Mt. Morris Times

MT. MORRIS TIMES VOLUME 53 NO. 4 • SERVING THE MT. MORRIS AREA SINCE 1967

Friday, March 26, 2021 • $1.00

COUNTY NEWS

On the Mend

A bald eagle was injured by a car and is now at a rehab center. / 4

SPORTS

HOME DESTROYED

Hawks Win

Oregon beats Stockton in two games in volleyball action. / 9

COVID Update The investigation

into a handful of breakthrough cases is continuing. / 3

Photo courtesy of RG Hough

Mt. Morris firefighters battle a mobile home fire at Mt. Morris Estates, 3747 W. State Rte 64, Lot #99, early Wednesday morning. Two residents were treated for injuries and one was transported to an area hospital. Story on page 19

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INDEX Betty’s Column ........ 7 Classifieds ........ 23-28 Colbert Column ....... 8 COVID-19 Updates... 3

Oregon Police..........21 Otto’s Column .......... 6 Outlook ...............11-18 Property Transfers. 22

Sports.................. 9, 10 State Police ............ 22 Sheriff Activity........21 Special Events.......... 2

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Meet the Village Candidates March 31 The Mt. Morris Economic Development Corp will host “Meet the Village Candidates” on Wednesday, March 31 at the Mt. Morris Campus Band-Shell.

Candidates for village president will begin at 6 p.m. and end no later than 7 p.m.

All candidates in the upcoming April 6 election running for Mt. Morris Village President and Village Board have been invited to participate.

There will be a 15-minute break to

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ENCORE! Mt. Morris is a cultural initiative of the Mt. Morris Economic Development Corp composed of volunteers committed to developing Mt. Morris into a unique, thriving rural and cultural arts destination in northwest Illinois.

and the second and fourth Mondays from 2-4:30 p.m. Anyone in the Mt. Morris/Leaf River area experiencing food insecurity is eligible to receive food.

The Mobile Pantries are an extra food distribution. You do not need to have a referral, and no proof of income is required.

The pantry is located in the lower level of the Mt. Morris Church of the Brethren, 409 W. Brayton Road, Mt. Morris.

If you have any questions, call 815-7344250 or 815-734-4573 and leave a message.

Blood drive is March 26, plus fish fry

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re-set the stage, and the village board candidates will begin.

The event format will feature a moderator asking questions, followed by time for audience questions. Please follow all COVID-19 safety precautions if you attend.

The evening will also be available as a Facebook Live event (on Facebook at Encore Mt. Morris) with comments consolidated into questions for the candidates during the live event.

Mobile food pantry coming to Mt. Morris on Monday, March 29 Loaves & Fish Food Pantry in conjunction with the Northern Illinois Food Bank is hosting a Mobile Food Pantry on Monday, March 29, from 10 – 11:30 a.m.

The truck will be located at Mt. Morris Moose Family Center, 101 Moose Drive, Mt. Morris.

This mobile pantry, sponsored by Tyson, is open to any Ogle County resident.

There will also be a Mobile Pantry on Tuesday, April 6 from 10-11:30 a.m. at Loaves & Fish Food Pantry, 409 W. Brayton Road.

Loaves & Fish Food Pantry is open on the first and third Thursdays from 4:30 – 7 p.m.

Drive-through “Egg-stravaganza” for Mt. Morris children on April 3 The Evangelical Free Church of Mt. Morris invites the children of the community to its Drive-through Easter “Egg-stravaganza” on Saturday, April 3, from 10-10:30 a.m.

Drivers and children are invited to “hop on over” to the Evangelical Free Church, located at 102 S. Seminary Avenue, at the intersection of Front Street and Seminary Avenue.

Please stop in front of the church, where each child will be given a goodie bag. Goodie bags will include candy and other gift items suitable for children ages 2-12. There will be a perk for each driver, too!

You may contact the church office for more information at 815-734-4942, or visit www.facebook.com/efcmm.

St. Mary’s Parish is again hosting an annual blood drive, held in conjunction with its Lenten Fish Fries, on Friday, March 26.

The blood drive will be held from 1- 7 p.m. in the large room off of the dining area.

“Because of COVID-19 blood supplies are low and we could really use your help,” said Gus Lamesch, St. Mary’s blood drive chairperson. “As usual we are doing this in conjunction with our St. Mary’s Oregon Lenten Fish Fries. Unfortunately it will be a drive thru Fish Fry this year, but you can come in to the Community Center for the blood drive.

If you can’t make it, please help spread the word. Thanks in advance!”

Lamesch said donors can call him at 815289-3328 to be put you on the schedule for quicker service “You can also sign with this link if you would like to schedule yourself for the drive: https://donor.rrvbc.org/donor/schedules/ drive_schedule/53984,” Lamesch said.

The last drive-thru fish fry is Friday, March 26 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Dinners cost $10 and include fried cod, french fries, and cole slaw.

Cash only. St. Mary’s Parish Center is located at 881 Mongan Dr., just west of Oregon along Illinois 64.

Lamesch can also be reached by email: gus@windmillhilllc.com.

PUBLIC VOICE Likes Labash for Mt. Morris village board president To the editor:

Philip Labash is the most qualified candidate for president of Mt. Morris Village Board, based on his years of holding several volunteer positions and elected offices in the community.

Labash has been a member of the Mt. Morris Economic Development Group, bring-

ing new businesses to town. He has held an elected position on the Mt. Morris Library Board managing finances for our library. He also as volunteered at Loaves and Fish food pantry, the Mt. Morris !ENCORE Group, and serves on the Mt Morris Library Foundation Board.

Most importantly, Labash is in his third term as trustee on the Mt. Morris Village Board, serving as finance chairman and pres-

ident pro-tem, where he has helped create and manage the Tax Increment Financing District which has aided several current and new businesses in downtown Mt Morris.

All eligible voters should make their voices heard April 6. When casting your ballot for Mt. Morris Village Board president, consider the most qualified candidate, Philip Labash.

Stephen Opalka

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COVID-19 UPDATES

BY JEFF HELFRICH

jhelfrich@shawmedia.com Ogle County Health Department Public Administrator Kyle Auman said he’s seen several cases of fully vaccinated individuals testing positive for COVID-19.

The national Centers for Disease Control has gotten involved, said Auman, who presented the information to the Ogle County Board last week.

“We have six (cases) sent on for additional testing, and those will be sent to the CDC. There’s a couple more, too,” Auman said at the March 16 meeting.

Lab results on those cases are still outstanding, he said Tuesday.

The COVID-19 cases occurred at a county nursing home, which he declined to name. All those infected were at least 14 days out from their second vaccine dose and for some it had been almost 30 days.

They included a mix of symptomatic and asymptomatic cases, and some have been hospitalized, Auman said.

It is not known if the cases were caused by a COVID-19 variant.

“It being a possible variant is a big question right now,” Auman said. “The CDC is very interested in that, and we hope to find out more. It is certainly concerning. They have a high rate of vaccinations in that facility. There’s a lot we need to look at. Hopefully we can learn more. I’m not sure when we’ll know more. It’s up to the lab.”

The Illinois Department of Public Health, which gets involved any time there’s an outbreak in a nursing home, surveyed the facility and determined protocols were followed. After he realized there were more than a few breakthrough cases, the CDC was brought in, Auman said.

The IDPH takes the testing specimens and forwards them to the CDC; it will collaborate with the CDC going forward, he said.

There are no plans for the CDC to come on site at this time, but he has been on conference calls with Kyle Auman the agency, Auman said.

“It’s really too early to tell” if the cases are being caused by a variant, or are just those that are expected to crop up, Auman said.

The double-dose vaccines work in only about 95% of the population, which means for every 100 people who are fully vaccinated, five might not be fully protected. The number of cases the health department is seeing is higher than expected.

“That’s the million-dollar question: Is it normal spread of that 5% or is it something different? They’ve looked at how it was administered and ruled out any issues with that. Is it a variant strain or something to do with individual

patients?”

Ogle County, which has a population of less than 51,000, has seen other unrelated breakthrough cases and is working on other potential breakthroughs, but countywide, the total number still is less than 10, he said. He’s heard that other counties also are seeing breakthrough cases.

Whiteside County has had two breakthrough cases recently, spokesman Cory Law said in an email. Lee County has had four, and Carroll County none, according to the IDPH Statewide, of the 1.8 million people in Illinois who have been fully vaccinated, 217 had a positive test for COVID-19 more than 2 weeks after receiving their last vaccine dose, IDPH spokeswoman Melaney Arnold wrote in an email.

As of Tuesday, four of those were hospitalized because of to COVID-19; nine were hospitalized but investigations are pending as to whether they are related to COVID-19; and three were hospitalized but not for reasons related to COVID-19, Arnold said.

The IDPH shares information on breakthrough cases with the CDC, which does not always show such an interest as it has in Ogle County.

“They [the IDPH] were prepared to deal with breakthrough cases, and the CDC was debating whether or not they would take this on,” Auman said. “They’re dealing with other situations much larger. They have teams dedicated to breakthrough cases. They also have to deal with statistics, and this situation didn’t meet their criteria for investigation.

“But it interested them enough.”

Kathleen Schultz also contributed to this article.

Department pleads with public after new uptick

BY JEFF HELFRICH

jhelfrich@shawmedia.com The Ogle County Health Department put out a press release March 19 to notify the public of multiple potential exposures and an increase in county cases. “[The OCHD] has been investigating several COVID-19 outbreaks with links to manufacturing, bar events/pub crawls and school sports,” a press release said. “Our positivity rate has been increasing steadily over the past several days.

The state of Illinois is so close to entering the bridge to phase five, but we are currently heading in the wrong direction with the amount of COVID activity we are currently experiencing in Ogle County.”

The release asked residents to follow tactics to reduce spread of COVID-19 and consider getting tested especially if they are experiencing any symptoms.

OCHD Public Administrator Kyle Auman said the western half of the county specifically is see-

ing an increase in cases when the rest of the state is seeing a decrease.

“The goal is to educate individuals to get tested,” Auman said. “We’re seeing a lot of mild symptoms. We’re getting a lot of pushback and people not wanting to participate in tracing and testing. Our goal is to keep people safe.”

Auman believes the uptick can be attributed to a number of things including fatigue of dealing with the pandemic for over a year. The Center for Disease Control has warned against an additional spike, and Auman said this could be the beginning of it if the community decides not to participate.

Auman said the OCHD has linked cases to the Oregon St. Patrick’s Day Pub Crawl that took place March 13.

“We’re concerned about that type of activity,” Auman said. “There’s a high risk of transmission. A good chance a lot of people could get it.

We’ve reached out to several local businesses and restaurants about participating. We’re hoping people will get tested and provide information.”

With the state’s plans for additional reopening while Ogle County sees increases, Auman said he’s concerned and has talked to the Illinois Department of Public Health about what that means and it offered support.

“We hope to get it under control,” Auman said.

“Our contact tracers are working so hard. But they’re being told people don’t want to participate. That’s concerning.”

Meanwhile, COVID-19 vaccinations have ramped up and Auman said the OCHD is working on additional partners and pharmacies.

The Johnson & Johnson vaccine will likely be received by the end of the month, Auman said.

The state and federal government’s plans to open up vaccinations for more populations in the coming months is good news for Ogle County, Auman said, if things stay on track.

“It all depends on allocations,” Auman said.

I can’t say what they’ll be in months, but we’ve made serious progress. I only see availability and access increasing. We may not have everyone vaccinated by May, though.”

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Bald eagle injured in Ogle County now in rehab Bird of prey is now at Hoo Haven after being hit by car

BY JEFF HELFRICH

jhelfrich@shawmedia.com After working on her share of bald eagles over the years, Karen Herdklotz still feels a chill when she sees one up close.

She felt that on March 11 when an injured bald eagle was brought into Hoo Haven in Durand after being hit by a car in Ogle County. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources recovered the bird and had it transported to the center for rehabilitating and releasing sick, injured and orphaned North American wildlife.

Herdklotz, owner of Hoo Haven, said Friday the eagle was in “guard” condition and in shock when it was brought in, which it was being treated for along with blood on its wing.

Herdklotz’ rule of thumb is 72 hours after an animal is brought on to determine its outlook.

“By Sunday evening if he continues to get better, that will be a good sign,” Herdklotz said.

“Sometimes things can go bad. That’s phase one.

Phase two is all is well and eating on its own and no assistance, then it’ll go into a bigger area to move around. And then it would go into a flight pen. If everything goes well after that it would get

released.”

Herdklotz said the eagle appears to be an adult male.

“There’s still a chill when you see them and their size and the white head and tail and gold beak,” Herdklotz. “Females are bigger, but he’s a nice sturdy, stocky young man.”

Hoo Haven considers working on bald eagles to be an honor and a privilege. A special license is required to do so.

Bald eagles are no longer endangered, but the responsibility is still felt, Herdklotz said.

“If you lose an eagle, you need to be able to say you did everything you could,” Herdklotz said.

“If you can give something love and warmth and make it pain-free, then everyone has served a good purpose.”

Hoo Haven is accepting donations to help with the bald eagle and the rest of the 60 mammals and birds currently in its care. Red and cuttable meat such as steak and roast can be dropped off any day from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. Monetary donations can be mailed to Hoo Haven, 10823 Cleveland Road, Durand, IL 60124.

Keeping a watchful eye out while outdoors and on the road can also be a help, Herdklotz said.

“When you find an animal and stop and help and make a call, it means the world,” Herdklotz said. “Most people drive by and think someone else will call or help. It takes everybody. We really appreciate it.”

Illinois Department of Natural Resources Conservation Officer Steven Beltran holds a bald eagle that was injured in Ogle County and transported to Hoo Haven in Durand.

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BY JEFF HELFRICH

jhelfrich@shawmedia.com The Mt. Morris Senior Center and Let Freedom Ring will be hosting an adult Easter egg hunt on the evening of Saturday, March 27.

The event will be held on the Mt. Morris campus and tickets are available to everyone over the age of 18. For more information or if you would like to participate, call the Mt. Morris Senior Center at 815-734-6335 or stop by Mt. Morris Village Hall.

Tickets are $10 each. There will be egg prizes, golden egg prizes and a door prize awarded.

Everyone will receive candy. Food is available before the hunt at Mullarkey’s Bar and Grill, The Idle Hour or the Campus Café. Mullarkey’s will have live music following the event.

Leaf River Lions The Leaf River Lions will be holding a walk or drive thru Easter egg event on Saturday, April 3 starting at 10 a.m. and ending around 10:30 a.m. depending on participation.

The Lions will be lined up on 2nd Street in front

of the Bertolet Memorial building with their baskets of treats for the children to pass by and make their pick.

Masks are requested to be worn by all.

The Easter Bunny will be somewhere along the line for children to see.

There will also be a container to put the plastic eggs into once the treats are removed.

If driving through, please enter off of Main Street and proceed west on 2nd to Blaine to help control the flow of traffic and be watchful of any children walking through the line.

VFW EVENT

Veterans appreciation breakfast Sunday, March 29 at Oregon VFW

Oregon VFW Post 8739 will have a Vietnam era veterans appreciation breakfast on Monday, March 29 from 9 to 11:30 a.m.

“Those who served from 1955 to 1975 in any branch of the military are welcome for a free breakfast of scrambled eggs, sausage, hash browns, biscuits and gravy, coffee, lemonade and water. Casey’s will be donating breakfast pizza for the meal,” said VFW member Robert Coulter.

Navy veteran and Silver Star winner Doug Wean and Army veteran and bronze Star winner John Tuttle will have a program.

Participants are welcome to bring memorabilia and stories to share. The program will begin with an opening prayer and end with the Pledge of Allegiance.

There also will be a few organizations present to offer answers

free haircuts.

Call 815-732-6851 for more information. The VFW is located at 1310 W. Washington Street (Illinois 64).

Betty Horst to mark 100th birthday

Betty Horst, formally of Mt. Morris, is celebrating her 100th birthday on April 6.

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4-H CLUB NEWS SUBMITTED BY MOLLY ZIEGLER Carefree 4-H Member

The carefree 4-H club met on March 8.

At this meeting we did our Hoards Dairy Judging.

We are still looking for a new way to help our community for community service.

Clover Buds made a green plastic flower bouquet for St. Patrick’s Day. There were no birthdays in March.

The talk demos were done by Gracie - how to care for Nigerian Dwarf Goats;

Landon where to find woodpeckers; Mason - how to take an inner tube out of a tire; Brenna - how to put your hair up in a bun; Anna - how to care for betta fish; and Bode - talked about bolt threads.

Our next meeting will be on April 12.

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William Hamilton surveyed county into townships Editor’s note: Otto Dick, Oregon has researched the people, places and events important in the Oregon area’s history for the Ogle County Historical Society. The following is one of a series of the articles he has written.

BY OTTO DICK

W

hen John Phelps, Oregon Founder, traveled to this area from Galena he met an earlier acquaintance, William Hamilton, surveying this area into townships.

He was commissioned by the United States General Land Office. The Public Land Survey System known as the Rectangular Survey System was created by the Land Ordinance of 1785 to survey land ceded to the United States by the Treaty of Paris in 1783 following the end of the American Revolution.

This Rectangular Survey System was proposed

by President Thomas Jefferson. The government wanted to distribute land in the Northwest Territory to Revolutionary War soldiers in reward for their services as well as selling this land as a way of raising money for the nation.

Before this Rectangular Survey was adopted property lines were based on local markers and bounds drawn by humans, often based on topography.

A typical example under this system might read: “From the point on the north bank of Muddy Creek one mile above the junction of Muddy and Indian Creeks, north for 400 yards, then northwest to the large standing rock, west of the large oak tree, south to Muddy Creek, then down the center of the creek to the starting point.”

This rectangular Survey System is a system of lines used to find the location of any place on the surface of the earth and is called a grid system. It is made of two sets of lines that cross each other.

Latitude lines run in an east-west direction and the other set of lines of longitude run in a northsouth direction.

Theoretically a township is six square miles with each side one mile in length and contains 36 sections of one square mile of land. This is called a congressional township.

A civil or political township may be larger or smaller than a congressional township. Each township north of the equator is slightly smaller

Photos supplied by Otto Dick

TOP LEFT: This diagram shows how sections were numbered in a township. TOP RIGHT: William Hamilton was the son of Alexander Hamilton and was a surveyor who visited Ogle County. because the longitude lines converge meeting at the poles.

So the northern boundary of each township is shorter that the southern boundary.

Principal North-South Meridians and EastWest Baselines are used to locate townships in Illinois. The Third and Fourth Principal run north-south through Illinois and the Baselines of the Third and Fourth Principal Meridians are used to locate properties in Ogle County.

Meridian Road follows the Third Principal Meridian from Pine Rock Township in Ogle County to Rockford. Meridian Road running North and South crosses Rt. 64 six miles east of Oregon, We have several 1872 maps of Ogle County at the Ogle County Historical Society. This is the year the Chicago and Iowa Railroad came to Oregon. This map shows townships, towns, cities and villages, land owners and the number of acres.

It contains an early history of Ogle County with illustrations of prominent buildings and a business directory for cities and villages. There was no index for this map.

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Townships were arranged alphabetically by the township name. It is difficult to imagine that information and surveys for this map were obtained 33 years before the first car traveled through Oregon.

Other similar Ogle Co. Maps were published in 1912 and 1930.

Before 1841 Ogle County Land east of the 3rd Principal Meridian was purchased from the Federal Government Land Office in Galena. Just a reminder that you traveled to Galena by horsepower.

In 1841 land west of the 3rd Principal Meridian was available. This is when the Dixon Land Office opened. This had a huge impact on future land owners in Ogle County.

So in 1833 three years before Oregon was founded the Rock River Valley was surveyed into townships and eight years later in 1841 you traveled to Dixon to purchase land from the United States Land Office. 1841 is also when the first Ogle County Court House was built.

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On Aug. 21, 2020 I wrote an article about the involvement of my aunt and uncle in the making of the atomic bomb at Oak Ridge, Tennessee. I received several comments from others how they too had family members taking part in that Manhattan Project.

A number of weeks later my cousin sent me a picture of my aunt in the nursing home beside her bed that had a beautiful quilt on it. On the quilt was a book titled, “The Girls of Atomic City.”

The book answered many questions for me and you may be interested in what I found out as I read this book published in 2013 by Denise Kiernan. The storyline follows 16 women and 12 men who played a part in their lives. The author called them the “principal cast of characters.”

COMMENTARY Betty Obendorf Polo Historical Society

This New York Times bestseller tells the true story of the top-secret World War II town of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and the young women brought there unknowingly to help build the atomic bomb.

T

he ending of the book was just as interesting as the first and life went on in Oak Ridge.

Dot who had handled all the dials, knobs, and had watched the gauges, found herself finally in Hawaii. She had thrown a lei over the ship where her brother had gone down to his death. She had started work in Oak Ridge as a teenager but had aged immensely.

Vi, of the Oak Ridge Journal, spoke of how they had aged so fast in the small amount of time that they were all there. However, many simply wanted to remain in the community they had started and looked for new ways to keep their town going in view of this Atomic Age. Vi’s husband, Dr. Stafford Warren, had been at the helm of the Manhattan Project’s medical team and he eventually headed to Japan to study the effects of radiation. Many who had survived the initial blast were dying four to six weeks later from bone marrow problems.

Information from the bombings was closely guarded by the War Department. Japan itself kept the information controlled and after the Hiroshima bombing stated “two B-29s had caused a little damage to the city.”

General MacArthur attempted to keep journalists out of Japan. Reports of people dying many weeks later from effects of the bombings were called propaganda by US Military.

True information was very slow in getting out to the public of both United States and Japan.

Secrecy still seemed to be the order of the day.

Robert Oppenheimer, the leader of the whole project and head of the lab at Oak Ridge went to pay President Truman a visit. It was October of 1945. The United States was the only one who had the bomb at that point and the president wanted to keep it all a secret.

Oppenheimer doubted that such information could possibly be kept from the world.

Oppenheimer also felt terribly guilty of what he had been a part of in the dropping of the bomb and he expressed his feelings to President Truman. It must have been a terrible thing to have

Photos supplied by Betty Obendorf

On Aug. 14, 1945 Oakridgers and people everywhere celebrated the end of World War II. on your conscience.

Eventually President Truman signed the Atomic Energy Act. With the close of 1946, the population of Oak Ridge was 42,465. Quite a drop from the 75,000 it had been 1945.

As Oak Ridge began to shut down areas, other parts began to change and develop. One part was turned into the Oak Ridge National Lab. This lab would start to research radioisotopes which would lead to cancer research for hospitals in our nation. They worked hand in hand with hospitals.

Recently my grandson, Andrew Obendorf was visiting in our home. We started talking about Oak Ridge and the making of the bomb.

Andrew is an architect for Skidmore Owings & Merrill. He suddenly said, “SOM did all the architectural layout for the Manhattan Project and he has the drawings.”

He was sent a couple of years ago to University of Tennessee at Knoxville to teach some classes on architecture. While there he was given a tour of Oak Ridge and the Oak Ridge National Lab. He said it is a wonderful lab in a beautiful area.

In the book, while there had been no post war plans for Oak Ridge, SOM was called upon once more to come through with some kind of planning. Some of the houses needed to be torn down while other homes were being sold to those who had been renting them.

The barriers of the military were now gone and

the town was wide open. A new Oak Ridge was underway.

Kattie, along with her husband, brought their children to Oak Ridge to live in one of the houses.

They now had new jobs and they looked forward to raising their family in this new community.

Dot took a job at the new museum when it opened in 1949. When asked how could she have worked on something that destroyed so many people, she replied, “Well, they killed my brother!”

Toni, soon married, continued to live at Oak Ridge as long as they had jobs there. Helen began working in the library and her job was to send out information to other libraries and labs across our country.

Colleen, who remembered seeing women walking in the mud carrying their shoes, ended up lecturing to schools about her job at Oak Ridge.

She was part of helping secure an International Friendship Bell “designed in Oak Ridge and cast in Japan” that would ring at various times.

All these women who held secret jobs during the Manhattan Project now focused on creating peace in the world.

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2021 March Madness has offered true drama M

aybe it’s because of boredom over lack of sports over past year, but this year’s NCAA Men’s basketball tournament seems extra exciting. It has everything – close finishes, dramatic upsets, spectacular plays.

The only thing I could do without is the glut of commercials, which have become such an irritant.

Most of us don’t even know who the players are or where of the some of the colleges are located, but that doesn’t stop us from appreciated this well-crafted event. Compared to the boring college football playoffs with same teams year after year, March Madness is true drama.

As I was nervously watching the unlikely saga of No. 15 seed Oral Roberts advance to the Sweet 16 with one of my neighbors, I thought of how much emotional energy was being expended all over the country from people sitting in front of their televisions.

No sporting event sets the stage better for the underdog than March Madness.

Even if you are a Fighting Illini fan, you have to some appreciation for the job Loyola did in beating your team. I’m not calling a No. 8 seed over a No. 1 an upset because Loyola was superior.

They were better prepared, executing more efficiently and mentally tougher. And, did Sister Jean’s prayers help the team to victory?

I don’t think prayer is designed to allow a team to win or lose. It has more to do with changing

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one’s heart and sometimes losing is better for you than winning.

Two years ago, one individual picked the first 49 March Madness games correctly. This year, the last perfect online bracket out of over 20 million filled out was gone after 28 games, a testament to the number of upsets and crazy finishes.

No one has ever done a perfect bracket and it would take a miracle to beat the 1 in 9.2 quintillion odds. Even nailing 49 like Greg Nigl did in 2019 was a 1 in 560 trillion long shot. The previous best was 39.

I wonder if March Madness is cutting into football attendance like it did to the IHSA state basketball tournament?

I caught part of Rochelle’s game on Saturday afternoon. To be honest, it was hard to muster up any enthusiasm for watching football in the spring.

My main point of going over that way was not to see the Hubs, but to visit my Mom and also watch more college basketball. High-school football still

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hasn’t registered with me, the first time I’ve ever felt that way.

But, if I put myself in the shoes of a parent who had son playing Friday night at Polo for example, it would be much different.

Credit to Lean-Winslow for taking on perhaps the best team in 3A, Princeton. It was even with some of its best players sidelined with injuries, including Iowa recruit, Gennings Dunker in a boot.

The Panthers took an early 14-7 lead, but fell 35-14 on the road. Could last year’s state-championship team beat Princeton?

While elite 1A and 2A teams are fairly close, there is a more substantial difference between 1A and 3A in terms of physicality and line-up depth.

Sterling Newman found that out a few years ago when they got bumped up to 3A and had to play Byron.

What would be the odds of winning a game with the ball on your own 5-yard line and trailing 23-6 in the fourth quarter? That is where Wheaton Academy found itself against perennial power Bishop McNamara last Friday.

Remarkably, Wheaton not only came back to win, but did so by a 49-23 margin. In short order, they completed an 80-yard pass to cut the lead to 23-14 and intercepted four passes and recovered one fumble, converting all into touchdowns.

Maybe watching a finish like that would have rekindled my interest in football.

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March 19 was the first 8-man game of the season for Marcos

BY ERIC INGLES

eingles@shawmedia.com At halftime of Friday’s season-opening game between Polo and South Beloit, it seemed like momentum was squarely in the SoBos’ favor.

Despite Polo scoring the first 12 points of the game, South Beloit had answered with a touchdown of its own late in the half and was set to receive the kickoff to open the third quarter.

But the Marcos opened that third quarter with an onside kick, recovered by Wayde Reimer, and used a steady diet of big plays on options to the outside and punishing Cole Faivre runs up the middle to pull away for a 52-26 win.

“We had a good start, missed on an opportunity that would have been huge,” Polo coach Ted Alston said. “At halftime it really felt like momentum had swung in their favor. Just kind of made some great adjustments from coach [Cliff] Bardell up in the booth, saw some things we were able to catch them on. He kept us on track, hitting them inside then outside with the option.”

Polo quarterback Tyler Merdian scored a pair of second-half touchdowns on options, the first a 40-yard run coming on the second play of the half, following Reimer’s recovery of the onside kick. The second was a 34-yard score on a fourth-and-six in the fourth quarter.

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Polo’s Cole Faivre fights for yards up the middle against South Beloit.

Beloit calling more passes in the second half, Polo sacked SoBos quarterback Chris Hummer four times. Julian Warczak got to him on back-to-back plays in the third quarter, and Wyatt Queckboerner hurried him on one fourth-quarter drop-back, forcing him to throw the ball away, leading to an intentional grounding call.

“Just telling our kids, ‘When you read pass, just get after him,’” Alston said. “We’ve got some quicker kids.

We were way out-sized tonight, but our speed helped us tremendously.”

Hummer was able to find tight end Miles Beckham five times for 166 yards, including a 62-yard touchdown late in the game. Running back Fernando Balderas also had three touchdowns rushing.

But Polo came up with big plays as well, with Avery Grenoble scoring on a 78-yard kick return.

Polo (1-0) also got a big play on defense early, with a bad snap bounding off Hummer’s facemask and Balderas’ shoulder pad before hitting the turf, where Brady Clark recovered it at the SoBos 3. Polo scored on the next play.

“I just shot the gap unblocked, saw the ball on the ground, jumped on it,” Clark said. “Big change in momentum right there.”

But down 12-0, the SoBos answered with a 31-yard Balderas touchdown with 58 seconds left in the half to make it 12-8.

Polo’s lead could have been bigger, but for a pair of missed chances in the first half. A 54-yard gain by Wolber set the Marcos up with firstand-goal on the first drive of the game, but South Beloit was able to keep them out of the end zone. Early in the second quarter, Polo reached the South Beloit 9 before that drive stalled out.

was nobody back besides the corner,” Merdian said. “When I read him, saw an open hole to the outside [because he] went to the fullback.”

The option also led to a pair of touchdowns for Wolber, who had 12 carries for 169 yards in the game.

“Our quarterback played great,” Wolber said. “He made the right read on every play. The line was doing awesome. It’s pretty easy for me when everybody’s doing their part.”

Faivre’s runs up the middle didn’t get much traction early on, with

plenty of carries for little or no gain in the first half. Of his first 11 carries, six were for 1, 0 or -1 yards. But in the second half, the punishing runs up the middle started to pay off, and Faivre finished with 137 yards on 30 carries.

“Just keep feeding him the ball,” Alston said. “He’s a big, strong, hard-nosed kid. He just needs the ball in his hands. For our offense, you can’t give up on it, you just have to keep feeding him.”

The punishing play also started to pay off on defense. With South

son opener.

With 12 seconds left in the game, the Hawks’ Gavin Bradshaw knocked in a deflection for the game-winner.

Owen Ketter made nine saves to preserve the shutout.

in an NUIC loss to East Dubuque.

Nicole Boelens had 13 assists, 11 digs, nine kills and an ace for Polo. Becca Wagner and Marah Blake each had eight kills, and Wagner also had five digs.

Emileigh Williams had five kills, two digs and two blocks.

Boys soccer Indian Creek 2, Oregon 1: The Hawks dropped a nonconference game.

Leo Cardenas scored in the second Earleen Hinton/Shaw Media half for Oregon. Owen Ketter made 18 Oregon’s Brenna Noon spikes against saves in net.

Stockton during action last week.

SPORTS ROUNDUP March 17 Volleyball Oregon def. Stockton 2-0: The Hawks opened their season with a sweep of the visiting Blackhawks in a nonconference match at the Blackhawk Center, winning 25-16, 25-21.

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Boys soccer Oregon 1, Stillman Valley 0: The Oregon boys soccer team left it for late, but beat Stillman Valley 1-0 in the sea-

March 20 Volleyball East Dubuque def. Polo 26-28, 25-19, 25-21: Three tight sets were needed, but the Marcos could not close things out after taking the opening set

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Coaches take new approach to spring season

BY JEFF HELFRICH

jhelfrich@shawmedia.com Oregon football had a meeting in January when plans for a season this year were unclear.

Head Coach Nick Schneiderman told his players not to wait around, to apply for colleges or make a plan.

“Don’t wait around for football,” Schneiderman said. “I didn’t think it was going to happen then.

It was a 180-degree turn. There’s been highs and lows. Drastic changes. We’re just happy to play.”

The state’s change of course brought about a five-game spring football season, which started up in recent weeks. Snow canceled and moved practices indoors. Basketball players had to jump right into helmets and pads.

COVID-19 took week one away from Forreston due to an outbreak. So far, things have been different, yet as-advertised.

“Just be ready,” Schneiderman said. “Anything can happen. We had a player parent meeting last night. We can do everything perfect and have two games taken away from us. Be strong-minded and make yourself better.”

Polo Head Coach Ted Alston said his team will focus on its “bread and butter” with less preparation.

He wants his team to do a few things really well. The amount of preparation has been scaled back.

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Polo football coach Ted Alston demonstrates a swim move to linemen during practice.

Alston’s been impressed with his players so far.

They went from nothing to “100 miles per hour” in a matter of weeks.

He doesn’t want to overwork his players, most of which just came off a basketball court. There haven’t been 5:30 a.m. practices.

“A lot of it will be about the seniors,” Alston said. “Having them enjoy it as much as possible. For all the kids. We want to be competitive.

You’re getting a chance to improve the younger kids. I think the kids still want to prove they’re one of the best.”

Alston doesn’t look at the spring season as

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“It’s been a little frustrating,” Alston said. “We all thought football would be back in the fall. We had a good summer and felt good about the fall.

Some kids haven’t gone out and we’ve had grade issues. Our team looks different than it would’ve.

It took the air out of our momentum.”

State health guidelines recently allowed more fans than anticipated for football games.

Alston thinks that will add to the experience.

Having people at games is huge in football, he said. It also means more normalcy for players.

They can play in front of more parents and classmates.

Schneiderman thinks the difference will still be noticeable.

“It still won’t be ideal,” Schneiderman said.

“Only two home games and three away. Those will be true away games but that helps to build a bond. Teammates become fans and have to get into the game. You’ve seen it in college basketball and football with no fans.”

Players are required to wear masks on the field to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

“Going in it was all about making memories,” Schneiderman said. “They won’t remember having the masks on, but they’ll remember the plays and moments in games. They’ll remember 2020.

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The cooling towers of Exelon’s Byron nuclear power plant can be seen in the distance from Mid Town Road, northeast of Mt. Morris. The plant is located on German Church Road between Oregon and Byron and is slated to close this September. Local officials have banded together to keep the plant open.

Byron committee fighting to keep plant open ‘I remain cautiously optimistic.

But I don’t take anything for granted’ — Buster Barton

BY JEFF HELFRICH

jhelfrich@shawmedia.com The Byron Station Response Committee has been working since last September to prevent the planned closure of the Byron Nuclear Plant, owned and operated by Exelon Generation.

The committee, made up of Ogle County organization representatives impacted by the potential loss of the plant and its tax dollars, is headed up

by Byron School District Superintendent Buster Barton and School District President Christine Lind.

The Byron School District received just over $19.1 million in real estate taxes from the plant

last year.

In addition to the school district, taxes from the plant also go to Ogle County, Rockvale Township, the Byron Fire District, Rock Valley College, the Byron Public Library District, the Byron Museum District, the Byron Forest Preserve District, the Oregon School District, the Oregon Park District and Kishwaukee Community College.

Saveilnuclearpower.com has been established as the organization’s hub for information and how to get involved in keeping Byron’s, as well as Dresden’s plant in Morris, open. The committee has met with local civic organizations, held virtual town halls and worked with local taxing bodies.

“There are so many factors to help move legislation forward,” Barton said. “Make a video, order a sign, donate to signs. We’re trying to inform people and let them know the movers and shakers and legislators. There’s template letters and emails. We did an economic impact analysis.”

Exelon has said it plans to close both plants

in September of this year. The Byron plant has around 700 regular employees. It was licensed to operate for another 20 years. The decision to close it has been “in the works for some time,” according to the Aug. 27, 2020 press release.

That release said the two plants face revenue shortfalls in the hundreds of millions of dollars because of declining energy prices and market rules that “allow fossil fuel plants to underbid clean resources”.

Exelon has not ruled out keeping the plants open if things change with policymakers. The Byron plant’s property value assessment has been under appeal without a decision from the state appeal board since 2012.

Ogle County Assessor Ron Kane told Ogle County Newspapers last year the parties were “about $300 million apart.”

In January 2019, the Ogle County Board of Review lowered the plant’s assessment from $546 million to $503 million, a seven percent decrease,

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TOP LEFT: Sarah Downs, executive director of the Byron Area Chamber of Commerce, spoke at a 2020 event regarding the plant’s economic importance to the Byron area.

TOP: The plant is located on German Church Road, south of Byron.

FAR LEFT: Steam flows from the cooling towers.

LEFT: The Illinois Brotherhood of Electrical Workers created signs showing the union’s support of keeping the plants operating.

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Continued from Page 11 after they heard Exelon’s assessment appeal and arguments against it from attorneys for the Byron School District.

Exelon asked for the assessment to be set at $188 million, while the school district requested a value of $625 million.

Barton said legislation to convince Exelon to keep the plants open will have to happen this year. Exelon’s finances are being reviewed by the state until April 1, Barton said.

Barton is not sure what potential legislation would look like, and said there are many directions it could take.

“Legislators have been touring the plants,” Barton said. “That’s progress. May 31 is when the 102nd general assembly retires. It would be great if it was sooner. We will need to have something this year.”

Lind said the committee has been in contact with nuclear power advocates to let legislators know about

impacts of a closure. The group has targeted April 1 to get behind legislation. She says she remains hopeful that a solution will come about to keep the plants open. But the short timeframe before the planned closure makes her “anxious.”

“I think it’ll be easier to determine when we see what a piece of legislation would look like,” Lind said.

“We’re trying to keep the troops rallied. We remain hopeful. It’s hard to say without legislation. Everyone wants something sustainable.

When this happened in 2016 to some other plants, there was a timeframe on it. We all want something more sustainable without an expiration date.”

Working towards keeping the plant open has become “almost a full-time job” for Lind since September. Barton has had to work on the issue while also navigating COVID19 as a school superintendent.

“It’s been challenging to say the least,” Barton said. “Two significant events happening concurrently take an inordinate amount of time, energy and support. Our communi-

ty keeps stepping up. Staff has been amazing. They’ve helped us push forward. It’s still a team effort.”

The Byron School District has also started to prepare for a substantial financial impact if the closures go forward. She said education would look “extremely different” and has looked at every possibility and cut that could happen.

Lind hopes some negotiating would be done to keep funding and legislation would need to be tweaked.

“We’ve taken steps to be proactive,” Barton said. “Most time has gone towards keeping it around.

We’ve talked with state officials on funding formulas that would vary.

Worst-case scenarios and taking proactive steps while trying to keep it open for many years to come. The plant wouldn’t go to zero overnight.

There would still be decommissioning and some revenue.”

Lind said trying to grow the movement during COVID-19 has been a challenge. Supporters can’t gather in a theater or in large numbers.

The committee has done some out-

reach and has found a “super supportive” community.

It has also found some that don’t realize the seriousness of the potential closure.

“I just want to make sure people understand,” Barton said .”Sometimes I don’t think people understand the possibility exists. They don’t think it could go away. They need to know that.”

“We meet with groups and people say Exelon says this all the time,” Lind said. “We lay out the facts and they’re surprised. They realize it’s serious.”

When asked if he believes the plants will remain open past September, Barton remained positive.

“Knowing what I know about nuclear energy and its benefits, I remain cautiously optimistic,” Barton said. “But I don’t take anything for granted. I know we have work left to do and keep advocating and informing. Nothing is guaranteed.

We have work left to do, especially with legislators. There’s no crystal ball.”

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This graphic shows the plan for townhomes to be built along the west bank of the Rock River in Oregon, just south of Carnation Park. Hvarre Development is the developer.

Multiple area governing bodies have approved amendments to their Lee-Ogle Enterprise Zone ordinances in recent weeks to pave the way for townhomes to come to Oregon in coming years.

The plan is for 48 units in 24 townhomes near South 2nd Street in the area of Carnation Park, located on the southeast side of the town along the west bank of the Rock River.

Hvarre Development, which operates in the Sauk Valley, is the project’s developer.

“This will be a 55 and older development,” Oregon City Administrator Darin DeHaan said. “We agree with the developer that this has the potential to help free up existing homes for young families. We are aware that our housing market has very little inventory currently.”

The starting price point will be around $165,000, DeHaan said.

There will be a homeowners association and the streets will be privately owned.

Hvarre has several developments in Dixon, and plans are to build more in conjunction with the Oregon project.

The city is working to include a bike path that will connect with 2nd Street along the river as well.

“We are excited to see this project come to Oregon,” DeHaan said. “There is a lot of work left to be done, but I wanted the community to have a better sense of what is being planned and discussed.”

The Oregon parcel is 9.48 acres. The first area in Dixon is 4.8 acres a block from the Rock River. The third is in south Dixon on 13.26 acres with a large amount of trails for a 70-unit community.

Oregon Mayor Ken Williams said the duration of the project will be about three years.

Historically, the enterprise zone hasn’t been used for housing projects and has been aimed at job creation and industry.

Members of the enterprise zone are recommending the project move forward, Williams said.

Williams said Hvarre will be using the enterprise zone to relieve him of paying sales tax on building materials.

“That can be a significant help,” Williams said.

A grass paver path will be added for additional access for fire personnel, Williams said.

“Our community really needs affordable housing,” Oregon Finance Commissioner Terry Schuster said. “That pressure has been building and this is an excellent solution.”

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New life planned for old building in Mt. Morris

BY JEFF HELFRICH

jhelfrich@shawmedia.com Josh Nelson farms the land right next to Jeff Warren’s orchard.

This year, they’ll be starting a business together that they hope will revitalize Mt. Morris, starting with its downtown.

Wesley 1895 will consist of a butcher shop and bakery, and later, a farm-to-table restaurant. The pair purchased property located at 13 S. Wesley Ave including the adjacent lot where the Penner building was late last year in a deal facilitated by the village board. $1.1 million will be invested in the development of the business.

“There’s a risk here,” Nelson said. “But I think this community deserves a business and marketplace like this. This is to revitalize the Mt. Morris community. If we’re the next step, that’s what I want to do. I was raised here. I want to see it prosper and do well.”

The two Mt. Morris residents won’t be straying far from their areas of expertise. Nelson Family Farms Warren’s BerryView

TOP LEFT: Josh Nelson of Nelson Family Farms (right) and Jeff Warren of BerryView Orchard bought the building in downtown Mt. Morris and plan to develop it into a restaurant and butcher shop. TOP RIGHT: Maddrell Excavating, of Monroe, Wisconsin, demolished the Penner building, located just south of Wesley 1895, in downtown Mt. Morris on Oct. 16, 2019.

Orchard have become community staples.

Nelson plans to use his livestock experience to Wesley 1895 after noticing flaws in the food supply chain during the COVID-19 pandemic. He wants to get more local products to the community after conversations had with area residents.

As a small livestock producer, Nel-

son saw meat packing plants close, leaving producers high and dry with delays and decreased return on investment.

“There are fewer and fewer places taking livestock,” Nelson said. “I want to change that and bring power back to the consumer. I have a lot of conversations with the older generation. The relationship they built

with a butcher shop. I want to get back to that. Convenience. Knowing where your food comes from.”

The pair decided to go into business together after the village’s economic development group noticed they had similar desires and put them in touch. Conversations have

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gone on for over a year-and-a-half.

Warren said a part of him is glad conversations have taken “a bit” so the business wasn’t trying to start in the heart of the pandemic. Now isn’t good timing, but it could have been worse.

The pair have learned lessons from the pandemic and plan to incorporate them into Wesley 1895.

“We can design more towards COVID-19-friendly practices like drive-up and having space for social distancing,” Warren said. “Things that may be parts of our world’s new way of life.”

Warren and Nelson plan on outdoor seating for the restaurant, due to its proximity to the Mt. Morris downtown events like the Kable Band concerts in the summers.

“The simple answer is revitalizing downtown,” Nelson said. “Every Wednesday as a child I’d go and watch the Kable band play. It’s a perfect little spot. I want to highlight that and be a part of it. Down the road I want every building in that area to be full of life. We’ll offer another experience.”

The restaurant will have seasonal menus highlighting fruits, vegeta-

LEFT: Mike Fay loads items into the bucket on a tractor in January 2020 as volunteers from the Mt. Morris Economic Development Group helped clean out the future location of Wesley 1895. RIGHT: Volunteers from the Mt. Morris Economic Development Group made quick work of cleaning up the building at 13 S. Wesley Avenue in downtown Mt. Morris. The building will be the future location of Wesley 1895, a country store which will offer locally produced food items. bles and ag producers in season in the area.The pair want to stay away from pre-processed and packaged foods.

Customers may see asparagus first and then peppers and tomatoes.

Maybe fresh lamb, to.

It may be asparagus first and then tomatoes and peppers. Maybe fresh lamb. The menus will be small.

“A unique culinary experience,” Nelson said. “People may go in with-

out knowing what’s on the menu.

We want to do the small things great. That’s the vision.”

The village will be reimbursing Wesley 1895 for a total of $200,000 in TIF money during the development, which Warren called “instrumental” and will help with the visuals, structure and “bones of the building.

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by September in time for Labor Day. They’ve spent the past couple weekends filling dumpsters and prepping for renovations. Something they found in initial visits to the properties inspired its future name.

“We were brainstorming,” Warren said. “It’s on Wesley Avenue.

There was a cement stone engraved with 1895. That’s when it was built.

That sounded good.”

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Locus offers a calm, quiet space in downtown Oregon for workers to do their thing

BY BRIAN WEIDMAN

bweidman@shawmedia.com Elizabeth Priller is in the business of helping people handle their business in a better, more effective manner.

Priller is the founder and chief wellness officer of Locus Coworking and Wellness Space, l217 W. Washington Ave. Latin for “space,” Locus is a place where people can do their work in a stress-free, healthy environment.

“How this started was, about a year ago, right around when the pandemic hit, I was working from home with my consulting company,” said Priller, a registered nurse who also does consulting in that field. “What I was finding was, the dogs were barking, the mailman was coming, the phone was ringing – there were all these different distractions, and I was starting to get really stagnant in my work.”

That put Priller, 40, on the path toward Locus. She visited the site three times before deciding this was the spot.

“This is a newer concept to the area, but not a new concept,” she said. “Co-working spaces have been around for about 10 years, but there wasn’t such a need in this area until the pandemic hit. We started looking at work differently. That’s my goal – to start transforming the way people look at work.”

Locus, which is open from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weekdays, has space for four people in the main room, and one in the back, with desks, chairs, speedy internet and a soothing environment conducive to focusing on getting work done.

“Initially I opened this place for me,” Priller said. “It was going to be my office. I was sitting in the back and I realized, wait a second, I’ve got this huge space, and there has to be more people in our community amid the pandemic who are working from home or starting new businesses and don’t feel like they need to get a whole retail space just for their business.

“I started doing the market research, and not only did I realize there is nothing like this around the area, but there is not a wellness-focused co-working space. Using my experience as a registered nurse and as a yoga teacher, I combined the two practices to help people.”

Yoga classes also are available by appointment early in the day, eve-

Elizabeth Priller, owner of the new Locus Coworking and Wellness Space at 217 W. Washington St. in Oregon nings and weekends.

She’s partnering with local businesses such as Hazel’s Cafe, office supply company Fisher’s Inc. and with the Nash Center for a discounted gym membership.

Priller also is working with the Social Entrepreneurship Program at Oregon High School, where those students can get together 1 day a week to discuss different ideas. They painted the Locus logo on the east wall of the building.

There’s also an aromatherapy bar with a selection of scents to help with focus and mood.

Down the road, once COVID-19 is a thing of the past, she hopes to have an open mic night, where locals can sing, tell jokes and generally have a platform to display talents.

The backbone of the business, however, is to provide clients with a proper environment to be at their best when it comes to their jobs.

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ehinton@shawmedia.com A home in the Mt. Morris Estates Mobile Home Park was destroyed by an early morning fire on Wednesday, sending one resident to an area hospital for treatment.

Mt. Morris Fire Chief Rob Hough said the Ogle County 911 center received multiple calls at 2:07 a.m. reporting the fire at lot #99, 3747 W. Illinois 64, on the east side of Mt. Morris.

“Mt. Morris Fire was dispatched to the scene, along with AutoAid Companies from Leaf River, Oregon and Polo. Mt. Morris Fire arrived on scene and found an approximately 14’ x 70’ mobile home with heavy visible fire throughout, with structural collapse,” Hough said in a press release.

Due to intense flames and exposure to the west of the home, another mobile home caught fire, he said.

“Reports from dispatch and neighbors were that all the residents had self-evacuated and were accounted for,” Hough said. “Mt. Morris fire companies attacked the rapidly growing fire while simultaneously requesting a second alarm assignment.”

Hough said both occupants were treated by Mt. Morris Fire EMS for smoke inhalation. One occupant was transported to KSB and later transferred to OSF St. Anthony’s in Rockford. The other was treated on the scene and refused transport.

No firefighters were injured, he said.

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Mt. Morris firefighters battle a mobile home fire at Mt. Morris Estates, 3747 W. Ste Rte 64, Lot #99, early Wednesday.

The fire was declared under control at 2:54 a.m., with most mutual aid companies released by 4:30 am. Mt. Morris firefighters cleared the scene at 4:53 am.

“The structure is uninhabitable and is deemed a total loss,” Hough said. “Initial damage estimates to the building are $40,000. This estimate is including any of the residents’ personal contents.”

Mt. Morris Fire did request a MABAS Box 14 to

the second alarm level for additional assistance from Advanced Ambulance of Dixon, Byron Fire, Dixon Rural Fire, Forreston Fire, German Valley Ambulance, Leaf River Fire, Oregon Fire, Polo Fire, and Stillman Fire.

The Mt. Morris Fire Department along with the State Fire Marshal and Ogle County Sheriff are investigating. The investigation is still ongoing, Hough said.

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OBITUARIES VIVA J. DINGMAN POLO – Viva J. Dingman, 73, of Polo, passed away Wednesday, March 17, 2021, at Polo Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center.

Viva was born October 30, 1947, in Sterling, the daughter of Wayne and Faye (Spinden) Dingman.

She retired from nursing after 40 years.

Viva loved helping others, as a nurse this always had a special place in her heart.

She enjoyed being outside, walking, sitting in the sun or by a fire sharing stories.

Spending time with family and friends is what brought her the most joy.

Survivors include her daughter, Sherri (Daryl) Beers of Polo; sons, James (Aimee) Fuller of Lyndon and Richard (Karina) Fuller of Tennessee; sisters, Eva (Warren) Patten of Rock Falls and Linda (Junior) Eastabrooks of Milledgeville; grandchildren Megan Beers, Dylan Beers, Alexis (Tanner) Grobe, Natalie (Travis) Mills, and Evan Fritz; and great-grandchildren, Liam, Moriah, and

Brantley.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

A celebration of her life will be held at a later date.

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ELLIOTT S. FRY DIXON – Elliott S. Fry, 41, of Dixon, passed away Tuesday, March 16, 2021, at his home.

Elliott was born April 29, 1979, in Sterling, the son of Larry and Gloria Fry. Elliott, or as some called him, “Big E or L Train,” worked for Donaldson Co. for many years.

He enjoyed watching the Chicago Cubs, and spending time with his family and friends. Elliott had a kind heart and a wonderful sense of humor and he will be dearly missed.

Survivors include his parents, Larry and Gloria; sisters, Beth Fry of Polo and Tara Fry of Polo; brothers, Cale (Tabitha) Fry of Polo and David Fry of Dixon; nieces and nephews, Logan, Allyiah, Harlan,

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He was preceded in death by both maternal and paternal grandparents.

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ART HUNN NORTH MANCHESTER, Indiana – George Arthur Hunn Jr., known as “Art,” was born on April 22, 1932 in North Manchester, Indiana to George and Dorothy (Metzger) Hunn.

Art was the second of five children, and was preceded in death by both brothers and one sister. His remaining sister, Miriam Adams, resides in Florida.

At Jefferson High School, near Dayton, Ohio, Art participated in FFA, drama, basketball, choir and band (playing trombone), and graduated in 1950. He studied at Manchester College from 1950 to 1954, graduating with a BA in speech and drama. He earned his Master’s of Divinity at Bethany Theological Seminary in Chicago in 1957.

In 1950, during freshman orientation at Manchester College, Art met Phyllis Heeter. With both last names starting with “H,” the were assigned seats beside each other at chapel services.

They got much better acquainted throughout their college years, and were married at the Elkhart Church of the Brethren on Dec. 19, 1953.

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Art served as a Church of the Brethren pastor in Meyersdale, Pennsylvania, Aurora, and Polo.

In 2000, after 44 years of pastoring, Art and Phyllis retired and moved back to North Manchester. There, they became members of the Manchester Church of the Brethren, active in music and other activities. They moved to Timbercrest Retirement Community in 2012.

Art loved to travel with Phyllis and his family. They attended many Church of the Brethren annual conferences, and visited the Holy Land and Europe together.

Art and Phyllis were trained as disaster child care volunteers, serving in New Orleans and other locations. Art also participated in mission trips to Nicaragua and Honduras.

Art had a passion for being active through walking, bicycling, tennis and pickle ball. He was also an avid reader, chess player, chapel speaker and choir member.

Art cared deeply for others, getting to know them and sharing a laugh. He modeled gratitude to God and finding joy in each day. He persisted through sicknesses and in spite of his deep grief at losing Phyllis on Oct. 8, 2015. He died Feb. 28, 2021.

Always looking to serve, he requested that his body be donated to Indiana University Medical Center.

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March 15 Regina D. Tamayo, 53, of Oregon, was arrested at 12:07 p.m. on an outstanding Ogle County warrant for failure to appear. Tamayo was transported to the Ogle County Jail.

March 16 Kelsi N. Morris, 17, of Mt. Morris, was issued a citation at 6:49 p.m. for

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Ogle County Sheriff Brian VanVickle reports the following police activity.

March 16 Peter Hernandez, 28, of Rockford was arrested at 11:39 p.m. for driving while license revoked after deputies initiated a traffic stop in the 14,000 block of West Coffman Road in rural Forreston. Hernandez was also cited for loud exhaust and no registration light. Hernandez was transported to the Ogle County Jail where he was held in lieu of bond.

Kyle Kanuch, 27, of Kirkland was arrested at 11:41 p.m. for driving while license suspended after deputies initiated a traffic stop in the 19,000 block of East Illinois 72 in rural Fairdale. Kanuch was also cited for operating an uninsured motor vehicle and no registration light. Kanuch was transported to the Ogle County Jail where he was held in lieu of bond.

Tanya Thomas, 52, of Columbus, Ohio was arrested for two counts of forgery, one count of possession of stolen property and one count of identity theft after deputies were called at 1:21 p.m. to the Stillman Bank in Oregon for a report of a female cashing a forged check using stolen identification.

At about 1:33 p.m. Byron Police responded to the Stillman Bank in Byron for a report of a female cashing a forged check using the same checking account and identification as the call at the Stillman Bank in Oregon.

After a joint investigation with Byron Police, Thomas was located. During the investigation it was learned that the car burglaries that occurred in Davis Junction over the weekend of March 11 were connected.

No arrests were made in those cases at this time as the investigation is pending.

disobeying a stop sign. This violation occurred at the intersection of 10th and Adams Streets.

March 17 Haylie A. Diehl, 20, of Oregon, was issued a citation at 1:33 p.m. for a stop arm violation. This violation occurred in the 100 block of E. Washington Street.

Neil A. Carreno, 19, of Oregon, was arrested at 6:25 p.m. on an outstanding Ogle County warrant for failure to

March 18 Darius E. Williams, 24, of Rockford was arrested at 1:47 a.m. for driving while license suspended and an active Ogle County arrest warrant after deputies conducted a traffic stop at East Illinois 64 and Chamberlain Road. Williams was taken into custody without incident and transported to the Ogle County Jail where he was held in lieu of bond. Williams was also cited for speeding.

Latoya A. Williams, 30, of DeKalb was arrested at 2:37 a.m. for driving while license suspended and an active Ogle County arrest warrant after deputies conducted a traffic stop at East Illinois 64 and Chamberlain Road. Williams was taken into custody without incident and transported to the Ogle County Jail where she was held in lieu of bond.

Daniel A. Lorenzo, 21, of Chicago was arrested at 9:49 p.m. for no valid driver’s license after deputies conducted a traffic stop at East Illinois 64 and 4th Street in Kings. Lorenzo was taken into custody without incident and transported to the Ogle County Jail where he was held in lieu March 19 Tanya Thomas, 52, of Cleveland, Ohio was arrested at 10:16 a.m. for forgery, a class three felony after conducting a follow up investigation in regards to forgeries that had occurred at multiple Stillman Bank branches.

Deputies learned Thomas had committed another forgery at the Stillman Bank branch in Rochelle on March 16.

Thomas was still in custody at the Ogle County Jail for felony charges that occurred on the same date at other Stillman Bank branches.

Kenneth Morris, 60, of Freeport was arrested at 9:42 p.m. for driving while license suspended after deputies inves-

appear. Carreno was transported to the Ogle County Jail.

At 10:03 p.m., police responded to a disturbance call at the Oregon VFW, located at 1310 W. Washington Street, resulting in the arrest of Tina M. Clement,41, of Oregon, for battery and criminal damage to property. Clement was transported to the Ogle County Jail.

March 20 Justin T. Bennett, 28, of Mt. Morris, was arrested at 10:37 p.m. on an

tigated a vehicle stopped in the roadway near the intersection of Freeport Road and Illinois 26 in rural Forreston. Morris was released on an Individual Bond.

March 20 Ashley Paddie, 30, of Dixon was arrested at 2:32 p.m. for driving while license suspended after deputies conducted a traffic stop at Ridge Road and Camp Road in rural Mt. Morris. Paddie was transported to the Ogle County Jail where she was held in lieu of bond.

Jannet Pacheco-Vazquez, 28, of Rochelle was arrested at 11:09 a.m. for driving while license suspended and operating a motor vehicle without an ignition interlock device (BAIID) after deputies stopped a 2017 Chevy Malibu at Illinois 72 and Mulford Road for speeding 73 miles per hour in a 55 miles per hour zone. Pacheco-Vazquez also received a citation for speeding. Pacheco-Vazquez was transported to the Ogle County Jail and held in lieu of bond.

Stephen Dexter, 26, of Dixon was arrested at 12:30 p.m. for driving under the influence of drugs, unlawful possession of a controlled substance (cocaine), unlawful container/driver and possession of drug equipment after deputies received a call of a reckless driver west bound on Pines Road from Lowell Park Road. Deputies located and stopped the offending vehicle and driver at Pines and Devils Backbone roads.

Dexter was also cited for improper lane use and no seat belt. Dexter was transported to the Ogle County Jail and held in lieu of bond. Deputies were assisted on scene by the Oregon Police.

At approximately 5:57 p.m. deputies responded to the 7,500 block of North Mt. Vernon Road in rural Forreston in regards to an ATV accident. An inves-

outstanding Henry County warrant for failure to appear and for driving while license suspended. Bennett was transported to the Ogle County Jail. These violations occurred in the 100 block of W. Washington Street.

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tigation into the accident revealed an ATV being driven by Andrew Albrecht, 23, of Polo, was southbound when it lost control, causing the ATV to overturn multiple times.

Albrecht and a passenger in the ATV, Bianca Ruchti, 20, of Oregon, were transported to Freeport Hospital for treatment of minor injuries. Albrecht was cited for operating an ATV on the roadway. Deputies were assisted at the scene by Forreston Police, Forreston Fire and EMS and Polo Fire and EMS. March 21 At approximately 6:15 p.m. deputies along with Rochelle and Hillcrest EMS responded to the intersection of Illinois 251 and Hillcrest avenue for a car versus bicyclist.

After conducting an investigation it was learned Timothy Huber, 26, of Rochelle, was riding southbound on Illinois 251 approaching Hillcrest Avenue when a Honda Civic traveling northbound driven by Saul Alanis, 58, of Rochelle, turned onto Hillcrest Avenue in front of Huber causing Huber’s bicycle to strike the passenger side of Honda.

Alanis was issued a citation for failure to yield when turning left. Huber was treated for minor injuries and released on scene.

Brandy Veurink, 35, of Polo was arrested at 3:02 p.m. for driving while license suspended after deputies conducted a traffic stop at 1,000 West Pines Road. Veurink was transported to the Ogle County Jail where she was held in lieu of bond.

Michael Cretsinger, 53, of Byron was arrested for driving while license suspended after being stopped by deputies for speeding on Illinois 72 near Stillman Valley. Cretsinger was transported to the jail where he was held in lieu of bond.

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ILLINOIS STATE POLICE Multiple charges after man clocked at 100 mph A Rochelle man is facing multiple charges following a March 21 traffic stop.

At approximately 1:20 a.m., an Illinois

State Police Trooper stopped a vehicle at the intersection of Creston Road and Mulford Road for speeding in Rochelle.

During the traffic stop investigation, the driver, Gabriel M. Ujcic, 20, of Rochelle, was charged with speeding

(100 mph in 55 mph zone), improper lane usage, zero tolerance, illegal transportation of alcohol by driver, unlawful consumption of liquor by a minor, and unlawful possession of liquor by a minor.

A passenger, Nicholas D. Pillion, 20,

of Franklin Grove, was charged with illegal transportation of alcohol by driver, unlawful consumption of liquor by minor, unlawful possession of liquor by minor.

Ujcic and Pillion posted bond and were released with future court dates.

race, Byron, $255,000.

• Bryce Kubly to Trevor S. and Sara R. Robinson, 505 S. Fifth Ave., Forreston, $159,900.

• AJ Homes LLC to Christopher T. and Katherine A. Halm, 1212 N. 14th St., Rochelle, $226,000.

• JLT LLC to Store Master Funding XXI LLC, third party, Oregon-Nashua Township, 1007 Pines Road, Oregon, $390,000.

• Ag-Products Co. to McBonds Miller LLC, four parcels in Oregon-Nashua Township, $3,843,785.

• Vulcan Building LLC to Rosemary Mathews, 1103 Depot St., Davis Junction, $224,900.

• Jala LLC to Vulcan Building LLC, 1103 Depot St., Davis Junction, $0.

• Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to Brenda Piper, 2233 S.

Second St., Oregon, $80,000.

• Chris L. and Michelle Lynn Falzone to Alec Myers and Haley Shriver, 131 Harvest Glenn Drive, Davis Junction, $158,000.

• Sterling Federal Bank to Scott Shirley and Jessica Reed, 104 N. Etnyre Ave., Oregon, $68,000.

• Homar Investments LLC to Jacob Sheridan, 1105 S. 3rd St., Oregon, $90,000.

gher, 311 E. Hitt St., Mt. Morris, $7,000.

• John J. Conroy Family Trust, John J. Conroy Jr., trustee, to Benjamin N. Bruns, one parcel on S. Sixth St., Oregon, $75,000.

• First National Bank and Trust and Central Bank Trust No. 10003, First National Bank and Trust and Central Bank IL, trustees to Rebecca D. Ackland, 10310 Hickory Ridge Drive, Rochelle, $0.

PROPERTY TRANSFERS These Ogle County property transfers were recorded week of March 12-18.

Warranty Deeds • Chad D. Timmer to Fredrick Kenney, 7020 N. state Route 2, Byron, $115,501.

• Roger F. Bruns to Jessie Almonares and David Pelayo, 936 Lincoln Hwy., Rochelle, $130,000.

• Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to Robert Nasca, 205 West St., Davis Junction, $36,500.

• The late Kathy L. Cummins to Kristy K. and Nathaniel G. Rittmeyer, 10316 N. Mulberry Road, Leaf River and one parcel in Maryland Township, $312,900.

• Beau T. Bunders and Stacia N. Burke to Alissa M. Tobin, 409 W. North St., Polo, $110,000.

• Gregory Thomas Myers to Lucas J. and Raissa R. Baxter, 1210 Joanne Ter-

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POLO POLICE

Polo Police Chief Tim Rockwood released the following information.

March 21 Austin R. Brunoehler, 28, of Sheffield, was cited for operation of an uninsured motor vehicle. He was released on an I-Bond.

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Continued from Page 21 zone. This violation occurred in the 600 block of N. 4th Street.

Taylor Carl VanLoo, Jr., 19, of Toulon, was issued a citation at 6 p.m. for disobeying a traffic control device. This violation occurred at the 4th and Washington Street intersection.

Please note: Any arrests listed are merely accusations and the defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.

Deed • Applewood Lawn and Landscape LLC to SDN Rentals LLC, 915 S. Division Ave., Polo, $170,000.

Sheriff’s Deed • Sheriff of Ogle County and Jacqueline M. Welty to Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., 412 S. Green Ave., Polo, $0.

Source: Ogle County Recorder’s Office

Juvenile............................................1 Animal Complaint ......................... 7 Disturbance/Domestic ................ 2 Fire/Medical Assist ...................... 6 Alarm/Open Door ..........................1 Lock Out ......................................... 3 911 Hang Up................................... 4 Traffic Stops ................................ 16 County Assists ...............................1 Four parking tickets and six verbal warnings were issued March 15-21.

General calls for service through dispatch March 15-21 Checking a Subject / Vehicle ........6 Citizen Complaints .......................... 7 Citizen Assist / Civil Problem........4 Assist EMS / Other Department ...4 Disturbance / Domestic ................. 2 Vehicle / Building Lockout.............4 Alarm Response............................... 3 911 Hang-up / Open Line................ 3 Ordinance Violations..................... 15 Traffic Stops ................................... 14

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ORDER DOCKET #21-02 In re: Application of Larry Ebert for approval of a Restricted Landing Area (RLA), located near Ashton, in Ogle County, Illinois.

On August 16, 2019, Larry Ebert filed an Application for Approval of an RLA, owned and operated by Larry Ebert, to be known as Ebert RLA. The facility will be located near Ashton in the Northern Half of Section 7, and the Northwest 1/4 of Section 8, Township 22 North, Range 11 East, of the Third Principal Meridian in Ogle County, Illinois.

On February 19, 2021, the Division served Notice of its intention to enter an Order approving said application, pursuant to Section 60 (620 ILCS 5/60) of the Illinois Aeronautics Act. No comments have been received by the Division on this matter.

IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED

BY THE DIVISION OF AERONAUTICS AS FOLLOWS: 1. No operations from said RLA are authorized by this Order until the Certificate of Approval has been issued hereunder.

2. Unless the Division grants an extension of time for completion, this Order shall become null and void unless construction is satisfactorily completed within 18 months from the effective date hereof. If all requirements of the Division are met upon completion and final inspection, a Certificate of Approval for said RLA shall be issued to Larry Ebert.

Applicant shall notify the Division within 30 days after the completion of construction.

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conform to all requirements (including written notice of abandonment) of this Division.

4. Unless the Department finds that a hearing is necessary or that a longer period is appropriate, this Order shall take effect twenty (20) days after the service date thereof.

5. This Order and Certificate of Approval create no private interest in the applicant or its successors.

The Division expressly reserves the authority to revoke or modify said Certificate when in the public interest to do so.

6. This Order and any Certificate of Approval issued pursuant thereto do not pre-empt, waive, suspend or modify any zoning regulations, building code requirements, or local ordinance adopted by local governmental bodies.

7. The Certificate of Approval must be modified or reissued if any alteration or extension is made to the RLA. Please address any comments or request for a hearing regarding this Order within fifteen (15) days after the date of service to: IDOT, Division of Aeronautics, Bureau of Aviation Safety, 1 Langhorne Bond Drive, Springfield, Illinois 62707-8415 Clayton Stambaugh, Deputy Director Aeronautics Office of Intermodal Project Implementation DATED: March 18, 2021 TO BE SERVED: March 26, 2021 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OGLE COUNTY, ILLINOIS UNION SAVINGS BANK, Plaintiff, vs.

RHONDA ROSEMARY RIESSEL-

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MAN, deceased, LINDSEY KNOUP, BRENDON RIESSELMAN, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF RHONDA R. RIESSELMAN, UNKNOWN OWNERS, UNKNOWN TENANTS, AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendant.

NO. 20-CH-49 PUBLIC NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE Public notice is hereby given that in pursuance of the decree entered in this Court in the above-entitled cause on the 22nd day of January, 2021, I, Brian E. VanVickle, Sheriff of Ogle County, or such other deputy as may be sitting in his stead, shall sell at public venue to the highest and best bidder, the following described lands and premises described in said decree, or so much thereof as may be necessary to realize the amount due to satisfy said decree, upon the following terms and conditions: A. The name, address, and telephone of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate is: Richard Wolfe, Union Savings Bank, 223 W. Stephenson Street, Freeport, IL 61032; 815-235-0800.

B. The common address of said property is: 405 S. 10th Street, Oregon, IL 61061 C. The legal description of the property is: Lot Ten (10) in Block Three (3) in Commercial Addition to the City of Oregon; situated in the Township of Oregon-Nashua, County of Ogle and State of Illinois.

D. A description of the improvements on the real estate is: Single family residence E. The time and place of sale are: April 23, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. at the

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Ogle County Public Safety Building, 202 S. 1st Street, Oregon, Illinois 61061.

F. The terms of the sale are: 100% cash or certified funds at time of sale. Plaintiff assumes no responsibility for title expenses or closing costs.

G. Title will be conveyed subject to all general real estate taxes which are a lien upon the real estate, and subject to special assessments, if any, and easements and restrictions of record.

H. If the sale is set aside for any purpose, the purchaser at the time of sale shall be entitled only to a return on the deposit paid. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the mortgagor, the mortgagee or the mortgagee's attorney.

Dated at Freeport, Illinois, this 2nd day of March, 2021.

BRIAN E. VanVickle, Sheriff of Ogle County, Illinois This Notice prepared by: Stephen S. Schmelzle Attorney for Plaintiff 208 W. Stephenson Street, Suite 201 Freeport, IL 61032 (815) 235-1188 THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. March 12, 19, 26, 2021 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE FIFTEENTH JLJDICIAL CIRCUIT OGLE COUNTY, ILLINOIS SOLUTIONS BANK, f/k/a FORRESTON STATE BANK, Plaintiff, vs.

LORAN M. MARCEAU, STEWART W. BETTNER, UNKNOWN OWNERS, UNKNOWN TENANTS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendant.

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Public notice is hereby given that in pursuance of the decree entered in this Court in the above-entitled cause on the 15th day of January, 2021, I, Brian E. VanVickle, Sheriff of Ogle County, or such other deputy as may be sitting in his stead, shall sell at public venue to the highest and best bidder, the following described lands and premises described in said decree, or so much thereof as may be necessary to realize the amount due to satisfy said decree, upon the following terms and conditions: A. The name, address, and telephone of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate is: Carrie Haug, 996 W. Fairview Road, Freeport, IL 61032; 815-2352711.

B. The common address of said property is: 203 Fourth Avenue, Forreston, IL 61030 C. The legal description of the property is: TRACT I: Lot Ten (10) in Block Six (6) in the Original Town of Forreston; situated in the Township of Forreston, County of Ogle and State of Illinois.

TRACT II: The South 56 feet of Lot Eleven (11) in Block Six (6) in the Original Town of Forreston; situated in the Township of Forreston, County of Ogle and State of Illinois.

D. A description of the improvements on the real estate is: Single family residence.

E. The time and place of sale are: April 23, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. at the Ogle County Public Safety Building, 202 S. 1st Street, Oregon, Illinois 61061.

F. The terms of the sale are: 100% cash or certified

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funds at time of sale. Plaintiff assumes no responsibility for title expenses or closing costs.

G. Title will be conveyed subject to all general real estate taxes which are a lien upon the real estate, and subject to special assessments, if any, and easements and restrictions of record.

H. If the sale is set aside for any purpose, the purchaser at the time of sale shall be entitled only to a return on the deposit paid. The purchaser shall have no recourse further against the mortgagor, the mortgagee or the mortgagee's attorney.

Dated at Freeport, Illinois, this 2nd day of March, 2021.

Brian E. VanVickle, Sheriff of Ogle County, Illinois This Notice prepared by: Stephen S. Schmelzle Attorney for Plaintiff 208 W. Stephenson Street, Suite 201 Freeport, IL 61032 (815) 235-1188 THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. March 12, 19, 26, 2021 STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL COURT OGLE COUNTY FIRST STATE BANK SHANNONPOLO Plaintiff, vs.

RIANON N. RANNOW n/k/a RIANON N. GENDREAU, mother and guardian of ZANDER DEARBORN, a minor, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF KENT A. DEARBORN, JR., LISA GABRIEL AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF KENT A. DEARBORN, JR. UNKNOWN OWNERS and NONRECORD

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CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

No. 2021 CH 4 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF OGLE The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is given you, Rianon N. Rannow n/k/a Rianon N. Gendreau as mother and guardian of Zander Dearborn, Unknown Heirs At Law And Legatees Of Kent A. Dearborn, Jr. and Unknown Owners and Non-record Claimants, the defendants in the above-entitled action, that the action was commenced in the Circuit Court of Ogle County, by the plaintiff against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of it lien for dues and for other relief regarding the premises legally described as follows: Lot Eight (8) in Block Two (2) in the Town of Brookville, according to the Plat thereof recorded in Book A of Plats, Page 305, in the Recorder's Office in Ogle County, Illinois, situated in the Township of Brookville, County of Ogle and State of Illinois.

P.I.N. 06-27-151006 Common Address: 17944 West Young Street, Polo, IL 61064 Date and place of recording: December 21, 2018; Ogle County Recorder's Office, Oregon, IL 61061.

Identification of recording: Document No. 201806942.

Summons was duly issued out of the court against you as provided by law and the action is now pending.

Now, therefore, unless you one of the above-named defendants, file your answer to the complaint in the

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101 p action or otherwise make your appearance in the action, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Ogle County, Ogle County Judicial Center, Oregon, Illinois 61061, on or before April 12, 2021, default may be entered against you at any time after that date and a decree entered in accordance with the prayer of the complaint.

Dated: March 3, 2021 Circuit Clerk Kipp E. Meyers Meyers & Shaulis, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff PO Box 114 Lanark, IL 61046 (815) 493-2334 kem@meyersand shaulis.com March 12, 19, 26, 2021

ANNUAL TOWN MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN To the legal voters, residents of the Town of Oregon-Nashua in the County of Ogle and State of Illinois, that the Annual Town Meeting of said Town will take place on Tuesday, April 13, 2021being the 2nd Tuesday of said month at the hour of 7:00 o'clock P.M. at 107 N. Etnyre Ave. Oregon-Nashua Township Building Oregon, IL for the transaction of the miscellaneous business of the said town; and after a Moderator having been elected, will proceed to hear and consider reports of officers, and decide on such measures as may, in pursuance of law, come before the meeting; and especially to consider and decide the following: Call the meeting to order Pledge to the flag Elect a Moderator Approval of Agenda Approval of: Annual Town Meeting Minutes of August 18, 2020 Announce the next

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annual town meeting: April 12, 2022

By Motion from the floor set time of next annual meeting - 7:00 pm By Motion set monthly meetings: 2nd Wednesday of the month at 6:30 pm except if it falls on a holiday then the Tuesday prior to the original date and the April Regular Meeting will be held on the Second Tuesday of April in conjunction with the Annual Town Meeting.

Read the Supervisor's Annual Reports and move to approve Allow for voters at the Annual Town Meeting to transfer funds from one or more funds to other or different funds, or to the general road and bridge fund or any fund raised by taxation or bonds for road and bridges Move to provide for a Certified Public Accountant to audit all the town funds Any other recommendations, resolutions and discussion by electors (Audit, real estate etc.).

Dated: February 10, 2021 March 26, 2021 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN To the legal voters, residents of the Town of Pine Rock in the County of Ogle and State of Illinois that the Annual Town Meeting of said Town will take place on Tuesday, April 13, 2021 being the 2nd Tuesday of said month at the hour of 7o'clock P.M. at the Pine Rock Township Hall 210 West Street Chana, Illinois for the transaction of the miscellaneous business of the said town; and after a Moderator having been elected, will proceed to hear and consider reports of officers, and decide on such measures as

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OREGON, OGLE COUNTY, ILLINOIS LOANCARE, LLC, Plaintiff, vs.

ROY C. RAMIREZ AKA ROY C. RAMIREZ, JR., MARY J. RAMIREZ and COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC., Defendants.

CASE NO. 19-CH-7 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 501 W. HITT ST. MOUNT MORRIS, IL 61054 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of the above Court entered in the above entitled cause on February 5, 2021, the following described real estate, to-wit: A TRACT OF LAND IN THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 27, TOWNSHIP 24 NORTH, RANGE 9 EAST OF THE 4TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING 264 FEET WEST OF THE CENTER OF SAID SECTION 27; THENCE SOUTH 10 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; THENCE WEST PARALLEL WITH THE QUARTER OF SECTION LINE 91 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 140 FEET; THENCE EAST PARALLEL WITH THE QUARTER SECTION LINE 91 FEET AND THENCE NORTH 140 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, SITUATED IN THE VILLAGE OF MT. MORRIS, THE COUNTY OF OGLE AND THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. Permanent Index Number: 08-27-326-005 Commonly known as: 501 W. Hitt St., Mount Morris, IL 61054 will be offered for sale and sold at public vendue on May 7, 2021, at 10:00 AM, at 202 South First Street, Oregon, Illinois.

The Judgment amount is $104,380.49.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Sheriff of Ogle County. No third party checks will be accepted.

The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the mortgaged real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate, and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to the Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The Sale is further subject to confirmation by the Court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the Court file to verify all information.

For information contact Plaintiff's Attorney: Heavner, Beyers & Mihlar, LLC, 111 East Main Street, Decatur, IL 62523, (217) 422-1719 The purchaser of a condominium unit at a judicial foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, who takes possession of a condominium unit pursuant to a court order or a purchaser who acquires title from a mortgagee shall have the duty to pay the proportionate share, if any, of the common expenses for the unit which would have become due in the absence of any assessment acceleration during the 6 months immediately preceding institution of an action to enforce the collection of assessments, and which remain unpaid by the owner during whose possession the assessments accrued. If the outstanding assessments are paid at any time during any action to enforce the collection of assessments, the purchaser shall have no obligation to pay any assessments which accrued before he or she acquired title. If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5 (g-1).

If the sale is not confirmed for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the purchase price paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney.

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. Note: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act you are advised that the Law Firm of Heavner, Beyers & Mihlar, LLC, is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt, and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Veronika J. Miles (#6313161) HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC Attorneys at Law P.O. Box 740 Decatur, IL 62525 Send Notice/Pleadings to: Veronika J. Miles (#6313161) Email: Non-CookPleadings@hsbattys.com Telephone: (217) 422-1719 Facsimile: (217) 422-1754 I3164151 March 26, 2021 April 2, 9, 2021

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101 g may, in pursuance Recorder's Office of law, come be- in Ogle County, Illinois, situated in fore the meeting; and especially to the County of Ogle and State of consider the following: Illinois; 1) Approval of which property is 2020 meeting min- generally located South of West utes 2) Approval of Webster Street and North of West Funds balances 3) Setting Modera- Wayne Street on tor's salary for the East side of Division Avenue in 2022 4) Setting date, the City of Polo. place and time for The common ad2022 Annual Meet- dress is 410 South Division Avenue ing 5) Vote on county and has a Property services provided Index Number of to Township resi- 14-16-262-005.

The property is dents unim6) Fund transfers currently proved but has as needed 7) Discussion and City water and possible action to sewer available repair and possibly and is zoned R-1 relocate World War Single Family Residential.

I memorial Bids for the pur8) Other business as brought before chase of the aforesaid interest in the the meeting subject property Town Clerk, are hereby invited Carol Eckerd March 26, 2021 and will be received by the City Publication Notice Clerk at City Hall of Court Date for between the hours Request for Name of 8:00 a.m. and Change (Adult) Noon and 1:00p.m.

State of Illinois, and 5:00p.m. MonCircuit Court, Ogle day through Friday County 2021MR15 (except for holiRequest of: days observed by Nathaniel Austin the City) until April Schone 15, 2021. ProposThere will be a als shall be adcourt date on my dressed to: Request to change City Council of the my name from: City of Polo c/o Nathaniel Austin Sydney Bartelt, Schone City Clerk to the new name 115 South Franklin of: Nathaniel Austin Avenue, Polo, IL Long 61064 Court Date: and shall bear the April 30, 2021 at legend, "Proposal10:30 A.M. -Sale of Real EsAt 105 S. 5th St., tate", and shall inOregon, IL, 61061 clude the name Ogle County. and address of the Courtroom #304 bidder. Bids shall Nathaniel Schone be opened at the March 26 & regular meeting of April 2, 9, 2021 the City Council on April 19, 2021, at NOTICE OF SALE 7:00 p.m., or as OF REAL ESTATE soon thereafter as OWNED BY THE called on the CITY OF POLO Council's agenda.

AND INVITATION A contract may be TO BID THEREON awarded to the PLEASE TAKE NO- bidder whose bid TICE THAT the is found to be in Corporate Authori- the best interests ties of the City of of the City of Polo.

Polo will receive The Corporate Ausealed bids for the thorities reserve purchase, pursuant the right to reject to the successful any and all bids bid, of the fee sim- and to waive any ple interest in the informalities or irfollowing described regularities in the real property: bidding. The CorLot 8 in Block 1 in porate Authorities Waterbury's First further reserve the Addition to the right to review and Town, now City of study any and all Polo; according to bids and to make a the Plat thereof contract award recorded in Book A within 30 days afof Miscellaneous, ter the bids have Page 475, in the

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been opened and publicly read.

SYDNEY BARTELT City Clerk March 26, April 2, and April 9, 2021 POLO ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS HEARING Public notice is hereby given to all persons in the City of Polo that a Public Hearing will be held in front of the Zoning Board of Appeals at 7:00p.m. on Tuesday, March 30th, 2021 in the Polo City Council room, 115 South Franklin Avenue, Polo, Illinois to hear a request filed by Jared Dambman of 900 South Division Avenue, Polo, IL for a special use permit for manufacturing district allowing mini-warehouses in the corporate limits of Polo.

This zoning change would be for Parcel ID 1416-401-047, otherwise known as 900 South Division Avenue., Polo, IL, Ogle County Illinois.

Sydney Bartelt City Clerk Mar. 19, 26, 2021 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ROAD DISTRICT BUDGET Notice is hereby given that a Tentative Budget and Appropriation Ordinance for the Oregon-Nashua Road District, Ogle County, Illinois, for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2021 and ending March 31, 2022, will be on file and conveniently available to public inspection at Oregon-Nashua Twp. Building from and after 7:00 pm on April 13, 2021 Notice is further given that a public hearing on said Budget and Appropriation Ordinance will be at 6:15 P.M. on May 12, 2021, at the Oregon-Nashua Township Building located at 107 Etnyre Avenue, and final action on this ordinance will be taken at the public hearing.

Dated this 10th day of March, 2021

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Sharon Bowers, Supervisor Cecilia Zimmerman, Clerk March 26, 2021 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON ROAD DISTRICT BUDGET Notice is hereby given that a Tentative Budget and Appropriation Ordinance for Road Purposes of the Pine Rock Township, in the County of Ogle, State of Illinois, for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2021, and ending March 31, 2022, will be on file and conveniently available to public inspection at Pine Rock Township Hall, 210 West Street, Chana, IL from and after 7 o'clock p.m., 13th day of April 2021.

Notice is further given hereby that a public hearing on said budget and appropriation Ordinance will be held at 7 o'clock p.m., day, May 11th 2021, at Pine Rock Twp. Hall in the Pine Rock Township and that final hearing and action on this ordinance will be taken at a meeting to be held at Pine Rock Twp. Hall at 7 o'clock p.m., 11th day, May 2021.

Clerk Carol Eckerd March 26, 2021 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TOWNSHIP BUDGET Notice is hereby given that a Tentative Town Budget and Appropriation Ordinance for the Oregon-Nashua Township, Ogle County, Illinois, for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2021 and ending March 31, 2022, will be on file and conveniently available to public inspection at the Oregon-Nashua Twp. Building, 107 Etnyre Ave. from and after 7:00 P.M. on April 13, 2021.

Notice is further given that a public hearing on said Budget and Appropriation Ordinance will be at 6:30 P.M. on May 12, 2021, at Oregon-Nashua Twp. Building located at 107 Etnyre Ave,

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101 y and final action on this ordinance will be taken at a meeting to be held at Oregon/Nashua Twp Building 107 Etnyre Ave. at 6:30 P.M., May 12, 2021 Dated this 10th day of March, 2021 Sharon Bowers Supervisor Cecilia Zimmerman Clerk March 26, 2021 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON TOWNSHIP BUDGET Notice is hereby given that a Tentative Budget and Appropriation Ordinance for the town of Pine Rock, in the County of Ogle, State of Illinois, for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2021, and ending March 31, 2022, will be on file and conveniently available to public inspection at Pine Rock Twp. Hall 210 West St., Chana, IL from and after 7 o'clock p.m., 13th day of April 2021.

Notice is further given hereby that a public hearing on said budget and appropriation Ordinance will be held at 7 o'clock p.m., day, May 11th 2021, at Pine Rock Twp. Hall in the Pine Rock Township and that final hearing and action on this ordinance will be taken at a meeting to be held at Pine Rock Township Hall at 7 o'clock p.m., 11th day, May 2021.

Clerk Carol Eckerd March 26, 2021 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 15TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OGLE COUNTY OREGON, ILLINOIS Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. PLAINTIFF Vs. Danielle Koehler; et. al.

DEFENDANTS No. 2019CH84 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 02/19/2021, the Sheriff of Ogle County, Illinois will on April 9, 2021 at

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amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds, is due within twentyfour (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

If the property is located in a common interest community, purchasers other than mortgagees will be required to pay any and assessment legal fees due under the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after Confirmation of the sale.

The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/ expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises.

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p to the condition of the property.

Prospective bidders are admonished to check the Court file to verify all information.

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. For information: Examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: Codilis & Associates, P.C., 15W030 North Road, Frontage Suite 100, Burr Ridge, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876.

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REAL ESTATE 200 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OGLE COUNTY, ILLINOIS UNION SAVINGS BANK, Plaintiff, vs.

RHONDA ROSEMARY RIESSELMAN, deceased, LINDSEY KNOUP, BRENDON RIESSELMAN, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF RHONDA R. RIESSELMAN, UNKNOWN OWNERS, UNKNOWN TENANTS, AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendant.

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Public notice is hereby given that in pursuance of the decree entered in this Court in the above-entitled cause on the 22nd day of January, 2021, I, Brian E. VanVickle, Sheriff of Ogle County, or such other deputy as may be sitting in his stead, shall sell at public venue to the highest and best bidder, the following described lands and premises described in said decree, or so much thereof as may be necessary to realize the amount due to satisfy said decree, upon the following terms and conditions: A. The name, address, and telephone of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate is: Richard Wolfe, Union Savings Bank, 223 W. Stephenson Street, Freeport, IL 61032; 815-235-0800.

B. The common address of said property is: 405 S. 10th Street, Oregon, IL 61061 C. The legal description of the property is: Lot Ten (10) in Block Three (3) in Commercial Addition to the City of Oregon; situated in the Township of Oregon-Nashua, County of Ogle and

y g State of Illinois.

D. A description of the improvements on the real estate is: Single family residence E. The time and place of sale are: April 23, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. at the Ogle County Public Safety Building, 202 S. 1st Street, Oregon, Illinois 61061.

F. The terms of the sale are: 100% cash or certified funds at time of sale. Plaintiff assumes no responsibility for title expenses or closing costs.

G. Title will be conveyed subject to all general real estate taxes which are a lien upon the real estate, and subject to special assessments, if any, and easements and restrictions of record.

H. If the sale is set aside for any purpose, the purchaser at the time of sale shall be entitled only to a return on the deposit paid. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the mortgagor, the mortgagee or the mortgagee's attorney.

Dated at Freeport, Illinois, this 2nd day of March, 2021.

BRIAN E. VanVickle, Sheriff of Ogle County, Illinois This Notice prepared by:

p y Stephen S. Schmelzle Attorney for Plaintiff 208 W. Stephenson Street, Suite 201 Freeport, IL 61032 (815) 235-1188 THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. March 12, 19, 26, 2021 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE FIFTEENTH JLJDICIAL CIRCUIT OGLE COUNTY, ILLINOIS SOLUTIONS BANK, f/k/a FORSTATE RESTON BANK, Plaintiff, vs.

LORAN M. MARCEAU, STEWART W. BETTNER, UNKNOWN OWNERS, UNKNOWN TENANTS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendant.

NO. 20-CH-52 PUBLIC NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE Public notice is hereby given that in pursuance of the decree entered in this Court in the above-entitled cause on the 15th day of January, 2021, I, Brian E. VanVickle, Sheriff of Ogle County, or such other deputy as may be sitting in his stead, shall sell at public venue to the highest and best bidder, the

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p the hour of 10:00 AM at Ogle County Public Safety Complex 202 S. 1st St. Oregon, IL 61061, or in a place otherwise designated at the time of sale, County of Ogle and State of Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate: PART OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 26, IN TOWNSHIP 24 NORTH, RANGE 9, EAST OF THE FOURTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT 823 FEET WEST AND 226 FEET NORTH OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 26, THENCE NORTHERLY PARALLEL WITH THE EAST LINE OF SOUTHSAID WEST 1/4, 156.03 FEET; THENCE EASTERLY PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SOUTHWEST 1/4, 99 FEET; THENCE SOUTHERLY PARALLEL WITH THE EAST LINE OF SAID SOUTHWEST 1/4, 156.03 FEET; AND THENCE WESTERLY PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SOUTHWEST 1/4, 99 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, IN THE VILLAGE OF MOUNT MORRIS, OGLE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PIN 08-26-380-010 Improved with Single Family Home COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 410 Barbara St Mount Morris, IL 61054 Sale terms: 10% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the

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REAL ESTATE 200 following described lands and premises described in said decree, or so much thereof as may be necessary to realize the amount due to satisfy said decree, upon the following terms and conditions: A. The name, address, and telephone of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate is: Carrie Haug, 996 W. Fairview Road, Freeport, IL 61032; 815-2352711.

B. The common address of said property is: 203 Fourth Avenue, Forreston, IL 61030 C. The legal description of the property is: TRACT I: Lot Ten (10) in Block Six (6) in the Original Town of Forreston; situated in the Township of Forreston, County of Ogle and State of Illinois.

TRACT II: The South 56 feet of Lot Eleven (11) in Block Six (6) in the Original Town of Forreston; situated in the Township of Forreston, County of Ogle and State of Illinois.

D. A description of the improvements on the real estate is: Single family residence.

E. The time and place of sale are: April 23, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. at the Ogle County Public Safety Building, 202 S. 1st Street, Oregon, Illinois 61061.

F. The terms of the sale are: 100% cash or certified funds at time of sale. Plaintiff assumes no responsibility for title expenses or closing costs.

G. Title will be conveyed subject to all general real estate taxes which are a lien upon the real estate, and subject to special assessments, if any, and easements and restrictions of record.

H. If the sale is set aside for any purpose, the purchaser at the time of sale shall be entitled only to a return on the deposit paid. The purchaser shall have no

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Dated at Freeport, Illinois, this 2nd day of March, 2021.

Brian E. VanVickle, Sheriff of Ogle County, Illinois This Notice prepared by: Stephen S. Schmelzle Attorney for Plaintiff 208 W. Stephenson Street, Suite 201 Freeport, IL 61032 (815) 235-1188 THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. March 12, 19, 26, 2021 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 15TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OGLE COUNTY OREGON, ILLINOIS Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. PLAINTIFF Vs. Danielle Koehler; et. al.

DEFENDANTS No. 2019CH84 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 02/19/2021, the Sheriff of Ogle County, Illinois will on April 9, 2021 at the hour of 10:00 AM at Ogle County Public Safety Complex 202 S. 1st St. Oregon, IL 61061, or in a place otherwise designated at the time of sale, County of Ogle and State of Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate: PIN 08-26-380-010 Improved with Single Family Home COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 410 Barbara St Mount Morris, IL 61054 Sale terms: 10% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Proper-

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p ty Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds, is

due within twentyfour (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is

offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the

court.

If the property is a condominium and the foreclosure takes place after 1/1/2007, purchasers other than the mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OREGON, OGLE COUNTY, ILLINOIS LOANCARE, LLC, Plaintiff, vs.

ROY C. RAMIREZ AKA ROY C. RAMIREZ, JR., MARY J. RAMIREZ and COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC., Defendants.

CASE NO. 19-CH-7 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 501 W. HITT ST. MOUNT MORRIS, IL 61054 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of the above Court entered in the above entitled cause on February 5, 2021, the following described real estate, to-wit: Permanent Index Number: 08-27-326-005 Commonly known as: 501 W. Hitt St., Mount Morris, IL 61054 will be offered for sale and sold at public vendue on May 7, 2021, at 10:00 AM, at 202 South First Street, Oregon, Illinois.

The Judgment amount is $104,380.49.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Sheriff of Ogle County. No third party checks will be accepted.

The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the mortgaged real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate, and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to the Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The Sale is further subject to confirmation by the Court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the Court file to verify all information.

For information contact Plaintiff's Attorney: Heavner, Beyers & Mihlar, LLC, 111 East Main Street, Decatur, IL 62523, (217) 422-1719 The purchaser of a condominium unit at a judicial foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, who takes possession of a condominium unit pursuant to a court order or a purchaser who acquires title from a mortgagee shall have the duty to pay the proportionate share, if any, of the common expenses for the unit which would have become due in the absence of any assessment acceleration during the 6 months immediately preceding institution of an action to enforce the collection of assessments, and which remain unpaid by the owner during whose possession the assessments accrued. If the outstanding assessments are paid at any time during any action to enforce the collection of assessments, the purchaser shall have no obligation to pay any assessments which accrued before he or she acquired title. If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5 (g-1).

If the sale is not confirmed for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the purchase price paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney.

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. Note: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act you are advised that the Law Firm of Heavner, Beyers & Mihlar, LLC, is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt, and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Veronika J. Miles (#6313161) HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC Attorneys at Law P.O. Box 740 Decatur, IL 62525 Send Notice/Pleadings to: Veronika J. Miles (#6313161) Email: Non-CookPleadings@hsbattys.com Telephone: (217) 422-1719 Facsimile: (217) 422-1754 I3164151 March 26, 2021 April 2, 9, 2021

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If the property is located in a common interest community, purchasers other than mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

If the sale is for set aside any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The shall Purchaser have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after Confirmation of the sale.

The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/ expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and Plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property.

Prospective bidders are admonished to check the Court file to verify all information.

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

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Please refer to file number 14-19-09616.

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