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VIDEO GAMING IN ILLINOIS | CITY CONCERNS

Parlors pose a problem for cities Q Sterling set to review its gaming code Monday Q Cities hope for guidance from Legislature

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

STERLING – Many Illinois cities are looking to the state Legislature for guidance in tightening up local video gaming ordinances.

Because that help isn’t coming soon enough for cities try-

ing to deal with an influx of requests for liquor licenses, some are taking matters into their own hands.

Sterling has called a meeting of its Liquor Control Commission to review liquor and video gaming ordinance language.

The meeting will follow the council meeting that begins at

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6:30 p.m. Monday in council chambers.

Mayor Skip Lee, the city’s liquor commissioner, is among a contingent of state and local leaders who believe the state’s

Video Gaming Act has had unintended consequences.

“The original legislation was supposed to help taverns, truck stops, and fraternal organizations,” Lee said. “Then all of the parlors popped up, and cities are wondering what to do with these.”

One of the state’s fastest-

growing parlors, Suzi’s Video Poker and Slots, wants to come to Sterling, prompting the city to look at the legal language.

The city now has no definition of “tavern” in its gaming ordinance, and parlors are not specifically included in the state law.

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Old facility in a tight spot

Parents increasingly decline to vaccinate Once-rare diseases could make comeback

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Hallways in the Carroll County Jail in Mount Carroll are so narrow that jailers and inmates alike must press their backs against the walls just so others can pass. Sheriff Jeff Doran, shown here, would like to renovate and expand the 157-yearold jail, but the price tag – about $1 million, he said – is prohibitive.

Lack of funds, space constraints hamper renovation, expansion

BY CHRISTI WARREN cwarren@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5521 @SeaWarren

MOUNT CARROLL – The last time the Carroll County Jail had a serious renovation was after an inmate escaped in 1972, went to Savanna, and stabbed someone to death. That led the state to order a modernization of the holding facility, which until then, hadn’t been remodeled since its original construction in 1858.

Since 1858, the population of Carroll County has increased dramatically, as

Increasing numbers of Sauk Valley parents are choosing not to get their children vaccinated.

Although the numbers are small, according to state data, they’ve risen steadily.

In the past 10 years, the number of Whiteside County parents who have used a religious exemption for the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine has almost tripled, according to numbers from the Illinois State Board of Education. In Lee County during the same period, the number has more than doubled.

Parents are increasingly refusing other vaccinations, too, such as polio, diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), and tetanus, but not in the same numbers as the MMR vaccine.

Two exemptions exist for parents who wish to refrain from getting their kids vaccinated: medical and religious.

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has the number of people the jail needs to accommodate. What hasn’t increased, though, is the available room to house prisoners.

A tour, guided by Sheriff Jeff Doran on a recent Tuesday morning, showed cramped hallways and restrictive spaces.

Jailers and inmates alike must press their backs against hallway walls just so others can pass. Jail doors show signs of decay, and are hard to maneuver. The locks are getting old.

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There has been only one significant renovation to the Carroll County Jail, about 4 decades ago when the state ordered a modernization of the holding facility after an inmate escaped in 1972 and stabbed someone to death in Savanna. There is plenty of evidence in the facility that the jail is showing its JAIL CONTINUED ON A9 age. It was built in 1858.

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POLICE Sterling Police David V. Andrews, 43, of Sterling; 9:12 p.m. Thursday in the 2200 block of Locust Street; driving while suspended, one headlight; given notice to appear in court.

Rock Falls Police Deangelo Tripp, 39, of Sterling; 1:11 a.m. Friday; warrant; taken to Whiteside County Jail.

Dixon Police Andrea K. Olson, 52, of Belvidere; 12:25 p.m.

Thursday at Shopko, 1350 N. Galena Ave.; retail theft; given individual bond and released with notice to appear in court.

William Sanders, 41, of Morrison; Tuesday; 24-hour parking ordinance violation; given citation.

Marsha Story, age unavailable, of Morrison; Tuesday; 24-hour parking ordinance violation; given citation.

Michelle S. Wilkins, age unavailable, of Morrison; Tuesday; 24-hour parking ordinance violation; given citation.

Devin M. Mouw, age unavailable, of Morrison; Tuesday; 24-hour parking ordinance violation; given citation.

Michael Jutton, age unavailable, of Tinley Park; Tuesday; 24-hour parking ordinance violation; given citation.

Jamie L. Nagel, 24, of North Aurora; Tuesday; passed unloading school bus; given citation.

Deron R. Roberts, 48, of Phoenix; Wednesday; improper parking on roadway, no valid driver’s license; given citation.

Tabetha S. Voelta, 31, of Morrison; Wednesday; no valid registration, operating uninsured vehicle; given citation.

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Morrison Police Girl, 16, of Morrison; Jan. 24; failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident; given citation.

Larry D. Hill III, 27, of Morrison; Tuesday; 24-hour parking ordinance violation; given citation.

Noah Chambers, age unavailable, of Morrison; Tuesday; 24-hour parking ordinance violation; given citation.

Dustin L. Thomas, age unavailable, of Morrison; Tuesday; 24-hour parking ordinance violation; given citation.

Charles Emmett Stomberg, 62, of Sublette; 9:52 p.m. Thursday; warrant for two counts of theft from a place of worship, $500 to $10,000; posted bond and released with notice to appear in court.

Austin Ray Cantrell, 18, of Lee; 7:31 p.m. Thursday; no driver’s license, operating an uninsured motor vehicle; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Jesse W. Elder, 30, of Dixon; 3:36 a.m. Thursday; driving under the influence; posted bond and released

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with notice to appear in court.

Fred A. Peak, 46, of Rockford; 2:22 a.m. Thursday; driving under the influence of alcohol, operating uninsured motor vehicle, illegal transportation of alcohol, resisting or obstructing a peace officer; released with notice to appear in court.

Brian Lee Albee, 27, of Amboy; 10:49 p.m. Wednesday; warrant for contempt, Ogle County warrant for possession of drug equipment, operating uninsured motor vehicle, driving while license suspended, illegal transportation of alcohol by driver; held at Lee County Jail and given notice to appear in court.

Demetrius M. Muhammad, 30, of Dixon; 10:12 a.m. Wednesday; warrant for failure to appear – contempt, Whiteside County warrant for failure to appear – driving under the influence; posted bond and given notices to appear in court.

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Alex Fischbach performs during his “American Idol” audition in Minneapolis.

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‘American Idol’ contestant will sing at RFHS talent show

Joshua S. Bicknese, 22, of Mount Morris; 10:05 p.m. Thursday in the 7000 block of South Ridge Road; arrested on a charge of driving while license suspended.

Dominick Wolfe, 25, of Dixon; Thursday; warrant for domestic battery; given notice to appear in court.

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ROCK FALLS – Alex Fisch bach, a current “American Idol” contestant from Morrison, will perform Saturday night at Rock Falls High School.

He will play as part of a talent show put on by the school’s Junior Optimist Club.

“We opened the talent show to staff and students alike,” said Tom DePasquale, club adviser.

“We will have singers, dancers, and instrumentalists.”

DePasquale said Fisch-

BIRTHDAYS Happy birthday to Mike McCombs, Grace Kennay, Ivan Spratt, Angela Smessaert, Cindy Dahl, and Larry Paxton, all on Saturday.

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Fischback said the comments from the judges stood out most during his audition in Minneapolis.

“Harry Connick Jr. said I looked like a natural, and it looked like I felt very comfortable,” Fischbach recently said.

Judges Keith Urban and Jennifer Lopez also said “yes” to Fischbach advancing to Hollywood.

Check out the local talent The talent show begins at 7 p.m. Saturday at Rock Falls High School, 101 12th Ave. Tickets cost $2. bach will be the guest performer.

“He will be the last act,” he said.

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THE PEOPLE’S VOICE | THE REV. DALMUS MEEKS

Meeks inherited important calling Reverend regularly officiates funerals for non-churchgoers

H

is eyes were always open. But last Wednesday, the Rev. Dalmus Meeks’ eyes grew wide and misty.

He’s the guy you call if you don’t belong to a church, and your loved one passes away. Last year alone, he says, 50 of the 58 funerals he officiated were for folks who weren’t members of his congregation at Harvest Time Bible Church in Rock Falls. Not yet, at least.

For decades, he’s been officiating funerals for people he just met, and usually over only a couple of hours – an initial 1-hour visit and a 1-hour follow-up to get to know the deceased before telling the life story.

I asked him what it’s like when he sees someone fall in love with Jesus Christ during one of those home visits.

“Exciting. Exciting,” the 70-year-old Thayer, Missouri, native said in his endearing Southern drawl. “You see a life that, they’ve turned from darkness to light. It’s a new way of life. The Bible says you’re a new person, a new creation in Christ Jesus. That’s always an exciting, phenomenal thing, to see people’s lives turned around.”

The young Southern preacher Meeks said his mother would often share stories of how her son would stand out on the front porch, preaching and singing. Now, at the ripe old age of 4, he didn’t have his own church officially, of course.

No, that wouldn’t happen until he was 16.

“When you’re Baptist, you don’t have to have an education or anything,” said Meeks, who began his ministry in Oxford, Arkansas. “I pastored all through high school, college, I did it all while pastoring the whole time.

“In Arkansas, they can’t find preachers. I always said, They can’t find preachers, but they got me.”

His family moved to

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Rock Falls when he was a little boy, and lived there for about 5 years.

His ministry took him to Missouri, California and Oregon before returning him to Rock Falls. But not alone.

He met his wife, Jane, while in California, and 42 years ago, they were married in Coachella. A few years later, he received a call to Como Baptist Church in Rock Falls. But lots of tumult shook the Southern Baptist religion, many of its leaders contending the Bible’s contents.

So in 1980, he began a nondenominational church in Behrens Flower Shed, which it outgrew in 6 months. After 6 more months spent in the old gym at East Coloma Elementary School, the church moved into its location at 1802 Dixon Road.

In 33 years, his roots have grown deep, in the church, with hospital staff, and with the funeral directors who always call the reverend when they have one of those special opportunities.

Knock, knock Meeks has done many repeat family funerals.

In fact, one day, funeral director and Whiteside County Coroner Joe McDonald got a request for “that hillbilly preacher.”

“Didn’t even know my name,” Meeks said, laughing.

Meeks says he doesn’t tell them to join Harvest Time, but merely presents the gospel.

“I’m a Christian, first and foremost, so I don’t care what their background is. We present the truth of the word of God very clearly, and pres-

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The Rev. Dalmus Meeks, senior pastor at Harvest Time Bible Church in Rock Falls, began the church 33 years ago and is the area’s go-to guy for those who aren’t members of a church when they lose a loved one. ent the message,” Meeks said. “It’s an opportunity – a chance to give people hope in a time of tragedy.”

Whether it’s because of the timing, his experience, or the warmth that can come only from a man with genuine Southern hospitality, many family members of the deceased end up in his pew.

“I couldn’t even tell you how many people – as a result of being nonmembers and coming into our church – became members of our church,” Meeks said.

That time of the year The obituary page gets pretty cramped this time of the year. In fact, between Jan. 1 and, say, March 1, there will be several days when it’s the obituary pages, meaning there are too many to fit on A4.

Meeks agrees that’s likely caused by the brutally cold weather.

But perhaps failing health can be trumped by the desire to make it through one more holiday, see the family one more time. Maybe a hus-

band or wife isn’t ready to depart until the better half is.

“It’s love. I do believe that,” Meeks said. “I’ve been married 42 years now, and it’s like tearing part of my life out, when my wife’s gone from me.

That being the case, I can certainly say that the fact of love is one of those things where they don’t want to go on. They want to be with them.”

And God is sympathetic, Meeks said.

“I think so. I think so,” he said. “God says, ‘OK, let’s go for it.’ God is a God of love, compassion, understanding. He cares more about us than we’ll ever, ever know. I mean, anybody who’d let their own boy die for you?

That’s a lot of compassion. That’s a lot of love.”

Despite the season, it’s been pretty consistent.

He has already had four this month. Usually at least four every month.

He had 12 in a December in California. Lots of folks from across the border, no money. Lots of gravesides.

“I don’t know that you brace yourself for it so much,” Meeks said. “I guess my big thing is that

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I’m always concerned that I would somehow not have the compassion that I need to have for each family. You don’t want to get hardened to it. You want to say tender to their needs. That’s probably what I pray about more than anything.

“I get drained sometimes – some weeks when I have four or five funerals,” Meeks said.

The exhaustion has him thinking ahead to retirement. He says it could happen within a year.

Not because his mission is over – spoiler alert: The good reverend will undoubtedly continue to work in the church he built – but because of the talented, compassionate people waiting in the wings. He says youth pastor Jason Borton, children’s pastor Myles Kukowski, and worship pastor Aaron Meeks are just three cogs in what’s

become a soul-saving machine.

“I realize I am getting older,” Meeks said, “and for the church’s sake, the younger ones need to move in. We’ve got a good staff.”

So when that time comes, he’ll bask in the company of his bride, his three children – Rob of Chicago, Kayla of North Carolina, and Kara, who lives at home.

He plans to enjoy reading and traveling. Oh, and caring for his 80-orso pigeons. He’s raised them since he was a child, and would like to move a few of them, if you’re interested.

Hopefully, that’s the only reason you have to call the good reverend.

But, if you should lose someone you love and don’t know where to turn, isn’t it nice to know there’s a place eager to swing open its doors for you?

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FUNERAL SERVICES FOR THE WEEK W Today’s visitations: Mary Rose Wagner of Rochelle, 9-9:45 a.m. at Crossroads Community Church in Rochelle.

Ernest “Ernie” Waldbusser of Prophetstown, 9-11 a.m. at Bosma-Gibson Funeral Home in Prophetstown.

Ardis Mangler of Sterling, 10-11 a.m. gathering of family and friends at St. John Lutheran Church in Sterling.

W Today’s funerals: Jean L. Gipson of Rock Falls, family present from 10-10:45 a.m. and 11 a.m.

Mass at St. Andrew Catholic Church in Rock Falls.

Mary Rose Wagner of Rochelle, 10 a.m. at Crossroads Community Church in Rochelle.

Phyllis E. Lofgren of Prophetstown, 10;30 a.m. graveside service at Leon Cemetery in Prophetstown.

Louis O. Ukena of Sterling, 10:30 a.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Sterling.

Ardis Mangler of Sterling, 11 a.m. memorial service at St. John Lutheran Church in Sterling.

Ernest “Ernie” Waldbuss-

er of Prophetstown, 11 a.m. at Bosma-Gibson Funeral Home in Prophetstown.

W Sunday visitations: Arthur L. “Art” Johnson of Milledgeville, 1-3 p.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Milledgeville.

Mary K. Miller of Mendota, 1-4 p.m. at Merritt Funeral Home in Mendota.

W Monday visitations: Walter L. “Walt” Frank of Walnut, 10-11 a.m. at Walnut Community Bible Church.

W Monday funerals: Mary K. Miller of Mendota, 10 a.m. at Holy Cross Church in Mendota.

Walter L. “Walt” Frank of Walnut, 11 a.m. at Walnut Community Bible Church.

Arthur L. “Art” Johnson of Milledgeville, 3 p.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Milledgeville.

W Feb. 7 visitations: Shirley M. Blumhoff of Lyndon, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Prophetstown.

W Feb. 7 funerals; Shirley M. Blumhoff of Lyndon, 1 p.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Prophetstown.

OBITUARIES Walter L. ‘Walt’ Frank WALNUT – Walter L. “Walt” Frank, 89, of Walnut, died Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, at Walnut Manor Nursing Home. He was a local businessman.

Walt was born July 20, 1925, in Princeton, the son of Walter J. and Isca (Ewing) Frank. He married Phyllis Brown on April 22, 1944, in Manlius. She preceded him in death on Jan. 6, 2006. Walt served in the Army during World War II. Survivors include two sons, Larry (Sue) Frank of Princeton and Rich ( Janet) Frank of Carol St re a m ; t w o d a u g h ters, Ellen (Kent) Westfall of Avon and Judy (Ron) Eckberg of Erie; 13 grandchildren; 15 greatgrandchildren; several nieces and nephews; and

a friend, Beverly Berogan of Walnut.

He also was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Harry.

Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m.

Monday and the funeral at 11 a.m.

Monday at Walnut Community Bible Church, with the Rev. Jonathan Eckberg and the Rev. Ron Eckberg, co-pastors of Erie Evangelical Free Church, and the Rev. Eldon Cook, pastor of Walnut Community Bible Church, co-officiating. Garland Funeral Home in Walnut is in charge of arrangements.

In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established to Walnut Manor Nursing Home.

Visit garlandfuneralhome.com to send condolences.

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Cities are now receiving liquor license requests from barbershops, salons and laundromats because they must have one before applying for a gaming license.

City Attorney Ron Coplan said a recent license application had been part of the impetus for calling the Liquor Control Commission meeting.

“An application has been received for gaming, and one of the reasons for this meeting is to look at the standards for defining a tavern,” Coplan said.

While city officials did not name the applicant, Suzi McAfoos, owner of Suzi’s Video Poker and Slots, said she is working to make Sterling the home of her 11th parlor.

“I have applied for a liquor license in Sterling, and I hope everything falls into place because I would

like to be in Sterling,” McAfoos said Thursday.

City officials said different categories of licenses have evolved over the years, but issues are created locally by inadequacies in the state’s parlor language.

“I think the biggest fear is about who’s going to want to do this next for another stream of revenue,” said Alderman Joe Martin, who also sits on the Liquor Commission. “We don’t believe this has reached its full potential yet, and we want to restrict it now before it becomes a bigger problem.”

Suzi’s came to 1019 First Ave. in Rock Falls in August, and the city has tweaked things locally to accommodate video gaming. City officials are waiting to see what the state does with parlor language.

“We’ve amended our liquor ordinances,” City Administrator Robbin Blackert said. “We’re not doing anything else

for now because we’ve heard the state is looking at tightening the language this year.”

The growth of gaming in Sterling and Rock Falls is eye-popping.

During calendar year 2014, nearly $21.4 million has been played at Rock Falls’ 60 video gaming terminals, according to the latest figures from the Illinois Gaming Board. In Sterling, over that same period, 56 terminals brought in more than $19.8 million.

“This is increasing exponentially,” Blackert said.

“There has been only one month that showed a decline in Rock Falls, and that was in November.”

An amendment to the state’s gaming law that would have provided clarity was tabled last September. It would have forced a parlor to prove each year that at least 60 percent of its revenue came from sales of food and beverages. Existing parlors would have been grandfathered

in, but businesses like Suzi’s wouldn’t have been allowed to open new parlors.

The amendment would have excluded fraternal organizations, bowling alleys, and golf courses with liquor licenses.

Locally, the Whiteside County Board, with input from Sterling and Rock Falls, is drafting an amendment that, like the proposed state amendment, would require a gaming parlor to hit the 60 percent mark with revenue generated from food and beverages.

Lee hopes Springfield will act soon because there has been a bipartisan call for clarification in the state’s gaming law.

“A lot depends on the next legislative session in Springfield, and we are hearing talk of tightening the language on both sides of the aisle,” Lee said. “But in the meantime, we are looking at the ordinances and trying to be proactive.”

Video gaming revenue The following video gaming numbers are for the 2014 calendar year: Amount played Amount won State’s share $19,843,399.84 $18,145,814.54 $424,402.28 $21,367,080.30 $19,559,895.30 $451,800.82

Sterling Rock Falls

City’s share $84,880.22 $90,360.02

Source: Illinois Gaming Board

ROCK FALLS

State senator will speak at chamber event

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

ROCK FALLS – Newly seated state Sen. Neil Anderson will be keynote speaker at the Rock Falls Chamber’s annual meeting and dinner on Feb. 26.

The event at Days Inn, 2501 First Ave., will begin

with social time at 6 p.m., then dinner at 6:30.

Anderson, a Moline firefighter, was sworn in Jan. 14 after defeating incumbent Democrat Mike Jacobs in the 36th District in November. Jacobs had represented the 36th District since 2005, succeeding his father Denny, who had the seat from 1987 to 2005.

During his campaign, Anderson stressed the need for term limits and fiscal responsibility in government.

Shoulder to the Wheel Awards will be presented after the dinner. Nominees will be accepted until Feb. 10 in the individual, organization, and youth organization categories.

Tickets cost $25 before

Feb. 11, and $30 if bought after that date.

The event is open to the public, but reservations are required. Shoulder to the Wheel nomination forms and registration forms are available at the chamber office, or at www.rockfallschamber.com online.

For more information, call the office at 815-6254500.

Robert D. ‘Bob’ Giffrow SHERMAN OAKS, California – Robert David “Bob” Giffrow, 84, of Sherman Oaks, formerly of Sterling, died Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015, in Burbank, California, after a brief illness.

Bob was born in Freeport and gradua t e d f r o m St e r l i n g High School in 1948.

He served in the counterintelligence unit at Rock Island while in the Army from 1951 to 1954. After earning his Bachelor of Science degree in economics at the Illinois Institute of Technology, he worked at the Chicago headquarters of Commonwealth Edison, where he later headed the division that developed the first comp u t e r i ze d c u s t o m e r information system. In

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

Obituary corrections and clarifications will appear in the Corrections box on Page A2.

For more information, call 800-798-4085, ext.

5530 or 5502.

1973, he joined the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power as an executive until his retirement in 1988.

He is survived by his wife, Judith; his three children, William Giffrow of Morro Bay, California, Jeanne Giffrow Smith of Alpharetta, Georgia, and Helen Giffrow of Santa Cruz, California; stepsons, Marc Davis of Huntington Beach, California, and Greg Davis of Danbury, Connecticut; six grandchildren; and two greatgrandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Harold and Hazel Giffrow, formerly of Rock Falls; and his sisters, Shirley Giffrow, formerly of Rock Falls, and Judith Giffrow Putts, formerly of Princeton.

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STERLING – A celebration will take place Saturday to remember a rural Sterling man who died Jan. 15 in a singlevehicle crash.

Brent W. Zaagman, 31, was the vice president of the Whiteside County Snowbirds snowmobile club. His truck was westbound on Moline Road when the vehicle failed to make a curve, crossed the eastbound lane, and hit a guardrail before hitting a tree.

Jeff Laleman, club president, said the celebration will be at

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“Brent set up a poker run for Jan. 31 at Cochran’s. He was killed in the accident. We, as a club, decided to make it a celebration of his life,” Laleman said.

The poker run was canceled, but the celebration will take place.

Proceeds at the celebration will go to Brent’s parents, Bruce and Lisa Zaagman of Lyndon.

Among the items for a silent auction will be bags of Wiffle seed corn, a snowmobile jacket, and snowmobile oil.

Raffle tickets will be sold for $10 for 10, for coozies, caps, coats, and other items.

The band Chuck Murphy will perform from 8 to 10 p.m., and DATK will play from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. Call Cochran’s at 815-625-7495 for more information.

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January 16, 1958 to January 31, 1985 We’re thinking of you today, though you’re far away.

It only takes a though or memory to bring you near, for when two lives touch, they can never really separate.

Love and miss you, Mom, Dad & Cindy

To our wonderful son, brother, uncle, grandson, friend.

We miss you and send all our love.

Mom and Dad

MONROE CENTER – The Monroe Township Firefighters Association will have an all-youcan-eat buffet breakfast from 7 to 11 a.m. Sunday at the fire station, 104 West St. Adults can eat for $8, while children 6 to 12 can eat for $4, and children 5 and younger eat for free.

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LEE COUNTY

Child endangerment charge dropped Lee County judge says charge was filed too late

BY CHRISTI WARREN cwarren@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5521 @SeaWarren

DIXON – A charge of child endangerment, filed against a Dixon man accused of abusing his son, will not be reinstated after a petition to do so was dropped by the state’s attorney.

An order was entered Thursday in Lee Coun-

ty Court to not prosecute Andrew Fassler on that charge, which was filed in December 2013 and amended this past November.

The state’s decision came after Judge Charles Beckman ruled that the charge, filed by Lee County State’s Attorney Anna Sacco-Miller, had been brought too late, after the 3-year statute of limitations had passed.

Sacco-Miller had charged Fassler, 43, with allowing his then-wife Tiffany to punish his son, Colton, to excess.

That punishment led to Colton’s death.

Colton, 7, died on Nov. 10, 2011, at Rockford Memorial Hospital, 11 months after suffering severe brain damage. He was injured, prosecutors say, when Tiffany Fassler, 39, kicked him in the chest, causing him to hit his head on a bathroom vanity on Dec. 30, 2010.

Ti f f a n y Fa s s l e r i s charged with two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of aggravated battery of a child. She is scheduled to appear in court

on Feb. 11.

Andrew Fassler is still charged with aggravated domestic battery, punAndrew ishable by Fassler 3 to 7 years in pr ison.

According to court documents, in October 2009, he threw another son down some stairs, breaking the boy’s arm.

Fassler told investigators he was taking the boy up the stairs when the child was being “a little jerk” and pulled away,

which caused him to fall and break his arm.

The boy told investigators, however, that his father had thrown him head-first down the stairs, “like Superman.”

He said that neither of his parents believed he had hurt his arm, and that he had to do jumping jacks to prove he was in pain.

Fassler was a Dixon City firefighter from 2001 until he resigned on June 29, 2011. Fassler will next appear in court on March 3.

The issue of adding

additional charges too late has come up in two other recent high-profile Lee County cases. In the case of Charles George, a Dixon man convicted in the death of his infant daughter, a murder charge was dropped for being added too late. In the case of Brian Sigler, a Dixon man accused of murdering his wife, two additional murder charges are currently being contested for their late timing.

Sacco-Miller was unavailable for comment.

LOCAL ECONOMY

WINTER STORM ON THE WAY

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ROCK FALLS – The city of Rock Falls on Friday declared a winter snow emergency from 4 a.m.

Sunday to 6 a.m. Tuesday.

That means cars must be parked on the evennumbered side of streets on even-numbered days of the month, and on odd-numbered sides on odd-numbered calendar days.

All vehicles parked on posted designated snow routes throughout Rock Falls are required to be removed until the route is cleared from curb to curb or until the snow emergency parking ban is lifted.

Additional parking restrictions are in force downtown. No parking is allowed from 2 to 5 a.m. during the snow emergency period on: • West Second Street, from First Avenue to Fifth Avenue • East Second Street,

The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch for the Sauk Valley from 6 p.m. Saturday to 6 p.m. Sunday.

Snow is expected to develop Saturday afternoon and continue into Sunday afternoon. Accumulations of 4 to 6 inches are expected, with some areas receiving 8 or more inches. Winds will increase to 20 to 30 mph on Sunday, causing blowing and drifting snow.

While jobless rates dropped in most Illinois counties in December, four of five Sauk Valley counties saw slight increases.

Bu t u n e m p l oy m e n t rates in Whiteside, Lee, Carroll, Ogle, and Bureau counties remained lower

DIXON – A blood drive will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 9 in the east mall at Sauk Valley Community College, 173 state Route 2.

Donors will receive a free T-shirt. Walk-ins will be accepted, but appointments are recommended.

Registration is available at SVCC. Sign-up tables will be set up outside the college cafeteria from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday

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8.3 percent a year ago.

Bureau County’s rate ticked up from 7.2 percent in November to 7.4 percent in December. It was 10 percent in December 2013.

Unemployment rates dropped in 68 of Illinois’ 102 counties and increased in 21. It was unchanged in 13 counties.

Statewide, the rate dropped from 6 percent in November to 5.7 percent in December. A year ago, it was 8.6 percent.

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increased from 6.3 percent in November to 6.5 percent in December. A year ago, the jobless rate was 9.3 percent.

In Ogle County, the rate jumped from 7.1 percent in November to 7.5 percent in December, still 3 percentage points lower year to year.

The unemployment rate in Carroll County in December was 5.8 percent, up from 5.6 percent in November but down from

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than they were a year ago.

According to information released Thursday by the Illinois Department of Employment Security, only Whiteside County did not see an increase in its unemployment rate last month.

It was unchanged from November at 6.6 percent.

That rate is 2.8 percentage points lower than the jobless rate in December 2013.

Rate increases in other local counties were slight.

In Lee County, the rate

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EDITORIAL

Focus on good stewardship of public funds V

ince Lombardi is the legendary NFL coach for whom the Lombardi Trophy, at stake in Sunday’s Super Bowl, is named.

Lombardi had a favorite saying: Winning isn’t everything; it’s the only thing.

Those words helped the coach, his staff, and his players focus on their top priority.

Elected officials could learn from Coach Lombardi.

When it comes to keeping watch on the taxpayers’ money, many public officials already focus on being good stewards.

They are scrupulously honest custodians of the public’s money.

Funds are spent carefully, and all revenue and spending is accounted for, to the last penny.

Their motto could well be, Stewardship isn’t everything; it’s the only thing.

Unfortunately, stewardship seems not to be the No. 1 priority for some officials, based on their performance.

We’ve seen that in Ogle County, where former Sheriff Michael Harn’s stewardship of a fund containing administrative tow fees and other money

What we think If public officials do nothing else, they must be good stewards of taxpayers’ money.

Examples of less-than-sterling stewardship in several area public bodies indicate the need for improvement. was called into question.

Last year, the Ogle County Board ordered an audit, which discovered that nearly $11,000 could not be accounted for.

The forensic auditor also found about $61,000 in revenue that should have gone into the county’s general fund. Instead, it went into the tow fund.

Harn was voted out of office. New Sheriff Brian VanVickle is conducting an internal audit into the unaccounted-for money, which he said could take a couple of months.

The Ogle County Board must continue its heightened oversight of the public’s money.

In Coloma Township, no

audits of township funds took place in 20 years, according to former Supervisor Debra Burke, who resigned last year.

The township board hired an accounting firm to conduct an audit, which for a township Coloma’s size should have been done every 4 years.

However, the township recently cut ties with the accounting firm after 19 months, although Township Clerk Pam Erby said the township still hopes to produce an audit from Burke’s tenure.

Current Supervisor David Blanton, former

mayor of Rock Falls, said financial records from Burke’s years in office were in disarray, but that new methods of tracking funds have been implemented.

In Ogle County and Coloma Township, public officials are playing catch-up after the financial management ball was fumbled. Hard-working taxpayers deserve better performance.

Let our Lombardiinspired motto be the constant guide for those who handle the public’s money.

Stewardship isn’t everything; it’s the only thing.

THE READER’S VOICE

Homes deserve praise for care that they give

money for the state.

Stay tuned for misery to come.

Test-tube baby study omitted important risks

RANDY BERG Dixon

Ab o u t t h e n u r s i n g homes in our area, on Oct. 31, 2014, I placed my mother in Dixon Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center (nursing home) after she suffered a stroke.

Within days she was walking again with her walker.

The progress she made was beyond belief. The men and women who took the time to get my mother back into the world of self-care are the best, and their kindness and care cannot be thanked enough. She told me she liked therapy. Who likes therapy?

She also said the food was very good, but they gave her too much. Food that’s good in a nursing facility? Who ever heard of such a thing?

After about a month, Mom fell ill again; she was taken to the hospital and back to the nursing home. Within 24 hours, she was again ill. Her nurse, Jeanette, was right on top of things, keeping us informed. She made the decision, enough was enough, and called an ambulance. If Jeanette had waited, I don’t believe our mom would be alive today.

We are so grateful for the wonderful care they give our mother every day – from the administrator to

GRACE BRATT Dixon

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all the departments and staff who give my mother a place she calls home.

They have not warranted this bad rap they received in the newspaper [“A Sorry State: Nursing homes in the Sauk Valley,” three-part series, Dec. 13, 17 and 20, 2014].

Everyone works together to give residents the best possible care and the most happiness they can get with their lives.

Thanks to all of you caring, loving, and hardworking people who make this place home for my mother and her friends.

My mom has decided (after all her options) she wants to stay there for the rest of her life. As she has said numerous times, “Everyone here is so nice, and I get such good care.”

Rauner’s debt battle will mean cuts, cuts, cuts PAM FARRIS Rochelle

Gov. Rauner never specified how he intends to get Illinois out of debt while running for office, and

even now hasn’t shared any specifics.

Here are some facts about Illinois public employees.

Since 2001, there has been a reduction of 35 percent of Corrections employees while the number of people in prison has increased. The Department of Natural Resources is down by 39 percent. The state police force is down by 37 percent, and overtime has skyrocketed.

Now state Rep. Nekritz, a sponsor of SB1, which would have cut pensions

and is now before the Illinois Supreme Court, wants to pass a bill to tax “only” retired public employees. Illinois would be the only state to do this, and it is highly likely it will be found unconstitutional.

Illinois’ new Chief Operating Officer Lingle, as governor of Hawaii, cut 139 state mental health workers, resulting in the mentally ill going to emergency rooms, which cost the state more than the 139 workers. She also furloughed public schools 34 days to save

On Jan. 7, there was an article on the risks to mothers using in vitro fertilization (IVF). [“Trying for test-tube baby? Risks to mom are rare, U.S. study says,” Sauk Valley Media, page A11.]

It’s too bad the study didn’t cover the risks in this procedure.

In order for one baby to be born alive, many [embryos are destroyed].

I V F p ro f i l e s h u m a n [embryos] using their perceived viability, doing away with the weak.

After fertilizing eggs in a petri dish, they are given about 3 days to grow. Then the “best” of these human embryos are implanted in a mother’s womb. The weak are left and the others frozen for later use or experimentation.

The implanted [embryos] are again given time to grow, and the “best” one or two are selected; the others are selectively reduced.

Although the aim of IVF is to bring a healthy child to the childless, this procedure destroys more life than it produces and sets a dangerous precedent in the way we value human life.

BEHIND THE READER’S VOICE | JEANNIE EICHELBERGER Note to readers: This is another in a series of question-and-answer features about people who frequently write letters to the editor.

Your name: Jeannie Eichelberger Town: Rock Falls Age: 68 How long have you been a letter writer?

Two years Favorite topics for letters that you write: Days gone by, civil rights, and help for healing souls.

Which other letter writers do you enjoy reading?

Gail Arbogast Tell us a little about yourself: I have four children, six

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

grandchildren, two greatgrandchildren, and I am a nurse, retired early due to a brain tumor.

How would you describe yourself?

Quiet, I like people, and I care about their pain, struggles, and their eternal salvation.

People you admire: My Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Freedom Riders of 1961, Billy Graham, Joyce Meyers, Adrian Rogers, John Hagee, T.D. Jakes, Bayless Conley, and local pastor Loren Schlomer.

Favorite saying: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Love one another. Part of the “I

Have a Dream” speech, where little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.

Best advice anyone ever gave you: No matter what happens, just love your life (from my mom) Your advice for local, state, and/or national government, in a nutshell: Put God back in, like our forefathers did.

Any additional comments?

We can be a great nation with the Lord’s help. Elect born-again Christians into positions of power. Have the people pray for our nation.

THE FIRST AMENDMENT

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

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Jeannie Eichelberger, a retired nurse, writes letters to the editor from her home in Rock Falls.

“Early in life, I learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.”

Malcolm X, civil rights leader, 1965

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SECOND OPINION

Readers toughen up messenger of bad news P

eople love their newspaper.

Even if they love to hate it ... that’s a kind of love, isn’t it?

We always appreciate readers who care enough to comment – privately or publicly, good or bad – about this newspaper.

Although the Telegraph and Daily Gazette might be the subject of criticism, we know that even the critics find the publications useful.

Maybe they turn to us for high school sports.

Or obituaries. Or police reports. Or advertising inserts.

Most of them read other parts of the paper, too, even if they don’t always like what they see.

That makes us no different from every other newspaper in the world.

DISDAIN FOR THE bearers of bad news is nothing new, of course.

Many a messenger has been killed – or, at least, threatened.

It’s as old as newspa-

pers themselves.

To read a newspaper is to refrain from reading something worthwhile.

The first discipline of education must therefore be to refuse to feed the mind with canned chatter. – Aleister Crowley The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything. Except what is worth knowing.

Journalism, conscious of this, and having tradesman-like habits, supplies their demands. – Oscar Wilde Journalism largely consists of saying “Lord Jones is Dead” to people who never knew that Lord Jones was alive.” – G.K. Chesterton All of those eloquent gentlemen have been dead for at least 65 years.

But their sentiments continue to find agreement with some folks today.

And always will.

WORKING FOR A newspaper takes a certain kind of toughness.

figure, it’s just part of the job.

No sympathy needed.

It’s that “heat in the kitchen” thing.

And we all know where the door is if it gets too hot.

larryLOUGH Larry Lough is executive editor of Sauk Valley Media.

Contact him via email at llough@ saukvalley. com.

We refer to it as a thick skin. Critics call it an insensitivity.

As perhaps the last true mass medium on earth, a newspaper has a widely diverse audience with many and varied interests, tastes and experiences.

That’s a customer who is hard to please.

Unlike most professions, newspaper journalists are subject to widespread public criticism, seen by tens of thousands of people, even in this largely rural market of small communities.

But like being a public official or other public

COMPLAINTS COME in varying degrees of seriousness.

Joyce, for example, calls the editor every few weeks in disbelief over some grammatical gaffe.

This week it involved this sentence from the front page of Tuesday’s editions: According to court documents, [the defendant] admitted that “things got physical between he and the victim ... sometime the evening of Jan. 12 around 10 or 11 p.m.”

Joyce’s concern was that the pronoun he was improperly used.

While she is correct that him would have been the appropriate pronoun in that construction, we generally do not edit police

reports for grammatical purity.

That passage was in quotation marks, attributed to court records.

So we let it stand.

FACEBOOK READERS represent a relatively new and especially opinionated audience for this newspaper.

When some articles are posted to the Sauk Valley Media Facebook page, dozens of comments might be made within minutes.

We do, after all, have nearly 22,000 Facebook friends through a connection to the community – and the world – that didn’t exist a few years ago.

On Thursday afternoon, we posted a story about a teen who has been assigned a trial date in connection with the accidental shooting death of a friend. He has been charged as a juvenile with reckless conduct.

By Friday morning,

more than two dozen comments were on the page. Many of them were of the “it was an accident; everyone has suffered enough; let it go” variety.

Obviously, it’s a tragedy that has forever changed two families.

But it’s a matter of public interest that newspapers have to cover.

Though not everyone thinks so.

“Let’s reopen this wound again with this story posted on Facebook and the comments that follow,” John wrote with, we assume, more than a little sarcasm.

“Once again I am disappointed in Sauk Valley Newspapers,” Jenny’s post said. “[T]he inclusion of the young man’s name was NOT necessary. I do not even know the parties involved, but I believe they deserve some privacy and respect.”

Lots of disagreement over this case.

But no winners.

EDITORIALS ELSEWHERE

The Super Bowl of junk food and commercial gluttony Game has nearly been relegated to the sidelines Chicago Tribune Editorial Board

It’s the Super Bowl of TV commercials.

It’s the Super Bowl of pretending junk food is good for you.

It’s the Super Bowl of commercial gluttony.

By the way, there’s also a football game Sunday, but it hasn’t been merely an NFL game for a least 20 years. At some point, the annual ritual tran-

scended a football game – often a lousily played one – and became popular culture.

We use the words popular culture because any event that makes Americans spend $50 million on food and $14 billion on related items to celebrate a single event is something beyond an interesting athletic competition.

We’ll bet $100 million legally, and who knows how much illegally.

According to the various trade and marketing outlets that track our consumption, we’ll eat

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In fact, the entire marketing mechanism of pop culture is designed to make you sit in front of the television for about 6 hours and do nothing but eat, and eventually be inspired by other commercial enticements.

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more on Sunday than any other day in the year except for Thanksgiving.

We’ll eat 4,000 tons of popcorn, 8 million pounds of guacamole, and 14,500 tons of chips.

In fact, the entire marketing mechanism of pop culture is designed

Your car is the life line to all you do.

You should give it the care it deserves.

Whether you own a domestic, imported or a collector vehicle, the crew at B&R provides you with the service you need at a price you deserve.

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to make you sit in front of the television for about 6 hours and do nothing but eat, and eventually be inspired by other commercial enticements.

More pizza delivery drivers will crash, and we’ll spend 20 percent more in antacids the fol-

lowing Monday, than any other day of the year, and 1.5 million will call in sick to work.

AT THE FIRST SUPER Bowl in 1967, advertisers paid what was a thenoutlandish $267,000 for a 30-second television spot. Even adjusted for inflation, the price has gone up 1,000 percent since then to $4.5 million.

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A student laughs and kicks his feet while watching faculty members dance during the talent show Friday afternoon at Christ Lutheran School in Sterling.

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For a lengthy period toward the end of 2014, the jail was so overcrowded that the sheriff had to ship prisoners to the Stephenson County Jail at a cost of about $60 per inmate per night, Doran said.

Last weekend, Doran had to lay out two mattresses on the dorm floors so that short-term inmates – “weekenders,” he called them – had a place to sleep.

The cost of expanding the jail, though, is prohibitive – about $1 million, Doran said, so prohibitive that a plan isn’t even in the works for how to go about it.

In the short term, though, the sheriff has been working on quick fixes. The ancient plumbing system, though not exactly a “quick” fix, is at the top of his list.

Usually, the County

Board allocates about $30,000 a year to the sheriff’s department for maintenance and repairs; this year, Doran said, that number doubled to $60,000 so he could finally get the plumbing repaired.

And cost isn’t the only problem. Two county offices, both the treasurer and veterans affairs, would have to be moved.

“I mean, it could be done, but it’s going to be a long process,” Doran said.

What about an attached annex? Not a chance. The courthouse has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1973, and any significant alteration to the exterior would void that.

Doran says he’s probably had to put about 20 total inmates in the care of Stephenson County during his tenure, each for an extended period.

At $60 a night, it wasn’t cheap.

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one time,” he said.

With limited resources, Doran says, he has already expanded parts of the jail as best as he can. He has rearranged and reorganized. Downsizing where he can. The women’s area has had bunks added.

During the tour, a female inmate called out, “He’s a really good sheriff!”

It seems Carroll County voters would agree.

Doran has been elected to the post three times.

“One of the issues you see when they’re overcrowded is that they’re crammed in there,” he said, “and they get uptight over being in there, and anxiety sets in and a fight breaks out.”

So what would it cost to renovate what they have?

To take care of the quick fixes?

About $250,000, Doran said.

In the long run, Doran would like to expand – perhaps add about 20 beds, so

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The Carroll County Jail can hold 25 inmates, the same number it could hold when it was built 157 years ago. Sheriff Jeff Doran would like to expand the jail to hold another 15 to 20 inmates. he can have enough room to take on prisoners from other counties, as Stephenson County has been doing for him.

“I showed [the County Board] you can actually make money doing it,” Doran said.

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In Whiteside County, the percentage of students with religious exemptions went from 0.4 percent in the 200304 school year to 1.1 percent during the 2013-14 school year. In Lee County, it went from 0.3 percent to 0.7 percent.

Medical exemptions must have a statement from a licensed medical practitioner.

Religious exemptions require no such document. In fact, an Internet search brings up multiple anti-vaccination websites with pages dedicated to coaching parents on how to obtain a religious exemption. Some even include sample letters and cite specific Bible passages that parents can use.

State statute requires s c h o o l - a g e c h i l d re n to receive certain vaccinations before being allowed in class, but parents may choose to seek an exemption, which would make a child “in compliance” with the law.

Megan Griffin of the Illinois State Board of Education said parents have another option.

“If the student doesn’t have a valid exemption, and parents still refuse, [students] can be homeschooled,” Griffin said in an email. “That is their only option. Law states that all schools, private or public, shall exclude for lack of immunizations or valid exemptions.”

Twenty-three Whiteside County students were unprotected and without legal exemption in October 2014, according to the latest state data. In Lee County, there were three.

The reasons “anti-vaxxers” use to avoid vacci-

nating their children defy widely accepted science that has discredited, specifically, an oft-cited 1998 study that tied the MMR vaccine to incidences of autism. The British medical journal that originally printed it has since retracted the report, and the doctor who authored it is now barred from practicing as a physician in the U.K. and is unlicensed in America, where he lives.

Attempts to reach out to members of the Illinois anti-vaccination community went unanswered.

At the dawn of the new millennium, measles was generally considered to be eradicated.

Since then, the number of reported cases in the U.S. has steadily increased. In 2014, 644 cases were reported in 27 states, which authorities isolated to 23 specific outbreaks. In the past 5 years, Illinois has seen 10 cases.

It’s a concern for not only medical professionals, but also for parents of children who can’t have the vaccine for medical reasons. The point of vaccines, other than to protect the vaccinated person, is to make sure children who medically can’t receive the same vaccine are also protected – something called the “herd immunity,” explained Marcia Widolff, director of public health in Whiteside County .

“All immunizations work based on herd immunity, which basically means that if most of the people in the group get the vaccines, then that protects the ones who don’t,” Widolff said. “For example, one measles shot is 95 percent effective, so for that 5 percent of the population that it doesn’t work, the herd immunity protects them. So if there’s a

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Debra Robinson, LPN, an immunization nurse with Whiteside County Health Department, draws up an MMR vaccine Friday at the Rock Falls facility. classroom of 20 kids, and 19 gets their vaccine, that protects the one kid that didn’t.

“All vaccines work on that concept, and if you look at the effectiveness of vaccines, measles works the best.”

Dr. Tim Appenheimer, 61, has practiced family medicine for 34 years.

At his Dixon office, he’s seen an increase in the number of parents with concerns about the MMR vaccine. After speaking with him, most of his patients end up vaccinating their children, he said, but some can’t be swayed.

“My generation grew up with measles, and parents in that generation realized how possible it was for people to have serious complications because they saw it,” he said. “So they were anxious to get their kids vaccinated, anxious for people to get their kids vaccinated. And now this generation of parents has never seen a case of the measles, and a lot of doctors have never seen the measles.

“When a lot of people don’t get their kids vaccinated, it starts to come back, and that’s what we’re starting to see.”

Statewide data from the Illinois State Board of Education shows a

similar upward trend in the number of people who choose not to vaccinate their children for religious reasons. Statewide, in the past 5 years, the percentage of students using a religious exemption for vaccinations has gone from 0.3 percent to 0.5 percent – a percentage smaller than that seen in the Sauk Valley.

“The number [of parents questioning the MMR vaccine] has increased in more recent years,” Appenheimer said. “Just with more and more good and bad information out on the Internet, more people are making the decision themselves based on what they read.

“A lot of times the decision that they’ve made is an emotional decision, and it’s a hard thing to change with facts,” he said. “What we try to change, we present in a supportive way. We understand that they’re trying to do the best thing for their child, so we try to supply as much factual information as we can.”

The majority of the things his patients have read or heard come from something their friends have come across, or something they saw on Facebook.

“It is worrisome,” he

said. “You hate to see somebody end up getting a preventable disease. It’s concerning. And when you look at what’s happening in the country, we will start to see kids who have long-term effects from getting the measles.

“It’s a hard thing to understand as a social phenomenon.”

Dr. Paul Steinke, president and CEO of CGH Medical Center, and a family practice physician himself, had his own struggles to convince parents that vaccinating was the best route for their children.

“When I was in full-time practice, I would certainly recommend the vaccines to parents and recommend them strongly,” he said. “But, I still had some folks that couldn’t be swayed. I couldn’t convince them to be vaccinated.

“The hard thing is that I’m a father, too. I’ve got children, and I would want the best for my kids, too. ... These are concerned parents who are trying to do right for their kids, but unfortunately, they don’t have the right information.”

Medical professionals fear that it’s only a matter of time before measles cases start popping up everywhere – not just in California, where the majority of the “anti-vax” community lives, but closer to home. A child was diagnosed with measles in a Chicago suburb last weekend – a case unrelated to the Disneyland outbreak.

Widolff, as the director of public health, said that in itself is a cause of concern.

“Where did it come from?” she said. “There might be more than one outbreak.”

And in December, a case of the mumps (one of the infections protected against in the MMR vaccine) was reported in a Whiteside County elementary school.

“Really, our concern is measles can be deadly,” Widolff said.

Measles also is highly contagious, said Joan Saunders, head of infectious diseases for the department.

“People are contagious before the rash breaks out,” she explained. “They can actually be spreading the illness before they have a rash. It’s transmitted by contact, by coughing, or sneezing, ... and the virus remains viable for 2 hours on the surface or in the air.”

A significant concern among health professionals is that many doctors who practice today, and most parents now giving birth, have never seen a case of the measles, and so don’t quickly recognize its symptoms and – in the parents’ case – its severity.

“I joined a practice with a guy who had been in the practice since the 1960s, and he was the only guy who had seen everything,” CGH’s Steinke said. “Now I guess I’m considered one of the old guys because I have seen chicken pox.

“It’s easy to condemn the vaccinations because we get so comfortable with the fact that we don’t see these horrible diseases. It makes us complacent, I think, with the vaccination question.”

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WASHINGTON (AP) – There’s a good reason the U.S. economy is impressing the world right now despite a slowdown in the final 3 months of 2014: In a word, steadiness.

Companies have been hiring at healthy rates for the past year. Layoffs hover near historic lows.

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Congressional budget fights have faded.

Americans are increasingly confident.

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“This hasn’t changed my picture on the strength and resilience of the U.S. economy,” said Scott Anderson, chief economist at the Bank of the West.

“Almost all the drivers of consumer spending are pointing in the right direction.”

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IN BRIEF Rauner defends higher staff pay CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner is defending paying his staff members significantly more than his predecessor, saying he’ll pay what

he has to for top talent.

The Republican told reporters Friday that some of his administration hires from the private sector were taking pay cuts to work in state government.

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ten top staffers in Rauner’s administration outpace those of comparable aides to former Gov. Pat Quinn by roughly $380,000 – or 36 percent.

Rauner’s comments come as he has criticized spending and worker sala-

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Rauner says spending inside the governor’s office overall will be less than under Quinn.

Rauner’s office hasn’t provided specific details on spending.

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (AP) – A pair of American and Russian pilots has traveled farther and longer in a gas balloon than anyone in history, trying to eliminate any remaining debate over a century of records in longdistance ballooning.

The Two Eagles pilots surpassed the distance and duration records that have held since the 1970s and 1980s, and were aiming Friday for a safe landing somewhere on a beach in Mexico’s Baja California peninsula.

Troy Bradley of Albuquerque and Leonid Tiukhtyaev of Russia lifted off from Japan Sunday morning, and by Friday, they beat what’s considered the “holy grail” of

ballooning achievements, the 137-hour duration record set in 1978 by the Double Eagle crew of Ben Abruzzo, Maxie Anderson and Larry Newman in the first balloon flight across the Atlantic.

Poet, performer Rod McKuen dies NEW YORK (AP) – Rod McKuen, the huskyvoiced “King of Kitsch” whose avalanche of music, verse and spoken-word recordings in the 1960s and ’70s overwhelmed critical mockery and made him an Oscarnominated songwriter and one of the best-selling poets in history, has died. He was 81.

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Romney bows out of GOP nomination race 2012 nominee won’t run again WASHINGTON (AP) – After a 3-week flirtation with a new campaign for the White House, Mitt Romney announced Friday that he will not seek the presidency in 2016.

“After putting considerable thought into making another run for president, I’ve decided it is best to give other leaders in the party the opportunity to become our next nominee,” Romney told supporters on a conference call.

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Abbott ...........................44.76 Alcoa .............................15.65 AltriaCorp .....................53.11 Autonation ...................59.61 American Express ........80.70 Arris-Group ..................26.22 Apple...........................117.16 ADM..............................46.63 AT&T .............................32.91 Bank of America...........15.15 Boeing.........................145.48 BorgWarner ..................54.01 BP ..................................38.83 Casey’s ..........................91.30 Caterpillar ....................79.96 CenturyLink .................37.17 Chevron ......................102.33 Cisco .............................26.36 Citigroup ......................46.96 CNW .............................40.93

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IN MEMORIAM | ERNIE BANKS | 1931–2015

BOYS BASKETBALL

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Rock Falls’ James McFadden drives past Dixon’s Laron Carr during Friday’s game at Lancaster Gym. Dixon won 54-35.

20/20 vision for Dukes

Dixon reaches win plateau

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Jim Prescott, of Sterling, met Ernie Banks 35 years ago when Banks made an appearance at Prescott’s appliance store.

From then on, the two men and their families became close friends. Prescott shared some memories of Banks, who died on Jan. 23 of a heart attack, with SVM’s Brian Weidman this week. Below, Prescott and his daughter, Jackie, hold pictures of the family with Banks.

MR. FRIEND

NUIC madness • A wild East division got more muddled after AFC’s win over Polo, B10.

Great player was even better friend to Sterling family

BOYS BASKETBALL

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or Sterling resident Jim Prescott, Ernie Banks was much more than a slugging infielder who socked 512 home runs over 19 seasons, all with the Chicago Cubs.

Banks, who died on Friday, Jan. 23 at 83 of a heart attack, and Prescott, 82, started as business associates, and grew to be close contacted an executive he knew to friends for more than 3 decades. see if he could line up Banks, who was an endorser for Amana at the time, to make an appearance at the ribbon“There’s no other individual like him, cutting ceremony. and never will be,” Prescott said. “He Banks, whose regular job was at a touched so many people’s lives.” bank in Chicago, made the trip out to Their friendship started about 35 years Sterling, and the rest, as they say, is ago, when Prescott was re-locating an history. appliance store to the Northland Mall “We just kind of hit it off,” Prescott in Sterling. An Amana dealer, Prescott said.

Banks made dozens of trips to Sterling, some for business and some for pleasure. As word spread that Prescott was friends with Banks, he was besieged with requests to bring “Mr. Cub” to town.

Banks was the guest speaker at hospital fundraisers and chamber of commerce functions. He played numerous rounds of golf with people who bid enough money in an auction, just to name a few of his visits.

“Every time I asked him, he always went along with it,” Prescott said.

Each trip to Sterling, Prescott noted, was another chance for Banks to connect with locals.

While golfing at Rock River Country Club, Ernie took a shine to a young Pete Goff, who lived near the course and would later become a teacher and coach at Sterling High School, and is now the athletic director at Kaneland.

“He’d say, ‘Come on Pete, let’s play a few holes,’” Prescott said. “They’d get in the cart and play until dark.”

ERNIE BANKS | BY THE NUMBERS

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14

Banks was the first black player in Cubs history in 1952, and eighth black player to play in MLB.

He won MVP awards in 1958 and 1959. He hit 47 homers in ’58, and 45 homers in ’59.

Banks wore that number for 19 seasons with the Cubs, one of seven numbers retired by the team.

512

2,528

1977

Banks hit that many home runs, which ranks second in Cubs’ history, and 22nd in MLB history.

Sports inside

That’s how many MLB games he played, the most by any player who never played in the postseason.

DIXON – The Dixon boys basketball team accomplished something Friday night that has never before been done in the program’s nearly 100-year history.

But don’t think for a second these single-minded, ultra-focused Dukes are spending too much time celebrating.

Friday’s 54-35 victory over Big Northern West foe Rock Falls gave Dixon its fourth 20-win season in school history, and reached that mark for the second consecutive year for the first time.

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Sterling’s Juan Gomez shoots a layup during Friday’s 61-58 win over Geneseo at Musgrove Fieldhouse.

Sterling in the clutch

Thornton sparks Warriors

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STERLING – Sterling Thornton was having fun again.

Every so often, the Sterling junior forward’s blue mouth guard would make an appearance as he smiled after draining jumpers in the fourth quarter of Friday’s Northern Illinois Big 12 West game against Geneseo.

Thornton took over late in the game and led the Golden Warriors to a 61-58 win over their conference-rival Maple Leafs, in a crowded Musgrove Fieldhouse.

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Golden ruled

He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1977 on the first ballot. He retired from baseball in 1972.

• The third NIB-12 West game in a week was too much for Sterling girls, B4.

HIGH SCHOOL EXTRA

OUTDOORS

Meet Morrison wrestler Austin Keller, B2.

Coyotes hard on deer, B3.

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Mulling future Peyton Manning Star quarterback says he’s going to take some time before deciding if he’ll return to the Broncos for his 18th NFL season.

Taking it to court Tim Duncan Spurs star has filed a lawsuit contending that a series of investments enriched his financial advisor, but lost Duncan money.

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Saturday, January 31, 2015

MY 2 CENTS

Bingo, Banks and beyond On the tube TV listings

Saturday Men’s basketball 11 a.m.

• Wisconsin at Iowa, ESPN • Auburn at Tennessee, ESPN2 • Texas Tech at W. Virginia, ESPNU • Providence at St. John’s, Fox • Xavier at Seton Hall, FS1 • Boston College at Clemson, FSN • Davidson at St. Joseph’s, NBCSP Noon

• Penn St. at Illinois, BTN • Arkansas at Florida, CBS • USF at Tulsa, ESPNEWS 1 p.m.

• Kansas St. at Kansas, ESPN • Richmond at VCU, ESPN2 • TCU at Iowa St., ESPNU • Villanova at DePaul, FS1 • Illinois St. at Loyola, CSN/FSN 2 p.m.

• Valparaiso at Ill.-Chicago, CSN+ 2:15 p.m.

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hen I think of the No. 14, the first memory that tickles into my brain is my Uncle Richard’s bingo card at the Carroll County Fair from 20-plus years ago.

There’s the blast of tractor engines in the background from the pull in the grandstand.

There is the smell of average food enhanced to perfection in deep-fat fryers.

Across the midway are lights of red, blue and green that twinkle in the warm summer night.

I am young, surrounded by friends and family.

While the adults – my parents, grandparents, aunt and uncle – line up quarters for each card in each round of bingo, the youth escape into the night with hopes of new adventures – rides, games and other hijinks.

When we return, the cards had changed, but No. 14 in the row of Bs always remained on my uncle’s card. And, coincidentally, his cards didn’t win that often.

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It’s his lucky number.

Even though, to my knowledge, Ernie Banks never stepped a foot on the Carroll County Fair grounds, his spirit seemed to.

Because I think to those days, and they are happy memories.

Over the last week since Banks’ death, the overwhelming sentiment about the man was his never-wavering optimism and enthusiasm for life. He was happy, and that rubbed off on the people around him.

Banks is the spokesman for a time when the gap between professional athlete and adoring fan was smaller.

• Rutgers at Indiana, BTN

4:30 p.m.

Jordan was a great basketball player, but he was a better brand – one stamped with a Nike swoosh, the McDonald’s arches, and hydrated by Gatorade.

Jordan will be remembered for hitting big shots and winning championships. He’ll be remembered for catchy jingles and scripted tag lines. And he’ll be remembered for a few transgressions.

Banks is doomed to having been a part of the Cubs long, long championship drought.

But he was genuine.

He believed in things like “maybe next year.”

Optimism is a wonderful thing.

And with the enthusiasm of a young kid running out toward the midway for the fair, he took the field to play ball ... with the hope that maybe they’d play two that day.

That’s a happy thought too, and it would be nice if everyone carried that enthusiasm into all their adventures in life.

Austin Keller Q &A Morrison senior putting in extra mat time

• New Hampshire at Notre Dame, NBCSP 7 p.m.

• Minnesota at Wisconsin, BTN Golf

• Premier League, Newcastle at Hull City, NBCSP 8:55 a.m.

• Premier League, Leicester City at Manchester United, NBCSP 11:30 a.m.

• Premier League, Manchester City at Chelsea, NBC

Women’s basketball 11 a.m.

• Penn St. at Rutgers, BTN 1 p.m.

• UConn at Temple, ESPN2 • Kansas at Baylor, FSN 2 p.m.

• Villanova at DePaul, CSN

• S. Carolina at Mississippi, ESPNU

College wrestling 1 p.m.

• Illinois at Purdue, BTN

Golf 2 p.m.

• PGA, Phoenix Open, final round, CBS

January 31

5:30 p.m.

6:40 a.m.

• Utah at USC, ESPNU

On this date

Men’s hockey

• Blackhawks at Sharks, CSN Soccer

1:30 p.m.

• Scottish Premier League, playoffs, Cup semifinal, Celtic vs. Rangers, at Glasgow, FS1

• Virginia Tech at Wake Forest (delay), FSN

9:30 p.m.

• Michigan at Michigan St., CBS

7:30 a.m.

3 a.m. (Sunday)

• NFL Honors Awards Show, at Glendale, Ariz., NBC NHL

Noon

Soccer

• Memphis at Gonzaga, ESPN2 • Cal Poly at UC Davis, ESPNU

8 p.m.

11:30 a.m.

• Miami at Florida St., ESPNU • Oakland (Mich.) at Youngstown St., CSN

• Super Bowl XLIX, Patriots vs. Seahawks, at Glendale, Ariz., NBC

9 p.m.

NFL

Men’s basketball

5 p.m.

• Oklahoma at Oklahoma St., ESPN2 • UCF at SMU, ESPNU • S. Illinois at Missouri St., CSN

• Clippers at Spurs, ESPN

Sunday

NFL playoffs

7 p.m.

8 p.m.

• USA Track and Field, at New York, NBCSP

1 p.m.

• Duke at Virginia, ESPN

• Kings at Pacers, FSN

3:30 p.m.

• Lakers at Knicks, ESPN

6 p.m.

6 p.m.

Track & field

NBA

• Nebraska at Minnesota, BTN • Purdue at Northwestern, ESPNU • Texas at Baylor, ESPN2

NBA

• Australian Open, men’s final, at Melbourne, ESPN2

3:30 p.m.

5 p.m.

• PGA, Phoenix Open, third round, CBS • LPGA, Coates Championship, final round, at Ocala, Fla., TGC

Tennis 2 a.m. (Sunday)

• Iowa at Maryland, ESPN2

• Marshall at Louisiana Tech, CSN+

2 p.m.

On the tube TV listings

3 p.m.

SAUK VALLEY EXTRA

3 p.m.

• N. Carolina at Louisville, ESPN • Wichita St. at N. Iowa, ESPN2 • Georgia at S. Carolina, ESPNU • Mississippi at Missouri, FSN • William & Mary at James Madison, CSN

Banks made money playing – enough to live well on – but he never signed a $100 million contract. When Max Scherzer signed for $212 million the other day, I couldn’t wrap my head around the idea of having that glut of money. Scherzer might be a nice guy, but I can’t relate to that sort of wealth, and I am not sure I want to.

Banks was a common man who became the hero of a generation of Cubs fans, but he acted like he was more interested in being their friend.

Just ask Jim Prescott – a local man who by chance became friends with Banks.

And so No. 14 became the favorite number for Cubs fans in that generation – like my uncle.

When I was growing up, every kid wanted No. 23 (including me, but more for Ryne Sandberg than Michael Jordan).

Jordan captivated fans, but he ushered in an era foreign to that of Banks.

What do you like about wrestling?

It’s a hard sport. You got to go out there and do what you got to do. Although it’s a team sport, you’re wrestling for yourself as an individual – especially at the end of the year. You just got to go out, and it’s all about you and your team. If you’re successful, hopefully your team is successful.

When did you first start learning about wrestling?

When I was real young, my parents got me into wrestling. I’ve liked it ever since, and have continued it through my high school career.

If there was one wrestling rule that you would like to see change, what would it be?

Maybe to let the wrestlers wrestle their match, and not have so many calls from referees.

Do you pay attention to rankings, such as Illinois Matmen?

I look at them every once in a while, but our coach always says that it doesn’t matter and to go out and wrestle.

Do they mean anything?

Truly, no. You hear of upsets all of the time, and they change over the course of the week. You just got to go out there and do what you do.

What would you consider to be your best wrestling maneuver?

My best wrestling move is the cradle. I’ve been doing that a lot in the past few years, and I got the school pin record last year (29) doing that.

Is there anything different in your regimen that you changed over the summer to make this season your best?

I’ve been training a lot harder, and coming in when we don’t have practice and working with a few other coaches and friends to go the extra mile.

What’s it like having your brother, Dylan, on the same team?

It’s good, because I can push him to get better, and he can push me.

We practice a lot together at practice. Once I’m out of here, maybe I can come back and help him and see him succeed.

If there was one piece of advice that you would give to younger wrestlers starting in the sport, what would it be?

Just to go out there and try your hardest. You got to push yourself in the offseason, during the season, and the rest of the year. It’s all got to fall together on the mat.

But if you go in there, don’t practice hard and come out slow and flat, it won’t work for you.

As told to Cody Cutter • SVM photo by Philip Marruffo

1975 • In legendary coach John Wooden’s final game, the UCLA Bruins win their 10th NCAA Tournament title in 12 years by beating Kentucky 92-85.

1988 • Doug Williams throws for 340 yards & 4 TDs to earn MVP honors as the Redskins beat the Broncos 42-10 in Super Bowl XXII. 1993 • Troy Aikman throws for 273 yards & 4 TDs to earn MVP honors as the Cowboys beat the Bills 52-17 in Super Bowl XXVII.

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Saturday, January 31, 2015

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SV Weekend • B3

OUTDOOR ADVENTURES

sportShorts

Deer herds on the decline On the calendar Local events

Saturday Boys basketball 10 a.m.

• Fulton Shootout, West Carroll vs. Prince of Peace (Iowa) 11:30 a.m.

• Fulton Shootout, Prophetstown vs. Preston (Iowa) 1 p.m.

• Fulton Shootout, Erie vs.

Somonauk 3:30 p.m.

• Eastland at River Ridge 7 p.m.

• Fulton Shootout, Fulton vs. Quest Academy TBA

• Faith at NICC Tournament

Girls basketball 2 p.m.

• Warren at Eastland 7:15 p.m.

• Dixon at Lutheran 7:30 p.m.

• Newman at St. Bede • Aquin at AFC • Polo at Milledgeville • Stockton at West Carroll TBA

• Faith at NICC Tournament

Girls bowling 9 a.m.

• Sterling, Oregon at Dixon Invite

Boys swimming 8:30 a.m.

• NIB-12 Meet at Sterling

Monday Boys basketball 6:30 p.m.

• North Love at Faith 7:30 p.m.

• Milledgeville at Eastland • Polo at Pecatonica • AFC at South Beloit

Girls basketball 5 p.m.

• North Love at Faith 7:30 p.m.

• Amboy at St. Bede • Erie at Rockridge • Fulton at Sherrard • Newman at Kewanee • Prophetstown at Morrison

Boys swimming 5 p.m.

• Byron at Ottawa

F

irst off, let me start by correcting an error I made last week.

Nothing major, I suppose, but I did manage to have the dates of this weekend’s Tinley Park Fishing Show wrong.

I said the 8th and the 9th, when it is actually the 7th and the 8th.

At least I got the times right, though.

If you’re free, head to Tinley Park High for the show. I speak at 1 p.m. on Saturday and 11 a.m. on Sunday.

Since the passing of deer season, I have had the chance to talk to many people about their thoughts on the state of our deer herd.

Again, the consensus is that the numbers are down.

I talked to people at a certain deer processing plant that says their business is down some 40 percent over the past 3 seasons. I also talked to a couple of local friends who process deer on the side that say things were even worse than that.

So what’s the deal?

We can attribute the decline in the deer herd to many things, in the defense of the DNR. They are right, to an extent.

Things such as our rampant coyote population, and the comeback of the bobcat, have contributed for sure. But the lax regulations of our deer harvests are certainly the biggest factor.

Now, we limited the seasons some this year, and that will certainly help. Anytime you save several thousand does, then you have helped.

Kudos to them for making that move. But we have got to get back to checking deer in.

None of this computer nonsense.

For those who do not hunt, let me clue you in. When you harvest

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Valadez to be inducted into HOF Rock Falls resident Steve Valadez will be inducted into the Union University Sports Hall of Fame on Friday, Feb. 13 in Jackson, Tenn.

A 1973 Union graduate, Valadez was a pitcher and outfielder for the baseball team. As a senior, he went 9-0 with a .56 earned run average, and struck out 66 batters in 64 1/3 innings.

He finished with a 30-12 record. Valadez also played in the Kansas City Royals organization, and helped the Kingsport (Tenn.) team win a Rookie League Championship.

NHL

Blackhawks’ great has brain disorder

AP

Gavin Olinger poses with a coyote he bagged during a recent hunt. A large coyote population is contributing to a dip in deer herds.

mattJONES Fishing guide from Prophetstown. He can be reached at flathead mechanic40 @gmail.com

a deer in Illinois, you simply pull out your phone or laptop, or go home and get on your computer.

You simply enter things such as centimeters from point A on the head to point B on the head. The sex of the deer. If indeed it’s a buck, you enter number of points, and heck, they even want you to enter approximate age based on a tooth diagram.

In other words, we are doing their job for them. Problem is, it’s my belief thousands of

deer kills never get registered. They may get tagged, but it’s so easy for a hunter to go home and process the deer.

It’s tagged, so it is legal to transport and possess. In these cases, it’s the fault of the hunter for not doing his part. However, this is just a ridiculously stupid process.

Speaking of coyotes, the Wolf Pack will be holding its 4th annual coyote hunt next Saturday, February 7.

Hunting will start at legal shooting light, and weigh-in time is 4:30 p.m. at the Kickback Saloon in Tampico.

So if you hunt, you know where to be. If you just want to see the coyotes in a more nonlive state, head over to the Kickback and check out the weigh-in. It’s always a good time, for sure.

It’s just 25 smackers

to participate in the hunt, and while I never hunt, the energy and excitement is evident at the weigh-in. These boys and girls enjoy the heck out of this.

You really should make plans to check this event out.

I’d like to finish this week by saying happy trails to a couple of great people that we have lost this week.

Rest in peace, Rich Renkes and Art Johnson.

I was honored to call Rich a friend and neighbor for some 12 years. The most gentle, friendliest man I ever knew. In Art, we at Sterling Steel lost an incredibly smart man, a brother that kept us running more times than I can remember.

To the families involved, I am so sorry for your losses. God bless you all. Until next week ... Go Catfish!

The family of Stan Mikita said Friday that the Chicago Blackhawks Hall of Famer has been diagnosed with a suspected brain disorder and is “facing some serious health issues.”

Mikita, 74, played his entire 22-season career for the Chicago Blackhawks from 1958 to 1980 and was on the Blackhawks team with Bobby Hull that won the Stanley Cup in 1961.

He is the franchise’s all-time leader in games played, points and assists and is second in goals.

GOLF

Ko on the verge of No. 1-ranking Lydia Ko is one round from potentially making golf history.

The 17-year-old New Zealander birdied five consecutive holes and shot a 7-under 65 in the third round of the Coates Golf Championship on Friday in Ocala, Fla., to take the outright lead in the LPGA Tour’s season opener.

If she hangs on Saturday, she would become the youngest golfer – male or female – to be ranked No. 1 in the World Golf Rankings.

34th Annual Clinton Community College 4-Mile Run Saturday, February 7, 2015 at noon

Mike Parent

Location: Clinton Community College 1000 Lincoln Blvd, Clinton, IA 52732

as the General Sales Manager.

Mike invites his friends & past customers to come by and see him for all your automotive needs.

Proceeds of the race benefit CCC students through B-rrry Scurry scholarships.

For more information and to register, please visit us at www.eicc.edu/brrry or contact Ann Eisenman, Race Director, at 563-244-7040

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HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

Saturday, January 31, 2015

Thornton having fun again on court

GIRLS BASKETBALL | GENESEO 44, STERLING 32

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Sterling’s Rashel Robinson gets fouled by Geneseo’s Maddie Mackey during Friday’s game at Musgrove Fieldhouse. The Maple Leafs’ aggressive defense was effective in a 44-32 win over the Warriors.

Talking about practice Leafs use prep time to prepare plan for Warriors

BY CODY CUTTER ccutter@saukvalley.com 800-798-408, ext. 5555 @CodyCutter35

STERLING – In a week that Sterling girls basketball coach Ryan Vasquez compared to an NBA schedule, the Golden Warriors closed out a three-game week of NIB12 West games Friday against Geneseo.

After beating West Division leader Ottawa on Monday, and division cellar-dweller Rochelle on Tuesday, the Golden Warriors were unable to secure the conference sweep against the Maple Leafs.

Geneseo got off to an early lead and played tight defense in the second half to hand Sterling a 44-32 loss at Musgrove Fieldhouse in a quick 1-hour, 14-minute affair.

Sterling (12-13, 5-5 NIB-12 West) played five games in 7 days, going back to divisional crossover games against Yorkville on Friday and Morris on Saturday.

Coming into Friday, Geneseo only played two games in that span, which were conference losses against Sycamore and LaSalle-Peru. With more practice sessions, the Maple Leafs worked on improving their defense to become more intense. It paid off in getting the biggest win so far

Star of the game: Emily VandeWiele, Geneseo, 13 points Key performers: Rashel Robinson, Sterling, 12 points, 8 rebounds; Jay Borum, Sterling, 12 points, 5 steals Up next: Sterling at Ottawa, 7 p.m.

Tuesday on the division schedule.

After leading 25-21 at halftime, the Maple Leafs clamped down and allowed just eight Warrior points in all but the final minute of the half.

Sterling made 4 of 23 shots from the field in the second half, finishing with a 25-percent effort from the field, going 12-for-49.

“Geneseo’s defense was there tonight,” Vasquez said. “They put some pressure on us. At the same time, we missed a lot of bunnies tonight.

We have to finish those bunnies around the rim and take quality shots.

Geneseo got the job done tonight.”

Three players scored for the Warriors: Rashel Robinson (12 points), Jay Borum (12), and Gabby Sandoval (8).

“They were really playing intense and close up on us,” Robinson said.

“That made it rough.

They’ve had a lot of

practice. They’ve gotten very good since the last time we played them.”

The Maple Leafs got off to a 5-0 start, and led 19-12 after one quarter with Emily VandeWiele’s trio of 3-point shots in four attempts leading the way.

Sterling looked inside with three passes to Robinson for buckets in the post, and had the game tied at nine.

VandeWiele’s last two 3-pointers provided the buoy that kept Geneseo ahead for good after the first quarter.

“The Robinson girl was frustrating us as they were throwing over the top,” Geneseo coach Scott Hardison said. “We weren’t where we needed to be, and we made those adjustments at halftime.”

VandeWiele led the Maple Leafs with 13 points, while Maddie Mackey added 10.

“We had momentum on our side,” VandeWiele said. “We just came out and we were all kind of nervous. We used that to our advantage, and didn’t let it get us down after we hit a couple of good shots and played good defense.

We just kept it going.”

Robinson led Sterling with eight rebounds, Borum led with five steals, and Sandoval led with four assists.

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the next 6 days off, with another meeting with Ottawa coming up Tuesday at Kingman Gym. “It’s just one game,” Vasquez said. “We’re going to bounce back and make our own adjustments. It’s one game. We’ve played well this last stretch here, in this NBA schedule of back-to-back games, and three games in 1 week. I give the girls all the credit in the world, because they played their behinds off. But at the same time, we need to start stepping up and making the plays that we need to make.”

“Sterling works so hard on and off the court,” Warriors coach Jim Preston said.

“The kids know that down the stretch, we want the ball in either Juan’s [Gomez] hands or Sterling’s.”

On Friday, the ball found its way into Thornton’s hands, and his teammates cleared out of the paint and watched him take control. Using a series of drives and jumpers, Thornton scored 13 of his teamhigh 19 points in the final frame. He also made six of eight free throws down the stretch as the Maple Leafs entered foul mode.

The Warriors (8-10 overall, 3-2 NIB-12), who led nearly the entire game except for a small stretch late in the third quarter, did just about everything right in Friday’s win.

Geneseo (10-10, 4-4) featured a strong insideoutside attack, centered around 6-foot-9 center Drew Himmelman. He entered the game shooting nearly 80 percent from the floor, and didn’t disappoint. He scored 19 points and was a perfect 8-for-8, but nothing came easy.

Sterling’s Joe Brouilette, 6-1, was tasked with guarding Himmelman, and used his powerful frame to bump the Maple Leafs’ big man off his spot.

“I knew, and I think we all knew, that he was going to get his points,” Brouilette said. “I just wanted to make it tough on him. I tried to move him from his spot, bump him, push him, and basically make sure to get a body on him every time.”

It worked. And by the fourth quarter, Himmelman wasn’t looking toward the rim to score after Brouilette had effectively moved him outside of his comfort zone. That

lack of inside scoring presence helped Sterling hang on to its slim lead and salt away the win.

Gomez scored 11 points and dished three assists, while Zach Springman also added 11 points.

Jordan Asbury, who is 6-1 on his tallest of days, grabbed seven rebounds and added six points.

“Asbury was awesome tonight,” Preston said.

Sterling has now won three of its past four games, and hopes to ride that success through the final stretch of the season.

But a large part of that success hinges on what Thornton is able to do down the stretch.

During the Sterling MLK tournament, the Warriors lost a game to Montini, giving Montini its first win of the season. That marked a low point in the season for the Warriors, and Thornton took it hard.

“That night, I went home and cried,” Thornton said.

“It wasn’t just the loss, but more about how basketball wasn’t as fun. We were all putting so much pressure on ourselves, and it just sucked the fun out of everything.”

Thornton said his father talked to him that night and helped remind him why he started playing basketball in the first place.

“I talked with my dad and Coach Preston, and they basically told me that this is high school basketball,” Thornton said. “It’s supposed to be fun. The fans come out to watch, and you’re supposed to enjoy these times.”

So there was Thornton on Friday, allowing a smile to show his blue mouth guard, while playing lockdown defense and finishing slick entry passes from Gomez down the stretch of a conference game.

“It’s definitely fun again,” Thornton said.

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TENNIS | AUSTRALIAN OPEN

Revenge served Djokovic beats defending champ Wawrinka to reach final

BY JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer

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Tiger Woods hits an iron shot on the ninth hole Friday during the second round of the Phoenix Open in Scottsdale, Ariz. Woods shot an 82 and missed the cut.

Tiger flops in second round Woods shoots career-worst 82

BY DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Tiger Woods never shot a score this high in his 1,267 official rounds as a pro.

He never looked more lost on a golf course.

Woods hit wedges fat and thin, but never close. He hit one drive into the water, another into the base of a desert bush. And when he missed a 10-foot par putt on his final hole Friday in the Phoenix Open, he had the worst score of his career – an 11-over 82.

Woods was in last place when he headed home to Florida to try to fix a game in disarray, even behind Arizona club pro Michael Hopper, who had yet to tee off. It was the first time in his career that he missed the cut in consecutive PGA Tour events, the most recent one in August.

About the only thing he didn’t lose was his sense of humor.

“I’m just doing this so I don’t get fined,” Woods said with a smile as he faced the media, repeat-

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ing Marshawn Lynch’s only line at Super Bowl media day.

Even so, this round might have been more painful than getting his tooth knocked out last week in Italy.

His previous worst score was an 81 in the third round at Muirfield in the 2002 British Open, where he caught the brunt of whipping rain in 40 mph wind.

“We all have days like this,” Woods said. “Unfortunately, mine was in a public forum. We take the good with the bad, and the thing is, even on bad days like this, just keep fighting. On the good days, you’ve got to keep fighting, as well.”

MELBOURNE, Australia – Novak Djokovic did enough to beat defending champion Stan Wawrinka in a semifinal match that lacked the intensity of their recent five-setters, setting up an Australian Open final against long-time friend and rival Andy Murray.

The top-ranked Djokovic beat Wawrinka in a peculiarly seesawing 7-6 (1), 3-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-0 match Friday night to ensure two members of the so-called Big Four will meet the season-opening Grand Slam final.

Djokovic has a 100 percent winning record in finals at Melbourne Park, claiming his first Grand Slam title here in 2008 and winning three straight years from 2011 before his streak was ended in the quarterfinals last year by Wawrinka.

The previous three Grand Slam meetings between Djokovic and Wawrinka had gone five sets, including two at the Australian Open that lasted a combined nine hours. Unlike those, though, the Friday night encounter was relatively muted and Wawrinka even described it as “Strange. Not the best, for sure.”

“There were parts of the match where I stepped in and played a game I needed to play, but parts of the match where I played too defensive and allowed him to dictate,” Djokovic said. “So, yeah, it was very emotional, very tense, as it always is against a top player in semifinals of a Grand Slam.

“So the battle was great ... in terms of fighting from both sides .. but the level of performance was not where I wanted it to be.”

Djokovic improved his record to 17 wins in 20 matches against Wawrinka, who will drop to No. 9 in the rankings next week.

Djokovic has beaten Murray in seven of their last eight matches and is 15-8 overall, but they’re level in Grand Slam finals with two wins apiece – Djokovic in Australia in 2011 and ‘13 and Murray at the 2012 U.S. Open and Wimbledon in 2013.

Wawrinka made his career breakthrough here last year, when he beat Djokovic, Tomas Berdych and Rafael Nadal to claim his first

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Novak Djokovic stretches out for a return to Stan Wawrinka during their semifinal at the Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia on Friday. Djokovic won in five sets, and will face Andy Murray in the final.

Grand Slam title, but he hadn’t been past the quarterfinals at a major since his return to Melbourne Park.

“There’s no pressure for that. I’m surprised we went five sets again,” he said. “But, no, for sure we had some great battle here last two years. Today was strange match.

He was there playing good enough to win and he deserve to win and play the final.”

At times Wawrinka got on top of Djokovic, who looked lethargic at times and didn’t realize after winning the third set that he’d taken a 2-1 lead. But Djokovic kept his composure in the 3-hour, 30-minute match as Wawrinka blasted 42 winners but offset that with 69 unforced errors. Djokovic hit 27 winners – none in the fourth set – and finished with 49 unforced errors.

The momentum shifted suddenly in three of the five sets, with both players struggling to

turn service breaks into big leads.

Djokovic was broken once in each of the first three sets and twice in the fourth. He broke Wawrinka seven times in the match, including three in the last set.

Sixth-seeded Murray, who has lost three Australian Open finals, moved into the championship match with a fiery four-set win over No. 7 Tomas Berdych on Thursday night.

Djokovic said he’s going to have to improve considerably to maintain his perfect record in Australian Open finals.

“I think I have much more positive things to reflect on in my game and then all the matches that I played so far in the tournament than the negative,” he said.

“I’m in the finals. In the end of the day, that’s why I’m here. Getting to the finals in any way possible is a great achievement. I’m going to try to use that to build up of the confidence for finals.”

Prescott spoke after Banks earned Presidential honor FRIEND

spoke about their friendship for the past 35 years.

“The thing I enjoyed W doing was to let people know he was an ordinary There was another time guy like you and me,” when Banks participated Prescott said. in a yoga class taught by When asked what he the late Faith Brandau, knew about Banks that leaving a lasting impresperhaps someone else sion among those sweatwouldn’t, Prescott noted ing away. Banks hadn’t Banks was a devoted even tried yoga before, Christian. He had his but saw the chance to favorite Bible verses that connect with a group of he would practice and people. recite.

“He got right in there Banks was also a minand did that,” Prescott ister, and performed said, “and then every time the weddings of former he called me, he’d always Chicago Bulls player Bob say, ‘How’s my friend Love and ex-Cubs pitcher Faith doing?’”

Sean Marshall.

Visiting Sterling and In the early 1980s, Banks staying with the Prescotts returned to college, takwas a getaway of sorts ing classes in Chicago. for Banks. Prescott noted “His whole purpose one time his friend, after was to encourage young a visit to Singapore as an people to move on to ambassador for Major college,” Prescott said.

League Baseball, came “If I can do it, you can straight to Sterling. do it – that type of thing.

He liked to golf, eat a big He wasn’t there to learn catfish dinner at the CanSubmitted photo anything. Hell, he knew dlelight restaurant, and Cubs legend Ernie Banks poses for a picture with his friend Jim Prescott, of Sterling. Prescott attended many everything anyway. He just unwind. Prescott’s Cubs games with Banks, and spoke at a banquet after Banks received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, was there to get the word late wife, Peggy, always the highest honor a United States citizen can receive. out to educate yourself.” made sure to have plenty Prescott also became of fresh fruit available for numerous Cub games were on hand. A friend of tar,” Jackie noted. That in 1950, in the Negro friends with Banks’ breakfast, because that’s over the years – mostly Jackie’s, Cami McMahon, guy turned to be Tommy League. mother, Essie, who lived what Banks liked to start on special occasions. had given her a Ron Santo Shaw, the lead guitarist “He was really candid in Dallas. When Banks his day with.

When a statue of Banks jersey she hoped Santo for Styx. about the pressure of On some visits, he’d was unveiled outside of would autograph that “I can’t believe I stood being a black athlete back moved Essie into a nicer home, it was Prescott who watch Peter Prescott, Wrigley Field in 2008, the day. next to that guy [Shaw] then,” Jackie said. “You was in charge of lining up Jim’s son, play Little Prescotts had two busAs the time to sing for half an hour and couldn’t mess up. You new appliances. When he League baseball, or Jackie loads of fans on board for approached, Banks asked didn’t have the guts to had to behave yourself, called to make sure everyPrescott, Jim’s daughter, the dedication.

Jackie for the jersey, and ask who he was or get his and if you did mess up, thing was hooked up and sharpen her tennis skills.

“My biggest pleasure she handed it over. He autograph,” Jackie said. you were out.” working properly, they Another of Jim’s chilwas extending invitations returned it with Santo’s “Then after that, we sat The last time Jim had a memorable converdren, Patrick, lives in the to people that would signature, along with one in the stands, and the ‘69 Prescott saw his friend sation.

Phoenix area, and Jim pert near collapse if from Banks and another Cubs were right behind was in November 2013, suggested Banks look him they walked up and saw “I said, ‘Essie, I want from Cubs great Billy Wil- us. Ernie was introducing at a reception in Chiup during spring training Ernie,” Prescott said. “We liams. you to know that your son us to everybody.” cago shortly after Banks one year. They ended up had a lot of people that The Prescotts were also When Jackie was a stureceived the Presidential Ernie really loves you,’” going out to lunch. went in to a game, and on hand when Banks’ No. dent at Central Florida Medal of Freedom, the Prescott said. “She said, “He was a close famhe’d come around and 14 was retired. They were University, she took a highest honor a United ‘Ernie was always a good ily friend,” Prescott said, talk to everybody.” on the field well before class on racial prejudice.

States citizen can receive. boy. He never gave me no tearing up while recountThere was a time when game time, with Cubs One of her papers was Guests were invited to say trouble.’ Those were her ing that story.

Banks was a seventh announcers Harry Caray on what Banks went a few words about Banks, exact words. That was her The Prescott family inning stretch guest and Milo Hamilton, and through as a member of but nobody stepped forway of expressing what a was also Banks’ guest at singer, and the Prescotts “some guy with a guithe Kansas City Monarchs ward until Prescott, who good guy Ernie was.”

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NIB-12 West

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All Ottawa 6-0 13-5 Sterling 3-2 8-10 Geneseo 4-4 10-10 LaSalle-Peru 2-5 10-9 Rochelle 0-3 1-17 Tuesday’s result • Sterling 67, Kewanee 58 Wednesday’s result • St. Bede 38, LaSalle-Peru 32 Friday’s results • Ottawa 78, Rochelle 58 • Sterling 61, Geneseo 58 Saturday’s games • LaSalle-Peru at Washington, 6 • Normal West at Ottawa, 6

Conf.

7-2 5-5 3-5 4-6 0-9

Ottawa Sterling LaSalle-Peru Geneseo Rochelle

Tuesday’s results • Sterling 42, Rochelle 29 • LaSalle-Peru 46, Geneseo 38 Friday’s results • Ottawa 52, Rochelle 24 • Geneseo 44, Sterling 32

BNC West Rockford Lutheran Mendota Byron Stillman Valley Dixon Oregon Rock Falls Winnebago

BNC West Conf.

All Rockford Lutheran 8-1 17-1 Dixon 7-1 20-1 Winnebago 8-2 15-5 Mendota 4-4 14-7 Byron 3-4 16-6 Oregon 2-6 9-13 Rock Falls 1-7 3-16 Stillman Valley 0-7 2-13 Tuesday’s results • Winnebago 60, Byron 42 • Dixon 49, Stillman Valley 26 • Lutheran 66, Mendota 59 • Rock Falls 53, Oregon 39 Friday’s results • Dixon 54, Rock Falls 35 • Byron 68, Stillman Valley 39 • Mendota 79, Oregon 37 • Lutheran 60, Winnebago 53 Saturday’s games Fulton Shootout • Stillman Valley vs. Chicago Leo, 2:30

Conf.

9-2 9-2 9-3 8-3 3-7 3-9 2-8 1-9

All 18-5 20-2 22-5 16-6 9-13 11-15 11-12 7-17

Tuesday’s results • Eastland 65, Oregon 35 • Byron 50, Mendota 27 Thursday’s results • Byron 66, Rock Falls 46 • Lutheran 57, Oregon 18 • Mendota 52, Stillman Valley 44 • Dixon 31, Winnebago 22 Saturday’s games • Dixon at Lutheran, 7:15 • Hall at Mendota, 7:15 • Winnebago at Stillman Valley, 7:15 Galesburg Shootout • Byron vs. Annawan, noon

Three Rivers East

Three Rivers East Conf.

Kewanee 6-0 Bureau Valley 6-1 Newman 5-3 Princeton 4-3 St. Bede 3-3 Hall 1-7 Amboy 0-8 Tuesday’s results • Hall 44, Serena 40 • Sterling 67, Kewanee 58 Wednesday’s results • AFC 86, Amboy 45 • St. Bede 38, LaSalle-Peru 32 Friday’s results • Bureau Valley 64, Hall 60 • Newman 60, St. Bede 53 • Princeton 62, Amboy 27 Saturday’s game • Kewanee at East Peoria, 6:30

All 17-5 12-13 9-13 7-18 1-20

Conf.

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Amboy Kewanee Hall Newman Bureau Valley St. Bede Princeton

All 14-7 21-1 14-9 13-5 11-8 9-15 0-23

All 24-1 16-6 11-9 5-14 13-11 5-19 4-17

Tuesday’s results • Bureau Valley 40, Riverdale 28 • Indian Creek 43, Princeton 28 Wednesday’s result • Amboy 56, Polo 31 Thursday’s results • Amboy 44, Kewanee 26 • Bureau Valley 63, ROWVA 26 • St. Bede 43, Hall 36 Saturday’s games • Newman at St. Bede, 5:30 • Hall at Mendota, 7:45

Three Rivers West

Three Rivers West

Conf.

All Rockridge 9-0 18-1 Riverdale 6-2 14-5 Morrison 6-3 16-8 Erie 4-6 9-15 Fulton 2-5 11-10 Orion 3-5 9-13 Prophetstown 3-6 5-13 Sherrard 1-7 6-13 Tuesday’s results • Knoxville 61, Orion 57 • Monmouth-Roseville 85, Sherrard 64 • Morrison 43, Erie 32 • Rockridge 72, Prophetstown 36 Friday’s results • Morrison 55, Fulton 52 • Orion 60, Sherrard 50 • Prophetstown 75, Erie 56 • Rockridge 65, Riverdale 27 Saturday’s games Fulton Shootout • Erie vs. Somonauk, 1 • Fulton vs. Quest Academy, 7:30

All 23-3 20-4 17-10 13-10 11-13 12-11 8-13 0-20

Tuesday’s result • Bureau Valley 40, Riverdale 28 Thursday’s results • Fulton 51, Riverdale 30 • Erie 57, Orion 44 • Sherrard 48, Prophetstown 46 • Rockridge 43, Morrison 39

NUIC East Conf.

10-0 9-1 9-1 5-2 4-6 3-6 3-7 1-6 1-7 1-8

Aquin AFC Dakota Durand Milledgeville Forreston Polo Pecatonica Orangeville South Beloit

NUIC East Conf.

Aquin 6-2 Forreston 5-2 AFC 5-2 Polo 5-3 South Beloit 5-3 Pecatonica 3-3 Dakota 2-5 Milledgeville 2-6 Durand 2-6 Orangeville 1-5 Wednesday’s results • AFC 86, Amboy 45 • Milledgeville 62, Dakota 51 Friday’s results • AFC 65, Polo 56 • Aquin 50, Forreston 49 • Dakota 49, South Beloit 44 • Durand 49, Orangeville 32

Conf.

11-1 10-1 8-4 4-6 4-5 4-8 3-7 0-8

Prophetstown Sherrard Erie Rockridge Fulton Morrison Orion Riverdale

All 16-6 11-5 15-7 16-7 7-10 7-8 4-13 5-14 5-14 2-15

All 19-4 19-3 18-4 8-5 6-16 6-13 7-14 2-17 1-13 1-10

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W “I think the guys will be really proud of that when it’s all over,” Dixon coach Jason Mead said. “I’ll mention it to them in passing, but these guys are just so focused on winning the next game, and getting better every time we step out on the court.

“We want to win a conference title, and we want to play as long as we can into the postseason, and that’s what these guys will be thinking about more than anything else.”

Dixon (20-1, 7-1) turned up the heat in the second quarter, then put the game away in the third, much to the delight of a loud, nearly capacity crowd that filled Lancaster Gym. After Rock Falls (3-16, 1-7) tied the score at 11 on Logan Pillars’ layup down the lane in the final minute of the first quarter, the Dukes responded in a big way. Laron Carr answered with a spinning jumper in the lane to close the period, and that ignited a 14-1 run over the next 5½ minutes.

Dixon scored 10 consecutive points over the final 3:49 of that spurt, and forced Rock Falls coach Brad Bickett to burn two timeouts to stop the bleeding. Cal Jarrett had a jumper and a 3-pointer, Carr added a 3, and Isaiah Roby and Kyle LeBlanc both hit point-blank buckets during the run.

“We’ve worked a lot on learning the flow and understanding the momentum during games,” said Roby, who stuffed the stat sheet and led Dixon in four categories. “We know when to slow it down and run our

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Dixon’s Isaiah Roby and Rock Falls’ Reid Ackerman get tangled up Friday night at Lancaster Gym. Roby had nine points, nine rebounds and seven assists in the Dukes’ 54-35 win over the Rockets. stuff, and when to keep pushing because the other team is going faster than they want to. It felt like we read that perfectly tonight.”

The Rockets had one more push left in them.

Tanner Dean and Noah Junis had back-to-back layups to get to within

27-20 in the first minute of the second half, then Jacob Mammosser’s putback a minute later answered a Carr trey.

But Jarrett’s pull-up jumper sparked a 13-0 run over the next 4 minutes, capped by LeBlanc’s putback to push the lead to 43-22 with 1:39 left in

the third quarter.

Rock Falls shot 10-for35 (29 percent) from the field after the first period, and finished the game with 17 turnovers – several of which involved passes either to where a teammate used to be, or through a player’s hands.

“Dixon is a nice defensive team, with a couple of rim protectors and some good on-ball defenders,” Bickett said. “Unfortunately, we’re not overly disciplined on offense, and don’t have too many gappers to attack the basket. We just didn’t make nearly as many plays as we needed to tonight.”

The Dukes shot 43 percent (20-for-46), assisted on 13 of 20 field goals, and nabbed eight steals while blocking seven shots. They outscored the Rockets in every quarter but the fourth.

Jarrett led all scorers with 18 points, and Carr added 10 points, four rebounds and three steals. Roby finished with nine points, nine rebounds, seven assists, five blocks and three steals, while LeBlanc scored seven and Riley Mehrens chipped in six points and three steals.

“We focus on defense, and like to score off our stops,” Roby said.

“Tonight, we wanted to make sure a dangerous Rock Falls team didn’t get hot from 3-point range, and we wanted to take advantage of all of our offensive weapons.”

Mammosser’s nine points led the Rockets, and Junis had eight points and three steals.

Pillars added five points and three assists, and Michael Berentes scored six points and pulled down eight rebounds.

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Rather than signal, take control

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A.J. Kitt, a former World Cup alpine ski racer, said, “You have no control over what the other guy does. You only have control over what you do.”

That is sometimes true at the bridge table, but occasionally you can “control” what your partner does with your signals. For example, you are defending against a spade contract and badly need partner to shift to a heart. If you can make a discard, an unnecessarily high heart would ask partner to lead that suit.

You hope this controls his play, but you cannot be sure.

Maybe partner has his own plan in mind. If you can take total control, do so.

In this deal, South is in four spades. West leads the dia-

mond ace. When East signals with his nine, West cashes the diamond queen and continues with the diamond king. What should East discard?

North might be tempted to rebid two hearts, hoping part-

ner can steer into no-trump with a diamond stopper. Two hearts, though, is a reverse, which “guarantees” longer clubs than hearts. Two notrump accurately describes the nature – balanced – and high-card power – an excellent 17, 18, 19 or a poor 20 points – of the North hand.

Also, it is in theory gameforcing.

East would like a heart shift at trick four. But the heart four might not look high to his partner. Similarly, the club seven might not look low, discouraging. East should take control. He should ruff his partner’s winner and cash the heart ace. Then there is no danger that the contract will make.

Note that if the defenders do not take the first four tricks, South runs for home with six spades and four clubs. © 2015 UFS

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BOYS BASKETBALL | AFC 65, POLO 56

Tables turned

Raiders avenge earlier loss to Marcos

BY ROB LAIRD Special to SVM

POLO – It’s alarming how much a basketball team can grow in 17 days.

Less than 3 weeks after an embarrassing loss Jan. 13 to arch-rival Polo in a contest that bewildered its coach and vexed its players, Ashton-Franklin Center turned the tables on the Marcos in an encouraging 65-56 road victory Friday night.

The victory is the fourth straight for the Raiders (15-7, 5-2 Northwest Upstate Illini), and wipes away the memories of the 70-49 shellacking they took at the hands of Polo earlier this month. In that game, AFC committed 10 first-quarter turnovers, and coach Russ Zick used all five of his timeouts in the first 5 minutes of the game in an attempt to stop the hemorrhaging.

Friday, his squad came out like gangbusters, using a 10-0 run to grab an early 18-8 lead. At the end of the first quarter, the Raiders led 18-9, an exact reversal of their deficit at the same spot on Jan. 13.

“We’ve grown so much as a team; we had a few things go wrong for us right after Christmas, and right now, they’re not [going wrong],” Zick said.

“They’ve grown a lot in their mental toughness.”

Particularly encouraging for Zick was his team’s response to adversity.

Polo persistently pecked away at the lead throughout the second and third quarters and took a 44-42 lead on a bucket by Brad Cavanaugh with 6:37 left in the game. The 6-foot3 junior had 18 points for the Marcos (16-7, 5-3) and appeared poised to put his team on his back and carry them to victory.

However, AFC junior forward Jamey Talley responded immediately with a go-ahead 3-point field goal on the Raiders’ next possession, and buried another trey less than 90 seconds later to bookend a lightning-quick 10-0 Raiders run that put the game out of reach at 52-44. Talley finished

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FRIDAY’S SCOREBOARD Boys basketball Friday’s box scores at Musgrove Fieldhouse, Sterling

STERLING 61, GENESEO 58 GENESEO (10-10, 4-4 NIB-12 West) Will Daniels 5-11 1-2 12, Tyler Mackey 0-0 0-0 0, Quentin Radue 4-6 2-3 10, Sam Welch 0-0 0-0 0, Conner Welch 1-2 2-6 5, Anthony Bravata 2-7 0-0 5, Greg Rusk 3-6 0-0 7, Drew Himmelman 8-8 3-6 19.

Totals: 23-40 8-17 58.

STERLING (8-10, 3-2 NIB-12) Jordan Asbury 3-4 0-0 6, Juan Gomez 5-9 0-2 11, Jacob Martinez 0-0 0-0 0, Micah Kendrick 0-3 0-0 0, Zach Springman 4-7 2-3 11, Dimitric Young 1-3 1-1 3, Ethan Sanford 2-5 1-2 5, Joe Brouilette 3-6 0-0 6, Sterling Thornton 6-12 6-8 19. Totals: 24-49 10-16 61.

Geneseo 15 8 17 18 — 58 Sterling 19 9 14 19 — 61 3s – Geneseo 4 (Daniels, C. Welch, Bravata, Rusk), Sterling 3 (Thornton, Gomez, Springman). Rebounds – Geneso 16 (Himmelman 5), Sterling 22 (Asbury 7).

Assists – Geneseo 7 (Rusk 3), Sterling 10 (Thornton 3, Gomez 3). Turnovers – Geneseo 5, Sterling 7. Fouls – Geneseo 18, Sterling 15. at Lancaster Gym, Dixon

DIXON 54, ROCK FALLS 35

Alex T. Paschal/apaschal@saukvalley.com

ABOVE: Polo’s Austin Webb drives to the basket during Friday’s 65-56 loss to AFC at home. The Marcos had beat AFC 70-49 in Ashton 17 days earlier.

BELOW: AFC’s Bret Gittleson sinks a shot over Polo’s Brooks Grobe during Friday’s NUIC East game in Polo.

Star of the game: Bret Gittleson, AFC, 18 points, 12 rebounds Key performers: Jacob Hilliker, AFC, 18 points, 7 rebounds; Max Simmons, Polo, 11 points, 6 rebounds Up next: Milledgeville at AFC, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday; Forreston at Polo, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday

with 11 points.

“We’ve been playing pretty good basketball lately,” said AFC senior Bret Gittleson, who finished with 18 points and 12 rebounds. “Beating Aquin on Saturday was big for us, and today we just kept it going.”

Gittleson scored seven of his points in the fourth, including a pretty fadeaway jumper after a Marcos turnover in the middle of the Raiders’ big run.

Gittleson’s big fourth quarter was pivotal, but early on, it was junior

Jacob Hilliker who had the hot hand, making four straight field-goal attempts – including two off his own steals – and providing nine consecutive points for AFC in the first quarter. Like Gittleson, he finished with 18 points.

“Pretty much, whatever came open, I figured might as well take it,” Hilliker said. “The whole team played well today.

Everybody made big shots.”

Meanwhile, the Marcos were left searching for a

hot hand. Early on, Polo couldn’t get the closerange field-goal attempts to fall. Playing catchup late, the 3-pointers wouldn’t drop; the Marcos made just three of their 19 attempts from long range.

“We got good looks out of our 3-point shooters, but we just couldn’t find it,” Polo coach Matt Messer said. “Hopefully we learn about the importance of playing well down the stretch and finishing. We talked in the locker room about this not being a bad loss if we learn from it.”

Max Simmons scored 11 points for Polo, and Tristin Woodin added 10.

Wyatt Patterson led the Marcos in rebounding with nine.

Prophets, Mustangs notch rivalry victories; Storm hold off Hall Friday’s stars Noah McCarty, Newman, 36 points, 14 rebounds Parker Neuhalfen, Bureau Valley, 26 points Grant Ames & Jack Heflin, Prophetstown, 22 points apiece Brighton Haverland, Eastland, 21 points held off the visiting Steamers.

Also for Morrison (16-8, 6-3 Three Rivers West), Hunter Hamstra had 16 points, and Noah Hogue added 12.

Devon Ballard led Fulton (11-10, 2-5) with 14 points, and Zach Barber added 10.

Mendota 79, Oregon 37: Matt Wasilewski had 10 points for the Hawks (9-13, 2-6 Big Northern West) in a road loss to the Trojans.

James Carroll paced Mendota (14-7, 4-4) with 23 points, Joe LaShonse had 19, and Jaron Robinson added 12.

Aquin 50, Forreston 49: Isaiah Yeager’s two free throws with 0.1 seconds left in the fourth quarter lifted the Bulldogs (16-6, 6-2 NUIC East) past the Cardinals (11-5, 5-2) in Freeport.

with 17 points, and Caleb Brashaw added 13.

Faith Christian 59, Quad City Christian 30: The third-seeded

Falcons won their first game of the Northern Illinois Christian Conference tournament held in Grand Detour.

Logan Johnson and Hayden Sweet each scored 14 points to lead Faith Christian (12-7). Ben Bierdeman scored 12 points, Andrew Robertson finished with nine, and Christian Hage added four points in the win.

The Falcons will face secondseeded Morningstar at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday.

Girls basketball Faith Christian 53, Quad City Christian 9: The Falcons advanced

to the NICC championship game Saturday at 3:30 against Morningstar with an easy win in Grand Detour.

Sarah Smith led the Falcons (151) with 16 points, and is 12 shy of reaching 1,000 for her career. The Falcons allowed one field goal in each quarter.

Wrestling Panthers win two: Kerrick Camer-

Eastland 61, West Carroll 48: on (126 pounds) and Josh Wheeler

Brighton Haverland poured in 21 points as the Cougars won an NUIC West contest on the road.

Also for Eastland (7-8), Eric Schaney had 15 points, and Blake Janssen had 10.

Matt McGinnis led West Carroll

(145) each won two bouts as ErieProphetstown’s wrestling team won two matches in Ashton, 72-3 against AFC, and 55-15 against West Carroll.

Hunter Luke (120) won two bouts for West Carroll.

at Savanna

EASTLAND 61, WEST CARROLL 48 EASTLAND (7-8) Tyler Dambman 2 0-1 5, Conner DeGroot 3 0-0 6, Eric Schaney 7 1-4 15, Brighton Haverland 7 7-8 21, Blake Janssen 5 0-0 10, Donny Groezinger 1 2-2 4, Zach Randecker 0 0-0 0, Payton Clouse 0 0-0 0, Josh Dickman 0 0-0 0, Josh Hayag 0 0-0 0, Drake Heeren 0 0-0 0, Eric Langarica 0 0-0 0. Totals: 25 10-15 61.

WEST CARROLL Caleb Brashaw 4 3-5 13, Jordan Bracero 2 2-3 7, Kody Plattenberger 2 2-2 8, Trevor Miller 0 0-0 0, Matt McGinnis 7 3-4 17, Hunter Bender 0 0-0 0, Cody Brashaw 0 0-0 0, Luke Jones 1 0-0 2. Totals: 16 10-14 48.

Eastland 19 14 12 16 — 61 West Carroll 9 13 11 15 — 48 3s – Eastland 1 (Dambman), WC 6 (Ca. Brashaw 3, Plattenberger 2, Bracero).

NICC Tournament at Grand Detour

FAITH CHRISTIAN 59, QUAD CITY CHRISTIAN 30 FAITH CHRISTIAN (12-7) Logan Johnson 5 3-5 14, Ben Bierdeman 4 4-6 12, Ben Babler 1 0-0 2, Andrew Roberston 3 3-6 9, Hayden Sweet 7 0-0 14, Zach Lessman 1 0-0 2, Devin Johnson 1 0-0 2, Christian Hage 2 0-0 4, Mike DiGrazia 0 0-0 0, Eddie Babler 0 0-0 0. Totals: 24 10-17 59.

QUAD CITY Ben Schulter 2 0-0 6, Johnson 4 0-0 10, Reitz 0 1-4 1, Schwartz 3 0-0 6, Tadiman 1 0-3 2, Wang 0 1-2 1, Boom 1 0-0 2, Lonesdale 1 0-0 2. Totals: 12 2-9 30.

Faith Christian 22 20 11 6 – 59 Quad City 12 4 6 8 – 30 3s – Faith Christian 1 (Johnson), Quad City 4 (Schulter 2, Johnson 2).

Girls basketball

OREGON (9-13, 2-6 BNC West) Skylar Short 1 0-4 2, Mitch Nehrkorn 2 0-0 4, Trevor Otten 3 0-0 9, Matt Wasilewski 4 2-4 10, Jerrick Orsted 2 0-0 4, Sukhdeep Gill 0 0-0 0, Andrew Newman 0 0-0 0, Carson Buck 2 0-0 6, Kole Mowry 0 0-0 0, Zach Stromberg 1 0-0 2. Totals: 15 2-8 37.

MENDOTA (14-7, 4-4) James Carroll 7 9-9 23, Ryan Reeder 4 0-0 8, Joe LaShonse 6 5-7 19, Curt Kellen 1 0-0 2, Brock Sutton 0 0-2 0, Bryce Otterbach 1 0-0 2, Mason Marquis 3 0-0 6, Jaron Robinson 5 2-2 12, Patrick O’Sadnick 0 1-2 1, Krueger Keene 2 1-2 5, Tyler Anderson 0 0-0 0, Michael McLachlan 0 1-2 1. Totals: 29 19-26 79.

Oregon 7 20 8 2 — 37 Mendota 20 25 21 13 — 79 3s – Oregon 5 (Otten 3, Buck 2), Mendota 2 (LaShonse 2).

Postseason pairings CLASS 2A Fulton Regional Monday, Feb. 9 • No. 4 Oregon vs. No. 5 Newman, 6 • No. 3 Fulton vs. No. 6 West Carroll, 7:30

at Peru

Wednesday, Feb. 11 • No. 1 Prophetstown vs. Erie/Polo, 6 • No. 2 AFC vs. Eastland/Milledgeville, 7:30

NEWMAN 60, ST. BEDE 53 NEWMAN (14-9, 5-3 TRAC East) Ethan Nash 0 0-0 0, Eli Leffelman 1 3-4 5, Drew Rosengren 0 0-0 0, Dillan Heffelfinger 0 1-2 1, Trevor Bolin 2 2-2 7, Kyle Decker 0 0-0 0, Shayne Allen 1 0-0 3, Noah McCarty 16 4-6 36, Anthony Garcia 0 0-0 0, Nolan McGinn 3 2-3 8. Totals: 23 12-17 60.

ST. BEDE (11-8, 3-5) Pyszka 4-5 0-0 11, Brady 0 0-4 0, Sudzinski 1 0-0 2, Needs 0 0-0 0, Olson 8 7-7 27, Hopps 0 0-0 0, Shipp 3 0-0 7, Halm 2 0-0 6. Totals: 19 7-11 53.

Newman 19 18 10 13 — 60 St. Bede 10 5 21 17 — 53 3s – Newman 2 (Bolin, Allen), St. Bede 8 (Olson 4, Halm 2, Shipp, Pyszka). at Spring Valley

BUREAU VALLEY 64, HALL 60 BUREAU VALLEY (21-1, 6-1) Alex Johnson 1 2-2 5, Tommy Johnston 4 7-12 16, Parker Neuhalfen 7 11-12 26, Blake Balensiefen 1 0-0 2, Trey Dale 3 0-2 6, Josh Mead 1 0-0 2, Drew Fordham 3 0-0 7. Totals 20 20-28 64.

HALL (9-15, 1-7 TRAC East) Hill 4 0-0 10, Pullam 7 0-0 18, Barroso 1 0-0 2, Cinotte 5 0-0 12, T.Pullam 1 1-2 3, Ballerini 7 1-2 15. Totals: 25 2-4 60.

BV 14 15 13 22 — 64 Hall 9 13 13 25 — 60 3s – BV 4 (Johnson, Johnston, Neuhalfen, Fordham), Hall 8 (Pullam 4, Hill 2, Cinotte 2).

PRINCETON 62, AMBOY 27

McCarty leads Comets to road win Noah McCarty tossed in 36 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to lead Newman to a 60-53 victory against St. Bede on Friday night in Peru.

Also for the Comets (14-9, 5-3 Three Rivers East), Nolan McGinn had eight points and eight boards, and Drew Rosengren had five assists.

Jarret Olson led the Bruins (11-8, 3-3) with 27 points.

Bureau Valley 64, Hall 60: The Storm survived a scare on the road, holding off a feisty Red Devils squad in Spring Valley.

Parker Neuhalfen’s 26 points led all scorers, and Tommy Johnston scored 16 for BV (21-1, 6-1 Three Rivers East).

Princeton 62, Amboy 27: Jordan Hochstatter had 11 points for the Clippers (0-23, 0-8 Three Rivers East) in a home loss to the Tigers.

Brenton Schmidt and Garrett Duffin led Princeton (13-5, 4-3) with 11 points apiece.

Prophetstown 75, Erie 56: Grant Ames and Jack Heflin each had 22 points for the Prophets in a road win against the Cardinals.

Jonah Green and Brad Hufman each added nine points for Prophetstown (5-13, 3-6 Three Rivers West).

Vinny Bramm paced Erie (9-15, 4-6) with 15 points, and Cody Weimer added 11.

Morrison 55, Fulton 52: Kaleb Church paced a balanced attack with 17 points as the Mustangs

at Mendota

MENDOTA 79, OREGON 37

at Amboy

LOCAL ROUNDUP

By SVM Sports Staff

ROCK FALLS (3-16, 1-7 BNC West) Jacob Mammosser 4-12 1-2 9, Logan Pillars 2-4 0-0 5, Noah Junis 3-9 0-0 8, Tanner Dean 1-3 0-0 2, Michael Berentes 3-7 0-0 6, Reid Akerman 1-3 0-0 2, James McFadden 0-3 0-0 0, Isaiah Harris 0-0 0-0 0, Dylan Abrams 0-0 0-0 0, Connor Murphy 1-1 0-0 3. Totals: 15-42 1-2 35.

DIXON (20-1, 7-1) Riley Mehrens 2-5 0-0 6, Laron Carr 4-14 0-2 10, Isaiah Roby 3-9 3-7 9, Cal Jarrett 6-11 5-5 18, Kyle LeBlanc 3-3 1-1 7, Nate Gascoigne 2-2 0-0 4, Ryan Webb 0-0 0-0 0, Kaylon Westmorland 0-0 0-0 0, Mitchell Dixon 0-0 0-0 0, Mitchell Etheridge 0-0 0-0 0, Patrick Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, Nyrel Sullivan 0-1 0-0 0, Javier Gomez 0-1 0-0 0, Kandras Martin 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 20-46 9-15 54.

Rock Falls 11 5 9 10 — 35 Dixon 13 12 20 9 — 54 3s – RF 4-10 (Junis 2-4, Pillars 1-2, Murphy 1-1, Mammosser 0-1, Dean 0-1, McFadden 0-1), Dixon 5-15 (Carr 2-6, Mehrens 2-5, Jarrett 1-3, Roby 0-1). Rebounds – RF 27 (Berentes 8, Mammosser 4), Dixon 28 (Roby 9, Carr 4). Assists – RF 9 (Pillars 3, Akerman 2, McFadden 2), Dixon 13 (Roby 7, Carr 3, Jarrett 2). Steals – RF 8 (Junis 3, Mammosser 2), Dixon 8 (Mehrens 3, Roby 3). Blocks – Dixon 7 (Roby 5, Jarrett, Webb). Turnovers – RF 17, Dixon 10.

Fouls – RF 14, Dixon 8.

POLO (16-7, 5-3) Brad Cavanaugh 7-14 4-8 18, Brooks Grobe 0-4 0-0 0, Austin Webb 1-3 0-0 2, Tristin Woodin 3-11 2-2 10, Matthew Handel 0-4 0-0 0, Richie Bartnick 1-5 4-6 6, Max Simmons 4-7 2-2 11, Wyatt Patterson 2-5 2-2 6, Brody Grobe 0-0 3-4 3.

Totals 18-53 17-24 56.

AFC 18 14 10 23 — 65 Polo 9 19 14 14 — 56 3s – AFC 6-19 (Talley 3-5, Hilliker 2-6, Gittleson 1-5, Palmer 0-3), Polo 3-19 (Woodin 2-9, Simmons 1-1, Handel 0-3, Bartnick 0-2, Patterson 0-1, Webb 0-1, Brooks Grobe 0-1). Rebounds – AFC 44 (Gittleson 12, Hilliker 7, Kurz 7, Palmer 7), Polo 38 (Patterson 9, Cavanaugh 7, Simmons 6). Turnovers – AFC 12, Polo 12. Fouls – AFC 20 (Kurz, Zinke out), Polo 18.

PRINCETON (13-5, 4-3 TRAC East) Brenton Schmidt 4 2-6 11, Michael Camp 0 0-1 0, Levi Bates 1 2-2 4, Garrett Duffin 5 1-3 11, Jake Reinhardt 2 0-0 5, Zach Friel 4 2-4 10, Kal Tomaszewski 1 0-0 2, Dalton Jilderda 2 0-0 4, Skye Behrends 3 1-2 7, Tyler Clark 3 2-2 8. Totals: 25 10-20 62.

AMBOY (0-23, 0-8) Jordan Hochstatter 3 4-8 11, Sam Klein 0 0-2 0, Logan Thake 1 0-0 2, Brady Hulin 1 0-0 2, Austin Henkel 0 0-0 0, Cole Olson 2 2-2 6, Will Crownhart 1 0-0 2, Kyle Kemmerer 1 0-0 2, Alexis Gutierrez 0 0-0 0, Owen Drew 1 0-0 2. Totals: 10 6-12 27.

Princeton 20 12 19 11 — 62 Amboy 4 7 5 11 — 27 3s – Princeton 2 (Schmidt, Reinhardt), Amboy 1 (Hochstatter). at Erie

PROPHETSTOWN 75, ERIE 56 PROPHETSTOWN (5-13, 3-6) Grant Ames 7 5-7 22, Owen Casson 0 2-2 2, Gage Garrison 0 2-2 2, Jonah Green 3 2-4 9, Kody Wetzell 3 1-2 8, Brett Emery 0 0-0 0, Caleb McRae 0 0-0 0, Kyle Behrens 0 0-0 0, Jack Heflin 10 2-6 22, Brad Hufman 2 4-4 9, Jack Bauer 0 1-2 1.

Totals: 25 19-29 75.

ERIE (9-15, 4-6 TRAC West) Cody Weimer 4 3-8 11, Jordan Chandler 3 1-2 7, Kallen Jepson 3 1-3 8, Brandsen Rosenow 3 0-0 7, Vinny Bramm 3 8-10 15, Ian Wirt 0 0-0 0, Andrew Young 1 0-0 2, Nich Wildt 1 3-5 6, Levi Floming 0 0-0 0, Brandon Howell 0 0-0 0, Andrew Pyse 0 0-0 0, Trey Anderson 0 0-0 0. Totals: 18 16-28 56.

Prophetstown 25 11 19 20 — 75 Erie 9 21 14 12 — 56 3s – Prophetstown 6 (Ames 3, Green, Wetzell, Hufman), Erie 4 (Jepson, Rosenow, Bramm, Wildt). at Morrison

MORRISON 52, FULTON 52 FULTON (11-10, 2-5 TRAC West) Jack Lemke 0 0-0 0, Seth Sanderson 4 0-0 8, Trey Simmons 2 0-0 4, Zach Barber 3 1-2 10, Devon Ballard 5 1-3 14, McClary 0 0-0 0, Kyle Huebner 3 1-1 8, Keegan North 4 0-0 8, Collin Puckett 0 0-0 0. Totals: 21 3-6 52.

MORRISON (16-8, 6-3) Noah Hogue 5 0-0 12, Mason Sitzmore 1 2-4 4, Hunter Hamstra 4 8-9 16, Kaleb Church 8 1-2 17, Triston Houzenga 0 0-1 0, Ryan VanZuiden 0 0-0 0, Anthony Tenboer 2 2-2 6. Totals: 20 13-18 55.

Fulton 10 9 14 19 — 52 Morrison 15 10 12 18 — 55 3s – Fulton 7 (Barber 3, Ballard 3, Huebner), Morrison 2 (Hogue 2). at Polo

Tuesday, Feb. 10 • No. 1 Morrison vs. Oregon/Newman, 6 • No. 2 Bureau Valley vs. Fulton/West Carroll, 7:30 Thursday, Feb. 12 • Championship, 7 Winner advances to Hall Sectional vs. Ottawa Marquette Regional winner, Tuesday, 7 p.m. Feb. 17 CLASS 1A Polo Regional Monday, Feb. 9 • No. 4 Erie vs. No. 5 Polo, 6 • No. 3 Eastland vs. No. 6 Milledgeville, 7:30

Friday, Feb. 13 • Championship, 7 Winner advances to Pecatonica Sectional vs. Dakota Regional winner, 7 p.m., Monday, Feb. 16.

Indian Creek Regional Monday, Feb. 9 • No. 4 Earlville vs. No. 5 Paw Paw, 7 Tuesday, Feb. 10 • No. 1 Amboy vs. Earlville/Paw Paw, 6 • No. 2 Indian Creek vs. No. 3 LaMoilleOhio, 7:30 Thursday, Feb. 12 • Championship, 7 Winner advances to Roanoke-Benson Sectional vs. Somonauk Regional winner, Tuesday, 7 p.m. Feb. 17 Friday’s box scores at Musgrove Fieldhouse, Sterling

GENESEO 44, STERLING 32 GENESEO (7-18, 3-6 NIB-12 WEST) Tarah Fisher 0-0 2-2 2, Anna Wise 2-8 5-8 9, Maddie Mackey 3-5 4-4 10, Emily VandeWiele 5-10 0-3 13, Sydney Himmelman 3-8 0-0 6, Renee Rumler 1-1 1-2 3, Maddie Shoemaker 0-1 1-2 1, Jessica Lopez 0-0 0-0 0, Ashley Kemphler 0-0 0-0 0, Tasha Olson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 14-33 13-21 44.

STERLING (12-13, 5-5) Erin Stroup 0-3 0-0 0, Carolynn Hammelman 0-2 0-2 0, Lauren Fritz 0-0 0-0 0, Rashel Robinson 5-11 2-2 12, Gabby Sandoval 2-17 4-6 8, Jay Borum 5-11 0-0 12, Denajha Phillips 0-2 0-0 0, Makenzie Barnhart 0-2 0-0 0, Katelyn Everett 0-1 0-0 0.

Totals: 12-49 6-10 32.

Geneseo 19 6 8 4 – 44 Sterling 12 9 4 7 – 32 3s – Geneseo 3-6 (VandeWiele 3-4, Wise 0-2), Sterling 2-12 (Borum 2-6, Everett 0-1). Rebounds – Geneseo 32 (Mackey 8), Sterling 27 (Robinson 8). Assists – Geneseo 10 (Fisher 3, Wise 3), Sterling 9 (Sandoval 4). Steals – Geneseo 7 (Wise 3), Sterling 8 (Borum 5). Turnovers – 12, Sterling 10. Fouls – Geneseo 12, Sterling 17 (Robinson out).

NICC Tournament at Grand Detour

FAITH CHRISTIAN 53, QUAD CITIES CHRISTIAN 9 FAITH (15-1) Katie Cover 1 0-2 2, Stacia Hamill 4 0-0 8, Zoe Zigler 2 2-2 6, Sarah Smith 8 0-0 16, Amanda LaPage 2 0-0 4, Tina Luo 4 0-0 8, Hannah Hudson 2 0-0 4, Shauni Warner 2 1-2 5, Kristie Bruckner 0 0-0 0, Sam Merriman 0 0-0 0. Totals: 25 3-6 53.

QC CHRISTIAN Raya 0 0-0 0, Maeda 1 0-0 2, Dadilla 1 0-0 2, Holtam 2 0-0 5, Besse 0 0-0 0, Slaight 0 0-0 0. Totals: 4 0-0 9.

Faith 16 12 16 9 — 53 QCC 2 2 2 3 — 9 3s – QC Christian 1 (Holtham).

Wrestling Friday’s results at Ashton

ERIE-PROPHETSTOWN 72, AFC 3 113 – Sam Hahn (AFC) dec. Chris Bonnell 9-6; 120 – Austin Horn (EP) pin Nathan Page 9-6; 126 – Kerrick Cameron (EP) pin Demetri Lahman 3:01; 145 – Josh Wheeler (EP) pin Payton Hilliker 3:36; 152 – Jared Cole (EP) pin Riley Stephens 2:55 E-P rec. forfeits: 106, 132, 138, 160, 170, 195, 220, 285 Double forfeit: 182

ERIE-PROPHETSTOWN 55, WEST CARROLL 15 120 – Hunter Luke (WC) pin Austin Horn 3:59; 126 – Kerrick Cameron (EP) dec.

Jacob Casey 8-7; 132 – Kaleb Hartman (WC) dec. Josh Bowling 7-2; 138 – Grady Todd (EP) major dec. Devon Murray 13-1; 145 – Josh Wheeler (EP) pin Tom Knight 1:07; 285 – Josh Anderson (WC) pin Trace Shoup :56 E-P rec. forfeits: 106, 113, 152, 160, 170, 195, 220 Double forfeit: 182

AFC 65, POLO 56

WEST CARROLL 30, AFC 18

AFC (15-7, 5-2 NUIC East) Tyler Stacey 0-0 0-0 0, Bret Gittleson 6-17 5-7 18, Kaywan Palmer 1-7 0-0 2, David Zinke 1-6 0-0 2, Jacob Hilliker 6-16 4-4 18, Jamey Talley 4-9 0-0 11, Trevor Ramsey 0-0 0-0 0, Bobby Larke 1-1 4-6 6, Kevin Kurz 3-7 2-2 8, Adam Mairs 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals 22-63 15-19 65.

120 – Hunter Luke (WC) pin Nathan Page :43; 126 – Jacob Casey (WC) pin Demetri Lahman :37; 145 – Payton Hilliker (AFC) pin Tim Knight 1:18 WC rec. forfeits: 132, 138, 285 AFC rec. forfeit: 113, 152 Double forfeits: 106, 160, 170, 182, 195, 220

Saturday, January 31, 2015

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FRIDAY’S SCOREBOARD NFL

Southwest Division W L Pct Memphis 34 12 .739 Houston 33 14 .702 Dallas 31 17 .646 San Antonio 30 17 .638 New Orleans 25 22 .532 Northwest Division W L Pct Portland 32 15 .681 Oklahoma City 23 23 .500 Denver 19 28 .404 Utah 17 30 .362 Minnesota 8 38 .174 Pacific Division W L Pct Golden State 36 8 .818 L.A. Clippers 32 15 .681 Phoenix 27 20 .574 Sacramento 16 29 .356 L.A. Lakers 13 34 .277

Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 10 New England 35, Baltimore 31 Seattle 31, Carolina 17 Sunday, Jan. 11 Green Bay 26, Dallas 21 Indianapolis 24, Denver 13 Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 18 Seattle 28, Green Bay 22, OT New England 45, Indianapolis 7 Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 25 At Glendale, Ariz.

Team Irvin 32, Team Carter 28 Super Bowl Sunday’s game 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. Wisconsin 6-1 .857 18-2 .900 Maryland 6-3 .666 18-4 .818 Michigan 6-3 .666 13-8 .619 Ohio St. 6-3 .666 17-5 .772 Indiana 5-3 .625 15-6 .714 Michigan St. 5-3 .625 14-7 .667 Purdue 5-3 .625 13-8 .619 Iowa 4-3 .571 13-7 .650 Nebraska 4-4 .500 12-8 .600 Illinois 3-5 .375 13-8 .619 Penn St. 2-6 .250 14-7 .666 Minnesota 2-7 .222 13-9 .590 Rutgers 2-7 .222 10-12 .455 Northwestern 1-6 .143 10-10 .500 Saturday’s games Wisconsin at Iowa, 11 a.m. (ESPN) Penn St. at Illinois, noon (BTN) Rutgers at Indiana, 2:15 p.m. (BTN) Nebraska at Minnesota, 5 p.m. (BTN) Purdue at Northwestern, 5 p.m. (ESPNU) Sunday’s game Michigan at Michigan St., noon (CBS)

Top 25 schedule Friday’s result No. 6 Arizona vs. Oregon State, late Saturday’s games No. 1 Kentucky vs. Alabama, 6 p.m.

No. 2 Virginia vs. No. 4 Duke, 6 p.m.

No. 3 Gonzaga vs. Memphis, 9 p.m.

No. 5 Wisconsin at Iowa, 11 a.m.

No. 7 Villanova at DePaul, 1 p.m.

No. 8 Notre Dame at Pittsburgh, 11 a.m.

No. 9 Kansas vs. Kansas State, 1 p.m.

No. 10 Louisville vs. No. 13 North Carolina, 6 p.m.

No. 12 Wichita St. at No. 18 Northern Iowa, 3 p.m.

No. 14 VCU vs. Richmond, 1 p.m.

No. 15 Iowa State vs. TCU, 1 p.m.

No. 17 West Virginia vs. Texas Tech, 11 a.m.

No. 19 Texas at No. 20 Baylor, 5 p.m.

No. 21 Georgetown at Creighton, 1 p.m.

No. 22 Indiana vs. Rutgers, 2:15 p.m.

No. 24 Oklahoma at Oklahoma State, 7 p.m.

No. 25 Butler at Marquette, 1 p.m.

Sunday’s games No. 11 Utah at Southern Cal, 1:30 p.m.

No. 23 Miami at Florida State, 11:30 a.m.

NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct 32 15 .681 18 28 .391 16 29 .356 10 37 .213 9 38 .191 Southeast Division W L Pct Atlanta 39 8 .830 Washington 31 16 .660 Miami 20 26 .435 Charlotte 19 27 .413 Orlando 15 34 .306 Central Division W L Pct Chicago 30 18 .625 Cleveland 28 20 .583 Milwaukee 24 22 .522 Detroit 17 30 .362 Indiana 17 31 .354

Toronto Brooklyn Boston Philadelphia New York

NHL | CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS

WESTERN CONFERENCE

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

GB — 13½ 15 22 23 GB — 8 18½ 19½ 25 GB — 2 5 12½ 13

SV Weekend • B11

GB — 1½ 4 4½ 9½ GB — 8½ 13 15 23½ GB — 5½ 10½ 20½ 24½

Friday’s results Philadelphia 103, Minnesota 94 Atlanta 105, Portland 99 Houston 93, Boston 87 Toronto 127, Brooklyn 122, OT Cleveland 101, Sacramento 90 New Orleans 108, L.A. Clippers 103 Dallas 93, Miami 72 Utah 110, Golden State 100 Chicago at Phoenix, late Saturday’s games Toronto at Washington, 6 p.m.

Dallas at Orlando, 6 p.m.

Sacramento at Indiana, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.

Houston at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Memphis, 7 p.m.

Cleveland at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Portland at Milwaukee, 7:30 p.m.

Charlotte at Denver, 8 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

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

Sunday’s games Miami at Boston, noon L.A. Lakers at New York, 1 p.m.

Golf PGA Tour

Friday’s results Phoenix Open At TPC Scottsdale, Stadium Course Scottsdale, Ariz.

Purse: $6.3 million Yardage: 7,266; Par: 71 Partial Second Round Martin Laird 66-66—132 -10 Daniel Berger 65-69—134 -8 Justin Thomas 67-68—135 -7 Bubba Watson 65-71—136 -6 Ryan Palmer 64-72—136 -6 Ryan Moore 69-67—136 -6 Zach Johnson 66-70—136 -6 Robert Streb 66-70—136 -6 Angel Cabrera 67-69—136 -6 Geoff Ogilvy 68-69—137 -5 K.J. Choi 68-69—137 -5

LPGA Tour

Coates Golf Championship At Golden Ocala Golf and Equestrian Club Ocala, Fla. Purse: $1.5 million Yardage: 6,541; Par: 72 Third Round Lydia Ko 68-69-65—202 -14 Ha Na Jang 67-65-71—203 -13 Na Yeon Choi 68-70-66—204 -12 Stacy Lewis 66-70-70—206 -10 Amy Yang 74-68-65—207 -9 Jessica Korda 66-72-69—207 -9 Austin Ernst 67-70-70—207 -9

Local basketball

NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L OT Pts GF Tampa Bay 31 15 4 66 163 Montreal 31 13 3 65 127 Detroit 28 12 9 65 145 Boston 26 16 7 59 131 Florida 21 15 10 52 114 Toronto 22 24 4 48 144 Ottawa 19 19 9 47 129 Buffalo 14 32 3 31 92 Metropolitan Division W L OT Pts GF N.Y. Islanders 32 15 1 65 157 Pittsburgh 28 13 8 64 145 Washington 25 14 9 59 144 N.Y. Rangers 27 15 4 58 135 Philadelphia 21 22 7 49 139 Columbus 21 23 3 45 119 New Jersey 18 22 9 45 110 Carolina 17 25 6 40 104

Sunday’s games Arizona at Montreal, noon St. Louis at Washington, noon Nashville at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.

Minnesota at Vancouver, 2 p.m.

GA 132 108 128 123 129 155 134 174 GA 135 125 124 111 151 148 137 125

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division W L OT Pts GF GA Nashville 31 11 6 68 145 115 St. Louis 31 13 4 66 156 117 Chicago 30 16 2 62 151 112 Winnipeg 26 16 8 60 140 127 Colorado 21 18 11 53 131 141 Dallas 22 19 7 51 152 157 Minnesota 22 20 6 50 131 138 Pacific Division W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 32 11 6 70 146 130 San Jose 26 17 6 58 137 135 Vancouver 26 17 3 55 124 118 Calgary 26 20 3 55 140 127 Los Angeles 21 15 12 54 133 129 Arizona 17 25 6 40 111 161 Edmonton 13 27 9 35 113 162 Note: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Friday’s results St. Louis 3, Carolina 2, SO Pittsburgh 2, New Jersey 1, OT Colorado 3, Nashville 0 Buffalo at Vancouver, late Chicago at Anaheim, late Saturday’s games Washington at Montreal, noon N.Y. Islanders at Detroit, 1 p.m.

Arizona at Ottawa, 2 p.m.

Dallas at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.

Toronto at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

Carolina at N.Y. Rangers, 6 p.m.

Florida at New Jersey, 6 p.m.

Los Angeles at Boston, 6 p.m.

Columbus at Tampa Bay, 6:30 p.m.

Edmonton at Calgary, 9 p.m.

Chicago at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.

Dixon Park District men’s league Jan. 29 results Dixon Direct 78, Rocket Power 70 Lamb’s Tap 83, Bombdigity 50 Vos Squad 91, Dixon Ford 55 Joe’s Tap 66, Jeff’s Refs 56 Ken Nelson 58, Borg Warner 45 Zach Morris 58, Stables 53 Standings W L Joe’s Tap 6 0 Lamb’s Tap 6 0 Vos Squad 6 0 Dixon Direct 5 1 Zach Morris 4 1 Rocket Power 2 3 Jeff’s Refs 2 4 Anytime Fitness 1 4 Bombdigity 1 4 Ken Nelson 1 4 Dixon Ford 1 5 Stables 1 5 Borg Warner 0 5

Volleyball Dixon Park District Co-ed B League Jan. 28 results Squaaaaddd def. KSB 21-13, 21-12, 21-14 Stables I def. Stables II 21-17, 21-11, 12-21 Val’s def. Balls 21-16, 21-16, 16-21 Weigle def. Zero’s 21-15, 21-14 Drifter’s def. Brad’s Tree Service 21-11, 21-14, 14-21 Weigle def. Drifter’s 21-16, 21-17, 21-15 Standings W L Weigle Transmission 19 5 Squaaaaddd 19 5 Val’s 18 6 Balls 17 7 Stables II (Flynn) 13 11 Drifter’s 9 15 Brad’s Tree Service 8 13 Stables I (Lavelle) 8 19 KSB 7 14 Zero’s 5 21 Dixon Park District Women’s League Jan. 26 results Fetter’s Roofing def. Bad Ace’s B’s 21-19, 24-22, 21-14 Schular’s def. Kiss My Ace 21-15, 21-17, 21-18 Vegas Sun def. Kiss My Ace 21-16, 21-10, 21-15 Bad Ace’s B’s def. Fetter’s Roofing 21-17, 21-11, 21-15 Standings W L Fetter’s Roofing 40 8 Bad Ace’s B’s 29 16 Schular’s 25 17 Vegas Sun 20 28 Kiss My Ace 0 42

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Rozsival enjoying ride Hawks’ defenseman may be in final season

BY CHRIS KUC Chicago Tribune

ANAHEIM, Calif. – Michal Rozsival really hadn’t put much thought into why it is that he’s having the time of his hockey life smack in the middle of his 14th NHL season.

Sure, after two seasons of rotating in and out of the Blackhawks’ lineup, Rozsival is now an everygame player, but the veteran defenseman had been a regular for much of his career before landing in Chicago, so it is clearly more than that.

“I feel like I’m having more fun than ever before for some reason, maybe because you feel like it’s getting toward the end – it has to be something like that,” Rozsival said. “You can’t stop the time; it’s coming. I just want to play as long as I can, and give as much as I can and get it all out so at the end, I don’t have any regrets.”

At 36 and possibly in the final season of his career, Rozsival is taking the time to soak in every moment with the Hawks.

An unrestricted free agent after the season and unlikely to be in the Hawks’ plans for 201516, Rozsival focuses on the short term – trying to help his team capture the Stanley Cup. “You have to take it season by season at this point,” Rozsival said.

“For whatever reason [health, salary], you never know how it’s going to end up. Right now, I just enjoy every day, and I’m hoping to be back for another year. It never really has crossed my mind that I would end it this year.

Hopefully I can play myself into another chance somewhere.”

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Blackhawks defenseman Michal Rozsival (right) is making the most of what could be the final season in his 14-year career.

Friday night updates Blackhawks 3, Ducks 0: Jonathan Toews, Duncan Keith and Patrick Kane each scored goals as the Blackhawks took a 3-0 lead through two periods of Friday’s late game in Anaheim. Patrick Sharp assisted on all three of the goals.

Suns 55, Bulls 42: Jimmy Butler had 13 points and two rebounds, and Derrick Rose had 10 points, three rebounds and two assists for the Bulls at halftime of Friday’s late game in Phoenix. Aaron Brooks had eight points off the bench. Goran Dragic led the Suns with 15 points, two assists and two blocks.

Rozsival is getting that opportunity, as he has been in the Hawks’ lineup in 29 of the last 31 games. Coach Joel Quenneville recently has paired Rozsival with Johnny Oduya, and the pair has been an effective duo. Does Quenneville believe Rozsival can continue to be an everygame player?

“Yeah, I think he can,” Quenneville said. “With the puck, he has a real good patience level and good play recognition, and he’s pretty effective off the point. Defensively, that consistency is something we’re looking for. But … you like that experience and that presence on the back end.”

Rozsival, who is

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“I love it, I love it,” he said. “This has always been my goal. I’ve always said I want to play as much as I can. The last couple of years, I’ve been kind of rotating through.

I was kind of nervous at the beginning when I found out I’d be playing like this, but as the season goes on, you adjust.

“It’s a lot of fun playing good hockey in a great city with a great organization,” Rozsival added. “And obviously the chance to compete for a Cup is something that definitely keeps me going.”

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Bustos serving on two ag committees She became the secondSays advocating for highest ranking Democrat on the General Commodifarmers a priority ties and RiskFarm Management STAFF REPORT news@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5501

Northern Illinois has a familiar face helping to make farm policy in Washington.

Second-term Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-East Moline, was named this week to two agriculturerelated subcommittees.

Subcommittee, and she joined the Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture. She also serves on the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

“Advocating for our region’s family farmers and rural com-

munities will always be a key priority of mine,” she said in a news release. “I’ll continue to fight for the crops we grow, U.S. Rep. the livestock Cheri Bustos we raise, and the agricultural products we manufacture.

Through my service on the

House Committee on Agriculture, I’ll make sure our region’s farmers have a seat at the table in Washington.”

The General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Subcommittee focuses on programs and markets related to corn, soybeans, feed grains, oilseeds and other crops grown throughout Illinois. It also focuses on the Commodity Credit Corp., risk management and crop

insurance, and commodity exchanges.

The Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee deals with livestock, dairy, poultry, meat and other commodities, including the inspection, marketing and promotion of such commodities. And it focuses on animal welfare, grazing, and foreign agricultural assistance and trade promotion.

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Oil trader Justin Thomas looks at his computer screens at his one-person office Jan. 22 in Boise, Idaho. Thomas is one of thousands of oil traders around the world who have helped turn market fundamentals, lots of oil and not much demand, into a plunge in the price of crude.

For traders, oil’s downward spiral takes toll on egos and accounts

BY BERNARD CONDON AND JONATHAN FAHEY AP Business Writers

NEW YORK – The plunge in oil has crushed the Russian ruble, erased $80 billion from Exxon Mobil’s market value and pushed Venezuela to the brink of economic collapse.

But to Justin Thomas, the real drama in oil unfolds on

a smaller scale, a story told in tiny, second-by-second moves in prices on his computer screen. Lately, most of the moves have been down, taking a toll on him and other traders who believe oil should have turned up by now.

“It was quiet, then there was chaos,” said Thomas after a few losing bets

earlier this month from his one-man office in Boise, Idaho. “The market changes, and you lose your confidence.”

Thomas is one of thousands of oil traders who have helped turn market fundamentals – lots of oil, not enough demand – into a plunge of nearly 60 percent in the price of crude in

7 months, a drop with few precedents.

He trades futures contracts, and uses them to bet on where prices are headed. His bets, and hundreds of thousands of others like them, affect what drivers pay for gasoline, airlines pay for jet fuel and truckers pay for diesel.

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CLINTON, Iowa – Blain’s Farm and Fleet is remodeling and expanding its Clinton store, the company said in a news release.

The expansion to 92,000 square feet – 25 percent larger than the current store – will include a larger auto service center. The tools and hardware, large animal feeds, bird and pet care, grills, sporting goods, workwear, footwear and candy departments also will be expanded, the release said.

In addition, a pick-up and drive-thru area is being added.

Customers who order items online already can pick their purchases up at the store, and now they can simply pull up at the drive-thru and have the items brought to them, or purchase items on the spot and have them brought to their vehicles, without ever going into the store, the release said.

Work is underway and is expected to be completed in early fall. The store, at 1600 Lincoln Way, will remain open during renovation.

“We’ve been proud members of the Clinton Community for 48 years now, and deeply care about its economic growth, stability and the families we serve,” CEO Jane Blain Gilbertson said in the release.

RETAIL | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

Fender’s move to sell directly to musicians upsets dealers Some shop owners are so concerned that they plan to buy less from manufacturer

BY RYAN FAUGHNDER Tribune News Service

LOS ANGELES – Fender’s curvy Stratocasters, Telecasters and Jazz Basses have been must-have features of guitar shop walls for decades.

Music retailers, including mom-and-pop shops and big national chains such as Guitar Center, have been among the last bastion of businesses to survive online competition.

Consumers like to try before they buy.

But just before Christmas, Fender Musical Instruments began selling directly to musicians on its website.

Bricks-and-mortar retailers, already hurt by e-commerce sites such as Amazon and EBay, worry that Fender’s online sales could increase competition and even offer lower prices. They also are concerned that other manufacturers such as Gibson Guitar, C.F. Martin & Co. and Ibanez Guitars may pursue similar tactics.

“It’s hard to not call it a bit of a betrayal,” said Gabriel O’Brien, sales manager at Larry’s Music Center in Wooster, Ohio, which dropped Fender as a supplier a year ago, partly because it anticipated Fender would start selling its guitar lines through its site. “I feel it undercuts dealers whose backs these brands were built on.”

Some shop owners are so concerned that they plan to buy less merchandise from the manufacturer, said retailers, many of whom did not want to be named for fear that speaking publicly could damage relations with Fender.

Some are considering not reupping as Fender dealers.

For its part, Fender said the introduction of sales through its website would benefit retailers, still their most important partners for getting Strats and Telecasters in the hands of musicians.

The site gives an option to add a Fender guitar to their

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Ken Grayson, a major Fender dealer, poses for a portrait on Jan. 16 at Grayson’s Tune Town, which he has operated for 25 years in Montrose, California. Grayson is one of many guitar dealers concerned that manufacturers will start doing more direct-toconsumer sales, cutting them out. “cart,” but also tells musicians the local dealer where they can try out and buy one. The company also does not undercut prices that can be found at retailers.

Richard McDonald, an execu-

tive vice president at Fender, said selling directly to customers will help make musicians more loyal to the brand and help increase sales at local shops.

“If this works, their business-

es will grow,” he said of retailers. “This strategy is about elevating the brand and getting closer to customers.”

Not all retailers believe that.

They say if direct sales catch on, players may try out new instruments in physical stores and then order them online from manufacturers, the way many people purchase items such as personal electronics on Amazon after visiting their local Best Buy. Consumers’ behavior has changed so much that they now order eyeglasses online, through such firms as Warby Parker in New York, or even electric cars directly from Tesla.

Store owners have seen Fender’s direct sales efforts coming for months.

The company unveiled the plans in August at a meeting with dozens of top dealers at its factory. Many were caught off guard, said dealers who attended the meeting. Some left the meeting in anger.

Ken Grayson, a shop owner, was in attendance and said the reaction was intense.

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IN BRIEF National math contest to start DIXON – The American Mathematics Competitions will be at 6 p.m.

Tuesday and 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 25 at Sauk Valley Community College, 173 state Route 2.

This is a national contest for middle- and high-school students. It is designed to spur interest in mathematics. The participants solve problems ranging from easy to difficult in a timed, multiplechoice format.

For more information, contact Steven Schaff at steven.j.schaff@svcc.edu or 815-835-6238.

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Music is part of the school day for Elizabeth Ortgiesen, Amboy High School’s November Student of the Month. She plays the clarinet and the trumpet in the concert, jazz, pep, and marching bands and in the pit orchestra.

Amboy Student of the Month Elizabeth Ortgiesen, 17, of Amboy, is Amboy High School’s November Student of the Month. She is the daughter of Jamie and Kathy Ortgiesen, 45, and 42. She also has two sisters, Kaitlyn, 13, and Courtney, 9.

Favorite class: Band. I play the clarinet, and this past summer I learned to play the trumpet. I now play both instruments for performances. I would not have been able to do this, though, if it wasn’t for my band teacher, Kathy Mekeel. She gave me lessons over the summer, so that when school started back up again I was able to play right along with the people who had been playing trumpet since fifth grade.

I really appreciate her patience, and I also have a new appreciation for brass players.

Least-favorite class: History. I just have a hard time retaining the material. I’m good at memorizing the facts, but I never can retain the information for later use.

Favorite teacher: All of my teachers have had an influence on the student

I am today. If I could only choose one, I would choose Cynthia Carlson.

She has been my math teacher, and she takes the time to make sure all of the students understand what is going on, which is really important when it comes to math.

School activities: Volleyball, basketball, and softball, student council, Spanish Honor Society, National Honor Society president, and senior class treasurer. I also am involved in concert band, jazz band, pep band, marching band, and pit orchestra. As president of the National Honor Society at our school, I have to coordinate the tutoring program that we do within the school. I make sure there are tutors every week, as well as being a tutor myself. Also, for basketball we go over to the elementary school and read to the students and give away free T-shirts.

What is something you learned in high school that you think you will never use? How to dissect a pig

or smart to join a club, you just have to be willing to commit your time to this group or organization. Responsibility is the key when it comes What kind of music are to surviving high school, you listening to? I tend and being involved in to listen to anything various groups helps to new, but there isn’t real- strengthen this key comly any kind of music that ponent.

I won’t give a try.

What scares you?

What is your favorite: The unknown – future.

You could consider me App: Pinterest somewhat of a control freak, because I need to TV show: Anything on know everything that NBC is going on, and the unknown is something Sports team: Amboy that is no longer in my Clippers control.

Do you have a hobby?

Baking What’s the one thing in your life you can’t do without? Of course my family, but sleep comes in a close second.

What is your advice for surviving high school?

The key to being successful in high school is to get involved. Join as What will you do after many clubs or groups as high school? I would like you can. They will teach to major in accounting. you lessons that you I have not yet decided won’t learn anywhere what college I would like else in high school. You to attend. don’t have to be athletic

Baby books, immunization records, and a health history will be helpful.

Each child will do activities, which include stacking blocks, drawing, and jumping. The child’s speech, language, vision, and hearing also will be screened.

Call the numbers below to set up an appointment.

The preschool schedule is: Chadwick-Milledgeville: 3 to 6 p.m. March 5 and 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

March 6, First Lutheran Church, 19 W. Third St., Chadwick. Call 815-2257141.

Eastland: 3 to 6 p.m.

March 12 and 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 13, Lanark United Methodist Church, 405 E. Locust St. Call 815-864-2300.

Erie: noon to 3:30 p.m.

March 11, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

March 12, and 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. March 13 at Erie Elementary School annex building, 616 Sixth Ave. Call 309-659-2239, ext.

2512.

Montmorency-East Coloma, including Jump Start: 8:15 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 5 p.m. April 16 and 8:15 to 11 a.m. April 17 if necessary, Riverdale Preschool Center, 3505 Prophet Road, Rock Falls.

Call 815-625-5280.

Morrison: 9 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 6:30 p.m. Feb. 25, 8 a.m. to noon March 14, and 8 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 6:30 p.m. March 25, Northside Elementary School, 520 N. Genesee St. Call 815-772-2153.

Prophetstown-Lyndon: 8:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.

March 13, First Congregational Church, 218 E.

DHS scholars achieve honors DIXON – Dixon High School students have been named to the January Hall of Fame.

They are Devin Vaughn, art; Rachel Fellows, business; Lucas Bonnette, English; Emily Quaco, family resources; Brady Sibley, foreign language; Elijah McGlown, industrial education; Darius McGlown, driver’s education; Sarah Stegbauer, math; Miles Glenn, music; Abrianna Montgomery, physical education; Justin Sherman, science; Blain Masterson, health; and Ray Price, social studies.

Stegbauer and Sherman are the Elks Teens of the Month.

ON HER WAY TO STATE

What’s something about you that nobody knows? I do not like bugs. Never have and never will. They don’t scare me; they just creep me out.

What is your proudest moment? Winning regionals last year in basketball. The memory of that experience will stay with me forever.

Is there someone you’d like to send a shout out to? To all my friends and family, especially Kennedy Dinges

Bi-County sets screening schedule STERLING – School districts in the Bi-County Special Education Cooperative will have preschool screenings from February through April.

The purpose of the screenings is to provide parents a measure of their child’s development in areas important to learning.

For children with special needs, the cooperative has a preschool program for children between 3 and 5.

Parents who have a child between the ages of 2 years, 7 months, and 5 years, 3 months, as of February, may have them screened. They should accompany their children to the screening, where they will be asked questions about the child’s development.

POLO – Polo Community Preschool will offer an open house and early registration for the 2015-16 school year Feb. 12 at the school, on the lower level of Faith United Methodist Church, 702 E. Dixon St. The open house will be from 6 to 8 p.m.

The preschool sessions are Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Those 3 to 4 meet from 8:30 to 11 a.m. and children 4 and 5 from 12:30 to 3 p.m.

For more information, costs, or to sign up for class, call Ginger Morhardt at 815-9463173.

Third St., Prophetstown.

Call 815-537-2345.

Rock Falls: 1 to 7 p.m.

April 14 and 15, Riverdale Preschool Center, 3505 Prophet Road, Rock Falls.

Call 815-625-5280.

River Bend: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 25 and April 29, Fulton Presbyterian Church, 311 N. Ninth St. Call 815-589-2309.

Sterling: 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. March 27 and April 24, Wallace Education Center gym, 506 W. Fourth St. Call Roxanne at 815-622-2093.

Tampico: 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 to 3 p.m.

March 27, Tampico Elementary School, 304 E. Kimball St. Call 815-4382255.

For information about Bi-County Special Education Cooperative, call 815622-0858.

Wyanet Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6634 and its Ladies Auxiliary recently recognized the firstplace winner in the District 9 Voice of Democracy audio and essay scholarship competition. Riley Francis of Deer Grove, a senior at Bureau Valley High School in Manlius, received a certificate and check from Ralph Anderson, post commander.

Her essay has been entered in the state contest, which is Friday and Feb. 7 in Springfield. She is the daughter of Corrine and Michael Francis. Photo submitted by Corrine Francis.

SENIOR OF DISTINCTION

Oregon High School’s Senior of Distinction Award is given on a monthly basis, based on nominations by teachers. Delaney Mahoney accepts the December honor from Suzanne Thompson of Stillman Valley Bank. Photo submitted by Angela Hollaway.

STERLING OPTIMIST HONORS

Board ready to award funds to college students STERLING – Scholarship applications are being accepted by the trustees of the Sterling-Rock Falls Community Trust.

Future and past graduates from Sterling and Rock Falls may apply for a wide range of college scholarships to be awarded in mid-April. The deadline is April 1. The board also will meet in July. If

money is still available, applications submitted by July 1 will be considered.

Candidates must be eligible to graduate this year from Sterling, Rock Falls or Newman Central Catholic High schools. Homeschooled students also may apply.

The applicants must live within the SterlingRock Falls public school

boundaries. Full-time college freshmen, sophomores, or juniors, who graduated from these high schools, may apply or reapply for annual scholarships from $400 to $2,500. Scholarships are available based on varying criteria for selection.

Application forms can be picked up at the high school guidance offices or

at Midland States Bank, 302 First Ave. The trustees are Peter Dillon, president; John McCormick, vice president; John Miller, secretary; and Ronald Hoffman, Suzy Perino, Darla Schryver, and Mary Ellen Wilkinson.

For more information, contact the guidance office, or call the bank at 815-622-1329.

The Sterling Optimist Club and Challand Middle School in Sterling have named the December Optimist of the Month. Optimist Sam Meier presents the award to eighth-grader Josephine A. Newman, the daughter of Ann and Jeremy Newman of Sterling. She received $50 and designated another $50 to Twin Cities PADS Homeless Shelter in Sterling. Photo submitted by Meier.

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Coloma Township Park District in Rock Falls had its 41st annual youth bowling tournament Jan. 19 at Paone’s Blackhawk Lanes in Sterling. Winners, by age and gender divisions, are (front row, from left) Rian Twogood, third in high game, first in high series; Nayeli Diaz, first in high game and series; Jocelyn Diaz, second in high game and series; Cooper Spears, Kelsie McKinzie, and Xander Hudson, first in high game and series; and Max Parker, second in high game and series; and (back row) Olivia Zinnani, first in high game and series; Zoey Paone, second in high game and series; Reilly Hay, first in high game and series; Joey Sivits, second in high game and series; Collin Schultz, third in high game and series; and Matthew Terrock, first in high game and series. Photo submitted by the park district.

BACKYARD BUDDIES

A cardinal looks for a meal from his perch on a tree branch in Diane Johnson’s A squirrel waits somewhat impatiently for Johnson to set out his corn. This visitor yard in Dixon during a snowstorm. Photos submitted by Johnson couldn’t seem to understand what was causing the delay.

EARTH-FRIENDLY RECYCLERS

ABOVE: Workers prepare trees for chipping in Byron. The FFA curb pickup coincided with a countywide drop-off program conducted by OCSWMD, street departments, and park districts.

BELOW: Trees are dropped off in Oregon.

FFA volunteers canvassed Adeline, Baileyville, Byron, Forreston, German Valley, Oregon, and Polo to collect Christmas trees for recycling Jan. 10. Aaron Hagemann (left) and Josh Staska of the Forreston FFA collected a truckload, just a few of the more than 600 trees gathered this year.

Photos submitted by Ogle County Solid Waste Management Department.

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

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Saturday, January 31, 2015

On the table for Julefrokost or “Christmas lunch” were French A Danish Christmas tree has real candles on the tree, and rye bread with toppings, such as shrimp, roast beef, cod, Tess spent the day at a Christmas market in Copenhagen. and herring, not to mention eel. which are lit. Photos submitted by Tess Schaeffer.

Christmas in Denmark: American discovers new ways to celebrate holiday away from home Editor’s note: Tess Schaefer, a Rock Falls High School junior, is spending 10 months in Denmark in the Rotary Club’s Student Exchange Program. She has agreed to send home the occasional column on her experiences.

Hey, everybody. I hope you all have had a fantastic holiday season, because for me, this certainly has been “the most wonderful time of the year.”

I just finished celebrating my first holiday season away from home, and although Christmas is Christmas and the origin of the holiday is the same, the celebrations in Denmark have been an experience like no other.

I will start off by giving you some advice: Do not tell a Scandinavian that Santa Claus lives at the North Pole. That simple statement will lead to a variety of responses ranging from total heartbreak and sorrow, as if their childhood had been dropped and shattered into thousands of tiny piece, to stubborn disbelief and disagreement that potentially could lead to an aggressivelyverbal debate.

In Denmark, Julemand (aka Santa Claus) lives in Greenland, which is a part of the Danish Realm.

He is nearly the same as Santa Claus, other than his residency and that he eats rice pudding like Santa eats cookies.

I did a little research into the topic myself and found that every Scandinavian country believes Santa lives within its own territory. The thought of him living anywhere but the North Pole has never popped into my head.

Who knew, right?

In Denmark, the fourth Sunday before Christmas is the first day of Advent and the official beginning of Christmas festivities. I have heard about people in the U.S. celebrating Advent, but I personally have never participated until this year. In Denmark, it really is a large concept.

My town had a ceremonial lighting of the town tree along with the singing of Christmas hymns the first Sunday of Advent. Every weekend after that until Christmas, my host sisters and I received an Advent present. There

are so many little things based around Advent, such as Advent candles, wreaths, calendars, and even scratch-off tickets.

One aspect I find really neat is that they have a TV series called “Julekalender,” which airs a new episode every night before Christmas during the month of December.

Every year, the plot and characters change. The series is very popular, and many people still sing the songs and quote the scripts of the previous years’ shows.

Some families have their own traditions, such as receiving a little gift every day, decorating bedrooms with Christmas lights, visiting Tivoli in Copenhagen while it is open for the season, or in my family’s case, playing practical jokes on each other.

Every year they play a game they call Nissevenner, which roughly means “elf friends.”

Nisse are little men, similar to Christmas elves, except they watch over the houses and can be quite mischievous. My family and I secretively drew a family member’s name out of a hat, and that was the person we were supposed to pull pranks on for the month.

I drew my host sister, Sarah, and my host father pulled my name.

During his break from work or before I was home from school, my host dad would go into my room, turn on my TV and all of my lights, and leave. Some days I came home to popcorn seeds sitting on my rug, in my books, or under my covers in my bed.

But the absolute best trick was when my host dad put oranges in my pillow case, because I was feeling tired a lot due to the long hours of darkness and my family kept saying I needed more vitamin D. You try going to bed and whacking your head on an orange. Believe me, it is quite hysterical. He was very good at finding the line between irritating and hilarious. I found the game super entertaining.

Many people celebrated the holidays by throwing Christmas parties, the most common of which was Julefrokost, or “Christmas lunch.”

Despite the name, they can be held any time of

the day. The food typically consists of French and rye bread and various toppings, such as shrimp, roast beef, cod, herring, and, occasionally, eel.

Learning about the last one was quite shocking actually, because nobody told me what it was until after I ate it. I took a bite assuming it was just some type of tough fish with an odd aftertaste, but the next thing I knew, my host sisters were grinning and giggling at me. Long story short, they told me what I was eating “that long, snaky fish in the ocean.”

Although I finished it to keep from being rude, I did not go back for a second serving.

The guests usually play some sort of gift-giving game or raffle, the most common of which is pakkeleg, a game in which a die goes around the table, and whenever it lands on a six, the person takes a gift. The game ends when the mystery time clock is up.

Around mid-November, the seasonal Christmas beer, Tuborg Julebryg, arrives, and many people go to bars or to parties specifically for the beer’s release.

The Christmas celebration itself is nowhere near the same as it is in the U.S. To start, Christmas in Denmark is celebrated the evening of the 24th instead of the morning of the 25th. I woke up on the 24th like it was any other day because we did not have any plans until the Christmas church service that afternoon.

After the service, we drove home and spent time together walking the Julekalender. A majority of the celebration is at night, so we left the house in the evening to go to my host grandma’s house for a family dinner and to open our presents.

Christmas dinner typically consists of a pork roasted with the skin still on, duck, rødkål, white potatoes, and brown potatoes, which are potatoes cooked in a pan and smothered in melted sugar and butter. Yum. For dessert, the tradition is to play a game with risalamande, or a rice porridge with whipped cream, chopped almonds, and

Tess Schaefer (right), a Rock Falls High School junior spending 10 months in Denmark in the Rotary Club’s Student Exchange Program, poses with her host sisters on New Year’s Eve. Many people in Denmark wear sparkly clothes, hats, and bows that day. vanilla. Within the entire dish of risalamande, there is only one fullyintact almond among the chopped ones, and the person who finds it wins a gift. However, even after a person finds the almond, he or she typically hides it in a napkin or the side of his or her cheek, so that everyone else continues eating and looking for the nut until they get to the point that their stomachs are aching from over-eating.

After the risalamande was eaten and the almond was found, we went to the Christmas tree to sing Christmas carols. Singing carols while holding hands and dancing or walking around the tree is in fact very traditional in Denmark and is practiced in nearly every home. Because my family has relatives with small children, the singing was really enthusiastic and very amusing. My favorite part was when we sang “Nu er det Jul igen,” because after a few rounds of dancing around the tree, somebody breaks the chain and leads the line of people throughout

the house and around the furniture while continuing to sing.

We opened our presents around 9 that night. Danish children must have a lot of self-control, because if I were 7 and had to wait an entire day to open my gifts while the temptation sat under the tree, mocking me all day, I can guarantee that I would have ripped into them by noon.

After opening presents, we talked with the family for a bit, ate some treats, and went home.

The next morning I woke up around 11 o’clock because there are no Christmas morning celebrations. Julemand does not come overnight with more presents, there are no stockings, or anything of the sort. Christmas simply is not celebrated on the 25th. In fact, it snowed for the first time in my town on the 25th, and when I referred to it as a “Christmas miracle,” my host sister said, “What are you talking about?

Christmas was yesterday.”

Then it hit me, Christmas really was yesterday.

For New Year’s Eve, most people attend din-

ner parties with friends or family, and some even go out to a bar or club after midnight. I went to a little party with my host family at the neighbor’s house. We ate a dinner of bread and seafood, then the kids and I went back to my house to make slushies, play games, and light some little fireworks.

Later on, we ate apple crepes and Italian ice cream for dessert and counted down the seconds to midnight with the Town Hall Clock in Copenhagen.

Almost immediately after the stroke of midnight, fireworks filled the sky. I have never seen anything like it, and in all honesty, the entirelyspontaneous pyrotechnics performance created by the people in my neighborhood was better than any Independence Day show I have ever seen. It was without a doubt my favorite part of the holidays.

I can say that the holidays in Denmark have been an experience of a lifetime.

Until next time, Illinois.

Saturday, January 31, 2015

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COLLEGE HONORS Parkland College

Inboden, Geoffrey Lemay, and Lauren Zuidema.

CHAMPAIGN – Bret M. Rochelle: Christine Banz, Rosenow of Prophetstown, Robert Bowers, Olivia Caron, Lori A,. Van Beek of Paw Drew Colclasure, Reagan Paw, Kayla A. Faley of Dixon, Dettman, Emily Greer, Arely and Jacob D. Vroman of Hickey, Mario Hueramo, Erie, have been named to the fall dean’s list at Parkland Karissa Kessen, Kelsy Kuhnle, John Loggins, Christopher College.

Lohse, Kolver Matos, Brittany Pierce, Morgan Quinn, Iowa State Marcella Quinonez, Mary Ross, Nicholas Schofield, University and Cori Stewart.

AMES, Iowa – Students Harmon: Carmen Bollman. named to the fall dean’s Chana: Joseph Catalano list at Iowa State University and Ian Klecka. include: Rock Falls: Stephanie Byron: Rose A. Criscione, DeVries, Olivia Guerra, MarisTaylor N. Hess, and Moira sa Razo, and Jessica Wind.

Elin Smith.

Oregon: Miguel DominDixon: Marykate J. Eccles, guez Carreno, Jacob FerenRyan P. Eccles, Todd M. cak, Alyssa Marchetti, and Nelson, and Andrew J. Jacqueline Owensby (two Smith.

Erie: Alexandra R. Howard. lists).

West Brooklyn: Joseph Forreston: Abbey J. OsterGehant. loo.

Ashton: Courtney HanLanark: Grant A. Jensen. son, Tyler Stauffer, and Leaf River: Noelina G. Jennifer Wolfe.

Rissman.

Amboy: Shannon Morrison: Derek E. NichMcGraw and Mackenzie ols.

Piller.

Mount Carroll: Chloe J. Mount Morris: Ryan Carson.

Miranda and Brandon Oregon: Sawyer A. ReynSklavanitis. olds.

Polo: Rebecca Wakenight.

Rochelle: Matthew P. Kings: William Widick.

Clucas.

Paw Paw: Anthony Rock Falls: Paige M. Zeman.

Dettman and Andrew B. Morrison: Joshua ScrenLeuschke. ock and Anna Robertston Sterling: Micah J. Palmer. (two lists).

Stillman Valley: Kimberlee Fulton: Rebecca Winkel.

L. Gerardy.

Prophetstown: Kylee Walnut: Trevin A. Kennedy.

Wagenecht.

West Brooklyn: Sarah A. Delhotal.

Bismarck State College

UW – Whitewater

WHITEWATER, Wis. – Lexie Sondgeroth of Rochelle, a senior at the UniBISMARCK, N.D. – Marcus versity of Wisconsin – WhiteHill of Morrison was named water, is a member of the to the president’s honor roll Warhawks’ 2015 women’s for the fall semester at Bistrack and field program. marck State College.

She is the Warhawks’ most decorated student-athlete, Marquette and was named Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic ConUniversity ference Athletes of the Week MILWAUKEE – Callie Sinn for the week of Jan. 12-18. of Sterling was named to the Her achievements include fall dean’s list at Marquette a 13-time national qualifier, University.

10-time All-American, and two-time WIAC champion.

SIU – Edwardsville Last May, she won the 400-meter dash national EDWARDSVILLE – Those championship in a school named to the fall dean’s list at Southern Illinois University record time, and placed second in the long jump and – Edwardsville include: third in the 200-meter dash.

Byron: Dirk R. Wagner.

She was an All-American in Dixon: Kyle E. Dillon, the indoor long jump and Annalise Ankney, Mohammad A. El-Ahmad, Elizabeth 200, and holds five indoor school records.

A. Greenwalt, and Kayla E. Grobe.

Lanark: Hope A. Linker.

Western Illinois Morrison: Anna E. Hogue.

University Oregon: Carissa Dagnon.

MACOMB – William S. Rochelle: Robert J. Vance of Morrison, received MacPartland and Anthony a specialist degree in educaM. Mauer. tional leadership at Western Illinois Univeristy.

Northern Illinois Those earning bachelor’s University degrees include: Fulton: Kayla R. Anglese, DEKALB – Students recreation, park and tourism named to the fall dean’s list administration; Steven W. at Northern Illinois University Hess, computer science; include: and Lisa Mitchell, business, Dixon: Jamie Arntzen, management.

John Brechon, Jessica Morrison: Brianna N. EizGarza, Heather Grobe, Kara enga, cum laude, elementary Kresanek, Andrew Pepper, education; Jamie Hill, liberal Benjamin Walter, Thomas Whitcombe, and Shane Wil- arts and sciences; and Travis Mcbride, recreation, park liams. and tourism administration.

Sterling: Nathan Asbury, Abbie Habben, Haley Rock Falls: Matthew T.

Chapman, communication; and Shelby Miller, agricultural science.

Sterling: Denise A, Cessna, elementary education; James A. Manus, magna cum laude, law enforcement and justice administration; and Andrew P. Mccormick, general studies.

Baileyville: Tyler Zumdahl, physical education, kindergarten through 12th grade.

Byron: Amanda K. Kester, recreation, park and tourism administration.

Lindenwood: Whitney L. Wetzel, agricultural business.

Rochelle: Lucas J. Davidson, law enforcement and justice administration.

Milledgeville: Haley R. Paterson, summa cum laude, medical sciences.

Savanna: Glenn E. Fabor, liberal arts and sciences; and Rebecca G. Titus, cum laude, music.

Thomson: Mckenzie L. Miller, hotel, restaurant management.

Amboy: Ashley M. Ferguson, liberal arts and sciences.

Dixon: Sara J. Dail, educational leadership.

Those earning master’s degrees include: Morrison: Allison A. Muur, recreation, park and tourism administration.

Sterling: Kristen M. Kuntz, education, reading.

Dixon: Matthew W. Richards, law enforcement and justice administration.

Sauk Valley Community College DIXON – Students named to the fall president’s list at Sauk Valley Community College are: Amboy: Natalyn Rood, Jessica L. Walter, Madeline A. Ely, Stephen M. Kenney, Calista E. Kern-Lyons, Kaitlyn B. Liebing, Haley M. Simpson, Lindsay R. Stevens, and Alexa J. Blackburn.

Ashton: Sarah J. Matson, Jackson A. Terry, and Charles B. Long.

Baileyville: Alyssa H. Lampe.

Chadwick: Danielle R. Sheddan and Gabrielle N. Sheddan.

Deer Grove: Brandon L. Allonby, Kassi L. Henrekin, Shelby T. Kuepker, and Alexander T. Wold.

Dixon: Michael W. Barth, Kayla M. Bellows, Brenan A. Chacon, Daniel K. Fredrickson, Brooke A. Garren, Rachel E. Gascoigne, Dakota J. Geesey, Andrea M. Hey, Derek B. Kennell, Holly A. McCann, Nicholas R. Panzica, Hanna Reese, Samantha M. Riggen, Jennifer L. Rugh, Amanda J. Smith, Tara Steingraber, Donald Weed, Catherine A. Weinzierl, Jennifer M. Whisenant, Whitney T. Wildman, Shawn J. Adams, Rian E. Anderson, Brett A. Bryant, Ryan E. Buskohl, Jacob A. Felz, Jacqueline A. Felz, Brenden Gould, Christina M. Harshman, Jennifer A. Hepner, Eleanor L. Hinds, Marilyn C. Jackson, Cassey M. Kerchner, Jeremiah Kresanek, Jesse L. Linboom, Karen R. Lonkert, Jessica L. McCarver, Elizabeth J. Mock, Matthew Oswalt, Jenny P. Richards, MacKenzie C.

Ruckman, Felicia L. Schauff, Joelle C. Schielein, Courtney L. Sippel, Sydnie M. Sode, Laura A. Spencer, Krystal N. Theisinger, Lynn C. Treynor, Colton L. Youngren, Kelsey A. Boll, Joan E. Bratt, Shannon Daraska, Krystal J. James, Christina M. Long, Francisco A. Rubio, Sarah A. Stearns, David A. Truckenbrod, Joe G. Valdez, Karli R. Fitzsimmons, and Jennifer L. Kastner.

Fenton: Hunter W. Graham and Christopher Graham.

Forreston: Lincoln H. Thill.

Franklin Grove: Aspen C. Wiegand.

Freeport: Thomas L. Scheider.

Fulton: Steve Black.

German Valley: Kyle G. Regole.

Lanark: Frenz Joshua D. Hayag and Gentry Lessman.

Lyndon: Jennifer L. Woodworth, Clare M. Kramer, and Alexondra S. McCoy. Milledgeville: Brianna P. Schmidt, Howard R. Horton, and Katlynne J. Jakobs.

Morrison: Waylon E. Meurs, Jordan M. Bush, Daniel J. Humphrey, Lori A. Matlack, William F. Richter, Jordan E. Schmidt, Doug R. Wiebenga, Korey R. Zigler, Shelby R. Ferguson, Joanna C. Klein, Emily B. Riggen, Alyssa M. Workman, Whitney M. Smith, and Samantha J. Sturtz.

Mount Carroll: Liesl N. Meador and Darby A. Rumler.

Mount Morris: Benjamin R. Baldwin, Ashley M. Denton, Amanda J. LaPage, Joseph S. Miranda, Kelsey A. Pudlas, Kristin R. VandeSand, and Victoria L. Gonzalez.

Ohio: Justin R. March, Robbie J. Riley, and Josh C. Weber.

Oregon: Rachel J. Moyers, Abigail L. Nelson, Stacia N. Burke, Elizabeth A. Gray, Sarah E. Lauer, Noah G. Leffelman, Delaney A. Mahoney, Anna M. Nakajima, Jenna N. Stevens, Danielle L. Brehm, Erika A. Waldsmith, and Tammy Masters.

Polo: Aleetra K. Roberts, Marcus L. Rogers, Kathy A. Taylor, Molly R. Waasdorp, Sara H. Alderks, Alyssa M. Bieze, Austin M. Bieze, and Connor W. Corbitt.

Prophetstown: Molly J. Corbin, Kylie A. Rogers, Justin M. Bennett, SanJuana Escobar, Payton R. Horn, Addison M. Morse, Corrin J. Reiley, Stephanie A. Sebok, Heather M. Strike, Sierra L. Williams, and Dominic J. Burke.

Rochelle: Evangelina Esqueda.

Rock Falls: Michelle L. Baker, Randi N. Brabender, Shawn K. Busch, Angela S. Delhotal, Derek M. Flannery, Allison G. Furr, Aubree R. Johnson, Morgan G. Mammosser, Sarah E. McCallister, Jessica R. Stickel, Andrew D. Chouinard, Vanessa K. Kitsmiller, Matt Mammosser, Chantel V. Ordean, Samantha L. Schauff, Jennifer S. Schmitt, Ryan P. Sodaro, Michaela M. Spreier, Mariah J. Staebell, Anaiza Uribe, Julie M. Bogusiewicz, Alyssa J. Carlson, Julieta C. Cervantes, Jessica M. Dale, Haylea Ehredt, Jeffrey

J. Finn, Jordan A. Giddings, Paige E. Reynolds, and Jacie L. Young.

Shannon: Hunter J. Todd.

Sheffield: Michael G. Smith.

Sterling: Gregory D. Adams, Jessica L. Bluhm, Jessica A. Bovee, Abbigail E. Brenner, Paul W. Cessna, Breanna J. Conboy, Deisy M. Diaz, Alysha N. Dunsworth, Reghan R. Edwards, Travis J. Ganther, Julie A. Hurd, Allyssa M. Krier, Rebecca R. Suarez, Katherine A. Williams, Jennifer A. Withrow, Alayna M. Wolfe, Brennah S. Zuidema, Zachary J. Alston, Mark S. Ballard, Candelaria Barrientos, Melissa R. Bice, Robert J. Buskohl, Evan D. Clark, Heather L. Dauen, Brandon K. Dennis, Patricia L. Gallegos, Andrew T. George, Carolynn F. Hammelman, Joseph P. Harrison, Roxanne Heck, Taylor N. Hendrix, Karina R. Huaracha, Grayson C. Juarez, Shauna M. Kramer, Ashley M. Kuhn, Geoffrey A. Lemay, Sidney S. Lippens, Michael L. Mackey, Justin A. Marshall, Jordan P. McGarvey, Julie A. Mendoza, Theresa M. Molina, Olivia I. Murillo, Loren T. Newberry, Mackenzie R. Olsen, Javier O. Quiroz, Ethan Rocha, Melissa M. Roe, Gabriella E. Sandoval, Elizabeth A. Schultz, Hannah L. Stingley, Olivia M. Walter, Anna E. Wells, Alexey K. Wolfe, Hunter O. Wolfe, Brett L. Yingling, Brooke E. Eade, Alexandra E. Edwards, Richard E. Frey, Sean M. Landis, Jillian E. Peabody, Nicholas A. Rude, Katherine J. Allen, Kara E. Nelms, and Gerald P. Woodard.

Sublette: Marissa C. Henkel and Amy L. Pohl.

Tampico: Rebecca L. Arnolts and Rebecca A. Foy. Walnut: Liam M. VanDeraa and John W. Brown.

Those named to the fall dean’s list are: Amboy: Dillon E. Daniels, Trenton J. Ely, Rosa A. Humphreys, Joanna Fredericks, Anthony V. Karlsson, Chelcie M. O’Connell, Kelly L. Thurman, and Sydney E. Wilhelm.

Ashton: Stephen Chapman, Michael R. Finn, Patricia L. Page, and Amanda S. Pittman.

Buda: Lacey M. DeVenney.

Chadwick: Kiana M. Aude and Bryanna E. Flynn.

Coleta: Indy S. Douglas.

Compton: Zachary M. Borell.

Dixon: Redric W. Brooks, Curt M. Cheffer, Eduardo M. Escatel, Rachel A. Hallquist, Nancy L. Hummel, Krista L. Longtin, Jessica L. Murphy, Mary A. Oswalt, Brady B. Reuter, McKenzie I. Schauff, Gabrielle G. Sheely, Christopher T. Stovall, Kelly M. Allen, Ashley M. Ambeau, Alek K. Blackbourn, Trevor B. Bolin, Alyssa A. Buch, Brandon D. Burke, Christina L. Carr, Stevielyn C. Considine, Brittney M. Dieter, Stephanie L. Disch, Jonathan D. Gerdes, Jade E. Glenn, William C. Hardiek, Amanda L. Helfrich, Tricia L. Honn, Savanna E. Hoyle, Conar I. Kirk, Sydney S. Kitzman, Joshua Koehler, Brianna K. Landherr, Zachary R. Lawson, Melissa A. Meusel, Kyle A. Nutt, Ling

C. Phillips, Kimberly A. Reiners, Julia Sofolo, Ethan G. Tavitas, and Christopher T. Wilson.

Franklin Grove: Dylan P. Stacey and Joseph M. Dailey.

Futlon: Austin T. Holcomb and Allison J. Meurs.

LaSalle: Nina L. Hutchisson.

Lyndon: Gina M. Lilly, Emma M. Cain, and Jessica A. Caudillo.

Milledgeville: Fritz D. Bailey, Katrina M. Hicks, and Victoria A. Kronenberg.

Morrison: Devon S. Hulsey and Rebecca E. Coyle.

Mount Morris: Beth A. Obendorf, Abigail E. Baker, Jerome D. Baldwin, William M. Pettinger, and Sarah J. Scott.

Ohio: Vanessa K. Martinez.

Oregon: Samantha M. Judge, Amanda E. Lillie, Angela N. Nordman, Megan C. Boehle, Lorrie A. Francis, and Donald G. Jensen.

Polo: Brady C. Bushman, Austin J. Dollmeyer, Darlene L. Seilheimer, Liana Campollo, Kimberly L. Ellis, Christopher D. Hagemann, Jessy T. Mason, Alexandria A. Schick, and Tosca A. Waasdorp.

Princeton: A C T. Lubbs.

Prophetstown: Stephanie N. Emery, Shelby L. Adams, and Jarod C. Smith.

Rock Falls: Abigail J. Gillette, Jarred R. Hippen, Dustin O. Kendrick, Aaron D. Licocci, Nicholas J. Lopez, Theodore A. Nelson, Megan A. Rosengren, Tanner A. Seidel, John J. Alls, Maurelle P. Behrens, Bonnie G. Boucher, Jessica L. Fargher, Jared J. Haas, Cameron M. McKinley, Zac T. Muntean, Cody G. Nutt, Morgan L. Pope, Aubree E. Schmitt, Tracy J. Sigel, Sarah Y. Trujillo, and Alejandra Villa.

Rockford: Erika K. Nordlof.

Sheffield: Allisa M. Stoller.

Sterling: Maribel Baca, Ashley L. Barron, Mary K. Gassman, Jaimie L. Hurd, Nancy G. Juarez, Martha Martens, Janice M. Martinez, Justin A. McCarty, Collin J. McGinn, Karina Olivas, Jennifer Rahn, Jakob P. Vetter, Dahley E. Vinson, Brendon R. Wilson, Shayne P. Allen, James A. Asumendi, Ashley A. Atilano, Ashley E. Barton, Shaylee Q. Baumgart, Alan D. Blazquez, Jessica Bowman, Marcus A. Castillo, Jonathan A. Davila, Sydni L. Eilers, Rafael S. Figueroa, Miranda L. Fisher, Corey J. Gabler, Jessica L. Hurd, Laura K. Jackson, Christopher A. Jones, Lisa A. Kranov, Rylee J. KundeWorkman, Linnea M. Larson, Mariyah A. Martinez, Maria G. Medina Gomez, Rebekah J. Megill, Maya E. Miller, Eduardo D. Navarro, Betty P. Nicklaus, Meghan R. O’Brien, Gerardo Rascon, Jeannette M. Reglin, Jaime L. Rehmert, Kirstin B. Wetzell, Christiane M. Wiemken, and Paul A. Zollinger.

Sublette: Brianna Correa.

Tampico: Evan B. Cooper.

Thomson: Ryan A. Habben.

Wyanet: Whitney M. Forward and Katelynn J. Aukes.

stairs, west side.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed (1), St. Paul Lutheran Church, 114 S. Fifth St., Oregon.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed, Big Book; 6 p.m., closed, Spanish; 7 p.m., open, Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, noon, open, Sunshine meeting, back door, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls.

Crochet-Knitting Club, 12:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling.

Care for the Caregiver, 1:30 p.m., Home of Hope Cancer Wellness Center, 1637 Plock Road, Dixon, 815-288-4673.

TOPS, 4 p.m. weigh-in, 4:30 p.m. meeting; 5:30 p.m. weighin, 6 p.m. meeting, Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle.

TOPS Chapter IL 634 meeting, 4:30 p.m., 205 S. Walnut St., Franklin Grove.

National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders, 5 p.m., Sinnissippi Centers, 125 S. Fourth St., Oregon.

TOPS, 5 p.m. weigh-in, 5:30 p.m. meeting, Polo Church of the Brethren, 401 S. Congress Ave., Polo, 815-946-3638.

Movie and Discussion Night, 5-7 p.m., Serenity Hospice & Home, 1658 S. state Route 2, Oregon. Reservations needed by noon Monday; call 815-732-2499.

Dixon Arts and Cultural Affairs Commission, 5:45 p.m., Dixon Main Street office, 115 S. Hennepin Ave., Dixon, 815-499-9426.

Celebrate Recovery, 6-8 p.m., 201 W. Market St., Morrison, 815590-8929.

Celebrate Recovery, Christcentered Recovery Group, 6-8 p.m., Revive Community Church, 8 E. Front St., Mount Morris, 815994-0428.

Rock Falls Rotary, 6 p.m., Beelendorf’s Deli, 204 W. 10th St., Rock Falls.

Caregiver Support Group, 6 p.m., Grace Fellowship Church, 2128 state Route 38, Ashton.

Dixon Veterans of Foreign Wars Men’s Auxiliary, 6 p.m., Dixon VFW Post 540, 1560 Franklin Grove Road, Dixon.

Rock Falls Boy Scout Troop 306, 6:30-8 p.m., Harvest Time Bible Church fellowship hall, 1802 Dixon Ave., Rock Falls.

Dixon Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 540 Ladies Auxiliary, 6 p.m., 1560 Franklin Grove Road.

Amboy American Legion Post 453, 6:30 p.m., Community Room, Amboy Family Restaurant and Pizza, 211 E. Main St., 815849-5219.

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5418 Men’s Auxiliary, 7 p.m.,

217 First Ave., Rock Falls, 815626-3513.

Dixon Elks Lodge 779 Auxiliary, 7 p.m., 1279 Franklin Grove Road, Dixon.

Mount Carroll Monday Night Al-Anon-Alateen, 7 p.m., Church of God, 816 Clay St., Mount Carroll.

Petunia City Quilters, 7 p.m., Loveland Community House, 513 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-6266627.

General Federation of Women’s Club of Franklin Grove Woman’s Club, 7 p.m., Woman’s Club Community Building in Atlasta Park, 339 S. State St., 815-441-0801.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, step study, New Hope Fellowship Church, 113 state Route 64, Kings.

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

Rock Falls American Legion Post 902, 7 p.m., 712 Fourth Ave., Rock Falls, 815-626-3862.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., closed, St. Luke Episcopal Church, 207 W. Third St., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed (3), First Presbyterian Church, 502 Third St., Savanna.

Sauk Valley Al-Anon GroupAlateen, 8 p.m., open, back door, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls.

SUPPORT GROUPS, CLUBS, AND SERVICES Today Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., closed, Big Book, United Methodist Church, 201 S. Chicago Ave., Davis Junction.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., open, women’s; noon, open; 6 p.m., open, 90-92 S. Hennepin Ave., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., open, tradition; 12:30 p.m., closed; 7 p.m., closed (5), Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

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

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

Mercy Nursing Services free blood pressure clinic, 11 a.m. to noon, Walmart, 1901 First Ave., Rock Falls.

Reality Check Narcotics Anonymous, noon, 6 p.m., First Christian Church, 506 Fifth Ave., Rock Falls, 779-245-3487. Downstairs, west door.

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, noon, open, Old School; 8 p.m., open, fun night, bring a friend, back door, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls.

Mercy Nursing Services free blood pressure clinic, 1-2:30 p.m., Save-A-Lot, 928 First Ave., Rock Falls.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7

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

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

Sunday Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 a.m., closed; 7 p.m., open, Rochelle Community Hospital, 900 N. Second St. Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 a.m., closed; 11 a.m., open; 1 p.m., closed, Spanish; 7 p.m., closed, Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., closed; noon, open; 6 p.m., closed, step, 90-92 S. Hennepin Ave., Dixon.

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

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

Latin American Social Club meeting, 3 p.m., 2708 W. Fourth St., Sterling, 815-625-8290.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., closed, Church of St. Anne, 401 N. Cherry St., Morrison.

Reality Check Narcotics Anonymous, 6 p.m., First Christian Church, 506 Fifth Ave., Rock Falls, 779-245-3487. Downstairs, west door.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7

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

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, clearance required, BAAbble on for Life Prison Group, 815-973-6150.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., closed, 304 Seventh Ave. West, Lyndon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed (4), Mount Morris Senior Center, 9 E. Front St. Monday 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, 815-284-3371.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 a.m., open, Methodist church, 402 First Ave., Forreston.

Abuse Changing team, 815625-0338.

Mercy Nursing Services free blood pressure clinic, 8:3010:30 a.m., YMCA, 2505 YMCA Way, Sterling.

Dixon Rotary Club, noon, lower level, St. Luke Episcopal Church, 221 W. Third St., Dixon.

Reality Check Narcotics Anonymous, noon, 6 p.m., First Christian Church, 506 Fifth Ave., Rock Falls, 779-245-3487. Down-

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Girlfriend kept in shadows begins to see light Dear Abby: I am 21 and confused.

My boyfriend, “Ethan,” and I broke up 5 months ago, but we recently got back together. The problem is, he hides the fact that we’re together. I’m not allowed to put anything on Facebook or even comment or “like” anything on his page. He hardly even talks to me or comes to see me, and when we do talk or see each other, we end up in a fight. We used to be great together, but things are no longer the way they were.

Ethan insists he’s not cheating on me, but it’s hard to believe him, because when we got back together he had been talking to a girl who lives a

Ethan is over. A man who is in love with a woman sees and talks Dear Abby with her often, and is written

by Abigail doesn’t hide her from Van Buren, the world or get into also known a fight with her every as Jeanne time he sees her. That Phillips. The column is prohe would forbid you to vided through mention that you are Universal back together on FaceUclick. book and refuses to permit you to comment on few miles away from him. his posts is a huge red I don’t want to end our flag. relationship. Ethan says he You asked my advice, loves me and doesn’t want and here it is: Take a giant to leave me, but I don’t step backward and see know what to think anyEthan for who he is – a more. Any advice? person who doesn’t tell – Drifting in Ohio the truth and is very likely a cheater. If he was sinDear Drifting: Yes. Wake cere, he’d be telling the up, honey. The relationworld the happy news ship you cherished with about your reunion.

dearABBY

Relay to be 1-day event ROCK FALLS – The American Cancer Society Relay For Life is a family-friendly team event, which celebrates those who have survived cancer and provides an opportunity to fight back.

The planning committee of the Relay For Life in Whiteside County has decided the Relay will no longer be an overnight event.

It will end at midnight.

This year’s Relay will be from 6 p.m. June 13 until midnight June 14 at Hinders Field at Rock Falls High School, 508 15th Ave. There will be activities, especially for children, for those who arrive to set up campsites from 3 to 6 p.m.

A second change is that Bank Night, which is set for 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. May 27 at US Bank, 300 First

Ave., is to be the primary collection date for team and participant fundraising.

Only those participants who have turned in $100 by that date will be presented with event T-shirts at that time. Fundraising monies may be sent to the Rockford office at 4312 E. State St., Rockford, IL 61108-2163 anytime or visit relayforlife.org/whitesideil to donate online.

Another change is that the team captain meetings are to be limited in number.

Most of the communication with team captains will be completed electronically or through phone calls or mailings. Visit the website to become a captain.

The kick-off is planned for 3 to 7 p.m. Feb. 28, with an open house at

Froggy’s, 212 W. Second St. Bands will donate their time, hors-d’oeuvres will be served, and a $5 cover charge will be collected at the door.

The Relay For Life Survivor Dinner will be June 2.

More information will be released in May. Participants of Relay For Life will not pay a fee to register this year. To register online, visit the website.

Paper registration forms will be available soon at financial institutions in the county.

Contact the American Cancer Society Rockford office by phone to request a paper form or to receive assistance in registration at 815-229-1287.

For more information, call Russ Siefken at 815625-7973 or Betty Clementz at 815-336-2305.

Dear Abby: I’m a 16-year-old girl and a junior in high school. I love my best friend and we are very close with each other. How do we maintain a strong friendship when we go to college? We are planning on going to different colleges, possibly in different states. We don’t want to lose what we have right now.

– Good Friend on the West Coast Dear Good Friend: Do it the way everyone else does – through instant messaging and social media. But understand that both of you will have new responsibilities that will occupy your

time, and you will be meeting new people and forming additional relationships. It doesn’t have to have a negative impact on your close friendship if you both approach it with the right attitude. College is a time for growth and expansion. When you see each other during vacations from school, you can share that with each other.

his school’s name on it.

I said to him, in a nottoo-subtle hint about his grades, “I’d like to have a bumper sticker like that to put on my car, too.”

I realized he was developing a wicked sense of humor when he replied, “I’ll see if I can steal you one.” It’s one of my favorite memories.

– Oh, the Memories in LaGrange, North Carolina

Dear Abby: While driving with my son when he was in fifth or sixth grade, I spotted a bumper sticker on the car ahead of us at a stoplight. It had the “My child is an honor student” message with

Dear Memories: Funny. And what has he become? A lawyer, a politician, or a comedian?

PRESENTS FOR NURSING HOME RESIDENTS

Members of the Stretch and Grow Bible study group at Messiah Evangelical Church in Sterling collected 43 throw blankets from their congregation to be given as Christmas gifts to local nursing home residents. With the throws are (from left) Joan Eggleston, Karen Jaeger, Helen Block, Ruth Bock, Hope Moore, Cheryl Wolf, and Barb Kunde. Photo submitted by Gloria Kunde.

IN BRIEF Club to gather for innkeeper’s talk FRANKLIN GROVE – The General Federation of Women’s Clubs Franklin Grove Woman’s Club will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at its Community Building in Atlasta Park, 339 S. State St. Lisa Marie Lanz, innkeeper for the Lincolnway Inn in Franklin Grove, will be the speaker.

For more information, call Pat Thomas at 815-4410801.

Conversation, film to cover healing

Artwork will be part of a silent auction Feb. 21 at the Ladies Pamper Day at the Church of God in Mount Carroll. Artist Karen Hart, owner of The Art Gypsy Studio in Clinton, Iowa, displays the painting valued at $600. Photo submitted by Debbie Long.

Time for pampering planned MOUNT CARROLL – The ninth Ladies Pamper Day will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 21 at the Church of God, 816 S. Clay St. Door prizes and a silent auction are planned. A 50/50 raffle also will be drawn; tickets are $1 or $5 for six. Other features include a fashion show, vendors, a chair massage, foot and hand treatments, facials, makeup, and haircuts. Lunch will be served for $5.

Tickets are $15 in

advance, or $17 at the door. Admission for vendor-only shopping is free.

The event is organized by the Patriots Team, a Carroll County Relay for Life team.

All proceeds will go to the American Cancer Society Relay for Life.

Advance tickets are available at: Q Triumph Community Bank, 309 N. Clay St. in Mount Carroll and 229 Main St. in Savanna.

Q Savanna-Thomson

State Bank branches at 302 Main St., Savanna; 2006 state Route 84, Thomson; and 703 S. East Main St., Mount Carroll.

Q Cornerstone Chiropractic, 704 S. East St.; State Bank of Pearl Center, 410 S. Clay St.; and Flower Fana-See, 904 S. Clay St., all in Mount Carroll.

For more information or to order tickets, contact Donna Althoff at 815-5414628 or Debbie Long at dlong52@hotmail.com or at 815-218-7496.

Area pictures can be entered in contest DIXON – State Rep. Tom Demmer, R-Dixon, is looking for photos of the 90th District for a contest.

The deadline to enter is 6 p.m. Feb. 13.

Participants Tom are asked to Demmer take photo-

graphs that best represent the 90th District.

The work can be of anything; multiple photos can be submitted. Visit tomdemmer.com for a district map.

Entries must be sent to photos@tomdemmer. com and should include the photographer’s name, phone number, and where

the photo was taken.

Winning entries will be displayed for this year at Demmer’s Rochelle and Springfield offices.

He will pick the winners, who will be invited for a photo and unveiling at the offices.

For more information, visit tomdemmer.org or call 815-561-3690.

Contact Dear Abby at DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

OREGON – Serenity Hospice & Home’s Movie and Discussion Night will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Monday at the hospice, 1658 S. state Route 2.

The film will be “Louder than Words,” a true story of parents trying to put their lives back together after the death of their daughter.

After the show, there will be a discussion on how it relates to grief and healing.

Those attending may bring their own snacks and beverages.

Space is limited; call 815732-2499 by noon Monday for reservations.

Past 50 years to be discussed DIXON – The Lee County Historical and Genealogical Society will get together at 7 p.m. Feb. 9 in the second-floor conference room at KSB Hospital, 403 E. First St. Greg Langan, local historian, will present the program “Dixon 50 Years Ago.” Refreshments will be served.

The conference room is accessible to wheelchairs.

For more information, stop at the society office at 111-113 S. Hennepin Ave. or call 815-2841134.

Shop’s trunk show part of meeting PRINCETON – The Covered Bridge Quilters Guild will meet at 7 p.m. Friday at Evangelical Covenant

Church, 24 N Main St. The program will be a trunk show presented by Valerie Langue of Quilt Merchant Quilt Shop in Winfield. Guests may attend for $5.

A workshop on “Lucy Boston, Patchwork of the Crosses” will be taught by Langue from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 7 at the church.

It will feature English paper piecing techniques, including Inklingo. The cost is $20 for guild members and $25 for nonmembers.

For membership information, call Annette Byrne at 815-223-0558.

Firefighters to bake biscuits WALNUT – An all-youcan-eat pancake and sausage breakfast will be from 7 a.m. to noon Feb. 8 at the Walnut Fire Station, 115 Liberty St. Biscuits and gravy also will be served.

The cost is $5 for adults and $3 for children younger than 12.

For information, call the station at 815-379-2341.

Door prizes to be awarded at game

PAW PAW – Lee County Council on Aging and the village of Paw Paw plan a senior bingo day from 1 to TAMPICO – Ronald 3 p.m. Feb. 11 at the Paw Reagan Birthplace volunteers and Tampico Histor- Paw Community Building, ical Society members will 362 Chicago Road.

Prizes and door prizes will celebrate the late presibe given away. An LCCOA dent’s 104th birthday. representative also will disActivities will be from cuss programs, activities, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, and services offered. featuring an open house For information, call at the Tampico Historical Samantha at 815-288Museum, 119 Main St. Cake, punch, and coffee 9236. will be served. Free tours of the birthplace, at 111 and 113 Main St., also will Benefit to help be given. restoration project For more information, MOUNT MORRIS – A contact Joan Johnson at February Finds Antiques garyjoan@thewisp.net or and Collectibles Market 815-622-8705. fundraiser will be from 9 to 4 p.m. Feb. 7 at Program features a.m. the Moose Lodge 1551 Civil War women Family Center, 485 E. Hitt STERLING – The Sterling- St. More than 20 dealers Rock Falls Historical Society will sell antiques, vintage will meet at 2 p.m. Feb. 8 in the Ryberg Auditorium at collectibles, and artwork.

Proceeds will be divided CGH Medical Center, 100 between the Mount Morris E. LeFevre Road.

The speaker will be Betty Fire Protection District’s Carlson Kay of Wilmette, an restoration of a 1930s’ fire author and retired teacher engine, and the Moose who will discuss “Three lodge. Food and beverIllinois Women in the Civil ages will be available for War.” Her program focuses purchase. on Jennie Hodgers, who This year’s Let Freedom fought in the war disguised Ring Festival Committee as Pvt. Albert Cashier; Mary will have a bake sale, with Ann “Mother” Bickerdyke, a Civil War nurse who helped its proceeds to go to the festival. start 300 hospitals for the Admission is $3 and free sick and wounded; and for those 5 and younger.

Julia Dent Grant, the wife of Children must be accomUnion General Ulysses S. panied by an adult. The Grant. lodge is accessible to Refreshments will be wheelchairs. For informaserved.

The public is welcome. tion, call 815-734-7244.

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POULTRY COMPETITION WINNERS Section 1 FFA members competed in the Poultry Career Development Event Jan. 14 at River Ridge High School in Hanover. Individual winners are (kneeling, from left) Drew Groezinger of Stockton High School, 453; Jordan McLain of River Ridge, 413; Hannah Brundi, 411.5, and Sam Eden, 411, both of Stockton High School; and Ryan Schiess of Scales Mound High School, 409.5; and (standing) Rachel Dykstra of West Carroll High School in Savanna, 380.5; Rhett Geisz of River Ridge, 383.5; Steven Murphy of Eastland High School in Lanark, 392; and Jamie Cullor 404, and Rhett Merrell, 406, both of Forreston High School.

Competition included judging live chickens, raw meat, frozen meat, cuts of meat, eggs, and grade of eggs.

Photo submitted by Christy Ralston

The West Carroll FFA Greenhands took on several teams at a recent Parliamentary Procedure contest.

Members are (in no particular order) Dean Holm, Legend Nelson, Leland Houzenga, Katie Hoffman, Shae Williams, Sage Storjohann, and Emma Aljets.

Photo submitted by Don Mathey

West Carroll FFA team wins Amboy competition AMBOY – The Amboy High School Invitational FFA Parliamentary Procedure Career Development Event was Jan. 21.

The West Carroll High School team from Savan-

na placed first with a score of 708.

Individual winners were, Sage Storjohann, first, secretary; and Katie Hoffman, second, chairman.

Legend Nelson, Emma

Aljets, Sage Storjohann, Shae Williams, and Dean Holm placed second, fifth, seventh, eighth, and ninth respectively, as floor members.

The second- through

fourth-place teams competing were Geneseo High School, 679; Amboy High School, 500; and Rochelle High Township School, 386.

Members completed

a 25-question multiple choice test, presented a 10-minute demonstration using parliamentary motions, and answered oral questions about the motions used.

Milne, Jordan Moeller, Drake Myers, Morgan Near, Morgan Pope, Jordan Reynold, Highest Honors Carlos Rodriguez, Bailee Seniors: John Alls, MauRosalez, Bailie Smith, Berin relle Behrens, Chelsi Blair, Tefiku, and Dakota WilkinSamantha Butts, Kimberly son.

Davis, Beatriz Estrella, MorJuniors: Dangelo Abell, gan Folgers, Aaron Frank, Francisco Arellano Aguilera, Vanessa Kitsmiller, Katherine Sydney Arickx, Alexandar Krone, Brady Lenox, Zion Lit- Cantu, Donovan Flynn, Rowtle, Matthew Long, Carmina land Gillette, Stephanie GuerLopez, Jacob Mammosser, rero, Carter Kelemen, CooCollin Marcum, Elizabeth per Kilberg, Ariel McClearin, McKee, Ashley Meenen, Sin Arran McPerryman, Taylor Ngai, Jennifer Poci, Katelyn Mendoza, Jenea Montanez, Scott, Jacob Seidel, MichaeAnna Musselman, Mackla Spreier, Nicole Tupper, enzie Schueler, Madason Anaiza Uribe, and Michaela Shaw, Raven Valdivia, and Ward.

Jesus Villa.

Juniors: Reid Akerman, Sophomores: Nicole ArduMichaela Busch, Johanna ini, Anna Austin, Bailey BickCravatta, Melodie Dohogne, Kylon Gragert, Morgan Ham- ett, Brandon Clark, Emmi mond, Noah Junis, Elizabeth Gladhill, Isaiah Harris, Brandon Kilday, Miranda Long, Lego, Gavin Long, Isabelle Brennan Mammosser, Jacob Meister, Bronson Mintun, Matthews, Brooke Nelson, Nolan Moeller, Amber Rasmussen, Kierstyn Summers, Katyn Parrott, Colten Peterson, Alexander Richards, Clay Velazquez, Braeden Cayden Roberts, Keegan Westfall, Mysty Wilkinson, Robinson, Breana Saldivar, Alexis Wilson, and Olivia Jacob Schwenk, Lillian ShuWorkman. man, and Adison Wolf.

Sophomores: Kaitlin Freshmen: Isaiah AnderBrown, Rollie Elder, Ciara son, Jared Betts, Blake ClaxGarza, Jaiden Hemminger, ton, Karley Crady, Nicholas Austin Jones, Molly Mammosser, Jacob Miller, Logan Ebersole, Makenzie Fauble, Flaynn Fragd, Branden Pillars, Gracie Rabuck, Joel Gordon, Drew Gray, AubriRozhon, Natalie Soltow, Gretchen Thomas, and Ruby ana Heald, Alexis Hurley, Katie Kuhlemier, Dacotah Willett.

Lowrance, Jalen Morthland, Freshmen: Alexis Bauer, Emily Musselman, Daniel Jacob Oltmans, Brianna Ripley, Shyanne Robinett, Razo, Hannah Rockwell, Hernan Rodriguez, Gage Faith Sandrock, Madeline Rosenow, Nicholas Rozhon, Short, and Abbee Sigel.

Bradi Schrader, Ashly Torres, High Honors Noah Tupper, and Joshua Seniors: Dylan Abrams, Alexis Arrezola, Ireland Bab- Watts.

Honors bitt, Noah Burkitt, Peyton Seniors: Taylor AshBurnett, Carrigan Chouinard, Kobe Conklin, Kobe Conklin, ley, Adryan Bales, Brittany Bohlken, Connor Cain, Destiny Dahler, Ciara DickNathanial Cater, Maria Cid son, Daniel Gordon, Brian Haan, Megan Hippen, Emily Tochimani, Dallas Clevenger, Kitsmiller, Hannah Lutz, Mat- Eric Drolema, Gabriela Duz, Tegan Frankfother, Angela thew Mammosser, Peyton

Martinez, Hayley President, Samantha Schauff, Kristopher Squire, Shaylee Stoner, Christian Torres, and Terrisa Willett.

Juniors: Jaeden Campos, Sarina Campos, Cameron Gann, Alexis Herrera, Jamie Howard, Joshua Hughes, Jennifer Luevano, Sydnie Nailor, Nicolasa Padilla, Dacia Schinderling, Zachery Scott, Daisy Sosa, Natalie Swanson, Coy Tarbill, David Villa, Katera Whitaker, and Seth Williams.

Sophomores: Victoria Areezola, Shilah Austin, Emily Blackert, Primitivo Cosileon, Jessica Dale, Ashtyn Folgers, Angel Freas, Armando Garnica, Abigail Gray, Brayden Hamblen, Joshua Hewitt, Artaziah Hill, Saire Johnson, Trevor Jordan, John Kelly, Emily Marcum, Karlie Parrott, Tommy Puckett, Allie Renner, Dylan Riddle, Lexus Rivera, Emily Sauer, April Simon, Phoenix Starr, Alexia Vinson Ishmon, Bailey Wetzell, Zachary Wildman, Sydney Young, and Austin Zink.

Freshmen: Dylan Barron, Sonea Cantu, Thomas Christensen, Dalton Christian, Zachary Dale, Jacob Frankfother, Genieve Herrera, Jacob Hicks, Jasmine Insley, Savanna Keefer, Madeline LeFevre, Isabel Martinez, Kristen Mewhirter, Ana Padilla, Nadia Poff, Shantell Preston, Tessa Preston, Jackson Reinhardt, Ruben Reyes Jr., Shae Romero, Brenna Schofield, Taylor Stevens, Shelby Stingley, April Torres, Logan Warner, Alexandria Wheat, Ty Wille, Jack Williamson, and Corey Wolf.

pell, Mark Durham, Kassandra Estrella, Karli Fischbach, Kylie Fischbach, Kashmir Johnson, Nichole Lilly, Takia McGowan, Amelia Mount, Brayden Mulnix, Sydney Reyes, and Emma Watts.

Seventh grade: Skylar Abell, Ethan Cravatta, Arleth Diaz, Alexis Ellis, Emma Everly, Alexandra Gomez, Abigail Gordon, Adrian Ibarra, Elijah Johnson, Angel Moreno, Ruby Padilla, Richard Reyes, Rosaura Salgado, Adison Schofield, Kennedy Shaw, Maria Uribe, Utah Velazquez, Anna Wei, and Cole Whitebread.

Eighth grade: Erica Alex, Noah Bellows, Molly Buck, Taliyah Chattic-McGowan, Javier De La Torre, Chloe Frump, Tiana Green, Christopher Leal, Payton Lenox, Joshua Lillpop, Larry Miller, Debra Ratliff, Rio Salas, Grace Stahr, Taya Velazquez, Carlos Villa, and Gracie Young.

High Honors Sixth grade: Erika Austin, Raven Bauer, Christopher Beaird, Landon Bennett, Dontavious Brown, Jermiah Burtlow, Lacey Burtlow, Marcus Delgado, Kainan Echebarria, Anna Flores, Colin Flynn, Brady Fossett, Damarys Garcia Fernandez, Nolan Gragert, Madison Greer, Luis Guerrero, Jonah Helfrich, Rosa Ibarra, Marco Lopez, Anisa Lugo, Myrahcle Matthews, Alexavier McDoneld, Kamerin McGlown, Nevaeh Menendez, Liberty Nichols, Kennedi Oltmans, Maximus Parker, Abigail Peyton, Keith Port, Isaac Reyes, Brooklynn Reynolds, Martha Rivera, Adam Smith, Brayden Tarbill, Asri Tefiku, Morgan Veracini, Jennifer Villa, Sydney Wallace, Courtney Walls, and Dylan Williamson.

Seventh grade: Cade Adams, Deonte Cotton, Breyman Dile, Maria Flores, Brandon Fossett, Jade Fullmer, Nadya Gonzales, Alvaro Hernandez, Lee Hippen, Jalen Johnson, Aja Jones, Carmen Mendoza, Mia Molina, Lydia Montes, Charles Nichols, Daniel Noble, Devon Parker, Gannon Pashon, Mardy Preston, Shannon Rinehart, Isaiah Rios, Brittney Shipman, Kamren Shuman, Allison Simmer, Mason Simmons, Marly Siperly, Kolten Smith, Kamden Staples, Zari Stoeker, Shania Witherow, and Ethan Young.

Eighth grade: Theodore Ardelean, Philip Arduini, Austin Baeza, Browdie Benti, Xheneta Beqiri, Ian Buckingham, Jacob Bush, Eliana Castillo, Tyler Claxton, German DelaCruz, Sean Delgado, Alexander Dixon, Kodi Elder, Kaitlyne Eshelman, Cierra Gonzales, Madison Gould, Austin Handel, Lavarus Heard, Anissa Hernandez, Braydon Johnson, Detrich Johnson, Abigail Jones, Gabriel Karpiel, Peyton Kelemen, Andrew Leal, Jasmine Lilly-Lee, Jacquelynn Luevano, Logan Newman, Kirstin Smith, Gage Swanson, Mirrin Tompkins, Olivia-Hope Toppert, and Emily Walls.

West Carroll will compete Wednesday at the Section 1 FFA Parliamentary Procedure Career Development Event at River Ridge High School in Hanover.

HONOR ROLLS Rock Falls High School

Rock Falls Middle School Highest Honors Sixth grade: Chase Chap-

ericks, Hannah Grady, Kylie Highbarger, Arianna Noble, and Delaney Wilhelm.

Freshmen: Mychala Dinges, Kaitlin Tarr, Reece Vaessen, and Logan Winters.

High Honors Seniors: Nick Bickett, Joanna Fredericks, Christopher Jones, Anthony Karlsson, Kyle Kemmerer, Ryan Leffelman, Sam Owens, Mary Reglin, Jonas Stevens, and Sydney Wilhelm.

Juniors: Briahna Erbes, Lauren Gerdes, Madison Gerdes, Kelsie Lachat, Vivian O’Laughlin, Jennifer Popovich, Ashley Saccomando, Paige Setchell, Abbi Vaessen, and Renee Vaessen.

Sophomores: Megan Grady, Emma Lindenmeyer, and Katelynn Pankhurst.

Freshmen: Molly Ackert, Kallie Appleman, Justin Barton, Chloe Finn, Justin Hart, William Morrison, Easi Rangel, and Kaitlyn Wilhite.

Honors Seniors: Riley Barton, Jennifer Boyle, Nicholas Dewey, Andrew Ferguson, Amber Hartman, Taylor Hicks, Colin Hindriks, Cecilia Seier, Logan Thake, Hunter Varga, Becca Vermeis, and Skyelar Zimmerly.

Juniors: Kaylin Dempsey, Ryan Hall, and Paul Meyer.

Sophomores: Brandon Dunne, Alex Eisenberg, Amboy High School Matthew Fawkes, Makayla Feith, Madeline Foster, Highest Honors Seniors: Julia Daszkiewicz, Jordan Hochstatter, Brady Hulin, Cameryn Koch, Hallie Kennedy Dinges, Madeline Nauman, Cain Powers, and Ely, Austin Henkel, Marissa Haley Varga.

Henkel, Sam Klein, Kaitlyn Freshmen: Ben Clark, Liebing, Liam Ohlendorf, ElizCassidy Corcoran, Sydney abeth Ortgiesen, and Grace Friel, Alyssa Gascoigne, KenThompson. neth Hartman, Samantha Juniors: Kailyn Alleven, Holt, MacKenzie Ketchum, Zach Becker, BillieJo Cynthia Lutyens, Emily MorDeininger, Lindsey Dewey, Gregory Kessel, and Delaney rison, Grace Nelson, Katie Patterson, Lukas Schaver, Powers. and Rayven Wehling.

Sophomores: Katie Fred-

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Generating passive income pretty simple Dear Dave, I’ve been following your plan, and I’d like to find a way to make a little more money on the side. Do you have any ideas for generating some passive income?

– Taiwan Dear Taiwan, First, I want to make sure you’re not getting involved with some get-rich-quick scheme, like a nothingdown real estate seminar.

Passive income is a term that’s sometimes attached to those sorts of things.

Passive income is pretty simple; it’s income from

investments. In other words, it’s money you set aside that makes you money. There’s not any other income that is real passive income.

If you wrote a book and got royalties from the sales, some people would call that passive income.

I get royalties from the books I’ve written over the years, but the people who would call that passive income didn’t follow me around while I was working my tail off to write and sell those things. To me, it wasn’t passive income at all; it

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was a business. Technically, the government would call it passive income. But they don’t have anything to do with reality.

When it comes to passive income, I invest in only two things – real estate, for which I pay cash, and

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Guitars line Grayson’s Tune Town on Jan. 16 in Montrose, California. $1,300 in retail shops and instruments, declined on Fender’s site. to comment. But a perDealers do more than son familiar with Guitar just sell equipment too.

Center’s strategy, who They provide lessons and requested anonymity repairs that manufacturbecause of the sensitivity ers don’t offer. of the topic, said execuEven the big store tives fear direct sales by chains are apparently manufacturers could hurt concerned. revenue at its 260 stores Guitar Center, the largand its online retailer est seller of musical Musician’s Friend.

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Futures used to be traded mostly by drillers, refiners and others in the oil business looking to lock in prices for crude that they needed to sell or buy in future months.

Now, much of the trading is done by pension funds, hedge funds or day traders like Thomas who almost never touch a barrel of oil. They have no use for it, except as a way of diversifying their investments or to make a quick buck for themselves or their clients.

That futures market has ballooned in size and importance. Since futures need not involve an exchange of a single barrel, the number of these side bets can outstrip the number of actual barrels available. In a typical month traders buy and sell contracts for 15 billion barrels of just one kind of crude, West Texas Intermediate, on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

That’s five times the number of barrels of all types of oil consumed globally each month.

Whether this furious trading distorts the market or helps it better reflect supply and demand is a subject of fierce debate. There is little consensus in dozens of academic papers on

the issue, and little evidence their bets have a lasting impact on price.

Whatever the truth, oil traders today seem more at the mercy of the market than its masters.

It is a market that Richard Weissman won’t touch right now.

“I’m all about managing risk,” said Weissman, who writes about markets and trades commodities and currencies from his home in Port Richey, Florida.

“Right now oil is high risk.”

Last summer the market didn’t seem so treacherous. It was even sleepy.

The price of oil was hovering near $100 a barrel, as it had for much of the previous 4 years. On June 6, one measure of market volatility – how quickly and dramatically prices change – reached its lowest level ever recorded.

The number of contracts traded was 29 percent below normal.

But in the background, supply was rising and demand falling, a combination that lowers prices.

U.S. production had risen 70 percent over 6 years.

Demand was falling as rich countries became more fuel efficient and growth in the developing world slowed.

Then the economies of Europe and Japan began to sputter, pinching demand further.

Traders began selling.

Buyers became scarce.

Volatility quadrupled between June and December.

As drivers watched pump prices drop and exporters like Venezuela and Russia reeled from lost revenue, traders scrambled to make money.

Trafigura Beheer, a giant trading firm based in Amsterdam, said the pickup in oil trading helped boost its profits 14 percent last year.

Dominick Chirichella, an energy investor and consultant, trades a fraction of what Trafigura does.

But he also had a terrific few months as the market moved steadily lower.

He kept betting that oil would fall further, but he was careful about it. He set up secondary trades that acted like insurance policies. When he was wrong and oil turned up, those trades would pull him out of the market quickly before losses snowballed.

“Whether you make 50 cents or $1, you don’t care, you’re making money,” he said. “And as it keeps going down you find yourself in something special.”

Oil’s now around $44, down from $107 in June.

And with little consensus about where crude’s headed, the decision to buy or sell is more complicated.

District home to thousands of farmers COMMITTEES

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Bustos said she had fought for family farmers and rural communities of her 17th District.

Last Congress, Bustos reported, she worked to pass the first bipartisan long-term farm bill in years and continues to fight for Illinois biofuels by pushing for a robust

Renewable Fuels Standard.

Her bipartisan Water Infrastructure Now Public-Private Partnership Act, which was integrated into the Water Resources Reform and Development Act, and signed into law last June, will also help Illinois farmers by spurring upgrades to aging locks and dams on the Mississippi and Illinois rivers while also

saving taxpayer money, she said.

The 17th Congressional District is home to thousands of farmers and millions of acres of farmland in corn and soybean production, as well as hogs and cattle. The district also encompasses the world headquarters of Caterpillar and Deere and Co., and the National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research in Peoria.

Dear Barbara, I think you should look at a couple of things. First, you need full-coverage or collision if you don’t have a lot of money, because you’ll end up walking if the car gets totaled.

You need this coverage, even if it’s a $2,000 car. You might keep the deductible a little high to save on premiums and then, if something unexpected happens, you can cover the out-of-pocket expense with your emergency fund.

Let’s say you have

$50,000 in savings. You’re driving a $5,000 car, and you decide to drop collision coverage because you’re thinking if you total it you can just write a check and replace the car. You can, but then you have to look at the other side of the coin.

What does this collision coverage cost per year versus the $5,000 risk you’re taking?

I’ve run those numbers a few times, and generally I find collision insurance to be a pretty smart buy.

– Dave

Astrograph Create a closer bond with your loved ones Sunday, February 1, 2015

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 19) -- Try to include your family in any social events that arise.

You need to create a closer bond with your loved ones. Your entertaining nature will win favors from co-workers.

Some won’t touch market PLUNGE

It’s a smart buy Dear Dave, I’m following your plan and trying to find different ways to save money.

What’s a good way to decide whether you need full-coverage insurance on an automobile?

– Barbara

You have a strong sense of what you want to accomplish this year. Your goals are high, but organization and diplomacy will be a must if you want to fulfill your dreams. If you’re not afraid to ask for help, you will be surprised how much easier your life can be. This is a year to work with others, not to go it alone.

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“One guy walked out of the meeting and said, ‘I’m a new dealer, and I’m sorry for that now,’” said Grayson, 71. Grayson’s, a longtime Fender dealer, has been in business since 1953.

By selling directly to shoppers, Fender is catching up to other industries including personal technology and sporting goods that have been selling online through manufacturer websites for years.

But the musical instruments industry is different, experts, executives and retailers said. People tend to want to play the instrument they’re interested in before spending more than a thousand dollars on it.

For instance, a standard Stratocaster costs about

good growth stock mutual funds. Active income usually takes the form of a small business idea or your career. That’s income that you, yourself, are literally creating.

– Dave

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Emotionally, things won’t run too smoothly today. Try not to let someone corner you. This is not the time to be faced with a situation that could result in isolation. Busy yourself with activities that will enhance your looks.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Your friends or relatives will be able to give you some good advice if you confide in them. You need to get out and enjoy yourself more often. Look for inexpensive but entertaining activities.

TAURUS (April 20May 20) -- Your life will stabilize if you stick to a tight budget. Take care not to be talked into donating to organizations that you believe in but can’t afford to help.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- You have to put your energy to good use by taking part in competitive sports events, socializing with friends or spending time with a loved one. Your passion will be hard to contain.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- You can learn if you listen to others. You need to stand back and decide if you are really going in a direction that will satisfy your needs.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- You need to take time to do things for yourself. You’ve been so busy caring for everyone else that you’ve forgotten what it’s like to be pampered.

VIRGO (Aug. 23Sept. 22) -- Arguments will lead to anxiety and frustration, not to mention loneliness and hurt.

Don’t overreact to your partner’s lack of time or attention. Keep busy. Get involved in your own

interests, and you won’t be by yourself for long.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- Your quick wit will win you points. Voice your opinion, but don’t be too pushy, or opposition will arise. Physical activity will be rewarding. You will have the energy to get things finished.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24Nov. 22) -- Channel your efforts into fixing up your home, not arguing with those you live with. Don’t let your stubborn nature lead to irreconcilable differences.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- An emotional partner will be upset if you have been neglecting your duties. Someone you have become friends with has greater interest in you than you realize. Tread carefully.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Don’t let yourself be dragged into a love triangle. Be sure that the person you date is free and clear of past involvements. Children will play an important role today.

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Upper Mississippi photo contest winners named THOMSON – The Stewards of the Upper Mississippi River Refuge had a photo contest in conjunction with the Clinton Bald Eagle Watch in Clinton, Iowa.

There were 107 photos submitted by 40 photographers. Categories were, digital, single-lens reflex, point and shoot, and youth. Prizes were donated by Camera Corner in Davenport, Iowa, and the judges were from the Quad Cities Camera Club.

DSLR winners are Mike Trahan of Mundelein, first, and Alan Stankevitz of La Crecent, Minnesota, second and third.

In the point and shoot category, Connie Zink of Savanna took first and second; and Jennie Wilcox of Clinton, Iowa, won third.

Ethan Brown of Savanna won first place in the youth category and JR Bodkin of South Barrington won the people’s choice category.

Photos will be on display through today at the Learning Center, 7071 Riverview Road.

Go to Stewards of the Upper Mississippi River This eagle soars above Lock and Dam 13 on a cold and windy Friday in Fulton. JR Bodkin of South Barrington won the people’s choice on You Tube to view a awards with this shot, taken with a Canon 7D with 1.4x teleconverter on a Canon 500mm F4.0 lens. Processed in Adobe Lightroom and video of the contest. adjusted cropping (big time), brighten shadows, sharpening, some saturation, dodge and burn. Photos submitted.

This photo was taken between January and February at Lock and Dam 14 on the Upper Mississippi River, above Davenport, Iowa, and Moline. Mike Trahan of Mundelein won first place in the digital single-lens reflex division. He used a Canon 7D with a Canon 600mm mk II lens, all taken as raw. The adjustments were cropping, dodging and burning, lightening some shadows, a slight vignette, and contrast, saturation and sharpening. Photos submitted.

An eagle takes time to eat in March 2011 in Sabula, Iowa. Connie Zink of Savanna won first place in the point and shoot category with a Sony Point and Shoot.

A perched eagle posed at Lock and Dam 13 on the Upper Mississippi River above Clinton, Iowa, and Fulton. Ethan Brown of Savanna took first place in the youth category with a Canon PowerShot XS40 HS, no adjustments were made.

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS Bellajo Rose Watkins Bobbie and Dexter Watkins of Morrison are the parents of a daughter born at 1:23 p.m.

Dec. 27, 2014, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Bellajo Rose Watkins weighed 6 pounds, 7 ounces at birth and was 21 inches in length.

She is welcomed by Traemical Watkins, 4.

Maternal grandparents are Gloria Carroll and Robert Carroll, both of Morrison.

Paternal grandparents are the late Rosemary

Watkins and Clarence sell of Highlands Ranch, Colorado.

Watkins.

Paternal grandmother is Jolene Kolb of SterGavin Michael ling.

Holcomb Maternal great-grandBeccah Rubright and parents are Bob and Brett Holcomb of Mor- Barb Rubright of Rock rison are the parents of Falls and June Gorzney a son born at 12:51 p.m. of Morrison.

Jan. 16, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in SterMalcolm Mulder ling.

Dillon Gavin Michael Holcomb weighed 8 pounds Antoinette and Bobby at birth and was 21 inch- Dillon of Dixon are the es in length. parents of a son born at He is welcomed by 3:47 a.m. Jan. 6, 2015, at Aydenn Holcomb, 3.

KSB Hospital in Dixon.

Maternal grandparents Malcolm Mulder Dilare Mark Rubright of lon weighed 6 pounds, 6 Fulton and Marie Fis- ounces at birth and was

19.5 inches in length.

Maternal grandparents are Antonio and Brenda Brown of Dixon.

Paternal grandparents are Brent and Katherine Eilers of Sterling and Rob Dillon of Cheboygan, Michigan.

Maternal great-grandparents are Lester Flaherty and Audris Lawson, both of Dixon, and Onnie Brown of Chicago.

Paternal great-grandparents are Sam and Nettie Dillon of Cheboygan, Carole and Clarence Wenzel of Oglesby, and Lee and Nancy Eilers of Sterling.

Karl Edwin Ketchum IV

Hudson Oliver Liepitz

Monica Escobar of Rock Falls and Karl Ketchum III of Dixon are the parents of a son born at 8:13 a.m. Jan. 16, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Karl Edwin Ketchum IV weighed 10 pounds, 4 ounces at birth and was 23 inches in length.

Maternal grandparents are Angelica Baltazar of Rock Falls and Sondro Escobar of Sterling.

Paternal grandparents are Daveena Williams and Karl Ketchum Jr., both of Dixon.

Cyndi and Jasun Liepitz of Sterling are the parents of a son born at 1:28 a.m. Dec. 20, 2014, at KSB Hospital in Dixon.

Hudson Oliver Liepitz weighed 8 pounds, 3 ounces at birth and was 20 inches in length.

Maternal grandparents are Loren and Kathye Bollman of Elburn.

Paternal grandparents are Greg and Cathy Liepitz of Wonder Lake.

Maternal great-grandparents are Carolyn Bollman of Rock Falls and George Weight of Naperville.

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Hollywood has second home

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A high-rise apartment complex in Beijing is called Palm Springs. Many apartment and shopping complexes are named for places in California and New York.

In China, the California name and connection are golden

BY JULIE MAKINEN Tribune News Service

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housands of Beijingers wake up every day in Yosemite in Northern California. Hordes more have moved to Palm Springs, not to mention Orange County and Silver Lake. They shop at UCLA and go to Hollywood for a bite to eat.

All without leaving the Chinese capital.

When I first moved to China about a year ago, I fretted a tad about missing the Golden State and living in a country where everything had unfamiliar names. Instead, I’ve found it hard to escape California’s good vibrations: There seems to be a little slice of home – or at least some weird or wacky reference to it – almost everywhere you turn.

In Hong Kong, you can buy a villa in Beverly Hills, a gated community whose amenities – a go-cart race track, indoor ski slope and pet hotel – appear aimed at those with 90210-type tastes and wallets. A new 27-story building in the territory’s Lan Kwai Fong district, packed with restaurants and bars, is called the California Tower.

Chongqing has a California Inn, and you can check into a Hotel California of one stripe or another in cities across the country (and hopefully, at some point, leave). Parents in Sichuan send tots to the California Sunshine kindergarten, while Hangzhou shoppers can engage in retail therapy at the California Sunshine mall.

Orange County – an hour’s drive north of downtown Beijing – is a housing development designed by, yes, a Newport Beach architect and built with imported American tiles and fixtures. But authenticity is hardly a prerequisite for allusion: Beijing’s Silver Lake is a gated com-

In Beijing, you can eat at Hollywood, a restaurant chain that offers up everything from waffles to teriyaki chicken.

A chain of clothing stores in China is called UCLA. The name is licensed from the university. munity with large, boxy houses and no hipsters, architectural pearls or reservoir. The capital’s Yosemite subdivision, meanwhile, boasts a boulder out front that resembles Half Dome if you squint, but the homes are McMansionstyle, not mini-Ahwahnees.

“California has a strong impression among Chinese for its sunshine, beach, and relaxed lifestyle, which highlights happiness, enjoyment and indulgence,” said Feifei Xu, strategy director of Labbrand, a Shanghai-based branding consultancy.

Sure, Beijing also boasts Manhattan-minded apartment complexes: Central Park, Central Park Plaza, Soho and Park Avenue. Paris is also a popular locale to name-check.

But California does stick out for the sheer multitude of shops, hotels, housing complexes and other businesses that take their inspiration from the state.

A search of records at the Trademark Office of China’s State Administration for Industry and Commerce found 271 companies – from clothing makers to lighting manufacturers – that have registered the word

“California” as part of their name, compared with 63 that use “New York.” Countless other businesses never bother to register trademarks.

Of course, California and China have a longstanding relationship that dates to the gold rush era of the 19th century, when Chinese laborers came across the Pacific to toil in mines as well as on farms and railroads and in the garment industry – and faced significant institutionalized discrimination. But contemporary culture has largely overwritten those hardships in the popular imagination.

Xu, the branding expert, noted that songs such as the Eagles’ “Hotel California” and the Mamas and the Papas’ “California Dreamin’” (included on the soundtrack for Wong Kar-wai’s 1994 cult classic film, “Chungking Express”) have exerted a powerful influence on younger Chinese. They trigger, she said, “feelings of escape, exile and ... a dreaming land.”

The Chinese tourists, students and investors who have gone to California in waves in recent years have returned home with visions that echo in myriad and unpredictable ways.

Take, for example, Li

Beiqi, a Chinese immigrant who returned from California in the late 1980s and opened a string of eateries called California Beef Noodle King U.S.A. A host of imitators soon jumped on the bandwagon, and nowadays, if you head to a train station or shopping center food court, you’re almost bound to see one of Li’s shops (now simply called Mr. Li), or a branch of an imitator with the words California Beef Noodle prominently featured.

(To my California tongue, the taste is 100 percent China.)

Beef noodles, though, aren’t the only “California” cuisine in China.

There’s a California Barbecue south of Tiananmen Square, and a place called California Aromatic Chicken Ltd. A chain of cafes called Hollywood offers up everything from waffles to teriyaki chicken, and for dessert there was (until recently) a shop known as Hollywood Squirrel Yogurt.

In February, Southern California natives Michael Tsai and Christian Jensen opened what many Angelenos might recognize as a more “real” L.A. restaurant in Beijing. Situated in a hutong, or historic alleyway, Palms L.A. serves

Mexican-Korean fusion cuisine – think kimchi quesadillas – pioneered in Los Angeles by chefs such as Roy Choi. Cocktails include a blue-andbrown mix called “L.A. Water” and another dubbed “El Immigrante,” made with yerba mateinfused vodka.

“The perception of California as a mythical place is really strong in the minds of Chinese compared to other places in the U.S.,” said Tsai, citing L.A.’s weather, proximity to China, prestigious universities and large population of Chinese exchange students.

The duo initially thought of opening a hot-pot restaurant, but realized the city was already packed with them and they needed a more distinctive theme.

L.A. food trucks came to mind, and Palms L.A. was born.

The restaurant has developed something of a cult following — Mayor Eric Garcetti and several City Council members paid a visit when they were in China in November.

“The L.A. brand is a marquee brand here in China right now,” Garcetti said.

Even UCLA has seen fit to capitalize on the L.A.-as-lifestyle ethos in China. Head to a mall and you might stumble upon a store called UCLA that resembles the Gap

and peddles khakis and polo shirts.

It’s not a rip-off. The university actually licenses its name to a Chinese partner, which has more than two dozen outlets across the country.

Cynthia Holmes, director of UCLA Trademarks & Licensing, explained that in markets such as China, “UCLA” signifies not just the university but also a whole host of positive attributes that makes the name work as an “aspirational” fashion brand with products far beyond Bruin T-shirts and caps.

Besides China, the school has licensees in markets such as India, Australia, Japan, the Middle East and Europe, which sell UCBCbranded clothing in both stand-alone shops and department stores.

Worldwide royalties bring in nearly $1 million in annual revenue, with China one of the largest markets.

“The Southern California location, the image that there’s always sunshine, the adjacency to the Hollywood scene, Disneyland ... ‘UCLA’ includes some of that imagery,” Holmes said.

Add it up and all these signs of L.A. are enough, sometimes, to make a gal feel like home is not so far away after all.

Now if I could just get a Dodger Dog or a Philippe’s French dip.

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UNIFORM SERVICE AGREEMENT

CHRISTMAS DELIVERY

Inprintable Memories Inc. in Rock Falls and the Uniform Den in Moline and Rockford will supply uniforms to the Twin City Joint Fire Command, Sterling Police, and Whiteside County Sheriff departments. At the recent partnership announcement were (from left) Bill Milby, Twin City Joint Fire Command deputy chief; Sara Young, Sterling Police Department administrative secretary; Gary Cook, Twin City Joint Fire Command chief; Sena Warkins, Imprintable Memories president, owner; Kelly Wilhelmi, Whiteside County sheriff; and Becky Kilber, Imprintable Memories office manager. Photo submitted by Warkins.

J.C. Penny Co. associates in Sterling collected Christmas presents for two community families in November and December. Clay Phillips, store leader, stands next to the gifts for one of the families. A food bank and Big Brothers, Big Sisters provided food. The group devised creative ideas to raise money during the collection period. Photo submitted.

Farm Service Agency reminds farmers to update records AMBOY – Foreign investors with an interest in agricultural lands in the U.S. are required to report their holdings and any transactions to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture no later than 90 days after the date of the transaction.

An Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act must be filed with the Farm Service Agency county office where the

land is located.

Failure to file a report, filing a late report, or filing an inaccurate report can result in a penalty with fines up to 25 percent of the fair market value of the agricultural land.

For AFIDA purposes, agricultural land is defined as any land used for farming, ranching, or timber production, if the tracts total 10 acres or

more. Disclosure reports also are required when there are changes in land use.

For example, reports are necessary when land use changes from nonagricultural to agricultural or from agricultural to nonagricultural.

Foreign investors also must file a report when there is a change in the status of ownership, such as owner changes from

foreign to nonforeign, from nonforeign to foreign or from foreign to foreign.

Data gained from these disclosures is used to prepare an annual report to the president and Congress concerning the effect of such holdings upon family farms and rural communities in the U.S. Farmland owners and farmers also are remind-

ed to make sure their records are current.

The FSA collects and maintains an extensive record system that assists the county office in making eligibility determinations for participants to receive authorized benefits in the following categories: personal date changes, bank account changes, farm record changes, deceased producers, and successor in

interest. FSA also requires owners of real estate be listed on applicable Farm Program and Conservation Reserve Program contracts, and changes of ownership, such as trusts and life estates be reported.

For more information regarding AFIDA and FSA programs, call any FSA office, or visit usda.gov, the U.S. Department of Agriculture website.

a Master Gardener help desk, continental breakfast and buffet lunch, and door prizes.

To register, go to edu/ registration/?Registration ID=1579 or call any extension office, ext. 2. In Lee County, call 815-8573525; Carroll County, 815244-9444; or Whiteside County, 815-772-4075,

by March 10. The cost is $40.

The course will be offered at 807D S. Clay St., Mount Carroll; 100 E. Knox St., Morrison; and at 280 W. Wasson Road, Amboy.

New this year will be an option to view the webinar from a home computer. Go to edu/hmrs/4seasons to register online.

Go to edu/clw or call 815-835-2070 for times or to register at a county office.

Beekeeping part of winter series

Conservationist to lead workshop

Four Seasons Gardening, a 12-session program on landscaping topics, will be presented via webinar at the University of Illinois Carroll-Lee-Whiteside Extension Unit offices.

Topics include “Sempervivums,” Tuesday; “Beekeeping,” Feb. 17; and “The Edible Indoor Garden,” March 3. The cost is $5 per session, and free to Master Gardeners.

MORRISON – A Living Soils and Composting course will be from 1 to 4 p.m. Feb. 12 at the Morrison Extension office, 100 E. Knox St. Sharon Hartzold, U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Services, area resource conservationist, and Alan Dale of Rare Earth will be the presenters.

The class will offer how to get started on conservation planning and soil health. Topics include the how’s and why’s of composting, the science, materials used in the feedstocks process, recipes, and process and monitoring equipment.

Trouble shooting techniques, and quality, application, important EPA regulations, and potential markets of composting, also will be covered.

Go to edu/clw or call Mary Nelson at the Whiteside Extension office at 815-772-4075 to register

by Friday.

AITC is an educational program designed to educate students of all ages on agriculture’s role in society.

The WCFB Foundation, a general nonprofit corporation, serves the needs of youth through education and other opportunities to increase their knowledge of agriculture.

The internship is open to high school seniors graduating this spring semester and current college students. Preference will be given to applicants from Whiteside County who have a farm background and or are studying an agriculture- or communications-related field.

Contact Matt Lillpop, Whiteside County Farm Bureau executive director, at 815-772-2165, or matt.wcfb@frontiernet.net for more information and applications. The application deadline is Feb. 27.

regularly to set policy and business direction and to monitor and evaluate operations of the farmer-owned cooperative.

Pratt farms with family members in their corn, soybean, and seed corn operation. He served as vice chairman on the audit committee, and has served on the board since 2002.

Clinton Brown of Towanda, Kathy Reinhardt of Seaton, and Roger Schrodt of Galesburg also were elected.

will receive a $50 Kohl’s gift card. The program is part of Kohl’s Cares, Kohl’s Philanthropic Program focused on improving the lives of children. Since 2001, the program has served about 22,000 students with more than $4.2 million in scholarships and prizes.

Go to kohlskids.com for more information or to make a nomination. Nominators must be 21 years old or older.

Kohl’s has a store in Sterling.

PROGRAMS, WORKSHOPS, INTERNSHIPS Volunteers sought for nature training The University of Illinois Carroll-Lee-Whiteside Extension Unit will offer Master Naturalist training.

Interested participants will be trained by local and regional natural resource instructors.

The group will meet twice a week during June and July. The curriculum will cover topics ranging from natural history, understanding the natural world, communicating with nature, and environmental ethics and philosophy.

Participants will explore natural communities, such as prairies, forestry, special communities, and agricultural and urban communities. Ecosystems management, geology, and volunteer service projects opportunities also will be discussed.

For more information, location, and cost, call Mary Nelson at the Whiteside Extension office at 815-772-4075.

Botanic garden manager to speak DIXON – The Ready …

Set ... Grow …Gardening course will be from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 14 at Sauk Valley Community College, 173 state Route 2.

Carroll, Lee, and Ogle County Master Gardeners, in cooperation with SVCC, will present various aspects of home gardening and workshops.

The program includes a presentation on “FourStar Plants,” by Richard Hawke, plant evaluation manager at the Chicago Botanic Garden, and demonstrations during breaks between three sessions.

There also will be an exhibit hall with gardening items for purchase,

Farm Bureau to offer internships The Whiteside County Farm Bureau Foundation will offer two summer internship positions to assist in the coordination of the Agriculture in the Classroom Program.

IN BRIEF Business woman extends education

has aired on “Good Morning,” America, the “Rachel Ray Show,” and HGTV. STERLING – Becky Murray, The cost is $12 for chamber members and $15 for owner of Massage Works, nonmembers, and includes 206 E. Third St., recently a potato bar catered by Crecompleted ative Cuisine. Reservations the “End of are due by Feb. 20.

Life Massage For more information, conClass.” tact the Sauk Valley Area The course Chamber at info@sauk focused on valleyareachamber.com or how to procall 815-625-2400.

Becky vide compasPWN, a committee of the Murray sionate touch chamber, conducts educatherapy for hospice and palliative clients. tional and networking events to enhance the professional The technique is designed development of area busito help manage the pain, anxiety, and stress, that often ness women. accompanies patients.

Television host luncheon speaker STERLING – The Sauk Valley Area Chamber of Commerce and the Professional Women’s Network Committee will have a luncheon from 11:45 to 1 p.m. Feb. 25 at Bethel Reformed Church, 230 E. 23rd St. “Igniting Your Creativity, Naturally” will be presented

by Michele Beschen, the host of the Public Television show, “B Organic.”

The show features projects on good health and many shades of green. She also

Kohl’s scholarship drive underway Nominations for this year’s

December election Kohl’s Cares Scholarship for children ages results announced Program, 6 to 18, will be accepted NORMAL – Michael Pratt of Dixon was re-elected to serve a 4-year term on the 1st Farm Credit Services’ Board of Directors.

The December election ballots were counted in January.

The board has 15 memMichael bers, 12 of Pratt whom are elected by the Association’s voting stockholders. The group meets

through March 13.

Kohl’s will award about nearly $400,000 in scholarships and prizes to 2,500 young volunteers who have made a positive impact on their communities. In addition, the store will award 10 national winners a $10,000 scholarship for higher education, and donate $1,000 to a nonprofit organization on each national winner’s behalf.

About 200 students will win $1,000 regional scholarships, and 2,000 students

Local man named Friend of the Fair

and the Illinois Rabbit Breeders Association.

During the convention, the group selects individuals who are outstanding county fair supporters, volunteer workers, or innovators in the industry whom are respected by their colleagues and peers. They also select entertainment and service needs for the upcoming county fair season.

The 103 county fairs coordinate with the Aug. 13-23 State Fair in Springfield, and the Aug. 28 to Sept. 7 Du Quoin State Fair. Go to illinoiscountyfairs.org for more information.

cycling time to and from home, work, school or any place of interest. It also takes into consideration traffic conditions, and historical transportation data, real-time analytics, and crowd-sourcing information.

Go to goo.gl/EvF2H4 to view a video of the apps features.

RE/MAX has several offices in the Sauk Valley area.

Sterling soldier completes course

Army Pfc. Ivan Chino has graduated from Basic Combat Training at Fort SPRINGFIELD – Members RE/MAX expands Benning, Georgia. of the Illinois Association of The trainee received 9 information app Agricultural Fairs recently weeks of instruction in drill gathered in Springfield.

CHICAGO – Casey Reaand ceremony, weapons, Jerry Jacobs of Milledgan, RE/MAX Northern rifle marksmanship and geville, a 26-year member of Illinois chief technology bayonet training, chemical the Carroll County Fair Asso- officer, recently announced warfare, field training and ciation Board, was named a the next milestone in the tactical exercises, armed “Friend of the Illinois County company’s mobile real and unarmed combat, Fair.” estate strategy. military courtesy, military Jacobs was selected for his Commute Time Search, justice, physical fitness, work with area county fairs, which was launched in first aid, and Army history, and his drives on his 1949 March, has been adapted traditions, and core values.

International H tractor in for all Android devices and Chino is the son of Marparades to advertise the Car- the iPhone. cos R. Grande and Maria roll County Fair. He is an avid The program is a search F. Chino of Sterling. He is a member of the Whiteside tool that helps homebuyers 2009 graduate of Sterling County Rabbit Associaassess properties for sale High School and a 2014 tion, the American Rabbased on actual drive time, graduate of Northern Illinois bit Breeders Association transit time, walk time or University.

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Philip Marruffo/pmarruffo@saukvalley.com

Bobby “The Business” Houston uses the ropes to get to his feet as he wrestles Tyler “Dodgeball Superstar” Priegel during a match at Dixon High School on Jan. 25.

Funky Munky Wrestling put on a show to help raise funds for Kreider Services in Dixon.

BODY SLAMMIN’

ABOVE: Brayden Rock cheers the action during the bout.

LEFT: Brothers Nathan (left), 6, and Tom Stauter, 9, of Dixon wear their wrestling masks during the Wrestling for a Cause event.

BELOW: Mason Beck watches as Mallaki Mathews is helped out of the gym by Bucky Collins (left) and Fat Stanley.

ABOVE: Sevanah Lucas, 11, of Sterling holds a sign to show her support for wrestler Mason Beck. BELOW: J.J. Garrett goes for the pin against Bucky Collins.

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Saturday, January 31, 2015

Dixon 815.284.SOLD(7653)

Sterling 815.626.SOLD (7653)

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IS YOUR PET MISSING? Read our found section in todays paper. Just in case it is not there, call one of your area animal shelters listed below: Lee County Animal Control (815)284-3833 Granny Rose Animal Shelter (815)288-7387 Whiteside County Animal Control (815)625-3507 Happy Tails Humane Society (815)626-2994 A public service of Sauk Valley Media LOST Black Purse, in the vicinity of Dollar General, Sterling. Please call 815-622-4916.

FOUND

115

Found male cat, around Reno Rd. in Sterling.

Nice tame cat.

815-441-9064

PERSONALS

125

Bowler needed Wed. @ 12:30 Blackhawk Lanes

VOLUNTEERS

126

A NEW TOUR SEASON WILL BE HERE SOON and the Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home is always in need of dedicated volunteers to greet our guests from around the world! Contact us at 815-2885176 or visit reaganhome.org for information!

CASA 15th Judicial Circuit (Lee/ Carroll/Ogle Counties) is seeking volunteers to advocate for children in the court system involved in abuse and neglect cases.

Your involvement can impact a child’s future.

Contact Vanessa White, Director of Advocate Services (815) 288-1901 www.casalee carroll.com PROJECT VITAL INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING? What: Project VITAL Tutor Training Who: Anyone who has a desire to help others learn better skills in Reading, Math, ESL (English as a second language), and Citizenship.

Where: Sauk Valley Community College - Adult Ed. Department (1E08) When: February 2, 9, 16, and 23rd Time: 4:00-7:00pm (Dinner provided) For More Information Please Call or Email Martha Anderson martha.l. anderson@svcc.edu

(815)835-6312

Any Where Any Time Online! saukvalley .com

REAL ESTATE 202 SERVICES

MOBILE HOMES 230

ROCK FALLS

DIXON

STERLING

LOANS

PUBLISHER'S NOTICE All real estate advertising in this newspaper subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference , limitation or discrimination based on race, color,religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law.

Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination call HUD toll-free at 1-800-669-9777.

The toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-279275.

Mobile Homes for Sale

Lg. 1BR. + appl.

No pets. $425 + dep. 815-718-1784

RTO 2BR $49,900 $5,000 down.4413515.Agent owned.

Put Your Tax Refund Towards Your Future!

Rock Falls Studio Unit $350 or 1 Bedroom $425.

Deposit $200. Utilities included. No pets. Call Ron 708699-8952

3BR farm house, 512 Palmyra Rd. Completely remodeled.

No pets. $700/mo. + dep.

815-288-4289.

Nice 2BR w/ garage. Lg yard.

Avail Feb. 1st. $650/mo. + dep.

847-372-0817

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

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

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

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

312-832-0500

BUSINESS PROPERTY

205

Railside Bar & Grill for sale.

Serious inquiries only! Call Christa 815-440-7606

FOR SALE

BY OWNER

209

STERLING Cozy 2 story Sterling Home, move in ready! 3BR, 1½ BA, 1,300 sq. ft. garage, deck & lg. yard. All new roof, kitchen, baths, H/W floors, furnace Plus finished basement w/ family/ 4th BR & ½ BA. 1110 5th Ave. $114,900.

Call 815-626-9472 See pictures on Saukvalley.com

DIXON Looking To Down size? 2BR 1 BA. very lg. kitchen, upstairs laundry rm., 1 car garage, (rm. to add on for a 2 car garage) unfin. full bsmt., lg. front & back yard, nice location, 1 mi. N. of Dixon, 616 Timber Creek Rd. Call Dan 815-440-8702.

INVESTMENT PROPERTY

220

APARTMENT BUILDING IN STERLING: For sale, 4 brick Townhouses with attached garages. Call 815-440-6269

CEMETERY LOTS

226

4 plots at Chapel Hill Memorial Park.

Graves 1&2 estate 480, graves 1&4 estate 495, $300 ea. Plus transfer fees.812-322-2473 or tlcsec63@ yahoo.com

MOBILE HOMES 230

MOBILE HOMES 230 Advertise your mobile homes for sale here!!

Looking for the perfect home?

Read Sauk Valley &ODVVLÀHGV UHDO estate section and Real Estate Weekly on Thursdays.

Dixon, Mt. Morris, Lyndon, Freeport, Davis Junction

Need Help With Financing?

We May Be Able To Help Hauck Homes 815-284-2000 APARTMENTSFURNISHED 305 ROCK FALLS 1BR upper apt.

Montmorency township No Pets.

815-626-4527

APARTMENTS UNFURNISHED 306 Attractive 1 & 2 apts. with BR. some utilities. Sterling & Rock Falls.

No pets, no parRefs. req. ties.

815-336-2305.

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ASHTON ★★ 1&2 BR., Ashton/ F.G. 815-7512712/562-5075.★

DIXON Newer 2 BR, apartment Fieldstone area: W/D hookup, appls. incl. Fireplace, garage w/opener. $625 mo., $500 dep.

960 sq. ft.

815-626-1431 or 815-631-5855

STERLING

ROCK FALLS

RIVER RIDGE APARTMENTS

2 Bedroom Great Location Garages Available

$

495

PER MONTH

1st Month’s Rent

FREE *with 1 year lease

3 Months

FREE

Garage Rental*

*Only Valid while garages last. New applicants only.

Next to

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1-815-414-2288

NORTHLAND PARK APARTMENTS Studio, 1 & 2 Bedroom Washer & Dryer Units Fitness Center Balconies / Patios Open House Daily

1st Month FREE! Call Me 2-Rent (815)632-7368 (Located Behind Northland Mall)

Sterling Rentals

2 bed house Rock Falls $555/mo.

SNLRentals.com Call 815-622-2725 2BR 1207 W. 20th St., RF $525/mo. + $525 dep. 815626-0246 Beat New Year Rush! 3 BR Ranch Nice! $620/mo.

Why Rent?™ 815-878-7399 Cute 3BR Ranch 230 Ave. C. Why Rent?™ $598/mo.

815-878-7399 Large, clean, quiet 2 story, 2BR, 1.5 bath. 1 car garage.

C/A. All applcs. incl. W/D. Nice area, walk to library & park. 521 W. 11th St. Sorry, no pets or Sec. 8. $650 + sec. dep.

630-902-1060

STERLING 2BR with garage, 1011 Ave. L. $475/ mo. 815-626-5891 3BR, freshly painted 1½ BA, no pets.

815-625-0624 3BR, Living room dining, kitchen, 1½ BA, basement attic.$600/mo. +$600 dep.

815-626-4776 Nice 2BR $600 svla.org 815-7185488 Nice 2BR remodeled $475/ mo. + dep. 815-713-4793

COMMERCIAL RENTAL

311

Secured 3 acre w/ high bays and office, 3818 River Rd., Sterling.

815-626-8790

MOBILE HOMES FOR RENT

315

MORRISON Honeycutt Hill (formerly known as Tall Pines), 2BR 1 BA, lg. deck & shed, Lot #3 $490/mo. + $490 dep. 815-772-8943

Any Where

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1BR downtown apt. 1 ba. Stove, refrig. $375/ mo. + dep. No pets. Call 815-288-4289.

2BR, $440/ mo. + dep. No pets, Call 815-973-1743 Dixon Manor 2BR 1 ba. avail. Clean, quiet, security building. 1st flr apt. on-site laundry.

Walk to downtown!

Call for info or showingsErick 815-739-5806.

House & several Apartments nice for rent. 815-4406214 for details Lg. 2BR upper garage, stove, refrig. & garbage, all carpeted. Good location. No Pets. $500/mo. + $500 dep. Available Now 815-288-1736 Lower level 2BR, you pay electric, $500/mo. + $500 dep. No smoking, No pets. 815-6776042 Nice 2BR, coin laundry. Avail.

Feb. 1st $550/mo. + $550 dep.

847-372-0817

HARMON 2 BR 1BA, stove, refrig., washer & dryer hookups, tenant pays elec. $425 mo. + $525 dep. 952 Harmon Road, Harmon, IL 815-562-7368

PROPHETSTOWN 2 bedroom apartment, with one stall garage, $500/mo.

Call Kophamer & Blean Realty (815) 772-2728

ROCK FALLS 1 BR $375 Hampton Apts.

815-625-7043 2BR Duplex, + apNo pets. plcs. $495/mo. + dep.

815-718-1784 2BR, newly remodeled, on lake 1 ½ mi. W. of Rock Falls, $600/mo. + utilities, no pets, 815-626-2145

606 W. Lefevre 2 BR $535.00 1 BR $465.00 1 Studio $390.00 Partial Heat, Water, Sewer, Refuse Removal, Laundry Facilities, Satellite

(815)626-1431 2BR Duplex, 512 W 5th St. $375/mo.

815-499-5575.

2BR, $420 815-562-7368 Rochelle Realty 2BR, 2 car attch.

W/ D/ Garage, hook ups, all applics., pet friendly.

563-212-1896 Immaculate small 2BR upper duplex, NO PETS, $450/mo. + $450 dep. 815-718-9858 Near CGH & Rec. Cent. Nice 1BR garage, applcs., $425/mo. 1830 3rd Ave. 815-499-0199 Sinnissippi Townhomes First Mo. Free!

Spacious 2 BR. 2 story townhomes.

Central air, good location. Laundry hookup. (815)6261130.

Spacious 2BR apt.

Stove, refrig. furn.

Lease/dep. Req. $460/mo. Inc. sewer & garbage P/U. H&H Rental Properties LLC 815-625-7995

HOMES FOR RENT

310

FOR RENT HOUSES & APTS. svla.org

DIXON 2BR Condo, 531 Vitale St. Appliances. No pets.

Quiet, scenic area.

815-288-4289.

2BR, $500/mo + dep. 2BR, $500 $650/mo + $650 not dep. Utilities included. No pets.

Call 815-441-6878 for info.

those unwanted items with the help of a Sauk Valley Classified Ad

saukvalley .com 625-3600 284-2222

PUBLIC NOTICES Newer 2 Bedroom $599.00 & Up Applcs., Fireplaces 2002 3rd Ave. 1836 First Ave.

Curran Contracting Company is seeking Illinois Registered DBE subcontractors, suppliers, & trucking companies for ISHTA (Tollway) I-88 bids.

Plans & Specs available through www.illinoistollwayplanroom.com or by request estimating@curran contracting.com (815) 455-5100 PUBLIC NOTICE

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Locate the items you want to buy or sell! www. saukvalley. com

Classifieds Work!

Terry of Rock Falls sold his 2002 Pontiac Grand Am for $4200 using

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AREA GARAGE SALES 624 DIXON GARAGE SALES 624 Moving Sale!! glider rocker $50, green recliner $50, office swivel chair $25, folding screen $50, wooden shelving unit $35, green flame stitch chair $100, spinet player piano $400, 2 bedside tables $20, dresser & mirror $100, king enamel headboard $50, 3 fishing rods $25. Or best offer on all.

Call 815-751-7662

STERLING GARAGE SALES 624 NEW TODAY Reminder: Huge In-Home Estate Sale in Sterling on 16th Ave. Feb 6 - 7.

See next weeks paper & estate sales.net for info.

ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES 705 Antique oak bar, beveled lighting & alcove from Leprechauns in Harmon, IL. $2,500. 815-9733004 I Buy: Antiques, collectibles, toys, post cards, etc.

815-445-6151.

WOOD / FUEL 746 Dry, stored, hardwood for sale. $70 per load, you pick up. 815-778-3783.

FURNITURE

755

Mirrored Curio cabinet w/ lights, adj. glass shelves $60 815-626-4748

FURNITURE

755

All Mattress Sets New in plastic.

Twin $99, Full $129, qu. $159, King $259. W/ Warr. Can deliver.

815-703-3688 Brand New Queen Beautyrest NuFlex foundation. Head & foot movement w/ massage. $1,300 cash. 815-2388362 Mattress sets: $99, Full Twin $129, Queen $159, King $199. Will deliver! Kern Mattress Outlet, call 309452-7477.

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS 765 Lead Guitarist Needed for working 90s Rock Cover Band, Contact Brian 815-5909998

PETS & PET SUPPLIES 775 2 kittens 4 months old. Tame & trained Need a good loving home. Call 815441-9064 2 Kittens – 5 mo. old, very timid, need loving home together w/ person w/ lots of time 815535-7061 Cat - 4 yr. M tan, very neutered, friendly, indoor only. 815-535-7061 Free cat to loving Darling, home. very friendly, declawed on front, spayed, up to date shots, litter on trained. Great with dogs, kids and cats. Comes with her own cat tower!

779-245-2258

TR IV I A AN SW ER

DBE CONTRACTORS NEEDED!

Public Notice of Sale All-Safe Storage Center of Dixon, Illinois, will hold a public sale to enforce a lien imposed on said property, as described below, pursuant to the Illinois Storage Facility Act, at 3:30 P.M. on the 10th day of February, 2015, at Auction City located at 2505 West Fourth Street, Dixon, Illinois, 61021.

All items are sold as is and at the Auction City location. There is no guarantee given or implied. The terms of sale are as defined by Auction John City.

Maxwell, Storage Unit #1105. The items for sale include but are not limited to washer and dryer, chair, filing cabinet, bookcase, and miscellaneous.

Jan. 24 & 31, 2015

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1) Franklin D. Roosevelt served as President for over 12 years, the longest time in office. He is the only president to serve more than two terms; he died shortly into his fourth term in 1945.

2) On Saturday, November 1, 1800, John Adams became the first president to take residence in the White House.

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Air Cond./Heating

Genl. Contracting

Eikenberry Sheet Metal 412 E. 3rd Sterling Service work heating & cooling; gas, electric. Free estimates. Accept Visa & MC on all new installations.

Gilbertson Construction Residential & Commercial.

Remodeling, house additions, windows, siding & doors. Also mobile home repairs. Licensed, Bonded, Insured. No Job Too Small. 30 yrs exp.

(815)6220087.

CALL 815-625-0955

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

Call Today (815)284-2052 RON WIGHT HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING •Residential Specialists •30 Years Experience •FREE estimates •Special $45 Check-Up on Furnace or A/C •No Diagnostic fee Call Today!

815-734-6282 815-440-9585

Roofing

815-989-8320

www.mullerslane farm. com

Basement Waterproofing

Haul/Clean Service

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

J & M SERVICES 815-631-1957 Spring Clean-Up Hauling, Mowing, & MUCH MORE! No Job Too Big or Too Small!

www.praterpaintand waterproofing.com

Cleaning Service

Advanced Cleaners

Maid/Janitorial Carpet/Upholstery We are currently running a special on our maid service!

10% off your first 4 cleanings Gift certificates for the holiday season are now available!

We have a limited supply so call today!

815-632-3822 www.advanced cleaners.biz

Construction

JOHN'S CLEANUP & REMOVAL Anything goes!!

Estate Cleanups PHONE 815-622-0240

Home Improvement JEFF LONG CONSTRUCTION REPLACEMENT WINDOWS AND DOORS, CUSTOM DECKS, VINYL OR STEEL SIDING, ADDITIONS, GARAGES, TRIM WORK, CONCRETE WORK.

815-973-3023* 815-732-4408

✶Since 1981✶ ◆Home Improvement ◆New Construction

Winter is the perfect time to build your garage, addition or remodel bath or kitchen!!

Randy L. Moore

815-626-1333

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

Sexton’s Lawn Service

Now Open

Dianna's Doggie Depot 527 Depot Ave. Dixon IL.

“Grooming Service for Small to Medium Dogs” For an Appointment call 815-716-3621

Dumpster Rental

Quality Service Since 1995

WINTER SERVICES • Snow Removal

FALL SERVICES • Yard Clean Up • Gutter Cleaning

ODD-JOBS

• Basement & Garage Cleaning • Haul Away Service • Interior Painting GET ON SPRING 2015 MOWING LIST FREE ESTIMATES

8155-626-6195 or 815-441-0583 Painting Dumpster Rental for Clean-ups & Construction Small & Large containers avail.

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

Need to place an ad?

Call us today!

815-625-3600 815-284-2222

BALAYTI PAINTING

Interior & Exterior Light Carpentry Pressure Washing 35 Years Experience Insured - References Cell #815-440-2202

Plumbing

Lewis Plumbing 815-288-0028 Serving All of the Sauk Valley Area Lic.#058-173956

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

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

Sandblasting Blast Pro

Dustless Blasting & Paint Striping Service •Automotive •Tractors •Industrial •Equipment •Sheet Metal •Brick & Masonry •Graffiti Removal Environmentally Friendly Dixon Illinois 815-288-3301 SAVE MONEY! MAKE OLD LOOK LIKE NEW ✖✖✖✖✖✖✖ Sandblasting & Soda Blasting Most Everything From A to Z For Residential, Commercial, & Industrial Call Prater Paint & Waterproofing 815-626-5165

Snowplowing

Lawn Care

Dog Grooming

High-Security Storage Solutions and Much More!

HANDYMAN/ GENERAL Contracting, siding, drywall, concrete work, decks, flooring (tile, linoleum, carpet, wood), bathroom and kitchen, complete remodels, additions all types of home repairs. Free Estimates and Insured-Bonded 815-564-7428

SHOE REPAIR ZIPPER REPAIR & ALTERATIONS Grummerts Hardware Sterling or Rock Falls

Storage

www.allsafe center.com

Handyman

PAUL’S HANDYMAN SERVICE “Anything Your Husband Won’t Do!” •Experience On All Manner of Home Repairs & Maintenance since 1986 (815)625-2607 (815)631-4122

Alterations

Remodeling

Commercial and Residential Snow & Ice Control serving the Sauk Valley Area. In town driveways $15. www.porter brothers.net ❋❋❋❋❋❋❋❋❋❋❋

MATT'S SNOWPLOWING Sterling Rock Falls Residential & Commercial Most Driveways $20 LOWEST PRICE GUARANTEED 815-590-1677

Whitson CPAs, LLC in Dixon, IL is currently accepting new clients.

Call 815-677-9216 to set up an appointment.

Initial consultations concerning tax return preparation are free. For more information check out our Facebook page at http:// facebook.com/ WhitsonCPAsLLC

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BRAD'S TREE SERVICE Tree & Limb Removal Stump Removal Storm Clean-up Mulch & Firewood •Free Estimates •Fully Insured 815-857-3674 Amboy, IL

TIMBER TREE SERVICE Tree & Limb Removal Stump Removal Storm Clean-up Free Estimates Fully Insured 815-238-7277 Dixon, Illinois

Water Softeners The Softener Man Repair on all makes & models Service Call Special $19.95 Over 30 years experience 815-323-1622

Windows

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Snowplowing Sterling, Rock Falls & surrounding area Commercial or Residential Reasonable Prices 815-441-4261 or 815-535-8487

Storage A&B STORAGE UNITS, Rock Falls IL 8x17 $40, 10x17 $50, 13x17 $60 mo.

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Locate the items you want to buy or sell! www. saukvalley. com

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

Will beat any leading competitor price 815-590-2677

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

Looking for the perfect home?

Read Sauk Valley &ODVVLÀHGV UHDO estate section and Real Estate Weekly on Thursdays.

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EMPLOYMENT

Contact us to place an ad call 815-626-7653 815-284-7653

Search for local job listings at saukvalley.com/jobs/ BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES 501 NOTICEPURto the SUANT Business Opportunity Sales Law of 1995, every business opportunity must be registered with the Illinois Securities Department. Protect yourself and get the facts before you hand over your hard earned money by contacting the Illinois Secretary of State's Securities Department at 1800-628-7937. This notice provided as a public service by Sauk Valley Classifieds.

HEALTH / MEDICAL

504

NEW TODAY CNA's

We are looking for experienced and dedicated professionals to assume key full and parttime positions on our evening and night shifts! We offer: Excellent starting wage; vacation pay; paid time off; holiday pay; 401K; and much more!

For an immediate and confidential interview, apply in person or call Lynette at (815) 284-3393.

Dixon Healthcare & Rehab 800 Division St Dixon, IL 61021

Gaffey Home Nursing & Hospice Inc. is in need of an experienced visiting Registered Nurse part or full time, for home health care, and a part time Social Worker with experience in Hospice and Bereavement counseling.

For more information on either of these positions please call 815626-3467 or visit us at 3408 East 23rd Street Sterling, IL. 61081 M-F 8am to 4:30pm.

Public Health Nurse The Ogle County Health Department is seeking a full-time Public Health Nurse.

This RN position will work primarily with our WIC/FCM clients in Oregon and Rochelle locations providing nursing and case management services.

The ideal candidate will have excellent communication, organizational, and computer skills with a for passion teaching; RN and four years of nursing experience, preferably in community setting or a BSN with one year experience. Lactation certification a plus. Resumes to: dcicogna @Oglecounty.org Wanted C.N.A. Full Time 2nd Shift Apply at: Heritage Square 620 N. Ottawa Ave. Dixon, IL EOE

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Director/ Teacher for Day Care Center in Whiteside County.

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Harbor Crest Home An 84-bed skilled care facility in Fulton IL, is in need of •CNA's: 2nd & 3rd shift •Restorative Nurse Must be able to practice in Illinois and pass Background test. Apply online or in person at: harborcrest2 @mchsi.com 817 17th St, Fulton IL. EOE

Operations Assistant Local transit provider seeks operations assistant.

Responsibilities will be varied but will primarily entail all aspects of operations management including scheduling, staff development & training, public relations, communication, maintenance, record keeping & reporting.

Must have the ability to work varied shifts.

Requires: current IL driver's license & clean driving record, strong leadership & communication skills, 3 or more years management experience, proficient in Microsoft Office & experience in budget management. paratransit Prior experience & Bilingual a plus. Drug Free Workplace & EEO. Submit letter of interest and resume to employment@ridewcpt.net no later than 5:00pm on Wednesday February 4th.

SCHOOL DISTRICT SECRETARY The Erie School District has an opening for the District Secretary.

Previous office experience, additional education, excellent communication, organization, technology, confidentiality, and interpersonal skills preferred.

Salary will be dependent upon experience and qualifications, plus benefits. Start date will be approximately March 1, 2015. Send letter of interest and resume to: Brad Cox, Superintendent, Erie CUSD #1, 520 5th Avenue, Erie, IL 61250 by Thursday, February 12, 2015. EOE

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CDL DRIVER NEEDED Rock River Cartage is a family owned flatbed carrier. $55,000-$60,000 a year.

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NEW TODAY Counselor/Case Manager LSSI is seeking a FT Counselor/Case Manager to work for our nonprofit agency. The Counselor will have assigned duties that focus on substance abuse prevention in the Lee/ Ogle county area.

Case management skills are required, along with the ability to network within local organizations in the identified communities.

BA in psychology or related field required. Professional certification or licensure (LSW, LPC, LCSW, LCPC, or CADC) and two years? experience preferred.

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Massage Works Receptionist/ Beauty Consultant needed. PT, 1520hrs/week Apply at: 206 E. 3rd St., Sterling, IL

Moring Disposal is accepting applications for Class A CDL drivers with air brakes and tanker endorsements and 2 year's experience at our Rock Falls facility. Applicants should have a good driving record and strong work ethic. We offer a (5) day work week. Excellent benefit package, including: uniforms, medical, dental, vision, life insurance & 401K with employer match and special performance incentives.

Apply in person only at 2110 McNeil Rd, Rock Falls, between the hours of 8:00 am and 4:30 pm Monday through Friday.

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Full Service Multiline Motorcycle / ATV / PWC / Snowmobile dealership looking to hire a FullTime top level experienced Technician.

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Mom's Diner looking for exp. Breakfast/lunch Cook & Dishwasher. Apply in person at 23 E. 3rd St. Sterling.

Seno Formal Wear seeking part time help. Apply at 4015 E. Lincolnway, Sterling.

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TOOL & DIE MAKER/MACHINIST FRANTZ Manufacturing Is A 100+ Year Old Company, And Leader In Production And Sales Of Bearings And Steel Balls. We Are Located In Sterling, Illinois And Have An Immediate Opportunity For A Tool & Die Maker/Machinist.

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Part-time truck drivers needed for local AG business. Qualified applicants must possess a clean driving record and a Class A CDL. Flexible hours and good pay.

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Some people fall for long-legged blondes or Jack Black straight up, the amber angel. Some swallow both hooks. But I’m a bigger sucker for overheated headers, chattering camshafts and engines so edgy they bang and thrash like Charlie Watts on the drums.

Dodge must have heard the word on my wide-ranging weaknesses before sending over the 2014 Challenger R/T Shaker. How can anyone be objective about a big bruiser of a Hemi-powered coupe with that functional, flat-black scoop protruding through its hood?

And did I mention the polished pistol-grip shifter, just waiting to stir up some six-speed mayhem?

I’ll do my best here, kids, but I’m already sweating.

As you probably know, the current Challenger was introduced in 2008, a slightly modernized version of the legendary 1970 model, one of the kings of Keller’s Drive-In. Although the new-old Challenger never hurt Mustang or Camaro much _ about 51,000 sold last year _ it established a niche as the most retro car in America.

In fact, the one I had might as well have arrived in bellbottoms and a tie-dyed T-shirt. (Actually, we kind of matched on some days.)

Four round headlamps occupied the corners of an impossibly wide blacked-out grille _ and when

The car would happily spin its tires under aggressive acceleration, leaping forward with a surge at 3,000 rpm. was the last time you saw round headlamps on a new car? Just like old muscle cars, the Challenger’s long hood abutted big fenders that flowed into large, heavy doors.

and slid across the center of the top and trunk.

A slick band of LED taillamps gracefully spanned the car’s broad rear end, maintaining its mix of old lines and updated elements.

A fairly square top shoved down hard on the body even had thick Riding on the same platform that rear roof pillars that created retro supports the four-door Dodge Old World blind spots.

Charger and Chrysler 300, the new Challenger is bigger dimensionally Still, though tall and fairly bulky, the and about 500 pounds heavier than Challenger is as visually appealing the original. At about 4,100 pounds, as it was in 1970 _ a claim most of as a matter of fact, the Shaker posed us from that era can’t make. a challenge to its sweet 5.7-liter Hemi V-8, which brought 375 A character line beneath the door horsepower to the task. handle provided some definition on the slabbish sides, while meaty STREET CRED 245/45 tires on good-looking 20- If you remember the muscle cars inch wheels made the Shaker appear from the late 1960s and early slightly smaller. Tying it all together ‘70s, most were quick but not pretty nicely was a broad flat-black especially fast, particularly by stripe that started around the scoop today’s standards. But they tended

to be more fun and engaging to drive than today’s overly electronic, completely computerized blasters.

Like them, the Shaker offers lots of smiles per gallon.

aggressive acceleration, leaping forward with a surge at 3,000 rpm.

Stay hard on it, and the Shaker would run to 60 in about 5.4 seconds, according to Motor Trend, At idle, the $42,000 coupe spat though I have seen slightly quicker out silky eight-cylinder music, times in other magazines. reminding bystanders that a real by-god Hemi occupied most of the If you are mature _ and my 12-yearacreage under the hood. old granddaughter, Boop, is more It wasn’t loud, but it had street-cred mature than I am _ you can probably presence. get 15 miles per gallon in town and 23 on the highway. I averaged about Stab the accelerator, and the Shaker 13 mpg. But I swear my hair got emitted a subtle induction moan that darker every time I ran through the sometimes sounded a bit like a big gears, savoring the light, positive Carter four-barrel feeding a hungry clutch and long-throw shifter like 440 V-8. an over-amped high school senior.

Though not a blazer, the Challenger felt lively and quick, thanks in part to its hot-rod 3.91 gears. The car would happily spin its tires under