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Recycle electronics on Friday, July 29, in Oregon
The Ogle County Solid Waste Management Department (OCSWMD) will hold a residential electronic recycling event on Friday, July 29, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the County Annex Building at 909 Pines Road in Oregon.
A free permit is required in advance to attend this recycling event. Permits are limited and must be requested by 4 p.m. on Wednesday, July 27. To obtain a permit call the OCSWMD at 815-732-4020 or email the department at solidwaste@oglecounty.org and p r o v i de yo ur na m e , a d d r e s s a n d phone number.
Permits are limited to one per household per month, and allow up to seven large items to be brought in for recycling. A full list of accepted items a nd ot h er ev e nt in f o r ma t i on i s included with the permit.
This event is for Ogle County residential electronics. Accepted items include all types of TVs and computer monitors, computers and all computer hardware and cables, laptops, tablets, cellphones, video game equipment, printers, FAX machines, copiers, scanners, VCR/ DVD players, cable and satellite boxes, all remote controls (please remove batteries), radios, stereo equipment, phones, digital clocks, calculators, holiday light strands, computer power backups, rechargeable batteries, and printer ink cartridges.
Microwave ovens are accepted for a $5 fee per unit. Remove items from packaging prior to arrival at the event. Materials such as boxes, Styrofoam a n d p l a s t i c p a c k a g i n g a r e n o t accepted.
Other items commonly brought to these events but not accepted include smoke detectors, vacuum cleaners, c o f f e e m a k e r s , t o a s t e r s , m e d i c a l devices, dismantled and harvested electronics, lamps, power tools, fans, heaters, dehumidifiers, crockpots, small appliances, flashlights, alkaline batteries, large fluorescent bulbs, motors and sump pumps.
Call the number above for possible recycling options for these items.
A full list of accepted items and further instructions will be included with issuance of the permit.
Call the OCSWMD at the number above, visit www.oglecounty.org, or go to Facebook at Ogle County Solid Waste Management for more information.
Workers unload electronics during the April residential electronic recycling event in Oregon. The next event is July 29.
A Rochelle man was sentenced to 18 years in prison for the predatory criminal sexual assault of a child.
Vincent R. Swope, 52, was sentenced by Ogle County Judge John B. Roe on July 14 after pleading guilty to the felony offense.
“In 2018 the Rochelle Police Department investigated a sexual assault complaint made by a minor female victim during 2011 through 2012,” Ogle County State’s Attorney Mike Rock said in a news release. “The case was reviewed by the state’s attorney office and charges were authorized.”
Swope was charged in March 2019 with six counts of predatory criminal sexual assault, Class X felonies.
A c c o r d i n g t o c o u r t r e c o r d s , S w o p e p l e a d e d guilty to one count a n d c h a r g e s 2 - 6 were dismissed.
H e w as i n cu s tody of the Illinois Department of Corr e c t i o ns wh e n h e was sentenced.
Predatory criminal sexual assault has a sentencing range of six to 60 years in prison, Rock said.
“The sentence is served at 85%,” Rock said. Vincent Swope
OGLE COUNTY SHERIFF ACTIVIT Y
Ogle County Sheriff Brian VanVickle reports the following activity.
July 13
Sheridan Saskowski, 46, of Geneseo, was arrested for driving while under the influence of alcohol after a traffic stop in the 200 block of North Daysville Road. Deputies had responded to the area of Daysville and Flagg roads for a driving complaint about 3:30 p.m. A short time later, deputies located the vehicle and stopped Saskowski. She also was cited for following too closely and improper lane use. Saskowski was transported to the Ogle County Jail and held in lieu of bond.
July 17
Morgan Lopez-Daniels, 22, of Rockford, was arrested for no valid driver’s license after a traffic stop in the 13500 block of Illinois Route 72 about 8:04 p.m. Lopez-Daniels was released on an I-Bond and given a future court date.
These charges are accusations and all subjects are presumed innocent until proved guilty ina court of law.
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DUANE HACKBARTH
Born: May 20, 1963 in Dixon, IL Died: July 16, 2022 in Sycamore, IL
Duane Hackbarth, 59, of Roscoe, IL, passed away on Saturday, July 16, 2022 at Kindred Hospital Sycamore. He was born on May 20, 1963 in Dixon, IL, the son of Richard and Carolyn (Diehl) Hackbarth. Duane was a graduate of Mt. Morris High School and Sauk Valley College. He married Heidi Sigman on November 7, 1992 in St. Peter Catholic Church, South Beloit, IL.
Duane was employed as a Detective and Bomb Technician for the Rockford Police Department for 28 years, retiring in 2019. He was a member of St. Peter Catholic Church in South Beloit, IL and a member and former faithful navigator of the St. Bridget Catholic Church Knights of Columbus Council #13113, Loves Park, IL. Duane was an accomplished carpenter his entire life. He enjoyed building custom homes and doing other projects for family and friends.
Survivors include his wife, Heidi Hackbarth of Roscoe, IL; children, Paige (Nate) Hanley, Kenneth Hackbarth, and Lauren Hackbarth; grandchildren, Brayden, Charlotte, Catherine, and Caroline Hanley; mother, Carolyn Hackbarth of Mt. Morris, IL; sister, Diane (Bill) Palmer of Oregon, IL.
He was predeceased by his father; in-laws, Loren and Dorothy Sigman; brothers-in-law, Dr. Loren G. Sigman II and Howard Sigman.
A Visitation of Remembrance for Duane will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 20, 2022 in the Daley Murphy Wisch & Associates Funeral Home and Crematorium, 2355 Cranston Rd., Beloit, WI, with a rosary to be recited at 4:45 p.m. A Funeral Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, July 21, 2022 in the St. Peter Catholic Church, 620 Blackhawk Blvd., South Beloit, IL. Burial will be in Floral Lawns Memorial Gardens.
tough competition in the 8-Man North 2 Conference.
Last year’s state runner-up, Orangeville, awaits in Week 2 of the season.
Alston, Harris and Grenoble are all excited for the challenge.
“It’s a tough schedule. Obviously, we’re playing the teams up here who are always good. Milledgeville and Orangeville, Amboy’s gonna be outstanding, and Aquin’s always good and River Ridge is always good, so those teams from the old NUIC are still gonna be on our schedule,” Alston said. And then the ones we’re playing from down south are really good. St. Thomas More is down there – they’re really tough – and Flanagan’s on our schedule. So it’ll be a good, challenging schedule for us.”
“I’m happy with how it turned out. A lot of good rivalry games, a lot of good competition,” Harris said. “It’s going to be a harder schedule, but that’s what we want. We want a challenge.”
Grenoble knows other teams will be gunning for Polo as the two-time defending state champs, but he believes the Marcos will be up to the challenge.
“It’s just expected how it should be. It’s going to be a harder schedule since we’ve won back-to-back, but I like it,” Grenoble said. “It’s good competition for us, and it’s probably just going to be the same schedule, hard schedule for the next upcoming years.”
Two of the position groups most affected by this spring’s graduations were the offensive and defensive lines. Only one defensive linemen from last season is coming back, as well as one part-time offensive line starter.
“We’ve got a lot of kids we need to replace from last year,” Alston said. “We don’t have a ton of kids returning, but the ones we do have coming back played pretty important roles. And I think we’ve got some younger kids that are going to be fine stepping into their shoes.”
With a smaller senior class this year, Polo will be counting heavily on juniors and sophomores to keep its streak of success going.
The Marcos hope a big incoming class of freshmen can help their depth as well.
Defensively, Alston expects to run a similar scheme to what he has in years past.
Offensively, he’s taking more of a wait-and-see approach.
“We always like to run the ball. Kind of just line up double tight and run it, and we were very successful doing that last year. I don’t know if we’ll be able to do that this year,” Alston said. “We might spread ’em out a little bit at times. We’re kind of playing around with some different things this summer and seeing how they look. I really don’t know at this point what we’re going to be doing.
“Defensively, we’ll stick with what we’ve been doing. We’ll run that four-man front, and kids are comfortable in that and personnel fits it pretty well, so I don’t see a lot of changes defensively.”
Alston said his players are highly motivated to defend their back-to-back state championships. One of his messages to the team this offseason has been to embrace the bull’s-eye on its back.
“The kids understand it. They want to do well and kind of follow in the footsteps of the teams that were ahead of them. I haven’t really had to motivate them too much this year,” Alston said. “They’ve been really good about getting out here and knowing what they need to do, and understanding that they’ve got a big target on their chest now. So they’re going to have to embrace that or not.
“I’m really trying to get them to embrace that, understand that it’s OK to be the team that people don’t like right now, because that means you’re doing something right. That’s kind of what we’ve been preaching, is to just embrace that target and deal with it.”
Polo will open its 2022 season at home against Amboy-LaMoille-Ohio on Aug. 26 at 7 p.m.
Alex T. Paschal/apaschal@shawmedia.com Carter Merdian (right) rolls out for a pass during football drills in Polo earlier this month.
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