POLO TRI-COUNTY PRESS VOLUME 163 NO. 29 • SERVING THE POLO AREA SINCE 1857
Friday, October 1, 2021 • $1.00
IN DAD’S HONOR
LOCAL NEWS
70-year Pen Pals
A Mt. Morris woman has had a pen pal from England since 1951. / 3
SPORTS
Sports Roundup
Marcos race at the Winnebago Invite on Sept. 25. / 10
AOP Festival Oregon hosts its
50th Autumn on Parade festival this weekend, Oct. 2-3. / 13
Alexa Zoellner/Shaw Media
Marty Gibbs, right, hugs Nikki Smith during the Polo Chamber of Commerce’s annual meeting and dinner Sept. 27. Smith nominated Gibbs’ father, Richard “Dick” Gibbs, for 2021 Citizen of the Year posthumously. Story on page 5.
One section • 20 pages
INDEX Betty’s Column ........ 7 Classifieds ........ 14-20 Colbert Column ....... 9
Oregon Police..........12 Pine Creek News ..... 2 Property Transfers..13
Sheriff Activity........12 School News ............ 2 Sports...................8-10
DEATHS Published every Friday by Ogle County Newspapers, a division of Shaw Media
Anna Rose Marie (Salerno) Ghibellini, Doris “Snooky” Lorraine (Barnhart) Snapp, Page 11