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God’s generosity cannot be outdone, but it doesn’t hurt to try As summer 2025 winds down and harvest season will soon arrive, it is good to reflect on the generosity of God. God cannot be outdone in generosity, although I don’t think God minds us trying to do so. Generosity of spirit is the mark of someone living and guided by the holy spirit himself.

“Hope does not disappoint because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the holy spirit who was given to us.” –Romans 5:5 The indwelling holy spirit teaches us to recognize the abundant generosity of God in our lives and around us. Likewise, that same spirit teaches us how to share our spiritual and material gifts with generosity of heart.

Look around at the verdancy of the summer vegetation. Look at how full and lush and beautiful it is.

If you grow a garden during the summer, think of your personal harvest, no matter how big or small. Although some seasons yield bigger harvests than others, any harvest of fresh flowers, fruits and vegetables from the soil of God’s creation is a bountiful gift.

While you are counting your harvest, be sure to take time to mindfully consider the wondrous nature of each of these uniquely nourishing gifts from God, providing nutrients for the body and the soul.

Despite times of literal and metaphorical drought in our lives, God still goes above and beyond in feeding us.

Look no further than the time Jesus fed more than 5,000 people with five loaves of bread and two fish.

Most of us have known people who seem to embody the spirit of God’s generosity in the way they give of themselves or their talents.

When I worked at Easter Seals’ Timber Pointe Outdoor Center, I encountered many people who fit this description.

SPIRIT MATTERS Jerrilyn Zavada Novak The camp’s vice president, David, and his wife, Jenni, who happened to be deeply rooted in their Christian faith, taught me the meaning of being generous in heart. They had spent their lives working around the country in the camp industry, particularly with those who have physical and intellectual disabilities.

Running a summer camp is not easy work, and it often requires you to push beyond your own limits for the experience you are providing others. In addition to this, nonprofit work requires active participation in fundraising events, which is no small task.

David and Jenni consistently set the bar high in all of this, and in doing so, they taught others how to do the same.

Back then, I came across these words from St. Paul’s second letter to the Corinthians that encapsulated to me David and Jenni’s lifetime of generous giving: “Consider this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

“Each must do as already determined, without sadness or compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

“Moreover, God can make every grace abundant for you, so that in all things, always having all you need, you may have an abundance for every good work.

“As it is written: ‘He scatters abroad, he gives to the poor. His righteousness endures forever.’

“The one who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed and increase the harvest of your righteousness. –2

Corinthians 9:6-10 All these years later, these verses still enchant me and speak deeply to my soul.

We might not have a fat bank account. We might not have all the modern conveniences that others around us have. But the lack of these things in our lives does not prohibit us from giving of what we do have. Generosity of spirit is just as important as generosity of material wealth in supporting and encouraging each other.

God has given each of us the means to sow seeds that grow the fruits of the spirit, which include love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. These are the fruits that true followers of Christ sow and reap. If the way we conduct ourselves and live our lives is not producing these fruits, we need to do some soul-searching and change course where necessary.

We live in extremely tenuous times, and it is easy to get sidetracked with anger as we lament the reckless destruction of so many programs designed to provide food, medicine, medical research and basic care for human beings.

When we find ourselves stuck in this anger, we must be able to recognize it and ask God for the grace to be the person he wants us to be. Then, we pick ourselves up and begin again with giving of ourselves, just as Jesus did as he walked the way to his crucifixion, because “God can make every grace abundant for you, so that in all things, always having all you need, you may have an abundance for every good work.”

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ABOVE LEFT: Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts carry a large American flag down South Main Street during the 54th annual Homestead Festival parade on Saturday, Sept. 6, in Princeton. LEFT: The Illinois State University Gamma Phi Circus performs during the 54th annual Homestead Festival parade on Saturday, Sept. 6, in Princeton. ABOVE: The Princeton High School poms and marching band walk down South Main Street during the 54th annual Homestead Festival parade on Saturday, Sept. 6, in Princeton.

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Every year this campfire ignites a bonfire of memories Campfires are all about reflection.

There’s the glow from the faces that are framed against the night. All are united, held together within the casting heat and circle of light.

There also are inner reflections.

Between shared smiles, a loud laugh now and then, and favorite songs mixed with fireside chatter, those faces return to the flickering flames, pulled into moments of introspection. Reflecting on whatever. It’s personal.

Once a year, I sit around such a campfire. It caps a long day in the sun full of friends and family, good food and loud fun, including volleyball. I’ve been doing this since 1978, when my parents said I could invite coworkers to a muchneeded two-day party at their home in the country.

We call it the Lost Weekend, which has been locked into the Labor Day holiday since that first year. The Saturday night rolls into a Sunday morning country breakfast and more volleyball for those who had pitched a tent.

Some of the regulars I see this one time a year. A lot of traditions develop from such an annual gathering. Our campfire still ends in a sing-along with

PAPERWORK Lonny Cain Frank Sinatra crooning into the starry night and nearby cornfield the life-guiding lyrics of “My Way.” Yeah, lots of traditions and memories, with the campfire bumping the top of those lists. But there has been a slow but steady shift from those early days.

The raucous volleyball matches always mix young and old. I worry about my bones being too old for my ball-hog ways. So I’ve become an observer who truly misses the earlier days.

Even the campfire is a bit tougher now. Too many of those glowing faces are now ghosts – gaps in the circle but not forgotten. They charge our memories of previous years and stories retold.

They are toasted with raised glasses around the fire.

After 47 years, such losses were inevitable. Still, it’s hard to adapt. The tide of time pushes and pulls and has washed over our Lost Weekend. The

biggest change came when my parents died.

Mom and Dad had no idea what they said “yes” to so many years ago. But they soon learned. Everyone who came to the Lost Weekend became part of their “family.”

My sister has packed a lot of our memories into four large albums jammed with photos and thank-you notes, and copies of the goofy invites I sent out every year.

I watched three sons grow up on our homemade volleyball courts. The youngest came from the hospital straight to the Lost Weekend, two days after he was born. This past holiday weekend, I watched him standing tall at the net, dominating.

Mom let us know about the work involved in setup and cleanup each year. Then we faced the annual question: Should we do it again next year?

Of course. How could we not? We asked the same question after my parents died. Got the same answer.

But it’s not the same Lost Weekend that began so long ago, when it took a week for my muscles to recover. Now the ache is internal. Without my par-

ents, it’s been hard to resume my enthusiasm. And the loss of others deepens the rut, including the recent death of my niece, who continued hosting the party with her husband.

I search for reasons to be there each year … until I get there. The regulars begin to trickle in, some new faces show up, and I see there is still a Lost Weekend “family.” I need to see that, and they probably do also.

It all sinks in, the reason for being there, to continue. I see it clearly in the faces glowing around the campfire.

Then I turn to the fire and relive that first year and the stack of years after and all the faces that have come and gone … and those still coming.

Will we do this again next year? I mull the thought only to invite the reply: Of course we will. How could we not?

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Will it be a profitable one? That’s another story.

Ken Beck farms in Troy Grove Township and plans on harvesting the last week of September or early October. He’s betting that the yield will be lower than in recent years, which admittedly were huge, thanks to erratic summer weather.

This year, however, it isn’t merely the size of the yield that keeps farmers up at night. Global economics are “going to be huge this year,” Beck said, and are likely to diminish the profitability of this year’s harvest.

“If we don’t get the yield they’re talking about, or even if we do, we’re going to be upside-down,” Beck said.

“There’s a very small margin in this business.”

The issue freshest in most farmers’ minds is Mother Nature.

Steve Michelini farms across four counties, including fields in Peru and Dimmick Township. He said summer rains were scattered and wildly divergent, with the result that some farmers were begging for sun and others pleading for rain.

“We’re going to have really good crops but there are pockets that never got as much rain,” Michelini said. “There were times when we were getting an inch and I had a buddy who got a half an inch.”

And while the mercury never reached 100 degrees this summer, Michelini said, the nights weren’t terribly cool, either.

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“I don’t think it’s going to be a record crop,” he said, “but it’ll be a good one.”

Lucas Hill farms southeast and north of Ottawa, as well as in rural Streator and Marseilles. He said his fields got plenty of rain, but not evenly and certainly not when needed.

There were weeks when Hill’s fields were deluged. Parched stretches followed the soakers where the ground was sucked dry. The extremes, he said, introduced “pretty aggressive” disease that will cut into the yield.

If that weren’t enough, smoke from the Canadian wildfires compromised the sunlight at a key growth period.

“I think we’re probably going to be a tick off from last year’s yield,” Hill said. “I don’t think it’s going to be anything massive, but I don’t think we’re going to see

the record yields we had the past two years.”

Even a small reduction in yield will be noticeable, as planting corn and beans is costly. Seed prices went up, fertilizer prices went up and Hill puts the increases squarely on tariffs.

“It’s definitely a tariff market,” Hill said. “Things not only started tight but it’s looking even tighter, which puts us on pins and needles.”

Beck agreed that tariffs are a big part of the picture, but he pointed out U.S. farmers also are grappling with competition from foreign growers led by South Americans.

Thanks to global forces that were decades in the making, South America as a whole is producing more corn and beans and Brazil is leading the charge.

Brazil still needs better roads and ports to

make it a world heavyweight but with millions of acres available for cultivation, it’s fast moving to the top of the heap.

“America no longer feeds the world, it’s now Brazil,” Beck said. “It’s phenomenal what’s going on down there.”

David Isermann, president of the La Salle County Farm Bureau, said other global issues have come into play, as well.

Inputs were high partly because a key source of nitrogen is the Middle East, where violence has kept away traders and kept prices high.

Trade disputes and tariffs have limited exports to neighbors in the Americas.

That problem is compounded by a parasite that’s affected livestock in Mexico, which has disrupted the exchange of livestock and grain.

“So there’s a whole lot of stuff going on,” Isermann said.

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A $50,000 Powerball-winning ticket Candi Bomleny, the store’s manager, was sold at the Casey’s in Princeton but confirmed that no one has claimed the the lucky winner has not yet come for- prize so far. ward.

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Zearing Park playground on track for fall 2025 completion The installation crew will be pouring the new, accessible surface over the next three to four days.

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The Bureau County Retired Teachers Association will hold its next meeting at noon Wednesday, Sept. 17, at the Princeton Public Library.

The meeting will begin with a catered luncheon, followed by a 12:30 p.m. presentation by Illinois Retired Teachers Association President Mike Schmidt.

The luncheon is catered by the Park Mike Schmidt Tavern and is by reservation only.

Attendees will be served chicken casserole, a side, dessert and iced tea, lemonade or water. Individuals who order lunch and are unable to attend must reimburse the unit $15.

Before being elected as the IRTA president at the most recent biennial convention, Schmidt served two years on the association’s constitution committee, followed by eight years as chair of the state membership committee, according to a BCRTA news release.

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Hall-PC’s Dylan Glynn throws pass on Friday at Richard Nesti Stadium in Spring Valley.

FOOTBALL: ERIE-PROPHETSTOWN 19, HALL-PUTNAM COUNTY 7

Erie-Prophetstown keeps Hall-PC in check

By JARED BELL

Shaw Local News Network correspondnet The Hall-Putnam County football team finally broke through Friday.

In a Three Rivers Conference crossover against Erie-Prophetstown in Spring Valley, the Red Devils’ offense struggled to find traction through the first three quarters.

But on the first play of the fourth, Hall struck with a 43-yard touchdown pass to get on the scoreboard and pull to within six points.

Unfortunately for Hall, the Panthers answered immediately with a touchdown on the next possession, and

the Red Devils stalled the rest of the way as Erie-Prophetstown pulled away for a 19-7 victory.

“The first half, offensively, we had guys in the right spots, but we just couldn’t finish the plays that were called for the defense shown,” Hall coach Nick Sterling said. “It’s kind of like how we felt last week in Orion.

When we’re not playing fundamental football and executing what’s being coached, this is the result.”

The 43-yard score was the lone highlight on a tough offensive night for the Red Devils.

Hall managed just 42 total yards and two first downs in the first half

and was held scoreless through three quarters.

Late in the third quarter, however, senior quarterback Dylan Glynn found some rhythm through the air. He led the Red Devils across midfield to the 43-yard line before the quarter ended with E-P ahead 13-0.

On the first snap of the fourth, Glynn kept the drive alive under pressure. Scrambling away from defenders, he spotted sophomore tight end Chace Sterling, who hauled in the pass, broke a tackle, and tiptoed down the sideline for a 43-yard touchdown to pull Hall within 13-7 with 11:45 left.

“That was one time where we were

able to connect, and Chace did a good job finishing it off,” Nick Sterling said.

“But realistically, those opportunities were there all game. We just didn’t take advantage of them.”

That was as close as Hall got.

Erie-Prophetstown answered with a 68-yard drive, capped by a 14-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Keegan Winckler to Gaven Adams with 7:13 remaining to push the lead to 19-7.

Hall had one more possession, which ended on downs, as the Panthers drained the final 5:34 off the clock.

See RED DEVILS, page 11

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Putnam County wins Somonauk Tournament Girls volleyball Putnam County captured the Somonauk volleyball tournament on Saturday, Aug. 30.

The Lady Panthers defeated Plano 22-25, 26-24, 15-8 and Hinckley-Big Rock 25-14, 25-11 in pool play and defeated the host Bobcats 25-22, 25-21 for the championship.

Fieldcrest 2, Putnam County 1: The Knights pulled out a 25-20, 21-25, 25-20 victory in a nonconference match on Tuesday, Sept.

2 at Minonk.

Myah Richardson had 15 digs, 11 kills, 10 assists, eight points, three aces and four blocks for PC (4-3), while Britney Trinidad had 14 digs, 12 assists, seven points, one ace and two kills.

Putnam County 2, Galva 0:

Kennedy Holocker had seven digs, four points, two aces and a kill as the Lady Panthers won 25-16, 25-9 in a nonconference match on Wednesday, Sept. 3 in Galva.

Britney Trinidad had eight points and five assists for PC (5-3), while Myah Richardson contributed five kills, five digs, three points, one ace and two assists.

Midland 2, Putnam County 0:

Myah Richardson had 11 kills, 11 digs, five points, three aces and two assists as the Lady Panthers lost 25-23, 25-20 in a Tri-County Conference game on Thursday, Sept. 4 in Granville.

Photo provided Sarah Wiesbrock had 17 digs for Putnam County captured the Somonauk volleyball tournament on Saturday, Aug. 30. PC beat Plano 22-25, PC (5-4, 0-2 TCC).

26-24, 15-8 and Hinckley-Big Rock 25-14, 25-11 in pool play and defeated the host Bobcats 25-22, 25-21 for the – Kevin Hieronymus championship.

• RED DEVILS

Continued from page 12 While Hall’s offense sputtered, its defense kept the game close for much of the night.

Erie-Prophetstown managed just one first-half score – a 1-yard run with 9:58 left in the second quarter – and led 6-0 at halftime.

The Panthers added to the lead late in the third on a 50-yard touchdown pass from Winckler to Adams to go ahead 13-0.

Hall responded with its lone touchdown before Erie-Prophetstown put the game away.

The Red Devils (0-2) finished with 129 yards of total offense, including 40 yards on the ground. Glynn went 6-for15 for 89 yards with a touchdown and an interception. Senior Braden Curran led the team with 20 rushing yards on three carries and added three catches for 29 yards. Chace Sterling’s 43-yard touchdown grab was both Hall’s longest reception and its biggest play of the night.

Hall now turns its attention to Week 3, when it travels to Mendota for its Three Rivers Conference Mississippi Division opener, while E-P heads to Newman to open Three Rivers Rock play.

Photos by MaKade Rios

ABOVE LEFT: Hall head coach Nick Sterling talks to team after the loss Friday, Sept 5, at Richard Nesti Stadium in Spring Valley. ABOVE: Ellianna Olson waves to Hall players before their game on Friday, Sept 5, at Richard Nesti Stadium in Spring Valley. LEFT: Hall teammates high-five after a loss Friday, Sept 5, at Richard Nesti Stadium in Spring Valley.

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