UNITED METHODIST

OUR SAVIOR’S LUTHERAN (Seneca, IL)

Pastor Cheryl Carroll 205 Church St. • 815-467-2322 2 blocks north of Minooka Post Ofice www.minookaumc.com Sun Worship 9am and 10:30am Sunday School 10:30am

300 East Union Street Pastor Kris Ann Zierke Phone: 815-357-6128 Sun: Sun. School & Conirmation Class: 8:45 am; Worship: 10:00 am;

RIVER OF LIFE LUTHERAN CHURCH (Channahon)

ST. LAWRENCE CATHOLIC (South Wilmington)

Pastor Hans Fiene 24901 S. Sage St., Channahon 815-467-6401 Sunday Worship Service 9am Sunday School & Bible Study 10:15am

135 Rice Rd. • 815-237-2230 stlawrenceswilm@yahoo.com Rev. John Hornicak Saturday Mass 4pm, Sunday Mass 10am

Meeting at Minooka Jr. High, 333 W. McEvilly, Minooka, Nate Ferguson, Lead Pastor, Jared Baker, Worship & Arts Pastor, (815)467-2265 thevillagechristianchurch.com Sun.: 2 Services 9:00 & 10:30 a.m. (Kid’s program ages birth-5th grade during service) Adult Small Groups Meet Weekly

MORRIS CHURCH OF CHRIST 1330 Old Pine Bluff Sunday: Bible Study 10 a.m.

Worship 11 a.m.

815-942-0422 www.morrischurchofchrist.org Email: mcoc@uti.com

PARK ST. CONGREGATIONAL (United Church of Christ)

RIVERSIDE CHURCH OF CHRIST (Minooka)

ST. MARY CATHOLIC (Minooka)

WEST LISBON CHURCH

Meeting in The Crossing Business Center, 111 W. Wapella.

467-9513 Sunday: Bible Study 9:30am, Worship 10:30am & 6pm; Wed.: Bible Study 7:30pm

303 W. St. Mary St. 467-2233.

Father Tuan Van Nguyen Sat. Mass, 5:30 p.m. Sun. Mass, 7:30, 9:00 & 11:00 a.m.

Confessions Sat. 4:30-5:00 p.m.

806 Park St., Mazon • 815-448-5514 Tyler Carrell, Pastor Sun: Worship: 9:00am Sunday School: 10:15 am; Fellowship Hour immediately after worship

25050 W. Eames (Rt. 6) Phone: (815) 467-6875 Pastor Ben Ingelson Sun: Worship: 9:30 am Sunday School: 10:45 am www.resurrectionchannahon.org

Rev. Philip Peterson, Pastor Ph: 357-6302 Church Ofice, 815-357-6514 Sun: Conirmation 8:30am Sunday School 9:15am Sunday Worship 10:30am

Ph.: 815-342-5371.

Sunday School 9:00 a.m.

Morning Worship 10:00 a.m.

THE VILLAGE CHRISTIAN (Minooka)

14381 Joliet Rd., Newark, IL 815/736-6331 • westlisbon.com Worship Service 10:30am Sunday School 9:00 a.m Nursery for infants thru 3 years Children’s Church - 3 years thru 3rd grade

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1200 Sunset Drive • 815-476-9036.

Pastor Shirley McClain Sun: Worship, 10:30am; Thu: Bible Study, 7:00pm.

Food distribution: 2nd & 4th Tues. of the month, 10am – 3pm. Mens fellowship breakfast: 2nd & 4th Sat. of the month, 9 am.

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CHURCH BULLETINS Blue Christmas Service scheduled in Braceville BRACEVILLE – AT 6 p.m. Monday a Blue Christmas Worship Service will be held at the Braceville United Methodist Church, 106 W Gould St., Braceville, along with the Coal City UMC. Many people during the Christmas season suffer with pain, loss, isolation and grief. This service is offered to those that are struggling at this time of year with hope that it can ease and acknowledge the struggles that some of us face while providing a safe place of rest, comfort and healing.

The service will be lead by Pastor Bennett Woods and Pastor Wally Carlson. After the service, a time of fellowship will be held. For information, call 815-237-8512.

Morris church dedicates new location MORRIS – The Festival Services of Dedication at the Friends of Christ Lutheran Church’s new location at 1338 Clay Street, due west of Morris Hospital, will begin Saturday at 5:30 p.m. and 8:15 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. Sunday.

The Christmas Eve Candlelight Service will be at 7 p.m. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Service will be at 10 a.m. All are welcome.

Immaculate Conception Church is at 600 E. Jackson Street. Visit icmorris.org for information.

Celebrate Christmas Eve at Peace Lutheran MORRIS – The glorious birth of will be celebrated at 7 p.m. on Christmas Eve at Peace Lutheran Church. We welcome you to share in the singing of traditional Christmas hymns, Holy Communion, and the candlelight singing of Silent Night.

Enhancing your worship experience will be the Bells of Peace playing “Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming” and “Christmas Joy.” The Peace Choir will serenade us with “Were You There on That Christmas Night?” A special treat will be a piano/organ duet of “Pachelbel’s Canon in D.” Included in the service will be a children’s sermon and a special surprise.

Peace Lutheran is at the corner of Lisbon Street and Candlelight

on Jan. 3.

They will be serving homemade Marseilles church set cheesy potato and stuffed green Christmas week services pepper soups. The cost will be $8 MARSEILLES – Trinity Lutheran for adults and children ages 13 Church Christmas week services and older; $4 for children ages 6 are as follows. to 12; $2 for children age 3 to 5; At 10:30 a.m. Sunday is the Sun- children ages 2 and younger eat day School Christmas Program free. and Divine Service.

Each meal includes your choice At 7 p.m. Christmas Eve is of soup, a sandwich, crackers, a the Christmas Eve Candlelight beverage, ice cream and desService. sert. Carryouts are available. All At 10:30 a.m. Christmas Day proceeds will go to the church’s is the Christmas Day Festival building fund.

Service with Holy Communion.

Tickets will be sold at the door.

Trinity Lutheran is handicap accessible. For information, call Women’s Ministry Team 815-795-2031. sponsors women’s seminar MORRIS – The Women’s MinisCoal City church try Team of First Christian Church holds soup supper of Morris is sponsoring WonderCOAL CITY – Coal City United Methodist Church, 6805 E. McArdle Road in Coal City, invites the community to join them for their first Hallelujah Soup Supper of the New Year from 4 to 7 p.m.

fully Made: A Women’s Wellness Seminar featuring special guest speaker Jill Savage, founder of Hearts at Home.

Don’t miss this one day event to be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Jan. 10. This is a day to set aside for yourself to learn practical ways to be refreshed physically, mentally and spiritually. The event will have speakers, break-out sessions, continental breakfast, refreshments and fellowship.

Tickets are $25. Download the registration form at www.fccmorris.org or call 815-942-3454 for information. Ticket sales end Jan. 4 or when seating limit is reached.

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Christmas Eve December 24 (Wednesday) 4:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. and 11:00 p.m.

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Christmas schedule set for Morris church

Christmas Day December 25 (Thursday) 9:00 a.m.

2:00 p.m. - Spanish Mass

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MORRIS – Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Morris will celebrate the birth of Christ beginning with a 4 p.m. Mass on Christmas Eve. There also will be Mass on at 7:30 p.m. and 11 p.m.

Christmas Eve. On Christmas Day, Masses will be at 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. The 2 p.m.

Mass will be in Spanish.

The people of Immaculate Conception Parish and Fr. Ed Howe, pastor, welcome all who wish to celebrate the birth 2014 years ago of Our Savior, Jesus Christ.

We offer a special invitation and welcome to those who have been away from us.

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Come…

Let us worship!

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HISTORY IN THE MAKING Morris wrestler Abby Eisenbeis becomes the first female to wrestle for Morris varsity team at home / 14

Morris’ Abby Eisenbeis squares off against Kaneland’s Christian Girolams on Thursday night in the Redskins’ 68-9 loss.

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WRESTLING: KANELAND 68, MORRIS 9

Eisenbeis breaks new ground in Redskins’ loss

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Morris’ A.J. Vota battles against Kaneland’s Hayden Patterson in the 152-pound match Thursday night in Morris. Vota won, 2-1, to improve to 8-2 on the year. Morris lost the duel, 68-9.

Matt Redman ended the night with a pin of Kjellesvik in 2:55 at 126.

“Our freshmen are taking some lumps,” Lanning said.

“Our conference (Northern Illinois Big 12) is one of the top Class 2A conferences in the state, so we are going to have some rough nights. These matches build experience and character. Look at Andrew

Faught. He wrestled varsity as a freshman and took some lumps. He took fewer of them as a sophomore, then was a 20plus match winner last year and is going great this year.

Guys like A.J. and Emmitt Chouinard did, too.

“Our freshmen can look at them and see that if they stick with it, they can be successful.

That’s what we’re hoping for.”

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“A.J. had a good match tonight, and so did Cody,” Lanning said. “Cody has had four or five losses this year all by a point or two. If we can close that little gap as the year goes on, he’s going have a good year.”

Ryan Olsen lost a technical fall, 18-3, to Collin Gussman at 170 and Ryan Kowalczyk was pinned in 1:14 at 182 by Zac Parker. Kaneland’s Tom Price pinned Victor Toussaint in 2:18 at 195 before Clark won by forfeit at 220 to make it 589. Andrew Faught was pinned

by Zach Thielk with just 30 seconds left in the match after leading 1-0 through two periods.

At 106, Milton was pinned in 50 seconds by Austin Kedzie.

Cortez lost by pin in 49 seconds to Adam Mish and Kaneland’s

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of it, and some of the seniors that did wrestle are battling it right now, too. It happens every year. You just have to get through it.”

The match started at 132, and Dominic Byerly, one of the seniors fighing the illness, was pinned in 3:50 after a scoreless first period. Elleson then lost by pin in 1:17 to Mitchell Jones before Kaneland’s George Strang pinned Palmer in 1:06 at 145 to make the score 18-0 in favor of the Knights.

At 152, A.J. Vota took down Kaneland’s Hayden Patterson in the first round to take a 2-0 lead, but Patterson scored an escape in the second to trim Vota’s lead to 2-1. Vota held on throughout the third period and emerged with the victory to run his record to 8-2 on the season. Baldridge then dropped a tough 4-2 match to

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MORRIS – It’s not often that a 59-point dual meet loss results in something positive for a program’s history, but Thursday’s 68-9 defeat to Kaneland did just that for Morris’ wrestling program.

That’s because, in the 12th match of the night, Morris coach Jon Lanning sent Abby Eisenbeis to the mat in the 113-pound bout against Kaneland’s Christian Girolams.

When the opening whistle blew, Eisenbeis became the first female in Morris history to wrestle a varsity match at home.

“It was really cool,” she was heard to say to more than one teammate, despite losing by pin in 2:41.

And, although the record book will say she got pinned, she was very close doing the pinning herself, had the wrestlers not rolled out of bounds.

“I thought we would take a look at her tonight and see what she could do,” Morris coach Jon Lanning said. “She wrestled varsity for us up at Rich East, but this is the first time at home.

“She goes hard and is very good with her legs. She has a jiu-jitsu background, and they do a lot of fighting from their backs in that. That’s the cardinal sin in wrestling, so we are trying to work with her. She hung in there real well and she would have had that guy stuck if they didn’t go out of bounds.

If she does that when they are in the middle of the mat, she wins.”

Eisenbeis, just a sophomore, was one of many young Redskins to see varsity time Thursday. Freshmen Jeffery Palmer, Cody Baldridge, Michael Milton, Zack Cortez and Marques Kjellesvik and sophomores Eisenbeis, Ethan Elleson and Charlie Clark were all in the lineup, making more than 50 percent of the Morris wrestlers underclassmen.

“We’ve had some sickness going through our team,” Lanning said. “Especially with the older guys. Shawn Hennessy didn’t wrestle tonight because

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With recent purchases, Bass Pro continues to grow I do my best to try and keep on top of big news within the outdoors industry. Last week one of the bigger stories in a while ran through the fishing world. Bass Pro Group announced that it had acquired three more major boat brands under its colossal umbrella.

Bass Pro purchased Fishing Holdings LLC. Platinum Equity had been trying to sell Fishing Holdings for some time. The acquisition by Bass Pro means that the boat brands Ranger, Stratos and Triton will now join Tracker and Nitro as boat offerings that Bass Pro has a vested interest in.

This seems to be a natural fit for the Bass Pro family since its founder Johnny Morris and Ranger Boats founder, Forrest Wood, both live and started their companies in the Ozarks. In fact, they have known each other since the beginnings of their respective

INTO THE OUTDOORS Steve Rogers companies. The world headquarters for both corporations are only two hours apart.

For the time being the news release from last week states that the individual businesses will remain independently operated with operations staying in their current communities. That is good news for the employees of Ranger Boats since the company currently employs about 900 people.

We could go on and on about the corporate side of things, but what will this mean to consumers? That’s hard to say. There is a chance that Ranger, Stratos and Triton will maintain their current dealerships and business will run as usual. Or we may see those brands also

showcased within the mighty Bass Pro superstores.

From a pure end-user standpoint, it would be great to be able to browse through one of the superstores for all my outdoors needs, including five different fishing boat brands. Everything under one roof is mighty appealing.

From a more personal approach however, I worry about the independent dealers that are spread around the nation. For smaller business away from urban areas, I would assume their browse versus purchase rate would remain about the same.

For dealers that are close to a mighty Bass Pro superstore, I could see their sales being hurt by all those brands being under one roof. I’m sure they are worried about it and no doubt their sales reps have been fielding numerous questions trying to answer the what-ifs.

Ranger has about 200 independent dealers nationwide and Triton and Stratus have about 100 dealers each.

Bass Pro has 95 current and soon-to-be-open stores throughout the United States and Canada. Not all of these stores have full sized marine boat sales within them, but most do.

It seems in today’s business world that the big keep getting bigger and the little stores fade away. When I was a sales rep in the outdoors industry, I witnessed many Mom-andPop tackle shops close forever when a giant outdoors store opened Some were able to adapt and change their business model. Others tried to hang on and couldn’t, while plenty just threw in the towel.

The landscape of the outdoors retail business has changed dramatically. I would think that for these boat

Minooka’s Vesper to play in D-II football championship game Minooka graduate Alec Vesper is the No. 2 nose tackle for No. 1-ranked Minnesota State-Mankato, which will face Colorado State-Pueblo for the NCAA Division II title game Saturday in Kansas City. Vesper has played in all 14 game for Mankato (14-0) and has made 24 tackles, including seven solo, 4.5 for loss, with two sacks, and he has scored a safety.

The game will air at 3 p.m.

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brands to remain successful and continue to sell highend luxury items like a bass boat, they would need every independent dealer they could manage.

As with all major acquisitions, closing conditions and regulatory approvals need to be finalized, but it looks like this is a done deal.

It will be interesting to see how these brands are molded in the current Bass Pro lineup. No doubt that successful businessmen like Johnny Morris and Forrest Wood have a vision. These outdoors leaders have seen the business side grow from practically nothing to a multibillion dollar industry within their lifetimes. I’m sure that we will all enjoy seeing what unfolds next.

Shabbona (10-6) in the win was Austin Hatcher with 13 points.

Ryan Lain and Scott Scamen each scored six for the Braves, while Aydin Hefford had five.

Sports schedule TODAY’S EVENTS BOYS BASKETBALL 6:30 p.m. – Romeoville at Minooka 7 p.m. – Leland at Newark 7 p.m. – Peotone at Seneca 7 p.m. – Calumet Christian at Families of Faith Christian Academy

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Be responsible this season Are you traveling somewhere for the holidays?

You’re definitely not alone there.

AAA estimates that more than 90 percent of those celebrating the upcoming holidays will travel to their destinations, with almost 90 million people hitting the road.

According to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety’s annual Traffic Safety Culture Index, one in eight of all licensed drivers who drink at least occasionally reported having driven when they thought their alcohol level might have been close to, or possibly over, the legal limit in the past year.

Holidays tend to have a higher concentration of vehicular accidents, and Christmas and New Year’s Eve are no different from any other holidays in that regard.

We don’t want to see someone ruin lives, including his or her own, by making a decision that’s so easy to prevent. If you’re going to celebrate with alcohol, make sure there’s a designated driver, or call a cab, or spend the night at a friend or family member’s house where you are celebrating.

Or do any one of 100 other things that don’t end with you behind the wheel after too many drinks. It’s not worth it.

Local law enforcement agencies will be out again in full force this season. We hope they aren’t too busy making arrests.

Police again will be on the lookout for drunken and unbuckled drivers, two things you should easily be able to abide by not only this season, but anytime you think about driving.

Celebrate responsibly, and don’t be another statistic.

THE FIRST AMENDMENT

Tiptoeing through the minefield of holiday symbols Anyone passing the Hoffman home in the Cincinnati suburbs during the holidays will see festive blue and white lights and an inflatable bear in the front yard – a bear wearing a Santa cap and holding a candy cane.

This is where things got complicated, with a typically blunt question from a child: Should Jews have a bear in the yard during Hanukkah?

“I said it was a Jewish bear,” said Neal Hoffman, a marketing executive. “One of our boys came right back with: ‘What about the candy cane?

Don’t candy canes have something to do with Christmas?’

I said I didn’t think there was anything specifically Christian about a candy cane. Is there?”

Well, that’s complicated, too, since the candy cane often shown with Santa Claus is a symbol that links the shopping-mall superstar back through the mists of history to the 4th century’s St. Nicholas of Myra, in Asia Minor. The saint was a bishop and, thus, this spiritual shepherd carried a crook staff – which in Western church tradition is shaped

VIEWS Terry Mattingly like a large candy cane.

The holiday puzzle is really complicated during Hanukkah, the eight-day “festival of lights” that began at sundown on Dec. 16 this year. The season’s primary symbol is a menorah, a nine-branched candelabrum that represents a miracle in which a one-day supply of pure oil burned for eight days after Jewish rebels – the Maccabees – liberated the temple from Greek oppressors.

Part of the puzzle, of course, is that this relatively minor Jewish holiday is aligned with Christmas during “The Holidays,” an explosion of secular marketing and festivities that dominate American life this time of year. Many Jews avoid Christmas altogether, striving to focus on Hanukkah traditions. Some keep the season’s gift-giving modest, to avoid appearances of turning Hanukkah into a “Jewish Christmas.”

However, many Jews –

especially in interfaith homes – have made their peace with Christmas, while exploring the line between the sacred and secular. Is a green tree safe, especially when topped with a six-pointed Star of David? Do snowflakes and icicles suggest the North Pole and, thus, Santa Claus?

Holiday cards also inspire a “swirling snow globe of emotions” for many Jews, noted Lenore Skenazy, a columnist, author and reality show host.

Most generic holiday cards don’t cry out “Victory for the Maccabees!”

“So the question is: Does sending a not-specifically Hanukkah card mean the sender is buying into Christmas?” she asked in an essay for the Jewish Daily Forward. Some Jews choose “purely wintery” blue and silver cards – avoiding red and green – seeking a look that is “neither Santa nor latke.”

Are reindeer safe? How about polar bears? When one of his sons begged for one of the hip “Elf on the Shelf” plush toys, Hoffman responded by creating a “Mensch on a Bench” alternative. This toy

is now sold nationwide, with a hardback storybook explaining its Yiddish roots.

In the age of social media – especially zillions of visual Pinterest boards – all kinds of secular and religious Jews are sharing tips on how to create do-it-yourself traditions that reflect their own unique family trees, he said. It’s hard to imagine a more American approach to solving the holiday puzzles in the lives of many modern families.

“We’re just not accepting what’s been done before and what’s out there on the shelves and that’s that,” Hoffman said.

“We’re thinking this through as a family and coming up with a plan that is meaningful for us. ... That’s what matters the most. We are all in this together, as a family.”

• Terry Mattingly is the director of the Washington Journalism Center at the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities and leads the GetReligion.org project to study religion and the news.

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Defenders use the same strategy

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Naomi Judd, a country singer and songwriter who had 15 No. 1 hits with her daughter, Wynonna Judd, said, “A dead-end street is a good place to turn around.”

In yesterday’s deal, declarer used an opponent’s opening bid to help him place the missing honor cards. This can also be done by the defenders. Look at the North and East hands. South is in four spades after the given auction.

West leads the heart ace. How should East plan the defense?

South’s two-spade rebid guaranteed at least a six-card suit. With only five spades, he would have shown a second suit, rebid in no-trump or raised clubs. North jumped to game, of course.

At trick one, East had no desire for his partner to shift to another suit. So he encouraged with his heart eight.

West cashed the heart king and played a third heart to East’s queen. Now East shifted to the diamond queen.

However, declarer won with his ace, drew trumps and claimed.

The diamond suit was a dead-end street. East should have counted up the high-card points. He had seven, dummy held 13 and West had already produced seven in hearts. That left only 13 unaccounted for. Surely South had them all. And if he did, the defenders were not winning a trick in the minors. Their only chance was to gain a trump trick. When the defenders have taken every possible side-suit trick, it cannot cost -- and might gain -- to concede a ruff-and-sluff.

If East had led his last heart, West could have ruffed with his spade eight.

Then, after dummy overruffed with the queen, East would have been assured of a trump trick.

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Half of calories from sugar alcohols count as carbs Dear Doctor K: I have Type 2 diabetes. Many low-carb and sugar-free products contain “sugar alcohols.” What are they? Do they count as carbohydrates?

Dear Reader: Type 2 diabetes is marked by elevated levels of blood glucose, or sugar.

Untreated or poorly controlled diabetes can lead to serious complications including heart attacks, kidney failure, amputation and blindness.

An important part of controlling blood sugar involves making healthy food choices.

People with diabetes should be particularly mindful of carbohydrates. Carbohydrates are like a chain with a number of links. When a carbohydrate with many links enters your stomach and intestine, it is broken down into multiple

ASK DOCTOR K Anthony L. Komaroff small pieces. The smallest piece, the single link in the chain, is primarily what is absorbed into the blood. The most important small sugar is glucose.

Table sugar is a two-link carbohydrate that is easily broken down into glucose.

If you were to swallow 10 teaspoons of table sugar, it would quickly enter your bloodstream. That’s not good.

You want to eat carbohydrates that are broken down in the gut more slowly so that they enter the bloodstream more slowly.

We’ve talked about this

concept before: Foods that contain carbohydrates that are rapidly broken down into glucose have a high glycemic index and high glycemic load.

A steady diet of such foods is not healthy for people with diabetes -- or for anyone else.

Carbohydrates are the major component of bread, pasta, cereals, fruit, milk, vegetables and beans. They have more of an impact on blood sugar levels than fats and proteins do.

For years, doctors advised people with diabetes to avoid table sugar or foods with lots of sugar. That’s still good advice, of course. But these days, the taboo against sugar has been replaced by an emphasis on overall carbohydrate control.

What does that mean?

First, limit carbs to about

half of your total calories for the day. Equally important, primarily eat carbohydrates with a low glycemic load.

You asked about the many so-called sugar-free foods that contain sugar alcohols.

Examples of sugar alcohols (also called polyols) include sorbitol, xylitol and mannitol.

These sweeteners are often found in sugar-free chewing gum, candy, cookies and ice cream.

Polyols do contain some calories and carbohydrates.

But only half of the sugar alcohol is digested and absorbed into the bloodstream. On the other hand, nearly all the table sugar in the diet enters the blood.

If you count carbohydrates, as many people with diabetes do, count half the calories

from sugar alcohols as carbohydrates.

Products containing sugar alcohols do have drawbacks.

If eaten in large quantities, for example, they can have a laxative effect.

In summary, reach for healthy sources of carbohydrates – vegetables and fruits – over candy and soft drinks.

And choose whole grains such as brown rice, whole-wheat flour and rolled oats over refined carbs such as white rice, white flour, white pasta and instant oatmeal. You’ll be doing your blood sugar a favor while getting a lot more nutritional bang for your buck.

• Write Doctor K at askdoctork.com, or write: Ask Doctor K, 10 Shattuck St., Second Floor, Boston, MA 02115.

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Black, 201 Liberty Street, Suite 211, Morris, Illinois 60450, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 512 East Hunter Lane, Minooka, IL 60447.

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The improvement on the property consists of a single family resiMORRIS, Three room Suite near dence. If the subject mortgaged real Courthouse, Canalport Park, estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the private parking. $1075/mo. unit other than a mortgagee shall 815-354-8968 pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certiRt. 47. Retail or office space. fied funds, balance within 24 1,200 sq. ft. 815-685-0643 hours, by certified funds. No refunds.

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RHONDA YURAS; WILLIAM YURAS AKA WILLIAM R. YURAS; UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 14 CH 57 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on August 27, 2014, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, January 21, 2015, at the hour of 2:00 p.m. in the office of Donald F. Black, 201 Liberty Street, Suite 211, Morris, Illinois 60450, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 102 NORTH EAST STREET, GARDNER, IL 60424.

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The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds.

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PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 13TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT GRUNDY COUNTY - MORRIS, ILLINOIS The Bank of New York Mellon f/k/a The Bank of New York as Trustee for The Benefit of The CertificateHolders of The Cwabs Inc., AssetBacked Certificates, Series 2004-2 PLAINTIFF Vs. Perry R. Bordelon; et. al.

DEFENDANTS 14 CH 00112 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Perry R. Bordelon, Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants; That this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, towit: LOT 31 AND THE WEST HALF OF LOT 28, IN JOHNSON'S SUBDIVISION, BEING A PART OF LOTS 3, 5 AND 6 IN ASSESSOR'S PLAT OF SUBDIVISION OF THE WEST HALF OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 4, TOWNSHIP 33 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED OCTOBER 14, 1944, IN BOOK C, PAGE 73, AS DOCUMENT NO. 138036: ALL IN GRUNDY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 534 Johnson Avenue, Morris, IL 60450 and which said Mortgage was made by: Perry R. Bordelon, Linda R. Bordelon, the Mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as Nominee for Full Spectrum Lending, Inc., as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Grundy County, Illinois, as Document No. 428575; and for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law and that the said suit is now pending.

NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this Court, Karen E. Slattery Clerk of the Circuit Court, Grundy County 111 East Washington Street, Room 30 P.O. Box 707 Morris, IL 60450 on or before January 20, 2015, A DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU AT ANY TIME AFTER THAT DAY AND A JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRAYER OF SAID COMPLAINT. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100 Burr Ridge, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 DuPage # 15170 Winnebago # 531 Our File No. 14-14-17380 NOTE: This law firm is deemed to be a debt collector.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 13TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT GRUNDY COUNTY MORRIS, ILLINOIS Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the Holders of the Vendee Mortgage Trust, 20111 PLAINTIFF Vs. Christie Miller; Jeremy Miller; Amberleigh Estates Homeowners' Association; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants DEFENDANTS 14 CH 00114 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Christie Miller; Jeremy Miller; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants; That this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: LOT 144 IN SOUTHERN CROSSING UNIT 1, A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 24, TOWNSHIP 34 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED OCTOBER 15, 2003 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 425565 AND FILED IN PLAT CABINET H, SLIDE 43, IN GRUNDY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 27117 W. Hemlock Road, Channahon, IL 60410 and which said Mortgage was made by: Christie Miller, Jeremy Miller, the Mortgagor(s), to The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, an Officer of the United States of America, as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Grundy County, Illinois, as Document No. 494048; and for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law and that the said suit is now pending.

NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this Court, Karen E. Slattery Clerk of the Circuit Court, Grundy County 111 East Washington Street, Room 30 P.O. Box 707 Morris, IL 60450 on or before January 20, 2015, A DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU AT ANY TIME AFTER THAT DAY AND A JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRAYER OF SAID COMPLAINT. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100 Burr Ridge, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 DuPage # 15170 Winnebago # 531 Our File No. 14-14-18055 NOTE: This law firm is deemed to be a debt collector.

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made by Chicago Title Land Trust Company, successor Trustee to PUBLIC NOTICE LaSalle Bank National Association as successor Trustee under Trust UNITED STATES OF AMERICA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Agreement dated March 14, 1995 STATE OF ILLINOIS STATE OF ILLINOIS and known as Trust Number 5662COUNTY OF GRUNDY COUNTY OF GRUNDY WH, as Mortgagor, to The PrivateIN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE Bank and Trust Company, as Mort- IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT gagee, and recorded in the Office of THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT the Recorder of Deeds of Grundy The Private Bank and Trust Compa- County, Illinois as Document No. The Private Bank and Trust Company ny 484752; Plaintiff, Plaintiff, v. v.

And for such other relief prayed; Chicago Title Land Trust Company, that summons was duly issued out Chicago Title Land Trust Company, successor to LaSalle Bank National of the said Thirteenth Judicial Cir- successor to LaSalle Bank National Association, successor Trustee un- cuit Court against you as provided Association, successor Trustee under Trust Agreement dated March by law, and that the said suit is der Trust Agreement dated March 14, 1995 and known as Trust 14, 1995 and known as Trust now pending.

Number 5662-WH; Beneficiaries Number 5662-WH; Pacific Partof Trust Agreement dated March NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS 14, 1995 and known as Trust YOU, the said above defendant(s), Number 5662-WH; and Unknown file your answer to the complaint in Owners and Non-Record this case or otherwise file your apClaimants, pearance in the Office of the Circuit Defendants.

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ington St., Morris, Illinois on or before the 26th day of January, 2015, a default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a decree entered in accordance with the prayer of said complaint. YOU ARE FURTHER ADVISED THAT THE TIME IN WHICH THE SUBJECT REAL ESTATE MAY BE REDEEMED FROM FORECLOSURE, PURSUANT TO LAW, COMMENCES TO RUN WITH THE FIRST DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE.

The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you, BENEFICIARIES OF TRUST AGREEMENT DATED MARCH 14, 1995 AND KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER 5662-WH and UNKNOWN OWNERS and NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendant(s) in the above-entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Twelfth Judicial Circuit Court of Dated: December 15, 2014 Will County, Illinois, by the Plaintiff (s) against you and other defen- Clerk of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit dants, praying for the foreclosure of Court, Will County, Joliet, Illinois a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to Brian D. LeVay wit: (ARDC No. 6199582) Tejal S. Desai THE NORTH HALF OF LOTS 7 & (ARDC No. 6280834) 8 IN BLOCK IN CHAPIN ADDITION LATIMER LeVAY FYOCK LLC TO THE TOWN OF MORRIS, SITU- Attorneys for the Plaintiff ATED IN GRUNDY COUNTY, ILLI- 55 West Monroe Street, Suite 1100 NOIS. Chicago, Illinois 60603 (312) 422-8000 PERMANENT TAX IDENTIFICA- (312) 422-8001 (fax) TION NUMBERS: 05-04-481-006.

ners, LLC, Beneficiaries of Trust Agreement dated March 14, 1995 and known as Trust Number 5662-WH; and Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants, Defendants.

No. 14 CH 146 MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE PUBLICATION NOTICE The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you, BENEFICIARIES OF TRUST AGREEMENT DATED MARCH 14, 1995 AND KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER 5662-WH and UNKNOWN OWNERS and NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendant(s) in the above-entitled suit, that the

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24 CLASSIFIED • FBiday, DecembeB 19, 2014 • TY, ILLINOIS. PERMANENT TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS: 05-04-157038. COMMON ADDRESS:1002 Quail Drive, Morris, Illinois 60450 and which said Mortgage was made by Chicago Title Land Trust Company, successor Trustee to LaSalle Bank National Association as successor Trustee under Trust Agreement dated March 14, 1995 and known as Trust Number 5662WH, as Mortgagor, to The PrivateBank and Trust Company, as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Grundy County, Illinois as Document No. 495786; And for such other relief prayed; that summons was duly issued out of the said Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending.

NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU, the said above defendant(s), file your answer to the complaint in this case or otherwise file your appearance in the Office of the Circuit Court Clerk, Grundy, 111 E. Washington St., Morris, Illinois on or before the 26th day of January, 2015, a default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a decree entered in accordance with the prayer of said complaint. YOU ARE FURTHER ADVISED THAT THE TIME IN WHICH THE SUBJECT REAL ESTATE MAY BE REDEEMED FROM FORECLOSURE, PURSUANT TO LAW, COMMENCES TO RUN WITH THE FIRST DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. Dated: December 15, 2014 Clerk of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit Court, Will County, Joliet, Illinois Brian D. LeVay (ARDC No. 6199582) Tejal S. Desai (ARDC No. 6280834) LATIMER LeVAY FYOCK LLC Attorneys for the Plaintiff 55 West Monroe Street, Suite 1100 Chicago, Illinois 60603 (312) 422-8000 (312) 422-8001 (fax) (Published in the Daily Chronicle, December 19, 26 & January 2, 2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE 2014-00097 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 13TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF GRUNDY - MORRIS, ILLINOIS W.J. BRADLEY MORTGAGE CAPITAL, LLC Plaintiff, vs.

RAYMOND B. FRACASSI; KIMBERLY A. FRACASSI; UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF RAYMOND B. FRACASSI; UNKNOWN KIMBERLY A. FRACASSI; WEST END ESTATES COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION A/K/A WEST WIND ESTATES HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION, NFP; UNKNOWN OWNERS; NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS; AND UNKNOWN TENANTS AND OCCUPANTS,

Defendants, 14 CH 22 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on October 15, 2014, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, January 21, 2015, at the hour of 2:00 p.m. in the office of Donald F. Black, 201 Liberty Street, Suite 211, Morris, Illinois 60450, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: LOT 23 IN WESTWIND ESTATES PHASE 1, A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 13, TOWNSHIP 34 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JUNE 30, 2005, AS DOCUMENT NO. 450060, IN THE VILLAGE OF MINOOKA, GRUNDY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 512 East Hunter Lane, Minooka, IL 60447.

P.I.N. 03-13-277-006.

The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Mr. Frank R. Dufkis at Plaintiff's Attorney, J. Peterman Legal Group Ltd., 165 Bishops Way, Brookfield, Wisconsin 53005. (847) 464-8089.

2014-00097 I638254 (Published in the Morris Daily Herald, December 19, 26, 2014 & January 2, 2015.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 13TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF GRUNDY - MORRIS, ILLINOIS 21ST MORTGAGE CORPORATION; Plaintiff, vs.

RHONDA YURAS; WILLIAM YURAS AKA WILLIAM R. YURAS; UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 14 CH 57 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on August 27, 2014, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, January 21, 2015, at the hour of 2:00 p.m. in the office of Donald F. Black, 201 Liberty Street, Suite 211, Morris, Illinois 60450, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: LOT B OF BOUREAU'S ADDITION TO THE VILLAGE OF GARDNER, GRUNDY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 102 NORTH EAST STREET, GARDNER, IL 60424.

P.I.N. 12-04-459-005.

The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common inter-

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est community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Mr. Kenneth M. Battle at Plaintiff's Attorney, Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A., Two Prudential Plaza, 180 North Stetson Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 566-0040.

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To the Patrons of Ameren Illinois Company d/b/a Ameren Illinois:

Ameren Illinois hereby gives notice to the public that it has filed with the Illinois Commerce Commission evidence (direct testimony) regarding the reconciliation of rev(Published in the Morris Daily enues collected from its electric cusHerald, December 19, 26, 2014 & tomers under its Rider GER Gas January 2, 2015.)

Energy Efficiency and Demand Response Cost Recovery (Gas Charge Applicable to GDS-1 and GDS-2) PUBLIC NOTICE with costs incurred in connection with the cost of gas from June 1, CITATION AND NOTICE OF HEAR- 2012 through May 31, 2013.

ING (FREEDOM FROM PARENTAL CUSTODY AND CONTROL) A copy of such evidence may be CASE NUMBER: 14AD000017 obtained by any interested party at (Abandonment) Ameren Illinois' business office (Re: ADOPTION) in Peoria, Illinois or online at SUPERIOR COURT www.icc.illinois.gov/e-docket/.

OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF ORANGE All parties interested in this matIN THE MATTER OF ter may obtain information with reAngel Alexander Silva, spect thereto either directly from A Minor.

Ameren Illinois or by addressing the TO: MARISOL SILVA: you are Chief Clerk of the Illinois Commerce hereby cited and ordered to appear Commission, 527 East Capitol Avbefore the Judge Presiding in De- enue, Springfield, Illinois 62701. partment L67 of Orange County Superior Court, located at 341 The AMEREN ILLINOIS COMPANY City Drive, Orange, CA 92863 on d/b/a Ameren Illinois February 6, 2015, at 10:00 a.m., By: Richard J. Mark, President then and there to show cause, if any you have, why the subject mi- (Published in the Morris Daily nor child, Angel Alexander Silva, Herald, December 19 & 26, should not be declared free from 2014.) your parental control and custody, according to the Petition to Declare NOTICE Minor Free From Parental Custody Pursuant to the Business Opand Control on file herein, for the portunity Sales Law of 1995, purpose of freeing the subject minor every business opportunity must be registered with the child for adoption.

Illinois Securities DepartYou are hereby notified of the provisions of Family Code Sections ment. Protect yourself and 7860 through 7863 which provide get the facts before you hand the judge shall advise you as a nat- over your hard earned money by contacting the ural parent, if present, of your right Illinois Secretary of to have counsel present. The court State's Securities may appoint counsel to represent Department at the minor and, if you appear with1-800-628-7937. out counsel, and the court deter(This notice provided mines that you are unable to afford as a public service counsel, counsel will be appointed by the Morris DailyHerald.) for you. If you fail to appear at the time and place stated above, the court may terminate your rights to Pictures increase the control and custody of the miattention to your ad! nor child and proceed with the adoption of the minor child.

PUBLIC NOTICE ANNUAL STATEMENT OF AFFAIRS SUMMARY FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2014 Copies of the detailed Annual Statement of Affairs for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2014 will be available for public inspection in the school district/joint agreement administrative office by December 1, 2014. Individuals wanting to review this Annual Statement of Affairs should contact: Three Rivers EFE #100 School District/Joint Agreement Name

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Also by January 15, 2015 the detailed Annual Statement of Affairs for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2014, will be posted on the Illinois State Board of Education's website@ www.isbe.net.

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Dated: November 21, 2014 Alan Carlson, Executive Officer/Clerk By: Stephanie Rangel, Deputy

Statement of Operations as of June 30, 2014

(Published in the Morris Daily Herald, December 12, 19, 26, 2014 & January 2, 2015.)

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M-F: 8am – 5pm SAT: 8am – 2pm SUN: Closed

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*Offer valid 11/1/14 through 3/2/15. Get $500 Off on all X300 and X500 Select Series™ Tractors. Subject to approved installment credit with John Deere Financial. Some restrictions apply; other special rates and terms may be available, so see your dealer for details and other inancing options. ** Prices valid until 12/31/14. See dealer for complete details and offer restricitions. adno=0300866