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ILLINOIS | BUDGET BATTLE

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No end in fight

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With no budget deal in sight, lawmakers duke it out over Democrats’ funding proposal SPRINGFIELD (AP) – Illinois Republicans blasted House Democrats for earmarking nearly $3.7 billion for colleges and various human service programs, saying the legislation they passed Thursday is a pre-primary sham because the state still has no budget.

Democrats unveiled their funding proposal late Wednesday evening and described it as a compromise, angering Republicans who said they were not even consulted.

House Republican Leader Jim Durkin said during a tense debate that his party is willing to work with Democrats to pass a state budget, which has been overdue since July 1.

“I am waiting for you and your side of the aisle to work with us to try to find a compromise, not shoving a bill down our throat,” Durkin said.

The Democrats’ funding proposal still needs to pass the Senate, perhaps as soon as next week, before it goes to Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, who is expected to veto it.

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Township keeps budget in the black

BY PAM EGGEMEIER peggemeier@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5570 @pam_eggemeier

ROCK FALLS – The Coloma Township Board of Trustees will likely approve a new budget at its next meeting, and they won’t be seeing red when they do it.

The township’s fiscal year ends March 31, so the board should take action on the budget when its meets at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the township office at 1200 Prophetstown Road in Rock Falls.

The next meeting wouldn’t be until the annual meeting in April.

Township Supervisor Dave Blanton Dave said the budget will be balanced.

Blanton “The general assistance fund shows about a $12,000 surplus, and the overall budget is $64,000 in the black,” Blanton said.

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Northern Illinois University professor Alan Clemens helps a student last Thursday in Maggie Olson’s fourth-grade class at Madison Elementary School in Dixon with a game meant to help students learn about real-world economics.

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DIXON – In order to teach elementary school students about a larger-scale economy, Northern Illinois University professor Alan Clemens brings things home.

He made the rounds last Thursday morning at Madison Elementary School in Dixon, teaching Junior Achievement to three classes.

The 6-week program encourages kids to develop entrepreneurial knowledge and skills.

Online extra Find this story at saukvalley.com to watch video of Junior Achievement’s Small Business Thursday in Maggie Olson’s fourth-grade classroom at Madison Elementary School.

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Farmers market in Dixon

DIXON – The Dixon Park District’s Winter Farmers Market runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Saturday at Loveland Community House, 513 Second St. Flavored honey, baked goods, fresh herbs, locally crafted soaps, lotions, and gifts, and artisan crafts will be sold. Admission is free, concessions will be available, and the building is wheelchairaccessible.

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Farm toy show rolls into Polo

POLO – The 31st annual Polo Farm Toy Show, sponsored by the Lions Club, will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Saturday at Polo High School, 100 Union Ave. There will be nearly 100 tables, a 50/50 drawing, and concessions. The school is handicap-accessible.

Admission is $2 for ages 13 and older.

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DIXON – The Dixon Learning Lab, an informational session on various local activities, hobbies, and the folks involved in them, will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Loveland Community House, 513 W. Second St. Members of Project GenNex, a youth group that wants to bring a skateboard park and youth center to town, will be on hand, along with beekeepers, herb farmers, bagpipe players and volunteers from Nachusa Grasslands and Franklin Creek Grist Mill.

Admission is free. Email Sheldon Schwitek at beesnug@ me.com for more information.

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DIXON – The seventh annual Top Dog fundraiser for Granny Rose Animal Shelter returns to the Elks Lodge, 1279 Franklin Grove Road, on Saturday and Sunday.

Saturday events start with a noon sign-up for a Texas hold ‘em poker tournament that begins at 1 p.m. Other events include a silent auction, raffles, bags tournament, a poker tournament and dance and karaoke contests with cash prizes. The 50/50 raffle drawing will be at 6 p.m. Saturday.

Winners need not be present.

Admission is free. Call Rudy Rutherford, 815-440-4096, for tickets or more information.

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Vendor show at Self Help

STERLING – Bi-County Cooperative Foundation Spring Expo will run from 7 a.m. to noon Saturday at Self Help Enterprises, 2300 W. LeFevre Road.

The show will feature crafters, home businesses and artisans, and a pancake breakfast, with meals costing $5 for adults, $3 for Self Help consumers, and $2 for ages 11 and younger.

Proceeds benefit foundation programs that assist children with disabilities and their families.

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Red Cross will return to increase awareness Fire prevention efforts continue in area March 12

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Lori Compton, a program specialist with the American Red Cross, puts an informational hanger on the door of a Rock Falls home Jan. 23, during a Red Cross fire safety awareness campaign. Volunteers will continue their fire prevention efforts in the area next weekend.

Next visit The Red Cross will be back in Rock Falls at 9 a.m.

March 12 to offer free smoke detectors and distribute fire prevention information. During this visit, volunteers will target an area north of West 10th Street between Fifth and 12th avenues.

“I don’t want to say that anything good can ever come from something like that, but a glimmer of a bright spot is that it has made people focus on fire prevention,” Millby said.

Millby said there were 52 structure fires in 2015 within the city limits of Sterling and Rock Falls. He said that many of the people involved in those fires were fortunate.

“We’ve had some close calls over the last year, with people having to jump out windows, Millby said. The fatal fire in Rock Falls was just a perfect storm of bad circumstances.”

Some local volunteers have joined the Red Cross caravan, and hope to expand the efforts.

“Brian Tribley has put together a group from Firehouse of God Ministries and they plan on

going into some rural areas near Rock Falls and into Sterling,” Millby said.

A duty crew from the Rock Falls Fire Department will also take an engine out with the volunteers on March 12.

Only 10 of about 150 homes visited last time requested smoke detectors, but Millby said the message was conveyed.

“Everyone went out and tried to buy their own smoke detectors, and the big-box stores couldn’t keep them in stock,” Millby said.

The goal of the Home Fire Preparedness Campaign is to reduce the number of home fire deaths and injuries by 25 percent over the next 5 years. The Red Cross says smoke detectors reduce by half the chance of dying in a fire.

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BY PAM EGGEMEIER peggemeier@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5570 @pam_eggemeier

ROCK FALLS – American Red Cross volunteers will continue their fire prevention efforts in the area next weekend.

And this time, with help from other volunteers, the lifesaving message could be spread into rural Rock Falls and even into Sterling.

The volunteers were in Rock Falls on Jan. 23 to put up door hangers with instructions on how to get free smoke detectors and have them installed if help is needed. On that day, volunteers covered an area from First Avenue to Fifth Avenue, and Fifth Street north to Second Street.

The Red Cross will be back March 12 in pursuit of its goal of covering every neighborhood in town.

“The volunteers will be starting about 9 a.m., and they will be north of West 10th Street between Fifth and 12th avenues,” said Bill Millby, deputy chief of Twin City Fire Command.

Smoke detector giveaways are part of the organization’s national Home Fire Preparedness Campaign. The volunteers also pass along fire prevention and safety information during their visits.

Unfortunately, a tragedy often triggers the home visits from the Red Cross. The program came to Rock Falls in the aftermath of the Jan. 13 house fire that killed five members of the Patrick Hopkins family.

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Jesse Rason, 44, of Sterling; 4:35 a.m. Wednesday at Locust and West Second streets; Whiteside County warrant; posted $300 cash bond.

Shaye C. Blanton, 28 of Rock Falls; 4:09 p.m.

Wednesday at Walmart; two counts of retail theft; given notice to appear in court.

Justin L. Holcomb, 39, of Sterling; 11:03 p.m. Wednesday at Fifth Avenue and East Second Street; Whiteside County warrant for failure to appear – operation of uninsured motor vehicle; posted $275 cash bond.

Rock Falls Police

Tayveon D. Solis, 18, of Rock Falls; 9:11 p.m. Saturday at Fifth Avenue and 10th Street; disobeying a stop sign, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of marijuana; given notice to appear in court.

Girl, 16, of Dixon; 3:20 p.m.

Wednesday in the 400 block of U.S. Route 30 W.; no valid driver’s license; given notice to appear in court.

Kacy L. Reeser, 32, of Sterling; 5 p.m. Wednesday in the 1200 block of U.S. Route 30 W.; Lake County, Indiana warrant; taken to Whiteside County Jail.

Edward A. Martin Jr., 28, of Dixon; 4:40 a.m. Monday in the 1000 block of Seventh Avenue; Whiteside County warrant; taken to Whiteside County Jail.

Dixon Police

Travis E. Shroyer, 30, of Dixon; 3:50 p.m. Wednesday in the 200 block of South Hennepin Avenue; Lee County warrant for failure to appear (theft – subsequent offense, possession of a controlled substance); taken to Lee County Jail.

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Antonio T. Enriquez, 19, of Mendota; 10:12 p.m. Wednesday; illegal consumption as a minor; held at Lee County Jail and given notice to appear in court.

Eric J. Johnson, 32, of Muscatine; 1:22 p.m. Wednesday; warrant for failure to appear – contempt (non-payment – driving under the influence); posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Aaron C. Stoudt, 43, of Dixon; 9:41 a.m. Wednesday; driving while license revoked or

IN BRIEF Local schools compete in regional math contest ROCKFORD – Three local schools competed in the 2016 Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics tournament Saturday at Rock Valley College in Rockford, one of 21 competition sites statewide.

Newman Central Catholic High School placed 20th overall in Division 1A (schools with enrollment of one to 399 students). Sterling High School’s mathletes placed 74th in the second-largest division, 3AA (1,000 to 1,999 students), and Dixon finished 32nd in 2A (400-999).

Within Region 16, Newman was third among 1A schools, with

Sterling and Dixon both placing sixth among 3AA and 2A schools, respectively. Each regional winner will compete in the state finals in May. Competitions were in algebra 1 and 2, geometry, precalculus, oral presentation, calculator-allowed events, and two- and eight-person team events for specific classes.

Go to shawurl.com/2g2o to see a complete breakdown of team results.

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kets, toiletries and money for Project Hope, which assists Ogle and Winnebago county children entering foster care.

The Northwest District Illinois Association of Student Councils, comprised of 16 regional high schools, has chosen Project Hope as its 2016 service project.

The deadline to donate is March 15. Items can be dropped off at or mailed to the school, 210 S. 10th St., Oregon, IL 61061; checks should be made out to OHS Student Council.

Each child’s gift bag costs $25, but donations of any amount are welcome.

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suspended; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Andrew M. Espinoza, 30, of Sterling; 8:11 a.m.

Wednesday; warrant for failure to appear – contempt (nonpayment – driving while license suspended); posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

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Boy, 15; 6:03 p.m.

Wednesday on Etnyre Terrace in Oregon; two counts of domestic battery, two counts of disorderly conduct; taken to Focus House.

Michael Wooten, 46, of Yorkville; Wednesday; warrant for driving while license revoked; held at Ogle County Jail and given notice to appear in court.

Larry Fouts, 32, of Leaf River; Wednesday; petition to revoke probation; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Girl, 17; 10:13 p.m. Feb. 22 in the 1000 block of state Route 26 S.; possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of marijuana (less than 2.5 grams), improper parking on the roadway, no valid driver’s license; given citations, taken home and released to her parent.

Jakkar McGee, 26, of Freeport; 8:40 p.m. Tuesday in the 17900 block of state Route 72 W.; possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, and DeKalb County warrant; taken to Ogle County Jail and held in lieu of bond.

Justin Driver, 32, of Freeport; 8:40 p.m. Tuesday in the 17900 block of state Route 72 W; possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia; taken to Ogle County Jail and held in lieu of bond.

State Police

Andrew Osborn, 24, of Sterling; 10:20 a.m. Wednesday at Lincolnway and West Avenue in Sterling; no valid driver’s license, no seat belt; given individual bond and notice to appear in court.

Adam M. Zacharuk, 18, of Machesney Park; 10:24 p.m.

Sunday on Interstate 39 in Ogle County; possession of

marijuana (30 to 500 grams); held at Ogle County Jail and given notice to appear in court.

James B. Jackson, 33, of Wausau, Wisconsin; 3:30 p.m. Sunday on Interstate 88 in Whiteside County; Whiteside County warrant for failure to appear; posted $300 cash bond and given notice to appear in court.

Polo police warn public of thefts

POLO – A string of vehicle thefts are under investigation

by Polo police.

In a press release issued Thursday, Polo Police Chief Dennis Christen said officers have taken four reports of thefts since Feb. 11. One theft was during the daytime, from a vehicle parked at a business. The other three are believed to have taken place at night, with one vehicle inside of a garage. Purses or wallets, cigarettes, paperwork, and change were stolen.

About 8 p.m. Tuesday, a resident reported two teenagers with dark clothing and hoodies looking around her vehicle on East King Street.

They ran from the area when she spotted them.

About 5 a.m. Thursday, a resident reported finding footprints in the snow next to their garage on West Fulton Street. Two sets of footprints were found outside the resident’s garage. A check of the area revealed two sets of footprints cutting through yards, possibly looking at other houses and vehicles.

Residents are reminded to lock their homes and vehicles at all times. If vehicles are kept outside, remove all valuables. Outside lights should be kept on as a deterrent.

Anyone with information, or who sees suspicious activity, can call Polo police at 815-9463412 or Ogle-Lee Crimestoppers at 888-228-4488.

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ELECTION 2016 | REPUBLICAN DEBATE

Insults fly once more despite pledges Rubio, Cruz, Kasich say they would support Trump if he is the nominee DETROIT (AP) – Picking up right where they left off, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio barked out fresh insults at each other in a Republican presidential debate Thursday night that also featured a crude sexual reference from Trump – and an healthy dose of policy, too.

Cruz and Rubio, who earlier had devoted considerable debate time to throwing sharp elbows at one another, were relentless in training their fire on Trump.

Rubio justified his attacks on Trump by saying the billionaire businessman had “basically mocked everybody” over the past year. Trump countered with a feint, saying he’d called Rubio a “lightweight” in the past but “he’s really not that much of a lightweight.”

Trump then noted that Rubio had mocked his hands as small, widely viewed as an insult about Trump’s sexual prowess. Holding his hands up to the audience, Trump declared, “I guarantee you, there’s no

problem” in that area.

It was a jaw-dropping moment in a campaign that’s been full of surprises from the beginning.

For all of the criticism and ill will, Cruz, Rubio and Kasich all said they would support Trump if he is the Republican nominee. He, too, said he would support whoever wins.

There was plenty of policy, too, as Rubio and Cruz pressed Trump aggressively on his conservative credentials, his business practices and shifting policy positions.

Trump, in short order, acknowledged his willingness to deal and be flexible when it suits his needs.

He said it was fine that Rubio had negotiated with other lawmakers on immigration policy.

He said he had changed his own mind to support admitting more highly skilled workers from overseas, saying matter-of-factly, “I’m changing.

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Republican presidential candidates Sen. Marco Rubio (left), R-Fla., businessman Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Ohio Gov. John Kasich take the stage Thursday before a Republican presidential primary debate at Fox Theatre in Detroit. skilled people in this country.”

And he also was matter of fact about providing campaign contributions to leading Democrats, including 10 checks to Hillary Clinton, reviled by many conservatives.

Trump said it was simply business.

“I’ve supported Democrats and I’ve supported Republicans, and as a businessman I owed

that to my company, to my family, to my workers, to everybody to get along,” he said.

When moderator Megyn Kelly told Trump his shifts caused some people to question his core, Trump insisted: “I have a very strong core. I have a very strong core. But I’ve never seen a successful person who wasn’t flexible, who didn’t have a certain degree of flexibility.”

ELECTION 2016 | PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN

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Romney, McCain: Trump unfit for office SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – In an extraordinary display of Republican chaos, the party’s most recent presidential nominees, Mitt Romney and John McCain, lambasted current front-runner Donald Trump on Thursday, calling him unfit for office and a danger for the nation and the GOP. “His is not the temperament of a stable, Sen. John thoughtMcCain ful leader,” Romney declared. He called Trump “a phony” who is “playing the American public for suckers,” a man whose “imagination must not be married to real power.”

Hours later, Trump lashed back, calling Romney “a choke artist” who lost to Barack Obama 4 years ago only because he was such a poor candidate.

The vicious feud marked a near-unprecedented scenario pitting the Republican Party’s most prominent leaders, past and present, against each other as Democrats begin to unite around Hillary Clinton.

Underlying the clash is a bleak reality for panicking Republican officials: Beyond harsh words, there is little they see to stop Trump’s march toward the presidential nomination. Party leaders are poring over complicated delegate math, outlining hazy scenarios

Judicial group rates state judges CHICAGO (AP) – An Illinois group has rated state judges who will be on ballots during the March 15 primary.

The Illinois Civil Justice League says three judges in St. Clair County received the lowest rating, “not recommended.”

It says they resigned and reapplied to run uncontested in the primary so they wouldn’t have to meet the higher threshold for retention. The group says it categorized most judges as “highly

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Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney weighs in on the Republican presidential race during a speech Thursday at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. The 2012 GOP presidential nominee has been critical of front-runner Donald Trump on Twitter in recent weeks and has yet to endorse a candidate. for a contested national convention and even flirting with the idea of a third-party effort.

Romney confidant Ron Kaufman, a senior member of the Republican National Committee, openly embraced the possibility of a contested convention: “If that’s the only way to stop Trump, it makes sense,” he told The Associated Press.

In the most notable verbal attacks against Trump to date, Romney and his 2012 running mate, House Speaker Paul Ryan, urged voters in the strongest terms to shun the former reality television star for the good of country and party.

The GOP’s 2008 nom-

inee, Arizona Sen. McCain, joined in, raising “many concerns about Mr. Trump’s uninformed and indeed dangerous statements on national security issues.” That echoes the worries of dozens of leading conservative defense and foreign policy officials.

As Kaufman suggested, Romney embraced what might seem a long-shot approach to deny Trump the delegates necessary to secure the nomination, though he did not call on Republicans to unify behind a single alternative.

“Given the current delegate selection process, this means that I would vote for Marco Rubio in Florida, for John Kasich

in Ohio and for Ted Cruz or whichever one of the other two contenders has the best chance of beating Mr. Trump in a given state,” Romney said.

Romney advisers have recently sought information on a contested convention, though there appeared to be no concrete planning for that possibility, and it was unclear whether their efforts signaled Romney’s own interest in becoming the GOP nominee through a floor fight, according to a Republican familiar with the efforts. That person was not authorized to discuss the plans publicly and spoke only on condition of anonymity.

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John Kasich sought to turn Trump’s statement on the value of “flexibility” into a character question. When the Ohio governor meets with voters, he said, “you know what they really want to know? If somebody tells them something, can they believe it?

The bad blood among the candidates flowed freely.

Cruz, poking fun at Trump for interrupting, told the businessman, “Breathe, breathe, breathe.”

Rubio chimed in, “When they’re done with the yoga, can I answer a question?”

In one particularly sharp exchange, Rubio renewed his criticisms of Trump University, which charged students $1,495 each for seminars that would teach them the billionaire’s secrets to making it big in real estate. A lawsuit filed by the New York attorney general claims the classes fell so short of promises that it amounted to fraud.

“He’s trying to do to the American voters what he did to the people that signed up for this course,” Rubio declared. “He’s trying to con people into giving him their vote just as he conned those people.”

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OBITUARIES Linda A. Riley AMBOY – Linda Ann Powers Riley, 51, of Amboy, died Wednesday, March 2, 2016, at her home, surrounded by family.

She was born Sept. 8, 1964, in Mendota, the daughter of James E. and Elaine A. (Stephenitch) Powers. She married Eli Anthony Riley on May 16, 1992, in Amboy.

Linda was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church in Amboy.

Survivors include her husband, Anthony; children, Cameron, Evan (Keri), and Ashton (Jordan); two grandchildren, Brantley and Ava; her father; siblings, Diane Powers, Judy (Sam) Jones, Dean (Mandy) Powers, and Ann (Der-

rek) Barlow; sisters-inlaw, Jen (Reed) Hickey and Jean (Steve) Morris; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her mother; brother, Marty; mother-inlaw, Etta; and sisters-in-law, Martha and Naomi.

At Linda’s request, no immediate service will be held. A celebration of Linda’s life will be at a later date. Cremation rites have been accorded. Mihm-Jones Funeral Home in Amboy is handling arrangements.

A memorial will be established. Contributions may be sent to the family at 616 E. Main St., Amboy, IL 61310.

Visit thejonesfh.com to send condolences.

Betty L. Van Meter STERLING – Betty L. Van Meter, 79, of Sterling, died Wednesday, March 2, 2016, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Born March 14, 1936, in Sterling, she was a daughter of Ray C. and Edna (Jackson) Blasdell. Betty enjoyed doing family research and crafts. She touched the lives of those who knew and loved her, and she cherished those friendships she had made.

Those left to honor her memory include her son, Phillip (Holly) Van Meter of Destin, Florida; a daughter, Deb Roman of Prophetstown; grandchildren, Chase, Cameron, Tony, and Amy;

a sister, Nancy of Morrison; brothers, Roger (Carmen) Blasdell of Albany, Dale (Maria) Blasdell of Morrison, and Donald (Sandy) Hamm of Clinton, Iowa; and special friends, Jim Thulen, Dave (Diane) Brinkmier, Dawn Kradle, and Denise Curtis.

She was preceded in death by her parents; a brother, Maurice; and a sister, Pearl.

Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, and the funeral at 6 p.m.

Friday at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls. Cremation rites will be accorded after the funeral.

A memorial has been established.

Lawmaker: A lot of us could be ‘beat

by Mickey Mouse’ FIGHT

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During the state’s epic budget standoff, colleges have gone without funding, low-income students have lost tuition grants and social service agencies that help the elderly and homeless youth have closed or cut back the help they provide.

“Without a budget the state has slammed the door shut in the faces of all of these needs,” said Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie, the Democrats’ House leader.

Illinois is also incurring more debt while the impasse continues because court-mandated spending is occurring but at revenue levels from last year, when the individual Illinois income tax rate was at 5 percent, not the current rate of 3.75 percent.

Rauner’s budget office sent a letter to House lawmakers Thursday before the vote saying the backlog of bills is now at $7.2 billion. The letter said there is no way to pay for the programs outlined in the Democrats’ spending bills without reducing spending in other areas.

The Democrats’ funding bills work in two parts. One measure forgives the repayment of $454 million of state funds taken last year from other special funds.

Another bill allocates nearly $3.7 billion to a long list of social service programs, everything from homeless youth services to mental health programs and housing for low-income residents. It also budgets $397 million for tuition grants for low-income college students.

The proposals come

‘‘

I think it’s pretty sad that we go through this exercise day in and day out knowing that this just a political sideshow. It’s almost comical.

’’

Rep. Dwight Kay, R-Edwardsville

a day after Democrats failed to override Rauner’s veto of a $721 million measure for colleges and tuition grants.

Democrats say Thursday’s measures give the state spending authority.

Republicans insist it’s a false promise ahead of the March 15 primaries.

“I think it’s pretty sad that we go through this exercise day in and day out knowing that this just a political sideshow. It’s almost comical,” Rep. Dwight Kay, a Republican from Edwardsville.

The parties continue to battle over issues that have now lasted almost a year: Rauner wants to overhaul term limits, change how legislative districts are drawn and curb union power before signing off on the tax increase many believe is necessary. Democrats contend Rauner needs to drop what they view as extreme demands.

Even some Democrats seemed exasperated by the lack of progress on a state budget. Rep. Jaime Andrade, a Chicago Democrat, predicted that voters may end up punishing lawmakers.

“A lot of incumbents can be beat by Mickey Mouse because the people are just very frustrated out there,” he said.

FUNERAL SERVICES FOR THE WEEK Today’s visitations: Lera C. Kump of Polo, 9:30-10:30 a.m. at Faith United Methodist Church in Polo.

Betty L. Van Meter of Sterling, 4-6 p.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.

Phyllis J. Wagenknecht, formerly of Milledgeville, 5-7 p.m. at Milledgeville Methodist Church.

Today’s funerals: Lera C. Kump of Polo, 10:30 a.m. at Faith United Methodist Church in Polo.

Betty L. Van Meter of Sterling, 6 p.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.

Saturday visitations: Jeffrey A. Rose of Sterling, 9-10:45 a.m. at St. Andrew Catholic Church in Rock Falls.

Willene Hicks of Sterling, 9:30-10:45 a.m. at Rock River Christian Center in Rock Falls.

Saturday funerals: Willene Hicks of Sterling, 11 a.m. at Rock River Christian Center in Rock Falls.

Jeffrey A. Rose of Sterling, 11 a.m. Mass at St. Andrew Catholic Church in Rock Falls.

Phyllis J. Wagenknecht, formerly of Milledgeville, 11 a.m. memorial service at Milledgeville Methodist Church.

Sunday visitation: James B. Harper of Dixon, 3-5 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in Dixon.

Monday visitations: James B. Harper of Dixon,

9-10 a.m. at Garland Funeral Home in Walnut.

Twila G. “Penny” Steffes of Sterling, 5-7 p.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Sterling.

Monday funeral: James B. Harper of Dixon, 10 a.m. at Garland Funeral Home in Walnut.

Tuesday funeral: Twila G. “Penny” Steffes of Sterling, 10 a.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Sterling.

March 12 funerals: Diane K. Fane of Aurora, noon celebration of life luncheon for family and friends at Loveland Community House in Dixon.

Lita Delgado-McCollum of Phoenix, 2:30 p.m. memorial service at Rock River Christian Center in Rock Falls.

March 13 visitation: Michael King of Sterling, 13 p.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Sterling.

March 14 funeral: Michael King of Sterling, 10:30 a.m. Mass at St. Mary Catholic Church in Sterling.

April 2 visitation: Rena E. Heusinkveld of Morrison, 9:30-11 a.m. at Ebenezer Reformed Church in Morrison.

April 2 funeral: Rena E. Heusinkveld of Morrison, 11 a.m. at Ebenezer Reformed Church in Morrison.

George H. Siedenburg SAVANNA – George H. Siedenburg, 88, of Savanna, died Tuesday, March 1, 2016, at Big Meadows Nursing Home in Savanna.

Law-Jones Funeral Home in Savanna handled arrangements.

Marcella T. Dimpfl CHADWICK – Marcella T. Dimpfl, 94, of Chadwick, died Wednesday, March 2, 2016, at Good Samaritan Society – Mount Carroll.

Law-Jones Funeral Home in Mount Carroll handled arrangements.

Kathryn L. Hufford ROCK FALLS – Kathryn L. Hufford, 81, of Rock Falls, died Thursday, March 3, 2016, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation in Sterling is handling arrangements.

Twila G. ‘Penny’ Steffes STERLING – Twila G. “Penny” Steffes, 79, of Sterling, died Wednesday evening, March 2, 2016, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Born Dec. 24, 1936, in Arcadia, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, she was a daughter of Ben and Geraldine Rose (Pennington) Bartlebaugh. She was united in marriage to Edmond Steffes on April 25, 1981, in Sterling.

Penny was employed with Lawrence Brothers for 32 years. She was a veteran of the Navy, stationed at Pearl Harbor, and received the Good Conduct Medal. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Sterling, where she served as a deacon and Sunday school teacher, worked in the church library, and assisted with funeral dinners. Penny enjoyed reading, and was a member of the Sterling Women of the Moose.

Those left to honor her memory include her husband, Edmund of Sterling; a daughter,

Jolene (Francis) Corl of Sterling; sisters, Florence Thompson of Pennsylvania, Gail Pennington of Missouri, Donna (Sylvester) Mayes of the state of Ohio, Sue Insley of Rock Falls, and Geralda Mayberry of Sterling; brothers, Ben Bartlebaugh of the state of Ohio and Brian Bartlebaugh of the state of Washington; and two grandchildren, Adam Tater and Kale Corl.

She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, June Johnson; and a stepson, Arthur Steffes.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at McDonald Funeral Home in Sterling. The funeral will be at 10 a.m.

Tuesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Christina Berry, pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Sterling, officiating. Burial with full military honors will be at Chapel Hill Memorial Park in Dixon.

A memorial has been established.

Visit mcdonaldfuneralhomes.com to send condolences.

Camilla J. ‘Cammie’ Breed STERLING – Camilla Jo “Cammie” Breed, 59, of Sterling, died Wednesday, March 2, 2016, at her home.

Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation in Sterling is handling arrangements.

Diane K. Fane AURORA – Diane Kay Fane, 77, of Aurora, died Sunday, Feb. 21, 2016, at her home.

A celebration of life luncheon for family and friends will be at noon March 12 at Loveland Community House in Dixon. Cremation Society of Illinois is handling arrangements.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent in her name to the American Cancer Society.

ILLINOIS Northwestern will cap student debt CHICAGO (AP) – Northwestern University is joining a growing list of colleges and universities opting to give students who qualify for financial aid a combination of grants and scholarships to prevent them from being saddled with debt.

Northwestern announced Thursday that starting next fall, freshmen who would likely take out loans will instead receive grants and scholarships, along with work-study and summer job income to cover expenses.

Spokesman Alan Cubbage told the Chicago Tribune current undergraduate students who already have $20,000 or more in loans will have that debt

capped starting next fall, and given a scholarship.

According to Cubbage, about half of Northwestern’s approximately 8,500 students qualify for financial aid.

The no-loans trend started with Princeton University in 1998 and has since been adopted by about 70 colleges and universities nationwide.

Rockford saves big bucks on buses ROCKFORD (AP) – The Rockford School District could save more than $1 million on fuel to run its buses this year.

Officials say the cost of diesel fuel has dropped to its lowest point in 11 years. The district budgeted $2.1 million for

fuel this year but has only spent $503,000. The final tab is likely to fall below $1 million.

The Rockford RegisterStar reports district officials are eyeing the purchase of used buses to upgrade its fleet.

Transportation director Gregg Wilson says he’d like to use the savings to buy 10 used buses that have less than 20,000 miles on them.

Ideally, the average age of a bus should be 5 years.

The average of Rockford’s 210 buses is 8 years.

Ferris wheel gets bigger and better CHICAGO (AP) – Chicago’s Navy Pier will open its new, taller Ferris wheel May 27.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office said the opening will kick off Navy Pier’s centennial celebration.

The new 196-foot Ferris wheel will stand 49 feet taller and fit up to 180 more passengers per ride than the previous attraction, which opened in 1995 and was removed in October.

The replacement also will have temperaturecontrolled gondolas, padded seats, TV screens and speakers. It’s part of a $640 million project approved in 2013 aimed at drawing more tourists and trade shows to Chicago.

The city’s history with the Ferris wheel runs deep. The first one was built in 1893 in Chicago for the World’s Columbian Exposition.

Township kept spending tight this year BUDGET

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Blanton said the board has discussed combining all of the township’s operations into one building, but that idea has been put on the back burner. He said the township took a cautious approach to this year’s financial plan.

“We made an effort to be conservative and keep spending tight this year,” Blanton said.

The township relies heavily on property taxes to operate, and trends of lower or stagnant land valuations throughout the area must be considered.

“Most of our money comes from property taxes,” Blanton said.

“We get about $18,000 a year from the state replacement tax, but that’s about it.”

The distribution of replacement taxes was established by state law in 1979, when the new state constitution no longer allowed local government to collect busi-

Next meeting The Coloma Township Board of Trustees next meets at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the township office, 1200 Prophetstown Road, Rock Falls. For more information, call the township office at 815-625-5981, or email colomatownship@comcast.net. ness personal property taxes.

The replacement taxes are paid by corporations, partnerships, trusts, and public utilities. They are collected by the state and given to local government bodies and schools to make up for the lost revenue.

Also during its next meeting, the board will go into closed session to discuss the qualifications of candidates for the open seat created by the resignation of longtime trustee Gene Jacoby.

“We’ll be doing our last evaluations at this meeting for four of our candidates,” Blanton said.

The board will also look at a new handbook that Blanton and a committee have developed.

Blanton said this will be the first time the township has had its procedures and policies

clearly written down in one place.

Blanton said the township is still working on an audit. A state archivist has come in to look at years of documents organized for shredding. A certification letter, required before the shredding begins, is expected within the next 3 months.

Holder Thank You We wish to express our thanks to all the relatives, friends and neighbors who assisted us in so many ways during our time of sorrow.

Reva Armstrong The family of Reva Armstrong would like to express our gratitude to all who showed sympathy by sending cards, memorials ( to go to: Fenton UMC, Harbor Crest Home, St Jude’s), food, flowers, by remembering us with thoughts and prayers. We are especially grateful to Pastor Jan Shaulis for the wonderful service and the women of the Fenton UMC for the delicious luncheon.

Special thanks to Harbor Crest nursing staff, Beancon of Hope Hospice and Bosma Funeral Home for compassionately caring for our mother.

May God bless all of you.

Carol Schroeder & family Dale & Carol Armstrong & family Mark & Beth Armstrong & family

Friday, March 4, 2016

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DIXON

Queen of Hearts jackpot nearing $200,000

BY JERMAINE PIGEE jpigee@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5525 @JPigee84

DIXON – The six-figure game of hide and seek goes on.

The queen of hearts remained face down Thursday night, which means the new jackpot for the Dixon VFW’s Queen of Hearts fundraiser is $183,815.

The jackpot increased $41,720 from last week’s

total of $142,095.

The four of spades was the card revealed Thursday night. Disappointed, many of those who showed up for the drawing quickly dispersed into the cold, Dixon night.

Only 12 cards remain on the board. And since the game board was created in Ohio, no one in the VFW can give any clues as to where the queen is hiding.

To play Tickets for the Queen of Hearts fundraiser are available at the VFW, 1560 Franklin Grove Road, which opens at 2 p.m. Monday through Friday and at 11 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, and closes depending on events and attendance.

When the game started, 54 standard playing cards, including the two jokers, were placed face down on a board and each card was given a number.

The next drawing will be held at 7:30 p.m. March 10, with the last ticket sold at 7:25 p.m.

Donations also will be accepted for the building repair fund.

Call 815-288-5165 for more information.

People have been buying tickets – six for $5 – and on the back of each one, they put their name, phone number, and the number under which they think the queen is hiding.

Each week, the tickets are put in a barrel and one is drawn. If the winning ticket has the correct card, the ticket holder win. If no one gets the correct card, another

drawing is held the following Thursday The person who is lucky enough to select the elusive queen of hearts will win 70 percent of the jackpot, even if they are not in attendance.

Of the remaining money, 15 percent will be split among ten Dixon charities and the remaining 15 percent will go to the VFW, which will be used for building repairs.

Activities help make the unfamiliar more fun BUSINESS

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In Maggie Olson’s fourth-grade class, he talked about geographic borders that divide regions in the U.S. – the Mississippi River, the Rocky Mountains and such – but then asked if there were things that divided the Reagan Middle School campus?

More importantly, “Why does it smell so much different when I walk down the hall that way?” he asked, pointing toward the hall that, if you turn right, leads into Madison.

Turn left, and you’re at Reagan.

“Because they’re teenagers,” several students blurted out.

“When I came down here, I crossed a line into a magical, mystical place called Madison,” Clemens said. “Do you have different languages and customs? Do you use a different kind of money?”

No, but Zackary did begrudgingly say Reagan has better water fountains.

“Thinking about the whole United States is a little large for their scale,” Olson said. “But putting it into terms of Reagan and Madison, they see that every day.”

He broke the classroom into groups representing different regions of the U.S. and gave them handouts that showed what resources each region boasts, then challenged them to come up with different possible business ventures for each reason.

The team representing the Eastern seaboard suggested a lumber company.

“There’s a lot of trees,” Bella said.

“There’s a ton of trees,”

IN BRIEF Grizzlies could be in crosshairs again BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) – The federal government is proposing to lift threatened-species protections for hundreds of Yellowstone-area grizzlies, opening the door to future hunts for the fearsome bears across parts of three states for the first time since the 1970s.

The proposal caps a 4-decade, governmentsponsored effort to rebuild the grizzly population and follows the lifting of protections in recent years for more than a dozen other species, including the gray wolf, brown pelican and flying squirrel.

Hunting within Yellowstone National Park would still be prohibited. But the proposal could allow animals to be taken in surrounding parts of Montana, Idaho and Wyoming.

“By the time the curtain closes on the Obama administration, we are on track to have delisted more species due to recovery than all previous administrations combined,” U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe told The Associated Press.

Clemens agreed, raising his arms so his fingertips nearly brushed against the tiles.

The team also suggested a storage company.

“Like Raynor, right?”

Clemens said, drawing a wave of nods.

“They might not understand everything with the business aspect, but by making it familiar, he gets their wheels going and thinking about it,” Olson said.

She loves having a male role model in the room – “In elementary, there aren’t that many male teachers,” she said, especially a towering one, and over the 4 years of the program in her classroom, he’s gotten them going, period – in a good way.

“He always apologizes for getting them riled up,” Olson said. “But he changes things up. This material can be dry, but it’s all in how you present it.”

She counseled teams during their think tanks, too. When Molly, a member of the Southeast region team, suggested smoothies, Olson explored her logic.

“Why not shaved ice?” she asked. “What on the sheet says smoothies would work?”

Molly pointed to an icon of mixed fruit.

“Fruit!” a few of her teammates said.

Team South came up with summer camps and sushi restaurants. Team Midwest came up with a lawn-mowing business.

“That would even be a good business for people your age,” Clemens said, drawing some head shakes.

Robbie countered, saying he’d like to bring an NFL team to Dixon.

“Do we have a stadium?”

Clemens asked. “How

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Madison students check out the game they played last Thursday, as part of their Junior Achievement class.

The game had students opening a hot dog stand and figuring out concepts like costs and revenues. Teacher Maggie Olson said that games like this help students get a grasp on topics that might come off as a bit daunting or dry straight from a textbook. “They might not understand everything with the business aspect, but by making it familiar, [it] gets their wheels going and thinking about it,” Olson said. many people go to a Cubs game, or a Bears game? Is there anywhere close to big enough to fit all those people?”

You could hear a pin drop after Clemens stuck a pin in Robbie’s idea.

But he was proud of him for throwing an idea out there. Trial and error is healthy and, ultimately, productive.

Over the weeks, they’ll build from business ideas to how specific resources – capital, both natural and human – figure into a business’ prospects.

“One very important thing,” he emphasized.

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He certainly succeeded Thursday morning. A member of Leadership, Educational Psychological and Foundations at NIU, his bread and butter is teaching teachers how to teach. Thursday mornings at Madison would make a nice training session.

But just to be sure the roomful of potential business leaders of America – or Dixon, at least – look forward to seeing him every week, he left two bags of animal crackers – one vanilla, one chocolate.

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THE CANDIDATES’ VOICES | LEE COUNTY STATE’S ATTORNEY SAUK VALLEY MEDIA presents a series of guest columns by candidates in contested primary races.

Candidates were invited to

write up to 500 words about why voters should support them.

Columns are placed top to bottom in alphabetical order.

WHERE? Lee County, population 36,031 (2010 Census) PRIMARY ELECTION DAY: Tuesday, March 15; polls will be open from 6 a.m. until 7 p.m.

THE READER’S VOICE

Vote Cook for county clerk JUDITH E. LOWRY Davis Junction

‘Most qualified candidate for position’ WILLIAM C. BROZOVICH Dixon

I am a candidate for the Republican nomination for Lee County state’s attorney on the March 15 primary ballot.

I am the most qualified candidate for the position of the Lee County state’s attorney. I have been an assistant state’s attorney for more than 20 years. I have prosecuted several types of cases, including felony, misdemeanor, traffic, DUI, juvenile, and ordinance violations.

As an experienced prosecutor, I have been involved with all aspects of the prosecution of a case, from the investigation (including working closely with law enforcement officers and victims); the filing of a case (making charging decisions); trial preparation (including preparing for

William C. Brozovich

Age: 51 Political party: Republican Educational background: Loyola University of Chicago, bachelor’s degree in political science; Loyola University of Chicago, juries doctor degree; National District Attorneys Association Career Prosecutor Course Professional experience: Assistant state’s attorney for 20-plus years; legal counsel for the Dixon Park District; former assistant city attorney for Dixon, Franklin Grove, and Paw Paw; former adjunct instructor, criminal justice, Sauk Valley Community College motions); and preparing for sentencing hearings.

During these years, I have attended and participated in numerous continuing legal education courses involving various topics in criminal law.

I have worked closely with many types of law enforcement offi-

cers and their agencies including local, county, state, and federal. While an assistant state’s attorney in Lee, Ogle, Whiteside, and Vermilion counties, I have had the opportunity to observe and experience these offices and have acquired a deep understanding on how to run

a well-organized office.

Realizing the limited tax dollars available at all levels of government, I intend to run an efficient office for the citizens of Lee County. This also includes making disposition and sentencing recommendations that focus on both appropriate punishment and rehabilitation with the least amount of cost to the taxpayers.

If elected, I will provide quality prosecution on behalf of the citizens of Lee County and pledge the following: I will vigorously prosecute those who commit violent offenses and recommend tough but appropriate sentences.

I will focus on juvenile offenders and promote dispositions that emphasize rehabilitation.

I will work with vic-

tims of crime through all stages of their cases and protect their rights.

I will work with law enforcement and other agencies to reduce offender recidivism and substance abuse.

I will work to collect outstanding fines and costs.

I will work closely with the Lee County Board and other county departments, providing quality legal assistance.

The citizens of Lee County deserve an experienced and dedicated prosecutor who will work hard to make their communities, schools, and homes safer.

While working closely with our local law enforcement agencies, I intend to accomplish this goal by recommending tough but appropriate sentences that fit the type of crime committed.

‘Election about experience, knowledge’ MICHAEL “MIKE” DOWNEY Nachusa

I am a candidate for the state’s attorney of Lee County.

I was born is Lee County and have lived here in Lee County for almost 30 years, and my family is from Lee County.

My wife Barbara (Reglin) and I will have been married for 40 years on our wedding anniversary in June of this year. We have four children, Michael Jr., Stacey, Stephanie and Tiffany, all of whom attended schools here in Lee County. We have one grandchild, Lexi.

I am employed by Lee County as the Lee County guardian ad litem and have been since 1992 when appointed by the judges of Lee County.

I am the longest tenured attorney presently employed by Lee County. The job of Lee County guardian ad litem involves representing

Michael ‘Mike’ Downey

Age: 63 Political party: Republican Educational background: Newman High School; Sauk Valley Community College, associate degree in criminal justice; Bradley University, bachelor’s degree in administration of criminal justice; University of Dayton School of Law, juris doctor in law Professional experience: Admitted to practice law in 1984 with 32 years experience as a trial attorney; former police officer for almost 8 years; 29 years in my own law practice in Dixon, Lee County; 24 years employed by Lee County as the guardian ad litem for Lee County when appointed by the judges of Lee County in January 1992 children who are victims of abuse or neglect, or who are charged with some type of crime.

I have a private law office located in Dixon and have been providing legal services in all areas of the law since 1988. The experience of running my own law office provides me with the tools to

effectively run the state’s attorney’s office in a fiscally responsible manner. I pledge that where possible, I will make cuts and stop excessive spending for outside contractual services.

It is my belief that this election is about experience and knowledge of the criminal justice

system. Prior to becoming an attorney, I was a police officer for almost 8 years. As a police officer, I was tasked with investigating crimes and know the problems the police encounter when they do the difficult job they have because I have experienced those problems myself. I pledge to assist the police where needed and when asked by them.

Upon graduation from law school in 1984, my first job was that of assistant state’s attorney here in Lee County. For 32 years, as an experienced trial attorney, I have tried hundreds of cases in both civil and criminal court venues involving both jury and court trials. I have practiced at the state, federal and appellate court levels. This wide range of experience will allow me to effectively run the office of state’s attorney.

If elected, I pledge to run

the office professionally and prosecute the laws of the state of Illinois in a fair but firm approach and will resolve cases in a timely manner. I pledge not to allow cases to languish for years without being resolved. It is unfair to the public, victims of crimes, and their families.

The rights of victims will be considered first when dealing with criminal defendants. Emphasis will be placed on those crimes that effect families the most, illegal drugs, the unlawful use of alcohol, and domestic violence.

Due to the size of the state’s attorney’s office, I believe that the state’s attorney must not only be an administrator running the office, but must actively try cases! I pledge to do this.

I would ask that you vote for me, Mike Downey, for state’s attorney.

I’m writing to endorse Laura J. Cook for Ogle County clerk and recorder.

I’ve known Laura professionally and personally for a number of years. I’ve found her to be professional, knowledgeable, polite, friendly, and always willing to be of assistance.

As chief deputy county clerk for the past 17 years, Laura has served with two county clerks, former clerk Jean Wolfe and current and retiring clerk Rebecca Huntley.

The county clerk and recorder’s office has five major functions: 1) county board clerk and keeper of county records; 2) chief election officer for Ogle County; 3) keeper of vital records (births, civil union certificates, marriages, deaths); 4) computation of property taxes and redemption of delinquent taxes; and 5) record and maintain all land transactions for Ogle County.

Not only has Laura fulfilled those five obligations, she’s been a leader in technological advances. She was the implementation coordinator for Illinois E-Pay, thus streamlining payments emanating from this office and coordinating the digital data conversion.

With her longtime Ogle County residency, community volunteerism and vast knowledge of the clerk’s office and Ogle County, she’s a worthy candidate for this office.

Please join me in voting for Laura J. Cook for county clerk and recorder on March 15.

Vote O’Brien for Ogle clerk RON and CAROL DAVIDSON Creston

In the March 15 election, we are voting for Tiffany O’Brien for Ogle County clerk and recorder.

We have known the O’Brien family for many years. Their family values and work ethic started back with their grandparents and has continued on through the generations. Tiffany will make a sincere, trustworthy, and strong leader. Vote for O’Brien on March 15.

‘Actively engaged’ in office’s functions MATT KLAHN Sterling

My name is Matt Klahn, and I am a running for the office of Lee County state’s attorney. I grew up in Camanche, Iowa (near Clinton) and graduated from Creighton University School of Law. My legal career led me to the Sauk Valley area, when I obtained a job in private practice at a prominent local firm in 2007. Shortly after moving here, I met and married my wife, Elizabeth Schauff, who was born and raised in Dixon.

The definition of the word “experience” is “active participation in events or activities, leading to the accumulation of knowledge or skill.”

The key word in this definition is “active.”

I currently hold the position of first assistant to the Lee County state’s attorney. I am actively engaged in oversee-

Matt Klahn

Age: 37 Political party: Republican Educational background: University of Iowa, bachelor’s degree, 2001; Creighton University School of Law, J.D. degree, 2007 Professional experience: Over 3 years in the Lee County State’s Attorney’s Office currently serving as first assistant state’s attorney. Over 5 years in private practice that includes criminal defense, civil litigation, family law, and general practice. Three years of private sector management experience prior to law school. ing the operation of the office, which involves assisting other prosecutors with their caseloads and delegating assignments to staff members.

I personally handle many of the major cases, which includes prosecuting serious felonies and cases involving special victims.

Along with these responsibilities, I am actively involved with the Lee County Board

as its lead civil attorney, which has allowed me to be involved in a wide variety of issues that have come before the County Board.

My duties as first assistant state’s attorney have opened the door for me to be actively engaged with local law enforcement. The Lee County Sheriff’s Department, Dixon Police Department, Amboy Police Department, and law

enforcement officials across Lee County and I have formed a dynamic team of law enforcement professionals.

We have opened lines of communication between all of our agencies, which has allowed us to act quickly when law enforcement activities are taking place and legal issues arise. As a team, we are experiencing tremendous success in holding those who commit criminal acts accountable, we are helping to change lives by assisting both young and old to escape from the ill effects of drug and alcohol addiction, and most important, we share the mission of keeping our communities safe.

Furthermore, my duties and responsibilities have me actively involved in numerous homicide cases. I know what it is like to be called on the scene of a homi-

The deadline to submit election-related letters to the editor is noon Tuesday, March 8.

cide in the middle of the night, to console a family of a victim and assure them that justice will be served, to provide protection to victims of violence and abuse, to answer the call of duty at all times, and to confront those who commit horrible crimes and hold them accountable to the fullest extent of the law.

I am the only candidate in this race who has the active experience in working with the current Lee County law enforcement team and County Board. I have received the support of nearly all Lee County law enforcement leaders and the vast majority of County Board members.

We have a great law enforcement team here, and as the next Lee County state’s attorney, I am committed to continuing to take on the challenges, both criminal and civil, to serve Lee County.

EDITORIAL BOARD Jim Dunn Sam R Fisher Sheryl Gulbranson Jennifer Heintzelman Jeff Rogers Kathleen Schultz Tom Shaw

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DAY TRIP | ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE

Time for Dylan revisited Multi-million dollar collection peers inside elusive genius

Crowds smile and wave as the St. Patrick’s Day Parade marches down the street during a previous year’s celebration.

This year, the event will be March 12. The parade route runs from Rock Island, across the Mississippi River and into Davenport, Iowa.

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A once-secret trove of songwriting diaries, letters and other documents belonging to Bob Dylan, one of the most notoriously private figures in pop music history, has been acquired by a consortium of institutions in Oklahoma, where the new Bob Dylan Archive will reside near that of his musical idol and mentor, Woody Guthrie.

The bounty of material that Dylan has amassed over his nearly 60-year career contains more than 6,000 items, according to the New Bob York Times, Dylan constituting an archive that is “deeper and more vast than even most Dylan experts could imagine, promising untold insight into the songwriter’s work.”

The material was purchased for a price believed to be in the $15-million to $20-million range by Oklahoma oil and banking billionaire George Kaiser’s Family Foundation, and the University of Tulsa.

Dylan issued a statement saying he is honored that his papers “are to be included with the works of Woody Guthrie and especially alongside all the valuable artifacts from the Native American nations,” referring to the collection of Native American art that is also part of the collection of those institutions.

At the heart of the archive is the collection of Dylan’s extensive notebooks in which he first drafted and then meticulously refined many of his songs.

The New York Times report notes that “dozens of rewrites track the evolution of even minor songs like ‘Dignity,’ which went through more than 40 pages of changes but was still cut from the 1989 album ‘Oh Mercy.’”

But along with the written material are many reels of tape recordings, contracts and film footage documenting various concert performances.

Plans call for a gallery that will make some of the material accessible to the public, but most of the archive, which is to be housed at the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, where Guthrie’s archive is held, will be restricted to serious scholars and for people who have a record of being Dylanologists.

Dylan aficionados have known that the singer and songwriter often repeatedly reworked lyrics in his songs through manuscripts that have come to light. Dylan and his record label, Columbia Records, have tapped into those materials in recent years for a series of “Bootleg” archival releases.

But even those most familiar with his creative process have expressed surprise over the voluminous repository that he kept to himself over the decades.

“It’s going to start anew the way people study Dylan,” Princeton historian and Dylan biographer Sean Wilentz told the New York Times.

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The walk of the Irish Your eyes will be smiling at the sights and sounds of the sea of green that washes over the Quad Cities during the St. Patrick’s Day Parade

BY ANDREA MILLS amills@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5575

ROCK ISLAND – It’s about to begin again – the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade, which wanders over Centennial Bridge to cross the Mississippi River, will celebrate its 31st year.

The event connects the Irish and non-Irish of Illinois and Iowa as they watch floats, family clans, bands, dancers, and groups, all brought together by the St. Patrick Society of the Quad Cities.

The 2-mile route starts at the corner of 23rd Street and Fourth Avenue, and continues along Fourth to 20th Street, then to Third Avenue, 17th Street, Second Avenue and onto the bridge. From there it arrives in Davenport, Iowa, where it will go north to Third Street, then east to the River Center, 136 E. Third St. Just before the parade starts, at 11:30 a.m.

Catholic Mass is celebrated at St. Mary Church, 2208 Fourth Ave. The public is welcome.

Later, at the end of the parade another celebration is planned. The Post Parade Bash is from 1 to 4:30 p.m. at the River Center. The ticket to get in is St. Patrick Society membership. If you’re not a member, the group will be happy to welcome you into the fold – Irish or not – for $15.

During the bash, there will be Irish music and dancers, food, beverages and the presentation of the parade trophy winners. Units are judged by best commercial entry, best Irish float, most unique, best Irish walking unit, best school group, international, and judge’s trophies.

Two other events focused around St. Pat-

rick’s Day are the Center For Active Seniors Inc.’s 34th St. Patrick’s Day Race and festivities at Kelly’s Irish Pub & Eatery, 2222 E. 53rd St., Davenport.

The race is before the parade at River Music Experience Courtyard, 129 Main St., Davenport. Divisions and their starting times are Tot Trot, 9 a.m.; 1-mile family run/walk, 9:30 a.m.; and 5k run/walk, 10 a.m. The cost for the 5K registration is $35 before March 12, and $40 the day of the race. The family walk and Tot Trot are $17 per participant before March 12, or $20 the day of the race, and $10 for each additional child taking part. Visit casiseniors.org or call 563386-7477 for information and registration.

At the pub, a plentiful amount of activities is scheduled, from skydiving leprechauns to bagpipers. Also look for Irish dancers and music, jugglers and musicians. The hungry can enjoy some corned beef and green beer. No fee is charged to get into the party, which runs March 11 to 12. And don’t worry if it’s still cold; the party is in a heated tent. St. Patrick events start at 5 p.m. March 11, and 7 a.m. March 12. Visit kellysirishpubandeatery.com or call 563-344-0000 for a complete list of what’s going on.

With all this celebrating, it’s time to don your green apparel and check out these Irishtheme happenings.

If you go ...

What: St. Patrick’s Day Parade When: 11:30 a.m. March 12 Where: Rock Island to Davenport, Iowa Cost: Free Information: Quad Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau, 800-747-7800, visitquadcities.com and St. Patrick Society, stpatsqc.com

IN BRIEF ‘Force Awakens’ coming to video

“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” opened in December and has brought in an estimated $2.05 billion to date.

something special about the number 99.

The NHL’s all-time scoring champion has a deal with G.P. Putnam’s Sons for a book about the game’s history and his own place in it. Putnam told The Associated Press that the book, currently untitled, will be published

LOS ANGELES (AP) – In just a few weeks, you won’t have to travel to a galaxy – or a theater – far, Gretzky will pen far away to see “Star Wars: hockey history The Force Awakens.”

The blockbuster is set NEW YORK (AP) – For to be released on home Wayne Gretzky, there’s video next month. It will be available for purchase On Demand beginning April 1 and on Blu-ray and DVD on April 5.

Walt Disney Co. Chairman and CEO Bob Iger announced the plans at the annual shareholders meeting Thursday in Chicago.

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this fall, coinciding with the league’s 99th anniversary.

In a statement released Thursday through his publisher, Gretzky said he would provide his “take on some of the great moments” in hockey and tell stories previously known only to “friends, family and teammates.”

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Grade-school sex talk needs guidance Dear Abby, My daughter is in fifth grade at a very small, rural school. She’s outgoing and makes friends easily.

My problem is, when she comes home from school, she tells my husband and me about the conversations the other fifth-grade girls are having. Most of them involve boys. However, recently the conversations are about sex and things these girls say they want boys to do to them, which include rape.

My husband and I are appalled. My daughter knows that it’s not appropriate to discuss these topics, but she is forced by these girls to listen.

What should we do?

Should we discuss this with the other parents

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involved? Please help.

– Concerned Parent in Oklahoma Dear Concerned, While discussing sexual matters might not seem appropriate to you, that’s what some children in grammar school do. The problem, however, is

that a lot of misinformation can be transmitted among them. Be glad your daughter trusts you enough that she’s willing to tell you what is being said.

If this were my daughter and I had not yet had “the talk” with her, I would waste no time in initiating it. Her classmates might say some of the things they do for shock value and have no concept about the violence and physical and emotional damage that a rapist can inflict.

Not only should you bring this to the attention of the parents of these classmates, but also talk to the school principal. (Could these girls have been exposed

and want to attend college together and major in the same field. I’m worried that they are too close and need to separate from each other and get out more. I worry that they aren’t experiencing the life of typical teenagers. Should I be worried about this or wait and see what college brings them?

– Mother of Twins

to rape, pornographic movies, etc.?) The best way to combat screwedup thinking like this is through frank, open discussion and education.

Dear Abby, I have 18-year-old twin sons who are seniors in high school and more mature than most at their age. My husband and I raised them with responsibility and manners, and people comment on how well they behave.

My problem is neither one seems interested in socializing. They don’t date and never have friends over. They tell me people their age are “morons.”

The boys are very close.

They still share a room,

Dear Mother, Your boys might be responsible and mannerly, but they appear to be socially immature. The time to have separated them and encouraged them to develop their individual personalities was when they entered their teens.

While it is normal for

twins to share a special closeness, the fact that they don’t socialize, don’t date and consider their contemporaries all to be morons is something to be worried about. If you are going to contribute to their college educations, it might be helpful to insist they go to different schools. But before you do, consult a licensed counselor for guidance because it might be traumatic for them.

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

Contact Dear Abby at DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

COMMUNITY EVENTS Friday, March 4 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, 815622-9230.

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.

Bridge, 8:45 a.m., Hub City

Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Wii Bowling, 9 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Kings on Corner cards, 9 a.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Intermediate line dancing, 10 a.m., call Whiteside County Senior Center at 815-622-9230 for location.

Line dancing, 11 a.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-6229230.

Lifescape lunch, 11:30 a.m., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815288-9236. Sign up by 10 a.m. previous business day.

Lunch, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815622-9230.

Organized Wii Bowling games, noon, Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

Euchre, 12:15 p.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

AROUND THE HOUSE

Does your home have a mysterious bad smell? If you’ve already checked the fridge and your trash bins and can’t find the source, it could be that you’re in need of a carpet cleaning or carpet deodorizer.

Just like stains, carpet fibers can trap odors, making them linger in your home indefinitely.

If you think your carpet could be the problem, consider the possible sources of the odor.

Moisture or dampness – Sometimes, moisture can get underneath the carpet and carpet pad, leading to musty odors.

This moisture can come from humidity, spills or potted plants that drip onto the carpeting.

A flood can also cause carpet odor, such as when a finished basement floods during a rainstorm.

If not addressed properly, continued moisture exposure can cause mold and mildew to grow under the carpet padding. Not only will it increase the smell, it also creates a health risk.

Pet odor – When pets use the carpet as a bathroom, the smell can really linger.

Even after a carpet cleaning, the smell of pet urine might return. This is due to the gases released by the bacteria that are digesting the urine. If any of the urine remains in the rug fibers, it will continue to smell. The same is true for vomit, another common problem associated with pets.

These bacteria are activated by water, which is why the smell can intensify after a thorough cleaning.

Dry carpet cleaning treatments or treatments that use enzymatic odor removal products are the best solution for eliminating pet smells. Enzymes are particularly effective because they attack the bacteria, thus eliminating the source of the smell.

Cigarette smoke – If a smoker lives in the home, the carpet can collect the cigarette smoke odor.

While the homeowners might not notice the stench because they live with it, visitors or someone who purchases the home will definitely notice the smoke smell.

A professional carpet cleaner might be able to remove the smell, but if the smoking was excessive, a carpet deodorizer

Saturday, March 5 Bi-County Cooperative Foundation Spring Expo and Self Help Enterprises pancake breakfast, 7 a.m.-noon, 2300 W. LeFevre Road, Sterling.

Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon, Twin City Market, indoors, 106 Avenue A, Sterling, 815-6268610.

Winter Farmers Market, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., lower level, Loveland Community House, 513 Second St., Dixon.

Mexican food, 5-8 p.m., Rock Falls VFW, 217 First Ave.

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Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-589-3925 St. Anne Lenten fish fry, 4:307 p.m., St. Anne Parish, 1112 N. Brinton Ave., Dixon.

Lenten fish fry, 5-7 p.m., St. Mary Parish center, 600 Ave. B, Sterling.

Fish or beef and noodles dinner, 5-7 p.m., American Legion Post 12, 1120 W. First St., Dixon, 815-284-2003.

Mexican food, 5-8 p.m., Rock Falls VFW, 217 First Ave. Bingo, 7 p.m. Rock Falls American Legion, 712 Fourth Ave.

Mexican Train dominoes, 12:30 p.m., Whiteside Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Pinochle, 12:30 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, 815288-9236.

Pinochle, 1 p.m., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

Farkle, 1 p.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit

might not be enough, and the carpeting might need to be replaced.

Old age – Carpeting is made from fibers. Over time, those fibers break down. When the carpet begins to smell old, there is little that can be done.

Carpet cleaning cannot take the old, musty smell from carpet. This is when it simply needs to be replaced.

In addition to the smell, old carpet starts to release dust, which can contribute to indoor allergies.

Food and drink spills – Food and drinks that spill onto carpet can lead to odors.

Like pet smells, these organic products attract bacteria. As the bacteria break down, they release smelly gasses. Again, professional carpet cleaning is the best solution to remove the smell.

Once you find the source of your carpet odor, you can decide on the best treatment. For organic smells like pet odors or food spills, consider two professional cleanings to thoroughly remove the bacteria.

For other problems, like old age or mold, you might need to replace the carpet.

back of Lutheran Social Services of Illinois, 1901 First Ave., Sterling, 815-535-3748.

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, noon, open, Old Timers; 7 p.m., open, family fun night, back door, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., open, First Presbyterian Church, 1100 Calvin Road, Rochelle.

Chapter 410 of the Experimental Aircraft Association, 7:30 p.m., terminal building, Whiteside County Airport, 10950 Hoover Road, Rock Falls, 815-626-1249.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., steps and traditions, closed, Village of Progress, 710 S. 13th St., Oregon.

Saturday, March 5 Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., closed, Big Book, United Methodist Church, 201 E. Chicago Ave., Davis Junction.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., open, tradition; 12:30 p.m., closed; 7 p.m. closed (5), Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

Alcoholics Anonymous 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, 815-8572315.

Illowa Sport Flyers, 10 a.m., Erie Airpark, 8689 Star Road.

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.

Narcotics Anonymous Hope Without Dope, noon, in the

Sunday, March 6 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. veterans, open, back door, 1503 First Ave., Suite D, Rock Falls.

Latin American Social Club meeting, 3 p.m., 2708 W. Fourth St., Sterling, 815-6258290.

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., open, Rochelle Community Hospital, 900 N. Second St., Rochelle.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, clearance required, BAAbble on for Life Prison Group, 815-973-6150.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., closed, 304 Seventh Ave. W, Lyndon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed (4), Mount Morris Senior Center, 9 E. Front St.

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EDUCATION | NEW SAT EXAM

Early takers give test good reviews What’s behind the redesign?

Students no longer penalized for guessing; essay portion optional WASHINGTON (AP) – Not so tricky. More straightforward. Guessing allowed. The newly redesigned SAT college entrance exam that debuts nationally Saturday is getting good reviews from some of the students who took it early this week.

The new exam focuses less on arcane vocabulary words and more on realworld learning and analysis by students. Students no longer will be penalized for guessing. And the essay has been made optional.

The College Board says more than 463,000 testtakers signed up to take the new SAT in March, up slightly from a year ago.

Because the exam is new, the College Board, the nonprofit organization that owns the SAT, has restricted the exam on Saturday to those applying to college or for scholarships, financial aid or other programs requiring a college test score.

People who don’t fall into these categories have been rescheduled to take the May test, which will be released at a point afterward. The College Board said it took the action because of concerns about possible theft.

Things to know about the new SAT exam:

The new stuff The new SAT continues to test reading, writing and math, with an emphasis on analysis.

Gone: some of those obscure vocabulary words like “lachrymose” that left kids memorizing flash cards for endless hours.

Test-takers will instead see more widely known words used in the classroom. Students will have to demonstrate their ability to determine meaning in different contexts.

Go ahead, take a guess.

Test-takers no longer will be penalized for wrong answers.

In math, students will see more algebra and problem solving, instead of testing a wide range of math concepts. But use of calculators is limited to certain questions.

Overall, there are fewer questions – 154 on the new test plus one for the essay, compared to 171 on the old version.

Students will have a choice about whether to write the essay.

A perfect score goes back to 1,600 with a separate score for the essay.

Some early reviews Brian Keyes, a junior at Woodrow Wilson High School in the nation’s

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High School juniors Brian Keyes and Isabel Suarez, both 16, pose for a photograph Thursday in front of Woodrow Wilson High School in Washington after recently taking the new SAT exam. The new exam focuses less on arcane vocabulary words and more on real-world learning and analysis by students. Students no longer will be penalized for guessing. And the essay has been made optional. capital, says he really Isabel, a junior, said the didn’t mind the new SAT. math was a little harder. “It “There aren’t as many was more algebra based, questions where it’s try- but I think I was able to ing to trick you. ... It was perform a lot better on it much more straightfor- than the old one because ward,” he said it was stuff that I actually For math, he said, “the learned in school.” new version was a lot more In fact, Suarez, who likes like basic concepts, so it to write, said she enjoyed wouldn’t be very obscure the reading section. “My formulas that you have to AP English class definitely remember. If you had the really prepared me for basics of algebra down, it. I honestly enjoyed the even if the problem was grammar part because I difficult, you could work like to pick out problems your way through it.” in writing. It was pretty Said classmate Isabel fun actually.”

Suarez: “I liked it better than The exam was administhe old one. I thought that tered Wednesday at Wilit was way more applicable son and other District of to what we’ve been learn- Columbia high schools ing in school. The English and at schools in more was a lot easier for me than than a dozen states as it was with the old one.” part of SAT School Day.

IN BRIEF

Chicago State has funds through April CHAMPAIGN (AP) – Chicago State University now has enough money to pay its employees through the end of April and the school year, a spokesman said Thursday.

The financially troubled South Side university had been saying it would run out of money by the end of March as Illinois’ public colleges and universities wait for state funding held up by the budget standoff.

But university officials have negotiated with companies that do business with the school to use remaining cash reserves on payroll, spokesman Tom Wogan told The Associated Press.

“We’ve talked to a lot of vendors who are mostly understanding,” Wogan said.

But the school still doesn’t have money to operate beyond the end of April, he said.

The predominantly black Chicago State has already issued notices of potential layoffs to its 900 employees that would begin after April, and, to stretch its finances, shortened the spring semester to finish that month.

Tips from test prep experts Some advice from Lee Weiss, Kaplan Test Prep’s vice president of college admissions programs, on taking the new SATs: “If you’ve been preparing and putting in your study time, then you should go in confident.

If you haven’t, you can take this test again or you can take the ACT, too. It’s not the end of the world if you don’t perform well,” he said.

Don’t skip the essay.

Weiss said Kaplan’s research of college

Free practices tests The College Board has teamed up with online educator Khan Academy to offer SAT practice with the new exam – for free – to all students through diagnostic quizzes and interactive practice tests.

The tests are available at khanacademy.org/sat.

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College lays off 55 amid budget battle CARTERVILLE (AP) – Trustees at a southern Illinois community college have voted to lay off 55 faculty and staff members amid financial troubles administrators say stem from the lack of a state budget.

The John A. Logan College board voted 7-1 on Wednesday. The (Carbondale) Southern Illinoisan reported more than 300 people packed the Carterville-based college meeting. Before the vote, some attendees spoke against the plan to eliminate 38 percent of the college’s full-time instructors. Faculty member Kathleen Carl called the plan “short-sighted and ill-conceived.”

Administrators recommended the layoffs to shore up a $7 million budget gap that they say was created by the state budget impasse.

Interim college president Ron House said he wished lawmakers and the governor “were sitting at this table tonight having to make this decision.”

This was the first revision in the SAT since 2005. The head of the College Board says students taking the new SAT will find more familiar reading passages, vocabulary words and math.

“The sum of the redesign of the test is to make it much more like the work that kids are already doing in high school,” said David Coleman, president and chief executive officer of the board. It was retooled, he said, “so that all kids could feel that they had a shot.”

With fewer questions on the new test, Coleman said, there’s more time for each of the reading and math questions.

admissions officers shows that many of the top most-competitive programs for college do look at the essay and it’s an important part of their admissions process. “Make sure you are writing a good, structured essay that answers the prompt,” said Weiss.

“Make sure that you are varying your word choice and your sentence structure.”

On reading, Ned Johnson, president of PrepMatters, said students should be literal, not literary. He said students could help themselves by coming up with their own answers before looking at the options provided.

Johnson says the new test has math problems that are much wordier than before. “Read slowly,” he said. “If you read and analyze the problems piece by piece, you can avoid feeling overwhelmed and ‘translate’ all those words into math you know how to do.”

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Sanctions prompt threats Leader orders nuclear weapons be made ready

Military starting to recruit women for combat jobs

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered his country’s nuclear weapons made ready for use at a moment’s notice, the country’s official state news agency reported Thursday.

Kim also said his country will ready its military so it is prepared to carry out pre-emptive attacks, calling the current situation very precarious, according to the Korean Central News Agency.

The threats in the statement are part of the authoritarian nation’s regular propaganda effort to show strength in the face of what it sees as an effort by its enemies, South Korea and the United States, to overthrow its leaders; it follows harsh U.N. sanctions over the North’s recent nuclear test and long-range rocket launch and comes ahead of joint U.S.-South Korean war games this month that the North claims are invasion preparations.

North Korea has threatened nuclear war in the past, but it is unclear just how advanced the country’s nuclear program really is. Pyongyang is thought to have a handful of crude atomic bombs, but there is considerable outside debate about whether it is technologically able to shrink a warhead and mount it on a missile.

“The only way for defending the sovereignty of our nation and its right to existence under the present extreme situation is to bolster up nuclear force both in quality and quantity,” the

WASHINGTON (AP) – The military services are already beginning to recruit women for combat jobs, including as Navy SEALs, and could see them serving in previously male-only Army and Marine Corps infantry units by this fall, according to new plans endorsed

by Defense Secretary Ash Carter and obtained by The Associated Press.

Some of the services predict that only small numbers of women will volunteer or get through training courses, details of the plans show. The Marine Corps estimates 200 women a year will move into ground combat jobs. And U.S. Special Operations Command said it anticipates a “small number” of volunteers for its commando jobs.

The Navy said it is already collecting submission packages from prospective SEAL candidates and could see women in entry-level enlisted and officer training in September and October.

The Navy started collecting the packages last month.

All of the services say they have made required changes to base bathrooms and other facilities to accommodate women, and they will monitor training, injury assessments, and possible sexual harassment or assault problems.

The plans have been under review by senior Pentagon leaders and have not been made public.

Carter said Thursday that he accepted the services’ implementation recommendations, but provided no details. He is expected to sign a memo in the coming days telling the military to begin executing the plans next month.

AP

People watch a TV news program showing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea. North Korea fired several short-range projectiles into the sea off its east coast Thursday, Seoul officials said, just hours after the U.N. Security Council approved the toughest sanctions on Pyongyang in 2 decades for its recent nuclear test and longrange rocket launch. The screen reads “Sanction on the North Korea.” ducts weapons launches when angered at international condemnation.

Thursday’s firings were seen as a “low-level” response to the U.N. sanctions, with North Korea unlikely to launch any major provocation until its landmark ruling Workers’ Party convention in May, according to Yang Moo-jin, a professor at the University of North Korean Studies in Seoul.

North Korean citizens in the capital, Pyongyang, interviewed by The Associated Press said Thursday they believe their country can fight off any sanctions.

“No kind of sanctions will ever work on us, because we’ve lived under U.S. sanctions for more than half a century,” said Pyongyang resident Song Hyo Il. “And in the future, we’re going to build a powerful and prosperous country here, relying on our own development.”

North’s dispatch Thursday said, paraphrasing Kim Jong Un. It said that Kim stressed “the need to get the nuclear warheads deployed for national defense always on standby so as to be fired any moment.”

On Thursday, North Korea fired six shortrange projectiles into the sea off its east coast, South Korean officials said, just hours after the U.N. Security Council approved the toughest sanctions on the North in 2 decades.

The firings also came shortly after South Korea’s National Assembly passed its first legislation on human rights in North Korea.

The North Korean projectiles, fired from the eastern coastal town of Wonsan, flew about 60 to 90 miles before landing in the sea, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement.

North Korea routinely test-fires missiles and rockets, but often con-

North Korean state media earlier warned that the imposition of new sanctions would be a “grave provocation” that shows “extreme” U.S. hostility against the country. It said the sanctions would not result in the country’s collapse or prevent it from launching more rockets.

The U.N. sanctions include mandatory inspections of cargo leaving and entering North Korea by land, sea or air; a ban on all sales or transfers of small arms and light weapons to the North; and the expulsion of North Korean diplomats who engage in “illicit activities.”

In Beijing, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said China, North Korea’s closest ally, hoped the U.N. sanctions would be implemented “comprehensively and seriously,” while harm to ordinary North Korean citizens would be avoided.

The top Army and Marine Corps generals told senators last month that it will take Ash Carter up to 3 years U.S. Defense to fully inteSecretary grate women into all combat jobs. And they have insisted they will not lower standards for the combat posts or bow to pressure or quotas to get more women into the grueling frontline jobs.

After a lengthy review by the services and the Pentagon, Carter in December ordered all combat jobs open to women.

The Marine Corps initially sought to keep certain infantry and combat jobs closed, citing studies showing combined-gender units are not as effective as male-only units.

But Carter and Navy Secretary Ray Mabus rejected that proposal.

Since then, the military services have put together plans outlining exactly how they will incorporate women into the maleonly units.

The Marine Corps said that having about 200 women moving into combat jobs each year would mean that they would make up less than 2 percent of the Marines in those occupations. The Corps would use what it called a “teaming concept” that would try to assign two or more junior enlisted women to the same unit.

The plan notes that so far no women have made it through the Marine infantry officer course, and added that, “we recognize there may be small numbers, and the Services are prepared to handle this.”

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ASSEMBLY OF GOD

933 Mekeel Rd., Dixon, Rt. 52 S.E. Church 284-3090 Parsonage 285-0360 Adam Meyer, Pastor Sunday 9:30am - Morning Fellowship Sunday School Sunday 10:30 - Worship Service Wednesday 7:00pm - Family Night (all ages)

FAITH ASSEMBLY OF GRAND DETOUR

Ridge Road, Dixon, 652-4488 Li Arellano, Sr. Pastor Morning Worship 10:00 a.m.

CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH

313 Van Buren Ave., Dixon 288-2453 Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Morning Worship 10:45 a.m., Sunday Evening 5:00 p.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting 7:00 p.m.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

111 East 2nd, Dixon, 284-6823 Bunyan & Rachel Cocar - Co-Pastors Sunday School 9:15, Worship 10:30, Bible Study is on Wednesday at 6:00 p.m.

NORTHSIDE BAPTIST

Dan Bentz, Pastor 598 Riverlane, Dixon, 288-5212 (1 Mile West On Dixon-Sterling Freeway) Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Worship 10:45 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Worship Wed. 7:00 p.m.

Awana Wednesday 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

3 years thru 6th grade

SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH

501 W. 3rd St., Dixon, 288-1566 Pastor Gary Sorrell Sunday School 9:30 Morning Worship 11 a.m.

Mid Week Prayer Service 6 p.m. Wed.

FAITH DISCOVERY CHURCH

801 W. Oregon St., Polo, 815-946-3588 Jeremy Heller, Pastor Sunday School 9:00 am Worship Service 10:00 am, Nursery Available Non-denominational Christian Church Visitors Welcome

ST. PATRICK’S CATHOLIC

612 S. Highland, Dixon, 284-7719 Father Bernard Sehr Confessions 3 p.m., Sat. Mass 4:30 p.m.

Sun. Mass 8:00 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 6:00pm

ST. FLANNEN CATHOLIC

2nd & Shelhammer, Harmon Rev. Timothy Draper, Priest Sunday 9:00am Worship Weekdays as Scheduled

ST. MARY CATHOLIC

Walton Road, Walton Rev. Timothy Draper, Priest Saturday 6:00pm Worship, Weekdays as Scheduled

SAINT PATRICK CATHOLIC

Rt. 1, Maytown Rd., Maytown Rev. Randy Fronek, Priest Saturday, 6:00 p.m.

Weekdays as Scheduled

CROSSROADS COMMUNITY CHURCH White Pines Campus

Meeting Sundays at 10:00 AM 205 N. Jefferson Avenue, Polo ~ 815.837.5255 whitepines@crossroadscn.com Pastor ~ Chris Bradshaw Youth Pastor ~ Jose Garcia x 303 Contemporary worship & relevant Bible teaching Join us after services for coffee, snacks & fellowship Kidzlink Children’s Ministry (nursery-5th grade) ~ during adult services Crave Youth Group (6th-12th grade) ~ Wednesday nights 7PM www.crossroadscn.com

MENDOTA CHURCH OF THE NAZERENE

1209 Sixth Street, Mendota, 539-6232 www.mendotanaz.org Rev. Dick Schaill, Senior Pastor John Robinson, Worship Leader Sunday School 9:30-10:30 (all ages) Sunday Morning Worship 10:45-12:00 Soul Fire Prayer Meeting 7:00pm Tuesday Bible Study 7:00pm Wednesday Praise/Worship Practice 7:30pm Friday

EAST JORDAN UNITED METHODIST

22027 Polo Rd, Sterling IL 815-626-0104 Pastor Jim Miller Sunday Fellowship 8:30am Sunday School 8:50am, Worship 10:00am Handicap accessible and air conditioned www.EastJordanUMC.org

ST. PATRICKS OF AMBOY

32 N. Jones, Amboy, IL Rev. Timothy Draper, Priest Saturday Evenings 4:30 p.m.

Sunday 7:30 a.m. & 10:30a.m.

ST. ANNE’S CATHOLIC

1104 N. Brinton Ave., Dixon, 288-3131 Father Antoni Kretoroicz, Priest Confessions Sat. 3:30-4:30 p.m.

Mass Saturday 5:00 p.m., Sunday Service 8:30, 10:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

RIVER VALLEY CHURCH

415 E. 3rd Street., Sterling, 626-2577 Sunday Morning Worship Service 10:30 a.m. www.rvcsterling.com

GREATER LIFE CHURCH

1403 Hemlock, Dixon, Steve Young, Pastor 815-284-8680 Bible Study, Thursday 7:00 p.m., Sunday Praise & Worship 10:00 a.m., Sunday Home Groups CALL

FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST)

123 S. Hennepin, Dixon, 288-1222 Pastor Lynn Bond Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m.

Coffee Fellowship 10:30 a.m.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY

321 W. 2nd St., Dixon, 288-4719 Sunday Service 11 a.m.

Service every Wednesday 7:30 p.m.

PINE CREEK CHRISTIAN CHURCH

Penn Corner on Lowell Park Rd., Polo, 946-3949 Sun. School 9:30, Worship 10:30

THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

2709 16th Ave., Sterling, 625-1229 William F. Stocks, Bishop Sacrament Meeting 9:30 a.m.

Sunday School: 10:45 a.m.

Primary for children: 10:45 Priesthood, Relief Society & Young Women: 11:45

LINCOLN AVENUE CHURCH OF GOD

704 Lincoln Ave., Dixon, 288-1142 Pastor Mike Worrel 573-703-7503 www.lincolnave.org Wednesday 6-7pm: Jump Kids (birth to 5th), Jump Moms, Fusion Youth & Adult Bible Study Sunday 10:30am: Worship, Children’s Church and Jump Kids

CHRIST OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH

Missouri Synod, 284-4554, 2035 IL Rt. 26, Dixon Pastor David Andermann, Worship 9 a.m.

Sunday School and Education Hour 10:15 a.m.

MENDOTA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

900 Monroe Street, Mendota 815-539-6232 Pastor Timothy Kaiser Sunday School 9:30 a.m. all ages Sunday Morning Worship 10:00 a.m.

Bible Study Saturday 1:00 p.m.

TURNING POINT COMMUNITY CHURCH

944 Stony Point Rd., Dixon, 288-2625 Don Beasley, Pastor Sunday Celebration of Worship 10:00 a.m.

Wed. Christian Education 6:30 p.m.

GRACE FELLOWSHIP

2128 IL Route 38, Ashton, 815-453-7464 Pastor Jeremy Horton Sunday Worship Service 9 a.m.

37 S. East Avenue, Amboy (farm bureau building) Pastor Brian McWethy Sunday Worship Service 10:15 a.m. www.graceisforyou.com

SAUK VALLEY ISLAMIC CENTER

202 E. Fellow St., Dixon -815.284.4868 Friday Prayer 12:15-1 pm Open to Public ~ All Denominations.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF FRANKLIN GROVE

106 S. Walnut, Franklin Grove 815-456-2432 Pastor Jack M. Briggs Worship at 9:00am

ROCK RIVER BAPTIST

614 Orchard St., Dixon

815-677-7566

Forgive Yourself “But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.”

—1 John 1:7 NIV

T

hat we tend to remember misdeeds years (and sometimes even decades) after the original offense says something important about us.

That is, we are deeply imbued with a sense of morality, and when we have committed a serious offense, especially one which hurts another person, we may have trouble getting over the shame and humiliation, even long after the other person has forgiven us. But what good is holding onto all of that shame and humiliation? We may never forget the wrong committed, and the other person probably won’t either, if it was something serious, but we should try to find it within ourselves to forgive ourselves. Jesus died for all of our sins, even the ones we can’t seem to forgive ourselves for, and not forgiving ourselves is tantamount to not trusting that God has forgiven us. A good question to ask in these circumstances is whether, knowing what you know now, you would still commit the sin. If the answer is no, then you have learned your lesson and it’s time to move on. – Christopher Simon

GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH

707 1st Ave., Sterling, 815-625-0442 Reverend Peg Williams, Rector 9:00a.m. Sunday Holy Eucharist Wednesdays spoken Holy Eucharist Noon, Bible study and soup supper at 5:30.

Every Third Friday at 5:30 Younger adults gathering. Pastoral care, confession and reconciliation by appt. gracechurchstg.org

ST. LUKE’S EPISCOPAL

Corner of 3rd St. & Peoria Ave., Dixon Ph: 815-288-2151 Web page: stlukedixon.org Fr. Tom Lamb, Supply Priest Rev. Mary Ann Rhoades, Deacon SUNDAY Eucharist 10:15 a.m., followed by Coffee and Fellowship WEDNESDAY Healing Mass: 10 a.m.

Please check our website and Facebook page for additional services

BETHEL EVANGELICAL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

131 N. Court, Dixon, 284-3849 Randy Sizemore, Pastor Sun. School 9:15 a.m., Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH

102 S. Seminary St., Mt. Morris, 734-4942 Sunday School All Ages 8:30 a.m., Inner-Mission Fellowship Time 9:30 a.m., Worship service 10:00am, with nursery

ST. JAMES EVANGELICAL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF AMBOY

960 Rt. 52, Amboy, 857-2225 Pastor Carol Soderholm Sunday Worship 9:00, Fellowship 10:00 am Sunday School 9:40 - 10:15

IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH

1013 Franklin Grove Rd., Dixon, 284-2804 Reverend Frank Langholf Saturday 5:30 p.m.Worship, Sunday 8:00 a.m. Traditional Worship, 9:15 a.m. Education and Fellowship, 10:30 a.m. Contemporary Worship Web Site: www.immanueldixon.org Bright Beginnings Daycare & Preschool 285-1033

ST. PAUL LUTHERAN

421 S. Peoria Ave., Dixon, 288-2757 Sat. 5:30pm Traditional Service Sun. 8:30am Traditional Service 9:30am Sunday School/Bible Study 10:45am Contemporary Service Wed. 9:00am Quilting, 5:45pm Bell Choir, 7:00pm Chancel Choir, 7:00 Praise Band Nursery available. Visitors welcome. www.stpauldixon.org

EAST GROVE UNION CHURCH

449 E. Reuter Rd., Amboy 376-6661 One mile east of Route 26 Pastor Rick Wulf 440-5321 Sunday Morning Service 9:00 am Sunday School 10:30 am Other services and activities announced.

Please join us.

SUBLETTE UNION CHURCH

U.S. 52 & Red Brick Rd., Dixon, 815-288-2447, 815-994-0509 Robert Dunbar, Pastor Sun. School 9:45, Sun. Worship 10:45 a.m.

Ladies Bible Study Wednesday 9:00 a.m.

500 W. Main St., Sublette, 849-5914 Pastor Kris Johnson Sunday Worship Service 9:00 am Kid’s Klub Wednesday 6:30-7:30 pm

N. Galena & E. Morgan, Dixon, 288-1778 Gary Wilson, Pastor Worship 10:15 a.m.

Wednesday Night 6:30 p.m.

906 Richardson Ave., Ashton, 453-2328 Pastor Sang-Hun Han Sunday School 9am, Sunday Worship 10am

106 Gaston St., Prairieville 815-445-5912 Bible study Tuesday 6:00 p.m.

Sunday worship service 10:30 a.m.

Handicapped accessible - everyone welcome.

606 Main Street, Chana Pastor Chan Ik Choi chanaumc@gmail.com Sunday: Adult & Children’s Education 9 am Worship Service 10:30 am Holy Communion celebrated the first Sunday of each month.

Open Hearts - Open Minds - Open Doors.

FOURSQUARE GOSPEL CHURCH

COWBOY CHURCH ON THE ROCK

ST. BRIDE’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH

All are welcome Vicar: Rev. Barbara Harrison Seward Sunday Schedule: 8 AM Holy Communion 9 AM Children’s Sunday School 10 AM Holy Communion with Music Fellowship and Coffee after the 10 AM service Contact information: 1000 IL Route 64 W, Oregon 815-732-7211 saintbrides@verizon.net www.saintbrides.org

FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH

14206 E. Flagg Rd., Rochelle, 815-562-7575 Sunday Worship 8am & 10:30am Youth Sunday School 9:15 am Adult Sunday School Classes 9:15am Choir Wednesday at 7:00pm Jr. High Ministries Wednesday 7:00pm E-mail: faithlc@rochelle.net

FAITH UNITED METHODIST

702 E. Dixon Street, Polo, 815-946-3212 Rev. Karen Hundrieser, Pastor Sunday School for all ages at 9:00 am Sunday Morning Worship at 10:00 am All are welcome to our multi-generational congregation. Nursery service provided during the service. Handicapped accessible.

DIXON CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN

215 N. Court, Dixon, 284-2711 Rev. Marty Creager, Pastor Sun. School 10:45, Worship 9:30 a.m.

SAUK VALLEY COMMUNITY CHURCH

498 IL. Rte. 2, Dixon, 288-7000 Sunday Worship 10 a.m., nursery provided.

Tuesday evening praise and prayer 6 p.m. www.saukchurch.com

NEW LIFE LUTHERAN

702 W. Lynn Blvd., Sterling 815-499-6552 Pastor Bill Sullivan Saturday Evening Service 6:00pm Sunday Traditional Service 8:30am Sunday Contemporary Service 10:45am Sunday School 9:45am

ASHTON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

CHANA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

FIRST UNITED METHODIST

202 S. Peoria Ave., Dixon, 284-2849 Tim Mitchell, Senior Pastor Heewon Kim, Associate Pastor Saturday Worship 5:00 pm Chapel Sunday Services 10:00 am in Sanctuary Nursery available 8:30am - 11:30am Cross Current Youth 4:30 pm Sunday 9:45 am Powerhouse Kids www.fumcdixon.org

FRANKLIN GROVE UNITED METHODIST

203 W. Middle St., Franklin Grove, 456-2456 Glenn Stewart, Pastor Worship 10:15 a.m. Sunday

CHURCH OF ST. MARY CATHOLIC

211 N. Franklin Avenue - Polo Rectory phone: (815) 946-2535 Rev. Louis F. Tosto, Parochial Administrator Sunday Mass: 10:30 a.m.

REYNOLDS UNITED METHODIST

2496 Reynolds Rd, Ashton - 815-453-2513 Rev. Sheamus Enright, Pastor - 847-975-8974 Sunday 10 a.m. - Family Worship / Children’s Church Bible Study Wednesday 9:30 a.m. www.reynoldsumc.net Handicapped Accessible

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

HARMON UNITED METHODIST

202 North Grove Street, Harmon, 359-7302 Pastor Leanne Keate Worship 8:30 a.m.

Junior Church for ages 12 and under during morning worship.

LIGHTHOUSE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

4938 S. Daysville Road, Oregon, 732-7264 Chan Ik Choi, Pastor Sunday School: 9 a.m. Kindergarten -6th Sunday Morning Worship: 9:00 a.m.

The church is handicapped accessible.Visitors and newcomers are always welcome.

LOST LAKE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE

90 W. Flagg Road, Dixon - 815-626-4732 (corner of Lowden and Flagg Road) Pastor: Bob Clardie Sunday School 9:00 am Sunday Weekly Service 10:00 am Fellowship 11:00 am

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN

110 E. 3rd St., Dixon, 284-7741 Rev. Dr. David Spaulding Worship 9:30 a.m.

Church School, Adult Forum and Study Groups Follow Service

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Chicago and Flagg Streets, Paw Paw, 627-3371 Rev. Dr. Anne Hoflen, Pastor Worship: 11:00 a.m.

Christian Education: 10:00 a.m.

THE WORSHIP CENTER

403 N. Ottawa, Dixon, 677-9694 Pastor, Michael Cole Sunday Worship 11 a.m.

Tuesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday Service 6:30 p.m. One Voice Youth Group Non-Denominational

GRACE UNITED METHODIST

921 E. Chamberlin, Dixon, 288-1505 Pastor Marilyn Nolan Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m.

WoW Worship Wednesday 5:30 p.m.

Sun. School 10:45-11:30 a.m.

ST. PAUL LUTHERAN CHURCH

Nachusa, 284-4152, Brant Clements, Pastor Sunday Service 10:00 a.m.

LIVING WELL CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE

113 E. 1st Street, Dixon Rev. John Trotter, Pastor 815-973-5981 Small Groups 9:30-9:55 am Fellowship Cafe 10:00-10:30 am Adult & Children Worship 10:30 am www.livingwellchurch.org

HOPE BIBLE FELLOWSHIP

732 N. Brinton Ave., Dixon, IL www.hopebiblefellowship.com Senior Pastor Joshua Shaw Associate Pastor Nathan Meeks Worship Service Sundays at 9:30 am Grow Groups at 10:45 am Evening Sunday Service 6:30 pm

UNITED FIRST CHURCH

326 E. Main Street, Amboy, IL Pastor Mark Glenn Sunday Services 9 am - 10 am Bible study following services 10:15 - 11:15

ST. PAUL LUTHERAN CHURCH LCMC Congregation

107 W. Lahman Street, Franklin Grove 815-456-2457 or 815-440-6590 Pastor Dan Gorton Worship at 8:30 a.m. Sundays Sunday School at 9:45 a.m.

Evening Prayer Service Wednesdays 7 p.m.

SEVENTH DAYADVENTIST

416 Prospect St., Dixon Pastor Trudy Dunn Saturday Sabbath School 10:00am Worship Service 11:30am

KINGDOM HALL OF JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES

1140 Inlet Rd., Lee Center 815-456-2432 Pastor Jack M. Briggs Worship at 10:30am

634 Countryside Lane, Dixon, 288-4019

11038 E. IL RT 38 Rochelle 815-562-7750 Pastor: Greg Duncan Sunday School: 8:30am, Sunday Worship 9:30am Nursery & Children’s Church during Morning Service, Youth Sunday 6pm, Prayer Wednesday 7pm

LeFevre Rd. & Ave. F, Sterling 625-2284 Rev. Patrick Pinion SundayWorship 9am Sunday School & Bible Class 10:15am Live broadcast on WLLT 107.7FM on Sunday

THE BRIDGE CHURCH

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Kroger reports record profits, 9K jobs created More than 7,000 hired during budget year were veterans

Last year profits reached a record $2.04 billion, which Kroger spokesman Keith Dailey confirmed is a new record.

Kroger is the largest publicly-traded company headquartered in Ohio based on sales, according to the most recent Fortune 500 ranking.

The grocer employs more than 431,000 people working at almost 3,000 supermarkets and multidepartment stores in 35 states and the District of Columbia under multiple brand names such as Kroger and Harris Teeter.

Kroger’s total active workforce grew by more than 9,000 nationwide during the 2015 budget year, of which more than 7,000 of those hired were

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CINCINNATI – The nation’s largest traditional grocery retailer released record annual profits Thursday, while also noting it created 9,000 jobs last year across its 35-state footprint.

The Kroger Co.’s total sales, including fuel and the impact of last year’s merger with Roundy’s, increased 1.3 percent to $109.8 billion in fiscal year 2015, which ended Jan. 30.

That compares to 2014 sales of $108.5 billion, according to the Cincinnati-based company.

veterans, the company added when reporting financial results.

More than 90 percent of new jobs are in the company’s supermarket divisions ranging from fulltime department heads and assistant store managers to part-time courtesy clerks and cashiers, according to the company.

“Kroger is a place where people can come for a job and stay for a career,” said Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Rodney McMullen in a written statement. “Our growth strategy is creating even more opportunities for our people, including leaders at all levels. We believe this opportunity culture is a differentiator for Kroger.”

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

Abbott................................38.79 ADM..................................36.83 AGL....................................64.66 Alcoa....................................9.48 AltriaCorp..........................62.23 American Express.............58.07 Arris-Group.......................23.55 Apple...............................101.50 AT&T.................................38.00 Autonation........................52.97 Bank of America................13.48 Boeing..............................119.60 BorgWarner.......................35.07 BP......................................30.87 Casey’s.............................102.49 Caterpillar.........................71.76 CenturyLink......................31.36 Chevron.............................87.53 Cisco..................................26.87 Citigroup...........................42.84

CocaCola...........................43.96 ConAgra.............................43.08 Dean..................................19.17 Deere & Co........................83.67 Disney................................98.82 Donaldson.........................30.95 DuPont..............................61.89 Exelon................................33.07 Exxon.................................82.40 FifthThird..........................16.86 Ford...................................13.54 GE......................................30.22 HawaiianElectric..............30.11 Hewlett Packard...............11.12 HomeDepot....................126.82 IBM..................................137.80 Intel Corp..........................30.58 IntlPaper............................38.31 JCPenney...........................10.84 JohnsonControls..............37.78 Johnson&Johnson..........106.66 JPMorgan Chase...............59.96 Kraft-Heinz.......................77.37 Kroger................................37.81 Leggett&Platt....................47.15 Manpower.........................80.31 McDonald’s.....................116.67

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Soybean meal: March 262.00; Dec. 272.40 Wheat: March 4.53¼; July 4.65½ Oats: March 1.74; July 1.96 Live cattle: April 134.45; June 125.62; Oct. 121.25 Feeder cattle: March 157.60; April 156.92 Lean hogs: April 70.35;

June 80.70; Oct. 68.22 Sugar: May 14.82 Cotton: March 58.42 T-Bonds: March 16427⁄32 Silver: March 15.20 Gold: April 1262.00 Copper: March 2.2030 Crude: April 34.57 Dollar Index: March 97.60 Ethanol: March 1.348

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The company could submit materials to the county’s Board of Zoning Appeals and the County Board this year, Sand said.

It also will prepare an agricultural impact mitigation agreement as specified under new state guidelines.

“An aggressive goal would be ... to potentially submit a permit by the end of the year,” she said. “[If we] have a power purchase agreement signed and start construction, potentially we could be operational by the end of 2017.”

Sand declined to discuss the cost of the project, but

BLOOMINGTON – Another wind farm could be coming to McLean County.

Invenergy, a Chicagobased alternative energy company, is reaching out to local landowners with an eye to putting up as many as 120 turbines in the northeastern part of the county as soon as 2017, said Allyson Sand, the company’s business development manager.

“We’re looking in Chenoa Township, Yates, Lawndale and Lexington,” she told the county’s Regional Planning Commission on Wednesday. “Our focus is gauging

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Sand also did not estimate how much money the county might receive from the turbines, though she noted local governments receive additional property tax revenue for alternative energy sources under state statute.

LaSalle County, which has equipment generating 250 megawatts per hour in wind and solar power, received an additional $1.79 million in tax revenue last year.

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Any simmering anger about the Dixon boys basketball team’s two full-strength losses can be put to bed on Friday night.

That’s when the Dukes will try to win their own Class 3A regional title in Lancaster Gymnasium. Standing in their way are the LaSalle-Peru Cavaliers.

The winner moves on to the Peoria Sectional, against the winner of the Galesburg Regional final between Galesburg and Bloomington.

Dixon advanced to the regional final after Wednesday’s 58-49 win against Geneseo. The Dukes (25-3) hit 10 free throws in the final 2 minutes to fend off the upset-minded Maple Leafs. Now it’s on to L-P, which struggled with Rock Falls in its regional semifinal before winning 55-47 on Tuesday night.

“It’s a game that will have a lot more energy than this one did,” Mead said after the Geneseo win, “and the team that executes better is going to win. We’re going to do our best to make sure it’s us.

We have to get ready to play and have the mindset going into the game that this is our home turf, and we’ve got to try and protect it.”

LaSalle-Peru (22-4) owns two wins against Dixon this season, though it took four overtimes to accomplish that feat.

The Cavaliers won 53-49 in OT in the championship game of the L-P Thanksgiving tournament on Nov. 29, then seized a 79-73 triple-overtime decision in Alex T. Paschal/apaschal@saukvalley.com the finals of the Plano Christmas Classic Dixon’s Isaiah Roby shoots over a Geneseo defender during Wednesday’s 3A Dixon on Dec. 30.

Regional semifinal at Lancaster Gym. The Dukes will play LaSalle-Peru – which has beaten Dixon twice already this season – for the regional title at 7 p.m. today.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL | NJCAA DISTRICT IV CHAMPIONSHIP | PREVIEW

Skyhawks will have hands full Down a man, Sauk Valley preparing for high-octane Moberly

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

Sean Chislom fought through pain on Monday, scoring 20 points and pulling down 12 rebounds as the Sauk Valley Skyhawks beat Highland in the Region IV championship game.

But what Chislom thought at the time was food poisoning turned out to be appendicitis, requiring a trip to the hospital in the early morning hours Tuesday. With Chislom recovering, the Skyhawks will be without him when they travel to Moberly, Missouri, on Saturday.

Chislom has emerged this season as one of Sauk Valley’s top players, averaging 14.8 points and a team-high 9 rebounds per game. Without Chislom in the lineup, the Skyhawks have to adjust to life with not as much depth in the low post.

“It just means people have got to step up,” sophomore guard A.J. Sharp said. “Sean, he got first-team all-region. He was MVP of the conference. He was a big part of our identity. That just means we’ve got to have other

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Sauk Valley at Moberly (Mo.) When: 7 p.m. Saturday Where: Moberly Area Gymnasium, Moberly, Missouri Advancement: Winner goes to NJCAA National Championships, March 14-19, at Hutchinson, Kansas people behind him step up.”

Sauk Valley coach Russ Damhoff was optimistic Chislom would be back if Sauk Valley reaches the NJCAA national tournament in Hutchinson, Kansas. But in order to get there, the Skyhawks have to make it past the high-powered offense of the Moberly Greyhounds.

Moberly comes in averaging more than 80 points per game. No team has held the Greyhounds under 80 points in a game since their current fivegame winning streak began, and during that stretch, MoberMichael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com ly twice scored 92 points in wins Sauk Valley’s Laron Carr passes the ball against Carl Sandburg over State Fair, and put up 97 in on February 16 at SVCC. Without key cog Sean Chislom, the rest a win over MSU-West Plains. of the Skyhawks will have to step up Saturday against Moberly in the District IV Championship in Missouri.

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Illini routed on road by Maryland, B6.

Lefty hot on leaders’ heels, B4.

How far will Bulls tumble?

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ishful thinkers wondered if the Bulls hit rock bottom Tuesday night when they took their diminished talents to South Beach and gave up 129 points in a loss to the Heat.

It was an understandable response to seeing the Heat do something they never did even during the LeBron James era.

They shot 67.5 percent from the field against the Bulls’ minimal resistance.

They scored 74 points in the paint, which generous defender Pau Gasol called “outrageous.” They made Chicago fans nostalgic for Carlos Boozer’s defense on what qualified as Stupor Tuesday for the Bulls in Miami.

But to identify that 18-point blowout, or Wednesday’s listless loss to the Magic, as the low point in a Bulls season sounds overly optimistic.

As bad as things looked in Florida the last 2 days, things still could get worse for the Bulls before they get better.

The Bulls will reach rock bottom when or if a team its front office deemed good enough last summer to win the Eastern Conference misses the playoffs altogether.

A plummet to such depths remains possible with 6 weeks left in the regular season and the Bulls headed south – and not just to Florida. Missing the postseason will represent the nadir that presumably gets and keeps the attention of everybody in the organization, assuming the Reinsdorfs still are paying attention.

Maybe that’s what the Bulls need. Losing games badly can be excused and even understood easier than blowing seasons.

The latter would leave a mark requiring a call for accountability if the Bulls hope to maintain credibility. They are losing it by the possession.

It’s not just that the Bulls are losing games, it’s how they are going about it.

The Bulls so obviously lack a willingness to work hard through the rough patches that mild-mannered coach Fred Hoiberg called out their softness yet again.

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So long, Houston Arian Foster Texans release all-time leading rusher, who was due $6.5 million next season. He missed 12 games last year due to injury.

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Locals litter all-NUIC East team Five Polo Marcos, three AFC Raiders, and two Milledgeville Missiles were named to the NUIC East all-conference team, released Thursday.

Polo seniors Brad Cavanaugh and Wyatt Patterson were first-team picks, as was AFC junior Kaywan Palmer.

AFC seniors Jacob Hilliker and James Talley were second-team selections, and were joined by Polo senior Tristin Woodin and Milledgeville sophomore Kyle Ottens.

Polo seniors Peyton Glawe and Richie Bartnick earned honorablemention nods, as did Milledgeville sophomore Cade Schave. A complete list of the team can be found on B6.

NFL

Bears tender offer to Josh Bellamy The Chicago Bears are bringing back one of their best special teams performers, as they have tendered a an offer to free-agent wide receiver Josh Bellamy.

Bellamy was second on the team with 10 special teams tackles (8 solos), and started three games at wide receiver. He caught 19 passes for 224 yards (11.8 average) and scored two touchdowns, including a 34-yarder in the Week 17 game against the Lions.

NHL

Baun signs extnesion with Blackhawks The Blackhawks and winger Kyle Baun agreed to terms on a 2-year contract extension that will keep Baun with the organization through the 2017-18 season.

Baun, 23, began the season with the Hawks and played in two games before the was reassigned to Rockford. Baun has three assists in 22 games with the IceHogs.

NBA

Knicks told Anthony to apologize Carmelo Anthony said he didn’t believe he did anything wrong in an exchange with a fan late in Tuesday’s loss to Portland at Madison Square Garden, and said it was the team’s decision to have him issue a statement on the matter on Wednesday.

Asked what prompted him to apologize for the exchange on Wednesday, Anthony replied, “The Knicks. It was a collaborative effort, though. We sat down and we talked about it. Everybody thought it was a good idea to send that apology.”

NFL

Brady suspension may be reinstated A three-judge panel heard oral arguments Thursday in New York from attorneys representing Tom Brady and the NFL in an appeals case that will determine whether the Patriots’ star quarterback will have his punishment reinstated.

Three Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals judges grilled NFL attorney Paul Clement and NFL Players Association attorney Jeffrey Kessler, who is representing Brady, about the case. Particularly intense questioning of Kessler led several courtroom observers to suggest that commissioner Roger Goodell’s suspension of Brady could be reinstated.

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Broncos may part ways with QB even if he doesn’t retire

BY ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – Peyton Manning is inching toward an historic repeat.

If he doesn’t decide to retire in the next few days, the Denver Broncos will almost certainly release the iconic quarterback – just like the Indianapolis Colts did 4 years ago under equally extraordinary circumstances.

The Super Bowl champs need the $19 million he’s due in 2016 to address a host of other offseason needs, chief among them: paying his replacement.

Manning, who turns 40 in a couple of weeks, has been pondering his future since hoisting his second Super Bowl trophy last month after Denver’s defense carried the Broncos to a 24-10 victory over the Carolina Panthers.

Manning’s agent, Tom Condon, told 104.3 The Fan in Denver this week that the decision is a difficult one because Manning’s love for the game remains so strong.

“To tell you the truth, I know that Peyton has not decided. The only thing he said is, ‘I want to take my time and I want to make a good decision. I don’t want to go back on anything,” Condon told the radio station Wednesday.

“And then he said, ‘I really like to play.’ And I said ‘OK, a year from now you’ll say I really like to play, and 20 years from now, you’ll say I really like to play.’”

Manning said after the Super Bowl that he needed time to reflect, stressing: “I think I’ll make a good decision and I think I’ll be at peace with it whichever way it goes.”

He hasn’t had much to say since then, although he did offer up a joke about it during his speech on leadership at the Florida Forum on Wednesday night.

“Many of you have probably heard that I have a significant announcement to make, so I thought I’d go ahead and make it with all of you here tonight,” Manning said. “Papa John’s is offering 50 percent off tonight through Friday.”

He later said he had no idea what he’ll do after his playing career is over.

Although it’s hard to see a scenario in which Manning returns to Denver, especially at that price tag, general manager John Elway has insisted he’ll give Manning all the time he needs to make up his mind about his future.

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Broncos QB Petyon Manning has yet to decide if he’ll retire following his second Super Bowl victory, but Denver may have to release him if he doesn’t retire to use the money elsewhere.

It’s the same give-him-space approach Elway used to lure Manning to Denver in the first place, after the Colts cut him in 2012 to make way for Andrew Luck after Manning had missed an entire season following neck fusion surgery.

Still, a deadline looms: Manning’s $19 million salary becomes fully guaranteed on Wednesday, the start of the league’s new year.

So, Elway will need an answer by Tuesday afternoon at the latest.

Among their free agents the Broncos need to pay is Brock Osweiler – providing Manning’s groomed replacement doesn’t get a break-the-bank offer from another team.

Manning and Elway could agree to mutually part ways if Manning needs more time to make up his mind about his future.

That would free the Broncos to move on and allow Manning to test the open market again. There are some teams that might have an interest in the five-time MVP, the Rams, Jets, Browns and Texans among them. However, Manning might soon realize he’s only delaying an inevitable retirement announcement.

The Broncos asked him to take a pay cut last season after he threw 39 TD passes in 2014, and they settled on a $4 million reduction – although Manning earned it all back in bonuses by winning the

Super Bowl.

Hampered by a torn ligament in his left foot, Manning endured the worst statistical season of his career in 2015, one that included just nine touchdown throws and 17 interceptions in nine starts.

He completed just 13 passes for 141 yards in the Super Bowl – but thanks to a defense led by game MVP Von Miller, he became the oldest quarterback to win a championship, and the only starting QB to win Super Bowls with two franchises.

His first came in 2007 with the Colts, who drafted him No. 1 overall in 1998. The Colts gave up on him after a series of neck surgeries forced him to miss all the 2011 season, and threatened to cut short his career.

Manning resettled in Denver, where he went 50-15, won his fifth MVP award, and reached two more Super Bowls.

Unlike many quarterbacks who are pushed into retirement by the tedium of practice and film study, Manning has long embraced the endless hours of preparation that go into getting ready for game day. He has said he’ll miss that as much as the camaraderie of the huddle whenever he does walk away.

That’s but one reason he didn’t rush into retirement as the gold confetti fluttered around him last month in Santa Clara.

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• MVC Tournament quarterfinals, at St. Louis, CSN 6 p.m.

• Ball St. at Northern Illinois, CBSSN • Kent St. at Akron, ESPN2 6:30 & 8:30 p.m.

• OVC Tournament, semifinals, at Nashville, Tenn., ESPNU 8 p.m.

• Texas at Oklahoma St., ESPN2

Women’s basketball 11 a.m., 1:15, 5:30 & 7:45 p.m.

• Big Ten Tournament, quarterfinals, at Indianapolis, BTN 11 a.m., 1:30, 5 & 7:30 p.m.

• SEC Tournament, quarterfinals, at Jacksonville, Fla., SEC Golf Noon

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Schedule should boost Illini win total

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ou might have missed Wednesday’s news that Illinois has scheduled eight new football opponents for 20192022. I know I did.

Here’s the list, and I ask you to hold your applause until the end: Akron, Eastern Michigan, Florida Atlantic, Bowling Green, TexasSan Antonio, Charlotte, Wyoming and Central Michigan.

The first to correctly recite all eight team names – I’ll spot you the Zips and Eagles – wins two tickets to Supertramp!

All right, all right.

These are not the only nonconference games from 2019-2022.

The Illini have homeand-home series scheduled with UConn (2019-20) and Virginia (2021-22) plus Kansas (2023-24) and Duke (2025-26).

UConn is in the American Athletic Conference, meaning that Illinois will be without a Power 5 non-league game in 2019 and 2020.

Same for 2017 (Ball State, Western

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NBA 7 p.m.

• Wizards at Cavaliers, ESPN 9:30 p.m.

• Hawks at Lakers, ESPN

Rugby 8 p.m.

• World Rugby Sevens Series, NBCSN

Let us hear it But in the case of Illinois, I simply can’t muster any outrage.

Tribune News Service It’s not like the 2017 After just one regular season with 7 or more wins Ball State-Western since 2005, the Illini are hoping the nonconference Kentucky-South Florida schedule will help them pick up some victories run will keep the Illini over the next few seasons. from making the college football playoff. Modest Kentucky, at South Force made this list. As goals are appropriate Florida) and 2018 (Kent did UConn and South for a program that has State, Western Illinois, Florida. produced one regular South Florida).

So Illinois’ schedules season of seven or more When the Big Ten are kosher. wins since the Ron Zook unveiled its “1-9-0-1” Would we love to see era began in 2005. plan in July, the first a better slate of oppoSo bring on the MAC, “1” stood for one game nents from 2017-2020?

Sun Belt and whateveragainst a Power 5 oppo- You know it. I detested conference-Charlottenent. But the league Ohio State’s 2015 also carved out about combo of Virginia Tech is-in schools. They a dozen exceptions, (away) and home dates won’t help sell out Memorial Stadium, and a list that can change with Hawaii, Northern they definitely won’t based on yearly averIllinois and Western boost TV ratings. But age ranking. Schools Michigan. And some at this stage, boosting such as Notre Dame, SEC powers make a the win total is what the Boise State, Fresno habit of running from Illini need to do.

State, Navy and Air challenges.

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Bulls center Pau Gasol (16) looks to pass against the Magic on Wednesday in Orlando. The Bulls’ recent slide could cost them a playoff spot.

Lack of toughness concerning for Bulls HAUGH

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“A lot of it had to do with our lack of toughness,” Hoiberg said. “We play harder defensively in our practices. We seem to get deflated when adversity hits us.”

Yes, the Bulls are missing Joakim Noah, Jimmy Butler and Nikola Mirotic, and Taj Gibson left in Tuesday’s third quarter with a hamstring problem. But they have been missing something all season that left when Tom Thibodeau did: an edge that used to get sharper as the times got tougher. Now it’s rounded, smooth and soft – like the Bulls. They either tune out everything Hoiberg says, or take advantage of his player-friendly approach – usually both.

Injuries can be excused.

This trend can’t.

When Thibodeau used to implore the Bulls to do their jobs, no matter how short-handed they were, players typically did.

Whatever they lacked in ability, they compensated for with effort. When newcomer Justin Holiday stands out in 16 minutes of action against the Heat for how engaged he is on both ends, it suggests the rest of the roster already has begun counting down the days of a long season.

It’s hard to blame them.

How does the NBA lottery work again? What percent chance would the Bulls have of drafting Ben Simmons? I’m asking for a friend.

“We’ve been talking about it for the last couple of weeks, knowing we’d be in this position if we continued to lose,” Derrick Rose said. “I’m just wondering when we’re going to say it’s enough.”

Sorry, Derrick, that time came a month ago, maybe longer. Stop talking and start doing something about it.

Rose caused a stir recently by choosing to sit out three games due to

right hamstring tendinitis, inviting more criticism by saying he would take the same approach during the playoffs. On the list of Bulls concerns recently, this ranks low, but as is his bad habit, Rose made the situation worse by elaborating. He is clearest when communicating on a 94-foot stage, but a bundle of contradictions in front of a microphone.

A tip for the Bulls: Next time, help your point guard out by announcing Rose will miss a game or games because of his knee. Fewer amateur doctors will question that.

That’s what the Bulls should have done for Rose’s sake last week. It wasn’t false – the recent hamstring issues are related to his right knee that has undergone two surgeries – and might have muted some of the criticism of a guy coming off his best month in a long time. When Rose performed so well in February, it became easy to forget that three serious knee injuries since April 2012 restricted him to playing in just 61 games in three previous seasons. Obviously, the mental recovery from that trauma takes as much time as the physical, a fact overlooked in any easy D-Rose-doesn’tcare hot take.

Speaking of advice, Hoiberg should take some too. A team as historically bad defensively as this Bulls team is – the last time 14 straight opponents scored at least 100 points was 30 years ago – needs to reconsider its up-tempo offensive pace.

Increasing the number of possessions per game makes little sense for a team that can’t stop anybody. Perhaps Hoiberg needs to wait until his talent fits his system before demanding a style that exacerbates his team’s defensive deficiencies.

At this point, the Bulls have to try something – anything – new. Or just try harder, period.

If not, look out below.

Photos by Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com

ABOVE: Dixon’s Nyrel Sullivan (14) guards Oregon’s Jarrett Reynolds during their game at Lancaster Gym on February 16. The Dukes will have home-court advantage for the final time this season when they host LaSalle-Peru in the 3A Dixon Regional championship game tonight.

BELOW: Dixon’s Kyle LeBlanc (30) and Winnebago’s Jess Smith go after a rebound during their game on February 9 in Dixon. The Dukes are looking to avenge two overtime losses to LaSalle-Peru.

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The Dukes, whose other loss was in the regular-season finale against Rockford Lutheran, hope the third time is the charm against the Cavs.

“L-P is always fun,” said Dixon forward Isaiah Roby, who returned to game action Wednesday after missing 2 weeks due a heel injury.

“They love to compete, and we love to compete.

We thought when we lost to them the second time, we wouldn’t get another shot at them, but we’ve got them again. We’ve got to

Class 3A Dixon Regional Championship Who: Dixon vs.

LaSalle-Peru Where: Lancaster Gym When: 7 p.m. today Advancement: Winner goes to Peoria Sectional semifinals, 7 p.m. Tuesday at Bradley University capitalize this time.”

“We definitely plan on winning this one,” added senior forward Kyle LeBlanc. “We need to come out and shore some things up. We’re aiming for perfection.”

Sauk Valley must control Moberly’s guards SKYHAWKS

The two teams played in December at the CONTINUED FROM B1 Highland tournament in Freeport, with Moberly “When you get a team winning 81-55. as athletic as they are, you “They’re big, athletic, better make it a half-court they’re good,” Sharp game,” Damhoff said. said. “We know that they “We’ll run, but we don’t took us out of our stuff a want them running us. lot, so we definitely have We’ve got to make them to get down and execute play against our half-court and rebound.” defense, take away some The Skyhawks led of their athletic ability, at times in that game and spread them out. ... If before Moberly pulled we start giving up transiaway in the second half. tion buckets, it’s going to “We had a pretty good be a long day for us.” run early in the season, Moberly’s top two scor- but right there was the ers, guards Daniel Dzier- first time we met some zawski and Rashad Lind- really good teams,” sey, have been on a tear Damhoff said. lately, scoring 28 and 26 For Sauk Valley, there respectively in Saturis also a mental game, day’s Region 16 title win focusing on the game over State Fair, and 31 ahead of them after comand 26 in the semifinal ing off the emotional win over Three Rivers. high of two hard-fought “Our zone definitely games to win the region.

Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com stops penetration a lot, “We’ve got to put that Sauk Valley’s A.J. Sharp (3) dribbles up the court so the guards, if they’re behind us,” Devin Johnagainst Highland’s Jaylan Robertson during penetrators, we can get son said. “We can’t keep Monday night’s Region IV title game at SVCC. that stopped,” Sharp said. that high. We’ve got to The Skyhawks won in overtime to advance to the “Shooters, we’ve got to go into this game evenclose out, stay low.” keeled.”

District IV Championship in Moberly, Missouri.

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WORLD GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS | CADILLAC CHAMPIONSHIP | FIRST ROUND

Lefty finally figuring out new Blue Monster Mickelson one shot behind leaders Piercy, Fraser after first round of first WGC event

BY TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer

DORAL, Fla. – Phil Mickelson’s scores from Doral over the past 2 years clearly suggested that the redesigned Blue Monster wasn’t completely to his liking.

He had to re-learn a course that he played for more than 20 years, and indicated Thursday that he finally has the new Doral figured out.

Mickelson shot a 5-under 67 on Thursday in the opening round of the Cadillac Championship, the first World Golf Championships event of the year. Seeking his first win since the British Open in 2013, Mickelson made seven birdies and finished the day one shot back of leaders Scott Piercy and Marcus Fraser.

“There is a bit of a learning curve on some of the contours, and where you have to go and where you want to go and the best place to be,” Mickelson said. “It’s not like I came in here weeks before and mapped it out like a major. You’re here only the week of. But this is our third year here now, and it continues AP to get better each year.”

Phil Mickelson tees off on the 11th hole Thursday during the first Fraser had seven birdies before round of the WGC Cadillac Championship in Doral, Fla. Mickel- his lone bogey of the day, and son is one shot behind leaders Scott Piercy and Marcus Fraser. Piercy also got to 7 under at one

point before settling for his 66.

Mickelson made bogey only twice, immediately erasing each with a birdie on the following hole, and the 67 was nearly six full shots better than his average round score at Doral in his previous two visits.

His best round on the Blue Monster in 2014 was a 69, and his low score at Doral last year was 71.

“It was a good day,” said Mickelson, who feigned disbelief when his chip on the par-5 8th – his 17th hole of the day – stopped inches from the hole, leaving him a tap-in birdie. “I hit a lot of good shots, made some good putts, and just drove it well, enjoyed the day. It was a good day.”

Danny Willett, Adam Scott, Jason Dufner and Charley Hoffman were all two shots back of Piercy, each carding 68s. World No. 1 Jordan Spieth was in a group another shot back, three off the pace at 3 under, and said that even on a relatively calm day by Doral weather standards, it felt like a grind.

“It always is here,” Spieth said.

“And this would be a day that should play about as easy as it possibly can, with just a 5- to 10-mile-an-hour breeze. The

standard wind here, I think. Still, the scores aren’t extremely low.”

Spieth was in a featured group, with world No. 2 Jason Day and No. 3 Rory McIlroy with him.

McIlroy shot 1 under, Day finished at even par.

“Human error, unfortunately,” Day said. “I wish I could hit it in the center of the golf club all the time, but sometimes I’m like an amateur and I hit it in the parts where we’re not supposed to. But that’s how it is.”

Piercy spent 8 hours on the range Monday working on a change to his backswing and saw immediate results, making seven birdies in his first 11 holes. Being atop a World Golf Championships leaderboard on Sunday is far different than on a Thursday, but it’s a most positive sign for Piercy – a three-time winner on tour who shot better than 66 only once in his first 24 strokeplay rounds in WGC events.

“We all know we’re trying to beat those guys week in, week out,” Piercy said. “They have proved it. I haven’t proven it week in, week out, but when my game’s there, I’m pretty decent.

We all know they are there. They are looking at my name today. So maybe they will do it tomorrow.”

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THURSDAY’S SCOREBOARD

COLLEGE BASKETBALL | BIG TEN ROUNDUP

Boys basketball NIB-12 West Conf.

9-4 9-4 9-4 3-10 0-13

LaSalle-Peru Sterling Ottawa Geneseo Rochelle

All 22-4 19-8 18-9 9-18 5-23

Monday’s result 3A Freeport Regional • Rochelle 76, Stillman Valley 50 Tuesday’s results 3A Dixon Regional • LaSalle-Peru 55, Rock Falls 47 3A Freeport Regional • Boylan 75, Rochelle 55 Wednesday’s results 4A Ottawa Regional • Ottawa 66, Bradley-Bourbonnais 59 3A Dixon Regional • Dixon 58, Geneseo 49 3A Dunlap Regional • Richwoods 65, Sterling 61 Today’s games 4A Ottawa Regional • Championship, Ottawa vs. Rock Island, 7 3A Dixon Regional • Championship, LaSalle-Peru vs. Dixon, 7

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Illinois’ Khalid Lewis (left) and Maryland’s Robert Carter (4) battle for the ball during Thursday’s game in College Park, Md. The Illini lost 81-55.

Terrapins rout Illini Hot start sends Wildcats past Nittany Lions By the Associated Press

Melo Trimble and Jake Layman scored 18 points each, and No. 14 Maryland closed out its home schedule with its best game in weeks, an 81-55 rout of Illinois on Thursday night.

Jared Nickens and Robert Carter Jr. had 14 points apiece for the Terrapins, who never trailed.

Maryland (24-6, 12-5 Big Ten) had lost three of four since climbing to No. 2 in the AP poll in early February. The Terps went 14-for-25 from beyond the arc, led

by Nickens (4-for-7) and Layman (3-for-5).

Trimble made half of his 14 shots, collected eight rebounds and added five assists. The standout sophomore guard was 11-for-37 from the field over the previous four games.

Maverick Morgan reached career highs with 21 points and 10 rebounds for Illinois (13-17, 5-12). The junior center made 10 of his 13 field goal tries, but his teammates were a collective 12-for-44, including 5-for-20 from 3-point range.

Malcolm Hill, who came in averaging 18.2 points per game for the Illini, finished with 10 after making just one basket before halftime.

Maryland led 33-25 early in the second half before Trimble, Layman and Nickens drilled successive 3-pointers to boost the margin to 17 points.

After Illinois closed to within 45-34, Trimble scored six points in a 14-2 spree that put the Terrapins ahead by 23 with 8:33 remaining.

Northwestern 71, Penn St. 61: Tre Demps scored

19 of his 23 points in the first half, and the Wildcats used a run right before halftime to win on the road.

Bryant McIntosh added 17 points to help Northwestern (19-11, 7-10 Big Ten) to its second straight win, and third in its last five. The Wildcats shot 63 percent from the field in the first half, making 17 of 27 shots, and turned 13 Penn State turnovers into 23 points.

Brandon Taylor scored 17 points for the Nittany Lions, who lost their second straight.

Shep Garner added 13 points, and Josh Reaves chipped in 11 for Penn State (15-15, 6-11), which is still one win shy of its best conference mark under coach Patrick Chambers.

NHL | BRUINS 4, BLACKHAWKS 2

Congestion kills Chicago Blackhawks can’t play through Bruins’ traffic By the Associated Press

BOSTON – Home has suddenly become an advantage for the Boston Bruins.

Patrice Bergeron and Brad Marchand each had a goal and an assist to help lead the Bruins over the Chicago Blackhawks 4-2 on Thursday night.

Boston recorded their fourth home win of the season against a team currently slotted in the playoffs. The Bruins won consecutive home games for the first time since Dec. 20, and won for the fifth time in seven games.

“I think the fact [Chicago] made some trades, they really geared up for another Stanley Cup run,” said Bruins coach Claude Julien, who tied Art Ross for the most wins in team history.

“There were a lot of reasons to get excited about this game tonight, and it showed in our play.”

Ryan Spooner and Loui Eriksson also had goals for Boston. Tuukka Rask made 25 saves, and newcomer Lee Stempniak – acquired from New Jersey on Monday – notched two assists, as did Torey Krug.

“It’s obviously a big game for us playing a team like Chicago, so deep and such a dominant team,” Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara said.

“It was a big game for us to challenge ourselves.”

Jonathan Toews and Thomas Fleischmann scored for Chicago, which beat Detroit 5-2 on Wednesday but has dropped three of its last five, and 6 of 10. The Western Conference leaders remained two points

Dixon Winnebago Oregon Rockford Lutheran Byron Mendota Rock Falls Stillman Valley

Conf.

13-1 10-4 10-4 10-4 4-8 3-9 3-11 1-13

All 25-3 23-6 21-9 17-11 14-15 10-18 6-22 9-18

Monday’s results 4A Harlem Regional • Lutheran 84, Guilford 81 3A Dixon Regional • Rock Falls 65, Mendota 44 3A Freeport Regional • Rochelle 76, Stillman Valley 50 Tuesday’s result 3A Dixon Regional • LaSalle-Peru 55, Rock Falls 47 Wednesday’s results 4A Harlem Regional • Hononegah 67, Lutheran 52 3A Dixon Regional • Dixon 58, Geneseo 49 2A Princeton Sectional • Winnebago 53, Kewanee 36 Today’s games 3A Dixon Regional • Championship, Dixon vs. LaSalle-Peru, 7 2A Princeton Sectional • Championship, Winnebago vs. Rockridge, 7

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

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 26-5 25-4 19-10 19-9 14-12 18-11 16-13 15-14 11-14 15-13 13-18 11-18 9-20 4-24 4-24

Tuesday’s result 2A Princeton Sectional • Rockridge 57, Newman 53 Wednesday’s result 2A Princeton Sectional • Winnebago 53, Kewanee 36 Today’s game 2A Princeton Sectional • Championship, Rockridge vs. Winnebago, 7

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

Conf.

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

All 21-10 16-8 20-10 9-13 10-15 13-14 7-19 10-17 2-18 0-17

Season concluded

Postseason pairings CLASS 3A Dixon Regional Monday’s result • No. 9 Rock Falls 65, No. 10 Mendota 44 Tuesday’s result • LaSalle-Peru 55, Rock Falls 47 Wednesday’s result • No. 3 Dixon 58, No. 8 Geneseo 49 Friday’s game • Championship, LaSalle-Peru vs. Dixon, 7 p.m.

Winner advances to Bradley University Sectional vs. Galesburg Regional winner, 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 8 Dunlap Regional Monday’s results • No. 6 Peoria Notre Dame 52, No. 7 Dunlap 36 • No. 5 Richwoods 54, No. 11 IVC 44 Tuesday’s result • No. 1 Metamora 53, Notre Dame 40 Wednesday’s result • Richwoods 65, No. 4 Sterling 61 Friday’s game • Championship, Metamora vs. Richwoods, 7 p.m.

Winner advances to Bradley University Sectional vs. Washington Regional winner, 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 9 CLASS 2A Princeton Sectional Tuesday’s result • Rockridge 57, Newman 53 Wednesday’s result • Winnebago 53, Kewanee 36 Friday’s game • Championship, Rockridge vs. Winnebago, 7 p.m.

Winner advances to NIU Supersectional vs.

Clifton Central Sectional winner, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, March 8

AP

Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask (40) reaches to make a save as defenseman Torey Krug tries to clear away Blackhawks center Andrew Desjardins (11) during the third period Thursday in Boston. ahead of Dallas and St. Louis, who were idle.

“They were doing all the little things, and hanging on us and getting in our way and interfering,” Toews said. “When you don’t match their speed and work ethic, it’s hard to play through that traffic.”

Bergeron got the Bruins started just 1:18 into the game when he roofed a shot over the shoulder of Blackhawks goalie Scott Darling for his 25th of the season.

Toews scored a power-play goal to tie it at 1 with 5:46 remaining in the first, but Marchand scored the first of three consecutive goals for Boston when he slapped one past Darling for his team-leading 33rd goal

with 22 seconds remaining in the period.

“It’s just one of those games that we got behind early,” Blackhawks defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson said. “I know it’s a back-to-back, but you can’t really make up any excuses.”

Spooner and Eriksson capped the scoring for Boston, who has seven home games remaining.

Fleischmann cut the Bruins’ lead to 4-2 with 50 seconds remaining in the second when he beat Rask over the left shoulder.

Darling made 21 saves for the Blackhawks, who have a tough stretch ahead as they face Detroit, St. Louis and Dallas in their next three games.

CLASS 1A River Ridge Sectional Tuesday’s result • Brimfield 72, Aquin 48 Wednesday’s result • Annawan 55, Lena-Winslow 50 Friday’s game • Championship, Brimfield vs. Annawan, 7 p.m.

Winner advances to NIU Supersectional vs.

Harvest Christian Sectional winner, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, March 8 NUIC East All-Conference Team First Team Casey Brockhausen, Dakota sr.; Brad Cavanaugh, Polo sr.; Austin Guy, Orangeville so.; Kaywan Palmer, AFC jr.; Wyatt Patterson, Polo sr.; Isaiah Yeager, Aquin sr.

Second Team Peyton Elliot, Pecatonica sr.; Jacob Hilliker, AFC sr.; Kyle Ottens, Milledgeville so.; Micah Stovall, Aquin sr.; James Talley, AFC sr.; Tristin Woodin, Polo sr.

Honorable Mention Richie Bartnick, Polo sr.; Zac Cummins, Aquin so.; Peyton Glawe, Polo sr.; Brandon Pfile, Dakota sr.; Ben Robins, Durand jr.; Logan Rogers, Forreston sr.; Cade Schave, Milledgeville so.; Brandon Schneiderman, Forreston so.; Ben Strasser, South Beloit sr.

Girls basketball IHSA State Tournament at Redbird Arena, Normal CLASS 4A Today’s semifinals • Chicago Whitney Young vs. Palatine Fremd, 6:30 p.m.

• Lisle Benet vs. River Forest Trinity, 8:15 p.m.

Saturday’s games Third place • Semifinal losers, 6:30 pm.

Championship • Semifinal winners, 8:15 p.m.

CLASS 3A Today’s semifinals • Highland vs. Chicago North Lawndale, noon • Morton vs. Chicago Morgan Park, 1:45 p.m.

Saturday’s games Third place • Semifinal losers, 12:15 pm.

Championship • Semifinal winners, 2 p.m.

AP All-State Teams CLASS 4A First Team Ali Andrews*, Huntley sr.; Kiara Lewis, Whitney Young sr.; Hannah Frazier, Batavia sr.; Kathleen Doyle, Lisle Benet sr.; Jeannie Boehm, New Trier sr.

Second Team Jaida Green, Downers Grove North sr.; Brea Beal, Rock Island fr.; Rachel Pranger, Edwardsville so.; Bryana Hopkins, Fremd sr.; Kaitlin Alyward, River Forest Trinity sr.

Honorable Mention Makenzie Silvey, Edwardsville jr.; Cinia McCray, Proviso East sr.; Claire McMahon, Lincoln-Way East sr.; Megan Talbot, Barrington sr.; McKaela Schmelzer, Harlem sr.; Grace Loberg, Geneva jr.; Makenzie Bray, Chatham-Glenwood so.; Maryam Wilcher, Berwyn-Cicero Morton sr.; Lea Kerstein, Montini sr.; Elise Stout, Lisle Benet sr.; Annie McKenna, River Forest Trinity so.; Brianna Lewis, Fremd sr.; Jorie Wachal, Conant jr.; Liz Satter, Loyola sr.; Sydney Diekhoff, Pekin jr. * – unanimous selection CLASS 3A First Team Tori McCoy, St. Thomas More sr.; Destiny Harden, Morgan Park jr.; Nicole Ekhomu, Joliet Catholic sr.; Olivia Kaufmann, Jacksonville sr.; Morgan Griffith, West Frankfort jr.

Second Team Abby Brockmeyer, Litchfield jr.; Macy Weaver, Stillman Valley jr.; Allie Troeckler, Civic Memorial jr.; Jailynn Lawson, Peoria Central jr.; Kayla Ross, Burlington Central sr.

Honorable Mention Brandi Bipsing, Morton jr.; Deja Cage, Morgan Park sr.; Kiana Coomber, Prairie Central sr.; Cloe Churchill, Canton sr.; Amanda Ponce, Highland sr.; Sam Pryor, Burlington Central sr.; Kaelyn Froebe, Lincoln so.; Angela Perry, Rochester jr.; Sophie Thompson, Triad sr.; Emma Benoit, Hampshire sr.; Alexis Henry, Springfield Southeast sr.; Ashley Reiser, Antioch jr.; Shayli Florine, Galesburg sr.; Kelsey Hobbs, Harrisburg sr.; Tineesha Coleman, Marshall sr.; Ally Gischer, Benton jr.; Jada Thorpe, North Lawndale fr.

Men’s basketball NJCAA District IV Championship at Moberly, Mo. Saturday’s game • Sauk Valley vs. Moberly, 7 p.m.

Big Ten Conference Overall W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Indiana 14-3 .823 24-6 .800 Michigan St. 12-5 .705 25-5 .833 Maryland 12-5 .705 24-6 .800 Wisconsin 12-5 .705 20-10 .667 Iowa 11-6 .647 20-9 .689 Ohio St. 11-6 .647 19-11 .633 Purdue 11-6 .647 23-7 .767 Michigan 10-7 .588 20-10 .667 Northwestern 7-10 .412 19-11 .633 Penn St. 6-11 .353 15-15 .500 Nebraska 6-11 .353 14-16 .467 Illinois 5-12 .294 13-17 .433 Minnesota 2-15 .118 8-21 .276 Rutgers 0-17 .000 6-24 .200 Tuesday’s results Purdue 81, Nebraska 62 Indiana 81, Iowa 78 Wednesday’s results Michigan St. 97, Rutgers 66 Wisconsin 62, Minnesota 49 Thursday’s results Maryland 81, Illinois 55 Northwestern 71, Penn St. 61 Saturday’s games Ohio St. at Michigan St., 11 a.m. (ESPN) Minnesota at Rutgers, noon (BTN) Iowa at Michigan, 7 p.m. (BTN) Sunday’s games Illinois at Penn St., 11 a.m. (BTN) Nebraska at Northwestern, 1 p.m. (BTN) Maryland at Indiana, 3:30 p.m. (CBS) Wisconsin at Purdue, 6:30 p.m. (BTN) Thursday’s box scores

No. 14 MARYLAND 81, ILLINOIS 55 ILLINOIS (13-17) Morgan 10-13 1-1 21, Lewis 0-2 0-0 0, Coleman-Lands 4-11 0-0 11, Hill 5-12 0-0 10, Nunn 2-8 0-0 5, Williams 0-3 0-0 0, Tate 0-2 3-4 3, Jordan 1-2 0-0 3, Finke 0-4 2-2 2, Austin 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-57 6-7 55.

MARYLAND (24-6) Carter 6-8 0-1 14, Layman 7-11 1-2 18, Stone 1-3 2-2 4, Sulaimon 1-5 0-0 3, Trimble 7-14 2-3 18, Brantley 2-3 2-2 7, Nickens 5-8 0-0 14, Anzmann 0-0 0-0 0, Bender 0-0 0-0 0, Cekovsky 0-0 0-0 0, Ram 1-2 0-0 3, Auslander 0-0 0-0 0, Terrell 0-0 0-0 0, Dodd 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 30-54 7-10 81.

Halftime–Maryland 31-21. 3s–Illinois 5-20 (Coleman-Lands 3-8, Jordan 1-1, Nunn 1-4, Williams 0-1, Hill 0-3, Finke 0-3), Maryland 14-25 (Nickens 4-7, Layman 3-5, Carter 2-2, Trimble 2-4, Ram 1-1, Brantley 1-2, Sulaimon 1-4). Rebounds–Illinois 26 (Morgan 10), Maryland 36 (Trimble 8).

Assists–Illinois 13 (Tate 6), Maryland 21 (Sulaimon 9). Fouls–Illinois 13, Maryland 13. Technical–Illinois Bench.

NORTHWESTERN 71, PENN ST. 61 NORTHWESTERN (19-11) Lumpkin 2-2 0-0 4, Falzon 3-6 0-0 9, Olah 1-3 0-0 2, Demps 9-20 2-4 23, McIntosh 6-14 3-4 17, Pardon 3-4 2-2 8, Lindsey 0-1 0-0 0, Skelly 1-2 5-6 8. Totals 25-52 12-16 71.

PENN ST. (15-15) Jack 1-3 0-0 2, Taylor 7-14 0-0 17, Dickerson 0-1 0-0 0, Foster 2-4 0-0 4, Garner 2-9 7-8 13, Banks 2-9 0-0 6, Zemgulis 0-0 0-0 0, Washington 3-4 0-0 8, Reaves 4-8 3-4 11, Moore 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-52 10-12 61.

Halftime–Northwestern 42-27. 3s–Northwestern 9-19 (Falzon 3-5, Demps 3-7, McIntosh 2-4, Skelly 1-1, Olah 0-1, Lindsey 0-1), Penn St. 9-25 (Taylor 3-6, Washington 2-3, Garner 2-5, Banks 2-8, Reaves 0-1, Jack 0-1, Foster 0-1). Rebounds– Northwestern 26 (McIntosh, Skelly 5), Penn St. 31 (Dickerson 6). Assists–Northwestern 12 (Olah 5), Penn St. 17 (Garner 7). Fouls–Northwestern 16, Penn St. 20 (Banks out).

State schedule Thursday’s result Loyola 74, Bradley 66 Today’s games Loyola vs. Wichita St., at St. Louis, 12:05 p.m.

S. Illinois vs. N. Iowa, at St. Louis, 2:30 p.m.

Ball St. at N. Illinois, 7 p.m.

Indiana St. vs. Illinois St., at St. Louis, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday’s games Seton Hall at DePaul, 11 a.m.

UMKC at Chicago St., 2:05 p.m.

Ill.-Chicago vs. Wright St., at Detroit, 4 p.m.

Top 25 schedule Thursday’s results No. 14 Maryland 81, Illinois 55 No. 18 Arizona 64, No. 25 California 61 No. 24 SMU 80, UConn 54 Today’s game No. 23 Texas at Oklahoma State, 8 p.m.

Saturday’s games No. 1 Kansas vs. No. 21 Iowa State, 3 p.m.

No. 2 Michigan State vs. Ohio State, 11 a.m.

No. 3 Villanova vs. Georgetown, 11 a.m.

No. 4 Virginia vs. No. 11 Louisville, 8 p.m.

No. 5 Xavier vs. Creighton, 1:30 p.m.

No. 6 Oklahoma at TCU, noon No. 7 Miami at Virginia Tech, 3 p.m.

No. 8 North Carolina at No. 17 Duke, 5:30 p.m.

No. 9 Oregon at Southern Cal, 3 p.m.

No. 10 West Virginia at No. 19 Baylor, 1 p.m.

No. 13 Utah vs. Colorado, 8:30 p.m.

No. 16 Iowa at Michigan, 7 p.m.

No. 18 Arizona vs. Stanford, 3 p.m.

No. 20 Texas A&M vs. Vanderbilt, 11 a.m.

No. 22 Kentucky vs. LSU, 1 p.m.

No. 25 California at Arizona State, 7 p.m.

NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 40 19 .678 — Boston 37 25 .597 4½ New York 25 37 .403 16½ Brooklyn 17 44 .279 24 Philadelphia 8 53 .131 33 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 35 26 .574 — Atlanta 33 28 .541 2 Charlotte 32 28 .533 2½ Washington 30 30 .500 4½ Orlando 27 33 .450 7½ Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 42 17 .712 — Indiana 32 29 .525 11 Detroit 31 30 .508 12 Chicago 30 30 .500 12½ Milwaukee 25 36 .410 18

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division W L Pct x-San Antonio 52 9 .852 Memphis 36 24 .600 Dallas 33 29 .532 Houston 30 31 .492 New Orleans 23 37 .383 Northwest Division W L Pct Oklahoma City 42 19 .689 Portland 33 29 .532 Utah 28 32 .467 Denver 24 37 .393 Minnesota 19 42 .311 Pacific Division W L Pct x-Golden State 54 5 .915 L.A. Clippers 40 20 .667 Sacramento 25 35 .417 Phoenix 15 46 .246 L.A. Lakers 12 50 .194 x-clinched playoff spot Thursday’s results Miami 108, Phoenix 92 San Antonio 94, New Orleans 86 Sacramento 104, Dallas 101 Oklahoma City at Golden State, late Today’s games Miami at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

Phoenix at Orlando, 6 p.m.

Indiana at Charlotte, 6 p.m.

Portland at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.

New York at Boston, 6:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Milwaukee, 7 p.m.

Utah at Memphis, 7 p.m.

Washington at Cleveland, 7 p.m.

Brooklyn at Denver, 8 p.m.

Atlanta at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.

GB — 15½ 19½ 22 28½ GB — 9½ 13½ 18 23 GB — 14½ 29½ 40 43½

NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF Tampa Bay 64 38 22 4 80 179 Florida 64 36 20 8 80 176 Boston 65 36 23 6 78 201 Detroit 64 32 21 11 75 163 Ottawa 65 30 28 7 67 189 Montreal 64 30 28 6 66 175 Buffalo 65 26 31 8 60 154 Toronto 63 21 32 10 52 150 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF Washington 63 47 12 4 98 208 N.Y. Rangers 64 37 21 6 80 181 N.Y. Islanders 62 35 20 7 77 178 Pittsburgh 63 33 22 8 74 171 Philadelphia 63 29 23 11 69 157 New Jersey 65 31 27 7 69 145 Carolina 65 29 26 10 68 158 Columbus 64 26 30 8 60 167

GA 152 151 178 168 204 178 175 187 GA 146 163 154 161 172 160 174 196

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF Chicago 66 40 21 5 85 187 Dallas 65 38 20 7 83 209 St. Louis 66 37 20 9 83 166 Nashville 65 32 21 12 76 176 Minnesota 65 30 25 10 70 172 Colorado 66 33 29 4 70 178 Winnipeg 63 26 32 5 57 164 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF Anaheim 63 36 19 8 80 161 Los Angeles 62 37 21 4 78 165 San Jose 62 34 22 6 74 188 Vancouver 62 24 26 12 60 150 Arizona 64 27 31 6 60 169 Edmonton 66 25 34 7 57 162 Calgary 64 26 34 4 56 173 Note: Two points for a win, one point overtime loss.

Thursday’s results Boston 4, Chicago 2 Buffalo 6, Calgary 3 Edmonton 4, Philadelphia 0 Pittsburgh 4, N.Y. Rangers 1 Minnesota 2, Toronto 1 Tampa Bay 4, Ottawa 1 New Jersey 5, Nashville 4, OT N.Y. Islanders 4, Winnipeg 3, OT Colorado 3, Florida 2 Anaheim 5, Arizona 1 San Jose at Vancouver, late Montreal at Los Angeles, late Today’s games N.Y. Rangers at Washington, 6 p.m.

Edmonton at Columbus, 6 p.m.

New Jersey at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

GA 159 189 162 166 163 189 190 GA 147 143 167 178 203 194 203 for

Thursday’s box score

BRUINS 4, BLACKHAWKS 2 Chicago 1 1 0 — 2 Boston 2 2 0 — 4 First Period–1, Boston, Bergeron 25 (Marchand, Stempniak), 1:18. 2, Chicago, Toews 23 (Ladd, Ehrhoff), 14:14 (pp). 3, Boston, Marchand 33 (Krug, Stempniak), 19:38. Penalties–Acciari, Bos (hooking), 13:39.

Second Period–4, Boston, Spooner 12 (Krug, Bergeron), 2:31 (pp). 5, Boston, Eriksson 24 (Liles, Krejci), 15:24. 6, Chicago, Fleischmann 11 (Teravainen, Hjalmarsson), 19:10. Penalties–Ladd, Chi (high-sticking), 2:25; Acciari, Bos (hooking), 13:18.

Third Period–None. Penalties–van Riemsdyk, Chi (tripping), 19:51.

Shots on Goal–Chicago 5-11-11–27.

Boston 12-11-2–25.

Power-play opportunities–Chicago 1 of 2; Boston 1 of 2.

Goalies–Chicago, Darling 6-5-2 (25 shots21 saves). Boston, Rask 26-18-5 (27-25).

Golf World Golf Championships Cadillac Championship Thursday At Trump National Doral (Blue Monster) Doral, Fla. Purse: $9.5 million Yardage: 7,543; Par: 72 (36-36) First Round Scott Piercy 31-35 — 66 Marcus Fraser 33-33 — 66 Phil Mickelson 32-35 — 67 Danny Willett 36-32 — 68 Adam Scott 34-34 — 68 Jason Dufner 34-34 — 68 Charley Hoffman 34-34 — 68 Jordan Spieth 35-34 — 69 Jimmy Walker 34-35 — 69 Bubba Watson 36-33 — 69 Hideki Matsuyama 36-34 — 70 Jamie Donaldson 37-33 — 70 Anirban Lahiri 34-36 — 70 Rickie Fowler 34-36 — 70 Matt Kuchar 35-35 — 70 K.T. Kim 35-36 — 71 Andy Sullivan 35-36 — 71 Rory McIlroy 37-34 — 71 Danny Lee 36-35 — 71 Shane Lowry 37-34 — 71 Harris English 36-35 — 71 Zach Johnson 34-37 — 71 Brooks Koepka 35-36 — 71 Henrik Stenson 35-36 — 71 Smylie Kaufman 37-34 — 71 Russell Knox 36-35 — 71 Paul Casey 37-34 — 71 Bernd Wiesberger 37-35 — 72 Jason Day 37-35 — 72 George Coetzee 37-35 — 72 Dustin Johnson 36-36 — 72 Robert Streb 36-36 — 72 Billy Horschel 38-34 — 72 Kevin Na 34-38 — 72 Chris Wood 36-36 — 72 Soren Kjeldsen 34-38 — 72 Victor Dubuisson 36-37 — 73 Charl Schwartzel 37-36 — 73 Branden Grace 38-35 — 73 Sergio Garcia 36-37 — 73 Marc Leishman 36-37 — 73 Rafa Cabrera Bello 36-37 — 73

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Somerset Maugham claimed “You learn more quickly under the guidance of experienced teachers. You waste a lot of time going down blind alleys if you have no one to lead you.”

That must be true, but at the bridge table, when there is no one to guide you, do not be blind to the information available from the calls made and cards played.

In this deal, South is in three no-trump. West leads the heart six: eight, five (starting a high-low to show an even number), nine. How should declarer continue?

After South opens one notrump, North should respond two hearts, a transfer bid indicating at least zero points and five spades. Then, North

might rebid three no-trump, but that could work out very badly if South has weak hearts. So, North rebids three diamonds, which is natural and game-forcing.

South starts with seven top

tricks: one spade, one heart (trick one), four diamonds and one club. He can get the extra winners from either black suit – but on which should he play?

Let’s look at the first trick.

East was playing third hand high, but didn’t beat dummy’s eight.

Why not? Because he couldn’t. West has the heart ace-queen hovering over South’s king-jack. If East gets on lead, a heart return will kill the contract.

So, the spade finesse should not be taken. Instead, declarer should lead a low diamond to dummy’s nine and play a club to his 10 (allowing for East’s having the jack and king). When the finesse wins, South returns to dummy with a diamond, takes a second club finesse, and here wins 11 tricks. © 2016 UFS

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This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law.

Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination call HUD toll-free at 1-800-669-9777.

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OHIO 2BR, 1ba., 2.5 lots (2) 1 car garages.

Asking $75,000.

Local school 1-12 grades. Call 815915-5738.

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APARTMENTSFURNISHED 305 ROCK FALLS EFFICIENCIES! -InclusiveClean & Quiet 815-626-8790*

APARTMENTS UNFURNISHED 306 Attractive 1 & 2 apts. with BR. some utilities. Sterling & Rock Falls.

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ASHTON ★★ 1&2 BR., Ashton/ F.G. 815-7512712/562-5075.★

DIXON 3BR Townhouse, W/D hook ups, garage, stove, refridge, year lease & dep. 815-535-2093 Dixon Manor Apts- 1 & 2BR openings. Heat, water, garbage included. Hardwood floors, on-site laundry, security building. Walk to downtown. Clean and Quiet :) Call for information: Erick: 815-739-5806

MILLEDGEVILLE 2 BR Apt. Cent/AC W/D, garage, $425 + dep.

815-946-3330

OREGON

STERLING

1 BR 1 BA 1st floor Full size w/d in apt. all applcs including d/w, oak cabinets in kitchen & bath, ceiling fans, C/A, Call 847-204-5015

POLO 2 bedroom apartment in Polo. Water, sewer, garbage included, off road parking. $450/mo. plus electric, 6 month lease. 815378-2151.

2BR, util. incl. newer carpet & paint, $550/mo.

Call Keith 815-5627443 or 815-3750007

PROPHETSTOWN 3BR Luxury apartment- 202 Market St. $1,200/month.

Kophamer and Blean Realty 815-772-2728

ROCK FALLS 1 & 2 BR Hampton Apts.

815-625-7043 Lg. 1BR. + appl.

No pets. $425 + dep. 815-718-1784.

THICKSTEN APTS. 1 & 2 BR houses 815-499-4217

STERLING 2 BR for $500

Water, sewer, garbage incl.

Coin W/D, No pets/ No parties.

Call Diana: 630-327-7046 Nice Lg. 1BR, no pets. $495/mo. + dep. 815-631-6678

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2 Lots in Coloma Township. $500 cash. 815-6258959 before 6 p.m.

One lot in Oakwood Cemetery, Lot 830, Sec. 3, space 3. $650. Call 815-440-0066.

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Quiet location.

Avail. now. 815739-4896.

Sinnissippi Townhomes First Mo. Free!

Spacious 2 BR. 2 story townhomes.

Central air, good location. Laundry hookup. (815)6261130.

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Newer 2 Bedroom $640.00 Applcs., Fireplaces 2002 3rd Ave. 1836 First Ave.

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2BR home, great location just outside of town. 1 ba.

Main flr. laundry. 1 car garage, no pets $850/mo. + utilities Serious inquiries only Call or text 815-973-3430.

3BR, 1 bath, a/c, washer and dryer, basement, preferably no dogs. Rent $600-700/mo. First floor and basement, part of duplex, second floor unavailable to rent.

815-677-3414.

Newer duplex for rent. 2 BR, 1 Bth, finished basement.

Call Tim 815-7662769 Nice 2BR Ranch, bsmt., garage. No pets. $675/mo.

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"THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE" WA15-0349 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 14TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY DIVISION Wilmington Trust Company not in its individual capacity but solely as Successor Trustee to U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, for MASTR Alternative Loan Trust 2005-4; Plaintiff, VS. Paul L. Mroz; Cynthia L. Mroz; Defendants.

15 CH 83 NOTICE OF JUDICIAL SALE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to a judgment heretofore entered by the said court occurred in the above entitled cause, Sheriff Kelly C. Wilhelmi, Sheriff of Whiteside, Illinois, will on April 7, 2016, at the hour of 10:00 AM at Whiteside County Courthouse, Third Floor Lobby, 200 E. Knox St., Morrison, IL 61270, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, all and singular, the following described real estate in the said judgment mentioned, situated in the County of Whiteside, State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy such judgment to wit: C/K/A: 1920 Oak Grove Avenue, Sterling, IL 61081 PIN: 11-17-476-007 The person to contact regarding information regarding this property is: Sales Dept., The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 W. Monroe St., Suite 1140, Chicago, IL 60603. Any questions regarding this sale should refer to file number WA15-0349. The terms of the sale are Cash.

10% at time of sale, with the balance due within 24 hours. The property is improved by: Single Family Home. The Property is not open for inspection prior to sale.

The real estate, together with all buildings and improvements thereon, and tenements, hereditament and appurtenances thereunto belonging shall be sold under such terms.

Russell C. Wirbicki (6186310) The Wirbicki Law Group LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 33 W. Monroe St., Suite 1140 Chicago, IL 60603 Phone: 312-360-9455 Fax: 312-360-9461 WA15-0349 pleadings.il@wirbickilaw.com I686004 Feb. 26, March 4, 11, 2016

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Gorgeous & updated 3 bedroom, 2 baths, over 1,800 sq. ft., fenced back yard, 2 car garage, $109,900 #09080363 Hosted by Tim McCaslin

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Great location, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, 1,822 sq. ft., tons of updates, fenced back yard, corner lot, $109,900 #09145750 Hosted by Louise Gibbons

Charming 3 bedroom, 2 baths, beautiful oak woodwork, John Martin cabinets, lots of storage, $137,900 #09091781 Hosted by Piper Grazulis

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815-539-5673

Spacious corner lot, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, 2 kitchens, numerous possibilities, $69,900 #09083572 Hosted by Tim McCaslin

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815-625-3722

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Unique Lustron home! 2 Bedroom ranch is completely made of metal, 3+ car garage, extra lot. Must see! $84,900 Hosted by Nancy Fritts

815-288-4648

NEW TODAY Remodeled 3BR, 3ba. w/den & fireplace, 2 car garage 3 season porch.

Applcs. incl. No pets, non smoking. $1,000/mo. Avail. to show on 3/7.

815-440-0927.

STERLING 2BR., 1BA garage NO PETS. $500 mo. + dep. 815677-3419.

3BR home, stove & refrig. furnished.

No pets $650/ mo. + dep. & ref. Avail.

4/1. 815-499-0930

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 15TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LEE COUNTY-DIXON, ILLINOIS FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION ("FANNIE MAE"), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PLAINTIFF vs.

DOLORES M. SMITH; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, DEFENDANTS 15 CH 60 Address: 318 W. Chamberlain Dixon, Illinois 61021 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 9, 2016, I, Sheriff of Lee County, Illinois, will on March 17, 2016 at the hour of 10:00 AM at the Old Lee County Courthouse 112 E. Second Street, Dixon, IL 61021, or in a place otherwise designated at the time of sale, County of Lee, State of Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate: COMMON ADDRESS: 318 W. Chamberlain, Dixon, Illinois 61021 P.I.N.: 07-02-32-338-006 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

THE JUDGMENT AMOUNT WAS: $51,317.23 Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds; the balance, by certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "as is" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after Confirmation of the sale.

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

Pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/15-1512, the amounts of any surplus bid will be held by the sheriff until a party obtains a Court Order for its distribution, or for 60 days following the date of the entry of the order confirming sale, at which time, in the absence of an order directing payment of the surplus, it may be automatically forfeited to the State without further notice.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9 (g)(1) and (g)(4).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: Johnson, Blumberg & Associates, LLC, 230 W. Monroe, Suite 1125, Chicago, IL 60606, telephone 312-541-9710. Please refer to file number IL 15 2278.

Johnson, Blumberg, & Associates, LLC 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite 1125 Chicago, Illinois 60606 Email: ilpleadings@johnsonblumberg.com Ph. 312-541-9710 Fax 312-541-9711 JB&A # IL 15 2278 I685360 Feb. 19, 25, March 4, 2016

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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE (IT IS ADVISED THAT INTERESTED PARTIES CONSULT THEIR OWN ATTORNEYS BEFORE BIDDING AT FORECLOSURE SALES.) PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE entered by the Court in Community State Bank of Rock Falls v. Demi C. Jones, Capital One Bank (USA), N.A., Unknown Owners, and Non-Record Claimants, Case No. 15 CH 79 ST, Whiteside County, Illinois, on October 26, 2015, the property hereinafter described will be sold to the highest bidder.

(A) The name, address, and telephone number of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate are Karen S. Reynolds, Community Bank President-Sterling Market, Community State Bank of Rock Falls, 3210 E. Lincolnway, Sterling, IL 61081, (815) 625-4300.

(B) Both the legal description of the real estate and the common address are as follows: Lots 1, 2, 11 and 12 in Block 5 in Yeoward's Subdivision located in the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 2, Township 20 North, Range 7 East of the 4th P.M., in Whiteside County, Illinois.

COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 1902 English St., Rock Falls, IL 61071 (C) The improvement on the real estate is a residence.

(D) The real estate may not be inspected prior to the sale.

(E) The time and place of the sale are as follows: In lobby of the Whiteside County Courts Facility, 200 E. Knox, Morrison, IL 61270, at 10:00 a.m. on April 7, 2016.

(F) The terms of the sale are ten percent (10%) down at the time of the sale, payable in certified funds, and the full balance within seven (7) days.

(G) The case title, case number, and the Court in which the foreclosure was filed are specified above.

(H) No other information is required to be disclosed.

COMMUNITY STATE BANK OF ROCK FALLS, Plaintiff

By EHRMANN GEHLBACH BADGER LEE & CONSIDINE, LLC

By Douglas E. Lee Douglas E. Lee Ehrmann Gehlbach Badger Lee & Considine, LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 215 E. First St., Suite 100 P.O. Box 447 Dixon, IL 61021 (815) 288-4949 (815) 288-3068 (FAX) lee@egblc.com February 26, March 4, 11, 2016

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 14TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS Estate of JENNIFER L. BANKS, Deceased.

No. 16 P 22 CLAIM NOTICE

Notice is given of the death of JENNIFER L. BANKS. Letters of Office were issued to GREGORY BANKS, 2811 Hubbard Street, Sterling, Illinois 61081, as Independent Representative, whose attorneys are WARD, MURRAY, PACE & JOHNSON, P.C., 202 E. 5th Street, Sterling, Illinois 61081.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of Court, Whiteside County Courthouse, 200 E. Knox Street, Morrison, IL 61270, or with the Representative, or both, on or before September 8, 2016, and any claim not filed within that period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the Representative and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

Dated this 1st day of March, 2016 Gregory Banks, Independent Representative Richard A. Palmer WARD, MURRAY, PACE & JOHNSON, P.C. Attorneys for Estate 202 E. 5th Street Sterling, IL 61081-0400 815-625-8200 palmer@wmpj.com March 4, 11, 18, 2016 AMENDED ADOPTION NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR THE ADOPTION OF ASHLEI G. BEHRENS A FEMALE CHILD. CASE NO. 16 AD 3 TO: ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Take notice that a Petition was filed in the Circuit Court of Whiteside County, Illinois, for the adoption of a child named Ashlei G. Behrens. NOW THEREFORE, unless you, ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, file your answer to the Petition in the action or otherwise file your appearance therein, in the said Circuit Court of Whiteside, 101 E. 3rd Street, Sterling, Illinois 61081, on or before April 4, 2016, a default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a Judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.

DATED: February 29, 2016, at Sterling, Illinois.

Susan E. Ottens, Circuit Clerk Lisa A. Gabriel - ARDC 6196272 WARD, MURRAY, PACE & JOHNSON, P.C. 202 East Fifth Street P.O. Box 400 Sterling, IL 61081 (815) 625-8200 March 4, 11, 18, 2016 NOTICE TO BID SIDEWALK AND CURB MAINTENANCE PROGRAM Bid #B-2016-03-03 The City of Sterling will accept bids for the 2016 Sidewalk and Curb Maintenance Programs until 10:00 a.m., Central Time, Thursday, March 31, 2016. Bids will be accepted by the office of the City Clerk in the City Council Conference Room, Sterling Coliseum, 212 Third Avenue, Sterling, Illinois.

The 2016 Maintenance Programs will consist of the removal and replacement of approximately 10,000 square feet of p.c.c. sidewalk and point curb repair and replacement. The most current prevailing wages for the types of work bid will apply. The City reserves the right to waive all technicalities and to reject any and all bids. Specifications are available from the Code Enforcement office at 212 Third Avenue, Sterling, Illinois 61081.

Marie Rombouts City Clerk March 4, 5 & 7 2016

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LEE COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE ESTATE OF: DANIEL P. O'BRIEN, Deceased NO. 2016 P 10 NOTICE OF CLAIM Notice is given of the death of Daniel P. O'Brien who died on January 24, 2016.

Letters of Office were issued on February 29 2016 to Christine O'Brien, 937 N. Dement Avenue, Dixon, IL 61021 as Independent Administrator and whose attorney is Kelly L. Flessner of Dixon & Giesen Law Offices, 121 East First Street, Dixon, Illinois 61021.

The estate will be administered without court supervision unless under Chapter 755 ILCS 5/28-4 of the probate act, any interested person terminates independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the Circuit Clerk of the Lee County Court.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk, or with the representative, or both within six months from the date of the first publication, no later than September 4, 2016 and any claim not filed within that period is barred.

Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within ten days after it has been filed.

Kelly L. Flessner, Attorney for Independent Administrator Prepared by: Ms. Kelly L. Flessner Dixon & Giesen Law Offices 121 East First Street – P.O. Box 389 Dixon, Illinois 61021 Telephone: 815-284-2288 Fax: 815-284-1338 March 4, 11, 18, 2016

"THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE" WA15-0349 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 14TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY DIVISION

Wilmington Trust Company not in its individual capacity but solely as Successor Trustee to U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, for MASTR Alternative Loan Trust 2005-4; Plaintiff, VS. Paul L. Mroz; Cynthia L. Mroz; Defendants.

15 CH 83 NOTICE OF JUDICIAL SALE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to a judgment heretofore entered by the said court occurred in the above entitled cause, Sheriff Kelly C. Wilhelmi, Sheriff of Whiteside, Illinois, will on April 7, 2016, at the hour of 10:00 AM at Whiteside County Courthouse, Third Floor Lobby, 200 E. Knox St., Morrison, IL 61270, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, all and singular, the following described real estate in the said judgment mentioned, situated in the County of Whiteside, State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy such judgment to wit: LOT 1 OF ANDERSON WAHLER SUBDIVISION, BEING A RESUBDIVISION OF PART OF LOT 4, LOT 5 AND VACATED HICKORY ROAD IN BLOCK 4 OF OAK GROVE SUBDIVISION AND A PART OF THE SOUTH HALF OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 17, TOWNSHIP 21 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE 4TH P.M., IN THE CITY OF STERLING, WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. C/K/A: 1920 Oak Grove Avenue, Sterling, IL 61081 PIN: 11-17-476-007 The person to contact regarding information regarding this property is: Sales Dept., The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 W. Monroe St., Suite 1140, Chicago, IL 60603. Any questions regarding this sale should refer to file number WA15-0349. The terms of the sale are Cash.

10% at time of sale, with the balance due within 24 hours. The property is improved by: Single Family Home. The Property is not open for inspection prior to sale.

The real estate, together with all buildings and improvements thereon, and tenements, hereditament and appurtenances thereunto belonging shall be sold under such terms.

Russell C. Wirbicki (6186310) The Wirbicki Law Group LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 33 W. Monroe St., Suite 1140 Chicago, IL 60603 Phone: 312-360-9455 Fax: 312-360-9461 WA15-0349 pleadings.il@wirbickilaw.com I686004 Feb. 26, March 4, 11, 2016

Notice of Public Hearing on Tentative Budget Notice is hereby given that a public hearing on the tentative budget and appropriation ordinance of the Dixon Community Fire Protection District of Lee and Ogle Counties, Illinois for the fiscal year May 1, 2016 to April 30, 2017 will be held on April 12, 2016, at 7 p.m. At the offices of said District at 1020 Palmyra Street, Dixon, Illinois. Any interested person may appear and comment. Copies of the tentative budget are available for inspection at the offices of the District.

Dixon Community Fire Protection District of Lee and Ogle Counties, Illinois

By Richard Collins, Secretary March 4, 2016 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 15TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LEE COUNTY-DIXON, ILLINOIS FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION ("FANNIE MAE"), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PLAINTIFF vs.

DOLORES M. SMITH; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, DEFENDANTS 15 CH 60 Address: 318 W. Chamberlain Dixon, Illinois 61021 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 9, 2016, I, Sheriff of Lee County, Illinois, will on March 17, 2016 at the hour of 10:00 AM at the Old Lee County Courthouse 112 E. Second Street, Dixon, IL 61021, or in a place otherwise designated at the time of sale, County of Lee, State of Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate:

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, ILLINOIS LEE COUNTY, IN PROBATE

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF Robert P. Pfeifer, Sr., Deceased.

No. 2016 P 8 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given to creditors of the death of Robert P. Pfeifer, Sr., of Dixon, Lee County, Illinois. Letters of office were issued to Rae Jean Detwiler, Sycamore, Illinois, as Independent Executor, whose attorney of record is Gary R. Gehlbach, Ehrmann Gehlbach Badger Lee & Considine, LLC, 215 E. First Street, Dixon, Illinois 61021. The estate will be administered without court supervision, unless under section 28-4 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4) any interested person terminates independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the clerk.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court at 309 S. Galena Avenue, Dixon, Illinois 61021, or with the representative, or both, on or before the date which is six (6) months after the date of the first publication of this Claim Notice, or, if mailing or delivering of a notice from the representative is required by section 18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

By: Rae Jean Detwiler, Executor Gary R. Gehlbach Ehrmann Gehlbach Badger Lee & Considine, LLC 215 E. First Street P.O. Box 447 Dixon, IL 61021 (815)288-4949 (815) 288-3068 FAX Feb. 26, March 4, 11, 2016 ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on February 23 A.D. 2016 a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Lee County, Illinois, setting forth the names and adpost-office dresses of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as Commercial Tech Services located at 1819 W. 1st Street, Dixon, IL 61021.

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by Gerianne Knack Deputy February 26, March 4, 11, 2016

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LOT 5 IN BLOCK 9 IN PARSON'S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF DIXON, SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF LEE AND THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. COMMON ADDRESS: 318 W. Chamberlain, Dixon, Illinois 61021 P.I.N.: 07-02-32-338-006 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

THE JUDGMENT AMOUNT WAS: $51,317.23 Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds; the balance, by certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "as is" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after Confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and Plaintiff makes no representations as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the Court file to verify all information.

Pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/15-1512, the amounts of any surplus bid will be held by the sheriff until a party obtains a Court Order for its distribution, or for 60 days following the date of the entry of the order confirming sale, at which time, in the absence of an order directing payment of the surplus, it may be automatically forfeited to the State without further notice.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g) (4).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: Johnson, Blumberg & Associates, LLC, 230 W. Monroe, Suite 1125, Chicago, IL 60606, telephone 312-541-9710.

Please refer to file number IL 15 2278.

Johnson, Blumberg, & Associates, LLC 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite 1125 Chicago, Illinois 60606 Email: ilpleadings@johnsonblumberg.com Ph. 312-541-9710 Fax 312-541-9711 JB&A # IL 15 2278 I685360 Feb. 19, 25, March 4, 2016

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, LEE COUNTY, ILLINOIS

THE ILLINOIS STATE TOLL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY, an instrumentality and administrative agency of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff, vs.

ESTATE OF GRACE E. JUDD, Deceased; ESTATE OF MYRTLE E. JUDD, Deceased; CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY COMPANY, as successor to Illinois Central Railroad Company; HUNNEL FAMILY FARMS, LLC; UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

Case No. 16 ED 1 Condemnation Parcel No. E-4-66 Project No. RR-11-4009 (I-88) JURY DEMAND PUBLICATION NOTICE (735 ILCS 5/2-206) The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you, Estate of Grace E. Judd, Deceased, Estate of Myrtle E. Judd, Deceased, Unknown Owners and NonRecord Claimants in this cause, that The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority has filed its Complaint for Condemnation in the Circuit Court of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Lee county, Illinois, for condemnation pursuant to the eminent domain laws of the State of Illinois, of the lands and premises in the Complaint situated in Lee County, in the State of Illinois, to-wit: Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway (I-88) Section: Intersection of I-88 & Canadian National Railway Company County: Lee Contract: I-12-4057 Parcel: E-4-66 Stations: 2856+95.09 – 2858+40 That part of the Southwest Quarter (SW ¼) of Section 9, Township 21 North, Range 9 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian, in Lee County Illinois, described as follows: A strip of land 100 feet wide, 50 feet on each side of the centerline of the main track of the Illinois Central Railroad, bounded on the North end of the is strip by a line from a point Westerly from said centerline 240 feet Northerly from the centerline of a highway known as the East-West Tollway extension, to a point Easterly from said railroad centerline 270 feet Northerly from said extension centerline, and bounded on the South end of this trip by a line from a point Westerly from said railroad centerline 165 feet Southerly from said extension centerline, to a point Easterly from said railroad centerline 150 feet Southerly from said extension centerline.

Distances referred to the highway centerline are normal to said centerline. Said extension centerline was surveyed and staked by the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority and recorded in Book “G” of Plats, pages 61 and 62, in the Recorder's records of Lee County, centerline of said East-West Tollway extension intersects the centerline of the main track (I.C.) at a point 382.7 feet Southerly of M.P. 898 situated in the County of Lee and the State of Illinois, being also described as follows: That portion of the Southwest Quarter of Section 9, in Township 21 North, Range 9 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian, in Lee County, Illinois; commencing at the Southwest corner of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 9; thence South 89 degrees 15 minutes 21 seconds East along the South line of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 9, a distance of 727.23 feet; thence North 00 degrees 44 minutes 39 seconds East, a distance of 631.05 feet to the Point of Beginning, being also a point of the Southerly line of the Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway said point having a station of 2858+40, 150 feet South of said centerline; thence South 62 degrees 00 minutes 59 seconds West along the Southerly line of said Tollway, a distance of 100.22 feet to a point on a non-tangent curve, having a station of 2857+40.91, 165 feet South of said centerline; thence Northerly along a non-tangent curve concave Easterly and having a radius of 1,998.50 feet, an arc length of 408.29 feet, having a chord bearing of North 25 degrees 49 minutes 50 seconds West, and a chord length of 407.58 feet to a point on the Northerly line of said Tollway, having a station of 2556+95.09, 240.00 feet North of said centerline; thence North 53 degrees 54 minutes 40 seconds East along the Northerly line of said Tollway, a distance of 104.32 feet to a point having a station of 2857+95, 270.00 feet North of said centerline being also a point on a non-tangent curve; thence Southerly along a curve concave Easterly and having a radius of 1,898.50 feet, an arc length of 423.28 feet, having a chord bearing of South 25 degrees 29 minutes 28 seconds East, and a chord length of 422.40 feet to the Point of Beginning.

No. E-4-66, as described in Exhibit A, for the purposes of a construction project for the improvement, rehabilitation and construction of property in the vicinity of I-88 (the Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway) in Lee County, Illinois.

NOW THEREFORE, unless you, the above named defendants, file your appearance in this cause, in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Lee County, Illinois, 113 South Peoria Avenue, Dixon, Illinois 61021, on or before the 19th day of March, 2016, default may be entered against you at any time after that day, or the case may be tried at any time after said date, and a judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said complaint.

Date: February 16, 2016 /s/ Denise A. McCaffrey Clerk of the Circuit Court of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Lee County, Illinois By: C. Stencil, Deputy Karen Kavanagh Mack (6256179) Jennifer Rojas (6279381) Special Assistant Attorneys General Deutsch, Levy & Engel, Chartered 225 W, Washington St., Suite 1700 Chicago IL ,60606 312-853-8444 Feb. 19, 26, March 4, 2016

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS

COMMUNITY STATE BANK OF ROCK FALLS, Plaintiff, v.

DEMI C. JONES; CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A.; UNKNOWN OWNERS; and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

No. 15 CH 79 ST NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE (IT IS ADVISED THAT INTERESTED PARTIES CONSULT THEIR OWN ATTORNEYS BEFORE BIDDING AT FORECLOSURE SALES.) PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE entered by the Court in Community State Bank of Rock Falls v. Demi C. Jones, Capital One Bank (USA), N.A., Unknown Owners, and Non-Record Claimants, Case No. 15 CH 79 ST, Whiteside County, Illinois, on October 26, 2015, the property hereinafter described will be sold to the highest bidder.

(A) The name, address, and telephone number of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate are Karen S. Reynolds, Community Bank President-Sterling Market, Community State Bank of Rock Falls, 3210 E. Lincolnway, Sterling, IL 61081, (815) 625-4300.

(B) Both the legal description of the real estate and the common address are as follows: Lots 1, 2, 11 and 12 in Block 5 in Yeoward's Subdivision located in the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 2, Township 20 North, Range 7 East of the 4th P.M., in Whiteside County, Illinois.

COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 1902 English St., Rock Falls, IL 61071 (C) The improvement on the real estate is a residence.

(D) The real estate may not be inspected prior to the sale.

(E) The time and place of the sale are as follows: In lobby of the Whiteside County Courts Facility, 200 E. Knox, Morrison, IL 61270, at 10:00 a.m. on April 7, 2016.

(F) The terms of the sale are ten percent (10%) down at the time of the sale, payable in certified funds, and the full balance within seven (7) days.

(G) The case title, case number, and the Court in which the foreclosure was filed are specified above.

(H) No other information is required to be disclosed.

COMMUNITY STATE BANK OF ROCK FALLS, Plaintiff

By EHRMANN GEHLBACH BADGER LEE & CONSIDINE, LLC

By Douglas E. Lee Douglas E. Lee Ehrmann Gehlbach Badger Lee & Considine, LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 215 E. First St., Suite 100 P.O. Box 447 Dixon, IL 61021 (815) 288-4949 (815) 288-3068 (FAX) lee@egblc.com February 26, March 4, 11, 2016

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8 CRUZES 16 FOCUSES OVER VEHICLES 12 MALIBUS 8 CHRYSLER 200 TO CHOOSE FROM! 10 JETTAS 7 CHRYSLER 300 9 FUSIONS THE AREA’S BEST SELECTION! 9 SENTRAS 5 CAMRYS

OVER 100 VEHICLES UNDER $250 & MORE ARRIVE DAILY! (IT’S A JEEP THING) /MONTHLY*

2015 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE

2014 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LTD

2015 JEEP CHEROKEE

4X4 - SUNROOF - 15,000 MILES

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4X4

$349* PER MONTH!

$269* PER MONTH!

$349* PER MONTH!

*Plus tax, title, license & doc fee. Payments based on 3.99% APR financing for 75 months with approved credit for vehicles $24,999 with $5,000 down. Photos for illustration only. Dealer not liable for errors.

THE ONLY NAME YOU NEED TO REMEMBER FOR QUALITY PRE-OWNED.

2012 BUICK REGAL

2012 CHRYSLER 200

2013 FORD FIESTA

$14,999* OR $195 PER MONTH*! $9,999* OR $136 PER MONTH*!

$9,999* OR $136 PER MONTH*!

LOW MILES!

WITH FACTORY WARRANTY

2011 CHEVY AVEO

$7,999* OR $121 PER MONTH*!

2

TO CHOOSE

2012 CHEVY IMPALA LS

$10,999* OR $151 PER MONTH*!

2012 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA

2010 FORD RANGER XL

2015 CHEVROLET CRUZE 1LT

2015 FORD FOCUS SE

2009 CHEVY TRAVERSE LTZ LOADED •

$14,999* OR $196 PER MONTH*! $14,999* OR $196 PER MONTH*!

2015 BUICK VERANO

2014 BUICK REGAL PREMIUM

$249 PER MONTH!***

$249 PER MONTH!***

49,000 MILES •

$119 PER MONTH*!

$14,999* OR $195 PER MONTH!** $13,999* OR $179 PER MONTH!** BETTER THAN NEW!

ONLY

1,000 MILES

2015 CHEVROLET MALIBU

2015 FORD FUSION SE

UNDER $10,000*!

$15,999* OR $209 PER MONTH!** $15,999* OR $209 PER MONTH!**

$7,999* 2006 CHEVY COBALT SS 2 DOOR

$9,999*

2008 MITSUBISHI LANCER

2015 CHEVROLET TRAX 4X4 - SUNROOF •

$7,999*

2008 TOYOTA CAMRY

$9,999*

2012 CHRYSLER 200

2015 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA

$279 PER MONTH!*** $15,999* OR $209 PER MONTH!**

$5,999*

2005 CHEVY MONTE CARLO

$8,999*

2006 CADILLAC STS

$8,999*

2005 MAZDA 3 WAGON

2006 MAZDA TRIBUTE

OPEN: 8:30 - 7 Monday -Thursday | 8:30 - 6 Friday | 8:30 - 4 Saturday

*Plus tax, title, license & doc fee. Payments based on 3.99% APR financing for 75 months with approved credit with vehicles up to $10,000 - $1,000 down, vehicles $10,000-$20,000 - $2,000 down, vehicles $20,000 - $25,000 - $3,000 down, vehicles $25,000+ - $5,000 down. Photos for illustration only. Dealer not liable for errors.

$6,999*

**Plus tax, title, license & doc fee. Payments based on 4.9% APR financing for 78 months with approved credit and $2000 down. ***Plus tax, title, license & doc fee. Payments based on 4.9% APR financing for 84 months with approved credit and $2000 down. Photos for illustration only. Dealer not liable for errors.