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Monday, February 3, 2014
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EDUCATION | 2014 STUPOR BOWL
No drama for winners
Everything lost in fire ... again Family lost Arkansas home, barely avoided Prophetstown disaster BY KATHLEEN A. SCHULTZ kschultz@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 535
Alex T. Paschal/apaschal@saukvalley.com
Members of the Washington Elementary School Stupor Bowl team hoist the first-place trophy Saturday after surviving a roller-coaster of a duel with Team KSB in the annual trivia contest held in the Reagan Middle School cafeteria in Dixon.
Competition raises nearly $11K for education foundation BY KATHLEEN A. SCHULTZ kschultz@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 535
DIXON – As trivia contests go, the final match at Saturday’s Stupor Bowl was a real nail-biter: Team KSB vs. Team Washington Elementary, locked in a battle for the big gold trophy and a year’s worth of bragging rights. Washington’s five-member team was down by 15, up by 5, down 10, tied, up, down, up down .... and
finally, with the very last question of the day (a four-parter), emerged victorious, triumphant, even jubilant. Team KSB was gracious in defeat. The final score: 205-190. The real winners? The kids, of course. This year’s bowl, held in the Reagan Middle School cafeteria, raised about $10,700 for the Dixon Public School District Foundation, which uses the money to buy educational
tools for students and their classrooms. As expected, questions covered trivia topics such as math, science, technology, geography, literature, entertainment, pop culture ... Event founder Tom Wadsworth, a foundation board member, and fellow board member Pat Kleinmaier and her husband, Bruce, took great pains to fashion challenging questions in the tradition of all great quiz bowls.
LYNDON – They moved from a Prophetstown apartment into their very own mobile home in Lyndon just 4 months before that awful fire ravaged the downtown, destroying the building in which they had lived. Everyone said they were lucky, getting out when they did. Thursday, their luck ran out. Jeff and Sherry Walters and their 28-year-old son, Justin Keefer, lost their new home, all their possessions and their “babies” – two little terriers, a kitten and a gecko – when a gas leak caused their furnace to explode, Jeff Walters said Sunday. The resulting inferno took it all. No one was home at the time. Justin More inside was a few homes s 2EAD ABOUT A down, visiting his best friend, Lex BENEFIT PLANNED Pope, and Sherry FOR THE 7ALTERS and Jeff were visit- FAMILY AND HOW ing Chad Ivey, pres- YOU CAN HELP A10 s ! ,YNDON ident of the Lost Prophets, a Lyndon Village Trustee social club they isn’t going to the belong to that holds WELL HIS PEERS benefits for com- WOULD PREFER A3 munity members in need. Like Jeff, Sherry and Justin, now. “The only thing they came out with was the clothes on their backs,” Pope said. They had no insurance. Sherry works at Hardee’s in Rock Falls; Justin and Jeff are unable to work, Pope said. The Lost Prophets are planning a benefit March 8 to help the family. In the meantime, the Walters are staying with the Iveys, and Justin is staying with Pope. FIRE CONTINUED ON A10
Test your local trivia mettle (Answers on A2) 1) A new retail store OPENED IN on North Galena Avenue in Dixon, BETWEEN !NGELOS III and Mr. Tequila. Name it.
2) On Interstate 88, also known as the Reagan Tollway, the exits have NUMBERS THAT CORRESPOND to mile markers on the tollway. What is the exit NUMBER FOR $IXON
3) Name the OPTOMETRIST WHOSE OFFICE is at 511 Palmyra in Dixon.
4) Who is THE PRESIDENT OF 3AUK 6AL ley CommuNITY #OLLEGE
5) )F YOU DROVE ON 'ALENA !VENUE FROM Plum Hollow to the tollway entrance, HOW MANY TRAFFIC lights would you PASS THROUGH
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Business owner dies in snowmobile crash Milledgeville resident’s machine left Wisconsin trail; accident under investigation BY KATHLEEN A. SCHULTZ kschultz@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 535
Timothy Litwiller
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A Rock Falls business owner died Saturday of injuries sustained in a snowmobile accident in Wisconsin. Timothy W. “Rottweiler” Litwiller, 46, of Milledgeville, owner of Industrial Coating at 1108 E. 17th St., was riding a TODAY’S EDITION: 20 PAGES 2 SECTIONS VOL. 163 ISSUE 193
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trail in Mercer, Wis. when his sled left the trail and struck several trees, Iron County Sheriff Tony Furyk said in a news release. Alcohol and speed are believed to be factors, the release said. The accident is under investigation by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. COMICS ............... A9 CROSSWORD....B10 DEAR ABBY ......... A7
Litwiller, a 1986 Milledgeville High School graduate, was a member of the Milledgeville Mens Club and the Elkhorn Creek Runners snowmobile club. He is survived by his wife, Susan, and children, Troy, 16, and Megan, 13. His obituary appears on Page A4.
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OPINION .............. A6 POLICE ................ A2 SPORTS ...............B1
Alex T. Paschal/apaschal@saukvalley.com
Jeff and Sherry Walters and their 28-year-old son, Justin Keefer, lost their Lyndon mobile home, all their possessions and their pets – two little terriers, a kitten and a gecko – when a gas leak Thursday caused their furnace to explode and set the home afire.
Today’s weather High 18. Low 7. More on A3.
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