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Pet Supplies Plus leaving New store opening next month in Dixon

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

STERLING – Pet Supplies Plus is coming. And going.

The store in Northland Mall, 2900 East Lincolnway, will close at 6 p.m.

June 8.

The new store previously announced

for the County Market/Shopko shopping center in the 1300 block of North Galena Avenue in Dixon will open June 11.

Parent company Quincy-based Niemann Foods also owns County Market and Save-A-Lot, and traditionally, it likes to have those stores near one another, Gerry Kettler,

Niemann’s director of consumer affairs, said in an interview Thursday.

“We thought long and hard about [relocating to Dixon],” Kettler said. “I think a lot of the customers will follow us.”

While the Northland Mall location will close June 8, all but one of its employees will be on the staff at the Dixon store, slated to open June 11.

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Wheels in motion on owner’s license Committee satisfied with progress made on code violations

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

Photos by Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com

ABOVE: Two Washington Elementary School students hold on tight Thursday morning while RE/MAX balloon team members Pat Hall (left) and Bill Baker demonstrate the strength of the balloon material.

Students at the Sterling school learned all about hot air balloons, and even got a chance to walk inside of one.

RIGHT: Students walk inside of the RE/MAX hot air balloon, which was partially inflated Thursday inside the Washington Elementary School gymnasium.

ROCK FALLS – The city moved one step closer to renewing the operating license of beleaguered mobile home park owner Terry Helt.

City Building Inspector Mark Searing told the Ordinance and Licensing Committee Thursday that Helt has addressed an overwhelming majority of the building code violations cited at the Easy Living Trailer Park at 1507 W. Route 30.

“Terry has made progress by leaps and bounds,” Searing said. “Overall, I’d say we’re about 90 percent there.”

The committee agreed that Searing would call Helt the first week in June to set up an inspection. If all goes well, Helt’s license will be renewed.

Helt has been without a business license for the trailer park since his expired May 1. At that time, Helt received a letter from the city telling him that a new license would not be issued until a list of city and fire code violations at the park were corrected.

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1 Music students play at Woodlawn STERLING – Music students from Woodlawn Arts Academy will perform at 7 p.m. today in the J. Mark Beaty Performance Center at the academy, 3807 Woodlawn Road.

Admission is free and open to the public.

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Fourth Fridays in Sterling

STERLING – Fourth Fridays, with its new slogan – “Think Local. Buy Local.

Be Local.” – is today. Many participating businesses host cultural happenings, and there are special activities, events and savings opportunities to be found all day. Go to http://www.sterlingmainstreet.org/fourthfridays/ for a list of participating businesses, specials and events.

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Mayfest in Mount Carroll

MOUNT CARROLL – The 33rd annual Mayfest Music, Arts, and Sports Festival is today through Sunday. Entry buttons are $8 during the festival, and are required inside the fenced area that encloses the performance stage area and the Rotary Beer and Wine Garden.

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The Classes of 2014 at Sterling and Rock Falls high schools will graduate into the real world, or college, Sunday. The ceremony for Rock Falls seniors begins at 1 p.m. at Hinders Field, and the Sterling commencement begins at 3 p.m. at the school.

DIXON – Eastman School of Dance will present its 44th annual spring recital, “Dance! Dance! Dance!,” at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the Dixon High School auditorium, 300 Lincoln Statue Drive. Doors will open at 6 p.m. Tickets are $15 and will be available at the door the evening of the performance. Children younger than 4 get in free.

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A major outage with Comcast Digital Voice service played havoc with some area phones Thursday afternoon, according to an automatic Comcast message and an outage map.

Some calls to Comcast customers were met with an oddly nostalgic, “please deposit 25 cents ...� message. Other calls simply went without a ring, and so were not answered.

Late Thursday afternoon, the map showed an affected area covering

a large portion of north central and northeastern Illinois, along with spots in southern Wisconsin, eastern Michigan, northern and central Indiana and a few states father south. By Thursday night, most of those problem areas had been cleared, including all reported

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Comcast was working to restore service as quickly as possible, the message said.

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At 6,000 square feet, the new space immediately south of County Market, once occupied by Dollar Video, is smaller than the 11,500-square-foot shop that opened in May 2010 at the mall. It still will employ 10 to 15 fulland part-time workers, though, Kettler said.

And no one will be out of a job. All but one Sterling

employee will transfer to the Dixon shop, which is about 11 miles away. The worker who is not moving with the pet store will be picked up by County Market in Sterling, Kettler said.

In addition to food, cages, accessories and the like, Pet Supplies Plus also sells fish, small mammals, reptiles and birds.

Several calls to the Northland Mall office to find out if there are plans

for the empty space went unanswered Thursday.

Pet Supplies Plus is the second store to leave the mall and head to Dixon.

Hibbett Sporting Goods opened a store in the Walmart Supercenter plaza in Dixon in September, then closed its Northland store in February.

Dunham’s Sports, a national sporting goods chain, is moving into the mall, as is Rue 21, a clothing store. Both are

expected to open in late summer or early fall.

Kirlin’s Hallmark, one of the mall’s original tenants, also closed in February. Its parent company, Quincy-based Kirlin’s Inc., also shut down stores in Elk Grove and Akron, Ohio.

Accents, a local gift shop, is for sale and will close early next year if a buyer cannot be found, retiring owner Margaret Zumdahl has said.

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Tenants received copies of the letter saying that it corrections were not made in 7 days, the park would be forced to cease operations.

The most significant public safety concern on the list was electrical work, including several old meter bases that needed to be replaced.

Some of the meters also were closer to the trailers than the minimum 3 feet required by code.

Another serious problem was several sheds that had been built too close to the trailers, in

violation of the International Fire Code. “I got rid of most of the sheds – just had to burn them, and took them to the landfill,� Helt said.

Searing said he went through the park again Wednesday, and only “odds and end� were left to address. Included are putting screens in windows, completing work on railings and steps, and two remaining sheds. “All of the life and safety issues are taken care of,�

Searing said. “The last meter should now be finished, and the electrician will be back next week for a couple of minor things.�

Helt said the tenants have been cooperative

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with the public nuisance problems. “The garbage is all picked up, and they are still working on weeds,�

Helt said.

Helt said he was pleased with the city’s decision, and he is determined to make sure the code problems don’t resurface. “The city said if we made a difference, they’d reconsider, and they kept their word,� Helt said. “Going forward, I’m not gonna get in this pinch again.�

Helt said he plans to crack down on uncooperative tenants. He also plans to improve the landscaping with frequent mowing and flower planting.

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“I’ve got good people here, I just have to get after them to keep there lawns mowed and pick up the garbage,� Helt said.

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City still refining proposed semitrailer routes Second public meeting to be held Tuesday

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DIXON – In an effort to spare city streets, roads and bridges, Dixon is

working on approved routes for semitrailers to get through the city.

A public meeting was held Thursday night at the Public Safety Building with representatives from the city, the Dixon Police Department and the street department.

After a second public meeting at 9 a.m. Tuesday at the Public Safety

See the proposed route online 6ISIT SHAWURL COM MO TO SEE THE SEMITRAILER ROUTE Building, 220 S. Hennepin Ave., an ordinance will be sent to the City Council for approval, which City Administrator David Nord said is likely to happen in July.

The ordinance, and the routes, are being estab-

lished to reduce the damage done to city bridges, roads and curbs and to reduce the amount of semitrailer traffic downtown.

The ordinance, according to the city’s presentation Thursday night, will only

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affect 4- or 5-axle semitrailers, and the height, length and width of the semitrailers is the issue.

Among the approved routes, as of Thursday night, is state Route 26, state Route 2 and state Route 52, as well as portions of Seventh Street, West First Street and North Brinton Avenue.

The streets downtown included as useable routes are Galena Avenue; Second Street from Galena Avenue west and eastbound West First Street to Peoria Avenue and then across the bridge.

Approved routes for the semitrailers will be marked with signs, which show the back of the semitrailer and a green circle.

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Barber brothers believe in tradition State’s attorneys now must release Veteran retiring after 52 years in public records cutting business

BY DENNIS YOHNKA The Kankakee Daily Journal

MANTENO (AP) – The changing of the guard in Manteno’s barber shops has gone smoothly: no nicks, no gouges, no waiting.

The brothers Pasquale and Adriano Summa moved into their new downtown location, unaware that veteran Bob Clodi was about to announce the end of his 52-year cutting career in December. But there were no clipper wars, not even a close shave. “I’m loving retirement.

It’s wonderful. I don’t know how I had time to work,� Clodi said. “This week, I’ve been painting the porch. And I’m going to see my grandkids’ games. It was the right time to retire.� “The only hair I’m going to cut now will be my kids’ and grandkids’,� he said. “I used to dread cutting them, because I was tired after a full day at work.

Now, I look forward to it.�

The Summa brothers bring the same attitude. They say they first dreamed of owning a shop together in barber college, and a mainstreet shop in Manteno is perfect, despite the 25-minute drive from their homes in Frankfort. “We come from a long family of barbers,� said Pasquale, 29. “Our grandfather, our uncles and a cousin were barbers. And there were beauticians, too.�

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Adriano (left) and Pasquale Summa moved into their new downtown Manteno location, unaware that veteran barber Bob Clodi was about to announce the end of his 52-year cutting career in December. While the Summas come from a different generation than Clodi, they offer some old-fashioned services, including a full shave with a straight razor and hot towels. “We want to investigate it more,� said Adriano, 26. “We don’t know how many more there might be.�

While the Summas come from a different generation than Clodi, they offer some old-fashioned services, including a full shave with a straight razor and hot towels. “We want to do it all, old-fashioned to new fashioned,� Adriano said. “We’ll shave in the graphics for the kids, if that’s what they want. Or we’ll do the old-fashioned cut with a razor trim around the edges.�

To show their commit-

ment to multiple generations, they offer a $24 father-son combination deal. “And we offer a $10 haircut to anyone 65 or older. They’ve worked hard enough.

They deserve a break,�

Pasquale said.

The brothers said their search for the right location began with some investigative trips, starting in Monee and heading south. They liked Manteno for the potential growth they saw. Clodi’s retirement and the loss of barbers in Beecher and Bradley just made it a little better.

For Clodi, Manteno felt right after he first tested his skills in Kankakee. “I was a Cabery kid, and Kankakee was a little too big for me,� he said. “A guy said I ought to try Manteno, and I liked it here.�

He started when haircuts were $2, and he became something of an expert on the classic flattop style. “I can tell you this: I didn’t go one day in my whole career when I didn’t do a flat-top,� he said, adding that he’s happy the Summas are “real� barbers, not hair stylists.

Last year, Sauk Valley Media reported about a Sterling man who was unhappy with the Whiteside County state’s attorney’s office for plea-bargaining lesser charges against two men accused of beating him.

The state’s attorney’s office said it had several witnesses who claimed that the assault was not accurately represented by the victim.

But State’s Attorney Trish Joyce denied SVM’s Freedom of Information Act request for those witness statements. She cited an appellate court ruling that state’s attorney offices aren’t public bodies subject to the open information law.

Thursday, the Illinois Supreme Court reversed that ruling.

In a unanimous ruling, the state’s highest court declared state’s attor-

Trish Joyce

neys are subject to Illinois public-records law.

That forces county prosecutors to release public records under the FOIA. The law is intended to improve government transparency.

The case began when a reporter asked for emails between employees in the Kendall County State’s Attorney’s office.

The office denied the request, claiming it was part of the judicial branch of government, which is exempt from the act.

State’s attorneys prosecute crime but also act as lawyers for county boards, advising officials on zoning issues, contracts and more.

In addition to Joyce, Lee County State’s Attorney Anna SaccoMiller and Ogle County top prosecutor Mike Rock were among those who no longer released records to requesters.

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DIXON – The Dixon PADS Homeless Shelter will have a fundraiser next month at the Dixon VFW Hall.

The fundraiser will be from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Sunday, June 22, and include a taco bar, music, raffles and a dunk tank, said Vanessa White, the shelter’s board president.

The raffles will include a 50/50 raffle, an 18-hole golf outing for two at Lost Nation Golf Club, an air

compressor, and a gas hedge trimmer, among other items, White said.

Music at the VFW Hall, 1560 Franklin Grove Road, will be from 1 to 7 p.m. and include performances by Rout 38, Mandy Lance, and Harmonic Movement,

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Admission cost to the fundraiser is $10.

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OBITUARIES Daniel F. McGowan GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Daniel Francis McGowan, 62, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, passed away peacefully Tuesday, May 20, 2014, surrounded by his family. Dan was a lifelong resident of Dixon, who recently moved north to marry the love of his life, Jeanine Marie Devlin McGowan.

At 18 years of age, he began a career in mental health at the former Dixon Developmental Center. His profound respect for all people, including those with developmental disabilities, brought him notice. He was selected to become a mental health specialist, who trained others in best practices with the developmentally disabled.

When DDC closed in 1984, Dan transferred to Singer Mental Health Center and devoted his energies to individuals with mental illness. His role there included work reintegrating seniors in the community, and later managing a unit of residents, who were dangerously mentally ill. He was passionate in his respect for others, and he worked tirelessly to maximize quality of life for all his clients. He rounded out his career at the Guardianship and Advocacy Commission, where for 5 years he represented wishes and bests interests of individuals unable to advocate for themselves.

This was Daniel’s favorite segment of a career of impacting lives, those he represented, as well as his colleagues.

Dan loved sports, focusing on softball and umpiring in his early

years, and whittling down his golf handicap in more recent years.

Anyone who knew Dan knew that he was forever loyal to the Chicago Cubs, Green Bay Packers, Boston Celtics, and Chicago Blackhawks.

He attended college later in life and was proud of his Bachelor of Arts degree from Western Illinois University.

However, his crowning achievement was his two children, Daniel John (Christina) and Amanda Marie (Matthew) Wriggins.

He also is survived by his stepchildren, Jonna (Devlin) Moll and Brendan Devlin; grandchildren, Rayleigh (Paul) Hutschenreuter and Shayna McGowan, Zane Matthew Wriggins, and Jeremy and Austin Bonine; and greatgrandchildren, Joshua and Asher Hutschenreuter. Also left to mourn his passing are his brothers, Donald, Mike (Holly), and Tim (Patrick), and his big sis, Peggy Amenda, along with his many Devlin inlaws. He will be missed dearly by all nieces and nephews, cousins, and their families, along with many cherished friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Donald Francis and Mary Lou (Kelly) McGowan, his sister-inlaw, Sandra McGowan, and his brother-in-law, Bob Amenda.

A memorial will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Frontline Church, 4411 Plainfield Ave. NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49525.

A grand celebration of his life will be at 11 a.m.

June 14 at the pavilion at Elks Page Park in Dixon.

Floyd A. Toppert ROCK FALLS – Floyd A. Toppert, 80, of Rock Falls, formerly of Prophetstown, died Wednesday, May 21, 2014, at his home. He worked at John Deere in East Moline from 1955 until his retirement in 1985, and at Self Help Enterprises in Sterling for more than 15 years.

Floyd was born Sept.

9, 1933, in Harmon, the son of Ernest and Darlene (Bain) Toppert. He served in the Army from 1953 to 1955. He married Rita Jean Wirth on June 15, 1957, in Prophetstown. He was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church in Tampico.

Survivors include his wife; two sons, Bryan (Cruzita) Toppert of Rock Falls and David (Lori) Toppert of Tampico; three grandchildren; one sister, Geraldine

Richardson; his motherin-law, Genevieve Wirth; and one sister-in-law, Rhonda Stahl.

He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, George Toppert and Burdette Toppert.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m., with the rosary recited at 7 p.m., Monday at Bosma-Gibson Funeral Home in Prophetstown.

The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Mary Catholic Church in Tampico, with the Rev. Thomas Dzielak, pastor, officiating. Interment will be at Riverside Cemetery in Prophetstown.

Memorials have been established to Hospice of the Rock River Valley, Self Help Enterprises, and St. Mary Catholic Church in Tampico.

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Harold E. ‘Sonny’ ‘Sarge’ Van Horn Jr. HARMON – Harold E. Van Horn Jr., 74, of Harmon, died Wednesday, May 21, 2014, at his home.

Harold was born Oct. 29, 1939, in Sterling, the son of Harold and Ethel (Manon) Van Horn. He served in the Army during the Korean and Vietnam wars. Harold was employed at Northwestern Steel and Wire Co. for 25 years. He married Betty JoAnn Basham on Sept. 14, 1969, in Hopewell, Virginia. She preceded him in death on April 13, 2001.

Survivors include three daughters, Angela Van Horn of Walnut, and Kayla (Brad) Lewis and Pamela Nutt-Jones, both of Rock Falls; two sons, Frank (Teresa) Van Horn of Willow Springs, Missouri, and Brett (Shellie) Nutt of Rock Falls; three sisters, Virginia Bass of Rock Falls, and Diane Anderson and

Sally (Keith) Reul, both of Mesa, Arizona; three brothers, Steve Van Horn of Mesa, Jack (Kathy) Van Horn of Rock Falls, and Jay Van Horn of Como; 10 grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren.

He also was preceded in death by his parents; two sons, Danny and Carl Lee; two sisters, Joyce Bass and Sandy Timmons; one brother, Roger Van Horn; and one grandson.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Dalmus Meeks of Harvest Time Bible Church in Rock Falls officiating. Burial with military honors will be at Coloma Township Cemetery in Rock Falls.

A memorial has been established.

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Rodney L. Williams FRANKLIN GROVE – Rodney L. Williams, 58, of Franklin Grove, formerly of Assumption, passed away Sunday, May 18, 2014, at KSB Hospital in Dixon.

Rodney was born Jan. 30, 1956, in Olney, the son of Floyd and Eileen (Loy) Williams. He married Cynthia K. Moore on Oct. 25, 1975. A graduate of Moweaqua High School, Rodney earned his associate’s degree in applied science from Lakeland College in Mattoon. He began working for BorgWarner until 1996, then for Hamilton Sundstrand until his death.

Rod enjoyed hunting, fishing, and spending time with family.

He was very proud of his sons. He served as a Boy Scout leader for many years and saw his sons become Eagle Scouts. He was a member of Central Christian Church of Dixon.

Surviving is his wife, Cindy Williams of Franklin Grove; three sons, Rodney L. (girlfriend, Erin Miller)

Williams Jr. of Dixon, Russell L. (Angela) Williams of Moweaqua, and Randy L. Williams of Franklin Grove; four grandchildren, Abby Williams of Dixon and Jasmine Williams, Bradley Williams, and Christian Smedley, all of Moweaqua; brother, Tommy W. (Nila) Williams of Newton; and sisters, Bonnie (Cloyce) Goss of Oblong, and Barbara (Kendall) Delahunt of Newton.

He was preceded in death by his parents and sister, Wilma Ferol.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Crain Funeral Home in Newton. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with Brother Bill Ikemire officiating.

Burial will be at Headyville Cemetery in rural Jasper County.

Friends may call from 11 a.m. to noon Monday and a local memorial service will be at noon Monday at Grace Fellowship Church in Ashton.

Larry L. Scroggins S T E R L I N G – Larry Lynn Scroggins, 70, formerly of Rock Falls, died Wednesday, May 21, 2014, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Larry was born Feb. 22, 1944, in the village of Palmyra, to Carl Russel and Ada Gene (Austin) Scroggins. He proudly served in the Air Force as a master sergeant from 1963 to 1984.

Larry married Beverly Tresness on Dec. 17, 1974, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Larry was the past commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8713. He loved his family and his country. He was an avid fisherman and enjoyed the outdoors.

Survivors include his wife, Beverly; five daughters, Lori Scroggins-Licocci of Sterling, Kari (Fred) Scroggins Halcomb of Clinton, Iowa, Stacie Scroggins of Sterling, JoAnn (Bill Balmer) Hart of Horseheads, New York, and Kristie (Jessie) Greeno of Williston, Florida; two sons, Larry Lynn (Tawnia) Scroggins II of Forks, Washington, and Brian (Tina) Hart of Thonotosassa, Florida; two sisters, Linda (Tom)

Appel of Rock Falls and Debra (Bob) Owens of Como; one brother, Gene (Pat) Scroggins of Dixon; one sister-in-law, Charlene Holmes of Florida; 13 grandchildren, Ryan (Racheal Quintero) Walsh, Monica (Chad Molina) Walsh, Anthony Licocci, Austin Halcomb, Alexis Halcomb, Rhett Scroggins, Mason Berge, Kellen Berge, Andrew Mock, Kendra (Dustin Ryan) Noah, Samantha Hart, Josh Torneby, and Emma Torneby; four greatgrandchildren, Averielle Molina, Adalynne Molina, Kayleigh Ryan, and Alice Torneby; and four nephews, Charles Lilly, Terry Lilly, David Appel, and Shawn Jacobs.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Kay Lilly; and one grandson, Ronnie Scroggins.

Cremation rites will be accorded by McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory in Rock Falls. A private family gathering will be held. Burial of ashes will be at a later date at Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, Florida.

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ILLINOIS | MILLIONAIRES TAX

Proposal for surcharge resurrected Lawmakers could vote on it today SPRINGFIELD (AP) – Powerful Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan on Thursday resurrected a proposed ballot measure to impose a tax surcharge on millionaires that had earlier failed to win broad support, in a move Republicans criticized as abdicating to voters the job of dealing with tough issues such as tax increases.

Madigan’s latest effort comes as the House grapples with another tax issue – whether to make Illinois’ temporary income tax permanent or approve a 2015 budget that doesn’t rely on that revenue but could cut billions from programs such as social services and education.

Democratic Rep. Greg Harris of Chicago, a House budget negotiator, said lawmakers could vote as early as today on a proposed spending plan that supporters of the income tax hike have dubbed the “doomsday� budget.

Madigan instructed lawmakers to draft the budget after he said it became clear he didn’t have the support to extend the income tax increase, which is set to roll back in January. He’s said it’s possible the budget could serve as motivation for lawmakers reluctant to raise taxes in an election year to do so.

If the budget fails, lawmakers could try

again to approve the tax increase.

Madigan’s Thursday proposal on the millionaire’s tax would put a nonbinding question on the November ballot asking voters whether the state should place a 3 percent surcharge on annual personal income over $1 million. It could join several other referendums that Democrats and Republicans hope will drive voter turnout in a nationally watched governor’s race.

Madigan told a panel that approved the proposal by a 6-4 vote he would have preferred to advance it another way.

But his effort earlier this year to get a binding measure on the ballot to increase taxes on millionaires failed to get the three-fifths majority necessary in the Legislature.

Madigan said the tax would raise $1 billion annually for elementary and secondary education. The money would be distributed to schools based on the number of students they serve.

Republicans on the panel questioned the strategy of lawmakers shunting tough decisions directly to the voters. “Isn’t there a genuine concern that the tough issues that legislators should deal with ... are being handled by voters?� state Rep. David Harris of Arlington Heights asked, referring to the host of measures which could be on the November ballot.

Unlike some states such as California, Illinois does not have a history of voters deciding issues by ballot initiative.

VETERANS CARE

Is there a ‘culture of corruption’?

Kirk seeks probe of hospital claims CHICAGO (AP) – U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk said Thursday that there is new evidence of a “culture of corruption� at a veterans hospital in suburban Chicago and that a federal investigation of the facility should examine whether any alleged delays in treatment contributed to the deaths of patients.

After pressure from the Illinois Republican and others, the inspector general for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs expanded a nationwide investigation to include the Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital west of Chicago.

The claims of an effort to cover up delays in patient appointments at Hines have come from VA social worker and union representative Germaine Clarno.

Similar allegations first surfaced in Phoenix last month and prompted an investigation of more than two dozen VA medical facilities nationwide.

Among Clarno’s new allegations is a claim that in a rush to meet a required 14-day deadline for appointments, veterans were brought in for group consultations or informational

sessions but did not actually see doctors or receive medical care.

Hospital spokeswoman Charity Hardison would not respond to the specific allegations but said in an emailed statement that the hospital’s director was taking the claims seriously and supports the investigation. “If the allegations are true, the inappropriate behavior is unacceptable and employees will be held accountable,� the statement said.

Hines Director Joan Ricard has denied Clarno’s original allegations that there was a secret patient waitlist and said that she was not aware of any occurrences of data manipulation.

Kirk said Thursday that his office also obtained an internal memo Ricard wrote to employees in which she pleads with them to follow the rules on scheduling, and the senator contends it amounts to an acknowledgement she was aware of problems at Hines. “It’s evidence of a culture of corruption at Hines VA,� Kirk said in a phone interview.

The memo was dated May 8, after the allegations surfaced in Phoenix but before Clarno came out with claims against Hines.

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ROCK ISLAND | THE SHELEY TRIAL

Juror’s dismissal delays testimony Three alternate jurors remain for murder trial

BY CHRISTI WARREN cwarren@saukvalley.com

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ROCK ISLAND – A male juror in Nicholas Sheley’s third murder trial was dismissed Thursday morning after another juror overheard him saying the defense didn’t have a case.

Testimony in the fourth day of the trial was delayed for almost 2 hours while Judge Jeffrey O’Connor and both parties questioned the juror, whom he later dismissed for his comment, and the woman who heard him say it.

The female alternate juror who heard the man talking about the case approached a bailiff Wednesday afternoon, and as soon as court let out for the day, the bailiff told O’Connor.

During questioning Thursday morning, the woman said she thought the comment was “inappropriate,� and she thought others did, too, because once the man said it, the room fell silent.

The comment, she said, was made during a conversation about why jurors were abruptly excused Wednesday afternoon.

The woman said that

Defense attorney Jeremy Karlin (left) and Assistant Attorney General Bill Elward look over a photo that was submitted for evidence during Thursday’s murder trial of Nicholas Sheley at the Rock Island County Justice Center.

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Nicholas Sheley walks into the courtroom Thursday at the Rock Island County Justice Center for the fourth day of testimony in his murder trial. Sheley is on trial for the June 2008 deaths of Brock Branson, 29, his girlfriend, Kilynna Blake, 20, her 2-year-old son, Dayan, and Kenneth Ulve, 25, in Rock Falls.

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another alternate juror, also a woman, replied that it was because the attorneys were “bickering,� and they didn’t want jurors to be present for that.

It was then that the man apparently said, “Without discussing any details of the case, it’s all the defense has.�

When he was brought in for questioning Thursday, the man told O’Connor that he didn’t remember saying anything like that to anyone in particular, but that sometimes he thinks out loud and might have said

something to the effect of “the defense doesn’t have a case.�

Under questioning from Assistant Attorney General Bill Elward, the man said that he could keep his “mind open� and his “mouth shut.�

After the juror left the room, defense attorney Jeremy Karlin called for a mistrial, or, he said, at the very least the juror should be dismissed for cause.

O’Connor, then, did dismiss the juror, and one of the alternate jurors was asked to sit in his place.

There are three alternates left.

Nineteen witnesses were called to testify Thursday about the Galesburg murder of Ronald Randall, 65, for which Sheley was convicted in September 2011, and to the chain of custody for the evidence from that murder and the hours that led up to it. Some of the evidence from the Galesburg murder, prosecutors say, links Sheley to the Rock Falls killings of Brock Branson, 29; his girlfriend, Kilynna Blake, 20; her 2-year-old

son, Dayan; and Kenneth Ulve, 25.

They say the blue work shirt with the initials “A.J.� and a pair of khaki shorts investigators found in a bedroom in the Rock Falls apartment are the same items of clothing Sheley stole from an Illinois Oil Co. employee, and then wore to kill Ronald Randall. They also say that the two Newport cigarette butts found in that bedroom have his DNA on them and were purchased at a Galesburg gas station after he killed Randall.

Sheley is charged with

15 counts of first-degree murder in the the four Rock Falls deaths, and already is serving two life sentences for the Galesburg death and for the murder of Russell Reed, 93, of Sterling.

Sheley, 34, of Sterling, also is charged in the deaths of Arkansas couple Jill and Tom Estes, both 54, who were killed on June 29, 2008, in a hotel parking lot in Festus, Missouri.

After this trial is completed, Sheley will head to court there, where he could face the death penalty.

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GUEST COLUMN | FIXING ILLINOIS: THIRD IN A SERIES

Steps to a stronger economy in Illinois State must reduce the cost of doing business, put its fiscal house in order, attack corruption JAMES D. NOWLAN Toulon and J. THOMAS JOHNSON Springfield

The Illinois economy has been struggling. In January 2014, the state’s unemployment rate was 8.7 percent, second highest in the nation. From our employment peak in November 2000, Illinois lost 656,000 jobs and has regained only 257,000.

What can be done about our parlous situation?

We asked the experts – the state’s economic development professionals, the men and women who recruit businesses to their communities.

The 70 economic specialists who responded to our survey were blunt.

Illinois should, they said, take the following steps: Reduce workers’ compensation liability insurance costs.

Reduce the corporate income tax.

James D. Nowlan

J. Thomas Johnson

Put the state’s fiscal house in order.

Provide stability and predictability about the future, and Change the perception that Illinois is a corrupt state in which to do business.

As for workers’ compensation rates, the state needs to follow 29 other states by enacting a law that requires the workplace to be the prevailing or primary cause of an injury before claims are compensable.

At present, all that lawyers for the injured have to do is persuade an arbitrator that the workplace “might have� or “could

have been� a contributor to the injury, even if the injury occurred outside the workplace.

At 9.5 percent, the state’s corporate income tax rate is fourth highest in the nation and sticks out like a sore thumb.

For many foreign investors, the corporate tax rate is the most relevant tax in their investment decision. The rate should be reduced to no more than 7.3 percent, where it stood before the 2011 tax increases.

IN OTHER ESSAYS, we have discussed how to put the state’s fiscal house in order and provide stability and predictability. In sum, we should broaden our income and sales taxes to encompass faster-growing sources of revenue and reduce the rates of these taxes.

Three out of four of the respondents to our survey of economic develop-

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ment professionals said that perceptions of corruption in Illinois were either “a factor from time to time� or “an important, negative factor� in efforts to market their areas to businesses from out of state.

To change a culture of corruption over time will require such actions as creation of a permanent, high-profile state commission on turning “The Illinois Way� of doing business from a negative about corruption into a positive statement of integrity in government.

The campaign could include workshops on ethics for all newly elected local and state officials as well as increased emphasis on ethics in social science studies.

Illinois also has to do a better job of marketing itself to the world.

We have hundreds of fragmented, parochial economic development units in the Midwest that consider it a victory to attract business jobs from one commu-

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James D. Nowlan and J. Thomas Johnson

the nation in economic growth. We need to compete, not among ourselves, but with the world.

As for tax incentives, rather than award $150 million to keep a struggling, mature company in Illinois, our state would be much better off to grant $30,000 each to 5,000 startups to locate here, as entrepreneur Aksh Gupta has recommended.

nity to another, when that doesn’t increase the number of total jobs.

It would be better for Illinois to take the lead in developing a Midwestern version of the Southern Growth Policies Board.

A nonpartisan think tank, the Southern group focuses on innovation and technology, globalization, and the changing nature of the workforce.

Each year, the board releases a report on the future of the South.

Like Illinois, the Midwest has been lagging

ILLINOIS HAS GREAT strengths in infrastructure, location, and workforce talent. We must have more confidence in these strengths and in our capacity to market to the world.

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

Their book, “Fixing Illinois: Politics and Policy in the Prairie State�

(University of Illinois Press, May 2014, $19.95), is a primer on Illinois state government with 90-plus suggestions for change.

At 9.5 percent, the state’s corporate income tax rate is fourth highest in the nation and sticks out like a sore thumb.

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CARTOONIST’S VOICE

Dave Granlund, GateHouse News Service

Now for the ‘solar’ vortex: Keep summer safety in mind

W

ith an oppressive winter behind them, Sauk Valley residents are ready for the glorious days of summer.

But as the first holiday weekend of the season beckons, folks would be wise to keep safety in mind.

Yes, it’s true that we got through that “polar vortex� thing, but surviving the “solar vortex� – summer – takes some doing, too.

The Illinois Department of Public Health has put out a 42-page summer survival guide, available online, that lists as many summer hazards as its experts could find, and how to avoid them. “Summer? No Sweat� takes the reader through how to be safe when swimming at the beach or pool, bicycling, boat-

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ing, water skiing, and operating a jet ski.

Summer health hazards are discussed, such as sun exposure, heat-related conditions, home canning, food poisoning, rabies, mosquitoes, ticks, and stings from bees, wasps and hornets.

Don’t forget severe weather. Emergency preparedness measures are detailed, along with

how to react when tornadoes or floods threaten.

For those who care for lawns and gardens, the guide deals with hazards posed by lawn mowers, string trimmers, and hedge trimmers.

Summer and poison ivy, unfortunately, are synonymous. The guide reviews poisonous plants found in wooded areas and fields, mushrooms, trees, ornamentals, and plants around the house, flower garden, and vegetable garden.

The guide is filled with information and useful warnings, which should be taken to heart.

Memorial Day weekend beckons, as does the summer of 2014 right behind it. We encourage people to embrace safety in all their summer pursuits.

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Make a donation and wear your poppy proudly

didn’t. Because of them today, we can enjoy the freedom we take so much for granted.

Look for us today and Saturday (May 23-24), and wear your poppy proudly.

Note to readers: Vicki Conderman and Darlene Hinkle are the Poppy Day co-chairwomen.

DARLENE HINKLE and VICKI CONDERMAN residents of Amboy

Every year in May, the American Legion Auxiliary, along with the American Legion members throughout the country, pay tribute to our veterans by giving out Memorial Poppies.

The donations received go toward assisting our brave men and women who, through their sacrifice and dedication to our country, now need our support.

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We need to be there for those who are disabled, for those in VA hospitals and nursing homes, like they were there for us.

They made the ultimate sacrifice.

So please this year,

Make animal welfare a top priority always

when you stop to buy your doughnuts and other RICHARD ROWLAND treats, stop and make a Polo donation to show your I can guarantee that Mr. gratitude.

Don’t look the other Coburn, the owning partway. Thank heavens, our ner, wasn’t the only one service men and women with moist eyes while

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watching this magnificent horse, California Chrome, thunder down the stretch toward the finish line at the Preakness on Saturday.

I also can guarantee that there will be a lot of prayers said, and fingers crossed, when California Chrome enters the starting gate at Belmont.

But, let’s not forget, it takes the rest of the field to make a race. Our prayers should be for the welfare of all of those magnificent horses and their riders.

Horse racing is not without risk; we can all recall instances where horses, and riders, have been horribly injured.

However, we humans

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Let us know. Write your own letter to the editor and send it to: letters@saukvalley. com pull all the levers; the horse has no say in the affair. Not so for the jockey, for he can opt out at any time. So the horses race on, unaware of any fate that could befall them.

We should all bear this in mind when any type of animal is being exploited for the sole purpose of our entertainment. That animal welfare should be paramount is a no brainer.

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DAY TRIP

Exhibits open door to past Museum offers visitors chance to relive history

BY ANDREA MILLS amills@saukvalley.com

If you go What: The White City ...

Then and Now Where: Museum of Science and Industry, 5700 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago When: Tours 1 p.m. June 14 and 29, July 12 and 27, Aug. 9 and 24, plus fall and winter hours Museum open: 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily Cost: $35 for tour, plus museum admission of $18 for adults, $17 for 65 and older, and $11 for ages 3-11

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CHICAGO – The 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition was filled with marvels. Unfortunately, the fair has been over for a long time.

Thanks to the Museum of Science and Industry, however, it’s still possible to be part of the experience in a limited way. The White City ...

Then and Now is designed to take visitors back in time on a 90-minute learning adventure.

The tour begins in the museum with an interactive display of the exposition. Participants will use a 3D virtual simulation to see fair buildings. Then they will take a walking tour that will feature the historic aspects of the museum building, which was built for the exposition. It was called the Palace of Fine Arts. (The outside portion of the walk is not wheelchair-accessible.)

Included in the tour is information about those who made the White City important, some of the innovations that came out of the fair, and how those inventors and their discoveries still influence people today.

The White City isn’t the only tour that expands a visit to the museum. Another one centers on a submarine – U-505: InDepth Experience. The U-505 is the only German submarine captured by the U.S. Navy during World War II, and it has long made its home at the museum.

The event starts off with a continental breakfast, which is followed by an exhibit

What: U-505: In-depth Experience When: Tours 8 p.m. May 31, June 14 and 29, July 12 and 27, and Aug. 10 and 30, plus fall and winter hours.

Cost: $40, plus museum admission Information for both: Go to msichicago.org or call 773684-1414 Earth Explorers. It’s good for all ages, but requires an entrytime ticket above the basic admission fee. Explorer packages are available.

The exhibit takes visitors Joe Ziolkowski, Museum of Science and Industry to rainforests, polar regions, As part of the White City ... Then and Now tour, visitors to the Museum of Science and Industry in savannas, and more, with Chicago will take a walk around the outside of the museum to learn about the historic structure. It interactive displays. Among was built for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. the adventures is a visit to an arctic cabin where guests can guided tour and an interactive submarine veterans, who will timed-entry ticket, which can see if they have what it takes on-board tour. After the tour share their stories and answer be purchased in advance by to live in that environment. and before the sub opens to questions. The U-505 tour is calling the museum.

Where else could one take the public, participants will suitable for children 10 and After a special tour, there flight in a “hot air balloon” be able to look around the older. will be plenty to explore for an over Africa or step into “the submarine and the exhibit. An Both offerings require muse- entire day. One of the newer jungle” without leaving Illiadded treat is the presence of um admission, as well as a exhibits, open until Sept. 1, is nois? Be sure to check it out.

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Friday, June 6, 2014 at Dixon High School Cafeteria All cancer survivors are invited to celebrate life and the hope for a cure by joining in the Relay For Life of Lee County Survivor Dinner and Victory Lap. The Victory Lap symbolizes the courage survivors and their families display in their lives everyday! Walk with others who have beat or are fighting the disease in the opening Survivor Victory Lap, which starts at 7:00 pm.

Relay For Life is the American Cancer Society’s national signature event where teams spend the night honoring cancer survivors and remembering those who lost their battle from the disease. During the Relay event team members walk around the track throughout the night in hope that cancer will one day be eliminated.

In addition, LUMINARIA CEREMONY will be held at 9:30 p.m. to honor those who are winning the battle against cancer and those who have lost their battle to cancer.

We invite all cancer survivors and one guest to attend a Complimentary Dinner held on Friday, June 6 prior to the SURVIVOR’S VICTORY LAP At Dixon High School cafeteria.

For more information, please contact Courtney Moss at your American Cancer Society at 815-229-1287.

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essica Hicks, 17, of Rock Falls, is Rock Falls High Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s April Student of the Month. She is the daughter of Lori Hicks of Rock Falls and Jeff Hicks of Sterling. Her siblings are Jennifer Hicks of Chicago and Levi and Jacob Hicks, both of Rock Falls.

Favorite classes: Psychology, because learning why people do the things they do really fascinates me. Also AP studio art, because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a very open-ended class.

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Top teacher: Heather Shore. She is my AP art teacher and, even though the class is an advanced class, she still manages to keep the class fun. Her way of teaching is totally rad!

Extracurriculars: Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a B.L.I.N.D leader, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m in Junior Optimist Club, Spanish Club, Science Club, Library Club, and I was a member of the

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Jessica Hicks, 17, of Rock Falls, is Rock Falls High Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s April Student of the Month. She plans to attend Northern Illinois University to major in psychology, and become a juvenile counselor. volleyball team. I am also the National Honor Society treasurer.

After graduation: I plan to attend Northern Illinois University to major

in psychology. I want to become a juvenile counselor.

Paycheck: I have had the pleasure to baby-sit the same boy for about 6

years now, Kainan Echebarria. I love baby-sitting him. He is such a great kid, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m glad Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve gotten to watch him grow up.

Best friend: Melissa Villa. She is a great friend, because not only is she hilarious, but she also is always there for me when I need her.

Favorite singer or musical group: As long as itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not country, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll listen to it.

Favorite actor: Mark Wahlberg. He is amazing.

Favorite movie: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Blind Sideâ&#x20AC;?

Favorite TV show: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Friendsâ&#x20AC;?

Hobbies: Art Favorite game or outdoor activity: Volleyball Favorite food: Cheesy potatoes Biggest fear: Drowning Least favorite class: Pre-calc What makes your blood boil? When people say Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not trustworthy What kind of music makes your skin crawl?

Country Where are some of the

places you like to hang out? Melissaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s house, because her mom always makes good food.

High School survival guide: Get involved.

Useless knowledge: Imaginary numbers Dream job: I would be a detective in the Behavioral Analysis Unit of the FBI. Trading spaces: I would go to Italy, because I find the ancient buildings interesting, and Italian food is awesome.

Read this: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Longest Rideâ&#x20AC;? by Nicholas Sparks.

I would tell you more, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m in the middle of reading it.

Shout out to: My boyfriend of 4 years, Thomas Wei. I know I can always count on him for anything, he is an all around amazing guy, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m so lucky to have him. Also I would like to give a shout out to my momma. Love you!

MEMORIAL DAY

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Programs set across Sauk Valley

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Hundreds of protesters pushing for higher fastfood wages returned to protest outside McDonaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Corp.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s headquarters Thursday as activists attending the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest hamburger chainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual meeting peppered executives with questions on topics ranging from marketing practices to employee compensation.

Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s smaller protest near the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Oak Brook campus came after a Wednesday afternoon march and protest in which 138 individuals, including 101 McDonaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s workers, were arrested for trespassing on the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s property.

Protesters began their rally before 7 a.m., and the annual meeting began on time at about 8 a.m. Protesters gathered outside voluntarily left at around 8:30 a.m., about 45 minutes before the meeting ended. Shouting, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be back,â&#x20AC;? they walked to a line of buses on Kensington Road.

At the meeting, individuals who wanted to ask questions were asked to fill out cards ahead of time including information, such as what they planned to ask about.

While the company spends â&#x20AC;&#x153;billionsâ&#x20AC;? on sponsorships, marketing and executive compensation, â&#x20AC;&#x153;many of your employees can barely make ends meet on poverty wages,â&#x20AC;? said Sriram Madhusoodanan, an organizer with the group Corporate Accountability International.

That group has gathered several people, including mom bloggers, to criticize McDonaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s for mar-

keting efforts such as using the clown character Ronald McDonald and hiring basketball star LeBron James as a spokesman.

Chief Executive Don Thompson said that McDonaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s is not â&#x20AC;&#x153;predatoryâ&#x20AC;? or focused on marketing to children. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are people. We do have values at McDonaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. We are parents,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Sally Kuzemchak, who writes the parenting blog Real Mom Nutrition, asked Thompson how he justifies marketing to children. She said that her two children paid no attention to the McDonaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s near their Ohio home until a Ronald McDonald balloon appeared on the building.

Thompson said that his children ate at McDonaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when they were younger, and that his daughter is now a track star.

Thompson, McDonaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s CEO since July 2012, has faced a tough time including the low wage employee protests, rising food costs and slumping sales in key markets such as the United States.

A child introduced as Bob told Thompson that someday he would like to be considered for the CEOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s job. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bob, there are some days Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m ready to give it to you, buddy,â&#x20AC;? Thompson joked.

Thompson did point out the presence of protesters and discussed the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s jobs as a starting point for opportunity. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know that we have a few extra folks outside, thank you for your patience,â&#x20AC;? Thompson told shareholders. He said the company continues to believe that it pays â&#x20AC;&#x153;fairâ&#x20AC;? wages and offers opportunities for advancement and job training.

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House OKs curbs on NSA phone surveillance Privacy activists mixed on measure WASHINGTON (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; In an overwhelming vote, the House moved the U.S. closer to ending the National Security Agencyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bulk collection of Americansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; phone records Thursday, the most significant demonstration to date of leaker Edward Snowdenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s impact on the debate over privacy versus security.

But the final version of the legislation, â&#x20AC;&#x153;watered downâ&#x20AC;? in the words of one supporter, also showed the limits of that impact.

The bill was severely weakened to mollify U.S. intelligence agencies,

which insisted that the surveillance programs that shocked many Americans are a critical bulwark against terror plots.

The bill was approved 303 to 121, which means that most House members can now say they voted to end what many critics consider the most troubling practice Snowden disclosed â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the collection and storage of U.S. calling data by the secretive intelligence agency. But almost no other major provision designed to restrict NSA surveillance â&#x20AC;&#x201C; including limits on the secret court that grants warrants to search the data â&#x20AC;&#x201C; survived the negotiations to get the bill to the House floor.

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The National Security Agency campus in Fort Meade, Maryland, is shown here. The House moved the U.S. closer to ending the National Security Agencyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bulk collection of Americansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; phone records Thursday.

And even the prohibition on bulk collection of Americansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; communications records has

been called into question by some activists who say a last-minute change in wording

diminished what was sold as a ban. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People will say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;We did something, and isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t something enough,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? said Steven Aftergood, who tracks intelligence issues for the Federation of American Scientists. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But this bill doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fundamentally resolve the uncertainties that generated the whole controversy.â&#x20AC;?

Though some privacy activists continued to back the bill, others withdrew support, as did technology companies such as Google and Facebook.

Michigan Rep. Mike Rogers, the Republican Intelligence Committee chairman, said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I believe this is a workable com-

promise that protects the core function of a counterterrorism program we know has saved lives around the world.â&#x20AC;?

The measure now heads to the Senate, where Majority Leader Harry Reid told reporters Thursday that â&#x20AC;&#x153;we must do something.â&#x20AC;?

The USA Freedom Act would codify a proposal made in January by President Barack Obama, who said he wanted to end the NSAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s practice of collecting and storing the â&#x20AC;&#x153;to and fromâ&#x20AC;? records of nearly every American landline telephone call under a program that searched the data for connections to terrorist plots abroad.

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Botched nuclear silo drill revealed Failure one of a string of setbacks WASHINGTON (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; An Air Force security teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s botched response to a simulated assault on a nuclear missile silo has prompted a blistering review followed by expanded training to deal with the nightmare scenario of a real attack.

The Air Force recognized the possibility of such an intrusion as more worrisome after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. But an internal review of the exercise held last summer at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana said the security forces were unable to speedily regain control of the captured silo, and called this a â&#x20AC;&#x153;critical deficiency.â&#x20AC;?

The Associated Press obtained a copy of the report through a Freedom of Information Act request.

The previously unreported misstep was the reason the 341st Missile Wing flunked a broader safety and security inspection. The unit, which has been beset with other problems in recent months, including an exam-cheating scandal

that led its commander to resign in March, passed a do-over of the security portion of the inspection last October.

The failure was one of a string of nuclear missile corps setbacks revealed by the AP over the past year. The force has suffered embarrassing security, leadership and training lapses, discipline breakdowns and morale problems. Earlier this year, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel ordered two reviews, still underway, to address his concern that the lapses could erode public trust in the security of the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nuclear weapons.

The partially censored document obtained by the AP indicates that the security team was required to respond to the simulated capture of a Minuteman 3 nuclear missile silo by hostile forces, termed an â&#x20AC;&#x153;Empty Quiverâ&#x20AC;? scenario in which a nuclear weapon is lost, stolen or seized. Each of the Air Forceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 450 Minuteman 3 silos contains an intercontinental ballistic missile armed with at least one nuclear warhead and ready for launch on short notice on orders from the president.

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ASSEMBLY OF GOD

ST. PATRICKS OF AMBOY

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)

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

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

ST. ANNEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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.

FAITH ASSEMBLY OF GRAND DETOUR

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

RIVER VALLEY CHURCH

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

Visitors Welcome.

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.

FAITH FELLOWSHIP GENERAL BAPTIST

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

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.

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.

FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST)

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

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

Coffee Fellowship 10:30 a.m.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY

321 W. 2nd St., Dixon, 288-4719 Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Service 11 a.m.

Service every third Wednesday 7:30 p.m.

SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH

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

Mid Week Prayer Service 6 p.m. Wed.

PINE CREEK CHRISTIAN CHURCH

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

DIXON CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN

THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

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

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

ST. PAUL LUTHERAN CHURCH

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

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 childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 & childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s church

ST. PATRICKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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

CHRIST OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH

ST. FLANNEN CATHOLIC

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.

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

MENDOTA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

ST. MARY CATHOLIC

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.

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

SAINT PATRICK CATHOLIC

TURNING POINT COMMUNITY CHURCH

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

Weekdays as Scheduled

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.

CROSSROADS COMMUNITY CHURCH White Pines Campus

Meeting Saturdays @ 6PM and Sundays @ 10AM 205 N. Jefferson Avenue, Polo ~ 815.837.5255 whitepines@crossroadscn.com Campus Pastor ~ Chad Keeteman x 302 Youth Pastor ~ Jose Garcia x 303 Contemporary worship & relevant Bible teaching Join us after services for coffee, snacks & fellowship Kidzlink Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ministry (nursery-5th grade) ~ during adult services Crave Youth Group (6th-12th grade) ~ Wednesday nights 7PM www.crossroadscn.com

MENDOTA CHURCH OF THE NAZERENE

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

GRACE FELLOWSHIP

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

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

SAUK VALLEY ISLAMIC CENTER

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

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF FRANKLIN GROVE

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

ROCK RIVER BAPTIST

614 Orchard St., Dixon

815-677-7566

GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH

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

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

ST. LUKEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S EPISCOPAL

Corner of 3rd St. & Peoria Ave., Dixon Ph: 815-288-2151 Web page: stlukedixon.org Rev. Richard Frontjes, Rector SUNDAY Sunday School 10 a.m.

Choral Eucharist 10:15 a.m., followed by Coffee and Fellowship WEDNESDAY Healing Mass: 10 a.m.

Please check our website and Facebook page for additional services

BETHEL EVANGELICAL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

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

EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH

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

ST. JAMES EVANGELICAL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

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.

FOURSQUARE GOSPEL CHURCH

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

Wednesday Night 6:30 p.m.

COWBOY CHURCH ON THE ROCK

402 Gaston St., Prairieville Sunday worship service 10:30 a.m.

Food fellowship every Friday at 6 p.m.

Handicapped accessible - everyone welcome.

Contact Richard Vanauseoll 815-718-2128

ST. BRIDEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S EPISCOPAL CHURCH

All are welcome Fr. Robert Francis Cristobal, Priest-In-Charge Sunday Schedule: 8 AM Holy Communion 9 AM Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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.

SAUK VALLEY COMMUNITY CHURCH

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

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

NEW LIFE LUTHERAN

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

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 Pastor Janet Wittenmeyer Sat. 5:30pm Traditional Service Sun. 8:15am Traditional Service 9:30am Sunday School/Bible Study 11:00am Praise 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 Kidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 & Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Education 9 am Worship Service 10:30 am +RO\ &RPPXQLRQ FHOHEUDWHG WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW Sunday of each month.

Open Hearts - Open Minds - Open Doors.

FIRST UNITED METHODIST

202 S. Peoria Ave., Dixon, 284-2849 Mike Jones, Pastor Saturday Worship 5:00 pm Chapel Sunday Services 10:00 am in Sanctuary Sunday 9:40 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 Regular Mass Schedule: Tuesday through Friday: 8:00 a.m.

Saturday: 5:30 p.m.

Sunday: 7:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m.

On First Fridays, Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Benediction follows morning Mass.

Confessions 4:30pm Saturday

REYNOLDS UNITED METHODIST

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

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

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

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, 5HY 'U $QQH +RĂ HQ 3DVWRU Worship: 11:00 a.m.

Christian Education: 10:00 a.m.

THE WORSHIP CENTER

403 N. Ottawa, Dixon, 284-1340 Pastor, Michael Cole Sunday Worship 11 a.m.

Wednesday Service 6:45 pm Non-Denominational www.worshipctr.org

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.

SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST

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

KINGDOM HALL OF JEHOVAHâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S WITNESSES

634 Countryside Lane, Dixon, 288-4019

MESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCH

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

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Gregory Maguire said, “I’m not a writer because I want to make money. I’m a writer because I’m a very slow thinker, but I do care about thinking, and the only way I know how to think with any kind of finesse is by telling stories.”

I can relate to some of that.

And now let’s look at the story of today’s deal. South is in four spades. What should he do after West leads a trump and East follows suit?

South is worth a shot at game when North announces his fit.

Many declarers would draw trumps ending in hand, then run the club queen. But if East wins with his king and shifts to a diamond, the contract fails. The defenders take

two diamonds, then sit back and wait for a heart trick.

The more experienced player realizes that the club finesse is a black herring. He will draw the second round

of trumps with dummy’s nine or ace, then lead a low club toward his queen.

With this layout, if East ducks, South loses no club trick and can afford to concede one heart and two diamonds. Or, if East wins with his king and shifts to a diamond, declarer will collect six spades, one heart and three clubs for his contract.

Alternatively, if West could take South’s club queen with the king, he could not do better than to switch to a heart.

But declarer would win with dummy’s ace and cash the two top clubs, discarding a diamond from his hand. He would lose only one trick in each side suit.

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I A R L O D M AY E Sears 1Q loss widens; M sales decline 7 percent NEW YORK (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Sears Holdings signaled that it might close more stores than the 80 locations it is shuttering this year, as the beleaguered retailer looks for ways to restore profitability and raise cash.

The news came as the Hoffman Estates-based company, which operates Kmart as well as Sears stores, reported a wider first-quarter loss, its sales declining 7 percent. The biggest drag was consumer electronics, a category that has been suffering because of price competition online.

Sears Holdings Corp., controlled by billionaire hedge fund investor Edward Lampert, has been cutting costs, reducing inventory and selling assets to return to profitability. Sears announced last week that it was considering selling its Canadian operations. It recently spun off clothing business Landsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; End as a separate public company after not having much success with it.

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Shoppers walk into Sears in May 2012 in Peabody, Massachusetts. Sears reported quarterly earnings on Thursday. remains its stores, which have been criticized for being outdated. By the end of the first quarter, the company operated 1,900 Sears and Kmart stores.

Lampert, who is chairman and CEO, combined Sears and Kmart in 2005, about 2 years after he helped bring Kmart out of bankruptcy. But it has faced mounting pressure from nimbler rivals like Wal-Mart Stores and Home Depot.

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GIRLS TRACK & FIELD | STATE EXTRA | 1A PRELIMINARIES

STORM CYCLE HOFFERT HITS IN ALL FOUR EVENTS IN BIG DAY FOR BV FULL COVERAGE FROM CHARLESTON ON B4 & B5

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Bureau Valley junior Lindsey Hoffert lands in the long jump pit during Thursday’s 1A state preliminaries at O’Brien Stadium on the campus of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. Hoffert’s distance of 17 feet, 1 3/4 inches qualified her for Saturday’s finals. She also ran the anchor on three relays that qualified for finals.

For full coverage of the first day of action at the girls state track & field meet, see B4 & B5.

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Highs & lows Rutherford reaching new heights in pole vault

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In an event full of highs and lows, Ashton Rutherford has run the gamut when it comes to the pole vault.

Take, for instance, the Big Northern Meet on May 15 in Byron. The Oregon senior had a modest goal, but ended up clearing a personal-best height of 14 feet, 3 inches. He added 9 inches to his PR. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was just going in there hoping to get 13-6,â&#x20AC;? Rutherford said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and then I ended up having great runs and stayed consistent.

I was getting great pop-up out of the pole, a lot of spring, so it was sending me higher. I ended up going straight up instead of out like I usually do. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I finally got in the groove, and started to peak at the end of the season when I need to.â&#x20AC;?

He even took a few attempts at 14-7, which is 1 inch higher than the Oregon school record held

by Adam Tate. He didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come close on those tries, but was ecstatic to finish where he did. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even know it actually happened,â&#x20AC;? Rutherford said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I landed on the pad and I was like, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Did I just make that?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s insane. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m so close to the record.â&#x20AC;?

Now, flashback to the Oregon Sectional in 2013. Rutherford had cleared 13-6 and was one of the favorites to advance to the state meet. Instead, his day could have hardly gone worse.

Rutherford scratched on his first attempt at 12-6. On his next two tries, he cleared the bar easily, but clipped it with his elbow on the way down. He was eliminated from the competition, and a state berth, a full foot short of where he had been vaulting. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just broke down afterward,â&#x20AC;?

Rutherford said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to let that happen again.â&#x20AC;?

Learning from that experience, however, is something that will help Rutherford as he prepares for this postseason, according to Oregon head coach Jim Spratt. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All of the technique work, stuff that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done on video, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

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Oregonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ashton Rutherford has turned a disappointing sectional performance in 2013 into motivation for reaching new heights in the pole vault in 2014. earned a state berth because the race favorite, Lena-Winslow dropped a baton. The Hawks School: /REGON Class: 3ENIOR FYI: SPORT FOOTBALL WRESTLING went on to finish sixth at state. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We could possibly duplicate TRACK STANDOUT FOR THE (AWKS that,â&#x20AC;?

Rutherford said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have #LEARED FEET INCHES IN some inexperienced kids, but POLE VAULT AT LAST WEEK S "IG they have raw power and speed.â&#x20AC;? .ORTHERN #ONFERENCE MEET Rutherford also competed in football and wrestling at Oregon gotten better and better in the all 4 years, one of six OHS students vault,â&#x20AC;? Spratt said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Last year, to be three-sport, 4-year athletes. missing out that state trip, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s The others were Tyler Blume, really kind of fueled him.â&#x20AC;?

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not just the vault where Ruth- Dhaese, Ian Starkey, Adam Bettner erford excels for the Hawks. At the and Kelci Foss â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and they were all recipients of a first-year honor, the Oregon Sectional on Friday, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be the top seed in the 300 hurdles Ultimate Hawk Award, for their dedication. with a top time of 41.88, and the This fall, Rutherford will attend No. 2 seed in 110 hurdles with a St. Ambrose University and study time of 16.12.

He also runs on the sprint relays, mechanical engineering. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be a member of the track team, and where he teams with seniors Pierce Dhaese and Josh Drew, and with his background in the pole vault and hurdles, Fighting Bees sophomore Mitchell Nehrkorn. coaches are toying with the idea The foursome figures to be in the of making him a decathlete. mix for state berths, should they That was no surprise to Spratt. run together at the sectional. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s involved in just about A year ago at the sectional, every event we have,â&#x20AC;? Spratt the Oregon 400 relay team of Rutherford, Jake Adams, Tommy said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a great multievent athlete.â&#x20AC;?

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Sterling Regional Tuesday, May 27 s .O $IXON AT .O 3TERLING P M Wednesday, May 28 s .O 2OCK &ALLS VS $IXON 3TERLING

P M s .O 2OCHELLE VS .O &REEPORT P M Saturday, May 31 s #HAMPIONSHIP A M Winner advances to Rochelle Sectional vs.

Belvidere North Regional winner, 4 p.m.

Thursday, June 5 CLASS 2A Bureau Valley Regional Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s results s .O 3T "EDE .O "UREAU 6ALLEY s .O %RIE 0ROPHETSTOWN .O 2IVERDALE Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s result s 3T "EDE .O (ALL Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s result s %RIE 0ROPHETSTOWN .O 0RINCETON Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game s #HAMPIONSHIP 3T "EDE VS %RIE 0ROPHETSTOWN A M Winner advances to Morrison Sectional vs.

Stillman Valley Regional winner, 5 p.m., Wednesday, May 28 Stillman Valley Regional Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s result s /REGON -ORRISON Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s result s .O "YRON /REGON Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s result s .O 3TILLMAN 6ALLEY .O .EWMAN Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game s #HAMPIONSHIP "YRON VS 3TILLMAN 6ALLEY

A M Winner advances to Morrison Sectional vs. Bureau Valley Regional winner, 5 p.m.

Wednesday, May 28 Warren Regional Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s result s .O 0ECATONICA .O 7EST #ARROLL Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s results s .O 7ARREN 3TOCKTON 0ECATONICA $URAND s .O 7INNEBAGO .O &ORRESTON 0OLO

INN Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game s #HAMPIONSHIP 7ARREN 3TOCKTON VS 7INNEBAGO NOON Winner advances to Morrison Sectional vs. Westminster Christian Regional winner, 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 28 CLASS 1A Fulton Regional Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s result s .O -ILLEDGEVILLE .O !&# Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s results s .O &ULTON -ILLEDGEVILLE INN s .O )NDIAN #REEK .O %ASTLAND Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game s #HAMPIONSHIP &ULTON VS )NDIAN #REEK

A M Winner advances to Lena-Winslow Sectional vs. Galena Regional winner, 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 28 Putnam County Regional Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s result s .O %ARLVILLE .O ,A-OILLE /HIO Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s result s .O 0UTNAM #OUNTY %ARLVILLE Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s result s .O !MBOY .O 0AW 0AW Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game s #HAMPIONSHIP 0UTNAM #OUNTY VS !MBOY A M Winner advances to Putnam County Sectional vs. Grant Park Regional winner, 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 28 Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s box scores Class 2A Stillman Valley Regional Semifinal

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P M Saturday, May 31 s #HAMPIONSHIP P M Winner advances to Marengo Sectional vs.

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A M Winner advances to Byron Sectional vs.

Winnebago Regional winner, 7 p.m., Tuesday, May 27 St. Bede Regional Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s result s .O "UREAU 6ALLEY .O 3T "EDE Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s result s .O 3ENECA "UREAU 6ALLEY INN Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s result s .O (ALL .O 0RINCETON Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game s #HAMPIONSHIP 3ENECA VS (ALL A M Winner advances to Byron Sectional vs.

Stillman Valley Regional winner, 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 27 Stillman Valley Regional Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s result s .O /REGON .O 2OCKFORD #HRISTIAN Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s results s .O 3TILLMAN 6ALLEY /REGON INN s .O "YRON VS .O &ORRESTON 0OLO PPD Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s result s .O &ORRESTON 0OLO .O "YRON Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game s #HAMPIONSHIP 3TILLMAN 6ALLEY VS &ORRESTON 0OLO A M Winner advances to Byron Sectional vs. St. Bede Regional winner, 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 27 CLASS 1A Eastland Regional Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s results s .O &ULTON .O %ASTLAND s .O -ILLEDGEVILLE .O !&# Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s result s .O .EWMAN -ILLEDGEVILLE Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s result s .O !MBOY &ULTON INN Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game s #HAMPIONSHIP .EWMAN VS !MBOY

A M Winner advances to Pearl City Sectional vs. Westminster Christian Regional winner, 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 27 Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s box scores at Moline

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Newmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Trevor Bolin hits the ball during Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2A Stillman Valley Regional semifinal game against the host Cardinals. Newman had a 3-1 lead before Stillman Valley scored eight runs in the third inning. The Comets ended up losing 9-5.

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Newmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Logan Whitman slides safely under the tag of Stillman Valleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kane Van Briesen during Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2A Stillman Valley Regional semifinal game. The Comets lost 9-5.

Stuck in middle

Cometsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; season ends with one big inning by Stillman

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STILLMAN VALLEY â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A fast start and a strong finish are what the Newman Comets should remember about Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Class 2A Stillman Valley Regional semifinal.

The rest in between, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d rather forget.

Newman scored three runs in the first two innings, then didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t manage another hit until the sixth inning. By that time, Stillman Valley had a six-run lead thanks to an eight-run inning, and the Cometsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; seventh-inning rally came up short in a 9-5 loss. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We came in aggressive, which is what we lacked early in games all year,â&#x20AC;? Newman junior Trevor Bolin said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The first two innings, we did a great job â&#x20AC;Ś then we got complacent, and when you do that, things happen like they did today.â&#x20AC;?

The Comets (15-10) scored two runs in the first when Dillan Heffelfinger and Alex Buhler scored on back-to-back grounders under the first basemanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s glove. They scratched across another run in the second when Elias Edmondson reached on a fielding error by the shortstop, then scored on a throwing error by the shortstop.

But those singles by Heffelfinger and Buhler in the first three batters were the only hits the Comets could muster until Edmondsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two-out single in the sixth. Stillman starter

Connor McNames (3-4) settled in after the rough start by his defense, striking out seven and walking two in 6 1/3 innings of five-hit ball.

Efficiency was the name of McNamesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; game. The senior had five innings where he threw 12 pitches or fewer, and 63 of his 94 pitches were strikes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I knew I still had to trust my defense, just focus on the next batter,â&#x20AC;? McNames said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I kept the pitches low and away, and definitely felt a lot better and relaxed a lot more after that big third inning.â&#x20AC;?

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when it all fell apart for Newman. The Cardinals (8-18) sent 12 batters to the plate, and eight of them scored. Four came in on RBI singles, two more on a fielding error at first base, and Stillman added an RBI groundout and also scored on a wild pitch.

Seven different Cardinals scored â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Logan Byers crossed home plate twice â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and finally chased Newman starter Quincy Coomes (6-3) after two hit batsmen, the aforementioned error, and the last RBI single. Only four of the nine runs Coomes allowed were earned. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We talked before the game about avoiding a big blow-up inning,â&#x20AC;?

Newman coach Tom Wilson said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and the third inning definitely did us in. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a quality team, and they took advantage of what we gave them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I probably left Quincy out there a few batters too long, because

they started sitting on his fastball, and his changeup was basically the same pitch at that point. But give them credit, because they made the most of that inning.â&#x20AC;?

Wilson turned to Bolin, who did his job by keeping the Cardinals off the scoreboard the rest of the way.

He struck out seven and served up one intentional walk in 4 1/3 shutout innings, allowing two hits. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I came in and knew I had to close the door,â&#x20AC;? Bolin said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;just do whatever I could to get outs and keep them from scoring any more runs.

I just wanted to give us the best chance to come back and win.â&#x20AC;?

Neither offense did much for the next few innings, but Newman started to figure out McNames in the bottom of the seventh. Buhler doubled down the right-field line with one out, then scored on Shayne Allenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s triple even deeper into the right-field corner.

After Allen contorted his body beautifully to avoid being tagged out at third after oversliding the base on the triple, McNames was relieved

by Parker Madeen, who promptly gave up Michael Elyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s RBI groundout to short. Brandon Burke kept the Comet hopes alive with a sharp twoout hit to left, but Madeen closed it out by inducing a grounder to third. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We waited too long to rally,â&#x20AC;?

Bolin said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we could have started that a couple of innings earlier, not waited until our last life, maybe things are different.â&#x20AC;?

LOCAL ROUNDUP

Chandler delivers in clutch Panthersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; slugger hits 3-run home run in sixth; Clippers advance at regional "Y 36- 3PORTS 3TAFF

Jordan Chandler hit a three-run home run in the sixth inning to propel the Erie-Prophetstown Panthers to a 3-2 win over Princeton in a semifinal game of the 2A Bureau Valley Regional in Manlius.

Kennth Cole picked up the win with three innings in relief of Ethan Howard. Cole allowed one run with three strikeouts and a walk.

The third-seeded Panthers (1312) play No. 4 seed St. Bede in the championship game at 10 a.m. on Saturday.

Amboy 9, Paw Paw 0: Logan Thake pitched seven scoreless innings and had 15 strikeouts to lead the Amboy Clippers to a win over Paw Paw in a semifinal game of the 1A Putnam County Regional.

The Clippers advance to play top seed Putnam County at 11 a.m. on Saturday.

Tim Clark had three hits and scored four times for Amboy, while Gary Krambeck/Special to SVM Jake Rinard had two RBIs. Canaan Sterlingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Karlie Mellott jumps Ross added a triple and an RBI for over Molineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Alyssa Ealy during the Clippers.

Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game in Moline.

United Township 2, Sterling 1: Sterling lost 11-8.

After the Golden Warriors took a 1-0 lead with a run in the top of strikeouts, a walk and a hit batter. the seventh in East Moline, the Alleman 6, Rock Falls 0: The Panthers rallied with two runs Rockets managed just five hits in in the bottom of the inning for a a shutout loss in Rock Island, and walk-off win. three errors led to four unearned Turner Morse scored the lone Pioneer runs. run for Sterling, which had four Trace Hippen had two singles, hits. Esteban Sosa went the dis- and Austin Donoho and Cayden tance, allowing two runs (neither Erickson both doubled for Rock earned) and eight hits, with three Falls (18-11). Donoho went 6 2/3

Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stars Jordan Chandler %RIE 0ROPHET STOWN RUN HOME RUN Logan Thake !MBOY WINNING PITCHER RUNS ALLOWED STRIKE OUTS Shannon Long 3TERLING 2")S Michaela Ward 2& COMPLETE GAME LOSS 3/ "" innings for the loss, and Dustin Huycke threw one pitch in relief to get the final out.

Softball

Moline 11, Sterling 8: Lauren

Fritz smashed a two-run home run, and Shannon Long drove in three runs, but the Golden Warriors lost a nonconference contest in the Quad Cities.

Karlie Mellott had three hits for Sterling (23-8), which also got RBIs from Emily McDonald and Darien Bardoner. Lexy Staples took the loss in the circle.

Kellie Smet and Alaina Hofmann each had two hits and two RBIs for the Maroons (25-7).

Burlington Central 7, Rock Falls 0: Michaela Ward struck out 11,

but four Rocket errors led to four unearned runs in a Big Northern crossover loss on the road.

Kaylyn Bookerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s single was the lone hit for Rock Falls (20-9).

Burlington Centralâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Brooke Gaylord struck out 10 and walked one in the one-hitter, and also had three hits, including a double and a solo homer.

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ABOVE: Oregon’s Cydney Long clears a hurdle during her heat of the 300 hurdles Thursday at the Class 1A state preliminaries at O’Brien Stadium on the campus of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. Long advanced to Saturday’s finals with the seventh-best time of 47.35 seconds.

BELOW: Bureau Valley’s Tiana Kennedy (left) chases Erie-Prophetstown’s Corrie Reiley during the last heat of 1,600 relay Thursday at the 1A state prelims in Charleston. The Storm recovered to edge the Panthers by 1 second in the event. Both teams advanced to Saturday’s 1A finals.

BETTER WHEN BUSY, VERY BUSY Hoffert advances in four events as Bureau Valley steps out of Panthers’ shadow

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

CHARLESTON – Bureau Valley junior Lindsey Hoffert entered Thursday’s Class 1A girls state track preliminaries with a full day of four events.

By the time Hoffert left the hot sun at O’Brien Field at Eastern Illinois in Charleston, the junior’s workload hadn’t lightened any, as she moved on to Saturday’s finals in the long jump (17 feet, 1 3/4 inches) and as the anchor in three relays.

“I just came in hoping for the best,” she said. “The girls on our team have a lot of motivation and pride for each other, and that helps.”

Hoffert ran the fastest and jumped the furthest she had in her life, setting a personal record in each of her four events, none more exciting than the the final race of the day – the 1,600meter relay.

The Storm shaved more than 6 seconds off their previous personal-best 1,600 relay time, and placed second in the final heat with a time of 4:05.37.

Erie-Prophetstown had the top seed time coming into the event, and finished third in 4:06.78, while running in the lane next to Bureau Valley.

“The kids really deserved this one,” Storm coach Dale Donner said. “We have been overshadowed by Erie all year long. They’re such a strong team, and we think we are, too.”

The Storm were stronger Thursday.

The 1,600 relay drew comparisons to last Thursday’s Bureau Valley Sectional. The Storm had a lead, but down the stretch, the Panthers made up ground and won the race with the best time in the state.

On Thursday, spectators got an alternate ending.

The two teams ran next to each other for the second time in 7 days, but this

Stars of the meet Lindsey Hoffert, Bureau Valley, four PRs, qualified for four finals on Saturday Cydney Long, Oregon, personal-best and 2nd seed in Saturday’s final in the 100 hurdles. Also advanced in the 300 hurdles

On to the finals Bureau Valley: 5 events (3,200 relay, 1,600 relay, 400 relay), Lindsey Hoffert (long jump), Sydney Lebahn (discus) Erie-Prophetstown: 4 (3,200 relay, 1,600 relay 800 relay), Rachel Cobert (triple jump) Oregon: 4, Cydney Long (100 hurdles, 300 hurdles), Shannon Cullen (shot put, discus) Fulton: 1, Chelsea Lesniewski (shot put) time, the Storm grabbed a lead during the third leg when Tiana Kennedy passed the Panthers’ Corrie Reiley in the second half of the lap.

Kennedy had a large lead by the time she handed off to the anchor Hoffert, a lead she wouldn’t give up as she held off a charging Rachel Cobert.

Both schools will advance to Saturday’s finals.

“We were really looking forward to it,” Kennedy said of learning that ErieProphetstown would be in the same heat as her squad. “We just worked so hard. Every member on this team did their job and got it done.”

Donner still didn’t have his mind made up on relay teams until about 10 days ago, but Helena Osk Arnadottir, Kennedy, Sabrina Webb and Hoffert turned out to be the right combination.

Those four – a foreign exchange student, two freshmen and a junior, respec-

tively – made up Bureau Valley’s 1,600 relay team, and it’s hard to fathom the four didn’t know each other less than a year ago.

They only had one season to bond and learn how to motivate one another.

They also had to understand the quirks of passing the baton to new relay mates, but on Thursday, everything fell into place.

“It wasn’t hard,” Hoffert said. “These girls are amazing. We all work great together. We had always kept up with E-P, but this time, we were faster than normal.

“Seeing these girls work so hard to get that lead, I knew I had to go fast to not let anyone down.”

While the final race was exciting for the Storm, each of their athletes had a strong day. Of the five events, the Storm had four personal-best times, and all five qualified for Saturday’s finals.

Sydney Lebahn improved on her discus with a throw of 113-7. Hoffert advanced in the long jump, and the Storm advanced the 400 (50.94), 800 (1:48.12) and 1,600 relays.

E-P advanced three relays (3,200, 1,600 and 800), while Rachel Cobert was the lone Panther to advance individually.

She moved on in the triple jump with a distance of 36-0 1/2.

Elsewhere, Oregon’s Cydney Long was masterful in the 100 hurdles. She advanced to Saturday’s finals with the second-fastest time of 15.38. The senior also advanced in the 300 hurdles.

“Just watching her run is so smooth,” said Whitney Long, Cydney’s cousin and teammate. “She has a good shot at winning the whole thing, and I will be back cheering her on.”

Chelsea Lesniewski was the lone qualifier for Fulton, as she moved on in the shot put with a personal-best 38-3.

For Leitzen, it’s always practice time somewhere C

HARLESTON – I have to admit, I grew a little tired standing in the hot sun covering the 1A girls state track meet.

But I soon became exhausted after talking with Fulton sophomore Averi Leitzen.

Leitzen plays five sports over the course of the year. Gymnastics yearround, volleyball in the fall, basketball in the winter, and softball and track in the spring.

She doubles-up on softball and track in the spring, which makes for very busy days – and nights.

“It’s an extremely busy schedule,” she said, “but I like it that way.”

You would have to.

She is a utility infielder for the Steamers, playing shortstop, second base and third base. When the softball practice or game is finished, she heads home to meet with her father, Jeremy Leitzen, who hands her the workout for the night.

“She really enjoys it, and so do I,” said Jeremy, a police officer in Fulton for the past 13 years. “My job requires me to be away from my family a lot, and

In order to play two sports at once, Jeremy patrickMASON presents the coaches with Sports a workout sheet at the reporter. beginning of each season, He can be reached at and again periodically pmason@ throughout the year. But saukvalley. they don’t need a piece com or 800of paper to see how the 798-4085, ext. 5550. sophomore is coming along with her training.

All they need to do is point to her performance on Thursday to know that missing practices due it is working. to softball conflicts, She finished seventh because they know that she will get the work done in her heat of the 1,600meter during Thursday’s because of her want to Class 1A girls state succeed at five different track and field meet in sports. a personal-best time of I know when I’m done with a day’s work, and see 5:25.63. That was nearly that my couch is in sight, 5 seconds off her previous best. there is a strong chance Most runners seem to I will be making sure the end up on the ground recliner function still after a race due to Alex T. Paschal/apaschal@saukvalley.com works. exhaustion, but Leitzen But not Leitzen. If she Fulton’s Averi Leitzen runs during the 1,600 on Friday’s at the 1A state track grabbed some water and isn’t constantly moving, & field preliminaries. Leitzen participates in five sports throughout the year, she doesn’t know what to searched for those who including softball and track & field at the same time. helped her make it this far do with herself. with such a busy life.

“It’s something you this is a way for me to give from watching his brother well as race strategy – all And she did so with a have to love to do,” she back to my family.” compete at Loras College. the while being able to Leitzen often has to He studied the way he ran deliver the information to said. “It’s really amazing.” smile on her face.

“I’m just happy because Sometimes she will make the decision about and picked up on small his daughter in a way that postpone her track work- I heard the crowd cheerwhether to eat a full dinthings, like how to hold she understands. ing,” she said. “They were outs just long enough ner after getting home your head and what to do “It works really well,” bringing me home.” from softball practice, with the arms.

Averi said. “We work well to finish her homework, I can’t imagine she’ll be before lacing up her based on the workout He also read as much together.” staying at home for very shoes and running until that her father hands her. information as possible The Steamers’ track as late as 10:30 or 11 p.m. long, because it’s off to Jeremy gleaned a lot of about proper techniques coaches don’t have a practice somewhere. some nights. information about track and ways to train, as problem with Averi

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#,!33 ! 34!4% 02%,)-).!2)%3 s / "2)%. 34!$)5- s %!34%2. ),,)./)3 5.)6%23)49 THURSDAYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S RESULTS Finalists, local results Long jump 1. Amelia Glueck (Tremont) 18-7; 2. Amanda McClain (Sullivan) 17-10 1/4; 3. Madison Meyer (Carterville) 17-10; 4. Peyton Wade (Aurora Christian) 17-9 1/2; 5. Lindsey Hoffert (Bureau Valley) 17-1 3/4; 6. Olivia Ott (Neoga) 17-0 1/2; 7. Nichyria Byrd (Ogden International) 17-0; 8. McKendra Barthelme (Newton) 16-9 3/4; 9. Courtney Croy (Neoga) 16-7 3/4; 10. Erin Farley (Rockford Christian Life) 16-7; 11. Kayli Morris (Gillespie) 16-6; 12. Jennie Block (Flora) 16-6 1/2 Other locals: Miranda Grisham (Milledgeville-Eastland) 15-11 1/4 Pole vault 1. Morgan Zacharias (Reed-Custer) 10-6; 2. Jenna Ring (Tri-Valley) 10-0; 2. Kristin Slaughter (St. Anthony) 10-0; 2. Cassie Wilson (Tri-Valley) 10-0; 2. Nicole Bagwell (Tolono Unity) 10-0; 2. Chelsea Munday (Sherrard) 10-0; 2. Rachel Westendorf (Teutopolis) 10-0; 2. Zoe Gossmeyer (Tremont) 10-0; 2. Bailey Reifsteck (Tolono Unity) 10-0; 2. Amber Robbs (Williamsville) 10-0; 2. Lindsey Brown (AnnawanWethersfield) 10-0; 2. Hannah Reach (Anna-Jonesboro) 10-0 Locals: Kesley Pudlas (Oregon) no height High jump 1. Peyton Wade (Aurora Christian) 5-2; 1. Paige Holloway (Byron) 5-2; 1. Chantel Kyler (Indian Creek) 5-2; 1. Rachel Rhodes (Williamsville) 5-2; 1. Hope Tewes (Springfield Lutheran) 5-2; 1. Kayli Morris (Gillespie) 5-2; 1. Rylee Anderson (Seneca) 5-2; 1. Karissa Roman (Annawan-Wethersfield) 5-2; 1.

Tessa Holland (Fieldcrest) 5-2 Locals: Whtiney Long (Oregon) 4-10; Laura Rieker (Amboy) 4-10 Shot put 1. Kathleen Young (Warrensburg-Latham) 42-6; 2.

Mikah Maples (Moweaqua Central A&M) 39-9; 3.

Cara Brooks (Belleville Althoff) 39-2 1/4; 4. Katie Hise (St. Teresa) 38-6 3/4; 5. Shannon Cullen (Oregon) 38-8 1/2; 6. Rachel Clowers (Pleasant Hill) 38-7; 7. Chelsea Lesniewski (Fulton) 38-3; 8.

Amanda Graf (Momence) 37-4; 9. Karly Goodman (Arthur-Lovington) 38-2; 10. Abby Nicholson (Jamaica) 37-20; 11. Katie Gonterman (Auburn) 37-6 3/4; 12. MIkayla Baillie (Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley) 37-3 3/4; Other locals: Alyssa Howell (Erie-Prophetstown) 32-4 3/4 Triple jump 1. Nichyria Byrd (Ogden International) 38-3 1/2; 2. Tessa Holland (Fieldcrest) 36-8; 3. Katie Boyce (Havana) 36-5 1/2; 4. Rachel Cobert (ErieProphetstown) 36-0 1/2; 5. Megan Reed (Cambridge) 35-10 3/4; 6. Lexi Wilkinson (Seneca) 35-9 1/4; 7. Mollie Bowman (Sullivan) 35-3 1/4; 8. Kayli Morris (Gillespie) 35-0 1/4; 9. Courtney Carls (Hinckley-Big Rock) 34-11 1/2; 10. Annie Carlson (Westmont) 34-10 3/4; 11. Emma Cluskey (Henry-Senachwine) 34-9 1/4; 12. Taylor Rich (Neoga) 34-8 Other locals: Brandi Hosford (Morrison) 34-7 1/2; Sarah Lauer (Oregon) 34-6 1/2 Discus 1. Kathleen Young (Warrensburg-Latham) 135-6; 2.

Mikah Maples (Moweaqua Central A&M) 133-4; 3.

Rachel Clowers (Pleasant Hill) 129-3; 4. Abby Nicholson (Jamaica) 123-9; 5. Kylie Davis (Eureka) 1224; 6. Megan Stayton (Carlinville) 121-2; 7. Shannon Cullen (Oregon) 119-4; 8. Jamesha Western (Red Hill) 118-7; 9. Easten Hoepker (Nashville) 116-8; 10.

Sydney Lebahn (Bureau Valley) 113-7; 11. Sydney Doby (Harvest Christian) 113-5; 12. Katie Witte (Jamaica) 112-7 3,200 relay 1. Deer Creek-Mackinaw 9:40.26; 2. PORTA 9:48.83; 3. Tolono Unity 9:49.54; 4. Eureka 9:53.13; 5. Clifton Central 9:53.98; 6. Pleasant Plains 10:00.17; 7. Moweaqua Central A&M 10:00.50; 8.

Carterville 10:01.81; 9. St. Thomas More 10:02.23; 10. Annawan-Wethersfield 10:02.89; 11. ErieProphetstown (Corrie Reiley, Kassi Henrekin, Brooke Remley, Breanna Jensen) 10:04.76; 12.

Teutopolis 10:05.88 400 relay Illini West 49.74; Aurora Christian 49.84; Tremont 49.99; St. Teresa 50.26; Chester 50.51; Byron 50.64; Seton Academy 50.72; Henry-Senachwine 50.76; Bureau Valley (Haley DeVoss, Tiana Kennedy, Marissa Mungia, Lindsey Hoffert) 50.94 Other locals: Erie-Prophetstown (Courtney Cobert, Courtney Kruthoff, Heather Strike, Rachel Cobert) 50.96 100 hurdles 1. Jenny Kimbro (Jamaica) 14.60; 2. Cydney Long (Oregon) 15.38; 3. Erin Johnson (Wesclin) 15.41; 4. Peyton Wade (Aurora Christian) 15.42; 5. Sarah Bindel (Chester) 15.50; 6. Hailey Bennett (Oakwood) 15.64; 7. Victoria Younge (Gibault Catholic) 15.70; 8. Devin Hasson (Rockridge) 15.94; 9. Miranda Meyer (Carterville) 15.94 Other locals: Kassidee Church (Morrison) 16.56 100 1. Kaitlyn Pearson (Elgin) 12.26; 1. Amelia Glueck (Tremont) 12.26; 3. Willow Stuedemann (Seneca) 12.29; 4. Paige Bray (Illini West) 12.43; 5. Edoise Omoike (Lisle) 12.45; 6. Madison Meyer (Carterville) 12.47; 7. Mariah Woods (Seton Academy) 12.50; 8. Jenna Layden (St. Teresa) 12.52; 9. Emily Neuhauser (Sullivan) 12.59 Locals: Courtney Cobert (Erie-Prophetstown) 13.08 800 1. Cassie Mundekis (Midwest Central) 2:15.79; 2.

Claire Mesa (Rockford Lutheran) 2:20.73; 3. Morgan Powers (Shelbyville) 2:20.74; 4. Mariah Brodie (Illini West) 2:20.77; 5. Annemarie Michael (Urbana) 2:20.95; 6. Audrey Harrod (Hinckley-Big Rock) 2:21.16; 7. Quincy McSweeney (Eureka) 2:21.37; 8. Hannah Stone (Tolono Unity) 2:21.51; 9. Emma Henderson (Tuscola) 2:21.95; 10. Aurora Breeden (Carterville) 2:22.08; 11. Alyssa Pridemore (St. Joseph-Ogden) 2:22.73; 12. Paige Aurit (Ottawa Marquette) 2:22.77 Locals: Corrie Reiley, Erie-Prophetstown, did not finish

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ABOVE: Oregonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Shannon Cullen throws the shot during the 1A state preliminaries in Charleston. Cullen qualifed for Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s finals in both the shot put and the discus.

BELOW: Milledgeville-Eastlandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Miranda Grisham soars through the air during the long jump competition. The Eastland senior competed in three events on Friday, but did not advance in any of them. She was still glad to have had the chance at state.

Blue track, big nerves Locals shake off pressure to put in best effort on stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest stage

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

CHARLESTON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; After finishing nearly 2 seconds slower than her sectional time in the 400 meters, Milledgeville-Eastlandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Miranda Grisham changed into a purple shirt and put on some dark sunglasses.

She found a section of turf that wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t occupied with heavy-breathing, exhausted girls, and sat down by a row of bushes that lines Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien Field at Eastern Illinois in Charleston.

A senior, she was soaking in the atmosphere of the state track meet. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m disappointed with myself a bit,â&#x20AC;? she said with a shrug, â&#x20AC;&#x153;but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m really excited to be here.â&#x20AC;?

She knows that state is about controlling your nerves, something that other area athletes felt, too â&#x20AC;&#x201C; only Grisham hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t had to do it alone before.

She went to state her freshman year and ran a leg on the 1,600 relay. This season, she qualified for three individual events â&#x20AC;&#x201C; long jump, 200 and 400. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s different being here as an individual with no teammates or a relay,â&#x20AC;? Grisham said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is no one to share your nerves with. But it can help you along the way.â&#x20AC;?

Oregonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Shannon Cullen had to deal with a bout of nerves as well.

On her first throw of the shot put at the Class 1A girls state track meet, the Hawks senior spun around to her left, extended her right arm, and let it fly.

But when the official charged with

reading measurements read aloud 37 feet, 3 inches, Cullen took a deep breath and went for a jog. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just needed to clear my head a bit,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Cullen exited the throwing area and trotted for about 50 yards on a vacant football field. She got to a white goalpost that stood in unkempt grass, and started to do the hokey-pokey â&#x20AC;&#x201C; at least thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what it looked like.

She shook her arms, legs, and head before jogging back for her final two throws.

She adjusted her black, mid-length socks that went halfway up her calf, and threw her way into Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s finals.

Cullen advanced in the discus (119-4) and shot put (38-8 1/2), even as both distances in the events were under her sectional distances, and the senior said she has some things to work on before Saturday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a little disappointing,â&#x20AC;? she said after the shot put. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I need to get my right foot under me more. I need to glide, and I need a focal point. When I land, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a funny feeling.â&#x20AC;?

Others, like Newmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mary Jensen, were wide-eyed at the experience. The freshman is the Cometsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; first state qualifier since the 2010 season, when junior Sarah Kapp competed in the long jump and 100.

Jensen ran a new career-best 27.07 in the 200 during the first of four heats, though her time wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fast enough to advance to Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s finals. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really cool to be able to be here,â&#x20AC;? she said.

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800 relay 1. Sullivan 1:44.56; 2. Aurora Christian 1:45.01; 3. Illini West 1:45.65; 4. St. Teresa 1:45.82; 5.

Erie-Prophetstown (Courtney Cobert, Courtney Kruthoff, Heather Strike, Rachel Cobert) 1:46.75; 6. Newton 1:47.11; 7. Seton Academy 1:47.20; 8.

Neoga 147.31; 9. Bureau Valley (Marissa Mungia, Katelin Johnson, Tiana Kennedy, Lindsey Hoffert) 1:48.12 Other locals: Oregon (Erica Grace, Kelsey Pudlas, Sarah Harris, Bryie Horn) 1:54.63 400 1. Amanda McClain (Sullivan) 56.63; 2. Madison Meyer (Carterville) 58.30; 3. Katelyn Rhea (Camp Point Central) 58.48; 4. Willow Steuedemann (Seneca) 58.84; 5. Tessa Holland (Fieldcrest) 59.23; 6. Rachel Rhodes (Williamsville) 59.38; 7. Edoise Omoike (Lisle) 59.62; 8. Sophie Keith (Pinckneyville) 59.68; 9. Amanda Kereta (Henry-Senachwine) 59.70 Locals: Mackenzie Skoumal (Oregon) 1:02.02; Miranda Grisham (Milledgeville-Eastland) 1:03.05 300 hurdles 1. Jenny Kimbro (Jamaica) 44.66; 2. Sarah Bindel (Chester) 45.18; 3. Miranda Marry (Fisher) 45.33; 4.

Annie Carlson (Westmont) 45.66; 5. Devin Hasson (Rockridge) 46.54; 6. Paige Rodgers (Christopher) 47.17; 7. Cydney Long (Oregon) 47.35; 8. Tateum Rosentreter (Gillespie) 47.44; 9. Karissa Roman (Annawan-Wethersfield) 47.54 1,600 1. Anna Sophia Keller (St. Anthony) 4:54.93; 2.

Kelsey Hildreth (Byron) 5:02.21; 3. Maria Brauer (PORTA) 5:07.96; 4. Rory Kelly (North Shore Country Day) 5:10.46; 5. Haley Miller (Tremont) 5:10.95; 6. Ericka Hibser (Lewsiton) 5:11.87; 7. Daly Galloway (Dwight) 5:12.32; 8. Adrienne Brauer (PORTA) 5:14.01; 9. Maria Baldwin (Fieldcrest) 5:14.89; 10. Danielle Aurit (Ottawa Marquette) 5:15.77; 11.

Annemarie Michael (Urbana) 5:20.00; 12. Carly Garnett (Illini West) 5:20.09 Locals: Averi Leitzen (Fulton) 5:25.63 200 1. Natasha Brown (Aurora Christian) 25.07; 2. Amelia Glueck (Tremont) 25.33; 3. Madison Meyer (Carterville) 25.42; 4. Emily Neuhaser (Sullivan) 25.48; 5.

Amanda McClain (Sullivan) 25.65; 6. Miranda Marry (Fisher) 25.69; 7. Willow Stuedemann (Seneca) 25.83; 8. Hannah Litzelman (Newton) 25.84; 9. Mary Bass (Bismarck-Henning) 25.86 Locals: Erika Zimmerlein (Amboy) 26.20; Mary Jensen (Newman) 27.07; Miranda Grisham (Milledgeville-Eastland) 27.41 1,600 relay 1. Illini West 4:02.19; 2. Williamsville 4:03.64; 3.

Henry Senachwine 4:04.71; 4. Bureau Valley (Helena Osk Arnadottir, Sabrina Webb, Tiana Kennedy, Lindsey Hoffert) 4:05.37; 5. Moweaqua Central A&M 4:05.70; 6. Eureka 4:06.47; 7.

Erie-Prophetstown (Courtney Cobert, Heather Strike, Corrie Reiley, Rachel Cobert) 4:06.78; 8.

Deer Creek-Mackinaw 4:07.45; 9. Clifton Central 4:07.71 Other locals: Oregon (Mackenzie Skoumal, Whitney Long, Kelsey Pudlas, Bryie Horn) 4:39.46

ABOVE: Amboyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Laura Rieker clears the bar in the high jump Thursday in Charleston. Rieker cleared 4 feet, 10 inches, but did not advance.

BELOW LEFT: Fultonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chelsea Lesniewski throws the shot put during ABOVE: Morrisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kassidee Church competes in Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1A state prelims. Lesniewski advanced with a throw of 38-3.

BELOW RIGHT: Oregonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kelsey Pudlas competes in the pole vault. the 100 hurdles during Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1A state prelims in Charleston. Churchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time of 16.56 seconds did not Pudlas was unable to clear a height during Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s preliminaries. get her through to finals.

BELOW: Newmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mary Jensen crosses the finish line in the 200 at the state meet in Charleston. The freshman had a time of 27.07 seconds.

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NHL PLAYOFFS

THURSDAY’S SCOREBOARD MLB

Thursday’s box score

CANADIENS 3, RANGERS 2, OT

AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct Toronto 26 22 .542 New York 24 22 .522 Baltimore 23 22 .511 Boston 20 26 .435 Tampa Bay 20 28 .417 Central Division W L Pct Detroit 27 16 .628 Minnesota 23 21 .523 Kansas City 23 23 .500 Chicago 24 25 .490 Cleveland 23 25 .479 West Division W L Pct Oakland 30 17 .638 Los Angeles 26 20 .565 Texas 23 24 .489 Seattle 22 23 .489 Houston 17 30 .362

GB — 1 1½ 5 6 GB — 4½ 5½ 6 6½ GB — 3½ 7 7 13

Thursday’s results Texas 9, Detroit 2 Toronto 7, Boston 2 Tampa Bay 5, Oakland 2, 11 innings Cleveland 8, Baltimore 7, 13 innings Chicago White Sox 3, N.Y. Yankees 2 Houston at Seattle, late

AP

The Blackhawks’ Jonathan Toews (left), Marian Hossa (81) and Bryan Bickell (29) react after the Kings’ Jake Muzzin scores a goal during the third period of Wednesday’s game in Chicago.

Time for Hawks to fly C

HICAGO – As any traveler from around these parts is aware, it’s a long way to Los Angeles.

Try 1,750 miles.

Try a 4½ hour flight into a stubborn headwind.

Try cramming your luggage into the overhead bin and cramming your body into the seat.

Sounds great, right?

Well, if you’re the Blackhawks, it couldn’t sound better. Because after a stunning collapse that led to a 6-2 loss Wednesday against the Los Angeles Kings in Game 2 of the Western Conference final, they want to get away and regroup like you wouldn’t believe.

“It’s a good opportunity to respond after a tough loss here,” Hawks forward Patrick Sharp said in a quiet, mostly empty locker room a few minutes after the final horn had sounded. “Look forward to getting on the plane and playing Game 3.”

Sharp always has been regarded as a straight shooter with the media.

In his postgame comments, he spoke without a hint of sarcasm or

tomMUSICK Northwest Herald sports reporter.

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annoyance.

Still, I couldn’t help but wonder silently whether the Hawks’ 11-year veteran was crazy. What kind of person would look forward to a 4½ hour flight?

It turned out that Sharp had company.

Hawks teammate Kris Versteeg nodded in agreement when he heard Sharp’s comment relayed to him. Versteeg said he also looked forward to the long flight, and he believed that the same was true for the rest of his teammates.

“I think so,” Versteeg said. “It’s going to be good to get around the guys again. Always, getting on the road and finding a way to rally is a good time, and a fun time. So, hopefully

it brings us closer and brings a couple wins.”

Who knows? Not me, that’s for sure.

Other people who have been around the game for their entire lives would have a better idea.

I spotted Hawks radio analyst Troy Murray exiting the bathroom and getting ready to head home.

Naturally, I stopped Murray to ask about plane rides. Naturally, he was too polite to say no.

Sharp’s comment made sense, Murray said. The Hawks are scheduled to take off Thursday.

“When you get on the road, and the way that the Blackhawks do it, it’s all about hockey,” said Murray, who played parts of 12 seasons with the Hawks. “I know that there’s family and friends in town, and distractions, so when you get on that flight, you just kind of focus on what you need to do and have that opportunity to think about what you need to do better.”

Besides, the Hawks would enjoy a charter flight to Los Angeles.

It was almost like a

corporate retreat at 36,000 feet, which surely was something that Murray could appreciate.

Except not.

Murray explained that he and his teammates flew commercial flights during his career, which started in 1981 and lasted until 1996. In addition to playing for the Hawks, Murray spent time with Winnipeg, Ottawa, Pittsburgh and Colorado.

Winnipeg and Ottawa were the toughest in terms of plane travel, Murray said, because of the scarcity of direct flights to other NHL cities.

All things considered, then, the Hawks don’t have it so bad.

They’ve handled tough losses before. They can handle a long flight and a pressure-filled Game 3 on Saturday against a very good Kings team.

“They’re going to be even better in their own building,” Hawks captain Jonathan Toews said.

“We have to expect that.

We have to reflect on what just happened, and be ready to raise our own level of play.”

Now boarding.

MLB ROUNDUP

Sale smooth in return to mound Lefty retires 18 of 19 in White Sox win; Cardinals sweep Arizona

Cardinals 4, Diamondback 2: Allen Craig drove

in the go-ahead run with a two-out double in the

Thursday’s box score

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NATIONAL LEAGUE GB — 2 2½ 5 5 GB — 1½ 5½ 7 10 GB — 3 4½ 8 12

Thursday’s results Miami 4, Philadelphia 3 Colorado 2, San Francisco 2, tie, 6 innings, susp., rain Pittsburgh 3, Washington 1 N.Y. Mets 5, L.A. Dodgers 3 Atlanta 5, Milwaukee 4 St. Louis 4, Arizona 2 Chicago Cubs at San Diego, late Today’s games L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 2-1) at Philadelphia (R.Hernandez 2-1), 6:05 p.m.

Washington (Zimmermann 3-1) at Pittsburgh (Morton 0-6), 6:05 p.m.

Arizona (C.Anderson 2-0) at N.Y. Mets (Colon 3-5), 6:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Estrada 3-2) at Miami (Koehler 4-3), 6:10 p.m.

St. Louis (S.Miller 6-2) at Cincinnati (Bailey 3-3), 6:10 p.m.

Colorado (Lyles 5-1) at Atlanta (Floyd 0-1), 6:35 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (E.Jackson 3-3) at San Diego (Stauffer 1-0), 9:10 p.m.

Minnesota (Gibson 4-3) at San Francisco (Lincecum 3-3), 9:15 p.m.

Thursday’s box score

CARDINALS 4, DIAMONDBACKS 2

By the Associated Press

Chris Sale retired 18 of 19 batters over six scoreless innings in his return from an arm injury, and the White Sox beat the New York Yankees 3-2 on Thursday at U.S. Cellular Field.

The left-hander retired the first 17 hitters, after missing more than a month because of a flexor strain in his pitching arm, and Chicago hung on after New York’s Mark Teixeira singled in two runs against Ronald Belisario in the ninth.

An All-Star the past two seasons, Sale (4-0) struck out 10 and didn’t even come close to allowing a runner until Zoilo Almonte – a .167 hitter entering the game – lined a single to center with two out in the sixth.

Sale then struck out Jacoby Ellsbury and called it a night after throwing 86 pitches.

Zach Putnam retired the side in the seventh, and Daniel Webb worked a perfect eighth before Belisario nearly blew it in the ninth.

Golf

Today’s games Cleveland (House 0-0) at Baltimore (B.Norris 2-4), 6:05 p.m.

Oakland (Kazmir 5-1) at Toronto (Hendriks 0-0), 6:07 p.m.

Texas (S.Baker 0-0) at Detroit (A.Sanchez 1-2), 6:08 p.m.

Boston (Lackey 5-3) at Tampa Bay (Archer 3-2), 6:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 3-3) at Chicago White Sox (Noesi 0-4), 7:10 p.m.

Kansas City (Duffy 2-3) at L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 5-3), 9:05 p.m.

Houston (Peacock 1-4) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 5-1), 9:10 p.m.

Minnesota (Gibson 4-3) at San Francisco (Lincecum 3-3), 9:15 p.m.

East Division W L Pct Atlanta 26 20 .565 Miami 25 23 .521 Washington 24 23 .511 New York 21 25 .457 Philadelphia 20 24 .455 Central Division W L Pct Milwaukee 28 20 .583 St. Louis 26 21 .553 Cincinnati 21 24 .467 Pittsburgh 20 26 .435 Chicago 16 28 .364 West Division W L Pct San Francisco29 18 .617 Colorado 26 21 .553 Los Angeles 25 23 .521 San Diego 21 26 .447 Arizona 18 31 .367

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IP H R ER BB SO Arizona Miley L,3-5 6 2/3 7 3 3 4 3 Delgado 2/3 1 1 1 1 0 Thatcher 2/3 1 0 0 0 1 St. Louis Lynn 6 7 2 2 1 6 Neshek W,1-0 2 1 0 0 0 2 Rosenthal S,14-16 1 0 0 0 0 1 HBP–by Miley (M.Carpenter). ab GParra rf 4 Prado 3b 3 Gldsch 1b 4 Hill 2b 3 Pollock cf 4 Pnngtn ss 4 Gswsch c 4 Inciart lf 4 Miley p 3 Delgad p 0 Thtchr p 0 EChavz ph 1

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NBA playoffs

AP

The White Sox’s Adam Eaton slides under the Yankees’ Brendan Ryan at second base during Thursday game in Chicago. The White Sox won 3-2 behind a strong performance by Chris Sale. seventh inning, and St. Louis completed a threegame sweep at home.

Shane Robinson had a two-run double as part of a three-hit night.

Pat Neshek (1-0) pitched scoreless seventh and eighth innings to pick up his first win as

a Cardinal.

Trevor Rosenthal retired Arizona in order in the ninth for his 14th save in 16 chances.

Robinson, who was called up from Triple-A Memphis on Wednesday, went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and a run scored.

Cubs leading Padres:

Anthony Rizzo had a tworun home run, and the Cubs were leading the Padres 5-1 in the eighth inning in San Diego at press time.

Jake Arrieta allowed four hits and struck out seven in six innings.

Montreal 0 1 1 1 — 3 N.Y. Rangers 1 0 1 0 — 2 First Period–1, N.Y. Rangers, Hagelin 5 (St. Louis), 15:18. Penalties–Prust, Mon, major (fighting), 5:51; Carcillo, NYR, minor-game misconduct (charging), 5:51; Dorsett, NYR, major (fighting), 5:51.

Second Period–2, Montreal, Markov 1 (Pacioretty, Gallagher), 3:20. Penalties– Stepan, NYR (hooking), 9:35; Gallagher, Mon (interference), 13:44; Gallagher, Mon (roughing), 19:58.

Third Period–3, Montreal, Briere 3 (Vanek, Re.Bourque), 16:58. 4, N.Y. Rangers, Kreider 3 (Girardi, Stepan), 19:31. Penalties–None.

First Overtime–5, Montreal, Galchenyuk 1 (Plekanec, Gionta), 1:12. Penalties–None.

Shots on Goal_Montreal 4-9-9-3–25. N.Y. Rangers 14-13-9-1–37.

Power-play opportunities–Montreal 0 of 2; N.Y. Rangers 0 of 2.

Goalies–Montreal, Tokarski 1-1-0 (37 shots-35 saves). N.Y. Rangers, Lundqvist 10-7-0 (25-22).

CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7) Tuesday’s result Miami 87, Indiana 83, series tied 1-1 Wednesday’s result San Antonio 112, Oklahoma City 77, Spurs lead seres 2-0 Saturday’s game Indiana at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday’s game San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 7:30 p.m.

NHL playoffs CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7) Wednesday’s result Los Angeles 6, Chicago 2, series tied 1-1 Thursday’s result Montreal 3, NY Rangers 2, OT, N.Y. Rangers lead series 2-1 Saturday’s game Chicago at Los Angeles, 7 p.m.

Sunday’s game Montreal at NY Rangers, 7 p.m.

PGA Colonial Par Scores Thursday At Colonial Country Club Fort Worth, Texas Purse: $6.4 million Yardage: 7,204; Par: 70 (35-35) (a-amateur) First Round Dustin Johnson 31-34 — 65 -5 Tim Wilkinson 32-34 — 66 -4 Hunter Mahan 29-37 — 66 -4 Harris English 33-33 — 66 -4 Robert Streb 35-31 — 66 -4 Jimmy Walker 34-33 — 67 -3 Tim Clark 32-35 — 67 -3 Brice Garnett 35-32 — 67 -3 Freddie Jacobson 33-34 — 67 -3 Bo Van Pelt 34-33 — 67 -3 Jason Dufner 32-35 — 67 -3 Jordan Spieth 34-33 — 67 -3 Ken Duke 32-35 — 67 -3 David Hearn 33-34 — 67 -3 Wes Roach 33-34 — 67 -3 Kevin Chappell 34-34 — 68 -2 George McNeill 33-35 — 68 -2 Robert Allenby 35-33 — 68 -2 Brian Davis 33-35 — 68 -2 Ricky Barnes 32-36 — 68 -2 Josh Teater 35-33 — 68 -2 Vijay Singh 33-35 — 68 -2 Aaron Baddeley 34-34 — 68 -2 Senior PGA Championship Thursday At Harbor Shores Golf Course Benton Harbor, Mich.

Purse: TBA ($2 million in 2013) Yardage: 6,852; Par: 71 (36-35) First Round Joe Durant 31-34 — 65 -6 Dan Forsman 33-33 — 66 -5 Brad Faxon 34-33 — 67 -4 Mark Brooks 34-34 — 68 -3 P. H. Horgan III 35-33 — 68 -3 Lee Rinker 33-36 — 69 -2 Joey Sindelar 35-34 — 69 -2 Jay Haas 35-34 — 69 -2 Steve Lowery 36-33 — 69 -2 Nick Job 35-34 — 69 -2 Anders Forsbrand 35-34 — 69 -2 Bill Glasson 33-36 — 69 -2 Greg Bruckner 34-35 — 69 -2 Colin Montgomerie 35-34 — 69 -2 Todd McCorkle 34-35 — 69 -2 Frank Esposito 35-34 — 69 -2 Jeff Maggert 37-32 — 69 -2 Mike Goodes 35-35 — 70 -1 Duffy Waldorf 35-35 — 70 -1 Mark McNulty 34-36 — 70 -1 Kenny Perry 36-34 — 70 -1 Gordon Brand Jr. 33-37 — 70 -1 Philip Golding 37-33 — 70 -1 Tom Watson 35-35 — 70 -1 Bernhard Langer 33-37 — 70 -1 Russ Cochran 36-34 — 70 -1 Tom Lehman 33-37 — 70 -1 Peter Senior 34-36 — 70 -1 John Cook 36-34 — 70 -1 Gary Hallberg 33-37 — 70 -1 LPGA Airbus Classic Par Scores Thursday At Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, Magnolia Grove, The Crossings Mobile, Ala. Purse: $1.3 million Yardage: 6,584; Par: 72 (36-36) First Round Catriona Matthew 31-33 — 64 -8 Charley Hull 32-33 — 65 -7 Eun-Hee Ji 34-32 — 66 -6 Stacy Lewis 35-31 — 66 -6 Suzann Pettersen 33-33 — 66 -6 Nicole Castrale 36-31 — 67 -5 Moira Dunn 33-34 — 67 -5 Julieta Granada 32-35 — 67 -5 Jessica Korda 35-32 — 67 -5 Se Ri Pak 32-35 — 67 -5 Jenny Shin 34-33 — 67 -5 Perrine Delacour 36-32 — 68 -4 Brittany Lang 35-33 — 68 -4 Paola Moreno 36-32 — 68 -4 Anna Nordqvist 33-35 — 68 -4 Hee Young Park 35-33 — 68 -4 Jennifer Song 31-37 — 68 -4 Amy Anderson 35-34 — 69 -3 Chella Choi 35-34 — 69 -3 Na Yeon Choi 35-34 — 69 -3 Jodi Ewart Shadoff 36-33 — 69 -3 Pat Hurst 36-33 — 69 -3 Vicky Hurst 34-35 — 69 -3 Felicity Johnson 33-36 — 69 -3 Jennifer Kirby 35-34 — 69 -3 Amelia Lewis 34-35 — 69 -3 Xi Yu Lin 34-35 — 69 -3 Brittany Lincicome 35-34 — 69 -3 Azahara Munoz 35-34 — 69 -3 Pornanong Phatlum 33-36 — 69 -3 Jennifer Rosales 35-34 — 69 -3 Sarah Jane Smith 33-36 — 69 -3 Angela Stanford 35-34 — 69 -3 Jenny Suh 35-34 — 69 -3

Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORLIOLES — Placed RHP Tommy Hunter on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 21. Recalled RHP Preston Guilmet from Norfolk (IL).

CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Reinstated LHP Chris Sale from the 15-day DL. Designated RHP Frank Francisco for assignment.

CLEVELAND INDIANS — Recalled LHP T.J. House from AAA Columbus (IL).

Selected the contract of RHP Mark Lowe from Columbus. Placed RHP Zach McAllister on the 15-day DL. Optioned LHP Kyle Crockett to Columbus. Transferred OF Nyjer Morgan from the 15- to the 60-day DL. KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Optioned 3B Mike Moustakas to Omaha (PCL).

TAMPA BAY RAYS — Activated RHP Alex Cobb from the 15-day DL. Optioned OF Kevin Kiermaier to Durham (IL).

National League LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Released C Miguel Olivo.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Reinstated C Russell Martin from the 15-day DL. Claimed RHP Josh Wall off waivers from the Los Angeles Angels and optioned him to Indianapolis (IL). Designated RHP Phil Irwin and LHP Wandy Rodriguez for assignment.

SAN DIEGO PADRES — Placed LHP Robbie Erlin on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 18. Selected the contract of RHP Blaine Boyer from El Paso (PCL).

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Placed RHP Santiago Casilla on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP George Kontos from Fresno (PCL).

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Recalled RHP Blake Treinen from Syracuse (IL).

FOOTBALL National Football League ATLANTA FALCONS — Agreed to terms with RB Devonta Freeman.

CINCINNATI BENGALS — Signed QB A.J. McCarron and CB Lavelle Westbrooks.

DALLAS COWBOYS — Waived/injured G Jarrod Pughsley. Signed G Darius Morris.

DETROIT LIONS — Signed C Travis Swanson.

MIAMI DOLPHINS — Signed TE Arthur Lynch.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed DE Scott Crichton, S Antone Exum and LB Anthony Barr.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LEE COUNTY, ILLINOIS THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK IN AMBOY, Plaintiff, vs

MATTHEW L. HAYLES, JANICE L. HAYLES, PATRICIA F. PARTYKA, UNKNOWN OWNERS, and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

No. 13 CH 84 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE (IT IS ADVISED THAT INTERESTED PARTIES CONSULT THEIR OWN ATTORNEYS BEFORE BIDDING AT FORECLOSURE SALES.) PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE entered by the Court in The First National Bank in Amboy v. Matthew L. Hayles, Janice L. Hayles, Patricia F. Partyka, Unknown Owners, and Non-Record Claimants, Case No. 13 CH 84, Lee County, Illinois, on February 4, 2014, the property hereinafter described will be sold to the highest bidder.

(A) The name, address, and telephone number of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate are Franny M. Lilja, Loan Officer, The First National Bank in Amboy, 220 E. Main St., P.O. Box 80, Amboy, IL 61310, (815) 857-3625.

(B) Both the legal description of the real estate and the common address are as follows: Part of the West Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section 28, Township 38 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian, situated in the County of Lee, and State of Illinois, described as follows: Beginning at a point in the South line of said Section 28, 714.39 feet East of the Southwest corner thereof: thence extending Easterly on the said South line, 393.25 feet; thence Northerly perpendicular to the last described course 360.00 feet; thence Westerly parallel with the said South line 393.25 feet; thence Southerly perpendicular to the last described course 360.0 feet to the point of beginning, all situated in the County of Lee and State of Illinois.

COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 2612 Butler Hill Road, West Brooklyn, Illinois (D) The improvement on the real estate is a residence.

(E) The real estate may not be inspected prior to the sale.

(F) The time and place of the sale are as follows: The Lee County Old Courthouse, 112 East Second St., Dixon, IL 61021, at 10:00 a.m. on June 26, 2014.

(G) The terms of the sale are ten percent (10%) down at the time of the sale, payable in certified funds, and the full balance within seven (7) days.

(H) The case title, case number, and the Court in which the foreclosure was filed are specified above.

(I) No other information is required to be disclosed.

THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK IN AMBOY, Plaintiff

By EHRMANN GEHLBACH BADGER LEE & CONSIDINE, LLC

By Douglas E. Lee Douglas E. Lee Ehrmann Gehlbach Badger Lee & Considine, LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 215 E. First St., Suite 100 P.O. Box 447 Dixon, IL 61021 (815) 288-4949 (815) 288-3068 (FAX) lee@egblc.com May 16, 23, 30, 2014 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LEE COUNTY, ILLINOIS THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK IN AMBOY, Plaintiff, v.

DALE A. VAN NATTA, MARILYN D. VAN NATTA, UNKNOWN OWNERS, and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

No. 13 CH 83 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE (IT IS ADVISED THAT INTERESTED PARTIES CONSULT THEIR OWN ATTORNEYS BEFORE BIDDING AT FORECLOSURE SALES.) PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE entered by the Court in The First National Bank in Amboy v. Dale A. Van Natta, Marilyn D. Van Natta, Unknown Owners, and Non-Record Claimants, Case No. 13 CH 83, Lee County, Illinois, on February 4, 2014, the property hereinafter described will be sold to the highest bidder.

(A) The name, address, and telephone number of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate are Francine M. Lilja, Loan Officer, The First National Bank in Amboy, 220 E. Main St., P.O. Box 80, Amboy, IL 61310, (815) 857-3625.

(B) Both the legal description of the real estate and the common address are as follows: Part of the East Half (E 1/2) of the Northeast Quarter (NE 1/4) of Section 16, Township 21 North, Range 10 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian, described as follows: Beginning at a point on the East line of said Section 16, 1599.70 feet South of the Northeast Corner thereof; thence extending South on the said East line, 209.0 feet; thence Westerly perpendicular to the said East line 209.0 feet; thence Northerly parallel with the said East line, 209.0 feet; thence Easterly 209.0 feet to the said Point of Beginning, all situated in the County of Lee and State of Illinois.

COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 1567 Rockyford Road, Franklin Grove, Illinois (D) The improvement on the real estate is a residence.

(E) The real estate may not be inspected prior to the sale.

(F) The time and place of the sale are as follows: The Lee County Old Courthouse, 112 East Second St., Dixon, IL 61021, at 10:00 a.m. on June 26, 2014.

(G) The terms of the sale are ten percent (10%) down at the time of the sale, payable in certified funds, and the full balance within seven (7) days.

(H) The case title, case number, and the Court in which the foreclosure was filed are specified above.

(I) No other information is required to be disclosed.

THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK IN AMBOY, Plaintiff

On May 30, 2014 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 2013-2014 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 23, 2014

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By Douglas E. Lee Douglas E. Lee Ehrmann Gehlbach Badger Lee & Considine, LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 215 E. First St., Suite 100 P.O. Box 447 Dixon, IL 61021 May 16, 23, 30, 2014 Public Notice

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"THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE" W09-3634 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 15TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OGLE COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY DIVISION

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee, for the Certificateholders, MASTR Asset Backed Securities Trust 2007-NCW Mortgage PassThrough Certificates Series 2007-NCW; Plaintiff, VS. Michael J. Couto; Defendants.

09 CH 249 NOTICE OF JUDICIAL SALE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to a judgment heretofore entered by the said court occurred in the above entitled cause, Sheriff Michael R. Harn, Sheriff of Ogle, Illinois, will on June 6, 2014, at the hour of 11:00 AM at Sheriff of Ogle County, 103 Jefferson Street, Oregon, IL 61061, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, all and singular, the following described real estate in the said judgment mentioned, situated in the County of Ogle, State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy such judgment to wit: PART OF THE EAST HALF OF SECTION 7, TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT A FOUND IRON PIN AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 7, THENCE SOUTH 0 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 00 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID SECTION 7, A DISTANCE OF 2201.51 FEET TO THE SOUTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD SAID POINT BEING THE POINT OF BEGINNING OF THE HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED TRACT OF LAND; THENCE CONTINUING SOUTH 0 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 00 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID EAST LINE, A DISTANCE OF 553.14 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 90 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 00 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 233.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 0 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 00 SECONDS WEST PARALLEL WITH THE EAST LINE OF SAID SECTION 7, A DISTANCE OF 710.70 FEET TO THE SOUTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD; THENCE SOUTH 55 DEGREES 11 MINUTES 54 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID SOUTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE, A DISTANCE OF 290.40 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF OGLE AND THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. C/K/A: 4500 South Skare Road, Rochelle, IL 61068 PIN: 24-07-200-004-0000 The person to contact regarding information regarding this property is: Sales Dept., The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 W. Monroe St., Suite 1140, Chicago, IL 60603. Any questions regarding this sale should refer to file number W09-3634. The terms of the sale are Cash. 10% at time of sale, with the balance due within 24 hours. The property is improved by: SFH. The Property is not open for inspection prior to sale.

The real estate, together with all buildings and improvements thereon, and tenements, hereditament and appurtenances thereunto belonging shall be sold under such terms.

Russell C. Wirbicki (6186310) The Wirbicki Law Group LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 33 W. Monroe St., Suite 1140 Chicago, IL 60603 Phone: 312-360-9455 Fax: 312-572-7823 W09-3634 pleadings.il@wirbickilaw.com

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The work includes the re-grading of on-site stockpiles of fill, installation of silt fence and silt sock, seeding of cover crop, installation of a geotextile warning barrier and delivery of one truckload of sediment to the site.

Bids are to be addressed to the City of Sterling, 212 Third Ave., Sterling, IL 61081 and shall be marked Sealed Bid Bid # B2014-06-08, Green Infrastructure Riverfront Revitalization, Phase 1A Site Grading.

Digital Bidding Documents are available via email from Cardno JFNew by emailing a request to Jens Jensen at the following address: jens.jensen@cardno.com.

A paper copy of the Bidding Documents may be obtained from City of Sterling, 212 Third Ave., Sterling, IL 61081. A non-refundable fee of $ 100.00 will be required, plus $ 5.00 shipping and handling fees if necessary. Overnight mailing of Bidding Documents will not be provided.

A pre-bid conference is scheduled for May 30, 2014 at 11 am at City of Sterling, 212 Third Ave., Sterling, IL 61081 for this project.

No Bid will be received unless accompanied by a cashier's, certified or bank check or a Bid Bond equal to at least 5% of the maximum Bid, payable to the OWNER as a guarantee that after a Bid is accepted, Bidder will execute and file the Agreement and 100% Performance and Payment Bonds within fifteen days after the Notice of Award.

Bidders shall comply with State of Illinois and Whiteside County, IL prevailing wage rates.

The City of Sterling reserves the right to reject any or all Bids, to waive any technicality, and to accept any Bid which it deems advantageous.

Published by the authority of the City of Sterling.

Marie Rombouts, City Clerk

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CLERK OF COURT BY: Daniel Gallagher Deputy Clerk May 16, 23, 30, June 6 2014

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THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property Located at: 33 East Provost Street, Amboy, IL 61310Legal Description or Property Index No.: 02-1515-455-021

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The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6 month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming.

This notice is also to advise you that a petition has been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this property if redemption is not made on or before September 25, 2014.

This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of Lee County in Room 330 on October 3, 2014 at 11:30 AM. You may be present at this hearing, but your right to redeem will already have expired at that time.

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IN THE DISTRICT/SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA AT ANCHORAGE David Stalker f/k/a/ David Ketron Plaintiff(s), vs.

Brandy Cichetti Defendant(s).

CASE NO. 3AN-13-111128 CI NOTICE TO ABSENT DEFENDANT To Defendant: Brandy Cichetti. You are hereby summoned and required to file with the court an answer to the complaint filed in this case. Your answer must be filed with the court at 825 W. 4th Ave., Anchorage, Alaska 99501 within 30 days after the last date of publication of this notice. In addition, a copy of your answer must be sent to the plaintiff's attorney, Benjamin Crittenden whose address is: 750 W. 2nd Ave., Suite 200, Anchorage AK 99501.

If you fail to file your answer within the required time, a default judgment may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. This is an action for personal injury from a motor vehicle collision. The relief demanded is a money judgment for personal injury. You have been made a party to this action because you were the driver of the vehicle that hit David Stalker f/k/a David Ketron.

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TAX DEED NO.: 2014-TX-37 FILED: 4/4/2014 TAKE NOTICE County of Lee Date Premises Sold: November 1, 2011 Certificate No.: 2011-00010 Sold for General Taxes of (Year): 2010 Sold for Special Assessment of (Municipality) and Special Assessment Number: N/A Warrant No.: N/A Installment No.: N/A

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT THE COUNTY CLERK 112 East 2nd Street, Dixon, Illinois 61021 815-288-3309

Green Infrastructure Riverfront Revitalization Phase IA Site Grading

Dated 5/21/14

TO: Occupant; Matthew J. Duncan; Joann M. Duncan; Howard E. Duncan; Matthew Morency; Jo-Ann M. Duncan; Jessie Duncan; Collection Professionals, Inc.; Scott Steven Edwards as R/A for Collection Professionals, Inc.; Aplington Kaufman McClintock as Attorneys for Collection Professionals, Inc. in 12SC476; Jo-Ann M. Duncan; Cathy Myers, County Clerk of Lee County, Illinois; Claimants, Judgment Creditors, and Decree Creditors, if any of the above described as "Unknown Owners"; "Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots".

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SEALED BIDS will be received by the City of Dixon, Illinois until 11:00 a.m., Monday, June 2, 2014, for the City of Dixon's gasoline, oil, antifreeze and equipment for same to be supplied during the year by July 1, 2014 through June 30,2015 for City Departments.

SPECIFICATIONS may be obtained at the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, Dixon, Illinois.

ALL BIDS will be publicly opened and read aloud at a bid opening at 11:00 a.m., Monday, June 2, 2014, in the Council Chambers at City Hall in Dixon, Illinois.

THE CITY OF DIXON is an equal opportunity employer.

A CONTRACT may be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder whose bid is found to be in the best interests of the City of Dixon. The City of Dixon reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any informalities or irregularities in the bidding. The City Council further reserves the right to review and study any and all bids and to make a contract award within sixty (60) days after the bids have been opened and publicly read.

A Fair Employment Practices Affidavit of Compliance and an Anti-Collusion Affidavit of Compliance must be submitted with the bid. The City of Dixon does not discriminate on the basis of handicapped status in the admission or access to, or treatment or employment in, its programs or activities.

ALL BIDS must be accompanied by the bid document forms with specifications attached – contained in a sealed envelope clearly marked on the outside “City of Dixon's Gasoline & Oil Bid” and the name and address of the bidder. All bids should be addressed to the Dixon City Council, % City Clerk, 121 W. Second Street, Dixon, IL 61021.

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DIXON

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Modern clean, 2BR. Garage, Laundry. No smoking or pets. $500.

815-652-3365.

2BR, A/C & appliances furnished, attached garage, no smoking and no pets. Deposit and references req. $495/mo. 815-9463191 after 5 pm.

NORTHLAND PARK APARTMENTS

Newly refurbished 2BR. Storage/laundry rm., stove/ref, A/C. $550/mo. + dep. Sm. car port.

603 S. Hennepin.

No smoking or pets.

815-4403040 between 9am-8pm. Looking for reliable, long term tenant. Good references required

FRANKLIN GROVE FRANKLIN GROVE â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2 bedrooms Apartments AVAILABLE NOW! Rent is based on 30% of adjusted gross income and includes water, sewer, and garbage collection.

There are laundry facilities at the property.

Upon your second month of occupancy, you will get a $100 Wal-mart gift card for free! HURRY! To receive an application, or for more information, please call 1-800686-5538. This Institution is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.

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On-site laundry, major appliances, off street parking and air conditioning. Please call 1800-686-5165 or (608)822-7368.

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2BR, util. incl. new carpet & paint, 1BR also avail. $550/mo.

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HOMES FOR RENT

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DIXON Historic 2 Story Brick 3BR, 3 ba. den w/fplc, garage.

Northside.

No smoking, no pets. $1,000/mo. Available June 1st. 815440-0927.

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LYNDON â&#x2DC;&#x2026; NEW TODAY â&#x2DC;&#x2026; 2BR home. 510 1st Street East. Lyndon IL, ON RIVER. $800/mo.

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No pets. Call 815946-2247

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ROCK FALLS 1 & 2 Bed House for rent in Rock Falls, $445 & up. immed.

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3+BR, applcs. incl.

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With W/D hookup. $625/mo. + dep.

408 Brink Circle.

815-535-7137.

3BR, 1908 21st Ave. $925 mo.

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â&#x2DC;&#x2026; NEW TODAY â&#x2DC;&#x2026; Lg. 2BR 2ba. Duplex w/ bsmt, no smoking, no pets, $500/mo. + dep.

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Music Teacher Needed.

Ashton-Franklin Center School District First six weeks of the 2014.15 school year. Position includes K6 music and 7th & 8th grade band lessons. If interested, please contact Trina Dillon at 815456-2323, 815456-2325, or tdillon@ afcschools.net Volleyball Coaches Needed.

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Benefits, touch freight .40 per mile plus bonus and stop pay.

Call Russ 651-538-4439 ASSISTANT DIRECTOR The Whiteside Area Career Center will be hiring an Assistant Director beginning July 1, 2014.

Duties will be similar to a high school assistant principal.

It will be a 200 day contract, with salary contingent on experience.

Qualifications are a current IL Type 75 Administration Certificate and completion of the Illinois Teacher Evaluation Training.

Resume and application deadline is May 30th. Please contact Kim Purvis at 815-626-5810 or kpurvis@wacc.com for more information.

Automotive Technician Looking for experienced Technician. Full time with benefits.

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RN /LPN C.N.A. Transitions Nursing & Rehab seeks Part Time RN/LPN And PT/FT C.N.A. Apply in person at 1000 Dixon Ave. Rock Falls or email administrator@transitionsnursingrehab.com Specialty Vehicle Dealership is seeking a full time technician with a minimum of 4 years automotive mechanical and 12 volt wiring experience.

Candidate must possess good people skills and a willingness to learn. This position offers a competitive wage, good benefits package and good working conditions.

The deadline for submission is June 3, 2014 Please submit resume, salary requirement and 3 references to: Box #:1223 ,c/o Sauk Valley Classifieds, P.O.Box 498, Sterling, IL 61081 Sublette Farmers Elevator is accepting applications for a full time agronomy sales position.

Sales will include fertilizer, chemicals, & seed. Applications can be mailed to : Attn: Steven Klein Sublette Farmers Elevator Co. P.O. Box 289 Sublette, IL 61367 Summer Work Detasseling Contact: Rod Scott 815-626-8962 Sign up May 27th and 29th 6-7pm United Methodist Church 210 4th Ave. RF. Starting wages $9.25/hr, ages 13 & older. www.detasselingwhiteside.com TO OUR

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Sauk Valley Media does not knowingly accept advertising which is in violation of the law. Likewise, we do not knowingly accept advertising which is fraudulent or has malicious intent.

While we attempt to screen advertising with potential fraud, it is impossible to screen all potential problems.

We strongly encourage our readers to exercise caution and common sense, particularly when dealing with companies with which you are not familiar.

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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 specifically licensed 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 Sat. 8-2 & Sun. 8-12 1042 Inlet Rd. Huge Barn Sale!

Furniture, pictures and tons of misc!

DIXON GARAGE SALES 624 *Saturday 8-12* 300 Lincoln Statue Drive. DHS cafeteria. 30 + Families huge treasure sale!! Clothes, household items, baked goods, movies, holiday dĂŠcor. Too many items to list. Come check us out! All proceeds benefit DHS cheerleaders!!

Fri. & Sat. 7-?

720 5th Avenue Craftsman 6Hp 33gal. compressor, Craftsman 22â&#x20AC;? E-Z Walk mower, Bosch 360° job site radio, Bosch 18 V. Litheon drill, 6' fiberglass step ladder, vacuums, misc. furniture, twin iron bed, baby misc., Halloween, quilting cloth, vintage feed & seed cloth, house & garge misc.

Rain date in June.

Fri. 9-1, Sat. 8-11 591 Penrose Rd. Cherry wood changing table, highchair, Boppy,strollers, baby boy clothes, entertainment cntr., TOYS GALORE! misc., womens clothing, books, most everythingMAKE AN OFFER!!

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DIXON GARAGE SALES 624

Fri. 9-5 722 S. College Huge selection books, DVD's.

Newborn, toddler & adult namebrand clothes.

Scrubs ($2.50) ex. small 3XL, housewares, Must come see!

Thurs- Fri 8-4pm 345 Rock Island Road Boy sizes 10-12, young mens & womens clothing, home school circ, Christian books, heelys shoes, tool box for truck, kitchen bar stools, misc & much more

Fri. Only 7:30-2pm 509 Armedia St. 518 1st Ave Old shutters, bottles, bench & gate, windows, assorted k-cups, nice young ladies clothes, scrubs, primitives, housewares, wicker rocker, misc, baked goods Friday & Saturday 8-4, 1409 S. Peoria Ave. Nike shoes 7-8 never worn, Mostly L & XL Coats and Sweat shirts, Chicago Bears & Cubs, Like new chest freezer, Twin bed w. drawers under.

TV stand, misc. furniture.

Friday 8-2, Saturday 8-12 1088 Rt. 38 3 Family Sale Clothing for all ages! Furniture, knickknacks, washer & dryer.

Way too much to mention!!

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Friday 8:30-3 1917 Sunnydale Rd. / 2.5 mi. past Bombdigity Lots of clothing preteen - plus, books, baskets, shoes, purses, scrubs, commercial floor tile.

Lots of fun & unique items!

Sat 8-1 1012 Avery Ave. Newborn / toddler, boy clothes, ladies & mens clothes.

Playstation with games, toys, dishes, king/queen size bedding, futon and much more.

Saturday 8-12 316 E. 3rd St. Name brand kids clothes 0-12mos to 7 to 8 years, GAP, Gymboree, Justice.

Every clothing piece 25¢. Toys, books, etc. No early bird sales!!!!!

Saturday 8-4 2014 W. 1st Street Ladies clothes S-2X, infant girl clothes, shoes, yard roller, drywall taper, 30 gal. fish tank, old glassware, punching bag, books, baby items, etc.

Saturday Only 8-1 1024 Avery Ave. This is one huge Garage Sale!! Way too many items to list... everything from furniture, household appliances, books, clothing, toddler boy's clothing 1224 mo., high chair, baby play yard, toys, snow blower, tools, and misc.

creditautodixon@yahoo.com Fax: (815) 288-6183

601 IL Route 2, Dixon, IL 61021 Hours: Monday - Friday: 9am - 6pm Saturday: 9am - 3pm

Friday 8-5 1118 Chestnut Avenue Kitchen/Housewares, Scentsy samples, clothing, small applcs. & Much! Much More!

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"THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE" W09-3634 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 15TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OGLE COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY DIVISION Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee, for the Certificateholders, MASTR Asset Backed Securities Trust 2007-NCW Mortgage PassThrough Certificates Series 2007-NCW; Plaintiff, VS. Michael J. Couto; Defendants.

09 CH 249 NOTICE OF JUDICIAL SALE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to a judgment heretofore entered by the said court occurred in the above entitled cause, Sheriff Michael R. Harn, Sheriff of Ogle, Illinois, will on June 6, 2014, at the hour of 11:00 AM at Sheriff of Ogle County, 103 Jefferson Street, Oregon, IL 61061, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, all and singular, the following described real estate in the said judgment mentioned, situated in the County of Ogle, State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy such judgment to wit:

The person to contact regarding information regarding this property is: Sales Dept., The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 W. Monroe St., Suite 1140, Chicago, IL 60603. Any questions regarding this sale should refer to file number W09-3634. The terms of the sale are Cash. 10% at time of sale, with the balance due within 24 hours. The property is improved by: SFH. The Property is not open for inspection prior to sale.

The real estate, together with all buildings and improvements thereon, and tenements, hereditament and appurtenances thereunto belonging shall be sold under such terms.

Russell C. Wirbicki (6186310) The Wirbicki Law Group LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 33 W. Monroe St., Suite 1140 Chicago, IL 60603 Phone: 312-360-9455 Fax: 312-572-7823 W09-3634 pleadings.il@wirbickilaw.com

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE (IT IS ADVISED THAT INTERESTED PARTIES CONSULT THEIR OWN ATTORNEYS BEFORE BIDDING AT FORECLOSURE SALES.) PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE entered by the Court in The First National Bank in Amboy v. Matthew L. Hayles, Janice L. Hayles, Patricia F. Partyka, Unknown Owners, and NonRecord Claimants, Case No. 13 CH 84, Lee County, Illinois, on February 4, 2014, the property hereinafter described will be sold to the highest bidder.

(A) The name, address, and telephone number of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate are Franny M. Lilja, Loan Officer, The First National Bank in Amboy, 220 E. Main St., P.O. Box 80, Amboy, IL 61310, (815) 8573625.

(B) Both the legal description of the real estate and the common address are as follows: Part of the West Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section 28, Township 38 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian, situated in the County of Lee, and State of Illinois, described as follows: Beginning at a point in the South line of said Section 28, 714.39 feet East of the Southwest corner thereof: thence extending Easterly on the said South line, 393.25 feet; thence Northerly perpendicular to the last described course 360.00 feet; thence Westerly parallel with the said South line 393.25 feet; thence Southerly perpendicular to the last described course 360.0 feet to the point of beginning, all situated in the County of Lee and State of Illinois.

COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 2612 Butler Hill Road, West Brooklyn, Illinois (D) The improvement on the real estate is a residence.

(E) The real estate may not be inspected prior to the sale.

(F) The time and place of the sale are as follows: The Lee County Old Courthouse, 112 East Second St., Dixon, IL 61021, at 10:00 a.m. on June 26, 2014.

(G) The terms of the sale are ten percent (10%) down at the time of the sale, payable in certified funds, and the full balance within seven (7) days.

(H) The case title, case number, and the Court in which the foreclosure was filed are specified above.

(I) No other information is required to be disclosed.

THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK IN AMBOY, Plaintiff

By EHRMANN GEHLBACH BADGER LEE & CONSIDINE, LLC

By Douglas E. Lee Douglas E. Lee Ehrmann Gehlbach Badger Lee & Considine, LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 215 E. First St., Suite 100 P.O. Box 447 Dixon, IL 61021 (815) 288-4949 (815) 288-3068 (FAX) lee@egblc.com May 16, 23, 30, 2014

May 16, 23, 30, 2014

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE (IT IS ADVISED THAT INTERESTED PARTIES CONSULT THEIR OWN ATTORNEYS BEFORE BIDDING AT FORECLOSURE SALES.) PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE entered by the Court in The First National Bank in Amboy v. Dale A. Van Natta, Marilyn D. Van Natta, Unknown Owners, and Non-Record Claimants, Case No. 13 CH 83, Lee County, Illinois, on February 4, 2014, the property hereinafter described will be sold to the highest bidder.

(A) The name, address, and telephone number of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate are Francine M. Lilja, Loan Officer, The First National Bank in Amboy, 220 E. Main St., P.O. Box 80, Amboy, IL 61310, (815) 857-3625.

(B) Both the legal description of the real estate and the common address are as follows: Part of the East Half (E 1/2) of the Northeast Quarter (NE 1/4) of Section 16, Township 21 North, Range 10 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian, described as follows: Beginning at a point on the East line of said Section 16, 1599.70 feet South of the Northeast Corner thereof; thence extending South on the said East line, 209.0 feet; thence Westerly perpendicular to the said East line 209.0 feet; thence Northerly parallel with the said East line, 209.0 feet; thence Easterly 209.0 feet to the said Point of Beginning, all situated in the County of Lee and State of Illinois.

COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 1567 Rockyford Road, Franklin Grove, Illinois (D) The improvement on the real estate is a residence.

(E) The real estate may not be inspected prior to the sale.

(F) The time and place of the sale are as follows: The Lee County Old Courthouse, 112 East Second St., Dixon, IL 61021, at 10:00 a.m. on June 26, 2014.

(G) The terms of the sale are ten percent (10%) down at the time of the sale, payable in certified funds, and the full balance within seven (7) days.

(H) The case title, case number, and the Court in which the foreclosure was filed are specified above.

(I) No other information is required to be disclosed.

THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK IN AMBOY, Plaintiff

By EHRMANN GEHLBACH BADGER LEE & CONSIDINE, LLC

By Douglas E. Lee Douglas E. Lee Ehrmann Gehlbach Badger Lee & Considine, LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 215 E. First St., Suite 100 P.O. Box 447 Dixon, IL 61021 May 16, 23, 30, 2014

LEE & WHITESIDE COUNTIES

SATURDAY 11-12

TELEGRAPH

815-625-3600

C/K/A: 4500 South Skare Road, Rochelle, IL 61068 PIN: 24-07-200-004-0000

www.creditautosalesdixon.com Email: Phone:

(815) 288-1716 (815) 288-2406

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Saturday, May 24th Sunday, May 25th

Lee County & Surrounding Areas SATURDAY 12-2

SUNDAY 12-2

SUNDAY 2-4

707 PALMYRA STREET, DIXON

1950 SHADY OAKS, AMBOY

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DFUHV QHZHU EHGURRP EDWK KRPH large pole barn, fenced pasture, timber, $319,900 #122692 Hosted by Eric Bird

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700 CENTRAL STREET, WOOSUNG

Enjoy country living. 4 bedrooms, enclosed porch, 4 car garage, fenced in outbuildings.$126,400 +RVWHG E\ 'DZQ %XWFKHU

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Whiteside County & Surrounding Areas SATURDAY 11:30-1

523 BARDEN STREET, MORRISON

Price Reduced! Meticulously kept 4 bedroom.

Updated kitchen, pool & more! $139,500 #121510 Hosted by Frank Murphy

SATURDAY 12-1

1296 SINN ISSIPPI PARK ROAD, STERLING

2 bedroom, 2.5 bath, 2 story home, $269,900 #122980 Hosted by Tim McCaslin

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SATURDAY 1:30-2:30

1714 GREGDEN SHORES DRIVE, STERLING

4 bedroom, 2 bath, 2 story home on the River! $274,500 #122556 Hosted by Tim McCaslin

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SAUK VALLEY MEDIA s Friday, May 23, 2014 s PAGE B12

DIXON GARAGE SALES 624

STERLING GARAGE SALES 624

WOOSUNG GARAGE SALES 624

Thurs. - Sat. 9-5 1151 Middle Rd Twin mattress new, 4 Drawer legal file, 2 100-watt stereo speakers, Laptop; DVD R/W, Printer to 17”-22”,Ovrhd projector, Mgmt. books, Wedgwood china set, brass umbrella stand, antique coat tree, lace tablecloths, long drapes (set), ladies' clothes

Don't Miss this Sale, Everyting Goes!!

Wed./Thurs. 10-6, Fri. 12-6, Sat. 9-4 Early Sales Starting Tues.

Bizarre Americana 609 W. Third St.

By Steel Worker's Credit Union bottom Ave. G Bridge Beds- twin, full, queen, king, $90.

Recliner, sofa, dresser w/mirror, love seat, micro. stand, gun rack, TV stand, new queen/ king box springs, office chair. Like new washer, coffee & end tables, headboards. 5,000 & 8,000 BTU air conditioners, beautiful dining table & 7 chairs, large table, sofa sleeper, toddler & beds, gas stove, ent. center, double reclining sofa, side by side refrig., Kenmore refrig., 3pc.

Sectional w/hide-a-bed, twin roll-away bed, sm. table & 2 chairs, sm. computer desk. Much more!

815-718-4385.

Fri. 8-3 Sat. 8-2 209 Endicott Rd. (4 mi. N. of Dixon on Rt. 26) boy's NB-18 mo., girl's NB- 3 mo., & 5-10/12, jr. & adult, toys, crib bedding, scrubs, work boots, bookcases, home décor, kitchen items, car speakers, gas powered bike ...

Thurs. 4-7 Fri. & Sat. 8-4 572 Palmyra Road ½ mile past Bombdigity We cleaned out the basement & barn!

Come see what we found old and vintage! If you like to repurpose items we have something for everyone! Also, household items, L mens & L-XL women clothing in excl. cond. Our trash may be your treasure!!

ROCK FALLS GARAGE SALES 624 Fri. & Sat., 8-4 1115 Arland St. Dell computer, small appliances, nice womens wear, size 36 mens wear, car top carrier, patio table & chair set, glassware, knick knacks, electric heater, Bear Cat scanner, other misc. items.

Friday 8:30am-noon 603 Wiker Drive Lots of toys, baby items, pack-n-play, high chair, car seat, booster seats, train table, bikes, TVs, a futon, twin head board, name brand clothes girls 5/6 and boys 12mo-8.

Friday 9-3:30 Saturday 9-2 1606 7th Ave. Clothing, Knick Knacks, Paradise Collections, Porcelain Indian dolls, Jewelery, 2 & 3 wheeled bikes, nice dining room table and chairs & lots of misc.

Friday-Tuesday 1830 3rd Ave. Furniture, kitchen, tools, antiques.

Sat. 5/24 215 Ave. F Garage & Moving Sale Sat. 8-2 Sun. 9-2 1302 6th Ave. Dressers, baby clothes, girls clothes 4-12, baby furniture, & lots of toys & misc.

Saturday 7-2 29020 Blue Heron 4 miles S. on 40 “Little Dog” products, furniture, home decor, pictures, purses, nice clothing, guitar & amp., bike, and much more.

Saturday 8-4 3009 A St. Dresser, end tables, womens clothes, DVD's, lots of misc! All prices negotiable.

Saturday only, 8-1 1003 Selmi Ln. (Off Dixon Ave.) Antiques, baskets, car seat w/ 2 bases, toys, mens & womens clothing, girls 3T-5T, boys 0-18mos., shoes, & baby items.

Thurs. 1-6 Fri.11-4 1401 Bennett Dr. tents, cot, deer feeders, hunting outfit, women's clothes, toys, bedding & sheets, knick knacks, Americana, too much misc. to list Thurs. Fri. 8-4 & Sat. 8-noon 1113 W 5th St. Toys, games, children's books, clothes for all, desks w/ chairs, pool sup., vent hood, hammock & lots of misc.

Thurs., Fri. Sat. 9am-1pm 1529 8th Ave. (around back Wike Drive) Garage Sale.

Clothing: womens, boys 2-7yrs, girls 2-8yrs. Toys and misc. items.

STERLING GARAGE SALES 624 Fri. & Sat, 8-noon 909 Avenue J Mostly boys and girls clothing, and lots of misc!

Fri. & Sat., 8-5 2201 16th Ave. Garage Sale Fri. 9-2 Sat. 8-12 1805 19th Ave. boy's NB - 9 mo., girl's 4-8, boy's Mmen's M, & women's/Jr. clothes, shoes, brand new guitar, microwave, tons of toys, decorations, & misc.

Friday 8-2 2108 22nd Ave. Girls clothing up to 4T, and lots of misc.

Friday 9-5 & Sat. 9-12. 25570 Indian Ridge Rd. Lots of clothes, & misc.

Saturday 8-12 2005 12th Ave. 12ft. Tree pruner, hose mobile, child booster car seat, sears vacuum, wooden rocker, desk, clothes and misc.

Saturday 8-3 404 W. 13th Street Multi-Family clothes - baby to adult, toys, household, snow blower, books, antique dining table, bike, nerf, goodies, misc Saturday 8-?

2111 11th Avenue The Sale you have been waiting all year for!

Something for everyone!

Don't Miss This One!!!

THE EMPORIUM THRIFT STORE 115 W. 3rd St. Sterling CELEBRATE STERLING'S FOURTH FRIDAY May 22,23,24 50% OFF STOREWIDE

ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES 705 I Buy: Antique furniture, fishing tackle, toys, post cards junk. 815-445-6151 Original WW2 German model K98 Mauser Rifle must have FOID card. $600 OBO 815-284-9967

GUNS & ARCHERY

706

22 long ammo.

Box of 50 $6. box of 500 $55. FOID req. Call 815-9731334.

APPLIANCES

710

White Westinghouse freezer 7 cu ft. Like new! $150 815-901-2030

CLOVER HILLS

RENT TO OWN APPLIANCES TV’S MATTRESSES

815.625.8529 CLOVER HILLS LEASE TO OWN APPLIANCES TV’S MATTRESSES

815.625.8529

SPORTING GOODS

716

Wilson Imperial left-handed women's golf clubs, incl. bag & pull cart $75 815-590-6920

BUILDING SUPPLIES

720

5- Anderson 200 Series windows $1500 for all. New Mono Trusses 2' On center up to 2/12 Pitch. New Call for more info $2000. Call 815303-9321

FURNITURE

755

★ NEW TODAY ★ 8pc. King bedroom set, black lacquer. Like new $500/obo.

630201-2888 Rock Falls

★ NEW TODAY ★ Antique roll-top desk, solid oak.

Good cond. $200/ obo. 815-535-3963

FURNITURE

755

England Sofa 2 matching blue lane recliners. Bought at Harold's Furniture.

Paid $1439. Barley used. Exc. cond. $700 815-4994187 or 815-4384451 Laz-boy couch recliner, 75”, navy leather with fold down center console. $500 815453-5039 Light Oak table 2 leaves, 4 padded chairs + 2 captain chairs, well made! $450 815-9738903 Mattress sets: Twin $99, Full $129, Queen $159, King $199. Will deliver! Kern Mattress Outlet, call 309452-7477.

PETS & PET SUPPLIES 775 2 dogs free to good home. Pit bull beagle mix & pit lab mix. Both girls. Very sweet.

Good with kids.

Both fixed. 815289-7109 or 779245-7109 5 bird cages, 4-5' tall, on wheels. $100/ea. Call 815535-7137 Blue Russian/ Siamese kittens, gray with ghost stripes. Free to good homes only.

Will be ready in 4 weeks. Call 815994-0921 Free 2 Calico female kittens, 9 weeks.

815-5177836 Free kittens to a good home Yellow tiger, black calico, 1 w/ six toes. 815973-0056 Free Rescued Kitten, female, 6 wks., black & orange, white feet, 815-626-0929 Mixed breed puppies, free to good homes only. 815438-2507 Sweet & lovable cats and kittens free to good homes only. Call 815-590-7625.

Wanted: small adult chihuahua, female, spayed, housebroken, reasonably priced or free. 815-564-9022 after 1 pm.

Need to place an ad?

Call us 625-3600 284-2222

PETS & PET SUPPLIES 775 WARNING ADS FOR FREE PETS Your beloved pet deserves a loving, caring home. The ad for your free pet may draw response from individuals who will sell your animal for research or breeding purposes.

Please screen respondents carefully when giving an animal away.

Your pet will thank you!

LAWN MOWERS

779

1990 John Deere 318 runs great & looks great! $850 Call after 4. 815625-6463 MTD Yard Machine 15.5hp B&S, 42” cut, 7spd shift on the go. Very good cond. $575.

815-973-3223.

Simplicity Conquest garden tractor, 50” mower, 18hp. Like new.

235 hrs. $2,000/ firm. 815-499-7308

LAWN & GARDEN

781

2002 John Deere X585 4x4.

54” mulching mowing deck, 51” rotary broom MC519 bagging cart. 46” snow thrower. $8,900. Call 815441-7500 Will sell separately.

EXERCISE EQUIPMENT

785

Brand New Nordictrack Treadmill C700. Paid $850 asking $700. Call 815-535-3835

TICKETS / TRAVEL 787 & EVENTS No person or business, unless properly licensed by the Illinois Secretary of State, may sell ticket(s) for any sporting event or otherwise, for more than the price printed upon the face of the said ticket(s).

Only licensed ticket brokers may legally advertise, negotiate and execute the sale of ticket(s) for any amount over what is printed upon the face of ticket.

TOOLS & MACHINERY

TOOLS & MACHINERY

792

Stihl MS310 20” Chainsaw w/ case 2 bars, 6 chains, oil, gas can exc. con. $400. 815440-3702

WANT TO BUY 795 Will buy crochet, knitting books and magazines. Leave message. 815-4997386

MISCELLANEOUS 796 FOR SALE '99 Ford F-150 Ext.-Cab fiberglass running boards $30 815-857-3410 12 ½ ft. telescopic ladder like new. $100.

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Listed around $500 815-718-4272 Cross over tool box $100 815-8573410 EXERCISE EQUIP: Ab Circle Pro $45, New Nordictrack Skier $475, Vigorfit Gym $350 815994-2706 Before 2PM or leave message Golf traveling bag.

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24,988*

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24,988*

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21,988

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04 Ford F-250 XLT

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Stock #R585

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04 Chevrolet Cobalt LS Stock #R596B

13 Chevrolet Cruze 2LT

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06 Chevrolet HHR LS

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07 Chevrolet Impala LT

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09 Chevrolet Impala LT

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10 Dodge

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$

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07 Ford F150 FX4

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10 Chrysler Sebring LX

13 Chevrolet Impala LT

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13 Chevrolet Impala LT

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21,988

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22,988*

Stock #R670

13 Buick Verano

14 Chevrolet Captiva Sport

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18,988

$

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21,850

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22,988

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23,988*

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10 Chevrolet Equinox LTZ

11 Chevrolet Traverse LS

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14 Chevrolet Impala LTZ

11 GMC Terrain SLT-2

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Stock #R624

23,988*

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13 Chevrolet Equinox LT

11 GMC Terrain SLE-1

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07 Ford F-250 Lariat

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Stock #R681

31,988*

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14 Chevrolet Equinox LTZ

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13 GMC Terrain SLT Stock #R655

White Diamond

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(815)625.2700 *Prices do not include tax, title, license and doc fees. Pictures are for illustration purposes only. See dealer for details.

Dealer not liable for errors in this ad. All pricing ends 05/30/14.