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DIXON – With Friday’s signing of an agreement between the two local YMCAs and Sauk Valley Community College, students soon will have a breathtaking view of the Rock River as they run the treadmill, pump iron, or even fulfill work-study.

The Sauk Valley Community College YMCA Program Center, which will offer “the same menu of options” as the Sterling-Rock Falls and Dixon Ys, in Dixon CEO Andy McFarlane’s

See the job posting Go to shawurl.com/2siz to see the job posting for the executive-level position at the new YMCA wellness center at Sauk Valley Community College. words, is slated to open Nov. 1.

“There’s a sense of relief that we finally got that hurdle achieved,” Sterling-Rock Falls CEO Andy Thornton said, referring to the signing of the agreement. “Now, there’s a realization of, ‘Oh, boy, there’s a lot of work to be done.’ We’ve

got a lot of things to do. This is the dirty work, getting people hired and in here, but it’s fun and exciting at the same time.”

The CEOs are hiring an executive-level manager, who then will hire part-time employees, including instructors who will teach classes in multipurpose rooms above the gym.

They are accepting resumés through Thursday. Managerial candidates must have master’s degrees in fields such as health, Alex T. Paschal/apaschal@saukvalley.com wellness, athletic training, Andy Thornton, CEO of the Sterling-Rock Falls YMCA, gestures kinesiology or related areas. while speaking about the impact the new facility at Sauk Valley Community College will have on staff, students, and their comFINALIZED continued on A24 munities. The wellness center is expected to open Nov. 1.

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Sterling High School fans celebrate Friday after a score during the Golden Warriors’ season-opening football game against Sycamore at Roscoe Eades Stadium. Sterling defeated Sycamore, 38-6. Elsewhere Friday night, Rock Falls and Dixon also won their season openers. Roscoe Eades Stadium will be full again tonight, as Newman begins its season when it hosts Rockridge.

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ROCK FALLS – The wait is over and plans for two memorial parks along the riverfront are in motion.

The City Council unanimously approved the inclusion of the memorial parks in the RB&W green space project plans at its Aug. 16 meeting.

One memorial area would be for veterans, Inside police, fire and n Drawemergency medical ser- ings of green vice profes- space plans, s i o n a l s ; t h e A3 other would be devoted to prisoners of war and veterans missing in action.

Rock Falls residents Rod Brooks and Keith Adams have spearheaded the project. Brooks served with the Army during the Vietnam War; Adams, an Air Force veteran, was in the Gulf War. Now that the council has OK’d the site, fundraising for the estimated $80,000 project can begin in earnest. The nonprofit venture will be funded entirely by donations. Volunteers, helped by the Illinois National Guard’s 1644th Transportation Company, will do the work.

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Since they’ll have their master’s, they could be the instructor of the fitness classes we offer,�

Sauk President Dave Hellmich said.

Personal trainers won’t be immediately available – Thornton said he’d like to get to know clientele and what they want before introducing that service.

Hours still are being ironed out, but Thornton estimates the Sauk Y will be open about 70 hours a week. Charter memberships should be available in the next couple of weeks. “We’ve got some meetings next week with our lead staff back at the Y to talk about what that looks like, and what we can offer as part of that charter membership,� Thornton said.

His facility already has received numerous calls about the Sauk facility, McFarlane said.

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Workers transform old office space into a new YMCA wellness center at Sauk Valley Community College. The new center is expected to open Nov. 1.

Current Y members will other Ys. at one of our Ys would be able to use the facil“We want to price it at probably be challenging ity. Sauk students will be a point where it’s afford- for them. But if they want offered Sauk site-only able for college kids that access, they can pay memberships; for a few with limited resources,� an additional fee.� dollars more, they can get Thornton said. “For us Sauk staffers and faculty memberships that will to put a price tag on it will be offered a discount, grant them access to the similar to a membership Hellmich said.

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Community Watch: A list of accidents, arrests, and other calls answered by local public safety departments.

Sterling Police Joseph D. Brooks, 24, of Rock Falls; 9:47 a.m. Thursday at West Sixth Street and Seventh Avenue in Rock Falls; possession of marijuana; given city citation.

Anthony J. Heide, 39, of Sterling; 10:27 a.m. Thursday at CGH Medical Center, 100 E. LeFevre Road; Whiteside County warrant for failure to appear on a charge of larceny, Champaign County warrant for failure to appear on a traffic offense; taken to Whiteside County Jail.

Olivia J. Sheley, 19, of Sterling; 10:59 p.m. Thursday at walking bridge at Sinnissippi Dam; consumption of alcohol; given notice to appear in court.

Dixon Police Daniel Eddy, 27, of Dixon; 1:06 a.m. Friday in the 10 block of South Galena Avenue; Whiteside County warrant for failure to appear – contempt (nonpayment); taken to Lee County Jail.

Girl, 13, of Dixon; 3:30 p.m.

Thursday in the 900 block of Logan Avenue; Lee County juvenile warrant, runaway; released to her parents.

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Linda Barsema, age unavailable, of Morrison; Aug. 17; parking by fire hydrant; given citation.

Kacy L. Reeser, 32, of Sterling; Aug. 19; parking by fire hydrant; given citation.

Kenneth Scott, age unavailable; Aug. 19; parking in posted no-parking area; given citation.

Andrew V. McKenna, age unavailable, of Sterling; Aug. 19; parking by fire hydrant; given citation.

Daniel Oltmanns, 61, of Sterling; Aug. 19; parking by fire hydrant; given citation.

Jake R. Charleston, 30, of Dixon; Aug. 19; parking in posted no-parking area; given citation.

Andrew R. Hallquist, 26, of Dixon; Aug. 19; parking in posted no-parking area; given citation.

Diane Smith, age unavailable, of Sterling; Aug. 20; parking in posted no-parking area; given citation.

Dawn M. Stage, 59, of Fulton; Aug. 20; parking in posted no-parking area; given citation.

James D. Boom, age unavailable, of Rock Falls; Aug. 20; parking in posted no-parking area; given citation.

Rodney E. Rhodes, 43, of Sterling; Aug. 20; parking in posted no-parking area; given citation.

Rebecca J. Barins, age unavailable, of Erie; Aug. 20; parking in posted no-parking area; given citation.

Kimberly Mulnix, age unavailable, of Morrison; Aug. 20; parking in posted no-parking area; given citation.

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Mike Friedricksen, age unavailable, of Erie; Aug. 20; parking in posted no-parking area; given citation.

Debra L. Hess, 63, of Clinton, Iowa; Aug. 20; parking in posted no-parking area; given citation.

James R. Morrin, 67, of Chicago; Aug. 21; failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident; given citation.

Edgewood Road; driving while license suspended; taken to Ogle County Jail and held in lieu of bond.

Paul Macdonald, 40, of DeKalb; Thursday; warrant for resisting a peace officer, warrant for failure to appear; given notice to appear in court.

Christine McGinnis, 37, of DeKalb; Thursday; warrant for failure to appear; given notice to appear in court.

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Michael A. Sowl, 31, of Rockford; Thursday on River Road; aggravated assault, possession of a controlled substance, unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon; taken to Ogle County Jail.

Lee County Sheriff Erica K. Betz, 36, of Compton; 5:15 p.m. Thursday; warrant for endangering the life or health of a child; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

John A. Perry, 42, of Chicago; 3:11 p.m. Thursday; Whiteside County warrant for failure to appear on a charge of driving while license suspended; posted bond and released.

Brandon J. Fancher, 25, of Dixon; 1:04 p.m. Thursday; warrant for driving while license suspended, Whiteside County warrant for failure to appear on a charge of speeding; held at Lee County Jail.

Ogle County Sheriff Curt Ortmann, 24, of Dixon; 5:17 p.m. Thursday in the 6000 block of West

THOMSON – Carroll County Crime Stoppers are asking the public for any information related to a burglary to two garages, which took place some time during the week of Aug. 17.

The burglary took place on Riverview Circle Drive in rural Thomson. A garage attached to a home was burglarized, as was another garage behind the home. A large black and gray wheeled toolbox with a red tool tray on the side was taken. The toolbox was filled with Mac and Snap On hand tools.

Also taken were an older boat motor and two Cobra 29 BC radios.

Anyone with information about this or any other crime, or the location of a wanted felon, are asked to call Crime Stoppers at 815-244-7867.

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The space, which still is under construction, is 3,400 square feet, compared to the 2,000-square-foot space of the college’s current fitness center. That spot will become the new home of the Adult Education Department.

Thornton and McFarlane recently traveled to Boston to tour Cybex, a leading equipment manufacturer. “We want to make sure we have the best stuff for the clientele we’re going to serve,� Thornton said. The facility will be surrounded by windows, with a view of the Rock River. All parties involved envision the facility having an impact far beyond the college’s walls. “This is a great opportunity for people in our communities – and I say communities because it’s well beyond just Sterling, Rock Falls or Dixon,� said Dan Arickx, chairman of the Sterling-Rock Falls board. “It’s all over, all of the communities invested in Sauk. This is

an added sales point for Sauk for good reason. It’s going to be a well-run program.� ​“Anything you can do to round out the student experience – educationally, physically – this is going to make that student stronger in all facets,� said Matt Magnafici, chairman of the Dixon YMCA board. “There’s a lot of potential, and this is step 1.�

Sauk took care of the renovations. The YMCAs will pay staff and will receive the profits from memberships. “We plan to put all of our earnings into the operation,� Thornton said. “We’re starting with a wellness center and fitness classes, but our relationship here is going to be deeper than that. We want to engage with the students, the faculty and the community, in order to help strengthen the communities. “It’s a win-win for the Y and the college, but the biggest winners are the users.�

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An account for the nonprofit riverfront memorial parks project has been set up at Sauk Valley Bank, 904 First Ave. in Rock Falls.

Donations also can be sent to Rock Falls Veterans Memorial Park, P.O. Box 225, Rock Falls, IL 61071.

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Brooks and Adams talked about bringing the memorials to the riverfront for a long time, but the action picked up steam last winter.

“We got serious about it last November, and we started scouting memorials in Illinois and some other states,” Brooks said.

After looking at several parks, they sat down with Sterling landscape designer Allen Skoog and things came to life quickly.

“We had always planned to do two memorials, and when the sketch was done, we fell in love with it immediately,” Brooks said.

For Adams, owner of The Loop Barbershop in Rock Falls, the location was paramount.

“When we looked in other towns, we realized that the most important thing is that a memorial park needs to be in a highly visible spot,” he said.

The Rock Falls parks will look a lot like the veterans memorial park in Milledgeville, he said, adding that his motivation for doing the project is simple.

“We just want to bring awareness, and have it in a place where you can drive by every day and enjoy it,” Adams said.

The pair first pitched the project to Mayor Bill Wescott in the spring.

“We talked about it some time ago, but we didn’t have solid plans for the green space yet, but as plans became more definitive, we talked again,” Wescott said.

The area west of where the skate park will be probably would have remained green space anyway, so plugging the parks into that spot seemed like a good fit, he said.

“We don’t want busi-

nesses or buildings there, because we don’t want anything to detract from the view along the riverfront,” Wescott said.

The mayor said his main concern was what would happen with the city’s existing veterans park.

Veterans Memorial Park at Fifth Street and Fifth Avenue technically is owned by the city. Once known as Triangle Park, A drawing of the plans for a green space project on the RB&W grounds along the riverfront in Rock Falls. Two it was Coloma Township veterans memorial parks would be located in the area’s western portion. The plans include (below, clockwise Park District’s first park. from top left), a scenic overlook, a skate park, a water feature, a multiple-use path, and an amphitheater.

The city donated the land shortly after the park district was established in 1925.

The park is also home to the band shell, which hosts special events during the summer.

If the new memorial parks come to fruition, the old one won’t disappear, but the families of those memorialized there will have a choice to make.

“If anyone wants their bricks moved to the riverfront, we’ll take care of it,” Brooks said. “There are some odd colors and shapes, so we’ll replace them at our expense so everything matches.” The flagpoles and benches will remain.

The new parks have the support of the local Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion organizations. A two-man show up to this point, Brooks hopes to bring more volunteers into the project, Brooks said.

“We’re definitely looking to get as many people as possible on board with us.”

Dixon Main Street is partnering with the Dixon Police Association and The Honor Flight of Lee County for the 3rd Annual Blues, Brews, BBQs & Bags for the Brave event on Saturday, September 3, 2016.The event begins at noon on the 100 block of First Street in downtown Dixon. Bonnell Industries and That Place on Palmyra have sponsored the festival that will bring a full day of Blues to Downtown Dixon.

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FUNERAL SERVICES FOR THE WEEK Sterling, gathering of family and friends, 2-3:30 p.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Sterling. ▼ Today’s funerals: Kenneth D. Haverland of Sterling, 10 a.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.

Joseph J. Fane of Dixon, 10:30 a.m. at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Dixon.

John W. Clayton of Mahomet, 11 a.m. memorial service at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church in Mahomet.

Marie A. Francis of Prophetstown, formerly of Lyndon, 11 a.m. at Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home in Morrison.

▼ Today’s visitations: Marie A. Francis of Prophetstown, formerly of Lyndon, 9:30-11 a.m. at BosmaRenkes Funeral Home in Morrison.

William E. Uphoff, formerly of Frankin Grove, 10-11:15 a.m. at Reynolds United Methodist Church in Ashton.

Sandy M. Ryan Blum of Rockford, 10;30-11:30 a.m. at Honquest Family Funeral Home with Crematory in Loves Park.

William G. Creekpaum of Rock Falls, 12:30-1:30 p.m. at McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory in Rock Falls.

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William E. Uphoff, formerly of Frankin Grove, 11:15 a.m. memorial service at Reynolds United Methodist Church in Ashton.

Sandy M. Ryan Blum of Rockford, 1:30 p.m. Mass at St. Patrick Church of Maytown in Amboy.

William G. Creekpaum of Rock Falls, 1:30 p.m. at McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory in Rock Falls.

Alan J. Eberhardt of Sterling, 3:30 p.m. memorial service at McDonald Funeral Home in Sterling. ▼ Sunday visitations: Stirling K. “Ken” DeArvil of Oregon, 3-5 p.m. at Farrell-

Holland-Gale Funeral Home in Oregon. ▼ Monday funerals: Stirling K. “Ken” DeArvil of Oregon, 11 a.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Oregon. ▼ Wednesday visitations: Mary E. Thompson, 6-7 p.m. at Finch Funeral Home in Mount Morris. ▼ Wednesday funerals: Mary E. Thompson, 7 p.m. memorial service at Finch Funeral Home in Mount Morris. ▼ Sept. 4 funerals: Carol Fitzgerald of Sterling, 2 p.m. memorial service at the YWCA of the Sauk Valley in Sterling.

OBITUARIES David Lee Johnson CHICAGO – David Lee Johnson, 76, of Chicago, was called home to the Lord on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016.

He was born Sept. 5, 1939, in Chicago, to his parents, George and Edith (Frisk) Johnson. He was welcomed home by brothers, Sherwin and Gordon, all who preceded him in death, but are now reunited once again in heaven.

David is survived by his loving daughter, Denise (Neil) Smith of Polo.

David proudly served his nation in the Army after graduating from high school in Motley, Minnesota. Interest-

ingly, in today’s “taken for granted” high-tech world, he was a firstgeneration computer programmer employed by IBM in the late ’50s and early ’60s (Woz and Steve Jobs who?).

There will be no local visitation or services.

In lieu of flowers or memorial monetary donations, we would love to ask donations be made in David’s name to Polo Food Pantry, or any other such noble and worthy cause of your choosing that will provide real, loving help to the least among us. But for the grace of God ...

Obituary information All obituaries, including death notices, are due by 2 p.m. Sunday through Friday if sent via email, obituaries@saukvalley. com or fax, 815-625-9390.

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Receipt of all obituaries must be confirmed by phone. For more information, call 815-625-3600 or 815-284-2222, ext. 5530 or 5502.

Mary E. Thompson MOUNT MORRIS – Mary E. Thompson, 71, died Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016, at Rockford Memorial Hospital.

Mary was born Oct. 10, 1944, in Lee Center, the daughter of John and Mary (Derr) Thompson. Mary worked for Kable News Co. in Mount Morris, retiring in 2010. Mary was a unique combination of sweet and sour. She was selfless and prideful.

She loved to cook, can food, and make Christmas cookies, and when she was able, she gardened.

Mary is survived by her son, Verne E. “Chip” (Lisa McCaw) Thompson of Freeport; daughter, Alicia (Jared) Moats of Oregon; granddaughter, Payton Thompson of Freeport;

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four brothers, John (Marion) Thompson, Robert (Kathy) Thompson, Floyd Drumheller, and Don (Cindy) Drumheller; sister, Ann (Gene) Patterson; and many nieces and nephews.

Mary was preceded in death by her parents and brothers, Charles and Bill Thompson.

Visitation will be from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, and the memorial service at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Finch Funeral Home, 405 E. Hitt St., Mount Morris, with the Rev. Josh Ehrler officiating.

Private family burial of cremains will be at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the American Kidney Association.

Vernon Holesinger MOUNT CARROLL – Vernon Holesinger, 88, of Freeport, formerly of Mount Carroll, died Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016, at St. Joseph Presence Nursing Facility in Freeport.

Law-Jones Funeral Home in Mount Carroll handled arrangements.

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AMBOY – Haven’t you always wondered or feared what kinds of substances your kids are hiding in their teen caves?

Here’s a chance to get a glimpse.

Project LEAD of Lee County is presenting a town hall Tuesday that will feature “Hidden in Plain Sight,” a walkthrough of a mock teenager’s bedroom, so that parents and others can learn some of the creative ways teens hide drugs or paraphernalia, and the warning signs of substance abuse.

University of Illinois Extension also will present “Real Colors,” a workshop that will address issues such as getting along better with your parents and teachers, conflict prevention, improving communication with others, and more.

Doors open at 5:30 and the town hall begins at 6 p.m. in the Community Building, 280 W. Wasson Road. Admission is free.

The next day, PRISM of Lee County will have a table available from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Sauk Valley Community College, during the annual

Sauk Fest, and from 2 to 5:30 p.m. at the Dixon Walmart Supercenter, 1640 S. Galena Ave., that will offer educational materials and information on community resources for battling drug addiction and other issues.

Both events are being held to mark International Overdose Awareness Day, a global event held every Aug. 31 to raise awareness of overdose, reduce the stigma of a drug-related death, and acknowledge the grief felt by families and friends remembering those who have been injured by or died from a drug overdose.

Participants are encouraged to wear silver to show their support, and PRISM and the Lee County Health Department also are creating space on their Facebook pages for those who want to post a tribute to those who have lost their lives to drug abuse.

On Sept. 21, a celebration of the first anniversary of the local Safe Passage program, which has become a model for law enforcement agencies across the country, will be held at That Place on Palmyra.

Details still are being worked out.

Call the Lee County Health Department, 815-284-3371, for more information on all events.

HEROIN EPIDEMIC

Dozens treated as heroin overdose spikes hit several states Ohio county calls it a public health emergency CINCINNATI (AP) – Officials in several states are scrambling to deal with a series of heroin overdose outbreaks affecting dozens of people and involving at least 6 deaths.

The spikes in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia over the past few days have seen rescue workers rushing from scene to scene to provide overdose antidote drugs.

While it’s unclear if one dealer or batch is responsible for the multistate outbreak, the spikes reflect the potency of heroin flooding the Midwest.

In Cincinnati, police on Friday asked for the public’s help in identifying the source of the heroin behind an estimated 78 overdoses in 2 days.

Officials in surrounding Hamilton County are calling the latest onslaught of

overdose cases a public health emergency. County Health Commissioner Tim Ingram said the number of emergency room incidents over the last 6 days was “unprecedented.”

Emergency rooms estimate they had 174 suspected opioid overdose cases this week, including 3 deaths. Last year, accidental drug overdoses killed 3,050 people in Ohio, an average of 8 per day, state officials said.

A record high 47,055 people died from drug overdoses in the United States in 2014, according to the latest figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

That was up 7 percent from the year before, spurred by large increases in heroin and opioid painkiller deaths.

The spikes in overdoses might be much worse without naloxone, a now widely available overdose antidote that many first responders such as firefighters carry. In Ohio alone, emergency

medical personnel last year administered nearly 19,800 doses of naloxone, known by the brand name Narcan.

In Mount Sterling, Kentucky, one person died following a series of 12 heroin overdoses that occurred within hours of each other on Wednesday. Most of the victims were in their 30s or 40s, said Jeff Jackson, battalion chief for the Montgomery County Fire Department.

In Huntington, West Virginia, an Ohio man was charged with heroin distribution in connection with 27 drug overdoses in a few hours last week, a federal prosecutor said Friday.

Bruce Lamar Griggs was arrested after the Aug. 15 spate of overdoses clustered around an apartment complex in Huntington, a city of 49,000 residents already badly battered by drug abuse and overdoses.

He made an initial court appearance Thursday in Ohio and will be transported to West Virginia.

Thank You In Memory of Ross M. Johnson Sr. Thank you Joe McDonald funeral home. Everything ran so smoothly. We were overwhelmed with the love and support of family & friends. Thank you to Pastor Sauter of Immanuel Lutheran Church for the wonderful sermon and service. Also a Thank You to the ladies of the Sterling Moose Club. The lunch was delicious.

For those of you who did not leave your address we are hoping you read this and know that your love and support did not go unnoticed.

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A message left with his public defender in Ohio was not immediately returned.

In southeastern Indiana, Jennings County Sheriff Gary Driver said a wave of drug overdoses Tuesday killed one person and left 14 hospitalized.

In Cincinnati, City Manager Harry Black said authorities suspect carfentanil, a drug used to sedate elephants, may be mixed in with heroin and causing the overdoses. The drug is 100 times more potent than fentanyl, which is suspected in spates of overdoses in several states.

Last month, carfentanil was discovered in the

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Cincinnati area’s heroin stream, but many hospitals don’t have the equipment to test blood for it.

In Hamilton County, officials say they will seek funding for treatment and expanded response teams. Each team would include a law enforcement officer, an emergency responder and a specialist who could treat people who’ve overdosed, County Commis-

sioner Dennis Deters said.

The Addiction Services Council of Cincinnati noted that the city doesn’t have enough places to treat the rising number of drug users who seek help.

“People overwhelmingly want help,” council facilitator Nan Franks said. “But we have to have a place to take them.”

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MORRISON

City might withdraw police tax levy request Deadline to get ballot measure removed nears

BY KATHLEEN A. SCHULTZ kschultz@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5535 @KathleenSchul10

MORRISON – City officials are reconsidering asking voters to approve a tax hike in November that would help pay the rising costs of police protection.

They are having a spe-

cial meeting Monday at which they will decide whether to withdraw their request.

It’s simply a matter of timing, City Administrator Barry Dykhuizen said Friday.

The board voted to seek the tax hike at its Aug. 15 meeting. The deadline to get the matter on the November ballot was Aug. 22.

State law caps the police levy at .075 percent, but municipalities can go up to .60 percent if voters give their per-

To attend The Morrison City Council will have a special meeting at 5 p.m. Monday at City Hall, 200 W. Main St., to consider withdrawing its previous authorization to put a police protection tax levy on the November ballot.

Go to www.morrisonil.org or call 815-772-7657 for an agenda or more information. mission through a referendum.

Mayor Everett Pannier wants to find out whether the city can, by law, ask for less than .60 percent, whether council members think they should, and whether the matter, which is not urgent, can

wait until next year, while the city looks at all of its options, Dykhuizen said.

The deadline to pull a measure off the ballot is Aug. 31 – hence, Monday’s meeting.

Chief Brian Melton has said the department needs more money for

will be the topic.

The party will run from 3 to 6 p.m., and will include a DJ, games, and raffles of gift baskets, gift cards, and items donated by local businesses.

Oregon Together is working with Oregon Chamber of Commerce and other groups on projects involving community beautification, shopping and dining, festivals and community events, riverfront development, outdoor tourism and recreation, and arts and culture.

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capital expenses than the current levy provides.

Specifically, vehicle repair and replacement, and upgrades to the department’s “antiquated,” inefficient recordkeeping technology, and to its video system are needed, Melton has said.

The department’s six officers have five vehicles, two of which are past the scheduled replacement time; only two squad cars have cameras; and Melton also would like to have body cameras for

his officers.

This year’s police department budget is $506,000, and at last year’s EAV level, the police levy brought in only $39,850, which “doesn’t even pay the salary for one employee,” Dykhuizen has said.

“There has been a big discrepancy between the levy limit and the operating budget for as long as I can remember,” he said, and making up that difference year after year has put a dent in the general fund.

two areas. Community Engagement focuses on unmet needs of underserved, low-income populations, while Focused Giving includes hunger relief, healthy eating, and career opportunities.

The program awards

grants to Illinois organizations with a 501(c)(3) taxexempt status.

Applications must be submitted by 11:59 p.m.

Friday. Go to giving. walmart.com/foundation to apply or for more information.

IN BRIEF Sterling firefighters raising funds today STERLING – Firefighters are passing the boot to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

As part of the annual fundraising effort, they will be stationed at the intersection at Walmart, 4115 E. Lincolnway, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. today.

Money raised is used to help fund treatments and find cures for muscular dystrophy, ALS and related diseases that severely limit strength and mobility.

The Sterling Fire Department goal this year is $5,000.

Matching fundraiser for Home of Hope DIXON – Home of Hope Cancer Wellness Center is harnessing the power of small donations.

Through Monday, any gift of at least $10 made to the nonprofit online at tinyGive will be met with a matching donation of $50, money that will be used to provide resources for local cancer patients and their families.

Go to shawurl.com/2sio to donate.

Home of Hope is a 1637 Plock Road. Go to homeofhopeonline.org or call 815-288-4673 to learn more about the nonprofit and its services.

Block party in Oregon on Sunday OREGON – The Oregon Together steering committee is having a block party and community meeting Sunday at the Coliseum, at Franklin Street and state Route 2.

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THE CARTOONIST’S VOICE

Indicators of a state that’s still struggling Food stamps used heavily; fraud abounds

BY AUSTIN BERG Illinois Policy Institute

Joe Heller, Heller Syndication

EDITORIAL | GOVERNMENT

State mission, then adhere to it S auk Valley Community College recently revised its mission statement into what we believe is a succinct, pertinent declaration: “Sauk Valley Community College is dedicated to teaching and scholarship while engaging the community in lifelong learning, public service, and economic development.”

There you have it.

This concise, 22-word sentence covers all the bases.

The college is in the business of imparting knowledge to its students, expanding on the scope of knowledge at its disposal, and helping to enrich non-traditional students and people who aren’t even enrolled in its classes in a variety of ways.

Well done, SVCC. College officials have grasped the purpose of a mission statement: clarity.

This brief statement clarifies exactly what this educational organization is all about – teaching, scholarship, lifelong learning, public service, economic development – so that all its efforts can be focused toward achieving its mission.

Looking farther afield, wouldn’t it be nice if the troubled state of Illinois had a mission statement

What we think

ment of the individual.

That would be the job of public education, Sauk Valley Community College leaders have reminded us of the power of a mission which the state has short-shrifted in finanstatement. Would that Illinois leaders did cial support for many years. a better job adhering to their mission.

6) Insure domestic tranquility. to help its leaders focus eight major points of the Again, those violenceon what they should be mission statement? plagued big-city neighdoing?

1) Provide for the borhoods come to mind.

Wait a minute. Illinois health, safety and welWho would want to live does have a mission fare of the people. in the constant fear of statement, of sorts.

Leaders don’t allocate You’ll find it in the pre- enough money for health being shot?

7) Provide for the comamble to the 1970 Illinois and welfare, while public mon defense.

Constitution: safety is little more than National Guard mem“We, the People of the a dream for violencebers have done their part State of Illinois – grateplagued neighborhoods defending the nation ful to Almighty God for in Chicago and elseduring service in Iraq the civil, political and where. and Afghanistan. religious liberty which He 2) Maintain a repre8) Secure the blessings has permitted us to enjoy sentative and orderly of freedom and liberty and seeking His blessing government. to ourselves and our upon our endeavors – in Government can’t be posterity. order to provide for the truly representative Other states appear to health, safety and welfare when politicians draw be doing better in the of the people; maintain a legislative districts that “blessings of freedom representative and order- limit competition and and liberty” department, ly government; eliminate protect unresponsive if the continual deparpoverty and inequality; incumbents. ture of Illinoisans to assure legal, social and And it can’t be orderly greener pastures outside economic justice; provide when politicians refuse our state is any indicaopportunity for the fullest to agree on annual state development of the indi- budgets. tion. vidual; insure domestic 3) Eliminate poverty Illinois’ “mission statetranquility; provide for and inequality. ment” should be used by the common defense; Holy smoke! Poverty voters as a standard to and secure the blessings and inequality have got- judge this fall’s crop of of freedom and liberty to ten worse this century. candidates on the ballot. ourselves and our poster4) Assure legal, social How well have incumity – do ordain and estab- and economic justice. bents lived up to it? lish this Constitution for Stories still abound What would challengthe State of Illinois.” about injustice across ers do to better fulfill it?

That’s quite a list for legal, social and ecoLet voters have this leaders to be mindful of. nomic lines. standard in mind when How are state leaders 5) Provide opportunity they make their choices doing in fulfilling the for the fullest developon Nov. 8.

THE READER’S VOICE

All have a duty to improve race relations LINDA LeBLANC-PARKS Dixon

In response to a letter recently written by Noralee Gray [“Trust that police will make right decisions,” The Reader’s Voice, Aug. 13], the entire tone was very indicative of your stance on racial matters, whether that was your intention or not.

I read what you wrote,

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nothing more, nothing less. The problem persists and will not get better until it is acknowledged that a problem exists and real solutions are established.

Daily, police officers must make tough decisions, but lately, too often those decisions result in someone losing a life. As I stated in my previous letter, one life lost is one too many, no matter what color.

The officers that you referenced involved in the chase in Mount Car-

roll may not have been chasing the man because he was black but rather because he had committed some crimes. However, how many times have blacks been followed while traveling through many villages, towns and cities (around this area and across the country) not because they had committed some crime but simply because they were driving while black?

As in any profession, there are good police officers as well as bad police officers, but to simply trust

THE FIRST AMENDMENT

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

them because they happen to be police officers is difficult at best, given the current state of affairs.

Finally, why should it have been President Obama’s responsibility to improve race relations? Was it his responsibility because he is black? What was the responsibility of his predecessors?

What have you done to improve race relations?

We should all endeavor to improve our world for future generations and not wait for someone else.

Praise for the Clintons is sparse these days.

But the 20th anniversary of the former president’s signature achievement deserves discussion.

President Bill Clinton’s welfare overhaul, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, caused welfare rolls to drop by half.

But the poverty rate fell as well – especially for single mothers, minorities and children. He signed it into law Aug. 22, 1996.

The law created a program called Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. It is through TANF that enrollees in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (commonly known as food stamps) receive meal money.

But state data indicate too many Illinoisans have been pushed into foodstamp dependency. And stories of abuse cast a grim shadow over one of the nation’s most basic safety nets.

Trading food stamps for cash is commonplace among struggling businesses on Chicago’s south and west sides, according to a new investigation from the Chicago Tribune.

David Williams, the Cook County assistant state’s attorney, described food-stamp trafficking as “fairly rampant” in Windy City corner stores.

Store owners are frequently approached for trades of $50, $60 or $70 for $100 worth of benefits.

Wael Ghosheh made that look like spare change.

In March of last year, the man from southwest suburban Burbank was charged with using more than $900,000 from 3,000 Link cards to buy and resell energy drinks and candy. Link cards are what Illinoisans use to access their food-stamp benefits.

FRAUD ON THIS SCALE is a slap in the face to struggling families. And more should be done to prevent it.

And while the federal government does enforce rules on how one may use welfare funds, 25 states have taken additional steps to explicitly ban the use of welfare funds for alcohol, tobacco, gambling, lottery tickets, guns and “adult entertainment.”

Illinois is not one of those states.

But it is one of 11 states where, statewide, food stamps don’t come with a work requirement. Federal law says that for ablebodied adults under age 50 who don’t have dependents, food stamps are cut off after 3 months unless

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he or she finds work or participates in volunteering or job training.

Illinois operates under a waiver from that requirement.

There are certainly changes needed to how welfare is administered in the Land of Lincoln.

But the best welfare program is a well-paying job. And Illinoisans are struggling to find decent opportunities. The food-stamp rolls reflect that.

More than Austin 1 in 5 Illinois Berg households rely on food stamps to make ends meet. That’s close to an all-time high.

More than 1.9 million individual Illinoisans relied on food stamps in July, a high for the year. As of May, Illinois was home to the second-highest share of individuals on food stamps in the Midwest. More Illinoisans rely on food stamps than work in manufacturing, construction, education, health care and real estate combined.

Illinois’ dreadfully slow recovery from the Great Recession has a lot to do with it.

IN TERMS OF putting people back to work, Illinois has been the second-worst state in the nation. And since the start of the recession, the state’s personal-income growth is second worst as well.

Illinois’ manufacturing sector, the backbone of the middle class, is bleeding.

Illinois manufacturing has recovered less than 4 percent of its jobs since the recession, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s the worst rate in the Rust Belt.

So what happened to families who had a loved one lose a factory job?

And what happened when unemployment benefits ran out?

A 2012 survey from Rutgers University sheds some light. Researchers asked people who were unemployed for more than 2 years how they made ends meet. Most sold some of their possessions, most borrowed money, and most cut back on doctor visits.

The next most common response? Signing up for food stamps.

Reforms to grow the state’s economy ensure fewer families are forced to make that choice. And reforming the way the state administers those benefits would go a long way toward ensuring the program’s integrity.

Note to readers: Austin Berg writes for the Illinois Policy Institute. He wrote this column for the Illinois News Network, a project of the Institute. Austin can be reached at aberg­@ illinoispolicy.org.

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UNDERSTANDING ILLINOIS | POLITICS AND POLICY

The black hole in the legislative process Speaker Madigan wields total, negative control over every bill This is the third in a series of columns on “politics and policy in Illinois.”

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ver since the Athenian assembly of 500 condemned Socrates to death in 399 B.C. on trumped-up charges, legislating has been a messy affair.

The Illinois General Assembly is another legislative body with a checkered past.

In the late 1800s and into the 1900s, there was an end-of-session “jackpot” from which the powerful interests awarded payments to lawmakers on the basis of how well they had supported the interests during the session just ended.

In 1909, 40 Democratic state legislators received bribes of $2,500 each (when a new Model T cost $750) to cross party lines to send Republican William Lorimer to the U.S. Senate, where he was subsequently expelled because of the wholesale bribery.

By the 1960 and 1970s,

however, good-government sorts were pushing to modernize state legislatures and make them less dependent on governors and the powerful interests.

For example, in my first year as a House member (1969), I had no office, no staff help. To make telephone calls, I had to go to a row of phone booths just off the House floor.

I utilized an unpaid college student at Augustana College to help me draft legislation to require reclamation of land strip-mined for coal, my big initiative.

AS A RESULT OF THE reforms, the legislative branch today has scores of staff analysts, and lawmakers have $69,000 a year to use for staff and an office (or offices) back in the district.

And in my brief 4 years in the Legislature, encouraged by the reformers, lawmaker pay went from $9,000 a year to $17,500 ($104,000 in today’s dollars). I always voted “no” and prayed “yes” on pay raises.

Jim Nowlan of Toulon served two terms in the Illinois House and worked under three governors.

He co-wrote “Fixing Illinois.”

a hearing and vote.

Today, in starkest contrast, the House Rules as crafted over the decades

by Madigan, and for one term by GOP Speaker Lee Daniels (1993-94), have put all the legislative power in a Rules Committee controlled by Madigan.

The big difference, however, between my years as a lawmaker and today is that power in the Legislature has been sucked into a black hole from which no light is emitted.

At the center of this darkness is House Speaker Mike Madigan, a legislator since I was there in 1971!

In my day, every one of the thousands of bills introduced was assigned to one of maybe 10 to 15 substantive committees such as appropriations (spending), education or agriculture.

Every one of those bills, even if introduced by a green-as-grass freshman like me, received a full hearing in committee.

If the committee gave my bill a positive vote, it went to the House floor where the proposal also always received

ALL BILLS ARE FIRST referred to the Rules Committee. This panel determines whether a bill (and in recent years, even amendments to bills!) shall ever be heard and voted upon by the members in substantive committees and later on the floor.

Even if a bill reaches committee and receives a unanimous vote, there is no assurance the bill will ever be called later by the speaker on the House floor.

So Madigan has allpowerful, but negative, control over all bills. He cannot necessarily pass a bill, but he can block absolutely any legislation.

By the way, House Rules are proposed and approved by the members at the beginning of each session on a partisan roll call, so the members reap what they sow.

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THE READER’S VOICE

Hopes to get update on fine horse’s career RICHARD ROWLAND Polo

Does anyone remember the Cinderella story and humble origins of the horse called California Chrome, who pursued the Triple Crown, a series of three daunting races against the best horses racing has to offer, but

unfortunately fell short in the last of the three, the Belmont Stakes?

California Chrome captured the hearts of those of us who love a fairy tale ending to a valiant effort.

Plus his, and his owner’s humble origins, added to the mystique.

California Chrome, with his blaze face and white socks, is a most beautiful horse, whose name couldn’t be more appropriate. Just saying the words, California

What do you think?

Let us know. Write your own letter to the editor and send it to: letters@saukvalley. com Chrome, elicits images of something spectacular.

Well, California Chrome is still racing and is, according to his jockey, Victor Espinoza, the greatest horse he has ever ridden.

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When one day they carry Madigan out of the House chamber, candidates salivating to fill the speaker’s chair will fall all over themselves with promises to open up the process so rankand-file lawmakers can once again have a say.

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Jim Nowlan

Since money follows power, the interests contribute most of their money to the speaker, who determines to whom he will dole it out for campaign purposes.

The speaker has also atomized policymaking among 53 committees, way too many to ever craft comprehensive, big picture legislation.

The General Assembly has always operated on the basis of individual bills, about 6,000 each session, almost always narrow in scope.

Individual members

propose bills. Interest groups also craft bills and ask sympathetic members to introduce them; the governor’s office does the same.

As a result, even though there are many smart lawmakers and staffers, there is almost no focus on, maybe not even interest in, big picture topics such as: • Comprehensive revenue reform (badly needed); • The future of higher education (a sector crying for attention); and • Long-term capital needs (our state’s halfcentury old interstate expressway arteries, providing the best coverage in the nation, are wearing out), to name but a few.

WHEN ONE DAY they carry Madigan out of the House chamber, candidates salivating to fill the speaker’s chair will fall all over themselves with promises to open up the process so rank-and-file lawmakers can once again have a say.

It will be way past time.

Note to readers: Jim Nowlan co-wrote “Fixing Illinois: Politics and Policy in the Prairie State.”

Contact Nowlan at jnowlan3@gmail.com.

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Visit the Horse Network website, which features a video of California Chrome going away by several lengths to win.

Google the Horse Network site’s feature article “California Chrome makes a statement: “I’m King of the World” to find an update regarding the once-in-a-lifetime fairy tale story.

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Dwayne Reed poses for a portrait Thursday at Stenson Elementary School in Skokie. Reed, who starts his first year as a student teacher this fall semester, wrote a rap welcoming his fourth-graders to school. His 3-minute video was posted on YouTube this week and by Thursday morning had more than 363,000 views.

Welcome to the fourth grade: Teacher’s rap a hit with students SKOKIE (AP) – A new teacher who made a music video to welcome his students has become a bit of a star with his fourth-graders.

Dwayne Reed’s video was posted on YouTube this week and has already been viewed more than a half-million times and earned him an appearance on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”

The 25-year-old Reed just began teaching at Stenson Elementary School in the Chicago suburb of Skokie.

In the video, he sings a catchy chorus, “Welcome to the fourth grade. So happy to meet you. Can’t wait till I see you.

We’re gonna have a good time.”

He raps about himself as well. “Hello I’m your teacher. My name’s Mr. Reed

and it’s very nice to meet ya. I’m from Chicago. I love eating pizza. I dress to impress but I still rock sneakers. It’s my first year of teaching so it’s all really exciting. I’ve got some ideas and I’d really like to try them like making songs to remember what you hear. We’ll be learning so much by the end of year,” he says in the video, which he filmed at the school with the help of a producer and director.

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He says students love the video and even introduced themselves to him using his lyrics.

Before filming the video, Reed asked the school principal for permission.

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The Republican approved the politically popular measure over the objections of business and industry groups, which said it opened them up to “overreaching audits” and would make what they feel is Illinois’

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Democratic Treasurer Michael Frerichs has been pushing the measure in hearings across the state that featured people who didn’t know they’d been named as beneficiaries testifying that insurance companies never alerted them after the policy holder died.

Frerichs said his office has identified more than $550 million in unpaid benefits owed to Illinois residents since 2011.

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The trustees’ action is expected to bring Illinois’ total contribution to the fund to nearly $4.3 billion, increasing the state’s annual liability by $421 million.

Illinois has the worstfunded pensions of any state, with $111 billion in unfunded liabilities.

The board’s decision was nearly unanimous, with 10 trustees voting yes and two trustees appointed by Rauner shortly before the meeting abstaining.

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An actuary firm recommended the move because of reduced inflation expectations nationally.

Several funds already have dropped their projections, including the $185 billion New York State and Local Retirement System, which lowered its assumed rate from 7.5 percent to 7 percent in September.

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It’s an increase that could lead to higher taxes or massive cuts to education and social services already in financially dire shape because of a historic budget standoff and multibillion-dollar state deficit.

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DIXON | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Business build-up Last of three industrial parks nearly full; expansion will prove costly

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DIXON – When three as-of-yet unnamed businesses move into the Lee County Business Park, there won’t be much room left for industrial development.

In 1998, the Lee County Industrial Development Association bought 198 acres south of the city for $900,000, to build a business park. It’s in the process of selling three of its last four lots, which would leave about 7 acres remaining.

The names of the three incoming businesses are being withheld until the contracts are approved, LCIDA President John Thompson said.

The park itself began as a cornfield in 1998, “and in less than 20 years, we’re pretty much built out,” Thompson said.

“It’s a great accomplishment, but it raises the question of what to do next.”

The infrastructure of the park, in the southeast corner of the Interstate 88 and state Route 26 intersection, was built with room to expand, but it would be costly.

“The hardest thing to deal with today is that it’s so expensive to acquire the dirt, the property itself,” Thompson said. “Beyond that, it’s a massive investment for the infrastructure as well.”

Thompson is nearing retirement, and the economic development association is considering a more regional focus and a stronger partnership with Rochelle and Ogle County, so the decision to expand is on hold.

The city’s three industrial parks present a vari-

ety of benefits to the area, including tax income and money spent by employees, Mayor Li Arellano Jr. said.

“The economic impact is huge,” he said. “In addition to having the jobs, the impact ripples into everything they buy, whether they’re eating at restaurants or getting gas, and it also ripples on a large scale throughout the community.”

Those businesses often also support community endeavors, including the Dixon Area Chamber of Commerce, schools, nonprofits, festivals and events, Arellano said.

Building a new business model The city’s economy was hit hard when National Standard Co., which bought Reynolds Wire Co. in 1951, closed its doors on March 12, 1962, and moved to Kentucky.

National was Dixon’s largest employer, with 800 to 900 workers, Thompson said.

The Dixon Development Association, LCIDA’s predecessor, was formed as a result of the economic downturn, and community leaders and local government officials joined to form the city’s first industrial park near the Dixon Municipal Airport, to draw in businesses.

The agency recruited investors to buy roughly 90 acres of land for Airport Park, and the city provided the infrastructure.

Instead of focusing on bringing in a big industry to fill the wire company hole, the group adapted a new business model with the goal of finding small or mid-sized companies.

The idea was that the

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The Lee County Business Park, right of state Route 26, contains 198 acres of space that are nearly full after 20 years of development. The county is in negotiations for three businesses to move into the park, which would leave about 7 remaining acres in the area. The Tollway Industrial Park is located to the left of Route 26 and totals about 125 acres. businesses would serve as blocks cementing the local economy together – if one fell, it wouldn’t cause the entire structure to collapse.

“The model was to try to get away from the 900pound gorilla, or 900-jobemployer gorilla, in the room,” Thompson said.

“We wanted to acquire smaller, diverse firms that we felt would weather issues and the economy better.”

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2016 ELECTION | PRESIDENT

Clinton says controversies behind her; Trump begs to differ NEW YORK (AP) – Hillary Clinton vigorously defended her family’s foundation against Donald Trump’s criticism on Friday and declared she’s confident there will be no major further accusations involving the foundation, her emails or anything else that could undermine her chances of defeating him in November.

She said the private Clinton Foundation’s charitable programs

would continue if she’s elected, even as Trump and other critics argue they would present a conflict of interest.

In an interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” the Democratic presidential nominee kept up her verbal assault on Trump’s campaign, asserting it is built on “prejudice and paranoia” and caters to a radical fringe of the Republican Party.

Clinton is looking to counter Trump’s

attempts to win over moderate voters who have been unsettled by some of his remarks and policy proposals. In the meantime, he has been softening his tone on immigration and reaching out to AfricanAmericans, a traditional Democratic constituency.

Clinton is also targeting moderate voters – and especially Republicans – by depicting Trump and his supporters as extrem-

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ists, and casting the race as “not a normal choice between a Republican and a Democrat.” She has contrasted Trump with former Republican presidential candidates John McCain and Bob Dole, and former President George W. Bush, praising their decisive steps to counter racism and antiMuslim sentiment.

In turn, Trump is trying to paint Clinton as the racist.

He has released

an online video that includes footage of the former first lady referring to some young criminals as “super predators” in the 1990s. The video also shows Clinton’s former Democratic rival, Bernie Sanders, denouncing the phrase as “a racist term.”

Clinton has since apologized.

Trump tweeted Friday: “How quickly people forget that Crooked Hillary called African-American youth “SUPER PREDA-

TORS” – Has she apologized?”

Trump says Clinton is trying to distract from questions swirling around donations to the Clinton Foundation and her use of her private email servers for official business while secretary of state.

On Friday, he also continued his recent push to broaden his base of support among minority voters, convening a roundtable with Latino backers at his hotel in Las Vegas.

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Quake-damaged roads threaten access AMATRICE, Italy (AP) – Rescue workers acknowledged Friday they might not find any more survivors from Italy’s earthquake as they confronted a new obstacle to their recovery work: a powerful aftershock that damaged two key access bridges to hard-hit Amatrice, threatening to isolate it.

Mayor Sergio Pirozzi, warned that if new roads

reporters. “We have to make sure Amatrice does not become isolated, or risk further help being unable to get through.”

The biggest aftershock struck at 6:28 a.m., one of the more than 1,000 that have hit the area since Wednesday’s quake.

It left one key access bridge to Amatrice unusable, and damaged another one.

weren’t quickly cleared to bypass the damaged ones, Amatrice risked being cut off at a time it needs as many transport options as possible to bring emergency crews in and some of the 281 dead out.

“With the aftershocks yesterday but especially this morning the situation has worsened considerably,” Pirozzi told

NEW YORK (AP) — Has Colonel Sanders’ nephew inadvertently revealed to the world the secret blend of 11 herbs and spices behind KFC’s fried chicken empire?

The company says the recipe published in the Chicago Tribune is not authentic. But that hasn’t stopped rampant online speculation that one of the most legendary and closely guarded secrets in the history of fast food has been exposed.

It all started when a reporter visited with Joe Ledington, a nephew of Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Colonel Harland David Sanders.

The reporter was working on a story for the Tribune’s travel section about Corbin, Kentucky, where the colonel served his first fried chicken. At one point, Ledington pulled out a family scrapbook containing the last will and testament of Sanders’ second wife, Claudia Ledington.

On the back of the document is a handwritten list for a blend of 11 herbs and spices to be mixed with two cups of white flour. While Joe Ledington initially told the reporter that it was the original recipe, he later said that he didn’t know for sure.

KFC – which is a subsidiary of Yum Brands Inc. – calls its recipe “one of the biggest trade secrets in the world.”

It says that the recipe the reporter saw is not the real thing.

“Many people have made these

The Colonel’s famous recipe (maybe, maybe not) Social media is lighting up on the possibility that, at long last, Colonel Sanders’ 11 herbs and spices have been revealed. KFC says it hasn’t, and the original source, a relative, now says he doesn’t know. Anyway, here it is.

The 11 spices: 2/3 tablespoon salt 1/2 tablespoon thyme 1/2 tablespoon basil 1/3 tablespoon oregano 1 tablespoon celery salt 1 tablespoon black pepper 1 tablespoon dried mustard 4 tablespoon paprika 2 tablespoon garlic salt 1 tablespoon ground ginger 3 tablespoon white pepper Mix spices above with 2 cups of white flour claims over the years and no one has been accurate – this one isn’t either,” KFC said in a statement.

The Louisville, Kentucky-based company says that the original recipe from 1940 handwritten by Sanders is locked up in a digital safe that’s encased in two feet of concrete and monitored 24 hours a day by a video and motion detection surveillance system.

Joe Ledington could not immediately be reached for comment on Friday.

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VOLLEYBALL | 2016 SEASON PREVIEW | NEWMAN COMETS

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Newman seniors Mady Ferris (left) and Madalyn Wilson are 3-year starters who hope to lead the Comets back to the success they had as freshmen and sophomores, when Newman won back-to-back regional championships.

Want those winning ways After 1-year hiatus, Comets looking for regional title

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Ferris’ energy and athleticism in the back row has proven to be a key factor in Newman’s success. She covers a lot of ground, • District championship in 1980 and can get to a lot of hits that others • Class A regional championships in can’t, often keeping alive points that might 1991, ’97, ’98 otherwise have resulted in an opponents’ • 1A regional championship in 2013 celebration.

• 2A regional championships in 2009, ’14 “That really is a key component,” Wilson said of Ferris. “When she gets people hitInside ting it at her, she can get it right up, and • Check out SVM’s preview capsules to that leads to a good set, which leads to a see rosters for every area team on B3. good hit. It’s really helpful having Mady back there.” that we can make it there, we can be While Ferris anchors the back row, there and compete there, and we can win Wilson provides the pop at the net. The regionals. oldest of the four Wilsons on the team, “But it’s also a bad taste in our mouth Madalyn has gained confidence every year from last year. We want to be there, we since joining the varsity lineup, and prowant to be successful and go farther than vided a big boost in the 2014 regional title we did last year. It’s upsetting when the as a sophomore. season ends, and so we want to go out with WINNING WAYS continued on B34 a bang.”

Comets’ championships

The Newman Comets have a couple of motivating factors in their favor this volleyball season.

After winning back-to-back regional championships in 2013 and ’14, the Comets lost a strong core of graduating seniors, leaving them with just two returning starters in 2015.

That led to a 2A regional semifinal loss in their own gym, and provided a glimpse at what an early exit from the postseason feels like.

Three-year varsity starters Madalyn Wilson and Mady Ferris didn’t like it.

“It’s really helpful to have experienced both sides of it,” said Ferris, the Comets’ dynamo of a libero. “On one hand, it opens ours eyes and makes us realize

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Vits figuring out key versus lefties Clippers bummed they won’t run for conference title this season

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In the season-opening girls tennis match at Sterling, Newman’s Erin Vits had to face Sterling southpaw Katelyn Grell in singles play, then turn around and face Grell again in a doubles match.

Facing a left-handed player was nothing new to Vits, who teamed up in doubles play with Newman lefty Maddy Jacobs.

Vits has had plenty of practice hitting against left-handed players from hitting with Jacobs in practice.

“Usually, they’re so used to hitting backhands, the real trick is to hit them to their forehand,” Vits said.

Girls cross country Amboy alumna Jennifer Popo-

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That’s how it will remain.

Popovich graduated last year, while Grady was a junior. Grady won the Three Rivers Meet last Philip Marruffo/pmarruffo@saukvalley.com year; one more conference title Newman’s Erin Vits hits a return against Sterling’s Katelyn Grell than Popovich has. during Tuesday’s season-opening meet in Sterling. Vits faced NOTEBOOK continued on B24 the left-handed Grell in both singles and doubles play.

AKE FOREST – It is hard to know when and exactly why the third exhibition games of the four-game NFL preseason became the “AllImportant Third Preseason Game.”

There are, of course, the occasional outliers around the league such as Bill Belichick, who has in some seasons given starters extended playing time in the final exhibition game.

But for the most part, it has become standard practice across the league to build throughout the preseason to the third exhibition, in which the starters get by far the most snaps of the four practice games, and then won’t even dress most of the starters for Week 4 as teams taper down to mend the bumps and bruises of training camps and build back fresh legs for the regular-season opener.

I asked Bears coach John Fox on Thursday if he will put extra weight in his players’ evaluations on their performances Saturday against the Chiefs.

“You know, not much; it’ll be the most extended play of the starters we have available will play,” he said.

“We’ve got some guys that we’ve evaluated on a lot of football plays before the third preseason game, so albeit it is important, we have a pretty good idea about some of our players.

“I feel good about where we are. We get an opportunity to look at some different guys, maybe even in different positions, which is all part of getting through an NFL season.”

To me, the key element of that answer is the “we have a pretty good idea about some of our players” part, and that was amplified by what he told me when I asked if this game is more important to the guys fighting for those 46th through 53rd spots on the roster.

“No, I think we know them better. We’ve had preseason 1 and preseason 2 to look at them, we’ve already formulated some sort of opinion on every player, and we have two more opportunities, with Saturday being the third,” he said.

The Bears’ game with the Chiefs Saturday may be the “All Important Third Exhibition,” but in Fox’s world it will have no extra impact on how he already views his players.

What could be critical, if you listen to Fox closely, is when he says, “we get an opportunity to look at some different guys, maybe even in different positions.”

I would keep a particularly close eye on the offensive and defensive lines and the secondary versus the Chiefs, and look for tackles playing guard and guards playing center or vice versa.

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• Sterling at Geneseo Invite • Fulton at Lena-Winslow Tournament

Boys soccer TBA

• Sterling at DeKalb Barb Cup • Dixon at Earlville War on 34 Invitational 10 a.m.

• Oregon Invitational

Girls tennis 8 a.m.

• Dixon at Freeport quad 9 a.m.

• Sterling at United Township quad • Newman Invitational

Volleyball 8 a.m.

• Sterling at Metea Valley Invitational • AFC at Midland Tournament • Prophetstown at Wethersfield Tournament 8:30 a.m.

• West Carroll at Rockford East Tournament TBA

• Oregon, Erie at Galena Tournament • Polo at Scales Mound Tournament • Faith Christian at Gina Classic Tournament, Kankakee

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think at this point, folks, the biggest thing we can be grateful for is that all this rain is not snow.

Because at a 1-inch rain to 7-inch snow ratio, we would be looking like the winter of ’78 around here. I can’t remember the last time all of our rain forecasts came in inches. It is unbelievable, really.

Especially since we are usually begging for rain by this point of the summer. Craziest or luckiest part, if you will, is that I’ve fished 10 tournaments this summer and ain’t got wet once. What are the odds of that?

All right then folks, you know we are in that transition period outdoors where sportsmen slowly shift focus from fish to fur. The thought of big bucks, cupped ducks and turkey struts are weighing heavy on the mind.

It’s a wonderful time of year to be a hunter, and with that being said, a great time for the young hunter or new hunter to get educated. In just a couple of short weeks from now, the Morrison Hunt Club will again host a hunter safety course. You MUST be able to attend both days.

This year, the hunter safety course will be on Wednesday, September 7th from 6 to 10 p.m., and Saturday, September 10th from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

To sign up for the course, please call Tom Ryan at 309-7371109. There is a limit of students for the class. Sign up soon before the class is full. Get ’er done folks, so you don’t miss out on all the fun.

This Saturday, the Monsters of the Rock tour is at Glenn Miller Marina for our night event.

Fishing will last from 5 p.m. until midnight, with weigh-in

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Giant Rock River channel cats like this one have been the story of the year, which has been wetter than most.

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immediately after. Come get in on the fun by fishing or checking out the weigh-in. There is sure to be some great fish brought to the scales.

While we are on the subject of the Monsters tour, I might also mention we finish our season

off the following week, Saturday, September 3rd at Prophetstown State Park. We have had a great season where we have averaged 25 boats a pop. A lot of this has been due to great local sponsorship from places like Cochran’s Pub, 626-GUNS, Prescott’s, G and S Cheesebait, J and N Dipworms, and more.

Don’t forget that in all the hunting hubbub that the fall brings terrific fishing. Please don’t forget your licence or habitat stamp, tags or FOID card.

Also remember, a clean gun is a happy one, and a properly tuned bow will not let you down in the moment of truth.

But, most importantly, be smart and be safe. Until next week you all, Go Catfish!

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Milledgeville’s Jocelyn Folkers taps the ball over the net Thursday night against Scales Mound. The Missiles lost the season-opening match 25-18, 18-25, 25-16.

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t But what Grady and fellow senior Erin Hosto won’t be able to accomplish this year is to get another all-conference honor from the Three Rivers. That’s because Amboy moved to the NUIC this school year.

“That is disappointing, especially because me and Erin were allconference all 3 years,” Grady said. “We won’t get a chance to do that, and we won’t get a chance to battle for our title again.”

The NUIC does not have a conference meet in cross country.

The chances of a Three Rivers championship for Bureau Valley’s Haley Weidner and Newman’s Teagan McKenna, among others, increases with the Clippers’ departure from the conference.

Grady, Weidner and McKenna finished 1-2-3 in last year’s meet.

This has the Clippers

and coach Bob Halberg playing “what if” this year with the regularseason schedule.

As of now, the Clippers will have to make do with what they have.

They won the Rocket Run at Rock Falls on Tuesday to start their season, as four runners finished in the top 12.

“We’re definitely just trying to make the best out of it this year,” Grady said. “We did that [Tuesday] and had a lot of great finishes. I’m really proud of our team.”

Volleyball Rebecca Waite recorded a team-high 13 kills for Milledgeville in a season-opening, threeset loss to Scales Mound on Thursday.

Jade Grenoble added 14 digs.

The Missiles had just five practices before the match, and coach Brad Grenoble expects that, with more time in the gym, the team will improve.

“We need to clean up some things,” coach

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Amboy’s move to the NUIC this season means Megan Grady and her Clipper teammates won’t get to defend their Three Rivers title.

Grenoble said. “I liked how we played in the second set, then once you get down right away

in the third, it’s frustrating. But it will come with more practice time.”

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SVM SCOUTS 2016 VOLLEYBALL Amboy Clippers Coach: Kyla Brenneman (1st season) 2015 postseason: Lost to Erie in 1A regional semifinal Roster 3 Logan Winters Jr. MH 4 Delaney Wilhelm Sr. OH 7 Molly Ackert Jr. RS 13 Arianna Noble Sr. DS 14 Karlee Doege Sr. OH 18 Brooke Beetz Jr. DS 22 Mackinzie Hamlink Sr. DS 25 Kallie Appleman Jr. S 31 Haley Varga Sr. OH 33 Kaitlin Tarr Jr. DS 34 Emma Lindenmeyer Sr. S 40 Nataly Jones Sr. RS 44 Hallie Nauman Sr. MH

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Hitter Madalyn Wilson (left) and libero Mady Ferris are in their third year as starters for the Comets, and they’re joined by several other players who got substantial varsity experience last year.

AFC Raiders Coach: Jan Cupp (30th season) 2015 postseason: Lost to Indian Creek in 1A regional semifinal Roster 1 Laci Meurer Sr. OH 2 Jennah Asbury Sr. RS 3 Alanna Thomas Sr. DS 4 Grace Friday Sr. S/RS 5 Holly Hageman Jr. DS 6 Addison Wetzel Sr. DS 7 Samantha Rockwood Sr. OH 10 Bryce Gittleson Sr. OH 11 Emily Shrimplin Jr. S 14 Aurora Wiegand Sr. S/DS 17 Jaynee Prestegaard So. MB 18 Savannah Stinnett Jr. DS 20 Sammy Smith Jr. RS 22 Madeline Prestegaard Jr. MB 26 Claire Coffman Jr. OH/DS 42 Lexi Meurer Sr. L

Bureau Valley Storm Coach: Caitlyn DeMay (1st season) 2015 postseason: Lost to Prophetstown in 2A regional first round Roster 2 Colbie Carl Jr. 3 Cassidy Olds Jr. 4 Lexie Jacobs Sr. 5 Emily Fordham So. 6 Saige Barnett So. 11 Casey Mecum Sr. 12 Lexie Behrens Sr. 13 Sophia Myong Jr. 14 Ellen Johnson Jr. 15 Eline Klevian Sr. 17 Marissa Endress So. 21 Nicole Wirth Jr. 23 Addison Moreland Jr. 24 Christen Hurley Jr.

Dixon Duchesses Coach: Bunyan Cocar (4th season) 2015 postseason: Lost to LaSallePeru in 3A regional semifinal Roster 3 Ally Cullen Sr. DS 4 Ashlyn Horn Sr. DS 6 Jessa Long Sr. OH 8 Brenna Melvin Fr. MB 9 Valerie Miller So. OH 11 Julianna Rotella So. OH 13 Abbie Devine Jr. OPP 20 Alyssa Kruger Jr. OPP 21 Maddy Melvin Jr. S 22 Sarah Stegbauer Jr. OPP 23 Ellie Provo Sr. MB 24 Alyssa Sigwards Jr. DS

Eastland Cougars Coach: Mallory Clements (1st season) 2015 postseason: Won 1A state championship Roster 4 Sage Walrath So. OH 5 Ashley Beyers Sr. S 6 Jordan Miller Jr. DS 8/12 Erica Dambman So. S 9/8 Kenady Drake Jr. RS 13/14 Katie Krogman Jr. MB 17 Nia Blackmoreoing Sr. RS 24 Erykah Ames Jr. OH 26/12 Mac Byer Jr. RS/MB 30/18 Shelbie Preston Jr. RS/MB 32/34 Makenzie Fink Sr. OH 40/10 Gabby Snyder So. L/DS

Erie Cardinals Coach: Kara Mortensen (1st season) 2015 postseason: Lost to Eastland in 1A regional final Roster 1 Lexi Connelly So. RS/S 3 Alissa DeShane Sr. OH 5 Jaycee Bentley Jr. OH 6 Jenna Saad So. S 10 Courtney Kruthoff Sr. OH/RS 11/2 Skylar Steimle So. OH/L 12 Lexi Verkruysse Sr. OH 15 Sophia Sullivan So. OH 20 Bailey Youngberg So. OH 21 Hannah Schanze Jr. MH/OH 25 Madi Quinn So. MH 32 Taylor Steimle Sr. MH

Faith Christian Coach: Jodi Kielsmeier (1st season) 2015 postseason: Won NICC tournament; 4th at ACSI state tournament Roster 1 Julia Heller Fr. 2 Karlie Hughes Fr. 7 Meghan VanBuren Fr. 8 Michal Schuler So. 11 Hannah Wells Sr. 13 Sadie Miller So. 14 Naomi Barrett Fr. 15 Shianne Warner Sr. 16/22 Sara DiGrazia So. 17 Megan Hill Sr. 18 Shauni Warner Jr. 31 Kinsley Fassler So.

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Sterling libero Olivia Pilgrim makes a pass against Newman during Thursday’s season-opening match at Musgrove Fieldhouse. Pilgrim is one of five seniors on the Sterling roster for 2016.

Fulton Steamers

Polo Marcos

Coach: Stacy Germann (22nd season) 2015 postseason: Lost to Orion in 2A supersectional Roster 2 Jensen Schrader Jr. S/RS 3 Daekota Knott So. MH 4 Brooke Huizenga Jr. OH 5 Jordan Price Sr. MH 7/23 Abby Willging Jr. DS/L 8 Taylor Curley Sr. S 9 Rachael Huizenga Jr. RS 10 Phoebe Tiesman Jr. OH/RS 11/21 Morgan Griebel Jr. DS/L 12 Jenna Schrader Jr.

OH/RS/DS 16 Genna Stage Fr.

OH/MH/RS 17 Emily Schipper Fr.

OH/MH/RS

Coach: Patrick Anderson (2nd season) 2015 postseason: Lost to Eastland in 1A regional semifinal Roster 1 Lena Baumann Jr. 2 Rilley Peterson Jr. 3 Cassie Bushman So. 4 Sydney Gunder Jr. 5 Kenzie Dusing Sr. 7 AshLee Griffin Jr. 9 Justine Gorzny Sr. 15 Hanna Blumhoff Jr. 18 Tess Kurschner Sr. 20 Brianna Pellini Jr.

Milledgeville Missiles Coach: Brad Grenoble (2nd season) 2015 postseason: Lost to Galena in 1A sectional semifinal Roster 9 Makaylee Merkel Jr. DS 10 Holly Smith Jr. S 11 Tessa Morhardt Jr. DS 12 Sidney Aude Sr. MH 13 Madeline Fink Sr. OH 16 Sabreena Hartman Jr. OH 21 Josie Ewers Sr. L 22 Rebecca Waite Jr. MH 23 Kaleigh Tarbill Jr. MH 25 Ciara Miller Jr. RS 33 Jocelyn Folkers Jr. MH 34 Jade Grenoble Sr. RS

Morrison Fillies Coach: Julia Deter (3rd season) 2015 postseason: Lost to Riverdale in 2A regional semifinal Roster 2 MacKenzie Petkus Jr. S/OH 3 Makayla Troutman Jr. MH 4 Brooke Stralow Sr. S/MH 5 Kassidee Church Sr. MH 6 Lauren Vos Sr. OH/MH 7 Emily Szabo So. OH 8/18 Madison Steines Jr. DS 9 Ally Noble Jr. S 10 Emma Sitzmore Sr. S/OH 11 Michaela McNeece Sr. OH/DS 13 Kate Barsema Sr. OH 14/16 Laura Zuidema Sr. OH

Newman Comets Coach: Debbi Kelly (18th season) 2015 postseason: Lost to Fulton in 2A regional semifinal Roster 2 Aubrie Wolf Jr. DS 4 Jaedin Canterbury Jr. DS 6 Madison Craft So. S 7 Cate Payan Sr. S 8 Hannah Wilson Jr. MH 10 Mary Jensen Sr. MH 11 Madalyn Wilson Sr. OH 12 Kate Ryan Sr. OH 13 Lauren Wilson Jr. S/OH 19 Delaney Hinrichs Jr. DS 22 Tanner Doran Jr. DS 23 Payton Murray Jr. MH/OH 24 Cassidy Wilson Jr. OH 27 Kassidy Heffelfinger Jr. OH 40 Mady Ferris Sr. DS

Oregon Hawks Coach: Faith Watson (4th season) 2015 postseason: Lost to Keith Country Day in 2A regional final Roster 1 Emily Perkins Sr. DS 2 Gylian Finch Jr. OH 3 Aleah Wight Jr. DS 4 Bianca Ruchti Jr. RS 5 Allyse Ketter Sr. MB 7 Haylie Rorbeck Sr. S 8 Jasmine Herbst So. S 9 Taylor Egan Sr. OH 10 Allison Weber Sr. OH 13 Meredith Gelander Jr. MB 14 Bailey Nelson So. RS

Prophetstown Prophets Coach: Heather Bruns (2nd season) 2015 postseason: Lost to Dakota in 2A regional semifinal Roster 1 Autumn Clary Sr. DS 2 Maddie Fouts Jr. MB 3 Katlin Zuidema Jr. DS 4 Dena Johnson Jr. MB 5 Taylor Swanson Jr. DS 6 Hannah McKinney Jr. S 7 Christian Cooper Sr. OH 8 Lexi Rangel Sr. S 9 McKenzie Hinrichsen Sr. OH 10 Courtney Pierceson Jr. OH

Rock Falls Rockets Coach: Sheila Mamosser (19th season)

2015 postseason: Lost to LaSallePeru in 3A regional final Roster 1 Aubri Heald Jr. DS 2 Abbee Sigel Jr. OH 3 Jaida Dean Jr. MH 4 Bailey Bickett Sr. OH 5 Allie Renner Sr. S 6 Sydney Young Sr. OH 9 April Torres Jr. OH/DS 10 Faith Sandrock Jr. S 11 Ashly Torres Jr. DS/S 12 Emily Marcum Sr. OH 13 Annie Austin Sr. S 15 Jalen Morthland Jr. OH/MH 16 Kenzie Olson So. MH 18 Alex Romo Sr. MH

Sterling Golden Warriors Coach: Dale Dykeman (5th season) 2015 postseason: Lost to LaSallePeru in 3A sectional final Roster 1 Cara Alexander Jr. DS/S 2 Josi Borum So. S/OH 3 Asia Schofield Jr. DS 4 Olivia Pilgrim Sr. L/DS 5 Jozlyn Garcia Jr. OH/DS 7 Jaylynn Razo So. DS 8 Kaylee Martin Sr. OH 9 Gretchen Gould So. MH/OPP 10 Hannah Kessler Jr. DS 11 Mya Pearson Sr. OH/MH 13 Miranda Williams Sr. OH/MH 16 Tobi Garcia Sr. MH/OPP 18 Katelyn Smoot Jr. DS 24 Gabbi Schilling Jr. OPP

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t “Maddie’s a great player to have in the front row,” Ferris said. “She’s been on my team since seventh grade, and I love having her. She’s so confident in herself, which is key to being successful. She never gets discouraged, and even if one hit doesn’t go down, she’s fine, she’s right back in it, she doesn’t hang her head on it. We can always count on her to put it down when we need it – and not necessarily a hit, but maybe a tip or a deep push or whatever; she’s there for us when we need her.”

But unlike last season, those two are not alone in their varsity experience. Wilson’s sister Cassidy and cousin Lauren both saw substantial playing time last year as sophomores, and seniors Mary Jensen, Kate Ryan and Cate Payan are also in their second season at the varsity level.

Having more familiar faces means less time meshing and more time playing at a high level, with everybody on the same page.

“I am expecting more consistency, and I think the girls are expecting that out of themselves as well,” longtime coach Debbi Kelly said. “We have some experience coming back, and it’s nice to have that core coming back.”

“A lot of the players that are playing this year are returning players,” Madalyn Wilson added, “so that really helps with the team aspect as well. We’re all really comfortable with each other.”

Comfort should breed confidence for the

Comets this season.

Even the new divisions in the Three Rivers Conference aren’t a cause for alarm; instead, it’s a challenge the Newman players are looking forward to.

“It’s another new battle with the conference, but something the girls are eager to take on,” Kelly said. “It’s different than what we’re used to going against, but that will be a nice change.”

Kelly also cited a strong nonconference schedule, with the likes of Sterling, Dixon and United Township on the slate. The Comets opened the season Thursday against the Golden Warriors, and led late in both sets before falling 25-21, 25-23 to the 3A power.

Despite so much experience coming back, the Comets are still growing as a team. And Ferris can definitely see how last season’s disappointing finish has made her team better.

“It was hard with Maddie and I as the only two returning starters,” Ferris said. “We had to learn to work together, and learn how to play together, and obviously it didn’t end how we wanted it to. But it was a great experience, like a rebound season, almost, building a new start.”

It’s a start that Wilson wants to see end in the same place as her freshman and sophomore seasons.

“Coach had us write down goals before practice [Tuesday], and that was one of mine: regional, possible conference champions would be awesome,” she said. “That was a great feeling my first 2 years, and I think if we work hard enough this year, we can possibly do that again.”

West Carroll Thunder Coach: Nia Diercks (1st season) 2015 postseason: Lost to LenaWinslow in 2A regisonal semifinal Roster 4 Makenzie Klein Sr. MH 6 Jena Sedivy Jr. DS 7 Keara Hayden Sr. OH 8 Olivia Brinkmeier Sr. S 9 Natalie O’Connor Sr. DS 12 Sydney Long Jr. OH/DS 13 Olivia Burton Sr. S 14 Shelby Skiles Sr. OH 19 Shae Williams Jr. MH 21 Hayley Ballard Sr. OH 32 Ashton Wand Jr. RS 33 Emma Aljets Jr. OH 34 Kennedy Rice Jr. DS 35 Abbi Law Jr. MH 43 Leslie Neis Jr. RS

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Newman’s Cassidy Wilson reaches back for the bump during Thursday’s season opener against Sterling at Musgrove Fieldhouse. Wilson is one of seven returning players for the Comets in 2016.

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Reed builds 2-shot lead at Bethpage

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Grand Prix hitting Rock Island streets

BY DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer

The Xtreme Rock Island Grand Prix will see karts race on the streets of Rock Island Sept. 3-4.

Practice and heat races will be Saturday with the finals on Sunday.

More than 130 teams are expected.

This year’s event will also feature vintage karts, built in 1985 or earlier.

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Beckman leaving UNC volunteer post One day after controversy erupted surrounding North Carolina’s decision to hire Tim Beckman to be a volunteer assistant with the football program, Beckman on Thursday thanked the university for the opportunity and announced his departure.

The Ex-Illinois coach resurfaced earlier this month at UNC, where coach Larry Fedora gave Beckman a role as a volunteer assistant to the defensive coaching staff.

UNC Chancellor Carol Folt did not approve of it once she learned about Beckman’s presence. In a statement UNC released on Thursday, Folt said she became aware on Wednesday of the volunteer arrangement between UNC and Beckman.

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Alex Bowman walks along pit lane Friday before qualifying for this weekend’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich. Bowman is driving this week for Dale Earnhardt Jr., who is recovering from concussion-like symptoms.

Back in the saddle Bowman excited to fill in for Earnhardt again

BY NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer

BROOKLYN, Mich. – Alex Bowman should have plenty of fans this weekend at Michigan International Speedway in his return to NASCAR Sprint Cup racing.

Not only will he be filling in for Dale Earnhardt Jr., but his No. 88 Chevrolet will be adorned with a special University of Michigan paint scheme. Maybe that’ll be enough to turn Bowman into a college football diehard.

“My whole life, I’ve raced so much that I haven’t really been able to be a big fan of anything,” he said.

“This year has been a big change in that.

With football starting up here next week, I’m going to start off as a University of Michigan fan and go from there.”

The 23-year-old Bowman has never finished in the top 10 in 72 starts at the Cup level, so this chance to race for Hendrick Motorsports in Earnhardt’s place gives him a rare opportunity to compete under the spotlight. Earnhardt has not been cleared by doctors to return to racing as he recovers from a concussion.

Bowman drove for Earnhardt at New Hampshire last month, but Jeff Gordon has filled in for him the past four races. Earnhardt will miss at least two more races, with Bowman taking his place this weekend and Gordon driving for him at Darlington.

“Being as close of friends as I am with Dale, I have just been hoping he gets to feeling better more than anything,” Bowman said. “Obviously, I’m more than happy to fill in whenever I can.

New Hampshire was a lot of fun.”

Transfer Lagow wins IU’s starting QB job Richard Lagow waited 4 years to start a Football Bowl Subdivision game.

Indiana coach Kevin Wilson announced Friday that the 6-foot-6, 240-pound Texan beat out Zander Diamont and will line up behind center in Thursday night’s season-opener at Florida International.

The big quarterback with the big arm left his home state of Texas in 2013 to play for Connecticut.

Before the season opener, Lagow transferred to Oklahoma State where he walked on and redshirted.

The next season, Lagow landed at Cisco (Texas) Community College.

NFL

Chiefs safety Berry reporting Sunday All-Pro safety Eric Berry plans to report to the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, giving him 2 weeks and one preseason game to prepare for the start of the regular season.

A person familiar with his plans told The Associated Press that Berry will join the team after its preseason game Saturday in Chicago.

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Smart gets raise, contract extension Texas is giving men’s basketball coach Shaka Smart a contract extension and pay raise.

Smart’s first team finished 23-10 and the Longhorns lost in the first round of the NCAA Tournament last season. The school considered that good enough to give him an extra year on his original contract with an additional $100,000 per season.

With the changes, Smart will earn $3 million next season and his contract now runs until 2023.

When: 1 p.m. Sunday Where: Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Mich.

TV: NBCSN Defending champ: Matt Kenseth Polesitter: Joey Logano Bowman, from Tucson, Arizona, made 71 Cup starts over the 2014 and 2015 seasons with BK Racing and Tommy Baldwin Racing. His best finish came at Daytona in 2014, when he was 13th.

He looked as if he might have a chance to top that at New Hampshire, but his car went into the wall because of a tire issue, and he finished 26th. That’s been his only Cup race of the year.

“Obviously, we ran a lot better than we finished,” he said. “I hated that the race team didn’t get the finish they deserved. Everybody at Hendrick Motorsports and Chevy and everybody, they have been so welcoming and easy to work with.”

Bowman qualified sixth Friday for this weekend’s race. He has never started higher than 14th at the Cup level.

This week, NASCAR is using its lowerdownforce rules package from races earlier this season at Michigan and Kentucky.

That’s not a huge deal for Bowman – if only because he’s hardly raced on the Cup circuit this year under any set of circumstances.

“As far as the downforce package goes, only running one other Cup race this year, I wouldn’t necessarily say I’m used to it the other way,” said Bowman, who has made five starts this year on the Xfinity circuit.

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Seattle Sounders and U.S. national team forward Clint Dempsey will miss Sunday’s MLS match against Portland as he undergoes evaluations for an irregular heartbeat.

The Sounders announced Dempsey’s status Friday, 2 days before their Cascadia showdown against the Timbers. He will miss at least Sunday’s game.

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. – Patrick Reed’s place in the Ryder Cup is looking better with each round at The Barclays, and so are his prospects of winning.

Even with a careless finish Friday at Bethpage Black, Reed rode a fast start to a 3-under 68 and a two-shot lead over Emiliano Grillo and Rickie Fowler going into the weekend of the opening FedEx Cup playoff event.

The Barclays is the final tournament for Americans to earn one of the eight automatic spots on the Ryder Cup team. Reed, who has gone 55 tournaments worldwide since his last victory, came into the week at No. 8.

At the moment, that’s no longer a concern.

“Really, I’m going into this week trying to win a golf tournament,” Reed said. “If I take care of me and do what I need to do this week, then Ryder Cup will take care of itself. So I’m not going into this week looking at it as, ‘Oh, I need

to do this for the Ryder Cup.’ I’m going in this to think, ‘All right, I need to go win a golf tournament.’”

Reed was at 8-under 134.

Fowler most likely needs third place alone to have any chance of qualifying for the Ryder Cup, and he has done his part. He played bogey-free in the sweltering heat, though still missing plenty of birdie chances. Par is never bad on the Black Course, however, and Fowler shot a 69.

He has dropped only one shot all week, missing a 4-foot par putt Thursday that spun out of the back of the cup.

“Any time you can go bogey-free out here at this place, it’s good golf,” Fowler said. “Feel very good about my ball-striking and tee-to-green right now. See if we can get some more putts to go in.”

Grillo also had a 69, opening with a double bogey and finishing with a bogey.

Ryan Moore (68) was three shots behind, while defending champion Jason Day (70) and Jordan Spieth (67) were four back.

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The University of Michigan unveiled a partnership with Axalta Coating Systems in March. Axalta is a sponsor of Earnhardt’s, and the plan was for him to race with the Michigan paint scheme for this weekend’s race.

But with Earnhardt still sidelined, it’s Bowman who will be in the No. 88.

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Patrick Reed tees off on the first hole Friday during the second round of The Barclays in Farmingdale, N.Y. Reed leads by two shots going into the weekend.

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Back to school Smith embracing transition from pro to college

BY DAVID MERCER AP Sports Writer

CHAMPAIGN – Since he was hired at Illinois in March, football coach Lovie Smith’s calendar has been full.

He’s been busy coaching, recruiting and, every chance he gets, preaching the power of possibility to a team and fan base hungry for wins after years of mediocrity on the field and turmoil off of it.

Smith insists that, so far, it has not been much different than what he grew accustomed to as coach of the Chicago Bears and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

But a coach’s path to college from the NFL isn’t always straightforward.

Some who have made that move say coaching college teams is like being a general manager, with a hand in every aspect of the program. Coaching pro football, they say, is almost purely football.

“So it’s almost like a college coach taking a sabbatical and just dealing with football rather than fundraising and recruiting and discipline,” says Rich Brooks, who went from the top job at Oregon to coaching the St. Louis Rams in 1995 before eventually taking over at Kentucky.

While big-name coaches such as Nick Saban and Pete Carroll who have moved from the NFL to university campuses have set the standard for winning in college, pro experience is relatively rare.

And while coaches with experience as NFL coaches tend to win in college, many of those who have only been pro assistants do not.

Smith is one of six head coaches at the 128 Football Bowl Subdivision schools who have been in charge of NFL teams, along with Alabama’s Saban, Jim Mora at UCLA, Bobby Petrino at Louisville, and Smith’s fellow

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Lovie Smith (right) brings decades of NFL experience that both fans and players see as an upgrade and potential starting point for resurrecting the program.

Illinois opens its season Saturday, Sept. 3 against Murray State.

Big Ten coaches Jim Harbaugh at Michigan and Mike Riley at Nebraska.

Their combined college record is 466-226-1, a 67 percent winning percentage.

Another 18 FBS coaches have been NFL assistants. They have won 54 percent of their college games. But take away Kirk Ferentz at Iowa, David Shaw at Stanford and LSU’s Les Miles, and that drops to 46 percent.

Smith took over after Illinois fired two coaches in less than a year. Tim Beckman was fired a week before the 2015 season started after an investigation concluded he interfered in player medical decisions, and his replacement, Bill Cubit, was let go when Smith came to the Illini.

Hiring Smith, who took the Bears to a Super Bowl in 2007, was a bid to score big after four straight losing seasons and the

embarrassing collapse of the Beckman era.

Smith insists that, recruiting aside, what he is doing so far is not significantly different than what he did during his 11 seasons as an NFL coach. That includes an emphasis on creating turnovers that Bears fans would recognize. It also means Smith, just as in his pro days, never yells or screams.

“Not even once,” quarterback Wes Lunt said.

“But when he does raise his voice just a little bit over just talking, it’s powerful.”

On the practice field, Smith appears comfortable delegating most of the communicating to his coordinators and position coaches. He stands back, watching, sometimes at a distance, and only occasionally coming in close to address something he’s seen.

“I’ve run a lot of NFL

practices, and this is no different from that,” Smith said. “So I think that’s kind of appealing to them, too.”

Part of that appeal is who Smith draws to campus: more NFL scouts and former players, such as longtime Bears cornerback Charles Tillman.

But Smith has also filled his agenda with tasks it is difficult to picture some NFL coaches (think Bill Belichick) handling.

He welcomed the incoming freshman class, 6,000 students, on a warm August night at Memorial Stadium, and has posed smiling with countless fans at events on campus and elsewhere.

This is where a program like Illinois, long losing more games than it wins, might need more than an NFL coach is required to provide.

Brooks emphasizes that NFL players are in every way pros: they’re paid; if they break rules they’re fined or cut; and they generally aren’t looking for fatherly direction.

College coaches, Nebraska’s Riley says, have to want to play that last role, one Smith says is important to him.

“I’m thankful for that. The older I get, the more humbling it is,” said Riley, who led the San Diego Chargers for three seasons between stops as head coach at Oregon State. “You realize this is a big deal, and you better do it right.”

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Avonlea Cottage of Dixon C.N.A. Day shift, 2nd & 3rd shifts Apply in person 503 Countryside Lane in Dixon or call 815-288-6044 ✭ NOW HIRING ✭ RN, LPN, CNA & Nurse Manager Looking for a change?

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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES 501

AgPerspective, Inc. is a commodities risk management firm located in Dixon, IL. We are seeking a Crop Insurance Underwriter/Office Support Assistant. The position will require excellent administrative skills, advanced MS Office capabilities, and an orientation towards client services.

This is an exciting opportunity to work with a growing, ethical, and energetic company. Our goal at AgPerspective is to provide our employees with an excellent working environment in which they can excel and find professional satisfaction.

The following are characteristics of the ideal candidate: • Associates Degree or higher in a business related field • Proficient with MS Office suite emphasis on Excel • Excellent Communication skills • Passion for Agriculture • Highly Analytical i.e. attention to detail • Ability to work with a team • Ability to work under pressure of deadlines • Desire to work for a family owned company • Self-motivated & energetic

Resumes must be sent to: resume@agperspective.com

SM-ST07758-0901

Industrial, Electronics, HVAC, and Electrical Technology Instructor

Tenure track, nine-month position available spring semester 2017. Salary is based on education and experience and may be augmented by summer teaching and overload opportunities. The College offers a liberal fringe benefits package and does not deduct FICA from paychecks.

The faculty member may teach courses on campus, off campus, video conferencing, and on the internet.

Provides administrative support, program development, and develops courses for the programs as well as provides support, mentoring and academic advice for students.

Assumes the role of faculty advisor to the associated clubs and assists with developing cooperative programs with area schools. Must possess extensive experience in industrial and commercial electrical systems, HVAC, electronics, and the multi-craft industry. Individuals possessing one or more of the following are preferred: master’s, bachelor’s or associate’s degrees, industry and/or union certifications.

The successful candidate will have an interest and ability in improving existing curriculum and student retention through the development of innovative teaching methods, active learning experiences for students, and creative use of current technology.

Please apply on-line at https://jobs.svcc.edu/postings/528.

Cover letter, background check, and resume are required.

Position will remain open until filled.

Financial Assistance Specialist

Full-time opening which advises students and performs technical office activities related to student financial assistance. Associate’s degree required. Two years of financial aid experience in a community college setting preferred. Must have ability to represent College and financial assistance office in a professional manner.

Experience with word processing software required; experience in VACert, EdConnect, Great Lakes, and SCT Banner financial aid software preferred. Strong interpersonal, written and oral communication skills and ability to work in a fast-paced work environment are required.

Please apply on-line at https://jobs.svcc.edu/hr/postings/529

by September 11, 2016.

Cover letter, background check, and resume are required Sauk Valley Community College Att: Human Resources 173 Illinois Route 2 Dixon, IL 61021 Email: employment@svcc.edu EOE

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Saturday, August 27, 2016

AMBOY GARAGE SALES 624

STERLING Nice Lg. 1BR, stove, refrig. No pets. 815-631-6678 Room for Rent. All utilities incl. + wifi Starting at $75/wk. + dep. Call or text 815-716-6150.

Sinnissippi Townhomes Spacious 2 BR 2 story townhomes FIRST MONTH RENT FREE! Central air, Good location. Laundry hookup.

(815)626-1130.

HOMES FOR RENT

310

Thurs. 1-6 Fri. 8-5:30 Sat. 7:30-12:30 1338 Route 52 Multi-Family Sale!

Boy's clothes 3 mo. - 4T, Adult L3X, chairs, recliner, lots of new furniture, ent. center, lots of new kitchen items- crock pot, blender, etc., Power Wheels, drill chain press, binder, tools, covered wagon, bobsled, lots of Estate items, crafts, knick knacks, household, too much to list!

Hundreds of items under a quarter!

DIXON GARAGE SALES 624

DIXON 2 bed house in Dixon; basement with w/d hookup $565/mo.

Call 815-622-2725 snlrentals.com 2 BR, 1 Bth, no pets, no smoking, Ref. required. $600/mo + $500 dep. + utilities.

815-288-3207

MT. CARROLL 3BR country, C/A, 2 car gar. $650 + dep. 815-499-0463

OREGON 2BR home, 1320 N. IL Rt 2, Oregon. $850/mo. Pets ok.

708-203-6677.

PROPHETSTOWN Good Samaritan has Senior Housing with Services in Prophetstown:

Fri. & Sat. 8 - 1 704 E. 2nd Street garage on Artesian Multi-Family Sale household items, books, glassware, TONS OF HOLIDAY ITEMS, clothes, picture frames, planters, Americana and much, much more!

Priced to Sell!!

Fri. & Sat. 8-4 2001 Swarts Rd. Antiques, collectibles, & household items.

Fri. & Sat. 8-4 565 Meadow Lane (Look for Signs) Hunting items (bow and arrows), dresser, kitchen set, antique chairs, Pepsi Cola items, Christmas items, womens clothing M-L, room sz. Antique rugs & misc items.

1 & 2 Bd for ages 55+. Ask how you can get your first month free!

Call Angie for details and a tour at 815-718-2087.

EHO. www.good-sam. com/prophetstown

Friday 7-4p Saturday 8-Noon 1012 Long Street Name brand jr girls Sm.-Lrg. Women's Med.-Lrg, Nintendo Wii & DSI pk ages, games, winter apparel, household items.

STERLING

Friday 8 – 3 Saturday 8 – 1 2244 Clouse Lane White Oak Estates Business/ Home Garage Sale Free standing speaker, presentation stand with extra paper, paper graphic cutter, supplies, Pantograph badge maker with supplies, name badges, staplers, postage scale, glue gun, new banners, work cloths, typewriter with supplies, frames and mats, various sizes of envelopes, paper for printers, scratch pads (some new various designs), containers, books, audio books, VHS tapes, DVDs, CDs, puzzles, case of screws, washers, etc., two slide projectors, lighthouse collectibles, coffee & other pots household items

4BR, 3BA, 810 W. 15th St. $950/mo. + dep.

815-499-1895

COMMERCIAL RENTAL

311

Woodlawn Rd. 8 sm. rooms, conference room, reception area, 2 free months w/ 2 yr. move in lease, ready, 815-6265488

MOBILE HOMES FOR RENT

315

WAREHOUSE / 330 STORAGE 10'x20' storage units, $40 per mo. $50 deposit.

Call 815-7166150 or 815-5358693.

LOANS

402

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Proceed with caution if you are asked to send money or to give a credit card number.

Proceed with caution in calling 900 phone numbers. All numbers phone prefixed by “900” are charged to the CALLER. Charges may be assessed on a “per minute” basis rather than a “per call” basis.

Sauk Valley Classified makes every effort to qualify these charges for the reader.

If you have a concern about an advertiser, please contact the Better Business Bureau 330 N. Wabash, Chicago, IL 60611.

312-832-0500

AREA GARAGE SALES 624 AREA GARAGE SALES 624 Friday and Saturday 9-5 GARAGE SALE SHANNON, IL 25156 Spring Valley Road Lots of misc. items.

AMBOY GARAGE SALES 624 Friday & Saturday Aug. 26 & 27 and Sept. 2 & 3 8am to 4pm 132 N. Blackstone Antique Estate Sale- Antique furniture, glassware & collectibles, kerosene lamp with reflector, collectible plates and more.

The best way to start your day.

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CELEBRITY CIPHER

by Luis Campos

Celebrity Cipher cryptograms are created from quotations by famous people, past and present.

Each letter in the cipher stands for another.

TODAY’S CLUE: U equals B

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Astrograph A suggestion will be hard to swallow, but worth listening to and adopting.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 2016

dailyGAZETTE 815-625-3600

TELEGRAPH 815-284-2222

Sat. only, 8-3 524 N. Ottawa Big clean-out Sale!

Vintage toy collectibles, movies, tools, electronics, books, baby-youth items, computer parts & lots more!

Saturday & Sunday, 8am-3pm 338 West Chamberlin St. Moving sale Name brand juniors clothing, furniture, weights, workout items, kitchen items, DVD's. Most clothing items 50 cents.

Saturday 8-1pm 518 8th Street (Toward Balou Park) Furniture, patio set, America decorations, Halloween costumes, southwest decorations, treadmill, sport wall art, wear, WWE toys, Boys clothes.

Any Where Any Time Online! saukvalley .com

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www.saukvalley.com

Sudoku!

Answer on B

Your ability to read the signs and to pick up on what others need or want will help you maintain the status quo.

Aiding others will put you in a good position and ensure that you get what you want. Love is encouraged and will stabilize your life.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -Let your emotions, intuition and imagination guide you.

A chance to be a part of something you believe in and enjoy will lead to bigger and better offers.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -Don’t get angry, get moving.

It’s up to you to move forward without looking back instead of getting left behind. Focus on creativity and imagination to help you find your niche.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Explore new avenues.

What you learn along the way will help you build a brighter future. A healthy sense of give-and-take will lead to an interesting partnership.

Romance is in the stars.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Take a look

at your finances and consider what you can do to save for a rainy day or special purchase.

Practice moderation in every aspect of life.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Follow your heart and make agreements that feel right. Your intuition will help you choose what’s best for you. A unique romantic gesture will improve your personal life.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Find out what others want in order to discover a way to get what you want.

Use your intelligence and physical ability to overcome any problems that arise.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Enjoy the moment. Express your desires and pour your heart and emotion into what matters most to you. Children, commitment and plans for the future are all favored.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -Emotional discord will unfold at home if you cannot agree about changes you want to make to your surroundings.

Put more energy into your

career and getting ahead financially.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -Traveling, communicating and socializing will be rewarding.

You can mix and mingle with people from all walks of life and make a lasting impression.

Love is on the rise.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Make affordable home improvements in order to relieve stress and add to your comfort. Small but effective projects will also help you avoid criticism and complaints.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Take pride in your actions, and don’t be afraid to do things differently. It’s your uniqueness that will separate you from the competition.

Live life your way.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Take a moment to review what’s happened and what you still want to accomplish. Change doesn’t happen overnight, and planning will be an important part of reaching your destination. ©2016 UFS

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MORRISON GARAGE SALES 624

ROCK FALLS GARAGE SALES 624

STERLING GARAGE SALES 624

Fri. & Sat.,10-5 Sun., 10-3 205 Maple Ave. Morrison Massive 3 Day In-Home Estate Sale for Sue Patton This is a tag sale.

Every room, basement, & garage is full! Quality, clean sale. With a mix of new, vintage, & antiques.

Beautiful furniture, household, home décor, Longaberger, jewChristmas, elry, vintage toys, linens, craft supplies, lots of tools, lawn & garden, massive lots of kitchen items, collections, there is just way too much to list. Doors open 10am sharp!

For 100 pics, directions, other needed info.

Please see estatesales.net Sale assisted along with the family by Sauk Valley Estate Sales 815-5907021. Cash only.

Fri. 8-4 Sat. 8-?

1600 Riverdale Rd. Lot 81 Moving Sale!

Some furniture & yard tools, lots of other items.

Saturday 8-5 1607 Reno Rd. Crocks, old steamer trunk, yard ornaments, some clothes, paintings, lots of car books, Organic Farming & Hot Rod magazines & misc items.

ROCK FALLS GARAGE SALES 624 Fall Garage Sales Sept 23 - Sept 25 Rock Falls & Sterling $10 ($5 fee for late registration) Register by 9/12 Maps Available 9/22 @ Shell Stations & Schreiners RF Chamber 815-625-4500

STERLING GARAGE SALES 624 Fri. & Sat. 8-1 3802 22nd Avenue MOVING HOUSE AFTER 20 YEARS! This is a BIG sale...Way too many items to list—Everything from furniture to books to clothes.

Fri. & Sat. 9-3 1506 Ave. J. Lots of misc items!

Fri. 8-7 Sat. 8-?

1102 E. 15 th St. Lots of nice name brand clothing, kid -adult, dishes, knacks, knick books, Polly Pockets, Barbies, DS & Wii games, grill, tv, and lots of misc.

Fri., 3-7pm & Sat., 8am-1pm 3503 14th Ave. (Colonial Acres) Cleaned out storage shed sale.

Priced to sell.

Sat. & Sun. 8-3 813 W. 18th St. 1995 Chevy S10 Pickup, 2008 250 Raptor ATV 4wheeler, furniture, household items, jewelry, purses & too much more to list!

ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES 705 I Buy: Antiques, collectibles, toys, post cards, etc.

815-445-6151.

APPLIANCES

710

Amana gas stove, black, like new cond. $180. 815284-2433.

Kenmore Electric Dryer, white, guaranteed, $75 815590-0457 White gas or Tan electric stove $150 each /obo. Both in really good shape.

815-652-9434

FOOD PRODUCE

750

Fairhaven Fruit FarmEating, Baking & Sauce Apples ½ peck to bushels Local Honey, Caramel, asst.

Jams, Dried sweetened Cranberries New Hours: Thurs.-Sat. 9am5pm, Sun. 12-5 Closed Mon-Wed 815-499-1856

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YOUR 1ST AND 2ND CHANCE DEALER!

LOCATIONS! DEALER FINANCING AVAILABLE

1397 N. Galena Ave., Dixon 708 First Avenue, Rock Falls 815-288-5626 815-622-6655

FOOD PRODUCE

750

UPPER DAM PRODUCE Beautiful Tomatoes You Pick $22 Per Bushel 815-716-3004 815-441-0518

FURNITURE

755

Beautiful wooden hutch. 48” width drawers & shelves.

Exc. cond. $200 815-632-3741

PETS & PET SUPPLIES 775 4, 7wk. adorable sweet kittens.

Need loving indoor homes. Bottle fed.

2M & 2F. Litter trained.

Call 815-595-4260 or 815-440-2467 5 yr. old cat, neutered, declawed, very loving. Free to good indoor home only only. 815-4999923

King Platform complete, Bed, dark wood, $350 Call 815-499-1061

Neutered Young Male cat. Oak Grove Ave. Strawberry Fields area.

815-625-6156

Mattress sets: $99, Full Twin $129, Queen $159, King $199. Will deliver! Bunk Bed $298. Call 309451-7477

Wanted: Tea Cup size F Chihuahua, adult, short hair, reasonably priced or free. 815-5649022 after 2:00.

New & used furniture & all size beds wholesale Washer, dryer, recliner, sofa, refrig., table/ dresser, chairs, stoves.

815-718-4385 Queen Bed Complete, incl. Headboard & frame 815-535$400 3835 XLong Twin Bed, frame & metal white wrought iron head board, w/ XL TempurpedicCloud Supreme Mattress $500 815-6256623

WARNING ADS FOR FREE PETS Your beloved pet deserves a loving, caring home. The ad for your free pet may draw response from individuals who will sell your animal for research or breeding purposes.

Please screen respondents carefully when giving an animal away.

Your pet will thank you!

SM-ST08090-0827

$295 DOWN www.SaukValleyMotors.com

We Finance!

Hours Mon - Fri 10-6 • Sat 9-3

LAWN MOWERS

779

John Deere X485, gas, 54” deck, Power steering, 540 hours. Runs & looks like new!

Asking $5,500.

815-288-1221

TICKETS / TRAVEL 787 & EVENTS No person or business, unless properly licensed by the Illinois Secretary of State, may sell ticket(s) for any sporting event or otherwise, for more than the price printed upon the face of the said ticket(s).

Only licensed ticket brokers may legally advertise, negotiate and execute the sale of ticket(s) for any amount over what is printed upon the face of ticket.

WANT TO BUY 795

SHIPPERTS Moving & Storage

404 N. Lincoln Ave., Dixon, IL 288-3133 www.alliedvan.com ILL CC 10540 SM-ST7167-0827

US DOT 76235

MISCELLANEOUS 796 FOR SALE

17' Big Country 2 man ladder stand w/ camo. $100 815-499-4333

See More Online Photos, Commerce, Expanded Text

Chapel Hill Lot No. 738 Section V, graves 1 & 2 $1,500 + transfer 815-499-0972 Leave Message ComfortGlow propane heater, 20,000 BTU + 2 stg tank regulator. $75 815-625-4165 •Fishing Equipt. for Sale.

•Vintage John Deere Lawn Mower Parts. Buy lot or one piece.

815-718-5703 Foosball Table Game, nice for family or game room, $25 815625-2735 leave message.

Free Electric Organ.

Good condition.

Call anytime, no answer leave message.

815-288-4322 FREE Railroad ties, Builder Discount 815-6264561

MISCELLANEOUS 796 FOR SALE

Futon Frame, Mission style, natural finish, $75.

815-625-4165

-Pint Canning Jars -Potted Aloe Vera Plants.

815-625-9457

Hitch Assembly connects to S10. $150 obo.

815-625-4351or 815-499-9636

1 room air conditioner.

Works great. $60 815-499-2130

1. The Everly Brothers 2. Mother (Naomi) and daughter (Wynona)

Before you make a move call…

MISCELLANEOUS 796 FOR SALE

I Pay Cash 4 Gold, Silver, Coins & Antiques 24/7 779-245-2950

TR IV I A AN SW ER

BACK TO SCHOOL SALE

We Buy Cars Too!

Saturday, August 27, 2016

Hospital bed $100, Troy Built 26” snowblower & rototiller $ 75 each, baby stroller $25, 6 Armstrong boxes home ceiling tile $75. 815-440-7921 Little Tikestoddler race car bed w/ Lightening McQueen bedding. $75. 815-535-3041 Men's Harley leather jacket, sz.

3X, like new. $300 815-284-1984.

Newman Comets jacket, letterman XL. Never worn. $100. Call for details 815-288-6200 Oak baby, crib bybassett. Exc. cond. $100. 815-625-8424 Oak Entertainment Center, 55”h x 55”w x 18”d $75.

815-625-4165

➛Look for WEB ID ➛Log on to: www.saukvalley. com classifieds ➛Enter the WEB ID in the WEB ID Box ➛View Photos, Expanded Text BUY ONLINE!! saukvalley.com CLASSIFIEDS Sunquest Pro 26 RST w/ face tanner, $100/obo 815535-3835 Treadmill $50; Recumbent Bike $75; Antique ¾ bed 815-284$300; 8321 Two lots at Oak Knowel West side, South side as you drive in S. Side. $1150 Buyer pays closing costs.

815-625-0865

FARM LAND FOR SALE

805

200 Acres +/196 +/- Tillable.

Quality soils.

Whiteside County/ Jordan Township. $9,000/ acre.

Available for 2017 Crop Year.

John Rich & Co. Real Estate Since 1965 815-284-2398

FARM LAND WANTED

815

Cash-Rent land for 2017 & beyond.

Paying top dollar.

Please send replies to Box #:1346 ,c/o Sauk Valley Classifieds, P.O.Box 498, Sterling, IL 61081

LIVESTOCK / SUPPLIES

840

For Sale 3 Pygmy Goats 2 female, 1 male multi-colors 815973-5690

FARM EQUIPMENT

855

2002 Grain Cart, Killbros.

1800 Scale & Tarp incl.

Exc. cond. $17,000 /obo 815-541-6911

FARM SERVICES

865

Farm truck and/or tractor Drivers needed for Fall harvest, PT. Exp. req. 815-499-0463.

X-treme scooter.

500watt motor scooter, Max 300Ibs., Red & white. $600. Call 815-499-3722

AUTOMOBILES

905

NEW REAL DEAL

FOR ITEMS OVER $300

A 5 Line REAL DEAL

ad runs for 30 days in Sauk Valley Classifieds, 4 Ogle County Papers, The Review and saukvalley.com all for only $42!

Special must be mentioned at time of ad placement.

Offer expires 12/31/16 No Commercial Advertising, Pets, Garage Sales, Wood/ Fuel, Tickets/ Travel or Real Estate

1987 Toyota Camry LE, 5 dr. wagon, 135k mi., runs great, exc. cond., $4500 815-7347274 1998 Chevy Corvette Coupe, 74k mi., AT, highly optioned, $15,500 815-625-2915 1998 Chevy Lumina, 174K mi. 6cyl.

Exc. cond. Very dependable. $1700 obo. 815-973-3455 2001 Toyota Corolla 140K mi. Front brakes replaced, needs additional brake work. $4,000 815-441-1434.

2006 Toyota Corolla, High mi. needs some work. Sound system inc. $1,250 815-631-6338 2007 Lexus GS350 Sedan w/ low mi., exc. cond. $18,900 Call (815)499-7445 or (815)973-5677 2012 Chevy Traverse LT. Pearl.

Loaded, 3 rows, heated leather seats, new tires.

77,000 mi. . $22,000. Call 815-973-2267 creditautosales dixon.com Always over 100+ vehicles to choose from.

FARLEY'S APPLIANCE Heating & Cooling Sale & Service Free Estimates New & Replacement Units We service all brands!

Call Today (815)284-2052

Asphalt Fritz Asphalt Sealing

Commercial – Residential Shawn Von Holten 815-499-2940 **FRANKLIN** MAINTENANCE •Pothole Repair •Hot Pour •Crack Filling •Seal Coating •Line Striping Bonded-Insured 815-284-6806

T & M PAVING

*Asphalt paving & Patch work * Seal Coating *Skid loader/ Dump Truck Work (Concrete Removal, Dirt and Gravel Hauling) Call for free, no obligation estimates 815-499-7195 Locally owned And Operated.

Over 25 Years Asphalt Exp. Fully Insured

Basement Waterproofing Prater Paint & Waterproofing We Dry Up Basements & Crawl Spaces, Remediate Mold & Install E-Z Breathe™ Ventilation Systems 815-626-5165

Concrete Contractors

CONCRETE • Driveways • Sidewalks • Patios CONSTRUCTION •Garages •Additions •Remodeling •Decks • Homes 38 yrs. Experience 815-626-9026

Concrete Workz Sidewalks • Steps Driveways • Patios Floors Exposed & stamped concrete Poured walls/ retaining walls Skidloader work & Hauling *Free Estimates *Insured 815-441-6126 All Types of Concrete Work ➊SIMON MASONARY➊ Brick, Block & Stone Work, Griding & Truckpointing New & Repair NO JOB TOO BIG OR TOO SMALL Chimneys & Foundations Bonded and Ins. ★Free Est.★ Call Cris Sosa 312-771-1310

Dumpster Rental

GREEN RIVER CYCLERY

We Take Your Fun Seriously!

Bicycle Repairs Tune-Ups Overhauls 205 E. 1st St. Dixon, IL 61021 (815)622-8180

www.grc.bike Tuesday - Friday • 10 - 6 Saturday • 8-1

Cleaning Service

JB SERVICES •Power Washing •Gutter Cleaning •Deck & Yard Maintenance •Painting & Remodeling •Floor Installation & Maintenance •Siding Installation Anything Odd Jobs ★Free Estimates★ 815-440-1280 Ask for John LawnCare Service •Pot Holes •Rototilling •Leaf & Gutter clean up •House clean up •Dirt, gravel, rock mulch & sand •Pressure Washing •River and Creek banks •Free Estimates• 815-590-6336

PAUL’S HANDYMAN SERVICE “Anything Your Husband Won’t Do!â€? •Experience On All Manner of Home Repairs & Maintenance since 1986

(815)631-4122 www.mullerslane farm.com

Haul/Clean Service JOHN'S CLEANUP & REMOVAL Anything goes!!

Estate Cleanups PHONE 815-622-0240

Home Improvement

âœśSince 1981âœś â—†Home Improvement â—†New Construction

Summer

is the perfect time to build your garage, addition or Re/Roof, or Reside your home!

Randy L. Moore

815-626-1333

www.praterpaintand waterproofing.com

Bicycles

Handyman

Dumpster Rental for Clean-ups & Construction Small & Large containers avail.

Tidy Bug Inc. Dixon, IL tidybuginc.com 815-456-3001

Furniture Refinished Furniture Restoration Strip, Refinish, Repair Re-glue, Touch-ups Anselmo's Inc. 1235 W. LeFevre Rd., Sterling 815-625-3519

Gutter Cleaning GUTTERS & THEN SOME Gutter Cleaning & Repair Service Miscellaneous Jobs FREE ESTIMATES 815-535-0911 Bonded & Insured If you have gutter problems, call the Gutter Guys!!

IL State Roofing Licensed 104-002247(1986) Bonded-Insured

Lawn Care BILL'S LAWN SERVICE •Mowing •Garden Tilling •Yard Clean Up FREE Estimates Call 815-441-6073 Lawn Service Commercial & Residential Includes Mowing Trimming Bushes & Scrubs Call Ethan 815-441-6812

Painting PRATER Paint & Waterproofing Specializing in •Residential •Commercial •Farm & •Industrial Call for your FREE painting or sandblasting estimate 815-626-5165

Power Washing

Gutters American Energy Savers “Sauk Valley's Oldest & Best Seamless Gutter Company�

Always Flow Seamless Gutters Call Dan Maloney 815-288-4525

Mobil Pressure Wash Service • Commercial, • Residential & • Semis You name it.... we clean it!

Call Ben 815-590-2694

Remodeling

Roofing

“Area's #1 Roofing Contractor IL Lic# 104-015191 Licensed, Bonded & Insured •Roofing •Siding •Windows •Decks •Additions •Garages & More Residential & Commercial Call now to schedule your FREE Estimate!

Will beat any leading competitor price 815-590-2677

Roofing/Siding

Illinois License #104.016127 Bonded/Insured •Roofing •Siding • Windows •Doors •Additions• •Garages •Drywall •Decks and more Free Estimates 815-213-0556

Serving the Sauk Valley Area for over 15 years. •Garages •Additions •Roofing •Siding •Windows •Gutters •Interior/Exterior •New Construction & Re-Construction Residential, Industrial, Commercial •Licensed •Bonded •Insured FREE Estimates 815-213-0704

Storage

STORAGE UNITS Multiple Sizes Starting at $35 OUTSIDE STORAGE NOW AVAILABLE No appt. needed Located inside MOORE TIRES 2411 E. Rt 30 Rock Falls (815)625-3764

www.allsafe center.com High-Security Storage Solutions and Much More! •Climate Controlled Storage •Low-Cost Moving Truck Rental •Confidential Document Shredding •We Ship FedEx & UPS! •Expert Packaging Services •Value Boxes & Packaging Supplies •EBAY and EMOTORS Internet Auction Sales Over 15,000 Sales •Office Hours: Mon-Fri. ☛ 8:306, Sat. ☛ 8:30noon 690 Timber Creek Rd. Dixon, (815)285-2212

Stump Removal CLARK'S

Clock/Watch Repair CLOCK, WATCH & JEWELRY REPAIR •We repair and restore all brands and types of clocks and watches •We make house calls on Grandfather clocks •We repair all types of jewelry, and all work is done on premises •Appraisal Services Professional Jeweler for over 25 years.

KRIEGER TIME AND JEWELRY CO. 618 S. Main St. Princeton, IL 815-872-8321

Serving the Sauk Valley Areas for over 15 years •On the Job Manufactured • Expert Installation •Competitive prices •Best Quality Materials, Guaranteed •5� and 6�

Seamless Gutters for Residential, Industrial & Commercial Needs •Leaf Free Gutter Protection Systems •Licensed •Bonded •Insured FREE Estimates 815-213-0704

• Stump Grinding • Small Trees • Clean Up • Bush Removal 815-718-2663 or 815-590-0423

CLP STUMP GRINDING

Tree Service

70 ft.

A&M TREE SERVICES

------------Dump Truck & Loader Work

Tree Removal, Trimming, Stump Grinding Licensed/ Insured.

Whiteside Area 815-590-1677

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BRAD'S TREE SERVICE A division of Timber Industries, LLC. Tree & Limb Removal Stump Removal Storm Clean-up Mulch & Firewood •Free Estimates •Fully Insured 815-857-3674 Cole's Complete Tree Service Tree Trimming Stump Removal Licensed and Insured *Free Estimates* 25HR Emergency Service Will meet or beat any written tree estimates.

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A bakery made from scratch Business will provide jobs for developmentally disabled

BY VINDE WELLS Shaw Media vwells@shawmedia.com

OREGON – People with a sweet tooth should have something to smile about before the year is over, and so will some members of the developmentally disabled community.

That’s because they’ll have snagged a job at a new bakery in Oregon.

If all goes as planned, Village Bakery could be open by Thanksgiving – just in time to order some holiday sweets.

Village of Progress, a not-forprofit that provides training and rehabilitation for Ogle County adults with develop-

mental disabilities, sealed the deal on a building at 101 N. Third St. on Monday.

VOP Executive Director Brion Brooks said the bakery will sell cakes, pies, doughnuts and other sweet treats, a full line of coffees, and custom-ordered ice cream.

The idea for the bakery developed from a conversation Brooks had a year ago with a job coach from the Ogle County Educational Cooperative, which provides special education services for many area schools.

He said she was frustrated at the difficulty of finding jobs in a rural community for older, special-education students.

“Few large corporate employers, a below-average income, and no convenient public transportation are big hurdles for job seekers with developmental disabilities,” Brooks said. “I thought it would be great if we could find employment opportunities in the community.”

The plan grew from there.

“The idea behind the bakery is to employ developmentally disabled people from the community, not just from VOP or OCEC,” Brooks said. “It gives them experience, a resumé, and references. It gives them a track record.”

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Brion Brooks, executive director of the Village of Progress, stands in the building where the agency will have a new bakery.

Work on remodeling the interior started this week.

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New craft mall opens just off Locust Street Owner offers painting classes and workshops

BY KATHLEEN A. SCHULTZ kschultz@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5535 @KathleenSchul10

STERLING – There’s a new creative outlet for artists and crafters just off Locust Street.

Primitive Frills is a new craft mall at 10 E. Miller Road, where more than 20 vendors are offering upcycled items, painted furniture and other wood crafts, jewelry, clothes, candles, wreaths, painted glassware, crocheted goods and more.

Owner Sonia (Vega) Robinson, 46, of Sterling, attended Newman Central Catholic High School and graduated in 1989 from Sterling High.

The self-described “crazy craft mom” opened 6 weeks

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ago in the shop around the corner from Angelo’s delivery and take-out. She and her husband, Kenneth, have three children: Timmy, 24, Marcus, 23, and Halie, 20.

In addition to making and selling, Robinson also offers painting classes and workshops for children and adults – and sometimes both at the same time, a la “Mommy and Me-style” events.

Special requests always are welcome, and shipping is available.

Primitive Frills is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday and Saturday, and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. Call 815-590-8090 or find it on Facebook for more information, to request or learn about classes, or to find out what it takes to become a vendor.

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Vanessa and Scott Boss – with a little help from daughter Allison – plan to open Duwaynes Diner: The Garden of Eaten, 609 Depot Ave., on Monday in Dixon. Flynnie’s Diner has moved next door and opened Friday.

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cott and Vanessa Boss have been mulling a dream for more than 2 decades that will come to fruition Monday.

After they got married last August, the couple realized they shared the same longtime aspiration of running a restau-

rant. On their 1-year anniversary, Aug. 15, they walked into the future home of Duwaynes Diner: The Garden of Eaten.

“This has been a dream of my husband’s and mine for a very long time, and now it’s coming together,” Vanessa said.

The diner, 609 Depot Ave., was previously home to Flynnie’s Diner, which moved next door to 607 Depot Ave. and

opened Friday. Before Flynnie’s, Cathy’s Breakfast Nook filled the spot and featured overnight hours.

The Rock Falls couple plans to bring overnight diner hours back to the area, operating from 9 p.m. Friday to 3 p.m.

Saturday and 9 p.m. Saturday to 3 p.m. Sunday.

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Sonia (Vega) Robinson recently opened Primitive Frills, a new craft mall at 10 E. Miller Road in Sterling.

More than crafts are available – classes and workshops also are offered. Call 815-5908090 or find Primitive Frills on Facebook for more information

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DIXON PARK DISTRICT

Constellations Play it safe during outdoor games to be observed at golf course Your team has an evening practice or game at Meadows Park or Reynolds Field. The weather forecast calls for partly cloudy skies, with a chance of thunderstorms by early evening.

When you arrive at the park, you notice the increasing humidity. Even before sunset, the sky gets cloudy and you see bright flashes in the sky.

What should you do? Get into vehicles or the restrooms. Do not stay in the dugouts; they are not safe during lightning activity.

Once in a safe place, wait 30 minutes after the last rumble of thunder before resuming play.

No one likes to stop the game and no one wants to reschedule a practice, but a person’s life is much more important than any game. The Dixon

terrySHROYER Terry Shroyer is safety director at Dixon Park District.

Park District requires all groups that use park district facilities to abide by a lightning safety policy – all scheduled games, programs and free-play events will cease immediately in the event of lightning. Program supervisors, or designated people, are responsible for decisionmaking in the event of cancellations. Life safety is to be the prime consideration for all decisions.

Walking on a trail or

bicycling? If you are caught outdoors in an approaching storm, and there’s no safe haven at hand, stay away from tall, isolated trees or other tall objects. If you are in a wooded area, stay near the lowest stand of trees.

If you are in a group, spread out to avoid the current traveling between group members. Do not stand near metal fences, bike racks, or flag poles.

Stay away from water or wet items in any form – the splash pad and water fountains for example. Water is an excellent conductor of electricity.

Caught on the Rock River? The vast majority of lightning injuries and deaths on boats occur on small boats with no cabin. It is crucial to listen to weather information when you are boating. If

thunderstorms are forecast, do not go out. If you are out and cannot get back to land and safety, drop anchor and get as low as possible.

In other park district news: ■ Register now for the Oct. 22 Haunted 5K – a race in the dark at Lowell Park. Sign up at the park district office, 804 Palmyra St. ■ Craft and nature activities for kids on are Saturdays and Sundays at Ruth Edwards Nature Center at the entrance to Lowell Park. Visit dixonparkdis trict.com for more information.

■ The farmers market continues in the fall from 7 a.m. to noon Saturday and Wednesday at Haymarket Square, 317 W. Third St.

HELP WITH COLLEGE COSTS

Members of Chapter JL PEO Sterling gave a $500 scholarship Aug. 5 to Tess Schaefer (third from left), a recent Rock Falls High School graduate, during the group’s meeting at CGH Medical Center in Sterling. Anjie Erbsen (fourth from left) of Chapter JL presented the honor to Schaefer. She plans to study at the University of Southern Illinois in Carbondale and major in pre-veterinarian medicine. Photo submitted by Sheila Brune.

IN BRIEF Teams wanted for Alzheimer’s walk

Proceeds used to assist community

DIXON – Alzheimer’s Association, Central Illinois Chapter, will have a Walk to End Alzheimer’s Sept. 17 at Lowell Park, 2114 Lowell Park Road.

Participants will complete a 2-mile walk and receive information about the disease, advocacy opportunities, clinical studies enrollment, and support programs and services. A tribute ceremony will take place to honor those affected by Alzheimer’s.

Registration the day of the walk is at 8 a.m., the ceremony at 8:45, and the walk at 9.

To start or join a team, visit alz.org/walk or call 309-6811100.

DIXON – The 17th annual Reagan Run on July 2 raised $37,063 for local organizations.

Groups receiving funds from the Reagan Run Committee are Dixon Main Street, Dixon Athletic Boosters, Dixon Park District, Dixon YMCA, Dixon Police Association, Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home, the city of Dixon, Dixon Firefighters Charitable Association, Dixon High School Athletic Department, and for $500 scholarships.

This year’s run had more than 1,754 entrants and 1,619 runners and walkers who crossed the finish line.

Since 2000, Reagan Runs

have had 16,054 finishers, with the committee giving $210,939 back to the community.

Cards were right for local players DIXON – The Dixon Monday Night Bridge Club has announced its Aug. 15 results.

Placing first were Joyce Gibson and Susie Smith, both of Dixon, with 66.07 percent. Diane and Don Pauser of Dixon took second with 52.38 percent.

Tying for third place were Barb Bass of Princeton and Paul Laird of Sterling and Phil Naffziger of Princeton and Fred Spitzzeri of Dixon with 51.19 percent.

The group meets at 5:30 p.m. every Monday at the

Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St. For more information, contact Spitzzeri, club manager, at spitzzeri@aol. com or 630-917-5858.

Autumn show set for next week DIXON – Dixon Lioness Club will have a fall craft show from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 3 at John Dixon Park, 515 N. Galena Ave. Commercial vendors will bring wares, crafts, and food for purchase.

The park is wheelchair accessible.

For more information, visit dixon illioness.org or contact Mary Ann Guttman at maryannguttman@yahoo. com or 815-973-0374.

Clean-up crews get ready for event OREGON – The eighth annual Oregon Area Rock River Sweep will be from 8 a.m. to noon Sept. 10.

The cleanup is an effort by volunteers to clean up sections of the Rock River from Horicon, Wisconsin to the Mississippi River.

Local-section check-in will begin at 7:30 a.m. at Kiwanis Park at the intersection of North Second and Franklin streets, behind Conover Square. At that time, volunteers will be assigned a section of the river on which to focus.

Several drop-off sites for trash will be along the cleanup route. Oregon Park District, Ogle County Highway Department, and Ogle County Solid Waste Management Department will pick the trash up and take it back to Kiwanis Park for sorting and recycling. Refreshments will be served afterward.

Volunteers are needed on foot or in boats to clean up a 7-mile section of the Rock River between the boat landings at Kiwanis

Park to Castle Rock State Park, both on Route 2. That includes boaters, riverland owners, Scout groups, individuals, and service organizations to pick up trash, as well as sort recyclable items from the trash.

Students are welcome.

White Pelican Canoe & Kayak Rental Inc. will provide a limited number of canoes for use and also will have a shuttle service from Castle Rock to Kiwanis Park for people and their own canoes or kayaks. Oregon Together

volunteers also will help during the event.

Gloves, safety vests, trash bags, bug spray, snacks, and water will be available. A limited number of T-shirts will be on hand for sale or at no charge. Participants are encouraged to wear long sleeves and pants, and old shoes and to bring a reusable water bottle.

Contact Steve Rypkema at srypkema@oglecounty. org or 815-732-4020, or visit Rock River Sweep.org for more information.

Naturalist-led walks set; meal at area church APPLE RIVER – Eagle Nature Foundation will have a “Stroll Thru’ Apple Creek” on Sept. 17, starting from Apple Creek Arboretum, 8384 N. Broadway Road.

The first walk will begin at 10 a.m., covering about .25 miles to Apple Creek Prairie. Participants will be able to view more than 125 dif-

ferent trees and hundreds of native flowering prairie plants. Asters, goldenrod, and Ladies Tress orchids should be blooming.

At 11:45 a.m., participants will go to Apple River Presbyterian Church for a Swiss steak meal at noon, catered

by Sidetrack Café. Silent and live auctions and a 50-50 raffle will follow. Raffle ticket

prices were not available at press time.

The group will return to the arboretum and 2 p.m. and tour Apple Creek Woods after a 1-mile walk This area once was an oak opening in the middle of the prairie. The woods has old oak trees, but is progressing toward being a maple and basswood forest.

Terrence Ingram, naturalist and field trip leader trainer, will lead both walks.

The cost is $10 for either the morning or afternoon walks, or $25 for both walks and the meal. Meal reservations are required before Sept. 9; to sign up or for more information, call 815-594-2306.

FREEPORT – Northwest Illinois Audubon Society will have an allages “A Night of Exploring the Milky Way” at 8 p.m. Sept. 3 at the Doug Firebaugh Observatory on Park Hills Golf Course, 2892 W. Stephenson St. The staff there will give an introduction and lead a viewing session of celestial objects. Weather permitting, participants can expect to see Mars and Saturn, major constellations, double stars, star clusters, and planetary nebulae.

In case of inclement weather, the program will be inside.

A summary of other club activities are: ■ 6 p.m. Sept. 6, St. John United Church of Christ, 1010 Park Blvd.: The public is welcome to this potluck dinner.

Those attending are asked to bring a dish to pass and table service; beverages will be provided.

The program is at 7:15 p.m., presented by Juilet D’Souza, a biology instructor at Highland Community College.

She will talk about Hog Island Audubon Camp in Maine. The island is part of Audubon’s Project Puffin program, where work is done to restore nesting of Atlantic puffins.

■ Wildlife Wednesday, 10:30 to 11 a.m. Sept.

7 at Freeport Public Library, 100 E. Douglas St.: Children 2 to 7 will have a story time and activity around a butterflies and moths theme.

■ Field trip to Sand Bluff Observatory, 7 a.m. to noon Sept. 10: Participants will carpool from Staples parking lot,

1722-1724 S. West Ave. They will visit a banding station and have the opportunity to walk the nets during bird-banding. The cost is $3. Call Mary at 815-938-3204 to sign up.

■ Casper Bluff field trip, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sept. 22: The property is in Galena and owned by JoDaviess Conservation Foundation.

The group will look for fall migrants, blooming asters, and goldenrods, as well as late-season butterflies. They will stop for lunch in Galena. Call Laura at 815541-8958 for complete details.

■ Seed collecting, 2 to 4 p.m. Sept. 25, Elkhorn Creek Biodiversity Preserve: Volunteers of all skill levels are welcome. Water, snacks and equipment will be provided. Those attending should wear long pants and long sleeves.

The preserve is 3 miles southwest of Forreston, in the southeast corner of West Grove and Freeport roads. The parking area is off of West Grove Road.

Other collecting dates (not scheduled as of press time) will include Elkhorn Creek and Silver Creek Biodiversity Preserve near Leaf River.

Call Mary for details.

■ A kids’ nature hike, from 10 a.m. to noon, Sept. 17 at the Mogle Center at Oakdale Nature Preserve, 4433 S. Cranes Grove Road: Parents must accompany children. Register at 201-233-0946 or call if weather is questionable.

Visit nwilaudubon.org for more information on these events.

Basic computer course part of Sauk’s schedule

DIXON – A number of community education classes have been scheduled at Sauk Valley Community College, 173 state Route 2.

They are: ■ Basic computers: 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. Sept.

8, $65, including how to purchase or become oriented to a computer, keyboard and mouse operations, and terminology.

■ Decorating Basics: Building Buttercream Skills (Wilton Course No. 1): 6 to 9 p.m. Sept. 8 and 15, $45 for course, $30 for supply kit, includes how to decorate cakes step-by-step and to create drop flowers, shells, leaves, and the Wilton ribbon rose. Students must bring frosted cake, hand towel, and small bowls for icing to class ■ Professional Medical Coding: 5 to 7:30 p.m. each Tuesday from Sept.

6 to Dec. 13, $1,615 plus textbooks. Professional Medical Coding Exam is Dec. 17. Course covers how to submit and track insurance claims and ensure health care providers are reimbursed by insurance companies ■ Cover Me: Artists to Idolize: 9 a.m. to noon or 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. each Thursday from Sept. 8 to Nov. 17, $45 per class, includes supplies. Try out a specific artist’s style.

The scheduled focuses are: Sept. 8, Claude Monet, recreating “The Four Trees;” Sept. 15, Georgia O’Keeffe, “Jim-

son Weed – White Flower No. 1;” Oct. 3, Keith Haring, “Heart;” Oct. 13, Pablo Picasso, “Child Holding a Dove;” Oct. 20, Gustav Klimt, “Tree of Life;” Oct. 27, Salvador Dali, “Rose Meditative;” Nov. 3, Vincent van Gogh, “Cypresses;” Nov. 10, Henri Matisse, “Goldfish 2;” and Nov. 17, Jackson Pollack, “Galaxy.”

Separate enrollment for each class is needed.

Classes at Maestoso Kennels, 5102, state Route 2, Oregon: ■ Companion Dog Training: 6 to 7 p.m. each Thursday Sept. 8 (orientation) to Oct. 27, $70 per dog. Covers how to eliminate unruly behaviors. Do not bring dogs to orientation; shot records needed ■ Therapy Dog Training: 7 to 8 p.m. each Thursday from Sept. 15 to Oct. 20, $50 per dog, optional certification testing. Shot records, proof of rabies and vaccination shots, a leash, and collar needed. Registration with Therapy Dog Inc. recommended.

■ Service Dog Training: 7 to 8 p.m. each Thursday from Sept. 15 to Oct. 20, $50 per dog. Class is on how to help someone with a disability, doing essential tasks, such as picking up objects; proof of rabies and vaccination shots needed Call Sauk’s community education office at 815535-6212 to register for all classes.

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CLASS OF 1953

The Catholic Community (Newman) High School in Sterling Class of 1953 reunion was Aug. 6 at Candlelight Inn in Rock Falls, along with an evening reception at Country Inn & Suites, next door. At the get-together are (front row, from left) Hermilla Jimenez Lopez, Sally Ann Lansford Doering, Ed Allemand, Mary Ellen Henkel Uhlenbrock, Frank Bonnike, Janet Bonnike, Joanie Garland Babel, and Brother James Droste S.M.; and (back row) John O’Malley, Paul F. Vock, Bill Tully, John L. Dieterle, Ed Rios, Jim Mangan, Ann Mekeel Rios, Carole Keefe Jones, George Grieb, Gerald Shinville, Marianne Novak Houston, and Norma Grennan McDonald.

Twenty-one graduates attended their 63-year reunion. Photo submitted by James Hanson of San Antonio.

HITTING THE FOOSBALL FIELD FOR HOPE CANCER WELLNESS CENTER The “Foos Your Daddy?” team from Walmart Distribution Center in rural Sterling placed first in the Foos II human foosball tournament July 9, a fundraiser for Home of Hope Cancer Wellness Center in Dixon.

Also pictured is (in red) Joan Padilla, the center’s executive director.

Photos submitted by Padilla.

The Cancer Crush team, shown with Padilla, placed second in the tournament.

XFOOS ME, representing Sterling United Soccer, earned third place.

Padilla joins them in the photos.

Wanted: Photos from you A scrapbook is a book with blank pages, and that’s what our Scrapbook page is without your pictures. We want to fill the page with images that capture lives in the Sauk Valley. They can be submitted by email to photos@saukvalley.com or can be taken to the Sterling and Dixon offices.

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Ogle County Fair winners named OREGON – The Ogle County Fair was Aug. 3-7 at the fairgrounds in Oregon.

Winners are:

Champion Rally Novice B: Kelly Stranberg

Beef Department

Champion Junior Showmanship: Sydney Tabor, Steward; Reserve Champion: Kyra Rimstidt, Rochelle Champion Intermediate Showmanship: Samantha Osborne, Byron; Reserve Champion: Amanda Headon, Rochelle Champion Senior Showmanship: Katrina Lowry; Reserve Champion: Abbie Ring, Oregon Grand Champion: Dairy Dry Doe: Mariah Drake, Oregon; Reserve Grand Champion: Evan Kosick, Mount Morris Champion Dairy Goat Wether, Reserve Champion: Braden Rogers Champion: Pet Dairy Goat: Matthew Homman, Leaf River; Reserve Champion Pet Dairy Goat: Amber Henson, Dixon Grand Champion Meat Goat Kid, Reserve Grand Champion: Mariah Drake Champion: Meat Goat Wether: Katrina Lowry; Reserve Champion: Abbie Ring Grand Champion Pygmy Goat Kid: Kyra Rimstidt; Reserve Grand Champion: Evan Kosick Grand Champion Senior Pygmy Doe, Reserve Grand Champion, Grand Champion Pygmy Goat Wether, Reserve Grand Champion: Kyra Rimstidt Champion Pygmy Goat Dam and Daughter: Kyra Rimstidt; Reserve Champion: Evan Kosick Champion Pet Pygmy Goat: Evan Kosick; Reserve Champion: Zoey Tabor, Steward Novelty Class Awards – Talent (high jump): Brenna Noon, Oregon; Dinner Bell Derby, Costume: Evan Kosick; Obstacle Course: Kyra Rimstidt

Champion Junior Showmanship: Kendall Boatman, Rockford Champion Intermediate Showmanship: Grace Mongan, Oregon Champion Senior Showmanship: Kyle Hemmersbach, Leaf River Champion Angus Steer: Coehen Kirchner, Leaf River; Reserve Champion: Bode Martin, Oregon Champion Hereford Steer: Kade Boatman, Rockford; Reserve Champion: Jackson Glendenning, Oregon Champion Shorthorn Steer: Cole Cultra, Rochelle; Reserve Champion: Shelbie Risley, Esmond Champion All Other Breeds: Austin Risley, Esmond; Reserve Champion: Anna Ring, Oregon Champion Market Heifer: Coehen Kirchner; Reserve Champion: Tyler Besse, Freeport Champion Crossbred Steer: Sabrina Risley, Esmond; Reserve Champion: Cooper Alderks, Chana Grand Champion Market Beef: Austin Risley; Reserve Grand Champion: Coehen Kirchner Grand Champion Bred and Owned Steer Overall: Austin Risley; Reserve Grand Champion: Coehen Kirchner Champion Angus Female: Coehen Kirchner; Reserve Champion: Katrina Lowry, Oregon Champion Hereford Female: Danielle Hagemann, Mount Morris; Reserve Champion: Tyler Carow, Byron Champion Shorthorn Female: Wyatt Swanson, Byron; Reserve Champion: Tyler Carow Champion Purebred Other Breeds Female: Kyle Hemmersbach; Reserve Champion Purebred: Coehen Kirchner Champion Crossbred Female, Reserve Champion: Kyle Hemmersbach Grand Champion Female Overall: Coehen Kirchner; Reserve Grand Champion: Kyle Hemmersbach Grand Champion Bred and Owned Female Overall: Coehen Kirchner; Reserve Grand Champion: Kyle Hemmersbach Daily Rate of Gain: Matthew Drendel, Lindenwood Quality Beef 2000, first through 11th place: Coehen Kirchner; Grace Mongan; Matthew Drendel; Evan Kosick; Andy Hayenga, Rochelle; Curtis Hollewell, German Valley; Michael Drendel, Lindenwood; Hannah Luxton, Rochelle; Kendall Boatman; Kyle Blum, Polo; Tyler Carow, 4-H Herdsman Award Champion Junior Bucket Calf: Bruce Gehrke, Byron; Reserve Champion: Lacie Williams, Leaf River Champion Senior Bucket Calf: Alex Williams, Leaf River

Dog Department Champion Junior Showmanship: Cassidy Vincent, Rochelle; Reserve Champion: Braden Rogers, Chana Champion Intermediate Showmanship: Laci Meyer, Leaf River Champion Senior Showmanship: Kelly Stranberg, Oregon Champion Junior Care and Grooming: Laci Meyer, Leaf River; Reserve Champion: Cassidy Vincent Champion Senior Care and Grooming: Kelly Stranberg Grand Champion Obedience: Braden Rogers; Reserve Grand Champion: Cassidy Vincent Costume Class: Braden Rogers Champion Rally Novice A: Cassidy Vincent

Goat Department

4-H Fair Queen Maddie Kirchner of Forreston hands the 4-H Dr. John Clayton Herdsman Award to Anna Ring of Oregon during the Blue Ribbon Livestock Auction at the Ogle County Fair in Oregon. The award is given to an outstanding 4-H member who goes above and beyond in the beef barn to help other 4-H and committee members during the fair. Photos submitted by Cathy Anderson.

Horse Department Champion Junior Showmanship: Brady Davis, Mount Morris Reserve Champion Junior Showmanship: Liberty Hayes, Rochelle Champion Intermediate Showmanship: Taylor Yordy, Leaf River; Reserve Champion Intermediate Showmanship: Lexi Lichty, Monroe Center Champion Senior Showmanship: Teddy Beauchem, Chana; Reserve Champion: Sarah Murray, Oregon Champion Stock Type Horse at Halter: Teddy Beauchem; Reserve Champion: Taylor Yordy Champion Light Horse at Halter: Lila Roush, Lindenwood Champion Aged Mare at Halter: Julie Davis, Mount Morris; Reserve Champion: Brady Davis Champion Aged Gelding at Halter, Reserve Champion: Paige Meyer, Stillman Valley Champion Equine 56 inches and Under at Halter: Sharon Heather, Oregon; Briley Berns, Chana Grand Champion Horse at Halter: Teddy Beauchem; Reserve Grand Champion: Taylor Yordy Champion Green Rider Walk Trot: Natalie Johnson, Forreston; Reserve Champion: Cassidy Vincent Champion Equine Pleasure 56 inches and Under: Megan Seebach, Rochelle; Reserve Champion: Sharon Heather Champion Walk Trot Equitation: Cassidy Vincent; Reserve Champion: Natalie Johnson Champion Junior English Pleasure: Lexi Lichty; Reserve Champion: Liberty Hayes Champion Senior English Pleasure: Amanda Headon; Reserve Champion: Teddy Beauchem Champion Junior English Equitation: Liberty Hayes; Reserve Champion: Lexi Lichty Champion Senior Eng-

Cassidy Vincent of Rochelle works with her dog at the Ogle County 4-H Fair. She won the Champion Junior Showmanship Ribbon and advanced to State Fair competition.

Casey DeVries of Forreston talks to the judge during the poultry show. lish Equitation: Julie Davis; Reserve Champion: Teddy Beauchem Champion Versatility: Amanda Headon; Reserve Champion: Lila Roush Champion Disciplined Rail: Lexi Lichty; Reserve Champion: Amanda Headon Champion Junior Western Pleasure: Taylor Yordy; Reserve Champion: Lexi Lichty Champion Senior Western Pleasure: Julie Davis; Reserve Champion: Teddy Beauchem Champion Junior Western Horsemanship: Lexi Lichty; Reserve Champion: Taylor Yordy Champion Senior Western Horsemanship: Amanda Headon; Reserve Champion: Teddy Beauchem Champion Junior EggN-Spoon: Lexi Lichty; Reserve Champion: Liberty Hayes Champion Senior EggN-Spoon: Julie Davis; Reserve Champion: Amanda Headon Champion Costume Class: Brady Davis;

Reserve Champion: Amanda Headon Champion Junior Trail: Cassidy Vincent; Reserve Champion: Lexi Lichty Champion: Teddy Beauchem; Reserve Champion: Amanda Headon Champion Junior Poles: Lexi Lichty; Reserve Champion: Paige Meyer Champion Senior Poles: Amanda Headon; Reserve Champion: Logan Arvigo, Mount Morris Champion Junior Barrels: Taylor Yordy; Reserve Champion: Lexi Lichty Champion Senior Barrels: Logan Arvigo; Reserve Champion: Amanda Headon Champion Junior Flagg: Taylor Yordy; Reserve Champion: Liberty Hayes Champion Senior Flagg: Logan Arvigo; Reserve Champion: Teddy Beauchem Champion Junior Plug: Taylor Yordy; Reserve Champion: Anna Roush, Lindenwood Champion Senior Plug: Logan Arvigo; Reserve Champion: Sharon Heather

First-time exhibitor Allissa Martin, 8, of Oregon, stands with her steer at the beef show.

Lexi Lichty of Monroe Center concentrates during this year’s horse show. She won the Champion Junior Egg-N-Spoon Ribbon.

4-H Ambassador Johnathan Prose of Oregon presents Katrina Lowry of Oregon a Champion Ribbon during the goat show.

Poultry Department Champion Junior Showmanship: Levi Eden, Oregon; Reserve Champion: Wyatt Swanson Champion Intermediate Showmanship: Rebecca Hough, Mount Morris; Reserve Champion: Collin Conderman, Byron Champion Senior Showmanship: Michaela Eden, Oregon Grand Champion Hen: Rebecca Hough; Reserve Grand Champion: Wyatt Swanson Grand Champion Cock: Rebecca Hough Grand Champion Pullet, Reserve Grand Champion: Wyatt Swanson Grand Champion Cockerel: Chelsea Eden, Oregon; Reserve Grand Champion: Wyatt Swanson Grand Champion Bantam Hen: Chelsea Eden; Reserve Grand Champion: Wyatt Swanson Grand Champion Bantam Cock: Chrystal Shuman, Dixon Grand Champion Bantam Pullet: Michaela Eden

Grand Champion Bantam Cockerel: A.J. Hinrichs, Oregon Grand Champion Meat Pen: Alex Williams; Reserve Grand Champion: Lacie Williams Grand Champion Duck: Chelsea Eden; Reserve Grand Champion: Casey DeVries, Forreston Grand Champion Goose, Reserve Grand Champion: Casey DeVries Grand Champion Turkey, Reserve Grand Champion: Alex Williams Grand Champion Pair of All Other Fowl: Grant Johnson, Forreston Champion Hatched Pen Exhibit: Mariah Drake; Reserve Grand Champion: Carson Conderman, Byron Grand Champion Egg Exhibit: Connor Ross, Franklin Grove; Reserve Grand Champion: Ethan Bocker, Leaf River Best of Show: Chelsea Eden; Reserve Best of Show: Wyatt Swanson Additional fair result on Page C9 and C11.

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SUPPORT GROUPS, CLUBS, AND SERVICES Today Overeaters Anonymous, 9 a.m., lower-level entrance, Church of God, 816 S. Clay St., Mount Carroll.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., closed, Big Book, United Methodist Church, 201 E. Chicago Ave., Davis Junction.

Alcoholics Anonymous Gratitude Group, 9 a.m., open; noon, open; 6 p.m., open, lower level, Loveland Community House, 513 W. Second St., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 9:30 a.m., closed, former St. Anne Grade School, 32 N. Jones Ave., Amboy, 815-857-2315.

Women’s Alcoholics Anonymous, 10:30 a.m., closed; 7 p.m., closed, 808 Freeport Road, Sterling.

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, noon, open, Old Timers; 7 p.m., open, family fun night, bring a friend, back door, 1503 First Ave., Suite D, Rock Falls.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed; 7 p.m. closed (5), Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

Narcotics Anonymous Hope Without Dope, noon, in the back of Lutheran Social Services of Illinois, 1901 First Ave., Sterling, 815-535-3748, 24-hour hotline 844-678-7684.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, First Presbyterian Church, 1100 Calvin Road, Rochelle.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., steps, traditions, closed, Village of Progress, 710 S. 13th St., Oregon.

Sunday Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 a.m., closed; noon, open; 1 p.m., closed, Spanish; 7 p.m., closed, Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 10 a.m., open, barn, Horizon View Farm, 2422 N. River Road, Oregon.

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, 10 a.m.-noon, open, Big Book, back door, 1503 First Ave., Suite D, Rock Falls.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., closed, Church of St. Anne,

401 N. Cherry St., Morrison.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, Spanish, St. Patrick Catholic Church, 236 Kelly Drive, Rochelle.

Alcoholic Anonymous, 7 p.m., open, Rochelle Community Hospital, 900 N. Second St., Rochelle.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, 808 Freeport Road, Sterling.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, clearance required, BAAbble on for Life Prison Group, 815-973-6150.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., closed, 304 Seventh Ave. W, Lyndon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed (4), Mount Morris Senior Center, 9 E. Front St. Monday Women, infants and children clinic, and family planning services, Lee County Health Department, 309 S. Galena Ave., Suite 100, Dixon. Appointments: 815-284-3371.

Abuse Changing team, 815625-0338.

Blood pressure screenings, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Whiteside County Health Department, 1300 W. Second St., Rock Falls, 815-6262230.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 a.m., open, Methodist church, 402 First Ave., Forreston.

Dixon Rotary Club, noon, Mama Cimino’s 104 S. Peoria Ave., Melissa, 815-284-5287.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, open, St. Paul Lutheran Church, 114 S. Fifth St., Oregon.

Alcoholics Anonymous Gratitude Group, noon, step, closed; 6 p.m., open, lower level, Loveland Community House, 513 W. Second St., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed, Big Book; 6 p.m., closed, Spanish; 7 p.m., open, beginners, Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, noon, open, Sunshine meeting, back door, 1503 First Ave., Suite D, Rock Falls.

Crochet-Knitting Club, 12:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling.

American Red Cross blood drive, 1-6 p.m., Walnut Community Bible Church, 125 Jackson St. Appointments: 800-7332767.

TOPS, 4 p.m. weigh-in, 4:30 p.m. meeting; 5:30 p.m. weighin, 6 p.m. meeting, Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle.

TOPS Chapter IL 634 meeting, 4:30 p.m., 205 S. Walnut St., Franklin Grove.

Celebrate Recovery, 6-8 p.m., New Hope Baptist Church, 902 W. 12th St., Rock Falls; John Mattingly, 815-631-3896.

Celebrate Recovery, 6-8 p.m., Crossroads Community Church, 201 W. Market St., Morrison; Penny, 815-590-8003.

Rock Falls Rotary, 6 p.m., Beelendorf’s Deli, 204 W. 10th St. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, study, Elim Reformed Church parsonage, 140 S. Church Road, Kings.

Rock River Interfaith Peace Action Group, 7 p.m., Wesley United Methodist Church, 2200 16th Ave., Sterling, 815-6254657, public welcome.

Mount Carroll Monday Night Al-Anon-Alateen, 7 p.m., Church of God, 816 Clay St., Mount Carroll, 815-284-3444.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, 808 Freeport Road, Sterling.

Sauk Valley Al-Anon GroupAlateen, 7 p.m., back door, 1503 First Ave., Suite D, Rock Falls.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., open, Immanuel Lutheran Church, 960 N. U.S. Route 52, Amboy.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, step study, Church of St. Anne, 401 N. Cherry St., Morrison.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., closed, Eells Room, St. Luke Episcopal Church, 207 W. Third St., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed (3), First Presbyterian Church, 502 Third St., Savanna.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., open, 217 N. Hickory St., Shannon.

COMMUNITY EVENTS Saturday Singles of Sauk, fair or other activity. Information: 815-6311541.

Farmers Market, 7 a.m.-noon, Haymarket Square, 317 W. Third St., Dixon, 815-284-3306.

Farmers Market, 7 a.m.-noon, West Second Street, Rock Falls, 815-625-4500.

Farmers Market, 8-11 a.m., rain or shine, 204 E. Lincolnway, Morrison, 815-564-7427.

Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon, Twin City Market, indoors, 106 Avenue A, Sterling, 815-6268610.

Tampico Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon, Reagan Park, Main and Glassburn streets, 815-7180818.

Farmers Market, 8:30 a.m.noon, courthouse lawn, South Fifth Street, Oregon.

Smartphone photography workshop, 9 a.m.-noon, Ingersoll Wetlands Learning Center, 7071 Riverview Road, Thomson.

Registration: 815-273-2732, ext.

116.

Cookout, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Rock Falls VFW Post 5418, 217 First Ave. Carry-outs, 815-6263513.

Country, Southern, bluegrass, and gospel sing-along, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., First Open Bible Church, 2105 U.S. Route 30 E, Rock Falls.

Sunday Euchre tournament, 12:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior

Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 6815-622-9230.

Monday Open pool, open cards, and computer lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Open pool, open cards, open Wii games and computer lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815288-9236.

Pool players, 8:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3253.

Mexican Train dominoes, Wii Bowling, 9 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Kings in Corner cards, 9 a.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Quilting, 9:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Euchre lessons and games, 10 a.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling. Register: 815-6229230 or 828-461-7979.

Zumba class, 10:30 a.m., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815288-9236.

Lunch, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Organized Wii Bowling

games, noon, Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

Pinochle, noon, Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Hand and Foot cards, 12:15 p.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-7323252.

Pinochle, 12:30 p.m., Big Room, Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Duplicate bridge, 12:30 p.m., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

Friendly Mexican Train dominoes, 12:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-6250046.

Rummy, 1 p.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-589-3925.

Tacos, 4-8 p.m., Latin American Social Club, 2708 W. Fourth St., Sterling, 815-6258290.

Exercise group, 4 p.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-589-3925.

Loaves and Fishes, 5-6 p.m., Holloway Center, St. Patrick Catholic Church, 612 Highland Ave., Dixon, 815-284-7719. A free, hot meal for the needy.

Sauk Valley Chess Club, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Northland Mall, 2900 E. Lincolnway, Sterling; 815-622-8838.

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THANK GOODNESS

Grateful for support of gun safety event LIZ BUTLER Morrison

We wish to shout out a big “thank you” to the adults and children who attended the firstever “Children and Gun Safety” on Aug. 7 at the Brandywine in Dixon.

There were many who helped us provide this event for free. First, we wish to thank the owners of the Brandywine, Ken and Katie Hauck, for the use of their facility.

Second, we wish to thank 626-GUNS in Rock Falls for lending us the safes and lockable firearm containers for the display that showed ways to keep guns away from children.

Third, we wish to thank Rich Van Ausdoll, head instructor at ARC Firearms Training, for his inspirational, but practical instructions, to parents and older children on the importance of taking away the curiosity factor about firearms that children always have.

He emphasized that the best solution to this curiosity is to teach everyone about firearm safety, whether they own firearms or not. He stressed the importance of two safety rules: Rule 1, don’t point the gun at anyone; and Rule 2, don’t pull the trigger.

These two rules are important because there is no way to prevent any child from going to a friend’s house and encountering a loaded gun.

We also wish to thank the Illinois NRA Foundation and Friends of the NRA for providing the safety glasses we gave away. We really appreciate the wonderful story and pictures in the Aug. 8 Sauk Valley Media article “Keeping kids out of arms’ way,” by SVM reporter Rachel Rodgers, who shared our event with the whole community and provided links for more information to help keep our children safe around firearms.

Note to readers: Liz Butler is Sauk Valley leader of The WellArmed Woman (TWAW) Shooting Chapter. She is an NRA basic pistol instructor, chief range safety officer, Illinois concealed carry instructor, and U.S. Navy, retired, chief hospital corpsman.

Thank you for golf outing contributions BILL METZEN Amboy

On July 30, the Ron and Jake Metzen Scholarship Foundation held its fifth annual golf outing.

We, as a committee, would like to thank the golfers who played, and the businesses that were hole sponsors and gave gifts for the raffle. A special thank you goes out to Shady Oaks Golf Course for having us, and to the Long Branch Saloon for catering the meal.

Fun was had by all, and we look forward to doing it again next year.

Note to readers: Bill Metzen is president of the scholarship committee.

Music 5K event supporters are appreciated BARB LAUFF Sterling

​I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the sponsors, donors, participants, volunteers, and supporters of the 16th annual Music in Motion 5K run-walk that took place Aug. 5.

The monies raised go directly toward the purchase of orchestra instruments and supplies that are provided to students who otherwise would be unable to participate because of financial constraints.

Over the years, including this year’s race, close to $20,000 has been raised for the orchestra program through this event alone.

We have many people to thank, including Compliance Signs, Griggs Music, KSB Hospital, CGH Medical Center, US Bank, State Farm-Jack Spencer, Ferris Dentistry, McCormick’s Nursery, Arthur’s Deli, Sterling Public Schools, Sterling Park District, Parkway Restaurant, Mead’s Bike Shop, CGH Ambulatory Services, Schuldt Entertainment, Bakers Union and Catering Co., The Depot, Champs, Octopus Car Wash, and the Whiteside County Sheriff’s office.

Also, thank you to our many friends and family who contributed financially and personally to its success.

Note to readers: Barb Lauff is orchestra director for Sterling Public Schools.

HOME OF HOPE

Home of Hope in Dixon welcomes new board members (from left) Steve Nunez of Sauk Valley Community College in Dixon; Steve Meiners of Crest Foods in Ashton; Diana Vasquez of Lee County Health Department in Dixon; and Steve Brewer of Sterling Federal Bank in Sterling. Photo submitted by Jim Padilla.

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS Trick Phoenix Logan Oldham

Oren Matthew Wheeler weighed 4 pounds, 7 ounces at birth and was 18.5 inches in length.

He is welcomed by Peninnah Wheeler, 2.

Maternal grandparents are Jeffery and Terri Scanlan of Sterling.

Paternal grandparents are David and Ronna Wheeler of Dixon.

Maternal great-grandparents are David and Ann Jamison and Patricia Jamison, all of Sterling, and Norden and Mary Scanlan of Tampico.

Paternal great-grandparents are Donald and Norma Funkenbusch of Ewing, Missouri, and Raymond and Carolyn Wheeler of Springfield.

Megan Greul and Christopher Oldham of Rock Falls are the parents of a son born at 8:55 a.m. Aug. 9, 2016, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Trick Phoenix Logan Oldham weighed 6 pounds, 7 ounces at birth and was 19.5 inches in length.

He is welcomed by Emma Oldham, 10, Aurora Oldham, 8, Colton Greul, 7, Wyatt Greul, 4, and Link Oldham, 1.

Maternal grandparents are Gloria Agnew of Erie and the late Terry Agnew.

Paternal grandparents are Craig Oldham of Sterling and Stacee Autry of Las Vegas.

Brantley Leo Paternal great-grandparLee Mix ents are Lavonne Oldham of Rock Falls and Marcella Lanea and David Mix of Sterling are the parents Shank of Las Vegas. of a son born at 3:17 p.m.

Aug. 12, 2016, at CGH Oren Matthew Medical Center in SterWheeler ling.

Laura and Matthew Brantley Leo Lee Mix Wheeler of Dixon are the weighed 8 pounds, 6 parents of a son born at ounces at birth and was 7:28 p.m. July 25, 2016, at 22 inches in length.

Rockford Memorial Hos- He is welcomed by Damien Xavier Mix, 10, pital.

and Brennan Karter Mix, 4.

Maternal grandparents are Joe and Deb Scanlan of Rock Falls.

Paternal grandparents are Kim Glispie and Raymond Ellis, both of Rock Falls.

Maternal great-grandparent is Pat Scanlan of Rock Falls.

Paternal great-grandparents are Jim and Arlene Martin of Rock Falls and Judy Babel of Tuscon, Arizona.

Piper Patricia Spitz Julie and Cory Spitz of Sublette are the parents of a daughter born at 12:48 a.m. Aug. 5, 2016, at KSB Hospital in Dixon.

Piper Patricia Spitz weighed 7 pounds, 1 ounce at birth and was 20.5 inches in length.

She is welcomed by Carmen Spitz, 4.

Maternal grandparents are Paul and Sandy Hampton of Mendota.

Paternal grandparents are Mike and Cindy Kyarsgaard of Rock Falls and Jeff and Teri Spitz of Sublette.

Maternal great-grand-

parents are Charles and Virginia Hampton of Mendota.

Paternal great-grandparents are Suzie and Ron Deen of Ashton, Doug and Karen Shummel of Sublette, and Butch and Louise Kyarsgaard of Prophetstown.

Mila Jade Roth Kayla and Aaron Roth of Dixon are the parents of a daughter born at 7:16 a.m.

Aug. 8, 2016, at KSB Hospital in Dixon.

Mila Jade Roth weighed 5 pounds, 15 ounces at birth and was 19 inches in length.

She is welcomed by Myah Roth, 3.

Maternal grandparents are Marty and Theresa Frost of Dixon.

Paternal grandparents are Jed and Julie Flick of Nazareth, Pennsylvania, and Mike Roth of Stafford, Virginia.

Maternal great-grandmothers are Peg Apple and Betty Frost, both of Dixon.

Paternal great-grandparents are Joan Roth and Roslyn and La Rue Kahler, all of Nazareth.

Hailey Marie Coy Fabra Heald and Roderick Coy of Sterling are the parents of a daughter born at 3:56 p.m. Aug. 7, 2016, at KSB Hospital in Dixon.

Hailey Marie Coy weighed 5 pounds, 3 ounces at birth and was 18.5 inches in length.

She is welcomed by Hannah Coy, 10.

Maternal grandparents are Doris Heald of Sterling and Fabian Heald of Honolulu.

Koda Kelly Wilhelmi Lydia Bermudez and Andrew Wilhelmi of Sterling are the parents of a son born at 1:03 p.m. Aug. 15, 2016, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Koda Kelly Wilhelmi weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces at birth and was 20.5 inches in length.

He is welcomed by Adien Russell, 8.

Maternal grandparent is Guelmarie Aguilar of Rock Falls.

Paternal grandparents are Deb Wilhelmi and Kelly Wilhelmi, both of Sterling.

Maternal great-grandparents are Felicita Rivera and Hector Torres, both of Rock Falls.

Paternal great-grandmother is Marilyn Vinson of Sterling.

Leila Lecaj Ardiana and Mergim Lecaj of Rock Falls are the parents of a daughter born at 2:57 p.m. Aug. 15, 2016, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Leila Lecaj weighed 8 pounds, 2 ounces at birth and was 20 inches in length.

She is welcomed by Besona Lecaj, 10, Kaltrina Lecaj, 7, and Hana Lecaj, 3.

Paternal grandparents are Jeff Lecaj and Kia Lecaj, both of Rock Falls.

Information sought The birth announcement for Andrea Guadalupe Magdaleno cannot be printed without additional information. The editorial department has been unable to reach the submitter. If those who submitted it could call 815-625-3600, ext. 5501, it would be appreciated.

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– Lady With the Blues in Florida

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Competitors sought for run The annual Bridge the Community 10K, 5K run fundraiser for riverfront beautification projects will be Sept. 10.

A bridge dash for children will start at 8:30 a.m., with the 5K and 10K starting at 9, all beginning at the River Bike and Walk District on East Second Street in Rock Falls.

The adult course continues across the First Avenue Bridge, through downtown Sterling to the Dillon Home Museum, and back across the Rock River using the pedestrian bridge at Martin’s Landing. The route then goes along the Henne-

Visitors put forks to pie during a Pie on the Porch fundraiser for Lanark Public Library. This year’s benefit by the Friends of Lanark Public Library will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday and Sept. 3 on the porch of the Picket Fence gift store, 407 E. Franklin St. Lanark. Email Denise Krysiak at dek645@gmail.com for more information. Photo submitted by Krysiak.

be “comped” (which it has been before). It has reached the point that we no longer want him with us. What’s an appropriate way to handle this?

– The Lunch Bunch in Texas

pin Canal to Centennial Park, and back to the race’s starting place.

The cost to run is $30 for the 10K, $20 for the 5K, and free for the dash.

Visit bridgethecommu nity.com to register, or to print a registration form.

Registration forms also are available at Sterling Main Street, 318 First Ave., No. 1; Sauk Valley Chamber of Commerce, 211 Locust St., Sterling; and Jack Spencer State Farm, 313 First Ave., Rock Falls.

Volunteers are needed to help with race-day activities. To sign up, visit the website, look up Bridge the Commu-

nity on Facebook, or call Janna at Sterling Main Street, 815-626-8610.

Banners from the Student-Teacher art exhibit at Woodlawn Arts Academy in Sterling will be placed along the First Avenue Bridge and unveiled before the run’s start, near the intersection of East Second Street and Avenue A in Rock Falls.

Students and their original works will be present.

The banners will be hung along the bridge and will remain on display for the next year.

For more information, call the above number or visit the website and Facebook site.

REQUESTS, PLEASE

IN BRIEF Holiday Mass at Maytown cemetery MAYTOWN – The annual Labor Day Mass will be at 10 a.m. Sept. 5 at St. Michael Cemetery – Sandy Hill on Sublette Road, west of Sublette.

The public is welcome.

Recyclables to be accepted at market

eyeglasses, hearing aids, cellphones, and ink cartridges in boxes. Les Guenzler will bring pails for used batteries of all sizes. Ellis Boughton with the American Legion and VFW Post will provide a collection box for used, worn, and discarded American flags.

Donors who cannot attend Tuesday’s market can drop items off at Lanark Public Library, 111-B S. Broad St.

LANARK – Recyclable items will be accepted from 3 to 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Scholars can apply Lanark Farmers Market in for financial help Lanark City Park, 200 W. FREEPORT – FHN has Claremore St. scholarships available to John Nelson from the Lanark Lions Club will collect students in its service area,

who plan to pursue careers in health care The Healthcare Career Scholarship program has up to three $1,000 scholarships, as well as a Volunteer Resource Scholarship program, which is available to an active member of the FHN Student Volunteer program with a minimum of 40 volunteer hours.

Applications are due

by Sept. 9. Visit fhn.org/ scholarships for more information and scholarship applications.

FHN covers northwest Illinois and southern Wisconsin. Its area health centers are in Forreston, Lanark, Mount Carroll, and Savanna.

ON THE MENU Sundaes, hot dogs STERLING – Members of First Lutheran Church of Jordan will celebrate the church’s 145th anni-

versary with an ice cream sundae social and hot dog lunch Sunday at the church, 20314 Hickory Hills Road.

The social will be from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cedar

Crest ice cream and a variety of toppings will be provided. Visitors also can tour the newly-decorated sanctuary.

Donations will be accepted.

Service time change at UMC MILLEDGEVILLE – Effective Sunday, family worship will change to 10:15 a.m. at Milledgeville United Methodist Church, 321 N. Holcomb Ave. After this Sunday’s service, a 1-hour informational session will be presented by the Rev. Lisa Kruse-Safford, UMC Rockford District superintendent. Chairlift access

is available at the north door entrance.

Sunday school for children from preschool through high school age will resume at 9 a.m. Sept.

11.

The first session will be a Rally Day at Mill Wheel Park behind Milledgeville High School, 100 E. Eighth St. Family worship will be at 10:15 a.m. at the park. Worshippers

can bring lawn chairs, and an all-church picnic will take place after the service.

Other Sunday school sessions will be in the education center on the church’s lower level, accessible through the north door.

For more information, contact the Rev. Andrew Pittman, pastor, at milled gevilleumc@gmail.com or 815-225-7511.

An outdoor request night concert will be at 6 p.m. Sunday at Spring Valley Reformed Church, 10960 Spring Valley Road, Fulton. Those planning to attend can recommend their favorite singers perform by calling Randy Venema at 815-499-8843. In case of inclement weather, the concert will be inside the church. Donations will be accepted. The last outdoor concert of the season will be Sept. 4. Photo submitted by Penny VanKampen.

Library cards available now ROCK FALLS – September is library card signup month at Rock Falls Public Library, 1007 Seventh Ave. New patrons will a library card and a candy bar. Coloma Township residents can sign up with two forms of identification with the patron’s current name and address.

Those who do not live in the township can get a card for $52 a year per family.

Some September activities require registration, which can be done at the front desk. They are: ■ Grandparents’ Day celebration from 9 to 10 a.m. Sept. 10: Plans

include donuts, stories and making a craft. The cost is $1 per child and grandparent.

■ Painting for the NonArtsy, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 14: Participants will paint a football on canvas. The cost is $3.

■ Tuesday Book Club, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 27: The book is “A Spool of Blue Thread,” by Anne Tyler.

Activities that do not require signing up are: ■ Thursday Book Club, 10 a.m. Sept. 1. The September book is “Murder with Puffins,” by Donna Andrews.

■ A quiz on author Roald Dahl, whose 100th birthday is Sept.

16: Patrons can submit entries from Sept. 12 to 24. The one with the most correct answers will win a gift basket with candy and books. His works include “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.”

■ Preschool story time, 6:30 to 7:15 p.m. Sept. 26: This if for children 3 to 5, who will sing, hear stories, and make crafts.

Other news: ■ Labor Day, Sept. 5: The library is closed.

■ The library board meets at 6:30 p.m. Sept.

12.

For more information, call the library at 815626-3958.

Preview of 9-week course scheduled New reads added to local shelves STERLING – Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University will be offered at Amazing Grace Church, 512 Second Ave. This is a 9-week course on personal financial management designed to get people out of debt and to help them stay out.

A video preview and registration will be at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 4. No commitment is required to attend. Classes will run from 7 to 8:30 p.m. each Tuesday beginning Oct. 11.

Member kits can be purchased through the

church and include lifetime membership. Participants who already took the course and have a member kit can take part at no additional cost.

For information and costs, contact the church at revivalfires.net or 815-6259300.

WALNUT – Walnut Public Library, 101 Heaton St., has increased its books during August.

They are:, Adult Fiction: “As Time Goes By,” by Mary Higgins Clark; “Black Widow,” by Daniel Silva; “Chance Developments,” by Alexander McCall Smith;

“Daughters of the Bride,”

by Susan Mallery; “I’ve Got Sand in All the Wrong Places,” by Lisa Scottoline; “Magic,” by Danielle Steele; “Make Me Love You,” by Johanna Lindsey; and “Night and Day,” by Iris Johansen Nonfiction: “Bobby Kennedy and the Mak-

ing of a Liberal Icon,”

by Larry Tye; “Eve of a Hundred Midnights,” by Bill Lascher; and “Trump and Me,” by Mark Singer Christian Fiction: “Love Everlasting,” by Tracie Peterson For more information, call the library at 815379-2159.

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HABITAT FOR HUMANITY

COLLEGE HONORS Carroll University WAUKESHA, WIS. – Bryce Shaner of Lanark and Rachel Badtke of Mount Carroll have been named to the spring dean’s list at Carroll University.

Northern Illinois University

ABOVE: The Illinois Society of Professional Engineers sent a crew on Aug. 13 to the Dixon Habitat for Humanity Home in Dixon. Members are (from left) Nathan Schwarts, Curtis Cook, Peter Pascua, Larry Redd, Joel Graff; and Scott Brown. Photos submitted by James Dixon.

BELOW: Dixon Habitat for Humanity 2016 officers are (from left): Christyne Gehlbach, secretary; the Rev. David Spaulding, vice president; James Dixon, president; and Linda Newlon, treasurer.

IN BRIEF Server training course to be offered

hearing needs of patients in the surrounding rural Illinois community for the past 5 years.

MOUNT CARROLL — “We are Carroll County Substance so excited Education Coalition will provide the Illinois Liquor to welcome Dr. Doty Control Commission’s Beverage Alcohol Sellers to the KSB team. Dr. and Servers Education and Training, or BASSET, Doty brings Dr. Lydia a wealth of in Carroll County.

Vincent Doty experience The class will be at 10 a.m. Sept. 7, at Poopy’s and has a great desire Pub and Grub, 1030 Via- to expand audiology services to better serve our duct Road in Savanna. clients,” said Julie Mann, The cost is $15 per KSB’s vice president and person with a $5 credit chief administrative offifor employees who work cer. at a business in Carroll She is accepting new County. patients.

To register, contact Freddie Preston 815541-6983 or Carol Geary Sauk student earns at ccsec04@gmail.com nursing scholarship or 815-244-0063.

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Health Care AssoAudiologist joins ciation has announced the Dixon hospital winners of the John W. Maitland Jr. – Joseph F. DIXON – KSB recently Warner Long-Term Care welcomed Dr. Lydia VinNurses Scholarship Fund cent Doty, Au.D., to its scholarships for the 2016medical staff.

Doty graduated with her 17 school year.

Brianna Wessman of Doctorate in Audiology from the University of Illi- Dixon is one of seven nois. She has served the who will receive up to

$1,000 per semester. She is employed as a certified nursing aide at Dixon Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. According to the news release, she became interested in long-term care through one of her instructors. “It’s not about how much time is spent giving care; it’s about how well the care is given and making sure the residents feel at home in their environment,” Wessman said. She is studying nursing at Sauk Valley Community College in Dixon.

Program to support area youth groups ROCKFORD – U.S. Cellular will continue its “Community Connections” program in preparation for the back-toschool season.

Academic and athletic groups (kindergarten through 12th grade) in northern Illinois can visit pearup.com/uscellular to sign up.

Through the program, the company sponsors local youth groups,

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school programs, and sports teams, such as Little Leagues, youth soccer clubs, school dance teams, and bands.

Registered groups have 10 days to generate support from neighbors, friends, family, and the community to earn points by completing tasks, such as visiting U.S. Cellular’s website, following U.S. Cellular on its social channels or answering a short survey.

Points then are converted into dollars that go directly to the organization or group; each group can earn up to $1,000 that can be used toward uniforms, equipment or other program needs.

This year, U.S. Cellular has provided $300,000 and is committing an additional $300,000 to the program. The company also has contributed $1.3 million to Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) focused education programs through its partnerships with Boys & Girls Clubs of America and National 4-H Council.

DeKALB – Graduation was May 14 at Northern Illinois University.

Chelsy Jones of Oregon earned a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree in health and human sciences; and Alan Clemens of Dixon earned a Doctor of Philosophy in education.

Students earning master’s degrees are: Walnut: Valerie Peterson, education Byron: Jill Smith, education Rochelle: Danelle Davis, education; Linda Sanders, teaching in education; Erin Spencer, education Amboy: Toni Ikens, health and human services Dixon: Christina Iyer, health and human sciences; Emily Devers, liberal arts and sciences; Denise Deter, visual and performing Arts Bachelor degrees were awarded to: Morrison: Seth Buckwalter, business; Joshua Screnock, engineering, engineering technology Prophetstown: Kylee Wagenecht, health and human sciences; Keaston Bonnell, liberal arts and sciences Rock Falls: Carol Wei, business; Karina Nehrkorn, health and human sciences; Olivia Guerra, visual and performing arts Sterling: Abbie Habben, education; Haley Inboden, engineering, engineering technology; Edward Boesen, health and human sciences; Aaron Berogan, liberal arts and sciences; Sayra Contreras liberal arts and sciences Milledgeville: Dillon Eich, education Mount Carroll: Elizabeth Brunner, business; Maria Timm, education

Savanna: Heidi Kinder, education Shannon: Kimberly Johnson, business Byron: Benjamin Glendenning, business; Allysa Scullion, business; Michael Wilder, business; Ryan O’Connor, engineering, engineering technology, liberal arts and sciences; Brianna Nagel, liberal arts and sciences Creston: Jacob Krupa, engineering and engineering technology; Tristan Sprowls, engineering and engineering technology Davis Junction: Danielle Nowak, education; Haley Blackburn, liberal arts and sciences Holcomb: Austin Young, business Kings: Katie Schnabe, education; Jacob Bigelow, liberal arts and sciences; William Widick, liberal arts and sciences Lindenwood: Cody McMurray, business Monroe Center: Brooke Heinsohn,liberal arts and sciences Oregon: Kelsey Walsh, health and human services; Kaleb Baker liberal arts and sciences; Barbara Ohata, liberal arts and sciences; Stephanie Sewell, liberal arts and sciences; Katelyn Zorek, liberal arts and sciences Polo: Anthony Prerost, education; Loryn Cox of Polo, liberal arts and sciences Rochelle: Koleen Kessen, business; Kate Schauer, business; Alexandra Smith, business; Drew Colclasure, education; Mary Ross, education; Nicholas Schofield, engineering

Western Illinois University MACOMB – Students named to the summer dean’s list at Western Illinois University are: Rock Falls: Nicholas H. Hammerschmidt Sterling: Mary E. Toth Thomson: Alicia C. Foltz Amboy: Natalyn N. Rood Dixon: Mollie K. Harris, Donna R. Smith Oregon: Danny W. Daniels

Stillman graduate completes training SAN ANTONIO – Air Force Airman Torin W. Palmer graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San AntonioLackland in San Antonio.

He completed an intensive, 8-week program that included training in

military discipline and studies, Air Force core values and basic warfare principles and skills.

Palmer is the son of Angela and Derrick Palmer of Stillman Valley. He is a 2016 graduate of Stillman Valley High School.

ROCK FALLS ROTARY

The Stan Steines family (from left) Stan, Deb Milder, and Madison Steines, will host Allegra, a exchange student from Verona, Italy, for 1 month in Morrison, through the Rotary Short-Exchange program. Madison traveled in July to Italy to start the 3- to 4-week exchange between the two students, which allows them to travel, but not spend a year out of the country. Rock Falls Rotary President-elect Jim Geer presented the club’s district banner to Allegra. Photo submitted by Betty Clementz.

Deadline to submit community section copy Kunes Country Auto Group of Morrison recently made a contribution in support of music at the Morrison Farmers Market. On hand for the presentation were (from left) Corinne Bender, market committee; Mike Smithee, Kunes sales professional; Bill Bart, Kunes general manager; and Flora Stralow and Boon Sukboriboon, market committee. Photo submitted by the farmers market.

The deadline to submit event information, including photos, for the SV Weekend Community pages is 2 weeks before the event.

Information may be

submitted in writing by hand, mail, fax or email at the Dixon or Sterling offices.

Information on events that already have taken place will be published

as soon as possible, in the order in which it is received. Photos will be published as space permits.

For information, call 815-625-3600, ext. 5575.

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Home petite home not a good idea Dear Dave, What is your opinion on paying cash for a “tiny house”?

– Wes Dear Wes, This might be a really un-hip or un-cool thing to say, but I wouldn’t buy a tiny house at all. Paying cash for something like that might make the mover smarter, but that still doesn’t mean it’s a smart choice.

Now, don’t take what I’m saying the wrong way.

I don’t have a problem with people who build tiny houses or buy them.

My problem with these things is that there’s no track record on them.

There’s also a pretty good chance they’re going to be just a fad. Another problem is that you’d have a really small market when it comes time to sell your tiny house. In other words, they probably won’t go up in value like

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a traditional home. They might actually lose value over the years.

There’s a thing in economics called the supply-demand curve, and from what I’ve seen, tiny houses have a tiny demand and pretty narrow market appeal. Their appeal seems to be mostly for early adopters and people who think they’ll never be able to afford a house. That means they’re not going to have broad appeal when you get ready to sell them, either, and that creates a problem.

I could be wrong,

though. I mean, if enough people buy tiny houses and they become a real part of our culture, then maybe they’ll do okay.

But right now, it’s an unproven product line and an unproven concept. So I wouldn’t buy a tiny house. Honestly, I wouldn’t even buy one at half of its current value because I’d be afraid it would drop to a fourth of its value. There’s just no proven record at this point of these things going up in value.

– Dave

Did dad do her wrong?

Dear Dave, My father loaned my husband and I money 20 years ago to help us start a business. The business eventually failed, and it forced us into bankruptcy. After this, we never seemed to get around to paying him back. He

died earlier this year, and when we got together with my brother and sister for the reading of the will, we realized he had deducted the amount of the loan from my inheritance. Everything was equal between us before that. I think that’s wrong.

What’s your opinion?

– Karen Dear Karen, I’m really sorry about your dad. I’m also sorry this was never taken care of or discussed while he was still alive.

There are a lot of emo-

tions at play, so I don’t want to beat you up too much. But legally, he didn’t have to leave you anything in his estate.

The stuff we’re talking about, money included, was his to do with as he saw fit. It was a little odd that he didn’t address this with you beforehand, but there are lots of instances where kids get nothing from an estate or not as much as others. It’s not uncommon.

In my mind, and, from the sound of it, his too, he left you an equal share minus what you still

owed. He loaned you the money, and he had the right to set terms on that.

I understand your frustration. You feel like he took something away that was yours. My point is it was never yours; it was his.

I know it still hurts though. This is one of the reasons I advise never borrowing money from, or loaning it to, relatives.

The best of intentions can end up in places like this.

– Dave Follow Dave on Twitter (@DaveRamsey), or go to daveramsey.com.

Astrograph ASTROGRAPH by Eugenia Last Sunday, August 28, 2016 A willingness to compromise will bring big returns. Your engagement, suggestions and desire to do something that will make a difference will put you in good company.

Don’t let limitations and frustrations consume you and cause an inability to bring about positive change.

Choose peace, not discord.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Focus on partnerships. Getting along and working with people trying to achieve similar goals will pay off.

Romance will improve your life and help you avoid loneliness.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- Keep your distance. If someone asks your opinion, be careful. Avoid being drawn into someone else’s personal problems. You will end up being blamed if you try to help.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -Traveling, communicating and making new connections will prove advantageous. Your imagination will capture attention and put you in the forefront of a plan that will lead to your advancement.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- A conservative approach to work and money will stabilize your life.

Don’t let anyone talk you into something you cannot afford. Think first and avoid regret. Temptation will be your downfall.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -Dive in and take hold of your future.

Mix and match the things you do well with the things you enjoy and you will achieve peace and happiness. Romance is highlighted.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -Speak from the heart and recognize when it’s time to back away from a situation that is making you unhappy or that feels unfair. Let your heart determine your destination.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Your openness and desire to please will invite a positive response. If you share your thoughts and plans and show interest in the suggestions and responses you receive, good things will happen.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Be sensitive toward others. If you listen carefully, you will come up with a

plan that will appease everyone and make you the hero. Don’t fold under emotional pressure.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- It’s a good day to invite friends over or host an event that will make you the center of attention. You will pick up compliments and be made privy to moneymaking opportunities. Romance is featured.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -Check into something you have always wanted to pursue. Mixing the past with the present can bring good results as long as you are reasonable and willing to work hard.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- You can bring about change that will make your home and personal life more enjoyable. A relationship will play an important role in the choices you make. Love is highlighted.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- A change of location will do you good. Taking a day trip or attending an event at a place you’ve never been before will break up the monotony in your life.

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Brion Brooks, executive director of Village of Progress, stands in front of the building where the agency hopes to open Village Bakery by Thanksgiving.

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Some will be permanent part-time employees, while for others it will serve as a “job incubator,” he said.

The bakery also will employ a full-time baker and bakery manager.

“If there’s someone out there who has skills baking or managing a restaurant, we would happy to hear from them,” Brooks said.

The project’s theme – “Baking a Difference” fits in with the Village mission for the bakery, Brook said: “We’re trying to make a difference in the lives of the employees,

and we’re trying to make a difference in the lives of the community.”

The building, which used to house Basler’s Ace Hardware and more recently Max Media, will undergo a complete remodeling, including adding a drivethru window. Removal of the flooring began Tuesday. After that, the building will be gutted and redesigned inside, including new windows, heating and air-conditioning, plumbing, and electrical.

Once completed, the bakery will feature a seating area with tables and chairs, a smaller spot with couches and a fireplace, and a separate room for birthday parties and

groups of 20 or so people.

Anticipated hours are 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

Future plans include expanded evening hours on some weeknights, with coffeehouse music.

Brooks said VOP has been working with the Byron Bank and Realtors Bill Tallyn and Carla Benesh to buy the building at a cost of $90,000.

Gutting and remodeling the building and then equipping the bakery will cost an estimated $300,000. Donations of time and materials have already been offered.

“We really consider it an investment for the community,” Brooks said.

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The weekday hours will be 5 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

The name is its own unique combination.

Vanessa always wanted to open a restaurant and give it her dad’s middle name, Duwayne, and Scott’s been dead set on the name Garden of Eaten for years.

Vanessa has worked as a server in the area for about 20 years, beginning at Pizza Hut in Sterling when she was 16.

“I love seeing people smile and seeing them happy,” she said. “It’s something that’s very rewarding.”

Scott works at Boss Roofing and Siding in Rock Falls, owned by his son, Brick Boss, and put his experience to use

Business hours and info Duwaynes Diner: The Garden of Eaten, 609 Depot Ave., plans to open at 5 a.m. Monday.

The diner will be open from 5 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Monday through Friday.

They will reopen at 9 p.m.

Friday until 3 p.m. Saturday, then reopen at 9 p.m. Saturday until 3 p.m. Sunday. Carry-out is available.

Flynnie’s Diner, 607 Depot installing a new tin roof on the building. He has also worked late nights painting and sprucing up the diner to get it ready for its Monday opening.

“We wanted to keep the old style alive,” he said.

The diner will serve breakfast all day, and the menu will also feature Scott’s specialty wet burrito: a flour tortilla shell

Ave., opened in its new location Friday. The diner is open from 5 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Tuesday through Friday and 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Call 815-288-1421 for more information on Duwaynes; a website is in the works.

Call Flynnie’s at 815973-8129 or find Flynnie’s on Facebook for more information. filled with slow-cooked beef brisket, beans, lettuce, tomato and a homemade sauce.

The Bosses want the diner to have a family atmosphere, and it will be run by about a dozen friends and family members, including Vanessa’s sister Adriana Mulnix, who will serve as manager.

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Ogle County 4-H’ers wait to be judged on their sewing or shopping in style projects July 23 at the Ogle County Fairgrounds in Oregon. The projects included pillows, bags, dresses, and tops. Members also participated in modeling judging and a fashion show for the public. Abby and Grace Mongan of Oregon led the group in creating handmade, tie-end blankets for Serenity Hospice & Home in Oregon. Photos submitted by Cathy Anderson.

4-H’ers shine at Ogle County Fair ate Showmanship: Casey Besse, Freeport Champion Senior Showmanship: Kolton Myrvold, Clothing Monroe Center Department Grand Champion Market Barrow: Kolton Myrvold; Champion Constructed Nonclothing Exhibit (Sew- Reserve Grand Champion: ing I): Anna Marquardt, Jackson Craig, Monroe Oregon; Reserve ChamCenter pion: Faith Marquardt, Grand Champion PureOregon bred Barrow: Kolton Champion Constructed Myrvold; Reserve Grand Garment (Sewing II): Faith Champion: Kyle HemmersMarquart; Reserve Cham- bach, Leaf River pion: Maggie Eden, Byron Grand Champion Market Champion Constructed Gilt: Aubree Wolter, StillGarment (Sewing II): man Valley; Reserve Grand Grace Mongan, Oregon; Champion Market Gilt: Reserve Champion: Mada- Kolton Myrvold lin Russell, Mount Morris Grand Champion BreedChampion Constructed ing Breed Gilt: Kolton Nonclothing Exhibit (Sew- Myrvold; Reserve Grand ing III): Lydia Sherburne, Champion: Kyle HemmersByron bach Champion Constructed Grand Champion Pair of Garment (Sewing III): Barrows: Kolton Myrvold; Katrina Lowry, Oregon Reserve Grand Champion: Champion Modified, Michaela Eden, Oregon Redesigned, Recycled Grand Champion Pair of Garment (Sewing III): Abi- Gilts: Kade Lingbeck, Leaf gail Mongan, Oregon River Grand Champion ConReserve Grand Chamstructed Garment: Faith pion Pair of Gilts: Aubrey Marquardt Craig, Monroe Center Grand Champion ConSupreme Market Hog: structed Nongarment: Kolton Myrvold Anna Marquard, Oregon Grand Champion Shopping in Style: Katelyn Bow- Sheep Department Breeding Classes ers, Oregon Champion SouthEwe Lamb: Garrett Rabbit Department down Hackbarth, Lindenwood; Champion Junior Show- Reserve Champion: manship: Paige Beauchem, Brooke Ewald, Byron Chana Champion Southdown Champion Intermediate Yearling Ewe: Garrett Showmanship: Dalissa Hackbarth; Reserve ChamMoser, Clinton, Wisconsin pion: Brooke Ewald Champion Senior ShowChampion Southdown manship: Colten Griffin, Ram: Jacob Hackbarth, Polo Lindenwood; Reserve Champion Production Champion: Garrett HackClass: AshLee Griffin, Polo; barth Reserve Champion: Alex Champion Pair of SouthWilliams, Leaf River down Lambs: Garrett Champion Junior Pet Hackbarth; Reserve ChamBunny Exhibit: Kaedance pion: Brooke Ewald Callaway, Mount Morris; Champion Corriedale Reserve Champion: Gracie Ewe Lamb: Matthew DrenProse, Oregon del, Lindenwood; Reserve Champion Senior Pet Champion: Andrew Myers, Bunny Exhibit: Cassie Rochelle Bushman, Polo; Reserve Champion Corriedale Champion Senior: Callie Yearling Ewe, Reserve Ackland, Rochelle Champion: Matthew DrenGrand Champion Market del Pen: Sara Blume, Byron; Champion Pair of CorrieReserve Champion: Alex dale Lamb: Andrew Myers, Williams Rochelle Champion Single Fryer: Champion Oxford Ewe AshLee Griffin; Reserve Lamb, Reserve Champion, Champion: Colton Griffin Champion Oxford Ram, Grand Champion Meat Champion Pair of Oxford Rabbit: Abigail Mongan; Lambs: Abby Yagow, Grand Reserve Champion: Rochelle Casey DeVries, Forreston Grand Champion Young Grand Champion Fancy Flock: Garrett Hackbarth Rabbit: Amber Henson, Reserve Grand Champion: Dixon; Reserve Grand Brooke Ewald Champion: Ava Coglianese, Champion CommerRochelle cial Ewe Lamb: Blakelynn Grand Champion CrossSwanson, Stillman Valley; bred Rabbit: Colton Griffin; Reserve Champion: Kallista Reserve Grand Champion: McIntyre, Stillman Valley Lacie Williams, Leaf River Grand Champion Ewe Best of Show: Abigail Lamb: Garrett Hackbarth; Mongan; Reserve Best of Reserve Grand Champion: Show: Colton Griffin Abby Yagow Champion Costume Grand Champion YearClass: Gracie Prose ling Ewe: Garrett Hackbarth; Reserve Champion CosReserve Grand Champion: tume Class: Tommy Allen, Brooke Ewald Byron Grand Champion Ram Lamb: Jacob Hackbarth; Swine Department Reserve Grand Champion: Champion Junior Show- Garrett Hackbarth Grand Champion Pair manship: Hannah Seaof Lambs: Abby Yagow; worth, Lindenwood Reserve Grand Champion: Champion IntermediOREGON – Additional Ogle County Fair winners are:

ABOVE: Colton Griffin of Polo and Abigail Mongan of Oregon compete during the 4-H Rabbit Show at this year’s Ogle County 4-H Fair.

CENTER: Kolton Myrvold of Monroe Center keeps his eye on the judge during the 4-H Swine Show. Myrvold, in his last year showing in 4-H, was named the Champion Senior Showmanship, Grand Champion Market Barrow, Grand Champion Purebred Barrow, Grand Champion Breeding Breed Gilt, Grand Champion Park of Barrows, and Supreme Market Hog winner.

LEFT: 4-H Ambassador Anna Ring of Oregon hands 4-H members Matthew Drendel of Lindenwood his Grand Champion Ribbon during the 4-H Sheep Show at the Ogle County Fair.

Garrett Hackbarth, Lindenwood Market Lamb Classes Champion Southdown Market Lamb: Garrett Hackbarth; Reserve Champion: Jacob Hackbarth Champion Hampshire Market Lamb: Cole Cultra, Rochelle; Reserve Champion: Kallista McIntyre

Champion Crossbred Market Lamb, Reserve Champion: Cade Cultra, Rochelle Grand Champion BlackFace Market Lamb: Cole Cultra; Reserve Grand Champion: Cade Cultra Grand Champion Overall Market Lamb: Cole Cultra; Reserve Grand

Champion: Cade Cultra Champion Pair of BlackFace Market Lambs: Cole Cultra; Reserve Champion: Blakelynn Swanson Grand Champion Pair of Market Lambs: Cade Cultra; Reserve Grand Champion: Blakelynn Swanson Champion Junior Showmanship: Dominick Alsup,

Lindenwood; Reserve Champion: Blakelynn Swanson Champion Intermediate Showmanship: Jacob Hackbarth; Reserve Champion: Brooke Ewald Champion Senior Showmanship: Kallista McIntyre; Reserve Champion: Garrett Hackbarth

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Saturday, August 27, 2016

Is Airbnb right for me?

Tribune News Service photos

Nancy Luna and her family stayed in an Airbnb in Berkeley, California. The apartment was located on a busy street next to a motel. They didn’t mind, because the apartment had a lower-level security door and street parking was free.

A first-timer’s guide to using the vacation rental service

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a fold-out sofa or futon. That works for a toddler, but not a teenager who is 4 inches taller than her mom.

I liked Airbnb and VRBO because both provided maps of the area where each listing is located. We found ourselves using Google Maps to zoom in on neighborhoods.

In many cases, we found listings that looked nice but were granny flats, tucked behind a house. Privacy seemed a bit sketchy so we narrowed our search to apartments or houses with two or more bedrooms.

BY NANCY LUNA Tribune News Service

uring our San Francisco Bay Area weekend getaway, I emerged from the bathroom looking for my teenage daughter, Hannah, and my husband, Brady.

Normally, in a hotel room, the loved ones you travel with are easy to find – most likely channel surfing from a queen bed.

But the silence in our lodging took me happily by surprise.

My family was there. I just couldn’t see them. No, they weren’t hiding in a penthouse suite. They had retreated elsewhere in our spacious Airbnb rental.

Our two-bedroom, cosmopolitan apartment faced a busy street in west Berkeley.

We paid $145 a night, at least $100 less than if we’d stayed in a three-star hotel in San Francisco with expensive parking.

The location was perfectly situated for our travel needs.

During our 3-night stay, we visited top-tier public and private colleges, enjoyed the sights of San Francisco and dined in Berkeley’s famed “Gourmet Ghetto” – the birthplace of farm-to-fork dining pioneered by Alice Waters.

After seeing some controversy surrounding Airbnb, the online service facilitating short-term lodging rentals in homes and apartments, I had my doubts about renting a stranger’s apartment. But let’s face facts: The sharing economy is here to stay. Airnbnb has more than 2 million homes listed around the world. It is expanding daily, with accommodations in Cuba added this spring.

More than 80 million travelers have used Airbnb, so we thought we’d give it a shot. It was our first time, although we had done a home exchange before, trading a stay at our Old Towne Orange bungalow for one in an apartment in Paris.

As it turns out, the rental experience was nearly identical.

Lesson 1: Getting started Hannah is a huge fan of the dystopian young adult book and blockbuster movie series, “The Hunger Games.”

A traveling exhibit dubbed “The Hunger Games: The Exhibition,” with props and behind-the-scenes stories from the films, opened in New York

Lesson 4: Welcome, stranger Luna, and her husband, Brady MacDonald, and daughter, Hannah, enjoy their visit to one of San Francisco’s most iconic landmarks: The Painted Ladies. last year and landed in San Francisco in mid-February.

We told Hannah at Christmas we would take her to the exhibition during Presidents Day weekend. With college for her a few years away, we decided to add tours of campuses to our itinerary. Since I’m the Register’s longtime restaurant industry writer, taking advantage of the Bay Area’s amazing dining scene was also on our list.

Our trip would take us to Palo Alto, Oakland, Berkeley and San Francisco. Naturally, our first instinct was to stay in the city. We’d visited San Francisco countless times before and had a few favorite hotels in mind.

But everything was more than $250 a night. We decided to look across the Bay Bridge.

Still, the tab was $200 or more.

We quickly abandoned any hope of finding an affordable place. That’s when we began researching Airbnb and similar site VRBO – Vacation Rental by Owner.

Prices, it seemed, were reasonable and the options for nice accommodations seemed plentiful.

We took the plunge.

Lesson 2: Read the fine print Whether you’re a first-timer to Airbnb or an expert, always take the time to read each listing closely. If you don’t, you might end up in a bad neighborhood or taking care of someone’s family pet.

We thought we struck gold

when we found a large house listed at $250 a night. It was the most expensive listing we’d seen, with grand views, spacious rooms and a patio.

The only quirk: The listing came with a house cat. We wouldn’t just have to feed it, we’d have to sleep with it. “The cat sleeps in the master bedroom,” the listing said. Brady and I are allergic to cats, so curling up with a feline wasn’t an option.

We kept digging, making sure to read each home description carefully.

In another instance, our Berkeley apartment didn’t have TV, which could be a deal-breaker for many. It was clearly listed as a “no TV” accommodation, but I could see someone overlooking it.

Our place had Wi-Fi, which was all we needed.

Other things to look out for (besides cat contracts) are cleaning fees and hefty deposits. Ours came with a cleaning fee of $95, which was moderate compared with other listings.

Lesson 3: A picture is worth a thousand words Most listings provide roomby-room photos. Look at each one closely so you know what you’re getting. We found some listings that stated they “slept up to four,” but the images told another story.

Some homeowners have different definitions for what they consider a “bed.” Many of our choices were studio apartments with one bedroom and

After a 2-hour search, we settled on a chic loft in West Berkeley owned by a graphics designer from Paris. Once we put in the request, our reservation was accepted that same night by our host, Rod. He was prompt and friendly during email exchanges. In one instance, he helped us with a dining tip. After I told him we were foodies, he suggested I snap up an OpenTable reservation quickly for Chez Panisse because the place books up fast.

As our weekend getaway approached, Airbnb sent email reminders about our trip. In some cases, it sent sales pitches asking us to “extend” our stay at Rod’s.

So far, so good. All this made me feel like we had not been forgotten.

Two days before our trip, I emailed Rod to ask him about checking in early – around 9:30 a.m. on a Friday. (Some listings have specific check-in and checkout times.) Rod told us to talk to his business partner, Brian, who would provide us the key.

He gave us Brian’s cell.

Until this point, every exchange I’d made with Rod was through a third-party communication system provided by Airbnb.

Now, things were getting personal – privacy barriers were coming down.

I’m not sure how things work with other Airbnb situations, but I have to imagine our experience was typical. At some point, you have to meet or talk to a stranger to get access to your accommodations.

In this case, Brian was our go-to guy, and he was terrific.

When I texted him, he promptly told us he’d be able to meet

us at our scheduled arrival.

When we arrived in Berkeley, Brian was waiting for us at the apartment.

As we entered the home, a bottle of wine and two glasses were sitting on the coffee table.

Next to it was a one-page list of house instructions and a map of local restaurants.

Brian gave us a tour and answered our questions, including tips on where to find good coffee and beer. After he told us what to do with the keys when we checked out, he let us be.

As I soaked up the place, I couldn’t believe our luck.

The charming, spacious, Spanish adobe apartment had coved ceilings, wood floors and mosaic tile accents in the kitchen and bathroom. We live in a century-old home, so we were thrilled at the choice we made.

The apartment, which also had a covered back porch and a balcony, was as big as our home.

Yes, it was next to a diceylooking motel and facing a busy boulevard. But it was also 2 blocks from Acme Bread Co., a Bay Area institution.

A few minutes away by car were Whole Foods Market, the Gourmet Ghetto and several hipster espresso bars, including Philz Coffee.

It not only lived up to the photos in the listing, it was quite honestly better than we’d ever imagined.

It didn’t take us too long to claim our spots in the apartment. Hannah took the contemporary office rocking chair.

I took the fuzzy, gray, Space Age-looking Jetsons chair.

Brady stretched out on the fire-engine red sofa.

After a long day sightseeing on the road, our gorgeous flat was a welcome retreat. It didn’t dawn on me how homey and relaxing the Airbnb experience would be until I emerged from the shower that evening.

My husband was sitting in my Jetsons chair reading the day’s news on his mobile phone.

Hannah was lying in “her” bedroom, watching a Netflix movie on her iPad. Her door was shut.

When I walked into the master bedroom to change in privacy, I was ecstatic. When we stay in a single hotel room, privacy is out the window – no matter how nice the accommodations.

But here we had the best of both worlds: We were on vacation, but it felt like we were at home.

Saturday, August 27, 2016

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Horticulture, textiles, part of county fair OREGON – The following Ogle County 4-H’ers exhibited during the Ogle County Fair, Aug. 3-7 at the fairgrounds.

Winners are:

Cat Department Champion Junior Showmanship: Lacie Meyer, Leaf River Grand Champion Feline: Kaden Lingbeck, Leaf River Champion Cage or Carrier: Lacie Williams, Leaf River

Dairy Department Champion Junior Showmanship: Lacie Williams; Reserve Champion: Anna Marquardt, Oregon Champion Intermediate Showmanship: Faith Marquardt, Oregon; Reserve Champion: Brenna Noon, Oregon Champion Purebred Female: Brenna Noon; Reserve Champion: Faith Marquardt Champion Grade Female: Anna Marquardt; Reserve Champion: Faith Marquardt Supreme Champion Female Overall Breeds: Brenna Noon: Reserve Supreme Champion: Faith Marquardt

Exhibit Building Top of Class Model Rocketry Exhibit: Nicholas Cassens, Byron Top of Class Aerospace Display: Ethan Bocker, Leaf River Grand Champion Aerospace Exhibit: Nicholas Cassens Top of Class Beginning Beef Study Exhibit: Bruce Gehrke, Byron Top of Class Advanced Beef Study Exhibit: Megan Hagemann, Mount Morris Top of Class Beginning Dairy Study Exhibit: Lacie Williams Top of Class Beginning Goat Study Exhibit: Kaeden Motszko, Leaf River Top of Class Beginning Horse Study Exhibit: Molly Ziegler, Oregon Top of Class Advanced Horse Study Exhibit: Ava Coglianese, Rochelle Top of Class Advanced Sheep Study Exhibit: Dalissa Moser, Clinton, Wisconsin Top of Class Beginning Swine Study Exhibit: Jackson Craig, Monroe Center Top of Class Advanced Swine Study Exhibit: Alison Poole, Polo Grand Champion Livestock Study Exhibit: Dalissa Moser; Reserve Grand Champion: Megan Hagemann Top of Class Advanced Cat Study Exhibit: Samantha Malk, Stillman Valley Top of Class Beginning Dog Study Exhibit: Veronica Vaughn, Rochelle Top of Class Beginning Poultry Study Exhibit: Emmett Peterson, Mount Morris Top of Class Advanced Poultry Study Exhibit: Connor Ross, Polo Top of Class Advanced Rabbit Study Exhibit: Katelyn Ackland, Rochelle Top of Class Advanced Small Pets Study Exhibit: Samantha Malk, Stillman Valley Grand Champion Small Animal Exhibit: Connor Ross Reserve Grand Champion Small Animal Exhibit: Emmett Peterson Top of Class Bicycle I Exhibit: Lydia Sherburne, Byron Grand Champion Bicycle Exhibit: Lydia Sherburne Top of Class Child Development I Exhibit: Jazmyne Swope, Oregon Top of Class Child Development II Exhibit: Stephanie Sofolo, Polo Grand Champion Child Development Exhibit: Stephanie Sofolo; Reserve Grand Champion: Jazmyne Swope Top of Class Citizenship I Exhibit: Lauren Carlson, Byron Top of Class Citizenship II Exhibit: Natalie Carlson, Byron

Grand Champion Citizenship Exhibit: Lauren Carlson; Reserve Grand Champion: Lacie Williams Top of Class Passport to the World Exhibit: (club only) Ogle County Clovers 4-H Club, Rochelle Top of Class Communications I Exhibit, Grand Champion Communications Exhibit: Stephanie Sofolo Top of Class Computer Science Introduction: Abigail Wehler, Mount Morris Grand Champion Computer Science Exhibit: Abigail Wehler; Reserve Grand Champion: Megan Ackland, Rochelle Top of Class My Financial Future, Beginner Exhibit: Madalin Russell, Mount Morris Grand Champion Consumer Ed Exhibit: Madalin Russell; Reserve Grand Champion: Stephanie Sofolo Top of Class Corn Exhibit: Garrett Moser, Mount Morris Top of Class Soybean Exhibit: Cooper Alderks, Chana Top of Class Small Grains Exhibit: Kyle Blum, Polo Top of Class Crops Innovation Exhibit: Autumn Hagemann, Monroe Center Top of Class Hay Exhibit: Katrina Lowry, Oregon Top of Class Crop Display: A.J. Hinrichs, Oregon Grand Champion Crops Exhibit: Kyle Blum; Reserve Grand Champion: Garrett Moser, Mount Morris Top of Class Electricity I Exhibit: Carter Conderman, Byron Grand Champion Electricity Exhibit: Carter Conderman; Reserve Grand Champion: William Carlson, Byron Top of Class Entomology II Exhibit, Grand Champion Entomology Exhibit: Micah Wehler, Mount Morris Top of Class Do Your Own Thing Exhibit: Carley Ackland, Rochelle Grand Champion Exploratory Exhibit: Carley Ackland; Reserve Grand Champion: Joshua Mallette, Franklin Grove Top of Class Floriculture A Exhibit: Lauren Carlson Top of Class Floriculture B Exhibit: Natalie Carlson Top of Class Floriculture Other Exhibit: Brianna Kuhn, Polo Grand Champion Floriculture Exhibit: Natalie Carlson; Reserve Grand Champion: Lauren Carlson Top of Class Forest of Fun I Exhibit: Kyle Miller, Oregon Grand Champion Forestry Exhibit: Kyle Miller; Reserve Grand Champion: Kaden Lingbeck Top of Class Geology Pebble Pups I Exhibit: Isaiah Akins, Polo Top of Class Geology Rock Hounds I Exhibit: Tommy Allen, Polo Top of Class Geology Rock Hounds II Exhibit: Annastasia Timmer, Baileyville Grand Champion Geology Exhibit: Tommy Allen; Reserve Grand Champion: Annastasia Timmer Top of Class Exploring Spaces, Going Places, Level I Exhibit, Grand Champion Geospatial Exhibit: Anna Ring, Oregon Top of Class Health I: First Aid in Action Exhibit: Faith Marquardt Top of Class Health II: Staying Healthy Exhibit: Karli Miller, Oregon Top of Class Health Innovation Exhibit: Natalie Carlson Grand Champion Health Exhibit: Natalie Carlson; Reserve Grand Champion: Karli Miller Top of Class Passport to the World Exhibit: Connor Ross Grand Champion Intercultural Exhibit: Connor Ross; Reserve Grand Champion: Faith Marquardt Top of Class Design Decisions Beginning Exhibit: Alexandria Cassens, Byron Top of Class Design Decisions Intermediate Exhibit: Lydia Sherburne

Top of Class Design Decisions Advanced Exhibit: Johnathon Prose, Oregon Grand Champion Interior Design Exhibit: Johnathon Prose; Reserve Grand Champion: Taylor Yordy, Leaf River Top of Class Leadership Skills You Never Outgrow II Exhibit: Madalin Russell Top of Class Leadership Skills You Never Outgrow III Exhibit: Natalie Carlson Grand Champion Leadership Exhibit: Natalie Carlson; Reserve Grand Champion: Madalin Russell Top of Class Natural Resources III Exhibit: Connor Ross Top of Class Outdoor Adventures I-III Exhibit: Grace Costello, Stillman Valley Top of Class Sportsfishing I: Drake Zell, Oregon Top of Class Sportsfishing II: Carter Conderman Top of Class Sportsfishing II, Top of Class Wildlife Level B: Connor Ross Top of Class Natural Resources, Sportsfishing, Wildlife, Innovation Exhibit: Rebecca Hough, Mount Morris Grand Champion Natural Resources Exhibit, Reserve Grand Champion: Connor Ross Top of Class Photography I: Focus on Photography Exhibit: Renee Gehrke, Byron Top of Class Photography II, Controlling the Image Exhibit: Amanda Headon, Rochelle Top of Class Photography III, Mastering Photography Exhibit: Kelly Stranberg, Oregon Top of Class Photo Editing Exhibit: Katelyn Bowers, Oregon Top of Class Photography Innovation Exhibit: Anna Ring Grand Champion Photography Exhibit: Amanda Headon; Reserve Grand Champion: Katelyn Bowers Top of Class Illustrated Speech: Brenna Berns, Chana Grand Champion Public Speaking: Brenna Berns; Reserve Grand Champion: Kade Boatman, Rockford Champion Reading: Callie Ackland, Rochelle; Reserve Champion: Stephanie Sofolo Top of Class Robotics Platform I Exhibit, Grand Champion Robotics Exhibit: Ben Harland, Byron Champion Shooting Sports Exhibit: Renee Gehrke; Reserve Champion: Forrest Gerber, Chana Top of Class Small Engine Exhibit: A.J. Hinrichs, Grand Champion Small Engines Exhibit: A.J. Hinrichs; Reserve Grand Champion: Grace Costello Top of Class Theatre Arts I: Role Playing Exhibit: Ariel Zuercher, Creston Top of Class Theatre Arts II: Puppets Exhibit: Madalin Russell Grand Champion Theatre Arts Exhibit: Madalin Russell; Reserve Grand Champion: Ariel Zuercher Top of Class Tractor A, Starting Up Exhibit: Robert Hough, Mount Morris Top of Class Tractor C, Moving Out Exhibit: Matthew Hickey, Davis Junction Grand Champion Tractor Exhibit: Matthew Hickey; Reserve Grand Champion: Robert Hough Top of Class Vegetable Market Basket: Nathan Keys, Rochelle Top of Class Vegetable Plat: Austin Ebert, Oregon Top of Class Vegetable Gardening Display: Sienna Seebach, Rochelle Top of Class Most Unusual or Odd Shaped Vegetable: Connor Ross Top of Class Decorated Vegetable: Anna Hagemann, Monroe Center Grand Champion Vegetable Gardening Exhibit: Nathan Keys; Reserve Grand Champion: Autumn Kielsmeier, Leaf River Top of Class Veterinary Science: Taylor Yordy Grand Champion Veterinary Science Exhibit: Taylor Yordy; Reserve

Grand Champion: Natalie Johnson, Forreston Top of Class Commercial or Promotional Video: Kelly Stranberg Top of Class Animated Video: Natalie Carlson Top of Class Short Story or Short Narrative: Kelly Stranberg Top of Class Video, Filmmaking Innovation Exhibit: Autumn Hagemann Grand Champion Video Exhibit: Natalie Carlson Reserve Grand Champion Video Exhibit: Autumn Hagemann Champion Original Chalk, Carbon, Pigment Exhibit: Chelsea Eden, Oregon; Reserve Champion: Carter Conderman Champion Original Clay Exhibit: Carson Conderman; Reserve Champion: Anna Marquardt Champion Computer Generated Art Exhibit: Kelly Stranberg; Reserve Champion: William Carlson Champion Original Fiber Exhibit: Wesley Immel, Oregon Reserve Champion Original Fiber Exhibit: Dalissa Moser Champion Original Glass, Plastic Exhibit: Anna Hagemann; Reserve Champion: Carson Conderman Champion Heritage Arts Exhibit: Lydia Sherburne; Reserve Champion: Megan Ackland Champion Original Metal Exhibit: Johnathan Prose; Reserve Champion: Rebecca Hough Champion Original Nature Exhibit: Ella Seebach, Rochelle Champion Original Paper Exhibit: Natalie Carlson; Reserve Champion: Kelly Stranberg Top of Class Scrapbooking, Beginner Level: Madalin Russell Top of Class Scrapbooking, Intermediate Level: Kaitlyn Harland, Byron Top of Class Scrapbooking, Advanced Level: Callie Ackland Grand Champion Scrapbooking Exhibit: Callie Ackland; Reserve Grand Champion: Kaitlyn Harland Champion Original 3D Design, Mixed Media Exhibit: Carley Ackland; Reserve Champion: Lauren Carlson Champion Original Wood Exhibit: Dalissa Moser; Reserve Champion: Michelle Johnson, Stillman Valley Top of Class Nonoriginal Chalk, Carbon, Pigment Exhibit: Michelle Johnson Top of Class Nonoriginal Fiber Exhibit: William Carlson Top of Class Nonoriginal Glass, Plastic Exhibit: Lillian Kennedy, Davis Junction Top of Class Nonoriginal Paper Exhibit: Micah Wehler Top of Class Nonoriginal Wood Exhibit: Emmett Peterson Grand Champion Nonoriginal Visual Arts Exhibit: Michelle Johnson; Reserve Grand Champion: William Carlson Top of Class Cake Decorating, Beginning Level: Lauren Carlson Top of Class Cake Decorating, Intermediate Level: Jacob Noble, Forreston Top of Class Cake Decorating, Master Level: Joshua Mallette Grand Champion Cake Decorating Exhibit: Lauren Carlson; Reserve Grand Champion: Joshua Mallette Top of Class Welding Exhibit: Abraham Eden, Byron Grand Champion Welding Exhibit: Abraham Eden; Reserve Grand Champion Welding Exhibit: Colton Griffin, Polo Top of Class Woodworking I Exhibit: Maggie Eden, Byron Top of Class Woodworking II Exhibit: A.J. Hinrichs Top of Class Woodworking III Exhibit: Brayden Dale, Lindenwood Grand Champion Woodworking Exhibit: A.J. Hinrichs; Reserve Grand Champion Woodworking Exhibit: Maggie Eden

Nathan Keys of Rochelle holds his 4-H Bright Futures Award for his Grand Champion Vegetable Basket. He received a special plaque and a $25 visa gift card for his accomplishments. Photos submitted by Cathy Anderson.

Lauren Carlson of Byron won the Top of Class Cake Decorating Beginning Leel Ribbon.

Foods Department Champion 4-H Cooking 101, Marshmallow Bars Exhibit: Maggie Carter, Rochelle; Reserve Champion 4-H Cooking 101: Blakelynn Swanson, Stillman Valley Champion 4-H Cooking 101, Cookies Exhibit: Lauren Carlson; Reserve Champion: Abigail Wehler, Mount Morris Champion 4-H Cooking 101, Coffee Cake Exhibit: Lauren Carlson; Reserve Champion: Maggie Eden Champion 4-H Cooking 201, Cheese Muffins Exhibit: Olivia Stranberg, Oregon; Reserve Champion: Julia Heller, Dixon Champion 4-H Cooking 201, Nut Bread Exhibit: Megan Hagemann; Reserve Champion: Levi Eden, Oregon Champion 4-H Cooking 201, Scones Exhibit: Levi Eden; Reserve Champion: Sabrina Leather, Oregon Champion 4-H Cooking 301, Dinner Rolls Exhibit: Stephanie Sofolo; Reserve Champion: Connor Ross Champion 4-H Cooking 301, Yeast Bread Exhibit: Stephanie Sofolo; Reserve Champion: Connor Ross Champion 4-H Cooking 301, Tea Ring Exhibit: Madalin Russell; Reserve Champion: Autumn Hagemann Champion 4-H Cooking 301, Sweet Rolls Exhibit: William Carlson; Reserve Champion: Madalin Russell Champion 4-H Cooking 301, Cake Exhibit: Madalin Russell Champion 4-H Cooking 401, Focaccia Bread Rolls Exhibit: Natalie Carlson Champion 4-H Cooking 401, Pie Shell Exhibit: Michaela Eden, Oregon; Reserve Champion: Stephanie Sofolo Champion 4-H Cooking 401, Golden Sponge Cake Exhibit: Natalie Carlson; Reserve Champion: Katelyn Ackland, Rochelle Champion 4-H Cooking 401, German Rye Bread Exhibit: Stephanie Sofolo Top of Class Food Preservation Canning Exhibit: Autumn Kielsmeier Top of Class Food Preservation Pickles, Relishes Exhibit: Stephanie Sofolo Top of Class Food Preservation Jams, Jellies,

Preserves Exhibit: Emmett Peterson Top of Class Food Preservation Combination Exhibit: Stephanie Sofolo Grand Champion Food Preservation Exhibit: Stephanie Sofolo; Reserve Grand Champion: Autumn Kielsmeier Top of Class Food Science I Exhibit: Lauren Carlson Top of Class Food Science II Exhibit: William Carlson Top of Class Food Science III Exhibit: Megan Ackland Grand Champion Food Science Exhibit: William Carlson; Reserve Grand Champion: Lauren Carlson

Quality Meats Department Champion Beef Carcass: Casey Martin, Oregon Reserve Champion Beef Carcass: Allissa Martin, Oregon Champion Lamb Carcass: Brooke Ewald, Byron Champion Pork Carcass: Chelsea Eden; Reserve Champion: Levi Eden

Master Showmanship Each exhibitor showed a pig, steer, and sheep.

Judging was based on knowledge of the species, how the participant showed and moved the animal, and followed directions. The member’s appearance also was judged.

Senior Master Showman, ages 14-18: Kolton Myrvold, Monroe Center; Runner up: Garrett Hackbarth, Lindenwood Other participants: Casey Beese, Freeport; Julie Davis, Mount Morris; Adrianne Hall, Monroe Center; Emma Thurow, Davis Junction, Kyle Blum, Polo.

Junior Master Showman, ages 8-13: Jacob Hackbarth, Lindenwood; Runner up: Lexi Lichty, Monroe Center Other participants: Cooper Alderks: Brook Ewald: Brenna Noon: Levi Eden: Bode Martin, Oregon; Aubree Wolter, Stillman Valley; Robbie Thurow, Davis Junction

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Saturday, August 27, 2016

Cool is the Rule S ummer is waning. The kids are back in school, nights are cooling down and football is heating up.

With the impending end of the season, SVM offers our readers one last splash of summer fun.

Alex T. Paschal/apaschal@saukvalley.com

ABOVE: A youngster finds some cool relief July 21 on an outing at the Ashton Splash Pad with Carol’s Daycare. The group made the trip down on one of the hottest days of the year, arriving early to beat the crowds. BELOW LEFT: Drew Dawson watches drops of water rain down at the Ashton Splash Pad. BELOW RIGHT: Rafters keep cool on the Rock River on June 6 in Sterling, with a raft of beverages in tow.

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LEFT: Haley Cisketti, 18, of Polo gets dunked in the dunk tank June 17 at Polo Town and Country Days. ABOVE: A young boy dives into the Polo pool during the Biggest Splash Competition at the Polo Town and Country Days pool party. RIGHT: Two-and-ahalf-year-old Lorenzo Eppard of Dixon has a ball cooling off June 20 at the splash pad at Vaile Park in Dixon.

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