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SCHOOL NURSES A tough job made tougher

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY SCOTT ANDERSON

On the cover PHOTOGRAPHY BY SCOTT ANDERSON

Shannon Matteson, nurse at Wallace and Waltham schools, poses for a photo outside Wallace Grade School. Page 10

See green all winter with indoor plants and flowers Snake plants come in many different varieties and are low maintenance. Page 12

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Schaefbauer steps up 5

Editor Tammie Sloup

Princeton native to be first woman to lead IESA.

Advertising Director Jeanette Smith

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Writers Ali Braboy Kevin Chlum Tom Collins Stephanie Jaquins

Fashion update 8

Blue jeans are a timeless wardrobe staple.

Holiday traditions

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Shaw Media staff share their own holiday traditions.

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Princeton native Nicole Schaefbauer to be first woman to lead IESA

By Kevin Chlum hen Nicole Schaefbauer takes over as the executive W director of the Illinois Elemen-

tary School Association on July 1, it won’t be exactly as she imagined it.

The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the IESA hard with no tournaments being held or spectators allowed at events, cutting off the organization’s main source of revenue.

“With everything going on, it’s going to be a different type

of experience than I think I would have had a year ago,” said Schaefbauer, a Princeton native. “We’ll have some difficult times to try to get the ship righted again and get financially secure. That will obviously be our primary focus with the board and all of our advisory committees. We’ll work to try to provide the quality experiences that we have been able to do in the past and also shore up our financial future.

“I’m looking forward to it. It certainly is going to be a challenge, but I’m confident in our direction and the leadership of the board. It’s been very good in the past and I look forward to that same type of relationship going forward as executive director.”

Steve Endsley, who will retire as executive director after holding the position since 1996, said he believes Schaefbauer is the See Schaefbauer page 6

Above: Princeton native Nicole Schaefbauer (right) talks with Lanny Slevin at the inaugural NewsTribune Illinois Valley Sports Hall of Fame banquet in 2019. Schaefbauer was recently tabbed to take over as the executive director of the Illinois Elementary School Association. Schaefbauer, who starts July 1, will be the first woman to hold the position.

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right person to navigate the organization through a tumultuous time.

“Her planning and organization will really be her strengths during this time,” Endsley said. “The ability to look down the road and to have some idea of what expenses are going to be and how things can operate so they can stay solvent is going to be one of her strengths.”

Schaefbauer’s path toward a career in athletics stemmed from her own experiences growing up in Princeton in a family heavily involved sports.

Her father, Gary, was a hall of fame track and field and cross country coach at Princeton High School, while her mother, Beatric, was a coach and an official.

Schaefbauer was a four-sport star in cross country, tennis, volleyball and track and field at PHS, earning varsity letters in each sport all four years.

She was a conference champion in tennis, a state medalist in track and field and led the volleyball team to the 1990 Class A state championship.

Schaefbauer, who went on to play volleyball at the University of Notre Dame, was a member of the inaugural NewsTribune Illinois Valley Sports Hall of Fame in 2019.

“I come from a very athletic family,” Schaefbauer said. “Both my mom and dad were coaches. I remember from the time I was little going to track meets, cross country, volleyball matches, tennis or whatever it was. It has always been a steady part of my life. My dad was also an athletic director and my mom was also an official. To see the various sides of athletics from different viewpoints and all the people who work together to be able to provide experiences for kids, all of that laid the foundation for where I am today.”

During Endsley’s tenure leading the IESA the organization has increased in member schools and number of sports and activities offered.

He said he’s comfortable passing the torch to Schaefbauer, who joined the IESA as an assistant executive director in 1999 before being promoted to associate director in 2001.

“I am so excited the board of directors placed all the confidence in the world in Nicole and have given her the opportunity to lead the association,” Endsley said. “I feel great about it. There’s no one else who

should lead this organization. She will do a fantastic job.”

Schaefbauer will be the IESA’s sixth executive director and the first female to hold the position.

“I think it’s exciting,” Schaefbauer said about being the first female director. “I’m glad I can be in that position. Certainly, I hope it’s something other females can look at and I hope I do them all proud.”

Tackling the IESA’s financial situation will be Schaefbauer’s No. 1 priority as she takes over this summer.

“The financial committee is going to be meeting soon to talk about several different things,” Schaefbauer said. “We have to wait and see what kind of direction to take. We’re going to have to look at some things to get us through the very near future and then look how we can incorporate some different strategies for our long-term future.”

Besides becoming more financially stable after the pandemic, Schaefbauer said she has some other shortterm and long-term goals for the organization.

“We’re going to possibly be looking at some different venues for some of our activities,” Schaefbauer said. “We have bids out for golf and cross country. We’ll be looking at securing some different sites and making sure we’re always providing the same quality experiences our kids and schools have been used to having.”

Looking further ahead, Schaefbauer hopes to continue to grow the number of schools involved in the IESA and the number of students participating.

Currently, the IESA has more than 900 member schools and nearly 16,000 students participating in 24 sports and activities.

“We’re always looking to continue to grow the participation in our activities and participation in our membership,” Schaefbauer said.

She’d also like the IESA to take a leadership role nationally.

“I’d like to take on a little bit more of a national presence,” Schaefbauer said. “Throughout the United States more and more associations are looking at providing an experience for their junior high and middle school athletes. I think that’s something we can take a larger role in providing some examples, suggestions, advice and some guidance to those associations that are looking to expand into that realm.”

Before being named executive director, Schaefbauer had many duties at the IESA over the past two decades, including serving as the administrator for most of the organi-

zation’s sports and activities, working closely with the IHSA officials committee and starting the IESA’s athletic director’s workshop, which Schaefbauer said is “a great opportunity for athletic directors to make connections, get some ideas and get some support.”

“I think it’s the same for any position — that you’re open to feedback, you have a good, solid understanding of the mission of the organization’s needs and the needs and wants of the membership and have more of a global outlook,” Schaebauer said about traits that make her suited for the executive director role. “I think those are some things I have and hopefully those will be some of the things that will help me be successful.”

Endsley said that no matter which sport or activity Schaefbauer oversaw, she improved it.

“She’s been here 20 years, so she is very familiar with the operations of the organization,” Endsley said.

“She has met a lot of people during those 20 years, which is key to being successful. She has a lot of experience in all of our activities. She’s worked with our officials group. She is level headed and thinks things through.

“I think the other thing that’s going to make Nicole successful is she understands the role of education based interscholastic activities.

She will do what is in the best interests of students across this state.”

Before coming to the IESA, Schaefbauer worked in the athletic departments at the Naval Academy and Illinois State University.

“It gives you a really good idea of how a lot of different things go into making athletics at any level work,” Schaefbauer said about her experience in college athletic departments.

“Certainly we’re all seeing that now how marketing, budgets, being able to generate support and all those things are pretty consistent in all levels of athletics.”

During her time at ISU, she also did some work with the IHSA and IESA, and when a position opened up at the IESA, it was suggested she apply.

“Certainly the people I work with not only in the office but all the individuals I’ve met — athletic directors, principals, coaches, officials,” Schaefbauer said about why she’s stayed with the IESA. “They are all really great people. What I’ve seen that I think is most important in keeping me here is the passion they have for providing kids, especially the kids at our level, with a really quality experience.”

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Denna Leifheit folds a pair of popular camouflage jeans at her store, Peaces of Fashion in La Salle. Camouflage continues to be a sought-after style.

PHOTOGRAPHY BY SCOTT ANDERSON

Illinois Valley shoppers ‘crave’ jeans Distressed, skinny, pull-up and ‘mom’ jeans among popular styles

By Ali Braboy

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ashion shifted toward more comfortable clothing­– sweatpants, leggings, etc. – when people found themselves working remotely and staying home more often during the pandemic.

But jeans continue to be a very popular item, says Andrea Sugg, owner of Bold and

Curvy Boutique in La Salle. In fact, she’s been selling more jeans than leggings.

“I think after quarantine, people craved that normalcy of wearing a jean,” she said.

Even though people aren’t going out as much as before the pandemic, they’re still buying jeans whether for work or going to the store, she said.

The seasons are changing

toward colder temperatures, as well, which is having an effect on those buying jeans.

Skinny jeans continue to be a popular style and many people like the distressed look, which means ripped and frayed.

A trend she has seen come back is the flare jean, which she said looks like a bell bottom with the skinnier leg and wide flare at the bottom.

“You can never have enough jeans.”

Christine Pellegrini - owner, Amia Boutique

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Bold and Curvy sells new jeans in sizes 14-24 (XL to 3X).

The consignment section takes up the entire downstairs of the boutique where she sells a huge rack of denim with lots of brands to choose from, with sizes ranging from 14-32 (XL to 6X).

One trending and popular style at Amia Boutique is the “mom” jeans.

“People either love them or hate them,” said Amia Boutique owner Christine Pellegrini about the fashionable item.

Mom jeans were popular in the 1980s and 1990s and have come back as fashionable once again. They are lightweight and high waisted with a slightly more relaxed fit around the thighs. The jeans taper at the ankle.

The jean brands KanCan and Eunina are the most popular ones at the boutique, which has locations in La Salle and Spring Valley.

Distressed and nondistressed skinny jeans are what she sells the most of in the KanCan and Eunina brands.

The boutique offers a huge variety of styles and serves women of all ages. KanCan and Eunina have sizes in 0-15 available, and KanCan also has sizes in 1X-3X. “You can never have enough jeans,” Pellegrini said, which her customers agree with too because the boutique sells jeans like crazy.

The boutique gets new styles in almost daily.

Trends in jeans are all over the place, said Denna Leifheit, owner of Peaces of Fashion in La Salle.

But comfort and style remain very high on desires when it comes to jeans, she said; and her inventory meets both those marks.

Another priority customers have when it comes to jeans is that they stretch with you but aren’t baggy, she said.

Her jeans also provide good flexibility.

The store sells jeans in sizes 4-14.

Pull-on pants also are very popular. Peaces of Fashion sells the brand Slimsation.

The pants don’t have buttons or zippers, and pull on leaving you with a smooth, slim figure.

Left: These buttonfly KanCan jeans can be purchased at Amia Boutique in La Salle and Spring Valley.

Above: Slimsation is a popular brand at Peaces of Fashion in La Salle. The pants don’t have buttons or zippers, and pull on leaving you with a smooth, slim figure.

Below: Skinny jeans continue to be a popular style and many people like the distressed look, which is ripped and frayed, said Andrea Sugg, owner of Bold and Curvy Boutique in La Salle. A trend she has also seen come back is the flare jean, which looks like a bell bottom with the skinnier leg and wide flare at the bottom. Bold and Curvy is a plus-size women’s boutique featuring new and consignment clothing.

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Being a school nurse has been a challenge during the pandemic. Julee Corcoran, Oglesby’s Lincoln School nurse, poses outside the school for a photo.

PHOTO BY SCOTT ANDERSON

SCHOOL NURSES:

A tough job made tougher by COVID-19

By Tom Collins

O

ne sees a lot working in an emergency room or intensive care unit. Julee Corcoran has done both and had good reason to think being a school nurse would be less taxing.

Maybe in another year, but not in 2020.

Corcoran is in her first year with the Oglesby Elementary School District and COVID-19 has made this “the biggest challenge” of her 17-year nursing career, and that has included trauma care.

“Learning this new job during a normal school year would be chal-

lenging,” Corcoran said. “I feel like all of the staff and students are all new this year because the pandemic is something that hopefully we will only have to deal with once in a lifetime.”

If you’re a battle-tested health professional looking for excitement, chances are there’s a school in need of your services. School districts have always needed on-site nurses to take temperatures and probe scalps for head lice and have found takers among semi-retired nurses searching for banker’s hours after midnights at the hospital.

But that was before the novel coro-

navirus. Now, schools are ground zero for heading off COVID-19 infections and nurses are experiencing stress not usually endured on campus.

“This has been a brand new challenge that I have never experienced,” said Shannon Matteson, a certified school nurse with 20 years in pediatrics who splits her time between the Wallace and Waltham school districts.

“COVID-19 symptoms are very difficult to manage,” Matteson said.

“There are many symptoms on the list that also are on the list for the common cold, stomach flu, and influenza.

So, truly, this is about looking at the

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whole picture and using your best nursing judgment.�

Corcoran said the toughest part of their job is trying to follow the “constantly changing� guidelines put in place by the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control.

It’s a cumbersome drill keeping everyone safe. Kids are admitted into the building only after at-home screening, done with parental input via Teacherease. For those kids not screened at home, staff do temperature checks and look for symptoms before children get on the bus.

Once the kids are inside, the faculty watches hawk-like for symptoms. Children who show symptoms are removed from the classroom and placed in a separate room.

They also send any siblings home if COVID is suspected. “Every situation is different but we follow the same guidelines for each student,�

Corcoran said. “The challenge this year is trying to keep everyone calm and informed.

The other challenge for me is having to tell parents that they will have to leave work to care for their child.�

Michelle Mershon can relate to that and she’s not a nurse or health professional.

Mershon is principal at St. Bede Academy which has not had a nurse in more than two decades. Both the administration and faculty at St. Bede share duties in trying to inhibit the spread of COVID-19. To that end, four administrators, faculty and staff members complete the temperature checks each morning before 8 a.m. “This a difficult time for everyone,� Mershon said. “We are working very hard to keep our students safe and healthy in school. The school can only do so much: maintain social distance, wear a mask, wash hands and use hand sanitizer.

What students do outside the school is as important if not more important to keeping the school open.�

It’s a big job for all educators and it’s about to get harder. Corcoran pointed out we’re approaching cold and flu season and that will complicate the screening process. “It is going to be extremely difficult to differentiate be-

tween COVID and influenza and they are both spread similarly. I hope this ends soon but I have a feeling this “New Way� is going to be here for quite some time. The only way to get through this is to work together.�

Surprisingly, one of the challenges hasn’t been compliance. Kids could be reasonably expected to bristle at masks, hand sanitizer and standing 6 feet apart. True, the little ones need gentle reminders to wear their masks appropriately, Corcoran said, but overall she’s been “shocked� at the spirit of cooperation. “I thought it was going to be a battle,� she admitted. “The students have been unbelievably wonderful about social distancing and wearing the proper PPE. These kids are adaptable and change their routine much better than adults.�

Mershon said social distancing offers a “unique challenge� during in-person instruction, but overall students have done an excellent job wearing a mask at all times in the building. “The students have been amazing,� Matteson agreed. “Kids are truly resilient and love to learn.�

Matteson said parents can help by practicing what they preach. Children learn by example and will note when their parents practice infection controls and tune in to COVID-19 alerts and state guidelines. “I feel that it is important to teach the same standards at home that are taught at school. Encourage and model proper hand washing,� she said. “Encourage and model mask wearing when you are inside places other than your own home and outside when not socially distanced. “Do not encourage or partake in social gatherings that do not adhere to our COVID19 state guidelines and that in turn will keep our students safer at school.� “I would like to tell the parents, ‘Thank You,’� Corcoran said. “You are all doing a wonderful job during this crazy, complex, scary, and frustrating time. We are all doing the best we can.�

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With some simple steps, indoor plants don’t have to suffer during winter

By Stephanie Jaquins

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s the dreary winter months loom, our homes will see fewer hours of sunlight and the air will be drier.

Some houseplants that thrived during summer months with sunlight and humidity may now start to struggle without some help.

There are a few ways you can help your plants through the coming months.

“If you’re a person who has a lot of tropical plants, I would recommend humidifiers to create a more humid environment or add some more moisture around the plant,” said Peyton Lamps, owner of Petals By Peyton, 552 1st St., La Salle.

She said this is especially helpful for plants of the pothos variety, calatheas, palms and ferns.

Lamps also recommends bringing your plants into the bathroom when you shower.

“I always tell people that.

That actually helps a lot, because that will help create some humidity for the plant,” she said.

If you have tropical or desert plants that need a lot of light, Lamps also recommends grow lights for added sunlight.

Nikki Tonioni, owner of The Flower Bar, 906 Shooting Park Road, Peru, said moving plants away from heat vents, when possible, can help.

“The heat in the house will take the water out of the soil,” she said. “Make sure you’re fertilizing them properly and they’re getting the proper sunlight they need.”

Tonioni said she thinks any plant can survive indoors during the winter months with proper care, which includes the right amount of water, light and humidity.

Many people have trouble getting succulents to thrive

Above: Peyton Lamps, owner of Petals by Peyton in downtown La Salle, poses with her dog Tank and a Bird’s Nest fern.

Left: ZZ plants have waxy, smooth leaves that can tolerate lower light.

PHOTOGRAPHY BY SCOTT ANDERSON

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due to overwatering, Tonioni said.

She said it’s important to make sure they’re dry not just on the surface, but on the bottom as well.

“You want to make sure they’re dry, dry, before you water them again,” Tonioni said.

During winter months, succulents only need to be watered about once a month.

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If you’re looking for hardy houseplants that do well during Illinois Valley winters, Lamps recommends the following: SNAKE PLANT These spiky beauties come in many different varieties.

“I always tell people snake plants are wonderful.

They’re very low maintenance, you only have to water them once a month.

“They can tolerate pretty much any light condition, which is especially nice because I know in Illinois we struggle with having a bright spot to keep our plants, especially in the winter months.

They’re great air purifiers as well,” Lamps said.

BIRD’S NEST FERN A Bird’s Nest Fern is known for its crinkly, lasagna-looking leaves.

“They’re really cool. Those ones tolerate medium to low light. What’s nice about them is they’ll droop when they need water. The leaves will start to look kind of droopy and then as soon as you water it they’ll bounce right back up,” Lamps said.

The Bird’s Nest Fern also is a good air purifier.

ZZ PLANT ZZ plants have waxy, smooth leaves that can tolerate lower light.

“You only have to water about every two to three weeks, so those would do well indoors during the winter months,” Lamps said.

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Holiday Traditions

By Shaw Media Staff

Although the pandemic may interrupt holiday traditions this year, Shaw Media staff members and correspondents reflected on some of their personal favorites.

From cookie-baking to Christmas lights driving tours, many families look forward to not just the activities, but the time spent with friends and family.

Jeanette Smith, Advertising Director

The Holidays are special to me because they are spent with family and friends. Spending Christmas Eve day with two of my best friends at a local restaurant has been a tradition that we started several years ago and it is something we look forward to every holiday. We have even made a point to take a photo posed in the same spot each year to mark the occasion (I don’t think we have aged a bit) It’s not about gifts, it’s about catching up and spending time together. Unfortunately, due to this crazy year we may not be able to get together this Christmas but I know come Dec. 24, 2021, we will be back to our yearly outing for many more years to come because... “It’s the tradition!”

Ali Braboy, Correspondent

At a time when so much has been canceled, I’m glad knowing one of my favorite holiday traditions will be around — Christmas lights.

My love for the bright, flashing decorations was instilled at a young age.

Our five-person family drove every year to view the Festival of Lights display in East Peoria.

Driving in a packed car to Peoria is magical (the trip seemed longer back then). We were oohing and aahing at the prettiest displays, and my siblings and I most likely shouted which ones were the best displays (bigger is better, right?)

I have a new favorite display as an adult: Celebration of Lights in La Salle.

There are so many area businesses, organizations and individuals who care for our home and helped grow the display to what is today.

Those twinkling lights make for some memorable dark, winter nights with people I love.

Goldie Rapp, Associate Editor

One of my favorite holiday traditions is getting together with a dear friend the week before Christmas to bake Christmas cookies to take to our family gatherings. With work, kids and busy everyday life in general, we don’t get to see each other as often as we like, but for the past five years, we’ve always ensured no matter how busy we get around the holidays, we will always set time aside for this special tradition. Each year we coordinate what cookies we’re going to make and plan an afternoon/ evening of baking and catching up on life. We try new cookie recipes each year, and I have to admit some years the recipes have been better than others. But no matter how awful or how great the recipe, the getting together, talking away about life and getting into the holiday spirit with one another is what makes this tradition worth it every year.

Tammie Sloup, Regional Editor

A relatively new tradition in my family is an annual bake-a-thon every December. The aunts and cousins (I’m in the cousins group) meet at my aunt’s house early in the morning in our pajamas and spend the morning baking and decorating cookies. (The cousins do more of the decorating and sipping mimosas while the aunts bake). As the aunts bring tray after tray of sugar cookies to us to decorate, sprinkles and frosting wind up on our shirts, in our hair, on the floor and the table. We proudly hold up our creations, soliciting compliments on our cookies decorated like reindeer and snowmen. There’s about a dozen of us, and after about five years we’ve got the process down to a science (at least the aunts do). By lunchtime, we’re ready to pack up our containers with the freshly-baked treats, including kolaczkis, sugar cookies, gingerbread, and peanut butter blossoms, among others, and head home for a much needed nap.

Kim Shute, Reporter

Since my oldest was a toddler, we have a tradition of driving around town on Christmas Eve to look at the Christmas lights. The first time we went I think she must have only been about 2 or 3 and I told her we could get an eggnog milkshake. My husband made the fatal error of assuming she’d wait until the end of the drive so we spent the entire time listening to her lose it over getting her milkshake instead of enjoying the lights. After that rookie error, he learned the treats have to come first. She’s old enough to drive this year (!) so maybe it’s time to turn over the keys and enjoy the lights as a passenger.

Annette Barr, Correspondent

Traditions can be funny as they sometimes stem from seemingly random events. One Christmas Eve in the early 2000s my mom and I celebrated with a couple of cousins and my great-great aunt whom had found themselves without plans. We had so much fun together that the next year my cousin Kandis hosted what has become an annual Christmas Eve party. More family has joined the festivities throughout the years. Kandis makes lasagna. Brenda bakes and brings a tower of treats. Kerri always brings some yummy appetizer. My mom usually makes spinach dip. And once we’ve eaten, we gather in the living room and split into two teams for a game of Catch Phrase. There have been such memorable words and phrases such as scrimshaw and martial law. One of the most giggle inducing was delivered by an uncle, Marv.

He looked at the game as the time ticked and sat silently. We all looked at him expectantly when finally he bellowed “horny!” Turns out he was describing a prickly pear. I don’t remember if anyone guessed it, but with a laugh like that, we were all winners.

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Nine Reindeer Recommended Med Spa Procedures Soon Santa and his reindeer will be coursing across the world and many of us will be celebrating the holidays and the end of 2020!

Nicole Norris MD Medical Spa in Peru, Illinois and Santa’s nine reindeer have teamed up to create nine fabulous December promotions on some of their most popular procedures.

Dr. Nicole Norris explains, “Our holiday gift to both our current and new patients this year includes nine ways to indulge in self-care while saving significantly on some of our most wanted medical spa procedures. Each offer is Reindeer Recommended!

You can choose one or choose them all, but your procedures must be completed in December and you may not choose the same Reindeer Recommendation twice. Below, all the Reindeer Recommended procedures are listed with a brief explanation.

Did you know Santa’s Reindeer were all females? Of course, they were!”

Dasher’s Recommendation- Signature HYDRAFACIAL with dermaplaning $220 (save $30) Since she is the fastest reindeer, the fastest way to get Holiday ready is with a HydraFacial. No downtime and your skin will glow for weeks after! This procedure combines hydradermabrasion, extractions, a chemical peel and stimulates your own collagen production with infusion of hyaluronic acid and LED red-light therapy.

Dancer’s Recommendation- Co2 LASER SKIN RESURFACING of the Face with PRF and IPL $2500 (save $800) Dancer is the most social and extroverted reindeer. She usually has lots of social events to attend during the holidays but this year, not as much! Fractional ablative skin resurfacing is our most powerful procedure to rejuvenate the skin of the face in terms of smoothing out wrinkles and building collagen, but there is 3-5 days of downtime after the procedure. Applying your own plasma after the procedure improves healing time and amplifies results. IPL laser targets brown spots and red vessels.

Prancer’s Recommendation- CANDY CANE FACIAL with dermaplaning $85 (save $15) She is the reindeer who always must look her best, so she recommends monthly facials and this one, good for all skin types, is her fav!

Vixen’s Recommendation- MICRONEEDLING WITH PRF $450 (save $150) This reindeer is magical and so it this procedure which magically erases fine lines and wrinkles naturally by using your own plasma (platelet-rich fibrin) after a painless blood-draw and microneedling procedure.

Comet’s Recommendation- DRAW A DISCOUNT on a ONETIME PRODUCT PURCHASE in December Comet loves games and this one is easy. Come in for any procedure and Draw a Candy cane with up to a 20% discount written on it and receive that discount on your product purchase that day! Make your list and check it twice!

Cupid’s Recommendation- Get an additional SCULPSURE treatment cycle on an area of the body that you have already treated for $950 or an additional submental (double chin) treatment for $500! New SculpSure packages are 10% off! (save up to $850)

Cupid is the most affectionate reindeer, and she wants everyone to feel good about how they look in the mirror! Warmsculpting via our SculpSure laser is a 25-minute procedure that permanently destroys an average of 25% of the unwanted fat in troublesome areas.

Donner’s Recommendation- MICRONEEDLING $350 (save $150) Donner means thunder and was named for her thundering hooves. We will hear thundering of shoes when all our patients rush in for our most popular anti-aging procedure for lines, loose skin and brown spots. Microneedling is also called collagen induction therapy and is a natural way to turn back the hands of time or treat scarring with no pain or down-time.

Blitzen’s Recommendation- IPL Photofacial $350 (save $150) Blitzen is lightning fast and this procedure provides immediate improvement in lessening brown spots and red vessels on the face. IPL Photofacial is a laser treatment with mild redness and swelling immediately after the procedure and best done in the winter months when patients are not tan.

Rudolph’s Recommendation- RETINOL PEEL $200 (save $100) Rudolph is Santa’s guiding light. This deep peel is for those who have had a peel before and wish to lighten brown spots and brighten their skin, as well has smooth out fine lines. Light peeling may last 10 days. This peel is only done in physician’s offices and you must avoid intense sun exposure for a month afterwards.

Dr. Norris continues, “Please call or message us if we can help you in any way or answer your questions. Enjoy this joyous time of the year with the ones you love in person or digitally! My team and I wish you happy holidays!”.

Learn more about each procedure at NicoleNorrisMD.com or by following Nicole Norris MD Medical Spa on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter. Call 815-780-8264 to schedule your appointment or new patient consultation.

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IVCH Physicians are Accepting New Patients

LASALLE

LaSalle Medical Clinic 128 Bucklin St. Phone: 815-220-7170 Ricardo Calderon, MD Elizabeth Stuart, FNP Hygienic Institute 2970 Chartres St., Lasalle Phone: 815-223-0196 Kara Fess, MD Jamie Bond, FNP Lena Beale, APN Pediatric Psychologist: Ginger Brainard, PhD

OGLESBY/UTICA

Oglesby/Utica Medical Clinics 520 West Walnut St., Oglesby 2937 N. IL Route 178, Utica Phone: 815-883-3588 Kelly DeBoer, MD, Patricia Blackburn, PA-C Britnae Lewis, FNP

PERU

Peru Medical Clinic 920 West St., Suite 117 Phone: 815-223-3500 Mario Cote, MD, FACP Todd Kuzma, PA-C

Peru Primary Care Clinic 920 West St., Bldg. B, lower level Phone: 815-223-9214 Mark Fernandez, MD Anju Patel, MD Michelle Vasquez, MD Hallie Koncieczki, FNP

Illinois Valley Orthopedics 920 West St., Suite 211 Phone: 815-223-2143 Robert Mitchell, DO Connor Kasik, DO Debra Pyszka, PA-C Catherine Renk, PA-C Jordan Rivett, PA-C IVCH CareToday Walk-in Clinic Located next to the lllinois Valley YMCA Phone: 815-780-3855 Hours: Weekdays 9 a.m.– 5 p.m.

Weekends and most holidays 10 a.m.– 4 p.m.

IVCH ENT and Allergy Center 920 West St., Bldg. B, lower level Phone: 815-223-4400 Jennifer Sangston, AuD Angela Vezzetti, PA-C Maher Younes, MD

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IVCH Occupational Health 925 West St., (inside IVCH), lower level Phone: 815-780-3202 Deb Tostovarsnik, APN IVCH Sleep Medicine Clinic 925 West St., (inside IVCH), lower level Phone: 815-223-4400 Ioannis Karkatzounis, MD Women’s HealthCare Center 920 West St., Bldg. B Phone: 815-223-2944 OB/GYN Physicians: Ilan Bornstein, MD Anna Bida-Dudan, MD

Dana Hoffman, DNP, CNM Barbara Tieman, CNM, FNP Brittany Lange, CNM Jacqueline Ma, DNP, CNM IVCH Wound and Hyperbaric Center 1403 6th St. Phone: 815-780-3834 Mehul Soni, MD Nicholas Vogelsang, DPM

STREATOR

IVCH Streator Medical Clinic 104 E. Bridge St. Phone: 815-672-0567 Indra Pal, MD

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needs during this pandemic.

Sanitizing measures, social distancing and mask requirements are practiced at all of our clinics.

You may continue to see your healthcare provider in person, or if appropriate, you may schedule a telehealth visit via your computer or mobile device. Contact us today.

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sees patients at the LaSalle Medical Clinic.

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Where to Go for Great Care

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