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Police seeking female robber Casey’s store on Route 30 hit Friday morning STAFF REPORT news@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5501

ROCK FALLS – Police are looking for a female robber who got away with cash in a holdup early Friday at Casey’s General Store, 1201 W. Route 30.

A clerk told police the robber was a white, heavyset female, 5-feet-6 to 5-feet-10, who was dressed in all black, wearing a hoodie, scarf and

gray-colored gloves, according to a news release that police issued Friday morning.

Police said the woman reportedly brandished a small revolver as she demanded money from the cash register. She fled through the front door with an unknown amount of cash.

The Rock Falls Police Department news release said the department received a call

from the Casey’s General Store alarm company at 4:27 a.m. Friday indicating that a holdup alarm went off at the Casey’s on Route 30. Officers responded to the scene within minutes and determined that the suspect had fled the scene on foot.

The store clerk had not been Submitted injured, police said.

Police are looking for a female robber who got away with cash in a holdup early Friday at Casey’s General Store, 1201 W. Route ROBBER CONTINUED ON A4 30, Rock Falls.

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DIXON | KSB HOSPITAL

Going to the ‘dog side’

No answers yet about body found in river Varga had hoped to have investigation wrapped up Friday; still investigating

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Dee Duffy and her dog Charlie spend time with patient Sheila Berry, 65, who herself has a chihuahua named Baby. Charlie, a 5-year-old chihuahua, and Jaxon, a 1-year-old havanese, are part of the hospital’s nine-member Pet and Wellness Service (PAWS) program, which was started by patient advocate Sheila Brune in March.

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axon and Charlie can’t walk down the halls of KSB Hospital without getting stopped, but they don’t mind the attention, even though they are there to work.

Jaxon, a 1-year-old havanese, and Charlie, a 5-year-old chihuahua, are part of the hospital’s ninemember Pet and Wellness Service (PAWS) program, which was started by patient advocate Sheila Brune in March.

Brune, who helped to start

a similar program at CGH Medical Center, has been a nurse for 43 years.

“At the end of my career, I’ve gone to the dog side,” she said with a laugh Wednesday night while making the rounds with Jaxon and Charlie.

The dogs are taken from room to room by their owners. And each night, the nurses give Brune a list of rooms that have asked for a visit – usually about a dozen – but every night the dogs undoubtedly visit even more Jaxon sits and visits with Marybelle Novak, 88, of Dixon as she recovers at KSB. Jaxon was enrolled in the Pets and people.

Wellness Service (PAWS) program at the hospital by owner DOG CONTINUED ON A10 Vickie Leigh.

DIXON – Sheriff’s deputies are still looking into why a woman’s car ended up in the Rock River this week, and why her body was later found downriver.

Lee County Sheriff John Varga said he had hoped to have the investigation wrapped up on Friday, but his office was still tying up loose ends.

Varga said some interviews that his Melva M. investigators Meridith had planned to do Friday were postponed for various reasons.

“We are still working on it,” Varga said. “We’re trying to make sure we get everybody talked to that needs to be talked to.”

On Tuesday, a woman’s body was pulled from the river after calls reported a missing person and, later, the discovery of a submerged car near a boat launch at Rock River Estates, a mobile home park along state Route 2 between Dixon and Sterling.

The woman, identified as Melva M. Meridith, 56, of Dixon, was last seen driving away from her home in Rock River Estates about 9 a.m. Tuesday in her 2002 Pontiac Grand Am, according to a news release from the Lee County Sheriff’s Department.

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Earlier this month, Montavon and his wife, Sasha Vasquez Montavon, also from Sterling, were selected to receive a remodeled foreclosure house in Clarksville, Tenn. The donation was well publicized in Nashville’s media.

The gift was made possible through the efforts of the Tennessee Housing Development Agency and Operation Submitted Finally Home, a group that helps wounded and Earlier this month, Adam Montavon and his wife, Sasha Vasquez Montavon, disabled veterans get both of Sterling, were selected to receive a remodeled foreclosure house homes. in Clarksville, Tenn. The gift was made possible through the efforts of the The Montavons will Tennessee Housing Development Agency and Operation Finally Home, a have no mortgage. group that helps wounded and disabled veterans get homes. Montavon was A 2002 Sterling High deployed to Afghanistan twice. When he returned from Afghanistan the last School graduate, Montime, he was diagnosed with chronic post-traumatic stress disorder. tavon was deployed all of whom live in this there, waiting for us to shy and timid then. to Afghanistan twice. area. land.�

His closest friends When he returned from Being a flight medic His worst day, he were twins Adam and Afghanistan the last comes said, was when Afghan Michael Commisso, the time, he with children were playing sons of Jeff and Martha was diagThey were trying particusoccer on the street Commisso. nosed with larly high and set off a bomb that “I spent a huge part of to get our aircraft chronic risks, he resulted in “horrible� my life at their house,� post-trauout there, then said. The carnage.

Montavon said. “We matic stress they would amTaliban Montavon had to were best friends since disorder. bush us. They’ll would make split-second our first days in kinder“I have explode decisions about who to garten. They are family put IEDs there, other bombs take care of first – every to me.� medical waiting for us to with the second counts. He was He is attending Austin issues,� the land. intent to interviewed in the docPeay State University in 30-year-old Adam Montavon hurt peoumentary “Kandahar Clarksville, where he is said in a ple, not 911: Saving Lives Under studying biology, with a telephone kill them, Fire.� concentration in zoolinterwith the “We’ll do whatever it ogy. He volunteers at a view. “My hope they takes to get those guys local zoo. back was would bring American off the ground,� he said He said he likes living destroyed.� medics to the rescue, in the documentary. in Tennessee.

Montavon is the son he said. “We know we’re going “I love Sterling of Margie Catalanello “They were trying to get shot at.� because it’s my homeof LaSalle and Jeff In high school, Montown,� he said. “But I’m Montavon of Dixon. He to get our aircraft out there, then they would tavon was on the a very outdoors person. is the grandson of Rose ambush us,� Montavon swimming team. He It’s mountains everyand PJ O’Brien and Jim said. “They’ll put IEDs described himself as where here.� and Janet Montavon,

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DIXON

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18-year-old charged with sexual assault

Sterling woman credited with idea for stronger tape

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Thomas L. Kanzler III, of Dixon, was taken into custody about 10:30 a.m. on a Dixon Police Department warrant for criminal sexual assault, a Class 1 felony, and criminal sexual abuse, a Class A misdemeanor.

Although the arrest was made at the high school, the charges didn’t involve the school, Dixon Police Chief Danny Langloss said. “He was a student there, but the charges had absolutely nothing

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f you go on the Internet, you’ll learn that Vesta Stoudt came up with the idea that resulted in duct tape.

Her son, Harry Stoudt of Sterling, isn’t so sure. “I don’t know about duct tape having anything to do with her idea, but maybe it did,� the 85-year-old said in a recent interview.

He is the only surviving child of Stoudt, who was born in 1891 in Prophetstown and died at 75 in 1966. She lived in Sterling most of her life.

Recently, Truck Trend magazine detailed the beginnings of duct tape, noting the involvement of Stoudt, who worked at Green River Ordnance Plant between Amboy and Dixon during World War II. Former Whiteside County State’s Attorney Gary Spencer noticed the story and mailed a letter to Sauk Valley Media about it. “Having been born and raised in Amboy, I believe that there would be the possibility of a great follow-up story about the inventor [and] what, if anything, she received for her idea, whether her family even knew of her contribution,� Spencer wrote.

Sauk Valley Media called Pat Gorman, president of the Lee County Historical and Genealogical societies. He found Stoudt’s obituary, which was published in the Rockford Register Star, and called Harry Stoudt.

Her son agrees with most of the story about his mother. At the factory, she was tasked with packing cartridges used to launch rifle grenades, 11 per box, then shutting the boxes with thin paper tape. A tab was left loose to pull for opening. It would often rip off.

That would leave soldiers struggling for any way to open the box, often in the heat of battle, which concerned Stoudt, who had two sons in the Navy – Clarence and Lowell. (Lowell was known in Prophetstown as the owner of a bowling alley and a pool hall.)

Rather than paper tape, Stoudt suggested to her supervisors that the plant use a strong, waterproof, cloth-backed tape. “They told her to mind her own business. They told her that the government knew what it was doing,� said her son, who began high school in 1943.

She would not relent.

In a letter to President Franklin Roosevelt, Stoudt wrote: “I have two sons out there somewhere, one in the Pacific,

to do with the school,�

Langloss said. “That’s just where we arrested him.�

Thomas L. L angloss Kanzler III said Kanzler was charged with having sex with a 14-year-old girl.

Because of their ages, he is also charged with misdemeanor child sexual abuse.

Police received a report of the allegations, which have an early April time frame, on April 30, Langloss said.

Kanzler’s bond was set at $250,000. He was being held at the Lee County Jail pending a court appearance.

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Vesta Stoudt the other one with the Atlantic fleet. You have sons in the service also.

We can’t let them down by giving them a box of cartridges that takes a minute or more to open.�

She included a diagram of her idea.

‘Exceptional merit’ On March 26, 1943, Howard Coonley, director of the board’s conservation division, mailed a letter to Stoudt, who lived at 1401 E. Fourth St. in Sterling. “The Ordnance Department has not only pressed this idea,�

Coonley wrote, “but has now informed us that the change you have recommended has been approved with the comment that the idea is of exceptional merit.�

The War Production Board forwarded Stoudt’s letter to Johnson & Johnson, which developed a thin, cotton tape that is believed to have resembled Stoudt’s idea.

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didn’t know about the Johnson & Johnson connection.

Much of the story about Stoudt is at kilmerhouse. com, a blog about Johnson & Johnson written by an employee of the company’s public relations department. It posted a story about duct tape in 2012.

The information for the story was provided

by Kari Santo, Stoudt’s great-granddaughter, according to the blog.

Sauk Valley Media could not find her.

‘Doesn’t everybody?’ Stoudt’s son, Harry, provided a copy of a story that appeared in the Sterling Daily Gazette during World War II, which reported Stoudt’s idea and the War Production Board’s reaction, the blog said.

There was no mention of duct tape or Johnson & Johnson.

She received a war

workers award, which was presented monthly in a Chicago area war plant for “outstanding service to the nation’s war effort,� according to the story.

At the time, she was not working in the plant because her husband, Harry Sr., was away from home for a few months on his job. She was “lost� without her war job, according to the Gazette.

She said her youngest son, Harry Jr., was “eager to join his brothers.� He enlisted in the Navy in 1946, a year after the war ended. But he said he was let go after a few months because the Navy no longer needed so many sailors, Harry said.

His mother apparently never gained financially from her idea, but duct tape has become a common household item.

Asked whether he had duct tape in his house, Harry replied, “Doesn’t everybody?�

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OBITUARIES David L. Murphy LOS ANGE LES – David Law Murphy, M.D., FACP, 77, of Las Vegas and Los Angeles, succumbed to his long battle against cancer on Wednesday, March 26, 2014.

He was born May 6, 1936, in Dixon, the son of Dr. David and Helen Murphy. He completed his undergraduate at Notre Dame, graduating first in his class; post-graduate at Northwestern University; and residency at Wadsworth Veterans Affairs-University of California, Los Angeles in internal medicine and gastroenterology, where he served as a professor in clinical medicine, School of Medicine/UCLA from 1969 to 2008. He served as a consultant to the Keck School of Medicine/ University of Southern California during that time. He was a captain in the Air Force, serving in Vietnam, where he was awarded the Bronze Star.

He was married to his soulmate, Luana, for 30 years, and they cofounded Exodus Recovery. He was the clinical/ educational inspiration to Exodus. He was influential throughout Exodus’s programs, making regular rounds, encouraging both clients and staff on their “road to recovery.� He worked at the centers and with patients until 3 weeks before his death, as it always was about others for him. The number of lives he touched through his work and dedication to the California Physicians Diversion Program are in the hundreds; the number through his 12-step

work through Alcoholics Anonymous also in the hundreds; and the number through his work, with those reaching for recovery from mental illness, at Exodus Recovery, in the thousands. Each were important people to David, who he received with dignity and affection. He was a modest person who never discussed his achievements or innumerable awards. He was, however, pleased by recognition from his peers, as when he was elected chief resident, which he declined to accept, and more recently when the UCLA-Veterans Affairs Alumni lauded him with a Lifetime Achievement Award.

He is survived by his wife Luana; children, Matthew, Elizabeth, and Andrew; stepchildren, Patrice and Jacklynn; siblings, Rosemary, Tom, Edward, Michael, and Dennis; cousins, Mary, Ann, and Richard Murphy, and Tim, Michael, Mary, Susan, Tom, and Ann Sullivan; nieces and nephews; and all the Exodus clients and staff.

He was preceded in death by his sister, Marcia.

Services and inurnment at Woodlawn Cemetery in Santa Monica, Calif., were attended by hundreds of his family and friends.

Memorials may be made to The Salvation Army. “This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.� Psalm 118:24 As David would say to everyone, “All is well.�

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Raymond F. Sachs DIXON – Raymond F. Sachs, 89, of Dixon, died Friday, May 2, 2014, at OSF St. Anthony Medical Center in Rockford.

Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at Preston-Schilling Funeral Home in Dixon. The funeral will be at 10 a.m.

Tuesday at the funeral home.

Burial will be at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens in Dixon. Further arrangements are being completed.

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Thomas J. Chippendale ENCINITAS, Calif. – Thomas John Chippendale, M.D., Ph.D., 65, passed away from lung cancer Wednesday, April 2, 2014, at his home, surrounded by his family.

He was born Jan. 14, 1949, in Long Beach, Calif., to Vassar and Cora Chippendale.

He was a gentle soul with a brilliant mind. He was a thoughtful man, a good listener, kind and compassionate. He is beloved by his family, friends, colleagues and patients.

He graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach, and had a distinguished academic career. This included a bachelor of arts degree in literature (1971, University of California Irvine), master’s degrees in pharmacology and therapeutics (1972, UCI) and psychology (1974, Princeton), a Ph.D. in neuroscience (1977, Princeton), and a doctor of medicine degree (1980, UCI).

He completed his internship in medicine in 1981 and his residency in neurology in 1984, both at at the Univerity of California San Diego.

He was board certified in neurology, psychiatry, and integrative holistic medicine. In 1984, he joined The Neurology Center in Encinitas, where he practiced for nearly 30 years before retiring in July 2013. Dr. Chippendale served on the medical staffs at TriCity Medical Center and at Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas from 1985 to 2013. He also served as chief of staff at Tri-City Medical Center from 1996 to 1997.

At Scripps, he held many leadership roles, including medicine department chairman, vice chief of staff, chief of staff, utilization review committee chair-

man, and stroke medical director. He assisted in establishing the Multiple Sclerosis Evaluation and Treatment Program at Scripps Rehabilitation Center in Encinitas. He also served as chair of the Scripps neurosciences steering committee and as the systemwide stroke medical director. His expertise and leadership were critical in certifying Scripps hospitals as primary stroke centers and in moving Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla to its Comprehensive Stroke Center status. He is recognized by his colleagues for his dedication to neurosciences and rehabilitation services, transparent communication style, commitment to his patients and community, and passion for mindfulness based teaching.

He married the former Julie Lawrence in 1981, and together they had three children. He and his wife created a longstanding Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction course at Scripps Encinitas, which served many community members for almost 20 years.

He enjoyed many pursuits, and had a love of the Sierras. He completed two full treks on the John Muir Trail. He loved the mountains and the sea, and was a longtime surfer. He also loved poetry. He was a devoted father, partner and friend.

He is survived by his wife, Julie; daughters, Ivy and Jane; son, Thomas; and sisters, Deborah and Susan.

A celebration of his life was April 16 at San Diego Botanic Garden in Encinitas.

Visit legacy.com/obituaries/utsandiego and search for “Thomas Chippendale� to send condolences.

Brenda Angell Miller DALZELL – Brenda Angell Miller, 57, of Dalzell, formerly of Dixon, died Wednesday, April 30, 2014, at her home.

She was born Nov. 11, 1956, in Beloit, Wis.

Margaret Turney CHADWICK – Margaret Turney, 88, of Chadwick, died Wednesday, April 30, 2014, at Pinecrest Manor Nursing Home in Mount Morris.

Margaret was born Jan. 30, 1926, in Chadwick, the daughter of Chester and Bertha (Kness) Kahler. She attended Chadwick High School and graduated with the class of 1943. She married Glen C. Turney on Jan. 18, 1947. Glen died Aug. 15, 2001.

Margaret farmed with her husband for 42 years until 1991, when they moved to town in 1991. She was a member of Hope United Methodist Church and the American Legion Auxiliary. She enjoyed the time she spent farming, camping, and traveling with Glen. She also loved gardening

and cooking, and was famous for her caramels and peanut brittle.

Margaret will be dearly missed by her sister, Frances (William) Schryver of Milledgeville; and many nieces and nephews.

She also was preceded in death by her parents; her sister, Beth Turney; and a nephew, David Turney.

Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday and the memorial service at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Hope United Methodist Church in Chadwick.

Burial will be at Chadwick Cemetery.

Memorials have been established to Hope United Methodist Church, Chadwick Ambulance, and the American Legion Auxiliary.

Visit lawjonesfuneralhome.com to send condolences.

Raymond N. Purvis COLETA – Raymond N. Purvis, 81, of Coleta, died Thursday, May 1, 2014 at his home.

He was employed at Prescott Appliance before his retirement.

Raymond was born Aug. 16, 1932, in Argo Fay, the son of Elmer and Virginia (Groh) Purvis. He served in the Army during the Korean War. He was a member of First Lutheran Church of Jordan. Raymond married June Stern on Sept. 23, 1956, in Sterling.

Survivors include his wife, June; two daughters, Denise Linton of Sterling and Robyn (David) Bilbrey of Acworth, Ga.; one sister, Elaine (Charles) Mills of Crump, Tenn.; one brother-in-law, Sharey “Leo� Bonnell; four grandchildren, Benjamin (Kaci) Linton of Morrison, Rachel Linton of Harmon, and Derek Bilbrey and Madelyn Bilbrey, both of Acworth;

one great-granddaughter, Elena Linton; and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, Russell, Robert, and Elmer Jr. Purvis; and two sisters, Marilyn Seeley, and Madonna Bonnell.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at Schilling Funeral Home in Sterling. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at First Lutheran Church of Jordan in Sterling, with the Rev. Jamie Gallagher, pastor, officiating.

Burial will be at Oak Knoll Cemetery in Sterling.

In lieu of flowers, memorials have been established to First Lutheran Church of Jordan, Coleta Fire Department, and Serenity Hospice & Home in Oregon.

Visit schillingfuneralhome.com to send condolences.

Cremation rites have been accorded. There will Randy M. Rice be no services.

A memorial luncheon ROCK FALLS – Randy M. Rice, 58, of Rock Falls, died will be at 3 p.m. May Thursday, May 1, 2014, at Genesis Medical Center in 10 at the Dixon Moose Silvis.

Lodge.

McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory in Rock Falls is handling arrangements.

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Obituary information CHANA – Elaine R. Mowry, 65, of Chana, died Thurs- DIXON – James R. Collins, 78, of Dixon, died Friday, day, May 1, 2014, at her home.

May 2, 2014, at Pinecrest Community in Mount Morris. All obituaries, including Friday if sent via email, Farrell-Holland-Gale Funeral Home in Oregon is Preston-Schilling Funeral Home in Dixon is handling death notices, are due by obituaries@saukvalley. handling arrangements. arrangements.

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The call reporting her missing was placed just before 5:30 p.m.

At 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, deputies received a report of a car in the river near the boat launch.

Upon arriving, deputies were able to confirm no one was inside the car.

They continued to search the river for its driver, which is when they found

Meridith’s body.

According to her obituary published in Friday’s editions, Meridith was a rehabilitation technician at Kreider Services in Dixon for 18 years before she retired.

She also attended church at St. Anne Catholic Church in Dixon and was a volunteer at the Leydig Center.

Visitation will be from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Preston-Schilling Funeral Home in Dixon.

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DIXON | POLICE AND TECHNOLOGY

The man behind @DixonPolice Getting to know DPD’s Twitter dude

BY CHRISTI WARREN cwarren@saukvalley.com

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he Dixon Police Department sent its first tweet on March 2, just before noon, a sort of standard “Welcome to our feed!� message.

Since Twitter’s birth, many brands, businesses, and public entities have taken to the social media platform to act as their own news outlet and promote their relationship with the public by posting 140-character updates.

The Dixon Police Department, in that regard, is no different from most. But since that first tweet, the department has set itself apart from the usual business-only crowd. The account’s operator, 29-yearold officer Lincoln Sharp, has made sure of that with the way he mixes in fun glimpses behind the scenes into the life of a cop and his clever usage of “hashtags� to turn a basic reminder, or an informational tweet, into something a little more fun.

(Hashtags, for those unfamiliar with the term, are words and phrases that begin with the # symbol and can be used to conveniently group together tweets, i.e. #DPD; to join a larger community taking part in the same conversation; or to indicate a joke or sarcasm.)

The idea to start a Twitter account actually kind of started with Sharp’s brother. “A long time ago, he was like, ‘Twitter is going to be the new thing,’� Sharp said. “So I’ve had a handle for a while, but I never touched it until recently. ... I got on there, and I saw some of the bigger departments like Seattle and Omaha had accounts.�

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The Dixon Police Department sent its first tweet on March 2, just before noon, a sort of standard “Welcome to our feed!� message. The account’s operator, 29-year-old officer Lincoln Sharp, mixes in fun glimpses behind the scenes into the life of a cop and cleverly uses of “hashtags� to turn a basic reminder, or an informational tweet, into something a little more fun.

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And that’s when he took the idea to Chief Danny Langloss. “We’re always trying to think of different stuff,�

Sharp said. “... So, yeah, he was all for it.�

Langloss has had an account for a while himself (@ChiefLangloss), but doesn’t update nearly as frequently as Sharp does with the @DixonPolice account.

“I just thought it was great,� Langloss said. “Just another way we can connect with the community and keep them informed.

And I love the humor that he’s added to the account, because it really shows that we’re just normal, everyday people, just like other citizens in the community. I think it shows another side of us and

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makes it easy for people to connect with us and build relationships within the community.�

Sharp, originally from Sterling, is an easygoing, likable guy, and he definitely lets that come through in his tweets. But he also knows when to keep it professional – especially when writing up arrest reports (or a lack thereof), or when shar-

ing public safety information. “That’s my personality I’m bringing to it, and I think, you know, you keep it funny inside the car,� Sharp said. “Outside, you’ve gotta be serious and professional – you want to be. But, you deal with enough on the streets; you need humor; you’ve got to be able to laugh. “The biggest thing

to the public is being transparent and kind of showing that softer side of us, so when they see something like that that’s humorous, they feel like they can come to us,� Sharp said. “Some Twitter accounts are so serious; they’re like robots as far as what they post.�

But, Sharp agrees, the line between what’s professional and what’s unprofessional is a fine one – one he works to stay on the right side of. “Obviously, you want to treat everyone with respect,� he said. “There are certain humorous times when you can kind of just not mention names, like the one that sticks out is the guy with the beer bottle that somebody stole and wanted it returned. So, stuff like that.�

Sharp was hired by the department in August 2008, though he was an intern with DPD before that. “It’s great because of his commitment to it as well,� Langloss said. “Even when he’s not working, he’s always putting something out there to keep people informed. “He’s been a great addition to the department.�

Sharp said he always runs messages by Langloss when he’s unsure whether they should be sent. “If I’m kind of questioning it, it’s more likely that I probably shouldn’t send the tweet,� Sharp said. “There’s been one tweet that he, and I agreed, too, that we didn’t put out,� he said. “It’s great that people laugh, but we’re using it as a tool, too, to report whatever may come up. So, you want that balance.�

Follow this story’s reporter, who’s not nearly as funny as Sharp, on Twitter @SeaWarren.

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EDITORIAL

Let’s act to prevent future dog attacks T

he savage attack by three dogs against a 63-yearold rural Ashton woman on April 21 again raises the question, How can such attacks be prevented in the future?

The woman, Aneda Ebert, is at home recovering from severe injuries to her neck, shoulder, arms, and leg. She spent 4 days in the hospital and underwent surgery to repair the wounds.

Ebert told a reporter: “I’m mauled. I’m just a mess. I have stitches everywhere.�

The injuries were inflicted by two pit bulls and a smaller brown dog. They ran out from a neighbor’s yard as she was jogging past on the road, bit her on the elbows, knocked her down, and bit her neck. Ebert protected her

face, but the dogs became more vicious and began dragging her. “I can’t believe the grip they had,� Ebert said. “There was nothing I could do.�

The only reason Ebert survived is that her husband, Larry, was riding his bicycle some distance down the road, witnessed the attack, furiously pedaled to her side, and scared the dogs away.

The Ogle County animal control office impounded the dogs and, with the owner’s consent, euthanized them.

But the owner has not been charged, even though, according to Ebert, a neighbor had reported that the dogs were running at large more than once.

Loose dogs running in a pack, had there been four

What we think The vicious dog attack on a rural Ashton woman revisits the trauma experienced by Erie residents in 2005 when a teenage girl died after being mauled by dogs. More must be done to prevent such attacks. or more, could have triggered a state law enacted in 2007 that was sponsored by two Sauk Valley legislators, state Reps.

Jerry Mitchell and Mike Boland, who have since retired.

Their law addressed the mauling by four dogs of a 14-year-old Erie girl, Lydia Chaplin, in January 2005. She was walking on a rural road when the dogs, which had been allowed to run loose by their owner, attacked her and left her so badly injured that she

died of hypothermia.

Lydia’s Law created the designation of a “potentially dangerous dog,� which is defined as a dog seen running unsupervised with three or more other dogs. In that case, animal control wardens are empowered to capture and impound the animals and release them only if the dog owner has them sterilized.

But the dog pack that viciously attacked Ebert was one dog short of the minimum number required by Lydia’s Law

to trigger action under the “potentially dangerous dog� designation.

Perhaps that law needs to be made tougher, now that we have proof that three dogs running loose in a pack also pose a danger – knowledge gained at great pain and suffering to Ebert.

What about if two dogs are running loose? Might they also be “potentially dangerous�?

And what about the owner of dogs that are allowed to run loose, only to attack someone?

Victims have the option to file a civil lawsuit, which is the major sanction they can take against the owner.

In the case of Chaplin and Ebert, the attacking dogs were euthanized by county animal control authorities.

Is that enough?

Should owners of dogs that brutally attack people be charged with a crime?

Should the same owners lose the privilege of owning a dog because they failed to exert proper control over their dogs in the past?

Should leash laws be extended to rural areas?

After all, if it’s not a good idea to allow dogs to run free in a city, shouldn’t the same be true for the country?

Responsible dog owners are not the issue here.

Their rights should not be infringed upon.

But irresponsible dog owners are another story.

Elected officials, authorities and the public need to address problems created by those dog owners and do more to prevent such horrific attacks.

THE READER’S VOICE

Rental program is not what our cities really need ROD KLECKLER Rock Falls

The cities of Rock Falls and Sterling are getting ready to enact a rental inspection and registration program for residential properties. The Sauk Valley Landlord Association objects to this program.

There are problems in about 5 percent of the rental properties. We believe the cities should put their efforts toward those properties and not try to force the other 95 percent into a program that is unwanted and will have little effect on the problem 5 percent.

If you, as a landlord or taxpayer, have the same concerns as we do, please plan to attend an open meeting on this topic at

7 p.m. Wednesday at the Coventry Village Activity Center on West St. Mary’s Road in Sterling.

Do you want hundreds of thousands of dollars spent on rental inspections, or do you want the potholes fixed? You need to tell your local officials what you want and how to spend your money.

Note to readers: Rod Kleckler is president of the Sauk Valley Landlord Association.

What do you think?

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

No respect shown by Ogle County sheriff TOBIAS WHETSEL Oregon

Tuesday morning [April 29], I called up to the [Ogle County] sheriff’s department and asked to speak with Sheriff Harn. They told me he was not in.

I’ve left numerous mes-

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sages for him to return my I’ve called lawyers who phone call. Sheriff Harn will not pick up my case has not once returned my because they don’t want phone call. to challenge the sheriff’s

department. I’ve called supervisors in the office who don’t want to do anything for me either. They

give me the runaround, stating I need to call this person and that person.

The dispatchers have called my phone saying that they have my subpoena in, and I can come pick it up anytime. I do not believe that I need to help them in any way when the sheriff doesn’t have enough respect to call me back.

I’ve been to the state’s attorney’s office, who told me they couldn’t do anything about it either. How is it that a police officer can damage your property [by beating on the door while trying to serve the subpoena], and they’re telling me there is absolutely nothing that I can do about this?

GUEST COLUMN

Fixing Illinois can be done, but it will take time Here’s a start: Put fiscal house in order, revamp revenue system, end state’s culture of corruption JAMES D. NOWLAN Toulon and J. THOMAS JOHNSON Springfield

When we were boys in the 1950s, we were proud to be from wealthy, selfconfident Illinois.

Today, many of us in Illinois are in a funk. When we travel and mention we are from Illinois, there are disparaging responses about our governors being in jail.

Polling confirms our worries that others don’t think much of us.

Illinois was the second most “disliked� state in the nation, after California, according to a 2012 survey by Public Policy Polling.

Nor do we think much of our own government.

A Gallup survey released in April found that, by a wide margin, Illinois residents have less trust

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in our state government than residents in any state in the nation.

Unfortunately, in the face of those factors, Illinois doesn’t know where it is going. We have no statewide plans or planning function to challenge us with grand visions for the future. Instead, we lurch from year to year.

That is why we set out to write a book about how to fix Illinois.

First, we need to appreciate the state’s great strengths, which are the envy of the most states.

For example, our transportation infrastructure is

second to none. We have 2,300 miles of interstate highways, far more than most states. O’Hare was recently named the bestconnected airport in the nation for both domestic and international flights.

In addition, upward of half of all intermodal rail freight traffic in the nation flows through the Chicago region.

AS FOR WORKFORCE talent, Illinois ranks second among the big states for having 32 percent of its population with bachelor’s degrees or higher.

And, of course, there is our heartland location. Our trucks and rail cars can reach much of the nation’s markets in a day’s time.

Finally, there is metropolitan Chicago, a threestate, 11-million-person market that fostered

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far more business facility deals in 2013 than any other metro area, according to Site Selection magazine.

So, what to do to reclaim our glory days?

First, we need to get our state government’s fiscal house in order. Business needs predictability and stability; in Illinois, we have neither. We don’t need higher tax rates.

Instead, we need a revenue base that responds to economic growth.

Using history as a guide, state spending is projected to grow about 3.7 percent a year on average, while revenue is projected to grow at 2.3 percent, according to the University of Illinois Institute of Government and Public Affairs. That is a recipe for persistent instability.

We need to slow spending for Medicaid, our huge health care system for lower-income residents. Putting many recipients on private

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health insurance coverage may do this.

Our revenue system needs to be revamped.

We need to broaden the bases of our sales and income taxes, which will increase their rate of growth, and then we can also reduce our tax rates.

TO IMPROVE OUR poor business climate, we must reduce our 9.5 percent corporate income tax rate and make further changes in the high cost

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And we have to address our culture of corruption in Illinois, which gives us such a bad name beyond our borders and leaves such a sour taste in our mouths. Cultures can be changed, as with smoking, which is no longer cool.

Yet, this takes time. In the shorter term, we have to convince others – and ourselves – that government is a public trust, not a public trough.

Illinois celebrates its bicentennial in 2018.

Now is a perfect time to begin planning for a celebration of all that Illinois can be, once again.

Note to readers: James Nowlan and J. Thomas Johnson are former presidents of the Taxpayers’ Federation of Illinois.

Their book, “Fixing Illinois: Politics and Policy in the Prairie State,� is a primer on Illinois state government with 90-plus suggestions for change.

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SECOND OPINION

Late winter leads to early fall (campaign) W

e are still 6 months from Election Day

2014.

We should be enjoying the tardy arrival of spring and eagerly anticipating a busy, productive summer before even thinking about jumping into political campaign season around Labor Day. But that’s not going to happen.

After the primary election in March, neither major candidate in the governor’s race took his foot off the gas in the race toward Nov. 4.

And the campaign in the 17th Congressional District is the second round of the 2012 Bustos-Schilling matchup that promises to bring in lots of outside money and influence.

The war of words is well underway, and the dash with cash suggests no slowing down until the last vote is counted.

And, maybe, recounted.

THIS ELECTION OF 2014 won’t be fought only on the campaign trail.

Lawsuits filed in recent days promise a fight in a campaign trial or two.

One legal complaint alleges wrongful hiring practices in the state’s

Department of Transportation under Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn.

The other lawsuit challenges the validity of two mostly Republican ballot proposals – on term limits and nonpartisan redistricting – that would allow voters to amend the state’s constitution.

And don’t for a minute think this is the last of the legal shenanigans of this campaign.

In the coming weeks and months, you will be distracted by all manner of political tricks as the campaigns throw tons of mud on the wall just to see what sticks.

It’s going to get dirty.

Cover yourself.

WHAT SHOULD YOU believe when you hear campaign commercials?

Not much.

Pretty much everything you hear from a candidate, a campaign staff, or a political party will come out of a partisan filter full of disingenuous talking points.

You will get half-truths, which are actually full lies by omission.

Casting an intelligent vote in November is going to take some hard work.

Let’s hope we’re all up to it.

larryLOUGH Larry Lough is executive editor of Sauk Valley Media.

Contact him via email at llough@ saukvalley. com.

GUILT BY association is a popular campaign tactic.

Take this from the National Republican Congressional Committee this week: Nancy Pelosi is using her Super PAC to help fund vulnerable Democrats, like Cheri Bustos, in targeted districts this election cycle. By accepting Pelosi’s money, Cheri Bustos will continue to fall in line with Democratic leadership and support ObamaCare even though it is hurting Illinois families.

And this from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee: Former Congressman Bobby Schilling is sitting on $10,301 in campaign cash that he raised with Congressman Michael Grimm, who was arrested by the FBI earlier this week and indicted on 20 federal criminal charges.

For Schilling to continue to stand by Michael Grimm while spending this scandal-tainted cash on his own re-election efforts is an endorsement of the most corrupt member of Congress in the country.

Then this on Friday from the NRCC: Has anyone heard from Congresswoman Cheri Bustos on what she thinks of Illinois Governor Pat Quinn’s federal investigation over his alleged slush fund? With these headlines ... plaguing the Democrat governor, Bustos should let her constituents know where she stands on this issue.

Used to, the media didn’t hear the almostdaily attacks on political opponents until mid- to late September.

This will be a special year.

Already is.

KEY TO THE narrative of the Schilling campaign is that Bustos, who ousted him with 53 percent of the vote in 2012, is 1) out of touch with the district and 2) going to lose the election. “Unfortunately for Cheri Bustos, Nancy Pelosi’s money will not be enough for her to win,� the NRCC said in

its news release.

When Schilling recently challenged Bustos to 14 debates in the district’s 14 counties, his communications director, Jon Schweppe, noted that Bustos has had “zero town halls� during her first 16 months in office and “could use the face time with her constituents.�

Calls for debate generally don’t come from a front-runner; they come from the candidate who is desperate for the exposure to try to catch his opponent.

And if Bustos hasn’t made herself known throughout the district, why in the world would Schilling want to do that for her by scheduling her to appear in every county?

Both candidates have accepted an invitation to a media-sponsored debate in Rock Island County in October.

But don’t expect them to have 14 debates.

AND WHEN THEY DO get together, don’t expect a lovefest. “There are plenty of towns where Bustos has never even stepped foot,� Schilling aide Schweppe said when the challenger proposed the debate series. “This will

give Bustos the opportunity to have a substantive discussion about the issues. The voters are growing tired of her photo ops and 140 character Facebook posts – they want to hear where she stands and why she refuses to answer simple questions.�

That’s one side. Here is the other. “Our campaign has worked extensively for weeks with local TV, newspaper and radio partners to afford voters in every corner of Illinois’ 17th Congressional District an opportunity to hear firsthand from both candidates,� said Jeremy Jansen, campaign manager for Bustos. “That is why we are pleased to accept this [debate] opportunity for all voters across our region of Illinois to learn about the stark contrast between Cheri’s record of championing jobs and working families and that of ex-Congressman Schilling, who turned his back on American workers and repeatedly voted to end the Medicare guarantee.�

Surrogates are fine, but we look forward to hearing from the candidates themselves.

We’ll invite them to come here.

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People begin to speak up; some politicians don’t like it Commercial-News Editorial Board, Danville

The voices of Illinois voters stand to increase in volume significantly if an effort to pull a big piece of political power out of the hands of the General Assembly works as its supporters hope.

A group called Yes for

Independent Maps filed petitions Thursday with the Illinois Board of Elections in Springfield with more than 500,000 signatures – [nearly] twice the number needed – to allow an independent commission to draw boundaries for Illinois House and Senate districts.

The state goes through the process every 10 years, and the party in power at the time – it really doesn’t matter which one it is – can slide boundary lines all over the place until they create districts most beneficial to its members.

What’s nice for the politicians, however, leaves

out the most important part of the electoral process – the voters.

While the gerrymandered boundaries help the same people be elected time after time, it can fracture common concerns among residents.

For example, parts of Vermilion County are in

three House districts and two Senate districts. That kind of self-serving political maneuvering muffles what could be a united view from local residents.

Democrats, who happen to be the majority party in the House and Senate, call the ballot effort a “power grab� by

Republicans. If roles were reversed, it would be the GOP’s representatives calling it a “power grab� by the Democrats.

Illinois lawmakers don’t want voters involved in their fun in Springfield. ...

Maybe these ballot initiatives will get the legislators’ attention.

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American Cancer Society Society Re Relay lay Fo Forr Life is a team event in which which teams of 8-15 8-15 or more walkwalkers/runners compete against each other to raise the most money for the American Cancer Society. One member of the team is on the track at all times. Each team member is asked to raise a minimum of $100 before the event. While the Relay For Life is in progress, a party atmosphere is created by team members camping out and enjoying entertainment, food, games, and good old fashion fun. Because cancer never sleeps, Relay for Life is an overnight event.

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Registration Fee: $10 per team member To register to participate, please visit: www.relayforlife.org/whitesideil Bank Night is Wednesday, May 21 from 5-6:30 p.m. at US Bank in Rock Falls. Each registered team member who turns in a minimum of $100 will receive an event T-shirt.

For Team Recruitment, Contact Cassandra at 815-229-1287 ext. 3

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Shea Lamb is Chair of Entertainment and Activities of the Relay For Life event of Whiteside County.

When asked, “Why do you Relay?� She answered, “WHY not? Who would not want to raise money to fight against cancer, as you remember those who lost the fight against cancer and celebrate those who survived?�

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MORRISON – There’s no better promise of summer than the day the Whiteside County Fair releases its promise to return to the fairgrounds in Morrison, in the form of its annual entertainment lineup.

That day was Friday.

This year’s 144th annual Whiteside County Fair will run Aug. 12-16 at the fairgrounds at 201 W. Winfield St. Following are some of the highlights. The grandstand entertainment begins at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted: s 4UESDAY Pro-Bull Riding returns to the grandstand.

Other events that day: Western horse show, 8 a.m.; open and junior swine judging, noon and 4:30 p.m.; kids pedal pull, 2 p.m.; rabbit judging, 6 p.m. s 7EDNESDAY Columbia Records recording artists Home Free (www.homefreevocalband.com), an a capella country group and winner of NBC’s “The Sing-Off,� play the grandstand.

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Also: Heavy horse halter classes, 9 a.m. in the grandstand; open beef show judging, 9 a.m. in the Beef Show Arena; harness racing, 1:30 p.m. in the grandstand. s 3ATURDAY Demolition derby, 6:30 p.m.

Also: Horseshoe tournament, 10 a.m.; kids pedal pull, 11 a.m.; harness racing, 1 p.m. s 4HE WHOLE DAYS In addition to the usual exhibits, vendors and concession stands, Wilson Family Rides will again provide carnival and midway attractions; the Grandpa Cratchet Stage Show returns, and there will be daily bike giveaways and the cake and pie walk.

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DIXON | STRATEGIC PLANNING

Surveys could be mailed to residents in a month Will also be available online

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DIXON – Surveys could arrive at Dixon households in about a month as the city starts gearing up for strategic planning.

On Thursday, a handful of residents tested a 17-question survey, which was prepared by Sikich, a Naperville-based accounting and consulting firm.

Some residents filled out a paper survey, and others did it online, City Administrator David Nord said, adding that Sikich will compile the

feedback from the residents and create the final survey, which could be mailed in a month.

The city will try to send a survey to every household, but it will also be available online.

Having surveys available on paper or online will allow for households with several members to express

their own views, said Dixon Administrative Assistant Amanda Bradshaw, who took the survey Thursday as part of the testing.

According to Bradshaw, survey questions touched on the following topics, among others: s 1UALITY OF LIFE IN THE CITY s )NTERACTION WITH ELECT ed officials and city staff

s )MPORTANT ISSUES FOR the city in the next 3 to 5 years s )MPORTANT CITY SERVICES s /NE ASPECT OF THE CITY to change The survey will end with some demographic questions, Bradshaw said, and the city hopes to get a baseline read on what residents want and

expect from the city government.

Bradshaw said the survey took 15 to 20 minutes to finish.

There were no questions on the survey, she said, about what the city should do with the remaining money for the settlement with its former auditors and bank.

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History on parade Model A club to tour area Sunday and make pit stop at Reagan home

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DIXON – It will be a Model A day that enthusiasts and history buffs might not want to miss.

The RockFord A’s Model A Ford club, based in Rockford, is bringing its annual spring tour through Ogle and Lee counties on Sunday.

Several stops are planned, including one at the Reagan Boyhood Home, where the public is invited to get a gander at the old A-bones.

About 70 people in nearly 30 classic cars, at least 18 of which will be Model As, will meet at Sunrise II restaurant in Byron, then head to Barnacopia, 2570 N. Westbranch Road in Polo, for ice cream and a 10 a.m. tour.

They will leave at 11:45 a.m., go to White Pines

Inn in Mount Morris for a buffet lunch, then tool once around the state park before heading to Dixon.

They will arrive at the Reagan home at 816 S. Hennepin Ave. around 2 or 2:30, stay an hour or so, then take the scenic route northward along the east side of the Rock River, behind Oregon and Byron, on the way home, tour organizer Russ Kotche said.

The public is invited to ooh and aah anywhere along the tour.

Ford made the Model A from 1928 to 1931; its top speed was about 65 mph.

Reagan, born in 1911, most certainly rode in one or two himself, although while in Dixon, his family owned its predecessor, the Model T. There’s one at the home, which is open for the season, including Sundays.

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The RockFord A’s has more than 100 members in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin, most in their 60s to 80s. One member, Earl Straley of Oregon, is 92, Kotche said.

When it comes to their cars, they’re all a bunch of sparkplugs. “We have a great time, and this is just the greatest bunch of people,�

Kotche said. “The best thing about the club is the fantastic people that they are.�

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The RockFord A’s Model A Ford club is bringing its annual spring tour through Ogle and Lee counties on Sunday. Several stops are planned, including one at the Reagan Boyhood Home in Dixon, where this 1919 model T (above) is kept.

About the home If you’re going to take advantage of the free car show, why not make a day of it?

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They will visit in the halls as nurses and doctors, and family members visiting patients, stop the dogs, almost instinctively, to pet or just to spend a few moments with them.

Vicki Leigh, like many of the early dog owners in PAWS, also works at the hospital. Leigh said she wanted to join PAWS with her dog, Jaxon, because it was an â&#x20AC;&#x153;awesomeâ&#x20AC;? program. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my partner; thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the best part about this for me,â&#x20AC;?

Leigh said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He is my partner here. We do this work together. And if we can bring a smile to a face, ease someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sorrow at missing their own dog, give someone hope or encouragement, then we walk out of here with happy hearts.â&#x20AC;?

Marybelle Novak, 88, was drinking coffee in her hospital bed Wednesday night when Leigh and Jaxon walked through the door. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so beautiful,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so adorable.â&#x20AC;?

Novak said she had hounds and rat terriers when she was growing up. She wanted a visit Wednesday night, she said, for a change of pace.

Both Jaxon and Charlie made their way to Novakâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s room separately and sat by her side as she petted them and talked with Brune, Leigh, and Charlieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s owner, Dee Duffy.

Before Jaxon and Charlie, or any other dog in the PAWS program, were able to start visiting patients, they had to pass a series of tests and

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Jaxon sits with KSB patient Sheila Berry, 65, at the hospital. The program helps the healing process by lowering blood pressure and relaxing the patient.

Charlieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s owner Dee Duffy has the chihuahua perform a trick for Marybelle Novak, 88, of Dixon, as she recovers at KSB Hospital. a training day.

Before a dog can enter the program, it must be evaluated for obedience and personality. The dog must be up to date on its shots and treatments, and veterinarian records are turned over to Brune.

Then the dogs go through training, which consists of a practice visit, Brune said, where

she usually plays the role of the patient. The dogs and the owners are taught what to do and how to act around the patients.

Where the dog sits during a patient visit â&#x20AC;&#x201C; in bed, in a chair, or on the floor â&#x20AC;&#x201C; depends on the dogâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s size and the patientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s status.

The dogs are also required to have been

bathed within 24 hours of each visit, Brune said, although larger dogs are allowed to visit up to 2 days after a bath.

Sometimes the dogs remind the patients of their own pets, Brune said, and the bedside visit holds them over until they can return home.

That was the case with Sheila Berry, 65, of Amboy, who hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seen her chihuahua, Baby, since she had been in the hospital.

Charlieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spots and color reminded Berry of Baby. She talked about how she came to own Baby as if she were at the park talking with other dog owners and not in the hospital.

For Charlie and Jaxon, Wednesday night was just another trip to the office. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good ministry,â&#x20AC;?

Duffy said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very rewarding.â&#x20AC;?

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Abbott .........................38.56 Alcoa ...........................13.72 AltriaCorp ...................39.96 Autonation .................53.91 American Express ......86.92 Arris-Group ................26.47 Apple.........................592.58 ADM............................43.54 AT&T ...........................35.62 Bank of America.........15.24 Boeing.......................129.94 BorgWarner ................60.63 BP ................................50.88 Caseyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ........................67.84 Caterpillar ................105.01 CenturyLink ...............34.82 Chevron ....................124.70 Cisco ...........................22.94 Citigroup ....................47.73 CNW ...........................43.98 CocaCola ....................40.95 ConAgra......................30.60 Dean ...........................15.74 Deere & Co .................92.91 Disney .........................80.30 Donaldson..................42.00 DuPont .......................66.85 Exxon ........................102.01 Ford ............................15.90 Exelon .........................35.83 GE ...............................26.68 FifthThird ...................20.56 HawaiianElectric .......23.28 Hewlett Packard ........31.93 HomeDepot ...............79.39 Intel Corp. ..................26.41 IBM ...........................191.34 IntlPaper.....................45.89 JCPenney ......................8.57 JohnsonControls........45.21 Johnson&Johnson .....99.30 JPMorgan Chase ........55.57 Kraft ............................56.20 Kroger .........................46.50 Leggett&Platt .............33.38 Manpower ..................81.47 McDonaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ..............101.43 Merck&Co ................558.22 Microsoft ....................39.69

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Numbers game That’s how many of the eight first-round NBA series have advanced to a Game 7. Should Houston win Friday, that number will be pushed to six Game 7s. It is the first time in NBA history that three Game 7s will be played on the same day.

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Dixon’s Laron Carr clears the high-jump bar on Friday at the Sterling Night Relays. Carr helped the Dukes to a fourth-place finish.

Making history of old history Dukes’ relay breaks record

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STERLING – When Dixon senior Kylian Lally woke up Friday morning, his mind was racing and his body had a funny feeling. He knew that in about 12 hours he was running for history.

Lally was set to anchor the Dukes. 3,200-meter relay team at the Sterling Night Relays and his stomach was churning. He had an important two-lap role on a relay that took aim at a 28-yearold record.

“That was eating me up all day because I was really excited for it,” Lally said. “I just wanted to get it done. I really wanted to do it.”

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Sterling’s Charli Wike runs in the 3,200 relay on Friday at the Sterling Night Relays. The Warriors’ relay won in a time of 9:57.41.

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Ember Schuldt, a 2010 Sterling graduate, will play in the NCAA Central Regional on May 8-10 at Karsten Creek Golf Club in Stillwater, Okla. Schuldt, a senior, will play in the regional for the third time in 4 years.

8-10 at Karsten Creek Golf Club in Stillwater, Okla.

Regionals will also be held in Ce Ember Schuldt is finishing off her Elum, Wash., and Tallahassee, Fla. college golf career in style.

The top eight teams and top two A senior at Illinois, the 2010 Sterindividuals not on those teams from ling High School graduate found out the three regionals advance to the Monday she’ll be in the field when NCAA Championship, slated for the women’s NCAA golf tournament May 20-23 at Tulsa (Okla.) Country begins next week.

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Schuldt, as well as Fighting Illini It is the third NCAA appearance teammate Stephanie Miller, will tee for Schuldt, the first U of I women’s it up at the Central Regional. Twen- golfer to achieve that. ty-four teams and six individuals are entered in the event to be held May SHOT CONTINUED ON B4

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Schuldt file High school: Sterling (2010) College: Illinois FYI: Will graduate from U of I on May 17. ...

4-year member of women’s golf team, with career average of 76.33. ... 3-time NCAA tournament qualifier. ... Plans to turn pro in August.

Rock Island cruises at Eades

BY BRIAN WEIDMAN bweidman@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5551

STERLING – There was going to be no catching Rock Island, but the Sterling, Erie-Prophetstown and Dixon girls track teams did their darndest to do just that.

The Rocks, with a deep pool of sprinters and middle-distance runners in their lineup, ran away with top honors Friday night in the 64th Sterling Night Relays. They finished with 124 points, 32 more than the runner-up Golden Warriors.

The Panthers and Duchesses tied for third place with 72 points. Rock Falls was sixth in an eight-team field with 36 points.

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Perfect weather for morels, B10.

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ack in the day when adult fastpitch softball leagues were common, my father used to pitch in one in Tampico.

I was very young â&#x20AC;&#x201C; so young that only snapshots of memories come to mind. There were thousands of moths swarming around the lights. I got to have snow cones, and barely remember asking for a squirt of each flavor from the vendor.

There is also the lasting memory of the sound of the ball striking the bat one night.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always a crack in my mind.

The ball zipped back at my dad and hit him in the arm. Later, we found out that it broke his arm.

On Thursday, I talked with Erie-Prophetstownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kylie Ackerman after the Panthers beat Newman.

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She had her head ban- it grazed the top of her head. daged, after taking a I talked to a parent liner off the bat of Mady Ferris. Ackerman seems behind me that said he saw a pitcher struck as tough as her pitches in the jaw a few years are fast. She said being struck in the head didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ago during a summerleague game. hurt, and that it was Former Milledgeville something that she star Keali Engelkens had long expected to came to my mind. She happen. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a pitch- needed a couple surgeries after being hit in the er, you know that at some point youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going face.

It boggles my mind to have one like that,â&#x20AC;? to see so few pitchers Ackerman said. wearing masks. Almost Ackerman is right. If

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all third basemen in softball have started wearing them. So have many first basemen.

When I covered Little League softball almost 6 years ago, the entire Sterling team that eventually finished third at the World Series was wearing them.

It was a team rule, and Little League was starting to mandate it, as well.

After a while, I figured the IHSA would follow suit.

Even if it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, I thought enough young players would get used to wearing them that it would just become as natural as wearing cleats and batting gloves.

Apparently it hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t.

Ackerman â&#x20AC;&#x201C; who doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wear a mask â&#x20AC;&#x201C; was lucky. She might not be the next time.

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Dixon senior spends free time working with the United Way. I know you play a couple sports, but which is your favorite?

Baseball. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game, and I grew up with it. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t start playing it again until I was in sixth grade. I started playing tee-ball and then took some time off, and a family friend got me back into it.

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What do you do to fill your free time when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not playing sports?

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a local member of the United Way. One of my momâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s friends, Sue Hohlen, got me into it, and she recently passed away, and I wanted to support her. I have batting gloves that support her, and I have a wristband with her name on it. I try to play every game for her. She is the one who got me to give back to the community and helped me out.

Personally, what do you get out of helping out at the United Way? It helps with kids all around the area, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a charity group that we help around the community, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great cause.

What is an average day like for you when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re at the United Way? I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been out there too much recently, with baseball now and playing basketball in the winter, but in the fall I went over there, and I was in a picture that made it to a poster with the kids.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good cause. Helping out the community is a good thing.

You said you want to end up coaching and teaching.

What subject would you like to teach?

It might sound funny, but I want to be a gym teacher. Possibly a weight-lifting adviser, so I can help young athletes get their bodies right, and be healthy for games, and help them out in the offseason as well.

Have you always been geared toward helping others?

Yeah. My mom has always liked me helping others before myself, and she always told me to be helpful and not selfish.

Time for the fun stuff. Do you have a favorite food?

Mostly Italian, really. I like good pastas, and my mom always says itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good meal before a game, and I believe her.

What would your dream job be? Is it along the lines of helping?

Probably to be a teacher, really.

I guess I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really have a dream job besides going to the minors [in baseball]. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really expect to go pro, but I just want to play in college baseball, and after that I want to coach at a high school that I teach at.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to Sauk next year, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be able to play baseball there for 2 years and get my Gen-Eds done, then hopefully play at a 4-year university.

Favorite music?

Hip-hop. My favorite artist is Tyga. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m into most of that rap stuff, it gets me pumped up.

What is on your music player that might surprise your friends?

Probably not much. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really have too much old stuff, but some new things might be surprising.

Me and my friends always look online at new stuff and try to find different artists.

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ABOVE: Rock Falls shortstop Chelsi Blair snags a high throw as LaSalle-Peruâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Abby Turczyn slides into second base Friday in Rock Falls. Defensive miscues cost the Rockets in a 4-3 loss.

BELOW: Destinee Schumaker canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t corral a fly ball during Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s loss to LaSalle-Peru.

Tale of two Ds ROCK FALLS â&#x20AC;&#x201C; In the midst of some recent struggles, the Rock Falls softball team was looking for a fast start Friday afternoon in a nonconference home game against LaSalle-Peru.

But while the Rockets got that quick start by scoring a pair of runs in the first inning, they couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t keep it up.

Defense was the main culprit, as four Rock Falls errors led to four unearned runs in a 4-3 Cavalier victory, Rock Fallsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; third straight loss and fourth in the last five games. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our energy just stopped tonight,â&#x20AC;? Rock Falls coach Kris Nunez said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At the beginning, everybody was focused and cheering and totally into it. Then, by the third inning, there was just a complete lack of focus on what we needed to be doing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have to stop letting other teams take the wind out of our sails, just fight through the adversity like we did earlier in the season. We have to find that inner spark to get the job done.â&#x20AC;?

Defense, and the ability to make the most of a few extra outs, ultimately won the game for LaSalle-Peru (12-8).

The Cavaliers robbed Rock Falls of three hits â&#x20AC;&#x201C; one of which would have given the Rockets a lead in the fourth inning â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and turned a 5-4-3 double play around the infield to end the fifth.

While the Cavs were making every play possible, the Rockets (125) struggled to do the same. A dropped fly ball near the right-field foul line with runners on second and third in the top of the third allowed two runs to score, then that run came around to score on an RBI single by Samantha George. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The girls are taught to run everything out, to execute until theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re told to stop,â&#x20AC;? LaSalle-Peru

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coach Mike Schmidt said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and that really helps us take advantage of mistakes by our opponents.â&#x20AC;?

It was a two-out error that led to the goahead run in the sixth.

The speedy Addison Lijewski, who was a pest all game long from the No. 9 spot, reached after her grounder to third was bobbled. She then stole second for the second time in the game, and scored when leadoff hitter Whitney Lippert lined a single to right-center.

It was a little redemption for Lippert, who struck out with the chance to drive in Lijewski two innings earlier. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was nervous, because I struck out the last time,â&#x20AC;? Lippert said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just wanted to put the ball in play, and I knew that if I found a hole somewhere, Addison would score, because thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty much what she does when she gets on base for us.â&#x20AC;?

The Rockets went down in order in the bottom of the sixth, then after Michaela Ward pitched around a oneout dropped third strike in the top of the seventh, Rock Falls had one last chance.

Pinch hitter Jenny Lawson drew a walk to lead off the inning, then Taylor Anderson reentered to run. Anderson advanced to second on Baylie Janssenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sacrifice bunt, but was stranded there as Chelsi Blair flew out to center

and Kaylyn Booker popped out to second.

Mackenzie May (1-0) got the win in relief of starter Kristi Wallin, tossing three shutout innings and allowing one hit and one walk.

Neither Cavalier pitcher struck out a Rocket hitter, but they did induce 11 flyouts or popouts and stranded five Rock Falls runners in scoring position.

Ward (10-3) was the tough-luck loser, allowing five hits and four walks while striking out eight in a completegame effort. She threw 87 of her 131 pitches for strikes, and never had an inning where she threw more than 10 balls. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This type of game, losing it like we did, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just frustrating for all of us,â&#x20AC;? senior Paige Reynolds said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had a great start and got our energy up right away, but we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pick each other up later in the game. We just need to be more mentally tough, and fight through things as a team.â&#x20AC;?

It didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem like that would be an issue early on. Blair led off with a sharp single on the first pitch in the bottom of the first, then moved to second on Bookerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s groundout and scored on Reynoldsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; line-drive base hit to right-center.

Kara Nehrkorn then smashed a two-out double to right-center to drive in Reynolds for a 2-0 Rocket lead.

Rock Falls then

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answered the Cavsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; three unearned runs in the third with a run in the fourth, as Destinee Schumaker singled with one out, went to second on Andersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s groundout, then moved to third on Janssenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s infield single.

With Blair at the plate, Schumaker scored on a wild pitch to tie the game, then Blair smacked a ball down the right-field line for what looked to be a goahead run-scoring hit.

But LaSalle-Peru right fielder Kylea Starkey never gave up on the play, and ended the inning with a diving catch to match the leaping grab by third baseman Taylor Naumann to rob Ward of a single to lead off the inning. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Early in the season, we gave a couple of games away with poor defense,â&#x20AC;? Schmidt said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;so weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve really been working hard on improving in the field and cutting down our mistakes. It paid off today, because the defense won this game for us.â&#x20AC;?

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Shayne Allen singled home Trevor Bolin in the bottom of the ninth inning Friday to send the Newman Comets to a 5-4 nonconference victory over the Hall Red Devils in Sterling.

It was Allenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second RBI of the game, and preserved a strong start from Bolin and two innings of no-hit relief

by Brandon Burke, who got the win after Hall scored a run in the top of the seventh to force extra innings.

Bolin struck out 11 and walked two, allowing one earned run in seven innings. A.J. Sharp had two hits and an RBI, and Alex Buhler, Nate Olson and Dillan Heffelfinger also drove in a run for the Comets (11-7).

Geneseo 14, Sterling 3, 5 inn.: The Maple Leafs

brought their hitting shoes to Gartner Park, scoring 10 runs in the opening frame on Sterling starter Bryant Lilly.

Rafael Escalante came in to relieve Lilly, and allowed four runs on seven hits in 4 1/3 innings pitched. Lilly had two hits and two RBIs. Brady Siegmund had two hits and an RBI.

Ottawa 10, Dixon 0, 5 inn.: The Dukes couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t

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Oregon 10, Mendota 8:

Mason Smith had three hits, including a double, and drove in three runs to pace the Hawks in a slugfest in Mendota.

Joey Rowe had three hits, including two doubles from his leadoff spot. Rowe came around to score twice. The Hawksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; offense racked up 17 hits.

Matt Murray earned a win, allowing seven earned runs in 5 1/3 innings. Taylor Brubaker pitched the rest of the

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nonconference road win.

Triston Houzenga also had a pair of RBIs, and Mason Sitzmore drove in a run for Morrison. Ryan VanZuiden got the win, giving up just three hits in four innings of work.

AFC 4, LaMoille-Ohio

way for the save. Brubak- 0: Bret Gittleson (3-2) er also drove in two runs. struck out 13 in six Rockridge 10, Erie- innings of work to earn Prophetstown 2: The the win in Ashton. GittleRockets scored runs in son also went 4-for-4 at bunches in the fourth the plate. and sixth innings to beat David Zinke drove in the Panthers at Ashford two runs for AFC (5-10), Field in Clinton. while Troy Mairs had Jordan Chandler had two hits, including a two hits for Erie-Proph- double and an RBI. etstown (8-8), and Ethan Forreston-Polo 9, Howard drove in two Milledgeville 0: The Carruns. Kallen Jepson took dinals followed up a the loss, after allowing three-run fourth inning five runs in four innings. with four runs in the fifth The Rockets scored four to put away an NUIC times in the fourth.

East road win.

Rockridge (13-6) added Nathan Schneiderman five more runs in the threw 5 1/3 innings of sixth inning off of Evan no-hit ball, striking out Cooper. Ethan Happ, 11 and walking six, then who is committed to Richie Bartnick finished playing basketball at off the no-no, striking out Wisconsin, got the win two and walking one in for the Rockets. an inning and two-thirds Fulton 14, Amboy 0: Devon Ballard held the of relief. Schneiderman Clippers to three hits also had three hits and while striking out eight two RBIs, and Wyatt Kerin the Steamersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Three chner and Ethan Groom Rivers North win at both added three hits and drove in a run.

Drives Park.

Seth Sanderson had Pearl City 1, Eastland 0: two hits and three RBIs, Mike Harringtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s single as Fulton (9-11, 5-4) in the third inning drove jumped out to a 7-0 lead in Tim Harrington to after one inning. Colin account for the Wolvesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Houzenga also drove in lone hit and run in a NUIC win in Lanark. three runs.

Tim Clark allowed 14 The Cougars managed runs in three innings of just two hits against Pearl City pitcher Nic work for the Clippers.

Morrison 6, St. Bede 2: Pilson, who had seven Andy Bird doubled in a strikeouts and four walks pair of runs in the Mus- in seven innings of work. tangsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; five-run fourth Chase Giedd took the inning, en route to a loss for Eastland.

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Newman softball bounces back Duchesses fall in Ottawa; Steamers top Clippers "Y 36- 3PORTS 3TAFF

Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stars

The Newman Comets rebounded from a blowout loss on Thursday to beat Hall 4-0 on Friday at home in a Three Rivers crossover game.

Lakyn Waldschmidt (7-3) pitched seven scoreless innings while allowing two hits with five strikeouts and two walks for Newman (10-8).

Jenna Stevens had two hits, including a double, while Jaimie Hurd, Samantha Miller and Sarah Trujillo all drove in runs.

Ottawa 5, Dixon 4: The Duchesses scored three times in the top of the seventh to tie the score at 4-4, but the Pirates responded with a run in the bottom of the frame to take the NIB-12 West win.

Kari Wolfe doubled, tripled and drove in a run for the Duchesses (5-13, 0-6). Emily Bay had two hits and an RBI, and Bre Grobe also drove in a run.

Beccah Jones struck out four and walked two in 6 1/3 innings.

Taylor Marvin also struck out four and walked two for the Pirates, and helped her own cause with a two-run homer.

Steamers won a Three Rivers North game at home.

Jones drove in three runs, and Lesniewski doubled, homered and had two RBIs. Olivia Edfors and Whitney Wynkoop each added two hits and two RBIs, and Faith Kennedy doubled home a run for Fulton. Lesniewski got the win in the circle.

Karlee Doege took the loss, but finished 4-for-4 with a double, homer and three RBIs for the Clippers (11-6, 4-3). Destinee Oenes added a single and a two-run shot, and Madeline Ely also drove in a run.

Jenna Jones finished a double shy of the cycle, Chelsea Lesniewski homered for the second straight game, and the

Lauren Rice struck out 13 and walked just two in a one-hitter, and also drove in three runs as the Fillies won a nonconference

Fulton 11, Amboy 6:

Morgan Adolph

-ILLEDGEVILLE NO HITTER

HIT (2S 2")S Lauren Meurer !&#

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Morrison 9, St. Bede 0:

game at home.

Chelsea Eads and Jaeden Workman each had three hits and an RBI, and Brooke Stralow had two hits and drove in a run for Morrison, which scored all nine runs int he first four innings.

Milledgeville 18, Pecatonica 0, 5 inn.: Morgan

Adolph hit two home runs, drove in five, and tossed a no-hitter as the Missiles rolled to an NUIC East road win.

Adolph walked three and struck out six, and benefitted from Milledgevilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 13-run inning in the top of the first, before she even threw a pitch.

Courtney Swalve added a homer and three RBIs, Kayleigh Leddy had two doubles and four RBIs, and Ally Bush and Kendra Schave each drove in two runs. Adolph, Bush, Leddy, Swalve and Brey Henson all had three hits in the Missilesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 20-hit attack.

AFC 22, LaMoille-Ohio 1, 5 inn.: Lauren Meurer

drove in seven runs as the Raiders cruised to a nonconference win in Ashton.

Cassidy Koning picked up the win, allowing four hits, one earned run on six strikeouts and one walk.

Koning also had three hits and drove in three runs.

Lexi Meurer and Laci Meurer each drove in two runs.

Schuldt chasing professional dream SHOT

CONTINUED FROM B1

She was part of Illinois teams that qualified for regional play her freshman and sophomore seasons, but she is seeking her first trip to the finals. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the plan,â&#x20AC;?

Schuldt said, when asked if the third time will be a charm.

Schuldt is averaging a team-best 75.17 strokes per 18 holes this spring, and sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been on a roll of late. In the first round of the Web.com Intercollegiate on April 7 in Ponte Vedra, Fla., Schuldt opened with a 5-underpar 67. It tied for the third-lowest score in U of I womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s golf history.

At the Big Ten Tournament held April 25-27 in French Lick, Ind., Schuldt had a three-round total of 225, good for sixth place overall. She was named second-team all-Big Ten on Tuesday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just my experience,â&#x20AC;? Schuldt said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I learned a lot over the last 4 years, and we usually play the same courses, so I know where to and where not to hit it. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all about maturing as a player.â&#x20AC;?

Schuldt has a career average of 76.33, second only to her coach, Renee Slone. The former Renee Heiken averaged 75.53 during her time at Illinois from 1990-93.

Schuldt was hoping to catch her coach in the scoring average department. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was the carrot that was out there,â&#x20AC;? Schuldt

Photo courtesy of the University of Illinois

Ember Schuldt will attend Q school in Rancho Mirage, Calif. this summer. That is the first step to becoming a professional golfer. said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;but it looks like Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to fall a little bit short.â&#x20AC;?

Schuldt will soon be undergoing major changes in her life. On May 17, she will graduate with a bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in sports management.

This summer, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll do an internship with the Illinois womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s golf program, to learn the ins and outs of being a college golf coach.

That is her backup career plan. First, she wants to take a shot at being a professional golfer, and plans to turn

pro in August. The first step down that path will be attending Q school in Rancho Mirage, Cal. Outside of golf, she also has a wedding to plan.

She will marry fellow Sterling graduate Joshua Villareal on Sept. 26, 2015.

Schuldt is looking forward to getting on with the next phase of her life. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is definitely exciting,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I guess Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m nervous about graduating and sad to be leaving a team that I loved being on, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m excited about the opportunities that are ahead of me.â&#x20AC;?

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Rizzoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rude greeting Cubs slugger gets to Wainwright early; Sox downed by Tribe "Y THE !SSOCIATED 0RESS

AP

Tyler Flowers (left) was named starting catcher in spring training because of his ability to work with pitchers. So far, he has had better results at the plate.

Flowers blooming better in 2014 Catcher feels like different player ers and said his offensive struggles might not have White Sox catcher Tyler been as glaring if other Flowers knows there will players had done their be points this season jobs properly. when the singles that are Rays manager Joe Madcoming in bunches will don said Monday that be harder to find.

Flowers is a different But Flowers, who player than he was last entered the season with year â&#x20AC;&#x201C; slimmer, in better his share of doubters, shape and with a far bethopes his surprising start ter approach at the plate. is laying the groundwork Flowers, who said he lost for him to overcome such 12 pounds, agrees. slumps quicker. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel like a different Flowers entered May player, the whole works hitting .354 with 11 runs â&#x20AC;&#x201C; catching, throwing, scored and nine RBIs. He my stance, the swing, has nine multi-hit games, all of that,â&#x20AC;? Flowers matching his total for said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It feels good to 2013. Except for Septem- be more productive. I ber, when he played one think I showed that to game, he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hit above the White Sox this spring; .231 in any month. otherwise, I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nice to get off on have the opportunity to the right foot and have be where I am right now. a foundation under you I guess other people see where, when I do scuffle it too.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and it will happen â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Flowers, who hit 10 hopefully it wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hurt home runs last season, me as much ,and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll try to has 26 singles, among the bounce back as quick as I leaders in baseball, to go can,â&#x20AC;? Flowers said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Any- with two doubles and one time you can collect a homer. He hopes a little fair number of hits in the power will eventually first month of the season, come, but he will take the that really is going to help hits any way he can get you stay confident, stay them. up, whenever that tough He has provided a nice stretch does come.â&#x20AC;? boost at the bottom of Flowers hit .195 last the lineup for manager season, lost his starting Robin Ventura, who said job to rookie Josh PhegFlowersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; start is big for his ley and ended his seaconfidence. son early to have minor â&#x20AC;&#x153;After the year he had shoulder surgery. last year, more of the The Sox could have pressure that was there found a replacement on because he was coming the free-agent or trade in for A.J. [Pierzynski], but markets, but instead now heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just on his own,â&#x20AC;? re-signed Flowers to a Ventura said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He always 1-year, $950,000 deal and called a good game. Now named him the starting you bring an offensive catcher in spring training. side to it where heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really They cited his ability contributing, it gives you to work well with pitchconfidence.â&#x20AC;?

BY COLLEEN KANE Chicago Tribune

CUBS

Donahue set to be honored at Wrigley

BY JOHN OWENS Chicago Tribune

She was a pioneering major league baseball executive, responsible for a series of groundbreaking innovations during her nearly 40 years as an employee with the Cubs.

Now, more than 50 years after her retirement, and more than 35 years after her death, Margaret â&#x20AC;&#x153;Midgeâ&#x20AC;? Donahue is getting recognition from both the Cubs and the Lakeview community.

On Saturday afternoon, the Cubs will honor Donahue by having her three surviving nieces sing â&#x20AC;&#x153;Take Me Out to the Ballgameâ&#x20AC;? during the seventh-inning stretch at Wrigley Field. The tribute is part of Wrigley Fieldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s year-long centennial celebration: On this homestand, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re honoring

Cubs employees from the 1920s.

Meanwhile, there is strong support for naming a North Side park after Donahue.

Donahue, who worked for the Cubs from 1919 to 1958, was somewhat of a celebrity in her day.

Back in 1926, she made national news when Cubs president William Veeck, father of Bill Veeck, announced her appointment as the clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s corporate secretary, making her baseballâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first female front office executive who was not also an owner.

Donahue justified Veeckâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trust with a series of novel ideas that are now commonplace in baseball.

Donahue devised the concept of season tickets in 1929, and she also came up with the idea of selling tickets at off-site locations.

CHICAGO â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Anthony Rizzo wasted little time in getting to Adam Wainwright.

Rizzo hit a two-run single in the first that ended Wainwrightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s scoreless streak at 25 innings, and the Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-5 Friday for their third win in four games. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not trying to do too much,â&#x20AC;?

Rizzo said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;See the ball and hit it, really try to swing at the pitches I want to hit, not pitcherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pitches.

Especially with Wainwright, his stuff is so good heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to eat you alive.â&#x20AC;?

Wainwright (5-2) had allowed six runs in 45 innings coming in, but the Cubs matched the runs total in just five innings against the St. Louis ace, who gave up 10 hits. His ERA rose from 1.20 to 2.16. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They did a nice job of spoiling some pitches,â&#x20AC;? Cubs manager Rick Renteria said of his batters. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to give them all the credit. They grinded out some atbats today and reaped some benefits.â&#x20AC;?

Wainwright had been 6-0 in 12 previous starts and five relief appearances at Wrigley Field. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There were certain pitches today I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have good command over,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My curveball was kind of sporadic in the zone and out of the zone, which is pretty rare for me. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a funny game. Today was not my day. I accept that and take responsibility for today and move on.â&#x20AC;?

The scoreless streak was one inning shy of the career high for Wainwright, who had not allowed an extra-base hit since April 12 against the Cubs in St. Louis.

Rizzo added a leadoff home run in the fifth that put Chicago ahead 6-3. Welington Castillo had three doubles for Chicago, which sent the skidding Cardinals to their 10th loss in 16 games.

Travis Wood (2-3) gave up three runs â&#x20AC;&#x201C; two earned â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and six hits in seven innings but allowed just one runner in his final three innings.

Justin Grimm gave up Jhonny Peraltaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two-run homer in the eighth, Hector Rondon pitched a perfect ninth for his second save.

AP

The Cubsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Starlin Castro (left) and Nate Schierholtz celebrate after scoring on a double by Welington Castillo on Friday against the Cardinals in Chicago. The Cubs won 6-5.

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Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s games

s #ARDINALS 7ACHA AT #UBS !RRIETA P M #3.

&3 !- &- s 7HITE 3OX #ARROLL AT )NDIANS -ASTERSON P M 7'. !- !- Indians 12, White Sox 5: Michael Brantley homered and drove in three runs in Cleveland, Carlos Santana also homered and the Indians broke a six-game losing streak.

Clevelandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s struggling offense, which scored 13 runs on an 0-6 road trip, finally broke loose.

Brantley hit a leadoff homer in the fifth and added a two-run single in the sixth. Santana hit a solo homer in the second and had an RBI single in a five-run first, while Ryan Raburn and Yan Gomes each drove in two runs.

s 7HITE 3OX 2IENZO AT )NDIANS +LUBER P M #3. !- !- s #ARDINALS ,YNN AT #UBS (AMMEL P M %30. !- &- Danny Salazar (1-3) was charged with five runs, three earned, in five innings and earned his first win of the season.

Jose Abreu hit his major-league leading 11th homer in the fifth, but the White Sox couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t overcome a shaky start by John Danks (2-2), who allowed eight runs in five innings.

Alexei Ramirez, the ALâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading hitter, was 2 for 4 and is batting .356. Dayan Viciedo, the thirdleading hitter in the league, was hitless in three at-bats and is batting .337

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS | THROUGH MAY 1 BATTING 2AMIREZ #(7 Viciedo, CHW 7IETERS "!, Cabrera, TOR Davis, DET 4ROUT ,!!

2IOS 4%8 ,ONEY 4 " %LLSBURY .99 Martin, TEX

G

26

27 19

27

AB

89

120 72

91

HOME RUNS R

13

18 13

11

HITS Cabrera, TOR Ramirez, CHW 2IOS 4%8 4ROUT ,!!

Donaldson, OAK -ARKAKIS "!, Altuve, HOU Hosmer, K-C :OBRIST 4 " Kendrick, LAA 0EDROIA "/3

Avg.

.348

.342 .333

.308

Abreu, CHW Pujols, LAA "AUTISTA 4/2 Dozier, MIN #RUZ "!, Donaldson, OAK Trout, LAA Lawrie, TOR TIED

Abreu, CHW Colabello, MIN #RUZ "!, Donaldson, OAK Pujols, LAA Moss, OAK Lawrie, TOR "RANTLEY #,% Ramirez, CHW Plouffe, MIN Infante, K-C Suzuki, MIN

TRIPLES

Gordon, K-C Viciedo, CHW Plouffe, MIN Donaldson, OAK ,ONEY 4 " Hosmer, K-C Colabello, MIN "ELTRAN .99 Perez, K-C Encarnacion, TOR 0EDROIA "/3 Solarte, NYY

11 11 11 10

10 9

9 9

9

WON-LOST

1.76 1.89 2.03 2.08 2.11

2.27 2.40 2.40

RBIS

10 9

7

7 6 6

DOUBLES 41 40

34

32 32

32

ERA 6ENTURA + # Gray, OAK Chavez, OAK Shields, K-C Scherzer, DET Kazmir, OAK "UEHRLE 4/2 Tanaka, NYY Vargas, K-C Hernandez, SEA

H

31

41 24

28

"UEHRLE 4/2 Kazmir, OAK Perez, TEX Gray, OAK ,ACKEY "/3 Wilson, LAA 17 tied

Infante, K-C Aybar, LAA "OURN #,% Stewart, LAA Cabrera, TOR Trout, LAA Jackson, DET Ellsbury, NYY Aoki, K-C Reddick, OAK Martin, TEX Fuld, MIN

32 27

23 23 21 20

19 19 19 19

Perez, TEX 0RICE 4 " Hernandez, SEA Vargas, K-C Gray, OAK ,ESTER "/3 ,ACKEY "/3 Verlander, DET "UEHRLE 4/2 Shields, K-C

Abreu, CHW .617 4ROUT ,!!

0UJOLS ,!!

"AUTISTA 4/2 7IETERS "!, #ABRERA 4/2 #RUZ "!,

2AMIREZ #(7 $ONALDSON /!+ 6ICIEDO #(7

TOTAL BASES 2 2

2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

Abreu, CHW Cabrera, TOR 0UJOLS ,!!

4ROUT ,!! $ONALDSON /!+ Ramirez, CHW "AUTISTA 4/2 #RUZ "!, .APOLI "/3 "ELTRAN .99

INNINGS PITCHED

4-0 4-1 4-1

4-2 3

SLUGGING PERCENTAGE

42.2

41.1 41.1 41.0

40.0

40.0

ON-BASE PERCENTAGE "AUTISTA 4/2 Choo, TEX Lowrie, OAK *OYCE 4 " Viciedo, CHW .APOLI "/3 Trout, LAA Solarte, NYY Dunn, CHW Mauer, MIN

.433 .423

.410

.403 .402 .402 .397

BASES ON BALLS

71 68

61

"AUTISTA 4/2 Santana, CLE Dozier, MIN Lowrie, OAK Mauer, MIN Pinto, MIN Kipnis, CLE Fielder, TEX .APOLI "/3 Dunn, CHW *OYCE 4 "

SAVES

22 21 20 19 17 17 17

17

STRIKEOUTS

Axford, CLE (UNTER "!, Holland, K-C Perkins, MIN 5EHARA "/3 Rodney, SEA "ALFOUR 4 " Soria, TEX .ATHAN $%4 3ANTOS 4/2

8

7 6

6

6

3CHERZER $%4 0RICE 4 " Hernandez, SEA Tanaka, NYY ,ESTER "/3 Chavez, OAK Shields, K-C Sabathia, NYY Wilson, LAA ,ACKEY "/3

47 46

41 41 41 41

RUNS SCORED Dozier, MIN "AUTISTA 4/2 Donaldson, OAK Trout, LAA Pujols, LAA Plouffe, MIN Eaton, CHW Abreu, CHW Mauer, MIN :OBRIST 4 " Semien, CHW

26

22 21 21 20 20 20 20

19

STOLEN BASES Andrus, TEX Altuve, HOU Martin, TEX Davis, DET Ellsbury, NYY Dozier, MIN Crisp, OAK Gardner, NYY Kendrick, LAA $YSON + # 2IOS 4%8 %SCOBAR + #

9 9 8 8 8 8 7 7 6

COMPLETE GAMES Perez, TEX Gray, OAK 0RICE 4 " Kluber, CLE

2 1

1

SHUTOUTS Perez, TEX Gray, OAK

2 1

NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS | THROUGH MAY 1 BATTING Tulowitzki, COL "LACKMON #/, 5TLEY 0(, -OLINA 34, Pagan, S-F -ORNEAU #/, "ONIFACIO #(# Uribe, LAD J. Upton, ATL Goldschmidt, ARI

G 28

26

29 26 31

AB 92

100

113 96 124

HITS Goldschmidt, ARI "LACKMON #/, Arenado, COL Uribe, LAD Rendon, WAS Morneau, COL !DAMS 34, -OLINA 34, 'ONZALEZ ,!$ 'OMEZ -),

H 34

34

37 31 40

BA .370

.340

.327 .323 .323

Gonzalez, LAD Stanton, MIA J. Upton, ATL Trumbo, ARI Gomez, MIL "ELT 3 & Gattis, ATL Tulowitzki, COL 10 tied

DOUBLES 40

37 37 36 36

Goldschmidt, ARI Ramirez, LAD Utley, PHL Hill, ARI Rendon, WAS Lucroy, MIL Tulowitzki, COL Uribe, LAD Adams, STL Gonzalez, LAD

1.20 1.47

1.60 1.91 1.98 2.04 2.08

'REINKE ,!$ 7AINWRIGHT 34, Haren, LAD Machi, S-F Hammel, CHC Lynn, STL Fernandez, MIA Hudson, S-F Simon, CIN Lohse, MIL

ERA #UETO #).

Wainwright, STL Teheran, ATL &ERNANDEZ -)!

Simon, CIN Gallardo, MIL Samardzija, CHC Greinke, LAD Hammel, CHC "URNETT 0(,

HOME RUNS R 24

12

11 17 21

RBIS

9 8 8 7 7

7 7 6

Stanton, MIA 'ONZALEZ ,!$ Morneau, COL Tulowitzki, COL Morse, S-F Rendon, WAS "LACKMON #/, Trumbo, ARI Ramirez, MIL Gonzalez, COL

TRIPLES 12 12 11 10 10 10 10 9 9 9

Simmons, ATL Hechavarria, MIA 13 tied

4-0 4-0 4-1 4-1 4-1 4-1 4-1 4-1

Cueto, CIN (UDSON 3 & 7AINWRIGHT 34, Teheran, ATL Miley, ARI Lee, PHL Samardzija, CHC Gee, NYM Cashner, S-D Wood, ATL Lohse, MIL

WON-LOST

32

22 22 20 20

19 19 19

SLUGGING PERCENTAGE

ON-BASE PERCENTAGE

Tulowitzki, COL .728 'ONZALEZ ,!$ * 5PTON !4, Morneau, COL .604 "LACKMON #/, "RAUN -),

-ORSE 3 &

'OMEZ -),

5TLEY 0(,

3LTLAMACCHIA -)!

Tulowitzki, COL .478 Votto, CIN .444 McCutchen, PIT .427 Ruiz, PHL .416 LaRoche, WAS .413 "LACKMON #/, Utley, PHL .408 Rizzo, CHC .407 Sltlamacchia, MIA .402 Puig, LAD .396

TOTAL BASES 3 3 2

INNINGS PITCHED 47.0

43.0 42.0 41.0 41.0 40.2 40.1 40.0 40.0

Gonzalez, LAD Gomez, MIL Tulowitzki, COL Goldschmidt, ARI Morneau, COL Stanton, MIA "LACKMON #/, Rendon, WAS J. Upton, ATL 5RIBE ,!$

Votto, CIN McCutchen, PIT "RUCE #).

Tulowitzki, COL Rizzo, CHC Carpenter, STL LaRoche, WAS Holliday, STL 3ALTALAMACCHIA -)!

13 11 10 9 8 8 7 7 6 6

&ERNANDEZ -)!

3TRASBURG 7!3 #UETO #).

Greinke, LAD Wacha, STL Wainwright, STL Lee, PHL Lynn, STL Lohse, MIL Gonzalez, WAS

SAVES Rodriguez, MIL Jansen, LAD Street, S-D Hawkins, COL Papelbon, PHL Kimbrel, ATL Romo, S-F Rosenthal, STL Reed, ARI Cishek, MIA

BASES ON BALLS

71 68 67 64 64 62

62 61

26 24

21 18 18 16 16

STRIKEOUTS

46 44 42 40 40 40 38

RUNS SCORED Tulowitzki, COL "LACKMON #/, Goldschmidt, ARI Gonzalez, LAD Carpenter, STL E. Young, NYM Rendon, WAS Stanton, MIA Gomez, MIL "RUCE #).

24

21 21 21 20 19 19 19

STOLEN BASES 'ORDON ,!$ E. Young, NYM Hamilton, CIN "ONIFACIO #(# Revere, PHL Marte, PIT "LACKMON #/, Murphy, NYM 0ENCE 3 & " 5PTON !4, 3EGURA -),

12 11

10 9

6

COMPLETE GAMES Cueto, CIN Wainwright, STL Cashner, S-D Wood, ATL Teheran, ATL Roark, WAS Alvarez, MIA Lee, PHL "UMGARNER 3 &

2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

SHUTOUTS 6 tied

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New perspective can help defense

Grizzwells by Bill Schorr

George Lucas said, “If the boy and girl walk off into the sunset hand-in-hand in the last scene, it adds 10 million to the box office.”

If bridge partners do everything correctly, they can picture themselves walking off into the sunset, but it probably doesn’t add anything to their bank accounts.

This deal, though, requires a different box: the one that you think outside of. The winning defense requires a play that many would not even consider.

South is in three no-trump.

West leads his fourth-highest heart. Assuming that declarer will hold up his ace until the third round, how can EastWest defeat the contract?

West leads the heart four

and East puts up his jack, bottom of touching honors when playing third hand high.

When South ducks, East continues with his heart queen.

Declarer plays low again.

At this point, most Wests would follow suit with their three, advertising that they have led from a five-card suit. Then, South would take the third heart and run his diamond nine (or jack). East could win, but West has no entry. Declarer would take one spade, one heart, four diamonds and four clubs for an overtrick.

Yes, East could shift to the spade king at trick three, but that would only save the overtrick.

West has to realize that establishing his heart suit is a waste of time, because he does not have an entry. At trick two, he should overtake his partner’s heart queen with his king and shift to the spade 10.

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Whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s who in draft room?

Baseball Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s results at Gartner Park, Sterling

GENESEO 14, STERLING 3, 5 inn.

I

Geneseo (10)10 21 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 14 11 Sterling 102 00 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 3 5 W â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Alexander. L â&#x20AC;&#x201C; "RYANT ,ILLY GENESEO Alexander (5 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 6 SO, 1 "" Multi hits â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Stenzel 3, Murray 2, 2USK " 3TENZEL 3INGBUSH 2USK RBI â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A. Craig 3, Stenzel 3, Rowley, Murray, T. Craig.

STERLING ,ILLY )0 ( 2 %2 3/ ""

2AFAEL %SCALANTE )0 ( 2 %2

3/ "" Multi hits â&#x20AC;&#x201C; "RADY 3IEGMUND

,ILLY 2B â&#x20AC;&#x201C; "RANDON $ENNIS ,ILLY 3IEG mund. RBI â&#x20AC;&#x201C; ,ILLY 3IEGMUND at King Field, Ottawa

OTTAWA 10, DIXON 0, 5 inn. $IXON Â&#x2C6; /TTAWA Â&#x2C6; W n 1UICK L n 2YAN $IXON DIXON (5-13, 1-8 NIB-12 West) $IXON )0 2 %2 ( 3/ ""

("0 0AYTON -URPHY )0 2

%2 ( 3/ "" AND .ATE 'ROCKE 2B n #ODY -IGHELL SB n -ITCHEL 7OLFE OTTAWA (8-9, 5-3) 1UICK )0 2 ( 3/ "" AND "OAZ Multi hits â&#x20AC;&#x201C; W.Hoffman 2. 2B n 7 (OFFMAN 7ALLBAUM -ANLEY RBI â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 7 (OFFMAN #OFFEY 7ALLBAUM (ORNER

Porter, Cook. SF â&#x20AC;&#x201C; W.Hoffman. at Mendota

OREGON 10, MENDOTA 8 /REGON Â&#x2C6; -ENDOTA Â&#x2C6; W â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Matt Murray. L â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 7EBER S â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Taylor "RUBAKER OREGON -URRAY )0 ( 2 %2 3/

"" "RUBAKER )0 ( 2 %2

3/ "" Multi hits â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Joey Rowe 3, -ASON 3MITH !DAM "ETTNER 4YLER "LUME -URRAY "RUBAKER 2B â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Rowe

-URRAY 3MITH "RUBAKER *OSH #OOK RBI â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3MITH "RUBAKER 4YLER "LUME

3KYLAR 3HORT #OOK LOB â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 11.

MENDOTA 7EBER )0 ( 2 %2 3/ ""

+RUSE )0 ( 2 %2 3/ "" Multi hits â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2OBINSON 7EBER :INK

3CHULTZ 2B â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2OBINSON 3CHULTZ RBI â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2OBINSON 'ONZALES :INK 3CHULTZ

+RUSE $ORNICK

Alex T. Paschal/apaschal@saukvalley.com

Rock Falls third baseman Julie Dodd fires across the diamond for an out Friday against LaSalle-Peru in Rock Falls. The Cavaliers beat the Rockets 4-3.

(At bats-runs-hits) LaSALLE-PERU (12-8) 7HITNEY ,IPPERT CF !NNA +ONCZAK B

!BBY 4URCZYN SS 3AMANTHA 'EORGE LF +YLEA 3TARKEY RF

,AUREN 3PELICH C #ALLIE 3CHMIDT B

3HANA 0UETZ PH 4AYLOR .AU MANN B 4EAGAN 0YSZKA PH

!DDISON ,IJEWSKI DP +RISTI 7ALLIN P FLEX -ACKENZIE -AY P FLEX Totals: 29-4-5.

7ALLIN )0 %2 ( 3/ ""

70 -AY )0 2 ( 3/ "" AND 3PELICH 2B â&#x20AC;&#x201C; George. RBI n ,IPPERT 3TAR key. SB n ,IJEWSKI LOB n E â&#x20AC;&#x201C;George.

ROCK FALLS (12-5) #HELSI "LAIR SS +AYLYN "OOKER B

0AIGE 2EYNOLDS CF *ULIE $ODD B +ARA .EHRKORN B

-ICHAELA 7ARD P $ESTINEE 3CHU MAKER RF 4AYLOR !NDERSON LF

*ENNY ,AWSON PH "AYLIE *ANSSEN C Totals: 25-3-6.

7ARD )0 2 %2 ( 3/ "" AND *ANSSEN 0" 2B n .EHRKORN RBI n 2EYNOLDS .EHRKORN Sac â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Anderson, Janssen. LOB â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 5. E n 3CHUMAKER $ODD

Reynolds, Janssen. at Ottawa

OTTAWA 5, DIXON 4

at Sterling

NEWMAN 5, HALL 4, 9 inn.

Hall 010 110 100 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 4 6 1 .EWMAN Â&#x2C6; W n "RANDON "URKE L â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Gaeta.

HALL Multi hits â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Gaeta 2. 2B â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Sangston, Moreno. RBI â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Gaeta 2, Sangston.

NEWMAN (11-7) 4REVOR "OLIN )0 2 %2 ( 3/

"" "URKE )0 2 ( 3/ "" Multi hits n -ICHAEL %LY ! * 3HARP RBI n 3HAYNE !LLEN 3HARP !LEX "UHLER

.ATE /LSON $ILLAN (EFFELFINGER

$IXON Â&#x2C6; /TTAWA Â&#x2C6; W â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Marvin. L n "ECCAH *ONES DIXON (5-13, 0-6 NIB-12 West) *ONES )0 %2 ( 3/ "" AND +ARI 7OLFE 0" Multi hits â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Wolfe

%RIN 3MITH %MILY "AY 2B â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Wolfe.

3B â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Wolfe, Haley Fitzsimmons. RBI n "AY

7OLFE "RE 'ROBE LOB â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 6.

OTTAWA -ARVIN )0 2 %2 ( 3/ "" AND 4ARR 0" Multi hits â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Wignes 2, Raikes 2. 2B â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Wignes 2, Connelly. HR â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Marvin. RBI â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Marvin 2, Raikes, Tarr, Fog arty. SB â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Raikes. LOB n

at Drives Park, Fulton at Newman H.S, Sterling

FULTON 14, AMBOY 0 !MBOY Â&#x2C6; &ULTON 8 Â&#x2C6; W â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $EVON "ALLARD L â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Tim Clark.

FULTON (9-11, 5-4 TRAC North) "ALLARD )0 2 ( 3/ "" AND *AKE 6AN:UIDEN Multi hits â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3ETH 3AND ERSON 0AUL 6ELASCO "ALLARD RBI â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Sanderson 3, Colin Houzenga 3, Jake 6AN:UIDEN *ACK 2EED at Ashford Field, Clinton

ROCKRIDGE 10, ERIE-PROPHETSTOWN 2 Rockridge 010 405 0 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 10 10 0 %RIE 0 TOWN Â&#x2C6; W â&#x20AC;&#x201C; %THAN (APP L â&#x20AC;&#x201C; +ALLEN *EPSON ROCKRIDGE (13-6) Multi hits â&#x20AC;&#x201C; McManus 2, Foy 2. 2B â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Madison, Renteria. RBI â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Martin 2, McMa NUS -ADISON 5LFIG &OY $OWNING ERIE-PROPHETSTOWN (8-8) *EPSON )0 ( 2 %2 3/ ""

%VAN #OOPER )0 ( 2 %2 3/

"" Multi hits â&#x20AC;&#x201C; *ORDAN #HANDLER RBI â&#x20AC;&#x201C; %THAN (OWARD at Peru

MORRISON 6, ST. BEDE 2 -ORRISON Â&#x2C6; 3T "EDE Â&#x2C6; W n 2YAN 6AN:UIDEN MORRISON "ILL ,EE 'REUL )0 %2 ( 3/ ""

6AN:UIDEN )0 2 ( 3/ ""

*OEY "RACKEMYER )0 2 ( 3/

"" -ASON 3ITZMORE )0 2 ( 3/

"" Multi hits â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Greul 2. 2B â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Andy "IRD *USTIN *ENSEN RBI n "IRD 4RISTON Houzenga 2, Sitzmore. at Ashton

AFC 4, LAMOILLE-OHIO 0 ,A-OILLE /HIO Â&#x2C6; !&# 8 Â&#x2C6; W â&#x20AC;&#x201C; "RET 'ITTLESON L â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Powers.

LAMOILLE-OHIO Multi hits â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Powers 2.

AFC (5-10) 'ILTTESON )0 ( 2 3/ ""

("0 *ACOB (ILLIKER )0 2 (

3/ "" ("0 AND 4RISTAN "USHMAN Multi hits â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Gittleson 4, Troy Mairs 2.

2B â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Mairs. RBI â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $AVID :INKE -AIRS

"USHMAN at Milledgeville

FORRESTON-POLO 9, MILLEDGEVILLE 0 &ORR 0OLO Â&#x2C6; Milledgeville 000 000 0 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 0 0 5 W n .ATHAN 3CHNEIDERMAN L n :ACH (ERIN FORR.-POLO (12-7, 9-1 NUIC East) 3CHNEIDERMAN )0 2 ( 3/

"" 2ICHIE "ARTNICK )0 2 (

3/ "" Multi hits n 3CHNEIDERMAN

7YATT +ERCHNER %THAN 'ROOM $YLAN "USHMAN 2B n 3CHNEIDERMAN RBI â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3CHNEIDERMAN +ERCHNER 'ROOM "USH MAN "ARTNICK "RAYDEN 7IERZYCKI MILLEDGEVILLE (ERIN )0 2 ( 3/ "" (ARRISON 3CHMIDT )0 2 ( 3/ "" at Lanark

PEARL CITY 1, EASTLAND 0 Pearl City 001 000 0 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 1 1 1 Eastland 000 000 0 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 0 2 0 W â&#x20AC;&#x201C; .IC 0)LSON PEARL CITY (9-4) 0ILSON )0 2 ( 3/ "" RBI â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Mike Harrington.

Softball

NEWMAN 4, HALL 0 Hall 000 000 0 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 0 2 3 .EWMAN Â&#x2C6; W â&#x20AC;&#x201C; ,AKYN 7ALDSCHMIDT L â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 7HIGHT sil.

HALL 7HIGHTSIL )0 ( 2 %2 3/ ""

4IKULA )0 2 %2 ( 3/ "" 2B â&#x20AC;&#x201C; "ARROSO NEWMAN (10-8) 7ALDSCHMIDT )0 ( 2 3/ "" and Julie Hurd. Mulit hits â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Jenna Ste vens 2. 2B â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Stevens. 3B â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3AMANTHA Miller. RBI â&#x20AC;&#x201C; (URD -ILLER 3ARAH 4RUJILLO at Fulton

FULTON 11, AMBOY 6 !MBOY Â&#x2C6; X Fulton 102 035 x â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 11 12 x W n #HELSEA ,ESNIEWSKI L n +ARLEE $OEGE AMBOY (11-6, 4-3 TRAC North) Multi hits n $OEGE $ESTINEE /ENES

#OURTNEY 2HINE 2B n 2HINE $OEGE

+AITLYN ,IEBING HR n /ENES $OEGE RBI â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $OEGE /ENES -ADELINE %LY FULTON Multi hits n *ENNA *ONES ,ESNIEWSKI

/LIVIA %DFORS 7HITNEY 7YNKOOP 2B â&#x20AC;&#x201C; ,ESNIEWSKI !NN 2ENKES &AITH +ENNEDY 3B â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Jones. HR n *ONES ,ESNIEWSKI RBI n *ONES ,ESNIEWSKI %DFORS 7YN KOOP +ENNEDY at Morrison

MORRISON 9, ST. BEDE 0 3T "EDE Â&#x2C6; -ORRISON X Â&#x2C6; W n ,AUREN 2ICE L n #HRISTENSEN ST. BEDE #HRISTENSEN )0 2 %2 ( 3/

"" ("0 AND -IRANDA 0" MORRISON 2ICE )0 2 ( 3/ "" AND Eads. Multi hits â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Eads 3, Jaeden Work MAN "ROOKE 3TRALOW 2B â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Eads. RBI â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Rice 3, Stralow, Eads, Workman, Allie 7IERSEMA ,AUREN 0ANNIER SB â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Workman

2ACHEL $AVIS 3TRALOW %MMA -ELTON

3HANNON &INNERAN Sac â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Rice, Wiersema. at Pecatonica

MILLEDGEVILLE 18, PECATONICA 0, 5 inn.

- VILLE Â&#x2C6; Pec 000 00 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 0 0 3 W n -ORGAN !DOLPH , n 3TAHELI MILLEDGEVILLE !DOLPH )0 2 ( 3/ "" Multi hits n !DOLPH !LLY "USH #OURTNEY 3WALVE +AYLEIGH ,EDDY "REY (EN SON 4AYLOR 'RENOBLE 2B n ,EDDY

"USH (ENSON HR n !DOLPH 3WALVE RBI n !DOLPH ,EDDY 3WALVE "USH

+ENDRA 3CHAVE 'RENOBLE (ENSON Sac n 'RENOBLE PECATONICA 3TAHELI )0 2 %2 ( 3/

"" at Ashton

AFC 22, LAMOILLE-OHIO 1 W â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Cassidy Koning.

AFC +ONNING )0 ( 2 %2 3/ "" Multi hits â&#x20AC;&#x201C; +ONING ,AUREN -EURER

,EXI -EURER ,ACI -EURER RBI â&#x20AC;&#x201C; ,AUREN -EUER +ONING ,EXI -EURER

Boys track Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s results

64th Sterling Night Relays at Roscoe Eades Stadium, Sterling

Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s results at Rock Falls

LaSALLE-PERU 4, ROCK FALLS 3 , 0 Â&#x2C6; Rock Falls 200 100 0 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 3 6 4 W n -ACKENZIE -AY L n -ICHAELA 7ARD

Team scores 2OCK )SLAND 5NITED 4OWNSHIP

'ALESBURG $IXON 3TERLING

&REEPORT /TTAWA 2OCK Falls 16 High jump relay n $IXON +YLE ,E"LANC

,ARON #ARR 2YAN 7EBB 2OCK )SLAND 5NITED 4OWNSHIP 4OP INDIVIDUAL n +YLE ,E"LANC $IXON

Pole Vault relay n &REEPORT

'ALESBURG /TTAWA 4OP INDI VIDUAL n /SBORNE 'ALESBURG 3AN CHEZ &REEPORT

Long jump relay n 2OCK )SLAND

'ALESBURG $IXON 4OP INDIVIDUAL n 4AYLOR 'ALESBURG

Triple jump relay n 2OCK )SLAND

5NITED 4OWNSHIP $IXON -AR TIN +ANDRAC ,ARON #ARR 1UINTON $OUGLAS 4OP INDIVIDUALS n %HIMWMEN

2OCK )SLAND

Discus relay n /TTAWA

'ALESBURG 3TERLING *OSH +NIE

4ANNER *ENSEN *OE "ROUILETTE 4OP INDIVIDUAL n 2AYFIELD /TTAWA

Shot put relay n 2OCK )SLAND

3TERLING *OSH +NIE *OE "ROUILETTE

4ANNER *ENSEN 'ALESBURG 4OP INDIVIDUAL n -ATT (AWKINS

'ALESBURG

3,200 relay n $IXON %VAN 'RADY

3IMON 4HORPE !LEX ,A-ENDOLA +YLIAN ,ALLY 5NITED 4OWNSHIP

3TERLING %THAN 2OCHA #ODY (ANSEN

#ODY ,UND ,OGAN #HESHIRE SHUTTLE HURDLE n 5NITED 4OWNSHIP

2OCK )SLAND &REE PORT F/S 400 relay n 2OCK )SLAND

&REEPORT 3TERLING 4ERRANCE "RUCE /RLANDO 2AMOS )AN #ASTEN

!NDREW 3PAULDING 400 relay n 'ALESBURG 2OCK )SLAND 5NITED 4OWNSHIP F/S 1,600 medley n /TTAWA

'ALESBURG 5NITED 4OWNSHIP

300 hurdles n *$ 'IESON $IX

$ALTON /AKES 54 1UINTON $OUGLAS $IX F/S 800 relay n 'ALESBURG

3TERLING !NDREW 3PAULDING 4REVOR +ING

4ERRANCE "RUCE /RLANDO 2AMOS

&REEPORT 800 relay n 2OCK )SLAND

'ALESBURG $IXON !LEX ,A-EN DOLA 2EID $EETS +YLE ,E"LANC -ATT #OF FEY 1,600 n 3IMON 4HORPE $IX

2IEGE 54 $OPLER 54 1,600 relay n 2OCK )SLAN

$IXON +YLIAN ,ALLY !LEX ,A-ENDOLA -ATT #OFFEY 3IMON 4HORPE 5NITED 4OWNSHIP

Girls track

am really mad at myself right now.

When the rest of the Bears media and I met with general manager Phil Emery on Thursday, I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ask the most important question of all, and nobody else came up with it either.

Who exactly wears the pants in the Bearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; draft war room these days?

I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t remember hearing a line of questioning as to exactly what the relationship is between Emery and coach Marc Trestman when it comes to the draft and player procurement.

Emery did talk about assigning reports to his coaches and getting their help in evaluating players.

But when the club is on the clock, and the decision has to be made who they are going to take, how much, if any, input does Trestman have?

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m under the impression that Emery picks talent and Trestman coaches football. But in every GM/head coach relationship, there are blurred lines when it comes to just how much input the coach has in picking players.

Who can forget the famous quote by Hall of Fame coach Bill Parcells: â&#x20AC;&#x153;If Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to be asked to cook the meal, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to be able to pick the groceries.â&#x20AC;?

Just how much does Trestman enjoy shopping?

Situations such as what Lovie Smith now has in Tampa, where he was allowed to hire his own GM and has full say over the roster, are extremely

That next draft started with Greg Olsen, but HUBARKUSH then went, in order: Dan 3HAW -EDIA Bazuin, Garrett Wolfe and "EARS Michael Okwo, to be folanalyst.

(E CAN BE lowed in subsequent years REACHED AT with No. 1s such as Chris HARKUSH Williams and Gabe CariSHAWMEDIA mi, and other high picks com such as Jarron Gilbert, Juaquin Iglesias, Major Wright and Chris Conte.

Angelo began billing himself as the great facilrare. And when it has been tried, it usually has itator, watching Lovie add free-agent blunders been a pretty bad idea.

It clearly didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work for such as Adam Archuletta and Orlando Pace that Mike Holmgren in Seateventually cost both men tle or Mike Shanahan in Washington, a couple of their jobs.

That is really the ultireally good coaches. mate irony of Lovieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s But Parcells made it situation today, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a work after he left the Buccaneers issue now.

Giants, including the What kind of talent only small successful evaluator is Trestman? window Jerry Jones has We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really know. had in Dallas since he Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re starting to suschased Jimmy Johnson pect heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a very good out of town, and Bill Belichick seems to make offensive coach, and he was prescient enough to it work in New England. see he could start Kyle This, of course, was a constant storyline when Long and Jordan Mills from Day 1 as rookies.

Jerry Angelo and Smith Of course, he also was were together here. forced to start rookies Early on, Angelo clearly Jonathan Bostic and was in charge of the rosKhaseem Greene, and ter, and there were some success stories in the draft we know what a disaster we tend to forget, such as that was.

It seems clear the draft Charles Tillman, Lance Briggs, Ian Scott, Tommy is Emeryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s show for the moment, and Trestman Harris, Bernard Berrian, is along for the ride, but Nathan Vasher, Kyle just how good of an eye Orton and Devin Hester. for talent the head coach It is widely perceived, has, and how much however, that after Emery is willing to listen the Bearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 2006 Super to him, is going to go a Bowl loss and Smithâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s long way in determining subsequent contract how successful this Bears extension, Lovie also regime is ... and how long was allowed to flex his muscles quite a bit more they keep their jobs.

Please remind me to with personnel decisions ... and the bottom began ask the question the next to fall out. chance I get.

Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s results

64th Sterling Night Relays at Roscoe Eades Stadium, Sterling Team scores 2OCK )SLAND 3TERLING TIE $IXON %RIE 0ROPHETSTOWN 'ENESEO

2OCK &ALLS 5NITED 4OWNSHIP

/TTAWA Pole vault relay n 'ENESEO

TIE $IXON -EGAN #OOPER /LIVIA 0ULTORAK

$ESTINY "RIDGEMAN 3TERLNG +ALLIE :UIDE MA !LYSSA (OBBS -ADDISON 'RELL 4OP INDIVIDUAL n !LLISA $E3HANE % 0 Long jump relay n 2OCK )SLAND

$IXON ,EXY $UNCAN 3HANNON ,AHEY

"RITTANI 3OHN 2OCK &ALLS 3YDNEY !RRICKX %MILY "LACKERT -OLLY -AMMOSSER 4OP INDIVIDUAL n ,EXY $UNCAN

$IXON Triple jump relay n 2OCK )SLAND

3TERLING %MMA +ERMOTT -ORGAN :UIDEMA -EGAN ,OOS 'ENESEO 4OP INDIVIDUAL n 2ACHEL #OBERT

% 0

High jump relay n %RIE 0ROPHETSTOWN #OURTNEY +RUTHOFF -ADDIE &RINGER -IKAYLA "OLTON 3TERLNG -ORGAN :UIDEMA

*ACQUELINE -ATZNICK -EGAN 'EIGER

2OCK )SLAND 4OP INDIVIDUALS n "AYLEE "URKLAND 54 #YNTHIA -YERS -ILES

2) +RUTHOFF % 0 &RINGER % 0 - :UIDEMA

3TERLING Discus relay n 5NITED 4OWNSHIP

2OCK )SLAND 2OCK &ALLS -IREYA !RELLANO ,IZ ,EGO ,ATESHA ,EE 4OP INDIVIDUAL n !UDREY !NDERSON 'EN ESEO Shot put relay â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1. Rock Falls (Mireya !RELLANO ,ATESHA ,EE ,IZ ,EGO

%RIE 0ROPHETSTOWN !LYSSA (OWELL !SH LEY #OONEY *ORDAN *UHOLA

5NITED 4OWNSHIP 4OP INDIVIDUAL n !RELLANO 2& 800 relay n 2OCK )SLAND

%RIE 0ROPHETSTOWN #OURTNEY #OBERT

#OURTNEY +RUTHOFF (EATHER 3TRIKE 2ACHEL #OBERT $IXON 3HANNON ,AHEY

*AYDA (AIME +IRSTEN 0ITMAN ,EXY $UN CAN 400 hurdle shuttle â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1. Rock Island

3TERLING -AYA -ILLER -ORGAN :UIDEMA !SHLEIGH 4IRA 4AJAH .EAL

'ENESEO F-S 400 relay n 2OCK )SLAND

3TERLING 3ABRINA #HAMBERLAIN "RYANA *OHNSON !SHLEIGH 4IRA +ALLIE :UIDEMA

%RIE 0ROPHETSTOWN !LLISA $E3HANE !VERY 3IMESTER -ADDIE &RINGER

!LY 7ETZELL 400 relay n 2OCK )SLAND %RIE 0ROPHETSTOWN #OURTNEY #OBERT #OURTNEY +RUTHOFF (EATHER 3TRIKE 2ACHEL #OBERT 52.22, 3. Geneseo 52.32 F-S 1,600 medley relay â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1. Rock Island

$IXON +AYLEE 2ICE !BRIANNA Montgomery, Mekenzie Harden, Carlie 3HERMAN 3TERLING 'ABRIELLA #ELESTINO -ADDISON 'RELL #HRISTIAN 7IL LIAMSON -EGAN "ARNHART 300 low hurdle team race â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1. Rock )SLAND 3TERLING !SHLEIGH 4IRA

4AJAH .EAL -AYA -ILLER 'EN ESEO F-S 800 relay n 2OCK )SLAND

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The Netsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Deron Williams drives past the Raptorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Jonas Valanciunas during Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s playoff game in New York. Williams scored 23 points, and the Nets forced a Game 7 with a 97-83 win.

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NEW YORK â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Deron Williams scored 23 points, shaking off a second-half injury, and the Brooklyn Nets forced a seventh game in their first-round series by beating the Toronto Raptors 97-83 on Friday night.

Despite appearing to hurt his left foot or ankle early in the third quarter, Williams dominated his matchup with Kyle Lowry, and helped the Nets put it away with a 3-pointer with 1:13 left that made it 92-79.

Game 7 is Sunday in Toronto, with the winner advancing to face the defending champion Miami Heat.

It became the fourth first-round series ticketed for a do-or-die game in these playoffs, with the Atlantic Division champion Raptors trying to get by a Nets team that still has a chance to reach the high expectations it had

entering the season.

NHL DeMar DeRozan scored Rangers 3, Penguins 28 for the Raptors.

2, OT: Derick Brassard Mavericks 113, Spurs scored 3:06 into overtime 111: Monta Ellis scored to seal the Rangersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; win 12 of his 29 points to in Game 1 of the Eastern lead a fourth-quarter Conference semfinal in comeback in Dallas, Dirk Pittsburgh.

Nowitzki added 22, and Play continued after Dallas became the fifth Brassardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goal, with Benteam to force a seventh oit Pouliot pumping a shot game in their first-round past Marc-Andre Fleury series. seconds after Brassardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s T h e e i g h t h - s e e d e d shot. A review showed Mavericks bounced back Brassardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s flip from in from consecutive losses front beat Fleury cleanly. by handing the Spurs Game 2 is Sunday. their first road defeat Pouliot and Brad Richwhen leading after three ards gave the Rangers an quarters this season. early 2-0 lead. Henrik LunTony Parker scored dqvist stopped 34 shots, 22 to lead the heavily and stuffed a late Pittsfavored Spurs, who are burgh breakaway in the stuck in a toss-up series final seconds of regulation. after they won all four Lee Stempniak and games against Dallas James Neal scored for the during the regular sea- Penguins. Fleury made son. San Antonio took 24 saves, but was helpless a nine-game winning on the winner. streak against the Texas Pittsburgh star Sidney rival into the sixth post- Crosby was held withseason meeting between out a goal for the 12th the teams. straight playoff game.

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OREGON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The 38th annual Hawk Track Classic featured five of the top six teams from last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1A state meet, but it was a 2A school that won it.

Winnebago held off Erieâ&#x20AC;&#x201C; Prophetstown 95-77 in the 23-team event contested for the first time ever on a Friday night.

In what had been a backand-forth battle all night, the two teams were tied 65-65 after 15 events, but the Indians pulled away in the 1,600-meter run, 200 and 1,600 relay. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is the second time weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve come to this track and lost to a quality 2A team,â&#x20AC;? E-P coach Jon Schlagheck said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dixon beat us earlier at the Gebhardt meet. Knowing we can compete with both of them gives our kids a psychological edge.â&#x20AC;?

The Panther 400 relay of Jack Bauer, Dvaree Thomspon, Grant Ames and Chris Bauer bested Winnebago 44.19 to 44.41 to win that event. In another close relay, Winnebago edged those same four runners from E-P in the 800 relay, 1:31.83 to 1:31.97. Chris Bauer finished second in the 100and 200-meter dashes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our times keep coming down,â&#x20AC;? Schlagheck said.

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Poloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Brad Cavanaugh clears 6-feet during Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hawk Classic at Landers-Loomis Field. Cavanaugh took first by clearing 6-2. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our kids were pushed, and showed they can compete. And, they know they wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see Winnebago or Dixon at sectional or state.â&#x20AC;?

Dylan Binion got E-Pâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lone individual first with a personal-best time of 15.29 in the 110 high hurdles. Regan Todhunter of Newman finished second at 15.60, but beat a decades-old school record of 15.7. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was a nice surprise for us,â&#x20AC;? Newman coach Andy Accardi said.

Todhunter also got second in the 300 hurdles, this

time to Bryce Holesinger of Fulton (40.66). Binion was third as the Three Rivers dominated both races, and each hurdler bettered 1A state-qualifying standards.

With Brady Rude missing the entire meet other than one long-jump attempt, Newman took fifth with 41 points, followed by Oregon (39), Fulton (38) and Polo-Forreston (34). â&#x20AC;&#x153;He strained a hamstring and as a precautionary measure, we sat him out.â&#x20AC;?

Accardi said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It hurts to lose a kid that is a part of three state relays and loves this

particular meet, but it gave our young kids a chance to step up. In the 800 relay, we were only a second off state qualifying.â&#x20AC;?

Newmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nolan McGinn took second in the long jump, but what was more significant was that his 42-foot, 6-inch mark was 6 inches above state qualifying.

Oregonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ashton Rutherford was disappointed to be below his PR of 13-6, but still won the pole vault with at12-6. Rutherford also placed in both hurdle races.

Polo-Forreston scored big points in the high jump, with Brad Cavanaugh taking first at 6-2 and brother Brian third at 6-0.

Taking second at 6-2 was Chris Walker of North Boone, who won the long jump (21-2), set a meet Earleen Hinton/Shaw Media record in the triple jump Erie-Prophetstownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dylan Binion competes in the (45-1), and was voted the triple jump during Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hawk Classic. Binion meet MVP. recorded a distance of 41 feet, 2 inches on the jump.

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Rock Fallsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Frank Arellano throws the shot put Friday during the Sterling Night Relays at Roscoe Eades Stadium. The Rockets placed eighth as a team.

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For about a month, the distance relay team of Evan Grady, Alexander LaMendola, Simon Thorpe and Lally pointed to Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sterling Night Relays as the meet to break a long-standing record set back in 1986.

And just after 6:30 p.m., the startersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; gun echoed throughout Roscoe Eades Stadium and Grady took off. With each pass of the baton, more eyes shifted toward the illuminated scoreboard. Lally started his leg with a slim lead but finished with enough space to park a semi-truck.

The Dukes crossed the line in 8:01.57, beating the previous schoolrecord of 8:03.91, and second-place finisher United Township by more than nine seconds. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was so scary, that last leg,â&#x20AC;? Lally said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That last straight-away I was so scared. I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sure if I was going to make it or not, and I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to let them down. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The scoreboard was all I was looking at it. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re supposed to do,

but I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help it.â&#x20AC;?

The win was a highlight for the Dukes, who placed third at the Relays with 72 points, while Sterling (60) took fifth and Rock Falls (16) placed eighth in the eight-team meet.

Rock Island won with 103 points, while United Township (90) and Galesburg (78) rounded out the top three.

The four have been running the race together since the start of the indoor season, but have just recently started to drop some serious time down into the schoolrecord range.

At the Rochelle Invite on April 19, the four ran an 8:11, and none of the members ran best times, so they pointed to Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meet as a prime opportunity with solid competition to push them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We knew we were going to state with that team,â&#x20AC;? Dixon coach Bruce Luther said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But we just wanted to start breaking some records. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of their goals was to break the record before the season was over, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nice to do it here. We have kind of our rivals here.â&#x20AC;?

Thorpe also picked up

a win in the 1,600 relay in 4:33.05. He said his body felt bad throughout the day and wanted to scratch the event, but decided to run and coasted to victory. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My whole body was under the weather,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just ran to win in the mile. I kind of zoned out.â&#x20AC;?

JD Gieson also performed well for the Dixon Dukes, taking second in the long jump with a distance of 21 feet, 8 1/2 inches, while teammate Kyle LeBlanc won the high jump with a height of 6 feet.

Host Sterling took fifth overall behind a strong showing in the field events. Senior Josh Knie placed second in the discus with a distance of 140 feet. Knie also took fourth in the shot put with a throw of 46 feet. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They did really well,â&#x20AC;?

Golden Warriors coach Dennis Hartz said of the throwers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They were probably our strongest area tonight. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a high-powered meet. The boys side is pretty tough, so weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not disappointed. This meet is designed to bring out the best in teams.â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rock Island is Rock Island, and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re really good,â&#x20AC;? Sterling coach Tyler Gaumer said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you get an opportunity to compete against them to the best of your ability, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what we talk about all the time. To get second at this meet is an entire team effort. It shows team depth and great team chemistry.â&#x20AC;?

Sterling was paced by a pair of winning efforts from its distance crews.

The 3,200 foursome of Megan Barnhart, Maggie McPherson, Charli Wike and Mercedes Sanchez finished with a time of 9:57.41. It sliced more than 18 seconds off their previous season best, and bettered the state-qualifying standard of 9:58.04. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our goal was to go out, give it everything we had, and see what we could do,â&#x20AC;? Wike said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We made state qualifying, and we were all so pumped. We were all hugging at the end, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re so excited for the meets to come.â&#x20AC;?

The 1,600 team threesome of Sanchez, McPherson and Maegan McCue took first with 14 points in a cross country-style scoring event. Sanchez took first in 5:28.47.

The Golden Warriors also took second in seven events.

Erie-Prophetstown made its annual sojourn to Sterling to see how it stacked up against bigger schools. As it turned out, the Panthers could hold their own. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just wanted us to get good seed times for the sectional, and watch the handoffs closely so that we can hopefully improve,â&#x20AC;? Erie-Prophetstown coach Don Robinson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re really looking forward to the next couple of weeks with the conference and the sectional, and this is a great build-up to that.â&#x20AC;?

Courtney Kruthoff, Maddie Fringer and Mikayla Bolton combined for a height of 14-2 to win the high jump.

The Panthers were also

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ABOVE: Sterlingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Emma Kermott triple jumps during Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sterling Night Relays.

BELOW: Erie-Prophetstownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Corrie Reiley runs the first leg of the 3,200 on Friday in Sterling.

second in three events, including the meet-ending 1,600 relay. The foursome of Courtney Cobert, Heather Strike, Corrie Reiley and Rachel Cobert blazed to a time of 4:06.84, a season-best by almost 5 seconds.

Rachel Cobert had the lead for the anchor leg, but was overtaken with about 50 meters remaining by Rock Islandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cynthia Myers-Miles. Cobert appeared to move to the right, allowing MyersMiles to bolt by. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She heard a command from somebody to move to the outer lane,â&#x20AC;? Robinson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know who would say that, but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why she did that.â&#x20AC;?

Cobert ran a sparkling 59.3 split for the anchor leg. She also had the top individual triple jump, going 35-3 1/2. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had a lot of talented people, but sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probably the most talented [400] girl that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had,â&#x20AC;?

Robinson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She likes

that pressure, being the anchor. A lot of girls donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like that.â&#x20AC;?

Dixon finished second in five events, with a host of season bests across the board. Senior standout Lexy Duncan has splits of 27.58 in the 200 and 58.69 in the 400, and also had the top long jump of 17-5 1/2. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Today was good because it pushed us,â&#x20AC;?

Dixon coach Brandon Woodward said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the typical lanes we usually would because thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s people seeded better than us. We had to fight. We had to chase and follow, and it worked out.â&#x20AC;?

Rock Falls posted a win in the shot put. Mireya Arellano, Liz Lego and Latesha Lee combined for a distance of 93-7 1/4.

Arellano had the top individual throw of 34-11 1/2.

In the pole vault, the Rocketsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Michaela Busch cleared 7-9 to tie the school record held by Carol Wei.

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The Blackhawksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Bryan Bickell (29) passes the puck in front of the Wildâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mikael Granlund (64) during Game 1 of their second-round playoff series Friday at the United Center. The Blackhawks won 5-2.

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Playing in front of a roaring United Center crowd in Game 1 of the second round of the NHL playoffs wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t where the Blackhawks expected to find themselves after finishing third in the Central Division, but the defending Stanley Cup champions were happy to take it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The way it played out really gives our team energy,â&#x20AC;? coach Joel Quenneville said before the Hawks took the ice Friday night against the Wild. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We like where weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re at, we certainly feel excited about having home ice to start the series.â&#x20AC;?

The Hawks showed that, riding the emotion of the partisan crowd to claim a 5-2 victory over the Wild and draw first blood in the best-of-seven series that will continue Sunday at home.

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Corey Crawford made 30 saves to record the victory over a Wild team that was playing less than 48 hours after advancing with a Game 7 victory over the top-seeded Avalanche. Ilya Bryzgalov, who was starting in place of the injured Darcy Kuemper, took the loss.

Clayton Stoner and Kyle Brodziak scored for the Wild early in the third period before Kane got his first score.

The result was costly, as midway through the first period, Andrew Shaw limped off the ice favoring his right leg after a big hit along the boards from Stoner. Shaw went to the Hawksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; dressing room and did not return.

The first surprise of the night came when the official roster was released, and Joakim Nordstrom remained in the lineup while Kris Versteeg was again a scratch. Versteeg appeared poised to return after sitting out against the Blues in Game 6 of the first round, but Quenneville stuck with the rookie.

Like it did against the Blues when it erased 27 of 29 penalties, the Hawksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; penalty kill came to the rescue and held the Wild scoreless in three power plays.

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hat a great week it has been. The morel mushrooms have started to show themselves, and the forecast looks real good.

In fact, I will go as far as to say that with the amount of precipitation we have received, combined with the warmth and sunshine forecast for the upcoming week, this will be one of the best mushroom seasons ever.

Yes, I mean ever â&#x20AC;&#x201C; not in the last few years, or even last decade, but ever.

Just the fact that the small grays have started is encouraging. Then throw in the large amount of rain, and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking great.

Now, when you give these babies a good couple days worth of warm sunshine â&#x20AC;&#x201C; look out.

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really fish the slightly swollen Rock River.

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You know, it still amazes me every time I get locals in the boat that have either been on the river very little or not at all. I love and appreciate the fact I got to be the one to introduce them to our beautiful river.

I still love hearing from rookie river travelers how quiet it is on the river.

Then comes the â&#x20AC;&#x153;how beautiful it isâ&#x20AC;? part, and on and on. Makes me more and more grateful to my dad for starting me young.

Now, if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking to catch some great-tasting fish this week, let me be the first to tell you that the crappies are biting.

There isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a better tasting fish around. So, you may want to get out after a few of these spotted beauties while the getting is good. Until next week, Go Catfish!

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Steve and Amy Sandrock finished their outing with CatMatt Jones on Monday with a triple-header of channel cats caught on the Rock River. The trio spent 7 hours on the river before rain ended their day.

140TH KENTUCKY DERBY

70 yards, cloud of dust Derby winner could be determined by first turn

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Sam Hornish Jr. will race for Joe Gibbs Racing for the first time this week in the Nationwide Series race.

Hornish, who raced for Penske last year, signed a seven-race deal with JGR in the offseason after finishing second in the Nationwide standings last year.

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TALLADEGA, Ala. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Finally, after spending the first 3 months of the season on the sidelines, Sam Hornish Jr. is getting back in a car.

His seven-race Nationwide Series deal with Joe Gibbs Racing starts Saturday at Talladega Superspeedway, where Hornish will drive the No. 54 Toyota typically piloted

by Kyle Busch.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s right: After falling just three points short of winning last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nationwide championship, Hornish was rewarded with only a seven-race deal.

But Hornish isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t complaining. He insisted the JGR offer was the best one for him, and the only one that gave him both a chance to win races and potentially expand his role.

It already has in some respects â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Hornish was the emergency replacement driver for Denny Hamlin at California in March when Hamlin was not medically cleared to race. More important to Hornish was the lure of working for Joe Gibbs after 10 years with Roger Penske.

He was sold on the limited schedule after speaking to Gibbs and team President J.D. Gibbs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you talk about Joe Gibbs Racing after being at Penske for so long, Coach is exactly the kind of person you want to align yourself with when you are used to having those kind of expectations of people that you are around,â&#x20AC;? Hornish said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had some other offers, not to say they wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be good or they werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t

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The way Hornish sees it, he did a limited Nationwide schedule for Penske in 2011, when he had 13 starts and scored his first series victory. He turned that season into another full-time ride with Team Penske.

Now, he hopes another door could open the same way it did at Penske. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Seven races may not be where I want to be at, but I was in the same kind of situation a couple of years ago, and I parlayed that into almost winning the championship,â&#x20AC;? Hornish said.

Hornish battled Austin Dillon all last season, and the title was up for grabs headed into the November finale at HomesteadMiami Speedway. But a lengthy late caution hampered Hornishâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shot, and he couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t overcome his points deficit.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The owners of California Chrome are putting all their hopes into the chestnut colt to win the Kentucky Derby.

After all, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the only horse they own.

California Chrome, based at lesser-known Los Alamitos racetrack in suburban Los Angeles, is the early 5-2 favorite for Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 140th Derby, with good reason.

He has won four straight races by a combined 24Âź lengths under Victor Espinoza, who won the Derby in 2002 with War Emblem. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so light on his feet,â&#x20AC;? Espinoza said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He just does things so easy, and makes my job easy.â&#x20AC;?

California Chromeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s owners, Steve Coburn and Perry Martin, are no Kentucky blue bloods.

Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a couple of working stiffs who live near Reno, Nevada.

California Chrome is the product of an $8,000 mare and a $2,500 stallion. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s earned more than $1 million already, making it somewhat easier for Coburn and Martin to turn down a pre-Derby offer of $6 million for a 51 percent stake in the horse. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been blessed with this colt,â&#x20AC;? Coburn said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The first time we saw him, we knew it was going to be something special.â&#x20AC;?

If their tale seems improbable, well, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happened before at Churchill Downs. Mine That Bird, a 50-1 shot owned and trained by two guys from New Mexico mocked as cowboys, pulled off the stunning upset in the 2009 Derby.

At 77, Art Sherman, who oversees California Chrome, would be the oldest trainer to win. His colt would be the first California-bred to wear the garland of red roses in 52 years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s feeling good and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doing good,â&#x20AC;? Sherman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coming up to this race right.â&#x20AC;?

Wicked Strong is the early 6-1 second choice. The colt is named for the victims of last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Boston Marathon bombings, and is trained by Jimmy Jerkens, who

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California Chrome is a 5-2 favorite to win Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 140th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. It would be the first California-bred horse to win the Derby in 52 years. a Rod and 50-1 Harryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Holiday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When those gates open, anything can happen,â&#x20AC;? Maker said.

Three-time Derby winner Bob Baffert is down to 20-1 shot Chitu, after being forced to scratch early second favorite Hoppertunity because of a minor foot problem. â&#x20AC;&#x153;California Chrome has proven heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a really good horse,â&#x20AC;? Baffert said, adding, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of parity in this field. Everybody might have a chance.â&#x20AC;?

Getting the ideal trip in the has his first Derby horse.

1Âź-mile Derby is important, Trainer Todd Pletcher has four especially with the traffic from 19 horses in the Derby â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Danza and horses making a chaotic charge Intense Holiday are both 8-1, into the first turn. Jockeys want while his other two are longer to avoid anything that would preshots, 30-1 Vinceremos and 50-1 vent their horse from getting into We Miss Artie. Danza is named rhythm, like being bumped, cut for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Taxiâ&#x20AC;? actor Tony Danza, who off or blocked. planned to attend the Derby.

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Illini weighing options on Paul Groce still investigating drinking incident involving transfer

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Illinois basketball coach John Groce said legal issues surrounding Darius Paul must be resolved before he even considers reinstating the sophomore forward to the team.

Paul, 20, was suspended indefinitely from the Illini after university police arrested him April 22 for underage drinking and resisting arrest. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All directions are possibilities,â&#x20AC;? Groce told the Chicago Tribune on Thursday during an Illini

Caravan stop in Rosemont. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m still gathering information and educating myself on the situation. Obviously two big hurdles are the on-campus part of things, and the legal part of things with the hearing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Once that happens, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be able to filter it out and figure out whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best for us and best for Darius as a person.â&#x20AC;?

Paul, younger brother of former Illini star Brandon Paul, was arrested early in the morning after allegedly running from a university police officer

following an order to stop. He eventually was taken into custody outside his Champaign residence. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Obviously Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not real thrilled with the choice he made that night,â&#x20AC;?

Groce said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I always tell our guys there are consequences for actions in life, and the greatest gift God gave us was the gift to choose, and choose wisely. And obviously, he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t choose very wisely that night.â&#x20AC;?

Paul was released on bond and is scheduled to appear May 16 in

a Champaign County court. He faces up to 365 days in jail for the misdemeanor.

A high school star at Warren High School, Paul spent one season at Western Michigan, where he was the MidAmerican freshman of the year. He transferred following his first season and sat out the 201314 season under NCAA transfer rules. He was expected to be eligible for the 2014-15 season, with 3 years of eligibility remaining.

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Flipping for a profit

Teeth get white with LED light

BY KATHLEEN A. SCHULTZ kschultz@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5535

ROCK FALLS – Back in the Middle Ages, your barber also was your dentist.

So getting your teeth whitened and your sideburns trimmed by the same guy ain’t such a radical idea.

The sign outside First Avenue Barber Shop is heralding a new service: iBrite teeth whitening, a process that uses LED light to get those pearlies pearlier. It’s a step above the over-the-counter products, but is not actual dentistry, so no license is required.

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daveRAMSEY Financial straight talk.

For more advice, plus special readers offers, visit davesays. org or call 88822-PEACE.

MCT News Service photos

Real estate broker Beau Eckstein looks over a home being renovated April 23 in Concord, Calif. He is part of the HGTV show “Flip It to Win It,” on which teams of house flippers pair with real estate agents.

New show teams remodelers with real estate agents

BY PETE CAREY MCT News Service

In an era of rising home prices, making money flipping a house seems like a slam dunk.

But buying, remodeling and quickly selling a house at a profit is an art practiced successfully by only a few, even as many of us dream that we could do it ourselves.

The sweat, anxiety and hard work that go along with quickly turning over a house can be seen in a new reality television series based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The show is billed as “the ultimate house war,” and follows six teams of investors and real estate agents as they bid on foreclosures at the courthouse steps and then race to outdo one another in

Don’t cash out your 401(k) Dear Dave, I am 23, transitioning jobs, and make $32,000 a year. I have $11,000 in a 401(k), and about $15,000 in debt. Should I cash out the 401(k) to pay down my debt?

– Cody

A crew works on a home being renovated in Concord, Calif. profits and speed to resale.

“It’s not for the faint of heart,” said Beau Eckstein, a Walnut Creek, Calif., real estate broker and contestant

on the new HGTV series “Flip It to Win It,” which airs Tuesdays. “If you’re trying sell a $4 million house in a $2 million neighborhood, you’re going

to lose your shirt, and you don’t want to build the ugliest house on the block, either.”

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Dear Cody, I don’t think so. When you take money out of a 401(k), they charge you a 10 percent penalty, plus your tax rate. Your tax rate is about 20 percent, so that means you’re going to take a 30 percent hit. While I love dumping debt, your idea would be kind of like saying, “I want to borrow $11,000 at 30 percent interest to pay off my debt.” That doesn’t make a lot of sense, does it?

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STERLING

Consignment shop for art, antiques opens doors downtown

BY KATHLEEN A. SCHULTZ kschultz@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5535

STERLING – A new consignment shop is open downtown for all of you artsy, antiquey types who are looking for a place to sell your eclectic creations and collections.

Not coincidentally, it’s called Eclectic.

Zachary Olson opened Tuesday at 19 E. Third St., next door to another consignment shop, Only the Best, in the building he owns with his three brothers, David, Matt and Rob. Olson, 33, of Sterling, is looking for artists, antique dealers and others to fill his walls and his 20-some

booths with high-end antiques as well as handmade items such as repurposed goods, furniture, soaps, paper, jewelry, metalwork, photos, paintings ...

“We’re looking for pretty much anything awesome,” he said.

The Olson boys bought the building and remodeled it

into law offices for David, who has a practice in Freeport but wanted a second space in Sterling. He’s so busy in Freeport, though, that he had to give up the spot.

Zachary, a chemist, was working in research and development, but decided he wanted to be his own boss. “The time was right,”

he said, to open Eclectic.

The 1998 Sterling High grad also is a woodworker, and will be selling his own creations.

Eclectic will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Call 815-535-6337 for rental prices and other information; a Facebook page is in the works.

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Shay Lessman of the Capture Your Direction Campaign to reduce underage drinking presents a Nook to Shayla Moorman of Challand Middle School in Sterling, for her winning submission in the Five Ways Out poster competition. Rio Salas of Rock Falls Middle School also won. Photo submitted by Shay Lessman.

Alex T. Paschal/apaschal@saukvalley.com

Jamie Anne Arntzen is Ashton-Franklin Center High Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s February Student of the Month. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a member of the book club, and plans to attend Northern Illinois University in DeKalb to study communication disorders and become a speech-language pathologist.

AFC Student of the Month Jamie Anne Arntzen, 17, of Amboy, is AshtonFranklin Center High Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s February Student of the Month. She is the daughter of Gerianne and Steven Arntzen, and has two brothers, John, 21, and Joey, 19.

Favorite classes: British literature and chorus Top teacher: Mrs. Hansen Extracurriculars: Academic Team, Book Club After graduation: I will attend Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, study communication disorders, and become a speech-language pathologist.

Best friends: My two Jordans Favorite

musical

group: Avenged Seven- makes your skin crawl: Read this: â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Great and fold Rap ... ick.

Terrible Beauty,â&#x20AC;? by Libba Bray Favorite actors: AmanHaunts: Chinese buffets da Seyfried and Jennifer and shoe stores Favorite website: YouLawrence Tube Survival guide: Never Favorite movies: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Night- leave home without an Favorite trend: Combat mare Before Christmasâ&#x20AC;? emergency piece of choc- boots and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Les Miserablesâ&#x20AC;? olate.

What would you do if Favorite TV show: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Say Useless knowledge: The you had $100,000? Buy Yes to the Dressâ&#x20AC;? blue-footed booby is a formal dresses to wear real bird. every day.

Favorite food: Crab legs Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m in the dictionary What do you wish your Favorite place to shop: next to: Extrovert high school offered?

Hot Topic Debate and drama or Secret twin: Jordan German Biggest fear: Running Stroh out of chocolate High school survival Personal trivia: Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a guide: Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t try to be Least favorite class: Gemini, my favorite col- someone else to get othConsumer education ors are blue, purple, and ers to like you. If people green. donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like who you really What makes your blood are, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not worth boil? People who think Dream job: Singer-mod- your time. theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gift to the el world Shout out to: Levi DanTrading spaces: Any- iel Smith, my favorite What kind of music where warmer moron

Students win Nooks for getting word out STERLING â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Two students won Nooks in April for their campaign posters to reduce underage drinking.

The winners were Shayla Moorman of Challand Middle School in Sterling and Rio Salas of Rock Falls Middle School.

The students competed in the Five Ways Out poster contest.

They were to create an reduce-underage drinking campaign message that included five ways to avoid drinking due to peer pressure.

Moormanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s poster depicted drawings of

a cat and dog showing how she would say no if offered alcohol.

She suggested having a believable excuse, and explaining why drinking isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t worth it.

Salasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; poster featured how to say no in five languages. The message was â&#x20AC;&#x153;No matter what language you speak, say no.â&#x20AC;?

The contest was sponsored by the Capture Your Direction Campaign. Students and teachers voted on the entries.

Go to facebook.com/ captureyourdirection to join the movement.

Kyler Beck

Shay Farley

Kent Jensen

Morgan Kelly

Lexi Kruse

Jesse Null

Amanda Pankhurst

Bailee Rosalez

Cassidy Van Zuiden

Joe Wolf

Career center honors 10 scholar achievers Students from Polo schools show their gift certificates at the WoodWoodlawn Arts Academy of Sterling Student-Teacher Art Exhibit. They won eight of the top 12 honors. The winners are (from left) Logan Cox, Katy Hess, Drew Dewey, Casi Kurschner, Peyton Taylor, Hanna Blumhoff, Priscilla Dennison, and Abby Gorzney.

They are shown with Christy Zepezaur, executive director. Photo submitted by Janel Stahr.

Artists receive certificates for exhibition pieces STERLING â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The winners of the annual StudentTeacher Art Exhibit of Woodlawn Arts Academy have been announced.

First-place winners in their age categories are: Andrew Dewey, a senior at Polo Community High School, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Self-Portrait, Ageâ&#x20AC;? in colored pencil; Abigail Gorzny, a fifth-grade student at Centennial Elementary School in Polo, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Snowl,â&#x20AC;? a mixed media piece; and Logan Cox, a fourth-grade student at Centennial, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Quack Attack,â&#x20AC;? mixed media.

Other top 12 winners in their age categories were: Dixon: Tyler Zepezauer, first grade, Washington School in Dixon, honorable mention for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Giraffe,â&#x20AC;? mixed media.

Milledgeville: Owen Moeller, third grade, Milledgeville Elementary School, third for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cardinals,â&#x20AC;? watercolor.

Morrison: Kenzie Severson, sophomore, Morrison High School, honorable mention for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Elton John,â&#x20AC;? cassette tape/matte board.

Polo: Peyton Taylor, senior, second for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Self-

Portrait,â&#x20AC;? colored pencil; Priscilla Tennison, eighth grade, Aplington Middle School, second for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Home on the Fallen Leaf,â&#x20AC;? watercolor; Kaylene Hess, fourth grade, Centennial, second for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Flowers Full of Love,â&#x20AC;? mixed media; Casandra Kurschner, senior, third for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Spring Sparkle,â&#x20AC;? mixed media; and Hanna Blumhoff, eighth grade, Applington, third for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Petals of Salt,â&#x20AC;? mixed media.

Rock Falls: Peyton Kelemen, seventh grade, Rock

Falls Middle School, honorable mention for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Peek-A-Boo Panda,â&#x20AC;? scratchboard.

Each winner received a gift certificate from the academy. Photos of the top 12 pieces will be featured in the academyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s summer program brochure.

Woodlawnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s summer exhibit, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fluid Expressions II,â&#x20AC;? featuring watercolor pieces, opens with a public reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the academy, 3807 Woodlawn Road.

For more information, call 815-626-4278.

STERLING â&#x20AC;&#x201C; March Students of the Month have been named at Whiteside Area Career Center for their effort and performance.

They are: Kyler Beck, the son of Mike Beck and DeAnna McKenna, welding and manufacturing, Sterling High School.

Shay Farley, the daughter of Larry Farley and Stacey Harrington, criminal justice, Sterling High School.

Kent Jensen, the son of Michael and Deborah Jensen, commercial foods, Dixon High School.

Morgan Kelly, the daughter of Steve and Dana Kelly, health occupations, Newman Central Catholic High School in Sterling.

Lexi Kruse, the daughter of David and Kendra Kruse, allied health, Bureau Valley High School in Manlius.

Jesse Null, the son of Alethea Larson, computer technology, Ashton-Franklin Center High School in Ashton.

Amanda Pankhurst, the daughter of Marshall Pankhurst, digital media arts, Amboy High School.

Bailee Rosalez, the son of Julie Melton, building trades, Rock Falls High School.

Cassidy Van Zuiden, the daughter of Rodney Van Zuiden and Tammy Johnson, early childhood education, Morrison High School.

Joe Wolf, the son of Ralph and Diana Wolf, auto service, Dixon High School.

Arts academy opens summertime registration Monday

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STERLING â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Woodlawn Arts Academyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s summer schedule is packed with camps, classes, lessons, and other programs.

Among the highlights are Camp Invention July 21-25; summer art camps June 23-27 and July 28 through Aug. 1; the Daddy-Daughter Dance June

The deadline to submit event information, including photos, for the SV Weekend Community pages is 2 weeks before the event.

Information may be submitted in writing by hand, mail, fax or email at the Dixon or Sterling offices.

6; dance camps and dance competition team auditions July 7-11; â&#x20AC;&#x153;RhythmQuest Rocks!,â&#x20AC;? starts May 27; Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Choir, begins June 18; Tiny Tots Academy, June 12; Woodlawn Preschool Academy of the Arts Summer Camp Aug. 4-8; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shakespearience!â&#x20AC;? Camp June 9-20;

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Annie Jr.,â&#x20AC;? a 5-week theater immersion, June 9-July 11; and Farm Camp July 7-11.

Registration will open at 9 a.m. Monday. Register at apm.activecommunities.com/woodlawnarts, or for Camp Invention, at campinvention.org; call 815-626-4278; or stop by

the academy, 3807 Woodlawn Road.

Financial assistance is available.

Go to woodlawnartsacademy.com to download an application or request an application at the office. Early submission of applications is recommended.

Information on events that already have taken place will be published as soon as possible, in the order in which it is received. Given the volume of such information, that could be 2 weeks or more after the event.

For information, call 800-798-4085, ext. 575.

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On the wild side of life

Snowy owls soar early in March over Lee County. Photos submitted by Dave Tackett of Sterling.

ABOVE: A sure sign of spring perches on a rock to pose for a photo to by Patricia Puckett of Walnut.

BELOW: A hint of green grass greeted this robin March 13 when it landed in the front yard of Bonnie Williams’ house in Rock Falls.

Sterling’s riverfront was the backdrop for Canada geese when they landed on the Rock River. Photo submitted by Bonnie Williams of Rock Falls.

Cows take a food break in the woods. Photo submitted by Patricia Puckett of Walnut.

A cardinal looks for a snack in Bonnie Williams’ yard.

Pelicans play followthe-leader March 22 on the Rock River.

Photo submitted by Irv Bolthouse of Oregon

Wanted: Photos from you A scrapbook is a book with blank pages, and that’s what our Scrapbook page is without your pictures. We want to fill the page with images that capture lives in the Sauk Valley. They can be submitted by email to photos@saukvalley.com or can be taken to the Sterling and Dixon offices.

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CHURCH VOLLEYBALL LEAGUE

Harvest Time Bible Churchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s volleyball team 1 took first place in the Coloma Township Park Districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Winter Spring Church Volleyball League in Rock Falls, with an 11-1 Living Bread Fellowship team won second place with a 10-2 record. Members are record. Team members are (kneeling, from left) Ariel Keomany, Lucas Madding, and (kneeling, from left) Kristina Buyno, Cary McCue, and Judy Heald; and (standing) Makayla Habben; and (standing) Bon Keomany, Molly Habben, and Ken Boone. Not Zach Heald, David Osbourn, Sam Heald, Kevin Heald, and Bob Jones. pictured are Rickey Laskowski, and Craig House. Photos submitted by Joan Fritz.

New Life Lutheran finished in third with a 9-3 record. Team members are (kneeling, from left) Brooke Workman and Michael Clark; and (standing) Zach Sandrock, Yancey Workman, Jay Reter, and Jason Springman. Not pictured are Amy Springman, Brian Lofgren, Nick Pepper, and Amy Pepper.

Summer reading draws near ROCK FALLS â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Rock Falls Public Library, 1007 Seventh Ave., will offer the following activities and events.

The library board will meet at 6:30 p.m. May 12.

Registration for the free Summer Reading Program will be May 27 through June 13. The theme is Paws to Read. The program starts June 10.

All ages are welcome from 4 to 4:45 p.m. Tuesdays; ages 3-5 at 10 a.m. or 1 p.m.

Tuesdays; students in third through fourth grade at 10 a.m. or 1 p.m. Wednesdays; and kindergartener through students in second grade at 10 a.m. or 1 p.m.

Thursdays.

Book Bucks earned may be used to enter a stuffed animal drawing.

The winners will be notified July 21.

Babies and toddlers age 2 and younger can join the Rubber Ducky Club to earn a prize and free book. Book logs and instructions will be available at the front desk, starting June 9.

A weekly bookmark with at-home activities will be available to those unable to attend. The bookmark can be turned in weekly to earn prizes.

Adult programs include a craft club from 5 to 7:30 p.m. May 21 and scrapbooking from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 23.

Individual computer lessons for those who need to learn basic computer skills, email, Facebook, Microsoft Word, eBooks, audiobooks, or other pro-

grams are available. Sessions will be scheduled in 30-minute to 1-hour increments, depending upon availability.

Free tickets for the following summer programs are available at the library desk.

Tickets are required.

A musical performance

by Rick Rayburn will be at 3 p.m. June 16. Kids can dance and sing along.

Dr. Stangepetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wild and Wacky Pet Show will be at 1 p.m. July 11.

The Stuffed Pet Show and Summer Reading Party will be at 3:30 p.m. July 23.

Kids can register a stuffed animal into a category.

There will be prizes and refreshments after the show.

For more information, call the library at 815-626-3958.

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Harvest Time Bible Church 2 placed fourth with an 8-4 record. They are (from left) Justin Barrett, Adam Dettman, Laurie Barrett, Mark Barrett, and Travis Johnson.

Not pictured are Beth Dettman, Myles Kukowski, Jason Borton, Brian Jones, and Trenton Ratliff.

SOCCER CHAMPIONS

Sterling United Boys U14 Soccer Team won first place at the Chillout Tournament April 13 near Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The team beat a Bettendorf, Iowa, team in the championship match. United Boys members are (front row, from left) Dawson Koett, Patrick Nelsen, Mitchell Petrosky, Adrian Blancas, Alberto Baca, Miguel Gallardo, Jose Castro; (middle row) Nate Hawkins, Jake Gebhart, Carter Gearing, Kaleb Polzin, Juan Briseno, and Sierra Sotelo; and (back row) Alex Marquez, James Roddy, and Zoe Ward. Photo submitted by Christine Bushman.

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Carol Chandler of Dixon spoke about the Orphan Train riders April 16 to a crowd of 35 at Lanark Public Library. From 1854 to 1929, 250,000 orphaned children from eastern cities were sent to farmlands along the Mississippi River, where they helped in the fields or with domestic chores. Photo submitted by Denise Krysiak.

Whiteside County Senior center to host parties, classes, and meals STERLING â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A Cinco de Mayo party will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the Whiteside County Senior Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dining room, 1207 W. Ninth St. The centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s line dancers will perform, and there will be giveaways.

The $5 lunch includes tacos, refried beans, rice,

dessert, and a beverage.

An AARP Driver Safety Class, led by Arlyn and Jonnie Thomson, will be from 8 a.m. to noon on Friday and May 10. The program is to help seniors learn the effects of aging on driving and how to adjust. The cost is $15 for AARP members with an

AARP card or number, and $20 for nonmembers.

Registration is required.

A free Medicare information class will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday. The class is for those new to Medicare or who want additional information on the program. Registration is required.

May 14 activities are: A free â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rules of the Roadâ&#x20AC;? class is at 10 a.m. The refresher course will help seniors take their driving test. Registration is required. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dance Like a Chicken Dayâ&#x20AC;? will be at 11 a.m.

Line dancers and anyone who wants to join

in will do the chicken dance. A $5 lunch of baked mostaccioli, salad, garlic bread, dessert, and a beverage will be served.

A fashion show is planned at noon. Models will display clothes, jewelry, and purses from The Emporium Thrift Center. All items will be

available for purchase.

An Older American Party will be from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. May 15.

Games will be played, with prizes to go to firstand second-place winners.

For more information, call the center at 815-6229230.

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BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS parents are Marjorie Hicks of Amboy.

Elijah Samuel Murphy of Rock Falls Maternal great-grandLengfelder and Eugene Lengfelder of mother is June Fritz of Brittany Flynn and Jera- Peoria, Ariz.

Kings. miah Lengfelder of Sterling are the parents of a Adalynn Sueann James Wallis son born at 11:58 a.m.

Hicks Prescott Adell April 18, 2014, at CGH Medical Center in Ster- Amy and Todd Hicks J a c q u e l y n P r e s c o t t ling. of Amboy are the par- Adell and Norm Adell of Elijah Samuel Leng- ents of a daughter born Sterling are the parents felder weighed 7 pounds, at 2:22 p.m. Feb. 17, of a son born at 7:28 13 ounces at birth and 2014, at KSB Hospital in p.m. April 21, 2014, at was 20.5 inches in length. Dixon.

CGH Medical Center in M a t e r n a l g r a n d p a r - Adalynn Sueann Hicks Sterling. ents are Becki Holschuh weighed 7 pounds, 9 James Wallis Prescott of Rock Falls and John ounces at birth and was Adell weighed 9 pounds Flynn of Lanark.

20 inches in length. at birth and was 22 inchPaternal grandparents She is welcomed by es in length. are Jeff and Susan Leng- Alexander, 16, Garrett, He is welcomed by felder of Sterling.

13, Jacob, 10, Elisabeth, Katie, Betsy, and Sarah.

Maternal great-grand- 7, and Benjamin, 4.

Maternal grandparp a r e n t s a r e W i l l i a m Maternal grandparents ents are James Prescott Flynn and Patricia Flynn, are Randy Fritz of Rock- of Sterling and the late both of Milledgeville, and ford and Nancy and Gay Peggy Prescott.

Connie Reinhardt of Ore- Winterberg of Oregon.

Paternal grandparents gon.

P a t e r n a l g r a n d p a r - are Wallis and Beverly Paternal great-grand- ents are Rex and Linda Adell of Sterling.

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Committee thankful for grant dollars LARRY UBBEN Mount Morris

The Mount Morris Friday Night Campus Concert Committee is pleased to announce that we are the proud and grateful recipients of two very generous grants in support of our free music programs.

Last year, the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois awarded us a grant in the amount of $2,500.

This year, they have come through with a community arts and humanities grant for $3,400.

The CFNIL attracts, grows, and preserves an endowment for the current and future needs of the people of northern Illinois.

The Rockford Area Arts Council also has contributed greatly to our cause this year by awarding us a community arts access grant for $1,300.

RAAC supports, promotes, and develops the arts for everyone in the northern Illinois region.

The arts council is guided by the vision of a community in which everyone enjoys and participates in the arts, and a community in which successful artists and arts organizations contribute to the vitality of the economy and quality of life.

They offer arts programs, services, and events to residents and visitors as well as awarding grants to artists, arts organizations, and schools.

The RAAC believes that everyone deserves access to the arts and that everyone â&#x20AC;&#x201C; from children and families to people in the workforce to senior citizens â&#x20AC;&#x201C; can and will benefit from involvement with the arts. The arts are for everyone.

In addition, the Mount Morris Friday Night Concert Committee wishes to acknowledge and thank the generous donors from the community, as well as all of

Thank Goodness policy Sauk Valley Media accepts letters to the editor (300 words or LESS FROM NONPROFIT and volunteer groups who want to thank the community for its support.

Letters may be emailed to letters@ saukvalley.com or sent to Sauk Valley Media, % ,INCOLNWAY

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those who make freewill donations at the concerts.

We thank these fine organizations and individuals for the generosity and recognition of the value of our program for the community.

With their assistance, the 2014 season promises to be better than ever.

Pitch, hit, run, sign-up open

Jim Timmons of Sterling photographed his granddaughter, Delilah Michels, 5, during their recent visit to Kilgore Park in Sterling.

SUPPORT GROUPS, CLUBS, AND SERVICES Today Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., closed, Big Book, United -ETHODIST #HURCH % #HIcago Ave., Davis Junction.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., open, womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s; noon, open; 6 p.m., open, 90-92 S. Hennepin Ave., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., open, tradition; 12:30 p.m., closed; 7 p.m. closed

"AZAAR !MERICANA 7 Third St., Sterling.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 9:30 a.m., former St. Anne Grade School, 32 N. Jones Ave., !MBOY

Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Alcoholics Anonymous, 10:30 a.m., 7 p.m., closed, 808 Freeport Road, Sterling.

American Red Cross blood drive, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Army National Guard, 716 Sixth Ave., Rock Falls. Appointments: 800733-2767.

Mercy Nursing Services free blood pressure clinic, 11 a.m.-noon, Walmart, 1901 First Ave., Rock Falls.

Reality Check Narcotics Anonymous, noon, 6 p.m., &IRST #HRISTIAN #HURCH &IFTH !VE 2OCK &ALLS

8214. Downstairs, west door.

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, noon, open, Old School; 8 p.m., open, Fun Night, bring a friend, &IRST !VE 2OCK &ALLS

back door.

Mercy Nursing Services free blood pressure clinic, 1-2:30 p.m., Save-A-Lot, 928 First Ave., Rock Falls.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., open, First Presbyterian #HURCH #ALVIN 2OAD

Rochelle.

Chapter 410 of the Experimental Aircraft Association, P M 7HITESIDE #OUNTY !IRPORT TERMINAL BUILDING

(OOVER 2OAD 2OCK &ALLS

626-1249.

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

Sunday Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 a.m., closed; 7 p.m., open, 2OCHELLE #OMMUNITY (OSPITAL

900 N. Second St. Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 a.m., closed; 11 a.m., open; 1 p.m., closed, Spanish; 7 p.m., CLOSED "AZAAR !MERICANA

W. Third St., Sterling.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., closed; noon, open; 6 p.m., closed, step, 90-92 S. Hennepin Ave., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 10 A M OPEN (ORIZON 6IEW &ARM barn, 2422 N. River Road, Oregon.

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, 10 a.m., OPEN "IG "OOK &IRST Ave., Rock Falls, back door.

Latin American Social Club meeting, 3 p.m., 2708 W. &OURTH 3T 3TERLING

8290.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 6

TOPS, 4 p.m. weigh-in, 4:30 P M MEETING P M WEIGH IN P M MEETING (UB #ITY 3ENIOR #ENTER #HERRY !VE

Rochelle.

TOPS Chapter IL 634 meeting, P M 3 7ALNUT St., Franklin Grove.

National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders, P M 3INNISSIPPI #ENTERS 3 &OURTH St., Oregon.

TOPS, P M WEIGH IN

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Movie and Discussion Night, P M 3ERENITY (OSPICE (OME 3 STATE Route 2, Oregon. Reservations

BY NOON -ONDAY 2499.

Dixon Arts and Cultural Affairs Commission

p.m., Dixon Main Street office, 3 (ENNEPIN !VE $IXON

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Childhood immunization Celebrate Recovery, 6-8 clinic; women, infants and p.m., 201 W. Market St., Morchildren clinic; and famRISON

ily planning services, all by Celebrate Recovery, Christappointment only, Suite 100, centered Recovery Group, ,EE #OUNTY (EALTH $EPARTMENT P M 2EVIVE #OMMUNITY 309 S. Galena Ave., Dixon, #HURCH % &RONT 3T -OUNT

-ORRIS

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 Rock Falls Rotary, 6 p.m., a.m., open, Methodist church, Beelendorfâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Deli, 204 W. 10th 402 First Ave., Forreston.

St., Rock Falls.

Abuse Changing Team, Rock Falls Boy Scout Troop

306, 6:30-8 p.m., Harvest Time Mercy Nursing Services free "IBLE #HURCH FELLOWSHIP HALL

blood pressure clinic, 8:301802 Dixon Ave., Rock Falls.

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Dixon Veterans of Foreign Way, Sterling.

Wars Post 540 Ladies AuxAmerican Red Cross blood iliary, P M &RANKLIN drive A M P M %RIE (IGH Grove Road.

3CHOOL 3IXTH !VE !PPOINTAmboy American Legion ments: 800-733-2767.

Post 453, 6:30 p.m., Amboy Dixon Rotary Club, noon, &AMILY 2ESTAURANT AND 0IZZA LOWER LEVEL 3T ,UKE %PISCO#OMMUNITY 2OOM % -AIN PAL #HURCH 7 4HIRD 3T

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Veterans of Foreign Wars Reality Check Narcotics Post 5418 Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Auxiliary, 7 Anonymous, noon, 6 p.m., p.m., 217 First Ave., Rock Falls, &IRST #HRISTIAN #HURCH &IFTH !VE 2OCK &ALLS

Dixon Elks Lodge 779 Aux8214. Downstairs, west side. iliary, 7 p.m., 1279 Franklin Alcoholics Anonymous, Grove Road, Dixon.

NOON CLOSED 3T 0AUL Al-Anon, P M #HURCH OF ,UTHERAN #HURCH 3 &IFTH 'OD #LAY 3T -OUNT #ARSt., Oregon. roll.

Alcoholics Anonymous, Petunia City Quilters, 7 p.m., noon, closed, step; 6 p.m., Loveland Community House, open, 90-92 S. Hennepin Ave., 7 3ECOND 3T $IXON

Dixon.

626-6627.

Alcoholics Anonymous, Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 noon, closed, Big Book; 6 p.m., p.m., closed, step study, New closed, Spanish; 7 p.m., open, (OPE &ELLOWSHIP #HURCH

"AZAAR !MERICANA 7 STATE 2OUTE +INGS Third St., Sterling.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 Sauk Valley Alcoholics p.m., closed, 808 Freeport Anonymous Group, noon, Road, Sterling.

OPEN 3UNSHINE MEETING

Rock Falls American Legion First Ave., Rock Falls, back Post 902, 7 p.m., 712 Fourth door. !VE 2OCK &ALLS

Tampico Community Club, 3862. noon, Good Times Tap, 106 Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 -AIN 3T 4AMPICO

P M CLOSED 3T ,UKE %PISCO2789.

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Crochet-Knitting Club, 12:30 Dixon.

P M 7HITESIDE #OUNTY 3ENIOR Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 #ENTER 7 .INTH 3T

P M CLOSED &IRST 0RESBYSterling.

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Care for the Caregiver, 1:30 Savanna.

P M (OME OF (OPE #ANCER Sauk Valley Al-Anon Group, P M OPEN &IRST !VE

7ELLNESS #ENTER 0LOCK Rock Falls, back door.

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P M CLOSED #HURCH OF 3T !NNE . #HERRY 3T -ORrison.

Reality Check Narcotics Anonymous, 6 p.m., First #HRISTIAN #HURCH &IFTH !VE 2OCK &ALLS

8214. Downstairs, west door.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, Spanish, St. PatRICK #ATHOLIC #HURCH +ELLY Drive, Rochelle.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, clearance required, BAAbble on for Life 0RISON 'ROUP

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 P M CLOSED -OUNT -ORRIS 3ENIOR #ENTER % &RONT 3T

ROCK FALLS â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Scotts and the Coloma Township Park District are the sponsors of the 16th annual Major League Baseball Pitch, Hit and Run Competition.

The contest will be at 1:30 p.m. May 10 at Wallingford Park, East Eighth Street and Avenue C. The three-category competition is open to boys and girls ages 7-14, as of July 17.

Boys and girls ages, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12, and 13-14, will compete separately.

No metal spikes are allowed.

Any participant who competed in more than one local competition is ineligible.

The pitch portion will test how accurately a competitor can throw strikes.

In the hit portion, the competitorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ability to

joanFRITZ *OAN &RITZ IS the recreation supervisor of THE #OLOMA Township Park District in Rock Falls.

hit a baseball from a stationary tee is tested.

The run contest will measure speed in a sprint around the bases. A minimum of 50 points will be awarded in each part.

There will be 32 trophies for each division, and placement certificates will be handed out.

The all-around, pitching, hitting, and running champions in each age group will be eligible to participate in the Sectional Aquafina Major League Base-

ball Pitch, Hit and Run Competition.

First-place, allaround champions have a chance to advance to team championships. Entry blanks are available at the Coloma Township Park District administrative office, 508 E. 11th St. There also will be registration the day of the event at the park. The cost is $1.

The park district will accept registration for its summer tee ball program until all teams are full. Forms are available at the park district office. A $34 registration fee must be submitted with the form.

Call 815-625-4753 for eligibility requirements and other information.

For more information, call 815-625-0272 or stop at the office from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

IN BRIEF Taco supper on fundraiser menu 34%2,).' n 2OCK 2IVER 6ALLEY )NTERNATIONAL Fellowship will host a taco supper from meal will be served from 4 to 7 p.m. May 16 at St. Mary Parish Hall, 600 Avenue B. The $6 menu includes two tacos, beans, rice, and a beverage. A dessert bar with homemade pies, cakes, and cookies WILL COST EXTRA #ARRY outs are available.

Tickets will be sold in advance and at the door.

The annual fundraiser supports the fellowSHIP S )NTERNATIONAL Thanksgiving Program, the State Department )NTERNATIONAL 6ISITOR Leadership Program, AND THE #ONGRESS Bundestag Youth %XCHANGE &OR 9OUNG Professionals.

For more information, CALL #AROL $EIBERT AT

Golf day, dinner in Deer Grove 2/#+ &!,,3 n ! 2OCK &ALLS #HAMBER OF #OMmerce golf outing will be May 16 at Deer ValLEY #OUNTRY #LUB

Hoover Road, Deer Grove. A shotgun start will take place at noon.

The format will be an 18-hole scramble tournament of four golfers per team, with a pork dinner after the competition. Games will be provided along the course. The rain date is May 20.

4HE COST IS PER PERSON OR FOR THE dinner only. #OMPANIES AND ORGANIZATIONS CAN PURCHASE A SPONSORSHIP FOR To sign up, pick up forms at the chamber

office, 601 W. 10th St., OR CALL

Crafters, vendors sought for festival 34%2,).' n 2EGISTRAtion is due by June 2 for booths at the JuneTEENTH #OMM5.)49 Freedom Festival, from noon to 3 p.m. June 14 AT 0ROPHETER 0ARK

% 3IXTH 3T Booths are available for crafters, vendors, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS Vendor booths are available for a $10 minimum donation. Nonprofit groups can display at no charge. All donations will support costs of the festival.

Visit ywca.org/saukvalley for registration forms.

For more information or to volunteer, call the 97#! OF THE 3AUK 6ALLEY AT

Red Cross to offer online courses ROCK FALLS â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Residents can learn first aid and other skills through American Red Cross.

Baby sitters Basics is designed for those 11 years and older, and provides knowledge and skills to care for infants and children up to age 10.

Baby-sitting business management skills also are highlighted, with videos and interactive games part of the course.

A score of 80 percent or higher is required to receive a printable diploma. The course takes about 4 hours to complete and costs $25.

Family First Aid and CPR online teaches how to care for adult family members and others during a medical emergency until advanced medical personnel can take over.

Lessons include responses to breathing

and cardiac emergencies, injuries to muscles, bones and joints, sudden illness, soft tissue injuries, and environmental injuries.

Students can take lessons in any order, with unlimited access to the course for 2 years.

The course does not provide certification.

The cost is $30.

To register, visit redcross.org/takeaclass or call 800-733-2767.

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Fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s girlfriend takes on motherly role Dear Abby: Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a single mother of a 1-year-old boy, Zack. His father, my ex, has shared custody, but we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a very good co-parenting relationship. Shortly after I gave birth, he left me to be with a woman he had met while I was pregnant, and they are still in a relationship.

She thinks itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s OK to post pictures of Zack on her social media sites.

I have a problem with this, not least of all that it is incredibly hurtful to see another woman pretend she is in a â&#x20AC;&#x153;motherâ&#x20AC;? role with my son.

I have confronted my ex about this and although he told me he would talk to her about it, he also told me it is none of my business

Dear Holding My Nose: It appears this wonderful husband, father, and provider has the personal habits of a goat. If he has enough energy to make advances at the end of a long workday, then he should have enough to take a shower and brush his teeth.

Unless you plan to wear a clothespin on your nose during marital relations, you should insist upon it.

dangerous to Zackâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s welfare, you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t control what happens when heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s with his father.

I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know how serious this new relationship is, but it appears to be a long-lasting one â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and whether you approve or not, this woman is in your sonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life in the role of part-time mother. For your sake, you need to accept it, because the alternative is to make yourself sick over it.

And because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hurtful, stop reading her posts.

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less often. Sometimes he ALSO KNOWN makes sexual advances, AS *EANNE 0HILLIPS 4HE but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m so turned off by COLUMN IS PROhis smell that I just canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t VIDED THROUGH do it.

5NIVERSAL I have tried asking him 5CLICK to be cleaner. I have even been upfront about what what happens while other people have said Zack is in his care. about his lack of cleanliAm I right to make this ness. I even tried making an issue, or do I need shower time â&#x20AC;&#x153;fun,â&#x20AC;? but to move on and accept a girl canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do that every that this woman is in my night. sonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life?

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m becoming so frusâ&#x20AC;&#x201C; Offended in San Jose trated. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a clean person, Dear Abby: I married and I keep hoping one day Dear Offended: I the love of my life 8 years heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll adopt my habits, but sympathize with your ago. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a wonderful hus- it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t look like itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hapfeelings, but your ex is band, father, and provider. pening soon. Any advice? right. Unless something He has just one flaw â&#x20AC;&#x201C; his â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Holding My Nose is happening thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hygiene. in Idaho

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We would like to give our baby sitter more money for graduation, but do not want to offend her sister. What should we do? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Decide in Ohio Dear Canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Decide: When you give the girls their graduation cards, enclose a check in each for the same amount of money. Later, privately, you can give your baby sitter something extra as a token of your appreciation. That way, it will be less obvious and may avoid hurt feelings.

Dear Abby: I have been invited to a high school graduation for twin girls.

One of them has been our baby sitter for almost 3 years, and we have formed a close relationWrite Dear Abby at ship with her. We know www.DearAbby.com her sister, but do not have or P.O. Box 69440, Los the same relationship with her.

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Photo submitted by Joyce Long

BRIDGE THE ROCK

IN BRIEF Christian artist to perform at church

St. John and St. Paul Lutheran churches in Sterling and Immanuel Lutheran Church in Rock Falls joined forces to create Bridge the Rock, a community action group. Through a dinner and silent auction fundraiser and matching funds from Thrivent Financial, $8,000 was raised for Lutheran Social Services of Illinois in Lee and Whiteside counties. With the check are (from left) the Rev. Mark Oehlert of St. John; Kathy Hall, capital resource director of LSSI; Larry Cooper of Thrivent; Vicki Cooper and Marjorie Whaler, event volunteers; and the Rev. Brandon Nelson of St. Paul. Photo submitted by Evan Haag.

Firefighters to have drawdown MANLIUS â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Members of the Manlius Fire Department met in April at the Manlius Fire Hall.

President Robert Reglin conducted the meeting with 11 members present.

Among the business discussed was the June 14 drawdown from 5 to 9 p.m. at the fire hall, 225 Maple St. There will be 200 tickets sold. The cost $40 is per couple. Pulled

pork sandwiches and door prizes are included. Prizes will be $1,000 for first place, $500 for second, and $100 each for third through seventh place. Ticketholders need not be present to win.

Tickets also will be sold for gun raffles and a 50/50 raffle. To buy tickets, call Aaron Roush at 815-915-5079 or Justin Doty at 815-213-2964.

Gerald Nixon sent the department a donation check due to a recent fire. Roush, Greg Allen, and Reglin won attendance awards.

The Inter Community Fyr Fyters Association will meet at 7 p.m. May 21 in Sheffield. The next regular Manlius meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the firehouse. Bob Neahring is the lunch committee.

Local school districts get funds SPRINGFIELD â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Secretary of State Jesse White recently gave about $1.4 million in School District Library Grant Program awards to 656 public school districts.

Sauk Valley districts that received funds are: $750: Amboy Community Unit School District, Ashton-Franklin Center, Chadwick-Milledgeville, Erie, River Bend in Fulton, Kings Consolidated, Eastland in Lanark, Ohio

Community High and Ohio Community, Paw Paw, Polo, ProphetstownLyndon-Tampico, and Rock Falls Township High School $786: Morrison Community Unit School District $864.75: West Carroll Community Unit School District in Thomson $1,128.75: Byron Community Unit School District $1,225.50: Rochelle

More than 200 attended â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Last Supper,â&#x20AC;? a drama presented April 17 at Evangelical Free Church of Mount Morris. The play is based on the moment depicted in Leonardo da Vinciâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s painting â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Last Supper,â&#x20AC;? when Christ revealed that one of his own disciples would betray him. Actors portraying the disciples are (from left) Chester Hilty as Nathaniel; Nick Belleque as James the Less; John Kessinger as Andrew; Brett Belleque as Judas; Ken Kielsmeier as Peter; Caleb Mennen as John; Thomas Rogers as Thomas; Nathan Tauch as James; Todd Wehler as Philip; Matthew Dusing as Matthew; Ken Ruiz as Thaddeus; and Bob Bloemker as Simon the Zealot.

Elementary District $1,384.50: Meridian Community Unit School District in Stillman Valley $1,653.75: Dixon Community Unit School District $2,409.75: Sterling Community Unit School District The grants are used for books, educational CDs and DVDs, library subscriptions to electronic resources, and to improve technology.

02/0(%434/7. n 0EDER %IDE A #HRISTIAN ROCKER WILL GIVE A CONCERT AT P M -AY AT &IRST ,UTHERAN #HURCH 7 4HIRD 3T 4HE SINGER SONGWRITER

AND SPEAKER WILL SHARE INSPIRATIONAL STORIES

HUMOR AND MUSIC &ELLOWSHIP WILL FOLLOW THE CONCERT !N OFFERING WILL BE TAKEN 3EVERAL OF %IDE S SONGS HAVE BEEN LISTED ON NATIONAL INSPIRATIONAL CHARTS INCLUDING HIS TOP SINGLE h2OLL THE 3TONE !WAY v 4HRIVENT &INANCIAL AND 0ROPHETSTOWN 5NITED -ETHODIST #HURCH ALSO ARE SPONSORING THE CONCERT &OR MORE INFORMATION

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Entries wanted for fall art festival '2!.$ $%4/52 n !RTISTS AND ARTISANS CAN SUBMIT APPLICATIONS TO SHOW THEIR WORKS AT THE TH 'RAND $ETOUR !RTS &ESTIVAL 3EPT AT THE *OHN $EERE (ISTORIC 3ITE

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METAL PAPER AND WOOD #ASH AWARDS WILL BE GIVEN IN MOST CATEGORIES ALONG WITH THE "EST OF 3HOW AWARD $ETAILS ON ENTRY REQUIREMENTS AND FEES FOR BOOTH SPACE AND INFORMATION ON SHOW AMENITIES AND EXHIBITOR RESPONSIBILITIES ARE AVAILABLE AT 4HE .EXT 0ICTURE 3HOW

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Contest open for new art show logo '2!.$ $%4/52 n %NTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED FOR A NEW LOGO FOR THE 'RAND $ETOUR !RTS &ESTIVAL 4HE WINNER WILL RECEIVE A CASH PRIZE AND ONE COMPLIMENTARY BOOTH FEE TO THE FESTIVAL !LL COPYRIGHT CLAIMS MUST BE WAIVED ,OGOS SUBMITTED SHOULD DEPICT THE FESTIVAL S FLAVOR THE HISTORY AND TRADITION OF CELEBRATING ART IN 'RAND $ETOUR AND THE LOCAL LANDSCAPE 4HE LOGO WILL BE REPRODUCED ON '$!& LETTERHEAD STATIONERY AND MAY BE USED IN FESTIVAL BROCHURES AND FOR PUBLICITY AND ADVERTISING PURPOSES AT THE SOLE DISCRETION OF THE FESTIVAL COMMITTEE !RTISTS CAN SUBMIT A JPG FILE ON A #$ OR DIGITAL PRINT FOR CONSIDERATION 3UBMISSIONS WILL NOT BE RETURNED 3END ENTRIES TO 'RAND $ETOUR !RTS &ESTIVAL

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Plant sale set to help CGH Auxiliary 34%2,).' n $ISTINCTIVE 'ARDENS IN $IXON WILL HAVE A PLANT SALE FROM A M TO P M &RIDAY AT #'( -EDICAL #ENTER S 2YBERG !UDITORIUM

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Police, firefighters prepare for drive $)8/. n $IXON #ITY FIREFIGHTERS AND $IXON POLICE WILL ACCEPT BLOOD DONATIONS FROM NOON TO

P M -AY AT THE DEPARTMENTS ANNUAL "ATTLE OF THE "ADGES "LOOD $RIVE AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT 3 (ENNEPIN !VE

&OR MORE INFORMATION OR TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT CALL

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Flower, nature tour set for today &2!.+,). '2/6% n %LLEN "AKER WILL LEAD A WILDFLOWER WALK AT A M TODAY AT &RANKLIN #REEK 3TATE .ATURAL !REA

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Trees, bulbs, shrubs sale today -ASTER 'ARDENERS OF 7HITESIDE #OUNTY WILL HAVE PLANT SALES FROM A M TO NOON TODAY

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Soybeans, wheat, assistance top new farm bill WASHINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The U.S. Department of Agriculture will offer soybean producers the chance to request a referendum on the Soybean Promotion and Research Order, as authorized under the Soybean Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act through the county Farm Service Agency offices.

The act requires the secretary of agriculture to conduct a request for referendum every 5 years after the initial referendum, which was conducted in 1994. The last request was in 2009.

Soybean producers who are interested in having a referendum to determine whether to continue the soybean checkoff program are welcome to participate.

Producers must certify and provide documentation that shows that they produced soybeans

and paid an assessment on the soybeans during the period of Jan. 1, 2012, through Dec. 31, 2013.

Forms will be available Monday online at ams. usda.gov, by mail, fax, or from the FSA county office of record.

Forms for producers not participating in FSA programs will be available at the office where the producer owns or rents land.

Completed forms and supporting documentation must be returned to the appropriate county FSA office by fax or in person no later than close of business May 30; or postmarked by midnight May 30 and received in the county FSA office by close of business June 5.

Other FSA announcements include: As of April 15, farmers and ranchers can signup for the U.S.

Farm Servce Agency offices (dial ext. 2) Whiteside County, ,IBERTY 3T -ORRISON ),

2124 Lee County, 319 S. Mason Ave., Amboy, IL,

Ogle County, 213 W. 0INES 2OAD /REGON ),

Bureau County, 312 Department of Agriculture Disaster Assistance Programs, reestablished and strengthened by the 2014 Farm Bill.

Enrollment began April 15 for producers with losses covered by the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and FarmRaised Fish Program, and the Tree Assistance Program.

As a result of the bill, a fact sheet outlining

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'O TO IS FSA USDA GOV &3! FBAPP THE &3! &ARM "ILL WEBSITE OR FSA USDA the national FSA website. modifications to the U.S. Department of Agricultureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s FSA Farm Loan programs is available.

Changes that will take effect immediately include: Modification of the definition of beginning farmer, using the average farm size for the county as a qualifier instead of the median farm size Elimination of loan term limits for guaran-

teed operating loans Modification of the Joint Financing Direct Farm Ownership Interest Rate to 2 percent less than regular Direct Farm Ownership rate, with a floor of 2.5 percent Previously, the rate was established at 5 percent.

Increase of the maximum loan amount for Direct Farm Ownership down payments from $225,000 to $300,000 Elimination of rural residency requirement for youth loans, allowing urban youth to benefit Debt forgiveness on youth loans, which will not prevent borrowers from obtaining additional loans from the federal government Increase of the guarantee amount on conservation loans from 75 to 80 percent and 90 percent for socially disadvantaged borrowers and beginning farmers

Microloans will not count toward loan term limits for veterans and beginning farmers Additional modifications must be implemented through the rule-making processes.

Visit the FSA Farm Bill website for information and updates.

Producers who suspect winter wheat damage or kill should call their crop insurance agent if a policy is in force.

For northern Illinois the final reporting period for fall seeded wheat was Dec. 15, 2013. Fall seeded crops reported after this date would be considered late-filed.

Due to the farm bill, the late filing fee has been waived by USDA. For more information, go to the national FSA website at fsa.usda.gov or contact any local FSA office.

Carroll County 4-Hâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ers (front row, from left), Natalie Wilkinson, Chadwick Achievers 4-H Club; Gabe York, Clever Clovers 4-H Club; Briana Wilkinson, Chadwick Achievers 4-H Club; and Neva Zach and Pippin Legel, Thomson Sandburrs 4-H Club; and (back row) Alex York, Clever Clovers 4-H Club; Indigo Zach, Thomson Sandburrs 4-H Club; Andrew Stengel, Clever Clovers 4-H Club; Mary Francque, Independent Club; and Emily Legel, Thomson Sandburrs 4-H Club, participated in the annual 4-H Public Presentations Contest in Mount Carroll. Photo submitted by Leanne Rahn.

Candice Miller demonstrates how to make a floral arrangement during the March 15 gardening workshop at Sauk Valley Community College in Dixon. Photo submitted.

MOUNT CARROLL â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Carroll County 4-Hâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ers participated in the county 4-H Public Speaking and Demonstration contests.

Senior division Public Speaking Awards went to Mary Franque, 18, Independent Club, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Where I Come From,â&#x20AC;? horse illustrated speech, WCCI radio station, $15 gift card; Emily Legel, 16, of Thomson Sandburrs, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Time,â&#x20AC;?oral interpretation and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Excerpt from

DIXON â&#x20AC;&#x201C;More than 120 people attended this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ready â&#x20AC;Ś Set â&#x20AC;Ś Growâ&#x20AC;? program March 15 at Sauk Valley Community College.

The day was sponsored

by Master Gardeners of Carroll, Lee, Ogle, and Whiteside counties.

Workshops included hypertufa, terrariums, small fruits, attracting birds, container gardening, spring wildflowers, herbs, and gardening with native plants.

Gardening tips 4-Hâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ers harvest pubic speaking awards topic of workshop Adriane,â&#x20AC;? Chapter 1, original works, Lake Carroll Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Club, $15, and Freedom Home and Community Education Unit, $10.

Junior Division winners were Briana Wilkinson, 9, Chadwick Achievers, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Go Froggy,â&#x20AC;? oral interpretation, FHCEU, $10, Outstanding Junior Exhibitor Award; Andrew Stengel, 12, Clever Clovers, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Day of Infamy,â&#x20AC;? oral interpretation, LCWC, $20, state fair

delegate; Pippin Legel, 11, Thomson Sandburrs, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Dorchester Giant,â&#x20AC;? oral interpretation, Odds â&#x20AC;&#x2122;N Ends, FHCEU, $10; Alex York, 10, Clever Clovers, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cleaning Out the Gun Cabinet,â&#x20AC;? illustrated speech, LCWC, $20, state fair delegate; Neva Zach, 9, Thomson Sandburrs, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tale of Custard the Dragon,â&#x20AC;? oral interpretation, Chadwick Lamplighters HCE Unit, $10, Outstanding Junior Exhibitor Award;

Indigo Zach, 13, Thomson Sandburrs, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shotgun Cheatams Last Night Above Ground,â&#x20AC;? oral interpretation, CLHCEU, $10; Natalie Wilkinson, 12, Chadwick Achievers, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Beef Stew,â&#x20AC;? food demonstration, Carroll County Livestock Feeders Association, $25; and Gabe York, 9, Clever Clovers, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Building to a Blast Off,â&#x20AC;?general demonstration, WCCI, $10 gift card, Outstanding Junior Exhibitor Award.

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New this year were demonstrations in the east mall of the college.

They included basics of a vase arrangement, forcing spring branches and bulbs for indoor bloom, and from a garden to a blender.

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Eckstein and teammate Greg Cromwell bought four houses for the show, including a two-bedroom, one-bath home in Berkeley, Calif., for $438,000. It was remodeled for $93,000 and sold for $800,000. In Concord, Calif., they bought another for $305,000. After spending $98,000 fixing it up, they recently sold it for $485,000. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a complete remodel from start to finish,â&#x20AC;? he said. They put on a new roof, opened up the walls, redid the bathrooms, restuccoed the house and landscaped the yard.

The Bay Areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soaring home prices â&#x20AC;&#x153;definitely helped,â&#x20AC;? Eckstein said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you got in at the right time, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got $60,000 to $100,000 on the upside.â&#x20AC;? He has continued to flip houses since the show, recently buying and remodeling another Concord home.

He intends to donate 10 percent of the profit to a local cancer foundation.

He has a word of caution for would-be flippers: â&#x20AC;&#x153;People see all this money getting made, but at the end of the day, with the interest you pay, the selling cost and the repair cost, you really need to know what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing.â&#x20AC;?

Buyers at auctions typically donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see the inside of a home until they own it, according to Michael Kaufman, a Los Gatos, Calif., real estate investor who was a contestant with his business partner, Todd Hill. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We never bought a property without physically laying our eyes on it, but you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get inside,â&#x20AC;? Kaufman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sometimes, one might be vacant, and you can look in the window, but in most cases, you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get inside.â&#x20AC;?

He said that one day before the auction, his team researches 25 to 30 properties that will be sold. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need to come up with an after-renovation value, an estimated construction budget and a maximum bid price by the day of the auction,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a tremendous amount of work that has to take place all in a day. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crazy.â&#x20AC;?

Doing a volume business in flipping â&#x20AC;&#x201C; theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve

MCT News Service photos

Adrian Pineda carries a new door for a home being renovated in Concord, Calif.

Astrograph Adrian Pineda carries a new door for a home being renovated in Concord, Calif. done more than 200 in the past 3 years â&#x20AC;&#x201C; helps cushion the impact of the houses that donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make huge profits. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we have a property that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t perform as well, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offset by one that does. Somebody who is going to take their lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s savings to go buy a house and flip it, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very risky,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Rick Kaluza, a real estate agent with Coldwell Banker in San Francisco, teamed up with Novato, Calif., contractor Vinny Sebastiano.

The keys to success? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s knowing your market, finding the right deal that makes sense in the right market,â&#x20AC;? Kaluza said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I do stuff in San Francisco or the Peninsula, where Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve grown up and know the ins and outs of all the neighborhoods. We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t flip properties in Omaha.â&#x20AC;?

In San Jose, Calif., real estate agent Alisha Karandikar put her expertise at remodeling investment homes to work with teammate Josh Michaelian, a San Jose real estate investor, buying and fixing up six homes, two of which are hitting the market this week. The rest have already been sold at a profit. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One was kind of a shell, and the others hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been well maintained,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They needed complete rehab and renovation. They had really old bathrooms and kitchens, very dated and sometimes trashed inside. One of them, I think they were breeding

rabbits in there. That was our guess,â&#x20AC;? said Karandikar, a San Jose native who has been in the real estate business for the past 17 years.

The home that was a shell was completely rebuilt, she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got dark hardwood floors, granite counter tops, darker kitchen cabinets, high-end tile in the bathrooms, nice baseboards and an open family roomkitchen-dining room.â&#x20AC;?

People who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do flips professionally often make the same mistakes, she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They try and go supercheap and super-fast, because they want their money back quickly, which is a problem, because then when you show it to buyers, they can see the shoddy work,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Forget enlarging the bedroom, she added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of the best things you can do is put in a new kitchen,â&#x20AC;? she said, standing in front of a contest home now hitting the market, a complete remodel in San Jose. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You want to make your common area kitchen-family room very, very nice and with the open concept everybody loves. You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to be in the kitchen with a wall right here so that when theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all watching the Warriors game, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re stuck in the kitchen cooking and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re kind of out of it.â&#x20AC;?

Not every house was sold at a big profit. Most made money, but on two houses, two teams broke even.

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I never tell folks to cash out a 401(k) or IRA to pay off debt, unless itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the only way to avoid foreclosure or bankruptcy.

Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not facing either one of those situations, Cody. So my answer is no. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Dave Dear Dave, What do you think about making bi-weekly mortgage payments? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Jeremiah Dear Jeremiah, I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an awesome idea. By doing that, you can pay off a 30-year mortgage in about 22.8 years, on average, depending on the interest rate.

However, I would never pay someone a fee to set up bi-weekly mortgage payments. All you do

on a bi-weekly schedule is make half a payment every 2 weeks. Since there are 26 2-week periods per year, that equals 13 whole payments. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing magical, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not difficult.

Go for it, Jeremiah. Get rid of that house payment as fast as you can.

Just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pay extra fees to make it happen. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Dave Dear Dave, I owe the IRS $6,000, and currently Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m making monthly payments.

Should I roll this debt into my debt snowball, and then really attack it when it gets to the top of the list? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Jared Dear Jared, My advice would be to put the IRS at the very top of your debt snowball. Usually, when it comes to paying off debt, I advise people to arrange

their debt snowball from smallest to largest, then start with the smallest one and work their way up. This doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always seem to make mathematical sense, but the truth is, personal finance is 80 percent behavior and only 20 percent knowledge. Paying off some small debts quickly energizes you and gives you motivation. It makes you feel like you can really do it. Besides, if you were such a math genius, you wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have debt in the first place.

But the IRS is a different animal altogether.

Its interest rates and penalties are ridiculously high. Plus, it has virtually unlimited power to collect. So put it at the top of the list, and get it paid off as fast as you can. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Dave Follow Dave on Twitter at @DaveRamsey and on the web at daveramsey.com.

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In three sessions, and for $150, your teeth will be six to eight shades whiter, according to Kyle Pyse,

a barber for owner Dan Yanes at First Avenue.

Pyse and Justin Reyes have opened their new business, iBrite Teeth Whitening. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s separate from Yanesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; shop, but right next door, in its own room.

Both businesses are at 600 First Ave. For now, call 815-625-4080 for an iBrite appointment or more information; the business will have its own phone number later this week.

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Change is inevitable this year. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to take control of your journey to ensure that you reach your destination. Emotional ups and downs will be detrimental and time-consuming if you arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t well-organized.

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EGG DROP COMPETITION

John Conwell (left), a resident at the Twin Cities PADS Homeless Shelter in Sterling, and Owen Myers, a volunteer, recently helped with work on the shelterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s roof. Photo submitted by Myles Newberry.

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle during Earth Month OREGON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Part of the mission of the Ogle County Solid Waste Management Department is to reduce waste dumped into landfills.

In recognition of Earth Month, OCSWMD has released a top 10 list focused on the first word in the phrase, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Reduce, Reuse, Recycle:â&#x20AC;?

Pack lunches in reusable containers.

Use coffee travel mugs and sports bottles.

Plan meals accordingly; use leftovers.

Compost food waste along with leaves and grass trimmings; the compost will help the garden.

Go to oglecounty.org under the departments, solid waste management for information and materials for composting.

Plan home repair work and painting projects accordingly, only purchase needed material.

Reduce junk mail. Go to catalogchoic.org, dmachoice.org, optoutperscreen.com or call or at 888-567-8688.

Avoid individually wrapped items, snack packs, and single-serve containers. Buy large containers of items, whenever practical.

Shop at second-hand stores. Used and unused products reduce impact to the environment.

Hand down childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clothing and toys that are no longer used.

For more ideas about waste reduction, visit the website listed or call the OCSWMD at 815-7324020.

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Students in fifth grade at Merrill Elementary School in Rock Falls recently took part in the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual egg drop competition. Photo submitted by Kelly Strock.

Arts, blood drives, plays, in Morrison MORRISON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; An array of activities are scheduled for May in Morrison and across the Sauk Valley.

A Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center blood drive will be from 12:30 to 5 p.m. Monday at the Emmanuel Reformed Church multipurpose room, 202 E. Morris St. To donate, visit bloodcenterimpact.org or call Deb Eissens at 309-714-2008.

The Morrison Historic Preservation Committee will meet at 5 p.m. Monday at the Odell Public Library community room, 307 S. Madison St. Nick Kalogeresis, a National Register nomination consultant, will speak.

There will be a question and answer session. The public is welcome.

Visit cr.nps.gov/nr for more information about the register.

Dr. John Luckey from CGH Medical Center in

Sterling will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Men â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Stay Healthy At Any Age,â&#x20AC;? from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday at the hospitalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ryberg Auditorium, 100 E. LeFevre Road. To register for the informational program, visit cghmc.com or call Sherry DeWalt at 815-625-0400, ext. 5716.

A preseason showing of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Robin Hoodâ&#x20AC;? for children will be at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Friday and May 8, 9, and 10 at Timber Lake Playhouse, 8215 Black Oak Road, Mount Carroll. Tickets are $5 each; to purchase, call the box office during weekdays at 815-244-2035.

Reservations are due by Monday for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dessert Fantasia,â&#x20AC;? a buffet of desserts and decorated tables at 7 p.m. Friday at Morrison United Methodist Church, 200 W. Lincolnway. Tables can be decorated by or for groups.

The Ukulele Connection

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will provide entertainment. Tickets are $10 each, or $80 for a table of eight.

For more information, to donate a dessert, or to make reservations, call Sandi at 815-772-6126, Michelle at 815-772-2680, or the church office at 815772-4030.

The U.S. Postal Serviceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 22nd annual Letter Carrier Food Drive will be May 10. Current and retired letter carriers will collect food for families.

To donate, leave nonperishable food items in a bag by a mailbox.

Donated items will be distributed in the area.

Donors are asked to not give items in glass containers or which have expired.

The sixth round of the MXC Series â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hair Scrambleâ&#x20AC;? for dirt bikes and allterrain vehicles, and the first Pam Bush Memorial Ride, will be May 11 at the Bike Barn, 13524 Black

Road. Gates open at 8 a.m., and races will start at 11.

Admission will be $10 for adults and free for children 10 and younger. Riders are asked to wear red in honor of Pam Bush, a Morrison Elementary School physical education teacher who died in 2013 from ovarian cancer. Visit omanationals. com or call 815-778-3641 for more information.

Watoto Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Choirs will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Beautiful Africa: A New Generation,â&#x20AC;? a free dance and video program, at 6 p.m. May 10 at Ebenezer Reformed Church, 309 E. Park St. The choir members are accompanied by adults, and are ambassadors to raise awareness about orphaned and vulnerable children in Africa. The program is open to the public.

Visit watoto.com or call Shawn at 815-772-2472 for more information.

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Eugene and LaRae Gothard of Savanna look for wildlife at the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge with their grandchildren.

Photo submitted.

Refuge offers tours THOMSON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Stewards of the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge will offer free golf cart tours to view wildlife from May through September.

Tours for all ages will be from 8 to 10 a.m., with arrival at 7:45, on the first and third Thursdays and the third Saturdays of the month, starting at Ingersoll Wetlands Learning Center, 7071 Riverview Road. Seating is limited to seven.

Free Lost Mound Birding Van tours take place year-round from 2 to 6 p.m., with arrival at 1:45 p.m., on the second Sat-

urday and third Sunday of each month, starting at the Lost Mound office parking lot, 3159 Crim Road, Savanna. Seating is limited.

There also will be monthly bird walks from 9 to 11 a.m., with arrival at 8:45, year-round, from 9 to 11 a.m., with arrival at 8:45 on the second Saturday of each month, starting at the learning center.

Registration is required for all activities.

Contact the refuge at stewardsumrr@gmail. com 815-273-2732.

Go to stewardsumrr.org for more information.

Emma Rapp, a sixth-grade student at Challand Middle School in Sterling, is the Wayne Gann April Optimist of the Month. Sam Meier, Sterling Optimist Club president, presented her award. She received $50 and designated another $50 to go to Happy Tails Humane Society in Rock Falls. Rapp is the daughter of Marty and Karmie Rapp. Photo submitted by Meier.

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Share memories in Walnut TAMPICO â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Jul AdamsWatkins of Walnut will host a free â&#x20AC;&#x153;Family Show and Tellâ&#x20AC;? from 6 to 8 p.m.

May 21, at Tampico Area Historical Society Center, 119 S. Main St. The public is welcome to bring old photos, letters, family mementos, ancient artifacts, and other items, to show and tell stories about, or to just watch.

There also will be

refreshments and door prizes for presenters.

Adams-Watkins is a member of the Association of Personal Historians.

Members promote recording, preserving and sharing life stories.

Call Adams-Watkins at 815-718-1229 to reserve a spot. Go to personalhistorians.org for more information.

Judy Brantley of Treinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jewelry in Dixon presents $500 to Josh Albrecht, Dixon Main Street executive director. The donation was made in recognition of Treinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 130th anniversary.

Photo submitted by Linda Brantley.

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The hike up Washington’s Mount Constitution offers a gorgeous view of a lake on Orcas Island and of the islands beyond.

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Washington’s San Juan Islands offer peaceful beauty

BY JOSH NOEL MCT News Service

FRIDAY HARBOR, Wash.

– Before bed on the night I arrived in the San Juan Islands, the island chain that sits as far northwest as you can go in this country before hitting Canada, I decided, as any reasonable person would, not to set an alarm clock.

The water. The pines. The floating home I had rented for 3 nights. They would conspire to wake me when seeing fit. The wild, peaceful northwest corner of the United States would be my alarm clock.

Sure enough, as orange light sliced through the blinds the next morning, the alarm rang: the squawk of a sea gull perched just outside my loft bedroom. I peeked through the window, but it was already gone; instead I saw a hulking green-and-white ferry streaming slowly away from the island.

I dressed, made a cup of coffee and stepped out into the marina. The air was impossibly bright and clean, and I breathed it deeply as I strolled past bobbing boats with names like Just Right, Sea Hunter and Si Horse. All was quiet. On the boat next to my floating home sat a woman with an airy, bronzed hairdo, a quick smile and a raspy laugh. It turned out to be my landlord.

Wendy Beckler was smoking a cigarette and reading a beatup paperback as her calico cat, Kismet Ariel Braveheart – Kizzie for short – sauntered around her feet. Beckler told me about life on the islands, where people rarely lock their cars or homes but are diligent about locking their dumpsters, because getting trash to the mainland is among the steepest expenses of island life.

She said that she and her husband, Rick Thompson, sleep on the houseboat I was renting for much of the year, but when they find a tenant, they head to a patch of land deep in the island where they park their camper. The land is so densely tree-filled, she said, you’d never know you’re on an island or even near water.

“It’s like you could be in America,” Wendy said.

“Wait – this isn’t America?”

I asked, because surely it was.

Canada sat a couple of miles across the water.

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“No,” she said and laughed her raspy laugh. “This is home.”

I saw her point. The San Juan Islands don’t quite feel quite like the America I had left behind on the mainland. Life moves slowly, and people are friendly in the San Juans. There are few, if any, chain stores. Most important, as a visitor, you’re beholden to the ferries. Nothing happens without them.

Getting to the San Juans most often begins with a slow ride on one of those ferries, which stream several times a day between Anacortes, Wash., about 80 miles north of Seattle, and the islands. This is where the adventure, and foray into the San Juans’ moody beauty, begins.

On a misty Wednesday afternoon, while the locals spent the 90-minute ride reading novels or staring into their laptops, I opted for the bow, to stand beneath a swarm of greasy gray clouds and watch the endless rock and pine on either side of the boat. I was soon joined by three young nurses from North Carolina who were intent on some whale watching.

“Look how blue the water is,” one of them said.

“That’s not blue – it’s green,” said another.

“Well, it’s not the brown stuff we got at home,” was the response.

They left it there.

The San Juans comprise 172 named islands, about 30 of which are inhabited. Four are served by the ferries. I was headed for the two largest in the chain: Orcas and San Juan.

I would be exploring both, but staying on San Juan Island, in the town of Friday Harbor (the islands’ major metropolis with a population of 2,140), for one simple reason: that floating home.

In a chain of islands, I wanted to sleep as close to the water as possible. Online research led me to the two-story floating cottage tucked into a marina slip. It made for a wonderful place to start and finish the day: the ferries’ echoing horn, the squawking gulls, the harbor’s gentle rhythm. But days were for exploring.

At 55 square miles, San Juan Island is small and manageable, but varied and complex.

I saw pine forest; lush, rolling fields that could have fooled me as rural Kentucky; the windswept grassy plains

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of American Camp, on the island’s southern tip; rocky shores; the tiny town of Roche Harbor, where gleaming yachts dock; state and national parks; and even a lavender farm that blooms bright purple in summer. There is hiking, biking, kayaking, whale watching (in season) and quality restaurants to fill the belly. On clear days, the handsome, solitary, snowcapped Mount Baker emerges on the mainland to the east.

Not bad for 55 square miles.

The next morning began with a similar but different alarm: the booming drone of a ferry announcing its arrival. After breakfast, I was back on one of those ferries, headed to Orcas Island, where a man in a Seattle Mariners sweatshirt pointed out Mount Rainer, another snowy behemoth, in the distance.

Orcas, a touch larger than San Juan, also is denser, wilder and easier to get disoriented on with its twisting roads. I spent much of the day hiking to the highest point in the islands, Mount Constitution, which winds through a wonderful forest of mossy rocks and trees to a 2,400-foot summit that offers grand views of the islands and,

The most common route to the San Juan Islands is driving 80 miles north of Seattle to the car ferry in Anacortes, Wash. (wsdot.com/ferries).

The ferry price for a car and driver from Anacortes to Friday Harbor starts at $35.15, and to Orcas $29.65. Flights also are available from Seattle via Kenmore Air (kenmoreair. com).

You have a handful of options for floating accommodations in the San Juan Islands, including Wharfside Bed and Breakfast (360-3785661, thewharfside.com) and Rick Thompson and Wendy Beckler’s floating home (360317-5188, tinyurl.com/fridayharborboat), on San Juan Island. Several companies offer overnight sailing charters, including Schooner’s North (360-378-2224, sanjuansailcharter.com) in Friday Harbor and Emerald Isle (360-3763472, emeraldislesailing.com) and Kruger Escapes (360298-1023, krugerescapes. com) on Orcas Island. in the hazy distance, Vancouver.

The reward was a stop at the islands’ only brewery, Island Hoppin’, which was packed with more people in their 20s than I expected to find on such a quiet island. Then the crowd headed over to The Lower Tavern, a Friday night hot spot for its karaoke. A happy crowd took turns at the microphone with pints of Pabst Blue Ribbon in hand.

A woman who had just finished “Proud Mary” took a seat in my booth, asked where I was from, and said Orcas Island was the place to be that night. I couldn’t argue.

I signed up to sing, but the clock was ticking, because getting back to my floating home meant I had to catch the midnight ferry.

I missed my song but made the boat with minutes to spare.

The ship pulled out and began the slow chug back to San Juan Island, across miles of water stretched like a shimmering black canvas. Off on the horizon, a purple-orange haze glowed – lights, presumably, coming from America.

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School to present hardship project STERLING â&#x20AC;&#x201C; There will be a poverty simulation at 6 p.m.

4HURSDAY AT #HALLAND -IDDLE 3CHOOL 3IXTH !VE Volunteers are needed to PARTICIPATE IN FOUR MINUTE sessions, each representing WEEK A FAMILY MUST MEET basic needs. There will be a free dinner volunteers at P M 4HE )LLINOIS #OALITION FOR #OMMUNITY 3ERVICES AND #OMMUNITY 2ELATIONS 4HAT Matter, a group formed to raise awareness about pov erty in the Sauk Valley region, will present the simulation.

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Loescher Heating and Air Conditioning in Rock Falls received the February Customer Service Award from Sauk Valley Area Chamber of Commerce. Customers nominated the business for friendly, quick, exceptional, and efficient service. Photo submitted by Kande Chee.

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Names sought for YWCA project 34%2,).' n 97#! OF the Sauk Valley will accept DONATIONS OF OR MORE until Friday to make Moth erâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cards for local women.

Various levels of dona tions can help womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s programs in different ways. ! DONATION WILL HELP A woman prepare for a job INTERVIEW WHILE WILL provide meals for a week to a family in flight from domestic violence.

Names of women who receive the cards will be listed during May on a Wall OF (EROES AT THE 97#!

&IRST !VE AND ON THE 97#! S &ACEBOOK PAGE For more information, call

Donations needed to defray vet bills STERLING â&#x20AC;&#x201C; There will be a plant sale from 8 a.m. to NOON -AY AT THE 'RAN DON #IVIC #ENTER GAZEBO ON Fourth Street.

Proceeds will benefit the !MOS &UND A NONPROFIT group to help pet owners pay their petsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; medical bills.

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Dixon High School Key Club recently installed its 2014-15 officers at the school. By the key club sign are (from left) Justin Wiggins, statistical secretary; Katie Hammitt, District 13 lieutenant governor, who installed the officers; Erika Renkes, vice president; Evan Grady, secretary; Zoey Colglazier, president; and Rachel Gascoigne, 2013-14 president. Photo submitted by Geoff Vanderlin.

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Bank named to list for 39th quarter WEST BROOKLYN â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Gehant Bank has earned a 3TAR RATING FROM "!5%2 &).!.#)!, BASED IN #ORAL Gables Fla. The bank rating firm based its finding on the bankâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dec. FINANCIAL DATA The rating, earned con secutively for the last 39 quarters, signifies Gehant Bank as one of the strongest banks in the nation.

Four Oregon High School students will participate in the American Legion Boys State this summer. They are (from left) Josh Cook, Everett Estrada, Lucas Carr, and Jerome Baldwin. The educational program provides instruction, through participation, in the operation of local, county, and state government. Photo submitted by Heather Walden.

Culverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to donate percent of proceeds $)8/. n #ULVER S OF $IXON . 'ALENA !VE WILL DONATE A POR TION OF ITS TO P M SALES Tuesday to raise money for THE 3AUK 6ALLEY #OMMU NITY #OLLEGE 3INGLE 0ARENT Scholarship Foundation.

The scholarship is award ED TO AN ENROLLED 36## student who is a single parent.

Caseyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to raise money for troops !.+%.9 )OWA n @$OG tagsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; for Hope For the War RIORS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THROUGHOUT -AY AT #ASEY S General Store.

4HE NONPROFIT TAX EXEMPT CHARITY HELPS POST service members and their families, including those who sustained physical and psychological wounds in the line of duty.

They will be displayed at MORE THAN STORES !LL PROCEEDS WILL GO TO THE charity.

This is the third year #ASEY S HAS SUPPORTED Hope For the Warriors.

-ORE THAN HAS been donated.

Go to hopeforthewar riors.org or caseys.com for more information.

Among attendees at the April 17 meeting of the Whiteside Retired Teachers Association were (from left) Virginia Ray, WRTA public relations chairman; Christopher Gluck, Association Member Benefits Advisors district manager; Leo Lauzen, AMBA representative; and Betty Clementz, WRTA President. Photo submitted by Ray.

Retired teachers hear about benefits DEER GROVE â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Whiteside Retired Teachers Association members met for their regular luncheon session April 17 at Arnieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Happy Spot in Deer Grove.

Betty Clementz presided over the WRTA activities.

Shelley McCarty and Kathy Collinson, leaders of the Silver Sneakers physical fitness program, discussed portions of the workout.

Silver Sneakers is offered to retired teachers through the IllinoisRetired Teachers Association.

Leo Lauzen, a benefits representative, and district manager Christopher Gluck, both with IRTAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association Member Benefits Advisors, discussed IRTA membership advantages with Whiteside members.

Jo Ann Nelson, Area 1 regional director for

IRTAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Region 8, also attended the meeting.

Hope Moore was reelected as treasurer of the Whiteside association.

Members signed up for Area 1 conferences to take place May 12 and 13.

The next WRTA meeting will start with a brunch at 9:30 a.m. June 19 at Rock Falls Immanuel Lutheran Church, 501 Eighth Ave.

Chad Nicklaus, United Way of Lee County president, accepts a check for $573 from Terry Loring, SBM sales manager. The money was raised through the sales of SBMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s company label copy paper sold in Lee County. Photo submitted.

USDA specialty crop grants now available WASHINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the release of about $66 million in Specialty Crop Block Grants to state departments of agriculture to help support specialty crop growers, through research programs to increase demand.

The program is designed to enhance the markets for specialty crops like fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, horticulture and nursery crops, including floriculture.

Applicants should develop projects that enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops, sustain the livelihood of American farmers, and strengthen rural economies. Options include: Increase nutritional knowledge and specialty crop consumption among children and adults.

Improve efficiency within the distribution system.

Promote the development of good agricultural, handling and manufacturing practices while encouraging audit cost-

sharing for small farmers, packers, and processors.

Support research through standard and green initiatives.

Enhance food safety, develop new, improved seed varieties, and specialty crops.

Control pests and diseases.

Create organic and sustainable production practices, Establish local and regional fresh food systems, Expand access to specialty crops in underserved communities, Develop school and community gardens and farm-to-school programs, Interested applicants should apply directly to the state department of agriculture. Illinois has been allocated $654,970.71.

For more information visit the AMS Specialty Crop Block Grant Program at ams.usda.gov/ AMSv1.0/sc or contact Trista Etzig at trista.etzig @ams.usda.gov or 202690-4942.

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ABOVE: Cast and crew members of the film “Sons and Daughters of Thunder” prepare to shoot a scene at the Dillon Home Museum on April 18 in Sterling. The movie tells the true story of the 1834 anti-slavery debates at Cincinnati Ohio Lane Seminary. The crew will be back in May for more filming. TOP: Action is set as filming at the Dillon home begins.

ABOVE-LEFT: Actors run through their lines before they film a scene.

ABOVE-MIDDLE: Kelly Rundle, director of the film “Sons and Daughters of Thunder,” takes reference photographs during rehearsal of a scene at the Dillon Home.

ABOVE-RIGHT: Director Kelly Rundle (left) and Kevin Railsback review footage after shooting a scene.

LEFT: Actors run through a scene of the movie “Sons and Daughters of Thunder” at the Dillon Home Museum in Sterling. The movie is based the true story of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s awakening during the first public discussions of the abolition of slavery in America.

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Black & White, neutered male cat, “Tux”, blue collar, on Ave. E RF. 815590-6560 IS YOUR PET MISSING? Read our found section in todays paper. Just in case it is not there, call one of your area animal shelters listed below: Lee County Animal Control (815)284-3833 Granny Rose Animal Shelter (815)288-7387 Whiteside County Animal Control (815)625-3507 Happy Tails Humane Society (815)626-2994 A public service of Sauk Valley Media

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CASA 15th Judicial Circuit (Lee/ Carroll/Ogle Counties) is seeking volunteers to advocate for children in the court system involved in abuse and neglect cases.

Your involvement can impact a child’s future.

Contact Vanessa White, Director of Advocate Services (815) 288-1901 www.casalee carroll.com

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The Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home seeks volunteer story tellers.

If you love public speaking and can weave a story that inspires emotion within your audience, we need you!

When you host guests in our visitors center or while touring the Reagan Home the stage is yours.

Enhance your job and school applications while developing skills with hands on experience you gain as a volunteer!

Visit reaganhome.org or call 815-2885176 to apply.

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Lewis Plumbing 815-288-0028 Serving All of the Sauk Valley Area Lic.#058-173956

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C NOTICES LEGAL NOTICE ATTENTION: Local Education Agencies, Community-Based Organizations, Local Labor Organizations and Other Interested Persons: As required by Section 118 of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), this shall serve as public notice that a modification of the Title I-B plan for Local Workforce Area #4, which covers the counties of Bureau, Carroll, Jo Daviess, LaSalle, Lee, Ogle, Putnam and Whiteside, has been developed to establish Program year 2014 grant funds.

This plan was developed on behalf of the Northwest Central Illinois Works (NCI Works) Board Members and Chief Elected Officials for Local Workforce Area #4 and will be forwarded to the Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity. Funds available under this Act are for the purpose of providing employment and training services to adults, youth, and dislocated workers in accordance with locally approved plans and funds.

Detailed copies of these plans are available for public review Monday through Friday during regular business hours (8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.) at the following locations: 3691 Cougar Drive, Unit B, Peru, IL 61354, (815-224-7930), 315 B First Avenue, Sterling, IL 61081, (815-625-3623),and the NCI Works (www.nciworks.org) and Business Employment Skills Team, Inc. (www.best-inc.org.) websites.

EOE May 3, 2014

DIXON

STERLING

3BR 2.5 ba., fenced in yard, nice NE location, avail. May 1st, $750 & 1st mo. rent, 815973-5809.

RTO 2BR $49,900 $5,000 down.4413515.Agent owned.

FRANKLIN GROVE Large lower 3 BR Duplex with full basement & 1 car garage All appl. furn. $650 + dep.

630-329-1776

Why Rent?™ 3BR 811 W. 13th St. All Redone. Grand living room.

New dishwasher and more. $698/mo.

815-878-7399

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PROPHETSTOWN ★ NEW TODAY ★ 323 E. Ave., 3BR $475/mo. + $475 dep. 815-590-8233

ROCK FALLS 1 & 2 Bed House for rent in Rock Falls, $445 & up.

Available immed.

Call 815-622-2725 snlrentals.com 2BR applcs. furn. $450/mo. plus dep.

No pets. 815-7184965.

3BR, 1½ Bath, 2 story, 2 car detached garage. No Pets. $700 + $700 dep. 815-440-7985 505 W. 5th St. 1BR 1BA. Spacious loft. $475/mo. + util.

815-440-0007

STERLING 1102 1st Ave., Rent $825/ Sale $94.5K 3BR 815-626-8790 2 BR., 1 bath. No garage NO PETS. $550 mo. + dep.

815-440-7985.

2BR, all applcs., enclosed porch, basement, A/C, garage. $575/mo. $575 dep. 815626-4951 Free Housing, utilities, cable & internet and small living allowance in Exchange for part time mature Personal Assistant in Sterling.

This is a live-in position. Refs. Req. Interested candidates please contact Rick at: rick25119@gmail.com

or 510-508-3894.

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Got Your Attention didn’t it?

SPECIAL SALES 620

Morrison Office space for rent.

815-772-2165

MOBILE HOMES FOR RENT

315

DIXON 2BR for rent or for sale. 815-716-3703 630-965-1470

LOANS

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THE CLASSIFIED Advertising Department of Sauk Valley Media does not have the opportunity to fully investigate the credibility of each advertiser appearing within these columns. If an offer sounds “too good to be true” it probably is.

Proceed with caution if you are asked to send money or to give a credit card number.

Proceed with caution in calling 900 phone numbers. All phone numbers prefixed by “900” are charged to the CALLER. Charges may be assessed on a “per minute” basis rather than a “per call” basis.

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If you have a concern about an advertiser, please contact the Better Business Bureau 330 N. Wabash, Chicago, IL 60611.

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Huge Plant Sale Perennials $4.97 ea.

Aster, Astilbe, Iris, Viola Cone Flowers, Sedum, & more...

Larger Flowering & Evergreen Shrubs Available Butterfly Bush, Hibiscus, Spirea, Hydrangea, Annabelle, Incrediball, Snowbelle Mock Orange, Coppertina Ninebark, Sand Cherry, Forsythia, Spirea Twisty Baby Locust, Weigela Red Prince, Wine and Roses, & more..

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May 1st- 4th Thurs. & Fri. 11-5 Sat. & Sun. 11-3 6154 S. Daysville Rd., Oregon Just North of Flagg Rd. No Early birds Please!

AREA GARAGE SALES 624

COMO GARAGE SALES 624

Saturday 8-3 (Como) 249009 Front St. Multi Family Tools, welders, 16 ft. Flatbottom & trailer, 14 ft. Flatbottom & trailer, 16ft.

Flatbottom motor & trailer, square back canoe, 3 small out board motors, generator, antique truck, duck & goose decoys, old wooden duck decoys, fishing stuff, Troy built rototiller, two wood lathes, brush mower, heater, books, knickknacks & too much to list!

Friday 7:30-5 & Saturday 7-3 10060 Buell Rd. Girls 0-24 mo.

Boys 0-12 mo.

Swing, toys, bikes, hand tools, fishing poles, power cords & too much to list!

Sat. only, 9-3 120 Crabapple Court, Lost Nation Jacuzzi corner whirlpool, corner shower w/glass doors, bi-fold doors, yard cart, antiques, electronics, wicker chairs, sm. Kitchen items, Christmas décor, glassware, dishes, DVD's, VHS tapes, misc. items.

Saturday 8-3 1033 Idle Oak Run Name Brand Girls Clothes 3T-5T, Kids Shoes, L &XLMens & Womens Clothes, Toys, Kids Suitcases, Larson Door & Curio Cabinet Saturday 8-3 510 N. Brinton Avenue Large Estate Sale!

Furniture, housewares, home décor, sporting goods, lawn & garden items, collectibles, tools Thurs., 4-7, Fri. 7-4, Sat. 8-1 463 IL Rt. 2 (the old Don Mullery Ford / Castellan subdv.

(RR Raiders Baseball Fundraiser) 11 families Lots of boys clothing 8-12, ladies clothing sporting equip. Halloween, foosball table, WII, computer, lots of old office chairs & desks, lots of misc.

PROPHETSTOWN GARAGE SALES 624 Fri., 4-7pm & Sat., 7-12 Noon 706 Locust St. Large Tool Sale & HO Train stuff.

Saturday 7-3 610 Marsha Lane Furniture, dish/ glassware, window A/C, books, knick knacks and lots of decorative items.

Saturday 8-12 123 Martin Rd. Step 2 picnic table, highchair, bassinet, desk, kid's pool, baseball equip., & golf clubs, men's, women's, & kid's clothing, tons of shoes/50¢, toys & baby toys, 31 bags, Disney VHS movies, misc.

Saturday only, 9am-4pm 907 W. 21st St. Moving Sale!

Clothes, furniture, household items, yard tools, patio set, & lots more!

SPRING GARAGE SALES 5/9 - 5/11 Rock Falls & Sterling Maps @ Shell Stations & Schriners RF Chamber 815-625-4500

STERLING GARAGE SALES 624 Fri. & Sat. 8-2 2207 11th Avenue HUGE Garage Sale brand name clothes for boys & girls 2T-5T, men & women's & girl's, baby clothes, baby items, boy's bed set, lots of toys!

Household items & décor, lots of misc!

Fri. & Sat., 5/9 & 5/10, 8-4, 2007 Reno Rd. Name brand kids & adult clothes, primitive decor, weight bench, Ariens push trimmer & more Fri. 12-5 and Sat. 8-1 607 20th Ave. Books, collectibles, craft supplies, jewelry, nurses uniforms, bar chairs, sewing cabinet, dressers, car bike rack, lots of misc.

Fri. 10-7, Sat. 9-6 Only! 1815 6th Ave. IN-HOME ESTATE SALE of Leola Kent: Large 2 level brick home. Another quality sale, every room is full!

Too much to list!

See estatesales.net for pics & info.

Sale by Sauk Valley Estate Sales & Services Fri. 3-7, Sat. 9-3 3809 E. 17th St. 2 Family Sale. Girls clothes 0-6x, XL maternity clothes, infant car seat, 2 wheel utility trailer, sm. dog crate, area rug, ceiling fan, housewares, toys, books, lots of misc. items.

Fri. 9-5, Sat. 7-12 1513 E. 16 th St. Spring Cleaning Sale! Tons of baby/ toddler girl clothes, baby toys & accessories, junior, men's, & kid's clothes and other misc. items.

Saturday, 8-1 St. Paul Lutheran Church 1701 16th Ave. Rummage Sale Folding chairs, snow skis, wooden rocker and misc.

Saturday, 8-3 (Off Science Ridge Road) 3901 15th Ave. Brand name women's, mens, and children clothing.

Girls sizes 24m-3T & size 6-10. Boys sizes 24m-3T and size 7-8. Holiday & Primitive decor, knick-knacks, bedding, linens, shoes, purses, lamps, recliners, Electronics, antique furniture, handmade wooden furniture, collectibles and Starting Line Up. Too many items to list!!!

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SPORTING GOODS

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FURNITURE

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Blue lift chair recliner, good condition! $175 815677-6490 Lg. oak entertainment center, $60.

Call 815-718-4385.

Mattress sets: Twin $99, Full $129, Queen $159, King $199. Will deliver! Kern Mattress Outlet, call 309452-7477.

Oak wooden spindle back dining chairs (4) $90 815-652-0055

MEDICAL SUPPLIES

762

“Pride” Mobility Elect. Scooter for sale by owner.

Lightweight, easy to handle. Long lasting batteries.

Excellent Condition. $950. Call 815-626-0240

PETS & PET SUPPLIES 775 6 kittens to give away to good homes only. Call 815-625-7686

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STERLING GARAGE SALES 624

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EMPLOYMENT

Contact us to place an ad call 815-626-7653 815-284-7653

Search for local job listings at saukvalley.com/jobs/ BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES 501 NOTICEPURSUANT to the Business Opportunity Sales Law of 1995, every business opportunity must be registered with the Illinois Securities Department. Protect yourself and get the facts before you hand over your hard earned money by contacting the Illinois Secretary of State's Securities Department at 1800-628-7937. This notice provided as a public service by Sauk Valley Classifieds.

EDUCATION

503

Varsity Boys Soccer Coach Oregon C.U.S.D. #220.

Contact Mike Lawton at 815-732-3330.

EMPLOYMENT

505

Now Hiring for CPA

Experience with Quickbooks, payroll, electronic payments. Pay commensurate with experience.

Please send replies to Box #:1211 F R 6DXN 9DOOH\ &ODVVLĂ&#x20AC;HGV P.O. Box 498 Sterling, IL 61081

Casey's General Stores Accepting Applications for a Store Manager in Franklin Grove. IL And Kitchen Manager in Amboy IL. Apply online at www.caseys.com or mail applications to P.O. Box 210 in Creston IL. Combination Waitress/kitchen help, PT. Apply in person at Joe's Pizza, 119 S. Peoria Ave., Dixon. No phone calls please Drivers: Excellent Pay! Great Benefit Package Health, Vision & More!

Home Weekly!

CDL-A w/1yr Exp. Apply at: PurdyBros.com Call 1-800-7457284 x228

EMPLOYMENT

505

Electrical Contractor looking to hire entry level Shop Helper/ Parts Delivery. Possibility of an apprenticeship experience and knowledge helpful but not required. Must be 18 years old and have a valid drivers license. Send resumes to P.O. Box 472 Dixon IL. Flatbed Drivers New Pay Increase.

Great Miles/ Pay & Home time, New 2014 trucks w/APU's & Refrigerator. Full Benefits + Flatbed Equipment Supplied.

CDL-A, 2yrs exp.

855-219-5996 Free Housing, utilities, cable & internet and small living allowance in Exchange for part time mature Personal Assistant in Sterling.

This is a live-in position. Refs. Req. Interested candidates please contact Rick at: rick25119@gmail.com

or 510-508-3894.

Harbor Crest Home An 84-bed skilled care facility in Fulton IL, is in need of /LPN 's 2nd and 3rd shifts /CNA's: All shifts /Part time Bus Driver Must be able to practice in Illinois and pass Background test. Apply online or in person at: harborcrest2 @mchsi.com 817 17th St, Fulton IL. EOE Help wanted for Full Time Shop Mechanic, with basic skills, Class B CDL and bodywork experience.

Call between 8a.m.- 5p.m.

Tidy Bug Inc. Dixon IL. 815-456-3001 Immediate Opening. FT Seasonal Help Wanted. CDL class B min. Paid overtime.

Local delivery.

Apply in person or call Crop Production Services 1793 Steward Rd, Steward, IL 60553 815-396-2248.

Lifeguards needed, Responsible highest pay, certified. 815-499-0520

EMPLOYMENT

505

Looking for PT Truck Driver, Class A Licensed. Must have minimum 3yr.

Exp. Drug Testing.

Hauling Local Ag Products.

Home every night. Call 815-441-8512 Needed Church Musician (Clavinova) Sunday worship 10:15 a.m.

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Please send replies to Box #:1217, c/o Sauk Valley Classifieds, P.O. Box 498, Sterling, IL 61081 Rock Falls Township High School has the following opening: HR/Payroll/Insurance Clerk - 12 month, full-time position with benefits beginning July 7, 2014; salary commensurate with experience, school payroll experience with knowledge of TRS/ IMRF pension systems preferred; knowledge of Skyward software a plus. To apply, please submit resume and letter of application by email to Mike Berentes, Principal at MikeB@rfhs301. org, or by mail to 101 12th Avenue, Rock Falls, IL by May 15, 2014.

The All American Bar & Grill in Rock Falls is currently searching for an experienced Restaurant Manager. Interested candidates, please submit resumes to humanresources @akhospitality.net 2105 1st Ave. Rock Falls IL. 61071

Looking for the perfect home?

Read Sauk Valley estate section and Real Estate Weekly on Thursdays.

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Rock River Fabrications Located in Lyndon, IL is now accepting applications for the position of Material Handler.

Experience with metal tubing a plus in order to receive product in the door effectively as it pertains to quality of the product (utilization of measuring devices & math calculations), ability to drive a forklift to move the product to the appropriate rack, plus packaging material to be shipped out the door to the customer. Work independently and experience with SAP generated work orders and labels a plus.

Full time position with skill base pay, shop experience pay, and profit sharing including complete benefits package plus 401k.

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While we attempt to screen advertising with potential fraud, it is impossible to screen all potential problems.

We strongly encourage our readers to exercise caution and common sense, particularly when dealing with companies with which you are not familiar.

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Little Blessings Childcare has immediate daycare openings for infant-school age. 815-285-3811 Lic# 48927502 Looking for some one to watch my 9 yr old after school, evenings and some weekends at your home. Dixon area .

Call 815-501-8253

HELP WANTED Driver Sales Swingman Mon.-Sat. 40+ Hrs./wk

Selling, Delivery, Driving a truck, and providing customer services are primary responsibilities. Good people skills and CDL will be needed.

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Part-time displaying and stocking beverage products at retail.

Apply in person at: LRB Distributors, Inc. 1425 Franklin Grove Rd. Dixon, IL 61021

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ROCK FALLS DAY CARE CENTER, 729 W. Rt. 30, Rock Falls.

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PETS & PET SUPPLIES 775 JUST ANIMALS LOW COST

WELLNESS CLINICS

Monday, May 5th 3pm-7pm Tractor Supply Store in Dixon Cat & dog exams $10, Most vaccines $12 Heartworm test & Microchips $20.

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WARNING ADS FOR FREE PETS Your beloved pet deserves a loving, caring home. The ad for your free pet may draw response from individuals who will sell your animal for research or breeding purposes.

Please screen respondents carefully when giving an animal away.

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Single wire rabbit cage, on wooden stand. $20 OBO. 815-225-7904

Wooden 2 rabbit hutch. Steel rough and exc. con. $50 815-225-7904

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Briggs 4.5hp on Weed Eater 20” mower, $100 815288-4330 Briggs 6hp on Craftsman 21” mower, baggermulcher. $90 815288-4330

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30 Gal. Aquarium with stand & light. $50 815-440-0378

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FOR ITEMS OVER $300

Johnny Jump Up flower, looks like a violet, $3.00 815994-2371

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Ready to mow, Sabre made by John Deere about 9 yrs. Old, 14.5 HP Kohler Engine, 38” deck. 2 owners.

Good shape. $350.

815-626-8657

“Jet” 7 in. x 12 in. horizontal-vertical band saw, new.

Paid $1400. Asking $700 cash. 815915-3279 Dixon

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5,000 mulch, fertilizer, lawn care, Scott's Crab Grass Preventer. $25 Builder Discount

Simplicity Conquest garden tractor, 50” mower, 18hp. Like new.

235 hrs. $2,000/ firm. 815-499-7308

Looking to buy young Pomeranian or Shih tzu. 815213-1589

500+ advertising pen collection in frames $100 815973-4772

OLD ADVERTISING SIGNS WANTED Beer, Gas, & Oil Auto, Farm, Soda Hunting & More.

Please call Mike @ 651-451-3786

500+ advertising pencil collection in frames $100 815-973-4772

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2002 John Deere X585 4x4.

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MISCELLANEOUS 796 FOR SALE (2) Raynor Garage doors, complete.

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Agri-Fab tow behind spreader/aerator. 32” 100lb. $80 815-652-0055

10” Craftsman table saw, 2 side, 1 back extension, Dado insert $100 815-288-4330

TICKETS / TRAVEL 787 & EVENTS

140 sq. ft. engineered hardwood flooring.

Handscraped Potomac Plank Birch, ½ ”x5” planks, $400 815772-2226

No person or business, unless properly licensed by the Illinois Secretary of State, may sell ticket(s) for any sporting event or otherwise, for more than the price printed upon the face of the said ticket(s).

Only licensed ticket brokers may legally advertise, negotiate and execute the sale of ticket(s) for any amount over what is printed upon the face of ticket.

Blacktop Seal Coating Early Order Discounts Fritz Asphalt 815-499-2940

2 yr old refrig. $200 obo, 1 yr. Old gas stove $200 obo, John Deere MX5 finishing mower 3 point hitch $1250 815-994-3339 2000 oak kitchen cabinets Carpet 69¢sq/ft Builder Discount 626-4561 3, Onan Generators & a 355 Chevy Motor, low mileage. 815-4994066

Chapel Hill Sec. M. 4 graves. $500 ea. Will pay transfer fees. Call 815718-3164 Commercial ice machine for sale, Manitowoc 650 lb.

Cuber w/ ice bin, $950, Norlake 6'x6' walk in cooler, $1,000.

Norlake 6'x4' walk in freezer, $1,000. John Deere leaf sweeper, new $225, regulation size foosball table, $95.

Call Dan at 815-4415772.

GE Electric built in oven/microwave Whirlpool elect. smooth cook top.

White range hood.

All in good condition. $250. 815625-7525 after 3.

Glazed porcelain 6x6 beige tiles.

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Moving Sale Solid oak dinning room table w/ 3 leaves & 6 chairs $800. China cabinet $100. 5 Solid oak bar stools. $150/set. Casino slot machine. $350. Walnut Piano $100. All in good condition. Call 815-631-0246 Moving Sale!

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815-625-9407 Retro kitchen table w/ 4 padded chairs. Pink and black. $75. Call 815-732-6530 after noon.

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HORSES & SUPPLIES

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Blue Ridge western saddle w/ blanket & bridle $235 815-275-3131 Horses for Sale or Trade. All reasonable offers considered. Also Sundowner 5th wheel horse trailer for Sale.

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Scooter Store Power Chair TSS300, like new condition, $4,000 new, asking $650, 815-849-5466

1991 Corvette Convertible, auto, 33K mi., teal, exc. cond., $15,000 815-716-8904

TV Stand Cherry finish 43x17x22H. Never used. $80 815-284-2685

1999 Toyota Camry, newer tires.

Gold. $1050. Call 803-539-1807

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1981 Hondamatic 450. 1,110 mi., Vetter Fairing, saddle bags. $2200 815-946-2823 1999 Goldwing GL500, white, 50th Anniversary.

41,400mi. $8500.

815-535-3703 2002 Honda Goldwing, 68,600 mi. w/ trailer, $12,500w/out trailer $10,500 AND 1998 Kawasaki Voyager 67,870 mi., $3,500 Call 815625-2013.

2004 Harley 883 Sportster, silver, windshield, lug& gage carrier safety guards. 23K. mi. $4000. Call 815-564-8041.

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1995 FXSTC Red 26,260 mi. $6,200 2001 FXST Red$7,700.

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The opening was slightly compromised by the intrusion of the seat supports on the sides and top.

olkswagen introduced the midsize Passat in 1974 as a step up from the Jetta; the current model arrived for 2013 and is produced in the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new plant in Tennessee.

But the trunk was large and open, with 15.9 cubic feet of space.

There were four cargo hooks, small recessed cubbies behind the wheel wells, and storage for the spare tire and tools under the floor.

When it first arrived, Passat brought front-wheel drive and a water-cooled engine, both new to Volkswagen. The new sedan also brought sophistication and performance that were lacking in the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most-recognizable model, the Beetle.

The driver and front passenger had map pockets/bottle holders, two covered cupholders in the center console, a small cubby on the dash above the driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s left knee, another small cubby behind the cupholders, a medium cubby under the center stack and a cubby under the armrest containing connections for mobile devices, including an iPod/ iPhone cable. But the connections were behind the driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s elbow and somewhat awkward to access.

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For the 1998 model year, the Passat was completely new, larger and more appealing. Then 2006 brought a longer wheelbase, wider body and new features inside and out.

For 2014, the Passat has a new 1.8-liter turbocharged gasoline engine.

In the 40-mph frontal offset crash My SEL Premium model had a testing, the Passat was rated â&#x20AC;&#x153;Goodâ&#x20AC;? radio/navigation system with a color touch screen, Fender in all five categories and overall. p re m i u m a u d i o, Bl u e t o o t h My Passat was comfortable for connectivity, satellite radio, and all passengers, with sport-style VWâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Car-Net. Satellite radio and bolstering in the front and on Car-Net require paid subscriptions the rear outboard seats. Doors to continue beyond a trial period. opened wide enough for easy entry, T h e s i x - s p e e d a u t o m a t i c visibility was good all around, Car-Net, similar to GMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s OnStar, transmission, electro-mechanical and even the middle rear seat was connects the operator via iPhone, power steering, electronic stability adequate for smaller passengers, Android phone or computer to services such as restaurant control, and 18-inch alloy wheels although the seat was harder. with all-season tires are standard Legroom in the rear is best-in- locations, remote door unlock, remote honk and flash, last parked on the Passat. class at 39.1 inches, while front location (helpful for forgetful My Passat had all the power passengers have 42.4 inches of drivers), destination directions needed to merge onto the highway legroom. sent to the in-vehicle navigation, or overtake and pass the farm Rear passengers had access to two agent destination assist, remote equipment I sometimes encounter cup holders and a shallow covered check of doors/hood/trunk, on our country roads. storage tray with the middle automatic crash notification, There are plenty of safety features, seatback/armrest pulled down. The manual emergency calls, roadside including front side-impact air map pockets on the rear doors were assistance, stolen-vehicle location bags, and front and rear side- small and didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t include a bottle assistance; speed and boundary curtain head impact air bags; holder. alert (helpful for parents of three-point seatbelts for all five The rear seatbacks folded 60/40 young drivers, I wish I had had passengers; child-safe rear door using levers located inside the it!); preventive maintenance locks; daytime running lights; four- trunk to allow longer items to be scheduling; and vehicle â&#x20AC;&#x153;healthâ&#x20AC;? wheel antilock disc brakes; and hauled. reports. tire-pressure monitoring. direct-injection engine allows for the designation of Partial Zero Emission Vehicle, meaning there are â&#x20AC;&#x153;zeroâ&#x20AC;? evaporative emissions from the fuel system, making it a super ultra-low emission vehicle _ in other words, almost as clean as hybrid vehicles.

about 50/50 city/highway driving, using cruise control when possible.

With the new plant up and running in 2012, Volkswagen moved production of the again redesigned Passat to Chattanooga as a 2013 model, with this version aimed specifically at the North American market.

It came in Tungsten Silver with a Titan Black leather interior. The seating surfaces were quilted faux suede, for a little touch of luxury, and faux wood trimmed the upper door panels, the center console and It came with more interior room, an the dash. optional 2.0-liter diesel engine, and Passat offers seven exterior colors, a significant price cut of $7,000, and three interior colors and plenty was designed to go after such key of options such as wheel locks, competitors as the Toyota Camry 18-inch alloy wheels, and a body and Honda Accord. kit with front valance, side-skirt For 2014, the Passat has a new 1.8- extensions, and rear valance. liter turbocharged gasoline engine, The carâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s styling is simple yet which produces 170 horsepower appealing, with a louvered chrome and still achieves impressive gas grille, black lower front intake, mileage. Fuel economy numbers headlights set in the line extending range from 20 mpg city/28 highway from the grille to the taillight in to 31 city/43 highway. the rear fender, and recessed lower With 14 trims to choose from, 2014 door panels that flare slightly at the prices range from $20,995-$34,265 bottom, with a subtle chrome strip before freight and options. just above the rocker panel. The My tester, the SEL Premium model, chrome strip is picked up around averaged 29 mpg with the 1.8-liter the middle of the rear bumper. engine, with a combination of The 1.8-liter, in-line four-cylinder

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