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Investigative report says leadership was an issue during COVID-19 outbreak at LaSalle veterans home

DEREK BARICHELLO AND SARAH MANSUR dbarichello@shawmedia.com

An independent report released Friday said the lack of a comprehensive COVID-19 plan at the Illinois Veterans Home in LaSalle, including the absence of any operating procedures for an outbreak, was a significant contributing factor to the home’s failure to contain a novel coronavirus outbreak that led to 36 resident deaths beginning in November.

The report — ordered by Gov. JB Pritzker and conducted by the Illinois Department of Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General and the law firm Armstrong Teasdale — said, as a result, some staff members were unaware of certain basic infection control directives, contributing to a culture of non-compliance.

The inspector general’s report said the risks concerning transmission and control of COVID-19 were well known

by October; yet, the veterans home lacked any formal preparedness and response plan.

The 50-page report depicts a facility unprepared to handle an infection outbreak, leading to a chaotic and uninformed outbreak response that was exacerbated by disorganized leadership at the department and the home. The IDHS investigation included analyzing COVID-19 data, trends and protocols in the LaSalle home and assessing IDVA’s preparation, response and compliance with protocols and regulations. It also included 29 individual interviews and the review of hundreds of documents.

“With no documented COVID-19 specific policies or outbreak plan, the home’s staff was confused on the appropriate course of action during the outbreak, and thus, its operations were inefficient, reactive, and, at times, chaotic,” the report said.

“The home’s leadership failed to effectively communicate, train, and educate its employees on the dangers of COVID-19 and the precautions required to monitor and control the virus within the home.”

Former IDVA Director Linda Chapa La Via, who the report said was not a hands-on or engaged day-to-day director, resigned in January after she was criticized during a legislative committee meeting for her response to the outbreak. LaSalle veterans home administrator Angela Mehlbrech was fired in

December.

IDVA Chief of Staff Tony Kolbeck said in the report he “was generally making decisions for the IDVA” and handled its day-to-day operations.

Sen. State Rezin (R-Morris) said Monday morning while she was reviewing the report, “it’s clear that the administration has failed these individuals.”

Rezin has repeatedly questioned why it took the Illinois Department of Public Health 12 days to visit the veterans home.

“The report reveals a lack of direction from the governor’s office and department directors,” Rezin said. “One notable failure is the fact that the Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs didn’t learn from previous outbreaks at facilities and did not implement recommendations that could have helped prevent this tragedy. The lack of action by the department is the reason why I filed legislation in February that would require the state to implement the findings of the Quincy Veterans’ Home audit.”

“The Illinois General Assembly must hold legislative hearings to discuss the findings of (Friday’s) report and we must pass legislation that ensures that we implement potential lifesaving policies.”

State Rep. Lance Yednock (D-Ottawa) said the report sheds more light on the outbreak, “we owe it to those lost and their loved ones to do everything possible to ensure that nothing like it ever occurs again,” by putting proper safeguards in place and ensuring those that failed to take action are held responsible.

“After reviewing this report, my heart breaks again for the families who lost loved ones,” Yednock said. “I feel their pain and share their anger. It’s clear that a failure of proper leadership combined with a series of preventable errors and sheer carelessness led to an unacceptable tragedy.”

The IDVA said Monday it is implementing corrective actions and taking steps to meet recommendations of the report, under its new IDVA Acting Director Terry Prince. The governor’s office did not respond to questions emailed from Shaw Media Local News Network, but the governor did answer questions at an unrelated press conference Friday.

“She seemed like an ideal person to be able to root out the problems in our

State Sen. Sue Rezin (R-Morris)

veterans homes. But I have to admit that, if I knew then what I know now, I would not have hired her,” Pritzker said about Chapa La Via. “There were challenges of communication, there were challenges of people not following the protocols that were laid out for them. There were challenges of leadership, not providing some of those protocols and so on … We now have a new IDVA director who is going to accelerate our addressing of all of those.”

In response to the report, the IDVA said it has formed new infection control committees at each of the veterans’ homes led by an infection control director, restructured senior leadership, and streamlined and strengthened department policies and internal communications.

Friday’s report said the veterans home didn’t have a COVID-19 task force or committee for managing and monitoring COVID-19. Thus, it was unclear who was responsible for various COVID-19 related tasks within the home leading to important tasks being left unattended, according to the inspector general’s report.

According to the report, IDVA’s executive leadership team also contributed to the home’s failed COVID-19 response by: 1) consolidating too many responsibilities in one individual; 2) failing to delegate and assign clear responsibilities; 3) failing to learn from outbreaks at other long-term care facilities — including another Illinois Veterans’ Home; 4) failing to effectively communicate; and 5) failing to identify, seek, or accept external resources to assist in responding to the outbreak.

The IDHS inspector general’s report outlines seven major failures within the LaSalle home that contributed to the outbreak.

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HENRY — The Marshall-Putnam County Fair will be celebrating 100 years on July 14-18, 2021.

In honor of the 100th anniversary of the Marshall-Putnam County Fair, the Marshall-Putnam Fair will be selling commemorative Illinois license plates.

These license plates are perfect for showing off your pride and support for the Marshall-Putnam County Fair. Participants can display these plates on their vehicle from May 19 through July 18. These are available for purchase for only $30. This includes both, front and back plates.

These limited-edition license plates can be used on passenger vehicles, B-trucks and recreational vehicles under 8,000 pounds. Simply replace these new plates with your old plates.

Once the 60-day event plates expire, simply put your old plates back on your vehicle.

To purchase your 100th anniversary plates, call the Fair Office at 309-364-2814 or send email to mpfair@frontier.com.

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The Marshall-Putnam Fair will celebrate its 100th anniversary this year. You can display these plates on your vehicle from May 19 through July 18. They are available for purchase for only $30.

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The LaSalle, Marshall and Putnam Regional Office of Education has many plans to celebrate educators and school staff during Teacher Appreciation Week.

In a typical year, the regional office would be holding an annual Excellence in Education banquet where chosen educators would receive awards and recognition for their hard work. This year, because of COVID-19 guidelines, the regional office will celebrate all school staff from a distance.

Regional Superintendent Chris Dvorak wants everyone working with students to know that their contributions

are greatly appreciated.

“What a year-plus it has been. Our school staff has worked very hard to serve students. It is time to celebrate these efforts,” he said.

To honor the dedication of retiring educators, the regional office is providing a recognition plaque to each educator. Districts will be able to present these awards however they like. To let the entire staff know that their work is appreciated, the regional office will be purchasing a pizza lunch for each district during the week of May 3.

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districts and to showcase their ingenuity and hard work this year, the regional office will be releasing a video at 5 p.m., Thursday, May 6, that showcases the work of all districts in providing a COVID-safe learning environment for students. Tune in to ROE35 Presents on YouTube to see how local school districts have adapted to educating during a pandemic.

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• REPORT Continued from Page 2 The report also cites leadership failures that include “the consolidation of too many responsibilities in one individual, the failure to delegate and assign clear responsibilities, the failure to learn from outbreaks at other long-term care facilities — including other Illinois Veterans’ Homes — the failure to effectively communicate, and the failure to identify, seek or accept external resources.”

It further states the LaSalle home did not fill its senior home administrator role, a position which is tasked with overseeing day-to-day operations, serving as a primary IDVA contact, and working toward standardizing policies and procedures. That position has been vacant since 2019.

The seven failures were documented as: no outbreak plans or procedures; a relaxed quarantine policy; inadequate COVID-19 employee screening process; ineffective communication; insufficient training; inadequate education and compliance; and challenges with personal dynamics.

The following summarizes in greater detail some of the reported failures that took place within the home.

No outbreak policies or procedures The home’s lack of a comprehensive COVID-19 plan, which includes any operating protocols in the event of an outbreak, was reported as a significant contributing factor to the failure to contain the virus at the LaSalle home.

This led to confusion among staff at the facility, and contributed to an “inefficient, reactive and chaotic” response to the outbreak, according to the report.

The lack of preparedness was evident in the movement of veterans to different areas of the home before and during the outbreak, the report states, and resulted in cross-contamination of positive and negative veterans.

For example, the home decided a month before the outbreak to relocate 10 of the 20 veterans housed in the future quarantine unit into a different area of the home. The relocation stopped in early October, leaving 10 veterans living in the future quarantine unit. When the outbreak happened weeks later, those veterans were relocated, “again causing avoidable movement and interaction amongst positive and negative Veterans,” the report states.

“The home’s decision to leave half of the veterans regularly housed in the future quarantine hall demonstrates the lack of foresight that contributed to the prolonged outbreak in the home,” according to the report

Relaxed quarantine policy

Several nurses interviewed for the report said that the first positive

COVID-19 tests came after the LaSalle home changed its quarantine policy.

Initially, at the beginning of the outbreak, the home required all veterans who left the home for any reason to quarantine for 14 days upon return.

At some point, veterans returning from a local hospital, St. Margaret’s Hospital, no longer were required to quarantine because it was determined that these visits were “low-risk.”

According to the report, it’s not clear who issued this relaxed quarantine policy, in part because there was no written quarantine policy at the home until Jan. 21, 2021.

Insufficient training, inadequate education and compliance The report states that active instruction and in-service training were not a priority for the leadership team at the LaSalle facility.

For example, initially during the outbreak, staff at the home were not required to change PPE, such as gloves and gowns, after exiting a veteran’s room.

“The obvious risks associated with unchanged PPE and interacting with colleagues in any portion of the Home without a mask were either not appreciated by leadership or not properly conveyed to or enforced with the staff,” the report states.

The report found that lack of proper training was evident by the management team’s failure to create “a workplace culture that valued safety and personal responsibility.”

This culture, according to the report, was due in part to the management team’s failure to create a COVID19 committee or task force to address infection prevention education, training for PPE, and other compliance issues.

IDVA releases response

Pritzker appointed Prince, a 31-year Navy veteran with experience in military and veterans’ medical care, to serve as acting IDVA director on April 1. Prior to this role, Prince was superintendent of the Ohio veterans homes and command master chief at Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

“There is nothing more critical to our department’s mission than ensuring the heroes in our homes are safe and receive the quality care they deserve,” Prince said. “As the acting director of the Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs and as a navy veteran of more than 30 years, my heart breaks for the families who lost loved ones to COVID-19 in our veterans’ homes. In my prior role, I led the Ohio veterans’ homes and saw firsthand the enormous challenges this pandemic unleashed on the state facilities that care for our heroes. Lessons learned there and here in Illinois from this unprecedented crisis are already being implemented as we work to make

IDVA the department that our veterans deserve. Let me be clear, we will seize any and every opportunity to better ensure the safety of veterans in our care and every single corrective action outlined in this report will be implemented with urgency.”

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, IDVA and the La Salle veterans home implemented policies and procedures aimed at reducing the risk of outbreaks among staff and residents. At the beginning of the pandemic, all IDVA homes followed recommendations outlined by the CDC and the Illinois Department of Public Health regarding face masks, social distancing and handwashing, among other guidelines. In the early days of the pandemic, IDVA restricted visitation to veterans’ homes to protect residents and staff from community spread and prevent COVID-19 from entering the homes.

In the wake of the November 2020 outbreak, the La Salle facility took additional measures as advised by IDPH to slow the spread of the virus.

Those measures included, but were not limited to, daily antigen testing for all staff, additional instruction regarding the use of PPE, and additional vital monitoring for residents who had previously tested positive for COVID-19.

The La Salle home established a quality assurance committee to identify and remedy any shortcomings regarding infection control.

The state spelled out nine corrective actions: create centralized policies and develop outbreak drills and stress tests, educate staff on the importance of quality infection control for any infection, integrate the standards for long-term care facilities, at least in part, into the Veterans’ Home Code, develop an infection control task force or committee within the home, establish and clearly communicate thresholds for when IDPH visits the home, provide a suitable independent outlet for escalating internal complaints, create temporary positions or consultancies to ensure essential positions do not remain unfilled, require one Veterans Advisory Council member to be appointed by IDPH and adopt the recommendations of the audit and succeeding interagency memo as soon as possible.

The IDVA said it is adopting all corrective actions included in the report and have either completed or are in the process of completing all recommendations.

After consultation with the IDPH infection control expert assigned to the department, IDVA-wide procedures on infection prevention, COVID-19 testing, COVID-19 response, vaccines, hand hygiene, PPE, and cleaning were formalized on April 23. These procedures built upon many of the practices and procedures that had been in place at the La Salle home, the IDVA said.

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Extension office will offer free pressure canner gauge and seal testing

HENRY — University of Illinois Extension will offer free pressure canner gauge and seal testing at local Extension offices in Oglesby, Ottawa, Princeton and Henry.

Ensure your home canning is safe.

Have your gauge tested annually to make sure it’s operating at the correct pressure. Inaccurate pressure can cause food not to be processed at a high enough temperature to kill harmful bacteria and toxins.

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For more information, call Glassman at 815-224-0889.

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Keith and Emily (Schwingle) Vogl of LaSalle are the parents of a daughter born April 4 at St. Margaret’s Health Spring Valley.

Benjamin Michael Wenzel

Bryce Wenzel and Carly Dean of Mendota are the parents of a son, Benjamin Michael, born April 4 at St. Margaret’s Health - Spring Valley. He weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce and measured 20 1/2 inches in length. He was welcomed home by one brother, Oliver, 3. Maternal grandparents are Jake Dean and Janelle Brown.

Paternal grandparents are Keith Wenzel ad Erika Lesnjak. Great-grandparents are Ann and Ray Wenzel, Roz and Bill Leopold, Bill Lesnjak, Michael and Kathie Robinson, Lori and Tom Brown, and Pam and John Dean. Great-great-grandparents are Kenny and Diane Wenzel. Benjamin was born on Easter.

Colton Manley Kasperski

Clay and Ashton (Shaw) Kasperski of Hennepin are the parents of a son, Colton Manley, born April 10 at St. Margaret’s Health - Spring Valley. He weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces and measured 20 inches in length. Maternal grandparents are Curt and Ginny Shaw of LaMoille.

Paternal grandparents are Len and Tina Kasperski of Granville.

A LOOK INSIDE

Editor’s note: The following piece was submitted by Perry Memorial Hospital and is part of a monthly series that will explain the integration between Perry Memorial Hospital and OSF Healthcare taking place over the next couple months.

PRINCETON – Planning efforts to bring Perry Memorial Hospital into OSF HealthCare as OSF HealthCare Saint Clare Medical Center are continuing forward, with the official switchover expected to occur on July 1.

OSF HealthCare has a goal to transform and shape the workforce of the future. As of April 9, the U.S. Bureau of Labor projected health care employment would grow 15% from 2019 to 2029.

This is faster than the average for all occupations, adding about 2.4 million new jobs.

Jillian Nordstrom, human resource business partner, believes Perry employees will learn unique skills because of the integration with OSF. “The new skill sets will lead to a variety of career options and advancement opportunities with a larger company,” she said.

Nurses play a critical role in providing high quality patient care and supporting patients’ overall health care

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Jill Nordstrom (left), Perry’s human resource business partner and Lisa Ackerman (right), Perry’s director of outpatient and surgical services, talk with Jodi Piacenti, a nurse at Perry Memorial Hospital, about the OSF HealthCare integration progression. experience.

“Our nursing team has found the connection and collaboration with our OSF colleagues to be very positive and encouraging,” said Debora May-Rickard, vice president of nursing at Perry.

“Many of our nurses already have a Bachelor of Science or even Master of Science in nursing, and their excitement about the future is building.”

Most nursing careers begin in a medical-surgical role which offers diverse settings and patient care levels. Often

the opportunity to strengthen nursing skills includes how to prioritize and organize their work. The development of interpersonal and critical thinking skills is essential to quality patient care in specialized settings. Specialty nursing skills often take up to eight months of training, sometimes longer, for one nurse to know how to perform with proficiency.

“Working with OSF HealthCare will enhance patient care for the communities we serve,” said May-Rickard. “Our training time will decrease, and resources like the Jump Trading Simulation & Education Center will strengthen our nursing teams.”

OSF has a Regional Nurse Pool which will provide a resource of experienced specialty nurses and surgical staff as needed. “Often our current surgery volume does not offer consistent full-time training opportunities, and we have to defer to costly agency services,” explains Lisa Ackerman, director of outpatient and surgical service. The OSF Nurse Pool will give nurses additional exposure and education to cases, surgeons and doctors. The nurses will benefit from developing a broad skill set with the experience to match and enable Perry to overcome challenges it faced in offering specialty and surgical services

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Embracing the change to become a Mission Partner (employee) of OSF HealthCare is growing amongst the Perry team members.

“Initially, I saw the Perry team being very cautious and some were even nervous, as questions were asked about the integration,” said Nordstrom. “The transparency of OSF responses has helped our employees trust OSF and the integration process. Perry team members are beginning to learn about benefit programs, including pay. Additionally, we are seeing that OSF truly values and prioritizes work-life harmony. It is a huge win for everyone.”

Perry is 60 days away (as of May 1) from integrating into OSF HealthCare, which was named by Forbes magazine as one of the best employers for women in 2020. Forbes also recognized OSF as one of the best employers in the country for 2018 and 2019, the highest-ranked Illinois-based health care system earning the distinction. Additionally, Becker’s Healthcare has named OSF to its 150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare list for 2019.

In June, Perry and OSF will feature primary care and the importance of care teams.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

HONOR ROLLS

‘Think of others besides yourselves and stop littering!’

GRANVILLE — Putnam County High School has released its honor rolls for the third quarter of the 2020-21 school year.

I found the letter from Mr. Rob Nash, executive director of the Illinois Beverage Association, interesting and somewhat encouraging. It is great that the industry is committed to protecting our environment through sustainable solutions.

However, if you don’t have the same commitment from the public it doesn’t count for much.

Our country is so divided currently that we have an awful lot of citizens who have become complacent and thoughtless.

We recently celebrated Earth Day. That day, as I drove to Peru from Hennepin, I observed so much litter all along the roadways. Garbage thrown out of car windows, apparently, without a second thought. A couple of weeks ago I picked up two Menards-sized bags full of litter that had been carelessly thrown onto my property along the road.

The only question I can ask is, what is wrong with all of you people? Has it really come to a point where citizens no longer feel responsibilities for the communities in which they reside?

We should all be offended at the sight of litter blowing across so many farmer’s fields, masks carelessly dropped in parking lots where we all shop, McDonald’s bags and cups at the side of the road.

Come on people, think of others besides yourselves and STOP littering!

Judy Haggenjos Hennepin

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Event will take place in two weeks, May 14-15, at Illinois Valley Regional Airport The reunion show may be two weeks away, but the first TBM Avenger plane arrived May 1 at the Illinois Valley Regional Airport in Peru for the 2021 TBM Avenger Reunion.

Charles Lynch arrived in his TBM, N3967A, from Florida. Matt Kropp manned the controls.

The TBM Avenger Reunion Show is scheduled 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 15, at the Illinois

Valley Regional Airport in Peru. A veterans parade is scheduled for noon that day.

The largest gathering of TBM Avengers in the United States was put on hold last year during the pandemic, and there were talks of moving the event’s location out of state, but organizers and Peru officials were able to keep the event in La Salle County.

There will be an airshow Friday, May 14, featuring the Aeroshell Acrobatic team with vintage T-6 Texans, sponsored by Marquis Industrial Park.

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Annual Drinking Water Quality Report HENNEPIN PWD IL1555100

Source of Drinking Water

Annual Water Quality Report for the period of January 1 to December 31, 2020 This report is intended to provide you with important information about your drinking water and the efforts made by the water system to provide safe drinking water.

The source of drinking water used by HENNEPIN is Ground Water For more information regarding this report contact: Name: Alex Rolando Phone: (815) 925-7223 Este informe contiene información muy importante sobre el agua que usted bebe. Tradúzcalo ó hable con alguien que lo entienda bien.

Source Water Information Source Water Name WELL 3 (11602) WELL 4 (11603) WELL 5 (11604)

The sources of drinking water (both tap water and bottled water) include rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, reservoirs, springs, and wells. As water travels over the surface of the land or through the ground, it dissolves naturally-occurring minerals and, in some cases, radioactive material, and can pick up substances resulting from the presence of animals or from human activity.

Contaminants that may be present in source water include: - Microbial contaminants, such as viruses and bacteria, which may come from sewage treatment plants, septic systems, agricultural livestock operations, and wildlife.

- Inorganic contaminants, such as salts and metals, which can be naturally-occurring or result from urban storm water runoff, industrial or domestic wastewater discharges, oil and gas production, mining, or farming.

- Pesticides and herbicides, which may come from a variety of sources such as agriculture, urban storm water runoff, and residential uses.

- Organic chemical contaminants, including synthetic and volatile organic chemicals, which are by-products of industrial processes and petroleum production, and can also come from gas stations, urban storm water runoff, and septic systems.

- Radioactive contaminants, which can be naturally-occurring or be the result of oil and gas production and mining activities.

Type of Water GW GW GW

Report Status A_______ Emerg___ A_______

Location High Street 5th Street Power Plant Road

Drinking water, including bottled water, may reasonably be expected to contain at least small amounts of some contaminants. The presence of contaminants does not necessarily indicate that water poses a health risk.

More information about contaminants and potential health effects can be obtained by calling the EPAs Safe Drinking Water Hotline at (800) 4264791.

In order to ensure that tap water is safe to drink, EPA prescribes regulations which limit the amount of certain contaminants in water provided by public water systems. FDA regulations establish limits for contaminants in bottled water which must provide the same protection for public health.

Some people may be more vulnerable to contaminants in drinking water than the general population.

Immuno-compromised persons such as persons with cancer undergoing chemotherapy, persons who have undergone organ transplants, people with HIV/AIDS or other immune system disorders, some elderly and infants can be particularly at risk from infections. These people should seek advice about drinking water from their health care providers. EPA/CDC guidelines on appropriate means to lessen the risk of infection by Cryptosporidium and other microbial contaminants are available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline (800-426-4791).

If present, elevated levels of lead can cause serious health problems, especially for pregnant women and young children. Lead in drinking water is primarily from materials and components associated with service lines and home plumbing. We cannot control the variety of materials used in plumbing components. When your water has been sitting for several hours, you can minimize the potential for lead exposure by flushing your tap for 30 seconds to 2 minutes before using water for drinking or cooking. If you are concerned about lead in your water, you may wish to have your water tested. Information on lead in drinking water, testing methods, and steps you can take to minimize exposure is available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline or at http://www.epa.gov/safewater/lead.

Source Water Assessment We want our valued customers to be informed about their water quality. If you would like to learn more, please feel welcome to attend any of our regularly scheduled meetings. The source water assessment for our supply has been completed by the Illinois EPA. If you would like a copy of this information, please stop by City Hall or call our water operator at (815) 925-7223 To view a summary version of the completed source Water Assessments, including: Importance of Source Water; Susceptibility to Contamination Determination; and documentation/recommendation of Source Water Protection Efforts, you may access the Illinois EPA website at http://www.epa.state.il.us/cgi-bin/wp/swap-fact-sheets.pl.

Source of Water: HENNEPIN PWD To determine Hennepin’s susceptibility to groundwater contamination, the Illinois Rural Water Association conducted a well site survey in October, 2002.

Based on the information obtained in this document, there are 13 potential sources of groundwater contamination that could pose a hazard to groundwater utilized by Hennepin’s community water supply. These include l chemical handling facility, l manufacturing process, 1 boat yard, 1 sales store, 2 onsite sludge disposals, 2 injection wells, 2 water treatment plants, and 3 above ground fuel storage tanks. In addition, information provided by the Leaking Underground Storage Tank and Remedial Project Management Sections of the Illinois EPA indicated sites with on-going remediation that might be of concern.According to the Hennepin PWD facility, LTV Steel Co. and the associated injection well and water treatment plant have been sold to the International Steel Group. However, the sludge disposal associated with this site is no longer active.Based upon this information, the Illinois EPA has determined that the Hennepin Community Water Supply’s source water is susceptible to contamination. As such, the Illinois EPA has provided 5-year recharge area calculations for the wells. The land use within the recharge areas of the wells was analyzed as part of this susceptibility determination. This land use includes residential, commercial and agricultural properties.In 2010, Hennepin PWD received Non-Compliance Advisories (NCAs) for bacteriological detections in wells #3 and #5 and subsequently a violation notice (VN) for well #5. Resolution of this NCA and the VN resulted in a compliance Commitment Agreement (CCA) with the Illinois EPA, in that well #5 no longer being used as a potable water source. Well #3 was inspected by an engineering company and the NCA has now been resolved, however monitoring data is continually being tracked in regards to all active potable wells at Hennepin PWD.

2019 Regulated Contaminants Detected

Lead and Copper Definitions: Action Level Goal (ALG): The level of a contaminant in drinking water below which there is no known or expected risk to health. ALGs allow for a margin of safety.

Action Level: The concentration of a contaminant which, if exceeded, triggers treatment or other requirements which a water system must follow.

Lead and Date Sampled MCLG Action Level 90th # Sites Units Violation Likely Source of Contamination Copper (AL) Percentile Over AL Copper 09/11/2019 1.3 1.3 0.19 0 ppm N Erosion of natural deposits; Leaching from wood preservatives; Corrosion of household plumbing systems.

Lead 09/11/2019 0 15 1.7 0 ppb N Corrosion of household plumbing systems; Erosion of natural deposits.

Water Quality Test Results Definitions: Avg: Level 1 Assessment:

Level 2 Assessment: Maximum Contaminant Level or MCL: Maximum Contaminant Level Goal or MCLG: Maximum residual disinfectant level or MRDL: Maximum residual disinfectant level goal or MRDLG: na: mrem: ppb: ppm: Treatment Technique or TT:

The following tables contain scientific terms and measures, some of which may require explanation.

Regulatory compliance with some MCLs are based on running annual average of monthly samples.

A Level 1 assessment is a study of the water system to identify potential problems and determine (if possible) why total coliform bacteria have been found in our water system.

A Level 2 assessment is a very detailed study of the water system to identify potential problems and determine (if possible) why an E. coli MCL violation has occurred and/or why total coliform bacteria have been found in our water system on multiple occasions.

The highest level of a contaminant that is allowed in drinking water. MCLs are set as close to the MCLGs as feasible using the best available treatment technology.

The level of a contaminant in drinking water below which there is no known or expected risk to health. MCLGs allow for a margin of safety.

The highest level of a disinfectant allowed in drinking water. There is convincing evidence that addition of a disinfectant is necessary for control of microbial contaminants.

The level of a drinking water disinfectant below which there is no known or expected risk to health. MRDLGs do not reflect the benefits of the use of disinfectants to control microbial contaminants. not applicable. millirems per year (a measure of radiation absorbed by the body) micrograms per liter or parts per billion - or one ounce in 7,350,000 gallons of water. milligrams per liter or parts per million - or one ounce in 7,350 gallons of water.

A required process intended to reduce the level of a contaminant in drinking water.

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EDUCATION NOTES The I.F. Doug Stonier & Ella Stonier Educational Trust will award scholarships to a number of college students for the school year commencing in August.

To be eligible, each student must have resided in the Township of Granville, Hennepin or Magnolia, Putnam County, Ill. for a period of three years prior to the award of a scholarship.

The scholarships will be awarded on a basis of educational capability and financial need to students working toward a bachelor’s degree who are entering their third or fourth year of college.

Applications for a scholarship may be picked up at the Granville National Bank.

Completed applications will be accepted no later than May 28.

Erna A. Moews Memorial Scholarship deadline is May 28 Members of the Erna A. Moews Memorial Scholarship Fund committee are announcing the availability of scholarships for the 2021-22 school year.

Applicants must be high school graduates and pursuing a major in Architecture, Fine Arts, Science, Mathematics or Computer Science who are entering their third or fourth year of college. The students must have resided for a period of three years in Granville Township.

Applications forms may be obtained from the Granville National Bank. Completed forms must be submitted to the Granville National Bank by May 28.

Peyton Hammerich receives scholarship PELLA, Iowa — Peyton Hammerich of Peru was one of more than 800 students at Central College who would have been honored at the college’s annual Scholarship Celebration on April 22. The event was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Scholarship Celebration in P.H. Kuyper Gymnasium gives student scholarship recipients the opportunity to personally thank and share dinner with donors who help make their Central education possible. Hammerich received the William Randolph Hearst Fund for Minority Students and Journey Scholarship.

Regulated Contaminants Disinfectants and Disinfection By-Produce

Collection Date

Highest Level Detected

Range of Levels Detected

MCLG

MCL

Units

Violation

Chlorine

12/31/2020

1.2

1.11 - 1. 21

MRDLG =4

MRDL = 4

ppm

N

Water additive used to control microbes.

Haloacetic Acids (HAAS)

2020

2

1. 78 - 1. 78

No goal for the total

60

ppb

N

By-product of drinking water disinfection.

Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM)

2020

16

16.25 - 16.25 No goal for the total

80

ppb

N

By-product of drinking water disinfection.

Collection Date

Highest Level Detected

Range of Levels Detected

MCLG

MCL

Units

Violation

Likely Source of Contamination

Barium

2020

0.15

0.13 - 0.15

2

2

ppm

N

Discharge of drilling wastes; Discharge from metal refineries; Erosion of natural deposits.

Fluoride

2020

0.578

0.452 - 0.578

4

4.0

ppm

N

Erosion of natural deposits; Water additive which promotes strong teeth; Discharge from fertilizer and aluminum factories.

Manganese

2020

22

0 - 22

150

150

ppb

N

This contaminant is not currently regulated by the USEPA. However, the state regulates. Erosion of natural deposits.

Nitrate [measured as Nitrogen) - Nitrate in drinking water at levels above 10 ppm is a health risk for infants of less than six months of age. High nitrate levels in drinking water can cause blue baby syndrome. Nitrate levels may rise quickly for short periods of time because of rainfall or agricultural activity. If you are caring for an infant you should ask advice from your health care crovider.

2020

8

1. 7 - 8

10

10

ppm

N

Runoff from fertilizer use; Leaching from septic tanks, sewage; Erosion of natural deposits.

Selenium

2020

2.8

0 - 2.8

50

50

ppb

N

Discharge from petroleum and metal refineries; Erosion of natural deposits; Discharge from mines.

Sodium

2020

26

23 - 26

ppm

N

Erosion from naturally occuring deposits. Used in water softener regeneration.

Zinc

2020

0.019

0.015 - 0.019

ppm

N

This contaminant is not currently regulated by the USEPA. However, the state regulates. Naturally occurring; discharge from metal

Inorganic Contaminants

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5

Likely Source of Contamination

Violations Table Nitrate [measured as Nitrogen] Infants below the age of six months who drink water containing nitrate in excess of the MCL could become seriously ill and, if untreated, may die. Symptoms include shortness of breath and blue-baby syndrome.

Violation Type MONITORING, ROUTINE MAJOR

Violation Begin

Violation End

01/01/2020

03/31/2020

Nitrate samples were collected the next quarter and were within EPA standards.

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Violation Explanation We failed to test our drinking water for the contaminant and period indicated. Because of this failure, we cannot be sure of the quality of our drinking water during the period indicated.

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Members of the Putnam County eighth-grade girls basketball team are (front row, from left) Yesenia Avila, Alyssa Ahrens, Teaghan Sarver, Addy Leatherman and Ashley Cano; and (back row) Valeria Villagomez, Kacie Coleman, Maggie Spratt, Eme Bouxsein and Brooklyn Brester. Absent from the photo is Sadie Bailey. The team is coached by Xavier Warren.

Photo courtesy of Quenton Buffington

Putnam County eighth-grade volleyball team Team members for the Putnam County eighth grade volleyball team are (front row, from left) Jaden Siegmann, Lola Calkins, Chloe Andersen, Sadie Bailey, Madison Wasilewski and Hannah Taliani; and (back row) Kacie Coleman, Jazmine Barreras, Courtney Oliver, Maggie Spratt, Cadence Coleman, Eme Bouxsein and Brooklyn Brester. The team is coached by Shannon Jenkins.

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Panthers score 6 times in 5th to close out 11-1 TCC victory BRIAN HOXSEY

bhoxsey@shawmedia.com GRANVILLE — For more than half a century, the Putnam County baseball program has seen its share of success with three state final four appearances, 15 regional titles and 26 20-plus win seasons.

During an 11-1, five-inning TriCounty Conference triumph over Woodland/Flanagan-Cornell on Friday afternoon at Jenkins Field, the Panthers added another milestone to their history: the 1,000th victory in program history.

“That win number is a credit to the coaches that came before me and all of the players that have played here. It’s a great milestone, and anyone that has coached or played here at Putnam County should be extremely proud of the accomplishment,” PC coach Chris Newsome said. The Panthers’ all-time record now stands at 1,000-521-3.

“I don’t know how many Illinois high school baseball programs can say they have reached 1,000 wins, but I’m guessing we are in a select group now.

Coach (Ken) Jenkins, Coach (Joe) Massino, Coach (Dave) Garcia, and sprinkle in a couple of other coaches, have had a lot to do with the success of PC baseball for many years.

“Today was a good win and another good win for the program.”

According to the IHSA website, 20 programs in Illinois had reached the 1,000-win plateau entering this season.

The hosts scored twice in the first inning, three times in the second, and then exploded for six runs in the fifth to improve to 5-2 on the season and 1-0 in the TCC. WFC, which scored its only run in the third, fell to 0-2 and 0-1.

Panthers leadoff batter Andrew Pyszka started bottom of the first with a single off Warriors losing pitcher Ethan Schumm (4 1/3 IP, 6 H, 8 R, 6 ER, 3 BB, 7 K) and then stole second and third before scoring on Matthew Liebhart’s sharp double to left. Liebhart advanced to third on an error and scored on a wild pitch.

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Putnam County’s Jackson McDonald high-fives teammate Andrew Pyszka after Pyszka scored a run against Woodland/Flanagan-Cornell during the Panthers’ 11-1 win in five innings at Jenkins Field on Friday.

In the second, Josh Jessen poked a one-out single, and Sam Currie walked before Austin Mattingly smacked a two-out, two-run single to left. Mattingly came around to make it 5-0 on Liebhart’s second two-bagger in as many at-bats.

“We played OK today, but we can definitely play better, and the kids know this wasn’t a clean game, ...” said Newsome, whose team turned a pair of double plays but also committed three errors. “We still have improvements to make, but it’s early in the season.”

WFC touched PC starter and winning pitcher Troy Petty (4 IP, 2 H, 0

ER, 1 BB, 4 K) for an unearned run in the third as Dylan Jenkins reached on an infield hit, advanced to third on a throwing error and scored on a fielder’s choice by Nolan Bressi. Jackson McDonald fanned one in a scoreless top of the fifth for the home team.

In the fifth, a bases-loaded walk by Chris Vzella and two-run base hits by Adam Currie and Sam Currie off WFC reliever Mason Sterling preceded Pyszka’s game-ending double to the base of the fence in left, scoring Sam Currie.

“I thought Ethan threw the ball pretty well for the first time out,” WFC coach Todd “Bubs” Hoffman said. “It’s

been tough as we’ve only had one practice with all 13 kids present, and in many practices we only had six. At the start of practices, we were dealing with quarantine protocols and had some kids still playing football. We’re just trying to get back into the swing of things, and we’ll get there, but it’s going to take some time.

“We are a very young team, so a lot of these kids are learning on the fly.

We also don’t have a ton of depth at pitching, so it’s important that we get outs when we can. [Thursday] we made four or five errors, but today we did a better job making the plays in the field that we needed to make.”

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Notice of Proposed Tariff Changes Gas Service Schedule Ill. C. C. No. 2 To the Gas Patrons of Ameren Illinois Company d/b/a Ameren Illinois: Ameren Illinois (or Company) hereby gives notice to the public that on April 8, 2021, it filed with the Illinois Commerce (ICC or Commission Commission) evidence (direct testimony) regarding the reconciliation of revenues and costs under the Company's Purchased Gas Adjustment (PGA) Rider with costs incurred in connection with the cost of gas from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020. The evidence is applicable to Rate Zone I (formerly the AmerenCIPS service territory), Rate Zone II (formerly the service AmerenCILCO territory) and Rate Zone III (formerly the AmerenIP service territory); and may result in changes in its rates and charges with respect to gas delivery services throughout the Company's gas service territory in Illinois. The changes in rates and charges will take effect after hearings and after the Commission issues its final Order.

The Commission docketed the filing as Docket No. 20-0875. A copy of the evidence may be inspected at the Ameren Illinois offices located at 300 Liberty Street, Peoria, Illinois or online at www. icc.illinois.gov/e-docket/.

All parties interested in this matter may obtain information with respect thereto either directly from Ameren Illinois or by addressing the Chief Clerk of the Illinois Commerce Commission, 527 East Capitol Avenue, Springfield, Illinois 62706.

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ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public notice is hereby given that on April 6, 2021, a certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Putnam County, Illinois setting forth the names and post office addresses of all the persons owning, conducting, and transacting the business known as Confident Chic Boutique located at 102 N. Shaffer Street Granville, IL 61326

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Dated this 6th day of April, 2021.

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All parties interested in this matter may obtain information with respect thereto either directly from Ameren Illinois or by addressing the Chief Clerk of the Illinois Commerce Commission, 527 East 999 • Legal Capitol Avenue, Springfield, Illinois 62706.

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