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Grant sought for sewer project With it, residents could get help hooking up to city system

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

STERLING – The city is seeking a federal grant that could help residents pay for hooking up to city sewer service.

Engineering firm Willett, Hofmann & Associates is helping the city apply for a Community Development Block Grant through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

During a June 29 special council meeting, a public hearing was conducted for the project that would be at least partially funded with the grant money. There was no comment from the audience.

Plans are to extend the sewer system in several areas: Folkers Road from

Fourth Avenue to Fifth Avenue; Fifth Avenue from Folkers Road to Grobe Road; Grobe Road from Fifth Avenue to Sixth Avenue; and Sixth Avenue from Lynn Boulevard to East 21st Street.

Scott A motion to dediShumard cate city money to the City manager project was passed hopes grant will cover near- by a vote of 4-0 at the $600,000 project special meeting.

City Manager Scott Shumard said the cost of the sewer work is estimated at $584,345. He is hopeful the city could be off the hook for the project.

“There is a legitimate chance that we can get all of the work paid for through the grant,” Shumard said.

The block grant program is wide-ranging in scope, and it has socioeconomic, job creation and housing components.

To determine municipal grant awards, HUD uses a complex formula that measures community need and obstacles to future growth.

Willett, Hofmann Vice President Matthew Hansen said the city would pursue a grant in the competitive category because it has benefits for low- to moderate-income residents.

“This grant would allow residents to apply for financial assistance to hook up to city sewer,” Hansen said.

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Line drawn at 11 breaks City seeks grant for problematic Palmyra utility

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

DIXON – Over the past 10 years, city crews have had to repair the Palmyra Avenue water main 11 times because of breaks. City officials are hoping a grant will be just the fix.

The council voted 4-0 to ratify a resolution supporting pursuit of a $230,227 federal Community Development Assistance Program grant and committing to a $76,743 local match. If obtained, the grant would cover 75 percent of the city’s costs on a project that could begin as early as 2016.

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Next meeting The Dixon City Council’s next scheduled meeting is special session at 5:30 p.m. July 13 at City Hall. The council’s next regular meeting is July 20 at the same time and location.

Go to www.DiscoverDixon.org or call City Hall at 815-288-1485 for an agenda or more information.

Utility work parlayed with priority job Photos by Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com

ABOVE: U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-East Moline, introduces herself Monday morning to participants in Sterling Public Library’s Reading to the Rhythm summer reading program.

Sterling to work with utility, expand road resurfacing plans

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

RIGHT: Bustos listens as head children’s librarian Anita Elgin takes her turn reading to the kids. The next Reading to the Rhythm program – for 3- to 5-year-olds – will run from 10 to 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. Visit www1.youseemore.com/sterling/calendar.asp for the library’s full slate of events, or find Sterling Public Library on Facebook.

Call the library at 815-625-1370 for more information.

STERLING – A water main upgrade planned by the city’s water utility will trigger a small road resurfacing project.

The council Monday approved a reconstruction agreement between Illinois American Water Company and the city that calls for the city to reimburse the utility for any road work that goes beyond what would be necessary to do the water main work.

The utility is replacing the water main beneath West LeFevre Road.

That work would usually warrant only about a 6-foot patch of resurfacing, but because the road is in such bad shape, the city decided to fix a larger area.

Online extra Click on this story at saukvalley.com to watch video of the congresswoman reading to the children.

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DIXON – The Lee County Executive Committee is holding a special meeting Thursday to discuss the feasibility of hiring the county’s first administrator, who could help with budgeting and other board matters.

A subcommittee consisting of three county board members and three department heads was appointed at the June board meeting to research the idea, including what duties an administrator would have and how much he or she would be paid.

Those members will present their findings to the executive committee, which then will decide whether to make a recommendation to the full board.

C o u n ty Board Chairman Rick Ketchum, one of the six assigned to Rick the subcomKetchum mittee, was Lee County in favor of Board such a hire, chairman he said at the time.

He thought the position would cost about $100,000 a year.

“We’re going to find out what the average wage of one is,” Ketchum said. “Or if there are other duties we can have them do, such as human resources.

We also want to see if there’s someone out there who might be an administrator and economic development director.”

The meeting will be held at 2 p.m. in the old Lee County Courthouse, 112 E. Second St. Call the Lee County Board chairman’s office at 815-288-5676 for more information.

IN BRIEF Info, lunch planned Police: Man burns at Whiteside center 4 during argument STERLING – An AARP driver safety class will be from 8 a.m. to noon Wednesday and Thursday at Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St. The refresher course will include information on how to adjust to the effects of aging on driving. Discounts on car insurance are available. The cost is $15 for AARP members and $20 for non-members. Call the center at 815-622-9230 to register.

Walmart Distribution will sponsor a free community meal from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the center. The menu includes a hamburger, hot dog, potato salad, baked beans, dessert, and a soft drink or water.

A utility bill clinic by the Citizens Utility Board will begin at 12:30 p.m. Friday at the center. Participants are asked to bring their utility bills. Meetings are one-on-one; call the center at the above number to register.

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CHICAGO (AP) – A 61-year-old Chicago man faces felony aggravated battery charges and is accused of throwing a caustic substance on two adults and two children during an argument.

The Chicago Sun-Times reported that Gregory Brown was arrested Friday, shortly after the incident on the city’s West Side. On Sunday, a judge ordered him held on $1 million bail.

Police say a 1-yearold boy suffered serious burns to his left arm and a 2-year-old girl suffered burns to her chest, left leg, left hand and abdomen.

A 31-year-old man suffered burns to his chest, back and face and a 39-year-old woman was burned on her right arm.

All of them were taken to area hospitals where police say their conditions stabilized.

It was not immediately clear whether Brown has an attorney.

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Correction Ynes Vasquez, 88, of Rock Falls, died Sunday at his home. A pending obituary notice on page A4 of Monday’s editions incorrectly referred to him as “her.”

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POLICE Sterling Police Charles W. Condon, 75, of Morrison; 1:13 p.m.

Sunday in the 1900 block of Locust Street; no insurance; released with promise to comply.

Michael E. Holcomb, 32, of Davenport, Iowa; 2:16 p.m. Sunday in the 1900 block of East Fourth Street; no valid driver’s license, Davenport, Iowa, warrant for robbery, and conspiracy to commit a forcible felony; taken to Whiteside County Jail.

Juan G. Gomez, 35, of Sterling; 9:19 p.m. Sunday at Lynn Boulevard and Freeport Road; driving while license suspended; given notice to appear in court.

Rock Falls Police Emily C. Higley, 24, of Sterling; 1:23 p.m. Friday in the 200 block of First Avenue; driving while license suspended, operation of uninsured motor vehicle, unlawful use of a cellphone; given notice to appear in court.

Heather M. Hunter, 27, of Rock Falls; 3:50 p.m.

Saturday in the 400 block of Martin Road; Lee County warrant; bonded out.

Michelle L. Turner, 48, of Rock Falls; 8:19 a.m. June 30 in the 1500 block of Seventh Avenue; Lee County warrant; bonded out.

Alma A. Jenz, 30, of Sterling; 4:38 p.m. Saturday in the 200 block of Avenue D; Whiteside County warrant; taken to Whiteside County Jail.

Arthur W. Robinson, 41, of Nashville, Tennessee; 4:03 p.m. Thursday at First Avenue and West 19th Street; Whiteside County warrant; taken to Whiteside County Jail.

Cody A. Warren, 27, of Sterling; 4:30 p.m. June 15 in the 1000 block of Seventh Avenue; battery; given notice to appear in court.

Vanessa K. Kitsmiller, 18, of Rock Falls; 3:14 p.m.

Friday in the 1000 block of First Avenue; failure to give information after striking unattended vehicle; given notice to appear in court.

Kimberly A. Kessler, 43, of Rock Falls; 7:22 p.m.

Friday at U.S. Route 30 and 14th Avenue; no valid driver’s license, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident; given notice to appear in court.

Sabrina A. Silva, 26, of Rock Falls; 11:18 a.m. Saturday at U.S. Route 30 and state Route 40; failure to yield turning left; given notice to appear in court.

Nathan J. Schryver, 33, of Dixon; 1:32 p.m. Sunday in the 1100 block of Dixon Avenue; speeding; given notice to appear in court.

Gary L. Scuffham, 65, of Rock Falls; 11:06 a.m.

Sunday in the 1000 block of Dixon Avenue; speeding; given notice to appear in court.

Angel M. Zamora, 40, of Dixon; 11:43 a.m. Sunday in the 1100 block of Dixon

Avenue; speeding; given notice to appear in court.

James W. Werner, 79, of Stillman Valley. 1:18 p.m.

Sunday in the 1100 block of Dixon Avenue; speeding; given notice to appear in court.

Brody L. Zink, 21, of Webster Groves, Missouri; 1:07 p.m. Saturday at U.S. Route 30 and First Avenue; failure to wear properly adjusted seat belt; released with promise to comply.

Michelle M. Healy, 17, of Dixon; 12:20 p.m. Saturday in the 500 block of West Second Street; speeding; given notice to appear in court.

Gina M. Trujillo, 34, of Sterling; 3:15 a.m. Sunday at Eighth Avenue and Roberts Street; no valid driver’s license; given notice to appear in court.

Shaunti L. Kaehler, 29, of Rock Falls; 4:48 p.m.

Sunday in the 200 block of Eighth Avenue; unlawful use of a cellphone; given notice to appear in court.

Gyl C. Rodriguez, 47, of Prophetstown; 11:39 a.m.

Sunday in the 1000 block of First Avenue; unlawful use of a cellphone; given notice to appear in court.

Zackery T. Healy, 17, of Dixon; 6:34 p.m. Sunday at Dixon Avenue and Wiker Drive; speeding; given notice to appear in court.

Alan E. Lindsay, 33, of Tampico; 4:51 a.m. Monday at Prophet Road and 14th Avenue; disobeying a traffic control device; given notice to appear in court.

Kelsey A. Swanson, 22, of Puyallup, Washington; 3:58 p.m. Sunday in the 700 block of First Avenue; speeding; released with promise to comply.

Joseph E. Wood, 24, of Rock Falls; 1:24 a.m. Friday at First and Dixon avenues; operation of an uninsured motor vehicle; given notice to appear in court.

Jenaea A.M. Bourgeois, 19, of Sterling; 11:26 p.m.

Thursday at West 19th Street and Eighth Avenue; disobeying a stop sign; given notice to appear in court.

Kenneth A. Grebasch, 65, of Rock Falls; 1:32 p.m.

Sunday in the 1200 block of Dixon Avenue; unlawful use of a cellphone; given notice to appear in court.

Dixon Police Boy, 17, of Dixon; 1:37 p.m. Sunday in the 200 block of Monroe Avenue; no valid driver’s license, failure to yield at an intersection; given notice to appear in court.

Michael R. Propheter, 72, of Dixon; 5:35 p.m.

Friday in the 1200 block of Palmyra Avenue; driving under the influence of alcohol, illegal transportation of alcohol; posted bond and released.

Lee County Sheriff Allison L. Buettner, 38, of Mendota; 4:56 a.m.

Sunday; criminal trespass to residence; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Matthew T. McHugh, 22, of Ashton; 3:51 a.m.

Sunday; warrant for failure to appear – contempt; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Marco Antonio Olivares, 32, of North Riverside; 1:40 a.m. Sunday; driving under the influence; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Brian K. Yarbrough, 52, of Dixon; 11:11 a.m.

Saturday; aggravated domestic battery, unlawful restraint, Whiteside County hold for contempt; held at Lee County Jail and given notice to appear in court.

Daegan J. Wharff, 19, of Rock Falls; 3:50 a.m.

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of liquor as a minor; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Joshua A. Wessels, 19, of Rock Falls; 3:45 a.m. Saturday; consumption of liquor as a minor; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Reggie L. Kennedy, 19, of Sterling; 3:36 a.m. Saturday; consumption; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Craig M. Saunders, 41, of Rochelle; midnight Saturday; aggravated domestic battery; held at Lee County Jail and given notice to appear in court.

Kendall P. Sliwka, 18, of Schaumburg; 11:01 p.m.

Friday; possession of drug paraphernalia; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Devon L. Hoggard, 32, of Dixon; 6 p.m. Friday; drug court violation; held at Lee County Jail.

Matthew B. Thomas, 19, of Polo; 4:05 p.m. Friday; warrant for failure to appear – possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of marijuana; held at Lee County Jail and given notice to appear in court.

James R. Kaecker, 53, of Amboy; 12:26 p.m. Friday; warrant for criminal sexual assault, two warrants for criminal sexual abuse; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Jamie S. Ross, 30, of Ashton; 2:28 a.m. Friday; domestic battery; given notice to appear in court.

Jessica L. Troxell, 22, of Dixon; 12:37 p.m. Thursday; petition to revoke probation – retail theft; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Larry A. Lathrop, 42, of Dixon; 12:34 p.m. Thursday; petition to revoke probation – violation of order of protection; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Michial Morton, 40, of Dixon; 12:31 p.m. Thursday; petition to revoke probation – reckless conduct; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Francisco J. Hernandez, 20, of Aurora; 12:23 p.m.

Thursday; petition to revoke probation – unlicensed; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Ogle County Sheriff Justin Snyder, 30, of

Oregon; 2:35 a.m. Sunday in the 1000 block of West Oregon Trail Road; driving under the influence of alcohol, improper lane usage; given citation, taken to Ogle County Jail, and held in lieu of bond.

Keith Britsch, 50, of Oregon; 8:25 p.m. Saturday at the intersection of Edgewood and Lowell Park roads; driving while license revoked; taken to Ogle County Jail and held in lieu of bond.

Ryan Anderson, 30, of Watertown, Wisconsin; 11:06 p.m. Friday on Chana Road just north of state Route 64; driving under the influence, fleeing or attempting to elude police, child endangerment, two violations of improper lane use, failure to signal, illegal transportation of alcohol, failure to secure child in child restraint device; taken to Ogle County Jail and held in lieu of bond.

Rebecca A. Hanson, 38, of Oregon; Friday; warrant for contempt; posted full cash bond, released, and given notice to appear in court.

Kendrick C. Spring, 25, of Byron; Friday; warrant for driving while license revoked; given notice to appear in court.

State Police Squatty L. Burns, 26, of Chicago; 1:52 p.m. Sunday on Interstate 88 in Whiteside County; driving while suspended, speeding; given individual bond and notice to appear in court.

Timothy R. Cantrell, 20, of Lee; 1:48 a.m. Sunday at Ninth Street and 10th Avenue in Rochelle; DeKalb County warrant for speeding; held at Ogle County Jail and given notice to appear in court.

BIRTHDAYS Happy belated birthday to Rick Fritz, Leonard Strader, and Brett Beaugrand, 48, all on Saturday, and Diane Boel, Izabel Wallace, Debra Markley, Robert Schoff, and Gianna Mancera, 17, all on Monday.

Happy birthday to Kiaya Contreras, Deanna Hoge Sierra Harris, 15, Karen Schmidt, Rita Peltier, Arlene Miller, and Jacki Mattingly, all today.

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MISSOURI | NICHOLAS SHELEY TRIAL

New venue requested Sheley was granted relocation of trial for Rock Falls murders

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Skyler Drew, 8, of Dixon gets a shower as Sassy dries herself off after taking a dip Monday morning in the Rock River. Drew, along with a brother and sister, took turns throwing a stick into the river from Page Park.

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Slayings put spotlight on gang violence Seven homicides reported during holiday weekend CHICAGO (AP) – A 7-year-old boy who was one of seven people shot to death in Chicago over the holiday weekend was the son of a gang leader with a lengthy arrest record. Police say the man’s refusal to cooperate with detectives highlights the city’s ongoing challenge to curb gangrelated violence.

During the Fourth of July weekend, 48 people were wounded by gunfire in 34 separate incidents in Chicago. Seven homicides also were reported during the same 3-day period last year, and this year’s total in the nation’s third-largest city nearly matched the combined numbers for New York (one), Los Angeles (three) and Houston (five) – the other cities that rank in the top four in population.

Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy has repeatedly lamented that the lack of tough gun laws in Illinois has made the streets that much more dangerous, because of the quickness with which people arrested on gun charges are back on the street.

Among them, he said, is the father of the young shooting victim. McCarthy said that the bullet that struck Amari Brown in the chest “was meant for his father,” whom he described as a “ranking gang member” who had been arrested 45 times.

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Antonio Brown, father of Amari Brown, speaks with the media near a sign honoring his son Monday in Chicago. Authorities say 7-year-old Amari Brown, who was celebrating the Fourth of July with his family, was among three people who were shot and killed overnight during a weekend outbreak of gun-related violence in Chicago.

Antonio Brown’s refus- with a man shooting at a al to cooperate with the group of kids?” investigation is a familiar The Rev. Ira Acree, who hurdle for Chicago police appeared with Brown that, as of Monday, had and other family memyet to capture a suspect bers at a news conference in Amari’s death.

Sunday, also questioned After Brown was arrest- McCarthy’s assertion that ed for gun possession last the boy would be alive if April, he was released on his father was in custody. bail the next day, McCar“I can understand his thy said.

“If Mr. Brown is in custody, his son is alive,” McCarthy told reporters Sunday.

Brown’s family bristled at the suggestion that Brown bore any responsibility for his son’s death, as well as the contention that he was the intended victim.

“He was in the house using the washroom,” his uncle, Carl O’Neal, told The Associated Press on Monday. “Yes, he’s a former gang member. Yes, he’s been arrested, but what does that have to do

anger and his frustration ... but the fact is 50 people were shot over the weekend,” said Acree. “Are you going to tell me that all 50 people had a relative that caused them to be shot?”

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel visited with the Brown family Monday and expressed concern about Antonio Brown’s actions.

“The idea that you’re taking a 7-year old out at midnight, you have a responsibility to that child, and then to cooperate with the police department on a crime committed to that 7-year old,” Emanuel said.

Three years after capturing the attention of the country when the total of homicides topped the 500 mark, the number of slayings is once again climbing after dropping each of the past 2 years.

As of June 28, there were 203 homicides compared to 171 for the same period last year. And there were 1,045 shooting incidents compared to 866 for the same period last year.

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HILLSBORO, Mo. – A 35-year-old Sterling man serving life sentences for six Illinois slayings wants to move a murder trial that could lead to his execution to another place in Missouri.

In his request for a venue change, Nicholas Sheley said he can’t get a fair trial in Jefferson County south of St. Louis, where prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty if he’s convicted in the killings of Jill and Tom Estes of Sherwood, Arkansas.

Police say the couple was attacked outside a Festus hotel after leaving a 2008 graduation party.

Sheley was scheduled to make his first Missouri court appearance Monday, but his arraignment was postponed after the judge stepped down at Sheley’s request.

Court records don’t indicate why Circuit Judge Mark Stoll withdrew, but under Missouri law, Sheley did not have to explain why he made his request. His petition was filed within the 10-day deadline for such requests.

His St. Louis-based public defender, who has previously cited office policy in declin-

ing to discuss the case, could not be reached for comment Monday.

Jefferson County prosecutors also were not available.

Sheley was extradited to Missouri in February from Illinois, where he was found guilty in a killing spree that began in his hometown of Sterling.

Four victims who had been bludgeoned with a hammer were found in a Rock Falls apartment. They ranged in age from 2 years to 29.

The other victims were a 65-year-old man whose body was found behind a Galesburg grocery store in northwestern Illinois and a 93-year-old man killed in Sterling.

Sheley was granted relocation of his trial in those murders to the Quad Cities.

Unlike in Illinois, offenders can be sentenced to death in neighboring Missouri.

A June court filing outlining the state’s decision to pursue the death penalty cites Sheley’s convictions in the six Illinois killings as well as three other aggravating circumstances, including his attempt to rob the Arkansas couple while committing an “outrageously or wantonly vile, horrible or inhuman” killing.

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OBITUARIES FUNERAL SERVICES FOR THE WEEK

Wendy Rock STERLING – Wendy Rock, 61, of Sterling, died Thursday, June 30, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

She was born Jan. 9, 1954, in Sterling, a daughter of Harold and Hazel (Walrath) Stewart. She married Renard Rock. He died June 17, 2009. She enjoyed fishing, playing pool, baking, cooking, and collecting Wizard of Oz memorabilia. Wendy adored her grandchildren and loved spending time with them. She also looked forward to her “sister trips,” and had a great talent for making arts and crafts out of many different things.

Surviving are her daughter, Eva (Danny) Langloss of Dixon; son, Stan (Mary) Woessner of Phoenix; sisters, Joan

Tuft of Sterling, Lynette (Phil) Masini of Rock Falls, Debbie Dettman of Rockford, and Kris (Brian) Zschiesche of Prophetstown; brothers, Paul Stewart and Gary (Mary Pat) Stewart, both of Sterling; and grandchildren, Austin, Tyler and Allie of Phoenix, and Lexy and Bradyn of Dixon.

She also was preceded in death by her parents and siblings, Kay (the late Ralph) Sprecher, Ellen (the late Bill) Howard, Sharyn (the late Brenden) Buckley, and Denny Dettman.

Cremation rites have been accorded. A gathering of family and friends was Monday at McDonald Funeral Home in Sterling.

A memorial has been established.

Today’s visitations: Wayne L. Hinrichs of Mendota, 5 -7 p.m. at Merritt Funeral Home in Mendota.

Karen L. Reeverts of Byron, 5-8 p.m. at FarrellHolland-Gale Funeral Home in Byron.

Wednesday funerals: Wayne L. Hinrichs of Mendota, 10:30 a.m. at Merritt Funeral Home in Mendota.

Karen L. Reeverts of Byron, 11 a.m. at FarrellHolland-Gale Funeral Home in Byron.

Ruth I. Balluff of Mount Morris, 2 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Mount Morris.

Frank R. Bernardini of Tampico, gathering of family and friends, 5-7 p.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.

Thursday visitations: Evelyn E. Celestino of Rock Falls, gathering of family and friends, 9:30-10:30 a.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.

Lynn A. Manis of Oregon, 5-7 p.m. at Finch Funeral

Home in Mount Morris.

Ynes L. Vasquez of Rock Falls, 5-7 p.m., with the rosary recited at 4:45 p.m., at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.

Thursday funerals: Evelyn E. Celestino of Rock Falls, 10:30 a.m. memorial service at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.

Lynn A. Manis of Oregon, 7:15 p.m. at Oakwood Cemetery in Mount Morris.

Friday funerals: Ynes L. Vazquez of Rock Falls, 10 a.m. Mass at St. Andrew Catholic Church in Rock Falls.

Lester H. Otten of Arkadelphia, Arkansas, 11 a.m. graveside service at Oak Knoll Memorial Park in Sterling.

Luanne Kalas of Polo, celebration of life open house, 4-8 p.m. at Dad’s Bar and Grill, Pinecricker Cafe in Polo.

Sunday funerals: Douglas E. Fitzsimmons of Dixon, 2 p.m. memorial service at Edgewood Golf Course in Polo.

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Frank R. Bernardini TAMPICO – Frank R. Bernardini, 51, of Tampico, died Sunday, July 5, 2015, at his home.

Frank was born Jan. 14, 1964, in Ottawa, the son of Angelo and Clara (Orsini) Bernardini. He was employed as a respiratory therapist for 15 years, and owned and operated Power Tan in Rockford.

Survivors include his sister, Angela Bernardini of Tampico; and his friend, Lou Finkle of Tampico.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

A gathering of family and friends will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls. Private burial will be at a later date at Arlington Memorial Park Cemetery in Rockford.

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Evelyn E. Celestino STERLING – Evelyn E. Celestino, 82, of Sterling, died Saturday, July 4, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling. She worked for many years as a caretaker.

Evelyn was born June 26, 1933, in Rock Falls, the daughter of Earl and Erna (Schuleuter) Seidel. She married Sabas Celestino. He preceded her in death in September 1959.

Survivors include two sons, Ruben (Karen) Celestino and Rick (Patty) Celestino, both of Sterling; one daughter, Erna Mae Burgess of Sterling; two sisters, Elsie Echartea of Sterling, and Ruth (Mervin) Becker of Rock Falls; five grand-

children; and 11 greatgrandchildren.

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

A gathering of family and friends will be from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Thursday and a memorial service at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls, with Jason Borton, pastor of Harvest Time Bible Church in Rock Falls, officiating. Burial will be at Calvary Cemetery in Sterling.

In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established.

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Ynes L. Vasquez ROCK FALLS – Ynes L. Vasquez, 88, of Rock Falls, died Sunday, June 5, 2015, at his home. He was employed by Northwestern Steel and Wire Co. for 41 years before his retirement in 1989 as operator in the nail department.

Ynes was born Jan. 21, 1927, in Hondo, Texas, the son of Luis and Santos (Leyvas) Vasquez. He married Lupe Chapa on March 8, 1948, in Pleasanton, Texas. He was a member of St. Andrew Catholic Church in Rock Falls.

Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Linda (Arthur) Lomas of Aurora, and Margie (Gilbert Jr.) Canales of Rock Falls; three sons, Ynes (Barb) Vasquez Jr. of Poteet, Texas, Ruben

(Susan) Vasquez of Sterling, and Charlie (Katherine) Vasquez of Rock Falls; 12 grandchildren; and 17 greatgrandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters, five brothers, and one grandchild.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m., with the rosary recited at 4:45 p.m., Thursday at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls. Celebration of the Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Andrew Catholic Church in Rock Falls, with the Rev. Richard Kramer officiating. Burial will be at Oak Knoll Memorial Park in Sterling.

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Anna B. Portner STERLING – Anna B. Portner, 80, of Sterling, died Monday, July 6, 2015, at Regency Care of Sterling.

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Sheila S. Pratt DIXON – Sheila Sue Pratt, 63, of Dixon, died Saturday, July 4, 2015, at her home.

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DEKALB

Underage drinking bill awaits Rauner’s OK It proposes immunity for law-breakers who call 911

BY KATIE SMITH Shaw Media ksmith@shawmedia.com

DeKALB – DeKalb Fire Chief Eric Hicks has seen people choke on their own vomit. He has responded to emergencies where it was too late to save someone who suffered alcohol poisoning.

When in doubt, he recommends calling 911 for medical assistance any time alcohol is a factor, he said.

“My recommendation would be to make

sure that someone is sober and keeps an eye on someone who is out drinking,” Hicks said.

“More than just a designated [driver] – more like a designated friend, I guess.”

An Illinois proposal that would overlook underage drinkers who call 911 for medical help passed both houses June 16 and awaits Gov. Bruce Rauner’s approval.

State Rep. Scott Drury, D-Highwood, representing the 58th District, submitted the proposal in February, with the hopes it would encourage underage drinkers to act responsibly in emergency situations.

“The point of the bill is for some good person to

do the right thing, and that someone’s son or daughter doesn’t face the ultimate consequence for drinking too much, which we know could be death,” Drury said.

The proposal would extend amnesty to up to three people – a person who called 911 and no more than two others, if they stay with the person to ensure they receive medical treatment.

Should Rauner approve the proposal, anyone seeking legal action against an officer would need to prove that he or she willfully wanted to harm anyone involved in the reporting, Drury said.

In 2012, DeKalb was home to what State’s

Attorney Richard Schmack has called “the largest hazing prosecution in the history of the United States.”

Nineteen-year-old Northern Illinois University freshman David Bogenberger died after he was encouraged to drink several 4-ounce glasses of vodka in rapid succession at an unsanctioned fraternity party. Active fraternity members decided against calling for medical help – and also told others not to do so, David’s mother, Ruth Bogenberger, said.

“In our situation, we were informed that somebody suggested calling 911 for another pledge ... and they were told no,” she said.

Not all alcohol-related

emergencies happen at a party or out a group of friends, Hicks said.

“A lot of times, this kind of thing happens after these people are dropped off,” he said.

“I would say if someone has the symptoms, to call 911.”

On average, about 57 people die from alcohol poisoning in Illinois alone each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Some public universities have adopted “Good Samaritan Policies,” or medical amnesty for students who call 911 for emergencies involving drugs or alcohol.

NIU has no such policy, Dathan Jackson, NIU police sergeant said.

If medical immunity

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“There’s really a heavy concentration of [breaks] right in front of the residential areas,” said Matt Hansen, an engineer with Willett Hofmann & Associates overseeing the grant application.

Part of the grant’s requirements stipulated that Dixon hold a public hearing before submitting its applica-

tion, allowing Hansen to explain the project’s finer points.

“When repairs have to be done, everybody is without water service until [the Water Department] can get the repairs made and back in service with satisfactory test results,” he said. “If some time way in the future there are issues there, we’ll have a way of isolating the situation so we won’t take as many people out of service.”

The worst stretch of breaks was between July and September 2013, when the city had to fix the main three times.

The project would take place between Fourth and First avenues. Construction crews would install a cured-in-place liner within the existing main, connect the west end of the main to an existing one on the north side of Palmyra Avenue, and replace two existing fire hydrants, among other

renovations.

The project would take place in front of 12 homes on the south side of the street. No residents would be displaced by construction.

The CDAP application also stipulates that the project help benefit lowto moderate-income [LMI] citizens. Hansen estimates that of the $230,000 the city could receive, $193,091 would directly benefit LMI individuals.

The rehabilitation

is one of a number of Dixon-based community development and housing needs Hansen highlighted. The city has outlined various street improvements, drainage upgrades and sanitary sewer replacements among its most pressing projects. Their costs range between $50,000 and $2.5 million.

As for Palmyra, Hansen said Dixon will know early next year if at least this project will get some federal help.

is at all effective on college campuses, it is worth applying statewide, as long as the bill is well-advertised to ensure people know to use it, Drury said.

“Universities have really been trying to pursue this issue, but we thought we should really make it uniform,” he said.

The proposal has not yet reached Rauner’s office, although it is likely to be delivered in the next 3 to 5 weeks, Drury said. Rauner will have 60 days to make a decision from the time he receives the proposal which, if approved, would go into effect Jan. 1.

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Lawmakers begin Confederate flag debate White senator changes mind on issue after nine killed at church COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – South Carolina lawmakers on Monday began debating whether to bring the Confederate flag down outside the Capitol, starting with a pair of senators – one white, one black – whose families arrived in the state before the Civil War. The white senator, who for decades fought off attempts to remove the flag from Statehouse grounds, has come to the same conclusion that his black colleague arrived at long ago – that the rebel flag no longer represents the valor of Southern soldiers but the racism that led them to separate from the United States more than 150 years ago.

The Confederate flag “has more to do with what was going on in the 1960s as opposed to the 1860s,” said Republican Sen. Larry Martin, who is white and whose family came to South Carolina’s northern backcountry in the early 1800s.

Martin said he changed his mind after nine people were shot to death during Bible study at a historic AfricanAmerican church in Charleston

AP

South Carolina senators John Scott and Joel Lourie hug Monday after the South Carolina Senate passed the second reading of a bill to remove the Confederate flag from the State House grounds in Columbia. The proposal still needs approval from the state House and the governor. by a man police say was motivated by racial hatred.

Then there was Sen. Darrell Jackson, a black Democrat who helped write the compromise that took the Confederate flag off the Statehouse dome in 2000 and put it in its current location on a pole on the capitol’s front lawn. His family was also in South Carolina during the Civil War. His great-grandfather’s brother left a plantation and joined the Union army when Gen. William Sherman came storming through Columbia.

Jackson said he regretted not going further to get rid of the flag completely 15 years ago.

But, he welcomed the chance now to honor his great-grandfather, freed slave Ishmael Jackson.

“You said we lost the war. No we didn’t. Not Ishmael Jackson and the 57 percent of people who looked like him. As far as they are concerned, they won the war,” Jackson said.

The Senate rejected a pair of amendments Monday that would only fly the flag on Confederate Memorial Day and one

that would leave the flag’s fate up to a popular vote. Debate continued into the afternoon.

State Sen. Lee Bright, who suggested the popular vote, said the Confederate flag has been misused by people like Dylann Roof, charged with nine counts of murder for the church shootings who posed in pictures with the rebel banner.

“I’m more against talking it down in this environment than any other time, just because I believe we’re placing the blame of what one deranged lunatic did on the people that hold their Southern heritage high,” said Bright, a Republican.

A survey asking lawmakers how they intend to vote after Haley’s call to remove the flag found at least 33 senators and 83 House members agreed with her, satisfying the twothirds majority required by law to alter the flag’s position.

But the survey by The Post and Courier newspaper, the South Carolina Press Association and The Associated Press asked only about whether to keep or lower the flag. It did not include any possible changes that could cause the proposal to lose support.

The flag did not come down Monday, even with the support of Gov. Nikki Haley. There

are indications the proposal could have a tougher road in the House. Some powerful Republicans have not said how they will vote, including Speaker Jay Lucas.

Some Republicans want to keep the flagpole and put a different flag on it. Suggestions have included the U.S. flag, the South Carolina flag and a flag that may have been flown by Confederate troops but does not have the same connections as the red banner with the blue cross and white stars.

Democrats have said they cannot support any flag linked to the Confederacy. Haley and business leaders agree.

“There is no good-looking Confederate flag. It all stands for the same thing – secession,” said Lonnie Randolph, president of the South Carolina chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

Outside the Statehouse, dozens of protesters began to arrive, all watched by even more officers inside and outside the capitol. Some called for the flag to come down.

Others, such as Nelson Waller in his rebel flag tie, said the state was giving in to Northern liberals and civil rights activists.

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Shumard said there are many homes in the project area that were just never connected to the city system.

“Before annexation, they had been outside the city limits and were never hooked up,” Shumard said.

Opting for the competitive grant, however, means time is of the essence. The grant is awarded only once a year, and the application deadline is this week.

Willet, Hofmann said the project would be completed by the beginning of the 2016 school year. The city should receive word on the grant application in early January.

City officials have said LeFevre Road is a highpriority project that should be competely redone within the next decade.

The work area on LeFevre will extend from the west side of the intersection with Woodburn Avenue to the east side of the intersection with the north extension of Avenue K. The existing curb and gutter in the area will remain. Civil Constructors of Freeport will do the work at a cost of $127,471.25.

“The money for our part of the project will come from the Local Option Sales Tax,” City Manager Scott Shumard said.

The construction company was hired by Illinois American Water, so the reconstruction agreement calls for the city to waive its bid process. The work is scheduled to begin sometime

this week.

The utility is spending about $1.1 million to replace 7,500 feet of water main in Sterling. Work was recently completed in an area along West 18th Street between Avenue K and Shinkle Avenue.

The company is also working on a Global Positioning System project to update its mapping system in Sterling. Temporary summer employees are using GPS to record the location of valves, hydrants and customer connections. The utility’s employers will then be able to find the equipment with invehicle computers or hand-held GPS devices.

“The utility has been very cooperative of late, and they seem committed to be more cognizant of planning with us,” Shumard said.

In other action, the council approved a bid for the demolition of another distressed property. The low bid of $19,784 from Burke

Excavating in Tampico was accepted to take down the two-story, single-family structure and a detached garage at 509 Fifth Ave. Building and Zoning Superintendent Amanda Schmidt said the house was a foreclosure that the bank eventually deeded to the city.

“We’re using money from the attorney general’s mortgage settlement fund,” Schmidt said. “It’s part of $35,000 that is still available, and the rest will be used for projects at West Fourth Street and Fourth Avenue.”

No demolition date has been set for the Fifth Avenue structure. The city has rebuilt at several demolition sites and then sold the homes to buyers who qualify under U.S. Housing and Urban Development guidelines.

The money from the sale of the new homes is put back into the program for future projects.

URBANA (AP) – The University of Illinois’ flagship campus has a new task force that is looking at the school’s budget and plotting a long-term financial course amid state budget cuts, school officials said.

Ilesanmi Adesida, provost at the Urbana-Champaign campus, said he decided last week to appoint a Budget Advisory Task Force made up primarily of faculty, The NewsGazette reported.

“This is something we should have done in the past,” he said. “Over the last 10 years, we’ve had essentially a steady decrease in our state funding. It is time for us as a campus to really look at where we are, where we want to go, where we want to be in the future. “ Adjusting for inflation, state support for the university has dropped from more than $1 billion a

year in fiscal 2002 to $662 million in the year that just ended. State support makes up about 12 percent of the campus’ $2 billion budget. Adesida said the school wants to produce more of its own revenue.

The task force will discuss spending priorities for the next 5 to 10 years, Adesida said. Members will meet over the coming academic year and have a final report in the spring.

Everything is on the table, including consolidating programs.

But restructuring, merging or eliminating programs would have to meet guidelines from the Council of Deans.

The state budget’s effect on the university impacts recruitment, Adesida said.

“When you are trying to hire mid-career faculty, they look at all these things,” he said. “These are huge issues for us.”

develop the land when the cleanup is completed.

year and into next year.

The ongoing project is meant to increase the lake’s capacity by about 30 percent.

Jerry Stevens is engineering services coordinator for the city’s water management department.

He says since work started in October, crews have removed about 1.1 million cubic yards of material from the lake. The total goal is to remove 10.8 million cubic yards.

IN BRIEF Man hurt in fall at Grateful Dead show CHICAGO – Police say a man was critically hurt in a fall at a Grateful Dead concert at Chicago’s Soldier Field.

Chicago Police Department spokesman Officer Hector Alfaro says police were called around 9 p.m. Sunday after a 41-year-old man fell at least 20 feet from a railing where he was sitting

inside the stadium. Police say it appeared to be an accident.

The Chicago Tribune reports the man was taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition.

Police said early Monday morning that his condition had stabilized.

The band played three shows at Soldier Field over the holiday weekend and has said Sunday’s show would be their last as the Grateful Dead.

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Cleanup of coal ash to begin soon BELLEVILLE (AP) – A $35 million cleanup job to remove hazardous coal ash from a downtown Belleville site will soon begin after a brief delay.

The Belleville NewsDemocrat reported Ameren Illinois had previously said it hoped a tent would be erected over the former Belleville Gas Light & Coke Co. by the end of

May to contain hazardous materials as they are being removed from the ground.

But, spokesman Brian Bretsch says other cleanup operations by Ameren around Illinois contributed to a delay, as did the need to cap and reroute a storm sewer line that ran through the property.

The project is expected to be completed in 2018. Belleville now owns the property. Officials say no decision has been made on how to

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State Museum needs to stay open Don’t shutter Illinois’ natural, cultural history The State Journal-Register Editorial Board, Springfield

Throughout much of Springfield’s history, the now 138-year-old Illinois State Museum has offered steady reassurance that while people and politicians come and go from the capital city, the state’s natural and cultural history are worthy of preservation, study and protection.

That apparently is no longer a given, as a budget impasse between Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and the Democratic-controlled Legislature prompted the governor to threaten closure of the state museum.

The importance of protecting Illinois’ history was evident back in 1877 when the editors of the Illinois State Register lauded the 80th General Assembly for establishing a state historical library and geological museum, the precursor to the Illinois State Museum, to care for a large and valuable array of minerals, fossils and other artifacts that had been collected during the first geological survey of the state in the early 1850s.

Editors called it one of the best pieces of legislation state lawmakers approved that year.

The new facility, to be called the Illinois State Historical Library and Natural History Museum, had a board of trustees, including the gover-

nor, who would establish rules for managing the facility and appoint a curator. Until that point, the specimens had been stored somewhat haphazardly in various locations.

The museum’s first curator, Amos Worthen, immediately set about his work, which included accepting donations of artifacts from around the state and the world.

Among the first contributions: 180 flint and 20 stone prehistoric tools and fragments of ancient pottery from Monroe County on the Mississippi River, where indigenous peoples lived long before Europeans arrived.

The museum moved around through the years. Early on, it was in the Statehouse, which was under construction at the time, causing the museum to be moved to different locations throughout the building. In 1903, it moved to the Arsenal building and later to what now is called the Howlett Building.

IN 1963, THE museum found a permanent home in a new building at Spring and Edwards streets, which cost $2 million to construct (more than $15 million in today’s money). Museum directors through the years have expanded the facility, changed and modernized exhibits, and imparted their vision for how best to enlighten visitors about Illinois’ natural and cultural history.

Today, the Illinois State

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Illinois State Museum is in the crosshairs. …

If leaders choose Closing a museum is to close the complicated business, as [Illinois State noted in a recent State Journal-Register article.

Museum], Illinois It’s impossible to simply will invalidate lock the doors and walk decades of away. valuable and The accreditation the meaningful Illinois State Museum has had for 40 years could research and be revoked if it closes. preservation, as Donations of money and well as people’s artifacts will be affected. interest in the Collections will have state’s history to be returned to rightful owners. Research will and culture. come to a halt.

The State JournalThe museum could go Register Editorial Board, into legal default on fedSpringfield eral grants and contracts.

Private collection donors could sue the museum for failing to live up to its Museum has more than promises.

12.5 million items at its Local tourism would main site, at its collec- take a hit. tion center, and at the ALL OF THIS upheaval Dickson Mounds Museum, which was absorbed just to save the state of by the state museum in Illinois $4.8 million a year in operating costs 1965.

Nearly 200,000 people for a facility that genervisited the free-admis- ates an estimated $33 sion museum and its million in visitor spendresearch and collec- ing throughout the state tions center in Spring- each year, based on Illifield in 2014. Among nois Office of Tourism them are thousands minimum estimates. of schoolchildren and For 138 years, the Illitheir teachers, eager to nois State Museum has supplement classroom been a priority for the instruction with hands- state, through wars, economic downturns on learning.

Preserving the Illinois’ and tough times. If leadhistory and sharing it ers choose to close the with the people of this museum, Illinois will state has been a prior- invalidate decades of ity for Illinois leaders for valuable and meaninggenerations. The muse- ful research and preserum’s value is immeasur- vation work, as well as people’s interest in the able.

But today, Illinois’ state’s history and culelected leaders are so ture. entrenched they can’t And Illinois will be a come to an agreement failure on yet another on a new budget, and the front.

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If you were reading National Geographic right now, this would be a poignant story, probably datelined somewhere in Africa, about old bull elephants with failing memories and dimming vision, leading their rapidly thinning herd into one dry waterhole after another.

The headline might be: “Grand Old Pachyderms, Now Leaderless, Wander Toward Extinction.”

But even though you’ve turned to your newspaper’s page where politics meets punditry, you will be reading a similar story.

Except it is about America – and the failing old bulls of the Grand Old Party.

They’ve been leading their GOP herd into one dry hole after another – dry holes of unadapting social agendas and unimaginative (see also: nonexistent) policy reforms.

The Republican Party’s symbol of the elephant seems especially apt now.

GOP national leaders have failed to keep pace with the American people’s increasing awareness, tolerance and adaptability.

On policy issues: The GOP’s old bulls treat policy reforms as political dry holes. They pander about repealing Obamacare and reforming immigration policy but don’t propose alternatives, let alone champion them.

On social agendas: GOP leaders and presidential candidates tremble rather than take courageous stands on gay/lesbian marriage and a woman’s right to choose whether or not to have an abortion.

The common strategy thread in all this is that the top priority of the old guard and presidential hopefuls seems to be pandering to the GOP’s evangelical and tea party voters who will turn out big-time in primaries and caucuses.

POLLS HAVE LONG shown America has grown more tolerant and accepting on social matters – even Republican voters have changed. But the GOP’s leaders have seemed to be wallowing toward political quicksand, a potential prelude to extinction.

And then, on June 17, a bad situation got horribly worse. In Charleston, South Carolina, an avowedly racist white gunman who loved to pose with the Confederate flag slaughtered nine African-Americans in the city’s legendary Emanuel AME Church. Many people of all races began calling on South Carolina to remove the Confederate flag from the capital’s grounds.

But timid Republican presidential candidates avoided taking a position – all except Ohio Gov. John Kasich. He coura-

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geously declared: “This is up to the people of South Carolina to decide, but if I were a citizen of South Carolina, I’d be for taking it down.”

But just as the GOP seemed determined to hasten its decline (perhaps its demise), along came a most unlikely hero-of-themoment: Gov. Nikki Haley, a 43-year-old conservaSouth tive tea party Carolina Gov. Nikki Republican.

Haley Born and Her stance raised in tiny against the Bamburg, Confederate flag may have South Carolina, Haley rescued the GOP’s old could never bulls, writes be caricacolumnist tured as an Martin old-school Schram.

South Carolina redneck. Her parents emigrated from India; her mother wore a sari, her father wore a turban.

HALEY CAME TO HER own decision in a process that was certainly not ideological.

Earlier this year, the governor’s 13-year-old son had asked her whether anyone had proposed removing that Confederate flag. After the slaughter of June 17, pressure to remove the Confederate flag became intense.

“I didn’t even have to think hard about it,” Haley told The Washington Post. “It is looking at my kids, knowing where I had come from in Bamberg. … I just couldn’t look them in the face and keep that flag up.”

And so Haley stood her ground in the capital and courageously declared: “… It’s time to move the flag from the Capitol grounds. A hundred and fifty years after the end of the Civil War, the time has come.”

Within days, governors in other Southern states were taking similar action.

Presidential candidates miraculously cured their cases of the mumbles and suddenly spoke with newfound fortitude backing Haley’s decision.

In Washington, even Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, came out against Kentucky officially flying the Confederate flag.

Someday we may look back and see Nikki Haley’s June decision as far more than just a defining moment of South Carolina history.

She may have saved the Grand Old Party from the folly of its flailing, failing old bulls.

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Woman should give up romance with friend Dear Abby, My boyfriend, “Blake,” recently broke up with me – again. He told me in the beginning that he was bicurious, and that he wasn’t sure he was completely heterosexual. When he broke up with me the first time, we stayed friends.

Everyone seemed confused that I still wanted to hang out with him.

We started communicating long-distance again last summer. Blake broke it off again a few months later, stating that he is still questioning who he is.

Is it wrong that we’re still friendly? Should I be angrier at Blake?

– Still There for Him in Illinois Dear Still There for Him, I don’t see why you

be able to do it. He is who he is.

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

should be angry with Blake at all. He has been honest with you from the start that he might be bisexual or gay. I can tell you from experience that gay men make wonderful friends. However, if you are romantic about him, I must caution you against trying to change him, because you won’t

Dear Abby, I’d like your opinion on something that is creating a rift between me and my sister. My 6-year-old daughter, “Mara,” who is very sweet and mature, is used to spending the night away from me because she has been spending weekends with her grandparents since she was little. Now, she wants to have overnights with “Uncle Bob,” who is not a blood relative but a good friend who is like family.

I have no concerns about this, even though Bob is a bachelor who never had children. Mara loves him, he loves her, and I trust him. My sister, who is childless, feels

strongly that this is not right. She thinks a 6-yearold should only be with her parents and grandparents. She tells me I should ask a psychologist. I am asking you.

– Trusting Mom in Missouri Dear Trusting Mom, I’d be curious to know what Mara’s father thinks of this. But since you asked me, let me point out that your little girl might be sweet and mature for her age, but at 6 years old, she is also inexperienced, trusting and vulnerable. Because she loves Uncle Bob, I can understand why she might want to stay overnight at his house. In 99 percent of the cases, it would be OK. But in light of what we see in the

news, it’s your job as a mother to err on the side of caution, and I don’t recommend it.

Dear Abby, My daughter and her husband have successful careers, and I am happy for that. But now it seems that she’s ashamed of us.

We gave her the best we could, and she graduated from college with no debt, thanks to us. We felt it was our responsibility.

Now that they earn lots of money, it’s like we’re not worthy of their company. I have talked to other mothers, and it seems they are treated the same way. (I would say it’s probably seven out of nine parents.) I know they have busy lives, but I would

like some consideration if I am sick or have surgery. Where did I go wrong?

– Anonymous Mom in Alabama Dear Anonymous Mom, Not knowing you and your friends or their children, it’s hard to say, but if I had to hazard a guess, it would be that you gave too much and raised children who grew up with an overinflated sense of entitlement and no sense of gratitude.

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.

SUPPORT GROUPS, CLUBS AND SERVICES Wednesday, July 8 Childhood immunization clinic; women, infants and children clinic; and family planning services, Lee County Health Department, 309 S. Galena Ave., Suite 100, Dixon. Appointments: 815-284-3371.

Dixon Kiwanis Club meeting, 7 a.m., private dining room, KSB Hospital, 403 E. First St., Dixon.

Rock River Center Board meeting, 7:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Whiteside County Health Department free blood pressure clinic, 730-8:30 a.m., J.J.’s Restaurant, 337 N. Main Ave., Milledgeville, 815-772-4213.

AARP driver safety class, 8 a.m.-noon, Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling. Registration: 815622-9230.

Whiteside County Health Department free blood pressure clinic, 8:30-9:30 a.m., The Eureka Inn, 110 E. Third St., Prophetstown, 815-772-4213.

Mercy Nursing Services free blood pressure clinic, 9-11 a.m., Northland Mall, 2900 E. Lincolnway, Sterling.

Henry Pratt Retiree breakfast, 9 a.m., Red Apple, 1130 Franklin Grove Road, Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., women’s group; noon; 3:30 p.m.; 7 p.m., Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., closed, Church of the Brethren, 215 North Court St., Dixon.

Whiteside County Senior Center representative, 9-10 a.m., Erie Public Library, 802 Eighth Ave., 815-622-9230.

Mercy Nursing free blood pressure checks, 9-10:30 a.m., Polo Senior Center, 101 E. Mason St. Nurturing Program, 9:15 a.m., Sinnissippi Centers Inc., 2611 Woodlawn Road, Sterling, 815625-0013 or 800-782-1584.

Representative from Rock River Center in Oregon, 9:3011 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815562-5050.

Blood pressure check, 10-11 a.m., Morningside of Sterling, 2705 Avenue E, 815-564-2145.

American Red Cross blood

drive, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., 112 W. Second St., Rock Falls. Appointments: 800-733-2767.

Blood pressure check, 10:3011:30 a.m., Lee County Council On Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-2117.

Mercy Nursing Services free blood pressure clinic, 11 a.m.noon, Dixon Food Center – Red Fox, 500 Chicago Ave., Dixon.

Blood pressure check, 11 a.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Lunch and Learn, noon, Home of Hope Cancer Wellness Center, 1637 Plock Road, Dixon, 815288-4673.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed, St. Paul Lutheran Church, 114 S. Fifth St., Oregon.

Lee County Welfare Council, noon, Mr. Tequila, 844 N. Galena Ave., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed, Big Book; 6 p.m., closed, Big Book, tradition, 90-92 S. Hennepin Ave., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed, Grapevine; 3:30 p.m. closed; 6 p.m., closed, Spanish; 7 p.m. closed, Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

Affliction of Addition Narcotics Anonymous, noon, 6 p.m., First Christian Church, 506 Fifth Ave., Rock Falls, 779-245-3487.

Downstairs, west door.

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, noon, open, Big Book; 8 p.m., open, Big Book, back door, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls.

Free blood pressure check, 1-3 p.m., Amboy Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 15 W. Wasson Road, Amboy, 815-857-2550.

Woodworkers, 1- p.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 1:30 p.m., closed, Rochelle Community Hospital, 900 N. Second St. Women’s Support Group, 5-6:30 p.m., Choices Domestic Violence Program office, 114 W. Market St., Mount Carroll.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 5:30 p.m., closed, step, tradition, United Methodist Church, 201 E. Chicago Ave., Davis Junction.

Pearl, a self-esteem support group of the YWCA Domestic Violence Program, 6 p.m., 815-

625-0333.

Sauk Valley Gold Wing Riders, 6 p.m. dinner, 7 p.m. meeting, Rock Falls Candlelight, 2200 First Ave., 815-625-6763.

AMVETS 123, 7 p.m., Veterans of Foreign Wars Post, 1560 Franklin Grove Road, Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., open, Immanuel Lutheran Church, 960 U.S. Route 52, Amboy.

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

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

Northern Illinois Divers Association, 7:30 p.m., Angelo’s II, 2525 E. Lincolnway, Sterling.

Northern Illinois Star Gazers meeting, 7:30 p.m., Room 3G12, biology lab, Sauk Valley Community College, 173 state Route 2, Dixon, 815-288-2852.

Rock River Grange, 7:30 p.m., Masonic Lodge, 1409 N. Galena Ave., Dixon, 815-973-1490.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed, Polo Town Hall, 117 N. Franklin Ave. Thursday, July 9 Childhood immunization clinic; women, infants and children clinic; and family planning services, Lee County Health Department, 309 S. Galena Ave., Suite 100, Dixon. Appointments: 815-284-3371.

Abuse Changing team, 815625-0338.

Twin City Sunrise Rotary, 7 a.m., Ryberg Auditorium, CGH Medical Center, 100 E. LeFevre Road, Sterling.

AARP driver safety class, 8 a.m.-noon, Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Blood pressure screening, 8-9 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815562-5050.

TOPS IL 1426, 8:30-9 a.m. weigh-in, meeting at 9 a.m., Coloma Homes, 401 W. 18th St., Rock Falls.

Free blood pressure clinic, 8:30-9:30 a.m., The Eureka Inn, 110 E. Third St., Prophetstown.

TOPS IL 825, 9-10 a.m. weighin, meeting at 10 a.m., Coventry Activity Center, 612 St. Mary’s Road, Sterling, 815-626-0034.

Office of U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-East Moline, open, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., 212 Third Ave., Sterling.

Golden K Kiwanis, 9:30 a.m., YMCA, 2505 YMCA Way, Sterling.

Whiteside County Senior Center representative, 9:30 a.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-622-9230.

Free blood pressure check, 10-11:30 a.m., Oregon Living & Rehab Center, 811 S. 10th St. First Steps and Beyond ... for Survivors, meeting of fellowship for survivors of a family member’s death, 11:30 a.m., Sunrise II Family Restaurant, 101 W. Second St., Byron. Reservations: call Serenity Hospice & Home by 10 a.m. Thursday at 815-732-4111.

Caregiver Support and Education Group, noon, St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, 703 Third Ave., Sterling, 815626-7333, ext. 317.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed, Big Book; 6 p.m., closed, Big Book, 90-92 S. Hennepin Ave., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed, St. Paul Lutheran Church, 114 S. Fifth St., Oregon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed; 5:30 p.m., open, beginners; 7 p.m., closed, step, Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

Affliction of Addition Narcotics Anonymous, 6 p.m., First Christian Church, 506 Fifth Ave., Rock Falls, 779-245-3487.

Downstairs, west door.

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, noon, open, 12 and 12; 8 p.m., closed, 12 and 12, back door, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls.

KSB Parkinson’s Disease Support Group, 1-2:30 p.m., second floor, Town Square Centre, 102 S. Hennepin Ave., Dixon.

“Someday is Today: Live Your Bucket List” presentation, 1 p.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236.

American Red Cross, 2-7 p.m., Tampico United Methodist Church, 202 Lincoln Ave. Appointments: 800-733-2767.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 2:30 p.m., closed, clearance required, BAAbble on for Life Prison Group, 815-973-6150.

Free Naturalization/Immigration Services, 3-5 p.m., Room 1E08, Sauk Valley Community College, 173 state Route 2, Dixon, 309-736-7727.

Narcotics Anonymous, 3 p.m., 2611 Woodlawn Road, Sterling, 815-625-0013.

Alzheimer’s Support Group, 3:30 p.m., Terrace Conference Room, Pinecrest Manor, 414 S. Wesley Ave., Mount Morris, 815734-9069.

The Kick-It Ticket Narcotics Anonymous, 5 p.m., basement, Fellows Street door, The Worship Center, 403 N. Ottawa Ave., Dixon, 815-440-7992.

Alzheimer’s Support Group, 5 p.m., Whiteside Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815622-9230.

Overeaters Anonymous, 5:30 p.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-379-2293.

Speak Boldly Toastmasters, 6 p.m., Sterling Public Library, 102 W. Third St., Sterling.

TOPS, 6:30 p.m., Rock Falls United Methodist Church, 210 Fourth Ave., 815- 625-0431.

Sons of American Legion Post 12, 6:30 p.m., Legion Post, 1120 W. First St., Dixon, 815284-2003.

Al-Anon-Alateen, 7 p.m., St. John Lutheran Church, 703 Third Ave., Sterling.

Sterling Optimist Club, 7 p.m.,

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Candlelight Inn, 2907 N. Locust St., Sterling.

PEO Sisterhood, Chapter KM, 7 p.m., home of Ellen Mumford.

Covered Bridge Quilters Guild, 7 p.m., Evangelical Covenant Church, 24 N. Main St., Princeton. Membership information: 815-223-0558.

Whiteside County Natural Area Guardians, 7 p.m., Odell Public Library, 307 S. Madison St., Morrison, 815-772-3811.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, and Al-Anon-Alateen, 7 p.m., United Methodist Church, 709 Fourth Ave., Rochelle.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., open, Big Book, Rolling Hills Center, 201 state Route 64, Lanark.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., closed, St. Anne Church, 401 N. Cherry St., Morrison.

Rock River Valley Barbershop Chorus practice, 7 p.m., Rock Falls Community Building, 603 W. 10th St., 815-441-5327.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed, United Steelworkers, 502 Woodburn Ave., Sterling.

Volunteer Care Center of Lee County, 403 E. First St., Dixon.

Appointment: 815-284-9555.

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COMMUNITY EVENTS Tuesday, July 7 Open pool, open cards, open Wii games, and computer lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

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

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

Bingo and doughnuts, 9-10 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815562-5050.

Morning Whittle, 9 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St.., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Line dancing, 9:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

313 card game and Wii Bowling, 10 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Community coffee and doughnuts, 10 a.m. Oregon Living & Rehab Center, 811 S. 10th St., 815-732-7994.

Line dancing, 10-11 a.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236.

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

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

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

Hand and Foot card game, noon, Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

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

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

Euchre 101, 1 p.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-589-3925.

Farmer’s Market, 3-6 p.m., Lanark City Park, 200 block of West Claremont Street.

Dixon Coin Club, coin grading, 6 p.m., and auction, 7 p.m., Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 540, 1560 Franklin Grove Road, Dixon, 815-535-8427.

Wednesday, July 8 Farmers Market, 7 a.m.-noon, Haymarket Square, 317 W. Third St., Dixon, 815-284-3306.

Farmers Market, 8-11a.m., West Second Street, Rock Falls, 815-625-4500.

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

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

Dixon, 815-288-9236.

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

Crafting, 9 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Mexican Train dominoes, 9:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815732-3252.

Birthday Party, 10 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Canasta, 10 a.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-6229230.

Bureau Valley Buddy Bags cookout, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Soldiers and Sailors Park, South Main Street and Park Avenue, Princeton.

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

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

Trivia program, 12:30 p.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815288-9236.

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

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

Sewing after lunch, noon, Robert Fulton Community Center

and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-589-3925.

Bingo with the Beukemas, 12:15 p.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815589-3925.

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

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

Book Club, 12:30 p.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Bingo, 1 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Bingo, 1 p.m., Rock Falls American Legion Hall, 712 Fourth Ave. Wii Bowling, 1 p.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Second Wind Entertainers, 1:30 p.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815732-3252.

Community cards, 2 p.m., The Meadows of Franklin Grove, 510 N. State St., Franklin Grove, 815-456-3000.

Skeet shooting, 2 p.m. until no shooters, Coleta Sportsmen’s Club, corner of Pilgrim and Blue Goose roads, 815-336-2191.

Open to public.

Farmers Market, 4-7:30 p.m., Riverfront, downtown Dixon.

Kings Kids Club, 6 p.m., Liberty Baptist Church, 2002 Ninth Ave., Rock Falls, 815-579-1209 or 815-625-4101.

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Arlo & Janis by Jimmy Johnson Garfield by Jim Davis

Stone Soup by Jan Eliot Get Fuzzy by Darby Conley

Blondie by Dean Young & John Marshall

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They had to be card perfect

Grizzwells by Bill Schorr

Salvador Dali, a brilliant artist who had some eccentricities, said, “Have no fear of perfection – you’ll never reach it.”

On a given bridge deal, sometimes declarer or the defenders reach perfection, finding the winning line or defense – as in this deal. It was played by four of my students, who (unusually) requested anonymity.

How did the defense go against four spades following West’s diamond-10 lead?

After East’s opening bid and South’s overcall, West made a negative double.

That showed four hearts, but she might have held five hearts in a hand too weak for a two-heart response. Then, North was overly exuberant.

She should have settled for a game-invitational sequence.

(This could have been via an old-fashioned jump to three spades or a modern threediamond cue-bid raise.) But with a surge of adrenaline,

she bid four spades, hoping either that the contract would sneak home or that her opponents would make an indiscreet foray at the fivelevel. East was tempted with her strong hand, but allowed her quasi-balanced pattern to dissuade her from going higher.

East won the first trick with her diamond ace and accurately shifted to the heart six.

Now West, correctly judging that this was not a singleton, put in her jack.

South won with dummy’s queen and led a trump, but East dashed in with her ace and played her second heart.

West won with her ace and returned the suit, which East ruffed to defeat the contract.

Perfection.

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Famous acts keep low profile while rehearsing Civic Center offers competitive price, good location, parking inside facility PEORIA (AP) – Famous acts are escaping recognition in central Illinois while they rehearse for upcoming tours.

In April, country music star Luke Bryan rehearsed for 2 days at the Peoria Civic Center, before embarking on his Kick Up the Dust Tour

2015, the Journal Star reported. His crew and 20 equipment-filled vehicles were in Peoria for 8 days without attracting much attention before he arrived.

Other musical acts that have practiced at the Peoria Civic Center include the Jonas Brothers, Foo

Fighters and Yanni.

The Broadway touring productions “Elf” and “White Luke Christmas” Bryan also have used the arena for rehearsals.

The competitive price and central location between Chicago, St. Louis and Indianapolis

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make the venue attractive, according to Dan Aspell, marketing manager at the Peoria Civic Center.

“And economically, you couldn’t get these prices in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles,” he said.

The Civic Center helps the artists keep a low profile by limiting how many people know about the rehearsals and parking some big trucks inside a cavernous exhibit hall.

“Thank goodness we have the space to keep trucks that big inside of the facility,” Aspell said, adding that venues in bigger cities don’t have enough space to promise that kind of anonymity.

Only a few staff members usually are aware of who’s using the space, according to assistant director of booking Adam Smith, who’s responsible for booking rehearsal

time and stage shows to fill out the schedule. He was working the box office when the Foo Fighters were in town and didn’t learn of their presence until days later, he said.

The Civic Center will continue to host performers looking for a place to rehearse whenever feasible, Smith said, because it allows the facility generate revenue and helps the local economy.

GREECE

After vote win, Tsipras looks to rebuild talks with creditors Official expects banks to be closed for 2 more days

AP

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (center) talks with British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond (right) as they meet with foreign ministers from China, Germany and France on Monday at an hotel in Vienna. Iran’s foreign minister said on Monday some differences still remained between Iran and six powers over the country’s disputed nuclear program ahead of today’s deadline for a final agreement to end a 12-year-old dispute.

Ahead of deadline, Iran pushes for end to arms embargo in nuke deal VIENNA (AP) – A day before the new deadline for a nuclear accord, Iran pushed on Monday for an end to the U.N. arms embargo on the country – a parallel deal that the United States opposes as it seeks to limit Tehran’s Mideast power and influence.

Speaking on the eve of an already-extended target date for a complete agreement, a senior Iranian official and a U.S. official said Iran and the six world powers it is negotiating with are also working on a U.N. resolution that would endorse any future nuclear deal.

Lifting the arms embargo would be separate from a long-term accord that foresees limits on Iran’s nuclear programs in exchange for relief from crippling economic sanctions on the Islamic Republic. But Iran also sees existing U.N. resolutions affecting Iran’s nuclear program and the accompanying sanctions as unjust and illegal. It has insisted that those resolutions be lifted since the start of international negotiations nearly a decade ago to limit its nuclear arms-making capability.

After world powers and Iran reached a framework pact in April, the U.S. said “important restrictions on conventional arms and ballistic missiles” would be incorporated in any new U.N. guidelines for Iran. It also said “a new U.N. Security Council resolution ... will endorse” any deal.

Negotiators and some foreign ministers of the six world powers plus Iran gathered in Vienna to complete a comprehensive nuclear deal by June 30. When they couldn’t reach agreement by then, they agreed to extend the deadline to July 7. But many core issues remain, and an announcement today is unlikely.

While the discussions have been focused on uranium stockpiles and the timing for lifting economic sanctions, Iran’s longstanding desire to have the arms embargo lifted at the signing of a deal is another wrinkle thrown into the mix.

Russia and China have expressed support for lifting the embargo, which was imposed in 2007 as part of a series of penalties over Iran’s nuclear program.

But the U.S. doesn’t want the arms ban ended because it could allow Tehran to expand its military assistance for Syrian President Bashar Assad’s embattled government, for the Houthi rebels in Yemen and for Hezbollah in Lebanon. It also would increase already strong opposition to the deal in Congress and in Israel.

Lifting the embargo is one of the important issues being discussed, the Iranian official said.

“There should not be any place for the arms embargo.”

The Iranian official briefed reporters on the condition that he not be named. The U.S. official spoke on condition of

anonymity because the official wasn’t authorized to discuss the negotiations publicly.

Iran wants to have a hand in shaping any Security Council resolution endorsing a comprehensive nuclear deal, the Iranian official added. He offered no details, but said Iran is interested in wording that shifts the critical tone of previous resolutions passed over Tehran’s nuclear program.

The Iranian official spoke of good progress on some issues. But at the same time, he said some disputes may have to be resolved by the foreign ministers of Iran, the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany. All seven were either in Vienna by Monday or planned to arrive during the day.

Even with the added diplomatic muscle, it was unclear if there would be a pact. On the ninth day of talks Sunday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said the negotiations “could go either way.”

“If the hard choices get made in the next couple of days, and made quickly, we could get an agreement this week,” Kerry said. “But if they are not made, we will not.”

Over the weekend, diplomats reported tentative agreement on the speed and scope of sanctions relief for Iran in the potential accord, even as issues such as inspection guidelines and limits on Iran’s nuclear research and development remained contentious.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Despite triumphing in a popular vote against austerity, Greece on Monday faced the urgent need to heal its ties with European creditors and reach a financial rescue deal that might prevent it from falling out of the euro – possibly within days.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras won big in Sunday’s referendum, in which 60 percent of Greeks rejected the economic measures creditors had proposed in exchange for loans the country needs to remain afloat. He also received the rare backing of opposition parties to restart bailout negotiations.

But his bolstered mandate to push for better concessions from creditors hit the hard reality of the country’s deteriorating finances, with the banks facing the risk of collapse within days unless a rescue deal is reached.

In a sign that he hopes to reach a deal as soon as possible, Tsipras appointed a new mildmannered finance minister to lead talks with bailout creditors and replace Yanis Varoufakis, the hard-talking

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Greece Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras leaves Maximos Mansion on Monday in Athens. Following Sunday’s referendum, Greece and its membership in Europe’s joint currency faced an uncertain future Monday, with the country under pressure to restart bailout talks with creditors. professor who clashed regularly with his European counterparts.

Euclid Tsakalotos, a 55-year-old economist, appears more willing to reach a compromise with creditors and will be tested as soon as today, when he will meet the other 18 eurozone finance ministers in Brussels.

That meeting is meant to seek the basis for a deal that European leaders, including Tsipras, might discuss at an emergency summit later in the day.

Ahead of the summit, Tsipras spoke by phone with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Greece’s financial situation is getting more difficult by the day. It had

to close the banks last week to prevent their collapse in the face of a run, and imposed limits on cash withdrawals and transfers.

Greek banks remained closed Monday, with only a few branches opening for pensioners to receive emergency assistance. Louka Katseli, head of the Greek Bank Association, said she expected banks to remain closed for at least 2 more days.

The European Central Bank says it is keeping the level of emergency credit to Greek banks unchanged, leaving the banks under increasing pressure as they try to cope with cash withdrawals.

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New twist: Cookie gets skinny, ‘sophisticated’ Snack not designed to be twisted open or dunked, company says NEW YORK (AP)– Oreos are getting a skinny new look, and its maker says the new cookie is a “sophisticated” snack for grownups that isn’t meant to be twisted or dunked.

Mondelez International Inc. says it will add Oreo Thins to its permanent AP lineup in the U.S. startThis product image provided by Mondelez shows the ing next week. The cookies look like regular Oreos packaging design for Oreo Thins.”

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

Abbott..................................49.70 Alcoa....................................11.02 AltriaCorp............................49.83 Autonation..........................63.07 American Express...............77.73 Arris-Group.........................30.58 Apple.................................125.93 ADM....................................48.07 AT&T...................................35.62 Bank of America..................16.94 Boeing................................140.54 BorgWarner.........................56.71 BP........................................39.94 Casey’s.................................96.52 Caterpillar...........................83.17 CenturyLink........................29.44 Chevron...............................94.71 Cisco....................................27.22 Citigroup..............................55.10 CNW....................................37.00

CocaCola.............................39.40 ConAgra...............................44.68 Dean....................................16.21 Deere & Co..........................95.49 Disney................................115.66 Donaldson...........................35.14 DuPont................................59.98 Exxon...................................82.39 Ford.....................................14.78 Exelon..................................31.94 GE........................................26.30 FifthThird............................21.00 HawaiianElectric................30.26 Hewlett Packard.................30.57 HomeDepot......................111.29 Intel Corp............................30.02 IBM....................................164.56 IntlPaper..............................47.71 JCPenney...............................8.71 JohnsonControls.................50.51 Johnson&Johnson..............98.22 JPMorgan Chase.................67.30 Kraft.....................................88.30 Kroger..................................73.58 Leggett&Platt......................49.16 Manpower...........................89.06 McDonald’s.........................95.62 Merck&Co...........................57.60

Microsoft.............................44.40 3M......................................155.11 Monsanto..........................107.70 Newell..................................40.67 AGL......................................47.35 Nike...................................109.82 Parker-Han........................115.23 Pfizer....................................33.25 Pepsico................................94.44 Procter&Gamble.................80.03 RaymondJames...................59.15 Republic..............................39.64 Sears Hldg...........................24.91 SensientTech.......................67.47 Sprint.....................................4.36 Staples..................................15.50 TheTravelers.......................98.92 UnitedContinental.............53.78 UnitedTech.......................109.44 USBancorp..........................43.63 USSteel................................19.67 Verizon.................................47.03 Walgreen..............................85.46 WalMartStores....................72.57 WalMartMexico..................24.76 WasteMgt............................46.51 Wendy’s...............................10.64

Soybean meal: July Aug 76.00; Oct 65.60 354.40; Dec. 340.30 Sugar: Oct. 12.48 Wheat: July 5.881⁄2; Dec. Cotton: July 66.43 6.033⁄4 T-Bonds: Sept. 15127⁄32 Oats: Sept. 2.613⁄4; Dec. 2.741⁄4 Silver: Sept. 15.65 Live cattle: Aug. 150.50; Gold: Aug. 1170.00 Oct. 153.47; Dec. 154.47 Copper: July 2.5335 Feeder cattle: Aug. Crude: Aug. 52.53 216.97; Oct. 214.05 Dollar Index: Sept. 96.46 Lean hogs: July 78.72; Ethanol: July 1.640

IN BRIEF Famous hot dogs making comeback CHICAGO (AP) – One of Chicago’s favorite hot dog stands might be closed, but its hot dogs are making a comeback at Wrigley Field.

In a news release, the Cubs announced that a new outdoor concession area behind the centerfield scoreboard has started serving hot dogs made famous by Hot Doug’s.

That’s good news for hot dog aficionados who were saddened last fall when Hot

Doug’s founder Doug Sohn closed his “sausage superstore” on the city’s North Side. It was known for hot dogs stuffed with everything from yak to rattlesnake.

Sears’ real estate spinoff goes public NEW YORK (AP) – Seritage Growth Properties, the real estate spinoff of Sears Holdings Corp., made its debut Monday on the New York Stock Exchange and estimated that it had raised about $1.6 billion from the offering.

apart regular Oreos before eating them, according to the company.

“If people want to do that, it’s clearly up to them,” said Janda Lukin, senior director of Oreo for North America at parent company Mondelez International.

In explaining what exactly made them more grown-up, she said that if

regular Oreos are like pancakes, then Oreo Thins would be like crepes.

Despite having fewer calories per serving, Mondelez says the new cookies aren’t meant to be a diet snack. Still, the Thins name could be a stealth way to appeal to people who want to watch their weight, without the stigma of being seen as a diet food.

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Commodities The following quotations are provided as a community service by Sterling Futures: Corn: July 4.181⁄2; Sept.

4.261⁄2; Dec. 4.35 Soybeans: July 10.33 3⁄4; Aug. 10.221⁄4; Nov. 10.143⁄4 Soybean oil: July 32.64; Dec. 33.12

and have a similar cookie-to-filling ratio, except that they’re slimmer. That means four of the cookies contain 140 calories, compared with 160 calories for three regular Oreos.

And since they’re for adults, Oreo says they weren’t designed to be twisted open or dunked.

That’s even though about half of customers pull

Sears, which is dealing with slumping retail sales, formed the real estate investment trust to extract more revenue from its properties. It plans to sell and lease back about 235 properties, most of them Sears and Kmart stores, to the REIT. Sears expects to raise $2.6 billion in proceeds from the REIT buying those properties.

Seritage is trading under the symbol SRG. It shares rose $1.08, or 3 percent, to close at $37.10.

Stock prices slide as small investors look for way out Shares in big state companies surge BEIJING (AP) – Shares in big state companies soared Monday after promises of government action to halt a slide in Chinese stock prices.

But many others sank, as jittery small investors tried to cut their losses.

The market benchmark closed up 2.4 percent but still was down 27 percent from its June 12 peak.

That came after a group of 21 state-owned brokerages pledged Saturday to buy stocks. On Sunday, the central bank promised more credit to finance trading. Regulators have reduced the number of planned share sales to ease fears of a glut.

Shares of some state companies including PetroChina Ltd., Asia’s biggest oil producer, and China’s four major state-owned commercial banks rose by close to 10 percent. Trading of

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A Chinese woman stands behind a glass panel near stock prices displayed on a board Monday at a brokerage house in Shanghai. Shares in big Chinese state companies rose Monday, following weekend promises of government action to halt a slide in stock prices. But many others sank, as jittery small investors looked for ways to cut their losses. almost 900 other com- late last year. Some made panies – out of a total of big profits, but the slump 2,802 on exchanges in has left many with shares Shanghai and the south- worth less than they ern city of Shenzhen – fell paid and hoping for a by the maximum 10 per- rebound so they can sell. cent daily limit permitted “I hope I can bow out of by regulators, accord- the stock market after I ing to the financial news break even,” said Liu Yun, website Hexun.com. a Beijing schoolteacher Millions of novice who put 80,000 yuan investors piled into the ($13,000) into the market market as the Shanghai since last year and now index rose more than has shares worth 62,000 150 percent beginning yuan ($10,000).

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Numbers game The Grizzlies sign Marc Gasol, who is the brother of the Bulls’ Pau Gasol, to a 5-year, $100 million contract. Marc Gasol has played eight seasons with Memphis, and averaged 17.4 points last year.

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

Sterling High School will have three new head coaches for the 2015-16 school year, after filling vacancies in recent weeks.

Casey Carbaugh, previously a girls basketball assistant under former Sterling coaches Julie Schroeder and Ryan Vasquez, will take over as the program’s new head coach. The Warriors’ other coaching hires puts Jeff Gale in charge of the wrestling program, while Greg Hendrix will coach the boys cross country team.

The hires were approved at the June 24 school board meeting.

Gale and Hendrix take over the positions held by Charlie Bishop who left at the end of this past school year. Bishop was the head wrestling and boys cross country coach.

Gale has been a guidance counselor at Sterling for the past 3 years, and was the assistant wrestling coach at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville where he earned a degree in education. Hendrix was an assistant on the Sterling girls track and field team last season, working with the sprinters and hurdlers.

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New coaches Girls basketball: Casey Carbaugh Boys cross country: Greg Hendrix Wrestling: Jeff Gale

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Rick Carrillo, 52 of Rock Falls, has spent a lifetime honing his skills on the pool table. All that work paid off recently, as he competed against some of the best in the world in Las Vegas.

Pocket cornered

Carrillo testing talent against best in world

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To a random person on the street, Rick Carrillo may appear to be just your normal, blue-collar Midwesterner. But once he has a pool stick in his hand, that all changes for the 52-year-old owner of Carrillo Lawn Service in Rock Falls.

There is nothing average about Carrillo’s pool skills.

“I’ve got at least 100 trophies,” Carrillo said. “They’re not all first place, but a majority of them are.”

It all started when Rick was 12-years-old, playing on the family table in the basement.

He played for hours with his father, his two brothers, and his uncles. By the time

• Do you know someone excelling at various sports or recreational activities in the community? Let us know about it at sports@saukvalley.com, or call Sports Editor Dan Woessner at 815-625-3600, ext. 5555. he reached high school, he was already an advanced player. While most kids his age gravitated toward football and basketball, Rick stuck to pool.

“I just enjoyed it so much as a kid that I didn’t pursue anything else,” Carrillo said. “I played quite a bit through the high school years, and that’s how I came to be pretty good.”

Once he felt ready, he took his talents to leagues around the Sauk Valley, including Sterling, Rock Falls, and Dixon.

“The first year that I got into the league, they asked me to play with the Latin American Club in Sterling, and I ended up playing with one of my friends, Tony Morales,” he said. “He picked me up, and we got first place that year. That’s what sparked me to think that ‘Hey, I’m not bad. I’m a pretty good player. I want to continue this.’”

Carrillo progressed so much that he became an area commodity for teams looking for a skilled player. His advanced level of play would boost average teams to the top.

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WOMEN’S WORLD CUP

Distraction appreciated Women’s World Cup took spotlight off FIFA scandal sport’s world governing body at least temporarily took a backseat to the Beautiful Game.

VANCOUVER, British Colum• The United States’ win The second-ranked U.S. bia – For a few moments over over Japan in the Women’s women started out the monththe past month, the Women’s World Cup final was the most long tournament across CanaWorld Cup seemed to push viewed soccer game in the da as one of the favorites, but aside the FIFA scandal that is history of American televithere were questions along the simmering a half planet away. sion. The 5-2 victory Sunday, way about a sputtering offense Those moments came on the which gave the Americans a and U.S. coach Jill Ellis’ tactics. pitch: From upstart Cameroon record third title, was seen by Steadily the United States, crashing the party in the knock26.7 million viewers. which didn’t drop a match, out stage, to England’s fantastic gained momentum. Boosted by run, to host Canada’s tournaDespite the controversy over stellar defense, Ellis made a key ment-opening victory on star the artificial turf and questions shift late in the tournament, Christine Sinclair’s stoppageabout who would present the time penalty kick. championship trophy, the Wom- moving Lloyd up top as an AP attacking midfielder and putAnd of course, Carli Lloyd’s en’s World Cup was a resoundAlex Morgan waves to fans while being draped in the United ting 22-year-old Morgan Brian ing success, setting records for States flag on Sunday after the U.S. women’s soccer team won hat trick in a 5-2 victory for into a defensive midfield’s role. attendance and TV ratings. The the World Cup title with a 5-2 victory over Japan in Vancouver, the United States in the final against Japan. corruption case enveloping the British Columbia, Canada.

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Gone in a bang Jason Pierre-Paul Giants pull $60 million long term contract offer to defensive end after he injured both his hands in fireworks accident.

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The Cubs and White Sox will honor Ernie Banks and Minnie Minoso when they face each other for the City Series.

On Sunday, the entire Cubs team will wear No. 14 throwback uniforms from 1958 in honor of Banks. The White Sox will wear uniforms from the same era.

Then on Aug. 14, the White Sox will wear throwback uniforms with Minoso’s retired No. 9 from the 1950s, while the Cubs will wear throwback uniforms from the same era.

Friday Golf 9 a.m.

• Women’s Lincoln Highway tournament, first round, at Timber Creek Golf Course, Dixon

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• Women’s Lincoln Highway tournament, final round, at Timber Creek Golf Course, Dixon

NHL

Blackhawks get Coughlin from Oilers The Blackhawks acquired forward Liam Coughlin from the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for goaltender Anders Nilsson.

Coughlin, 20, had 60 points (20 goals, 40 assists) in 54 games for the Vernon Vipers of the British Columbia Hockey League last season. He recorded 10 points (3 goals, 7 assists) in 11 playoff games.

Blackhawks staying at Notre Dame The Blackhawks will hold their training camp at the University of Notre Dame for the third year in a row.

The Stanley Cup-winning team said in a Monday news release that Blackhawks practices will be at the school’s Compton Family Ice Arena from Sept. 18 to 20. The team’s annual Training Camp Festival will be at the United Center on Sept. 21.

SOCCER

FIFA inspector banned for 7 years The official chosen by FIFA to inspect 2018 and 2022 World Cup hosting candidates was banned from soccer for 7 years on Monday for breaking ethics rules.

FIFA’s ethics committee gave no reason for its decision to suspend Harold Mayne-Nicholls, a former president of Chile’s football federation who is disputing the sanction.

NBA

West takes minimum to sign with Spurs David West is sacrificing millions to chase that elusive championship.

West walked away from a $12 million pay day with the Indiana Pacers to chase a title with the Spurs in his 13th NBA season.

He spent the previous four seasons in Indiana.

The veteran forward is taking a 1-year, minimum salary contract worth $1.4 million to join the Spurs.

RUNNING

Bomber files motion for new trial Lawyers for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev filed a motion for a new trial Monday, less than 2 weeks after he was formally sentenced to death for the 2013 attack.

The motion did not contain any details on Tsarnaev’s legal arguments, saying only that a new trial is “required in the interests of justice.”

Tsarnaev, 21, was convicted of 30 federal charges in the bombing, which killed three people and injured more than 260.

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Serena Williams (left) hugs her sister, Venus, after winning their singles match Monday at Wimbledon in London. Williams won 6-4, 6-3.

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BY HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer

LONDON – Decades ago, when the Williams sisters were kids in California, taking tennis lessons from Dad on a municipal court and imagining playing at Grand Slam tournaments one day, it was Venus – older, taller, stronger – who usually beat Serena.

Never a fan of losing to her sibling – who would be? – Serena cheated a tad every so often, lying about whether Venus’ shots landed in or out.

“That’s the past,” Serena jokes now with an eye roll. “I was young.”

As professionals, on the sport’s biggest stages, Serena has been better, especially lately.

On Monday at Centre Court, in the 26th all-Williams contest on tour, but first at a major in 6 years, No. 1-seeded Serena played solidly enough to beat No. 16 Venus 6-4, 6-3 and reach the Wimbledon quarterfinals, closing in on the third leg of a calendar-year Grand Slam.

Stat of the day • Three American women are in the quarterfinals (Serena Williams, Madison Keys, CoCo Vandeweghe), the most at Wimbledon since 2004.

This matchup between fivetime champions at the All England Club was one-sided, done in 68 minutes. It’s Serena’s sixth win in the past seven matches against Venus, part of a 15-11 edge overall. When it ended, Serena walked calmly, quietly – none of her customary “Come on!” exuberance – to envelop Venus in a long hug.

On Serena’s mind, it turns out, was this question: How many installments are left in this oneof-a-kind sibling rivalry?

“I just thought, ‘Wow, I’m 33, and she just turned 35. I don’t know how many more moments like this we’ll have.’ I plan on playing for years, but you never know if we’ll have the opportunity to face each other,” Serena said after they walked off court

with matching red racket bags.

“I just took the moment in, and I thought, ‘We’re at Wimbledon.’

I remember when I was 8 years old, we dreamed of this moment, and it was kind of surreal.”

Venus’ take on the likelihood of future meetings?

“When that moment is over, it will be over,” she said, shrugging her shoulders. “It’s not now.”

Serena, 36-1 this season, has won 25 Grand Slam matches in a row. Get past former No. 1 Victoria Azarenka today, then win twice more, and she would complete a self-styled “Serena Slam” of four consecutive major championships, something she also did in 2002-03.

Looking further ahead, Serena could go to the U.S. Open with a chance at the first true Grand Slam – four majors in a single season – since Steffi Graf in 1988.

When a reporter made a passing reference to that, Serena rested her chin on her left hand and declared: “I no longer answer questions about Grand Slams.”

TV listings

Cycling 7 a.m.

• Tour de France, Stage 4, Seraing, Belgium to Cambrai, France, NBCSP

MLB Noon

• Cardinals at Cubs, Game 1, FSN/MLB 7 p.m.

• Cardinals at Cubs, Game 2, CSN/FSN/MLB • Blue Jays at White Sox, CSN+ • Rays at Royals, MLB

Soccer 8:30 p.m.

• CONCACAF, Gold Cup, group stage, U.S. vs. Honduras, at Dallas, FS1

Tennis 7 a.m.

• Wimbledon, women’s quarterfinals, at London, ESPN • Wimbledon, women’s quarterfinals, at London, ESPN2

WNBA 7 p.m.

GOLF

• Tulsa at Atlanta, ESPN2

McIlroy ruptures ligament in ankle

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Top-ranked golfer sustains injury playing soccer with friends

• Tour de France, Stage 5, Arras to Amiens, NBCSP

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Rory McIlroy was on crutches Monday with an ankle injury from playing soccer, leaving in doubt the prospects of golf’s No. 1 player defending his British Open title next week at St. Andrews.

Just as excitement was building toward a potential clash at the Old Course between McIlroy and Jordan Spieth, McIlroy posted a jarring photo on Instagram showing him on crutches with a walking boot on this left ankle.

The 26-year-old from Northern Ireland said it was a “total rupture” of an ankle ligament and the joint capsule that happened while he was playing soccer with friends.

Sean O’Flaherty, his chief spokesman, said McIlroy has withdrawn from the Scottish Open this week at Gullane.

O’Flaherty said they would not know until later in the week the extent of the injury, and whether McIlroy would be able to tee it up July 16 at St. Andrews.

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Rory McIlroy announced Monday that he ruptured a ligament in his ankle while playing soccer with friends. His status for next week’s British Open – which he won last year – is in doubt. play the following year.

McIlroy had been the joint favorite along with Spieth. They have won the last four majors – the first time in nearly a century that two players in their 20s have shared four successive majors

– and Spieth is headed to St. Andrews as only the fourth player with a chance at the Grand Slam.

Players were shocked to hear the news.

“Unlucky, obviously,” Luke Donald said in a

telephone interview. “I would never say, ‘Don’t play football, or don’t do these things.’ You don’t want to live in a bubble.

It’s just unlucky timing, especially this time of the year. Golf is exciting with Rory and Jordan.

It’s added a bit of spice to the game. It’s a shame if Rory were to miss the Open, which it looks like he might.”

McIlroy referred to his ATFL, which is the anterior talofibular ligament and the one most commonly sprained. The left ankle is crucial in a golf swing as weight transfers to that side of the body (for right-handers) in generating power.

“That’s a big blow to the Open if he misses it,” former Ryder Cup captain Sam Torrance said from Wimbledon.

McIlroy won the Open last year at Royal Liverpool by going wire-towire and taking a sixshot lead into the final round. He also won the PGA Championship, joining Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and Bobby Jones as the only players in the last century with four majors at age 25 or younger.

Cycling 7 a.m.

MLB 2:30 p.m.

• Mets at Giants or Tigers at Mariners, MLB 7 p.m.

• Cardinals at Cubs, CSN/ FSN/ESPN

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TOUR DE FRANCE

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NASCAR SPRINT CUP

Disaster averted at Daytona Safety precautions hold up during Dillon’s frightening crash

BY JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer

AP

Christopher Froome puts on the overall leader’s yellow jersey on the podium of the third stage of the Tour de France in Huy, Belgium. Froome is opening up a nice gap between him and the other serious contenders for the Tour de France title.

Froome pulling away from field

BY JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer

HUY, Belgium – British rider Chris Froome took the Tour de France leader’s yellow jersey after finishing second behind Spanish veteran Joacquim Rodriguez in Monday’s crash-marred third stage, as a second straight day of chaos caused around 20 riders to fall and several to quit.

The 2013 Tour winner Froome almost caught Rodriguez near the top of the day’s final climb, but the Spaniard held on for his second career Tour stage win 5 years after his first.

“I didn’t expect to be in yellow this early on.

Couldn’t be a better feel-

ing,” said Froome, whose title defense ended when he crashed early in last year’s race. “I may look calm on the outside, but I assure you I’m not.”

He now leads German rider Tony Martin – who is not a threat for overall victory – by just 1 second, and is 13 seconds ahead of American rider Tejay Van Garderen, who is shaping up as a dangerous outsider.

Froome’s touted main rivals are lagging.

Froome is now 36 seconds clear of twotime champion Alberto Contador, 1:38 ahead of defending champion Vincenzo Nibali, and 1:56 ahead of Nairo Quintana.

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“One of the nice things is everyone is training for the same race, same distance,” said Hendrix, 31. “In track, there’s 18 events, but with cross country you don’t have to differentiate the workouts as much.

We’ve got a good core group of kids coming back, and they’ve been running 6 to 8 miles per day, 3 days a week.”

Hendrix is a 2002 Sterling graduate. He ran cross country for a couple years, and was a 4-year varsity letter winner in track. This will be his first high school head coaching job. His other head coaching experience is cross country at Challand Middle School in 2008.

“Tyler [Gaumer], the head track coach, encouraged me to go for the position during the track season,” Hendrix said. “He kind of pushed me because he believed I was ready for it. I’m excited for this opportunity.”

Carbaugh, 29, was an assistant under Schroeder, now the Erie girls coach, for 3 seasons, and was on Vasquez’s staff last season. Vasquez will take over the boys program, replacing Jim Preston.

“Coach Vasquez and I are great friends, and he wanted to me come over to the boys team with him,” Carbaugh said.

“But I promised the girls I would stay with them if the opportunity to do so arose, and it did.”

This will be Carbaugh’s first head coaching job, and he inherits a Sterling team that finished with a record of 15-17 last season. The Golden Warriors lost to Mendota in the Class 3A Streator Regional final, after they knocked out Rock Falls in the semifinal.

Due to the relatively late hiring, the next step for the Warriors and Carbaugh is to start installing the offense, despite July typically being the time of year athletes begin preparing for fall sports. Carbaugh said most of his returning players are excited to start basketball-related activities, however, in anticipation for the new-look program.

“The biggest strength for us will be defensively,” Carbaugh said.

“We had a little height [last season] with Rashel Robinson, and Jay Borum is long and athletic. We have a couple of guards that work so hard defensively, so that should come with ease.

“The biggest thing will be getting the offensive system that we want in place. We struggled a bit last year as far as becoming basketball players, and hopefully this year we can build on that, and just continue to put them in spots to make plays.”

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Riding bumper-to-bumper at nearly 200 mph, Austin Dillon was smack in the middle of a pack of cars headed to the checkered flag when he was suddenly sent on the ride of his life.

A wreck that began three rows ahead of him sent cars spinning all over the track. When one turned into him, the force of the hit flipped his car up and over two others. Dillon sailed nearly upside down into the Daytona International Speedway catchfence with such a hard hit that it nearly brought his 3,500pound car to a sudden stop.

The fence acted like a slingshot, sending the sheared race car back onto the track, where it landed on its roof and was hit again while the engine block smoldered nearby.

Left behind were a handful of fans who received only minor injuries from the debris, and a gaping hole in the fence, the mesh torn away.

And Dillon?

Nearly everyone in NASCAR feared the worst looking at what remained of his car. Instead, he was helped out by rival crews and he gave the “I’m OK” two-handed wave used by late bullrider Frost Lane to the stunned crowd.

“It happened so quick,” said Dillon, the grandson of car owner Richard Childress, and the first driver entrusted to drive the famed No. 3 that had been out of use since Dale Earnhardt’s fatal 2001 crash at Daytona.

“You’re just holding on and praying that you get through it, get to race again,” he said. “I had just got done stopping, and I had crew members everywhere. I thought that was really special and cool. It comforted me pretty quick. And then I just wanted to get out of there and let the fans know that I was OK, let my parents and grandparents know that I was all right.”

Dale Earnhardt Jr. was near tears as he pulled into victory lane at nearly 3 a.m. Monday after watching the last-lap wreck in his rearview mirror. Runner-up Jimmie Johnson said Dillon was lucky to be alive.

AP

Austin Dillon goes airborne and hits the catch fence during the crash early Monday morning at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Dillon emerged from his vehicle with only minor injuries.

That Dillon walked away with only a sore arm and tailbone, and only five fans suffered minor injuries, was a testament to NASCAR’s evolving safety improvements.

Although Kyle Larson walked away from a similar accident in a 2013 race at Daytona, his car hit the fence wheels-first instead of rooffirst as Dillon’s did. The fence also was shredded, and the debris field injured 28 fans.

Daytona has since reinforced its fencing, and part of the track’s ongoing $400 million renovation project has moved seating back a bit from the fence.

“I’m really proud of the fact that the fence worked and the additional safety enhancements of the ‘Daytona Rising’ project did its job,” track President Joie Chitwood said.

Six-time NASCAR champion Johnson likened fencing to a “cheese grater” when a race car sails into it, and said the energy from the impact will almost always lead to heavy debris. Although he marveled at the lack of injuries,

Johnson had no solution for preventing similar incidents.

“I don’t know how you keep a 3,500-pound car at 200 mph staying in the racetrack,” Johnson said.

“The fence held up, it did function well, but the debris going off into the stands is something I don’t know how you can control.”

Dillon, though, said NASCAR must figure out a solution.

“I think our speeds are too high, I really do,” he said. “I think everybody can get good racing with lower speeds, and we can work on that and then figure out a way to keep cars on the ground. We’re fighting hard to make the racing good; I hope fans enjoy all that.

We don’t, but that’s your job.

You go out there, and you hold it wide open to the end, checkers or wrecker, and hope you make it through.”

NASCAR Chairman Brian France said Monday on Sirius XM that series engineers began examining the accident just 5 hours after Dillon’s crash in the rain-delayed race.

Carrillo racks up accolades in Vegas CORNERED

to win the Men’s Classic 9-ball singles championship.

Immediately following “I was winning all the his 9-ball match, without time,” Carrillo said. a moment to soak up his Even though his pool win, Rick was thrown into game was strong, he a head-to-head match wanted to be there for with the 8-ball champion his family, especially his to compete for second daughter, Rita. place. Rick placed 3rd, “She looks up to her bringing home the bronze dad,” he says. “She medal out of 66 players believes that he’s the in the international 8-ball best no matter what. She championships. pushes me.”

His two trophies from Pool wasn’t a way of life Las Vegas in 2015 have for Rick at that point. He the Rock Falls native optitook time off from the mistic about the future. game, working factory He’s been competing jobs to try and provide for part-time in Sterling his family.

Submitted photos this summer, as well In 1997, he started the Rick Carrillo is playing pool sparingly this summer, as running down to lawn care service. At the but the Rock Falls man will have a full slate of leagues LaSalle-Peru, Ottawa, same time, Rick jumped and Streator to play with all over the area this fall. back into the area pool cirfriends. couple different teams said.“My confidence is cuit. His skills never left.

The fall season will be and won the hard-luck there. You have to have The trophies piled up much busier, as he has confidence, and I do have three teams in Sterling, for Carrillo. He was going division three times,” he said. “We got knocked that.” to LaSalle-Peru to play Rock Falls, and Dixon that out in the open division, His mindset is helping part-time in addition he competes in. He says but came back and won him in what has been a to the Sauk Valley area he does what he can to the redemption divigreat 2015 thus far. Two leagues. try to hold tournaments weeks prior to competThe next step was to see sion. It’s hard enough to around the area taverns. win one. The ones out in ing in Las Vegas, he won how good he was comHowever his biggest influVegas were pretty special a miniature Stanley Cup pared to the best in the ence on the community because it’s international lookalike trophy at a tour- has been his willingness U.S. and the world. For competition. Those mean nament in LaSalle-Peru. the past 9 years, he has to teach.

Once he arrived in Vegas, played in both singles and the most to me.”

“A lot of people come Carrillo has also gone to his skills were immediteam competitions in Las up to me while I’m playLas Vegas and done well ately put to the test.

Vegas. ing, and ask me how I did Rick faced off against He’s gone with local leg- in singles competition. a certain shot,” he said.

In 2008, he placed 13th the best from Australia. ends, Jim LaFavre, Keith “I tell them that after out of 600 players. He After a bad start of five Helfrich, Kenny French, I’m done, I’ll show them says that his performance consecutive wins in the Jeff Hawks, Wayne some things to work on. A Aussies’ favor, Carrillo Wright, and the man who then has elevated him to lot of people tell me that another level. came back as the undergot him started in the it was a pleasure watch“I’ve just been advancdog, defeating his oppoleagues, Tony Morales. ing me play. To me that’s ing ever since,” he nent in a second match “I’ve gone out with a something else.”

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MLB ROUNDUP

MONDAY’S SCOREBOARD MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct New York 44 38 .537 Baltimore 43 40 .518 Tampa Bay 43 41 .512 Toronto 43 42 .506 Boston 39 45 .464 Central Division W L Pct Kansas City 46 33 .582 Minnesota 44 39 .530 Detroit 41 40 .506 Cleveland 38 44 .463 Chicago 37 43 .463 West Division W L Pct Houston 49 36 .576 Los Angeles 44 38 .537 Texas 41 42 .494 Seattle 38 44 .463 Oakland 38 47 .447

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ABOVE: White Sox’s Jose Abreu slides into home safely on a Melky Cabrera RBI double as Blue Jays catcher Russell Martin tries to apply the tag during Monday’s game in Chicago. The White Sox won 4-2.

BELOW: Cardinals shortstop Jhonny Peralta (27) forces out Cubs’ Kris Bryant and throws to first base to complete a double play during their game Monday at Wrigley Field. The Cardinals won 6-0.

Lose record, win game Sale, Sox beat Buehrle, Jays; Cardinals shut out Cubs

BY JOHN JACKSON Associated Press

CHICAGO – Wins haven’t come as easily as strikeouts for Chris Sale this season. That’s why the left-hander had no regrets about losing his bid to break a strikeout streak record in one of the White Sox’s more rousing wins.

Sale pitched a six-hitter that led the White Sox past the Toronto Blue Jays 4-2 Monday night at U.S. Cellular Field in the fastest major league game in almost 4 years.

Sale (7-4) had struck out at least 10 batters in eight straight starts, matching the major league mark set by Pedro Martinez in 1999.

Sale fanned six in a complete game, outpitching former mentor Mark Buehrle (9-5), who also went the distance.

“I’ll take this outcome over that any day,” Sale said. “I mean, it’s one of those things, it’s cool, it’s fine. But we won the game, and I’m not gonna pout at all.”

There were no walks in a game that took only 1 hour, 54 minutes. It was the speediest big league game since Tampa Bay and Kansas City took 1:53 on Aug. 9, 2011.

“It was fantastic. Both of them were fantastic,” Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. “It was a great ballgame. Got away there at the end.”

All of Chicago’s runs were unearned. An error by shortstop Jose Reyes leading off the eighth helped the White Sox score three times and overcome a 2-1 deficit.

“I need to make that play,” Reyes said. “The ball didn’t do anything. It

another single.

Donaldson hit his 20th homer in the sixth.

Buehrle had retired nine straight batters before Reyes committed the error on Gordon Beckham’s routine grounder to start the eighth.

Buehrle retired the next two batters, but then the White Sox put together three straight hits. Jose Abreu tied it with an RBI single, and Cabrera followed with a two-run double.

“It was good for the lineup to do that and pick him up,” Chicago manager Robin Ventura said, “because he’s done his work before and not gotten much out of it.”

Cardinals 6, Cubs 0:

Today’s games • Blue Jays (Undecided) at White Sox (Quintana 4-7), 7:10 p.m.

TV/Radio: CSN+/670 AM • Cardinals (Cooney 0-0) at Cubs (Arrieta 8-5), 12:20 p.m., 1st game TV/Radio: WGN, FSN/780 AM, 95.7 FM • St. Louis (Lyons 2-0) at Cubs (Beeler 0-0), 7:05 p.m., 2nd game TV/Radio: CSN, FSN/780 AM, 95.7 FM was right to me. That has to be an out right there.

That’s why we lost the game.”

Josh Donaldson and Chris Colabello hit solo home runs for Toronto.

Sale began the game pitching more like Buehrle, getting five outs on grounders in the first two innings. In fact, Sale allowed a homer – a solo shot to Colabello lead-

ing off the third inning – before recording his first strikeout when he got Devon Travis looking for the second out in the third.

Chicago tied the score at 1 in the fourth inning with an assist from the Toronto defense. Melky Cabrera singled with one out and advanced to third base when Avisail Garcia followed with

John Lackey threw seven scoreless innings and the Cardinals beat the Cubs at Wrigley Field, despite Jon Lester taking a nohitter into the seventh.

Signed to a 6-year, $155 million deal over the offseason, Lester (4-7) remained winless in nine straight starts since beating Pittsburgh on May 16.

He allowed two hits and two unearned runs while striking out eight for Chicago.

Lester’s bid for his second career no-hitter ended with one out in the seventh when Kris Bryant couldn’t handle Jhonny Peralta’s sharp grounder in back of third base.

The Chicago defense then let Lester down when Bryant’s throw to second on a Jason Heyward grounder went into right field. That was followed by Yadier Molina’s run-scoring sacrifice fly to right, and Kolten Wong’s RBI single to left that put St. Louis ahead 2-0.

Win validates coaching change to Ellis DISTRACTION

nation. And it vindicated the USSF for its deciCONTINUED FROM B1 sion in April 2014 to fire coach Tom Sermanni Lloyd flourished.

– who had replaced Pia After toppling topSundhage the previous ranked Germany – the year – and replace him team that had ended with Ellis, the Britisha 6-year run by the born American who had Americans atop the been an assistant. rankings – in the semi“We’ll probably let her finals, the United States continue tomorrow,” dominated Japan from U.S. Soccer President the start. Lloyd’s three Sunil Gulati said with a goals came in the first smile. “She did her job, 16 minutes, including right? For any coach an audacious shot from on this team, the job near midfield. description is to win U.S. fans – including the World Cup and the Vice President Joe Biden Olympics. She did a great – streamed across the job. We went through border for the match, fill- this competition unbeating Vancouver’s BC Place en. We had a lot of peowith more than 53,000 ple doubting it along the way, and a lot of people fans. second guessing. ... I’m It was the U.S. team’s extremely pleased for third World Cup title, Jill. She worked hard, she more than any other

believed in what she was doing, and it paid off.”

For the Americans, it’s on to a victory tour and Olympic qualifying this fall.

For FIFA, it’s back to reality. The organization is the target of a U.S. Justice Department corruption investigation. The inquiry prompted longtime President Sepp Blatter to announce his intention to resign just 4 days after being re-elected to a fifth term.

While Blatter has not been charged, American law enforcement authorities have confirmed he is part of the investigation. He did not travel to Canada. Instead, FIFA Senior Vice President Issa Hayatou of Cameroon, the head of Afri-

can soccer’s governing body, handed the trophy to U.S. veterans Abby Wambach and Christie Rampone.

When the stadium announcer asked the crowd to welcome the FIFA officials, the crowd booed.

FIFA faced criticism over the course of the tournament, particularly over the artificial turf.

Wambach last year led a group of players, who filed a legal claim in Canada, saying that the artificial turf amounted to gender discrimination because the men’s event would never be staged on fake grass.

It’s already been established that the next World Cup, held 4 years from now in France, will be held on the real thing.

GB — 1½ 2 2½ 6 GB — 4 6 9½ 9½ GB — 3½ 7 9½ 11

Monday’s results Houston 9, Cleveland 4 Minnesota 4, Baltimore 2, 10 innings Chicago White Sox 4, Toronto 2 Tampa Bay at Kansas City, ppd., rain Detroit at Seattle, late Today’s games Tampa Bay (M.Moore 0-0) at Kansas City (C.Young 7-4), 1:10 p.m., 1st game Oakland (Gray 9-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 8-2), 6:05 p.m.

Houston (Velasquez 0-0) at Cleveland (Kluber 3-9), 6:10 p.m.

Miami (Haren 6-5) at Boston (Miley 8-7), 6:10 p.m.

Arizona (Ray 2-4) at Texas (Gallardo 7-6), 7:05 p.m.

Baltimore (Gausman 1-0) at Minnesota (Gibson 6-6), 7:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Andriese 3-2) at Kansas City (Volquez 8-4), 7:10 p.m., 2nd game Toronto (Undecided) at Chicago White Sox (Quintana 4-7), 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Heaney 1-0) at Colorado (Bettis 4-3), 7:40 p.m.

Detroit (K.Ryan 1-2) at Seattle (T.Walker 7-6), 9:10 p.m.

Monday’s box score

WHITE SOX 4, BLUE JAYS 2 Toronto

Chicago ab r h bi ab r h bi Reyes ss 4 0 1 0 Eaton cf 4 1 2 0 Dnldsn 3b 3 1 2 1 Abreu 1b 4 1 1 1 Bautist rf 4 0 0 0 MeCarr lf 4 1 2 2 Encrnc dh 4 0 2 0 AvGarc rf 4 0 1 0 Carrer pr 0 0 0 0 LaRoch dh 3 0 0 0 Valenci lf 4 0 0 0 AlRmrz ss 3 0 2 0 RuMrtn c 3 0 0 0 GBckh 3b 3 1 0 0 Colaell 1b 3 1 1 1 Flowrs c 3 0 1 0 Pillar cf 3 0 0 0 CSnchz 2b 3 0 0 0 Travis 2b 3 0 0 0 Totals 31 2 6 2 Totals 31 4 9 3 Toronto 001 001 000 – 2 Chicago 000 100 03x – 4 E–Reyes (7), Bautista (1). DP–Toronto 3, Chicago 2. LOB–Toronto 3, Chicago 3. 2B– Me.Cabrera (12), Al.Ramirez (15). HR–Donaldson (20), Colabello (8).

IP H R ER BB SO Toronto Buehrle L,9-5 8 9 4 0 0 2 Chicago Sale W,7-4 9 6 2 2 0 6 HBP–by Sale (Donaldson).

T–1:54. A–24,593 (40,615).

NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct Washington 46 37 .554 New York 42 41 .506 Atlanta 41 42 .494 Miami 35 48 .422 Philadelphia 28 56 .333 Central Division W L Pct St. Louis 54 28 .659 Pittsburgh 48 34 .585 Chicago 44 37 .543 Cincinnati 37 44 .457 Milwaukee 36 49 .424 West Division W L Pct Los Angeles 46 37 .554 San Francisco42 41 .506 Arizona 40 42 .488 San Diego 39 46 .459 Colorado 35 47 .427

GB — 4 5 11 18½ GB — 6 9½ 16½ 19½ GB — 4 5½ 8 10½

Monday’s results Cincinnati 3, Washington 2 Pittsburgh 2, San Diego 1 St. Louis 6, Chicago Cubs 0 Atlanta 5, Milwaukee 3 Philadelphia at L.A. Dodgers, late N.Y. Mets at San Francisco, late Today’s games St. Louis (Cooney 0-0) at Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 8-5), 12:20 p.m., 1st game Cincinnati (Cueto 5-5) at Washington (Scherzer 9-6), 6:05 p.m.

San Diego (T.Ross 5-7) at Pittsburgh (Liriano 5-6), 6:05 p.m.

Miami (Haren 6-5) at Boston (Miley 8-7), 6:10 p.m.

Arizona (Ray 2-4) at Texas (Gallardo 7-6), 7:05 p.m.

St. Louis (Lyons 2-0) at Chicago Cubs (Beeler 0-0), 7:05 p.m., 2nd game Atlanta (Banuelos 0-0) at Milwaukee (Cravy 0-1), 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Heaney 1-0) at Colorado (Bettis 4-3), 7:40 p.m.

Philadelphia (Billingsley 0-2) at L.A. Dodgers (B.Anderson 5-4), 9:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (B.Colon 9-6) at San Francisco (M.Cain 0-1), 9:15 p.m.

Monday’s box score

CARDINALS 6, CUBS 0 St. Louis

Chicago ab r h bi ab r h bi Pham cf 4 0 0 0 Coghln lf 3 0 0 0 Siegrist p 0 0 0 0 Denorfi ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Scrggs ph 1 0 0 0 Rizzo 1b 4 0 1 0 MHarrs p 0 0 0 0 Bryant 3b 4 0 1 0 MCrpnt 3b 3 0 0 0 MMntr c 4 0 0 0 JhPerlt ss 3 2 1 0 SCastro ss 4 0 0 0 Heywrd rf 4 1 0 0 Soler rf 3 0 2 0 Molina c 3 1 1 1 Fowler cf 2 0 1 0 Wong 2b 4 1 2 1 Lester p 2 0 1 0 Rynlds 1b 2 0 0 1 Baxter ph 1 0 0 0 Grichk lf 4 1 1 2 Grimm p 0 0 0 0 Lackey p 2 0 0 0 EJcksn p 0 0 0 0 Bourjos ph-cf 2 0 1 1 ARussll 2b 3 0 0 0 Totals 32 6 6 6 Totals 31 0 6 0 St. Louis 000 000 204 – 6 Chicago 000 000 000 – 0 E–Bryant (10). DP–St. Louis 2. LOB–St. Louis 4, Chicago 5. 2B–Grichuk (13), Soler (13). SB–M.Carpenter (2), Heyward (9), Wong (8). SF–Molina, Reynolds.

IP H R ER BB SO St. Louis Lackey W,7-5 7 6 0 0 1 4 Siegrist H,15 1 0 0 0 0 1 M.Harris 1 0 0 0 0 0 Chicago Lester L,4-7 7 2 2 0 2 8 Grimm 1 0 0 0 0 1 E.Jackson 1 4 4 4 1 1 WP–E.Jackson 2.

T–2:43 (Delay: 1:16). A–37,609 (40,929).

AMERICAN LEAGUE All-Star reserves Pitchers Chris Archer, Rays Dellin Betances, Yankees Brad Boxberger, Rays Zach Britton, Orioles Wade Davis, Royals Sonny Gray, Athletics Felix Hernandez, Mariners Kelvin Herrera, Royals Dallas Keuchel, Astros Darren O’Day, Orioles Glen Perkins, Twins David Price, Tigers Chris Sale, White Sox Catchers Russell Martin, Blue Jays Stephen Vogt, Athletics First Baseman Mark Teixeira, Yankees Second Basemen Brock Holt, Red Sox Jason Kipnis, Indians Third Baseman Manny Machado, Orioles Shortstop Jose Iglesias, Tigers Outfielders Jose Bautista, Blue Jays Adam Jones, Orioles J.D. Martinez, Tigers

Designated Hitters Prince Fielder, Rangers Candidates for final vote SS — Xander Bogaerts, Red Sox OF — Yoenis Cespedes, Tigers 2B — Brian Dozier, Twins OF — Brett Gardner, Yankees 3B — Mike Moustakas, Royals NATIONAL LEAGUE All-Star reserves Pitchers Madison Bumgarner, Giants A.J. Burnett, Pirates Aroldis Chapman, Reds Gerrit Cole, Pirates Jacob deGrom, Mets Zack Greinke, Dodgers Mark Melancon, Pirates Shelby Miller, Braves Jonathan Papelbon, Phillies Francisco Rodriguez, Brewers Trevor Rosenthal, Cardinals Max Scherzer, Nationals Michael Wacha, Cardinals Catcher Yasmani Grandal, Dodgers Yadier Molina, Cardinals First Basemen Adrian Gonzalez, Dodgers Anthony Rizzo, Cubs Second Basemen DJ LeMahieu, Rockies Joe Panik, Giants Third Baseman Nolan Arenado, Rockies Kris Bryant, Cubs Shortstop Brandon Crawford, Giants Outfielders Joc Pederson, Dodgers A.J. Pollock, Diamondbacks Justin Upton, Padres Candidates for final vote SP — Johnny Cueto, Reds RP — Jeurys Familia, Mets SP — Clayton Kershaw, Dodgers SP — Carlos Martinez, Cardinals SS — Troy Tulowitzki, Rockies

Tennis Wimbledon seeds fared Monday At The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club London Purse: $42.1 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Grass-Outdoor Singles Fourth Round Men • Richard Gasquet (21), France, def. Nick Kyrgios (26), Australia, 7-5, 6-1, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (6).

• Vasek Pospisil, Canada, def. Viktor Troicki (22), Serbia, 4-6, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-3, 6-3.

• Stan Wawrinka (4), Switzerland, def. David Goffin (16), Belgium, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (7), 6-4.

• Andy Murray (3), Britain, def. Ivo Karlovic (23), Croatia, 7-6 (7), 6-4, 5-7, 6-4.

• Gilles Simon (12), France, def. Tomas Berdych (6), Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2.

• Marin Cilic (9), Croatia, def. Denis Kudla, United States, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5.

• Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def.

Roberto Bautista Agut (20), Spain, 6-2, 6-2, 6-3.

Women • CoCo Vandeweghe, United States, def.

Lucie Safarova (6), Czech Republic, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (4).

• Madison Keys (21), United States, def.

Olga Govortsova, Belarus, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1.

• Serena Williams (1), United States, def.

Venus Williams (16), United States, 6-4, 6-3.

• Maria Sharapova (4), Russia, def. Zarina Diyas, Kazakhstan, 6-4, 6-4.

• Agnieszka Radwanska (13), Poland, def.

Jelena Jankovic (28), Serbia, 7-5, 6-4.

• Victoria Azarenka (23), Belarus, def. Belinda Bencic (30), Switzerland, 6-2, 6-3.

• Timea Bacsinszky (15), Switzerland, def.

Monica Niculescu, Romania, 1-6, 7-5, 6-2.

• Garbine Muguruza (20), Spain, def. Caroline Wozniacki (5), Denmark, 6-4, 6-4.

Cycling Tour de France Monday’s Top 10 Stage 3 99-miles From Antwerp to Huy 1. Joaquim Rodriguez, Spain, Katusha Team, 3 hours, 26 minutes, 54 seconds.

2. Christopher Froome, England, Team Sky, 3:26:54.

3. Alexis Vuillermoz, France, Ag2r La Mondiale, 3:26:58.

4. Daniel Martin, Ireland, Team CannondaleGarmin, 3:26:59.

5. Tony Gallopin, France, Lotto Soudal, 3:27:02.

6. Tejay Van Garderen, United States, BMC Racing Team, 3:27:05.

7. Vincenzo Nibali, Italy, Astana Pro Team, 3:27:05.

8. Simon Yates, England, Orica GreenEDGE, 3:27:05.

9. Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas, Colombia, Movistar Team, 3:27:05.

10. Bauke Mollema, Netherlands, Trek Factory Racing, 3:27:05.

Overall Top 10 1. Christopher Froome, England, Team Sky, 7 hours, 11 minutes, 37 seconds.

2. Tony Martin, Germany, Etixx-Quick Step, 7:11:38.

3. Tejay Van Garderen, United States, BMC Racing Team, 7:11:50.

4. Tony Gallopin, France, Lotto Soudal, 7:12:03.

5. Greg Van Avermaet, Belgium, BMC Racing Team, 7:12:05.

6. Peter Sagan, Slovakia, Tinkoff-Saxo, 7:12:08.

7. Rigoberto Uran, Colombia, Etixx-Quick Step, 7:12:11.

8. Alberto Contador, Spain, Tinkoff-Saxo, 7:12:13.

9. Geraint Thomas, Scotland, Team Sky, 7:12:40.

10. Zdenek Stybar, Czech Republic, EtixxQuick Step, 7:12:41.

Auto racing Sunday’s late results At Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Fla. Lap length: 2.5 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (1) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 161 laps, 48 points, $308,040.

2. (12) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 161, 43, $248,616.

3. (35) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 161, 42, $194,530.

4. (34) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 161, 40, $196,280.

5. (28) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 161, 39, $152,130.

6. (23) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 161, 38, $169,406.

7. (2) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 161, 38, $166,756.

8. (17) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 161, 37, $151,320.

9. (5) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 161, 35, $156,820.

10. (3) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 161, 35, $149,028.

11. (15) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 161, 33, $139,343.

12. (8) David Ragan, Toyota, 161, 32, $139,049.

13. (22) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 161, 0, $110,960.

14. (31) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 161, 30, $137,874.

15. (9) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 161, 29, $139,701.

16. (4) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 161, 28, $116,235.

17. (13) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 161, 27, $154,176.

18. (21) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 161, 26, $130,818.

19. (30) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 161, 25, $113,810.

20. (25) Greg Biffle, Ford, 161, 24, $136,493.

21. (7) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 161, 23, $132,868.

22. (33) Joey Logano, Ford, 161, 22, $147,293.

23. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 161, 22, $139,746.

24. (37) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 161, 20, $113,743.

25. (29) Cole Whitt, Ford, 161, 19, $110,882.

26. (41) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, 161, 19, $102,085.

27. (14) Brett Moffitt, Ford, 161, 18, $99,835.

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HARMON 4BR 1BA full bsmt, large back deck, long enclosed front porch, ¾ acres, needs work. $25,000. Will consider buying on contract w/ money down Call 815-757-6126 or 779-770-6424 if interested.

ROCK FALLS RIVER HOME 2 acres,129 feet river frontage, $189,900.

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DIXON Newer 2 BR, apartment Fieldstone area: W/D hookup, appls. incl. Fireplace, garage w/opener. $625 mo., $500 dep.

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815652-2042 2BR very clean, quiet. Garage & laundry. No smoking or pets. $500 + dep. 815-652-3365 2BR, applcs., garage, $600 mo. + ref. & dep. No pets.

815-631-9181 3BR Upper apt. in downtown Dixon.

204 ½ W. 1st. St. $600/mo. plus dep.

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FRANKLIN GROVE 3 BR Loft Apt. 6 month Lease.

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C NOTICES W0801178 ASC IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 14TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WHITESIDE COUNTYMORRISON, ILLINOIS BANKERS TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 1, 2001 FOR HOME EQUITY MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2001-KS3 Plaintiff, vs.

Thad J. McGinn; Diane McGinn; Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants Defendants.

CASE NO. 08 CH 244 Property Address: 1302 Garfield Street, Rock Falls, Illinois 61071 NOTICE OF SHERIFF SALE Public notice is hereby given that in pursuance of a judgment of said Court entered in the above-entitled cause on July 16, 2014, I, Sheriff, Kelly C. Wilhelmi of Whiteside County, Illinois, will hold a sale on August 6, 2015 , commencing at 10:00am, at The Whiteside County Courthouse, 200 E. Knox Street, Morrison, IL 61270 . to sell to the highest bidder or bidders the following described real estate, or so much thereof as may be sufficient to satisfy said decree, to-wit: LOT 39 IN HAMPTON SUBDIVISION NO. 4, BEING PART OF LOT M-39 OF MARTIN ESTATES SUBDIVISION, LOCATED IN PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 26, TOWNSHIP 21 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE FOURTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THERE OF RECORDED MAY 5, 1971, AS DOCUMENT NO. 234-71, IN THE CITY OF ROCK FALLS, WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WHITESIDE AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as: 1302 Garfield Street, Rock Falls, Illinois 61071 P.I.N.: 11-26-107-002 First Lien Position; Single-Family Residence; Judgment Amount $88179.84 IN ACCORDANCE WITH 735 ILCS 5/15-1507(c) (1)(H-1) AND (H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), AND 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE PURCHASER OF THE PROPERTY, OTHER THAN A MORTGAGEE, SHALL PAY THE ASSESSMENTS AND LEGAL FEES REQUIRED BY SUBSECTIONS (g)(1) AND (g)(4) OF SECTION 9 AND THE ASSESSMENTS REQUIRED BY SUBSECTION (g-1) OF SECTION 18.5 OF THE ILLINOIS CONDOMINIUM PROPERTY ACT. Terms of Sale: CASH - 10% down at the time of sale and the balance due within 24 hours of the sale. All payments for the amount bid shall be in certified funds payable to the Sheriff of Whiteside County.

The person to contact for information regarding this property is: Steven J. Lindberg at ANSELMO LINDBERG OLIVER LLC 1771 West Diehl Road, Suite 120, Naperville, IL 60563 (866)4028661. For bidding instructions, visit www.alolawgroup.com 24 hours prior to sale. This communication is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

ANSELMO LINDBERG OLIVER LLC 1771 W. Diehl Rd., Ste 120 Naperville, IL 60563-4947 630-453-6960 866-402-8661 630-428-4620 (fax) Attorney No. Cook 58852, DuPage 293191, Kane 031-26104, Peoria 1794, Winnebago 3802, IL 03126232 R410 June 30, July 7, 14, 2015

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, ILLINOIS LEE COUNTY, IN PROBATE IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CONNIE STRENGE, Deceased.

No. 2015 P 32 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given to creditors of the death of Connie Strenge of 909 East Chamberlin, Dixon, IL 61021. Letters of office were issued to Michelle Lynn Gray, 3457 Minnesota Drive, Rockford, IL 61108 as Independent Executor, whose attorney of record is David W. Badger of Ehrmann Gehlbach Badger Lee & Considine, LLC, 215 E. First Street, Dixon, Illinois 61021.

The estate will be administered without court supervision, unless under section 28-4 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/284) any interested person terminates independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the clerk.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court at 309 S. Galena Avenue, Dixon, Illinois 61021, or with the representative, or both, on or before the date which is six (6) months after the date of the first publication of this Claim Notice, or, if mailing or delivering of a notice from the representative is required by section 18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

By: Michelle Lynn Gray Executor David W. Badger Ehrmann Gehlbach Badger Lee & Considine, LLC 215 E. First Street P.O. Box 447 Dixon, IL 61021 (815) 288-4949 (815) 288-3068 FAX badger@egblc.com July 7, 14, 21, 2015

STATE OF ILLINOIS CIRCUIT COURT, LEE COUNTY NOTICE OF FILING A REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) NO. 15MR50 Request of: Starleen Lynn Aull Yount There will be a court hearing on my request to change my name from: Starleen Lynn Aull Yount to the new name of: Starleen Lynn Aull.

The court hearing will be held on July 21, at 10:00 am at 309 S. Galena, Dixon, Lee County.

Starleen Lynn Aull Yount Dated this 2nd day of June, 2015 Denise A. McCaffrey Clerk of the Circuit Court, Lee County, Illinois June 23, 30, July 7, 2015

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2BR Duplex, 1724 Ave. C. $475 + dep & ref. Garage avail.815-535-7137 Lg.1BR upper, water, sewer, garbage incl. $375 + dep.

No pets. Call 815440-5452 Sinnissippi Townhomes First Mo. Free!

Spacious 2 BR. 2 story townhomes.

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

WOOSUNG 3BR apt. 600 Griswold Ave. (Woosung is the town to Dixon). next Newly renovated and new appliances. No pets. $575/ mo. Sec. dep. req. Call Matt 310-750-5663

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2BR Townhome $600/mo. Hampton Apts. 625-7043 3BR, very nice 2 story home for rent Northeast Sterling.

2 bath single family residence. $875 / mo. Avail. Aug. 15.

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Thad J. McGinn; Diane McGinn; Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants Defendants.

CASE NO. 08 CH 244 Property Address: 1302 Garfield Street, Rock Falls, Illinois 61071 NOTICE OF SHERIFF SALE Public notice is hereby given that in pursuance of a judgment of said Court entered in the above-entitled cause on July 16, 2014, I, Sheriff, Kelly C. Wilhelmi of Whiteside County, Illinois, will hold a sale on August 6, 2015 , commencing at 10:00am, at The Whiteside County Courthouse, 200 E. Knox Street, Morrison, IL 61270 . to sell to the highest bidder or bidders the following described real estate, or so much thereof as may be sufficient to satisfy said decree, to-wit: Commonly known as: 1302 Garfield Street, Rock Falls, Illinois 61071 P.I.N.: 11-26-107-002 First Lien Position; Single-Family Residence; Judgment Amount $88179.84 IN ACCORDANCE WITH 735 ILCS 5/15-1507 (c)(1)(H-1) AND (H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), AND 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE PURCHASER OF THE PROPERTY, OTHER THAN A MORTGAGEE, SHALL PAY THE ASSESSMENTS AND LEGAL FEES REQUIRED BY SUBSECTIONS (g)(1) AND (g)(4) OF SECTION 9 AND THE ASSESSMENTS REQUIRED BY SUBSECTION (g-1) OF SECTION 18.5 OF THE ILLINOIS CONDOMINIUM PROPERTY ACT. Terms of Sale: CASH - 10% down at the time of sale and the balance due within 24 hours of the sale. All payments for the amount bid shall be in certified funds payable to the Sheriff of Whiteside County.

The person to contact for information regarding this property is: Steven J. Lindberg at ANSELMO LINDBERG OLIVER LLC 1771 West Diehl Road, Suite 120, Naperville, IL 60563 (866)402-8661. For bidding instructions, visit www.alolawgroup.com 24 hours prior to sale. This communication is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

ANSELMO LINDBERG OLIVER LLC 1771 W. Diehl Rd., Ste 120 Naperville, IL 60563-4947 630-453-6960 866-402-8661 630-428-4620 (fax) Attorney No. Cook 58852, DuPage 293191, Kane 031-26104, Peoria 1794, Winnebago 3802, IL 03126232 R410 June 30, July 7, 14, 2015

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For an immediate and confidential interview, apply in person or call Lynette McFadden at (815) 284-3393 or email/ fax your resume in confidence to dixon@tutera.com 815-284-2066.

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•Maternity Leave Sub Teacher for 6th Grade Self-Contained Classroom, Math/Science background preferred - Fall, 2015

To apply, submit a letter of interest, resume, copies of teaching license and transcripts, list of references with contact information to:

Darcie Feltmeyer, Principal Eastland Elementary School 601 S. Chestnut Shannon, IL 61078

Application deadline: until position is filled

Cimco Recycling Sterling is looking for CDL drivers and a certified diesel mechanic.

Hours are MondaySaturday. Salary based on experience. Cimco offers vacation time, health, vision & dental insurance and 401k.

Please send resumes and references to: Cimco Recycling Sterling, 13509 Galt Road, Sterling, IL 61081

Delivery Drivers Sauk Valley Media is seeking individuals that qualify as Delivery Drivers at our production facility in Sterling, IL. These positions are full time opportunities, and the hours will vary as needed for our production schedule. The schedule will consist of a partial third shift but will primarily be a first shift schedule.

Flexibility is required to accommodate production demands.

Candidates must be able to work independently, must have a good driving record, and be able to pass pre-hire drug and fitness screenings.

For consideration submit a resume to eappleyard@ saukvalley.com or mail your resume to: Sauk Valley Media, 3200 E. Lincolnway, PO BOX 498, Sterling, IL 61081: E. Appleyard.

You may also stop in and complete an application at our offices in Sterling and Dixon.

Those candidates who possess the required experience and skill set will be contacted for interviews.

Experienced bartender needed varied hours.

No phone calls.

To apply go to Corner Tap Rock Falls, 61071

•Part-time High School Spanish - Fall, 2015

To apply, submit a letter of interest, resume, copies of teaching license and transcripts, list of references with contact information to:

Monica Burkholder, Principal Eastland Jr/Sr High School 500 S. School Drive Lanark, IL 61046

Application deadline: July 14, 2015

ROOFERS The Chicagoland Roofers JATC is taking applications for the Roofer’s Apprenticeship Program for the upcoming season.

These jobs are located in the Rockford, Crystal Lake, McHenry County, Dekalb, Dixon & Sterling areas.

REQUIREMENTS: Must apply in person. Must be at least 18 years old. Must pay a $20 non-refundable application fee, cash or money order. Must bring original high school diploma or GED. Must bring in valid drivers license & social security card. Must take general aptitude test when notified by mail. Must speak & understand English. Once called & job available, must pass physical & drug screen.

Must join Roofers Union.

Chicagoland Roofers JATC 7045 Joliet Road, Indian Head Park, Illinois 60525 708-246-4488 www.chicagoroofers.com Equal Opportunity Employer, Male/Female

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Enjoy working 8 A.M. - 5 P.M. Monday – Friday Responsibilities will include but are not limited to data entry, answering multi-line phones, billing, filing, sorting mail, daily deposits, and dealing with the public.

Must be energetic and have a willingness to help others. Must have basic accounting background and be a self starter and able to work with little supervision. Benefits include Health Insurance, 401k, paid vacation, holidays and sick time.

Send resumes to: rlambert@ withersradio.net Harbor Crest Home An 84-bed skilled care facility in Fulton IL, is in need of •D.O.N. •CNA's: 2nd & 3rd shift •Restorative Nurse Must be able to practice in Illinois and pass Background test. Apply online or in person harborcrest2 at: @mchsi.com 817 17th St, Fulton IL. EOE Part Time Bartender needed in Amboy.

Please send replies to Box # 1291, c/o Sauk Valley Classifieds, P.O. Box 498, Sterling, IL 61081

ACCOUNTING CLERK

As an Etnyre accounting clerk, you will perform clerical accounting duties involving routine calculations, verifications, and postings according to standard procedures and methods.

Accounts Receivable duties consist of handling A/R cash receipts, parts invoices and credit memos. Prepares certificates of origin for customers, prepares bank deposits, and makes collection calls. This position also handles mass mailings and other items such as departmental mail, maintaining petty cash, and run invoicing for parts daily. Job Duties will also include Accounts Payable backup responsibilities as required by department supervisor, such as, maintaining A/P files and handling accounts payable/vendor invoices.

Qualified candidates will be proficient with a 10-key calculator.

Must possess good computer skills including data entry, and must be knowledgeable in Microsoft Excel and Word. In addition, good math and verbal communication skills are essential. A high school diploma or equivalent is required.

As a local leading manufacturing company, Etnyre offers an excellent compensation/benefits package. Interested candidates may apply in person or online at www.etnyre.com.

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Send cover letter, complete resume & salary requirements to: support position@illinois press.org

Local CTA firm needs experienced Tax Professional Audit, accounting and/or payroll exp. a plus. Must have 3+ years exp.

Salary commensurate with exp.

Send resume to Box #:1293, c/o Sauk Valley Classifieds, P.O. Box 498, Sterling, IL 61081.

NEW EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Accepting resumes until 7/24/15 for Part Time Hydro Operator at Dixon Hydroelectric Plant, Dixon, IL. See job posting on Craigslist-Rockford Skilled Trades Section for details.

The City of Amboy is accepting applications for Police Chief and police officer for the police department. Applications are available at city hall.

The deadline to apply is August 3rd at 4:30 p.m.

EMPLOYMENT

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NEW TODAY Office/Customer Service Full-time position; Monday-Friday.

Competitive wage/ benefit package.

High School Diploma required; College degree desirable. Responsibilities include, data entry, record maintenance, filing, answering phones, and dealing with the public. Successful candidate will possess excellent communication and computer skills, be detail-oriented, and team player. Send resumes to: Box #:1292, c/o Sauk Valley Classifieds, P.O.Box 498, Sterling, IL 61081 TO OUR

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

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

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

W-S Industrial Services Inc. is currently hiring Industrial Labor and CDL Drivers to join our rapidly growing team.

Must be drug free, clear driving record, clear criminal background, and agree to physical and pre-employment test. Apply in person at 1517 S. 19th St., Clinton IA.

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Wanted temporary full time help as Agricultural Labor long hours with pay depending on experience, drivers license required.

Must be reliable, applicant subject to drug testing, no phones alcell lowed, apply in person.

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NO INDIVIDUAL, unless licensed or holding a permit as a childcare facility, may cause to be published any advertisement soliciting a child care service.* A childcare facility that is licensed or operating under a permit issued by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services may publish advertisements of the services for which it is lispecifically censed or issued a permit. Sauk Valley Media strongly urges any parent or guardian to verify the validity of the license of any facility before placing a child in it's care. *Family homes that care for no more than three (3) children under the age of twelve or which receive only children from a single household, for less than 24 hours per day, are exempt from licensure as day care homes.

The three children to whom this exemption applies includes the family's natural or adopted children and any other persons under the age of 12 whether related or unrelated to the operator of the day care home. (DCFS Rule, Part 377.3 (c))

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and Real Estate Weekly on Thursdays.

3rd Shift Physical Flow Material Handler BorgWarner is currently accepting resumes for an hourly 3rd shift Physical Flow Material Handler position. If you are self-motivated and are committed to continuous learning, professional growth and success, please read on…

Our Physical Flow Material Handlers maintain a safe, orderly, stable and efficient flow of materials, equipment and supplies throughout the plant and within required timeframe to support production builds. Load, unload and transfer freight to/from trucks or to/from the warehouse to the work centers as needed. This position is required to effectively support all areas of receiving, shipping, warehouse and associated inventory tasks. Successful candidates must possess strong knowledge and abilities in the following: Previous material handling with powered industrial trucks experience is required. Competent PC skills including Microsoft Office and experience with ERP system, (SAP preferred). Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds. A HS Diploma/GED equivalent along with good communication, problem-solving, planning, organizational and team-work abilities are also required.

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815-625-3600 ext. 5301

Delivery Drivers Needed

Sauk Valley Media is seeking individuals that qualify as Delivery Drivers at our production facility in Sterling, IL. These positions are full time opportunities, and the hours will vary as needed for our production schedule.

The schedule will consist of a partial third shift but will primarily be a first shift schedule. Flexibility is required to accommodate production demands.

Candidates must be able to work independently, must have a good driving record, and be able to pass pre-hire drug and fitness screenings.

For consideration submit a resume to: eappleyard@saukvalley.com or mail your resume to: Sauk Valley Media, 3200 E. Lincolnway, PO BOX 498, Sterling, IL 61081: E. Appleyard.

You may also stop in and complete an application at our offices in Sterling and Dixon. Those candidates who possess the required experience and skill set will be contacted for interviews.

For more information or to submit your resume, please contact: E. Appleyard Production Manager Sauk Valley Media 3200 E. Lincolnway P.O. Box 498 Sterling, IL 61081 Phone: 815-625-3600 x5720 eappleyard@saukvalley.com Sauk Valley Media is an equal opportunity employer and a drug-free workplace.

This posting may not include all duties of the position.

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

Please screen respondents carefully when giving an animal away.

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

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

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HORSES & SUPPLIES

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CLASSIC CARS

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AUTOMOBILES

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1996 Ford AeroStar XLT 4WD, 7 passenger.

85K. mi. $2,800 815-625-3039

Sauk Valley Auction Calendar Complete sale bills are published in Sauk Valley Classifieds.

July 7 - 6 P.M.

7772 Clinton St., Dixon.Grand Detour School, Real Estate Auction Lenny Bryson Auctioneer 815-946-4120

July 8 - 6 P.M.

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July 11 - 10 A.M.

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July 18 - 10 A.M.

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Great Vehicles Under $10,000!* • 2002 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER ....................... $3,999* • 2006 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GT....................................$5,999* • 2004 JEEP LIBERTY SPORT ..........................................$6,999* • 2009 PONTIAC G6......$6,999* • 2002 CADILLAC DTS..................................$6,987* • 2005 JEEP LIBERTY .........................................$6,987 • 2003 CADILLAC DEVILLE DTS..................................$7,999* • 2005 MAZDA6 I GRAND TOURING.......................$7,999* • 2008 DODGE AVENGER SXT..................................$7,999* • 2005 HYUNDAI SANTA FE ..........................................$7,987* • 2003 CADILLAC DTS.................................. $7,987* • 2006 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500.................................$9,999* • 2006 DODGE CHARGER RT ....................................$9,999* • 2008 BUICK LACROSSE CXL...............................$9,999*

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AUTOMOBILES

2009 Honda Fit Sport – $10,995 Auto Store (866) 863-4167

2015 Buick Enclave Premium – $43,900 Vaessen Bros (866) 909-3894

2001 GMC Sierra 2500HD SLE – $7,900 Gerdes Auto & Truck (866) 880-4392

2002 Silver Hyundai, 4DR. Exc. cond.

34K mi. $4,500.

815-441-8551

2013 GMC Terrain SLE – CALL Auto Store (866) 863-4167 2015 Chevrolet Impala LT – $24,995 Auto Store (866) 863-4167 2000 Chevrolet S-10 LS – $3,995 Auto Store (866) 863-4167 2015 Chevrolet Impala LT – $24,995 Auto Store (866) 863-4167 2010 Mitsubishi Galant – CALL Auto Store (866) 863-4167 2010 Ford F-150 FX4 – $24,995 Auto Store (866) 863-4167 2006 Jeep Wrangler SE – $14,995 Auto Store (866) 863-4167 2012 Nissan Quest S – $15,995 Auto Store (866) 863-4167 2011 Ford Escape XLS – $11,995 Auto Store (866) 863-4167 2009 Chevrolet Aveo LS – CALL Credit Auto Sales (866) 865-4317 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt LT – CALL Credit Auto Sales (866) 865-4317 2008 Chevrolet Aveo LS – CALL Credit Auto Sales (866) 865-4317 2008 Chevrolet Uplander LS – CALL Credit Auto Sales (866) 865-4317 2007 Chevrolet Colorado LS – CALL Credit Auto Sales (866) 865-4317 2008 Pontiac Grand Prix – CALL Credit Auto Sales (866) 865-4317 2007 Ford Focus SE CALL Credit Auto Sales (866) 865-4317 2006 Chevrolet HHR LS – CALL Credit Auto Sales (866) 865-4317 2006 Chevrolet Impala LT 3.5L – CALL Credit Auto Sales (866) 865-4317 2006 Chevrolet Uplander LT – CALL Credit Auto Sales (866) 865-4317

2015 Chevrolet Camaro SS – $42,220 Vaessen Bros (866) 909-3894 2015 Chevrolet Colorado 4WD LT – $32,595 Vaessen Bros (866) 909-3894 2015 Chevrolet Cruze LTZ – $20,500 Vaessen Bros (866) 909-3894 2015 Chevrolet Malibu LT – $29,190 Vaessen Bros (866) 909-3894 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 3500HD LTZ – $63,390 Vaessen Bros (866) 909-3894 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 3500HD LT – $50,225 Vaessen Bros (866) 909-3894 2015 Chevrolet Captiva Sport LT – $22,500 Vaessen Bros (866) 909-3894 2015 Chevrolet Trax LT – $25,215 Vaessen Bros (866) 909-3894 2015 Chevrolet Volt – $37,655 Vaessen Bros (866) 909-3894 2013 Ford Edge SEL 4dr SUV – $25,900 Gerdes Auto & Truck (866) 880-4392 2013 Ford Fusion SE 4dr Sedan – $16,900 Gerdes Auto & Truck (866) 880-4392 2011 Chevrolet Equinox LS 4dr SUV – $15,700 Gerdes Auto & Truck (866) 880-4392

1998 Chrysler Town & Country – $2,700 Gerdes Auto & Truck (866) 880-4392 2002 Ford Explorer XLS – $4,900 Gerdes Auto & Truck (866) 880-4392 2015 Chrysler 200 S 4dr Sedan – $22,999 Majeski Motors (815) 625-9600 2015 Jeep Patriot Latitude 4dr SUV – $21,999 Majeski Motors (815) 625-9600 2014 Chevrolet Cruze LTZ – $19,999 Majeski Motors (815) 625-9600 2014 Chevrolet Impala Limited LT – $18,999 Majeski Motors (815) 625-9600 2014 Chevrolet Malibu LS – $17,999 Majeski Motors (815) 625-9600 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LTZ Z71 – $44,999 Majeski Motors (815) 625-9600 2014 Chrysler Town & Country Touring – $24,999 Majeski Motors (815) 625-9600 2014 Ford Fusion SE 4dr Sedan – $20,999 Majeski Motors (815) 625-9600 2014 Ford Mustang V6 Convertible – $23,999 Majeski Motors (815) 625-9600 2014 Kia Soul – $17,999 Majeski Motors (815) 625-9600

2011 Chevrolet Equinox LS 4dr SUV – $15,700 Gerdes Auto & Truck (866) 880-4392 2008 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LT1 4WD – $17,300 Gerdes Auto & Truck (866) 880-4392 2006 Lexus IS 250 AWD 4dr Sedan – $12,700 Gerdes Auto & Truck (866) 880-4392 2004 Isuzu Rodeo S 4dr SUV – $5,700 Gerdes Auto & Truck (866) 880-4392

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2006 Chevy Impala, 96k. Motor miles. $4,500 OBO as is.815-499-5123

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2006 Mercury Montego Luxury.

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2007 Dodge Charger RT, Hemi V8. Leather, sun roof. 48K mi. $14,500. Call 815973-6768.

2007 Pontiac G6, sunroof, 89K mi.

Excellent condi$8,000/obo. tion.

815-626-1270.

2007 Pontiac hard convertible, top black, sharp! 85k mi., $10,800 firm 815-994-3500 2008 Chevy Aveo white, in Dixon $2,000 815-2886231 2012 Chevy Impala LT, asking $12,988 Excellent condition Like new.

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2012 Toyota Camry LE 47,000 miles mint condition.

Asking 17,000 open to Negotiation. Must sell going to Florida.

309-716-5516 or 815-973-8009

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TRUCKS

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1987 Ford F-150 302 Auto XLT 100kmi. Very good cond. $1,500 OBO 815-973-3376

TRUCKS

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1996 Ford 250, 7.3 power stroke engine, 215K mi., good cond., green, 815-631-1310

NEW TODAY 2000 GMC 3500 series 5.2 engine with hydraulic dump box, 68,000 miles, new.00 clutch, good tires, 5 speed transmission. Good Condition $9,500 815716-0318 2003 Chevy Silverado 1500 HD 4 door, loaded, liner & tuxedo 121,840 miles $12,000 obo 815-762-1716

4X4S

912

2003 Chevy Silverado 2500HD Crew Cab 4x4. GM rebuilt diesel engine, has 71k mi. camper shell with roof rack, total mileage 206,00 some rust, service records available. $15,900. Call 815535-3884

PARTS & ACC.

925

Hard top, 2 full doors, Set of 5 factory mag tires, 1991 Jeep Wrangler. $350. Call 815-677-4664

MOTORCYCLES

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2004 Harley Davidson Electra-Glide Classic, $9500, many extras. Must See! 815-973-0977 2004 Harley Davidson Fatboy, 11,200 mi. custom paint, air ride suspension.

Accessories, extra chrome.

Asking $13,000. Call 815590-2397 2004 Kawasaki 65CC dirt-bike.

Great condition.

815-499-9739.

MOTORCYCLES

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2008 Honda XR 650L $3,700 OBO. 779-348-0869 2009 Harley Davidson Road King classic. 4,700 mi.

New pipes, extra chrome, $14,000 815-994-6646 2009 Kymco Venox Motorcycle 250cc V-twin liquid cooled 4,700 miles, excellent condition $2,750 815-994-0284

BOATS/MOTORS

940

16' Tri hull boat with 85HP Johnson outboard and Shorelander trailer.

Asking $2000/obo.

815-625-5556.

2002 Bayliner 21ft.

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150 HP mercury low hours excellent maintenance. Many extras. $11,900 630-859-2332 see at 4/231 Sandpebble Dr. Lake Carroll

TRAILERS/RVS

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1996 Damon Hornet camper, 30', very clean, exc. shape, A/C, everything works well, sleeps 6, $3500 815-625-8840 2010 Sprinter by Keystone, 24ft.

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Very good cond.

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2005 Harley Davidson Softail Deluxe. $8,900.

16,141 miles. Great condition, sounds great, lots of chrome and extra parts. Well taken care of, never been dropped. Had 10, 000 mile inspection at Workmans in Rock Falls. (563) 343-2897.

2006 Harley Softail 10K mi.

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