Mt. Morris Times / oglecountynews.com • Friday, November 20, 2020
MT. MORRIS BEAT
CITY COUNCIL 2 MT. MORRIS TIMES MORRIS TIMES oglecountynews.com OFFICE 113-115 Peoria Ave. Dixon, IL 61021 (815) 732-6166 ext. 2592 Fax: (815) 284-2078 SUBSCRIPTIONS $39 in Ogle County, and $52 outside Ogle County. Single-copy price is $1 To subscribe, make a payment or discuss your delivery, call 815-732-6166, ext. 2518 from 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Monday-Friday or send an e-mail to subscriptions@ oglecountynews.com. You also can subscribe online by going to oglecountynews.com and clicking on Subscribe.
New street department position approved BY JEFF HELFRICH jhelfrich@shawmedia.com The Oregon City Council unanimously approved adding a labor position to its street department at its Tuesday meeting. The new employee will be the department’s fifth and will be accompanied by cuts to the city’s contractor costs, city officials said. The starting salary is $31,200. “I was not willing to support this unless it meant zero budget impact on the city,” Finance Commissioner Terry
Schuster said. “We’re going to be adding salary, I wanted to recoup other costs that will equal that. I talked with [Street Department Superintendent Terry Plemmons] about contracting costs over past years and talked about this additional person replacing that. In other words, the amount of the salary equals the amount we’ve been paying contractors.” The new employee will be under a probationary position for the first year before becoming an operator. Some of the main offsets will be keeping sidewalk replacement and landscaping in
Leaf Duty
CLASSIFIED SALES 815-284-2222 OBITUARIES 815-732-6166, ext. 2591 ehinton@oglecountynews.com Deadline for obituaries is 2 p.m. Tuesday for Friday’s edition
Denny Davis of the Mt. Morris Street department was busy vaccuming leaves along curbs throughout the village on Monday. Residents in Mt. Morris can rake or blow their leaves to the curb for collection while residents in other Ogle County communities must bag their leaves for collection.
SEND NEWS news@oglecountynews.com General Manager Earleen Hinton 815-732-6166, ext. 2591 ehinton@oglecountynews.com Editor Jeff Helfrich 815-732-6166, ext. 2590 jhelfrich@oglecountynews.com Advertising Sales Patty Bridgeman 815-625-3600, Ext. 2555 pbridgeman@oglecountynews. com Mt. Morris Times, Ogle County News and oglecountynews.com are a division of Shaw Media. Ogle County Newspapers also prints the Mt. Morris Times, Oregon Republican Reporter, and Polo’s Tri-County Press. The MT. MORRIS TIMES (USPS No. 365-440) is published weekly by B.F. Shaw Printing Co., Shaw Media. Periodical postage paid at Mt. Morris, Illinois. POSTMASTER Send address changes to MT. MORRIS TIMES, P.O. Box 8, Oregon, IL 61061. Phone 815-732-6166, ext. 2516. All rights reserved. Copyright 2020
house, along with general maintenance, Streets and Public Improvements Commissioner Tim Krug said. The new employee will also help with offsetting labor times, Krug said. “They had one snowstorm last year, these guys were in the trucks for 32 hours straight without a break,” Krug said. “Yeah, they should’ve taken time off, but they were trying to get all the snow cleared before it froze. Having a fifth would allow better rotation so it’s just a 12 hour shift so they can go home and get some sleep.”
Earleen Hinton/ Shaw Media
SPECIAL EVENTS Oregon VFW seeks donations for annual Christmas Food Basket Drive Once again the Oregon VFW post 8739 will be assembling and delivering food baskets for Christmas to families and individuals who are in need in the Oregon area. “This has been a tough year for everyone with the COVID-19 which has led to lost jobs and sick families,” said VFW Commander Bob Coulter. “We are asking those who donate to this purpose to please be generous this year.” Coulter said the Post normally provides at least 120 baskets. Families or individuals in need must call the VFW Post (815-732-6851) between 3 and 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Each individual or family representative must call for themselves. An adult must be home on Dec. 19 to
receive the basket. Deliveries will start around 8:30 a.m. and should conclude by noon. The VFW Post is also seeking volunteers to help deliver the baskets. Call 815-732-6851 to volunteer.
Mt. Morris Goodfellows accepting donations for the holidays The Mt. Morris Goodfellows are accepting monetary donations for those in need this holiday season. Donations are greatly appreciated. Jerry Griffin and Charlie Beard, Goodfellows Co-Chairmen, say that the Goodfellows will once again be able to provide assistance this Christmas thanks to the financial support of the community. “Each holiday season, for more than 60 years, the Goodfellows have provided food
assistance and fruit baskets to residents in Mt. Morris,” Griffin said. Donations can be mailed to Mt. Morris Goodfellows, P.O. Box 75, Mt. Morris, IL 61054 or dropped into a Goodfellows donation can located at local businesses. Participating Mt. Morris businesses are Sterling Federal Bank, Union Savings Bank, Rockford Bell Credit Union, Cimino’s Pizza, The Idle Hour, Moose Lodge, Peppermill Restaurant, Sharky’s, Shell Express, Sullivan’s Grocery, Village Hall, Mobil, Eclips Hair Salon, Hometown Restaurant, Campus Café and Mullarkey’s Bar & Grill. “Please note that some of these businesses may be temporarily closed due to COVID19 restrictions,” Griffin said. For more information about Goodfellows, call Griffin at 815-440-4440. “The Mt. Morris Goodfellows appreciate your support. Thank you,” Griffin said.
