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Isaac Mercer, 88, of Dixon, a veteran of the Korean War, came home from the conflict with a Silver Star, a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart, awarded for his heroism in hand-to-hand combat. “I was just doing my job,” says Mercer, whose rose to the rank of Army infantry sergeant almost immediately after arriving overseas.

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our African-Americans, only one of them still with us, have helped shape the Sauk Valley as we know it today.

They were activists – not just for blacks, or even minorities, but for anyone who needed a stepping stone on which to stand.

They were community leaders whose passion manifested itself on county boards, in the military, and in local hospitals.

They’re remembered for their senses of humor, and the good

humor they kept in the face of opposition.

Some of our local communities were once visibly segregated. Boys clubs and whites-only groups were not uncommon.

Today, the Sauk Valley is a proud melting pot, in which great minds, no matter what race, gender, or socio-economic background, may work together toward a greater good. Here’s a reflection of four figures who made such an environment possible.

Former mayor, 77, dies Burke served at city’s helm for 16 years

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DIXON – Jim Burke, the man at the city’s helm during what has been called the biggest municipal theft in U.S. history, died at 8:35 Friday morning at his home, the Lee County coroner’s office confirmed.

Burke, who had been diagnosed with cancer, was 77. A cause of death was not available.

Burke, with the help of City Clerk Kathe Swanson, was the first to alert the FBI of his suspicions about former city Comptroller Rita Crundwell, who was convicted in 2013 of federal wire fraud for diverting more than $53 million in city funds into her own bank account over a period of about 20 years.

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Dixon Mayor Jim Burke and Dixon Park Board President Ron Pritchard listen during an unveiling Feb. 6, 2014, of plans for a statue of former President Ronald Reagan at Lowell Park.

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Pennington helped anyone in need, regardless of race

‘Papa George’ Reid loved, led ‘his girls’

McReynolds rose to great heights in Dixon community

Mercer a veteran, a union leader, and a coach

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STERLING – Advancement was Bessie Pennington’s business, and business was good.

She was a champion for anyone in need – blacks, Hispanics, whites, women, the poor, and the downtrodden.

The founder of the Sterling-Rock Falls chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People died Dec. 5, 1989, at age 76, after a dialysis treatment for kidney issues that stemmed from a long battle with diabetes.

DIXON – George Reid had a lot of titles: soldier, activist, prize fighter, and coach, to name a few. But one of his favorites was “Papa George,” a nickname his grandchildren gave him.

“Papa George” served in the United States Army Special Services during World War II. He was a prize fighter from 1935 to 1942 and a Golden Gloves trainer in Dixon for 10 years. A former boxer in New York City, Reid came to Dixon in 1946.

DIXON – If you need reminding of the mark Winston “Wink” McReynolds left in Dixon, take a spin down Washington Avenue. Those high-rise apartments? They’re named after him.

McReynolds, a former president of the local NAACP, also served as vice chairman of the Lee County Board and was a member of the Lee County Housing Authority for many years.

He died in 1976, at age 72.

DIXON – Longtime Dixon native Isaac “Ike” Mercer definitely has the respect of his peers, and his constituents.

“I think they would vote him on the board if he was dead,” said fellow Lee County Board member Marvin Williams. “That is how well he is liked on the board and liked in Dixon.”

Mercer, 88, is among three African-Americans who have left their mark on Dixon, a once-segregated community.

Construction on the Green River wind energy project was slated to begin in the spring, but the chances of that happening are slim.

Work on the wind farm planned in Lee and Whiteside counties started 7 years ago.

That project, which started with Mainstream Renewable Energy but has been owned by Geronimo Energy since December 2013, has been beset by delays that include a lawsuit and a state law passed last summer that has held up the permitting process on the local level.

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“At one point, the blacks lived in the southwest quadrant of Dixon,” said Greg Langan, a Dixon historian. “They couldn’t go to many of the restaurants or lounges around town. It wasn’t until the mid- to late 1950s that things began to change.”

No blacks lived on the north side of Dixon until the 1960s, Langan said.

Mercer was born in Metter, Georgia, grew up in Detroit and moved to Dixon in 1947. He was a sergeant in the Army infantry’s 45th Division, serving in the Korean War from 1952 to 1954.

Mercer earned a Silver Star, a Bronze Star, and a Purple Heart, the latter thanks to a chunk of shrapnel that lodged above his eyebrow.

But his impact was anything but limited to Dixon city limits. He helped unionize the workforce at Northwestern Steel & Wire Co., during the powerhouse’s heyday. Hired at age 19, he was one of three black workers among the workforce of roughly 860, and helped organize Union Local 63.

“It was beautiful working in the union,” Mer-

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cer said. “It was something that we definitely needed to have back then.”

He made a good living, as the mill’s employees boasted far-and-away the best benefits of all the manufacturing outfits in the area. It was hard, dangerous work, but good workers had exceptional job security.

“Once we got in there and got going and learning everything, you stayed,” Mercer said in a December 2010 interview for “Veterans Remember,” an oral history project with the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield.

“Very few guys left. We’ve had guys leave to go to other jobs, quit and come back.”

Mercer is proud of cofounding the Al Morrison Baseball League with longtime friend Delbert Saunders. Mercer was its president for 17 years and volunteered in teeball for 36 years.

Ike Mercer Field on Page Drive was dedicated in his honor in 1994.

“When it first started, we paid for the kids to eat, and we took them different places,” Mercer said.

Mercer said he got involved with baseball to give kids a way to stay out of trouble.

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“I wanted the kids to stay off the streets, and they did,” he said. “We had 57 teams participate.

We wanted to give the kids something to do. A lot of the kids who played for me turned out to be umpires when they got too old to play.”

Mercer’s involvement in the community didn’t stop in the offseason. He has served on the Lee County Board for more than 25 years, and is its oldest member.

“When you work with those people for that long, it’s like a family,” Mercer said. “People ask me questions because we are like a family.”

Board Chairman Rick Ketchum said Mercer has been an important member of the board.

“He is not as active as he once was, but he has been a valuable member of the board,” Ketchum said. “He always helped out whenever he could.

Whenever we needed something done, he was always the first to volunteer.”

Mercer lives in Dixon with Earline, his wife of 64 years, in the house they bought in 1954.

They have three sons and two daughters, Anthony, 65, Stephen, 61, Michael, 56, Joyce Bowden, 64 and Conda Taylor, 61.

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POLICE Sterling Police Tyler S. Randall, 37, of Sterling; 9:04 a.m. Thursday at Avenue F and West Third Street; no seat belt; posted $60 cash bond.

Tina M. Ballard. 24, of Dixon; 4:32 p.m. Thursday at 2210 Locust St.; operating uninsured motor vehicle; released with promise to comply.

Dustin D. Seibel, 29, of Sterling; 12:44 p.m. Thursday in the 2000 block of East Fourth Street; operating uninsured motor vehicle; released with promise to comply.

Martha L. Garcia, 45, of Sterling; 10:06 p.m. Thursday at Fifth Avenue and East Second Street; Whiteside County order of commitment; posted $300 cash bond.

Rock Falls Police Lori A. Crow, 55, of Deer Grove; 9:10 p.m. Thursday at First Avenue and state Route 40; disobeying a traffic control device; given notice to appear in court.

Kyle A. Trump, 21, of Rock Falls; 1:01 p.m. Thursday in the 600 block of West 18th Street; operation of uninsured motor vehicle; given notice to appear in court.

Maria G. Helfers, 37, of Trempealeon, Wisconsin; 11:58 p.m. Thursday at

First Avenue and East Third Street; driving while license suspended; given notice to appear in court.

Kristelin J. Ragland, 26, of Rock Falls; 7:49 p.m. Thursday in the 400 block of West 19th Street; driving while license suspended; given notice to appear in court.

Darcy E. Bolin, 32, of Mineral; 9:13 a.m. Thursday in the 1500 block of Prophetstown Road; speeding; given notice to appear in court.

Sunny L. Larsen, 28, of Prophetstown; 7:16 a.m.

Thursday in the 1500 block of U.S. Route 30; speeding; given notice to appear in court.

Vanessa Paramo, 31, of Rochelle; 6:39 a.m. Thursday in the 600 block of First Avenue; operation of uninsured motor vehicle; given notice to appear in court.

David B. Velazquez, 49, of Sterling; 12:30 a.m. Friday in the 700 block of West 18th Street; domestic battery; given notice to appear in court.

Lee County Sheriff Alice S. Smith, 28, of Sterling; 1:35 p.m. Thursday; warrant for contempt; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Ogle County Sheriff Cody Sondgeroth, 19, of Dixon; 10:17 p.m. Thursday in the 14000 block of West Pilgrim Road; violation of the Drug Paraphernalia Act, possession of marijuana 10-30 grams; taken to Ogle County Jail and held in lieu of bond.

Reid Deets, 19, of Dixon; 10:17 p.m. Thursday in the 14000 block of West Pilgrim Road; violation of the Drug Paraphernalia Act, unlawful possession of marijuana less than 2.5

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NAACP chapter founder helmed many nonprofit organizations PENNINGTON

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Not just during Black History Month, but yearround, her legend survives.

“Having seen some of the things I saw growing up in Alabama, I’m not sure I could’ve been as generous in soul as Bessie and others were,” Sterling Mayor Skip Lee said. “It’s a great testimony, and I hope our younger generations don’t forget what their ancestors put on the line.

They’re standing on the shoulders of giants.”

Those hundreds of turkey dinners that Sterling and Coloma townships give out every Thanksgiving? That was Bessie’s idea, which she turned into reality in the early 1960s. Her carbon copy of a daughter, Florence, carried on until her health began to fail her in 2002. She died in 2013.

The Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church at 1313 Woodburn Ave.?

Bessie helped to found it, and served as a trustee, fundraiser, the missionary president and lay preacher.

One of the first blacks to settle in the Sauk Valley, she was a member of the County Comprehensive Health Planning Board, Whiteside County Retardation Association, YWCA Board, Rock Falls American Legion Auxil-

iary, Heart Fund, Cancer Society, United Way, Red Cross, Salvation Army and many more organizations.

On Nov. 15, 1982, Bessie was declared Honorary First Lady of Sterling. She received the same honor in Rock Falls, as well as a key to the city. June 1 of every year is Bessie Agnes Pennington Day.

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I can’t stand to see someone hungry, and if I have food, a person without is welcome to my home for a meal, for there will be food when I am gone.

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Calls to action Perhaps what was most impressive was the way she enlisted other champions.

“She was a firecracker,” said Bonnie Brotheridge, who worked with one of Bessie’s daughters, Florence, for 30 years at the Department of Children and Family Services.

“She’d tell you what she wanted you to do, and you did it with no questions asked.”

Florence followed suit, urging her colleagues to keep the holiday baskets program going.

“Florence did that until she was too bad to do it, and then she had us do it when she couldn’t anymore,” Brotheridge said.

Brotheridge was enlisted as organist at NAACP banquets, her mother lured into making sandwiches.

Florence was Bessie’s primary caretaker during the last chapters of her life, and Brotheridge said when Bessie caught wind that someone needed help, she deployed Florence to make things right.

Bessie Pennington

In addition to Florence, Bessie had two foster children: James and Arlene, the latter of whom preceded her in death.

Florence attended Sterling High along with Bonnie’s mother, Maxine Benters, and when she arrived at the DCFS, it was as though she joined another family – thanks to Florence.

“When I started working at DCFS, she was like the office mother,” Brotheridge said. “That’s how much I looked up to her, and that’s the kind of people they were. When somebody needed something, they stepped up.

“Bessie’s big thing was equality – black, white, colored, or whatever you were, you were important to Bessie.”

Becoming a champion Peter Dillon, president of the Dillon Foundation

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The year before he died, the apartments were given his name.

McReynolds was widely respected by County Board members for his outspokenness and his devotion to the civic welfare of his community.

He was born in Henderson, Tennessee, where he lived until he was 10. He graduated in 1926 from Dixon High School, where he played football and basketball. He married Violet Nealy on June 26,

1936, in Rockford, and he worked for ComEd for 31 years as a mechanic and repairman.

He also served on the Dixon Park Board, and was instrumental in getting lights for night baseball at Reynolds’ Field. “’Wink’ McReynolds was an important person in Dixon,” said local historian Greg Langan, who first met McReynolds in the 1940s. “He was bright, well-organized, and he followed through on everything. He was also involved in sporting events for many years, and he was a good athlete.”

Penningtons. Florence, a gifted musician with an angel’s voice by all accounts, was vying for a teaching job at Challand Middle School.

Garcia said he got a call from Bessie. Florence, perfectly qualified, had been told she didn’t meet the position’s criteria. A disparaging sign of the times, Garcia and Bessie spoke on the phone because “you didn’t want to be seen talking with Bessie. People would talk.”

But Garcia said he went to battle for Florence, presenting her degrees and certifications. She got the job. He said he was happy to help someone who’d helped so many others.

“Bessie was a pretty powerful woman, though,” Garcia said.

“She told me, you know, we poor Mexican and black people, we’ve got to stick together.”

neighborhood home. As racial outbursts shook other parts of the nation, things remained calm in the Twin Cities, thanks to Bessie and her peaceful approach to activism.

An editorial in the Dec. 8, 1989, edition of the Sterling Daily Gazette, 3 days after her death, stated: When outsiders came in and tried to create problems that didn’t exist, she expelled them.

Also in that editorial was a quote from former Sterling Mayor Jim Swanson.

Swanson once said, “If there was one person responsible in Sterling and Rock Falls for preserving peace and harmony in those times, it was Bessie.”

“She was practical, and she preached nonviolence,” her close friend, Sarah Roberson, was quoted as saying in a story in that same edition. “She was against being radical. It was a blessing for the youth.

She was an advocate of Martin Luther King.

Things happened in a peaceful manner.”

But perhaps the most resonating quote in that edition, and the one best representative of Bessie’s selfless spirit, came from the woman herself: “I can’t stand to see someone hungry, and if I have food, a person without is welcome to my home for a meal, for there will be food when I am gone.”

Speak loudly Bessie’s family arrived in Sterling when she was very young, and she attended Wallace School, Sterling High and furthered her education in the field of nursing.

Today, the Sauk Valley – Sterling, in particular – is a melting pot, with races represented in virtually every district. In the 1950s, the few blacks who lived in town predominantly called the Wallace Street

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and the grandson of the legend behind Northwestern Steel & Wire Co., P.W. Dillon, remembers Bessie cleaning his grandfather’s offices.

“She was quite the character, and I still remember the blue dress she’d always wear,” Dillon said.

She was employed 30 years with the mill, and later worked at Community General Hospital (today CGH Medical Center) and Dixon State School.

During her time at the mill, she also had a side business: the brothel at 522 Wallace St. “She is, in my mind, far more remembered for her positive traits,” Lee said. “Even if she was the madam she was supposed to have been, good churchgoing people might not have liked it, but that was an accepted business in those times.”

When Dillon returned from college in the 1950s, he marveled at the civil rights leader Pennington had become.

“She was different,” he said. “She changed so much, and became the predominant leader for the black community.”

Her spirit of leadership spread. Manuel Garcia, whose father, Manuel Sr., was one of the first two Hispanics to settle in Sterling, lived in the Wallace Street neighborhood, as did the

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Eileen L. Burkey DANFORTH – Eileen L. Dufelmeier Burkey, 91, formerly of Walnut, passed away Friday, Feb. 19, 2016, at Prairieview Lutheran Home in Danforth.

She was born Aug. 26, 1924, in Arenzville, the daughter of Harry and LaVerna (Hierman) Dufelmeier. She was a graduate of Illinois College in Jacksonville, and taught in Milledgeville, Beardstown, and Walnut. She married Willard Kessler Burkey on Nov. 17, 1957, and they lived and farmed in rural Walnut. He preceded her in death on May 24, 2007.

Mrs. Burkey is survived by her daughter, Ann Burkey Brezinski; son-in-law, Dr. Thomas Brezinski; granddaughter, Katharine Brezinski; sister-inlaw, Shirley Dufelmeier; and nieces, Betty

Schmoldt, Barbara Davenport, and Jane McKean.

She also was preceded in death by her parents; her brothers, Raymond Dufelmeier and Melvin Dufelmeier; sister, Sarah Dufelmeier; nephew, David Dufelmeier; and sister-inlaw, Josie Dufelmeier.

Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday, and the funeral at 2 p.m. Sunday at Walnut United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Mark Harkness, pastor, officiating. Burial will be at Walnut Cemetery.

Garland Funeral Home in Walnut is handling arrangements.

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MAYTOWN – Alvin W. Montavon, 82, of Maytown, died Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016, at his home.

He was born Aug. 19, 1933, in Amboy, the son of Albert and Agnes (Walter) Montavon. Alvin was a lifelong farmer in the Maytown area, and also sold Funks Seeds and worked for the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service-Farm Service Agency office in Amboy. He was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church in Maytown, where he served as a trustee. He also was a member of Holy Name Society and the Mendota Elks Lodge.

He served on the Sublette Bank board, and was a member and past president of the Amboy School Board.

He was a veteran of the Army.

Alvin married Joanne Weber on June 25, 1955, in Peterstown. She preceded him in death on Aug. 9, 2014.

Survivors include his children, Karen (Jerry) Henkel of West Brooklyn, Janice (Mike) Bennett of Columbia, Maryland, Marty (Lynn) Montavon of Amboy,

Bill (Sally) Montavon of Dixon, Mary Sue (Tony) Parla of Wheaton, Scott (Tammy) Montavon of Sherman, and Rob (Aline) Montavon of Union, New Jersey; 11 grandchildren; five stepgrandchildren; two greatgrandchildren; one step-great-grandchild; sister, Sylvia Montavon of Dixon; and brother, Virgil (Sue) Montavon of Albany, New York.

He also was preceded in death by his parents; one son, Michael Montavon; and one sister, Angela Leibold Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, with the rosary recited at 3:30 p.m., at MihmJones Funeral Home in Amboy. Visitation also will be from 9:15 to 10:15 a.m. Tuesday, and the Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m.

Tuesday at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Maytown. Burial, with military honors accorded by the Amboy American Legion, will be at St. Patrick Cemetery in Maytown.

A memorial has been established to the Sisters of St Francis of Assisi in Milwaukee.

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Margaret Bybee of Ottawa, pre-service gathering, 10-11 a.m. at First Congregational United Church of Christ in Ottawa.

Kathryn A. Giblin of Mount Morris, 10-11 a.m. at St. Mary Catholic Church in Oregon.

Byron F. Long of Sterling, 10-11 a.m. at Science Ridge Mennonite Church in Sterling.

Ronald A. “Ron” Forster of Polo, 2-4 p.m. at Polo Family Funeral Home.

Today’s funerals: Esther L. Anderson of Brooksville, Florida, 9:30 a.m. Mass at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Dixon.

Jul E. Adams-Watkins of Walnut, 10 a.m. celebration of life memorial service at The Next Picture Show, 113 W. First St., Dixon.

James “Roy” Cox of Erie, 10:30 a.m. at Gibson-Bode Funeral Home in Erie.

Margaret Bybee of Ottawa, 11 a.m. memorial service at First Congregational United Church of Christ in Ottawa.

Kathryn A. Giblin of Mount Morris, 11 a.m. at St. Mary Catholic Church in Oregon.

Byron F. Long of Sterling, 11 a.m. at Science Ridge Mennonite Church in Sterling.

Garry L. O’Farrell of Dixon, 11 a.m. at First Open Bible Church in Rock Falls.

Jean Blakeslee of

Polo, memorial luncheon, 1-5 p.m. at Pinecricker Café in Polo.

Alda M. Turner of Dixon, 4:30 p.m. celebration of life at Timber Creek Golf Club in Dixon.

Sunday visitations: Sharon “Cherie” Lawrence of Fenton, 3-6 p.m. at Gibson-Bode Funeral Home in Erie.

Douglas R. Schultz of Dixon, 3-6 p.m., with the rosary recited at 5:30 p.m., at Mihm-Jones Funeral Home in Amboy.

Monday visitations: John M. Wolzfelt of Rock Falls, gathering of family and friends, 10-11 a.m. at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Rock Falls.

Alvin W. Montavon of Maytown, 4-8 p.m., with the rosary recited at 3:30 p.m., at MihmJones Funeral Home in Amboy.

Monday funerals: Sharon “Cherie” Lawrence of Fenton, 10:30 a.m. at Fenton United Methodist Church.

Douglas R. Schultz of Dixon, 10:30 a.m. Mass at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Amboy.

Beverly Miller of Sterling, 11 a.m. at Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation in Sterling.

John M. Wolzfelt of Rock Falls, 11 a.m. memorial service at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Rock Falls.

Tuesday visitations: Alvin W. Montavon of Maytown, 9:15-10:15 a.m. at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Maytown.

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Sharon ‘Cherie’ Lawrence FENTON – Sharon Martine-Silvie “Cherie” Lawrence, 68, of Fenton, died Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016, at Mercy Medical Center in Clinton, Iowa. She worked for the past 15 years at Wild Rose Casino in Clinton as a card dealer.

Sharon was born Dec. 22, 1947, in NeuillySur-Seine, France, the daughter of Clarence and Henriette (Combeaud) Eliassen.

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Lake Mills, Wisconsin; brother, Tony (Martha Ratliff) Eliassen of Ann Arbor, Michigan; and four grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

Visitation will be from 3 to 6 p.m.

Sunday at Gibson-Bode Funeral Home in Erie.

The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Fenton United Methodist Church. Burial will be at Fenton Cemetery.

Memorials may be directed to the American Cancer Society.

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ROCK FALLS – Wolz felt, and one son, John Marvin Wolz- Tracy (Mary Sue) Wolfelt, 86, of Rock Falls, zfelt, both of Rock Falls; died Wednesday, Feb. t h r e e g r a n d c h i l d r e n ; 17, 2016, at CGH Medi- and four great-grandcal Center in Sterling. children.

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John was born Oct. 31, A gathering of family 1929, in Harmon, the and friends will be from son of John Theodore 10 to 11 a.m. Monday, and Kathleen (Volland) and a memorial serWolz felt. vice at 11 a.m. Monday He was a veteran of the at Immanuel EvangeliArmy, serving during the cal Lutheran Church in Korean War. Rock Falls, with the Rev. John married Geral- Vicki Sauter officiating. dine E. Lathrop on Feb. McDonald Funeral 5, 1950, in Rock Falls. H o m e i n R o c k F a l l s She preceded him in i s h a n d l i n g a r r a n g e death on Jan. 12, 1986. ments.

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Judith Jones Sullivan SAN RAFAEL, Calif. – Judith Jones Sullivan, 83, of San Rafael, passed away Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, at Marin General Hospital in Greenbrae, California.

Judy was born Aug. 23, 1932, in Dixon, to Gerald and Marion Cahill Jones.

She was a 1950 graduate of Dixon High School.

She then studied at St. Mary College at Notre Dame, Indiana, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature and journalism in 1954. After college, Judy first worked in Chicago for the Furniture Age magazine. In 1955, she moved to San Mateo, California, to be closer to her sister, Amy, and parents. She became an editor for Mortimer Adler, a well-known philosopher who developed the Great Books/Great Ideas programs for Encyclopedia Britannica. When Britannica moved their offices in 1953 back to Chicago, Judy became a medical social worker at Laguna Honda Hospital in San Francisco.

In 1968, she married Richard F. “Dick” Sullivan, and the two of them moved to San Rafael, where they lived ever

since. As the mother of two, Erin and Amy, Judy was involved in volunteer work for the Dixie School District, and many other community activities.

Her favorite sport was skiing. She was an ardent Notre Dame fan.

She loved travel. Family vacations usually were driving trips in the U.S. When her husband, Richard retired from Chevron Research in 1992, the two of them began to travel internationally, often with groups of friends. They visited many countries and all seven continents.

Hawaii was a favorite destination for the Sullivan family.

Judy is survived by her husband; two daughters, Erin (Mrs. Ben) Hailer and Amy; two grandchildren, Chloe and Anthony; many cousins; and numerous friends. She was much loved, and we will miss her.

A memorial mass will be at 11 a.m. March 5 at St. Isabella Church, 1 Trinity Way, San Rafael, CA 94903.

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THE PEOPLE’S VOICE | THE JACOBS FAMILY, OREGON

Faith serves as family’s backbone Youngest daughter overcomes scoliosis, now helps children OREGON – Messages come in many ways, many volumes. Two weeks before Eric Jacobs was to report for football practice at Augustana College in the tail end of summer 1976, he got a not-so-subtle nudge.

“I don’t know what you believe, but God spoke to me – audibly – ‘Don’t go to school. Get married,’” Eric said. “I called Jackie and asked, ‘Does this happen?’”

“I told him that if God could speak through a donkey, he could speak audibly,” his wife of going on 40 years said.

At the time, Eric was a CEO – Christmas, EasterOnly – believer. But yes, it did happen – the marriage, at least. We can be sure of that. He married Jackie Thompson mere months later. They had six children, who’ve given them six grandchildren. But the message their youngest, Jasmine, would hear was a little harder to discern.

Oregon High School coaches were chomping at the bit to have a multisport phenom like Jasmine in the fold. But when she was 13, she started getting headaches. They got worse – debilitating, even. She was diagnosed with scoliosis and referred to Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago. Her back was eventually curved 52 degrees, her lower back 40.

She was treated with physical therapy and pain medication, but there came a point where her father grew tired of watching his daughter suffer so early in her life.

“This was a 14-year-old girl who had her whole life ahead of her,” Eric said.

He knew Loparex in Dixon, where he worked third shift, and where he’d worked for 30 years, would be shuttered soon.

But at the moment, he had good insurance. So on a fated Monday, he asked Jasmine’s worldrenowned doctor, John Sarwark, to rethink things. That night, Sarwark’s nurse called at 10:30.

“She said, ‘You’ve got a lot of work ahead of you. We’ve got surgery scheduled for this time.

You’ve to get all your preliminaries done in order to make this happen,’” he said. “We were scrambling to get all the blood work done, and everything we had to get done before she could go in for surgery. It all fell into place. The surgery happened.”

He vividly remembers the day, 3 weeks before Jasmine’s 15th birthday, that she underwent 6 hours of surgery that would fuse her T1

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through T12 vertebrae with two titanium rods.

Leading up, the most comforting scene played out.

“Dr. Sarwark and his team all gathered around Jasmine, and we prayed.

It was just a great feeling, to know your surgeon, who was going to be operating on your daughter, was a man of God. “And afterward, he said, ‘Don’t thank me. I did the surgery, but God guides my hands.’”

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Eric Jacobs and his 23-year-old daughter, Jasmine, Facetime at Books on First in Dixon. Jasmine recently received a fellowship with Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago, nearly a decade after undergoing 6 hours of surgery there to fix a debilitating case of scoliosis.

‘I would do it all over again’ Eric and Jackie immediately saw a difference in their daughter.

“You know, I think it was almost instantaneous, with the experience she had,” Eric said.

“For a 13-year-old to have that kind of maturity, to look in another direction – up until that point, everything was sports to her.”

“She matured overnight,” Jackie remembered.

Jasmine elected not to go to Oregon High School, to be homeschooled instead. Within a year of surgery, she began volunteering at Lurie. Technically, she was too young for its new PeerWise program, but she strong-armed mom into going along so she could be eligible for the program that launched at the same time she was having surgery.

Specifically, Jasmine got to be one of the first volunteers to counsel patients staring down the same surgery she’d gone through.

“I was in a lot of pain before the surgery, and I could immediately tell there was a difference after my surgery,” she said. “I wanted to give back, particularly to the hospital that changed my life for the better.”

Her message is invaluable.

“If I get to answer one question and ease just a little bit of anxiety, or answer any question they might have, that just made the pain, the recovery, the lifechanging trajectory all the difference for me,” she said. “If they walked away not fearing it as much as they did before they talked to me, it was all worth it. I would do it

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LEFT: Jasmine manages a smile before undergoing surgery at Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago. On May 26, 9 years and 1 day after said surgery, she’ll graduate from Rush Medical College in Chicago. RIGHT: Jasmine, 3 weeks shy of her 15th birthday, rests after 6 hours of surgery at Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago.

Her upper spine had reached a 52-degree curve, and her lower spine reached an arc of 40 degrees, prompting her father to ask doctors to consider surgery. all over again.”

After graduating cum laude with a health science degree and a business minor from Bradley University, Jasmine received an administrative fellowship at Lurie through Rush Medical College and is well on her way to a career – whatever that might be. The wherever is a little easier to determine – she’s bound and determined to work in the hospital that helped her become what she is today. Coincidentally, Rush recently confirmed the graduation date – May 26, 9 years and a day after Jasmine’s surgery.

She’s not exactly sure which role she’ll play, but whatever it is, confidant should be listed on her business cards.

“You just need to be able to let them talk, and being able to listen,” she said. “I don’t have all the answers. I don’t know exactly what they’re going through. But having that shared connection, it’s about listening to what they need from the interaction – if it’s just support, or if they want to hear my side.”

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schooled. Like her siblings, two of whom didn’t experience their first kiss until their wedding day, she didn’t want to be distracted as she walked a righteous path.

Jackie is the assistant pastor at the nondenominational Church of Jesus Christ Forever in Oregon, which telecasts its services to members around the country – even Hawaii, where the Jacobs’ 31-year-old son, Justin, lives.

Similar to his dad, he was a natural college athlete who received a calling. At age 21, he accompanied some college friends to build a house in Hawaii. The man behind the project, seeing Justin’s work ethic, hired him for more projects, including a retreat for underprivileged kids.

He and his wife, Danielle, after navigating a long-distance relationship – she’s from Oregon, too – had their first kiss on their wedding day, and they recently had a baby boy, Nali’i – which means king in Hawaiian.

About a month ago, Eric and Jackie flew down not only to meet their newest grandson, but also to celebrate the marriage of close friend Elisha Rinaldo – now Elisha Kaneali’i.

“I felt like one of these jet-setters, just going to

Hawaii for the weekend,” Eric said, laughing. Having just been promoted to head of maintenance at Pinecrest Community in Mount Morris, he was relieved to be given the time off.

Elisha’s father, Joseph Rinaldo, was ordained along with Jackie. A car accident took his life in 1997, but his daughter stayed the path, also saving herself entirely for her wedding day, officiated by Kale Aluli, head pastor of Church of Jesus Christ Forever.

“She’s such a beautiful young woman, but she kept herself,” Jackie said.

“It was the most wonderful wedding, and we saw God’s hand in everything.”

The Jacobs’ secondoldest daughter, Jessica Throw, also celebrated her first kiss on her wedding day. While her mother worked third shift, she was mom, more or less, for Jasmine when she was young.

Jasmine is 7 years younger than the nextyoungest sibling, June, who was born in June, and a month early. The family was at a church camp, where they’d go every weekend. With no doctor available, June was born on the island.

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An X-ray shows the two titanium rods aligning Jasmine Jacobs’ T1 through T12 vertebrae. her out and, finding she was healthy, the family lined a dresser drawer with a blanket.

“That’s where we put June,” Eric said. “We brought her out and continued our picnic.”

Such sacrifice, such devotion, such faith, and such miracles.

“It’s probably hard for a lot of people to believe,” Eric said.

It’s no wonder Jasmine is poised to pass along her experience and passion.

“I’ve had my share of ups and downs and hardships, but not everyone gets to figure out how to do what makes them happy,” she said. “I get to make someone else’s day better, every day. That just makes me happy, knowing the grand scheme of things, I’m helping people.”

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EDITORIAL | WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY

G.W.’s dim view of politics: I told you so P

olitical discord continues to rear its ugly head.

We see it nationally with the gridlocked government headed by Republicans in Congress and a Democratic president in the White House.

We see it in Illinois with the gridlocked government headed by Democrats in the General Assembly and a Republican governor in the Executive Mansion.

The death of Justice Antonin Scalia brought a new round of political bickering between Democrats, who support President Obama’s decision to nominate a replacement, and Republicans, who say the decision should be left to the new president elected in November.

Are political parties worth all this trouble?

The Father of His Country didn’t think so.

George Washington,

who was born 284 years ago Monday, had impeccable qualifications for making that judgment.

After all, his generalship led the Continental Army to victory in the Revolutionary War. He then presided over the 1787 Constitutional Convention and served two terms as our first president under that Constitution.

Washington, in his Farewell Address in 1796, minced no words when it came to political parties, which he referred to as “the spirit of party.”

“This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature,” Washington wrote, but noted that in popular, elected governments, “it is seen in its greatest rankness, and is truly their worst enemy.”

Washington said that “the alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dis-

What we think George Washington, the Father of His Country, warned that political parties were the “worst enemy” of elected governments. If he could see the discord in today’s national and Illinois governments, he’d say, I told you so.

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The common and continual mischiefs of the spirit of party are sufficient to make it the interest and duty of a wise people to discourage and restrain it.

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George Washington

sension, … is itself a frightful despotism,” as it could lead the public, tired of “the disorders and miseries,” to “seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual,” such as a dictator.

FURTHER, THE SPIRIT of party “serves always to

distract the Public Councils, and enfeeble the Public Administration.”

Further, “It agitates the Community with illfounded jealousies and false alarms; kindles the animosity of one part against another, foments occasionally riot and insurrection.”

Washington wrote that

“in Governments purely elective, it is a spirit not to be encouraged.”

Summoning a vivid analogy, Washington wrote, “A fire not to be quenched, it [the spirit of party] demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its bursting into a flame, lest, instead of warming, it should consume.”

PRETTY STRONG words from the Father of His Country, who saw political parties as potentially “potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people, and to usurp for themselves the reins of government.”

Washington gave this advice to the public about political parties: “The common and continual mischiefs of the spirit of party are sufficient to make it the interest and duty of a wise people to discour-

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age and restrain it.”

Well, Americans didn’t listen to their Father.

Political parties and the discord they bring have long been infused in national and state government.

If Washington could see today’s “distracted” Congress and Legislature and “enfeebled” executive branches, he would sorrowfully shake his head and mutter, I told you so.

THE READER’S VOICE

Let trapper ‘explore virtue of kindness’

Election letters reminder The maximum length for letters to the editor endorsing candidates or discussing issues regarding the March 15 primary is 200 words.

Letter writers may not endorse the same candidate or issue more than once. The submission deadline is noon March 8.

INGRID E. NEWKIRK Washington, D.C.

The letter from John “Ted” Lawson of Oregon [“Letter was ‘an attack on legal trappers,’” The Reader’s Voice, Feb. 12] was disturbing on many levels.

He defends steel traps in which mother animals often must resort to chewing off their own limbs, in the same way Aron Ralston famously cut off his own arm when it was trapped by a fallen boulder in a Utah canyon. The pain and desperation are the same.

Lawson suggests that because nature can be cruel, it’s fine for human beings, regardless of their many options, to be cruel, too. As for the West being “won by trappers,” historians have more to say on that, and as we look around, we see that what was won was basically the death of natural beauty and the birth of encroachment.

He boasts of loving animals “with potatoes and gravy” in the way some callous people used to talk about a woman’s place or, worse perhaps, someone of color. Finally, he advises anyone who disagrees with him to move to Europe.

My advice to him would be to read more about other cultures and animal behavior, and to explore the virtue of kindness.

Note to readers: Ingrid E. Newkirk is president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

Letter about animal traps a bit confusing HAROLD “SAM” McMICHAEL Oregon

I’m writing after reading the recent letter from John “Ted” Lawson [Feb. 12] attacking and suggest-

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Klahn, who is a candidate in the race for Lee County state’s attorney.

In meeting Matt and his wife, Elizabeth, who also is an attorney, I have been impressed that there are young, intelligent, and competent individuals willing to make the sacrifices that come with running for office. When a person decides to throw his or her hat into the political ring, it involves the whole family.

I know this because I am married to a man who loves to get involved in political campaigns.

Over the years, our family has put together more than our share of campaign signs in an effort to help get well-qualified candidates elected.

Our family is supporting Matt Klahn, not only because he is qualified for the job, but because MARTHA ANDERSON we believe he will be an Dixon exceptional community I am writing to express leader. I want to encourmy support for Matt age all those who will vote ing letter writer Michelle Kretzer [Feb. 4 letter] move to Europe.

I was of the opinion that trappers contributed to the exploring of, and not so much the developing and winning of, the West.

I must admit, I’m confused about God, guns and the outdoors. I’m also confused about “PETA poop” and “bunny huggers.” Is that funny?

I want to note how fortunate we are to live in the United States. If someone goes into Yellowstone and teases a bear, we will go kill the bear to teach it a lesson. I do hope Mr. Lawson enjoys his next bobcat with potatoes and gravy meal.

I expect Mr. Larson will send me off to Asia.

Vote Klahn for state’s attorney

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in the March 15 primary and work experience. election to cast their vote We need someone like Reising who is willing to for Matt Klahn. be active in helping the citizens of Ogle County.

Wayne also is serving on the Ogle County Planning Commission, a job that he takes very seriously.

JIM BARNES My vote will be for Oregon I am writing this letter in Wayne Reising for Ogle support of Wayne Reising County Board District 2. I for Ogle County Board. am asking you to join me Wayne is a longtime Ore- in voting for Reising.

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Barnes is a former Ogle Having known Wayne for years, I have heard County Board chairman. nothing but good of this businessman. Wayne is working to get more jobs in Ogle County. He is currently our business representative to Business Employment Skills Team BENJAMIN BROKAW [BEST, Inc.]. This team Dixon helps to administer federally-funded programs Lee County needs a new in Ogle County and seven jail facility. There is a cell where the bright light other counties.

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Need for new jail and mental health facilities

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ated in it for months on end. Here they will put the mentally ill under the guise that it keeps them safe, or they might use the drunk tank room and strap the person down for days on end, all the while not allowing the lights to be turned off.

In reality, this is cruel and unusual punishment for people who have not yet been convicted.

Where as we may waterboard foreign detainees at Guantanamo Bay, I highly doubt we torture them by not allowing them rest and sleep, which is exactly what the mentally ill are not being allowed by withholding the darkness of night from them.

Nor can we keep the mentally ill in jail for months on end until beds open up in a state that lacks mental health hospitals. The time allowed for state doctors to work with our mentally ill who have been charged with an offense is up to a year, and then some are still allowed more time just so these people can be deemed fit to stand trial.

That’s only after months and months waiting for a bed to open up.

I have no idea how to solve these social injustices, given our state financial situation. But I strongly believe the public should be aware of it.

And by being aware of it, perhaps more ideas will be given on how to deal with such a distressing crisis.

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Illinois adrift and spiraling downward ‘Little people’ are suffering; so are state’s universities

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ere I go again.

I do so exhort readers to contact your legislators to demand that action be taken to begin to right the ship of state.

Once-proud Illinois is badly wounded. The state is more distressed than at any time since the Great Depression, when teachers were paid in scrip, as they may again be in Chicago in the near future.

Much of the blame lies at the feet of two proud, bull-headed men in Gov. Bruce Rauner and Speaker of the House Mike Madigan. Like Neros fiddling while Illinois crashes, they are too obdurate to be the first to pick up the phone and say simply, “Let’s sit down and address the big problems we face in Illinois and Chicago.�

That would show weakness, they think.

The saddest part of this is that only the “little people� are suffering.

Those in need of mental health services, seniors who need help with household chores, and college students who have been denied tuition grants awarded a year ago.

Lutheran Social Services of Illinois, a major deliverer of social services (most such state services are delivered not by the state but by groups such as LSSI) has laid off 750 employees because of non-payment by the state for services provided.

All the while the state is paying 12 percent penalties to vendors for its late payments. What a way to run a railroad.

I SHOULD CORRECT myself. Not only little people are hurt but also any of us affected by the long-term economic development of the state.

I return to an illustration I have used before, because I know a bit about it and because it is

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

He co-wrote “Fixing Illinois.�

so pertinent to our state’s long-term economic growth.

The University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign college of engineering and computer sciences has long been one of the nation’s biggest producers of engineers and among the best in the world, always ranked among the top three to five in the U.S., first in some sub-disciplines.

The college has begun collaborating with the towering University of Chicago, which lacks an engineering program, and has been setting up shop elsewhere in Chicago, which has belatedly been developing as a technology hub. The city covets the engineers

Urbana produces and the research it leads.

Yet this year the state has abandoned the Urbana campus and all the public universities, most of which are located downstate. I doubt that private school-educated, Chicago-based Rauner (Dartmouth and Harvard business) and Madigan (Notre Dame and Loyola law) have much feel for our public universities and their contributions, such as the worldwide web browser, largely created at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign.

INDEED, AS STATE support for higher ed has dwindled, tuitions have jumped, too much, prompting enrollmentneedy neighboring public flagships in Indiana, Iowa and Wisconsin to cherry-pick Illinois students.

In 1978, the slice of the state budget going to higher education was 10 percent; last year it 3.3 percent (this does not include pension payments for higher ed, then or now, which are hefty).

Meanwhile, just

THE READER’S VOICE

Correcting the corrections LYNN ASP Franklin Grove

This is the first letter I have ever written to The Reader’s Voice, formerly known as “Letters to the editor.�

I enjoy reading the newspaper and appreciate the corrections column [page A2].

However, in the Wednesday, Feb. 10 edition, there were several errors in said column, and since they pertained to me, I felt it necessary

to correct the corrections as follows.

First of all, thank you for noting that my name is Lynn and not Linda, but I am not the director of the Lincoln Highway Association. There is a board of directors, and the current president happens to reside in DeKalb. I am the director of the LHA National Headquarters located in Franklin Grove, which means I’m the main volunteer here.

Secondly, the locations of the first Friday and third Friday (Blues and Bluegrass) music events

were correct; however, the Northern Illinois Bluegrass Association does not sponsor those programs.

We receive no money from it, but it does promote them in its newsletter, just as your newspaper and other area papers do.

The late Jack Kelley and I originated the open stage acoustic music programs in 1999 and 2000. I continue to host the Franklin Grove event, and Ron Colson emcees the Mount Morris venue.

We accept donations at both places, which are

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If you were a rising-star technology research professor, looking around to settle in, which state would appear more promising to you? One that has its act together, or one that doesn’t?

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Jim Nowlan

returned from a sojourn in Austin, Texas, I report that UT’s main campus looks like a construction zone, with massive laboratories going up right behind the Bill and Melinda Gates Computer Science Center and the Michael Dell Center and elsewhere.

UT should change its mascot from the longhorn to the sky crane.

When it comes to supporting tech development, Texas gets it; Illinois doesn’t.

Of course, Texas has a $27 billion endowment

(mostly oil money), while the University of Illinois has but $2 billion and change. Illinois was, unfortunately, decades late to the serious fundraising game, thinking state support would carry it along.

We just cannot abandon gems such as those in Urbana-Champaign, and others elsewhere at our public universities.

Oh, but this is just a one-year blip, some might say. But if you were a rising-star technology research professor, looking around to settle in, which state would appear more promising to you? One that has its act together, or one that doesn’t?

And I’m afraid we have 3 more years of fruitless acrimony ahead of us.

Disheartening, to say the least.

Note to readers: Jim Nowlan of Toulon served two terms in the Illinois House and worked under three governors. He cowrote “Fixing Illinois: Politics and Policy in the Prairie State.� Contact Nowlan at jnowlan3@ gmail.com.

What do you think? then given to those locations.

On Monday, Feb. 15, I typed the correct information for the above items and personally took it to the newspaper office in Dixon, where I gave it to the very nice ladies at the front desk and explained everything to them. Somewhere between the front desk and the printed word, havoc ensued.

I sincerely hope that this letter will be printed as I have written it. Once again, thank you for this opportunity to set the record straight.

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George Bernard Shaw said, “If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.”

Yesterday, I compared the two styles of bridge defense – active and passive – with dance. If you round up a posse and hunt for tricks, it is like dancing a fandango. But if you sit at home watching the television and waiting for declarer to knock on your front door and donate you tricks, that is akin to dancing a fox trot.

How do the defenders decide which steps to take?

First, they listen to the bidding.

If it sounds like the opponents are full value for

their calls, be active; if they crawl to their contract, stay passive. Then, study the dummy.

If it is balanced, the defenders can probably be cautious.

But if it is unbalanced, especially with a good side suit, they should immediately chase tricks. Which applies in this deal? South is in four hearts. West leads a low diamond. What should East do?

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After East takes the first trick with his diamond ace, he should see that dummy’s spade suit is likely to be worth four or five tricks, and declarer may gain a diamond ruff or two.

East must get active, shifting to the club 10.

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Veteran also carved out living as prize fighter REID

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He married Rose Collins and became a boxing trainer. He died in 2006.

“I decided I like Dixon, so I stayed here,” he told the Telegraph in 2003.

“I gave up New York for Dixon. Dixon has been a good town for me.”

Reid is credited with integrating girls softball in Dixon, and was the first to organize a softball league for girls. He coached for 35 years.

“Those girls didn’t have anything to do,” Reid said in a 1982 interview.

“All the sports here were

just for the boys. When those girls are on the field with me, they are not getting into trouble.”

Before he stepped up to the plate, whites and blacks played on separate teams.

“I always saw him on the softball fields,” said Pam Tourtillott, president of the Dixon school board. She played against teams Reid coached. “He was definitely dedicated to his girls, and to the game of softball.”

He also helped the girls off the softball field, Tourtillott said.

“He helped shape a lot of the girls’ lives,” she said.

Reid’s daughter-in-law, Kathy Reid, 51, played for him, and said he was very well-respected. The girls he coached were “his girls,” she said.

“He knew the game of softball,” she said. “He was a teacher as well as a coach. He took the game seriously, but he also knew how to make it fun.”

She played slow-pitch softball for him for about 10 years.

“He called us ‘his girls,’ and he didn’t want anyone messing with his girls,” Kathy said. “He’d want us at practices, because he didn’t like to lose. He wanted your best, and that is all he can ask for.”

He was an equally affable and funny guy off the field, she said.

“He cared about everyone and he would do something for everyone, if he could,” Kathy said.

“His sense of humor was great. He was very sociable and got along with pretty much everyone.”

In the 1970s, Reid said he was not allowed to join the Elks Lodge or buy a plot in a local cemetery. Other civic organizations wanted him to be their token minority.

“Everybody has changed now,” he said in the 2003 interview.

“Everyone treats you so nice.”

Permit extensions pending in Lee, Whiteside STALLED

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The state Wind Energy Facilities Construction and Deconstruction Act was signed into law July 24, 2015. The bill was passed to streamline the regulation of siting, building, and removing commercial wind turbines that before had been handled inconsistently at the county level.

The main objective of the Illinois Farm Bureau initiative was to provide a minimum of financial protections for landowners in the project areas.

Work slowed in July 2013, when a lawsuit was filed by 60 residents against Lee County and the previous owner, Mainstream. The court challenges cited nonconforming land-use issues, the turbines’ effect on property values, and concerns about noise and shadow flicker.

The delays have led to the expiration of specialuse permits granted by the counties. The permits expired Aug. 26, 2015, in Whiteside County, and they are set to expire in mid-May in Lee County.

Geronimo has asked for an extension in Whiteside County, but part of the new state law mandates that an agriculture impact mitigation agreement between develop-

Project information Go to http://www.geronimoenergy.com/ourprojects/ green-river for more information about the Green River wind project planned in Lee and Whiteside counties, including community and economic impact projections. ers and the state agriculture department must be in place before permitting is extended.

“They applied for an extension, but to go to a hearing, we need the mitigation agreement, and we don’t have it yet,” said Stu Richter, Whiteside County planning and zoning administrator.

The last Richter has heard from Geronimo was a Jan. 20 email that said it still was waiting to hear from the ag department.

The scope of the project has changed since Geronimo took the baton from Mainstream.

Plans now call for most of the Green River turbines to be in Lee County, with a few in Whiteside.

The Bureau County part of the plan was absorbed into the Walnut Ridge project.

Richter said the arrangement in Whiteside County calls for seven turbines to start, with the possibility of expanding westward later.

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“The typical delay games are being played with the lawsuit, but we also must have the mitigation agreement in place before extensions can be dealt with,” Lee County Board President Rick Ketchum said.

There must be a hearing on the permits before the county planning and zoning panel, which makes its recommendation to the County Board.

Enough time has passed to perhaps create another wild card.

“We have several new members on both of those boards, so the process could be a little different this time,” Ketchum said.

Ketchum said the permitting was supposed to be on the board agenda this month, but plans changed when the miti-

gation pact didn’t arrive.

He is hopeful it will be in soon.

“We expect to see it on the agenda in March or April,” Ketchum said.

Bureau County received the mitigation agreement for its Walnut Ridge wind project, and on Jan. 12 the County Board approved the project against the recommendation of the county zoning board.

“The ag department sent us a letter that we received on Jan. 5,” said Kris Donarksi, planning and zoning administrator in Bureau County.

“They had applied for permitting in October 2014, and our hearings started in January 2015, so we were grandfathered in.”

Those hearings went on for nearly a year, before the County Board rendered its decision.

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Ethan Couch was 16 at the time of the crash.

During his juvenile trial, a defense expert invoked the term “affluenza” while arguing that Couch’s wealthy parents had coddled him into a sense of irresponsibility.

Friday’s ruling means the now 18-year-old Couch could face up to 120 days in jail, then finish his 10-year probation. But

if he violates his probation during that time, he could get up to 10 years in prison for each of the four people who were killed.

Among those attending the hearing was Sergio Molina, who was riding in the back of Couch’s pickup and left paralyzed. He can communicate only by blinking his eyes.

Molina attended with his mother and brother, Alexander Lemus, who said that what he wanted from the Couches was “that they pay.”

“What’s 120 days in county?” Lemus asked.

“That’s nothing. We need help. They have so much money, they need to pay.”

NEW YORK (AP) – Harper Lee, the elusive novelist whose child’seye view of racial injustice in a small Southern town, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” became standard reading for millions of young people and an Oscar-winning film, has died. She was 89.

Lee died peacefully Friday, publisher HarperCollins said in a statement. It did not give any other details about how she died.

“The world knows Harper Lee was a brilliant writer but what many don’t know is that she was an extraordinary woman of great joyfulness, humility and kindness. She lived her life the way she wanted to – in private – surrounded by books and the people who loved her,” Michael Morrison, head of HarperCollins U.S. general books group, said in the statement.

For most of her life, Lee divided her time between New York City, where she wrote the novel in the 1950s, and her hometown of Monroeville, which inspired the book’s fictional Maycomb.

“To Kill a Mockingbird,” published in 1960, is the story of a girl nicknamed Scout growing up in a Depressionera Southern town. A black man has been wrongly accused of raping a white woman, and Scout’s father, the resolute lawyer Atticus Finch, defends him despite threats and the scorn of many.

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In a photo taken in 2007, author Harper Lee smiles during a ceremony honoring the four new members of the Alabama Academy of Honor at the Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama. Lee, the elusive author whose “To Kill a Mockingbird” became an enduring best seller and classic film with its child’s-eye view of racial injustice in a small Southern town, has died, according to Harper Collins spokeswoman Tina Andreadis.

She was 89.

The book quickly became a best-seller, won the Pulitzer Prize and was made into a memorable movie in 1962, with Gregory Peck winning an Oscar for his portrayal of Atticus. As the civil rights movement grew, the novel inspired a generation of young lawyers, was assigned in high schools all over the country and was a popular choice for citywide, or nationwide, reading programs.

By 2015, its sales were reported by HarperCollins to be more than 40 million worldwide, making it one of the most widely read American novels of the 20th century.

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‘My appreciation to the community’ Continue the progress, said outgoing mayor Note to readers: This guest column was written by Jim Burke as he prepared to step down as Dixon’s mayor after 16 years. It was published in the May 2, 2015, edition of SV Weekend.

Mayor JIM BURKE Dixon

As your Dixon mayor for 16 years, I want to express my appreciation to the community for the confidence placed in me to be the chief executive.

It has been an honor to serve in this capacity, and I never forgot that it was an honor.

When I first ran for the job, my intent was to have

the mayor be the main promoter and No. 1 salesperson for the city. For 16 years, that’s Mayor Jim what I did.

Burke With the support of the citizens and its leaders, the city is fortunate to have such strong civic, business, municipal and religious leadership, augmented by citizen volunteers, which collectively has made Dixon what has been called the “Jewel of the Sauk Valley.”

The philosophy at the foundation of our success has been vision and reinvesting in the community.

Every decision I made and every vote I made in the council was based on what is the best thing for Dixon.

THERE WAS NO ROOM in my thinking process for bias and personal likes and dislikes.

The new City Council is a very intelligent group of individuals who have my support as they take on the challenge of implementing a whole new form of municipal government.

My wish for them and the city is to continue the progress by seeing the bigger picture in all deliberations, implementing a vision for Dixon now and in the future, and reinvesting funds in opportunities that help grow the quality of life in the community.

In conclusion, I want to thank all city employees for their support and dedication to public service. I particularly mention Kathe Swanson and Stephanie Terranova,

who handled thousands of emails, letters, and details generated by the mayor’s office. Those two were invaluable.

Kathe and I will always have a special bond as the embezzlement was discovered and we secretly communicated with the FBI almost daily for 5 months.

Immediately after the FBI descended on City Hall, Dan Langloss provided me advice and guidance on how to handle the crisis. I will never forget and always appreciate his management skills. He is one smart guy.

I am saying goodbye as mayor, but not as a resident who will always be involved with this truly great community.

Thank you for everything.

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Dixon Mayor Jim Burke gets a hug from Josie Whaley after he announced his decision to not seek re-election in 2015. Burke made his announcement Dec. 18, 2014, at City Hall. “I’ve been thinking about this for a long time,” Burke said that day. “So when I did make the decision, mentally, I felt immediate relief, once I did it. Maybe just because I didn’t have to think about it any longer.”

‘Dixon has lost a true statesman, and an outstanding citizen’ BURKE

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Burke knew Crundwell most of her life, and she had worked at City Hall since she was 16. Her betrayal stunned, saddened and astonished him, and left what many felt was a stain on his administration.

Through it all, though, he remained upbeat, confident that Dixon eventually would overcome the loss.

“It has been a fantastic, rewarding experience to be a part of all the positive changes in the community during my 16 years as mayor,” Burke said in December 2014, when he announced his decision not to seek re-election.

At the time, he said he hoped, and he thought, that his time as mayor would be remembered by the development that’s taken place downtown

and in the central business district.

He also said that his health did not play a part in his decision, and that, after surgery that September to remove his bladder after an invasive tumor was found, he was cancer-free.

Burke, the owner of United Country Burke Realty in Dixon, said he wanted to spend more time focusing on his business and his personal life.

The Democrat was elected to his first term in 1999, when he defeated two-term incumbent Don Sheets by 235 votes.

He also served three terms as a commissioner, from 1967 to 1979, for the streets and public property departments.

He was a staunch advocate for the development of the downtown, and of the city’s economic and artistic growth.

Under his tenure, the Heritage Crossing river-

front project was completed; the downtown streetscapes were updated; the Galena and Peoria avenue bridges were rebuilt; the Presidential Parkway Plaza retail center was developed; and a sewer treatment plant and a new public safety building were built.

Had he won a fifth term, it would have been the most consecutive terms for a Dixon mayor since 1911.

Local businessman Liandro Arellano Jr. won the race in April 2015.

On the heels of the Crundwell scandal, a new managerial form of city government was voted in, replacing the commission form, and all new council members were elected.

Sterling Mayor Skip Lee and state Rep. Tom Demmer expressed admiration for Burke.

“I’m stunned. Mayor Burke was an amazing man,” Lee said. “There

Mayor Li Arellano Jr.

Chief Danny Langloss

was a lot of progress under him. First and foremost, he was about Dixon, but he worked very well with the other mayors.

“I never met someone who was more of a people person. He was charming, articulate and had that twinkle in his eye.

He was like everyone’s grandpa,” Lee said.

“He piloted Dixon through perhaps it’s toughest time in history.

I can’t imagine being mayor at a worse time in a city’s history. The good he did was kind of forgotten in the controversy of the moment.

“Dixon has lost a true statesman, and an out-

standing citizen.”

Demmer, too, noted Burke’s passion for his hometown.

“I had the chance to work with him on the board of the Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home. His enthusiasm for the city really showed in everything. He was the town’s biggest fan,” the Dixon Republican said.

“He was someone who always looked for new opportunities to embrace Dixon’s history and community spirit. I respected and looked up to him.”

Dixon Police Chief Danny Langloss, who was out of town, said in an email that he was “deeply saddened” by Burke’s death. “He was a great man. ... It was an honor to serve with him,” he wrote.

“Mayor Burke had an infectious positive attitude and energy that brought out the best in those around him. He loved Dixon and always

made his decisions on what was best for Dixon.

He was Dixon’s greatest ambassador and worked hard to make Dixon a destination.

“His great work as mayor will serve as the foundation for the great things to come,” Langloss said.

In a brief statement, Arellano said: “I was saddened today to learn of the passing of former Mayor Jim Burke.

“On behalf of the city of Dixon, I wish to thank Jim for his decades of public service to the city.

Our prayers and deepest condolences to his family and loved ones.”

Among others, Burke is survived by his wife, Lucy.

Jones Funeral Home in Dixon is handling arrangements, which were being finalized Friday.

SVM reporters Christopher Heimerman and Angel Sierra contributed to this report.

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CAMPAIGN 2016 | SOUTH CAROLINA & NEVADA Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton (left) visits Friday with Vicki Early (center) and Tyrone Hych at their home in Las Vegas. Early and Hych have solar power at their home.

Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders face off in the Nevada caucuses today.

Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, laughs Friday as South Carolina Gov. Niki Haley speaks during a rally in Columbia, South Carolina. Haley has endorsed Rubio for president.

The South Carolina GOP primary is today.

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Hopefuls get emotional on election eve Voters, caucus goers to pass judgment today MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) – The Republican campaign for South Carolina turned deeply personal on the eve of today’s high-stakes presidential primary, as New York businessman Donald Trump eyed a delegate sweep and his Republican rivals jockeyed for a southern surprise.

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, the son of a pastor, evoked

“the body of Christ” in his closing message while fending off allegations of “dirty tricks” in a state where most Republicans identify as evangelical Christians.

At the same time, Trump allies took subtle shots at Pope Francis for questioning the Republican front-runner’s devotion to Christian principles.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich continued hugging supporters, while Jeb Bush turned to his mother to help revive his underdog campaign.

Friday marked an emotionally charged day in

the Republican presidential contest amid a growing sense of urgency.

South Carolina offers the six candidates still in the race a trove of 50 delegates – and perhaps more important, momentum to help survive into the next phase of the campaign: March 1’s Super Tuesday.

On the other side of the country, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders competed for votes ahead of today’s Democratic caucuses in Nevada.

“Guess what? There’s a caucus here in Nevada!

We are here to win,”

Sanders said at a rally in sparsely populated Elko.

Back in South Carolina, Trump appeared to hold a commanding lead less than 24 hours before voting began. With a big win, the billionaire businessman could take home most, if not all, of the state’s delegates. Such a victory would mark a particularly painful blow to Cruz, whose consistent focus on Christian values and southern roots should have given him a distinct advantage here.

As the undisputed Republican front-runner, Trump was a popular

target in the final-hours’ scramble for votes.

“Trump values are not South Carolina values,” the state’s senior senator, Lindsey Graham, charged during a Charleston rally for Bush. Former first lady Barbara Bush had this to say about her son’s values: “He’s steady. He’s honest. He is modest. He is kind, and he is good.”

Trump’s campaign tried to brush off an extraordinary criticism from Pope Francis the day before. When asked about Trump’s call to build a massive wall on

the U.S.-Mexican border, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church said those who seek to build walls instead of bridges are not Christian.

Trump called the pope’s words “disgraceful” on Thursday, but offered a distinctly softer jab as he courted South Carolina voters on Friday.

“Yesterday, the pope was great,” Trump told an audience in Myrtle Beach. “They had him convinced that illegal immigration was like a wonderful thing. Not wonderful for us. It’s wonderful for Mexico.”

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Even from sidelines, governors fixated on White House race WASHINGTON (AP) – Nearly three-quarters of the nation’s governors are gathering this weekend in Washington for wide-ranging discussions of public policy, including a heroin epidemic, the threat of terrorism and the possibility of another

recession. But when they go out to dinner afterward, they’ll be talking about what the rest of Washington is obsessed with: presidential politics.

“As soon as we adjourn for the evening, it is topic No. 1, no question about it,” said Democratic Gov.

Terry McAuliffe of Virginia, the vice chairman of the National Governors Association and a friend and supporter of Hillary Clinton. “Who’s up, who’s down, what’s going to happen?”

The governors’ association has historically

struggled to gain attention for its bipartisan gatherings. And the governors recognize that the task may be more difficult than ever this year, given the bickering between Clinton and Bernie Sanders and Republican frontrunner Donald Trump’s

headline-grabbing style.

“You can be drowned out by other events of the day that the press decides is more important,” said Republican Gov. Gary Herbert of Utah, the chairman of the association. “Some of our stuff is pretty mundane.”

On Saturday, the busiest day of the meeting, the governors will be competing for attention with the South Carolina primary. One thing this election has shown: For presidential candidates, being a governor isn’t what it used to be.

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Thousands pay solemn respects to Justice Scalia Funeral Mass set for today WASHINGTON (AP) – Bidding farewell to their longtime colleague, the eight remaining Supreme Court justices joined family members, former law clerks and members of the public Friday in paying their respects to Antonin Scalia in a tradition-laden, solemn day at the marble courthouse atop Capitol Hill.

The Rev. Paul Scalia, the justice’s son and a Catholic priest, said traditional prayers at a private ceremony before thousands of people filed through the court’s Great Hall, where Scalia’s casket lay on a funeral bier first used after President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination.

“You have called your servant Antonin out of this world. Release him from the bonds of sin and welcome him into your presence,” the sixth of the justice’s nine children said.

Outside the court, meanwhile, a makeshift memorial was set up featuring jars of applesauce, a pile of fortune cookies and paper bags, items that figured in the outspoken conservative Scalia’s sharp dissents in recent cases.

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama visited the court Friday afternoon, bowing their heads near Scalia’s casket and pausing in front of a portrait of the justices. During their brief stop at the court, the Obamas were greeted by Chief Justice John Roberts and met with another son of Scalia, Army Lt. Col. Matthew Scalia, and his family. Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, were to attend today’s funeral Mass.

On Friday, 98 former law clerks to Scalia lined the Supreme Court’s steps as a police honor guard carried the casket into the building beneath the iconic words “Equal Justice Under Law” just after 9:30 a.m. on a cold, overcast morning.

The justices stood near the casket in the same order in which they will sit on a reconfigured bench following Scalia’s death last week in Texas. Chief Justice John Roberts was between Justices Anthony Kennedy, the longestserving member of the current court, and Clarence Thomas.

A 2007 portrait of Scalia by artist Nelson Shanks was displayed nearby.

In it, the justice is shown surrounded by images representing important moments and influences in his life, including a framed wedding photograph of his wife, Maureen. The extended Scalia family gathered around the widow inside the court.

Scalia’s clerks also took 30-minute turns standing near the casket in groups of four, and planned to do so through the night until his body is taken from the court for his funeral today.

Among those passing through the Great Hall were members of the federal appeals court on which Scalia served before joining the Supreme Court, including two judges mentioned as possible replacements. Judges Sri Srinivasan and Patricia Millett of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit paused briefly before Scalia’s casket and portrait.

More than 3,000 people had passed by the casket as of late afternoon and court officials added an extra hour to accom-

modate the long lines that stretched more than three blocks in the early evening. At one point, the wait topped 3½ hours, mainly because the public was not allowed in for a time because of the Obamas’ visit.

Rhaleta Bernard from the New York City borough of Queens, where Scalia grew up, had been visiting Washington with her husband, Kelvin. They changed their bus tickets in order to pay their respects.

Bernard said Scalia “believes in interpreting the law, not making the law.”

“I want another Scalia,” said Bernard, a reading specialist. “I don’t think there’s another one, though.”

Visitors passed near the collection of flowers and goods people left to remember Scalia and some of his sharply worded comments. Scalia had called Roberts’ opinion for the court in last year’s health care case “pure applesauce.” He compared Kennedy’s majority opinion declaring the right of same-sex couples to marry to the “mystical aphorisms of the fortune cookie” and said he would hide his head in a paper bag if he ever joined such an opinion.

The Mass, open to family and friends, will take place at 11 a.m. today at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. Burial plans have not been released.

Scalia’s sudden death complicated an already tumultuous election year.

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U.S. would let Apple keep software to hack iPhone Government open to less intrusive options, filing says WASHINGTON (AP) – The Obama administration told a U.S. magistrate judge on Friday it would be willing to allow Apple Inc. to retain possession of and later destroy specialized software it has been ordered to design to help the FBI hack into an encrypted iPhone used by the gunman in December’s mass shootings in California.

The government made clear that it was open to less intrusive options in a new legal filing intended to blunt public criticism

by Apple’s chief executive, Tim Cook, who said the software would be “too dangerous to create” because it would threaten the digital privacy of millions of iPhone customers worldwide.

“Apple may maintain custody of the software, destroy it after its purpose under the order has been served, refuse to disseminate it outside of Apple and make clear to the world that it does not apply to other devices or users without lawful court orders,” the Justice Department told Judge Sheri Pym. “No one outside Apple would have access to the software required by the order unless Apple itself chose to share it.”

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Meanwhile, the legal fight continued to reverberate on the presidential campaign trail as Republican candidate Donald Trump called on Americans to boycott Apple until it complies with the court order.

Trump made the comment during a questionand-answer session in Pawleys Island, South Carolina, where he’s campaigning ahead of Saturday’s first-in-the-South Republican presidential primary.

Trump says Cook wants to prove “how liberal he is” and told the crowd to “boycott Apple until such time as they give up that security.”

In the latest volley between the federal government and one of the world’s most respected companies, the Justice Department argued that Apple has the technical ability to comply with a court order issued this week – but won’t do so

because of its marketing strategy.

“Apple has attempted to design and market its products to allow technology, rather than the law, to control access to data which has been found by this court to be warranted for an important investigation,” the filing states.

The Justice Department’s motion, which seeks to force Apple to comply with Pym’s order, appears aimed at rebutting some of the key objections of Apple and its supporters. It says that the software the government seeks, contrary to Apple’s assertions, is not akin to a “master key, capable of opening hundreds of millions of locks.” And it also rejects the idea that the court order placed an unreasonable burden on the company, saying Apple already has the technical wherewithal to satisfy it.

“To the extent that Apple claims that the order is unreasonably burdensome because it undermines Apple’s marketing strategies or because it fears criticism for providing lawful access to the government, these concerns do not establish an undue burden,” the government wrote.

Apple’s written objection, already signaled by Cook in a message to Apple customers, is due next Friday.

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Road to Peoria

Illinois’ Leron Black pleaded not guilty after being arrested early Friday morning & charged with aggravated assault after threatening a bouncer at a bar with a knife. He is suspended indefinitely.

The boys basketball postseason kicks off Monday with regional play in Class 1A & 2A. Check out how all the local teams stack up at their regional sites with SVM’s preview capsules on B4.

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Erie-Prophetstown’s Dylan Binion (front) grapples with Rock Falls’ Niles Ager during their 182-pound semifinal bout Friday night at the Class 1A state tournament at State Farm Center in Champaign. Binion beat Ager 6-5 to advance to the state championship match Saturday evening. He will be joined in the finals by Fulton sophomore Tyler Fleetwood, who will wrestle for a 1A title at 106 pounds. For full coverage of Friday’s action, turn to B6 & B7.

BOYS BASKETBALL | ROCKRIDGE 53, NEWMAN 46

Comets shot down on Senior Night Rockridge junior duo too much for Newman

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STERLING – Eleven of 14 Newman Comets played in Friday’s Three Rivers Conference home game played against Rockridge.

However, it only took two players from the Rockets to put up enough points to spoil the Comets’ Senior Night festivities.

In a game featuring ranked teams in the latest Associated Press Class 2A poll, Rockridge’s junior duo of Gentry Whiteman and Carson Frakes scored almost as many points at the Comets totaled in a 53-46 loss.

The Rockets (22-4, 12-2 Three Rivers), coming in ranked No. 4 in the 2A poll, surged ahead in the second half and came away from the regular season with a share of the conference champi-

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Star of the game: Gentry Whiteman, Rockridge, 25 points, 5-for-8 3-pointers Key performers: Carson Frakes, Rockridge, 18 points, 8 rebounds; Noah McCarty, Newman, 15 points; Ethan Hafner, Newman, 10 points, 3 steals Up next: Class 2A Newman Regional, Newman vs. Fulton/ Prophetstown winner, 6 p.m.

Wednesday onship. The Comets’ loss denied them an outright opportunity.

Newman (24-4, 12-2) couldn’t quite clue in on either Whiteman (25 points) or Frakes (18 points), who combined to aggressively attack Newman’s 1-3-1 zone defense and make 13 of 18 shots from the field, as well as 11 of 14 tosses from the

free-throw line.

“We didn’t do a very good job taking away their best player,” Newman coach Ray Sharp said.

“We let their best player have 25 points, and let him shoot a lot of 3-pointers. If we don’t take away their best player, it’s going to have a big impact on the game.

“Whiteman had 25, Frankes had 18, and that’s 43 out of 53 points right there. We’ve got to recognize threats better and do a better job at taking away their best players.”

Tied at 34 after three quarters, both Whiteman and Frakes made 3-pointers to help Rockridge jump out to a six-point lead, which stretched into an Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com 8-0 run after a bucket by TJ Newman’s Ethan Nash (left) has his shot blocked by Rockridge’s Martens.

Carson Frakes during their Three Rivers game Friday in Sterling.

The Comets lost 53-46, but shared the league title with Rockridge.

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OUTDOORS

Marcos hitting stride going into regionals, B4.

It’s outdoor expo time for CatMatt, B3.

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Heath Miller Steelers tight end retired on Friday after an 11-year career with the franchise that included a pair of Super Bowl titles.

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Auto racing

• FA Cup, Hull City at Arsenal, FS1

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• NASCAR Xfinity, pole qualifying for PowerShares QQQ 300, at Daytona Beach, Fla., FS1

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• FA Cup, West Bromwich at Reading, FS2 11:15 a.m.

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• Miami at N. Carolina, CBS • Penn St. at Rutgers, ESPNU 12:30 p.m.

• Army at Navy, CBSSN 1 p.m.

• Baylor at Texas, ESPN • Pitt at Syracuse, ESPN2 • Marquette at DePaul, FSN • FIU at Rice, CSN • St. Joseph’s at Davidson, NBCSN 1:30 p.m.

• Butler at Villanova, Fox • Mississippi St. at Alabama, SEC 3 p.m.

• UConn at Cincinnati, ESPN • Oklahoma at W. Virginia, ESPN2 • Illinois St. at N. Iowa, CBSSN • S. Illinois at Evansville, FSN 4 p.m.

• Mississippi at Auburn, SEC 4:30 p.m.

• LSU at Tennessee, ESPNU 5 p.m.

• Kentucky at Texas A&M, ESPN • Kansas at Kansas St., ESPN2 • Louisiana Tech at UTEP, CBSSN 6 p.m.

• Ohio St. at Nebraska, BTN 6:30 p.m.

• TCU at Iowa St., ESPNU • Missouri at Arkansas, SEC 7 p.m.

• Notre Dame at Georgia Tech, ESPN2 8 p.m.

• Purdue at Indiana, ESPN 8:30 p.m.

• Texas Tech at Oklahoma St., ESPNU 9 p.m.

• St. Mary’s at Gonzaga, ESPN2 • Nevada at UNLV, CBSSN 10 p.m.

• Colorado at UCLA, FS1 10:30 p.m.

• Hawaii at UC Irvine, ESPNU

Women’s basketball 10 a.m.

• Army at Navy, CBSSN 11 a.m.

• Penn St. at Michigan, BTN • Rice at FIU, FSN 1 p.m.

• Northwestern at Wisconsin, BTN 7 p.m.

• UConn at E. Carolina, CBSSN

Prep wrestling 6:30 p.m.

• Iowa state tournament, finals, at Des Moines, CSN

Golf 2 p.m.

• PGA Tour, Northern Trust Open, third round, at Los Angeles, CBS 8 p.m.

• LPGA Tour, Australian Open, final round, TGC 5 a.m. (Sunday)

• European PGA Tour, Maybank Championship Malaysia, third round, TGC

NBA 7:30 p.m.

• Warriors at Clippers, ABC

NHL 8 p.m.

• Blues at Coyotes, FSN

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Dale Earnhardt Jr. prepares to climb into his car “Amelia Earhart” on Friday before practice for Sunday’s NASCAR Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla.

Amelia taking Junior higher Prized car has Earnhardt Jr. in good shape for Daytona 500

BY JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Her name is Amelia, and boy, can she fly.

She’ll be forever treasured by Dale Earnhardt Jr., even though he wants nothing more than to give her away Sunday.

Amelia Earhart is the nickname of the sleek and super-fast Chevrolet that Earnhardt drove to three wins last season. The car never finished lower than third in five races, and Earnhardt couldn’t find a reason to keep her out of the upcoming Daytona 500.

The decision was easy. Instead of building a new car specifically for the “The Great American Race” – what most teams do every offseason – Earnhardt opted to give Amelia another shot at getting to victory lane.

She delivered Thursday night when Earnhardt won a 150-mile qualifying race to up her record to four wins in six starts over the past 13 months.

“The car really does everything I ask it to do,” Earnhardt said after his win. “When you have a car that you know can do the things that this car can do, you’re willing to take those gambles and

risks to pull out and pass. It’s just a fun car to drive. Really special car.”

When Rick Hendrick leaned in the window after Earnhardt’s latest victory, the driver urged his team owner to keep track of Amelia and consider putting her on display in his museum.

For now, he’s just fine if he says goodbye to her Sunday. Daytona International Speedway displays the winning car for a year, and teams gladly exchange them for the trophy. Earnhardt, a twotime 500 winner, decided chassis No. 88-872 needed a name when crew chief Greg Ives declined to retire the car.

“The fact that we’re going to keep running it, I said, ‘We gotta name it,’ and we were thinking of a woman who has accomplished something that was an awesome person that was something we could be proud of,” Earnhardt said. “Amelia Earhart was the first thing that came to my mind. She must have been the most daring. She sort of fits that mold of the courage and determination that you need as a race car driver. She must have had that and more to be able to do the things she did in her lifetime.”

So it’s the car that gives Earnhardt the confidence to make the moves he did Thursday night while winning for the 17th time at Daytona. The victory came on the 15th anniversary of his father’s death. Although he daydreamed about winning to honor his father, he really just didn’t want to embarrass himself with a poor showing.

There was no chance of that happening, as he dominated by leading 43 of the 60 laps Saturday and passing Denny Hamlin, winner of last week’s exhibition race, with ease to claim the victory.

Earnhardt dismissed that any special power got him past Hamlin with six laps remaining.

Hamlin, who seemingly has one of the few cars that can contend with Amelia, said the pass didn’t surprise him at all.

“I’ve seen those moves a lot, because I watch him a lot. You always are watching guys that are really successful at this kind of racing,” Hamlin said. “I kind of knew what was going on, but when he’s coming at such a fast pace from behind, you have to anticipate. It’s almost like a free kick in soccer. It’s like, ‘OK, I committed to the right side and [he] kicked to the left.’”

NASCAR | DAYTONA 500 | RICHARDSON

From farming fields to Daytona lineup Richardson earned way into Great American Race

BY DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer

career Sprint Cup starts, and none since 2009.

DAYTONA BEACH, “Man, that’s better Fla. – Robert Richardson than winning the lotJr. is ready to make hay tery right there,” said at the Daytona 500.

Richardson, who added The Texas driver only that every dollar he got the call 2 weeks earns this weekend will ago from BK Racing to go into a college fund attempt the “The Great for his newborn son.

American Race.” With a Richardson manages newborn son at home, hay production as his Richardson took a break full-time job at a ranch from his full-time job at in Pilot Point, Texas. a ranch, and will try and BK Racing held a pair mow down a different of winning tickets when kind of field. it was granted two of Richardson raced his the 36 charters available way into the Daytona from NASCAR that guar500, one more driver anteed spots in the field with a chance to win for each race.

AP NASCAR’S most eclectic DiBenedetto had one team.

Robert Richardson Jr. (left) signs autographs for of the spots. But BK BK Racing has more fans on Friday. The farmer, who hasn’t made a Racing was able to snag cars in NASCAR’s NASCAR start since 2009, was the biggest sur- Daytona vet Waltrip marquee race than for one race, forcing prise to make the Daytona 500 field.

Roger Penske and Chip DiBenedetto to qualwho had more than to get my racing fix in Ganassi, and the same ify as an open car. In 100 congratulatory text for the season.” number as Rick Henexchange, DiBenedetto messages, just earning a got to run with a Toyota Richardson should drick and Joe Gibbs. ride in the No. 26 Toyo- engine instead of a be used to waiting Richardson, David ta was a victory. for a turn that might Ragan, Matt DiBeneTriad engine. DiBeneOnly two spots were never come: the burly, detto and two-time detto will return to the up for grabs in the 500 Daytona 500 champion 33-year-old spent the No. 83 Toyota next 2001 season at SMU as a – one in each qualifying weekend at Atlanta.

Michael Waltrip have race. Michael McDowell helped BK Racing some- backup quarterback.

BK Racing made its earned the spot in the Can he throw one how beat the odds and Sprint Cup debut in first race, while Richmore Hail Mary and fill one-tenth of the 2012 out of the ashes of pull off Daytona’s wild- ardson secured the final Red Bull Racing. Ragan, Daytona 500 field. transfer spot on speed est upset?

“This is my only with two career Cup vicStarting 40th, probably Thursday. opportunity to race this tories, joined the team Not bad for Richardnot. year,” Richardson said. once Michael Waltrip son, who has only eight Racing folded.

But for Richardson, “This is my opportunity

11 a.m.

• Seton Hall at St. John’s, FS1 • La Salle at George Washington, NBCSN • Patriot League, Boston U. at Bucknell, CBSSN Noon

• Michigan at Maryland, CBS 1 p.m.

• E. Carolina at SMU, ESPNEWS • Tulsa at UCF, CBSSN • Northeastern at Hofstra, NBCSN 3 p.m.

• Wichita St. at Indiana St., ESPNU • San Diego St. at San Jose St., CBSSN • George Mason at UMass, NBCSN 4 p.m.

• Oakland at Ill.-Chicago, CSN 5 p.m.

• UAB at Middle Tennessee St., CBSSN 5:30 p.m.

• Boston College at Wake Forest, ESPNU 6 p.m.

• Temple at Houston, ESPNEWS 6:30 p.m.

• Illinois at Wisconsin, BTN 7:30 p.m.

• Cal at Washington St., ESPNU

Women’s basketball 11 a.m.

• Memphis at S. Florida, ESPNU Noon

• Minnesota at Michigan St., BTN • N.C. State at N. Carolina, ESPN2 • Florida at Georgia, SEC • Duquesne at Dayton, CSN 1 p.m.

• Tennessee at LSU, ESPNU • DePaul at Creighton, FS1 2 p.m.

• Purdue at Nebraska, BTN • Maryland at Rutgers, ESPN2 • Arkansas at Kentucky, SEC • Drexel at Elon, CSN 4 p.m.

• Mississippi St. at Mississippi, ESPN2 • Texas A&M at Vanderbilt, SEC Golf 2 p.m.

• PGA Tour, Northern Trust Open, final round, CBS

NBA 2:30 p.m.

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• Lakers at Bulls, ESPN

NHL 11:30 a.m.

• Penguins at Sabres, NBC 2:30 p.m.

• Blackhawks at Wild, NBC 6 p.m.

• Red Wings at Rangers, NBCSN Soccer 7:30 a.m.

• FA Cup, West Ham at Blackburn, FS1 10 a.m.

• FA Cup, Manchester City at Chelsea, FS2 10 p.m.

• Women, CONCACAF Olympic qualifier, final, at Houston, NBCSN

Saturday, February 20, 2016

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On the calendar Local events

Saturday Girls bowling 9:30 a.m.

• State tournament, at The Cherry Bowl, Rockford

Boys swimming 1 p.m.

• Byron co-op, Newman, Sterling at Rockford Jefferson Sectional • Morrison at Rock Island Sectional

Wrestling 9 a.m.

• State tournament, at State Farm Center, Champaign

Monday Boys basketball 6 p.m.

• 2A Newman Regional, Fulton vs. Prophetstown • 1A Amboy Regional, Amboy vs. LaMoille-Ohio 7 p.m.

• 1A Forreston Regional, Erie vs. Eastland 7:30 p.m.

• 2A Newman Regional, Morrison vs. Riverdale • 2A Orion Regional, Bureau Valley vs. Orion • 2A Byron Regional, West Carroll vs. Byron

Tuesday Boys basketball 7 p.m.

• Rochelle at Dixon 7:15 p.m.

• Mendota at Rock Falls 7:30 p.m.

• 1A Forreston Regional, AFC vs. Milledgeville • 1A Amboy Regional, Ottawa Marquette vs.

Amboy/LaMoille-Ohio

Wednesday Boys basketball 6 p.m.

• 2A Newman Regional, Newman vs. Prophetstown/ Fulton • 1A Forreston Regional, Annawan vs. Erie/Eastland 7 p.m.

• 2A Orion Regional, Princeton vs. Orion/BV • 2A Byron Regional, Rockford Christian vs.

Byron/West Carroll • 1A Brimfield Regional, Polo vs. Princeville/Galva 7:30 p.m.

• 2A Newman Regional, Oregon vs. Morrison/ Riverdale • 1A Forreston Regional, Wethersfield/Forreston vs.

AFC/Milledgeville

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’m super stoked as I sit here and pen this bunch of jibberish. Thursday was the opening day of the Quad City Outdoor show at the Expo Center on the banks of the Mississippi River. Last year’s show was packed full of great deals on great stuff, and I am hoping for more of the same this year.

This show was once pretty much left for dead, but has really got its stuff together the past couple years, and is now one of my favorites to attend. I found awesome deals on anything from sinkers to reels, and cool house decor and more last year. There were great deals online and I almost got suckered in to bringing another dog home, as well.

• I know you all noticed the warm spell we got hit with, right?

I also guess it was no surprise it was accompanied by gale-force winds either. I mean, we wouldn’t want to have a warm day without some sort of handicap.

It couldn’t just be 15-20 miles an hour wind so we could still hit the river, oh no. We had to be reminded of who really runs the outdoor show.

Well I guess there will be plenty more warm days ahead, it just bites when you get 50 in February and you really can’t do anything about it.

• Last weekend, I once again found myself in Tinley Park at their fishing and outdoor show.

Once again, thousands crammed the halls and gyms of the high school there as hundreds of

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Rod holders, fishing reels, and rods were just a few of the items on display at last week’s outdoor show in Tinley Park. freezing mark. This of course means the river is open, and most of the Fishing ramps are ready as well. guide from Prophetstown.

I’m sure there is a ramp He can be or two with some ice reached at issues, but that won’t flathead mechanic40 last long. Also keep an @gmail.com eye on the lakes and backwaters. The ice never reached super thick levels this year, and I’d bet most of them will vendors set up shop for be fishable real quickthe weekend. like as well.

This show just never • It is also my job to disappoints, and maybe inform you all that the the bitter cold temperatures aided a little as Wolf Pack is back at it.

Yes, these guys just well. I just know in the 7 years I have been part of can’t get enough coyote this thing, this may have chasing. This contest has been the biggest turnout just taken off the last few years, and the boys are yet.

• Now onto bigger and going to give it another go here. Looks like next better. It’s my job to Saturday the 27th is to inform you all that the be another day of fun in forecast here in the valthe countryside. Everyley is calling for lots of thing is the same here, temperatures over the

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Team not afraid of high expectations entering 2016 A busy offseason has done nothing to dim those hopes.

The Cubs added to a roster that already included NL Cy Young Award winner Jake Arrieta and Rookie of the Year Kris Bryant, not to mention the Manager of the Year along with star slugger Anthony Rizzo.

They signed three-time Gold Glove outfielder Jason Heyward ($184 million, 8 years) and pitcher John Lackey ($32 million, 2 years), taking two players from NL Central rival St. Louis.

They also brought in two-time All-Star Ben Zobrist ($56 million, 4 years), reuniting him with Maddon and spurring the trade that sent Starlin Castro to the New York Yankees for pitcher Adam Warren.

“This is a special place,” president of baseball operations Theo Epstein said. “And a special time to be in this place.”

He is not worried about overconfidence.

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“It’s not a concern,” Epstein said. “I’m sure those conversations will take place in the natural course of events. Spring training’s always a good time to have those types of conversations. But nothing’s scheduled.

No sense of urgency.

We agree on the fundamentals, that I want to be here and I think he wants us here. It’ll take care of itself.”

The Cubs are in a far different place than they were when they opened spring training a year ago. Back then, they were a team

that appeared poised to improve. They finished with the thirdbest record in the major leagues.

“We have a really good team, and I think we have the right guy leading us and the right pieces that we added to complement our team last year,” Bryant said.

They have a chance to bring home the Cubs’ first championship in 108 years.

“Yes, we want to talk about the playoffs. Yes, we want to talk about winning the division.

Yes, talking about playing the last game of the season and winning it,” Maddon said. “But you don’t want to get caught up in that thought. How do you do that? That is where we will really be focused.”

Monty Williams urged forgiveness in an emotional eulogy at the funeral of his wife Ingrid on Thursday in Oklahoma City, where a contingent of NBA coaches and players attended in support.

Williams’ wife died Feb. 10 from injuries sustained a day earlier in an accident when her car was struck head-on by an SUV that crossed the center line after losing control. The other driver, 52-year-old Susannah Donaldson, also died.

Williams said that while everybody is praying for him and his family, “let’s not forget there were two people in this situation, and that family needs prayer as well. ... We hold no ill will toward the Donaldson family.”

NFL

Rams release stars Laurinaitis, Long The Los Angeles Rams released veterans James Laurinaitis and Chris Long, and also cut tight end Jared Cook on Friday.

In what appears a salary-cap purge, the Rams departed with star linebacker Laurinaitis and defensive end Long. Laurinaitis has been one of the NFL’s leading tacklers throughout his 7-year pro career. Long, the son of Hall of Famer Howie Long, has been their top pass rusher for most of his eight seasons.

MLB

Agent charged in player smuggling A Florida-based sports agent has been indicted on charges involving illegal smuggling of Cuban baseball players from the communist island to the U.S. Homeland Security Investigations spokesman Nestor Iglesias in Miami confirmed Bart Hernandez was arrested in a joint operation with the FBI. Hernandez has represented several Major League players, including Jose Abreu of the White Sox and Jorge Soler of the Cubs.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

DE Beal decommits from Irish Robert Beal Jr. backed off of his oral pledge to play for the Fighting Irish.

Beal, a Class of 2017 defensive end from Georgia, originally committed to Notre Dame on Nov. 1 over offers from Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Georgia and Ohio State, among others.

The 6-foot-4, 210-pounder is rated a four-star prospect and the third-best at his position nationally by 247sports.com’s composite rankings.

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Cubs told to ‘embrace the target’ MESA, Ariz. – The Chicago Cubs are facing soaring expectations, and manager Joe Maddon is welcoming them with a neat slogan: Embrace the Target.

“I’m really a big believer in running toward the fire, as opposed to away from it,” he said Friday as pitchers and catchers reported to spring training. “I really want our guys to get comfortable with the concept.

Everybody’s speaking so glowingly of us. ...

We have to embrace the target.”

He wants players to get comfortable with the pressure that comes with being a favorite.

He wants them to keep focus on a World Series title, which has eluded the Cubs since 1908.

Chicago won 97 games last year and advanced to the NL Championship Series in its first season under Maddon, ending a 5-year run of losing records and sparking hope among long-suffering fans that a championship might finally be headed their way.

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Injuries, illness, off nights shooting the ball – name any kind of adversity a basketball team can face, and the Polo Marcos have dealt with it this season.

But now back to full strength, the Marcos are closing their season on a strong note – they’ve won eight straight games by an average of 28 points – and feel they’re hitting their stride at the perfect time heading into next week’s regionals.

“It feels like all of us are mentally and physically peaking right now,” senior post player Wyatt Patterson said. “We hit a pretty tough stretch at the end of December and January, but we’re kicking it into gear and hitting this great patch at the end – and I’d rather have it that way than having a great patch earlier in the year and getting the rough patch at the end.”

Seniors Brad Cavanaugh (injury) and Brooks Grobe (illness) are back for Polo (19-9), and their presence has been uplifting for their teammates.

Led by a close-knit core of seniors who have had success in varsity sports for the past 4 years, having all of their weapons at their disposal has the Marcos thinking big.

“We’ve been really clicking offensively and defensively, and everybody is back in their role that they’re comfortable with,” coach Matt Messer said. “Being seniordominated, these guys are starting to play with urgency, and that leads to focus and energy.

Saturday, February 20, 2016

FRIDAY’S SCOREBOARD Boys basketball AP Polls Class 4A School W-L Pts Prv 1. Simeon (11) 21-3 119 1 2. Curie (1) 20-4 109 2 3. Evanston Township 21-2 91 4 4. Kenwood 18-3 86 5 5. Edwardsville 19-4 67 6 6. Lisle Benet 23-3 54 7 7. Harvey Thornton 19-2 49 3 8. Chicago Heights Marian 18-5 24 T8 9. Homewood-Flossmoor 18-5 21 T8 10. Riverside-Brookfield 18-4 18 NR Others receiving votes: Quincy 6.

Glenbard West 4. Rock Island 2. BradleyBourbonnais 2. Deerfield 2. East Moline United 2. Hononegah 1. Whitney Young 1.

Naperville North 1. Lincoln Way Central 1.

Class 3A School W-L Pts Prv 1. Morgan Park (11) 21-2 145 1 2. Belleville Althoff (4) 23-2 137 2 3. Fenwick 23-2 117 3 4. Galesburg 27-1 96 4 5. Peoria Manual 19-3 82 5 6. Rockford Boylan 25-2 63 6 7. Bogan 17-7 35 7 8. LaSalle-Peru 20-1 33 NR 9. Centralia 22-3 32 8 10. Metamora 21-1 16 NR Others receiving votes: North Lawndale 15. Dixon 14. Westchester St. Joseph 13. Springfield Lanphier 9. Jacksonville 6. Normal University 4. Washington 3. Bloomington 3. Hyde Park 2.

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Polo’s Peyton Glawe (24) defends Stockton’s Nolan Buske last month in Polo. The Marcos are now back at full strength after injuries and illness, and hope to carry over their recent win streak to the postseason.

These seniors had big goals they wanted to accomplish this year, and we’ve missed out on some of those because of some adversity. But we’ve overcome it, and there’s a big goal or two still out there in front of this group.”

Polo opens postseason play on Wednesday, in the 1A Brimfield Regional semifinals. After the regular season they’ve been through, the Marcos don’t feel like there will be any added pressure in the playoffs.

Instead, they’re looking forward to having fun with everybody back in the fold.

“We’re getting out of our slump, and the chemistry we’ve been lacking, we got it back,” senior guard Peyton Glawe said. “We’ve been

through a lot this season, and that will help us in any situation. We know we’re always in the game as long was stay focused, play tough defense, keep the ball moving on offense, and get everyone contributing on both ends of the floor.”

That confidence stems from several successful sports seasons in their Polo careers, something the seniors feel they can rely on when things get intense.

“We all know what it takes to win, because we’ve done it in all our sports,” Patterson said.

“We’ve all won a lot in our careers, and that makes us feel like we can compete with anyone as long as we do what we know we’re capable of doing.”

Class 2A School W-L Pts Prv 1. Orr (11) 18-5 146 1 2. Warrensburg-Latham (4) 21-0 138 2 3. Breese Central 24-4 113 3 4. Rockridge 20-4 95 4 5. Lawrenceville 22-2 66 9 6. Seton Academy 18-8 57 5 7. Newman 23-3 42 10 8. Teutopolis 21-6 41 T7 9. Quincy Notre Dame 21-4 35 NR 10. Pleasant Plains 21-3 27 6 Others receiving votes: BismarckHenning 18. Reed-Custer 17. Bloomington Central Catholic 13. Winnebago 7. Monticello 4. Kewanee 2. Aurora Christian 2.

Williamsville 2.

Class 1A School W-L Pts Prv 1. Colfax Ridgeview (10) 23-2 140 1 2. Okawville (2) 24-3 128 2 3. Leo (3) 17-6 114 4 4. Brimfield 24-2 97 3 5. Newark 22-2 90 5 6. Flanagan 20-4 64 NR 7. Payson Seymour 22-2 63 7 8. Woodlawn 22-3 33 6 9. Liberty 24-3 31 9 10. Arcola 20-3 28 10 Others receiving votes: Metro-East Lutheran 20. Waterloo Gibault 10. Christopher 4. Polo 2. Nokomis 1.

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LaSalle-Peru Sterling Ottawa Geneseo Rochelle

All 21-2 18-7 15-9 8-16 4-20

Friday’s results • Princeton 68, Rochelle 63 • LaSalle-Peru 62, Sterling 60 • Ottawa 56, Geneseo 51 Saturday’s games • LaSalle-Peru at Kaneland, 5:30 • Galesburg at Geneseo, 6

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13-0 10-4 10-4 8-4 4-8 3-10 2-9 1-12

All 23-2 20-6 20-8 14-10 13-14 5-20 9-17 9-16

Friday’s results • Dixon 60, Byron 51 • Lutheran 74 Rock Falls 67 • Oregon 65, Stillman Valley 37 • Winnebago 75, Mendota 44

Three Rivers

1A/2A BOYS BASKETBALL REGIONALS 2A Newman

2A Orion

2A Byron

When: Monday, Wednesday, Friday Teams: No. 2 Newman (24-3), No. 3 Oregon (198), No. 6 Morrison (14-11), No. 8 Fulton (13-17), No. 10 Prophetstown (8-19), No. 11 Riverdale (10-17) Players to watch: Joey Brackemyer, Morrison sr.

G/F; Tyler Bruggenwirth, Fulton so. F; Jake Bussert, Riverdale sr. G; Jonah Green, Prophetstown sr.

F; Jack Heflin, Prophetstown sr. C; Noah Hogue, Morrison sr. G; Eli Leffelman, Nerwman jr. G; Jack Lemke, Fulton sr. G; Noah McCarty, Newman sr. F; Trevor Otten, Oregon sr. G; Arne Wendler, Oregon sr. F Favorite: Newman Darkhorse: Morrison Winner to: Princeton Sectional vs. Orion Regional winner, 7 p.m. March 1 SVM pick: Oregon

When: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday Teams: No. 1 Rockridge (21-4), No. 4 Princeton (16-10), No. 6 Orion (1412), No. 7 Alleman, No. 9 Sherrard (11-13), No. 12 Bureau Valley (4-23) Players to watch: Noah Clarke, Orion sr. G; Nathan Earl, Sherrard sr.

G; Corbin Endress, BV so. G; Nathan Graves, Alleman jr. F; Jake Reinhardt, Princeton sr. G; Colby Robbins, Princeton jr. F; T.J. Sheldon, Alleman jr. F; Gentry Whiteman, Rockridge jr. G Favorite: Rockridge Darkhorse: Orion Winner to: Princeton Sectional vs. Newman Regional winner, 7 p.m.

March 1 SVM pick: Rockridge

When: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday Teams: No. 1 Winnebago (19-6), No. 4 Rockford Christian, No. 5 Byron (1313), No. 7 North Boone, No. 9 South Beloit, No. 12 West Carroll Players to watch: Kaleb Plattenberger, WC so. G; Kody Plattenberger, WC so. G; Brandon Suggs, Winnebago F; Dillon Van Lankvelt, Byron G Favorite: Winnebago Darkhorse: Byron Winner to: Princeton Sectional vs. MonmouthRoseville Regional winner, 7 p.m. March 2 SVM pick: Winnebago

1A Forreston

1A Brimfield

1A Amboy

When: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday Teams: No. 2 Annawan (23-6), No. 3 Wethersfield (22-8), No. 5 AFC (19-9), No. 6 Erie (15-13), No. 8 Eastland, No. 10 Milledgeville (12-13), No. 11 Forreston (6-18) Players to watch: Bryce Anderson, Wethersfield jr.

F/G; Brighton Haverland, Eastland jr. F; Jacob Hilliker, AFC sr. G; Blake Janssen, Eastland F; Alex Landwehr, Annawan sr.

G; Josh Lohman, Erie sr. G; Tucker Nichols, Wethersfield sr. F; Kyle Ottens, Milledgeville so.

G; Kaywan Palmer, AFC jr. G; Bransen Rosenow, Erie sr. G; Cade Schave, Milledgeville so. G/F Favorite: Annawan Darkhorse: AFC Winner to: River Ridge Sectional vs. Dakota Regional winner, 7 p.m.

March 2 SVM pick: Wethersfield

When: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday Teams: No. 1 Brimfield (25-2), No. 4 Polo (19-9), No. 7 Princeville (15-12), No. 9 Ridgewood (1215), No. 12 Stark County (6-20), No. 13 Galva (3-26) Players to watch: Noah Bauman, Princeville; Briar Greenman, Ridgewood so. G; Trey Kazubowski, Galva jr.; Phelan Kelly, Brimfield sr. G; Logan Knobloch, Stark County jr. F; Nick Kraft, Princeville; Brad Novak, Brimfield sr. C; Wyatt Patterson, Polo sr. F; Sage Pearson, Stark County sr. F; Jared Smith, Ridgewood jr. G; Tristin Woodin, Polo sr. G Favorite: Brimfield Darkhorse: Polo Winner to: River Ridge Sectional vs. East Dubuque Regional winner, 7 p.m. March 1 SVM prediction: Polo

When: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday Teams: No. 2 Ottawa Marquette (16-10), No. 3 Indian Creek (17-8), No. 5 DePue (16-8), No. 7 LaMoille-Ohio (9-16), No. 9 Amboy (3-23), No. 10 Paw Paw Players to watch: Derek Debruhl, LaMoille-Ohio; Josh Gross, LaMoilleOhio; Trevor Guerra, Indian Creek G; Jordan Hochstatter, Amboy jr.

G; John Lechtenberg, Marquette sr. F/C; Cole Olson, Amboy Amboy sr.

G; Rafa Puga, DePue; Chuck Schmitt, Indian Creek F; Evan Snyder, Marquette sr. G/F; Manny Winfert, DePue Favorite: Marquette Darkhorse: DePue Winner to: Ottawa Marquette Sectional vs. Serena Regional winner, 7 p.m. March 2 SVM pick: Indian Creek

Newman Rockridge Kewanee St. Bede Morrison Princeton Hall Erie Sherrard Orion Fulton Riverdale Prophetstown Bureau Valley Amboy

Conf.

12-2 11-2 11-3 10-4 10-4 9-5 8-6 7-7 7-7 6-7 6-8 3-11 2-12 1-13 1-13

All 24-4 22-4 17-9 18-8 14-11 17-10 16-12 15-13 11-13 14-12 13-17 10-17 8-19 4-23 3-23

Thursday’s result • Fulton 73, Bureau Valley 56 Friday’s results • Princeton 68, Rochelle 63 • Rockridge 53, Newman 46

NUIC East AFC Aquin Polo South Beloit Dakota Milledgeville Pecatonica Forreston Orangeville Durand

Conf.

11-2 9-2 9-4 5-3 7-6 6-6 4-9 4-8 1-8 0-10

All 20-9 14-7 20-9 9-12 10-14 12-13 9-16 7-18 2-17 0-16

Friday’s results • AFC 61, Pecatonica 30 • Milledgeville 57, South Beloit 32 • Forreton 46, Durand 39 • Polo 98, Orangeville 50 • Aquin 67, Dakota 45

Postseason pairings CLASS 3A Dixon Regional Monday, Feb. 29 • No. 9 Rock Falls vs. No. 10 Mendota, 7 Tuesday, March 1 • No. 2 LaSalle-Peru vs. Rock Falls/Mendota, 7 Wednesday, March 2 • No. 3 Dixon vs. No. 8 Geneseo, 7 Friday, March 4 • Championship, 7 Winner advances to Bradley University Sectional vs. Galesburg Regional winner, 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 8 Dunlap Regional Monday, Feb. 29 • No. 6 Peoria Notre Dame vs. No. 7 Dunlap, 6 • No. 5 Richwoods vs. No. 11 IVC, 7:30 Tuesday, March 1 • No. 1 Metamora vs. Notre Dame/Dunlap, 7 Wednesday, March 2 • No. 4 Sterling vs. Richwoods/IVC, 7 Friday, March 4 • Championship, 7 Winner advances to Bradley University Sectional vs. Washington Regional winner, 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 9 CLASS 2A Newman Regional Monday, Feb. 22 • No. 8 Fulton vs. No. 10 Prophetstown, 6 • No. 6 Morrison vs. No. 11 Riverdale, 7:30 Wednesday, Feb. 24 • No. 2 Newman vs. Fulton/Prophetstown, 6 • No. 3 Oregon vs. Morrison/Riverdale, 7:30 Friday, Feb. 26 • Championship, 7 Winner advances to Princeton Sectional vs. Orion Regional winner, 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 1 Orion Regional Monday, Feb. 22 • No. 7 Alleman vs. No. 9 Sherrard, 6 • No. 6 Orion vs. No. 12 Bureau Valley, 7:30 Tuesday, Feb. 23 • No. 1 Rockridge vs. Alleman/Sherrard, 7 Wednesday, Feb. 24 • No. 4 Princeton vs. Orion/BV, 7 Friday, Feb. 26 • Championship, 7 Winner advances to Princeton Sectional vs.

Newman Regional winner, 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 1

Philip Marruffo/pmarruffo@saukvalley.com

Rock Falls’ Logan Pillars hits a 3-pointer Friday night during their Big Northern West game against Lutheran at Tabor Gym. The Rockets lost 74-67.

Byron Regional Monday, Feb. 22 • No. 7 North Boone vs. No. 9 South Beloit, 6 • No. 5 Byron vs. No. 12 West Carroll, 7:30 Tuesday, Feb. 23 • No. 1 Winnebago vs. North Boone/South Beloit, 7 Wednesday, Feb. 24 • No. 4 Rockford Christian vs. Byron/West Carroll, 7 Friday, Feb. 26 • Championship, 7 Winner advances to Princeton Sectional vs. Monmouth-Roseville Regional winner, 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 1 CLASS 1A Forreston Regional Monday, Feb. 22 • No. 6 Erie vs. No. 8 Eastland, 7 Tuesday, Feb. 23 • No. 3 Wethersfield vs. No. 11 Forreston, 6 • No. 5 AFC vs. No. 10 Milledgeville, 7:30 Wednesday, Feb. 24 • No. 2 Annawan vs. Erie/Eastland, 6 • Wethersfield/Forreston vs. Milledgeville/ AFC, 7:30 Friday, Feb. 26 • Championship, 7 Winner advances to River Ridge Sectional vs. Dakota Regional winner, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, March 2 Brimfield Regional Monday, Feb. 22 • No. 9 AlWood vs. No. 12 Stark County, 6 • No. 7 Princeville vs. No. 13 Galva, 7:30 Tuesday, Feb. 23 • No. 1 Brimfield vs. AlWood/Stark County, 7 Wednesday, Feb. 24 • No. 4 Polo vs. Princeville/Galva, 7 Friday, Feb. 26 • Championship, 7 Winner advances to River Ridge Sectional vs. East Dubuque Regional winner, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, March 1 Amboy Regional Monday, Feb. 22 • No. 7 LaMoille-Ohio vs. No. 9 Amboy, 6 • No. 5 DePue vs. No. 10 Paw Paw, 7:30 Tuesday, Feb. 23 • No. 2 Ottawa Marquette vs. LaMoille-Ohio/ Amboy, 7 Wednesday, Feb. 24 • No. 3 Indian Creek vs. DePue/Paw Paw, 7 Friday, Feb. 26 • Championship, 7 Winner advances to Ottawa Marquette Sectional vs. Serena Regional winner, 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 2 Friday’s box scores at Tabor Gymnasium

at Oregon

OREGON 65, STILLMAN VALLEY 37 STILLMAN VALLEY (9-16, 1-12 BNC West) Mandzen 1 5-5 7, VanBriesen 2 1-4 5, E. Roberts 3 2-4 8, Kutz 1 1-2 3, Peterson 2 0-0 4, Showers 2 0-0 5, Smith 1 0-0 2, Roberts 1 1-2 3. Totals: 13 10-17 37.

OREGON (20-8, 10-4) Mitchell Nehrkorn 1 0-0 2, Trevor Otten 8 11-12 31, Jarrett Reynolds 1 0-0 2, Jerrick Orsted 1 0-0 2, Arne Wendler 3 3-4 13, Andrew Newman 2 0-0 4, Carson Buck 2 0-0 4, Kole Mowry 1 0-0 2, Ian Keene 1 0-0 3, Zach Stromberg 0 2-6 2. Totals: 20 16-22 65.

Stillman Valley 9 8 2 18 — 37 Oregon 19 19 18 9 — 65 3s – Stillman Valley 1 (Showers), Oregon 5 (Otten 4, Keene).

at Pecatonica

AFC 61, PECATONICA 30 AFC (20-9, 11-2 NUIC East) Kaywan Palmer 3 0-0 8, David Zinke 2 0-2 5, Jacob Hilliker 6 2-6 14, Adam Mairs 2 0-0 4, Garrett Sanford 2 0-0 4, Jamey Talley 2 0-0 6, Adam Hart 4 0-0 8, Stephen Brooke 4 0-0 8, Joe Uphoff 1 0-0 2, Ryan Rod 1 0-0 2. Totals: 27 2-8 61.

PECTAONICA (9-16, 4-9) Elliott 2 2-2 6, Southard 0 0-2 0, Blassingham 2 1-2 7, Kimes 1 0-3 2, durand 0 1-2 1, Colborn 1 0-0 2, Mulcahy 1 0-0 2, Schulze 1 2-2 4, Scibona 1 0-0 2, Degner 1 2-2 4. Totals: 10 8-15 30.

AFC 14 21 12 14 — 61 Pecatonica 7 14 5 4 — 30 3s – AFC 5 (Palmer 2, Talley 2, Zinke), Pecatonica 2 (Blassingham 2).

at Warren

WEST CARROLL 40, WARREN 35 WEST CARROLL Steven Santeramo 0 0-0 0, Kaleb Plattenberger 3 7-8 14, Kody Plattenberger 0 0-0 0, Luke Jones 6 0-1 12, Matt McGinnis 4 3-5 11, Caleb Steines 0 0-0 0, Jacob Dunk 1 1-2 3, Livtar Dandona 0 0-0 0, Justin Appel 0 0-0 0. Totals: 14 1-16 40.

WARREN Brinkmeyer 0 0-0 0, Hicks 1 2-2 4, Byrne 0 0-0 0, Vondra 0 3-4 3, Kent 4 3-4 11, Calow 1 4-4 6, Kaisen 3 0-0 6, Wolff 0 0-0 0. Totals: 9 12-14 30.

WC 9 8 11 12 — 40 Warren 4 9 8 9 — 30 3s — WC 1 (Ka. Plattenberger), Warren 0.

LUTHERAN 74, ROCK FALLS 67 LUTHERAN (14-10, 8-4 BNC West) Kenny Strawbridge 11-20 2-5 28, Matt Anderson 0-1 1-2 1, James Robinson 4-10 10-16 18, Michael Rhein 4-5 2-8 10, Joshua Streeter 6-15 1-2 13, Jacob Greeny 2-5 0-0 5, Luke Harper 0-4 0-2 0, Andrew Schaus 0-1 0-0 0, Logan Garrington 0-2 0-0 0, Mitchell Funk 0-0 0-0 0. Totals; 27-64 16-35 74 ROCK FALLS (5-20, 3-10) Dylan Leaf 2-7 2-2 8, Reid Akerman 4-8 3-4 12, Logan Pillars 3-15 3-3 10, Noah Junis 6-14 6-10 20, Michael Berentes 4-7 0-0 8, Zachary Wildman 0-1 0-0 0, Isaiah Harris 0-0 0-0 0, Cade Nailor 2-6 3-6 7, Jonathan Ross 1-1 0-0 2, Kyle Yonk 0-0 0-0 0. Totals; 22-59 17-25 67 Lutheran 20 21 18 15 — 74 Rock Falls 17 19 19 12 — 67 3s - Rock Falls 6-24 (Leaf 2, Junis 2, Pillars, Akerman), Lutheran 5-23 (Strawbridge 4, Greeny). Rebounds - Rock Falls 45 (Pillars 11), Lutheran 43 (Robinson 13).

Turnovers - Rock Falls 21, Lutheran 13.

Steals- Rock Falls 7 (Leaf 3), Lutheran 12 (Robinson 5) at Newman

ROCKRIDGE 53, NEWMAN 46 ROCKRIDGE (22-4, 12-2 TRAC) Brett Hilligoss 1-4 0-2 2, Carson Frakes 6-7 5-6 18, Gentry Whiteman 7-11 6-8 25, TJ Martens 1-4 4-4 6, Dakota McManus 0-0 0-0 0, Peyton Bizarri 1-4 0-0 2.

Totals: 16-30 16-20 53.

NEWMAN (24-4, 12-2) Ethan Nash 1-2 0-0 2, Clay Jungerman 1-2 0-0 2, Eli Leffelman 2-8 0-0 4, Kyle Decker 0-0 0-0 0, Noah McCarty 5-11 5-8 15, Ethan Hafner 3-7 2-2 10, Travis Williams 0-1 0-0 0, John Wilson 0-3 0-0 0, Cade Gorzny 1-1 2-2 5, Kyle Schmitt 1-3 0-0 2, Brady Osborne 2-6 0-0 6. Totals: 16-44 9-12 46.

Rockridge 11 9 14 19 — 53 Newman 12 11 11 12 — 46 3s — Rockridge 6-12 (Whiteman 5-8, Frakes 1-2, Hilligoss 0-2), Newman 5-16 (Hafner 2-4, Osborne 2-6, Gorzny 1-1, Leffelman 0-2, Jungerman 0-2, Leffelman 0-1). Rebounds — Rockridge 19 (Frakes 8), Newman 25 (Wilson 5). Assists — Rockridge 12 (Hilligoss 6), Newman 8 (McCarty 3). Steals — Rockridge 7 (Whiteman 4), Newman 11 (Hafner 3).

Turnovers — Rockridge 12, Newman 12. Fouls — Rockridge 12, Newman 18.

Technical — Rockridge bench. at Byron

DIXON 60, BYRON 51 DIXON (23-2, 13-0 BNC West) Riley Mehrens 4 0-0 12, David Whitcombe 1 0-0 2, Nate Gascoigne 3 4-11 10, Kyle LeBlanc 7 7-10 21, Beau Bailey 5 2-4 15.

Totals; 20 13-25 60 BYRON (13-14, 4-8) Reeverts 1 0-0 3, VanLankvelt 5 0-0 10, Rico 2 0-0 6, Franklin 1 0-1 3, Janssen 6 8-9 20, Johnson 1 0-0 3, Jancek 3 0-0 6.

Totals: 19 8-10 51.

Dixon 9 18 14 19 — 60 Byron 11 15 10 15 — 51 3s – Dixon 7 (Mehrens 4, Bailey 3), Byron 5 (Rico 2, Reeverts, Franklin, Johnson). at LaSalle

LaSALLE-PERU 62, STERLING 60 STERLING (18-7, 7-4 NIB-12) Juan-Antonio Gomez 3 0-0 7, Reid Blackburn 1 0-0 2, Dimitric Young 2 5-6 9, Ryan Blackburn 2 3-4 8, Sterling Thornton 8 8-9 27, Zach Springman 0 0-0 0, Tyler Willman 1 0-1 3, Ethan Sanford 1 0-0 2, Garret Winfield 0 0-0 0, Micah Kendrick 0 0-0 0, Sean Gingrich 0 0-0 0, Alek Duran 1 0-0 2.

Totals: 19 16-20 60.

LaSALLE-PERU (21-2, 9-1) Huebbe 4 9-14 18, Fusinetti 2 2-2 7, Doyle 1 4-6 7, Soderholm 1 1-3 3, Sampson 0 2-2 2, Tubbs 2 4-5 8, Atilano 5 5-7 17.

Totals: 15 27-39 62.

Sterling 14 13 15 18 — 60 LaSalle-Peru 14 10 24 14 — 62 3s – Sterling 5 (Thornton 3, Ry. Blackburn, Gomez), L-P 5 (Atilano 2, Doyle, Fusinetti, Huebbe).

Girls basketball AP Polls Class 4A School W-L Pts Prv 1. Fremd (4) 24-2 111 1 2. Whitney Young (4) 22-5 100 2 3. Edwardsville (3) 26-1 97 3 4. Montini (1) 27-2 85 4 5. River Forest Trinity 23-5 72 6 6. Benet 25-3 55 5 7. Rock Island 26-3 54 7 8. Huntley 26-3 32 8 9. New Trier 24-4 22 9 10. Homewood-Flossmoor 20-3 18 10 Others receiving votes: Hononegah 7.

Batavia 4. Geneva 2. Bradley-Bourbonnais 1.

Class 3A School W-L Pts Prv 1. Morton (5) 26-3 112 2 2. Morgan Park (7) 24-4 111 1 3. Chicago Marshall 25-3 93 T3 4. Rockford Lutheran 22-2 80 5 5. Galesburg 28-3 74 T3 6. Highland 25-4 58 7 7. Rochester 25-4 33 6 8. Triad 22-3 26 9 9. Springfield 24-4 22 NR 10. Burlington Central 22-4 17 10 Others receiving votes: Rich East 16.

Rockford Boylan 7. Washington 7. Antioch 3. Salem 1.

NIB-12 West Conf.

LaSalle-Peru 9-4 Sterling 8-5 Geneseo 4-7 Rochelle 2-12 Ottawa 0-12 Season concluded

All 16-12 14-17 12-17 4-25 3-22

BNC West Conf.

All Rockford Lutheran 14-0 28-2 Byron 12-2 30-3 Stillman Valley 9-4 20-9 Dixon 6-6 16-13 Winnebago 7-8 18-13 Rock Falls 5-9 15-14 Oregon 2-12 7-22 Mendota 0-13 2-21 Monday’s games 3A Rochelle Sectional • Lutheran vs. Burlington Central, 7:30 2A Monmouth College Supersectional • Byron vs. Peoria Christian, 7

Three Rivers Conf.

Sherrard 13-1 Kewanee 13-1 Hall 11-3 Amboy 11-3 Erie 9-5 St. Bede 9-5 Bureau Valley 8-6 Morrison 7-7 Rockridge 5-9 Fulton 4-9 Prophetstown 4-10 Princeton 3-10 Newman 3-10 Orion 3-11 Riverdale 1-12 Season concluded

All 24-6 21-9 21-5 22-7 24-7 19-12 15-13 13-13 9-18 10-14 7-19 11-15 10-19 4-21 3-21

NUIC East Conf.

AFC 13-0 Durand 9-2 Milledgeville 8-4 Pecatonica 8-5 Forreston 7-5 Aquin 7-5 Dakota 5-7 Orangeville 2-9 Polo 2-11 South Beloit 0-12 Season concluded

All 25-2 22-7 12-12 10-9 15-11 17-12 12-17 2-16 4-21 1-13

Saturday, February 20, 2016

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SV Weekend • B5

BOYS BASKETBALL | ROCKFORD LUTHERAN 74, ROCK FALLS 67

Rockets misfire at Tabor

Junis leads comeback after slow start, but Rock Falls can’t hold off Lutheran

BY ERIC INGLES eingles@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5555 @Eric_Ingles

ROCK FALLS – Turnovers and a hot hand from Kenny Strawbridge hurt Rock Falls in the first half. Poor shooting and James Robinson hurt the Rockets in the second half, as Rock Falls fell to Rockford Lutheran 74-67 Thursday in a BNC West matchup.

Trailing for most of the second half, the Rockets were down 66-64 following a Reid Akerman basket with 2:50 left, but Strawbridge immediately answered with a pull-up jumper, and Robinson came away with a pair of steals in the final minute as the Crusaders iced the game away from the free-throw line.

“They’re just really physical,” Rock Falls coach Brad Bickett said. “Their length presents some problems, and their athleticism presents some problems for the guys we like to try to get free to get shots.”

Rock Falls could not repeat the success of its three-point win over Lutheran in Rockford last month.

“It could have gone either way, just like it did at our place,” Lutheran coach Tom Guse said.

“At our place, we fell behind fairly big and dug ourselves too big of a hole. [Friday] we came out strong and barely held on.

“Rock Falls has a lot of pride.

Their seniors want to win, too.

Anytime you go on the road in the Big Northern, it’s going to be a good game.”

The Rockets trailed 41-36 at

Star of the game: Kenny Strawbridge, Lutheran, 28 points Key performers: Noah Junis, RF, 20 points; James Robinson, Lutheran, 18 points, 13 rebounds, 5 steals; Reid Akerman, RF, 12 points; Logan Pillars, RF, 10 points, 11 rebounds Up next: Mendota at Rock Falls, 7:15 p.m. Tuesday halftime, but came away with points on seven of the first nine possessions of the third quarter to cut the deficit to one, then took the lead with 2:27 to play in the third on a Noah Junis three-point play. But the lead only lasted a few seconds, as Robinson hit a putback on the other end, and Lutheran led the rest of the way.

Lutheran led 64-57 early in the fourth before Rock Falls junior Logan Pillars converted a threepoint play, then grabbed a steal and fed Akerman for a layup.

That was as close as the Rockets would get in the fourth quarter, as several Rockets’ 3-point attempts were off the mark. In the first half, Rock Falls hit 6 of 12 from 3-point range.

In the second half, the Rockets were 0 of 12. Rock Falls shot 11 of 34 from the field in the second half.

“We missed some open shots that I’d like to think we’d make next time,” Bickett said.

Strawbridge scored 20 points in the first half alone, and opened the third quarter with a

3-pointer. He finished with 28.

“Kenny’s averaging well over 20 a game, and to have 20 in the first half, we had to feel pretty good about that,” Guse said. “In the second half he wasn’t looking to score as much for whatever reason, and I’ve got to do a better job of making sure he’s getting more shots.”

Rock Falls got off to a slow start, committing three turnovers in the first 2 minutes and going scoreless until Akerman hit a driving layup. Despite spotting the Crusaders an 8-0 lead and trailing 18-5 at one point, Rock Falls got back into the game with a 12-2 run to close the first quarter. Junis hit a layup and a 3-pointer, and Pillars followed with a drive to the basket and a 3-pointer of his own to cut the deficit to 20-17 after one.

“It showed some character,” Bickett said. “I just went in the locker room and the guys will admit, that game might have been decided in the first 3 or 4 minutes of the game because we didn’t come out. I didn’t know what it was, but they jumped on us. … They really went after us, and we didn’t respond early and got behind.”

Leaf opened the second quarter with a 3-pointer to tie the game and Rock Falls briefly led moments later after Junis knocked down a 3, but Strawbridge answered with a 3-pointer on the other end.

Junis led the Rockets with 20 points. Pillars had 10 points and 11 rebounds. Akerman chipped in 12 points.

Philip Marruffo/pmarruffo@saukvalley.com

Rock Falls’ Noah Junis is fouled by Rockford Lutheran’s Michael Rhein on a shot attempt Friday at Tabor Gym. Junis had a double-double with 20 points and 11 rebounds, but the Rockets lost the BNC West game 74-67.

BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

GIRLS BOWLING | STATE ROUNDUP

Dukes topple Byron with four in double figures

Two frames for six more games

By SVM Sports Staff

Playing without Nebraska-bound senior Isaiah Roby, Dixon had four players score in double figures in a 60-51 win over host Byron in a Big Northern West game.

Roby is out with an injured right foot, but the Dukes (23-2, 13-0) found other ways to score. Kyle LeBlanc scored 19 of his game-high 21 points in the second half, and freshman Beau Bailey added 15 points.

Also for Dixon, Riley Mehrens continued his hot shooting from behind the 3-point line and drained four for 12 points, and Nate Gascoigne finished with 10 in the win.

Byron (13-14, 4-8) was led by Payton Janssen’s 20 points, and Dillon Van Lankvelt added 10.

Oregon 65, Stillman Valley 37:

Trevor Otten turned in a big game and helped the Hawks to a home Big Northern West win.

Otten scored a game-high 31 points on eight baskets, including four 3-pointers, and an 11 of

12 effort from the foul line. Also for Oregon (20-8, 10-4), Arne Wendler finished with 13 points, with Andrew Newman and Carson Buck adding four apiece.

LaSalle-Peru 62, Sterling 60: The Golden Warriors led 27-24 at halftime, but were outscored 24-15 in the third quarter and couldn’t recover in a NIB-12 loss in LaSalle.

Sterling Thornton led Sterling (18-7, 7-4) with a game-high 27 points, while Dimitric Young added nine, and Juan-Antonio Gomez finished with seven.

The Cavaliers (21-2, 9-1) were led

by Brady Huebbe’s 18 points.

AFC 61, Pecatonica 30: The Raiders held their NUIC East opponent to nine second-half points in a road win.

Jacob Hilliker led AFC (20-9, 11-2) with 14 points, while Kaywan Palmer, Adam Hart and Stephen Brooke each scored eight in the win. Also for the Raiders, Jamey Talley finished with six points on

two 3-pointers.

Polo 98, Orangeville 50: The Marcos earned their eighth consecutive win with an NUIC East road win over the Broncos.

Polo improves to 20-9, 9-5.

Milledgeville 57, South Beloit 32:

The Missiles had little trouble in earning a road NUIC East win.

Milledgeville (13-13, 7-6) finds itself in the middle of the pack in the East.

Eastland 53, Scales Mound 37:

The Cougars earned an NUIC West road win.

West Carroll 40, Warren 30: The Thunder earned an NUIC West Division road win against the Warriors.

Kaleb Plattenberger led the Thunder with 14 points, and Luke Jones (12 points) and Matt McGinnis (11 points) also hit double figures.

The Warriors, who are coached

by Thunder football coach Matt Leitzen, were led by Keegan Kent’s 11 points.

Strong second half sends Rockridge over Newman SHOT DOWN

CONTINUED FROM B1

The second half was a highly accurate one for the Rockets, as they made 9 of 12 shots from the field and 11 of 12 free throws.

“We kept chipping away in the second half,” Whiteman said. “We maintained the lead by making good decisions and executing on our open shots, which is what separated us in the second half from the first half.”

After the strong fourthquarter start, the Rockets tried to milk as much clock as possible, all while extending their lead to as many as nine points. Newman’ cut the deficit to four points at 50-46 with nearly 30 seconds remaining, but there wasn’t enough time to work with.

Several Rockridge points in the second half came off of Newman turnovers, as the Comets had three times as many cough-ups than they had in the first half.

Noah McCarty, one of four seniors honored before the game, ended with 15 points, and Ethan Hafner joined in double figures with 10 points for Newman, which led 23-20 at half.

“The second half, we just played a little sloppy,” McCarty said. “We had nine turnovers in the second half, and fouled a whole lot. Things just weren’t going our way, and it just broke down.

Rockridge went on a good run, and they were able to pull out the win.”

Newman will have additional chances to play on its home floor, as it hosts a 2A regional next week. On Wednesday, the Comets will take on Monday’s winner between Fulton and Prophetstown.

“Even with the loss now, we can still go into regionals and show that we can play with some of the better teams in the state,” McCarty said.

Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com “Heading into regionals, we’ve just got to refocus Newman’s Noah McCarty shoots over Rockridge’s and play better basket- TJ Martens during Friday’s game in Sterling. ball than we did tonight.” McCarty had 15 points in the Comets 53-46 loss.

Amboy’s Setchell needs bowloff to join Dixon’s Bay in finals

By SVM Sports Staff

For about 15 minutes during Friday’s girls state bowling tournament, Paige Setchell figured her season was over. The Amboy senior was packing up her gear, and her coach Dan Peacock was searching for places to eat.

But tournament officials informed Setchell that she would be in a two-frame bowl off with Rolling Meadows senior Robyn Konrad for 30th place, the final advancing spot to Saturday’s finals at The Cherry Bowl in Rockford.

Setchell edged her opponent 39-25 in total pinfall to advance. Setchell and Konrad finished with matching 1,214 six-game series in regulation.

“They told me they needed Paige Setchell from Amboy, and right then I got really scared,” Setchell said. “I walked out knowing I was tied for last place, and all the people were watching.”

“It was nerve-wracking,” Peacock said. “We weren’t expecting that.”

Konrad bowled her two frames on lanes seven and eight, while Setchell bowled on 26 and 27. The Clippers senior couldn’t see what her opponent was doing, and forced herself to focus on her own throws. Setchell’s first two balls went for strikes, and she finished with a spare after knocking down the first nine pins.

“After I bowled my first two strikes, I couldn’t see [Konrad], so I listened,” Setchell said. “You can tell if it’s a strike or not by the sound, it didn’t sound like one, then I saw her pick up a spare ball and I finally took a breather. It was the best feeling ever.”

Dixon finished 23rd out of the 24-team field with 5,533 pins. Joliet West is the leader heading into the finals with 6,383, followed by Belvidere North (6,250) and Schaumburg (6,196).

Junior Katlyn Bay led the Duchesses with a 1,271 series, while Melissa Bates (1,147), Margaret Thomas (1,087), Alyssa Bonnette (1,019) and Mackenzie Kavanaugh (1,009) all contributed.

Bay, a state qualifier as a freshman, advanced to the finals for the first time after not making it past Friday the first time around. Bay had three 200 games in the morning session, and opened the afternoon with a high game of 256. That game helped push her through after finishing the day with a pair of 192s.

“That [256] really helped,” Bay said. “Seeing as my last two games weren’t bad, but weren’t very high, that 256 brought my series up and secured my spot. Without it, I’m not sure I would have made it. It would have been close.”

The Dixon junior expects a fun round Saturday as she said, “I went in hoping to make it, so anything that happens [Saturday] is icing on the cake.”

The Duchesses were part of Setchell’s cheering section during the bowl-off, and Bay said she has an appreciation for how the Clipper bowler handled herself.

“I can’t imagine being in her shoes,” Bay said.

“It would have been extremely stressful, and the way she went in and bowled so well is great. I don’t know if I would be able to pull that off.”

B6 • SV Weekend

STATE WRESTLING EXTRA

Saturday, February 20, 2016

CLASS 1A/2A SEMIFINALS

Timing is everything Binion edges Ager to join Tyler Fleetwood in state finals

BY BRIAN WEIDMAN bweidman@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5551 @BrianWeidman

CHAMPAIGN – Dylan Binion executed two of the most timely takedowns of his career, and his reward is a shot at a state championship.

Binion, a senior 182-pounder at Erie, won two bouts by the slimmest of margins on Friday at the IHSA state wrestling tournament. On Saturday, he and Fulton sophomore 106-pounder Tyler Fleetwood will carry the area’s hopes for state championships.

Coming up short in the semifinals were six other area wrestlers: Morrison’s Joe Eads, ErieProphetstown’s Grady Todd, Rock Falls’ Niles Ager, Amboy’s Dallas Appleman, and Fulton’s Taylor Fleetwood in Class 1A, and in Class 2A, Dixon’s Connor Sperling.

Binion trailed Ager 5-4 when he scored a takedown with 16 seconds remaining in the third period, then hung on for a 6-5 victory.

“It was do or die, and I had nothing to lose,” Binion said. “I had to go for everything.”

Binion has battled a variety of injuries the past year and a half, and is finally feeling healthy. He needed to be at the top of his game to hold off Ager.

“It’s a relief, and I’m so blessed that everything finally healed up at the right time,” Binion said. “Everything is falling into place the way I imagined it.”

Binion also won a squeaker in the quarterfinals on Friday morning, when he needed a takedown with 19 seconds left to pull out a 7-6 decision against St. Joseph-Ogden’s Griffin Meeker.

Binion is Erie-Prophetstown’s second finalist in program history. Nick Morphew was second at 125 pounds in 2000.

Tyler Fleetwood moved on with a 7-2 victory against Coal City’s Alex Friddle. Fleetwood scored a takedown late in the first period, then further seized control with a reversal midway through the second period.

The only hint of danger came when Friddle (41-4) got a takedown 30 seconds into the third period to narrow the deficit to 4-2, but Fleetwood responded with an escape and a takedown to finish it off.

“I’m just so happy,” said

Fleetwood (39-1), whose lone loss this season is to the No. 1-ranked 113-pounder in Iowa, Brock Henderson of North Linn. “I’ve waited my whole life for this, so I’m very excited.”

Fleetwood is the first Fulton finalist since 189-pounder Russ McCallister in 2000.

For Morrison 132-pounder Eads, the day began with an incredible high, but then ebbed into a downer.

In the quarterfinals, Eads scored a takedown at the buzzer to pull out a 5-4 decision against Benton’s Oliver Davis.

That moved him into the semifinals against PORTA’s Trey Hild, and it was Hild (45-2) who was getting the better of it early on. He scored a takedown and 3-point nearfall to seize a 5-0 lead after the first period.

Hild still led 6-2 into the third period before Eads (40-6) fought back. He scored a takedown and had Hild to his back to grab a 7-6 lead.

Hild, however, escaped with 19 seconds left in the period to force overtime.

“I had to ride him out, and I knew I had to ride him out,” Eads said. “At the same time, I knew he was going to get out, so I had to get the job done on my feet. I didn’t do that.”

Neither wrestler did much in the OT until Hild scored the winning takedown with 19 seconds remaining.

Erie-Prophetstown’s Todd gave up a takedown late in the first period against Althoff’s Jarrid Braunagel to get behind 2-0, and never caught up in dropping a 7-1 decision.

“He’s aggressive,” Todd said, “and I wasn’t as aggressive as he was.”

Amboy’s Appleman never got much of anything going in his 195-pound semifinal against Coal City’s Riley Kauzlaric, who won a 5-2 decision. The 6-foot3 Kauzlaric was too much for Appleman.

“He’s a lot taller than I am,” Appleman said, “and he’s a real technical kid. I know I’ve got a lot of strength, but he’s got me technical-wise. I gave him my best shot.”

Taylor Fleetwood, Tyler’s twin brother – though there is a more than a 100-pound difference between the two – went down to the wire before dropping a 3-2 decision against Oakwood’s Cody Ayers.

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ABOVE: Fulton’s Tyler Fleetwood (left) controls Coal City’s Alex Friddle during their 106-pound semifinal bout Friday night at the 1A state tournament in Champaign. Fleetwood won 4-1.

BELOW: Erie-Prophetstown’s Dylan Binion celebrates his semifinal win over Rock Falls’ Niles Ager at 182 pounds Friday night at the State Farm Center. Binion will wrestle for a title Saturday.

Taylor executed a headlock and got Ayers to the mat with about 8 seconds left in the bout, but did not establish clear control for the go-ahead takedown.

“When you make a move right at the end of a match, it’s really hard to pull those out,” Fleetwood said. “I knew I didn’t have two [points], but it was close, I guess. I’m happy with it. I just wish I had wrestled a little bit harder.”

In Class 2A, Sperling and Crystal Lake Central’s Austin Parks were about as close as two wrestlers could get for 7 minutes of action. At the very end of overtime, however, Parks broke a 2-2 tie with a takedown and 2-point nearfall to pull out a 6-2 victory.

“I knew what he was doing there,” Sperling said, “but I just didn’t get my legs back in time.”

CLASS 1A/2A WRESTLEBACKS

Showing mettle for medals Eleven locals remain alive for consolation hardware

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Newman’s Hunter Webb upends PORTA’s Trey Hild during their 132-pound quarterfinal match at the Class 1A state tournament Friday morning. Hild beat Webb 9-4, but Webb stayed alive in the bracket with a 12-1 major decision over Vandalia’s Luke Tessman in the first round of wrestlebacks. Webb is one of five locals still alive after first-round wrestleback victories.

CHAMPAIGN – Five area Class 1A wrestlers kept their medal hopes alive by winning wrestleback bouts on Friday morning at the IHSA state wrestling tournament at the State Farm Center.

Six others will attempt to work their way back for third-place medals after falling in the semifinals.

On the Class 2A side, Dixon’s Connor Sperling (220 pounds) is the lone wrestler left. On the 1A side, Joe Eads of Morrison (132), Grady Todd of Erie-Prophetstown (138), Niles Ager of Rock Falls (182), Dallas Appleman of Amboy (195) and Taylor Fleetwood of Fulton (220) will join Sperling.

Small-school wrestlers still in the hunt for hardware through the consolation bracket are Morrison’s Augustus Linke, Newman’s Hunter Webb, Fulton’s Tony Heinitz, Erie-Prophetstown’s Garrett Passmore and Polo’s Ethan Cain.

Linke dug himself an early hole in a 106-pound

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Polo’s Ethan Cain was disappointed after losing his quarterfinal bout at 195 pounds, but he rallied with a victory in his first-round wrestleback match. bout against Chicago Bowen’s Kelly Griffin, but got out of it by pinning his opponent in 3 minutes, 57 seconds. Linke (35-12) had dropped an 8-4 decision to East Alton-Wood River’s Drew Sobol in the quarterfinals.

Webb had little difficulty in rolling to a 12-1 victory

against Vandalia’s Luke Tessman in his initial 132pound wrestleback bout.

Webb (45-7) had dropped a 9-4 decision against PORTA’s Trey Hild in the quarterfinals.

Heinitz, who had lost to Warsaw’s Will Lucie in Thursday’s 138-pound preliminary round, got a

wrestleback when Lucie won his quarterfinal bout.

Heinitz (37-9) made the most of the opportunity by pinning Roxana’s Alex Maguire in 2:56.

Passmore was dominant in rolling to a 14-4 major decision against Aaron Carter of Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley in a 160-pound first-round wrestleback. Passmore (37-5) lost his quarterfinal bout 12-6 to Plano’s Zach Tomac.

Passmore had injured his left shoulder after being thrown to the mat

by Tomac late in the first period of their bout.

Tomac led 5-0 at that point, and Passmore was unable to catch up.

Cain bounced back from a rough quarterfinal bout to pin East Alton-Wood River’s Zach Kincade in 1:29. Cain (37-3) was pinned by the bracket’s top seed, St. JosephOgden’s Wesley Kibler (45-0), in the quarters.

Losing in the wrestleback quarterfinals were Morrison’s Dylan Keller (152) and Rock Falls’ Tyler Meyers (170), and on the 2A side, Sterling’s Isaac Figueroa (120).

Saturday, February 20, 2016

STATE WRESTLING EXTRA

FRIDAY’S SCOREBOARD at State Farm Center, Champaign CLASS 1A 106 pounds Semifinals • Joe Bianchini (IC Catholic) dec. Drew Sobol (East Alton-Wood River) 6-0 • Tyler Fleetwood (Fulton) dec. Alex Friddle (Coal City) 4-1 Quarterfinals • Joe Bianchini (IC Catholic) dec. Josh Schrank (Rockford Lutheran) 3-0 • Drew Sobol (East Alton-Wood River) dec. Augustus Linke (Morrison) 8-4 • Alex Friddle (Coal City) dec. Ezra Elliott (Hoopeston) 4-1 • Tyler Fleetwood (Fulton) major dec.

Shawn Sparacino (Chicago Military) 12-0 First-round wrestlebacks • Josh Schrank (Rockford Lutheran) pin Noah Booth (Pittsfield) 2:29 • Augustus Linke (Morrison) pin Kelly Griffin (Chicago Bowen) 3:57 • Ezra Elliott (Hoopeston) pin Cole Maxedon (Auburn) 2:50 • Shawn Sparacino (Chicago Military) dec.

Joe Burris (PORTA) 9-7 SV1

113 pounds Semifinals • Joey Rivera (Coal City) dec. Austin Vincent (Lena-Winslow) 7-1 • Alec Henze (Dakota) pin Nico Nunez (Plano) 1:46 Quarterfinals • Joey Rivera (Coal City) major dec. Luke Wallace (Rockford Lutheran) 17-3 • Austin Vincent (Lena-Winslow) dec. Cam Lee (Litchfield) 6-0 • Nico Nunez (Plano) major dec. Tyler Wood (Princeton) 14-4 • Alec Henze (Dakota) tech. fall Tanner Swain (Vandalia) 15-0 First-round wrestlebacks • Luke Wallace (Rockford Lutheran) major dec. Noah Mayes (Auburn) 11-3 • CamLee (Litchfield) dec. Trace Thomas (Deer Creek-Mackinaw) 5-4 • Sam Dietz (Murphysboro) dec. Tyler Wood (Princeton) 7-4 • Tanner Swain (Vandalia) dec. Chayse Houston (Camp Point Central) 6-4

120 pounds Semifinals • Chase Bittle (Althoff) dec. Jake Hiles (Coal City) 11-6 • Anthony Rank (Herscher) dec. Jared Van Vleet (Stillman Valley) 9-6 Quarterfinals • Chase Bittle (Althoff) pin Stone Engle (Mercer County) 5:29 • Jake Hiles (Coal City) dec. Dylan Carey (Normal U-High) 7-3 • Anthony Rank (Herscher) major dec. Collin Davidson (Litchfield) 14-5 • Jared Van Vleet (Stillman Valley) major dec. Chase Emerson (Peotone) 14-5 First-round wrestlebacks • Stone Engle (Mercer County) pin Jake Krotz (Plano) 4:25 • Dylan Carey (Normal U-High) major dec.

Chaston Womack (Vandalia) 14-5 • Alex Porter (Dakota) pin Collin Davidson (Litchfield) 3:02 • Chase Emerson (Peotone) dec. Asher Wiegand (Eureka) 2-1

126 pounds Semifinals • Brady Wilsie (Byron) pin Devin Beaston (Warsaw) :51 • Cooper Secker (Freeburg) dec. Hunter Spengler (Sherrard) 7-6 Quarterfinals • Brady Wilsie (Byron) pin Christian Reynolds (Clinton) 3:12 • Devin Beaston (Warsaw) pin Trenten Murphy (Mercer County) 5:53 • Cooper Secker (Freeburg) dec. Hunter Luke (Lena-Winslow) 4-3 • Hunter Spengler (Sherrard) dec. Ren Dazey (Oakwood) 9-5 First-round wrestlebacks • Christian Reynolds (Clinton) tech. fall Nick Peterson (Walther Christian) 15-0 (6:00) • Max Kristoff (Althoff) dec. Trenten Murphy (Mercer County) 14-8 • Hunter Luke (Lena-Winslow) pin Zack Franz (Normal U-High) 4:40 • Ren Dazey (Oakwood) dec. Carlton Brown (Chicago Bowen) 3-0

132 pounds Semifinals • Nolan Baker (Byron) pin Mason Sauseda (McNamara) 5:21 • Trey Hild (PORTA) dec. Joe Eads (Morrison) 9-7 SV1 Quarterfinals • Nolan Baker (Byron) pin Jarod Foiles (Roxana) 2:59 • Mason Sauseda (McNamara) injury def.

Kage Leab (Knoxville) 3:26 • Joe Eads (Morrison) dec. Oliver Davis (Benton) 5-4 • Trey Hild (PORTA) dec. Hunter Webb (Newman) 9-4 First-round wrestlebacks • Jarod Foiles (Roxana) major dec. Landon Flynn (Wilmington) 19-5 • Braysen Singleton (Rockridge) injury fft.

Kage Leab (Knoxville) • Oliver Davis (Benton) pin Drew Sonnefeldt (Lisle) 3:27 • Hunter Webb (Newman) major dec.

Luke Tessman (Vandalia) 12-1

138 pounds Semifinals • Jarrid Braunagel (Althoff) dec. Grady Todd (Erie-Prophetstown) 7-1 • Will Lucie (Warsaw) dec. Rahveon Valentine (Lena-Winslow) 3-1 SV1 Quarterfinals • Jarrid Braunagel (Althoff) dec. Dalton Jensen (Leroy) 7-3 • Grady Todd (Erie-Prophetstown) dec.

T.J. Jezik (Coal City) 5-2 • Will Lucie (Warsaw) dec. Alex Maguire (Roxana) 7-4 • Rahveon Valentine (Lena-Winslow) dec.

Jake Berman (Wilmington) 3-2 First-round wrestlebacks • Dalton Jensen (LeRoy) major dec. Hunter Voigt (McNamara) 17-3 • Kaleb Featherly (El Paso-Gridley) dec.

T.J. Jezik (Coal City) 9-4 • Tony Heinitz (Fulton) pin Alex Maguire (Roxana) 2:56 • Jake Berman (Wilmington) dec. Simon Schuler (Prairie Central) 2-0

145 pounds Semifinals • Greg Krulas (Dakota) pin Maxx Fritz (Mount Olive) 5:50 • Danny Braunagel (Althoff) major dec.

James Schnerre (Orion) 11-3 Quarterfinals • Greg Krulas (Dakota) dec. Peyton Smith (Benton) 5-1 • Maxx Fritz (Mount Olive) dec. Reilly Shields (Wilmington) 7-3 • James Schnerre (Orion) pin Tristen Newman (Murphysboro) 5:27 • Danny Braunagel (Althoff) major dec.

Cameron White (Bowen) 12-4 First-round wrestlebacks • Peyton Smith (Benton) major dec. Juan Lazarit (Plano) 14-2 • Lewis Robinson (Kewanee) dec. Robert Shields (Wilmington) 7-5 SV1 • Tristen Newman (Murphysboro) major dec. Ian Evans (Walther Christian) 12-3 • Cameron White (Chicago Bowen) dec.

Jake Savage (Beardstown) 5-1

152 pounds Semifinals • Garrett Brachbill (Shelbyville) dec. Drew Hoselton (Prairie Central) 5-3 • Zac Blosioli (East Alton-Wood River) dec.

Jared Packer (Dakota) 4-2 SV1 Quarterfinals • Garrett Brachbill (Shelbyville) major dec.

Dylan Keller (Morrison) 10-1 • Drew Hoselton (Prairie Central) dec. Kyle Kalkbrenner (Lena-Winslow) 3-2 • Zac Blosioli (East Alton-Wood River) dec.

Nick Pretto (Wilmington) 9-5 • Jared Packer (Dakota) major dec. Keaton Titus (Cumberland) 13-2 First-round wrestlebacks • Zach Wilson (Macomb) major dec.

Dylan Keller (Morrison) 13-4 • Kyle Kalkbrenner (Lena-Winslow) dec.

Dylan Chambers (Murphysboro) 6-5 • Key-Shawn Girkin (Gibson City-MelvinSibley) major dec. Nick Pretto (Wilmington) 12-4 • Keaton Titus (Cumberland) pin Joaquin Montero (Chicago Hope) 1:16

160 pounds Semifinals • Nathan Olsen (Dakota) pin Jacob Smith (Clifton Central) 3:36 • JoshMcKinney (Midwest Central) injury def. Zach Tomac (Plano) 4:44 Quarterfinals • Nathan Olsen (Dakota) dec. Paul Garcia (Prairie Central) 3-0 • Jacob Smith (Clifton) major dec. Brock Barnes (Murphysboro) 10-2 • Josh McKinney (Midwest Central) major dec. Jacob Dixon (Carlinville) 18-5 • Zach Tomac (Plano) dec. Garrett Passmore (Erie-Prophetstown) 12-6 First-round wrestlebacks • Jesus Cancino (Lawrenceville) pin Paul Garcia (Prairie Central) 1:56 • Chandler Gartner (Peotone) pin Brock Barnes (Murphysboro) 3:33 • Jacob Dixon (Carlinville) dec. Asher Eichert (Walther Christian) 8-3 • Garrett Passmore (Erie-Prophetstown) major dec. Aaron Carter (Gibson CityMelvin-Sibley) 14-4 170 pounds Semifinals • Colten Cashmore (Alden-Hebron) dec.

Sam Tyner (Sherrard) 5-2 • Andrew Wenger (Dakota) dec. Nick Hawkins (Wilmington) 7-4 Quarterfinals • Sam Ryner (Sherrard) dec. Duncan Terry (Normal U-High) 8-6 • Colten Cashmore (Alden-Hebron) dec.

Zac Braunagel (Althoff) 2-1 • Andrew Wenger (Dakota) dec. Bo Bauer (Olympia) 9-3 • Nick Hawkins (Wilmington) dec. Naulon Simms (Tremont) 9-3 First-round wrestlebacks • Duncan Terry (Normal U-High) dec.

Daniel McNally (Grant Park) 2-0 • Zac Braunagel (Althoff) tech. fall Jon Costain (Reed-Custer) 20-4 (5:08) • Bo Bauer (Olympia) major dec. Bryan Stopka (Coal City) 16-6 • Naulon Simms (Tremont) pin Tyler Meyers (Rock Falls) :28 182 pounds Semifinals • Dylan Binion (Erie-Prophetstown) dec.

Niles Ager (Rock Falls) 6-5 • Kyle Betourne (McNamara) dec. Jacob Elsbury (Byron) 4-1 Quarterfinals • Dylan Binion (Erie-Prophetstown) dec.

Griffin Meeker (St. Joseph-Ogden) 7-6 • Niles Ager (Rock Falls) major dec.

Wyatt Logsdon (Beardstown) 12-3 • Jacob Elsbury (Byron) dec. Whalen Rockwell (Bismarck-Henning) 6-3 • Kyle Betourne (McNamara) major dec.

Zach O’Connor (Illini Bluffs) 10-1 First-round wrestlebacks • Maurice Paino (Chicago Bowen) injury def. Griffin Meeker 1:35 • Chumyia Powell (Chicago Austin) dec.

Wyatt Logsdon (Beardstown) 12-7 • Whalen Rockwell (Bismarck-Henning) pin Malik Jenkins (Walther Christian) 4:54 • Zach O’Connor (Illini Bluffs) dec. Drake Jennings (Stillman Valley) 3-0 195 pounds Semifinals • Wesley Kibler (St. Joseph-Ogden) pin Peyton Hudspeth (Auburn) 3:50 • Riley Kauzlaric (Coal City) dec. Dallas Appleman (Amboy) 5-2 Quarterfinals • Wesley Kibler (St. Joseph-Ogden) pin Ethan Cain (Polo) 3:22 • Peyton Hudspeth (Auburn) dec. Robbie Carey (Mercer County) 6-2 • Dallas Appleman (Amboy) major dec.

Justin Coggins (Clifton) 10-0 • Riley Kauzlaric (Coal City) dec. Bobby Bradley (Vandalia) 3-2 First-round wrestlebacks • Ethan Cain (Polo) pin Zach Kinkade (East Alton-Wood River) 1:29 • Robbie Carey (Mercer County) pin Cole Sinn (Heyworth) 2:57 • Justin Coggins (Clifton Central) pin Freddy Vastarella (Chicago Hope) :28 • Bobby Bradley (Vandalia) dec. Caleb Dorsey (Alleman) 4-3 220 pounds Semifinals • Andrew Wise (Mt. Carmel) dec. Calvin Watkins (Chicago Phillips) 1-0 • Cody Ayers (Oakwood) dec. Taylor Fleetwood (Fulton) 3-2 Quarterfinals • Andrew Wise (Mt. Carmel) dec.

Maverick McPeek (Dakota) 3-2 UTB • Calvin Watkins (Phillips) major dec.

Keaton Fogler (Olympia) 14-6 • Cody Ayers (Oakwood) dec. Brett Nyswonger (Roxana) 3-2 • Taylor Fleetwood (Fulton) dec. Brock Crawford (Coal City) 8-6

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COMMENTARY

Snyder loves doing this job I

t’s been nearly 4 decades since Roy Snyder competed as a high school wrestler, but he remembers it like it was yesterday.

Especially this time of the year.

Snyder, a Rochelle resident who used to live in Mount Morris, was sailing along as a senior at Dubuque [Iowa] Hempstead High School. He was 18-1, and had his sights set on the state tournament.

With about 2 weeks left in the regular season, however, he came down with mononucleosis, and it sapped his strength when the postseason rolled around. At the sectional tournament, one step before state, he lost 8-7 to a wrestler from Iowa City High – the same wrestler Snyder had handled 15-1 in the regular season.

“I think about it, but what can I do about it?”

Snyder said. “It’s frustrating, but it’s amazing I can remember back that far. It’s important to me, and this is important to all these kids. I always want to be in the right position, to know the rules, and do whatever I can do the best job I can as an official.”

Snyder, 55, remembers dealing with that anguish in his last high school match, and it was brutal.

One positive that came out of it, however, is it makes his trips to the state tournament now, as a mat official, that much more important to him.

He wants to be on the top of his game as an official for the hundreds of competitors who cross his path along the postseason trail, and especially on the six mats in the State Farm Center in Champaign.

State tournament assignments aren’t just handed out. They are earned through a rating system conducted by the coaches in dual matches and tournaments held throughout the season.

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Roy Snyder is in his 15th consecutive season serving as a mat official for either the IHSA individual state tournament or team dual state tournament. It’s an honor that Snyder does not take lightly, and one he strives to repeat each year.

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“It really means a lot,” Snyder said, “because we work as hard as the wrestlers do to get down here.

There’s a lot of offseason preparation, and also constantly reading the rule books. You always need to get better.”

Snyder worked 10 years without getting a state wrestling mat assignment, but 2016 marks 15 consecutive years he’ll have worked either the individual finals (eight times) or the team state finals (seven).

Each year, it serves as a reunion with officials from throughout Illinois.

They have fun catching up with one another, and they also talk shop in a never-ending quest to improve.

“We learn from each other, and there’s a lot of camaraderie,” Snyder said. “I’ve done the state finals in football [three times] and baseball [once], and this is completely different. You’re here with 18 guys, and you’re family. You stick up for each other, and you help each other.”

First-round wrestlebacks • Maverick McPeek (Dakota) pin Joel Swanson (Grant Park) 3:21 • Keaton Fogler (Olympia) pin Clayton Sheldon (Sparta) 3:12 • Noah Bridgewater (Orion) dec. Brett Nyswonger (Roxana) 4-3 • Cody Miller (Bismarck-Henning) dec.

Brock Crawford (Coal City) 3-2 285 pounds Semifinals • John Barnes (St. Bede) dec. Kendrick Woolsey (Vandalia) 3-0 • Grant Miler (Herscher) dec. Tommy Brown (Plano) 3-2 Quarterfinals • John Barnes (St. Bede) pin Chase McDaniel (Harrisburg) 3:14 • Kendrick Woolsey (Vandalia) dec. Ricky Cantu (Knoxville) 8-1 • Grant Miller (Herscher) dec. William Monroe (Sparta) 6-4 • Tommy Brown (Plano) dec. Kyler Yodts (Alleman) 6-3 First-round wrestlebacks • Chase McDaniel (Harrisburg) pin Alex Steidinger (Prairie Central) 3:08 • Ricky Cantu (Knoxville) pin Brian McNeil (Chicago Robeson) 5:10 • William Monroe (Sparta) pin Quinton Ball (Mercer County) 2:18 • Kyler Yodts (Alleman) pin Owen Robinson (Roxana) 2:55

CLASS 2A Weights with local wrestlers 120 pounds Semifinals • Tyler Delaware (Washington) dec. Jack Henderson (Bloomington) 6-4 SV1 • Donnell Washington (Chicago Heights Marian) dec. Austin Macias (Burlington Central) 6-4 SV1 Quarterfinals • Tyler Delaware (Washington) dec. Mike Tortorice (Mundelein Carmel) 7-3 • Jack Henderson (Bloomington) dec.

Jacquez Stewart (Springfield) 8-3 • Donnell Washington (Chi. Heights Marian) dec. Sergio Esquivel (Harvard) 14-12 • Austin Macias (Burlington Central) pin Antwon Johnson (Cahokia) 1:59 First-round wrestlebacks • Mike Tortorice (Mundelein Carmel) pin Danish Qureshi (Hinsdale South) 1:49 • Jacquez Stewart (Springfield) pin David Devine (Chicago. Mt. Carmel) 3:21 • Sergio Esquivel (Harvard) dec. Isaac Figueroa (Sterling) 6-4 TB1 • Darnell Smith (Chicago Urban PrepEnglewood) pin Antwon Johnson (Cahokia) 1:38 220 pounds Semifinals • Vinny Scarletta (Ridgewood) dec. Nick Graziano (Oak Forest) 5-3 SV1 • Austin Parks (Crystal Lake Central) dec. Connor Sperling (Dixon) 6-2 SV1 Quarterfinals • Nick Graziano (Oak Forest) dec. Dylan Turner (Marengo) 4-2 SV1 • Vinny Scarletta (Ridgewood) dec. Leo Ortiz (Chicago Mount Carmel) 4-3 • Connor Sperling (Dixon) dec. Terrion Taborn (Springfield) 5-3 • Austin Parks (Crystal Lake Central) pin Chuma Ifezue (Rich South) 2:13 First-round wrestlebacks • Dylan Turner (Marengo) pin Jordan Bills (Lincoln-Way West) 5:32 • Leo Ortiz (Chicago Mt. Carmel) dec. Matt Sarhage (Triad) 11-5 • Terrion Taborn (Springfield) dec. Jeffery Griffin (Chicago Heigths Marian) 5-4 • Chuma Ifezue (Rich South) pin Corbin Folsom (Champaign Centennial) :11

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ABOVE: Dixon’s Connor Sperling (left) holds his head as Crystal Lake Central’s Austin Parks celebrates his semifinal victory at 220 pounds during the 2A state tournament Friday night in Champaign. Sperling lost 6-2 in sudden victory time, while Parks advanced to Saturday’s state championship match.

BELOW LEFT: Sterling’s Isaac Figueroa wrestles against Harvard’s Sergio Esquivel in a 120-pound Class 2A wrestleback match Friday at the State Farm Center. Figueroa lost 6-4 in overtime.

BELOW RIGHT: Amboy’s Dallas Appleman dominated Clifton Central’s Justin Coggins in their 195-pound quarterfinal at the Class 1A state tournament Friday, advancing to the semifinals with a 10-0 major decision.

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Saturday, February 20, 2016

FRIDAY’S SCOREBOARD

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Men’s basketball Big Ten

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Iowa forward Jarrod Uthoff drives to the basket past Minnesota forward Jordan Murphy (right) during the first half of a college basketball game on Sunday.

POY up for grabs Sooners’ struggles open door on awards

BY JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer

Three losses in four games will surely send Oklahoma plummeting down the polls and end the Sooners’ bid to be a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

Those games may also have sprung the door wide open in the national player of the year race.

Once a strong frontrunner, Oklahoma’s Buddy Hield now has some company in the conversation as college basketball’s best player.

The Sooners’ senior may still sweep top honors with all the special things he’s done, but there are several players who can still give him a run.

Here’s a quick look at some of the top candidates for player of the year: Buddy Hield, Oklahoma:

He’s put up big numbers, hit clutch shots, had signature moments – everything you could want in a player of the year. Hield is second nationally – first among power programs – with 25.6 points per game, and is shooting 48 percent from 3-point range while averaging 5.6 rebounds per game.

The senior had 46 points, eight rebounds and seven assists against Kansas in January, and 2 weeks ago beat Texas with a last-second 3-pointer. He wasn’t quite his usual clutch self in thirdranked Oklahoma’s three recent losses, though, hitting 18 of 47 shots.

Denzel Valentine, Michigan State: The senior

forward was the frontrunner for POY early in the season after posting a 29-12-12 triple-double

against Kansas in the second game of the season. Valentine’s bid was derailed a bit when he missed four games in December due to minor knee surgery and needed a few more games to get back in the groove. He’s been stellar since then, making a case for being the best all-around player in the country, averaging 19.5 points while shooting 47 percent – 44 percent on 3s – with 7.7 rebounds and 7.1 assists for the eight-ranked Spartans.

Ben Simmons, LSU:

Though his team inexplicably struggled early in the season, the Tigers’ multitalented freshman has lived up to the hype that followed him into the season. Simmons has been criticized at times for not being aggressive enough on offense, particularly after a close loss to Oklahoma, but that talk has quieted down as he’s led the Tigers toward the top of the SEC. Simmons averages 19.3 points and 12 rebounds, but also has exceptional court vision for a 6-foot10 forward, dishing out 5.1 assists per game. He’s also been projected to be the No. 1 pick in next year’s NBA draft, should he decide to come out early.

Jarrod Uthoff, Iowa: The Hawkeyes’ 6-9 senior is unlike any player in college basketball, a lanky, athletic force who causes opponents problems at both ends of the floor.

Uthoff is a threat inside and out on offense, averaging 18.8 points on 45 percent shooting. He also averages 6.5 rebounds and just under 3 blocked shots per game for a team

that’s contending for the Big Ten championship.

He showed off his versatility in a win over Minnesota on Sunday, finishing with 24 points, 15 rebounds and six blocked shots, but wasn’t much of a factor in Wednesday’s surprising loss to Penn State.

Malcolm Brogdon, Virginia: Statistics don’t

tell the entire story with the seventh-ranked Cavaliers’ senior guard.

Brogdon’s numbers are still solid: 17.8 points, 46 percent shooting, 4.3 rebounds, 2.9 assists.

Virginia’s style of play skews the appearance of Brogdon’s impact. The Cavaliers are defensiveoriented and have one of the fewest possessionsper-game averages in Division I, keeping his numbers below some of the other POY contenders. He’s also one of the nation’s top perimeter defenders, able shut down out the opponent’s best scorer while still keeping his scoring up.

Kris Dunn, Providence:

As fill-the-stat-sheet players go, the Friars’ junior is right there with Valentine. A preseason All-American, Dunn averages 17.1 points while shooting 44 percent, grabs 6.1 rebounds as a 6-4 guard, dishes out 6.6 steals per game and nabs nearly 3 steals per game. He has labored as teams have shifted their defensive focus on him, averaging 4.6 turnovers during an 11-game streak, but still is one of the best defensive guards in the country. Providence’s slide from the AP Top 25 after losing seven of 11 games will not help his POY chances.

NBA | BULLS 116, RAPTORS 106

Bulls halt skid in Toronto DAVE ROYSE Associated Press

CHICAGO – Doug McDermott had a career-high 30 points off the bench to lead the Chicago Bulls to a 116-106 win over the Toronto Raptors Friday night to put an end to their five-game losing slide.

Derrick Rose scored 26 and Pau Gasol added 18 points and 11 rebounds for the injury-depleted Bulls, who won for just the fifth time in their last 20 games.

The Atlantic Division-leading Raptors led most of the first half, but squandered it in the third quarter.

McDermott sparked the run that put Chicago in control, giving the Bulls a 70-69 lead on a pull-up jumper on a fast break with 6:14 to go in the third quarter.

The Bulls seemed to come alive after that, and McDermott continued his strong play in the fourth. He finished AP 13 for 17 from the field, and 4 for 5 from Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose (1) 3-point range. shoots over Toronto Raptors forward Kyle Lowry had 27 points to lead the Patrick Patterson (54) during the first Raptors. half Friday in Chicago.

Jonas Valanciunas had 25 points and 12 rebounds for Toronto and DeMar back to late 2013.

Chicago was playing without Jimmy DeRozan added 22.

It was the eighth straight time the Butler, Nikola Mirotic and Joakim Bulls have beaten the Raptors going Noah because of injuries.

Conference Overall W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Indiana 11-3 .786 21-6 .778 Iowa 11-3 .786 20-6 .769 Maryland 10-4 .714 22-5 .815 Michigan St. 9-5 .643 22-5 .815 Purdue 9-5 .643 21-6 .778 Michigan 9-5 .643 19-8 .704 Ohio St. 9-5 .643 17-10 .630 Wisconsin 8-5 .615 16-10 .615 Nebraska 6-8 .429 14-13 .519 Northwestern 5-9 .357 17-10 .630 Penn St. 4-9 .308 13-13 .500 Illinois 4-9 .308 12-14 .462 Minnesota 1-13 .071 7-19 .368 Rutgers 0-13 .000 6-20 .231 Tuesday’s results Ohio State 76, Michigan 66 Purdue 71, Northwestern 61 Illinois 82, Rutgers 66 Wednesday’s results Penn St. 79, Iowa 75 Indiana 80, Nebraska 64 Thursday’s results Minnesota 68, Maryland 63 Michigan St. 69, Wisconsin 57 Saturday’s games Penn St. at Rutgers, noon (ESPNU) Ohio St. at Nebraska, 6 p.m. (BTN) Purdue at Indiana, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) Sunday’s games Michigan at Maryland, noon (CBS) Illinois at Wisconsin, 6:30 p.m. (BTN) State schedule Tuesday’s results Youngstown State 92, Ill.-Chicago 91 N. Illinois 71, Bowling Green 60 Wednesday’s results Illinois St. 78, Indiana St. 50 Loyola 59, N. Iowa 56 N. Dakota St. 63, W. Illinois 54 S. Illinois, 71, Bradley 59 St. John’s 80, DePaul 65 Thursday’s results Tennessee-Martin 87, E. Illinois 84 SIU-Edwardsville 72, SE Missouri St. 69 Utah Valley 74, Chicago St. 72 Friday’s results Kent State 75, Northern Ill. 74 Detroit 83, Ill.-Chicago 74 Saturday’s games Marquette at DePaul, 1 p.m.

S. Dakota St. at W. Illinois, 2 p.m.

S. Illinois at Evansville, 3 p.m.

Illinois St. at N. Iowa, 3 p.m.

E. Illinois at SE Missouri St., 4 p.m.

SIU-Edwardsville at Tennessee-Martin, 6 p.m.

Drake at Bradley, 7 p.m.

Chicago St. at Grand Canyon, 8 p.m.

Sunday’s games Loyola at Missouri St., 3 p.m.

Oakland at Ill.-Chicago, 3 p.m.

Top 25 schedule Monday’s results No. 2 Kansas 94, Oklahoma State 67 No. 7 Virginia 73, N.C. State 53 Tuesday’s results No. 24 Texas 85, No. 10 W. Virginia 78 No. 25 Baylor 100, No. 13 Iowa St. 91, OT No. 17 Purdue 71, Northwestern 61 Wednesday’s results No. 1 Villanova 83, Temple 67 Texas Tech 65, No. 3 Oklahoma 63 Penn St 79, No. 4 Iowa 75 No. 20 Duke 74, No. 5 N. Carolina 73 No. 8 Xavier 85, No. 23 Providence 74 No. 11 Miami 65, Virginia Tech 49 No. 12 Arizona 99, Arizona State 61 Saint Joseph’s 79. No. 15 Dayton 70 No. 18 Louisville 72, Syracuse 58 No. 22 Indiana 80, Nebraska 64 Thursday’s results Minnesota 68, No. 6 Maryland 63 No. 8 Michigan St. 69, Wisconsin 57 No. 14 Kentucky 80, Tennessee 70 UConn 68, No. 21 SMU 62 Saturday’s games No. 1 Villanova vs. Butler, 1:30 p.m.

No. 2 Kansas at Kansas State, 5 p.m.

No. 3 Oklahoma at No. 10 West Virginia, 2 p.m.

No. 5 North Carolina vs. No. 11 Miami, noon No. 8 Xavier at Georgetown, 11 a.m.

No. 13 Iowa State vs. TCU, 6:30 p.m.

No. 14 Kentucky at Texas A&M, 5:30 p.m.

No. 15 Dayton vs. St. Bonaventure, 11 a.m.

No. 16 Oregon vs. Oregon State, 9 p.m.

No. 17 Purdue at No. 22 Indiana, 11 a.m.

No. 18 Louisville vs. No. 20 Duke, 11 a.m.

No. 19 Notre Dame at Georgia Tech, 7 p.m.

No. 24 Texas vs. No. 25 Baylor, 1 p.m.

Sunday’s games No. 6 Maryland vs. Michigan, noon No. 21 SMU vs. East Carolina, 1 p.m.

Associated Press Top 25 Record Pts Prv 1. Villanova (44) 22-3 1,601 1 2. Kansas (21) 21-4 1,578 6 3. Oklahoma 20-4 1,471 3 4. Iowa 20-5 1,349 4 5. North Carolina 21-4 1,343 9 6. Maryland 22-4 1,248 2 7. Virginia 20-5 1,188 7 8. Michigan St. 21-5 1,174 8 8. Xavier 22-3 1,174 5 10. West Virginia 20-5 1,094 10 11. Miami 20-4 1,036 12 12. Arizona 21-5 823 17 13. Iowa St. 18-7 742 14 14. Kentucky 19-6 692 22 15. Dayton 21-3 681 19 16. Oregon 20-6 529 11 17. Purdue 20-6 497 18 18. Louisville 19-6 494 13 19. Notre Dame 18-7 489 — 20. Duke 19-6 462 — 21. SMU 21-3 441 16 22. Indiana 20-6 232 — 23. Providence 19-7 125 20 24. Texas 16-9 123 24 25. Baylor 18-7 97 21 Others receiving votes: Texas A&M 90, Utah 75, Saint Joseph’s 57, Wisconsin 47, South Carolina 39, Southern Cal 38, Michigan 17, Syracuse 17, Wichita St. 14, Stony Brook 13, Monmouth (NJ) 10, California 8, Hawaii 5, UNC Wilmington 4, San Diego St. 3, Yale 3, Cincinnati 2.

USA Today Coaches Poll Record Pts Pvs 1. Villanova (25) 22-3 785 1 2. Kansas (7) 21-4 764 6 3. Oklahoma 20-4 680 3 4. North Carolina 21-4 674 8 5. Maryland 22-4 636 2 6. Iowa 20-5 624 5 7. Xavier 22-3 615 4 8. Virginia 20-5 579 7 9. Michigan State 21-5 560 9 10. Miami 20-4 558 11 11. West Virginia 20-5 488 10 12. Arizona 21-5 425 14 13. Dayton 21-3 382 17 14. Kentucky 19-6 346 21 15. Iowa State 18-7 319 15 16. Purdue 20-6 298 16 17. Oregon 20-6 259 12 18. Notre Dame 18-7 203 — 19. Duke 19-6 183 — 20. Providence 19-7 161 17 21. Indiana 20-6 154 22 22. Baylor 18-7 109 19 23. South Carolina 21-4 108 20 24. Texas A&M 18-7 106 13 25. Texas 16-9 73 25 Others receiving votes: Utah 60, Wisconsin 32, Wichita State 30, Michigan 29, Gonzaga 26, Southern Cal 26, Saint Joseph’s 17, Pittsburgh 16, California 15, LSU 13, Saint Mary’s 13, Seton Hall 11, Hawaii 7, Florida 5, Texas Tech 5, Syracuse 3, Monmouth (N.J.) 1, Stony Brook 1, Valparaiso 1.

NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division W L Pct Toronto 35 18 .660 Boston 32 23 .582 New York 23 33 .411 Brooklyn 15 40 .273 Philadelphia 8 46 .148 Southeast Division W L Pct Miami 30 24 .556 Atlanta 31 25 .554 Charlotte 28 26 .519 Washington 25 28 .472 Orlando 24 29 .453 Central Division W L Pct Cleveland 39 14 .736 Indiana 29 25 .537 Chicago 28 26 .519 Detroit 27 28 .491 Milwaukee 22 33 .400

GB — 4 13½ 21 27½ GB — — 2 4½ 5½ GB — 10½ 11½ 13 18

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Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 45 9 .833 — Memphis 32 22 .593 13 Dallas 29 27 .518 17 Houston 28 28 .500 18 New Orleans 21 33 .389 24 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 40 15 .727 — Portland 28 27 .509 12 Utah 26 27 .491 13 Denver 22 32 .407 17½ Minnesota 17 38 .309 23 Pacific Division W L Pct GB Golden State 48 5 .906 — L.A. Clippers 36 18 .667 12½ Sacramento 22 31 .415 26 Phoenix 14 41 .255 35 L.A. Lakers 11 44 .200 38 Friday’s results Orlando 110, Dallas 104, OT Washington 98, Detroit 86 Brooklyn 109, New York 98 Chicago 116, Toronto 106 New Orleans 121, Philadelphia 114 Charlotte 98, Milwaukee 95 Memphis 109, Minnesota 104 Indiana 101, Oklahoma City 98 Miami 115, Atlanta 111 Houston 116, Phoenix 100 Portland 137, Golden State 105 Denver at Sacramento, late San Antonio at L.A. Lakers, late Boston at Utah, late Saturday’s games Washington at Miami, 6:30 p.m.

Milwaukee at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.

New York at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Golden State at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday’s games New Orleans at Detroit, 2:30 p.m.

Cleveland at Oklahoma City, 2:30 p.m.

Boston at Denver, 4 p.m.

San Antonio at Phoenix, 4 p.m.

Charlotte at Brooklyn, 5 p.m.

Indiana at Orlando, 5 p.m.

Memphis at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Philadelphia at Dallas, 6 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Chicago, 7 p.m.

Utah at Portland, 8 p.m.

Friday’s box score

BULLS 116, RAPTORS 106 TORONTO (106) Johnson 1-3 0-2 2, Scola 1-4 0-0 2, Valanciunas 9-14 7-8 25, Lowry 9-18 7-8 27, DeRozan 6-21 9-10 22, Patterson 5-10 0-1 12, Ross 1-6 0-0 2, Joseph 5-10 1-1 11, Biyombo 0-0 1-4 1, Bennett 1-2 0-0 2.

Totals 38-88 25-34 106.

CHICAGO (116) Dunleavy 2-5 0-0 5, Gibson 4-6 1-3 9, Gasol 6-16 6-7 18, Rose 12-20 1-2 26, Moore 3-6 2-2 9, Snell 0-3 0-0 0, Portis 4-9 0-0 8, Brooks 1-8 1-2 3, McDermott 13-17 0-0 30, Felicio 3-3 2-4 8. Totals 48-93 13-20 116.

Toronto 35 23 23 25 — 106 Chicago 24 28 37 27 — 116 3s–Toronto 5-18 (Patterson 2-4, Lowry 2-7, DeRozan 1-3, Joseph 0-1, Ross 0-1, Scola 0-2), Chicago 7-16 (McDermott 4-5, Dunleavy 1-2, Moore 1-2, Rose 1-2, Snell 0-2, Brooks 0-3). Rebounds–Toronto 54 (Valanciunas 12), Chicago 57 (Gasol 11).

Assists–Toronto 22 (Lowry 8), Chicago 32 (Gasol 9). Fouls–Toronto 19, Chicago 27.

NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF Florida 58 33 18 7 73 161 Boston 58 31 21 6 68 174 Detroit 58 29 20 9 67 149 Tampa Bay 57 31 22 4 66 155 Montreal 59 28 27 4 60 162 Ottawa 59 27 26 6 60 169 Buffalo 59 24 28 7 55 141 Toronto 56 20 27 9 49 136 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF Washington 56 42 10 4 88 187 N.Y. Rangers 58 33 19 6 72 170 N.Y. Islanders 57 31 19 7 69 164 Pittsburgh 56 29 19 8 66 148 New Jersey 59 29 23 7 65 130 Carolina 59 27 22 10 64 146 Philadelphia 57 25 21 11 61 139 Columbus 59 23 29 7 53 149

GA 136 160 153 144 163 184 162 167 GA 128 150 144 144 137 156 154 184

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Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF Chicago 61 38 18 5 81 175 Dallas 59 37 16 6 80 191 St. Louis 60 34 17 9 77 147 Nashville 58 27 21 10 64 153 Colorado 60 30 26 4 64 161 Minnesota 58 26 22 10 62 150 Winnipeg 57 25 28 4 54 148 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF Los Angeles 57 33 20 4 70 155 Anaheim 57 30 19 8 68 141 San Jose 57 31 21 5 67 168 Arizona 57 27 24 6 60 157 Vancouver 58 22 24 12 56 137 Calgary 57 26 28 3 55 158 Edmonton 59 22 31 6 50 148 Note: Two points for a win, one point overtime loss.

Friday’s results Montreal 3, Philadelphia 2, SO N.Y. Islanders 1, New Jersey 0 Carolina 5, San Jose 2 Buffalo 4, Columbus 0 Calgary 5, Vancouver 2 Saturday’s games Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh, 11:30 a.m.

Philadelphia at Toronto, 6 p.m.

Detroit at Ottawa, 6 p.m.

Winnipeg at Florida, 6 p.m.

New Jersey at Washington, 6 p.m.

Los Angeles at Nashville, 7 p.m.

Boston at Dallas, 7 p.m.

St. Louis at Arizona, 8 p.m.

Colorado at Edmonton, 9 p.m.

Sunday’s games Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 11:30 a.m.

Chicago at Minnesota, 2:30 p.m.

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

Tampa Bay at Carolina, 6 p.m.

Calgary at Anaheim, 6 p.m.

Colorado at Vancouver, 9 p.m.

GA 142 162 140 152 166 147 168 GA 136 139 154 174 167 175 181 for

Auto racing NASCAR-Sprint Cup Daytona 500 Lineup After Sunday qualifying; race Sunday At Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Fla. Lap length: 2.5 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (24) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 196.314 mph.

2. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 196.036.

3. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 195.682.

4. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 195.207.

5. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 194.46.

6. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 193.399.

7. (21) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 194.746.

8. (41) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 194.51.

9. (4) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet.

10. (19) Carl Edwards, Toyota, 194.662.

11. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 194.523.

12. (95) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 193.936.

13. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 194.104.

14. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 192.938.

15. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 193.665.

16. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 192.291.

17. (34) Chris Buescher, Ford, 192.365.

18. (14) Brian Vickers, Chevrolet.

19. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 195.118.

20. (93) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, 192.686.

21. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 194.675.

22. (46) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 191.302.

23. (6) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 191.436.

24. (38) Landon Cassill, Ford, 191.192.

25. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 193.878.

26. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 194.839.

27. (7) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 192.542.

28. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota.

29. (23) David Ragan, Toyota, 189.068.

30. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 191.583.

31. (15) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 191.249.

32. (13) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 194.25.

33. (32) Bobby Labonte, Ford, 191.808.

34. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 193.753.

35. (44) Brian Scott, Ford, 193.332.

36. (83) Michael Waltrip, Toyota, 192.406.

37. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 193.936.

38. (31) Ryan Newman, Chev., 194.099.

39. (59) Michael McDowell, Chevrolet, 192.604.

40. (26) Robert Richardson Jr., Toyota, 190.496.

Failed to Qualify 41. (35) David Gilliland, Ford, 189.35.

42. (30) Josh Wise, Chevrolet, 187.282.

43. (40) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, 181.163.

44. (98) Cole Whitt, Toyota, 190.375.

Golf PGA Tour – Northern Trust Open Friday At Riviera Country Club Los Angeles Purse: $6.8 million Yardage: 7,322; Par 71 Second Round a-denotes amateur Jason Kokrak 68-64 — 132 -10 Chez Reavie 66-67 — 133 -9 Dustin Johnson 68-66 — 134 -8 Troy Merritt 68-66 — 134 -8 Bubba Watson 66-68 — 134 -8 Marc Leishman 68-67 — 135 -7 Kyle Reifers 68-68 — 136 -6 Justin Leonard 67-69 — 136 -6 Adam Scott 68-68 — 136 -6 K.J. Choi 69-67 — 136 -6 Hideki Matsuyama 69-67 — 136 -6 Rory McIlroy 67-69 — 136 -6 Charl Schwartzel 68-68 — 136 -6 Luke List 66-70 — 136 -6 Kevin Chappell 68-69 — 137 -5 Camilo Villegas 63-74 — 137 -5 Ricky Barnes 67-70 — 137 -5 Justin Rose 69-68 — 137 -5 Ryan Moore 69-68 — 137 -5 J.B. Holmes 71-66 — 137 -5 Brendan Steele 70-67 — 137 -5 Cameron Tringale 72-66 — 138 -4 Nick Taylor 70-68 — 138 -4 Matt Kuchar 69-69 — 138 -4 Harris English 68-70 — 138 -4 Martin Laird 68-70 — 138 -4 Jon Curran 71-67 — 138 -4 Jamie Lovemark 69-70 — 139 -3 Vijay Singh 70-69 — 139 -3 Steve Stricker 71-68 — 139 -3 Aaron Baddeley 71-68 — 139 -3 Anirban Lahiri 72-67 — 139 -3 Sung Kang 70-69 — 139 -3 Patton Kizzire 70-69 — 139 -3 William McGirt 70-69 — 139 -3 Stuart Appleby 70-69 — 139 -3 a-Charlie Danielson 67-72 — 139 -3 Jeff Overton 72-68 — 140 -2 Gary Woodland 71-69 — 140 -2 Francesco Molinari 69-71 — 140 -2 Charley Hoffman 71-69 — 140 -2 J.J. Henry 69-71 — 140 -2 Luke Donald 68-72 — 140 -2 Tyrone Van Aswegen 68-72 — 140 -2 Billy Horschel 68-72 — 140 -2 Retief Goosen 68-72 — 140 -2 Scott Brown 71-69 — 140 -2 Carlos Ortiz 72-68 — 140 -2 Chris Stroud 69-71 — 140 -2 Adam Hadwin 70-70 — 140 -2 Jamie Donaldson 69-72 — 141 -1 Ben Crane 67-74 — 141 -1 Jason Dufner 70-71 — 141 -1 Ben Martin 73-68 — 141 -1 Seung-Yul Noh 70-71 — 141 -1 Chad Collins 73-68 — 141 -1 Padraig Harrington 71-70 — 141 -1 Ernie Els 74-67 — 141 -1 Fabian Gomez 72-69 — 141 -1 Stewart Cink 70-71 — 141 -1 Derek Fathauer 71-70 — 141 -1 Paul Casey 73-69 — 142 E Mark Hubbard 75-67 — 142 E Brian Harman 70-72 — 142 E Justin Thomas 70-72 — 142 E Will MacKenzie 69-73 — 142 E Cameron Smith 72-70 — 142 E Harold Varner III 74-68 — 142 E Andy Sullivan 71-71 — 142 E Mark Wilson 71-71 — 142 E David Toms 70-72 — 142 E Andrew Loupe 70-72 — 142 E Charles Howell III 67-75 — 142 E Carl Pettersson 71-71 — 142 E Morgan Hoffmann 70-72 — 142 E Spencer Levin 73-69 — 142 E Rhein Gibson 72-70 — 142 E LPGA – Women’s Australian Open Friday At The Grange Golf Club, West Course Adelaide, Australia City Purse: $1.3 million Yardage: 6,600; Par: 72 Second Round (a-amateur) Holly Clyburn 71-65 — 136 -8 Catriona Matthew 67-69 — 136 -8 Xi Yu Lin 70-67 — 137 -7 Haru Nomura 69-68 — 137 -7 Jenny Shin 67-70 — 137 -7 Caroline Masson 66-71 — 137 -7 Karrie Webb 67-71 — 138 -6 Jiyai Shin 70-69 — 139 -5 Ha Na Jang 69-70 — 139 -5 Bertine Strauss 69-70 — 139 -5 Tiffany Joh 72-68 — 140 -4 Charley Hull 70-70 — 140 -4 Lydia Ko 70-70 — 140 -4 Kylie Walker 70-70 — 140 -4 Danielle Kang 70-70 — 140 -4 Stacey Keating 70-70 — 140 -4 Paula Reto 70-70 — 140 -4 Beth Allen 69-71 — 140 -4 Min Seo Kwak 69-71 — 140 -4 SooBin Kim 63-77 — 140 -4 Katherine Kirk 71-70 — 141 -3 Brooke M. Henderson 70-71 — 141 -3 a-Hannah Green 72-70 — 142 -2 Eun Woo Choi 71-71 — 142 -2 Ryann O’Toole 70-72 — 142 -2 Mo Martin 70-72 — 142 -2 Annie Park 70-72 — 142 -2 Dani Holmqvist 68-74 — 142 -2 P.K. Kongkraphan 67-75 — 142 -2 Ji Young Oh 75-68 — 143 -1 Nontaya Srisawang 73-70 — 143 -1 Mina Harigae 73-70 — 143 -1 Sarah Jane Smith 73-70 — 143 -1 Kelly Tan 73-70 — 143 -1 Camilla Lennarth 72-71 — 143 -1 Ssu-Chia Cheng 71-72 — 143 -1 Cydney Clanton 70-73 — 143 -1 Daniela Iacobelli 70-73 — 143 -1 Pernilla Lindberg 75-69 — 144 E Miki Sakai 74-70 — 144 E Christine Song 73-71 — 144 E Whitney Hillier 73-71 — 144 E Katie Burnett 72-72 — 144 E Becky Morgan 71-73 — 144 E Georgia Hall 71-73 — 144 E Jodi Ewart Shadoff 71-73 — 144 E Karine Icher 71-73 — 144 E Adriana Brent 71-73 — 144 E Nanna Koerstz Madsen 70-74 — 144 E Kana Nagai 70-74 — 144 E Gaby Lopez 70-74 — 144 E Su Oh 69-75 — 144 E So Young Lee 69-75 — 144 E Jing Yan 74-71 — 145 +1 Nannette Hill 73-72 — 145 +1 Jennifer Song 72-73 — 145 +1 Sarah Kemp 72-73 — 145 +1 Florentyna Parker 72-73 — 145 +1 Marion Ricordeau 72-73 — 145 +1 Chella Choi 71-74 — 145 +1 Thidapa Suwannapura 71-74 — 145 +1 Lee Lopez 69-76 — 145 +1 Minjee Lee 69-76 — 145 +1 a-Hye Jin Choi 67-78 — 145 +1 Casey Grice 66-79 — 145 +1 Stephanie Kono 75-71 — 146 +2 Ashlan Ramsey 75-71 — 146 +2 Lindy Duncan 74-72 — 146 +2 Mi Jung Hur 74-72 — 146 +2 Dori Carter 73-73 — 146 +2 Nicole Broch Larsen 71-75 — 146 +2 Alena Sharp 71-75 — 146 +2 Mika Miyazato 71-75 — 146 +2 Giulia Sergas 71-75 — 146 +2 Mariajo Uribe 71-75 — 146 +2 Kim Kaufman 69-77 — 146 +2 a-Eun Jeong Seong 69-77 — 146 +2

Transactions BASEBALL American League KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Agreed to terms with LHP Mike Minor on a two-year contract. Placed LHP Jason Vargas on the 60-day DL. TEXAS RANGERS — Signed manager Jeff Bannister to a contract extension through 2018.

National League CHICAGO CUBS — Agreed to terms with RHP Aaron Crow on a minor league contract.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association BOSTON CELTICS — Waived F David Lee. NEW ORLEANS PELICANS — Signed G Bryce Dejean-Jones. Waived F Jarnell Stokes.

FOOTBALL National Football League NFL — Suspended Baltimore TE Nick Boyle for 10 games and Green Bay DT Mike Pennel and Dallas DE Randy Gregory four games each for violating the NFL Policy and Program for Substances of Abuse.

HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL — Suspended Toronto F Leo Komarov three games for elbowing New York Rangers D Ryan McDonagh during a Feb. 18 game.

COLLEGE WAKE FOREST — Suspended men’s basketball F Devin Thomas for two games and dismissed men’s basketball F Cornelius Hudson for violating an athletic department policy.

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Resolution #R2016-2-1 Authorizing the Mayor to enter into an Agreement with Abiding Word Christian Center accepting approximately five acres of land on the northeast corner of Lynn Boulevard and Sixth Avenue in lieu of $53,740 owed for the detention pond was passed at the February 16, 2016 City Council meeting.

This document is published in pamphlet form and available for public inspection in the Office of the City Clerk, 212 Third Avenue, Sterling, IL 61081, Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm.

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This institution is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.

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Full or Part Time Drivers Wanted !Class A CDL !Assigned Peterbilt and Kenworth Trucks !Preloaded Trailers !Paid Vacations !Home Weekends !Flexible Dispatch !Wellmark Health Insurance Apply online at www.avtrans inc.com or Call Missy 800-397-6387x10

NEW TODAY Home Care Assistant needed for adult female, part time but full time preferred.

Refer& backences ground check required. Call 815994-1010 Local chemical and fertilizer company has openings for seasonal truck drivers. Applicants must have a current medical card and a minimum of a Class B CDL. Interested candidates can call 815-537-2630 or inquire at Rock River Lumber & Grain 5502 Lyndon Road Prophetstown, IL 61277

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Local Transit Operator Seeks FT Transit Manager Responsibilities will be varied but will primarily entail all aspects of operations management including scheduling, staff training, vehicle and facilities maintenance, record keeping and reporting. M-F Varied Hours. Minimum qualifications: two years customer service experience and two years supervisory experience.

Preferred qualifications: experience dispatching with software & bi-lingual candidates Email resumes and cover letters to employment@ridewcpt.net no later than 2/22/16 by 5pm. Employer is EEO and maintains a Drug Free Workplace

Looking for Production and Sanitation for food processing in manufacturing.

Full time.

Apply in person at Ludwig Dairy, 1309 W. 7th St., Dixon.

SEASONAL EMPLOYMENT POSITIONS AVAILABLE We are accepting applications for all seasonal positions at our family friendly camp resort.

Ideal candidates are team oriented and work well with others. Applications available at our office or website.

O' Connell's Jellystone Park, 970 Green Wing Road, Amboy www.jellystone amboy.com

Position open at Valley Eye Care.

Looking for highly motivated worker, good communication skills.

30+ hrs/ week.

Apply in person only. 4006 E. Lincolnway Sterling IL. 61081

ServiceMaster has openimmediate ings in Dixon, Sterling, Amboy, Ohio & Walnut area.

Multiple day and night part time positions. 15-20/hrs. per week. Apply in person at 205 6th Ave., Sterling.

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NO INDIVIDUAL, unless licensed or holding a permit as a childcare facility, may cause to be published any advertisement soliciting a child care service.* A childcare facility that is licensed or operating under a permit issued by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services may publish advertisements of the services for which it is lispecifically censed or issued a permit. Sauk Valley Media strongly urges any parent or guardian to verify the validity of the license of any facility before placing a child in it's care. *Family homes that care for no more than three (3) children under the age of twelve or which receive only children from a single household, for less than 24 hours per day, are exempt from licensure as day care homes.

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Tri-County Opportunities Council Position Openings Pre-K Teacher Assistant: Dixon 30hrs./wk. school-year minimum of AAS in Early Childhood Education, Child Development or related degree with a minimum of 18 credit hours in ECE. Pre-K Teacher: Rochelle/Sterling 40hrs./wk.; school year.

Minimum of Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education, Child Development or closely related degree with a minimum of 21 credit hours in ECE. Infant Toddler Teacher: Sterling 40hrs./wk.; full year. Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education, Child Development, or closely related degree with a minimum of 21 credit hours in ECE. Infant-Toddler Support Teacher: Sterling 30hrs./wk. full year; Minimum of AAS in early childhood education, child development, or closely related degree with a minimum of 21 credit hours in ECE. Bus Monitor: Sterling and Dixon 20 hrs./wk.. school year; Minimum of high school diplomas of GED and excellent driving record. Must have held a valid drivers license for a minimum of three (3) consecutive years prior to hire.

Food Service Worker: Sterling 30 hrs./wk. full-year. Minimum of high school diploma of GED.Valid Illinois drivers license.

For information and application contact Tri-County Opportunities Council at 815/625-7830 or visit or website at www.tcohelps.oeg T.C.O.C. is an Equal Opportunity Employer an a United Way Partner

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Header Operator 3rd • General Labor & Production Positions 1st Shift Supervisor • Forklift 1st & 2nd Shifts Mechanic • Builders - Travel Required

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HR Generalist pay DOE HeavyAssembly/Blueprint reading 6:30am – 5pm $14 Painter 8pm – 6:30am Sun – Weds $14.75 Service Tech/Travel required Valid Drivers License Graphics/Marketing 5+years experience 2nd & 3rd shift Machine Maintenance PLC preferred Production All shifts $10.14 -$10.84

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C.N.A Classes Available Winning Wheels will be offering C.N.A. classes starting March 9th. If you would like to join our team, and are looking to get your C.N.A. certificate, apply today!

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Full-Time Opening For Circulation Sales/Customer Service Representative Sauk Valley Media has a full-time opening for a circulation sales/customer service representative. We are looking for a self-starting, energetic individual to handle a multitude of tasks including: servicing existing customers, sell newspaper subscriptions, sales of special promotions and individual special assignments. As part of this process, the ideal person would be able to make persuasive presentations and secure a commitment. This position is part of a dynamic, specialized team focused on delivering results. The primary focus of this position is sales. To be considered for this position you will possess excellent relationship-building skills, a positive team-driven attitude, and a desire to surpass goals. You should be a consummate professional, with a strong work ethic and willing to do what it takes to get the job done. Sauk Valley Media offers an Extensive Benefit Package. Must maintain a valid drivers license, proof of insurance, reliable transportation and an acceptable motor vehicle record. For more information or to submit your resume, please contact: Sheryl Gulbranson Sauk Valley Media 3200 E. Lincolnway P.O. Box 498 Sterling, IL 61081 E-mail: sgulbranson@saukvalley.com Sauk Valley Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Pre-employment

drug screen and background check is required. This posting may not include all duties of the position.

Accounting Assistant - Payroll

Performs accounting activities involved in general business office functions, including preparation of payroll.

Associate’s degree and one year of accounting office experience required. Knowledge of general accounting principles, experience with computerized accounting software, strong interpersonal skills, and ability to maintain confidentiality of payroll and student records required.

Knowledge of Banner accounting software preferred.

Security/Custodial - Weekends

Provide security services for the buildings, grounds, equipment, and occupants of SVCC. Performs a variety of custodial activities to maintain the College as a clean, sanitary, safe, and pleasing facility. Saturday hours are 7 am to 7 pm and Sunday hours are 7 am to 3 pm.

High school diploma or GED and valid driver’s license are required. General knowledge of good housekeeping and sanitation and/or one year security experience is required. Certification of First Aid, CPR, pressure point control tactics, and automated external defibrillators must be completed within a set probationary period.

Cover letter,resume,and background check are required. Please apply on-line at https://www.svcc.edu/employees/opportunities Sauk Valley Community College Att: Human Resources 173 Illinois Route 2 Dixon, IL 61021 Email: employment@svcc.edu EOE

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Want to hire Certified Teacher to tutor 2 students, 7th grade & Jr. Dixon area. Call 815-440-5200.

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Avonlea Cottage of Dixon RN or LPNPart Time, 7a-3p every other weekend Apply in person 503 Countryside Lane in Dixon or call 815-288-6044 Experienced Part-time RN/LPN and C.N.A. needed Please apply in person at: Avonlea Cottage 2201 E. LeFevre Rd., Sterling

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Gaffey Health Service Inc. is excepting CNA applications for Home Health Care cases located in and around the Sauk Valley area. All shifts currently available.

Apply at: 3408 River Road Sterling, 8a-430p M-F or call 815625-5575 for more information POTENTIAL SIGN-ON BONUS!!!

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RN/LPN & CNA's We are looking for Experienced and dedicated professionals to assume key positions on our team! If you are committed to team-oriented outcomes and quality care, we offer: excellent starting wage; vacation; holiday pay; medical; dental; vision; 401K; advancement opportunities; and much more!

For an immediate interview, apply in person or call Lynette at (815) 284-3393.

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Area Farming Operation looking for full or part time employee skilled in operation and maintenance of large equipment.

Pay commensurate with experience.

Please forward resume/ information to Box #:1319 ,c/o Sauk Valley Classifieds, P.O.Box 498, Sterling, IL 61081

Casey's General Store in Franklin Grove Casey's accepting applications for Full & Part Time Team Members & Food Service Leader Full time. Must be willing to work days, nights weekends and some holidays.

Apply online at www.caseys.com or mail applications to P.O. Box 210 Creston, IL 60113

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CDL CLASS A Drivers needed for part time work, April-Oct. Most all work would be on Mon., some work could be SunWeds. Also need Drivers with passports for 6 trips into Canada. Good pay plus hotels paid.

Call Phil 815-973-4054 Dental Receptionist for busy office.

Full time position.

Successful candidate will have strong people skills, team oriented, computer skills and ability to multitask. Past experience in dental/ medical environment not necessary, but helpful.

Please send Resumes to Dental Receptionist, P.O. Box #108, Rock Falls IL, 61071

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Farm Equipment Operator Full time position operating MFWD and tracked farm tractors and semis.

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M & R Farms 815-288-3136

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Healthcare & Rehab 800 Division St Dixon, IL 61021

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SEASONAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE Gaffey Health Service Inc. is in need of both RN's and LPN's in the home of a Pediatric case in Sterling.

Full-Time and Part-Time available. Nurses must have a valid Illinois Nursing License for a minimum of one year.

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*SUPERVISOR OF FOOD SERVICES *RECREATION LEADER *POOL MAINT LEAD We are accepting applications for these seasonal supervisory positions at our family friendly camp resort.

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RN-Cath Lab 40 hrs/wk, M-F rotating 7am – 3:30pm or 8am – 4:30pm, w/on-call, w/every third weekend RN-Surgical Floor 36 hrs/wk; Days; 7am – 7:30pm w/weekends LPN-Float (Clinic) 36 hrs/wk; Days CNA-Medical Floor 28 hrs/wk; Nights; 7pm – 7:30am w/weekends PRN (as needed); Nights; 7pm – 7:30am Nuclear Medicine Tech PRN (as needed); cover high volumes, etc.

RN – Medical Floor 36 hrs/wk; 7pm – 7:30am w/weekends

Teacher-Day Care 40 hrs/wk; Days; Associates degree or at least 18 credit hours in child care/development required; one year experience required

RN – Obstetrics (Hospital) 24 hrs/wk; Night shift; OB experience required

Housekeeper 24 hrs/wk; primarily second and third shifts

PRODUCTION POSITIONS • Full-Time Positions • Full Benefits Package • 1st Shift Apply online at etnyre.com

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Sauk Valley Media, a respected and dominant media company located in Sterling, IL, has an opening in our Advertising Department. This entry level position would be responsible for selling advertising in a variety of print and online products, including but not limited to newspapers, magazines, websites, direct mail pieces and much more.

Sure, some sales experience is desired, but we look for a person with personality, drive and ambition more than just past sales experience. We are always willing to train a person who shows the desire to grow and learn from our other seasoned veterans in this business. And best of all, we are a fun bunch of people to work with, we work hard but we like to have fun along the way.

If you are looking for change of career or are new to the workforce and want to join an established but growing company, then we'd like to talk with you. Base pay along with a liberal commission program makes this an excellent opportunity to make money.

A liberal Shaw Media benefits package is included.

Interested candidates should send a cover letter and resume to: Jennifer Heintzelman at JHeintzelman@saukvalley.com -- OR -3200 E. Lincolnway Sterling, IL 61081 Shaw Media is a Drug Free Employer.

Pre-employment background check and drug screen required.

This posting may not include all duties of the position An Equal Opportunity Employer

Sauk Valley Media, has an outstanding opportunity for a full-time Multi-Media Advertising Account Executive. Based in Sterling, Sauk Valley Media is publisher of six weekly and two daily newspapers that serve Lee, Whiteside, Ogle, and Carroll counties.

The qualified candidate will be responsible for selling print and digital products in an established geographic territory, building strong client relationships, and providing superior customer service to merchants in Whiteside, Lee, Ogle, and Carroll Counties.

This exciting role calls for an individual who enjoys working with local businesses to assess needs and present a solution-based product mix including print, digital, social, video, and mobile platforms.

The ideal candidate will be goal-oriented consultative sales professional, with a positive mental attitude and strong communication skills. Must work well under pressure in a deadline driven environment and be a strong closer. Sales experience preferred, but will train the right candidate. Must possess and maintain a valid drivers license, dependable transportation and proof of insurance.

Sauk Valley Media offers a comprehensive benefit package and a competitive compensation plan.

Visit www.sshawmedia.ccom to view and apply for all Sauk Valley Media career opportunities!

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ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES 705

PETS & PET SUPPLIES 775

MISCELLANEOUS 796 FOR SALE

8 Primitive style paintings by Shirley McPherson of Oregon, various themes, $1500; 38” mounted Muskie $400; 35” yellow fin tuna $400; ★815-980-8642★

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

-Solid wood knee hole dresser with bench.

-Glass top end table 19” TV works great -VCR Great cond.

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Ashley table and buffet: $450 table 46x74x30"; 24" leaf; buffet 59x17x 32". 4 side, 2 arm chairs. Buffet 2 shelves, 2 drawers.

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Leather reclining black. loveseat, Like new.

Pd. $1500, sell for $900.

Call 815-499-1061.

Mattress sets: Twin $99, Full $129, Queen $159, King $199. Will deliver! Bunk Bed $298. Call 309451-7477 New furniture & wholesale beds also used: Twin, full, queen, king beds. Elec. & gas stoves, dryer, washer, table & chairs, recliners, sofa, dresser, BR set, elec. lift chair recliner, refrig.

815-718-4385.

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eave those sequined jeans and the tomato-red cowboy boots in the closet.

Likewise, we probably won’t need the parrot or David Lee Roth’s ankle-length black leather coat for our spin in the Chrysler 300.

Which suits me just fine. I’m odd-looking enough without having to dress like a refugee from Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen.

When the modern-day Chrysler 300 arrived in 2005, it invited all sorts of embellishment like a wildly stylish, slightly dangerous den on wheels where various glitzy crimes might be committed. Back then, the 300 flashed urban style that absolutely jolted the auto industry with its chopped-down top, exaggerated Rolls-Royce-like grille and starkly flat sides. Drivers had The 300S I had proudly featured Chrysler’s still-strong 5.7-liter Hemi V-8, now bolted to a fairly refined eight-speed automatic. to dress for a 300 occasion.

But after a decade in which the overall shape of the car has remained more or less the same, the 300 actually seems mildly respectable today though still packing heat. It has aged nicely.

Chrysler is finally hard at work on the successor to the 300, one of the longest-running modern designs in the industry. (The new 300 will supposedly arrive in 2018.)

Granted, the current car got a pretty substantial facelift in 2011, but it remains as recognizable as Mick Jagger with its familiar extrovert grille and bold stance.

And the dark blue 2015 300S I had recently still had the unmistakable big-city stroll that Ralph Gilles now senior vice president of design gave the car more than 10 years ago.

For 2015, the 300’s signature giant grille, which got toned down in 2011, is nearly a third larger,

flanked by modern projectorstyle headlamps. Extremely short overhangs front and rear virtues Gilles bestowed on the car a decade ago continue to look fresh.

While still mostly flat, the 300’s body now sports a tiny bit more curve in its sides, including graceful arches atop the wheel wells.

My 300S rode pretty smoothly on 245/45 tires wrapped around appropriately dark 20-inch wheels.

In back, fine-looking vertical taillamps still stood tall along a squared-off trunk. Also, the side windows of the 300 seemed a tad larger and a little less ominous.

But the most important element in the 300’s strong personality besides its enduring design continues to reside not-so-quietly beneath the hood.

Sadly, the vast majority of 300s these days arrive with mainstream

V-6 engines, which are adequate and keep sales high but further dilute the car’s great heritage from the ‘50s and ‘60s.

The 300S I had proudly featured Chrysler’s still-strong 5.7-liter Hemi V-8, now bolted to a fairly refined eight-speed automatic.

With age comes value or so I try to tell myself each morning staring back at what’s left of me in the mirror. And get this: For a reasonable $39,885, the 300 offers well-seasoned style, a powerful V-8, eight-speed automatic, fully independent suspension and room for at least four real adults.

That strikes me as a pretty good deal.

Incidentally, in case you hadn’t noticed, the 300 is one of only three full-size, rear-wheel drive, V-8 powered sedans still wearing American badges with the Dodge

to cylinder deactivation, the thirsty Hemi can muster 16 miles per gallon in town and 25 on the highway.

Charger and Chevy SS rounding out the shriveled segment.

Ironically, the 300 and the Charger are built in Canada, and the SS hails from Australia. By the time the new 300 arrives, that number could be down to two or none, depending on which direction Chrysler decides to go. Get it while you can, as Dr. Joplin advised.

Best of all, though, you don’t need to stick to straight-line driving.

A few years back, Chrysler sedans steered like the front wheels had been disconnected and maybe stashed in the trunk.

The big 363-horsepower Hemi in the 300 I had didn’t sound all that promising initially, idling lazily with an occasional tick from its old-school engine (overhead valves, pushrods, iron block).

Blip the throttle, though, and the magical Hemi felt as silky as some German vehicles. The car’s 394 pound-feet of smooth torque begins flowing down low, pushing passengers into their seats and easily spinning the back tires if provoked. Whoops. Sixty comes up in a quick five seconds. Thanks

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Your kid’s pedal car offered heavier, livelier steering. But Chrysler went to work on its electric-assist steering units, bringing models like the 300 back down to earth.

While still somewhat murky, the steering is now quick and provides the sort of heft you expect in a 4,300-pound sedan.

Although Chrysler has continued to tweak the 300’s Mercedes-based

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Find dream dress at Savy’s

Find job more in line with beliefs Dear Dave, I work an extra job part-time for a retail store chain while I’m getting out of debt. I like my job, except for having to pitch the store’s credit card to customers.

Like you, I believe debt is a bad thing. Still, my bosses are putting more and more pressure on me to sell the cards. It’s been bothering me a lot lately, and I was wondering if you have any advice for my ethical dilemma?

– Evette

New downtown shop makes bridal fairy tales come true Submitted

Savy’s Chic Bridal Boutique showcases quality dresses from designers such as Alfred Angelo, Justin Alexander, Stella York, Enzoani, Allure, and more.

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Set a date with Savy’s Chic

avana Egan wants to make every little girl’s wedding dress dream come true.

Her new Savy’s Chic Bridal Boutique showcases quality dresses from designers such as Alfred Angelo, Justin Alexander, Stella York, Enzoani, Allure, and more.

“The bridal dress is like a fairy tale. I offer something special. It should be about them and their day.”

Her new downtown shop at 111 S. Hennepin Ave., the former home of the Lee County Genealogical Society, has rows of elegant dresses in sizes 8 to 26 on stock, and she can order almost any size. Payment plans are available.

Brides can put 50 percent down and make their last payment when they pick up the dress.

There are two roomy dressing areas, and in addition to bridal and bridesmaid dresses, Egan plans to offer prom dresses by spring 2017.

Veils can be made to order, and MEG Jewelry (www.megweddingjewelry. com), shoes and other wedding apparel will be sold. Alterations also are available.

Egan is accepting appointments now, and planning a grand opening in the spring.

Savy’s Chic Bridal Boutique, 111 S. Hennepin Ave. in Dixon, is open 7 days a week, by appointment only.

Reach owner Savana Egan at savyschic@gmail.com or 815-6779579.

Learn more at savyschic.com or find Savy’s Chic Bridal Boutique on Facebook.

“I offer one-on-one service that big city stores cannot deliver,” said Egan, who not only manages the store, but also will meet with every bride herself.

Egan, 28, of Sterling, graduated from Morrison High School and earned an engineering degree from the Morrison Institute of Technology. She worked as an engineer in Florida before moving back to Sterling, where she managed the Depot Bar for 5 years.

It was her own experience of poor service while shopping for a wedding dress that made her want to offer brides an exceptional hometown experience.

Egan’s a newlywed herself: She and Matthew Porter, 33, owner of Porter Brothers Asphalt and Sealing in Sterling, married Feb. 6.

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Savana Egan’s new downtown Dixon shop at 111 S. Hennepin Ave., the former home of the Lee County Genealogical Society, has rows of elegant dresses in sizes 8 to 26 in stock, and she can order almost any size.

Dear Evette, If you’ve been in the business for very long, I guess you’ve discovered that most retail stores make more money on credit than the sale of merchandise.

In my mind, you’ve got two types of integrity that are pulling at you. Your personal integrity wants you to do a good job for yourself and your employer, but it’s also telling you that credit cards are bad products.

That makes you feel like you’ve signed up to sell something you don’t believe in.

You wouldn’t want someone working for you who wouldn’t follow your instructions, and I wouldn’t want someone working for me who doesn’t believe in what they’ve been hired to do. For the sake of your own integrity, I would suggest that you find another part-time job.

If you feel this strongly about the issue, sooner or later it will start to affect your performance and attitude – both at work and at home.

Hang on long enough to land another job before you quit.

Then, be professional when you turn in your notice. Despite what lots of people say these days, there are plenty of parttime jobs out there.

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Kids ride services click with customers – and investors Drivers must pass rigorous background check

BY TRACEY LIEN Tribune News Service

SAN FRANCISCO – When Kelly Aluise first heard of HopSkipDrive, a transportation service that parents use to book rides for their kids, she had some concerns.

Like most parents, she was nervous about putting her 12-year-old daughter, Emma, in a car with a complete stranger.

But Aluise, 49, was in a bind: The Los Angeles-area real estate agent was struggling to

juggle her full-time job with chauffeuring her daughter to and from swim and surf practices. She was spending almost $200 a week on babysitters to help shuttle her daughter around.

“It was stressful,” she said. “I was in a panic.”

In the Bay Area, Mary Inman

had a similar problem. Both she and her husband work full time. Their sons, Miles, 14, and Devin, 9, had afterschool activities on different sides of town. She’d heard of a service called Shuddle – often described as an Uber or Lyft for kids – and decided to check it out.

More than a year later, Aluise and Inman are frequent and loyal HopSkipDrive and Shuddle customers (the former is available only in Los Angeles County, while the latter is available only in the Bay Area).

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SAUK Blood drive in east mall DIXON – Sign-up tables for a spring blood drive will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday in the west mall at Sauk Valley Community College, 173 state Route 2.

The drive is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 29 in the college’s east mall. Those donating will receive a free T-shirt while supplies last.

Walk-ins are welcome, but appointments are recommended.

Donors should bring their photo identification, and eat a healthy meal and drink plenty of water before giving blood.

To sign up, visit redcross blood.org or call 815-8356279.

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Camp places available ROCKFORD – National Center for Rural Health Professions at the University of Illinois – Rockford will offer the 11th annual Rural Health Careers Camp from June 27 to June 30 at Rockford University, 5050 E. State St. The program’s purpose is to provide rural high school students with a hands-on learning experience about different health professions careers, and to

show them the opportunities available. They will receive information about education and training, academic requirements, financial aid, and campus life.

The camp is taught by health professions’ faculty, health professionals in practice, and college students in a health professions’ program.

High school freshmen, sophomores, and juniors from 19 counties, including Bureau,

ON THE MENU Fish POLO – Polo Senior Center and Polo Masonic Lodge will offer a Lenten fish fry from 4 to 7 p.m. March 4 at the center, 101 E. Mason St. The menu includes all-youcan-eat baked or fried fish, hash brown casserole, cole slaw, baked beans, assorted desserts, coffee, and lemonade. Polo Cub Scout Pack 337 will serve.

Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for children 5 to 12 years, and free for children younger than 5. Advance tickets can be purchased at the center or from any Masonic Lodge or senior center board members. Tickets also will be available at the door.

For information, call the center at 815-946-3818.

Turkey LA MOILLE – A turkey supper will be from 5 to 7 p.m.

March 10 at Community United Methodist Church, 71 N. Main St. Also on the menu are mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, a salad bar, pie, and beverages.

Carry-outs are available; call the church at 815-6382348 after 4 p.m. Pick up is at the southeast basement door.

Advance tickets until March 8 are $9 for adults and $5.50 for children 10 and younger.

After that, they are $9.50 for adults and $6 for children.

To purchase tickets, email the church at lamoillecumc@ gmail.com or call the church.

Pancakes STERLING – Christ Lutheran School’s spring pancake breakfast will be from 7 to 11 a.m. March 12 at the school, 2000 18th Ave. Also on the menu will be scrambled eggs, pork sausage, applesauce, and juice or coffee.

Donations will be accepted to benefit the school. Delivery to businesses is available.

Email orders to cls@christlu theranschool.com by 3 p.m.

March 11.

For information, call the school at 815-625-3800.

ALL FOR ST. VINCENT DE PAUL

Carroll, Lee, Ogle, and Whiteside, are eligible to apply. Priority will be given to freshmen and sophomores.

The cost is $100. Visit ncrhp.uic.edu to download applications, or email Vicki Weidenbacher-Hoper at vwe ide1@uic.edu to request a form. The deadline is May 1.

For more information, email WeidenbacherHoper or call her at 815395-5854.

VETERANS HONORED AT JEFFERSON IN DIXON

Community courses DIXON – Several community education classes will start soon at Sauk Valley Community College, 173 state Route 2.

They are: Reasons You Will Not Be Hired & How To Fix Them, 4 to 5 p.m. March 8, $5, free to current students: The workshop is designed to look at career search profiles.

Social Security: Your Questions Answered: 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. March 8, $10.

This class will teach ways to maximize Social Security benefit amounts.

Wilton Course Level 3, Gum Paste and Fondant: 6 to 9 p.m. March 10 and 17; supplies needed, list available at registration, $40 plus $30 for the Wilson Level 3 kit. Hand-shaped flowers, covering a cake with fondant, and cuttings shapes will be covered.

To register for any of the courses, stop at Sauk’s office of admissions or call the community education office at 815-835-6212.

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Students from St. Mary Grade School in Sterling had a food drive during Catholic Schools Week.

On Feb. 4, they delivered paper products, macaroni and cheese, and canned vegetables to the Sterling-Rock Falls St. Vincent de Paul Society in Sterling. Photo submitted by Steve Marruffo.

HELPING OTHERS

Members of American Legion Post 12 in Dixon prepare to raise the flag Nov. 11 during a Veterans Day program at Jefferson Elementary School in Dixon.

After the flag ceremony, patriotic songs were sung by all classes for parents and guests. The event was coordinated by Phyllis Houck, fourth-grade teacher, and Nadia Wirchnianski, music teacher.

High schoolers reach out to kids OREGON – The Oregon High School Student Council is taking part in Project Hope, the Northwest District Illinois Association of Student Councils’ district service project for the year.

Pupils from Oregon and 15 other regional high schools will assemble gift bags to give to foster children, as they transition into foster care in Ogle and Winnebago counties.

“Our goal is to help as many disadvantaged children living in our area as possible,” Allison Hunt, student council representative, said. “Let’s all show local foster children that there are people who care about their future.”

Monetary donations, pajamas, socks, underwear, blankets, and shampoo and other toiletries will be accepted

until March 15. A contribution of $25 will fund one basket, but gifts of any amount are welcome.

The contributions can be dropped off or mailed to the Oregon High front office, 210 S. 10th St., Oregon, IL 61061. Checks can be made payable to the OHS Student Council.

For more information, call the school at 815732-5300.

Leo Club officers at St. Mary School in Dixon presented $150 on Feb. 9 to Dixon Community Food Pantry. With the check are (from left) Delores Kness, pantry president; John Simpson, treasurer; Noah Grot, president; and John Rhodes, vice president. Not pictured is Maddy Ryan, club secretary. Photos submitted by John McClintock.

HARD-WORKING LEOS

I-READ, VALENTINE So far, Leo members have donated $616 this school year. Among those receiving money were Alzheimer’s Association, PADS, Home of Hope Cancer Wellness Center, and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

JANUARY OPTIMIST

A Valentine party by I-Read was celebrated Feb. 10 for volunteers and students. Alan Jones, I-Read representative, is with Carole Wyatt (back row, center) and Lori Peterson, reading volunteers; and three students. I-Read is a mentoring program in which children and volunteers meet once a week to work on reading and vocabulary skills. Photo submitted by Jeanne Ferencak.

Plenty of time to buy fundraiser tickets TAMPICO – A 50-50 drawing is planned to benefit students at Tampico Elementary School. The drawing will be at 2 p.m.

May 13.

Winners need not be present.

Tickets are $1 or $5 for six. They can be purchased at:

Tampico: Kickback Saloon, 102 N. Main St.; Tampico Elementary School, 304 E. Kimball St.; and Randy’s Truck Repair, 24538 Star Road Deer Grove: Arnie’s Happy Spot, 1667 Hoover Road Prophetstown: IH Mississippi Valley Credit

Union, 334 Washington St.; 202 Washington St.; Prophetstown Main Street office, 335 Washington St.; Small Town Massage Hair & Care, 343 Washington St.; and Family Chiropractic, 340 Washington St. Visit TEA’s Facebook page for updates on ticket sales locations.

The Sterling Optimist Club and Challand Middle School in Sterling announced the January Optimist of the Month. Emily Shank, an eighth-grade student, received the $50-award from Sam Meier, club member. She designated another $50 to Happy Tails Humane Society in Rock Falls. Shank is the daughter of Dawn Vock and Luke Shank.

Photo submitted by Meier.

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Looking in the right direction

Bald eagles dot the branches of trees Jan. 2 near the Quad Cities. Photo submitted by Eileen Considine of Oregon.

Three on a tree – eagles perched Jan. 19 about 1 mile from Oregon on state Route 2. Photo submitted by Irv Bolthouse of Oregon.

A blue jay takes flight with a snack Feb. 7 from a bird bath in Bolthouse’s yard. Photo submitted by Bolthouse.

Bare branches wind past a bald eagle while it overlooks the Rock River Jan. 23 in Oregon.

Photo submitted by Bolthouse.

Choppy ice doesn’t stop a juvenile bald eagle from looking for fish Jan. 29 at Bald eagles perched in a tree Jan. 17 along the banks of the Rock River near Oregon. Photo submitted Bolthouse.

Oregon. Photo submitted by Bolthouse.

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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Wife wants concert ticket payment sooner Dear Abby: When purchasing concert tickets online for others, when should you expect reimbursement? I say the charge hits your credit card immediately, and so should the payment you’ve advanced for that person. My husband thinks it should be when the tickets are mailed to you – which can take 2 to 4 weeks – and you either bring the tickets to your friends or they pick them up. What do you think?

– Cautious Friend in Louisiana Dear Cautious Friend: Your mistake was in not discussing payment

dearABBY Dear Abby is written

by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips. The column is provided through Universal Uclick.

arrangements before you bought the tickets.

Unless immediate repayment was agreed upon at the time they were ordered, I agree with your husband that reimbursement when the tickets are delivered is appropriate.

Dear Abby: I’m a 26-year-old man, currently living in Boston and in my final year of grad school. My parents help me out with finances because I have very little income.

One of the things they have done is keep me on the family phone plan.

However, there’s a catch: They recently announced that my “cost” for staying on their phone plan is installing an app that allows them to track my location at all times.

In Boston, that’s not a huge deal, but when I’m visiting them in Georgia on breaks, it’s a point of

contention, since I must let them know I’m taking a car. This will alert them to the fact I’ll be out, and remove any trace of privacy I might have while I’m there.

When I told them I’ll pay my portion of the bill, their response was, “Would you prefer more texts and phone calls?”

How can I deal with this situation?

– Needs My Privacy Dear Needs Privacy: Your parents are treating you like a child, although you are an adult and should be entitled to some privacy. Look into

ways of getting a reasonably-priced phone plan, i.e., a prepaid phone.

And when you visit them, refrain from using their car if it’s an issue. (Perhaps your friends can pick you up and drop you off instead?)

Dear Abby: My boyfriend and I have been together for 3 years. We are both 29.

When we have a fight, the first thing he does is text message my parents and tell them everything. I have asked him many times to please not involve them. We are adults and we should be

able to handle our problems without interference from my parents. I never have, and never would, complain to his mother about him. His response always has been, “I can involve whoever I want.”

He knows I feel disrespected when he does this, and he still won’t change. Is there anything else I can do?

– Hurt in Santa Maria Dear Hurt: Yes, you can change boyfriends.

Contact Dear Abby at DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

IN BRIEF Amboy Knights to have tournament

War weapons, artillery, and other artifacts from his collection. The public is welcome.

AMBOY – Knights of The library is open from Columbus 8277 of St. Pat10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monrick in Amboy will have a euchre tournament Sunday days, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays and at St. Joseph Hall, 32 N. March 5. Call 815-879Jones St., to benefit pro3133 for more information. grams at Teen Turf youth center.

Doors open at 1 p.m., Board, members to with 10 round-robin get together soon games, or progressive tournament rules. Partners DIXON – The NAMI Sauk are not needed at registra- Area Board of Directors tion; all players will change will meet at 5:30 p.m. partners at the end of each Tuesday, followed by the round. support group meeting at The cost is $10, which 6:30, at Sinnissippi Cenincludes chili and snacks. ters, 325 state Route 2.

Participants can bring their The group provides eduown beverages. Registracation, as well as support tion will be at the door. to families with a diagnosis For more information, call of mental illness in a relaWill at 815-849-5112. tive or friend.

NAMI Sauk Area serves Dixon comedian to residents of Carroll, Lee, and Whiteside counperform at meeting Ogle, ties, and the surrounding FRANKLIN GROVE – The area.

For more information, General Federation of contact Mary Brokaw at Women’s Clubs Franklin namisaukarea@gmail.com Grove Woman’s Club will or 815-284-6417. meet at 7 p.m. March 7 at the woman’s shelter in Atlasta Park, 339 S. State Senior spellers St. wanted for bee Lisa Janes, a comedian from Dixon, will provide the DIXON – A senior spellentertainment. ing bee will take place at For more information, call 6 p.m. March 6 at Post Pat Thomas at 815-441House Community Center, 0801.

100 W. Second St. Lee County Council on Civil War program Aging, Illinois Association Senior Centers, and the on club’s agenda of Illinois Department on Aging will present the competition.

PRINCETON – The 20th Spellers 50 and older can Indiana Unit of the Union compete. The winner and Army will be the program runner-up advance in the topic when the Bureau spring to a regional competiValley Genealogy Society tion to qualify for the state meets at 7 p.m. Thursday spelling bee, which is Aug. at its library, 629 S. Main 15 at the Illinois State Fair in St. Springfield.

James Carrow, a retired The first-place winner of teacher and administrator the LCCOA bee will receive from LaSalle, will discuss a $75 gift certificate, and his great-grandfather, the second-place conDavid B. Kitchell, a decotestant will get a $50 cerrated Civil War veteran.

He will tell about the unit’s tificate. All participants will receive a small goodie bag. involvement in the Battle For more information, of Gettysburg on July 1, contact Geoff Vanderlin, 1863, in which it lost 599 LCCOA executive director, men. at 815-288-9236.

Carrow will display Civil

Canal hikers head to Milan for walk The Friends of the Canal will have its monthly Hike the Canal, “The Bald Eagle,” on Sunday.

The walk will be 4.6 miles from Lock 30 to Lock 32 and should provide an opportunity to view bald eagles.

The group will meet at 1:30 p.m. at the steel dam in Milan, where they will be shuttled to the Mississippi River to begin the walk back.

To reach the lock, take Interstate 80 to Interstate 280, then Exit 15 in Milan onto East First Avenue (Airport Road), going toward the city. Take Frontage Road, the first road on the right, and follow it to 14th Street Northeast, past the warehouses back to the dam.

The public is welcome.

Visit friends-hennepincanal.org or contact Ed Herrmann at hikes@ friends-hennepin-canal.org or 815-664-2403 for more information.

Certificates of appreciation were awarded during the Tampico Lions Club’s January meeting. Tom Garland (from left) received the honor for more than 45 years of service. With him are Ronald Church, president, and Gary Johnson, Lion member. Not pictured is Larry Ebersohl, who was honored for more than 40 years of service. Photos submitted by Terry Gaskill.

Sessions to deal with surviving grief DIXON – A 15-week seminar, GriefShare, will be at Sauk Valley Community Church, 498 state Route 2.

The program is nondenominational and faithbased, and will be offered at 2 or 6 p.m. Thursdays March 3 through June 9. Visit griefshare.org for future seminar dates.

Topics covered will include living with, the effects of, and the uniqueness of grief, and the top 20 lessons it gives. Each session is designed to stand on its own and to help survivors through grieving process.

A workbook for the class is $20, however, participants can attend without one. Scholarships are available for the book cost.

To register or for more details, call 815-2009278.

Several Tampico Lions Club members received recognition for perfect attendance during the meeting. Duane Thompson (from left) and Allan Wildman never missed a meeting from 2013 to 2015, and James Hanrahan had perfect attendance from 2014 to 2015; Church presented the honors.

Lions plan two fundraisers TAMPICO – During the January Tampico Lions Club meeting, members planned their annual pancake breakfast fundraiser.

The all-you-can-eat meal will be from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 6 at Tampico Elementary School, 304 E. Kimball St. Donations will be collected at the cafeteria door.

Also planned was the

rose fundraiser. Member will call previous customers for orders for roses, which will be delivered March 26.

Anyone who would like to order or information on pricing, can call Terry Gaskill at 815-535-3665.

The club also helps with the need for exams for eyeglasses for people in the Tampico area.

Call Gaskill for more information.

The Lions meet at 7 p.m. on the second and fourth Monday of the month at Old Town Pub and Grub on Main Street. The meal meetings are open to anyone interested in the club, which will pay for a prospective member’s first meal.

Free phones fight hearing loss

Vendors sought for group expo

SPRINGFIELD – New amplified telephones are available for senior citizens and those with hearing loss.

Illinois Telecommunications Access Corp., a nonprofit corporation, will distribute the Clarity BT914, a cordless phone which amplifies sound up to 40 decibels.

It pairs with a standard landline telephone or multiple cellphones through Bluetooth, and is hearing-aid compat-

STERLING – Homebased business and crafters are needed to exhibit goods for the Bi-County Cooperative Foundation Spring Expo on March 5.

The show will be from 7 a.m. to noon at Self Help Enterprises, 2300 W. LeFevre Road, in conjunction with a pancake breakfast.

The meal costs $5 for adults, $3 for Self Help consumers, and $2 for children younger than 12.

ible so users can have clearer calls.

The BT914 also features a large caller identification, digital answering machine, tone control, and amplified ringtone options that can be programmed for different lines or devices.

Permanent Illinois residents who can no longer use the standard phone system can receive the BT914 or other equipment at no cost by completing an application.

Forms are available at itactty.org or Lee County Council on Aging at Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon. Applicants can test the phone at the center; appointments are requested, call 815288-9236.

ITAC also provides a selection of phones with different features and levels of amplification.

See the website or call 800-841-6167 for more details.

An 8-foot-by-10-foot space costs $30. Table coverings will not be provided. Each exhibitor is asked to donate one item for a raffle.

Setup will be from 4 to 5 p.m. March 4 and 6 to 7 a.m. March 5.

To reserve space, the following information and payment is due by Feb. 27: name, address, phone number, email address, type of items or business, number of spaces needed, setup

day and time, and a signature.

Reservations can be mailed to Bi-County Cooperative Foundation, Attention: Susan Minor, 506 W. Fourth St., Suite A, Sterling, IL 61081, or faxed to 815-622-3182. Contact Jodi Perez at perez-3@ comcast.net for more information.

Proceeds will benefit the foundation, a nonprofit organization that helps special needs children and their families.

Whiteside County residents can receive tax assistance in their mid 60s MORRISON – Those who live in Whiteside County who turn 65 this year are eligible for the Senior Citizen Household Exemption, regardless of income, and are reminded to apply on or after their birthday.

Applicants are eligible if they owned and occupied their home as of Jan. 1.

At 65, they also may qualify for the Senior Citizen Assessment Freeze Homestead Exemption. Eligibility includes

household income of $55,000 or less during 2015 and having owned and occupied their home on Jan. 1, 2015.

The freeze homestead exemption must be applied for each year. An application must be filed

before July 1 to receive the exemption for the 2016 taxable year on real estate taxes paid in 2017.

Applications have been mailed to senior citizens receiving the homestead exemption on their 2015 payable, 2016 real estate

taxes. Those who turn 65 this year will not receive an application in the mail.

To get an application, contact Robin Brands, Whiteside County supervisor of assessments, at the county courthouse,

200 E. Knox St., Morrison.

A form can be mailed or picked up for the 2016 taxable year on taxes paid in 2017.

For more information, call the supervisor’s office at 815-772-5195.

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BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS Callum John Gleissner Sydni and Tom Gleissner of Sterling are the parents of a son born at 5:30 a.m. Jan. 31, 2016, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Callum John Gleissner weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces at birth and was 21 inches in length.

Maternal grandparents are Christine Mitchell and Mark Mitchell, both of Sterling.

Paternal grandparents are Lucinda Gleissner and Ralph Gleissner, both of Ashton.

Maternal great-grandfather is Ron Mitchell of Sterling.

Ruth Ellen Bishop Lauren and Chris Bishop of Dixon are the parents of a daughter born at 11:09 p.m.

Dec. 24, 2015, at KSB Hospital in Dixon.

Ruth Ellen Bishop weighed 6 pounds, 2 ounces at birth and was 18 inches in length.

Maternal grandparents are Tom Roth and Joan Roth, both of Dixon.

Paternal grandparents are Cindi Bishop and Dan Bishop, both of Dixon.

Maternal great-grandparents are JoAnn Roth of Sterling and Pat Zonsius of Huntley.

Miles James Clarida Emily and Jim Clarida of Eldena are the parents of a son born at 11:19 a.m. Feb. 4, 2016, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Miles James Clarida weighed 7 pounds, 14 ounces at birth and was 22 inches in length.

He is welcomed by Elizabeth, 10, and Madelyn, 5.

Maternal grandparents

are Mindy and Fred Peterson of Amboy and Marvin and Denise Russell of Lyndon.

Paternal grandparents are Sandy Anderson of Rock Falls and Jim Clarida of Sterling.

Sophia Marie Ortiz Jessica and Adan Ortiz of Rock Falls are the parents of a daughter born at 12:12 p.m. Feb. 5, 2016, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Sophia Marie Ortiz weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces at birth and was 21 inches in length.

She is welcomed by Nayeli Ortiz, 2.

Maternal grandparents are Jesus Perez and Erika Perez, both of Rock Falls.

Paternal grandparents are Rosalino Ortiz and Maria Ortiz, both of Sterling.

Kimber Elizabeth Kooy Mary and Joshua Kooy of Sterling are the parents of a daughter born at 8:18 a.m.

Feb. 10, 2016, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Kimber Elizabeth Kooy weighed 8 pounds, 7 ounces at birth and was 21 inches in length.

She is welcomed by Brecken Kooy, 9, Bryce Kooy, 7, and Griffin Kooy, 3.

Maternal grandparents are Catherine and James Decker of Amboy.

Paternal grandparents are Deborah Wright of Chadwick and William Kooy of Dixon.

Maternal great-grandmother is Helen Fantuzzi of Amboy.

Paternal great-grandmother is Lois Kooy of Sterling.

Lainey Jean Criss

Paternal great-grandGrayson Alan parents are Donald and Heather McCarter and Dassow Andre Criss of Sterling are Judy Lee of Rockford and Sam and Leta Gallentine Deanna and Nick Dassow the parents of a daughter of Erie are the parents of a of Sterling. born at 5:47 a.m. Feb. 5, son born at 12:59 p.m. Feb. 2016, at CGH Medical Cen2016, at CGH Medical Leo Kevin Isaacson 11, ter in Sterling.

Center in Sterling.

Lainey Jean Criss weighed Nichole and Caleb IsaaGrayson Alan Dassow 7 pounds, 6 ounces at birth cson of Milledgeville are weighed 8 pounds at birth and was 21 inches in length. the parents of a son born and was 20.5 inches in She is welcomed by Alexa at 8:23 a.m. Feb. 6, 2016, length.

McFadden, 17, Serena at CGH Medical Center in He is welcomed by Jaiden, Criss, 14, Jevon Criss, 13, Sterling.

6, and Kennedy, 3. and Julian Rodriguez, 13.

Leo Kevin Isaacson Maternal grandparents Maternal grandparents weighed 8 pounds, 6 are Jorge and Diane Almanare Scott McCarter and Col- ounces at birth and was za of South Beloit. leen McCarter, both of Ster- 22 inches in length.

Paternal grandparents are ling.

Maternal grandparents Ron and Joy Lohse of Erie Paternal grandparents are Beth and Leo Vaccaro and Gene and Kathy Dasare Larry Criss and Barbara of Freeport and Richard sow of Beloit, Wisconsin.

Johnson of Villa Park.

Criss, both of Sterling.

Maternal great-grandparPaternal grandparents ents are Balvina and BaltasMaternal great-grandparents are Bud and Gloria are Beth Isaacson of Free- ar Almanza of Mexico. port and Ken Isaacson of Peska of Sterling.

Paternal great-grandPaternal great-grand- Chadwick. mother is Penny Gerald of Maternal great-grand- Erie. mother is Minnie Hale of mothers are Elise DotSterling. son of Lanark and Wilma Mary Ellen Tyson Mathew Lee Johnson of Houston.

Katherine Bates Paternal great-grandMontana Scuffham of parents are Alex and Lois Amy Tate and John D. Rock Falls and Connor Lee McKnight of Freeport and Bates of Dixon are the parof Sterling are the parents Dwight and Joyce Isaacents of a daughter born at of a son born at 7:30 p.m. son of Milledgeville.

1:04 p.m. Jan. 11, 2016, at Dec. 18, 2015, at CGH KSB Hospital in Dixon.

Medical Center in Sterling.

Mary Ellen Katherine Lucas Edward Tyson Mathew Lee Bates weighed 8 pounds, Huffman weighed 8 pounds, 3 3 ounces at birth and was ounces at birth and was Kristy and Brad Huff- 19.5 inches in length.

21.5 inches in length. man of Dixon are the par- She is welcomed by AriMaternal grandparents ents of a son born at 10:32 anna Tate, 9, and Karlyanna are Mary and Sheldon p.m. Jan. 4, 2016, at KSB Tate, 7.

Von Holten of Walnut Hospital in Dixon.

Maternal grandparand Mark and Carlee Lucas Edward Huff- ents are Steven Drew and Scuffham of Rock Falls. man weighed 8 pounds, 1 Michelle Drew, both of Paternal grandparents ounce at birth and was 21 Dixon. are Dave and Monica inches in length.

Paternal grandparents are Druen of Edna, Texas, He is welcomed by Ash- Sheryl Bates of Dixon and and Donald and Marie lyn, 17, Meghan, 10, and the late Francis “Butch” Lee of Leicestershire, Ryan, 7.

Bates.

England.

Maternal grandparents Paternal great-grandMaternal great-grand- are Edward and Donna mother is Lois King of parents are Roger and Hartmann of Dixon.

Dixon.

Judy Scuffham of Deer Paternal grandparGrove, and Robert and ents are Louise HuffMarjorie Lindsay and man of Sterling and Lyle Lane Joseph Littrel Mick and Deann Bryan, and Marilyn Huffman of Maggie Dravis of Sterling all of Tampico.

Dixon. and Conner Littrel of Erie

are the parents of a son born at 10:26 a.m. Dec. 31, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Lane Joseph Littrel weighed 8 pounds, 10 ounces at birth and was 21 inches in length.

He is welcomed by Lilah Addisyn, 4.

Maternal grandparents are Alice Dravis of Sterling and the late Joe Dravis.

Paternal grandparents are Amy and Luke Littrel of Erie.

Maternal great-grandparents are Howard and Pat Noblin of Sterling.

Paternal great-grandparents are Sue and Dick Gossard of Fulton, Garth Littrel of Erie, and Jane Johnson Littrel of Hillsdale.

Zeilynn Mae Lopez-Kendrick Andrea Lopez and Montell Kendrick of Sterling are the parents of a daughter born at 10:57 p.m. Jan. 31, 2016, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Zeilynn Mae Lopez-Kendrick weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces at birth and was 20 inches in length.

She is welcomed by Lynniah Lopez-Kendrick, 8.

Maternal grandmother is Frances Wessels of Rock Falls.

Paternal grandmother is Raj Kendrick of Katy, Texas.

Paternal great-grandparents are Nettie Bardo and Wayne Kendrick, both of Dixon.

Information sought The birth announcement for Zayvin Stanley Everette Sliger cannot be printed without more information.

If the submitter it could call 815-625-3600, ext. 5501, it would be appreciated.

COLLEGE HONORS Greenville College GREENVILLE – Those named to the fall dean’s list at Greenville College are: Chadwick: Jeana Komrska Morrison: Kelsey Middleton Mount Morris: Jessica LaPage Prophetstown: Joshua Paul

Quincy University

Engineering fall dean’s list a the University of Nebraska – Lincoln.

OSHKOSH, Wis. – Peyton Sturtevant of Lanark was named to the fall honor roll

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. – Those named to the fall

dean’s list at the University of Wisconsin – Platteville are: Amboy: Lea Koning Byron: Rachel Hopkins, Rebecca Lowe Dixon: Michael Ely, Shannon Hughes Forreston: Caleb Snider Lanark: Abbey Grisham, Megan Woolcock Leaf River: Sydney Groen Lyndon: Brooke Higbee Manlius: Nicole Swanson Milledgeville: Branninghan Hutchison Morrison: Hannah Blacklock, Brock Deter, Kyle Meurs, Alyssa Workman Mount Carroll: Garrett Badtke, Patrick Fritz Oregon: Kyle Ruthe Polo: Sarah Duncan

Mexican Train dominoes, 9 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Lap-sit and toddler story time for children 18 months-2 years, 9:30-10 a.m., Sterling Public Library, 102 W. Third St., Sterling, 815-6251370.

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

Wii Bowling, 10 a.m.; and cards, 10 a.m. and noon, Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave, Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Euchre lessons and games, 10 a.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling.

Register: 815-622-9230 or 828461-7979.

Zumba class, 10:30 a.m., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236.

Preschool story time for children 3-5 years, 10;30-11 a.m., Sterling Public Library, 102 W. Third St., Sterling, 815-625-1370.

George Washington game, 11 a.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Lunch, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815622-9230.

Organized Wii Bowling games,

noon, Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

Hand and Foot cards, 12:15 p.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Pinochle, 12:30-3 p.m., Big Room, Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Duplicate bridge, 12:30 p.m., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

Friendly Mexican Train dominoes, 12:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Rummy, 1 p.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit

Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815589-3925.

Tacos, 4-8 p.m., Latin American Social Club, 2708 W. Fourth St., Sterling, 815-625-8290.

Exercise group, 4 p.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-589-3925.

Loaves and Fishes, 5-6 p.m., Holloway Center, St. Patrick Catholic Church, 612 Highland Ave., Dixon, 815-284-7719. A free, hot meal for the needy.

Sauk Valley Chess Club, 6:308:30 p.m., Northland Mall, 2900 E. Lincolnway, Sterling; 815-6228838.

p.m., open, lower level, Loveland Community House, 513 W. Second St., Dixon.

Dixon Rotary Club, noon, lower level, St. Luke Episcopal Church, 221 W. Third St., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed, Big Book; 6 p.m., closed, Spanish; 7 p.m., open, beginners, Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, open, St. Paul Lutheran Church, 114 S. Fifth St., Oregon.

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, noon, open, Sunshine meeting, back door, 1503 First Ave., Suite D, Rock Falls.

Crochet-Knitting Club, 12:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling.

The Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary, 1 p.m., 409 Avenue F, Sterling, 815-625-1622.

Whiteside County Society for the Blind and Visually Impaired, 1:30 p.m., Coventry Village, 612 W. 23rd St., Sterling.

American Red Cross blood drive, 2-6 p.m., Paw Paw High School, 511 Chapman St. Appointments: 800-733-2767.

TOPS, 4 p.m. weigh-in, 4:30 p.m. meeting; 5:30 p.m. weigh-in, 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.

TOPS, 5 p.m. weigh-in, 5:30 p.m. meeting, Polo Church of the Brethren, 401 S. Congress Ave., Polo, 815-946-3638.

Celebrate Recovery, 6-8 p.m., 201 W. Market St., Morrison, 815590-8929.

Celebrate Recovery, 6-8 p.m., New Hope Baptist Church, 902 W. 12th St., Rock Falls; John Mattingly, 815-631-3896.

Celebrate Recovery, 6-8 p.m., Revive Community Church, 8 E. Front St., Mount Morris, 815-9940428.

Rock Falls Rotary, 6 p.m., Beelendorf’s Deli, 204 W. 10th St., Rock Falls.

Rock Falls Boy Scout Troop 306, 6:30-8 p.m., fellowship hall, Harvest Time Bible Church, 1802 Dixon Ave., Rock Falls.

Rock Falls Optimist Club, 6:30 p.m., Candlelight Inn, 2200 First Ave., Rock Falls.

Rock River Interfaith Peace Action Group, 7 p.m., Wesley United Methodist Church, 2200 16th Ave., Sterling, 815-625-4657, public welcome.

Mount Carroll Monday Night AlAnon-Alateen, 7 p.m., Church of God, 816 Clay St., Mount Car-

roll. 815-284-3444.

Lee-Whiteside Chapter of the American Diabetes Association, 7 p.m., Ryberg Auditorium, CGH Medical Center, 100 E. LeFevre Road, Sterling.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., open, Immanuel Lutheran Church, 960 N. U.S. Route 52, Amboy.

Tampico Lions Club, 7 p.m., Good Times, 106 N. Main St., Tampico, 815-438-2789.

Sauk Valley Al-Anon GroupAlateen, 7 p.m., back door, 1503 First Ave., Suite D, Rock Falls.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, step study, Church of St. Anne, 401 N. Cherry St., Morrison.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, step study, Elim Reformed Church parsonage, 140 S. Church Road, Kings.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., closed, Eells Room, St. Luke Episcopal Church, 207 W. Third St., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed (3), First Presbyterian Church, 502 Third St., Savanna.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., open, 217 N. Hickory St., Shannon.

Fenton: Hannah Sauer Morrison: Kaitlyn Finneran Sterling: Jacob Reynolds

UW – Parkside

UW – Platteville

PARKSIDE, Wis. – Catherine Emma Cox of Dixon earned dean’s and provost’s honors for the fall semester at the University of Wisconsin – Parkside.

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. – Those named to the fall chancellor’s list at the University of Wisconsin – Platteville are: Byron: Rebecca Lowe Forreston: Caleb Snider Leaf River: Sydney Groen Manlius: Nicole Swanson Polo: Sarah Duncan Savanna: Charlotte Thomas Sterling: Aubrey Ybarra

Drake University

QUINCY – Shelby HoiDES MOINES, Iowa ness of Rochelle was – Robert Cobert of Fenton named to the fall dean’s list has been named to the fall at Quincy University. dean’s list at Drake University.

UN – Lincoln Those named to the president’s list are: LINCOLN, Neb. – Noah Davis Junction: Kyle Blacklock of Morrison was named to the College of Godwin

UW – Oshkosh

at the University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh. Brooke Holloway of Leaf River was named to the fall dean’s list.

Eastern University CHARLESTON – Joseph A. Zigle of Sterling earned a Bachelor of Science degree during the fall semester at Eastern University.

On the fall dean’s list were: Dixon: Megan Cooper Paw Paw: Kersten M. Kidd Stillman Valley: Jeffrey M. Cialkowski Walnut: Francis J. Monier

UW – Platteville

Rock Falls: Michael Battles Savanna: Tayte Hunter, Charlotte Thomas Sterling: Breanna Conboy, Lynsey Prescott, Aubrey Ybarra Walnut: Jordan Monier West Brooklyn: Kerri Foster

Millikin University DECATUR – Kathryn Swift of Creston was named to the fall dean’s list at Millikin University.

William Woods University FULTON, Mo. – Christy Casey of Dixon was named to the fall dean’s list at William Woods University.

COMMUNITY EVENTS Today Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon, Twin City Market, indoors, 106 Avenue A, Sterling, 815-626-8610.

Winter farmers market, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., lower level, Loveland Community House, 513 Second St., Dixon.

Donuts and Doings program for parents and children,10-11 a.m., Sterling Public Library, 102 W. Third St., 815-625-1370.

10th annual Ladies Pampered Day Out, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Mount Carroll Church of God, 816 S. Clay St., 815-541-4628.

Sunday There are no activities today.

Monday Open pool, open cards, Wii games (call ahead), and computer lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Open pool, open cards, open Wii games and computer lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236.

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

Kings on Corner cards, 9 a.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815622-9230.

SUPPORT GROUPS, CLUBS, AND SERVICES Today Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., closed, Big Book, United Methodist Church, 201 E. Chicago Ave., Davis Junction.

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

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

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

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

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

Narcotics Anonymous Hope Without Dope, noon, in the back of Lutheran Social Services of Illinois, 1901 First Ave., Sterling, 815-5353748.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m.,

steps, traditions, Village of Progress, 710 S. 13th St., Oregon.

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

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

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, 10 a.m., open, Big Book; 7 p.m. open, veterans, back door, 1503 First Ave., Suite D, Rock Falls.

PFLAG Sauk Valley, 1:30 p.m. support time, 2:30 p.m. meeting, Eels Room, St. Luke Episcopal Church, 221 W. Third St., Dixon, 815-440-2672.

Dixon VFW Post 540, 5:30 p.m., 1560 Franklin Grove Road, 815288-5165.

Compassionate Friends, Death of a Child Support Group, 6 p.m., Church of God, 860 W. Oregon Trail Road, Oregon, 815-441-3710.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., closed, Church of St. Anne, 401 N. Cherry St., Morrison.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m.,

closed, clearance required, BAAbble on for Life Prison Group, 815-9736150.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., open, Rochelle Community Hospital, 900 N. Second St. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., closed, 304 Seventh Ave. W, Lyndon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed (4), Mount Morris Senior Center, 9 E. Front St. Monday Women, infants and children clinic, and family planning services, Lee County Health Department, 309 S. Galena Ave., Suite 100, Dixon. Appointments: 815284-3371.

Abuse Changing team, 815-6250338.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 a.m., open, Methodist church, 402 First Ave., Forreston.

Blood pressure screenings, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Whiteside County Health Department, 1300 W. Second St., Rock Falls, 815-626-2230.

Veterans Affairs representative, 9:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Alcoholics Anonymous Gratitude Group, noon, step, closed; 6

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BUSY DAYS AT RESTHAVE HOME

Kelly Shroyer and her dogs, Gracie and Lucky, have become members of the Paws for Patients program at Unity Hospice in Rochelle. They will visit patients in long-term care facilities in several counties, including Lee and Whiteside. Photo submitted by Shroyer.

Spencer Knox and Thelma Smith were named king and queen Feb. 12 during a Valentine’s Day celebration at Resthave Home in Morrison. Ukulele Connection provided entertainment, and cupcakes were served. Photos submitted by Karla Burn.

Hospice adds to its therapy team ROCHELLE – Paws for Patients has two new faces – Gracie and Lucky.

The dogs have joined Unity Hospice’s pet therapy team. The program was designed to provide emotional support for hospice patients and their families to contribute toward a better quality of life.

Both animals earned their Canine Good Citizen certification, which

allows them to visit and provide comfort to patients living in area long-term care facilities.

Their handler is Kelly Shroyer, the hospice’s community relations representative. They will visit patients in Lee, Whiteside, DuPage, Kane, Stephenson, and Winnebago counties.

Visit unityhospice. com/the-unity-differ ence/pet-therapy/ for more information.

Book club, paint party lead events The Fenton 4-H Wizards recently made and donated rice packs to Resthave. Mallory Eggers (from left), Marge Kettler, and Rebekah Naftzger hold three of the rice packs. Not pictured are Alexandria Dykstra, Kyle Dykstra, Kyra Wicklund, Logan Eggers, Corbin Eggers, Berkley Eggers, and Michelle Nafzger, who also took part in the project, Students with Morrison High School’s Building Lasting Impressions That Never Die, delivered homemade valentines Feb. 11 to residents.

Molly Mickley presented one to Betty Prescott.

The students also made large birthday cards for the residents.

B.L.I.N.D. is led by Melissa Landes, teacher.

the pool of rural health practitioners to help meet primary health care needs in rural Illinois.

Recipients need to agree to practice for 2 years in an approved rural area.

Applicants must be Illinois residents and be a registered nurse accepted or enrolled in an

accredited nurse practitioner program. Funding is provided by the Rural Illinois Medical Student Assistance program.

Applications can be picked up at county farm bureaus throughout the state, on the Rural Illinois Medical Student Assistance program web-

site at RIMSAP.com or by writing to the Illinois Farm Bureau, Attention: Peggy Romba, manager, P.O. Box 2901, Bloomington, IL 61702-2901.

They are due May 1.

For more information, contact Romba by email at promba@ilfb.org or call 309-557-2350.

Assistance for minorities, low-income students offered ROCK FALLS — At least 15 scholarships will be awarded by Tri-County Opportunities Council.

The scholarships, up to $1,250 each, are available through a community services block grant from the Illinois Department of Commerce and

coloring with Harry Potter theme, 6:30 p.m.

March 15, supplies provided, butter beer and Harry Potter inspired treats served.

Pinterest Night, 6:30 p.m. March 21, $3 payment due when signing up in person only.

Spa Do-It-Yourself, 2-3 p.m. March 22, for second-graders and older, making lip gloss, bubble bath, and foot scrub, $1.

Easter Egg Hunt, 4:30 p.m., March 12, with a story, craft, and egg hunt; baskets needed; goodie bags handed out; space limited.

For more information, call the library at 815626-3958.

Orchids to take center stage during gathering

Scholarships available through farm bureau offices BLOOMINGTON – Applications are being offered for five, $4,000, nurse practitioner scholarships through the Illinois Farm Bureau Rural Nurse Practitioner Scholarship program.

The program, now in its 24th year, is designed to encourage and develop

ROCK FALLS – The March activities’ list at Rock Falls Public Library, 1007 Seventh Ave., has been announced.

The events are: Thursday Book Club, 10 a.m. March 3, title to be determined.

Library board meeting, 6:30 p.m. March 14 Tuesday Book Club, 6 p.m. March 29, title to be determined.

These activities require registration: Spring Ahead Artful Paint Party, 6:30 p.m.

March 8, 1-foot by 1-foot spring scene with help from Linda Von Holton, cost $20, pay and register by noon March 7.

Tranquil Hues adult

Economic Opportunity.

All low-income students, racial and ethnic minorities, as well as previous scholarship recipients are encouraged to apply. The deadline is April 15.

To be eligible, the applicant must meet income

criteria, attend an accredited state post-secondary educational institution during the fall, be considered full-time (a minimum of 12 semester hours), and live in Bureau, Carroll, Lee, Ogle, Whiteside, LaSalle, Marshall, Putnam, or Stark coun-

ties. Part-time students will be considered, but scholarship awards will be pro-rated if selected as a winner.

More information and applications can be obtained from tcochelps. com or by calling 800323-5434, ext. 15.

FREEPORT – The Northwest Illinois Audubon Society will have a viewing of the documentary “Aldo Leopold at Faville Grove” at 7 p.m. March 1 at St. John United Church of Christ, 1010 Park Blvd.

Charles Johannsen, the director, will present the program and lead a discussion after the film The story is about the prairie remnant that is home to wild orchids that inspired Leopold to write an essay called “Exit Orchis” in an effort to save the land.

The society meets the first Tuesday of the month from September to May; the public is welcome.

The group’s monthly program, Wildlife Wednesday, will be from 10:30 to 11 a.m. March 2 at Freeport Public Library, 100 E. Douglas St. It’s designed for children 2 to 7.

The theme is spring weather. A story time will be followed by an activity.

Visit nwilaudubon.org for more information.

Enthusiasts to talk about their work during session DIXON – The Dixon Learning Lab will run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

March 5 at Loveland Community House, 513 W. Second St. Beekeepers, herb farmers, bagpipe players, and volunteers from Nachusa Grasslands, Franklin Creek Grist Mill, and Project GenNex will be included.

The purpose of the lab is to offer the community an opportunity to learn about what is going on in the region.

Local enthusiasts will give short presentations on what they do, and will be available to discuss their work.

Email Sheldon Schwitek at beesnug@me.com for more information.

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IN BRIEF Raising chickens course offered

Pine Creek Valley 4-H members from Polo finished the first round of bowling competition Jan 17 at Town & Country Lanes in Mount Morris. Photos submitted by Tanya Bushman.

and a CD scratch art class.

Special projects are planned for children OREGON – Andy Larson, between the ages of 5 and a University of Illinois Exten- 7.

Registration is $5 per sion local foods systems child. Some classes have and small farms educaan additional material fee. tor, will present a class on Go to illinois.edu/projecthome-scale poultry propool to register. duction.

“Raising Backyard Chickens Right” will be from 6 Farmers market to 8 p.m. March 15 at the strategies revealed Ogle County Extension office, 421 W. Pines Road.

STERLING – Grant Participants will discuss McCarty, University of Illichoosing chicken breeds nois Extension local food and starting chicks, consystems and small farms siderations for building educator, will offer “Marketa coop and designing a ing the Market: Planning chicken run, overcoming Promotional Strategies to winter weather and presGrow Farmers Markets” sure from predators, and from 2 to 4:30 p.m. March handling and selling eggs 8 at Sterling Public Library, safely and legally.

102 W. Third St. The cost is $10, payable Topics include the misin advance or at the door. sion and brand identity of Registration deadline is a farmers market, planning March 11. The program and evaluating effective may be cancelled due to promotional strategies, and low registrations. choosing and using the latTo register or for more est social media platforms information, contact Sarah to engage a broader audiRowland, extension proence gram coordinator, at sarow The program is free. Reglan@illinois.edu or the istration is due March 4. extension office at illinois.

Go to illinois.edu/clw and edu/bdo, 815-732-2191. select register online on the right side, or call the WhiHorse workshop teside County Extension set in Milledgeville office at 815-632-3611.

MILLEDGEVILLE – A horse program will be at 1:30 p.m. Feb. 27 at the Steve and Bryan Hollewell indoor horse arena, 2379 Coleta Road.

The course will cover first aid for horses, a horse massage demonstration, and information on starting a county 4-H drill team.

Participants are asked not to bring a horse.

This workshop is open to 4-H’ers and non-4-H youth and adults. Registration is due by Wednesday to the Carroll County Extension office, 807D S. Clay St., Mount Carroll.

For more information or to sign up, contact Leanne Rahn at lrahn@illinois.edu or 815-244-9444.

Company to make payment

During the Christmas season, members collected hats, gloves, and scarves. Marla Buskohl, Aplington Middle School secretary, distributed them to needy children in the Polo area. Chole Zeigler (from left), Kayla Blum, and Amber Henson, club members, donated the items.

“Farm” Camp, a Whiteside County Farm Bureau program, recently won a County Activities of Excellence Award through the American Farm Bureau Federation. With the award are (front row, from left) Abbey Baker, 2015 summer intern and sophomore ag communications student at Illinois State University; Bob Stallman, AFBF president; and Michelle Nickrent, 2015 summer intern and ag communications student at the University of Illinois; and (back row) Matt Lillpop, Whiteside County Farm Bureau executive director; and Don Temple, Whiteside County Farm Bureau president. Photo submitted by Lillpop.

County farm bureau program earns award Whiteside County Farm Bureau was one of 24 county farm bureaus nationwide recognized by the American Farm Bureau Federation for innovative program ideas in this year’s County Activities of Excellence Awards program.

“Farm Camp,” was last

summer’s project.

Five weeklong camps for kids included field trips to a different farm each day and Agriculture in the Classroom program activities.

The winners were recognized during AFBF’s 97th annual Convention and IDEAg Trade Show

from Jan. 8-13 in Orlando, Florida.

According to the news release, the CAE program acknowledges and shares successful farm bureau programs and activities.

The awards are based on farm bureau membership.

Counties compete for

recognition in the following group: farm bureaus with membership of less than 1,000 members, 1,001-3,000 members, 3,001-5,000 members, more than 5,001 members, and collaborative multi-county activities regardless of membership size.

NORMAL – 1st Farm Credit Services will return $18 million from its 2015 net income to eligible client-owners through its Patronage program.

This is the largest amount given out through the program to date, and it brings the total amount distributed to $74 million during the past 10 years.

The board of directors voted to increase the patronage level after reviewing the financial stability of the association in 2015 and its projected future strength derived from the annual 5-year business planning process.

The new level of payments is sustainable and will benefit client-owners in an ever-changing marketplace.

More than 10,400 clients who have an eligible loan or lease with the company will receive a payment from the program. The amount of patronage a client receives depends on the amount of patronage-eligible business with 1st Farm Credit Services.

1st Farm Credit Services, with an office in Rock Falls, serves 42 counties in the northern half of Illinois, through its 16 local offices, with agricultural loans, risk management products, crop insurance, loan and lease options, and agricultural real estate appraisals.

Cattle feeders to meet in Rock Falls ROCK FALLS – The University of Illinois Extension’s annual Illinois Cattle Feeders Day will be from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. March 10 at the Rock Falls Community Building, 601 W. 10th St. The seminar will cover nutrition, animal health, manure management, market outlook, and current topics in the cattlefeeding industry.

Contact Travis Meteer at 217-430-7030 or wme teer@gmail.com or register online at go.illinois. edu/cattlefeeders to sign up by March 3.

For more information, call Meteer or Mary Nelson at 815-632-3611.

Public welcome to penny carnival OREGON – The Ogle County 4-H Penny Carnival will be from 5 to 8 p.m.

March 5 at the Oregon Coliseum, 124 N. Fourth St. This annual event is open to the public, and features 4-H club created games that can be played for 25 cents each, or 50 games for $10. Prizes will be awarded win or lose. A door prize drawing and a snack stand will be available.

The game theme is “Exploring the Wonders of Science!” Two 4-H clubs will be awarded cash prizes for games that are most entertaining and most creative.

For more information, contact the extension at extension.uiuc.edu/bdo or 815-732-2191.

Area graduate to report for training

Artan Kulla has joined the Army Reserve under the Delayed Training program.

According to the news release, young men and women are given the opportunity to delay reporting for basic military training for up to 270 days, and the option to learn a new skill, serve their country, and become eligible to receive more than Youth activities toward a college available in Amboy $37,440 education and $50,000 for repayment of qualifyAMBOY – The Univering college loans. sity of Illinois Lee County After completion of Extension office will have a Project Pool for all youth basic military training, most soldiers receive ages 5 to 18 March 5 at advanced individual trainLee County Fairgrounds, ing in their career job 1196 Franklin Road.

The program will run from specialty before being 8:45 a.m. to noon. Classes assigned to their reserve unit. include cupcake decoratHe will report to Fort ing, food preservation, vegetables, cooking, arts, floral Jackson, South Carolina, for basic training in June. design, and health. Each Kulla is the son of participant will be able to Melanie Kulla of Tampico. choose four projects to He is a 2015 graduate learn about. of Prophetstown High Also offered will be a Motion Commotion Class School.

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Thousands of parents use the services every day. The niche market is growing, and investors have taken notice.

Last month, HopSkipDrive announced a $10.2 million funding round, led by venture capital firm Firstmark Capital.

The Los Angeles company also snapped up the former general manager of Uber LA, Eyal Gutentag, to be its operations chief.

Meanwhile, Shuddle raised $9.6 million this past May, led by RRE Ventures.

One reason investors have taken to HopSkipDrive and Shuddle: They specialize in transporting children, giving them an advantage over the saturated ride-hailing market for adults, which is dominated by Uber and, to a lesser extent, Lyft.

When it comes to transporting children, the stakes are extremely high. The companies need to think about safety and security differently, and they need to earn the trust of passengers (kids) and customers (parents).

Whereas taxi, limo and other on-demand transportation services have been able to weather bad press about reckless drivers and passenger assaults, services involving children have little room for error.

“We have a unique challenge in making sure we’re not just a ride; we

are caregivers that also provide rides, and that’s an important distinction,” said HopSkipDrive Chief Executive Joanna McFarland. “It’s not just a curb-to-curb ride.

We help young kids get signed in and out of schools, so it’s a lot more than that.”

“We also have to think about growth very differently than an Uber or TaskRabbit or Instacart,” said Shuddle Chief Executive Doug Aley. “For us, if we don’t keep supply and demand in balance, the consequences for us are much different than not being able to deliver someone’s groceries on time. If we get it wrong, we can strand a kid.”

To that end, both services have expanded much more slowly than other app-based transportation services. In the LA area, HopSkipDrive has about 500 drivers.

Shuddle declined to reveal its driver count. In comparison, Uber and Lyft have tens of thousands of drivers in LA alone.

The criteria for becoming a HopSkipDrive or Shuddle driver are different: Every driver must have experience caring for children and needs to pass rigorous background checks, including in HopSkipDrive’s case a fingerprint check.

All drivers are vetted in person. For Shuddle, some are vetted over the phone.

With ride-hailing services Uber and Lyft unable to offer rides

to minors (both have terms of service that require customers to be over 18), investors see companies like HopSkipDrive and Shuddle filling a need.

“I have three kids aged 1, 5 and 11, and the movement of children around is a huge issue in our lives,” said Firstmark Capital investor Rick Heitzmann. “Whether it’s soccer or ballet or school, all of that is a big issue, so it was a pain I’d felt personally.”

Heitzmann initially invested in HopSkipDrive as an angel investor. After seeing its growth potential, Firstmark Capital got involved.

“When we invest in a company, we want to be able to show a logical path to doing more than $100 million in revenue a year, because in a normal environment, that’s what it takes to go public,” Heitzmann said. “Simply penciling out what we know in the LA market, we think it alone could be tens of millions a year in revenue.”

Shuddle investor Kirsten Green, who founded Forerunner Ventures, sees a similar opportunity in the Bay Area.

“You have a growing number of households where both parents are working,” Green said. “At the same time, kids are more and more involved in structured activities.

Those are two meaningful tail winds that are building a need for this solution.”

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Raising the rent Dear Dave, I have two small duplexes in Idaho that I rent for $400 a month, each on 1-year leases. The rent is about $50 to $75 below similar units in the area.

The tenants in all four places are great, so how do you know when – or if – you should raise the rent? If you raise the rent, how do you keep good relationships with your tenants?

– Teresa Dear Teresa, My advice with rental properties is to raise

the rent a little bit each year. You want to be fair and affordable for your tenants, but you don’t want them thinking the rate is locked in forever.

As a business owner, if you don’t have small, manageable increases on a regular basis, you’ll look up in 4 or 5 years and realize you’re losing money because your rent is way below market value. Then, if you implement a big rate hike out of nowhere your tenants will have a fit. After that, you could be looking at empty properties.

When it comes time to renew the leases, try explaining to them that you’ve looked around in the market and other

very comparable units are going for $450 or more, but that you appreciate them and what good tenants they are. Then, propose signing the new lease at $410 or $420. Don’t raise it to full market value. In most cases, this kind of approach will keep both parties happy.

As a landlord, you’ll be able to retain quality tenants and make more money. As a renter, you’ll have the comfort of knowing your rent isn’t going to suddenly jump sky-high. It’s a win-win.

– Dave Follow Dave on Twitter (@DaveRamsey), or go to daveramsey.com.

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There are two roomy dressing areas at Savy’s Chic Bridal Boutique in downtown Dixon, and in addition to bridal and bridesmaid dresses, Egan plans to offer prom dresses by spring 2017.

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“We both come from family businesses; it’s in our blood,” said Porter, who’s helping Egan renovate the shop. (Egan’s mother, Theresa Koch, owns Vanaseys Boutique in Oregon, where she

sells candles, aroma therapy, and specialty items.)

Along with friends and family members, the couple has removed layers of Sheetrock and studs to reveal original brick walls, repaired and painted the original tin ceilings, and refinished the hardwood floors.

As part of her research,

Egan’s been watching “Say Yes to the Dress,” and even met one of the show’s stars, Randy Fenoli, at a convention.

He gave her good advice that she is making her mantra: “Finding a dress is the ultimate experience for a bride.

I want her to find her dress here.”

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Astrograph Share your feelings Sunday, February 21, 2016 PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Stay within your means and strive to finish what you start. Offer assistance, but don’t take on more than you can handle. Be realistic, moderate and true to yourself.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Take part in events or activities that will help you meet new people, and share your interests and experiences with someone special.

Romance will improve your state of mind.

TAURUS (April 20May 20) -- Don’t take on jobs or responsibilities that don’t belong to you. Anger is likely to mount if you express your true feelings. Wait for a better opportunity to confront a difficult situation.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Communication, travel and different philosophies, lifestyles and people will be enlightening, but do your research before you take a leap of faith. Romance is in the stars and will improve your mindset.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Money matters will be of concern if you have been careless with your cash or investments. An argu-

ment over a contract, legal matter or joint venture will not solve the problem.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- A change to your surroundings, a trip and exploring new pastimes with children, a loved one or a friend are favored. Personal changes will enhance your life.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) -- Don’t take anything or anyone for granted. Find out whatever you can about a job or what someone expects from you before making a commitment. Uncertainty will hold you back.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- Take on a project that will improve a situation that concerns you.

Ask friends and family to pitch in and help you do something nice for someone in need.

23-Dec. 21) -- Share your feelings with someone you love. One of your ideas is best thought through before you act on it. High costs will stop you from finishing what you start.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19) -- Don’t lose sight of what needs to be done. A joint venture will turn into an interesting opportunity. Take a unique approach to the way you put your skills to use.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 19) -- Explore new possibilities with someone you love. A partnership will lead to emotional stabilization. A trendy new look will lead to compliments that make you feel good.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24Nov. 22) -- Keep watch over what transpires when dealing with friends, relatives or people who can disrupt your plans. Be ready to do things differently if it will ward off opposition.

SAGITTARIUS

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CLEVER CLOVERS

The Clever Clovers 4-H Club of Lanark and Shannon met in February at the Gordon Jones Home in Lanark.

They decorated Valentine cookies and made coasters and decorative paper chains with the residents, who also are members of the Lanark Lightning Bugs 4-H Club. Clever Clover Cloverbuds, 5-to-7-year-old 4-H’ers, will travel to the Jones home for an outing in the near future. Photo submitted.

UNITED WAY

The United Way of Whiteside County welcomed new board members during its annual meeting. Jeff Detra (from left), outgoing president, is pictured with Bo Mays of Sterling Federal Bank; Kevin Anderson of CGH Medical Center in Sterling; Elizabeth Klahn, incoming president; and Robert Urbanski of Frantz Manufacturing in Sterling. Members, along with volunteers, are responsible for allocating money that is raised each year for the partner agencies and their programs. The annual United Way of Whiteside County Recognition Celebration will be March 16. For reservations, call the office at 815 625-7973. Photos submitted.

John Gvozdjak (center) of Frantz Manufacturing was recognized for his years of service on the United Way Board of Directors, during the annual meeting. Detra and Klan presented him with the certificate. Rita Smith, of Sterling Federal Bank, who left the board, also was recognized.

BUDDY BAGS DONATION Another Child Foundation made a donation Feb. 14 to the Bureau Valley Buddy Bags program in Manlius. With the check are (from left) Judy Giese, pastor; Mary Hartz of the Buddy program; and Tim Oloffson, ACF director. Buddy Bags helps support efforts to alleviate hunger in the Bureau Valley school district. The ACF donation was made with support from farmers and the 10K Bushel Project, which involves the area farmers to help at-risk children in the Bureau County area and beyond. Photo submitted.

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Books, e-reader clinic available at Dixon library DIXON – Dixon Public Library, 221 S. Hennepin Ave., will offer a new program.

Tech.Connect, a clinic to assist patrons with their e-readers to download books using Omni or eRead Illinois, or OneClick Digital for audiobooks, will be from noon to 2 p.m.

Tuesday, and will continue every other Tuesday, in the adult department.

Registration is required; a sign-up sheet is at the adult circulation desk.

Participants must have a valid Dixon library card, an email address and password, an iTunes logon and password (for Apple devices), and a laptop computer for Nook tablet users.

For more information, call Sherry Bruckner at 815-284-7261.

The following books have arrived at the library: Fiction: “Scandalous Behavior,” by Stuart Woods; “The Bitter Season,” by Tami Hoag; “The Drifter,” by Nicholas Petrie; “My Name Is Lucy Barton,” by Elizabeth Strout (also in large print); “Blue,” by Danielle Steel; “Orphan X,” by Gregg Hurwitz; “Warriors of the Storm,” by Bernard Cornwell; “The Man Without a Shadow,” by Joyce Oates; “The Spring at Moss Hill,” by Carla Neggers; “The Swans of Fifth Avenue,” by Melanie Benjamin; “Summit Lake,” by Charlie Donlea; “Breakdown,”

by Jonathan Kellerman; “The Comfort of Black,”

by Carter Wilson; “The Things We Keep,” by Sally Hepworth; “Find Her,” by Lisa Gardner; “The Past,”

by Tessa Hadley; “The Secret Chord,” by Geraldine Brooks; “The Art of War,” by Stephen Coonts; “Violent Crimes,” by Phillip Margolin; “The High Mountains of Portugal,”

by Yann Martel; “Lost in His Eyes,” by Andrew Neiderman; and “The Wolves,” by Alex Berenson Mysteries: “Presumed Puzzled,” by Parnell Hall; “Even Dogs in the Wild,”

by Ian Rankin; “Dearly Departed,” by Hy Conrad; “Brotherhood in Death,”

by J.D. Robb; “If Anything Should Happen.” by Bonnie Hill; “The Right Wrong Thing,” by Ellen Kirschman; and “Switcheroo,” by Aaron Elkins Christian Fiction: “The Choosing,” by Rachelle Dekker; “The First Hostage,” by Joel Rosenberg; “A Son’s Vow,” by Shelley Gray; and “You’re the One That I Want,” by Susan Warren Science Fiction, Fantasy: “Kingfisher,” by Patricia McKillip; “Best of Bova,” by Ben Bova; “Feverborn,” by Karen Moning; “The Bands of Mourning,” by Brandon Sanderson; “Staked,” by Kevin Hearne; “Shadows of Self,” by Brandon Sanderson; and “Revisionary,” by Jim Hines Westerns: “Robert B. Parker’s Blackjack,” by Robert Knott; “Border Reprisal,” by Tim Champlin; and “West of Penance,” by Thomas Clagett Large print: “ T h e Lake House,” by Kate Morton; “Willow Brook Road,” by Sherryl Woods; “The Automo-

bile Club of Egypt,” by Alaa Aswany; “Bittersweet Dreams,” by V.C. Andrews; “The Gates of Evangeline,” by Hester Young; “Dark Corners,” by Ruth Rendell; “Heartsong Cottage,”

by Emily March; “The Windswept Flame,”

by Marcia McClure; “Fallen Land,” by Taylor Brown; “The Song of Hartgrove Hall,” by Natasha Solomons; “The Year of Fear,”

by Joe Urschel; “First Order,” by Jeff Abbott; “The Mask,” by Taylor Stevens; “Warriors of the Storm,” by Bernard Cornwell; “The Guest Room,” by Chris Bohjalian; “And Sometimes I Wonder About You,” by Walter Mosley; “After She’s Gone,”

by Lisa Jackson; “put a ring on it,” by Beth Kendrick; “Wedding Cake and Big Mistakes,” by Nancy Naigle; “Bertie’s Guide to Life and Mothers,” by Alexander Smith; “Blue,” by Danielle Steel; “The Tsar of Love and Techno,” by Anthony Marra; and “In the Language of Miracles,” by Rajia Hassib Nonfiction: “2016 USBNA Postage Stamp Catalog;” “Windy City Bags,” by Sara Lawson; “Dr. Susan Love’s Breast Book;” “We Gotta Get Out of This Place,” by Bradley and Werner; “Leonardo: Insatiable Curiosity,” by Justin Smith; “Outsmarting Alzheimer’s,” by Kenneth Kosik, M.D.; “Reclaim Your Brain,”

by Joseph Annibali, M.D.; “Maggie Smith: A Biography,” by Michael Coveney; “Tiny and Full,” by Jorge Cruise; “Home,” by John Allen; “The Collapse of Parenting,” by Leonard Sax, M.D.; “I didn’t know my slow cooker could do that,” by Better Homes & Gardens; “Blue Ribbon Vegetable Gardening,”

by Jodi Torpey; “Super Foods Every Day,” by Sue Quinn; “The Power of Forgiveness,” by Joan Gattuso; “The Ghosts of K2,” by Mick Conefrey; “Excellent Daughters,”

by Katherine Zoepf; “Provence-Philadelphia-Barcelona-Brazil,”

by DK Travel; “Beijing & Shanghai-Cambodia,”

by DK Travel; “Quick & Easy Home DIY Manual,” by Matt Weber; “Discover Europe,” by Lonely Planet; “The Covenant with Black America,” by Tavis Smiley; “Concussion,” by Jeanne Laskas; “Mayday!

A History of Flight,” by David Darling; “Shackleton,” by Michael Smith; “The Evil Hours,”

by David Morris; “Iran – Ally or Enemy?,”

by Lightning Guides; “Empire of Fear,” by Andrew Hosken; “Better Than Fiction 2,” by Lonely Planet; “Rock the Boat,” by Resmaa Menakem; “Windows 10 for Dummies,” by Andy Rathbone; “Where We Belong,” by Hoda Kotb; “Complete Book of Home Organization,” by Toni Hammersley; and “Tim Gunn’s Fashion Bible” The book group selection for March is “Hidden Power,” by Kati Marton.

For more information, call the library.

Deadline to submit copy The deadline to submit event information, including photos, for the SV Weekend Community pages is 2 weeks before the event.

Information may be submitted in writing by hand, mail, fax or email at the Dixon or Sterling offices. For information, call 815-625-3600, ext. 5575.

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TOP LEFT: Belmond Charleston Place’s ornate lobby, with its grand staircase and 12-foot chandelier, reflects the grandeur of the city itself.

TOP RIGHT: Keswick Hall is a picturesque property nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia’s hunt and wine country.

BOTTOM RIGHT: Savannah’s Gastonian Inn romantic turn-down service shows why it’s been called one of the world’s best B&Bs.

BY PATTI NICKELL Tribune News Service

alentine’s Day is over, but who says romance has to be? Of all our nation’s regions, perhaps none indulge our passion for romance more than the South.

From the cobblestoned streets of Charleston and Savannah to the sugar-white beaches of the Gulf Coast and the rolling hills of the Virginia hunt country, you can overnight in luxurious splendor in one of these romantic spots.

Keswick Hall, Charlottesville, Virginia Have you ever dreamed of being Lord and Lady of your own manor – of wandering through the rooms, admiring the antiques and luxe furnishings and knowing that, while you can admire them, you don’t have to clean them; of savoring the finest food and knowing that you don’t have to cook it?

If so, this 48-room Italianate mansion hotel makes for the best kind of grand getaway.

“Good Morning, America” once called Keswick Hall one of the most romantic hideaways in the United States, and it certainly has a distinguished pedigree – having once been the private home of Sir Bernard Ashley, whose wife was design doyenne Laura Ashley.

Keswick Hall’s 600 acres, nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, surrounded by the beauty of Virginia’s hunt and wine country, look like a landscape painting sprung to life.

Just 10 miles from Charlottesville, it’s a great base to tour historic landmarks such as Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello and James Monroe’s Ashlawn/ Highland plantations, and the University of Virginia, with its Jefferson-designed classic architecture. It’s also in close proximity to some 25 wineries, breweries and cideries, ensuring you won’t have trouble quenching your thirst.

Even with all these temptations, many guests prefer to loll about in lethargic luxury – relaxing with a book in front of the fire or enjoying afternoon tea in the drawing room, or in summer, lazing by the infinity pool or teeing off on the Pete Dye-designed championship golf course.

Book Keswick Hall’s special romance package (sparkling Virginia wine upon arrival and dining in intimate splendor in Fossett’s Restaurant), and as

Private balconies at the WaterColor Inn are perfect for catching Gulf Coast sunrises and sunsets. long as you’re here, remember – you are Lord and Lady of the Manor.

– 700 Club Drive, Charlottesville, Virginia; keswick.com

Belmond Charleston Place, Charleston, South Carolina Charleston, with its magnoliascented air, wrought-iron balconies and rainbow-sherbet bungalows, is one of the country’s most romantic cities, and as such, deserves an equally romantic hotel. Fortunately, it has one.

From the moment you arrive at Belmond Charleston Place’s Italian marble lobby with its 12-foot crystal chandelier and sweeping staircase that Scarlet O’Hara would be proud to sashay down, you’ll fall in love.

You’ll fall in love with its ideal location in the heart of the historic district; its saltwater pool with a retractable glass roof; its full-service spa and upscale shopping arcade, and most of all, you’ll fall in love with a hotel that mirrors the genteel elegance of its city.

If you’re one of those who subscribe to the song lyric’s theory that “love, like youth is wasted on the young,” Belmond Charleston Place has a package just for you.

Its Empty Nester package is designed for couples whose children are out of the house, leaving them time for romance.

It includes 1 night in a Premier

room, sparkling wine upon arrival, dinner in the awardwinning Charleston Grill, and continental breakfast in the Palmetto Cafe, which channels one of the city’s famed courtyard gardens. Providing the romance will be up to you.

– 205 Meeting St.; belmond.com/charlestonplace

The WaterColor Inn, Florida Panhandle If your love expected a diamond this Valentine’s Day and didn’t get one, all is not lost. You can give her four. The WaterColor Inn, a 60-room David Rockwell-designed boutique hotel, is one of only two Northwest Florida properties to earn Four Diamonds from AAA. Situated on 500 acres of sugar-white Gulf Coast beach, the hotel offers a sense of serenity, with each room boasting a private balcony perfect for watching sunrises and sunsets or stealing a moonlight kiss. But you don’t even have to go outside to revel in your Gulf view.

You can see the same sparkling water (and steal the same moonlight kiss) from your bathroom’s walk-in shower, which has its own window.

At WaterColor, couples will find plenty to do together. The hotel’s Signature Romance Experience offers the requisite champagne and chocolatecovered strawberries, as well as a 50-minute Swedish massage at the InnSpa and an intimate

dinner in the visually stunning, award-winning Fish Out of Water Restaurant (be sure to order the famed Apalachicola oysters – you know what they say about oysters.)

For other romantic options, ask the hotel staff to arrange a boat ride on Western Lake, the largest of north Florida’s rare coastal dune lakes, or to pack a gourmet lunch basket from the WaterColor Market for a picnic on nearby Grayton Beach.

– 34 Goldenrod Circle, Santa Rosa Beach, Florida; watercolorresort.com

The Gastonian Inn, Savannah, Georgia Its very name is a silky Southern sigh – Sa-Van-Ahhhhh. The word conjures up soft summer twilights where the air is perfumed with night-blooming jasmine, and fireflies sprinkle the evening sky with tiny starbursts of light.

It’s no wonder that Conde Nast Traveler magazine has called the 17-room Gastonian Inn, located in the very heart of this historic city, one of the 50 best B&Bs in the world – that’s right, the world.

Comprised of two 1868 Italianate mansions, along with a formal English knot garden, The Gastonian is a step back in time to when stylish ladies gathered in the parlor for afternoon tea, and gentlemen drank their brandy and smoked their cigars on the second-floor veranda.

Just a few blocks from Forsythe Park, the hotel epitomizes the ambiance and charm of Savannah. No cubistic design or minimalist furnishings here; instead, period antique furnishings adorn the front parlor and dining room, as well as the guest rooms in the main house and carriage house off the secluded courtyard.

Rooms are painted in subtle shades of blue and light gold, made even more ethereal by the Savannah sun pouring in from the floor-to-ceiling windows. Every room has a working fireplace and some have four-poster beds, while bathroom decor ranges from antique claw foot tubs to twoperson Jacuzzis.

Bountiful Southern breakfasts are served in a cozy nook overlooking the back garden or on silver trays in your room, while each evening a complimentary selection of hors d’oeuvres and wines, coffee, dessert and cordials are served in the Double Parlor.

Surprise that special someone with the Full Romantic Turndown Service – the staff places chilled champagne and strawberries on the bed, or if you really love her/him, make it a Luxury Romantic Turndown Service, where in addition to the champagne and strawberries, they’ll strew rose petals across the sheets.

Ahhhh … Savannah.

– 220 East Gaston St., Savannah, Georgia; gastonian.com

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SAUK VALLEY AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Imprintable Memories, 100 E. Fifth St., Rock Falls, celebrated its 10th anniversary Feb. 11 with a ribbon cutting. With the Sauk Valley Area Chamber of Commerce members of Sterling are (in no particular order) Sena and Don Warkens, owners; Becky Kilberg, office manager; Carlos Vargas, graphic designer; and Callie Tribley, office assistant. Photos submitted by the chamber.

Ever After Planning, 113 E. First St., Suite 60, in Dixon, recently joined the chamber. Jordan and Sean Williams (center), owners, gathered with chamber members for the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

STERLING PARK DISTRICT Sterling Park District recently received the 2015 Three-Star Aquatic Safety Award from the Starfish Aquatics Institute in recognition of exceptional operational safety standards, lifeguard professionalism, and excellence in risk management practices. The lifeguard staff are (from left) Darrell Mattson, Amelia Martinez, Jessica Allen, Sidney Lippens, and Drew Gary. Photo submitted by Stacey Detra.

AMBOY FFA The Amboy High School FFA Parliamentary Procedure team placed first at the Feb. 3 Section 2 Parliamentary Procedure contest. Team members with the award are (from left) Lauren Gerdes, chairwoman; Hannah Grady, secretary; and Renee Vaessen, Grace Klein, Zach Becker, and Megan Grady, floor members. Not pictured is Abbi Vaessen. Gerdes took first as chairperson. Hannah Grady, placed first in the secretary division and 10th as a floor member. Other floor member placings were Vaessen, fourth; Becker, third; Abbi Vaessen, second; and Klein first. Photo submitted

by Grady.

IN BRIEF Insurance agency names new hire DIXON – Trinity Insurance & Financial Services has named Melissa A. Wicks as its marketing director.

Wicks brings 15 years of marketing experience to the company. She has a degree in management and marketing from Sauk Valley Community College in Dixon, and is a fully-licensed insurance representative in the state.

Trinity Financial is a fullservice financial planning firm with an emphasis on retirement income planning and

maximizing Social Security benefits.

will be served.

Lab tours will be from 2 to 3 p.m. Registration is apprebut not required. Call CGH events focus ciated, 815-625-0400, ext. 4913. on heart health Hartman also will present “Getting to the Heart of the STERLING – Programs Matter” from 11:30 a.m. to and a tour of the CGH cath noon Monday at the Sterlinglab will be at 1 p.m. Sunday Rock Falls YMCA, 1505 at CGH Medical Center, to Avenue E. recognize February as Heart The final event for Heart Month.

Month will be cholesterol and “Impact of Depression” will glucose screenings from 6 be presented by Gina Super- to 9:30 a.m. Thursday in the czynski, and “Cardiac Cath: lower level of CGH DownWhen Seconds Count” by town Medical Center, 15 W. Dawn Hartman in the Ryberg Third St. A 12-hour fast and appointments are required.

Auditorium. Refreshments

Call the number listed for scheduling. The cost for the screening is $30.

$3 for children 3 to 12, and free for those 3 and younger.

Carry-out and deliveries are available; call 815-3792093.

wholesome and nutritious meals, and Charlin Nolan with Sterling Gardens will teach container gardening.

A caregiver’s retreat is Italian food on planned for 10 a.m. to 1 church’s menu p.m. Feb. 27, with lunch provided. Mike Durham, WALNUT – The First Chris- Home of Hope the chaplain at CGH Meditian Church of Walnut will to offer program cal Center in Sterling, will have its 27th annual spapresent “Frontline Fatigue ghetti supper from 4:30 to 7 DIXON – Cooking with – Care for the Caregiver.” p.m. Feb. 27 at the church, Myra – Nutrition and Meal 109 Red Oak Road.

Preparation will be at noon Mini massages and a Also on the menu will be Tuesday at Home of Hope review of how wellness services can benefit health will French bread, tossed salad, Wellness Center, 1637 be offered. dessert, and a beverage.

Plock Road.

Registration is required; Tickets can be purchased Myra Sargent will demonat the door for $6 for adults, strate how to easily prepare call 815-288-4673.

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Saturday, February 20, 2016

“SNOWFLAKES AND DIAMONDS”

LIGHTS. CAMERA. ACTION! LEFT: Director Johnick Petry checks the framing on a shot Jan. 9 during the filming of his movie, “Snowflakes and Diamonds,” at Donnybrook Cafe in downtown Morrison. The 17-year old Morrison filmmaker, whose company, Sky Lantern Productions is behind the film, said he learned a thing or two after attending the Christian Worldview Film Festival in San Antonio. “The best movies are very simple, and I think it’s important to remember where we came from.

BELOW: Musician Lucas Chapman of Lisle sits in front of the camera as he prepares to film a scene for the movie.

Photos by Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com

LEFT: A film slate sits on the bar at Donnybrook Cafe. Petry calls his film a “thought-provoking glimpse into the struggles of a young woman’s heart as she contemplates love, marriage, children and family during the Christmas seasons of past and present.” MIDDLE: Director of photography Ivy Schexnayder and Petry set up the camera angle and track speed for a dolly shot. RIGHT: Michaela Rinker, 21, of Morrison sits while the camera is set up and lighting adjusted before the filming of a scene. Rinker plays Lisa, a “bride-to-be” in the movie.