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The Defeated Royals, featuring (from left) Josiah and Daniel Hazel, Joel Wetzell, and Micah Green, will open the Sterling Main Street Music Fest at 2 p.m. Saturday at Grandon Civic Center. The doors open at 1 p.m.; see the full lineup for the event in our local entertainment listings on A10.
Band shuffles mix, but dream remains the same BY LUCAS PAULEY lpauley@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5576 @LucasJayPauley
ROCK FALLS – The Defeated Royals looked a lot like many other young bands – but in a good way – during an interview and video shoot Saturday morning at Ric and Carol Hazel’s home in rural Rock Falls. There they were, clearly having fun and defying the heat with the garage door open, fans blowing and music flowing. The band features the Hazel brothers, Online extra Josiah, 22, and DanClick on this story at saukvaliel, 19; Joel Wetzell, ley.com to see the boys play 18; Micah Green, 21; their tune “Hashtag Girls.” Hunter Seidel, 20; and Marcus Castillo, 20. Seidel and Castillo will be unable to make the band’s next show, Saturday during Sterling Main Street Music Fest at Grandon Civic Center. But that’s OK. The band is flexible in that way. They have to be.
Bassist Micah Green keeps cool by playing in front of a fan during practice on a humid Saturday afternoon in Rock Falls. When not keeping the rhythm with Wetzell, Green, a Dixon resident, earns a living at Mirror Landscapes.
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Check our calendar; circle dates on yours Local bands not your jam? Many other events are set for this weekend and in weeks to come. See our listings on A9-12.
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Genealogists out to preserve history
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DIXON – Road repairs, employee wages, equipment – they all cost money, something members of the Dixon Park District Board say they are sorely lacking. Addressing financial woes might require a public referendum either to increase the tax rate or to expand district boundaries to incorporate more properties. That discussion began during Wednesday’s regular board meeting. If things progress swiftly enough, Dixon citizens could see some type of referendum addressing park district revenue as early as this coming spring. “I don’t think there’s any choice but to run a referendum,” Park Board President Ron Pritchard said. He pointed to perhaps the district’s most pressing issue – the continual deterioration of Lowell Park Road. Other potential funding mechanisms for that repair are “iffy at best,” Pritchard said. Estimating the district gets $9,000 per year to address street repairs for more than 30 parks, he said voter approval might be the district’s only remaining resort. That doesn’t bode too well for Dixon Parks, said Executive Director Deb Carey. The last time the district pursued a referendum 15 years ago, it was voted down.
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Group plans to publish book of relics from schools in 22 townships BY JERMAINE PIGEE jpigee@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5525 @JPigee84
STERLING – Members of Whiteside County Genealogists want to preserve the history of rural schools in this area. “We have genealogists from all over the country who have ancestors come here,” said Marilyn Anderson, a local history librarian at Sterling Public Library. “And a lot of times, they want to know where their grandma went to school, and what kind of grades she got.”
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To share history For more information on the project, or to submit information on a rural school, email Marilyn Anderson at SPLGenealogy@comcast.net, or visit Sterling Public Library. The genealogists have started to document all rural schools from 22 townships in Whiteside County. “We want to find all the rural, one-room school houses from when they started in 1840 until they started to consolidate in the 1950s,” said Donald Mul-
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Amboy Police Boy, 15, of Amboy; 3:25 p.m. Tuesday on North Mason Avenue; no valid driver’s license; given citation, posted bond, and released.
POLICE Sterling Police Chaley R. Lamb, 25, of Rock Falls; 9:15 a.m. Tuesday at First Avenue and East 15th Street; speeding; released with promise to comply. Karina Colon, 24, of Sterling; 9:15 a.m. Tuesday at Lynn Boulevard and 14th Street; speeding, 51 mph in a 35-mph zone; released with promise to comply. Mariah S. Diffenbaugh, 22, of Sterling; 2:12 p.m. Tuesday at East Fourth Street and 14th Avenue; cellphone usage; released with promise to comply.
Rock Falls Police Jessenia F. Loyola, 24, of no permanent address; 3:37 p.m. Monday in the 1000 block of Seventh Avenue; two counts of theft, burglary, Whiteside County warrant; taken to Whiteside County Jail. Justin B. Hodge, 19, of Rock Falls; 5:40 p.m. Tuesday at West Sixth Street and 10th Avenue; reckless driving; given notice to appear in court. Amanda M. Cox-Rodriguez, 20, of Rock Falls; 11:58 a.m. Tuesday at West Second Street and Fourth Avenue; given notice to appear in court.
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Michael J. Lange, 26, of Des Moines, Iowa; 11:10 p.m. Monday on Interstate 88 in Whiteside County; improper lane usage; given citation. Timothy M. Engelkes, 25, of Dixon; 1:37 p.m. Tuesday at U.S. Route 30 and Nelson Road in Lee County; speeding, no valid driver’s license; given individual bond and notice to appear in court. Sarah E. Davis, 26, of Rockford; 12:05 a.m. Wednesday on Interstate 88 in Whiteside County; driving while license suspended; given individual bond and notice to appear in court.
One hurt in Tuesday crash STERLING – A Franklin Grove man was injured Tuesday in a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of state Route 2 and 45th Avenue. State troopers responded at 9:55 p.m. A vehicle driven by Michael E. Settles, 60, of Franklin Grove, was coming to a stop at the intersection when a vehicle driven by Richard L. Meader, 73, of Mount Morris, struck Settles’ vehicle. Settles’ condition was unavailable Wednesday. Meader was given a citation for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident.
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ABOVE: Doug Thomas, owner of The Auto Store in Dixon, shows off his most favorite purchase to date: the Lexus owned by late Hall of Famer Ernie Banks. After Mr. Cub’s death, Banks’ caretaker, Regina, reached out to local businessman Jim Prescott, who was friends with Banks, about buying the car. Prescott then brokered the deal for Thomas. Thomas, Prescott, and Doug’s son, John, drove to pick up the ride in Chicago, where Prescott recounted times he shared with Ernie. “When John said how much fun he had that day, that made the experience that much more special,” said Thomas, who plans to resell the car to someone who will appreciate its significance. LEFT: A picture of Doug Thomas, his son, John, and Jim Prescott holding the Presidential Medal of Honor awarded to Ernie Banks by President Obama are shown in the rear, driver’s side window.
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“There is tons of information that no one has put together in one place before.” Anderson said this project will not be completed overnight. “We will be doing this for the next couple years,” she said. “Once we get all the information, we will publish it in a book.” That book will be the third one published by Whiteside County Genealogists. The group already has published “Whiteside County, Illinois History & Families,” which focuses on all aspects of the county’s history from 1839 to 2013, and “Whiteside County Illinois Veterans of the Rebellion,” a PLUMBING & A/C SERVICE Residential • Commercial
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Administrator to lead statewide association Will serve 2 years as president-elect before taking reins BY CHRISTI WARREN cwarren@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5521 @SeaWarren
DIXON – Cathy Ferguson, Lee County public health administrator, will soon be the president of the Illinois Public Health Association.
Ferguson was elected by a nominating committee to head up the 7,000 memberCathy strong Ferguson organization that works to advance local public health departments throughout the
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Applications not exactly pouring in Liquor license paperwork yet to cross mayor’s desk BY CHRISTI WARREN cwarren@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5521 @SeaWarren
MORRISON – Mayor Everett Pannier recently said he expected more local businesses to applying for pour liquor licenses, with the goal of getting video gambling machines. In fact, he said at the July 13 City Council meeting, he expected one to come across his desk that week. Well, that hasn’t happened yet, and because of Morrison’s past action when it came to approving such a request from a nonrestaurant or bar, businesses might not take the gamble. The issue came up in the spring when Sullivan’s Foods, the only grocery store in Morrison, applied for a license
in an attempt to obtain gambling machines. The application was unanimously denied by the council. “It seems to me that that law was designed to limit the locations for these, and if you’re just giving out those licenses to put them in new locations, it kind of cheats the point,� Councilman Scott Connelly said. “The other thing is, I think the reason most of us agreed that we weren’t going to give Sullivan’s a license is that when we talked to people, the sentiment in town was that we don’t want more gambling machines in town,� Councilman Dave Helms said. “The ones we have already aren’t being fully used.� Morrison, with a population of 4,188, has 24 video gambling machines. Rock Falls, population 9,266, has 68. Sterling, population 15,370, has 57. Dixon, population 15,733, has 98.
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state. She recently wrapped up a 3-year term as secretary of the association. “It’ll be a great learning experience, and I really value what IPHA brings for local health departments,� she said. As president-elect, she’ll help lead meetings and will learn the ropes from the current president, she said, before taking the reins in 2017.
According to its website, IPHA is the oldest and largest public health association in Illinois. It works as such to advance the cause of public health in the state. “We have a very active legislative piece that keeps all the local health departments apprised of all the legislation that affects public health, and advocate for whatever position that the asso-
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The ballot issue then was to increase district boundaries. Pursuing limits that “weren’t even as large� as the Dixon Public School District’s, Carey said approval would have “doubled� the park district’s revenues. Pritchard added that unlike other taxing entities, Dixon Parks can’t tap other funds like the
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Cullerton: It’s time to hit reset Senate president calls for Rauner to offer lawmakers new spending plan CHICAGO (AP) – Senate President John Cullerton said it’s time to “hit the reset button” on budget talks and challenged Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner on Wednesday to offer a new spending plan after rejecting most of what legislative Democrats sent him. The Chicago Democrat also used his first high-profile news conference since May to dismiss Rauner’s claims that a stalemate over a July 1 fiscal year budget could be easier resolved without House Speaker Michael Madigan. Much of the public bickering during overtime legislative sessions on the budget has been between Rauner and Madigan. In weekly news conferences, the Democrat paints proposed probusiness agenda items Rauner wants before a budget agreement as “extreme.” But Rauner, who blames Madigan for the impasse, says Democrats are continuing on the wrong financial path. Rauner told reporters Tuesday he’d negotiate better if dealing with only Cullerton. But Cullerton disagreed. “He’s not negotiating with me on the budget. That’s why I’m here,” Cullerton told reporters. “I don’t know what he’s talking about.” Cullerton said negotiating shouldn’t be as difficult now, because more than half of the budget is already being paid, including education spending Rauner signed and social services mandated by court orders. But he predicted ramifications, like another credit downgrade, if a full spending plan isn’t in place soon. He said Democrats have
discussed some of Rauner’s agenda, like a property tax freeze, but John it was time Cullerton to scrap “ s i d e shows” for the budget. “The governor spent his time in office prioritizing a corporate agenda that will satisfy his corporate friends,” Cullerton said. “While some of these ideas are worthy of debate, the governor has been unable to provide one shred of evidence that his agenda adds one cent to the ledger for our budget crisis in the short term or to elevate our credit rankings in the long term.” Rauner has said proposals lawmakers generated don’t go far enough. His office issued a rebuttal before Cullerton’s speech ended. “Rather than moving our state backward to the failed tax-andspend policies of the past, we urge President Cullerton to work with us to pass meaningful structural reforms to change the fiscal trajectory of our state,” said spokesman Lance Trover. Cullerton blasted Rauner’s proposed budget in February as flawed, calculating cuts not allowed by law, among other things. Democrats then sent Rauner a budget they acknowledged was billions short on revenue, with the hopes that the first-term governor would approve new taxes. Rauner vetoed much of it and said he won’t sign a temporary budget bill lawmakers approved as a stop-gap measure.
OBITUARIES Donald L. ‘Boney’ Woodin POLO – Donald Lee “Boney” Woodin, 87, of Polo, passed away Tuesday, July 21, 2015, at Dixon Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. He was born June 7, 1928, in Eagle Point Township, rural Polo, to Archie and Grace (Weigle) Woodin. He married the former Barb Garriott on Oct. 5, 1951, at Elkhorn Brick Church. She survives. Don graduated from Milledgeville High School in 1946, and then entered the Marine Corps. He was the fourth-generation farmer on a centennial farm in the rural Polo area. He also also worked for the city of Polo, White Pines Forest State Park, and Polo High School. He was an avid Chicago Cubs fan, and enjoyed reading Western novels. He was a member of Elkhorn Brick Church, where he also was baptized. He also is survived by his children, Lyle Woodin of Polo, Lee Ann (Rick)
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Brantner of Dixon, and Matthew (Pam) Woodin of Polo; six grandchildren; nine greatgrandchildren; two great-greatgrandchildren; sisters-in-law, Evelyn Woodin of Mount Morris, Charlotte Woodin of Milledgeville, and Donna Woodin of Pekin; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; a granddaughter, Lindsey Kay Woodin; and three brothers, Earl, Bob and Raymond Woodin. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Polo Family Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with Jerry Martz officiating. A graveside service, officiated by Martz, will be at South Elkhorn Cemetery in rural Milledgeville. Memorials may be directed to Polo School Foundation and Ogle County Hospice. Visit polofamilyfuneralhome.com to send condolences.
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DIXON – Kathryn E. Butterbaugh, 95, of Dixon, died Tuesday, July 21, 2015, at Lincolnshire Place in Loves Park, one day before her 96th birthday. She and her husband farmed in the Lee County area for 26 years, then owned and operated a school bus and charter coach service until their retirement in 2002. Kathryn was born July 22, 1919, in Palmyra Township, the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Hummel) Sheaffer. She married Arnold M. Butterbaugh on Oct. 19, 1941, in Sterling. He preceded her in death Oct. 1, 2007. She was a member of Dixon Church of the Brethren. She is survived by one son, David (Beth) Butterbaugh of Coppell, Texas; two daughters, Joanne (Robert) Fredberg of Roscoe, and Carol (Gerald) Pyle of Montrose, Colorado; five grandchildren, Brent (Debbie) Fredberg of San Diego, Sarah (Tom) Doyle of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Jessica (Jason) Jacobs of Lewisville, Texas, Ben-
MOUNT CARROLL – Irene F. Hafer-Reynolds, 98, of Mount Carroll, died Tuesday, July 21, 2015, at her home. Law-Jones Funeral Homes handled arrangements.
jamin (Melissa) Butterbaugh of North Richland Hills, Texas, and Jonathan Butterbaugh of Coppell; 10 great-grandchildren, Katie, Emily, Megan, and Danny Doyle, Charlie and Luke Fredberg, Allison and Jordyn Jacobs, and Natalie and Alayna Butterbaugh. She also was preceded in death by one greatgrandson, Caleb Jacobs; and four brothers, Harold, Robert, Erwin, and Orville Sheaffer. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday and the funeral at noon Saturday at Dixon Church of the Brethren, with the Rev. Marty Creager, pastor, officiating. Private burial of cremains will be at a later date at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens in Dixon. Preston-Schilling Funeral Home in Dixon is handling arrangements. A memorial has been established to the Samaritan Fund at Pinecrest Manor in Mount Morris. Visit prestonschillingfuneralhome.com to send condolences.
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FUNERAL SERVICES FOR THE WEEK Today’s visitations: Sally A. Edwards of Sterling, 5-7 p.m. at St. John Lutheran Church in Sterling. John D. Knapp Sr. of Dixon, 5-7 p.m. at Chapel Hill Funeral Home in Dixon. Friday visitations: Sally A. Edwards of Sterling, 10-10:45 a.m. at St. John Lutheran Church in Sterling. John D. Knapp Sr. of Dixon, 10-11 a.m. at Full Gospel Assembly – House of Prayer Church in Sterling. Donald L. “Boney” Woodin of Polo, 4-7 p.m. at Polo Family Funeral Home.
Friday funerals: Sally A. Edwards of Sterling, 11 a.m. memorial service at St. John Lutheran Church in Sterling. John D. Knapp Sr. of Dixon, 11 a.m. at Full Gospel Assembly – House of Prayer Church in Sterling. Saturday visitations: Joseph D. Geeting, formerly of Rock Falls, gathering of family and friends, 10-11 a.m. at Grace Episcopal Church in Sterling. Ruth Atkins of Mount Carroll, formerly of Dixon, 10 a.m.-noon at Law-Jones Funeral Home in Mount Carroll.
Kathryn E. Butterbaugh of Dixon, 11 a.m.-noon at Dixon Church of the Brethren. Larry L. Reynolds of Rock Falls, gathering of family and friends, 11 a.m.-noon at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls. Saturday funerals: Donald L. “Boney” Woodin of Polo, 10 a.m. at Polo Family Funeral Home. Joseph D. Geeting, formerly of Rock Falls, 11 a.m. memorial service at Grace Episcopal Church in Sterling. Ruth Atkins of Mount Carroll, formerly of Dixon, noon at Law-
Jones Funeral Home in Mount Carroll. Kathryn E. Butterbaugh of Dixon, noon at Dixon Church of the Brethren. Larry L. Reynolds of Rock Falls, noon memorial service at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls. Dixie P. Johnston of Niles, Michigan, luncheon, 1-4 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in Mendota. Sunday funeral: Marilyn S. Roe of Dixon, celebration of life, 2 p.m. at Bethel Evangelical Congregational Church in Dixon.
WOMAN DEAD IN JAIL
Sheriff: Inmate mentioned previous suicide attempt Attorney: Family has no evidence she had tried taking her own life DALLAS (AP) – A woman whose death in a Texas jail has raised suspicions about the official conclusion that she hanged herself told a guard during the booking process that she had tried to kill herself in the past, the sheriff said Wednesday. Waller County Sheriff Glenn Smith said two jailers interviewed Sandra Bland after her arrest. He said the 28-year-old black woman from Illinois told the second interviewer that she was not depressed but was upset about her arrest, which occurred following a confrontation with a white officer who stopped her for a minor traffic violation. The sheriff said both jailers who spoke with Bland insisted that she appeared fine when being booked on a charge of assaulting a public servant. The attorney representing Bland’s family,
Cannon Lambert, said relatives had no evidence that she ever attempted suicide or had been treated for depression. Documents filled out for Bland indicate she had previously attempted suicide after losing a baby. But the booking papers released Wednesday also indicate Bland did not have suicidal thoughts at the time of her arrest, and that neither the arresting officer nor anyone else at the jail believed she was at risk. The documents also contain discrepancies. One questionnaire says Bland took pills in 2015 in an attempt to kill herself after losing the baby. A separate form filled out by another jail employee says the suicide attempt occurred in 2014. One form indicates Bland had suicidal thoughts within the past year; another says that’s not the case. Bland was arrested July
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The suicide questionnaire also notes that Bland told jailers she had epilepsy and was taking medication for it. But in another document, this one to be filled out by the inmate and signed by Bland, “no” is circled by the question asking if she’s currently on any medication. In a third document, it is checked “yes” that she’s taking medication.
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Lambert said the family had no indication that Bland was ever treated for epilepsy. The Associated Press left messages for Lambert seeking comment after the jail forms were released. It was not immediately clear why the sheriff’s department had not acted earlier to disclose details of Bland’s intake form, whether it was widely shared among jail staff or if it prompted jail officials to take any special precautions. Bland’s body was found 3 days later in her cell. Authorities say she hanged herself using a plastic liner taken from a garbage can. State Sen. Royce West, who attended a Tuesday meeting with law enforcement and other officials to discuss questions surrounding Bland’s
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Parents hand down passion for music ROYALS
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Josiah lives in Chicago. Wetzell attends Western Illinois University, to which Daniel will transfer this fall, after going to school near Chicago. Green lives in Dixon, where he works for Mirror Landscapes. “Eventually, we want to start [writing and recording] more over the Internet, because they’re going to be so far away from me,” Josiah said. “But, I don’t know exactly what it’s going to look like yet.” The band has seen some members come and go since they began in 2013. “It started with Daniel and I,” Josiah said. “Well, we had done music stuff before,” Daniel said. “And then he moved away, and then he came back, and we said, ‘Let’s do music.’” The brothers, with two acoustic guitars, would play their own songs at places like Beans Coffeehouse and Music Cafe in Sterling. Now, Josiah writes the majority of the band’s material, which has also changed a bit since the beginning. The band’s music style had been labeled alternative folk, Daniel said. “Although, now I think it’s hardly folk at all,” Daniel said. “When we were both writing songs, I would say it was alternative folk, but now it’s mostly alternative rock.” “When you add six people to a band, it’s kind of hard to stay folk,” Wetzell said, getting a laugh from everyone. When it comes to influences, Josiah says, one band sticks out. “The first band that completely changed the way I write music is The Mountain Goats, and the album ‘Life of the World to Come,’” he said. “It completely tore down what I thought writing music was, and made me kind of build from the ground up.” For Daniel, it was the experimental indie-folk band Cloud Cult. “Heavy on the instrumental, they have a cello and violin,” Daniel said. “They added even visual
arts to their live shows, like having someone paint an original painting on stage during their live set. “They kind of took me from the mindset of thinking beyond just bass, drums, guitar, and rethinking how you do stuff, incorporating other arts.” Wetzell didn’t particularly draw much inspiration from drummers before he was in a band. He met Daniel through activities at Harvest Time Bible Church in Rock Falls. Green met Josiah through work, when Josiah worked for Mirror Landscapes, as well. “And after I met Josiah, I realized I had met Daniel at a youth group thing,” Green said. “And then we realized Micah’s dad gave me drum lessons before I knew him,” Wetzell said. Music was handed down to Green, whose dad, Jim Green, is the music teacher at Faith Christian School in Grand Detour. “My dad – being a music teacher – started me playing trumpet,” Green said. “I wasn’t super into that. I played; it was fun and everything, but it wasn’t really my thing. I wanted to play drums. So, he taught me how to play drums, and from there I eventually learned to play bass.” Josiah and Daniel’s dad, Ric, taught them how to play guitar. Josiah joked with his father – who was taking a break from mowing the lawn Saturday – when asked whether music was something their families supported them doing. “Do you support me, Dad?” Josiah said. “Heck no,” Ric said bluntly, but also facetiously. Josiah kept going, with sarcasm and a straight face. “Every time I always do a show, he’s always like, ‘You can’t do this; you’re really bad at music, and I wish you were a doctor.’” The band clearly likes to have fun and keeps things light. There’s a certain calmness about them, but don’t take that as anything close to a lack of motivation when it comes to music.
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It’s plain to see that making music for a living would be a dream come true for the band’s members. “I would love to,” Josiah said. “I’m not ever sure it’s ever going to be able to happen, but I would really love it.” The young band has had some good memories playing live. Josiah said Milwaukee has been good to the band the few times they have traveled there to play. Wetzell remembered a fun, simple show at Bombfire Pizza in Sebula, Iowa. “There was one last summer in Wheaton that we had,” Daniel said. “It was a backyard show. It was just so much fun.” The band hopes to continue the good memories with Saturday’s show in Sterling. After a couple of months since the band’s last show, sure, there are some jitters. “I am super nervous,” Josiah said. “I think it will be good, I hope it will be good, but I am terrified.” “He’s also super nervous before every show,” Wetzell said. “Expect a lot of ‘um’ and ‘uh.’” “A lot of insecurity. A lot of ... uh, ...” Josiah said. “Exactly,” Wetzell said, getting a laugh from all of the guys. But, seriously, the band is excited to have the chance to play for people who have never heard them. What can people expect? “Hopefully, some good songs,” Josiah said. “A lot of my songs deal with not being sure of who I am or trying to figure out who I am,” Josiah said, adding with a laugh, “But, that doesn’t sound like something you’d want to attend.” The band’s fan base is growing, and family and friends are at almost every show. “They’re a great support system,” Josiah said. Any huge fans following them everywhere yet? “Not yet,” Josiah said. “Maybe someday.” Wherever music takes them, The Defeated Royals seem content just getting the chance to play, whether it’s in front of hundreds of people, or in a garage on a hot summer day.
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ABOVE: Danica Devers, 3, of Rock Falls takes a big bite of corn while enjoying the tasty treat Wednesday afternoon at the Rock Falls Rotary Corn Boil at the Rock Falls Community Building. For those who didn’t just want to fill up on corn, hot dogs, chips and beverages were also available. The corn, however, was all-you-can-eat. LEFT: After coming out of the boiler, the corn is kept hot in coolers. Rotary exchange student Tess Schaefer dishes up hot, sweet corn to Charles and Linda Maves on Wednesday afternoon in Rock Falls. More than 500 ears of corn were husked for the annual event.
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Sterling Fest celebrates city’s resources W
hen author Jack Schultz, who wrote “Boomtown USA,” spoke at the Sauk Valley Symposium in 2012, one of his community development themes was “Leverage Your Resources.” In other words, people need to look around, see what resources a community has, and take maximum advantage of them. In the inaugural Sterling Fest, we see Schultz’s advice being skillfully applied. Many community groups have joined forces to put on a weeklong festival that might just
become an annual event. While some activities are new, others have been around for a while. For example, the Sterling Schools Foundation has raised funds in past years through its annual Corn Boil. The event will take place from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. Friday at Sterling High School Commons. But this year, the Corn Boil is being packaged with a Family Fun Fest from 4 until 6:30 p.m. at the SHS football field. And, at 7 p.m. in nearby Centennial Auditorium, a performance of “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” is scheduled.
What we think There’s a new festival in town. Sterling Fest is underway and wraps up this weekend. We salute the festival organizers for their efforts, and we encourage the public to attend. Coordinating those three events creates an outing that any family would enjoy. Sterling Main Street has had a Music Fest at Grandon Civic Center in the past. This year, it takes place from 1 until 10 p.m. Saturday. But it is being promoted along with the Twin Cities Farmers Market, from 8 a.m. until noon
Saturday, and the Rural Schools Project from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Saturday at Sterling Public Library. Those downtown Sterling events will provide something of interest to a wide audience. Sterling’s history will take a front seat Sunday with an Ice Cream Social from noon to 2 p.m. at Lincoln-Manahan Home,
607 E. Third St., and tours of the home where Lincoln slept from 1 until 4 p.m. Down the street at Dillon Home Museum and Carriage House museum, afternoon tours are also planned, so that people can get a full dose of the city’s interesting past. We’ve mentioned only some of Sterling Fest’s events, but we don’t want to forget a Business After Hours gathering from 5 to 8 p.m. this evening at Woodlawn Arts Academy – another fine Sterling resource. Sterling has long been known for its summer
musical concerts, its connection to Abraham Lincoln, its all-year farmers market, its fine auditorium, and so forth. By leveraging those fine community resources and promoting them with a sprinkle of new activities, Sterling Fest organizers have created a weeklong event that, as they say, will “celebrate our rich history and build community pride.” For a lot of fun right close to home, Sauk Valley residents should get out and enjoy the first Sterling Fest. We hope there are many more to come.
WASHINGTON SCOOP
Iran nuclear deal: The devil isn’t in the details Official Washington just jolted itself out of its familiar summer doldrums and into yet another hot war of policy and politics, this time over President Barack Obama’s latest legacy achievement: a global pact designed to halt Iran’s program to build a nuclear bomb. Just as the first sunbeams hit the Capitol dome [last] Tuesday morning, Obama was on TV, standing in a hallowed White House hallway, announcing the terms of a complex agreement reached by the United States, five other world powers, and Iran. And in a flash, Republican presidential candidates were getting in line to react to the technically complex document none of them had actually yet read. “You have created a possible death sentence for Israel,” said the early rising Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, on MSNBC. “This is the most dangerous, irresponsible step I have ever seen in the history of watching the Mideast.” Soon after, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, was on the screen denouncing Obama’s deal as “unacceptable.” He said: “It’s going to
martinSCHRAM Martin Schram writes political analysis for Tribune News Service. Email him at martin. schram@ gmail.com.
hand a dangerous regime billions of dollars in sanctions relief while paving the way for a nuclear Iran.” All of which hardly caught the president by surprise. After all, Obama had already vowed that he will veto any effort by Congress to reject the new Iran nuclear agreement. That means the Republican-controlled Congress, which has 60 days to disapprove the agreement, will need to muster a twothirds vote to make their rejection stand. Which may not be impossible, because many Democrats who support Israel will be influenced by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s quick and vehement denunciation of the treaty. It is at this point in an analysis such as this where experts offer their insight that “the devil is in the details.” But that is not the case in this historic agreement.
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This agreement’s enforcement details are remarkably tough and demanding: Iran won’t be allowed to create the highly enriched uranium and weapons-grade plutonium needed to make a nuclear bomb. Iran must remove and store under international supervision two-thirds of the centrifuges it uses to enrich uranium. Iran must eliminate 98 percent of its highly enriched uranium now stockpiled. International economic sanctions will be removed when Iran complies with
the pact’s provisions, but there are firm “snapback” provisions that will reapply those sanctions if Iran is discovered to have cheated. Steve Andreasen, a highly regarded national security adviser in Democratic and Republican administrations who is now a consultant at the Washington-based Nuclear Threat Initiative, concluded that the pact’s detailed provisions are sufficiently robust. “They will buy us valuable time,” he said, “and will enable us to verifi-
ably assure this happens in ways that enable us to detect violations if they indeed occur.” What will make this complex document most controversial is a reality that dawned on the nation’s capital far later than that Washington sunrise: This time, the devil isn’t in the details – it’s in the assumptions. Especially one assumption: That when the world’s economic sanctions are ended because Iran complied with the no-nukes provisions, Iran might use that money to
finance regional terrorism. Ending Iran’s support of terrorism was never one of the underlying assumptions of what this entire process was about. Obama made that point clear at a Wednesday press conference, saying: “This deal is not contingent on Iran changing its behavior.” Iran may well comply with the deal’s no-nukes provisions – and reap a windfall, as the sanctions it despises will gradually be lifted as United Nations experts verify Tehran’s compliance. It’s not hard to imagine that Iran may then use its windfall to finance terrorism in the region. Perhaps that is the price the rest of the world must pay for a nuclear-free Iran. No one – not Netanyahu or any of Obama’s Republican critics – has unveiled a viable alternative to the current Iran nuclear deal. But in the weeks ahead, the specter of Iran using its windfall to underwrite new terror in the Mideast will be an argument Obama’s critics will be taking to the bank. Note to readers: Martin Schram is a veteran Washington journalist, author and TV documentary executive.
SPRINGFIELD SCOOP
Illinois’ prison system breeds poverty, destroys families Incarceration for nonviolent offenses serves society poorly SPRINGFIELD – “Ma’am, I’ve got some good news for you. Your grandson is being released from prison.” I made that phone call about 15 years ago after covering a session of the Illinois Prisoner Review Board and watching the board members vote to release a long-serving inmate. The elated grandmother dropped the phone receiver and screamed: “Thank you, Jesus! Thank you, Jesus!”
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I could hear her feet thumping and relatives hollering with joy. Cheers roared across the phone line. And then there was silence. The grandmother came back on the phone and whispered, “Which one of my grandsons is getting out?” Our society has created a culture of incarceration that permeates impoverished neighborhoods throughout Illinois and the country.
scottREEDER Scott Reeder is a reporter in residence for the Illinois Policy Institute. Contact him at sreeder@ illinoispolicy. org.
No nation incarcerates more people, or a higher percentage of its citizenry, than the United States of America. Not China. Not Russia. Not Iran. The Land of the Free has become the Home of the Incarcerated. Growing up on a farm
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in Galesburg, I would look out my bedroom window at night and see the eerie glow of prison lights just down the road. I wondered why folks there were locked up. They seemed to come from a world different from my own. Many were there for drug crimes and other nonviolent offenses. WHEN IT COMES TO drugs, wealthy and middle-class folks end up in rehab, and low-income ones end up doing time. Middle class people have “youthful indiscretions,” while those from
poor families have felonies. It’s part of that pernicious concoction of race, class, and hopelessness that perverts our justice system. The Brookings Institute found that blacks are far more likely to be arrested for selling or possessing drugs than whites, even though whites use drugs at the same rate. And whites are actually more likely to sell drugs. This mass incarceration for nonviolent offenses doesn’t serve our society well. It perpetuates the cycle of poverty. The Illinois Depart-
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ment of Corrections reports that 62 percent of inmates are parents. Seldom is a family better off when a nonviolent mom or dad is behind bars. Alternatives to prison must be deployed. Prisons are taking a devastating toll on our state’s inner cities and escalating the financial burden on taxpayers, who are forced to support a system that breeds poverty and destroys families. Note to readers: Scott Reeder’s column is underwritten by the Illinois Policy Institute. He can be reached at sreeder@illinoispolicy.org.
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Drawing line on what is, isn’t corruption Judgment could influence how cases are handled CHICAGO (AP) – Federal judges who tossed several of Rod Blagojevich’s corruption convictions endeavored to answer a question legal observers said Wednesday had gone largely unanswered: Just when does an elected official cross the line between legal and illegal political horse-trading? The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago overturned five out of 18 wide-ranging counts against the imprisoned former Illinois governor, focusing the bulk of its 23-page opinion on Blagojevich’s bid to trade his power to appoint someone to the U.S. Senate seat that Barack Obama vacated to became president for either campaign cash or a top job. Courts have offered credible definitions of corporate corruption, but political corruption has been less well defined, Jeff Cramer, a former federal prosecutor in Chicago said Wednesday, a day after the court’s ruling, which also called for Blagojevich to be resentenced. That means the 7th Circuit’s conclusions could influence how courts and prosecutors nationwide handle political corruption cases, he said. “One of the main points of having laws is to give people a clearer idea about what’s legal and what’s not legal,” Cramer said. “It’s not supposed to be a game of gotcha.”
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Amy Blagojevich (left) looks on as her mother, Patti Blagojevich, speaks during a news conference Tuesday in Chicago following the announcement of a federal appeals court regarding former Gov. Rod Blagojevich. The determining factor in whether Blagojevich crossed the line into illegality, a panel of three judges said, was money. In FBI wiretaps played at his two trials, a foulmouthed Blagojevich appeared to refer to money or something else of value to him when he crowed infamously about the Senate seat, “I’ve got this thing and it’s f----- golden. And I’m just not giving it up for f-----nothing.” According to the 7th Circuit, Blagojevich crossed the line when he sought cash in exchange for putting someone in Obama’s old Senate seat or in exchange for other official gubernatorial action. The court upheld a dozen counts based on such offers. But it said Blagojevich did not pass into the realm of corruption when he asked for a seat for himself in Obama’s Cabinet in exchange for appointing Obama advis-
er Valerie Jarrett to the Senate. The court said it could find no other cases in U.S. history where a politician was charged based on his bid for a political appointment. The trading of such favors based on politicians’ executive powers is legitimate and often a beneficial exercise in “political logrolling,” the court said. “A President appoints C as an ambassador, which Senator D asked the President to do, in exchange for D’s promise to vote to confirm E as a member of the National Labor Relations Board,” the rulings states. “Governance would hardly be possible without these accommodations.” Prosecutors argued Blagojevich acted illegally because he sought the Cabinet post not for someone else, but for himself. But the appellate court said politicians often seek positions for themselves.
CHICAGO (AP) – A ruling by a federal court in the appeal of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s corruption convictions left open the possibility that the Democrat could serve less time than the 14-year sentence a judge imposed in 2011. Here’s a look at some key conclusions in the ruling by the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago and what could happen next: What are the main findings? Tuesday’s ruling by a three-judge panel dismissed five counts against Blagojevich, tossing ones linked to his bid to secure a Cabinet post in President Barack Obama’s administration in exchange for appointing an Obama adviser to the president’s former U.S. Senate seat. Among the 13 counts upheld are several based on his offer to appoint someone to the seat in exchange for campaign cash. The other upheld counts include attempted extortion for trying to shake down the CEO of Children’s Memorial Hospital for a campaign contribution. Because the complex federal calculations used to determine appropriate prison terms can change even when only a handful of convictions are overturned, the 7th Circuit judges also ordered that Blagojevich be resentenced. That means he will likely be brought from his Colorado prison by U.S. marshals to again face his trial judge, U.S. District Judge James Zagel. What will his new sentence be? Zagel could reduce Blagojevich’s prison term by several years; he could also impose the same sentence. At Blagojevich’s 2011 sentencing, Zagel scolded Blagojevich, saying, “When it is the governor who goes bad, the fabric of Illinois is torn and disfigured.” He then handed Blagojevich one
of the longest corruption sentences ever imposed in Illinois. But the appellate court suggested the 14-year sentence wasn’t necessarily extreme – even if you leave out the newly tossed convictions. The court even suggested Zagel might have been too soft. They noted, for instance, that Zagel gave Blagojevich credit for supposedly taking responsibility for his crime. Yet Blagojevich’s constant denials of wrongdoing before and after his trials were, in fact, “the antithesis of accepting responsibility,” the court said. No date has been set for the resentencing. Where is the line between legal and illegal wheeling and dealing? Apparently, you need to follow the money. The court said Blagojevich was within the law when he suggested appointing Obama’s adviser to the Senate if Obama would give Blagojevich a Cabinet post. However, the court concluded that Blagojevich’s attempts to trade the Senate seat for campaign cash were illegal. University of Illinois at Chicago professor Dick Simpson, who studies political corruption, said that’s significant. “There are still going to be cases where politicians appoint people who are supporters and friends,” he said. “If money is involved, it would still be corrupt.” But Phil Turner, a former federal prosecutor now in private practice as a criminal defense attorney, said the court should have overturned Blagojevich’s conviction completely. Turner, who was not involved in the Blagojevich case, said the court “had to jump through a lot of hoops and do a lot of hair-splitting” to distinguish between what they said was illegal behavior and what is typical political behavior.
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Daughter can’t forgive mom for her silence Dear Abby, I’m in my early 50s, disabled and live with my elderly mother. Between the ages of 8 and 11, I was sexually abused by my adoptive father. My mother finally caught him in the act, but the next day they acted like nothing had happened. He never did it again, and it was never spoken about, ever. I have read about women who caught their husbands abusing their children and kicked them out, pressed charges, etc. It makes me think I didn’t matter enough for her to do that. I confronted her about it a few years ago. Her response was that it would have been in all
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the papers (my parents were prominent local musicians in our town), and there was no way she could have raised two kids on her own. I still have a deep ache in my soul that tells me that I don’t matter as much
as other human beings. I resist going to therapy because I live with her, and I know she will quiz me about what we talked about in the sessions. I just want to keep the peace and not risk her going into a tirade about how she “did what she had to do.” I don’t know what to do. Please help. – Still Hurting in Nevada Dear Still Hurting, You should absolutely talk about this to a therapist. If your mother demands to know what you’re discussing, tell her. If she unleashes a tirade, invite her to accompany you to a session so she can explain to your
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Solanezumab In previous studies, solanezumab failed to help Alzheimer’s patients overall. But there was a signal that the drug might help people with very mild disease, apparently slowing their mental decline by about a third. Lilly continued to track that subset of 1,300 milder patients, giving everyone the drug for another 2 years, including patients who had initially received a placebo. The group that took solanezumab from the beginning fared better than the group that started later, although the difference was small – about two points on cognitive test scores, Lilly researchers reported. They couldn’t say what that might mean for daily functioning. “Our hope is that slowing will be increasingly noticeable over time,” said lead researcher Dr. Paul Aisen of the University of Southern California.
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Dear Abby, I never used to be a supporter of same-sex marriage. During the 2008
presidential elections, I posted my opinions about it on social media. Since then, I have changed my mind. The most significant reason is that I worked closely with a gay woman for 4 years. After I got to know her, her wife and two children, I realized they are the same as any other happy family. I feel I may have offended some friends when I posted those views – specifically, my best friend from childhood, who has come out as gay. I’d like to send her a message letting her know my opinion has changed, and that I support her. Do you think I should reach out to her, or leave
the past in the past? And if I do, what should I say? – Adding my Voice for Equality Dear Adding, By all means reach out. I congratulate you for becoming more aware of and compassionate about LGBT issues in the last few years. Tell your friend about your change of heart since those posts were written, that you hope her life is happy and fulfilling, and offer an apology if you caused her any hurt. If you would like to explain why your feelings changed, do that, too. I’m sure she will be interested, and glad to know.
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The Eli Lilly & Co. corporate headquarters is shown in July 2012 in Indianapolis. Eli Lilly & Co. reported Wednesday that an experimental medication might slow mild Alzheimer’s if people take it early enough. It’s one of a handful of drugs in late-stage testing in the frustrating hunt for a better treatment.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Eli Lilly & Co. reported Wednesday that an experimental medication might slow mild Alzheimer’s if people take it early enough, one of a handful of drugs in late-stage testing in the frustrating hunt for a better treatment. The new findings don’t prove that Lilly’s solanezumab really works; a larger study is underway that won’t end until late 2016. On Wednesday, researchers at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference updated ongoing research into Lilly’s effort, and those of two competitors, that aims to fight Alzheimer’s with injections targeting a sticky protein that clogs the brain. The bottom line: It’s going to take more time to figure out if this approach works, but scientists think it’s still the right target despite highprofile failures in recent years. “These are not definitive reports that are going to lead to medications being approved tomorrow. What they represent is an important foundation for us moving forward,” said Dr. David Knopman of the Mayo Clinic, who has monitored some of Lilly’s data. Today’s Alzheimer’s drugs only temporarily ease symptoms. Scientists caution that better care likely will require combinations of drugs
therapist that she didn’t kick her child-molesting husband out because she was afraid she couldn’t support herself and two children alone. (Was your sibling also assaulted?) You and your mom are both adults. You should be able to have a frank discussion without her intimidating you with her anger. If anyone has a right to be angry, it is you. And she should clearly understand how her inaction affected you for all these years, and possibly your sibling, as well.
Friday, July 24 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. Electronics recycling, 9 a.m.4 p.m., 909 W. Pines Road, Oregon, 815-732-4020. Mercy Nursing Services free blood pressure clinic, 9:3011:30 a.m., Oliver’s Corner Market, 748 N. Brinton Ave., Dixon. Bible study, 10 a.m., Oregon Living & Rehab Center, 811 S. 10th St. Region 3 Transportation Committee meeting, 10 a.m., Mendota Civic Center, 1901 Tom Merwin Drive, 815-433-5830, ext. 15. Blood pressure check, 11 a.m., Robert Fulton Community Center, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-5893925. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, open; 6 p.m., open; 10:30 p.m., open, candlelight, 90-92 S. Hennepin Ave., Dixon. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed, St. Paul Lutheran Church, 114 S. Fifth St., Oregon. Mercy Nursing free blood pressure clinic, noon-1:30 p.m., County Market, 1380 N. Galena Ave., Dixon Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed; 3:30 p.m. closed; 7 p.m., closed; 10 p.m., open, candlelight, Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling. Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, noon, closed,
Aducanumab Biogen released results of its small, first-stage study of aducanumab last spring, showing that it appeared to slow cognitive decline in some patients. On Wednesday, it provided additional details confirming a higher dose worked better. One side effect, brain inflammation in some people, tended to clear in several weeks and was “both monitorable and manageable,” said Biogen clinical director Jeff Sevigny. A large late-stage study is beginning.
Saturday, July 25 American Red Cross blood drive, 7-11 a.m., 112 W. Second St., Rock Falls. Appointments: 815-625-0382. Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., closed, Big Book, United Methodist Church, 201 E. Chicago Ave., Davis Junction. Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., open, women’s; noon, open; 6
p.m., open, 90-92 S. Hennepin Ave., Dixon. Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., open, tradition; 12:30 p.m., closed; 7 p.m., closed (5), Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling. Alcoholics Anonymous, 9:30 a.m., former St. Anne Grade School, 32 N. Jones Ave., Amboy, 815-857-2315. Women’s Alcoholics Anonymous, 10:30 a.m., closed; 7 p.m., closed, 808 Freeport Road, Sterling. The Kick-It Ticket Narcotics Anonymous, 11 a.m., basement, Fellows Street door, The Worship Center, 403 N. Ottawa Ave., Dixon, 815-440-7992. Mercy Nursing Services free blood pressure clinic, 11 a.m.noon, Walmart, 1901 First Ave., Rock Falls. Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, noon, open, Old School; 8 p.m., open, fun night, bring a friend, back door, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls. Affliction of Addition Narcotics Anonymous, noon and 6 p.m., First Christian Church, 506 Fifth Ave., Rock Falls, 779-2453487. Downstairs, west door. Mercy Nursing Services free blood pressure clinic, 1-2:30 p.m., Save-A-Lot, 928 First Ave., Rock Falls. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, First Presbyterian Church, 1100 Calvin Road, Rochelle. Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed, Village of Progress, 710 S. 13th St., Oregon.
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Gantenerumab Roche stopped one late-stage study of gantenerumab last December because it didn’t meet its main goal of a cognitive benefit in people with early Alzheimer’s symptoms. Wednesday, researchers said a closer analysis found some patients did show signs of less amyloid in their brains, and another Alzheimer’s-related protein named tau improved, too. Probably, the gantenerumab doses were too low, concluded lead researcher Dr. Philip Scheltens of the VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam. Gantenerumab is being tested in two additional large studies, and doses used in them will be raised, said Roche’s Dr. Robert Lasser.
it’s your meeting; 8 p.m., open, Grapevine, back door, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls. Affliction of Addition Narcotics Anonymous, noon, 6 p.m., First Christian Church, 506 Fifth Ave., Rock Falls, 779-245-3487. Downstairs, west door. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, 808 Freeport Road, Sterling. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., open; 7 p.m., Al-Anon-Alateen, Immanuel Lutheran Church, 960 U.S. Route 52, Amboy. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, Rochelle Community Hospital, 900 N. Second St. Reformers Unanimous Addiction Abstinence Program, 7-9 p.m., First Baptist Church, 24 N. Mason Ave., Amboy, 815-857-2682. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., closed, First Congregational Church, 218 E. Third St., Prophetstown. Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed, Church of God, 816 S. Clay St., Mount Carroll.
Thursday, July 23 Biscuits and gravy, 7 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050. 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 popcorn, 9-10 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050. Line dancing, 9:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252. Wii Bowling and cards, 10 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050. Community coffee, 10-11 a.m., The Meadows of Franklin Grove, 510 N. State St., Franklin Grove, 815-456-3000. Zumba class, 10:30 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. Hand and Foot card game, 12:15 p.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815732-3252. Euchre, 12:15 p.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050. Pinochle, 12:30-3 p.m., Big Room, Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230. Crafts and quilts, 12:30 p.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.
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Bingo, 1 p.m. Sterling Women of the Moose, 2601 E. Lincolnway, Sterling. Crocheting, knitting and crafts, 1 p.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236. Euchre, 1 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230. Euchre/500 games, 1-2 p.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon. Euchre, 1 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-8220. Euchre, 1-3 p.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050. Trap shooting, 2 p.m. until no shooters, Coleta Sportsmen’s Club, corner of Pilgrim and Blue Goose roads, 815-336-2191. Open to public. Exercise group, 4 p.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-589-3925. Mexican food, 5-8 p.m., Rock Falls Veterans of Foreign Wars, 217 First Ave. Mexican Train dominoes, 6 p.m., Tampico Area Community Building, 106 W. Market St., Tampico, 815-535-3665. Bingo, 7 p.m., Latin American Social Club, 2708 W. Fourth St., Sterling, 815-625-8290. Friday, July 24 Teen Turf breakfast, 7-10:30 a.m., Lee County 4-H Center, 1196 Franklin Grove Road, Amboy. Open pool, open cards, open Wii games and computer lab, 8 a.m. -4 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230. Open pool, open cards, open Wii games and computer lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236. Pool players, 8:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252. Bridge, 8:45 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050. Bingo, 9:30-10:30 a.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236. Intermediate line dancing, 10 a.m., call Whiteside County
Senior Center at 815-622-9230 for location. Wii Bowling and card games, 10 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815562-5050. Line dancing, 11 a.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230. 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. Euchre, noon, Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050. Pinochle, 12:30-3 p.m., Big Room, Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230. Mexican Train dominoes, 12:30 p.m., Whiteside Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230. Duplicate bridge, 12:30 p.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815288-2117. Pinochle, 1 p.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St. Dixon. Farkle, 1 p.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-589-3925. Farmers Market, 3-7 p.m., West Second Street, Rock Falls, 815-625-4500. Farmers Market, 4-8 p.m., Union Bank parking lot, 2 W. Main St., Mount Morris. Barbecue pork dinner, 5-7 p.m., American Legion Post 12, 1120 W. First St., Dixon, 815-284-2003. All-ages open mic night, 5-9 p.m., Triangle-Veterans Memorial Park, Fifth Street and Fifth Avenue, Rock Falls, 815-590-8881. Mexican food, 5-8 p.m., Rock Falls Veterans of Foreign Wars, 217 First Ave. Open mic night, 6:30 p.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236. Bingo, 7 p.m. Rock Falls American Legion, 712 Fourth Ave.
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OREGON – The 162nd Ogle County Fair will continue its tradition of family-oriented activities and prices next week. The fair will begin Wednesday at the fairgrounds on Limekiln Road, just north of state Route 64, 1 mile west of Oregon. Tickets in advance cost $5 a person for general admission, a $3 discount from the gate price. A general admission ticket includes unlimited carnival rides. Tickets for grandstand events cost $8 in advance, a $2 discount off the regular price. Tickets are available at
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Joe Blackburn of Dixon slams his car into an opponent during the Bone Stock heat of the demolition derby at the 2014 Ogle County Fair in rural Oregon. This year’s demolition derby will begin at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1. Casey’s in Oregon (901 Washington St.), Polo (120 N. Division Ave.), Byron (733 W. Blackhawk Drive) and Stillman Valley (105 S. Rural St.); and at Stillman Bank in Stillman
Valley (101 E. Main St.), Oregon (1445 state Route 2), Byron (608 W. Blackhawk Drive) and Rochelle (455 state Route 38). Season and VIP passes offer the best prices
ART EXHIBITS At The Next Picture Show DIXON – The current show at the gallery, 113 W. First St., is “Mind, Spirit & Emotion.” It will run through Aug. 29. The visual narrative of the artist’s work will reveal their mind, spirit and emotion in the artwork. Jim Hey will show his work through July 31 on the front wall. Kishwaukee Valley Art League will show its work through August in the back gallery. Art at the Loveland DIXON – The art collection at Loveland Community House and Museum, 513 W. Second St., as well as the museum’s many other exhibits, are available for viewing from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and by appointment. Guided group tours can be scheduled by contacting Steve Wilson at swilson@lovelandcommunityhouse.org or 815-2842741. Visit lovelandcommunityhouse. org for a virtual tour of the museum, and for more information. The event is free to the public. At River Arts Center CLINTON, Iowa – The Mississippi River Quilt Project, “Messipi Threads,” will be on display through Aug. 23 at the center, 229 Fifth Ave. South. Exhibits are free and open to the public. “Messipi” is a French translation
BANDS AND BARS Get listed! Are you in a band that would like to be listed in Plan!t Sauk Valley’s free entertainment calendar? Are you a bar that offers live entertainment? Send an email with the band’s name, booking number and website or Facebook page, and gig or event schedule, or the bar’s event schedule, to Lucas Pauley at lpauley@saukvalley.com. At The Cooler ROCK FALLS – Jason Ray
crowned on opening night Wednesday. The pageant will begin at 5:30 p.m. with the Little Miss and Mister Ogle County Fair contests, followed by the Young Miss and Junior Miss contests, and capped off with the coronation of the new queen. Other attractions: • Riverbend Antique Tractor Pull, 6 p.m. Wednesday • Illini State Truck and Tractor Pulls, 1 and 7 p.m. Thursday, July 30. • Big Hat Rodeo, 7 p.m. Friday, July 31 • Demolition derby, 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1 • Carnival rides, 6-10 p.m. Wednesday, 5-10 p.m. Thursday, 3-10 p.m. Friday, noon-10 p.m. Saturday, and 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 2. Go www.oglecountyfair. com for more information and a complete schedule.
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WHAT’S GOING ON of the Algonquin/Ojibwa word “Misi-ziibi,” meaning great river. Messipi was used from 1666 until 1978, when Congress officially selected Mississippi. The fiber arts exhibit was the idea of Sara Detweiler, who in 2012 invited friends to create art quilts depicting the Mississippi River. The gallery is open from 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday and for groups by appointment. At Woodlawn Arts Academy STERLING – The summer exhibit at Woodlawn Arts Academy, 3807 Woodlawn Road, will run until Aug. 14 in the academy halls and lounge. The show features paintings by Jan Harvey and photography by Linnea Koch and Bob Logsdon. Go to woodlawnartsacademy. org for more details.
for people who plan to attend the fair every day. A season pass costs $25 and includes general admission and unlimited carnival rides. A VIP pass for $50 also includes the
grandstand shows. Projects from 4-H club members cover topics from the traditional livestock, foods, and clothing to electricity, woodworking, and computer science. New to this year’s fair are the Rhinestone Roper and the High Flying Pages, both included with the price of a general admission ticket. The Rhinestone Roper involves youngsters from the audience in his act of tricks with a lariat and more. The Pages offer an aerial and equestrian show, with stunts on the trapeze, trick riding, and ballet on horseback. Other free shows will include the Brian Holt Magic Show July 31 and Aug. 1 and various musical groups. The 2015 Ogle County Fair queen will be
Brown will play from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. today, Rout 38 will play from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday, and The Catfish Dogs will play from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday at the bar, 311 W. Second St. At Froggy’s Bar and Grill ROCK FALLS – DJ Diggs will provide music from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday, and The 38’s will play from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday at the bar, 215 W. Second St. Upcoming: July 31, Bottom Shelf Whiskey At Grapevine Wine & Martini Bar ROCK FALLS – Matt Kinnaman will play from 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday at the bar, 205 W. Second St. Go to thegrapevinewinebar.com for more information. Upcoming: July 31, Robbie LeBlanc; Aug. 7, Greg Andreas and Andres Quintana; and Aug. 22, Mackenzie Comer At Henry’s Double K MOUNT CARROLL – Radar will play at 7 p.m. Friday in the courtyard, and Tennessee Shine will play upstairs at 9 p.m. Saturday at the bar, 834 S. Jackson St. At Val’s Place DIXON – Acoustic open mic is at 8:30 p.m. every Monday at the bar, 316 W. First St. Musicians also are welcome to join the band Notorious Folk, featuring Steve Catron, at 8 p.m. every Tuesday. At Whiskey Barrel Saloon ROCK FALLS – Super Red Hot DJ & Karaoke will provide entertainment from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. today, Industrial Wood will play from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday, and Threshold will play from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday at the bar, 305 W. Second St.
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AMBOY – “Heroes and Champions” is this year’s theme for the Amboy Depot Days Parade at 3 p.m. Aug. 29. Participants may sign up for free. Line-up will begin at 1:30 p.m. at Amboy City Park on East Main Street, with judging at 2:30. Prizes will be awarded
for best of theme, kids, clowns, marching units, tractors, trucks, commercial, cars, horses, and judges’ choice. Required entry information includes name of the organization, contact person, email address, physical address with state, ZIP code and telephone, type of entry, and announcement to be made during the
parade. The theme will honor Amboy’s veterans and high school sports teams. To register, visit amboylionsclub.com or send forms to Ken Novak at amboylionsclub@ gmail.com or Amboy City Hall, 227 E. Main St., Amboy, IL 61310. Call Novak at 815-4401779 for more information.
The Drums ... The Pageantry ... The Music Returns to Dixon High School
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Petunia City Brass Competition Presented by Sauk Valley Bank
IN BRIEF Christian concert Friday in Sterling STERLING – Christian musicians Julie Bernstein and Tucker MacDonald will
perform at 7 p.m. Friday at the Big Red Church, 311 Second Ave. Bernstein, a Sterling native, released her first CD in 2011. MacDonald is a writer,
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WHAT’S GOING ON BANDS AND BARS Saturday Hitz City to play DIXON – Hitz City will play from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at The Corner Spot, 510 Chicago Ave. Upcoming: 7-9 p.m. Aug. 8 at Books on First in Dixon Lyle Grobe and the Rhythm Ramblers STERLING – Lyle Grobe and the Rhythm Ramblers will play from 7 to 10 p.m. at Sterling Moose, 2601 E. Lincolnway.
BOOK READING Friday Business of books DIXON – Jill Wilson Brennan of Chicago, a member of the Phidian Art Club in Dixon, recently published her novel, “Skyscrapers,” and will offer a reading at 3 p.m. at Books on First, 202 W. First St. The book is a suspenseful thriller following the unique story of two competing, self-made CEO’s, who are attacked by unknown individuals. “The novel surrounds issues I have witnessed within the business world,” Brennan said in a news release. “I wanted to write a story about characters within the business world today and all the issues that can happen, such as substance abuse, immigration and greed.” The book is available for $27.99 through online retailers and will be available at the reading. Go to novelskyscrapers.com for more information.
The fun begins at 7 p.m. July 31 at Krape Park with a free car seat safety check, super-sized remote controlled car demonstrations, and other family activities. At dusk, “Back to the Future” will be shown on a 30-foot inflatable screen at the Koenig Theatre band shell. Participants can come dressed in character and will be eligible for prizes. Snacks will be available, and vintage cars will be on display. There will be a burnout contest at 7 p.m. Aug. 1 at 50 W. Douglas St., with the cruising set for 7 to 10 p.m. Food will be available for purchase. Reserved spaces are available for $12, and $10 for nonreserved parking. Motorcycle parking, sponsored by the Freeport Chapter Abate of Illinois, will be available for $5 Saturday. Motorcycles can reserve a spot prior to the event for $12. Go to freeportcruisenight.org or email stephcvb@aeroinc.net for more information. Aug. 8 Annual show in Polo POLO – Registration for Polo Chamber of Commerce’s 26th annual car, bike and truck show will be from 8 a.m. to noon downtown. Awards will be given out at 3 p.m. There will be food vendors, a craft show, and a 50/50 raffle, with additional $100 and $50 drawings. A swap meet will benefit the Polo Mystic Tie Lodge 187. Norm Carroll will open his Open Any Sunday museum, 208 W. Mason St. The event will run, rain or shine. Call 815-946-3131 for more information.
COMEDY BEER AND WINE FESTIVAL Saturday Love cheese and beer? FREEPORT – Stephenson County will offer a “Cheese and Cheers” tour featuring local cheese stores, cheese plants, breweries and a winery from noon to 4 p.m. The self-guided driving tour includes stops at The Cheese Market and Generations Brewing Company in Freeport; Megz County Cheese Inc. in Davis; Wenger’s Springbrook Cheese, just north of Davis; Torkelson Cheese Co. and Lena Brewing Company in Lena; and Famous Fossil Winery, east of Cedarville. Each location will offer samplings and activities. Tour participants are eligible to win one of three gift baskets, with drawings at 4 p.m. at Famous Fossil Winery, Generations Brewing Company, and Lena Brewing Company. You must be present to win. Call the Freeport/Stephenson County Visitors Bureau at 815233-1357 or 800-369-2955 for more information.
CAR, TRUCK, MOTORCYCLE SHOW July 31 and Aug. 1 Get ready to cruise FREEPORT – Kick off Cruise Night weekend with a free movie and fun in the park provided by FHN and Freeport Park District.
Aug. 4 Comedian in Rockford ROCKFORD – Grammy-nominated comedian and New York Times best-selling author Jim Gaffigan will perform at the BMO Harris Bank Center, 300 Elm St. Tickets are $58.75 and $47.75, and are available at ticketmaster. com or by calling 815-968-5222. Aug. 21 Bill Engvall to film special ROCKFORD – Bill Engvall will perform his new special at 8 p.m. at the Coronado Performing Arts Center, 314 N. Main St. Tickets are $30. They can be ordered at ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster outlets, at the BMO Harris Bank Center box office, 3000 E. Elm St., or by calling 815-968-5222. Go to coronadopac.org for more information.
CONCERTS Today Band’s season continues DIXON – The Dixon Municipal Band will continue its summer season at 7:30 p.m. at Page Park band shell. The band will perform its third volume of its alphabet jam, playing songs and material that begin with letters from U to Z. The concert will feature Mardi Huffstutler as a vocal soloist and Matt Eaton as a percussion soloist. Both are members of the band and local educators. In case of inclement weather, the band will play inside Historic Dixon Theatre, 114 S. Galena Ave. In the event of a change in location, an announcement will be made by 5 p.m. today on the band’s Facebook page. The public also can call the band’s
conductor, Mark Bressler, at 815-631-3948. All concerts are free. The Dixon High School drama department will benefit from sales of popcorn, water and other treats. Friday Free concerts at band shell MOUNT MORRIS – The Mount Morris Jamboree Committee will present Archtop Brownie at this week’s free concert from 7 to 9 p.m. at the band shell downtown. The group will play jazz and American roots music. Participants can bring a chair or blanket, and bench seating is available. A meal is served by a different local charitable organization at 6 p.m. before every performance. In the event of inclement weather, the show, with concessions, will be presented at the same time at Mount Morris Moose Family Center, 101 Moose Drive. Upcoming: July 31, Illinois Rail (bluegrass); and Aug. 7, Jeff Elbel + Ping (rock) Saturday Local bands to play festival STERLING – A group of bands with local ties will join forces when Sterling Main Street presents its annual Music Fest at Grandon Civic Center in Central Memorial Park in downtown Sterling. Gates will open at 1 p.m., with music starting at 2. The performers will be The Defeated Royals at 2, Gina Venier at 3:15, Small Town Hymnal at 4:30, Mr. Myers at 6, and Elephant Gun at 8. There will be a 50/50 drawing at 7:45. Tickets are $5 each or 5 for $20. They will be sold at the event, and are available in advance at the Main Street office, 17 E. Third St.; Sterling Welcome Center & Gallery, 318 First Ave.; Golden Key Gifts, 702 W. Fourth St.; Showplace Antiques & Treasures, 307 First Ave.; Grummert’s Hardware, 424 Locust St.; and SBM, 501 Locust St. Admission is $5, with kids 12 and under (must be accompanied by adult) getting in free. No pets will be allowed. Vendors will sell food and beverages, and no outside food or drink will be allowed. Call Sterling Main Street at 815626-8610, or visit sterlingmainstreet.org for more information, advance tickets, or to volunteer. Wednesday Summer season continues STERLING – The Sterling Municipal Band’s free summer concert series continues at 7:30 p.m. at the downtown Grandon Civic Center. Participants can bring a lawn chair or a blanket. Go to sterlingmunicipalband. com for more information. July 29 and 30 Diamond Trio in area MOUNT MORRIS – The Diamond Trio Band, a tribute to the music of Neil Diamond, will perform at 11:30 a.m. both days at White Pines Inn, 6712 W. Pines Road. The songs on the setlist are not just songs that charted in the Top 100. Tickets are $29. Go to whitepinesinn.com or call 815-946-3817 for more information. Aug. 7 First Fridays in Oregon OREGON – The First Fridays Open Stage music show will return at 7 p.m. to the Oregon
VFW Post 8739, 1310 W. Washington St. Each musician or band performs for 15 minutes. Instruments are acoustic, and a professional sound system is provided. The music will include country, bluegrass, blues, gospel, folk, soft rock, and eclectic mixes of the different styles. Admission is by donation. All musicians and spectators are welcome. Call 815-973-0942 for more information. Upcoming: Sept. 4 Shinedown coming to area DAVENPORT, Iowa – Shinedown, an American hard rock band, will perform at 8 p.m. at the Adler Theater, 136 E. Third St. Tickets are $40.50 and $30.50. They are available at the box office, ticketmaster.com or by calling 800-745-3000. Go to shinedown.com or find the band on Facebook for more information. Aug. 11 Stars to dance in Rockford ROCKFORD – “Dancing with the Stars: Live!” will hit the stage at Coronado Performing Arts Center, 314 N. Main St. The 90-minute show will be hosted by “Dancing with the Stars All Stars” champion Melissa Rycroft, and will feature professional dancers from the show. Tickets are available through ticketmaster.com, the box office, or by calling 815-968-5222. There are three price levels: $45.50, $55.50 and $79.50. Go to dwtstour.com for more information. VIP packages will be available through vipnation.com. Aug. 14-15 Beamanfest back in Dixon DIXON – The seventh annual Beamanfest will return, with music set for a new location at VFW Post 540, 1560 state Route 38. Camping will still be offered each night at the former site of the festival at 734 Bloody Gulch Road. There will be a free shuttle service from each location. The festival will include local bands Vodon, Brown Bag Charley, and Trippin Molly. Other bands include Generation Kill, who will headline festivities Saturday, Aug. 15, with special guest Darryl “D.M.C.” McDaniels of Run-D.M.C. Organizer Josh Moody said this year’s lineup goes beyond heavy metal, featuring some southern rock and heavy country. The festival features more than 20 bands. Food will be available, and there will be a 50/50 raffle. Advance tickets are $8 for Friday, $10 for Saturday, and $18 for both days. Tickets will be $10 for Friday, $13 for Saturday, and $20 for both days at the gate. Proceeds will go to the Mothers of Murdered Sons and Daughters and the VFW. Go to ticketor.com/captivesoundz.com for advance tickets. For more information look for Beamanfest Annual 2015 on Facebook. Aug. 21 Blues and Bluegrass FRANKLIN GROVE – If it’s the third Friday of the month, it’s Blues and Bluegrass night at the H.I. Lincoln Building, 136 N. Elm St. Open-stage acoustic gospel, folk, country, blues and bluegrass will be performed, beginning at 7 p.m. Admission is free, but donations are accepted to help with the upkeep of the historic building. Go to franklingroveil.org for more information. Upcoming: Sept. 18
CRAFT SHOWS, FLEA MARKETS, VENDOR SHOWS Sept. 12 Artists sought for show PROPHETSTOWN – Prophetstown Main Street is looking for artists and fine craft artisans to participate in the annual show at Eclipse Square. The non-juried show runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Three People’s Choice Awards will be handed out. Applications can be found on Arts on the Square Facebook page or at Main Street’s office, 335 Washington St. They also can be obtained by emailing artsonthesquare@gmail.com, or calling 815-537-5139.
The food booths will open at 11 a.m., and the carnival opens at noon each day. The beer garden will be open from 7:30 p.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday. Magic by Cory will be from noon to 2 p.m. Friday. Also Friday, the Festival Queen Pageant will hit the First State Bank Stage at 7:30 p.m., with intermission entertainment provided by the Cody Calkins Band. The eighth annual “CornaPalooza,” a 5K/10K run and 5K fitness walk will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday. To register, go to osfsaintpaul.com or signmeup. com/107981, or call 815-5397461, ext. 3209. The crafters market, featuring more than 200 vendors, will run from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Second Chance Band will perform a free concert at 7 p.m. Saturday on the First Stage Stage downtown. The parade will begin at 1 p.m. Sunday. Go to sweetcornfestival.com for more information and complete schedule.
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FESTIVALS AND FAIRS Today through Sunday Fair returns in Amboy AMBOY – The Lee County 4-H Fair and Junior Show at the fairgrounds will feature a full grandstand lineup of tractor and truck pulls, mud bogs and dirt drags. The fair opens at noon today. Gate admission is $5 through Saturday and $2 Sunday. Children age 12 and under are free. New this year is the 4-H Fair Marketplace featuring local crafters, artisans, farmers market vendors, and home-based business products. Vendors include painted glass, Jamberry, Pampered Chef, reclaimed vintage furniture, Jade Lilly natural lotions and cosmetics, and Jewelry in Candles. Vendor space is available and is free. The marketplace will be open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. For more information, call 815-857-2603. In addition to daily judging and livestock shows, free kids activities will be offered, as well as a kiddie carnival, bingo, Ben’s Bubble Show, and Miller’s petting zoo. The carnival will be put on by Oak Ridge Ranch Amusements. A full fair schedule and more information about other fair activities and events is posted at leecounty4hcenter.com, or find Lee Co. 4-H Fair & Jr. Show on Facebook.
Touch a Truck returns ROCK FALLS – The Optimist Club of Rock Falls will again present its Touch a Truck event from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. along the riverfront at 201 Ave. A. Emergency vehicles will be on display from Rock Falls and Sterling police and fire departments, CGH Ambulance, and the Whiteside County Sheriff Department. Organizers also are expecting a Life Flight helicopter. There also will be many motorsport vehicles. Antique Archaeology, the business featured on the TV show “American Pickers,” will bring its Sprinter van. Robbie Wolfe, brother of the show’s star, Mike Wolfe, will be in attendance. Pink Heals, an organization that tours the country supporting women affected by cancer, will bring its vehicle, “Leslie.” The pink fire truck is named after a police officer who lost her battle with cancer in 2009. The will be many more displays from local business and organizations. Proceeds from sales of hot dogs, pork chop sandwiches, and Selmi’s sweet corn will go to local Optimist youth programs. There will be a giveaway to the first 250 kids, a free race simulator from Chapman Motorsports, and a corn boil provided by Selmi’s. Contact John Watts at 815-6313012 or jwwatts78@gmail.com for more information. Find the Optimist Club on Facebook for updates.
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Ready for some sweet corn? MENDOTA – The Mendota Area Chamber of Commerce is preparing for the gigantic undertaking of hosting more than 60,000 visitors, who consume nearly 50 tons of sweet corn during the Mendota Sweet Corn Festival in the city’s downtown. But, there’s more than the sweet corn eating contest, set for 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 9. Festivities begin at 6 p.m. Thursday as the carnival and food booths open for family night. Also Thursday, the Idol Contest, sponsored by WGLCQ97.7/103.3, runs from 6 to 8 p.m. First- and second-place prizes will be awarded in age categories from 5-10 and 11-15. Registration is due July 31, and applications are available at wglc.net, qhitmusic.com or at the chamber office, 800 Washington St.
Coach behind ‘Titans’ to speak STERLING – Herman Boone, the coach featured in the movie “Remember the Titans,” will speak at Sterling High School’s Centennial Auditorium, 1608 Fourth Ave. The event is a fundraiser for Giving Power to Adolescents. It begins with a reception, a play by GPA members and live music at 1 p.m. Boone will speak at 2:30 p.m. In 1971, Boone attempted to introduce a racially diverse football team at T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, a suburb of Washington, District of Columbia. Seating is limited. Tickets cost $20 and are available at the Sterling Township office, at Sauk Valley Bank branches in Rock Falls and Sterling, at 815-6253990 and at the door. Proceeds benefit GPA programs.
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FARMERS MARKETS In Dixon DIXON – The Dixon Park District farmers market is open from 7 a.m. to noon Wednesdays and Saturdays through October at Haymarket Square, 317 W. Third St. The Dixon City Market is open from 4 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Sept. 30 along the riverfront between Hennepin and Peoria avenues. Entertainment this week will be provided by Cirque du Swing. In Morrison MORRISON – The Morrison Farmers Market runs from 8 to 11 a.m. every Saturday, rain or shine, through Sept. 26 at 204 E. Lincolnway. Farmers, entrepreneurs, bakers, and artists are all welcome. For more information about the market, including rules, regulations, and applications, go to morrisonfarmersmarket.com or call 815-772-4749. An evening market is planned for 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in downtown Morrison. There will be seasonal produce, food, music, baked goods, meat, and artisan products. Downtown restaurants will offer dinner specials, and vendors will sell Thai cuisine, Italian beef and barbecue. Singer/songwriter Derek Luttrell will offer music entertainment. Interested artists, farmers, crafters, gardeners, bakers, and organizations can call 815-5647427. There is no cost to participate, and the deadline for signing up is Wednesday. The evening market is sponsored by Farmers National Bank. In Polo POLO – The Polo Farmers Market will run from 3 to 6 p.m. today at the city’s empty lot located on South Division Avenue, just south of the Shell gas station. The market runs through the second week of October. For more information, call Jean Deuth at 815-946-3234. In Rock Falls ROCK FALLS – The Rock Falls Farmers Market is open from 8 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, 3 to 7 p.m. Friday, and 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday through October at 400 W. Second St. Those interested in being a vendor can call 815-625-4500 or email hodges@rockfallschamber. com. In Sterling STERLING – The Twin City Market is open from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday in the historic Twin City Produce Building, 106 Ave. A. Find the market on Facebook, go to www.twincityfarmersmarket.com, or call 815-499-7268 for a list of vendors, upcoming events and more information.
FUN FOR A CAUSE Friday Concert to benefit organizations DIXON – Kreider Alliance and Lee County Council on Aging will present “Petunia City Brass,” a drum and bugle corps show, at 7 p.m. at A.C. Bowers Field at Dixon High School, 300 Lincoln Statue Drive. Proceeds from the show will benefit the two nonprofit organizations. According to a news release, the show will showcase several of the best drum and bugle corps in the world. Tickets, priced between $12 and $20, are available at www. dci.org or at Kreider Services,
500 Anchor Road; The Post House, 100 W. Second St.; and Venier Jewelers, 117 W. First St. Also, at least one of the corps will send a drumline to perform on the riverfront at 1 p.m. Friday, after Musical Fridays. Go to lccoa.com or thearcofleecounty.org for more information. Saturday Paint with a purpose FULTON – A paint-a-thon benefit for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will be from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Unity Christian High School, 711 10th St. This Inspired! Painting Party marathon will involve four paintings: sunflowers, magnolia blossom, eagle soaring, and barn with sunflower. The cost is $40 per painting; food is included. Sixty percent of funds raised will go toward the hospital. Visit inspiredpaintingparties. webs.com to register and prepay. For more information, email inspiredpaintingparties@gmail. com, or call Laura Readdy at 815-590-4071 or Brenda Linville at 563-219-3472. Human foosball fun DIXON – Foos on Cancer, a human foosball tournament, will be presented by Home of Hope Cancer Wellness Center. Games will be at Sauk Valley Community College, 173 state Route 2. The real-life action will match that of a foosball game table. Play will begin at 10 a.m. Along with the tournament, a 50/50 raffle will take place. Tickets cost $1 each or $5 for six. The tickets can be purchased at the game, at Home of Hope, or by calling 815-288-4673 to have tickets delivered. Ticketholders do not need to be present to win. The drawing will be after the championship game. There will also be food and kids games. An after party, with music provided by Wrong Element, will be at Tipsy, 79 S. Hennepin Ave. For more information, call Home of Hope at 815-288-4673. Golf outing to help seniors STERLING – The first golf outing for Lee County Council on Aging will be at Emerald Hill Golf Course, 16802 Prairieville Road. The event is a best-ball scramble, with contest games, and a 50/50 drawing. Cost is $50 and includes 18 holes of golf with cart, lunch, and door prizes. Prizes will be awarded for first, second, third and fourth place. Businesses interested in sponsoring a hole, donating a prize, or registering can contact Jennifer Lang at 815-288-9236 or langjennifer@comcast.net. Proceeds will benefit programs and services for seniors in Lee County. July 30 Trivia night in Dixon DIXON – Registration will be at 5:30 p.m. for Battle of the Brains Trivia Night, with the competition at 6, at the Post House Ballroom, 100 W. Second St. The cost is $12 per person, with up to six on a team. Individuals entrants will be assigned to teams. Door prizes, a 50/50 drawing, and games will round out the event. Prizes will be awarded. Light snacks will be served, and a cash bar will be open. Proceeds will benefit Lee County Council on Aging. Aug. 7 Like to run for fun? STERLING – The second ROY G BIV 5K Fun Run, will begin with a pre-party at 4 p.m. at Woodlawn Arts Academy, 3807 Woodlawn Road. The run will begin at 6. Partici-
pants will start as a blank canvas, and will be splashed with a nontoxic, biodegradable powder throughout the course. The pre-party will feature bounce houses, music, games, and food and drinks from local vendors. After the run, more music, games, food and drinks will be available until 10. In the event of extreme weather, the event may be canceled or delayed. Notices will be posted on the academy’s social media platforms and website. Registration is $35 in advance for adults, and $40 on day of race; and $20 for children 12 and under in advance, and $25 day of race. If registering with team of four or more, cost will be $30 per person in advance and $35 the day of run for adults; and $20 in advance for children 12 and under, and $25 day of race. Prizes will be awarded for costumes, team spirit, team name and more. Fees are nonrefundable. All proceeds support Woodlawn Arts Academy. Go to woodlawnartsacademy. com for more information or to download an registration form. Go to getmeregistered.com/ roygbivfunrun to register online. Aug. 8 Proud to Wear Pink! ROCK FALLS – The Proud to Wear Pink! 90-mile ride will make its final run – a week earlier than usual. This is the last year Team Underwires will be organizing fundraisers. The nonprofit has raised more than $400,000 over 8 years for breast cancer awareness and research. Registration will be from 10 a.m. to noon at Workman HarleyDavidson, 1903 First Ave., one of the group’s biggest sponsors. The ride through the countryside will end at the Rock Falls Days Inn, 2105 First Ave. After the ride, there will be live entertainment, a 50/50 raffle, silent and live auctions, and Candlelight Inn chicken dinners for all participants. The grand prize raffle drawing will be announced after the ride. The raffle is another of the group’s biggest fundraisers. This year, a 2014 Harley-Davidson motorcycle and a 2014 Polaris Ace will be given to two lucky winners. The prizes are donated in part by Workman and Douglas & Frye Motorsports. Tickets are $20 each, or six for $100, and are available at both dealerships, several other local businesses, and from Team Underwires members. Aug. 9 Toy run for tots STERLING – Sterling Moose Family Center and Sauk Valley Marine Corps League will offer a toy run to benefit Whiteside County Toys for Tots. Registration is at 8 a.m. at the family center, 2601 E. Lincolnway. Admission is a $10 toy, or $10 in baked goods or cash. The ride will leave at 10 a.m. from the center and return there, with a baked good auction to follow. Food will be available. For more information, call Kevin Melburg at 815-441-4072. Aug. 15 Festival benefits youth program DIXON – The seventh annual Gardenstock Art and Music Festival will be at Distinctive Gardens, 2020 Lowell Road. The festival is a benefit for Sinnissippi Centers’ Youth Garden Program. The program allows at-risk youths involved with Sinnissippi to raise produce from a vegetable garden and donate it to Dixon Food Pantry. The donation from Gardenstock proceeds
keeps the program alive, organizers say. Three parking lots are available. Carpooling is encouraged. Last year, all three lots reached capacity by 4 p.m. Guests need to be prepared for parking diversions. Based on last year’s event, organizers estimate capacity at 2,500 to 3,000 people, so tickets will be limited. Online ordering is encouraged at diggersdelight. com. Wristbands cost $6 for adults 13 and older, and $1 for children 12 and younger. When available tickets sell out, day-of ticket purchases will cease. Tent rental has already sold out. The music: • 11 a.m. to noon: 12+4 • 12:15 to 1:15 p.m.: Team Goodvibes • 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.: Lunch with Pedro • 2:45 to 3:45 p.m.: Small Town Hymnal • 4 to 5 p.m.: Melanie Devaney • 5:15 to 6:15 p.m.: Wrong Element • 6:30 to 7:45 p.m.: Lojo Russo • 8 to 9:15 p.m.: The Dirty Beet Brothers • 9:30 to 11 p.m.: Acoustic Knuckle Ride The art: The Art Alley will feature 42 regional artists, showcasing a variety of unusual art and fine crafts from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tie-dye contest, raffle and 50/50: A tie-dye contest will allow participants to get their pictures taken between 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., with voting running from 3 to 6 p.m. The most “likes” on the Gardenstock’s Facebook Tie Dye Contest Album will win. This year, 36 of 42 Gardenstock artists donated items for the raffle. A catalog of items can be seen at diggersdelight. com and the Distinctive Gardens Facebook page. Participants can buy raffle and 50/50 tickets at the info booths starting at 11 a.m., or from raffle ticket sellers throughout the festival grounds. The drawing times for the raffle will be 2:30, 3:45, 5, and 6:15 p.m. The 50/50 drawing is set for 7:45 p.m. The food: Gardenstock is “picnic style,” allowing everyone to his or her own chair, blanket, cooler and beverage. Vendors, including Mama Cimino’s, Baker Street Café, Kokomo’s, Art Cookies, Ginkgo Tree Café, and Air Play Sports and Espresso, also will sell food and drinks from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Aug. 1-2 Annual Pow Wow ahead PROPHETSTOWN – The ninth annual Prophetstown Pow Wow will be Aug. 1-2 at Prophetstown State Recreation Area. The park entrance is at Park Avenue and River Drive. Pow wow grounds open at 10 a.m. each day, with dancing at 1 and 7 p.m. Aug. 1, and at 1 p.m. Aug. 2. Authentic food and crafts will be available for purchase. For more information, visit prophetstownpowwow.com or facebook.com/ProphetstownPowWow, email riverat2@yahoo. com or call Dan Eads at 815441-0148. Aug 15-16 History at the park FRANKLIN GROVE – The Franklin Grove Creek and Preservation Corp. will revive a 100-year-old tradition with a Singing Bird Chautauqua in a big tent at the Franklin Creek Grist Mill, 1893 Twist Road, within the Franklin Creek State Park. Speakers and performers will present historical and contemporary topics with a variety of perspectives on culture, art, history, innovation, philosophy, and nature. The theme will be “Lincoln and the Civil War,” with re-enactors portraying President Abraham Lincoln; his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln; Austin Gollaher, Lincoln’s boyhood friend; Elizabeth Keckley, a freed woman and the first lady’s confidant; William Herndon, Lincoln’s law partner; and James Munroe, the drummer boy of Shiloh. Food and music similar to what was available in 1865 will be part of the event, marking the 150th anniversary of the Civil War’s end and the assassination of President Lincoln. Advance tickets are $45 for the weekend or $25 per day. Tickets at the event are $60 for the weekend or $35 per day. Children 12 and under get in free. Dinners, lunches, snack food, drinks, beer and wine will be available for an additional charge. Visit franklincreekgristmill.com for tickets, a complete schedule or more information.
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Through July 31 Traveling exhibit in area STERLING – The Illinois Lincoln Highway Traveling Exhibit is on display through July at the Sterling Welcome Center & Gallery, 318 First Ave. The exhibit offers visitors graphics, vintage photos, and stories on the history of Lincoln Highway. The exhibit’s topics include, “Dreams to Reality,” “Development,” “The Evolution of Travel,” “Romance of the Road,” “Geography,” “Great People and Events,” and “A Final Tribute.” Eight artist-rendered panels make up the exhibit, along with a replica of an original Lincoln Highway directional marker. The exhibit was funded with federal grant dollars and is produced by the Illinois Lincoln Highway Coalition. The center’s hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday; and from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. For other viewing times, call Sterling Main Street at 815-6268610. Go to drivelincolnhighway.com for more information.
Friday and Saturday Party with the James Gang Karaoke with the James Gang from 8 p.m. to midnight Friday at Crooked Roof, 109 E. Carroll St., Lanark, and 8 p.m.to midnight Saturday at Slurp & Burp, 4319 S. Loran Road, Pearl City. Email jamesgang1996@gmail.com for more information.
AT THE MOVIES Aug. 4 ‘Big Hero 6’ at the park STERLING – Movies at Grandon will finish up with “Big Hero 6” at Grandon Civic Center in Central Memorial Park in downtown Sterling. The movies are free and begin about 8:30 p.m. Concessions are available for purchase. There are family activities before the movies. Participants can bring a lawn chair or blanket. Go to sterlingmainstreet.org for more information.
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THEATER Through Aug. 2 ‘Steel Magnolias’ at Showboat CLINTON, Iowa – “Steel Magnolias,” the 1987 American comedy/drama written by Robert Harling, debuts at 7:30 p.m. today at Clinton Area Showboat Theatre, 303 Riverview Dr. The play and the 1989 film adaptation examine the relationships between a group of women in a small-town Louisiana community, and how they cope with the death of one of their own. Showtimes are set for 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, July 30-31, and Aug. 1; and 3 p.m. Sunday, Wednesday, and Aug. 2. Tickets range from $16 to $23. Box office hours are 11 to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Go to clintonshowboat.org for more information. Through Saturday ‘Greater Tuna’ at TLP MOUNT CARROLL – The summer season continues at 7:30 tonight with “Greater Tuna” at Timber Lake Playhouse, 8215 Black Oak Road. In just under 2 hours, two actors play 20 residents of one town on the day they’re mourning the corrupt Judge of Tuna, Texas. Cody Jolly and Matt Webb will star in the show. Showtimes also are set for 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Tickets cost $25, with discounts available for groups, students, seniors and active duty military personnel. They can be purchased at the box office, at timberlakeplayhouse.org, and by calling 815-244-2035. The 2015 season also will feature “Big Fish,” and “Big River.” Friday through Sunday Classic set for Centennial STERLING – Centennial Auditorium Summer Theatre Academy will present Ian Fleming’s “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday at the theatre, 1608 Fourth Ave. Based on the 1968 film adaptation of a children’s book by “James Bond” author Ian Fleming, the musical tells the tale of the Potts family as they attempt to repair a car with magical properties. When the evil Baron Bomburst attempts to steal the car, the family works with friends to save the car. Tickets are $8 for adults, $5 for adults, or $20 for four. Call the box office at 815-6223248 or go to centennialauditorium.org for more information. Saturday Auditions for ‘Sound of Music’ POLO – Polo Area Community Theatre will have open auditions for the first show of its 10th season, the classic Rogers & Hammerstein musical “The Sound Of Music.” Auditions will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Polo Town Hall, 117 N. Franklin Ave. Auditions are open to ages 5 and older, but children’s roles are limited to the Von Trapp children. Prepare 16 bars of an upbeat song from a musical and bring CD accompaniment or be prepared to sing a cappella. Roles will be posted at auditions. A schedule of rehearsals will be available at auditions. Show dates are Sept 25, 26, and 27. Go to polotheatre.org for more information.
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MUSIC | MID-YEAR REPORT
Father John Misty, Dawes best so far After a ho-hum start to 2015, held up almost single-handedly by Father John Misty, the albums got better as the weather got warmer. These past few months have featured some of my favorite albums in years, many of them likely guaranteed a space on my best of 2015 list. Here’s just a few of the very best. • Father John Misty: “I Love You, Honeybear” Release: Feb. 10 Josh Tillman’s second album since his exit from Fleet Foxes is tragically beautiful, taking the listener on a wild, emotional ride. The intensity of “Ideal Husband” has yet to be lost on me, months later. The lyrics are so honest that each listen requires emotional investment. In that way, it’s sometimes hard to listen to, but it keeps
lucasPAULEY Lucas Pauley is a page designer and Plan!t editor for Sauk Valley Media. You can reach him at lpauley@ saukvalley. com or 800798-4085, ext. 5576.
getting better every time you do. • Dawes: “All Your Favorite Bands” Release: June 2 I’ve pretty much loved everything Dawes has done, though, I admit, 2013’s “Stories Don’t End” had its flaws. But with “All Your Favorite Bands,” Dawes hit every note with perfection. Taylor Goldsmith’s lyrics and melodies were golden on “I Can’t Think About It Now,”
and “Right on Time.” With AYFB, Dawes has cemented its home on the throne, as the kings of roots rock. • Desaparecidos: “Payola” Release: June 23 It takes less than 5 seconds into “Payola” before you realize this is going to be good. Like, really good. The band’s lyrics touch on many social and political issues in America. If that’s not your thing, you might be swayed by the band’s uncanny ability to still keep the music catchy with such heavy lyrics. The choruses will get stuck in your head. The lyrics will make you think. The music will make you move. Can’t ask for much more. • Kopecky: “Drug For The Modern Age” Release: May 19 The Nashville, Tennes-
see, band’s music always comes across as intelligent, even in its poppiest moments. And that’s a killer quality: a sweet spot that many bands fail to find. Kopecky’s sophomore album was a great soundtrack to the weather getting warmer. Fun, light, and super catchy. “Quarterback” is one of my favorite songs of the year. Even though I can never get it out of my head, it never gets old. • My Morning Jacket: “Waterfall” Release: May 4 The critically acclaimed American rock band released its seventh (WHAT?) album a few months ago, and it was one of its best yet. The instrumentation on the album keeps things interesting. From the acoustic tones of “Get The Point” and “Like
A River,” to the classic rock-inspired electric guitars on “Compound Fracture” and “Thin Line,” the band’s musicianship is constantly grabbing your attention. The hooks from Jim James are some of MMJ’s best yet. • Ryn Weaver: “The Fool” Release: June 16 “The Fool” is a huge, deep breath of fresh air for pop music. Weaver’s voice is original and accessible. The music is intelligent. Although the single “Octahate” had been out for almost a year before the album, there was no letdown with the rest of the tracks. “Promises” has the chops to be a huge hit this year. The album flows well, even with Weaver experimenting with many different styles. With such an impressive debut, the
22-year-old deserves to become a huge star.
More good stuff • Muse: “Drones” (June 5) • Death Cab For Cutie: “Kintsugi” (March 31) • The Decemberists: “What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World” (Jan. 20) • George Ezra: “Wanted on Voyage” (Jan. 27) • Passion Pit: “Kindred” (April 21) • Smallpools: “LOVETAP!” (March 24)
Honorable mention • Zac Brown Band: “Jekyll + Hyde” (April 28) • Of Monsters and Men: “Beneath the Skin” (June 8) • The Lone Bellow: “Then Came The Morning” (Jan. 27) • Mumford & Sons: “Wilder Mind” (May 4) • The Districts: “A Flourish and a Spoil” (Feb. 10)
Favorite moods ... er ... albums of year There’s probably a lot of good music out there that’s been released this year that I haven’t listened to yet. But when I hear something I can’t get enough of, that’s exactly how I treat it: When I’m in a certain mood, you can rest assured a certain album will be playing. Besides, I’ve got 5 months to make the rounds before the 2015 recap is due. I guess I’ll never truly shed the college mentality. There have been a few pleasant surprises so far in 2015. So, to lead off a quick list of albums I love (in no particular order) and moods they cling to, let’s start with Unknown Mortal Orchestra: Mood: Buzzy (adj. A fun-loving, pleasant mood, not necessarily caused by imbibing adult beverages, but often the result of imbibing adult beverages) Album: “Multi-Love” by Unknown Mortal Orchestra My take: I’m all for
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weird, but it’s about time Ruban Nielson shooed away some of the smog and let that incredible voice of his rip. Like UMO’s first two albums, this one isn’t without its quirks. But it’s far more accessible, funky and flat-out fun. At times, it’ll break your heart, too. For me, it’s summer in an LP. Tracks to listen to: “Multi-Love,” “Can’t Keep Checking My Phone,” “The World is Crowded” Mood: Runny (adj. Not like the eggs. This is when the blood is cours-
ing so hard through your veins that you must. Run. All. The Miles.) Album: “July Talk” by July Talk My take: This group came out of nowhere for me – Canada, more specifically. The overall sound has the feel of a spaghetti Western with a bad, bad attitude. The guitars thrash, the drums are like thunder, and the juxtaposition of Peter Dreimanis’ Tom Waits-like gravel against Leah Fay’s angelic soprano ... it’s just like nothing else, man. Tracks to listen to: “The Garden,” “Guns + Ammunition”, “Paper Girl,” “Headsick Mood: Smithy (adj. Derived from the late Elliott Smith, this mood is mired in wistful longing, often to a troubling degree) Album: “Carrie & Lowell” by Sufjan Stevens My take: Forget what I said about UMO breaking your heart. At every turn of this album, Stevens grinds your
ticker into sausage as he mourns the loss of his mother. He sometimes sings the lyrics he would’ve given anything to hear her utter. He wonders aloud what any of this has (or scarier yet, hasn’t) got to do with God’s plan. You likely know no one who does endearing beauty like Sufjan. If you can find beauty in pain, this is your album of the year. I know it’s mine. Tracks to listen to: “I Should’ve Known Better,” “Fourth of July,” “John My Beloved” Mood: Misty (adj. Prone to self-loathing, declarations of first-world problems and jarring actualities) Album: “I Love You, Honeybear” by Father John Misty My take: All the things you not only think, but fully subscribe to, but wouldn’t dare say in front of anyone? The Rev. Misty’s album is chock full of them. His view of love’s inevitable fallibil-
ity is trumped by only his ability to narcissisticly attack the narcissistic. But hot damn, are his songs cleverly constructed – both lyrically and musically – and his voice is just astounding. Tracks to listen to: “Chateau Lobby #4 (In C for Two Virgins),” “The Night Josh Tillman Came to Our Apt.,” “Holy Sh**” Mood: Ragey (adj. Suddenly injected with a blood lust for riot and a distaste for all things Republican) Album: “Payola” by Desaparacidos My take: This is the ultimate deadline album for a page designer. It gets the blood pumping and puts the listener – no matter how pacifistic – into attack mode. Conor Oberst’s transformation once he’s accompanied by electric guitars is simply uncanny, and it was good enough to displace an album from another band that hadn’t put one out in more than a decade: “No Cities to
Love” by Sleater-Kinney. Tracks to listen to: “City on the Hill,” “MariKKKopa,” “Anonymous” Mood: Underdoggy (adj. The sensation one gets when feeling like an underdog) Album: “Beat the Champ” by The Mountain Goats My take: I’m not a wrestling fan. Yeah, I watched a little when I was a kid, but not for long. This album is a tribute not to the WWE superstars of the universe, but to the unsung heroes whose blood and guts were genuine and, if seen at all, were seen only in their local markets. It’s a tribute to spandexed men shamed to have their masks pulled off in front of the same middle-aged burnouts they’d be swilling beers with in an hour. But it’s also a synonym for human spirit. I freaking love it. Tracks to listen to: “The Legend of Chavo Guerrero,” “Animal Mask,” “Stabbed to Death Outside San Juan”
Best music of 2015 so far? Here’s a list One of the many things I love about music is that everyone has different tastes, and reasons why they love or loathe a particular record or band. Here at Sauk Valley Media, our Daily Record music reviewing team has relatively similar musical interests – we all lean toward alternative music. But we approach our music in very different ways. Perhaps we’ll talk about those different approaches in a video discussion about the year in music so far that we’re contemplating. Or perhaps we won’t. Me? I like my music straightforward with some punch, and generally fast and loud.
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Whether it’s guitars and bass that make me bob my head, or keyboards and a drum machine that gets me tapping my feet, I prefer music that makes me move. I’m also a sucker for a singalong chorus. Now that you’ve read the mid-year music assessments from SVM’s
Christopher Heimerman and Lucas Pauley you know they dig stuff that’s a little slower and, for lack of a better word, emotional. I can get into that kind of style, too, but it had better be special. There have been three of those records so far this year – from Father John Misty, from Gang of Youths, and from Natalie Prass. I listen to a lot of new records – 345 of them, in fact, through the end of June. So I might listen to my favorites only a few times. I’ve graded each and every one of the 345 (and the nine I’ve listened to thus far in July), and I figured a good cutting-off point for my “favorites” would
be the top 10 percent, so 35. Here they are, in alphabetical order. I’ll save my rankings of the best for the end-of-the-year list. I hope you give some or all of these records at least a listen. Cheers!
Top Records of 2015 (So Far) • AirLands: “AirLands” • Born Cages: “I’m Glad I’m Not Me” • Circa Waves: “T-Shirt Weather” • Courtney Barnett: “Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit” • Dave Monks: “All Signs Point To Yes” EP • Desaparecidos: “Payola” • Desperate Journalist:
“Desperate Journalist” • Dinosaur Pile-Up: “Nurtured EP” • The Districts: “A Flourish And A Spoil” • Everclear: “Black Is The New Black” • Faith No More: “Sol Invictus” • Father John Misty: “I Love You, Honeybear” • Florence + The Machine: “How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful” • Gang of Youths: “The Positions” • Hop Along: “Painted Shut” • Jeff The Brotherhood: “Wasted On The Dream” • Joywave: “How Do You Feel Now?” • July Talk: “July Talk” • Life In Film: “Here It Comes” • Local H: “Hey, Killer”
• Lost Boy ?: “Canned” • Made Violent: “Made Violent” EP • Mini Mansions: “The Great Pretenders” • The Mispers: “Weekend” EP • Modest Mouse: “Strangers To Ourselves” • My Morning Jacket: “The Waterfall” • Nai Harvest: “Hairball” • Natalie Prass: “Natalie Prass” • Quiet Company: “Transgressor” • Rozwell Kid: “Good Graphics” EP • Screaming Females: “Rose Mountain” • Teenage Wrist: “Dazed” EP • To Kill A King: “To Kill A King” • Viet Cong: Viet Cong • WATERS: What’s Real
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Thursday, July 23, 2015 Numbers game That’s how fast former Bear Richard Dent was clocked in a 55 mph zone on the Edens Expressway last April. He was fined $924 Wednesday in Cook County court.
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Sterling’s DeAndre Young (with ball) and his teammates set up a punt return during Wednesday’s practice for Friday’s Alumni USA football game against Rock Falls.
Game worth the pain
Sterling looking forward to rubber match with Rock Falls BY PATRICK MASON pmason@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5550 @pm222
About this time last year, Andrew Trobaugh had trouble getting out of bed in the morning. It wasn’t because he was tired, but because he could barely move. Last year was the first time Trobaugh played in an alumni football game, and on Wednesday, the 22-year-old Sterling graduate was back at it again, running practice for Sterling’s upcoming game against Rock Falls. The two teams will face off at 7 p.m. on Friday at Hinders Field. “It’s so much fun,” Trobaugh said, “but you feel like you got hit by a bus for a few
When: 7 p.m. Friday Where: Hinders Field, Rock Falls Alumni series: Teams have split 2 meetings. Rock Falls won in 2013, & Sterling won in 2014. FYI: The Golden Warriors and Rockets will meet up in a high school game for the first time since 1994 in Week 1 of the 2015 season. days after.” For Trobaugh and his teammates, that feeling is worth the few hours of reliving their high school days for a few hours. “People are definitely going to get hurt, sure,” Trobaugh said. “We were lucky no one did last year, but it happens. It’s just a
fun thing to do, get back to playing some football, and have fun and catch up with some of the guys.” Trobaugh graduated in 2011, and serves as Sterling’s team captain and player coach. With his mouth guard tucked behind his left year, he aligned players into formations and helped run a smooth practice. The focus for this portion was special teams. The team tried to find an adequate punter in the mix of former players that showed up, as well as punt returners. The players also spent some time working on snap counts and what to do in the event of a botched punt. PAIN CONTINUED ON B4
lue sky and a Caribbean beachfront beckoned as I asked my wife and son to wait just 10 more minutes to leave our hotel room. While flipping through the channels after lunch one day on vacation 2 weeks ago, I came across “Hoosiers,” a movie this son of the state always struggles to turn off, one of the three best sports flicks ever made. Sure, sunshine and water awaited us, but so did the dramatic scene in which Jimmy Chitwood walks to the front of the church during a Hickory (Ind.) town meeting and announces his plan to play for the varsity basketball team conditional on coach Norman Dale staying. “I play, coach stays,” Jimmy says. “He goes, I go.” Jimmy speaks, the townsfolk revote, and Coach Dale keeps his job on the way to an unlikely state championship. It gets me every time. Even nearly 30 years after the movie’s release, nobody loves it more than those of us who grew up in Indiana; native Hoosiers who understand the uncommon and, yes, occasionally unhealthy importance placed on basketball in a state where kids learn to drive on tractors and to the basket. HAUGH CONTINUED ON B4
YOUTH SOFTBALL | ROCK FALLS 9-10 ALL-STARS
Rock Falls hoping to add another state title Local softball program looking for 28th championship “I really want to,” Sands said about getting her name When: Saturday, Sunday, embossed in gold lettering on a plaque. “My mom has, like, five Monday ROCK FALLS – When visiting plaques with her name on it.” Where: Yukich Field, 90th Wallingford Park, the little league Traditionally, Rock Falls 9-10 Street and Kedzie Avenue, softball state championship little league teams have fared Evergreen Park plaques gracing the four sides of well in state series play, winFYI: Rock Falls Little League the concrete concession stand ning eight championships since has won 27 state championcatch the eyes of Maya Sands. 1997. Coach John Witherow ships, including 24 since 1997. “I always look at them,” Sands and his team of 13 girls look to said. become the ninth such team, as 9- and 10-year-old state champi- a squad that, in his own words, Three of the 27 plaques have onship teams in 2012 and 2013. her mom’s name on them – doesn’t have any one standThis weekend, Maya will have alone, over-the-top player. Nicole (Nailor) Sands, a player on the 1991, ’92, and ’93 cham- a chance to get her name on one “There’s no one star on the of them. This year’s 9-10 team pionship teams. Two of the team,” Witherow said. “Everywill compete for a little league plaques have her sister Madbody’s out there performing, state championship starting die’s name on them, both of and making great plays. Saturday at Yukich Field in subwhich were won as a member urban Evergreen Park. STATE CONTINUED ON B2 of Rock Falls Little League’s BY CODY CUTTER ccutter@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5555 @CodyCutter35
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The Rock Falls 9-10 All-Star softball team runs through drills Wednesday afternoon in preparation of competing for the state title this weekend in Evergreen Park.
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Headed home to N.C. Tyler Hansbrough Former Tar Heel star signs free-agent contract with Charlotte Hornets. He has averaged 7.2 points & 4.5 rebounds in 6 seasons.
Not going anywhere Steve Spurrier South Carolina coach quotes Attila the Hun in responding to critics who say that at 70, he’s too old to coach and should retire.
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Buffalo Bills wide receiver Marquise Goodwin has won a silver medal in the long jump at the Pan Am Games, leaping 27 feet, 1 3/4 inches. Fellow American Jeffery Henderson won the event Wednesday with a jump of 28-0 1/4, and Emiliano Lasa of Uruguay took bronze with 26-9 3/4. Goodwin was a two-time NCAA champion in the long jump at the University of Texas, and finished 10th in the long jump 3 years ago at the London Olympics. GOLF
South Korean golfer to join military Sang-Moon Bae had dreams of representing the Presidents Cup team, as the 2015 matches will be held in his home country of South Korea. But it appears that Bae will be in the country serving in the military rather than representing it on one of golf’s biggest stages. As part of a requirement for South Korean men between the ages of 18 and 35, a court ruled this week that Bae must serve the required 2 years in the army. SPORTS MEDIA
Simmons strikes deal with HBO HBO says it has struck a multi-year, multi-platform deal with the multi-faceted Bill Simmons. Under the deal, which begins in October, HBO will be Simmons’ exclusive television home, the network said Wednesday. Among other projects, Simmons, who parted ways with ESPN in May, will host a weekly talk show premiering next year. It will feature stories and guests from across the sports and cultural landscapes. CYCLING
Froome still holds Tour lead Simon Geschke of the Giant-Alpecin team won a tough and dangerous Stage 17 of the Tour de France in the Alps on Wednesday with a brave solo ride, while former champion Alberto Contador fell during a terrifying high-speed descent. Race leader Chris Froome staved off multiple attacks to get through the first of 4 days in the Alps unscathed. He showed great bike-handling skills on the 10-mile descent from the Col d’Allos mountain pass, where he hit speeds of 40 mph on the twisting, narrow bends. SOCCER
Jamaica beats U.S. in Gold Cup semi Jamaica stunned the United States with a pair of first-half goals, one off a blunder by goalkeeper Brad Guzan, and held on for a 2-1 victory in the Gold Cup semifinals Wednesday night. Darren Mattocks put the Reggae Boyz ahead with 31st-minute header off a throw-in. Giles Barnes followed 5 minutes later with a goal on an 18-yard free kick after Guzan was caught going outside the penalty area on a routine throw. Michael Bradley scored in the 48th minute for the Americans, but it wasn’t enough to prevent a stunning setback in front of sold-out crowd at the Georgia Dome.
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SUNNINGDALE, England – Less than a week after his emotional farewell to the British Open at St. Andrews, Tom Watson is going for a record fourth title in the Senior British Open on the Old Course at Sunningdale. The 65-year-old Watson won the event at Turnberry in 2003, Royal Aberdeen in 2005, and Muirfield in 2007. “I’ve had a hard look at the course, and remembered some of the things that you need to have in your arsenal to play this course,” Watson said Wednesday. “I have to go through a lot of players to win, and it would be extra special at my age. “I hope on Sunday night you are asking me the question: ‘How does it feel to be Senior Open champion for the fourth time?’” Watson missed the cut last week in his final appearance in the British Open. He won the major championship five times. Bernhard Langer strolled to a Champions Tour-record 13-shot victory on the fast, hard links at Royal Porthcawl in South Wales last year, and the U.S.-based
Multiple winners 3-time champions Tom Watson – 2003, ’05, ’07 Gary Player – 1988, ’90, ’97 2-time champions Bernhard Langer – 2010, ’14 Loren Roberts – 2006, ’09 Christy O’Connor Jr. – 1999, 2000 Brian Barnes – 1995, ’96 Bob Charles – 1989, ’93 German is among the favorites this time. With conditions on the heathland course on the outskirts of London much the same as last July for the start of this year’s championship, Langer begins his title defense Thursday alongside Miguel Angel Jimenez and Fred Couples, the 2012 winner at Turnberry. Langer, who played all four rounds at St. Andrews last week, considers his game to be in good shape. “I think I’m fairly close,” he said. “There’s always improvement possible here and there. But it’s not far away. Just trying to keep it in play and avoid mistakes and
hopefully make tons of birdies.” The tournament is the last of the Champions Tour’s five majors. Jeff Maggert won the U.S. Senior Open and Regions Tradition, Langer took the Senior Players Championship, and Colin Montgomerie won the Senior PGA Championship. Watson will play alongside Montgomerie and Maggert. “I know my way around here as much as anyone,” Montgomerie said. “I do perhaps have an advantage of knowing the course. But the standard of play is extremely high, a hair’s breadth from the PGA Tour itself, and most of the top seniors are here.” Also in the field is Loren Roberts, winner at Turnberry in 2006 and Sunningdale in 2009, the only other time the Berkshire course staged the Senior Open. Others include Russ Cochrane, winner at Walton Heath in 2011, and Mark Wiebe, who beat Langer in a playoff at Royal Birkdale in 2013. Langer more than made up for that defeat with his performance last year at Porthcawl, posting an 18-under 266, with Montgomerie a distant second at 279.
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“Even the girls that aren’t starters all of the time, are going in there,” Witherow said, “and we had a couple of girls make huge plays that were game-changing.” Baserunning is the hallmark of this year’s team, according to Witherow. The team practices many different situations while on base, and also when a big hit turns into extra bases. “We score a lot of runs on aggressive baserunning,” Witherow said. “Everyone says that they just love watching the girls run the bases. Someone said that it is like watching deer run. Aggressive baserunning is how they’ve won their games.” Witherow noted that the girls have come a long way since the start of the season. “We’re aggressive on the bases,” said Katie Witherow, John’s daughter, “to get the runs.” Even when they’re excelling on the paths, sometimes things will happen to make a laugh, or 10, come out of the dugout. “Sometimes when we’re sliding, we sometimes fall,” Sands said with a giggle. “It’s kind
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The Rock Falls 9-10 All-Star softball team plays catch during practice Wednesday afternoon at Rocket Park. The team will play in the state tournament this weekend in Evergreen Park. of funny, but we still make it to the base.” Both Sands and Witherow enjoy spending the summer together both on the softball diamond, and off the field. With the 9-10 level being the youngest level of state tournament competition, the opportunity to form longstanding friendships through this process is possible – and has happened in the past. After games, it’s common for the girls to spend time with one another at someone’s house for dinner or a sleepover.
“We get to work as a team, and with my teammates.” Sands said. “It’s just really fun.” “I have something to do over the summer,” Katie Witherow said. “I get to be with my friends.” The team won the state’s Section 1 title last weekend, beating Peru in a best-of-three series. Rock Falls lost the first game 11-6, but came back to win 4-2 and 17-3 in the next two games. Hannah Blanton, one of the team’s three pitchers, picked up the section wins. Rock Falls’ first game is at 10 a.m. Saturday
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Rock Falls 9-10 All-Star roster
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2 Brooke Howard 3 Patti Teague 5 Kelsi Chavira 7 Lauren Tupper 9 Katie Thatcher 10 Hannah Blanton 11 Maya Sands 13 Graci Junis 17 Brooke Danreiter 22 Ellie Wasson 23 Claire Bickett 24 Katie Witherow 27 Rylee Johnson Coaches: John Witherow, Gregg Gallentine, Cory Johnson, Deena Gallentine
1989 • Greg Lemond wins his second Tour de France with the closest finish ever, edging Laurent Fignon by 8 seconds. Lemond wins the final stage after starting 50 seconds behind Fignon.
against Brown County, followed by a 2 p.m. game with the champion from Section 4 (whose tournament is ongoing as of press time). The final pool-play game on Sunday will be against LaGrange at noon. Monday at 6 p.m. will begin single-elimination tournament play. So what’s it going to take to get Rock Falls’ 25th overall little league state championship since 1997? “We need to work as a team,” Sands said. “and not get down on ourselves.” “Working hard,” Katie Witherow added, “and when we make mistakes, to not get down on ourselves.”
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Site: Oakville, Ontario. Schedule: ThursdaySunday. Course: Glen Abbey Golf Club (7,273 yards, par 72). Purse: $5.8 million. Winner’s share: $1,044,000. Television: Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 2-5 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 12-1:30 p.m.) and CBS (SaturdaySunday, 2-5 p.m.). Last year: South Africa’s Tim Clark won at Royal Montreal. He birdied five of the last eight holes for a one-stroke victory over Jim Furyk. Last week: Zach Johnson won the British Open in a Monday finish at St. Andrews, beating Louis Oosthuizen and Marc Leishman in a four-hole playoff. Masters and U.S. Open champion Jordan Spieth and Jason Day tied for fourth, a stroke back. ... Scott Piercy won the Barbasol Championship in Alabama. Notes: Day is the top British Open finisher in the field. ... Former Georgia Tech player Ollie Schniederjans is making his pro debut. He tied for 12th in the British Open. ... Brandt Snedeker won in 2013 at Glen Abbey.
LPGA TOUR Meijer Classic
Site: Belmont, Michigan. Schedule: ThursdaySunday. Course: Blythefield Country Club (6,414 yards, par 71). Purse: $2 million. Winner’s share: $300,000. Television: Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 11 a.m.1:30 p.m.; SaturdaySunday 2-5 p.m.) Last year: Mirim Lee won the first of her two 2014 titles, beating Inbee Park with a birdie on the second hole of a playoff. Last week: Chella Choi won the Marathon Classic in Ohio for her first LPGA Tour title. Notes: The Women’s British Open is next week at Turnberry in Scotland. ... The top-ranked Park is in the field. She has a tourhigh three victories this season.
CHAMPIONS TOUR/ EUROPEAN SENIOR TOUR Senior British Open
Site: Berkshire, England. Schedule: ThursdaySunday. Course: Sunningdale Golf Club, Old Course (6,618 yards, par 70). Purse: $2.1 million. Winner’s share: $315,000. Television: ESPN2 (Thursday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.). Last year: Bernhard Langer won at Royal Porthcawl in Wales by a Champions Tour-record 13 strokes. The German star shot 65-66-68-67 to finish at 18 under. Notes: Tom Watson missed the cut last week in St. Andrews in his final British Open start. The 65-year-old won the British Open five times, and is a three-time winner in the senior event. ... The tournament is the last of the Champions Tour’s five majors. Jeff Maggert won the U.S. Senior Open and Regions Tradition, Langer took the Senior Players Championship, and Colin Montgomerie won the Senior PGA Championship.
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Scoring Average
1. Jordan Spieth 2. Dustin Johnson 3. Bubba Watson 4. Sergio Garcia 5. Brooks Koepka
68.84 69.66 69.72 69.73 69.74
Driving distance
1. Dustin Johnson 2. Charlie Beljan 3. Jason Day 4. Adam Scott 5. Tony Finau
318.2 310.0 309.7 309.6 308.3
Driving Accuracy %
1. Fran. Molinari 2. David Toms 3. Zach Johnson 4. Chez Reavie 5. Jason Bohn
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ABOVE: Rick Curia tees off on the eighth hole at Timber Creek golf course on Tuesday, while Brian Goad looks on. BELOW: Don Vock watches his putt on the eighth green.
That’s a paddlin’ H
it the golf ball in the fescue grass, that’s a paddlin’. Knock the the ball in the sand trap and/or the water hazard, those are both paddlins’. Three-putt, or God forbid, four-putt a green, that’s most surely a paddlin’. A game called Paddles was among the games that were being played by the foursome of golfers I teed it up with for this week’s Links With Locals. I went around Timber Creek golf course in Dixon on Tuesday with Rick Curia and Brian Goad, and for nine holes with Tom Wilson and Don Vock. All but Vock, who hails from Polo, live in Dixon. The five of us met at the joyful intersection that is golf, a few barley pops (only Cokes for me, thank you), and for them, many, many low-stakes gambling games. There were the Paddles, which amounted to the last person to hit his ball in fescue grass, sand trap and water hazard, as well as the last person to three-putt or fourputt a green, at the end of each nine holes. If you’re holding the paddle for any of those golf transgressions, you pay each other player a set amount of money. There was also a points game, with nine available on each hole, with players rewarded for various accomplishments such as being first on the green, being closest to the pin, and holing the longest putt, though it was much more involved than that. There was also talk of reversals, retentions, and umbrellas, which, I believe, is when a twosome takes all of the available points. At the end of each hole, each of the four players declared what they accumulated. Unless one of the players had an exceptionally bad day, I would guess the amount of money being exchanged afterward would barely buy a round of drinks at the clubhouse pub, Bogey’s.
Greens in regulation %
1. Henrik Stenson 2. Adam Scott 3. Stewart Cink 4. Fran. Molinari 5. Jim Herman
74.23 73.17 72.65 72.59 72.38
Birdie average
1. Jordan Spieth 2. Jason Day 3. Justin Rose 4. Jimmy Walker 5. Dustin Johnson
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79.11 74.20 73.42 73.09 72.55
4.60 4.57 4.48 4.34 4.31
Sand save %
1. Will Wilcox 2. Sung Joon Park 3. Kevin Na 4. Chris Kirk 5. David Toms
68.42 66.10 66.07 65.22 65.12
Champions Tour Scoring average
It’s a group that is more concerned about having a few laughs for their regular Tuesday afternoon game than anything else. I was glad to be a part of it, and learned a few things about each gentleman. Curia, owner of Ken Nelson Auto Group since 1989, and full owner since 2005, considers himself the “worst golfer in the family.” His daughter, Mandy, was a twotime Women’s Lincoln Highway Tournament runner-up, and his son, Jamie, was also a men’s LHT participant. Curia, a Dixon Country Club/Timber Creek member since 1981, is active in several service organizations, and is a big supporter of Newman High School athletics. The Franklin Grove native played hoops for the Franklin Center Eagles back in the mid-1970s, and was a teammate of highscoring guard Jeff Jahn, who remains a close friend. “Amboy and Ashton were our main rivals back then,” Curia said. Goad was the manager at Lost Nation golf course for 28 years before resigning last August, and is currently in a “temporary retirement” phase, as he put it.
Both of Goad’s children, David and Scott, were standout athletes at Dixon High School. David, who is studying for his P.H.D. in plant biology at Washington University in St. Louis, placed sixth in the Class 2A shot put in 2010. Scott, a senior at Drake University, was an allstate quarterback for the Dukes, and also excelled in track. He was on the Drake track team for 2 years, but was slowed by injuries and no longer competes for the Bulldogs. Wilson has been owner of Wilson Building and Remodeling for the past 25 years. The 1985 Dixon High School graduate has four children who have each left, or are leaving, their mark on Newman athletics. Stephen and Tim were each multi-sport athletes for the Comets. Stephen recently started a job at Ernst & Young in Chicago, while Tim is a senior at Illinois State. John is a junior at Newman, and competes in football, basketball, and track, while Lauren, a sophomore, plays volleyball and basketball. Tom Wilson is also active in coaching. He’s
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1. Bernhard Langer 2. C.Montgomerie 3. Kenny Perry 4. Jeff Maggert 5. Kevin Sutherland
69.31 69.64 69.85 69.88 69.94
Driving distance
1. Kenny Perry 2. Grant Waite 3. John Huston 4. Jesper Parnevik 5. John Riegger
298.8 296.8 296.1 292.1 291.2
Greens in regulation %
1. Tom Lehman 2. Joe Durant 3. C.Montgomerie 4. Bernhard Langer 5. Kevin Sutherland
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Birdie average
1. Jeff Maggert 2. Bernhard Langer 3. Kenny Perry 4. Wes Short Jr.
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LPGA Scoring average
1. Inbee Park 2. Stacy Lewis 3. Lydia Ko 4. Hyo-Joo Kim 5. Anna Nordqvist
69.38 69.60 69.61 69.74 70.04
Driving distance
1. Joanna Klatten 2. B. Lincicome 3. Karin Sjodin 4. Yani Tseng 5. Carlota Ciganda
273.3 270.9 269.2 268.4 267.6
Greens in regulation %
1. Lydia Ko 2. Anna Nordqvist 3. Suzann Pettersen 4. Inbee Park
78.10 76.40 76.20 75.60
Birdie average
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4.33 4.26 4.14 4.05 4.11
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Tour de France Wednesday At Pra Loup, France 17th Stage 100 miles to the foothills of the Alps from Digne-les-Bains to Pra Loup, with five categorized climbs including a Category 1 to the Col d’Allos and a Category 2 finishing ascent to Pra Loup Top 10 1. Simon Geshke, Germany, Giant-Alpecin, 4 hours, 12 minutes, 17 seconds. 2. Andrew Talansky, United States, Cannondale-Garmin, 32 seconds behind. 3. Rigoberto Uran, Colombia, Etixx-QuickStep, 1:01. 4. Thibaut Pinot, France, FDJ, 1:36. 5. Mathias Frank, Switzerland, IAM Cycling, 1:40. 6. Steven Kruijswijk, Netherlands, Lotto NL-Jumbo, 2:27. 7. Nicolas Roche, Ireland, Sky, 3:02. 8. Jonathan Castroviejo, Spain, Movistar, 3:04. 9. Serge Pauwels, Belgium, MTN-Qhubeka, 3:05. 10. Simon Yates, Britain, Orica GreenEdge, 3:21. Overall Top 20 (After 17 stages) 1. Chris Froome, Britain, Sky, 69:06:49. 2. Nairo Quintana, Colombia, Movistar, 3:10 behind. 3. Alejandro Valverde, Spain, Movistar, 4:09. 4. Geraint Thomas, Britain, Sky, 6:34. 5. Alberto Contador, Spain, Tinkoff-Saxo, 6:40. 6. Robert Gesink, Netherlands, Lotto NLJumbo, 7:39. 7. Vincenzo Nibali, Italy, Astana, 8:04. 8. Mathias Frank, Switzerland, IAM Cycling, 8:47. 9. Bauke Mollema, Netherlands, Trek Factory Racing, 11:47. 10. Warren Barguil, France, Giant-Alpecin, 13:08. 11. Romain Bardet, France, AG2R La Mondiale, 16:04. 12. Andrew Talansky, United States, Cannondale-Garmin, 16:25. 13. Samuel Sanchez, Spain, BMC Racing, 17:52. 14. Pierre Rolland, France, Europcar, 18:37. 15. Serge Pauwels, Belgium, MTN-Qhubeka, 20:07. 16. Tony Gallopin, France, Lotto-Soudal, 20:12. 17. Jarlinson Pantano, Colombia, IAM Cycling, 21:14. 18. Thibaut Pinot, France, FDJ, 26:14. 19. Jan Bakelents, Belgium, AG2R La Mondiale, 39:22. 20. Gorka Izagirre, Spain, Movistar, 40:48.
East Division W L Pct GB New York 52 41 .559 — Toronto 48 47 .505 5 Tampa Bay 48 49 .495 6 Baltimore 46 47 .495 6 Boston 42 53 .442 11 Central Division W L Pct GB Kansas City 57 36 .613 — Minnesota 50 43 .538 7 Detroit 47 47 .500 10½ Cleveland 45 48 .484 12 Chicago 42 50 .457 14½ West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 53 40 .570 — Houston 53 43 .552 1½ Texas 45 49 .479 8½ Oakland 43 52 .453 11 Seattle 43 52 .453 11
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Cubs second baseman Addison Russell (left) tags out the Reds’ Marlon Byrd during the second game of a doubleheader Wednesday in Cincinnati. The Reds won the opener 9-1, and the Cubs rallied to win the nightcap 6-5.
Splitsville in Cincinnati Cubs win Game 2 after loss; Cards rally past Sox By the Associated Press
Taylor Teagarden singled home the tiebreaking run off Aroldis Chapman with two outs in the ninth inning Wednesday night, completing the Chicago Cubs’ biggest comeback of the season for a 6-5 win and a doubleheader split with the Reds in Cincinnati. Cincinnati won the opener 9-1 behind another strong showing by Mike Leake. The Cubs overcame a five-run deficit to get the split, completed with Teagarden’s pinch-hit single off Chapman (3-4). Hector Rondon (4-2) escaped a bases-loaded threat in the eighth, and Jason Motte finished it for his sixth save in as many chances. Leake (8-5) went eight innings in the opener to beat the Cubs for the fifth straight time. Todd Frazier extended his post-home run derby surge with three more hits, includ-
Today’s games • White Sox (Samardzija 6-5) at Indians (Bauer 8-6), 6:10 p.m. TV/Radio: CSN/670 AM • Royals (C.Young 8-5) at Cardinals (Lackey 8-5), 6:15 p.m. TV/Radio: FSN/95.7 FM ing a two-run double in the first inning off Kyle Hendricks (4-5). Cubs catcher Kyle Schwarber, who grew up in nearby Middletown, Ohio, went 7-for-16 in the series with an RBI double, two homers and a stolen base. Both teams had 10-batter, fiverun rallies in the nightcap. The Reds piled up their five in the second inning against Dallas Beeler, who didn’t make it past the inning. Shortstop Starlin Castro booted a potential double-play grounder to extend the rally, and Billy Hamilton doubled home two runs.
The Cubs got their five runs in the top of the third off left-hander Tony Cingrani, who failed to make it out of the inning. Chris Denorfia doubled home two runs, and Kris Bryant tied it with a pinch-hit, two-run single. Cardinals 3, White Sox 2: Yadier Molina hit a bases-loaded triple off David Robertson with two out in the eighth inning, sending St. Louis to victory at U.S. Cellular Field. Randal Grichuk singled, Matt Holliday was hit by a pitch, and Jason Heyward reached on catcher’s interference, before Molina drove a 2-2 pitch into the corner in right for his third hit of the game. It was the first triple for the AllStar catcher since May 22, 2011, and No. 4 for his career. Kevin Siegrist struck out Adam LaRoche with runners on the corners for the final out in the eighth, and Trevor Rosenthal finished for his 29th save in 31 chances.
Mental game is toughest adjustment PAIN
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One player, 2011 graduate DeAndre Young, showed off all the physical tools he did while playing running back and defensive back for Sterling, but did say that getting mentally back into the game was the tough part. “The hardest part is adjusting to the fundamentals,” Young said. “Most of us haven’t played since high school. The physical part isn’t a problem; this is just like cardio for me. I work out
all the time, but the mental adjustments are key.” About 16 players showed up during a practice on Wednesday, and Young zipped around the field, seemingly not having lost a step. He fielded punts and served as a gunner during coverage situations. Sterling has played several tight games over the past 2 years, and attention to detail is one aspect the team doesn’t want to be lacking. Last year, Sterling edged Rock Falls 36-30 to even the all-time series at 1-1, before losing to Dixon a month later. The
winner of Friday’s game gets the winner of Saturday’s contest between Dixon and Morrison, and Sterling would love another crack. “It’s a lot of fun,” said Young, who will be playing in his second alumni game. “I mean, you get to put the pads back on and hit some people. And we’re playing Rock Falls, so that will be good, because I never got a chance to play them in high school.” While winning is fun, Young enjoys the opportunity to be able to put on the pads again. The game serves as an avenue
to take him back to high school and relive a less serious time in his life. After the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Young felt it was his duty to stand up for his country, and when he came of age, he entered the National Guard as an infantryman. He served for 3 years. He now works as a correctional officer. “I love defending my country,” Young said. “A lot of people [sign up] for the benefits, but I felt a calling to do whatever I could to defend this country. I’m real patriotic, and that’s the best way I knew how to show that.”
Hickory uniforms pretty, but miss point HAUGH
the uniforms were “awesome.” GQ Magazine called the decision “genius.” Pacers legend Reggie Miller endorsed them, as did writer Everybody relates to “Hoosiers,” Angelo Pizzo, who co-produced the a classic that has aged as well as 1986 film with director David AnsGene Hackman. When people paugh. It was considered the state’s ask about my hometown – North boldest fashion statement since Judson, Ind. (pop. 1,764) – I often former Indiana basketball coach advise them to think of Hickory. Bob Knight’s plaid sport coat. They usually go, “Ahhhh, OK.” Hoosiers everywhere marveled. But the fact that art imitated life And everyone missed the point. so well in the movie’s case doesn’t Remember when throwback unijustify the Pacers trying to make forms paid tribute to people and life imitate art in return just to places that really existed? What’s make more merchandising dollars. next, the Dallas Cowboys dressed Professional sports ruin so many as the Dillon Panthers – the ficthings in the name of money. This tional stars of the TV show “Friday just makes the list longer. Night Lights”? When the Pacers unveiled the At least the “Rocky” statue in red-and-gold uniforms Tuesday Philadelphia merely represents they will wear in select regularthe idea of an underdog – not an season games next year in a partactual underdog boxer forgotten nership with MGM to celebrate by the time tourists climb the Philthe movie’s 30th anniversary, an adelphia Art Museum’s steps. entire state practically nodded in If the Pacers wanted to pay tribapproval. They look like the same ute to the rich heritage of Indiana ones Hickory High wore in the high school basketball – the root movie, except for baggier shorts. of why the state is rabid over the They should have been modeled sport – then they should have honafter the uniforms worn by the 1954 ored the team that inspired the Milan team – the real Indiana state movie, not the team in it. Instead, champions – instead of a fictitious it would be a miracle if half the team in a film based on reality. people who will buy Hickory “Our team will be honored to jerseys even know tiny Milan in wear the Hickory uniforms because southeastern Indiana from the of the attention it will bring to the city in Italy. An entire state just got storied history of Indiana basketdumber. Thanks, Pacers. ball,” said Pacers President Larry Hoosier son: Dad, where is Hickory? Bird, a French Lick native. Hoosier dad: I think it’s next to ESPN’s SportsCenter tweeted CONTINUED FROM B1
Pawnee, that town in “Parks and Recreation.” Hoosier son: Can we go there sometime? Hoosier dad: Uh, ask your mother. You won’t find Hickory on an Indiana map. You have to look in a Pacers marketing plan. In a state that claims to care about basketball’s role in its history, the Pacers supplied the latest proof that it’s all about money – not educating a fan base, honoring a cherished memory, or doing the right thing. In January, the Indianapolis Star chronicled the dire straits of the Milan ’54 Museum. Think the shrine to the state’s most famous high school basketball team ever, in a town of 1,864 people, wouldn’t have received a financial boost from the Pacers marketing Milan jerseys and apparel? The NBA cares most about pairing a major-movie empire with a small-market team always looking for ways to enhance its profile. Customers only really care if the slick, new jersey fits. “The Hickory uniform … will serve as an inspiration to fans everywhere that no matter how improbable the challenge may be, amazing things can be accomplished through teamwork, determination, heart, and hustle,” the gushy press release read. Wearing jerseys with M-I-L-A-N on the front would have provided a truer inspiration of the same principles. This is one happy ending Hollywood blew.
Wednesday’s results Philadelphia 5, Tampa Bay 4, 10 innings Cleveland 7, Milwaukee 5 Texas 10, Colorado 8 N.Y. Yankees 4, Baltimore 3 Detroit 9, Seattle 4 Houston 4, Boston 2 Kansas City 5, Pittsburgh 1 St. Louis 3, Chicago White Sox 2 Minnesota at L.A. Angels, late Toronto at Oakland, late Today’s games Baltimore (U.Jimenez 7-5) at N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 6-3), 12:05 p.m. Seattle (Iwakuma 2-1) at Detroit (Price 9-3), 12:08 p.m. Minnesota (E.Santana 1-0) at L.A. Angels (Richards 10-6), 2:35 p.m. Toronto (Hutchison 9-2) at Oakland (Kazmir 5-5), 2:35 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Samardzija 6-5) at Cleveland (Bauer 8-6), 6:10 p.m. Kansas City (C.Young 8-5) at St. Louis (Lackey 8-5), 6:15 p.m. Boston (Miley 8-8) at Houston (McCullers 4-3), 7:10 p.m. Wednesday’s box score
CARDINALS 3, WHITE SOX 2 St. Louis
Chicago ab r h bi ab r h bi Wong 2b 5 0 0 0 Eaton cf 3 0 1 0 Grichk cf 4 1 1 0 Saladin 3b 4 1 0 0 Hollidy dh 3 0 1 0 Abreu 1b 4 0 2 1 Kozma pr-dh 0 1 0 0 MeCarr lf 4 0 1 1 JhPerlt ss 4 0 1 0 AvGarc rf 4 0 1 0 Heywrd rf 3 1 0 0 LaRoch dh 4 0 0 0 Molina c 4 0 3 3 AlRmrz ss 4 0 1 0 MCrpnt 3b 4 0 0 0 Flowrs c 3 0 0 0 Rynlds 1b 2 0 0 0 Shuck ph 1 0 0 0 Pisctty lf 4 0 1 0 CSnchz 2b 4 1 2 0 Totals 33 3 7 3 Totals 35 2 8 2 St. Louis 000 000 030 — 3 Chicago 000 002 000 — 2 E–Flowers (1). DP–Chicago 1. LOB–St. Louis 7, Chicago 7. 2B–Piscotty (1), Eaton (14). 3B–Molina (1). SB–Al.Ramirez (11). IP H R ER BB SO St. Louis Lynn 6 5 2 2 1 8 Socolovich W,4-1 1 1 0 0 0 2 Tuivailala H,2 2/3 2 0 0 0 1 Siegrist H,18 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 Rosenthal S,29-31 1 0 0 0 0 1 Chicago Danks 6 2/3 5 0 0 0 5 Petricka H,9 1/3 0 0 0 1 0 Duke L,3-4 H,17 2/3 1 3 2 0 1 Robertson BS,5 1 1/3 1 0 0 1 2 HBP–by Duke (Holliday).
National League
East Division W L Pct Washington 51 42 .548 New York 49 46 .516 Atlanta 45 50 .474 Miami 39 55 .415 Philadelphia 34 63 .351 Central Division W L Pct St. Louis 60 34 .638 Pittsburgh 54 40 .574 Chicago 51 43 .543 Cincinnati 42 51 .452 Milwaukee 42 53 .442 West Division W L Pct Los Angeles 54 42 .563 San Francisco 51 44 .537 Arizona 43 49 .467 San Diego 44 51 .463 Colorado 40 53 .430
GB — 3 7 12½ 19 GB — 6 9 17½ 18½ GB — 2½ 9 9½ 12½
Wednesday’s results L.A. Dodgers 3, Atlanta 1 Cincinnati 9, Chicago Cubs 1, 1st game Washington 4, N.Y. Mets 3 Philadelphia 5, Tampa Bay 4, 10 innings Cleveland 7, Milwaukee 5 Texas 10, Colorado 8 San Francisco 7, San Diego 1 Chicago Cubs 6, Cincinnati 5, 2nd game Kansas City 5, Pittsburgh 1 St. Louis 3, Chicago White Sox 2 Miami at Arizona, late Today’s games Washington (Fister 3-5) at Pittsburgh (Liriano 5-6), 6:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 7-6) at N.Y. Mets (B.Colon 9-8), 6:10 p.m. Kansas City (C.Young 8-5) at St. Louis (Lackey 8-5), 6:15 p.m. Milwaukee (Fiers 5-7) at Arizona (Godley 0-0), 8:40 p.m. Miami (Koehler 7-6) at San Diego (T.Ross 6-7), 9:10 p.m. Wednesday’s box scores Game 1
REDS 9, CUBS 1 Chicago
ab 4 3 4 4 3 4 3 2 0 1 0 3 31
r 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
h 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
bi 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Cincinnati
ab r h bi Coghln lf Phillips 2b 5 1 1 0 Schwrr c Bourgs rf 5 1 1 0 Rizzo 1b Votto 1b 4 3 3 1 Soler rf Frazier 3b 5 2 3 2 Bryant 3b Suarez ss 4 1 1 2 Denorfi cf Schmkr lf 3 1 1 1 JHerrr 2b BHmltn cf 4 0 1 2 Hndrck p Brnhrt c 3 0 2 1 Medina p Leake p 4 0 0 0 Tegrdn ph Badnhp p 0 0 0 0 NRmrz p ARussll ss Totals Totals 37 9 13 9 Chicago 001 000 000 — 1 Cincinnati 400 010 40x — 9 E–A.Russell (11). DP–Cincinnati 1. LOB– Chicago 5, Cincinnati 8. 2B–A.Russell (17), Frazier 2 (28), Suarez (5). HR–Votto (17). SB–Schwarber (1), Schumaker (1). IP H R ER BB SO Chicago Hendricks L,4-5 6 7 5 5 2 9 Medina 1 4 4 4 2 1 Ne.Ramirez 1 2 0 0 0 1 Cincinnati Leake W,8-5 8 4 1 1 0 6 Badenhop 1 1 0 0 2 1 Balk–Hendricks. Game 2
CUBS 6, REDS 5 Chicago
Cincinnati ab r h bi ab r h bi Fowler cf 5 0 2 0 BHmltn cf 5 0 3 2 SCastro ss 5 1 1 1 Votto 1b 2 0 2 0 Rizzo 1b 4 2 2 0 Frazier 3b 5 0 0 0 Soler rf 3 1 0 0 Bruce rf 5 0 0 1 Denorfi lf 3 1 1 2 B.Pena c 5 1 1 0 Strop p 0 0 0 0 Byrd lf 3 1 2 0 Hamml ph 1 0 0 0 Suarez ss 5 1 2 0 Soriano p 0 0 0 0 DJssJr 2b 4 1 2 1 HRndn p 0 0 0 0 Cingrn p 1 1 0 1 Tegrdn ph-c 1 0 1 1 Villarrl p 2 0 0 0 ARussll 2b 4 0 2 0 Ju.Diaz p 0 0 0 0 D.Ross c 2 0 1 0 Schmkr ph 1 0 1 0 Schwrr ph-c 2 0 0 0 AChpm p 0 0 0 0 Motte p 0 0 0 0 Beeler p 1 0 0 0 Bryant ph-3b 3 0 1 2 JHerrr 3b 2 1 1 0 T.Wood p 0 0 0 0 Coghln lf 2 0 0 0 Totals 38 6 12 6 Totals 38 5 13 5 Chicago 005 000 001 — 6 Cincinnati 050 000 000 — 5 E–S.Castro (16). DP–Chicago 1. LOB– Chicago 10, Cincinnati 12. 2B–Fowler (14), S.Castro (9), Rizzo (25), Denorfia (8), J.Herrera (3), B.Hamilton 2 (6). SB–Fowler (15), Rizzo (13), Bryant 2 (10). CS–Byrd (1). IP H R ER BB SO Chicago Beeler 2 6 5 3 2 0 T.Wood 2 1/3 3 0 0 1 3 Strop 1 2/3 0 0 0 2 4 Soriano 1 1 0 0 0 1 H.Rondon W,4-2 1 2 0 0 1 1 Motte S,6-6 1 1 0 0 0 2 Cincinnati Cingrani 2 2/3 6 5 5 2 3 Villarreal 4 1/3 2 0 0 0 2 Ju.Diaz 1 1 0 0 0 2 A.Chapman L,3-4 1 3 1 1 2 2 HBP–by Cingrani (Rizzo). WP–Strop.
Auto racing Points standings NASCAR Sprint Cup Through July 19 1. Kevin Harvick 2. Joey Logano 3. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 4. Jimmie Johnson 5. Martin Truex Jr. 6. Brad Keselowski 7. Matt Kenseth 8. Kurt Busch 9. Jamie McMurray 10. Jeff Gordon 11. Denny Hamlin 12. Kasey Kahne 13. Ryan Newman 14. Paul Menard 15. Aric Almirola 16. Clint Bowyer 17. Carl Edwards 18. Greg Biffle 19. Austin Dillon 20. Casey Mears NASCAR Xfinity Through July 18 1. Chris Buescher 2. Chase Elliott 3. Ty Dillon 4. Regan Smith 5. Elliott Sadler 6. Darrell Wallace Jr. 7. Daniel Suarez 8. Brendan Gaughan 9. Ryan Reed 10. Brian Scott NASCAR Trucks Through July 9 1. Matt Crafton 2. Tyler Reddick 3. Erik Jones 4. Johnny Sauter 5. Jon Wes Townley 6. Timothy Peters 7. Cameron Hayley 8. Spencer Gallagher (tie) Daniel Hemric 10. Ben Kennedy IndyCar Through July 18 1. Juan Pablo Montoya 2. Graham Rahal 3. Scott Dixon 4. Helio Castroneves 5. Will Power 6. Sebastien Bourdais 7. Marco Andretti 8. Josef Newgarden 9. Tony Kanaan 10. Simon Pagenaud 11. Carlos Munoz 12. Ryan Hunter-Reay 13. Charlie Kimball 14. Takuma Sato 15. James Jakes Formula One Through July 5 1. Lewis Hamilton 2. Nico Rosberg 3. Sebastian Vettel 4. Valtteri Bottas 5. Kimi Raikkonen 6. Felipe Massa 7. Daniel Ricciardo 8. Daniil Kvyat 9. Nico Hulkenberg 10. Romain Grosjean NHRA Through July 12 Top Fuel 1. Tony Schumacher 2. Antron Brown 3. Larry Dixon 4. Doug Kalitta 5. Richie Crampton Funny Car 1. Matt Hagan 2. Ron Capps 3. Jack Beckman (tie) Del Worsham 5. John Force Pro Stock 1. Greg Anderson 2. Erica Enders 3. Jason Line 4. Chris McGaha 5. Allen Johnson
Points 734 665 655 646 628 603 578 576 574 573 552 538 530 528 502 500 487 437 434 427
Points 623 592 585 564 555 547 516 506 502 494
Points 417 397 388 359 330 322 315 308 308 297
Points 445 403 397 391 390 366 358 352 324 294 281 278 275 240 213
Points 194 177 135 77 76 74 36 27 24 17
1,028 1,008 848 844 796 1,024 846 835 835 801 1,148 1,082 934 891 736
Transactions BASEBALL National League CHICAGO CUBS — Designated LHP Clayton Richard for assignment. Recalled RHPs Dallas Beeler and Yoervis Medina from Iowa (PCL). Sent LHP Zac Rosscup to Tennessee (SL) for a rehab assignment. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Sent RHP Mitch Harris to Memphis (PCL) for a rehab assignment. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association CHARLOTTE HORNETS — Signed F Tyler Hansbrough. DETROIT PISTONS — Signed F Stanley Johnson. SACRAMENTO KINGS — Signed G Seth Curry to a two-year contract and Fs Quincy Acy and Duje Dukan. SAN ANTONIO SPURS — Signed F Jonathon Simmons and G Jimmer Fredette. COLLEGE ARKANSAS — Suspended G Anton Beard, Fs Jacorey Williams and Dustin Thomas indefinitely from the men’s basketball team after being arrested for using counterfeit money to buy merchandise. IOWA — Announced OL Reid Sealby will transfer to Southern Illinois.
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Nicole Kidman said, “When you relinquish the desire to control your future, you can have more happiness.” Not at the bridge table. If you can successfully control your future, you will make or break the contract and be happy – as will your partner. In today’s deal, look at the North and East hands. South is in three no-trump. After West leads the club queen, how should East try to stay happy? North was a trick too strong for his three-diamond rebid, but nothing else was better. East should stop to consider the alternatives. In no-trump, far more often
than not, if third hand wins the first trick, he returns his partner’s suit. But if East does that here, how many tricks can declarer cash? At least 10: two hearts, seven diamonds (even if South
has a void) and one club. After taking the first trick with East’s club ace, the defenders must find four spade winners immediately. The best chance to do that is for East to lead the spade 10 or queen. With this layout, the defenders do take four spade tricks and defeat the contract. Note that here, shifting to a low spade at trick two is no good. Declarer just plays low from his hand. The only time it is better to lead the spade two is when West has the spade ace-kingjack-tripleton and thinks of winning the first spade trick with his king, not with the jack. In this situation, if you need two spade tricks, lead low; if you need three or four tricks, lead high. © 2015 UFS
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1st FARM CREDIT SERVICES, FLCA, Plaintiff, vs.
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WILLIAM G. MANFIELD; THEODORE E. JACOBS; UNKNOWN OWNERS and NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants,
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered by the Court in the above entitled cause, the property hereinafter described, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said judgment, will be sold to the highest bidder for cash. A. The name, address and telephone number of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate is: Debi Fowler, Risk Assets Credit Specialist, 1st Farm Credit Services, 2000 Jacobssen Drive, Normal, IL 61761. Telephone: (309) 2680154. B. The legal description of the real estate is: Part of the Northwest Quarter of Section 2 and part of the Northeast Quarter of Section 3 all in Township 20 North, Range 7 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian, and part of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 35, Township 21 North, Range 7 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian, all in Whiteside County, Illinois described as follows: beginning at the Southeast corner of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 2; thence Westerly on the South line of the said Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 2, 1319.33 feet more or less to the Southwest corner thereof; thence Southerly on the West line of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 2, also being the East line of the Northeast Quarter of Section 3, 934.07 feet more or less to a point on the Northerly Right of Way line of F.A. Route 403 (I-88), said point being 167.0 feet perpendicularly distant Northerly of the centerline of survey for said F.A. 403; thence Westerly on said Northerly Right of Way line, 143.74 feet to a point 177.0 feet perpendicularly distant Northerly of Station 2519+00 on said centerline of survey; thence Westerly on said Northerly right of way 900.31 feet to a point 155.0 feet perpendicularly distant Northerly of Station 2510+00 on said centerline of survey; thence Westerly parallel with said centerline of survey on said Northerly right of way line, 280.70 feet more or less to a point on the West line of the East Half of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 3; thence Northerly on said West line, 2050.53 feet more or less to a point on a line 213.0 feet Southerly of and parallel with the North line of the Northwest Quarter of Section 3, said line being the Southerly right of way line of the Commonwealth Edison Property; thence Easterly on said Southerly right of way line parallel with the North line of the said Northeast Quarter of Section 3 and parallel with the North line of the Northwest Quarter of Section 2, 1380.34 feet; thence Northeasterly on said Commonwealth Edison right of way line at an angle of 139 degrees 56 minutes 00 seconds measured clockwise from the last described course, 712.71 feet more or less to a point on the Northerly right of way line of F. A. Route 141 (U. S. Route 30); thence Southeasterly on said right of way line on a curve to the left, said curve having a radius of 6561.12 feet, a chord distance of 741.16 feet more or less to a point on the East line of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 35; Township 21 North, Range 7 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian; thence Southerly on said East line of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 35, 88.6 feet more or less to the Southeast corner thereof; thence Westerly on the South line of the said Southwest Quarter of Section 35, also being the North line of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 2, 9.24 feet to the Northeast corner of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 2; thence Southerly on the East line of the said Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 2; 1323.96 feet more or less to the said point of beginning; EXCEPTING THEREFROM, that part conveyed to the State of Illinois by Deed recorded January 24, 2007 as Document No. 778-2007, and more particularly described as follows: A part of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 35, Township 21 North, Range 7 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian, and part of the Northwest Quarter of Section 2, Township 20 North, Range 7 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian, Whiteside County, State of Illinois, described as follows: Commencing at the Southwest corner of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 35; thence North 89 degrees 26 minutes 37 seconds East, (Bearings assumed for description purposes only) 252.63 feet on the South line of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 35, to the Easterly line of premises conveyed to Illinois Northern Utilities Company from John David Manfield and Ida Manfield by Warranty Deed recorded May 6, 1950 as Document No. 191999 in the Recorder?s Office of Whiteside County, Illinois; thence North 49 degrees 30 minutes 38 seconds East, 254.37 feet on the Easterly line of said premises so conveyed, to the Point of Beginning. From the Point of Beginning thence North 49 degrees 30 minutes 38 seconds East, 133.65 feet on the Easterly line of said premises so conveyed, to the Northerly right-of-way line of FAU Route 5564 (US 30); thence East 780.48 feet on said Northerly right-of-way line on a curve to the left, having a radius of 6,560.74 feet, a central angle of 6 degrees 48 minutes 58 seconds and the long chord of said curve bears South 79 degrees 35 minutes 44 seconds East, a chord distance of 780.02 feet, to the East line of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 35; thence South 0 degrees 18 minutes 36 seconds East, 100.76 feet on said East line, to the Southeast corner of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 35; thence South 89 degrees 26 minutes 38 seconds West, 10.85 feet on the South line of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 35, to the Northeast corner of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 2; thence South 0 degrees 03 minutes 46 seconds West, 171.73 feet on the East line of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 2; thence South 89 degrees 28 minutes 56 seconds West, 16.70 feet, to the Westerly right-of-way line of McNeil Road; thence North 22 degrees 49 minutes 38 seconds West, 26.16 feet; thence North 0 degrees 00 minutes 37 seconds West, 100.00 feet; thence North 34 degrees 49 minutes 20 seconds West, 31.74 feet; thence North 80 degrees 25 minutes 01 seconds West, 283.31 feet; thence North 77 degrees 56 minutes 01 seconds West 328.57 feet; thence North 74 degrees 02 minutes 41 seconds West 221.21 feet, to the Point of Beginning, containing 2.399 acres, more or less, of which 1.970 acres, more or less has been previously set aside for public highway purposes. (PINs: 11-35-352-005; 17-02-101-003; and 17-03-200006) C. A description of the real estate and the improvements thereon: 104.5 acres, 98 tillable with irrigation well. Center pivot irrigation equipment located on the subject property is owned by the current tenant and is not being sold. Farm is located in Whiteside County, IL approx. 1 mile East of Rock Falls, IL in Sections 2 and 3 of Montmorency Township and Sections 35 of Coloma Township. Paved frontage road to the east on McNeil Rd and to the north along IL Route 30. Interstate 88 borders the subject to the south. D. The time and place of the sale are: Thursday, August 6, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at the Whiteside County Courthouse, Morrison, Illinois. E. The terms of the sale are: The sale will be by open verbal bid conducted by the Sheriff of Whiteside County, Illinois. The property will be sold to the highest bidder for cash. The successful purchaser will be required to pay 10% of purchase price on the day of the sale in the form of a cashier?s check or other certified funds. The balance of the purchase price will be due in full 30 days after entry of the Order approving the sale. Possession of the property will be given to the successful purchaser upon payment in full of the balance of the purchase price. This sale is by order of the Circuit Court of Whiteside County, Illinois, and 1st Farm Credit Services, FLCA makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied. The property will be sold "as is". 1st Farm Credit, FLCA will provide title insurance for the premises. All real estate taxes and special assessments for the year 2014, and before, shall be paid by 1st Farm Credit, FLCA. The real estate taxes and special assessments for the year 2015 shall be prorated between 1st Farm Credit, FLCA and the successful purchaser to the date possession is delivered. The 2015 real estate taxes and special assessments will be estimated from the most recent rate, multiplier and assessment definitely determined. The successful purchaser will be responsible for payment of the real estate transfer tax upon receipt and recording of the deed to the property. Any statements made at the time of the sale will supersede any previously advertised or announced. This sale is subject to confirmation by the Circuit Court of Whiteside County, Illinois. In the event that this sale is not confirmed, the successful bidder who is affected thereby will have its down payment returned to it. Susan E. Ottens Whiteside County Circuit Clerk Whiteside County Courthouse Morrison, IL 61270 Robert Lindstrom, Attorney at Law (ARDC No. 01668552) Attorney for 1st Farm Credit Services, FLCA 311 East Main Street, Suite 412 Galesburg, IL 61401 Telephone: (309) 343-3000 Facsimile: (309) 343-3001 Email: bob@boblindstromlaw.com July 16, 23 & 30 2015 NOTICE AANCHOR ROAD STORAGE 823 Anchor Rd Dixon, IL 61021 815.284.6900 Will hold a public sale to enforce a lien(s) Date of Sale FRIDAY JULY 31, 2015 AT 6P.M. Customer Name(s): JAMES HELFRICH UNIT 332 July 16, 23 2015
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ANNUAL BUDGET AND APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING THE 1ST DAY OF JULY, 2015 AND ENDING THE 30TH DAY OF JUNE, 2015 WHEREAS, The Board of Trustees of the Rock Falls Public Library District, Whiteside County, Illinois, has prepared or caused to be prepared a tentative form of the Annual Budget and Appropriation for said Library District for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014 and ending June 30, 2015 and the same has been conveniently available for public inspection for at least thirty (30) days prior to final action thereon; and WHEREAS, a public hearing was held as to such Annual Budget and Appropriation Ordinance on July 13, 2015, notice of which was given at least thirty (30) days prior thereto; and WHEREAS, all other legal requirements have been duly complied with by the Board of Trustees of the Rock Falls Public Library District; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE ROCK FALLS PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT, IN THE COUNTY OF WHITESIDE AND STATE OF ILLINOIS, AS FOLLOWS: That the following sums, or so much thereof as by law may be Section 1: authorized, be and the same are hereby budgeted, set aside and appropriated for the specified Library Purposes for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015 and ending June 30, 2016; and the objects and purposes for which said appropriations are made, and the amounts thereby appropriated are as follows; to-wit: FOR CORPORATE PURPOSES [75 ILCS 16/35-5]: 1. For salaries $103,000 2. For library materials a. books $27,000 b. periodicals $3,000 c. audio-visual $2,500 Total $32,500 3. For postage $350 4. For staff development $650 5. For library supplies $9,600 6. For telephone $3,400 7. For automation system support $4,000 . 8. For equipment $1,000 9. For Professional Services- Legal Fees $13,000 10. For contingencies $500 11. For technology $7,000 12. For programming $3,500 TOTAL $178,500 FOR SOCIAL SECURITY FUND PURPOSES [40 ILCS 5/21-110; 21-110.1]: 1. Social Security and Medicare Taxes $9,000 TOTAL $9,000 FOR ILL. MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT FUND [40 ILCS 5/7-105; 7-171]: 1. Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund $13,000 TOTAL $13,000 FOR AUDIT PURPOSES (75 ILCS 16/30-45 and 50 ILCS 310/9]: 1. Contractual Services-Audit $7,300 TOTAL $7,300 FOR LIABILITY, WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, [745 ILCS 10/9-107]: 1. Insurance $18,000 Risk management and Loss Control $100 Program 2. Contingency $500 $18,600 TOTAL FOR BUILDING MAINTENANCE FUND: [75 ILCS 16/35-5] 1. Building Maintenance Costs: a. General maintenance $6,476 b. custodian $3,500 c. utilities $8,000 d. alarm monitoring/security $800 e. Contingency $500 TOTAL $19,276 TOTAL
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STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 15th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LEE COUNTY IN RE THE MATTER OF: Christy Joy Settles on behalf of Alyscia Nykol Lottman CHANGE OF NAME TO: Alyscia Settles ORDER FOR CHANGE OF NAME The court, having considered the Petition for change of Name filed herein by Plaintiff, heard the evidence, and being otherwise fully advised in the premises, finds that it should be granted. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the plaintiff's name of Alyscia Nykol Lottman, is hereby changed to Alyscia Nykol Settles, by which he/she shall be hereafter known and called.
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County of Lee Date Premises Sold October 30,2012 Certificate No. 2012-00220 Sold for General Taxes of 2011 Sold for Special Assessment of (Municipality) and Specal assessment number (Not Applicable) Warrant No. (Not Applicable) Inst. No. (Not Applicable) THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at: 216 West River Road, Dixon, Illinois Property Index No. 07-08-205-021 This notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale will expire on October 30, 2015. The amount of the redeem is subject to increase at 6-month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming. This notice is also to advise you that a petition has been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this property if redemption is not made on or before October 30, 2015. This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of Lee County, on November 24, 2015 at 11:30 a.m. at the Lee County Courts Building 309 South Galena Avenue, Dixon, Illinois in Courtroom 330. You may be present at this hearing but your right to redeem will already have expired at the time. YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made at any time on or before October 30, 2015 by applying to the County Clerk of Lee County, Illinois at the Office of the County Clerk in Dixon, Illinois. For further information contact the County Clerk Address: 112 East 2nd Street, Dixon IL 61021 P.O. Box 329, Dixon IL 61021 Telephone: (815) 288-3309 Midwest Tulsa Property, Inc. MICHAEL J. WILSON & ASSOCIATES Michael J. Wilson Attorneys at Law 309 West Washington Street, Suit 1200 Chicago, IL 60606 Purchaser or Assignee Dated Dated 7/17/2015 312-781-9510
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TO: Donald Bons Estate, Barbara Bons Estate, Deborah Bons, Brenda Desmond, Jennifer Bons, Johnny Bons, Deborah L Hashaway aka Deborah Bons Citimortgage Inc. Successor In Interest By Merger To Citifinancial Mortgage Co Inc. Successor In Interest By Merger to Associates Finance Inc., Cavalry Portfolio Services LLC, Verdugo Trustee Service Corp As Successor Trustee Under Said Deed Of Trust, Arrow Financial Services LLC, NCO Portfolio Management Inc S/I/I/ to Retailers National Bank / Target, and unknown owners or parties interested.
TO: Jarvis J. McNeilly, Steven J. McNeilly, Kristy S. McNeilly, Jarvis McNeilly, Current Occupant, Kristy McNeilly, 1st Farm Credit Services FLCA, 1st Farm Credit Services, and unknown owners or parties interested. A Petition for Tax Deed on premises described below has been filed in the Circuit Court of LEE County, Illinois, as case 15-TX-25. The real estate is described as: Parcel #: 21-12-35-100-013 Said property was sold on OCTOBER 30, 2012 for the General Taxes for the year 2011. The period of redemption will expire on OCTOBER 29, 2015. On NOVEMBER 10, 2015, the petitioner will make application to such court in said County for an order for Tax Deed should the real estate not be redeemed. Vista Securities, Inc. Petitioner July 23, 24, 25, 2015
A Petition for Tax Deed on premises described below has been filed in the Circuit Court of WHITESIDE County, Illinois, as case 15-TX-28. The real estate is described as: Parcel #: 20-21-376-003 Said property was sold on NOVEMBER 8, 2012 for the General Taxes for the year 2011. The period of redemption will expire on NOVEMBER 6, 2015. On NOVEMBER 25, 2015, the petitioner will make application to such court in said County for an order for Tax Deed should the real estate not be redeemed. Vista Securities, Inc. Petitioner July 20, 21, 22, 2015 TAKE NOTICE CERTIFICATE NO. 2012-00056 TO: Robert E. Logan Sr., Diane R. Logan Estate, Robert Logan, Bob Logan's Grove Park Unique & Antique, Franklin Grove Bank & Trust Dtd 07-19-88, Steve Basthoff Trustee, Franklin Grove Bank, Heirs, Devisees & Legatees, and unknown owners or parties interested. A Petition for Tax Deed on premises described below has been filed in the Circuit Court of LEE County, Illinois, as case 15-TX-22. The real estate is described as: Parcel #: 06-09-02-226-007 Said property was sold on OCTOBER 30, 2012 for the General Taxes for the year 2011. The period of redemption will expire on OCTOBER 29, 2015. On NOVEMBER 10, 2015, the petitioner will make application to such court in said County for an order for Tax Deed should the real estate not be redeemed. Vista Securities, Inc. Petitioner July 23, 24, 25, 2015 TAKE NOTICE CERTIFICATE NO. 2012-00019 TO: All Day Management LLC, Dan A. Brusveen, Heartland Bank & Trust Co., O'Brien Law Offices P.C., Coldwell Banker Honing-Bell, Susan A. Brusveen, and unknown owners or parties interested. A Petition for Tax Deed on premises described below has been filed in the Circuit Court of Lee County, Illinois, as case 15-TX-23. The real estate is described as: Parcel #: 02-15-15-477-019 Said property was sold on OCTOBER 30, 2012 for the General Taxes for the year 2011. The period of redemption will expire on OCTOBER 29, 2015. On NOVEMBER 10, 2015, the petitioner will make application to such court in said County for an order for Tax Deed should the real estate not be redeemed.
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TAKE NOTICE CERTIFICATE NO. 2012-00113 TO: Janice Glenn Estate, Brenda Gale Glenn, Illinois Attorney General, IL Dept. of Healthcare & Fam Services, Heirs, Devisees & Legatees, and unknown owners or parties interested. A Petition for Tax Deed on premises described below has been filed in the Circuit Court of LEE County, Illinois, as case 15-TX-24. The real estate is described as: Parcel #: 07-08-05-240-004 Said property was sold on OCTOBER 30, 2012 for the General Taxes for the year 2011. The period of redemption will expire on OCTOBER 29, 2015. On NOVEMBER 10, 2015, the petitioner will make application to such court in said County for an order for Tax Deed should the real estate not be redeemed.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given by the Whiteside County Regional Office of Education, Administrative Agent of Bi-County Special Education Cooperative Joint Agreement, in the County of Whiteside, State of Illinois, that the proposed budget for said Joint Agreement, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, will be on file and conveniently available to public inspection at the Whiteside County ROE office, 1001 W. 23rd Street, Sterling, IL 61081 and at the Carroll County ROE office, 27 S. State Ave., Suite 101, Freeport, IL 61032 within the boundaries of this Joint Agreement until August 25, 2015. A Public Hearing on approval of the proposed Budget will be held August 25, 2015 at 10:30 am at the Whiteside Area Career Center. Laurie A. Heson Director of Bi-County Special Education Cooperative July 23, 2015
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ROCK FALLS GARAGE SALES 624
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STERLING GARAGE SALES 624
PETS & PET SUPPLIES 775
MISCELLANEOUS 796 FOR SALE
Friday 7am – 1 pm Saturday 8am – 12 1224 Robin Rd Numerous small hand tools, band & scroll saw, belt sander on stand, Homelite weed eater & 18” chain saw, 4 1/2 grinder, wood clamps, wood craft materials, 3/8” drill, sockets, Toro snow blower, Freud chisel set, electrical misc, 4 dr. file cabinet, Ludwig snare drum, guitar amp., oil lamps, pet carrier, pet clothes, men's jeans, shirts XL, small couch.
Friday Only 8 – 4 1679 US Rt. 52 (just past Shamrock Pub) Train table, entertainment center, dressers, twin bed with dresser & bottom drawers, Little Tikes climber & hoop, basketball Step 2 easel, vanity, patio table/ chairs, men's lg. & 32 jeans, AC, AE, Hollister, Nike, Carhartt, Free: couch, VHS movies & lounge chairs
Thurs & Fri 8 to 4 1907 W 4th Street 1823 W 4th Street Fine jewelry, fishing poles, dolls, records, plants, lamps, DVD's, furniture, microwave, Cockatiel's, misc.
Fri. & Sat. 9-5 300 W. 19th St. Furniture, file cabinet, Torro weed eater, tv, stove, left-handed golf clubs, clothes & lots of misc.
Friday only 7-2 30580 Woodside Drive Lots of girl's clothes, NB-24 mo., boy's 4T-7, men's & women's, Vera Bradley purses, new 31 bags, refrigerator, electric stove, exercise canning equip., jars, futon, Dixon zero turn mower, 2 Seater high top kitchen table, Scentsational scents products, misc. household. Debit & credit cards accepted.
Fri. 7-3 & Sat. 7-12 3407 16th Ave. Bestest Garage Sale!!! Maternity, girls clothes NB-Jr., womens & men clothing, home décor, Americana, toys & tons of misc.
Wanted: Tea Cup size Chihuahua, adult, short hair, reasonably priced or free. 815-5649022 after 2:00.
Claw Foot tub, good clean condition $100 obo 626372-1527 Electric 18” Grill $10 815-288-3798
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Extension Ladder used in roofing industry. $50 815625-8805 Items for sale: Drill press, welder, air comp., table saw, kiln, 2 lathes, surface grinder, elec. motors, 2 boats, 4 motorcycles. Call for details. 779-245-4996
Thurs, Fri. 8–5pm 214 E. McKenney ESTATE SALE Antiques, Longaberger, furniture, lamps, TV's, glassware, shop vac, household items
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Fri 7-4 1220 Robin Rd Multi-family Moving Sale Desk, entertainment center, Lazy boy recliner, Gas grill, small freezer, pine chest, laptop, game system ac., movies, dvd/vhs, dishes, tupperware, Longanberger, Lots of household items!! Fri. & Sat. 7-5 519 2nd Ave. Huge Garage Sale! Clothing - Men's 34 & 36, XL, Womhousehold, en's, furniture, rugs, vintage. Too much to list. Check us out!
Friday 8-2 225 Ave. D Ottoman chair, toys, kids clothes, high chair, Longaberger, Infant bike carrier, elect scooter, screen décor, changing table, collector items, fall décor & tents. Friday 8-5 1401 13th Ave. Mens & womens clothing, furniture, dishes, shoes, plants, jewelry, lawn mower & misc Friday only 8-2 1003 Selmi Lane (off Wiker Drive) Adult & kid's clothes 50¢ apiece, boy's 0-3T, girl's 46, kid's shoes, scrubs, toys, couch, 3 in 1 crib, knick knacks. Thurs. & Fri. 8-2 304 W 19th St. Baby clothes, craft items, material & misc. Canceled if Rain
Thurs. & Fri. 9-4 Sat. 9-1 4006 W. Rt. 30 Gold jewelry, costume jewelry, table saw, garden disk, wood plainer, power tools, hand tools, fishing equipment, camping equipment & much misc. Thurs. Fri. & Saturday 8-2 23000 Prophet Rd. (5½ Mi. out on Right Side) New Scentsy warmers, queen size bed & mattress, electric washer & dryer, mens clothing 4230 XXL, Jrs. Sm.Lg., womens 16-18 2XL, lamps, comforters (Q & T), woments winter boots sz 10-12, house goods & hold much more. No Knick Knacks Wed. thru Sat. 9-5 604 Marsha Lane (off Dixon Ave. behind Casey's) 3 Family Sale TV, 55 gal. aquarium & stand, books for all, cookbooks, baby girl, girl's clothing 8-16 & adult, shoes, purses, linens, toys, misc., hostas.
STERLING GARAGE SALES 624 Fri. & Sat. 9-3 1508 Avenue K Huge Garage Sale Tables, chairs, couch, hardware, tools, old & new items, much misc.
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AMBOY GARAGE SALES 624
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Fri. 8-2 Sat. 8-1 (unless raining) 1004 W. 2nd St. (corner of 10th Ave. garage is on side street) WWII uniforms & other old army items, old & newer dolls & doll accessories, doll house miniatures, sewing pattern craft kits & supplies & much more!
Over the top sale! In-home estate/ moving tag sale of the personal property of Jean Wadsworth. Fri & Sat 9-6 Sun.10-5 Rock Falls Prophetstown road. Info & pics on Estatesales.net
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Thurs. 9-? Fri 9-? Sat. 9-? 1063 Franklin Rd. Country decor, horse tack, craft housesupplies, wares, lots of misc. Half Price Saturday
Fri. 7-3 & Sat. 8-12 714 Marsha Lane Everything priced to go and in good condition!! Multi family sale includes womens clothing, housewares, décor, furniture, sporting goods & misc.
Fri. 8-5 & Sat. 8-1 28221 Woodside Drive TONS of girl clothes sz. NB-7/8, kids table & chairs, toys, shoes, books, coats, boots, misc household items, weed eater and misc tools.
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Fri. 7-3 & Sat. 8-1 712 Marsha Lane Womens Clothing & leather coats, household misc., rugs, nice Christmas & Thanksgiving décor. Canceled if Rain
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Fri. 7-4 Sat. 7-12 1608 E. 18th St. Like new Pack-nPlay, Coach purses, children thru clothing, adult toys, Longaberger baskets, so much more! Friday 8-3 1415 W. 21st St. Multi-Family Sale Household items, furniture, children's clothing, toys, convertible baby bed & dressers, Pottery Barn desk & chair, & other misc. Thursday 3-8 Fri. 10-4 Sat. 10-1 1511 Avenue J Clothing, bedding, cookware, Xmas wooden items, toys, Cub Cadet riding lawn mower, snow blower, electric stove, Rudd House furnice & lots of misc. items.
TAMPICO GARAGE SALES 624 Tues. - Sat. 7-6 211 Canal St. Large 60 gallon pole sprayer w/ new pump. Self lawn propelled mower, weed eaters, 5 horse power gas motor just over hauled. Water pipe stand w/ dise. Deep well water pump w/ motor, Sand assortpoints, ments of pipes 2 buckets of fittings, attack stairway flesh ceiling mount, chipper shredder works good & Upright deep freezer good shape.
ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES 705 I Buy: Antiques, collectibles, toys, post cards, etc. 815-445-6151.
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FURNITURE
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78” Couch, great condition, brown tones $100 815-973-1785 Antique Walnut Desk w/ granite top, 64”L x 40”w 815-288$350 3301 Lighted Oak China leaded Cabinet; glass doors, mirrored back. 84” by 77”; base is buffet, 17” deep. Matching Barrel-base oak table, 72” long, 48” wide with two 16” leaves. Full length is 104”. Includes 4 chairs. Sold as set $925 815-994-0377 Mattress sets: $99, Full Twin $129, Queen $159, King $199. Will deliver! Kern Mattress Outlet, call 309452-7477. Sewing Macabinet chine,in exc. cond., $300 815-284-8321
PETS & PET SUPPLIES 775 2 adorable male Tiger Kittens, 4 months old, free to good inside homes only. 815-284-1130. Free to good indoor home only. Male kitten 6-7 weeks old, has shots and has been wormed. Friendly, Healthy & litter trained. 815-595-4260
LAWN & GARDEN
781
Agri-Fab Mow-NVac 5hp; attach to any lawn tractor. $425. 815-6267110. Craftsman 42” tractor; Kohler Pro 17hp, rear bagger. $425. 815-6267110. Craftsman rear tine tiller; 14”, 6hp, used 4x. $375. Call 815-626-7110.
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.
WANT TO BUY 795 100% grass hay wanted. Small bales. 815-4403389 I Pay Cash 4 Gold, Silver, Coins & Antiques 24/7 815-564-9061 Wanted Records 33's, 45's & 78's Rock, Blues & Jazz 815-847-0382
MISCELLANEOUS 796 FOR SALE -Boflex Revolution $500. -Bunk Bed. Like New! $500 -Leather sectional sofa. Has 3 recliners. $500 -2012 Look enclosed Trailer single Axel. $1,500 815-441-1218 10,000 Watt Duro Power deluxe industrial Generator, 16 horse Briggs & Straton engine, electric start w/ cover $900 815716-0318 20 Thomas the Tank Engine hardcovered 2 stories in 1 books $25 815-973-7398 28' Orange fiber glass extension ladder. Great ladder! $145. OBO 815-213-0924 36” steel entry door w/ leaded glass window $40 815-626-5994 8 ft. Ladder -stepused at home $25 815-625-8805 Black Walnut Grandfather clock, needs pendulum fixed. $250. Call 815-632-3304 Children's Books approx. 165, hard & soft covered $40 815-973-7398
Lost Android Phone in Sterling around Ave. H & W. 15th St. Please Call 815-716-3605 McCulloch Pro Mac 55 chain saw, 25” bar $20 815284-6776 Pro-Lift hydraulic floor jack 2¼ ton & air pump & case. Used once. $50 815-548-9500 See More Online Photos, Commerce, Expanded Text ➛Look for WEB ID ➛Log on to: www.saukvalley. com classifieds ➛Enter the WEB ID in the WEB ID Box ➛View Photos, Expanded Text BUY ONLINE!! saukvalley.com CLASSIFIEDS Story & Clark, 48” upright 8 year old piano, like new condition. $1,000 OBO. 815-616-2572 Tankini Tops (5) matching (3) board shorts, plus, 1XL – 2XL $40 815-9737398
FARM EQUIPMENT
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1937 J. D. Mod. B New tires, runs good, older restoration $3,000 OBO 1939 J.D. Mod. H runs good $2,500 815-456-2300
CLASSIC CARS
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1969 Mercury Comet, drive train is done. $5,000 obo. 815-535-3969 1974 Volkswagon Beetle Bug, excellent cond. Reduced $3300! 815-441-4659. 1989 Pontiac Firebird. Formula 350 $7,500 OBO. Call 815-590-7241
AUTOMOBILES
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NEW TODAY 1996 Caprice Classic, 101,101 miles, good condition, new battery, new tires. Call 815-2850366 to inquire
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2006 Mercury Montego, safe & reliable, good gas mi., 100k. exc. cond., No snow! New Price. $6,150 815-625-6182. 2007 Ford Focus 4DR, runs good, dependable. Great gas mileage. Good Cond. $3,700. 779-245-4725 2007 Pontiac hard convertible, top black, sharp! 85k mi., $10,800 firm 815-994-3500 2007 Saturn Ion 4dr. Sedan. 5Spd. Manual, A/C, well maintained. Great gas mi. $4,500 815-632-0780 2010 Toyota Camry SE, Red, 4 door Good shape. 91,000 miles, sunroof, alloy wheels, black cloth interior. 815-440-8471 2012 Chevy Impala LT, asking $12,500 Excellent condition Like new. Must Sell! Call 815-857-2830 Leave Message. Credit Problems? Bad Credit? No Credit? We might be able to help! If you're looking to buy a vehicle we have many financing options available through qualified lenders. Call Brett Simpson today at 815-2855313. Ken Nelson Auto Plaza. creditautosales dixon.com Always over 100+ vehicles to choose from. HAVING TROUBLE wording your ad? Call our classified department today. We'll be glad to help you. 626or 284SOLD SOLD. Silver 2000 Nissan Maxima GLE, original owner. 246,500 mi. Sterling area. $1,100 OBO. Call 815-626-5537
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1999 Durango SLT plus, 3rd row seating, leather, 4x4, excellent condition. $3,400 Ask for Rick 815-312-6763
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1998 Dodge Ram 1500 135,500mi. 360 engine, some rust. $1,200. 815-739-5919 2001 Dodge Ram, ext. cab. V8, auto. 4WD. Newer tires, new front brakes & rotors. Low mi. 815$4950/obo. 622-2839.
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2003 Chevy Sil2500HD verado Crew Cab 4x4. GM rebuilt diesel engine, has 71k mi. camper shell with roof rack, total 206,00 mileage some rust, service records available. $15,900. Call 815535-3884
MOTORCYCLES
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09' Harley Davidson Fatboy, 14,900 mi. Exc. $12,000. Cond. Call 815-973-0421 1985 Honda Sabre low miles, refurbished, new tires, brakes, windshield, etc. $1500 618713-3970 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
BOATS/MOTORS
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TRAILERS/RVS
2006 Harley Softail mi. Good 10K shape. $9,000. Call 563-249-9266. 2006 Harley Ultra Classic, new brakes, battery, back tire. 24K mi. $11,500/obo. 815-625-7024. 2007 Harley, Dyna wide, street bob. 96cu. in. Exc. cond. 14k. miles $8,200 815-626-2567 2008 Honda Goldwing, pearl white, heated seats & grips, 28,800 mi. w/ 2009 cargo trail& tow-pack er wheels to make into a trike $20,500 815-535-3503 2009 Zuma 125 low Scooter, mileage, $1800 815-284-8321 Rock River Riders Hill Climb 7/26 Starts at 11am. Gates open at 8 A.M. No Kegs and No pets. Across the street from White Pines State Park. 815-499-8271
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16 ft. 1984 Champion Bass Boat, 150hp, runs good, red metallic,$4,000 /obo 815-716-6347 16' Tri hull boat with 85HP Johnson outboard and Shorelander trailer. Asking $2000/obo. 815-625-5556. 1993 Mariah Shaba Open Bow-wsun deck, 350 Magnum Merc. I/O Custom Trailer Call $7000/obo 815-994-2465 & leave message. 2002 Bayliner 21ft. 5L Mercruiser outdrive, I/O. $7,000 obo. 815-535-3969 2013 Sunchaser pontoon, DS22 90hp 4 stroke Mercury, vinyl floor, w/ 2013 Karavan trailer $19,900 815718-5273
2004 Keystone Tailgator Toyhauler, exc. cond., $9000 815-6315574 or 815-6316825 2010 Sprinter by Keystone, 24ft. Travel trailer w/one slide out. Sleeps 6. Very good cond. Great floor plan! $8,000. Call 815441-3138.
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1992 Empire Camper, 32 ft., new awning, 4 new tires, fully equipped, can be seen at Midwest Bus Sales, north edge of Princeton on Rt. 26 $5,000
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2006 MAZDA 6
FWD, 4cyl, Automatic, Low Miles, Local Trade, A/C, Power Locks, STK#R988M
Loca Trade!l
2012 BUICK VERANO
Factory Warranty, Climate Control, Sunroof, Alloy Wheels, Leather Seats, STK#2511A Lo Milew s!
WOW!
17,988*or $227/mo*
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2014 NISSAN SENTRA
Automatic, FWD, Power Windows and Locks, Keyless Entry, Cruise Control, STK#A155
17,988*or $227/mo*
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2015 CHEVROLET SONIC LTZ
FWD, Automatic, Factory Warranty, A/C, Leather Seats, Alloy Wheels, STK#A167
Factory Warranty!
14,765*or $178/mo*
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2012 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE LS
FWD, V6, 8 Passenger Seating, Automatic, A/C, Power Windows & Locks, STK#A160
Low Miles!
14,988*or $181/mo**
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2009 NISSAN ALTIMA SL
Automatic, A/C, Cruise Control, FWD, V6, Low Miles, STK#A125A
Nic Car!e
Value!
12,125*or $240/mo**
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2005 CHEVROLET EQUINOX LS V6, FWD, Automatic, A/C, Traction Control, Cruise Control, STK#A129A
11,988*or $237/mo
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5,988* or $106/mo**
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2003 OLDSMOBILE AURORA
Automatic, FWD, Alloy Wheels, Local Trade, Leather Seats, STK#R982A
Lo Tradceal !
SALE!
10,588*or$207/mo** $7,488* or $145/mo**
Sale $ Price
23,988*or $317/mo*
$
Great Value!
3,988* or $95/mo**
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FWD, Automatic, V6, Leather Seats, Cruise Control, Power Seat, STK#A103A
1 Owner!
Model
AWD!
$
FWD, 4cyl, Low Miles, Factory Warranty, Nice Equipment, Alloy Wheels, STK#A138
Touring
On 10,000 Mly iles!
$
2015 CHEVROLET EQUINOX LT
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15,325*or $186/mo*
2015 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY
AWD !
WOW!
40,995*or $575/mo*
Sale$ Price
1-Owner, Nice Van, Leather Seats, Loaded with Options, Great Value, STK#A139
4X4!
25,325* or $338/mo
Sale Price!
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16,988*or $211/mo*
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2014 JEEP COMPASS SPORT
18,688*or $237/mo*
MSRP $45,855 STK#2388
1 AT TH IS PRICE!
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NEW 2015 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE LTZ
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MSRP $19,695 STK#2458
35,225*or $488/mo*
4WD, Factory Warranty, 1-Owner, Automatic, Alloy Wheels, Very nice Jeep! STK#A148
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NEW 2015 CHEVROLET CRUZE
Low Miles!
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ON THIS E AT PRIC E!
18,997*or$242/mo*
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JULY SPECIA L!
2015 GMC ACADIA SLT
MSRP $20,995 STK#2512
2 AT THIS PRICE!
Sale$ Price
Heated Leather Seats, V6, FWD, Factory Warranty, Captain Chairs, STK#A140
NEW 2015 CHEVROLET TRAX
MSRP $48,080 STK#2356 Crew Cab, Z71, All-Star Package, 4x4
ON THIS E AT PRIC E!
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