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Tri-County Press November 12, 2015 Volume 158, Number 8 - $1.00

Cardinals Fall

Marcos Roll!

PCHS Play

The 2015 football season came to an end on Nov. 7 for the Cardinals. B1

Polo rolls by Warren 40-0 in 1A playoff action B1

The PCHS Drama Club will present “2222:Zombie Apocalypse” this weekend. A2

Volunteers pitch in to build home for tornado victims By Vinde Wells vwells@oglecounty news.com Volunteers are needed to lend their expertise and elbow grease to build a new home near Oregon for a Fairdale couple who lost everything in the April 9 tornado. A crew of volunteers from Operation Rebuild pitched in Sunday to work on the walls of Rick and Dawn Geist’s new home at 516 S. Gale

Rd., west of Oregon. The Geists are living in a double-wide trailer on the nearly 16 acres they purchased there. They moved into the trailer on July 2. Project coordinator Deb Wooldridge, Polo, said more volunteers are needed, especially those with construction expertise to get the house, nestled among mature oak trees, closed in before winter so interior work can begin. Turn to A3

Playoff Fans

Above, the Polo crowd was cheered on by its favorite fan as the Marcos rolled over Warren in the second round of the Class 1A playoffs. At right, twins Micah and Savanna Hofer chat with watch the Marcos playoff game in Warren from their cozy end zone seats with Matt and Aunt Katie nearby. A story on the game appears on B1. Photos by Earleen Hinton

Dawn and Rick Geist and their granddaughter Kayla Davis, 10, pose for a photo on the deck of the doublewide trailer the couple are living in while their new house is under construction. Photo by Vinde Wells

New veterans memorial gets nod of approval

Dedication is November 11 By Vinde Wells vwells@oglecounty news.com

Ogle County’s newest tribute to military veterans pleased both the officials who ordered it and the sculptor who designed it. After years of planning and weeks of preparing the site, the Ogle County Fallen Soldiers Memorial was installed Nov. 4 on the north side of the Ogle County Courthouse lawn in Oregon, in plenty of time for its dedication on Veteran’s Day. “It’s everything we hoped for,” said Oregon American Legion Commander John Tuttle as workers from J.P. Vincent, Galena, put the finishing touches on the granite work. The focal point of the memorial is a bronze statue depicting a young soldier kneeling before the grave of a comrade on a black granite base flanked by two black granite tablets on bearing the names of soldiers who gave their lives in conflicts from World War II to the present.

“It looks great. I’m really pleased. I’m glad to have been able to be a part of it.”— Sculptor Jeff Adams “It looks great. I’m really pleased. I’m glad to have been able to be a part of it,” said sculptor Jeff Adams, who created the statue at his studio inBronze Foundry, Mt. Morris. “It really exceeded my expectations,” said Bruce VanderKolk, chairman of the memorial committee. VFW Commander Lee Ossman made the approval unanimous. “I think it’s great. It chokes me up,” he said. “I’m a Vietnam vet, and this just really hits me.” Plans called for the memorial to be dedicated Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 10 a.m. with Brigadier General (Retired) Steve Huber, Byron, as the keynote speaker. Ossman said the statue went into place quickly on Wednesday. “Everything just fell together this morning,” he said. Planning for the memorial, which replaces

In This Week’s Edition...

Sculptor Jeff Adams installs the cross on the bronze statue Nov. 4 that is the focal point of the new Ogle County Fallen Soldiers Memorial on the courthouse lawn in Oregon. Dedication of the memorial was slated for Veterans Day. Photo by Earleen Hinton

an older one, began five years ago, Ossman said. Donations and cooperative efforts made the plan become reality in just a little more than a year, he said.

Chamber Chatter, A3 Church Bells, A5 Classifieds, B6-B10 Entertainment, A6 Fines, B5

“A big thank you goes to all the organizations, businesses, and individuals who have donated to this project and made it happen,” Ossman said. Tuttle agreed. “So many

Library News, A8 Marriage Licenses, A4 Pine Creek News, A3 Public Voice, A9 Property Transfers, B4

people put so much work into this to make this all come together,” he said. He said the memorial fits with the county’s art tradition and compliments Lorado Taft’s Soldiers and

Sheriff’s Arrests, B3 Social News, A4 Sports, B1, B2 State’s Attorney, B3

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Sailors Monument on the east side of the courthouse. Taft’s sculpture pays tribute to fallen soldiers from the Civil War through World War I.

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