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Cheers to you!

Peru-based Star Union Spirits’ mixologists emphasized color, flavor and beauty when coming up with recipes for cold-weather cocktails for the ladies, including hot buttered rum with Star Union Spirits’ silver rum whipped cream (from left), an aged brandy Manhattan with maple syrup and Star Union Spirits’ Fall Colors and black walnut bitters and Amarena Cherry. Local women involved in the hospitality industry and brewing shared their ideas and suggestions, too. Page 18

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Local women who work in the beauty industry have tips on how you can achieve a summer glow this winter.

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This year’s Putnam County Pantherettes are marking a milestone for the school’s dance team.

Coming next month in Boomers: 55? 65? Later? Mulling over when to retire.

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On the cover Women are increasingly choosing careers as first-responders, though the progress is more evident among EMTs than at police precincts or fire companies, where men still outnumber women by slow-closing margins.

Meet some women who are leading inspirational careers.

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These products will help keep your skin glowing this winter: Winter Night Cream (a moisturizer), Winter Screen (a sunscreen) and Winter Cleansing Cream (a cleanser). These products can be purchased at Skin Dimensions Day Spa in Peru.

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Tips to Keep a Glow this Winter Experts share their favorite products and techniques

By Ali Braboy

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inter doesn’t have to leave you with a red, dry and itchy face. Local women who work in the beauty industry provided tips on how to keep your skin glowing this winter.

USE A SUGAR SCRUB AND THEN SELF TANNING LOTION Tricia Phelan, instructor at Educators of Beauty in Peru, sug-

gests using a sugar scrub first and then using a self tanning lotion.

The sugar scrub she suggests is Hempz Sugar Scrub and the tanning lotion she recommends is from the Hempz brand too — the combination of using the products will hydrate your skin and give it a slight tint.

She won’t use tanning lotion on her face; she’ll use a light bronzer

or contour her face for a glow as well as add small bits of highlighter. If she wants something more summer like, she’ll change the highlighter to something golden colored.

She prefers using self tanning lotions to a regular spray tan because it’s easier to blend and you won’t get streaks.

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Nicole Norris, MD, at Nicole Norris MD Medical Spa in Peru recommends safe sunless tanning products to keep a glow this winter. That includes make-up bronzers, like RMS beauty Buriti Bronzer or a tinted sunscreen, like PCA Skin Sheer Tint broad spectrum SPF 45. You can purchase those at Nicole Norris MD Medical Spa in Peru.

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USE MAKE-UP BRONZERS OR TINTED SUNSCREEN “Sunless self tanning products overthe-counter and spray tans should be used with caution,” says Nicole Norris, MD, Nicole Norris MD Medical Spa in Peru. “They have chemicals in them that stimulate your pigment cells (melanosomes) to make more pigment. This process results in a tan, but it will also make your freckles and brown spots darker. In my practice, most patients are trying to reduce their freckles and age spots. These chemical sunless tanning products will make freckles and age spots worse, therefore undoing what my anti-aging products and procedures are doing. My recommendation would be to use self tanners and spray tanning as little as possible and do not treat the face with them. Safe sunless tanning products might include make-up bronzers, like RMS beauty Buriti Bronzer or a tinted sunscreen, like PCA Skin Sheer Tint broad spectrum SPF 45, to match your face to your body! We carry both of these products and are happy to help you get your winter glow on!”

KEEP A GOOD SKIN CARE REGIMEN A good skin care regime will help to keep your skin glowing, suggests Amy Evans, an esthetician at the Head Hunter Salon and Day Spa in Mendota.

Cleanse your face with lukewarm water, never hot, she said.

Exfoliate at least four times a week to get rid of dead skin cells to reveal newer, fresher skin (if you have a gentle exfoliator — like “One Fine Day” from FarmHouse Fresh that’s sold at the salon — you could exfoliate once a day).

Remember to moisturize — a thicker moisturizer tends to be better in the winter.

Drink plenty of water.

Use face masks, such as ones from the FarmHouse Fresh brand, like Sundae Best, that are sold at Head Hunters.

Chemical peels once a month will help with fine wrinkles, dryness, uneven pigmentation, acne, and will leave you with brighter, smoother skin without any recovery time needed.

She recommends spray tanning or using self tanning lotions if you want to look tanner during the winter.

CREAM-BASED FOUNDATIONS WILL GIVE YOU A HYDRATED, GLOWY, WET FACE Keeping a good skin care regimen and drinking plenty of water are critical to keeping your skin glowing this winter, says Kaylin Ossola, Head Makeup Artist at Maven Salon in Peru.

She suggests using a moisturizing face wash for dry skin to combination skin.

“Exfoliate once a week with a gentle exfoliator. This is getting ride of dead skin cells that lead to dryness and wrinkles and always make sure to moisturize afterwards,” she said. She recommends Skin Therapy by LimeLife By Alcone because it promotes new cell growth.

Before putting on makeup to give yourself a glow, make sure to moisturize and use a primer.

Cream-based foundations will give you a hydrated, glowy, wet face.

Adding highlighter to eyelids and the inner corner of the eye helps with a glow.

Adding lip gloss will make your lips look wet and not chapped.

KEEP SKIN HYDRATED Keeping skin hydrated will keep your skin glowing all winter, and one of the best ways to do that is by exfoliating the top layer of dead skin on your face, says Jessica Brown, an esthetician at Skin Dimensions Day Spa in Peru.

One of her favorite ways to exfoliate is through Epidermaplaning, which can be purchased at the spa for $55 a treatment. This procedure will allow your facial products to penetrate deeper into the skin for optimal results.

She also suggests three products sold at the spa for this winter: Winter Night Cream (a moisturizer), Winter Screen (a sunscreen) and Winter Cleansing Cream (a cleanser).

These products have a combination of Green Tea Polyphenols for soothing and Hyaluronic acid, which holds 1,000 times its weight in water, so they’ll help lock moisture into your skin and plump the fine lines and wrinkles. These products can be used for all skin types.

She recommends calling the spa to set up a free consultation for the skin care routine customized especially for you.

KEEP A STREAK-FREE TAN THIS WINTER A brand called Fake Bake makes it easy to have a tan body this winter, and the products can be purchased at The Studio in Princeton. There are products that work for the face, like Fake Bake’s Flawless Coconut Tanning Serum for Face and Body. The product ensures the tan is long-lasting, streak-free and fades out evenly.

Ali Braboy is a writer at the NewsTribune, La Salle.

Keep a flawless tan this winter with “Fake Bake” products, which can be purchased at The Studio in Princeton.

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Twelve Medical Spa Procedures to Treat Yourself to Before the Holidays At Nicole Norris MD Medical Spa in Peru, Illinois, they are gifting patients with the 12 Deals of Christmas all month long. We asked Dr. Nicole Norris to give us some explanation of what the 12 Deals of Christmas entail and to provide our readers with some explanation of each service.

Dr. Norris explains, “We absolutely love helping our patients feel and look their best for the holiday season.

This year instead of the “Twelve Days of Christmas”, we decided to create the 12 Deals of Christmas that include our most popular pre-holiday procedures. To make it even more exciting, certain fabulous promotions are only for new patients to our practice.”

Dr. Norris continues, “Below I have listed the 12 Deals of Christmas and provided a brief explanation of the service/procedure. You can always learn more on our website NicoleNorrisMD.com or by simply calling us.

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deep peel for $200 (reg. $300). A Retinol 6% peel may result in 3-14 days of mild peeling and includes a post-procedure kit. This Retinol peel is only performed in a doctor’s office and is painless. It is best for patients who have had a chemical peel before and for those who require a more intense peel for signs of aging and brown discoloration.

3. HydraFacial… Have one for $150, if you have never had one, and $185 for everyone

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9. Laser Hair Removal… 50% off a touch-up to any area you have had previously treated with a Laser Hair Removal package at Nicole Norris MD Medical Spa.

else (reg. $225). This is my favorite procedure for getting ready for an event with one treatment and creating the best skin of your life with a series of them. HydraFacial is a combination of a facial, extractions, a chemical peel, collagen stimulation and LED red light therapy. It is great for all skin types, even those with sensitive skin and acne. There is no peeling or downtime and you will have glowing skin!

10. IPL Photofacial… 1 treatment full face $350 (reg $500). This is a laser for brown spots and red vessels.

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Have one for $75 (reg. $100).

This procedure is extremely hydrating. Dermaplaning is done prior to the mask with a surgical scalpel that provides deep exfoliation and removal of the fine hairs on the face.

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5. Add on Hand Peel… to Any Mask, Peel, Microneedling or HydraFacial $25 (reg. $75).

Make your hands look as good as your face!

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Microneedling is collagen induction therapy and is great for anti-aging and acne scars because it stimulates brand new skin.

7. Microneedling with PRF… (platelet-rich fibrin) $450 (reg $600). Microneedling is done first and then your plasma is obtained from a blood draw and applied to your face providing quicker more robust results. There is no downtime.

Dysport at Nicole Norris MD Medical Spa, this is for YOU…. Buy One area, Get one Free! (Areas include lines of the forehead, area between the eyes with eyebrow lift and crow’s feet bilaterally) 1 area=$290 (New patients to our practice will receive a $50 Dysport consult the day they come in for Free!) Very little discomfort and no significant downtime, although small bruises are possible and can last 2 weeks. Dysport will start kicking in a little faster than Botox and last a little longer (average 4 months). It takes 2 weeks for Dysport to create your result.

loss such as flat cheeks, lines around the mouth, sagging corners of the mouth, and filler can restore lip volume and definition. The final result of filler is two weeks from the time of the procedure and there is risk of some mild bruising and swelling in the area treated.

We use topical numbing medicine and a chiller device to make the procedure very tolerable.

Dr. Norris concludes, “Once you have an idea of which services you are interested in having to spruce up your holiday, we suggest calling our office to speak with our helpful staff to see which service is right for you.”

Call Nicole Norris MD Medical Spa at 815-780-8264 to learn more about the 12 Deals of Christmas. (Not valid with other offers; You can do all the 12 deals or just one deal, but you may not do the same deal twice; Services must be done in December 2019; New patients welcome but must have consultation first; while supplies last.)

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a Mask or HydraFacial $75 (reg $150). This is a radiofrequency procedure to improve lines and laxity around the eyes. It feels like a warm massage and there is no downtime.

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The current Panteras squad includes (front, from left) Kaitlyn Brannon, Samantha Cirilo, Molly Roach, Kalyn Grant, McKinley Cxikla, Sydney Miller and Lauren Faletti; (back) Madison Brannon, Shayla Arroyo, Hannah Henderson, Katrien Holocker, Tianna Green and Valentina Daza Gutierrez.

Putnam County Panteras celebrate golden anniversary

By Kim Shute

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n Tuesday, Aug. 26, 1969, 12 girls were chosen to be the members of the first Putnam County High School drill team known as “Las Panteras.”

This year marks their 50th anniversary. The original sponsor was Thomas Swain, who organized the team after the La Salle-Peru Township High School Cavalettes. The

uniforms were black dresses with gold lined skirts, gold bloomers, gold sashes, black cowboy hats and white cowboy boots with gold and black tassels. All of the routines were choreographed by the squad. The team marched out to a theme song “Magnificent Seven” played by the pep band for many years. They currently walk out to the Pink Panther theme.

In that time, the school estimates they’ve had about 16 girls per year on the squad every year since its inception.

The News Tribune commemorates that achievement with a walk down memory lane.

Debbie (Plopis) Shevokas was a member of the original squad her junior year and was co-captain her senior year.

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“Walking out to the ‘Magnificent Seven’ was one of my favorite memories. My favorite routine, choreographed by the squad, was to the theme song of the original TV series ‘Hawaii Five-O.’ It was also a crowd favorite while I taught at Putnam County High School,” Shevokas said.

“I later became coach of the Panteras from 1995-2006. When the ‘Magnificent Seven’ music started the gym would take notice as the Panteras would march onto the gym floor and

position themselves for their dance routine. “No one left their seats until the girls were finished.”

Amy (Pomatto) Fay, four-year Panteras member, agrees.

“My memory is also that music for sure,” said Fay who graduated in 1982.

“The old cowboy boots and hats and uniforms, including the gold bloomers that we made ourselves. We would all get together and make them. The older ones would hand them down to newbies. The routines were so fun and we

were so proud! I think we represented PC very well.”

Adds Nicole Hatton, “I was a Pantera my sophomore through senior year. (I believe the year was 19911993.) We did almost all of our own choreography for our dances back then and had a blast doing that! Was a great group to be a part of, lots of great times and memories.”

Kim Shute is bureau chief for the NewsTribune, La Salle.

The 1977-79 squad as shown in Putnam County High School yearbook.

The 1981-82 Panteras squad yearbook photo.

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About half the first-responders at Peru Volunteer Ambulance Service are women, including Kris Hafley (left) and Macie Claggett. Hafley remembers a time when men outnumbered women in the ambulance bay, but the gender gap has closed thanks to pioneering women such as PVAS co-founder Patricia Jacklovich. “I think we’re to a point where it doesn’t even matter what gender you are,” Claggett said, “because we all come in here and gain a second family.”

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Women are achieving gender equity among first-responders Progress is most visible at EMS stations

By Tom Collins

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ris Hafley’s twin girls were born “micro-preemies” in summer 2001 and came home rigged up to heavy-duty medical equipment.

Caring for the oh-so-little ones would have been daunting for any first-time mother, but Hafley had an advantage: She had worked as an emergency medical technician before starting a family and had the skill set of an in-home nurse.

“EMS training helped me big time,” Hafley said. “My kids came home on ventilators, monitors, you name it. I was doing all kinds of stuff with them all the time, but I had it in my mind, ‘OK, I’ve done this before. I’ve done this a million times.’”

And after her daughters grew, Hafley’s husband encouraged her to return to the classroom and then the ambulance bay.

She had enjoyed helping people and had never shrunk from crisis situations or the sight of blood. Why not resume life as a first-responder?

It was a tough commitment. She’d been out of the loop long enough that she had to start over, though she quickly bonded with her new classmates and returned to Peru Volunteer Ambulance Service feeling as if she’d never left.

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Macie Claggett’s first call with Peru Volunteer Ambulance Service was an overdose. It was a test of her skills and intestinal fortitude, but she helped revive the patient and stood tall among her peers upon returning to the station. “It was definitely rewarding because you’re giving that person a chance to have a second chance.”

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And it isn’t just in Peru.

Women are increasingly choosing careers as first-reFROM PAGE 13 sponders, though the progress is more evident among EMTs than at police precincts or “And I love it,” the La Salle fire companies, where men native said. “I’ve just always still outnumber women by loved trauma medicine. We slow-closing margins. have calls that do bother me, Macie Claggett of Ottawa, but if you have the right people another paramedic at PVAS, around you and talk it out afsaid women have so closed the terward, that’s huge.”

Something else had changed gender gap that EMS companies shrug off seeming limitain the years Hafley had spent tions. If the men can out-reach caring for her twins: The and out-lift the women at gender barrier had eroded physically challenging scenes, at PVAS and other EMS women frequently have stronstations. Though PVAS is ger stomachs and perceptive headquartered in a building minds needed to make critical obtained by a hard-charging woman, the late Pat Jacklovich decisions.

“I think we’re to a point (see sidebar), women were a where it doesn’t even matdecided minority among the ambulance corps when Hafley ter what gender you are,” Claggett said, “because we all first started. By the time she obtained paramedic status, the come in here and gain a second family.” ratio was about 50-50.

Cathie Edens is director of Oglesby EMS and a critical-care paramedic who’s been a first-responder for 25 years.

Though Oglesby is approaching full parity — 12 of her 28 EMTs are women — she noted that women had prominent roles when she joined Oglesby in the mid-1990s.

“There were quite a few women in EMS,” Edens recalled. “It was all volunteer at that time, and the women were at home and the men were working.”

On the other hand, leadership roles once were more elusive for women. Edens broke that particular barrier when she became director.

FIREFIGHTING AND LAW ENFORCEMENT Women first-responders have also made in-roads notable in firefighting and

law enforcement and earned positions of leadership. The journey can be a lonely one, however, as local fire companies and police departments can number female officers in the single digits, if that.

Utica firefighter Robbyn Partain is a lieutenant, a position she rose to as gradually as she did in becoming a firefighter. As a youth, Partain counted many firefighters among her friends and spent enough time at Utica’s station to lend a hand now and again. Firefighters soon took note of what able hands she had.

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Women are making in-roads in law enforcement and firefighting, though at a slower pace than at the ambulance station.

Peru police Commander Sarah Raymond, seen here talking to a church group about how to handle an active shooter situation, has blazed a trail among the local law enforcement ranks, but her first priority is serving the public. “Being appreciated in this job is one of the best perks of this job.�

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Women are eroding the gender gap among first-responders, though nowhere faster than at EMS stations. Cathie Edens is director of Oglesby EMS and a critical-care paramedic who’s been a first -responder for 25 years. Though Oglesby is approaching full parity — 12 of her 28 EMTs are women — she noted that women had prominent roles when she joined Oglesby in the mid-1990s. “There were quite a few women in EMS,” Edens recalled. “It was all volunteer at that time, and the women were at home and the men were working.”

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very easily to firefighting.”

Partain underwent the training and found the Utica firefighters open and accepting, partly because the gender barrier had been broken there. Vickie Maltas is no longer with the Utica Fire Protection District but blazed a trail for Partain.

But other fire companies weren’t as open-minded.

“I’ve never had a problem in Utica,” Partain allowed, “but we’ve gone on mutual aid calls and other departments have had issues with a woman at the scene.

“I feel there is that perception still that women can’t do the same things men can, because firefighting is such a physical job.”

A similar gender disparity exists among police, though Sarah Raymond is doing her best to bring down that barrier, too.

Raymond is now commander at the Peru Police Department, where she so impressed her supervisors that she made sergeant in 2009 after just five years’ service. It was a swift ascent, surprising even to Raymond given her previous occupation. The Urbana native had been a preschool teacher and coach in Bourbonnais, albeit one with a criminal justice

degree from Olivet Nazarene University.

She too is blazing a trail in a field that remains male-dominated, but she’s most interested in public service and making a difference in her community.

“Being appreciated in this job is one of the best perks of this job,” she said.

Gradually, all the first-responders are gaining acceptance from the public as a whole.

Hafley said if she’s mingling at a party and mentions that she’s a paramedic, she’s less likely to get a skeptical or condescending remark than she is an involuntary wince.

All Hafley has to do is say the word “paramedic” and people immediately envision car accidents and gore.

“The comment I get is, ‘Better you than me. I could not do that,’” Hafley said.

“Somebody has to have a strong stomach and stay calm to do this.”

Claggett learned that truism her first day on the job. Her first call was to an overdose where she helped revive the patient and did it with a cool head.

“It was definitely rewarding because you’re giving that person a chance to have a second chance. I really just do what I do because I like helping people.”

Tom Collins is senior writer for the NewsTribune, La Salle.

The woman who started it all. The late Pat Jacklovich co-founded Peru Volunteer Ambulance Service and helped elevate the training to paramedic level, once a luxury available only in the big cities. The current PVAS building is named in her memory and paramedic Kris Hafley said Jacklovich was beloved by all who worked for her. “She was a wonderful person. She put everything she had into this place and she loved everybody that worked here.”

Pat Jacklovich: Blazing a trail for women One of the reasons Peru Volunteer Ambulance Service has reached a 50-50 gender ratio? One of the co-founders was a woman.

Patricia Jacklovich was with PVAS from its founding in 1980 and was named executive director in 1984, a post she held until her unexpected passing in 2003 while she was attending a conference in Las Vegas. She was 61.

Julie Brumley of Peru is a former EMT who worked closely with Jacklovich. In the 1980s, Peru had an all-volunteer staff but no paramedics, which in that era were available only in larger cities with the means of paying for advanced training and compensating top help. Jacklovich set about bringing the same degree of professionalism to the Illinois Valley.

“Pat happened to be one of the few females at the time and she did blaze a trail for women,” Brumley said, though she was quick to add Jacklovich was as caring and attentive to the male volunteers as the females.

Kris Hafley called Pat Jacklovich her mentor, her inspiration and, at all times, her advocate.

“I loved Pat,” Hafley recalled. “Pat did not take crap from anybody. She was awesome. You always knew there was going to be a snarky comment out of her.”

“She was a wonderful person. She put everything she had into this place and she loved everybody that worked here.”

Jacklovich still is remembered for her tireless work on behalf of the fledgling unit, which grew steadily under her watch and acquired separate, stand-alone quarters on U.S. 6 at the La Salle-Peru municipal border. The building, constructed in 1999, was named in her honor.

The circumstances of Jacklovich’s death were tragically ironic. Jacklovich was attending an EMS conference when she had a medical episode and the paramedics who swiftly arrived were unable to save Jacklovich, who had built a career on lifesaving responses.

“It was a major blow to the whole EMS community,” Brumley said. “It still bothers me.”

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Kelly Waters, co-owner of Skoog’s in Utica, says when cold weather arrives, more of her customers reach for drinks that look pretty and are nice to sip while relaxing and visiting with friends and family, such as a holiday cosmopolitan rimmed in gold sugar.

PHOTOGRAPHY BY SCOTT ANDERSON

Winter warm-ups Cold-weather cocktails and brews emphasize color, flavor, beauty

By Craig Sterrett

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s winter sets in and friends and family are home for the holidays, Kelly Waters sees women rethink their drinks.

Rather than ordering a thirstquencher, the co-owner of Skoog’s in Utica sells drinks that not only taste great but look great and are worth savoring slowly.

“When the holidays come, they like drinks that look good and they can

sip. With friends and family in town, they like to sit and visit and relax,” said Waters before mixing a holiday cosmopolitan — pomegranate, cranberry juice and triple sec in a martini glass rimmed with gold sugar.

“This is a little bit of a change-up from a Cosmo, and they’re pretty,” she said.

She also suggested a snow cap — Bailey’s Irish Cream, vodka, coconut-cream with whipped cream on top

in a large martini glass with crushed Oreos on the rim.

Waters also suggests hot chocolate with RumChata for a warm-up.

At Star Union Spirits in the Westclox building in Peru, founder Bob Windy and mixologist Dan Williams dreamed up a batch of warm or warming concoctions for the ladies.

For looks and taste, they mixed up a wintry Manhattan using their sin-

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gle-barrel-aged brandy, an ounce of maple syrup, a dash of black walnut bitters and an Amerena Cherry on the bottom.

To heat things up while also presenting a beautiful and flavorful drink, they invested time into serving hot buttered rum, premixing the butter, brown sugar, holiday spices and vanilla for the butter. In addition to the buttery mix, they add 2 ounces of their single-barrel rum and 6 ounces of hot water, and a cinnamon stick as a garnish.

Doubly flavorful and powerful, their homemade whipped cream made from whipping cream, vanilla extract, raw sugar and their silver rum goes on top of their “Clock Out Coffee,” enhanced with their rum or brandy.

“It’s absolutely a happy hour type of thing. It’s our version of Irish coffee,” Windy said.

Or, perhaps good for what ails ya, they suggest their hot toddy, featuring citrus notes, ginger, honey, tea and their locally-made blackberry brandy.

“A hot toddy’s great for when it’s cold out and you want to have kind of a remedy, boost your immunity,” Windy said.

Or, he suggests intermittent sips of cappuccino and Star Union Spirits’ grappa.

DARKER, DEEPER BREWS FOR YOU’S Those who favor beer can find heartier darker beers on tap (Guinness, coffee-flavored brews, etc.) as well as crisp winter ales at Skoog’s, which is soon to add more taps and more of a variety, Waters said.

Home brewer Diana Deutsch of Waltham Township says winter beers — porters, stouts and dark lagers — tend to use more toasted grains, which gives them a darker appearance and more of a malty flavor.

“The hope flavor is not as prevalent as in many of the summer beers. They can also have a higher alcohol content due to more sugars converted to alcohol,” Deutsch said.

Deutsch said Melanie Zeitler of La Salle, a former Duffy’s bar manager, also has

A snow-cap martini rimmed in Oreo cookie crumbs, which Kelly Waters prepared for a women’s card club that took refuge at Skoog’s in Utica on a cool afternoon.

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Melanie Zeitler of La Salle, regional sales representative for Argus Brewery from Chicago’s south side, pours a Cygnus X-I Black Lager. Darker, malty and hearty beers become popular as the temperatures drop.

made a study of the different types of brews. Zeitler’s interest in brewing and beer caught the attention of an official from Argus Brewery when they showed up a couple of years ago at the famous Utica pub for a tap takeover event.

“I was asking questions and he offered me a job right on the spot. I suppose I was asking the questions he had hoped people would be asking,” Zeitler said.

She became regional sales manager for Argus, and calls on taverns and restaurants throughout La Salle, Bureau and Putnam counties and much of northern Illinois.

She studied craft beer in a cicerone program, similar to a sommelier (wine expert), so she knows a lot about the beers she sells and the competition.

Those with a discriminating taste may enjoy the winter ales, stouts and porters in winter.

“You can expect more deep flavors, like chocolate, coffee, cinnamon, nutmeg,” she said of the various cold-weather creations. Argus goes through more bottles and kegs of its popular Pullman Porter in winter than summer, and right about now, the southside Chicago brewery pushes its Jolly Old Ale. In late winter, when maple sap is running, Argus brews the Golden Prairie Maple Stout.

Beers sell at different rates depending on location. “Our Golden Prairie Nut Brown sells very well in this area,” she said.

Zeitler spends a lot of her time these days working with restaurant and tavern owners to match beers to their clienteles and menus. For example, she’ll urge a steak house to sell the award-winning Cygnus X-I Black Lager and an Asian restaurant to try the Golden Prairie Honey Ginger Beer.

“I really care about my accounts. I care about them and I want their business to succeed,” Zeitler said.

Craig Sterrett is news editor at the NewsTribune.

See recipes on pages 20 & 21

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Cold-weather recipes * Courtesy of Star Union Spirits

GRANDE AGED BRANDY MANHATTAN

STAR UNION SPIRITS FALL COLORS

INGREDIENTS 4 oz. Star Union Spirits Aged Blackberry Brandy 1 oz. Maple Syrup 3 drops Black Walnut Bitters Amarena cherry DIRECTIONS: Shake ingredients and strain into a martini glass.

Garnish with Amarena Cherry in bottom of glass.

Drizzle half a bar spoon of Amarena Cherry Syrup into center of glass over the cherry.

INGREDIENTS 2 oz. Star Union Spirits Single Barrel Aged Cabernet Sauvignon Brandy 4 oz. apple cider 1 ounce (Three Little Birds) elderberry syrup 1 sprig of fresh rosemary DIRECTIONS: Combine 2 oz. Star Union Spirits Single Barrel Aged Cabernet Sauvignon Brandy.

4 ounces apple cider and 1 oz. of (Three Little Birds elderberry syrup) in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake vigorously. Pour into a coupe champagne glass. Garnish with a sprig of rosemary.

STAR UNION SPIRITS CLOCK OUT COFFEE INGREDIENTS 2 oz. Star Union Spirits Cherry Brandy or Star Union Spirits Gold 2 Year Rum 1 teaspoon turbinado (raw) sugar Hot, freshly brewed coffee Whipped, whole whipping cream Ground allspice Cinnamon stick, for garnish (optional) DIRECTIONS: In coffee mug, combine sugar and spirits. Stir with spoon until the sugar has dissolved. Pour in hot coffee and stir. Add whipped cream to top-off the coffee. Sprinkle with Ground allspice and garnish with cinnamon stick if preferred.

STAR UNION SPIRITS SILVER RUM WHIPPED CREAM INGREDIENTS 1 cup whipping cream 1 oz. Star Union Spirits Silver Rum 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 teaspoon turbinado (raw) sugar DIRECTIONS: Combine all ingredients mixing glass and use immersion blender until product is whipped to desired consistency or use whipped cream canister.

STAR UNION SPIRITS GRAPPA AND COFFEE BEANS INGREDIENTS 2 oz. Star Union Spirits Grappa 3 Coffee beans DIRECTIONS: Pour 2 oz. of Star Union Spirits Grappa into a cordial glass. Serve 3 coffee beans in a small dish on the side. The three coffee beans symbolize health, happiness and prosperity.

Add the 3 beans to the cordial. Allow the beans to saturate the grappa before drinking. Alternatively, they also can be chewed to complement the herbal notes of the Grappa or left as a garnish. It is considered bad luck to serve an even number of beans.

GRAPPA AND CAPPUCCINO OR EXPRESSO INGREDIENTS 2 oz. Star Union Spirits Grappa 1 shot of cappuccino or expresso DIRECTIONS: Pour 2 oz. of Star Union Spirits Grappa to a cordial glass. Sip the cappuccino and have a nip of grappa as a sidecar.

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HOT BUTTERED RUM INGREDIENTS 1 stick (4 ounces) unsalted butter ½ cup light brown sugar 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon ground cloves 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1 teaspoon ground allspice 1 pinch of salt 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 6 ounces hot water 2 ounces Star Union Spirits 2 Year Old Single Barrel Rum Cinnamon stick, for garnish (optional)

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DIRECTIONS: In mixing bowl, combine room temperature unsalted butter, brown sugar, spices, salt and vanilla extract. Beat until well combined. This paste can be kept in the refrigerator until needed.

In heat-proof glass or mug, combine Star Union Spirits 2 Year Old Single Barrel Rum with 1 oz. (2 tablespoons) spiced butter mixture.

Remaining paste can be stored in airtight container in refrigerator for future use.

Top with hot water and stir until ingredients are well incorporated.

Add Whipped cream and/or garnish with cinnamon stick if preferred.

Dan Williams adds homemade whipped cream made from Star Union Spirits Silver Rum, whipping cream and raw sugar to hot-buttered rum featuring the Peru distillery’s single-barrel-aged rum.

STAR UNION SPIRITS HOT TODDY INGREDIENTS 1 cup water 1 ½ oz. Star Union Spirits Single Barrel Blackberry Brandy 2 to 3 teaspoons honey, to taste 1 to 2 teaspoons lime juice, to taste ½ tsp minced ginger Lime round DIRECTIONS: In a teapot or saucepan, bring the water to a simmer. Pour the hot water into a mug.

Add the 1 ½ ounces of Star Union Spirits Single Barrel Blackberry Brandy, ½ tsp minced ginger, 2 teaspoons honey and 1 teaspoon lime juice. Stir until the honey has disappeared into the hot water. Taste, and add 1 teaspoon honey for more sweetness, and/or 1 teaspoon more lime juice for more zing. Garnish with a lime round.

For a bit extra flavor, steep a tea bag for 2 to 3 minutes or add a splash cherry or apple cider.

Hot toddy on a cold evening, anyone?

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