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THOMSON SESQUICENTENNIAL

Yearlong celebration provides ‘big spirit surge’

Mega-Festival this weekend

By TOM KOCAL Prairie Advocate TKocal@prairieadvocate.com

THOMSON – Sesquicentennial Committee members Jan Bristol and Luanne and Lawrence Bruckner took some time out of their full schedule to give a behindthe-scenes perspective of what it takes to plan and pull off 12 monthly events celebrating the Village of Thomson’s 150th birthday.

The community’s MegaFestival is set for this weekend.

Luanne is a lifelong resident of Thomson, and Lawrence since his family moved from Wisconsin in 1951. Bristol, born and raised in Thomson, returned in 2013 after a 40-year absence. She got married, got a college degree and ended up in Colorado working for an aerospace company.

“My family was still here, and I’m a river girl at heart.

It’s beautiful in Colorado, but it wasn’t quite home.”

Luanne said the committee started planning in February 2014. that showed up,” she said.

“From there, the momentum picked up, and Jan came on board that spring. We now have 14 in the core committee, with a lot more pitching in behind the scenes.

“There is a big community spirit surge in Thomson, to save this little town. We’re proud of our town, and there is a lot of history to celebrate.”

The group patterned its sesquicentennial festival after Lanark’s successful activities to celebrate its 150th in 2011.

“After speaking with Lanark Public Library Director Janie Dollinger, we thought, why just have one festival? Why not have an event every month?” we sold for seed money was wristbands. Since then we

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The Thomson Sesquicentennial Steering Committee has been busy for the 18 months leading up to this weekend’s festival, celebrating the village’s 150th birthday. Pictured are fFrom left) Donna Diephuis, Roberta Sikkema, Gwen Smith, Randy Durward, Vicky Trager, Angie Taylor, Lawrence Bruckner, Luanne Bruckner, Terry Lattin, Kathy Gray, Lewis Frosch, John Ashby, Jan Bristol and Jon Whitney. (Courtesy of Luanne Bruckner)

Walt Whitman speaks at Thomson’s 150th Mega-Festival THOMSON – Walt Whitman, renowned poet of the Civil War era, will be portrayed at 1:30 p.m. Saturday on the entertainment stage in Curley Park during the 3-day Mega Festival for the Thomson Sesquicentennial.

Whitman was an American poet, essayist and journalist, most remembered for being the Father of Free Verse. Although his work “Leaves of Grass” was considered controversial in its time and called obscene for overt sexuality, it is regarded as a classic today.

His classic “Oh Captain, My Captain!” has been recited by many school children and dramatists. It is linked to the death of Abraham Lincoln.

In early life, Whitman was an apprentice and printer’s devil for the weekly have funded every event from sales of merchandise, donations, or grants. That’s why all events are free.

“In February, Frank Tipton was the auctioneer at the

Long Island, Newy York, newspaper, The Patriot, edited by Samuel E. Clemens. He tried teaching, but met with much criticism for his naturalist views.

His varied life led him to Washington, D.C., where he worked for the Lincoln administration in the Bureau of Indian Affairs, later in the attorney general’s office.

Brian “The Fox” Ellis, internationally acclaimed author, storyteller and entertainer, worked with the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and has done extensive research on Whitman and portrays this famous man with a lively and entertaining presentation. Ellis lives in Bishop Hill, and his performance is made possible by a grant from the Illinois Humanities Council.

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night, and unveiled the 150th logo.”

Bimm and Debbie McGinnis donated the watermelons for the wine, created and marketed by Massbach Ridge Winery.

The committee organized other community events that attracted attention to this weekend’s mega-event, including a church-sponsored Cantata, Salute to Agriculture, Prom at the

event. We had memorabilia items donated, and Frank donated his commission and the advertising for the event. That really started us off on the right road.”

Luanne said that one of the items donated at that 1909 found in beautiful condition at the Ideal Church. It sold for $1,100 and the rest of the auction raised more than $3,000.

“The place was packed, and it surprised everyone,” Bristol said. “We introduced our watermelon wine that

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Other sponsors include the Thomson Fire Department, the Savanna-Thomson State Bank, Casey’s General Store, Jo-Carroll Energy, Thomson Lions Club and Tipton Auction Service.

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WEST CARROLL SCHOOLS

Board votes to wait and see on Thomson school Lets motion to close die, will form committee

By MICHAEL MILLER For Prairie Advocate THOMSON – The fate of West Carroll Intermediate School in Thomson remains in limbo after the West Carroll school board on July 15 let a motion to close the school and assign it as surplus property die.

Instead, the board will create a committee of district and village board members to determine how best to use the building.

The board also moved ahead with a Health, Life and Safety amendment in preparation for potential roof repair and boiler replacement.

Many Thomson residents attended the meeting at the school to support keeping the school open instead of giving it to the village through an intergovernmental agreement.

Casey Gehant of Thomson said that there were 40 homes for sale in Thomson and that with only a third of the federal prison employees already in place, there are opportunities for others to move to the village.

School board member Jessica Edwards said she felt the timing of the issue was terrible, as the full impact of the prison opening has yet to be determined. She also expressed concern about not having a “backup plan” in of students resulting from the prison opening.

“One more year is going to buy us enough time to know what’s going to happen with the prison,” she said. “Do I think we’re going to get all of them to move here? No. Do I think

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of $500,000. Today, there is just under $4 million banked for West Carroll. More than 250 employees

same time period.

Mathers then summarized the amount of Health, Life, Safety work that had gone into each of the four district buildings since consolidation: $72,600 in the Primary School in Mount Carroll; $11,400 in the Middle School in Savanna; $1,076,331 in the High School in Savanna; and $2,712,863 in the Intermediate School in Thomson.

He said that depending on the board’s decision, the next Health, Life, Safety survey would be done in either 2016 or 2017.

He talked about the district’s history of building closures, one each in Savanna and Mount Carroll in 2005.

Reasons to close the Intermediate School included the cost of electrical upgrades; he said $50,000 had been spent on this because computers, air conditioners and water fountains could not all operate at the same time without blowing the breakers.

Other factors included smaller classrooms, inadequate locker

year, and due to declining enrollment, there are only 178 today.

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By MICHAEL MILLER For Prairie Advocate THOMSON – Before the West Carroll Board of Education made a decision regarding the fate of the Thomson school building, Superintendent Craig Mathers gave a special presentation at the July 15 meeting, detailing factors to consider as well as furnishing the board with information about all district buildings, including said that while the Mount Carroll district had a balanced budget in 2005, the year before consolidation, Savanna was over budget by $328,905, and Thomson by $886,763. West Carroll began with 1,449 students, and the last enrollment count from 2013-2014 showed 1,157 students at the district.

we’re going to get enough of them to make a difference? Personally, I do.”

She expressed concern about not having enough room at the Primary School in Savanna to make up for increased enrollment.

“We have to keep this going for another year,” she said, “if for nothing else, as an insurance policy, to make sure in the middle of the year we’re not caught getting more kids and going ‘what are we going to do with them’?”

Board member Bev Kilpatrick asked what would happen if within a year the

prison was still rolling out its program and hiring.

“What if they haven’t really hired that many more people? I mean, I know they’re projected to, I get that. But what if it doesn’t happen? Is it going to be ‘one more year’ with the building?”

Board member Jamie McCombie expressed concern about the large number of storage items that would need to be accommodated if enrollment were to increase.

Board member Jerry Anderson said, “We’ve been talking about this for 3 years. Last year I could

and lack of parking.

Reasons to potentially close the high school included the need for roof replacement, its status as being the same vintage school as the Intermediate School, and the fact that closing it would still keep a school in each of the three towns.

He said that though there are rumors to the contrary, the Intermediate School building is not set up to be a high school under current state or curriculum standards.

Reasons to retain the Intermediate School included potential availability of classrooms if the district enrollment increased due to the prison opening and a resultwould keep a school in each town.

The building would provide close proximity to the ball diamonds and batting cage for baseball and softball teams, and would be a facility for the community to use as well. It allows a space for drama, keeps Thomson feeling a part of the district, and could allow for the retention of additional staff or programs.

The disadvantages include the costs of updating the facility, with the life span of the boiler in question. Mathers said potential

have taken a tape recorder and taken what Jessica said and it would have been the same thing last year. The only difference was that I was on her side last year. ...

Well, there’s no growth. We’re never going to get enough Common sense tells me to close this building. Then to help the people of Thomson out, we could get someone to take it and use it viably.”

Kilpatrick said, “It’s not a secret that I don’t think we need four attendance centers, so something is in excess, and this building is not operational. It is the

emergency repairs could handyears. Keeping the building also increases insurance costs and requires additional staff.

Estimates for roof repair for the four district buildings were compared, with the lower number method and the higher number an asphalt roof: Primary School, $742,750 to $1,336,950; Intermediate School $502,690 to $904,842; Middle School $689,020 to $1,240,236; and the high school, $738,000 to $1,328,400.

Mathers said the board could not spend or obligate Health, Life, Safety funds without an amendment. It would take 3 months to create an amendment and an additional 3 months to initiate a bond sale. He also reminded the board that its bonding authority is limited $4 million – 13.8 percent of the district Estimated Value Assessment.

As for the continuing question of what might happen if more students come in as a result of the prison opening, Mathers said that from May to July, two homes sold in the district could be attributed to the prison opening.

smallest building, it’s not really suitable for a high school and I don’t think there’s anybody who thinks long term it’s going to be an attendance center.”

Board President Mike Highland said, “I think that long term, closing this building destroys all the community relations that we need from three communities to build a prosperous, one single district, ... that ruins any future with this community.”

Highland said moving the batting cages from the Thomson building to another community also

didn’t make sense “when your ball diamonds are sitting here and they’re the best ball diamonds in the district to play baseball and softball in.”

He said there was no room to move the drama equipment, either.

“By using this building, you have more freedom of access and more space for growth in your other buildings.”

He also favored sharing the Thomson building with other entities, and thought forming a committee to explore opportunities for use of the building was a good one.

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By TOM KOCAL Prairie Advocate TKocal@prairieadvocate.com

FREEPORT – Good news for local community colleges came July 15. More than $2 million in grants were awarded to eight schools in the 17th Congressional District.

The U.S. Department of Education granted $289,429 annually to Highland Community College in Freeport and $259,958 annually to Sauk Valley Community College in Dixon to fund the TRiO Student Support Services Program for the next 5 years.

The TRiO programs target and provide services for students from low-income lege students, and students with disabilities.

HCC has received the grant for what it calls Project Succeed each of the past 26 years, and reapplied last fall. It is primarily used

generation students, said Pete Willgining, director of community relations.

“It is particularly helpful for to Highland, and in need of extra services to help them acclimate to college life, like extra tutoring and advisory services,” Willging said.

HCC President Tim Hood said the funds enhance students’ ability to succeed in college.

“The program provides all sorts of mentoring and support systems, and a network of professionals to assist and encourage them,” Hood said.

“So often, those are the things that make all the difference between success or not.”

Hood said 68.7 percent of Project Succeed students successfully transition from their including graduating or transferring to a 4-year college.

Peer mentoring that pairs TRiO students with other students plays a big role in

that success, Hood said.

“Their peers help with instruction, advice and exchange of college survival skills,” he said.

At Sauk, Support Services is just one of several TRiO programs, but about 91 percent of students qualify for assistance, Program Director Lori Cortez said.

In addition to $600 in students receive specialized advisory services.

“We call it success coaching,” Cortez said. “We do planning, but we also help with scholarships, internships, and activities that set up a successful transition to other schools.”

There is a matching component for the schools, because the grant also funds program Services at Sauk employs a director, two advisers, and an administrative assistant.

Sauk Valley Media reporter Pam Eggemeier contributed to this story.

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“People are waiting for this town to grow,” Bristol said. “Thomson got a terrible blow from the State of Illinois 15 years ago with the prison, and it’s been struggling ever since, quite frankly. This sesquicentennial has given people a chance to really feel good about the town, sprucing it up, to be able to bring visitors and give them something to do.”

“Any time you have a celebration like this, you really focus on the pride of the community,” Lawrence said. “The committee has worked hard to develop activities that mirror what we did in the past, like the prom, and Depot Days celebrating the railroad.”

“At Depot Day, residents were saying how they hadn’t seen that many people on Main Street for many years,” Bristol said.

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Hot times on the highway Tractors take half-day drive through Carroll County

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SAVANNA

City’s only sewer plant bid comes in too high Construction of new facility could be delayed to 2016

By MICHAEL MILLER For Prairie Advocate

More coverage There will be a change in the procedures for snow removal along parts of state Route 84 when winter rolls in again. Find out what those changes are on Page A14.

SAVANNA – The city is seeking to delay construction of a new sewer plant until next year after the lone bid for the work came in “substantially more” than estimated, Public Works Superintendent John Lindeman told the City Council during its meeting July 14.

Work on an in-system sanitary sewer component will have to proceed, even though the lowest of three bids for that work also was “well above what we had estimated and have current

with in-system work as planned while postponing facility construction until potential changes to the site design can be explored with the engineers, MSA Professional Services, to see if costs can be cut.

He also said the city plans to reopen bidding for facility construction in the winter, with a possible groundbreaking on that work in late winter or early spring in 2016.

Sharon Pepin of Community Funding and Planning Services of Stockton said for the city to keep the grant money for the project, it must move foward with the in-system portion of the work, since the city already has received one extension from the EDA. Technically, the city had to break ground

by August 14 as part of the $2 million grant agreement.

Fischer Excavating had the lowest of three bids for the in-system work at $2.478 million, about $478,000 more than the city had budgeted.

In other business: • Pepin said one bid, from Environmental Management Services of Dubuque, Iowa, was received for abatement of asbestos from

said.

The in-system component is the underground piping from the lift stations at the new treatment plant to the old treatment plant, then out to the river.

Leander Construction, based in Canton, placed the lone bid of $10.987 million for the facility work. He said the city might have received only one bid because the documentation and approvals necessary pushed the deadline to later in the year, when many companies already have yearly commitments.

Total cost of the construction of the waste water treatment plant, in-system portion, and lift stations was initially estimated at around $9.75 million. The bids for the projects came in $3.665 million over budget.

Lindeman said the city has sent a letter to the state’s Economic Development Administration asking to be allowed to move forward

was salvageable material in the homes and that work would begin in August.

The cost of abatement for each property is: 418 Oak St. $5,752; 426 Oak St., $2,676; 220 Viaduct Road, $5,562; 612 Portland Ave., $674; and 234 Calumet St., $727. The matter will be discussed at the July 28 council meeting.

• The council voted unanimously to approve a variance requested by Scott Sullivan to not require any further parking spaces at his business, Savanna Inn and Suites, 101 Valley View Drive. The Zoning Board of Appeals had voted 3-1 for a variance that would have required Sullivan to make

10 extra parking spaces.

• The council approved spending up to $119,700 to sidewalk project to extend from Betty Mom’s (the old Schroeder’s Bar) east to the stoplights at the intersection of state Routes 84 and 64.

Finance Chairman Bill Robinson said the city hopes to receive at least a portion, if not all, of a $50,000 Illinois Department of Economic Opportunity grant for the project that remains “up in the air” because of the state budget stalemate. He said the city can pay the entire cost of the project, with more than $143,000 in Motor Fuel Tax funds available.

Other council action The Savanna City Council on July 14: • Swore in Pat Sanchez as the new Ward 3 alderman.

• Approved on first reading an ordinance detailing requirements to legally operate a golf cart within city limits.

• Approved on first reading an ordinance that would restrict fence construction to being composed of only one material.

• Scheduled an Aug. 26 joint meeting of the Personnel/Ordinance and Finance committees to determine the desirability of having a city administrator. ª Approved cutting a curb near St. Paul’s Episcopal Church on North Fourth Street to accommodate disabled residents.

• Approved the purchase of 10 LED street lights for $219 each, to be installed between Third and Main streets.

• Approved spending up to $1,000 for new laptop equipment for the Police Department; up to $20,000 for repair and construction of a culvert pipe in East Savanna, to improve drainage, which would encompass about 2 blocks of pipe; and up to $500 to allow Mayor Tony McCombie to attend an Illinois Municipal League conference in Chicago, with McCombie defraying costs by staying with a friend at no cost to the city.

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Friday Evening, July 31

• PARADE around town @ 6:00 p.m. Crowning of Mr./Miss Sabula after parade • Refreshment Garden, Food Vendors, Lutheran Church Cake Walk, Dunk Tank • BAND: “Island City Surprise” will perform 7-11 p.m.

Saturday, August 1

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• Run sponsored by Easton Valley Athletic Boosters - 7:00 a.m.

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• Girl Scout Games, Dunk Tank, Etc. • Car Show • Kickball Tournament • Vendor Show & Craft Show • Refreshment Garden & Food Vendors 10:00 a.m. - Midnight • Face Painting - Noon • “Brick Yard Road Band” performing from 1:00-4:00 p.m.

• Fire Department Water Ball Fight @ 2:00 p.m.

• Ski Bellevue will perform along Lake Street @ 4:00 p.m.

• Magician Show for families @ 7:00 p.m. by Water Tower • Fireworks Show on Lake Street @ dusk • Band: “The FUNNiES” will perform 8:00 p.m. - Midnight There will be a raffle for a 2015 Polaris 570 Ranger UTV!!!

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Farm Bureau at a glance

By Chastity Welch Carroll County Manager

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have heard some controversy over the agricultural use area that we have taken the lead on.

What is it?

The ag use area is actually the Illinois Agricultural Areas Conservation and Preservation Act. The easiest way for me to explain it is that it is a declaration that farm ground is best used for farming in is to have farmers who are interested in being a part of this to sign a petition, which is then turned over to the county board, which forms a committee to review it and have a hearing. Once reviewed, it is approved by the county board.

The Carroll County Farm Bureau began organizing ag use areas for a variety of reasons. For a landowner, putting ground in an ag use area is only one tool in farmland protection that can offer some assistance in maintaining farmland for farming purposes. Ag areas may also help protect farmers from some aspects of the encroachment of nearby development and possibly assist them in responding to any complaints from residents new to the area.

Carroll County’s economy is primarily supported by agriculture. While we do not want to stop economic growth, we feel the best

place for it is near the towns and cities of Carroll County.

As people move to the county, we want them closer to, if not in, the municipalities.

You never know when someone who moves to the county in the country decides they no longer like their neighbor the hog farmer or grain farmer and things get tense due to the noise, smell, etc.

We know it is all part of ag.

If there is not rural housing popping up sporadically, it is easier for a farmer to expand a livestock operation.

None of the land we have in our ag use areas is less than 1.5 miles from the towns in our county. This allows the towns to expand

as needed without having to go through the process of removing land from the area.

Land can be removed at any time, but it does need to go through a few steps. As you can see, our sole purpose was to keep land in the prime farm ground areas for farming.

Carroll County’s economy relies heavily on agriculture. We do want our county to grow, for people to move here and for a wider tax base. We know that it can be done, we just prefer it not to be where ag production is taking place.

Attention associate members!: You are used to getting your notice of Farm Bureau dues in the mail

Farm Bureau Carroll County Farm Bureau members can place up to two (2) free classified ads per week, with a limit of 250 characters per ad (not including spaces). Ads are limited to personal or farm items for sale/ wanted to buy, or farm labor or services available or wanted. No ads for the sale or rental of real estate, garage sales, or commercial businesses will be accepted. To place an ad, call the Farm Bureau office at 815- 244-3001 by 4 p.m.

Thursday to get your ad in the following week’s paper.

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around this time of year.

However, this year starts a new process for us. You will now be invoiced for your dues on your insurance bill if you have COUNTRY Financial; if you don’t, you will get a separate bill. Once you have paid your billing, you will receivyour cards in the mail 2 to 3 weeks later.

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Don’t forget to get those southern Illinois peaches ordered. They are coming in 25-pound boxes. Orders are July 28. The peaches will be in sometime the week of Aug. 10.

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TCEDA offers personalized business counseling sessions at Aug. 13 session

ELIZABETH — Is your business expanding but you aren’t sure how to navigate to the next level? Free business tools to grow your business will be offered at a free session from 8:30 to 9:45 a.m. Aug. 13 at

the Elizabeth Community Building, 402 West St. in Elizabeth.

The session hosted by Tri-County Economic Development Alliance will featuring Brian McIntyre, director of the Small Busi-

ness Development Center of Rock Valley College in Rockford. McIntyre has been an entrepreneur, and has held key positions in both manufacturing and technology.

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At the August session, Joel Youngs, Small Business Administration director from the Quad Cities, will be

onsite for 1-hour, personalbusiness counseling sessions following the presentation, by appointment. RSVP by Aug. 6 at info@tceda-nwil. org or call TCEDA at 815858-4491.

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SAVANNA

State to take over some snow removal along state Route 84

By MICHAEL MILLER For Prairie Advocate

SAVANNA – Since state funding doesn’t cover the total cost of cleanup of the right of way of state Route 84 after snowstorms, the city has decided to give the responsiblity back to the state.

Public Works Superinten-

dent John Lindeman told the Savanna City Council during its July 14 meeting that state funding for snow maintenance as part of a 10-year agreement had been a “losing proposition for the city.” The state money “in no way covers the expense of paying our men, and the materials,” Lindeman said.

The right of way includes Viaduct Road and portions of Chicago Avenue and Main Street. A new 10-year agreement is pending.

Lindeman said he was told that the state could not be expected to increase the amount of funding for this work. A solution, he said, was to give back to the state

responsibility for a large portion of this work, or as Lindeman put it, “pretty much everything but Main Street.” The maintenance agreement also includes sweeping the streets, picking up trash, mowing the parkways, patching potholes, crack sealing and all other routine operational services.

He said the city would continue to maintain Third Street up to Division Street to keep the business district well maintained. Some state money, $3,861.32, will continue to pay for that work, year will be a transition as everyone gets used to the new arrangement.

“The money we will probably save alone in salt [and overtime] is really going to help us in moving forward with future street projects,” Lindeman said, adding that about half of what the city has spent on salt annually in the past 5 years – between $23,000 and $37,000 – is spent on the right of way.

ASK AMY

MORRISON

Program available to help combat elder abuse

Actress enjoys 38 years on local stages

By AMY WILTSHIRE Case manager, Lutheran Social Services of Illinois Senior Services Program Can Lutheran Social Services of Illinois help with this problem?

Dear Amy: My brother has a son who has a drug problem and frequently asks him for money. My nephew always has an excuse, like he had a car repair emergency or some other unplanned expense.

My brother knows about his son’s past drug use, but feels it is in the past. We know my nephew is still abusing drugs and he lost his last job due to coming in Because my nephew continues to ask his father for money, is this elder abuse?

Suspicious Sister Dear Suspicious: someone we love become addicted to drugs or alcohol or to see someone we love being taken advantage of.

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Amy 2015 marks the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson signing the Older Americans Act that provides comprehensive services for older Americans. If you need help in your home with cooking, cleaning, bathing, or running errands, call LSSI at 815-626-7333.

This program is for those at least 60 years old. LSSI also can provide emergency home response buttons for qualify for our program, all services are free.

Please send your questions to Ask Amy, c/o LSSI, 1901 First Avenue, Sterling, IL 61081 or you can always call me at 815-626-7333.

LSSI services are funded by the Illinois Department on Aging, Northwestern Illinois Area Agency on Aging, state and local governments, local United Ways, donations from individuals, businesses and foundations, bequests, ELCA congregations, Thompson Community Fund, and fundraising.

MORRISON — Local actress Jalayne Riewerts will be appearing as a guest artist in “Steel Magnolias” on the Clinton Showboat, opening Thursday. She will be performing the part of Clairee, the widow of the former mayor with a wicked sense of humor.

“We’ve been rehearsing since July 10, less than 2 weeks. We get right at it,” Riewerts said. “I learned Showboat that I better know at least 85 percent of my lines before I walk in the door!”

Riewerts lives south of Morrison with Kent, her husband of 43 years. They bought Kent’s family farm, where they run a landscape design business they started in 1976.

“We lived in Henderson, Nevada, for about 10 winters – snowbirds, or because we are younger, we preferred to be called ‘splitters,’ one who lives west of the Mississippi in the winter and east of the Mississippi the rest of the year,” Kent said. “But we’re here permanently now.”

Jalayne’s interest in theater began at Davenport (Iowa) Central High School and a singing role with the Quad Cities Music Guild in 1968.

For more than 47 years she has performed in and directed various professional and community area theaters.

She made appearance locally for the Morrison Music Theatre Jalayne Riewerts Association in 1977 as Eliza Doolittle in “My Fair Lady.”

“Don Miller appeared opposite me as Henry Higgins, and that began an entertaining bond that lasted many years,” Jalayne said.

The MMTA is still in existence, but Riewerts said the group is struggling to decide if it will attempt to stay together.

“There is a core group, but people are so busy these days with their schedules, and other forms of media have changed things. People don’t have time anymore.”

Riewerts’ claim to fame was appearing in “HATS” at Harrah’s Casino in Las Vegas for a 6-month stint in 2008.

“At the time, we had a winter home in Henderson,

right next door to Vegas,” she said. “I saw an ad for a musical that was a cast of all ladies over 50 years old. That was me, so I sent a resume and video, and got a call to audition a few days later.”

After giving “my best audition ever,” and getting great comments from the director and choreographer, it wasn’t until a month later that she heard about the part.

“I was convinced that they weren’t going to call,” she said. “I was sitting at the kitchen table with my husband, who said, ‘Well, you never know what will happen.’ And honest to God, the phone rang, and it was the director, saying that and I got the part!”

Riewerts said it was a grueling but fun experience.

“I was ready to crash after only 2 days of rehearsal with mostly dance choreography, but everything worked out.”

Riewerts also has acted

and directed at Richmond Hill Players in Geneseo, Playcrafters in Moline, Quad Cities Music Guild, Countryside Theater in Eldridge, Iowa, and Circa 21 in Rock Island.

This summer marks Riewerts’ 15th season aboard the Showboat, which she said has four musicals and one traditional play every year.

Riewerts is excited about “Steel Magnolias,” directed by Kristy Cates, who performed as Elphaba in the original Broadway cast of “Wicked.”

“If you saw ‘Wicked’ in Chicago, you saw Kristy,” Riewerts said. “It’s been a wonderful experience working with Kristy. And the ladies of the cast of ‘Steel Magnolias’ are great.”

The play opens Thursday and runs through Aug. 2.

Evening performances begin at 7:30. Matinees July 26 and 29 and Aug. 2 begin at 3 p.m. For reservations, visit clintonshowboat.org or call 563-242-6760.

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Obituaries Larry W. Dorty SHANNON – Larry W. Dorty, 78, of Shannon, died Saturday, July 11, 2015, at University Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin.

Larry was born Sept.

22, 1936, in Freeport, the son of Walter and Fern (Mattes) Dorty.

Larry was a 1955 graduate of Pearl City High School.

He married Clarene Poppen on July 22, 1967, in German Valley. Larry farmed the family farm for all of his life. He served in the Illinois National Guard. Larry was a member of Park Hills Evangelical Free Church. He enjoyed airplanes, trains, bike rides, and going to Union Dairy and Lock and Dam 13.

Most of all, Larry appreciated spending time with

his family, especially his grandchildren.

Surviving are his wife, Clarene Dorty of Shannon; two sons, Keith Dorty of Forreston and Kirk (Melony) Dorty of Shannon; two daughters, Renee (Steve) Kurtz of Farmington, Missouri, and Renita Dorty of Freeport; sister, Marlene Dorty of Freeport; seven grandchildren, Kolten Dorty, McKenna Dorty, Moira Kurtz, Matthew Kurtz, Madalyn Lukowski, Kassidy Dorty, and Khloe Dorty.

Larry was preceded in death by his parents, and one brother, Paul.

Funeral services were Wednesday, July 15, at Park Hills Free Evangelical Church. The Rev. Mark tion was July 14 at Burke Tubbs Funeral Home in Freeport. Burial took place at Chapel Hill Memorial

Gardens.

A memorial has been established. Visit www.burketubbs.com to sign Larry’s guestbook.

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LANARK — Poet David Pearson Etter died Friday, July 10, 2015, as a result of heart related complications at Good Samaritan, Mount Carroll.

Etter was born March 18, 1928, in Huntington Park, California, but relocated to the Midwest with a degree from the University of Iowa, 2 years in the U. S. Army, and jobs with Encyclopedia Britannica, Northern Illinois University Press, and McDougal, Littell, and Company.

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poems. While living in a succession of Midwest locations (Evanston, Geneva, Lily Lake, Elburn, and Lanark), Etter published 30 books and chapbooks of his poems, which were included in more than 60 textbooks and anthologies. He won a Carl Sandburg Award, a Midland Authors Prize, and an Illinois Sesquicentennial Citation.

His most famous book, “Alliance, Illinois,” is a 1960s-era Spoon River Anthology, a collection of 222 mostly humorous portraits of citizens of Alliance,

“Hands down the most impressive long work of poetry I’ve read in years,” said California author and critic Raymond Carver. many younger readers and writers, and is the subject of many articles and book chapters.

Dave is survived by his wife, Peggy, to whom he was married to since 1959.

Also, daughter Emily Etter (Michael) Lewis and son George Etter (Kay), along with grandchildren Jessica and Samantha.

He was proceeded in death by his mother, Judith Goodenow, and father, Harold Pearson Etter, and also recently his brother, Robert Etter, and sister, Elizabeth Le Claire.

A graveside service is planned for 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 22, at Lanark Cemetery. Arrangements are

being handled by RussellFrank Funeral Home in Lanark. Visit www.schwarzfh.com for your online condolences and memories to be shared with the family.

Arlene M. Eadie

ELIZABETH — Arlene M. Eadie, 94, of Elizabeth, passed away peacefully on Sunday, July 12, 2015, at Elizabeth Nursing Home in Elizabeth. A funeral service was held July 16, at First United Methodist Church, Elizabeth. Burial took place in Elizabeth Cemetery. Visitation was held prior to the funeral at the church.

Tonya Lee Hays

SAVANNA — Tonya Lee Hays, 50, of Savanna, Illinois, died Monday, July 13, 2015, at Mercy Medical Center in Clinton, Iowa.

Cremation rites will be accorded.

MOUNT CARROLL

Ministerial Association plans Community Service Day

Good Samaritan Society-Mount Carroll has received a new 14-passenger, medium-duty bus equipped with a wheelchair lift through the Consolidated Vehicle Procurement program funded by the Federal Transit Act and the Illinois Department of Transportation. The vehicle can accommodate five wheelchairs. Pictured with the bus are (from left) Don Lowe; Adrienne Johnson, activity director; Wilma Baumgardt (on lift); and Trina Middleton-Isenhart, activity aide. (Courtesy of Anna Gray)

THOMSON

Jr. Stewards scrap plans, go geocaching instead

THOMSON – Inclement weather caused a planned canoe trip July 11 by the Jr. Stewards to be canceled.

But Program Director Pam Steinhaus had a backup plan: Geocaching!

Geocaching is like a treasure or scavenger hunt, using a GPS device to receive coordinates or “waypoints” to locate caches. Biologists use GPS

to track, study, and monitor wildlife, where and how they live, their habits and land usage, which better aids in conservation decisions.

Jr. Steward members used GPS remotes and a list of clues to locate “caches” hidden around the grounds of Ingersoll Wetland’s Learning Center and the prairie in

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MOUNT CARROLL — The Mount Carroll Ministerial Association wants the whole community assisting neighbors with home projects they can’t complete themselves.

So it will have a Community Service Day volunteer event for the fourth year on Sept. 12.

The association is a group of churches with an aim to help people make a difference in their neighbors’ lives, said the Rev. Donna Hoffman, pastor of Mount Carroll United Methodist Church.

“Together, they work to coordinate over 500 people in an effort to be the hands, feet, and heart of Jesus through worship, caring, and support as they reach out beyond the church walls,” Hoffman said.

“They do this all through the year through different service projects.

“Much of what they do helps people with the basic necessities of life, such as

as well as lending a friendly ear.”

Hoffman said it was her after she was appointed pastor about a year ago.

“I was very impressed with how well organized the event is, and the willingness of the community to get involved,” she said.

“For me, this was a great connecting point with the community right away. It not only did my heart good to help out this way, I was also able to get to know some of the people as well as having fun in service.”

Community Service Day is not just a church event. It is open to anyone.

Planned projects include window washing, yard clean-up, gutter cleaning, light trimming of trees and shrubs, painting.

Requirements for projects include: • They can be completed in 3 to 4 hours by a team of four to six people.

• The homeowner provides a safe working environment

and has homeowners insurance.

• Materials and supplies are provided by the homeowner or donated.

If you have a project you need done, contact a local church or call Hoffman at 815-244-4342 by Aug. 10.

Projects and sites will be evaulated.

Volunteers should bring tools to do basic yard work and cleaning supplies, and let the MCMA know of special skills that can be put to use. Volunteers also must have insurance coverage, and those younger than 18 must have a permission slip or be accompanied by a guardian. Call Claudia Eiteuner at 815-244-2629 to volunteer.

The Service Day schedule will be: 8:30 a.m.: assemble on the Courthouse Square 9 a.m.: proceed to project sites 12:30 p.m.: lunch and closing celebration at United Methodist Church Rain date will be Sept.

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Every Monday

July 22

AA in Savanna

Alcoholics Anonymous meets every Monday at 8 pm, in the lower fellowship hall at The First Presbyterian Church, 502 Third St, Savanna.

Every Tuesday

Euchre in Forreston

Every Tuesday Evening Euchre is played 6:30 p.m.

Forreston Fire Station, rear entrance and parking. More information by calling 815938-2323.

Every Friday Night

Euchre at the Savanna Moose Lodge

Begins at 7 p.m. Located at 125 Main St. in downtown Savanna. Please call 815273-7412 for more information.

Al-Anon/Alateen Group

Every Monday Mount Carroll

Meets at 7:00 p.m. Monday at the Church of God, 816 S. Clay St. Mt. Carroll, IL.

River Cities Quilters Guild

River Cities Quilt Guild 3rd Tuesday of each month at the Fulton Presbyterian Church, 311 North 9th St., Fulton, Illinois at 7:00 p.m.

LPL Story Hour

MHS Key Club Blood Drive

The Morrison High School Key Club will host a community blood drive from 1 to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, July 22 at the Emmanuel Reformed Church, Morrison (in the multi-purpose room).

You could win a 2015 Jeep Patriot from the Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center as part of the “Made in the USA” promotion to support the local blood supply through the summer. To donate, please contact Kris Bielema at 815-778-4801.

Ag in the Classroom library program

Meets at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 229 S. First St. Pearl City, IL. Al-Anon helps families and friends of alcoholics recover from the effects of living with the problem drinking of a relative or friend. The only requirement for attendance is that there is a problem of alcoholism in a relative or friend.

The Carroll County Farm Bureau Ag in the Classroom program promotes ag education to children ages 3-12. The program will be at the Lanark Public Library at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, July 22. Contact the library to RSVP by two days prior at 815-493-2166. For more information, call the Carroll County Farm Bureau at 815244-3001.

Every Thursday Shannon

Parkinson Support Group

Meets at 4:00 p.m. Thursdays at the Wesley Chapel: Bethel United Methodist Church 217 S. Hickory St. Shannon, IL.

Good Neighbor Care Parkinson Support Group meets the 4th Wednesday of every month from 2 - 3 p.m. at Good Neighbor Care, 2705 Avenue E, Sterling.

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Beginning Tuesday, July 21, the Lanark Farmers Market will move to Downtown Lanark in the plaza on the west side of Broad St. (across the street from Lanark Food

July 25 Human Foosball Tourney

Foos on Cancer and join Home of Hope’s Human Foosball Tournament!

First in the area, this event is scheduled at 10 a.m. on Saturday, July 25 at Sauk Valley Community College.

Event is limited to the first 8 teams. Concessions, 50/50 raffle and awards for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place and most creative team name. For more information, call 815-2884673.

The Lanark Public Library will host a Story Hour at 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 22.

The theme will be “EIEIO: How Old MacDonald Got His Farm.” Stories, crafts and snacks for ages four and up, sponsored by Carroll County Farm Bureau.

The LPL is located at 111-B South Broad St. For more information, email lanarklibrary1@gmail.com or call Music Fest 815-493-2166.

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proceeds will benefit the Mount Carroll Swimming Pool. Golfers are asked to arrive early for sign-up by 4:30 p.m., with tee-off at 5:30 p.m. Golfers can sign up their 2-person scramble teams either at the pool, City Hall or Oakville at 815-6845295.

MC Pool Fundraiser Golf Outing

The 3rd annual Mount Carroll Swimming Pool Fundraiser Golf Outing will be held Friday, July 24, at Oakville Country Club in rural Mount Carroll. All

Sterling Main St. is hosting a Music Fest starting at 1 p.m. Saturday at the historic Grandon Civic Center and Central Memorial Park in downtown Sterling. Live music featuring Elephant Gun, Mr. Myers, Small Town Hymnal, Gina Venier and The Defeated Royals. $5 admission, food and beverage vendors on-site, face painting, hair wraps, henna tattoos, hula hoops, and lawn games for all ages. Lincoln in Sterling mural dedication at noon, followed

by Ive Cream Social at the corner of 7th Ave. & E. 3rd St. www.sterlingmainstreet.org Christmas in July

Stop by the Whiteside County Senior Center from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on July 25 as they celebrate “Christmas in July!” Different vendors will be on hand selling Christmas items and ornaments, as well as a silent auction, Christmas treats, a visit from Santa and more. For details, call 866-845-4427. The Center is

located at 1207 W 9th St. in day, July 29 in downtown Morrison. The market feaSterling. tures entertainment, arts and July 25-26-27 crafts, baked goods, music, Thomson’s Sesquicentennial fresh produce, flowers, artiMega-Festival san foods and more!

Celebrating the Village of Thomson’s 150th birthday, July 30 this is the seventh and grand- Free community meals est of a year-long monthly From 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the celebration throughout the First Presbyterian Church, community. See page A2 in corner of Lincolnway and this week’s Prairie Advocate Genesee St. in Morrison. for the full, awesome sched- Come for a free hearty, wellule that includes the first balanced meal and social time ever fireworks display time. Handicap accessible. on Sunday! For details, visit Call 815-772-3510 for inforwww.thomsonil.com, go to mation. the Thomson SesquicentenniJuly 31-Aug. 1 al Facebook page, or call 815Attack of the Venusians 297-3135 or 815-259-3168.

Hanover Back Street PlayJuly 26 ers present Attack of the Beswick/Milnes Reunion Venusians at 7 p.m. FriThe Beswick/Milnes fam- day, July 31 and Saturday, ily reunion will be held start- August 1 at the Hanover ing at 12:30 p.m. on Sun- Town Hall in Hanover.

Directed by Freda Weis. day, July 26, at Wiersema Charter Service Bus garage, Starring Phil Jackman as 15049 Lyndon Road, Mor- Orville Perkins. Featuring rison, rain or shine. Families Reynold Nolan, TroyMiller, should bring a dish or two to Raiden Taifa, Maranda Durpass, their own table service, ham, Freda Weis and Terri beverage and lawn chairs. Jackman as Captain Dakota.

Step back in time for a Come to spend an afternoon of eating, visiting, and shar- bit of old time radio. A live ing events of the past year. production, where you can All descendants of Richard be part of the on air audiand Hanna Beswick and their ence!! Will the Venusians take over Hanover and then families are invited. the world? Sing along with July 29 the cast to rid the earth of an Cake Walk alien invasion.

Enjoy the fun and help support St. Jude Children’s August 1 Research Hospital during Save the Date for Morrison Chamber of the upcoming Cake Walk at Pleasant View Rehabilitation Commerce’s first ever Back and Health Care Center, 500 to School Bash! From 2-4 N. Jackson St. in Morrison, p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1 at from 5 to 6 p.m. on Wednes- the Whiteside County Fairday, July 29. Cost is 25¢ grounds, Blue Building. per drawing and all proceeds Watch for more information will be donated to St. Jude. coming soon!

If you would like to donate August 7 a baked good for the cake walk, please contact Brittiny Resthave Grand Opening Resthave Home, 408 at 815-772-7288.

Maple Ave. in Morrison, will hold a Grand Opening Morrison Evening Farmers of their new expansion and Market The Morrison Evening renovation from 4 to 7 p.m.

Farmers Market will be held on Friday, August 7. Food from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednes- will be served and the public

is welcome to attend.

August 8 Strides for Students 5K Run/ Walk

The 2015 Strides for Students 5K Run/Walk, a scenic, fast course on paved roads, will be held starting at 8 a.m. on Saturday, August 8 at Rockwood State Park in Morrison. Cost is $20 if registered by July 18. All proceeds benefit the Morrison Schools Foundation. Visit www.stridesforstudents.org for more information and registration.

August 7-8-9 Old-Time Threshing & Antique Show

The Stephenson County Antique Engine Club invite you to the 46th annual OldTime Threshing & Antique Show at the Stephenson County Fairgrounds in Freeport. Gates open at 7 a.m. all 3 days. Steam train rides, museum tours, sawmill Parade of Power, flea market, great food,and more.

For details, go to www.thefreeportshow.com, email thefreeportshow@thefreeportshow.com, or call 815235-7329 or 232-2306.

August 12 Day Trip to Springfield

The Morrison Historical Society will be taking a funfilled day trip on Wednesday, August 12 to the Lincoln Museum in Springfield.

In addition, there will be a driving tour of Lincoln’s tomb, three memorials and the Governor’s Mansion, as well as a drive past Lincoln’s home and both capitols. Will leave from the Ebenezer Church parking lot at 7 a.m. and return home between 5 and 6 p.m. Cost is $45 per person and includes transportation and admission. All meals will be on your own.

Deadline for reservations is Monday, July 27. For details, call 815-772-3013 or 815772-4558.

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SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS

By Craig Lang Prairie Advocate Sports

Alumni football: Missiles by large margin Deeper roster helps Milledgeville to rout of Marcos

BY CODY CUTTER Sauk Valley Media ccutter@saukvalley.com MILLEDGEVILLE – Dustin Popejoy didn’t have a number on his Milledgeville Missiles alumni football jersey.

However, there was one number that stood out for the 2008 alum before his team’s game against the Polo alumni on Saturday night.

“We called 80 in the locker room,” Popejoy said.

“We all said that we were going to score 80-0. That was the score we all called in the locker room, and we all agreed upon.”

The Missiles picked apart Polo in quick fashion, and never let up in a no-doubtabout-it 80-0 thrashing.

Popejoy, who donned a jersey with the letter “X” on it, marked the spot on several stops on defense, netting six tackles and two for loss.

The Missiles allowed just 16 in the second half. No Marcos play went for more than 9 yards.

“Surprisingly, we made that goal,” Popejoy said. “It was strange.

“It was a blast. It was nostalgic coming back here and playing again. It was a lot of fun.”

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Kirk Engelkens amassed 322 total yards – 185 passing, 137 rushing – and had a hand in six touchdowns.

“We just wanted to go out and play our game,” Kirk Engelkens said. “We’ve been practicing a lot, and we just wanted to go out and do what we are good at.”

Of the 59 participating players, 45 graduated in 2000 or later, 11 graduated in the 1990s, and three graduated in the 80s.

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Kevin Anderson, a 1981 graduate and the game’s oldest participant, scored stadium grass in 35 years.

Anderson, better known as the public address voice of Missiles football and Rock Falls basketball, punched one in with 7:05 left in the through left guard.

“It felt pretty good to get back out here and put pads on one more time,” Anderson said. “I’ve been waiting a long time for this. I just want to thank everybody on my team for giving me a chance to play, and giving

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Polo’s oldest participant, 1988 graduate and captain Brian Reeder, took handoffs from his quarterback son, 2013 graduate Chad Reeder, for three plays, tallying 8 yards.

“It was cool to hand him off the ball, and playing on the same side of the ball,” Austin Reeder said about playing with his father.

But in the end, being on the wrong side of a blowout became a bit too sour.

“It was as much fun as it could be, I guess,” the younger Reeder said, “with the way it ended up.”

Jeff Kimpel, a 2014 Polo alum, led the Marcos with 20 rushing yards on six plays. Dominic DeMichele, a 2015 Aquin graduate participating with the Polo team, had the Marcos’ biggest play with a 48-yard kick return late in the second quarter.

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WHITESIDE COUNTY FAIR

Whiteside County 4-Hers on display

Heavy horse showman Fran Gross, who will be honored as the 2015 Friend of the Fair, is pictured in action at a previous Whiteside County Fair. (Courtesy of Whiteside County Fair)

Horse showman to be named ‘Friend of the Fair’ MORRISON – Everybody loves a surprise. So, while the Whiteside County Fair Board has announced Fran Gross of Jefferson, Wisconsin, is the 2015 Friend of the Fair honoree, it wants it to be a surprise.

“Fran’s family knows about the award, but Fran doesn’t, and will probably not know about it until he comes to the fair,” Todd Mickley, fair director, said. “He is from Wisconsin, so they are thinking he will not see anything!”

The 145th annual Whiteside County Fair is Aug. 18-22.

Mickley said since 1989, the board has sought to honor those who have made an extra effort to support and make the annual fair as much fun as possible for all those who participate and attend the many shows and events.

“The board offers Mr. Gross its sincere gratitude and appreciation for the many years of showing heavy horses and wants to say ‘Thank You’ for coming to the Whiteside County Fair.”

Heavy horse hitch judging starts at 9 a.m. Aug. 20, and the 6- and 4-horse and unicorn hitches at 1 p.m. Heavy horse halter judging starts at 9 a.m. Aug. 21.

trucks catch air and crush cars.

Harness racing takes over the racetrack at 1:30 p.m.

Friday with track records up for grabs. At 6:30 p.m., tractors and trucks will take over the grandstand after the Antique Tractor Parade at 5:45.

At 10 a.m. Saturday the Horseshoe Tournament will be in full swing on the off the fair’s 5-day evening grandstand events.

For those with a sweet tooth, chances will be sold at a nominal cost to test entrants’ luck at winning a tasty treat in the cake walks and pie parades held at 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday at the culinary department in the large exhibition hall north of the Children’s pedal pulls are scheduled on Tuesday at 2 p.m. and Saturday at 11 a.m., with six divisions for youngsters ages 4 through 12. Grandpa Cratchet will again be at the fair to entertain the kids, and there will be a bicycle given away each day of the fair.

Bingo is back this year,

thanks to Pearl City Lions Club, open every week night of the fair from 6 to 9 p.m. and Saturday from 3 to 9 p.m.

Wilson Family Shows will entertain the kids and adults with their outstanding carnival and midway attractions, providing a festive and fun time for everyone.

Mickley said over $119,000 in premiums will be offered in prize money to the winners in over 1,500 different classes. The 60-page premium books are available on line at whitesidecountyfair.org or at banks throughout the county.

ABOVE: (From left) Daniel Mouw, and sisters Marissa and Megan Folkers, all from Morrison, enjoyed taking a close look at Katie Eggemeyer’s bat display (left) and Kaylie Huizenga’s ruminant animal display at the Whiteside County 4-H Fair on Friday.

LEFT: Breanna Sandrock of Lyndon thinks she has a good chance to win the Do Your Own Thing design category with her hose wreath. She also had an entry in the Beef Show Friday morning. The 4-H Show concluded Saturday with an award recognition and parade. (PA photos/ Tom Kocal)

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Wednesday morning starts off at 8 o’clock with exhibition barrels at the Gold Star F.S. Arena, and with speed events at 9. That evening in front of the grandstands will be the sounds of Home Free vocal group, winners of NBC’s “The Sing-Off.” Thursday at 7 p.m., Solution Action Sports presents a Monster Truck Thrill Show during which huge

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Friends, family and neighbors are invited. Cards are welcome; no gifts, please!

Lois Amanda Ware was born July 27, 1935 to William Wallace (best known as Brandy) and Hellen (Turnbaugh) Ware of Lanark.

She married Keith Kloepping on November 27, 1953. Keith passed away in January 2005.

Lois retired from the Good Samaritan nursing home in 2005 after 35 years.

She has been the best mother ever to her six children: Cindy (Leon) Weems of Mt. Carroll, Keith Jr. (Deloris) of Mt. Carroll, Peggy (John) Leslein of West Plains, MO, Mike of Pearl City, Jeff (Niff) of Mt. Carroll and Wendy (Bill) Houghtby of Savanna.

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THOMSON – A souvenir broadside proclaiming the Thomson Sesquicentennial was created by Englewood, Colorado, resident Leigh Bristol Holden, the son of Sesquicentennial Committee member Jan Bristol. Holden specializes in letterpress printing, paper-making and bookbinding.

Holden works with the Inter-Ocean Curiosity Studio in Englewood, and is an adjunct instructor at the University of Denver.

He printed the broadside from wood and metal type on an old-fashioned Vandercook SP-15 printing press.

“The shop also has a Reliance, a Chandler & Price, and a Gordon,” Holden said, “but only the Vandercook and the Reliance have large enough beds for the size of the broadside.”

The broadside was handset using both metal and wooden type of the mid- to late-19th century style.

“The shop has quite a bit of type and most of it is older type. Ray, the person

Luanne Bruckner (left) and Jan Bristol pose with a souvenir broadside created by Bristol’s son. The printed posters are available in a limited edition of 50 signed and numbered copies. (PA photo/Tom Kocal) who started the studio/ shop, has collected type from shops that shut down/ converted to other methods and from other letterpress printers,” Holden said.

“Most of the top portion of the broadside is from wood type and a lot of that is from the late 19th century. The bottom portion is metal type, mostly from the 20th century, but

LEGAL NOTICE Eastland Community Unit District #308 has placed on file the Tentative Budget for the 2015-16 school year in the office of the Superintendent, 500 South School Drive in Lanark, Illinois. It is available to interested persons from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (Monday-Thursday) and 9:00 to 11:00 (Friday) until August 10th and then from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. each weekday until September 16, 2015, and is also available for viewing on the Eastland School District website at www.eastland308.com. Click on the District Info link and scroll down to the FY16 Budget.

A Public Budget Hearing will be held Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. in the Board Room at the office of the Superintendent, 500 South School Drive, Lanark, Illinois.

it really spans the century.

“The oldest metal type is the ‘Watermelon Capital of the World’ line,” Holden said. “That type is from 1897, and in excellent condition! I don’t know exact dates for most of the metal type, but I believe the ‘Mister and Miss Sesquicentennial’ type is from the 30s. The ‘Parade,’ ‘Carnival Midway’ and ‘Fireworks’

NOTICE OF ESTABLISHMENT OF PREVAILING WAGES

The Board of Trustees of Chadwick Fire Protection District of Carroll and Whiteside Counties, pursuant to 820 Illinois Compiled Statutes 130/0.01 et seq., Prevailing Wage Act, hereby gives notice that it has made a determination as required by said law of the prevailing hourly rates of wages being paid to all laborers, workmen, and mechanics engaged in work of similar character in the locality of the Chadwick Fire Protection District, for the construction of public works coming under its jurisdiction. A copy of said determination is available for inspection at the office of the Chadwick Fire Protection District, Chadwick, Illinois.

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Apartment building has off street parking and an on-site coin operated laundry. Water and garbage pickup provided by Landlord, tenant responsible for all other utilities. 1 bedroom-$425/ month, 2 bedroom-$475/month.

1 month rent/deposit. NO SMOKING, NO PETS, NO EXCEPTIONS. Credit references required. Please call 1-815-5418627, leave a message.

are fonts that were designed mid-19th century, actually before Thomson was a town, but the type itself is a revival casting done in the 1960s or 70s.”

Prints are available for $10 at the Sesquicentennial Festival this weekend. , July 24-26. Call Bristol at 815-297-3135 or Bruckner at 815-259-3168 for information.

LANARK (815) 493 - 2323 LAKE CARROLL (815) 864 - 2390 TOLL FREE (866) 493 - 2300 Amy Barnes, Managing Broker

www.isenhartrealty.com

THE STRENGTH OF TEAMWORK...THE REPUTATION FOR RESULTS!

SHANNON - $45,000 3 BR, 1.5 BA, 1 Car Garage

SHANNON - $53,900 2 BR, 2 BA, 1 Car Garage

THOMSON - $55,000 3 BR, 1 BA, 1 Car/Car Port

THOMSON - $115,000 3 BR, 1 BA, 3 Car with BA/ Rec Room

THOMSON - $119,900 4 BR, 2 BA, 2 Car Garage

SAVANNA - $120,000 1.39 Acres, 3 BR, 1.25 BA, 2 Car Garage

THOMSON - $129,500 4 BR, 1.5 BA, 2 Car Heated Garage

LANARK - $167,000 4.04 Acres, Pond, 3 BR, 1 BA, 1 Car Garage

MILLEDGEVILLE - $209,900 5 Acres, 3 BR, 2 BA, Outbuildings

STERLING — More than 50 merchant displays from businesses throughout the Sauk Valley will be at a local event for those “50 and better,” as Sauk Valley Media presents the 2015 Senior Showcase from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 4 at Northland Mall in Sterling.

The Senior Showcase, in its 17th year, will include information on health care providers, caregivers, retirement planning, insurance coverage, long-term care, nutrition, and many other subjects of interest to the growing market of consumers 50 and older.

“The vendors at this show are prepared to answer any questions on senior living, retirement, health care and so much more,” said Ed Bushman, general manager of the STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF CARROLL CITY OF LANARK, an Illinois Municipal Corporation, Plaintiff, v.

HEIRS AT LAW OF AGNES AMLING FOX, Deceased, FLYNN FOX, ANITA FOX, HOUSEHOLD FINANCE CORPORATION, III, UNKNOWN HEIRS of AGNES AMLING FOX, and UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

Case No.: 2015-CH-21 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION STATE OF ILLINOIS ) COUNTY OF CARROLL ) TO: Unknown Heirs of Agnes Amling Fox & Unknown Owners & NonRecord Claimants NOTICE IS GIVEN YOU, UNKNOWN HEIRS OF AGNES AMLING FOX & UNKNOWN OWNERS & NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, the Defendants in the above-entitled action, that an action was commenced in the Circuit Court of Carroll County on July 1, 2015, by the Plaintiff against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a demolition lien and for other relief conveying the premises described as follows: A part of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section Five (5), in Township Twenty-four (24), North, Range Six (6), East of the Fourth Principal Meridian, bounded and described as follows: Commencing at a point 2 Rods South and 54 Rods East of the Northwest corner of the Southwest Quarter of

Telegraph in Dixon. “The over 50 crowd loves this event and return year after year to gain knowledge of new companies and products designed just for them.”

The Senior Showcase is free. Email Bushman at ebushman@saukvalley.com or call 815-284-2224 for more details. This event is sponsored by Sauk Valley Media, CGH Medical Center, and KSB Hospital.

In Carroll Countyy — it’s Town, Lake & Count y

Call Me! Patti 815.266.4020

21-78 Lake Carroll Blvd., Lake Carroll, IL

the Southwest Quarter of said section Five (5); thence East 80 feet; thence South 13 1/3 rods; thence West 80 feet; thence North 13 1/3 rods to the place of beginning. Situated in the County of Carroll, State of Illinois.

Common Address: 316 East Pearl Street, Lanark, Illinois 61046 Tax Parcel Number: 0610-05-400-020 Date and place of recording: May 28, 2015 at the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Carroll County, Mount Carroll, Illinois Identification of recording: Document No. 2015R1081 Summons was duly issued by the court against you, as provided by law and the action is now pending.

Now, therefore, unless you one of the abovenamed defendants, file your answer to the complaint in the action or otherwise make your appearance in the action, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Carroll County, 301 North Main Street, Mount Carroll, Illinois, on or after August 17, 2015, default may be entered against you at any time after that date and a decree entered in accordance with the prayer of the complaint.

Dated this 1st day of July, A.D. 2015.

Attorney for the Plaintiff: Betsy L. Shaulis MEYERS & SHAULIS, P.C. 100 South Broad Street Post Office Box 114 Lanark, Illinois 61046 Telephone No.: 815.493.2334 Facsimile No.: 815.493.2425

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SHANNON ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES AUCTION 507 E. MAIN ST. LENA, IL SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2015 — 10:00 A.M.

ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES: Civil War era General’s lg. desk; brass dbl. bed frame; walnut 2-pc writing desk w/bookcase; oak glass door bookcase; oak framed store upright display case; tall 2-door wainscoting cupboard; commodes; oak lamp tables; vintage wicker baby buggy; vintage cowboy saddle; oak wall phone; Marlin Firearms framed ad; wood duck decoys; arrowheads; lg hammer/tomahawk heads; Native American clay figures; crock butter churn; Marx B&O train set w/original box; framed/numbered “Strategy In The Snow” Civil War print by Kunstler; German WWII field phone; trench art shell lamp; Civil War era & WWII German swords; bayonets; German & Vietnam helmets; Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America book; books about Lincoln, Hitler, General Grant, Indians, War & History; The Great American Shooting Prints book. Complete list & photos on web site. TERMS: CASH or GOOD CHECK.

Village President Bonnie Foust helped participants learn safety techniques, hand signals, and basic bicycle rules at the bike rodeo Saturday in Shannon Vil-

Safe riding lessons learned at bike rodeo and local Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts assisted with the event.

By LYNNETTE FORTH For Prairie Advocate SHANNON – Bicycle inspections, demonstrations of proper helmet use, and rules of the road on an obstacle course were a few of the lessons learned by nearly 20 young cyclists at the Bicycle Rodeo on Saturday in Shannon Village Park.

Shannon Police Chief Rick Cass said there were fun and prizes for those attending, along with great information.

The Shannon Village Board served hot dogs and drinks, TeeLee Popcorn provided a big bag of popcorn, and Casey’s gave coupons for a free slice of pizza.

Members of the Shannon American Legion Post 379 ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on July 1 A.D., 2015, a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Carroll County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post office addresses of all persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as: PRISTINE PRODUCE 446 S. BROAD ST. LANARK, IL 61046.

Dated this 1st day of July, A.D. 2015 Brian Woessner

By A.R. Buss, Deputy Clerk

STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF CARROLL — IN PROBATE IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF EDWARD F. SEDLAK, Deceased.

No. 2015 P 38 NOTICE OF PUBLICATION — CLAIMS Notice is given of the death of EDWARD F. SEDLAK, of Thomson, Illinois. Letters of office were issued on July 14, 2015, to Richard F. Sedlak, 30120 Sumac Drive, Burlington, WI 53105 whose attorney is Edward J. Mitchell, 110 N. Broad St., Lanark, IL 61046.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court at Carroll County Courthouse, 301 N. Main St., Mt. Carroll, IL 61053, or with the representative, or both, within 6 months from the date of issuance of letters and any claim not filed within that period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

DATED: July 16, 2015 Richard F. Sedlak, (Representative) BY: Edward J. Mitchell (Attorney)

NOTICE OF ESTABLISHMENT OF PREVAILING WAGES The Board of Directors of Carroll County Fair Association of Carroll County, pursuant to 820 Illinois Compiled Statues 130/01 et seq., Prevailing Wage Act hereby gives notice that it has made a determination as required by said law of the prevailing hourly rates of wages being paid to all laborers, workmen, and mechanics engaged in work of similar character in the locality of the Carroll County Fair, for the construction of public works coming under its jurisdiction. A copy of said determination is available for inspection at the office of the Carroll County Fair, Milledgeville, Illinois.

Dated this 2nd day of July, 2015.

By Order of the Board of Directors Carroll County Fair Association of Carroll County, Illinois s/s KIM GEBHARDT, Secretary

The Downsizing Auction — Sat., July 25 • 10AM of Jeanette Boothby of Savanna, IL and Merle Kennedy of Lanark, IL We will offer at TIPTON AUCTION SERVICE 3001 IL RT. 84, THOMSON, IL 61285 Antiques, Collectibles, 100 Porcelain Dolls, Tools, Household, and Old Jewelry For A Complete Listing and Pictures: www.tiptonauctionservice.net or AuctionZip.com FRANK TIPTON, Auctioneer 815-590-8206 FFL Licensed or email: ftipton@grics.net Visa, Mastercard, Discover Lunch by Dusty’s — 815-259-5015

LOBDELL AUCTION SERVICE — 815-238-0832 IL LICENSE #440000644 — www.lobdellauctionservice.com

Auction

SATURDAY, JULY 28 4:30 P.M. BETTY HARMS

104 S. MADISON ST., MT. CARROLL HOUSEHOLD: NIB built-in dishwasher; sofas; loveseat; occasional chair; bookshelves; end tables; drop-leaf table, 3 leaves & 6 chairs; hutch; single beds; dresser; wicker elephant stand; books; telescope; queen bedding; pictures; kero. lamps; elephant collection; glassware; card table & chairs; silver tea service; MANY MORE ITEMS TERMS: Cash or Check. Must Have Photo I.D. to Register JIM CALHOUN, Auctioneer IL Lic. 440000333 Mt. Carroll 815-244-9660 FOR FULL LISTING & PICTURES: www.calhounauction.com

AUC ION

AUC ION S T., JULYY 25 - 9:30 M Carroll & Helen Dimmick Estate

Sale held inside CAMPBELL CENTER Just North of Jct. 64 & 78, Mt. Carroll

FARMLAND AUCTION Tuesday, August 18th, 2015 at 6:30 P.M. Sale to be held at:

Meador Ag 11399 Maple Grove Road Lanark, IL 61046

120 Acres +/Section 1 of Rock Creek Twp. in Carroll County, IL Selling as 1 tract — NEW SURVEY AVAILABLE TRACT 1:

120 Acres +/- P.I. 136.2 – NO BUILDINGS Tax I.D. #’s 06-10-01-100-002 Total Taxes $2,980.10 For complete listing of sale bill, maps, soil maps, photos, tax info, terms & conditions, etc. go to www.lennybrysonauctioneer.com For Information Contact: Owner, L. Dean & Dolores Meador Lenny Bryson - Auctioneer Family Trust 900 South Division Ave. Co-Trustees, Larry Meador & Linda Johnson Ph.) 815-946-4120 Attorney, Heather McPherson, 8`15-235-4411

ChrisMorgan

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Demolition & Concrete Removal Basement & Foundation Work Waterways & Ponds Drainage Ditches Driveways & Trucking Septic Systems Licensed in IL

815-493-8389

MT. CARROLL, IL 815-275-5932 CELL COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL FARM www.chrismorganexcavating.com

HOUSEHOLD: Stack-on 8-gun cabinet; 2 chest freezers; drop-leaf dining table w/ leaves & 6 chairs; hutch; curio cabinet; recliner; lift chair; elec. fireplace; scanner; (4) Isabelle Blooms; vacs–Dirt Devil, Oreck, Shark Roadster, Kenmore; xmas; 30 gal. aquarium; lawn dec.; Noritake Anita-6; ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES: Art Deco bed, vanity & bench, nightstand; costume jewelry; smoke stand; Delta Queen items; kid’s books; toys; dresser w/mirror; birdcage; cornet; Bozooke; 4 pc. Child Size cardboard kitchen set; porcelain top table; trunk; games; trolling motor; vintage clothing; oak highboy; green wire top jars; Etude; decoys; weather vane; oak buffet; chrome table & 2 chairs; Mission-style bookshef; cistern pump; GARAGE ITEMS: power & hand tools; hardware; ladders; forks; chainsaws; MANY MORE ITEMS TERMS: CASH OR CHECK. MUST HAVE PHOTO I.D. TO REGISTER JIM CALHOUN, Auctioneer IL Lic. 440000333 MT. CARROLL 815-244-9660 FOR FULL LISTING & PICTURES www.calhounauction.com

Notice of Public Hearing CARROLL COUNTY ZONING

Notice is hereby given that a public hearing before the Zoning Board of Appeals will be held Monday, August 3rd, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will take place in the conference room on the first floor of the Carroll County Courthouse. The courthouse is located at 301 N. Main St. in the downtown district of Mt. Carroll, IL. The following items are on the agenda: 1.) Continuing discussion on Zoning Chapter 700 text modifications/additions. The ZBA will be making a recommendation to the county board to approve or exclude specific language modifications. A draft copy of changes can be viewed at the Carroll County Courthouse in the Zoning Department or online at www.carroll-county.net located under COUNTY DEPARTMENTS→ZONING→2015 DRAFT CH. 700. Items included: a. Reducing the dwelling lot size requirement for “NEW CONSTRUCTION” in the Agricultural (Ag1) District from 5 acres to 2 for qualifying lots scored by the County’s Land Evaluation Site Assessment (LESA) system. b. Reducing the “PRE-EXISTING HOME SITE” lot size requirement in the Agricultural (Ag-1) District from 5 acres to 2 and adding a LESA exemption period of 48 months for rebuilding a demolished pre-existing home. c. Adding the Special Use “Mixed Use Building” within the Business District. d. Adding/Modifying Definitions: “Common Lots”, “Home Occupation”, “Mixed Use Building”. e. Language Clarifications: 700-11.04 R-1 Common Lots, 700-15.02 Residential Protections, 700-15.08 Drainage.

All interested persons or parties are invited to attend and participate in said public hearing. Questions regarding this hearing or the items on the agenda may be directed to the Carroll County Zoning Department.

Jeremy Hughes, GIS & Zoning Department

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