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Starting Wednesday, April 2, the demolition process was completed by Friday, April 4, and the leveling of the 3 empty lots was done Monday, April 7. More photos of the process are on page 12. Despite the loss of 2 buildings in the downtown district, Lanark residents and business leadersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; spirits are high with the opening of a new restaurant, and the MAPPING process of creating a new vision for the future of the 128-year-old community.

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Oliver Kellogg followed the handiest trail to a high impressive mound in the west central part of what became Stephenson County, formed from JoDaviess, was known in the region as Bur Oak

convenience but far enough from them to (have) peace from the transients.â&#x20AC;?

The site Waddams chose was notable in that it was a long, smooth ridge of ground where as time passed, three stone quarries were dug for buildings, foundations, bridges, etc.

There was dense woodlands to the east, to â&#x20AC;&#x153;mingleâ&#x20AC;? with high prairie at the west. And, although the beautiful hill had no sharp ends, the township was called â&#x20AC;&#x153;West Pointâ&#x20AC;? where Waddamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Grove grew into one of those hamlets that comfortably decorated the countryside at just the right niche or curve in the road.

Waddams, like his brief predecessor, Kellogg, came west from New York state.

He came west in 1832 with his two eldest sons, Hiram and

Grove. This was in 1827 and with

Nelson, they driving a large herd

by Caralee Aschenbrenner schoonersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; have given way to railways and palace cars...â&#x20AC;?

The journalist had been impressed by Stephenson Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s progress. Naturally its native assets went beyond the common and the class of people that was increasing its population was noted as above the average.

The writer notes the Indian who had lived in the region for centuries, taking advantage of its

Numerous trails crisscrossed the landscape, they knowing through time where to cross

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HE GUY THE IC RR hired to paint the signs labeling their depots in the far northwest district of Illinois must have worked cheap.

He sure couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t spell.

In the grainy photo here the depot is plainly WAD HAM, Illinois instead of the correct name Waddams Grove. A few weeks ago PDQ Me had an article about â&#x20AC;&#x153;Evarts,â&#x20AC;? east of Freeport on the Illinois Central, too. Its depot sign read â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ewarts,â&#x20AC;? a Windstead of the proper V! By the time the signs were corrected nearly everyone knew what their local depots should be.

Waddamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; had been settled in the early 1830â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. The railroad passed through in the mid-1850â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s with other pioneers staking claims steadily for twenty-tothirty years. During that short time, historically-speaking, vast agricultural improvements had taken place.

A correspondent for the Madison Express wrote the following in part in the mid1840â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, â&#x20AC;&#x153;... been around the (Stephenson) County considerably and have become well convinced that it is deserving of the high reputation it has attained in the State of Illinois. From Rockford to Freeport it is one continuous prairieâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;groves a mile in length, rolling hills with rich and fertile soilsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;yet it is well-watered with clear-creeks every mile or so, originating in springs, winding their way to the Pecatonica ...

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increasing.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The amount of wheat raised bushels which talked well of a county that had been settled a little less than ten years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was but ten years since Mr. and what vast changes time had wrought ... Progress of the county has been far more rapid, far beyond the wildest expectations. have increased ten-fold.

The prairies with scarcely a cabin to break the monotony of the landscape now presents an in the country ornamented with mansions and buildings. The dirt

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their trek west from New York, her father had a grist mill and a distillery, the two often going together, she saying when the farmer brought the maize and wheat to be ground, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d need to take home some â&#x20AC;&#x153;good old rye!â&#x20AC;?

They then passed on to Peoria for a stay of a â&#x20AC;&#x153;twelve month.â&#x20AC;?

The family, numbering thirteen, went on to Galena to do work in the lead mines; Apple River and Shullsburg, Wisconsin where they kept a hotel, had a vegetable garden and hives of bees all of which the Indians stole or destroyed.

While at one of the forts, the sisters, Sylvia and Rachel Hall who had survived the terrible massacre at Indian Creek were brought in from their kidnapping by the Indians. They wore only rags, no clothing, so the Waddamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; made dresses and decent covering for them.

One more historic event that time period presented to be experienced.

The fort became so crowded, people were becoming desperately ill so their father said they would go into the wilderness to camp, taking their chances of dying at the hands of the Indians rather than suffering and dying a lingering death at the fort.

Not long after their father woke them from a sound sleep, coaxing them to rise and come outside.

It was as bright as day though the middle of the night. The heavens were so light, Martha Waddams wrote that you could â&#x20AC;&#x153;see to pick up a pin from the ground.â&#x20AC;? From both the east and moved across the sky toward each other. When they came together the heaven suddenly darkened as before. Father said the War (Black Hawk War - 1832) had ended and â&#x20AC;&#x153;there would be Peace.â&#x20AC;?

With Peace declared the Waddams family moved to the site at â&#x20AC;&#x153;West Pointâ&#x20AC;? where William Waddams had staked a claim and built a cabin in the winter of 1832-33. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;NEXT WEEK, MORE.

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Editorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Note: Several communities in Northwest Illinois have conducted MAPPING sessions, designed to assist local residents of rural towns to create an action plan for creating the community they envision. Mount Carroll, Savanna, Elizabeth, and Lanark are a few. Mr. Mollette asks a poignant question that has been discussed at some of these sessions at length. Another question has been, how do we survive without government grants? Mr. Mollette offers some food for thought.

America seemed hungrier back in the sixties than today. My family did whatever they could to survive.

My grandpa ran a country grocery store. My dad drove two hours to work in an underground coal mine.

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stock. One uncle drove to a northern city to paint during the week. Another uncle raised strawberries and drove a school bus. Another uncle was a peddler salesman driving over several counties.

Nobody was rich but everybody was very busy trying to take care of their families. This was all back before food stamps and other current government programs became popular. There is no question that people in our area of Appalachia had struggles but people had a hunger and a desire to survive.

I watched the movie Coal Minerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Daughter long before I went to Van Lear to see Loretta Lynnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s old home place. Sure enough itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s up a â&#x20AC;&#x153;holler.â&#x20AC;? However, in many ways itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a beautiful place. Her brother, who at that time, was battling cancer and

still running a country grocery store gave my wife and I a tour of the old home place.

When touring that old house I knew there was something within Loretta Lynn and her now deceased husband Oliver â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mooneyâ&#x20AC;? Lynn that was greater than the conditions of poverty that engulfed the area. The innate desire to live and rise above their surroundings lifted them higher than they probably ever imagined.

hauling manure every chance they get. The manure pile was too frozen to start earlier. Church services will be held here in 5 weeks so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to get started cleaning up everywhere.

The yard needs to be raked but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still been too cold to work outside.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d rather wait until a warmer day to do that.

Meanwhile, here in the house, we are doing odd and end jobs to start preparing for spring cleaning.

Today, daughter Verena and I plan to wash the laundry. Hopefully after that we can wash off some walls in the bedrooms upstairs. The boys bedroom will be the worst room to clean. I do not know how they manage to get disorganized so fast. We want to start with their closet and drawers which will probably be as far as we get this afternoon.

We received a birth announcement from niece Verena and husband Melvin. They were blessed with

Dean was born on March 11. Melvin and Verena live around 5 miles from here. We hope to drive over sometime to meet their precious son.

We also have two wedding invitations hanging on our refrigerator.

Congratulations to Benjamin and Arlene and also to Devon and Jolene.

We wish both couples Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s richest blessings to a long and happy married life together. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to believe that Joe and I were married over 20 years already. Time has gone so fast and God has been a great help through good times and bad.

Tonight are parent/teacher conferences at the school which brings the third quarter to a close. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not

State to work before Loretta started having success with music that took them to Nashville.

Of course, we all canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sing like Loretta Lynn. However, we can all do and be something. Much of America has lost its desire to rise above lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s circumstances. We have become mired in our joblessness, poverty or

The temperature shows 33 degrees on our thermometer. That is 20 degrees warmer than yesterday morning. We had a snow earlier this week, just enough to cover the ground. Once the sun came out the snow didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t last too long. With Advance Illinois supports the the beginning of April next week School Funding Reform Act of 2014 it makes us even more eager to see that proposes a new, straightforward warmer weather arrive.

11 years next month. How exciting funding formula with the driving goal My husband Joe and the boys are it must be for them! Little Micah of improving student performance.

The cornerstone of the proposed legislation is a single formula that would distribute 92 cents of every In an instant, the Apollo 13 the Apollo 13 movie at 2pm with a state dollar invested in K-12 educaspacecraft pivoted from a moon-bound special Lunar Eclipse program at 7pm tion in a way that attends to student landing unit to a crippled vessel. While that evening. Visit www.planets.org, needs and consistently accounts for - follow @PSF1989 on Twitter and school districtsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ability to support onstration of NASA innovation saving public schools with local resources. on Facebook for updates and events.

As introduced, additional fundtrated the dangers of people working ing would be provided for students in space. Join the Planetary Studies who confront specific academic Foundation (PSF) as they reveal the challenges such as poverty, language history, facts and common misconcepability or special learning needs. This tions of the Apollo 13 mission. represents a targeted investment Join the Carroll County DemCome to the PSF Earth & Space Science Museum on Saturday, April ocrats at their regular monthly backed by decades of research. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The School Funding Reform 12th at 1 p.m. for this insightful pro- meeting on Tuesday, April 15, at Act of 2014 lays the groundwork the York Township Library, locatgram. A $5.00 donation per person for a state education funding system ed at 1225 West St., in the Village is requested. Please leave a message of Thomson.The meeting begins at that supports all Illinois students no matter where they live or how much email dsipiera@planets.org with any 7 p.m. their family earns,â&#x20AC;? said Miguel del Details for the required reorgaquestions or to reserve a seat.

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Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure the people who lived where I was raised, on Milo road in Kentucky, had days when the dark cloud of hopelessness almost killed sure how many days will be added yet because of the weather this winter. Spring break will be April 7 to 11. I wish they could use that week for make-up days so school wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go so far into June.

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their spirits, but I doubt it happened a lot. People were too tired. They found something to do with their minds and bodies.

We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have computers, cell phones and social media. We had yards to mow, gardens to tend and a few dollars. We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need drugs to numb ourselves. We simply fell into bed exhausted.

An America thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not hungry for a better life and is reliant on the government and the politicians to care for us and solve all of our problems will live sadly and die tragically.

Glenn Mollette is an American columnist and author. Contact him at GMollette@aol.com. Like his facebook page at www.facebook. com/glennmollette.

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A lot of America has died. We are breathing and going through the motions. We are collecting our food stamps, government assistance and in too many cases numbing ourselves on prescription drugs. Hopelessness is widespread from Butcher Holler to every mega city house and condo throughout the United States.

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Filed by Sen. Andrew Manar (D-Bunker Hill), the School Funding Reform Act of 2014 represents a comprehensive overhaul of Illinois education funding system that has not changed in nearly two decades.

The legislation stems from the blueprint put forth by a bipartisan task force of Illinois senators. In February, the Illinois Education Funding Advisory Committee recommended the state revamp the education funding system with the aim of more

of todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s students, educators and schools.â&#x20AC;?

The School Funding Reform Act of 2014 focuses on how Illinois distributes state education funds, though Illinois leaders should not overlook the challenge of how much Illinois invests in public education. Illinois would be wise to develop a long-term plan to reach a truly adequate level of education funding. It will require a sustained commitment to ensure all Illinois students have the resources needed to succeed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Only by creating a more equitable state education funding system in tandem with long-term plans to increase revenue to a truly adequate are available for education. level will we meaningfully invest in â&#x20AC;&#x153;In 1997, during my tenure the future of our students and our as governor, we made meaningful state,â&#x20AC;? said Robin Steans, executive changes to a funding system that director of Advance Illinois. served the needs of Illinois public Advance Illinois is an indepenschools at the time,â&#x20AC;? said former Gov. Jim Edgar, who served as Illi- dent, objective voice to promote a noisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; chief executive from 1991 to public education system in Illinois 1999 and a founding co-chairman that prepares all students to be of Advance Illinois. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nearly two ready for work, college and demodecades later, Illinois needs a fund- cratic citizenship. www.advanceiling system that responds to the needs linois.org

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Letters and Commentary Enough is Enough At the risk of offering fodder to one who seems hungry for bitter discourse, I feel I must respond to the comments in Mr. Vigliettaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s letter from last week. I am glad we have the platform to voice our opinions but when we spout opinions as fact and make spurious claims as to a person or groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s character, someone should speak up.

First, the recent discussions regarding increasing water bills in town has NEVER revolved around debt, perceived or real. Attendance at Council meetings would bear this out as would a full review of minutes.

Further, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;evidence of barricades around townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, at least in my ward, tells me that the three residents on Burns Street who deserve to have adequate water pressure in their home are going to get it this Spring.

It means that a decaying culvert will be repaired to prevent further damage to crossroads and easements. It means

payback on that loan is such that about the time the city repays it, the pumps it covers will need to be replaced.

Mr. Viglietta has mentioned in the past that he wants the Water Tower appearance to be addressed (a point I agree with). While that is in our budget, the pumps going out or being compromised are not. The age of our East Lift Station â&#x20AC;&#x201C; as well as the load it can take â&#x20AC;&#x201C; is already compromised.

If we have a crisis at that station, we do not have the means to cover that either. There are hot spots all over town. Can we pull from our General Fund in times of need? Sometimes.

And yes, it is true emergency grants can be obtained at times for these crises but I would much rather live in a town that plans for projects AND saves for a very expensive rainy day because it WILL rainâ&#x20AC;Ś and that is

comes to a water and sewer discussion. Remember: in these situations not all the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;rainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; will come from the sky nor will it bear the sweet smell of Spring. have the diameter pipeline that our These are not made up lifeline residents (and their â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;outputâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;) demand for the safe removal and processing of are estimates and concerns voiced by independent contractors, engineers ing after being on the drawing board and even our maintenance staff, past for two plus years. These things are and current. This information would budgeted and planned for. They have also be known to anyone who has little to do with the new rate discus- attended a Council meeting in the sions nor are they projects masking past six months which Mr. Viglietta some conspiracy regarding water and clearly has not done. This is not sewer funds allocation. secret information. These are details The reality is, while our town that have been openly discussed and boasts high quality water and our hashed out at public meetings. sewer system is â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;doing its jobâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, we are The second point I want to a town with a very aged infrastructure. address is the unfortunate treatment We have an award-winning sewage of our Library Board, all those who management plant that was installed are Friends of the Library, and those in the early 1980â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s; however, plants of who work tirelessly with Twice Sold that design and load have an estimated Tales â&#x20AC;&#x201C; indeed, anyone who has rallifetime of 20-25 years. We are clearly lied to bring our Library to its current location and improve educational water tower payment Mr. Viglietta opportunities for residents. mentions in his letter is indeed one of To imply these individuals and our few debts in our water and sewer groups have somehow defrauded the ledger. Unfortunately, the prolonged people of this town is so far from

the truth, I cannot begin to bridge the gap. It is injurious to them and, quite frankly, it is insulting to the residents of this town to assume they would be so easily duped or taken in.

These people have stood as a light in some very dark economic times here in Lanark. They raised the bar for many here, leaning into the promise that quality education and a well-read populace does indeed change a town for the better. To attack them is low andâ&#x20AC;Ś sad. Just sad.

As I have said before, I am a new Alderman and fairly new resident here in Lanark. I would not be so naĂŻve or arrogant to believe mistakes have not been made in the past and that they will not be made in the future.

Why, I might just make a mistake or two myself. I am delightfully human as are the many people I have met in the past two and half years who want change, who believe in the promising future of this town and who extend grace where grace is needed.

Lanark is facing tremendous change right now. It is incredible that so many different people have had the opportunity to offer fruitful, relevant ideas for our future AND feel they have had a chance to share their fears and disappointments too.

Anyone who has participated in the MAPPING sessions, I believe, would agree. After all, the one constant asset that has been lauded in our meetings is that Lanark is blessed with great people, kind people, hard-working people. People like this deserve truth, transparency and hope. All people do.

Gross misinformation and vitriol does not move us forward. It does not lift people up; rather, it tears people down. This town and the people who live and work here deserve better.

I would hope those who say they want only the best for Lanark and its residents would agree.

Respectfully, Lara Tallman Lanark Alderman, Ward 2

Time to Stop the Legislator-to-Lobbyist Revolving Door From Spinning in Illinois

By Darin LaHood President and CEO Illinois Chamber of Commerce Why does the State of Illinois not have a revolving door ban on legislators becoming lobbyists?

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great question that I have asked repeatedly during my three years in the State Senate. Since being sworn into office in 2011, I have introduced legislation that would change this practice.

My legislation would place a one-year â&#x20AC;&#x153;revolving doorâ&#x20AC;? ban on legislators who want to become lobbyists, and it would also prohibit legislators from negotiating lobbying contracts while they are still in office.

It is amazing to me that this practice, done by both Republican and Democratic legislators alike, is allowed to occur. Passing this legislation would seem like a â&#x20AC;&#x153;no-brainer,â&#x20AC;? particularly when you learn that 36 other states have similar laws banning the practice of legislators immediately becoming lobbyists. Moreover, at the federal level, there is a two-year ban on members of Congress becoming lobbyists.

So why not in Illinois? The simple answer is that the ruling majority in the Senate will not allow the bill to be voted on by the full Senate.

The lack of a â&#x20AC;&#x153;revolving doorâ&#x20AC;? ban in place is just another knock against the state of Illinois and helps contribute to the perpetual stigma that we have a corrupt system. My bill, Senate Bill 2263,

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tax hike plan.

- Anyone with taxable income above $22,000 will see their overall state tax bill increase. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tax-hikers are trying to fool Illinoisans into supporting another tax increase by calling their pitch a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;tax on the rich,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; but the reality is middle- and working-class Illinoisans would be hit hard by this proposal,â&#x20AC;? said Kristina Rasmussen, executive vice president of Illinois Policy Institute. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The progressive tax is a wolf in sheepâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clothing â&#x20AC;&#x201C; just

Anyone with at least $22,000 in taxable income would see their total tax bill increase under a progressive tax hike proposal released today by state Sen. Don Harmon (D-Oak Park).

The plan released today by Sen. Harmon at a Statehouse press conference is being billed as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;tax on the rich,â&#x20AC;? but that is not true. Under Harmonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plan: - The typical Illinois family with an income of $70,144 will see a tax increase of $484 under Harmonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s politicians.â&#x20AC;?

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The fire near Thomson that burned hundreds of acres of wildlife preserve should be a lesson to them.

Another 15 or 20 mph wind, and Thomson would have been nothing but ashes and a jail in the middle of nowhere. People would have lost everything and had no place to live.

I never heard if they found out how it started, but they should have strips across every 100 feet or so to

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Harmonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposal is the latest in a series of plans to raise taxes on middle- and working-class Illinoisans by changing the way Illinois collects taxes. Currently, all Illinoisans pay the same rate: 5 percent. According to state law, Illinoisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; personal income tax rate will lower to 3.75 percent in January 2015. That means 100 percent of Illinoisans will see tax relief in 2015.

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is common-sense legislation that would deter lawmakers from using their tenures in office as a means to fatten their wallets when they leave. If brought to a vote on the Senate floor, I believe this legislation would pass overwhelmingly.

What could possibly be the arguments against it?

This session, I am very pleased that my Democratic colleague Senator Heather Steans of Chicago has signed on as the chief cosponsor of SB 2263.

Senator Steans and I look forward to working together to pass this legislation. Beyond sponsoring the bill, Senator Steans and I have also recently written a letter to the Senate Assignments Committee asking that SB 2263 be released and eventually brought to the Senate floor for a vote.

How can anyone find fault with this proposed legislation when 36 other states and the federal government have the ban in place and numerous editorial boards and almost every goodgovernment group in the State has recommend and supported a â&#x20AC;&#x153;revolving doorâ&#x20AC;? prohibition as a means to help deter corrupt practices and clean up Illinois politics.

My goal and hope for this spring legislative session is that we can finally answer the question as to why Illinois is one of the only states in our country without this law on the books. Our State and its taxpayers deserve it.

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Reeder Report Back in the bad old days, Rod Blagojevich won the governorship on a platform of â&#x20AC;&#x153;reform and renewal.â&#x20AC;?

Of course, we saw very little true reform during that corrupt administration.

Now we have politicians talking about â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chicago Pension Reform.â&#x20AC;?

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m left scratching my head and wondering: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the reform?â&#x20AC;?

Oh sure, the cost of living

By Scott Reeder, Veteran Statehouse Reporter and Journalist in Residence, Illinois Policy Institute sreeder@illinoispolicy.org

adjustments get tweaked a bit under Mayor Rahm Emanuelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plan. But other than that, the bulk of his proposal is to simply have Chicago property owners and workers pay more toward pensions.

And that ainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t reform.

In fact, the proposal calls for raising property taxes within Chicago by more than $750 million over five years.

That should give anyone pause,

unless you happen to be House Speaker Mike Madigan or Senate President John Cullerton, who both have law practices dedicated to appealing property tax assessments.

The more they save a client, the more they earn.

The higher the tax rate, the more money that will come pouring into their pockets.

Madigan told reporters last month that he personally has netted

A week after Governor Quinnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most recent withdrawal of appointees, State Senators Tim Bivins (at podium), (back row, from left to right) Dale Righter of Mattoon, Kyle McCarter of Lebanon, and Darin LaHood of Dunalp on April 3 called on the Governor and Senate Majority leaders to answer questions about their political gamesmanship in selecting state agency directors.

Sen. Bivins: Quinn uses Loophole to avoid Senate Scrutiny of Appointees Sen. Bivins: Quinn uses Loophole to avoid Senate Scrutiny of Appointees Gov. Pat Quinn is using a legal loophole to avoid Senate scrutiny of two state agency directors who are up for reappointment but face tough questions from lawmakers about issues at their agencies, according to State Sen. Tim Bivins (R-Dixon). â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Governor has 60 legislative session days to make his appointments. That deadline for two of his agency directors would have been April 4, but Quinn withdrew their names from nomination on March 27,â&#x20AC;? Bivins said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He then resubmitted their names on March 28, thereby restarting the 60-day period again, which in effect gives them another year before they have to face Senate scrutiny.â&#x20AC;?

As Republican Spokesman

for the Senate Executive Appointments Committee, Bivins said his concerns are not about the particular appointees, but more about the integrity of the executive appointment process.

The 45th District Senator is filing an amendment to his Senate Bill 2683 that will close this loophole by prevent the 60 legislative session days â&#x20AC;&#x153;clockâ&#x20AC;? from restarting by simply withdrawing an appointee and reappointing them.

All gubernatorial appointments have to be submitted to the Senate Executive Appointments Committee, which then sends its recommendations to the full Senate for approval.

The two directors up for reappointment are Julie Hamos, Director of the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, and Manuel Flores, Secretary of the

Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

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In mid 2011, Illinois taxes went up by 67 percent. That means only a portion of the real tax burden from 2011 was included in the report.

Liz Malm, who co-authored the study, says the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s income tax increases will be shown in next yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s data and will likely reflect the policy change.

State Rep. Ron Sandack, R-Downers Grove, believes Illinoisans are recognizing their higher tax burden. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think that people in Illinois think that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re taxed too high, and I also think that they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get appropriate value for the taxes they pay and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s frustrating. It frustrates me and I think it frustrates citizens too.â&#x20AC;?

State Rep. Patty Bellock, R-Westmont, says overall tax burden is the No. 1 issue Illinoisans must look at. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My philosophy is that you cannot tax and spend your way to prosperity,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why the state of Illinois has suffered so, especially is the last couple of years since they put the income tax in place, because we have so many high taxes in other ways.â&#x20AC;?

But even with only half of the yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s full information playing out in the data, Malm says Illinois is at the high end of the tax spectrum at No. 13. The question becomes: where does Illinois really fall?

Sandack says Illinoisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top placement is all that matters. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To me, being the 13th highest tax state or the 11th or the 15th is a distinction that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter because in the end, the conclusion is the same: weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a high-tax state.â&#x20AC;?

It seems Illinoisans will have to wait another year before they see how much of an effect the â&#x20AC;&#x153;temporaryâ&#x20AC;? income tax really had on its residents. In the meantime, the Tax Man will keep coming.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Keep in mind that on the day before the primary election, a meeting of the Executive Appointments Committee was called because of concerns about the pending deadline; however, neither Secretary Flores nor Director Hamos were on the list of name to be appointed,â&#x20AC;? Bivins said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But suddenly, the Governor circumvents the process and pulls a Friday stunt like this.â&#x20AC;?

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Not bad for a fellow with two part-time jobs.

The Legislature is expected to vote on the pension reform plan quite soon and both Cullerton and Madigan are among the billâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strongest supporters.

But what is most disturbing about the measure is that it will likely heighten Chicagoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economic decline.

Some Chicago taxpayers will likely move to the suburbs or into neighboring Lake County, Ind., to avoid paying the higher property taxes.

As the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s property tax base erodes in this manner, even the higher tax rates will not be sufficient to keep the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pension funds solvent.

A far better solution, would be to follow the lead of private business and begin the process of converting pensions into defined contribution plans similar to 401(k)s.

Until we fundamentally reform how local and state government handle retirement benefits, taxpayers will be left throwing good money after bad.

Illinois, a Taxing Experience Illinois reigns as the 13th highest in annual state and local tax burden across the country.

But could Illinois actually rank higher?

This week, the Washingtonbased Tax Foundation released the Annual State-Local Tax Burden Ranking report for 2011. The study contains the most recent data provided by the Census Government Finance Division, which aggregates state and local tax information. The information is a year behind on the state level and two years behind at local levels.

Although ranking high among the most tax burdened states, the story might be even worse for the

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Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a Start: Federal Bureau of Prisons Plans to Hire 15 Workers Trager observed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Reading the job about $25 million for upgrades and available for the next phase of descriptions and salaries, it seems renovations and about $170 million investment in the economic future these positions are managerial or THOMSON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Fifteen down, 985 supervisory, so perhaps these will Federal Bureau of Prisons of Northern Illinois.â&#x20AC;? to go. The federal Bureau of Prisons In November 2013, the Direcbe the people who determine what Director Charles Samuels has said (BoP) announced April 3 that is Thomson is needed to reduce over- tor of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, began the hiring process for the Charles Samua â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;shake-down Thomson Correctional Center in els, reiterated crew.â&#x20AC;?

Upstate Illinois. his intention to â&#x20AC;&#x153;CommuFifteen positions have been fully activate the nities across posted on USAJobs.gov, the fedThomson facilour region of eral government jobs website. The ity. Citing the Illinois have positions include a budget and challenges due spent over a to overcrowding decade thirstist and correctional supervisors, at high-security ing for this with salary ranges of $49,520 to Bureau of Prisgreat news,â&#x20AC;? $107,434 a year. ons facilities Bustos said.

The BoP has allocated nearly that ultimately â&#x20AC;&#x153;The opening $54 million to begin reopening the put staff, of Thomson maximum-security penitentiary. inmates and prison will not Approximately $10 million will be communities at only alleviate used to renovate the facility, which risk, Samuels overcrowding was a state prison that never opened of our [federal] The Thomson Federal Penitentiary awaits a spending plan and said the agency for 12 years because of political prison system, renovations that are not yet approved by Congress. (Prairie desperately tugs-of-war. The additional $43.7 needs the beds but it will create at Thomson to over a thousand equipment. local jobs and be an economic shot crowding at high-security federal alleviate the problem.

Congress still hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t approved In July 2013, the Senate Approin the arm to a region that continues prisons. the agencyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spending plan and to struggle with high unemploySenator Durbin (D-IL), after priations Committee, of which renovations, But in March, U.S. ment.â&#x20AC;? learning that the Department of Durbin is a member, approved Senator Dick Durbin and U.S. ConIllinois built Thomson prison Justiceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bureau of Prisons has funding for the activation of the gresswoman Cheri Bustos (IL-17) in 2001, but budget troubles kept it Thomson correctional facility at announced that the Department of from fully opening. Its 1,600 cells Thomson prison, said he was â&#x20AC;&#x153;glad the level that was requested by Justiceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bureau of Prisons was housed fewer than 200 inmates to see that the Bureau of Prisonsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; President Obama in his Fiscal Year committing $53.7 million in fund- before it was closed in preparation operations in Thomson, Illinois 2014 budget proposal which was ing to the activation of Thomson for a sale. The last inmates were are getting underway so soon after delivered to Congress last April.

Correctional Center. The fund- moved out in 2010.

Congress appropriated funding for The Presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plan included ing was approved by Congress in The federal government bought the project,â&#x20AC;? said Durbin. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I will $166.3 million to begin the activaJanuary as part of the Omnibus it for $165 million in 2012. continue working with Congress- tion of Thomson prison and two Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year When the prison opens as a fed- woman Bustos to ensure that the other prisons, acquire 1,000 private 2014. eral facility, it is expected to employ Obama Administration remains contract beds and to expand a proCarroll County and northwest about 1,000 people and have an committed and that funding is gram to reduce recidivism rates. The Illinois residents are still hoping economic impact on Whiteside, for the best. Vicky Trager, Village Lee and Ogle counties. of Thomson President, said she has It is expected to take two contacted Congresswoman Bustosâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; years before the prison is fully operational. The project will cost the progress in Congress of the Bureauâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spending plan, but has yet to receive a reply. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone I have spoken to BUILDERS REMODELERS recently with the Bureau is optimistic, and eager to get to work,â&#x20AC;?

Garages Trager said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We keep an eye on the Houses USAjobs.gov website and spotted Decks the new postings early last week.

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federal governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s operation of Thomson is expected to provide a major boost to the local economy and create more than 1,100 jobs.

On October 2, 2012, Durbin and Illinois Governor Pat Quinn announced that the federal government had purchased Thomson Correctional Center for use as a maximum-security federal prison to alleviate overcrowding in the federal prison system. The federal governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s operation of Thomson is expected to provide a major boost to the local economy and create more than 1,100 jobs. Annual operation of the facility is expected to generate more than $122 million in operating expenditures (including salaries), $19 million in labor income, and $61 million in local business sales.

The Thomson facility was built in 2001 by the State of Illinois as a state-of-the-art, maximum-security prison to house the most serious criminal offenders. The bulk of the facility was never occupied, however, and is sitting vacant. The facility was constructed on a 146acre piece of land and has 1,600 beds with eight compartmentalized units designed for maximum inmate supervision and control. The facility is enclosed by a 12-foot exterior fence and 15-foot interior fence, which includes a dual sided electric stun fence.

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By LYNNETTE FORTH For The Prairie Advocate News employee, Jill Wood.

Mayor John Huggins noted LANARK â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The City of Lanark rates just yet, but the issue will be placed on the agenda for the April 15 meeting. Alderman Ed Fehlhafer and city attorney Ed Mitchell both submitted drafts of the ordinance in question to fellow aldermen to review at the April 1 council meeting.

Alderman Ken Weaver, who has been absent from the last several meetings, expressed his disagreement to Fehlhafer on the idea of increasing rates within the city.

Aldermen approved minutes from the March 18th regular meeting, following a correction. and City Treasurer Carol Kruzek reported to the council that she had included a copy of the March deposit register to aldermen, hoping to clear up any questions on income.

Kruzek will continue to include such a copy for each month to aldermen.

Dan Pepin with Community Funding and Planning attended the meeting, reporting that the $50,000 grant will be submitted soon, which will (hopefully) be used for the Blair Parkway Sanitary Sewer Project.

Pepin also spoke on the CDAP grant that had been submitted and rejected last February, and will be resubmitted with a June 2nd deadline. Changes to the program have been made, with the poverty category being removed, which Pepin advised â&#x20AC;&#x153;actually gives you guys a better chance.â&#x20AC;? This grant is intended for the East lift sta-

residential) is due to expire in May, so bid comparisons were reviewed.

The City utilizes Constellation presently, and Alderman Anne Lindsay will take place on Thursday, April noted, â&#x20AC;&#x153;It makes sense to lock in 10th at 5:30, offering that Pepin and the amount at three years.â&#x20AC;? It was Wood are welcome to attend. approved to secure a rate of .05764 Attorney Ed Mitchell reported on the status of blighted buildings, noting that the First State Bank of Shannon once again has possession of the Allman property.

J o h n A l l m a n â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bankruptcy has been completed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Right now the bank doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to take any action.â&#x20AC;?

Mayor John Huggins reported to the council that Northern Illinois Services are planning to begin Crooked Roof on Friday, April 4, 2014. (L to demolition on the Broad Street properties, weather permitting. (See this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s photo feature on the demolition process A report of the Public Works from April 2 to 4). department was heard, beginning Members of the Lanark Com- with Mayor Huggins noting that munity Club requested a liquor an EPA evaluation letter had been license for Old Settlers Days, which received, basically mentioning a alderman approved, with the fee few issues that they would like for being waived. Fehlhafer suggested the city to address. Dealing with donating $3,500 to the Club, as has been done in the past. Aldermen concern. A letter will be sent back approved the donation. to the EPA informing them that the Continuing with the agenda, recommendations will be dealt with. the electrical supply contract (non Joe Hammer Jr. of Shannon

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The Crooked Roofâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Opens Its Doors for a New Beginning in Lanark

By TOM KOCAL TKocal@saukvalley.com LANARK â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jill Luning and her partner, Nino Novakovic, closed the doors on their Mount Carroll bar and grill in order to start anew in their own building in Lanark. The partners purchased the former Macâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tap building on East Carroll Street late last year, and have been working on the renovations since January. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We gutted the whole thing,â&#x20AC;?

Nino said among the din of happy customers Friday afternoon. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is new wiring throughout. The sound booth wiring for the stage is all above the ceiling for a clean, organized look.â&#x20AC;?

Nino said when they climbed into the rafters supporting the now-famous â&#x20AC;&#x153;crooked roof,â&#x20AC;? they discovered several charred beams

beam, and we did what we could to try to straighten it out. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how our establishment got its name!â&#x20AC;?

Nino was grateful for all the help he and Jill received during the renovations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Larry Boetcher and I did the woodworking, and several others, including Ed Leipus, Dave Cuckler, Mikey Todd, and Char Behrens and her husband, Steve, helped with all the materials, including the pine car siding, locally from FS Carroll Service Building Center. They were great. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Larry (Boetcher) is also the act to perform when we opened Charlieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in Mount Carroll. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m very

perform here tonight.â&#x20AC;?

Denise Smith, a former was already supported with a steel employee of Ninoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at Charlieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s,

said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I walked in, I was amazed at how beautiful it looked.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a comfy atmosphere, and very cozy.â&#x20AC;?

Customer Karen Reed agreed, having frequented the former Macâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s restaurant. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done an awesome job. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s amazing what you can do with an old building. Lanark needs a place like this.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We will bring live music to Lanark, just like we did in Mount Carroll,â&#x20AC;? Nino said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want it to be a fun atmosphere for all ages.â&#x20AC;?

Jill and Nino also have plans to build a deck on the east side of the building, â&#x20AC;&#x153;so customers can enjoy their meal and music on a nice summer evening.â&#x20AC;?

Currently, The Crooked Roof will be open from 4 p.m. to midnight, Tuesday through Saturday, and later on the weekend. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Next month, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll start serving lunch.â&#x20AC;?

has requested the purchase of water from the City of Lanark. He recently ming pools. Macomber suggested that the City set it up so that Hammer can get the water when he needs it.

Council asked for time to gather

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more information from Hammer before making a decision. The issue will be put onto the next agenda.

Approval was given for the Treasurerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s report dated from April 1st 2012-March 31st 2013. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is the one we publish in the paper,â&#x20AC;?

Clerk Hawbecker added.

Aldermen voted to approve Accounting, pending the Mayors review.

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The former operators of Charlieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2 in Mount Carroll spoke to council members informing them of the progress at their new establishment in Lanark. Formerly Macâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fine Food and Spirits, the new establishment is called The Crooked Roof. The pair has scheduled the opening for April 4th at 4:00.

A question on the ordinance for alcohol was questioned by the couple, informing the council that the ordinance states that no one under the age of 18 is to be allowed in the establishment without a parent. Discussion about teenagers being allowed to sit and eat pizza, as long as they are not at the bar, took place, with Mayor Huggins assuring the owners that the verbiage of the ordinance will be reviewed, and that he will also speak with Police Chief Matt Magill. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thank you for bringing that to our attention,â&#x20AC;? Huggins added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Any changes that need to be made, will be done.â&#x20AC;?

Fehlhafer told the couple that he had a walk through of the new business, and it looked great. Aldermen noted that they were looking forward to the opening.

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Facts Over Fiction: Sponsor of Bill to make Raw Milk Illegal in Illinois pulls his Support

By Tom Kocal TKocal@saukvalley.com LANARK — The effort to restrict the sale and production of Raw Milk by the State of Illinois has come to a screeching halt - for now.

Last week, The Prairie Advocate reported that the Illinois Department of Public Health’s (IDPH) efforts to regulate and restrict the ability of small raw milk dairy farmers to produce and market their product was supported by IL Representative Daniel Burke (D-23, Chicago) when he introduced HB 4036 Amendment #1 on March 26. The chain of events in the past two weeks surrounding this legislation follows.

Follow up Donna O’Shaughnessy, on her “Mid Life Farm Wife” blog spot, reported that after several attempts to address “facts” compiled by the Northern Illinois Public Health Consortium, Inc. in Chicago (NIPHC), the organization who supplied the fact sheet in support of HB 4036 HA1 to Rep. Burke, Chrissy Carlson, returned her calls.

“She was very polite and I feel spent a good amount of time hearing my concerns,” said O’Shaughnessy.

“I was in fact very happy about this return call since, between my husband and I, had contacted 8 separate public health departments in our state and had been told repeatedly that THEY had been told to tell us they had ‘No Comment.’”

O’Shaughnessy said the Fact Sheet contained 12 bullet points and just 8 references. Of the 8 references, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) was listed 4 times. Here are the highlights of her chat.

DO: I’m very concerned about this fact sheet since so much of the in any way to Illinois. Where did this fact sheet originate?

Carlson: “One of our MD members completed the fact sheet.”

DO: Can you tell me why you are concerned about the incidence of raw milk illness? Have you had any raw milk related illnesses reported in the area you serve?

Carlson: “I’m not sure because it’s not a reportable disease.”

DO: So you are not aware of any raw milk related illnesses in the 9 county area you serve?

Carlson: “No, I am not.”

DO: Are you aware of the number of raw milk drinkers in the area you serve?

Carlson: “No.” DO: You might be interested in knowing that on our small 11 cow dairy farm we sell raw milk to over 100 customers each month, on average over 400 gallons, and in the 20 years we have been doing so, we have not yet received one complaint of illness via a public health-lodged complaint or direct from a consumer.

We understand that raw milk illnesses can occur, but statistically speaking when compared to the very huge number of folks who are consuming raw milk, the risk in my opinion, is minuscule. Please help me understand, if you are not seeing any raw milk related illnesses in your area, can you tell me about food borne illnesses that are being reported? Perhaps the 3 major food borne related illnesses that have been reported this last year?

Carlson: “No, I’m sorry I don’t know that.”

DO: Then please help me understand why you feel raw milk should be made illegal in Illinois in light of the fact that you are not seeing any increased reports, or indeed any reports of raw milk related illnesses.

Carlson: “We rely on the CDC (Center for Disease Control) for all our facts. The CDC is the most credible source of information, not a single dairy farmer.”

DO: Have you or any of your staff ever heard of the Westin A Price Foundation or looked into the numerous research studies being done in Europe about raw milk?

Carlson: “No, we haven’t.”

“I gave her other resources and encouraged her to broaden her research base, and to avoid repeating old statistics that have been circulating for years,” said O’Shaughnessy. “I statistics on raw milk illnesses in her area in the last 10 years and then compare them in incidence to the top three food-borne related illnesses in

was made illegal in Illinois. co-op’s who paid low, unfair prices “I told her of the hundreds of set up for big dairy, not small, and small raw milk farmers who might how IDPH ignored us four years ago when we went direct with our milk sales, but they refused to inspect us our farm. I also shared my fear that so we could keep our Grade A license. if made illegal, folks who have no business caring for cows will buy have good decent direct consumers a few just to be able to sell illegal who are willing to pay a FAIR price raw milk for $40 a gallon, and that for an excellent product.” with this practice, raw milk-related O’Shaughnessy was pleased illnesses will SOAR. with the conversation. “(Carlson) Carslon responded, asking “Why never lost her cool with me, she can’t you just sell to the milk com- listened to what I had to say and panies like everyone else?” she never cut me off. I hope that our O’Shaughnessy explained that conversation shed some light on a situation she obviously was not well versed in. I was, however, very disappointed that she could not even tell me the incidences of raw milk-related illnesses in the counties she serves.”

Action pays off Vicki McConnell from Dixon, a

Wes King of Illinois Stewardship Alliance (www.ilstewards. org), a group that promotes local food and farms, joins Illinois Representative Dan Burke (D-93rd), with a glass of raw milk.

(Photo supplied by ISA) that same region.

“I also asked her is she had ever visited a raw milk farm? She said no, so I invited her to visit ours. She did not suggest a date, but the offer, Ms. Carlson, remains open.”

O’Shaughnessy asked Carlson if she was aware of what would happen to small farmers and raw milk sales in general if raw milk production

small no organic milk company will bother with them. She told Carlson how “it costs far more to produce high quality milk than any milk company would ever pay us enough to do, how we lost money for years selling to

with the Weston A Price Foundation (www.westonaprice.org), Leonard Sheaffer, a raw milk producer from Dixon, O’Shaughnessy, and many other producers and consumers, urged Illinois citizens to take a survey on raw milk in Illinois. Results were shared with those at the IDPH still trying to pass this restrictive law.

(Take the survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ILRAWMILK) “I am still getting emails and phone calls from individuals . . . who are saying that Representative Burke was totally inundated with calls, letters, and emails from concerned citizens, as well as numerous Republican representatives who were hearing from THEIR irate constituents, and therefore, Burke will not be pursuing Amendment #1 to HB 4036,” O’Shaunessy stated.

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Raw Milk continued . . . it was for him last week to get ALL those hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of phone calls, emails, and letters when he probably just assumed that The Northern Illinois Public Health Consortium had all the facts, which they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t,â&#x20AC;?

Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Shaughnessy said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I also want to say how much I respect him for listening to those who contacted him, for educating himself further about raw milk and for being brave enough to admit he had been misinformed.â&#x20AC;?

Sheaffer shared an email he received. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just talked to Jenny She said the bill is basically dead.

When Rep. Burke heard all the he was not going to pursue it. She said each rep has 4 bills that they can move forward, and this is not one of them. It is in second reading and it will die there. She said that hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been able to drink milk in because of all the calls. She found some raw milk over the weekend and was so excited because she was able to drink it without ill effects.

Our voices were heard.â&#x20AC;?

McConnell received correspondence from Rep. Robyn Gabel

raw milk. I understand your views ing raw milk. There will not be a ban on raw milk and I support your access to it.â&#x20AC;?

But, Gabel added that the sponsor is leading negotiations between the public health departments and the Illinois Farm Bureau about a possible compromise. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If a compromise can not be reached, there will be no changes to the current law.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Only time will tell,â&#x20AC;?

Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Shaughnessy concluded.

Free to choose The action of two Chicago-area representatives who took the time to learn the facts before voting on this restrictive legislation has drawn more state-wide attention to the Raw

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In a column by Scott Reeder, the veteran statehouse reporter and journalist in residence at the Illinois Policy Institute, he related how his Grandmother enjoyed the product. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My Grandma liked her milk just like her orange juice â&#x20AC;&#x201C; freshly squeezed,â&#x20AC;? said Reeder in his report last week. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To hear her talk, raw milk was wonderful. And her view is now shared by many of todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s urban â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;foodiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; who believe raw milk tastes better, is richer in nutrients and can help prevent certain diseases.â&#x20AC;?

He also stated that, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sorry, I think raw milk is just plain gross.

You see, raw milk doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t look much like store-bought milk. It sometimes can have a bit of a yellow cast to it and fat globules rise to the top making the milk, well, lumpy. But grandmaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ice cream was divine â&#x20AC;&#x201C; better than anything I ever had before or since.â&#x20AC;?

Reeder hit on the real issue at hand. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Weston A Price Foundaraw milk), believes that raw milk, which can be sold legally in about half the states, helps boost peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s immune system and makes them less likely to develop asthma and allergies. But public health advocates say contaminated raw milk can make people sick and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why it should be outlawed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This of course raises the question of the role of government in our society.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are risks to eating any type of food â&#x20AC;&#x201C; including raw milk,â&#x20AC;? stated Kimberly Hartke, spokeswoman for the Weston Price Foundation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But we are not seeking to have it sold at every supermarket. We want it sold at health food stores and at farms to discerning, informed consumers.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t drink alcohol or smoke cigarettes, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m certainly no prohibitionist,â&#x20AC;? Reeder said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I believe folks should be able to make wise â&#x20AC;&#x201C; or unwise â&#x20AC;&#x201C; informed decisions for themselves. The same goes for a product such as raw milk. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s certainly not my cup of cream. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go through life covered in bubble wrap. Government canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always decide what it thinks is best for us. We ought to be free to choose.â&#x20AC;?

Spirits Run High at Lanark MAPPING night, the Heritage Center in Lanark barely contained the enthusiasm of 35-plus MAPPING participants committed to positive change for residents and businesses alike.

The group has been meeting for four weeks and next week will wrap up the initial MAPPING sessions and launch â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;goal groupsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; into action.

Areas being addressed are downtown revitalization, business development and attraction, and recognition of Lanarkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s agricultural roots through a variety of exciting events for all ages.

In this last session, program facilitators, Gisele Hamm and Linda Lee Blaine, challenged the group to vote on the myriad of projects brainstormed in a previous session.

Through the wonders of electronic voting, attendees were allowed to see immediately the level of interest the group had in nearly 40 individual projects.

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Savanna Museum and Cultural Center welcomes The Zahina Sisters After 50 years, The Zahina Sisters will be performing and singing with the Barnstormers once again at a Free Dance on Saturday, April 26 from 2:00 pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 5:00 p.m.

Larry Busch of Cuba City, WI will lead the band in place of the girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; deceased father, Clarence.

The festivities will take place at the Savanna Museum and Cultural Center, 406 Main Street, Savanna, IL. The new Barnstormers will WI, Michael S. Dunavant of New York City, and local talent Andy Nielsen, Jeff Kromer and Cindy Trent of Mount Carroll, IL. From 1945 to 1948, Clarence Zahina and His Barnstormers were featured on a weekly radio show on Sunday afternoons over KDTH in Dubuque, at which time Clarence began featuring his three small daughters, Mary Jane, Darlene, and Jannan on holidays and other special occasions. They

wore during performances. They were a popular territorial band that played in venues across Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin, including several summers at the Tommy Bartlett Ski Show in the Wisconsin Dells where many more stars such as the Lennon Sisters joined them at the waterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s edge before crowds that numbered in the thousands.

The Savanna Museum and Cultural Center is a historical 3-story building which contains artifacts telling the story of this Mississippi River Community.

The Museum opened in 2011. One of the spotlights of the project is Gene Wrightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gallery of more than 100 Civil War Soldiers.

The museum also exhibits Gary â&#x20AC;&#x153;Scottâ&#x20AC;? Lawâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wayne King Big Band collection along with history of other area bands. Wayne King was a native son of Savanna and is a unique part of Savannaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at ages 5, 7 and 8. Through the history. There is a ballroom on the years, the girls studied piano, violin, voice, and played other dances, meetings, and other social musical instruments as well. events. The building is handiDuring the 1950â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, the girls capped accessible and includes a joined their dadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s band. The band new elevator installed this winter. was featured weekly on WISC-TV There has been a wide out of Madison, WI, and it was a huge success. It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t long variety of entertainment and travbefore they were picked up by eling exhibits since the Museum two more TV stations: WMT out opened. Last November 2, Lyle of Cedar Rapids and KWWL out Beaver & The Brass Notes of of Waterloo. They were playing Iowa City played a Veterans nearly every night and backing Day dance. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be back on up visiting delegations of young Saturday, November 1, 2014.

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Music & Magic returns to Savanna Theater goers will have the unique opportunity to be entertained by magician Tom Burgoon when Music and Magic in Savanna returns the weekend of May 2nd, 3rd and 4th.

Brought back by popular demand, magician Tom Burgoon has wowed and impressed audiences coast to coast, both on land and sea, with his comedy and magic routines. He has shared his style of entertainment with thousands of guests and considers it a privilege and honor to perform and entertain. He has worked with such great comedians as Robin Williams, Louie Anderson, Drew Carey, Sinbad and Sam Kinison. He was invited to perform for President George W. Bush at the Inaugural Ball in Washington D.C. Tomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unparalleled one-of-a-kind-show has made him one of the most â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;in demandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; performers across the country. When he performed in Savanna, he used a roll of tissue as part of his act, and had audiences howling with laughter.

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The weekend of music and magic will also feature 4 other acts, including magician Joel Ward, singers Michael S. Dunavant and Talia Aull, and magician David Casas. And, an entertainer from â&#x20AC;&#x153;Old Russiaâ&#x20AC;? just might once again appear with his signature original levitation act.

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Tom Burgoon the Savanna Museum and Cultural Center. Located at 800 Chicago Avenue at the Alan and Adrianne St. George Center for the Arts, curtain time for the shows is 7:30 pm Friday and Saturday, 2:30 pm Sunday with doors opening one half hour before show time. Free popcorn and beverages will be offered at intermission.

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Stingleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Art displayed in Waldorf College Art Gallery Waldorf College students, including Ashleigh Stingley of Savanna, will display their projects in the Art Gallery from April 7- April 25 as part of the Spring Student Art Show. A reception will be held on April 16 at 5:30 p.m., where students will be present to discuss their artwork.

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Among the assembled in attendance were Thomson Village President Vicky Trager, Thomson Village Board member Dr. Art Donart, and Savanna City Council members Bill Sweeney, Gary Scott Law, and Bill Robinson, along with West Carroll Board members Mike Highland and Beverly Kilpatrick, and Jessica Edwards, West Carroll District Superintendent Craig Mathers, and members of the media.

Elizabeth Village Board President Mike Dittmar and Village of Warren Board President Wayne Raishow TIFs had been positive developments for their towns.

Orr opened the meeting by noting in response to questions that there were â&#x20AC;&#x153;no open meeting issuesâ&#x20AC;? present at this occasion, as no business was being discussed among and that they were simply asking questions.

Pepin then addressed how TIFs tie into economic development and the various tools communities have available to them in their â&#x20AC;&#x153;toolboxes.â&#x20AC;?

She said the meeting was occasioned largely by the expected opening of the Thomson prison and the presumption that Thomson and the surrounding communities would be seeing both residential and commercial developments.

She added that other areas have incentives in place to attract such developments and that it might be wise to consider this when moving forward in anticipation of the prison. â&#x20AC;&#x153;TIFâ&#x20AC;? and what it does. â&#x20AC;&#x153;TIFâ&#x20AC;? stands for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tax Increment Financing,â&#x20AC;? and is the most widely used economic tool

available to municipalities. This tool was brought into existence during the passage of the Tax Increment Allocation redevelopment Act and it allows a municipality to â&#x20AC;&#x153;receive incremental real estate taxes generated by an increase of the assessed value of property within a designated area for the purpose of payment of redevelopment project costs.â&#x20AC;?

This type of assistance has been shown to be an economic stimulant, Pepin reported to the crowd. The documentation provided by Pepin further explained which areas meet the criteria for application of the TIF Act, and they are as follows: a â&#x20AC;&#x153;blightedâ&#x20AC;? area, a â&#x20AC;&#x153;conservationâ&#x20AC;? area, or an â&#x20AC;&#x153;industrial park conservaOther economic tools available to communities are the Special Service Area, which authorizes the levy of a tax to pay for the special (governmental) services or to pay the debt service of any obligation issued by the municipality to provide such services, and the Enterprise Zone, determined to be â&#x20AC;&#x153;economically disadvantaged and therefore eligible economic development.â&#x20AC;?

Pepin noted this is a great tool for businesses but does not provide a lot of funding to municipalities. Tax credits, building materials and sales tax exemptions are all some of the advantages provided to businesses with this tool, she added.

A Business Development district is yet another tool available to communities, which she said is similar to a ties, though it also has an increase in sales tax. The community under this law may impose an additional sales tax of up to one percent plus a hotel tax of up to one percent, but only if the proposed district is found to be â&#x20AC;&#x153;blighted.â&#x20AC;? The process of constructing this tool is quicker than it is for a TIF and the revenue return is quicker as well, Pepin said.

Pepin emphasized that many businesses will not choose to locate in a community unless some form of incentives are provided. Four of seven Carroll County communities have TIF districts, compared to six out of eight for Jo Daviess County.

She noted that Stockon has had a TIF

land that he said â&#x20AC;&#x153;should have been 12 business related projects which have returned a total of $160,000.00 to these businesses. They currently have an outstanding commitment of $341,000.00 and are receiving about $173,000.00 per year from their TIF district.

Elizabeth, she reported, has about eight projects going right now tion in 2007, has reimbursed about $30,000.00 to their local businesses and has about $150,000.00 in funds from the TIF. audience that a TIF takes the assessed value of property, calculates the increase in value due to improvements or the like, and returns the increase in dollars to the municipality.

She gave a brief history of the TIF tools, noting that 40 years ago there was no such thing but there was a lot of federal programs that served to perform roughly the same function.

Now, those programs were gone and TIF was the main economic tool for communities.

In terms of getting economic development to areas, Orr said that in her forty years of practice, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s learned that â&#x20AC;&#x153;the only thing Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve learned . . . is that doing nothing is wrong.â&#x20AC;?

She said there was a lengthy process to establish a TIF district, but this had advantages, in that everyone in the district was made well aware of it, the required plan allows the community to control the TIF. She presented the long list of steps required to institute the TIF, 16 in all, and explained each one.

Minimally, the entire TIF process will take six months, Orr reported.

Revenue from the TIF district does not begin for at least two years.

Pepin added that a typical TIF will last for twenty three years, and that downtown districts are often targeted in TIFs, because those buildings canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really be expanded and because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always a good idea to have downtown districts looking good.

TIFs can be used by a municipality to purchase and demolish blighted buildings, Pepin said in response to a question from Trager, as long as there are revenue funds from other TIF areas in town.

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Elizabeth Village Board Presi- annexed a long time ago.â&#x20AC;? with an enthusiastic and detailed presentation on how utilizing TIF had helped his town. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think my town is dying,â&#x20AC;?

Dittmar said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to do anything I can to stop that from happening, and the TIF district is our best solution. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With the TIF, maybe something will happen. If you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t (do anything), nothing will happen,â&#x20AC;?

Dittmar said. He added that the only thing that could happen to a townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tax base with a TIF is that it could go up, it could not shrink.

Dittmar said that the worst case scenario with a TIF is that it would be so successful that it would grow the municipality so much so as to affect

He noted that Dollar General and a grain company have both set up shop in Warren, as well as a gas company and Flynn Ready Mix, all annexed into the village, all in the TIF district. He said that Dollar General was going to be paid back about $350,000.00 over the next twenty years, as per their redevelopment deal with Warren. â&#x20AC;&#x153;TIF seems to spur annexation,â&#x20AC;?

Orr commented.

Pepin said this is where brainstorming enters in for a city, as

areas might be good sites of potential district, etc. But these taxing bodies could be helped if the overall affect development. of the revenue affected their needs, Dittmar said.

The president gave several examples of businesses in his town that were helped greatly by the infusion of TIF revenues. He exampled one business that spent $12,000.00 renovating a building and they were given a check for around $3,000.00 from TIF revenues to help in this endeavor. future boards, Dittmar said, the current board had elected to make ten year deals with businesses receiving TIF funds instead of 23 year deals, but that, he admitted, would probably change if a very large business decided to locate in town.

Dittmar explained that the town built a park, with the village using TIF funds to construct a $23,000.00 playground set.

Raisbeck gave a much briefer presentation regarding Warrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s experience with TIF districts, explaining that Warren was doing a TIF along with a lot of annexation of

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NORTHWEST ILLINOIS in ACTION and Whiteside counties in northwest Illinois. The public is invited to The Blackhawk Hills Regional comment on and suggest edits to Council has posted the draft 5-Year the document until April 29th, 2014, Regional Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy plan on their approved by the Blackhawk Hills website at www.blackhawkhills. Council, and the plan submitted to com. A hardcopy of the report may the Economic Development Adminalso be viewed upon request at the Blackhawk Hills Regional 102 East Route 30, Rock Falls, IL. Council services include community Blackhawk Hills serves Carroll, planning, development assistance, Jo Daviess, Lee, Ogle, Stephenson, natural resources conservation and protection support, and grant writing and administration. Questions about Blackhawk Hills may be directed to Theresa Wittenauer at 815-625-3854 or theresa.wittenauer@blackhawkhills.com.

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class, has earned 200 points in the AR program.

Sassy Stems in Savanna held their Ribbon Cutting while hosting the Savanna Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours on Tuesday, April 1, 2014. Chamber members, business On Thursday, May 1, the associates, guests, friends and family members with owner, Christie Rice helped in celebrating Spring Band Concert with the HCC 5 years in business and the recent relocation to her new location at 700 Main Street in Savanna.

Concert Band and the Youth Choir Learn what’s happening in YOUR community. Please contact the Savanna and area Chambers will perform their spring instrumental and vocal concert beginning Mackey and “Ye Banks and Braes performance is called “Jazz, A Swin- Trail Archery range located at 107 at 7:30 p.m. in the Fine Arts Theatre O’Bonnie Doon” by Percy Grainger. gin’ Celebration.” The Youth Choir E. Spring St., Freeport, IL. “This is in the Ferguson Fine Arts Center lo- The band will close the concert with is presenting different styles of jazz our 3rd Archery Club in the last year. cated on the Highland Campus.

“Stars and Stripes Forever,” by John music, with small groups as soloists.

Kids really enjoy working with Directed by Scott Stich, the Philip Sousa.

The concert is free and open to Highland Concert Band will play an Stich said a pivotal piece of the the public. the sport and honing their skills,” eclectic array of music, such as newer said Lori Tessendorf, 4-H Program pieces called “Steel,” by Randall of the Gordon Jacob, “Concerto for Stephenson 4-H to Coordinator. “We have boys and Standridge; “Night on Fire” by John Bassoon,” with guest artist Emily girls from every age and skill level Host Spring Archery Stich as the bassoon soloist. participating and they all comment Emily Stich, the bassoon solo- Club ist, is a student at Illinois Wesleyan The cost for the 8-week program The Stephenson County 4-H University and the 2013 IWU Wind program is hosting an Archery Club is $50 per person and 4-H memberEnsemble Concerto winner and the for all area youth ages 8-18 years ship is not required. Registrations are 2014 IWU Henry Charles Concerto old. being taken until April 18th by calling Funeral Home, Savanna. Burial will Aria winner.

The club will meet every take place in St. Peter’s Lutheran Also performing for the evening Wednesday starting April 23rd and concert is the Youth Choir, under continue for eight weeks with the 235-4125 or logging onto the website Cemetery, Savanna. the direction of Dagny Brandt. This last class on June 11th at the Indian Obituaries continued on pg. 22

Obituaries Evelyn J. Hartigan Evelyn J. Hartigan, age 70 of Sabula, Iowa, died on Tuesday, February 4, 2014 at Eagle Point Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Clinton, Iowa. Cremation Rites have been accorded. A memorial gathering will be held from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m., Saturday, April 5, 2014 at Law-Jones Funeral Home, Savanna. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, April 5, 2014 at the funeral home.

Sally Ann Wild Sally Ann Wild, age 72 of Hanover, Illinois, died Saturday, March 29, 2014 at her home surrounded by her family and friends.

A memorial gathering will be held will be held 11:00 a.m. Friday, April 4, 2014 the Jo Daviess County Housing Community Room, 218 Savanna Road, Hanover.

Leland Walter Nicol Leland “Lee” Walter Nicol, age 89, of Savanna, Illinois died Tuesday, April 1, 2014 at his home.

A funeral service will be held 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 5, 2014 at St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Savanna. A visitation will be held from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., Friday, April 4, 2014 at Law-Jones

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COMMERCIAL HIGH EFFICIENCY WATER HEATERS PROJECT - This project includes the removal and disposal of the existing 2 water heaters and the installation of 2 high efficient water heaters located in the mechanical room.

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All Contract documents are on file for review at the Housing Authority Office as of Friday, April 4, 2014.

Copies of the bid documents are available from the Carroll County Housing Authority, 525 Third Street, Savanna, Illinois. Please verify your intent to attend by calling the Housing Authority at (815) 273-7081 in advance of the pre-bid meeting.

The work is subject to the minimum Prevailing DOL County wages and benefits set forth in the contract documents and the contractor must ensure that all employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of race, color, sex or national origin. Materials furnished on this project shall be of domestic origin and/or manufacture where possible.

The Carroll County Housing Authority reserves the right to withhold bid documents to unqualified bidders and to reject bids or waive technicalities in the bidding.

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Maple Lane Projects RESIDENTIAL HIGH EFFICIENCY FURNACES AND ECMS PROJECT - This project includes the removal and disposal of the existing 17 furnaces and the installation of 17 high efficiency furnaces for each elderly/disabled public housing unit and community room. This bid includes the installation of 17 programmable thermostats. All equipment measures must follow energy efficiency requirements outlined by the Consortium for Energy Efficiency. This information will be provided in the Bid Packet.

RESIDENTIAL HIGH EFFICIENCY WATER HEATERS - This project includes the removal and disposal of the existing 17 water heaters and the installation of 17 high efficiency water heaters for each elderly/disabled public housing unit and community room. All equipment measures must follow energy efficiency requirements outlined by the Consortium for Energy Efficiency. This information will be provided in the Bid Packet.

PRE-BID MEETING AT 11:00 A.M. ON THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2014 AT THE MAPLE LANE COMMUNITY ROOM, 2101 WACKER ROAD, SAVANNA, IL. ALL WORK MUST BE COMPLETED BY MAY 30, 2014.

All Contract documents are on file for review at the Housing Authority Office as of Friday, April 4, 2014.

Copies of the bid documents are available from the Carroll County Housing Authority, 525 Third Street, Savanna, Illinois. Please verify your intent to attend by calling the Housing Authority at (815) 273-7081 in advance of the pre-bid meeting.

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By Chastity Welch Carroll County Manager The new candles are here! We are short in the number of scents but will be getting more as we move forward. So far we have only two sizes with a third on order. We have Lilac Mist, Apples & Spice, Citrus Sage, Cinnamon Hazelnut Latte, Spiced Orange & Cinnamon, Lemon Icebox Cookies, Pineapple Vanilla Sugar, and Summer Rain.

Sizes are 12 ounce and 24 ounce glass jars. The 12 ounce are $12 and the 24 ounce are $16. Stop in today to smell them and let us know what you think!

We are sponsoring a atrip to St. Louis with our neighboring Farm Bureaus and Tri-State Travel July 20-23. Day 1 will start with the trek down to St. Louis with a free evening. Day 2 will then start with a brief highlighted city tour and a visit to the St. Louis Cathedral. It will then be off to Gray Summit, Missouri to visit the Ralston Purina Reach and Farm Welcome Center.

Later that afternoon, the group will take an hour scenic cruise of the Mississippi River followed by dinner at the Old Spaghetti Warehouse Restaurant and a tram stop at the St. Louis Arch.

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The day will conclude with a visit to the St. Louis Science Center with offers over 750 exhibits including a Planetarium.

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Eagle Nature Foundation Bird Day The Eagle Nature Foundation (ENF), will be sponsoring a Bird Day on Saturday, April 26 that is free and open to the public. Donations will always be accepted.

The day will begin at 10:00 am in the basement of the Apple a key in life along with exercise, River Presbyterian Church with a moderation is also a key. What about naturally sweetened foods? Master Birder, Terrence Ingram.

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In addition to the slide show, there guides, binoculars and scopes that can be used to identify the birds and see them up close.

Each person is to bring their a sack lunch, which will be eaten right after the slide show. Then at 1:00 pm everyone will visit the Apple Creek Arboretum, Prairie and Woods to look for birds and to practice what they had learned during the slide show. Some binoculars will be available to use by those persons who do not have a pair.

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4-H Camp is a five-day, four-night residential camping experience that is conducted cooperatively by University of Illinois Extension staff in Stephenson and Ogle Counties and the professional staff at Camp Benson.

Historically, parents have sent their children to 4-H Camp for a variety of reasons: to have fun, to make new friends, to develop new skills, to be physically active, and to appreciate nature. Emily Wever, the Camp Director at Camp Shaw-Waw-Nas-See in Manteno, IL says it best: â&#x20AC;&#x153;4-H Camp is more than one week of fun. Sending your child to 4-H Camp will allow them to create memories that they will carry with them through adulthood. 4-H camp teaches youth to make good deci-

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Campers at 4-H Camp will check-in from 6:00-6:30 p.m. on June 9 and check-out from 6:006:30 p.m. on June 13. During camp week, youth will engage in a variety of activities designed to challenge, educate, and entertain.

Two or three free choice periods will be offered daily and will include options such as: hiking, rifelry, nature study, rock climbing, arts and crafts, archery, kayaking, crate stacking, team building challenges, survival skills, scrapbooking, dance/cheerleading, and GPS scavenger hunts.

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SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS River Ridge/Scales Mound at Warren/Stockton Fulton at Bureau Valley April 11 River Ridge/Scales Mound at Milledgeville Morrison at Orion April 14 Forreston/Polo at West Carroll Bureau Valley at Morrison Pearl City at Durand/Pecatonica Le-Win at Fulton April 15 West Carroll at Eastland Milledgeville at Dakota Rock Island Alleman at Morrison River Ridge/Scales Mound at Galena one in the state heading into the state Pearl City at Le-Win

Hartje Enters Hall of Fame

Milledgeville native and former Missile head football coach Gary Hartje will join twelve other coaches on Saturday, April 12th at the Hilton Garden Inn in Champaign to be formally inducted into the Illinois High School Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

Hartje will join other area coaches in the Hall including John Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Boyle of Stockton inducted in 1987, Ed Knirlberger of Mt. Carroll in 1993, Hartjeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mentor and former Milledgeville coach Les Snow in 1997, Sterling Newmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mike Papoccia in 2003 and Chuck Korte a twenty seven to twenty four loss to of Galena in 2005.

He began his varsity coaching the Stark County Rebels. career in 1997 and coached until retiring from the position after the 2008 season. During that time he amassed a Varsity Baseball record of one hundred eighty six wins Schedule and one hundred fourteen losses. His April 10 tenure included two twelve and one Le-Win at Eastland Milledgeville at Orangeville In 2008, his final coaching Pearl City at West Carroll season, the Missiles went twelve Morrison at Riverdale and zero and were ranked number

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2007, 2008, 2010, and 2011) and regional titles four times (2006, 2007, Winnebago 9 Forreston/Polo 1 Girls Track Results 2011, and 2012). Schneiderman also Fulton 4 Fulton Unity 3 April 1 @ Oregon took the team to the super-sectional Fulton 5 Orion 2 1- Dixon – 154 in 2006 and 2011.

Peru St. Bede 22 Amboy 2 2- Oregon – 81 As Schneiderman steps aside, Amboy 14 Peru St. Bede 4 (6 Inn.) 3- Genoa-Kingston – 65 his passion for the game still Dixon 17 Stillman Valley 9 4- Polo/Forreston – 38 remains and he has not ruled out his Dixon 16 Stillman Valley 5 5- Dakota – 32 involvement at the lower levels of Jerseyville 13 Rock Falls 3 the program.

He also shared a thank Jerseyville 4 Rock Falls 1 Dittmar Classic you to the community: “Thank you Geneseo 10 Sterling Newman 0 April 2 @ Milledgeville for the opportunity to serve all the 1- Galena/River Ridge East Forrestville Valley supporters as Boys Track Results Dubuque Girls – 121 Boy’s Basketball Coach. This was a March 31 @ River Ridge 2- West Carroll Girls – 116 responsibility I took a great deal of 1- Pearl City – 100 3- Le-Win Girls – 102 pride in and was honored to do so.”

2- Galena/East Dubuque/River 4- Milledgeville Girls – 81 Forreston Jr./Sr. High School Ridge – 80.5 5- Polo/Forreston Girls – 64 Principal Michael Mandzen said, 3- West Carroll 74 6- West Carroll Boys – 0 “We were deeply saddened at the 4- Le-Win – 70.5 7- AFC Girls – 0 news of Jonathan’s resignation but 5- Dakota – 27.5 understand he is focused on new Forreston Coach April 1 @ Sterling challenges and opportunities in his 1-Erie/Prophetstown – 118 Resigns life.

He will be missed as the leader 2- Bureau Valley – 78 Head Boy’s Basketball Coach of our boy’s basketball program. We 3- Fulton – 70 Jonathan Schneiderman has re4- Sterling Newman – 68 signed his coaching position at quality of person to lead our program 5- Princeton – 51 Forreston High School to pursue moving forward.”

6- Amboy – 25 other professional opportunities. He “Coach Schneiderman is a class Kewanee – 25 intends to continue in his teaching act,” commented Athletic Director 8- Morrison – 20 capacity at Forreston Jr./Sr. High 9- Riverdale – 9 School and pursue his degree in work ethic on the court and in the At Oregon educational administration.

1- Dixon – 133 In nine seasons as the Boy’s 2- Oregon – 95 Basketball Coach, Schneiderman 3- Polo/Forreston – 78 compiled an overall record of 1774- Genoa-Kingston – 64 85. During his tenure, the Cardinals 5- Dakota – 4 earned the Northwest Upstate Illini

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Coach Schneiderman has earned honors for his performance on the court and in the classroom. In 2011, he was named Journal Standard Coach of the Year and the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association, District #10 Coach of the Year in 2006 and 2011. Schneiderman also earned the 2012-13 Teacher of the Year Award at Forrestville Valley School District. In addition to his coaching and teaching duties Schneiderman will continue his work with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes at Forreston Jr/ Sr. High School.

The head boy’s basketball coaching position will be posted as the Forrestville Valley School District works to continue the mission of Tradition of Excellence through teamwork that Coach Schneiderman has demonstrated.

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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS BLAIR PARKWAY SANITARY SEWER REPLACEMENT CITY OF LANARK STATE OF ILLINOIS CARROLL COUNTY, IL IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT The City of Lanark will COUNTY OF CARROLL receive sealed bids at the â&#x20AC;&#x201D; IN PROBATE City Hall, located at 111-A IN THE MATTER OF THE South Broad Street, Lanark, IL ESTATE OF GERALD C. MILLER, 61046 for the construction of Deceased Blair Parkway Sanitary Sewer NO. 2014 P 9 Replacement until 2 PM on May NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION 1, 2014. All bids will be publicly â&#x20AC;&#x201D; CLAIMS opened and read aloud at that Notice is given of the death time. of GERALD C. MILLER, of The work for which bids are Milledgeville. Letters of office asked includes the following: were issued on March 13, 2014, Replacement of to Mary Helms, 17 W. Old Mill approximately 850 lineal feet Street, Milledgeville, IL 61051 whose attorney is Edward J. of existing 10-inch gravity Mitchell, 110 N. Broad St., sewer with new 15-inch PVC gravity sewer; replacement/ Lanark, IL 61046.

Claims against the estate may construction of seven precast replacement of be filed in the office of the Clerk manholes; miscellaneous water main to of the Court at Carroll County Courthouse, 301 N. Main, Mt. facilitate sewer construction, control; surface Carroll, IL 61053, or with the erosion restoration; and appurtenant representative, or both, within 6 months from the date of issuance work in accordance with federal, of letters and any claim not filed state, and local codes, and as within that period is barred. indicated in the CONTRACT Copies of a claim filed with the DOCUMENTS. The BIDDING DOCUMENTS Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the may be examined at the attorney within 10 days after it offices of MSA Professional Services, Inc., Dubuque, IA has been filed. and Bettendorf, IA or the City DATED: March 13, 2014 of Lanark. Planholders list will MARY HELMS, be updated interactively on our (Representative) web address at http://www.

BY: Edward J. Mitchell msa-ps.com under Bids.

(Attorney)

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Copies of the BIDDING DOCUMENTS are available at www.questcdn.com. You may download the digital plan documents for $20.00 by inputting Quest eBidDoc #3202878 on the websiteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Project Search page. Please contact QuestCDN.com at 952233-1632 or info@questcdn. com for assistance in free membership registration, downloading, and working with the digital project information.

No proposal will be accepted unless accompanied by a certified check or bid bond equal to at least 5% of the amount bid, payable to the OWNER as a guarantee that, if the bid is accepted, the bidder will execute and file the proper contract and bond within 15 days after the award of the contract. The certified check or bid bond will be returned to the bidder as soon as the contract is signed, and if after 15 days the bidder shall fail to do so, the certified check or bid bond shall be forfeited to the OWNER as liquidated damages.

Attention is called to the fact that not less than minimum salaries and fringes as set forth in that Contract Documents must be paid on the contract, and that the Contractor must ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of race, color, religion,

sex, national origin or other protected class. Not less than the prevailing rate of wages as applicable to the project and included in the Contract Documents shall be paid to all laborers, workers and mechanics performing work under the contract. All bonds of Contractors shall include a provision that will guarantee the faithful performance of such prevailing wage clause as provided by Contract.

Any steel products used or supplied shall be manufactured or produced in the United States per the requirements of the Steel Products Procurement Act (30 ILCS 565 et seq.).

No bidder may withdraw his bid within 60 days after the actual date of the opening thereof.

OWNER reserves the right to waive any informalities or to reject any or all bids.

Published by the authority of the City of Lanark.

CONSULTING ENGINEER: MSA Professional Services, Inc. Nick Wagner, P.E. 2117 State Street, Suite 200 Bettendorf, IA 52722 563-445-3501 Sarah Fosbinder, PE 1605 Associates Drive, Suite 102 Dubuque, IA 52002 563-582-3973

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Inn.) Amboy 12 Peru St. Bede 1 Amboy 22 Peru St. Bede 3 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CARROLL COUNTY, ILLINOIS THE NATIONAL BANK, as successor in interest to Farmers State Bank Chadwick and Mount Carroll, Plaintiff, vs.

JONI L. STALEY, STATE FARM BANK, F.S.B., UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants.

No. 14 CH 15 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE (Ch. 735, Sec. 5/2-206, 5/2413, 5/15-1502, 5/15-1503) Notice is given to UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS of the followingdescribed real estate that the above-entitled foreclosure action is now pending, and the day on or after which a default may be entered against said UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS is the 2nd day of May, 2014.

The undersigned certifies that the above-entitled mortgage foreclosure action was filed on the 14th day of March 2014, and is now pending. (i) The name of the plaintiff and the case number are identified above. (ii) The court in which said action was brought is identified above. (iii) A legal description of the real estate sufficient to identify it with reasonable certainty is as follows: THE WEST HALF OF LOT SEVEN (7) IN BLOCK SIX (6) IN RINEWALT AND HALDERMANâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S FIRST ADDITION TO THE TOWN, NOW CITY, OF MOUNT CARROLL. SITUATED IN THE CITY OF MOUNT CARROLL. SITUATED IN THE CITY OF MOUNT CARROLL IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS (v) A common address or description of the location of the real estate is as follows: 105 W. Washington, Mt Carroll, IL 61053 (vi) An identification of the mortgages sought to be foreclosed as follows: Name of Mortgagors: JONI L. STALEY, a single person Name of Mortgagee: Farmers State Bank Chadwick and Mount Carroll Date of Mortgage: March 9, 2001 Date of Recording: March 9, 2001 County where recorded: Carroll County Identification of recording: Book 520 at Page 334 as Document No. 465415 ss. Allison E. Walsh BROOKS LAW FIRM, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 3725 Blackhawk Road, Suite 200 Rock Island, IL 61201 Telephone: (309) 786-4900 Facsimile: (309) 786-4940

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