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Matthew Welling enters the Lee County courtroom Wednesday afternoon. Welling was sentenced to 90 years in prison: 60 for the first-degree murder of Delmar “Leroy” Daniels on July 18, 2012, and 30 years on a count of home invasion.

Amboy man gets 90 years: 60 for fatal slashing, 30 for invasion

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

DIXON – After getting a good look into the soul of Matthew Welling, and finding it irredeemable, a Lee County Court judge sentenced the convicted murderer Wednesday afternoon to 90 years in prison: 60 for fatally beating and slashing 79-yearold Delmar “Leroy” Daniels, and 30 more for the home invasion that preceded the vicious attack.

The 34-year-old Amboy man must serve the full 60 years for the homicide – effectively, a life sentence – before the consecutive home invasion term kicks in. He must serve at least 85 percent, or 25.5 years, for that crime.

“Frankly, Mr. Welling, you scare the bejeebies out of me,” Judge Ron Jacobson said, when explaining why he was granting the prosecution’s request for the maximum sentence.

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Online extra at saukvalley.com Listen to victim impact statements from Delmar “Leroy” Daniels’ family members, and hear the sentence from Judge Ron Jacobson at saukvalley.com.

Lisa O’Connell looks at Matthew Welling as she reads a statement during his sentencing trial Wednesday at Lee County Courthouse. O’Connell, who found her parents the day after her father, Delmar “Leroy” Daniels was murdered by Welling, noted that Wednesday was “the 707th day my life has begun and ended the same way” – in grief and sorrow.

PROPHETSTOWN – Another Whiteside County school district board has passed a resolution to put a 1-cent sales tax referendum on the Nov. 4 ballot.

The Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico board approved the move Monday, joining the Rock Falls Township High School, Rock Falls Elementary, River Bend and Montmorency districts in support of the referendum.

The tax, known as the County School Facility Sales Tax, was Bob instituted by state law in 2007 as a Sondgeroth Regional means of shiftSchools ing the burden of school funding Superintendent away from property taxpayers.

If the referendum is put on the ballot and passes, the county sales tax would increase from 6.75 percent to 7.75 percent.

The other county school districts are Sterling, Erie, Morrison, and East Coloma-Nelson. The resolution has not yet been brought before those boards. Schools are not obligated to put the resolution to their boards for a vote. If the measure passes, however, all schools benefit, regardless of whether they voted.

The number of students represented by the boards that vote to support the measure must constitute a simple majority of the county’s students for the regional superintendent to certify the resolution to the county clerk.

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‘A very wonderful surprise’ Genesis Hey wins, but all five presenters get cash

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

DIXON – The first Dixon Business Competition ended with a video production company taking the top prize, followed by a soon-to-be-open bistro.

In a surprise move, after the judging had been finished Wednesday night, Mayor Jim Burke announced that the night’s five finalists would all receive money toward their businesses, not just those finishing in first, second and third place.

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Genesis Hey, of Dixon, and her company, Genesis Hey Productions, came in first and was awarded $5,000, a result that came as a bit of a surprise.

“I just felt that everyone that was a part of this did such a great job,” Hey said after the awards had been announced.

“It was tough competition. ... Everybody put a lot of effort into their business plans.

“I definitely worked hard. It was a very wonderful surprise.”

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Genesis Hey hugs Dixon Mayor Jim Burke after her business, Genesis Hey Productions, won $5,000 on Wednesday night, the conclusion of the Dixon Business Competition.

All five businesses that made elevator pitches to a judging panel won money.

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Cheyenne Simmons, 7, gives grandpa Mike Beck’s motorcycle a good cleaning Wednesday morning outside his Rock Falls home. Simmons and her little brother, Brooksdon, 5, who are visiting from Arkansas for the summer, helped clean the bike ahead of this weekend’s Summer Splash Fun Fest in Rock Falls.

Beck, who is a member of the Who Else Motorcycle Club, will be helping with some of the festivities during the celebration.

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DIXON – The Dixon Fire Department responded to a small electrical fire at Gingko Tree Cafe in downtown Tuesday afternoon.

The call came in at 12:29 p.m., Deputy Chief Mark Callison said, and the department cleared the scene, 216 W. First St., by 12:56 p.m.

Employees smelled smoke coming from the basement, Chief Tim Shipman said, adding that there was smoke coming from an electrical control panel for an air conditioning unit when fire department crews went into the basement. “Small flames� shot out of the panel once it was opened, Shipman said, and the issue was isolated to the single panel.

No other buildings downtown were affected, Shipman said, and the fire’s cause is unknown.

In a Facebook post Wednesday, the Gingko Tree Cafe staff said the air conditioning was still being repaired.

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Rauner eyes end to some tax breaks Man in critical ‘Special deals’ for companies unfair condition after to working families, candidate says home invasion CHICAGO (AP) – Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner called Wednesday for ending certain corporate tax breaks and “special deals� he says are unfair to Illinois’ working families.

The wealthy Winnetka businessman ripped Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn for allowing tax incentives for companies that later laid off workers and tax “loopholes� for the oil industry and people who own yachts and jets. He also said he’d eliminate a sales tax exemption on newsprint and ink, among others. “It’s time Illinois starts treating taxpayers the right way,� Rauner said. “That begins by closing special interest loopholes and ending the days of taxpayer handouts for companies that lay off workers.�

The plan is the latest in a series of steps Rauner

says he would take to change how things are done in Springfield. But several of the ideas were ones Quinn has advocated for years and the Democrat-controlled Legislature hasn’t acted on.

Quinn campaign spokeswoman Brooke Anderson described Rauner’s plan as “stolen Quinn proposals and hypocritical ideas.� She said the multimillionaire venture capitalist and his friends have long benefited from policies Rauner now calls “corporate welfare.� “A corporate welfare king like him hardly has a shred of credibility when it comes to reforming a system that has made him a member of the .01 percent,� Anderson said.

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ing some of the deals allowed companies to lay off workers. That included Sears Holding Corp., which laid off about 100 employees just months after the Legislature approved a $150 million tax credit intended to keep the company from leaving the state.

At the time, the layoffs left about 6,100 people working at the Hoffman Estates site. Under the terms of the deal, Sears was required to keep at least 4,250 workers there.

Quinn has defended the tax credit, saying Illinois would have seen greater job losses without it. But the Chicago Democrat, who’s seeking his second full term, also has pushed for changes to the program.

Rauner said he would

cap EDGE tax credits for job retention. He also said he’d veto any socalled “special� EDGE tax credits for companies, such as a $64.7 million package for engine maker Navistar to move its headquarters and 2,200 jobs from one Chicago suburb to another one 3 miles away, rather than to another state.

Rauner’s six-page proposal didn’t state how much money Illinois could save by ending all five of the tax loopholes he wants to eliminate.

But three of them cost the state about $132 million per year, the proposal states.

Rauner also is leading an effort to approve term limits for legislators. And earlier this month, he laid out a plan to cut spending that included selling most of the state’s airplanes, moving legislators from a pension to a 401(k) and ending a program that imported prairie chickens from Kansas by plane.

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STERLING – A Sterling man injured during a home invasion Tuesday was in critical condition Wednesday at a Rockford hospital.

No arrests have been made in the incident, which happened just after noon in the 1300 block of Griswold Avenue.

Police found the occupant, whose name is not being released, seriously injured. He was taken to CGH Medical Center then flown to OSF Saint Anthony Hospital, they said in a news release.

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er any weapons were involved, police said.

Tuesday’s home invasion appears to be unrelated to one that happened in the 300 block of Seventh Avenue Sunday morning, the release said.

In that incident, a group of people knocked on the door, and when it was opened, members of the group forced their way inside, and a fight ensued. Two people inside the home were taken to CGH Medical Center for treatment of minor injuries.

Anyone with information about either incident is asked to contact Sterling Police at tipline@sterling-il. gov or 815-632-6640, or Whiteside County Crime Stoppers, 815625-7867.

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ruling that invalidated the city’s handgun ban, ruled earlier this year that the ban on stores selling guns was unconstitutional. “I really wish the Supreme Court justices who opened up the floodgates on guns had to take the calls I get at 2 o’clock in the morning from police sergeants and lieutenants about shootings,�

Alderman Will Burns said before the 48-0 vote. “This is the best we can do, and I’m holding my nose and voting for it.�

Aldermen also listed some of the provisions – which will almost certainly trigger a legal challenge – including a requirement that all gun sales be videotaped, another that gun owners open their books for inspection by police, and restrictions on where the shops can go that prohibit them in 99.5 percent of the city by confining sales

CHICAGO (AP) – The Chicago City Council, forced by a federal judge to allow gun sales in the city, approved an ordinance Wednesday that dramatically limits where those stores can open and puts owners on alert that Rahm the city will Emanuel be looking over their shoulders every time they sell a gun.

During their discussions, aldermen and Mayor Rahm Emanuel made it clear that the only reason they were voting to permit gun stores after decades of a ban was because a federal judge, following a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court

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Not surprisingly, a gun rights advocate agreed that the city that has for decades fought to keep guns out of the hands of its residents and faced repeated lawsuits over its gun laws had all but assured itself that it will face another one.

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chase no more than one gun every 30 days – a hindrance, supporters say, on straw purchasers who would prefer to buy several firearms at once.

If there is a lawsuit, it will keep Chicago where it has been for decades: at the center of the national debate over gun violence and gun control. After the Supreme Court’s 2010 ruling on handguns, a federal appeals court in Chicago ruled in 2012 that Illinois’ last-in-the-nation ban on concealed weapons was unconstitutional.

Then came the ruling by the federal judge in January, and the ordinance approved Wednesday.

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tough and enforceable ordinance.� And though he did not discuss the videotaping provision in particular, earlier he said he believes it is no different than the common practice of photographing transactions at ATMs. The gun ordinance also addresses what police and others believe is a big reason for what they say is a flood of illegal guns into Chicago, and why the city’s police officers seize more illegal guns than any police department in the United States: the sale of guns by socalled straw purchasers, who then transfer them to people who are not legally allowed to buy and possess firearms.

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Mary Bradshaw ROCK FALLS – Mary Bradshaw, 97, of Rock Falls, died Wednesday, June 25, 2014, at Walnut Manor Nursing Home.

She was born July 20, 1916, in Heathman, Mississippi, a daughter of Vincenzo and Palmina (Giancamilli) Bastari. She was united in marriage to Oris A. Bradshaw on Aug. 13, 1940, in Hernando, Mississippi. He preceded her in death on July 17, 1997. Mary was a member of Rock Falls United Methodist Church.

Those left to honor her memory include her children, Diane (Stan) Stockton of Sterling, Shirley Vickers of Tremont, California, Richard (Sabina) Bradshaw of La Jolla, California; a daughter-in-law, Mary L. Bradshaw of Sterling; a sister, Clara (Jack) Wright of Roseville, California; eight grandchil-

dren, Laurie Bradshaw, Debbie Dean, Kathy Robinson, Brad Stockton, Shannon Bradshaw, Cory Bradshaw, Ryan Bradshaw, and Ken Vickers Jr.; and 11 greatgrandchildren.

She also was preceded in death by a son, Tom Bradshaw; her parents; six brothers, Rigo, Tilio, Aldo, Amilio, Sam, and Cerro Bastari; and three sisters, Emma Guidry, Edith Cocilova, and Jenny.

Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday and the funeral at 11 a.m. Friday at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls, with the Rev. Brad Stockton, her grandson, officiating. Burial will be in Oak Knoll Memorial Park in Sterling. A memorial has been established to Vitas Hospice.

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Ron Schoenholz PAW PAW – Ron Schoenholz, 62, of Paw Paw, passed away Monday, June 23, 2014, at his home, surrounded by his loved ones, after battling biliary and liver cancer.

Ron was a longtime member of Paw Paw Lions Club, in addition to serving with the Lee County Farm Bureau as a board member. Ron also served as a deacon at Paw Paw Bible Church.

He is survived by his wife of 33 years, Janna; his sons, Garrett (Ashli) and Evan; his father, Raymond; his brother,

Charles (Sue); two nieces; one nephew; and a granddaughter, Jocelyn.

He was preceded in death by his mother, Louise.

Memorial visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m.

Friday at Paw Paw Bible Church, 410 Seventh St. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the church, with Jonathan Chadbourn, pastor, officiating.

Torman Funeral Home in Paw Paw is handling arrangements.

Visit www.tormanfuneralhome.com to send condolences.

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Carlene Pruis MORRISON – Carlene Pruis, 78, of Morrison, died Monday, June 23, 2014, at her home.

She was born Jan. 19, 1936, in Morrison, the daughter of Carl and Anna (Huizenga) Pruis. She was educated in the Delphi Grade School and was a 1953 graduate of Morrison High School. She then graduated from Central College in Pella, Iowa. Later she attended the University of Colorado in Denver, receiving her master’s degree.

Carlene worked at the Morrison Telephone Co. in the summers, while she was attending school. She was employed at several different schools in Sterling during her lifetime.

She was a member of Ebenezer Reformed Church in Morrison, where she played the organ and piano. She also taught Sunday school, was a member of the choir, and leader in the Stonecroft Bible Study. Carlene enjoyed traveling in her younger years.

Survivors include one sister, Ruth (John) Boender of Sheldon, Iowa; one sister-in-law, Phyl-

lis (Willard) Huizenga of Morrison; 10 nieces and nephews, John Pruis, Karl (Rose) Botkin, Mary Botkin, Jan Botkin, Dave (Vera) Boender, Andy (Susan) Boender, Ruth Ann Boender, Leanne (Bill) Boylan, Cindy Pruis, and Lynelle Gouger; many great-nieces and greatnephews; and special friends, Kathy Bealer and Karen Price.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one sister, Analene Botkin; two brothers, James and Charles W. Pruis; one niece, Linda Pettinger; and one nephew, William Pruis, in infancy.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home in Morrison.

The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Ebenezer Reformed Church in Morrison, with Ken Renkes, director of congregational care, officiating. Interment will be at Grove Hill Cemetery in Morrison.

A memorial has been established to Ebenezer Reformed Church.

Visit www.bosmarenkes.com to send condolences.

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Virginia W. Bass STERLING – Virginia W. Bass, 92, of Sterling, died Wednesday, June 25, 2014, at Coventry Living Center in Sterling.

Virginia was born Dec. 24, 1921, in Rock Falls, the daughter of Peter and Cecelia (Schietroma) Papoccia.

She attended St. Mary Grade School and Community Catholic High School. She married Robert D. Bass on July 3, 1943, in Sterling. After 53 years of marriage, he died Sept. 9, 1996. Virginia worked at Green River Ordnance Plant during the war years for her brothers in the service. She also worked at Franz Manufacturing Co., Bickford Drug Store, Reents China Shop, Garment Factory Men’s Trousers, and was a working housewife.

She was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church in Sterling.

Survivors include her sister, Edith Datti of Ottawa; her brother,

Martin (Joanne) Pappocia of Sterling; and many wonderful nieces, nephews, and godchildren.

She also was preceded in death by two sisters, Mary Jo (Harold) Schryver and Martha (Melvin) Leseman; and two brothers, Freddie (Josephine) Papoccia and Tony (Helen) Papoccia.

Graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Calvary Cemetery in Sterling, with the Rev. James Keenan of St. Mary Catholic Church officiating. Holy Mass will be announced at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, memorials have been established to St. Mary Grade School and Newman Central Catholic High School.

McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls is handling arrangements.

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daughter, Aubry Smith; six sisters, Dorothy Koch of Baraboo, Wisconsin, Betty Hayes of Portage, Wisconsin, June (Vern) Morgan of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, Virginia Eiberg of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, Nancy (Irvin) Shurpit of Neshkoro, Wisconsin, and Barbara (Paul) Pfeiffer of Montello; and two brothers, Robert (JoAnn) Dalton of Neenah, Wisconsin, and Jack Dalton of Zion.

He also was preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Judy Dalton; and one brother, Donald Dalton.

Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday and the memorial service at 2 p.m. Saturday at Bethesda Lutheran Church in Morrison, with Bob Burton, pastor, officiating. Cremation rites have been accorded.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Bethesda Lutheran Church, Relay for Life, the American Cancer Society, or Gaffey Hospice.

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MORRISON – Thomas E. Dalton, 73, of Morrison, died Tuesday, June 24, 2014, at his home.

He was born Oct. 23, 1940, in Montello, Wisconsin, the son of Eugene Wesley and “Nellie�

Blanche (Harris) Dalton. Tom was educated in Montello. He married Carole Tomlinson in 1962, in Morrison. She died in 1966. They had one son, Jeffrey Dalton.

Tom married Andrea Gail McDougall on Oct. 7, 1967, in Morrison.

Tom was a veteran of the Navy, having served during the Korean War. He was a truck driver for Dohrn Transfer in Rock Falls, retiring in 2005. Tom was a member of the Bethesda Lutheran Church in Morrison.

Survivors include his wife, Andrea; one daughter, Jennifer (Noah) Chambers of Morrison; one son, Jeffrey (Lisa) Dalton of Erie; five grandchildren, Amanda Dalton, Hillary Dalton, Dalton Gray, Allyson Gray, and Leslie Chambers; one great-grand-

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Regional Schools Superintendent Bob Sondgeroth said he has received the certification paperwork from P-L-T and River Bend. “We can’t count them until the official documents are in,� Sondgeroth said. “I have until Aug. 18 to send the certification of public question to the county clerk to get the question on the Nov. 4 ballot.�

Sterling is by far the largest district, with 37 percent of the county’s 9,450 students. Sterling has called a special board meeting for July 2. Although the agenda isn’t finalized, the plan is to address the sales tax resolution at that meeting, the district said. “If we get Sterling, they would put us over the edge,� Sondgeroth said. “I would still wait until every district that plans to bring the resolution to their

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This is the fourth time in 7 years Whiteside County schools have tried to put the tax on the ballot. Last year, the county’s voters shot down the request for a 1-cent sales tax increase for school facilities by a vote of 4,253 to 3,599, or 54.2 percent to 45.8 percent.

The money from the tax can be used only for maintaining, renovating and upgrading existing school

buildings, new construction projects, or paying off bonds taken out for buildings and maintenance purposes.

The tax is not assessed for groceries, medication, services, farm equipment, cars, trucks, ATVs, boats, RVs, and mobile homes.

P-L-T Superintendent Dave Rogers said his district stands to receive an estimated $410,000, if the sales tax hike is passed. He said his district would use the extra money to pay off

the district’s remaining Health/Life Safety bonds and for general maintenance and upkeep projects in its four buildings. “There are always plenty of maintenance things to do,� Rogers said. “We do a roofing project every year.�

This year’s roofing project comes with a $100,000 price tag. The district was able to get a state maintenance grant to cover half of the cost.

The district in 2010 received more than $14

million from the state for additions to the high school and Tampico Elementary School. The district had to dip into its cash reserves for about $4.8 million in matching funds.

The additions came in at $18.9 million.

Rogers came to Illinois from Iowa, the state in which the school facility sales tax originated and was adopted by districts in all 99 counties. “Nobody wants to pay taxes, but state schools are at a point financially where they ask ‘Where do you turn next?’� Rogers said.

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Welling, 34, of Amboy, who has no previous felony criminal record, was convicted May 19 of five counts of firstdegree murder and the home invasion. He could be sentenced on just one murder count.

He sat through sentencing Wednesday as he had during his trial, quietly and with little e m o tion. He was more unkempt, with a few days’ growth of beard, Delmar his dirty “Leroy” b l o n d Daniels hair a little longer, his suit and tie the same, his detached expression the same.

Leroy Daniels bled to death after being beaten and slashed in the attack in the early hours of July 18, 2012. Welling had told another man he met that night that he would “kill him in his sleep,” but killed Daniels instead in a drunken, angry rage after going to the wrong house, Assistant State’s Attorney Peter Buh said.

Daniels’ wife, Betty, who has MS, followed her husband to the door that night. She was dumped from her scooter and unable to move, forced to witness her husband’s murder and sit beside his blood-soaked body nearly 18 hours before being found by one of their daughters.

As during the 4-day trial, Lee County Public Defender Bob Thompson called no witnesses during Wednesday’s sentencing hearing. Welling declined to make a statement.

Assistant State’s Attorney Peter Buh holds the murder weapon, a broken glass flower vase, during the sentencing hearing of Matthew Welling on Wednesday at Lee County Courthouse.

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Lee County Circuit Court Judge Ron Jacobson reads his sentence for Matthew Welling on Wednesday. Jacobson sentenced Welling to 90 years in prison, 60 of them for the murder of Delmar “Leroy” Daniels, and 30 for home invasion.

The murder sentence carried 20 to 60 years, the home invasion 6 to 30.

Several members of the Daniels family took the stand to ask Jacobson to give Welling the maximum sentence, and a victim impact statement from Betty Daniels also was read into the record.

“You are a son of a bitch,” she said to Welling. “You killed the father of my children, my caretaker, my friend, the love of my life.” She lost not only her husband, but the house he had tailor-made for her, and her ability to live independently, she wrote. “I hope you rot in hell.”

Lisa O’Connell, who found her parents the next day, noted that Wednesday was “the 707th day my life has begun and ended the same way” – in grief and sorrow. Her daughter, Chelcie, who was with her mother that day, also took the stand. “Our fam-

ily is forever broken,” she told the judge.

Another of Daniels’ daughters, Tami Johnson, mourned the taint his murder put on her father’s legacy of kindness and selfless service to his family and community.

“Now when people hear his name, they think of the way he died, instead of the way he lived his life,” she lamented.

Letters from Welling’s friends and family were submitted to the court but not read aloud.

Welling now has 30 days to appeal his conviction, and 30 days to file a motion to reconsider his sentence. If the motion to reconsider is denied, he will have 30 days from that date to appeal his sentence.

Welling, who told police he had no memory of attacking Daniels, broke the victim’s jaw, ribs and nose, and inflicted more than 30 cuts and stabs to

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The jury convicted him in about an hour.

The evidence was overwhelming: Welling left behind his DNA, his fingerprints, his broken flip-flops and a necklace that held a vial of

his brother’s ashes, engraved with his brother’s name. His state ID was found nearby.

What played heavily into the judge’s sentence, he said, was testimony heard for the first time Wednesday: That as he was beating and stabbing her husband to death, Welling, whom she called “the creep,” was talking to Betty Daniels: “Can you hear it? Can you hear it? Jesus is coming. Can you feel it? Jesus is coming.”

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said. “That appalled me .... that shows me, in my opinion, the soul of Mr. Welling.”

In addition, although he has no felony convictions, Welling has a history of violent petty crimes, including domestic battery, aggravated assault, disorderly conduct and other fights, that involve arrests and/ or convictions stretching back to 1998, his presentence report revealed.

That, too, factored into his sentence, Jacobson said.

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EDITORIAL | ROCK FALLS RIVER CHASE

Chasing a dream on the river T

hose who doubt the power of one person to accomplish big things should hear the story of Terry Hicks.

The Rock Falls man has a job and a family and keeps busy with both.

But he is not too busy to restore a summer tradition to the region.

Interested in his community, Hicks wondered whatever happened to the Rock Falls River Chase – the annual 2-day powerboat races formerly staged on the Rock River at Seward Park.

The last race was about 7 years ago.

Curiosity got the better of him, and he began to investigate.

One thing led to another, and before Hicks knew it, he had singlehandedly taken on a project to bring back the boat races.

And now, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, the Rock Falls River Chase will be hopping with high-speed

What we think

Because one man pursued a dream, the Rock Falls River Chase will return to the Twin Cities this weekend. We encourage area residents to turn out, watch the boat races, and have a good time. boat races, food, drinks, and other activities for the family.

The Marine Racing Club of Illinois agreed to participate.

The Rock Falls Chamber of Commerce has been supportive.

The Rock Falls Fire Department is helping, too. Firefighters will drag the waterway between the two dams,

Alex T. Paschal/apaschal@saukvalley.com

In a photo from July 2005, boat racers make one of two turns along the course on the Rock River during Rock Falls’ annual River Chase at Seward Park. The long-dormant River Chase returns this weekend, with races scheduled for 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. where the boats will run, to remove logs and other debris. Boats will be tested from 4 to 6 p.m.

Friday.

Then comes the weekend, when up to 75 stock outboard racers will compete for supremacy in various classes over 2 days.

And it will all be because one person got an idea and was willing

to work hard to make it a reality.

We encourage the community to support Hicks’ dream by turning out in droves to watch the races and enjoy the riverfront festivities.

Admission, by the way, is free.

And we congratulate Hicks, and those who are supporting him, for making it all possible.

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The real job creators are the wealthy TONY VALENTINO Rock Falls

There was a letter in Friday’s paper [June 20] written by Mr. John Eades concerning returning wealth to the have-nots.

He refers to them as the real job creators and believes that our economy is doomed if this is not done.

Coincidentally, on the same page, there was a column written by Ann McFeatters on the “inequality of income.�

Her thoughts happened to parallel Mr. Eades with both suggesting that wealth be divided with everyone having their fair share.

Two quotes came immediately to mind. The first was spoken by Mae West: “I’ve been rich and

I’ve been poor. Believe me, rich is better.�

The second was written

by Robert Anthony, an economist: “If we divided all the money in the world equally, in a short time, the rich would be rich again, and the poor would be poor again.�

I do not mean to make light of true poverty, for which there can be no excuse. However, with all of its faults, we live in the greatest country in the world. No one comes close to us. We are the first sought after if any conflicts arise. The world’s economy revolves around ours.

My suspicions are that most people, while not admitting it, do not want the burden of true wealth.

We just want to be comfortable.

The wealthy in this nation are the true job creators. They are good at what they do, and they should be applauded.

Who would create jobs if we did not have the rich?

The kid at McDonald’s?

The government?

Please. Leave the rich alone.

God’s law supersedes Illinois’ law JANE ANDERSON Sterling

In response to Jordan Bowman’s June 18 letter, “Readers have a choice in news coverage,� this is our only newspaper in our town, and everyone reads it.

Gay marriage may have become Illinois law, but God’s law supersedes Illinois law. God never changes, whatever year it is. Hebrews 13:8 says, “Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and always or forever.�

According to Matthew 24:35, “Heaven and earth

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will pass away, but my word will not pass away.

Psalm 33:6, 8-12 says, “By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, all their host by the breath of his mouth. Let all the earth fear the Lord, let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. For he spake and it came to be, he commanded, and it stood forth. The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nought; He frustrates the plans of the peoples. The counsel of the Lord stands forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations. Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.�

In conclusion, Proverbs 30:5, “Every word of God proves true.�

P.S. I am very sure God will take care of it, and remember, John 3:16, “For God so loved the world that he gave his only son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.�

A bit of hay is being made over a grammar error that will appear on the ballot this November.

It seems that no one caught the improper use of the word “their� in the text of the proposed ballot question.

The measure asks, “Should the Illinois Constitution be amended to require that each school district receive additional revenue, based on their number of students, from an additional 3% tax on income greater than one million dollars?�

Of course, to be grammatically correct, the word “its� should be used instead of “their� because “each school district� is singular.

I can see 100 copy editors I’ve known clucking their tongues in unison and shaking their heads.

My high school English teacher, Miss Finch, will probably enter the voting booth, red pen in hand, ready to correct the ballot and hand it back to the election judge marked “F.�

ILLINOIS IS A PLACE where legislators talk about raising literacy standards – but don’t practice them.

Of course, the problem with this ballot question goes far beyond grammar.

First of all, the question doesn’t specify what sort of income should be taxed.

Are we talking about gross income? Or are we talking net income?

Are they talking about corporate income or personal income?

scottREEDER Scott Reeder is a reporter in residence for the Illinois Policy Institute.

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The measure doesn’t specify.

And, of course, those things are important.

Lots of businesses might take in more than $1 million in annual income, but could still be losing money.

For example, a farmer might sell more than $1 million in corn, but after he pays his landlord his rent, spends House money on Speaker seed, fertilMichael izer, herMadigan bicides, D-Chicago machinery, Madigan and interest is a key backer of the on loans, he “millionaire might well tax� advisory end up in referendum. the red.

Lots of other small business people find themselves in the same predicament.

But would this proposal add another cost to doing business for alreadystruggling firms?

We don’t know, because it doesn’t specify whether it is a tax on gross income or net income.

But one thing we do know is that the more we tax folks who create jobs, the fewer jobs there will be.

Note to readers: Scott Reeder’s column is underwritten by the Illinois Policy Institute.

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Peggy Tomsic, attorney for the three couples who brought a lawsuit against Utah’s gay marriage ban, speaks during a news conference Wednesday in Salt Lake City. On Wednesday, a federal appeals court ruled that states must allow gay couples to marry, finding the U.S. Constitution protects same-sex relationships.

Federal appeals court: States must allow gay couples to tie the knot DENVER (AP) – A federal appeals court ruled for the first time Wednesday that gay couples have a constitutional right to marry, extending the movement’s legal winning streak and bringing the issue a big step closer to the U.S. Supreme Court.

The three-judge panel in Denver ruled 2-1 that states cannot deprive people of the fundamental right to marry simply because they choose a partner of the same sex.

The court dismissed as “wholly illogical” the notion that allowing gays to wed could somehow undermine traditional marriage.

The decision by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel upheld a lower-court ruling that struck down Utah’s gay marriage ban. It becomes law in the six states covered by the 10th Circuit: Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah and Wyoming. But the panel immediately put the rul-

ing on hold pending an appeal.

The Utah attorney general’s office planned to appeal, but it was assessing whether to go directly to the U.S. Supreme Court or ask the entire 10th Circuit to review the ruling, spokeswoman Missy Larsen said.

Wednesday’s decision “takes us one step closer to reaching certainty and finality,” the office said in a statement.

After the ruling, the couples named in the appeal hugged, cried and exchanged kisses at a news conference outside their attorney’s offices in downtown Salt Lake City.

“This decision is an absolute victory for fairness and equality for all families in Utah, in every state in the 10th Circuit and every state in this great nation of the United States,” their attorney, Peggy Tomsic, said.

Plaintiff Derek Kitchen said he and his partner, Moudi Sbeity, are “so proud to be a part of history.”

BAGHDAD (AP) – Syrian warplanes bombed Sunni militants’ positions inside Iraq, military officials confirmed Wednesday, deepening the concerns that the extremist insurgency that spans the two neighboring countries could morph into an even wider regional conflict. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry warned against the threat and said other nations should stay out.

Meanwhile, a new insurgent artillery offensive against Christian villages in the north of Iraq sent thousands of Christians fleeing from their homes, seeking sanctuary in Kurdishcontrolled territory, Associated Press reporters who witnessed the scene said.

The United States government and a senior Iraqi military official confirmed that Syrian warplanes bombed militants’ positions Tuesday in and near the border crossing in the town of Qaim. Iraq’s other neighbors – Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Turkey – were all bolstering flights just inside their airspace to monitor the situation, said the Iraqi official, who spoke on

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A fleeing Iraqi girl cries Wednesday as she settles with her family in a field near a Kurdish security forces checkpoint in the Khazer area between the Iraqi city of Mosul and the Kurdish city of Irbil in northern Iraq. Sunni insurgents who seized Iraq’s second-largest city attacked a nearby Christian village on Wednesday, bringing their fight closer to the largely Kurdish regions of northern Iraq which had remained, so far, largely untouched from the chaos sweeping the country. condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.

American officials said the target was the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the Sunni extremist group that has seized large swathes of Iraq and seeks to carve out a purist Islamic enclave across both sides of the Syria-Iraq border.

“We’ve made it clear to everyone in the region that we don’t need anything to take place that

might exacerbate the sectarian divisions that are already at a heightened level of tension,” Kerry said, speaking in Brussels at a meeting of diplomats from NATO nations.

“It’s already important that nothing take place that contributes to the extremism or could act as a flash point with respect to the sectarian divide.”

Meanwhile, two U.S. officials said Iran has been flying surveillance drones in Iraq, controlling them from an airfield

in Baghdad. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to discuss the issue publicly, said they believe the drones are surveillance aircraft only, but they could not rule out that they may be armed.

A top Iraqi intelligence official said Iran was secretly supplying the Iraqi security forces with weapons, including rockets, heavy machine guns and multiple rocket launchers.

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(March 4), the pregnant woman who was saddened by the fact that sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s expecting a baby boy instead of the girl she had hoped for, my heart went out to her. I was reminded of something I had read about, a condition called gender depression or gender disappointment.

In the cursory search I did, it was almost always described as what this mother seems to be feeling â&#x20AC;&#x201C; disappointment, sadness, guilt, etc. Unfortunately, this condition isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t widely discussed, in much the same way that postpartum depression isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t talked about.

However, from what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve

resources may be available to her as she works through this.

I hope she finds the help she needs. I wish her well. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Concerned in New Mexico

DEARABBY !BIGAIL 6AN "UREN S *EANNE 0HILLIPS COLUMN APPEARS DURING THE WEEK THROUGH 5NIVERSAL 0RESS 3YNDICATE

discovered, the writer is far from the only woman to experience this.

Many women describe their feelings about gender disappointment on parenting websites.

This may be a good start, opening a discussion for this woman on what she is feeling. She should also consider talking to her doctor to find out what

now living without my little guy, and I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t change him for the world. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Undeservingâ&#x20AC;? is not alone. Many women feel this way about having a son. Like Abby said, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t rush into signing any Dear Concerned: Thank papers, because you may you for the suggestion. find that when you hold Many women sympahim for the first time, you thized with â&#x20AC;&#x153;Undeserving.â&#x20AC;? will fall in love and you Read on for more would deeply regret havresponses: ing done so. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Understanding Mom Dear Abby: I have a son, and when I was carryDear Abby: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Undeserving him, I felt the same ing Mommy,â&#x20AC;? you are so way. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think I could lucky to be the mother of love him like I could love a prince. Every princess a daughter. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t tell dreams of marrying a anyone about my feelprince. You need to reings and I, too, felt like a read the fairy tales and monster. get some counseling.

But this all changed â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Grandmother of once I held my son for the Princesses and first time. I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t imagine Prince Charming

Dear Abby: You should have also advised that woman that before she has four children â&#x20AC;&#x201C; princes or princesses â&#x20AC;&#x201C; she should get an education, a job and a husband, so society wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to support her little â&#x20AC;&#x153;kingdom.â&#x20AC;?

Too many children have no father figure to help raise them. I spent my working life striving to educate my children, and achieving that goal is much more difficult when there arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t two loving parents to share the job. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Fred in the Midwest Dear Abby: Even if that child was another girl, there is no guarantee that she would be a girly-girl; she could easily be a tom-

boy, gay or prefer sports to tea parties. There is also no guarantee that the little girl â&#x20AC;&#x153;Undeservingâ&#x20AC;? already has will be a girlygirl.

Abby, you were right to advise counseling. This unwed mother shows disturbing signs of living in a fantasy world. And it may well be that the precious baby boy she is expecting would be better off being raised by the father and his family. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Jane in St. Johns, Mich.

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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DIXON | NEW BOOK

WHAT’S GOING ON

SUPer sport

tion, from 6 to 8 p.m. Aug. 29 at the academy.

Shaw writes guidebook to stand up paddleboarding

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

DIXON – What’s SUP is what’s happening on the water these days.

SUP – stand up paddleboarding – is the subject of a new book by Dixon-area native and SUP aficionado Ben Shaw.

Shaw, Ben 38, of Lost Shaw Nation, has written “Wisconsin’s Statewide Guide to Stand Up Paddleboarding.”

“Stand up paddleboarding is the fastestgrowing water sport in the USA, and it’s exploding in the Midwest,” Shaw writes. It’s an ancient Hawaiian sport, brought back to life by surfers such as Laird Hamilton, Dave Kalama and Rick Thomas.

His 120-page guidebook identifies more than 50 trips and “SUP sweet spots” in the nearby Badger State, via maps and QR codes, and by region and water type.

With easy-to-follow text and color and black-and-white pho-

To get a copy “Wisconsin’s Statewide Guide to Stand Up Paddleboarding” is available at Books on First, 202 W. First St. in Dixon, for $15, or from the publisher, Trails Books of Boulder, Colorado, (bigearthpublishing.com) for $18.95.

tos, Shaw also provides instructions on how to SUP, how to SUP with Fido (he paddles with his pooch, NooRoongGi the beagle), and how to SUP in an environmentally considerate manner. It also has a list of stand up paddleboard retailers.

Shaw’s no stranger to the sport: He’s been stand up paddleboarding for 7 years.

The Illinois native, Shaw Media’s vice president and chief technology officer, and son of company CEO Tom Shaw, chose to write about the sport from a Wisconsin perspective because “Wisconsin is a natural playground

for SUP,” and at the moment, the sport is a little more popular in our northern neighbor, he said.

Wisconsin “has every kind of water an SUPer could want: lakes, rivers and the coast of both Lake Michigan and Lake Superior,” Shaw said.

Still, he has his favorite Illinois SUPer spots, namely the Pecatonica and Kishwaukee rivers, both of which are within a few hours’ drive of the Sauk Valley.

And, given the growing popularity of the sport, an Illinois guidebook won’t be far behind, Shaw said.

“SUP is easy to learn, a great workout, one style of surfing that doesn’t require a coast, and it’s perfectly suited to the water trails of Wisconsin,” he said.

OREGON | LIVE MUSIC

Wadsworth to open First Fridays Open mic to follow historical reading STAFF REPORT news@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5501

OREGON – First Fridays’ traditional Fourth of July recognition show, featuring Tom Wadsworth of Dixon portraying Thomas Jefferson, will be at 7 p.m. July 5 at the Oregon VFW Post 8739, 1310 W. Washington St. Wadsworth again will re-enact the 1776 reading of the Declaration of Independence. Following the reading of the historic document, the First Fridays musicians will take the stage, with each musician or band playing for 15 minutes.

The music played at the monthly event includes country, bluegrass, blues,

Submitted

Tom Wadsworth of Dixon, portraying Thomas Jefferson, will re-enact the 1776 reading of the Declaration of Independence to open the First Fridays open stage music show at 7 p.m. July 5 at Oregon VFW Post 8739, 1310 W. Washington St. folk, gospel, soft rock, and eclectic mixes of all of the above, according to a news release.

Instruments are all

acoustic, and a professional sound system is supplied.

Admission is a free-will donation.

Tampico-Fest 2014 39TH ANNUAL FEST JUNE 27-29, 2014 Friday, June 27 5pm-12am .....Beer Tent Open 8pm-12am .....Music by “The Funnies” 4pm-8pm .......Lions Club Fish Fry Saturday, June 28 9am-11am .....Kids Fishing Derby 9am-4pm .......Coed Mud Volleyball 9am-4pm .......Craft Show at Ronald Reagan Center 10am-12am ...Beer Tent Open 4pm-8pm .......Lions Club Fish Fry 8pm-12am .....Music by “Cal Stage”

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Sunday, June 29 6:45am ..........Sign up Tampico Dutch Dash 5K Run/Walk 7am-12pm .....Firemens Pancake Breakfast 9am-4pm .......Craft Show at Ronald Reagan Center 12pm-4pm .....Ice Cream Social 1pm-10pm .....Beer Tent Open 1pm ................Parade 2pm ................Bean Bag Tourney at Beer Tent 2pm ................Exhibition Lawnmower & Motorcycle Races 6pm-10:00pm.Music by Wise Guys DJ Service Remember: Rt. 172 coming into Tampico from the north is closed. Follow detour signs.

ART EXHIBITS At The Next Picture Show DIXON – The artwork of the Illinois Watercolor Show is on display on the walls of TNPS. Fifty-eight pieces are part of the show this year.

Works from The River Reflections Show are on display through July 15 at TNPS. Artwork of Valerie Butcher is showing on the front wall through Monday.

Art at the Loveland DIXON – The art collection at the Loveland Community House and Museum, 513 W. Second St., and its many other exhibits are available for viewing from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and by appointment. Guided group tours can be scheduled by contacting Steve Wilson at swilson@lovelandcommunityhouse.org or 815-284-2741.

Go to www.lovelandcommunityhouse.org for a virtual tour of the museum, and for more information. Admission is free, and the event is open to the public.

At Freeport Art Museum FREEPORT – Emmert’s Farm, an exhibit featuring work by Tom Heflin of Rockford and Bob Logsdon of Grand Detour, is running through Aug. 9 at the Freeport Art Museum, 121 N. Harlem Ave. Go to www.tomheflin.com for more information about Tom Heflin.

Go to www.boblogsdonphotography.com for more information about Bob Logsdon.

At Woodlawn Arts Academy STERLING – Applications for upcoming art exhibits at Woodlawn Arts Academy are now available in the main office or can be downloaded at www. woodlawnartsacademy.com.

Fluid Expressions II, a watercolor exhibit, runs through Aug. 15.

Applications for the 2014 Juried Art Show and Children’s Juried Art Show are available.

Artists are invited to apply for these shows by Aug. 4.

The Juried Art Shows will open with a public reception, including an awards presenta-

BANDS AND BARS Get listed!

Are you in a band that would like to be listed in Plan!t Sauk Valley’s free entertainment calendar? Are you a bar that offers live entertainment? Send an email with the band’s name, booking number and website or Facebook page, and gig or event schedule, or the bar’s event schedule, to Lucas Pauley at lpauley@saukvalley.com.

At Books on First DIXON – Dan Hagemann will play from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday at Books on First, 202 W. First St. Go to www.booksonfirst.com or call 815-285-2665 for more information.

At Champs STERLING – The Dirty Beet Brothers and Miles Over Mountains will play from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday at the bar, 216 Locust St. For more information, call 815-626-6003.

Upcoming: July 5, Drop Dead Dolly; July 12, Jake McVey; July 19, Chris Cavanaugh; and July 26, Poison Apple for the Jade and Hannah Memorial Ride.

At The Cooler ROCK FALLS – Chuck Murphy will play from 9 p.m. to midnight today at the bar, 311 W. Second St. Kindred Kama, Catfish Dogs, and Bon Fire will play from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Friday, and Project X will play from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday.

There will be an open jam from 8 a.m. to midnight Sunday.

Upcoming: July 3, Karaoke with The Funnies; and Aug. 15, Slamabama.

At Long Shot Bar & Grill ROCK FALLS – There will be an all-day beach bash Saturday with Midwest Hype, Rude Punch, Kizmaz, Dinner at the Kids Table, and Alborn Theory at the bar, 3312 W. Rock Falls Road. The day of live music, bags, and sand volleyball begins at 3 p.m.

At Poopy’s Pub n’ Grub SAVANNA – Sunshine Band

will play from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday at the bar, 1030 Viaduct Road. The Chris Avery Band will play from 1 to 5 p.m., and Jason Carl and the Whole Damn Band will play 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday. Menace will play from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday.

Upcoming: July 3, Monton Gator Joe at 6 p.m., followed by Whey Jennings; July 4, KillBill E’s from 1-5 p.m., and Lynn Allen from 7-11 p.m.; July 5, The Cal Stage Band from 1-5 p.m., and The Funnies at 7 p.m., followed

by Moccasin Creek; and July 6, Almost Kiss, a Kiss tribute band, at 1 p.m., and Moccasin Creek at 3:30 p.m.

At Val’s Place DIXON – Carsick Radio will play from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. July 4 at the bar, 316 W. First St. Acoustic open mic is open to the public at 8:30 p.m. every Monday.

Musicians also are welcome to join the band with Notorious Folk with Steve Catron at 8 p.m. every Tuesday.

Friday Country on tap at band shell MOUNT MORRIS – Dave Warkins and Country Standard Tyme will perform this week for the Friday Night Campus Concert series at the band shell downtown.

Concessions will begin at 6 p.m., with the show starting at 7.

The remainder of 2014 Friday Night Campus Concert schedule is: July 11, Jim Kanas, Randy Sabien & Company; July 18, Gaelic Fury; July 25, Lance Brown & Friends; Aug. 1, Lyle Grobe & the Rhythm Ramblers; and Aug. 8, June’s Got the Cash.

Saturday Trippin Molly hits stage DIXON – Local band Trippin Molly will play from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at Corner Spot Bar and Grill, 510 Chicago Ave. For more information on the band, go to facebook.com/trippinmolly.

Upcoming: July 4, Da Place in Rochelle; July 19, Who Else Hog Roast; Aug. 2, Bombdigity in Dixon; Aug. 9, Champs in Sterling; Aug. 16, Chesty P’s in Polo; Aug. 30, Corner Spot; Sept. 13, Bombdigity; Oct. 10, Dixon VFW; Oct. 18, Trippin Molly; and Nov. 26, Bombdigity.

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Thursday, June 26, 2014

HOLIDAY FUN | FIREWORKS IN THE SAUK VALLEY

Shows are set around the area STAFF REPORT news@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5501

Fireworks are planned across the Sauk Valley this Independence Day holiday.

Amboy: A free concert will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. July 4 at the Amboy bandstand, at Main Street and East Avenue. Fireworks will be launched from the Amboy Sports Park, and visible throughout the downtown.

Byron: A display will begin at dusk July 4 at Byron Dragway, 7287 River Road.

Dixon: The 50th anniversary of the Petunia Festival will feature a special display of fireworks, starting at 9:30 p.m. July 6. Fireworks will be launched from the 900 block of West First Street. The Peoria Avenue Bridge will be closed for viewing, and seating will be allowed in Page Park and Dixonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s downtown., Fulton: Riverboat Daysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; fireworks display in Clinton, Iowa, will be visible July 5 from School Park on 10th Avenue in Fulton.

Mount Carroll: Fireworks will start at dusk July 4 at the West Carroll

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The grand finale begins during the 2012 SterlingRock Falls Jaycees fireworks display at the Westwood Fitness and Sports Center in Sterling.

Middle School athletic etstown State Park, on field, 633 S. East St. Riverside Drive.

Mount Morris: The Let Savanna: The show Freedom Ring fireworks will start at dusk July 5 at display will begin at dusk West Carroll High School, July 4 at David L. Rahn 500 Cragmoor St. Junior High School, 105 Sterling: The SterlingW. Brayton Road.

Rock Falls Jaycees Prophetstown: The annual fireworks show annual fireworks show will start at dusk July will start at dusk July 4 at 3 at Westwood Fitness the riverbank in Prophand Sports Center, 1900

Westwood Drive. Gates open at 5 p.m.; admission is $5 per carload.

There also will be a bouncy castle, and glow sticks, cotton candy and fried donuts will be sold, proceeds from which help pay for the display.

The rain date is July 5.

Amazing Grace Churchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fifth annual July 4 celebration will be held from noon to 5 p.m.

Independence Day on Second Avenue, between Fifth and Sixth streets.

The city block will be lined with inflatables that include three water slides, a rock climbing wall, a Euro-Bungy, a cannon blaster, chair swings, bounce houses, a dunk tank, and a train for small children. Splash pools will be provided for smaller children. Activities are free; only food is sold.

Representatives of the Sterling Fire Department, CGH Medical Center Ambulance, and the Whiteside County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Department will bring equipment for display.

Call the church, 815625-9300, for more information.

Walnut: This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fireworks will begin at dusk July 6 at Walnut Grade School, 417 Whitver St.

WHATâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S GOING ON BANDS AND BARS Saturday and Sunday Lyle Grobe and the Rhythm Ramblers Country gentlemen Lyle Grobe and the Rhythm Ramblers will play from 8 to 11:30 p.m. Saturday at Wagon Wheel, 1711 W. Fourth St., Sterling, and from 1 to 3 p.m.

Sunday at St. Mark Churchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ice Cream Social at West Side Park on North Maple Avenue in Polo.

Upcoming: 3 p.m. July 6 at Dixon Petunia Festival; 7-10 p.m.

July 19 at Sterling Moose Family Center; 7-9 p.m. Aug. 1 at Mount Morris Band Shell; 7-10:30 p.m.

Aug. 2 at Ogle County Fair; and 7-10 p.m. Aug. 23 at Sterling Moose Family Center.

Aug. 9 in downtown Freeport.

As part of the event, a separate display of antique cars will be sponsored by Pearson and hosted by the Freeport Public Library in their parking lot. Around 60 to 70 antique autos are expected to be displayed. The antique cars are allowed in the library lot by invitation only, and there is no charge for the invited cars to park in the library lot or to cruise.

An eligible antique car is one which is an original or a restored original from 1886 to 1969 with original factory running gear and accessories.

No â&#x20AC;&#x153;street rodsâ&#x20AC;? are allowed. It may have appropriate accessories or equipment to make it a safe vehicle.

Call Dick Farnsworth at 815238-6124 or Bob Logothetti at 815-990-1082 for consideration.

Antique cars will be parked in the library lot beginning at 3 p.m.

Cruising, which is from 7-10 p.m., begins with an antique car parade of two laps.

For more information, call 815233-1357.

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Aug. 9 Classic cars in Freeport FREEPORT â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Cruise Night 2014, sponsored by Freeport Downtown Development Foundation, will be

Tonight Muni band to take stage DIXON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Dixon Municipal Band will play at 7:30 p.m. at the Page Park band shell. The concert

is â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Night and Some Day at the Pops.â&#x20AC;?

Saturday Blues artist coming to town STERLING â&#x20AC;&#x201C; David Dunavent and Evol Love, a guitar-driven blues rock band from Mississippi, will play 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. at Starlightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Theatre and Lounge, 314 First Ave. Doors open at 8 p.m.

For more information, go to starlightstheatre.com or artistecard.com/daviddunaventandevollove, or call 815-564-9430.

July 12 Jerrod Niemann in area FREEPORT â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Country musician

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Jerrod Niemann will headline the Stephenson County Fair at 7:45 p.m., with special guest Chris Cavanaugh.

Niemann reached No. 1 on the country charts in April with his song â&#x20AC;&#x153;Drink to That All Night.â&#x20AC;? Cavanaugh has been touring for 10 years.

Tickets are on sale at the fair office, 2250 S. Walnut Road.

Standing-room-only and track seating tickets are available for $20 each, and general grandstand seating is $10 in advance and $12 after July 5.

For more information, call 815235-2918. Go to www.stephensoncountyfair.org for a calendar of events.

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Terrance Simien and the Zydeco Experience will perform at a free downtown street party from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. July 6 in Princeton.

Zydeco band to play street party STAFF REPORT news@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5501

PRINCETON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Terrance Simien and the Zydeco Experience will provide the music for a free downtown street party from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. July 6 in Princeton.

The block of South Main Street from Peru to Marion streets will be closed.

Simien and his band will arrive fresh off performances at the Mississippi Valley Blues Festival in Davenport, Iowa, and the American Music Festival in the Chicago suburbs.

Zydeco music is a blend of Cajun, Creole, blues, jazz and soul.

Simien won his second Grammy in January, and has collaborated with Fats Domino,

Sarah Vaughn and Randy Newman.

During the past 30 years, Simien and the band have performed more than 7,000 concerts in more than 45 countries.

Four and Twenty CafĂŠ and Kramerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kitchen will be selling Louisianainfluenced cuisine at the street party. Fitzgeraldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Piano Lounge and Somewhere Else will sell alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. Those attending can be bring lawn chairs.

In case of rain, the performance will be moved to the banquet room in the lower level of Fitzgeraldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 432 S. Main St. For more information, call Steve Gunning at 815-875-4706 or Kim Frey at the Princeton Chamber of Commerce at 815-875-2616.

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Pairing paint with petunias Contest moving to Peoria bridge STAFF REPORT news@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5501

DIXON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Brush, Bloom and Boom,â&#x20AC;? the annual family-friendly art event, is set for noon to 5 p.m. July 4 on the Peoria Avenue Bridge in downtown Dixon.

Dixon Main Street and the Dixon Petunia Festival are teaming up for the all-ages painting competition, presented

by ValuChic.

The event will use the Peoria Avenue Bridge as its canvas, as artists help decorate the downtown for the festival, which runs Wednesday through July 6.

Artists will paint 4-foot-by-4-foot squares on the bridge.

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Sara DiGrazia of Dixon paints horses in her square on First Street during the 2013 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Brush, Bloom and Boomâ&#x20AC;? painting competition. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event is set for noon to 5 p.m. July 4 on the Peoria Avenue Bridge in downtown Dixon.

Registration before the event is $10 per square.

Participants can register by downloading a form at www.dixonmainstreet.com or stopping by the DMS office, 115 S. Hennepin Ave.

Day-of registration will begin at 11 a.m. and is $15. Painters should check in at the corner of Peoria Avenue and River Street on the south side of the bridge.

Paint and brushes will

be supplied for the participants. Winners will be announced at the event, and prizes will be awarded.

For more information, call Dixon Main Street at 815-288-2308.

MOVIE REVIEW | â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;THEY CAME TOGETHERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

New comedy mocks rom-com clichĂŠs

BY ROGER MOORE MCT News Service

Amy Poehler and Paul Rudd are such reliably funny actors that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be safe betting they could perform an instruction manual and still be amusing doing it.

Which is kind of what â&#x20AC;&#x153;They Came Togetherâ&#x20AC;? is â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a How-to-Makea-Romantic-Comedy primer.

Think of it as a selfaware 80-minute R-rated â&#x20AC;&#x153;Saturday Night Liveâ&#x20AC;? sketch â&#x20AC;&#x201C; more than a few laughs, more than a few sharp observations about the conventions and cliches of the genre, more than a few â&#x20AC;&#x153;SNLâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Officeâ&#x20AC;? alumni as stars or co-stars.

Molly is the â&#x20AC;&#x153;cute, kinda klutzyâ&#x20AC;? one, a bubbly goof who runs a sweets shop named â&#x20AC;&#x153;Upper Sweets Side,â&#x20AC;? a gal who can say â&#x20AC;&#x153;New York City was almost like a boyfriend for me.â&#x20AC;?

Joel is her â&#x20AC;&#x153;just Jewish enoughâ&#x20AC;? date, an office drone at the â&#x20AC;&#x153;faceless, evil conglomerate,â&#x20AC;?

CSR (Candy Systems & Research).

And â&#x20AC;&#x153;They Came Togetherâ&#x20AC;? is them telling the story, in long flashbacks, about how they met in that â&#x20AC;&#x153;typical, corny, romantic comedy kind of way.â&#x20AC;? Bill Hader and Ellie Klemper are the dinner-date couple who insist hearing the tale.

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;They Came Togetherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 2.5 stars (Grade: C-plus) Cast: Paul Rudd, Amy Wain. A Lionsgate Poehler, Cobie Smulders, release.

Bill Hader, Ed Helms Running time: 1:23 Directed by David MPAA rating: R for Wain, written by Michael language and sexual Showalter and David content The Michael Showalter-David Wain script almost blinds itself with its knowing winks.

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the revelation that, just as in such films as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve Got Mailâ&#x20AC;? and its antecedents, Joelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s company is a threat to Mollyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shop, and â&#x20AC;&#x153;disclosing this information was a huge turn of events.â&#x20AC;?

Kenan Thompson of â&#x20AC;&#x153;SNLâ&#x20AC;? plays the one

friend who urges Joel to propose to Molly: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Being married is great.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the point of view I [his character] represent!â&#x20AC;?

That shtick wears thin quickly, but throw-away moments and the odd zinger really goose this farce. Ed Helms (â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Office)â&#x20AC;? is into Molly, but also Mollyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s accountant.

Whenever Joelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s boss (Christopher Meloni)

enters a meeting, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a secretary to squirt hand sanitizer into his waiting palm.

Every so often, some R-rated jolt rattles the sketch-comedy cage this is trapped in â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Joelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s acrobatic sex scene with his ex (Cobie Smulders), Mollyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s thank-you kiss to her obligatory black best friend/assistant (Teyonah Parris), a kiss that goes on a little too long.

But Poehler and Rudd riff and banter like old marrieds. They make even the cheesiest lines funny, make even the cliched dating montages set to syrupy pop music feel â&#x20AC;&#x201C; if not fresh and new â&#x20AC;&#x201C; at least funny enough to mock.

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Main Street to launch new market in July

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

DIXON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; In July, Dixon Main Street will launch the Dixon City Market.

The market will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. every Wednesday from July 9 through Sept. 24 at the riverfront, and include at least 10 vendors.

There will be produce, meat, eggs, bread, pastries, honey, jams, jellies and other items, Main Street Executive Director Josh Albrecht said in an email, in addition to live music and other activities like face-painting for children.

There will also be grilled sausage and other prepared items, he said,

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in addition to beer and wine tastings.

There will be no farmers market on the riverfront Friday and Saturday,

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July 18 Blues and Bluegrass FRANKLIN GROVE â&#x20AC;&#x201C; If itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the third Friday of the month, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Blues and Bluegrass night at the H.I. Lincoln Building, 136 N. Elm St. Open stage acoustic gospel, folk, country, blues and bluegrass will be performed, starting at 7 p.m.

Admission is free; donations are accepted to help with the upkeep of the historic building.

Go to www.franklingroveil.org for more information.

Upcoming: Aug. 15 July 19 Hog roast, concert set NELSON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Who Else Entertainment will again bring its brand of summer entertainment to the area with its 43rd annual hog roast along the railroad tracks in Nelson at 126 Anderson Lane.

Black Stone Cherry, a rock band from Kentucky, will headline the event.

The main act will be joined by three local acts: Terry Cox at 2 p.m, Dirt Road Rockers at 5, and Trippin Molly at 8. Black Stone Cherry will perform at 11 p.m.

Gates will open at 2 p.m.

There will also be a ride-in bike show, a burnout contest, and beer and food vendors at the event.

Free camping will be offered for the night. All campers are permitted to bring their own beer, pop and food only for their campsites.

No fires will be allowed.

This is a 21-and-older event.

Organizers ask that participants not bring any glass. Pets also are not allowed.

Tickets are $22 and are available at www.blackstonecherry. com or at www.etickets.to/ buy/?e=11228. If available, tickets will be $25 at the gate.

For more information, call 815535-3812 or find the event on Facebook.

July 26 Music Fest back in Sterling STERLING â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Sterling Main Street will present the third annual Main Street Music Fest at Grandon Civic Center in Central Memorial Park in downtown Sterling.

Gates will open at 1 p.m. for this all-ages festival.

Tickets are $5 for those 13 and older, and entry is free for those younger than 12.

There will be art and food vendors. Beer and wine will also be available. No outside food, beverage or pets will be allowed.

The schedule for the day is: Charlie Siren at 2 p.m., Grandkids at 4, The Cole Brothers at 6, and Kyle Henderson at 8.

For more information, go to www.sterlingmainstreet.org, â&#x20AC;&#x153;likeâ&#x20AC;?

Sterling Main Street on Facebook, or call the office at 815-626-8610.

DOWNTOWN EVENTS Friday Fourth Fridays in Sterling STERLING â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Fourth Fridays promotes the slogan â&#x20AC;&#x153;Think Local.

Buy Local. Be Local.â&#x20AC;?

In addition to many of the participating businesses continuing to host cultural happenings, locals will also find special activities, events and savings opportunities as they explore the shopping, dining and services in Sterling.

Organizers also encourage residents to be local by getting involved in the community.

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FAIRS AND FESTIVALS Saturday and Sunday Bloominâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; on the Rock DIXON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The 2-day event includes a garden walk from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days, a gourmet dinner with cocktails at 5 p.m. Saturday, and a breakfast from 8 a.m. to noon Sunday.

There will be a flower pot auction at the breakfast at 9 a.m.

The event is sponsored by the Rock River Garden Club.

For more information, visit Dixon Tourism at discoverdixon.org/ tourism or call 815-284-3496.

Wednesday through July 6 Petunia Fest turns 50 DIXON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The world beat-infused rock of jam band Rusted Root will roar into town to open Petunia Festival at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday.

The festival will run through July 6 in downtown Dixon.

Other headliners include: s July 3: Parmalee, a family band that burst onto the country scene with its smash hit â&#x20AC;&#x153;Carolina,â&#x20AC;? will play at 10 p.m. on the main stage along the Riverfront. s July 4: Miles Nielsen and the Rusted Hearts, a rock band led

by Rockford native Miles Nielsen, son of Cheap Trick guitarist Rick Nielsen, will play at 9:30 p.m. on the main stage along the Riverfront. s Also July 4: Gina Venier and the Gentlemen, a band with local ties that played the Troy, Ohio, stopover on the Mumford & Sons Gentlemen of the Road tour in 2013, will play at 7:30 p.m. on the main stage along the Riverfront. s July 5: The Wood Brothers, an Americana and blues group from Colorado, will play will play at 9:30 p.m. on the main stage along the Riverfront. s Also July 5: Apache Relay, folk rockers from Nashville who played the Dixon stopover of the Gentlemen of the Road tour in 2012, will play at 7:30 p.m. on the main stage along the Riverfront.

Petunia Festival will remain in its new location downtown; food and entertainment again will be at Heritage Crossing along the Riverfront, and the carnival again will be near the high school.

The party will officially open Wednesday with a luau, featuring Hula dancers, a pig roast and other Hawaiian-themed offerings along the riverfront.

The festival will close July 6 with a drum corps show on the high school football field. Six drum corps will collaborate. Tickets will cost $12 and $20, and will be available at the Dixon Main Street office or online at www.dci.org.

The closing also will include the annual parade â&#x20AC;&#x201C; this year with the theme â&#x20AC;&#x153;50 Years of Festival Magicâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and fireworks. The parade will have a slightly different route because of the downtown streetscape project.

Festival staples, including the carnival, pancake breakfast, municipal band concert, sports tournaments and a craft show, will round out the offerings.

The Taste Trail, a series of food courts stretched across River Road, will feature past festival favorites, as well as local vendors.

Go to www.petuniafestival.org, find it on Facebook, or call Dixon Main Street at 815-288-2308 for more information and a full schedule.

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If you overbid, you must overplay

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Have you ever made a wild overbid on a deal because it felt like the right thing to do at the time? Of course you have; we all have.

But then you probably found yourself in a hopeless contract, went down and apologized to your partner.

Sometimes, though, you might have been able to call on the assistance of your opponents.

In today’s deal, South is in four spades. West leads the club jack.

That wins the first trick and South ruffs the second club.

How should declarer continue?

When North rebid one notrump to show a balanced 12-14 points, South might have settled for a two-spade

signoff, but one can understand a game-invitational three-spade rebid. Here, North would probably have passed because he does not have a very suitable hand for

a spade contract.

Four spades appears to be one level too high. South seems destined to lose two spades, one heart and one club. But he has a Machiavellian chance. He should cross to the dummy in a red suit and call for the spade jack.

Many Easts, looking at the queen and 10, would not be able to resist the temptation to cover with the queen.

Then, though, after South wins with his ace, there will be a stunned silence when West is forced to play his king.

Declarer drives out the spade 10 and claims his contract.

Although the opponents are supposedly trying to defeat your contract, remember that many of them will misdefend if you give them half a chance. © 2014 UFS

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July 3-5 Let Freedom Ring MOUNT MORRIS â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The theme of this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Let Freedom Ring FESTIVAL IS h! 3TAR 3PANGLED #EL ebration.â&#x20AC;? The festival will run from *ULY 4HE FIREWORKS ARE PLANNED TO begin at dark Friday at David L. 2AHN *UNIOR (IGH 7 "RAYTON Road.

There will be a beer garden from P M TO A M EACH DAY DURING the festival.

4HE PARADE IS SET FOR &RIDAY !

BAGS TOURNAMENT WILL TAKE PLACE Saturday.

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Tonight Blues and R&B jam session 34%2,).' n "ANDS SINGERS

SOLO ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS ARE WEL COME TO PARTICIPATE IN A "LUES AND 2 " OPEN MIC FROM TO P M every week at Starlightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Theatre AND ,OUNGE &IRST !VE ! SOUND SYSTEM AND BACK LINE ARE PROVIDED 4HE OPEN MICS ARE HOSTED BY (ITZCITY AND THE "IG "AND $UDES There will be no jam session *ULY #ALL FOR MORE information.

FAMILY FUN Friday through Sunday Family event set in Rock Falls 2/#+ &!,,3 n 3UMMER 3PLASH &UN &EST PRESENTED BY THE 2OCK &ALLS #HAMBER OF #OMMERCE

will take over the riverfront this weekend, on the remains of the 2ELIANT &ASTENER PROPERTY WHERE A NEW HOTEL AND FUTURE DEVELOP ment will be.

There will be activities and entertainment for all ages. More THAN ORGANIZATIONS ARE PARTICI PATING IN THE EVENT !LLIGATOR BUFFALO AND ELK WILL BE ON THE MENU AT THE #HAMBER cookout Friday at East Second 3TREET AND !VENUE % &OOD WILL BE SOLD FROM A M TO P M WITH DELIVERY AND PICKUPS FROM A M TO P M Deliveries are available in Sterling and Rock Falls. !LL MEALS INCLUDE CHIPS AND 0EPSI $IET 0EPSI LEMONADE OR WATER 0RICES WILL BE FOR alligator brats, buffalo burgers, OR ELK BURGERS AND FOR PORK CHOPS GRILLED CHICKEN OR BEER BRATS $ELIVERY COSTS more. !N ARTS AND CRAFTS SHOWCASE

a business showcase, and kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ACTIVITIES WILL RUN FROM A M TO P M THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND 4HERE ALSO WILL BE MUSIC FROM A M TO P M THROUGHOUT THE weekend. ! CRUISE IN IS SET FOR TO P M &RIDAY FOR CARS TRUCKS AND MOTOR CYCLES 4HERE ALSO WILL BE A PUB CRAWL FROM P M TO MIDNIGHT IN THE UPTOWN AREA +ID S $AY WILL TAKE OVER THE DOWNTOWN 3ATURDAY WITH A PET TING ZOO FACE PAINTING FIRE TRUCK RIDES AND OTHER ACTIVITIES BEGIN NING AT A M -ARTIAL ARTS DEM onstrations and live entertainment will run throughout the day. ! #ULVER S CUSTARD EATING contest is scheduled for noon Saturday.

Families can enjoy a variety of ACTIVITIES FROM A M TO P M 3UNDAY WITH A +ID S 0EDAL 4RAC TOR 0ULL TAKING PLACE AT NOON 4O PARTICIPATE KIDS MUST BE PRESENT

BY A M $ANCE PERFOR mances will run throughout the day.

6ENDORS INCLUDING NONPROFIT DISPLAYS SMALL BUSINESSES ARTISTS AND CRAFTERS CAN RESERVE A PLACE FOR FOR THE ENTIRE WEEKEND Volunteers are still needed for Saturday and Sunday events. &OR MORE INFORMATION TO VOLUN TEER OR TO RESERVE A SPACE GO TO www.rockfallschamber.com or CALL Saturday Food, games, bounce houses DIXON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Neighbors donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really know each other like they used to.

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bounce houses, an obstacle course, miniature golf, bean bag TOSS FOOTBALL THROW FACE PAINTING AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AT THIS FIRST time event, where families are invited to meet other families and share a fun afternoon.

4HOSE WHO PLAN TO ATTEND CAN TEXT THEIR NAME AND EMAIL ADDRESS TO BY &RIDAY TO REGISTER FOR DOUBLE THE PRIZE TICK ets for the children. #ALL THAT SAME NUMBER FOR MORE information.

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FUN FOR A CAUSE Saturday Riding for cancer cure &2%%0/24 n #YCLISTS WILL TAKE PART IN THE TH ANNUAL 'REAT .ORTHWEST )LLINOIS "IKE 4OUR FOR #ANCER IN &REEPORT 0ARTICIPANTS WILL DEPART BETWEEN AND A M FROM 9-#! OF .ORTHWEST )LLINOIS 7 0EARL #ITY Road.

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THEATER History at Loveland Through Saturday DIXON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The History Museum HAS ARTIFACTS AND DISPLAYS ON LOCAL Submitted Second show at TLP -/5.4 #!22/,, n 4IMBER ,AKE and national history at Loveland Zach Woessner (from right), Ali Settles, Emily Johnson, Edwin Davis, Annie Etchi#OMMUNITY (OUSE AND -USEUM

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She will use the money to buy a new camera and take additional video production classes, she said.

Heyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s business was one of three making a presentations Wednesday night that are already up and running.

The competition allowed for any business that has been open for less than a year to enter.

Linda Knoll, of Dixon, took second place and received $3,000 to help her business, 319 Bistro.

Knoll made her way to the podium for her pitch on crutches, having recently ruptured her Achilles tendon while working to prepare the restaurant, which she said could be open in the next 30 days.

She described her restaurantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s food as â&#x20AC;&#x153;redneck French,â&#x20AC;? and said it will be a comfortable, family-style restaurant that will also serve American and Mexican food.

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Heading back west Sources say that the Knicks have agreed to trade Tyson Chandler and Raymond Felton to Mavericks for four players. Chandler helped Dallas to NBA championship 3 years ago.

Numbers game That’s how many local softball players will be named to Sauk Valley Media’s All-Area first team in Saturday’s edition. Also don’t miss player and coach of the year stories for 2014.

Sports for the Sauk Valley fan!

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL | TIM LINCECUM THROWS SECOND NO-HITTER

Freaky coincidence Lincecum no-hits Padres for second time in 12 months

BY JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer

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Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum embraces catcher Hector Sanchez after throwing a no-hitter against the Padres on Wednesday in San Francisco. Lincecum threw his second career no-hitter, both coming against the Padres.

SAN FRANCISCO – Tim Lincecum’s days of dominance may be in the past. That doesn’t mean he can’t dial up flashes of the Freak he once was – especially against the San Diego Padres.

Lincecum pitched his second nohitter against the Padres in less than a year, allowing only one runner Wednesday and leading the Giants to a 4-0 win.

“I’ve always been that guy who will kind of go for the strikeout,” Lincecum said. “I think my first nohitter I had 13, so I think I was going for those a little bit more often.”

“Today I tried to be a little bit

Did you know? s 4HIS IS THE EIGHTH NO HITTER BY a Giants pitcher since the team moved to San Francisco. Lincecum has two. The other Giants to do it are Juan Marichal (1963), Gaylord Perry (1968), Ed Halicki (1975), John Montefusco (1976), Johnathan Sanchez (2009) and Matt Cain (2012). more efficient, and take what they were going to give me. They were giving me a lot of groundballs and a lot of pop flies, so I was just going to try to keep attacking the way that I was,” he said.

Lincecum totally shut down the

weakest-hitting team in the majors, striking out six and walking one in a 113-pitch outing – 35 fewer than he needed last July 13 against the Padres in his first no-hitter.

Lincecum retired the final 23 batters after walking Chase Headley in the second inning, relying much more on his off-speed stuff than his fastball. Though the Padres hit a few balls hard, San Francisco fielders didn’t need to make any exceptional plays to preserve Lincecum’s gem.

The right-hander with two NL Cy Young Awards became just the second pitcher in major league history to twice no-hit the same team.

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U.S. team impresses Germany Dixon enters Big Northern as others make plans to leave MLS schedule might be helping

BY BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer

RECIFE, Brazil – Germany coach Joachim Loew isn’t sure his team’s extra day of rest this week makes up for the months-long scheduling advantage his friend, Jurgen Klinsmann, has had with the U.S. team.

On the eve of Germany’s last Group G match against the United States on Thursday, Loew expressed admiration for the relentless physical play the American squad has brought to its first two World Cup matches in hot, humid Brazil.

Loew also suggested the Major League Soccer schedule, which is shorter than those of European leagues and starts after the winter, helped Klinsmann get his team in exceptional physical condition for World Cup play in June.

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

When the spring sports season ended a few weeks ago, so did Dixon’s affiliation with the Northern Illinois Big 12 conference.

Starting this fall, the Dukes will be joining the Big Northern Conference, where two area schools – Rock Falls and Oregon – already call home.

Dixon’s arrival, along with Johnsburg’s addition to the BNC East, increases the size of the BNC to a 16-team conference, and the Dukes hope their change of conference will help smooth out the competition level in its athletic programs, as well as the atmosphere at the games.

“In the [NIB 12] we were one of the smallest schools and some were double our size,” Dixon athletic director Karen Price said. “Now, Alex T. Paschal/apaschal@saukvalley.com Dixon’s Matt Coffey drives past a Geneseo defender during a Northern Illinois Big we are comparable in size in the Big Northern 12 West game last winter. The Dukes finished second in the NIB-12 West in hoops. and we feel like we can compete.”

HELLO CONTINUED ON B3 Dixon will transition to the Big Northern West this fall.

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Guessing game for Bulls Five players that could find way to Windy City

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Gar Forman didn’t just get hired by Jerry Krause. He learned some tricks from “The Sleuth,” at least in terms of keeping the Bulls’ business private.

That’s why Forman’s offering at last month’s NBA draft combine that the Bulls could trade one or both of their first-round picks to try to create more salary cap room was surprising.

Forman also said the Bulls could stash a

draft pick overseas, as they have done with Nikola Mirotic. He even acknowledged the Bulls could “move a pick or two picks into the future.”

None of this sounds like an executive prepared to add two traditional rookies to next season’s Bulls. It’s no secret the Bulls have offered their 16th and 19th picks in today’s draft in a package to virtually every team in the lottery in the hopes of moving up.

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Argentinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lionel Messi (left) is carried by his teammates Angel di Maria (7) and Marcos Rojo after scoring during Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s match against Nigeria in Brazil. Messi scored twice, as Argentina advanced with a 3-2 win.

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Argentina beat Nigeria 3-2 in the last World Cup Group F match on Wednesday in Porto Alegre, Brazil, with Lionel Messi and Ahmed Musa scoring two goals each before Marcos Rojo kneed in the winner.

Argentina topped the group and Nigeria also advanced despite the loss, becoming the first African team in the Round of 16 in Brazil.

Messi had his best match of the World Cup so far, scoring twice in the first half to boost his tournament total to four goals, and repeatedly cutting up Nigeriaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defense with dazzling runs and clever passes.

The Argentina captain needed less than 3 minutes to finish Nigeria goalkeeper Vincent Enyeamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clean sheet in Brazil, slamming in the rebound after Angel Di Mariaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shot bounced off the post.

Switzerland 3, Honduras 0:

Xherdan Shaqiri scored all three goals to put Switzerland into the second round.

The Swiss will next face Messi and Argentina on Tuesday in Sao Paulo.

Shaqiri scored his first goal in the sixth minute, dribbling into a crowd of defenders and curling

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Shaqiri completed his hat trick in the 71st. Switzerland finished second in Group E behind France.

France 0, Ecuador 0: France topped Group E despite being held to a scoreless draw by 10-man Ecuador.

Ecuador was reduced to 10 men after Antonio Valencia was

shown a straight red card in the 50th minute for digging his studs into the leg of French defender Lucas Digne.

But Ecuador may feel upset that France center half Mamadou Sakho was not shown a red card in the eighth minute, when he appeared to elbow Oswaldo Minda in the face during a France corner. Then, in a late incident off the ball, France forward Olivier Giroud jabbed his elbow into Gabriel Achilier, who was standing behind him.

Bosnia-Herzegovina 3, Iran 1: Bosnia-Herzegovina ended

Iranâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hopes of advancing to the knockout stages from Group F, and registered its first World Cup win in the process.

The Bosnians, who were already out of contention, took a commanding 2-0 lead with goals from Edin Dzeko in the 23rd and Miralem Pjanic in the 53rd before Iran hit back in a desperate late bid to qualify for the second round.

Reza Ghoochannejhad gave some hope to the Iranians with a tap-in goal in the 81st, but Avdija Vrsaljevic replied immediately with his low shot from the edge of the area to restore the two-goal lead.

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Portugal the following night.

The U.S. has â&#x20AC;&#x153;this aggressiveness that â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have to be very weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen in this tourwell-prepared, in physi- nament in their two cal terms,â&#x20AC;? to play the games. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re very Americans, Loew said. well-prepared. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re Both teams are coming very fit,â&#x20AC;? Loew said. off 2-2 draws. Germany â&#x20AC;&#x153;They might have had was held by Ghana on an advantage in that Saturday, while the their league doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t U.S. saw a victory slip last 11 months. Juraway in the last-minute gen had his team in of injury time against January and they were CONTINUED FROM B1

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Loewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s assessment doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily apply across the U.S. squad. Of the 23 Americans Klinsmann brought to Brazil, 11 play in MLS. Most of the rest earn their living in Europe, in the same leagues as most German players. In addition,

while Clint Dempsey plays for Seattle, he spent part of last winter on loan to Fulham in England.

Still, Loew sees the U.S. teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fitness as one of its overall strengths. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Their matches really showed great involvement and pressure all the time in the game against Ghana and also against Portugal,â&#x20AC;?

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eBron James told the Heat he would opt out of his contract and pursue free agency.

Does Derrick Rose have a phone that calls someone other than Kirk Hinrich?

Rose likes to say that he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t call or text free agents in an effort to recruit them. That, of course, is a lie.

Rose strongly recruited Hinrich, and even yukked it up over his success. That came a couple years after he refused to do it when James was a free agent the first time. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wrong with this picture?

And now, James is a free agent again. Does Rose think the best player on the planet might be worth some kind of personal contact?

It might not make a difference, but it certainly canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hurt. Only James and his people know what kind of things will make a difference, but some broad strokes seem clear.

The Heat could sign James to a 5-year, $115 million deal. The best that any other team could do is 4 years and $86 million.

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Venus Williams returns to Kurumi Nara during their match at Wimbledon on Wednesday.

Venus still has plenty of fight Williams not thinking about retiring

BY HOWARD FENDRICH AP Sports Writer

LONDON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Let others wonder when or whether Venus Williams might move on from tennis.

Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not ready to contemplate going anywhere just yet.

Even as her early losses accumulated, even as Williams got older and was forced to deal with health issues, she never entertained the idea of quitting.

Here she is, at age 34, once again a factor at Wimbledon, site of five of her seven major titles.

And thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a matchup against another former champion looming.

Williams overcame a slow start Wednesday for a 7-6 (4), 6-1 victory over 41stranked Kurumi Nara to reach the third round at a Grand Slam tournament for only the second time in her past 10 appearances. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like watching it on TV,â&#x20AC;? Williams said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want to be out there. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not about the easy thing.

Life is a challenge. For me, when I leave tennis, I want it to be on my own terms. I want to know that I rose to every challenge. I want to look back with no regrets.â&#x20AC;?

Williams, a former No.

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1 who is seeded 30th, revealed 3 years ago she was diagnosed with an energy-sapping autoimmune disease.

A year ago, she skipped Wimbledon because of a back injury. She hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been to the fourth round at a major since 2011 at the All England Club. But the American will return to that stage if she beats that yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s champion, Petra Kvitova. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She likes to play on the grass,â&#x20AC;? Kvitova said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m totally the same.â&#x20AC;?

Williams fell behind 3-0 against Nara, then started finding the mark. In the tiebreaker, Williams again began poorly and trailed 4-1 before grabbing six points in a row for the set.

Nara, 22, spoke about this being a â&#x20AC;&#x153;very specialâ&#x20AC;? occasion for her, because she watched Williams on television â&#x20AC;&#x153;when I was a child.â&#x20AC;?

A reporter asked Williams about being the oldest woman left in the tournament, and she jokingly pumped her fists. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wisdom has served me well,â&#x20AC;? said Williams, who later returned to Court 3 to win a first-round doubles match with her sister Serena.

anywhere, even the Bulls.

Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s say Rose has a good number for James. What would he tell the franMCT News chise-changer?

Service Would he tell James sports heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s healthy? Of course columnist. he would. But why would He can be reached James believe that, and at srosenwhy would he believe bloom@ Rose would stay that way? tribune.com.

The only thing Rose has over rickety Dwyane Wade is youth, but otherwise, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re the same lame The smaller figure would players with so many be enough for most questions about what kind humans, and it wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t of basketball they can play be the point. Getting going forward. the most out of the Heat Rose has played 49 doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t appear to be the games the last three seamotivation. Winning sons.

He has undergone more titles does. some kind of surgery Since James took his on each knee. His team talents to South Beach has said it cannot build 4 years ago, the Heat around him, but has to have gone to every NBA build with him, a concesFinals, winning two. sion that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a piece.

Their bid for a threeSo, why would THE peat this year, howpiece think Rose is difever, became basketball ferent from Wade â&#x20AC;&#x201C; difapocalypse. The Spurs ferent enough to think destroyed the Heat in they couldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve beaten the every possible way. The Spurs exposed the Heat, Spurs?

Moving on, would in fact. James was stuck Rose tell James he could carrying a new version win a title by coming to of the wonky Cavaliers the Bulls? Of course he roster he dragged to the would. But why would finals 8 years ago.

James agree with him James came out of that when it ought to look series dumbstruck. He painfully familiar to him? opted out and can go

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I mean, would Rose convince James that Joakim Noah completes a significantly better â&#x20AC;&#x153;Big Threeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; than Chris Bosh?

Good luck with that.

Does anybody believe James thinks Noah deserved the Defensive Player of the Year Award over him? James can guard any position on the floor; Noah couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t guard any big man on Washington.

Truth is, Noah canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t guard any legitimate big man, whatever their dwindling number in the NBA, and isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t James already playing for a team that canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t handle quality size?

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no need to list anyone else on the roster because there wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be money for anyone else whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good, and thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s another issue that would remind James of the Heat.

See? This would look familiar to James. This would look like the trouble he might be forcing the Heat to fix by opting out.

But even if his exit is more than a dare, why would he join the same kind of roster, only with horrific weather and no championship experience?

McDermott could become Bull GUESSING CONTINUED FROM B1 Which player represents the Bullsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; preferred target remains, in a development Krause would enjoy, unknown.

But even though the Bulls have been linked to point guards Shabazz Napier and Elfrid Payton and worked out big man Adreian Payne this week, the best bet remains a wing shooter.

Here, with comments based on interviews with executives who have scouted them, are five players who make sense for the Bulls: Doug McDermott, 6-8, 218, SF, Creighton: As a

4-year player, he fits the mold of players Forman and executive vice president John Paxson typically draft. His shooting ability is unquestioned.

His defense and athleticism is. One executive who scouted him called fellow Creighton product Kyle Korver, to whom McDermott has drawn some comparisons, a more well-rounded player.

Nik Stauskas, 6-6, 207, SG, Michigan: As in McDermottâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s case, some mock drafts list him as a lottery pick so the Bulls would have to be successful in moving up to snag him. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s another knockdown shooter who connected at 44 percent

from beyond the arc in his two college seasons.

One scout raised concerns about his speed to get open off screens, wondering if he could develop more than a spot-up shooting game.

Gary Harris, 6-4, 205, SG, Michigan State: Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a willing defender with a toughness and coachability about him that again would seem to fit the Bulls. One scout called him a â&#x20AC;&#x153;glue guy,â&#x20AC;? who is comfortable playing a team-oriented game, and lauded his ability to move the ball and make good decisions.

Rodney Hood, 6-8, 208, SF, Duke: Can the Bulls really add another Blue

Devils product? Beyond his ability to knock down 3-pointers, at least at the college distance, Hood can spot-up and elevate quickly off screens, said one scout who has watched him extensively.

James Young, 6-7, 213, SG-SF, Kentucky: At just 18, he might be too raw for the Bullsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; taste after one season under John Calipari.

But he also has either the dreaded or delicious upside, depending on how he pans out. A scout said his shot selection must improve, but he loves Youngâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s release.

For now, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more of a shooter than ballhandler and driver, but, again, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s raw.

Five teams leaving Big Northern East division in 2 years HELLO

CONTINUED FROM B1

The move makes sense for Dixon for several reasons. The first is that its athletic teams will have a much shorter ride when traveling to away events, and a given game or event wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take up as much time once the travel time is reduced.

Of the five other teams that made up Dixonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s conference mates in the NIB 12 West, Sterling was the closest drive at around 12 miles. The next closest drive was LaSallePeru, which was nearly 46 miles away. Geneseo and Ottawa were 60 miles, while Streator was nearly 77.

Price says that the shorter travel distance can help even out start time for games, and simplify the process. Events can start at the normal 4:30 p.m. start time instead of pushing some events back another hour to 5 or 5:30 p.m. when eliminating most of the long drives. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was definitely one of the factors,â&#x20AC;? Price said.

Dixon driving distance to away events in NIB 12 West Shortest: 3TERLING n MILES Longest: Streator â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 76.6 miles Average: 51.08 miles

Dixon distance to away events in BNC West

Shortest: 2OCK &ALLS MILES Longest: Rockford Lutheran â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 57.6 miles Average: MILES â&#x20AC;&#x153;The big thing is geography and enrollment, and where you fit in.â&#x20AC;?

Price also estimates that the crowd attendance at the games will go up significantly compared with previous years. The easier accessibility for parents, classmates and family members to attend a given away game for both schools should up the attendance and create a more lively atmosphere. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fanbase wise, our crowds will be bigger and it will allow us, and the other schools, to start some new rivalries, Price said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pretty soon we might have one with Oregon or Rock Falls when it used to be all about Sterling and Dixon. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean that

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the Sterling game wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t still be big, but it allows for other rivalries to enter the mix.â&#x20AC;?

Another aspect that Dixon is excited for is it will compete against schools that are similarly sized. The conference schools that Dixon faced in the NIB 12 were larger than the schools that the Dukes will face next season in the BNC. Dixon was the smallest school in its conference in the NIB 12, nearly 50 students away from the next closest school, and almost half the size of its largest conference member, Yorkville.

Now, the Dukes will be near the top in the BNC. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Enrollment-wise, the schools are more com-

parable to us,â&#x20AC;? Price said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When we were in the Big 12, we played schools that were twice as big as we are.

We know that there will be good basketball and good soccer programs in the [BNC], as well as the bigger sports, so we will have good competition to build from.â&#x20AC;?

The move, however, does present an issue for coaches who have not coached in a conference of this size like the BNC. In general, most coaches try to schedule nonconference opponents that suit their teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s needs.

If a team projects to be talented enough to compete with the top teams in the state, often times that coach would like to schedule tough nonconference opponents in order to be better prepared later in the season.

Conversely, a school in a rebuilding phase might schedule nonconference opponents that suit their talent level, in order for younger players to gain experience and grow accustomed to playing together. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It all depends on the makeup of your teams,â&#x20AC;?

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Dixon boys basketball coach Jason Mead said.

This fall presents an issue as coaches will have less wriggle room when scheduling nonconference opponents.

Since the BNC will have 16 teams upon Dixonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s arrival in the fall, conference games eat up a lot of the schedule. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This year, I was going to gear a lot of our nonconference games to be against competitive teams,â&#x20AC;? Mead said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to play 4A schools and really good 3A schools, because I think we can be very competitive this season.â&#x20AC;?

But Mead is only able to schedule one nonconference game due to the conference-heavy schedule this season, combined with the three tournaments that the Dukes will play in â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Orionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tournament, Planoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Christmas tournament and Sterlingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Martin Luther King Jr. tournament. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new for me and I have to learn how to schedule in a bigger conference,â&#x20AC;? Mead said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not necessarily a bad thing, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just different.â&#x20AC;?

Though the 16-team conference presents several new issues and many upsides, it might all change again in another 2 years.

Five BNC teams have been poached by the now sixteam Kishwaukee River Conference, which will be operational in the 2016-17 school year.

Schools generally must give their current conference a 2-year notification upon leaving, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s anyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s guess as to what other schools may follow suit in the recent conference realignment fad.

Burlington Central, Harvard, Richmond-Burton, Johnsburg and Marengo are the five schools that will be leaving the BNC. Those schools compete in the east division, but the conference must be reshuffled come the 201617 season.

But worrying about that is for another time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I can understand those communites on the east wanting to be closer,â&#x20AC;? Price said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was one of the reasons we moved as well.

A lot of it is just geography.

But we still have another 2 years before that starts taking effect.â&#x20AC;?

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Vanderbiltâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s John Norwood (10) celebrates with his teammates after hitting the go-ahead home run Wednesday against Virginia in the eighth inning of Game 3 of the College World Series in Omaha, Neb. Vanderbilt won the game 3-2, and its first baseball national championship.

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OMAHA â&#x20AC;&#x201C; John Norwoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home run in the top of the eighth inning gave Vanderbilt the lead, and the Commodores beat Virginia 3-2 on Wednesday night for their first national championship.

Norwood turned on Nick Howardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 97 mph fastball, and sent it into the left field bullpen to break a 2-2 tie in the third and deciding game of the College World Series finals.

It was Norwoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s third homer of the year, his first since April 19, and Vanderbiltâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first since May 16.

It also was only the third home run in 16 CWS games, and the 22nd in 72 games by the Commodores (5121).

The Cavaliers (53-16) loaded the bases with one out in the eighth when Adam Ravenelle hit Kenny Towns. But Mike Papi was forced out at home on a chopper to Rav-

enelle, and Brandon Downes grounded out.

The title, secured when Ravenelle struck out Daniel Pinero, is Vanderbiltâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first in a menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sport.

The schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only other title came in womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bowling in 2007.

Hayden Stone (4-0) relieved Carson Fulmer with one out in the sixth and allowed two hits before turning the game over to Ravenelle, after Virginiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first two batters reached in the eighth.

Ravenelle earned his third save of the CWS. Virginia broke through against Fulmer to tie it 2-2 in the sixth when Kenny Townsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; bases-loaded grounder hit shortstop Vince Condeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s glove and bounced off for an error.

Vanderbilt led 1-0 in the first after Virginia catcher Robbie Coman sailed a throw into center field trying to catch Bryan Reynolds stealing. Dansby Swanson, who was

going to third on the double steal, continued home.

Another error in the sixth set up Vanderbiltâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second run. Norwood grounded to third for an infield single, and wound up on second after Townsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; throw in the dirt skipped past first baseman Mike Papi. Norwood later came home on Condeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deep grounder to shortstop.

The Commodores went over 50 wins again this year with four sophomores and two freshmen in the everyday lineup. Sophomore pitchers Fulmer and Walker Buehler were strong complements to first-round draft pick Tyler Beede.

Vandy finished third in the SEC East and went into the NCAA tournament off losses in four of six games. The Commodores regrouped, won three straight in regionals and a three-game super regional against Stanford.

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Mat Latos pitched seven sharp innings for his first win of the season, and Jay Bruce had two run-scoring doubles, leading the Reds to a 4-1 victory over the Cubs on Wednesday night in Chicago.

Devin Mesoracoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fivegame homer streak came to an end. The Reds catcher was tied with Adam Dunn, Ken Griffey Jr., Johnny Bench, George Crowe and Ted Kluszewski for the franchise record.

Latos (1-0) allowed one run and five hits in the win.

Edwin Jackson (5-8) allowed four runs and six hits in 5 1/3 innings for

Chicago. Starlin Castro had two hits and drove in a run.

The Cubs lost two of three against the Reds to fall to 12-31 against Cincinnati over the last three seasons.

Cardinals 9, Rockies 6: Matt Adams homered

and drove in two runs, Matt Holliday had three hits, and the Cardinals rallied to beat the Rockies in Denver.

The game featured the major league debuts of both starting pitchers. St. Louisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Marco Gonzales was sharp early before faltering. Coloradoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Yohan Flande also started well before getting hit hard in his last inning.

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The Cubsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Starlin Castro singles during the fourth inning against Cincinnati in Chicago on Wednesday.

The Reds won 4-1.

Orioles 5, White Sox 4, 12 inn.: The Orioles won

er Daniel Webb in the bottom of the 12th. The as pinch-runner David Orioles tied the score in Lough scored on a wild the eighth on a grand pitch by White Sox pitch- slam by Nelson Cruz.

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Hall of Famer Addie Joss did it for Cleveland against the Chicago White Sox with a perfect game in 1908 and a nohitter in 1910. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard enough to do one,â&#x20AC;? Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To do two, that puts you in a little different class. I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be happier.â&#x20AC;?

Lincecum (6-5) threw the 16th no-hitter in Giantsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; team history.

Just one other pitcher has thrown two â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Christy Mathewson for the New York Giants more than 100 years ago.

In fact, Lincecum joined Sandy Koufax, Randy Johnson and Roy Halladay as the only pitchers with two Cy Young awards and two no-hit-

ters. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just to be in that company allows me a chance to pat myself on the back a little bit,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Making the performance even sweeter was the fact that Lincecum even got two hits of his own, becoming the first pitcher with two hits in a no-hitter since Rick Wise hit two homers for Philadelphia against Cincinnati on June 23, 1971. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Regardless of what they did, I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cool I got two hits anyway because up to today I only had one and a pretty poor batting average,â&#x20AC;?

Lincecum said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I got that thing above .100, and I feel much better about it.â&#x20AC;?

But Lincecum will always be known for his pitching. He arrived as a

shaggy-haired phenom nicknamed the Freak in 2007 for his ability to generate tremendous velocity from his slight frame.

He won NL Cy Young awards in 2008 and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;09 and helped lead the Giants to their first World Series title in San Francisco the following season.

As age and wear and tear ate away at his velocity, Lincecum was forced to change what kind of pitcher he is. It hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been an easy transformation at times, as he posted a losing record the past two seasons as his ERA hovered around 5.00. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a battle for him at times to make that transformation to what he is now,â&#x20AC;?

Bochy said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sometimes less is more, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what I think if anything,

hopefully he learned today.â&#x20AC;?

Headley walked with one out in the second, after falling behind 1-2 in the count. The Padres began the day worst in the majors in batting average, runs and hits. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was good. It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a fluke,â&#x20AC;? Headley said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;His split and changeup, or whatever you want to call it. If itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not the best in baseball, then itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of the best pitches in baseball. Even with the diminished velocity, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still a tremendous pitch.

He was able to throw it for strikes when he wanted too.â&#x20AC;?

This was the third nohitter in the majors this year. Clayton Kershaw did it exactly a week ago, and his Los Angeles Dodgers teammate Josh Beckett did it earlier in the season.

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ABOVE: Forrest Clark (right) takes a putt Monday while fellow golfers Red Spencer (from left), Tom Hoch and Reuben Barnhart stand by at Shady Oaks in Amboy. The golfers were participating in the Northwest Seniors Golf League.

BELOW: Hoch tees off on the 10th hole at Shady Oaks.

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or 1 day this week, I was a token 50-year-old.

The scary thing is, that bend of life is right around the corner for me.

This weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Links With Locals took me to Shady Oaks Country Club, where I participated in the Northwest Seniors Golf League on Monday morning. The league, now in its 28th year, was started to give golfers 50 and over a place to gather for golf, a few cocktails and loads of fun.

Originally, Oakville Country Club in Mount Carroll was the host site.

Now, there are 28 courses in northwest Illinois, eastern Iowa and southern Wisconsin that are part of the rotation. Play begins in mid-March and concludes in early November.

There are usually around 100 golfers on any given Monday, though it has been as high as 150 when played at Wolf Hollow Golf Course in Lena. There are some weeks two 9-hole courses are used, in which case the field is split.

Handicaps are used to determine the playersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; skill level, and each 3-man team has an A, B and C player. A total team handicap of about 65 is the goal, and organizers try to not have the same golfers paired together week after week.

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I was in the same cart as Red, and he had a Green Bay Packers golf bag. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oh great, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m with a Packers fan,â&#x20AC;? I said with a smile.

Red looked at my Chicago Cubs club cover and said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now I wish I had my St. Louis Cardinals club cover.â&#x20AC;?

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Located in one of the premier neighborhoods in Sterling This luxurious custom built 2000 home features: 2 story entrance foyer which opens into a large living rm w/ soaring ceilings and two-story windows. Elegant designer kitchen w/stainless appliances and granite counter tops. 4BR, 3.75 ba. (one ba. has 2 showers) Two master suites: one w/Jacuzzi. Loft over-looking living area. Lg. wooden deck overlooking park-like back yard Full bsmt. 3.5 car garage.

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2BR lower, Dixon Dells. stove, refrig., air, garage w/ opener, basic cable & garbage p/u furnished, No Pets, Ref, & lease. $500/ mo. + $500 dep.

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2BR Very clean, quiet, Garage, Laundry No smoking or pets. $500 & Dep. 815-6523365.

2BR, 1BA, 816 W 3rd St. $450/mo.

815-631-1204 3BR Upper 204 W. 1st. $600/mo. + dep. 815-440-4817 DIXON MANOR APTS- 2BR CLEAN QUIET, WALK TO DOWNTOWN, ONSITE LAUNDRY, APPLIANCES INCLUDED, HEAT, WATER INCLUDED. CALL ERICK 815-739-5806 Large upper 2BR apt. stove, refrig, garbage, and garage. All new carpet. No smoking & NO PETS $500/mo. + $500 dep. Now Available 815-288-1736 Nice 2BR W. end stove, refrig., w/d, garbage pickup, no pets, ref., lease, $450/mo., $450 dep. 815-652-2042

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STERLING Bi-Level 5BR 3 ba., .95 acres, open floor plan, 1 owner home, 4 car attached garage, $150,000. No realtor calls, will not rent or rent to own.

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10-034393 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 15TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LEE COUNTY, DIXON, ILLINOIS

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR CARRINGTON MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2006 FRE1 ASSET-BACKED PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES PLAINTIFF, -vsCHARLES J. BLAISDELL, JR. A/K/A CHARLES JOHN BLAISDELL; CHRISTINA C. BLAISDELL A/K/A CHRISTINA CAROL BLAISDELL; 12 CH 139 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE Public Notice is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment entered in the above entitled matter on May 6, 2014; John R Varga, Sheriff, 309 S. Galena St., Dixon, IL 61021, will on July 17, 2014 at 10:00 AM, at Old Lee County Courthouse, 112 East Second Street, Dixon, IL 61021, sell to the highest bidder for cash (ten percent (10%) at the time of sale and the balance within twenty-four (24) hours, the following described premises situated in Lee County, Illinois.

Said sale shall be subject to general taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate and any prior liens or 1st Mortgages. The subject property is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title or recourse to Plaintiff.

Upon the sale being held and the purchaser tendering said bid in cash or certified funds, a receipt of Sale will be issued and/or a Certificate of Sale as required, which will entitle the purchaser to a deed upon confirmation of said sale by the Court.

Said property is legally described as follows: PART OF LOTS 1 AND 3, IN BLOCK 1, IN ROGER'S SECOND ADDITION TO PAW PAW, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN BOOK "C" OF PLATS, PAGE 6, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 3 IN BLOCK 1 OF ROGER'S SECOND ADDITION; THENCE NORTH ON THE WEST LINE OF LOT 3, 150 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE NORTH 74 FEET ON SAID WEST LINE OF LOT 3; THENCE EASTERLY PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH LINE OF CHICAGO ROAD 165 FEET; THENCE SOUTHERLY PARALLEL WITH SAID WEST LINE OF LOT 3, 234 FEET; THENCE WESTERLY ON THE NORTH LINE OF CHICAGO ROAD TO A POINT 62 FEET 2 INCHES, EAST OF THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 3; THENCE NORTHERLY PARALLEL WITH THE WEST LINE OF LOT 3 150 FEET; THENCE WESTERLY PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH LINE OF CHICAGO ROAD 62 FEET, 2 INCHES, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, EXCEPTING THEREFROM: PART OF LOT 3 IN BLOCK 1 IN F.E. ROGER'S SECOND ADDITION TO THE VILLAGE OF PAW PAW, LEE COUNTY, ILLINOIS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE WESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 3, 150.0 FEET NORTHEASTERLY OF THE SOUTHWEST CORNER THEREOF; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 3, 62 FEET 2 INCHES; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY PARALLEL WITH THE WESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 3, 78.11 FEET MORE OR LESS TO A POINT ON THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF LOT 4 IN SUNSET SUBDIVISION IN THE SAID VILLAGE OF PAW PAW AS PLATTED AND RECORDED IN BOOK "F" OF PLATS ON PAGE 88 IN THE LEE COUNTY RECORDER'S OFFICE; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ON THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 4, 62 FEET 3 INCHES MORE OR LESS TO THE SOUTHWESTERLY CORNER OF SAID LOT 4, ALSO BEING A POINT ON THE WESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 3 IN F.E. ROGER'S SECOND ADDITION; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ON SAID WESTERLY LINE OF LOT 3, 74.45 FEET MORE OR LESS TO THE SAID POINT OF BEGINNING, SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF LEE, IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 516 Chicago Road, Paw Paw, IL 61353 Permanent Index No.: 22-18-10-405-016 Improvements: Residential Structure UNKNOWN Units UNKNOWN Bedrooms UNKNOWN Garage UNKNOWN Bathrooms UNKNOWN Other UNKNOWN

Notice is given of the death of DORIS J. STUTZKE. Letters of Office were issued to LINDSEY STUTZKE, 1313 15th Avenue, Sterling, Illinois 61081, as Independent Representatives, whose attorneys are WARD, MURRAY, PACE & JOHNSON, P.C., 202 E. 5th Street, Sterling, Illinois 61081.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of Court, Whiteside County Courthouse, 200 E. Knox Street, Morrison, Illinois 61270, or with a Representative, or both, on or before December 16, 2014, and any claim not filed within that period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the Representative and to the attorney within ten (l0) days after it has been filed.

Dated this 9th day of June, 2014.

Lindsey Stutzke Independent Representatives Mark E. Zumdahl WARD, MURRAY, PACE & JOHNSON, P.C. Attorneys for Estate 202 E. 5th Street Sterling, IL 61081-0400 815-625-8200 June 12, 19, 26, 2014 LEGAL NOTICE Sealed bids will be received until 10:00 a.m., July 7th, 2014 at the Whiteside County Highway Office, 18819 Lincoln Road, Morrison, IL 61270, 815-772-7651 and at the time publicly opened and read for: Dump Box, Hydraulics, Plows, and Misc. Equipment Installed on International Cab and Chassis Specifications and proposals may be obtained at the office of the County Engineer, at the above address. Bids must be submitted on forms provided by the Whiteside County Highway Department.

No duplications of these forms will be allowed.

The Public Works Department reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive technicalities and to accept the bid which is most advantageous to Whiteside County.

By Order of Russell L. Renner, PE, SE County Engineer Whiteside County June 26, 2014

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2BR $450/mo.

Lease & dep. Req. H & H Rental Properties. Call or text 815-625-7995.

Assumed Name Publication Notice Public Notice is hereby given that on June 3, A.D. 2014, a certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Whiteside County, Illinois, setting forth the names and postoffice addresses of all of the person owning, conducting and transacting the business known as Hair-AWin (The Salon for Hair Junkies) located at 1400 1st Avenue, Suite A, Rock Falls, IL 61071.

Dated this 3rd day of June, A.D. 2014 Dana Nelson County Clerk June 19, 26, July 3, 2014

2BR apt. $475/mo.

Hampton Apts.

815-625-7043 406 Circle Dr., 2BR 1BA. $500 per month + utilities.

Call 815-378-2151 Efficiency apartment $375 month located in Rock Falls. Utilities included. $200 Deposit. No pets.

708-699-8952 Lg. 1BR. + appl.

No pets. $425 + dep. 815-625-4701 Nice clean, 1 BR, applcs. No pets, $500+dep.

Includes utilities.

815-622-4344

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RIVER RIDGE APARTMENTS

Studio, 1 & 2 Bedroom Washer & Dryer Units Fitness Center Balconies / Patios Open House Daily

1st Month FREE! Call Me 2-Rent (815)632-7368 (Located Behind Northland Mall)

Sterling Rentals Newer 2 Bedroom $599.00 & Up Applcs., Fireplaces 2002 3rd Ave. 1836 First Ave. 606 W. Lefevre 2 BR $535.00 1 BR $465.00 1 Studio $390.00 Partial Heat, Water, Sewer, Refuse Removal, Laundry Facilities, Satellite

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No pets/ smoking.

815-590-3004.

1 or 2BR, $430 815-562-7368 Rochelle Realty.

1BR stove, refrig, water, sewer and garbage inc. $350/ mo. Lease & dep.

Req. Bentley Real Estate. Call 815625-1414.

2 BR for $500 Water, sewer, garbage incl.

Coin W/D, No pets/ No parties.

Call Diana: 630-327-7046 2BR Townhouse Nice! w/d Very hookups, stove, refrigerator, dishwasher, garage, Call 563-212-1896

NEW TODAY Lg. Newly decoration 1BR apt. avail.

815-626-8379 or 815-441-2524.

Sinnissippi Townhomes First Mo. Free!

Spacious 2 BR. 2 story townhomes.

Central air, good location. Laundry hookup. (815)6261130.

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Near Grand Detour Sm. 2BR efficiency, all elect. No pets or smoking. $500/mo + Dep. 815-652-3023 or gsq1967@aol.com

Beautiful 2BR 1 ba. side by side duplex hardwood floors, 1 car attached garage. 303 W. 7th St. $500 mo + $500 dep. Call Bill 815-441-6250 or Mark 590-2181

NEW TODAY Nice 2BR. No Pets. $600 + dep.

815-535-6731.

LYNDON

Sunny 2BR, MONSTER GARAGE, WHY RENT?™ 1403 Griswold $598/mo., 815-878-7399

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Why Rent When You Can Own? 22 Adams, Milledgville or 390 N. East St. Amboy, $500/mo.

815-259-3168

ROCK FALLS 1 Bed House in Rock Falls, $425 per month. Call 815-622-2725 SNLRentals.com

CHADWICK 2BR home, nice back yard. Applcs. incl. $350/mo.

815-499-1793

DIXON 4 Bed, 1 1/2 Bath, no smoking. $600mo + 1st & last mo rent. 3 References.

Send applications to 1531 Rockford Rd, Franklin Grove Beautiful Sm. 1BR Lg yard.

W/D. Great location. no pets or smoking, $400/mo. +dep.

815-440-5200

1012 10th Ave. RF, sm. 2BR w/gar. ref. req. 815-625-4596.

1209 Sycamore Dr., 2BR $600 815-626-8790 3BR country home, Mt. Montmorency district, $750/mo.

Please send replies to Box #:1232 ,c/o Sauk Valley Classifieds, P.O.Box 498, Sterling, IL 61081 3BR home, 1ba.

Non smoking, no pets. $650/mo. + $650/dep.

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IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF THOMAS A. MYERS DECEASED. NO. 2013 P 30 NOTICE OF PUBLICATION – CLAIMS Notice is given of the death of Thomas A. Myers, of Dixon, IL. Letters of office were issued on April 25, 2014, to Susan J. Myers, 116 N. High St., Lanark, IL 61046 and Amy L. Milby, 9776 Luther Rd., Rock Falls, IL 61071, whose attorney is Edward J. Mitchell, Attorney at Law, 110 N. Broad Street, Lanark, IL 61046.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court at Lee County Courthouse, 309 S. Galena Ave., Dixon, IL 61021, or with the representative, or both, within 6 months from the date of issuance of letters and any claim not filed within that period is barred.

Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

Dated: April 25, 2014 Susan J. Myers and Amy L. Milby Representative By: Edward J. Mitchell Attorney June 12, 19, 26, 2014 ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on May 20 A.D. 2014 a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Lee County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post-office addresses of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as 4 Seasons Home loImprovement cated at 904 S. Ave. Hennepin Dixon, IL 61021. th Dated this 20 day of May A.D. 2014.

Cathy Myers

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Nice Rent to Own homes, 3-4k down 815-535-1076 RTO 2BR $49,900 $5,000 down.4413515.Agent owned.

2BR home. 510 1st Street East. Lyndon IL, ON RIVER. $800/mo.

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THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT IF YOUR PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR THIS DEBT HAS BEEN EXTINGUISHED BY A DISCHARGE IN BANKRUPTCY OR BY AN ORDER GRANTING IN REM RELIEF FROM STAY, THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED SOLELY TO FORECLOSE THE MORTGAGE REMAINING ON YOUR PROPERTY AND IS NOT AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT THE DISCHARGED PERSONAL OBLIGATION. June 12, 19, 26, 2014

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For Bid Amount contact: Sale Clerk Fisher and Shapiro, LLC 2121 Waukegan Road, Suite 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 (847)291-1717

ESTATE OF DORIS J. STUTZKE Deceased.

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The property will NOT be open for inspection prior to the sale.

The judgment amount was $269,668.32. Prospective purchasers are admonished to check the court file and title records to verify this information.

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10-034393 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 15TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LEE COUNTY, DIXON, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR CARRINGTON MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2006 FRE1 ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES PLAINTIFF, -vsCHARLES J. BLAISDELL, JR. A/K/A CHARLES JOHN BLAISDELL; CHRISTINA C. BLAISDELL A/K/A CHRISTINA CAROL BLAISDELL; 12 CH 139 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE Public Notice is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment entered in the above entitled matter on May 6, 2014; John R Varga, Sheriff, 309 S. Galena St., Dixon, IL 61021, will on July 17, 2014 at 10:00 AM, at Old Lee County Courthouse, 112 East Second Street, Dixon, IL 61021, sell to the highest bidder for cash (ten percent (10%) at the time of sale and the balance within twenty-four (24) hours, the following described premises situated in Lee County, Illinois.

Said sale shall be subject to general taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate and any prior liens or 1st Mortgages. The subject property is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title or recourse to Plaintiff.

Upon the sale being held and the purchaser tendering said bid in cash or certified funds, a receipt of Sale will be issued and/or a Certificate of Sale as required, which will entitle the purchaser to a deed upon confirmation of said sale by the Court.

Said property is legally described as follows: Commonly known as 516 Chicago Road, Paw Paw, IL 61353 Permanent Index No.: 22-18-10-405-016

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Improvements: Residential Structure UNKNOWN Units UNKNOWN Bedrooms UNKNOWN Garage UNKNOWN Bathrooms UNKNOWN Other UNKNOWN The property will NOT be open for inspection prior to the sale.

The judgment amount was $269,668.32. Prospective purchasers are admonished to check the court file and title records to verify this information.

For Bid Amount contact: Sale Clerk Fisher and Shapiro, LLC 2121 Waukegan Road, Suite 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 (847)291-1717 THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT IF YOUR PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR THIS DEBT HAS BEEN EXTINGUISHED BY A DISCHARGE IN BANKRUPTCY OR BY AN ORDER GRANTING IN REM RELIEF FROM STAY, THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED SOLELY TO FORECLOSE THE MORTGAGE REMAINING ON YOUR PROPERTY AND IS NOT AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT THE DISCHARGED PERSONAL OBLIGATION. June 12, 19, 26, 2014

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Accounting Billing Clerk Sauk Valley Media seeks a full-time Accounting Billing Clerk. This position works 32 hours per week (Monday through Friday) in our Sterling office and is eligible for our complete company benefits package. Responsibilities include the following for Sauk Valley Media and the Bureau County Republican: daily billing, data entry, check scanning, tear sheets, billing reports and monthend closing, reconciliations and filing.

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Application deadline is Fri., June 27, 2014. Email your resume with cover letter to Joann Sheridan, accounting manager, at jsheridan@sauk valley.com or complete an application at our Sterling office, 3200 E. Lincolnway, or Dixon office, 113 S. Peoria Ave., for the position "Accounting Billing Clerk".

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Christian Care Ministry is seeking to fill the position of Medical Bill Analyst in our Rock Falls Office. This position is full-time and involves processing medical bills for payment.

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1511 W. 1st St. Group Sale All proceeds go to Calvary Baptist Church

Fri., 7:30-1:30 221 E. Chamberlin Clothes: boys 6-8, girls 7/8, 10/12, 14/16 to name brand teen, some womens. Kids & adult books, toys, kitchen items, purses, misc.

Friday 7-4 210 Hubbell Dr. Apt. 6 (rear) Fairy Gardens & miscellaneous CASH ONLY Thursday, Friday, & Saturday 8-5, 1009 N. Dixon Ave. Antique table & chairs, oak end tables, queen poster bed frame, tools!!!

Womens medium clothes, mens Wrangler jeans, ladies hats & headbands, tires, misc.

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Fri. 8-?, Sat. 8-12 1305 Ann Ave. Full size pedal cars, household & new items, clothing and lots of misc.

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Telegraph 113 S. Peoria Dixon, IL 61021

DIXON GARAGE SALES 624

Fri. 8-2 Sat. 8-12 124 Liberty Ct. All proceeds will go to the Alzheimer's Walk.

Lots of clothes and misc. items. You don't want to miss it!!

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Sauk Valley Media 3200 E. Lincolnway Sterling, IL 61081

Thurs. 1-6, Fri. 7:30-6 & Sat. 7:30-12 1338 Rt. 52 on hwy. 7mi. Outside of Dixon.

Multi Family Sale Cherokee scrubs, name brand womens clothes LG-3X hoodies,Ts, capris, jeans. Horse tack & shoeing stock, pop up camper, cornstove grain cleaner, Dewalt tools, mig welder, Sabre riding mower, fishing poles, lg. Fish tanks, log splitter, wooden end tables, wagon wheels, Little Tikes and kids items, deco mesh wreaths, misc. car parts & tools. Several new items.

Lots of different dog breed items: frames, cups, statues, bags, ornaments, costumes, retractable leashes. Much more!!!

Fri. 8-1 Sat. 8-12 378 Timber Creek Boy's 0-3T, girl's 0-12 mo., adult clothing, double stroller, Jumparoo, swing, furniture, tools, garage misc., snow blower w/ cab, fertilizer spreader, & more

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MILLEDGEVILLE GARAGE SALES 624

STERLING GARAGE SALES 624

ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES 705

PETS & PET SUPPLIES 775

PETS & PET SUPPLIES 775

TICKETS / TRAVEL 787 & EVENTS

WANT TO BUY 795

ESTATE SALE..ONE DAY ONLY! ITEMS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING BELOW: 24231 Wyfox Rd. 9-3 Flates of cups and saucers, Flats of misc cat figurines (10+ different flats), 50+ cat collections plates by The Danbury Mint, Franklin Mint, The Hamilton and Collection Bradford Exchange (most plates come with letter of authenticity), misc glassware flats, misc wood/cat shelves, flour & sugar canisters with scoops, Eclipse reel mowers, old barn fan, wheel barrel, misc garden tools and misc garage items, 2 set of 8 dining sets of plates, saucers and tea cups, 2 boxes of sewing/crochet books, old couch and loveseat, old dining room table with 3 leaves, 4 chairs (not matching to dining room table), misc silverware, misc pots and pans, canning pans, stack of old vinyl records, 2 end tables, 3 older lamps, old desk, 2 dressers, 1 rocking chair, 2 filing cabinets, 2 bed frames and (queen double), cedar chest, old quilts and blankets, misc puzzles, 3 metal shelving units, old vintage baby crib, old purses, 2 bowling balls with bags, set of tennis rackets, old sewing table (incomplete), old sewing table And (complete). many more items for sale!

Everything must go!

Fri. 8-1, Sat. 8-2 501 W. 10th St. Womens, mens, girls, Jrs. Clothing, lots of Justice and Aero. Love seat, chair, kids books, CD's, toys.

Victorian Antique Pole Lamp. Excelent cond. 815284-7910 710

Black and white, Siamese mix cats, both loving, Also 2 farm cats. Free to good home. 779348-5856

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.

Buy gold & silver coins, scrap silver & gold, & guns.

815-625-0966 Want to Buy, Camping equipment, tools, fishing poles & reels, gardening tools, misc.

815-626-2145

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Free cute kittens, Also young adult cats. Litter trained.

Call 815-625-2302

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

Please screen respondents carefully when giving an animal away.

Your pet will thank you!

ROCK FALLS GARAGE SALES 624

ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES 705

629 Marsha Lane Fri. 8-4 & Sat. 8-12 Multi Family Garage Sale Clothing - children, jr. girls, and adults, shoes, toys, and lots of misc!

Antique cast iron cream separator $75 815-456-2175

Contractor Equip.

Tool Sale SKR Rental Rte 30, Sat. June 28, 8-3

Fri. 8-4 Sat. 8-12 3512 9th Ave. (off Science Ridge or 37th St.) Hostas, mowers, bikes, old bottles, fans, toys, hand tools, kitchen, clothes - B 4-7, G 2-5, W 8-14, M LXXL, shoes, books, collectibles, misc.

Friday 8-3 1718 Ave. E. 21 speed Girls bike, 2 futon bunk beds, glider rocking chair, girls & adult clothes, Christmas décor, toys, tether ball set & misc.

Friday only 8-3 1307 13th Ave. Sterling Rain or Shine!

Many name brand clothes, women's size M, L, size 10 regular & petite, men's, Jr.'s size S, M, boy's size 1214, shoes, purses, household & decorative items, many books, Longaberger, vanity table w/ chair and more!

THE EMPORIUM THRIFT STORE 115 W. 3rd St. Sterling CELEBRATE STERLING'S FOURTH FRIDAY June 26, 27, 28 50% OFF STOREWIDE Thurs. 3-6 Fri.10-6 Sat. 10-12 1511 Avenue J Chevy bed liner, ladies golf clubs (Left hand) Exercise equipment, clothing all sz., lots of misc. items.

I Buy: Antique furniture, fishing tackle, toys, post cards junk. 815-445-6151

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815.625.8529

NEW TODAY 4yr 36” Whirlpool stainless steel refrigerator Moved & won't fit. $600.

815-626-2974 Reliable, LIKE NEW used appliances, cmsappliance.net (815)626-1003

FURNITURE

755

2 dressers, cream with gold trim, one with mirror $100 815-359-6037 42” Roll-top desk, solid oak.

Exc. cond. $425. 815772-2528.

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

630201-2888 Rock Falls

Free to good gray & home, brown muddled spayed female cat, 7 yrs., needs quiet home w/ no other pets or children 815-441-6386 Free to good home: 12 mo. old mixed color kittens Call Mary 815-4990305 Part Great Pyrenees puppies. $50. 815-438-3244 Precious, clean 9mo. old cat.

Needs loving home. Moved, cats now allowed. Free to good home only.

815-441-9064

LAWN MOWERS

779

John Deere LT 155 15 HP, 38” cut, Completely redone. Ready to mow! $850. Call 815-441-2311

POOLS & SUPPLIES

784

Pool water delivery.

815-440-0900

Wrigley Rooftops Chicago Cubs Games & Wrigley Concerts!

Includes Bar, Food & Admission ONLY $79-$139 Concerts Zac Brown Band, Blake Shelton & Billy Joel 45+ Cubs Games remaining...

(312) 273-3196 www.WrigleyRooftops-Chicago.com

MISCELLANEOUS 796 FOR SALE 10x10x6 Dog kennel, roofing unit.

10mo. Old. Retail. $650 asking $300 less than yr old.

309-853-6992 2 Metal tables with ¼” beveled glass top , 25” round $30 815-677-1204 27” Sephra commercial chocolate fountain.

Great con. $1200. 815288-2924 7x14 Open trailer, $450. Call 815631-1664.

Black & Decker 8” Table saw w/ stand. $50 815288-1999 China Cabinet 32”wide 16” deep & 75” tall $40 815288-1999

MISCELLANEOUS 796 FOR SALE Blacktop Seal Coating Fritz Asphalt 815-499-2940 Couch.

Clean, good shape. $100 815-590-1489 Earthlite portable massage table w/ bolster & carry bag, $275/obo 779-861-3088 Fluorescent Light (new) 6-tube 48” boxed, $25. 815590-1489 HOMEOWNERS WANTED!!! Kayak Pools is looking for demo homesites to display our maintenance-free pools.

Save thousands of $$$ with this unique opportunity.

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Kids inflatable 3 ring rectangular swim pool w/ pump. $20 815626-0832

MISCELLANEOUS 796 FOR SALE Lg. Outside dog house for free.

Good condition.

815-625-2994 Loveseat. Clean, good shape, $75 815-590-1489 Machinist Tool Set and set of 2 tool boxes, valued at over $2400; asking $1600, 815315-1942 Mattress, twin BeautyRest – new file - legal 4 drawer Call 815-284-0937 Old Phonograph, Magnavox High Fidelity for 33 & 45's $50 815-359-6037 Pro-Com Gas Heater 10,000. 1 year old. $75 815288-1999 Salon wet station: cabinet, mirror, shampoo bowl & chair. Exc. Cond. $1200/obo, over $2000 new. 815718-0245.

Wrought iron fireplace screen w/ cups & 16 tealights $50 815-359-6037

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

Paid $1439. Barely used. Exc. cond. $700 815-4994187 or 815-4384451 Mattress sets: $99, Full Twin $129, Queen $159, King $199. Will deliver! Kern Mattress Outlet, call 309452-7477.

Queen Sized bed frame on wheels.

815-288-6200

PETS & PET SUPPLIES 775 AKC German Shepard puppies for sale. Born 5/17 $500 each. Ready to go now. 309373-1345 Beautiful M kitten part Siamese dsh, Free to good home 9 mo., buff & ash, 815-718-1165

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Fri. & Sat., 8-3 2109 Myrtle St. (Off Dixon Ave.) Womens, mens & children's clothing.

Water cooler, deck chairs, lawn sweeper, movies, office chair, Shop Vac, bicycles, elec. battery scooters, operated skid loader for kids.

Thurs. & Fri. 8-4 29092 Buena Vista Dr. (Linda Vista Estatesoff Rt. 40) Electronic insect light, picture flower frames, pots, Tupperware items, antique mirror, oak Parlor table, old infant toys, lawn cart, spades, motorcycle lift, Hydraulic 20in. jack, machinist tools, adult clothing and misc.

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STERLING GARAGE SALES 624 NEW TODAY Moving to Florida Estate/Tag Sale Fri. 10-6, Sat. 10-3 1812 Ave. D Sterling Owner: Janice Attebury One level home, every room quality newer furniture, & office furniture.

Plus usual household items. Home is sold, all must go!

See pics on estatesales.net Sale by Sauk Valley Estate Sales & Services Fri. & Sat. 7-3 1808 21st Ave. roll-top desk, flat screen tv, home safe, red glassware, and more!

Fri. & Sat. 7-4 810 W. Lefevre Rd. Clothes, baby boys -mens, misses-3x, shoes, Holiday & home décor, computer items, baby swing, stroller, bounce chairs, bike, books, toys & more!

Fri. 7am-6pm Sat. 7am-9am 1807 21st Ave. Huge selection of Gymboree BRAND NEW with tags baby girls & boys (0-3T), clothing adult swim wear, bras and more.

Price range from $2 to $10. Beautiful solid oak chest of drawers with mirror, asking $300, mint condition.

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Call 815-626-5725

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1937 Oliver 70 Row Crop, new rear radial tires, needs engine work, decent paint job, $1500 815-4994848

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ad runs for 30 days in Sauk Valley Classifieds, 4 Ogle County Papers, The Review and saukvalley.com all for only $38!

Special must be mentioned at time of ad placement.

Offer expires 12/31/14 No Commercial Advertising, Pets, Garage Sales, Wood/ Fuel, Tickets/ Travel or Real Estate

1995 Mazda MX6 V6, AC, blue tooth stereo, good cond. $2100/obo Call or text 815-973-6479 1998 Pontiac Grand Prix GT 2Dr 189k mi. $2500 OBO. Good Cond.

815-631-6622 1999 Buick Park Avenue Deluxe Edition- Excellent Cond. 815-7346669

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AUTOMOBILES

AUTOMOBILES

905

1999 Chrysler Sebring 2DR. 6Cyl. $750 obo 815-2881957 2003 white Century Buick, 77k mi. New Battery & breaks.

Exc. Con. $4,000 815-288-4005 2005 Ford Taurus SE, A/C, AMFM CD, 123k mi. Asking $4,750. Call 815-499-8432 2005 Lincoln LS Sedan Coupe, sharp, 75,500 mi. $6500/obo AND 2008 Polaris Sportsman HO ATV, 604 mi., $4300/obo 815718-1169 Credit Problems?

Bad Credit? No Credit? We might be able to help! If you're looking to buy a vehicle we have many financing options available through qualified lenders. Call Brett Simpson today at 815-2855313. Ken Nelson Auto Plaza. creditautosales dixon.com Always over 100+ vehicles to choose from.

TRUCKS

910

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 2006 Dodge Ram 1500 4x4 crew cab,163K mi., rear suspension bag assist, trans. upgraded, flex fuel, exc. cond. $10,500 obo 815-590-6393

VANS

911

2005 Chrysler T&C van w/used Houveround chair (new batteries) & tail gate winch lift system. 123,875 mi. $5500/ OBO. 815684-5324

4X4S

912

'03 Chevy 2500HD diesel, Duramax Allison trans., loadvery good ed, cond., 160K mi., $15,900 815-3151942

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2014 Ford Fiesta SE Comfort PKG.

SEMI TRUCKS / 913 RIGS 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

PARTS & ACC.

925

MOTORCYCLES

BOATS/MOTORS

935

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 2007 Harley Davidson Sportster 883LO, met. blue, low mil., $4250 815-238-1788 Harley 2005 Electra glide, chromed out, painted dash pipes, radio. $11,000 815-285-0366

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03660 Raptor Runs good! $1,700/obo. 779245-2716 14' Landau alum.

Flat bottom fishing boat, $400. Call 815-441-7819.

TRAILERS/RVS

5 Dayton tires on Toyota rims. Like new. P185/70R14. $25/ea. Call 815625-9190

945

17 ft. 2009 Shasta Camper, $11,000 firm. Very clean.

Like new.

815625-0067.

803 Ave. D Rock Falls 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 2008 Toy Hauler / Camper 28' o. a., Q size bed up front, fold down sofas at rear, very clean, many extras, $11,000/obo 801 W. 19th St., Sterling 815-626-7278

AUTOS WANTED

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NEW TODAY Honda 250 Enduro 1.4 k true mi., like new, $2000 815-499-9021

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HORSES & SUPPLIES

904

1923 T Bucket 350/350, Ford 9”.

Price Negotiable.

815-625-3812.

1950 Chevy 4 dr., 219 engine ready to drive, many extra parts, $10,500 815-625-4364 1988 Mustang 5.0 speed, new 5 parts, $3500/obo 815-631-8220

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2014 Ford Fusion SE FWD Stk# AE7959

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2014 Ford Taurus FWD SEL Stk# AE8271

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12 FORD TAURUS SEL

Payments as low as $283/mo** MSRP............................. $27,015

MSRP MSRP............................. $30,665

Dixon Discount .............. ..$2,398

Dixon Discount .............. ..$2,718

YOUR PRICE

MFG Rebate ................... ..$2,000 Ford Finance CashA ........... $500 Farm Bureau Members OnlyB ..$500

LEATHER, LOW MILES, 1-OWNER!

$19,999*

Payments as low as $294/mo**

$

21,617*

2014 Ford Escape SE 4x4 Stk# BE8225

MFG Rebate ................... ..$3,750 Ford Finance CashA ....... ..$1,250 Farm Bureau Members OnlyB ..$500

$

YOUR PRICE

22,447*

2014 Ford Edge AWD SEL Stk# BE8286

Loaded

13 FORD TAURUS SPORT

LOADED! ROOTBEER METALLIC

Payments as low as $318/mo**

Payments as low as $442/mo**

$24,999*

MSRP............................. $28,900

MSRP............................. $39,815 MSRP

Dixon Discount .............. ..$1,584

Dixon Discount .............. ..$2,515

13 CHEVY COBALT

MFG Rebate ................... ..$2,000

LOW MILES!

$14,999*

Farm Bureau Members OnlyB ..$500

YOUR PRICE

24,816*

$

2014 Ford Flex SEL FWD Stk# BE8304

MSRP............................. $40,685

815-625-9600 Mon.-Thur. 9-7 • Fri. 9-6 • Sat. 8:30am-4pm

*Plus tax, title, license & doc fee. Photos for illustration only.

Farm Bureau Members OnlyB ..$500

34,300*

$

MFG Rebate ................... ..$1,500 $

YOUR PRICE

34,998*

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2014 Ford F-150 XLT 4x4

Payments as low as $374/mo** MSRP............................. $36,790 MSRP

Dixon Discount .............. ..$3,687 Farm Bureau Members OnlyB ..$500

Ford Finance CashA ............ $500

YOUR PRICE

Stk# BE8174

Payments as low as $451/mo** WWW.MAJESKIMOTORSINC.COM

MFG Rebate ................... ..$2,000

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Dixon Discount .............. ..$3,006 MFG Rebate ................... ..$2,500 Ford Finance CashA ....... ..$1,000 Trade in AssistanceC ...........$750

YOUR PRICE

30,284*

$

Farm Bureau Members Only ..$500 B

*Plus tax, title, license & doc fee. **Payment based on 84 months @ 2.7% APR financing. Must qualify. Plus tax, title, license, doc fee & $500 cash down.

Term & rate may vary depending on credit worthiness of customer as determined by bank approval. All rebates & incentives applied. Not everyone will qualify. See dealer for details. A) Ford Finance CashCashCash - must finance through Ford). Max terms 72 months. B) Farm Bureau (must be 2014 member to qualify). C) Trade In Assistance - must have trade in to qualify. D) With approved credit. Offers expire 6/30/14.

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$14,588*

2001 GMC YUKON SLE

WHITE DIAMOND, REAR VIEW CAMERA, CRUISE CONTROL, LOADED WITH EQUIPMENT, FULL FACTORY WARRANTY, STK#R634

ONLY 7 MILES!!00

)5217 %8&.(7 6($76 RUNNING BOARDS, 5.3L V-8, AIR CONDITIONING, POWER SEAT 67. $

$6,850

$18,988*

2008 DODGE AVENGER SE

GREAT MPG!

):' $8720$7,& &</,1'(5 32:(5 :,1'2:6 32:(5 LOCKS, VERY NICE CAR, STK#R644A

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:' $8720$7,& 32:(5 681522) %8&.(7 6($76 /($7+(5 6($76 72: 3$&.$*( 67. 5 $

2008 PONTIAC G6 LOW MILES !

AIR CONDITIONING, FWD, POWER WINDOWS, POWER LOCKS, CRUISE CONTROL, NICE CAR, STK#R672

$9,988* $11,888* 2009 JEEP PATRIOT SPORT

4WD! $,5 &21',7,21,1* $17, /2&. %5$.(6 32:(5 681522) %26721 $&2867,&6 63($.(56 9(5< 1,&( 689 67. 5 $

2004 CHEVROLET VENTURE LOC TRADAEL

AUTOMATIC, FWD, DUAL POWER SLIDING DOORS, LEATHER SEATS, DVD PLAYER, KEYLESS ENTRY, STK#R588B

$10,988* $10,988* $4,988*

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With approved credit. All pricing ends 6/30/2014. Pictures for illustration only.