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DARLENE A. IRWIN

Darlene A. Irwin, 88, of Mount Carroll, formerly of Hanover, Illinois, passed on November 16, 2022.

Arrangements entrusted to Law-Jones Fu neral Home, Mount Carroll, Illinois. Additional information: 815-273-2264.

MARIA LYNN LYNCH

Maria Lynn Lynch, 56, of Lanark, Illinois, passed on November 19, 2022.

Arrangements entrusted to Law-Jones Funeral Home, Lanark, Illinois. Additional information: 800-525-2264.

ALVERA SMITH

Born: December 7, 1930

Alvera Smith, of La nark, IL, passed away Friday, October 7, at Allure Nursing Home in Mt. Carroll, IL. Funeral services have been changed. Now there will be a graveside fu neral service at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, October 15, at The Lanark Cemetery. A celebration of Alvera’s life will be held at 1:00 p.m. Decem ber 3, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lanark. Memorials may be made to Trinity Lutheran Church, and The Dementia Foundation.

Alvera was born on the Freely Farm outside of Brookville, IL, on December 7, 1930, daugh ter of Charles and Anna (Garman) Martz. Growing up on the farm, Alvera helped milk cows and do chores starting at an early age. When Alvera was in seventh grade, her family moved to Lanark where she attended high school. It was in Lanark, at a local restau rant, where Alvera met the love of her life, Fay Smith. Alvera knew very soon that Fay was the one. Alvera and Fay got married on October 22, 1947. Together they raised three children, and celebrated 67 years of marriage until Fay’s passing in 2015.

NORMA J. RITTER

Norma J. Ritter, 82, of Mount Carroll, Illinois, passed on November 19, 2022. Arrangements entrusted to Law-Jones Funeral Home, Lanark, Illinois. Additional information: 800-525-2264.

Alvera was the definition of a farmer’s wife. She took care of the kids, milked the cows, did the chores, and kept everyone well fed. She was the captain of her kitchen, and liked it best when the cooking was done by herself. Family was at the center of Alvera’s life. She took great pride in her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren. She taught her family the value of a hard days work, and the importance of manners. Alvera enjoyed cleaning, and always had a spotless house, inside and out. She was an active member of the Trinity Lutheran Church community, where she taught Sunday school, and would play dominos with the church ladies.

Alvera will be dearly missed by her beloved daughter, Paulette (Terry) Rahn of Lanark; a loving daughter in-law, Bonnie Saunders-Smith of Dixon, IL; six grandchil dren, Kari (Barry) Matznick, Karla (Heath) Merlak, Troy (Marddi) Rahn, Lora (David) Ackeburg, Emily (Justin) Conroy, and Adam Kradle; 11 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren; and one sister, Patricia Diffenderfer of Lena, IL. Alvera is preceded in death by her loving husband, Fay Smith; her son, Rick Smith; her daughter, Alene “Toot” Smith Kradle; her parents; and her brother and sister.

JASON CHARLES STURTEVANT

Jason Charles Sturtevant, 81, of Savanna, Illinois, passed on November 22, 2022.

Arrangements entrusted to Law-Jones Funeral Home, Savanna, Illinois. Additional information: 815-273-2264.

PRAIRIE ADVOCATE

Stonecroft ‘After Five’ Christmas celebration Dec. 6

Stonecroft “After Five” will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6, at Triple Play Banquet & Bowl, 1601 Ninth Ave. in Fulton. Join us for our Christmas celebration! Cheryl Green and Sue Pessman will start us off with Christmas carol singalongs and then Dorothy Smith, an inspirational speaker from Moline, will present “Let’s Celebrate, It’s Christmas!”

Phone for reservations and cancella tions by Dec. 2 to Ruth Huizenga at 309659-2175 or Carolene Sterenberg at 563212-5528.

The next meeting will be March 14.

ENF to host 4-hour bald eagle bus tours

The Eagle Nature Foundation will offer 4-hour winter bald eagle bus tours on Jan. 14 and Feb. 18. The tours will leave promptly at 8 a.m. from the parking lot of the Ramada on Highway 20 on the west side of Galena and return about noon.

The tours will be led by bald eagle researcher, author and speaker Terrence

Ingram, the president and executive director of ENF. Ingram has led bald eagle bus tours since 1964.

Ingram has written two photographic eagle books, “The Plight of the Bald Eagle” and “EAGLE,” and the documen tary environmental book “Silent Fall.” All of the books will be for sale to partici pants on the bus tours.

On past tours, Ingram has been able to show tour participants from 30 to more than 450 bald eagles during a tour.

With the bald eagle population seem ingly on the decline, seeing that many bald eagles will probably not be possible, but he will show participants as many bald eagles as possible, a news release said. The bus tours will visit five historic wintering communities of bald eagles.

To get a brochure for the tours, con tact the ENF office at ENF, 300 E. Hickory St., Apple River, IL 61001 or call 815-5942306 and leave your name and address.

Cost for the tour is $100 per adult, $90 for seniors and $75 for children under 17. For groups of four or more, adults are $90 and children are $60.

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Sign up now for our charcuterie board class to take place Dec. 8

We still have spots for the char cuterie board class at 6 p.m. Dec. 8 at the Lake Carroll Clubhouse. The cost is $45 and you will receive a board to keep, plus we will fill it full of food for you along with food to munch on during the class.

We have lined up Cami Yenney with Big Miniature Farms to do the class. Dave Smith is making the boards, and we will have the following farm ladies talk to you: Augusta Witt, Ellen Rahn and Jen Sturtevant. Call our office to reserve your spot by Dec.1.

The office will be closed Monday, Dec. 5, and Tuesday, Dec. 6 because I will be at the Illinois Farm Bureau’s annual meeting. This is one of my favor ite weeks of the year. Not only do I get to indulge in the city for a few days, the meeting brings together all those in our organization. There are the Young Lead ers and the always touching video that is done on the Young Leader award win ners, colleagues I only see on rare occa sions, and delegate sessions where I watch our delegates speak and discuss with passion the issues near and dear to them. One of my top things is the pas sion you feel at the meeting. I am very much a passionate person driven by goals. It is a vibe that certainly takes

AT A GLANCE

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over the Palmer House. It also always puts me in the holiday mood!

I have mentioned before that the Young Leaders won the Harvest for All award for dollars raised and volunteer hours. Our chair, Jeremy Flikkema, also won the County Chair award for our membership group. •••

Our county, along with other north ern Illinois county farm bureaus, is sponsoring a trip titled “New England Rails and Sails” next fall with Lind strom Travel. The trip will take place Sept. 23 to Oct. 1, 2023.

You will start with a flight to Boston. Day 2 will be spent touring Boston and Kennebunkport, Maine. On Day 3, you will enjoy a short ride on the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad and Casco Bay Cruise, where you will watch lobster men, local fishing fleets and abundant sea birds. Day 4 moves onto New Hamp shire and the North Conway Scenic

Carroll County

members can place up to two 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.

For Sale: Delta 6-ft Freestanding drill press, $100, 815-244-3027.

For Sale: Landoll Model 2325 Disc Ripper. Very good condition, $8,500 OBO. 563-219-5491.

For Sale: 15-ft. Alamo wing mower $4,000 obo, 2007 16-ft. flatbed trailer $4,800 obo, 563613-3670.

Railroad. Day 5 is one of the world’s most spectacular fall foliage trips through Kancamagus Scenic Byway.

Day 6 you will spend at the Mystic Seaport’s The Museum of America and the Sea. You also will stay at the Fox woods Resort Casino for two nights. Day 7 is all aboard the Essex Steam Train, followed by a ride on the River boat Becky Thatcher for a relaxing trip up the Connecticut River. On Day 8, you will see Plymouth Rock and take a whale watching cruise before flying home from Boston on the ninth day.

If you book by Jan. 31, airfare is free out of Chicago ($700). Cost for the trip for double occupancy is $3,499 a person. I will have flyers on the trip shortly. •••

I have an ample amount of nuts on hand with more cashews on order. If you did not preorder, no worries. We have you covered!

Speaking of preorders, Dec. 1 is the last day to order the individual size freezer meals. The order form is on our website, www.carrollcfb.org, our Face book page or you can call our office.

Farm Bureau

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. Thursday to get your ad in the following week’s paper. The Farm Bureau office compiles the ads and Shaw Media runs them in the Prairie Advocate as a courtesy in conjunction with the weekly column. Shaw Media is not responsible for the ads and any errors or corrections need to be made to the Farm Bureau office.

Local study highlights connection between grassland birds and grazing land

ELIZABETH – A University of Illinois graduate student has collected informa tion about the barriers and motivations to reverse the trend of significant declines in Midwestern grassland song birds over the past few decades.

The research found the decline cor related with reductions in grazing and hay fields in the region.

Research has found that many Mid western grassland birds need grass of varying heights and densities during their lifecycle. These birds depend on short grass and openings for foraging, nesting and/or chick development.

As land transitioned to row crops over recent decades, the birds lost these habitats created by grazing and forage harvesting.

John Strauser was looking at how to address the economic, social and com munity motivations needed to return marginal lands to forage production. His project focused on collecting data from

landowners, farmers and residents in Jo Daviess County and Grant County, Wis consin.

The project was partially funded by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service with a focus on identifying collaborative oppor tunities with agriculture and wildlife interest. The capstone report “Under standing Limitations to Grass-based Agriculture in the Driftless Region of Illi nois and Wisconsin” was released last week.

The study found most farmers, land owners and residents recognized the connection between declining local bird populations and declining forage pro duction in the area. The respondents also provided insight into barriers to returning to more livestock grazing and forage production.

Some of these included economic pressures, safety concerns of the aging farm population working around live stock and pressures related to commu

nity and social norms.

The respondents also identified opportunities related to a community focusing on increasing grazing and for age production.

A focus on grassland production could open opportunities for young and beginning farms through lower initial investment and offer diversification of income streams, allowing the next gen eration to join an operation with lower investment including minimal addi tional land.

These changes would help bring more stability and resources to rural commu nities.

The complete report can be found on the “Energy and Environment” page of the Jo Daviess, Stephenson and Win nebago U of I Extension webpage go.illi nois.edu/jsw-environment or at https:// go.illinois.edu/grass-basedag.

Building on the research, U of I Exten sion is partnering with WI Extension

and the Grassland 2.0 project to offer a community workshop “Working toward Regenerative Agriculture” on Dec. 9.

The workshop will be held at the Eliz abeth Community Building starting at 10 a.m. The focus will be on farmer and community opportunities to support grazing, forage production and native grassland bird habitats.

The program will be broken into three main presentations/ discussions:

• Options and goal setting

• Evaluating the options and econom ics

• Connecting to the local supply chains

The workshop is not just for those interested in getting into the forage pro duction business, but also those inter ested in supporting the transition and increasing grassland songbirds locally through improved habitats.

For more information and to register, go to the webpage at go.illinois.edu/jsw.

‘Forever Plaid: Plaid Tidings’ to open at Timber Lake Playhouse on Dec.

MOUNT CARROLL – Timber Lake Playhouse will close its 2022 season with the Christmas musical “Forever Plaid: Plaid Tidings.”

The legendary Plaids come back to Earth to spread yuletide joy with the greatest holiday hits of the ages.

The musical begins Dec. 1 and runs through Dec. 11.

Filled with Christmas standards that have all been “Plaid-erized,” our boys are back to do their Christmas special. At first, Francis, Jinx, Smudge and Sparky aren’t sure why they’ve returned to Earth for another posthu mous performance, but a phone call from the heavenly Rosemary Clooney lets them know they are needed to put a little harmony into a discordant world.

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Windmill Cultural Center begins programs for 2022/23

season

FULTON – The Windmill Volunteer Edu cators at the Windmill Cultural Center in Fulton invite the public to attend the first programs of the 2022/23 season.

On Wednesday, Dec. 7, Pam Stock, who retired from the Boone County Conserva tion District where she was the Heritage gardener, special events coordinator and

Sprinkled among the Christmas offer ings are audience favorites such as their riotous three-minute-and-11-second version of The Ed Sullivan Show – this time featuring the Rockettes, the Chip munks and The Vienna Boys Choir, as well as a Plaid Caribbean Christmas that puts the “Day-O” in Excelsis!

“Forever Plaid: Plaid Tidings” is directed by TLP alum Lee Adami.

Adami was a member of TLP’s com pany and creative team for almost 20 years beginning in early 1980. He now resides in Galena.

Music director is Oliver Townsend. Set and props design is by Josie Parish. Lighting design is by Logan Lowe, sound design is by Sasha Gonzales and costume design is by Zandra Siple.

The remaining production team is Darren Mangler (production man ager), Chelsey Steinmetz (production stage manager) and Elaina Vesley (assistant stage manager).

The Plaids are played by a “real life” quartet, Callan Roberts (Francis), Zac Richey (Smudge), Quinn Rig (Jinx) and Kelan Smith (Sparky).

Before they were singing and danc ing in their snazzy plaid jackets, they were “Singin’ for Grandma,” a Chica go-based barbershop quartet founded in December 2018. Named for one of their favorite college professors who always advised them to “sing for grandma,” these Columbia College grads formed a group focused on sing ing original songs and arrangements of

classics for friends, family, classmates and professors. Their very first song was a Valentine’s Day tune performed for the teacher that gave them their namesake.

Subscriptions for TLP’s 2023 season are available at the discounted price of $135 through Dec. 31.

TLP’s next season of shows includes “Grease,” “The 39 Steps,” “The Sound of Music,” “9 to 5,” “Bright Star” and “Jersey Boys.”

Information and tickets for Timber Lake Playhouse events are available online at www.timberlakeplayhouse. org or by calling the box office at 815244-2035. The box office is open daily from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. and until intermission on show days.

volunteer coordinator, will speak about using items from nature, our yards and found items to create “Wild Winter” decor.

Whether your style is BOHO, traditional, modern or minimal, these decorations can fit in your home on a budget using repur posed items and shopping tips. You also will have the opportunity to make a simple but trending ornament to take home.

Doors open at 8:45 a.m. for coffee, tea

and mill treats. The program begins about 9:20 a.m.

The program on Wednesday, Dec. 14, will feature Stephanie Godke, who will regale the crowd with her wit and humor with “Holiday Happenings.”

Godke knows how to mix a drink, but, more important, how to use Mississippi River Distilling Company spirits in your favorite entrees, appetizers and desserts.

She has a long and storied career in the food and beverage industry.

Doors open at 9 a.m. for coffee, tea and mill treats. The program begins about 9:20 a.m.

The programs are funded through a grant from the D.S. Flikkema Foundation and a donation from Nelson Corp.

The programs are free and open to the public.

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Museum has more to celebrate this holiday season

SAVANNA – The Savanna Histori cal Society NFP has learned the orga nization is one of 27 Illinois grantees to receive a $10,000 award from the Illinois Humanities Council. The grant supports SHS operations at the Savanna Museum and Cultural Cen ter.

In making the announcement, IHC said:

“This year, Illinois Humanities introduced a first-of-its-kind program dedicated to supporting the arts and humanities in rural and small towns in Illinois. The Foreground Rural Ini tiative provides funding and other resources for individuals and organi zations working in the arts, culture and humanities, ensuring critical

resources and visibility are brought to places and people often overlooked by traditional funding efforts.

Located across 19 counties in Illi nois, the 27 inaugural Foreground grantee partners will receive grants of up to $10,000 and participate in skill sharing and resource sharing. Illinois Humanities also will partner with grantees on the co-creation of placebased “hubs” that will host commu nity programming in 2023 in the regions where they are located.

All of this is bolstered by a multi year commitment from the organiza tion to not only seed growth, but ensure it flourishes.”

The Savanna Museum is in its 12th year hosting the highly popular Festi

val of Trees. More trees than ever are showcased this year, with 57 fullsized, creative and tabletop trees fill ing the entire newly finished first floor of the Museum at 406 Main St.

There also is an opportunity for visitors to win dozens of silent auc tion items and raffle prizes.

The Society invites individuals, children and families to join in the holiday spirit and visit the Savanna Museum and Cultural Center at 406 Main St. in Savanna. The 2022 festival runs through Dec 11. Hours are noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and 4 to 7 p.m. weekdays.

The festival is free and open to the public.

The Savanna Museum and Cultural Center will showcase its festival of trees again this year.

Leak causing city to lose large amounts of water

By MICHAEL MILLER For Shaw Media

SAVANNA – The Savanna City Council learned from Public Works Superintendent Brent Corey that the city is losing a large amount of water in the Chestnut Park area.

Corey told the council on Nov. 22 that the city currently is pumping about 200,000 gallons of water a day in this area and it’s not clear where the leaks are coming from.

He said additional leak detection tests are planned to help address this issue and his department has addressed 24 pipe leaks throughout the city already this year. He said between $5,000 to $7,000 are spent each time a leak is found and repaired.

Mayor Val Gunnarson told the council to prepare for the inevitability of having to pay for repairs to the city’s underground water system, most likely relying on grant funding to do so.

The council also:

• Appropriated $15,087.45 of TIF agreement payments to help finance five ongoing projects within the city.

• Agreed to keep in place the tele phone answering system at the city

offices, which direct the caller to an automated, rather than person to per son call.

• Voted to replace four trees on Main Street in the spring and decide upon and implement replacements for them at that time.

• Approved a recommendation by Gunnarson to construct a Veterans Memorial Committee to deal with issues concerning the memorial area.

The committee will be composed of Chairman Paul Mayer, the com mander of VFW Post 2223; the com mander of Post 148 of the American Legion; Jeff Doran; and the superin tendent of Public Works.

In other action, Gunnarsson said the city’s current practice of awarding bonuses as a “gift” is not in accordance with current city codes. He said such bonuses are allowed only as relates to merit.

He asked the council how it wanted to handle this going forward, and the council agreed to send the matter back to the Personnel Committee for review.

Gunnarsson also noted another instance where the city had not been following proper procedure, namely the process of deciding whether to give

assistance for demolition expenses.

He said in the past, approval had simply been given, whereas proper procedure dictates an investigation of the property beforehand by city offi cials.

He also told the council he antici pated the need to reapportion the

council representation based on the fact that certain wards have far more residents than others.

He said statue dictates that the city have “timely modification of wards so that everybody’s votes count the same. ... It’s our duty to the people to have fairly apportioned wards.”

Le-Win wins Class 1A state championship again

Dunker had both of L-W’s touch downs in the first half, and he set up his team’s second score of the game with an interception against Central’s Nick Moore – the game’s only turn over.

By ALEX KANTECKI akantecki@shawmedia.com

CHAMPAIGN – Lena-Winslow cap tured its third consecutive Class 1A state championship with a 30-8 win over Camp Point Central on Nov. 25 at the University of Illinois’ Memorial Stadium.

Junior running back Gage Dunker rushed for a game-high 120 yards and three TDs on 22 carries as No. 1-seeded L-W wrapped up a perfect season and earned its sixth state title in program history – all since 2010.

Lena-Winslow (14-0) has won four of the past five 1A titles. No. 2 Central (13-1), which also was runner-up in 2018, was looking to win its first state title.

“With every title, especially with this being three in a row, I think the pressure mounts a little more,” L-W coach Ric Arand said after his team’s victory. “I’m really proud of our kids.”

Central attempted a fake-punt pass on its opening possession, but the pass fell incomplete and L-W responded with a six-play, 49-yard drive, capped by a Dunker 1-yard run with 5:08 left in the first quarter. Jake Zeal added the 2-point run for an 8-0 lead.

Central coach Brad Dixon said his team knew it needed to take some chances in order to stay close with L-W.

He credited L-W for coming up with one of the game’s biggest stops early on the fake punt.

“We knew we had to do some things in this game and be aggressive,” Dixon said. “We weren’t going to come here and back down. ... We lined up, saw what they had, made an adjustment and just missed. No. 62 [Henry Engel] did a good job of getting to [receiver] Josh [Alford]. It was just one play that we missed early.”

On Central’s next possession, Dunker intercepted Moore on thirdand-9 at L-W’s 29.

Lena-Winslow then had a 12-play, 71-yard drive, scoring on a 2-yard Dunker run with 9:03 left in the first half. Drew Streckwald found Rowen Schulz for a 2-point conversion pass to give L-W a 16-0 lead entering half time.

Although Central held L-W senior running back Gunar Lobdell (45 yards, 16 carries) in check, it was the small chunks of yards by Dunker that proved to be the difference.

“It didn’t surprise us,” Dixon said of Dunker’s big game. “That family is a pretty special family. Coach Arand was telling me before the game he’s got a brother in eighth grade who’s bigger. ... They’re a very well-coached, welloiled machine. They deserved the game. They took it.”

In the second half, Dunker scored his third touchdown from a yard out for a 22-0 lead with 6:07 remaining. Streckwald added a 5-yard touchdown run with 2:11 left for a 30-0 lead.

Camp Point Central scored its lone touchdown on a Moore touchdown pass to Isaac Genenbacher with 25 sec onds remaining.

Lena-Winslow held Central to 165 yards of total offense, while L-W fin ished with 243 yards (all rushing).

“This year during practice we were hitting defense pretty hard,” Zeal said. “We do our jobs very well, and we knew what we had to do to win.”

Ross Riley led Central (13-1) with 54 yards on 10 carries. Genenbacher had 36 yards on the ground, and Moore was 3-of-6 passing for 49 yards and the touchdown.

Zeal added 80 yards on 14 carries for L-W.

Dixon felt his team put together some strong drives but just couldn’t capitalize often enough.

“We knew we wanted to make them earn it,” Dixon said. “We hoped we could put some drives together. We did, but we just didn’t punch them in. They earned everything they had today. We knew if we gave them big plays, it wasn’t going to be good for us.”

Arand and the Panthers will enjoy the school’s latest title.

“It wasn’t given to us, that’s for sure,” Arand said. “The [titles] in the past felt great, but you kind of forget what it feels like over the course of the season. Being back in Champaign, playing on a beautiful field, it doesn’t get any better than this.”

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What’s happening at CCSSO & CCT

Hello

Everyone,

Oh, my gosh, I just can’t believe it is Decem ber already!!! This year has literally flown by for us here at the Senior Center. It seems as though we just finished up with tax season and we are almost there again.

Open enrollment is off and running. It ends Dec. 7 so we still have a few appointments left so give us a call if you need to check on your prescription drug plan or your Advantage Plan C.

The Chadwick Women’s Auxiliary will be providing breakfast casseroles and coffee cake for the Dec. 2 Veterans Coffee. They also will be having a singalong with Vivian Eaton playing the accordion and Kathy Fossett signing. We invite all veterans to please come and join in on the fun.

If you haven’t heard yet, Social Security announced an 8.7% benefit increase for 2023. The Part B Premium will be $164.90 and the deductible for Part B will be $226.

Please remember as of Jan. 1, the Carroll County Senior Center will no longer be doing

recycling of newspapers or aluminum cans. We have had some negative feedback and I just want those people to know that this was not an easy decision for the board to make as they knew this had been a tradition since May 1998, however, they had to do what was best for the Senior Center.

Newspapers can be recycled every other week with your garbage pickup and the Boy Scouts have a can bin located at Shaw’s grocery store for your cans.

December will be our last month and the vol unteers that pick up papers in Milledgeville and Chadwick will only be at their designated pickup places from 9 to 9:30 a.m. instead of 8 to 10:30 a.m. Thank you to everyone who helped with these projects.

If you noticed on our monthly calendar, TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) is meeting here every Thursday at 9 a.m. If you are inter ested and/or would like to join please come and join them.

Bingo will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 6 and 20 at 12:30 p.m. Jim Wiebenga from Allure will be calling Bingo on the third Tuesday of the

month. Jim brings yummy treats that the Bingo players really enjoy.

I would like to remind everyone that the Senior Center is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. We are at 17612 E. Ben ton Road, Mt. Carroll, IL 61053. I have listed the holidays we are closed in this issue.

Remember we will be closed on Friday, Dec. 23, and Monday, Dec. 26, and Friday, Dec. 30, and Monday, Jan. 2.

Remember if you need to schedule a ride, please call CCT Dispatch at 815-244-0011. This is the direct line to schedule your ride. If you have any questions regarding this, please contact myself at 815-244-1800 or Alicia Kness at 815244-0011.

If you would like to donate to the Transit, you can make a donation specifically for CCT. We greatly appreciate the support from all of our clients and the community.

Wishing each and every one of you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!

Deb Connor, Director

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Nonagenarians and Centenarians birthdays for December

Dec. 2 - Ida Carey, Shannon 90

Dec. 2 - Margaret Dowell, Mt. Carroll 90

Dec. 4 - Glen Engelkens, Milledgeville 96

Dec. 7 - Patricia Helmich, Mt Carroll ..................... 92

Dec. 12 - Lorena Green, Savanna 93

Dec. 13 - Richard Patterson Sr., Savanna 92

Dec. 14 - Della Fox, Mt. Carroll 95

Dec. 14 - Rhea Milnes, Milledgeville ...................... 91

Dec. 18 - Don Noviock, Savanna 92

Dec. 23 - Leroy (Tom) Hunt, Thomson 90

Dec. 24 - William Borth, Milledgeville 98

Dec. 24 - Evelyn Schneider, Mt. Carroll ................ 93

Dec. 25 - Eva Mika, Savanna 93

Dec. 26 - Carole (Jackie) Walker, Savanna 92

Happy Birthday to all of you from all of us here at the Senior Center.

Trouble hearing on the phone?

Illinois Telecommunication Access Corporation (ITAC) has added a program to help those with cellular service that are having trouble hearing on the phone. The program provides free amplified telephones and captioning telephone to Illinois residents who are hard of hearing. Applicants must be certified as hard of hearing by a doctor, nurse practitioner, or audiologist; live in Illi nois; and have a service that remits to the program.

Lee County Council on Aging (LCCOA) and Whiteside County Senior Center (WCSC) are selection centers for ITAC. Walk-ins are welcomed from

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9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Monday at the WCSC. Potential applicants can call the WCSC 815-622-9230, ext. 194, or LCCOA 815288-9236 in advance to set up an appointment to see about qualifying. Cellphones must be Bluetooth capable. Applicants apply ing for this program, should bring in the cellphone. Please bring a phone bill with all the pages for landline service or cellular service (prepaid cell uses that don’t receive a phone bill must bring the cellphone) and proof of address (driver’s license, state ID, or a bill with the appli cant’s name and address on it).

CONTRIBUTIONS

The CCSSO would like to thank the following who have made contributions to the Senior Center during the month of November.

Donations

Barb & Lanny Eastabrooks

Betty Martz

Betty Moore

Betty Rose

Bill & Deb Miller

Bob & Cheryl Phialmlee

Bonnie Howard

Bud & Carolyn Weaver

Butch & June Hasz

Charles Belander

Cheryl Neil

Clarence & Norma Forth

Connie Reese

Crystal Collins

Daniel & Paulette Stilzel

Darin Stoller

Daryle & Judy Jones

Dave & Gayle Ehredt

David & Connie Blevins

David & Ramona Giedel

Debra Throop

Denise Dyson

Diana Johnson

Diane Daggert

Diane Sievers

Don & Viola Zink

Donna & Kenny Green

Donna Smith

Dora Lessman

Duane Plock

Enoch Green

Gene & Betty Boyer

Area Agency meeting

Glenn Marken

Gloria Randecker

James & Janice Dillow

James Haag

Jerrald Hartman

Jerry & Susan Carter

Karen & Duane Landers

Keith & Lillian Burkholder

Kenneth & Ursula Kingery

Kenny & Diane Lego

Kevin Miller

Larry Buchholz

Linda Zissis

Liz Rath

Loni Aude

Lyle Green

Marth Biasi

Paula Baker

Ralph & Cheryl Rannfeldt

Randy Landis

Richard & Karen Miller

Ron & Marilyn Silman

Ruby Handel

Sharon Woodhurst

Sherry Ostendorf

Shevawn Yochem

Susan Gual

Vernon & Jackie Adolph

Walter & LaVonne Nelson Wayne & Kathy Becker

Churches

Cherry Grove Church, Lanark

For a complete listing of donors FY20212022, see the annual report. (Copies are available at the Senior Center office.)

The Area Agency Meeting will be on Friday, Dec. 16, at 9 a.m. Devon Spellman, the AOK coordinator, and her staff will facilitate this meeting. They have the ability and resources to have this meeting in person and also virtual.

The meeting will be held at the Carroll County Senior Center, 17612 E. Benton St., Mt. Carroll. Call 815-244-1800 for more information.

The Senior Center has six pieces of professional-grade equipment, treadmill, rowing machine, Stair Stepper, E-Force Cross Trainer exerciser and recum bent bicycle.

You are welcome to use any of these any time the Senior Center is open, Mon day through Friday from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. These six pieces of exercise equipment have been

donated to help seniors get some needed movement and cardio work that can improve both their physical and mental states.

And as anyone can tell you, a few minutes walking or riding a bike can go a long way.

Remember in our new building we have no steps so the equipment is so much easier to get to.

So bring a few friends and all of you can work out together, and the best part is it is FREE!!!!

We ask that COVID-19 protocols be observed and after using the equipment that you sanitize with the wipes provided for everyone’s safety.

What do you do with your old cellphones?

Carroll County Senior Center has a donation box for old and broken cellphones.

We recycle them by sending them to a company that refurbishes them for emergency 911 phones for areas devastated by disasters and for sale to low-in come people. We currently have a box at the Senior Center.

If you know of anyone looking to get rid of old cell phones, have them drop them off at the Carroll County Senior Center during our regular business hours from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Paper, aluminum can pickup schedule for December

Lanark

Saturday, Dec. 10 (subject to availability of volunteers) 8 to 10 a.m.  Bank parking lot

Milledgeville

Saturday, Dec. 10 (subject to availability of volunteers) 9 to 9:30 a.m.  Main Street parking lot by Railroad Depot

Chadwick

Saturday, Dec. 17 (subject to availability of volunteers) 9 to 9:30 a.m. at City Hall

Lake Carroll

Please place papers in the plastic

container provided.

Mt. Carroll - Weekdays  8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Senior Center

Pleaseplaceintrailerifafterhours. Pleasedonotleaveatthefrontdoor.

E ffective Jan. 1. 2023: After many years of doing recycling, the Carroll County Senior Center will no longer be doing recycling of papers and aluminum cans.

NOTES

The Senior Center would like to remind everyone that we do not accept magazine or slicks (advertis ing flyers).

We do not have the resources to dispose of slicks, magazines, alumi num tins, personal mail, junk mail, glass or plastic bottles or steel cans. Thank you in advance for your cooperation in this matter.

GOLDEN MEALS

NICAA Golden Meals program has expanded its services to include more Home-Delivery routes in the Shannon area for the town of Shannon and the rural areas surrounding it.

The Home-Delivery program is for any senior citizen age 60 or over who would benefit from having a meal delivered to their home on a daily basis.

Delivery will be available Monday through Friday. For more information or to sign up for the program, call 815-232-8896. Signup is quick and easy and meals can start within a day or two.

To sign up for Savanna, Mt. Carroll, Thomson, Chadwick or Milledgeville area please call 815-273-4875 to set up for meal delivery.

EVENTS & SERVICES

Do you qualify for a discount on your Illinois license plates?

Here are the income guidelines for the license plate dis count. If you qualify, you can apply for the Benefits Access Program, (Formerly Circuit Breaker) and receive a discount on your license plate sticker.

The new income guidelines for the license plate discount (gross income) are:

• 1-person household, $33,562;

• 2-person household, $44,533;

• 3-person household $55,500.

The age requirement is 65 or disabled. Applicants need to bring in 2021 income to file (1040 &1099s). Call 815-244-1800 if you have any question. Please note

STATISTICS

(2022/2023)

FiscalYearJuly1,2022toJune30,2023

Paper sold: November 0 tons

Money rec’d YTD: . ............ $494.95

Paper sold YTD: 5.21 tons

Total YTD: ...................... $494.95

5 cent cans sold Nov. $81.00

5 cent cans sold YTD ..... $139.45

Pounds of Aluminum beverage cans sold for November ....... 100 pounds

Total for aluminum beverage cans sold in November ................ $54.00

Pounds of aluminum cans sold year to date ................. 1,111 pounds

Cans sold year to date $363.92

December Calendar of Events

Thursday, Dec. 1 TOPS Meeting 9-10 a.m.

Friday, Dec. 2 VA Coffee, 9 a.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 6 Bingo, 12:30 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 8 TOPS Meeting 9-10:30 a.m.

Saturday, Dec. 10 Lanark and Milledgeville Papers Lanark - 10 a.m.

Milledgeville Pickup - 9-9:30 a.m.

Thursday, Dec. 15 TOPS Meeting 9-10:30 a.m.

Friday, Dec. 16 Agency Meeting, 9 a.m.

Saturday, Dec. 17 Chadwick Paper Pickup 9-9:30 a.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 20 Board Meeting, 9:15 a.m. Bingo, 12:30 p.m.

that is gross income not AGI

Bingo – Bingo is held at the Senior Center on the first and third Tuesday of each month from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. For the month of December the dates are Tuesday, Dec. 6. and Tuesday, Dec. 20.

On the third Tuesday, Jim Wiebenga from Allure will be calling Bingo for our players.

They play with nickels and dimes so make sure and bring some of your extra change as sometimes there are “big” winners. Mark your calendar and join us. No charge. Coffee is provided. In case of bad weather please listen to WCCI Radio (100.3) for closing informa tion.

SHIP Counselors – Karen Holm, Sandra Aude and

Thursday, Dec. 22 TOPS Meeting 9-10 a.m.

Friday Dec. 23 Closed - Christmas Holiday

Monday, Dec. 26 Closed - Christmas Holiday Thursday, Dec. 29 TOPS Meeting 9-10:30 a.m.

Friday, Dec. 30 Closed - New Year’s Eve

Deb Connor are all SHIP Counselors and Certified Infor mation and Referral Specialists for Aging. Karen, San dra, Deb and Carol Young are available for information and/or assistance to clients and their caregivers on Medicare, Medicaid, prescriptions (i.e. Medicare Part D, Social Security Extra Help and patient assistance pro grams).

Karen, Sandra and Deb can also assist with these: license plate discount (Benefits Access Program), free amplified phone program (ITAC), Property Tax Assess ment Freeze, etc.

Stop at the office, 17612 E Benton St., Mt. Carroll, or call 815-244 1800 for assistance or to set up an appointment.

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