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Body of missing Milledgeville woman found STAFF REPORT news@saukvalley.com MILLEDGEVILLE – The body of a Milledgeville woman, who was missing for three months, was found June 8 in a creek in rural Whiteside County.

The remains of Susan L. Redell, 62, were found by kayakers in Rock Creek, near Spring Valley Road near Coleta.

A cause of death has not been determined, and may never be, given the circumstances, Coroner

Joe McDonald said. An autopsy was conducted and toxicology results are pending.

Redell was known to walk long distances, and also to become confused while on her walks, her family has said.

Redell was an LPN for several Susan Redell years and graduated from Morrison Institute of Technology, where she studied architectural drawing.

She also taught and was a first-degree black

belt in tae kwon do.

Survivors include her children, Scott Howard and Megan Cox, both of Milledgeville; her granddaughter Leighla Haag; and her siblings Donna Green of Tucson, Penny Redell of Tampico, Jack Redell of Rock Falls, Steve Redell of Milledgeville and Robert Redell of Tacoma, Washington.

A gathering of friends and family was scheduled for June 15 at Milledgeville Church of the Brethren, 25257 Dutchtown Road.

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SAVANNA NEWS

Council denies request to allow outdoor drinking

BY MICHAEL MILLER For the Prairie Advocate SAVANNA — The Savanna City Council considered, but denied a request from a business owner to allow alcohol beverages to be consumed, specifically on sidewalks, in outdoor areas.

Gerry Gendreau, owner of several Savanna businesses had asked the council to approve a resolution for the allowance until the State of Illinois lifts restrictions on the number of customers allowed inside establishments due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Savanna Mayor Chris Lain said he’d love to be able to serve wine at the two tables in front of his own business on Main Street, but asked “do we want a block party?”

Police Chief Jeff Doran said he was against the resolution. “I am inherently against drinking on Main Street for dozens of reasons, but mainly it makes the town look cheap, it brings the image of the

town down and everybody goes somewhere else and you hear ‘wow, they can drink on Main Street in Savanna!’”, he said.

He said allowances have already been made to allow drinking on Madison Street and his department did not enforce the inside drinking prohibition, citing one day of rain which prevented outside drinking.

He said he understood it was “trial and tribulation time” with measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus and if it was temporary he wouldn’t be “super opposed”.

He cautioned against setting a precedent that when people come back to town they think they can automatically drink on Main Street.

Alderman Nick Law asked if this wasn’t already allowed during other events like the St. Patrick’s Day parade. Lain replied “yes” but that other restrictions were in place at those events.

City Comptroller/Treasurer Brittany Hatteberg said she had driven

downtown over the Memorial Day Weekend and said what she saw made her worried about the appearance of Savanna.

“I was worried about someone walking in front of me when I was driving down Main Street,” she said adding that she was disturbed about the amount of trash thrown into decorative planters on Main Street.

Alderman Jim Friedenbach said he also observed people walking on sidewalks drinking during the weekend.

“This is not the perception we want in Savanna because one person wants it. We want to keep our main streets nice. We have to be firm with this,” he said.

Alderman Pat Sanchez said allowing this would be “opening up a can of worms”.

“We’re trying to keep the downtown area as clean as possible.

My opinion is no, I don’t think we should let them do it.”

Lain said he wanted to do every-

thing he could to help businesses that have been hurt badly by COVID-19, and that he wanted Gendreau’s businesses to be able to compete against his competitor, who was “completely open.”

Ultimately no one moved to go forward on this, so the matter appeared to die before becoming an action item.

In other action, the council also approved: • a request from the Hotel/Motel Committee to purchase a new $2,500 drone to promote the city. Alderman Sara Purdom emphasized this money comes straight from the Hotel/Motel fund.

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MORRISON –A Whiteside County Jail inmate who died June 10 after being found unresponsive around 4:30 p.m. was Timothy R. Rippy, 59, of Lyndon, the Illinois State Police said in a news release.

An autopsy was conducted last week and the cause of death is still being determined, the release said.

“The open investigation is currently in its infancy and no Timothy R. Rippy additional information is available at this time,” it said.

Rippy had an unidentified preexisting medical condition, Sheriff John Booker said.

The ISP Division of Criminal Investigation is handling the investigation, which is the procedure when someone dies in custody of another law enforcement agency.

Rippy was charged in four felony cases that included burglary, possession of a stolen vehicle, and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Correctional deputies performed CPR on Rippy and called Morrison Ambulance and the Morrison Fire Department to assist, but emergency responders were unable to revive him.

The jail was put on lockdown for a brief time during the emergency.

Rock Falls man faces 10 counts of murder, arson in apartment fire

BY KATHLEEN A. SCHULTZ kschultz@saukvalley.com

MORRISON – The Rock Falls man accused of deliberately setting a fatal apartment complex fire in a drug deal that went awry, killing two children and a woman, is facing 10 felony arson and murder charges, many of which could put him away for life.

Steven W. Coleman, 40, a longtime felon who was out on parole at the time of the fire, was charged Friday afternoon with six counts of murder, each punishable by 20 to 60 years, or up to life in prison, and four arson-related charges, three that carry 6 to 30 years in prison and one that carries 4 to 15 years.

He is in Whiteside County jail on $1 million bond, and has a preliminary hearing June 22.

Coleman is charged with three counts of murder while committing a “forcible felony,” which in this case would be aggravated arson, and with three counts

of murder done while committing actions he knew had “strong probability” of causing death or great bodily harm to another.

The prosecution Steven W. would need to prove Coleman he committed aggravated arson for him to be convicted of the first three charges; three of the arson counts are aggravated, all with different elements that need to be proven.

If, however, the jury fails to find Coleman guilty of aggravated arson, it still can consider the other three murder charges.

He can be found guilty only of up to three of them.

Police say the fire was deliberately set around 12:30 a.m. Monday at Western Apartments, 908 W. Fourth St, just west of the downtown. The complex has two two-story buildings; the fire was set to the southside building.

The motive was a drug deal gone bad, Detective Sgt. Pat Bartel has said.

Celina Serrano, 13, and her cousin, Shayla Walker, 8, of Davenport, died at the scene. Neighbor Carrie A. (Hall) Hose, 49, also was killed.

Celina’s mother, Alma Walker, 35, and her sister, 12-year-old Teleah Serrano, were injured.

Walker remains in critical condition at OSF St. Anthony Medical Center in Rockford, a spokesman said this afternoon.

Teleah was released to the care her grandmother, who also is taking care of Walker’s son, Eric.

Nine other occupants escaped.

Coleman has a long history of felony convictions in the Sauk Valley, dating back to the mid1990s.

In Lee County, he was sentenced to 4 years after stealing 923 pounds of cut copper and two internally cooled welding wheels,

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COVID-19 & CLASS OF 2020

Sterling High School graduates get their diplomas

BY CODY CUTTER ccutter@saukvalley.com STERLING – Graduation Gate at Sterling High School opened June 11 for the first half of seniors ready to pick up their diploma and head off into the real world.

The COVID-19 outbreak did not stop the 227 graduates from celebrating the end of their high school days.

The second wave of students made the walk through the iron gates on June 12.

Madilyn Barnhart, who will study agriculture accounting at the University of Illinois in a couple of months, called the ceremony a “rite of passage.”

Madilyn was one of the first students to take part in the ceremony, riding with her father and sister onto Fourth Avenue in front of the school while graduation-themed music blared through their car stereo.

“It was still exciting,” she said.

“It was a little different without shaking anyone’s hand or hugging anyone, but seeing my mom tearing up made me cry a little bit.”

Principal Jason Austin helped graduates exit their vehicles and prepared them for the walk through Graduation Gate to the wide-open football field, where, off in the distance, Superintendent Tad Everett handed out the diplomas.

“I’m actually real appreciative that we got the opportunity to graduate that way. Still having a ceremony meant a lot to our class,” Barnhart said. “We could still celebrate our achievements. We’re all just really grateful that we got something to celebrate.”

Students’ names were announced over the football stadium’s sound system, and those graduates waiting in cars near the school got to hear the names being called on FM radio.

Abby Aitken, one of Sterling High’s Students of the Year, didn’t know what to expect before her caravan of six made the drive up Fourth Avenue. She was worried about whether she was going to be disappointed about the new setup, she said, and if it was going to be underwhelming.

Far from it.

“In reality, it was such an amazing experience,” Aitken said. “I’m so thankful to the SHS administration and staff that they were able to put something together.”

She will study pre-med at the College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio, and is hopeful that in-person classes will be available by the fall, she said.

The pandemic caused several

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ABOVE: Triplets Nicole (left), Paige and Tessa DeJonge battle the breeze as they get ready to receive their diplomas. BELOW: Xavier Arreola, on his way to receive his diploma, was Sterling High School’s first student to walk through Graduation Gate in the first day of a 2-day, coronavirus-inspired drive-up ceremony. late-calendar activities, including the spring sports season and prom, to either be canceled or put in limbo, but Aitken was glad it didn’t sour the graduation experience.

“Our class is real fortunate that we had something to look forward to, instead of many other senior classes that were just done, canceled, mail your diploma,” she said.

Xavier Arreola was the first student to take part in Thursday’s ceremony, but was the second in his class to clutch a diploma this summer: Gannon Fiorini, who is starting basic training in the United States Marine Corps, received his diploma before he left a couple of weeks ago.

When Austin planned the ceremony, he did so with three particular wishes of the senior class in mind: to have an early graduation date, to go through Graduation Gate, and to have their families involved.

Thursday’s ceremony was a success, Austin said, despite the unique arrangements.

“When we started school in August, this was not how anyone envisioned the Class of 2020 graduating,” he said. “All things considered, it’s gone very, very well.”

Drive-through graduations have become the popular method to send off seniors in the area.

OBITUARY THOMSON – Dwight E. Wilkinson, 82, passed away on February 23, 2020 in Gulfport, Mississippi, after a long battle with lung disease.

Dwight was born in Thomson, and spent his early years working with his family on various farms around the Carroll County area.

In 1959 he decided that he wanted to see the world and joined the U.S. Air Force.

He did two tours in Vietnam, where he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for heroism and valor, saving a plane full of soldiers by keeping the plane moving and not coming under

enemy fire.

In 1963, while stationed in New Jersey, he met and married Estella Keller.

They had one son, Michael Wilkinson.

Dwight and Ronny Miller seized the opportunity to buy Helle’s Pallet Company when it closed in 1986, and together formed Standard Pallet Company.

After six months in business, Ronny sold his half to Harry Wilkinson, Dwight’s brother, and together they both ran Standard Pallet Company for the next 12 years in Thomson.

They sold the business in 1999 and retired.

In 2003, Dwight and Estella decided to winter in Biloxi, Mississippi. Choosing a campground next to Keesler Air Force Base. While vacationing there, they met several of Dwight’s friends from his 21 years in the Air Force.

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They enjoyed their time there so much so that they spent the next 10 winters in Biloxi.

After the passing of his wife in 2013, he continued to spend his winters in Biloxi.

In 2017 he moved into the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Gulfport, Mississippi joining several of his friends who were already living there.

Dwight loved to go camping and fishing. Having many different campers and boats throughout his life, spending most every weekend on a lake or river somewhere.

He will be greatly missed by his family and many friends.

Dwight was preceded in death by his parents, Harry and Ellen (Stage) Wilkinson;wife, Estella (Keller) Wilkinson; sister and brother-in-law, Alice (Wilkinson)

tions records show.

In Whiteside County, he was sentenced to 2 years for criminal damage to property in a 2017 case; his parole included that sentence as well.

He was also sentenced in Whiteside County to 2 years for dealing cocaine in 2007, 5½ years for robbery in 2004, 2½ years for aggravated battery and damaging property in 2002; 2½ years for

Yeager and George Yeager; brother, Harold (Gene) Wilkinson; sister-in-law, Velma (Foreman) Wilkinson; sister-inlaw, Betty (Holy) Wilkinson; brother in Law, Lloyd Keller; and sister-in- law, Mary Ellen (Keller) Self.

Dwight is survived by his son, Michael Wilkinson; son-in-law, Brian Pierce; brother, Harry Wilkinson; sister and brother-in-law, Sharon (Wilkinson) Miller and Lawrence Miller; sister-in-law, Diane (Crotts) Wilkinson; and brother, Herb Wilkinson, as well as his many nieces and nephews.

There will be a memorial graveside service held 1 p.m. Saturday, June 20 in the Lower York Cemetery in Thomson, with a gathering at his brother Harry’s home across the road from the cemetery.

theft and being a felon in possession and use of a firearm in 1999, 3 years possession of a controlled substance in 1998, and 4 years for residential burglary in 1997.

In Carroll County, Coleman was sentenced to two 10-year terms for dealing cocaine, 6 years for possession of marijuana, and a year for aggravated DUI, all to run concurrently, in 2009.

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Steve and Jane Smith to celebrate 50th anniversary MILLEDGEVILLE — Steve and Jane Smith will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on June 27.

They were married on June 27, 1970 at Lanark United Methodist Church. Both were graduates of Lanark High School in the class of ‘69.

The couple settled in rural Milledgeville and established the family farm.

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BY KATHLEEN A. SCHULTZ kschultz@saukvalley.com SAVANNA – It’s pretty obvious: Poopy’s is taking great delight in poking the bear.

Of course, it helps that the bear has no teeth – or at least, seems pretty reluctant to bite.

It’s been 5 weeks since one state agency threatened to shut the biker bar down, and 3 weeks since it got its second cease-and-desist letter from yet another state licensing agency, but the owners appear to have no intent to comply with the restrictions outlined in the state executive order governing COVID-19 safety regulations.

Poopy’s Pub ‘N Grub, a major regional destination for motorcycle enthusiasts, opened for curbside delivery May 1 and, in violation of Gov JB Pritzker’s order, allowed patrons to eat and drink beverages, including beer, “on premises” – in this case, outdoors at tables spaced 10 feet apart.

Five days layer, on May 6, it got a cease-and-desist letter from the Illinois Liquor Commission, which threatened to pull its liquor license

if the on-site activity continued.

In response, Poopy’s owners, Kevin and Peggy Promenschenkel, sued Pritzker in Carroll County Court on May 11, then had the case moved to federal court. They claim that, by issuing an order that effectively shuts down their business but gives them no avenue to appeal, Pritzker violated their constitutional right to due process.

They opened up the bar and restaurant entirely on Memorial Day weekend, a week ahead of the June 1 implementation of Phase 3 of the Illinois Reopen plan. Hundreds of bikers and others showed up for the live music, food and drink,most ignoring the state requirement that masks and social distancing be employed.

That drew the attention of the Illinois Gaming Board, which sent its own cease-and-desist letter, dated May 29, threatening to yank the bar’s license for that particular pursuit. The letter reads in part: “As an establishment licensed by the IGB, you have an ongoing duty to conduct your business in a

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SPECIAL EVENT

Chesney to be speaker at meeting

APPLE RIVER – Rep. Andrew Chesney, (R), State Representative for the 89th District will be the featured speaker for the Eagle Nature Foundation’s 25th annual meeting and fund-raising luncheon on June 27 in the basement of Saint Joseph’s Catholic Church, 105 W. Webster St. The topic will be “Illinois 2020”.

This meeting had been postponed

for the past three months because of the coronavirus.

The general public is invited to attend this meeting to hear Chesney’s discussion. The 25th Anniversary Luncheon will start with a silent auction at 11 a.m., luncheon at 11:30, noisy auction at 12:30, business meeting at 1 p.m. and featured speaker at 2.

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“Continued violations of the executive order puts the bar at risk of having its gaming license suspended or revoked.”

Poopy’s posted that letter, and its attorney’s response, on its Facebook page on June 3. It reads in part: “At no time relevant have any gaming machines ever been in operation on my client’s premises, so for the life of me I can’t possibly imagine why you would be threatening its licensure.

“Unless your agency has recently been anointed pontiff over public health matters, we find no purpose for your correspondence other than to be another ‘tool’ of intimidation being wielded against the small businesses of Illinois by the executive branch.

“Having said that, our client thanks your agency for it correspondence and respectfully declines to take any action relative thereto, but rather chooses to exercise the liberties and freedoms given to them by God and guaranteed by law.”

The letter goes on to say Poopy’s will take “swift and decisive legal action” should the gaming board take any action against the bar.

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made it clear that they do not consider it their job to enforce the executive order, that they will not arrest anyone who violates it, and that their position is, conflicts arising from it should be settled in court.

The Mount Carroll couple are not alone in their frustration with the restrictions: According to published reports, in addition to his clients,

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DeVore has said he’s helping more than 200 businesses that also are defying the order.

Poopy’s continues to serve food and drink to its patrons, hire bands, has opened its grounds to free camping, no coolers, though, you must buy your beverages from Poopy’s.

Spokesmen from the Gaming Board and the Liquor Commission say the next step in the process would be for either agency to either issue fine, or a revoke or suspend either license, all moves that the Promenschenkels could appeal.

This in the email from Terry Horstman, Liquor Control Commission spokesman: “Also, as laid forth in guidelines provided in part of Phase 3 of Restore Illinois, businesses in violation may also be subject to additional regulations on outdoor dining by units of local government and local health departments.

“All agencies with law enforcement authority, including but not limited to Illinois Liquor Control Commission, Illinois State Police, Illinois Department of Public Health, and Local Law Enforcement may coordinate and enforce the new restrictions as appropriate.”

As mentioned, police are not coordinating or enforcing, and so far, the state hasn’t revoked any licenses for violating the COVID-19-induced restrictions.

The initial status hearing in the Promenschenkels’ federal is set for Friday in U.S. District Court in Rockford.

Phase 4 of Pritzker’s Reopen Illinois plan, which further lifts restrictions on bars, restaurants and other businesses, is on track to be implemented at the end of the month.

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CRUNDWELL UPDATE

Illinois Municipal League opposes early release Rita Crundwell stole $54 million and is serving 19 years in jail

BY KATHLEEN A. SCHULTZ kschultz@saukvalley.com ROCKFORD – The Illinois Municipal League is adding its voice to the chorus of those opposed to an early release of the woman who perpetrated the largest municipal theft in U.S. history.

Former Dixon Comptroller Rita Crundwell was sentenced Feb. 14, 2013, to 19 years and 7 months in federal prison for stealing close to $54 million over 20 years from her hometown.

She is seeking an early release from Pekin Federal Correctional Center, citing poor health and a fear of contracting COVID-19.

The letter to U.S. District Court Judge Philip Reinhard, who sentenced her, is signed by IML Executive Director Brad Cole. In it he writes: “Despite monetary recovery from multiple sources, the residents of Dixon will never fully recover the financial losses from this unprecedented betrayal of trust. Neither will the elected and appointed officials from throughout Illinois and our nation who carry an undeserved burden with them from Crundwell’s criminal behavior under the guise of public service.”

Cole called the irony of her request at this time, after the economic hardships she wrought on Dixon, “unmatched.”

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The Illinois Municipal League is adding its voice to the chorus of those opposed to an early release for federal prisoner Rita Crundwell, who perpetrated the largest municipal theft in U.S. history when she stole nearly $54 million from her hometown of Dixon over the course of 20 years. Swipe left to read the ILM’s 2-page letter to U.S. District Judge Philip Reinhard.

“Now, through an economic collapse of possibly never-before-seen proportions, impacting every level of society and government, she seeks compassion over worry for her ‘deteriorating health condition and danger of the COVID-19 pandemic.’

“I am not the least apologetic to state, especially because of this second, current financial storm being weathered by the city of Dixon, that Crundwell fully deserves to complete every last day of her original sentence.

“Indeed, it may be the only thing she ever rightfully earned in her entire life.”

He noted that “this may be the

first, and hopefully will be the last time” the IML ever has weighed in on a criminal sentencing request.

“On behalf of the honest, trustworthy and hardworking elected and appointed officials of every community in Illinois, we request that you deny Crundwell’s attempt to diminish her sentence.”

The letter is dated May 12, 4 days before Crundwell withdrew her motion for early release to pursue her request through less public administrative means. It was filed and added to the court record Tuesday.

She can refile her request in federal court if she fails to get relief through the four-step Bureau of

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Crundwell is asking to be released in the wake of Attorney General William Barr’s March 26 memo to the Bureau of Prisons, advising that inmates deemed high risk, based on Centers for Disease Control COVID19 guidelines, be released to home confinement if they meet certain criteria under the federal First Step Act. She is citing health issues that include chronic hypertension, high cholesterol, chronic pain from severe scoliosis, and a pinched sciatic nerve in her lower back, a hip replacement 3 years ago caused by arthritis, and damaged kidneys, and a mass removed from under her arm on April 20.

The city of Dixon also is adamantly opposed to any kind of sentencing relief, and said so in its own letter in early May to Pekin prison Warden Frederick Entzel, to whom Crundwell first made her request on April 22.

“Rita lived a life of luxury while Dixon’s roadways crumbled, public infrastructure was neglected, public safety services were denied necessary funding and city employees took mulitiyear pay freezes,” City Manager Danny Langloss wrote.

“The damage she has done, both financially and psychologically, was and remains unprecedented. Early release of Rita Crundwell would destroy trust and confidence in our great judicial system, send a dangerous message to any public official considering theft, and reignite the rage and anger that our Dixon community has worked so hard to overcome.”

IN BRIEF Bakeless bake sale fundraiser in Apple River APPLE RIVER – Eagle Nature Foundation is having its annual Bakeless Bake Sale from now until donations stop coming in.

This event is a fund-raising activity that ENF has sponsored for the past several years. Members of the public can purchase virtual food items for a tax-deductible donation.

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Theater offers classes MOUNT CARROLL – Timber Lake Playhouse is offering a summer education program with online and on-site courses for ages 3 through adult.

Course offerings include private music lessons in contemporary and classical voice, piano, drums, guitar, bass

and ukulele; interactive workshops in puppetry, dance, script writing, improvisation, acting, monologue work, and discussion panels with working Broadway actors.

It’s the most comprehensive education program the theater, located at 8215 Black Oak Road in Mount Carroll, ever has offered, Executive Director Dan Danielowski said in a news release.

Robert McFletcher-Jones is TLP’s education director.

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e have moved to virtual library programs for July. Your library will have registration information and you will just need to stop by to pick up a craft kit.

From home, you can log your child into the website and Melinda will read the story and do the activities along with your child. We have information out shortly on when your library is doing the program.

At this time our office is open.

I am the only staff at this time, so there may be times when it is closed for meetings or such.

Normally, office hours are Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. If it is closed during those time, calls will be transferred to my cell phone so don’t be surprised if by chance you get my personal voicemail. Our office will be closed July 7-10.

In conjunction with Illinois Farm Bureau and our fellow District 2 county farm bureaus, we celebrated National Dairy Month and helped our dairy farms by donating milk products to the food pantries that serve our county.

Dairy has many health benefits in your daily diet. Protein, Vitamin A & D, calcium and more. These are

COMMENTARY AT A GLANCE Chastity Welch all important nutrients a body needs.

As National Dairy Month is wrapping up, go visit https://www.discoverundeniablydairy.com/ where you can take a virtual tour of a dairy farm. You can learn where our dairy comes from and more.

Where does a person get that “pork producers” seasoning? This is a question we get often. Where do you get it?

We have it here at the office. You can buy it by the shaker, case, or even a 10 lb pail.

We also have the 2019 Centennial Platbooks on hand. Pecans, cashews, cocoa dusted almonds, honey roasted peanuts and more are on hand.

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June 21 is National Peaches and Cream Peach orders are flying in the door. You can place your order online at our website, www.carrollcfb.org or give us a call.

One of my favorite peach recipes, is so easy. It is basically a Peach Dump cake. You need 6 peaches, 3 eggs, 1 can of evaporated milk, 1 cup white sugar,

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 3 p.m.

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Jeanette Bush of Prophetstown stands behind her cake when she recently celebrated 50 years of service at Resthave Care and Rehabilitation. Bush was 18 years old when she applied and got the job at Resthave. She recalled that she didn’t know of any job openings, however she just took a chance and got a job. Resthave Care and Rehabilitation officials sincerely thanked Bush for all her years of service and the life lessons taught through the years. Photos supplied

FATAL FIRE

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BY ERIC INGLES eingles@saukvalley.com STERLING – Two weeks after a deadly fire at the Western Apartments, neighbors are looking to put their lives back together.

The blaze, which claimed the lives of Celina Serrano, 13, Shayla Walker, 8, and Carrie (Hall) Hose, 49, also left others who lived in the south building of the two-building complex without a place to live and with all of their worldly possessions in ashes.

Ethan Scott and his girlfriend Kristin lived in the building for only a few days when the fire broke out shortly after midnight June 1,

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For example, featured in the Broadway panel webinars are Shawn Bowers of “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg,” Anna Noble in the revival of “Carousel,” and Tamar

but he knew some of his neighbors, either through school or through a construction job. Now, he is spearheading a campaign to help those who lost possessions get back on their feet.

“We’re the type of people that, if you need something, you can ask them if they’ve got it, and if they don’t have something, they ask us,” he said. “If we’ve got it, we’ll help them out. We’re kind of like a family.”

Donations already have come in.

Kristin’s sister got them a new TV. Someone donated a microwave.

But the families still need a lot, from kitchen and bathroom items to clothing and hairbrushes.

“Basically a little bit of everything, really,” Scott said. “Everyone lost pretty much everything over there. We’re not the only ones that need this stuff.”

Scott lived downstairs in the two-story building, and the fire marshals told him that the floor caved in, meaning pretty much everything he and his neighbors owned was lost.

The fire also meant everyone living in the south building was left without a place to live. Scott and Kristin got help from a couple of charitable organizations to get a hotel room for a while, but they don’t know what they’ll do longterm.

“We’re still trying to look for places,” he said. “It’s all we can do right now.”

People who want to donate can contact Scott via his Facebook page.

He has been updating the other people in the building whenever donations come in, and is planning a get-together to hand everything out.

“Once Alma [Walker, Celina Serrano’s mother] is out of the hospital, we can all get together,” Scott said.

“We can go through and have a little cookout. That’s what I want to do for these people. We’re not the only ones affected.”

Police say the fire to the eight-unit building at 908 W. Fourth St, just

Greene, who is portraying George Washington in “Hamilton.”

COVID-19, which at first appeared to doom the summer season, actually has been a boon in some ways.

“Since most of the doors of theater houses are sadly closed, these artists have become available to us,” McFletcher-Jones said. “Our students will benefit from their years of experience, incred-

ible skill sets, and relevant information they have to offer.”

TLP is still planning to hold two projects on site once the theatre opens in August. A 2-week performance workshop where students ages 7 to 12 will rehearse and perform in Disney’s “Frozen JR.” will be held the first 2 weeks of August, with performances on Aug. 15.

TLP also will stage its popular all-area

teen production; this summer it’s “Bye Bye Birdie.” More information on both will be coming soon.

Space in the classes is limited. Go to timberlakeplayhouse.org for the list or call the TLP Box Office at 815-244-2035 for more information. Registration is open now and can be done online or through the box office.

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west of the downtown, was deliberately set around 12:30 a.m.

Steven W. Coleman, 40, of Rock Falls, a longtime felon who was out on parole at the time, was charged Friday afternoon with six counts of murder, each punishable by 20 to 60 years, or up to life in prison, and four arson-related charges, three that carry 6 to 30 years in prison and one that carries 4 to 15 years.

He is in Whiteside County jail on $1 million bond, and has a preliminary hearing June 22.

Walker lived in the apartment with her new husband, Dakkota Shake, her son Eric and her other daughter, Teleah, who also was injured but since has been released from the hospital.

Scott stopped by the apartments a couple of days after the fire, where a memorial of balloons, flowers and stuffed animals has been made for the three people who died.

“I saw the pictures of Celina and the little girls, and I tried to hold back the tears and just couldn’t,” Scott said. “I had to tell my ride I needed to leave. I couldn’t handle it.

Alex T. Paschal/Shaw Media “That could have been me and Eastland’s Lydia Coatney Eastland’s Erinthe Henze days when fire broke out shortly after midnight June 1, is my girlfriend.

That could have been Ethan Scott, who lived in the Western Apartments for only a few anybody. It’s just kind of scary.” spearheading on their feet.

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HUNTING NEWS

THOMSON – The US Fish and Wildlife Service has announced the drawing for Potter’s Marsh waterfowl hunting sites has been canceled due to safety concerns with coronavirus.

Instead, site winners from the 2019 season will have the opportunity to keep their site for the 2020 season. Letters will be sent to the 2019 hunt site winners asking if they want to keep the same site for the 2020 season.

Required documentation with a $100 permit fee, along with photocopies of the following information should be sent in: photo identification, 2020 Hunting or Sportsman’s License, 2020 Federal waterfowl stamp, 2020 state duck stamp and a Firearm Owners Identification Card for Illinois residents only. Residents under 21 do not need the FOID but must be accompanied by an adult, 21 or older with a valid card. If this applies, please include a copy of the appropriate FOID card when submitting documentation.

A site packet will be mailed once all documentation has been verified. For questions and additional information, hunters may call the Refuge District Manager at 815-273-2732 extension 111.

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