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Two charged with theft, burglary in break-in By ALEXA ZOELLNER
azoellner@shawmedia.com Two people were arrested and charged with residential burglary and theft in relation to an incident at the Mt. Morris Estates Mobile Home Park. On March 3, Ogle County deputies arrested Nancylee Limond, 36, and Kenneth R. Adams, 61, both of Mt. Morris, according to a sheriff’s report. The initial report came in on March 2, Sheriff Brian VanVickle said. “The report [of a residential burglary]
was after the fact,” he said. “It wasn’t a burglary in progress. The rest was the result of an investigative follow up. “They were charged and transported to the jail,” VanVickle added. “So they appeared before a judge.” Limond and Adams both are charged with residential burglary, a Class 1 felony, and theft between $500 and $10,000, a Class 3 felony, according to Judici. Theft is intentionally depriving someone of their property, while burglary is entering a residence without permission, VanVickle said. A person could be charged with bur-
glary for illegally entering a residence, even if they don’t take anything, he said. VanVickle said the stolen property was household items and that the items were recovered. He declined to comment on Limond and Adams’ connection to the mobile home park. Limond was given a $5,000/10% bond and Adams a $25,000/10% bond, VanVickle said. Both posted bond on March 4 after appearing before a judge, he said. Preliminary hearing statuses for Limond and Adams were set for March 9 at 10 a.m.
every level of the home and outside all sleeping areas. For added safety, install smoke alarms in every room where people sleep. • To increase safety, have a qualified electrician install hard-wired, interconnected smoke alarms so that when one sounds, they all sound. • Install a new battery in all smoke and CO alarms at least twice a year. Install a new battery immediately if an alarm “chirps” to indicate a low battery. • Replace smoke alarms that use extended-life, lithium batteries when the alarm “chirps” or fails to respond to periodic testing. Many of these batteries are good for 10 years, but it is still a great time to check their operation. The batteries in these units cannot be replaced.
• Replace all smoke alarms when they are 10 years old. The mechanism that senses smoke and activates the alarm looses sensitivity over time. • Replace all CO alarms when they are 7 years old. The manufacture date is listed on the bottom of the detectors. • Test alarms every month. Use the test button, or an approved smoke substitute, and clean the units, according to manufacturer’s instructions. Do not use an open-flame device to test the alarm. • Special smoke alarms are made for people who are deaf or hard of hearing. These alarms use strobe lights. Vibrating devices may also help in some cases. If you have questions, please call the firehouse at 815-734-4322.
The district has over the past recent years spent considerable major funds to heating upgrades, major electrical upgrades, gym ceiling and LED lighting, total locker replacement to name a few. Please understand ALL of these upgrades and projects are and should be LONG TERM major investments to any building, not things you do if you were planing to dispose of a building in the next 5 to 10 years. So if they dispose of the building it will be a gross waste of taxpayers money in the end. The pros and cons of mixing the middle school students into the high school environment can be a double-sided sword but after listening to all the many arguments from many people it seems to me that it is a bad choice. Time will tell. The citizens advisory board was made of well chosen educated and professional people that several times proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that closing DLR will be totally the wrong decision made by the board. Two of the board members, both highly educated individuals, from the beginning voted correctly to save the building and both had prepared statements backing their decisions.
They both made complete logical and financial sense and yet the rest of the board members turned a def ear and ignored their peers recommendations. How could that be? Decisions are usually and rightfully to be made from truthful facts and information, yet it appears that ALL logic was thrown out the window and ignored both times they voted on this critical issue. So I wonder about the credibility of all board members that supported the vote to close the DLR for the second time last night. The board could have become true heroes last night if they had said look, because of the volume of real data that we weren’t aware of, we will keep DLR as a feasible part of the overall district property, but they chose not to do the right thing. Many thanks to the advisory committee for their hard work, shame on Mahoney and the board members that made an illogical vote. They should resign, and thanks to the two board members that did vote based on true facts and data! Sincerely, Jerry Stauffer, Village of MM Trustee
FIRE SAFETY BY ROB HOUGH IV Mt. Morris Fire Chief
This weekend we will turn our clocks forward one hour for daylight savings time. The Mt. Morris Fire Protection District would like to remind everyone to change the batteries in their smoke and CO detectors at the same time. Having an operating smoke detector more than doubles a person’s chances of surviving a home fire. Changing batteries is a small investment to insure your family will be alerted in the case of a fire or a carbon dioxide emergency. Here are some tips for the care and maintenance of smoke and CO detectors that should be followed: • Install smoke and CO alarms on
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Stauffer comments on school board’s decision
To the Editor, I’m so at a loss to understand true reality of this poor decision made last night (Feb. 22) on the part of four board members. What is the driving force behind the scenes to make totally illogical decisions considering the overwhelming factual information that the advisory board has dug up proving beyond all doubt that Mahoney’s reasons and financial numbers were in total error on the financial ground of the school district. The huge report, which was published after months of digging into the schools financial records, real estate tax data from the county courthouse, is very factual and can’t be disputed. So the original reason for closing was proved to be totally false and also proved that the district is in a very good financial position and should remain so well into the future. It was also found that the building in Mt. Morris is in much much better shape than portrayed by Mahoney and the district has the money to have done the needed repairs.
