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NEWS ANALYSIS | IDOT HIRING

AMBOY | DEPOT DAYS 50/50 RAFFLE

Layoffs bring issues to light

He’ll take it to go

Move contradicts prior decision to reclassify positions

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Alberto Flores (middle) of Huntley stands on the stage Sunday after receiving an oversized check to the tune of $107,575 from Jeff Gerdes (left) and Ed Lilja, organizers of the Amboy Depot Days 50/50 raffle. Flores could already be out of the country, as he promised his wife that, if he won, they would leave for vacation today.

Visitor wins record-setting pot, owes wife vacation

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

Past winnings

AMBOY – Alberto Flores made the 90-minute trip from Huntley to Amboy on Sunday. And on the drive back, he was $107,575 richer.

Flores won the 50/50 raffle at Amboy Depot Days. In 5 years, the winner’s share has increased from $26,717.50 in 2010 to six figures in 2014.

When Flores was announced, he was more than 100 yards away and didn’t hear his name, only that the winner was from Huntley, a fact that drew a smattering of boos from the locals. But when his name was repeated, Flores and his friends heard and started to yell.

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The previous winning tickets in the Depot Days 50/50 raffle have been worth:

Miss Amboy, Tierny Hiatt, 17, of Amboy riles up the crowd Sunday before drawing the winning ticket for the Amboy Depot Days 50/50 raffle. When the event’s final day got underway, $96,000 had been raised. That number increased at an unprecedented rate Sunday.

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SPRINGFIELD (AP) – Gov. Pat Quinn’s unexpected move to deal with a scathing report about political hiring in his administration will not put the jobs scandal to rest as he mounts a difficult campaign for re-election.

Quinn aides announced last week that the state Department of Transportation was laying off 58 people at the center of a state investigator’s findings that more than 250 people were Gov. improperly hired Pat Quinn for political reasons at the agency over the past decade. The report found that the questionable hiring of “staff assistants� accelerated under Quinn, despite his claims to have cleaned up the practices of his predecessor, Rod Blagojevich.

But the layoffs raise more questions about the administration’s handling of the issue, contradicting earlier decisions to merely reclassify rather than eliminate the positions. And they could open the state to lawsuits by the laid-off employees, something IDOT officials said they wanted to avoid last spring. “They obviously recognize they have a big problem,� said Michael Shakman, a Chicago attorney and anti-corruption campaigner who has filed a federal lawsuit seeking better monitoring of state hiring.

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Local YMCAs receive $80K Three grants to go toward childhood hunger initiatives

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

DIXON – Three grants from the Walmart Foundation to Sauk Valley YMCAs are being used for childhood hunger initiatives.

On Thursday, the Dixon Family YMCA was given a check for $25,000, which will be used for its Lovett Child Development Center. In June, the Sterling-Rock Falls Family YMCA was given two grants, for a total of $55,000,

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It’s very easy for families to pick up the fast food option more frequently than not.

It’s all about a balanced diet and healthy meals. Hopefully, we’re setting the foundation for families.

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Dixon Family YMCA CEO Andrew McFarlane

to continue its Childhood Hunger Program, which provides meals during the summer.

The money granted to the Dixon YMCA will be used to help provide fresh fruit and

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vegetables for its day care, after-school and other programs, in addition to providing health and nutrition classes for staff and local families.

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ABOVE: Neal Strange of Sterling fills his homemade steam engine tractor with water. Strange built his tractor from parts of other antique tractors. During the eighth annual Farm Heritage Festival at East Jordan Church in Sterling on Saturday, Strange used his tractor to grind feed corn for cows.

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DAVIS JUNCTION – The Ogle County Sheriff’s Department is looking for the suspect in a Saturday bank robbery.

Deputies responded to the Byron Bank in Davis Junction around 11:30 a.m. Saturday, according to a news release.

According to the release: The suspect, a white male, entered the bank and handed a teller a

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OREGON – Longtime Oregon entrepreneur Dean Dye never intended to get into the retail business when he first came to town more than 5 decades ago.

He was talking with department store owner Guy Bradbury in 1961 about redesigning the store. He came away with a signed sales contract for what soon became D. Dean Dye Co. at 305 Washington St. That began more than 50 years of owning and operating more than a dozen businesses in the community.

Dye, 82, plans to retire from retail in the next few weeks, close his furniture store at Pines Plaza, and lease out the building. He will continue to manage the property, which he owns.

Dye remembers his meeting with Bradbury very well.

He already owned his own store design business and went to the large department store with that in mind. Bradbury, 76 at the time, apparently had other plans.

After they discussed the remodeling project, Bradbury invited Dye, then 27, to his third-floor office, where Bradbury began to write on a piece of paper. After about a half hour, Dye was handed a contract, effective that day, for him to buy the store. “I was shocked,� Dye said. “I said, ‘I’ll need to think about this for a couple of days.’ He said, ‘This isn’t a thinker, it’s a doer; today or not.’ It was a good deal, so I took it, and we worked out the details later.�

As soon as both had signed the paper, Bradbury gave him the key to the store and said to his assistant, “I’m tired, Margaret, and I’m going home.�

Within 2 weeks, Dye was running the store. He and his wife, Dorris, and their family were living in Ashton at the time, but soon moved to Oregon.

He enjoyed running the department store. “Those were the happiest years of my life,� he said.

note, and a weapon was implied. The suspect took an undisclosed amount of money and fled eastbound on state Route 72 in a small, silver vehicle.

The Illinois State Police and FBI are assisting with the investigation, according to the release.

Anyone with information can call the Ogle County Sheriff’s Department at 815-732-6666 or Ogle County Crime Stoppers at 888-228-4488.

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Longtime Oregon businessman Dean Dye, 82, founder of Conover Square and about a dozen other businesses in the community, plans to close his furniture store on Pines Road and retire from retail sales.

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Dye was born and raised in southern Missouri. His father worked for the Frisco Railroad, and the son followed in his footsteps, first going to railroad school and then working as a manager for 2 years. “I really loved the railroad,� he said.

Dye also loved drawing and drafting, and his uncle had owned a general store in the small town where he grew up.

Those two things led him into store design and retail. “I put a clothing store in that town when my wife and I were just kids,� he said with a chuckle.

Dye designed stores throughout his career, at least 180 nationwide, but mainly in the Midwest, he said.

One of his projects was the National Clothing House building at Washington and Fourth streets in Oregon. He designed the aluminum

shake awning still on the building.

His design work led him to start factories where he could manufacture his own metal and wood showcases, cabinets, racks, and store fixtures.

His first factory was next to the Rock River on Washington Street in the former Napa building.

He later bought a brick building on Pines Road for a factory and eventually added Pines Plaza to his holdings.

When the Schiller Piano Factory came up for sale in the late 1970s, Dye saw possibilities.

He bought the building and converted it into Conover Square, an enclosed shopping mall that boasted more the 30 retail shops and two restaurants. “We had busloads of ladies coming out from Chicago,� he said. “It was a great success.�

He also bought the former Pleasant Hill School at state Route 64 and Daysville Road and developed it into Coun-

tryside East Apartments.

He also developed Hickory Heights Subdivision east of Oregon.

Over the years, Dye also manufactured and sold modular homes, and at one time sold travel trailers.

Dye wasn’t all business. He and Dorris raised three children, all of whom graduated from Oregon High School and went on to earn college degrees.

Active in civic affairs, Dye was Oregon’s Citizen of the Year in 1987, and he was president of the Oregon Chamber of Commerce and the Oregon Lions Club in the 1970s. He was also involved in founding the Autumn on Parade festival.

Dye said he liked Oregon when he first moved here, and still likes it after 53 years. “I’ve enjoyed living here all these years,� he said. “I’m pleased with my career here. I would probably do it all over again.�

CEO Andy McFarlane said the YMCA will have a greater ability to educate families on healthy options and alternatives. “It’s very easy for families to pick up the fast food option more frequently than not,� he said. “It’s all about a balanced diet and healthy meals. Hopefully, we’re setting the foundation for families.�

The money the Sterling-Rock Falls Family YMCA received will be used to continue and expand the program that provides free meals to children outside of the school year, said Melissa Ryan, the youth development director.

The Summer Food Program is aimed at

providing healthy meals and an activity to area youths when they aren’t in school.

And because more than half of the students at Sterling and Rock Falls schools are eligible for free and reducedprice lunches, the entire area is considered “at risk,� Ryan said, and the YMCA can provide the meals without checking income status.

For both of the YMCAs, their efforts are focused on more than just being a local gym. Healthy living, youth development and social wellness are chief goals. “We’ve got some ability to help families who are financially in need be able to be in the programs,�

McFarlane said. “Ultimately, the Y is open to all, regardless of income.�

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OBITUARIES Neil A. Partridge STERLING – Neil A. Partridge, 83, of Rock Falls, died Friday, Aug. 22, 2014, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Neil was born on March 12, 1931, in Sterling, the son of John L. and Gertrude (Eberly) Partridge Sr. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. Neil married Gyneth Frank on Sept. 28, 1953, in Yorktown. He worked for Lawrence Brothers as a tool and die maker for 47 years before retiring in 1996. After retirement, Neil worked at Wheelock Furniture in Rock Falls delivering furniture. Neil enjoyed fishing and loved to play cards.

Survivors include his wife, Gyneth; one daughter, Kala (Roger) Maxwell of Sterling; one son, Alan (Kris) Partridge of Rock Falls;

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two sisters, Jean and Joan Partridge of Sterling; five grandchildren, Stephanie Maxwell of Franklin, Wisconsin, Ben (Shauna) Partridge of Sterling, Katie Maxwell (Cody Rhodes) of Richfield, Minnesota, Kelsey Partridge (Kiley DeVries) of Rock Falls, and Emmalie Maxwell of Richfield, Minnesota; and five great-grandchildren, Michelle, Micah, Kamryn, Kaysen and Kylen.

He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Lois and Lita; and four brothers, Jack, Glen, Lyle and Alan.

Cremation rites have been accorded with the McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory in Rock Falls. Private services will be held at a later date.

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PEORIA – Shirley A. Noble, 78, of Walnut died Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014, at Unity Methodist Hospital in Peoria.

Shirley was born on Oct. 1, 1935, in Sublette, the daughter of Orville and Millie (Foss) White. She was united in marriage to Arden Noble on June 6, 1954, in Walnut. He preceded her in death on July 2, 2008.

Shirley worked at First National Bank in Sterling for 2 years and then at Citizens First State Bank in Walnut for 13 years.

She also worked at the Bureau County Courthouse in the clerk and recorder office for 3 years and in the treasurer’s office for 4 years, retiring in 1998. Shirley was a member of First Christian Church of Walnut, where she served as church treasurer for many years. She loved to spend time with her family.

She is survived by one daughter, Peggy Ann (Noble) Doering of Davenport; two sons, Douglas Arden (Robin) Noble of Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Bradley Alan (Jackie) Noble of Morrison; eight grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren.

She also was preceded in death by her parents, and one brother, Charles Orville White.

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Garland Funeral Home in Walnut.

Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday at the First Christian Church of Walnut, with the Rev. Brian Moore officiating.

Burial will be in Walnut Cemetery.

A memorial has been established to First Christian Church of Walnut and the ALS Foundation.

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Edward was born on Jan. 13, 1947, in Sterling, the son of Edward L. and Ruth (Watson) Olds Jr. He married Diane Louck on June 8, 1969, in Aledo. Edward was employed with several area school districts as a school administrator for the past 34 years, retiring out of LaGrange School District 105 in June 2002.

He was a member of the Illinois Association of School Administrators and a member of the Experimental Aircraft Association, having recently completed his own aircraft. He was an avid historian and member of the Mount Carroll United Methodist Church. His passions in life included flying, fishing, trap shooting and photography. More than anything, he loved to spend time with his family and friends.

Dorene Mae Wakeley DIXON – Dorene Mae Wakeley, 82, died Friday, Aug. 22, 2014, at Dixon Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. She was a bookkeeper for Stouffer’s One Stop Farm Shop for many years.

Dorene was born on Nov. 3, 1931, in Oregon, the daughter of Leroy and Sadie (Kinn) Slick.

She married Gerald A. Wakeley of Feb. 10, 1952, in Dixon. He preceded her in death on May 24, 2013.

She is survived by one son, Lance Wakeley of Dixon; one daughter, Lynne Wakeley of Dixon; one sister, Adrienne Slick of Indiana; eight grandchildren and six great-

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Obituary corrections Aug. 22, 2014, at the Good Samaritan Nursing and Rehabilita- Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014, in his home. tion Center in Mount Carroll.

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IDOT officials said Friday that the employees would be laid off under a “material reorganization,� the same explanation the agency gave when Blagojevich, a Democrat, fired 16 employees with Republican affiliations in 2003. A jury declared in 2011 they had been fired for political reasons, and a settlement gave the fired workers millions of dollars in back pay, restored pension benefits, and put them back in state jobs.

The issue boiled over in April when Shakman filed a federal court petition asking for the appointment of an independent monitor to oversee IDOT hiring. He was responding to a Better Government Association report in August 2013 that detailed the practice.

Under a court decree known as “Rutan,� most government jobs are supposed to be filled through merit and insulated from political considerations.

But the decree allows a governor to hire political loyalists for positions that involve confidential information, policy making or public statements.

On Friday, the state’s executive inspector general, Ricardo Meza, reported that 255 people were hired

as staff assistants, often with political or family clout connections, but were put to work mowing grass, answering phones, and doing other jobs that should be open to any applicants. The number of those hirings jumped after Quinn took over.

Republican businessman Bruce Rauner, Quinn’s challenger in the November election, seized on the report and said the patronage revelations “are just one more reminder why we need term limits on career politicians like Pat Quinn.�

The acting transportation secretary, Erica Borggren, pre-empted Meza’s report Thursday by announcing the layoffs, the creation of a merit board to oversee agency hiring, and an indefinite freeze on filling any IDOT jobs based on political considerations.

Last May, then-secretary Ann Schneider told a Senate committee that the agency would not fire any of the employees, because they were covered by union rules and dismissing them would invite costly lawsuits. But on Friday, IDOT spokesman Guy Tridgell said keeping the employees on the payroll would have required creating new positions for them that were covered by the hiring rules.

grandchildren.

She also was preceded in death by her parents and two sons, Scott and Randy Wakeley.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the Preston-Schilling Funeral Home in Dixon. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday at the funeral home with the Rev. John Kalebaugh, of The Refuge Church in Amboy, officiating.

Burial will be at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens in Dixon.

A memorial has been established.

Visit prestonschillingfuneralhome.com to send condolences.

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Survivors include his wife, Diane Olds of Mount Carroll; one daughter, Sarah (Chad) Ward of Sycamore; one son, Nathan (Nicole) Olds of Geneva; two sisters, Linda OldsSteinert and Mary Ellen (Tim) McNinch, both of Sterling; one brother, Christopher (Lori) Olds of Sterling; four grandchildren, Isaac Ward, Avery Olds, Ethan Olds and Ainslee Olds.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Gathering of family and friends will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls. Memorial services will be at 10:00 a.m.

Thursday at the Mount Carroll United Methodist Church. Private family graveside services will be held at a later date.

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Earthquake rocks Bay area Six significant fires triggered, many injured NAPA, Calif. (AP) — The largest earthquake to hit the San Francisco Bay Area in 25 years sent scores of people to hospitals, ignited fires, damaged multiple historic buildings and knocked out power to tens of thousands in California’s wine country on Sunday.

The 6.0-magnitude earthquake that struck at 3:20 a.m. about 6 miles from the city of Napa ruptured water mains and gas lines, left two adults and a child critically injured, upended bottles and casks at some of Napa Valley’s famed wineries and sent residents running out of their homes in the darkness.

Dazed residents too fearful of aftershocks to go back to bed wandered at dawn through Napa’s historic downtown, where the quake had shorn a 10-foot chunk of bricks and concrete from the corner of an old county courthouse.

Bolder-sized pieces of rubble littered the lawn and street in front of the building and the hole left behind allowed a view of

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Nina Quidit cleans up the Dollar Plus and Party Supplies Store on Sunday in American Canyon, California, after an earthquake. Quidit and her husband were woken up in the early morning hours by the store’s alarm company and immediately drove in to clean up. The 6.0-magnitude quake caused six significant fires, including at four mobile homes, Napa Division Fire Chief Darren Drake said. the offices inside.

College student Eduardo Rivera, 20, said the home he shares with six relatives shook so violently that he kept getting knocked back into his bed as he tried to flee. “When I woke up, my mom was screaming, and the sound from the earthquake was greater than my mom’s screams,� Rivera said.

President Barack Obama was briefed on the earthquake, the White House said. Federal officials also have been in touch with state and local emergency responders. Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state

of emergency for southern Napa County, directing state agencies to respond with equipment and personnel.

Napa Fire Department Operations Chief John Callanan said the city has exhausted its own resources trying to extinguish six fires, some in places with broken water mains; transporting injured residents; searching homes for anyone who might be trapped; and answering calls about gas leaks and downed power lines.

Two of the fires happened at mobile home parks, including one where four homes were

destroyed and two others damaged, Callanan said.

The earthquake sent at least 87 people to Queen of the Valley Medical Center in Napa, where officials set up a triage tent to handle the influx.

Most patients had cuts, bumps, bruises, said Vanessa DeGier, hospital spokeswoman said.

She says the facility has treated a hip fracture and heart attack, but it’s unclear if it was related to the quake.

The child in critical condition was struck by part of a fireplace and had to be airlifted to a specialty hospital for a neurological evaluation.

The earthquake is the largest to shake the Bay Area since the 6.9-magnitude Loma Prieta quake in 1989, the USGS said. That temblor struck the area on Oct. 17, 1989, during a World Series game between the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland Athletics, collapsing part of the Bay Bridge roadway and killing more than 60 people, most when an Oakland freeway fell.

Sunday’s quake was felt widely throughout the region. People reported feeling it more than 200 miles south of Napa and as far east as the Nevada border.

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KANKAKEE (AP) – Norm Bates, an 86-year-old resident of the Countryside Villas outside of Clifton, has found a unique niche. The former heavy equipment operator now is a blue ribbon-winning pie-maker, a legend at the Iroquois, Kankakee and Will county fairs.

His awards hang on the door of his apartment these days, but the aroma of his kitchen creations are very familiar in this independent living facility, attached to the Presence St. Mary’s Merkle-Knipprath nursing home.

“My specialty is sweet potato pie,” he said. “I don’t bake my ‘Ho-Ho’ cake anymore. I don’t do cookies. But I still bake some bread, and this pie keeps me pretty busy.”

He won a first- and second-place ribbon at the Iroquois competition and most recently at Kankakee. At the Will County Fair, he rated a purple ribbon for winning his division 3 years in a row.

“And if you want to know the secret, I’ll tell you,” he said with wellpracticed grin. “It’s the topping. I’ll tell you what’s in it, but not the measurements. It’s melted butter, crushed corn flakes, chopped pecans and brown sugar. That’s all I can say. I mix it up and put it on by hand.”

And it’s not just the judges who love it. He takes orders around Thanksgiving and might make as many as 48 pies for friends, relatives and staff members. He sells

NCAA wants to test athletes, dodge more legal action CHICAGO (AP) – A former San Diego State football player has asked a federal judge to reject the recently proposed $75 million settlement of a classaction lawsuit against the NCAA, saying it unfairly forces athletes who suffered head injuries to forfeit hundreds of millions of dollars in potential damages.

The request, which came in a late Friday filing in federal court in Chicago on behalf of Anthony Nichols, is the first in what’s likely to be a monthslong approval process to raise questions about the deal, under which the NCAA would create a $70 million fund to test thousands of current and former athletes for brain trauma. It also sets aside $5 million for research.

The filing zeroes in on a settlement provision that would require football, hockey, soccer and other contact-sport athletes to give up their rights to seek a single, potentially blockbuster sum in damages as a class. They can sue as individuals, but the filing says most couldn’t afford the legal costs, and so won’t.

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Norm Bates, 86, describes the secrets behind his pie-baking success July 31 in his kitchen at Countryside Villas outside of Clifton. The former heavy equipment operator now is a blue ribbon-winning pie maker, a legend at the Iroquois, Kankakee and Will county fairs.

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I still enjoy it. But you have to realize, I’ve been cooking all my life.

Former heavy equipment operator and blue ribbon-winning pie-maker Norm Bates

those pies for $8, two dollars more than the ingredients cost him, and donates all of the money to the Merkle activities fund.

He’s been doing the three county fairs for about 5 years, and sees no reason to consider

retirement.

“I still enjoy it,” he said.

“But you have to realize: I’ve been cooking all my life. My wife [the late Greta] wasn’t very good in the kitchen. So when the church bake sale came along, she’d tell me and I’d bake. I cooked

most of the meals when the kids were young. And I always did the baking.”

With a small oven, Bates still manages to bake four pies at a time.

His limited cupboard space is filled with mixing bowls and the pantry is stock with pie-making foods. But there is a chink in his armor.

“I’ve tried and tried to learn how to make a good crust, but I can’t do it,” he admitted. “You can tell them I used the store-bought kind.”

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Hundreds at event promoting peace ST. LOUIS (AP) – Hundreds of people gathered Sunday in St. Louis’ largest park for a festival encouraging peace over violence – an event that took on new resonance after the fatal shooting of an unarmed black 18-year-old by a white police officer.

Peace Fest 2014 was already in the works before Michael Brown was killed in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson. But the shooting and the nightly protests it touched off have put a larger spotlight on the event.

“I think this is divine,” said James Clark, vice president of community outreach for Better Family Life Inc., the nonprofit that organizes the festival each year. “The whole world is watching Peace Fest today.”

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Nichols, who says he suffered concussions while an offensive lineman for San Diego State from 1989 to 1992, is among tens of thousands of male and female athletes who would be covered by the sweeping class-action deal.

The first class-action suit was filed in 2011 in Chicago on behalf of former Eastern Illinois safety Adrian Arrington, and 10 similar headinjury suits were later consolidated into the one that was heard in federal court in Chicago.

Arrington’s lawyers took the lead in nearly a year of negotiations with the NCAA before the proposed settlement was announced July 29.

Under the settlement, the NCAA would also toughen return-to-play rules for athletes. Among other terms, athletes would be given baseline neurological tests to start each year to help doctors determine the severity of any concussion.

Friday’s filing describes the benefits to athletes as paltry compared to what the NCAA gains: legal protection from having to pay out what the filing argues could have been a billion dollars or more in damages.

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St. Louis County Police Sgt. Colby Dolly joins hands with 5-year-old Zion King Frenchie on Saturday during a march with members of the St. Louis chapters of the NAACP and the National Urban League on West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson, Missouri. uled to speak at the event at Forest Park, a move that was also set prior to the Aug. 9 shooting of Brown.

Organizers said a representative of Brown’s family would join Tracy Martin.

Trayvon Martin, 17, was also unarmed when he was shot and killed in 2012. George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer who said

he shot Martin in selfdefense, was acquitted.

The nightly protests in Ferguson have been mostly peaceful in recent days, a contrast to images of police in riot gear firing tear gas canisters at angry protesters in the days after the Brown shooting. Tensions briefly flared then subsided late Saturday night and early Sunday.

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EDITORIALS FROM YESTERYEAR | 1989

From our archives: Rose banned, but for how long?

Note to readers â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Sauk Valley Media reprints editorials and articles from the past as a regular Monday feature. The following items appeared in the Gazette on Aug. 25 and 28, 1989.

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of that, it also should be emphasized, he also still has not been convicted of anything. â&#x20AC;&#x153;How dare they do this 0ETE 2OSE AND to me?â&#x20AC;? was what could BASEBALL S @BAN have been inferred from his behavior and comf there was one ments and word to describe continued what happened in denials of the world of sports on wrongdoThursday, in a story that ing. had been unfolding, The unfolding and unfolding agreement for several months, it has announced to be: cop-out. Cop-out Pete Rose by the as in, well, cop-out.

Only days commisWhat happened, of after MLB course, is that Major Commissioner sioner said Bart Giamatti that Rose League Baseball Combanned allâ&#x20AC;&#x153;neither missioner A. Bartlett Giatime hits denies nor matti decreed that Peter leader Pete admits that Edward Rose, baseballâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rose from baseball, he bet on all-time hit leader, would Giamatti any Major be banned from basedied Sept.

League ball. For life. Or did he?

1, 1989, of a Baseball The question arises heart attack.

A Gazette gameâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not all that editorial on although clear that he will be.

Aug. 25, 1989, From what he said called the ban the commissioner is a â&#x20AC;&#x153;cop-out.â&#x20AC;?

Thursday, it seems that convinced Pete Rose, himself, fighe did. Rose, the stateures the ban doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ment noted, â&#x20AC;&#x153;acknowlmean all that much. edges that the commisâ&#x20AC;&#x153;As you can imagine, sioner has a factual basis this is a very sad day,â&#x20AC;? to impose the penalty he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been in provided.â&#x20AC;? baseball three decades What does that mean? and to think Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m gonna As for what might or be out of baseball for a very short period of time might not occur a year from now, we cannot hurts.â&#x20AC;? help also to wonder â&#x20AC;&#x153;Very short period of what difference a year is time?â&#x20AC;? going to make anyway.

Câ&#x20AC;&#x2122;mon, fellas. Be real.

Just what can, must, or Technically, he has should Pete Rose do, something, of course â&#x20AC;&#x201C; since, under the rules of or what can, must, or should, or might happen baseball, he can appeal inside of 12 months that for reinstatement after would render him elione year. gible for reinstatement?

When you reflect on what has happened, you He has not even been ordered to seek therapy have to hand it to the to cure what has been now-former Cincinnati assumed is a gambling Reds manager. Charlie sickness â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the commisHustle really finessed sioner leaving that â&#x20AC;&#x153;in the whole business for Mr. Roseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hands.â&#x20AC;? months â&#x20AC;&#x201C; virtually turnThe whole thing is ludiing it around to make crous: Who in the world the commissioner and of baseball, in the first baseball the villain, the place, would want to hire guilty one.

Pete Rose in any manaAnd he is still steadgerial capacity within fastly denying doing 12 months or 12 years? anything wrong. On top

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Especially if Commissioner Giamatti is still in office?

The entire episode reminds us of Aliceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s observation in Wonderland: Something to the effect that â&#x20AC;&#x153;things seem to be getting curiouser and curiouser.â&#x20AC;?

We also wonder about the message baseball is sending out to all the fans â&#x20AC;&#x201C; young and old â&#x20AC;&#x201C; who virtually idolized the gentleman from Cincinnati? Is it that you did a naughty thing, Petie, and you must be punished.

But come on back after a while and, ...

In the final analysis, we must observe, the matter should be simple: Pete Rose either did or did not break the rules of baseball. If he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, he should not accept any agreement with the commissioner. And, if he did, it should be bye-bye, ta-ta, good riddance, se ya, bug off, or whatever â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but certainly not just a casual so long.

Say it ainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t [goinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; to be] so, Bart. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Aug. 25, 1989

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Voyager 2 snapped this photo of Neptune on Aug. 17, 1989. The spacecraft previously flew by Jupiter in 1979, Saturn in 1981, and Uranus in 1986. It remains the only spacecraft to visit Neptune. A Gazette editorial on Aug. 28, 1989, questioned the high price of the mission. that it has three types of active volcanoes. Hmm. All of that duly noted, and without intending to belittle tie achievement of those at NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) and its Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., in the interest of fairness and balance, we do have a few questions from a lay perspective â&#x20AC;&#x201C; questions that also might occur to other lay observers â&#x20AC;&#x201C; perhaps even to you.

To wit: 7ITHER PRIDE So what?

AND PRACTICALITY Was this trip necessary?

We all â&#x20AC;&#x201C; particularly Volcanoes or not, those who might have was it worth the $865 known Winnie Williams million price tag? before she and her famCould that money ily moved from Sterling have been better spent? about 10 years ago â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Was the adventure should share a certain pride in the fact that she anything much more than an ego trip for the was part of a historic scientists and astronoevent. mers involved?

As was explained on Was it just a matter the front page of Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s of gaining knowledge for Daily Gazette, Williams knowledgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sake â&#x20AC;&#x201C; as was part of the team commendable an objecthat planned, impletive as that sometimes mented and completed can be? the 12-year dramatic, What possible pracmomentous, romantic tical applications can flight of Voyager 2. That help us on Earth, even flight ended this past as we struggle to make weekend with a muchheralded and publicized ends meet and satisfy the needs of our people? visit to the planet NepNow what? tune.

Can you think of any Thus far, we have found others? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Aug. 28, 1989 out about rings and

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WASHINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s talk about buying used cars.

The other day, a 52-yearold car that was once involved in a fatal crash sold for $38,115,000 at an auction in Carmel, California. It was a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO Berlinetta. It is red.

Apparently, cars are not like houses. In many places, if somebody dies violently in a house, it has to be disclosed to buyers, who then tend to shun it.

Fun fact No. 2. Old cars are stolen at a remarkable rate, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, because they are easier to steal than new cars, and are wanted for parts or to use in crimes.

About 700,000 cars are stolen each year, which elates crimes fighters because that is down from 1.7 million stolen vehicles in 1991. In my home state of Ohio, for the second year in a row, the most stolen vehicle is a 1994 Chevy pickup.

I am interested in used cars because I just bought a used 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a disaster, although as far as I know, nobody was killed in it.

However, Bruce, the mechanic who checked it out after I bought it from a man named Larry, said I was very lucky not to have been killed in it.

Bruce and Larry, who used to be friends, are not speaking right now, or rather, they are speaking to each other in one-syllable words.

Bruce said the moral of the story is that: 1) Larry is a cheat, 2) Women should never buy a car without a man along, and 3) Women should never go to a mechanic without a man in tow, although Bruce stressed that he is honest with female customers.

BRUCEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S PHILOSOPHY is thoroughly depressing, and I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t accept it, although I seem to have proved the truth of it.

At any rate, Bruce suggested I park the car in my front yard with a For Sale sign or the keys in it. (Not happening. I intend to put 150,000 miles on it over the next several decades and then sell it.)

All this is relevant because this is the fifth anniversary to the month of President Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cash for Clunkers pro-

annMcFEATTERS Ann McFeatters has covered the White House and national politics since 1986.

Contact her at amcfeatters@nationalpress.com.

gram, which raises questions about the success of stimulus-based programs.

Obama insists he saved the American auto industry and continues to maintain that if we buy American-made cars, we are patriotic and helping the economy, although I think heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d rather we buy new cars than used ones.

Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2009 $3 billion Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS) got 690,114 old cars off the road. They were destroyed before they could cause more pollution or be stolen for parts or to commit new crimes. The University of Michigan found that the program improved the average fuel economy of all vehicles purchased by 0.6 mpg in July 2009 and by 0.7 mpg in August 2009.

But Texas A&M University this month produced a study claiming that the program was ineffective because it made people buy less expensive cars, such as the Toyota Corolla, than they otherwise would have done.

THE FACT THAT THE U.S. was in the worst recession since the Great Depression apparently seemed irrelevant to the researchers and Fox News, which widely touted the study, National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper No. 20349, as another bit of proof that they really do not like Obama.

At any rate, despite Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s controversial stimulus-based efforts to revive the new car industry, Americans are in love with used cars, buying them at a remarkable rate. If you have a Toyota or a Honda or a Nissan or some other popular car such as a pickup truck, you will get a friendly notice every month urging you to sell it.

My friendly advice here, folks, is to have a used car checked out BEFORE you buy it.

Meanwhile, since the 1962 Ferrari was already sold before I could test drive it, I have bought a 2001 Ford 150 Super Crew pickup. It is electric blue.

It was not stolen. I am taking it to Bruce tomorrow.

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Adoption will leave hole in grandmother’s heart Dear Abby, My teenaged daughter will be giving birth soon, and she has decided to place her baby for adoption. I have told her that whatever she decides, I will support her decision.

Here is the difficult part: This will still be my biological grandchild. When this beautiful child is lovingly handed over to the adoptive parents, I will be losing a grandchild. I am already in mourning.

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– Un-Grandparent know, because I’m sure in Ohio they will write to help you through your heartache.

Dear Un-Grandparent, I wish you had told me Dear Abby, more about the kind of I am marrying to the man adoption your daughter of my dreams next month. has chosen for her baby.

“Jon” and I love each other If it is an open adopand are excited to celtion, in which she will be ebrate our life as husband kept informed about the and wife together with our child’s milestones and families and friends. progress, ask the adoptive I have a 6-year-old couple if they would wel- daughter from a previous come you as an “extra” relationship, and after grandparent for the child. talking to her, she told me If I hear from others who she would like to walk me have gone through this down the aisle instead of process, I will let you being our flower girl. I love

the idea, and so does Jon. I will have to talk to my dad about it, because I know he was looking forward to it although we do NOT have a close relationship. I have lived on my own since I was 17.

How do I communicate to him in an appropriate way that my daughter, who has been my family for the past six years, will walk me down the aisle and not him?

– Confused Bride-To-Be Dear Confused, Because you aren’t close

to your father, this may not come as a shock to him.

However, if he was asked to walk you down the aisle, he may be very hurt and it could cause a rift.

Be as diplomatic as possible when you break the news. Start by saying, “I was talking about the wedding with little ‘Jennifer,’ and she came up with an idea Jon and I think is adorable.

Instead of being our flower girl, she wants to walk me down the aisle. We feel it would bring our little family even closer together. I hope you don’t mind....”

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

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 and Women’s Equality Day, women eat first, 11:30 a.m.12:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Catered lunch, 11:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

There is a cost; registration is necessary.

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

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

Bingo, 12:15 p.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-589-3925.

Euchre, 12:30 p.m., Whiteside

County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

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

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

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

Sublette Farmers Market, 3-6 p.m., north shelter, Sublette Centennial Park, Sublette, 815849-5425.

Farmers Market, 4-7 p.m., Lanark City Park, 200 W. Claremore St., Lanark. Rain or shine.

Adult Readers’ Group, 6 p.m., Sterling Public Library conference room, 815-625-1370.

Book Discussion Group, 6:308 p.m., Dixon Public Library, 221 S. Hennepin Ave., Dixon, 815284-7261 Bingo, 7 p.m., Sterling Moose Family Center, 2601 E. Lincolnway, Sterling, 815-625-0354.

COMMUNITY EVENTS Monday, Aug. 25 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.

Mexican Train Dominoes, 9 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-5625050.

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

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

Breakfast for Your Brain, 10 a.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236.

Zumba class, 10:30 a.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-2889236.

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.

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

Hand and Foot cards, 12:15 p.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Pinochle, 12:30-3 p.m., Big Room, Whiteside County 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.

Friendly Mexican Train Dominoes, 12:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

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

Tacos, 4-8 p.m., Latin American Social Club, 2708 W. Fourth St., Sterling, 815-625-8290.

Exercise group, 4 p.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-589-3925.

Loaves and Fishes, 5-6 p.m., Holloway Center, St. Patrick Catholic Church, 612 Highland Ave., Dixon, 815-284-7719. A free, hot meal for the needy.

Tuesday, Aug. 26 Open pool, open cards, open Wii games and computer lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Open pool, open cards, open Wii games and computer lab, 8

a.m.-4 p.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236.

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

Bingo and doughnuts, 9-10 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-5625050.

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

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

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

Line dancing, 10-11 a.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-2889236.

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

Triple Play Tuesday Program,

SUPPORT GROUPS, CLUBS, AND SERVICES Tuesday, Aug. 26 Childhood immunization clinic; women, infants and children clinic; and family planning services, all by appointment only, Lee County Health Department, 309 S. Galena Ave., Suite 100, Dixon, 815-284-3371.

Kiwanis Club of Sterling, 6:45-7:45 a.m., CGH Medical Center Ryberg Auditorium, 100 E. LeFevre Road, Sterling, 815499-4866.

American Red Cross blood drive, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton.

Appointments: 800-733-2767.

Sisters in Christ, 9 a.m., Congregational Church, 1602 13th Ave., Rock Falls.

Golden K Kiwanis, 9 a.m., Dixon Senior Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

Gaffey Home Nursing and Hospice blood pressure clinic, 9-11 a.m., Northland Mall, 2900 E. Lincolnway, Sterling, 815-626-3467.

Weight Watchers, 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., Loveland Community House, 513 W. Second St., Dixon.

Free blood pressure clinic, 10-11:30 a.m., Oregon Healthcare Center, 811 S. 10th St. Commodities, 10 a.m.-noon, Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815622-9230.

Senior Information Services, 10 a.m.-noon, Mount Carroll Senior Center, 306 N. Main St., 800-541-5479.

Blood pressure checks, 10 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3253.

Blood pressure checks, 10-11 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-5625050.

Facing the Challenge Cancer Support Group, 11 a.m., Home of Hope Cancer Wellness Center, 1637 Plock Road, Dixon, 815288-4673.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, open; 6 p.m., open, women’s; 7:30 p.m., open, 90-92 Hennepin Ave., Dixon.

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

Sterling Rotary Club, noon, YWCA of the Sauk Valley, 412 First Ave., Sterling.

Dixon Noon Lions, noon, KSB Hospital private dining room, 403 E. First St., Dixon. Public is welcome.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed, tradition; 3:30 p.m., closed; 7 p.m., closed, Big Book, Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

Reality Check Narcotics Anonymous, noon, 6 p.m., First Christian Church, 506 Fifth Ave., Rock Falls, 779-245-8214. Downstairs, west door.

Red Cross blood drive, 4-7 p.m., 112 W. Second St., Rock Falls. Appointment: 815-6250382.

Dixon TOPS IL617 meeting, 5 p.m., Eells meeting room, St. Luke Episcopal Church, 221 W. Third St., Dixon, 815-284-8321.

Caregivers Support Group, 6 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

TOPS 253, 6-7:30 p.m., Good Neighbor Care, 2705 Avenue E, Sterling, 815-622-2820.

Breast Cancer Networking

Group, 6 p.m., Home of Hope Cancer Wellness Center, 1637 Plock Road, Dixon, 815-2884673.

NAMI Sauk Valley, 6:30 p.m., Sinnissippi Centers, 325 state Route 2, Dixon, namisaukvalley@ gmail.com or 815-244-1405.

Northeast Area Watch Group, 6:30 p.m., Dixon Police Department community room, 306 S. Hennepin Ave., schowell@dixonpd.com or 815-284-7197.

School Of Love In Deliverance Substance Abuse Group, 6:30 p.m., closed, The Worship Center, 403 N. Ottawa Ave., Dixon, 815-284-1340.

Fibromyalgia Support Group, 6:30-8 p.m., New Horizons Counseling Center, 34 N. Whistler Ave., Freeport, 815-232-3646.

Working Women’s Grief Support Group, 6:30 p.m., KSB Hospice office, Commerce Towers, 215 E. First St., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, 606 Brown Ave., Ashton.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, step, 304 Seventh Ave. W., Lyndon.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous Beginners, 7 p.m., 8 p.m., closed, First Presbyterian Church, 410 Second Ave., Sterling.

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

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, 7 p.m., open, As Bill Sees It, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls, back door.

Rock Falls Lodge 936 AF & AM, 7:30 p.m., 117 W. Second St., Rock Falls.

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Free blood pressure checks, 1-3 p.m., Amboy Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 15 W. Wasson Road, Amboy, 815-8572550.

Woodworkers, 1-3 p.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 1:30 p.m., closed, Rochelle Community Hospital, 900 N. Second St. Parkinson’s Support Group, 2-3 p.m., Good Neighbor Care, 2705 Avenue E, Sterling, 815622-2800.

Women’s Support Group, 5-6:30 p.m., Choices Domestic Violence Program office, 114 W. Market St., Mount Carroll.

Buddy Bags packing, 5-6 p.m., St. Paul Lutheran Church, 421 S. Peoria Ave., Dixon, 815541-2122.

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

Caregiver Support Group, 6 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling.

Pearl, a self-esteem support group of the YWCA Domestic Violence Program, 6 p.m., 815625-0333.

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

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

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

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed, Polo Town Hall, 117 N. Franklin Ave.

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Wednesday, Aug. 27 Childhood immunization clinic; women, infants and children clinic; and family planning services, all by appointment only, Lee County Health Department, 309 S. Galena Ave., Suite 100, Dixon, 815-284-3371.

Late clinics for Family Case Management; women, infants, and children; and immunizations, Lee County Health Department, 309 S. Galena Ave., Suite 100, Dixon. Appointments: 815284-3371.

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

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

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

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

Nurturing Program, 9:15 a.m., Sinnissippi Centers Inc., 2611 Woodlawn Road, Sterling, 815625-0013 or 800-782-1584.

Representative from Rock River Center in Oregon, 9:30 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401

Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-5625050.

American Red Cross blood drive, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., 112 W. Second St., Rock Falls. Appointments: 815-625-0382 or 800733-2767.

Blood pressure checks, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling.

Natural aging program, 10:3011:30 a.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling.

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

People with Disabilities Support Group, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Civic Plaza I, Rock Falls, 815-625-7860 (voice) or 815-625-7863 (TDD).

Whiteside County Health Department free blood pressure clinic, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Julie’s Cafe, 501 First St., Albany, 815-772-4213.

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

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

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

Reality Check Narcotics Anonymous, noon, 6 p.m., First Christian Church, 506 Fifth Ave., Rock Falls, 779-245-8214. Downstairs, west door.

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

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Al-Anon and Alateen, 8 p.m., KSB Hospital private dining room, 403 E. First St., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed, All Saints Lutheran Church, 624 Luther Drive, Byron.

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Claude Bernard, a French physiologist who died in 1878, said, “Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science.”

At the bridge table, you must actively observe. And when you are on defense, you have to decide whether to round up a posse and go out actively hunting for tricks, or to sit at home and passively wait for declarer to knock on your door and give you tricks.

This week we will study the various factors that affect your choice. First, though, look at the West hand and the auction in today’s diagram. What would you lead against four spades?

In the auction, South might have rebid three hearts because North could have held

three spades and four or five hearts, when four hearts would probably have been the right game. But raising immediately to four spades kept the defenders in the dark.

When being active on defense, you lead from honors or very short suits; when passive, you often start with a trump. On the majority of deals, it will be right to defend actively. And that applies here. If West leads a trump, South will win, draw a second round, cash his two club honors, go to dummy with a trump, and discard his two diamonds on the club ace and queen.

Then he will attack hearts, losing two tricks there but coming home with an overtrick.

Instead, if West leads the diamond two, the contract – surprise, surprise – can be defeated. East can take the trick with the ace and shift to his singleton heart. West wins two tricks in that suit and gives his partner a heart ruff for down one. © 2014 UFS

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Captured soldiers paraded Thousands stage spectacle in Donetsk

Photos by Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com

ABOVE: Camilo Quintana of Sterling paints during the first Venetian Night festival Saturday on the Dixon riverfront.

There were several artists, musicians, as well as maskmakers and face-painters during the event.

RIGHT: Jeremy Haak of Rock Falls juggles an apple, a hatchet and a bowling ball Saturday on the Dixon riverfront. Haak was one of many performers who entertained crowds during the event.

DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) – To shouts of “Fascists!” and “Hang them from a tree!”, captured Ukrainian soldiers were paraded through the streets of the rebel stronghold of Donetsk on Sunday as bystanders pelted them with eggs, water bottles and tomatoes.

The spectacle of the bruised and filthy soldiers being marched hands bound and surrounded by gun-toting pro-Russian insurgents came as Ukrainians in Kiev celebrated their country’s independence from the Soviet Union – a stark display of the growing divisions between east and west.

While support and mobilization for Kiev’s campaign against the separatists has grown in many parts of the country, resentments fester in much of the east, where civilian casualties and shelling have become a part of daily life.

Illustrating the divisions, an ostentatious procession of tanks and weaponry rumbled through downtown Kiev to mark Ukraine’s 23rd anniversary of independence from Moscow – a highly publicized event accompanied by speeches and a vow by President Petro Poroshenko to boost defense spending to defeat the rebels.

In Donetsk, thousands gathered in the main square as the insurgents staged their own spectacle mocking the national army. To jeers and catcalls, dozens of captive soldiers, some wearing tattered Ukrainian military uniforms and some in torn and dirty civilian clothing, were forced to march past as nationalistic Russian songs blared from loudspeakers. They were flanked by rebels pointing bayoneted rifles.

One visibly agitated man yelled slurs as he held an infant in one arm. “Hang the fascists from a tree!” one woman shouted as other women rushed at the prisoners, trying to kick and slap them.

EGYPT

Islamic authority: Extremists no ‘Islamic State’ CAIRO (AP) – The top Islamic authority in Egypt, revered by many Muslims worldwide, launched an Internetbased campaign Sunday challenging an extremist group in Syria and Iraq by saying it should not be called an “Islamic State.”

The campaign by the Dar el-Ifta, the top authority that advises Muslims on spiritual and life issues, adds to the war of words by

Muslim leaders across the world targeting the Islamic State group, which controls wide swaths of Iraq and Syria. Its violent attacks, including mass shootings, destroying Shiite shrines, targeting minorities and beheadings including American journalist James Foley, have shocked Muslims and non-Muslims alike.

The Grand Mufti of Egypt, Shawki Allam, previously said the

extremists violate all Islamic principles and laws and described the group as a danger to Islam as a whole.

Now, the Dar el-Ifta he oversees will suggest foreign media drop using “Islamic State” in favor of the “al-Qaida Separatists in Iraq and Syria,” or the acronym “QSIS,” said Ibrahim Negm, an adviser to the mufti.

This is part of a campaign that “aims to

correct the image of Islam that has been tarnished in the West because of these criminal acts, and to exonerate humanity from such crimes that defy natural instincts and spreads hate between people,” Negm said according to Egypt’s state news agency MENA. “We also want to reaffirm that all Muslims are against these practices which violate the tolerant principles of Islam.”

AP

Pro-Russian rebels escort prisoners of war from the Ukrainian army Sunday in a central square in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. Ukraine has retaken control of much of its eastern territory bordering Russia in the last few weeks, but fierce fighting for the rebel-held cities of Donetsk and Luhansk persists.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;I literally had the tickets in the trunk of the car,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The chairs were put away. I was ready to go.â&#x20AC;?

Huntley is a Chicago suburb northwest of Elgin.

As Flores made his way to the stage to collect his oversized check, the crowd began to cheer.

It was his first time at the car show, and he spent $20 on tickets.

Some friends he goes to car shows with convinced him to go, and the raffle was a pretty strong draw.

Earlier in the day, he texted his wife that if he won, they would leave for a vacation today. On Saturday, she had been looking at a vacation package to Puerto Rico, he said.

When asked if heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll make a trip to next yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Depot Days, his answer was simple: â&#x20AC;&#x153;For sure.â&#x20AC;?

Six-figure payout When Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s festivities started, about $96,000 total had already been raised. Last year, when a total of $149,006 was collected, the pot was increasing by about $12,000 an hour. Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pace was greater, as the $200,000 mark was reached at 2:45 p.m.

Hank Gerdes was the man announcing the running tally over the speakers all day. Each time an additional $500 was collected, an air horn sounded not too far from where he was standing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annoying,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But then you think about the fact that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to a good cause.â&#x20AC;?

While half of the

$215,150 is going to Flores, the other half stays with the Depot Days Committee. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the portion that funds the car show and maintenance of the Depot Museum, but it also makes its way to local organizations as donations.

Gerdes said the Depot Days Committee donated money to 18 organizations last year, Photos by Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com many in Amboy and the Cars line up to leave the Depot Days show Sunday in downtown Amboy. rest in the surroundLEFT: A group from ing area. The groups Minonk relaxes on the bed included food banks and of the 1959 Chevy Apache youth soccer leagues. belonging to Jim Myers The committee puts an emphasis on youth(far right) on Sunday durfocused groups, Gerdes ing the Amboy Depot Days said. car show. Kayla MessaThe goal for this more (left), Rob Konkowsyearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 50/50 raffle was ki of Mendota, Cassie $200,000. Next year, for Balt, Elvis Myers and Zach the 25th anniversary, Meyers had great seats for Gerdes said the goal is the show, which featured $250,000. a variety of cars, bikes and And heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s confident motorcycles. theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll reach it.

Maddie Schak, 3, of Woodstock, looks at her mother after jumping through puddles Saturday at Amboy Depot Days. Even with rainy and humid weather, there was a good turnout at the festival.

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Numbers game That’s how many interleague series sweeps the Cubs have pulled off this season, after taking all three games against the Orioles this weekend.

Chicago also swept the Red Sox June 30-July 2.

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West Carroll coach Michael Bicksler talks to his team during practice last Tuesday in Savanna. Bicksler and his senior quarterback Mason VanHook, a 4-year starter, are looking to turn things around in 2014.

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

Mason VanHook is tired of being on an average team. Michael Bicksler is tired of coaching teams to average seasons.

The two have felt that way for some time, and before this year’s football season, the two sat down and talked about how to better approach the season in hopes to win more games.

VanHook, West Carroll’s senior quarterback, spoke with Thunder head coach Bicksler at the beginning of the season,

and told his coach that they needed to find a way to be better.

“He told me he wanted things to change,” Bicksler said during a practice last week.

“I told him I wanted things to change, too.

We both came in here to the program at the same time, and we’ve grown up together.”

VanHook was a freshman when Bicksler took over as head coach of the Thunder before the 2011 season and has been a varsity starter for each of his first three seasons.

He is a leader on a team that collectively hopes to make some changes this year.

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Did you know? s 4HE 4HUNDER S LAST WINNING SEASON CAME IN WHEN THEY FINISHED 6-5. It was the last season the Thunder made the playoffs, ending a program-high 3-year playoff streak.

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ROCK FALLS – There was a chipmunk feasting on the nuts that the strong rains knocked from the trees at Rock River Golf & Pool on Saturday afternoon.

One smooth swipe after the other, the furry animal downed his lunch.

So it was fitting that Morgan Newton got what she wanted out of a chip with a smooth swipe of her own.

She was in danger of letting the fourth hole slip away.

Three shots left her off the green, but it was her fourth and best shot of the day that propelled her to a third-place finish at the Rocket Invite.

“That saved me,” Newton said.

The Erie senior was looking for par and, with a solid swing, watched as her ball rolled and sunk neatly into the hole. She connected on a long chip shot to save par.

She went on to lead the Cardinals to a secondplace team finish in the small-school division. Katlyn Weber (45), Sera Bebon (46), and Madison Newton (60) combined with Morgan Newton’s 41 to post a team score of 188. Lena-Winslow won with a 171.

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Leaderboard Small school champion: Lena-Winslow Large school champion: Geneseo Top local finisher: Morgan Newton, Erie, 3rd place (small school division)

YOUTH BASEBALL | LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES | CHAMPIONSHIP | SOUTH KOREA 8, CHICAGO 4

Chicago can’t rule the world Jackie Robinson West comes up short in title game

BY PAUL SKRBINA Chicago Tribune

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Jackie Robinson West was looking to make history its story Sunday when it faced Seoul, South Korea, for the Little League World Series championship.

But the team from Chicago’s South Side fell short in an 8-4 defeat in front of an announced crowd of 28,671 at Lamade Stadium, which is nestled in the mountains of the Little League capital of the world.

No all-African-American team ever has won the world title.

Former Cub Lloyd McClendon and his 1971 Gary, Ind., team

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History book African-American teams at LLWS 1971 – Gary, Ind. takes 2nd to Taiwan, losing 12-3 1980 – Tampa, Fla. takes 2nd to Taiwan, losing 4-3 1981 – Tampa, Fla. takes 2nd to Taiwan, losing 4-2 2014 – Chicago takes 2nd to South Korea, losing 8-4 finished second to a team from Taiwan, falling 12-3. In 1980, Gary Sheffield and Derek Bell led a team from Tampa to second place, losing 4-3 to Taiwan.

Bell returned with Tampa in

1981, a 4-2 loss to another team from Taiwan.

Jackie Robinson did its best to become the first in the sixth inning, when it scored three runs to chants of “USA, USA.” “We’ve always had questions of baseball in the intercity, and how to get more AfricanAmerican kids playing baseball,” said Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard earlier this week, before JRW met a team from Philadelphia in a United States semifinal. “I think this proves AP it’s working.”

Chicago’s Trey Hondras (bottom) scores as South Korea catcher Seoul, South Korea was workSang Hoon Han waits for the throw during the sixth inning of the ing Sunday, too.

Little League World Series championship game Sunday in South WORLD CONTINUED ON B4 Williamsport, Pa. Jackie Robinson West lost the game 8-4.

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New face in 3-win club Logano edges Keselowski for first win at Bristol

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BRISTOL, Tenn. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Joey Logano is looking more and more like a Sprint Cup title contender.

Logano surged past Matt Kenseth with 44 laps to go and won for the first time in his career at Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday night, foiling the 2003 series championâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gambling attempt to secure a spot in NASCARâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s playoffs.

Logano, just 24, became the fifth driver this season to win three times, joining the Hendrick Motorsports trio of Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr., and Penske Racing teammate Brad Keselowski, who finished second.

Is there a message in that, heading into the Chase for the Championship in 2 weeks? â&#x20AC;&#x153;That we can win the thing,â&#x20AC;?

Logano said.

Logano had never won more than one race in a season before this year, and has doubled his career victory total. He also added a cherished notch by winning at Bristol, which bills itself as the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fastest half-mile. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel like the Bristol night race is maybe the third- or fourthbiggest race of the year,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just the atmosphere before the race, if it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pump you up, nothing does. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just the baddest mamma jamma race track ever built.â&#x20AC;?

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track when most of the field pitted after a caution flag with 67 laps to go, picking track position and fresh air over new tires. It seemed like a strategy that could work, especially if he could stay in the high groove that gave drivers decidedly more speed off the corners all weekend on the 0.533mile oval.

But the Penske Racing teammates quickly proved it faulty. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just knew that clean air was going to be worth more than new tires,â&#x20AC;? Kenseth said of his decision after finishing third. He said he also felt his car wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t as strong as he liked on fresh tires, and first Logano, and then Keselowski, foiled his plan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They cleared everybody way too fast,â&#x20AC;? Kenseth said.

He still remains in great

position to make the playoffs, standing fifth in the points race and first among non-winners.

His lead is now 90 points over 17th-place Kasey Kahne, who has only two races left to overtake him before the field is set.

Keselowski never made a serious bid to overtake Logano, though he did pull up to his bumper on the last lap. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d get right behind him, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d get in the dirty air, and it just pushed too much to be able to do anything,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The last lap, I just dive-bombed it in there on a prayer, and kind of hoping it would stick, or he would slip or something would happen for me, and made it look cool. But it really wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t that close.â&#x20AC;?

It did, however, give Penske a sweep of the weekend, its first since 2006. Ryan Blaney won the Nationwide race on Friday night to go with the 1-2 Sprint Cup finish.

Keselowski also won the truck race Thursday, giving Ford its first sweep of NASCARâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top three series since 2006.

Jimmie Johnson, slowed early by two pit road speeding penalties, rallied to finish fourth, his best result since mid-June at Michigan, and Kurt Busch was fifth, rallying on a call by crew chief Daniel Knost with 130 to go after almost being lapped.

Gordon remained the points leader despite a 16th-place run.

Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 27 clear of Earnhardt, and 42 ahead of Keselowski.

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Perhaps this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s U.S. Open will be the tipping point for the rise of a new generation. But recent history suggests that if somebody other than the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Big 4â&#x20AC;? wins, a veteran may be more likely. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have many young players who were able to challenge for top spots and win Grand Slam titles,â&#x20AC;? Wimbledon champ Novak Djokovic said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So this is something that is happening now, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still a long way to the Grand Slam title. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not something that can happen overnight.â&#x20AC;?

It was then-28-yearold Stan Wawrinka, who snapped the streak of 16 straight Grand Slam titles by Djokovic, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Andy Murray, when he won the Australian Open in January. The

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the most impressive performance leading to this tournament was 29-yearold Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

Tsonga, the runner-up at the 2008 Australian Open, beat Djokovic, Murray, Dimitrov, and Federer to win the title at Toronto this month.

As the sport became more physical, Grand Slam titles became less likely; not only for

teenagers, but for players in their early 20s. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everybody realizes that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re reaching your peak physically maybe a little bit later and then theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re staying there longer, because they have the technology and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re more systematic about their training,â&#x20AC;? said Patrick McEnroe, the U.S. Tennis Associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s general manager of player development.

So a group of players not that young by tennis standards has gained little experience of playing in the highest-pressure moments.

The oft-repeated stat is that the Big 4 have won 36 of the last 38 Grand Slam titles.

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o what did we learn from the Bearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; all-important third preseason game against the defending Super Bowl champion Seahawks in Seattle?

If, in fact, the Bears are a legitimate playoff threat for 2014, then the Seahawks are ready to defend their Super Bowl title.

What was unclear is whether or not the Bears are actually a contender.

The difference in class between Seattle and the Bears was obvious from the opening snap. The defending champs are younger, more athletic, and a lot faster than the Bears.

We probably should have realized that going in, but seeing it unfold in real time and in living color was a bit unsettling at the very least.

This would be a good spot to point out that even the third preseason game is nothing more than a meaningless exhibition.

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7-yard touchdown on the Seahawksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; opening drive, McClellin was incapable of changing direction.

Jon Bostic struggled almost as badly in pass coverage in the nickel, and Lamarr Houston and Jeremiah Ratliff offered little comfort theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be any more effective versus the AP run than the Bearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; defenThe Bearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Lance Briggs (55) gets in on a tackle sive front was last year. against the Seahawks on Friday in Seattle. Chicagoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Willie Young was a defense played poorly in a 34-6 loss. bright spot, and it was interesting to watch Mel their way into shape. But picking up right where it Tucker rotate his rookie itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at least equally likely left off last year. tackles, Ego Ferguson and that, as aging defenders, The Bearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dâ&#x20AC;? gave up Will Sutton, in as a tantheyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in the best shape yards in chunks in the dem with the first-team first half, and was equally theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to be in all year, and it could only get defense. Ferguson actualinept versus the run and ly made a couple of plays. worse from here. the pass.

The offense wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a Shea McClellin has Of particular concern whole lot better than made no progress whatwas the play of Charles the defense, but, in all soever. I focused on him â&#x20AC;&#x153;Peanutâ&#x20AC;? Tillman and fairness, the Seattle â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dâ&#x20AC;? exclusively on Seattleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lance Briggs. While neioffers a much stiffer test ther was the worst player first two touchdown drives, and he appears to than their offense does. on the field, both looked The Bears come home be the opposite of instincstale and slow. tive and, on several occa- from Seattle having Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s possible that as raised far more questions 30-somethings, it is taking sions, including specifically Marshawn Lynchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s than they answered. them a bit longer to play

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Lena-Winslow was led by Callie Raders (37) and Carrie Raders (38), who had the low individual scores among the small-school squads.

Oregon finished in fifth with a 202. The Hawks were led by Abi Scheideckerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 42, while twin sister Ali Scheidecker carded a 44. Prophetstown, led by Taylor Kelley, finished with a 230.

It was a strong day for Erie, which was playing in its first competition of the season. Head coach Matt Newton was especially proud of his team, and liked the way they played in their first outing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They did a great job,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It shows a lot to be able to go out there

and play the way they did, once we got going. There was a mental aspect there that is important.â&#x20AC;?

Strong storms forced the tournament to be pushed back from its original start time of noon to just after 2 p.m. Several teams left after several coaches meetings during the long delay. Lightning continued to postpone the start time even as the heavy rains let up.

Workers at the course even had to sweep off standing water on several greens before play could resume.

LaSalle-Peru, Rockridge, Mercer County, and Orion decided not to wait until 2 and left.

Rock Falls junior Liz Lego had been working on her drives during the summer months, hoping to correct a slice off the tee. She said her work hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t completely fixed

the issue, but on some drives, she boomed straight shots.

One in particular came on No. 12. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a pretty good shot, and it came on my last hole,â&#x20AC;? Lego said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a long drive, and it actually went straight. That always feels good.â&#x20AC;?

She ended up bogeying the hole, but still finished with a team-low 49 on the tough back nine. The Rockets, playing in the large-team division, carded a 252, with Nicole Arduiniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 65, Payton Lawâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 68, and Adison Wolfâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 70 factoring in.

Sterling finished with a 310. Rachel Spencer led the way with a 65. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a lot of fun,â&#x20AC;? Lego said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is our home course, and to be able to play against all of these schools instead of just practice rounds is nice. It means golf season is really here.â&#x20AC;?

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The two that started together have one more season to turn things around. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gone next year,â&#x20AC;? Bicksler said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I hope we can send him and the seniors off with a good season.â&#x20AC;?

In the pairâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s three seasons, the Thunder have yet to win more than three games in a season. West Carroll finished with a 3-6 record the past two seasons, and went 2-7 during their first year. But with the way practices have been going, the two are looking forward to the Aug. 29 kickoff against Eastland-Pearl City. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re excited about this season,â&#x20AC;? VanHook said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been working hard, and I think

we lose as a team. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They get antsy and they get the jitters like they do before games. It was kind of nice to see them ready to go.â&#x20AC;?

The Thunder have a tough schedule to open the season. Their combined opponentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; record from last season is 35-10 through the first four games. While it will be a rough stretch, senior defensive lineMichael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com man Brentlee Davidson The West Carroll Thunder football team runs through is among those who have warm-up drills at the beginning of last Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been excited about the progress he has seen in practice in Savanna. practice, and said the everyone is bringing the practice, and leaves the Thunder expect to come right attitude each day.â&#x20AC;? field as one. The hope is out with some wins.

The attitude stems from to simulate the gameday â&#x20AC;&#x153;The coaches told us minor changes to practic- experience each day. to be greedy,â&#x20AC;? Davidson es, part of the change that â&#x20AC;&#x153;I started that this year,â&#x20AC;? said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We think that we the coach and quarterBicksler said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s impor- can reach the playoffs back spoke about before tant that they realize that this season. We know the first practices of the those wins on Friday start thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what every team season. here on the practice field. shoots for, but if we really Each day, the team takes When we win, we win as want it and shoot for it, we believe we can get it.â&#x20AC;? the field together for a team. When we lose,

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Hunter Mahan poses with the trophy after winning The Barclays on Sunday in Paramus, N.J. It was Mahanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first win in 30 months.

Mahan makes most of finish Three straight birdies on back 9 gives him 1st win in 30 months

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PARAMUS, N.J. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; About the only thing that went wrong for Hunter Mahan at The Barclays was when the trophy broke.

All he had to show for perhaps the biggest win of his career was a large wreath of roses. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Am I supposed to put this on, Kentucky Derby style?â&#x20AC;? he said.

That would have been fitting. The closing stretch was exactly what he needed Sunday.

Mahan pulled away with three straight birdies, sealing the victory with a 20-foot putt down the slope on the par-5 17th.

That allowed him a bogey from the trees on the final hole for a 6-under 65 and a two-shot victory in the opening FedEx Cup playoff event.

He already has two World Golf Championships. Considering the timing, The Barclays felt bigger.

Mahan had gone 48 tournaments and nearly 30 months since his last victory. The only player to never miss a FedEx Cup playoff event, he wanted to keep alive his streak of reaching the Tour Championship every year since this series began in 2007. And he wanted to state his case for a captainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pick for the Ryder Cup team.

This performance will be hard for U.S. captain Tom Watson to ignore. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To get a win in an event like this, and the timing that it was, it feels unbelievable,â&#x20AC;? Mahan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This game is all about winning,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You can have a great year, and if you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t win, it just feels like you missed out on something. So to get a win, and do it in a tournament like this in this kind of fashion with a 65 on Sunday, feels great.â&#x20AC;?

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On a day when six players had at least a share of the lead, Mahan found a way to make it look like a comfortable win at Ridgewood.

He rolled in a 10-foot birdie putt to take the outright lead on the par-3 15th, hit a wedge to 3 feet for a birdie on the 16th, and then rolled in a 20-foot birdie on the par-5 17th. That stretched his lead to three shots going to the final hole when Cameron Tringale bogeyed the 18th.

Mahan tried to make it a little more exciting than he needed it to be.

He drove into the trees on the right, pitched back to the fairway, pulled his approach into the rough, and kept the outcome in doubt until he made the 8-foot bogey putt.

Jason Day, who shared the 54-hole lead with Jim Furyk, would have needed to hole out from the rough on the 18th to force a playoff, and he missed the green. Day closed with a 68 and shared second place with Stuart Appleby (65) and Tringale, who celebrated his 27th birthday with a 66.

The victory was one Mahan wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t soon forget. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really never a bad time to play good golf,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And this is a really, really good

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The Sauk Valley Skyhawks opened the volleyball season Saturday by placing second, finishing with a 2-1 record at the Black Hawk Tournament in Moline.

Sauk beat host Black Hawk 20-25, 25-20, 25-19, 25-18 in the second-place match. The Skyhawks topped Elgin 21-25, 25-16, 25-13, 25-15, and fell to St. Ambrose 14-25, 26-24,

25-19, 25-15 to reach the second-place match.

Skyhawk hitters Kiarra Harris and Jordan Giddings were both named to the all-tournament team. Saukâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home opener is Monday at 6 p.m. against Rock Valley.

Boys golf H a w k s c o m p e t e in Rockford: Oregon played

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after 13 holes, with all scores reverting back to nine-hole totals.

Each team had three teams of two compete, with awards given to the top five duos and overall team winner. Stockton took the title at +7, placing two of its three twosomes in the top five.

Oregon finished at +19, and was led by Carson Buck and Mitchell Nehrkorn, who earned a topfive finish at +1.

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Cubs relief pitcher Hector Rondon throws against the Orioles during the ninth inning of Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game in Chicago. The Cubs won 2-1.

Cubsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Wada baffles Orioles McCannâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s blast completes Yanksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; sweep of Sox By the Associated Press

Tsuyoshi Wada was disappointed he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pitch better when he was in the Baltimore Orioles organization.

He made an impression on his former team Sunday.

The left-hander held the Orioles hitless for six innings before allowing Steve Pearceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leadoff homer in the seventh inning for Baltimoreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only hit, and the Cubs won 2-1 in Wrigley Field for a three-game sweep.

Wada (4-1) got a popout after the homer that landed on Waveland Avenue, and departed to a standing ovation from the crowd of 32,774. In his eighth career start, he struck out a career-high eight and walked one in 6 1/3 innings. He retired 16 straight after Adam Jones drew a two-out walk in the first.

Arismendy Alcantara homered for the Cubs, who recorded their first series sweep since taking three straight at Boston from June 30 to July 2.

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a row, and 13 of 17 overall. Chicago has dropped its last eight games at Yankee Stadium since winning on June 29, 2012.

Phillies 7, Cardinals 1: Jimmy Rollins hom-

Yankees 7, White Sox ered, and Jerome Wil4: Brian McCann lined liams tossed eight strong

a pinch-hit, three-run homer with two outs in the 10th inning that gave the Yankees a victory and a three-game sweep of the White Sox in New York.

Ichiro Suzuki had a two-run single, and Mark Teixeira hit an RBI double for the resurgent Yankees, who rallied against All-Star ace Chris Sale en route to their fourth straight victory following a 2-7 slide. Desperately chasing a playoff spot, they finished a 4-2 homestand against two losing teams by getting their second gameending hit against Chicago in 3 days.

Avisail Garcia hit a tying homer in the ninth for the White Sox, who have lost a season-high six in

innings to lead the Phillies to a victory over the Cardinals in Philadelphia.

Williams (2-0) continued his fine form with Philadelphia, his third team this season. The right-hander allowed one run and five hits, while setting a season high for innings. He was claimed off waivers Aug. 10 from Texas, and has a 1.77 ERA since coming to the Phillies after pitching to a 6.71 ERA prior to his arrival in Philadelphia.

Jhonny Peralta and Oscar Taveras had a pair of hits for St. Louis, which lost for just the third time in 11 games.

Justin Masterson (2-2) was lifted after giving up five runs and six hits in three innings.

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The Asia-Pacific region champs scored single runs in the first, third, and fourth innings before a four-run sixth inning, punctuated by Hae Chan Choiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home run and a two-run single from Jin Woo Jeon, made it 8-1. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m proud of them,â&#x20AC;?

Chicago manager Darold Butler said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They were a little disappointed and teary-eyed at the end, but they handled it well. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure [my players] wish today was a nineinning game. But it was a great game. The better team won today.â&#x20AC;?

Jae Yeong Hwang doubled in Dong Wan Sin to open the scoring in the first. Choi scored in the third on a fielderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choice, and Jun Ha Yoo singled home Ji Ho Park in the fourth. Sin added a home run to left in the fifth to make it 4-1.

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Members of the Chicago team look out of the dugout on Sunday during the sixth inning of the Little League World Series championship game against South Korea in South Williamsport, Pa. South Korea won 8-4. pulled within 2-1 after DJ Butler, and Ed Howard led off the third inning with the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first hits.

Butler scored on a shot to shortstop that resulted in a fielderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choice. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was tough to lose, but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re the U.S. champions,â&#x20AC;? West player Trey Hondras said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really matter to me.

Our team never gave up.â&#x20AC;?

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won its Little Leaguerecord third title. It defeated Japan 12-3 in the international final Saturday. Jackie Robinson West (5-2) won four elimination games to the final. It defeated the West regional champion from Las Vegas 7-5 Saturday in the United States final.

Japan beat Las Vegas 5-0 in the third-place game Sunday morning.

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Dixon 815.284.SOLD(7653)

Sterling 815.626.SOLD (7653)

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IS YOUR PET MISSING? Read our found section in todays paper. Just in case it is not there, call one of your area animal shelters listed below: Lee County Animal Control (815)284-3833 Granny Rose Animal Shelter (815)288-7387 Whiteside County Animal Control (815)625-3507 Happy Tails Humane Society (815)626-2994 A public service of Sauk Valley Media

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Female Cat. 10 Old fixed. mo.

Tame & beautiful needs loving home.

815-441-9064 Ladies prescription glasses found by Riverside Cemetery, Sterling.

Call to describe.

815-626-3331.

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Become a Hospice Volunteer There's no time like the present to add life to each day of a hospice patient.

Volunteers provide companionship and support to the terminally ill and their loved ones.

They fill a unique role in providing comfort and support to patients and families with giving of their time, friendship and compassion. Hospice of the Rock River Valley has a need for volunteers to work with patients and families.

Training will be provided and begins October 7. To make a difference in someone's life, call Nina at 815288-3673.

CASA 15th Judicial Circuit (Lee/ Carroll/Ogle Counties) is seeking volunteers to advocate for children in the court system involved in abuse and neglect cases.

Your involvement can impact a child’s future.

Contact Vanessa White, Director of Advocate Services (815) 288-1901 www.casalee carroll.com Hospice Volunteers needed at Gaffey Home Nursing and Hospice, Inc., 3408 E. 23Rd St. Sterling, 815-6263467

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PUBLISHER'S NOTICE All real estate advertising in this newspaper subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference , limitation or discrimination based on race, color,religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law.

Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination call HUD toll-free at 1-800-669-9777.

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For sale or Rent: This luxurious custom built 2000 home features: 2 story entrance foyer which opens into large LR with soaring ceilings and two-story windows. Elegant designer kitchen with stainless steel appliances and granite counter tops.

4BR, 3.75 baths.

Two master suites with Jacuzzi including ground level suite. Loft over looking living area.

Large deck overlooking park-like backyard. 3.5 car garage.

Walking distance to Sinnissippi Park and Rock River. $269,000. Will consider owner financing and/or rent with option to buy.

Http://fusion.realtour vision.com/idx/29397

312-373-0601 Please ask about property tax incentive.

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2 Cemetery lots Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens in Dixon. Garden of Prayer Section R. $1,200 for both.

815-379-2434.

MOBILE HOMES 230

MOBILE HOMES

ROCK FALLS

EDUCATION

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Call our Classified Department today.

We'll be glad to help you.

626-SOLD or 284-SOLD

Sterling Rentals

Sunny 3 BR, with family room. Why Rent? $598/mo 815-878-7399

ASHTON

606 W. Lefevre 2 BR $535.00 1 BR $465.00 1 Studio $390.00 Partial Heat, Water, Sewer, Refuse Removal, Laundry Facilities, Satellite

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DIXON

CHATEAU ESTATES

AND ROCK RIVER ESTATES Homes for sale and rent. Call our VMÄJL MVY KL[HPSZ

815-284-2000 APARTMENTSFURNISHED 305 APARTMENTS UNFURNISHED 306 Attractive 1 & 2 BR. apts. with some utilities. Sterling & Rock Falls.

No pets, no parties.

Refs. req.

815-336-2305.

Newer 2 Bedroom $599.00 & Up Applcs., Fireplaces 2002 3rd Ave. 1836 First Ave.

★★ 1&2 BR., Ashton/ F.G. 815-7512712/562-5075.★

DIXON 2BR Northside, stove, refrig. No pets, non smoking. $500/mo. + dep.

815-973-5224

(815)626-1431 2 BR for $500 Water, sewer, garbage incl.

Coin W/D, No pets/ No parties.

Call Diana: 630-327-7046

2BR very clean, quiet.

Garage, laundry. No smoking or pets. $500 & dep. 815-652-3365 2BR. $475/mo. All util. but elec: heat, water, garb. incl.

Lower & upper avail. Pets welcome w/$50 dep.

815-994-0755 NS Efficiency info youtube handy_50 815-440-3663 Small 1BR, pay elec. only. $300 / mo. Call Vickie 815-973-4444.

MT. MORRIS 1 Br. All utilities, plus cable/Internet incl., $550/mo., Single room occupancy $400/mo.

Call Chris 815-732-7135

ROCK FALLS

STERLING

CEMETERY LOTS

STERLING

Clean 1BR on rivapplcs.

No er, pets.$400/mo.+de p. 815-626-4681

2BR w/garage, room for W/D. $450/mo. + dep.

815-285-4035 or 815-440-0693.

Apts. No pets. Call 815-716-0367.

Park Setting, 2BR, 1832 2nd Ave., 1st floor, A/C. Applcs., garage, Near CGH & Rec Center. $585 815-499-0199 Sinnissippi Townhomes First Mo. Free!

Spacious 2 BR. 2 story townhomes.

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

Spacious 2BR apt.

Stove, refrig. furn.

Lease/dep. Req. H&H Rental Properties LLC 815625-7995

HOMES FOR RENT

Edon Apts. 2BR, $400 $500mo., dep. Refs. Req. 815No dogs.

441-3999.

Lg. 1BR. + appl.

No pets. $425 + dep. 815-718-1784 On the river, 23BR applcs. No pets. $550/mo. + dep. 815-622-4681 THICKSTEN APTS. 1 & 2 BR houses 815-499-4217

STERLING

RIVER RIDGE APARTMENTS

2 Bedroom Great Location Garages Available

$

495 1st Month’s Rent

PER MONTH

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Next to

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1-815-414-2288

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

FOR RENT HOUSES & APTS. svla.org

DIXON Nice 3-4 BR, no pets, $650 + dep.

815-631-6678

OREGON Sm 2 BR, No pets, no garage, all yard work provided.

Ref. Req. $525 + $525 dep. 815973-4744

POLO 2BR home. Applifurnished. ances Central air. Garage. and References deposit required. $595 per month.

No pets. 815-9463191 after 5 pm.

ROCK FALLS 2 BR Houses for rent in Rock Falls, starting at $545.

Call 815-622-2725 snlrentals.com 400 Ave. E. 2BR, Full bsmt., C/A. No pets. Call 815-5908233.

Large, clean, quiet 2 story, 2BR, 1.5 bath. 1 car garage.

C/A. All applcs. inc.

W/D. New bathroom, paint, & more. Nice area, walk to library & park. 521 W. 11th St. Sorry no pets or Sec. 8. $650 + sec.

630-902-1060 Remodeled Home for Rent.

7 mi. Prophet.

Rd. RF Sm. 2BR $450+$120/mo.

Utilities, lawn, snowplowing NO PETS RE/MAX Sauk Valley Call Chris 815-499-8279

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

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

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Small 2BR, garage No pets. 815-6250624.

STERLING 2BR home, enclosed fr. porch, W/D hookup. $510/ mo. + $400/dep.

309-242-0259 2BR., 1BA garage NO PETS. $550 mo. + dep. 815440-7985.

All new 2BR, big garage. Why rent? $550/mo. Call 815878-7399 Avail.

Sept. 1st Cozy 2-3BR $600/ mo. Refs. & dep. req.back yard.

815-441-1039.

House for Rent in Sterling 2BR, 1BA, attached garage. $575/mo. Call Brittany 815-380-3000 RTO 2BR $49,900 $5,000 down.4413515.Agent owned.

RTO, 1414 17th Ave. 2BR $650/ mo.+ $2,500 dep.

815-535-1076

MOBILE HOMES FOR RENT

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MORRISON Tall Pines Mobile Home Community

has a mobile home available for rent! $595/mo.

Call Kristine for details.

815-772-8943

WAREHOUSE / 330 STORAGE Quonset Hut, nonheated storage, 1,584 sq. ft., $200/mo. 815-3782151

LOANS

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THE CLASSIFIED Advertising Department of Sauk Valley Media does not have the opportunity to fully investigate the credibility of each advertiser appearing within these columns. If an offer sounds “too good to be true” it probably is.

Proceed with caution if you are asked to send money or to give a credit card number.

Proceed with caution in calling 900 phone numbers. All phone numbers prefixed by “900” are charged to the CALLER. Charges may be assessed on a “per minute” basis rather than a “per call” basis.

Sauk Valley Classified makes every effort to qualify these charges for the reader.

If you have a concern about an advertiser, please contact the Better Business Bureau 330 N. Wabash, Chicago, IL 60611.

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♥ ♥ ♥ Community Care Systems is looking for caring individuals to provide in home care for seniors.

Training provided. EOE 815-397-0410 Tammerlane Now Hiring For: Dietary Supervisor Must have sanitation license.

Dietary Aide- P/T RN/LPN & CNA Must be dependable. Apply in person at 3601 16th Avenue, Sterling.

Wanted C.N.A Full-Time P.M. And Part-Time Please Apply at: Heritage Square 620 N. Ottawa Ave Dixon, IL EOE No Phone Calls Please!

EMPLOYMENT

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Brechon Farm Services, Inc. is looking for Farm Help FT or PT $18/hr.

Send resumes to: 1270 IL. State Route 26 S. Dixon, IL 61021

Brechon Farm Services, Inc. is Now Hiring for Mechanics FT or PT $30/hr.

Send resumes to: 1270 IL. State Route 26 S. Dixon, IL 61021

Brechon Farm Services, Inc. is looking for Payroll Person, FT or PT. Must EH SURÀFLHQW LQ 4XLFN%RRNV Send resumes to: 1270 IL. State Route 26 S. Dixon, IL 61021

EMPLOYMENT

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Brechon Farm Services, Inc. is Now Hiring truck drivers FT or PT $18/hr.

Send resumes to: 1270 IL. State Route 26 S. Dixon, IL 61021

Ag View FS, Inc is accepting applications for seasonal part-time help, have the ability to work flexible hours.

CDL license required, with or hazmat without classification.

Send resume to Ag View FS, Inc. Atten: Operations Manager 22069 US Hwy 34 Princeton, IL 61356 815-875-2800 APPLEBEE'S in Sterling is now Hiring Exp. Cooks “Sterling's most popular restaurant” is growing.

We need the best cooks in town to continue to provide great service!

Apply in person at 3920 E. Lincolnway Sterling Automotive Welder-Fabricator Wanted Applicants need experience with Mig Welding. Must be versatile and Fabrication have experience.

Mill, lathe & machining experience a plus. bellini@grics.net 815-284-4175 Canteen Cafeteria Part time, on-call employee needed.

Must be available for flexible hours.

Drug screen and background check req. See Nancy at Wal-Mart Distribution Center, Sterling, Tues-Sat., 8Noon for interview.

EEOC CliftonLarsonAllen is seeking a Client Service Assistant for our Dixon office. This high energy individual will provide a full-range administrative of and client service support to princimanagers, pals, and staff.

Apply online at CLAconnect.com

HELP WANTED DRIVERS Gordon Trucking, Inc.Solo & Team Positions CDL-A Driving Jobs for: OTR-RegionalDedicated Home Weekend Opportunities Big Sign-on Bonus & Pay! No Northeast. EOE Call 7 days/wk!

888-653-3304 GordonTrucking.com Hiring full-time truck driver to haul Ag commodities.

New truck and competitive wages. Must have class A CDL. Call 815-718-3183 for more information.

Marjorie Bauer Trust

PARCEL 3: FAS

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Local Furniture store looking for 1 reliable person to strip/refinish furniture. Will train, must have valid drivers license. Apply in person to Yesterdays furniture. 316 S. Lincoln Ave, Dixon.

NH3 & LPG: Owner Operators WANTED! Fall-Spring Anhydrous/Fall-Winter Propane. GREAT REVENUE! Clean MVR, 2yrs. Driving exp. CDL-AX. Liability ins. provided. Will train.

Keith Morgan Trucking Inc. 309-962-9664

Now Hiring for all positions for new location in Sterling.

Apply in person at Subway, 2501 E. SterLincolnway ling, Across from Walgreens on Friday Aug. 15th, 22nd, & 29th between 2 & 5 p.m. No phone calls, please.

Records Coordinator Excellent opportunity with benefits, strong computer skills, motivated, up to $15/hr. depending on experience.

Call personnel department 877-323-2303 Semi Truck Drivers for Fall harvest and local hauls, part time & full time. 2yrs experience. Call and leave msg. 815288-5000

Need to place an ad?

Call us 625-3600 284-2222

Need a car sold?

Call, Stop in or visit our website saukvalley.com classifieds Janet of Dixon sold her 2001 Buick Century Ltd., exc. condition., new tires/brakes, leather int., power windows/ seats. 90,100 mi. $5,600

13.8 Acres & Buildings +/63.3 Acres +/-OR77 Acres & Buildings +/71.33 Acres +/-

December 1, 2014 Closing, Open tenancy for 2015 AUCTION CONDUCTED AT THE BUILDING SITE: 14050 Agnew Rd. Sterling, Illinois Trustee: Marlene Osterhaus Attorney: John Bean, Geneseo, Illinois For complete details of the property and auction information please visit: www.daviddamhoff.com

Auction Conducted By:

David Damhoff Auction & Appraisal Service 18661 Holly Rd., Morrision, IL 815-535-4470

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PUBLIC AUCTION

Auction City Sales 2505 W. 4th St. Dixon, IL 61021 Tues. Aug. 26, 2014 3:00 P.M.

77+/- ACRES & BUILDINGS

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2014 10:00 A.M.

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

Farm Equipment Operator A seasonal full time position operating tracked farm tractors and semis.

Class A CDL required. M & R Farms, 815-2883136.

EMPLOYMENT

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NOTICEPURSUANT to the Business Opportunity Sales Law of 1995, every business opportunity must be registered with the Illinois Securities Department. Protect yourself and get the facts before you hand over your hard earned money by contacting the Illinois Secretary of State's Securities Department at 1800-628-7937. This notice provided as a public service by Sauk Valley Classifieds.

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

Davidson Farms is looking for CDL-A drivers for Flatbed, Hopper and Dump work to join our family.

Benefits offered: •Affordable Health Insurance •401K •Paid Vacation •Home time daily •Excellent Pay •Driver referral bonuses •Newer Equipment If interested please call or come in. Interviews conducted immediately.

Davidson Farms, 5960 S. Woodlawn Rd., Creston, IL 60113.

Phone: 815-384-3208.

FARMLAND AUCTION

PARCEL 1: PARCEL 2:

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Culvers of Rock Falls hiring full time maintenance technician, deep cleaning, light maintenance, ability to lift up to 100lbs on occasion, references & benefits.

Apply online at culvers. com

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Farm truck and/or Drivers tractor needed, part-time. req.

Experience Call 815-499-0463.

Section 22 Hopkins Twp, Whiteside County, Illinois

www.creditautosalesdixon.com Email: Phone:

EMPLOYMENT

Experienced Driver sought for Grain Hauling, CDL & In 10 Days!

VALLEY SAUK VALLEY medical card re- SAUK SAUK VALLEY quired. Farm backLASSIFIEDS 815-284-2224 ground a plus. Re- dailyGAZETTE 815-625-3600 TELEGRAPH dailyGAZETTE TELEGRAPH sume to: Gentle Ridge Farms. 4512 Sales Your Site or Ours • Open Daily E. Lincolnway, Sterling IL 61081

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES 501

Credit Auto Sales

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

HEALTH / MEDICAL

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• Small kitchen appliances - slow cookers, small crockpot, ice crusher, toaster, mixer w/bowls, misc. dishes • Black & Decker counter top oven, vacuums • Charcoal bucket & fireplace tools, misc. artificial flowers • DeWalt 3” cut delux powershop on stand, misc. hand tools • Colt official police revolver, 38 cal., Colt Army special revolver, Colt police positive revolver, 32 cal., Winchester 1890 Rifle, .22 WRF, 1911 style 45 auto, Taurus PT 22 auto pistol, central arms 20 ga. double shot gun, lots of gun related books, misc. ammo 20 ga., 12 ga., 12 ga. buckshot • Internet TV terminal with keyboard • Pronto M51 sure step power chair - runs!

• Gulbransen piano w/ stool • Black & Decker leaf hog; 12 amp motor in box • Fully charged ABC fire ext.

• Black & Decker 3/8” variable speed reversing drill, solder gun, Black & Decker single speed jig saw •300-400lb.cementlawnroller,outdoorpatiotable,mailbox,26 flatyardblocks,metaldesk,misc.lawn&gardentools,hosereel • Wooden step ladder, 6’ misc. pots & pans • Simplicity LTH series riding mower, runs Misc. end tables, brown swivel rocker, kitchen table w/ 4 chairs on rollers, catnapper power lift chair, loveseat, matching chair & couch, coffee tables, small portable kitchen island, dresser with mirror, desk, single size roll-a-way bed, wicker type bar stools, mirrors, many table lamps, lots of wall pictures, treadle sewing machine, box & mat, bakers rack, outdoor chairs, white hamilton beach microwave, misc. linens, 5 gallon wet/dry shop vac, misc. un-framed prints, laundry hamper, metal double door storage cabinet, misc. metal shelving, med. size pet carrier, built in vent fan, small wooden book cases

Food Stand

Auction City Sales Auctioneer: Lee Hollingsworth Phone 815-288-5814 IL. License #40000730

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PUBLIC NOTICES SAUK VALLEY MEDIA • Monday, August 25, 2014 • PAGE B6

SAUK VALLEY

IN THE CIRCUIT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LEE COUNTY, ILLINOIS

IN THE CIRCUIT OF THE FOURTHEENTH JUDICAL CIRCUIT WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF WALTER J. HOBBS, JR., Deceased.

NO. 2014 P 57

ESTATE OF

CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given to creditors of the death of Walter J. Hobbs, Jr., of Amboy, Lee County, Illinois.

Letter of office were issued to Susan A. Hobbs, 1001 Tramway Blvd. NE, Apt. 14, Albuquerque, NM 87112, as Administrator of this estate, whose attorneys of record are Ehrmann Gehlbach Badger Lee & Considine, LLC, 215 E. First Street, Ste. 100, P.O. Box 447, Dixon, Illinois 61021.

The estate will be administered without supervision, unless under section 28-4 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4) any interested person terminates independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the clerk.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court at 309 S. Galena Avenue, Dixon, Illinois 61021, or with the representative, or both, on or before the date which is six (6) months after the date of the first publication of this Claim Notice, or, if mailing or delivering or a notice from the representative is required by section 18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date is stated in that notice. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

Deceased.

Susan A. Hobbs, Administrator Dana M. Considine Dana M. Considine Ehrmann Gehlbach Badger & Lee, LLC Attorneys for Independent Administrator 215 E. First Street, Ste. 100 P.O. Box 447 Dixon, IL 61021 (815) 288-4949 (815) 288-3068 (FAX) considine@egblc.com August 11, 18 & 25 2014

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DONALD E. MEYER

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CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of Donald E. Meyer. Letters of Office were issued to Linda S. Jonas, 3801 Belle Plaine Avenue, Chicago, IL 60618, whose attorney is Mark L. Holldorf, Holldorf Law Office, 224 E. Third Street, Sterling, IL. 61081 Claims against the estate may be filed in the office if the Clerk of Court, Whiteside County Courthouse, 200 E. Knox St. Morrison, IL.., or with representative, or both on or before February 20, 2014, and any claim not filed within that period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed, Dated August 11, 2014 Mark L. Holldorf Holldorf Law Office Attorney for Estate 224 E. Third Street Sterling, IL 61081 (815)625-7409

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DRAINAGE ELECTION NOTICE FOR DRAINAGE DISTRICT #3 OF THE TOWN OF HAHNAMAN Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, September 2, 2014, being the first Tuesday of said month, a Drainage District Election will be held at the residence of Ronald Egan, 3241 County Line Rd., Deer Grove, IL 61243, for the purpose of electing one Drainage Commissioner for a three year term for Drainage District #3 of the Town of Hahnaman, County of Whiteside and State of Illinois.

The polls shall open at 2:00 P.M. and close at 4:00 P.M. unless the Judges of Election shall determine to hold the polls open a longer period to accommodate the voters. In no event shall the polls remain later than 6:00 P.M. Dated August 11, 2014

Susan E. Ottens Clerk of the Circuit Court August 15, 22 & 29 2014

The undersigned has not been paid by 08/16/2014 for such work, materials and/or equipment pursuant to its contract.

1. The Amount of the Original Contract is: $569.07 2. The total amount of all changed and additions is: $5,775.00 3. The total amount of all payments received to date is: $0 4. The amount due and owing to the undersigned is: $6,344.07 BE ADVISED THAT SHOULD THE AMOUNT DUE AND OWING TO THE UNDERSIGNED NOT BE PAID WITHIN 15 DAYS OF THE DATE OF THIS NOTICE OF INTENT TO LIEN, THE UNDERSIGNED SHALL CAUSED TO BE A CLAIM OF LIEN TO BE RECOREDED AGAINST THE VEHICLE IN THE AMOUNT OF $6,334.07 Dated: 08/21/14 Pete Harkness, Automotive Group 2811 Locust Street Sterling, IL 61081

August 15, 22 & 29 2014 DRAINAGE ELECTION NOTICE FOR DRAINAGE DISTRICT #2 OF THE TOWN OF HOPKINS Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, September 2, 2014, being the first Tuesday of said month, a Drainage District Election will be held at the residence of Frank McCue, 23840 Moline Rd. Sterling, IL 61081 for the purpose of electing one Drainage Commissioner for a three year term for Drainage District #2 of the Town of Hopkins, County of Whiteside and State of Illinois.

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Dated August 11, 2014 Susan E. Ottens Clerk of the Circuit Court August 15, 22 & 29 2014 PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given by the Governing Board of the Lee County Special Education Association that the Tentative Budget for said Association for the Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2014 will be on file and conveniently available to public inspection at Lee County Special Education Association, 1335 Franklin Grove Road, Dixon, Illinois, from and after 8:00 a.m. on the 25th day of August, 2014.

Notice is further hereby given that a public hearing on said tentative budget will be held at 12:30 p.m. on the 23rd day of September, 2014 at 1335 Franklin Grove Road, Dixon, Illinois 61021.

INVITATION TO BID Oregon Park District Nash Recreation Center 304 So. Fifth Street PO Box 237 Oregon, IL 61061 Bids Close: September 9, 2014 at 10:00 AM Notice is hereby given that the Oregon Park District will be accepting sealed bids for Paving Improvements located at Oregon Park District properties. Bids for Improvements will be opened and read aloud at the Oregon Park District, 304 So. Fifth Street, Oregon, IL, at 10:00 AM, Tuesday, September 9, 2014.

Bid documents may be obtained at Nash Recreation Center or by contacting Brent Suter at (815)732-3101. All applicable Federal, State, and local laws will apply to the submittal of documents, labor, and materials necessary. The Oregon Park District is a Tax Exempt organization.

The Oregon Park District reserves the unrestricted right to reject any and all bids received, to waive any informalities or irregularities in bids submitted, or to accept the bid considered to be in the best interest of the Park District.

Andy Egyed Superintendent of Parks (815)732-3101 Oregon Park District andy@oregonpark.org

DRAINAGE ELECTION NOTICE FOR DRAINAGE DISTRICT #2 OF THE TOWN OF HAHNAMAN Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, September 2, 2014, being the first Tuesday of said month, a Drainage District Election will be held at the residence of James Egan, 2926 Yates Road, Deer Grove, IL 61243, for the purpose of electing one Drainage Commissioner for a three year term for Drainage District #2 of the Town of Hahnaman, County of Whiteside and State of Illinois.

The polls shall open at 2:00 P.M. And close at 4:00 P.M. Unless the Judges of Election shall determine to hold the polls open a longer period to accommodate the voters. In no event shall the polls remain later than 6:00 P.M. Dated August 11, 2014

Susan E. Ottens Clerk of the Circuit Court August 15, 22 & 29 2014

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WIHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS ESTATE OF LEOLA A. KENT, Deceased.

CLAIM NOTICE

Notice is given to creditors of the death of Leola A. Kent. Letter of Office were issued on May 21, 2014 to Gerry Hunsberger, Cheryl Lippens and Lowell Hunsberger, as independent executors, and whose attorney of record is John E. Miller, of MILLER, LANCASTER & WALKER, P.C., 15 East Third Street, P.O. Box 535, Sterling, Illinois, 61081. Claims against the estate may be filed in the Circuit Clerk's office, Whiteside County Courthouse, Morrison, Illinois 61270, or with the representative, or both, on or before the 25th day of February, 2015, or if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by Sec. 18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claimant to the representative and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

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The City of Morrison Public Works is accepting applications for a Laborer's position with the following qualifications: Applicant must agree to a background check, physical and successfully pass a drug screening. Possess an Illinois drivers license with a CDL (air breaks) endorsement or ability to obtain CDL within three months.

Importantly, the successful candidate will be a highly motivated team player, with strong interpersonal, communication and customer service skills. You will have the motivation to work autonomously and be able to troubleshoot and resolve issues as they arise. This role requires an individual with strong organizational and analytical skills. Computer skills a plus. EOE Apply

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POSITION OPENINGS Family and Community Ser vice Worker: Rochelle; 40 hrs./wk.; school year. Minimum of AAS degree in social services, human services or closely related filed. BA or BS degree preferred. Must be bi-lingual.

Pre-K Teacher: Rochelle. 40 hours/wk., school year; Minimum of a BA in Early Childhood Education or closely related field.

Bus Monitor : Dixon & Rochelle. 30 hrs./wk.; school-year; Minimum of high school diploma or GED and excellent driving record.

Parent-Child Educator : Rochelle. 30 hrs./wk.; full year. Minimum of AAS in Early Childhood Education, Child Development or related degree with a minimum of 18 credit hours in ECE. Must be bilingual.

Food Service Worker/Bus Monitor: Morrison. 30 hrs/wk.; school year; Minimum of high school diploma or GED Valid Illinois drivers license.

Pre-K Teacher Assistant: Sterling. 30-40 hrs./wk., school-year & full-year positions; Minimum of AAS in Early Childhood Education, Child development or related degree with a minimum of 18 credit hours in ECE. Pre-K Teacher; Sterling. 40 hrs./wk.; full year; Minimum of a Bachelors Degree in early childhood, child development or related field.

Sterling Infant-Toddler Teacher: 40 hrs./week, full year. Bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Degree in early childhood, child development or closely related field.

For information and application contract Tri-County Opportunities Council at 815-625-7830 or visit our website at www.tcochelps.org. Tri-County Opportunities Council is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Provider. Applications from women, individuals with disabilities, veterans and people from diverse cultural backgrounds are encouraged.

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Kitchens $ave 25%-50% Showplace Cabinetry Replace or Reface Expert installation or DIY Visit our showrooms.

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•1947 Mercury 4 door Sedan, 57k miles original.

•1968 Mustang Coup, 80k. mi.

•John Deere Model B. S#101655 new tires & paint.

815-440-8885 1963 Ford Thunderbird, Great Project Car $5800/obo 815-626-4972 1977 Ford LTD 2dr.

42,000 1-owner, miles, $4500 obo Must See! in Dixon 630-772-5051

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905

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2014 Chevrolet Equinox

2009 Chevrolet Silverado Reg. Cab, 32,000 Miles

2008 Buick Lucerne CXL 2008 Buick Enclave 2002 Pontiac Montana 2000 17’ XPress Flat Bottom Boat with 2005 50HP Mercury Motor & 22’ Boat Trailer 1999 Chevrolet Blazer 4x4 1998 Mercury Mountaineer 4x4

855

1937 John Deere B, New Tires, older restoration, runs good. $4,300. 815973-6564 1944 Farmall H, good tires, runs good, painted, bucket assemblynot painted, $3900 815-946-3730 1952 Ford 8N with LM59 finish mower & blade. $3,000.

Call 815-590-5007.

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815-9734170 1993 Grand Marquis, 83K orig. mi.

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815-718-5688.

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2007 Toyota Camry Solara Coupe, 74,500mi.

Great cond. Dark blue. $10,500. Call 815973-6542.

2010 Chevy Impala LTZ Sedan, loaded w/ options, champaign, w/ black leather interior, $13,500 815-7724997 2010 Malibu 2LT 79K Miles, One owner,well maintained. $10,800.

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06' Toyota 4-Runner loaded, one of a kind, low mileage, $18,000 815-946-3572 1995 Chevy Blazer, 4dr. Green, new tires. Runs good. $1500.

815-5350423 1997 Chevy Blazer White. 125,786K. 4Wl dr. Air, recent tune up, new tires.

No rust, tight front end. Exc. shape! $2900. Call 815631-6665 2010 Lexus RX, Nav, new Michelin tires. Loaded. 42K. $28,000/obo. 779245-0265.

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910

1988 GMC 3500 dump truck. Fuel injected 350, some new parts $2500 815-994-0815

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2000 Chevy S10 4x4, good cond., V6, A/C, 5 speed, 190k mi. $2850 Call 815-677-0201 2004 F150 Super Crew, 4x2. 43K mi.

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Stored $18,500. Call 815499-4129.

VANS

911

1993 Chevy G20 Handicap Van, asking $2500, Has 600# capacity remote control handicap lift, van runs great, recently replaced shocks, battery, & rebuilt transmission. 815973-2579 1995 Chevy C30 box van, equipped w/air compressor, air hose, warm air tubing, Kohler generator built in supplying 110/220 electricity, locking tool drawers, flashing service lights.

New transmission & battery. Was used as service & pressure washing truck. Runs great! $6500/obo. Please contact Jim 815213-0855.

1999 Ford E150 Cargo Van w/ Hydraulic Wheelchair Lift. 98,480 mi. good condition. $3,300 OBO. Call 815-284-0284 1999 Plymouth Voyager. 6 cyl. No rust. $1,900. 815590-0131 or 815631-6199 2005 Dodge Caravan SXT, remote sliding doors and hatch. DVD player. $1,500 OBO. 779861-1090 2010 Dodge Caravan Grand SE, flex fuel 34k mi. $16,000. 815677-2402

4X4S

912

1996 GMC Sierra reg. cab, 128K mi., good cond., runs great, $3200/obo 815-590-9511

PARTS & ACC.

925

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06 H-D Road King 1450 CC-8K miles, Black & Chrome $11,000 815-5907115 1994 Suzuki RF 900 25k mi. fresh service, good condition. $2,850 815626-4887.

2001 Harley Davidson FLHTP-I Trike, 88 cu. in. maintained.

Well Must see! $18,500.

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