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Friday, September 4, 2015

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LINCOLN HIGHWAY

Road to recognition Petition drive aims to get road designated a national monument

BY ADAM POULISSE apoulisse@shawmedia.com Shaw Media

DeKALB – John O’Halloran got his kicks on the Lincoln Highway 2 years ago.

He left his Twombly Road home with his partner,

Robert Reinhold, and drove a 1948 Hudson to San Francisco along the first hardsurfaced improved transcontinental highway.

“It’s a lovely, not-heavily traveled road because most motorists take the inter-

state,” said O’Halloran, who also is a member of the Franklin Grove-based Lincoln Highway Association.

“It epitomizes the beauty of America. You’re not pressed by the high speeds.

Everybody on the interstate

wants to drive 80 mph.”

But for all its history, Lincoln Highway is still not recognized by the federal government as a national monument.

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A Lincoln Highway mural decorates the side of a business Thursday at the corner of Lincoln Highway and Seventh Street in DeKalb.

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SPLASH RAD Siblings beat the heat at park

City OKs payment to group Reimbursement for RFCDC expenses from aborted state office

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Danny Welty, 6, of Dixon douses himself under a bucket of water Thursday at the splash pad in Oregon West Park. The pad, and anywhere else in the area that offers a cool splash, will likely get a lot of use in the next few days. Temperatures are forecast to rise through Sunday, when they top out at 94. After that, things will start to cool off, with temps starting to fall on Monday, when the high should hit 85. Then, the mercury is predicted to hover in the mid 70s beginning Tuesday.

RIGHT: Little sister Natalie Welty, 3, pushes the button Thursday, activating a barrage of water buckets on her older brother’s head.

FAR RIGHT: Ryan (left), 7, and Danny cool off in the splash pad.

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OREGON – The First Fridays open stage music show will return at 7 p.m. Friday to Oregon VFW Post 8739, 1310 W. Washington St. Each musician or band will perform for 15 minutes. Admission is by donation.

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ROCK FALLS – The council has authorized the city to reimburse the city’s economic development group more than $41,000 for costs incurred in a project that never came to fruition.

The city entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Rock Falls Community Development Corp. on Aug. 12, 2012. That agreement stipulated that the city would reimburse the development group for consulting costs from a project that would have brought state agency offices to the riverfront.

The city would have been a prototype for the state’s OneStop Shop concept, in which regional offices would be consolidated to save money and improve efficiencies.

RFCDC worked on the project with the state’s Department of Central Management Services for several years, but the plans fell through late in the process.

“The One-Stop Shop didn’t happen, and there was a dispute over state offices that were in Sterling,” Alderman Glen Kuhlemier said.

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Blues, brews, BBQ and bags in Dixon

DIXON – Blues, Brews, BBQs & Bags for the Brave runs from noon to 11 p.m.

Saturday in the 100 block of First Street downtown. Admission is $5 for adults and free for veterans and kids 12 and younger. Two-person teams can register for the bags tournament for $30. The tourney will begin after a 1:30 p.m. Honor Flight ceremony.

Enjoy a bourbon tasting or one of the craft beers served.

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ROCK FALLS – The first Northern Illinois Autumn Fest will be held from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday at First Open Bible Church, 2105 state Route 30 E. There will be bounce houses, vendors, concessions, crafts, face painting and live music. All ages are welcome, and participants are encouraged to bring lawn chairs.

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MOUNT CARROLL – The downtown will be busy all day Saturday during Brick Street Days. There will be sidewalk sales, live music, an arts and crafts sale, and local food establishments and organizations offering tasty fare to sample.

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THOMSON – Melon Days might be a thing of the past, but you can relive them from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday during Memories of Melon Days at York Community Church, just north of Heirloom Cafe on state Route 84. Attendees will get free, home-grown McGinnis melons. A Harvest Festival starts at 11 a.m. at the cafe, and there will be a tractor pull at Curley Park at noon.

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More clues found in cop killing Authorities say resident’s surveillance video a ‘significant’ find Shaw Media

FOX LAKE – Police investigating the shooting death of a Fox Lake police officer hope a video from a Fox Lake resident and information gleaned from evidence – including the officer’s gun – will lead them closer to the suspects, they said Thursday.

As the search wore on into its third day, Lake County Major Crimes Task Force Commander George Filenko said police had made substantial progress in the investigation into Fox Lake Police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz.

Filenko tied part of that progress to surveillance video a resident who lives near the crime scene provided to a trusted police officer. That officer turned it over to the task force, which is leading the search for two white males and one black

male who are suspects in the shooting.

“We have retrieved ... what we Joseph believe to b e s o m e Gliniewicz significant video,” Filenko announced.

Local police gave the video to the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security because the agency has the technology necessary to retrieve and view the video, Filenko said. Officials have not viewed it, but Filenko said based on what the resident conveyed about the video, police are still searching for three males that fit the vague description police have had since the investigation started Tuesday.

Filenko also confirmed for the first time police found Gliniewicz’s gun, but refused to say whether it had been fired. He

pects’ genders and races has spurred the overwhelming number of tips.

Police have not ruled out that the suspects might have fled. But Filenko said investigators are working off the presumption the suspects are still in Fox Lake or surrounding communities because they might be familiar with the area or have places to stay.

The search and investigation will not stop until the suspects are found, police said. More than 100 officers are on the case, and more were arriving Thursday. Lake County Detective Chris Covelli countered sentiments that police have scaled back their investigation.

“Just because we don’t see them in a specific area doesn’t mean that they’re not involved,” Covelli said. “We have a huge number of police officers in this area.”

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PRINCETON – A prisoner who escaped at the Great Sauk Trail rest area on westbound Interstate 80 Wednesday afternoon was still on the run Thursday, state police said.

J o s h u a Drinnon, convicted of aggravated robbery, is 6-feet-1, Joshua about 200 Drinnon pounds, bald with blue eyes. He was wearing a white T-shirt and red nylon pants when he fled from a private inmate transport vehicle around 4:45 p.m. and ran into a field.

Drinnon was being taken from Blountville, Tennessee, to J.R. Donovan Correctional Center in San Diego.

State police Special Weapons and Tactics Team officers spearheaded the hunt for Drin-

non. City, county and state police combed the area west of Princeton, performing a grid-style search of buildings, fields and forests.

An airplane and a helicopter equipped with thermal imaging technology also were used, and check points were scattered around the search area, along with K-9 officers.

Princeton Police Chief Tom Root estimated 60 to 70 officers were involved in the search.

Preserving the safety of the community is of the greatest importance, he said, because as a criminal without food or water becomes desperate, it becomes difficult to speculate what they’ll do to survive.

Police advise people to lock vehicles, buildings and residences, don’t pick up hitchhikers, and report any suspicious activity. If Drinnon is spotted, call 911, do not attempt to capture him.

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said it does not appear any of the officer’s gear was missing, adding all of the evidence recovered from the scene has been turned over to the Northeastern Illinois Regional Crime Laboratory, Filenko said. He expected results from the lab would be available before the holiday weekend.

The area where the shooting occurred is known for vandalism and squatters, Filenko said. He couldn’t say why Gliniewicz would have been in the area, but speculated it might have been part of a routine.

“He may have identified a problem area ... within this community,” Filenko said.

Meanwhile, two detectives have been assigned to filter through the large influx of tips coming in from across the country, Filenko said. He admitted the cursory description of the only the sus-

Prisoner who escaped near Princeton still on the loose

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Andrew D. Rinker, 18, of Morrison; 9:14 a.m. Wednesday at Lynn Boulevard and Freeport Road; no insurance, speeding; released with promise to comply.

Gary L. Miller, 53, of Sterling; 2:03 p.m. Wednesday at Avenue F and West Third Street; no seat belt; released with promise to comply.

Joyce M. Simon, 83, of Sterling; 8:18 p.m. Wednesday in the 3100 block of East Lincolnway; improper lane usage, no valid driver’s license; given notice to appear in court.

Brandon C. Witmer, 30, of Dixon; 10:45 p.m.

Wednesday; driving under the influence, driving under

the influence with blood alcohol content greater than .08, speeding; given notice to appear in court.

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Daniel Medina, 29, of Dixon; 10:26 a.m. Saturday in the 200 block of Second Avenue; improper backing; given notice to appear in court.

Aaron W. Wells, 54, of Mount Morris; 7:53 a.m.

Wednesday in the 1600 block of Dixon Avenue; speeding in a school zone; given notice to appear in court.

Carrie M. Nelson, 53, of Rock Falls; 11:13 p.m.

Wednesday at the intersection of First Avenue and West 12th Street; operation of an uninsured motor vehicle; given notice to appear in court.

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Owners fielding offers Recently expanded business up for sale

Demonstrators cite racial disparities in CPS as motivator CHICAGO (AP) – Chicago officials announced plans Thursday to open a new arts-focused school in a neighborhood school once slated for closure, but protesters who have disrupted budget meetings vowed to continue a hunger strike over perceived racial disparities and other issues in the city’s education system.

Parents and activists have opposed the phased-out closure of Walter H. Dyett High School in the historically black Bronzeville neighborhood for years.

The nation’s third-largest school district cited poor performance and declining enrollment in the decision, but officials later said they’d consider proposals to reopen.

One group, pushing for a community partnered green technology school, ratcheted up opposition last month with a hunger strike that’s attracted solidarity from the Rev. Jesse Jackson. The 12 protest-

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A former dairy barn, moved to K’s Korner on Galt Road in Sterling last year, is ready for business. The lower level is called The Udder Room, and an expansive upper level is called The Loft. K’s Korner will rent the spaces for weddings, anniversary celebrations, family reunions, baptisms, and birthday parties.

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STERLING – After moving and restoring a large dairy barn to accommodate an expansion into special events, K’s Korners could be sold.

K’s owner Andy Younger bought the two-story barn for $1,000, but paid $100,000 to have it moved from the Wahl Equestrian Center/Double G Arena site to his business at

13030 Galt Road in May 2014.

Marion Younger, Andy’s wife, said a sale would include everything on the corner lot – the barn, house and garage. The property has been on a few commercial real estate websites for a while, she said.

The asking price is $1.5 million, and the buyer would be expected to come up with half of that amount in cash.

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ing to sell it; it’s not really a listed property,” she said. “Although we’re not actually shopping it, we’re listening to offers.”

K’s Korners has been in the Younger family since it was bought by Andy’s father, Marvin, in 1972.

Andy bought the business in 2003.

In addition to moving expenses, Younger spent $35,000 to run sewer under a state highway, and paid ComEd $20,000 to have utility lines moved.

After some renovations, the barn was made available for rentals in July.

The loft area holds about 300 people, while a space dubbed “The Udder Room,” in deference to its previous inhabitants, was created next to the bar for smaller gatherings.

The Youngers still believe the expansion can pay big dividends, Marion said.

“We’re still thrilled with this project, but everything has its price.”

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The Cook County medical examiner’s office identified the boy as Antwone J. Price.

Police say the boy was shot in the abdomen Wednesday night in the Park Manor neighborhood.

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“I hope it affects a lot of people,” Baker said.

Rauner’s signature didn’t come with an official message, but Baker said in May he was thankful lawmakers and advocates decided to take up the idea.

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DIXON – Union Pacific Railroad will close the Depot Avenue railroad crossing today and Saturday for repairs, the city said in a news release.

SCHAUMBURG (AP) – The dental difficulties of a Schaumburg teenager with autism have led to a change in Illinois law.

Gov. Bruce Rauner signed legislation that requires insurance policies to cover sedation for otherwise routine dental work for children diagnosed with autism and developmental disabilities.

The idea came from Mike Baker of Schaumburg after his son, Bryan, had a tough time at the dentist last year.

During otherwise routine dental work, Bryan, who has been diagnosed with autism, had to be sedated because he had trouble communicating with the dentist.

Baker’s bill for the visit was large because many plans cover sedation for patients up only to age 6. So Baker asked local lawmakers to address the issue.

State Rep. Laura Fine, a Glenview Democrat, took it up.

With Rauner’s signature, new plans will cover dental sedation for autistic patients

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DIXON – A blessing of a community garden shelter and benches, plus hayrides and camp tours, will begin at 3 p.m. Saturday at Reynoldswood Christian Camp, 621 Reynoldswood Road.

The shelter was funded in part by KSB Hospital and the Lee County Health Department. Go to reynoldswood.org or call 815-284-6979 for more information.

ers – who stick to water, juice and broth – have cited racial disparities in Chicago Public Schools as a prime motivator and said Thursday they’d continue doing without food until their proposal gets better reception.

Protests at a Wednesday evening budget meeting were so intense that Mayor Rahm Emanuel was escorted from the room.

Schools CEO Forrest Claypool made the new school announcement hours before another of Emanuel’s budget hearings, saying the school and planned lab will serve the neighborhood.

“Working with community partners,” Claypool said in a statement, “we arrived at a solution that meets multiple needs: Creating an open enrollment neighborhood high school, producing an enrollment stream that can weather population changes, filling the critical demand for an arts high school on the south side and working with education leaders to create a technology hub.”

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OBITUARIES Anna L. Johnson DIXON – Anna Lusetta Hetler Johnson, 70, of Dixon, passed away Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015, at Serenity Hospice & Home in Oregon.

She was a beautiful person, inside and out. Her strong love of life, endless energy, contagious laughter, and joyful spirit filled any room she entered.

Her compassion, generosity and willingness to help others was returned 10-fold during her final months, with loving neighbors and friends offering endless support, love, and encouragement for her, and her loving soulmate and husband, and our father.

They were blessed with a love that was real, strong, and compassionate, and all who knew them could feel the passion between them. He worked tirelessly to care for Mom, and no one could have given any more of themselves then he did. It always was labor of love.

She gave her love freely and raised four children and 12 grandchildren of her own, but she was a mom and grandmother to many. The homestead farm was her strength; the beautiful land, generations of love and memories nurtured, healed, and sustained her and our family in many ways, and will continue to be our source of strength and pride as it is carried across the generations. We love you deeply and thank you for being the perfect wife, mother, grandmother, and friend. Your love and spirit will live on in all of the hearts and lives that you touched. Your life was a beautiful, precious gift from God. Anna was born Dec. 31, 1944, in Dixon, the

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daughter of Harry and Margaret (Eberly) Hetler. She married Russell Johnson Jr. on Sept. 21, 1962, in Dixon. Anna and Russell lived on and farmed the land that her great-grandparents homesteaded in 1837. She was well-known as a caregiver to many of the area children. Anna was a member of First United Methodist Church in Dixon.

Anna is survived by her husband of 53 years, Russell Johnson Jr. of Dixon; one son, Vince (Pearl) Johnson of Chicago; three daughters, Pamela (Mark) VanKampen of Wisconsin, Elizabeth (Timothy) Griffin of Indiana, and Kathy (John) Zigler of Dixon; and 12 grandchildren, Michael and Christina Johnson, both of Chicago, Alexander VanKampen of Wisconsin, Ashley and Lindsay VanKampen, both of California, Isaac, Josiah, and Ryan Griffin, all of Indiana, and Zeberiah, Zoe, Joy, and Hiram Zigler, all of Dixon.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her half sister, Judith Brown.

Visitation will be from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday and the funeral at 3:30 p.m.

Sunday at First United Methodist Church in Dixon, with the Rev. Timothy Mitchell, pastor, officiating. Burial will be at Oakwood Cemetery in Dixon. PrestonSchilling Funeral Home in Dixon is handling arrangements.

A memorial has been established to Serenity Hospice and Home in Oregon.

Visit prestonschillingfuneralhome.com to send condolences.

Gerald E. Smith EAST MOLINE – Gerald E. Smith, 84, of East Moline, formerly of Polo, died Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015, at Riverwood Rehab in East Moline. He was a retired milk delivery man for Muller-Pinehurst in Dixon.

He was born Oct. 7, 1930, in Darlington, Wisconsin, to Layton and Bernice (Clinger) Smith. He married JoAnne Scott on Feb. 3, 1957. She preceded him in death on May 2, 2007.

He served in the Army during the Korean War. Survivors include his children, Susie Webster

of Sterling, Scott (Judy) Smith of Sydney, Ohio, Julie (Bryon) Bowers of Polo, and Todd Smith of Rockford; nine grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and a brother, Carl Smith of Freeport.

He also was preceded in death by his parents.

A private graveside service was at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens in Dixon, with the Rev. Karen Hundrieser officiating. Chapel Hill Funeral Home in Dixon handled arrangements.

Visit chapelhilldixon. com to send condolences.

Today’s visitations: Beulah L. Gentz of Prophetstown, 10-11 a.m. at Tampico Baptist Church.

Donald H. Schamberger of Amboy, 2-4 and 6-8 p.m., with the rosary recited at 8 p.m., at Mihm-Jones Funeral Home in Amboy.

Russell G. Hallquist of Dixon, 3-8 p.m., with family present from 3-5 and 6-8 p.m., at Preston-Schilling Funeral Home in Dixon.

Today’s funerals: Tim Boonstra of Morrison,

10 a.m. at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Morrison.

Timothy L. Bothe of Dixon, 11 a.m. at Preston-Schilling Funeral Home in Dixon.

Beulah L. Gentz of Prophetstown, 11 a.m. at Tampico Baptist Church.

Bonnie L. Lewis, formerly of Dixon, 1 p.m. graveside service at Coloma Township Cemetery in Rock Falls.

Saturday visitations: John A. Mitchell of Rock Falls, formerly of Tampico, 10-11 a.m. at First United Meth-

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200 East 4th St., Rock Falls | FamilyStoneMemorials.com John A. Mitchell ROCK FALLS – John A. Mitchell of Rock Falls, formerly of Tampico, became “God’s carpenter” on Wednesday, Sept.

2, 2015, at the age of 99.

John A. Mitchell was born April 11, 1916, in Hooper, Nebraska, the second oldest of eight children born to Frank and Cora Agnes (Renninger) Mitchell. He married Maxine Rasmussen in 1938, and they had three children, Jack, Ronald, and Connie. In 1939, John had to leave his family in Nebraska to seek work, and hitchhiked his way to Illinois. Upon finding work at the Stauffer Dairy Farm south of Rock Falls, he sent for his family. In 1941, John began working at Northwestern Steel & Wire Co. in the maintenance department of the west plant. He often was known as “P.W.’s boy,” as he often was called in to fix things others could not. He retired in 1978, after 37 years. In 1973, John married Mildred (Renner) Smith and became a stepfather to son, Reiley Smith.

John spent the years after retiring from NWSW working as “Mr. Fix It” around Tampico and at the Whiteside

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He was a member of First United Methodist Church in Tampico, and served as a trustee. A member of the Tampico Lions Club, John was celebrated in 2008 for being the oldest member in the district. In 2009, he was honored as the grand marshal of the Tampico Days parade.

The greatest joy of his life were his 17 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren, and especially his six great-greatgrandchildren. He had been looking forward to the 2016 birth of his seventh great-great-grandchild. There also were countless neighbors and friends who called him “Grandpa” as well.

Please join five generations of John Mitchell’s family in celebrating his remarkable life.

Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday and the funeral at 11 a.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church in Tampico, with Leanne Keate, pastor, officiating. Burial will be at Tampico Memorial Cemetery. Garland Funeral Home in Tampico is handling arrangements.

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MILITARY

IN BRIEF

Number of veterans waiting for care hard to determine

Emanual proposes property tax hike

WASHINGTON (AP) – Nearly 900,000 military veterans have officially pending applications for health care from the Department of Veterans Affairs, the department’s inspector general said Wednesday, but “serious” problems with enrollment data make it impossible to determine how many veterans were actively seeking VA health care.

About one-third of the 867,000 veterans with pending applications are likely deceased, the report says, adding that “data limitations” prevent investigators from determining how many now-deceased veterans applied for health care benefits or when. The applications go back nearly 2 decades, and officials said some appli-

cants may have died years ago.

The report also says VA workers incorrectly marked thousands of unprocessed health-care applications as completed and may have deleted 10,000 or more electronic “transactions” over the past 5 years.

The VA has said it has no way to purge the list of dead applicants, and said many of those listed in the report are likely to have used another type of insurance before they died.

VA spokeswoman Walinda West said Wednesday the agency has publicly acknowledged that its enrollment process is confusing and that the enrollment system, data integrity and quality “are in need of significant improvement.”

Anna L. Johnson of Dixon, 1-3 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in Dixon.

Sunday funeral: Richard M. Sisson of Rochelle, 12:30 p.m. celebration of life at Rochelle VFW. Anna L. Johnson of Dixon, 3:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in Dixon.

Wednesday funeral: Helen E. Marshall of Eldena, 10:30 a.m. memorial service at St. James Evangelical Congregational Church in Dixon.

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Donald A. Schamberger of Amboy, 10 a.m. prayer service at Mihm-Jones Funeral Home in Amboy, followed by 10:30 a.m.

Mass at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Amboy.

Saturday funerals: Russell G. Hallquist of Dixon, 11 a.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Dixon.

John A. Mitchell of Rock Falls, formerly of Tampico, 11 a.m. at First United Methodist Church in Tampico.

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Donald H. Schamberger AMBOY – Donald H. Schamberger, 81, of Amboy, died peacefully Wednesday, Sept.

2, 2015, at his home, surrounded by his family.

He was born Oct. 1, 1933, in Amboy, the son of Henry and Rose Evelyn (Ehman) Schamberger. He married Sandra Jean Friel on July 28, 1956, at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Amboy.

Don was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church. He was a grocer in the Amboy area, and retired in 2002 from Dixon Correctional Center.

Donald was an active member of the Amboy community. He was a past alderman. He proudly served in the Army during the Korean War, and was a member of Amboy American Legion Post 453. He took great pride in arranging military funerals. Recently, he was able to attend Washington, D.C., as a member of the Lee County Honor Flight. Don was the first Citizen of the Year of Amboy.

No one served or loved their country, community, or family better than Don. He was devoted to his faith.

Don was an avid hunter and enjoyed the outdoors. His ever-present smile, his willingness to lend a hand to anyone in need, and his constant devotion to his

gressive” relief for seniors and working families.

Emanuel on Thursday told the Chicago SunTimes there is no other way to restore the city’s

fellow veterans will be greatly missed by all in our community. Don was a true American hero.

Don is survived by his loving wife of 59 years, Sandra; children, Cheryl (Steven) Prendergast of Dixon, and Rick (Joyce) Schamberger, Randy (Angel) Schamberger, Cynthia (Dennis) McCoy, and Gaylene (Don) Noble, all of Amboy; 17 grandchildren; and 11 greatgrandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a daughter, Bonnie Sue Gorzny; and two sisters, Betty Ann Schamberger and Rose Marie Beckingham.

Visitation will be from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m., with the rosary recited at 8 p.m., today at St. Patrick Parish Hall in Amboy. A prayer service will be at 10 a.m.

Saturday at MihmJones Funeral Home in Amboy, followed by the Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Patrick Catholic Church, with the Rev. Timothy Draper officiating. Burial, with military honors accorded by the Amboy American Legion, will be at St. Patrick Cemetery in Maytown.

In lieu of flowers, memorials have been established to Amboy American Legion Veterans Park and the St. Vincent de Paul Society.

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Residents near and far are looking to give the 3,389-mile coast-tocoast highway that cuts through more than 700 big cities and small villages the recognition they say it deserves.

Because it originally was called the Lincoln Memorial Highway, and it’s older than the 93-year-old Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., recognizing the highway as a national monument is the best option, said Kay Shelton of DeKalb, national president of the Lincoln Highway Association.

“It’s a low-cost way of recognizing it as a tourist destination,” Shelton said. “It’s the road itself, so the mapping is already done. But getting it recognized means the federal government considers that, yes, this is a historical road meant to recognize Abraham Lincoln. That has infinite[ly stronger] pull to let the American people know this is an important road.”

A change.org petition urging President Barack Obama to recognize the Lincoln Highway as a national monument has 350 of its 500-signature goal, but it still needs “thousands” more before becoming a national monument, Shelton said.

“We think the road’s wonderful, but it says a lot more if the federal government says ‘Yes, this is an important road to American history’,” she said.

Lincoln Highway has a storied history aside from its honest namesake – former President Dwight Eisenhower had some involvement, too.

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An Abraham Lincoln-themed husky is posted Thursday at the Kishwaukee Kiwanis Park on the corner of Lincoln Highway and Eleventh Street in DeKalb.

To lend your support Go to change.org/p/barack-obama-recognizethe-lincoln-highway-as-a-national-monument-toabraham-lincoln to sign the petition in support of making the Lincoln Highway a national monument.

As a young lieutenant colonel in America’s first Transcontinental Army convoy in 1919, Eisenhower and his crew encountered muddy terrain and bridges that couldn’t accommodate the convoy, Shelton said.

Memories of that trip, plus his experience on the German Autobahn, spurred Eisenhower to sign the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956, which allowed $25 billion to construct the 41,000-mile Interstate Highway System.

The Illinois Highway Coalition’s website, drivelincolnhighway. com, provides a statewide point of view of the throughway.

Also known as state Route 38, the highway is a main artery for downtown DeKalb. A portion of it is closed for the annual Corn Fest, and it’s a busy street during Northern

Illinois University’s move-in day.

“DeKalb was the first to rename one of its roads the Lincoln Highway,” Shelton said. “If you go from one part of the county to another, right down the middle is Lincoln Highway, and it connects the rural areas west of here.”

The association headquarters has seen plenty of notable passersby, said volunteer Lynn Asp of Franklin Grove. The guest book includes some notable signatures, including embattled former U.S. Speaker of the House Denny Hastert, Rochelle native and Hollywood actress Joan Allen, and Michael Wallis, a Route 66 guru who voiced the sheriff in the animated “Cars” movies.

A PBS documentary, “A Ride Along Lincoln Highway,” plays overseas and on international flights, and has caused the roadway to receive

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Sterling was concerned it would be left with vacant office space, had the project moved state personnel to the other side of the bridge. It involved about 110 state workers in Whiteside County.

Construction on a new building in Rock Falls to house the state offices was to begin in summer 2011.

During the planning process, the development group spent slightly more than $41,000 on the aborted project.

“The money was spent with Vandewalle & Associates for design

guidelines, zoning and restricted covenants for the riverfront development,” City Administrator Robbin Blackert told the council Tuesday.

The council approved the reimbursement request Tuesday, and now has 30 days to pay the development group.

“The state offices project was pulled at the last minute through no fault of the development corporation, so they expect to be paid for expenses incurred,” Mayor Bill Wescott said.

The approval does come with a condition.

The city’s payment must be put in a newly created capital development fund for future projects.

The agreement for the contribution to the fund took some time because the city said it wanted to tighten up the process.

“There were many discussions, and it was reviewed by several committees, including the Industrial Development Commission, which had oversight of the property,” Kuhlemier said. “The city just wanted the money to be used in the best possible way.”

The development group receives $100,000 a year from the city for operations, and through a new marketing agreement, gets 20 percent of proceeds from the sale of city-owned development properties.

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wider attention.

“We have people who come from all over the world, and I literally mean all over the world,” Asp said. “Mongolia, Australia, South America, Africa ... .”

These days, you can still drive on most of the original Lincoln Highway, although some alterations were made through the years, including re-routing it around Dugway Proving Ground in Utah, and removing a hairpin turn at the Iowa-Illinois border. In Wyoming, Utah and California, sections of I-80 are paved directly over parts of the original highway.

Driving the highway is what Lucianne Boardman of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, plans to do.

Beginning Monday, she will fly to San Francisco and meet up with her two sisters – one also lives in Wisconsin, another lives in Alaska – and drive the full Lincoln Highway to the East Coast.

They will be doing it to honor their great-great aunt Anita King, a silent film star who, in 1915, became the first female to drive solo the Lincoln Highway from one coast to another. She started her journey in San Francisco, just like her greatgreat nieces will.

If they stick to their itinerary, they should be in DeKalb on Sept. 11, Boardman said.

“One problem with it is it’s different roads,” she said. “It’s just not one highway.”

Along the way, the sisters will be asking people to sign the petition to change the highway into a national monument.

“It would just be great for it to get recognition,” Boardman said. “If we can help with that, we would love to.”

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EDUCATION

SAT scores slip slightly; more students take test WASHINGTON (AP) – Student performance on the SAT college entrance exam is lagging, continuing a mostly downward trend over the last 5 years.

The College Board says in a report that a record number of students took the exam.

The nonprofit organization, which administers the exam, said in a report released Thursday that the mean score in reading was 495, down from 497 the previous year. For math, it was 511, down from 513.

Writing scores dropped three points, to 484 from 487. The top score in each category is 800.

The latest scores continue a decline since 2010, when the means were 500 in reading, 515 in math, and 491 in writing.

A record 1.7 million students from the Class of 2015 took the exam, up from 1.67 million in the 2014 class.

The College Board says about 42 percent of test-takers, more than 712,000 students, met a benchmark that indicates they’re likely ready for college-level work or careertraining programs. The benchmark is a combined score of 1550 or higher for math, reading and writing. The percentage meeting that benchmark has largely remained the same in the last few years.

About 16 percent of African-Americans met that benchmark; 61 percent of Asian test-takers hit it, followed by about 53 percent of white test-takers, 33 percent of Native Americans and 23 percent of Hispanics.

“We know we can, and need, to do better,” says Cyndie Schmeiser, chief of assessment for the Board. “Simply doing the same things we have been doing is not going to improve these numbers.”

The SAT exam is undergoing a major revamp that will roll out next year. The idea behind the update is to make the exam more representative of what students study in high school and the skills they need to succeed in college and afterward. The redesign will focus more on areas of math that matter most for college and career readiness, shift away from obscure vocabulary words, and eliminate the guessing penalty.

The College Board is also teaming up with online educator Khan Academy to offer free SAT practice to all students through diagnostic quizzes and interactive practice tests. They will be accessible to anyone with Internet access.

The report said there’s also been an increase in the number of students taking the Advanced Placement, or AP, exams and PSAT/NMSQT exam.

Passing an AP exam can earn test-takers college credit. The PSAT/NMSQT test is sometimes viewed as a precursor to the SAT. It is used to assess student performance and as a qualifier for National Merit Scholarships.

About 3.8 million students took the PSAT/ NMSQT test in the fall of 2014. AP exams were taken by about 2.5 million students in 2015.

IN BRIEF Village considers coyote hunting TOLONO (AP) – A small community in eastern Illinois is debating whether to allow the hunting of coyotes as a way of controlling their population.

The idea is being tossed around among village board members in Tolono, south of Champaign.

Trustee Jacquie Miller supports hunting, saying a coyote killed her pet cat even though she was careful not to leave food outside that could attract the animals at night.

The (Champaign) NewsGazette reported that she dismissed advice from experts that people should learn to coex-

ist with growing coyote populations.

Former village trustee Jeff Revell said Tolono would have to find landowners willing to allow hunting on their property.

Village President Jeff Holt stressed no decision had been made and that input on alternatives was being sought from the Humane Society.

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COMMENTS ON CONGRESS

Politicians failing us on the economy Fiscal crisis of historic proportions is not far off

BY LEE H. HAMILTON Bloomington, Indiana

A couple of months ago, the Congressional Budget Office issued a sobering report on the U.S. economy’s long-term prospects.

Not to put too fine a point on it, we’re headed for the fiscal rocks.

Federal spending accounts for about 20 percent of the nation’s GDP, the budget analysts note; if current trends continue, that will rise to fully 25 percent by 2040.

Revenues will not keep up – they’ll amount to only 19 percent of GDP. Here’s what the nonpartisan CBO has to say: “Mainly because of the aging of the population and rising health care costs, the extended baseline projections show revenues that fall well short of spending over the long term, producing a substantial imbalance in the federal budget. As a result, budget deficits are projected to rise steadily and, by 2040, to raise federal debt held by the public to a percentage of GDP seen at only one previous time in U.S. history – the final year of World War II and the following year.”

We face a fiscal crisis of historic proportions.

Our presidential candidates can talk all they want about American prosperity and world leadership, but without

a firm fiscal base, it’s just hot air. Unless we can stabilize the debt and put the country on a path of sustainable economic growth with prosperity evenly shared, Lee H. we’ll have Hamilton no firm economic base for all those lofty goals to rest upon.

That means tackling a host of complex problems.

WE HAVE TO GET longterm debt under control.

We have to preserve Social Security, yet find a solution to rising entitlement spending, which will be a key driver of federal spending for decades to come.

We have to deal with health care costs, which pose the same challenge.

We have to invest in skills, education, and infrastructure without breaking the bank.

We have to craft a simpler, fairer, less intrusive tax policy that promotes economic efficiency and is conducive to long-term growth.

The people who have to do all these things are politicians who, thus far, have been unwilling and unable to take these obvious challenges head on.

The problem is not with the system itself. Similar barriers have been overcome repeatedly in the past, with reforms in Social Security in 1983, taxes in 1986, and repeatedly in budget agreements.

Rather, the problem is that our leaders are

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divided between those who want to cut spending and those who want to boost taxes to expand government’s role. Yet it’s impossible to solve our problems by finding new revenues or cutting spending alone. Without doing both, we face a weakened future.

It is unreasonable and unacceptable to try to continue our present

course of trying to muddle through.

There’s a reason that you don’t hear much talk about this in Washington.

Americans themselves want it all – lower taxes without significant cuts in federal spending.

BUT HERE’S THE problem: Almost 60 percent of federal spending is accounted for by Social Security, Medicare, and defense and national security. Add the 7 percent of the budget that goes to interest on the national debt, and there’s little room for significant progress without painful and difficult legislative action.

Political leaders should

grasp these realities and act now. But they have not, so it’s up to Americans to pressure them to do so.

True, nothing will happen without presidential leadership. All issues will have to be on the table, because the pain needs to be shared broadly. And progress will require the adroit bipartisan participation of congressional leaders.

Instead, those who believe in a single path assure us that we need only wait until the next election, and they’ll get the forces they need. This is a pipe dream. The electorate is too evenly divided and too volatile to sustain complete control

by one side over several elections.

So really, it’s up to the American people to demand action. We have to create the political will that drives our leaders to deal with these difficult economic problems – that leads them to tackle entitlements, health costs, investing in the future, and tax reform.

The question is whether our political leaders are up to the task before our economy runs out of time.

Note to readers: Lee Hamilton is director of the Center on Congress at Indiana University. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for 34 years.

THE CARTOONIST’S VOICE

EDITORIAL

Hard to find a college education without MAP

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tate Treasurer Michael Frerichs says he stands tall for Illinois.

At 6-foot-8, he towers over almost everyone he meets. Even 6-foot4 Honest Abe Lincoln would have to look up to him.

Frerichs traveled to the Sauk Valley Tuesday to stand tall on an issue he cares deeply about: education.

In particular, the state treasurer, who took office in January, wants the Legislature and governor to agree on funding for the Monetary Award Program. MAP grants provide tuition assistance to Illinois college students who demonstrate financial need.

In May, the Legislature approved a budget with $397 million for MAP grants, but Gov. Bruce Rauner vetoed it at the beginning of what has become a 66-day (so far) budget stalemate.

The Senate came back and approved $373 mil-

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

What we think State leaders shouldn’t punish college students during the budget standoff. Kudos to Treasurer Michael Frerichs for shining a light on the lack of funding for MAP grants. lion for MAP grants last month; the House has yet to act.

The problem is that college classes began in late August, and Illinois colleges and universities are still waiting for their money. Without it, 130,000 middle-class students will have to find another way to pay for college this fall.

Frerichs noted that Illinois colleges and univer-

sities haven’t put up too much of a fuss because they have to work with state leaders on other important issues. Therefore, Frerichs decided to push the issue.

Frerichs rightly notes, “A college education opens doors for lifelong employment and feeds the pipeline of reliable workers that Illinois employers require.”

When students are denied that transformational experience, “That just breaks my heart,” Frerichs said, noting that he was the first member of his family to graduate from high school (Rantoul) and college (Yale).

Amid the pain that many Illinoisans have felt, and will feel, one hates to see students paying a penalty for their elders’ budgetary intransigence.

It will be a tall order to achieve a MAP grant funding solution. Kudos to Frerichs for giving it the old college try.

THE FIRST AMENDMENT

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Jim Morin, MorinToons Syndicate

THE READER’S VOICE

Help those in need this holiday season VALYNDA BUSHMAN Polo

Goodfellows of Lee County, a United Way Agency, helps people in need at Christmas. We are a nonprofit organization run by volunteers.

We work with the community to provide clothing, gifts, household

items, Christmas decorations, and food vouchers.

We believe Christmas is a time of joy and celebration.

We want to help others by sharing and giving, so they may also rejoice in the Christmas season.

Last year, because of the generosity of the community, more than 1,000 people were given assistance.

Applications can be picked up at the Dixon Public Library, Senior

“The liberty enjoyed by the people of these States of worshipping Almighty God, agreeably to their consciences, is not only among the choicest of their blessings, but also of their rights.”

George Washington, first U.S. president, 1789

Editorials represent the opinions of the Sauk Valley Media Editorial Board.

Quotes brought to you courtesy of

Center, Leydig Center, Telegraph, Housing Authority, and the food pantry. For all other towns in Lee County, applications can be picked up at your local food pantry or township office.

If you would like to make a donation or have questions about the program, you may call me at 815721-2025.

Note to readers: Valynda Bushman is the president of Goodfellows of Lee County.

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AT HOME

DAY TRIP | BREW HA HA

What’s on tap?

A good time If you’re looking to hoist a few or try a new brew, you can do both, and more, in the Quad Cities

BY ANDREA MILLS amills@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5575

DAVENPORT, Iowa – Brew Ha Ha sounds like a large party, and it is. However, it also provides an opportunity to find out more about beer.

The Sept. 19 event, which is downtown at LeClaire Park, will have more than 200 samples of domestic and imported brews in beer, ale, lager, and porter.

Along with the tasting, organizers have lined up games, food, live music, and comedy for entertainment.

While there’s plenty of fun and entertainment at the event, visitors can learn a lot at Brew Ha Ha too, picking up a thing or two from the brewers about those ales, porters, lagers, and pilsners, as well as non-alcoholic beverages and cheeses.

The cost includes tasting, a glass, and the entertainment.

Planned by the Davenport Jaycees, the event benefits Quad Cities charities and programs.

Those who don’t make it to the festivities or who prefer a quieter exploration of brews might want to visit the area’s five micro-breweries.

Bent River Brewery has plenty of brews, but it’s also is a restaurant. Located at 1413 Fifth Ave. in downtown Moline, it has at least 14 homemade beers on the menu, such as Mississippi Red Lager and Jalapeño Pepper Ale. It also has a location with a tasting room at 512 24th St., Rock Island.

The Blue Cat Brew Pub, 113 18th St., Rock Island, generally has six micro-brews on tap. It serves food, including vegetarian dishes, pub fare and more.

Front Street Brewery has two Davenport locations: a tap room at 421 W. River Drive, and a pub and eatery at 208 River Drive. This is an English-style pub that brews hand-crafted beers.

Great River Brewery can be found at 332 E. Second St., Davenport. Free tours are available at 6 p.m. Fridays and noon, 1, 2, 3 and 4 p.m. Saturdays. Nine beers are in continuous production. It also produces nonalcoholic River Rat Root Beer.

Find room for compromise Having a roommate for the first time can be tricky; here are some tips Tribune News Service

First dorm. First apartment. First home. These might seem like entirely different situations, but there are a surprising number of parallels between dorm life and post-college life when it comes to sharing a roof with a roommate, housemate, partner – people who use the same dishes, keep their special milk stowed away in the refrigerator and have keys to the front door.

By following some ground rules, sharing a living space should be easier and keep thoughts of moving out at bay.

Have respect

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A little sample, a little sip, and more await Brew Ha Ha visitors Sept. 19 in Davenport, Iowa. To attend, participants must be at least 21. The ticket price includes tasting, entertainment, and a tasting glass.

What’s brewing?

What: Brew Ha Ha When: 1 to 5 p.m. Sept. 19 Where: LeClaire Park, 400 Biederbeck Drive, downtown Davenport, Iowa Requirements: Must be 21

Cost: $30 for advance tickets; jayceesqc.org Information: visitquadcities. com or call 800-747-7800 for Quad Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau

Green Tree Brewery is new.

It opened in August at 309 N. Cody Road, Le Claire, Iowa. No food is served in the tap room, but there is popcorn. Customers are welcome to bring in their own food. Among the beers available are Hop Along

Casually and Mintery Knight.

If you plan on partaking is some suds, then turning this day trip into an overnight visit might make sense. Visitquadcities.com contains information on places to stay and activities for the next day.

TECHNOLOGY

Wearables can alert you to your pet’s pain LOS ANGELES (AP) – You can use wearables with GPS to keep track of wandering dogs. Others help you track animals’ physical activity.

Now, two companies have the latest in wearable pet technology: collars that can check for a fever, monitor pulse and respiration, and even indicate if your pet is in pain.

PetPace, based in Burlington, Massachusetts, has a medical collar that

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Navigating someone else’s adoration for an animal can add a thorn to communication for two people living together for the first time.

can measure a dog’s vital signs and other information to look for signs of pain. Irregularities trigger a notice by phone, text or email. Voyce, created

by I4C Innovations Inc., and based in Chantilly, Virginia, has a consumer version that tracks similar information. It also has a Voyce Pro that is available to veterinarians to prescribe for pets recovering from surgery or long-term illness.

Both smart collars can

be programmed to monitor for a pet’s specific illness. Dogs and cats that weigh more than 8 pounds can use them.

PetPace’s medical monitoring collar came out 3 years ago and has been tested on thousands of dogs. Voyce for pet owners was introduced in the spring, followed by a professional version for veterinarians in July.

More than 100 animal hospitals have signed on to use Voyce Pro, said

Emily Hartman, director of product management for I4C Innovations.

PetPace collars are available at petpace.com for $150 per collar and $15 a month. Voyce is available at voyce.com for $200 and $9.95 a month.

Herring said the smart collars do have limitations, including batteries that last anywhere from 2 days to 8 weeks, depending on how much data they are asked to measure and deliver.

Andrea Yusim Meltzer is in the business of finding compatible roommates.

As CEO of Skokie-based online roommate matching service Compatibility, Meltzer has seen the fallout when people live together, no matter how well matched they seem.

To ensure a smooth living situation with someone you know well or just met, she stresses mutual respect. Issues such as inviting friends over or borrowing your roommate’s personal belongings without asking first need to be addressed.

“These things seem like no-brainers,” she said, but are common culprits in breaking down a roommate relationship.

“Once you’ve disrespected a person it leaves a real bad taste.”

Establishing expectations about these topics will serve as insurance to maintaining a smoother relationship.

Harlan Cohen, who covers roomie travails in his book, “The Naked Roommate: And 107 Other Issues You Might Run Into in College,” agrees – but adds a caveat. Before you assume the worst of someone, he said, keep an open mind. If your roommate is eating your food, for instance, he suggests finding out if the person might be having money problems.

“It’s better to check in before making accusations,” he said.

Write it out Cohen suggested creating a contract to hammer out priorities and expec-

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tations. Then, when a difficult situation arrives, housemates will have already discussed how to tackle the issue.

Have an honest conversation about what household life will be like.

Discuss your habits and pet peeves, and maybe your deal breakers, too – ahead of time, if possible, when there’s less pressure. Roommates should speak up about how often they want the bathroom cleaned, how long dirty dishes can stay in the sink and, when applicable, bill paying and cleaning schedules.

“If you talk about it, it won’t be explosive,” he said.

Look in the mirror Flipping the roommate focus onto yourself is Cohen’s ultimate suggestion. He emphasized that the No. 1 question you need to ask yourself is: “Are you the roommate from hell?”

Cohen stressed that in roomie conflicts, it’s typical for one person to start by blaming the other. Instead, you might want to ask yourself, “What did you do, and how did everyone react?”

It’s also possible that your expectations are unreasonable. If you assume that everyone lives by the same standards as you, you’ll be faced with a huge disappointment because they weren’t.”

Another thing people need to ask themselves, Cohen said: Do they want their new roommate to be a casual acquaintance they share a dorm room with, or their next best friend? When you set this expectation low, anything more will feel like a bonus.

Communicate Shared living is about sharing – and that includes communication.

Passive-aggressive behavior (think notes taped around the kitchen) does little to contribute to happy cohabitation.

“Share what makes you uncomfortable,” Cohen said. “Most people keep it a secret because they hate confrontation.”

“Think conversation, not confrontation” is one of Cohen’s go-to mantras.

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Last A Life Time Wedding advice: Be open to ideas and expertise Well-intended advice could be an asset when planning a wedding.

Once you announce your plans to get married, there’s a good chance that people close to you will be ready and willing to dispense their share of advice. Some words of wisdom will be priceless, while others you can store away for another day.

When pollin g married couples, you will likely find they would change “this” or “that” about their weddings if given the chance to do it all over again. Here is some advice that you can choose to follow for your wedding day.

Tip #1: Trust your vendors Couples often have unique ideas for their wedding day. It may seem tempting to spell out what you want in minute detail and insist on wedding vendors carrying out your wishes to a T. But the smarter idea may be to give vendors a little more free reign -- after all, they are the professionals.

“I had a vision in my head of what I wanted my centerpieces to look like,” offers Jean M., Connecticut. “I gave the florist my suggestions and the ‘feel’ of what I was trying to create, but ultimately Ileft the finished product up to her. When I walked into the reception hall and saw my centerpiece baskets overflowing with fall-hued flowers, berries and twinkling candles, I was so excited I had left it up to the expert.”

When deciding on particular aspects of the wedding, you can give your general ideas, but leave the finished product to the professionals. Don’t list every song you want the deejay to play or micromanage all of the poses the photographer should take. After all, experienced pros have likely done this dozens of times in the past and could produce results you never dreamed possible.

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“If Ihad to do it all again, I would skip the dessert bar I had at my wedding,” says Alice C., Ohio. “The spread of pies, pastries, cookies, and chocolates certainly looked impressive, but it cost me a small fortune. Also, people filled up on the dessert bar so much, they no longer had room to taste my special-ordered wedding cake.”

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Tip #3: Don’t overextend Your wedding will hopefully be a once-in-a-lifetime event.

Therefore, couples often plan to spend a good deal of money to ensure their special day is perfect. Weddings are still viewed as a high-priority expense and most couples save for a long period of time despite sluggish consumer spending reports. According to the market research and analysis firm IBISWorld, nearly 60 percent of couples go over their budgets when getting married. Some do so at the risk of being in debt afterward.

“It can be easy to get carried away in wedding spending,” shares Deirdre H., Michigan. “I went way over budget when getting my wedding gown and a few other components of my wedding. My husband and I struggled the first year of our marriage trying to fix our finances and battling a bad case of money-related stress.”

Try to stick to a budget as much as possible so that you can enjoy yourself not only on the wedding day, but also long after the honeymoon has ended.

Tip #4: Keep it in the family Selecting members of your wedding party can be challenging because there may be so many special people in your lives right now that you want to honor. Choosing a best man and a maid/matron of honor is a large responsibility because these people stand out in the wedding. Although couples struggle with their choices and want to please everyone, your safest bet is to choose a family member.

“I ended up choosing my best friend over my sister as maid of honor,” says Clara T., Arizona. “Although we were very close at the time, we’ve since grown apart due to work relocation. My sister and I, however, talk and hang out frequently.

I regret not having asked my sister to be my maid of honor, considering hers is a friendship I know will last a long time.”

Unless you don’t have close family members or your relationship with your siblings or cousins is strained, choose a family member to serve as best man or maid of honor.

It is easy to be overwhelmed when planning a wedding, and couples can expect to be bombarded with advice.

However, it could pay to heed the advice of couples who have already lived and learned from their wedding choices.

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Man worried young love too good to be true Dear Abby, I am a 63-year-old man living with a 28-year-old woman. She has three children – ages 2, 6 and 7. They live with us every other weekend. I have fallen in love with them.

We are planning on getting married soon, and I want to be sure the kids are secure when I’m gone.

I have an erectile dysfunction problem. She says she doesn’t care about sex, but I’m worried she will stray. I was 28 once, and that’s all I thought about. I’m afraid she is marrying me for her own benefit – the house, Social Security and my business.

I love her and her children dearly. She says she

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

loves me, but I’m just not sure. Can you help me figure out what to do?

– Too Good to be True?

Dear Too Good, If you have any doubts about marrying this woman, then you shouldn’t do it. However, if you do decide to marry her, first discuss this with

your legal adviser and be sure you have an ironclad prenuptial agreement.

As to providing for her little ones in the event of your demise, discuss that with a lawyer who specializes in wills and trusts and who can advise you about the best way to leave money/assets in trust for them after they have reached a certain age – so the money can’t be dissipated prematurely.

Dear Abby, Our parents have been dead for 25 years. Along the way, we have also lost sisters, nieces and cousins. Every year when we gather for a family reunion, part of it is

a candle lighting and spoken remembrance of those loved ones we have lost. Some in my family get teary-eyed or cry.

My husband refuses to attend my family reunions because of this.

He says my relatives have issues and need to see a mental health professional. He makes fun of us and the way we are together. I have a large family with many offspring. Do you agree we are “crazy” for the remembrance and the tears?

– Loves my Family in Georgia Dear Loves, No, I do not. During a ceremony such as you have described, tears

Dear Miffed, No law says this couple was obligated to have your wife represent them.

I suspect that they didn’t inform your wife because they wanted to avoid an uncomfortable conversation. If she would like to know the reason they Dear Abby, listed their home with My wife, who is a Realsomeone else, she should tor, is upset because a ask them. It’s possible the couple of our best friends other Realtor offered serlisted their home with vices beyond what your someone else. My wife wife does. feels they should have had the decency to at Dear Abby is written by least notify her that they Abigail Van Buren, also were going to give the known as Jeanne Phillips, listing to another Realand was founded by her tor. My wife had sold mother, Pauline Philthem their home a few lips. Contact Dear Abby years ago. Your thoughts, at www.DearAbby.com or please?

P.O. Box 69440, Los Ange– Miffed in Miami les, CA 90069. can be a healthy display of emotion. However, I do think your husband’s comments are insensitive and judgmental, and he’s doing the right thing for everyone by staying away.

Feeling as he does, far away is where he belongs.

SUPPORT GROUPS, CLUBS, AND SERVICES Saturday, Sept. 5 Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., closed, Big Book, United Methodist Church, 201 E. Chicago Ave., Davis Junction.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., open, women’s; noon, open; 6 p.m., open, 90-92 S. Hennepin Ave., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 9:30 a.m., closed, former St. Anne Grade School, 32 N. Jones Ave., Amboy, 815-857-2315.

Women’s Alcoholics Anonymous, 10:30 a.m., closed; 7 p.m., closed, 808 Freeport Road, Sterling.

Mercy Nursing Services free blood pressure clinic, 11 a.m.noon, Walmart, 1901 First Ave., Rock Falls.

Affliction of Addiction Narcotics Anonymous, noon and 6 p.m., First Christian Church, 506 Fifth Ave., Rock Falls, 779245-8214. Downstairs, west door.

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, noon, open, Old School; 7 p.m., open, fun night, bring a friend, back door, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls.

Mercy Nursing Services free blood pressure clinic, 1-2:30

p.m., Save-A-Lot, 928 First Ave., Rock Falls.

The Kick-It Ticket Narcotics Anonymous, 3 p.m., basement, Fellows Street door, The Worship Center, 403 N. Ottawa Ave., Dixon, 815-677-9694.

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

Chapter 410 of the Experimental Aircraft Association, 7:30 p.m., terminal building, Whiteside County Airport, 10950 Hoover Road, Rock Falls, 815626-1249.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m.,

closed, Village of Progress, 710 S. 13th St., Oregon.

Sunday, Sept. 6 Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 a.m., closed; 7 p.m., open, Rochelle Community Hospital, 900 N. Second St. Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 a.m., closed; 11 a.m., open; 1 p.m., closed, Spanish; 7 p.m., closed, Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., closed; noon, open; 6 p.m., closed, step, 90-92 S. Hennepin Ave., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 10 a.m., open, barn, Horizon View Farm, 2422 N. River Road, Oregon.

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, 10 a.m., open, Big Book, back door, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed; 7 p.m. closed (5), Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

Latin American Social Club meeting, 3 p.m., 2708 W. Fourth St., Sterling, 815-625-8290.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., closed, Church of St. Anne, 401 N. Cherry St., Morrison.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, Spanish, St. Patrick Catholic Church, 236 Kelly Drive, Rochelle.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, clearance required, BAAbble on for Life Prison Group, 815-973-6150.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., closed, 304 Seventh Ave. W, Lyndon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed (4), Mount Morris Senior Center, 9 E. Front St.

Park, Fifth Street and Fifth Avenue, Rock Falls, 815-590-8881.

Mexican food, 5-8 p.m., Rock Falls Veterans of Foreign Wars, 217 First Ave. Bingo, 7 p.m. Rock Falls American Legion, 712 Fourth Ave.

Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon, state Route 52 next to BP station on North Pennsylvania Avenue, Sublette.

Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon, courthouse lawn, Oregon.

Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Fourth Avenue and West Second Street, Rock Falls, 815-625-4500.

Cookout, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Rock Falls Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5418, 217 First Ave. Carry-outs, 815-626-3513.

Mexican food, 5-8 p.m., Rock Falls Veterans of Foreign Wars, 217 First Ave. Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 410, 7:30 p.m., Whiteside County Airport, 815626-1249.

COMMUNITY EVENTS Friday, Sept. 4 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., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-2889236.

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

Bridge, 8:45 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Intermediate line dancing, 10 a.m., call Whiteside County

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Senior Center at 815-622-9230 for location.

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

Line dancing, 11 a.m.-noon, Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815622-9230.

Lifescape lunch, 11:30 a.m., Post House Community Center, 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, Post House Com-

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munity Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

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

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

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

Duplicate bridge, 12:30 p.m., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815288-9236.

Pinochle, 1 p.m., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

Farkle, 1 p.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-589-3925 Farmers Market, 3-7 p.m., Fourth Avenue and West Second Street, Rock Falls, 815-6254500.

Farmers Market, 4-8 p.m., parking lot of Union Bank, 2 W. Main St., Mount Morris.

Breaded pork chop dinner, 5-7 p.m., American Legion Post 12, 1120 W. First St., Dixon, 815-284-2003.

Savanna Main Street First Friday, 5-9 p.m., downtown Savanna, 815-273-4886.

All-ages open mic night, 5-9 p.m., Triangle-Veterans Memorial

Saturday, Sept. 5 Farmers Market, 7 a.m.-noon, Haymarket Square, 317 W. Third St., Dixon, 815-284-3306.

Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon, Twin City Market, indoors, 106 Avenue A, Sterling, 815-6268610.

Farmers Market, 8-11 a.m., rain or shine, behind Morrison’s Heritage Museum, 202 E. Lincolnway.

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ASSEMBLY OF GOD 933 Mekeel Rd., Dixon, Rt. 52 S.E. Church 284-3090 Parsonage 285-0360 Adam Meyer, Pastor Sunday 9:30am - Morning Fellowship Sunday School Sunday 10:30 - Worship Service Wednesday 7:00pm - Family Night (all ages)

FAITH ASSEMBLY OF GRAND DETOUR Ridge Road, Dixon, 652-4488 Li Arellano, Sr. Pastor Morning Worship 10:00 a.m.

CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH 313 Van Buren Ave., Dixon 288-2453 Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Morning Worship 10:45 a.m., Sunday Evening 5:00 p.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting 7:00 p.m.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 111 East 2nd, Dixon, 284-6823 Bunyan & Rachel Cocar - Co-Pastors Sunday School 9:15, Worship 10:30, Bible Study is on Wednesday at 6:00 p.m.

NORTHSIDE BAPTIST Dan Bentz, Pastor 598 Riverlane, Dixon, 288-5212 (1 Mile West On Dixon-Sterling Freeway) Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Worship 10:45 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Worship Wed. 7:00 p.m.

Awana Wednesday 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

3 years thru 6th grade

SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH 501 W. 3rd St., Dixon, 288-1566 Pastor Gary Sorrell Sunday School 9:30 Morning Worship 11 a.m.

Mid Week Prayer Service 6 p.m. Wed.

FAITH DISCOVERY CHURCH 801 W. Oregon St., Polo, 815-946-3588 Jeremy Heller, Pastor Sunday School 9:00 am Worship Service 10:00 am, Nursery Available Non-denominational Christian Church Visitors Welcome

ST. PATRICK’S CATHOLIC 612 S. Highland, Dixon, 284-7719 Father Bernard Sehr Confessions 3 p.m., Sat. Mass 4:30 p.m.

Sun. Mass 8:00 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 6:00pm

ST. FLANNEN CATHOLIC 2nd & Shelhammer, Harmon, 857-2315 Rev. Timothy Draper, Priest Sunday 9:00am Worship Weekdays as Scheduled

ST. PATRICKS OF AMBOY

GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH

32 N. Jones, Amboy, IL Msgr. Thomas Bales, Priest Saturday Evenings 4:30 p.m.

Sunday 7:30 a.m. & 10:30a.m.

707 1st Ave., Sterling, 815-625-0442 Reverend Peg Williams, Rector 9:00a.m. Sunday Holy Eucharist Wednesdays spoken Holy Eucharist Noon, Bible study and soup supper at 5:30.

Every Third Friday at 5:30 Younger adults gathering. Pastoral care, confession and reconciliation by appt. gracechurchstg.org

ST. ANNE’S CATHOLIC 1104 N. Brinton Ave., Dixon, 288-3131 Father Antoni Kretoroicz, Priest Confessions Sat. 3:30-4:30 p.m.

Mass Saturday 5:00 p.m., Sunday Service 8:30, 10:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

RIVER VALLEY CHURCH 417 E. 3rd Street., Sterling, 626-2577 Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

Visitors Welcome.

FAITH FELLOWSHIP GENERAL BAPTIST 725 N. Brinton, Dixon, 288-5091 Rev. Kenneth Hendley, 288-3689 Worship 10:00 a.m., Sunday Evening 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday Bible Study 7:00 pm.

SAINT PATRICK CATHOLIC Rt. 1, Maytown Rd., Maytown Rev. Timothy Draper, Priest Saturday, 6:00 p.m.

Weekdays as Scheduled

CROSSROADS COMMUNITY CHURCH White Pines Campus

Meeting Sundays at 10:00 AM 205 N. Jefferson Avenue, Polo ~ 815.837.5255 whitepines@crossroadscn.com Youth Pastor ~ Jose Garcia x 303 Contemporary worship & relevant Bible teaching Join us after services for coffee, snacks & fellowship Kidzlink Children’s Ministry (nursery-5th grade) ~ during adult services Crave Youth Group (6th-12th grade) ~ Wednesday nights 7PM www.crossroadscn.com

MENDOTA CHURCH OF THE NAZERENE 1209 Sixth Street, Mendota, 539-6232 www.mendotanaz.org Rev. Dick Schaill, Senior Pastor John Robinson, Worship Leader Sunday School 9:30-10:30 (all ages) Sunday Morning Worship 10:45-12:00 Soul Fire Prayer Meeting 7:00pm Tuesday Bible Study 7:00pm Wednesday Praise/Worship Practice 7:30pm Friday

EAST JORDAN UNITED METHODIST 22027 Polo Rd, Sterling IL 815-626-0104 Pastor Jim Miller Sunday Fellowship 9:00am Sunday School 9:30am, Worship 10:30am Handicap accessible and air conditioned www.EastJordanUMC.org

131 N. Court, Dixon, 284-3849 Randy Sizemore, Pastor Sun. School 9:15 a.m., Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

123 S. Hennepin, Dixon, 288-1222 Pastor Lynn Bond Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m.

Coffee Fellowship 10:30 a.m.

EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY

102 S. Seminary St., Mt. Morris, 734-4942 Sunday School All Ages 8:30 a.m., Inner-Mission Fellowship Time 9:30 a.m., Worship service 10:00am, with nursery

321 W. 2nd St., Dixon, 288-4719 Sunday Service 11 a.m.

Service every Wednesday 7:30 p.m.

ST. JAMES EVANGELICAL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

PINE CREEK CHRISTIAN CHURCH Pastor Gregg Downs Penn Corner on Lowell Park Rd., Polo, 946-3949 Sun. School 9:30, Worship 10:30

U.S. 52 & Red Brick Rd., Dixon, 815-288-2447, 815-994-0509 Robert Dunbar, Pastor Sun. School 9:45, Sun. Worship 10:45 a.m.

Ladies Bible Study Wednesday 9:00 a.m.

THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS 2709 16th Ave., Sterling, 625-1229 William F. Stocks, Bishop Sacrament Meeting 9:30 a.m.

Sunday School: 10:45 a.m.

Primary for children: 10:45 Priesthood, Relief Society & Young Women: 11:45

LINCOLN AVENUE CHURCH OF GOD 704 Lincoln Ave., Dixon, 288-1142 Pastor Mike Worrel Check us out on facebook Wednesday: 6:30-8:00pm Jump children’s ministry & Fushion youth ministry Prayer 6:30pm, 7:00-8:00pm adult bible study Sunday: 9:30 S.S. for children and adults 10:30 worship & children’s church

CHRIST OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH Missouri Synod, 284-4554, 2035 IL Rt. 26, Dixon Pastor David Andermann, Worship 9 a.m.

Sunday School and Education Hour 10:15 a.m.

MENDOTA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 900 Monroe Street, Mendota 815-539-6232 Pastor Timothy Kaiser Sunday School 9:30 a.m. all ages Sunday Morning Worship 10:00 a.m.

Bible Study Saturday 1:00 p.m.

TURNING POINT COMMUNITY CHURCH 944 Stony Point Rd., Dixon, 288-2625 Don Beasley, Pastor Sunday Celebration of Worship 10:00 a.m.

Wed. Christian Education 6:30 p.m.

ST. BRIDE’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH All are welcome Fr. Robert Francis Cristobal, Priest-In-Charge Sunday Schedule: 8 AM Holy Communion 9 AM Children’s Sunday School 10 AM Holy Communion with Music Fellowship and Coffee after the 10 AM service Contact information: 1000 IL Route 64 W, Oregon 815-732-7211 saintbrides@verizon.net www.saintbrides.org

FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH 14206 E. Flagg Rd., Rochelle, 815-562-7575 Sunday Worship 8am & 10:30am Youth Sunday School 9:15 am Adult Sunday School Classes 9:15am Choir Wednesday at 7:00pm Jr. High Ministries Wednesday 7:00pm E-mail: faithlc@rochelle.net

SAUK VALLEY ISLAMIC CENTER

SAUK VALLEY COMMUNITY CHURCH

202 E. Fellow St., Dixon -815.284.4868 Friday Prayer 12:15-1 pm Open to Public ~ All Denominations.

498 IL. Rte. 2, Dixon, 288-7000 Sunday Worship 10 a.m., nursery provided.

Tuesday evening praise and prayer 6 p.m. www.saukchurch.com

ROCK RIVER BAPTIST

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““Therefore, as God’s chosen people,

106 Gaston St., Prairieville 815-445-5912 Bible study Tuesday 6:00 p.m.

Sunday worship service 10:30 a.m.

Handicapped accessible - everyone welcome.

215 N. Court, Dixon, 284-2711 Rev. Marty Creager, Pastor Sun. School 10:45, Worship 9:30 a.m.

614 Orchard St., Dixon

815-677-7566

EAST GROVE UNION CHURCH 449 E. Reuter Rd., Amboy 376-6661 One mile east of Route 26 Pastor Rick Wulf 440-5321 Sunday Morning Service 9:00 am Sunday School 10:30 am Other services and activities announced.

Please join us.

SUBLETTE UNION CHURCH 500 W. Main St., Sublette, 849-5914 Pastor Kris Johnson Sunday Worship Service 9:00 am Kid’s Klub Wednesday 6:30-7:30 pm

906 Richardson Ave., Ashton, 453-2328 Pastor Sang-Hun Han Sunday School 9am, Sunday Worship 10am

2128 IL Route 38, Ashton, 815-453-7464 Pastor Jeremy Horton Sunday Worship Service 9 a.m.

37 S. East Avenue, Amboy (farm bureau building) Pastor Brian McWethy Sunday Worship Service 10:15 a.m. www.graceisforyou.com

DIXON CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN

NEW LIFE LUTHERAN

106 S. Walnut, Franklin Grove 815-456-2432 Pastor Jack M. Briggs Worship at 9:00am

ST. PAUL LUTHERAN 421 S. Peoria Ave., Dixon, 288-2757 Sat. 5:30pm Traditional Service Sun. 8:30am Traditional Service 9:30am Sunday School/Bible Study 10:45am Contemporary Service Wed. 9:00am Quilting, 5:45pm Bell Choir, 7:00pm Chancel Choir, 7:00 Praise Band Nursery available. Visitors welcome. www.stpauldixon.org

N. Galena & E. Morgan, Dixon, 288-1778 Gary Wilson, Pastor Worship 10:15 a.m.

Wednesday Night 6:30 p.m.

702 E. Dixon Street, Polo, 815-946-3212 Rev. Karen Hundrieser, Pastor Sunday School for all ages at 9:00 am Sunday Morning Worship at 10:00 am All are welcome to our multi-generational congregation. Nursery service provided during the service. Handicapped accessible.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF FRANKLIN GROVE

IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH 1013 Franklin Grove Rd., Dixon, 284-2804 Reverend Frank Langholf Saturday 5:30 p.m.Worship, Sunday 8:00 a.m. Traditional Worship, 9:15 a.m. Education and Fellowship, 10:30 a.m. Contemporary Worship Web Site: www.immanueldixon.org Bright Beginnings Daycare & Preschool 285-1033

ASHTON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

FAITH UNITED METHODIST

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ST. LUKE’S EPISCOPAL Corner of 3rd St. & Peoria Ave., Dixon Ph: 815-288-2151 Web page: stlukedixon.org Fr. Richard Frontjes, Rector Fr. Tom Lamb, Priest Associate SUNDAY Eucharist 10:15 a.m., followed by Coffee and Fellowship WEDNESDAY Healing Mass: 10 a.m.

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702 W. Lynn Blvd., Sterling 815-499-6552 Pastor Bill Sullivan Saturday Evening Service 6:00pm Sunday Traditional Service 8:30am Sunday Contemporary Service 10:45am Sunday School 9:45am

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CHANA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 606 Main Street, Chana Pastor Chan Ik Choi chanaumc@gmail.com Sunday: Adult & Children’s Education 9 am Worship Service 10:30 am Sunday of each month.

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ST. PAUL LUTHERAN CHURCH Nachusa, 284-4152, Brant Clements, Pastor Sunday Service 10:00 a.m.

FIRST UNITED METHODIST 202 S. Peoria Ave., Dixon, 284-2849 Tim Mitchell, Senior Pastor Heewon Kim, Associate Pastor Saturday Worship 5:00 pm Chapel Sunday Services 10:00 am in Sanctuary Nursery available 8:30am - 11:30am Cross Current Youth 4:30 pm Sunday 9:45 am Powerhouse Kids www.fumcdixon.org

FRANKLIN GROVE UNITED METHODIST 203 W. Middle St., Franklin Grove, 456-2456 Jin Ho Hong, Pastor Worship 10:15 a.m.; 1st Sunday of each month - ASL Sign interpreter for the hearing impaired

CHURCH OF ST. MARY CATHOLIC 211 N. Franklin Avenue - Polo Rectory phone: (815) 946-2535 Rev. Louis F. Tosto, Parochial Administrator Sunday Mass: 10:30 a.m.

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HARMON UNITED METHODIST 202 North Grove Street, Harmon, 359-7302 Pastor Leanne Keate Worship 8:30 a.m.

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LIGHTHOUSE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 4938 S. Daysville Road, Oregon, 732-7264 Xavier Martinez, Pastor Sunday School: 9 a.m. Kindergarten -6th Sunday Morning Worship: 9:00 a.m.

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LOST LAKE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 90 W. Flagg Road, Dixon - 815-626-4732 (corner of Lowden and Flagg Road) Pastor: Bob Clardie Sunday School 9:00 am Sunday Weekly Service 10:00 am Fellowship 11:00 am

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN 110 E. 3rd St., Dixon, 284-7741 Rev. Dr. David Spaulding Worship 9:30 a.m.

Church School, Adult Forum and Study Groups Follow Service

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Chicago and Flagg Streets, Paw Paw, Worship: 11:00 a.m.

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THE WORSHIP CENTER 403 N. Ottawa, Dixon, 677-9694 Pastor, Michael Cole Sunday Worship 11 a.m.

Tuesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday Service 6:30 p.m. One Voice Youth Group Non-Denominational

GRACE UNITED METHODIST 921 E. Chamberlin, Dixon, 288-1505 Pastor Marilyn Nolan Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m.

WoW Worship Wednesday 5:30 p.m.

Sun. School 10:45-11:30 a.m.

GREATER LIFE TABERNACLE 1403 Hemlock, Dixon, Steve Young, Pastor 815-284-8680 Bible Study, Thursday 7:00 p.m., Sunday Praise & Worship 10:00 a.m., Sunday Home Groups CALL

LIVING WELL CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 113 E. 1st Street, Dixon Rev. John Trotter, Pastor 815-973-5981 Small Groups 9:30-9:55 am Fellowship Cafe 10:00-10:30 am Adult & Children Worship 10:30 am www.livingwellchurch.org

HOPE BIBLE FELLOWSHIP 732 N. Brinton Ave., Dixon, IL www.hopebiblefellowship.com Senior Pastor Joshua Shaw Associate Pastor Nathan Meeks Worship Service Sundays at 9:30 am Grow Groups at 10:45 am Evening Sunday Service 6:30 pm

UNITED FIRST CHURCH 326 E. Main Street, Amboy, IL 815-857-2415 Pastor: Charles Jeanblanc Sunday Services 9 am - 10 am Bible study following services 10:15 - 11:15

ST. PAUL LUTHERAN CHURCH LCMC Congregation 107 W. Lahman Street, Franklin Grove 815-456-2457 or 815-440-6590 Pastor Myron Bartell Worship at 8:30 a.m. Sundays Sunday School at 9:45 a.m.

Bible Study Thursdays at 7:00 p.m.

SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST

2496 Reynolds Rd, Ashton - 815-453-2513 Rev. Alan Meyer, Pastor - 815-453-7480 Sunday School - All ages - 9:00am Sunday Worship - 10:00am - Nursery provided Wednesday Bible Study - 7:00pm Handicapped Accessible

416 Prospect St., Dixon Pastor Trudy Dunn Saturday Sabbath School 10:00am Worship Service 11:30am

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

634 Countryside Lane, Dixon, 288-4019

1140 Inlet Rd., Lee Center 815-456-2432 Pastor Jack M. Briggs Worship at 10:30am

LeFevre Rd. & Ave. F, Sterling 625-2284 Rev. Patrick Pinion SundayWorship 9am Sunday School & Bible Class 10:15am Live broadcast on WLLT 107.7FM on Sunday

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Chris Martin from Honda North America demonstrates Apple CarPlay on Aug. 20 in Torrance, California. Playing deejay with voice commands will get easier for more Americans this fall as some bestselling cars get updated with software that integrates smartphones into the dashboard.

Companies up dashboard game Apple, Google bring smartphone functions to cars LOS ANGELES (AP) – Playing deejay with voice commands will get easier for more Americans this fall as some best-selling cars get updated with software that integrates smartphones into the dashboard.

With the 2016 model year, Apple’s CarPlay and Google’s Android Auto will turn cars as affordable as a base model Chevy Spark into rolling robotic assistants that give directions to nearby restaurants or play the latest hits with commands as simple as “Play Ellie Goulding.”

The Associated Press recently tried out both systems on a 2016 Honda Accord. As with phones, voice-activated car technologies don’t always work as intended, bringing up inaccurate directions or failing to open an app, for example. But overall the two systems are convenient and incredibly intuitive.

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Still, as with any system that requires driver input, there are concerns about distraction.

“Anything that takes your attention away from the task of driving is not something you want to engage in,” said Kathy Lane, a spokeswoman for the National Safety Council, a nonprofit organization created by Congress to promote safety.

Neither system has been tested yet by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, says spokesman Russ Rader. The institute studies both human and mechanical factors in trying to reduce the number of vehicle crashes.

Consumers increasingly want to use their smartphone while driving – without running afoul of the law. For the last few years, drivers of most new cars have been able to speak to their phones and have audio stream through a car’s speakers using the nearly ubiquitous Bluetooth wireless standard. However, doing so can require fiddling with the phone, like holding down the home button first.

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Soybean oil: Oct. 26.85; Live cattle: Oct. 141.60; T-Bonds: Sept. 1563⁄32 Dec. 27.07 Dec. 143.775 Silver: Sept. 14.660 Soybean meal: Oct. Feeder cattle: Sept.

Gold: Dec. 1124.50 310.10; Dec. 308.20 202.400; Oct. 197.050 Copper: Sept. 2.3800 Wheat: Dec. 4.651⁄4; Mar Lean hogs: Oct 69.550; Crude: Oct. 46.83 4.733⁄4 Dec. 64.050; Feb. 67.850 Dollar Index: Sept.

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Numbers game Two Cubs earned monthly awards for the National League. Jake Arrieta earned pitcher of the month for August after going 6-0 with a 0.43 ERA and a nohitter. Kris Bryant was named rookie of the month.

VOLLEYBALL | STERLING DEF. ROCK ISLAND 25-13, 25-18

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Papoccia approaching 300th coaching win

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Mike Papoccia and Andy Accardi spent part of this week poring over season records.

The reason: a discrepancy between IHSA records and Newman’s records for the number of football coaching victories for Papoccia.

The IHSA thought Papoccia had reached his 300th win with Friday’s win over Rockridge. The Newman numbers said that Papoccia was at 298.

It turns out both were wrong. A playoff victory in 2001 was missed Victor Francque somewhere along Newman the way, so Papocsenior cia is actually at 299 heading into Saturday’s game against Fulton at Roscoe Eades Stadium.

“We spent a lot of time on it, and honestly, it’s something I’ll be glad to be over,” Papoccia said. “Whether we get there this week or some other time, it’ll be nice to reach and then we can just move on.”

“It means a lot to us, because of the history of the team,” Newman senior lineman Jared Brauman said. “We want to continue that tradition, and this is one of the ways that we can do that.”

Getting to 300 won’t be easy this week, as a big group of Steamers will be standing in the way.

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Sterling’s Rashel Robinson hits the ball past Rock Island’s Daria Taylor during Thursday’s match at Musgrove Fieldhouse. Sterling won 25-13, 25-18.

Leading by a point late in Game 2, the ball moved to setter Allie Olson in the front row of the Sterling Golden Warrior rotation at Musgrove Fieldhouse.

Rock Island defenders moved into spots across the net, anticipating a pass to one of Sterling’s heavy hitters like Kaylee Martin, and the back row prepared to dive for a dig off some thunderous hit.

Instead, Olson tipped the ball

over the net and Rocky’s front row, and in front of the back row for a Sterling point.

The Golden Warriors held serve for the next five points to finish off a 25-13, 25-18 win over their nonconference foes from the Western Big 6.

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WOMEN’S TENNIS PREVIEW | 2015 SAUK VALLEY SKYHAWKS

DOUBLE SWITCH

Former opponents Ordean, Shank make fine pairing for Skyhawks

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DIXON – Last season, Sterling’s duo of Allie Shank and Grace Steinke won the Belvidere North Sectional doubles title. One of the teams they dispatched on the way to that crown was Newman’s Chantel Ordean and Anne Vits.

Little did either Shank or Ordean realize that the semifinal showdown featured their future doubles partner at Sauk Valley Community College.

After both advanced to the IHSA state meet as seniors in 2014 – albeit playing for different high schools – they will be teammates for the next 2 years.

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Sauk Valley tennis players Chantel Ordean (left) and Allie Shank met often as opponents during their high school days at Newman and Sterling, respectively. Now the duo is partnering to form the Skyhawks’ No. 1 doubles team.

BOYS SOCCER | OREGON 5, DIXON 3

• 6 players from Sterling HS, 2 from Newman HS, 1 from Dixon HS • 4 sophomores, 5 freshmen • 1 returning player from last season’s top 6

Humphrey’s giant heave Unique throwing technique leads to Oregon victory

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OREGON – Kaden Humphrey could barely sit up in bed one morning after a recent soccer tournament.

The Oregon junior’s abdominal muscles hurt to touch, his back was sore, and his shoulders hurt.

Humphrey was in a similar state after Thursday’s 5-3 win over Alex T. Paschal/apaschal@saukvalley.com Dixon at Oregon Park West in Big Dixon’s Connor Carlson (left) and Oregon’s Chance Merrill vie for Northern West play. the ball Thursday during a Big Northern West match at Oregon The cause of his pain comes from what he does during Park West. Oregon won 5-3.

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lets fly a ball that looks like it was shot out of a giant slingshot.

“Very rarely do you see something like that,” Dixon coach Josh Brigl said. “It’s difficult to defend.”

With the score tied 3-3, Humphrey tossed the ball across the field and found a sprinting Jarrett Reynolds, who headed the ball into the net past Dukes goalkeeper Evan Munson to take the lead with 9:37 to play.

The goal was the second of the match for Reynolds, who scored the tying goal 8 minutes earlier matches. Humphrey bends backon a blast from 30 yards out. ward like a cartoon character on HEAVE CONTINUED ON B4 throw-ins from the sideline, and Star of the match: Jarrett Reynolds, Oregon, 2 goals, including tying & winning goals Key performers: Isidoro Marcos, Oregon, 2 goals; Remington LeRette, Dixon, goal Up next: Dixon at Rockford Lutheran, 4:30 p.m. Tuesday; Oregon at Stillman Valley, 4:30 p.m. Tuesday

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The 12th annual Mount Morris Senior Center Golf Scramble & Steak Fry will be held at Sunset Golf Course on Friday, Sept. 25.

Entry fee for the nine-hole outing is $40 for Sunset members and $50 for nonmembers. Registration begins at 1:30 p.m., with tee-off at 2 p.m.

Sign-up is available at Sunset, or call the Mount Morris Senior Center at 815-734-6335.

Today College cross country 5 p.m.

• Sauk Valley at Western Illinois Men’s golf 1:30 p.m.

• Timber Creek Classic Football 7 p.m.

• Dixon at Burlington Central • Marengo at Rock Falls • North Boone at Oregon • West Carroll at EastlandPearl City, at Lanark • Durand at Polo

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Judge lifts Brady suspension Tom Brady will start the season on the field after a judge lifted the league’s four-game suspension of the star quarterback Thursday for a scandal over deflated footballs, saying he was treated unfairly by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. The league quickly appealed.

U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman criticized Goodell for dispensing “his own brand of industrial justice” as he found multiple reasons to reject the suspension 1 week before New England’s opener.

The judge cited “several significant legal deficiencies” in the league’s handling of the controversy, including no advanced notice of potential penalties, a refusal to produce a key witness, and the apparent first-ever discipline of a player based on a finding of “general awareness” of someone else’s wrongdoing.

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Five Rutgers players suspended Five Rutgers football players have been suspended from the team after one was charged in a home invasion and four others were charged with assaulting a group of people in New Brunswick in April.

DBs Ruhann Peele, Nadir Barnwell and Delon Stephenson, and FB Razohnn Gross were charged with aggravated assault, riot and conspiracy to commit a riot for a fight that left a man with a broken jaw.

DB Andre Boggs was charged in two home invasion robberies in April and May 2015.

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San Francisco’s two-time Cy Young award winner will miss rest of the season after undergoing hip surgery on Thursday.

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Sterling’s Corey Hartz breaks through the Curie defense for a touchdown during their game September 3, 2010 at Roscoe Eades Stadium. Hartz and the Warriors held off Curie for a 21-19 win.

By SVM Sports Staff

Local football fans were treated to a pack of highly competitive games for Week 2 of the 2010 season. Sterling, Rock Falls, Morrison, Bureau Valley and Eastland-Pearl City all engaged in tight affairs.

This week, SVM takes you back to Sept. 3, 2010 in its weekly turn back the clock feature. Next week, we’ll travel back to the 2005 season.

Sterling 21, Chicago Curie 19:

Reese Fleming Jr. swept around the end and across the goal line, turning, for a moment, the improbable into reality.

The Chicago Curie quarterback appeared to convert a 2-point conversion with 24.7 seconds left at Roscoe Eades Stadium to tie the score against the host Sterling Golden Warriors.

A yellow hanky changed that.

A holding penalty negated the points, and a second chance from the 14-yard line failed as Fleming’s pass fell short of his intended target Brandon Barker.

The Warriors let out a sigh of relief, beating a team coached

by Sterling graduate Tyson LeBlanc. Corey Hartz led Sterling with 102 yards and TD. Winnebago 27, Rock Falls 26:

Big plays gave the Rock Falls Rockets a big first-half advantage. Grind-it-out football gave the Winnebago Indians the means to come back.

After the Rockets scored on their first three possessions, the Indians countered with a strong second half on offense and a few key plays on defense to pull out a victory over Rock Falls at Hinders Field.

Tyler Barnes keyed the Rockets’ early surge, scoring on a 28-yard run and a 51-yard run

Scoreboard • Alleman 49, Dixon 14 • Sterling 21, Curie 19 • Winnebago 27, Rock Falls 26 • Oregon 41, Clifton Central 13 • Newman 51, Fulton 0 • Morrison 33, St. Bede 27 • Amboy 42, Kewanee 18 • Bureau Valley 14, Riverdale 7 • Erie-P’town 41, Ottawa Marquette 15 • Stockton 34, AFC 26 • Polo 19, Durand 6 • Orangeville 39, Milledgeville 14 • EPC 23, Forreston 22 • Lena-Winslow 41, West Carroll 14 on identical counter plays on Rock Falls’ first and third possessions. In between, Taylor Shepard’s short TD plunge finished off a drive he and Dylan Koeppen started by forcing a ’Bago fumble, and highlighted

by Koeppen’s 31-yard pass to Chris Johannsen to the Indians’ 2-yard line.

Morrison 33, St. Bede 27:

Danny Dennehey had a big night through the air as Morrison held off St. Bede in Peru.

Dennehey completed 10 of 21 passes for 329 yards, including touchdown passes of 11 and 8 yards to Nick Volckmann, and 69 yards to Jason Caruso.

The second TD pass to Volckmann put the Mustangs ahead 33-13 with 10 minutes remaining. St. Bede struck back with a pair of short touchdown runs from Nick Hueneburg to climb to within six with just 3 minutes left, but got no closer.

Bureau Valley 14, Riverdale 7: The Bureau Valley Storm

overcame an early surge by the

Riverdale Rams to earn the win in Port Byron.

The key to the game for the Storm was the defense, which, after allowing the Rams 69 yards and a touchdown on their first possession of the game, gave up only 113 total yards of offense the rest of the game, with 30 of that coming as Riverdale threatened late in the fourth quarter.

After BV drove from its own 44 down to the Rams’ 24-yard line, Caleb Baker’s pass was tipped and picked off, turning the ball over to the Rams at their 18.

The Storm defense held, forcing Riverdale to punt on fourthand-three. Steve DeMay got a hand on the punt to put the ball back into the Storm’s hands at the Riverdale 30.

Three plays later, Sam Lowers took the ball 19 yards for the touchdown, and Tanner Schoff ran in the two-point conversion in to give the Storm their first lead at 14-7.

Eastland-Pearl City 23, Forreston 22: The Cardinals

dominated 39 minutes of their NUIC Northwest game against Eastland-Pearl City. The other 9 minutes mattered most for EPC in Forreston.

EPC jumped to a quick 13-0 lead halfway through the first quarter, and a touchdown with about a minute left in the fourth quarter gave the Wildcatz the comeback victory.

The Wildcatz opened up quick when quarterback Drake Walker connected with Mack Byers from 10 yards out to complete EPC’s first drive. The Wildcatz’s second possession saw another score, with Byers running in from 5 yards. The play gave EPC a 13-0 lead. Aaron Reed scored the decisive touchdown in the fourth quarter.

• United Township at Sterling 7:30 p.m.

• Amboy at Sherrard • Bureau Valley at St. Bede • Morrison at Princeton • Orion at Erie-Prophetstown, at Prophetstown • AFC at Warren • Aquin at Milledgeville Girls Golf 1 p.m.

• Rock Falls at LaSallePeru Invitational Volleyball 4:30 p.m.

• Erie, Eastland at Oregon tournament 6 p.m.

• Galesburg Christian at Faith Christian

On the tube TV listings

Today Auto racing 7 a.m.

• Formula One, practice for Italian Grand Prix, NBCSP 10 a.m. & 3:30 p.m.

• NASCAR Sprint Cup, practice for Southern 500, at Darlington, S.C., NBCSP Noon & 2 p.m.

• NASCAR Xfinity, practice for VFW Sport Clips Help A Hero 200, NBCSP

College football 2:30 p.m.

• Charlotte at Georgia St., ESPNU 6 p.m.

Comets preparing for Steamers’ size

• Michigan St. at Western Michigan, ESPNU • Baylor at SMU, ESPN 8 p.m.

• Kent St. at Illinois, BTN

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“They have a big group of linemen,” Newman noseguard Victor Francque said. “They are going to come in here and try to push us around. We have to stay low. It’s all about pad level.”

Francque made a nice impact in last Friday’s win over Rockridge, and his effort didn’t go unnoticed.

“He’s a kid that didn’t get a lot of playing time last year,” Papoccia said. “But he paid attention, and he got better.

“He did a lot of good things last week. He’s still learning, but so are the guys that started every game last year.

He’d probably be starting both ways for us, if we needed him to.”

The Comets defense was stout against a potent Rockridge lineup, and nearly

• Washington at Boise St., ESPN

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• PGA, Deutsche Bank Championship, TGC

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• D’backs at Cubs, CSN 7 p.m.

• White Sox at Royals, CSN • Pirates at Cardinals, FSN

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Newman’s Kyle Decker knocks the ball away from Rockridge quarterback Carson Frakes during last Friday’s game in Edgington. impenetrable in the second half.

Fulton (0-1) is coming off a 21-7 loss to Hall last week where a couple ill-timed mistakes cost the Steamers a chance to win.

“After watching that

tape, to me, it was a one-point game,” Papoccia said. “You cut out a couple plays, and Fulton probably wins it. We know those are the kind of things they’ll be cleaning up this week.

“They are a big team, and they are very wellcoached,” Papoccia said. “They run their offense out of more formations than the Blue Angels. We been trying to show our guys all of them this week.”

1:30 p.m.

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• International friendly, U.S. vs. Peru, FS1

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• U.S. Open, third round, ESPN 5 p.m.

• U.S. Open, ESPN2

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Sterling’s Jay Borum hits the ball past two Rock Island defenders during Thursday’s 25-13, 25-18 win.

Borum had nine kills and two aces.

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“Coach kept telling me in Game 1 to be looking for that when they rotated certain girls to the front,” said Olson, who had 17 assists.

“But the passes were so good that I couldn’t pass up the set. In Game 2, I kept looking for it.

“That sort of turned the tide for us. They had made it close, and our attitude wasn’t as good. That happened, and we closed it out. We didn’t really want it to go three games.”

Sterling had plenty of reasons to want the match to end at two games. First, it had played a tough three-game match at Eastland on Tuesday. Second, Rocky was playing one of its first matches of the season, and Sterling didn’t want them to start to build confidence.

Finally, it was hot in the fieldhouse, with temperatures outside in the 90s.

“I didn’t notice too bad when we were playing,” Olson said. “But when timeouts were called, that’s when I really noticed how hot it was.”

Sterling (5-4) never trailed in the first game, and then jumped out to an 11-4 lead in Game 2.

“They haven’t played as many games yet,” Sterling coach Dale Dykeman said. “In the second game, you started to see how good they will be. They have a great passer and very good hitter coming across. We saw that when they made their charge.”

With Haley Sigel – the daughter of former Rock Falls basketball coach Thom Sigel – serving, Rock Island tied the score at 11 with a seven-point run. Sigel led Rocky with five kills, seven service points and two aces.

Rock Island managed three one-point leads after that, but couldn’t push any farther ahead.

“We didn’t do as good of a job on serve receive for a few points there,” Sterling’s Jay Borum said. “We got back to that at the end, and we had some good passes.”

Borum led Sterling with nine kills. Kaylee Martin had six kills, nine digs and three service points, and Megan Loos had eight service points and two aces.

GENOA – The gymnasium at Genoa-Kingston High School was nearly filled on Thursday night for the team’s opening volleyball match, where the Cogs beat the Dixon Duchesses 25-16, 16-25, 25-16.

The Cog faithful were on their feet during the entire match, and created an energetic atmosphere for the girls to start the season. The Cogs began the first set strong, but fell in the second set to force a third.

“I thought we looked like it was our first match of the year,” G-K coach Keith Foster said. “We started strong in the first set; when you’re at home, that’s the advantage you generally get.”

Outside hitters Torri Bennett and Rachel Hughes led the way offensively for the Cogs with eight kills apiece. Defensive specialist Alissa Lacko led her team with seven digs.

Foster was pleased with his team making the necessary adjustments in the third set to ultimately win the match.

“The effort and leadership was amazing tonight, to bounce back in that third set,” Foster said. “It was fun to see all our girls push to the finish, and our hitting was dominant in order to create opportunities for our other players out there.”

Jessa Long led the Duchesses (1-1) with 12 kills, and she also had seven digs. Jamie Altenburg ripped six kills, Kacey Koch dished 19 assists, and Alyssa Cruse led the way with nine digs.

“We had a really good momentum swing in that second game,” Dixon coach Bunyan Cocar said, “but we weren’t able to capitalize on things we knew we could do, and we were out of system a lot

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Dixon golf wins dual with Rock Falls on tiebreaker

By SVM Sports Staff

The Dixon and Rock Falls boys golf teams both fired 175s on Thursday at Rock River Golf & Pool, but the Dukes’ fifth score of 48 was one better than the Rockets’ 49.

Cole Ruckman’s 42 and Jake Bonnell’s 43 led Dixon, with Olivia Pultorak (44) and Patrick Johnson (46) also counting toward the team score. Jackson Jefferey’s 48 was the fifth score.

Rock Falls’ Bronson Mintun was the medalist with a 41, and Nolan Moeller added a 42.

Andrew Ashley (45) and Mitchell Guzzle (47) also contributed to the Rockets’ score, and Cooper Kilberg (49) notched the fifth score.

Kaneland 150, Sterling 161: The Golden War-

riors dropped a road NIB-12 crossover match, after recording one score in the 30s.

Nick Ceruzzi led Sterling with a 38, while Nick Olds added a 40. Brady Bostelman’s 41 and Ryan Blackburn’s 43 factored into the scoring.

Kaneland’s Jake Hed was the medalist with a 35.

Byron 168, Oregon 169:

The Hawks were edged out by a single stroke in a Big Northern dual at Silver Ridge.

Mitchell Nehrkorn and Matt Myers led Oregon with 40s, with Tyler Black adding a 42 and Carson Buck firing a 47.

Fulton 185, Amboy 196, Newman 225: Brett Ter-

rock’s medalist score of 43 paced the Steamers to a Three Rivers triangular win at Shady Oaks in Amboy.

Clayton Kemp led the Clippers with a 44, and Jacob Rude shot a teambest 48 for the Comets.

Morrison 163, Rockridge 167, Princeton 180: The Mustangs shot

four scores of 42 or better to win a Three Rivers triangular at Highland

Thursday’s stars Tony Diaz, Sterling soccer, 3 goals Noah Hogue, Morrison golf, 39 Bronson Mintun, Rock Falls golf, 41 Springs in Milan.

Noah Hogue’s 39 led the way for Morrison (5-2, 3-1), while Ben Tegeler and Jaeden Workman both fired 41s. Corbin Wilkens’ 42 rounded out the team scoring.

at Emerald Hill by five strokes.

Emma Boze fired a 57, Rachel Spencer shot a 65, and Jessica Rahn had a 68 for Sterling. Abby Sheets (70) rounded out the team scoring, and Kaitlyn Reese (78) also competed.

Byron 184, Oregon 210:

Abi Scheidecker shared medalist honors for the Hawks, but they were no match for the Tigers at Silver Ridge.

Scheidecker and Byron’s Kaley Mumma both fired 42s. Oregon also got a 50 from Abby Polo 173, Forreston Martin, a 57 from Ali 180, Galena 185: The Scheidecker, and a 61 Marcos shot four scores from Haley Repass. of 45 or better to win an East Dubuque 260, NUIC triangular at Gale- West Carroll 265: The Thunder dropped their na Country Club.

Christopher Radem- first dual of the season at acher’s 41 was good Sandburr Run to NUIC enough for runner-up East foe East Dubuque.

Emily Suiter (61), Alyshonors, and Mack Llanas fired a 42. Brix Clayton sa Smith (62), Hannah and Tristin Woodin shot Brigham (69) and Madmatching 45s for Polo die Hartman (73) all scored for West Carroll (6-1, 5-0).

Eastland 181, Peca- (0-1, 0-1). tonica 193: The Cougars’ Girls tennis depth won out at Lake Sterling 4, Mendota Carroll, as the Indians 1: The Golden Warhad both the medalist riors swept the doubles and runner-up but still matches in a nonconferlost an NUIC dual. ence win at home.

Shay Goellner and Aus- Maura Scanlan and tin Poffenberger both Abri Hale won in three fired 44s for Eastland sets at No. 1 doubles, (1-3, 1-3), while Collin while Nadia Trujillo Eubanks (45) and Curt and Aly Meeks, and Strauss (48) also counted Gianna Mancerra and toward the team score.

Abby Gunderson won West Carroll 159, East in straight sets at Nos. Dubuque 183: The Thun- 2 and 3. Katelyn Grell der rolled to an NUIC added a 6-0, 6-1 win at victory at Sandburr Run No. 2 singles for Sterling in Thomson, led by med- (3-1). alist Cameron Ehlers Boys soccer and runner-up Anthony Sterling 5, DeKalb 0: Mendoza.

The Golden Warriors Ehlers shot an even-par cruised to a road NIB-12 36, while Mendoza fired crossover win. a 1-over 37. Sean KeckTony Diaz scored three ler (41) and Matt Har- goals for Sterling, while ing (45) rounded out the Patrick Nelsen added a counting scores for West goal and an assist. Miguel Carroll (4-3, 3-2).

Gallardo recorded two Girls golf assists, with Carter GearL e n a - W i n s l o w 2 5 5 , ing assisting on another.

Sterling 260: The Golden The Warriors (5-0-0) Warriors dropped a non- used a Barbs’ own goal to conference dual meet cap the scoring.

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Oregon (6-3, 3-0 BNC West) runs its offense through Humphrey’s throwing abilities. With the distance he has on his throws, it’s essentially another corner kick opportunity. The team works on set plays in practice, and crashes the net in games, just as the Hawks did against Dixon.

“I use my body like a whip,” said Humphrey, a junior. “It seems like every year, even every game, it’s growing. I can throw farther and farther.”

Humphrey has six assists this season in nine games on his throw-ins. Reynolds, who has 11 goals this season, is normally the recipient. Reynolds practices meeting the ball at its highest point, soaring over the top of

defenders.

“It’s pretty amazing,” Reynolds said. “Whenever we’re near the sidelines, we’ll try to kick it off a defender so Kaden can throw it to us. We catch so many teams by surprise because no one has seen anything like it.”

Dixon (1-3-1, 0-2) switched keepers at halftime to combat this. Brigl moved Munson into the net to take advantage of his good hands. Munson, who made eight saves in the loss, spent the first half watching fellow keeper Nick LeSage handle the plays.

So Munson was aware of what he was getting into when he took the field for the final 40 minutes. He was effective, often catching the ball like a receiver in football grabbing a pass, eliminating tries from the crashing Hawks forwards.

The Dukes scored the

first goal of the match when Bryson Forrest beat his defender down the sideline and found Remington LeRette, who scored on a wide open net from the other side.

An own goal by Oregon gave Dixon a 2-0 lead at halftime, before the Hawks poured it on in the second half.

Trey Wilson scored 4 minutes into the second half, and Isidoro Marcos scored 4 minutes later to knot the score at 2-2.

Dixon answered when Michael Gale finished a feed from Ander Duenas to take a 3-2 lead, but that was all the Dukes could muster.

Reynolds scored twice, and Marcos added his second goal to push the score to 5-3.

“We came out in the second half pushing the pace,” Oregon coach Justyn Laxner said.

“That’s how we want to play – fast.”

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Erie’s Delaney Tegeler celebrates a play along with Caitlin Maloney (3) and Emily Cox (25) during the Cardinals’ home victory over Amboy on Thursday. The win marked the 100th victory for head coach Alicia Murphy.

Century marked in Erie Cardinals coach reaches 100 wins; Rockets beat Marengo

By SVM Sports Staff

The Rock Falls Rockets picked up an easy win on the road Thursday, knocking off Marengo 25-7, 25-10 in a Big Northern crossover contest.

Bailey O’Brien smashed 10 kills and reeled off five aces, and Sydney Arickx spiked seven kills for the Rockets (2-0). Annie Austin set for 10 assists, and Alexis Herrera dished five more.

Oregon def. Johnsburg 25-16, 25-22: Sommer

Rhea ripped 14 kills and added five digs to lead the Hawks to a straight-set win on the road in a Big Northern crossover match.

Gylian Finch added seven kills and seven digs, and Haylie Rorbeck dished 22 assists to go with four digs for Oregon.

United Township def.

Newman 25-20, 25-19 :

The Comets dropped to 1-2 on the season with a nonconference home loss to the Panthers.

Madalyn Wilson spiked six kills, Cassidy Wilson stuffed five blocks, and Lauren Wilson and Kate Payan each dished six assists for Newman. Mady Ferris had 18 digs.

Erie def. Amboy 25-17, 23-25, 25-18: Rachel

Cobert’s 11 kills, four blocks, 11 digs and seven aces led the way as the Cardinals won a Three Rivers match at home for coach Alicia Murphy’s 100th career victory.

Delaney Tegeler added nine kills, and Emily Cox dished 14 assists, spiked three kills and served six aces for Erie. Courtney

Sommer Rhea, Oregon, 14 kills, 5 digs Rachel Cobert, Erie, 11 kills, 11 digs, 7 aces, 4 blocks Bailey O’Brien, RF, 10 kills, 5 aces Cassidy Koning, AFC, 10 digs, 9 blocks, 8 kills Emily Shrimplin, AFC, 10 assists, 5 aces

Prophets lost in straight sets in a road Three Rivers match.

Claire Milnes led Prophetstown with 12 kills, with Courtney Pierceson adding five. Maddie Fringer finished with 12 assists, Kruthoff had six digs and and Jensyn McKinney three aces, and Caitlin added eight digs.

Maloney chipped in 14 Rockridge def. Bureau Valley 25-10, 13-25, assists and four aces.

Hallie Nauman, Del- 25-19: The Storm pushed aney Wilhelm and Vivian the Rockets to a third O’Laughlin all had five game, but ultimately lost a kills for the Clippers (2-4, Three Rivers road match.

1-3), with Nauman adding Sidney Kolb’s six kills led two blocks, three aces and BV, while Savannah Dean three digs, and Wilhelm added five kills, six digs and notching five digs. Emma eight points. Darcy Kepner Lindenmeyer finished had seven digs, and Nicole with 10 assists, four digs Wirth dished 17 assists.

AFC def. Hinckley-Big and three kills.

Hall def. Morrison 25-19, Rock 25-15, 25-14: Cassi22-25, 25-16: Emma Sitz- dy Koning led the Raiders more had a strong match to a nonconference win in for the Fillies, but it wasn’t Ashton.

Koning led AFC (5-1) enough in a road Three with eight kills, nine Rivers loss.

Sitzmore led Morri- blocks and 10 digs. Emily son (3-1, 2-1 TRAC) with Shrimplin led the Raiders 12 digs, nine assists and with five aces, 14 service three blocks, and added points and 10 assists. Lexi six kills. Brooke Stralow Meurer added eight digs. finished with 12 digs, six Serena def. Faith Christian 23-25, 25-17, 31-29: kills and two blocks.

Orion def. Fulton 25-12, The Falcons took Serena 25-15: The Steamers lost deep into a third set in for the first time this sea- their road loss. son, falling in a Three Riv- Sarah Smith led Faith ers match at home to the Christian with 10 kills, Kelsey Leach added five Chargers.

Betsy Leonard had eight assists, and Megan Hill kills, and Camerin Hui- (10) and Amanda LaPage zenga added five kills, (8) combined for 18 digs.

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THURSDAY’S SCOREBOARD Boys golf DIXON 175*, ROCK FALLS 175 Medalist: Bronson Mintun (RF) 41 Dixon scores: Cole Ruckman 42, Jake Bonnell 43, Olivia Pultorak 44, Patrick Johnson 46, Jackson Jefferey 48, Anton Halla 56 Other RF scores: Nolan Moeller 42, Andrew Ashley 45, Mitchell Guzzle 47, Cooper Kilberg 49, Drew Gray 54 * – Dixon wins on fifth-score tiebreaker at Maple Park

KANELAND 150, STERLING 161 Medalist: Jake Hed (K) 35 Sterling scores: Nick Ceruzzi 38, Nick Olds 40, Brady Bostelman 41, Ryan Blackburn 43, Nate Olson 45, Luke Steinke 51, Gabe Zeigler 52, Adam Oelrichs 56 at Silver Ridge, Oregon Par 36

BYRON 168, OREGON 169 Medalist: Connor Hurd (B) 38 Oregon scores: Mitchell Nehrkorn 40, Matt Myers 40, Tyler Black 42, Carson Buck 47, Adam Merrill 50, Zach Stromberg 51 at Shady Oaks, Amboy Par 36

FULTON 185, AMBOY 196, NEWMAN 225 Medalist: Brett Terrock (F) 43 Other Fulton scores: Rowland 45, Outzen 48, Ryan Dail 49, Dylan Temple 50, Jason Sikkema 52 Amboy scores: Clayton Kemp 44, Josh Gross 47, Caleb Sarff 49, Kyle Gascoigne 56, Zach Becker 57 Newman scores: Jacob Rude 48, Kyle Elletson 57, Ricky Rank 59, Cael Sanders 61, Sean Weir 64 at Highland Springs, Milan Par 36

MORRISON 163, ROCKRIDGE 167, PRINCETON 180 Medalists: Colby Robbins (P), Trafton Otting (R) 38 Morrison scores: Noah Hogue 39, Ben Tegeler 41, Jaeden Workman 41, Corbin Wilkens 42, Wade Hackbarth 44, Bryce Smith 50 Record: Morrison 5-2 (3-1 Three Rivers) at Galena Country Clyb Par 36

POLO 173, FORRESTON 180, GALENA 185 Medalist: Kane Hyde (G) 39 Polo scores: Christopher Rademacher 41, Mack Llanas 42, Brix Clayton 45, Tristin Woodin 45, Trevin Woodin 48, Colton Griffin 51 Record: Polo 6-1 (5-0 NUIC) at Lake Carroll, Lanark Par 36

EASTLAND 181, PECATONICA 193 Medalist: Cameron Hottman (P) 42 Eastland scores: Shay Goellner 44, Austin Poffenberger 44, Collin Eubanks 45, Curt Strauss 48, Chris Kniss 50, Kaden Henze 51 Record: Eastland 1-3 (1-3 NUIC) at Sandburr Run, Thomson Par 36

WEST CARROLL 159, EAST DUBUQUE 183 Medalist: Cameron Ehlers (WC) 36 Other WC scores: Anthony Mendoza 37, Sean Keckler 41, Matt Haring 45, Hayley Guilinger 48, Aaron Haring 51 Record: West Carroll 4-3 (3-2 NUIC)

Girls golf Thursday’s results at Emerald Hill, Sterling Par 36

LENA-WINSLOW 255, STERLING 260 Medalist: Renee Scheider (LW) 56 Sterling scores: Emma Boze 57, Rachel Spencer 65, Jessica Rahn 68, Abby Sheets 70, Kaitlyn Reese 78 at Silver Ridge, Oregon Par 36

BYRON 184, OREGON 210 Medalists: Abi Scheidecker (O), Kaley Mumma (B) 42 Other Oregon scores: Abby Martin 50, Ali Scheidecker 57, Haley Repass 61, Isabelle Nelson 68, Bre Bicksler 81 at Sandburr Run, Thomson Par 36

Medalist: Emma Larkin (ED) 59 WC scores: Emily Suiter 61, Alyssa Smith 62, Hannah Brigham 69, Maddie Hartman 73, Taylor Murray 78 Record: West Carroll 0-1 (0-1 NUIC)

Girls tennis Thursday’s results at Sterling

STERLING 4, MENDOTA 1 Singles 1. Whitney Lewis (M) def. Ali Prescott 6-4, 6-2 2. Katelyn Grell (S) def. Taylor Pappas 6-0, 6-1 Doubles 1. Maura Scanlan, Abri Hale (S) def. Mary Wackerlin, Melissa Worhley 6-2, 5-7, 10-6 2. Nadia Trujillo, Aly Meeks (S) def. Hope McDowell, Sabryna Valdez 6-1, 6-2 3. Gianna Mancerra, Abby Gunderson (S) def. Allisa Orozco, Alyssa Nonte 6-4, 6-2 Record: Sterling 3-1

MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB Toronto 76 57 .571 — New York 74 58 .561 1½ Tampa Bay 66 67 .496 10 Baltimore 64 69 .481 12 Boston 61 72 .459 15 Central Division W L Pct GB Kansas City 82 51 .617 — Minnesota 69 64 .519 13 Cleveland 64 68 .485 17½ Chicago 62 70 .470 19½ Detroit 61 72 .459 21 West Division W L Pct GB Houston 73 61 .545 — Texas 70 62 .530 2 Los Angeles 67 66 .504 5½ Seattle 63 71 .470 10 Oakland 58 76 .433 15 Pct .561 .530 .519 .504 .496 .485 .481 .470 .470

WHITE SOX 6, TWINS 4 Chicago

Minnesota ab r h bi ab r h bi Eaton cf 3 1 1 1 Dozier 2b 5 0 1 0 Abreu 1b 4 1 3 0 EdEscr ss-lf 5 1 2 0 MeCarr lf 5 0 1 0 Mauer dh 4 1 1 0 AvGarc rf 2 0 0 2 Plouffe 3b 3 0 0 0 LeGarc 2b 0 0 0 0 KVargs 1b 2 1 1 0 LaRoch dh 5 1 1 0 ERosar rf 4 1 1 4 AlRmrz ss 3 1 2 1 SRonsn lf 3 0 0 0 Soto c 3 1 0 0 DaSntn ph-cf 1 0 0 0 CSnchz 2b 2 0 0 0 Hrmnn c 3 0 0 0 TrThm ph-rf 1 0 0 0 Nunez ph-ss 1 0 1 0 Saladin 3b 2 0 0 0 Buxton cf 3 0 0 0 Shuck ph 1 1 1 2 Sano ph 1 0 0 0 GBckh 3b 1 0 1 0 Fryer c 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 6 10 6 Totals 35 4 7 4 Chicago 100 101 300 — 6 Minnesota 004 000 000 — 4 E–Abreu (8). LOB–Chicago 8, Minnesota 8. 2B–Abreu 2 (30). 3B–Shuck (2). HR–E. Rosario (9). SB–Av.Garcia (7). S–Eaton, C.Sanchez. SF–Eaton, Av.Garcia.

IP H R ER BB SO Chicago Smrdzija W,9-11 6 1/3 5 4 4 4 4 Da.Jennings 0 1 0 0 0 0 N.Jones H,4 1 2/3 1 0 0 0 3 Robertson S,28 1 0 0 0 0 1 Minnesota Gibson 6 5 3 3 0 4 Fien L,4-6 BS,4-4 1/3 2 3 3 1 0 Cotts 2/3 2 0 0 0 0 Boyer 2/3 0 0 0 2 1 Duensing 1 1/3 1 0 0 2 0 Da.Jennings pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.

WP–Gibson 2.

NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct New York 74 59 .556 Washington 68 65 .511 Miami 55 79 .410 Atlanta 54 80 .403 Philadelphia 53 81 .396 Central Division W L Pct St. Louis 86 47 .647 Pittsburgh 79 53 .598 Chicago 75 57 .568 Milwaukee 58 75 .436 Cincinnati 55 77 .417 West Division W L Pct Los Angeles 75 57 .568 San Francisco 69 65 .515 Arizona 65 69 .485 San Diego 64 69 .481 Colorado 55 78 .414 Wild Card W L Pittsburgh 79 53 Chicago 75 57 San Francisco 69 65 Washington 68 65

GB — 6 19½ 20½ 21½ GB — 6½ 10½ 28 30½ GB — 7 11 11½ 20½

Pct .598 .568 .515 .511

GB +4 — 7 7½

Thursday’s results Washington 15, Atlanta 1 Milwaukee 5, Pittsburgh 3 Colorado 11, San Francisco 3 L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, late Today’s games Arizona (Godley 4-0) at Chicago Cubs (Lester 8-10), 1:20 p.m.

Atlanta (Teheran 9-7) at Washington (Roark 4-4), 6:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (Garza 6-14) at Cincinnati (Sampson 2-2), 6:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (deGrom 12-7) at Miami (Koehler 8-13), 6:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Morgan 5-4) at Boston (J.Kelly 8-6), 6:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Happ 3-1) at St. Louis (C.Martinez 13-6), 7:15 p.m.

San Francisco (Heston 11-8) at Colorado (J.De La Rosa 8-6), 7:40 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Bolsinger 5-3) at San Diego (Shields 10-6), 9:10 p.m.

NFL preseason Thursday’s Games Green Bay 38, New Orleans 10 Atlanta 20, Baltimore 19 Cincinnati 9, Indianapolis 6 N.Y. Jets 24, Philadelphia 18 Tampa Bay 22, Miami 17 Jacksonville 17, Washington 16 Carolina 23, Pittsburgh 6 Detroit 17, Buffalo 10 N.Y. Giants 12, New England 9 Tennessee 24, Minnesota 17 Chicago 24, Cleveland 0 Dallas 21, Houston 14 Kansas City 24, St. Louis 17 Arizona 22, Denver 20 Oakland at Seattle, late San Diego at San Francisco, late Thursday’s box scores

BEARS 24, BROWNS 0

Cleveland Chicago

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0 0 0 —0 7 14 3 — 24

Second quarter Chi–Mariani 19 pass from Fales (Gould kick), 5:44.

EAST DUBUQUE 260, WEST CARROLL 265

Wild Card W L New York 74 58 Texas 70 62 Minnesota 69 64 Los Angeles 67 66 Tampa Bay 66 67 Cleveland 64 68 Baltimore 64 69 Seattle 63 71 Chicago 62 70

NFL ROUNDUP

Thursday’s box score

Thursday’s results at Rock River Golf & Pool, Rock Falls Par 35

GB +4 — 1½ 3½ 4½ 6 6½ 8 8

Thursday’s results Chicago White Sox 6, Minnesota 4 Kansas City 15, Detroit 7 Today’s games Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 6-7) at N.Y. Yankees (Severino 2-2), 6:05 p.m.

Baltimore (U.Jimenez 9-9) at Toronto (Hutchison 13-2), 6:07 p.m.

Cleveland (Kluber 8-13) at Detroit (Lobstein 3-5), 6:08 p.m.

Philadelphia (Morgan 5-4) at Boston (J.Kelly 8-6), 6:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Joh.Danks 6-12) at Kansas City (Medlen 3-0), 7:10 p.m.

Minnesota (Pelfrey 6-8) at Houston (McHugh 14-7), 7:10 p.m.

Seattle (Olmos 1-0) at Oakland (Brooks 1-1), 9:05 p.m.

Texas (M.Perez 2-3) at L.A. Angels (Richards 12-10), 9:05 p.m.

Third Quarter Chi–Umodu 11 pass from Fales (Gould kick), 9:12.

Chi–Martin 25 interception return (Gould kick), 4:25.

Fourth Quarter Chi–FG Gould 28, 5:35.

Cle First downs 12 Total Net Yards 147 Rushes-yards 26-67 Passing 80 Punt Returns 3-24 Kickoff Returns 3-50 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 16-22-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 7-40 Punts 5-48.6 Fumbles-Lost 2-2 Penalties-Yards 4-25 Time of Possession 31:30

Chi 14 279 27-139 140 2-20 1-27 1-25 15-22-0 0-0 4-46.8 0-0 8-61 28:30

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS R U S H I N G – Cleveland, West 9-35, Draughn 8-11, Pryor 2-9, Flanders 5-7, Lewis 2-5. Chicago, Carey 12-68, Langford 9-55, Rodgers 5-10, Fales 1-6.

PASSING–Cleveland, Lewis 14-20-1-100, Devlin 2-2-0-20. Chicago, Fales 14-18-0131, Dysert 1-4-0-9.

RECEIVING–Cleveland, Lenz 4-49, Jennings 3-8, Mayle 2-17, Housler 1-19, West 1-16, Bowe 1-8, Johnson 1-6, Bibbs 1-4, Flanders 1-(minus 1), Draughn 1-(minus 6). Chicago, Meredith 4-26, Mariani 3-32, Umodu 3-24, Rosario 2-11, Bellamy 1-29, Lawrence 1-11, Rodgers 1-7.

MISSED FIELD GOALS–Chicago, Gould 43 (WR).

PACKERS 38, SAINTS 10 New Orleans Green Bay

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First quarter NO–Snead 7 pass from McCown (Hopkins kick), 10:36.

NO–FG Hopkins 21, 2:59.

Second quarter GB–FG Crosby 54, 4:56.

GB–Janis 14 pass from Hundley (Crosby kick), :58.

Third quarter GB–Pinkard 77 pass from Hundley (Crosby kick), 10:54.

Fourth quarter GB–M.White 2 pass from Hundley (Crosby kick), 11:30.

GB–M.White 3 pass from Hundley (Crosby kick), 7:11.

GB–Crockett 15 run (Crosby kick), 2:03.

NO GB First downs 15 21 Total Net Yards 261 390 Rushes-yards 20-61 30-115 Passing 200 275 Punt Returns 1-1 3-35 Kickoff Returns 3-85 2-44 Interceptions Ret. 1-4 2-7 Comp-Att-Int 20-37-2 23-34-1 Punts 6-45.7 4-43.0 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING–New Orleans, Hightower 8-34, Baker 5-13, Murphy 6-12, Opurum 1-2.

Green Bay, Crockett 8-42, Harris 13-41, R.Neal 5-20, Hundley 4-12.

PASSING–New Orleans, Grayson 8-19-271, McCown 5-5-0-82, Griffin 7-13-0-56.

Green Bay, Hundley 16-23-0-236, Tolzien 7-11-1-41.

RECEIVING–New Orleans, Coleman 4-82, Snead 3-31, Opurum 3-17, Murphy 3-8, Jose.Morgan 2-27, J.Morgan 2-22, Hightower 2-9, Charles 1-13. Green Bay, Crockett 4-49, M.White 4-46, R.Neal 4-20, Quarless 3-18, Janis 2-21, Pinkard 1-77, Backman 1-20, Henry 1-11, Abbrederis 1-6, Kuhn 1-6, Ripkowski 1-3.

Bears succeed with Fales Third-string QB downs Browns; Packers beat Saints By the Associated Press

David Fales made his case to be Chicago’s third-string quarterback, throwing two touchdown passes, and the Bears closed out the preseason with a 24-0 victory over the Cleveland Browns on Thursday night at Soldier Field.

The Bears (3-1) head into their first season under coach John Fox with some big holes and a long list of injuries, particularly at receiver.

Fales completed 14 of 18 passes for 131 yards, with Jay Cutler getting the night off and backup Jimmy Clausen recovering from a concussion.

The defense had seven sacks and three takeaways, helping

Chicago prevail on a night when both teams held out almost all their top players.

Terrelle Pryor, trying to secure a roster spot as a receiver for Cleveland (1-3), did little to help his cause.

The former Ohio State quarterback started the second half and got called for an illegal formation – which was declined – on the second play from scrimmage. He took a few snaps at quarterback in the wildcat formation, but did not have any passes thrown his way.

Packers 38, Saints 10: Rookie quarterback Brett Hundley threw for four scores and Myles White made a case for a spot on the Packers’ injury-stricken receiving corps

with two touchdowns.

Hundley connected with Larry Pinkard on a 77-yard touchdown pass off a catch-and-run in the third quarter for the Packers.

Pinkard had a highlight-reel play that the roster longshot needed, to make an impression with cuts looming, though he later left with an apparent left arm injury in the third quarter.

A Saints secondary, decimated by injuries, had an uneven night.

Pinkard’s long touchdown came after safety Pierre Warren slipped and cornerback Stanley Jean-Baptiste lost a race to the end zone.

Cornerback Kyle Wilson had an interception but was called for two penalties.

MLB | WHITE SOX 6, TWINS 4

Aw, Shuck’s triple downs Twins Two-run pinch hit enough for White Sox as Minnesota’s hopes wane

BY BRIAN HALL Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS – Minus closer Glen Perkins and set to start a nine-game road trip, the Minnesota Twins can’t afford any mistakes if they want to remain in the AL wildcard race.

A steady bullpen that has helped Minnesota stay close slipped up Thursday.

J.B. Shuck’s two-run, pinch-hit triple in the seventh inning sent the Chicago White Sox to a 6-4 win over Minnesota.

Shuck’s single came off reliever Casey Fien (4-6), who allowed three runs while getting just one out.

“I wouldn’t say so much pressure, but definitely we need to get outs in big situations,” Fien said.

“There are moments in games when it comes down to winning or losing on one pitch, and we need to make that pitch.”

Eddie Rosario hit a grand slam for the Twins, who fell 1½ games behind idle Texas for the

Today’s games • Diamondbacks at Cubs, 1:20 p.m.

TV/Radio: CSN/780 AM • White Sox at Royals, 7:10 p.m.

TV/Radio: CSN/670 AM • Pirates at Cardinals, 7:15 p.m.

TV/Radio: FSN

AP

Avisail Garcia beats the tag of the Twins Brian Dozier during Thursday’s game in Minneapolis. The White Sox won 6-4. Garcia had two RBIs in the game. second AL wild-card spot.

Minnesota now starts a nine-game trip to division leaders Houston and Kansas City and wraps up at the White Sox. Perkins, the All-Star closer who is second in the AL in saves, won’t accompany the team to Houston as he deals with back spasms.

“We’ve got enough people out there,” Twins manager Paul Molitor

said. “It’s that time of the year where you hope guys can get out there and find a way to contribute as many times as possible.

At the same time, you don’t want to kill anybody, so we’re going to try to be smart about it.”

The White Sox trailed 4-3 when Alexei Ramirez led off the seventh with an infield single that Fien kicked with his leg when it looked as if shortstop

Eduardo Escobar already had a play on the ball.

“I was trying to do a goalie save right there, but it didn’t actually work out the way I wanted it to,” Fien said. “I saw the ball, and I went for it.

The last time I did it, I had better luck. This time, not so much.”

Geovany Soto then walked, Carlos Sanchez sacrificed and Shuck delivered.

Shuck hasn’t started a game since Aug. 19, and had just five plate appearances in that stretch. He had been 6-for-26 with three RBIs as a pinch-hitter this season.

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“I had no idea we would be playing together,” Shank said. “We practiced a lot over the summer, and Coach [Sara] Kipping put us together, and I’m happy about it.

We play well together.

“Plus, we’re both first-year students here, so it will be easier to go into next year with the same partner.”

That’s one of the reasons why Kipping put them together. The longtime Skyhawks coach doesn’t have any players on this year’s team who played singles in high school, so she wants to make sure her doubles teams fit together well.

In fact, Sauk lost five of its top six players from last season; the only player on this year’s squad with any singles experience is sophomore Jessica VanOosten – and only because she played No. 5 for the Skyhawks last year, after coming out of Dixon as a doubles player.

“She’s playing No. 2 for me this year,” Kipping said, “and I have no singles players from high school, not one. These girls, they’re honest; they really don’t like to play singles. But they’re forced into it, and they’re doing a good job.”

VanOosten will team with Sterling’s Sarah Trobaugh at No. 2 doubles; both played for the Skyhawks last season. Sterling’s Sidney Lippens and Macee Sullivan will be at No. 3 doubles, after the two paired up last year for the Golden Warriors.

But a former Warrior and former Comet have been thrust into that top doubles spot, though with both preferring doubles to singles, the transition has been fairly smooth – especially since they complement each other so well.

“Allie’s good at doing everything that I can’t do,” said Ordean,

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Allie Shank (left) and Chantel Ordean are teaming for the first time this season with the Sauk Valley Skyhawks. The two met several times in high school as opponents. game of a new doubles partner; she was paired with different players throughout high school.

Coach: Sara Kipping (22nd year) Shank, on the other hand, played Roster with Steinke for 4 years at Sterling, Name Year School and is adjusting to a new partner Jessica Gallegos Fr. Sterling for the first time in her life.

Sidney Lippens Fr. Sterling But the two have become close Chantel Ordean Fr. Newman enough already that Shank has Lupita Serrano So. Newman no problem offering that she and Allie Shank Fr. Sterling Steinke beat Ordean and Vits in Macee Sullivan Fr. Sterling last year’s Belvidere Sectional Sarah Trobaugh So. Sterling semifinals (6-3, 6-2), and enjoys Tessa Trujillo So. Sterling some good-natured bragging rights.

Jessica VanOosten So. Dixon “It’s just a fun thing, though,” Shank said with a smile. “It’s just whose solid backhand goes well really weird that we played against with Shank’s strong forehand.

“She moves up to the net a lot, and each other all through high school, puts the ball away a lot of the time. and now we’re partners.”

“I played her and Grace a lot durShe can get to all the balls that I wouldn’t have a chance getting to, ing high school, though I usually had a different partner,” Ordean and it’s kind of easy to see what her strengths are, and fit my game added. “So I knew who she was, and how she played, and we’re with hers.” definitely on the same page.”

Ordean is used to learning the

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Tricky decisions, but a sane result

Grizzwells by Bill Schorr

Adrienne Rich, a poet and essayist who died in 2012, said, “Pride is a tricky, glorious, double-edged feeling.”

In bridge, bidding decisions can be tricky – as in this deal – and there are 13 tricks in the play.

What do you think of this auction? How should the play go in five clubs after West leads the diamond 10?

Did West have a more effective opening salvo?

The given auction occurred when the deal was originally played.

South was a tad nervous in overcalling two clubs, for fear that it would be passed out.

But he thought that unlikely given his heart void. West might have raised diamonds.

Then North had a tricky decision. With 5-5 in the majors and the useful club king, she did not want to pass, but had only eight points.

What would you have done?

I think North should have bid two spades, the higherranking of two five-card suits first.

If she had, maybe she would have ended in four or more spades.

Note that six spades fails if East, after cashing the diamond ace, shifts to a heart.

North, though, preferred to show her stronger suit.

Then South bid what he hoped he could make.

East won the first trick with his diamond queen and shifted to a trump.

Declarer won in the dummy, played a spade to his queen, trumped a diamond, ran the spade jack, ruffed a heart, drew trumps, and took 11 tricks, losing two diamonds.

West would have done better to lead a trump, which would have killed the contract – but that was tricky to find. © 2015 UFS

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DEFENDANTS 15 CH 00033 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 8/3/2015, the Sheriff of Lee County, Illinois will on 10/1/15 at the hour of 10:00AM at Lee County Courthouse 112 East Second Street Dixon, IL 61021, or in a place otherwise designated at the time of sale, County of Lee and State of Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate: PIN 06-09-01-161-008 Improved with Single Family Home COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 113 E. Hughes Street Franklin Grove, IL 61031 Sale terms: 10% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

If the property is a condominium and the foreclosure takes place after 1/1/2007, purchasers other than the mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

If the property is located in a common interest community, purchasers other than mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after Confirmation of the sale.

The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and Plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the Court file to verify all information.

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: Codilis & Associates, P.C., 15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100, Burr Ridge, IL 60527, (630) 7949876. Please refer to file number 14-1501869.

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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE (IT IS ADVISED THAT INTERESTED PARTIES CONSULT THEIR OWN ATTORNEYS BEFORE BIDDING AT FORECLOSURE SALES.) PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE entered by the Court in Community State Bank of Rock FallsDixon v. Bradley M. Matznick, Unknown Owners, and Non-Record Claimants, Case No. 15 CH 13, Lee County, Illinois, on May 5, 2015, the property hereinafter described will be sold to the highest bidder.

(A) The name, address, and telephone number of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate are Amy Young, Loan Officer, Community State Bank of Rock Falls-Dixon, 1021 N. Galena Ave., Dixon, Illinois 61021, (815) 284-8500.

(B) Both the legal description of the real estate and the common address are as follows: Lot Eight (8) in Block Two (2) of Tilton Park Subdivision, located in the South Half of Section 28, Township 22 North, Range 9, East of the Fourth Principal Meridian, in the City of Dixon, according to the Plat thereof recorded in Book “F: of Plats, page 26, all situated in the County of Lee, State of Illinois.

(C) COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 1308 Institute Blvd., Dixon, IL 61021 (D) The improvement on the real estate is a residence.

(E) The real estate may not be inspected prior to the sale.

(F) The time and place of the sale are as follows: The Lee County Old Courthouse, 112 East Second St., Dixon, IL 61021, at 10:00 a.m. on October 1, 2015.

(G) The terms of the sale are ten percent (10%) down at the time of the sale, payable in certified funds, and the full balance within seven (7) days.

(H) The case title, case number, and the Court in which the foreclosure was filed are specified above.

(I) No other information is required to be disclosed.

COMMUNITY STATE BANK OF ROCK FALLS-DIXON, Plaintiff

By EHRMANN GEHLBACH BADGER LEE & CONSIDINE, LLC

By Douglas E. Lee Douglas E. Lee Ehrmann Gehlbach Badger Lee & Considine, LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 215 E. First St., Suite 100 P.O. Box 447 Dixon, IL 61021 (815) 288-4949 (815) 288-3068 (FAX) lee@egblc.com Aug. 28, Sept. 4, 11, 2015

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to the new name of: Brock Richard Russell The court hearing will be held: on Thursday October 15, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. at 200 E Knox St. Morrison, IL Whiteside County Courthouse, in courtroom # TBA Brock Evenson August 28, September 4 & 11 2015 IN THE CIRCUIT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LEE COUNTY, ILLINOIS Estate of MABEL J. BUTTS Deceased No. 2015 P 47 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given to creditors of the death of Mabel J. Butts. Letters of Office were issued on August 11, 2015 to Linda Bardoner, Rock Falls, IL and Michael Butts, Sycamore, IL as Co-Executors, whose attorney of record is, PIGNATELLI & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 102 E Route 30, Rock Falls, Illinois 61071.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Lee County Circuit Clerk, 309 S. Galena Avenue, Dixon, Illinois, 61021, or with the representative, or both, on or before six (6) months from the date of first publication, or, if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by §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 representative's attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

Linda Bardoner and Michael Butts, Co-Executors of the Estate of Mabel Butts Louis F. Pignatelli PIGNATELLI & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 102 East Route 30 Rock Falls, IL 61071 Ph: 815-626-0550 Fax: 815-626-0526 Sept. 4, 11, 18, 2015 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FOURTEENETH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS In Re the Estate of Estate of David L. Hayen, Deceased, No. 2015 P 94 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given to creditors of the death of David L. Hayen. Letters of Independent Administration were issued on August 18, 2015, to Gregory D. Hayen, whose attorneys of record are shown below.

The estate will be administered without court 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 the clerk.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Circuit Clerk of Whiteside County, 200 East Knox Street, Morrison, Illinois 61270, or with the representative, or both, on or before February 18, 2016, or, if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by Section 18-3 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/18-3), 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 attorneys within 10 days after it has been filed.

GREGORY D. HAYEN Independent Executor Thomas J. Potter Ludens Potter & Melton Attorneys for Administratpr 600 W. Lincolnway P.O. Box 360 Morrison, Illinois 61270-0360 Telephone: (815)772-2161 Fax: (815) 772-7440 E-mail: tipotter@lincolnwaylaw.com Sept.4, 11, 18, 2015

CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS ESTATE OF EVELYN L. JACOBS Deceased.

No. 15 P 92 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of EVELYN L. JACOBS. Letters of Office were issued to KAREN NEHRING, 21085 Fulfs Road, Morrison, Illinois 61270, and JANICE BUSH, 5109 Spruce Street, Galt, Illinois 61037, as Independent Co-Repwhose attorneys are resentatives, WARD, MURRAY, PACE & JOHNSON, th P.C., 202 E. 5 Street, Sterling, Illinois 61081.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of Court, Whiteside County Courthouse, 200 East Knox Street, Morrison, Illinois 61270, or with the Representative, or both, on or before February 24, 2016, and any claim not filed within that period is barred.

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

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

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CHARLES M. HENKEL, Deceased.

NO. 2015 P 54 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given to creditors of the death of Charles M. Henkel of 1309 IL Rt. 38, Franklin Grove, IL 61031. Letters of office were issued to Nancy L. Neal of 7 E. Bluff Street, Amboy, IL 61310, as Independent Executor, whose attorney of record is David W. Badger of Ehrmann Gehlbach Badger Lee & Considine, LLC, 215 E. First Street, Dixon, Illinois 61021.

The estate will be administered without court supervision, unless under section 28-4 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/284) any interested person terminates independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the clerk.

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

By: Nancy L. Neal Executor David W. Badger Ehrmann Gehlbach Badger Lee & Considine, LLC 215 E. First Street P.O. Box 447 Dixon, IL 61021 (815) 288-4949 (815) 288-3068 FAX badger@egblc.com Sept. 4, 11, 18, 2015 CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS ESTATE OF CAROLINE L. KALETKA, Deceased.

No. 15 P 80 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of CAROLINE L. KALETKA. Letters of Office were issued to ALLAN K. JOHNSON, 24471 W. Science Ridge Rd, Sterling, Illinois 61081, as Independent Representative, whose attorneys are WARD, MURRAY, PACE & JOHNSON, P.C., 202 E. 5th Street, Sterling, Illinois 61081.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of Court, Whiteside County Courthouse, 200 East Knox Street, Morrison, Illinois 61270, or with the Representative, or both, on or before March 2, 2016, and any claim not filed within that period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the Representative and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed. th

Dated this 26 day of August, 2015.

Allan K. Johnson, Independent Representative Daniel C. Hawkins WARD, MURRAY, PACE & JOHNSON, P.C. Attorneys for Estate 202 E. 5th Street Sterling, IL 61081-0400 (815) 625-8200 August 28, September 4, 11, 2015 LEGAL NOTICE Sealed bids will be received until 10:00 a.m., September 14th , 2015 at the Whiteside County Highway Office, 18819 Lincoln Road, Morrison, IL 61270, 815-7727651 and at that time publicly opened and read for the following: LEACHATE TANK – SUPPLY & INSTALL Supply and install new leachate tank at Whiteside County's closed Landfill.

Specifications and proposals may be obtained at the office of the County Engineer at the above address. All proposals must be submitted on forms provided by the Whiteside County Highway Department.

All Contracts for the Construction of Public Works are subject to the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act (820 ILCS 130/112).

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

By Order of Russell Renner, P.E. S.E. County Engineer Whiteside County Sept. 4, 2015

Online at

Dated this 17th day of August, 2015.

Karen Nehring and Janice Bush, Independent Co-Representatives Daniel C. Hawkins WARD, MURRAY, PACE & JOHNSON, P.C. Attorneys for Estate 202 E. 5th Street Sterling, IL 61081-0400 (815) 625-8200 August 21, 28, September 4, 2015

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Nationstar Mortgage LLC PLAINTIFF

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Shawn P. Kelleher; et. al.

DEFENDANTS 15 CH 00033 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 8/3/2015, the Sheriff of Lee County, Illinois will on 10/1/15 at the hour of 10:00AM at Lee County Courthouse 112 East Second Street Dixon, IL 61021, or in a place otherwise designated at the time of sale, County of Lee and State of Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT SIX IN BLOCK THIRTY IN LAHMAN'S ADDITION TO THE TOWN (NOW VILLAGE) OF FRANKLIN GROVE, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN THE RECORDER'S OFFICE OF LEE COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN BOOK E OF PLATS, PAGE 4, ALL SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF LEE AND THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. PIN 06-09-01-161-008 Improved with Single Family Home COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 113 E. Hughes Street Franklin Grove, IL 61031 Sale terms: 10% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds, is due within twentyfour (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

If the property is a condominium and the foreclosure takes place after 1/1/2007, purchasers other than the mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

If the property is located in a common interest community, purchasers other than mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after Confirmation of the sale. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and Plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the Court file to verify all information.

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: Codilis & Associates, P.C., 15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100, Burr Ridge, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876. Please refer to file number 14-15-01869.

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

COMMUNITY STATE BANK OF ROCK FALLS-DIXON, Plaintiff, v.

BRADLEY M. MATZNICK, UNKNOWN OWNERS, and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

No. 15 CH 13 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE (IT IS ADVISED THAT INTERESTED PARTIES CONSULT THEIR OWN ATTORNEYS BEFORE BIDDING AT FORECLOSURE SALES.) PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE entered by the Court in Community State Bank of Rock Falls-Dixon v.

Bradley M. Matznick, Unknown Owners, and Non-Record Claimants, Case No. 15 CH 13, Lee County, Illinois, on May 5, 2015, the property hereinafter described will be sold to the highest bidder.

(A) The name, address, and telephone number of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate are Amy Young, Loan Officer, Community State Bank of Rock Falls-Dixon, 1021 N. Galena Ave., Dixon, Illinois 61021, (815) 284-8500.

(B) Both the legal description of the real estate and the common address are as follows: Lot Eight (8) in Block Two (2) of Tilton Park Subdivision, located in the South Half of Section 28, Township 22 North, Range 9, East of the Fourth Principal Meridian, in the City of Dixon, according to the Plat thereof recorded in Book “F: of Plats, page 26, all situated in the County of Lee, State of Illinois.

Receipts: July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015 Real Estate Taxes $216,032.76 Grants $14,213.75 Fines and Fees $33,557.76

(G) The terms of the sale are ten percent (10%) down at the time of the sale, payable in certified funds, and the full balance within seven (7) days.

(H) The case title, case number, and the Court in which the foreclosure was filed are specified above.

(I) No other information is required to be disclosed.

COMMUNITY STATE BANK OF ROCK FALLS-DIXON, Plaintiff

By EHRMANN GEHLBACH BADGER LEE & CONSIDINE, LLC

ESTATE OF LOYAL WAYNE WRIGHT, Deceased.

No. 15 P 96 CLAIM NOTICE

Notice is given of the death of LOYAL WAYNE WRIGHT. Letters of Office were issued to MARIA WRIGHT, 2227 Riverview Road, Rock Falls, Illinois 61071, as Independent Representative, whose attorneys are WARD, MURRAY, PACE & JOHNSON, P.C., 202 E. 5th Street, Sterling, Illinois 61081.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of Court, Whiteside County Courthouse, 200 E. Knox Street, Morrison, Illinois 61270, or with the Representative, or both, on or before March 7, 2016, and any claim not filed within that period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the Representative and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

Dated this 31st day of August, 2015.

Disbursements: Salaries, Salary Range: Under $25,000-$49,000; Amy Lego. AuVisual $1,668.39; Insurance dio $12,990.00; Janitorial $4,819.71; Automation $2,500.61; Building Maintenance $4,660.31, Periodicals $1,856.13; Postage $236.00; Professional Fees Programming $3,778.16; $9,518.18; Books $22,848.40; Repairs $5,703.00; Staff Development $628.89; Supplies $6,879.69; Technology $2,825.61; Telephone $2,323.97; Utilities: $6,756.26 Disbursements to vendors over $2500: Alpha Controls $5529.12; Baker and Taylor $11,788.89; Comcast $3241.03; Frary Lumber $20,427.00; Matthews Carpentry Nicam Construction $4202.00; $39,850.27; Nicor $6,032.22; Staples $5,735.846; Sterling Public Library $2,644.99; The Book Farm $3,786.77; Wickert Insurance $12,250.00; Willet Hoffman and Assoc. $14,400.63; WIPFLI $14,400.63 Prepared by; Amy Lego, Director, Rock Falls Public Library Certified by: Ed Mulvaney, Treasurer, Rock Falls Public Library September 4, 2015

NOTICE The Annual meeting of the Members Oak Knoll of Memorial Park, inc. will be held at 7:30 am on Sept.

15th, 2015 in the office of the company.

Sept. 4, 2015

(F) The time and place of the sale are as follows: The Lee County Old Courthouse, 112 East Second St., Dixon, IL 61021, at 10:00 a.m. on October 1, 2015.

CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS

Rock Falls Public Library District Annual Report of Receipts and Disbursements Fiscal Year Beginning July 1, 2014 and ending June 30, 2015

August 28, September 4, 11, 2015

(E) The real estate may not be inspected prior to the sale.

The radiant heat system will be located within Bldg. #2 at Westwood Sports Center. The system shall be equivalent or greater than the specifications of a CoRay-Vac CRV-B8 Low Intensity Infrared Radiant Heaters with 80,000 Btu/hr input with modulating controls.

The Sterling Park District reserves the right to reject any or all proposals, to waive technicalities and to accept the proposal which the Sterling Park District Board of Commissioners believes to be in the best interest of the Sterling Park District.

BY ORDER OF Marvin Reyes, President Sterling Park District Board of Commissioners Sept. 4, 2015

Cathy Myers County Clerk

by Gerianne Knack, Deputy

(D) The improvement on the real estate is a residence.

Notice is hereby given that the Sterling Park District, 1913 3rd Ave., Sterling, IL 61081, will receive bids at the office of the Director of Parks & Planning until 3:00 p.m., Thursday, September 17, 2015 for radiant heat system at Westwood Sports Center, Bldg. #2, 1900 Westwood Drive, Sterling, IL 61081.

This bid is for material only. Bid forms are available at the office of the Director of Parks and Planning, 1913 3rd Ave., Sterling, IL 61081.

Dated this 25th day of August A.D. 2015.

(C) COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 1308 Institute Blvd., Dixon, IL 61021

By Douglas E. Lee Douglas E. Lee Ehrmann Gehlbach Badger Lee & Considine, LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 215 E. First St., Suite 100 P.O. Box 447 Dixon, IL 61021 (815) 288-4949 (815) 288-3068 (FAX) lee@egblc.com Aug. 28, Sept. 4, 11, 2015

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ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on August 25 A.D. 2015 a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Lee County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post-office addresses of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as Mr. Cab located at 611 S. Dixon Ave, Dixon, IL 61021.

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STATE OF ILLINOIS CIRCUIT COURT WHITESIDE COUNTY NOTICE FOR FILING A REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Brock Richard Evenson 15 MR 118 There will be a court hearing on my request to change my name from: Brock Richard Evenson

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James L. Reese WARD, MURRAY, PACE & JOHNSON, P.C. Attorneys for Estate 202 E. 5th Street Sterling, IL 61081-0400 815-625-8200 September 1, 2015

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Now hiring for part time RN and LPN. Apply in person at Liberty Court Assisted Living, 124 Liberty Court in Dixon.

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3rd - 10th St., B - G Ave 3rd, 10th St., G - LAve. 19th Ave - 22nd Ave, Freeport Rd E. 19th, 1st, 6thAve Ash Ave, Douglas Dr., Harvey Dr. Ave. I - L, W. LeFevre Rd. Sauk Valley Media 3200 E. Lincolnway Sterling, IL 61081

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70 65 103 78 41 50 Telegraph 113 S. Peoria Dixon, IL 61021

815-625-3600 ext. 5301

WANT TO RENT 335 Room for rent $350/$400 month.

Shared bath. W/D. Dixon Lost Lake.

Female preferred.

Call 815-440-8424

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Call us today!

815-625-3600 815-284-2222

HEALTH / MEDICAL

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NEW TODAY Avonlea Cottage of Dixon Full Time or Part Time RN or LPN, 3-11pm shift Apply in person 503 Country Side Lane in Dixon or call 815-288-6044

RNs - full time hours available

Love What You Do! Make a Difference! Be Proud!

We offer competitive pay, commensurate with experience, comprehensive benefit packages, positive work environment and unique opportunities.

New Graduates Welcome!

2601 Woodlawn Road Sterling, 61081 exceptional-care.org info@ectcl.com

Hiring for entry level assembly positions on 1 st, 2 nd, and 3 rd shifts.

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F u l l - Ti m e Fixed Schedule- Monday thru Friday Group Insurance Benefits Va c a t i o n B e n e f i t s Attendance Incentives Retirement Benefits

APPLY IN PERSON OR ON-LINE AT www.pncinc.com PNC, INC. 11 7 E . M A S O N S T R E E T POLO, IL 61064

Applications taken on-site Monday through Friday 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

EOE

Hospice of Rock River Valley, a non-profit hospice, serving a five county area, seeks an individual for the position of Executive Director.

The director is responsible for the strategic and operational dimensions of the agency consistent with the mission and values of the organization.

The individual must be an effective communicator with strong interpersonal skills and initiative.

Experience preferred in the following areas: Regulatory and billing standards in healthcare, grant writing and fundraising, and palliative/hospice care.

Must possess a Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Human Resources, Healthcare or related field. Previous Hospice experience a plus.

Please e-mail or send resumes to the attention of: Randy Clark, Board President Hospice of Rock River Valley 264 Illinois Route 2 Dixon, Illinois 61021 carolyn@hospicerockriver.org

Driver with a Class A CDL must have a clean DMR, nights & weekend hours are required, would be willing to train.

Contact Bobby 815-625-8585

Needed: Factory worker Insurance, 401K, $10.00 an hour to start, etc.

Please apply in person at: 147 E 2nd Ave. Rochelle IL.

EMPLOYMENT

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Drivers: CDL A or B to transfer vehicles from and to various locations throughout U.S. No forced dispatch. No Freight to handle. We specialize in reducing your deadhead.

Apply online at www.mamotransportation.com under Careers or call 1-800-501-3783

P/T Drivers CDL class B & class D. Medical card for both.

815-625-0373

EMPLOYMENT

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FALL HELP NEEDED Drivers with CDL are encouraged to apply in person at: Crop Production Services 20182 IL Hwy 40 Sheffield 8am-4pm 815-445-6951 Opportunity for experienced Semi-Driver, fall harvest, CDL required.

Gentle Ridge Farms 4512 E. Lincolnway 815-238-8466.

HIRING NOW 2nd SHIFT 3:30PM – 2AM

FULL TIME ASSEMBLY POSITIONS Qualified applicants will have: • High school diploma/GED • Good work history/work ethic • Excellent attendance • Above average dexterity • Previous Assembly Experience a plus

Wahl Clipper Corporation To Apply: https://jobs.wahlclipper.com Computers also available in the HR lobby 7am – 4pm M- F. No need to re-apply if you have an application already on file. EOE/D/V/M/F

POSITION OPENINGS Pre-K Teacher: Sterling. 40hrs./week, school-year; Minimum of a BA in Early Childhood Education or closely related field.

Pre-K Teacher Assistant: Dixon/Sterling/Savanna. 30hrs/wk., school-year; Minimum of AAS in Early Childhood Education, Child Development or related degree with a minimum of 18 credit hours in ECE. Pre-K Teacher Assistant: Rochelle. 35hrs./week, school-year; Minimum of AAS in Early Childhood Education, Child Development or related degree with a minimum of 18 credit hours in ECE. Pre-K Teacher: Rochelle: 40hrs./week; part-year; Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in early childhood, child development or related field.

Bi-lingual preferred.

Bus Monitor: Sterling. 20hrs./week; school year; Minimum of high school diploma or GED and excellent driving record. Must have held a valid drivers license for a minimum of three (3) consecutive years prior to hire.

For information and application contact 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.

RELIEF TEAM LEADER

As the world’s largest food producer, Nestle knows success well. As an industry leader, we offer a competitive wage and benefits package. We currently have an opportunity for a Relief Team Leader at our Nestle’ Purina facility in Clinton, Iowa.

Basic Resp ponsibilities:

TRUCK & TRAILER, INC. Service Manager - Thompson Truck & Trailer Sterling, IL

Executive Director

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NEW TODAY !!!!!!!!!

Dixon Bar & Restaurant Now Hiring Bartenders and Wait Staff.

Day, evening, and weekend shifts available.

Great clientèle.

Flexible hours can be discussed.

Must be over 21 815-440-2392 !!!!!!!!!

LOOKING FOR QUALITY CARRIERS

STERLING STERLING STERLING STERLING STERLING STERLING

EMPLOYMENT

Position Summary:The Service Manager is responsible for managing service operations within the dealership to maximize return on investment by optimizing Service Department processes to ensure internal and external customer satisfaction. Grows profitable service labor sales and exercises disciplined expense control. Attracts, retains, and effectively engages department personnel.

Education & Experience Required: 3 years of experience in retail management or diesel repair.

Required Skills and Abilities: 3+ years of experience in Service Department operations (retail management or diesel repair). Ability to use standard desktop load applications such as Microsoft Office and internet functions. Ability to write and speak effectively to individuals and groups. Familiar with competitive products. Basic understanding of financial principles relative to Service Department operations. Ability to analyze and interpret internal reports.

Ability to work extended hours and weekends. Excellent customer service skills.

•Perform Relief Team Leader work assignments as assigned.

•Develop skills necessary to serve as an effective leader. Attend scheduled training and development sessions.

•Supervise mill and Q.A. manpower when their respective supervision is not scheduled.

•Complete projects as assigned.

•Other duties as assigned.

• Able to work any shift and overtime

Basic Qualifications:

•Education: High School Diploma or GED required.

AA degree or equivalent preferred.

•Experience: Manufacturing and supervisory experience preferred.

•Skills: Leadership, planning and organizing, communication.

All interested applicants must apply online at purinacareers.com www.nestlep no later than 9/18/15 APPLY UNDER JOB NUMBER 15005251

EOE: Minority ty/Female/Disabled/Protected Veteran.

Physical, drug screen & alcohol screen may be required.

We bring life to products

1ST SHIFT WARRANTY AND PRODUCT ANALYSIS TECHNICIAN Work for a Growing World-Class automotive supplier! BorgWarner is currently accepting resumes for the following Hourly position. If you are self-motivated and are committed to continuous learning, professional growth and success, please read on…

Our Warranty and Product Analysis Technicians plan, conduct and assess activities associated with customer return receipt, analysis and disposition.They provide technical and hands-on support to manufacturing operations to help resolve product quality and manufacturability issues.

They create and present internal and customer reports. Successful candidates will possess strong knowledge and experience in the following: blueprint and schematics, measuring equipment and instrumentation, mechanical skills and Microsoft Office. An Associate’s in Automotive, Electronics, Multi-craft or Engineering Technology or equivalent from a two year college or technical school, ASE Certification preferred. Strong communication, problem-solving, organizational and team-work abilities are also required.

Our work environment values learning, team work, innovation and continuous improvement. Professional development is supported through a generous educational assistance policy. We offer a very competitive compensation and benefits package, including a savings and investment plan with company match. BorgWarner is an Equal Opportunity employer.

For immediate consideration please submit your resume to….

BorgWarner Emissions Systems Attention: Human Resources awolcott@borgwarner.com 1350 Franklin Grove Road, Dixon, IL 61021 Fax: (815) 288-7613 EEOC

Sensient Flavors, Amboy is growing and looking for qualified individuals to join the Sweet Flavors’ team!

Sensient Flavors is a leading manufacturer of dairy ingredients and sweet goods.

Positions Now Available: • Process Engineer • Maintenance Mechanics • Environmental, Health & Safety Specialist • Supply Chain Director • Planning Supervisor • Production Supervisors Production Operators - all levels • Cooks • Lead Batch Pullers • General Labor Workers We offer competitive salary & benefits package including: • Medical • Dental • Vision • Life Insurance • 401K Savings • Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) • Paid Vacation Sensient Flavors is an Equal Opportunity Employer Qualified candidates may apply online at: sensient.com/careers Come join our growing team and make a difference!

Join our team in our efforts to provide compassionate and quality healthcare to the people of Princeton and the surrounding communities!

• Registered Nurses- Full Time & Part Time Family Acute Care, Emergency, ICU/FACU, Surgery/OR, Clinic • Occupational Therapist- Full Time & PRN • CNA- Family Acute Care-32hrs/week • Emergency Technician-8hrs/week • COTA- Part Time, PRN • Clinic Receptionist- Full Time Ortho Clinic & Family Health Clinic • Sleep Lab Technician-Part Time, PRN • Pharmacist- Part Time, 1 weekend/month • Dietary- Full Time & Part Time Cooks, Dietary Aide, Food Service Workers • Housekeeping- Full Time & PRN For more information and for an application go to www.perrymemorial.org Equal Opportunity Employer

SERVICE DIRECTORY SAUK VALLEY MEDIA • Friday, September 4, 2015 • PAGE B10

SAUK VALLEY

Air Cond./Heating

Cleaning Service

Farm Services

Lawn Care

FARLEY'S APPLIANCE Heating & Cooling Sale & Service Free Estimates New & Replacement Units We service all brands!

Call Today (815)284-2052

O.C.D Green Cleaning Services Reasonable rates for Organizing.

Cleaning or Decorating your home. We use non-toxic organic cleaning products.

815-625-5811

BENNY'S On The Spot Welding Service •On Site Welding •Repair Services Steel, Stainless Steel, Aluminum Call Benny 779-245-3364

BILL'S LAWN SERVICE •Mowing •Garden Tilling •Yard Clean Up FREE Estimates Call 815-441-6073

Asphalt

PROFESSIONAL LOT MAINTENANCE

*Seal Coating *Crack Repair *Asphalt Repair *Line Striping *Infrared heat patching License, Insured & Bonded 815-632-9555

T & M PAVING *Asphalt paving & Patch work * Seal Coating *Skid loader/ Dump Truck Work (Concrete Removal, Dirt and Gravel Hauling) Call for free, no obligation estimates 815-499-7195.

Locally owned And Operated.

Over 25 Years Asphalt Exp. Fully Insured

Basement Waterproofing Prater Paint & Waterproofing We Dry Up Basements & Crawl Spaces, Remediate Mold & Install E-Z Breathe™ Ventilation Systems 815-626-5165

www.praterpaintand waterproofing.com

Brick & Masonry MASONRY PROS •Brick-Block-Stone •Chimneys repaired or rebuilt •New Masonry or restoration & tuck-pointing Get masonry repairs done from winter damage.

Free Estimates 25 yrs. experience Insured & Bonded.

815-564-8754

Cleaning Service

YOU NAME IT, WE CAN DO IT! Interior painting, walls, doors & trim, cleaning, housekeeping, dog or babysitting, laundry, ironing, running errands.

Excellent refs.

You need somebody you can trust.

Call Sabrina 815-718-9500

Clock/Watch Repair CLOCK, WATCH & JEWELRY REPAIR •We repair and restore all brands and types of clocks and watches •We make house calls on Grandfather clocks •We repair all types of jewelry, and all work is done on premises •Appraisal Services Professional Jeweler for over 25 years.

KRIEGER TIME AND JEWELRY CO. 618 S. Main St. Princeton, IL 815-872-8321

Concrete Contractors

CONCRETE • Driveways • Sidewalks • Patios CONSTRUCTION •Garages •Additions •Remodeling •Decks • Homes 37 yrs. Experience 815-626-9026

Construction

Dumpster Rental

Flooring Carpet For Less •Less Money •Less Time •Less Hassle Call Al for a FREE Estimate A & A Flooring 815-632-0675

Genl. Contracting ASSOCIATED Services Enterprise, LLC

Excavating Hauling •Tandem Dump Trucks •Skidsteers Guaranteed Low Rates 815-618-2717

Gutter Cleaning GUTTERS & THEN SOME Gutter Cleaning & Repair Service Miscellaneous Jobs FREE ESTIMATES 815-535-0911 Bonded & Insured If you have gutter problems, call the Gutter Guys!!

Gutters American Energy Savers “Sauk Valley's Oldest & Best Seamless Gutter Company” Always Flow Seamless Gutters Call Dan Maloney 815-288-4525

Handyman LawnCare Service •Pot Holes •Leaf clean up •House cleanup •Large hauling (dirt, gravel, sand) •Gutters •Pressure washing •Mulch, Rototilling •Storm Clean-up •Free Estimates• 815-590-6336

Paint/Decorating A1 Painting & Powerwashing •Residential •Commercial

25 years exp.

98% Journeymen licensed & Insured Interior & Exterior Lee, Whiteside & Ogle Areas

815-213-7982 or 702-505-1711 Fast & Efficient

Best Price in Town!

Painting PRATER Paint & Waterproofing Specializing in •Residential •Commercial •Farm & •Industrial With working height up to 250 ft.

Call for your FREE painting or sandblasting estimate 815-626-5165

Residential Painting & 15 years experience •Painting Inside & Out •Power Washing •Decks (815)973-0858 shazta@msn.com

Power Washing

Mobil Pressure Wash Service • Commercial, • Residential & • Semis You name it.... we clean it!

Call Ben 815-590-2694

Excavating

815-632-3822 www.advanced cleaners.biz

A&M Excavating & Demolition Dirt (Black) Gravel Loader, Rock & Sand, Lot Clearing, Backhoe Work, Driveways & Lots,

815-590-1677

815-626-1333

Storage

815-618-2717 South side of Dixon Rte. 26 Great Rates Inside 10x20 $45 Outside $20 Larger or smaller available

Guaranteed Best Buy!

IL State Roofing Licensed 104-002247(1986) Bonded-Insured

Specializing in: •Seamless Gutters •Siding •Roofing •Doors/Windows General Contracting & Construction 815-213-0704 Free Estimates •Licensed •Bonded •Insured

SELF-STORAGE

Roofing

Superior Exteriors •Roofing •Siding •Windows and •Gutters 815-631-2033 Free Estimates

High-Security Storage Solutions and Much More!

•Climate Controlled Storage •Low-Cost Moving Truck Rental •Confidential Document Shredding •We Ship FedEx & UPS! •Expert Packaging Services •Value Boxes & Packaging Supplies •EBAY and EMOTORS Internet Auction Sales Over 15,000 Sales •Office Hours: Mon-Fri. ☛ 8:306, Sat. ☛ 8:30noon 690 Timber Creek Rd. Dixon, (815)285-2212

Stump Removal CLARK'S

• Stump Grinding • Small Trees • Clean Up • Bush Removal 815-718-2663 or 815-590-0423

Tree Service

815-973-3613

Home Improvement

Randy L. Moore

Illinois License #104.016127 Bonded/Insured •Roofing •Siding • Windows •Doors •Additions• •Garages •Drywall •Decks and more Free Estimates 815-213-0556

GREAT RATES

JOHN'S CLEANUP & REMOVAL Anything goes!!

Estate Cleanups PHONE 815-622-0240

perfect time to build your garage, addition or remodel Re-roof / Reside your home!

Roofing/Siding

Dixon near Walmart Sterling near Menards Various Sizes

(815)631-4122

✶Since 1981✶ ◆Home Improvement ◆New Construction FALL is the

“Area's #1 Roofing Contractor IL Lic# 104-015191 Licensed, Bonded & Insured •Roofing •Siding •Windows •Decks •Additions •Garages & More Residential & Commercial Call now to schedule your FREE Estimate!

Will beat any leading competitor price 815-590-2677

✰CORNER✰ STORAGE

Haul/Clean Service

Dumpster Rental for Clean-ups & Construction Small & Large containers avail.

Tidy Bug Inc. Dixon, IL tidybuginc.com 815-456-3001

www.allsafe center.com

Call Theresa today!

PAUL’S HANDYMAN SERVICE “Anything Your Husband Won’t Do!” •Experience On All Manner of Home Repairs & Maintenance since 1986

Storage

TV Repair

TELEVISION

Remodeling

www.mullerslane farm.com

Maid/Janitorial Carpet

Roofing

STORAGE UNITS Multiple Sizes Starting at $35 No appt. needed Located inside MOORE TIRES 2411 E. Rt 30 Rock Falls (815)625-3764

Need to place an ad?

Call us 625-3600 284-2222

A&M TREE SERVICE Lowest Prices Guaranteed!

Free Estimates 25 yrs. Experience Fully Licensed/ Insured.

Whiteside Area 815-590-1677 ✤✤✤✤✤✤✤✤✤✤✤✤

BRAD'S TREE SERVICE A division of Timber Industries, LLC. Tree & Limb Removal Stump Removal Storm Clean-up Mulch & Firewood •Free Estimates •Fully Insured 815-857-3674 Cole's Complete Tree Service Tree Trimming Stump Removal Snow Removal Snow Plowing Licensed and Insured *Free Estimates* 25HR Emergency Service Call 815-718-2997 Donnie Cole colestree service@outlook.com

MEISTER TREE CARE Specializing in all of your tree care needs.

Certified pesticide & herbicide applicator & line clearance tree trimming .

Storm clean up & specialty work.

Free Estimates No job too big or too small!

Licensed, Bonded Insured Safety and your satisfaction is my #1 goal!

815-994-1750

Nate's Tree Service

*Tree Removal *Trimming *Lot Clearing Fully Insured & FREE Estimates

815-677-8682 Nate Nicklaus

Owner/Operator

IN HOME REPAIR 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE! Work on all Brands & Models Old or New Serving the Sauk Valley and More Call Ron for a free quote at 815-561-0011 Dixon, IL

Water Softeners The Softener Man Repair on all makes & models Service Call Special $19.95 Over 30 years experience 815-323-1622

Windows

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Homemaker/ Caregiver Immediate Full Time 2nd shift Homemaker/ Caregiver position with the Frontier Hollow Homemaker Service in Prophetstown. Must possess a GED/ Diploma, OTJ training provided.

Must possess the ability to work with others and 1:1 with customers in their own apartments located in one area, trustworthy, dependable, drama free and have common sense.

Apply in person at 415 A Street, Prophetstown IL Immediate opening for a Route Driver Vacation Supervisor. Must have CDL and good driving record.

Benefits include: Medical & life insurance, profit sharing, vacation and sick days.

Please apply to Avanti Foods Company 109 Depot St. Walnut, Illinois 61376

NEW TODAY

“Area's #1 Roofing Contractor IL Lic# 104-015191 Licensed, Bonded & Insured •Roofing •Siding •Windows •Decks •Additions •Garages & More Residential & Commercial Call now to schedule your FREE Estimate!

Will beat any leading competitor price 815-590-2677

J.C. Worcester Vinyl Replacement Windows •Made to Order Windows •Custom Aluminum Trim work •Complete Installations •Limited Lifetime Warranty

Immediate part time Maintenance position available at multi-unit apartment community.

General electrical, plumbing and construction knowledge needed. Indoor and outdoor work required.

Must be a team player, have valid driver's license/ transportation and be able to pass a background check.

Email resume to: dixonriver11@aim. com or mail/drop off to 624 Marclare St. #12, Dixon, IL. Markman Peat Corporation is taking applications for Pallet Repairers. Benefits offered, incentive bonuses also offered.

Please apply in person at 13161 Fenton Rd. Morrison IL 61270

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NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR: Quality Control Inspector Perform a variety of inspections in all phases of production. Must have good math skills and ability to use precision measuring tools and read blueprints.

ISO9000 experience a plus.

Office Janitor Office cleaning experience required. Knowledge of floor conditioning a plus. Full-time position, split between cleaning and assembly work.

ALLIED-LOCKE provides full employment with an excellent benefits package including medical, life and disability insurance, 401k plan, paid holidays and vacations.

ALLIED-LOCKE INDUSTRIES, INC., 1088 CORREGIDOR ROAD, DIXON, IL 61021 “An Equal Opportunity Employer” NO PHONE CALLS WILL BE ACCEPTED One-on-one Aide Morrison High School 32½ hours per week. Must have paraprofessional license or teacher certification.

Submit letter of interest and resume to Kay Harwood, Principal, Morrison High School, 643 Genesee Ave., Morrison, IL 61270

Parkway Center has an opening for a part time nurse. Interested persons can pick up an application between 8 - 4 Monday through Friday at 1801 Ave G in Sterling. No phone calls please.

EMPLOYMENT

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Part time drivers needed for local pickup and delivery.

Driver's license and clean driving record required.

CDL preferred.

Please email:

scottallison@ sewerequpment.com

or visit us at: www.sewer equipment.com to complete an application.

Study Hall Monitor Morrison High School 5 ½ hours per day Must have paraprofessional license or teacher certification.

Submit letter of interest and resume to Kay Harwood, Principal, Morrison High School, 643 Genesee Ave., Morrison, IL 61270 Teachers & Assistants Full Time & Part Time, Immediate Positions Rock Falls Day Care Center 729 W Rt 30, Rock Falls, IL 815-625-0106 or fax resume to: 815-625-1581 TO OUR

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Sauk Valley Media does not knowingly accept advertising which is in violation of the law. Likewise, we do not knowingly accept advertising which is fraudulent or has intent. malicious While we attempt to screen advertising with potential fraud, it is impossible to screen all potential We problems. strongly encourage our readers to exercise caution and common sense, when particularly dealing with companies with which you are not familiar.

Tompkins Trucking & Excavating, Inc., in Rock Falls is looking for experienced Class A CDL Truck Drivers and Heavy Equipment Operators. Must be able to pass a drug test and federal background check.

Please send resumes and letters of interest to tompkinstrucking @thewisp.net

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Little Blessings Childcare has immediate daycare openings for infant-school age. 815-285-3811 Lic# 48927502 NO INDIVIDUAL, unless licensed or holding a permit as a childcare facility, may cause to be published any advertisement soliciting a child care service.* A childcare facility that is licensed or operating under a permit issued by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services may publish advertisements of the services for which it is lispecifically censed or issued a permit. Sauk Valley Media strongly urges any parent or guardian to verify the validity of the license of any facility before placing a child in it's care. *Family homes that care for no more than three (3) children under the age of twelve or which receive only children from a single household, for less than 24 hours per day, are exempt from licensure as day care homes.

The three children to whom this exemption applies includes the family's natural or adopted children and any other persons under the age of 12 whether related or unrelated to the operator of the day care home. (DCFS Rule, Part 377.3 (c))

FARM HELP WANTED 513 Farm truck and/or Drivers tractor needed for Fall harvest, PT. Exp. req. 815-499-0463.

SAUK VALLEY MEDIA • Friday, September 4, 2015 • PAGE B11

AREA GARAGE SALES 624

LEE CENTER GARAGE SALES 624

POLO GARAGE SALES 624

ROCK FALLS GARAGE SALES 624

STERLING GARAGE SALES 624

COMO GARAGE SALES 624

Friday & Saturday Sept. 4 & 5 9A-3P 1125 Inlet Rd. ★Awesome★ Lee Center Multihousehold Sale Cool stuff! vintage items, household goods, ironstone, clothing, computer desk & chair, golf clubs, books, bike rack, fans, humidifier, and so much more!

No previews, please.

Thurs, Fri, Sat. 9am-7pm 4740 S. Lowell Park Rd. Vintage items collected for many years! Christmas, Easter, Fall, Hearts, 50-80's toys, Shera, matchbox & so much more. Cottage & outdoor furn., Longaberger, umbrella clothes line, Oneida, guitar, amp, prom dress, shoes, purses, mens, womens, girls. 5 Gals-Have the garage overflowing! Cash only sales, Please & Thank you.

Saturday only, 8am-2pm 1306 5th Ave. Name brand womens and mens clothing and jackets, 31 Bags, Boyds, Longaberger, home décor, household items, lots of misc. and baked goods.

Saturday 8-1 Moonlight Bay Lane NutriBullet, water purifier, pick nick basket, floor lamps, jewelry, bike, lawn mower, latters, garden tools, rolls of roofing, several motors, shrimp plant, tube rose, hanging baskets, purple heart, Moses in a boat & more. Too many things to mention, come check things out Priced to sell!

Fri. 8-6 Sat. 8-12 25100 Indian Ridge Road (parsonage behind Como Baptist Church) Labor Day Multi-Family Sale items for all seasons, games, decorations, books, & much, much more!

Proceeds for Missions Trip.

DIXON GARAGE SALES 624 Fri. & Sat. 8-5 Sunday 8-12 1018 Academy St. Collectible pocket knives and others, arts and craft items, kits, patterns & material, children-adult clothing & lots of misc items.

Fri. & Sat. 8-6 947 N. Brinton Dressers, queen bed, office desks, tables & chairs, baby grand piano, tools, love seat & chair. Many misc. items!

EVEN THE KITCHEN SINK!!

Friday 9-5 & Saturday 9-12 100 S. Dement Ave. Lots of boys clothes sz. 8-14, household items, too much to mention!

Saturday 8- 1 687 Partridge Place (Fox Run Subdivision) Estate Sale Many prices reduced! table & chairs, book shelf, tables, plush chair, decorative chairs, camping items, antique benches, dishes, pictures, pots & pans, small kitchen appliances, christmas décor, toys, Brunswick pool table, bike & much more!

Saturday only! 8-4 1023 Nachusa Ave Electric stove, refrigerator, lots of odds and ends & tables, banquet kitchen & kids much more!

Thurs. 4-7pm & Friday, 9-2 212 E. Boyd St. Girls clothes 3T to Jrs., boys 6-8. Halloween costumes, shoes, coats, toys, household misc.

Thurs. and Fri. 8am-2pm 1712 Factory St. Wall unit, couch & love seat, coffee and end table set, joke box phone, old refrig., kitchen cabinets, wooden playpen, Brebille juicer, elec. heater, new Trac phone, Halloween & Christmas décor, knick knacks and Jrs. clothing.

THURS. FRI. SAT. 8 AM - 5 PM 107 Keul Rd. (Next to Wal-Mart) Large Charity Sale Everything Must Go

furniture, clothes, glassware, lawn & shop tools, plastic garbage cans & totes, aluminum windows, Commercial lights & more. 100's of new items.

Thursday 3 – 6 Friday 9 – 2 463 IL Rt 2 (next to the old Dixon Ford) X-box, boys Levis & dress pants 32/30, 15 pairs baseball pants boys XS to adult XLG (some brand new with tags), womens some clothes, misc household items.

Need to place an ad?

Call us today!

815-625-3600 815-284-2222

MORRISON GARAGE SALES 624 FRI., 10am-6pm & SAT., 10am-5pm 13350 Lincoln Rd.,Morrison IN-HOME ESTATE TAG SALE (Easy to get to, outskirts of Morrison, follow signs, heavy/fast traffic so please be careful, some parking up in yard, don't block/park in drive Every room on main floor /garage will be full! includes: beautiful Victorian bedroom set & other furniture, living room furniture sofa, recliners, book cases, desk, huge TV cabinet, dressers, vintage quality floor speakers, linens, another huge kitchen loaded!

Lots of guardian cookware, nice sewing machine, 2 patio sets, miniature collections, tables full of smalls & collections, lots of canning jars & books, very nice electric twin bed, wood working machines & tools, lots lawn and garden, records, CD's, lots of jewelry, miniatures, too much to list it all!.....

Please see estatesales.net for updated photos & info.

Sale assisted by Sauk Valley Estate Sales & Services 815-590-7021

OHIO GARAGE SALES 624

ROCK FALLS GARAGE SALES 624 Fall Garage Sales Sept. 25-27 Rock Falls & Sterling $10 ($5 fee for late registration) Register by 9/14 Maps Available 9/24 @ Shell Stations & Schreiners RF Chamber 815-625-4500 Fri. 3-7 Sat. 8-1 604 W. 13th St. Huge Family Sale New & like new items. Too much to list. Christopher & Banks clothing size L & other, Celebrating Home dishes & décor, antique fireplace surround & other furniture, toys & misc.

A must see sale!!

Fri. 9-2 Sat. 9-1 9985 Riverdale Rd. (at the end of Riverdale Rd.) shirts, blouses, sweatshirts in plus size, gently used, lots of misc. items.

Sat. & Sun., 9-4 1004 W. 21st St. Furniture, decorative items, scrubs.

Everything must go!

Saturday Only 8-3 801 Ave A. 4 Family Sale Name brand, Justice, AE, GAP & more, boys NB-2T, Girls sz. 3T-Jrs. ML, womens plus sz. scrubs, Mens clothes, kids toys, coffee table, home goods name brand purses & more.

Thurs. & Fri. 9-4 Saturday 9-1 4006 W Rt. 30.

2008 36ft. Travel trailer, gas air compressor, garden disc, table saw, wood plainer, power & hand tools, fishing equi., beer signs, 30 old crocks and jugs, copper boiler, pots and pans & much more misc items.

Thurs., Fri. & Sat. 9am-5pm 1401 W. 2nd St. Baby stuff, boys clothes 4-5, girls NB-6mos. Lots of antiques & furniture. Great prices, everything must go!

STERLING GARAGE SALES 624 Fri. & Sat. 8-?

1002 7th Ave. Little bit of everything!

Make offers!

Friday 8-3 1308 11th Ave. Sterling Warrior apparel, 31 items, household seasonal décor, scrapbook, fabric, designer hand bags & lots of misc.

Sat. only, 8-12 2616 Meadow Dr. Kitchen items, wall vases, décor, books, purses, dog toys, misc. items.

Misses & Jr. clothing, some lg. men's clothes, all good to excellent cond. No bills over $20.

Saturday 8-1 406 7th Ave. In the Alley Moving SalePart 1 Lots of household items and some clothing

Saturday 8-2 601 W 13th St. Multi Family Sale Women's clothing 6-18, collectibles.

Shoes, jewelry, books,CD's/ DVD's purses, baskets, furn., microwave, dorm refrigerator, & lots of nice misc.

Saturday 8-2 Corner of W. 21 & Ave. F Doll house, Precious Moments, men, womens & children's clean clothing & lots of extras.

ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES 705 I Buy: Antiques, collectibles, toys, post cards, etc.

815-445-6151.

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815.625.8529 Hot point black 30” electric stove self cleaning. Exc cond. $50 815625-9330 Sharp carousel black microwave.

Works good. $10 815-625-9330 Under the counter dishwasher, works good, 1st $50 takes it. 815-499-2130 Whirlpool almond side by side refrigerator. Ice & water in door.

Exc. cond. $100.

815-625-9330

Fri. & Sat., 8-6 108 E. Long St. Quilting table, household items and adult plus size clothing.

POLO GARAGE SALES 624 Fri. & Sat. 8am to 6pm 711 N. Division HUGE TENT SALE! Cleaned out house, basement & garage- 3 generations of stuff!

Antiques, collectibles, new 31 Bags, Honey Crisp apples grown here.

Clothes: ladies plus size, mens & kids.

Small flat screen TV, pressure cooker/canner, new hand made jewelry, new NuWave oven, furniture, holiday decoration.

FREE GIFTS to first 50 customers!!

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Lee County & Surrounding Areas SATURDAY 11-12

1042 MOOSE ROAD, MOUNT MORRIS

Very unique property on 2.27 acres next to Camp Ross, 2,700 sq. ft., several sheds, 2 car garage, $165,000 #08986062 Hosted by Barb Davis

LEE & WHITESIDE COUNTIES

SUNDAY 11-1

402 SHERMAN AVENUE, DIXON

Well kept 2 bedroom, 1 bath ranch, updated kitchen in last 10 years, 10x26 attached garage, $71,900 #08990077 Hosted by Patti Shoemaker

Saturday, September 5th Sunday, September 6th

Whiteside County & Surrounding Areas SATURDAY 10-12

501 S. BASE STREET, MORRISON

Exceptional 2 bedroom brick ranch home with finished basement, $139,900 #09012352 Hosted by Jerry Lancaster

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CLOTHING

730

Wedding Dress, new, never worn, size 16, long lace sleeves, 5 ft. train, crystal & pearl beading, $750 815677-8825

WOOD / FUEL

746

Firewood For Sale OAK, split, delivered & stacked.

815-626-6875

FOOD PRODUCE

750

Canning Tomatoes you pick. $22 bushel. Call 815441-0518 or 815716-3004 Fairhaven Fruit Farm- Fresh Picked Apples & More!

Apple Cider, Local Honey & Dipping Caramel New Hours: Thurs.-Sat. 9am5pm, Sun. 12-5 Closed Mon-Wed 815-499-1856

FURNITURE

755

Futon w/ nice cover $150 obo 815284-1664 Mattress sets: Twin $99, Full $129, Queen $159, King $199. Will deliver! Kern Mattress Outlet, call 309452-7477.

Weather Proof Wicker Patio Furniture, like new, 5 chairs & glass top table, $300 815284-4514

HEALTH & FITNESS

761

Vision Fitness R2600HRT Commercial recumbent fitness bike. Heart rate sensor. Call 815-341Mike 2159

MEDICAL SUPPLIES

762

La-Z-Boy Lift Chair w/ heat & massage, only used 3x, $995 815-499-2336

PETS & PET SUPPLIES 775 Abandoned mother cat w/ 2 kittens, (housecat), litter trained, Free to good home. 815626-5278 or 815499-7276 AKC Rottweiler puppies. 11wks old. $450ea.

815-716-6812 Free kittens to good homes only, litter trained. Call 815-440-3035 after 4pm.

WANT TO BUY 795

MISCELLANEOUS 796 FOR SALE

Basset hound puppies $400 males and females.

All colors, ready now. No papers.

815-590-6046 Milledgeville area

I Pay Cash 4 Gold, Silver, Coins & Antiques 24/7 815-564-9061

Rock MemorabiliaBilly Joel. Value $95. Sell $25.

815-732-1492 Sears Car Top Carrier.

Good Cond. $40 815456-2175 See More Online Photos, Commerce, Expanded Text

Free kittens to good indoor homes, various colors.

815-535-8657 Golden Retriever pups. Ready Sept 17. Parents on site. shots & 1st wormed. Call to reserve 1-815-9045876.

Male kitten, 4mos. old, Tiger striped.

Free to good home only. 815-501-3468 To good home only, tame talking 3mo. old Green Quaker Parrot w/ cage & food. $350 serious inquiries only. 815-590-1976 WANTED: To Adopt an adult male Springer Spaniel 815-847-8904 WARNING ADS FOR FREE PETS Your beloved pet deserves a loving, caring home. The ad for your free pet may draw response from individuals who will sell your animal for research or breeding purposes.

Please screen respondents carefully when giving an animal away.

Your pet will thank you!

LAWN MOWERS

TICKETS / TRAVEL 787 & EVENTS No person or business, unless properly licensed by the Illinois Secretary of State, may sell ticket(s) for any sporting event or otherwise, for more than the price printed upon the face of the said ticket(s).

Only licensed ticket brokers may legally advertise, negotiate and execute the sale of ticket(s) for any amount over what is printed upon the face of ticket.

ELECTRONICS

White ...................................... $12,200* 2004 Buick Century Custom,

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2009 Chevy Impala LTZ,

790

NEW TODAY Nikon D5000 DSLR, exc. cond. $400 obo. 815375-2895.

Wanted Records 33's, 45's & 78's Rock, Blues & Jazz 815-847-0382

MISCELLANEOUS 796 FOR SALE 50 Cookbooks, many hardcover, some new. Collector is downsizing. $50. 815-772-3224 Antique sewing machine (Wheeler & Wilson), parts incl. $150 obo. 815994-0178.

Browning compound bow aluminum arrows, soft case. Many extras. $90. 815-441-0467 Cabelas insulated chest high waders,

zipper front. Sz. 12 Like new! $85.

815-441-0467 Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens Dixon.

2 lots, nice location $1200. Call 815379-2434.

Chest of Drawers, VERY NICE!! $90 815-499-9180 Coleman Max camping backpack. Used once. $25. 815-973-3455

Couch, mauve, ornate claw & ball feet, good cond. w/ matching chair $175; Cabinet, white painted pine, corner, 80”T $125 815-622-5078 Directors chair made of wood and canvas. $15 815-535-3759 Futon Frame, mission style, natural finish, $100. 815625-4165.

Goodyear rear tractor tire & tube 15.5-38 good shape $100 815973-4872 GPS NavigatorDale Earnhardt, Jr., $179 new, used twice. $40 815284-8960 I H 706 Rear tractor weights. 1 set $100 815-9734872 John Deere wire planter stakes. 1 pair $15 815-9734872 Large Swing set, 5 swing units. Good condition. $85 815-456-2175 Lexmark-Color Printer, 4 keyboards & flt. screen monitor. $25.

815-732-1492 Reloading equip. & supplies. Press, dies, powder, scale, tools, etc.

For complete list please call 815590-2947 7am & 8pm. Also HO train

➛Look for WEB ID ➛Log on to: www.saukvalley. com classifieds ➛Enter the WEB ID in the WEB ID Box ➛View Photos, Expanded Text BUY ONLINE!! saukvalley.com CLASSIFIEDS Small refrigerator, runs good. $10 815-288-3798 Triple 3” tan vinyl siding. Approx.

650 sq. ft. $200.

815-440-6301 after 5pm Twin comforter set, curtains, 2 lamps. blk. zebra $50. 815-625-8732 VCR Tapes (25) $25 for all.

815-732-1492 Winter jacket, womens sz. Med. New cond. $30.

815-625-6498.

Wooden Lamp Lighter lawn ornament $15 815-2847569

HAY & STRAW

100% grass hay wanted. Small bales. Call 815-440-3389 Alfalfa Grass round bales for sale, $40 each 815-441-5200

FARM SERVICES

CLASSIC CARS

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1963 Ford Galaxy low Convertible, mileage, good $13,500 cond., 815-441-8343

AUTOMOBILES

905

NEW REAL DEAL FOR ITEMS OVER $300 A 5 Line REAL DEAL

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

Special must be mentioned at time of ad placement.

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No Commercial Advertising, Pets, Garage Sales, Wood/ Fuel, Tickets/ Travel or Real Estate

'04 Mercury Grand Marque - good condition. Silver birch - exterior, grey leather heated seats, heated mirrors & rear window. (1 owner) 84,000 miles.

Asking $5,000 call Ron Cooper 815-284-7100

NEW TODAY 1987 Chevrolet Classic Brougham 58k mi. Dark blue.

815-625$3,500.

9110, 630-220-2915 1994 Cadillac DeVille, body excellent. 147,423mi. $2100/ obo. 815441-7051.

1996 Toyota Camry 4CYL. 34 MPG, good cond. $1,525 779-861-0477

AUTOMOBILES

MOTORCYCLES

905

NEW TODAY 2004 Murcury Grand Marquis LS Gray, 62k. mi. $5,995.

815-6259110, 630-220-2915

NEW TODAY ★2006 Chrysler★ 300C, 4 door, 39K mi., like new, $12,000 858-212-1952 2010 SS Camaro Transformers edition.

24K mi. $26,000. Call 815441-6483 2012 Chevy Impala LT, asking $11,500 Excellent condition Like new.

Must Sell!

Call 815-857-2830 Leave Message.

2008 Harley Davidson 1200 Sportster Custom, low miles, $5,000 815-499-9409 2008 Harley Davidson, mint cond., special edition Screaming Eagle dyna., 7,900 mi., pd. $27,000, asking $12,900 / obo.

815-9859358 ★2008 Honda★ ★Goldwing★ pearl white, heated seats & grips, 28,800 mi. w/ 2009 cargo trailer & towpack wheels to make into a trike reduced $17,500 815-535-3503

creditautosales dixon.com Always over 100+ vehicles to choose from.

HAVING TROUBLE wording your ad? Call our classified department today. We'll be glad to help you. 626SOLD or 284SOLD.

S.U.V.S

909

2003 Trailblazer LS, 4WD, 4 door, 6 cyl., 150K mi., 815$4200/obo 626-2399

TRUCKS

910

1985 Ford 4x4 w/ snow plow. Needs brakes & tune-up. $1,500. Dixon area 704-650-9290 2003 Chevy Silverado 1500 HD 4 door, loaded, liner & tuxedo 121,840 miles $11,000 obo 815-762-1716

VANS

911

2007 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT 130,620k- Clean, well maintained, air cond., front/rear, electric side doors, lift gate, remote start, hitch, two new tires. $5,700 negotiable 815-284-7823

4X4S

912

2003 Chevy Sil2500HD verado Crew Cab 4x4.

Runs well. GM rebuilt diesel engine, camper shell with roof rack, $10,900.

Call 815-535-3884 2011 Chevy Silverado half ton Ext cab, 18k actual Lots of miles. chrome, brand new cond. $30,000 815-225-7904 or 815-590-5852

PARTS & ACC.

925

2001 Saturn S Series, 4cyl., to sell for parts. Call 815499-1432 for info.

Bullitt Chrome Wheels 17'x9' fits Mustang & other Ford cars. Like New $500. Call 815-284-6192 Ford Rims 22”x9”, split spoke polished aluminum w/ black pearl metallic, includes sport center cap, valve stems, 5-lug bolt pattern 4.5”, great condition, 4 for $1600/obo 815-626-2549 Sealed trailer lights fits hole size 3.5 x 2.4, new in package $4 each 815284-7569 Trunk Lid from '99 Lincoln Continental $100 815-2847569

Black &

White

AUTOS WANTED

935

2005 Kawasaki Vulcan Nomad 1600, $$$$ Thousands of high dollar add on access. all prof. maintained, absolute exc. cond. $8,000 / obo 815-631-5810

2014 Harley Davidson Street Glide, 2,312 mi., warranty left on it, $17,500 815-4410841

BOATS/MOTORS

940

14 Ft. Richland fishing boat with 5 1/2 HP Johnson Motor. Oars, life jackets, other accessories. $550.

Contact Mike 815341-2159.

16 ft. 1984 Champion Bass Boat, 150hp, runs good, red metallic,$3,500 /obo 815-716-6347 16' Conroy ski boat, 80HP Merc, tilt, trim, walk thru windshield. Will sell for $1500 or trade for ATV. Call 815441-7636.

Eliminator 21' IO Bowrider.

One owner. Must see to believe. Has everything. Tandem trailer. $18,800. 815288-6412.

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TRAILERS/RVS

945

2002 Carriage Cameo travel trailer, $15,000/obo.

815-438-2625 or 815-213-1001.

2003 Montana 5th wheel with 3 glide outs. Nice & clean. $19,000. Pull vehicle available. Call 815-590-0231.

2007 Coachman 38' camper, elect.

2010 Ingersol Rand Golf cart 48 volt. New batteries, charger & tires.

On seasonal lot 203 Timberlake Resort. Enjoy rest of the year on us! $14,000. Call 815499-1606 2007 J Feather EXP 23B, Ultralight ½ ton towable.

Hitch/levelers included sleep 8, LR slide, awning AC/ Heat, full kitchen/ bath $10,000. Call 815-213-2732 2007 Sprinter Pull Camper, 12' slide, sleeps 6, very nice cond., 25' long. $7500 815-4413138 Colman's RV We Buy/Consign Used Campers & RV's!

217-787-8653 www.colmansrv.com

Utility Tilt Trailer, 4x8, ball hitch, have title, $500 815-625-3963

Sometimes it really is as simple

*Plus tax, title, license & doc fee.

Rt. 52 N. Sublette, IL, Ph. 815/849-5232 or 1-800-227-5203 After 6, 849-5251

865

Farm truck and/or Drivers tractor needed for Fall harvest, PT. Exp. req. 815-499-0463.

Silver ........................................$4,900*

“Great Deals, Great Service, Since 1926”

825

1978 Midget/MGProject car. $6,000. Call 815-284-2482

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779

2003 Garden Tractor, Craftsman 50” deck w/ hydro, exc. cond., garage kept, $750/obo 815-590-1677

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2015ChevyEquinoxLTZAWD, Red .........................................$31,900* 2015ChevyEquinoxLT, White.......................................$25,900* 2015ChevyCruzeLTZ, Red .........................................$19,900* 2015ChevyTraverseFWD2LT, Gray.........................................$29,900* 2015ChevyImpalaLimitedLTZ, Red .........................................$20,900* 2015ChevyCruzeLT, Silver.......................................$16,900* 2015ChevyImpalaLimitedLT, Red .........................................$19,500* 2015ChevyImpalaLTZ, Red .........................................$28,500* 2015BuickLaCrosseCXL, Gray.........................................$27,500* 2015BuickVerano, White.......................................$19,900* 2015ChevyCruzeLTZ, Blue.........................................$20,500* 2015ChevyCaptivaLT, Blue.........................................$22,500* 2014ChevyImpalaLT, Blue.........................................$21,400* 2014GMCSavanaG-Van, White.......................................$23,900* 2013Chevy1500CrewCab4x4LT, Blue.........................................$32,800* 2013Chevy1500CrewCabZ71LT, White.......................................$31,900* 2013ChevyCrewCabZ71LT, Maroon.....................................$30,900* 2013Chevy1500CrewCabLT4x4Z71, Silver.......................................$32,500* 2013ChevyCaptivaLTFWD, Silver.......................................$16,900* 2012Chevy1500CrewCabLTZ71, Blue.........................................$25,900* 2012ChevyImpalaLTZ, White.......................................$14,500* 2012ChevyEquinoxAWD2LT, Red .........................................$19,500*

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