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MO RRIS BE AT oglecountynews.com ShawLocal.com OFFICE 113-115 Peoria Ave. 2 MT. MORRIS TIMES MT. MORRIS TIMES Hydrants to be flushed April 11-15 The Mt. Morris Water Department will be flushing hydrants the week of April 11-15 between the hours of 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. During these times, residents may experience BRIEFS Mt. Morris Times / oglecountynews.com • Friday, Apr 8, 2022 MT. Dixon, IL 61021 SUBSCRIPTIONS $39 in Ogle County, and $52 outside Ogle County. Singlecopy price is $1 To subscribe, make a payment or discuss your delivery, call 1-866-979-1053 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. CLASSIFIED SALES 815-220-6942 apicco@shawmedia.com OBITUARIES 815-632-2534 phartman@shawmedia.com Deadline for obituaries is 2 p.m. Tuesday for Friday’s edition low water pressure and rusty water. Residents who do experience rusty water should let their faucets run until the water clears. To report any other problems or for more information, contact the water department at 815-734-4820 or the village hall at 815-734-6425. Evangelical Free Church of Mt. Morris offers special services The Evangelical Free Church of Mt. Morris will celebrate Easter with services on Good Friday and Easter Sunday. The community is welcome to attend any or all of the services. The Good Friday service will be held on April 15 at 7 p.m. Sunday services on April 17 will begin with Sunday School at 8:30 a.m. followed by an Easter Brunch at 9:20, and the worship service at 10. Child care will be provided for all services. The SEND NEWS church is located at 102 S. Seminary Ave. news@oglecountynews.com

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Quiche & Scone Sale Going on NOW!

Come in and order your choice (or all) of the varieties of quiche (Lorraine or veggie) and scones (traditional or Lemon Blueberry). Orders will be taken until April 20 with pickup of these fresh delicacies on April 22 from DUMC. Quiche can be ordered as a whole ($20), half ($12), or quarter ($8). Scones are available by the dozen ($18) or half dozen ($10). We are making limited quantities so get your orders in soon!

Storytime-Wednesdays, 11:15 a.m.

It’s going to be an egg-citing time! This week, April 13, we will be reading books about Easter eggs! After learning about this beautiful symbol of spring, children will create a craft to take home! Come join our colorful story time at your Mount Morris Public Library! Every-bunny is welcome.

Lego Club Returns!

Lego night returns on Thursday, April 21, from 6– 6:45 p.m. Bring a friend and build some fun with Lego bricks! All Children and parents are invited – ages 4 and up. Children under 8 need to bring a parent with them!

Adult Book Club

The April book is The League of Wives: The Untold Story of the Women Who Took on the U.S. Government to Bring Their Husbands Home by Heath Hardage Lee. Copies are available at the library. This group will meet in-person at the library on Monday, April 25 at 3:30 p.m.

Display Case Showings

Come in this month to see our hand-made display! Local artist, Lorelai Dannhorn, will be displaying her creations. All of the treasures are created with love and care by Lorelai! Come check out this beautifully hand-made collection! We are always looking for collectors or artists who are willing to share their treasures in our display cases. If you are interested, please call, 815-7344927.

Illinois Libraries Present: Nick Offerman & Jeff Tweedy

Wednesday, April 27, 7 p.m. - That’s right....We are truly honored to have Jeff Tweedy of Wilco and friend of Nick Offerman joining ILP’s virtual event on Wednesday, April 27. Visit our website, Facebook, or Instagram for the link to sign up for this awesome event.

Explore More Illinois

Explore More Illinois is a cultural pass program that provides discounts at museums, visual and performing arts centers, park districts, and more around the state. Use Explore More Illinois to find fun and educational places to go on a free afternoon or for a little getaway. Explore More Illinois is easy to use with your library card. Visit the library’s website to browse attractions. You can find the information on our resource page.

Rock River Center

The Rock River Center has a representative in our library the second Thursday of every month. Services provided by Rock River Center are designed to enable older and disabled persons to remain independent, thereby avoiding costly long-term care. No appointment necessary but, if you want to make an appointment with the Rock River Center you may call 815-732-3252.

Adult Programming

We are trying to get back into the swing of offering monthly programs for adults. We would love to hear from you. Do evenings or weekends work better? Do you have any program ideas? Do you have a program you would like to share? Contact Mary Cheatwood at the library.

Curbside Service is available!

We want to remind everyone that you still have the option of having your materials delivered to your vehicle. If you have holds waiting for you, call us to tell us you are on your way, and we will bring them out to your vehicle when you arrive. Call us if you need more information.

Additional Services Offered

We make copies (25¢ per black and white page). We fax ($2 for the first page and 50¢ each additional page). We can scan a document and send it to email ($2 per document). You can use a computer without a library card for $1. Resume software is available on our computers. Come visit us and let us help you!

Monthly board meetings are the third Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m. at the library unless otherwise noted. The public is welcome to attend.

Leaf River Lions “Breakfast with Bunny” is Saturday, April 16

The Leaf River Lions will be serving, “Breakfast with Bunny” on Saturday, April 16 from 7-10 a.m. in the Bertolet Memorial building in Leaf River.

The menu will be pancakes, waffles, French toast, scrambled eggs and whole hog sausage. Also available will be blueberry or chocolate chip pancakes as well as strawberries and whipped cream on the pancakes or waffles.

Children 10 and under will eat free while the cost for children 11-13 years is $4, ages 14 and over is $7 and All You Can Eat is $9.

After breakfast, at 10 a.m., the Lions will be having their annual Easter Egg Hunt in Bertolet Park, weather permitting. The Easter Egg hunt will be moved inside the Bertolet building if weather is bad.

The Easter Egg hunt is open from toddlers to 8 year olds. The hunt is divided into three age groups, 0-4 years, 5-6 and 7-8, with prizes awarded for each group.

The next Lions dinner on April 24 will be the roast pork loin dinner in support of the Summer Daze Festival. That dinner will consist of roast pork loin, mashed potatoes with gravy, green beans, dinner roll, applesauce and cake for dessert.

The cost of the meal at the door is $6 for children ages 6-13 years and $10 for 14 years and older. Children 5 and younger eat free.

Advance tickets are available saving $1 per dinner at the Bertolet Library or Lions Paul Lindstrom, Connie Hartje, Kathy Rose, Josh Lamping and Dorothy Mahon.

Advance tickets will be available April 1 and sold until Saturday, April 16.

Men’s Prayer Breakfast is April 9

The Forreston Community Men’s Prayer Breakfast will be held at 7 a.m. on Saturday, April 9 at the Forreston Reformed Church, 501 S. Third Ave. Forreston.

This is the first gathering since the COVID-19 pandemic required a pause, and we look forward to gathering again.

A pancake and sausage breakfast will be served at 7 a.m. followed by a number from a barbershop quartet, a brief message from Pastor Lyle Zumdahl, and prayers for the people and concerns of the Forreston community.

An offering will be taken for the Forreston Community Center Food Pantry.

Snow, mud, bids all par t of Hazelhurst Spr ing Consignment Sale

By EARLEEN HINTON ehinton@oglecountynews.com

A day earlier or a day later would have made the annual Hazelhurst Spring Consignment Sale a l o t m o r e p l e a s a n t , b u t M o t h e r Nature accommodates no one –including area farmers looking to sell or buy equipment.

A heavy wet snow fell across the 30-acre sale site between Polo and M i l l e d g e v i l l e a l l - d a y S a t u r d a y m a k i n g t h e v e n u e v e r y , v e ry muddy and chilly.

“We’ve had snow before the sale, but not actually on the day of the sale. And this is a wet, heavy snow,” said Sheryl Hopkins, of Public Auction Service, on sale day.

The annual event is held every spring and includes farm machinery, automobiles, lawn tractors and just about whatever else someone brings in before sale day.

The event has become a generational “must do” for some area farmers.

“I’ve been coming here for 40 years,” said Dan Langy of Lena who was busy chatting with two buddies from Lena and Stockton. “It could be worse weather.”

Mark Engelkens of Freeport adapted his ATV with an umbrella to protect him and his passenger from the elements.

“I’ve been going to get an actual roof for it, but for now this works,” he said smiling as the machine slithered across a muddy pathway.

Sara Coleman and her toddlers, Lucy and Cole, trekked their way through the mud en route to finding her husband across the field at a sale ring.

“We were trying to buy a well pump, but it went too high for us,” she said while extricating Lucy from a mud rut.

The mud was a major attraction

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Earleen Hinton/Shaw Media Toddler Lucy Coleman of Rockford expressed what many visitors to this year’s Hazelhurst Spring Consignment Sale were thinking when heavy, wet snow fell throughout the event. Lucy was walking with her mom, Sara, and Cole, her 3-year-old brother, before her mom picked her up and carried her to see her dad who was bidding on items on the east side of the sale grounds.

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Earleen Hinton/Shaw Media ABOVE: Wet snow fell during this year’s Hazelhurst Spring Consignment Sale on April 2 turning the walkways to mud between rows of farm machinery for sale. BELOW LEFT: Mack Engelkens used a strategically placed umbrella to shield himself from the wet snow. BELOW RIGHT: Auctioneer Lenny Bryson takes bids on an antique tractor.

for Kasen Bocker, 8, of Leaf R i v e r w h o m a d e s u r e h e splashed through mud behind a row of tractors while waiting for his dad and brother to catch up.

“We just got here a few minutes ago,” said Randy, Kasen’s dad. “We usually come over every year.”

The Polo Lions Club operates the main food booth in the center of the sale site. The covered building was a popular place for visitors to get out of the snow and grab a hot dog, cheeseburger or pork chop sandwich and chat with friends and neighbors.

“We had a steady crowd,” Lion Mike Faivre said.

H o p k i n s , w h o s e f a m i l y started the event years ago, said overall the day was a success.

“We had a decent crowd,” H o p k i n s s a i d o n S u n d a y. “Items sold well and we had 450 online bidders so overall it was a good crowd.”