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SERVING DIXON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA SINCE 1851

DIXON | GREYHOUND ROUTE

It’s all aboard, as of June 1 Four stops a day, 7 days a week at Reagan Transit Center confirmed

BY BRENDEN WEST bwest@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5529 @BWest_SVM

DIXON – Dixon is days away from having daily bus service to Chicago, Davenport, Iowa,

and cities in between.

Greyhound Lines Inc. confirmed Thursday that starting June 1, Dixon will be among seven cities on the route. Other stops include Moline, Rochelle, DeKalb and Aurora/Naperville.

Greyhound will service all cities on the route four times a day.

Services will be available 7 days a week at Reagan Transit Center. Departure times for Dixon will be 8:35 a.m. and 1:50 p.m. to Chicago and 8:55 a.m.

and 6:45 p.m. to Davenport.

Jaime Blatti, executive director of the Lee-Ogle Transportation Service (LOTS), said the news arrives after nearly 7 years of planning and several recent delays. The program was origi-

nally slated to begin in March.

“We’re excited about getting this project started,” Blatti said Thursday. “It’s spent quite some time in the works.”

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ROCK FALLS | RIVERFRONT DEVELOPMENT

AMBOY

Codey, Jim and Jewely

QC group brokering project Development engine also working on Sterling projects

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

ROCK FALLS – The Rock Island Economic Growth Corp. is working with the city’s economic development group on a mixed-use riverfront project.

The venture is planned for the south side of East Second Street, across the street from the new hotel and planned green space. It is the former site of the Reliant building, of which only a large concrete slab and basement remain.

Rock Falls Community Development Corp. Director Randy Balk said the Reliant project was in the predevelopment stage. It is planned on two lots. The first lot, slightly more than 1 acre, is the former manufacturing site. The other, about 1.3 acres, is the parking area directly behind the slab and surrounding space.

Brian Hollenback, executive director of the Rock Island organization also known as GROWTH, doubles as president of Renaissance Rock Island. Hollenback spoke at the RFCDC annual meeting Thursday at the Rock Falls Public Library.

The development groups are not yet revealing specifics of the project or who the private investors are.

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Codey Fredenhagen (left), 44, of Denver, and his father Jim, 68, of Anchorage, Alaska, pose with Jewely, the 1930 Ford Model A they drove 3,812 miles from Anchorage to Jim’s father’s home outside of Amboy. Jim has been working on Model As since he was 13 and can tell what is wrong with the car just by listening to the sounds it makes.

Trio makes emotional trip from Anchorage to Amboy

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

AMBOY – Codey Fredenhagen was nervous. It was nearly 7 a.m. May 3, and he had just arrived in Anchorage the night before. Now here he was, waking up and getting ready to leave again on a road trip with his dad, Jim. That road trip would take the two from Anchorage to Amboy over the course of 14 days.

That’s 3,812 miles, and they were going to do it all in a 1930 Model A Ford that Jim, 68, fixed up

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Mayfest in Mount Carroll

MOUNT CARROLL – The 34th annual Mayfest celebration is Friday through Sunday on the grounds of Campbell Center, 203 E. Seminary St. There will be live music, art, food and fun. Buttons, which are required for entry, cost $8 and are good for all days.

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for the trip. Top speed: 65 mph. But they usually go 50.

But back to the part about Codey being nervous. So, he walked up to the car, and Jim had it packed to the gills with tools and spare parts.

And Jim’s bag was in there, too, and he’d packed light. Real light.

Codey thought he’d packed light, too. He’d made a trip like this before, after all. He’s 44 now, but back when he was 19, he rode his bike, solo, from his dad’s home in Anchorage all the way down to Denver, where he lives now.

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Online extras Check this story out on saukvalley. com to see an interactive map of the trip, watch a video of a ride inside Jewely, or find “Jewely’s Homeward Bound” on Facebook to see a travel log that Codey Fredenhagen kept during their journey.

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Cars cruise in to Mayfest

MOUNT CARROLL – The 15th annual Mount Carroll Mayfest Car Show will be from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday on the Campbell Center grounds. Registration will be from 9 a.m. to noon and costs $10. Trophies will be presented to the top 50 entries, and dash plaques to the first 100.

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STERLING – An open reception for the summer exhibit at Woodlawn Arts Academy, 3807 Woodlawn Road, will be from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Friday. The show features paintings by Jan Harvey and photography by Linnea Koch and Bob Logsdon. Artwork by the academy’s 2014-15 visual arts students will be featured in the J. Mark Beaty Performance Center.

DIXON – An Art in the Barn fundraiser for The Next Picture Show gallery will be held from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday at Strom’s Barn off Fourth Avenue. Tickets cost $40, or $75 for a couple.

There will be a dinner and music from the Rusty Jones Jazz Trio, along with raffles and auctions.

Go to thenextpictureshow.com for tickets and more information.

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Memorial Day events in region

Memorial Day will be marked Monday by events throughout the Sauk Valley.

In Dixon, an event is planned for 9:30 a.m. at the riverfront. A list of area events can be found on A3.

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Whiteside County warrant; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Cruz Martinez, 34, of Amboy; 9:41 p.m. Monday; domestic battery; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Johnny L. Tisley, 24, of Amboy; 3:51 p.m. Monday; warrant for failure to register; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

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Jennifer Roy, 47, of Wisconsin; Wednesday; warrant Michael A. Devore, 25, of for failure to appear; posted Sterling; 8:40 a.m. Wednes$366 full cash bond and has day; two counts of unlawful no further court appearances. delivery of a controlled subNathaniel Hillers, 21, of stance within 1,000 feet of a Mount Morris; Wednesday; park, unlawful possession of motion to increase bond; drug paraphernalia; taken to given notice to appear in Whiteside County Jail. court.

Trevon Thomas, 21, of Rock Falls Police Rochelle; Wednesday; petition to revoke probation; given Jake W. Renner, 30, notice to appear in court. of Rock Falls; 6:39 p.m.

Matthew Gabbard, 26, of Wednesday in the 1200 block of Fifth Avenue; expired regis- Dixon; Wednesday; warrant tration, operation of uninsured for failure to appear; given notice to appear in court. motor vehicle, driving while Shaun M. Baker, 32, of license suspended; given Davis Junction; 7:33 p.m. notice to appear in court.

Wednesday on Dayflower CirBoy, 17, from Rock Falls; cle; possession of drug para7:06 a.m. Wednesday in the phernalia, felony possession 200 block of Avenue B; Whiteside County warrant; held at of marijuana; taken to Ogle County Jail and held pending juvenile facility. a court appearance.

Jacob E. Albers, 27, of Lee County Sheriff Rochelle; 5 p.m. Wednesday Steven M. Huffstatler, on Interstate 39; failure to 25, of Rochelle; 2:12 p.m. reduce speed to avoid an Wednesday; driving under accident; given citation. the influence, improper lane Joshua J. Pottorff, 34, of usage; posted bond and given Amboy; 1:30 p.m. Wednesnotice to appear in court. day in the 2000 block of state Douglas S. Buyers, 46, of Route 251 South; arrested on Sterling; 12;17 p.m. Wednes- a charge of domestic battery. day; warrant for failure to Fransisco Juarez, 27, of appear – driving while license Rockford; 8;36 a.m. Wednessuspended; held at Lee day on Kings Road near the County Jail and given notice intersection with state Route to appear in court.

64; arrested on warrant for Kristophur S. Johnson, driving while license revoked 19, of Rock Falls; 11:58 a.m. and warrant for attempting to Wednesday; warrant for failure obstruct justice, given citato appear – contempt; held tions for failure to signal and at Lee County Jail and given operating uninsured vehicle. notice to appear in court.

Fred A. Peak, 46, of RockState Police ford; 10;46 a.m. Wednesday; warrant for two counts of Lester E. Flaherty, 60, of aggravated driving under Dixon; 6:30 a.m. Wednesthe influence – Class 2, day at Quarry and Meridian warrant for two counts of roads in Lee County; failure aggravated driving under the to reduce speed to avoid a influence – Class 4, warrant crash; given citation. for three counts of driving Thomas I. Losh, 20, of under the influence, warrant Savanna; 3:19 p.m. Wednesfor obstructing or resisting day at 14th Avenue and police, warrant for operating Fourth Street in Fulton; posuninsured motor vehicle; held session of marijuana, unlawful at Lee County Jail and given use of a handheld phone; notice to appear in court. given notice to appear in Sherri A. Bonilla, 38, court. of Rockford; 10;10 a.m.

Wednesday; warrant for failure to appear - contempt; posted bond and given notice to Happy birthday to Roger appear in court.

Inboden, Darin Betts Jr., 2, Jessica S. Mattson, 27, of Bud Albrecht, and Michael Dixon; 3:57 p.m. Tuesday; Fisher, all today.

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To those who lost their lives serving the country they loved. To those who left behind wives, husbands, children, mothers, fathers and friends.

To those who bravely battled with everything they had. To those who understood better than anyone the importance of freedom and justice for all. To our honored dead, go our undying gratitude and utmost respect.

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Fourth-graders in Mary Shippert’s class at St. Mary’s School in Dixon wear red noses Thursday in recognition of Red Nose Day, an event geared to raise money for and awareness of childhood hunger in America.

IN BRIEF Man walks in front of semi ‘intentionally’ MORRISON – The 53-year-old pedestrian who was struck and killed on U.S. Route 30 Thursday morning deliberately walked in front of a semitrailer, police say.

The man, whose name was being withheld pending family notification,

was on the shoulder walking west toward traffic and was just west of North Sawyer Road when he “intentionally entered the lane of traffic in front of the semi,” Morrison Police Chief Brian Melton said, citing accounts from two eyewitnesses and the semitrailer driver.

Raymond E. Printy, 54, of Chariton, Iowa, was the driver.

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Area events will honor servicemembers’ sacrifice STAFF REPORT news@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5501

The sacrifices of military personnel will be recognized this weekend at Memorial Day programs throughout the Sauk Valley. All observances except Baileyville’s are on Monday.

Ashton: 10 a.m. at Mills and Petrie Building, 704 N. First St., AFC High School Travis Stauffer teacher will speak and the community choir will sing. Participants will march to Ashton Cemetery for a rifle salute and the placement of a wreath at the memorial, and flowers on veterans’ graves, weather permitting.

Amboy: 10 a.m. at Veterans Park on Division Street. Lee County Sheriff John Simonton will speak, the colors will be presented, and the Gettysburg Address, Gen. Logan’s orders will be read and the Amboy High School band will play military songs.

Dixon: 9:30 a.m. at the riverfront, Dixon veterans organizations will drop a wreath in the Rock River to remember Navy personnel. At 10 a.m., a parade will travel from there to Oakwood Cemetery at East Fourth Street and South Dement Avenue. Maj. Gen. James “Red� Brown will speak, Gen. Logan’s orders will be read and the Rev. Li Arellano Sr. will give the opening and closing prayer. After Oakwood, there will be a ceremony at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, then an open house at the Legion hall, 1120 W. First St. VFW Post 540, 1560 Franklin Grove Road, will serve lunch afterward.

Erie: A parade starts at 10 a.m. downtown, and will head along Albany Street to Erie Cemetery with a Patriot Guard escort. Village President Marcia Smith will speak, here will be a presentation for departed veterans and a flag-folding ceremony, Erie Show Choir will sing, Haley Bickelhaupt will give a tribute to veterans, taps will be played and the col-

ors will be raised. American Legion Post 902 will give a rifle salute.

Franklin Grove: A parade steps off at 1:30 p.m. at American Legion Hall, 139 Elm St. Participants will place flowers at the veterans memorial in Flat Iron Park before heading along Middle Street to State Street and the Franklin Grove Cemetery.

State Rep. Tom Demmer, R-Dixon, will speak.

There will be a firing squad salute, taps will be played, then an ice cream social will be held at the Legion.

Milledgeville: The service begins at 9:30 a.m. at the veterans memorial at Milledgeville High School, 100 E. Eighth St. Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Bob Coleman will speak. The program will move inside if it rains.

Morrison: A parade begins at 10:30 a.m. at the American Legion Hall at Main and Madison streets, and heads to Grove Hill Cemetery on East High Street, where there will be a rifle salute and presentation of the colors. David Bean, band director for Morrison schools who has played at the ceremonies for about 30 years, will speak.

Mount Morris: American Legion Post 143’s program begins at 10 a.m. at the band shell at Front Street and Wesley Avenue. Silver Star and Purple Heart recipient Doug Wean will speak.

Ohio: Mass will be celebrated at 8 a.m. at Immaculate Conception Church, 103 S. Main St., followed by the rosary at St. Mary Cemetery, on Baseline Road about 1 mile north of Ohio.

A program will be at 10 a.m. at the Ohio school gym, 103 Memorial St., where Jim Brandau, a member of the Ohio Memorial Day committee, will speak. Participants then will walk to Union Cemetery to put flowers on veterans’ graves, and there will be a prayer and taps. A similar ceremony follows at St. Mary’s Cem-

American Legion Post 902 member Darrell Culver of Rock Falls plays taps at the end of the 2014 Memorial Day flower toss in Rock Falls.

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Oregon: VFW Post 8739’s parade starts at 10 a.m. at the Ogle County Courthouse, 105 S. Sixth St., and heads to Riverside Cemetery on North Third Street. A potluck dinner will be served afterward at the post, 1310 W. Washington St. Paw Paw: The Lions Club will offer an all-youcan-eat pancake and sausage breakfast from 6:30 to 10 a.m. at Paw Paw Community Center, 362 Chicago Road. Adults, $4.50, children younger than 10, $2.50, children younger than 2, free. The American Legion ceremony begins at 11 a.m. at Wyoming Cemetery. Take Peru Street out of Paw Paw and look for the cemetery sign and flags.

Polo: A parade begins at 9:30 a.m. at Mason and Green streets, heads west to Division Avenue/state Route 26, and then north to Fairmount Cemetery, where Mayor Doug Knapp will speak.

Prophetstown and Lyndon: The Prophetstown American Legion ceremony begins at 9 a.m. at Lyndon Cemetery on Moline Road in Lyndon, then proceeds to Riverside Cemetery on Star Road. At both cemeteries, the colors will be presented, the Prophetstown High School band will perform, and there will be a rifle salute.

The Legion then will march from the hall at 300 Washington St. to Eclipse

Memorial Park at Eclipse Square, 301 Washington St., in Prophetstown, where the Rev. Rodney Phelps will speak and the Rev. Cheri Stewart will give the invocation.

Lawn chairs are advised.

If it rains, the program will move to Prophetstown High School, 310 W. Riverside Drive.

Rock Falls: Rock Falls and Sterling military groups will have a ceremony at 9 a.m. at the lower dam, where flowers will be placed in the water,

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there will be a flag-folding program and the Sterling High School band will perform. In case of rain, the ceremony will be in Centennial Auditorium at Sterling High, 1608 Fourth Ave. Call Dick Cox, 815625-1091, for more information.

Tampico: American Legion Post 574 will present a flag ceremony and rifle salute at 10 a.m. at St. Mary Cemetery on Benton Street. Linda Taets, Auxiliary president, will read a prayer, there will be a gun salute, and Michael Taets will play taps. The names of veterans buried at the cemetery will be read.

The same ceremony then will be held at Tampico Memorial Cemetery on state Route 172. If it rains, services will be held in the Tampico Area Community Building, 106 W. Market St. Call Joan Johnson, 815-622-8705, for more information.

Walnut: Ceremonies will be at 11 a.m. at Walnut Cemetery on Ross Street, just west of Walnut. Village President Dennis Grobe will speak.

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colors will be presented, and there will be a rifle salute. Afterward, rolls and coffee will be available at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post, 217 First Ave. About 10:30 a.m., a ceremony will take place at Coloma Township Cemetery, 403 Haskell Ave.; the colors will be presented, there will be a rifle salute and Rock Falls Mayor Bill Wescott will speak.

Afterward, soup and sandwiches will be available at the American Legion Hall, 712 Fourth Ave. In addition, fire truck rides will be part of an open house and family fun day from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Firehouse Ministries Fire Museum, 403 W. Second St. Fire safety and firefighting activities will take place. Lunch will be provided. Call 815-6229490 for more information.

Sterling: Ceremonies will begin at 11 a.m. at Grandon Civic Center on East Fourth Street. Speaker Wolf Koch of Sterling will discuss capturing Remagen Bridge in Germany in 1945. The Civil Air Patrol will present the colors,

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OBITUARIES FUNERAL SERVICES FOR THE WEEK

Gladys Beck CHAMPAIGN – Gladys Beck, 90, of Champaign, passed away at 11:16 p.m.

Monday, May 18, 2015, at her home.

Gladys was born Sept. 19, 1924, in Bremer County, Iowa, a daughter of Craig and Iva (Losee) Wilson.

She married Burl L. Beck on June 27, 1945, in Rock Falls.

He preceded her in death on Nov. 19, 1995.

Gladys worked as a quality control inspector for RB&W Fastener Corp. She was a member of St. Matthew Catholic Church in Champaign.

She worked as a “Rosie the Riveter” during World War II in the field fence department at Northwestern Steel and Wire Co. in Sterling. They were called “Women of Steel.”

She once said all of these women lost their jobs once the GIs came home.

Survivors include one son, Doug Beck of Mount Morris; two daughters, Linda (Randy) Techman of Frisco, Texas, and Yvonne (Loren) Mears of Champaign; son-in-law, Robert Castle of Fairfax, California; eight grandchildren, Jon (Jamie) Techman of Arlington,

Texas, Jennifer (Dave) Barrychuck of Little Elm, Texas, Josh (Amanda) Burger of Prophetstown, Emily (Zachary Randall) Beck of Rochelle, Craig Castle of Fairfax, Heidi (Josh) Rogers of San Rafael, California, and Michael Mears and Erin (Brian Wong) Mears, both of Champaign; four great-grandchildren, Alison Techman of Sachse, Texas, Madison and Lillian Koehn, both of Little Elm, and Jada Randall of Rochelle; and one sister, Ruby Whipkey of Geneseo.

She was preceded in death by one daughter, Deborah Castle; one great-grandchild, Jazmine Randall; two brothers, Clifford Wilson and Larry Wilson; and two sisters, Helen Hicks and Ila Mae Acker.

The Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Matthew Catholic Church, 1303 Lincolnshire Drive, Champaign.

Burial will be at 1 p.m.

Thursday at Oak Knoll Memorial Park in Sterling. Morgan Memorial Home in Savoy is handling arrangements.

Today’s visitations: Jean A. Potts, formerly of Dixon, 10-11 a.m. at Chapel Hill Funeral Home in Dixon.

Elaine M. Conley of Sterling, 5-p.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.

Bradley E. Spickler of Oregon, 5-8 p.m., with 8 p.m. Masonic service, at Farrell-Holland-Gale Funeral Home in Oregon.

Today’s funerals: Wilma M. Haenitsch of Ashton, 10 a.m. at Beverage Lyons Family Funeral Home in Ashton.

Peter G. McKune of Dixon, 10 a.m. prayer service at Jones Funeral Home in Dixon, followed by 10:30 a.m. Mass at St. Anne Catholic Church in Dixon.

Jean A. Potts, formerly of Dixon, 11 a.m. at Chapel Hill Funeral Home in Dixon.

Saturday visitations: Elaine M. Conley of Sterling, 9:30-10:30 a.m. at First Christian Church in Sterling.

Marilyn A. Handel of Rock Falls, 10:30-11 a.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in

Rock Falls.

Saturday funerals: Bradley E. Spickler of Oregon, 10 a.m. at FarrellHolland-Gale Funeral Home in Oregon.

Elaine M. Conley of Sterling, 10:30 a.m. at First Christian Church in Sterling.

Marilyn A. Handel of Rock Falls, 11 a.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.

Janice M. Evans Prentice, formerly of Sterling, celebration of life, 1-4 p.m. at Edgewood Golf Course in Polo.

Monday visitations: Emma I. Roebuck, formerly of Sterling, 5-7 p.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.

Tuesday visitations: Darrell R. Rothermel of Polo, memorial visitation, 4-6 p.m. at Polo Family Funeral Home.

Tuesday funerals: Emma I. Roebuck, formerly of Sterling, 10 a.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.

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Elaine was born July 29, 1931, in Walnut, the daughter of Marion and Beulah (Parker) Glafka. She married Thomas M. Conley on Feb. 24, 1951, in Walnut.

He preceded her in death on Oct. 7, 2010. Elaine attended First Christian Church, where she was an active member for many years. She taught Sunday school and played in the bell choir. She was an avid reader, and enjoyed playing cards and cooking. Elaine loved spending time with her family and enjoyed attending her grandchildren’s activities.

Survivors include one daughter, Lori (JC) Johnson of Sterling; one son, Bruce (Dean Schmidt) Conley of St. Louis; one brother, William C. (Lola) Glafka of Wal-

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“I immediately thought, ‘Oh, God, I’ve packed too much,’” Codey said.

“And I didn’t bring much.

I don’t know what else I could’ve not brought.”

He was nervous again when they finally got out of Anchorage around 8 a.m.

Jewely, as Jim named the car, was doing OK – but that’s the thing. She was doing just OK, and the hilly terrain was proving to be a bit of a problem.

They’d climb a hill, and the car would start coughing and sputtering.

“I was like, ‘Oh, man, this is going to be a really long trip,’” Codey said.

But then about 40 miles outside of town, Jim jumped out, grabbed his tools and got to work. A quick spark plug replacement is all it took, and then they were back on the road. No more problems.

“It was really impressive,” Codey said. “I felt like I was in really good hands.”

Along they went, up hills

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and down them, around lakes, and through forests.

Pretty soon, the Yukon started to melt away.

Jim grew up in Naperville. His dad, Ted Fredenhagen, owns a farm in Amboy. Ted’s dad helped start Prince Castle, so Jim’s Sauk Valley roots run deep.

Codey’s do, too. Every summer as a kid, they’d come down here from Alaska to spend time with their grandfather on his farm, learning to fish and shoot,. They’d watch old Westerns and Laurel and Hardy.

“It was kind of the place where we got to play,” Codey says.

Jim retired as a commercial airline pilot May 1, so this trip was the first time he really got to spend a lot of quality time with the car, and the first time in a long time he got to spend so much time with his son.

It was also a homecoming.

When he was just a kid in college, Jim made the decision to leave the Midwest for Alaska.

“I mean, it was a big journey,” Codey says.

“That was a big step for the family, and, you know, I never knew the details of that. I wasn’t born yet, and we talked a lot about that on the trip and how coming up to Alaska was a big step for him.

“He was reminiscing a lot about his decision to stay up there and go to Alaska, and so coming back home – it was a lot more than that. It wasn’t just driving to him. It was a lot more sentimental for him. I didn’t know that going in; I didn’t know that the first day. But I just saw it day after day: him coming back home and reliving his experience of going up to Alaska. It was good to discover it.”

The trip was also a homecoming for Jewely (so named because “She’s such a jewel,” Jim said with a grin).

As Jim was fixing the car back up, he discovered an old newspaper tucked away on the floor. It still had the delivery address and a name pasted on it, so he Googled it.

Up popped a phone number, so he called it.

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nut; two grandchildren, Jason (Julie) Johnson and Kerri (Donald) Bresley; and five greatgrandchildren, Ciara, Conor, and Bridget Johnson, and Jacob and Kylie Bresley.

She also was preceded in death by her parents.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls. Visitation also will be from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday, and the funeral at 10:30 a.m.

Saturday, at First Christian Church in Sterling, with the Rev. Courtney Montgomery Chandler officiating. Burial will be at Walnut Cemetery.

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three sisters, Lillian (Bill) Ricks of Rock Falls, Sula Pope of Cincinnati, and Ladora Phillips of Manchester, Tennessee; seven grandchildren; one greatgrandchild; and many nieces and nephews.

She also was preceded in death by her parents, two sisters, and five brothers.

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

Tuesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Dalmus Meeks officiating. Burial will be at Oak Knoll Memorial Park in Sterling.

In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established to Como Baptist Church.

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They did say it would be one three-story building with commercial and residential elements.

“The first floor – about 20,000 square feet – would be commercial,” Balk said. “There is a basement under the slab with a 10-and-a-half-foot ceiling that we feel has potential for underground parking.”

GROWTH was established as a nonprofit Community Housing Development Organization to work exclusively in its hometown. The group was so successful in bringing public and private partners together for revitalization projects that it has expanded its reach.

“We amended our bylaws in 2012, and now we are a national, community-based not-forprofit,” Hollenback said.

“We’ve managed more than $160 million in community investments, and we can attract revenue that most cities just don’t have access to.”

The organization can put several layers of financing together to bring larger projects to fruition. The infusion of tax credits is a key component of many of its projects.

Financing particulars of the Rock Falls project are not yet ready to be released. Hollenback did say there were four layers, with two of those being tax credits and private investment.

“This is just in the predevelopment phase, so we don’t want to jeopardize our funding sources,” Hollenback said. “When the sources are approved, we will give a detailed accounting of the financing.”

Balk called the discussions with private investors “ongoing.”

At a special meeting of the IDC on May 14, an agreement was approved giving the Rock Falls development group an option to buy the land from the city for $50,000.

The city is not actively involved in the project.

“This is a project between the two development groups,” Mayor Bill Wescott said. “We’ll be asked to come to the table later, but this is their project.”

Wescott said the city pays RFCDC about $100,000 a year. That funding is strictly for operations, and the money isn’t used as project capital.

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“This project will be good not just for the city, but the entire region,” Wescott said. “This is another part of developing the area as a destination point.”

Hollenback said he would likely have Rock Island, Rock Falls, and Sterling team up to collectively pursue tax credits.

“It’s very important to take a unified regional approach to pursuing funding,” Hollenback said.

“This is how you can compete nationally yet address local development needs.”

GROWTH also is working with Sterling Today to renovate the Lawrence Building at 101 E. Third St. Plans are for the courthouse to remain on the first floor, but the four floors in the tower would become a 20-unit apartment complex.

Several cities in the region also work with the Rock Island organization through the Neighborhood Stabilization Program and the Northwest Housing Coalition.

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A woman answered and told him that, yes, it was her husband’s car, well, theirs, and it was one of three they used to own.

They never had children, so their Model As acted as stand-ins.

Jim said he was planning a trip to the Midwest and asked if she’d like to see Jewely again, once he’d fixed her up a bit.

Absolutely, said the woman, who lives in Minnesota.

And so together, Jewely and Jim and Codey were all, in one way or another, homeward bound during those 2 weeks of traveling.

A lot happened on that trip. They made friends everywhere they went.

“Every time you stopped, it was at least 20 minutes,” he said.

But the Minnesota stop was one of the longer ones.

They chatted about the car with the woman. She wanted to get in it, but didn’t want to go for a ride, and as they finally drove off, Jim watched as she lifted a single handkerchief to her eye to dab at tears.

“That was really emotional for him, too,” Codey says. “He was, I think, extremely nervous the day before, and the morning before, to really meet her.

I think he felt a little bit in shock and awe about what he had really done. It kind of hit home. Like, he had been thinking a lot about the car and getting there, but meeting her was different. He was very pensive about it.”

The two were silent after the encounter until about an hour later.

“We couldn’t help but notice how sad she seemed to be and how alone she felt, so we talked about that,” Codey says.

“It was good to bring Jewely back to her, but at the same time, I think it brought about a lot of feelings about her husband.”

And then they truly were homeward bound, onto the final stretch of roads – south through Wisconsin, and then into Illinois, and then all of a sudden things started to come into focus.

The roads became familiar.

“It was very overwhelming,” Codey says. “Like, like, ‘Wow, we finally got here.’ You don’t really realize how far you have gone until you start to think about it. It really hits home that you have gone a long way, and just seeing everybody out there, you feel proud. Like you’ve kind of accomplished something that not everybody has done.

“It felt good to be home.”

Photos by Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com

ABOVE, LEFT: Jim Fredenhagen and his son, Codey, spent 3,812 miles inside this 1930 Ford Model A, named Jewely, during their trip from Anchorage, Alaska, to Jim’s father’s home outside Amboy. While Jim fixed up Jewely at one stop, Codey found a newspaper that belonged to the car’s former owner.

ABOVE, RIGHT: Every trip has a few bumps along the way. Jewely suffered this blemish when a rock flew up and broke her windshield during the lengthy trek.

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EDITORIAL| WHAT WE THINK

Take time this weekend to honor their sacrifice M emorial Day weekend.

The first weekend of summer.

Three days off for people to pursue happiness.

Seventy-two hours to celebrate with barbecues, activities, travel, and relaxation.

How about devoting 1 or 2 of those hours to the holiday’s real meaning?

In the grand scheme of things, attending a Memorial Day service doesn’t take very long.

Communities across the Sauk Valley are ready to honor members of the Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force who died in service to our country.

Services are planned Monday across the area.

At 9 a.m., ceremonies

are scheduled at Lyndon Cemetery, Lyndon, and then Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown, followed by a parade to Eclipse Memorial Park for a service. At the same hour, Rock Falls and Sterling military groups will place flowers in the Rock River at the lower dam.

At 9:30 a.m. in downtown Dixon, a wreath will be dropped into the Rock River to honor deceased sailors. Milledgeville’s services also begin at that time.

At 10 a.m., Memorial Day services begin in Ashton, Amboy, Erie, Forreston, Mount Morris, Ohio, Oregon, and Tampico.

Dixon’s parade begins at that hour, followed by ceremonies at Oakwood

Cemetery and Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens.

At 10:30 a.m., services start in Leaf River, and Morrison’s parade begins.

Also, a ceremony is planned at Coloma Township Cemetery, Rock Falls.

At 11 a.m., services are scheduled in Grandon Civic Center, Sterling, and in Paw Paw and Walnut.

At 1:30 p.m., Franklin Grove will have a parade, followed by a ceremony at the cemetery.

The servicemen and servicewomen we honor entered eternity in service to their country, but it doesn’t take an eternity to pay homage to their sacrifice.

Jim Dunn/jdunn@saukvalley.com Just 1 or 2 hours during In honor of Memorial Day, flags and crosses commemorating America’s war dead a 72-hour weekend.

That’s all. are displayed on the lawn of the Old Lee County Courthouse in Dixon.

GUEST COLUMN | MEMORIAL DAY HISTORY

Memorial Day’s roots traced to Georgia Logan’s order helped holiday go nationwide P. MICHAEL JONES Murphysboro

During a passionate Facebook “discussion,” I was informed that John A. Logan did not create Memorial Day; Columbus, Georgia, did. I did not debate this statement, as neither the Gen. John A. Logan Museum’s exhibit nor its website makes this claim.

Both state that Logan established Memorial Day as a national holiday by issuing Gen. Order No. 11 [his “Memorial Day Order”] to the Grand Army of the Republic on May 5, 1868.

This order stated that May 30 was to be “designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country, …” The origin of the holiday is not as clear.

In its online “Memorial Day History,” the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs states, “Approximately 25 places have been named in connection with the origin of Memorial Day.” It names only seven: Columbus, Mississippi; Macon, Georgia; Columbus,

Georgia; Richmond, Virginia; Boalsburg, Pennsylvania; Carbondale, Illinois; and Waterloo, New York.

In May 1895, the Illinois State Register stated that despite M e m o r i a l P. Michael Day’s oriJones gin being “shrouded in mystery,” the “best authorities” believe that Memorial Day originated in Columbus, Georgia.

The debate continued four decades later. In 1937, columnist Elmo Scott Watson examined the holiday’s origin in a syndicated column, “Who Gave Us Memorial Day?” In her 1913 autobiography, Mary Logan, John A. Logan’s widow, named Blandford Cemetery in Petersburg as the inspiration for Logan issuing his “Memorial Day Order.”

THE DEBATE continues into the 21st century, where perhaps the best (or at least the longest) online list of Memorial Day origins can be

found on the University of Mississippi’s “Center for Civil War Research” website.

It seems the 1895 Illinois State Register’s statement that Memorial Day’s origin is “shrouded in mystery” still rings true. If so, is the conclusion of the “best authorities,” who believe that Memorial Day originated in Columbus, Georgia, also true?

It is, according to Daniel Bellware of Columbus, Georgia, who with Richard Gardiner, Ph.D., published “The Genesis of the Memorial Day Holiday in America” in 2014.

This book provides primary sources showing that on March 10, 1866, the Ladies Memorial Association of Columbus published a letter inviting the women of the South to join them on April 26, 1866, and annually thereafter in “adorning the graves of our fallen soldiers.”

This letter is known to have appeared in 20 Southern and five Northern newspapers. Between April and June 1866, communities in every Southern state (Macon

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The sources I found provide evidence that not only did Memorial Day observances begin in the South, but news of these observations was carried widely in Northern papers in 1866.

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observed its first Memorial Day on April 26) held a Memorial Day observation.

It seems to me that Bellware and Gardiner’s extensive research has finally solved the “mystery” of Memorial Day’s origin.

THE SOURCES I found provide evidence that not only did Memorial Day observances begin in the South, but news of these observations was carried widely in Northern papers in 1866. For years thereafter, these same newspapers would reference not only this fact but also credited these observances to the

THE READER’S VOICE

Conscience protections should remain DAVID E. SMITH Carol Stream

Lawmakers in the Illinois House are considering a deeply troubling piece of legislation that would compel medical personnel in Illinois to violate their deeply held beliefs.

This bill, SB 1564, would mandate anti-abortion doctors, nurses, and pharmacists to distribute information to help patients find objectionable medical services such as abortion, sterilization, and certain endof-life care.

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What do you think?

Do you agree with this letter?

Do you disagree with this letter?

Let us know. Write your own letter to the editor and send it to: letters@saukvalley. com According to the Christian medical and dental associations, 95 percent of physicians polled would quit their practice rather than violate their conscience. This fact should alarm readers.

And who could blame them?

It also is important to point out that SB 1564

Logan Museum promotes 2018 commemorative stamp

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ay 5, 2018, will mark the Sesquicentennial of Memorial Day as a national holiday.

On Dec. 30, 2014, the Gen. John A. Logan Museum sent a proposal to the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee, 475 L’Enfant Plaza SW, Room 3300, Washington, DC 20260-3501, requesting the issuance of a block of commemorative stamps to honor this holiday.

The museum suggested stamps for, in addition to John A. Logan, whose General Order No. 11 (his “Memorial Day Order”) established Memorial Day as a national holiday, Memorial Day observations women of Columbus, Georgia.

I also believe that their work does not diminish the roles played by the other communities who are a part of the Memorial Day story.

These communities should celebrate their part in our nation’s history; it is not a competition. Perhaps the fact that it is provides the reason

CARTOONIST’S VOICE

in Columbus, Georgia; Columbus, Mississippi; Charleston, South Carolina; Petersburg, Virginia; Boalsburg, Pennsylvania; Carbondale, Illinois; Waterloo, New York; and any other individuals and communities the Stamp Committee might find to be a part of the “Story of Memorial Day.” While the founder of Memorial Day’s “Red Poppies” has been honored with a commemorative stamp, Memorial Day, as a national holiday, has not, and it is long past time to do so.

– P. Michael Jones, director, Gen. John A. Logan Museum, Murphysboro that Memorial Day’s 1968 centennial was not honored with a commemorative stamp.

It is my hope that if this competition can be put aside, it will receive such an honor in 2018, the sesquicentennial of this very meaningful holiday.

Note to readers: P. Michael Jones is director of the Gen. John A. Logan Museum in Murphysboro.

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would negatively affect crisis pregnancy centers that provide health care services by requiring that these life centers give referrals to Planned Parenthood or other venues that promote abortion.

No American, let alone vital health care providers, should be required to violate their personal integrity in order to provide referrals to procedures or services they find morally offensive.

Instead, our lawmakers should be working to uphold and reinforce First Amendment conscience protections.

Note to readers: David E. Smith is executive director of the Illinois Family Institute.

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“America was founded on the belief that the freedom to think as you will and speak as you think are essential to democracy. Only by exercising those rights can you ensure their continued existence.”

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DAY TRIP | THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

The land of Lincoln

7 score and 10 years ago, Illinois’ favorite son passed into the history books. Today, a museum invites visitors to celebrate his life and legacy

BY ANDREA MILLS amills@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5575

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President Abraham Lincoln’s wife and children join him in welcoming visitors to the The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, where people can get a look at Lincoln’s life and accomplishments. Food, a gift shop and film presentations add to the visit.

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SPRINGFIELD – The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum turned 10 years old this year.

As with any birthday or anniversary, there’s a party. One such event that drew a large crowd was in April. Free admission, a Civil War-style band, and visitors, from tourists to senators, made it a day to remember.

While the celebration proved there’s still a great deal of interest in Lincoln 150 years after the death of our 16th president, the museum’s exhibits didn’t get overshadowed by all the hubbub and hoopla.

A visit to the museum can begin with the exhibit “The Journey, Part I – The Pre-Presidential Years.” The entrance runs through a log cabin similar to the one where Lincoln lived while growing up. It even has a little yard, which makes it seem like a real home in the woods of Indiana. Here is where museum-goers find out about life in a log cabin, before turning the corner to a harsher reality found at a slave auction, where a boy clutches desperately at his mother’s skirt.

Moving on, an older Lincoln is shown at a general store in New Salem with Ann Rutledge and later in a Springfield parlor courting his future wife, Mary Todd. From there, visitors go on to the 1860 presidential campaign and Lincoln’s farewell speech as he heads to Washington, D.C. The next stop is “The Journey, Part II – The White House.” One of the first places here is a display of ball gowns, beautiful colors and designs showing how the best-dressed ladies of Washington attended parties. During the tour, people walk through the Whispering Gallery, where rumors and political cartoons show there wasn’t always a love of Lincoln. Historic events, both good and bad, follow. The Emancipation Proclamation is featured, and the loss of the Lincoln’s’ son, Willie, is mourned.

What: Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Where: 212 N. Sixth St., Springfield When: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily; ticket sales cut off at 4 p.m.

Cost: $15 adults, $12 for those 62 and older and students with identification, $10 for military with identification, $6 for children 5 to 15, free for those 4 and younger.

Information: lincolnlibraryandmuseum.com or alplm.org or call 217-558-8844

In the end, the visitors arrive at a display of Ford’s Theatre, knowing what lies ahead. Just before Lincoln is shot, the museum tells his last words in reply to Mary’s, “What will Miss Harris think of my hanging on to you so?” The reply: “She won’t think anything about it.”

During celebrations, a hush fell over the large crowd as people filed past a display that featured a mock-up of Lincoln lying in state in his coffin as it was seen in the Representatives Hall of the Old State Capitol, which brought Lincoln’s earthly journey to an end.

A number of other areas can be explored, such as film presentations, the Treasures Gallery, and a gift shop.

A presentation, “Ghosts of the Lincoln Library,” in the Holavision Theater, has an on-stage actor and plenty of moviestyle magic to create a friendly ghost story with a surprise ending.

Do plan a visit to the library and museum. It’s well worth the almost 3-hour drive from here.

SUPPORT GROUPS, CLUBS AND SERVICES Saturday, May 23 Red Cross blood drive, 7-11 a.m., 112 W. Second St., Rock Falls. Appointment: 815-6250382.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., open, women’s; noon, open; 6 p.m., open, 90-92 S. Hennepin Ave., Dixon.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 9:30 a.m., former St. Anne Grade School, 32 N. Jones Ave., Amboy, 815-857-2315.

Women’s Alcoholics Anonymous, 10:30 a.m., closed; 7 p.m., closed, 808 Freeport Road, Sterling.

The Kick-It Ticket Narcotics Anonymous, 11 a.m., basement, Fellows Street door, The Worship Center, 403 N. Ottawa Ave., Dixon, 815-440-7992.

Narcotics Anonymous, N.A. Road to Recovery, 11 a.m., The Worship Center, 403 N. Ottawa Ave., Dixon.

Mercy Nursing Services free blood pressure clinic, 11 a.m.noon, Wal-Mart, 1901 First Ave., Rock Falls.

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, noon, open, Old School; 7 p.m., open, fun night, bring a friend, back door, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls.

Mercy Nursing Services free blood pressure clinic, 1-2:30 p.m., Save-A-Lot, 928 First Ave., Rock Falls.

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

Affliction of Addiction Narcotics Anonymous, 7:30-8:30 p.m., Abiding Word Church, 806 E. Lynn Blvd., Sterling, 779-2453487.

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

Sunday, May 24 Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 a.m., closed; 7 p.m., open, Rochelle Community Hospital, 900 N. Second St. Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 a.m., closed; 11 a.m., open; 1 p.m., closed, Spanish; 7 p.m., closed, Bazaar Americana, 609

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Alcoholics Anonymous, 10 a.m., open, barn, Horizon View Farm, 2422 N. River Road, Oregon.

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, 10 a.m., open, Big Book, back door, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., closed, Church of St. Anne, 401 N. Cherry St., Morrison.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, Spanish, St. Patrick Catholic Church, 236 Kelly Drive, Rochelle.

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

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

FAITH ASSEMBLY OF GRAND DETOUR Ridge Road, Dixon, 652-4488 Li Arellano, Sr. Pastor Morning Worship 10:00 a.m.

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

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

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

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

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

3 years thru 6th grade

ST. PATRICKS OF AMBOY

GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH

32 N. Jones, Amboy, IL Msgr. Thomas Bales, Priest Saturday Evenings 4:30 p.m.

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

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

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

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

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

417 E. 3rd Street., Sterling, 626-2577 Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

Visitors Welcome.

FAITH FELLOWSHIP GENERAL BAPTIST 725 N. Brinton, Dixon, 288-5091 Rev. Kenneth Hendley, 288-3689 Worship 10:00 a.m., Sunday Evening 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday Bible Study 7:00 pm.

FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST)

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

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

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

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

ST. FLANNEN CATHOLIC 2nd & Shelhammer, Harmon, 857-2315 Msgr. Thomas Bales, Priest Sunday 9:00am Worship Weekdays as Scheduled

ST. MARY CATHOLIC Walton Road, Walton, 857-3891 Msgr. Thomas Bales, Priest Saturday 6:00pm Worship, Weekdays as Scheduled

CROSSROADS COMMUNITY CHURCH

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

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY

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

PINE CREEK CHRISTIAN CHURCH

ST. JAMES EVANGELICAL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

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

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

Ladies Bible Study Wednesday 9:00 a.m.

THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS 2709 16th Ave., Sterling, 625-1229 William F. Stocks, Bishop Sacrament Meeting 9:30 a.m.

Sunday School: 10:45 a.m.

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

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

Wednesday Night 6:30 p.m.

LINCOLN AVENUE CHURCH OF GOD 704 Lincoln Ave., Dixon, 288-1142 Pastor Mike Worrel Check us out on facebook Wednesday: 6:30-8:00pm Jump children’s ministry & Fushion youth ministry Prayer 6:30pm, 7:00-8:00pm adult bible study Sunday: 9:30 S.S. for children and adults 10:30 worship & children’s church

CHRIST OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH Missouri Synod, 284-4554, 2035 IL Rt. 26, Dixon Pastor David Andermann, Worship 9 a.m.

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

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

Bible Study Saturday 1:00 p.m.

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

Wed. Christian Education 6:30 p.m.

White Pines Campus

GRACE FELLOWSHIP

Meeting Sundays at 10:00 AM 2128 IL Route 38, Ashton, 815-453-7464 205 N. Jefferson Avenue, Polo ~ 815.837.5255 Pastor Jeremy Horton whitepines@crossroadscn.com Sunday Worship Service 9 a.m.

Youth Pastor ~ Jose Garcia x 303 37 S. East Avenue, Amboy Contemporary worship & relevant Bible teaching (farm bureau building) Join us after services for coffee, snacks & fellowship Pastor Brian McWethy Kidzlink Children’s Ministry (nursery-5th grade) ~ Sunday Worship Service 10:15 a.m. during adult services www.graceisforyou.com Crave Youth Group (6th-12th grade) ~ Wednesday nights 7PM SAUK VALLEY ISLAMIC CENTER www.crossroadscn.com 202 E. Fellow St., Dixon -815.284.4868 Friday Prayer 12:15-1 pm MENDOTA CHURCH OF THE NAZERENE Open to Public ~ All Denominations.

1209 Sixth Street, Mendota, 539-6232 www.mendotanaz.org FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Rev. Dick Schaill, Senior Pastor OF FRANKLIN GROVE John Robinson, Worship Leader Sunday School 9:30-10:30 (all ages) 106 S. Walnut, Franklin Grove 815-456-2432 Sunday Morning Worship 10:45-12:00 Pastor Jack M. Briggs Worship at 9:00am Soul Fire Prayer Meeting 7:00pm Tuesday Bible Study 7:00pm Wednesday ROCK RIVER BAPTIST Praise/Worship Practice 7:30pm Friday 614 Orchard St., Dixon 815-677-7566

Smile! It Will Make You and Others Happy!

There is a very interesting psychology experiment where you trick people into either smiling or frowning without their knowing it (by telling them to hold a pencil either in their teeth, to make them smile, or with their pursed lips, to make them frown), and while they hold that facial position you tell them a joke. Those who are holding the smile usually rate the joke as being funnier, presumably because they are already halfway laughing to start with. The moral of the experiment, if experiments can be said to have a moral, is that our bodies often take the lead in making us feel happy or sad, or calm or anxious. Droopy, lackadaisical posture will make you feel defeated while standing up tall and strong will make you feel like a winner. So smile, even when you don't feel much like smiling, or perhaps especially when you don't feel much like smiling. And an added benefit to smiling is that it tends to spread the happiness. Have an attitude and a countenance that is worth catching.

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

Service every Wednesday 7:30 p.m.

SAINT PATRICK CATHOLIC Rt. 1, Maytown Rd., Maytown Rev. Joel Lopez, Priest Saturday, 6:00 p.m.

Weekdays as Scheduled

Corner of 3rd St. & Peoria Ave., Dixon Ph: 815-288-2151 Web page: stlukedixon.org Fr. Richard Frontjes, Rector Fr. Tom Lamb, Priest Associate SUNDAY Eucharist 10:15 a.m., followed by Coffee and Fellowship WEDNESDAY Healing Mass: 10 a.m.

BETHEL EVANGELICAL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

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

Coffee Fellowship 10:30 a.m.

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

Mid Week Prayer Service 6 p.m. Wed.

ST. LUKE’S EPISCOPAL

RIVER VALLEY CHURCH

COWBOY CHURCH ON THE ROCK 106 Gaston St., Prairieville 815-445-5912 Bible study Tuesday 6:00 p.m.

Sunday worship service 10:30 a.m.

Handicapped accessible - everyone welcome.

ST. BRIDE’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH All are welcome Fr. Robert Francis Cristobal, Priest-In-Charge Sunday Schedule: 8 AM Holy Communion 9 AM Children’s Sunday School 10 AM Holy Communion with Music Fellowship and Coffee after the 10 AM service Contact information: 1000 IL Route 64 W, Oregon 815-732-7211 saintbrides@verizon.net www.saintbrides.org

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

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

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

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

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

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

Please join us.

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

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

CHANA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 606 Main Street, Chana Pastor Javier Martinez chanaumc@gmail.com Sunday: Adult & Children’s Education 9 am Worship Service 10:30 am Sunday of each month.

Open Hearts - Open Minds - Open Doors.

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

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

FRANKLIN GROVE UNITED METHODIST 203 W. Middle St., Franklin Grove, 456-2456 Jin Ho Hong, Pastor Worship 10:15 a.m.; 1st Sunday of each month - ASL Sign interpreter for the hearing impaired

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

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

Junior Church for ages 12 and under during morning worship.

LIGHTHOUSE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 4938 S. Daysville Road, Oregon, 732-7264 Xavier Martinez, Pastor Sunday School: 9 a.m. Kindergarten -6th Sunday Morning Worship: 9:00 a.m.

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

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

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

Church School, Adult Forum and Study Groups Follow Service

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Chicago and Flagg Streets, Paw Paw, Worship: 11:00 a.m.

Christian Education: 10:00 a.m.

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

Tuesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m.

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

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

WoW Worship Wednesday 5:30 p.m.

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

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

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

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

UNITED FIRST CHURCH 326 E. Main Street, Amboy, IL 815-857-2415 Pastor: Charles Jeanblanc Sunday Services 9 am - 10 am Bible study following services 10:15 - 11:15

ST. PAUL LUTHERAN CHURCH LCMC Congregation 107 W. Lahman Street, Franklin Grove 815-456-2457 or 815-440-6590 Pastor Myron Bartell Worship at 8:30 a.m. Sundays Sunday School at 9:45 a.m.

Bible Study Thursdays at 7:00 p.m.

SAUK VALLEY COMMUNITY CHURCH

REYNOLDS UNITED METHODIST

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

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

2496 Reynolds Rd, Ashton - 815-453-2513 Rev. Alan Meyer, Pastor - 815-453-7480 Sunday School - All ages - 9:00am Sunday Worship - 10:00am - Nursery provided Wednesday Bible Study - 7:00pm Handicapped Accessible

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

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

634 Countryside Lane, Dixon, 288-4019

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

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

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

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Beer bottles and baby bottles don’t mix Dear Abby, I just realized I’m 6 weeks pregnant. I have always wanted to start a family and raise children with my fiance, but I have a big problem. I am an alcoholic and have been struggling with this issue for a few years.

I don’t know the effect this could have on my baby, but I know it isn’t good. My fiance also drinks a lot, and our home situation isn’t the greatest for a child because of it.

What can I do that would be helpful in my circumstances? I don’t want to put my baby’s life at risk. I tried AA in the past, but was unsuccessful. I’m afraid I’m destroying my family before it is started.

dearABBY Abigail Van Buren’s (Jeanne Phillips) column appears during the week through Universal Press Syndicate.

Trainwreck in Virginia Dear Trainwreck, You are right to be concerned. If you plan to have this baby, it’s important that you find a gynecologist and quit drinking immediately! If you can’t find the strength to do it for yourself, then do it for the sake of your little one.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: “There is no safe time to drink alcohol during pregnancy. Alcohol can cause problems for the developing baby throughout pregnancy, including before a woman knows she is pregnant.

Drinking alcohol in the first 3 months of pregnancy can cause the baby to have abnormal facial features. Growth and central nervous system problems (e.g., low birth weight, behavioral problems) can occur from drinking alcohol anytime during pregnancy. The baby’s brain is developing throughout pregnancy and can be affected by exposure to alcohol at any time.

“If a woman is drinking alcohol during pregnancy, it is never too late to stop. The sooner a woman stops drinking, the better it will be for both her baby and herself.”

Dear Abby, I have been with my girlfriend, “Kendra,” for 4 years. We’re ready to take our relationship to the next level, but I’m starting to have second thoughts because of her mother.

To put it simply, she’s not a nice woman, and she doesn’t have any friends. Her husband died a few years ago, which makes her very much alone. Her only social life is Kendra.

Abby, she thinks of me as a threat to their rela-

tionship, and she’s trying everything in her power to break us up. She says negative things about me to Kendra, and she’s rude to me at all times. She says she will not give us her blessing if we decide to marry.

Because we live only 10 minutes from her and have no possibility of moving farther away, is it possible to have a healthy marriage with such a “cancer” in our lives? Or would our marriage be doomed from the start?

Do I stay or do I go?

Unsure in Pennsylvania Dear Unsure, Unfortunately, no one can make this decision for you. Much depends upon whether Kendra can recognize how

unhealthy her relationship with her mother is and distance herself emotionally.

While love can conquer almost everything, unless she can do that, and not allow herself to feel guilty for being happy, marriage to Kendra could be like competing in a marathon with one foot encased in a barrel of cement. I’m not saying don’t do it, but pointing out that if you do, it will be a challenge.

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

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

COMMUNITY EVENTS Friday, May 22 Open pool, open cards, open Wii games and computer lab, 8 a.m. -4 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Open pool, open cards, open Wii games and computer lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236.

Pool players, 8:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Bridge, 8:45 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Scrapbooking, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Rock Falls Public Library, 1007 Seventh Ave., 815-626-3958.

Bingo, 9:30-10:30 a.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-2889236.

Intermediate line dancing, organized by Whiteside County Senior Center, 10 a.m. Call 815622-9230 for location.

Wii Bowling and card games, 10 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815562-5050.

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

Lifescape lunch, 11:30 a.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815288-9236. Sign up by 10 a.m. previous business day.

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

Organized Wii Bowling games, noon, Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

Card games, noon, Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Pinochle, 12:30-3 p.m., Big Room, Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

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

Duplicate bridge, 12:30 p.m., Lee County Council on Aging,

100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815288-2117.

Pinochle, 12:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-6229230.

Movie and popcorn, 12:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Pinochle, 1 p.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St. Dixon.

Farkle, 1 p.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-589-3925.

Farmers Market, 3-7 p.m., 400 W. Second St., Rock Falls, 815-625-4500.

Fish and shrimp dinner, 5-7

p.m., American Legion Post 12, 1120 W. First St., Dixon, 815284-2003.

All-ages open mic night, 5-9 p.m., Triangle-Veterans Memorial Park, Fifth Street and Fifth Avenue, Rock Falls, 815-5908881.

Teen Turf dance, for students in fifth grade and older, 7-10 p.m., Boehler Youth Center, 235 W. Main St., Amboy, 815-8574800.

Mexican food, 5-8 p.m., Rock Falls Veterans of Foreign Wars, 217 First Ave. Bingo, 7 p.m. Rock Falls American Legion, 712 Fourth Ave. Saturday, May 23 Farmers Market, 7 a.m.-noon,

Haymarket Square, 317 W. Third St., Dixon, 815-284-3306.

Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., 400 W. Second St., Rock Falls, 815-625-4500.

Farmers Market, 8-11 a.m., rain or shine, behind Morrison’s Heritage Museum, 202 E. Lincolnway.

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

Cookout, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Rock Falls Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5418, 217 First Ave. Carry-outs, 815-626-3513.

Mexican food, 5-8 p.m., Rock Falls Veterans of Foreign Wars, 217 First Ave.

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IN BRIEF Babs is coming to bookshelves NEW YORK (AP) — Barbra Streisand is set to publish her long-discussed and long-awaited memoir.

The legendary singeractress-filmmaker has a deal with Viking for her life story, the publisher announced Wednesday.

The book is currently untitled and scheduled for

2017. According to Viking, Streisand will reflect on her childhood, her career and on the private life she has carefully guarded.

Streisand, 73, has been contemplating a memoir since at least 2009 when she told The Associated Press that she had been writing down thoughts and wondering whether she wanted to “relive” her life.

The subject of numerous unauthorized books, she

committed herself more strongly in recent years to completing her memoir.

“There are over 50 unauthorized biographies about Ms. Streisand that are full of myths and inaccuracies, and she is finally going to tell her own story,” Viking president and publisher Brian Tart said in a statement.

Financial terms for the book were not disclosed.

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DIXON MEMORIAL DAY SERVICES MONDAY, MAY 25, 2015

OAKWOOD CEMET CEMETERY

FERRIS J. WALKER, STANLEY B. GOODE, THOMAS G. LOVE, GEORGE E. STALEY, BURREL J. “BJ” REYNOLDS, ROBERT E. EPLER, DENNIS A. MALMBERG, JOHN L. “JACK” SCHULER, BRADLEY H. WOHRLEY, LYNN KNIGHTS, KENNETH RINEHART, LARRY L. BERARD, PAUL S. NEWMAN, THOMAS W. GROVE, JAMES A. COY, CLIFFORD L. SWANLUND, SID S. WHITE, WERNER VOGEL, LLOYD M. VOGEL, KENNETH L. GARRISON, JOHN W. BURKE JR., HOWARD E. HANSEN, ROBERT W. CASTLE, WARREN N. HUBBELL, RONALD H. ZIKA, JAMES E. QUEST, ED DWARD E. SCHEFFLER, BARDELL R. BOWMAN

9:30 A.M. Wreath Ceremony Peoria Ave. Bridge Presented by the American Legion 10:00 A.M. Parade Parade route begins at south end of Peoria Ave. bridge, south to second street, east on second street to Dement Ave., south on Dement to Oakwood Cemetery.

Honorary Parade Marshall: Larry Knoll - Tom Phalen Oakwood Cemetery Memorial Service Following parade Master of Ceremonies: Jim James Minister: Pastor Arellano Guest Speaker: Major General James K. “Red” Brown Taps: Chris Hammitt Gun Salute: Dixon Area Detachment Marine Corp. League General Logan’s Order’s: Lt. Watkins - National Guard Following the conclusion of the memorial services at Oakwood Cemetery, the Dixon VFW 540 will have a Memorial Service at Chapel Hill Cemetery.

The VFW and American Legion organizations will be holding an Open House following the Chapel Hill Ceremony.

We encourage everyone to attend and participate with us in honoring the men and women of our Armed Forces past and present; without their sacrifices, we as a community would not have the opportunity to enjoy celebrating this important day.

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Dixon Greyhound stop will have a ‘soft opening’ GREYHOUND

CONTINUED FROM A1

She added that the Illinois election for governor in November contributed to delays. New Gov. Bruce Rauner put a hold on several projects during the early months of his term.

“The biggest struggle recently was the change in state government,” Blatti said.

LOTS spearheaded pursuit and subsequently obtained a federal intercity bus grant that funds the 2-year pilot program.

“After [Rauner] settled in his position, and realized this was all federal funding, we were able to push the contracts through,”

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It’s really going to be a great thing for this area.

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Jaime Blatti, executive director of the Lee-Ogle Transportation Service,

Blatti said.

Dixon will ease into the program with a “soft opening,” according to Blatti.

Travelers will be able to buy tickets online only in the early going.

Eventually, Blatti sees numerous benefits to Dixon. The program not only connects local communities to major cities, but it will include sameday shipping. Blatti said Dixonites could, in theo-

ry, order fresh food from Downtown Chicago and have it delivered to the transit center hours later.

“If anybody wants same-day shipping to Chicago, you can put items on these vehicles as well,” she said.

The broader picture to Blatti is that Dixon will be connected to numerous major metropolitan areas through public transit.

In Chicago, travelers can connect to buses that go as far east as Memphis.

Davenport has routes to Omaha.

“It’s really going to be a great thing for this area. It gives an opportunity for rural systems to access bigger systems,” Blatti said. “It’s a really big deal.”

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MONEY & MARKETS The following quotations are provided as a community service by Sterling Futures: Corn: July 3.65; Sept.

3.71 ½; Dec. 3.82 ¼ Soybeans: July 9.38 ½; Aug. 9.29 ½; Nov. 9.18 ½ Soybean oil: July 32.25; Dec. 32.48

Soybean meal: July 304.10; Dec. 296.90 Wheat: July 5.22; Dec. 5.42 ½ Oats: July 2.44 ¼; Dec. 2.58 ½ Live cattle: June 152.31; Aug. 150.90; Oct. 152.65 Feeder cattle: May 220.10; Aug. 217.72 Lean hogs: June 83.77;

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Morning Schedule Departure time ............................. City 7:05 a.m. ..............................Davenport 7:25 a.m. ....................................Moline 8:35 a.m. ................................... Dixon 9:20 a.m. ................................ Rochelle (includes 10-minute bathroom break) 9:55 a.m. .................................. DeKalb 10:30 a.m. ................. Aurora/Naperville 11:30 a.m. ...............................Chicago

Morning Schedule Departure time ............................. City 6:10 a.m. .................................Chicago 7:10 a.m. ................... Aurora/Naperville 7:45 a.m. .................................. DeKalb 8:20 a.m. ................................ Rochelle (includes 10-minute bathroom break) 8:55 a.m. ..................................... Dixon 10:05 a.m. ..................................Moline 10:20 a.m. ............................Davenport

Afternoon Schedule Departure time ............................. City 12:20 p.m. ...........................Davenport 12:40 p.m. .................................Moline 1:50 p.m. .................................... Dixon 2:35 p.m. ............................... Rochelle (includes 10-minute bathroom break) 3:10 p.m. ................................. DeKalb 3:45 p.m. .................. Aurora/Naperville 4:45 p.m. ................................Chicago

Afternoon Schedule Departure time ............................. City 4 p.m. .....................................Chicago 5 p.m. ....................... Aurora/Naperville 5:35 p.m. ................................. DeKalb 6:10 p.m. ............................... Rochelle (includes 10-minute bathroom break) 6:45 p.m. ................................... Dixon 7:55 p.m. ...................................Moline 8:10 p.m. .............................Davenport

EDUCATION

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

Daily Schedule

July 83.85; Oct 73.92 Sugar: July 12.49 Cotton: July 63.73 T-Bonds: June 152 16/32 Silver: July 17.15 Gold: June 1207.00 Copper: May 2.8695 Crude: July 60.74 Dollar Index: June 95.40 Ethanol: July 1.557

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Fulton High School, 2 p.m. in the gym, 1207 12th St. Oregon High School: 2 p.m. at the Blackhawk Center, 1101 Jefferson St. Polo High School, 2 p.m. in the gym, 100 Union Ave.

Commencement exercises will be at the following locations for Sauk Valley graduates.

Saturday Ashton-Franklin Center High School, 10 a.m. in the gym, 611 Western Ave., Ashton.

May 29 Faith Christian School, 6:30 p.m. in the gym, 7571 S. Ridge Road, Grand Detour.

Paw Paw High School, 7 p.m. in the gym, 511 Chapman St.

Sunday Rock Falls High School, 1 p.m. at Hinders Field, 508 15th Ave., or in the gym, 101 12th Ave., in case of bad weather.

Sterling High School, 3 p.m. at Roscoe Eades Field, 1608 Fourth Ave., or in the fieldhouse in case of bad weather.

Prophetstown High School, 4 p.m. May 24 in the Prophetstown Middle School gym, 38 Ferry St., Prophetstown.

Morrison High School, 2 p.m. at the football field, 643 Genesee Ave., or in the gym if it rains.

May 30 Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com

Newman graduate Aubree Schmitt shakes hands with Superintendent Andy Edmondson during Wednesday’s graduation ceremony.

Bureau Valley High School, 3 p.m. in the gym, 9154 County Road

Unity Christian School, 10 a.m. in the high school gym, 711 10th St., Fulton.

May 31 Amboy High School, 2 p.m in the gym, 11 E. Hawley St. Dixon High School, 1 p.m. at the football field, 300 Lincoln Statue Drive, or in Lancaster gym in case of bad weather.

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Sloane Crosley, an essayist, wrote, “I used to think that nails-down-a-chalkboard was the worst sound in the world. Then I moved on to people-eating-cereal-on-thephone. But only this week did I stumble across the rightful winner: it’s the sound of a baggage carousel coming to a grinding halt, having reunited every passenger on your flight with their luggage, except for you.”

No doubt we can all relate to that. You stand there for ages, hoping against hope not to be disappointed. At the bridge table, many play their cards as if their suitcase were the first to appear on the carousel. They take no time to consider the possibilities.

In today’s deal, how can the defenders defeat four spades after West leads his diamond ace?

Note South’s advance of his partner’s takeout double.

By an unpassed hand, a sim-

ple suit bid shows only 0-8 points. With 9-11 points, the advancer must jump in his suit. Yes, South wishes he had a five-card suit, but one has to make the best of the situation. Here, North has an easy raise to four spades.

The first key play comes at trick one. East must drop his queen under West’s ace.

This shows the queen and the jack (or a very unlikely singleton queen). Now West must resist the temptation to play another diamond.

Instead, he should shift to his singleton heart.

South will win the trick and play a trump, but West can take that trick and continue with a low diamond.

East wins with his jack, and it should be the work of a moment for him to return a heart, which West ruffs to defeat the contract. © 2015 UFS

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ROCK FALLS HIGH SCHOOL

April Student of Month: Carmina Lopez ROCK FALLS – Carmina Lopez, 17, of Rochelle, is Rock Falls High School’s April Student of the Month. She is the daughter of Beatriz and Carmelo Lopez and has a brother, Marco, 12.

Favorite class: Mrs. Frampton’s Holocaust and Genocides class.

She makes the class so interesting because she is so passionate about the topics that she talks about. This class just impresses me because it shows how one person can either change the world for the good or bad. Also, her main goal is to make us better people by knowing that we can make a difference in this world by speaking up for ourselves and others.

Least-favorite class: Interior decorations, because, let’s just say, never hire me to decorate your house.

Favorite teacher: My psychology teacher/ cross country coach Mark Truesdell, aka Mr. T. His class has taught me so much, and it just flies by because he talks a lot but in an entertaining way, I don’t know how to explain it. Also, I think he is so kind and I admire him because he has accomplished a lot.

School activities: Junior Optimist Club treasurer, B.L.I.N.D leader, Spanish Club president, National Honor Society, cross country and many more.

Do you have a job? I am a proud employee at the “Home of Chicken George,” the Candlelight Inn. What will you do after high school? My home for the upcoming fall is Iowa State University. Go Cyclones! I’m considering studying hospitality management.

What kind of music are you listening to? Romeo Santos.

Do you have a hobby? I love driving around with my brother. Pelu! You are the best bother and you make me so proud.

Keep doing an awesome job, and in a couple of years, I want to see your article in the newspaper, too.

What is your advice for surviving high school? Be nice and caring to your teachers.

Seriously, they are there to help and guide you; do not take them from granted.

What is the thing in your life you can’t do without? Thing in Spanish is “cosa,” and that’s the nickname I have for my boyfriend because it sounds cute in Spanish. So the “thing” that I cannot live without is my boyfriend, Steven Chen.

He is supporting, caring, loving, and I cannot picture my life without him.

I sound so cheesy.

What scares you? College scares me, because I don’t want to fail, and it’s just scary in general.

But I am also excited for

What is your favorite ...

App? Facebook Food? Tacos and Chinese noodles are life Movie? Comedies it because that means I get to become more independent and make my family proud.

Is there a celebrity whom you look like? I totally look like Jennifer Lopez. I mean, she is my aunt, but she just doesn’t know about it.

If you could ask President Obama any question, what would it be? Are aliens or UFOs real?

If you could try any job for a day, what would it be? The top manager in a prestigious hotel in Hawaii or Dubai.

If you could go anywhere in the world for free, where would it be?

Guanajuato, Mexico.

Even though I have been there a couple of times, I still want to go. This is a colonial city and one of the most beautiful in Mexico. I just think Mexico has so much to offer, and the food is amazing. Every time I go to Mexico, I gain so much weight, but it’s all worth it, trust me.

What is the last good book you read? It has been a long time since I read a good book. Not so long ago, I read “Catcher in the Rye” in my Contemporary Literature class. That was an awkward book.

What is your proudest moment? One of my proudest moments has to be whenever I finished a cross country meet. I never believed in myself while I was running but I know my coaches, Mrs. Porter and Mr. T, did.

Even though I wasn’t the fastest one on the team, they always looked proud of me.

Who is your hero/ role model? My mom has always been there for me and set the best examples for me and my brother. Mami, tu eres mi héroe y ejemplo. Eres la persona que me apoya en todas decisiones (las buenas). Mi meta es seguir siendo ejemplo para Pelu, y que estes orgullosa de mi. ¡Gracias por todo! Los voy a extrañar el proximo año.

Is there anything else you would want people to know about you? I think my Mexican accent is really cool.

Is there someone you’d like to send a shout out to? To the teachers who made the student of the month! You guys rock, and I still can’t believe it.

Also, shout out to Lilly!

BB! Anaiza! You guys are beyond amazing and I love you so much, I’m so happy to have you guys as my friends. This summer, we have to make it the best of best and believe that God has great plans for us. Also, Gabi my Brazilian friend.

I will miss you!

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Carmina Lopez, 17, of Rochelle, is Rock Falls High School’s April Student of the Month.

She’ll be attending Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, after graduation, and perhaps study hospitality management.

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e-mail: sports@saukvalley.com Something to say Jeff Gordon will join Fox as a full-time analyst in 2016, when he will join Mike Joy and Darrell Waltrip in the three-man booth. Gordon is in his 23rd and final year in the Sprint Cup Series.

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Numbers game NHL commissioner Gary Bettman expects the salary cap for the 2015-16 season to settle in at around $71 million, depending on the fluctuations of the Canadian dollar.

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Bureau Valley’s Lindsey Hoffert lands in the long jump pit during Thursday’s 1A state track & field preliminaries at O’Brien Stadium on the campus of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. Hoffert’s best jump of 17 feet, 3 1/4 inches put her in seventh place after prelims. She is one of four locals to advance to Saturday’s finals in 1A. For more coverage of Thursday’s 1A prelims, check out pages B4 & B5.

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Comets hold on for regional victory, B7.

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Some reward Pau Gasol Bulls center gets some good news after being eliminated from playoffs by being named to the All-NBA second team.

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On the calendar

Families disappointed in Illini investigation The families of seven former Illinois women’s basketball players sent a letter to the university Thursday expressing their disappointment with the handling of an investigation into the program.

The university conducted an internal review that it said found no NCAA or university violations. A claim of medical mistreatment is being investigated by a Chicago law firm hired by the university.

The same firm also is reviewing similar claims made earlier this month by former offensive lineman Simon Cvijanovic against football coach Tim Beckman.

NFL

Players say teams pushed painkillers Hundreds of former players have filed a lawsuit claiming all 32 NFL teams, their doctors, trainers, and medical staffs obtained and provided painkillers to players – often illegally – as part of a decades-long conspiracy to keep them on the field without regard for their long-term health.

The lawsuit reprises some of the allegations made in a federal lawsuit last year on behalf of 1,300 former players against the NFL. That complaint was filed in May 2014, and dismissed in December by Judge William Alsup of the U.S. Northern District in California. Alsup wrote that the collective bargaining agreement between the league and the NFL Players Association was the appropriate forum to resolve such claims. That decision is being appealed.

Smith under investigation in Texas Denver Broncos defensive end Antonio Smith is under investigation in Texas over a criminal allegation the local sheriff described Thursday as “sexual in nature.”

The 33-year-old defensive end signed a 1-year, $2 million deal with the Broncos on April 2. In Denver, he has been reunited with the coach (Gary Kubiak), defensive coordinator (Wade Phillips), and D-line coach (Bill Kollar) under whose tutelage he excelled while playing for the Houston Texans from 2009-13.

MLB

Dodgers’ Ryu has shoulder surgery Dodgers left-hander HyunJin Ryu has undergone season-ending surgery for a tear in his left shoulder.

The South Korean lefty had been the team’s projected No. 3 starter this season, but he never pitched because inflammation.

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Local events

Today Baseball 4:30 p.m.

• Rochelle at Dixon Girls soccer 5 p.m.

• 2A Geneseo Regional, championship, Sterling vs.

Geneseo Softball 4:30 p.m.

• Rock Falls at LaSallePeru Boys tennis Earleen Hinton/Shaw Media

Dixon’s Nyrel Sullivan (right) and Kyle LeBlanc (middle) run during last week’s Big Northern Meet in Winnebago. The Dukes plan on advancing several athletes to the state meet at today’s sectional.

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JD Gieson was pretty glad to talk about actually running in events during Thursday’s practice at A.C. Bowers Field.

The Dixon senior, who missed every meet this season up to last Thursday’s Big Northern Meet, was just as excited talking about how close teammate Nyrel Sullivan is to the freshman long jump record at Dixon.

“He’s only 3 inches away,” Gieson said. “And that’s held by the same person that has Dixon’s overall record.”

The freshman record of 21 feet, 9 inches was set by Phil Doeh in 1999.

Gieson is probably familiar with all the long jump records, since he spent much of the last 3 years chasing them.

Knee surgery after an injury suffered at the end of football season kept Gieson off the track until last week, and will keep him from long jumping and hurdling for the remainder of the season.

“We love to have JD out there jumping and hurdling,” Dixon coach Bruce Luther said. “But it’s not worth risking his future for a few meets. He’ll help us where he can in the relays.”

Gieson likely will run in the 400 and 800 relays today at the 2A Sterling Sectional, a meet where the Dukes hope to excel against top competition.

“It’s a tough sectional, but that’s only going to make the runners that make it better at the state meet,” Gieson said. “You can be the best runner at a weaker sectional, but your seed time might not be as good.

“Here, you might not win the event, but if the heat is fast, and you pass the state cut, the seed time is going to be better, and you’ll be better next week.”

When: Today Where: Roscoe Eades Stadium, Sterling Local teams: Dixon, Erie-Prophetstown, Rock Falls, Sterling Rest of field: Belvidere, Boylan, Burlington Central, Freeport, Galena, Genoa-Kingston, Kaneland, Rochelle, Rockford Christian, Stillman Valley, Sycamore, Winnebago Athletes to watch: Nathan Ambrose, Winnebago; Ben Barnes, Kaneland; Joe Brouilette, Sterling; Laron Carr, Dixon; Matt Coffey, Dixon; Edgar Garcia, Sycamore; Dewey Landis, Brayden Hamblen, Rock Falls; Donivyn Harris, Rochelle; Dion Hooker, Sycamore; Sterling; Isaiah Roby, Dixon; Nyrel Sullivan, Dixon; Izaiah Webb, Kaneland; Seth Williams, Rock Falls Outlook: Dixon coach Bruce Luther calls this the toughest 2A sectional going, and he’s probably right. At the top of the list is Kaneland. Dixon used to battle the Knights for top spots in the NIB-12 before the Dukes left for the Big Northern this year. Even if a sectional crown isn’t in the works for Dixon, the Dukes will likely get a host of athletes and a couple relays to state. Rock Falls and Sterling are both strong in the distance events, and that is likely the best chances both teams have advancing runners to Charleston.

Advancement: Top two finishers in each event, plus those meeting or exceeding qualifying standards, advance to state meet, May 28-30 at Charleston Luther thinks both sprint relays have a very good chance of making it to state, along with a long list of competitors in individual events – including Sullivan.

“My only thought going in is to make 21-8 [the state cut] in the long jump,” Sullivan said. “That’s what I am focusing on getting, so that I can get to state.”

“Nyrel has a lot of natural talent, and he’s a really good kid,” Luther said. “He’s still has some work to do on his technique, but if he stays focused, he’ll be a contributor here for a long time.”

Helping Sullivan with that technique has been Gieson, who wore a temporary coaching hat for much of the season.

“I’ve learned a lot from JD,” Sullivan said. “He shows me what I need to do, and he pushes me to be better.”

While Gieson’s injury derailed his hopes for medals in the long jump and hurdles this season, it could turn out to be a tiny bless-

ing for the Dukes in the long run.

Sullivan has taken over the long jump pit as a freshman, and classmate Jared Harrison has become the team’s top hurdler.

“Jared has really stepped up for us in the hurdles,” Luther said. “He didn’t have a lot of experience coming in, but he has learned a lot, and he has helped the team a lot.”

With freshmen contributing in points this season, and the others biding time below upperclassmen, it means that the Big Northern West champs are not going to have much of a falloff in the years to come.

“It’s how we keep the Dixon track tradition alive,” Gieson said. “Kids come out and learn that running track or doing other events help them so much in other sports. Laron [Carr] has added to his vertical for basketball by jumping in track. People think it’s all about running, but it’s so much more than that.”

1 p.m.

• Dixon, Newman, Sterling at Moline Secitonal Boys track & field 4 p.m.

• 2A Sterling Sectional • Amboy, Bureau Valley, Fulton, Milledgeville, Morrison, Newman at 1A Bureau Valley Regional • Oregon, Polo-Forreston at 1A Byron Sectional Girls track & field 10 a.m.

• State meet, 2A preliminaries, at O’Brien Stadium, Charleston

On the tube TV listings

Today Auto racing 10 a.m.

• IndyCar, Indianapolis 500 Carb Day, NBCSP

College softball 1 p.m.

• NCAA Tournament, Auburn Super Regional, Game 1, La.-Lafayette vs.

Auburn, ESPNU 3 p.m.

• NCAA Tournament, Knoxville Super Regional, Game 2, Florida St. vs.

Tennessee, ESPNU 5 p.m.

• NCAA Tournament, Ann Arbor Super Regional, Game 2, Georgia vs. Michigan, ESPNU 6 p.m.

• NCAA Tournament, Tuscaloosa Super Regional, Game 1, Oklahoma vs.

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• NCAA Tournament, Eugene Super Regional, Game 1, N.C. State vs.

Oregon, ESPNU

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MLB ROUNDUP

Hendricks, Bryant lead Cubs to win Garcia returns for Cardinals in loss; Sox fall to Indians at home By the Associated Press

Kyle Hendricks pitched a five-hitter for his first career complete game and shutout, and Kris Bryant hit a two-run home run as the Chicago Cubs beat the Padres 3-0 on Thursday night to take two of three games in San Diego.

Hendricks (1-1) struck out seven with no walks.

Only one Padres baserunner advanced to second base.

Hendricks came in with six no-decisions in seven starts, including one against San Diego at Wrigley Field on April 18.

Bryant homered to

Up next • Twins (Hughes 3-4) at White Sox (Samardzija 3-2), 7:10 p.m. (CSN/670 AM, 1240 AM) • Cardinals (Lynn 3-3) at Royals (Young 3-0), 7:10 p.m. (FSN/95.7 FM) • Cubs (Lester 4-2) at Diamondbacks (Colmenter 3-5), 8:40 p.m. (CSN+/780 AM) straightaway center field on the seventh pitch of the game by Odrisamer Despaigne. Dexter Fowler was aboard on a walk for Bryant’s fifth homer.

Mets 5, Cardinals 0:

Back on a major league mound for the first time in 11 months, Jaime Garcia gave the St. Louis Cardinals good reason

to believe he can help.

His teammates gave him little chance to win.

Jacob deGrom retired his final 23 batters following a first-inning single.

Making his first big league appearance since June 20 of last year, the 28-year-old lefty walked five and flirted with danger all day. But he

limited the damage to two runs in seven innings, thanks in large part to four double plays turned behind him.

Indians 5, White Sox 2: Danny Salazar tossed

six scoreless innings, and was backed by first-inning home runs from Nick Swisher and Mike Aviles, leading Cleveland past the Sox in Chicago.

John Danks (2-4) allowed five runs and six hits in 5 1/3 innings.

Chicago’s Jose Abreu went 1-for-4, extending his hitting streak to 16 games. Tyler Flowers hit a two-run homer with two outs in the ninth.

• Senior PGA Championship, second round, TGC 3 p.m.

• PGA, Crowne Plaza Invitational, second round, TGC

MLB 6 p.m.

• Angels at Red Sox 7 p.m.

• Twins at White Sox, CSN • Cardinals at Royals, FSN 8:30 p.m.

• Cubs at Diamondbacks, CSN+

NBA playoffs 7:30 p.m.

• Eastern Conference finals, Game 2, Cavaliers at Hawks, TNT

NHL playoffs 7 p.m.

• Eastern Conference finals, Game 4, Rangers at Lightning, NBCSP

Friday, May 22, 2015

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THURSDAY’S SCOREBOARD MLB

Thursday’s box scores

METS 5, CARDINALS 0

AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct Tampa Bay 23 19 .548 New York 22 19 .537 Baltimore 18 20 .474 Boston 19 22 .463 Toronto 19 24 .442 Central Division W L Pct Kansas City 26 14 .650 Detroit 25 17 .595 Minnesota 23 17 .575 Chicago 18 20 .474 Cleveland 17 23 .425 West Division W L Pct Houston 27 15 .643 Los Angeles 21 20 .512 Seattle 18 22 .450 Texas 18 23 .439 Oakland 14 29 .326

St. Louis

GB — ½ 3 3½ 4½ GB — 2 3 7 9 GB — 5½ 8 8½ 13½

Thursday’s results Baltimore 5, Seattle 4 Detroit 6, Houston 5, 11 innings Toronto 8, L.A. Angels 4 Tampa Bay 3, Oakland 0 Texas 3, Boston 1 Cleveland 5, Chicago White Sox 2 Today’s games Texas (Lewis 3-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Pineda 5-1), 6:05 p.m.

Seattle (F.Hernandez 6-1) at Toronto (Estrada 1-2), 6:07 p.m.

Houston (McHugh 5-1) at Detroit (Simon 4-2), 6:08 p.m.

Baltimore (U.Jimenez 3-3) at Miami (H.Alvarez 0-3), 6:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Leake 2-2) at Cleveland (Carrasco 4-4), 6:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Richards 3-2) at Boston (Porcello 4-2), 6:10 p.m.

Oakland (Kazmir 2-2) at Tampa Bay (Archer 4-4), 6:10 p.m.

Minnesota (P.Hughes 3-4) at Chicago White Sox (Samardzija 3-2), 7:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Lynn 3-3) at Kansas City (C.Young 3-0), 7:10 p.m.

Thursday’s box scores

INDIANS 5, WHITE SOX 2 Cleveland

Chicago ab r h bi ab r h bi Kipnis 2b 4 1 1 0 Eaton cf 3 0 1 0 CSantn 1b 4 1 0 1 MeCarr lf 4 0 1 0 Brantly lf 4 0 1 1 Abreu 1b 4 0 1 0 Raburn rf 3 0 0 0 LaRoch dh 3 0 0 0 DvMrp ph-rf 2 0 1 0 AvGarc rf 4 0 0 0 Swisher dh 5 1 2 1 AlRmrz ss 4 0 1 0 Aviles 3b 5 1 4 1 GBckh 3b 3 1 1 0 JRmrz ss 4 0 1 0 Flowrs c 4 1 1 2 RPerez c 1 1 0 0 Bonifac 2b 4 0 1 0 Bourn cf 4 0 1 0 Totals 36 511 4 Totals 33 2 7 2 Cleveland 410 000 000 — 5 Chicago 000 000 002 — 2 E–Jo.Ramirez (8), G.Beckham (1), Abreu (3). DP–Cleveland 2, Chicago 1. LOB– Cleveland 11, Chicago 7. 2B–Kipnis (10), Dav.Murphy (4), Al.Ramirez (10), G.Beckham (3). HR–Swisher (1), Aviles (3), Flowers (2). SB–Bourn (3). S–R.Perez.

IP H R ER BB SO Cleveland Salazar W,5-1 6 5 0 0 3 8 R.Webb 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 2 Rzepczynski 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 B.Shaw 1 2 2 2 0 0 Chicago Danks L,2-4 5 1/3 6 5 5 4 3 Carroll 2 2/3 3 0 0 2 1 Noesi 1 2 0 0 0 0 WP–Danks.

Umpires-Home, Larry Vanover; First, Ron Kulpa; Second, Brian Knight; Third, Dale Scott.

NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct Washington 24 17 .585 New York 24 18 .571 Atlanta 20 20 .500 Philadelphia 18 25 .419 Miami 16 26 .381 Central Division W L Pct St. Louis 27 14 .659 Chicago 23 17 .575 Cincinnati 18 22 .450 Pittsburgh 18 22 .450 Milwaukee 15 27 .357 West Division W L Pct Los Angeles 24 16 .600 San Francisco23 18 .561 San Diego 20 22 .476 Arizona 19 21 .475 Colorado 15 23 .395

GB — ½ 3½ 7 8½ GB — 3½ 8½ 8½ 12½ GB — 1½ 5 5 8

Thursday’s results Arizona 7, Miami 6 N.Y. Mets 5, St. Louis 0 Colorado 7, Philadelphia 3 San Francisco 4, L.A. Dodgers 0 Atlanta 10, Milwaukee 1 Chicago Cubs 3, San Diego 0 Today’s games N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 1-1) at Pittsburgh (G.Cole 5-2), 6:05 p.m.

Philadelphia (O’Sullivan 1-2) at Washington (Scherzer 4-3), 6:05 p.m.

Baltimore (U.Jimenez 3-3) at Miami (H.Alvarez 0-3), 6:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Leake 2-2) at Cleveland (Carrasco 4-4), 6:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (W.Peralta 1-5) at Atlanta (A.Wood 2-2), 6:35 p.m.

San Francisco (Vogelsong 2-2) at Colorado (K.Kendrick 1-5), 7:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Lynn 3-3) at Kansas City (C.Young 3-0), 7:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Lester 4-2) at Arizona (Collmenter 3-5), 8:40 p.m.

San Diego (Cashner 1-7) at L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 5-1), 9:10 p.m.

Saturday’s games N.Y. Mets at Pittsburgh, 3:05 p.m.

Philadelphia at Washington, 3:05 p.m.

Cincinnati at Cleveland, 3:10 p.m.

Milwaukee at Atlanta, 3:10 p.m.

San Francisco at Colorado, 3:10 p.m., 1st game Baltimore at Miami, 6:15 p.m.

St. Louis at Kansas City, 6:15 p.m.

San Francisco at Colorado, 8:10 p.m., 2nd game Chicago Cubs at Arizona, 9:10 p.m.

San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, 9:10 p.m.

New York ab r h bi ab r h bi Wong 2b 4 0 1 0 Lagars cf 2 1 0 0 MCrpnt 3b 4 0 1 0 Flores ss 4 1 1 0 JhPerlt ss 3 0 0 0 Duda 1b 3 3 2 4 MAdms 1b 3 0 0 0 Cuddyr lf 3 0 3 0 Grichk cf 3 0 0 0 Famili p 0 0 0 0 Heywrd rf 3 0 0 0 DnMrp 2b 4 0 2 0 Rynlds lf 3 0 0 0 Mayrry rf-lf 3 0 1 1 T.Cruz c 3 0 0 0 Campll 3b 3 0 0 0 JaiGrc p 2 0 0 0 Plawck c 4 0 0 0 MHarrs p 0 0 0 0 deGrm p 1 0 0 0 Choate p 0 0 0 0 Grndrs ph-rf 0 0 0 0 Maness p 0 0 0 0 Bourjos ph 1 0 0 0 Totals 29 0 2 0 Totals 27 5 9 5 St. Louis 000 000 000 — 0 New York 000 101 03x — 5 DP–St. Louis 4. LOB–St. Louis 2, New York 6. HR–Duda 2 (5). CS–Lagares (1).

S–deGrom.

IP H R ER BB SO St. Louis Jai.Garcia L,0-1 7 5 2 2 5 3 M.Harris 1/3 1 2 2 1 0 Choate 0 1 1 1 0 0 Maness 2/3 2 0 0 1 2 New York deGrom W,5-4 8 1 0 0 0 11 Familia 1 1 0 0 0 2 Choate pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.

Umpires–Home, Adrian Johnson; First, Bill Miller; Second, Jim Wolf; Third, Doug Eddings.

T–2:26. A–32,783 (41,922).

CUBS 3, PADRES 0 Chicago

San Diego ab r h bi ab r h bi Fowler cf 2 1 0 0 Spngnr 2b 4 0 0 0 Bryant 3b 4 1 1 2 DeNrrs c 4 0 0 0 Rizzo 1b 4 0 0 0 Kemp rf 4 0 1 0 SCastro ss 4 0 2 0 Upton lf 3 0 1 0 MMntr c 4 0 1 0 Solarte 1b 3 0 0 0 Soler rf 4 0 0 0 Venale cf 3 0 1 0 Coghln lf 4 0 1 0 Mdlrks 3b 3 0 2 0 Hndrck p 4 0 0 0 Amarst ss 3 0 0 0 ARussll 2b 4 1 2 1 Despgn p 1 0 0 0 Barmes ph 1 0 0 0 Thayer p 0 0 0 0 Kelley p 0 0 0 0 Gyorko ph 1 0 0 0 Mazzon p 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 3 7 3 Totals 30 0 5 0 Chicago 200 000 100 — 3 San Diego 000 000 000 — 0 DP–Chicago 2. LOB–Chicago 6, San Diego 3. 2B–M.Montero (4), Coghlan (6).

HR–Bryant (5), A.Russell (3). SB–Upton (9).

IP H R ER BB SO Chicago Hendricks W,1-1 9 5 0 0 0 7 San Diego Despaigne L,2-3 6 6 2 2 2 4 Thayer 1 1 1 1 0 1 Kelley 1 0 0 0 0 1 Mazzoni 1 0 0 0 0 2 Umpires–Home, Ed Hickox; First, Mike Estabrook; Second, Dana DeMuth; Third, Paul Nauert.

T–2:08. A–30,021 (41,164).

NBA playoffs CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Tuesday’s result Golden State 110, Houston 106 Wednesday’s result Cleveland 97, Atlanta 89, Cleveland leads series 1-0 Thursday’s result Golden State 99, Houston 98, Golden State leads series 2-0 Today’s game Cleveland at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday’s game Golden State at Houston, 8 p.m.

Sunday’s game Atlanta at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.

WARRIORS 99, ROCKETS 98 HOUSTON (98) Ariza 3-8 0-0 7, Smith 5-17 0-0 10, Howard 8-11 3-7 19, Terry 3-7 0-0 9, Harden 13-21 9-10 38, Capela 0-0 0-0 0, Jones 6-12 0-0 12, Prigioni 0-2 0-0 0, Brewer 1-5 1-2 3, Johnson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 39-84 13-19 98.

GOLDEN STATE (99) Barnes 3-8 0-0 7, Green 3-9 5-7 12, Bogut 7-9 0-1 14, Curry 13-21 2-3 33, Thompson 6-15 0-0 13, Iguodala 2-2 2-2 6, Barbosa 2-6 0-0 4, Ezeli 1-3 0-0 2, Livingston 4-4 0-0 8. Totals 41-77 9-13 99.

Houston 28 27 20 23 — 98 Golden State 36 19 22 22 — 99 3-Point Goals–Houston 7-23 (Terry 3-5, Harden 3-6, Ariza 1-4, Johnson 0-1, Brewer 0-1, Jones 0-1, Prigioni 0-2, Smith 0-3), Golden State 8-24 (Curry 5-11, Barnes 1-2, Green 1-3, Thompson 1-7, Barbosa 0-1).

Fouled Out–None. Rebounds_Houston 46 (Howard 17), Golden State 45 (Green, Bogut 8). Assists–Houston 20 (Harden 9), Golden State 31 (Green 7). Total Fouls– Houston 18, Golden State 17. A–19,596 (19,596).

NHL playoffs CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Tuesday’s result Chicago 3, Anaheim 2, 3OT Wednesday’s result Tampa Bay 6, N.Y. Rangers 5, OT, Tampa Bay leads series 2-1 Thursday’s result Anaheim 2, Chicago 1, Anaheim leads series 2-1 Today’s game N.Y. Rangers at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.

Saturday’s game Anaheim at Chicago, 7 p.m.

Sunday’s game Tampa Bay at N.Y. Rangers 7 p.m.

Thursday’s box score

DUCKS 2, BLACKHAWKS 1 Anaheim 1 1 0—2 Chicago 1 0 0—1 First Period–1, Anaheim, Maroon 5 (Lindholm, Getzlaf), 12:55 (pp). 2, Chicago, Kane 8 (Richards, Hjalmarsson), 19:03.

Penalties–Perry, Ana (tripping), 5:39; Kesler, Ana (holding), 10:28; Hossa, Chi (holding), 11:46; Silfverberg, Ana, double minor (high-sticking), 13:36.

Second Period–3, Anaheim, Despres 1 (Getzlaf, Fowler), 19:05. Penalties–None.

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NHL PLAYOFFS | DUCKS 2, BLACKHAWKS 1

Third Period–None. Penalties–Getzlaf, Ana (high-sticking), 5:02; Kesler, Ana (holding), 9:50; Keith, Chi (slashing), 9:50.

Shots on Goal–Anaheim 8-14-5–27. Chicago 7-11-10–28.

Power-play opportunities–Anaheim 1 of 1; Chicago 0 of 5.

Goalies–Anaheim, Andersen 10-2-0 (28 shots-27 saves). Chicago, Crawford 6-3-0 (27-25).

A–22,160 (19,717). T–2:37.

Referees–Steve Kozari, Dan O’Halloran.

Linesmen–Michel Cormier, Greg Devorski.

Golf Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial Par Scores Thursday At Colonial Country Club Fort Worth, Texas Purse: $6.5 million Yardage: 7,204; Par 70 First Round a-denotes amateur Kevin Na 31-33 — 64 -6 Boo Weekley 32-32 — 64 -6 Ryo Ishikawa 32-32 — 64 -6 Jordan Spieth 32-32 — 64 -6 George McNeill 31-34 — 65 -5 Ian Poulter 32-33 — 65 -5 Danny Lee 33-33 — 66 -4 Ben Martin 32-34 — 66 -4 David Hearn 31-35 — 66 -4 Colt Knost 31-35 — 66 -4 Charley Hoffman 33-33 — 66 -4 Ben Crane 35-31 — 66 -4 Luke Guthrie 33-33 — 66 -4 Marc Leishman 33-33 — 66 -4 Zac Blair 33-33 — 66 -4 Kevin Kisner 33-34 — 67 -3 Tony Finau 34-33 — 67 -3 Jerry Kelly 33-34 — 67 -3 Jeff Overton 33-34 — 67 -3 Brandt Snedeker 31-36 — 67 -3 Rory Sabbatini 32-35 — 67 -3 Hunter Mahan 33-34 — 67 -3 Steve Stricker 34-33 — 67 -3 Shawn Stefani 34-33 — 67 -3 a-Gunn Yang 31-36 — 67 -3 Jon Curran 35-33 — 68 -2 Brian Harman 33-35 — 68 -2 Chris Kirk 35-33 — 68 -2 Jason Dufner 35-33 — 68 -2 Scott Langley 34-34 — 68 -2 Daniel Berger 34-34 — 68 -2 Cameron Tringale 34-34 — 68 -2 Daniel Summerhays 33-35 — 68 -2 Nick Taylor 34-34 — 68 -2 Mark Wilson 33-35 — 68 -2 Harrison Frazar 34-34 — 68 -2 Andres Gonzales 33-35 — 68 -2 Jhonattan Vegas 34-34 — 68 -2 Jason Kokrak 35-33 — 68 -2

Transactions BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND INDIANS — Reinstated LHP T.J. House from the 15-day DL and optioned him to Columbus (IL).

DETROIT TIGERS — Sent RHP Bruce Rondon to Toledo (IL) for a rehab assignment.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Sent C Erik Kratz to Omaha (PCL) for a rehab assignment.

MINNESOTA TWINS — Optioned INF Doug Bernier to Rochester (IL).

NEW YORK YANKEES — Sent RHP Masahiro Tanaka to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL) for a rehab assignment. Transferred OF Mason Williams and LHP Eric Wooten from Trenton (EL) to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, LHP Miguel Sulbaran from Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre to Trenton and OF Danny Oh from Tampa (FSL) to Trenton.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Named Ron Washington coach.

SEATTLE MARINERS — Optioned LHP Edgar Olmos to Tacoma (PCL).

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Assigned LHP Jeff Francis outright to Buffalo (IL). Sent SS Jose Reyes to Buffalo for a rehab assignment.

National League LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Suspended INF Erisbel Arruebarrena for the remainder of the season for repeated failures to comply with his contract.

NEW YORK METS — Announced an affiliation agreement with Columbia (SAL) to begin play next season.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Optioned RHP Sam Tuivailala to Memphis (PCL). Reinstated LHP Jaime Garcia from the 15-day DL. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Named Mario Alioto executive vice president of business operations, Jack Bair executive vice president and general counsel, Alfonso Felder executive vice president of administration, Staci Slaughter executive vice president of communications and senior adviser to the CEO, Russ Stanley senior vice president of ticket sales and services, Jason Pearl senior vice president of sponsorship and business development, Stephen Revetria senior vice president of Giants Enterprises and Fran Weld vice president of strategy and development.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Reinstated LHP Felipe Rivero from the 15-day DL and optioned him to Syracuse (IL).

FOOTBALL National Football League NFL — Suspended Buffalo DT Marcell Dareus one game for violating the substance abuse policy.

GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed CB Travis Manning and WR Ty Montgomery.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Signed OT Andrus Peat to a four-year contract.

OAKLAND RAIDERS — Signed LB Neiron Ball.

HOCKEY National Hockey League DETROIT RED WINGS — Agreed to terms with C Dylan Larkin on a three-year, entrylevel contract.

COLLEGE CAL POLY — Announced the resignation of Damon Coupe women’s tennis coach.

CASTLETON — Announced the resignation of men’s graduate assistant soccer coach Michael Tanke so he can take an assistant coaching position at Dayton.

CLEMSON — Named Nicole Miller assistant volleyball coach.

HASKELL INDIAN NATIONS — Announced it is suspending its football program for 2015 because of a lack of funds.

TEXAS WOMEN’S — Announced the resignation of assistant director of athletics for marketing and operations Jeff Bowerman.

No power in play Blackhawks squander chances in home loss

BY JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer

CHICAGO – Frederik Andersen and the Anaheim Ducks left that grueling Game 2 loss back in Anaheim. They brought their special teams to Chicago.

Andersen made 27 saves, helping Anaheim kill off five power plays, and the Ducks beat the Chicago Blackhawks 2-1 on Thursday night for a 2-1 lead in the Western Conference finals.

Defenseman Simon Despres scored his first career playoff goal in the second period, as top-seeded Anaheim bounced back quite nicely from Tuesday night’s triple-overtime loss that included two power-play goals for Chicago. Patrick Maroon also scored for the Ducks, and Ryan Getzlaf had two assists.

“This was a character win,” coach Bruce Boudreau said.

Ryan Kesler’s two holding penalties contributed to more than 9 power-play minutes for the Blackhawks, but the Ducks’ penalty killers kept most of Chicago’s oppor-

AP

Blackhawks center Andrew Shaw (65) and Ducks defenseman Cam Fowler vie for the puck during Game 3 of the Western Conference finals Thursday in Chicago. The Blackhawks lost 2-1. tunities to the outside, and Andersen stood his ground during a couple of goalmouth scrums.

“Yeah, we just sharpened up on the PK,” Andersen said. “We weren’t satisfied with what we did the last game. That was huge for this group coming off a tough loss where we gave up two goals on the PK. We wanted to be better today.”

Patrick Kane scored his eighth playoff goal for Chicago, and Corey Crawford made 25 saves.

“It’s frustrating that we lost, and frustrating because we had some opportunities, whether it was the power play, or different chances and stuff that would get me back in the game,” Kane said. “Other than that, we knew it was going to be a tough series. This is a good team. It’s tough to lose, especially at home, but we’ve got to regroup.”

Game 4 is Saturday night in Chicago.

NBA PLAYOFFS | WARRIORS 99, ROCKETS 98

Game 2 slips from grasp Harden loses possession as Rockets lose to Warriors

BY ANTONIO GONZALEZ AP Basketball Writer

Lead builders

OAKLAND, Calif. – James Harden had Game 2 on his fingertips – and then he didn’t.

Now the Golden State Warriors have the Western Conference finals in their grasp.

Stephen Curry scored 33 points before Harden lost the ball in the closing seconds, and the Warriors held off the Houston Rockets 99-98 on Thursday night to take a 2-0 lead in the series.

Harden rallied the Rockets from 17 points down in the second quarter, and had a chance to finish off the comeback in the fourth.

Instead, Klay Thompson harassed him, and Curry came over to trap Harden, who lost the ball as time expired.

• The Warriors are 54-0 when leading by at least 15 points at any point in a game this season.

“It’s great competition,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. “It’s two teams that really want to get to the finals.”

Harden fell to the floor and put his hands over his head as the Warriors celebrated on the court, the sellout crowd roared, and golden-yellow confetti fell from the rafters.

Harden had 38 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists, and Dwight Howard overcame a sprained left knee that slowed him down to finish with 19 points and 17 rebounds for a Rockets team headed home in a major hole.

Game 3 is Saturday in Houston.

Curry, the NBA MVP, made five 3-pointers to go with six assists and three rebounds. He got a big boost from his teammates – notably Andrew Bogut, Draymond Green and Thompson – to regroup after the Warriors lost the big lead in the first half.

But the Warriors pulled ahead again late in the fourth quarter because of Curry – with his shots and his passes.

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Friday, May 22, 2015

CLASS 1A STATE PRELIMINARIES • O’BRIEN STADIUM • EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY THURSDAY’S RESULTS Finalists, local results Long jump 1. Amanda McClain, Sullivan, 18-8 1/2; 2. Tessa Holland, Fieldcrest, 18-6 3/4; 3. Nichyria Byrd, Ogden International, 17-11 1/4; 4. Casey Berberich, Lebanon, 17-10 1/2; 5. Jenny Kimbro, Jamaica, 17-8; 6. Olivia Ott, Neoga, 17-7 1/2; 7. Lindsey Hoffert, Bureau Valley, 17-3 1/4; 8. McKendra Barthelme, Newton, 17-2 1/2; 9. Jorji Sparrgrove, Moweaqua Central A&M, 17-1 1/2; 10. Lexi Grogan, Serena, 16-8 1/4; 11. Maddie Gossett, Christopher, 16-5 3/4; 12. Rebecca Waite, Milledgeville-Eastland, 16-5 1/2 Other locals: Katelynn Pankhurst, Amboy, 16-3 1/4 Pole vault Cassie Wilson, Tri-Valley, 10-0; Teah Bliven, Wesclin, 10-0; Kristin Slaughter, St. Anthony, 10-0; Madi Quinn, Hall, 10-0; Emma Meyer, Vandalia, 10-0; Hanna Atwood, St. JosephOgden, 10-0; Hannah Bueker, Teutopolis, 10-0; Morgan Zacharias, Reed-Custer, 10-0; Rachel Westendorf, Teutopolis, 10-0; Jenna Ring, Tri-Valley, 10-0; Morgan Armbrust, Seneca, 10-0; Taylor Millsap, Tolono Unity, 10-0; Nicole Bagwell, Tolono Unity, 10-0; Lindsey Brown, Wethersfield, 10-0 Locals: Kelsey Pudlas, Oregon, 9-0 High jump Billi Fox, Illini Bluffs, 5-2, Hope Tewes, Pleasant Plains, 5-2; Karissa Roman, Wethersfield, 5-2; Tessa Holland, Fieldcrest, 5-2; Laura Beckett, Moweaque Central A&M, 5-2; Chantel Kyler, Indian Creek, 5-2; Jamie Hammond, Anna-Jonesboro, 5-2; Aleeka Gentzler, Paxton-Buckley-Loda, 5-2; Ellie Niemann, Litchfield, 5-2 Locals: Betsy Leonard, Fulton, 5-0 Shot put 1. Kathleen Young, Warrensburg-Latham, 47-0 3/4; 2.

Katie Gonterman, Auburn, 39-10 1/2; 3. Emily Offenheiser, Stockton, 39-5; 4. Kylie Davis, Eureka, 39-4; 5.

Cami Robertson, Georgetown-Ridge Farm, 38-7 1/4; 6.

Morgan Damery, Moweaqua Central A&M, 38-7 1/4; 7.

Ariel Shumaker, Luther North, 38-6; 8. Rachel Clowers, Pleasant Hill, 38-0 1/2; 9. Jamesha Western, Red Hill, 27-10 1/2; 10. Kate Hise, St. Teresa, 37-3 1/2; 11. Emma Johnson, Reed-Custer, 37-9 1/4; 12. Megan Stayton, Carlinville, 36-9 1/2 Locals: Chelsea Lesniewski, Fulton, 36-2 1/4; Sydney Lebahn, Bureau Valley, 33-8

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ABOVE: Bureau Valley’s Regan Weidner competes in the 1600-meter run Thursday during the 1A state track & field preliminaries at O’Brien Stadium in Charleston. Weidner finished in 5 minutes, 19.67 seconds, which was good enough to advance to Saturday’s 1A finals. She was one of four locals to make it to finals.

BELOW: Amboy’s Erika Zimmerlein shares a laugh with Henry-Senachwine’s Amanda Kereta before the 100 dash on Friday.

Zimmerlein did not advance in the 100, but her time in the 200 dash put her in Saturday’s finals.

Running with the pack Weidner keeps pace with leaders to advance in 1,600

BY PATRICK MASON pmason@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5550 @pm222

CHARLESTON – Regan Weidner found herself among the lead group of runners throughout the second heat of the 1,600 meters, but she didn’t feel like she belonged.

“My coach always wants me hanging around fifth place,” Weidner said. “It’s usually to keep me from burning all of my energy. I get antsy when I’m up in the pack, but it ended up working out this time.”

Weidner ran a strong time of 5:19.67, and hung on for a third-place finish in her heat at the Class 1A girls state track and field preliminaries at Eastern Illinois University on Thursday.

The race was won by Anna Sophia Keller, as the St. Anthony sophomore ran a blistering time of 4:59.76.

Keller, who won the 1,600 title last season, led by more than 50 meters in the final lap, and sprinted to cross the finish line under the 5-minute mark.

She was greeted by a loud applause from the crowd, that counted aloud the time on the clock as she was making her approach.

Despite Keller turning in the top time of the day, Weidner hung with the next pack of runners and earned herself a spot in Saturday’s finals. The Storm’s top distance runner will also compete in the 3,200 on Saturday.

“I was expecting that out of [Keller],” Weidner said. “She’s so good. When someone like that is in your heat, you can’t

1A state final qualifiers Lindsey Hoffert, Bureau Valley – long jump Regan Weidner, Bureau Valley – 1,600 Rebecca Waite, Milledgeville-Eastland – long jump Erika Zimmerlein, AmboyLaMoille – 200 let it affect your gameplan.

My goal was to get a 5:20, and I beat that. I’m still want to get a 5:15 on Saturday, though.”

Bureau Valley’s Lindsey Hoffert will join Weidner on Saturday, as she advanced to the finals in the long jump with a distance of 17 feet, 3 1/4 inches.

Hoffert also ran on three relays, none of which qualified. She was joined in all four by Addison Moreland, Marissa Mungia, and Tiana Kennedy.

The foursome turned in a solid performance in the meet’s last race, and made a late charge in the 1,600 relay to give themselves a shot at qualifying. They ended up missing the cut by 2 seconds.

Kennedy had a strong third leg and brought her team from sixth place to third, and Hoffert passed Sherrard’s Chelsey Crippen in the final 100 meters to take second place.

“We were upset we didn’t qualify in the [400] or [800] relays,” Kennedy said. “We all wanted to help each other out and give our best effort in this last race. We all rely on each other, and we didn’t want to

let anyone down.”

A total of four area athletes advanced to Saturday’s finals, including Milledgeville-Eastland’s Rebecca Waite, who moved on in the long jump.

Waite’s best jump was marked at 16-5 1/2, and was good enough for the ninth and final spot in the finals.

“The first thing I said when I saw this track was, ‘Wow’,” Waite said. “At first I was so nervous, but once I got set and it was time to go, I just felt normal. It felt like something I’ve done a hundred times.”

Waite was burned by the hundreds later in the meet, however, as she missed out on advancing to the finals in the 100 dash by .11 seconds.

“It’s all right,” she said. “As a freshman, it’s just pretty crazy to be here at state.”

Erika Zimmerlein was the other local to move on to finals, as the Amboy-LaMoille junior grabbed the last qualifying spot in the 200. Zimmerlein placed third in the first of four heats, and had to watch nervously as the other three heats went off.

But her time of 26.09 proved to be good enough. Zimmerlein had a full slate of events. She just missed out on advancing in the 100, and ran anchor legs on the Clippers’ 400 and 800 relays.

“I guess my other races were a warmup for this,” she said with a laugh.

Fulton thrower Chelsea Lesniewski found herself on the outside looking in in both the shot put and discus events. She tied for 14th in the shot put with a top throw of 36-2 1/4, and missed

the discus finals by 9 inches. Her best discus toss was 112-2.

Oregon senior Hailey Long missed advancing in the 100 hurdles by less than a second, but was happy with her time of 16.67.

“I PR’d today, so that’s something to be proud of,” said Long, who also ran on the Hawks’ 400 and 800 relay teams. “I got my three-step down, too, so it was a good race.”

Long’s older sister Cydney placed second in the 100 hurdles in the state finals last season, and Hailey said Cydney gave her advice and helped clean up areas that needed work throughout the season.

As part of a family of standout track athletes, Hailey felt comfortable on Thursday before her races.

“I was actually more nervous for sectionals,” Hailey said.

“My sister helped me out, and gave me confidence. She worked on some little things with me, and it just eased my nerves. It’s fun out there if you can overcome your nerves.”

Saturday’s finals should be interesting, as Hoffert, Waite, Weidner and Zimmerlein vie for medals. For the two Bureau Valley seniors, this will be their final time competing in high school, and they hope to exit the blue track with hardware.

“I’m just going to try not to think too hard,” Hoffert said.

“There’s something mental with me. I’m not going to think, and just go out and try to jump out of the pit. I’m going to shoot for something big.”

Triple jump 1. Nichyria Byrd, Ogden International, 38-11 3/4; 2. Lexi Wilkinson, Seneca, 36-6; 3. Tarynn Mays, DuQuoin, 36-4 1/2; 4. Madison Leysaht, Peoria Christian, 35-11; 5. Megan Reed, Cambridge, 35-9; 6. Isabel Watts, Alleman, 35-9; 7.

Maddie Meyer, Argenta-Oreana, 35-8 3/4; 8. Cora Wilkinson, Seneca, 35-6 1/2; 9. Annie Carlson, Westmont, 35-3; 10. Madison Davis, Rockford Lutheran, 35-1; 11. Olivia Ott, Neoga, 34-11 1/2; 12. Delphanae Griffin, Madison, 34-11 1/4 Locals: Sarah Lauer, Oregon, 34-10 Discus 1. Kathleen Young, Warrensburg-Latham, 143-11; 2. Katie Witte, Jamaica, 131-4; 3. Kylie Davis, Eureka, 125-0; 4.

Megan McElroy, Illini West, 124-5; 5. Jamesha Western, Red Hill, 124-3; 6. Abby Nicholson, Jamaica, 123-2; 7.

Rachel Clowers, Pleasant Hill, 121-6; 8. Emily Offenheiser, Stockton, 119-8; 9. Megan Stayton, Carlinville, 118-2; 10.

Easten Hoepker, Nashville, 116-01; 11. Carissa Tinsley, Ridgeview, 115-4; 12. Miranda Reeves, El Paso-Gridley, 112-11 Locals: Chelsea Lesniewski, Fulton, 112-2; Sydney Lebahn, Bureau Valley, 107-0 3,200 relay 1. Eureka 9:48.21; 2. Tolono 9:49.01; 3. St. Teresa 9:52.31; 4. PORTA 9:53.90; 5. Deer Creek-Mackinaw 9:56.63; 6.

Fieldcrest 10:00.47; 7. Moweaqua Central A&M 10:01.35; 8. Williamsville 10:01.84; 9. Seneca 10:03.65; 10. Wethersfield 10:09.38; 11. Springfield Lutheran 10:12.63; 12. St. Joseph-Ogden 10:15.44 Locals: Bureau Valley (Haley Weidner, Heather Williams, Paige Foster, Riley Francis) 10:46.05 400 relay 1. Illini West 50.12; 2. Luther North 50.13; 3. Aurora Christian 50.31; 4. Henry Senachwine 50.70; 5. Euerka 50.86; 6. Mercer County 50.90; 7. Chester 50.05; 8. St. Teresa 51.10; 9. St. Joseph-Ogden 51.21 Locals: Bureau Valley (Addison Moreland, Tiana Kennedy, Marissa Mungia, Lindsey Hoffert) 51.25; Amboy (Cassidy Corcoran, Kaitlin Boers, Katelynn Pankhurst, Erika Zimmerlein) 51.36; Oregon (Hailey Long, Kelsey Pudlas, Sarah Harris, Sarah Lauer) 51.85; Newman (Delaney Hinrichs, Kelsey Simpson, Lizzie Oswalt, Mary Jensen) 52.56 100 hurdles 1. Jenny Kimbro, Jamaica, 14.55; 2. McKendra Barthelme, Newton, 15.17; 3. Annie Carlson, Westmont, 15.33; 4.

Elizabeth Bristow, St. Thomas More, 15.44; 5. Alyssa Vignos, New Berlin, 15.52; 6. Cassie Meyer, Argenta-Oreana, 15.70; 7. Makyla Gayler, Oakwood, 15.73; 8. Emery Podowicz, Clifton Central, 15.75; 9. Amanda Schmidt, Gillespie, 15.81 Locals: Hailey Long, Oregon, 16.67; Courtney Boyer, West Carroll, 23.03 100 1. Mariah Woods, Seton Academy, 12.39; 2. Natasha Brown, Aurora Christian, 12.50; 3. Jada Williams, Luther North, 12.503; 4. Amanda Kereta, Henry-Senachwine, 12.504; 5. Kaitlyn Pearson, Elgin, 12.509; 6. Willow Stuedemann, Seneca, 12.52; 7. Isabella Newingham, 12.65; 8. Michaela Gronewold, Illini West, 12.69; 9. Nichyria Byrd, Ogden International, 12.70 Locals: Erika Zimmerlein, Amboy, 12.799; Rebecca Waite, Milledgeville-Eastland, 12.81 800 1. Cassie Mundekis, Midwest Central, 2:13.79; 2.

Audrey Harrod, Hinckley-Big Rock, 2:19.26; 3. Marguerite Hendrickson, St. Thomas More, 2:21.02; 4.

Emma Henderson, Tuscola, 2:21.27; 5. Mariah Brodie, Illini West, 2:21.73; 6. Hannah Stone, Tolono Unity, 2:21.83; 7. Ali Pankey, Pleasant Plains, 2:22.24; 8.

Grace Rowans, Belleville Althoff, 2:22.35; 9. Valerie Richter, Harvest Christian Academy, 2:22.54; 10. Sydney Davidson, Marshall, 2:23.31; 11. Abbey Galusha, Williamsville, 2:23.44; 12. Rebecca Wert, Aurora Christian, 2:23.95 Locals: Haley Simpson, Newman, 2:35.89 800 relay 1. Aurora Christian 1:45.83; 2. Luther North 1:46.02; 3.

Mercer County 1:46.13; 4. St. Joseph-Ogden 1:46.75; 5.

Illini West 1:47.31; 6. Eureka 1:47.23; 7. Chester 1:47.50; 8.

Sullivan 1:47.57; 9. Newton 1:47.72 Locals: Bureau Valley (Addison Moreland, Marissa Mungia, Tiana Kennedy, Lindsey Hoffert) 1:47.77; Amboy (Cassidy Corcoran, Kaitlin Boers, Katelynn Pankhurst, Erika Zimmerlein) 1:47.82; Oregon (Hailey Long, Delaney Mahoney, Sarah Harris, Sommer Rhea) 1:51.42 400 1. Amanda Kereta, Henry-Senachwine, 59.19; 2. Tessa Holland, Fieldcrest, 59.22; 3. Cassie Mundekis, Midwest Central, 59.33; 4. Megan Reed, Cambridge, 59.76; 5. Amanda McClain, Sullivan, 1:00.08; 6. Jessica Staley, Flora, 1:00.22; 7. Sophie Keith, Pinckneyville, 1:00.30; 8. Audrey Herrod, Hinckley-Big Rock, 1:00.65; 9. Teal Burnett, Marshall, 1:00.69 Locals: Kirsten Tunink, Newman, 1:02.41 300 hurdles 1. Jenny Kimbro, Jamaica, 43.06; 2. Annie Carlson, Westmont, 45.46; 3. Jorji Sparrgrove, Moweaqua Central A&M, 46.07; 4. Aubrie Carlisle, Illini West, 46.53; 5. Morgan Zacharias, Reed-Custer, 46.67; 6. Emery Podowicz, Clifton Central, 46.67; 7. Clare Peters, Clifton Central, 46.90; 8. Karissa Roman, Wethersfield, 47.14; 9. Cora Wilkinson, Seneca, 47.25 1,600 1. Anna Sophia Keller, St. Anthony, 4:59.76; 2. Daly Galloway, Dwight, 5:01.90; 3. Adrienne Brauer, PORTA, 5:03.73; 4. Maria Brauer, PORTA, 5:06.85; 5. Ericka Hibser, Lewistown, 5:08.13; 6. Carly Garnett, Illini West, 5:13.13; 7. Arielle Summitt, Urbana, 5:18.63; ; 8. Chelsea Pawlak, Deer Creek-Mackinaw, 5:14.23; 9. Regan Weidner, Bureau Valley, 5:19.67; 10. Keri Burmester, Red Bud, 5:21.73; 11.

Claudia Magnussen, Pana, 5:22.65; 12. Taylor Renfroe, Tolono Unity, 5:23.46 Locals: Averi Leitzen, Fulton, 5:44.00 200 1. Natasha Brown, Aurora Christian, 25.33; 2. Jenny KImbro, Jamaica, 25.58; 3. Mariah Woods, Seton Academy, 25.65; 4. Emily Neuhauser, Sullivan, 25.69; 5. Amanda McClain, Sullivan, 25.74; 6. Briana Meinders, Stark County, 25.96; 7. Annie Carlson, Westmont, 26.04; 8. Kaitlyn Pearson, Elgin Academy, 26.05; 9. Erika Zimmerlein, Amboy, 26.09 Locals: Rebecca Waite, Milledgeville-Eastland, 26.39; Katelynn Pankhurst, Amboy, 27.22 1,600 relay 1. Illini West 4:02.60; 2. Eureka 4:04.38; 3. Clifton Central 4:06.77; 4. Moweaqua Central A&M 4:07.79; 5.

Newton 4:08.11; 6. Farmington 4:09.05; 7. St. Teresa 4:09.08; 8. St. Thomas More 4:11.94; 9. Cambridge 4:12.21 Locals: Bureau Valley (Addison Moreland, Marissa Mungia, Tiana Kennedy, Lindsey Hoffert) 4:02.60

Friday, May 22, 2015

STATE TRACK EXTRA

Sauk Valley Media • B5

CLASS 1A STATE PRELIMINARIES • O’BRIEN STADIUM • EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY COMMENTARY

Simpson realizes her dream C

HARLESTON – Haley Simpson carefully peeled off bib number 723, and set it down on the synthetic turf next to the blue oval track at Eastern Illinois University.

Next to come off was her running shoes, which the Newman senior wore during her first and only state race of her high school career. Still out of breath after running the 800 meters in the 1A state track and field preliminaries on Thursday, she looked over her shoulder at the track that had been so elusive for so long.

“Being able to experience this is special to me,” Simpson said through gulps of air. “Just to be on this track, and to run against these top runners was awesome.”

With a time of 2:35.89, Simpson finished ninth in the second of four heats. Her time wasn’t enough to advance her to Saturday’s finals, but that didn’t put a damper on the Comets’ middle distance specialist’s banner day.

“It’s really a miracle I’m even here right now,” she said. “I have to enjoy this.”

Simpson has always

Tunink, who placed fifth in the first heat of the 400 in 1:02.41. “It’s great for Sports her to be able to experireporter. ence this. It was a crazy He can be reached at feeling because as happy pmason@ as she was, I think the saukvalley. whole team was even com or 800798-4085, more happy for her than ext. 5550. she was for herself.

“She’s been through so much, and we all knew how hard she worked to had ever run before. get here.”

“That sectional race was Simpson knew that amazing,” said Simpson, she would have to put in glowing with pride. “I countless hours of training shocked a lot of people, and rehab in order to reach and probably even her goals after the injury, myself. I knew deep down and approached the many that I could do it, and I challenges with a purpose, just ran like it was my last knowing her ultimate goal race ever.” was reachable.

She made sure it wasn’t.

“It’s always been a Simpson competed in dream of mine to get one of three events that here,” Simpson said. “It’s Newman advanced to definitely a moment that Charleston, as the ComI’m never going to forget.” ets qualified their 400 Before she left the track relay, Simpson’s 800, and at O’Brien Stadium Kirsten Tunink’s 400. through a side gate, Tunink, a freshman, Simpson reached down experienced state for the and scooped up her bib first time Thursday along and shoes, and placed with Simpson. But Tunink them into a blue drawsaid that while she was string bag. excited to run at state, she She pulled the strings was thrilled that she could tight, making sure to share the experience with close in the mementos her senior teammate. and memories she’ll have “I know how excited for a lifetime, tying off a she was to get here,” said dream come true.

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Newman’s Haley Simpson had missed out on state in each of her first 3 years of high school, and she nearly had an injury rob her of a chance this season, but she turned in a great 800 time at the sectional last week, and competed in the 1A preliminaries on Thursday in Charleston. found comfort in running. She competed in cross country and track in each of her 4 years at Newman, and each year a trip to state was just out of reach. Like the Cubs, there was always another year. But time was running out.

She feared that this year, her senior year, would end with the same fate.

At the end of the Comets’ cross country season, Simpson suffered a stress fracture in her right ankle.

The injury forced her into physical therapy sessions throughout the winter, as she tried to strengthen and repair her body in time for her final sports season.

She wanted one more shot.

Simpson said she didn’t expect a trip to state, but that didn’t stop her from turning in a terrific performance at the Bureau Valley Sectional last week. She ran the 800 in a personal-best 2:26.69 and took second place, earning her a trip to her first state meet. Her time at the sectional was nearly 10 seconds faster than she

THROUGH THE LENS | PHILIP MARRUFFO

BY THE NUMBERS

Familiar faces popping up state places 12 defending champs make finals

BY PATRICK MASON pmason@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5550 @pm222

ABOVE: Milledgeville’s Rebecca Waite long jumps during the 1A state preliminaries in Charleston. Waite advanced to finals with a distance of 16-5 1/2.

TOP RIGHT: Oregon’s Hailey Long clears a hurdle during the 100 hurdles Thursday. Long’s time of 16.67 was not good enough to advance.

BOTTOM RIGHT: Fulton’s Chelsea Lesniewski throws the shot Thursday. Her best throw was 36-2 1/4.

TOP LEFT: Bureau Valley’s Riley Francis runs the final leg of the 3,200 meter relay Thursday at 1A girls state track & field meet in Charleston. The Storm relay finished with a time of 10:46.05, but did not make finals.

TOP RIGHT: Oregon’s Kelsey Pudlas won her flight in the pole vault by clearing 9 feet, but she needed to surpass 10 feet in order to make finals.

BOTTOM LEFT: Fulton’s Betsy Leonard drops to the mat in the high jump after clearing 5 feet.

BOTTOM RIGHT: Newman’s Delaney Hinrichs runs a leg of the 400 relay at the state meet on Thursday. The Comet team finished in 52.56 seconds, but did not make Saturday’s finals.

Thursday marked the opening day of the Class 1A girls track and field state meet at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, where a handful of athletes began their journey to repeat as state champions.

When the action concluded Thursday, 12 of last year’s state champions moved on to Saturday’s finals. Repeat champions are possible in the shot put, discus, triple jump, 3,200 relay, 800 relay, 400 relay, 100 and 300 hurdles, 1,600, 800, 400 and 200.

Kathleen Young, a sophomore thrower from WarrensburgLatham, was the most dominant of the bunch. She advanced with the top overall seed in the shot put and discus. Young won both event titles last season, and drew a substantial crowd away from the blue track as spectators lined three deep to watch her throw.

Here’s a look at some other numbers from Thursday’s 1A prelims:

in Lane 4. The Clippers raced to a third-place finish.

53

That’s how many locals athletes – including relay alternates – were at the 1A preliminaries.

Four of those athletes advanced to Saturday’s finals, including two from Bureau Valley, as well as one apiece from MilledgevilleEastland and AmboyLaMoille.

The range of events was staggering, as the seven area teams combined to fill 17 of the 18 events.

The lone event that was void of an area athlete was the 300 hurdles.

2

That’s the hurdle that tripped up West Carroll’s Courtney Boyer in the 100 hurdles. The Thunder senior was off to a strong start in the third of four heats, when she caught her leg on the top of the obstacle.

Boyer fell to the ground, but got up and finished the race in 23.03 seconds.

She received a loud applause as she crossed the finish line.

Two is also the number of locals that won their heats. MilledThat’s how many races geville-Eastland’s Rebecca Waite won the had to be restarted due second of three long to false starts. Fithian jump flights with a disOakwood co-op’s tance of 16 feet, 5 1/2 Abby Stewart left the inches, and advanced to blocks too early out of the finals.

Lane 2 during the third Oregon’s Kelsey heat of the 800-meter Pudlas won the third relay, leading to a flight of the pole vault disqualification. by clearing a height Amboy-LaMoille’s of 9 feet. She won her foursome of Cassidy Corcoran, Kaitlin Boers, flight by 6 inches, but Katelynn Pankhurst and didn’t advance to Saturday’s finals.

Erika Zimmerlein ran

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THURSDAY’S SCOREBOARD Baseball Thursday’s results at Rock Falls

ROCK FALLS 9, ALLEMAN 5 Alleman 301 000 1 — 5 11 1 Rock Falls 000 801 0 — 9 12 2 W – Quinton Matznick (6-2), L – Love.

ROCK FALLS (21-10) Nolan Moeller (3 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 SO, 1 BB), Matznick (4 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 8 SO, 3 BB). Multi hits – Jacob Mammosser 3, Dylan Abrams 3, Logan Pillars 2, Reid Akerman 2. 2B – Akerman, Pillars, Kilberg. HR – Akerman, Mammosser. RBI – Akerman 3, Pillars 2, Mammosser, Cooper Kilberg, Matznick, McFadden. at Gartner Park

UNITED TOWNSHIP 6, STERLING 0 United Town. 212 010 0 — 6 8 1 Sterling 000 000 0 — 0 3 3 W – Murphy. L – Stephen Geiger.

UNITED TOWNSHIP Murphy (4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 SO, 1 BB).

Multi hits – Halligan, Lopez. 2B – Johnson.

RBI – Murphy, Lopez, Schultz.

STERLING Geiger (3 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 1 ER, 2 SO, 1 BB), Brandon Dennis (2 1/3 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 SO, 3 BB), Esteban Sosa (1 2/3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 SO, 0 BB). 2B – Nick McGuire.

2A Morrison Regional Semifinals

MORRISON 13, BUREAU VALLEY 3, 5 inn.

BV 021 00 — 3 5 3 Morrison 163 03 — 13 12 0 W – Ran VanZuiden (7-1). L – Josh Mead.

(At bats-runs-hits) BUREAU VALLEY (6-21-1) Josh Mead p-ss 3-0-0, Evan Ringle rf 3-00, Dylan Martin lf 3-1-2, Chris Shynk 3b-1b 2-0-0, Gage Smith c 1-1-1, Will Konneck cf 2-1-1, Drew Fordham 1b-p 2-0-1, Brendan McCalvey dh 1-0-0, Sean Shepard 2b 0-00, Spencer Marquez ss-3b 2-0-0, Jayson Trussen 3b 0-0-0. Totals: 19-3-5.

Mead (1 2/3 IP, 7 R, 1 ER, 4 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 2 HBP), Fordham (3 IP, 6 ER, 8 H, 4 SO, 3 BB) and Smith. 2B – Martin 2. RBI – Mead, Smith, Fordham. SAC – McCalvey.

SF – Smith. LOB – 3. E – Konneck, Marquez, Shynk.

MORRISON (21-4) Andy Bird lf 3-1-0, Ethan Fischbach 2b 3-32, Ryan VanZuiden p 3-0-1, Cody Southern cr 0-2-0, Justin Jensen c 3-0-2, Merik Kennedy cr-pr 0-4-0, Mason Sitzmore ss 3-0-2, Ben Tegeler rf 2-1-1, Brock Smith 3b 3-0-1, Joey Brackemyer cf 4-1-2, Chance Bender 1b 3-1-1. Totals: 27-13-12.

VanZuiden (5 IP, 3 ER, 5 H, 8 SO, 0 BB, 1 WP) and Jensen. 2B – Brackemyer. 3B – Sitzmore, Bender. HR – Fischbach. RBI – Sitzmore 5, Smith 2, Fischbach, Tegeler, Brackemyer, Bender. SB – Kennedy, Tegeler. SF – Sitzmore. LOB – 7.

NEWMAN 5, PRINCETON 4 Newman 120 002 0 — 5 7 2 Princeton 120 001 0 — 4 8 3 W – Quincy Coomes. L – Jake Reinhardt.

(At bats-runs-hits) NEWMAN (16-9) Dillan Heffelfinger 2b 4-0-1, Shayne Allen c 4-1-0, Nate Olson 1b 4-1-2, Alex Buhler cf 4-0-0, Landen Vesley dh 2-1-1, Ethan Hafner p 0-0-0, Quincy Coomes p 0-0-0, Elias Edmondson ss 3-1-2, Brandon Burke rf 2-1-1, Ricky Rank 3b 1-0-0, Andrew Burke lf 2-0-0. Totals: 27-5-7.

Hafner (1 2/3 IP, 3 ER, 5 H, 1 SO, 1 BB), Coomes (5 1/3 IP, 1 ER, 3 H, 3 SO, 0 BB, 1 HBP) and Allen. 2B – Heffelfinger, Olson, Vesley, Edmondson. RBI – Buhler, B.Burke.

SB – Buhler, Vesley, B.Burke. SAC – B.Burke, Rank. LOB – 3. E – Rank, Olson.

PRINCETON (19-15) Jake Reinhardt cf-p 4-0-1, Skye Behrends 1b 3-0-0, Levi Bates ss 4-1-1, Isaac Salazar 3b 4-0-3, Jett Wedekind dh 4-0-0, Zach Friel lf 0-0-0, Tanner Kuhne p-cf 3-1-1, Reilly Foes 2b 3-1-1, Michael Camp rf 2-1-0, Andrew Schmitt c 0-0-0, Josh Reinhardt c 3-0-1. Totals: 30-4-8.

Kuhne (2 IP, 3 R, 1 ER, 2 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 1 WP), Ja.Reinhardt (5 IP, 2 ER, 5 H, 5 SO, 2 BB, 2 WP) and Schmitt, Jo.Reinhardt (3rd).

3B – Salazar. RBI – Ja.Reinhardt 3, Salazar. SB – Ja.Reinhardt 2, Kuhne. LOB – 2.

E – Salazar, Schmitt, Kuhne.

2A Oregon Regional Semifinal

FORRESTON-POLO 7, OREGON 0 Oregon 000 000 0 — 0 2 2 Forreston-Polo105 010 X — 7 10 2 W – Caleb Poffenberger. L – Josh cook.

OREGON Cook (2 1/3 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 4 SO, 3 BB), Taylor Brubaker (3 2/3 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 SO, 2 BB).

FORRESTON-POLO (30-5) Poffenberger (7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 8 SO, 2 BB). Multi hits – Brody Grobe 2, Austin Groshans 2, Wyatt Patterson 2. 2B – Nathan Schneiderman, Groshans, Patterson. RBI – Grobe 2, Richie Bartnick, Schneiderman, Ethan Groom.

1A AFC Regional

FULTON 13, AMBOY 3, 5 inn.

Amboy 300 00 — 3 6 5 Fulton 010 57 — 13 11 0 W – Devon Ballard (6-2). L – Logan Thake.

AMBOY 2B – Drake Barlow. RBI – Barlow 2, Skyler Zimmerly.

FULTON Multi hits – Seth Sanderson 2, Trey Simmons 2, Devon Ballard 2, Cole McClary 2.

2B – Colin Houzenga, Jack Lemke. HR – Sanderson. RBI – Sanderson 6, Simmons 2, Ballard, Lemke, Houzenga, Jason Ryder.

Postseason pairings CLASS 3A Freeport Regional Monday, May 25 • No. 5 Erie-Prophetstown at No. 4 Dixon, 11 a.m.

• No. 6 Sterling at No. 3 Freeport, 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 27 • No. 1 Rock Falls vs. Erie-Prophetstown or Dixon, 5 p.m.

Thursday, May 28 • No. 2 Rochelle vs. Sterling or Freeport, 4:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 30 • Championship, 11 a.m.

Winner advances to Sycamore Sectional vs.

St. Francis Regional winner, 4 p.m., June 4 CLASS 2A Morrison Regional Thursday’s results • No. 1 Morrison 13, No. 4 Bureau Valley 3, 5 innings • No. 3 Newman 5, No. 2 Princeton 4 Saturday’s game • Championship, Morrison vs. Newman, 2 p.m.

Winner advances to Byron Sectional vs.

Pecatonica Regional winner, 6:30 p.m. May 27

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BASEBALL | 2A MORRISON REGIONAL | SEMIFINALS

Oregon Regional Monday’s result • No. 4 Oregon 3, No. 5 West Carroll 0 Thursday’s result • No. 1 Forreston-Polo 7, Oregon 0 Today’s game • No. 2 Stillman Valley vs. No. 3 Byron, 4:30 p.m.

Saturday’s game • Championship, Forreston-Polo vs. Stillman Valley/Byron, 10 a.m.

Winner advances to Byron Sectional vs.

Aurora Christian Regional winner, 4 p.m.

May 27 CLASS 1A Lena-Winslow Regional Monday’s results • No. 4 River Ridge 4, No. 5 Pearl City 0 • No. 3 Eastland 9, No. 6 Galena 3 Thursday’s results • River Ridge 8, No. 1 East Dubuque 7 • No. 2 Lena-Winslow 10, Eastland 0 Saturday’s game • Championship, River Ridge vs. East Dubuque 11 a.m.

Winner advances to Aquin Sectional vs.

Dakota Regional winner, 4 p.m. May 28 at Highland Community College Ashton-Franklin Center Regional Monday’s results • No. 4 Milledgeville 11, No. 5 AFC 1, 5 inn.

• No. 3 Amboy 24, No. 6 Paw Paw 1, 5 inn.

Wednesday’s result • No. 1 Indian Creek 7, Milledgeville 6 Thursday’s result • No. 2 Fulton 13, Amboy 3, 5 inn.

Saturday’s game • Championship, Indian Creek vs. Fulton, 2 p.m.

Winner advances to Aquin Sectional vs.

Elgin Academy Regional winner, 4 p.m. May 27 at Highland Community College

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ABOVE: Morrison’s Joey Brackemyer (right) slides back to first base safely before the ball gets to Bureau Valley’s Chris Shynk during Thursay’s 2A Morrison Regional semifinal. Morrison won 13-3 in five innings.

BELOW: Newman’s Ethan Hafner throws a pitch during the Comets’ 5-4 win over Princeton in the other semifinal at Morrison.

Comets, Mustangs move on Newman fends off Princeton; Morrison pounds Bureau Valley

Thursday’s results

ROCK FALLS 4, BURLINGTON CENTRAL 3, 8 inn.

Burl. Central 300 000 00 — 3 4 0 Rock Falls 100 002 01 — 4 13 1 W – Michaela Ward (16-6). L – Ratuff.

ROCK FALLS (23-9) Ward (8 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 12 SO, 5 BB).

Multi hits – Ward 3, Natalie Soltow 2, Chelsi Blair 2, Olivia Babcock 2, Madason Shaw 2. 2B – Blair, Soltow, Ward, Shaw.

RBI – Soltow, Ward, Shaw, Maurelle Behrens. at Sterling

MOLINE 9, STERLING 3 Moline 041 004 0 — 9 10 2 Sterling 000 001 2 — 3 7 2 L – Lexy Staples STERLING Staples (5 2/3 IP, 5 R, 1 ER, 6 H, 3 SO, 1 BB), Maddie Corwell (1 1/3 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 SO, 1 BB). Multi hits – Abri Hale, Erin Stroup. HR – Hale. RBI – Hale 2, Emily Berogan.

Postseason pairings CLASS 3A Sterling Regional Monday, May 25 • No. 5 Rochelle at No. 4 Dixon, 11 a.m.

Tuesday, May 26 • No. 1 Sterling vs. Rochelle or Dixon, 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 27 • No. 2 Rock Falls vs. No. 3 Mendota, 4:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 30 • Championship, 11 a.m.

Winner advances to Belvidere North Sectional vs. Genoa-Kingston Regional winner, 4:30 p.m., June 2 CLASS 2A Orion Regional Monday’s result • No. 4 Bureau Valley 10, No. 5 Riverdale 5 Tuesday’s results • No. 1 Morrison 11, Bureau Valley 0, 5 inn.

• No. 2 Erie-Prophetstown 7, No. 3 Orion 5 Saturday’s game • Championship, Erie-Prophetstown vs.

Morrison, 11 a.m.

Winner advances to Morrison Sectional vs.

Rockford Lutheran Regional winner, 7 p.m.

May 26 Byron Regional Monday’s result • No. 5 Forreston-Polo 7, No. 4 West Carroll 6 Tuesday’s results • No. 1 Stillman Valley 2, Forreston-Polo 0 • No. 2 Byron 5, No. 3 Oregon 4 Saturday’s game • Championship, Stillman Valley vs. Byron, 11 a.m.

Winner advances to Morrison Sectional vs.

Princeton Regional winner, 4:30 p.m., May 26 CLASS 1A Fulton Regional Monday’s result • No. 5 Eastland 8, No. 4 Fulton 6 Tuesday’s results • No. 1 Milledgeville 11, Eastland 10, 8 inn.

• No. 2 Newman 6, No. 3 AFC 1 Saturday’s game • Championship, Milledgeville vs. Newman, 11 a.m.

Winner advances to Lena-Winslow Sectional vs. Pecatonica Regional winner, 7 p.m., May 26’ Earlville Regional Monday’s result • No. 4 Paw Paw 6, No. 5 LaMoille-Ohio 2 Tuesday’s result • No. 1 Amboy 5, Paw Paw 1 Wednesday’s result • No. 2 Earlville 6, No. 3 Indian Creek 5 Saturday’s game • Championship, Amboy vs. Earlville, 11 a.m.

Winner advances to Princeville Sectional vs.

Putnam County Regional winner, 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday May 26

Girls soccer Postseason pairings CLASS 2A Geneseo Regional Tuesday’s results • No. 1 Geneseo 8, No. 4 LaSalle-Peru 0 • No. 2 Sterling 3, No. 3 Ottawa 0 Today’s match • Championship, Geneseo vs. Sterling, 5 p.m.

Winner advances to LaSalle-Peru Sectional vs. Peoria Notre Dame Regional winner, 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 26 CLASS 1A Byron Sectional Wednesday’s results • Semifinal, Dixon 2, Rockford Lutheran 0 • Semifinal, Alleman 5, Stillman Valley 0 Saturday’s match • Championship, 2 p.m.

Winner advances to DeKalb Supersectional vs. Westminster Christian Sectional winner, 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 26

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MORRISON – After the host Mustangs rolled to a run-rule win Thursday in the Class 2A Morrison Regional semifinals, the Newman Comets dealt with far more drama to earn their spot in Saturday’s regional championship game.

Morrison (21-4) got its offense going after falling into an early deficit, and took care of Bureau Valley 13-3 in five innings.

Newman (16-9) then outlasted Princeton 5-4 in a nail-biter that saw the Comets score twice in the top of the sixth to break a 3-3 tie.

After both starters struggled in the second semifinal, Newman’s Quincy Coomes and Princeton’s Jake Reinhardt came on and calmed things down. Coomes tossed 5 1/3 innings of one-run, three-hit ball, striking out three without a walk, and allowing the ball to leave the infield just four times.

“It was a tie game when I came in, and I just wanted to keep it there,” Coomes said. “My changeup wasn’t really working tonight, but my curve was working well, and that helped me keep them off-balance.”

After the teams traded one-run first innings and two-run second frames, Coomes and Reinhardt settled in quickly and started throwing goose eggs up on the scoreboard.

Nate Olson broke the deadlock in the top of the sixth. He led off with a double, then went to third and scored on back-to-back wild pitches to give the Comets a 4-3 lead.

“I didn’t know it hit the ground until I was already at first base,” Olson said of his shot down the right-field line that eluded a diving Tiger outfielder. “I’m not the fastest guy, but I knew I could make it to second, and then I just ran as hard as I could when he threw those two pitches to the backstop.

It was a big boost for our confidence to get the late lead.”

Brandon Burke, who scored the

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2A Oregon Regional

Forreston-Polo 7, OreThe Rock Falls Rockets plated eight runs in the gon 0: The Cardinals

fourth inning, and went on to beat Alleman 9-5 in a nonconference home game on Wednesday.

Reid Akerman and Jacob Mammosser both hit home runs. Akerman added a doubled and finished with three RBIs. Logan Pillars had a double and two RBIS. Quinton Matznick earned the win for Rock Falls (21-10) with four innings of relief of Nolan Moeller. Matznick had eight strikeouts and three walks, while allowing only three hits.

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Newman’s Nate Olson (right) prepares to catch the ball as Princeton’s Levi Bates slides safely back to first base during Thursday’s 2A Morrison Regional semifinal game. Newman won 5-4.

Comets’ third run, then followed Landen Vesley’s one-out double and Elias Edmondson’s one-out bloop single with an RBI single through the right side of a drawnin infield for a 5-3 lead.

That run proved crucial, as Reinhardt drove in his third run of the game with a groundout in the bottom of the sixth, before both pitchers cruised through 1-2-3 seventh innings.

“I saw the infield was way in, so my mindset was just to hit it hard enough to get it past them,” Burke said. “When I hit it, I was just hoping it would get through and give us another run. We could’ve scored even more that inning, but we got enough in the end.”

In the first semifinal, Morrison took control with its offense. The Mustangs scored six runs with just two hits in the second inning, thanks to three Bureau Valley errors.

Mason Sitzmore, who had an RBI single in the second, then added to a 7-3 lead with a three-run triple in the bottom of the third, before recording a fifth RBI with a sac fly in Morrison’s three-run fifth inning.

“We’ll take anything we can get form the defense, and them giving us a few runs [in the second] really helped us settle in at the plate,” Sitzmore said. “We were a little nervous at first, but Ethan [Fischbach] got

that big hit early, and it eased things up and calmed us down.”

Fischbach opened the scoring with an inside-the-park home run in the bottom of the first. He roped a liner to right-center field, and it rolled all the way to the fence. He didn’t break stride as he motored around the bases, easily beating the relay throw to the plate.

“As soon as it came off the bat.

I knew I was going for third,” Fischbach said. “I picked up Coach [Ben] Sondgeroth about halfway to second, and he was waving me on. I didn’t realize how far it had gone out there, and he kept waving, and I kept sprinting.

“It feels like our hitting is contagious. When one of us starts hitting the ball, everyone else starts doing it, too. I’m just happy I could be the one to start us off today.”

Morrison’s big bats overshadowed a strong effort from Ryan VanZuiden (7-1), who gave up three earned runs and five hits, with eight strikeouts and no walks.

He got stronger as the game went on, striking out five of the final six batters in back-to-back 1-2-3 innings in the fourth and fifth.

“Ryan has been fantastic for us all year,” Fischbach said, “and he just kept dealing today. We didn’t make any errors behind him, either, and that feels great.”

For Bureau Valley (6-21-1), Drew Fordham had an RBI single and Josh Mead drove in a run on a fielder’s choice in a two-run second inning, then Gage Smith’s sac fly plated Dylan Martin in the third, after Martin led off the frame with a double.

Mead took the loss, as the Mustangs knocked him out in the second despite none of those six runs being earned.

“I was happy with how we started; I thought if we could get a couple runs early, then play a little defense, our confidence would go through the roof,” first-year BV coach Dave Shepard said. “But we’re not the kind of team that can afford to give up four or five outs in an inning, and that just made a huge difference in momentum.”

could muster only three hits in a loss to the Panthers at Gartner Park.

Stephen Geiger took the loss, allowing five runs, but only one earned, in three innings of work.

Nick McGuire had a double for Sterling.

scored five third-inning runs to blow open a semifinal game of the Oregon Regional.

The Cardinals advance to Saturday’s championship game, where they will play the winner of today’s Stillman Valley vs. Byron game.

Caleb Poffenberger allowed only two hits to the Hawks in picking up the win for Polo-Forreston (30-5). He also had eight strikeouts and two walks. Brody Grobe had two hits and two RBIs to lead the Cardinals’ offensive attack.

Josh Cook suffered the loss for Oregon, allowing five earned runs in 2 1/3 innings.

1A AFC Regional

it into a run-rule finish in a regional semifinal in Ashton.

Fulton advances to meet Indian Creek in the championship game at 2 p.m. on Saturday.

Sanderson finished with a game-high six RBIs. Trey Simmons added two hits and two RBIs for Fulton. Devon Ballard (6-2) got the win.

Amboy jumped out to a 3-0 lead thanks to a two-run double by Drake Barlow, and an RBI hit by Skyelar Zimmerly.

1A Lena-Winslow Regional

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threw a no-hitter for the Panthers to end the Cougars’ season in a regional semifinal game.

Lena-Winslow will face River Ridge in the regionFulton 13, Amboy 3, 5 al title game on Saturday. inn.: Seth Sanderson hit Softball a grand slam in the fifth Rock Falls 4, Burlington inning to break open a Central 3, 8 inn.: Mauclose game and help turn relle Behrens’ single in

the eighth inning drove in Michaela Ward from second base to seal a nonconference win for the Rockets at home.

Ward led off the inning with a double, which was one of her three hits. She also drove in a run. Ward picked up the win, allowing four hits and three runs (one earned), with 12 strikeouts and five walks.

Natalie Soltow and Madason Shaw each had an RBI for the Rockets (23-9). Burlington Central scored all three of its runs in the first inning.

Moline 9, Sterling 3:

Abri Hale tried to lead the Warriors back from a nine-run hole with a two-run homer in the seventh, but it wasn’t enough in a nonconference home loss.

Erin Stroup added two hits, and Emily Berogan had an RBI. Lexy Staples took the loss, allowing five runs (one earned) and six hits, while striking out six and walking one.

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2BR Upper Condo Style Apartment Appliances includIncluding ed, washer and dryer, dishwasher, deck.

Tenant pays electric. $650/mo., deposit, 1yr. lease.

Available 6/1/15.

Realtor Owned 815-378-2151.

Newer 2 BR, apartment Fieldstone area: W/D hookup, appls. incl. Fireplace, garage w/opener. $625 mo., $500 dep.

960 sq. ft.

815-626-1431 or 815-631-5855

2 Bedroom 1004 Idlewild Dr. Freshly painted, no pets, no smoking $635 mo. 309-645-3361

APARTMENTS UNFURNISHED 306 Attractive 1 & 2 apts. with BR. some utilities. Sterling & Rock Falls.

No pets, no parRefs. req. ties.

815-336-2305.

Move in Special!

Half off 1st month's rent!

2 BR 1 BA apt. for rent: 952 Harmon Rd. Harmon, IL. $475/mo. Country setting. Walk-in closets. Car port parking available.

815-562-7368

MILLEDGEVILLE

Dixon Manor Apt2BR available, clean, quiet, walk to downtown, onsite laundry, appliances included.

Heat, water, garbage included.

Call Erick 815-7395806.

1BR, w/ applcs. $400/mo. svla.org.

815-718-5488

NEW TODAY

Large 2BR garden apt. located in Polo. Appliances furnished. $520 per month. Call 815499-7445.

Nice 2BR lower appliances. with $450/mo. and dep.

Call Vickie at 815973-4444.

MT. MORRIS Large 2BR $385 /mo. + dep.

815-508-2345

POLO

UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT

Miililllleled M edg dge ge Vililllla la A Appa par artrtm tme men ent ntsts 700 Stover Ave. Milledgeville

ROCK FALLS EFFICIENCIES! -InclusiveClean & Quiet 815-626-8790*

HARMON

Housing Complex for persons with very low to moderate income who are 62 years of age or older, disabled regardless of age is accepting applications for 1 & 2 bedroom apartments. Rent based on income.

Income limits apply. On-site laundry, community room, off-street parking, spacious rooms. Appliances, water, sewer, garbage, heat furnished.

PLEASE CALL (815) 339-2140 For an application or information.

This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

ROCK FALLS

ROCK FALLS

1 BR $375 Hampton Apts.

815-625-7043

2BR, $500mo. + $400 dep., No Pets, Edon Apts.

815-441-3999

1BR, $425/mo., includes util. East Rt. 30. 815-508-2345

Lg. 1BR. + appl.

No pets. $425 + dep. 815-718-1784.

1BR, stove, refrig. furnished. No pets.

815-625-0624.

THICKSTEN APTS. 1 & 2 BR houses 815-499-4217

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WHITESIDE, STATE OF ILLINOIS COLONIAL SAVINGS, F.A., Plaintiff(s), vs.

BRIAN L. DEATS, Defendant(s).

Case No. 14 CH 134 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment heretofore entered by the said Court in the above entitled cause, the Sheriff of Whiteside County, Illinois, will on July 2, 2015, at the hour of 10:00 AM, at the WHITESIDE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 200 E. KNOX STREET, 3RD FLOOR LOBBY, MORRISON, IL 61270, sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, all and singular, the following described premises and real estate in the said Judgment mentioned, situated in the County of Whiteside, State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment, to wit: Common Address: 2112 14TH AVE STERLING IL 61081 P.I.N. 11-15-328-012 Contact the Law Office of IRA T. NEVEL, LLC, 175 North Franklin, Suite 201, Chicago, Illinois 60606, (312) 357-1125, for further information. The terms of the sale are: Ten percent (10%) due by cash or certified funds at the time of the sale and balance is due within 24 hours of the sale. The subject property is subject to real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "as is" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the Court.

The property is improved by a single family residence, together with all buildings and improvements thereon, and the tenements, hereditaments and appurtenants thereunto belonging and will not be available for inspection prior to sale. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

LAW OFFICES OF IRA T. NEVEL, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff Ira T. Nevel - ARDC #06185808 Timothy R. Yueill - ARDC #6192172 Greg Elsnic - ARDC #6242847 Richard Drezek - ARDC #6301323 Nathan J. Buikema - ARDC #6302969 Brian D. Nevel ARDC #6309777 175 North Franklin St. Suite 201 Chicago, Illinois 60606 (312) 357-1125 Pleadings@nevellaw.com MA # 14-03459 May 22, 29, June 5, 2015

LEE & WHITESIDE COUNTIES

Saturday, May 23rd Sunday, May 24th

Lee County & Surrounding Areas

SATURDAY 10-11:30

1028 FRANKLIN GROVE ROAD, DIXON

Unique property on the edge of town. Take Rt. 38 aka Franklin Grove Rd., house on right. $169,000 Hosted by Jim Burke

SATURDAY 1-3

8118 S. CLINTON, GRAND DETOUR

2 bedrooms, 1 bath, 1 car garage, nice back yard, home is being sold furnished & “as is”, $36,000 #08905457 Hosted by Mike Hoff

Sauk Valley

815-625-3722

SUNDAY 12-2

410 E. DIXON STREET, POLO

2 bedroom all steel ranch home, new flooring & nice location, close to schools, $54,900 Hosted by Bill Gorski

SUNDAY 12:30-2

324 N. CANAL DRIVE, DIXON

3 bedroom, 2 bath on the Rock River, 2,000 sq. ft. of living space, private boat launch, $187,500 #08903710 Hosted by Patti Shoemaker

815-288-4648

Whiteside County & Surrounding Areas SATURDAY 1-3

1305 MARY AVENUE, ROCK FALLS

Many updates, 2 bedrooms, nice location & yard, $27,900 #08759820 Hosted by Debbie Flannery

SUNDAY 11-12

603 W. 8TH STREET, STERLING

Sterling 2-story home, 3-4 bedrooms, dining room, main floor bedroom, 2 car garage, $44,000 #08815098 Hosted by Patty Martinez

JUDY POWELL REALTY

815-626-7450

SUNDAY 12-1

808 3RD AVENUE, STERLING

4 bedrooms, large main floor laundry, newer roof, siding, A/C, windows, flooring, paint & more! $64,900 #08814391 Hosted by Eric Bird

SUNDAY 12-1:30

702 W. 7TH STREET, STERLING

Brick home on corner lot, alley access, fenced yard, 3 car garage, above ground pool, $75,000 #08750462 Hosted by Patty Martinez

JUDY POWELL REALTY

815-626-7450

SUNDAY 1-2

819 E. 15TH STREET, STERLING

Great location, large rooms, 1 car garage, unfinished basement, main floor laundry & more! $58,900 #08834349 Hosted by Eric Bird

SAUK VALLEY MEDIA • Friday, May 22, 2015 • PAGE B9

Dixon Ford VW Mazda

YOUR

OVER 1,000 GREAT USED CARS, TRUCKS & SUV’S AVAILABLE

ROUTE

2

SAVINGS!

& ON SALE NOW!

Interest Rates as low as 1.65% 13 Chevy Impala LTZ

10 Ford Fusion

STK#P5080

GREAT PRICE!

$12,999

*

STK#P5101

NADA Price ............ $14,725* Dixon Discount ........ $1,726* YOUR PRICE

NADA Price ............ $13,700* Dixon Discount ........ $1,701* YOUR PRICE

$12,999

LOADED

BETTER!

12 VW Passat

STK#P5103

NADA Price ............ $15,825* Dixon Discount ........ $2,826* YOUR PRICE

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$11,999*

GREAT VALUE

One Price: Our Best Price Up-Front & Displayed p y On EVERY Vehicle EVERY Day. y

12 Ford Taurus LTD AWD

11 Jeep Grand Cherokee

STK#P5095 STK

NADA Price ............ $20,925* Dixon Discount ........ $1,426*

$19,499*

STK# P5096

NADA Price ............ $21,350* Dixon Discount ........ $3,351*

YOUR PRICE

LOADED, AWD

13 Ford Focus

STK#FG8706A STK#

NADA Price ............ $14,175* Dixon Discount ........ $2,176*

YOUR PRICE

YOUR PRICE

$17,999*

4X4

$11,999*

SUPER GAS MILEAGE

One Plan: To Sell All Vehicles Without Having g The Pressure Of Negotiating g A Price.

14 Ford Escape 4x4

13 Dodge Avenger

STK#P5082B1

NADA Price ............ $23,875* Dixon Discount ........ $2,876* YOUR PRICE

4X4

$20,999

*

12 Chevy Malibu

STK#P509B

NADA Price ............ $14,150* Dixon Discount ........ $1,651* YOUR PRICE

NADA Price ............ $13,750* Dixon Discount ........ $1,751* YOUR PRICE

$12,499

GREAT PRICE

STK#P5090

*

$11,999*

SUPER CLEAN!

One Goal: To Provide A Hassle Free Buying Experience.

13 Hyundai Veloster

06 Ford Taurus

STK#FF8696B

NADA Price ............ $16,975* Dixon Discount ........... $976* YOUR PRICE

SHARP

$15,999

*

13 Mazda 3

STK#BE8809A

STK#AF8661A

NADA Price .............. $6,865* Dixon Discount ........... $866*

NADA Price ............ $16,350* Dixon Discount ........ $2,351*

YOUR PRICE

GREAT 1ST CAR

YOUR PRICE

$5,999

*

$13,999*

GREAT BUY!

of Hassle Free Buy e in om

DIXON

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One Team: Friendly Local Employees To Service All Your Vehicle Needs.

489 IL Route 2, Dixon IL

Business Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8am-8pm • Sat. 8am-5pm

815-288-3366

dixonflm.com

Bob Baeza

Drew Rowley

Gerald Lott

Jared McCullough

Mark Kromeke

Mike Bonnell

*Does not include tax, title, license or service fee. See dealer for details. Dealer not responsible for pricing errors. Some Customers may not qualify for all of the listed rebates or discounts. Expires 5/31/15.

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Painting

Storage

STERLING

DIXON

Newly remodeled, furnished studio $400/mo.1BR.$400 /mo. No pets. $400 dep. 815-535-3237

Sterling Rentals

Newer duplex for rent. 2 BD, 1 Bth, finished basement.

Call Tim 815-7662769

STERLING

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Plumbing

Lewis Plumbing 815-288-0028 Serving All of the Sauk Valley Area Lic.#058-173956

Remodeling

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Agricultural Construction Company seeking Millwright and Bin crew laborers Positions will be seasonal with the potential for full time employment.

Must be able to lift 80lbs, use hand tools, and work Saturdays. Welding experience is a plus but not a requirement. All applicants are subject to background check.

Please email resumes to: Mbrady@apgrain systems.com Or apply within at 100 Roosevelt St., Hooppole, IL 61258 Angelo's Now Hiring for delivery drivers and all kitchen positions. Apply in person at 2405 W. 4th St., Sterling. Mon., Tues, Thurs., Fri., 10am-4pm. No Phone Calls.

Bartender, wait person, set up person with organizational skills, chef, grounds keeper. 6 miles W. of Sterling.

815-772-7396

Casey's General Store in Rock Falls accepting applications for Food Service Leader Full time. Must be willing to work days, nights weekends and some holidays.

Apply online at www.caseys.com or mail applications to 1201 W. Rt 30, Rock Falls IL 61071 Cleaning person needed at night for grocery store in Sterling, part time.

Starting at $10/hr.

Must be responsible and honest.

Call 815-549-9675 Exp. Cook & Waitress needed at Mom's Diner. Apply in person at 23 E. 3rd St. Sterling.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WHITESIDE, STATE OF ILLINOIS

COLONIAL SAVINGS, F.A., Plaintiff(s), vs.

BRIAN L. DEATS, Defendant(s).

Case No. 14 CH 134 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment heretofore entered by the said Court in the above entitled cause, the Sheriff of Whiteside County, Illinois, will on July 2, 2015, at the hour of 10:00 AM, at the WHITESIDE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 200 E. KNOX STREET, 3RD FLOOR LOBBY, MORRISON, IL 61270, sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, all and singular, the following described premises and real estate in the said Judgment mentioned, situated in the County of Whiteside, State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment, to wit: THE SOUTHERLY 60 FEET OF LOT 27 IN BLOCK 5 IN LINCOLNSHIRE SUBDIVISION NO. 6 AS LOCATED IN A PART OF THE EAST HALF OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 15, TOWNSHIP 21 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE 4TH P.M., IN WHITESIDE COUNTY; ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JANUARY 12, 1971 AS DOCUMENT NO. 346049.

Common Address: 2112 14TH AVE STERLING IL 61081 P.I.N. 11-15-328-012 Contact the Law Office of IRA T. NEVEL, LLC, 175 North Franklin, Suite 201, Chicago, Illinois 60606, (312) 357-1125, for further information.

The terms of the sale are: Ten percent (10%) due by cash or certified funds at the time of the sale and balance is due within 24 hours of the sale. The subject property is subject to real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "as is" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the Court.

The property is improved by a single family residence, together with all buildings and improvements thereon, and the tenements, hereditaments and appurtenants thereunto belonging and will not be available for inspection prior to sale. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

LAW OFFICES OF IRA T. NEVEL, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff Ira T. Nevel - ARDC #06185808 Timothy R. Yueill - ARDC #6192172 Greg Elsnic - ARDC #6242847 Richard Drezek ARDC #6301323 Nathan J. Buikema - ARDC #6302969 Brian D. Nevel - ARDC #6309777 175 North Franklin St. Suite 201 Chicago, Illinois 60606 (312) 357-1125 Pleadings@nevellaw.com MA # 14-03459 May 22, 29, June 5, 2015

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, LEE COUNTY, ILLINOIS NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC, Plaintiff, vs.

MICHAEL A. BROCK; WENDY R. PERRON; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants CASE NO. 2015 CH 28 The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you, Michael A. Brock; Wendy R. Perron; Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of the 15th Judicial Circuit, Lee County, Illinois by the said plaintiff against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: Lots 2 and 3 in Block 3 in the Village of Lee, according to the plat of said Village of Lee recorded in the Recorder's Office of Lee County in Book “B” of Miscellaneous Records on page 249, all i n Lee County, Illinois.

210 Hardanger Gate, Lee, IL 60530 21-12-01-428-008 Now, therefore, unless you, Michael A. Brock; Wendy R. Perron; Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants, and the said above named defendants, file your answer to the complaint in said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the office of the Clerk of the 15th Judicial Circuit, Lee County, Illinois, on or before June 30, 2015, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a Judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint.

Alan S. Kaufman One of Plaintiff's Attorneys Alan S. Kaufman (6289893) MANLEY DEAS KOCHALSKI LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff One East Wacker, Suite 1250, Chicago IL 60601 Phone: 312-651-6700; Fax 614-2205613 May 15, 22, 29, 2015 PUBLIC NOTICE On May 29, 2015 at 10 a.m. A meeting conducted by Lee County Special Education Association will take place at Dixon Public School's Central Office, 1335 Franklin Grove Road, Dixon, IL 61021. The purpose of this meeting will be to discuss the district's plans for providing special education services to students with disabilities who attend private schools and home schools within the district for the 2015-2016 school year. If you are a parent of a home-schooled or parochial school student who has been or may be identified with a disability and you reside within the boundaries of Dixon Public Schools, you are urged to attend.

If you have further questions pertaining to this meeting, please contact Corena Steinmeyer at 815-284-6651.

Corena Steinmeyer Director Lee County Special Education Association May 22, 2015

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, ILLINOIS LEE COUNTY, IN PROBATE

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOSEPHINE HOWARD, Deceased.

No. 2014 P 81 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given to creditors of the death of JOSEPHINE HOWARD of 1612 Joliet Way, Dixon, Illinois 61021. Letters of office were issued to Shirley Bender, 1612 Joliet Way, Dixon, IL 61021, as Independent Administrator, whose attorney of record is David W. Badger, Ehrmann Gehlbach Badger Lee & Considine, LLC, 215 E. First Street, Dixon, Illinois 61021.

The estate will be administered without court supervision, unless under section 28-4 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/284) any interested person terminates independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the clerk.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court at 309 S. Galena Avenue, Dixon, Illinois 61021, or with the representative, or both, on or before the date which is six (6) months after the date of the first publication of this Claim Notice, or, if mailing or delivering of a notice from the representative is required by section 18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

By: Shirley Bender Administrator David W. Badger Ehrmann Gehlbach Badger Lee & Considine, LLC 215 E. First Street P.O. Box 447 Dixon, IL 61021 (815) 288-4949 (815) 288-3068 FAX May 22, 29, June 5, 2015 Notice

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLAN COMMISSION CITY OF STERLING, WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Notice is hereby given that the undersigned Plan Commission, designated by the City Council of the City of Sterling, Illinois, to conduct a public hearing on the proposed amendment to the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Sterling, Illinois hereinafter set forth, will conduct such hearing at the hour of 7:00 p.m. on the 18th day of June, 2015, in the City Council Chambers at the Coliseum Building, Sterling, Illinois.

The proposed amendment would: Vacate a portion of R-O-W on 7th Avenue from E 2nd Street to E 3rd Street The property affected by the proposed amendment is described as: The East 50 feet of Lots 10. 11 and 12 in Block 33 West of Broadway, in the City of Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois; according to the plat thereof recorded September 23, 1856 in plat 1, page 24.

Otherwise known as: 611 E 3rd Street, Sterling, Illinois.

Dated this 22nd day of May, 2015.

PLAN COMMISSION CITY OF STERLING, ILLINOIS

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The law firm of Ward and Ward has closed its law practice due to illness. We have notified as many of the active clients as we were able to find of this closure.

All wills have been delivered to the office of Andrew Bollman, Attorney, 119 W. 1st St., Dixon, Illinois (815) 2880435.

If you have an active legal matter and have not been notified, please immediately hire another attorney to handle your case for you. You can select any attorney you wish, or the Illinois State Bar Association provides a lawyer referral service that can be reached at www.isba.org.

When you select your new attorney, please provide me with written authority to transfer your file to the new attorney. If you prefer, you may come to our office and pick up a copy of your file after arranging an appointment to do so and deliver it to that attorney yourself.

If you have an active legal matter, it t is imperative that you obtain a new attorney immediately.

If you or your new attorney need a copy of your closed file, please to arrange a time to pick up your file.

Due to the sale of the office building by Patrick and Nancy Ward, files not picked up by July 1, 2015, will be shredded to maintain absolute confidentiality of your legal matters.

You will be able to reach me at PO Box 216, Dixon, IL 61021, or at 815-973-1110 until June 30, 2015. Thank you for your understanding.

Patrick E. Ward (retired) for Kelly P. Ward, sole attorney in Ward & Ward Attorneys PC May 8, 15, 22, 2015

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Public Notice Pursuant to 35 ILCS 200/10-120, the Lee County Farmland Review Committee will conduct their annual farmland assessment hearing on Tuesday, June 9th at 8:30am. Pursuant to 35 ILCS 200/16, the Lee County Board of Review will open the 2015 session, elect a Chair, and approve the 2015 rules on Tuesday, June 9th at 9:30am. Both meetings will be held in the Chief County Assessment Office, 112 E. Second Street, Dixon.

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CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARY Full-Time position available for a highly skilled secretary in Sterling. Must be a self-starter with excellent secretarial and computer skills.

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Salary commensurate with training and experience. Fantastic benefits.

Forward resume no later than May 29th to: Sterling Secretary – Human Resource Department, Illinois Education Association – NEA, 100 E. Edwards, Springfield, IL 62704 or e-mail pthr@ieanea.org Equal Opportunity Employer

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Sterling Public Schools: (3) PM Custodians Salary & Benefits as are customary with these ESP positions Job description available at the District Office, 410 E LeFevre, Sterling Interested and qualified Applicants should fill out an online application at: www.sterling publicschools.org Go to District Services, Human Resources, Job Openings & Employment Application

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You are notified that the East Z Living Mobile Home Park has declared that a certain mobile home (1967 Marshfield, White, 684 sq ft, VIN 6572, IA title 23aa74149) located at (1507 West Route 30 Rock Falls, Lot #11[Marker], IL 61071) is an abandoned mobile home within the meaning of the Abandoned Mobile Home Act. Unless all delinquent mobile home privilege taxes (including penalty and interest) are paid and electric and water service restored to this mobile home within 30 days of the date of this notice, the East Z Living Mobile Home Park shall remove and dispose of the mobile home, and it shall be disposed of or sold at public auction free and clear of any existing liens. If you have any questions regarding this notice, you should contact the following person.

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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, when particularly dealing with companies with which you are not familiar.

Whiteside County Health Department has a full-time opening for a dental registration/secretary with competitive pay and good benefits.

High School diploma or GED and 2 years of office experience required; bi-lingual preferred.

Send resume or application (found on www.white sidehealth.org) to Theresa FrielDraper at Whiteside County Health Department, 1300 W. 2nd St. Rock Falls, IL 61071 by June 8th EOE.

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NO INDIVIDUAL, unless licensed or holding a permit as a childcare facility, may cause to be published any advertisement soliciting a child care service.* A childcare facility that is licensed or operating under a permit issued by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services may publish advertisements of the services for which it is lispecifically censed or issued a permit. Sauk Valley Media strongly urges any parent or guardian to verify the validity of the license of any facility before placing a child in it's care. *Family homes that care for no more than three (3) children under the age of twelve or which receive only children from a single household, for less than 24 hours per day, are exempt from licensure as day care homes.

The three children to whom this exemption applies includes the family's natural or adopted children and any other persons under the age of 12 whether related or unrelated to the operator of the day care home. (DCFS Rule, Part 377.3 (c))

AREA GARAGE SALES 624 AMBOY GARAGE SALES 624 Fri. & Sat., 8-4 323 N. Blackstone Dolls, dolls, dollsstill in boxes and doll furniture.

Books, baskets, quilt rack, hurricane lanterns and lots of misc.

COLETA GARAGE SALES 624 Fri. & Sat. 7-3 201 N. Main St. Moving Sale!

Antiques, collectibles, Raikes camping bears, supplies, tools, albums & CDs, new Christmas lights & lots of other misc.

Townwide Coleta Garage Sales Saturday May 23.

112, 201, 207 N Main St. Old Fire Station 208 S. Main St. 308 E Grove St. 21606 Coleta Rd.

COLETA GARAGE SALES 624

DIXON GARAGE SALES 624

STERLING GARAGE SALES 624

STERLING GARAGE SALES 624

Fri. 2-6 & Sat. 8-5 308 E Grover St. Estate Sale Wedding cake plates, pillars, fountains, stands etc. Novelty, angel food pans, stock pot, dishes, glassware, mixer, scale, shower seat, furniture, crafts, Sz. 16 wedding dress never worn, yard art patterns, 10” miter saw on table, seed/ fertilizer spreader, roofing brackets and numerous items.

Saturday 8-3 1212, 1216, & 1218 Tee St. All size clothing including NB-2T boys, baby items, kid's toys, full size household bed, items, & other misc.

Fri. & Sat. 8-4 411 13th Avenue Church of the Nazarene Hatton Center Gym LARGE VARIETY Rummage Sale 5¢, 10¢, 25¢, 50¢, Some $1 - $5

Saturday May 23 8am-Noon 1102 4th Ave. Upright freezer, teacher supplies, ThirtyOne and Vera Bradley items, Prom dresses, Sango Avanti dishes, motorcycle hitch carrier.

Men's, women's and kids clothes and lots of misc. treasures.

Saturday 8-2 207 N Main 8 Family Sale Girls clothes 6-12mo., mens L-2XL, womens S-2XL, Longaberger, holiday items, craft supplies, VCR tapes, DVD's, toys, books, toy box, household items, house floor jacks, wood file cabinet, end table, pair of metal lamps, 6 gal gas cans, telescope, mens R.H. Golf clubs & bag, candy stove, girls Artic cat pants, jacket, helmet & much more!

DIXON GARAGE SALES 624 Fri & Sat 7 -noon 1307 Tilton Park Dr

Baby clothes 0-2T, baby gear, rocking chair, home décor, full bed headboard, pictures, wide range of items.

Fri & Sat 8-5 572 Palmyra Road Barn Sale moving after 25 yrs. Come see what treasures we are selling from the farm. Men will love this sale too.

Something for everyone, large sale, don't miss it!

Fri. & Sat., 8-5 409 Sherman Ave. Chevy parts and much more, odds n ends of all sorts, some yard stuff, kitchen table & chairs, electric dryer and household goods.

Fri. - Sun. 9-5 414 - 2nd Ave. PLANT SALE! Many perennials for sun or shade, garden vegetables, flower planters & baskets, annuals, houseplants, new clay pots, all reasonably priced Friday 8-3pm Saturday 8-noon Three Family Sale 1417 W. River St. Lots of children clothing size 3x- 6x women clothing & lots of misc. items.

Too much to mention!

Friday 8-5 722 S. College Huge 8 family sale!

Loads of brand new misc. household items. Scrub tops & pants XS3XL. Name brand jeans, clothes - all sizes NB-3XL mens & womens, baby items, QVC items, books, DVD's. Too much to list! Must come to see!!

Sat. May 23, 9-4 312 Birch Lane Moving Sale Mens 26” bicycle, exc. cond. Floral sofa, 10gal. fish tank, pool table, player piano, traditional dining room set with 8 chairs, parrot cage.

Sat. only, 8-1 1803 White Pines Drive (off Kilgore) Infant & toddler girls clothes, patio set, home décor, tools, baby equipment and misc.

Sat. only, 9-3 1192 Lost Nation Road PRE-MOVING/ YARD SALE Good variety for Dad, Mom, kids baby and “fido”.

3.3 mi. from cement plant to 1192 Lost Nation Rd., left (North) side of road.

No early sales.

Saturday, 7-1 1225 Brigadoon Dr. Antiques, glassware, salt & pepper and bell collection, lots of misc. Very large sale. 11-1, 1/2 price.

FRANKLIN GROVE GARAGE SALES 624 Fri. 9-6 & Sat. 8-2 103 Sycamore St. Moving Sale Everything must go Household goods, furniture, glassware, garden tools, odds and ends!

LEAF RIVER GARAGE SALES 624 Antique Sale May 23rd 2-4 202 Main St. Leaf River, 61047

LEE CENTER GARAGE SALES 624 Thurs., Fri., Sat. 8-5 1123 & 1143 Inlet Rd. Others in town and lots to offer. Cedar Chest, Furniture, dishes, knick knacks, memorabilia, and many other items.

ROCK FALLS GARAGE SALES 624 221 Ave C. Thurs., Fri., & Saturday 8-4 HUGE ESTATE SALE Crosscut saws, lots of craft supplies, beads, lots of sea shells, old books, knick knacks, figurings, pottery, wall decor, pictures, lots of fabric, crocheted blankets/ pillows, glassware, mirrors, chalk ware, old AVON, curtains, drapes, sewing machines & lots of misc.

Fri. & Sat. 8-2 502 W. 20th St. Huge 2 Family Sale home décor, purses, some furniture, household items, & other misc. items Fri.-Sun., 8-4, 1803 4th Ave. 2 Family Sale. Lots of clothes, furniture and lots more!

Friday 8-11:30 & Saturday 8-1 708 Marsha Lane Mens & womens clothing, toddlerboy clothing, fisher price toys, radio Flyer Scooters & misc. home goods Sat. 8-12, Sun. 9-2 1529 8th Ave. (around back) Baby items, 3T-8 boys clothes, girls Jr. girls, 4-10, mens M-L, ladies L-XL, toys, misc.

IN CASE OF RAIN CANCEL. Saturday 8-1 1000 Charles St. Cleaning out basement and garage.

Miscellaneous Items Galore!!

Don't Miss This Sale!

Saturday 8-2pm 29020 Blue Heron Dr (4 mi. south on RT 40) Little Dog products, flat screen computer monitor, baby gate, home décor, pans, scrubs, clothes – kids thru adults, lots of misc.

Saturday 8-4 2207 Steven St. BAKED GOODS, “COUPONER'S DEALS” Lg. heavy rocker, old army coat, men & womens clothing to XXL, shoes bedding, flags, household items, toys and swing set.

STERLING GARAGE SALES 624 Fri. & Sat. 7-?

603 W 7th St. Clothes for all ages, DVD's, video games, car audio, a lot of misc.

Friday 9am-3pm 1728 North Street (behind Walgreens) ½ Off Sale!!

We've had a few sales, But this is our last.

Now all is ½ off So things will go fast!

LARGE Inside Memorial Day Sale Fri., Sat., Sun.& Mon., 11-4 Early SalesThurs. after 9am.

Come Early for Best Prices!

Bizarre Americana 609 W. Third St.

By Steel Worker's Credit Union bottom Ave. G Bridge Twin, full, queen, king beds. 38ft. 5th wheel empty enclosed race trailer, new queen bed air mattress, new split boxes for qu. Bed, patio table w/umbrella, swivel rockers, 2 sets 5pc.

Sectionals, elec. hospital bed, air conditioners, sofas, recliners, table, elec. stove, small china hutch, side by side refrig., chest of drawers & dressers, love seat, headboards, coffee table, end tables, lamps, tall bookcases, TV's, DVD player, lg. table & 6 chairs, leather dbl. recline sofa, matching sofa & love seat, washers & dryers, sofa sleeper, table & 4 swivel chairs, microwave, 32” & 27” TV's. Much more!

815-718-4385.

Sat. & Sun. 8-?

803 W. 10th St. Antique glassware, clocks, toys, Barbies & other collectibles, old deglass, pression lamps, kerosene old dolls, old plates & other misc. items Sat. 8-3 Sun. 9-12 2103 Reno Rd. Multi-Family Sale Girl's baby clothes, 3 mo. - 24 mo., baby items, toys, misc. glass art, & other misc. items.

Sat. only 8-2 1608 E. 18 th St. 2 sales next to each other. like new kerosene heater, new table umbrella, juicer, edge trimmer, play pen, exercise bike, porLongberger, table DVD player, clothes, purses & usual misc.

Sat. only, 8-1 Moonlight Bay Lane PLANT SALE Perennials, Hostas, Flox, Tiger Lilies, Sedum, Iris Daisies, Feverfew, Black Eye Susan and more! Also hanging and indoor plants.

Saturday 8-?

813 W 18th St. Huge Sale Furniture, house décor, bedding, accesjewelry, sories, ladies L, XL & Plus, & Jrs. XS-S Saturday 9-3 1006 8th Ave. BETTER THAN A GARAGE SALE, GARAGE SALE!!!

Moving Sale/ Multi Family!!!

Great decorating items old and new, many pictures, bolts of fabrics, etc!! Wood shop equip. Flash wing flyer 1940-50's sled, older ping pong and pool table, int. harvester fridge.

Not just junk!!

Need to come to see, don't miss out on this one!!

Fri. 9-7 & Sat. 9-5 Downsizing/ Estate/In-Home Tag Sale 1208 Riverview Rd. (40th Ave) Off Woodlawn Rd. ANOTHER HOUSE FULL! Craft supplies/fabric, 100+ Boyd Bears, linens, Longa- berger/ other baskets, books, crystal, lots of glassware, crocks, country décor, lawn and garden, tools, ice cream table set, ladder back chairs, other furnishings, décor, lots more!

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by Sauk Valley Estate Sales Pics & more @ estatesales.ne Thurs., Fri. 10-3 & Sat. 9-5 16418 Prairieville Rd. (on corner of Rt. 2 and Prairieville Rd.) Liquidation Estate Sale!!!!!!!!

Maternity clothes, all sizes, womens clothes size medium to XL, dishes, kitchen items, knick-knacks, flea market items, books, day bed, furniture,old Beta VHS with assorted Beta movies, bedding, afghans, crochet supplies, craft supplies, DVDs, VHS movies, desks, sofas, chrome retail clothes racks, brass plated under bed pedestal frames asst sizes Q,K,F,T, wooden Extension ladders, microwaves, Oak hollow core doors, Oak bi-fold door , Aluminum storm door NEW!!!!, Xmas stuff, glass bookshelf, HD outdoor antennae, Costume jewelery, shoes, Mens 3x, wardrobes, water beds, older gas stove, projection TV,sewing stuff, Golf bag, asst Dimensional lumber.

TOO MUCH TO LIST HERE 40 hp Mahindra 4110 Utility tractor with 72 inch rear finish mower, Club Car utility sidebyside. COME TAKE A LOOK, NO REASONABLE OFFERS REFUSED

TAMPICO GARAGE SALES 624 Sat. only, 8-4 22477 Star Rd. Moto-cross gear, baby items, Harley jacket, shoes, clothes, Bake Sale and a little bit of everything!

WOOSUNG GARAGE SALES 624 Saturday only 8-?

Right on Rt. 26 WOOSUNG MULTIPLE SALES Don't Miss This!

Motorcycles, Golf Carts, Tools, etc.

Something for Everyone!

Too much too list!!

ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES 705 I Buy: Antiques, collectibles, toys, post cards, etc.

815-445-6151.

GUNS & ARCHERY

706

Illinois Concealed Carry Class May 23rd & 24th in Amboy 16 hour Class Call Mike Koppien 815-440-0675 to sign up

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NEW TODAY For Sale: Frigidaire Stove, $100; Allure Range Hood $15; MiPanasonic crowave $25; ReBreadmaker gal $20. 815-499-3444

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King size adjustable bed by Leggett & Platt, 2 remotes (1 wireless). As is. Smoke free home. $1800.

815-590-0383.

Lg. executive desk with 5 side drawers $200; desk with 3 side drawers on each side $50; oblong coffee table with glass top $75; large corn boil pots- very heavy $50. 815-631-5054 Mattress sets: Twin $99, Full $129, Queen $159, King $199. Will deliver! Kern Mattress Outlet, call 309452-7477.

PETS & PET SUPPLIES 775 8 week old kittens, litter trained. Free to good home.

815-535-5493 or 815-718-5703 Cat- neutered male Aprox. 3yrs old.

Needs special loving indoor home.

Owner passed away.815-535-7061

Nice spayed cat, 3yrs old. Free to good home from elderly man. 815499-3131.

PETSMART DOG TRAINING CLASSES Puppy to Adult Beginner to Advanced CGC/Therapy small classes indoors, A/C Sterling, IL Call for information.

815-564-0147 Purebred German pupShepherd pies, 7 wks. old, 1st shots & wormed. $650. Call Kathy at or 815-438-3704 815-590-2408.

Tiger kittens- 1 male, 3 females.

Free to good homes only. Very cute, litter trained.

815-590-4077.

Train, don't complain!

Dog Obedience Class Starting Mon. June 8, 6 pm.

4 week course $50 Sign up at Granny Rose Animal Shelter, 613 River Lane, Dixon Proof of vaccinations is required.

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