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2017 ELECTION | LANARK

City waits for all mayoral votes to be counted Absentee ballots might determine victor in tight race

BY PHILLIP HARTMAN Prairie Advocate phartman@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5525

Ken Viglietta

LANARK – Residents will have to wait a bit longer for their next mayor to be sworn in.

City Clerk Jackie Hawbecker said the April 18 City Council meeting has been canceled to let the Carroll County clerk’s office to finish counting votes in the mayor’s race.

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“The next scheduled meeting is 7:30 p.m. May 2,” Hawbecker said.

It is expected that the next mayor and City Council will be sworn in at that meeting.

Ken Viglietta was named the unofficial winner on April 4, with 189 votes to Tom Kocal’s 187. Viglietts, 69, is

a Ward 3 alderman. Kocal, 62, is a former alderman and former owner, publisher and editor of Prairie Advocate.

Two write-in votes were cast.

Carroll County Clerk Brian Woessner said vote canvassing will finish April 20. That will include counting absentee ballots.

“The statute says it’s currently 14 days to allow the mail to come in. It still has to have the proper postage date. That was originally for military out-of-country citizens, but it also applies to local,” Woessner said.

Engineer picked to fill Lanark alderman post LANARK – Voters elected Brad Knutti to fill outgoing incumbent Weston Burkholder’s Ward 2 alderman seat on the Lanark City Council on Tuesday.

Knutti, 52, received 114 votes. Steven Kruzek, 58, received 22 votes.

“We’re very happy. We just saw the results,” Knutti said.

Knutti said since he announced his candidacy, he’s been going to Brad all the council meetings and is ready to hit the ground running.

Knutti A 1983 graduate of Lanark High School, Knutti is a graduate of the Devry Institute of Technology in Lombard. He is a senior technical software support engineer at Cleo Communications, and a member of the Lanark Community Club.

Kruzek, worked in retail and sales for 31 years before retiring. He earned bachelor’s degrees in economics and accounting, and has been a member of the Lanark Lions Club, Friends of the Lanark Library, Lanark Chamber of Commerce, Old Settlers Day Committee, and other groups.

– Phil Hartman, Prairie Advocate

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2017 ELECTION | SAVANNA

2017 ELECTION | CHADWICK

Lain rolls to win Write-in will be next village president in mayor’s race

BY PHILLIP HARTMAN Prairie Advocate phartman@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5525

SAVANNA – Chris Lain will replace Peg Haffey as Savanna’s mayor.

Lain, 41, received 498 votes Tuesday to win the mayor’s seat. He owns and operates the Savanna Marketplace, Blue Chris Bedroom Lain Inn, and Manderico Designs with his partner.

“I feel great,” Lain said. “I’ve talked to the current mayor, and we’ve discussed how to transition in the next 3 weeks. I also want to reevaluate people on the current committees to identify strengths.”

Haffey was sworn in to replace state Rep. Tony McCombie as mayor after McCombie defeated Mike Smiddy as 71st District representative in November.

Four candidates ran for her post. Gary LaShelle received 35 votes, while Anna Rice, 53, received 34 votes, and William “Bill” Nemec, 71, received 24 votes.

Lain received his bachelor’s degree from Columbia College in Chicago in 1999, majoring in business management. He is in his second term as president of the Savanna Chamber of Commerce, is president of the Savanna in Motion group, and is a member of Main Street in Motion, the Savanna Lions Club, the Moose Lodge, and Heartland Pet Welfare.

BY PHILLIP HARTMAN Prairie Advocate phartman@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5525

CHADWICK – Kimberly Hinrichs will be Chadwick’s new village president.

A total of 62 write-in votes were cast in Tuesday’s election. Hinrichs, 50, was the only write-in candidate for the president’s post, and received 56 votes. Carroll County Clerk’s personnel said the remaining six votes were not counted because the recipients did not file to be write-in candidates.

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2017 ELECTION | SHANNON

Teacher re-elected to village presidency

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SHANNON – Voters returned Bonnie Heckman Foust to the village president’s post Tuesday.

Foust, 61, received 175 votes to Amanda Klinefelter’s 115.

“I’m glad it’s finished. I’m very honored to be able to represent Shannon for another 2 years,” Foust said.

Foust will retire in May from Eastland Elementary School after a 25-year career in special education. She’s also an author, life and emotional freedom

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Klinefelter, 37, is responsible for marketing at all three locations of First State Bank of ShannonPolo-Lake Caroll. She has been a member of the village fire department for 15 years, and since 2009 has been the deputy chief of Shannon’s EMS personnel.

FREEPORT – Bill Tallman, 86, passed into eternity Tuesday, April 4, 2017, in Freeport. He did not go gently into that good night.

Born Oct. 19, 1930, to Emory and Geneva (Wilson) Tallman, he graduated from Lanark High School, and married Rita Ritenour in July 1951 in Lanark. As a young entrepreneur, he started Bill’s Dairy in 1952 in Lanark, and later worked for Forster Bros. After moving to Prophetstown, he worked for MicroGear, where he became plant manager, and later was part owner at Seward Screw Products in Seward. In 1978, he founded TY Precision Automatics in Rockford, with his eldest son, John. Bill always strived for a better knowledge in business. He attended schools of machine technology in Providence, Rhode Island, and at St. Ambrose in Rock Island. He retired in 1990 to pursue the joys of traveling, fishing and the many lakes and rivers of the U.S. and Canada.

He also owned property on beautiful Anna Maria Island, Florida, and enjoyed beachcombing, boating and sunsets. He loved good music, photography, building and carpentry, the Chicago Cubs, and football. Bill loved life, his family, adventure and was never idle until illness.

He died peacefully on Tuesday afternoon, and we will forever miss this man, the center of our lives.

His motto – “Never stop a running horse to look at him.”

He is survived by his beloved wife, Rita; five

2017 ELECTION | RESULTS OF CONTESTED RACES Following are final but unofficial results from the April 4 consolidated elections in Carroll County. All results are unofficial until certified by the county clerk.

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Lanark Mayor

Votes % Ken Viglietta 189 50% Thomas Kocal 187 49% Lanark Alderman, Ward 2 Steven A. Kruzek 22 16% Bradley Knutti 114 84% Thomson Village Trustee (3 seats) Brian Balk 44 21% Charlotte A. Daehler 65 31% Jerry “Duke” Hebeler 48 23%

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CARROLL COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICTS

Millegeville Public Library District Trustee (2 seats) Nicole Frampton 82 38% Jill A. Miller 76 35% Connie Brockhouse 60 28%

CARROLL COUNTY TOWNSHIPS

Freedom Township Trustee (4 seats)

Votes % Max Sturtevant 45 15% John Jirgenson 47 16% Dave Porzel 18 6% Keith Kniss 46 16%

Randall Adolph Greg Gruhn Doris Kruse

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CARROLL COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS

Eastland Board of Education (4-year term, 3 seats) Steven Snider 490 23% Jennifer L. Sturtevant 673 31% Anthony Preston 542 25% Lawrence E. Hasken 472 22% Highland Community College Trustee (6-year term, 3 seats) Pennie Groezinger 1,177 30% Joe M. Kanosky 681 17% Steven Jennings 969 25% Douglas Block 1,081 28%

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Slam poetry originator Marc Kelly Smith entertains the crowd at Saturday evening’s Slam Cabaret at Henry’s Double K in Mount Carroll. through a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.

About 90 people turned out to listen to the presentations, started by Smith with a poem about the L train in Chicago.

The audience took part, raising their arms as if they were holding on to loops in the L train during its travels, and Smith’s voice rose and fell like the rhythm of the wheels.

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MOUNT CARROLL – The occasional finger snap could be heard Saturday at Henry’s Double K – but more often, the poets gathered received cheers from the audience.

An open-microphone slam poetry cabaret took place in the upstairs of Henry’s, with members of a performance poetry group presenting their creations. The group started in January at the Mount Carroll Library, led by Marc Kelly Smith, recognized founder of the international slam poetry movement.

“It was very, very good.

Really good,” Smith said of the group’s sessions before performances began.

Dimmed lights and background music by the Round Midnight jazz trio from Dubuque, Iowa, helped set the mood.

Saturday’s performance was a fundraiser for future library programs. The library also received $1,083 for the poetry slam from the Freeport Art Museum,

about the experience of driving in Carroll County, adding names of local roads and places like Montague, White Oaks, and Georgetown.

“I don’t need no white lines, I have the music,” Brinkmeyer said.

Marie Boldt’s poem was about her time in Catholic school, and her fourthgrade experience with a nun, Mother Mary Martina.

“I woiuld like to challenge you to a duel with vocabulary words” as the weapons, Boldt said. “My spirit is no longer broken, but alas, you are surely dead, alive only in my memory.”

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STATE BUDGET IMPASSE | LOCAL IMPACT

No state budget, no flood relief for Pearl City Village, residents have waited for funds for 3 years

BY TONY CARTON For Prairie Advocate

PEARL CITY – While the Illinois governor and Legislature haggle over a state budget, a number of Pearl City residents are held in proverbial limbo while they wait for the flood hazard mitigation funds promised them by state and federal governments 3 years ago.

“We signed a contract with IEMA, FEMA, and everybody is frustrated over it,” Pearl City Village President Bob Knoup said.

Knoup scheduled a public meeting last week that would bring government agencies and affected Pearl City residents together.

“I’ve been telling our residents

stuff for years, but I think it’s better to come out and just talk with the people involved,” he said.

Pearl City suffered repetitive structural flood losses in 2002, 2008, 2010, and 2011 when significant flooding occurred on the Pecatonica River that caused extremely high water levels on the Yellow Creek as well as tremendous backwater conditions on the Goldmine Tributary. Even though not all structures included in the project are mapped into either the Goldmine Tributary or Yellow Creek floodplain, backwater from the river created significant water levels around structures outside the 100-year floodplain. Historically, many residents and a few commercial property owners were forced to evacuate each time flooding occurred.

“Our people have been made offers on their houses and buildings, but they’ve been left

setting on the houses, paying property taxes on them, and nobody is living in half of them,” Knoup said. “They’ve moved into other homes, but we cannot move any further at this point unless the feds can take over and they are able to collect from the state.”

Under the Pearl City Flood Hazard Mitigation agreement, the federal government will provide 75 percent of the $2.1 million needed to acquire and remove those floodplain properties designated as affected by repetitive flooding, and the State of Illinois would provide the remaining 25 percent. The $2.1 million will fund demolition of 22 structures and clearing of their properties, and reshape the properties to safe and manageable conditions.

“As a village, we cannot come up with the 25 percent that the state is holding back,” Knoup said. “We do not have $500,000 to invest

in the project if we do not know the state funds are coming. It is a burden on us, but it is a moral obligation to us also.”

Knoup said completion of the flood hazard project will remove commercial and residential parcels from the tax rolls, creating a loss to the village’s property tax revenues.

“This actually runs through the middle of our town,” he said.

“It really hurts us, but there is absolutely nothing we can do about it. It may not flood for another 75 years, or it may come again tomorrow, you never know.”

Adam Holder manages the municipal side of Fehr Graham Engineering, which is consulting for the village. He attended the meeting.

“We wrote the grant applications to get these funds for these people,” Holder said. “We’ve gone through the process of getting

them through the appraisals and gotten the paperwork together to buy out these homes. Those funds were suspended about 2 years ago, so we are just trying to give those affected residents an update. It’s all on hold with the state budget to the tune of $2.1 million. That’s what we are waiting on.”

Paul Osman, manager of the Illinois Office of Water Resources Statewide Floodplain Programs/ National Flood Insurance Program, said he is embarrassed by the stalemate and its effect on Pearl City flood victims.

“We’ve done 5,000 of these [buyouts] in Illinois, and in 26 years of being a state employee this is the most embarrassed I’ve been,” Osman said. “It’s not Pearl City, it is the Legislature.

“The money is sitting in a pile.

It’s sitting there waiting. They don’t have to go out and collect it.

We just don’t have the authority to write a check. That’s all it is.”

Carroll County teams advance to state in Horse Bowl

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Carroll County 4-H Horse Bowl teams fared well March 25 at the Regional Horse Bowl Contest on the Western Illinois University campus in Moline. Both Senior Horse Bowl teams qualified to participate in the State Horse Bowl contest April 29 in Champaign. LEFT: Pictured are Senior Horse Bowl team members (from left) Brenna Berns, Kiersten Pratt, Megan Poole, Olivia Charles, Kaiti Collins, and Josie Gallentine. Not pictured is Natalie Shaw. Pratt, Collins, Poole, Berns and Shaw were members of the first-place team. The second-place team was a combined team with Charles and Gallentine. RIGHT: The Junior Horse Bowl team also competed, with members (from left) Talisa Thomas, Abby Schmidt, Tea Thomas, Aubrey Charles, and Katie Honchell. Individually, Berns won first place in Senior High Point and Senior Hippology. Charles placed first in Intermediate Hippology. Coaches are Bryan Hollewell and Jessica Hollewell.

STATE LEGISLATURE

Property tax relief legislation passes House Bill co-sponsored

by Rep. McCombie Prairie Advocate staff

SPRINGFIELD – A bill providing property tax relief that was co-sponsored by state Rep. Tony McCombie, R-Savanna, passed the

state House last week.

The bill increases the general homestead exemption from $6,000 to $8,000, and increases the senior citizen homestead exemption from $5,000 to $6,000. It also provides that the standard homestead exemption for veterans with disabilities also applies to veterans who are 75 or older. Under the

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legislation, senior veterans become eligible for an exemption of $2,500, and it creates a statewide longtime occupant homestead exemption.

“This bill is a good start to much needed property tax relief for all, but especially for our seniors and veterans.” McCombie said in a news release. “Illinois’ second-highest

property tax burden in the nation has forced too many people, especially those living on fixed incomes, out of their homes. With this legislation comes positive change that may just promote the growth that is needed in Illinois.”

The bill passed on a bipartisan vote of 108-1, and is headed to the Senate.

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AGRICULTURE

Milledgeville corn grower earns top state honors in National Corn Yield Contest

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he tractor drive route is set, and applications are now available on our website or in our office. This year marks the 11th Annual Tractor Drive. It is set for July 21. We will be starting from Thomson, then heading to Mount Carroll, over to Savanna to Old Mill Park for lunch, and back to Thomson.

Cost is $35. Contact us today for an application.

Are you sitting down for this one? As we all know, Illinois is a MESS, to say the least. I know I am counting the days until I can move out of the state. Well, here is one of the latest ideas to take care of the budget crisis in our state. Two Illinois state lawmakers last week introduced legislation that would allow residents 21 and older to possess, grow or buy up to an ounce of marijuana, and license businesses to sell marijuana products subject to regulation. The lawmakers say the law would help fill Illinois’ budget deficit with $350 million to $700 million in new tax revenue. Illinois would be the first state in the

Midwest to legalize the drug.

There is your weekly food for thought!

We have a new trip on the docket. In August 2018, we are sponsoring a trip to the North Woods with Tri-State Travel and other county Farm Bureaus. The trip will head up to Superior Shores in Duluth, Minnesota. Day 2, we will travel skyline drive, followed by boarding the North Shore Railroad for a ride along the north shores to Two Harbors. A stop will be made at the Split Rock Lighthouse. That evening, you will enjoy a dinner cruise while viewing the harbor lights and city of Duluth skyline.

Day three will include Old Rittenhouse Inn & Victorian Guest House, Apostle Island National Lakeshore Center and Boat Cruise. Day 4 will include a stop at the Wildlife Center and Preserve, and the Northern Lights Playhouse.

We will stop at a cranberry farm on the way back home on the fifth day. Flyers on this trip are available at our office. The trip will take place August 14-18, 2018.

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participated in an afterschool mentor program and at the Heritage Center, and served on the zoning board and TIF committee.

Kocal served as a Ward 2 alderman from 1990 to 1998 and 2010 to 2013. He was owner and publisher of the Prairie Advocate from 1975 to 2013, and editor from 2013 to 2016. Today, he is an editor for Colony Brands, Inc., in Monroe, Wisconsin, and owns Pristine Produce in Lanark.

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Either Viglietta or Kocal will replace outgoing Lanark Mayor John Huggins, who will be moving out of the city and did not seek re-election.

Viglietta retired from being a small business owner, and worked in middle management at ADP Inc. and The Home Depot. He’s been a volunteer crossing guard,

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candidates spoke to Prairie Advocate as if the race was decided.

“I’ll work as hard now for Lanark as I worked to get to be mayor. I’ve been campainging since late July,” Viglietta said.

Kocal said he would not contest the vote.

“I’m not going to make waves. It was a good election and a good campaign. I’ve known Ken for a long time, and I wish him the best,” Kocal said.

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ST. LOUIS – As the American farmer strives to meet the growing demand for corn required to satisfy increasing world demand, one area grower has been honored for their efforts through the 2016 National Corn Yield Contest. The national contest, sponsored annually by the National Corn Growers Association, recognizes farmers from across the country for their exceptional efforts.

Brad Smith of Milledgeville placed third in the state in the D: AA No-Till/Strip-Till NonIrrigated Class with a yield of 288.6006 bushels per acre. The hybrid used in the winning field was DEKALB DKC63-71RIB. Smith was one of 400 state winners nationwide.

The 2016 contest participation included 7,979 entries from 46 states. Of the state winners, 18 growers – three from each of six classes – were named national winners, representing nine states.

The average yield among

national winners was 374.7 bushels per acre – greater than the projected 2016 U.S. average of 175.3 bushels per acre. Five of the national winners recorded yields of 400 bushels or more per acre.

“This harvest, the world witnessed the incredible bounty U.S. corn farmers can provide to meet the growing need for food, fuel and fiber both in our nation and around the world,” said NCGA President Wesley Spurlock, a corn grower from Stratford, Texas. “Our contest participants demonstrated that America’s farmers continue to strive for excellence while adopting state-of-theart tools which help them meet those goals.”

“The top yield in this year’s contest – a tremendous 521.3968 bushels per acre achieved

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TODAY Lunch & Learn for small businesses MORRISON – Morrison, Dixon, Rock Falls, and the Sauk Valley Chambers of Commerce have collaborated with Sterling Main Street and the Small Business Development Corporation at Sauk Valley Community College to bring a learning workshop, “Social Media: An Introduction,” to area small businesses and nonprofit organizations. Participants are encouraged to bring their own electronics to apply techniques in real time.

This opportunity will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Morrison Institute of Technology. Cost is $10 per workshop, and lunch is included. To register, call Anita Carney at 815835-6294.

THURSDAY The Last Supper adaptation in Chadwick CHADWICK – A modern day adaption of Leonardo da Vinci’s painting of the Last Supper will be presented at 7 p.m. at Hope United Methodist Church,

79 Snow St. “One of you will betray me.” Imagine yourself listening and experiencing the disciple’s personal thoughts as they express their concerns after hearing Jesus speak those words, and ponder their own inner self while scrutinizing the question, “Is it I?” In a joint effort, the cast consists of members from Fairhaven, Hickory Grove and Hope United Methodist Churches. This production is open to the public at no cost. A free will offering will be taken to benefit the churches’ summer youth mission trip.

There will be light refreshments afterwards in the Fellowship Hall. A handicap accessible entry and elevator are available on the south side of the church building.

FRIDAY Shannon Chamber has bake sale SHANNON – The Shannon Chamber of Commerce is having a bake sale from 8 a.m. to noon at First State Bank, 1 S. Linn St.

SATURDAY Carroll County Archery SPIN Club to meet LANARK – Carroll County Archery SPIN Club will meet at the Mike and Jodi York farm at 25269 E. Locust Road in rural Lanark from 8:00 to 10:30 a.m. The SPIN Club is open to youths 8 to 18 years old who would like to learn how to shoot or advance their skills. They must be accompanied by a parent or another responsible adult. Dress for the weather, and arrive no later than 10 a.m. Bring Herb workshop at equipment, but some will Thomson library THOMSON – University of also be availble. The club is free for 4-Her’s, and costs Illinois Extension Horticulture Educator Bruce Black $20 for non-4-Her’s. Sessions and workshops will will offer a program on be from 5 to 6 p.m. April herbs at 1:30 p.m. at the 19, May 3, May 17, and Thomson Library. GrowMay 31. Summer sessions ing and Preserving Herbs introduces attendees to the will be scheduled at a later date. For more information, different types of culinary call Mike York at 815-266and aromatic herbs, how 1992 or contact Leanne to grow them, techniques to use, and presering your Rahn at the Carroll Co. harvest for use throughout Extension Office at 815244-9444 or lrahn@illinois. the year. This workshop edu. is free and open to the public. Pre-register for this MONDAY at the library or by calling (and every Monday) 815-259-2480. For more Savanna Alcoholics information, contact Bruce Black at 815-632-3611 or Anonymous meet SAVANNA – Savanna by email at brucejb@illinois.

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meet at 8 p.m. every Monday at First Presbyterian Church, 502 Third St. For more information, contact Kathi Atkinson at 563-3435888.

APRIL 19 Carroll County 4-H Foundation to meet MOUNT CARROLL – The next meeting of the Carroll County 4-H Foundation will be at 7 p.m. in the Extension office meeting room.

Anyone who would like to work with this group in support of the Carroll County 4-H Program is welcome to attend. For more information, call the University of Illinois Carroll County Extension Office at 815-244-9444 or email Leanne Rahn at lrahn@ illinois.edu.

club is open to 4-H’ers and non 4-H’ers 8 to 18 years of age by Sept. 1, 2016. Cost is $20 for non 4-H’ers, free for current 4-H’ers.[tab] All 4-H’ers and non 4-H’ers planning to take the obedience classes need to attend.

Bring a parent and a calendar. Future training dates will be set during the orientation meeting.

Remember, to compete in Obedience Classes at the 4-H Fair show, you must attend 6 obedience training sessions. For more information, call the Extension office at 815-244-9444 or email Leanne Rahn at lrahn@illinois.edu.

Poland presentation at Lanark library LANARK – The Lanark Public Library Board and APRIL 20 Friends of the Library are Friends of the Library hosting a “Falling in Love meeting in Lanark with Poland!” presentation LANARK – The Friends of at 6:30 p.m. at the library, the Lanark Public Library 111-B S. Broad St. Ann will meet at 6 p.m. at the Young, an avid traveler of Lanark Municipal Build30 years who has visited ing,111 S. Broad St. The more than 65 countries, business meeting at 6 is will be the presenter. Hear followed by special speak- stories about Krakow, er, Ann Young, at 6:30. which has become one of The community is invited, her favorite cities. There and new members are wel- will be refreshments, and a come. question-and-answer session.

Dog Obedience SPIN Club to start APRIL 22 MOUNT CARROLL – Dog Annual event returns to obedience classes will Morrison begin with an orientation MORRISON – The fourth meeting at 6:30 p.m. in annual Cabin Fever Venthe Carroll County Extendor/Craft Show will be sion Office meeting room. open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Classes will continue until at the Whiteside County the July 8 Dog Show. This Fairgrounds, 201 W.

Winfield St. Some of the vendors include Scentsy, LulaRoe and Lilla Rose.

Items for sale include jewelry, wood furniture, purses, soaps, purses, spices, and more. Admission is free.

APRIL 26 Lanark Chamber hosts employee luncheon LANARK – The Employee Appreciation Luncheon, sponsored by the Lanark Chamber of Commerce, will be held at 11:30 a.m., with guest speaker Lucas Barker of the Warren Police Department giving a presentation on self defense.

For reservations, call Deb Meiste 815-493-2181.

APRIL 29 Spring Fling and Craft Fair in Lanark LANARK – Celebrate winter’s end at Lanark’s Spring Fling and Craft Fair from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Heritage Center, 106 S. Broad St. Admission is free. Browse the wares on display from a dozen vendors.This event is sponsored by the Transformers Team, United for Change.

MAY 20 See Elvis and Neil Diamond at Timber Lake MOUNT CARROLL – Tribute artist Steve Richards will present An Evening with Neil Diamond and Elvis at 7 p.m. at Timber Lake Playhouse, 8215 Black Oak Road.

Tickets are $20 and may be ordered by calling 815244-2035.

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EDUCATION

Line dance course to start on Tuesday in Morrison

Local students on Augustana Dean’s List

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MORRISON – A free line dance basic steps class will begin Tuesday, April 18, at Resthave Home, 408 Maple Ave. A total of six classes will be held at 7 p.m. on Tuesdays, with a repeat of each class at 2 p.m. the following Sunday, except for May

7. The first class will be about step touch, grapevine, walking backward, and scuff turn.

Search for Still Crusin’ Line Dancers on Facebook for a schedule. Contact Nancy Potter at Nancyopotter@aol. com or 815-499-9118 for more information.

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ROCK ISLAND – A number of local students were among those named to the Dean’s List at Augustana College for the 2016-17 winter term. Students who have earned this academic honor have maintained a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher on a 4-point scale for courses taken during the term.

Local students include: • Madison Barnhart Mortenson

of Lanark, a senior majoring in Theatre Arts.

• Korina Freidag of Lanark, a junior majoring in Business AdministrationFinance, Accounting and Business Administration-Management.

• Emily Geison of Chadwick, a junior majoring in Biology and Psychology.

• Megan Janssen of Lanark, a senior majoring in Biology and Computer Science.

• Lukas Karuza of Elizabeth, a first-year student majoring in Liberal Arts.

• Cassidy Potter of Hanover, a sophomore majoring in Liberal Arts.

• Rene Powers of Stockton, a firstyear student majoring in Liberal Arts.

• Douglas Williams of Milledgeville, a senior majoring in Teaching History.

• Kyle Workman of Morrison, a junior majoring in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics.

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COVER STORY | THOMSON PRISON

Opening day for Thomson prison a moving target Federal lawmakers seek exemption from the federal hiring freeze

BY ASHLEY CADY Sauk Valley Media acady@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5521

THOMSON – The Trump administration’s federal hiring freeze could put the opening of Thomson prison on ice – again.

President Donald Trump signed an order Jan. 23 forbidding the hiring or replacement of new or existing federal employees unless they work in national security, public safety or the military.

The Department of Justice was given the discretion to determine how to apply that order to its agencies, which includes the Bureau of Prisons.

In October, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin toured the maximum security prison and said it was on track to open at the end of the year. About 120 minimum-security inmates are on site now, assisting about 200 workers in getting the long-mothballed facility remodeled, remediated and ready to go. The prison has been under renovation since June 2015.

Durbin, fellow Illinois Democrat U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos, and West Virginian Republican Rep. David McKinley sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions on April 3, asking that the Bureau of Prisons be completely exempted from the freeze, for safety reasons nationwide, and so the Thomson prison in particular can be activated on schedule.

The Department of Justice has given the bureau a partial exemption, allowing it to fill vacancies up to the level of staffing on Jan. 22.

There are a “significant” number of vacancies that existed before then that cannot be filled, however,

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and because the actual staffing level itself has not yet been determined, no vacancies after Jan. 22 can be filled, either, creating a de facto complete hiring freeze, the letter said.

The trio is asking for a full exemption for the BOP, as has been granted to the FBI, another DOJ agency, for reasons of national security and public safety.

There are almost 190,000 inmates in 122 federal prisons nationwide, and staffing shortages are forcing some facilities to use staffers “such as secretaries, nurses, teachers, and other employees, to work as corrections officers for a number of hours each week—despite the fact that these employees lack the experience and training of corrections officers,” the letter said.

As for Thomson prison, “the hiring freeze comes at a particularly concerning time,” it said.

“BOP has spent months working to activate the facility in order to help alleviate overcrowding at high security institutions. As of October 2016, Thomson was on target to begin accepting inmates by the end of 2017.

“However, the freeze has already forced the facility to postpone hiring a new class of incoming officers.

Without the exemption, the activation of the facility may be further delayed.”

The state built the 1,600cell prison in 2001, several times raising the hopes of

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A federal hiring freeze could put the opening of Thomson prison on ice – again, and a trio of lawmakers are asking Attorney General Jeff Sessions to exempt the Bureau of Prisons from the freeze.

“... The freeze has already forced the facility to postpone hiring a new class of incoming officers.

Without the exemption, the activation of the facility may be further delayed.”

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin and U.S. Reps. Cheri Bustos and David McKinley In a letter addressed to Attorney General Jeff Sessions

the economically depressed village of 600 in which it sits that it would open, but ultimately, it could not afford to run it.

The BOP bought it in 2012 for $165 million with plans to hold maximumsecurity prisoners, but issues such as the possible transfer of Guantanamo Bay inmates to the site threatened several times to keep the prison unfunded and unopened.

Promises that no Guantanamo detainees would be housed in Thomson got the remodeling project funded – to the tune of nearly $60 million that first year. Among other things, issues such as mold remediation and

upgrades for computers and other technology must be addressed before the prison can be fully activated.

When Durbin visited in October, 214 people were employed, and he said he hoped there would be 300 by the end of this year.

Ultimately, officials have said 1,100 jobs will be created.

When the prison does become fully activated, it’s expected to generate more than $122 million in expenditures, $19 million in workers’ income, and a $61 million impact on local business sales.

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AGRICULTURE

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CHADWICK – Making things better is a tradition passed down in the Vos family.

Father Ray Vos, 58, and his son, Jason, 32, own or rent about 1,900 acres of land in Carroll and Whiteside counties. Their work to fight erosion on their land earned them this year’s Friend of Conservation award from the Carroll County Soil & Water Conservation District.

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(Craig Lang/ clang@prairieadvocate.com) in 2006, and the Voses’ local farming goes back a few generations.

“My grandpa, Charles Vos, retired in 1986,” Jason said.

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“They farm some of the land under a continuous corn system and the remainder is farmed with a 2- or 3-year corn and soybean rotation. They sometimes plant a small acreage to wheat. Soybeans are no-till planted into cornstalks and corn is no-till planted into bean stubble.”

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In a release from the district, Carroll SWCD staffers wrote that nearly all of the land farmed by the Vos family is considered highly erodable.

“They farm some of the land under a continuous corn system and the remainder is farmed with a 2- or 3-yearcorn and soybean rotation.

They sometimes plant a small acreage to wheat.

Soybeans are no-till planted into cornstalks and corn is no-till planted into bean stubble,” the staffers wrote.

Jason said his father was one of the earlier adopters of no-till farming in the area.

“He just saw how much soil erosion there was. Setaside acres had much better productivity. He tried to do what he could to make it better,” Jason said.

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The Voses also have experimented with cover crops.

The family also participates in the Conservation Stewardship Program. Through the CRP, the Voses have retired more than 40 acres of environmentally sensitive cropland, and planed the acreage to grasses for erosion protection, wildlife habitat, or to protect water quality, the SWCD staffers wrote.

Other members of the Vos family are Jason’s mother, Lisa Vos, and his wife, Brenda. Jason’s brother, Nate, is a veterinarian at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

Whether there’ll be a fourth generation of Vos farmers will take a while to answer.

“My daughter, Miranda, is only 2,” Jason said.

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POLICE REPORTS Carroll County Sheriff

John C. Hanley, 49, of Lanark; 7:18 p.m. April 7 on state Route 73 north of Lanark; speeding 70 mph in a 55-mph zone; given notice to appear in court.

Kurt P. Kennedy, 23, of Lanark; 6;21 p.m. April 7 on state Route 72 west of Maple Grove Road near Shannon; speeding 76 mph in a 55-mph zone; given notice to appear in court.

Trent Michael Robert Lowe, 21, of Mount Carroll; 8:48 a.m. April 7 at Carroll County Sheriff’s Department; failure to appear; posted bond and released with notice to appear in court.

Amy M. Rogers, 51, of Redwood, California; 12:12 p.m. April 7 on state Route 64 west of Jacobstown Road near Mount Carroll; speeding 71 mph in a 55-mph zone; given notice to appear in court.

Muriah L. Simpson, 30, of Round Lake Beach; 8:58 p.m. April 6 northbound on Dame Road south of Townline Road near Lanark; speeding 70 mph in a 55-mph zone; given notice to appear in court.

Randy W. Suckling, 59, of Savanna; 5:06 p.m.

April 6 at U.S. Route 52 and Seven Hills Road in Savanna; speeding 71 mph in a 55-mph zone; given notice to appear in court.

Sherry M. Severing, 47, of Lanark; 4:52 p.m. April 6 at Straddle Creek Road and Otter Creek Drive near Lanark; speeding 76 mph in a 55-mph zone; given notice to appear in court.

Christian R. Meggers, 22,

of Fulton; 12:35 p.m. April 6 at Carroll County Sheriff’s Department; failure to appear; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Joshua L. Jones, 39, of Camanche, Iowa; 10:45 p.m.

April 5 at state Route 84 and County Line Road south of Thomson; speeding 70 mph in a 55-mph zone; given notice to appear in court.

Robert R. Schake, 52, of United, Pennsylvania; 9:38 p.m. April 5 on state Route 84 northbound at The Station restaurant in Thomson; speeding 73 mph in a 55-mph zone; given notice to appear in court.

Haley M. Wilson, 17, of Shannon; April 5 at U.S. Route 52 and Maple Grove Road near Lanark; failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident; given notice to appear in court.

Brandon D. T. Bumphrey, 20, of Mount Carroll; 12:21 a.m. April 4 at Savanna Station, 1230 Chicago Ave., Savanna; criminal damage to government property; taken to Carroll County Jail, appeared in court, posted bond, and released with notice to appear in court.

Timothy J. Long, 49, of Winslow; 6:06 p.m. April 4 at state Route 64 and Northern Illinois Diesel Inc. near Mount Carroll; speeding 73 mph in a 55-mph zone; given notice to appear in court.

Justin D. Appel, 17, of Thomson; 7:10 p.m.

April 4 at state Route 64 and Dauphin Road near Savanna; speeding 71 mph in a 55-mph zone; given notice to appear in court.

Terry L. Gallup, 49, of

Savanna; 6:05 a.m. April 4 at state Route 84 and Three Mile Road near Thomson; speeding 74 mph in a 55-mph zone; given promise to comply and notice to appear in court.

Travis C. Symons, 20, of Lena; 7:33 p.m. April 3 at state Route 40 and Otter Creek Drive near Milledgeville; speeding 74 mph in a 55-mph zone; given promise to comply and notice to appear in court.

Robert J. Livingston, 42, of Milledgeville; 4:50 p.m.

April 3 at Whiteside County Jail; warrant for contempt; taken to Carroll County Jail and held for court appearance.

Derrick M. Bereckis, 25, of Lanark; 9:57 a.m.

April 3 at Carroll County Jail; warrant for contempt; posted bond and released with notice to appear in court.

Shannon E. Hammer, 26, of Iowa; 12:10 p.m. April 2 at Carroll County Sheriff’s Department; warrant for civil contempt, resisting a peace officer, obstructing justice, aggravated battery to a peace officer; held at Carroll County Jail for court appearance.

Ashley S. Fagan, 31, of Rock Island; 6:30 p.m.

April 2 at state Route 64 and Benton Street in Mount Carroll; driving under the influence of drugs; taken to Morrison Community Hospital, then to Carroll County Jail, posted bond and released with notice to appear in court.

Hannah J. Bonifazi-King, 23, of Mount Vernon; 5:30 p.m. April 2 on state Route 78 south of state Route

40 near Mount Carroll; disobeyed stop sign; given notice to appear in court.

Chelsea L. Blanchard, 25, of Clinton, Iowa; 4:54 p.m. April 2 at Clinton County Jail in Clinton, Iowa; warrant for violation of probation; held at Carroll County Jail.

Evan W. Gengenbach, 21, of Thomson; 1:47 a.m.

April 2 at 305 S. Jackson St. in Mount Carroll; driving under the influence of drugs, driving under the influence of drugs with blood alcohol content greater than .08; taken to Carroll County Jail, posted bond, and released with notice to appear in court.

Christoper M, Russen, 26, of Clinton, Iowa; 9:08 p.m. April 1 at state Route 84 and Whiteside County line near Thomson; speeding 80 mph in a 55-mph zone; given notice to appear in court.

Tammy L. Burkholder, 52, of Lanark; 8:04 p.m.

April 1 on state Route 52 west of Stone Bridge Road near Lanark; speeding 76 in a 55-mph zone; given notice to appear in court.

James D. Brashaw, 40, of Lanark; 6;16 p.m. April 1 at FS plant west of Lanark on state Route 64; driving while license suspended; taken to Carroll County Jail,

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Shaquille L. Coleman, 23, of Mount Carroll; 1 p.m.

April 1 at Carroll County Sheriff’s Department; warrant for violation of probation, warrant for contempt, warrant for driving while license suspended; held at Carroll County Jail.

James R. Burton, 54, of Kings; 8:12 a.m. April 1 on state Route 52 west of Dame Road near Lanark; speeding 76 mph in a 55-mph zone; given notice to appear in court.

Brock E. Kent, 40, of Winslow; 1:58 a.m. April 1 on state Route 64 west of Oil Valley Road near Mount Carroll; speeding 65 mph in a 55-mph zone; given promise to comply and notice to appear in court.

Rasheed N. South, 25, of Mount Carroll; 10:31 a.m.

March 28 at Stephenson County Jail; warrant for contempt; taken to Carroll County Jail.

Jule J. Dauphin, 32, of Savanna; 8 a.m. March 27 at 855 S. Mill St., Mount Carroll; driving while license suspended or revoked, violation of classification, violation of the Controlled Substances

Act – possession of synthetic narcotic; taken to Carroll County Jail, appeared in court, and released with notice to appear in court.

William R. Wilson, 56, of Morrison; 6:50 a.m.

March 27 at state Route 78 and Vinegar Hill Road near Mount Carroll; speeding 74 mph in a 55-mph zone; released with promise to comply and notice to appear in court.

Dana M. Grant, 41, of German Valley; 7:01 p.m.

March 25 at state Route 84 and 3-Mile Road near Thomson; possession of stolen property less than $500, violation of Meth Control Act, forgery; taken to Carroll County Jail.

James G. Myhill, 50, of Odessa, Florida; 3:30 p.m.

March 25 at intersection of state Route 64 and Vanbuskirk Road in Lanark; speeding 73 mph in a 55-mph zone; released with promise to comply and notice to appear in court.

Casey Lee R. Moore, 22, of Savanna; 1:16 a.m.

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WHITESIDE COUNTY 4-H

Pearl City FFA sweeps Livestock Judging Contest

Bielema is Whiteside 4-H Volunteer of the Month Prairie Advocate staff

FULTON – Julie Bielema, leader of the Garden Plain Ripsnorters Club in Fulton, has been named the Whiteside County 4-H’s volunteer of the month for April. She attends monthly club meetings, and works with her youth to plan fun meetings and events for the members.

Julie works hard to come up with new ideas and opportunities for the 4-H members. She is a very hard working an dedicated volunteer as she is on many different committees such as horse, dogs, and even rabbits. Many say she is a very approachable leader and

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Also performing was Dave Abatangelo, a Chicago poet who has performed with Smith at the Green Mill Cocktail Lounge in Chicago.

The Green Mill is the home of the Uptown Poetry Slam. Abatangelo’s works addressed topics ranging from what experiences his sons will have, to the July shooting of a Florida man protecting an autistic patient, to the human knee.

“It is the last place anyone on Earth feels compelled to touch,” Abatangelo said of the knee.

Later in the evening, audience members had a chance to win money by creating poems from fill-inthe-blank sheets distributed on the tables. The sheets started with the line “Living in Mount Carroll is like,” and included references to

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what the members did at morning, noon, evening, and midnight.

Gina Wilkinson won $31 for her poem, one line of which was, “In the afternoon, echoes of baseball games, kids on swings, billow up Market Street.”

Smith finished the night with a poem encouraging people to help others to reach new heights.

“When you get to the top of the mountain, pull up the next one,” he said.

Audience members said they enjoyed the evening.

“I had fun,” Nola Charles of Mount Carroll said. “I liked Dan Brinkmeyer’s poem the best, because of all the local references.”

Ernst Nemeth, who works in Mount Carroll and commutes there from central Illinois, said, “I would’ve paid real money in Chicago for this entertainment.”

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Pearl City took first place at the Section 1 FFA Livestock Judging Contest on March 18 in Mount Carroll. The top 5 individuals were all from Pearl City, out of the 68 individuals from 8 schools. They were (from left), Garrett Handsaker (second place), Skylar Fischer (fourth), Addison Keltner (first, with a score of 462), Jazmin Wingert (third), and Meg Tessendorf (fifth).

Other team members were Nicole Adolph, Michelle Simler, Drake Musser, Paige Fuchs, and Brian Brenner. Junior High FFA members Jase Sheffey, Christian Fischer, and Cheyenne Handsaker also participated.

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SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS

By Craig Lang Prairie Advocate Sports

Varsity softball schedule TODAY Milledgeville at Sterling Newman Eastland at Polo (DH) Scales Mound/River Ridge at East Dubuque Rock Island Alleman at Sterling THURSDAY Pearl City at Eastland Milledgeville at Freeport Aquin West Carroll at Le-Win Riverdale at Fulton Sterling Newman at Erie/ Prophetstown Belvidere North at Freeport FRIDAY Pecatonica at Milledgeville Morrison at Sterling Newman SATURDAY Le-Win at Amboy Fulton tourney (see full schedule below) Rochelle at Sterling MONDAY Riverdale at Morrison Fulton at Orion Sterling Newman at Kewanee TUESDAY Eastland at Scales Mound/River Ridge AFC at Milledgeville East Dubuque at Pearl City Le-Win at Stockton/Warren Freeport Aquin at Forreston West Carroll at Galena Sycamore at Sterling Sterling Newman at Polo FULTON SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE Drives Park Saturday Dixon vs. Fulton, 10 a.m.

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West Carroll’s Shelby Skiles connects for a double in her second at-bat of the first inning against Bureau Valley on Saturday. Skiles knocked in a pair of runs in the 10-run first as the Lady Thunder cruised to the 11-0 victory in pool play of the tourney. RIGHT: The Lady Thunder’s Riley Sullivan delivers a pitch to a Bureau Valley batter during Saturday’s West Carroll Invitational tournament in Thomson. Sullivan pitched the complete 5-inning, 1-hit shutout, walking none and striking out 8.

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APRIL 4 Milledgeville 4, Durand 3 (8 inn.): After Durand took a 3-1 lead, the Lady Missiles scored 3 runs in the bottom of the seventh to tie the score, then won the game on a bases-loaded single by Alexandra Schmidt in the eighth inning. Schmidt’s game-winner was her third hit of the game. Ciara Miller took the pitching victory, going

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She was relieved in the fifth by Natalie Brown, who went the final 4 innings.

West Carroll 6, East Dubuque 5: The Lady Thunder held a 3-2 lead after 6 innings. East Dubuque pushed 3 runs across the plate in the top of the seventh, but West Carroll responded with 3 runs of its own in the bottom half of the inning to win at home.

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Morrison 3, Rockridge 2: The Fillies trailed by a run going into the bottom of the seventh inning and rallied on a 2-run base hit by Jaeden Workman. Lauren Rice took the victory, giving up 8 hits while fanning 6 batters. Amelia Thomas and Kelsey Garret each had 2 hits for the Lady Rockets.

Geneseo 4, Sterling 3: Anna McAvoy belted a game-winning homer in the 10th inning to give Geneseo the victory. Jayme Eiler pitched the complete game for Sterling, allowing no walks and striking out 12 hitters. Gretchen Gould hit a pair of solo home runs for Sterling.

Amboy 10, Freeport Aquin 0 (5 inn.)

Orangeville 13, AFC 1 Byron 6, Oregon 2 Rockford Lutheran 6, Dixon 5 APRIL 6 Milledgeville 14, Durand 2 (5 inn.): The Lady Missiles scored in every inning except the second as they cruised to the victory. They scored 3 in the first and third, two in the fourth, and six in the fifth.

The Lady Bulldogs scored a run each in the second and fifth innings.

Alexandra Schmidt and Ciara Miller led the Milledgeville offense, each with a pair of doubles and Miller knocking in 4 and Schmidt 3. Miller pitched the distance for the win, allowing just 2 hits while walking one and fanning 6.

West Carroll 10, East Dubuque 9 (8 inn.): West Carroll took a 6-0 lead after 2 innings and held on in extras.

East Dubuque responded with 4 runs in the third, and the Lady Thunder answered back with 3 more runs in the fifth. Again, the Lady Warriors responded by matching West Carroll with 3 of their own in the bottom of the fifth. East Dubuque sent it to extras with 2 runs in the sixth to tie before the Lady Thunder pushed the eventual game-winner across the plate in the top of the eighth. Emma Aljets belted 3 home runs and had 5 RBI for West Carroll. Riley Sullivan added a homer for the Lady Thunder.

Mandi Erschen and Allie Berryman blasted home runs for the Lady Warriors. “Another very exciting game with the wind blowing out at East Dubuque,” West Carrolll coach Don Mathey said. “Six total home runs. We played very well and are much more competitive now. Emma (Aljets) is on a tear hitting the ball. A great team win tonight.”

Pearl City 17, Galena 1 (6 inn.): The Lady Wolves put up 5 runs in the first inning, 2 in the second, a single run in the fourth, 2 in the fifth and 7 in the sixth to dominate the Lady Pirates. Galena scored its only run in the fifth inning. Kendra Melville went 3-for-3 with 4 RBI and 4 runs scored for Pearl City.

She also earned the pitching win, going 3 innings and striking out 8 Galena hitters.

APRIL 7 West Carroll at Le-Win Pearl City 2, Rockford Boylan Riverdale at Fulton 1: The Titans took a 1-0 lead before Sterling Newman at Erie/ Kendra Melville tied it with a Prophetstown home run in the bottom half of the Dixon at Sterling sixth inning and teammate Tyra Belvidere North at Freeport Clark won it with a home run in the bottom of the seventh. Melville FRIDAY also took the pitching victory, going Morrison at Sterling Newman the distance and allowing 5 hits while walking none and fanning 11 SATURDAY Boylan hitters. Clark had 3 hits.

Le-Win at Oregon (DH) Pecatonica 6, Forreston 3 Sterling at Freeport Le-Win 11, Mineral Point 1 Dakota 2, East Dubuque 0 MONDAY Orangeville 12, Scales Mound/ Riverdale at Morrison River Ridge 3 Freeport Aquin at South Beloit Riverdale 6, Erie/Prophetstown 5 Orion at Fulton Oregon 11, Rockford Jefferson 0 Sterling Newman at Kewanee Ottawa at Sterling APRIL 8 Freeport at Rockford Guilford Morrison 4, Rock Falls 2 Morrison 4, Sterling 2 TUESDAY Rockford Boylan 9, Dakota 5 Eastland at River Ridge/Scales Sterling Newman 16, Fulton 5 Mound Rockford Christian 3, Polo 1 AFC at Milledgeville Polo 21, Rockford Christian 2 East Dubuque at Pearl City Orangeville 8, Le-Win 7 Le-Win at Warren/Stockton Wheaton St. Francis 10, Freeport Aquin at Forreston Orangeville 4 West Carroll at Galena Oregon 11, Harvard 8 Sterling at Ottawa Oregon 8, Harvard 3 Freeport at Rockford Boylan WEST CARROLL TOURNEY April 8, at Thomson Erie/Prophetstown 9, Stockton/ Warren 0 Knoxville 10, West Carroll 4 Erie/Prophetstown 3, Durand 2 Knoxville 15, Bureau Valley 1 Durand 5, Stockton/Warren 3 West Carroll 11, Bureau Valley 0 Stockton/Warren 16, Bureau Valley 0 (4 inn.) (5th place) Durand 3, West Carroll 0 (3rd place): Erie/Prophetstown 6, Knoxville 1 (Championship)

Varsity baseball results

APRIL 4 Eastland 7, Warren/Stockton 0 (forfeit): A coaching error turned a pitcher’s duel win for the WarHawks into a forfeit victory for the Cougars. With the game’s only run being an unearned tally

by Warren/Stockton in the bottom of the second and Eastland having only one hit by Brighton Haverland, Hayden Fox was brought in to pitch in relief for the WarHawks in the bottom of the seventh with two outs. He needed only one pitch to induce a game-ending flyout to Fillies to host skills camp center field. But after the game, it Morrison High School will have was discovered Fox had pitched a softball skills camp on April 23 one too few days rest according to at the Morrison Sports Complex. the IHSA’s new pitch-count rule.

It is open to all players from The IHSA then awarded the forfeit kindergarten through eighth grade. victory to Eastland.

The camp will run from 12:30 to Sterling 4, Geneseo 1: The 3 p.m. and the cost is $20, which Golden Warriors plated a single includes a Fillies softball T-shirt run in the bottom half of the fourth and an assessment of the players’ inning, then added 3 more in the equipment. If there is inclement bottom of the sixth to take the weather, the camp will be at the victory at home. Geneseo scored high school. For more information, its lone run in the top half of the contact Emma Melton at 516 seventh inning. Tyler Willman Anthony St. in Morrison. pitched the complete-game 2-hitter for Sterling. He struck out 7, while Varsity baseball schedule throwing just 101 pitches.

TODAY Le-Win 5, River Ridge/Scales Milledgeville at Sterling Newman Mound 0: The Panthers scored 2 Eastland at Polo (DH) runs in the bottom of the first, added Winnebago at Freeport Aquin a single run in the fourth and plated Erie/Prophetstown at West Carroll another pair of runs in the fifth to Freeport at Rockford East take the win. Tanner Lawfer led the Le-Win offense with 3 hits and THURSDAY 3 RBI. Andy Wurster had a pair of Milledgeville at Freeport Aquin hits for River Ridge/Scales Mound.

Eastland vs. Pearl City in Clinton, Hollace Julius pitched a completeIowa (Ashford University Field) game victory for the Panthers.

River Ridge/Scales Mound at Pearl City 4, Galena 3 East Dubuque Freeport Aquin 2, Amboy 0

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AFC 12, Orangeville 0 Rock Falls 4, North Boone 3 Winnebago 4, Byron 1 Dixon 5, Stillman Valley 1 APRIL 6 Warren/Stockton 15, Eastland 1: The WarHawks got their revenge for the previous game’s forfeit by crushing the Cougars. Warren/ Stockton scored in each inning except the fifth and sixth. Eastland got its lone run in the fourth. Eastland pitching was roughed up for 17 hits.

Galena 11, Pearl City 7 Le-Win 12, River Ridge/Scales Mound 10 APRIL 7 Rockford Lutheran 5, Freeport 3 Rockford Boylan 14, Freeport Aquin 6 Erie/Prophetstown 13, Riverdale 5 Geneseo 5, Sterling 2 Morrison 5, Sherrard 3 Rock Island Alleman 3, Forreston 0 Sterling Newman 9, River Ridge/Scales Mound 2 Warren/Stockton 6, Polo 5 Eastland 4, Tuscola 3 APRIL 8 Machesney Park Harlem 17, Pearl City 1 Deerfield 11, Pearl City 1 Freeport Aquin 12, Pearl City 2 Dixon 13, West Carroll 3 Le-Win 16, Rockford Christian Life 0 Le-Win 7, Rockford Christian Life 4 Erie/Prophetstown 7, River Ridge/Scales Mound 2 Erie/Prophetstown 7, River Ridge/Scales Mound 1 Sterling 17, Stillman Valley 5 Sterling 15, Stillman Valley 9 Deerfield 13, Freeport 9 Sterling Newman 14, Bureau Valley 0 Sterling Newman 6, Bureau Valley 1 Warren/Stockton 7, Pecatonica/ Durand 6 Harvard 8, Oregon 7

Girls track & field

APRIL 4 1. Le-Win, 94; 2. Pecatonica/ Durand, 59; 3. Stockton/Warren, 44; 4. Pearl City, 43 Event results (top 3 finishers) 300M Low Hurdles 1- Grace Bidlingmaier, Le-Win, 54.46 2- Logan Mund, Pecatonica/ Durand, 54.48 3- Christine Schubert, Le-Win, 1:01.26 3200M Run 1- Haley Brudi, Stockton/Warren, 14:27.00 2- Kendall Schultz, Stockton/ Warren, 18:23.22 3200M Relay 1- Le-Win, 11:48.33 2- Pecatonica/Durand, 11:53.21

Discus 1- Emily Offenheiser, Stockton/ Warren, 118’11.00” 2- Gwen Heimerdinger, Pearl City, 99’06.00” 3- Jill Harmston, Stockton/ Warren, 91’06.00” High Jump 1- Brooke Hass, Pearl City, 4’ 08.00” 2- Katelyn Kalina, Pecatonica/ Durand, 4’ 08.00” 3- Hannah Proctor, Pecatonica/ Durand, 4’ 04.00” Long Jump 1- Carmen DeVries, Le-Win, 15’ 06.50” 2- Logan Mund, Pecatonica/ Durand, 13’ 08.50” 3- Jenna Zeal, Le-Win, 13’ 04.00” Shot Put 1- Emily Offenheiser, Stockton/ Warren, 41’ 08.00” 2- Jill Harmston, Stockton/ Warren, 33’ 08.00” 3- Gwen Heimerdinger, Pearl City, 32’ 06.00” Triple Jump 1- Carmen DeVries, Le-Win, 34’ 10.00” 2- Jenna Zeal, Le-Win, 27’ 00.50” 3- Brisa Hinojosa, Pearl City, 27’ 00.00” 100M Hurdles 1- Grace Bidlingmaier. Le-Win, 19.07 2- Christina Schubert, Le-Win, 22.35 200M Dash 1- Carmen DeVries, Le-Win, 27.96 2- Brisa Hinojosa, Pearl City, 32.06 3- Neveah Roberts, Le-Win, 33.53 1600M Run 1- Kaylene Cuthbertson, Pecatonica/Durand, 6:33.37 2- Moriah Fischer, Pearl City, 6:37.50 3- Savannah Pellant, Pecatonica/ Durand, 7:06.75 100M Dash 1- Logan Mund, Pecatonica/ Durand, 14.40 2- Mina Batista, Pecatonica/ Durand, 14.60 3- Shanna Lartz, Le-Win, 15.17 400M Dash 1- Carmen DeVries, Le-Win, 1:01.85 2- Kendra Setterstrom, Le-Win, 1:16.02 3- Jenna Robinson, Pearl City, 1:18.07 400M Relay 1- Le-Win, 57.63 2- Pecatonica/Durand, 59.40 3- Stockton/Warren, 58.79 800M Run 1- Brooke Hass, Pearl City, 2:52.43 2- Moriah Fischer, Pearl City, 2:55.27 3- Allison Weegens, Le-Win, 3:01.33 800M Relay 1- Pecatonica/Durand, 2:02.81 2- Le-Win, 2:03.16 3- Stockton/Warren, 2:14.98

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