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LOCAL ECONOMY | ANCHOR COUPLING EXIT

Jobs moving to Michigan Sterling, Dixon to lose Caterpillar-owned facilities

BY MATT MENCARINI mmencarini@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5529

STERLING – Caterpillar, which owns the Anchor Coupling facilities in Sterling and Dixon, will consolidate and move the plants to Michigan.

In early May, the company announced plans to consolidate the plants, but didn’t say where it might relocate operations, other than the possible sites were in North America.

In meetings Friday, Caterpillar told employees at the Sauk Val-

ley plants that production and distribution operations would be moved to the Anchor Coupling facility in Menominee, Michigan.

Closing the Sauk Valley plants will affect about 170 fulltime employees, according to a Caterpillar new release.

The decision was made after a yearlong consolidation study by Caterpillar.

Sterling Mayor Skip Lee said that until he was informed of the decision Friday afternoon, he had held out hope that the company would stay.

“It’s a sad day for this SterlingRock Falls area,” he said. “Those are jobs that we can’t afford to lose. The best scenario is people follow the job to Michigan, which takes talent out of the area.”

In anticipation of expanded operations, the Menominee plant will add about 120 jobs during the next year, Caterpillar spokeswoman Rachel Potts said.

Local employees will have relocation opportunities, she added.

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Anchor Coupling plants in Sterling and Dixon will be closed in early 2015 and operations will be moved to Menominee, Mich., parent company Caterpillar announced Friday.

WEEKEND FEATURE | ST. MARY’S SCHOOL IN STERLING

‘This was my ministry’

DIXON

Financial review on horizon

BY MATT MENCARINI mmencarini@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5529

DIXON – An 18-week review of Dixon’s financial controls could begin in just a few weeks.

In the coming weeks, officials will meet with Sikich, a Naperville-based accounting firm, to complete an agreement to study the city’s financial controls and cash management procedures.

The meeting will happen after the Dixon City Council and city staff have had a chance to review the initial proposal, Mayor Jim Burke said.

The review’s purpose, Burke said, is to determine whether the city’s financial controls systems have any weaknesses and, if they do, to possibly get recommendations on how to fix them.

“I’m not expecting any problems,” Burke said. “... But we don’t want to take any chances on anything.”

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Kraig Schweiss takes a break while packing up his classroom at St. Mary’s School in Sterling. The English teacher is hanging it up after 41 years.

Longtime St. Mary’s teacher exits, stage left

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

STERLING – If you’re lucky, there’s at least one teacher in your life for whom you’ll always be grateful, who made learning fiery fun, who knew how special you were, and celebrated it.

If you’re really, really lucky, you had Kraig Schweiss.

For the past 35 years, Schweiss has been the tender beating heart of St. Mary’s School in Sterling. He’s firm

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but fair, and extraordinarily kind. And funny. His laugh wrinkles have laugh wrinkles. For an English teacher, he’s got a whole lot of that French joie de vivre.

Schweiss retired this year, after 41 years of teaching elementary students in the Sterling and Dixon Catholic school systems.

No one’s happy about it, except maybe his wife, Valerie, and their two horses, three dogs and four cats.

Valerie, an RN who also just retired

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Curt Phillips has plenty of people helping him to keep Dixon looking good. See Page A3

from the digestive health department at CGH Medical Center, has a honeydo list that grows daily at their rural Sterling home. (On June 24, they will have been married 25 years. They also have two sons, Jonathan Schweiss, 23, a mechanical engineering student at the University of Wisconsin, Platteville, and Mike Wilkinson, 34, who lives in Fulton and works in Princeton, Iowa.)

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Setting the scenes The Dillon Home Museum in Sterling was the scene of recent work on the film, “Sons and Daughters of Thunder.”

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ABOVE: “Team Jackie,� a group of friends and coworkers of Jackie Cook, speak about their efforts Friday afternoon to help their friend, who is battling cancer. Cook is a paraprofessional at Washington Elementary School in Dixon and is winning her battle against throat cancer. The “Washington Warriorettes� spoke during the opening ceremonies of the Lee County Relay for Life at Dixon High School. TOP LEFT: Friends, family and supporters line the Dixon High School track as survivors of cancer make their way to start the 2014 Lee County Relay for Life. The Whiteside County Relay Life is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. today at Hinder’s Field at Rock Falls High School. BOTTOM LEFT: Jim Marshall speaks about his battle with colorectal cancer Friday evening at the Lee County Relay for Life. Marshall is a 6-year cancer survivor.

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THE PEOPLE’S VOICE | CURT PHILLIPS & CO.

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ltimately, the goal of this space I’m given every other weekend is to tell the stories of the everyman. And, Lordy, is Curt Phillips the prototypical subject: a guy who keeps our Sauk Valley world spinning round, yet wouldn’t typically show up in the newspaper.

So why don’t you see a big, artfully shot portrait of Phillips? There are a couple of reasons. First off, whereas these columns usually focus on a solitary subject, in order for Phillips to do his job as superintendent of the Dixon Department of Public Properties, it takes a village.

Second, he doesn’t want to be seen. “You don’t want to bother with any of that,� he said during our interview. “I just like to do my job.�

Sitting in his office evoked memories of my experience working for the Department of Public Works in my hometown of Manitowoc, Wisconsin. But there was a stark difference between that outfit and Phillips’. Sure, we grunts carried out the requirements of our jobs.

But we did just enough to do so. Many employees slept in their trucks, and some even slipped the grid altogether for hours at a time after thoroughly casing their supervisors’ schedule.

I think the most heinous crime I committed was taking my truck – my partner and I spent the summer changing the bulbs in traffic lights and painting hydrants – through fast-food drivethrus a few times. That was forbidden, but what can I say? I was young and reckless.

For a few years, Phillips had no part-timers at his disposal. Instead, he and his two fellow full-timers did their best to keep up the nearly 80-acre Oakwood Cemetery in Dixon, in addition to watering

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the petunias.

And right there is the timeliness of this offering.

Last Saturday, Phillips and Co. delivered the plants – and not just any plants. These are the Dixon-original pink magic species – to the 17 blocks on which they’d be planted.

Terry Nichols, who has been synonymous with horticulture in Dixon for 4 decades, used to deliver the plants. “He’s been doing this even longer than I have,� Phillips said.

And Phillips has been with the department since 1986. When he was at Dixon High School, his summer job with the department saw him – you might have guessed it – watering petunias.

So Phillips has a pretty firm grip on what the little pink beauties mean to Dixonites.

That’s why having the staff to handle the cemetery and the petunias is such a breath of fresh air.

Phillips’ voice turns solemn when he recalls what the cemetery (the department’s primary focus) looked like when the three full-timers were stretching themselves as thinly as possible. “The grounds showed it,� he said. “It’s a lot of area to cover. Lot of rocks to mow around out there.�

So you could only imagine how proud he was when attendees of the recent Memorial Day service gushed about the lush-yet-finely-manicured cemetery. Similar-

ly, you can assume arriving at work is easier every day when you know your staff is ample. “Doesn’t get any better than that,� Phillips said.

And the importance of making those jobs available is multifold – not just to keep Phillips and his full-timers from working themselves into the ground. (A bad pun, I know, but I can’t bring myself to delete it.) As a former teenager who relied on a city job over the summers to make car payments, buy clothes or take out my main squeeze on the occasional date, I can relate.

Today, I’m an adult who understands the importance of shopping local. “They’ve got some money, and I’m sure that some of it goes back into the community when they purchase things,�

Phillips said. “It’s good all around.�

As for those petunias, like I said, Phillips is aware of what they mean to Dixon. So, while he admits he’s no horticulturist, he is the guy to coordinate the watering, the city decided.

There has been a 2-year hiatus on the in-ground flowers, as they were dying off far too often.

Commissioner Colleen Brechon suspects they might have been overwatered.

So, whereas she assembled a veritable army to carry out the planting last Saturday, watering is strictly Phillips’ jurisdiction. And he is quick to point out that in many years, the petunias have looked glorious. To make sure visitors and longtime resident alike are charmed by the bright-pink staples, the planting zone has been scaled all the way down from some 200 blocks to 17 this summer.

Like anything in life, there’s a learning curve.

For instance, the relatively new hanging baskets weren’t faring well at

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Employees who lose jobs will receive severance packages, according to the news release.

The local plants will begin to “ramp down production� in the fourth quarter of this year, the release said, and are expected to be closed in the first quarter of 2015.

Lee said he wasn’t given a specific reason for Caterpillar’s decision to move the operations out of the area, only that the

company was looking to increase efficiency.

Greg Folley, a Caterpillar vice president, said the company recognized that the decision would be difficult for employees, and he appreciated the quality work done at the local plants. “This decision is not about the performance of these plants,� he said in the news release, “but rather about improving efficiency across the component manufacturing footprint and reducing the cost structure driven by three independent

facilities, while providing the highest quality products to our customers.�

Anchor Coupling is at 2910 W. LeFevre Road and 1005 Commerce Drive in Sterling and 1100 Anchor Road in Dixon.

The company manufactures and supplies hydraulic hose assemblies.

Lee said he was happy to see the plants stay in the U.S., even if they couldn’t remain in the Sauk Valley. “I hate to see them go,� he said, “and now we have to find out how to replace them.�

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Vicky Turner was one of several volunteers helping plant petunias the morning of May 31 along the streets of Dixon. Turner, president of Dixon Tourism, was out with secretary Jeanne Kuhn, Karla Brooks and board member Marilyn Trulock. times in recent years. So rather than exclusively watering them over the weekends, Phillips decided it was time to give them a drink every day.

After all, they’re not like the in-ground plants that are much better cared for

by Mother Nature.

Which leads us, ultimately, to a concession: No matter how thor-

oughly staffed Phillips’ department is, and even though six of his seven part-timers are veterans on the job, the man who’s spent 28 years with the Public Properties Department has to leave things up to a higher power. “The ones in the ground, it just depends on Mother Nature how

much we need to water those,� Phillips said. “We just hope we get a decent growing season. There’s not a whole lot we can do, other than control the water and let happen what happens.�

So if it takes a village, I guess Mother Nature is its president. But it’s nice to have a right-hand man like Phillips.

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OBITUARIES Kristy Oncken DIXON – Kristy Oncken, 54, of Dixon, died peacefully Wednesday, June 4, 2014, at her home, after an extended illness.

Kristy was born May 3, 1960, in Sterling, the daughter of Keith and Lynn (Hull) Oncken. Kristy grew up on a dairy farm near Milledgeville, and developed a love for animals and nature.

Kristy graduated from Milledgeville High School in 1978, and received her Bachelor of Science degree in business and Spanish from Illinois State University in 1982. After college, Kristy worked as a loan processor for SBA loans. After completing paralegal certification, she became a senior paralegal, working for CitiCorp in the hospital financing group. Both positions were in Dallas, where she met and married her devoted husband and friend, Mike Ford, whom she married on May 23, 1991. For the last 2 years, Kristy enjoyed working part time at her niece’s restaurant, The Cobblestone.

Kristy’s passions in life included reading, gardening, and a special affinity for her beloved cats. She was devoted to the rescue and neutering of stray cats.

Kristy refused to allow her health issues to dominate her life, and fought bravely for many

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years with discipline and a positive spirit. Kristy’s fun-loving nature and her kind and generous disposition were appreciated by all those who knew and loved her.

Kristy is survived by her husband, Mike; her parents, Keith and Lynn Oncken of Milledgeville; two sisters, Vicki Sandhu of Elgin and Deborah (Bill) Crowson of Dixon; nephews, Chris (Jennifer) Diehl of Polo and Jamie Diehl of Sterling; nieces, Nicole Diehl and Alison Brantley, both of Dixon; best friends, Gerrie Jakobs and Ann Frank Wake; many cousins; and seven great-nieces and great-nephews.

She was preceded in death by her grandparents.

Visitation will be from 9:30 to 11 a.m. June 14 and a memorial service celebrating Kristy’s life at 11 a.m. June 14 at First Christian Church in Dixon, with the Rev. Lynn Bond, pastor, officiating. Cremation rites have been accorded.

Preston-Schilling Funeral Home in Dixon is handling arrangements.

In lieu of flowers, memorials have been established to Hospice of the Rock River Valley and Granny Rose Animal Shelter.

Visit prestonschillingfuneralhome.com to send condolences.

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DIXON – Gary A. Olsen, 66, of Dixon, died Thursday, June 5, 2014, at his home. He worked for the state Department of Corrections for 32 years, retiring as a corrections lieutenant.

Gary was born Sept.

7, 1947, in Morris, the son of Carl and Dorothy (Henderson) Olsen. He married Donna Ingram on Nov. 17, 1984, in Dwight. He served in the Army during the Vietnam War. Gary was a member of the National Rifle Association, and was one of the first to receive his concealed carry card. He also was a member of the Dixon Evening Lions Club. He was an avid Green Bay Packers and NASCAR fan, and frequently visited Talladega and Texas Motor Speedway. The most important thing in Gary’s life was spending time with his family.

During his retirement, his favorite saying was, he was “living a dream.�

Survivors include his wife, Donna Olsen; three sons, David (Nancy)

Jazmine Hope Randall OREGON – Jazmine Hope Randall, infant daughter of Zachary Randall and Emily Beck, passed away Sunday, June 1, 2014, at Rockford Memorial Hospital.

Survivors include her parents of Oregon; two sisters, her twin Jada Mae Randall and Allison Underwood; one brother, Caden Edward Randall; paternal grandparents, Don Randall of Tucson, Arizona, and Penny Madding-Randall of Grand Detour; maternal grandparents, Donna Beck and Doug

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Since Finance Director Paula Meyer was hired in September 2012, in the wake of the arrest of former Comptroller Rita Crundwell, the city has changed much about the finance department and its separation of duties.

Because of their size, it’s more difficult for local governments – like Dixon – to have ideal financial controls and separation of duties, said Mike Peddle, an associate professor in the division of public administration at Northern Illinois University. He focuses on, among other areas, public finance. “There’s absolutely no question about that,� Peddle said. “Yes. It is. ... The segregation of duties, which is one of the things you look for in financial control, is much more difficult in a smaller organization.�

Setting up adequate and efficient financial controls is not impossible for small local governments or small organizations.

Although Peddle wouldn’t speak to specifics about what Dixon should do, much of what he recommended for small municipalities or organizations already has been implemented.

Dixon has added an employee to its finance department since Meyer was hired in 2012. In fact, hiring a finance director was among Peddle’s key recommendations.

Five employees now work under Meyer, City Administrator David Nord and City Clerk Kathe Swanson. Meyer

Beck of Mount Morris; paternal great-grandmother, Thelma Madding of Grand Detour; and paternal greatgrandfather, Frances Randall of Mobile, Alabama.

Graveside service will be at 11 a.m. today at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens in Dixon, with the Rev. Vincent O. Marrandino, director of pastoral care at KSB Hospital in Dixon, officiating.

Visit prestonschillingfuneralhome.com to send condolences.

Joseph R. O’Brien DIXON – Joseph R. O’Brien, 70, of Dixon, died Thursday, June 5, 2014, at Rock Falls Rehabilitation and Health Care Center.

Jones Funeral Home in Dixon is handling arrangements.

BILLERICA, Mass. – Katie Marie Yeazel, 88, of Billerica, died peacefully Sunday, June 1, 2014, at her home, surrounded by her children and grandchildren.

She was born March 4, 1926, in West Louisville, Kentucky, the daughter of Lillian (MacAtee) and Bill Hayden.

Katie and her family moved to Chicago when she was 4 years old. It was there, at the age of 25, that she met and married the love of her life, Gordon Yeazel. For 49 years, until Gordon’s death in 1999, they were true soulmates.

Their passion for each other was evident to all who knew them.

In 1955, they moved to Dixon, where they raised three children and formed many wonderful lifelong friendships. Katie and Gordon were avid golfers and enjoyed years of memorable times with their friends at Dixon Country

Club. Katie had a keen intellect. She was an ace bridge player, often read two books a week, and loved to travel the world.

In the mid-1980s, Katie and Gordon retired to Port St. Lucie, Florida, where they continued to enjoy golf and good friends. In 2013, Katie moved to Massachusetts to be closer to her family.

Katie is survived by her three children, Gay (Michael) KellyLeh, Gordon (Maureen Cleary) Yeazel, and Dale (Michael) Hachey; 10 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Services will be private. Sweeney Memorial Funeral Home in Billerica is handling arrangements.

A memorial has been established to Compassionate Care Hospice Foundation, 800 W. Cummings Park, Suite 3100, Woburn, MA 01801.

Dustin L. Merriman LEAF RIVER – Dustin L. Merriman, 20, of Leaf River, died peacefully Thursday, June 5, 2014, at Serenity Hospice & Home in Oregon.

Dustin was born June 8, 1993, in Rockford, the son of Dale and Theresa (Cagle) Merriman. He was a graduate of Ogle County Educational Cooperative through Byron and Oregon. Dustin loved music and dancing, basketball, and balloons. He truly loved Elvis and Barney.

Dustin will be greatly missed by his whole family, near and far.

Dustin is survived by his father, Dale (Sarah Slater) Merriman of Leaf River; his mother, Theresa Cagle of Rochelle; sister, Samantha “Sam�

Merriman of Dixon; two brothers, Caleb Mer-

riman of Oregon and Drake Merriman of Forreston; his great-grandparents, Lloyd and Darlene Merriman of Compton; his grandparents, Dennis Merriman of Winchester, Kansas, and Christine Merriman of Sycamore; and several aunts, uncles, and cousins.

He was preceded in death by his greatgrandparents.

A celebration of Dustin’s life will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, his 21st birthday, at Finch Funeral Home, 405 E. Hitt St., Mount Morris.

In lieu of flowers, those attending are asked to bring a balloon to share.

Balloons will be released after prayers at 8 p.m.

A memorial has been established at Stillman Bank in Byron.

Jane A. DiVall Schaaf

JANESVILLE, Wis. – Jane Ann DiVall Schaaf, 85, of Janesville, formerly of Erie, died Tuesday, June 3, 2014, tions box on Page A2 at Huntington Place in Janesville. the next publication day Hansen Funeral Service in Janesville is handling after we are notified of arrangements. an error.

Receipt of all obituarMarian Rose Hewitt ies must be confirmed by DIXON – Marian Rose Hewitt died Thursday, June 5, phone.

For more information, 2014, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling. call 800-798-4085 ext. 530 McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls is handling arrangements or 502.

Obituary information All obituaries, including death notices, are due by 2 p.m. Sunday through Friday if sent via email, obituaries@saukvalley. com or fax, 815-6259390.

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Olsen, Chris (Cassie) Olsen, and Aaron Olsen; one brother, Jeff Marx; one sister, Carla (Jim Hodge) Olsen; one sister-in-law, Connie Marx; six grandchildren, Nathaniel Olsen, Nick Olsen, Ryan Olsen, Adra Olsen, Sunnie Simmons, and Dillon Eklund; two greatgrandchildren, Braxton and Sophia; six nieces and nephews, Brandon (Traci) Townsend, Brent (Kim) Townsend, Brina (Jason) Boldig, Sara (Stephen) Cruther, Emily Marx, and Katie Marx; and one great-niece, Holly “Dolly� Cruther.

He was preceded in death by his parents; and one brother, Greg Marx.

A celebration of life will be at a later date. Cremation rites will be accorded. Preston-Schilling Funeral Home in Dixon is handling arrangements.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Gary’s family.

Visit prestonschillingfuneralhome.com to send condolences.

Katie M. Yeazel

has limited, by design, her ability to update or input information into the city’s accounting system.

DeKalb went without a finance director until about 2 years ago, Peddle said, and during the lead-up to hiring one, there was some push back. “I had assured people that the money will pay itself back,� he said.

In addition to suggesting a finance director, Peddle recommended that small organizations make their money traceable and don’t allow for a single employee to be the one who takes money in and also balances the checkbook.

One of the most important things, Peddle said, is an ongoing monitoring of financial control by the governing board. “You need to know where you’re at from a cash-flow perspective and a budget perspective,� he said.

During City Council meetings leading up to the end of the past fiscal year, Meyer made regular presentations to the council about the status of the budget and the recovery of funds from the sale of Crundwell’s assets and the settlement with the city’s former auditors and bank.

But bringing in Sikich, Meyer said, could bring a new perspective to the city’s financial controls and result in specific recommendations for changes or ideas. “Ultimately, the idea would be that they would come in and have some other ideas on how the city could implement some things, given the staffing level and the software system,� she said.

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ROCK FALLS – Veterans of World War II and the Korean War who haven’t yet signed up to participate in an Honor Flight are invited to attend an informational meeting at 6:30 p.m.

June 26 at the Rock Falls

American Legion, 712 4th Ave. The meeting will cover information about the registration and eligibility for veterans to view the military memorials in Washington, D.C., built to honor their service to our country.

The Honor Flight program, launched in 2005,

offers veterans an allexpenses-paid, 1-day trip to visit Washington to see the World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam memorials, as well as Arlington National Cemetery.

If you have questions, call Gary Farral at 309-659-2628 or Bob VanDeVelde at 815499-6100.

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THEATER REVIEW

A colorful opening to Timber Lake season ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’ kicks off TLP’s 53rd year

BY SUE LANGENBERG Special to Sauk Valley Media

MOUNT CARROLL – Timber Lake Playhouse opened its 53rd season Thursday night with the musical “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,� beginning an exciting summer of music, comedy, whodunit and children’s theater that gets better every year.

This “Dreamcoat� story began as a short cantata with music by Andrew Lloyd Weber and lyrics

by Tim Rice at a London school in 1968. It was their first public collaboration.

After “Jesus Christ Superstar,� “Dreamcoat� developed and grew into an enormous

success via West End of London, Broadway, OffBroadway, and revivals picking up productions at schools and colleges along the way. From curtain to standing ovation, the show is solidly built upon songs that express the biblical tale of love, hate, jealousy, intrigue and all the emotions that tell a great story.

By its very title, the story suggests ornate attention to a costume of favorite son Jacob. TLP artistic director/choreographer James Beaudry notes, however, that less is more. The less weight of a glitzy visual, the more energy to interpret a simple story.

Thus the character of the “Dreamcoat� cos-

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Nikolais. The use of rainbow colors as props also symbolizes larger dreams of tolerance, rather than smaller divisions between ideologies.

Once established as a classic that carries theatrical weight, this Genesis production is open to many interpretations. While some Bible scholars might resist contemporary versions that tell and retell sacred literature, the end result of spiritual appreciation is nonetheless gripping. And, thus, Beaudry explored this concept effectively.

Most vividly portrayed was the use of movements in the first act that was a throwback of Joffrey Ballet’s “Green Table,� an anti-war piece originally created in 1967 by Kurt Jooss. The futility of peace talks is

central to the idea and best expressed with song, “Joseph’s Dreams.�

Iconic 20th century choreographer Jerome Robbins (“West Side Story,� “Fiddler on the Roof� and some 60 ballets) also found his way through this TLP production with reference to a lesser known piece, “Watermill,� a personal journey with fleeting images of struggle.

The story unfolded from scene to scene through the wonderfully versatile work of Melissa Weyn as Narrator as she segued mood through the lyrics.

Humble and handsome character Joseph was carried fully by Gabriel Brown as he made a strong TLP debut.

Also in the cast and making TLP debuts were Grant Brown, Nathan Goodrich, Bethany Fay,

Blake Price, Jessica Palkovic, Allison Hunt, Caroline Murrah and Christian Chambers.

Returning TLP talent includes Analisha Santini, Abby Taylor and Lexie Plath whose smooth moves as Mrs. Potifar were notable.

Returning is Levi Skoog of Milledgeville, a frequent local addition of talent. The rest represent the best of the best in various universities elsewhere.

Musical direction by Chicago-based Christopher Logan was key to the success of this show.

The diction was clearly delivered and moved the lyrics, whether solo or group, along to a complete understanding of the tale. Lighting design by returning James Kolditz also brought the images forth.

Schweiss plans to continue to be involved at school TEACHER

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Here’s why no one’s happy: “My kids had him for a teacher, and he was phenomenal,� said Jeannie Ramos, the school’s office manager. “He’s just the best. He’s very tough, but it’s amazing how much the kids learn from him.�

When former students return for a visit, he’s the first person they want to see, she said.

Both Ramos and Principal Rebecca Schmitt have worked with Schweiss for the better part of two decades. “He’s probably the best English teacher Sterling, Illinois, has ever seen,�

Schmitt said. “They did research papers in fourth grade. They were diagramming sentences.

He’d have to hold classes for the parents sometimes, to remind them how to diagram sentences. “He’s a teacher that the kids never forget. He’s tough, but fair.�

He’s also a Eucharistic minister for St. Mary’s parish; he’s not retiring from that aspect of his life. “He is very dedicated, not only to his teaching, but also to his Catholic faith life,� Schmitt said.

Dedicated is a good word for the 62-yearold. So is devoted. He’s

devoted to his faith, the theater, the planet, the people in his life and his community, and his profession, all of which have brought him a profound satisfaction.

It could have gone another way.

Schweiss, a Sterling native, attended Sauk Valley Community College and enjoyed the theater, but didn’t think that would be a viable career. “I thought I would probably starve to death.� “English is probably my forte, I’ll go with that,� he thought. “I could be a teacher.�

He attended Illinois State University, majored in English, minored in theater, and decided he wanted to teach junior high. “I thought that would be a really great area to start; it would be an age range I could reach.�

He started teaching in 1973 at St. Mary’s School in Sterling, where he lasted all of 1 year.

The kids rode roughshod over him. He was just a baby teacher. He didn’t know how to make them behave. It was chaos in his classroom.

He was let go.

He didn’t give up, though. St. Mary School in Dixon gave him another chance. He taught seventh- and eighth-grade language arts. He began to get his teaching legs under him, to develop a style, a management

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That’s when it all fell into place. Fourth-graders are imaginative and funny, they love to learn, they love their school and their teachers, they love to read and be read to, and singing, and silliness. Heaven. “It was my niche,� Schweiss said. “Here I can teach, I don’t have to police.�

He stayed 35 years.

“This was my ministry.

To be a teacher to these kids.�

Over the course of his career, he has taught third- through sixthgraders all the general things they need to know, but English was his specialty. He taught grammar and sentence diagrams and creative writing.

He also taught kindness, respect for the earth, and love for animals. “We would pray for the animals every day.�

He led the school’s Recycling Rangers the past 5 years. He taught his kids about the evils of palm oil. (Google it, or take a peek at Schweiss’ Facebook page.)

He’s still a big ol’ theater geek, and with good reason. It fits right in with his love of learning. “You learn so much about the language and the time period and the people, and how they haven’t changed through the centuries. ... The treachery and the corruption and the goodness, all that hasn’t changed.�

His theater background, in fact, stood him in good stead with his students.

He loved to play the different characters when reading to them, and he’s put on the Christmas show for years. “They’re the best audience ever,� Schweiss said. “I could just be myself with the kids, because they always loved it, and I loved them.�

Still, he enjoys getting outside his own skin, his own head, now and again.

It’s a thrill “to pretend to be something you’re not, or to become extremely intimate with literature maybe you’ve only just heard about. ...

I enjoy being in the light and just doing something that is far removed from my regular life. I love the applause,� said Schweiss,

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He also loves his life of service outside the school.

As a Eucharistic minister for the church, he tends to people who can’t make it to Mass.

It’s been a joy of his more than 35 years now, almost as long as he’s been teaching.

He softens, and tears up, when he talks about the “unbelievable people� who have been his privilege to befriend, who have befriended him.

This is tender Kraig. “It’s almost like touching saints, meeting saints, ... they’re real, they’re precious,� he said. “You want to do for them.�

Thankfully, he’s not leaving St. Mary’s completely.

Schweiss will be a substitute, will keep putting on the Christmas play, and will help mentor students with special needs. Some kids, for example, are auditory learners – they need to be read to to succeed.

He wants to be that tool for them, and “that extra pair of hands that the teacher needs.�

About his successor, Kim Bradley, he says: “I couldn’t be happier. She is a teacher who is by far the best I have ever, ever worked with.�

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EDITORIAL

Court ruling a victory for public access N

o one should have been surprised by a recent ruling of the Illinois Supreme Court that found the offices of state’s attorneys to be part of the executive branch of state government.

We cannot imagine it shocked even the judges of the appellate court that had decided, through some creative legal gymnastics, that state’s attorneys were a part of the judicial branch and, thus, not subject to transparency under the Freedom of Information Act. Every school child who studies American government learns that the U.S. attorney general heads the Justice Depart-

ment and, in his role in the executive branch of government, is a trusted member of the cabinet of the president, the nation’s chief executive.

Likewise, federal prosecutors in the Justice Department are also appointed by the president.

So it was unlikely a lower court in the Illinois judiciary was going to reorganize American democracy.

The appellate court had acted on a 2010 case involving the Kendall County state’s attorney, who had disingenuously argued he was not subject to Illinois’ FOIA even though he had, some time earlier, appointed a staff member to handle

What we think Too bad it took an Illinois Supreme Court decision to confirm that state’s attorneys are part of government’s executive branch, not the judiciary. We hope state’s attorneys will embrace the ruling to improve transparency in criminal cases. requests for public records.

Lee County State’s Attorney Anna Sacco-Miller told us she had always assumed the case law might be reversed, but in any case, “I don’t think it will significantly impact anything we already do.�

Whiteside County State’s Attorney Trish Joyce, on the other hand,

decried the Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling because it “substantially impairs our ability to effectively prosecute cases.� She called on the Legislature to rewrite the public records law to exempt state’s attorneys.

We believe her fears are unfounded and that the law provides adequate protection to avoid jeop-

ardizing pending criminal investigations.

Frankly, we have been disappointed at the eagerness with which local state’s attorneys latched onto the appellate decision to shut down access to their records – even for criminal cases that had been closed. The threat their stonewalling posed to open government was compounded by the dual role that state’s attorneys serve in Illinois – as both chief prosecutor and primary legal counsel to county government.

If legislators want to tackle a real problem, we suggest they look into the conflicts inherent in state’s attorneys being

responsible for counseling county officials on public access laws while also having the responsibility to prosecute violators of those laws. That unfortunate conflict has seen local state’s attorneys – more than once – give their public clients bad advice on the Open Meetings Act. Sad, but true.

We hope they are equally enthusiastic about more transparency now that the Supreme Court has found that “There is no sense ... in which state’s attorneys can be regarded as part of the judiciary or the judicial branch.�

May the public be pleasantly surprised.

THE READER’S VOICE

Property control is landlord’s right

amendment and ensure Thomson remains on track to open.

I am writing today to thank my colleague, Congressman Adam Kinzinger, and the entire Illinois congressional delegation, for working with me across party lines to do what is best for the people and economy of our state.

We need more bipartisanship in Congress, and I am hopeful that here in Illinois, we’ve proved to the entire country what is possible when we put people over politics.

Note to readers: Cheri Bustos represents the 17th Congressional District, which includes Whiteside and Carroll counties.

LINDA ADAMS Sterling

If you want to wear your hair long and stringy, that’s your right. If you want to wear baggy, torn clothes, that’s your right.

So it’s our right to control our property.

We don’t need more government in our faces.

If we didn’t have so many ordinances now that aren’t being enforced, things wouldn’t be as bad as they are. Do we need more?

I don’t want government to order me around and charge money to come in and pick around to see if it can find something wrong. I try very hard to rent to people who will take care of my property.

But not everyone takes the same care, and a lot of damage can be done before we can correct it.

Most landlords take care of their property themselves.

But when this inspector (probably not a licensed electrician or plumber) interprets something as “wrong,� then he’ll want you to pay for a professional to fix it. Many of the rental houses in Sterling and Rock Falls have at least one thing not quite right, but not everything can be corrected immediately, and it takes time and money.

So to discriminate against rental property owners is unfair. Inspect everyone. This will affect every landlord – not just ones in the landlords’ association.

Zoning departments know every property that is a rental from court (property tax) records.

There is the possibility you’ll be sought out and fined if you don’t participate and sign up for the Rental Inspection Program.

Don’t be naive. We, as a group of all landlords, need to stand together.

Go to city council meetings, phone or write aldermen, call the mayor, and help us financially so we can stop this.

Contact SVLA at P.O. 401, Rock Falls, IL 61071.

Help us to help all landlords.

EDITORIAL BOARD Jennifer Baratta Jim Dunn Sam R Fisher Sheryl Gulbranson Larry Lough Jeff Rogers

Buy local when seeking support ORVAL GEARHART Dixon Joe Heller, Heller Syndication

Dave Granlund, Gatehouse News Service

Team effort has prison on track CHERIE BUSTOS East Moline

For far too long, Thomson Correctional Facility has sat vacant and unused.

It is estimated that the opening of this facility would create more than 1,100 jobs in our state, save our hard-earned tax

dollars, and improve safety for prison guards across the country by relieving overcrowding.

I have fought tirelessly to move this project forward after years of roadblocks and delays, and celebrated the April announcement that hiring had finally begun for the prison.

Last week, a congresswoman from Tennessee

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attempted to roll back the progress we’ve made by introducing an amendment to block Thomson prison’s opening and operation. This misguided attempt to stall recent progress also was supported by the same Virginia congressman responsible for the political games that left this state-of-the-art facility vacant for years.

However, the reckless efforts of these two out-of-state lawmakers proved no match for the cooperation and hard work of the Illinois delegation. We banded together, both Democrats and Republicans, and persuaded enough members of Congress to side with us in creating jobs and increasing public safety, to successfully defeat the

“Then there is our printing press, conceived by man’s genius, fashioned by his hands, yet a miracle equal to the divine.�

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I am writing this knowing that I may ruffle a few feathers. I have noticed that there are some organizations, charitable events, and fundraisers in Dixon that are asking for the people and businesses of Dixon to attend, sponsor, and support their cause.

At the same time, they are spending thousands and thousands of dollars outside our community for the same products that could be purchased locally, for the same (sometimes lower) cost with the same high quality.

There are four businesses in Dixon that design and letter T-shirts and apparel. Yet, these organizations, charitable events, and fundraisers take the money they raised from the people and businesses of Dixon and spend that money on T-shirts in places like Spring Valley, Wisconsin, or even on the Internet when the businesses in Dixon offer the same pricing and quality.

If those thousands and thousands of dollars were spent locally, that money would circulate in Dixon, time and time again, to the benefit of the people and businesses of Dixon.

My thought, if you are asking for the attendance, sponsorship, and support of the people and businesses of Dixon, then please support the people and businesses of Dixon.

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Ernie Pyle observed ‘pure miracle’ of D-Day In his undergraduate days of studying journalism at Indiana University, this editor spent a lot of time at Ernie Pyle Hall, along Seventh Street, on the Bloomington campus.

Displayed behind glass in the building’s lounge was some of the equipment of the famed World War II correspondent: binoculars, a shovel, his typewriter.

Pyle, a Hoosier from the small town of Dana, died while reporting on action from the South Pacific after he had chronicled the fighting of G.I.s in northern Africa, up through Italy, and into the center of the European Theater.

Rather than reporting Allied strategy and casualty counts from the safety of war headquarters like a lot of reporters, Pyle lived and – eventually – died with the troops at or near the front lines of battle.

His simple style of writing the personal stories of soldiers made Pyle something of a hero back home – and in the world of journalism.

This weekend, as the world observes the 70th anniversary of D-Day, we bring you three of Pyle’s columns from the days after troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, France.

Below is his first column after having arrived the day after the battle.

You can find two subsequent columns online in the Opinion section at saukvalley.com.

Permission to distribute and re-publish these columns was given by Scripps Howard Foundation.

A Pure Miracle NORMANDY BEACHHEAD, June 12, 1944 – Due to a last-minute alteration in the arrangements, I didn’t arrive on the beachhead until the morning after D-day, after our first wave of assault troops had hit the shore.

By the time we got here the beaches had been taken and the fighting had moved a couple of miles inland. All that remained on the beach was some sniping and artillery fire, and the occasional startling blast of a mine geysering brown sand into the air.

That plus a gigantic and pitiful litter of wreckage along miles of shoreline.

Submerged tanks and overturned boats and burned trucks and shellshattered jeeps and sad little personal belongings were strewn all over these bitter sands. That plus the bodies of soldiers lying in rows covered with blankets, the toes of their shoes sticking up in a line as though on drill. And other bod-

ies, uncollected, still sprawling grotesquely in the sand or half hidden by the high grass beyond the beach.

That plus an intense, grim determination of work-weary men to get this chaotic beach organized and get all the vital supplies and the reinforcements moving more rapidly over it from the stacked-up ships standing in droves out to sea.

Now that it is over it seems to me a pure miracle that we ever took the beach at all. For some of our units it was easy, but in this special sector where I am now our troops faced such odds that our getting ashore was like my whipping Joe Louis down to a pulp.

In this column I want to tell you what the opening of the second front in this one sector entailed, so that you can know and appreciate and forever be humbly grateful to those both dead and alive who did it for you.

Ashore, facing us, were more enemy troops than we had in our assault waves. The advantages were all theirs, the disadvantages all ours.

The Germans were dug into positions that they had been working on for months, although these were not yet all complete. A one-hundred-foot bluff a couple of hundred yards back from the beach had great concrete gun emplacements built right into the hilltop. These opened to the sides instead of to the front, thus making it very hard for naval fire from the sea to reach them.

They could shoot parallel with the beach and cover every foot of it for miles with artillery fire.

Then they had hidden machine-gun nests on the forward slopes, with crossfire taking in every inch of the beach. These nests were connected by networks of trenches, so that the German gunners could move about without exposing themselves.

Throughout the length of the beach, running zigzag a couple of hundred yards back from the shoreline, was an immense V-shaped ditch fifteen feet deep. Nothing could cross it, not even men on foot, until fills have been made. And in other places at the far end of the beach, where the ground is flatter, they had great concrete walls.

These were blasted by our naval gunfire or by explosives set by hand after we got ashore.

Our only exits from the beach were several swales or valleys, each about one hundred yards wide. The Germans made the most of these funnel-

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like traps, sowing them with buried mines. They contained, also, barbedwire entanglements with mines attached, hidden ditches, and machine guns firing from the slopes.

This is what was on the shore. But our men had to go through a maze nearly as deadly as this before they even got ashore.

Underwater obstacles were terrific. The Germans had whole fields of evil devices under the water to catch our boats.

Even now, several days after the landing, we have cleared only channels through them and cannot yet approach the whole length of the beach with our ships. Even now some ship or boat hits one of these mines every day and is knocked out of commission.

The Germans had masses of those great sixpronged spiders, made of railroad iron and standing shoulder-high, just beneath the surface of the water for our landing craft to run into. They also had huge logs buried in the sand, pointing upward and outward, their tops just below the water. Attached to these logs were mines.

In addition to these obstacles they had floating mines offshore, landmines buried in the sand of the beach, and more mines in checkerboard rows in the tall grass beyond the sand. And the enemy had four men onshore for every three men we had approaching the shore.

And yet we got on.

Beach landings are planned to a schedule that is set far ahead of time. They all have to be timed, in order for everything to mesh and for the following waves of troops to be standing off the beach and ready to land at the right moment.

As the landings are planned, some elements of the assault force are to break through quickly, push on inland, and attack the most obvious enemy strong points. It is usually the plan for units to be inland, attacking gun positions from behind, within a matter of minutes after the first men hit the beach.

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calling for engineers to land at H-hour plus two minutes, and service troops at H-hour plus thirty minutes, and even for press censors to land at H-hour plus seventyfive minutes. But in the attack on this special portion of the beach where I am – the worst we had, incidentally – the schedule didn’t hold.

Our men simply could not get past the beach.

They were pinned down right on the water’s edge by an inhuman wall of fire from the bluff. Our first waves were on that beach for hours, instead of a few minutes, before they could begin working inland.

You can still see the foxholes they dug at the very edge of the water, in the sand and the small, jumbled rocks that form parts of the beach.

Medical corpsmen attended the wounded as best they could. Men were killed as they stepped out of landing craft. An officer whom I knew got a bullet through the head just as the door of his landing craft was let down. Some men were drowned.

The first crack in the beach defenses was final-

ly accomplished by terrific and wonderful naval gunfire, which knocked out the big emplacements. They tell epic stories of destroyers that ran right up into shallow water and had it out point-blank with the big guns in those concrete emplacements ashore.

When the heavy fire stopped, our men were organized by their officers and pushed on inland, circling machinegun nests and taking them from the rear.

As one officer said, the only way to take a beach is to face it and keep going. It is costly at first, but it’s the only way. If the men are pinned down on the beach, dug in and out of action, they might as well not be there at all.

They hold up the waves behind them, and nothing is being gained.

Our men were pinned down for a while, but finally they stood up and went through, and so we took that beach and accomplished our landing. We did it with every advantage on the enemy’s side and every disadvantage on ours.

In the light of a couple

of days of retrospection, we sit and talk and call it a miracle that our men ever got on at all or were able to stay on.

Before long it will be permitted to name the units that did it. Then you will know to whom this glory should go. They suffered casualties. And yet if you take the entire beachhead assault, including other units that had a much easier time, our total casualties in driving this wedge into the continent of Europe were remarkably low – only a fraction, in fact, of what our commanders had been prepared to accept.

And these units that were so battered and went through such hell are still, right at this moment, pushing on inland without rest, their spirits high, their egotism in victory almost reaching the smart-alecky stage.

Their tails are up. “We’ve done it again,� they say. They figure that the rest of the army isn’t needed at all. Which proves that, while their judgment in this regard is bad, they certainly have the spirit that wins battles and eventually wars.

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Downtown Streetscape work rolls on Portions of Peoria Avenue and Ottawa Street to close next week

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DIXON – Two additional sections of downtown streets will be closed next week as work on the downtown streetscape project progresses.

The project began in mid May and is expected to last until November.

On the west side of the project: Work will continue on Peoria Avenue, between Second and Third streets, where the road will remain closed.

Last week, work began on Peoria Avenue, between First and Second streets. The east side of the street will be closed next week, in addition to occasional closures of the west side.

The intersection of Peoria Avenue and Second Street may be partially or fully closed, as

Photos by Kimberly Watley/Special to SVM

Merle Topper shows John Rich his aviation log book from WWII. The farm boy turned fighter pilot will be 90 years old in July. His friends and neighbors pulled together for an early gift to restore his silo. Rich, who has known Topper for what he said “seems like forever,� spearheaded the surprise.

Local landmark gets a facelift Old silo still urges passersby to ‘Drink Milk’ silo was painted was about 30 years ago. It was done freehand, by Randy Frey. “Randy was my mentor,� Morley said. “He put the first paintbrush in my hand. It’s an honor to redo his work. I grew up looking at it, and I’m 43, so, it’s been here a long time.�

Topper said it looks like new. He was surprised by the kindness, especially since his birthday isn’t for another month.

Semi-retired, Topper, who until about a year ago farmed livestock, including dairy and beef cattle, continues to haul livestock.

He said he already is seeing cars drive by a little slower to admire the silo’s new shine.

Money collected for the project wasn’t needed, so it will be used to throw Topper a big birthday bash at The Shamrock in July.

BY KIMBERLY WATLEY Special to Sauk Valley Media

DIXON — The landmark signifying “You were almost home� has been fading over the years, Merle Topper said.

His famous painted silo, with the words “Drink Milk, Over 96% Fat Free, Associated Milk Producers Inc.,� is what so many remember most about that final stretch of road headed north on U.S. Route 52, coming into Dixon.

Topper, who still lives in the house where he was born 89 years ago, was treated to an early birthday gift from his friends and neighbors. “I don’t know what they are planning to do with it,� he said with a trusting, easygoing, shrug, as a boom lift was being parked in front of the silo.

Longtime friend John Rich spent the past year planning to have the mural restored, handpainted the way it was originally. Knowing costs would be pretty high, “Friends of Merle Topper� was formed.

A group of regular patrons at Shamrock Pub, who often have shared lunch with Topper, raised nearly $300.

Nostalgically, Rich said: “Merle lay his life on the line for his country. There wasn’t no arm twisting or anything. Anybody who knows him, knows he is always the first one to pitch in to help. No one could say nothing but good about Merle Topper. He’s a good guy, ‌ honest as the day is long.â€?

The World War II veteran and lifelong farmer was in the Navy. He enlisted in the Navy Reserves in 1946, and worked at the utility company that’s now ComEd. He also continued to farm the same land his father had. He and his wife, Betty, who worked at City National Bank, had three sons and two daughters.

Word spread quickly, as it tends to do in these

Randy Betz (pictured) of Turnroth Sign Company in Rock Falls and John Morley of Morley Sign Company in Dixon teamed up to restore a mural on Merle Topper’s stone silo. Topper, 89, a WWII veteran, was born in the house he still lives in on U.S. Route 52 near Dixon, where he farmed until about a year ago.

The sign on Topper’s silo, which says “Drink Milk, Over 96% Fat Free, Associated Milk Producers Inc.� has become something of a landmark in the area.

John Morley compares new design mural plans with an old photo taken before it faded. It has been more than 30 years since the silo was last painted by Morley’s mentor, Randy Frey. parts, Rich said, and before long, everyone wanted to simply get it

done for him. “It’s been there forever and is a landmark for anyone who grew up around here,� he added.

Randy Betz of Turnroth Sign Co. and John Morley of Morley Sign Co. are business rivals, but when it came to doing something nice for someone so deserving, neither company hesitated. As a team, and at no fee, they put their talents, skills and equipment to use, side by side, for the restoration project, working for 10 hours Thursday until it was complete.

Other companies that helped at no charge included Dixon Paint Co., Sherwin Williams, Josh Price Prairie State Painting, Ace Hardware and Rental, and Holland and Sons.

The last time the

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On the east side of the project: Work will continue this weekend on First Street, between Hennepin and Galena avenues, on excavation and stone placement for the roadway, which is expected to be finished

by Monday. Curb and sidewalk installation on this block is expected to begin next week.

Ottawa Street, between First and Second streets, will be closed next week for pavement and sidewalk removal, followed by installation of the water main and storm sewer.

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Kyle M. Schultz was taken to Lee County Jail, where he was being held on $50,000 bond, Dixon police said in a news release. A convic-

tion carries 3 to 7 years in prison.

The arrest stemmed from an incident Kyle M. in NovemSchultz ber 2012 involving a girl younger than 18, Sgt. Matt Richards said. The investigation is continuing, and no other details are being released at this time, he said.

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Amboy’s Micaela McCoy (left) and Kelsie Thurman nearly collide while trying to catch a flyball off the bat of Trico’s Morgan Vogt during Friday’s 1A state semifinal game at EastSide Centre in East Peoria. Defense was an issue for Amboy, as it committed four errors, in a 6-1 loss. The Clippers will play for third place against West Prairie on Saturday morning. Read all about Friday’s action in SVM’s state softball coverage.

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He missed the final couple minutes, the Spurs pulled away for a 15-point win, and the argument was finally over.

King James is not Michael Jordan.

Jordan would never leave an NBA Finals game because he was in pain. His will to win was too great for that.

He would leave his team for a season and a half so that he could pursue baseball, which probably cost the Bulls a chance at a historic eight-straight titles, but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s different. Or at least better than leaving a game for being hurt.

Right?

A few weeks ago, a Facebook post circulated about how Michael Jordan had 38 career 40-point playoff games, while LeBron has nine.

End comparison there.

If points donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t determine the overall value of a player, than what metric does?

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LeBron does those things. Just ask Derrick Rose how it turns out when James turns his defensive attention to you. But that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter.

It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter, because LeBron passes too much. Or whines too much (Jordan never bugged officials for

calls, right). Or he has too many commercials.

Or he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sneak off to casinos between playoff games, or lose thousands of dollars on the golf course.

But what about the Decision? Yeah, that was a pretty stupid situation. But, not much more stupid than most programming on ESPN these days.

But how dare LeBron leave Cleveland?

The place that offered him such great running mates like Shannon Brown and Drew Gooden.

Take a look at the 2007 Finals roster, and ask how many games that team would have won without LeBron. Oh wait, check out how many games that franchise has won since heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s left.

But he should never have left a place not committed to winning.

Jordan would have loved to play there.

Then James went to a place with a proven commodity like Dwyane Wade and added value with Chris Bosh.

Michael Jordan never left his organization â&#x20AC;&#x201C; at least not in his prime.

He didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need other superstars to help him win titles and become the greatest.

Although letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ask one question, how many of you out there would pick Wade and Bosh over Pippen and Rodman?

The point being that there seems to be a great desire to look at one player through extreme rose-colored lenses, while the other player has every move and misstep put under a microscope.

Both are once-ina-generation players boosted by incredible amounts of hype and publicity.

I grew up faithfully watching Michael Jordan win titles.

No matter how many titles James wins, or shoes he sells, it wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t change my memories of Jordan.

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One game. One this, or one that, isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going be the overall determining factor.

We are in the middle of the Jamesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; era. If you like basketball, enjoy it while itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s here. The issue of legacy will work itself out later.

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PARIS â&#x20AC;&#x201C; This is what Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic wanted. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what they expected. And now theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll meet in a French Open final with so much at stake for both.

Nadal is seeking championship No. 9 at Roland Garros, and his 14th major title overall. Djokovic is hoping to finally conquer the French Open and complete a career Grand Slam. Fittingly, whoever wins the rivalsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 42nd head-to-head meeting Sunday will be ranked No. 1 on Monday; the runner-up will be No. 2. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He has the motivation to win Roland Garros for the first time, for sure.

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In Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s semifinals, the No. 1-seeded Nadal was at his imperious, and nearly immaculate,

best in a 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 victory over Wimbledon champion Andy Murray that lasted all of 100 minutes. Nadal never faced a break point, converted all six he earned, and whipped his uppercut of a forehand as only he can.

Toni Nadal, Rafaelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s uncle and coach, called the match â&#x20AC;&#x153;one of the best that he has ever played here.â&#x20AC;?

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sure saying something. Toniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nephew is 65-1 at the clay-court tournament and carries a 34-match winning streak into the final.

The thick, gray clouds and chill that became a staple these 2 weeks gave way to sunshine and warmth Friday, and Nadal reveled in it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For me, is much better when the weather is like today,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My ball creates more topspin. The ball goes quicker in the air, and with my forehand I am able to create more with less.â&#x20AC;?

All in all, Nadal made Murray look rather lost.

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For more than 3 decades, the girls track record board at Dixon High School has been unchanged in the shot put and the discus.

Tammy Turner set the discus mark of 126 feet, 4 inches in winning a state championship in 1980. A year later, Sue Kent posted a distance of 40-0 in the shot put.

Ladies, step aside, because thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about to be a new sheriff in town, and her name is Tayla Schwarz.

A 14-year-old who just graduated from Reagan Middle School, Schwarz is on pace to shatter those marks. In fact, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s already exceeded one of them.

In winning a Class AA 8th grade shot put title at the Illinois Elementary School Association state track and field meet on May 24 in East Peoria, Schwarz won with a distance of 41-2.

That heave, achieved with an 8-pound, 8-ounce ball of metal, the same as high school and college athletes use, would have placed her third at this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Class 2A IHSA state meet.

Her best discus throw is 124-3, at the Challand Invitational earlier this spring, putting her within 2 feet, 1 inch of Turnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s school mark.

Thus, she wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t boasting when pointing out itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a matter of when, not if, she etches her name in the DHS record books, barring unforeseen circumstances. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got 4 years to see how much I can break them by,â&#x20AC;? Schwarz said.

That would come as no surprise to her junior high coach, Lee Eastman. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whatever you ask of her, she does,â&#x20AC;? Eastman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She surprised me with her competitiveness, and is an unbelievable talent.â&#x20AC;?

The last time Schwarz lost an IESA competition was in sixth grade.

At the state meet, going against seventh graders, she placed fourth in the shot put with a distance of 30-4 1/2.

As a seventh grader, she went undefeated in both throws. At state, she won the shot put at 35-11, and the discus at 103-8. Her main competition was Ellie Weltha from Bloomington

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Junior High, who took second both the shot put (35-3 1/2) and discus (103-7).

Schwarz was again undefeated as an eighth grader heading into the state meet, but Weltha was waiting.

In the shot put preliminaries, Weltha uncorked a throw of 39-11 1/4. It broke the record of 38-4 held by IHSA legend Kelsey Card of Carlinville, who won four consecutive high school state titles, and now competes at Wisconsin.

Schwarzâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best throw of three in the prelims was 39-9, a personal best, but still short of Welthaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a great competitor,â&#x20AC;? Schwarz said of Weltha, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like to lose. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m really competitive. I had to get fired up, because I knew I had to throw a really good throw because hers was pretty good.â&#x20AC;?

The finals consisted of two throws. On her first attempt, Schwarz added 1 inch to her preliminary round distance, but was still 1 1/4 inch short of Weltha. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I really thought I was going to lose,â&#x20AC;? Schwarz said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I seriously thought that was the best I could do because that was my best. That was my PR.â&#x20AC;?

On the final shot put heave of her junior high career, Schwarz put together a perfect storm of an effort. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was definitely a lot of adrenaline that went into the throw,â&#x20AC;?

Schwarz said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and I think I went through the ring quicker. Between throws, my coach [Eastman] and my dad [Bob] were trying to give me advice. I was trying to move quicker, and I think that helped. I had more explosion.â&#x20AC;?

The final result: a stunning distance of 41-2. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After they said the mark, I left the ring and kind of ran around for a while,â&#x20AC;? Schwarz said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was in shock, because I really wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expecting that.â&#x20AC;?

The fruits of that effort are still being harvested. She made a deal with her parents, Bob and Dawn, that if she reached 40 feet in the shot put this season, they would have to buy her a new iPhone, to replace the now comparatively obsolete

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Also, Dawn has to plop down on the couch and watch the entire Harry Potter movie series with her daughter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t done that yet, but I think there are eight of them,â&#x20AC;? Dawn said, her eyes rolling at the same time.

The discus competition was all but an afterthought. After her seventh grade year, DHS weights coach Brandon Woodward taught her the spinning method to throw, instead of a simple power throw.

The more advanced technique was refined

by Eastman over the course of the season.

The result was a throw of 120-7 at state, more than 18 feet ahead of the runner-up, Weltha. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think that Ellie really wanted to beat me in the shot,â&#x20AC;? Schwarz said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;because she knew she couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t beat me in the discus.â&#x20AC;?

Of the two events, Schwarz prefers the shot put. It is more tailored for her brute force style. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Discus throwers are small and have really long arms,â&#x20AC;? Schwarz said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like a ballet through the ring, because youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to be graceful, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not graceful.â&#x20AC;?

Last summer, Schwarz made the rounds on the summer track circuit, competing at meets throughout the country.

The highlight was the USA Track and Field Junior Olympics, held in Greensboro, N.C. Competing in the 13-14 division, Schwarz placed fifth in the shot put with a heave of 43-3 1/4, but that was with a 6-pound shot. Competitors in that age group use a lighter shot put, and it was the first time she had done so. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It kept slipping out of my fingers,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was not really happy with how I threw down there. Hopefully Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll do better this year.â&#x20AC;?

This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Junior Olympics will be held July 21-26 in Houston.

After that, it will be off to high school. She plans to play volleyball in the fall, then spend the winter preparing for track season in the spring.

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impressive feat considering Kent threw an 8-pound shot to set her mark 33 years ago. The discus mark, given the right wind conditions, will likely go by the wayside as well.

In the bigger prep picture, Schwarz would like to become a 4-time state shot put champion, like Card was during her days in Carlinville. The top non-senior in Class 2A this season was Wauconda junior Christina Meinhardt, who placed fourth at 40-8 1/2. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Freshman year is going to be the hardest,â&#x20AC;?

Schwarz said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;because obviously Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going against a lot of older people. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to have to do a lot of work this year to try and get it.â&#x20AC;?

After high school, Schwarz hopes to follow in the footsteps of her older sister, Brittany, who earned a Division I scholarship to run track and cross country at Illinois-Chicago. Tayla also hopes to get a free college education, and was already indirectly contacted by a Division I coach after the IESA state meet.

Way down the road, if everything falls her way, she would like to represent the United States in a Summer Olympic Games. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think it would be really, really cool to be in the Olympics,â&#x20AC;?

Schwarz said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That would be my goal, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to take a lot of work to get there.â&#x20AC;?

Woodward, head girls coach at Dixon and a throws specialist, canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait to get started working with Schwarz. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She brings maximum effort,â&#x20AC;? Woodward said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She listens. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unbelievably coachable.

I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be a very smooth transition.

She had great support from coach Eastman.

Her parents drive her all over the country to throw. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prepared.

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n the middle of a pitching lesson the other day in Bourbonnais, a young boy turned the tables when he critiqued instructor Kris Honel. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You look like Chris Sale,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; the kid told Honel.

Oh, how the White Sox wish that had been true on the mound. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had people ask, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Is that your brother?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; the 6-foot-5, 205-pound Honel said of Sale. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re about the same size. They see some resemblances.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the differences between Honel and Sale that make the comparison worthwhile in the wake of Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s amateur baseball draft in which the Sox selected North Carolina State lefthander Carlos Rodon with the third pick in the first round.

Nine years before the Sox took Sale at No. 13 overall in the 2010 draft, they invested hope and money in another tall, lanky starting pitcher â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Honel â&#x20AC;&#x201C; with the 16th pick.

But instead of solidifying the Sox rotation, the pride of Providence Catholic in New Lenox encountered so much injury and inconsistency that he never threw a pitch in the majors. All of Honelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 135 pro starts came in the bushes.

Now 31 and waiting at home for his phone to ring, Honel never says never about a baseball odyssey that has taken him from the Sox minor league system to obscure independent league stops such as Edmonton and Maui.

He stays fit and ready, volunteering as a coach at Kankakee Community College as he ponders the future. Honel planned to pitch this week for the Laredo (Texas) Lemurs of the American Association, but the deal hit a snag. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just waiting in the wings for the next opportunity to pop up,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; said Honel, whose last major league shot came at spring training with the Twins in 2009. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel pretty good. They say pitchersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; primes are between 26 and 33. I have good genes and besides Tommy John surgery, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had nothing major.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Honelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cautionary tale should temper expectations, if not enthusiasm, over Rodon, considered this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most polished pitcher. Not every firstround pick becomes Sale, no matter how promising the outlook on draft day.

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When Honel received a $1.5 million signing bonus as an 18-year-old, he embraced all that came with the celebrity of being a local player chosen by his hometown team. He acknowledged being brash. He admitted expecting more.

Something happened on Honelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s way to stardom.

Baseball happened.

The knuckle-curve that worked so well in high school stopped fooling hitters. His control came and went. Velocity mysteriously vanished. In September 2005, with the Sox on the verge of a World Series, Honel underwent Tommy John surgery at the age of 22 to address the nagging elbow problems that had interrupted his ascent. Everything changed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard enough to throw right when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re healthy let alone coming back from that,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Honel said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After the surgery, it took me 2 or 3 years to really get my feet back under me, and be comfortable on the mound.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; By then, Honel had allowed the unfamiliar adversity to affect his approach. When frustration outweighed confidence, he finally announced his retirement in 2007, after going 2-2 with a 5.79 ERA at Double-A Birmingham. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve known Kris since high school, and in all his years as an athlete, he was never a guy who couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do whatever he wanted to do,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Kankakee coach Todd Post said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If he wanted to hit 91 [mph], he hit 91. Psychologically, when he couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do what he wanted, it became a challenge.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; The challenges mounted but the regrets never did.

For a guy who symbolizes squandered potential, Honel maintains a healthy perspective about his unfulfilled, but eventful career. It enabled him to meet Bo Jackson and Michael Jordan at a Phoenix nightclub. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had a very good run,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Honel said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are times you get down about some things, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not the type to be bitter.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122;

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the plate for an extra second, as his towering drive headed toward right field.

The big first baseman just wanted to make sure it was fair before he got started on one enjoyable trip around the bases at Wrigley Field.

Rizzo hit a two-run homer in the 13th inning, and the Cubs beat the Miami Marlins 5-3 on Friday for their season-high fourth consecutive victory.

The Cubs recovered after closer Hector Rondon blew a three-run lead in the ninth, earning their first four-game winning streak since last July 6-9. Rizzo also had a two-run double in the eighth, and Jason Hammel pitched seven shutout innings.

Lawrie each homered, rookie Marcus Stroman won his second straight start, as the Blue Jays beat the Cardinals in Toronto.

The Cardinals turned their first triple play in 9 years, but still lost for the eighth time in 10 games.

They dropped their fifth straight meeting with Toronto.

Stroman (3-0) allowed one run and seven hits in six innings.

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Baseball lost one of its great ambassadors Wednesday when former Cubs manager Don Zimmer died in Florida at 83.

Zimmer, nicknamed â&#x20AC;&#x153;Popeyeâ&#x20AC;? for his strength and big cheeks, spent 66 years in baseball.

But few were as wild as his threeplus seasons managing the Cubs, whom he led to a division title in 1989 with an unpredictable style that never has been replicated.

Zimmerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 247-239 record in his first three seasons with the Cubs was the highest victory total for a Cubs manager at the time since Leo Durocher won 535 games from 1966-72.

His exit was also one of the most memorable in Cubs history. Zimmer handed an ultimatum to Tribune Co. executive Don Grenesko to give him a contract extension early in the 1991 season, asking for the same kind of security the players had. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Am I any different?â&#x20AC;? Zimmer said he told Grenesko. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What am I? A piece of garbage in Lake Michigan?â&#x20AC;?

The ploy didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work, and Zimmer was fired after 37 games. In typical fashion, he invited the beat writers into his New York hotel suite and told them to empty out the minibar so he could charge it to the team.

Zimmer began his career with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1954 and later played for the Cubs under the College of Coaches in 1961.

He was dumped into the first National League expansion pool when he popped off about the issue on a WGN-9 pregame show and went on to play for the original Mets. He also played for the Reds and Washington Senators during a 12-year career, mostly as an infielder.

After spending the 1966 season playing in Japan, Zimmer managed in the minors from 1967-70 before becoming a coach with the Montreal Expos in 1971. He had several coaching stints afterward, and managed the Padres, Red Sox, Rangers and Cubs, going 885-858

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Zimmer, a popular fixture in professional baseball for 66 years, died Wednesday. He was 83.

and winning his one division title with the Cubs.

Zimmer also was bench coach under Joe Torre on four Yankees World Series championship teams and engaged in a famous brawl with the Red Sox during the 2003 ALCS when pitcher Pedro Martinez flung the then-72-year-old coach to the ground. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The game was his life, and his passing is going to create a void in my life and my wife, Aliâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s,â&#x20AC;? Torre said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The game of baseball lost a special person.â&#x20AC;?

Zimmer often was asked about having a steel plate in his head, the result of a beaning in Columbus, Ohio, in 1953, when he was a promising prospect in the Dodgers system. The beanball fractured his skull and led to a blood clot, leaving him unconscious for 12 days. After two operations and five spinal taps, Zimmer eventually returned to baseball and stayed in it the rest of his life.

Zimmer seemed indestructible.

In 1956, he was hit by a pitch under his left eye, fracturing a cheekbone and almost detaching the retina. In the 1999 AL Division Series, a foul ball struck him in the face. He wore an army helmet

the next day, showing his sense of humor.

After being fired as a manager for the Red Sox and Rangers, Zimmer expected to be a coach the rest of his career before Cubs general manager Jim Frey, his old friend, offered him the managerial job in 1988.

Zimmer said he never asked about the contract terms. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know if it was a oneyear deal for $20 a month or what,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I trusted Jim Frey to give me what was fair. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have an agent to negotiate a contract for me. We wrapped it up in one sitting. There were three reasons I took the job. The Cubs fans, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re the best. The ballpark, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something special. And Jim Frey.â&#x20AC;?

In 1989, Zimmer reached the zenith of his managerial career, throwing out the book and using crazy strategy to great success, including squeeze bunts with the bases loaded and a triple-steal with a pitcher at the plate.

After going 9-23 in spring training, the Cubs came out of nowhere to win the NL East, prompting the nickname â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Boys of Zimmer.â&#x20AC;? Zimmerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s popularity in Chicago soared.

Despite losing to the Giants in the NLCS, he was named NL Manager of the Year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A couple of breaks here and there, and we could have gone to the Series,â&#x20AC;? he said after winning the award. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m gonna remember this as the greatest year in the 41 years Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been in baseball. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not gonna let the last three games change my mind.â&#x20AC;?

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Minor accomplishments Weekly update for Sauk Valley natives in minor league baseball Seth Blair

Hometown: Rock Falls Organization: Cardinals Level: Double-A Team: Springfield (Mo.) Cardinals

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ing-in primarily between 3-5 p.m. at Page Park, so try to make it if you can.

I remember way back in 2009, when we first got this tourney going. The excitement was through the roof, and there was a buzz in the air in the fishing community.

Well, that buzz has never really subsided, and this thing just gets better and better as years go by. This will be the sixth year of the event that many thought would die after the fish kill in â&#x20AC;&#x2122;09. But not so fast my friends, the tourney and the fish are alive and well.

This is a tribute to the efforts of sponsors, tournament organizers, fishermen, and the Rock River Valley communities. Many people have played a role in keeping the tourney strong, and returning the river to a top

shelf fishery. We have done well, and we should all be proud of our efforts.

As I prepare for the big contest, I am as excited as ever, as my tourney partner for this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event will be my daughter, Taya.

Now you have heard about her many times, if you read my ramblings, and I am stoked to be sharing 2 days of fun with her. I think her favorite part of the whole thing will be giving out prizes at Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s weigh-in, but that is just the way she is.

You can bet if we get into some good fish, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be talking her fair share of smack. I know a few old boys in particular she will be looking for. Like I said, lots and lots of fun to be had this weekend on the water.

Come on out to Page Park this weekend, if you have nothing better to do, and take in the weigh-in.

Bring the little ones and let them see some great fish, and see why we fishermen and women love this river so much.

I wish all competitors good luck and safe travel.

See you at Page Park. Go Catfish.

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Over 1,600 runners took to the streets of Dixon last July for the Reagan Run 5K. Training for, and running the race is a great way improve the overall quality of your life.

nce again, the Cabelaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crew has rolled into town and turned the catfishermanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s world upside down.

Normally laid back, relaxed individuals are going nuts, scurrying around gathering bait and tackle for the 2-day Cabelaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s King Kat tournament.

Tying and retying rigs, and laying down strategy, and trying to fool-proof plans to put a big check in their pockets on Saturday at the final weigh-in.

Sleep wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come easy, as fishermen dream of that giant fish hooking up, or of the perfect limit of five beauties.

Yeah, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s safe to say that by Saturday evening thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gonna be some flat-out drained little fishermen walking around. I know this for sure, things are set up for some great fishing, so it should be a very exciting weigh-in.

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California Chrome takes a lap during a workout at Belmont Park on Friday in Elmont, N.Y. The Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner will attempt to become the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978 when he races the Belmont Stakes on Saturday.

Stars align for history Retooled Belmont ready for chance at Triple Crown

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NEW YORK â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Martin Panza celebrated California Chromeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s charge to Preakness Stakes victory 3 weeks ago like most fans at the packed Pimlico Race Course â&#x20AC;&#x201C; bumping fists, slapping hands and thinking ahead to Saturday and the possibility of the first Triple Crown winner in 36 years.

And then Belmont Parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s director of racing operations thought about everything else: the tens of thousands of additional people who show up for the Belmont Stakes whenever a horse has a chance at history; the millions more in expected wagers; and the need for more of everything, from seating, concessions to bathrooms, security and about 1,000 additional workers.

Local officials and business leaders celebrated too, seeing the race and the added interest of a Triple Crown contender as a boon of sold-out hotel rooms, dinners out and

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free publicity, so long as the writers and broadcasters were aware the track is actually on Long Island, and not in New York City.

If California Chrome triumphs, it will happen on Panzaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s turf â&#x20AC;&#x201C; or rather, his dirt â&#x20AC;&#x201C; at a marquee New York-area event that the trackâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new management team reimagined earlier this year as a fusion of sports and entertainment worth attending, even when the Triple Crown is not on the line.

They have filled the undercard with highstakes races, increased the dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s total purse to $8 mil-

lion â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the second-richest day in American horse racing behind the final slate of the Breederâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cup â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and surrounded the action with music from rapper and actor LL Cool J, former New York Yankees center fielder Bernie Williams, and Frank Sinatra Jr. singing â&#x20AC;&#x153;New York, New York.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;For the first year of us doing this, under this new format, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not going to get any better than this,â&#x20AC;? Panza said in an interview near his track office, which was filled with boxes of Belmont Stakes caps and bags of other race souvenirs.

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SAN ANTONIO â&#x20AC;&#x201C; If the NBA Finals resumed Friday, there would be no way LeBron James could play.

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no game until Sunday, and James plans to be ready by then.

With his gait still affected by severe cramping and dehydration, and feeling the effects of a sleepless night brought on by several trips to the bathroom â&#x20AC;&#x201C; an unavoidable drawback of having his body filled with fluids â&#x20AC;&#x201C; James insisted he will play when the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs get together for Game 2 of the finals. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be in uniform on Sunday,â&#x20AC;? James said Friday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I should be 100 percent on Sunday.

Obviously Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to take it light today. Train-

When: P M 3UNDAY Where: 3AN !NTONIO TV: !"# Line: 3PURS BY ing staff said I should take it light today. Give the body another day to recover. Tomorrow I should be back on my feet full go â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and I got all day Sunday to get ready for Sunday night.â&#x20AC;?

When he was there on Thursday, the Heat were right there as well. When he was done, so were the Heat.

Up by seven at one point in the fourth quarter, Miami fell apart in the final minutes, and Jamesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ugly departure could have easily had something to do with that. San Antonioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lead was 94-92 after James scored with 4:09 left; he

was out of the game for good and unable to move 10 seconds later. From that point, the Spurs finished on a 16-3 run.

Heat coach Erik Spoelstra made no excuses, simply saying the two-time defending NBA champs needed to close the deal, James or no James. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a competitor at the highest level,â&#x20AC;? Spoelstra said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So it was killing him being on that sideline, but you also have your health to look after. Look, 99.9 (percent) of people have never pushed their body to that level, at that level where youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re past the point where your tank is empty and your body shuts down. For a competitor and for the best player in the game at this level to constantly push his body past that point, I think, is incredibly admirable.â&#x20AC;?

AP

Miami Heat forward LeBron James is carried to the bench after cramping against the San Antonio Spurs during Game 1 of the NBA finals on Thursday.

James missed a crucial stretch. The Spurs won 110-95.

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What finesses?

I cannot see any

Grizzwells by Bill Schorr

Stacy Keach said, “I can’t think of anything that requires more finesse than comedy, both from a verbal and visual point of view.”

There is hardly a bridge deal without at least one finesse. How many potential finesses can you see in this deal?

South is in six hearts.

What should he do after West leads the diamond queen?

North took a slight gamble in wheeling out Blackwood immediately. He planned, of course, to bid six hearts even if partner denied an ace. But it was just possible that his side was off the two top spades. South could have held 14 high-card points without holding the

spade ace or king. But the odds were in North’s favor.

There are two possible finesses, one in each black suit. Which one should be tried?

A finessing fan would take both, go down with this distribution and then complain about his bad luck. With the right line of play, though, the contract is guaranteed – how?

After declarer wins the first trick with dummy’s diamond king and draws trumps, he should cash dummy’s diamond ace, play a trump to his hand, ruff his last diamond in the dummy, and play a club to his nine, being careful to conserve a trump entry to the dummy.

West wins with his 10, but what can he do now?

Whatever he leads concedes a 12th trick. If a spade, it is away from the king; if a club, it is around to declarer’s king-eight; if a diamond, South ruffs in one hand and sluffs a spade from the other. © 2014 UFS

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FRIDAYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SCOREBOARD Baseball STATE TOURNAMENT Class 1A State Tournament at Dozer Park, Peoria Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s semifinals

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Byron advances to 2A title game Peterson tosses 5-hitter for Tigers 36- 3PORTS 3TAFF

PEORIA â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Nathan Peterson tossed a fivehitter, and Jack Fleeger drove in a pair of runs as Byron beat Westmont 6-2 at the 2A state baseball tournament held Friday at Dozer Park.

Peterson (13-0) went the distance, allowing two runs (one earned), five hits and one walk, while striking out 10.

Fleeger had the key hit for the Tigers (35-5), a two-run double in the top of the sixth inning. It made the score 5-2, and another run scored on the play after a throwing error by Westmont shortstop Charlie Donovan.

Byron scored its other three runs in the fourth inning, with the help of a pair of balks by Westmont reliever Austin Loehman. Austin Carlson also drove in a run with a sacrifice fly.

Westmont (27-8-1) took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first on an RBI single by Tommy Franczak. The Sentinels made it 2-0 in the third on a run-scoring groundout by John Kelly.

Zach Moran (7-2) took the loss for Westmont.

He allowed three runs (all earned), six hits and four walks in three innings. He also struck out four.

CLASS 1A

Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s championship games 1A: 7EBBER VS )LLINOIS ,UTHERAN A M 2A: 0LEASANT 0LAINS VS "YRON P M in the top of the 10th inning scored Logan Ganieany with the goahead run, and Webber made it stand up in a 1A semifinal at Dozer Park.

Bush drove in three runs for the Trojans (237). Jordan Wheeler (6-4) went the distance for Webber, allowing four runs (0 earned), nine hits and nine walks, while striking out six. He threw 175 pitches.

For New Athens (1918), Jimmy Kiefer had a pair of hits, including a double, and drove in two runs.

Illinois Lutheran 1, Argenta-Oreana 0:

Dylan Gouldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s double in the bottom of the fifth inning plated Joey Kendrick with the lone runs of the game as Lutheran edged Argenta-Oreana.

Grant Farmer (10-0) got the win for the Chargers (26-2), allowing just two hits in six innings.

He struck out five and walked three. Sam Geraci got the save, striking out two in a perfect seventh.

Gage Eller (7-1) took the loss for ArgentaOreana (23-6), allowWebber 5, New Ath- ing one earned run, one ens 4, 10 inn.: Christian hit and six walks, while Bushâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two-out single striking out eight.

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Amboy’s Kaitlyn Liebing walks a ball back to the circle after Trico’s Jessica Prange hit a home run in the fifth inning of Friday’s 1A state semifinal game at EastSide Centre in East Peoria. The Clippers’ 10-game winning streak came to an end in a 6-1 loss to the Pioneers.

JITTERS BUG CLIPPERS

Trico takes advantage of Amboy errors in semifinal victory

BY TY REYNOLDS treynolds@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5552

EAST PEORIA – On the state tournament stage, runs are usually at a premium, and mistakes have a way of biting you.

The Amboy Clippers found that out the hard way Friday afternoon, as four errors and a lone walk led to five Trico runs in a 6-1 loss in the Class 1A state semifinals at EastSide Centre.

“We let some runners get on base, and didn’t play the tight defense that you need to at the state tournament,” Amboy coach Kelly Whitman said. “We came in nervous, and a couple of innings set a tough tone.”

After cruising through the first two innings, Amboy freshman Karlee Doege got the first two outs in the top of the third. But an errant throw on a two-out bunt brought the top of the order back up, and Jessica Prange singled home Bailey Witthoft to break up the shutout and Doege’s no-hitter in one fell swoop.

With Prange advancing to second on the throw home, she scored on an errant throw on Ashley Modglin’s two-out bunt single. The speedy Modglin went to second on the play, took third on a passed ball, and scored one pitch later on a wild pitch to make it 3-0 Trico.

“It was just fundamentals today,” Amboy senior center fielder Micaela McCoy said. “We didn’t do the little things, and we let it get to us.”

The turning point of the game truly came in the bottom of the fourth. Madeline Ely bunted and was safe when the Trico third baseman bobbled the barehand pickup, then scored one batter later when Kaitlyn Liebing smoked a line drive down the left-field line for an RBI double.

Star of the game: Jessica Prange, Trico, 2-for-4, RBI single, 3-run HR, 2 runs scored Key performers: Jordan Lodge, Trico, 4-hitter, 12 Ks, 1 BB, 0 earned runs; Kaitlyn Liebing, Amboy, 2-for-2, RBI 2B; Karlee Doege, Amboy, 4-hitter, 2 earned runs, 7 Ks, 1 BB Up next: 1A third-place game, Amboy vs. West Prairie, 10 a.m. today

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Trico catcher Jessica Prange pumps her fist after a strikeout by Amboy’s Kelsie Thurman during Friday’s 1A state semifinal game in East Peoria. Four errors cost the Clippers in a 6-1 loss to the Pioneers.

Liebing took third on the throw home, and the Clippers (22-10) had a run in, a runner on third, and nobody out.

But Jordan Lodge (24-2) wiggled off the hook. Doege lifted a fly ball to short left field, but it was too shallow for Liebing to tag up. Lodge then struck out McCoy and kept Destinee Oenes in the yard on a deep flyout to center field to end the inning.

“That was a key point in the game, because it easily could have been 3-2 and things get a little tight again,” Trico coach Drew Franklin said. “But Jordan worked out of it, and she was excellent in the circle all game, hitting her spots and having complete faith in her pitches.”

The missed opportunity haunted the Clippers almost immediately. Morgan Vogt led off the top of the fifth with the

only walk Doege issued all game, then Witthoft laid down a sacrifice bunt but was safe on another errant throw.

With runners on second and third and nobody out, the lineup again turned over, and Prange made Amboy pay again. The junior catcher ripped a fullcount smash over the fence just left of straightaway center field to give Trico (32-3) a five-run cushion.

“Once we went through the lineup one time, I think we really settled down,” Prange said. “Then, once we came back out with that 6-1 lead, that was the securing point for us. We knew we only needed nine outs, and that gave us some confidence, and a real lift.”

Amboy didn’t give in, but couldn’t string anything together. Delaney Wil-

helm doubled with two outs in the fifth but was stranded, then Liebing drew a one-out walk in the sixth – only to be erased by a hard-hit comebacker that turned into a 1-6-3 double play.

McCoy seemed poised to spark a patented Clipper comeback in the bottom of the seventh, leading off by stroking Lodge’s first pitch of the inning into the right-center field gap for a double. But Lodge again had the answer, getting a popout back to the circle and back-toback strikeouts to send the Pioneers into Saturday’s 1A state title game.

“I was ready for that pitch, and I was ready to start the rally,” McCoy said. “I put a good swing on a first-pitch strike, did what I needed to do. But the comeback didn’t happen, and we’ll have to adjust and play better tomorrow.”

Lodge struck out 12 and walked one, allowing four hits and one unearned run. Doege (16-8) struck out seven and walked one while matching Lodge’s four-hitter, and only two of the six runs were earned.

“We started strong, then it fell apart there in the middle,” Liebing said. “But we’ll bounce back. We’re going to play hard until the end [today], just like we did in this game, and build from it and recover and play better.”

Clippers’ faithful show strength at state E

AST PEORIA – There weren’t too many bugs flying or crawling around EastSide Centre on a warm, sunny day Friday at the 1A state softball semifinals.

There were plenty of butterflies, though, in both dugouts.

The Amboy Clippers, playing on the state tournament stage for the first time in the history of the softball program, found the big-stage butterflies a little harder to tame than the ones they usually get before a game.

“We were all pretty nervous, and I think the game was pretty much all mental for us,” junior catcher Kaitlyn Liebing said. “We definitely didn’t play the way we wanted to, but we’ve gotten this far, and I know we’re going to recover and play better [today].”

After dreaming about playing at the state tournament for most of their lives, the Clippers all

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agreed that despite a 6-1 semifinal loss to Trico, the atmosphere was everything they had ever imagined.

“There are so many people, and everything is so much more intense here,” senior center fielder Micaela McCoy said. “There were a lot of nerves, and it took awhile to fight through them.

But we have a feel for this environment now, and that will help us [today].”

The town of Amboy and surrounding communities turned out in droves, easily filling up the third-base stands and lining the fence

down the left-field line.

Cameras were everywhere, smiles were ever-present, and the cheers from the Clipper faithful drowned out most of the noise coming from the Trico side of the diamond.

“We’ve gotten so much support through the season, and we had a ton of it today,” Liebing said.

“That means a lot to us, and we want to put on a good show for our fans.”

See, that’s what the state tournament is all about: representing your family, your school, and your town with pride, no matter the outcome.

And the Clippers did that beautifully. Despite the first loss in 10 games, there wasn’t a single disappointed expression or harsh word spoken amongst the Amboy crowd. Every word was positive, every hug was heartfelt, and every hit or catch or throw was greeted with a rousing

round of applause … the same greeting the team received upon exiting the dugout after the game.

Of course, one should expect no less from a town as sports-crazy as Amboy, in the first trip ever to a team state tournament in girls sports.

“We appreciate everything, and we’ll carry over this experience and use it to our advantage [today],” coach Kelly Whitman said. “We’re going to come back tomorrow and refocus, compete like Amboy always does, and give these fans something to really cheer about.”

So, no more butterflies?

“There will be some,” Liebing admitted, “but we’ll be more mentally focused. We have a game under our belts now, and our biggest downfall [Friday] was getting into our own heads. We won’t let that happen [today], and we’ll play our game … and play it better.”

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Amboy’s Destinee Oenes (right) talks to Courtney Rhine before an at-bat during Friday’s 1A state semifinal loss to Trico. The Clippers will play for third place Saturday against West Prairie.

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THIRD-PLACE GAME PREVIEW

No rest, no reason to be weary Sloppy first game has Amboy eager for redemption in Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s third-place game

BY TY REYNOLDS treynolds@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5554

EAST PEORIA â&#x20AC;&#x201C; After committing four errors in a 6-1 1A semifinal loss Friday afternoon, the Amboy Clippers were really looking forward to getting back on the diamond as quickly as possible.

Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll get a chance to get that bad taste out of their mouths at 10 a.m.

Saturday, when the Clippers face West Prairie in the 1A third-place game at EastSide Centre in East Peoria. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be fine,â&#x20AC;? Amboy coach Kelly Whitman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a matter of playing solid defense and putting together some hits. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll shake off this loss and be ready to go.â&#x20AC;?

The Clippers (22-10) were already thinking ahead, showing what short memories they have for what they called one of their worst games in a long time. Besides the four errors that led to four unearned runs, Amboy managed four hits and struck out 12 times against hard-throwing Trico senior Jordan Lodge.

But the Clippers are taking some positives forward with them. After seven of the first eight batters struck out, Amboy started to time Lodge and put the ball in play. Three of the four hits were doubles, and the Clippers had baseunners in each of the last four innings. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to build from this game,â&#x20AC;? junior catcher Kaitlyn Liebing said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve still got work to do, and we know we can finish the season with a win.â&#x20AC;?

Standing in their way of that is West Prairie (26-10), which lost 3-1 to Altamont in the first 1A semifinal FriPhilip Marruffo/pmarruffo@saukvalley.com day. The Cyclones boast six starters and Amboyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Madeline Ely cheers after teammate Kaitlyn Liebing hit a double to score one reserve hitting better than .300, and her during the fourth inning of Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1A state semifinal against Trico. It turned eight players with at least 12 RBIs. out to be the Clippersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lone run in a 6-1 loss.

Senior center fielder Jen Reedy leads the

SCOREBOARD Softball CLASS 3A Marengo Sectional Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s result s 3TERLING "URLINGTON #ENTRAL INN Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s result s -ARENGO "ELVIDERE Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game s #HAMPIONSHIP 3TERLING VS -ARENGO A M Winner advances to Barrington Supersectional vs. Ridgewood Sectional winner, 4:30 p.m. June 9 Class 1A State tournament at EastSide Centre, East Peoria Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s semifinals s !LTAMONT 7EST 0RAIRIE s 4RICO !MBOY Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s games s 4HIRD PLACE 7EST 0RAIRIE VS !MBOY A M s #HAMPIONSHIP !LTAMONT VS 4RICO P M Class 2A State tournament at EastSide Centre, East Peoria Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s semifinals s !LLEMAN -ONTICELLO s 4EUTOPOLIS "EECHER Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s games s 4HIRD PLACE -ONTICELLO VS "EECHER P M s #HAMPIONSHIP !LLEMAN VS 4EUTOPOLIS

P M Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s box scores Class 1A semifinals

TRICO 6, AMBOY 1 4RICO Â&#x2C6; !MBOY Â&#x2C6; W â&#x20AC;&#x201C; *ORDAN ,ODGE L â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Karlee $OEGE TRICO (32-3) ab r h bi bb so *ESSICA 0RANGE C

!SHLEY -ODGLIN CF

*ORDAN ,ODGE P

#HLOE 4HIES B

3YDNEY ,EVAN SS

"ROOKE (IGGERSON B %MILY "AUERSACHS DP -ORGAN 6OGT B

"AILEY 7ITTHOFT LF

Carly Fults rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 26 6 4 4 1 7 AMBOY (22-10) ab r h bi bb so +ELSIE 4HURMAN B

-ADELINE %LY SS

+AITLYN ,IEBING C

+ARLEE $OEGE P

-ICAELA -C#OY CF

$ESTINEE /ENES B

#OURTNEY 2HINE DP

(ANNAH -C#OY LF

+YLIE (IGHBARGER PH $ELANEY 7ILHELM RF

3YDNEY 7ILHELM B

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2B â&#x20AC;&#x201C; ,IEBING - -C#OY HR â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 0RANGE IP H R ER BB SO Trico ,ODGE

Amboy $OEGE

How they scored Top 3 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 0RANGE 2") " SCORING 7ITTHOFT -ODGLIN 2") " SCORING 0RANGE -ODGLIN SCORED ON WILD PITCH Bottom 4 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; ,IEBING 2") " SCORING %LY Top 5 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 0RANGE (2 SCORING 6OGT AND 7ITTHOFT

ALTAMONT 3, WEST PRAIRIE 1 7EST 0RAIRIE Â&#x2C6; !LTAMONT 8 Â&#x2C6; W â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $EIDRE ,EDBETTER L â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Kourtney Campbell (26-9) WEST PRAIRIE (26-10) 4ABBY "ILDERBACK B *ENNIFER 3CHWERER B (ANNA 2UNNER SS

*EN 2EEDY CF -ORGAN 7EAVER DP #AMPBELL P (ALIE 2UNNER PR 0AIGE 7EBSTER C *ESSICA (ERNDON 3HYANNE 4HOMAS LF

(ANNAH 4HOMPSON PH 3YDNEY "ROODHEAD RF Totals: 27-1-5. #AMPBELL )0 2 %2 ( 3/

BB) and Webster. 2B â&#x20AC;&#x201C; (ANNAH 2UNNER

Reedy. RBI â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Reedy. LOB â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 5.

ALTAMONT (28-4) -ADISON /HNESORGE CF 3HELBY 0HILLIPS B $EIDRE ,EDBETTER P

,AUREN /HNESORGE B ,AUREN 7HITE C !LEX 4EASLEY B .IKKI 4HARP rf 2-0-0, Brooke Burns dp 2-0-0, Audrey 7INTERS SS #HANDRA 3MITH LF Totals: 23-3-6. ,EDBETTER )0 2 %2 ( 3/ AND 7HITE 2B â&#x20AC;&#x201C; - /HNESORGE ,EDBETter. HR â&#x20AC;&#x201C; , /HNESORGE RBI â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Ledbetter, , /HNESORGE 7HITE CS â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Ledbetter. E â&#x20AC;&#x201C; , /HNESORGE LOB â&#x20AC;&#x201C;

Who: Amboy (22-10) vs. West Prairie (26-10) When: 10 a.m. Saturday Where: EastSide Centre, East Peoria Twitter: Follow Ty Reynolds (@STyReynolds) way with a .416 batting average to go with 23 RBIs, and designated player Morgan Weaver has a .321 average with a teamhigh 25 RBIs. First baseman Tabby Bilderback sets the table from the leadoff spot, hitting at a .374 clip with three doubles, four triples, three home runs and 21 RBIs, and No. 3 hitter Hanna Runner is hitting .360 with 13 doubles, two triples, two homers and 24 RBIs. Pitcher Kourtney Campbell is 26-8 with a 1.62 ERA, having allowed 206 hits and striking out 200 batters in 225 1/3 innings coming into the state tournament. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a quality team, but they all are at this point,â&#x20AC;? Whitman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to put the ball in play, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to make some errors, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have to play solid defense and put together some hits if we want to win.â&#x20AC;?

Despite watching the first semifinal, the Clippers are more focused on fixing their mistakes than what West Prairie brings to the table.

The Amboy players and coaches were adamant that they couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hang their heads, and instead are ready to finish off the dream season in much better fashion than their first state tournament game. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We just need to stick together, and play softball like we know how,â&#x20AC;? senior center fielder Micaela McCoy said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We know what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re capable of, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll adjust and come back and play better in our last game of the season.â&#x20AC;?

ROUNDUP

Class 2A ALLEMAN 7, MONTICELLO 5 -ONTICELLO Â&#x2C6; !LLEMAN 8 Â&#x2C6; W â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Emily Hoffman (12-1). L â&#x20AC;&#x201C; #HRISSY Gadbury (25-5).

MONTICELLO (30-5) 3AMANTHA 6ALENTINE SS #HRISSY 'ADBURY P (ANNAH 3MITH PR

!LLIE (ISLOPE C -ALLORY "ECKER PR -EGAN 4AYLOR B 3OPHIE #ATLIN DP -EGAN -AGSAMEN CF

!SHLEY 'ULLIFORD B %MILY #HITWOOD RF #LAIRE (UISINGA LF

,AYNE "UZAN B PR Totals: 31-5-11.

'ADBURY )0 2 %2 ( 3/

BB) and Hislope. 2B â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Valentine. HR â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Gadbury, Hislope. RBI â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Gadbury 4, Hislope. CS â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Valentine. LOB â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 7.

ALLEMAN (31-6) !NNA 7ETHERELL LF ,EXI &ERRARI B

)SABELLE !NDERSON B -OLLY %THINGTON B -ACKENZIE 3ANCHEZ SS

!BBY 4HOMPSON DP $AKOTA Stout p 2-0-0, Emily Hoffman p 1-0-1, ,IZZIE -ALCOLM *ULIA 4HOMER C

-ARIS "OELENS PH #AITLIN $E7ITTE CF !SHLEY 4HOLL RF Totals: 28-7-11.

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(OFFMAN )0 2 %2 ( 3/ and Hislope. 2B â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 7ETHERELL %THINGTON

4HOMPSON HR â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3ANCHEZ SB â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Ferrari.

E â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Ferrari. LOB â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 5.

TEUTOPOLIS 6, BEECHER 5 "EECHER Â&#x2C6; 4EUTOPOLIS 8 Â&#x2C6; W â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Kadi Borries (18-1). L â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3ARAH #REWS

BEECHER (33-8) )SABELLA 7OOLSLAYER SS %MILY ,ANDIS C 4AYLOR *OHNSON 3ARAH Crews p 4-0-2, Alexis Abbate pr 0-0-0, 3YDNEY :UPAN B 3AVANNAH ,OWE B #ARSON 3OLIS LF 3AVANAH 3TLUKA CF -ADISON "AINBRIDGE DP

3ALEM 'ARZA PH -ARGARET HANLEY RF Totals: 34-5-11. #REWS )0 2 %2 ( 3/

BB) and Landis. 2B â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Zupan. HR â&#x20AC;&#x201C; *OHNSON RBI â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 7OOLSLAYER *OHNSON

Garza 2. E â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 7OOLSLAYER *OHNSON LOB â&#x20AC;&#x201C; "EECHER TEUTOPOLIS (28-3) -ADISON #OWMAN B !NNI "ORRIES C

+ADI "ORRIES P !LLISON !PKE B

$ANIELLE 2EPKING SS *ULIE 7ENTE CF #HELSEY (ARDIEK RF +AITLIN 3MITH DP *ESSICA $REES PH

2AEGEN $REES LF *ESSICA 3CHUMACHER 1b 0-0-0. Totals: 25-6-6. + "ORRIES )0 2 %2 ( 3/ "" and A.Borries. 2B â&#x20AC;&#x201C; K.Borries. 3B â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Wente.

HR â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Apke. HBP â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Apke (by Crews). E â&#x20AC;&#x201C; #OWMAN 2EPKING 3CHUMACHER LOB â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Three Rivers North all-conference First team Pitchers: +YLIE !CKERMAN %RIE 0ROPHETstown so.), Brooke Stralow (Morrison fr.), ,AYKN 7ALDSCHMIDT .EWMAN FR Catchers: *Kaeli Kovarik (E-P sr.), KaitLYN ,IEBING !MBOY JR *ULIE (URD .EWMAN JR Infielders: *Jenna Jones (Fulton sr.), *Allie Wiersema (Morrison sr.), Clare Kramer (E-P JR #HELSEA ,ESNIEWSKI &ULTON JR 3YDNEY Mericle (Riverdale sr.)

Outfielders: *Micaela McCoy (Amboy sr.),

%MILY #OX % 0 SO

3HANNON &INNERAN -ORRISON JR /LIVIA %DFORS &ULTON SR DH/Utility: #OURTNEY 2HINE !MBOY JR Second team Pitchers: +ARLEE $OEGE !MBOY FR ,AUren Rice (Morrison fr.), Lexi VenHuizen 2IVERDALE JR Catcher: #HELSEA %ADS -ORRISON SR Infielders: !SHLEY 0HILLIPS "UREAU 6ALLEY SO 3AVANNAH -ETTLER % 0 JR -ADELINE %LY !MBOY JR *AEDEN 7ORKMAN -ORRISON FR -ARY !LICE /SWALT .EWMAN SR Outfielders: (ANNAH -C#OY !MBOY SR -EGAN 'ROVES 2IVERDALE JR 2ACHEL $AVIS -ORRISON JR 3TEPHANIE 4HULEN (E-P so.)

DH/Utility: Ann Renkes (Fulton sr.)

Honorable mention Pitcher: )RINI 0ETROS "UREAU 6ALLEY JR Catchers: #HLOE 3ULLIVAN 2IVERDALE SO

-ADDY !NDRESEN &ULTON JR Infielders: 3TACIA 7ALTER .EWMAN SR

$ESTINEE /ENES !MBOY SR +ELSIE 4HURman (Amboy sr.), Darcy Kepner (Bureau 6ALLEY SO *ENNA 3TEVENS .EWMAN JR

-ADY &ERRIS .EWMAN FR ,AUREN 0ANNIER -ORRISON SO 4AYLOR 7AINWRIGHT 2IVERDALE JR Outfielder: +ENNEDY $INGES !MBOY JR DH/Utility: +AYLEE $ONNA 2IVERDALE JR Player of the year: Jenna Jones (Fulton sr.) * unanimous selections

Philip Marruffo/pmarruffo@saukvalley.com

ABOVE: Amboyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sydney Wilhelm fields a bunt from Tricoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bailey Witthoft during the 1A state semifinal game. The Clippers lost 6-1, and they will play West Prairie Saturday in the third-place game.

BELOW: Amboyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Courtney Rhine takes a swing during Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s loss to Trico.

Homers key for Altamont Indians hit back-to-back dingers in win over Cyclones

By SVM Sports Staff

EAST PEORIA â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Lauren Ohnesorge and Lauren White led off the second inning with back-toback home runs off West Prairie starter Koutney Campbell to provide all the offense that Altamont would need in a 3-1 win in a 1A state semifinal Friday at EastSide Centre.

Altamont (28-4) advances to play Trico (33-3) in the championship game at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday.

Altamont pitcher Deidre Ledbetter (25-3) allowed five hits, one earned run, and she had 15 strikeouts and no walks.

Ledbetter also doubled to score Madison Ohnesorge in the third inning to complete the Indiansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; scoring.

Campbell (26-9) allowed six hits, three runs (all earned) with six strikeouts and a walk for the Cyclones (26-10).

Jen Reedyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s RBI double scored Jennifer Schwerer in the sixth for the Cyclones lone run.

allowed eight hits, and four earned runs with, two strikeouts and a walk.

Molly Ethington had three hits and two RBIs for Alleman.

Chrissy Gadbury (25-5) took the loss, allowing 11 hits, seven earned runs with two strikeouts and a walk for Monticello (305). Gadbury also had two hits and four RBIs.

Teutopolis 6, Beecher 5: Allison Apkeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s three-

CLASS 2A

Alleman 7, Monticello 5: Mackenzie Sanchezâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

grand slam in the fifth inning helped the Pioneers rally from a 4-2 deficit to advance to the 2A title game.

Alleman (31-6) will face

Teutopolis in the championship at 5:30 p.m. Saturday.

Emily Hoffman (12-1) pitched three innings of relief, allowing one run with two strikeouts and no walks, to pick up the win. Dakota Stout started the game for Alleman. She

run home run was the big blow in a four-run fifth inning for the Wooden Shoes in a 2A semifinal win over Beecher.

Teutopolis (28-3) trailed 5-2 going into the fifth, before finally getting to Beecher pitcher Sarah Crews (23-4) Crews allowed six earned runs on six hits, and had four strikeouts and one walk. Pinch hitter Sarah Garza had a two-run single for Beecher (33-8).

Kadi Borries (18-1) allowed 11 hits and five runs, only three earned, in seven innings. She had two strikeouts and a walk.

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Roll 401(k) savings Dear Dave, How should I handle my 401(k) when moving from one job to another? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Tracy

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Silver City Treasures owner Ray Scheff travels all over to find unique antiques for his store, which has finally opened in downtown Sterling.

Remember all that stuff in the window? Now you can buy it

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

STERLING â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The nosesmudged-window store finally has opened downtown.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the informal name of the new shop at 117 E. Third St., an erstwhile glass-fronted storage space that for years has enticed passersby to press their noses to the showcase window and wonder, Just what in the name of all thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good and holy is all that stuff in there?

A silver tea kettle from the 1700s. A brass hook shaped like a mermaid. A hand-carved African fertility god. An ultracool set of vinyl and aluminum rock â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; roll bar stools.

A reproduction Andy Warhol poster. A Peter Max maybemaybe-not reproduction poster, research still pending. A bug-eyed foam-rubber gremlin with green surfer shorts and hair growing out his toes (back off, I saw it first).

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Sliver City Treasures in downtown Sterling offers a wide variety of items for just about everyone â&#x20AC;&#x201C; even the guitarist in your life.

Dear Tracy, I would roll it to an IRA. Your new company, if you move it there, will have limited choices for your 401(k). Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d also probably have a lengthy waiting period for verification and the potential add-on fees and taxes.

Plus, with an IRA, you can cash it out if something really bad happens. But I rarely ever advise people to cash out their IRAs. The only exceptions are extreme cases, like to avoid bankruptcy or foreclosure.

Even then, hardship withdrawals are very difficult to get. And again, this kind of thing should never be done, except in an absolute worst-case scenario.

Just roll your money into a traditional IRA, Tracy. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s called a direct transfer IRA, and that way there will be no taxes on it. You want the money to go directly from the 401(k) to the IRA. Then, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have the freedom to choose from about 8,000 mutual funds and move the money around, if you like.

In other words, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in control. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the way it should be, when it comes to your money. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Dave

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Dear Dave, We have three children, ages 15, 10 and 9. With our oldest starting high school and just being a teenager, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re spending lots more money on her than the others. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s almost like sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the favorite child. Should we spend more on the other kids to make things seem a little more fair? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Julie

and male-dominated Silicon Valley startup world, they are forging ahead. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have no fear,â&#x20AC;? said Jodi Murphy, 57, of San Mateo County, who joined the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Startup Lab in February to build Geek Club Books, a storytelling app about children with autism. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everything that I have done has led to this. Even though I am older, I literally leap out of bed every day, because this is my time for doing this.â&#x20AC;?

The lab also has an ambitious mission: To equip women founders with the skills they need to thrive in the macho tech industry, which has made it difficult for women to build and fund startups.

Dear Julie, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think so. In 5 or 6 years, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be their turn, and you guys will be spending that kind of money on them, too. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the way it is with teens.

Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a question for you.

When the 15-year-old is 23, and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re buying prom dresses and all the other teenage stuff for the younger kids, are you going to turn around and give the older child extra money just to â&#x20AC;&#x153;even things up?â&#x20AC;? Of course not. That would be silly. She had her moment in the sun, and now itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s their turn.

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MENLO PARK, Calif. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; In an unassuming office building here, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a group of startup founders working feverishly to fulfill their entrepreneurial dreams, and not one of them is a Stanford University dropout in his 20s.

You wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t find baby-faced coders hunched over MacBooks, empty ramen containers or kegs of beer.

Instead, you will find mothers and other women, most in their 40s and 50s, with backgrounds in fashion, music and law. Many have never worked in the tech industry or attempted a startup. Despite the odds stacked against them in the youth-

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Founders Jaclyn Baumgarten (left) and Ari Horie discuss a project during a meeting with entrepreneurs May 27 at the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Startup Lab in Menlo Park, California. The year-old women-only accelerator is hoping to help more mid-career women realize their entrepreneurial dreams.

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The fourth quarter Rock Falls High School PRIDE Program winners have been announced. Mike Berentes, principal, is with the winners (from left) Taylor Clifton, who received a 32-inch TV; Aaron Frank and Alexis Arrezola, a $150 Samsung Galaxy; and Destiny Dahler, a $100 Visa card. Not pictured is Josh Hewitt, who won a $100 Visa card. Photo submitted by Myra Nusbaum.

Amy Zeigler, a fifth-grade student at Washington Elementary School in Sterling, broke a 20-year school record by reading 130 books for the Accelerated Reader Program. With her is Matt Bridsley, principal. Zeigler earned 1,028.4 AR points.

She has won the Gordon Nunemaker Memorial Accelerated Reader of the Year Award for 3 years.

Zeigler is the daughter of Greg and Dawn Zeigler.

Photo submitted by Vicky Salas.

DIXON HIGH SCHOOLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S PROM ROYALTY SCHOLARSHIP AWARDED

The Dixon High School prom court members are (from left) Kylie Piper, Alexis Duncan, Alexander Murdock, and James Bass, senior attendants; Kaitlynne Pitman, queen; Kylian Lally, king; and Kirsten Pitman, Alexis Plumb, Ryan Dixon, and Trent Brinkmeier, senior attendants. Photo submitted by Richard Pitman of Dixon.

PFLAG Sauk Valley recently awarded a $250 scholarship to Shay Farley, a Sterling High School senior, who will attend Sauk Valley Community College in Dixon. Presenting the scholarship are Michael Soto, PFLAG Sauk Valley president; Farley; and Barb Schwamberger, a PFLAG member.

Photo submitted by Schwamberger.

Dixon students Bureau Valley pupils take on Spanish earn recognition MANLIUS â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Foreign language students from Bureau Valley High School attained national recognition for excellent performance on the National Spanish Examinations.

The test was administered April 3 and 4 at the high school.

In Spanish 1, three received the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Premio de MenciĂłn HonorĂ­fica.â&#x20AC;?

Chase Gripp scored in the 61st percentile, Pres-

ton Balensiefen scored in the 64th, and Josie Lind earned the top score of Level 1 BVHS students with a 71st.

In Spanish 2, three students also received the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Premio de MenciĂłn HonorĂ­fica.â&#x20AC;? They are Emily Wall with a 53rd percentile, Chelsea Higgins with a 54th, and in the top spot at BVHS, Harrison Brousseau with a 66th.

In Spanish 3, Haley

DeVoss received the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Premio de Plataâ&#x20AC;? by scoring in the 85th percentile and also will receive American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese Northern Illinois Chapter Award for scoring the highest within the category at the school.

In Spanish 4, Kate DeBrock scored in the 42nd percentile and Sabrina Johnson in the 18th. They did not receive awards, but

have done very well overall for 4 years according to Tina Eller, Spanish teacher. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Attaining a medal or honorable mention for any student on the National Spanish Examinations is very prestigious,â&#x20AC;? Kevin Cessna-Buscemi, national director of the exams, said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;because the exams are the largest of their kind in the U.S. with 154,000 students participating in 2014.â&#x20AC;?

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DIXON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Dixon High School students were recognized May 22 at an honors night for athletic and academic achievements.

Seniors, who will continue their education, were awarded $187,200 in scholarships.

Those recognized are Haylee Altenburg, Annalise Ankney, Brooke Bailey, Lucas Bonnette, Shay Bowser, Joan Bratt, Trent Brinkmeier, Andrew Clark, Ryan Dixon, Alexis Duncan, Isabella Dunklau, Rachel Gascoigne, Daytona Geesey, Jonathan Gerdes, Holly Grim, Halie Harkins, Scott Heath, Brandon Hel-

frich, Paige Himes, Addison Huizenga, Nancy Hummel, Maribeth Johnson, Hayley Kent, Connor Kirk, Chris Kooy, Kylian Lally, Alex LaMendola, Derek Linscott, Jenna Longan, Autumn Macek, Rachel McKinley, Skylar Mitchell, Zahra Muhsin, Katie Pitman, Kirsten Pitman, Alexis Plumb, Maggie Provo, Samantha Riggen, Caitlin Rozek, Dane Schielein, Erin Smith, Cody Sondgeroth, Kacie Spelde, Simon Thorpe, Nate Tipton, Dante Victum, Jessica VanOosten, Catherine Weinzierl, Thomas Whitcombe, Whitney Wildman, and Kari Wolfe.

ASHLAND UNIVERSITY

The William and Beverly Burkardt Family Foundation awarded scholarships May 18 to eight Polo Community High School graduates during the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s honors night. The Burkardts (center) are with the recipients, Owen Bailey (from left), Casandra Kurschner, Ashlie Lowry, Allison Reeder, Miguel Dominguez, Justin Archer, Peyton Taylor, and A.J. Dollmeyer. Dominguez earned a $1,000 scholarship, while the others received $500.

Photo submitted by Paula Faivre.

Nicole Van Zuiden (right), a teacher at River Bend School District in Fulton, received a full scholarship to the Master of Arts in Teaching and Learning with Technology Program at Ashford University in Clinton, Iowa. She received the certificate from Joen Larson, dean of Ashfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s College of Education. Photo submitted by Larry Libberton.

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This oriole made a recent stopover at a backyard in Oregon.

Photo submitted by Eileen Considine of Oregon.

This squirrel went to great lengths to get at a suet feeder in Keith Zickuhr’s yard in Oregon. Photo submitted by Zickuhr.

TREE VS. TRUCK

A barred owl peers through its shelter in April at Page Park in Dixon. Photo submitted by Fern Nuttal of Dixon.

Baby robins chirp from a nest during the week of May 11 outside Carlotta Mitchell’s house in Rock Falls. Photo submitted by Mitchell.

David Flenner of Dixon photographed a truck May 15 at Galena Avenue and 10th Street in Dixon.

A large tree limb was removed between the cab and trailer after it fell. Dixon Police blocked 10th Street to let the work proceed. Photo submitted by Flenner.

TAXIDERMIST AND HUNTER

Dom Castaldo of Mount Morris shows his kill from a hunting trip last fall. Castaldo and his family enjoy eating rabbit meat.

Photos submitted by Dom Castaldo.

Castaldo, an amateur taxidermist, displays preserved animals in his dining room. He learned taxidermy when he was in high school in the 1970s. He and his wife, Kitty, open the room to Boy Scouts, school groups, and other youth organizations.

Wanted: Photos from you A scrapbook is a book with blank pages, and that’s what our Scrapbook page is without your pictures. We want to fill the page with images that capture lives in the Sauk Valley. They can be submitted by email to photos@saukvalley.com or can be taken to the Sterling and Dixon offices.

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IN BRIEF Hennepin walk set for Sunday

Guests from the Middle East visit the career center at YWCA of the Sauk Valley in Sterling. YWCA staff recently spent 3 hours showing the facility and shelter, explaining services, and answering questions. The travelers work in domestic violence situations in their own countries, and are in the U.S. to learn how Americans deal with the issue. They are from Bahrain, Chad, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestinian Territories, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen. The visit was made possible through the Rock River Valley International Fellowship. Photo submitted by Carol Fitzgerald.

Bus trip to head to Memphis POLO â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A Sept. 14-20 journey to Memphis, Tennessee, will be sponsored

by Polo Senior Center, 101 E. Mason St. The 7-day, 6-night trip is $555 per person, based on double occupancy.

Single occupancy is $750.

A $75 deposit is required when signing up, with the final payment due by July 7. The price includes 10 meals.

Trip protection insurance is available through Travel Confident for an additional $45 for double occupancy, $69 for single occupancy, and $45 for triple occupancy.

Call the center at 815946-3818 to make a reservation.

Other plans at the center, all open to the public, include: July 16 trip to the House on the Rock in Dodgeville, Wisconsin: The cost is $65 for members or $70 for non-

members, and includes transportation, entrance to the house and an ultimate package, and dinner at Country Kitchen. Reservations are required.

A breakfast and bake sale will be from 7 to 11 a.m. June 14. The cost is $3 for children 12 and younger and $6 for all others. The menu is sausage, pancakes, applesauce, orange juice, milk, and coffee.

Darlene Shafer, a certified Medicare specialist, will answer Medicare questions on a confidential basis. Call for an appointment.

Joanne Bauman will lead a new, free, line dancing program at 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays.

A â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fit for Lifeâ&#x20AC;? lowimpact exercise class takes place from 9 to 10 a.m. each Tuesday and Thursday. It is open to adults of any age. Cher

Weegens of Forreston is the instructor. The cost is $20 per month.

The centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grief support group will not meet in June. The next meeting is 3 p.m. July 11.

Children can participate in a free bingo competition from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday. Adult players are welcome to bring children with them.

Prizes and snacks will be provided. Bingo also will be from 1 to 3 p.m. June 16.

Blood pressure checks will be available from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Wednesday.

A caregiver support group will meet at 1:30 p.m. June 17 in Franklin Room. Pastor Terri Wilder leads the group. There is no charge.

A free card game night for adults only will be at 6:30 p.m. June 20. Games will include Phase 10 and euchre. Participants are welcome to bring snacks.

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Plenty to do at council on aging DIXON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Computer and genealogy classes will be available at Dixon Senior Center, 100 W. Second St. A basic computer class will be from 2 to 4 p.m. June 24 and 25. Justin Wiggins from Wiggins Computing in Dixon will teach the class. Students will learn how to use a mouse and keyboard, and computer terminology.

The cost is $15 for both classes, which includes a beginnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s guide.

A free genealogy class will be from 9 to 11 a.m. every Tuesday in June.

Students will trace their family trees. Sandy Fry, a local genealogist, will lead the class.

For more information, or to register for a class, call 815-288-9236.

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on Aging will host a line dancing party from 5:30 to 10 p.m. June 18 at the Post House Ballroom, 100 W. Second St. Experienced dancers, beginners, and spectators of all ages are all welcome. The cost is $2.

Soda, wine, beer, and spirits will be available for purchase.

Quarter Mania, a vendor fair that is a cross between an auction and a raffle, will be Thursday at the Post House Ballroom. The doors open at 5:30 p.m. Sloppy Joeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, chips, and cookies will be served from 5:30 to 7.

The auction is from 6:30 to 8:30.

Participants bid with quarters to win a product or prize donated by local businesses.

In addition to the auction, there will be a 50-50 drawing to benefit LCCOA. The vendors also will have items for purchase. Visit dixon quartermania.com or call LCCOA for more information at the above number.

A free Rules of the Road course will be held at the center, courtesy of Secretary of State Jesse White and the Lee County Senior Center.

The review will be from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. June 18.

The course is designed to help participants pass the state driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license renewal examination. It will prepare the applicants for the general written and road exams, and provides information on the vision screening.

Space available for rummage sale OREGON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Indoor space is available for Oregonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s citywide garage sale days Friday and June 14 at Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St. Each space is 10 feet by 10 feet, and can be reserved for $20. Tables are $6 each. The building is wheelchair accessible.

The hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to noon June 14.

For more information or to reserve place, call the center at 815-7323252.

Two beginning art classes for teens and adults will be available in June and July at the center.

Kathryn Paigen, a local artist, will teach the sessions.

Beginning Art will be from 12:30 to 3 p.m. June 17 and 20. Participants will learn about the different mediums of art, and explore pencil, ink, pastels, watercolor crayons, and acrylic paints.

Each student will complete one piece of art to

take home. The cost is $15 for members and $20 for nonmembers.

Starting an Art Journal will be from 12:30 to 3 p.m. July 15 and 18. The students will learn how to create and start an art journal for exploring mixed-media, stencils, and doodling. The cost is $20 for members and $25 for nonmembers.

Prepaid registration is required for the classes.

Payment may be made in person by cash, check, or credit card.

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that already have taken place will be published as soon as possible, in the order in which it is received.

Descendants of Gen. Edward Kirk stopped May 15 to visit the home their ancestor built, now the Dillon Home Museum in Sterling. Standing in front of the homeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s carriage house are (from left) Kim Smith, Dillon staff member; Terence Buckaloo, Sterling-Rock Falls Historical Society director and curator; Linda Heckler, Dillon curator; and Kirk descendants, Robin Rosenquist of Vermont, Jim Boericke of Indiana, and Peter Broericke of Pennsylvania. Their ancestor was killed during the Civil War. Photo submitted by Buckaloo.

Camp, picking up part of summer AMBOY â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Teen Turf will have a free summer camp Monday until July 18 at the Boehle Youth Center, 235 W. Main St. The activities are for preschool and kindergarten children on Mondays, students in first and second grade on Tuesdays, and third and fourth grade on Wednesdays. All sessions are from 1 to 3 p.m.

Participants should wear sunscreen, bug spray, and swimming wear under their

clothes. They do not have to attend every session.

The Clean and Green Program, for those in fifth grade and older, will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday.

The students work in the community garden, pick up around roadsides and parks, help at the nursing home, and become camp counselors after lunch.

In other news at Teen Turf:

Cody Thompson was the junior high winner of the Homework Club cash prize. Emma West and Sophia Nelson shared a cash prize. The three were the top point winners.

Senior Moments chair aerobics will not meet again until September.

High intensity aerobics continues from 5:15 to 6:15 p.m. Wednesdays.

Donations are accepted.

Cans for recycling can be left on the red trailer behind the fence.

Firefighters continue drawdown plans MANLIUS â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Members of the Manlius Fire Department met in May at the fire hall. President Robert Reglin conducted the meeting with nine members present.

Among the business discussed was the June 14 drawdown. It will be from 5 to 9 p.m. at the fire hall, 225 Maple St. Tickets are $40 per couple.

Pulled pork sandwich-

es and door prizes are included. The drawdown prizes are $1,000 for first place, $500 for second, and $10 each for third through seventh place.

Ticketholders need not be present to win. To buy tickets, call Aaron Roush at 815-915-5079 or Justin Doty at 815-213-2964.

The event also includes gun raffles, 50-50 raffle, a pie auction, disc jock-

ey music, and a street dance.

Lola Charlet sent the department a thank-you note and donation. Bob Neahring, Ryan Allen, and Doty won attendance awards.

The next regular meeting will be at 6:30 p.m.

Thursday at the firehouse. Robert Reglin and Chris Maynard will be the lunch committee.

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BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS Zachary Peyton Gullickson Doug and Megan Gullickson of Las Vegas are the parents of a son born at 9:01 a.m. May 11, 2014, at Summerlin Hospital in Las Vegas.

Zachary Peyton Gullickson weighed 9 pounds, 10 ounces at birth and was 21 inches in length.

He is welcomed by Dylan, 8, and Brady, 4.

Maternal grandparents are Beth Eikenberry of Sterling and the late Steve McCormick.

Paternal grandparents are Dennis Gullickson of Las Vegas and Loreen Tackes of Milwaukee.

Isayah Allen Lee Stratton Danelle Domdey of Fulton and Jace Stratton of Camanche, Iowa, are the parents of a son born at 1:24 a.m. May 20, 2014, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Isayah Allen Lee Stratton weighed 5 pounds, 8 ounces at birth and was 18 inches in length.

He is welcomed by Noah Stratton, 2.

Maternal grandparents are Janelle Proud of Fulton and Craig Domdey of Clinton, Iowa.

Paternal grandparents are Jennifer and Thomas Stratton of Camanche, Iowa.

Maternal great-grandparents are Eilene Proud and Barb and Donald Domdey, all of Morrison.

Paternal great-grandparents are Ivy Fuglsang of Clinton, Iowa, and Bobby and Joyce Stratton of Belfair, Washington.

Magdalena Jo May Jessica and Thomas May of Dixon are the parents of a daughter born at 3:03 a.m. May 22, 2014, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Magdalena Jo May weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces at birth and was 21 inches in length.

She is welcomed by Blaine Howard May, 4, and Molly Marie May, 1.

Maternal grandparents are Johanna Robers of Amboy and Marvin Robers of Sublette.

Paternal grandparents are Howard May and Barb May, both of Dixon.

Hunter Trapper Fisher Peggy Craft and Josh Fisher of Sterling are the parents of a son born at 11:09 p.m. May 14, 2014, at KSB Hospital in Dixon.

Hunter Trapper Fisher weighed 6 pounds, 14 ounces at birth and was 20 inches in length.

He is welcomed by Ryder, 5, and Kyrie, 4.

Maternal grandparents are Marilyn Kollie and Howard Craft, both of Sterling.

Paternal grandparents are Charlotte Chounard of Cleveland and Larry Fisher of Sterling.

Maternal great-grandfather is Walter Godfrey of Orlando, Florida.

Paternal great-grandmother is Trudy Fisher of Rock Falls.

Paternal great-greatgrandfather is â&#x20AC;&#x153;Budâ&#x20AC;? Stegal of Rock Falls.

Wyatt Adam Thacker Megan M. Yoeckel and Jacob A. Thacker of Rock Falls are the parents of a son born at 6:07 p.m. May 25, 2014, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Wyatt Adam Thacker weighed 7 pounds, 6 ounces at birth and was 21.5 inches in length.

Maternal grandparents are Jerry and Ruth Yoeckel of Milledgeville.

Paternal grandparents are Sandra Thacker of Rock Falls and William B. Thacker of Hazelhurst, Wisconsin.

Carson Jay Kenseth Dana Vedick and Jon Kenseth of Morrison are the parents of a son born at 7:30 p.m. May 25, 2014,

at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Carson Jay Kenseth weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces at birth and was 20 inches in length.

He is welcomed by Hailey Kenseth, 5.

Maternal grandparents are Doug and Lynn Wiebenga and David Verdick and Kelli Williams, all of Morrison.

Paternal grandparents are Brian and Jane Kenseth of Morrison.

Maternal great-grandparents are Marilyn Habben, Bob and Janie Nelson, and Robert and Lois Wiebenga, all of Morrison.

Paternal great-grandparents are Rich and Barb Robey of Huntley.

Ella Grace Burtlow Amber Dowd and Colton Burtlow of Dixon are the parents of a daughter born at 7:57 p.m. May 5, 2014, at KSB Hospital in Dixon, Ella Grace Burtlow weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces at birth and was 21 inches in length.

She is welcomed by Abbie Bellows, 9, and Zachary Bellows, 8.

Maternal grandparents are John and Denise McFadden of Rock Falls and Pat and Karla Dowd of Dixon.

Paternal grandparents are Terol and Marty McCarty and Dave and Sharon Burtlow, all of Rock Falls.

Maternal great-grandparents are Peggy and James McFadden of Rock Falls.

Paternal great-grandparents are Ann and Jim Hicks and Lyle and Lilian Burtlow, all of Sterling.

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THANK GOODNESS

Thanks for postal food drive success

families always is appreciated. Again, we extend a sincere and heartfelt thank you to everyone who was involved.

Note to readers: Edythe EDYTHE GEIGER Geiger is the food panSterling try chairwoman for First The Rock Falls First Christian Church of Rock Christian Church Food Falls.

Pantry wishes to thank the Rock Falls and Sterling Post offices for the May 10 Postal Carriersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Food Drive. A special thank you to Dennis Haag of the Rock Falls Post Office who helped BETH MATHEW organize.

STERLING We express our grati- The Fish Food Pantry tude to the post office gives a special thank you staff that was involved, to the postal workers and especially the dedicated the Sterling-Rock Falls postal drivers and mail community for the May carriers who picked up food. We would like to 10 food drive.

The number of families thank the people of our community who donated that we are serving is up food and everyone who about 40 percent since helped to distribute the November 2013. This is food. Our shelves were a significant increase. filled, and this is greatly In order to meet this increased demand we appreciated.

The food pantry contin- need more food to fill our ues to be a much-needed shelves. ministry in our commu- We are supported by the nity and is a wonderful community with volunway to share Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Love. teers who fill orders and Though we are a smaller donations of money and food pantry, in March we food items from individserved 166 families with uals and churches. It was 496 members. We serve a joy to sort items and fill single people as well as our shelves.

The board andl most of large families, and the number of people we all, the families we serve say â&#x20AC;&#x153;thank youâ&#x20AC;? to all help continues to grow.

The food received by the who gave of their time

Thank you to postal workers for food drive

and contributed food items.

Note to readers: Beth Mathew is the board president.

Hospice garden luncheon is successful LYNN KNODLE Byron

The third annual Serenity Hospice & Home Garden Luncheon was May 10, on the grounds of the Serenity Home. Guests were welcomed with beautiful harp music provided by Mary Ley, with the gazebo and gardens providing a lovely backdrop for the tented event.

The elegant luncheon was catered by SKM and served by Serenity volunteers. Silent and live auction items were generously donated by area merchants, nurseries, and individuals. Live auction services were provided by Joyce and Sheldon Rueff, who were entertaining, encouraging, and delightful in their efforts to raise funds for Serenity.

While the food was delicious, the surroundings beautiful and elegant, and the guests entertained, the purpose of

this event is to raise funds to be used for providing care for patients in the Serenity Home.

Thanks to the generosity of the community, the people in attendance, and the committees whose efforts served to make this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s garden luncheon a resounding success.

Special thanks to: Burkardtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s LP Gas, Spectrum Preferred Meats, White Pines Ranch, and to the numerous individual sponsors; Susan, Michael, Emily and Bryce Madduxâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s catering expertise and a delicious lunch; and to the Serenity staff for all the hard work to make the event a success.

Thank you to Mary Meiners and Pam Gambrel for their imagination and creativity in decorating and making everything beautiful; Mincemoyer Jewelry, Rockford, for its expertise; and to all of our volunteers for helping with setting up, serving food, cleaning up, traffic control and parking.

Thanks also to all the auction item donors, especially Anneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Garden Center and the Petal Pushers.

Note to readers: Lynn Knodle is the executive director.

NEW SIGN

Miles Joseph Guerrero Alison and Michael Guerrero of Pontiac are the parents of a son born at 8:24 a.m. March 26, 2014, at BroMenn Regional Medical Center in Normal.

Miles Joseph Guerrero weighed 5 pounds, 11 ounces at birth and was 19 inches in length.

Maternal grandparents are Cherrie Rosander and Richard Rosander, both of Bishop Hill.

Paternal grandparents are Sheri Guerrero and Jack Guerrero, both of Sterling.

Maternal great-grandparents are Joan Collinson and Gordon Collinson, both of Galva.

Paternal great-grandparent is Jerri Spaulding of Sterling.

Zeke Allan Lee Marcella A. and Greg A. Lee of Rock Falls are the parents of a son born at 8:19 a.m. May 9, 2014, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Zeke Allan Lee weighed 6 pounds, 11 ounces at birth and was 19 inches in length.

Maternal grandparents are John A. Canas and Rose Canas, both of Sterling.

Paternal grandparents are Delbert Lee of Rock Falls and Karen Dewey of Missouri.

Maternal great-grandmothers are Rachel Canas of Beeville, Texas, and Thomasa Cavazos of Sterling.

Paternal great-grandmother is Lois Nelson of Niagua, Missouri.

Cadance Rose Bender Lacy Lewis and Austin Bender of Lyndon are the parents of a daughter born at 7:20 p.m. May 22, 2014, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Cadance Rose Bender weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces at birth and was 20 inches in length.

Maternal grandparents are Jeanne Osteen of Lyndon and James Lewis Jr. of Morrison.

Paternal grandparents are Stacy Riesselman of Springfield, Illinois, and Randy Bender of Prophetstown.

Maternal great-grandparents are Carole and James Lewis Sr. of Rock Falls.

Paternal great-grandmother is Ruby Riesselman of Canton.

Visitors to the Ronald Reagan Birthplace on Main Street in Tampico will find a new sign, created by Ted Sumner. Photo submitted by Joan Johnson.

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Freeloader may have to pay price of lost friends Dear Abby: I have been best friends with â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jeanâ&#x20AC;? ever since grade school.

We get along great, except for one thing â&#x20AC;&#x201C; sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a cheapskate. Jean is single and still lives with her parents; I am a single mother living on my own.

We earn about the same amount of money.

Whenever Jean is invited out for drinks, she brings only enough cash for one drink, and then comments loudly that she doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have enough money on her for another one and waits until someone offers to pay for it.

When going out to eat, she eats at home first,

to pay for nothing. It has reached the point where I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to do anything with her because of her penny-pinching ways. Mutual friends have asked me to speak to her.

What can I say to keep my friendship intact? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Separate Checks, Please, in Ohio

one else. And unless you know for a fact that her stingy behavior is keeping $EAR !BBY her from having serious IS WRITTEN BY !BIGAIL relationships with men, 6AN "UREN

keep it to yourself.

ALSO KNOWN In the future, if you go AS *EANNE 0HILLIPS 4HE out with Jean and she COLUMN IS PROsays she didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t bring VIDED THROUGH enough money for a sec5NIVERSAL ond drink, allow her to 5CLICK suffer the consequences.

Dear Separate Checks: And when she asks to and then asks to â&#x20AC;&#x153;sampleâ&#x20AC;? Because you have â&#x20AC;&#x153;sampleâ&#x20AC;? what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re eateveryone elseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s food. If reached the point that ing, tell her calmly youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d she wants to see a movie, your relationship with rather she didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. I agree she makes sure to bring a Jean is in jeopardy, talk that when behavior like date to pay for her ticket. with her about how her hers becomes a pattern I think her stingy behav- behavior has affected you. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and the person is able ior is keeping her from But do not allow yourto pay, but is mooching having serious relationself to be the appointed â&#x20AC;&#x201C; that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s obnoxious. But ships because she expects spokeswoman for anyit wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be corrected by

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enabling her, and that is what everyone has been doing.

since. Was I wrong? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Miffed Myself in New York

Dear Abby: Because Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a florist, my niece asked me to do the flowers for her wedding. I gladly agreed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mistyâ&#x20AC;? put the priest through a lot to make this a very special occasion. She hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t attended church prior to the wedding. When the priest asked Misty for a contribution to the church for having her wedding there, she was miffed. I asked her, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Who do you think pays the utilities and upkeep for the church for one-time users like you?â&#x20AC;?

She hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t spoken to me

Dear Miffed: Wrong? You gave your niece a dose of reality, and stated it very well. It appears Misty has some growing up to do.

Perhaps when her â&#x20AC;&#x153;bridal feverâ&#x20AC;? subsides, she will realize that life isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t one freebie after another, and offer the apology she owes you.

P.S. I hope she thanked you for the flowers.

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

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Rock River Area Christian Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Connection members (standing, from left) Rosemary Egan and Deb Taylor, and (seated) Judy Wolff, prepare for the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s June 18 meeting, which will be at 11:30 a.m. at the Candlelight Inn, 2200 First Ave., Rock Falls. Photo submitted by Nancy Lenhart.

Gardening, music with lunch ROCK FALLS â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Members of the Rock River Area Christian Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Connection will gather for their Color Your Garden Luncheon at 11:30 a.m.

June 18 at the Candlelight Inn Restaurant, 2200 First Ave., Rock Falls.

The guest speaker will

be Diane Dassing of Crest Hill. She will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Tale without the Fairy.â&#x20AC;?

Her talk will be about searching for a Prince Charming and the fairy tale of life.

Music for the meeting will be by Nancy Janssen on the flute and Grace

Stahr on the violin. Bud LeFevre of Distinctive Gardens will present the special feature on garden tips.

The cost is $10. Reservations are due by 9 p.m.

June 16; call Irene at 815948-2107. Notice for cancellations is necessary.

Justice, elder care part of program STERLING â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A three-part series on end-of-life issues will start this week at First Presbyterian Church, 410 Second Ave. Sessions of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Crucial Conversations: Beginning the Conversations We All Need to Haveâ&#x20AC;? will be at 6 p.m. Wednesday and June 18 and 25. A light supper will be served at each meeting.

Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program will be â&#x20AC;&#x153;Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Talk Before

the Crisis: Health Care Decisions.â&#x20AC;? Comfort care and hospice will be the June 18 topics. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tell Me How I Say Goodbye,â&#x20AC;? concerning funerals and memorial services, will be the final portion June 25.

All sessions are free and open to the public. Reservations are requested, but are not necessary.

The church also will be the site of a rally for June-

teenth Weekend at 7 p.m.

Friday. The Rev. Eddie Knox, pastor of Pullman Presbyterian Church in Chicago, will speak about charity and justice. He will discuss ways to enact both with others in the community.

For more information or to register for the program, contact the Rev. Christina Berry at first presbyteriansterling@live. com or 815-625-0452.

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Area native to lead media department SANTA MONICA, Calif. activities of FTP, part of â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Rev. David Guffey, Holy Cross Family MinisCongregation of the Holy tries, which Cross of St. Monica Cathuses mass olic Community in Santa media for Monica, California, forevangelism. merly of Mount Carroll, G u f f e y has been appointed as was born the national director of and raised Family Theater Producin Mount David Guffey tions in Hollywood, CaliCarroll and fornia. a t t e n d He is responsible for all ed Mount Carroll High

School. He was ordained in 1991. He is a member of Film Independent, Catholic Academy of Communication Arts Professionals and Catholics in Media Association.

He serves on the board of directors of Ave Maria Press and the Religious Life Commission of the Congregation of Holy Cross.

Registration taken for rocket car drawing DIXON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A drawing will be held June 14 for a rocket car powered by baking soda and vinegar.

To register for the drawing, stop from 1 to 4 p.m.

Saturdays or Sunday at Lowell Parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ruth

Edwards Nature Center, 2114 Lowell Park Road.

From 8 to 10 p.m. June 14, the family campfire program will be at the center, Alan Harrison, a teacher at Faith Christian School in Grand Detour, will give

a Native Americanâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;early American demonstration.

The drawing will be during the campfire. The winner need not be present.

For more information, call the center at 815-2885209.

Spoken4, a menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quartet, will perform Sunday at Spring Valley Reformed Church near Fulton. Photo submitted by Penny VanKampen.

Farming vehicles part of church service FULTON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Farmers can bring small tractors, antique tractors, and farm equipment Sunday for a concert at Spring Valley Reformed Church, 10960 Spring Valley Road. Farmers will be recognized for the work they do.

Activities start at 7 p.m. with a return concert by Spoken4, a menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quartet.

The group has performed Gospel music for more than 8 years. Visit spoken4quartet.com for more information about them.

Space is not available for large tractors and farm

equipment-machinery.

Ice cream sundaes will be served after the concert.

For more information, visit sites.google. com/site/springvalleyre formedchurch/what-shappening or call Randy Venema at 815-589-2843.

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COLLEGE HONORS Hesston College HESSTON, Kan. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Joshua Landis of Sterling was named to the spring deanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s list at Hesston #OLLEGE (E IS THE SON OF Keith and Lois Landis.

Ashford University #,).4/. )OWA n 'RADUates, outstanding students, and student organizations recognized !PRIL AT Ashford University include Shelby Wilkens of Fulton, Alex Esquivel Promising Teacher Award: Loren Thacher of Mount Carroll, Outstanding Student Leaders, Student Government Association Awards; and Aaron -C#RAY OF Chadwick AND #HARLEY (OLSINGER OF Stillman Valley, Student Government Association Awards.

Tulane University NEW ORLEANS â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Luke Pro of Rock Falls graduated -AY FROM THE School of Medicine with a Master of Science degree at Tulane University.

Bob Jones University '2%%.6),,% 3 # n 2EBECCA 6AN$EBURGH of Lanark graduated in May with a Bachelor of Music degree in piano pedagogy from Bob Jones University. She also was named to the spring deanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s list.

St. Ambrose University $!6%.0/24 )OWA n Students earning bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degrees May FROM 3T !MBROSE 5NIVERSITY INCLUDE #HELsea Rakuc of Byron, magna cum laude, early childhood education; Katie Bassett of Dixon, magna cum laude, forensic psychology, sociolOGY #HRISTINE 'LOMB of Lanark, cum laude, English; Erin Stansifer of Morrison, elected studies; Adele Ackert, magna cum laude, and Alixandra #ORWELL BOTH PSYCHOLOGY

and Samantha Stange, business administration, all of Sterling; and Ashley Whitlow of Stillman Valley, deanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commendation, political science.

Those earning masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degrees include Lindsey Masscho of Erie, social WORK "ROOKE $UGGER OF Rock Falls, social work; AND 7HITNEY #ERVANTEZ of Sterling, speech-language pathology.

Coe College #%$!2 2!0)$3 )OWA n :ACH $AVIS OF Milledgeville graduated May WITH A Bachelor of Arts degree in English FROM #OE #OLLEGE

Highland Community College FREEPORT â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Students earning associate degrees -AY FROM (IGHLAND #OMMUNITY #OLlege include: Science: Elizabeth Brunner and Shelley Larem, both of Mount Carroll; Rachael Hagemann and Allison Ludwig, both of Forreston; Brady Hazelbower, Samantha Kane, Kyndra Nielsen, AND #ODY 0OLIZZI ALL OF Lanark; and Theresa Walton of Mount Morris.

Engineering science: Ryan Kerr of Mount Carroll.

Arts: Kaitlyn Anderson and Nikayla Rager, both of Forreston; Audrie !SHBY AND #OLIN (AMLING

both of Savanna; $AWN Berkeley of Milledgeville; and Brady Hazelbower, Megan Miller, Kara Weber, and Wolodymyr Wirchnianski, all of Lanark.

General studies: Sarah Slater of Leaf River.

Applied science: Nicolle Zellers of Forreston, accounting. She also received account clerk, professional tax preparer, and Quickbooks professional certificates.

Agricultural management: Jozi Wheat of Mount Morris and Kayla Wilson of Mount Carroll.

Automotive mechanics: 3TEPHANIE #ALSYN AND Beau Schrader, both of Rock Falls; Ryan Hatheway of Mount Carroll; Joshua Oldenburg of Baileyville; and Susan Sugden of Forreston.

Early childhood education: Ilean Mauricio of Oregon.

Information technology, healthcare: Melanie Howells of Oregon.

Medical assistant: Kristin Kloepping of Baileyville.

Nursing: Beverly Ahlgrim and Lisa Mayes, both of Oregon; Katelin Breuning, Sarah Senneff, and Sara Urbanowitz, all of Mount Carroll; Nickole Butler of Forreston; Jennifer Hernandez of Dixon; Ashley Lower and Sarah Slater, both of Leaf River; Tracy Melges of Mount Morris; Schae Sipe of Thomson; and Erinn Strauch of Tampico.

Wind technician: Nicholas Hess of Davis Junction AND #URTIS 7HEETLEY of Mount Carroll.

Those earning certificates include: Medical coding, medical transcriptionist, clerk typist, clerical business (two): Melanie Howells of Oregon.

Cosmetology: Maryssa Howell and Brittney Worley, both of Dixon.

Early childhood education: Vanessa Frederick of -OUNT #ARROLL Practical nursing: Bricelynn Myers of Mount Carroll, Natasha Rippy of Forreston, Jelena Runions of Savanna, and Barbara Walker of Mount Morris.

Columbia College #/,5-")!

-O n 3TARlet A. Stoffel of Forreston and Theresa A. Walton of Mount Morris were named to the January through March and March through May sessions deanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s list at the FreePORT CAMPUS OF #OLUMBIA #OLLEGE

UW â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Madison -!$)3/.

7IS n 3TUdents named to the spring semester deanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s list at the University of Wisconsin â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Madison include Ashley Stromberg of Oregon, Brook Hatfield of Rochelle, and Thaddeus Hawley of Stillman Valley.

Suzanna Rasmussen of Byron was named to the deanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s honor list.

Iowa State University AMES, Iowa â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Students receiving bachelor degrees -AY FROM Iowa State University include EllieJo LaFever of Dixon, fine arts, interior design; Jacob Hanrahan of Fulton; kinesiology and health, international STUDIES #ONNER "EALER

mechanical engineering, and Ashley Vegter, animal science, summa cum laude, both of Morrison; AND $ONNA -C#UNE OF Walnut, agricultural busi-

ness, cum laude; -ELISSA -C$ONALD OF Walnut earned a masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in fine arts, graphic design.

Bradley University PEORIA â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Students named to the spring deanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s list at Bradley University include Kayla L. Hussey of Franklin Grove; Jolee A. Parks of Milledgeville; and Thea K. Baldwin, Joshua A. $OBER AND 7ILLIAM * Moser, all of Dixon.

St. Norbert College $% 0%2% 7IS n 4AYLOR Miller of LaMoille was named to the spring semester deanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s list at 3T .ORBERT #OLLEGE

Trinity College of Nursing ROCK ISLAND â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Students receiving associate degrees -AY FROM 4RINITY #OLLEGE OF .URSing & Health Sciences include Alexis M. Pratt of Erie, radiography; and Heather J. Vahle of Prophetstown, nursing.

Jennifer Hurd of Sterling received a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing.

MacMurray College *!#+3/.6),,% n "RIana Jungnickel of Coleta was named to the spring deanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s list at MacMurray #OLLEGE

Butler University ).$)!.!0/,)3 n !ARON Brenner of Sterling and Kaylie Ricks of Dixon were named to the spring deanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s list at Butler University.

SIU â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Edwardsville %$7!2$36),,% n "RIanna M. Mallory of Sterling AND +YLE % $ILLON

Mohammad A. El-Ahmad, AND !USTIN * $ILLON ALL OF Dixon, have been named to the spring deanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s list at Southern Illinois University â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Edwardsville.

Educators of Beauty STERLING â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Andrea 6AN$YKE OF Sterling graduated from the cosmetology program at Educators of Beauty.

Monmouth College MONMOUTH â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Students named to the spring deanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s list at -ONMOUTH #OLLEGE include Paige L. Rus of Albany; Tanner J. Wilhelm of Amboy; -C#AHL F. Murray and Stephanie 2 / $ELL BOTH OF Byron; Elizabeth K. Bryant of Chadwick; #OURTNEY !

Jonsson of Compton; Andrea K. Sandrock of Deer Grove; Allison N. $E!RVIL *ASE - &ANE

and Susan L. Hicks, all of Dixon; Ashley M. Schrader of La Moille; Morgan L. Burn of Morrison; Aliesha M. Handel of Mount Carroll; Kristen N. $ILLON OF Oregon; John E. Hanlon and Austin M. Reeder, both of Polo; Justin H. Boston and Mikaela N. Rogers, both of Rochelle; Jessica M. Bouwens of Rock Falls; $USTIN 2 7ATTS OF Sterling; and Ashley E. Atwell of Walnut.

Ogle County students earn scholarships BYRON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Staff at Exelonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Byron Generating Station awarded $3,000 in scholarships to Christopher Brauns and Sydney Gatz, both of Stillman Valley High School; Sawyer Reynolds of Oregon High School; and John Gordon and Lyndsey Schultz of

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Gatz, class valedictorian, will attend Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, to study biomedical science. Brauns will attend Cedarville University in Ohio. Reynolds will attended Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, to study struc-

tural engineering. Schultz will study nursing at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. Gordon, a National Honor Society member who graduated in the top 10 of his class, will study aerospace engineering at the University of Illinois-Champaign-Urbanna.

Andrea Herin (seated, third from left) of Chadwick and Charles Holsinger (standing, seventh from left) of Stillman Valley, are two of 40 Ashford University in Clinton, Iowa, students who competed at the April Spring Iowa Phi Beta Lambda Leadership Conference. in Fayetteville, Iowa. Herin took second in accounting analysis and decision making and third in financial concepts and sports management and marketing. Holsinger took second in marketing analysis and decision making and fifth in public speaking. The chapter won first place for the largest local chapter in Iowa with 40 members, second for largest percentage increase in membership -17 percent, and third for conference sponsors- $225. Photo submitted by the college.

Sports physicals available FREEPORT â&#x20AC;&#x201C; FHN Memorial Hospital staff will conduct a series of sports physical clinics in June and July.

Proceeds from the clinics will be donated to local schools.

Sessions in the Sauk Valley area, schools the funds will go to, and phone numbers for appointments are: 1-3 p.m. Wednesday at Chadwick Junior High School, 19 School St., Chadwick-Milledgeville School District. Walk-ins are welcome.

1-5 p.m. June 18 and July 30, FHN Forreston, 803 First Ave., 815-938-

3130, Forreston School District, 815-938-3130.

3-5:30 p.m. June 19, FHN Lanark, 602 W. Olympic Drive, Eastland School District, 815-4936341.

3-5 p.m. July 10, FHN Savanna, 2107 Chicago Ave., West Carroll School District. Walk-ins are welcome.

1-3 p.m. July 30, FHN Mount Carroll, 1120 Healthcare Drive, West Carroll School District, 815-244-4181.

The cost is $20.

The exams meet state eligibility requirements for all sports, and are

good through the 2014-15 school year. They do not fulfill requirements for a full school physical. Parents should contact their childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s healthcare provider for such physicals.

An Illinois High School Association, Illinois Elementary School Association Sports Physical Form must be completed and signed by a parent or guardian before the physical.

If a parent does not accompany the athlete, a parent or guardian must fill out and sign a Consent for Medical Care form.

Visit fhn.org for all forms.

Recruits complete instruction Air Force Airmen Jacob J. Moeller and Saul Valdez graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San AntonioLackland in San Antonio.

They completed an intensive, 8-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air

Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.

Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an Associate in Applied Science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.

Moeller is the son of Mark N. Moeller of Dixon and Darci K. Ludwig of Rock Falls. He is a 2012 graduate of Rock Falls High School.

Valdez is the son of Jesus and Micaela Valdez of Rochelle. He is a 2012 graduate of Rochelle Township High School.

HONOR ROLLS Unity Christian Junior High and High School, Fulton

and Abby Workman.

Seventh grade: Alec !KERMAN *ESSICA #LEVENGer, Matthew Laws, Matthew Moeller, Tommi Myers, MacKenzie Olson, SamanHighest Honors THA 2OYER $EVON 3UMSeventh grade: Ellie Lenz mers, Alfred Sutton, Jenna and Zach Wilbur.

Valdivia, Keyon Wolber, and Eighth grade: Rachel ElliPayton Yanes. nor and Jack Lenz.

Eighth grade: Alexis Freshmen: Alex Hoppe "AUER +ARLEY #RADY

and Eric Medenblik.

Katie Kuhlemier, Madeline Sophomores: Natalie LeFevre, Jalen Morthland, Hirl, Sam Lenz, and Maria Payton Murray, Emily MusStriley. selman, Nicholas Rozhon, Juniors: #OLBY $YKSTRA

Faith Sandrock, Abbee Serene Hamad, and Nolan Sigel, and Alexandria Willoughby.

Wheat.

Seniors: Natalie Bussie Honors Montmorency and Sean Hansen.

Fourth grade: Austin High Honors School, Rock Falls #ERNICH "OOKER #ROSS

Seventh grade: Bekah High Honors %MMA #UNNIFF 'ABRIEL Smith and Lizzy Weber.

Fourth grade: Brady &UNDERBERG #ARA 'OFF

Eighth grade: $ALTON "AKER -EG &RANK #ALIN 4REY (ENRY #OOPER (EWITT

Hlubek, Elizabeth Striley, Gaulrapp, Aidan Langley, Jasmine Mills, Easton Morand Alexis Wauford.

Braxton Law, Breanna gan, Paige Mulnix, Lexadie Freshmen: Jessi Vander Morgan, Autumn Nelson, .ELSON $ENNING $AWSON Eide and Katie Vander Eide. Owen Pillars, Mallory PinNewendyke, Joseph ParSophomore: Hobs Winske, Mason Poci, Madison ters.

Robbings, Alexandra Royer, ent, Shayla Schmall, and Sloan Schutz.

Junior: Shawn Hintz. !LAINA 3CHREINER $EVIN Fifth grade: #ONNOR "RYHonors 3CHULTZ #ADENCE 3TONANT -ADELYN #OCHRAN

Seventh grade: #ECELIA itsch, Hailey Vos, and Katie +HLOE $EVERS #HEYENNE Abbott, Blake Brown, and Witherow. $UCHAY ,ANE .EAR #ARA #ALEB (IRL Fifth grade: Luke AkerOrban, Tanner Raab, Alexa Eighth grade: $AYNE man, Tyler Buckingham, Holesinger. #HLOE #OOK *ERIAH 'EORGE Reynolds, and Madison Thatcher.

Freshmen: Liz Ash, Ainsleigh Hendrix, Joshua Sixth grade: Jalen BickElizabeth Frana, Alex Muss- Howard, Avery Johnson, ETT !LAURA "USCH #LARA mann, and Lilly Othon. #AILIN +YARSGAARD *ORDAN Sophomore: Josh Ellinor. Morthland, Jadyn Osborne, #ONKLEN #AMRYN *OHNSON

Kilie Law, Alyssa Mathews, Senior: Jaime Kammerer. Savannah Pinske, Tyler Elise Moeller, Shannon 2ICHARDS #ONNER 3UTTON

7EIR AND #INDY 7ILLIAMS St. Andrew School, Peyton Ward, Madison Seventh grade: Sonia 7ESCOTT #ADENCE 7HEAT

Rock Falls Kylie Witherow, and Logan !HSMANN #AMERON !NDERson, Nickolas Eddinger, Highest Honors Young.

Miranda Hewitt, Brody Ivey, Eighth grade: $ELANEY Sixth grade: Madison Ashli McGrath, Emma ReinHinrichs and Audrey !RICKX #ODY "RITT -EGAN Melton. #HRISTENSEN %MMA &RANK hardt, Makayla Robbings, Seventh grade: Michael Lilian Gaulrapp, Audra Goff, Hannah Schultz, and Glen Frank, Megan Marcum, and Evan Laws, Lauren Moeller, Wicks.

Eighth grade: Branden Breann Rosengren.

Erin Porter, Perry Ports, Sixth grade: Mattea Bian- Josie Rank, Jared Rasmus- Gordon, Madison Shetley, chi, Victoria Erickson, and sen, Spencer Schutz, Whit- 4AYLOR 3TEVENS $ELANEY ney Schwindenhammer, #LARE 3ANDERS Wetzell, and Ty Wille.

High Honors Eighth grade: Ashly Torres.

Seventh grade: Kyle Ellefsen, Mackenzie Fowkes, Brianna Jackley, and Melissa Osuna.

Honors Eighth grade: Easton Bianchi, Natalie Brotheridge, Ana Padilla, and April Torres.

Seventh grade: Hannah -C#ARTY *ACOB 4ERVEER

and Emily Young.

Sixth grade; Aidan Brown, Macaire Brown, and Alejandra Padilla.

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Jennie Wong (right) makes a point as Cynthia Litchi looks on during a meeting of entrepreneurs at the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Startup Lab in Menlo Park, California. The year-old Menlo Park women-only accelerator is hoping to help more mid-career women realize their entrepreneurial dreams.

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According to research from the Kauffman Foundation, a nonprofit focused on education and entrepreneurship, between 2004 and 2007 women founded only 3 percent of technology firms. And just 1.3 percent of venture-backed startups have a female founder, while 6.5 percent have a woman as CEO, according to Dow Jones. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A woman entrepreneur coming out of a place like the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Startup Lab will be better prepared,â&#x20AC;? said Andrea Rees Davies, associate director of the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These women will have the strategies to cope.â&#x20AC;?

The dearth of women startup founders not only perpetuates the inequality that has long plagued the tech industry, experts say, but also creates a void of women role models needed to encourage more girls to pursue careers in tech.

The shortage of women in computer science is a well-documented problem â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a quarter of Stanford University computer science degrees are awarded to women, and about 20 percent of the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s computer programmers and software developers are women â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and organizations and academic programs are working to push more girls into these fields.

But experts say change can only happen when more mid-career women emerge as successful startup founders to inspire younger generations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Once you see more Jack Dorseys that are women, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll start to see more girls majoring in computer science,â&#x20AC;?

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers venture capitalist Stephanie Tilenius said, referring to the co-founder of Twitter.

While none have yet risen to Twitter-like stardom, some startups coming out of the 1-year-old lab have seen success. Monique Giggy,

Women in startups s PERCENT OF PRIVATELY HELD COMPANIES HAVE A FEMALE FOUNDER s &OR STARTUPS WITH FIVE OR MORE FEMALES

PERCENT WERE SUCCESSFUL

AND PERCENT FAILED a 35-year-old mother of two from Palo Alto, last month sold her company, Swing by Swing, a smartphone app that maps golf courses and keeps score. Liesl Capper joined the lab last fall, and last month her Australian startup, Cognea, which makes virtual assistant software that responds with different personalities, was acquired by IBM. Neither price was disclosed. And San Francisco-based Style Lend, a peer-to-peer marketplace for renting designer dresses, grew 26 percent week over week during the first quarter of 2014.

Like other accelerators, the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Startup Lab is a springboard for aspiring entrepreneurs to turn ideas into full-blown businesses, and founders to grow fledging companies. But the lab is also atypical: It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t offer money or the chance to mingle with celebrities, and its focus is less on hitting revenue growth targets than instilling confidence and leadership skills.

The women meet with life coaches and business advisers â&#x20AC;&#x201C; some of whom are men â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and gather for weekly problem-solving sessions. Many juggle their startups with picking up children from school and making sure the grocery shopping is done.

Women must apply and pay $4,500, plus the lab takes a 2 percent stake in the company. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the luxury of just up and leaving their lives,â&#x20AC;? said lab founder Ari Horie, who has previously worked at IBM and a handful of mid-size startups. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll work around the clock, but still leave to drive their kids to ballet and karate class.â&#x20AC;?

Alumni describe the experience as nurturing and supportive â&#x20AC;&#x201C; in contrast to the hypercom-

s PERCENT OF STARTUPS HAVE NO FEMALE EXECUTIVES s PERCENT OF TECH STARTUPS ARE FOUNDED BY WOMEN Source: Dow Jones, Kauffman Foundation

petitive Y Combinator, where entrepreneurs hole up in Mountain View, leaving behind families to vie for investorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; attention.

Y Combinator â&#x20AC;&#x153;is pretty much just numbers, numbers, numbers,â&#x20AC;? said Style Lend founder Lona Alia Duncan, 33, who completed stints at both Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Startup Lab and Y Combinator. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re so focused on the metrics, and no one is worried about your needs. With the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Startup Lab, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very welcoming, very open.

People are willing to collaborate and share.â&#x20AC;?

Not everyone is a fan.

Amanda Kahlow, who founded San Franciscobased 6Sense, a software company that makes sales and marketing predictions using big data, said all-female accelerators give woman a false perception of the workforce. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to attend a womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s-only incubator, because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not the reality of the situation Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be heading into,â&#x20AC;? Kahlow said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Women need to be interacting with men because thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s who they will be facing in the industry. I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t tell you how many times I walk into a room and there are 300 or 400 CEOs and I am the only woman.â&#x20AC;?

Even with a Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Startup Lab diploma, women still face obstacles such as overcoming ageism, experts said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are much more open to the ideas of a Stanford graduate student than we are a 45-year-old woman,â&#x20AC;? said Marilyn Nagel, CEO of Watermark, a womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s executive and entrepreneur group in the San Francisco Bay Area. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When we think of the next big tech breakthrough, we perceive that it will come from a millennial.â&#x20AC;?

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In short, all the geegaws, knick-knacks, whatsamadoodles and crippy-crap one could possibly imagine can be found at Silver City Treasures, next door to Airplay Sports and Espresso.

Owner Ray Scheff, in the grand tradition of all purveyors of objects dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;art and objects dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;junque, buys, sells and trades â&#x20AC;&#x153;just about anything of value,â&#x20AC;? although his personal penchant is for the odd and unusual, the grotesque and goofy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The stranger the item, the better I like it,â&#x20AC;? says Scheff, a smiley man whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been collecting for years, and in fact is starting to

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Silver City Treasure offers many unique gifts. look a bit like a lovable, collectible teddy bear himself.

Vintage clothes and modern jeans are in his plan for future store stock, says Scheff, 51, of Sterling. He lives above the shop, in fact.

Silver City Treasures is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every day of the week except Thursday.

You can find it on Facebook, or call Scheff at 630-209-8749 for more information.

Dear Dave, Would it be okay to go on a 10th anniversary honeymoon while weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re working on our debt snowball? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Karen Dear Karen, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think so. I

that, they want to take a big celebration vacation?

I would say no.

At some point, you have to stop the spending and concentrate on getting your finances in order. Besides, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a lifetime together to take romantic vacations and celebrate your marriage. Just wait until you can afford something like that. Trust me, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll enjoy it even more. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Dave Follow Dave on Twitter (@DaveRamsey) and on the web at daveramsey.com.

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Program helps students learn healthy eating habits Staff from the University of Illinois Extension presented Great Garden Detectives to students in third and fourth grade at Centennial Elementary School in Polo and Lincoln Elementary School in Rochelle.

The students discovered whcih fruits and vegetables are the sweetest, crunchiest, and juiciest through a series of investigations and experiences connecting newly-planted school gardens to the classroom, school cafeteria and home.

They also participated in weekly taste testings, developed the skills to plant a garden, ate more fruit and vegetables, and learned cooking skills by making fruit salad and chicken Caesar wraps.

In small groups, thestudents researched a particular fruit or vegetable and produced educational and entertaining Public Service Announcements.

All groups participated in a school contest where the winning PSA teams from Polo and Rochelle were invited to 1060 AM WRHL/102.3 The Coyote to record their messages which were aired during May. The students also learned about food pantries and the importance of giving back to the community.

The produce harvested from the school gardens will be donated to food

Public Service Announcement contest winners from Lincoln Elementary School in Rochelle are (from left) Lalia Milan, Zoey Tabor, Haley Thompson, and Destiny Lozada.

The broadcasts were aired in May on 1060 AM/ WRHL/102.3.

pantries in Polo and Rochelle. The students and families, along with key community members, will continue to care for and harvest the garden during the summer.

The program ended with a dinner in the cafeteria at each school, hosted by the extension.

School staff, students, and families feasted on a meal voted on by the students from weekly taste testings. The meal included roasted red beets, carrot salad, and smoothies.

The Great Garden Detective adventure had a positive impact on students. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All of you are very nice, and thank you for coming to our school and teaching us the importance of gardening. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll try my best to be healthy,â&#x20AC;? Molly, a student from Polo, said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thank you for teaching us to how to read and make recipes. Thank you for making it fun to be healthy,â&#x20AC;? Isela, a Rochelle student, said.

The Great Garden Detective Adventure was made possible through a grant written by Mary Beth Christen, University of Illinois Extension SNAPEd community worker; and Lisa Valle, U of I Extension Ogle County.

Additional support for this program was provided by University of Illinois Extension Ogle County Master Gardeners.

Faith Ukena (from left) Natalie Allen, Madissen Allen, Kaylah Boelens, and Matthew Rienstra, students at Centennial Elementary School in Polo, also won a chance to air their PSA.

Photos submitted by Lisa Valle

IN BRIEF Members sought for equine group

Public owl prowl planned at refuge

ty Extension office, 100 E. +NOX 3T -ORRISON #ARROLL #OUNTY %XTENSION OFFICE

MILLEDGEVILLE â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The 3!6!..! n "OB 7ALTON $ 3 #LAY 3T -OUNT #ARROLL AND AT 0LUM #REEK NEXT MEETING OF THE #ARand the Stewards of the !RBORETUM 0ALMYRA ROLL #OUNTY ( (ORSE Upper Mississippi River Road, Dixon. #OMMITTEE WILL BE AT Refuge will travel into Sonja Lallemand, U of I P M *UNE AT THE #ARthe night to listen for the horticulture educator, will ROLL #OUNTY FAIRGROUNDS hoots, wails, and shrieks TALK ABOUT GROWING FRUITS ( HORSE ARENA

of owls June 14 at the in the home garden. She Milledgeville Road. In case Lost Mound Unit of the also will focus on getting of inclement weather, the Upper Mississippi River group will meet at the .ATIONAL 7ILDLIFE AND &ISH started in developing and cultivating an orchard.

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4HE PROGRAM WILL BE PREhome 4HE PROWL WILL BEGIN AT sented via the University Anyone interested in P M 4HE PUBLIC IS WELof Illinois distance learning working with youth and come. Walton will coax system and local comtheir horse and pony projout the owls for a closer PUTER 0OWER0OINT PREects is welcome. view.

Wheat Association Agenda items include ,OST -OUND 5NIT /FFICE sentations, allowing live to sponsor program (formerly the Savanna DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE summer learning opporpresenter and gardeners tunities, upcoming horse !RMY $EPOT IS AT 3(!"/..! Â&#x2C6; ! .ORTHthroughout Illinois.

SHOWS AND THE ( FAIR #RIM $RIVE ABOUT MILES ern Illinois Small Grains The cost is $5; free to horse show.

PRESENTATION WILL BE AT north of Savanna off state active Master Gardeners.

For more information or Route 84.

Turn left on p.m. June 17 at the Unito sign up, contact Leanne VERSITY OF )LLINOIS .ORTHERN Army Depot Road and fol- Registration is due 1 week Rahn at the University of Illinois Agronomy Research LOW THE BROWN SIGNS 4HE BEFORE EACH WEBINAR 4O register, go to extension.

Illinois Extension office at PARKING LOT IS BEHIND THE #ENTER 5NIVERSITY illinois.edu/clw or call 815lrahn@illinois.edu or 815office.

Road.

For more information, The program is open contact the refuge office to wheat and other small at stewardsumrr@gmail. grains producers. It is Daytime activities Extension unit COM OR SPONSORED BY THE )LLINOIS to start Tuesday director retires Wheat Association and the Registration is suggested, BUT NOT REQUIRED University of Illinois ExtenThe University of Illinois The University of Illinois sion, and will feature several Extension office in White%XTENSION #ARROLL ,EE Whiteside Unit has named presentations from extenOrchards topic of SIDE AND #ARROLL COUNTIES sion and university agronooffer Amazing Arts *ANICE -C#OY OF $IXON seasonal program will MISTS BREEDERS AND PLANT 3UMMER #AMPS FOR STUas the new unit director. pathologist. dents in third through sixth The summer series of -C#OY TOOK OVER FROM &RED +OLB 5 OF ) PROFESSOR the University of Illinois grade. *OE 3CHWAMBERGER WHO AND SMALL GRAINS BREEDER

The group will meet from %XTENSION S &OUR 3EAretired June 1. will discuss oat and wheat sons Gardening program, TO A M 4UESDAY

-C#OY JOINED THE EXTENvariety development. which focuses on environ- Wednesday, and Thurssion in 2001, as a family day, and June 17, 18, and mental stewardship and LIFE EDUCATOR 3HE HAS BEEN To register, for more BACKYARD FOOD PRODUCTION AT ,INCOLN %LEMENTARY PRIMARILY BEEN RESPONSIBLE information, or directions, CONTACT #HARLENE "LARY AT School, 1501 E. Sixth St., will start this month. for educational programs CBLARY ILFB OR OR THE )LLINOIS 3TERLING AND AT THE #ARROLL The first session of the for families with children Wheat Association office at SERIES (OME /RCHARDS

#OUNTY &AIRGROUNDS ( and professionals who ILLINOISWHEAT COM OR WILL BE AT P M *UNE BUILDING -ILLEDwork with families. She

AT THE 7HITESIDE #OUN- geville Road, Milledgeville.

HAS A BACHELOR S DEGREE in mass communications AND A MASTER S DEGREE IN college student personnel, BOTH FROM 7ESTERN )LLINOIS University.

-C#OY has spent her career working with educational and nonprofit Janice organizaMcCoy tions. She worked for THE 97#! OF THE 3AUK 6ALLEY FOR YEARS AS THE DIRECtor of crisis services.

The cost is $20 per child.

Visual arts students WILL LEARN ABOUT DIFFERENT forms of media and make a variety of items that will INCLUDE NO SEW BLANKETS

mason jar lights, and canvas creations.

For more information and to register, go to extension. illinois.edu/clw or contact Allie Lancaster at lancast@ illinois.edu or 815-7724075.

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Illinois FFA Section 2 president, recently completed the Illinois Farm Bureau & !FFILIATES 0REMIER ,EADERSHIP #ONFERENCE Klein and other FFA AND ( MEMBERS participated in various leadership Andrew and personal Klein development sessions PROVIDED BY )LLINOIS &ARM Bureau and affiliated companies. #OURSES INCLUDED LEADERship management, college to career success, working with the media and understanding and dealing with diversity, as well as KNOWING ONE S VALUES AND discovering passion.

0ARTICIPANTS ALSO ATTENDed a communication and TEAM BUILDING SESSION AT THE #HALLENGER ,EARNING #ENTER AT (EARTLAND #OM-

MUNITY #OLLEGE Klein was invited to participate in the conference through participation in THE &&! 3ECTION 0RESIDENT !WARD 0ROGRAM 4HE award recognizes those section presidents on their leadership and professionalism during their term as section FFA president.

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BY THE )LLINOIS &ARM "UREAU

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Basil and more top program agenda The University of Illinois %XTENSION #ARROLL ,EE

Whiteside Master GardenERS WILL PRESENT THE (ERB of the Month program FROM TO P M June 25 at Rock Falls 0UBLIC ,IBRARY 3EVENTH !VE AND FROM TO P M AT -OUNT #ARROLL 0UBLIC ,IBRARY . -AIN 3T Topics will include how TO GROW AND ADD BASIL

rosemary, mint, dill, and garlic to a daily menu.

3AMPLES WILL BE PREPARED BY .ATALIE 2ODAKOSKI

nutrition educator. RegisTRATION IS NEEDED BY *UNE 18. The cost is $5 per session.

To register online or for future program topics, go to extension.illinois.

EDU CLW OR CALL THE #ARROLL #OUNTY OFFICE AT OR THE 7HITESIDE #OUNTY OFFICE AT 4075.

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Gifted Handsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; June book group selection at Dixon library DIXON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; New books have arrived at Dixon Public Library, 221 S. Hennepin Ave. Fiction: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Blossom Street Brides,â&#x20AC;? by Debbie Macomber; â&#x20AC;&#x153;West Fork,â&#x20AC;? by Tom McKay; â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Family Affair,â&#x20AC;? by Fern Michaels; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Sea House,â&#x20AC;? by Elisabeth Gifford; â&#x20AC;&#x153;One Manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Castle,â&#x20AC;? by J. Michael Major; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Detective,â&#x20AC;?

by James Hunt; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Live to See Tomorrow,â&#x20AC;? by Iris Johansen; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Poor Boyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Game,â&#x20AC;? by Dennis Tafoya; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Natchez Burning,â&#x20AC;? by Greg Iles; â&#x20AC;&#x153;John Saturnallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Feast,â&#x20AC;?

by Lawrence Norfolk; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Field of Prey,â&#x20AC;? by John Sandford; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Unlucky 13,â&#x20AC;?

by James Patterson; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Keeper,â&#x20AC;? by John Lescroart; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Delicious,â&#x20AC;? by Ruth Reichl; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fallout,â&#x20AC;?

by Sadie Jones; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Glorious,â&#x20AC;? by Jeff Guinn; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Walking on Water,â&#x20AC;?

by Richard P. Evans; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Snow Queen,â&#x20AC;?

by Michael Cunningham; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Painter,â&#x20AC;? by Peter Heller; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Big Sky Secrets,â&#x20AC;? by Linda Lael Miller; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Hidden Child,â&#x20AC;? by Camilla Lackberg; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Starfire,â&#x20AC;? by Dale Brown; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Bees,â&#x20AC;? by Laline Paull; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Safe with

Meâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heart Like Mine,â&#x20AC;? by Amy Hatvany; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Returned,â&#x20AC;? by Jason Mott; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Target,â&#x20AC;? by David Baldacci; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Skin Collector,â&#x20AC;?

by Jeffery Deaver; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Kill Switch,â&#x20AC;? by James Rollins; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Kraken Project,â&#x20AC;? by Douglas Preston; â&#x20AC;&#x153;To Rise Again at a Decent Hour,â&#x20AC;? by Joshua Ferris; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Possibilities,â&#x20AC;? by Kaui Hemmings; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Last Kind Words Saloon,â&#x20AC;? by Larry McMurtry; and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sting of the Drone,â&#x20AC;? by Richard A. Clarke.

Mysteries: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Midnight Crossroad,â&#x20AC;? by Char-

laine Harris; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cheap Shot,â&#x20AC;? by Ace Atkins; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pearls and Poison,â&#x20AC;?

by Duffy Brown; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Black Skies,â&#x20AC;? by Arnaldur Indridason; and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Any Other Name,â&#x20AC;? by Craig Johnson.

Christian Fiction: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Undetected,â&#x20AC;? by Dee Henderson; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Echoes of Mercy,â&#x20AC;? by Kim V. Sawyer; â&#x20AC;&#x153;One Perfect Spring,â&#x20AC;? by Irene Hannon; and â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Broken Kind of Beautiful,â&#x20AC;? by Katie Ganshert.

Westerns: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Sunset Trail,â&#x20AC;? by L.P. Holmes; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Poison Spring,â&#x20AC;? by Johnny Boggs; and

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ragtime Cowboys,â&#x20AC;? by Loren Estleman.

Science Fiction, Fantasy: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Storm Surgeâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Deadly Shores,â&#x20AC;? by Taylor Anderson; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Love Minus Eighty,â&#x20AC;? by Will McIntosh; and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Words of Radiance,â&#x20AC;? by Brandon Sanderson.

Large Print: â&#x20AC;&#x153;NYPD Red 2,â&#x20AC;? by James Patterson; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Frog Music,â&#x20AC;? by Emma Donoghue; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Guts,â&#x20AC;? by Roddy Doyle; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cries of the Lost,â&#x20AC;?

by Chris Knopf; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Ascendant,â&#x20AC;? by Drew Chapman; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The New Countess,â&#x20AC;? by Fay Weldon; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Winter Peo-

ple,â&#x20AC;? by Jennifer McMahon; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cavendon Hall,â&#x20AC;?

by Barbara T. Bradford; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Love & Treasure,â&#x20AC;? by Ayelet Waldman; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Betting the Rainbow,â&#x20AC;? by Jodi Thomas; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Once Upon a Lie,â&#x20AC;? by Maggie Barbieri; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Runner,â&#x20AC;?

by Patrick Lee; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stone Cold,â&#x20AC;? by C.J. Box; and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Waiting on You,â&#x20AC;? by Kristan Higgins.

The book group selection for June is â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gifted Hands,â&#x20AC;? by Dr. Ben Carson.

Visit dixonpubliclibrary.org or stop at the library for the list of new nonfiction titles.

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‘Art of the people’ L.A.’s Velveteria celebrates kitsch art form

BY SAM MCMANIS MCT News Service

LOS ANGELES – It could be argued, maybe not by snooty art historians but certainly by congenitally low-brow connoisseurs of kitsch, that to be famous in America, truly iconic, one’s likeness must be painted on black velvet.

Step into a cramped, dimly lit storefront museum in the Chinatown neighborhood of Los Angeles, and you encounter ample evidence supporting this theory. It’s a veritable gallery of greats, all brushed in velvet for posterity: Jesus and Elvis, MLK and MJ, Marilyn and Liberace, Kennedy and Nixon.

Of course, there are the requisite sad clowns, dogs playing poker, and bulls squaring off against matadors, too. But the legendary figures in this artistic movement are afforded wings: such titans of tufted fabric as Edgar Leeteg, father of velvet painting, Charles McPhee, dubbed the “Velvet Gauguin,” and 94-year-old Cecelia Rodriguez, whose career took off when she eschewed masonite for velvet.

Never heard of these “Old Masters” of the velvet medium?

Well, that alone is reason to stop at the Velveteria, a museum-cum-gallery boasting more than 2,500 examples of this art form that first gained popularity when Marco Polo discovered it along the Silk Road, arguably peaked in the United States during the Vietnam War, and endures today at swap meets, inside certain dive bars, and in antiques stores that don’t take themselves too seriously.

Carl Baldwin, founder of the Velveteria along with his wife, Caren Anderson, will never be accused of excessive seriousness. In fact, he may be the most whimsical art curator around, reveling in showing off such gems gracing his museum walls as Howard Stern’s, uh, dignified profile, Lucha Libre wrestlers in attack position and, in the back, behind a blushing pink curtain, bare nekkid ladies in certain suggestive motifs.

But this isn’t some winking, ironic lark for Baldwin, and to dismiss his collection as mere hack work is to invite his scorn.

“Look at this guy here, Edward Leeteg,” he says, pointing to a series of works featuring topless Tahitian women and an intricate portrait of a farmer with weathered lines creasing his face. “He’s got some really fine stuff. He was the godfather, the master, whatever you call it.

He died in ’53. Fell off a motorcycle. Tragic. He was a crazy dude, a womanizer, dope head, all those things. He had a place in Tahiti called the Villa Velour.

Lived in paradise. What a life.

“And look at this stuff over here. CeCe Rodriguez. Last of a generation. Last woman standing. Look at this picture of a

If you go Velveteria 711 New High St., Los Angeles Hours: 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Thursday through Sunday Cost: $10 Contact: 503-309-9299; http://velveteria.com

wall for $5,000 a month. Crazy.

Then I thought, ‘Why not Chinatown?’ Downtown L.A. is a booming place, man, like San Francisco in the Gold Rush.

Everybody’s moving here.”

There were no worries that the splendors of velvet painting would get lost in translation, Baldwin said, since this genre has always transcended borders. It was huge in Hawaii and French Polynesia in the early to mid-20th century, thrived overseas during the Vietnam conflict, and long has been the top (OK, maybe the second-largest) import crossing the border from Mexico. To broaden the museum’s cultural cachet, Baldwin put up signs in his front window in English, Spanish, Chinese and Vietnamese.

The response, he said, has been gratifying. He said Vietnam veterans are particularly enamored.

“Guys [in Vietnam] would go to the Philippines on R-and-R, buy velvet and ship them back home,” he said. “Look at this one: It’s a GI in full camo.”

The painting is arresting. It shows a soldier tying himself off with a red rubber rope and preparing to plunge a syringe into the crook of his elbow.

“I guess they saw us as heroin-fueled crazy people bent on killing people,” Baldwin said.

Well, that’s one interpretation. Most of the velvet art eschews overt political messages in favor of the sensual MCT News Service or celebrity worship. But one The Velveteria in Los Angeles features an “Elvis Hallway,” replete with velvet art of the King and a wing is dedicated to Africanwooden tiki of his head.

Americans.

“Here’s Bobby Seale getting guy in the sugar cane fields [of cool about it. Because it’s art of eler,” “No Reservations With ready for court in the Chicago Hawaii]. See the attention to the people, stuff people actuAnthony Bourdain,” NPR, Al 7, 8, 6, whatever, trial,” he said. detail? This is true fine art. It’s ally hang in their house. It’s Jazeera America and Penthouse “Tupac is very big. And I had to very difficult to paint onto velnot intimidating. I mean, who magazine. get Barry [White, soul singer] vet, you know. You can’t make doesn’t want to own E.T. on Until just 4 months ago, the done after he died. And, of a mistake because the matte of velvet? I’ve got these guys down Velveteria was headquartered course, here’s Martin Luther the velvet is unforgiving, like in Mexico painting for me, so in Portland. Though they liked King. He’s in velvet in everywatercolor. If you aren’t perif somebody wanted an image the quirky vibe of that hip body’s house.” fect, it’s tossed.” done, we can get any image on Northwest burg, Baldwin and Perhaps the most velvety Yet, not 10 feet away from the velvet for you.”

Anderson are native Califorpersonage in the world is Elvis work of Leeteg and Rodriguez One image, alas, not on disnians and longed to get back.

Presley, and Baldwin has dediare examples of those massplay is a portrait of Baldwin Plus, a major metropolitan cated an entire hallway to the produced staples of the genre himself. He’s quite the charac- market would boost the profile King. That hallway leads to the – dogs playing poker – and ter, with shaggy salt-and-pepof velvet art, sadly ignored, in bathroom, where, yes, there celeb likenesses. Miley Cyrus per hair he brushes out of his Baldwin’s opinion. are velvet paintings of people captured in mid-twerk, or Wil- eyes, a matching bushy musBut why Chinatown, not “on the pot,” from Frank Zappa liam Shatner in full “Star Trek” tache and a disarming, tranexactly known as a velvet-art to matadors. Over the toilet? regalia, will never meet even quilo manner. He’s become hub?

A 4-foot full-frontal portrait of the kindest critic’s definition of something of a media darling, “We were looking around, Anderson Cooper in nothing sublimity. too, having appeared with his thinking, ‘Where do we want but a G-string.

“Yeah, man, we embrace it cache of crushed velvet on to be?’” Baldwin said. “The Why? Who knows and who all,” said Baldwin, issuing a “The Tonight Show,” “National beach! So I went to Venice, and cares? You won’t see that in the bark of a laugh. “That’s what’s Geographic Intelligent Travthe guy wanted to rent me a Louvre.

Hooray for Hollywood: Five icons beyond the Walk of Fame

BY GEORGE HOBICA MCT News Service

As a resident of Los Angeles, I’m always surprised to hear people speaking poorly of the “Hollywood” experience, as if a few persistent buskers and a bad wax museum near the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue actually define the entire neighborhood. That would be like writing off midtown Manhattan, simply because Times Square can sometimes be awful.

A century after the first motion-picture companies set up shop here, today’s Hollywood can, at times, still feel incredibly close to its colorful past. For that reason alone, it’s impossible to exclude it from any Southern California itinerary. Here are five essential stops to get you started.

The Hollywood Bowl: This

historic amphitheater tucked away in the hills rates as one of the best venues of its kind on the planet, featuring a worldclass lineup of classical, jazz and pop. It’s one on a short list of places that people from all over traffic-choked Southern California will agree is absolutely terrific – a picnic on a warm summer evening with a backdrop of terrific live music will be a highlight of your visit to L.A., guaranteed. Shuttles and a nearby subway station mean you never have to deal with parking.

Contact: http://www.hollywoodbowl.com American Cinematheque at The Egyptian: Before there was Grauman’s Chinese, there was Grauman’s Egyptian, notably the site of the first actual Hollywood premiere – literally, the first movie premiere in the

Hollywood area – in the early 1920s. Fittingly, the Egyptian is now the permanent home of American Cinematheque, a non-profit, viewer-supported organization screening a nonstop selection of what they call “America’s indigenous art form.” (The rest of us call it the movies.) From the best classics to exciting new art, this is essential viewing for any film buff.

Contact: http://www.americancinematheque.com/

of her own living space at one time or another; the restaurant certainly does retain a pleasantly haunted quality. Better still, the food remains quite good – you can’t go wrong with a juicy steak, a wedge salad and a side of potatoes (Lyonnaise would be best). Wash it all down with as many martinis as you can handle.

Contact: http://mussoandfrank.com

Hollywood Heritage Museum: You might wonder what Musso & Frank’s: Opened a renovated barn on Highland in 1919 and still going strong, Avenue has to do with Hollythis dimly lit hideout is a living wood history. Except that this monument to a very different isn’t just any barn; this is where time, back when waiters wore New Yorker Cecil B. DeMille cool outfits and everyone drank set up shop to produce “The martinis like they were water.

Squaw Man,” said to have been From F. Scott Fitzgerald to the first American featureGreta Garbo, there’s hardly a length moving picture, just star who isn’t said to have con- over 100 years ago. Today, the sidered Musso’s an extension barn is a small but interesting

museum paying tribute to Hollywood past.

Contact: http://www.hollywoodheritage.org/ Hollyhock House: It’s a short drive – or a couple of stops on the subway – down the Boulevard, but this Frank Lloyd Wright home, built for oil heiress Aline Barnsdall in 1921, perched above the city in what’s now a pleasant public park, is one in a long line of incredible architectural treasures tucked away within the city of Los Angeles. As with so many Wright homes, it’s almost always under some sort of renovation, but docent-led tours are available. Tip: Come on Wednesday afternoons for the fun farmers market, held right in the park.

Contact: http://hollyhockhouse.net/

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The Morrison Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon-cutting ceremony May 30 for Pressure Washing Unlimited Inc., 100 W. Main St., Morrison, to welcome it as a new business and as a new chamber member. Joining Nicole Mioletti (holding the scissors), owner, are (front row, from left) Ryne Mioletti, brother; Ethan Mioletti, son; and Ed Mioletti, father; and (back row) Corinne Bender, Morrison Chamber; Christopher Morris, Open Hand Self Defense; Michael Blean, Kophamer & Blean Realty; Kimberly Mioletti, sister; Morrison Mayor Everett Pannier; Heather Toppert, More Insurance; Barry Dykhuizen, Morrison city administrator; Frances and Henry Plude; Stephanie Vavra, thecity1.com; and Ruth and Stan Mitick. Photo submitted by the chamber.

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ROCK FALLS ROTARY

Penny Roth (from left) of the Illinois Department of Human Services; Kathy Schutz, Jessica Lemmer, and Lora Fassler, all of the Lee County Health Department; and Steve Strode, IDHS, attended the Illinois Women Infants and Children Training and Educational Conference. Lee and Whiteside County Health Departments received the Rising Star Ruby Award. Photo submitted by Cathy Ferguson.

Health departments earn recognition Lee and Whiteside County Health departments were two of 12 health departments to receive the Rising Star Ruby Award at the Illinois Women Infants and Children Training and Educational Conference.

The award was presented by the Illinois Department of Human Services.

As part of the We Choose Health Baby-Friendly grant project, each of the recognized health departments has been successful in developing baby-friendly communities with the goal

of improving support for breast-feeding families at area hospitals.

These coalitions and working groups have attracted the attention of many other hospitals throughout the state and have inspired them to seek out health department partners to begin work on the designation, and building a more breast-feedingfriendly community.

The two departments work with KSB Hospital in Dixon and CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Both hospitals are well on the way to baby-friendly accreditation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Baby-Friendly Hospital initiative aims to increase the rate of breastfeeding initiation and uptake by making hospital environments especially conducive and supportive of breast-feeding. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hospitals earn BabyFriendly Hospital designation when they have implemented the Ten Steps to Successful Breast-feeding,â&#x20AC;? Beth Fiorini, WCHD administrator, said.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;We recognize the hard work and time the hospitals are putting into this process. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I believe it will all be worth it in the end and will be a benefit to our communities.â&#x20AC;?

The evidence is overwhelming that breastfeeding benefits both mother and baby short and long-term.â&#x20AC;?

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exciting to be part of this movement occurring throughout the state,â&#x20AC;? Cathy Ferguson, LCHD administrator, said.

Bob Sondgeroth, Rock Falls Rotary Club president, presented two pieces of luggage to Kritsana â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kritsâ&#x20AC;? Jedjinda, as a farewell gift for his return to Thailand after a year in the country.

His sponsorship came from both the Rock Falls and Morrison Rotary clubs. Photos submitted by Betty Clementz.

SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH

High school youth and families from St. Paul and St. John Lutheran churches in Sterling volunteered April 27 to help clean up trash along roads in Nelson Township. For their efforts, the group received state grant money from the township. The donation will be used for a July trip to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America high school youth gathering in Detroit. Photos submitted by Gerad Von Holten.

Members and leaders of the high school youth mission group from Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Sterling also picked up roadside garbage April 27 in Nelson Township. Their donation from the township will help fund a June mission trip to Cleveland.

Sondgeroth and Mark Young, also of the Rock Falls Rotary Club, accept reindeer skin boots from Kaylene Shaw, a Rotary Exchange student who went to England in 2009-10. She wears a hat typical of the Lapland area. She shared her year abroad and the culture of the Finish people during a recent Rotary meeting. Shaw has returned once to her host family in Finland and plans to return on an internship soon.

DEALERSHIP RECOGNITION

Bob Pilling (from left) Ken Nelson Auto Group sales manger, and Rick Curia, Ken Nelson president, chief executive officer, accept a plaque from Stee Jenson, Nissan North America district operations manager. The dealership was recognized May 28 for 30 years of service. Photo submitted by Linda Ross.

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ABOVE: Thomas Alan Taylor, an actor from Davenport Iowa, plays Theodore Welding in the film “Sons and Daughters of Thunder.” Cast, crew and local extras returned to the Dillon Home Museum on May 25 for the second of two planned shoots of the feature film. The first shoot happened April 18.

Extra! Extra! Extra!

Joe Cook of Deer Grove

Adam Johnson of Rock Falls

Adam Porter of Sterling

TOP: Director Kelly Rundle lines up a scene and tells actress Kim Furness of Bettendorf, Iowa, where to stand during filming of the true story of anti-slavery debates in 1834 at Lane Theological Seminary, where students debated the slavery issue during an 18-night revival.

ABOVE-LEFT: Rundle (left) and Kevin Railsback review footage shot during the outdoor “lantern scene” on the back lawn of the Dillon Home Museum.

ABOVE: The extras prepare to shoot a scene for the movie “Sons and Daughters of Thunder.” About 20 extras showed up to help film a scene.

LEFT: The extras record chanting and discussion sounds before shooting an outdoor scene. Traffic and train noise would disrupt the outdoor filming.

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MOBILE HOMES FOR RENT

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WANT TO RENT 335 *WANT TO* RENT 1 story ranch or duplex within Dixon city limits.

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Preferably an attached garage. We are 2 sisters that have lived together for 16 years. We are respectable, responsible, and would be respectful of your property. We smoke outside ONLY! Must be able to have a cat, she is declawed and fixed.

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C.N.A. Needed, Must be reliable and available for all shifts and on call.

Apply within at Tammerlane, 3601 16th Ave. Sterling No phone calls.

Wanted Full-Time 3rd Shift C.N.A. & Part-Time 2nd Shift C.N.A. Apply at Heritage Square 620 N. Ottawa Ave Dixon, IL EOE NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE WANTED P.R.N. Apply at Heritage Square 620 N. Ottawa Ave Dixon, IL EOE NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

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Advertising Sales $1,000-$1,500/ Week Commissions No Nights or Weekends 888-338-3053 or 816-777-0365 Detasslers wanted. Competitive wages. Call Jeff Neubauer 815-626-6056.

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Brechon Farm Services, Inc. is looking for experienced people in the following areas: Electronic payroll in Quick Books, Mechanics and Farm help.

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Automotive Technicians needed for multiple locations, full time, excellent benefits available.

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Drivers-CDL-A Mendota AgriProduct/ Mahoney Environmental Local route based company has outstanding opportunities for CDL-A drivers with a clean record. â&#x20AC;˘Excellent benefits â&#x20AC;˘Great place to work Call Today for more info!

Contact Sam 8-4:30 CDT at: 815-272-2095 or Fax resume to: 815-301-9889 or employment@ mahoneys.com

Help wanted to assist in taking rides down at the Northland Mall in Sterling.

Apply June 7th at 9 p.m. at the mall.

Class A Drivers ProDrivers has great opportunities for Class A Truck Drivers interested in running OTR. HOME WEEKENDS! If you have a year of recent driving experience and are interested, please call our National Recruiter at: 901-881-0733

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Ken Nelson Auto Group is in need of Full time Experienced Parts & Service Managers as well as a Service Technician for our growing Chrysler-Toyota-Nissan service department in Dixon Il. Previous dealership experience preferred. :H RIIHU EHQHÂżWV LQFOXGLQJ PHGLFDO GHQWDO N SDLG YDFDWLRQ WUDLQLQJ Apply in person 1000 N. Galena Ave. Dixon Il RU VHQG UHVXPH ZLWK TXDOLÂżFDWLRQ to jeremy.jahn@KenNelsonAuto.com.

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Northern Grain Marketing is seeking Experienced CDL drivers. Immediate openings for temporary local grain hauling.

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Now Hiring Customer Service person, H.V.A.C Technicians, Licensed Plumbers and Apprentice plumbers send resume to: P.O. Box 767 Rock Falls, Il 61071. or fax 815-626-0919 or email bdsupply@comcast.net

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Position Opening The Prophetstown Police Department is accepting applications for a fulltime Police Officer, Lateral Transfers Accepted, negotiable wages. City offers a pension plan, health insurance coverage, holiday pay, paid vacations, sick pay, personal time, and negotiable wages.

Applications may be mailed, emailed or dropped off at Prophetstown City Hall, 339 Washington St., Prophetstown IL 61277, e-mail ptowncy@thewisp.net., applications available at prophetstownil.org.

Retail Sales Position, local farm in need of outgoing, energetic, individuals to sell at a farmers market.

Must be able to work outdoors in the summer heat.

Call Matt at 815600-4357 Social Services COUNSELOR CASE MANAGER Kenmore Center: Women's Residence is seeking a Counselor Case Worker. Candidate must have Substance Abuse Certification LSW/LPC or LCSW/LCPC; with a minimum CADC. Applicants will also demonstrate an ability to communicate both verbally and in writing in a clear, comprehensible manner.

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Fri & Sat. 8-4 411 Rock Island Road.

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Fri. 11-5 Sat. 9-1 923 Center St. (Corner of Center & Barker) Girls 6/6X-14, women & mens XL, household items, furniture, A/C, electronics, toys, lawn items & misc.

Fri. & Sat. 8-2 Luke Lane off of Dixon Ave. (follow signs) Meadows of Luke Ridge Mutli Family Sale!

Thrus. Fri. 8-6 & Saturday 8-?

200 6th Ave. (in alley) Cargo carrier, CD radio, cake decorating supplies, cake toppers, jewelery, and lots of misc!

Sat. only 7-noon 2003 15th Ave. 4 Family Sale Name brand clothing, all sizes, purses, fashion jewelry, shoes, candles, decorations, seasonal items, CDs, DVDs, Close-out sale on Stampin' Up stamp sets, scrap booking supplies, & storage containers, ...

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1003 E Chamberlin. Estate Sale.

Furniture & Misc Cash only.

Fri 7:30-4- Sat 712. 1111 Chestnut Ave Furniture, clothes, dishes, yarn, cook books, carpet shampoo, vacuum cleaner, patio furniture, lg picture frame, bed frame, dresser, concrete flower planter, glass show case, delta drill press,misc Fri. & Sat. 9-?

912 Chicago Ave. Beautiful 6-7-8 yr.

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Clothes, household items, auto parts, quad rims & tires, tables & lamps, toys, grills and much more!

Fri. 12-4 Sat. 9-4 1028 Franklin Grove Rd. Moving Sale!

Dell computer, holiday decorations, misc. household items, lots more!

Fri. 8-5, Sat. 8-3 1639 U.S. Route 52 South.

Dishes, linens, sm. appliances, clothing, cookware, Holiday items marked cheap, end & coffee table, night stand, toys, books, lots of misc. items.

Saturday 7-2.

615 Palmyra Rd. Furniture,kitchenware, bikes,misc.

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Fri. 8-5 & Sat. 7-1 1802 Avenue L Multi-Family Sale Girl's clothing, home dĂŠcor, DeWalt & Milwaukee power tools, books, Keurig Mini, and lots of misc.

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

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FURNITURE

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Mattress sets: $99, Full Twin $129, Queen $159, King $199. Will deliver! Kern Mattress Outlet, call 309452-7477.

Sectional Sofa good condition. $200.

815-9733521 Wood kitchen table and two chairs. $60 815625-8895

MEDICAL SUPPLIES

762

Wheeled walker w/cup holder/ storage. Exc. Cond. $80. 815-625-9195

PETS & PET SUPPLIES 775 5 Free cute kittens to good indoor homes only, about 12 wks., 217-5539594 DOG OBEDIENCE Train, don't complain!

Dog Obedience Class Mon. June 9 Two Sessions 5:30 & 6:30pm. 6 week course $85.

Sign up at Granny Rose Animal Shelter, 613 River Lane, Dixon Proof of vaccinations is required.

Call 815-288-7387 if you have any questions.

English/American Bulldog, spayed, $100 815-8757567 For Sale Shiba-inu puppies, 1M, 1F, ACA reg. 815-4999636 or 815-6254351.

PETS & PET SUPPLIES 775

LAWN MOWERS

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Yard Machine 46” deck new motor new blades, good shape! $400 OBO 815-590-1677 SugarDoodles: $600. 7 males.

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LAWN MOWERS

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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. $475.

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LAWN & GARDEN

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Pull-type Mower, 8hp eng. 44” deck, off-set hitch, runs & mows good $325 815-625-1606

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.

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10x6 utility trailer, tilt, good cond. $300.

815-7185891 20 gal aquarium w/ accessories & metal stand $ 30 815946-4094 20 gal aquarium w/ accessories & oak cabinet $ 40 815946-4094 2007 YAMAHA Vino Y.J. 125CC, Motor Scooter.

Exc. 1100mi., Con., $1,400 FIRM 815-772-4060 27” Sephra commercial chocolate fountain.

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2005 Ford Taurus SE, A/C, AMFM CD, 123k mi. Asking $4,750. Call 815-499-8432

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5,000 mulch, fertilizer, lawn care, Scott's Crab Grass Preventer. $25 Builder Discount

Microwave. $10 815-973-3521

Blacktop Seal Coating Fritz Asphalt 815-499-2940 Brand New Nordictrack Treadmill C700. Paid $850 asking $650. Call 815-535-3835 Chapel Hill Cemetery Sec. M. 2 graves. $450 ea.

Please Call 815718-3164 E-Z up Canopy $50 815-652-4415 Freezer chest. 9 mo. old. $60. 815626-9046 Glazed porcelain 6x6 beige tiles.

Qty 34. $25 (815) 284-2685

Huffy 2 person bicycle, good shape, year unknown.$60.

815-973-2899 Ladies Blue suede sports jacket, size small.

Like new. $25 815-284-2685 Lg. China hutch, glass shelves, and lower storage. $175.

815-9733521 Lg. stack of Rough Sawn hardwood lumber, oak, walnut cherry. $750 Or $1.50 per running ft. 815-2883301 Microwave cart. $15. 815-973-3521

Presidential pocket knives, 43, new with case. $75.

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Rybobi Router 160H/A & Vermont American Table $90 815-284-1094 Salon wet station: mirror, cabinet, shampoo bowl & chair. Exc. Cond. $1200/obo, over $2000 new. 815718-0245.

Student desk. $15. 815-973-3521 TV Stand Cherry finish 43x17x22H. Never used. $80 815-284-2685

NEW TODAY Used washer, 10,000 BTU air cond., several Miche skins. Call 815-625-5273.

FARM LAND FOR SALE

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160 Acre Farm, Lee County 135 tillable, May Township. $7,500 per acre.

Call Tim Crawford, Crawford Realty LLC 815-535-3444 21 acres, 10 tilltimber, able,11 w/electricity Lee Co. $139,900 Tim Crawford, Crawford Realty LLC 815-535-3444

HORSES & SUPPLIES

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4 Horses at least 2 must go. Call 815762-1716

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CLASSIC CARS

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1988 Mustang 5.0 5 speed, new parts, $3500/obo 815-631-8220

AUTOMOBILES

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1993 Chevy Ext. Cab, 350 motor, runs-needs valve job, some rust, $3500 in parts/ $2000/obo 815535-7159

TRUCKS

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1993 Ford F150 $1,500 Pickup, needs work. 815626-5629 1994 Chevrolet truck ext. cab, high mileage, runs good, $1200/obo 815-626-5165 1994 Chevy Half ton, runs good! $1,400 OBO. 815625-5911 1997 F-150 XLT Super Cab 4x4 155k mi., runs good, bed liner, new brakes. Priced Reduced. $3995 815-440-3141 2000 Chevy S10, ext. cab, new tires, 145k. mi. runs good. $3,000 Call 817-240-4163 2002 Dodge Dakota Quad Cab. V8, 4.7L, 4X4. 125K Clean and in good shape. $5500. 815973-7870.

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2001 Oldsmobile Silouette 97k miles, like new! $5200 815-973-0232

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OVER 5,000 CARS SOLD SINCE 2005 2013 GMC Acadia SLT

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$33,999* 2012 Cadillac CTS 4 AWD

SEMI TRUCKS / 913 RIGS

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2002 Kenworth T800, Model 475/490 Cat 13 speed w/ 355 rear ends, 400k mi. on the in frame, good work truck. $20,000/obo 815590-5935

MOTORCYCLES

2006 HARLEY Ultra Davidson Classic, 22,000 mi, blue, new tires, lots of chrome, battery tender, painted dash to match, up& graded amp speakers. 815-9739760

935

BOATS/MOTORS

2000 Harley Super 20K mi.

Glide, Newer battery & tires.

Detached windshield.

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Saddlebags. Runs great! $6300/obo.

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2010 Fatboy Lo black (VIN:1HD1JN 517AB011422) Well kept, 8K mi. $13,500 Garaged in Morrison, IL. Call or text: Stan 563212-9507.

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NEW TODAY 17 ft. 2009 Shasta Camper, $11,000 firm. Very clean.

Like new.

815625-0067.

803 Ave. D Rock Falls 1999 Salem 5th wheel, 27', bunks, 6' slide, C/A/heat, $5200 815-6771206

1987 17' Four Winns 3.0 liter I.O. w/ 5 life jackets, great shape, runs great $3600 Call 815-440-1141

2001 24' Coachman Catalina Lite, sleeps 6, new AC. $3,800 815-9737909 or 973-0773

1990 Landau bass boat & trailer.

35Hp Mercury, Minn-kota troll motor, extra prop, 2 pwr. winch anchors, Humminbird 200x depth finder. $3500 815-440-6756

2006 Rockwood #8318 33' double slide non-smokers & no children, selfaligning dish satelitte reciever on roof. Will not be disappointed! $12,000 Dixon 815-440-2666

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2009 Terry 28' Travel Trailer w/ slideout, queen bed, LCD tv w/ DVD player Lower Price! $17,500/obo 815-973-1114.

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Full 2014 Dodge Journey integrated second-row child booster seats, a rear-seat enter tainment system, a navigation system (paired with the 8.4-inch touchscreen) and WiFi connectivity.

Submitted by Ken Nelson Auto Group

T

he 2014 Dodge Journey is a roomy, versatile crossover SUV that straddles the divide between compact and midsize utility vehicles. It’s one of the few remaining crossovers in its price range that offers both an available V6 engine and a third-row seat. In addition, its interior is pleasant, welltrimmed and comfortable.

However, in a segment full of strong competitors, the Journey comes up short in a couple of critical areas.

A lackluster four-cylinder engine is by far the weakest link on the 2014 Dodge Journey. Not only is acceleration sluggish on this version but fuel economy is well below average, mainly due to Dodge’s continued use of an outdated four-speed automatic transmission. If you’re going to buy a Dodge Journey, it’s worth springing for the optional 3.6liter V6 -- something you’ll have to do anyway if you want all-wheel drive, which isn’t offered with the four-cylinder.

The six-cylinder is potent and smooth, and paired with a more modern six-speed automatic transmission. Of course, equipping your Journey with the V6 also raises the price by several thousand dollars.

If you can get past those issues, the 2014 Dodge Journey can be more useful for families than some other compact SUVs. It has an optional third row of seating appropriately sized for two small children, and you can get built-in booster seats in the second row. There are useful storage areas, too. You can store snacks and cold drinks in bins built into the floor of the second-row seating area, and a compartment under the front

The 2014 Dodge Journey receives minor trim level updates but is otherwise unchanged. passenger seat is handy for stashing valuables.

T h e s e c o n v e n i e n c e s a re certainly nice to have, but consumers have plenty of choices for a compact or midsize utility vehicle. The popular 2014 Honda CR-V is one of our favorites and an excellent pick if you want a small crossover with a refined, fuel-efficient four-cylinder engine and don’t need a third row of seating. Rivals like the Mazda CX-5 and Ford Escape feel sportier from behind the wheel and also offer superior fuel economy.

Based on the strength of the competition, the 2014 Dodge Journey is not among our top picks for a seven-passenger crossover. However, if you run across a good deal on a V6 model, it’s still worth a testdrive.

passenger configurations. It is available in American Value Package (AVP), SE, SXT, Limited and R/T trim levels.

The American Value Package comes standard with 17-inch steel wheels, heated mirrors, keyless ignition/entry, cruise control, dual-zone manual climate control, a heightadjustable driver seat, a tiltand-telescoping steering wheel, a sliding and reclining secondrow seat and a six-speaker sound system with a compact 4.3-inch touchscreen interface, a CD player, an auxiliary audio jack and an iPod/USB audio interface.

The SE adds tinted glass, roof rails and LED taillights. Moving up to the SXT adds 17-inch alloy wheels, foglamps, unique front/ rear fascias, a cargo cover and net, and satellite radio.

The Limited adds a V6 engine as standard, remote start, Body Styles, Trim Levels, and 19-inch alloy wheels, automatic headlamps, leather upholstery, Options The 2014 Dodge Journey is heated front seats, a heated available in five- and seven- steering wheel, a six-way

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Was.................. $37,855 DISCOUNT......... $1,860 REBATE .............$2,500

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2014 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN AVP/SE DE073

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power driver seat (with fourway lumbar adjustment), dual-zone automatic climate control, Bluetooth phone and audio connectivity, an 8.4-inch touchscreen audio display, an auto-dimming rearview mirror, a 115-volt power outlet and a fold-flat front passenger seat with hidden storage bin.

The R/T includes all the Limited features (minus the roof rails) and adds a monochrome exterior treatment, special 19-inch wheels, a sport-tuned suspension, black perforatedleather upholstery with red stitching and a premium audio system.

Many of the features on the Limited and R/T are available on the lower trims via option packages. Other available features (depending on trim) include the Blacktop package (gloss black 19-inch wheels, grille and exterior trim), a sunroof, rear parking sensors, a rearview camera, a folding and reclining third-row seat, threezone automatic climate control (with rear air-conditioning),

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Powertrains and Performance The 2014 Dodge Journey AVP, SE and SXT are powered by a 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine that produces 173 horsepower and 166 pound-feet of torque.

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Optional on the SXT and standard on the Limited and R/T is a 3.6-liter V6. It’s good for 283 hp and 260 lb-ft and is matched to a six-speed automatic. Front-wheel drive is standard and all-wheel drive is optional. We recorded a 7.8-second 0-60-mph time in a front-drive, V6-equipped Journey, which is about average for a V6 crossover in this price range. Fuel economy stands at 19 mpg combined (17/25) with front-wheel drive and 19 mpg combined (16/24) with all-wheel drive; both are below average for a V6-powered crossover in this price range.

Safety Every 2014 Dodge Journey comes standard with antilock disc brakes, traction and stability control, active front head restraints, front side airbags, side curtain airbags and a driver knee airbag. Integrated second-row child booster seats and rear parking sensors are optional on every Journey. A rearview camera is available as an option on the SXT, Limited and R/T.

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