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Wednesday, January 21, 2015

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City, Bonnell near agreement Manufacturer wants to connect, and for city to pay bulk of cost

BY MATT MENCARINI mmencarini@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5529 @MattMencarini

DIXON – Bonnell Industries hopes to be annexed into Dixon and connect to city water and sewer.

The move would add about

$30,000 a year in sales tax revenue to the city, according to the proposal, but would require the city paying 90 percent of the $285,000 cost to connect – or $256,500.

The proposal, initiated by the company, was discussed during Tuesday night’s City

Council meeting, and was presented by Joe Bonnell, a representative of the company, and John Thompson, president of the Lee County Industrial Development Association.

Bonnell said the city could be repaid for its initial investment

within 8 years, and the company plans to expand its Dixon operations – by about 66,000 square feet – and expects to hire a dozen employees in addition to its current workforce of about 63.

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Next meeting The Dixon City Council next meets at 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 2, at City Hall, 121 W. Second St., on the second floor in the Council Chambers.

Go to www.DiscoverDixon.org or call City Hall at 815-288-1485 for an agenda or more information.

OGLE COUNTY

Board member resigns Petrizzo points to ethical differences

BY VINDE WELLS Shaw Media vwells@shawmedia.com

Photos by Alex T. Paschal/apaschal@saukvalley.com

ABOVE: Alex Mazzarisi, 13, spars with Tereyl Bostic on Tuesday afternoon in the basement of C&N Suppy in Dixon. The club is run by Mazzarisi’s father, Steve (left), who has trained his son in the sweet science. Mazzarisi has a bout this weekend and needed to get in some work.

RIGHT: Mazzarisi (center), leads Johnny Palmer, 9, and Bostic in warm-ups. The young prodigy Mazzarisi has enjoyed success in boxing across the state. The club, located in the basement of C&N Supply, 105 S. Peoria Ave., is open at 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday and welcomes anyone who wants to learn the sport.

OREGON – An Ogle County Board member is stepping down halfway through his term, citing differences with Chairman Kim Gouker.

The board accepted the resignation Tuesday of Richard Petrizzo, 77, of Davis Junction, who was elected in November 2012 to a 4-year term.

Richard The board also Petrizzo recognized him for his years of Board member fleshed out reaservice. sons for resignIn his resigna- ing in statement tion letter, Petriz- released Tueszo said, “After a day afternoon. critical review of my service to the county, it is my personal belief that I have achieved all that I can without compromising my standards and my own ethical values.”

In a longer statement released Tuesday afternoon, Petrizzo filled in more of the reasons for his departure.

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STERLING | PARK DISTRICT

Beavers’ damage done?

Board tweaks language in personnel policies

BY PAM EGGEMEIER peggemeier@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5570 @pam_eggemeier

STERLING – Some pesky inhabitants of Sinnissippi Park seem to have moved along to wreak havoc elsewhere.

The Sterling Park District Board of Commissioners received an update Monday on the beavers that had been damaging trees at the park.

After noticing some of the destruction, park officials discovered that the

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beavers had built some dams at the creek, near the bike path.

“There were taking down some good-sized trees,” Sterling Park District Executive Director Larry Schuldt said. “We thought there were probably five or six of them working on 40 to 50 trees.”

The park district didn’t want to harm the animals, so officials instead opted for giving them incentive to move.

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Dog trapped in kennel near shed engulfed by fire

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ROCK FALLS – Whiteside County Deputy Rollie Elder and his police dog are doing just fine after a fire engulfed a shed in Elder’s backyard Saturday night, next to Nicom’s kennel.

Elder was burned and cut his arm pulling Nicom to safety. Nicom suffered only a bit of singed fur. Both are back on the job.

“They’re both doing fine, doing fine,” Sheriff Kelly Wilhelmi said. “[Nicom] got checked out by a vet, we did some training, and everything’s good to go.”

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Whiteside County Sheriff’s Deputy Rollie Elder gets his new police dog, Nicom, out for demonstrations July 11 in Rock Falls. Both are doing just fine after a fire engulfed a shed in Elder’s backyard Saturday night, next to Nicom’s kennel. addition to the Sheriff Department’s force.

Elder has been a K-9 handler with the department since 2012.

Rock Falls Fire responded to a call

about the fire around 11:30 p.m. By the time they got to the westside home, Elder already had pulled Nicom from the flames. The fire was under control about 1

a.m., Deputy Chief Dettman said.

“It’s currently under investigation,” Dettman said. “We’re thinking possible electrical, but we’re not 100 percent certain.”

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ROCK FALLS – Rock Falls Police need help to solve a burglary that happened early Sunday at

Vapor City, 1201 1/2 First Ave. According to a news release sent Tuesday morning: Just before 10 a.m. Sunday, police received a call

that a glass door at Vapor City had been shattered.

Police discovered that, in addition to the cash register and $200, items related to electronic cigarettes were stolen from a display

case. Video surveillance showed four men in the store at 2:30 a.m.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 815-622-1141 or Crime Stoppers at 815-625-7867.

Davia V. Velazquez, 22, of Sterling; 12:06 a.m. Monday on East Lincolnway; Whiteside County warrant for failure to pay or appear on driving while license suspended charge, Lee County warrant for contempt or non-payment on operating uninsured motor vehicle charge; posted $500 cash bond and released.

Lanora K. Queckborner, 59, of Sterling; 8:57 a.m.

Monday at Broadway and Third Street; use of cellphone; released with promise to comply.

Jose R. Lopez-Zamores, 28, of Rock Falls; 3:26 p.m.

Monday at 19th Avenue and East Third Street; no license, speeding; released with promise to comply.

Girl, 16, of Dixon; 2:53 p.m. Monday at Fifth Avenue and East Miller Road; disobeying stop sign; released with promise to comply.

Francisco Reyna, 34, of Rock Falls; 9:43 p.m.

Monday at West 13th and Locust streets; no valid driver’s license, one headlight, operating uninsured vehicle, expired registration; released with notice to appear in court.

Rock Falls Police Guillermo Cid Saca, 43, of Rock Falls; 10:51 p.m. Monday; driving while license suspended, Whiteside County warrant; bonded out.

Lee County Sheriff Lisa M. Segobiano, 36, of Dixon; 2:16 p.m. Monday; warrant for failure to appear – contempt (nonpayment); held at Lee County Jail and given notice to appear in court.

Monique Pleshette Benjamin, 24, of Sterling; 8:03 a.m. Monday; warrant for contempt; posted bond and released with notice to appear in court.

Jeffery Lee Green, 34, of Rochelle; 1:20 a.m. Monday; warrant for contempt, Whiteside County warrant, Whiteside County body attachment; held at Lee County Jail.

Ogle County Sheriff Nicholas Olds, 29, of Morrison; 7:15 p.m. Monday in the 10000 block of West Pines Road; driving while license suspended, Whiteside County warrant for violating a court order; taken to Ogle County Jail in lieu of bond.

Theresa Ruiz-Enriquez, 32, of Rockford; 5:55 p.m.

Monday in the 8000 block of North Meridian Road; arrested on charge of no valid driver’s license, issued citations for expired registration and operating uninsured motor vehicle.

Nathaniel Glass, 28, of DeKalb; Monday; petition to revoke probation; given notice to appear in court.

State Police Jeffery Kenneth Nied, 39, of Dixon, Iowa; 12:22 a.m. Tuesday on Interstate 88 in Whiteside County; no valid driver’s license; issued individual bond and given notice to appear in court.

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t the conclusion of a Martin Luther King event Sunday evening, Gordon Harris, deacon at Macedonia Baptist Church in Sterling, said something that stuck in my head all night.

I introduced myself to him as a reporter at Sauk Valley Media. He had a surprised look on his face. “I didn’t know the newspaper had any black employees,� said Harris, who is black.

That is not the first time someone has told me something like that.

When I was a reporter in Burlington, Iowa, I interviewed a black speaker for a story. When I introduced myself to him afterward, he had the same shocked look. “I didn’t know the newspaper hired black reporters,� he said.

Yes, newspapers hire black reporters. Sure, there may not be many, but there are black reporters in newsrooms across the country.

This is actually the third newsroom I have worked in where I am the only black reporter. And, I’m OK with that.

When I got home Sunday night, I thought about what Harris said and wondered whether other newsrooms nationwide struggled with diversity.

According to the American Society of News Editors, about 36,700 full-time journalists are employed at nearly 1,400 daily newspapers in the United States.

Of those employees, about 4,900, or 13.34 percent, are racial and ethnic minorities. That’s up about 200 people from last year’s 4,700 (12.37 percent).

It is nearly as high as the record of 13.73 percent in 2006.

Monday afternoon, one of my editors jokingly asked if I felt alone in the newsroom.

Being the only black reporter in the newsroom does not bother me. Not only because my editors and co-workers have treated me fairly, but because I am used to it.

When I was in elementary school in Bloomington, I was the only black person in my fourth- and fifth-grade classes. I’ve also had classes in high school and college where I was the only black person in class.

When I visit small towns in the area for different stories, I’ve noticed no other black people in the schools. Despite that, I’ve interviewed teachers and students with no issues or concerns. I have been treated well during my time here.

Being the only black reporter at a newspaper has not always treated me well.

When I was in college at Northern Illinois University, I was a reporter at The Northern Star, the student newspaper. Not a lot of black students have worked there, and there were not a lot of diverse stories. Because of that,

OSLAD money will be used to pay back development costs

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Pigee is a reporter at Sauk Valley Media.

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ROCK FALLS – The council approved a temporary transfer of money from the city’s general fund to the downtown TIF fund to pay some engineering and architect’s bills incurred with the riverfront development.

The resolution, which passed unanimously, allows for a maximum of $100,000 to be transferred from the general fund to handle the costs until money arrives from the $400,000 Open Space Lands Acquisition and

the paper had a perception of being racist.

I had a black studies minor, and I always sat in the front row in one of the classes. Word got out that I was a reporter at The Northern Star, and some of students, who were black, started bashing the paper during class.

I worked with an amazing staff at The Northern Star, so that perception bothered me. I knew the Northern Star wrote plenty of positive stories about the black community. A lot of people don’t remember the positive stories that are written.

But, they always remember the negative ones.

I knew the perception was out there, so I wanted to do something to fix it.

With the help of my editors, I helped carved out a new beat that covered diversity and religion. I covered stories such as living with an interracial roommate and going to school on Good Friday. I covered numerous black speakers who visited the college.

At the newspapers where I’ve been, I’ve tried to cover stories that deal with diversity. When I was in Burlington, I wrote stories about the low number of black teachers in area school districts, and I wrote stories about minority test scores.

They were interesting stories because they got the community talking.

I hope to write more stories about diversity while at Sauk Valley Media.

Development grant the city was awarded by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.

City Administrator Robbin Blackert said the city stands by its promise made to citizens about funding riverfront projects. “Moving forward with the riverfront development, we have stressed that no general funds will be used,� Blackert said. “We get 50 percent of the grant money up front, and as soon as we get it, we will pay back any money used from the general fund.�

The grant agreement should be available to put on the agenda for the Feb. 3 council meeting. When it is approved, it will be submitted to the state so

account for the riverfront costs.�

Engineering and architect’s fees will also be incurred as the city starts work on a $1 million DCEO Tourism grant. Some grants allow for those expenses to be incurred before the grant is awarded, while others do not. “Engineering costs have always been a sticking point with grants,� said Alderman Glen Kuhlemier, a former Rock Falls mayor.

Mayor Bill Wescott said the city might not have to use the entire $100,000 the resolution authorizes. “We’ll move it only as needed to tide us over until the agreement is approved,� Wescott said.

Gouker says official not in the know RESIGNS

Replacing Petrizzo

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“I resigned from the board because increasingly, the chairman and I grew further apart in our individual perspectives on the role of the chairman and board members,� Petrizzo said in his statement.

The main complaint Petrizzo laid out is that he believes Gouker micromanages the board and its committees. “I have felt that his style, as a chairman, leaves no room for major input from board members, and he has had a majority on every committee to support his agenda,� the statement read. “In addition, he spends too much time on the various committees of the board and attending many other meetings in the county and elsewhere. While some of this is appropriate, most of it takes away from time he could be doing the work of the chairman in his office or

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Applications must be turned in at the Ogle County Clerk’s office by 4:30 p.m. Feb. 2. Call 815-7321110 for more information. at home, as most others do.�

Petrizzo said he believes Gouker should take a step back and delegate some responsibilities. “He should pull back from all of this involvement and encourage and/or assign others to assume the work of the board and participate in these activities,â€? the statement continued. “It is interesting to note that with the new board election, of which I did not seek election, he has now pulled back from most chairmanships as I had recommended but still sits on many committees‌ A leader should work to bring out the best in others in service to the county and not feel as if he must

have his fingers in each and every facet of board operation.�

Gouker disagreed. “That’s his opinion of what I’m doing,� he said. “He’s not with me every day, and he doesn’t know what I’m doing.�

Gouker denied that he attends a large number of committee meetings. “Committees have their own work to do,� he said. “I don’t want committees or department heads to feel that I manage their business. They are to operate their committees and go through their business and bring it to the board.�

According to the county’s website, Gouker is a member of five county committees and serves as chairman of the Executive Committee.

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Petrizzo also questioned Gouker’s approach to the issues that arose over former sheriff Michael Harn’s handling of the tow fund. “Further, he seemed too intent on protecting the former sheriff in his debacle in office,� the statement read. “I have not supported [Harn],� Gouker said. “We are getting to the bottom of [the tow fund], and we will get to the bottom of it.�

Petrizzo was the first board member to call for a forensic audit of the tow fund last January, something Gouker did not support until 3 months later.

Gouker said he is sorry to see Petrizzo leave the board. “He has a different background from other board members, and I wanted him to use it on the board,� Gouker said. “Unfortunately, he’s the one who resigned and chose not to serve the people of his district who elected him.�

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The money will be transferred to the TIF fund to keep riverfront costs in the same place.

The engineering and architect’s fees are TIFeligibile expenses. The city is also exploring the possibility of using TIF bonds for its planned green space project near the site of the new hotel. “We had some funds in the downtown TIF, but there isn’t much there now,� Blackert said. “Putting everything in the same place is a cleaner way to

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OBITUARIES FUNERAL SERVICES FOR THE WEEK

Cathy L. Warren STERLING – Cathy Lynn Warren, 49, of Sterling, died Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015, at OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center in Rockford.

Cathy was born July 12, 1965, in Sterling, the daughter of Ray Edward and Lydia Polzin (Bonnell) Claxton.

She married Marv Warren on Aug. 23, 1985, in Sterling. Cathy was employed with National Manufacturing in Sterling for 16 years. She was a member of St. John Lutheran Church in Sterling. Marv will always think of Cathy as his one and only, his girl. Cathy was a dedicated Chicago Bears fan, and loved spending time with her dog, Zeus.

Surviving are her hus-

band, Marv Warren, and two sons, William Ray Warren and Nicholas Lee Warren, all of Sterling; one sister, Donna (Greg) Schuller of Rock Falls; two brothers, Robert (Bobbie) Claxton of Rock Falls, and Ron (Cathy) Bonnell of Sterling; and nieces and nephews, Michael Bonnell, Maria Juarez, John Paul Bonnell, Jordan Bonnell, Kaelin Claxton, Blake Claxton, and Tyler Claxton.

A gathering of family and friends will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls. Cremation rites have been accorded.

In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established.

Glendolyn J. ‘Pat’ Carson ROCHELLE – Glendolyn J. “Pat” Carson, 82, of Rochelle, died Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015, in Rochelle.

Unger-Horner Funeral Home in Rochelle handled arrangements.

Richard D. Renkes PROPHETSTOWN – Richard D. Renkes, 66, of Prophetstown, died Monday, Jan. 19, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home in Morrison handled arrangements.

Today’s visitation: Gene Morgan of Sterling, 9-10 a.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.

Wednesday funerals: Gene Morgan of Sterling, 10 a.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.

Roger F. Camplain of Oregon, 11 a.m. at FarrellHolland-Gale Funeral Home in Oregon.

Joanne P. Clayton of Amboy, 11 a.m. at MihmJones Funeral Home in Amboy.

Beverly A. Schuler of Grand Detour, 2 p.m. at graveside services at Grand Detour Cemetery.

Today’s visitations: Catherine M. “Kay” Wentworth-Sheilds of Ohio, 9-10:45 a.m. at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Ohio.

Lloyd H. Esse of Morrison, 9:30-11 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Morrison.

Betty J. Phillips, formerly of Dixon, 1-2 p.m. at Chapel Hill Funeral Home in Dixon.

Thursday funerals: Lloyd H. Esse of Morrison, 11 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Morrison.

Catherine M. “Kay” Wentworth-Sheilds of Ohio, 11 a.m. Mass at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Ohio.

Betty J. Phillips, formerly of Dixon, 2 p.m. at Chapel Hill Funeral Home in Dixon.

Cathy L. Warren of Sterling, gathering of family and friends, 5-7 p.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.

Friday visitation: Wanda M. Meusel of

Thomas Dickey

Dixon, 4-7 p.m. at PrestonSchilling Funeral Home in Dixon.

Friday funeral: Wanda M, Meusel of Dixon, 7 p.m. at PrestonSchilling Funeral Home in Dixon.

Saturday visitations: Thomas Dickey of Rock Falls, 9-10:30 a.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.

Delbert E. Spickler of Oregon and Mount Morris, 10-11 a.m. at Farrell-Holland-Gale Funeral Home in Oregon.

Connie M. Williams of Chadwick, gathering of family and friends, 3-5 p.m., with Eagles Club memorial tribute at 2:45 p.m., at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.

Saturday funerals: Thomas Dickey of Rock Falls, 10:30 a.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.

Carol S. Pontnack of Mount Morris, 11 a.m. memorial service at St. James Lutheran Church in Forreston.

Delbert E. Spickler of Oregon and Mount Morris, 11 a.m. memorial service at Farrell-Holland-Gale Funeral Home in Oregon.

Karl L. Myers of Rock Falls, celebration of life, 2-4 p.m. at Jerry Celletti Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5418 in Rock Falls.

Carolyn S. Larsen of Prophetstown, 3 p.m. gathering of family and friends at Bears Showtown USA in Lyndon.

Connie M, Williams of Rock Falls, 5 p.m. memorial service at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.

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MORRISON – Lloyd H. Esse, 87, of Morrison, died Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, at Pleasant View Rehab & Health Care Center in Morrison. He was the manager of Whiteside FS from 1966 until his retirement in August 1988.

Lloyd was born May 15, 1927, in Finlayson, Minnesota, the son of Theodore and Julia (Berg) Esse.

He served in the Army from 1945 to 1947. Lloyd married Dorothy Robertson on Dec. 29, 1950, in Morrison. She preceded him in death on Dec. 6, 1972. He married Margaret Geerts on Jan. 25, 1975, in Morrison. Lloyd was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Morrison.

Survivors include his wife, Margaret; one daughter, Kathryn Murray of Beaufort, South Carolina; two grandchildren; six great-

grandchildren; one brothMOUNT MORRIS – James Lutheran Church er, Robert (Barb) Esse of Carol Sue Pontnack, 68, in Forreston.

Monticello, Minnesota; of Mount Morris, died She is survived by three and several nieces Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015, at children, eight grandand nephews.

Rockford Memorial Hos- children, and one greatHe also was prepital. Carol was a loving granddaughter. ceded in death by mother and wife.

She also was preceded two brothers, Earl Carol was born April in death by her parents and Richard Esse; 12, 1946, in Kansas City, and sister, Nancy. and one son-in-law, Kansas, the daughter A memorial service Frank Murray. of John and Annabel will be at 11 a.m. SaturVisitation will be from (Hohstadt) Nystrom. She day at St. James Luther9:30 to 11 a.m. Thursday married Melvin “Frizz” an Church in Forreston, and the funeral at 11 a.m.

Pontnack on Aug. 17, with the Rev. Steven Thursday at First Presby1995, in Dollar City, Mis- Erickson officiating. terian Church in Morrisouri. He preceded her Finch Funeral Home in son, with the Rev. Michael in death. Carol was an Mount Morris is hanSelburg, pastor, officiatexcellent cook. She was dling arrangements. ing. Interment will be at a NASCAR fan, and loved In lieu of flowers, a Grove Hill Cemetery in playing euchre. Carol memorial will be estabMorrison. Bosma-Renkes was a member of St. lished.

Funeral Home in Morrison is handling arrangements.

Linda R. Randecker Memorials have been established to First Pres- MOUNT CARROLL – Linda Ruth Randecker, 74, byterian Church and of Savanna, died Monday, Jan. 19, 2015, at Elizabeth Pleasant View Rehab & Assisted Living Center in Elizabeth.

Health Care Center, both Law-Jones Funeral Homes handled arrangements. in Morrison.

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Robert K. ‘Bob’ Meier Friday for the following Receipt of all obituarPROPHETSTOWN – Robert K. “Bob” Meier, 90, of day’s edition. They can be ies must be confirmed by Prophetstown, died Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, at Morri- sent via e-mail, obituar- phone. son Community Hospital. ies@saukvalley.com or fax, For more information, McDonald Funeral Home in Prophetstown is han- 815-625-9390. call 815-625-3600 or 815dling arrangements.

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ROCK FALLS – Thomas Dickey, 71, of Rock Falls, died Monday, Jan. 19, 2015, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa.

Thomas was born April 1, 1943, in Rock Falls, the son of Clarence and Juanita (Crump) Dickey. He married Rebecca Geiger on Oct. 18, 1975, in Rock Falls. Thomas was employed as a press operator with the Innovative Fluid Handling Group in Rock Falls for 23 years, before his retirement in 2004. He was an avid outdoorsman, enjoying hunting and fishing. Thomas also loved following NASCAR and go-kart racing.

Survivors include his wife, Rebecca of Rock Falls; two daughters, Sherri Dickey of Clinton, Iowa, and Jennifer Dickey of Rock Falls; two sons, Michael Dickey of Lyndon, and Jason Dickey of Rock Falls; four sisters, Ruth

(Richard) Kilroy, Sandra Wickham, and Sharon Johnson, all of Rock Falls, and Pamela (Sanford) Woods of Eunice, Louisiana; and three grandchildren, Dustin (Alissa) Cowan, Cody Dickey, and Danika Dickey.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Billie Burlow; five brothers-in-law, David Knowles, Ronald Wade, Larry Wickham, Gary Burtlow, and Adrian Johnson; and his stepmother, Marie Dickey.

Visitation will be from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday and the funeral at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls, with the Rev. Christina Berry of First Presbyterian Church in Sterling officiating. Private family burial will be at a later date.

A memorial has been established.

Visit mcdonaldfuneralhomes.com to send condolences.

Connie M. Williams CHADWICK – Connie Maree Williams, 71, of Chadwick, died Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015, at Sauk Valley Senior Living & Rehabilitation Center in Rock Falls, after a long illness.

Connie was born July 8, 1943, in Amboy, the daughter of Jesse Fay and Olive (Stone) Rapp. She married Kenneth Williams on July 4, 1965, at Milledgeville Brethren Church, where Connie was a member.

Connie was a longtime member of the Eagles Club Auxiliary in Rock Falls, and past state president of the Illinois State Eagles Auxiliary from 2006 to 2007. She spent many years traveling on weekends to raise money for charitable projects. She also was a past member of the Women’s Missionary Society of the Brethren Church.

Survivors include her husband, Kenneth of Chadwick; her children, Maree (Mike) Daehler, Kenny (Rebecca) Wil-

liams, Phillip (Laurie) Williams, Bennett (Carol) Williams, and Randy Williams; her sister, Melva (Owen) Nye; 10 grandchildren, Trent, Jilysa, Bianka, Devin, Bobby, Anthony, Caden, Brycen, Chayton, and Savanna; and one great-grandchild, Zandary.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

A gathering of family and friends will be from 3 to 5 p.m., with an Eagles Club memorial tribute at 2:45 p.m., Saturday, and memorial service at 5 p.m.

Saturday at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls. Jim Black, pastor of Milledgeville Brethren Church, will officiate. Please join Connie’s family after the services at the Eagles Club in Rock Falls for food and fellowship.

In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established.

Visit mcdonaldfuneralhomes.com to send condolences.

JoEllen Clark McBride FORT MYERS, Fla. – JoEllen Clark McBride was born May 30, 1953, in Clinton, Iowa, to Joe and Mary Ellen (Jacobs) Clark. She passed away Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015, in Fort Myers.

JoEllen was a teacher who loved working at Ida Baker High School in Cape Coral, and those she worked with. She was a theater lover and movie junkie. She was a notably generous person, and an active member of the community.

She was first and foremost a mother, not only to her children, but to all who needed one.

JoEllen is survived by her loving husband of

36 years, Morris “Morry” McBride; children, Ryan McBride, Erin McBride, and Caitlin McBride; sister, Terri (Nick) DeSario; brothers, Joe (Sally) Clark, Mark (Linda) Clark, and Pat Clark; and many family and friends who will miss her dearly.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today and a celebration of JoEllen’s life at 7 p.m. today at Fuller Metz Funeral Home in Cape Coral.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in care of Ida Baker High School, 3500 Agualinda Blvd., Cape Coral, FL 33914.

Visit fullermetz.com to send condolences.

IN BRIEF Quarter auction set for Saturday at Legion STERLING – A Quartermania auction will be held Saturday at American Legion Post 296, 601 First Ave., with proceeds benefiting the Legion Auxiliary.

In Quartermania, participants bid one to four quarters on items from a variety of ven-

dors. Paddles to place bids cost $5.

Shoppers can stop in from 2 to 4 p.m. to check out the vendors and their wares. Bidding starts at 4 p.m.

Vendors still are wanted. Call Myra Sargent, 815-499-7268, for more information.

– SVM staff report

Durbin touts Obama decision on Cuba CHICAGO (AP) – U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin says President Barack Obama’s decision to restore U.S. diplomatic ties with Cuba will have real benefits for Illinois.

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President Barack Obama waves Tuesday before giving his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Obama: Tax wealthy, help the middle class WASHINGTON (AP) – Refusing to bend to the new Republican Congress, President Barack Obama unveiled Tuesday night an ambitious State of the Union agenda steeped in Democratic priorities, including tax increases on the wealthy, education and child care help for the middle class and a torrent of veto threats for the GOP’s own plans.

In a shift from tradition, Obama’s address to a joint session of Congress was less a laundry list of new proposals and more an attempt to sell a story of a national economy emerging from the “shadow of crisis.” He appealed for “better politics” in Washington and pledged to work with Republicans, but he showed few signs of curtailing or tweaking his own plans to meet the GOP’s platform.

Instead, the president vowed to use his veto pen to strike down the Republican leadership’s efforts to dismantle his signature accomplishments.

“We can’t put the security of families at risk by taking away health insurance or unraveling the new rules on Wall Street or refighting past battles on immigration when we’ve got a system to fix,” Obama said. “And if a bill comes to my desk that tries to do any of these things, I will veto it.”

The president sought out more common ground on foreign policy, pledging to work with Congress on a new authorization for military action against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria, as well as legislation to guard against cyberattacks. In a rare move away from his own party, Obama also renewed his call for fast-tracking free trade agreements with Asia and Europe, generating more applause from protrade Republicans than skeptical Democrats.

After ticking through signs of the rising economy, the president turned toward Republicans sitting in the chamber and said with a wink, “This is good news, people.”

The centerpiece of Obama’s economic proposals marked a shift away from the focus on austerity and deficit reduction that has dominated his fiscal fights with Republicans.

In a direct challenge to GOP economic ideology, Obama called for increasing the capital gains rate on couples making more

than $500,000 annually, to 28 percent.

The president’s tax plan would also require estates to pay capital gains taxes on securities at the time they’re inherited and slap a fee on the roughly 100 U.S. financial firms with assets of more than $50 billion.

Much of the $320 billion in new taxes and fees would be used for measures aimed at helping the middle class, including a $500 tax credit for some families with two spouses working, expansion of the child care tax credit and a $60 billion program to make community college free.

“Few people can make the case for strengthening America’s middle class like President Obama,” Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin said in a release after the address.

“We can do better for our working families, and

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that’s why I will continue to champion common sense solutions that put the middle class ahead of politics and promote greater economic opportunity for all hardworking Americans,” Illinois Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-East Moline, said in a release.

The president’s proposals seemed more about giving his party a platform in the 2016 election than outlining a realistic legislative agenda. Even before the president’s address, Republicans were balking at his proposals and painting a far less rosy picture of the economy.

“We see our neighbors agonize over stagnant wages and lost jobs. We see the hurt caused by canceled health care plans and higher monthly insurance bills,” said Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst, who delivered the Republican response.

tion, call Heather Hoenig at 563-219-0401, Tom Goldensoph at 563-2492474, Tammy De Witt at 563-357-4463, and Julie Schroeder at 563-4687098.

Financial donations can be made to the Marla L. Seidell Benefit at any Clinton National Bank location. The main office is at 235 Sixth Ave. South, Clinton. Donations also they can be sent to P.O. Box 176, Low Moor, IA 52757.

Security and Pinkerton Security Co. He had four children, one of whom is Bob Jacobs, a Sauk Valley Media employee, and four grandchildren.

The benefit will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 540, 1560 Franklin Grove Road. All-you-can-eat chili and chicken noodle soup will cost $5 for adults and $3 for children. Lemonade, iced tea, and coffee will be provided. Soft drinks, beer, and other beverages will be available at a cash bar.

There will be a silent auction until 6:30 p.m. Among items are a $350 party package for 50 people at Lamb’s Tap in Rock Falls, gift cards and certificates to Joe’s Pizza and other stores, sports jerseys, and a Magellan Roadmate GPS. Gift baskets also will be part of the auction, with some from local businesses such as Ken Nelson, Studio 404, Family Video, and Wahl Clipper.

There also will be a 50/50 raffle, children’s activities, and the band Lariet will perform from 4 to 6 p.m.

Call Jacobs, 815-6773936, for more information.

LOW MOOR, Iowa – A benefit will take place Saturday to help a member of the Sauk Valley Media staff fight the effects of a brain injury.

Marla Seidell is a niche publications editor at SVM, and lives in Low Moor with her husband, Sam, and their daughter, Holly, 16.

Fundraiser Sunday Marla Seidell On Oct. for accident victim 26, Marla suffered an anoxic brain DIXON – A benefit is injury from an allergic being held Sunday to reaction. As a result, she help with lost many memorized funeral functions, underwent expenses intensive rehabilitation at for a Dixon Select Specialty Hospital man killed in in Davenport, Iowa. She an automois now at Mercy Medical bile crash.

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Brown Sr., Brown Sr. The benefit will start at 5 76, died p.m. at Low Moor ComSept. 11 from injuries sufmunity Center on Third fered in a crash at state Street. A silent auction Route 2 and North Frontand item raffle will take age Road. An Air Force place from 5 to 8 p.m. veteran, John had been Among the silent auction a bus driver for Jack Gibitems are a .22 rifle, and bons Bus Co., and done an Iowa Hawkeyes pack- security work for Burns – SVM staff reports age with an autographed basketball and four tickets to a Hawkeyes game. t e k r t r A bucket raffle and 50/50 r d t s w u e drawing will take place throughout the night. n e fR L T E!!

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Wednesday, January 21, 2015

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Peace and love for now, but how long will it last?

Tough days of April, May will test governor and lawmakers

Joe Heller, Heller Syndication

EDITORIAL

Teamwork benefits public W

e have long preached the merits of cooperative efforts among units of government.

Such activities stretch the value of precious tax dollars while providing more services collectively than could be provided individually.

As a result, taxpayers are better served.

The latest example in our region involves the Lee County Sheriff’s Department, the Dixon Police Department, and the Lee County State’s Attorney’s Office.

In a recent SVM interview, Sheriff John Simonton detailed cooperative efforts that he, Dixon Police Chief Danny Langloss, and State’s Attorney Anna Sacco-Miller have begun.

For one thing, the roles of Dixon police officers have been expanded.

They are now empowered to respond to high-level crimes and serious accidents within a 5-mile radius of the Dixon city limits, as well

What we think Cooperation among governmental departments benefits taxpayers. The latest example involves law enforcement in Dixon and Lee County. Keep up the good work. as provide backup to Lee County deputies.

Conversely, county deputies may be dispatched to emergency situations within the city limits to lend a hand to their city police colleagues.

The mutual aid agreement thereby increases the number of officers who are available to respond to emergency situations when time is of the essence.

That’s good for all concerned.

A second innovation is a regional SWAT team. It combines the county’s six-person team with the city’s nine-person team to create a 15-member unit with one person in charge.

That way, the SWAT team has more officers at the ready to respond to incidents in Dixon and elsewhere in the county.

Simonton, by the way, is taking the lead in SWAT team training and leadership.

A third initiative was to deputize nine Dixon police officers from the investigations and street crimes divisions. With their expanded police powers, they will be more effective in major crimes and drug investigations that extend outside the city limits.

As Simonton said, “Crime doesn’t have jurisdictional boundaries.”

Along with those cooperative efforts, the two departments and the Lee prosecutor’s office have been involved in Operation Alliance, a largescale drug investigation that has also involved police in Amboy, Sterling and Whiteside County, along with the Blackhawk Area Task Force.

Chief Langloss recently reported that, a year after the city formed its Street Crimes Division, the combined efforts of the six departments led to the arrests of 104 people, including 60 from the Dixon area.

Numerous drugs were seized, along with nine handguns and nearly $44,000.

The lesson to be learned is this: Better cooperation among government agencies yields better results for taxpayers. Keep it up.

Correction An SVM editorial, “Office still an afterthought,” in Tuesday’s editions incorrectly stated that the Illinois Constitution was “mum” on what happens if the lieutenant governor’s office becomes vacant.

The constitution states, “If the Lieutenant Governor fails to qualify or if his office becomes vacant, it shall remain vacant until the end of the term.”

We regret the error.

THE READER’S VOICE

Realize what stalking is and how to fight it STACEY HOFFMAN-ROSALEZ Sterling

January is National Stalking Awareness Month, a time to focus on a crime that affects 3.4 million victims a year.

This year’s theme is “Stalking: Know it. Name it. Stop it.” It challenges the nation to fight this dangerous crime by learning more about it.

In every state across our nation, stalking is a crime. It is unacceptable behavior that violates the most basic principles of respect and decency,

EDITORIAL BOARD Jennifer Baratta Jim Dunn Sam R Fisher Sheryl Gulbranson Larry Lough Jeff Rogers

infringing on our fundamental right to feel safe and secure.

Victims suffer anxiety, social dysfunction and severe depression at much higher rates than the general population, and many lose time from work or have to move as a result of their victimization.

Stalking is difficult to recognize, investigate and prosecute. Stalking is a pattern of unwanted contact – which can include text messages, emails, and phone calls – that causes individuals to fear for their safety or the safety of loved ones. Individuals who are stalked often know the perpetrator, but stalkers can also

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Let us know. Write your own letter to the editor and send it to: letters@saukvalley. com be acquaintances or strangers.

Communities that understand stalking, however, can support victims and combat the crime. The YWCA of the Sauk Valley has trained professionals available to provide assistance and information to individuals and victims of stalking.

One course of action is a Stalking No Contact Order. This is a civil remedy that requires and

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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.

orders the offenders to stay away from victims and third parties by order of the court.

Advocates at the YWCA of the Sauk Valley are available to assist with these orders and provide victims with the information and support they need to file this particular order through the court system.

Please call 815-6267277 or 815-288-1011 for more information.

Together, let us continue to raise awareness of this violence and recommit to being part of the solution.

Note to readers: Stacey Hoffman-Rosalez is a counselor/advocate for the YWCA Sexual Assault Program.

Gov. Bruce Rauner’s first week in office included a meeting with the four legislative leaders. It was the first time all four met with a governor in some time.

These meetings between the governor and the “four tops,” as they are called, used to be fairly common, especially in the closing weeks of a session when they were trying to reach a compromise on big issues.

Things started to fall apart under ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich, especially when his relations with House Speaker Michael Madigan became strained, to say the least.

Once the Democrats won supermajorities under former Gov. Pat Quinn, Republicans became largely an afterthought.

House Republican Leader Jim Durkin said the other day that he never had a meeting with Quinn and the other leaders during 11⁄2 years in office.

Perhaps not surprisingly, everyone left the meeting last week expressing optimism and a willingness to work together.

But the heavy lifting of the spring session hasn’t begun yet, so we’ll see how long those smiles last.

Check back in April and May, and we’ll see whether everyone is still optimistic.

Memorable lines In his inaugural speech, Rauner drew huge applause for saying, “Taxpayer money belongs to [the people], not the government.”

In the lead-up to that, though, Rauner delivered a line that also got applause, but not nearly as much.

“Illinoisans today see insider deals and cronyism rewarded,” he said.

Maybe it hit a little close to home for some people.

White House-ish The stage for the inauguration featured a series of white columns set behind the participants.

More than one person said the columns reminded them of something they’d see at the White House.

Subliminal messages?

Excellency?

No, thanks Rauner, or any governor for that matter, presides over the state Senate as senators get sworn into office after an election.

That swearing-in ceremony took place Wednesday.

On Tuesday, Rauner had spent some time going through the procedure and the script (yes, there is a script to follow) to prepare for the event.

“I saw for the first time that they were going to refer to me as his excel-

“Sometimes you want to offend.

But you target the powerful, not the weak.”

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lency the governor,” Rauner said of the experience. “I specifically asked that they never refer to me in that way at any time while I serve as governor.

You can call me anything but late for dinner, but I don’t want to be called Senate anything like President that.”

John He mostCullerton ly got his D-Chicago wish.

Only Cullerton Sen. Wilkidded new Gov. Bruce liam Haine, Rauner last D-Alton, week about didn’t get his penchant the memo for casual attire. Indeed, and referred the governor’s to Rauner as official picture at the “excellency” a couple of Statehouse entrance times while shows him delivering without a a nominatjacket or tie. ing speech for Sen. John Cullerton, D-Chicago, to be named Senate president.

No to Carhartts Cullerton poked a little fun at Rauner at the event. He said the Senate was a little concerned because there is a strict dress code in the chamber that requires men to wear jackets and ties.

“We were a little concerned you’d wear the Carhartt,” he said, referring to the governor’s signature campaign attire.

Cullerton also said a request had been made that, since the Capitol is a beautiful building, Rauner not park his beat-up van in the north parking adjacent to the building.

Casual image Speaking of Rauner’s tendency to favor casual clothes, his official picture at the north entrance of the Capitol has him looking casual.

All of the statewide elected officials have their photographs posted at the north entrance. Rauner isn’t wearing a jacket or tie in his.

Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

Quotable quotes “To conduct business as we’ve been doing would be morally corrupt.”

– Rauner, turning up the heat at his inauguration speech.

“As I told Diana the other night, it’s better than my fraternity house in college.”

– Rauner, providing a critique of the accommodations at the Executive Mansion.

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Bonnell Industries, 1385 Franklin Grove Road, makes snowplow and road maintenance equipment. It’s just east of the airport, on two parcels of land.

One of the parcels is in the city, and the other is in the county. The parcel that would move into the city would bring with it the additional sales tax revenue.

While the agreement seemed to have the support of the majority of the council, Commissioner Dave Blackburn said he could have a hard time voting in favor of the agreement, because the company opted against annexing into the city about 20 years ago, when Dixon was offering incentives to do so.

The infrastructure the company is asking the city to pay for, he said, would have already been in place.

DIXON – Sauk Valley Media reporter Matt Mencarini will have “office hours” from 1 to 2 p.m. today at Books on First, 202 W. First St. Feel free to stop by and let him know what’s on your mind. Is there a story in Dixon you think should be reported? Stop by to share or just to say hi.

Mencarini covers government and happenings in Dixon. He can be reached at mmencarini@saukvalley. com or at 815-625-3600, ext. 5529. Follow him on Twitter: @MattMencarini. of an Airport Commercial Development Task Force, which will have the goal of presenting the council with reports on how the airport can be used by the city. The task force will be made up of seven members who will serve 2-year terms. Burke said he hopes to have the names ready for council approval during the Feb. 2 meeting.

• Residents Linda and Greg Wegner addressed the council and encouraged the city to get involved with the Dixon School District’s ongoing strategic planning process.

Mayor Jim Burke and Commissioner Dennis Considine said they weren’t concerned about the history and said if this was a new business looking to bring 60 jobs, the city wouldn’t hesitate to do the work.

Burke said the agreement will be on the council agenda for the Feb. 2 meeting.

In other action • The council voted 4-1 to increase the number of liquor licenses the city can issue from 62 to 71.

The vote against came from Blackburn.

• The council moved forward on the creation

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“We brought in a backhoe and got rid of the dams in the hope they would move along,” Schuldt said.

So far, it appears the rodents are now gnawing on someone else’s trees.

It’s been about a month since the dams were destroyed, and there are no signs they are nostalgic about their Sinnissippi neighborhood.

In other matters, the board tweaked some language regarding personnel policies. New pregnancy discrimination and accommodation amendments to the Illinois Human Rights Act became law Jan. 1.

The law now provides more workplace protection for expectant mothers. One big change is that the definition of pregnancy has been expanded to include “pregnancy, childbirth and medical or common conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth”. The notion of reasonable accommodation also has been expanded.

“Our policy went from not quite one page to two pages,” Schuldt said. “We wanted to make sure we were within the law posting what is required of employees.”

The park district also tweaked language in its harassment and discrimination policy. The biggest change was to include unpaid interns in the pol-

icy terminology.

Also, the grant-funded dredging of the Thomas Park pond is on pause while some procedural issues are hashed out, Schuldt said.

Sterling Mayor Skip Lee said attorneys are at work hammering out the project details.

“With two government entities involved now, it’s just a matter of determining who’s in charge of the project, who’s doing the bidding, and who’s taking care of what,” Lee said.

The mayor said everything should be figured out soon.

“The money’s been allocated and protected, and we’re good to go,” he said. “It’s just a matter of dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s.”

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Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Swinging parents undermine values Dear Abby, A short time ago, I discovered my parents are “swingers.” I had picked up my mother’s phone to take a picture and an incoming text caught my attention.

When I read it and investigated further, I learned the truth.

I don’t mind what they do with their marriage, and I respect their choices. However, my siblings and I were raised in a strict Christian home. My parents taught us the opposite of what they are doing. Now I feel they are hypocrites.

How can they tell me to act a certain way when they don’t practice what they preach? I’m not sure if I should talk to them about it or drop this entirely.

Help!

– Disillusioned Daughter

room looking for things that are none of their business.

I think you should talk to your mother about what you did and what you found. If you do, she might have a few more lessons to impart.

dearABBY Abigail Van Buren’s (Jeanne Phillips) column appears during the week through Universal Press Syndicate.

Dear Daughter, What exactly do you mean when you “investigated further”? If it means you searched the history in your mother’s phone, you crossed the same line children do when they search through the drawers and closets of a parent’s bed-

Dear Abby, My husband and I are avid sports fans and have season tickets to several sporting events. Our seats are in the middle of a row. Before we go to our seats, we check to see which way has fewer people seated so we disturb the fewest possible. We also try to leave our seats only during halftime or between innings and always apologize for disturbing anyone.

However, I am bothered that

we are forced to climb over certain individuals who don’t stand up to let us by. Sometimes I feel I’m almost bumping into the folks in the row ahead of us.

Is there a rule of etiquette that states that people should stand to allow others to get by?

– Squeezed Out in Houston Dear Squeezed Out, Emily Post does have a rule regarding crossing in front of people in theaters and at sporting events. According to her, you should say, “Excuse me” or “Pardon me” on your way to your seat and “pass with your back to those already seated.”

(Personally, I would rather that someone face my navel than my posterior at eye level, but I didn’t write the rule.)

SUPPORT GROUPS, CLUBS AND SERVICES Thursday, Jan. 22 Childhood immunization clinic; women, infants and children clinic; and family planning services, all by appointment only, Lee County Health Department, 309 S. Galena Ave., Suite 100, Dixon, 815-2843371.

Abuse Changing team, 815-625-0338.

Twin City Sunrise Rotary, 7 a.m., Ryberg Auditorium, CGH Medical Center, 100 E. LeFevre Road, Sterling.

TOPS IL 1426, 8:30-9 a.m. weigh-in, meeting at 9 a.m., Coloma Homes, 401 W. 18th St., Rock Falls.

Office of U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-Ill., open, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., 212 Third Ave., Sterling.

TOPS IL 825, 9-10 a.m. weigh-in, meeting at 10 a.m., Coventry Activity Center, 612 St. Mary’s Road, Sterling, 815-626-0034.

Foot care clinic, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Golden K Kiwanis, 9:30 a.m., YMCA, 2505 YMCA Way, Sterling.

Free blood pressure check, 10-11:30 a.m., Oregon Living & Rehab Center, 811 S. 10th St. ‘57 Girls, 11:30 a.m. lunch, Mom’s Diner, 23 E. Third St., Sterling.

Caregiver Support and Education Group, noon, St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, 703 Third Ave., Sterling, 815-626-7333, ext. 317.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed, Big Book; 6 p.m., closed, Big Book, 90-92 S. Hennepin Ave., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon,

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closed, St. Paul Lutheran Church, 114 S. Fifth St., Oregon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed; 5:30 p.m., open, beginners; 7 p.m., closed, step, Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

Reality Check Narcotics Anonymous, noon, 6 p.m., First Christian Church, 506 Fifth Ave., Rock Falls, 779245-8214. Downstairs, west door.

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, noon, open, 12 and 12; 8 p.m., closed, 12 and 12, back door, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls.

Crafts and quilts, 12:30 p.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Chair exercises, 1 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Office hours for staff of Congressman Adam Kinzinger, 1:30-2:30 p.m., Amboy City Hall, 227 E. Main St., 815-431-9271.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 2:30 p.m., clearance required, BAAbble on for Life Prison Group, 815-973-6150.

Narcotics Anonymous, 4-5 p.m., Sinnissippi Centers, 2611 Woodlawn Road, Sterling, 815-625-0013.

Overeaters Anonymous, 5:30 p.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-441-4452.

Speak Boldly Toastmasters, 6 p.m., Sterling Public Library, 102 W. Third St., Sterling.

TOPS, 6:30 p.m., Rock Falls United Methodist Church, 210 Fourth Ave., 815-625-0431.

Sterling Optimist Club, 7 p.m., Candlelight Inn, 2907 N. Locust St., Sterling.

Al-Anon-Alateen, 7 p.m., St. John Lutheran Church, 703 Third Ave., Sterling.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, and Al-Anon-Alateen, 7 p.m., United Methodist Church, 709 Fourth Ave., Rochelle.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., open, Big Book, Rolling Hills Center, 201 state Route 64, Lanark.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., closed, St. Anne Church, 401 N. Cherry St., Morrison.

Rock River Valley Barbershop Chorus practice, 7 p.m., Rock Falls Community Building, 603 W. 10th St., 815-441-5327.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed, United Steelworkers, 502 Woodburn Ave., Sterling.

Volunteer Care Center of Lee County, 403 E. First St., Dixon. Appointment: 815-284-9555.

Friday, Jan. 23 Women, infants and children clinic; and family planning services, all by appointment only, Lee County Health Department, 309 S. Galena Ave., Suite 100, Dixon, 815-284-3371.

Mercy Nursing Services free blood pressure clinic, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Oliver’s Corner Market, 748 N. Brinton Ave., Dixon.

Bible study, 10 a.m., Oregon Living & Rehab Center, 811 S. 10th St. Blood pressure check, 11 a.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-589-3925.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, open; 6 p.m., open; 10:30 p.m., open, candlelight, 90-92 S. Hennepin Ave., Dixon.

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Mercy Nursing free blood pressure clinic, noon-1:30 p.m., County Market, 1380 N. Galena Ave., Dixon Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed; 3:30 p.m. closed; 7 p.m., closed; 10 p.m., open, candlelight, Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, noon, closed, it’s your meeting; 8 p.m., open, Grapevine, back door, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls.

Reality Check Narcotics Anonymous, noon, 6 p.m., First Christian Church, 506 Fifth Ave., Rock Falls, 779245-8214. Downstairs, west door.

American Red Cross blood drive, 2-8 p.m., CGH Medical Center, 100 E. LeFevre Road, Sterling. Appointments: 800-733-2767.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., open; 7 p.m., Al-Anon-Alateen, Immanuel Lutheran Church, 960 U.S. Route 52, Amboy.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, Rochelle Community Hospital, 900 N. Second St. Reformers Unanimous Addiction Abstinence Program, 7-9 p.m., First Baptist Church, 24 N. Mason Ave., Amboy, 815-857-2682.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., closed, First Congregational Church, 218 E. Third St., Prophetstown.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed, Church of God, 816 S. Clay St., Mount Carroll.

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COMMUNITY EVENTS Wednesday, Jan. 21 Open pool, open cards, open Wii games 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., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-2889236.

Pool players, 8:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Crafting, 9 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815732-3252.

Mexican Train dominoes, 9:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Sharing Life’s Memories, 10 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St, Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Wii Bowling and card games, 10 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-5625050.

Spelling bee, 10;30 a.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236.

Lifescape lunch, 11:30 a.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236.

Sign up by 10 a.m. previous business day.

Lunch, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Bridge and bingo, 12:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Organized Wii Bowling games, noon, Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

Card games, noon, Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Sewing after lunch, noon, Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815589-3925.

Bingo with the Beukemas, 12:15 p.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-589-3925.

Pinochle, 12:30-3 p.m., Big Room, Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 6815622-9230.

Bingo, 1 p.m., Rock Falls American Legion Hall, 712 Fourth Ave. Wii Bowling, 1 p.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Community cards, 2 p.m., The Meadows of Franklin Grove, 510 N. State St., Franklin Grove, 815-456-3000.

Kings Kids Club, 6 p.m., Liberty Baptist Church, 2002 Ninth Ave., Rock Falls, 815-579-1209 or 815-625-4101.

Sauk Valley Chess Club, 7-9 p.m., Northland Mall, 2900 E. Lincolnway, Sterling, 815-622-8838.

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Pasta e fagioli is just 204 calories for a main-course serving. It’s also an inexpensive, healthy dish that can help you hold true to your resolutions.

Resolution resurrection

Need help hitting your goals? Try these foods that taste good, are good for you

BY DANIEL NEMAN Tribune News Service

H

ow are those New Year’s resolutions working out for you?

Many resolutions to eat better and lose weight are born from holiday bingeeating guilt and regret.

Some of us actually eat more sweets and goodies and egg nog during the holidays than we ordinarily would, knowing that come the new year, we will be resolving to eat less.

The time has come. The time is here. The time is now. And the resolutions that we made so recently are withering and dying away.

Have no fear. We are here to help with an assortment of recipes that taste good and are good for you.

And we’re not saying “taste good and are good for you,” because it is a food writer’s trite cliché.

These recipes actually do, and they actually are.

Let’s start with one of the great international comfort foods, pasta e fagioli. Popular throughout southern Italy – and by extension, New Jersey – it is often pronounced “pasta fazool” (especially in New Jersey).

However you pronounce it, it is hearty, it is delicious, and it is just 204 calories for a main-course serving.

It is also inexpensive.

Pasta e fagioli is the dish that traditionally was made at the end of the pay period when the wallet was thin and the lira and dollars were few.

But it has such happy associations that it now shows up on the menus of the trendiest and priciest Italian restaurants.

Pasta e fagioli is bean and noodle soup; that’s all. But it’s more than that. For many people, it is the heart of Italy.

My next dish was created when I was asked to bring a vegetarian soup to a potluck lunch. I couldn’t decide whether to make an onion soup or a mushroom soup, so I decided to combine the two. After all, with their shared earthy flavors, mushrooms and onions go uncommonly well together such as in the classic mixture of duxelles.

I decided to make, essen-

tially, a duxelles soup.

The secret to any onion soup is to take your time.

Thinly sliced onions have to caramelize in butter (or olive oil if you want to make it vegan) at a low temperature for a long time in order to bring out their wonderful natural sweetness. I took about an hour to caramelize mine, and the onions were so sweet that one person who tried the soup asked if I had put any sugar into it.

I hadn’t. It was nothing but onions, at least for that initial layer of flavor.

I used a mixture of white onions and red onions for a little extra complexity.

For the next flavor layer, I sautéed some mushrooms, again mixing white button mushrooms and cremini (which are also known as baby portobellos) for added interest. These I cooked with just a few sprigs of thyme and a healthy splash of

The secret to any onion soup – including this onionmushroom soup – is to take your time. a medium-dry sherry.

I used an amontillado, because I like the way it tastes, and because I have a literary bent.

It is the kind of dish where the calories are low, but you would never know it from all of the flavor.

My eye was next turned by a recipe for beef and barley with carrots and mushrooms. First, I was intrigued by the thought of what is essentially

a rice pilaf made with barley, a tragically underused grain. And second, I liked the symmetry of making a solid-dish version of a soup (beef and barley) after I had just cooked a soup version of a solid dish (duxelles).

The hearty barley was made even more nutty and delicious by the addition of the water I had used to soak dried porcini mushrooms. The

carrots added a touch of sweetness to counteract the meaty, bold flavor of the rest of the dish.

Yet I still wanted more low-calorie dishes. I rarely cook with beef because of the fat and the calories, so naturally I liked the challenge of making another healthful weight-losing dish with it. But I cheated.

I turned to Japanese cuisine, which is one of the most healthy, lowest-calorie cooking there is.

And then I uncheated, so to speak. The recipe I chose, which the Japanese cookbook called Gyuniku to broccoli no itame-ni, is utterly unrelated to Japanese cuisine.

The writers, as it turns out, appear to have left out a vital ingredient (stock), which would have changed the cooking method (simmering the meat in a broth) and made the meal a lot more Japanese.

Instead, I made the dish as the recipe instructed.

Made this way, it turned out to be very similar to the familiar ChineseAmerican dish Beef With Broccoli, and it is an excellent version of it, too. You can eat it on its own, as I did, or serve it with rice.

I still had plenty of energy, probably from eating all those holiday goodies, so I decided to make one last low-cal dish. It is hard to find a cut of meat with fewer calories than pork tenderloin, so that is what I used for a very simple meal.

Well, relatively simple.

It requires two different stages of cooking, one on top of the stove and one in the oven. And you have to mix together a wet rub from just a handful of ingredients first, but that’s easy, too.

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Is yoga right exercise for you?

I

BY SHERRY DEWALT CGH Medical Center

have recently rediscovered yoga.

I’ve tried it a few times in the past, but this time I think it’s going to stick.

Yoga is an ancient practice that unites mind and body. In fact, the word yoga means “to join together.” Yoga focuses on exercise, breathing, and meditation, and can be very helpful in strengthening the body and calming the mind.

The practice of yoga has been shown to lower

by almost anyone in one form or another. There are even chair-based yoga programs for people with limited mobility.

In fact, I recently saw a video about a disabled Gulf War veteran who was told he would never walk unaided again. He used yoga to rehabilitate himself. You can view the video by searching YouTube for “Never, Ever Give Up. Arthur’s Inspirational Transformation.”

Lest you get the wrong idea, you should know that certain forms of yoga

beyondTRIM Sherry DeWalt is a community health educator at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Reach her at SDeWal@ cghmc.com

blood pressure and slow the heart rate. It has also been linked to lower cholesterol and triglyceride levels and better immune system function.

Yoga can be performed

are not necessarily for sissies. There are several men in the class I attend.

And while I consider myself to be relatively fit, I find the workout challenging, and I consistently work up a sweat.

For a mind-blowing example of the extreme strength, agility, and balance that can be achieved by regular yoga practitioners, I invite you to check out another video on YouTube called “David Swenson Ashtanga Yoga”. Look for the picture of him sitting on two yoga mats laid across

one another in an “x”.

While you can learn yoga from a video, I recommend working with an experienced instructor who can make sure you are using proper form. Even though yoga is relatively low-impact, it is possible to injure yourself, if you do not do the poses correctly.

In our area, there are yoga programs available through the Sterling Park District, Woodlawn Arts Academy, and Traditional Wellness Center and Journey Yoga, both in Dixon. There might be

others of which I am not aware.

I feel that my core strength and flexibility are greatly improved since I began practicing yoga again. Although I am more interested in those benefits, many people enjoy the breathing and meditation aspects more.

If you think you would like to try it, the important thing is to find a class and instructor who will help you to achieve your goals, whether they involve your mind or body.

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The only problem with a dish this easy is you don’t burn off a lot of calories to make it.

Easy Pork Tenderloin Yield: 3 to 4 servings 1 clove garlic, minced 1 teaspoon dried thyme ½ teaspoon coarse salt (less if using table salt) ¼ teaspoon black pepper 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided 2 pork tenderloins, about 2½ pounds total 1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

2. Mix together garlic, thyme, salt, pepper and 1 tablespoon of the olive oil.

Spread evenly over pork tenderloins and set aside for 30 minutes to 1 hour.

3. Place remaining 1 tablespoon oil in a large, ovenproof skillet and heat over medium-high heat until hot. Add tenderloins and sear all over, about 8 to 10 minutes.

4. Place skillet in oven and cook until pork reaches an internal temperature of 150 degrees for medium. This will take about 10 to 15 more minutes; do not overcook. Allow pork to rest on a plate for 3 minutes before slicing.

Per serving (based on 4): 365 calories; 15 g fat; 4 g saturated fat; 149 mg cholesterol; 53 g protein; no carbohydrate; no sugar; no fiber; 357 mg sodium; 19 mg calcium

until sauce thickens.

Per serving: 233 calories; 15 g fat; 4 g saturated fat; 38 mg cholesterol; 13 g protein; 11 g carbohydrate; 6 g sugar; 1 g fiber; 107 mg sodium; 33 mg calcium – Recipe adapted from “Step-by-Step Japanese Cooking” by Lesley Downer and Minoru Yoneda

Beef and Barley with Carrots and Mushrooms Yield: 6 servings 3 cups boiling water 1 package (½ ounce) dried porcini mushrooms 1 pound beef top round steak, 3⁄4 inch thick 2 teaspoons olive oil, divided 1 tablespoon soy sauce 8 ounces button (white) mushrooms, sliced 2 medium carrots, peeled, cut lengthwise in half, then crosswise into ¼-inch thick slices 1 medium onion, finely chopped ½ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper ¼ teaspoon dried thyme 1½ cups pearl barley 1 (14½-ounce) can chicken broth ½ cup loosely packed fresh parsley leaves 1. Into medium bowl, pour boiling water over porcini; let stand 10 minutes or more.

2. Meanwhile, cut steak lengthwise in half. With knife held in slanted position, almost parallel to cutting surface, slice each half of steak crosswise

into 1⁄8-inch thick slices.

3. In a deep nonstick 12-inch skillet, heat 1 teaspoon of the oil over medium-high heat until very hot. Add half of steak slices and cook until they just lose their pink color, about 2 minutes, stirring constantly.

Transfer steak to medium bowl; repeat with remaining oil and steak. Toss steak with soy sauce; set aside.

4. To same skillet, add white mushrooms, carrots, onion, salt, pepper and thyme and cook over medium-high heat until vegetables are tendercrisp, about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.

5. While vegetables are cooking, remove porcini from soaking water with slotted spoon, reserving the liquid. Rinse porcini to remove any sand; coarsely chop. Strain soaking water through sieve lined with paper towel into medium bowl and set aside.

6. Add barley, broth, porcini and mushroom-soaking water to vegetables in skillet; heat mixture to boiling over medium-high heat.

Reduce heat to mediumlow; cover and simmer until barley and vegetables are tender and most of the liquid has evaporated, 35 to 40 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in steak mixture and parsley; heat through.

Per serving: 354 calories; 9 g fat; 3 g saturated fat; 46 mg cholesterol; 23 g protein; 46 g carbohydrate; 3 g sugar; 9 g fiber; 728 mg sodium; 50 mg calcium – Recipe adapted from “400 Healthy Recipes,”

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– Recipe by Daniel Neman

Beef with Broccoli Yield: 4 servings 8 ounces beef sirloin 3 ⁄4 pound (12 ounces) broccoli 4 ounces button (white) mushrooms 2 cloves garlic 1 tablespoon sake, dry sherry or dry vermouth 1 tablespoon rice vinegar 1 tablespoon sesame oil 1 tablespoon water 1 tablespoon granulated sugar 2 teaspoons cornstarch 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1. With a sharp knife, slice the beef into thin, bite-sized strips. Wash the broccoli and divide into florettes, discarding the rest of the broccoli or reserving for another use. Wipe and trim the mushrooms and cut them in half. Peel the garlic and slice finely. In a small bowl, thoroughly mix together the sake, rice vinegar, sesame oil, water, sugar and cornstarch.

2. Heat the vegetable oil in a wok, large skillet or large saucepan over medium heat. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, 30 seconds to 1 minute.

3. Add the mushrooms and sauté lightly. Stir in the broccoli and beef and sauté to brown the beef.

Cover and cook until broccoli is crisp-tender and beef is cooked through, about 5 minutes.

4. Add the sake-cornstarch mixture and stir

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Pasta e Fagioli Yield: 4 servings 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 small onion, sliced 1 large rib celery, sliced 1 (14½-ounce) can vegetable broth (13⁄4 cups) 2 cups water 1 (15 to 19-ounce) can cannelini beans (white kidney beans), rinsed and drained 1 (14½-ounce) can diced tomatoes 2 garlic cloves, crushed and minced 1 teaspoon granulated sugar ¼ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper ¼ cup tubettini or ditalini pasta (I used small elbow macaroni) 1 (10-ounce) package frozen chopped spinach 1. In a 5- to 6-quart Dutch oven, heat oil over medium heat until hot.

Add onion and celery and cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes.

2. Meanwhile, in a 2-quart saucepan, heat broth and water to boiling over high heat.

3. Add beans, tomatoes, garlic, sugar, salt and

pepper to onion mixture; heat to boiling over high heat. Add broth mixture and pasta; heat to boiling.

Reduce heat to medium and cook 5 minutes. Add frozen spinach; cook, stirring frequently to separate spinach, 3 to 4 minutes longer.

Per serving: 204 calories; 4 g fat; 1 g saturated fat; no cholesterol; 10 g protein; 33 g carbohydrate; 8 g sugar; 8 g fiber; 1,026 mg sodium; 150 mg calcium – Recipe adapted from “400 Healthy Recipes,”

by Good Housekeeping

Onion-Mushroom Soup Yield: 12 cups 4 tablespoons butter 2 large white onions, sliced thin 2 large red onions, sliced thin 8 ounces button mushrooms, sliced 8 ounces cremini mushrooms (baby portobellos), sliced 4 sprigs fresh thyme or ¼ teaspoon dried 8 cups vegetable or chicken stock

¼ cup dry sherry or white wine Apple cider vinegar, if needed 1. Melt butter in a Dutch oven or large pot over medium-low heat. Add white and red onions, and season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until onions begin to turn brown. This could take from 1 to 2 hours, depending on your stove’s temperature.

2. Remove onions with a slotted spoon and add mushroom slices and thyme. Cook until mushrooms are tender.

3. Return onions to the pot, along with stock and sherry. Raise heat and bring to a simmer. Taste, and add salt and pepper if needed. If soup is too sweet for your taste, add vinegar, 2 tablespoons at a time, until it is as sweet and sour as you like.

Per serving: 124 calories; 6 g fat; 3 g saturated fat; 15 mg cholesterol; 5 g protein; 12 g carbohydrate; 5 g sugar; 1 g fiber; 234 mg sodium; 22 mg calcium – Recipe by Daniel Neman

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Heating season not finished Technician: Furnace cleaning should be done every year

BY ADAM POULISSE Shaw Media apoulisse@shawmedia.com

DeKALB – Although snow might be melting and temperatures might have climbed out of the single digits, beware – winter is coming. Still.

With February historically providing very cold temperatures and heavy snowfall, residents should expect to fire up their heaters to stay toasty.

But cranking up home heating systems, whether they run on electricity or gas, cranks up other

aspects as well – including utility bills, and fire and carbon monoxide hazards.

Heating and air conditioning companies have been busy – particularly the week of frigid temperatures seen toward the beginning of January.

“It seems like winter is shifting to start later and run later,” said Chris Carpenter, owner of One Hour Heating and Air Conditioning in DeKalb.

“Having the tune-up once a year is a positive thing.

You can increase the efficiency and find problems before they happen.”

Furnace cleaning should be done annually and, ideally, before winter blows in, said Kevin Smrz, a tech-

nician at Breezy’s Heating and Air Conditioning in Sycamore. He’s been busy with repairs at residential and commercial buildings across the county.

“People don’t realize that flame sensors need to be cleaned on an annual basis,” Smrz said. “It’ll last a couple of years in some cases, but it’ll eventually get dirty, and they have to give us a call.”

Different factors, such as the size and age of the house, come into play when heating a home. A new house generally will be less drafty and heat up more efficiently than an old one, and a small apartment will heat up faster than a two-story house.

MONEY & MARKETS The following stock quotations, as of 5 p.m., are provided as a community service by Chad Weigle of Edward Jones, Dixon and Raymond James and Associates, Sterling.

Abbott..................................44.22 Alcoa....................................15.54 AltriaCorp............................53.83 Autonation..........................58.15 American Express...............87.26 Arris-Group.........................28.16 Apple.................................108.72 ADM....................................47.20 AT&T...................................33.94 Bank of America..................15.26 Boeing................................131.24 BorgWarner.........................52.76 BP........................................37.69 Casey’s.................................92.50 Caterpillar...........................83.94 CenturyLink........................38.75 Chevron.............................106.44 Cisco....................................28.07 Citigroup..............................47.27 CNW....................................42.58 CocaCola.............................43.17

ConAgra...............................36.28 Dean....................................18.77 Deere & Co..........................87.12 Disney..................................94.76 Donaldson...........................36.53 DuPont................................74.36 Exxon...................................91.08 Ford.....................................15.00 Exelon..................................37.25 GE........................................23.85 FifthThird............................18.29 HawaiianElectric................34.15 Hewlett Packard.................38.62 HomeDepot......................103.26 Intel Corp............................36.09 IBM....................................157.11 IntlPaper..............................54.22 JCPenney...............................7.22 JohnsonControls.................45.23 Johnson&Johnson............101.21 JPMorgan Chase.................55.73 Kraft.....................................65.93 Kroger..................................66.40 Leggett&Platt......................44.13 Manpower...........................65.60 McDonald’s.........................90.80 Merck&Co...........................62.62 Microsoft.............................46.39

3M......................................161.92 Monsanto..........................117.60 Newell..................................37.95 AGL......................................56.61 Nike.....................................93.64 Parker-Han........................121.13 Pfizer....................................33.10 Pepsico................................97.52 Procter&Gamble.................91.20 RaymondJames...................52.21 Republic..............................40.53 Sears Hldg...........................33.60 SensientTech.......................60.48 Sprint.....................................4.16 Staples..................................16.39 TheTravelers.....................105.84 UnitedContinental.............68.07 UnitedTech.......................117.52 USBancorp..........................41.22 USSteel................................21.58 Verizon.................................48.18 Walgreen..............................76.05 WalMartStores....................86.69 WalMartMexico..................20.31 WasteMgt............................52.91 Wendy’s...............................10.23

Commodities The following quotations are provided as a community service by Sterling Futures: Corn: March 3.90; May 3.98; July 4.04 Soybeans: Jan. 9.82; May 9.873⁄4; July 9.93 Soybean oil: March 32.84; May 33.00

Soybean meal: March Lean hogs: Feb. 71.77; 326.50; May 319.30 April 74.67; June 83.67 Wheat: March 5.37; May Sugar: March 15.83 5.39 Cotton: March 57.79 Oats: March 2.90; July T-Bonds: March 14921⁄32 2.97 Silver: March 18.00 Live cattle: Feb. 153.05; Gold: Feb. 1295.00 April 151.07; June 145.12 Copper: March 2.5875 Feeder cattle: Jan. Crude: Feb. 46.62 214.47; March 202.47 Dollar Index: Dec. 93.35

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STERLING – Twelve days ago, Sterling senior Cade Coursey came oh so close to setting a new school record in 1-meter diving. Needless to say, there was only really one thing on his mind in Tuesday’s dual meet against Byron at the Duis Center.

Coursey upped his degree of difficulty throughout his six dives, and shattered the record of 254 with a score of 269.50 in front of a loud crowd of onlookers.

“It was frustrating to be only four points away, and I knew I had to come out here and try to get it today,” Coursey said. “My first meet, I didn’t have as high a DD, so today I just did harder dives and tried to get the same scores on them as I did earlier this year.”

Coursey’s record performance highlighted the Warriors’ 105-81 win over their friendly rivals.

The senior diver knew where he stood the entire competition, as he got a little help keeping track of his score from the crowd lining the upper deck.

“My mom and my sister calculate my points and tell me where I’m at, so I know what I need after each dive,” Coursey said. “The dive before the last one, I went over a little and got some low scores, so I knew I had to stick the last dive if I wanted to break the record.

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ROCK FALLS – Perhaps it was the familiar confines of Tabor Gym. Having fallen to the Dixon Duchesses at Lancaster Gymnasium in their two meetings so far this season, the Rock Falls Rockets looked to make the third go-around the charm.

After struggling with shots and rebounding in the first half, the Rockets bounced back to force a tie at the end of regulation.

Rock Falls outscored Dixon 14-9 in two extra sessions to escape with a 55-50 doubleovertime win.

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Dixon’s Katie Dewey shoots over Rock Falls’ Chelsi Blair during Tuesday’s game at Tabor Gym. Dixon fell 55-50 in double overtime.

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Sterling’s Cade Coursey dives Tuesday during a swimming and diving meet against Byron at the Duis Center. Coursey recorded a six-dive score of 269.50 to break the program record of 254 by more than 15 points. Sterling won the meet 105-81.

Star of the meet: Cade Coursey, Sterling, set new school record with 6-dive score of 269.50 Up next: Sterling at United Township Invite, 10:30 a.m. Saturday; Byron at St. Charles North Invite, 1 p.m.

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Noah Leffelman sent the Comet faithful home on a happy note.

Leffelman gutted out a 1-0 decision against Trace Shoup at 285 pounds to finish off an interesting Tuesday evening of wrestling. The Panthers rolled to a 54-18 victory against the

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Star of the match: Noah Leffelman, Newman, wins at 220, 285 Up next: E-P, St. Bede at Amboy; Newman at Sherrard, both 5:30 Thursday Comets, but both of those squads had their hands full with the state’s top-ranked team in Class 1A, Dakota.

The Indians started off the night beating Newman 69-3, and followed that up with a 41-27 victory against the Panthers.

Newman and Erie-Proph-

etstown battled on mostly even terms. In nine contested matches, the Panthers won five, and the Comets took four, but Newman allowed 30 points in forfeits.

The tightest match involved Leffelman, normally the Comets’ 220-pounder, and Shoup, a sturdy freshman. Leffelman got an escape early in the second period to go up 1-0, and made that score stand up the rest of the way.

Shoup chose neutral in the Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com third period, but was unable to Erie-Prophetstown’s Chris Bonnell wrestles Dakota’s Mason take Leffelman down.

West during the 106-pound bout Tuesday at Newman High School. Bonnell won by pin in 1 minute, 16 seconds.

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Sideline shuffle Marc Trestman Ravens hire former Bears head coach as offensive coordinator to replace Gary Kubiak. Trestman was fired after a 5-11 season.

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Dalton replacing Rodgers in Pro Bowl Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton is headed to his second Pro Bowl, replacing the injured Aaron Rodgers.

Dalton was a seventh alternate in voting for the Pro Bowl last month. Rodgers had a calf injury during the playoffs. Green Bay lost the NFC championship game to Seattle 28-22 in overtime.

Rodgers said his injured left calf should heal in 4 to 6 weeks now that Green Bay is out of the playoffs.

Extra points change for Pro Bowl The NFL will have narrower uprights and longer kicks for extra-point tries at the Pro Bowl.

The NFL has discussed changes in extra points to make the kicks more difficult and experimented with longer tries during the preseason.

For Sunday’s Pro Bowl at University of Phoenix Stadium, the uprights will be narrowed from 18.6 to 14 feet on extra-point tries.

The kick also will be moved back from the 2 to the 15, making it essentially a 33 1/2-yard field goal.

Jaguars hire Marrone as assistant The Jacksonville Jaguars have hired former Buffalo Bills head coach Doug Marrone as assistant head coach and offensive line coach. Marrone replaces George Yarno, who left the team last June to begin cancer treatment.

With two rookies and two second-year players starting on the line, the Jaguars gave up a franchise-record 71 sacks.

White Sox pitcher will have his No. 41 jersey retired by his college, Florida Gulf Coast University, during a basketball game on Jan. 31.

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Wednesday, January 21, 2015

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Fangio perfect for Bears defense

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his one is pretty simple. Over the past four seasons working for the 49ers, Vic Fangio has been the best defensive coordinator in the NFL, and now, he’ll do that job for the Bears.

Obviously, it has helped that the 49ers have had the best defensive players in the NFL these past four seasons – Justin Smith, Patrick Willis, Navorro Bowman, Aldon Smith and Ahmad Brooks are all Pro Bowlers, and Smith, Willis and Bowman perennial defensive MVP candidates.

But Fangio’s skills have gone far beyond talent.

Fangio has run a 3-4 in Frisco the majority of the time, but no team in the NFL has morphed in and out of 30 and 40 fronts more effectively and more seamlessly than the 49ers.

Again, four All-Pro linebackers and two in Smith and Brooks who can put a hand on the ground and come off the edge at any time made that doable, but it still required great coaching to make it all work.

There is nowhere to connect the dots between Fangio and John Fox other than

The nose tackles required to play in a 30 hubARKUSH front are very different Shaw Media players from the oneBears gap penetrating DT’s analyst.

He can be currently populating the reached at Bears roster. harkush@ Ego Ferguson might shawmedia. be big enough to give it com a whack and constantly try and fill two gaps and absorb double teams, but it’s impossible to envision Will Sutton mutual acquaintances, but it is interesting Fan- there.

Stephen Paea – if the gio was the defensive Bears choose to re-sign coordinator in Carothe free agent – is problina from 1995-98 well ably strong enough to before Fox arrived in give it a try, but it’s not 2002. his best position.

It also is of note that The Bears also have Fangio’s boss in Carono five techniques – 3-4 lina those four seasons defensive ends. was Dom Capers, who Fives are most often has coordinated the athletic but taller and Packers defense since oversized defensive 2009. tackles, whose primary Bet Fox and Fangio would love to have Fox’s responsibility is to set the edge, play the run guy, Julius Peppers, and absorb blockers. back now, but that’s another story for anothWillie Young might try er time that was dicit but he’s not ideal, and tated by circumstances, it won’t work with Jared not anyone’s failures.

Allen.

It will be fascinating Could the Bears try the now to see what Fox same thing with Allen and Fangio do first, stay the Packers did with in a base 4-3 while they Peppers? He’s not the rebuild the personnel athlete Peppers is, but on defense to play a 3-4, with his motor, it could or go for it right away. be a fun experiment.

The problem today Jonathan Bostic and is the Bears just don’t Christian Jones might have enough 3-4 perbe able to play any sonnel to play it effeclinebacker spot in a tively.

3-4, and the only posi-

tion anyone besides the Bears had a high draft grade for Shea McClellin at was the outside rush backer behind a 30 front.

Unfortunately McClellin most likely isn’t an NFL player, so the Bears need at least two more linebackers to go 3-4, or at least one and Allen.

There are more problems in the secondary.

With the regular blitzing the 3–4 requires, the cornerbacks have to have good man-toman and press coverage skills, and that is not the strong suit of the Bears corners.

It will be fascinating to watch the kind of players the Bears target now in the draft and free agency, to give us the road map as to which scheme they prefer.

My best guess is 2015 will be a 4-3 base package with a ton of 30 fronts mixed in as the defensive talent is retooled. Regardless of where they line up, Fangio’s defense is about pressure, so expect pass rushers to be the Bears top priority.

This much we know.

Fangio is an outstanding hire, he can coach any scheme, and the Bears are very lucky to have him.

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“I did not have a problem,” Johnson told Sports Illustrated when asked about cocaine. “It’s just something I’m not going to get into. I have issues. But that’s not the issue.”

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ABOVE: Byron’s Caleb Carlson swims the 200 IM during Tuesday’s meet at the Duis Center in Sterling.

Carlson, a freshman at Dixon, won the event in 1:57.87.

BELOW: Sterling’s Lucas Campbell won the 50 freestyle Tuesday in 23.79.

Dixon’s Carlson wins two individual events

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“When I heard my score, I was superstoked … and relieved, really, to finally get the record. Now, I just have to try to keep getting higher and higher scores, just keep breaking my own record.”

Another local product, Dixon freshman Caleb Carlson, put together his own highlight reel performance. Swimming with the Byron co-op, Carlson won the 200 IM by nearly 20 seconds (1:57.87), and took the 100 breaststroke by 4 seconds (1:03.35). He also swam legs on the Tigers’ victorious 200 medley (1:44.09) and 400 freestyle (3:29.90) relays.

Winning at the Duis Center was especially sweet for Carlson, who’s been a member of the Sterling Stingrays club team since he was 12 years old.

“I haven’t been here in a while, and it’s nice to swim here again,” Carlson said. “It’s kind of like an extra home meet, just fun competition with longtime friends.”

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Let us hear it Carlson’s times in the two individual events were a bit off from Saturday’s Jefferson Invite, where he clocked times under the state-qualifying cut. And while he was a little disappointed he couldn’t match it, he still left the meet happy with where he stands heading into next month’s sectional meet.

“My breaststroke felt a little off today, and I really wanted to change up the routine a little bit, switch things up a little, just to see what I could do,” Carlson said.

“I’m happy with the way it went, and I think sectionals will be a lot of fun ... especially with my friends from Sterling being at the same one to

help cheer me on.”

Winnebago sophomore Sergio Solis also swam on the two winning relays, and he added the Tigers’ other wins in the 100 butterfly (58.17 seconds) and the 100 backstroke (57.01).

Senior Lucas Campbell led the Sterling contingent with wins in the 50 free (23.79) and 100 free (52.13), and he also anchored the Warriors’ win in the 200 freestyle relay (1:54.49).

Junior Brandon Pillars added a win in the 200 free (2:01.53) and a close second to Solis in the 100 fly (58.89), and freshman Robbie Christensen won the 500 freestyle (5:48.04) for Sterling.

“We swam decent

this weekend, but we didn’t finish the way we wanted to,” Campbell said. “Byron beat us in the standings, so we came into today wanting to get it done against them. We knew that Sergio and Caleb would get their points, but it’s a confidence boost to know that we can hang with them as a team, with them being in our sectional next month.

“Byron’s a good team, and we have a lot of good friends there, and that makes this mean a little something more.

We swam a lot better today, and it’s pretty sweet to get one more win to add to our dual meet record – especially against our friends.”

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Wednesday, January 21, 2015

LOCAL SPORTS

PREP ROUNDUP

BASKETBALL GLANCES Boys basketball

Girls basketball

NIB-12 West

NIB-12 West

Conf.

All Ottawa 2-0 9-5 LaSalle-Peru 3-2 9-6 Sterling 2-1 6-9 Geneseo 2-3 8-8 Rochelle 0-1 1-10 Monday’s results Sterling MLK Tournament • Montini 49, Sterling 46 • Sterling 57, Burlington Central 52 Tuesday’s results • LaSalle-Peru 57, Morris 52 Friday’s games • Geneseo at Rochelle, 7 • LaSalle-Peru at Ottawa, 7:30

Conf.

4-2 3-2 2-5 2-5 0-3 Monday’s results • Ottawa 52, Morris 51, OT Tuesday’s results • Geneseo 47, Kaneland 45, OT • Sycamore 49, LaSalle-Peru 32 Ottawa Sterling LaSalle-Peru Geneseo Rochelle

Steamers split TRAC meet

All 13-5 10-10 8-13 6-17 1-12

Fulton wrestling goes 1-1; Morrison swimming beats Newman

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Fulton wrestling split a pair of matches on Tuesday night, topping Riverdale 45-24 and losing to Rockridge via criteria 30-30.

The Rockets won seven matches, while the Steamers took five.

Ty Fleetwood (106), Cole Grant (145) and Steven Balk (285) each won two bouts for Fulton.

Thursday’s games • Plainfield Central at Ottawa, 7:30 Friday’s games • Yorkville at Sterling, 7

Saturday’s games • Yorkville at Ottawa, 6 • Sycamore at Geneseo, 6:30 • DeKalb at LaSalle-Peru, 7 • Sterling at Morris, 7

Saturday’s games • DeKalb at LaSalle-Peru, 3:30 • Yorkville at Ottawa, 4:30 • Sycamore at Geneseo, 5 • Sterling at Morris, 5:30

BNC West Conf.

All Winnebago 5-1 12-4 Dixon 4-1 17-1 Rockford Lutheran 4-1 13-1 Byron 2-1 15-3 Mendota 3-2 13-5 Oregon 1-3 8-10 Stillman Valley 0-4 2-10 Rock Falls 0-5 2-14 Monday’s results South Beloit MLK tournament • Byron 53, Mooseheart 45 • Byron 54, Marengo 51 Sterling MLK Tournament • Dixon 55, Burlington Central 48 • Dixon 53, Kankakee 51 Saturday’s games • Dixon at Byron, 7 • Lutheran at Rock Falls, 7 • Oregon at Stillman Valley, 7:15 • Winnebago at Mendota, 7:15

Three Rivers East Conf.

Bureau Valley 4-0 Kewanee 4-0 Princeton 3-2 St. Bede 3-2 Newman 2-3 Hall 1-5 Amboy 0-5 Tuesday’s results • Bureau Valley 65, St. Bede 61 • Kewanee 59, Princeton 54 • Newman 67, Hall 40

All 19-0 12-6 12-4 10-7 11-9 8-13 0-18

Friday’s games • Amboy at Bureau Valley, 7:30 • Hall at Kewanee, 7:30 • Princeton at Newman, 7:30 Saturday’s games • Kewanee at Bureau Valley, 6:30 • Amboy at Forreston, 7

Three Rivers West Conf.

Rockridge 6-0 Riverdale 4-1 Erie 4-2 Morrison 2-3 Orion 2-4 Prophetstown 2-4 Fulton 1-4 Sherrard 1-4 Tuesday’s results • Erie 68, Sherrard 52 • Rockridge 58, Fulton 34 • Prophetstown 65, Orion 56 • Riverdale 60, Morrison 45

All 14-1 12-4 9-11 11-8 7-11 4-11 10-9 6-9

Friday’s games • Prophetstown at Riverdale, 7:30 • Rockridge at Sherrard, 7:30 Saturday’s games • Fulton at Erie, 6:30 • Mercer County at Morrison, 7:30 Great Western Shootout • Orion vs. TBA • Rockridge vs. TBA

NUIC East Conf.

All 4-0 9-4 3-1 11-6 3-1 8-4 3-2 5-9 3-3 13-6 1-2 5-7 1-2 2-12 1-3 4-11 0-3 2-11 0-4 3-12 Monday’s results South Beloit MLK tournament • South Beloit 53, Harvard 43 • East Dubuque 45, Dakota 28 • Dakota 53, South Beloit 46 • Harvard 52, Orangeville 37 • Mooseheart 63, AFC 30 Tuesday’s results • Christina Life 75, Pecatonica 53 Today’s game • Indian Creek at Polo, 7 Aquin AFC Forreston South Beloit Polo Pecatonica Orangeville Milledgeville Dakota Durand

Thursday’s games • Forreston at AFC, 7:30 • Milledgeville at Aquin, 7:30 • Orangeville at Dakota, 7:30 • Pecatonica at Durand, 7:30 Saturday’s games • Dakota at Durand, 4:30 • AFC at Aquin, 7:30 • Milledgeville at Polo, 7:30 • Pecatonica at South Beloit, 7:30

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Amboy splits two at triangular: The Clippers earned a narrow

Conf.

All Rockford Lutheran 8-1 17-4 Mendota 7-1 18-1 Stillman Valley 7-2 15-5 Byron 5-3 18-5 Oregon 3-7 11-12 Rock Falls 2-6 11-10 Dixon 2-6 8-11 Winnebago 0-7 6-15 Monday’s results Byron MLK tournament • Byron 54, North Boone 26 • Byron 52, Rockford Christian 41 DeKalb MLK tournament • Lutheran def. Maine South, score NA • Lutheran 51, Lincoln-Way East 32 Tuesday’s results • Stillman Valley 54, Byron 51, OT • Rock Falls 55, Dixon 50, 2OT • Mendota 56, Oregon 28 • Lutheran 79, Winnebago 42

25-24 win over Winnebago, and dropped a 36-28 decision to Oregon at a triangular at Amboy.

Dallas Appleman (195 pounds), Caleb Morris (145) and Collin Doege (132) each earned wins for Amboy.

Corey Grady (145) won via fall for Oregon against the Clippers, while Dominic Marchetti (152) picked up a 5-2 decision.

Friday’s games • Dixon at Mendota, 7:15 • Lutheran at Byron, 7:15 • Rock Falls at Stillman Valley, 7:15 • Winnebago at Oregon, 7:15

Girls bowling

United Township 2,976, Sterling 2,313: The Golden Warriors ran

into a buzzsaw in the Panthers at Blackhawk Lanes.

Three Rivers East Conf.

Amboy 7-0 Kewanee 4-1 Hall 4-2 Newman 3-2 Bureau Valley 2-4 St. Bede 1-4 Princeton 0-7 Monday’s results • Hall 54, Bureau Valley 43 • Amboy 52, Princeton 35 Byron MLK tournament • Guilford 47, St. Bede 37 • Christian Life 49, St. Bede 40 Kewanee MLK tournament • Peoria Manual 52, Kewanee 47 Today’s games • Bureau Valley at Newman, 7:30 • St. Bede at Amboy, 7:30

All 19-1 14-5 10-7 5-11 9-10 4-16 3-14

Tuesday’s stars Kyle Workman & Brian Slater, Morrison swimming, four event wins Ali Scheidecker, Oregon bowling, 637 series Aidan Bollman, Newman swimming, two event wins United Township was led by Kayla Crawford, who rolled games of 255, 259 and 243 for a 757 series.

Lydia Samuelson added a 679, and Sam Miner had a 609.

Sterling junior Mia Ashley rolled a career-best 539 series, while sophomore Paige Bauser rolled her career-high game of 209 in the third game. Bauser finished with a 517.

Oregon 3,211, Mendota 2,764: Ali Scheidecker rolled a 637 series to lead the Hawks to a win at Town & Country Lanes in Mount Morris.

Scheidecker had games of 227, 199 and 211. Victoria Barnhart had a 577 series, while Abi Scheidecker

had a 542 series.

Mendota’s Paige Simontow had a 535 series.

Boys swimming

Morrison 88, Newman 64: The

Mustangs won 9 of the 11 events in a dual at the YMCA in Sterling.

Kyle Workman and Brian Slater led the way for Morrison, as each won two individual events and were on two winning relays.

Workman won the 200 freestyle in 2:06.23 and the 500 freestyle in 6:03.63. Slater won the 100 butterfly (1:03.61) and the 100 backstroke (1:12.71).

Morrison won the 200 medley relay (2:02.20), the 200 freestyle relay (1:49.82), and the 400 freestyle relay (4:07.47). Other event winners for Morrison were Andrew Rinker in the 200 IM (2:45.37) and Seth Workman in the 100 breaststroke (1:16.06).

Aidan Bollman won two events for the Comets. Bollman won the 50 freestyle (24.92) and the 100 freestyle (56.08).

Thursday’s games • Amboy at Hall, 7:30 • Bureau Valley at Kewanee, 7:30 • St. Bede at Princeton, 7:30

Three Rivers West Conf.

Prophetstown 8-0 Sherrard 6-1 Erie 5-4 Morrison 4-4 Rockridge 3-4 Orion 2-4 Fulton 2-4 Riverdale 0-5 Monday’s results • Fulton 45, Morrison 44 • Prophetstown 34, Erie 27 Kewanee MLK tournament • Freeport 50, Orion 40 Tuesday’s result • Erie 46, Orion 41 Today’s game • Orion at Sherrard, 7:30

All 20-2 16-4 14-10 11-7 12-8 7-10 9-12 0-16

Thursday’s games • Erie at Morrison, 7:30 • Orion at Fulton, 7:30 • Riverdale at Sherrard, 7:30 • Rockridge at Prophetstown, 7:30

NUIC East Conf.

9-0 7-1 5-1 4-3 3-2 3-5 2-5 1-4 1-5 0-7 Monday’s results Byron MLK tournament • Dakota 56, Jefferson 41 • Dakota 60, Guilford 54 Tuesday’s results • AFC 65, Polo 25 • Eastland 67, Milledgeville 30 • Dakota 65, South Beloit 15 • Aquin 56, Forreston 26 • Durand 58, Orangeville 29 Today’s games • AFC at South Beloit, 7:30 • Milledgeville at Warren, 7:30 Aquin Dakota AFC Milledgeville Durand Polo Forreston Pecatonica Orangeville South Beloit

All 17-4 16-4 15-3 6-12 5-5 7-11 5-12 2-14 1-11 0-9

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Newman’s Cael Sanders tries to control Dakota’s Dylan Swift in a 126-pound bout during Tuesday’s match in Sterling. Swift won 4-0, and the Indians won the meet 69-3.

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Rock Falls’ Abbee Sigel comes up with a steal from Dixon’s Maggie Bushman during Tuesday’s game at Tabor Gym. Rock Falls won 55-50 in double overtime.

“I got pretty tired trying to get him down,” Leffelman said, “but I managed to get one escape, and that’s all that I needed tonight. It was a good, tough match.”

Cael Sanders (126) and Landen Vesley (182) each had pins for the Comets, while Hunter Webb (132) won a decision.

Austin Horn (120), Grady Todd (138), Josh Wheeler (145), Garrett Passmore (160) and Dylan Binion (170) won bouts for the Panthers (13-4), with Horn, Wheeler and Passmore

winning by pin.

The bout of the night for E-P was at 152 pounds against Dakota, where Jared Cole won a 5-4 decision against Nathan Olsen. Cole is ranked third at 145 pounds by Illinois Matmen, while Olsen is ranked fifth at 152.

The difference turned out to be a penalty point awarded to Cole after Olsen was called for fleeing the mat with 28 seconds left in the third period.

“It was definitely a nice confidence booster,” Cole said, “especially the way the team score was.

I needed to get a win to make it a little closer. We lost by 14 to a great team,

and that means we can compete with the best.”

Erie-Prophetstown began the match with pins from Shoup at 285 and Chris Bonnell at 106, and ended with pins from Austin Shoup at 195 and Noah Eads at 220. Dakota won nine of 10 bouts in between that.

The Indians (21-3) challenged themselves with duals against larger schools Hononegah, Harlem, Lincoln-Way Central, Cary-Grove and Montini this past Friday and Saturday. They won all but the one against Montini, which is ranked No. 1 in 2A. Dakota coach Pete

Alber sees plenty of room for improvement from his team, which is a big favorite to win state in Class 1A for the third consecutive year.

“I think we need to get in a little better shape than we are right now,” Alber said. “Our conditioning needs to improve, and our desire to dominate needs to improve, too. We’re getting a little satisfied with winning close matches, and I think we can do better than that.”

The lone winner for Newman against Dakota was Leffelman, who earned a 4-1 decision against Chris Jensen at 220.

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If it is deceptive, it is difficult

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Arthur Conan Doyle said, “There is nothing as deceptive as an obvious fact.”

That sounds strange – how can an obvious fact be deceptive, unless what seems obvious is in fact deceptive?

In today’s deal, look at only the North and South hands.

West leads the heart jack against three no-trump. How should declarer tackle the spade suit?

North’s two-diamond rebid was New Minor Forcing. It announced at least gameinvitational values and asked opener to describe his hand further.

South denied both three spades and four hearts.

South starts with six top tricks: one spade, three

hearts and two clubs. It is logical to try to rake in four spade winners, losing only one trick in the suit.

The obvious-looking line is to cash the ace, the honor from the shorter side first,

then to lead toward dummy.

If West plays an honor, declarer’s problems are over.

And if West plays low for a second time, South should call for dummy’s queen. If the suit is 3-3, it is a straight guess, whether West has king-third or jack-third. But playing the queen wins when East started with jackdoubleton. (At this point, there is no winning play if East has king-doubleton; declarer will lose always two spade tricks.)

However, there is a better play. South should win the first trick on the board and lead the spade queen.

If East covers with the king, South wins and his mission is accomplished. If East plays low, so does South.

This loses only when West has king-third or king-jackthird. © 2015 UFS

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Wild-card Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 3 Carolina 27, Arizona 16 Baltimore 30, Pittsburgh 17 Sunday, Jan. 4 Indianapolis 26, Cincinnati 10 Dallas 24, Detroit 20

Sunday, Jan. 11 Green Bay 26, Dallas 21 Indianapolis 24, Denver 13 Conference Championships Sunday’s results NFC, Seattle 28, Green Bay 22 AFC, New England 45, Indianapolis 7 Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 25 At Glendale, Ariz.

Team Irvin vs. Team Carter, 7 p.m. (ESPN) Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 1 At Glendale, Ariz.

New England vs. Seattle, 5:30 p.m. (NBC)

Men’s basketball Big Ten Conference Overall W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Maryland 5-1 .833 17-2 .895 Wisconsin 5-1 .833 17-2 .895 Indiana 4-1 .800 14-4 .778 Michigan 5-2 .714 12-7 .632 Iowa 4-2 .667 13-6 .684 Michigan St. 3-2 .600 12-6 .667 Purdue 3-2 .600 11-7 .611 Ohio St. 3-3 .500 14-5 .737 Nebraska 3-3 .500 10-8 .556 Illinois 2-4 .333 12-7 .632 Rutgers 2-5 .285 10-10 .500 Northwestern 1-4 .200 10-8 .556 Minnesota 1-6 .143 12-8 .600 Penn St. 0-5 .000 12-6 .667 Tuesday’s results Michigan 54, Rutgers 50 Nebraska 52, Minnesota 49 Wisconsin 82, Iowa 50 Today’s games Penn St. at Michigan St., 6 p.m. (BTN) Purdue at Illinois, 8 p.m. (BTN) Thursday’s games Ohio St. at Northwestern, 6 p.m. (ESPN/2) Maryland at Indiana, 8 p.m. (ESPNU) Saturday’s games Iowa at Purdue, 11 a.m. (BTN) Rutgers at Penn St., 11 a.m. (ESPNU) Illinois at Minnesota, 1:15 p.m. (BTN) Michigan St. at Nebraska, TBA (ESPN/2) Wisconsin at Michigan, TBA (ESPN/2) Sunday’s games Indiana at Ohio St., 12:30 p.m. (CBS Sports) Northwestern at Maryland, 6:30 p.m. (BTN) Top 25 schedule Monday’s results Georgetown 78, No. 4 Villanova 58 No. 5 Duke 79, Pittsburgh 65 No. 11 Kansas 85, No. 19 Oklahoma 78 No. 17 Texas 66, TCU 48 Tuesday’s results No. 1 Kentucky 65, Vanderbilt 57 No. 6 Wisconsin 82, No. 25 Iowa 50 No. 9 Iowa State 77, Kansas State 71 Davidson 77, No. 22 Dayton 60 Today’s games No. 12 Utah vs. Washington State, 8 p.m.

No. 14 Wichita State at Missouri State, 7:05 p.m.

No. 15 North Carolina at Wake Forest, 6 p.m.

No. 20 Northern Iowa vs. Indiana State, 7 p.m.

No. 21 Baylor vs. Huston-Tillotson, 7 p.m.

Thursday’s games No. 2 Virginia vs. Georgia Tech, 7 p.m.

No. 3 Gonzaga vs. Saint Mary’s, 10 p.m.

No. 7 Arizona at Stanford, 8 p.m.

No. 8 Notre Dame at Virginia Tech, 6 p.m.

No. 13 Maryland at No. 23 Indiana, 8 p.m.

No. 24 Seton Hall vs. DePaul, 6 p.m.

Friday’s game No. 16 VCU at Saint Louis, 6 p.m.

Tuesday’s box score

No. 6 WISCONSIN 82, No. 25 IOWA 50 IOWA (13-6) Uthoff 5-10 0-0 12, White 2-5 3-6 7, Woodbury 0-2 1-2 1, Jok 3-8 0-0 7, Gesell 1-4 0-0 2, Olaseni 0-0 0-0 0, Oglesby 2-3 0-0 4, Clemmons 2-2 0-0 5, Dickerson 3-5 0-0 8, Uhl 2-7 0-2 4. Totals 20-46 4-10 50.

WISCONSIN (17-2) Hayes 5-9 6-8 16, Dekker 6-9 3-4 17, Kaminsky 5-10 2-3 13, Gasser 2-5 0-0 6, Koenig 4-11 2-2 13, Smith 0-0 0-0 0, Showalter 2-6 0-0 5, Ferris 0-0 0-0 0, Moesch 1-1 0-0 2, Dukan 3-6 2-2 8, Brown 1-1 0-0 2, Dearring 0-1 0-0 0.

Totals 29-59 15-19 82.

Halftime–Wisconsin 35-17. 3-Point Goals–Iowa 6-15 (Dickerson 2-2, Uthoff 2-5, Clemmons 1-1, Jok 1-2, White 0-1, Uhl 0-2, Gesell 0-2), Wisconsin 9-22 (Koenig 3-6, Dekker 2-4, Gasser 2-5, Showalter 1-2, Kaminsky 1-3, Dukan 0-1, Hayes 0-1).

Fouled Out–None. Rebounds–Iowa 23 (Woodbury 5), Wisconsin 37 (Kaminsky 11). Assists–Iowa 7 (Dickerson, Gesell 2), Wisconsin 16 (Kaminsky 6). Total Fouls– Iowa 16, Wisconsin 9.

NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct 27 14 .659 17 24 .415 13 26 .333 8 33 .195 6 36 .143 Southeast Division W L Pct Atlanta 34 8 .810 Washington 29 13 .690 Miami 18 23 .439 Charlotte 17 25 .405 Orlando 15 29 .341 Central Division W L Pct Chicago 27 16 .628 Cleveland 22 20 .524 Milwaukee 21 20 .512 Detroit 16 26 .381 Indiana 15 28 .349

GB — 10 13 19 21½ GB — 5 15½ 17 20 GB — 4½ 5 10½ 12

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct Memphis 29 12 .707 Houston 29 13 .690 Dallas 29 13 .690 San Antonio 27 16 .628 New Orleans 20 21 .488 Northwest Division W L Pct Portland 31 11 .738 Oklahoma City 21 20 .512 Denver 18 24 .429 Utah 14 27 .341 Minnesota 7 33 .175

COLLEGE HOOPS | NO. 6 WISCONSIN 82, NO. 25 IOWA 50

GB — 6½ 10 18 22½

Tuesday’s results Oklahoma City 94, Miami 86 San Antonio 109, Denver 99

Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 10 New England 35, Baltimore 31 Seattle 31, Carolina 17

Toronto Brooklyn Boston Philadelphia New York

Pacific Division W L Pct 33 6 .846 28 14 .667 25 18 .581 16 25 .390 12 30 .286

GB — ½ ½ 3 9 GB — 9½ 13 16½ 23

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Iowa proves no match for Wisconsin

Today’s games New York at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

Miami at Charlotte, 6 p.m.

Utah at Cleveland, 6 p.m.

Indiana at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.

Orlando at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at New Orleans, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Memphis, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Washington, 7 p.m.

Portland at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Brooklyn at Sacramento, 9 p.m.

Houston at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.

BY GENARO C. ARMAS AP SPORTS WRITER

NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L OT Pts GF Tampa Bay 30 14 4 64 156 Detroit 27 11 9 63 139 Montreal 29 13 3 61 123 Boston 25 16 6 56 124 Florida 20 14 10 50 107 Toronto 22 22 3 47 139 Ottawa 18 18 9 45 122 Buffalo 14 30 3 31 89 Metropolitan Division W L OT Pts GF N.Y. Islanders 31 14 1 63 151 Pittsburgh 26 12 7 59 136 N.Y. Rangers 27 13 4 58 134 Washington 24 13 9 57 137 Philadelphia 19 22 7 45 130 Columbus 20 21 3 43 113 New Jersey 17 22 8 42 107 Carolina 16 25 5 37 98

GA 127 119 106 118 122 146 125 167 GA 129 114 106 120 146 138 134 120

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division W L OT Pts GF GA 30 10 5 65 137 104 29 13 4 62 148 111 29 15 2 60 145 106 25 14 8 58 131 117 21 18 7 49 144 151 19 18 10 48 122 135 20 20 6 46 128 137 Pacific Division W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 30 10 6 66 133 121 Vancouver 26 16 3 55 124 114 San Jose 24 17 6 54 127 130 Calgary 25 18 3 53 133 119 Los Angeles 20 14 12 52 127 122 Arizona 16 25 5 37 105 156 Edmonton 12 26 9 33 109 158 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Nashville St. Louis Chicago Winnipeg Dallas Colorado Minnesota

Tuesday’s results Edmonton 5, Washington 4, SO Detroit 5, Minnesota 4, SO N.Y. Rangers 3, Ottawa 2, OT Philadelphia 3, Pittsburgh 2, OT Montreal 2, Nashville 1, OT Tampa Bay 4, Vancouver 1 Chicago 6, Arizona 1 Boston 3, Dallas 1 Today’s games Toronto at Ottawa, 6 p.m.

Chicago at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

Columbus at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.

Boston at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Calgary at Anaheim, 9 p.m.

Los Angeles at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.

Tuesday’s box score

BLACKHAWKS 6, COYOTES 1 Arizona 0 1 0 —1 Chicago 2 3 1 —6 First Period–1, Chicago, Toews 14 (Kane, Sharp), 6:53 (pp). 2, Chicago, Shaw 7 (Teravainen, Bickell), 12:48. Penalties– Lessio, Ari (tripping), 5:47; Murphy, Ari (charging), 18:17.

Second Period–3, Chicago, Kane 22 (Richards, Sharp), 3:51. 4, Chicago, Teravainen 2 (Bickell, Hjalmarsson), 9:42. 5, Arizona, Lessio 1 (Gagner, Yandle), 17:54.

6, Chicago, Shaw 8 (Keith), 19:19. Penalties–Kruger, Chi (hooking), 1:09; Hanzal, Ari (tripping), 6:20; Yandle, Ari (tripping), 13:53.

Third Period–7, Chicago, Rundblad 2 (Kane, Richards), 14:11. Penalties–Chipchura, Ari (hooking), 2:36; Saad, Chi (holding), 7:57.

Shots on Goal–Arizona 9-10-17–36. Chicago 20-17-14–51.

Power-play opportunities–Arizona 0 of 2; Chicago 1 of 5.

Goalies–Arizona, M.Smith 7-20-3 (51 shots-45 saves). Chicago, Raanta 7-3-0 (36-35).

A–21,427 (19,717). T–2:23.

Referees–Tom Chmielewski, Chris Rooney. Linesmen–Kiel Murchison, Derek Nansen.

Tennis Wednesday At Melbourne Park Melbourne, Australia Purse: $32.9 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Men Second Round Tomas Berdych (7), Czech Republic, def.

Jurgen Melzer, Austria, 7-6 (0), 6-2, 6-2.

Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, def. David Goffin (20), Belgium, 6-1, 6-4, 4-6, 6-0.

Viktor Troicki, Serbia, def. Leonardo Mayer (26), Argentina, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-0.

Richard Gasquet (24), France, def. James Duckworth, Australia, 6-2, 6-3, 7-5.

Andy Murray (6), Britain, def. Marinko Matosevic, Australia, 6-1, 6-3, 6-2.

Kevin Anderson (14), South Africa, def.

Ricardas Berankis, Lithuania, 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (3).

Joao Sousa, Portugal, def. Martin Klizan (32), Slovakia, 4-6, 7-4 (4), 6-4, 1-0, retired.

Women Second Round Ekaterina Makarova (10), Russia, def.

Roberta Vinci, Italy, 6-2, 6-4.

Peng Shuai (21), China, def. Magdalena Rybarikova, Slovakia, 6-1, 6-1.

Carina Witthoeft, Germany, def. Christina McHale, United States, 6-3, 6-0.

Yaroslava Shvedova, Kazakhstan, def.

Monica Puig Puerto Rico, 6-2, 7-6 (6).

Julia Goerges, Germany, def. Klara Koukalova, Czech Republic, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.

Irina-Camelia Begu, Romania, def. Katerina Siniakova, Czech Republic, 7-5, 6-4.

Karolina Pliskova (22), Czech Republic, def.

Oceane Dodin, France, 7-5, 5-7, 6-4.

Lucie Hradecka, Czech Republic, def.

Polona Hercog, Slovenia, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.

Maria Sharapova (2), Russia, def. Alexandra Panova, Russia, 6-1, 4-6, 7-5.

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Hawkeyes humbled MADISON, Wis. – Frank Kaminsky had 13 points and 11 rebounds, and No. 6 Wisconsin relied on tough defense to rout No. 25 Iowa 82-50 on Tuesday night.

Sam Dekker added 17 points and eight boards for the Badgers (17-2, 5-1 Big Ten), who won their second straight since losing starting point guard Traevon Jackson to a foot injury.

Jackson’s replacement, Bronson Koenig, shot 3 of 6 from 3-point range and finished with 13 points.

Iowa (13-6, 4-2) trailed by 18 at halftime in its first road loss of the season. Jarrod Uthoff, a Wisconsin transfer, led the Hawkeyes with 12 points.

Dekker, Kaminsky and Nigel Hayes combined for 46 points in a strong showing by the Badgers’ front court.

Iowa’s front line, which had been averaging about 35 points a game, couldn’t keep up. Forward Aaron White had seven points, while cen-

Other Big 10 scores • Nebraska 52, Minnesota 49 • Michigan 54, Rutgers 50

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Iowa’s Adam Woodbury (34) shoots against Wisconsin’s Frank Kaminsky during Tuesday’s game in Madison, Wis. The Badgers won 82-50. ter Adam Woodbury scored just one. The Hawkeyes were held to 28 percent shooting (7 of 25) in the first half.

Wisconsin opened up a 23-11 lead with 6:35

to go in the first half on Dekker’s second 3.

Iowa turned to a 2-3 zone, trying to slow down the shooters. But the Badgers are pretty good against the zone,

too, since their forwards also can handle the ball well.

On the next two possessions, the Badgers got the ball to Hayes, who was stationed near the foul line in the middle of the zone. Hayes found cutters to the basket who were fouled each time for free throws.

Dekker had a scooping layup later off a baseline move, before Kaminsky riled up the Kohl Center crowd with a dunk to make it 35-17 with 6 seconds remaining in the half.

Uthoff then had one of the few highlights of the night for Iowa, hitting a one-handed, running shot from near midcourt just before time expired.

Wisconsin had a better night from 3-point territory, going 6 of 14 in the first half and 9 of 22 for the game.

NHL | BLACKHAWKS 6, COYOTES 1

Shaw gets Blackhawks back on track Chicago center scores two goals in blowout win over Coyotes

BY JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer

CHICAGO – Andrew Shaw went looking for his game and found it right in front of the net.

Shaw broke out of a scoring slump with two goals, and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the struggling Arizona Coyotes 6-1 on Tuesday night at the United Center.

“It’s all I’ve been thinking about, going out there, doing the little things,” Shaw said.

“Working, winning those 1-on-1 puck battles, and taking pucks to the net.”

Patrick Kane had a goal and two assists, and rookie Teuvo Teravainen had a goal and an assist as the Blackhawks got back on track after dropping two in a row and three of four.

Kane’s goal in the second was No. 200 for his career, and Teravainen had his first multi-point

AP

Blackhawks defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson and Coyotes left wing Lauri Korpikoski vie for a loose puck during Tuesday’s game in Chicago. The Blackhawks won 6-1 at the United Center. game in the NHL. “I felt like we played the right way from the outset,” Kane said. “Power play started us off, and then we just kind of took off from there.”

Chicago goalie Antti Raanta made 35 saves while improving to 7-0

at home this season.

Raanta started in place of Corey Crawford, who likely will get the in Pittsburgh tonight.

Arizona lost its sixth consecutive game, extending its seasonworst streak. Lucas Lessio scored his first career

goal in the second, and Mike Smith finished with 45 stops in the Coyotes’ final game before the AllStar break.

“Just got outcompeted, outworked in a lot of different areas,” Smith said. “It was almost like we were on break before break started.”

The Coyotes played without left wing Mikkel Boedker, who had appeared in 257 consecutive games for the fourth-longest streak in team history. The 25-year-old Boedker, who leads Arizona with 14 goals, had his spleen removed after he was injured in Sunday’s 4-3 shootout loss at Winnipeg.

Arizona coach Dave Tippett said everything is going wrong for his team right now.

“We’ve got to find some kind of plan and move our group ahead, because this is unacceptable,” he said.

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BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

Comets cruise past Hall Storm still perfect; Cards, Prophets win at home

By SVM Sports Staff

The Newman Comets jumped out to a large halftime lead and coasted to an easy 67-40 Three Rivers East win over Hall in Spring Valley.

Trevor Bolin hit four 3-pointers and finished with 20 points, and Noah McCarty finished off a double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds for the Comets (11-9, 2-3), who led 31-15 at the break.

Drew Pullam’s 18 points paced the Red Devils (8-13, 1-5).

Bureau Valley 65, St. Bede 61: The Storm

trailed at halftime, but rallied for a Three Rivers East win at home to remain perfect on the season.

Alex Johnson had 17 points, and Josh Mead scored 11 for BV (19-0, 4-0), which fell behind 32-30 at the break – with zero points from leading scorers Parker Neuhalfen and Tommy Johnston.

Neuhalfen finished with 15 second-half points.

Jarret Olson poured in 26 points for the Bruins (10-7, 3-2).

Erie 68, Sherrard 52:

The Cardinals led a Three Rivers West home game 35-22 at halftime and never looked back.

Vinny Bramm scored 20 points, and Bransen Rosenow added 18 points, including four

Tuesday’s stars Hayden Sweet, Faith, 25 points Grant Ames, Prophetstown, 21 points Trevor Bolin, Newman, 20 points Vinny Bramm, Erie, 20 points

(12-4, 4-1), and Jake Bussert added 11.

Rockridge 58, Fulton 34: The Steamers scored

half of their points in the third quarter of a TRAC West loss on the road.

Jason Osborn had 10 points, and Zach Barber scored eight for Fulton (10-9, 1-4), which trailed 3-pointers, for Erie (9-11, 30-11 by halftime.

Warren 43, Eastland 4-2). Cody Weimer had 15 points, and Jordan 40: The Cougars scored just three third-quarter Chandler chipped in 11.

Nate Earl led the Tigers points in an NUIC West (6-9, 1-4) with 13 points. loss on the road.

Brighton Haverland and Prophetstown 65, Orion Blake Janssen scored 12 56: The Prophets rallied points apiece to pace from a halftime deficit with 30 third-quarter Eastland.

Pearl City 87, West points in a Three Rivers Carroll 47: The Thunder West win at home.

Grant Ames’ 21 points trailed 42-24 at halftime paced Prophetstown in an NUIC West confer(4-11, 2-4), while Jack ence loss.

Helfin scored 16. Kody Kaleb Plattenberger Wetzell hit a pair of 3s led West Carroll with and finished with 10 nine points, with Caleb points as the Proph- Brashaw adding eight ets led 51-40 after three points and Hunter Bender and Livtar Dandona quarters.

Noah Clarke scored 11 scoring seven points apiece. for Orion (7-11, 2-4).

Pearl City was led by 21 Riverdale 60, Morrison 45: The Mustangs played points from T.J. Wingut. catch-up all night in a Faith Christian 59, TriThree Rivers West loss at State 39: The Falcons led 30-17 by halftime and home.

Kaleb Church had 17 cruised to an NICC vicpoints, and Hunter Ham- tory in Galena. stra scored 15 for Mor- Hayden Sweet poured rison (11-8, 2-3), which in 25 points for Faith trailed 19-9 after one (9-5, 5-3). Andrew Robertson added 12 points, quarter.

Cole Solomon’s 16 and Logan Johnson points led the Rams scored 11.

GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

Raiders roll to win in Polo Cougars down Missiles; Erie holds off Orion

By SVM Sports Staff

The AFC Raiders rolled to an NUIC East win on the road Tuesday night, beating the Polo Marcos 65-25.

Allison Prestegaard scored a game-high 17 points, and added eight blocks for AFC (15-3, 5-1), which led 37-15 by halftime. Madeline Prestegaard added 14 points, five rebounds and four steals, with Alisyn Essex also scoring 14 points in the win.

Alex Sterenberg scored a team-high 11 points for Polo (7-11, 3-5), while KeeLey Meyer added four points, and Madison Merdian and Justine Gorzny each added three.

Tuesday’s stars Rachel Cobert, Erie, 19 points Allison Prestegaard, AFC, 17 points, 8 blocks Annie Forster, Eastland, 17 points a game-high 17 points, making seven shots from the field and hitting all three of her free throws.

Bubby Doubler added 15 points and Eastland’s lone 3-pointer, while Lexis Macomber finished with 14 points.

Milledgeville (6-12) was led by 14 points from Mady Frederick, while Jenna Bibler added seven.

Mendota 56, Oregon Eastland 67, Milled- 28: The Hawks dropped geville 30: The Cougars below .500 after a home

had 10 players score as BNC West loss to conferthey cruised to an NUIC ence power Mendota. crossover win in Lanark.

Abby Newman led Annie Forster scored Oregon (11-12, 3-7) with

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eight points, while Emily Perkins and Bailey Montavon each added four.

Amy Devitt led Mendota (18-1, 7-1 BNC West) with 14 points.

Erie 46, Orion 41: The Cardinals held off a late Orion charge to earn a Three Rivers West road win.

Rachel Cobert led all scorers with 19 points, while Emily Cox added 10 for Erie (14-10, 5-4).

East Dubuque 78, West Carroll 42: The Thun-

der trailed 51-19 at halftime, and went on to lose an NUIC West game in Savanna.

Shelby Skiles and Josi Anderson both led West Carroll with 10 points, with Hayley Guilinger adding nine points behind three 3-pointers.

East Dubuque had four players score in double figures.

Boys basketball Tuesday’s results at Spring Valley

NEWMAN 67, HALL 40 NEWMAN (11-9, 2-3 TRAC East) Chris Jones 0 0-0 0, Clay Jungerman 2 0-0 4, Ethan Nash 1 0-0 3, Eli Leffelman 1 0-0 3, Drew Rosengren 1 0-0 2, Hunter Schultz 0 0-0 0, Dillan Heffelfinger 0 1-2 1, Trevor Bolin 8 0-0 20, Kyle Decker 0 0-0 0, Shayne Allen 1 2-2 4, Noah McCarty 9 0-0 18, Anthony Garcia 1 0-0 2, Nolan McGinn 4 0-1 8, Rhett Scroggins 0 2-4 2, Victor Francque 0 0-0 0. Totals: 28 5-9 67.

HALL (8-13, 1-5) Hill 2 1-4 5, Gaeta 1 0-0 2, Tervier 0 0-0 0, D.Pullam 5 4-4 18, Bannoso 0 0-0 0, Cinotte 3 1-5 7, T.Pullam 2 0-0 4, Ballerenz 2 0-0 4, Sangston 0 0-0 0, Case 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 15 6-13 40.

Newman 13 18 14 22 — 67 Hall 8 7 19 6 — 40 3s – Newman 6 (Bolin 4, Nash, Leffelman), Hall 4 (D.Pullam 4).

at Manlius

BUREAU VALLEY 65, ST. BEDE 61 ST. BEDE (10-7, 3-2 TRAC East) Pyszka 2 0-0 4, Brady 4 0-0 9, Smudzinski 1 1-2 3, Olson 9 6-7 26, Shipp 1 0-1 2, Dase 4 2-3 10, Halm 3 0-0 7. Totals: 24 9-13 61.

BUREAU VALLEY (19-0, 4-0) Alex Johnson 6 2-4 17, Tommy Johnston 1 1-4 3, Parker Neuhalfen 5 4-7 15, Blake Balensiefen 3 0-0 6, Trey Dale 2 1-3 5, Josh Mead 4 2-6 11, Drew Fordham 3 0-0 8, Gage Smith 0 0-0 0. Totals: 24 10-24 65.

St. Bede 13 19 14 15 — 61 BV 16 14 13 12 — 65 3s – St. Bede 4 (Olson 2, Brady, Halm), BV 7 (Johnson 3, Fordham 2, Neuhalfen, Mead).

at Erie

ERIE 68, SHERRARD 52 SHERRARD (6-9, 1-4 TRAC West) Lampe 3 0-0 8, Earl 6 0-0 13, Wilson 0 0-0 0, Bennett 0 0-0 0, Stark 4 3-5 12, Helm 1 0-0 2, Morse 0 3-4 3, Kelly 1 0-0 2, McMeekan 0 0-0 0, Davis 0 0-0 0, Swanson 5 1-4 12. Totals: 20 7-13 52.

ERIE (9-11, 4-2) Andrew Young 0 0-0 0, Cory Weimer 6 3-3 15, Nich Wildt 0 0-0 0, Vinny Bramm 8 2-3 20, Jordan Chandler 4 2-2 11, Andrew Pyse 0 0-0 0, Kallen Jepson 1 0-1 2, Brensen Rosenow 6 2-2 18, Levi Floming 1 0-0 2, Ian Wirt 0 0-0 0. Totals: 26 9-11 68.

Sherrard 9 13 16 14 — 52 Erie 13 22 14 19 — 68 3s – Sherrard 5 (Lampe 2, Earl, Stark, Swanson), Erie 7 (Rosenow 4, Bramm 2, Chandler).

at Prophetstown

PROPHETSTOWN 65, ORION 56 ORION (7-11, 2-4 TRAC West) Lawson 2 0-0 6, Thornberg 1 2-2 5, Clarke 4 0-0 11, Diamond 2 1-2 5, Allen 5 1-2 11, Drish 2 4-4 8, Alley 3 0-0 6, Clark 2 0-1 4.

Totals: 21 8-11 56.

PROPHETSTOWN (4-11, 2-4) Grant Ames 8 4-7 21, Jonah Green 3 0-0 7, Kody Wetzell 4 0-1 10, Nathan Pierceson 4 1-1 9, Kyle Behrens 0 0-0 0, Jack Heflin 7 2-3 16, Brad Hufman 0 0-0 0, Jack Bauer 1 0-0 2. Totals: 27 7-12 65.

Orion 12 13 15 16 — 56 Prophetstown 15 6 30 14 — 65 3s – Orion 6 (Clarke 3, Lawson 2, Thornberg), Prophetstown 4 (Wetzell 2, Ames, Green).

at Morrison

RIVERDALE 60, MORRISON 45 RIVERDALE (12-4, 4-1 TRAC West) Bensenberg 0 0-0 0, Gellerstedt 3 0-0 9, Ibarra 0 0-0 0, Beale 3 0-3 7, Goodwin 1 0-0 3, DeClercq 0 2-2 2, Kosminsky 3 0-0 8, Bussert 5 1-3 11, Gebhardt 2 0-0 4, Solomon 6 4-4 16, Ladfors 0 0-0 0. Totals: 23 7-11 60.

MORRISON (11-8, 2-3) Mason Sitzmore 1 0-0 2, Ryan VanZuiden 1 0-0 3, Anthony Tenboer 3 0-0 6, Kaleb Church 8 1-2 17, Noah Hogue 0 0-0 0, Mason Muur 0 2-2 2, Hunter Hamstra 6 3-4 15. Totals: 19 6-8 45.

Riverdale 19 18 11 12 — 60 Morrison 9 14 14 8 — 45 3s – Riverdale 7 (Gellerstedt 3, Kosminsky 2, Beale, Goodwin), Morrison 1 (VanZuiden).

at Edgington

ROCKRIDGE 58, FULTON 34 FULTON (10-9, 1-4 TRAC West) Jack Lemke 1 2-4 4, Brevin Mason 0 0-0 0, Seth Sanderson 1 1-2 3, Jason Osborn 4 2-4 10, Kyle Matthews 0 0-0 0, Kyle Alstead 1 0-0 3, Zach Barber 2 2-2 8, Devon Ballard 1 0-0 3, Tanner Brainerd 0 0-0 0, McClary 0 0-0 0, Kyle Huebner 0 0-0 0, Keegan North 0 0-2 0, Collin Puckett 0 1-4 1, Trey Simmons 0 0-0 0, Wierema 1 0-0 2. Totals: 11 8-18 34.

ROCKRIDGE (14-1, 6-0) Hilligoss 0 0-0 0, Frakes 1 0-0 2, Whiteman 3 3-4 11, Carroll 0 0-0 0, Johnson 6 0-1 14, Kistler 0 0-0 0, Heath 7 2-2 18, Edwards 0 0-0 0, Ulfig 0 1-2 1, Martens 0 4-4 4, Foy 0 0-0 0, McManus 4 0-0 8, Kosar 0 0-0 0, Hamerlinck 0 0-0 0. Totals: 21 10-13 58.

Fulton 5 6 17 6 — 34 Rockridge 14 16 20 8 — 58 3s – Fulton 4 (Barber 2, Alstead, Ballard), Rockridge 6 (Whiteman 2, Johnson 2, Heath 2).

at Warren

WARREN 43, EASTLAND 40 EASTLAND Zach Randecker 2 0-0 5, Eric Schaney 2 2-4 6, Brighton Haverland 6 0-0 12, Blake Janssen 4 4-6 12, Donny Groezinger 2 0-0 5. Totals: 16 6-10 40.

WARREN Harris 3 1-2 8, Harwick 1 3-10 5, Crum 1 0-0 2, Cox 5 2-4 13, Kent 1 0-0 2, Vondra 4 5-7 13. Totals: 15 11-23 43.

Eastland 13 9 3 15 — 40 Warren 9 13 8 13 — 43 3s – Eastland 2 (Groezinger, Randecker), Warren 2 (Harris, Cox). at Galena

FAITH 59, TRI-STATE 39 FAITH (9-5, 5-3 NICC) Logan Johnson 4 2-5 11, Ben Bierdeman 2 4-8 8, Ben Babler 1 0-1 2, Andrew Robertson 4 4-6 12, Hayden Sweet 9 6-6 25, Devin Johnson 0 1-2 1, Zach Lessman 0 0-0 0, Mike DiGrazia 0 0-0 0, Eddie Babler 0 0-0 0, Christian Hage 0 0-0 0. Totals: 20 17-28 59.

TRI-STATE Fuerades 1 0-0 2, Chung 3 1-3 7, Fairley 8 1-2 18, Chattieraphat 2 4-6 8, Mueller 1 0-1 2, Stuart 1 0-0 2. Totals: 16 6-12 39.

Faith 12 18 13 16 — 59 Tri-State 9 8 11 11 — 39 3s – Faith 2 (Johnson, Sweet), Tri-State 1 (Fairley).

Girls basketball Tuesday’s results at Tabor Gymnasium, Rock Falls

ROCK FALLS 55, DIXON 50, 2 OT DIXON (8-11, 2-7 BNC West) Maggie Bushman 3-5 0-0 6, Brittani Sohn 2-6 2-3 7, Tyler Smith 2-5 2-2 7, Katie Dewey 0-4 0-0 0, Isabelle Shiaras 5-11 2-4 12, Carly Hartle 4-14 1-4 9, Ellie Provo 2-5 5-9 9. Totals: 18-50 12-22 50.

ROCK FALLS (11-10, 2-6) Dallas Clevenger 4-11 3-4 11, Abbee Sigel 1-7 0-0 2, Olivia Babcock 3-6 1-3 7, Emily Sauer 6-6 1-2 13, Chelsi Blair 3-8 0-0 9, Bailey Schrader 2-5 0-0 4, Bailie Smith 3-6 0-0 7, Madason Shaw 0-2 2-2 2, Liz Lego 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 22-51 7-11 55.

Dixon 12 11 8 10 4 5 — 50 RF 7 5 17 12 4 10 — 55 3s – Dixon 2-6 (Sohn 1-3, Smith 1-3), RF 4-16 (Blair 3-7, Smith 1-3, Sigel 0-5, Schrader 0-1). Rebounds – Dixon 38 (Shiaras 14), RF 24 (Sauer 6, Schrader 6).

Assists – Dixon 13 (Bushman 4, Shiaras 4), RF 19 (Babcock 7). Steals – Dixon 5 (Bushman 2, Dewey 2), RF 11 (Schrader 5).

Blocks – Dixon 1 (Hartle 1), RF 2 (Schrader 2). Turnovers – Dixon 19, RF 16. Fouls – Dixon 17, RF 23 (Clevenger, Schrader out). at Oregon

MENDOTA 56, OREGON 28 MENDOTA (18-1, 7-1 BNC West) Barrera 2 0-3 4, Beetz 1 0-0 2, Ally Bromenschenkel 4 0-2 8, Brondner 2 0-0 5, Devitt 7 0-0 14, Abby Bromenschenkel 5 2-2 12, Stallings 3 2-4 8, Garza 0 1-2 1, Lewis 1 0-0 2. Totals: 25 5-13 56.

OREGON (11-12, 3-7 BNC West) Ally Bartline 1 0-0 2, Abby Newman 3 2-2 8, Emily Perkins 1 2-5 4, Bailey Montavon 2 0-0 4, Allyse Ketter 1 0-0 2, Bella Holley 1 0-0 3, Chelsea Sansone 1 0-2 3, Thierry Eslinger 1 0-0 2. Totals: 11 4-9 28.

Mendota 19 15 16 6 — 56 Oregon 2 8 5 13 — 28 3s – Mendota 1 (Brodner), Oregon 2 (Holley, C.Sansone). at Orion

ERIE 46, ORION 41 ERIE (14-10, 5-4 TRAC West) Caitlin Maloney 2 0-0 5, Leela Parrish 0 6-6 6, Delaney Tegeler 1 4-8 6, Rachel Cobert 7 5-10 19, Bryce McCormick 0 0-1 0, Emily Cox 4 2-4 10. Totals: 14 17-31 46.

ORION (7-10, 2-4 TRAC West) A. McCunn 3 0-0 8, DeBaille 4 4-4 15, T. McCunn 1 0-0 2, Gritton 2 0-0 4, Conway 5 2-2 12. Totals: 15 6-6 41.

Erie 9 12 12 13 — 46 Orion 5 9 10 17 — 41 3s – Erie 1 (Maloney 1), Orion 5 (DeBaillie 3, McCunn 2). at Polo

AFC 65, POLO 25 AFC (15-3, 5-1 NUIC East) Krista Beach 1 1-1 3, Allison Prestegaard 8 1-1 17, Courtney Vivian 2 0-0 4, Carlee Hargis 0 0-1 0, Lauren Meurer 4 0-0 8, Hope Friday 0 1-3 1, Madeline Prestegaard 7 0-2 14, Bekki Matson 2 0-2 4, Alisyn Essex 4 5-5 14. Totals: 29 8-15 65.

POLO (7-11, 3-5 NUIC East) Madison Merdian 1 0-0 3, Bergstrom 0 0-1 0, Jozi Grobe 1 0-0 2, KeeLey Meyer 2 0-0 4, Justine Gorzny 1 1-2 3, Alex Sterenberg 4 3-4 11, Haley Cisketti 1 0-0 2, T. Kurschauer 0 0-1 0. Totals: 10 4-8 25.

AFC 16 21 18 10 — 65 Polo 9 6 2 8 — 25 3s – AFC 1 (Essex 1), Polo 1 (Merdian 1) at Eastland

EASTLAND 67, MILLEDGEVILLE 30 MILLEDGEVILLE (6-12) Shauna Frederick 0 0-2 0, Jade Graff 2 0-1 4, Jenna Bibler 3 1-2 7, Kailee Forbes 1 0-0 2, Jocelyn Folkers 1 1-3 3, Mady Frederick 4 4-9 14. Totals: 11 6-17 30.

EASTLAND Kiley Carroll 1 1-2 3, RaeAnna Stover 2 0-0 4, Mackenzie Doubler 5 4-6 15, Drew Preston 0 1-2 1, Annie Forster 7 3-3 17, Destiny Swalve 1 1-2 3, Katie Krogman 1 0-1 2, Makenzie Fink 3 0-0 6, Lexis Macomber 7 0-0 14, Bobbi Polizzi 1 0-0 2. Totals: 28 10-16 67.

Milledgeville 9 11 7 3 — 30 Eastland 16 10 20 21 — 67 3s – Milledgeville 2 (M.Frederick 2), Eastland 1 (Doubler).

Girls bowling Tuesday’s results at Blackhawk Lanes, Sterling

UNITED TOWNSHIP 2,976, STERLING 2,313 UNITED TOWNSHIP Lydia Samuelson 248-203-228–679; Sam Miner 211-206-192–609; Autumn Reeves 137-160-148–445; Josie Hartman 159-164-163–486; Kayla Crawford 255-259-243–757. Totals: 1,010-992974–2,976.

STERLING Paige Bauser 144-164-209–517; Rocio Barron 139-136-133–408; Erin Tabor 116123-135–374; Mia Ashley 175-189-175– 539; Magan Tintori 156-138-181–475.

Totals: 730-750-833–2,313. at Town & Country Lanes, Oregon

OREGON 3,211, MENDOTA 2,764 MENDOTA Paige Simontow 178-196-161–535, Paige Holmes 184-132-152–468, Gillian Sottow 136-172-152–460, Marisa Swetchel 124X-X–124; Stephanie Westphal 153-155149–457, Kathryn McNally 127-140-168– 435, Rayna Martinson X-176-109–285.

Totals: 902-971-891–2,764.

OREGON Tayla Smith 147-162-199–508, Ali Scheidecker 227-199-211–637, Abi Scheidecker 156-226-160–542; Victoria Barnhart 188-220-169–577; MacKenzie Tague 158-187-166–511; Stevie McCombs 156-114-166–436. Totals: 1,032-1,108-1,071–3,211.

Boys swimming Tuesday’s results at the Duis Center, Sterling

STERLING 105, BYRON 81 200 medley relay – 1. Byron (Sergio Solis, Caleb Carlson, Jacob Conley, Jacob Heitter) 1:44.09; 2. Sterling (Zach Wade, Robbie Christensen, Andrew Gray, Turner Morse) 1:54.90 200 freestyle – 1. Brandon Pillars (S) 2:01.53; 2. Phillip Cunningham (B) 2:10.52 200 IM – 1. Carlson (B) 1:57.87; 2. Blake Ruiz (S) 2:17.51 50 freestyle – 1. Lucas Campbell (S) 23.79; 2. Heitter (B) 23.90 1-meter diving – 1. Cade Coursey (S) 269.50*; 2. Javier Quiroz (S) 158.95 100 butterfly – 1. Solis (B) 58.17; 2. Pillars (S) 58.89 100 freestyle – 1. Campbell (S) 52.13; Ethan Johnson (B) 54.61 500 freestyle – 1. Christensen (S) 5:48.04; 2. Nick Mattox (S) 5:56.96 200 freestyle relay – 1. Sterling (Pillars, Ruiz, Nick McGuire, Campbell) 1:37.95; 2. Sterling (Nathan Conklen, Wade, Christensen, Morse) 1:41.88 100 backstroke – 1. Solis (B)57.01; 2.

Mattox (S) 1:10.21 100 breaststroke – 1. Carlson (B) 1:03.35; 2. Ruiz (S) 1:07.36 400 freestyle relay – 1. Byron (Conley, Solis, Heitter, Carlson) 3:29.90; 2. Sterling (Pillars, McGuire, Ruiz Campbell) 3:38.53 at YMCA, Sterling

MORRISON 88, NEWMAN 64 200 medley relay – 1. Morrison (Sam Norman, Seth Workman, Brian Slater, Kyle Workman) 2:02.20; 200 freestyle – 1.

Kyle Workman (Morrison) 2:06.23; 200 IM – 1. Andrew Rinker (Morrison) 2:45.37; 50 freestyle – 1. Aiden Bollman (Newman) 24.92; 100 butterfly – 1. Brian Slater (Morrison) 1:03.61; 100 freestyle – 1.

Bollman (Newman) 56.08; 500 – 1. Kyle Workman (Morrison) 6:03.63; 200 freestyle – 1. Morrison (Brian Sipes, Rinker, Slater, Seth Workman) 1:49.82; 100 backstroke – 1. Slater (Morrison) 1:12.71; 100 breaststroke – 1. Seth Workman (Morrison) 1:16.06; 400 relay – 1. Morrison (Sipes, Norman, Rinker, Kyle Workman) 4:07.47

Wrestling Tuesday’s results at Sterling

ERIE-PROPHETSTOWN 54, NEWMAN 18 120 – Austin Horn (EP) pin Cade Bianchi 1:52; 126 – Cael Sanders (N) pin Kerrick Cameron 2:47; 132 – Hunter Webb (N) dec. Josh Bowling 3-0; 138 – Grady Todd (EP) dec. Eli Monier 9-5; 145 – Josh Wheeler (EP) pin Thor Abend :25; 160 – Garrett Passmore (EP) pin Braydon Delgado 3:01; 170 – Dylan Binion (EP) dec.

Logan Whitman 5-0; 182 – Landon Vesley (N) pin Jimmy Biba :46; 285 – Noah Leffelman (N) dec. Trace Shoup 1-0 E-P rec. forfeits: 106, 113, 152, 195, 220

DAKOTA 41, ERIE-PROPHETSTOWN 27 106 – Chris Bonnell (EP) pin Mason West 1:16; 113 – Collin Barker (D) pin Collin Mikesh 1:01; 120 – Alec Henze (D) pin Austin Horn :31; 126 – Dillon Swift (D) major dec. Kerrick Cameron 16-2; 132 – Prentice Walls (D) major dec. Josh Bowling 8-0; 138 – Andrew Wenger (D) dec.

Grady Todd 5-0; 145 – J.J. Wolfe (D) tech. fall Josh Wheeler 24-9; 152 – Jared Cole (EP) dec. Nathan Olsen 5-4; 160 – Jared Packer (D) pin Garrett Passmore :51; 170 – Carver James (D) major dec. Dylan Binion 15-3; 182 – Nathan Schultz (D) dec.

Jimmy Biba 8-2; 195 – Austin Shoup (EP) pin Maverick McPeek 1:37; 220 – Noah Eads (EP) pin Chris Jensen 1:50; 285 – Trace Shoup (EP) pin Nathan Taylor :57

DAKOTA 69, NEWMAN 3 120 – Alec Henze (D) pin Cade Bianchi :33; 126 – Dylan Swift (D) dec. Cael Sanders 4-0; 132 – Prentice Walls (D) dec. Hunter Webb 7-5; 138 – Andrew Wenger (D) dec.

Ali Monier 9-2; 145 – Nathan Olsen (D) pin Thor Abend 1:00; 160 – Jared Packer (D) pin Bryadon Delgado 2:34; 170 – Carver James (D) pin Logan Whitman 3:59; 182 – Nathan Schultz (D) pin Landen Vesley 2:46; 220 – Noah Leffelman (N) dec. Chris Jensen 4-1 Dakota rec. forfeits: 106, 113, 152, 195, 285

Hartle returns to Duchesses’ lineup after missing last 2 games ONE

CONTINUED FROM B1

The win moved the Rockets (11-10, 2-6) farther away from the pits of the Big Northern West, and sent the Duchesses (8-11, 2-7) backpedaling despite having leading scorer Carly Hartle back in the lineup after a concussion suffered on Jan. 8 against Oregon.

“Our emphasis was to not feel the way we felt when we left Dixon twice,” Rock Falls coach Eric Wolf said. “You never want to lose on your home floor, and Dixon is a team that is going to fight. You can’t leave a team like that hang around, because they will beat you.”

In the overtime sessions, Bailey Schrader posted a pair of blocks in the paint against shots by Hartle that would have given Dixon the lead. Babcock put up the go-ahead shot off an assist by Emily

Sauer for the first points of the second overtime.

Schrader and Bailie Smith each made baskets to increase the lead.

“It’s our third time playing Dixon, and losing was not an option,” Schrader said. “Our offense finally came together. We got open down on the bottom. I’m proud of my team, and I’m proud of everyone coming together and doing a good job. It was a good win.

“It’s always nice to go up against someone of your competition,” Schrader added, of playing against Hartle. “She worked me, but you’ve just got to learn to work around it and overcome it.”

In her first game back from injury, Hartle finished with nine points and eight rebounds. Shiaras, who Hartle collided with in the injury against Oregon, led the Duchesses with 12 points and 14 rebounds.

“We played real well today,” Hartle said. “I’m

Philip Marruffo/pmarruffo@saukvalley.com

Dixon’s Maggie Bushman tries to hang onto the ball as Rock Falls’ Bailey Schrader (left) and Madason Shaw (4) try to tie her up Tuesday at Tabor Gym. proud of everyone. It was my first game back and I was a little rusty, but we played hard and I’m proud of everyone.

“I had to practice for 5

days before I could play.

I’m still a little out of shape, but I’m getting better.”

Despite Hartle not being in the starting lineup, the Duchesses capitalized on

plenty of missed Rocket shots to go ahead 23-12 at half. Dixon outrebounded Rock Falls 20-9, with Shiaras pulling down eight to keep her team ahead.

With another loss possibly in the works, the Rockets amped up the pressure defense in the third quarter, and outscored Dixon 17-8. Chelsi Blair had back-to-back 3-pointers, while Smith added one of her own to swing the momentum.

Sauer and Olivia Babcock stepped up in the second half for the Rockets. Sauer had 10 points, three rebounds and three steals in the last two quarters of regulation, while Babcock found more open paths to tally six assists in the same span.

“I think at halftime, we came up and realized that we’ve got to kick it in,” Sauer said. “We showed a lot of heart in the last three quarters, and that’s what we needed. We worked as a team more in the second half.”

Sauer led the Rockets with 13 points and six rebounds. Babcock totaled seven assists, and Schrader nabbed five steals.

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KMI No. IL-001306 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 14TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WHITESIDE COUNTY MORRISON, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.; Plaintiff, -vs GLENN D. LEIGH; Defendant(s).

RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE Case No. 14 CH 16 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on October 22, 2014, the Whiteside County Sheriff will, on February 5, 2015, at the hour of 10:00 a.m., at the Whiteside County Courthouse, 200 E. Knox Street, Morrison, IL 61270, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 1407 E 4th Street, Sterling, IL 61081-0000 PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NO: 11-22-262-005 The improvement on the property consists of a Single unit dwelling. Sale terms: cash in hand. The Judgment amount was $62,879.88 The property will NOT be open for inspection. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(c) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Contact Steven Weiss , Esq. of Kozeny & McCubbin Illinois, LLC., Plaintiffâ's Attorney, 105 West Adams, Suite 1850, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 605-3500 ext.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 15TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LEE COUNTY - DIXON, ILLINOIS ALLY BANK PLAINTIFF VS RONALD HAYDEN A/K/A RONALD D HAYDEN; STATE OF ILLINOIS; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS ; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF JOYCE HAYDEN AKA JOYCE L HAYDEN AKA JOYCE LUCILLE HAYDEN AKA LUCY HAYDEN; BARBARA OLIPHANT; WILSON HIGGINS; JULIE FOX, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DECEASED MORTGAGOR, JOYCE HAYDEN AKA JOYCE L. HAYDEN AKA JOYCE LUCILLE HAYDEN AKA LUCY HAYDEN; JENNA ASHLEY; DEFENDANTS 13 CH 62 802 SOUTH PEORIA AVENUE DIXON, IL 61021 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE ACT ***THIS DOCUMENT IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT ON A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE*** PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered by said Court in the above entitled cause on December 8, 2014, LEE COUNTY SHERIFF in LEE County, Illinois, will on February 26, 2015, in OLD Lee County Courthouse112 E. 2ND STREET, DIXON, IL 61021, at 10:00 AM, sell at public auction and sale to the highest bidder for cash, all and singular, the following described real estate mentioned in said Judgment, situated in the County of LEE, State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment: TAX NO. 07-08-05-430-001 COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 802 SOUTH PEORIA AVENUE DIXON, IL 61021 Description of Improvements: 2 STORY HOME WITH NO GARAGE The Judgment amount was $77,189.27. Sale Terms: This is an "AS IS" sale for "CASH". The successful bidder must deposit 25% down by certified funds; balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. NO REFUNDS. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate, water bills, etc., and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the bid amount, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DYAS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For Information: Visit our website at http:\\service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only - Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel. No. (312) 372-2060. Please refer to file #PA1307695 Plaintiff's attorney is not required to provide additional information other than that set forth in this notice of sale.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LEE COUNTY - DIXON, ILLINOIS CitiFinancial Servicing, LLC PLAINTIFF Vs. Karen Beach f/k/a Karen Derr; et. al.

DEFENDANTS 14 CH 00046 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 11/3/2014, the Sheriff of Lee County, Illinois will on 2/19/15 at the hour of 10:00AM at Lee County Courthouse 112 East Second Street Dixon, IL 61021, or in a place otherwise designated at the time of sale, County of Lee and State of Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate: PIN 03-04-27-326-008 Improved with Single Family Home COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 607 Brown Avenue Ashton, IL 61006 Sale terms: 10% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

If the property is a condominium and the foreclosure takes place after 1/1/2007, purchasers other than the mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

If the property is located in a common interest community, purchasers other than mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5 (g-1).

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after Confirmation of the sale. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and Plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the Court file to verify all information.

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: Codilis & Associates, P.C., 15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100, Burr Ridge, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876. Please refer to file number 1414-09138.

I640273 January 7, 14, 21, 2015

LEGAL NOTICE FOR FORECLOSURE SALE PUBLIC AUCTION OF REAL ESTATE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2015 – 1:30 P.M.

1599 OLD MILL ROAD, FRANKLIN GROVE, IL 61031

At the premises I, Lyle Dirks, having been designated by the Circuit Court of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Lee County, Illinois in the case entitled Sterling Federal Bank, F.S.B., Plaintiff v. James D. Ruch, Maria D. Ruch and SpringcastleAmerica Funding Trust, through its Trustee Wilmington Trust, National Association, by Assignment of Mortgage, Defendants, case No. 2014 CH 53 as sale officer, to conduct the sale, will sell the following described property at public auction to the highest qualified bidder. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Part of the Southeast Quarter of Section 34 Township 22 North, Range 10 East of the 4th Principal Meridian, Lee County, Illinois bounded and described as follows, to-wit: Commencing at the Northeast corner of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 34; thence Southerly along the East line of said Southeast Quarter, a distance of 246.25 feet to the Point of Beginning of the hereinafter described tract of land; thence continuing Southerly along said East line on an extension of the last described course, a distance of 198.37 feet; thence Westerly perpendicular to the last described course, a distance of 30.00 feet; thence Southerly perpendicular to the last described course, a distance of 588.79 feet; thence Westerly perpendicular to the last described course, a distance of 549.03 feet; thence Northerly perpendicular to the last described course, a distance of 778.35 feet; thence Easterly at an agle of 90˚52’19” as measured counterclockwise from the last described course, a distance of 579.09 feet to the Point of Beginning, situated in the County of Lee and State of Illinois, commonly known as 1599 Old Mill Road, Franklin Grove, Illinois 61031. DESCRIPTION: This 1 ½ story home contains 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, one bath, a porch and deck and one car detached garage with 1352 square feet of living area. This home is located on 10 acres near the entrance to Franklin Creek Park. The property also contains a barn with horse stalls and 2 other outbuildings. This property is in an excellent location. INSPECTION: Contact Natalie Cole at Sterling Federal Bank, 815-288-3327 to determine if property is available for inspection.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% down day of sale, balance upon delivery of deed and possession. All funds shall be CASH, BANK DRAFT, or CERTIFIED CHECK. Sale is subject to taxes for 2013 and all subsequent years. TAXES WILL NOT BE PRORATED. A contract embodying the terms of this notice and such additional terms as deemed appropriate, will be signed by the sale officer on behalf of the court and by the buyer at the time of the sale. Any sale is subject to court approval. Any specific restrictions on property or title will be announced day of sale. Announcements day of sale take precedence over any printed material.

ATTORNEYS: WARD, MURRAY, PACE & JOHNSON, P.C. AUCTIONEER: LYLE DIRKS, IL 440000128 STERLING, IL PH. 815-626-3358

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LEE COUNTY - DIXON, ILLINOIS

CitiFinancial Servicing, LLC PLAINTIFF Vs.

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff, v.

Karen Beach f/k/a Karen Derr; et. al.

DEFENDANTS 14 CH 00046 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 11/3/2014, the Sheriff of Lee County, Illinois will on 2/19/15 at the hour of 10:00AM at Lee County Courthouse 112 East Second Street Dixon, IL 61021, or in a place otherwise designated at the time of sale, County of Lee and State of Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT NUMBER SEVEN (7) EXCEPT THE WESTERLY 57 FEET THEREOF IN BLOCK THIRTEEN (13) IN THE TOWN (NOW VILLAGE) OF ASHTON, LEE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PIN 03-04-27-326-008 Improved with Single Family Home COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 607 Brown Avenue Ashton, IL 61006 Sale terms: 10% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

If the property is a condominium and the foreclosure takes place after 1/1/2007, purchasers other than the mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

If the property is located in a common interest community, purchasers other than mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after Confirmation of the sale. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and Plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the Court file to verify all information.

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: Codilis & Associates, P.C., 15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100, Burr Ridge, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876. Please refer to file number 14-14-09138.

I640273 January 7, 14, 21, 2015 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 15TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LEE COUNTY - DIXON, ILLINOIS ALLY BANK PLAINTIFF VS RONALD HAYDEN A/K/A RONALD D HAYDEN; STATE OF ILLINOIS; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS ; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF JOYCE HAYDEN AKA JOYCE L HAYDEN AKA JOYCE LUCILLE HAYDEN AKA LUCY HAYDEN; BARBARA OLIPHANT; WILSON HIGGINS; JULIE FOX, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DECEASED MORTGAGOR, JOYCE HAYDEN AKA JOYCE L. HAYDEN AKA JOYCE LUCILLE HAYDEN AKA LUCY HAYDEN; JENNA ASHLEY; DEFENDANTS 13 CH 62 802 SOUTH PEORIA AVENUE DIXON, IL 61021 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE ACT ***THIS DOCUMENT IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT ON A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE*** PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered by said Court in the above entitled cause on December 8, 2014, LEE COUNTY SHERIFF in LEE County, Illinois, will on February 26, 2015, in OLD Lee County Courthouse112 E. 2ND STREET, DIXON, IL 61021, at 10:00 AM, sell at public auction and sale to the highest bidder for cash, all and singular, the following described real estate mentioned in said Judgment, situated in the County of LEE, State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment: THE NORTHERLY SIXTY-FOUR (NLY. 64) FEET OF LOT NUMBER TWO (2) IN BLOCK NUMBER ONE HUNDRED FOUR (104) IN THE ORIGINAL TOWN (NOW CITY) OF DIXON ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, IN LEE COUNTY, ILLINOIS.

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TAX NO. 07-08-05-430-001 COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 802 SOUTH PEORIA AVENUE DIXON, IL 61021 Description of Improvements: 2 STORY HOME WITH NO GARAGE The Judgment amount was $77,189.27. Sale Terms: This is an "AS IS" sale for "CASH". The successful bidder must deposit 25% down by certified funds; balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. NO REFUNDS. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate, water bills, etc., and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff.

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the bid amount, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DYAS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For Information: Visit our website at http:\\service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only - Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel. No. (312) 372-2060. Please refer to file #PA1307695 Plaintiff's attorney is not required to provide additional information other than that set forth in this notice of sale.

I641963 January 21, 28 & February 4 2015

COLOMA TOWNSHIP PARK DISTRICT ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS January 13, 2015 The Board of Commissioners, Coloma Township Park District, Rock Falls, Illinois, will receive bids for resurfacing and color coating or six tennis courts in Centennial Park, Rock Falls, Illinois. Sealed bids will be received until 5:00 p.m.

Tuesday, February10, 2015 at the Park District Office 508 East 11th Street, Rock Falls, Illinois. Bids will opened on the said February10, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. At the Park Board Meeting. Specifications may be obtained at the said Park District Office.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids and/or waive any information in the bidding. No bid shall be withdrawn for a period of thirty (30) days subsequent to the opening of bids without the consent of the owner.

Dated this 13th day of January, 2015

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS,

Donald E/ Stindt, Secretary Coloma Township Park Districts Board of Commissioners January 21, 2015

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MARVIS T. DIXON; UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants, Case No. 14 CH 110 The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you, Marvis T. Dixon; Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of the 14 Judicial Circuit, Whiteside County, Illinois by the said plaintiff against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: The East 40 feet of Lot 12, in Block 2 in Arey's Addition to the City of Rock Falls, Whiteside County, Illinois.

507 1/2 East 5th Street, Rock Falls, IL 61071 11-27-326-015 Now, therefore, unless you, Marvis T. Dixon; Unknown Owners and NonRecord Claimants, and the said above named defendants, file your answer to the complaint in said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the office of the Clerk of the 14 Judicial Circuit, Whiteside County, Illinois, on or before February 8, 2015, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a Judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint.

Zachariah L. Manchester (6303885) One of Plaintiff's Attorneys MANLEY DEAS KOCHALSKI LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff One East Wacker, Suite 1250 Chicago, IL 60601 Telephone: 312-651-6700 Fax: 614-220-5613 Attorney No.: 6303885 Jan. 7, 14, 21, 2015 IN THE CIRCUIT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LEE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, IN PROBATE IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ALICE F. LONGAN, Deceased.

NO. 14 P 87 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given to creditors of the death of Alice F. Longan of Dixon, Lee County, Illinois. Letters of office were issued to Cameron S. Longan, Dixon, Lee County, Illinois, as Independent Executor, whose attorney of record is Gary R. Gehlbach, Ehrmann Gehlbach Badfger Lee & Considine, LLC, 215 E. First Street, Ste. 100, Dixon, Illinois 61021.

The estate will be administered without court supervision, unless under section 28-4 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4) any interested person terminates independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the Clerk of the Court.

Claims against the Estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court at 309 S. Galena Avenue, Dixon, Illinois 61021, or with the representative, or both, on or before the date which is six (6) months after the date of the first publication of this Claim Notice, or, if mailing or delivering of a notice from the representative is required by section 18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date is stated in that notice. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

By: Cameron S. Longan Independent Executor Gary R. Gehlbach Ehrmann Gehlbach Badger & Lee, LLC Attorneys for Independent Administrator 215 E. First Street, Ste. 100 P.O. Box 447 Dixon, IL 61021 (815) 288-4949 (815) 288-3068 (FAX) lee@egblc.com Jan. 7, 14, 21, 2015 KMI No. IL-001306 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 14TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WHITESIDE COUNTY MORRISON, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.; Plaintiff, -vsGLENN D. LEIGH; Defendant(s) RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE Case No. 14 CH 16 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on October 22, 2014, the Whiteside County Sheriff will, on February 5, 2015, at the hour of 10:00 a.m., at the Whiteside County Courthouse, 200 E. Knox Street, Morrison, IL 61270, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: THE WEST 41 FEET OF THE NORTH 100 FEET OF LOTS 11 AND 12 IN BLOCK 23, EAST OF BROADWAY, IN THE CITY OF STERLING, WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 1407 E 4th Street, Sterling, IL 61081-0000 PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NO: 11-22-262-005 The improvement on the property consists of a Single unit dwelling. Sale terms: cash in hand.

The Judgment amount was $62,879.88 The property will NOT be open for inspection.

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(c) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Contact Steven Weiss , Esq. of Kozeny & McCubbin Illinois, LLC., Plaintiff's Attorney, 105 West Adams, Suite 1850, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 605-3500 ext. 1531.

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Collectors Hall – 135 West Center St. – Cambridge, IL. Several small local estates plus other families downsizing will sell the following at the above place and time. Visit our website on Thursday the week of the auction for pictures (generally posting 400 photos). Plan to attend and bring your friends. We will also have a coin auction in our southeast room starting at 10:00.

Visit our website for a much larger listing Great Collectibles: Collectible glassware of all kinds; 24 Hummel’s; 30 Hull, 30 Roseville & Abingdon Pottery pcs.; 45 pcs. of pink depr. glassware; 15 pcs. of Ruby glassware; Great wood, tin & cast iron primitives; Crockery items; Adv. items; Lg. variety of costume jewelry; Misc. Fisher Price toys plus others; Antique Vict. walnut & oak furniture; Modern furniture; New 6pc. wicker furniture set; Plus much, much more.

Terms: Cash, Check, Credit Card, ID Required Not Responsible for Accidents – Jones Lunch Stand Stenzel Auction Service, Inc. – Geneseo, IL. 309.944.3808 Business Office: 135 West Center St. Cambridge, IL. – 309.937.1444 Auctioneers: Al, Jason & Jana Stenzel www.stenzelauction.com

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Sunday, January 25, 2015 9:30 am Lunch by Poorboys Catering

Items belonging to the John Brockwell Estate, Ames Family of Dixon, IL, Estate of Barbara Bordner, Howard Litwiller Collection, Paul & Marilyn Wolfe, Mary Readel, George Welsh and Harold Woodin. Viewing will be Saturday, January 24 between 9 am & 12:00 noon.

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Maytag stack washer & dryer; Frigidaire Affinity washer & dryer; various other W/D’s; refrigerators: Whirlpool side-by-side, Hotpoint, GE; stoves: Maytag flat top, GE elec & gas stove; microwaves; usual kitchenware, pots, pans, utensils, flatware, dishware, etc; Baum Bros Wilton china for 8; vases; nest of bowls; bakers rack; various rd tables & chairs incl glass top bentwood; buffet; china cabinet; sofa sleeper; sofas; loveseats; chairs; swivel rocker; lift chair; bentwood cane rocker & other chairs; TV stand; coffee & end tables; desks; child’s desk & rocking chairs; desk chair; crib; various beds, dressers, chests & night stands; wardrobe; linens; 2 jewelry armoires; various pictures; lamps; telephones; Sony CD player; speakers; CD’s & VCR tapes; knick knacks; collector plates; books incl cook books; Mr. Christmas Wooden Table Top Grand Piano Concerto Music Box; few dolls & teddy bears; games; bumper pool table; child’s Sears red wgn; golf clubs; water ski; Bicycles; Schwin 350 Series scooter; sled; humidifier; Mita copier; printers; suitcases; gas grill; patio furniture; wicker chairs; lawn & garden tools; hardware & various hand tools; alum ext ladder; wood stove; JD GX345 garden tractor, deck, bagger, snowblade; lots more.

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Walnut chests; marble top parlor & coffee tables; sm walnut table; dressing table; hall tree (rough); Minnesota treadle sewing machine; 4 racks full of: JD, MF, Case, IH, & Ford toy tractors, few Precision IH & JD tractors w/pickers, JD 400 snowmobile, assorted farm equip; Beam bottles; JD - wrist watches, bench seat, pocket ledgers (mixed ‘31-’59), belt buckles, 4 leg deer clock & others, various memorabilia; lg Farmers Auto Insurance Assoc sign; display stands for Goodyear batteries & Plymouth Rope; neon Frigidaire Appliances sign; lg lighted JD Snowmobile sign; JD 1B walking plow; platform scale; leaded glass windows; 2 brass horses; Lionel Train - Union Pacific 2023, steam locomotive 2020, approx. 8 various cars, track signal light & misc; 2 Swan Quarter Duck Decoys by K. Kulin ’82 plus others; pipes & rack; lg nut cracker; 2 miniature flat irons; scrap book of war pictures; Kerogas wicks; German Stein music box; 6 silver spoons; 2 hobnail glasses; 3 Hummels; 3 Elegance Statues Josef Originals; short fur coat; lots of jewelry; post cards; coin books; Kable Bros Company book; Hohner Melodica; Hohner Chromonika III; rolls of quarters; Mercury, Roosevelt & Winged Liberty dimes; Barber, Morgan, Walking Liberty halves & others; Indian head & Lincoln pennies; Buffalo & Jefferson nickels; 1865 2¢ piece; Bicentennial Medallion; 1,2 & 5 silver certificates.

Auctioneers: Polo, IL 61064 Lenny Bryson (IL#440000158) 815-946-4120 Mark Ebert (IL#440000341) 815-946-2809

Clerks: Public Auction Service Lyle & Sheryl Hopkins (IL#440000185) 815-946-2660 or 800-848-9519

Terms - Cash, good check, Master Card, Visa, Discover and American Express credit cards. All items must be settled for day of sale. Number system will be used, have proper ID. Not responsible for accidents or merchandise after sold.

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FT MARKETING SPECIALIST is needed in our DIXON branch covering cities of Sterling/ Rock Falls/ Rockford and other surrounding areas.

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Local Flatbed Company Regional driver, paid vacations. .40 CPM. 815-622-3000 Local heavy highway contractor seeking Drivers for low boy and dump truck positions.

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Please send replies to Box #1260, c/o Sauk Valley Classifieds, P.O. Box 498, Sterling, IL 61081 Looking for a highly motivated office staff for busy chiropractic office. Must have great communication and organizational skills.

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MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR POSITION AVAILABLE: Ideal candidates are team oriented, co-operative and work well with others.

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Welding experience a plus. Company offers vacation and holiday pay, insurance and 401k plan.

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EMPLOYMENT T OPPORTUNITY O The City of Sterling, Illinois is seeking to fill a Code Enforcement Officer position. Re esponsibilities include enforcement of all building, property m maintenance and munic cipal codes. Must be ernational Code Counciil or have the ability certified by the Inte to obtain certification and have a valid IL Drivers License.

General knowledg ge and understanding of construction codes and prior m municipal experience is s preferred. This is a Grade-17 position with a salary range of $36,260-51,806.

Starting salary DOQ Q. The City of Sterling offers an excellent work environment, fringe benefits, and IMRF pension.

Resumes, applicattion and at least three (3) work related references should be addressed to: City y of Sterling, Code Enforcement, 212 T Third Avenue, Sterling, IL 61081, faxed to (815) 632-6673 or emailed to hthielen@s sterling-il.gov by no later than 5:00 PM, February 11, 2015. Qu uestions concerning this position may b be directed to Amanda a Schmidt at (815) 632-6624, or emailed to aschmidt@sterlin ng-il.gov The City of Sterling is an Equal Opportunity Employerr.

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RECREATION EVENT Supervisor requires organizational skills with a background in recreation/ activities/events.

FOOD SERVICE Supervisor with experience in fast food service.

Must keep inventory control, kitchen maintenance and good training skills.

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NO INDIVIDUAL, unless licensed or holding a permit as a childcare facility, may cause to be published any advertisement soliciting a child care service.* A childcare facility that is licensed or operating under a permit issued by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services may publish advertisements of the services for which it is lispecifically censed or issued a permit. Sauk Valley Media strongly urges any parent or guardian to verify the validity of the license of any facility before placing a child in it's care. *Family homes that care for no more than three (3) children under the age of twelve or which receive only children from a single household, for less than 24 hours per day, are exempt from licensure as day care homes.

The three children to whom this exemption applies includes the family's natural or adopted children and any other persons under the age of 12 whether related or unrelated to the operator of the day care home. (DCFS Rule, Part 377.3 (c))

Interested in becoming a part of a team which really cares about quality patient care? Walnut Manor is looking for Illinois licensed RNs dedicated to the physical and emotional restoration of our long term care residents. We currently have part time openings on the 7-3 shift. We can offer you a competitive wage, and a great staff of caregivers to work with, plus much more.

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Then we are looking for YOU! Due to expansion Kreider Services, Inc currently has openings in our group homes in Dixon, Amboy, Ashton, Franklin Grove and Rock Falls, 2nd and 3rd shift positions, full-time and part-time. We also have 2nd and 3rd shift positions in our Float Department.

• Base pay $10.57 • All positions require weekend work • Floats earn .50 float differential • Shift differentials for 2nd and 3rd shifts • Health, dental/vision and life insurance • 403B retirement plan • Tuition reimbursement • Paid holidays, vacation time, sick time and personal days

Requirements: • Applicants must be at least 21 yrs. old • Have a high school diploma or equivalent • Possess a valid Illinois driver’s license with an acceptable driving record • Have the ability to be insured in accordance to our agencies policy • Must be able to pass the company physical • Must be able to pass an 8th grade reading test • Must be able to pass a criminal background check

If you feel you can effectively work with people, have good communication skills, and a desire to make a difference in someone’s life, please apply in person at:

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As the world’s largest food producer, Nestle knows success well. As an industry leader, we offer a competitive wage and benefits package.

We currently have an opportunity for a 3rd Shift Lab Analyst for the Nestle Purina facility in Clinton, Iowa.

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• Perform required finished product chemical and physical analysis in an accurate and timely manner; notify the QA Manager and appropriate Team Leader immediately of substandard results.

• Utilize computer software programs for data storage and retrieval, process monitoring and verification and results generation.

• Initiate Hold Orders.

• Monitor all aspects of processing, including the extruders, screws, air transfers, dryers and FP units.

• Monitor all aspects of packing, including the scales, fillers, coders, sealers and casing of the finished products.

• Train and continuously update the training of operators in the proper methods of the quality testing for which they are responsible.

• Maintain, update and send formulas for batching and production.

• Recommend changes in methods, procedures and equipment, which improve the effectiveness of the analytical results.

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• Function as a Quality Liaison by communication QA goals and vision to all personnel.

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED required; AA Science Degree or equivalent preferred.

• Previous Lab experience preferred.

• Computer proficient.

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• Must be able to work overtime.

All interested applicants must apply online at: www.nestlep purinacareers.com No later than 2/2/15 Under job number 15000304 No phone calls please

Physical & Drug & Alcohol screening may be required.

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Activities Director This is an excellent opportunity to be a part of a progressive facility serving younger adults with brain and spinal cord injuries. Qualified candidates must be positive, upbeat and motivating to plan and lead our Activities Department. The ideal candidate will possess a minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Therapeutic Recreation or a related field and have commensurate experience. We offer a unique and rewarding career opportunity, with a competitive salary and benefit package.

For consideration please mail or e-mail resume to: Amie Topp, Director of Human Resources Atopp@aheinc.biz Winning Wheels, Inc. 701 E 3rd St. Prophetstown, IL 61277 Phone 815-537-5168 Or apply online at: www.winningwheels.com

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US Foods sets the industry standard offering a tremendous variety of the world’s finest food, equipment and supplies. We are growing our business in our Sterling / Dixon, Illinois market area and are looking for an experienced food sales or food service professional with an infectious personality who already understands the thrill of winning.

When you join the US Foods team we provide the opportunities that come with working for a multibillion-dollar industry leader, yet we’re community focused with an entrepreneurial spirit that’s the hallmark of a local company.

REQUIRED: High School Diploma; Bachelor’s degree in Business/ Marketing or equivalent preferred.Aminimum of one year of sales (foodservice industry preferred) or culinary/restaurant management experience required.

Excellent oral and written communication skills, as well as customer service and presentation abilities. Must have proficient computer skills; will need to be familiar with Microsoft Office products (e.g., Excel, PowerPoint).

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The following described farmland real estate will be offered for sale by Public Auction.

Tuesday, February 24, 2015 10:00 A.M.

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Please submit resumes to the Sauk Valley Area Chamber of Commerce at 211 Locust Street, Sterling, IL 61081. Application deadline closes January 30, 2015.

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SALE DAY LOCATION: Walton Tap Banquet Room, 906 Walton Road, Dixon, IL 61021 FARM LOCATION: East of Harmon on Sterling Road then South on Atkinson Road 1 ½ miles to farm. 793 Atkinson Road, Harmon, IL 61042 FARM DESCRIPTION: Tract 1: E ½ of NE ¼ of Section 26, Harmon Twp., Lee County, IL. 80 +/- acres with 74.52 +/- acres tillable. Tillable soils include Clyde, Binghampton, Orio, Dakota, Hoopeston, Nachusa, Dickinson and Sparta. A Surety productivity index of 120.3. Tax ID # 13-26-200-002. 2013 paid 2014 were $2,787.00. Improvements include a wood frame 2 story home, 1440 sq. ft., basement, 60 amp service and steel siding. An unattached garage and corncrib with lean-to.

Tract 2: E ½ of SE ¼ of Section 26, Harmon Twp., Lee County, IL. 80 +/- acres with 78.48 +/acres tillable. Tillable soils include Sparta, Clyde, Orio, Dickinson, Nahusa, Binghampton, Cohoctah and DaKota. A Surety productivity index of 128.5. No improvements. Tax ID # 13-26-400-002.

2013 paid in 2014 were $1,483.

Tract 3: NW ¼ of SW ¼ of Section 25, Harmon Twp, Lee County, IL. 40 +/- acres w/ 39.24 +/- acres tillable. Tillable soils include Clyde, Sparta, Orio, Binghampton and Nachusa. A Surety productivity index of 119.5. No improvements. Tax ID #13-25-300-001. 2013 taxes paid in 2014 were $600.

Plat locations, Aerial Photos, Soil Maps and other information available @ rickrediger.com TERMS AND CONDITIONS: 1.) Tracts will be sold on a per surveyed acre basis. No Combinations.

2.) Surveys provided by Seller.

3.) The successful bidder will be required to enter into a standard purchase agreement contract. A Buyer’s premium of 1% of the high bid will be charged to the Buyer and added to the bid amount to arrive at the contract purchase price. 10% of the contract purchase price will be due immediately following the auction. The balance will be due and payable on or before March 24, 2015.

4.) The seller shall provide a title insurance policy in the amount of the purchase price of the subject properties.

5.) The estimated 2014 real estate taxes due and payable in 2015 will be credited by the Seller to the Buyer. All subsequent real estate taxes will be the responsibility of the buyer.

6.) The property is being sold in “AS IS” condition, with no implied warranties of any kind.

7.) The information is believed to be accurate. However, we strongly urge all prospective buyers to thoroughly research all pertinent data and to draw their own conclusions.

8.) All announcements made the day of the sale take precedence over any previously printed material.

9.) For additional information or to view the property contact Rick Rediger, Auctioneer at 815-6997999 or Scott Brummel at 630-553-3200.

Seller: ALICE DILLON PRICE ESTATE

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Executor: Jack L. Hess Attorney for Seller: Michael English 10 Park Ave. West, Princeton, IL 61356 – 815.875.4555

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