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Wednesday, October 14, 2015

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CONSOLIDATION | PUBLIC MEETING

Should Dixon Parks dissolve?

It’s a question a growing number of people have been asking; tonight, the Park Board will discuss it city could take dominion over park district property, and Dixon Parks operations would be funneled through the city’s budget – but only if the public approves, he said.

According to election laws, there are several ways voters can decide.

“Government consolidation in the state of Illinois has been a hot topic,” Arellano said.

“Maybe you expand the taxing

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

DIXON – Tonight, the Dixon Park Board will discuss the possibility of consolidating with the city.

Illinois code uses the term “dissolve” when referring to this process. Mayor Li Arellano Jr. said that in theory, the

Meeting tonight

The Dixon Park Board meets at 5 p.m. today at the park district office, 804 Palmyra St. Call 815-284-3306, go to dixonparkdistrict.com or email dixonpark2@gmail.com for an agenda or more information. base. Or maybe you integrate.”

Arellano alluded to a petition that was starting to circulate

through the city. According to state code, to put a districtdissolving question on the next ballot, the petition requires two-thirds of the number of votes cast for the top vote-getter in the last Park Board election.

On April 7, Nicole Pritchard received the most votes out of the four board candidates with 1,416. So, in order for petitioners to put the question on the ballot, they must

collect 944 signatures.

If the question “Should Dixon Parks dissolve?” appears on the March primary ballot, it will then need to pass with twothirds of the total vote.

For example, in the last park district election, 4,655 people voted, which means 3,104 voters would have had to vote “yes” to dissolve the district.

CONSOLIDATION CONTINUED ON A5

EDUCATION

CARROLL COUNTY

3+1 adds up to more flexibility for students

A rural rainbow Sauk Valley woman helps county get squared away with its colorful side

Sauk, NIU sign partnership deals

BY JERMAINE PIGEE jpigee@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5525 @JPigee84

DIXON – Technology students at Sauk Valley Community College can now earn a bachelor’s degree from Northern Illinois University without stepping foot on the DeKalb campus.

Sauk students who find themselves out of the area also can finish their associate’s degree at the DeKalb campus.

Officials from Sauk and NIU came together Tuesday afternoon to sign two agreements that provide such flexibility for their students.

One is a reverse transfer agreement that allows students who transfer from Sauk to NIU Online without havRead this ing earned story at their 2-year saukvalley. a s s o c i a t e ’ s com to see degree to fin- video of Tuesish up there. day’s signing.

The other agreement, called 3+1, allows manufacturing and technology students to get their 4-year bachelor’s degree from NIU without even stepping foot on the DeKalb campus.

The agreements were signed at Sauk by NIU President Doug Baker and Sauk President Dave Hellmich. They take effect immediately.

“We hope these agreements are just the beginning of a new partnership between Sauk and Northern,” Hellmich said.

Through 3+1, Sauk students can take 60 hours of classes, and earn a technical associate of applied science degree.

To get their bachelor of science degree in technology, with an emphasis in applied manufacturing technology, they then must take 30 hours of general education or BS prerequisites, plus 30 hours of NIU technology courses.

BY LONNIE C. MILLER Special to Sauk Valley Media

SAVANNA – When a Carroll County woman took on the job of documenting her county’s barn quilts, it was no small task, but she had to start somewhere.

And that’s just what Connie Zink did – at square one.

Since then, she’s helped gather information on the county’s quilts, and there’s quite a few – about six dozen different quilts are featured on the Barn Quilts of Carroll County page at visitcarrollcountyil.com (select “barn quilt trail” from the “virtual tours” button on the left). But the quilt project isn’t done yet. Zink is looking for the public’s help to wrap up the quilt project.

QUILTS CONTINUED ON A2

The I in the sky ... Steve and Jane Smith wear their Illini pride proudly, as seen on this barn quilt on the front of a grain elevator on their farm at 4330 Center Drive in Milledgeville. The quilt, done in a traditional style, represents the family’s farming heritage, their Fighting Illini spirit, and Jane’s love for quilting. It was designed by Barb Leuders from Thomson. Read this story at saukvalley.com to see more photos.

Photos by Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com

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PRINCETON

Fugitive turns up in homeless center Convict taken back into custody more than a month after he escaped

BY GOLDIE RAPP Shaw Media

PRINCETON – An escaped prisoner on the lam for more than a month after fleeing from a rest area off Interstate 80 near Princeton was caught Monday at a homeless center in Oregon state.

Convicted robber Joshua Drinnon, 36, was arrested without incident in Ashland, the Califor-

nia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said in a news Joshua release Drinnon Monday.

Drinnon escaped Sept. 2 when the private inmate transportation service taking him from a court hearing in Tennessee back to prison

in San Diego stopped at the Great Sauk Trail rest area.

He was serving a 17-year sentence for a robbery committed Dec. 12, 2012, in San Luis Obispo County. He was to be paroled in May 2025, then taken to Tennessee to serve a 6-year sentence for aggravated robbery.

More than 100 local law officers, including State Police troopers, air oper-

ations and investigators, and Bureau County Sheriff’s and Princeton Police officers, searched for Drinnon for 2 days.

After that, the CDOC and the U.S. Marshals Service formed a task force to track him down; that investigation led to Ashland.

How Drinnon got to Oregon still is under investigation, the release said.

Barn quilts could be a tourist draw QUILTS

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In the meantime, people can check out the quilts online or take a day trip through the county to see the other colors of fall – a cornucopia of color hanging high, and low. There are big ones on barns and little ones on mailboxes. Some salute a favorite sports team, and some salute America. But most of all, they’re just darn colorful.

It’s a project that county ag and tourism groups hope will not only celebrate the county’s heritage and its residents’ creativity, but attract tourists, too. Who needs the bridges of Madison County when you’ve got the quilts of Carroll County?

Barn quilts aren’t really quilts at all, at least not the kind you cover up with. They’re made of wood or metal, and most often are one large square, although sometimes – like their cloth cousins – they can be made up of colorful pieces that are assembled into a larger quilt. They can be freestanding, but are usually hung on a barn or other outbuilding. Sometimes they just dress up a building, but other times they can represent something special to the family.

The Carroll County Motel and Hotel Tax Board and members of the county’s Farm Bureau tapped Zink to take on the trail project, the goal of which is to

This quilt is on the front of Michael and Nancy Adolph’s barn at 12287 Airport Road in rural Savanna.

Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com

Contact Connie

Contact Connie Zink at Robertsroostcountryguesthouse@gmail.com or 815-565-0024, or go to visitcarrollcountyil.com for more information or to submit quilt info.

Online

Search for “Barn Quilts of Carroll County Illinois� on Facebook Suzi Parron’s website on barn quilts is at barnquiltinfo.com. locate, document, and map the barn quilts – and in the process, give the county another tool to promote itself.

It’s just one of many things on her to-do list.

Zink is also an avid photographer, amateur historian and owner of Robert’s Roost Country Guest House in Savanna (one of three businesses she runs).

Connie’s keeping plenty busy, but she can’t do it

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POLICE Sterling Police

Christopher R. Standard, 29, of Sterling; 4:14 p.m.

Monday at Avenue J. and LeFevre Road; no insurance; released with promise to comply.

Malorie J. Grennan, 27, of Rock Falls; 8:06 p.m. Monday at East Fourth Street and 11th Avenue; speeding 46 mph in a 30-mph zone; released with promise to comply.

Wendy M. Thorman, 47, of Sterling; 10:24 p.m. Monday at East 11th Street and First Avenue; no insurance; released with promise to comply.

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Boy, 15, of Dixon; 9:15 p.m. Monday in the 200 block of South Hennepin Avenue; runaway; released to his parent.

Sarah K. Beckingham, 36, of Dixon; Monday in the 800 block of Franklin Grove Road; Lee County warrant for failure to appear; taken to Lee County Jail.

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Ryan McClain, 35, of Franklin Grove; Monday; warrant for failure to appear; given notice to appear in court.

Jesse W. Galvan, 28, of Sterling; 6:22 p.m. Monday at the intersection of state routes 64 and 251; driving while license suspended, unlawful use of a weapon, improper passing at an intersection, operating uninsured motor vehicle; given citations, taken to Ogle County Jail, and held in lieu of bond.

Cory L. Carter, 31, of Scarboro; 6 p.m. Monday

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OGLE COUNTY â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A Stillman Valley woman suffered minor injuries Monday in a single-vehicle rollover on River Road about 3 miles north of Oregon.

Ogle County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deputies and Oregon fire and ambulance personnel responded at 3:26 p.m. A car driven by Haley M. Thomas, 25, was northbound on River Road when Thomas lost control and drove off the road, causing the car to flip onto its roof.

Thomas was taken to KSB Hospital in Dixon. Her condition was unavailable Tuesday.

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A 15-year-old boy was crossing westbound across Locust Street about 11:25 a.m. Thursday when he was struck by a southbound vehicle. According to police, the driver of the vehicle had a brief conversation with the boy, after which the driver might have believed the boy was unhurt.

However, the boy later complained of minor injuries, and contacted police several hours later, and an accident report was filed.

Anyone with information about the accident should call the police department at 815-632-6640.

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all alone. She needs the publicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s help to complete the massive project. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s taken more 200 photos and traveled all over Carroll County, gathering information on barn quilts, but she knows there are more out there.

Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s asking people to go to visitcarrollcountyil. com/barn-quilt-trail, or the projectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Facebook page (search for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Barn Quilts of Carroll County Illinoisâ&#x20AC;?) to help.

Got a quilt thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not on the list? Let her know.

And if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re already on the list, she asks simply that you verify the information.

Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a quilt at all, but would like information on how to be a part of trail? Let her know, or you can research barn quilts online to make one of your own, or find a business that sells them.

The projectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Facebook page also lists people in Carroll County who make them.

And if you have a quilt thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on the list, but would rather not have it there, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s OK, too. Just let her know.

Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s come to be known as The American Quilt Trail Movement is credited to Donna Sue Groves, an Ohio woman who wanted to honor her mother, a noted quilter, with a painted quilt square on the familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s barn in Manchester, Ohio.

Groves eventually contributed to a book, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Barn Quilts and the American Quilt Trail Movement,â&#x20AC;? written by Suzi Parron, and a national quilt trail movement has unfurled across America.

While thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no book in Carroll Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s future right now, organizers have a brochure, and plan to create a printed map, in addition to the website and Facebook page.

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Time to take down Thompson Center?

Rauner wants to auction off state offices CHICAGO (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Gov. Bruce Rauner unveiled plans Tuesday to auction off the architecturally distinct James R. Thompson Center, which could lead to the razing of the 16-story glass-paneled building in Chicago that has housed state government for 3 decades.

Rauner, who declined to say how much the building is worth amid ongoing appraisals, called it an â&#x20AC;&#x153;inefficientâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;wastefulâ&#x20AC;? use of space with its large indoor atrium and backlog of maintenance projects equaling roughly $100 million. He wants to move the approximately 2,200 downtown employees to other offices in the area or Springfield and put the building up for a cash sale within a year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a homerun decision in every regard,â&#x20AC;? he said at a news conference.

The building, designed by famed architect Helmut Jahn and named for a former Illinois governor, opened in 1985.

It cost the state roughly $170 million. Marked by a half-dome with pinkish-red and blue panels, the 1.2 million-squarefoot building sticks out, particularly next to its

Rauner speaks Tuesday at a news conference in the James R. Thompson Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 16-story glass-paneled atrium in Chicago. He said selling the building and moving state workers elsewhere could save the state between $6 million and $12 million annually.

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Pedestrians walk past the James R. Thompson Center Tuesday in Chicago.

Gov. Bruce Rauner announced Tuesday he wants to hold a public auction to sell Thompson Center, which houses state government offices in downtown Chicago, calling the building â&#x20AC;&#x153;ineffectiveâ&#x20AC;? and a â&#x20AC;&#x153;very wasteful, very inefficient use of space.â&#x20AC;? more stately granite neighbor, City Hall.

Disrepair is evident at the building, which also has structural problems: Duct tape patches worn and stained carpets.

Wiring and electricity is dated. Heating and cooling costs have soared.

Rust stains a wall of a public meeting space.

Noise and smells emanate from a basement food court.

Rauner estimated the sale could save up to $12 million annually, and pitched it as a way to increase tax revenues for cash-strapped Chicago.

But any such sale faces several hurdles. Statewide officeholders,

including public facilities run by the Secretary of State, have to decide where to relocate. There are leases to negotiate with existing businesses; nearly 300 non-government employees will be impacted.

Also, Rauner needs lawmakersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; approval at a time when the firstterm Republican is at a months-long impasse with Democrats over the budget, which has already led to closures, layoffs, lawsuits over payments and scaledback state services. A spokesman for House Speaker Michael Madigan didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t immediately have a comment, and Senate President John

Cullertonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spokeswoman said the office would review any proposed action.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not the first time thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been talk of selling. Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich once floated selling the building and leasing it back, and later proposed mortgaging it to generate revenue, an idea that was found unconstitutional.

Rauner called his decision good management, irrespective of the budget crisis. He said a developer could take over the building and attract stores, a hotel or condominiums.

The governor said he wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t comment on the architecture or aes-

dents returned to class at McHenry Community High School on Tuesday.

The strike over teacher salaries and insurance benefits began Oct. 1 and involved more than 150 teachers at both high school campuses.

All classes and school activities were canceled and homecoming festivities were postponed.

to buy candy has pleaded not guilty to murder charges.

The family of Kristy Wesselman was watching Tuesday as 62-yearold Michael Jones of Champaign entered his plea in the murder of the 15-year-old. Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Attorney Robert Berlin says a grand jury indicted Jones on eight counts of first-degree murder and three counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault.

The teenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s body was found in a field she used as a shortcut to a grocery store from her home in unincorporated Glen Ellyn.

The case went cold years ago.

Jones was linked to the crime through a DNA sample given after pleading guilty this summer to aggravated domestic battery in Champaign County.

thetics of the building. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It just not usable for much of anything,â&#x20AC;? said Rauner. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The good news is itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really just a few structural beams and some glass so it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t cost that much to take down and it could be replaced by a very positive, very impactful new building.â&#x20AC;?

The possibility of razing the building â&#x20AC;&#x201C; often a stop on city architecture tours â&#x20AC;&#x201C; rankled some.

Chicago Architectural Foundation president Lynn Osmond deemed the Thompson Center an â&#x20AC;&#x153;important part of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fabricâ&#x20AC;? and that knocking it down would be â&#x20AC;&#x153;a shame.â&#x20AC;?

Even Jahn said the best way to make use of the building would be repurposing it as a 21st century landmark with new vendors or tech companies. The initial

vision for the building was to be a â&#x20AC;&#x153;symbol for the openness and transparency of the state government,â&#x20AC;? Jahn said in a statement, but that subsequent administrations didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t follow through.

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Sponsoring Sen. Andy Manar, a Bunker Hill Democrat, says the legislation allows people to decline to be registered and retains traditional registration methods.

Elmhurst Republican Sen. Chris Nybo says the GOP will likely examine cost, efficiency and ensuring voting rights go only to those qualified to vote.

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McHenry Community High School Educators Association members ratified the contract Monday afternoon after reaching a tentative agreement over the weekend. The school board is expected to formally approve the agreement at a meeting next Monday.

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OBITUARIES Frances Nelson STERLING – Frances J. Nelson, 99, of Morton, formerly of Sterling, passed away into God’s hands at 2:55 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015, at Apostolic Christian Restmor in Morton, shortly after her 99th birthday.

Frances was born and raised in southern DeKalb County. She graduated in 1934 from Hinckley High School.

She then graduated in 1945 from nurses’ training at Copley Hospital in Aurora, after joining the Cadet Nursing Corps during World War II. She was employed at St. Mary Hospital in DeKalb as a registered nurse, where she met her future husband, Harold E. Nelson, in 1948. They were married in August 1949, in Leland.

In 1955, Frances and Harold moved to Sterling, and lived there until 2010, in the same house on Sixth Street.

Frances volunteered for many community service projects, but was exceptionally devoted to serving her family, the children on the block, and her church community, Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sterling.

Frances is survived by two sons, David (Maria) Nelson of Morton and Mark (Sue) Nelson of Terra Haute, Indiana; four grandchildren, Tri-

sha (Brandon) Crull of Washington, Illinois, Ryan (Sarah) Nelson of Memphis, Tennessee, Chad (Rayta) Nelson of Indianapolis, and Nicholas Nelson of Muncie, Indiana; three great-grandchildren, Ella and Aiden Crull and Charlee Nelson; one sister, Helen Julia Stephenson of Verona, Kentucky; her sister-in-law, Nancy Butler of McHenry; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years; her parents, Irvin and Eva (Anderson) Gunderson; and three sisters, Hazel Klein, Edna Larson Burch, and Ruth Zellers Marshall.

Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday and the funeral at 11 a.m.

Friday at Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sterling, with Mark Winkelman, pastor, officiating. Burial will be at Oak Knoll Memorial Cemetery in Sterling, followed by a reception at the church. KnappJohnson Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Morton is handling arrangements.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1601 Ave. F, Sterling, IL 61081.

Visit knappjohnson. com to send condolences.

Clauddean Starbuck MACOMB – Clauddean Starbuck, 78, of Macomb, formerly of Sterling, died Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015, at her home.

McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls is handling arrangements.

Allan J. Voss CLINTON, Iowa – Allan J. Voss, 93, of Clinton, formerly of Fulton, died Monday, Oct. 12, 2015, at Prairie Hills at Clinton.

Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home in Fulton handled arrangements.

Debra Jackson SAVANNA – Debra Jackson, 52, of Savanna, died Monday, Oct. 12, 2015, at Mercy Medical Center in Clinton, Iowa.

Law-Jones Funeral Homes handled arrangements.

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FUNERAL SERVICES FOR THE WEEK Today’s visitations: Joann H. Burke of Maytown, 9:30 a.m.-10:15 a.m. at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Maytown.

George “Victor” Crabb of Sterling, 10-10:30 a.m. at Harvest Time Bible Church in Rock Falls.

Diane L. Tichler of Morrison, 4-7 p.m. at BosmaRenkes Funeral Home in Morrison.

Elmo M. Litts of Amboy, 4-8 p.m., with military honors accorded at 8 p.m., at Mihm-Jones Funeral Home in Amboy.

Today’s funerals: Urias D. Miller of Tampico, 10 a.m. at Fairfield Amish Mennonite Church south of Tampico.

Felipe Mendez Ramirez of Sterling, 10 a.m. Mass at St. Mary Parish Center in Sterling.

Joann H. Burke of Maytown, 10:30 a.m. Mass at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Maytown.

George “Victor” Crabb of Sterling, 10:30 a.m. at Harvest Time Bible Church in Rock Falls.

Thursday visitation: Walter “Wally” Arthurs Jr. of Sterling, 4-6 p.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.

Thursday funeral:

Diane L. Tichler of Morrison, 10:30 a.m. at Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home in Morrison.

Friday visitations: Dale DeCrane of Polo, 9-11 a.m. at Garland Funeral Home in Tampico.

Donna L. Nicklaus of Dixon, 9:30-11 a.m. at First United Methodist Church in Dixon.

Frances J. Nelson, formerly of Sterling, 10-11 a.m. at Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sterling.

Friday funerals: Dale DeCrane of Polo, 11 a.m. at Garland Funeral Home in Tampico.

Frances J. Nelson, formerly of Sterling, 11 a.m. at Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sterling.

Donna L. Nicklaus of Dixon, 11 a.m. at First United Methodist Church in Dixon.

Walter “Wally” Arthurs Jr. of Sterling, noon inurnment service at Oak Knoll Memorial Park in Sterling.

Saturday visitations: Jean McConnaughay, formerly of Dixon, 10-11 a.m. at Preston-Schilling Funeral Home in Dixon.

Saturday funeral: Jean McConnaughay, formerly of Dixon, 11 a.m. at Preston-Schilling Funeral Home in Dixon.

Donna L. Nicklaus DIXON – Donna L. Nicklaus, 80, of Dixon, died Monday, Oct. 12, 2015, at Sterling Pavilion.

She was born Sept. 24, 1935, in Flat Rock, the daughter of Lyman and Pauline (Neal) Lindsay. She had been a school teacher for Sterling Unit 5 for 30 years before her retirement. She was a member of First United Methodist Church in Dixon.

Donna is survived by two sons, Douglas (Barbara) Nicklaus of Mount Prospect and Todd Nicklaus of Dixon; seven grandchildren, Shannon Rohr, Mary Susan Davis, Todd Nicklaus Jr., Regan Nicklaus, Nathaniel Nicklaus, Lyndsey Nicklaus, and Amy Nicklaus; six great-grandchildren; three brothers, William (Betty) Lindsay, Charles (Jeanette) Lindsay, and

Lyman (Caroline) Lindsay, all of Flat Rock; one sister, Revene (William) Awe of Woodstock; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one son, Robert Dean Nicklaus; two sisters, Betty Nicklaus and Patty Brown; and one brother, Jack Lindsay.

Visitation will be from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Friday and the funeral at 11 a.m. Friday at First United Methodist Church in Dixon. Burial will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Jones Cemetery in Flat Rock. Jones Funeral Home in Dixon is handling arrangements.

In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established to First United Methodist Church in Dixon.

Visit thejonesfh.com to send condolences.

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THOMSON – Rubye R. Hill, 89, of Clinton, Iowa, forMILLEDGEVILLE – Wilma I. Hollewell, 92, of Milled- merly of Thomson, died Monday, Oct. 12, 2015, at The Alverno Health Care Facility in Clinton. geville, died Monday, Oct. 12, 2015, at her home.

Law-Jones Funeral Home in Thomson handled Schilling Funeral Home in Sterling is handling arrangements. arrangements.

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Billy Joe Royal dies at 73

Kalamazoo airman among 5 killed in helicopter crash

Performer sang ‘Down in the Boondocks’ in 1965

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) – An airman from western Michigan is one of two U.S. military personnel killed in a helicopter crash in Kabul, Afghanistan.

The Defense Department said in a release Tuesday that 38-year-old Master Sgt. Gregory Kuhse of Kalamazoo died Sunday.

Kuhse and 45-year-old Major Phyllis Pelky, of Rio Rancho, New Mexico, were supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel and riding in a British Puma Mk 2 when it went down.

Three others, including two members of Britain’s Royal Air Force also were killed. Five more people aboard the helicopter were hurt.

Kuhse was assigned to the 3rd Manpower Requirements Squadron at Scott Air Force Base in southern Illinois. Pelky was

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Singer Billy Joe Royal, who scored a memorable top 10 pop hit in 1965 with “Down in the Boondocks” and later became a country star, died Oct. 6 at his home in Morehead City, North Carolina. He was 73.

He died in his sleep, said his stepson Trey Rivenbark.

Born on April 3, 1942, in Valdosta, Georgia, Royal was exposed to country music at a young age, singing with his uncle’s band.

“They had a radio show in Valdosta and they let me sing,” he said in a 2010 interview with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “And for some reason, I knew that’s what I wanted to

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do. I just wanted to be in music.”

By the time he was in high school in Marietta, he was singing with a rock band called the Corvettes. Influenced by Elvis Presley, Royal swiveled his hips so much during a school show that officials banned the Corvettes from playing at assemblies.

“It was obvious to all of us that Billy Joe was the one with the talent,” Mickey Carlile, a member of the band, told the Journal-Constitution in 2006. “Billy Joe used to say, ‘One of these days you will see my name in lights.’”

In the late 1950s, he developed his tenor voice and singing style at Atlanta clubs, some-

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times doing five sets a night. He got to meet and sometimes perform with stars, including B.B. King, Roy Orbison, the Drifters and most memorably, Sam Cooke.

“He was my idol,” Royal said in the 2010 Journal-Constitution interview. “The second time he was there, he put his arm around me and said, ‘You just keep getting better and better.’

“For a kid, I can’t tell you how that felt.”

Most importantly to his career, he worked with songwriter and producer Joe South, who wrote “Down in the Boondocks” – a song about a pair of young lovers from opposite sides of the tracks.

Walter ‘Wally’ Arthurs Jr. STERLING – Walter “Wally” Arthurs Jr., 85, of Sterling, died Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015, at Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Prophetstown.

Wally was born Oct. 7, 1930, in Lawrence County, Ohio, the son of Walter and Marjorie (Herrell) Arthurs Sr. He married Margaret Mabrey on March 24, 1978, in Sterling. She preceded him in death on May 11, 2015. He worked as a supervisor at Wonder Bread and Sunbeam Bread Co. in Rock Falls.

Wally also worked as a driver for RC Smith Transportation in Morrison. He served in the Army during the Korean War. Wally was a member and past commander of the Rock Falls VFW. He also was an avid pigeon flyer, and was the founding member of the Rock River Valley Racing Pigeon Club.

Survivors include four daughters, Barbara (Bryan) McBee of Huntsville, Alabama, Pamela (BJ) Fenwick of Sterling, Peggy (Jeff) Harrington of Rock Falls, and Kathy Miller of Seward, Nebraska; two stepdaughters, Vicki Voss of

Rock Falls and Marina Voss of Sterling; two sons, Craig Arthurs of Lyndon and Dave (Cami) Arthurs of Prophetstown, two stepsons, Elwood Don Voss of Ashton and Randall (Rachel) Voss of Port St. Lucie, Florida; three sisters, Norma (Ernest) Williams of Freeport, Vera Trego of Loves Park, and Judy Lynn (Dave) Fogel of Van Orin; 22 grandchildren; six stepgrandchildren; 35 stepgreat-grandchildren; three great-greatgrandchildren; and one special friend, Devoe Manning.

He also was preceded in death by his parents.

Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls. An inurnment service will be at noon Friday, followed by military honors accorded by the Rock Falls American Legion, at Oak Knoll Memorial Park in Sterling, with Dalmus Meeks, pastor, officiating.

In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established.

Visit mcdonaldfuneralhomes.com to send condolences.

Jean McConnaughay PERU – Jean McConnaughay, 82, of Peru, formerly of Dixon, died Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015, in Peru.

Jean was born April 27, 1933, in East Prairie, Missouri, the daughter of Frank and Lovie (Williams) Waters. She married Robert McConnaughay on May 3, 1953, in Dixon. He preceded her in death on Sept. 13, 2006. She had many different hobbies, including painting, woodcrafts, and ceramics. She also was a skilled seamstress, having made some very nice things through the years.

Survivors include two sons, Robert James (Cheri) McConnaughay Jr. of Ottawa and Mark (Margaret Wolfe) McConnaughay of Dixon; three sisters, Frankie, Marilyn, and Norma;

assigned to the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

The cause of the crash is under investigation.

$5M grant to ISU will aid youth in Champaign County NORMAL (AP) – An Illinois State University professor has been awarded a federal grant of nearly $5 million to help young people in Champaign County with relationship-building, getting ready for jobs and handling their finances.

The Department of Health and Human Services grant amounts to about $1 million annually to establish the Champaign Area Relationship Education for Youth program.

The (Bloomington) Pantagraph reported the program is for people aged 15 to 24 and includes subsidized summer work or reimbursement for college tuition.

two grandchildren, Ian (Laci) McConnaughay and Erin (Robert) Nilles; two stepgrandchildren, Lauren and Nolan Morse; one great-grandson, Walker McConnaughay; and one stepgreat-grandson, Cash Nilles.

She also was preceded in death by her parents, one sister, and three stepbrothers.

Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday and the funeral at 11 a.m. Saturday at Preston-Schilling Funeral Home in Dixon, with the Rev. Heewon Kim, associate pastor of First United Methodist Church in Dixon, officiating. Burial will be at Oakwood Cemetery in Dixon.

A memorial has been established to First United Methodist Church.

Visit prestonschillingfuneralhome.com to send condolences.

Professor Ani Yazedjian will direct the program.

She is chairwoman of ISU’s Department of Family and Consumer Services.

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Those last 10 classes, NIU’s College of Engineering and Engineering Technology, now can be taken online.

“This is a wonderful opportunity for tech students to get their associate degree and further their education,” said Steve McPherson, associate professor of technology and electronics at Sauk. “It’s also an excellent opportunity for industry as a whole to develop a more educated workforce with a more complete skill set.”

Taking those extra steps to obtain a bachelor’s in the field will benefit students, Baker said.

“You learn a lot in the programs and a lot of really important stuff,” Baker said. “Getting a bachelor’s degree opens a whole bunch of additional doors. I think it shows our regional business community the willingness of higher education to collaborate.”

Under the reverse transfer agreement, credits earned in any department at NIU can transfer to Sauk, to meet the degree requirements for an associate’s degree, just like Sauk credits transfer to the NIU, but

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Following such approval, the park board is required to pay off its debts, distribute its property and resolve any outstanding obligations.

Any remaining surplus money would go to the Dixon Public School District, according to state code. Once filed with the county, all members of the board would be terminated regardless of how much time is left on their terms.

This outcome could put the city and the park district in a difficult position, since it is legally binding, Arellano said.

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Northern Illinois University president Doug Baker (left) and Sauk Valley Community College president Dave Hellmich sign the reverse-transfer agreement between the two colleges Tuesday afternoon. The agreement allows for NIU students to get credits at Sauk for classes they are taking in DeKalb.

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About the technical AAS degree – According to NIU, analysts project 100,000 manufacturing vacancies by 2020, many caused by the retirement of highly skilled workers and managers.

Those who obtain a technical associate of applied science degree “will be prepared to advance into leadership by honing the skills employers need in today’s high-tech manufacturing environment.”

Go to bsamt.niu.edu to learn more. in reverse.

Sauk is the 11th Illinois community college to partner in this way with NIU. “This project is a winwin, with no cost to students and minimal cost to institutions,” said Jerry

Montag, NIU director of records and registration.

“Sauk benefits from the increase in completions and student success, and NIU benefits from its strengthened relationship and communication with its community col-

lege partners.”

Baker hopes both schools someday can engage in other such agreements in other departments, he said.

“Let’s think of this partnership as a foundation for other partnerships.”

Mayor: Consolidation could be tricky CONSOLIDATION

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“It’s one thing to say ideals, it’s another when you get into the weeds of it,” the mayor said.

He favors a nonbinding – or “advisory” – referendum. The public can put one on the March ballot if it files a petition with 399 signatures (8 percent of the voting public in the last governor’s election).

Or, the City Council can pass its own resolution to put the matter on the ballot.

“That way it’s backed by people who care enough to vote on it,” Arellano said. “The point that was raised to me is, it’s the citizens who get to decide that. One of the reasons I like a nonbinding referendum is

because it says what they think.”

To get a dissolution question on the March ballot, either the city or the public would have to file its resolution and/or petition by Jan. 7.

Attempts to reach Park Board members Tuesday for this story were unsuccessful. However, during a Dixon City Council meeting last week, where the subject was discussed, Park Board President Ron Pritchard said most board members have “no interest” in consolidation.

At a Park Board meeting in August, Board member Ben Nagy said it would be something for the district to consider as a way to

“potentially expand” the district’s budget.

“I’m not for or against [consolidation],” he said at the August meeting.

“I’m just throwing that on the table.”

“We wouldn’t have anything,” Pritchard responded, “because we would not exist.”

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PALATINE (AP) – A suburban Chicago school district has said it won’t honor a federal ruling that allows a transgender student into the locker room of the student’s preferred gender.

Palatine-based Township High School District 211 said at a news conference Monday that it has denied the student’s request, citing privacy issues for other students.

Superintendent Daniel E. Cates said the district believes the ruling by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights infringes on the privacy of all students the district serves. Cates said litigation is possible.

“We fully support our transgender students,” Superintendent Daniel E. Cates said. “The district has been sensitive.

We developed a number of options. The Office of Civil Rights rejected any option other than unrestricted access. We will not adopt this requirement. ... The principles we stand on are firm.”

If the district doesn’t comply, it stands to lose a portion of its $6 million in federal funding.

The U.S. Department of Education didn’t immediately comment.

The American Civil Liberties Union, which is representing the student, said the student has been living as a girl for a num-

We fully support our transgender students, [but] the Office of Civil Rights rejected any option other than unrestricted access. We will not adopt this requirement. ...

The principles we stand on are firm.

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ber of years. The district did not identify the student or which of the district’s five high schools the student attends.

The student’s family filed the federal complaint in spring 2014 after the district offered use of a private locker room.

The district also gives transgender students the option of using the locker room of the gender from which they transitioned.

John Knight, director of the LGBT and HIV Project at ACLU of Illinois, said the student plays sports and wants to be in the same locker room with friends and classmates.

“We’re talking about somebody who is being denied fair and equal treatment as compared to the other students, only because she is transgender,” Knight said.

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Frozen stances leave little room for deals Both sides are guilty of failure to cooperate Last year, gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner pledged to “crack down on waste” in government in order to save taxpayers more than $140 million.

He also vowed to cut $500 million from the Illinois Department of Central Management Services and find an additional $250 million in Medicaid savings.

Very little of that has happened to date, as the governor himself inadvertently admitted during a speech last week in the southern Cook County suburbs.

Instead of saving $500 million at CMS, for example, Rauner touted just $15 million in savings, mainly from grounding the state’s fleet of airplanes – although that doesn’t take into consideration the cost of paying mileage reimbursements for all those folks who can no longer fly.

The governor identified a grand total of $107 million in what he said are

savings he’s found this year, but most came from cuts at the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, and people I’ve talked to aren’t buying those numbers because some major state cost controls have been allowed to expire.

Rauner also failed to mention that he vetoed a bill that the Democrats say would have resulted in $400 million in DHFS savings – far more than his own stated campaign goal and lots more than the $70 million he claims to have actually saved.

Rauner also bemoaned the lack of a budget and the myriad court orders that are forcing state spending at last fiscal year’s levels.

“I can’t control” the court orders, the governor said. That’s true, but the governor could try to negotiate with the stakeholders and the courts to come up with more affordable orders. He’s not a complete victim.

AND, OF COURSE, he repeatedly complained that the Democratic General Assembly hasn’t allowed votes on a single

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He has a right to complain, but he’s not a legislator, and he needs to eventually realize that he can’t pass bills on his own.

Rauner also has to come to terms with the fact that “giving” the Democrats some Republican votes on a tax hike roll call in exchange for Democrats whacking unions isn’t exactly a Democratic “win.” To quite a few Democrats, that’s a most definite lose-lose proposition.

For crying out loud, man, what about an infrastructure projects plan? How about finding anything that could help grease a victory instead of this unseemly whining about how the other side won’t cave?

And the Democrats, for their part, have got to get it into their heads that they have a Republican governor.

“I’ve stated all year that I will work with the governor cooperatively and professionally, but we will not devastate Illinois’ middle class and struggling families by furthering an agenda aimed at driving down their wages and their standard of living,” House Speaker Michael Madigan said shortly after the governor’s speech last week.

OK, WELL, FIRST OF all, comparing Rauner to Rod Blagojevich earlier this year was definitely neither cooperative nor professional on Madigan’s part, and his press secretary claimed the governor was acting like “a scared second-grader” when he skipped out of that south suburban speech without taking reporters’ questions.

Apart from that, Madigan’s two pension reform laws most definitely were designed to reduce the standard of living of retirees. And Rauner was absolutely right last week

crats are going to have to do something that unions don’t love, or this impasse will never end.

The problem for the Democrats is intensely political. Rauner’s horrible idea to spend the first 4 months of his administration touring the state demanding a so-called “right to work” law united unions like never before.

Some major trade unions actively backed cuts in pension benefits for public employees, believing it would free up money for other state spending (a position encouraged

by Madigan, by the way).

Now, thanks to Rauner, they’re all one big happy family.

Illinois Budget Stalemate

106 days

without a state budget for the fiscal year that started July 1.

to point out the various labor law exemptions that Madigan has passed for Chicago.

Even so, that doesn’t mean the Democrats would ever accede to Rauner’s demand that teachers and local government employees should be stripped of their right to bargain over wages, benefits, overtime and working conditions. Ain’t gonna happen, man.

Eventually, because the governor is so anti-union and won’t talk about a budget until he gets some wins on that front, Madigan and the Demo-

THE DEMOCRATS are so frozen in position that they can’t or won’t budge until things get so bad that they will have no other choice but to ding the unions at least a little bit, which may be the ultimate plan here.

It’s just a mess everywhere you look.

Note to readers: Rich Miller also publishes Capitol Fax, a daily political newsletter, and CapitolFax.com.

THE CARTOONIST’S VOICE

Joe Heller, Heller Syndication

Sleepy? Be sure you’re guarded by a smoke detector What we think People who are asleep are vulnerable to death from undetected fires. Every bedroom needs a working smoke alarm. Be sure yours and those of your loved ones have them.

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lthough Fire Prevention Week was last week, in reality, every week needs to be focused on preventing fires.

Every week also needs to be focused on preventing fire-related injuries and deaths.

In that regard, statistics released by the National Fire Protection Association are telling: Half of all U.S. home fire deaths happen at night, in the 8-hour period between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. when people are most likely to be sleeping.

According to the association, having a working smoke alarm in the home reduces by half the risk of dying in a fire.

So, it’s common sense and obvious to everyone that having working smoke alarms in sleeping areas is vital.

Right?

Not according to a survey conducted by the fire protection association.

An alarming 42 percent of about 36,000 online survey respondents were not aware that a smoke alarm should be installed in each bedroom of the home.

Forty-two percent!

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

One could deduce that thousands of American bedrooms are not protected by working smoke detectors.

We stress “working,” because the devices are no good without batteries or if they’re worn out. (If you’ve got smoke detectors at home, test them monthly, and replace the batteries every spring and fall.

Older detectors should be replaced after 8 or 10 years.)

Thus, the decision by Fire Prevention Week officials to adopt the theme “Hear the Beep Where You Sleep: Every Bedroom Needs a Working Smoke Alarm.”

One more statistic that is even more telling: Three out of every five U.S. home fire deaths occurred in homes that were not protected by working smoke alarms.

If you missed Fire Prevention Week, that’s OK. But don’t miss its message: Have working smoke alarms at home, including one in every bedroom.

They could make the difference between life and death for yourself and your loved ones.

THE READER’S VOICE

Paper tells of two lessons of assistance RICHARD ROWLAND Polo

On Sept. 26, the paper contained a lesson in contrasting two very different eras, those of Bob Booth and one Tina Wardzala. Bob’s era was one of self-reliance or, at times, private charity when assistance was needed. Ms. Wardzala’s era, and attitude, is one of unabashed entitlement.

The tragedy that marked young Bob’s life is difficult to reconcile.

What’s commendable and heartwarming is the community’s attitude of that era. While Bob’s father was down on his

THE FIRST AMENDMENT

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luck, others stepped in to help.

Bob also tells of working at the mill, and the action taken by Vice President Farnham, who arranged for him to finish high school. Reading personal stories like Bob’s, one has the sense that some things haven’t transitioned well, from then to the present.

Moving to a column by Madeleine Doubek, she relates the story of Tina Wardzala of Cicero, who had a crummy life as a young girl, slid into mental illness when raped in a dark hallway, and was rendered almost comatose by fear and anxiety ever since. She has since received therapy and other aid for many years, courtesy of the state.

However, the state’s present impasse, without

a budget and reduced entitlements, has given her the courage to speak out. Wow. Miracles do happen. Tina has four sons ages 25, 21, 14 and 10; the 14-year-old the result of the aforementioned rape. Taking into consideration her sons’ ages, it’s obvious she wasn’t too traumatized by recurring memories to go through the motions of creating another one.

One gets the impression we’re supposed to be upset with the state’s budget mess because it’s hindering the process of providing Tina, and others like her, their entitled benefits.

I seriously doubt the Booth family ever felt entitled to anything, regardless of what fate handed them. However, that was then, and this is now.

“Our Constitution was not intended to be used by ... any group to foist its personal religious beliefs on the rest of us.”

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

Katherine Hepburn, actress, c. 1940

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Former local resident goes on Honor Flight LOWELL TILLMAN Ossian, Indiana

I read the SVM article about the Honor Flight.

Since I am a Korean veteran, I went on the Honor Flight on Oct. 7, out of Fort Wayne, Indiana, and my son was my guardian.

For your information, I came originally from Coleta and am a 1956 graduate of Sterling High School.

I do read the SVM website every day on my computer.

Note to readers: Lowell Tillman was in the U.S. Army from 1958 to 1960 stationed in Seoul, South Korea.

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ELECTION 2016 | DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE

Clinton, Sanders clash on guns, economy Two also tangled on foreign policy LAS VEGAS (AP) – Hillary Rodham Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders clashed over U.S. involvement in the Middle East, gun control and economic policy in the first Democratic presidential debate Tuesday, outlining competing visions for a party seeking to keep the White House for a third straight term.

Yet in a moment of political unity – and levity – Sanders leapt to Clinton’s defense on the issue of her controversial email practices as secretary of state.

“The American people are sick and tired are hearing about your damn emails,” Sanders exclaimed as the crowd in Las Vegas roared with applause. A smiling Clinton reached over to shake his hand and said, “Thank you, Bernie.”

While the five candi-

dates onstage took issue with each other, they also repeatedly sounded traditional Democratic themes – such as fighting income inequality – that are sure to carry over to the general election campaign against the Republicans.

First, the Democrats must choose their own candidate. And throughout most of the 2-hour debate Clinton played the role of aggressor, an unexpected shift for a candidate who had barely mentioned her Democratic rivals since launching her campaign 6 months ago. Until now, Clinton and Sanders – who has emerged as her toughest competition – have circled each other cautiously and avoided personal attacks.

After Sanders, a selfdescribed democratic socialist, derided “a casino capitalist process by which so few have so much,” Clinton said it would be a “big mistake”

AP

Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks and Sen. Bernie Sanders, of Vermont, looks on Tuesday during the CNN Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas. for the U.S. to turn its back on the system that built the American middle class. Asked whether she thought Sanders, who has a mixed record on gun control legislation, had been tough enough on the issue, she said simply, “No, I do not.”

Sanders defended his gun control record, and called for better mental health services, stricter background checks and

closing a loophole that exempts gun shows from background checks The two also tangled over foreign policy, an issue where Clinton is often more hawkish than others in the Democratic Party. The former secretary of state reiterated her call for more robust U.S. action to stop the Syrian civil war and defended her judgment on international issues, despite

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having voted for the 2002 invasion of Iraq.

Sanders called the Iraq war “the worst foreign policy blunder in the history of our country” and said he would not support sending American combat troops back to the Middle East to fight terrorism.

“Nobody does, Senator Sanders,” Clinton interjected.

Joining Clinton and Sanders on stage in Las Vegas was a trio of low-polling candidates looking for a breakthrough moment: former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley; Jim Webb, a former Navy secretary and U.S. senator from Virginia, and Lincoln Chafee, the Republicanturned independentturned Democrat from Rhode Island.

Not present but eager to make his presence known, Republican frontrunner Donald Trump was commenting live on Twitter.

“Who knows, maybe a star will be born [unlikely],” Trump wrote shortly before the debate was to begin.

Also hanging over the debate: the lengthy deliberations of Vice President Joe Biden, who is weighing a late entry into the Democratic race. Debate host CNN kept an extra podium on standby just in case Biden decided to show up, but the vice president instead stayed in Washington, where he was watching the debate at his residence.

For Clinton, the debate was a much-needed opportunity to focus on policy in addition to the controversy over her exclusive use of personal email and a private Internet server during her tenure in the Obama administration. The email issue has shadowed her rollout of numerous policy positions and has hurt her standing with voters.

WASHINGTON

Playboy to stop running nude photos Use of force by Print edition will border agents dips, start to look more like GQ, Esquire new numbers show LOS ANGELES (AP) – For generations, teenage boys got their first look at a naked woman from Playboy, often from a copy swiped from Dad’s sock drawer or filched from a newsstand.

These days, however, you can see far more explicit stuff on your phone than anything Hugh Hefner probably imagined when he launched his pioneering skin magazine 62 years ago with a centerfold of Marilyn Monroe.

Which is why, Playboy announced this week, it will stop running nude photos.

“You’re now one click away from every sex act imaginable for free.

And so it’s just passé at this juncture,” Playboy Enterprises CEO Scott Flanders told The New York Times, which first reported the change.

In a move Playboy said had the blessing of the 89-year-old Hefner, the magazine will continue to publish what it called “sexy, seductive pictorials of the world’s most beautiful women,” but they won’t be baring it all.

It’s the end of an era, many said Tuesday, among them author Gay Talese, who wrote about Playboy and Hefner in his 1981 book about the sexual revolution, “Thy Neighbor’s Wife.”

Shootings remain steady, just over two incidents per month Tribune News Service

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Hugh Hefner smiles in November 2007 while signing copies of the Playboy calendar and “Playboy Cover To Cover: The 50’s” DVD box set in Los Angeles.

Playboy will no longer publish photos of nude women as part of a redesign of the decades-old magazine, according to a news report Monday.

“Playboy was important enough to be the first magazine in the mainstream that could both be called a literary magazine and a magazine for masturbation,” he told The Associated Press.

During the magazine’s heyday, subscribers could plausibly, if not always convincingly, claim they read it for the articles. It published the work of such writers as John Updike, Jack Kerouac, Ray Bradbury and Joseph Heller and interviewed the likes of Jimmy Carter, Fidel Castro, Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Miles Davis, Frank Sinatra and Bob Dylan.

It also ran nude photos of celebrities such as Drew Barrymore and Daryl Hannah and made stars of Playmates of the Month like Anna Nicole Smith.

The magazine that helped foment the sexual revolution in the 1950’s and ‘60s has seen its circulation plunge in recent decades, however, because of some of the very forces it set in motion.

First it had to deal with competition from more sexually explicit magazines like Penthouse and Hustler. Now it’s up against the Internet, which is awash in highdefinition porn.

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So beginning in March, Playboy’s U.S. print edition will look more like Esquire or GQ, magazines that carry PG13-type pictures. Its international editions will still contain nude photos.

Playboy already took a similar step online more than a year ago. It banned full nudity on its website in August 2014 in a move that made the site safer for people to visit at work.

WASHINGTON – Border Patrol agents and customs officers resorted to physical force less frequently in the past year, even as assaults against them increased slightly, according to official figures released Tuesday.

The decline in the use of force by agents continued a trend disclosed earlier this year after new guidelines on weapons were announced.

The decrease principally involved the use of what the Border Patrol refers to as “less lethal” weapons such as pepper-ball guns, Tasers and batons. Use of those weapons was down 27 percent, from 1,008 incidents in fiscal year 2014 to 740 in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data.

Use of guns by border agents and officers remained steady at just over two incidents per month. Agents shot their firearms in 28 incidents in

fiscal year 2015 versus 29 incidents the year before.

Violent incidents along the border remain a significant problem. On average, an assault on an agent is reported roughly once each day – 390 in 2015, up 5 percent from 373 assaults on agents in 2014.

And three people have been killed in altercations with Border Patrol agents along the U.S. borders so far in calendar year 2015. Last year, four people were shot to death

by Border Patrol agents, according to a tally kept by the American Civil Liberties Union’s Regional Center for Border Rights, based in Las Cruces, N.M. Four others were killed by off-duty agents in personal disputes.

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency, which oversees the Border Patrol, has been under pressure to reverse what its own experts have deemed to be a pattern of excessive force by agents.

In April, officials pointed to reductions in the overall use of force as an indication that agents were using better judgment in the field.

Letters to Santa Sauk Valley Media will be featuring “Letters to Santa” to be printed in the Daily Gazette and Telegraph Wednesday, December 23, 2015.

We would like to invite children of the Sauk Valley area to participate.

Letters must be received by 5 p.m.

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Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Daughter: Mom should get off her high horse Dear Abby, I am a 30-year-old single mom of two young girls. After my divorce, I returned to my hometown where my family is.

I’m enrolled in school full time and set to graduate in two semesters. I have a 3.7 GPA, my girls are well-adjusted and wellbehaved, and I have my own place. My mom primarily watches my girls when I’m in school, and I feel lucky to have her support.

The other day, Mom came into my room and opened my bedside drawer. Like most people, this is where I keep my most private things. She discovered that I had a

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

pack of cigarettes and some marijuana. Abby, I don’t smoke often, but sometimes when the kids are down and things are taken care of, I like to smoke a joint, watch some shows and fall asleep. I take care of

my responsibilities, and I don’t feel like an occasional joint impacts me negatively.

Mom now says she will no longer watch her grandchildren and doesn’t want to see me again. I feel completely hurt, violated and disrespected. We said some nasty things to each other, and I can’t help but feel like she is completely wrong for reacting the way she did. Any advice would be much appreciated.

– Responsible (Occasional) Smoke in Ohio Dear Responsible, Your mother overreacted, but she should not

have been going into your drawer(s). Apologize for whatever you said to her in the heat of anger. (She should also apologize to you for snooping.) Make whatever arrangements you need for child care apart from your mother, and either quit smoking or do it away from your home.

Children are a lot sharper than they are often given credit for, and their sense of smell is particularly acute. In a few short years, they will recognize that Mommy “smokes,” so quit setting a bad example. That way, when you tell them that smoking is bad for their health, you won’t be a hypocrite.

Dear Abby, I have been married for a year. Before we met, my husband posted pictures of his ex on his Facebook page photo album. I have asked him to remove them because I feel insulted and hurt. I don’t think it’s right his keeping them on the page now that we are married.

I feel it’s disrespectful to our marriage and inconsiderate.

We have been fighting over this, and it’s ruining our relationship. Can you enlighten me about this?

– No. 1 Lady in San Francisco Dear Lady, I don’t blame you for

being upset. By now, your husband should have outgrown the need to publicize his previous conquests.

While your husband might be thinking that keeping the pictures up makes him look worldly, what it shows is his insensitivity to the woman he married, and I think that’s sad for both of you.

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

COMMUNITY EVENTS Wednesday, Oct. 14 Farmers Market, 7 a.m.-noon, Haymarket Square, 317 W. Third St., Dixon, 815-284-3306.

Farmers Market, 8-11 a.m., Fourth Avenue and West Second Street, Rock Falls, 815-6254500.

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, 815-288-9236.

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

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

Kings on Corner card game, 9 a.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

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

Wii bowling and card games, 10 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815562-5050.

Canasta, 10 a.m., Whiteside

County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-6229230.

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

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

Organized Wii Bowling games, noon, Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

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

Sewing after Lunch, noon, Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-589-3925.

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

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

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

Bingo, 1 p.m., Rock Falls American Legion Hall, 712 Fourth Ave.

Wii Bowling, 1 p.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Bingo, 1 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-6229230.

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

Community cards, 2 p.m., The Meadows of Franklin Grove, 510 N. State St., Franklin Grove, 815456-3000.

Skeet shooting, 2 p.m. until no shooters, Coleta Sportsmen’s Club, the corner of Pilgrim and Blue Goose roads, 815-3362191.

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

Thursday, Oct. 15 Biscuits and gravy, 7 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-5625050.

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, 815-288-9236.

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

Kings on Corner card game, 9 a.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

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

Join Us 4 Java community coffee, 9:15-10 a.m., Morningside of Sterling, 2705 Avenue E, Sterling, 815-564-2145.

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

Cards and Wii Bowling, 10 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815562-5050.

Community coffee, 10-11 a.m., The Meadows of Franklin Grove, 510 N. State St., Franklin Grove, 815-456-3000.

Zumba class, 10:30 a.m., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-2889236.

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

Lifescape lunch, 11:30 a.m.,

Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236. 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 Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

Euchre, 12:15 p.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

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

Hand and Foot card game, 12:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Quilts and crafts, 12:30 p.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-5625050.

Pinochle, 12:30-3 p.m., Big Room, Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Euchre, 1 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-6229230.

Euchre/500 games, 1-2 p.m., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

Bingo, 1 p.m. Sterling Women of the Moose, 2601 E. Lincolnway, Sterling.

Crocheting, knitting and crafts, 1 p.m., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236.

Euchre, 1 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-6228220.

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

Trap shooting, 2 p.m. until no shooters, Coleta Sportsmen’s Club, the corner of Pilgrim and Blue Goose roads, 815-3362191.

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

Mexican food, 5-8 p.m., Rock Falls VFW, 217 First Ave. All-you-can-eat soup supper, 5-7 p.m., Polo Senior Center, 101 E. Mason St., 815-9463818.

Mexican Train dominoes, 6 p.m., Tampico Area Community Building, 106 W. Market St., Tampico, 815-535-3665.

Bingo, 7 p.m., Latin American Social Club, 2708 W. Fourth St., Sterling, 815-625-8290.

SUPPORT GROUPS, CLUBS AND SERVICES Thursday, Oct. 15 Childhood immunization clinic; women, infants and children clinic; and family planning services, Lee County Health Department, 309 S. Galena Ave., Suite 100, Dixon. Appointments: 815-284-3371.

Abuse Changing team, 815625-0338.

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

Free blood sugar screening, 8-9 a.m., Community Health Services Department, Mendota Community Hospital, 1401 E. 12th St., Mendota. 815-5397461, ext. 3291, weekdays.

Tests can be fasting or 2 hours after eating.

North Central Illinois Logistics Council, 8-9:30 a.m., Room C316, Illinois Valley Community College, 815 N. Orlando Smith Ave., Oglesby, 815-220-3425.

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

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

Free blood pressure checks, 10-11:30 a.m., Oregon Living & Rehab Center, 811 S. 10th St. Prairie State Legal representative, 10 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Aging and Disability Resource Center representative, 10 a.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-622-9230.

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

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

Parish Nurse Networking meeting, noon, CGH Professional Building, 15 W. Third St., Sterling, 815-625-0400, ext.

5425.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed; 5:30, open, beginners;

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7 p.m., closed, step, Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

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

Chair exercises, 1 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815622-9230.

Healthy Lifestyles Club, 1 and 7 p.m., ground-floor conference room, Mendota Community Hospital, 1401 E. 12th St., Mendota, 815-539-7461, ext. 5319.

Volunteer Care Center of Lee County, 2-5 p.m., 101 W. Second St., Dixon. Appointment: 815-284-9555.

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

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

Kids Coping with Cancer support group, 3:30 p.m., Home of Hope Cancer Wellness Center, 1637 Plock Road, Dixon, 815-288-4673.

Lee County Democratic Central Committee, 6:30 p.m., That Place on Palmyra, 628 Palmyra Road, Dixon, 815-440-5749.

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

Downstairs, west door.

Fibromyalgia Support Group, 6 p.m., Suite 215, Positive Changes Acupuncture, 609 W. Third St., Sterling, 815-4995425.

Facing the Challenge cancer support group, 6 p.m., Home of Hope Cancer Wellness Center, 1637 Plock Road, Dixon, 815288-4673.

Sauk Valley Gluten-Free Support Group, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Immanuel Lutheran Church, 1013 Franklin Grove Road, Dixon, 815973-0537.

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

River Cities Quilters Guild,

7 p.m., Fulton Presbyterian Church, 311 N. Ninth St., 815499-5618.

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

Dixon Area Garden Club, 7 p.m., Plum Creek Garden, 626 Palmyra Road, Dixon.

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

Marine Corps League, 7 p.m., Rock Falls American Legion, 712 Fourth Ave, 815-622-4629.

Sauk Valley Landlord Association meeting, 7 p.m., Coventry Living Center, 612 W. St. Mary’s Road, Sterling.

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

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

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

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

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

Sterling Rock River Masonic Lodge 612, 7:30 p.m., 113 1/2 W. Third St., Sterling.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., St. Mark Lutheran Church, 201 N. Division Ave., Polo.

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

Friday, Oct. 16 Childhood immunization clinic; women, infants and children clinic; and family planning services, Lee County Health Department, 309 S. Galena Ave., Suite 100, Dixon. Appointments: 815-284-3371.

National Association of Health Underwriters Continued

Education Class, 9 a.m., 6 E. 23rd, Sterling, 800-798-1771.

Mercy Nursing Services free blood pressure clinic, 9:3011:30 a.m., Oliver’s Corner Market, 748 N. Brinton Ave., Dixon.

Bible study, 10 a.m., Oregon Living & Rehab Center, 811 S. 10th St. Blood pressure check, 11 a.m., Robert Fulton Community Center, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-589-3925.

Affliction of Addiction Narcotics Anonymous, noon, 6 p.m., First Christian Church, 506 Fifth Ave., Rock Falls, 779-2453487. Downstairs, west door.

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

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, noon, closed, it’s your meeting; 8 p.m., open, Grapevine, back door, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed; 3:30 p.m., closed; 7 p.m., closed; 10 p.m., open, candlelight, Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, open; 6 p.m., open; 10:30 p.m., open, candlelight, 90-92 S. Hennepin Ave., Dixon.

Mercy Nursing free blood pressure clinic, noon-1:30 p.m., County Market, 1380 N. Galena Ave., Dixon.

Sauk Valley Gluten-Free Support Group, 6:30 p.m., Immanuel Lutheran Church, 1013 Franklin Grove Road, Dixon.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., open; Al-Anon-Alateen, 7 p.m., Immanuel Lutheran Church, state Route 52 N., Amboy.

Reformers Unanimous Addiction Abstinence Program, 7-9 p.m., First Baptist Church, 24 N. Mason Ave., Amboy, 815857-2682.

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Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed (6), Church of

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Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., St. Mark Lutheran Church, 201 N. Division St., state Route 26, Polo.

Alcoholics Anonymous District 73 meeting, 8 p.m., St. Mark Lutheran Church, 201 N. Division Ave., Polo.

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Better with buffalo Pulled chicken sandwiches worth the wait

BY LUCAS PAULEY lpauley@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5576 @LucasJayPauley

D

uring what was likely one of the last warmweather weeks of the year, I was debating what to make for dinner.

I was craving buffalo sauce, but didn’t have any wings at the house.

But, because of their convenience and health benefits, my fiancee and I never have a shortage of chicken breasts in our freezer.

In the style of buffalo wings, what could I make that would hit the spot and send the summer out in style?

Pulled chicken sandwiches in buffalo sauce. Boom! That’s what.

So, I started the slow cooker, cooked up some homemade sauce, seasoned the chicken and let it sit.

Now, I’m sitting there, too, hanging out on the couch.

“You know what’d be good on those sandwiches? ...

Homemade pepper coleslaw,” I say to myself.

But, I don’t have all of the ingredients for that.

Are you telling me I’m going to the store, after all?

Ugh. I’m going to the store.

Sometimes, I’m just totally not in the mood to get groceries.

Just get in and out. Don’t get distracted. It won’t be that bad.

Yes, I’m talking to myself again.

I get what I need, and I’m close to checking out. And then there it is, staring me in the face.

Velveeta.

It’s not even real cheese. Why do I even like it?

Why does a cheese dip – made with fake cheesy goodness – sound so good right now?

I don’t know, OK? But it does, so it’s happening.

I leave with more bags than I expected, but while I’m a little disappointed in myself I’m going to chalk it up to a big-time cheat day, and enjoy myself.

And that happens. You’re not always going to eat perfect meals.

It’s all about enjoying when you choose to indulge, and then getting back on the horse the next day.

It’s hard to eat cheese dip on a horse anyway.

So, if today is your ride on the wild side, then here’s a simple and tasty dinner to enjoy.

Photos by Lucas Pauley/lpauley@saukvalley.com

Buffalo pulled chicken sandwiches, topped with sweet pepper coleslaw, is a great choice for dinner or lunch.

Buffalo Pulled Chicken Sandwiches Makes: 8 to 10 sandwiches Prep time: 30 minutes Cook: 5 hours 4 large chicken breasts ½ yellow onion ½ jalapeno Package of buns Seasoning: Salt, pepper, Tony Chachere’s Creole seasoning For sauce 1 5-oz. bottle of hot sauce ½ cup butter 1½ tablespoons of white vinegar ½ tablespoon Worcestershire sauce ¼ tablespoon cayenne pepper ¼ tablespoon garlic powder Salt, pepper to taste 1. Chop onion and jalapeno and place them in the slow cooker.

2. Season your chicken breast and put them in the slow cooker.

3. Mix ingredients for sauce in pot on stove and bring to boil, then let simmer. The longer you simmer, the thicker the sauce.

4. Once you’re ready, pour the sauce over the chicken in the slow cooker. Let chicken cook on high for 4 hours.

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The best part about the coleslaw? It gets better the longer it sits. But it probably won’t sit for long, no matter how big of a batch you make.

Celebrate days by scoring your diet

BY SHERRY DEWALT CGH Medical Center

Two food-related recognition days fall in October: World Food Day on Friday, and Food Day on Oct. 24.

World Food Day was established in 1979 in honor of the date of the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 1945 to raise awareness and find solutions to poverty and hunger.

Mighty important, but I’m going to focus on the latter date.

Food Day is intended to raise awareness about the quality of our food supply. It’s the brainchild of a large coalition of organizations from both the private and public sector that strive to combat problems in our food supply. They do not limit their concerns to health, but also choose to address how our cur-

beyondTRIM Sherry DeWalt is a community health educator at CGH Medical Center in Sterling. Reach her at Sherry.

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rent food supply chain impacts the environment, world hunger, and farm economics.

To raise awareness, the Food Day group offers an interesting tool – a questionnaire that allows you to answer a few basic questions and receive a “score” for your current diet. And when I use the word “diet,” I am not referring to a weight-loss strategy, but simply to the food that you eat on a day-to-day basis.

Your final score is determined in part by

Take the test Visit foodday.org/14questions to take the 14-question survey and get a grade for your diet. evaluating the healthiness of the foods you eat. Key considerations are the amount of saturated fat, sodium, added sugars, dietary fiber, calcium, vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients. Correlations are also drawn to foods that might promote cancer, heart disease, etc.

The questionnaire also evaluates your diet based on how it impacts the environment. Do the foods you eat contribute to air or water pollution? Do they require an excessive amount of water to produce? Do they contribute to soil erosion?

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Four choices at trick three

Grizzwells by Bill Schorr

George S. Kaufman, a dramatist and journalist who died in 1961, said, “Once upon a time there were three bears: Papa Bear, Mama Bear, and Camembert.”

That’s a pretty cheesy comment, but in this deal, declarer must bear up at trick three. He is in four spades.

West leads the heart ace: three, nine, four. West cashes the heart king: six, two, jack. West continues with the heart queen. What should declarer do?

First, South should check his losers. He seems to have only three: two in hearts and one in clubs. But he must also worry about that third heart. East has played highlow, indicating a doubleton.

Yes, he might be fooling,

but what if he is not? Then he is threatening to overruff the dummy at trick three and give declarer an extra loser.

At trick three, South has four dummy choices: ruff low, ruff middle, ruff high, or

discard. Which should he choose?

As I am confident you have worked out by now, the second-best play is to ruff with dummy’s spade nine.

Maybe West has the 10.

Here, though, East overruffs and the contract goes down one.

Instead, declarer should discard one of dummy’s clubs. In this way, he trades a dangerous ruff in hearts for a much safer ruff in clubs.

Suppose West shifts to a club. South wins with dummy’s ace (the honor from the shorter side first), draws two rounds of trumps, cashes his club king, ruffs his last club in the dummy, plays a diamond to his ace, draws East’s third trump, and claims.

If an opponent may objectionably overruff, consider shedding an inevitable loser. © 2015 UFS

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TEST KITCHEN

Vegan linguine dish hearty, meaty

BY SUSAN SELASKY Tribune News Service

V

egan linguine with shiitake cream sauce has a hearty and meaty flavor, thanks to the nutritional yeast and mushrooms.

Nutritional yeast lends a nutty and semicheesy flavor that’s often described as a salty, Parmesan cheese-like taste.

Nutritional yeast is yellowish and sold in flake or powder form. For this dish, it’s best to use flakes, which can be found at most health food stores.

Don’t confuse nutritional yeast with yeast used in baking. Nutritional yeast is not active, so it is nonleavening. It’s pasteurized and that deactivates it.

This recipes uses shiitake mushrooms, but feel

free to use your favorite.

Cremini mushrooms, for example, will lend more of a meatier flavor.

Vegan Linguine with Shitake Cream Sauce Serves: 6 Preparation time: 10 minutes Total time: 30 minutes According to the Vegetarian Times, Mark Reinfield, author of several vegan cookbooks, “revamps a classic Italian recipe, replacing clams with a combination of shiitake mushrooms and arame, a sea vegetable available in the Asian food aisle of supermarkets.”

12 ounces dry linguine 2 tablespoons arame,

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Vegan linguine with shiitake cream sauce has a hearty and meaty flavor, thanks to the nutritional yeast and mushrooms. optional 2 tablespoons olive oil 6 cloves garlic, peeled, minced (about 2 tablespoons) 3 cups fresh shiitake mushrooms, stemmed

and cut into ½-inch cubes ½ cup dry white wine 1½ tablespoons lemon juice 1½ cups unsweetened soy, rice or macadamia

nut milk 3 tablespoons nutritional yeast 2 tablespoons Earth Balance margarine, optional ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes 3 tablespoons fresh flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped 4 teaspoons pine nut or walnuts, chopped and toasted Cook pasta in boiling, salted water according to package directions.

Reserve about 1 cup of the cooking water. Drain the pasta. Meanwhile, if using arame, soak it in ½ cup hot water.

Meanwhile, in large skillet heat the oil over medium heat. Add garlic and cook 1 minute, stirring constantly.

Add mushrooms, wine and lemon juice; sauté 5 minutes, adding about ¼ cup of the reserved pasta cooking water (if needed) to prevent sticking.

Reduce the heat and add soy milk, nutritional yeast, margarine (if using), red pepper flakes and arame with soaking liquid; season with salt and pepper, if desired. Cook 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Divide linguine among four plates, top with shiitakes and sauce, and garnish with parsley and pine nuts.

Per serving: 386 calories (21 percent from fat), 9 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 65 g carbohydrates, 16 g protein, 114 mg sodium, 0 mg cholesterol, 5 g fiber – Tested by Susan M. Selasky for the Free Press Test Kitchen

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5. Once the chicken is able to be pulled apart easily with a fork, take the breasts out of the slow cooker.

6. Put the sauce through a strainer to catch the onion and jalapeno.

7. Pull chicken apart.

Once it is pulled apart, pour sauce back over chicken and let it cook on low for 30 more minutes.

– Based on an allrecipe.com recipe

Sweet Pepper Coleslaw 1/ red onion 3 ½ red pepper ½ yellow or orange pepper 1 package of shredded red cabbage 1 package of shredded coleslaw mix 6 tablespoons of Miracle Whip 2½ tablespoons white vinegar Salt, pepper to taste 1. Cut the pepper and red onion into skinny 2-inch long pieces.

2. Mix with shredded cabbage and coleslaw mix in big bowl.

3. Add Miracle Whip to the bowl, followed by the vinegar.

NOTE: If you are not a huge fan of vinegar, tread lightly. If you like more dressing, add more of each.

4. Season with salt and pepper, stir, and let sit in refrigerator for 30 minutes before serving.

Dog Food Dip My dad used to make something similar to this.

Maybe my childhood wasn’t so bad after all. Just kidding, Mom and Dad. 11/3 lbs ground turkey (93 percent lean, 7 percent fat) ½ yellow onion, diced 10.75-oz. can of condensed cream of mushroom soup 1 lb. processed cheese food, cubed 1 jalapeno, diced 1 bag tortilla chips Seasoning for meat: Salt, pepper, Cajun seasoning Seasoning for dip: red pepper flakes, to taste 1. Cube the processed

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ABOVE: This cheese dip isn’t good for you, but, man, is it good. I mean, it’s made with turkey, instead of ground beef. So, there’s that. RIGHT: After the sauce is cooked, pour it over the chicken in the slow cooker and let the magic begin. cheese into 1-by-1 inch cubes. Empty cheese and condensed can of cream of mushroom soup into the slow cooker; set to low.

2. Brown ground turkey on stove; mix with cheese.

3. Dice onion and jalapeno and add to slow cooker. Season with red pepper flakes.

4. Let cook for around 30 minutes.

NOTE: If your slow cooker runs hot, keep an

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The Twitter logo appears Tuesday on a phone post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Twitter is laying off up to 336 employees, signaling CEO Jack Dorsey’s resolve to slash costs while the company struggles to make money.

Twitter lays off 336; new CEO looks to slash costs Company has lost nearly $2B since company started SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Twitter is laying off up to 336 employees, signaling CEO Jack Dorsey’s resolve to slash costs while the company struggles to make money.

The cutbacks announced Tuesday could equate to about 8 percent of Twitter’s workforce of 4,100 people.

The purge comes 2 weeks after Twitter brought back one of its co-founders as permanent CEO in hopes that Dorsey would be able to resolve problems that have slowed user growth at the messaging service and compounded an uninterrupted cycle of financial losses.

Cutting costs can boost profits, but at Twitter, it has also raised uncer-

tainty about the future, the company’s pursuit of faster growth and its ability to attract a bigger audience.

The layoffs might be a sign of desperation at a sinking company, said Richard Windsor, an Edison Investment Research analyst.

“It is important to run a tight ship, but simply cutting jobs is often the action of a company that does not know what else to do,” Windsor said.

Dorsey told Twitter employees in a Tuesday letter that a more streamlined company will result in more products rolling out more quickly. “We feel strongly that engineering will move much faster with a smaller and nimbler team,” Dorsey wrote.

Twitter’s workforce has nearly doubled over the past 2 years, hindering efforts to turn a profit for the first time in its 9-year history. Since Dorsey and

his partners started the service, Twitter has lost nearly $2 billion.

When reports of the anticipated layoffs surfaced late last week, investors initially fretted that Dorsey might be reacting to disappointing performance in the quarter that just ended in September.

Twitter eased those worries Tuesday by disclosing that its revenue for the period will hit or slightly exceed its previously target of $545 million to $560 million. The official results are due out Oct. 27.

Twitter’s stock gained 99 cents, or 3.5 percent, to $29.74 in midday trading Tuesday.

Dorsey has acknowledged that Twitter is too confusing for many people to use, turning off new users at a time when other social services such as Snapchat and Facebook’s WhatsApp have grown in popularity.

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The affected boxes of cereal were produced over several days at a production facility in Lodi, California, and were shipped nationwide, according to Kirstie Foster, General Mills director of corporate and brand communications.

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Eastland golfer Bailey Heckman comes from a long line of golfers, so it wasn’t a surprise that she took up the sport.

Now, Heckman has become a integral part of the Cougars team that finished second at the Class A St. Bede Sectional on Monday at Spring Creek Golf Course.

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For Eastland senior Bailey Heckman, it was just a matter of time before she found her way onto the golf course.

Her brother, Jarren Heckman, is an assistant pro at Lake Carroll Golf Course, where the Cougars play and practice. Her grandfather, Ronnie Sturtevant, is an avid golfer and a regular at Lake Carroll.

Three of her uncles – Scott Sturtevant, Steve Sturtevant and Duane Ludwig – also play at Lake Carroll.

“My family is all about golf, but I think I’m the first girl that’s attempted to pick it up,” Heckman said. “My brother, he’s really into golf, and he taught me the basics.”

That all began last summer, and as one might expect, it was not all smooth sailing.

“It was a little discouraging,” Heckman said. “My first rounds were in the low 70s.

I was like, ‘I’m not going to be able to get good at this.’ I kept at it, and it’s something I really wanted to be good at. It became a really big passion of mine. I just kept working.”

Heckman file School: Eastland Class: Senior FYI: Second-year member of the Cougars’ girls golf team. … Dropped scoring average from 58 as a junior to 48 as a senior. … Placed 23rd at St. Bede Sectional.

Heckman joined the Eastland golf team in the fall of 2014 and averaged about 58 strokes per nine holes.

This past summer, she worked at Lake Carroll as an outside attendant, giving her more access to the course.

After work, she would hit the driving range and/or the practice putting green, and also squeeze in nine holes before dark.

“She puts in a lot of work,” said Eastland coach Jason Hill, the head pro at Lake Carroll. “She’s done probably more work than anybody else on the team to get to where she is. Every day she’s out there putting and chipping and hitting on the range.

She’s got to be proud of herself.”

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Cubs closer Hector Rondon (56) celebrates after striking out the Cardinals’ Stephen Piscotty to win Game 4 of the NLDS in Chicago. The Cubs won the game 6-4, and clinched the series three games to one.

MAKE BELIEVE Cubs vanquish 100-win Cardinals to win NLDS

BY ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer

CHICAGO – Joe Maddon posed for a selfie on the field with his wife. Jon Lester sprayed champagne with his young son. Rocker Eddie Vedder partied on the mound.

For the Chicago Cubs and their ever-hopeful fans, this bash was a long time in the making.

Kyle Schwarber, Anthony Rizzo and Javier Baez homered, and the young Cubs clinched a postseason series at Wrigley Field for the first time, beating the Cardinals 6-4 Tuesday to win the NL Division Series in four games.

“This is all just baseball fantasy, right?” a drenched chairman Tom Ricketts said.

Only once since they last brought home the World Series in 1908 had the Cubs won a playoff series and never before had they finished off the job at their century-plus-old ballpark.

But with a raucous, towel-waving crowd jamming the Friendly Confines, the North Siders gave generations of fans exactly what they wanted.

“I can only imagine what the next thing is going to look like,” said Lester, the lefty who twice won the World Series with Boston.

“And the next thing after that.”

The crowd started roaring before the first pitch. And when closer Hector Rondon struck out Stephen Piscotty on a ball in the dirt and catcher Miguel Montero made the tag to end it, the Cubs came streaming out of the dugout.

“They deserve it,” Rizzo said in the middle of the party. “Hopefully, this is just a taste of what’s to come.”

Up-and-comers all season under their first-year manager, Maddon’s bunch of wild-card Cubs had arrived.

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Sash died of drug overdose Former NFL and Iowa safety Tyler Sash died from an accidental overdose after mixing two powerful pain medications, and a history of painful injuries was a contributing factor, a medical examiner said Tuesday.

Additional studies will look at whether Sash, 27, suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a brain disease caused by repetitive trauma that has been found in several former NFL players. The results will be available in 8 to 12 months, according to a statement from the Iowa State Medical Examiner’s office.

Trooper gets photo with Cowboy A Texas trooper faces a procedural review for having his photo taken with Dallas running back Christine Michael during a traffic stop hours before a Cowboys game, the Department of Public Safety said Tuesday.

Stephen Lister, a trooper for 6½ years, stopped a southbound black Bentley on a Dallas-area turnpike around noon Sunday because the car appeared to violate window tint laws, the agency said. The driver, later identified as Michael, discussed the tint with the trooper. No citation was issued.

Michael later posted the photo on Instagram with the caption: “Got stopped just to take a picture.”

Hernandez trial delayed until Jan. A judge on Tuesday agreed to postpone the double murder trial of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez while prosecutors try to get their hands on evidence now held by a law firm that previously represented him.

The trial in the 2012 killings of two Boston men was scheduled to begin Dec. 1. Judge Jeffrey Locke moved the start date to Jan. 19 after holding a lengthy closed-door hearing.

Neither side nor the judge would say what that evidence is. But Locke did say it relates to a defendant’s right to seek confidential legal advice from a lawyer.

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Fan critically injured after fight A fight outside Dodger Stadium after a playoff game left a fan critically injured and police searching for suspects in the latest round of violence at the ballpark.

The fight broke out around 10:30 p.m. in a parking lot after the Dodgers lost the opening game of the National League Division Series to the New York Mets, 3-1.

Tobacco ban might start in California California lawmakers have taken the first step toward accomplishing something Major League Baseball could never do on its own: Stop players from using smokeless tobacco.

Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill last weekend banning the use of smokeless tobacco in all California ballparks.

And with his signature, a practice dating to the days of Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb now seems headed toward the sport’s endangered species list.

Luke Kuechly Panthers’ linebacker who has been out with a concussion since opening day may return Sunday against the Seahawks.

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BY CHRIS HINE Chicago Tribune

For the last two games, Teuvo Teravainen has centered a line with Bryan Bickell and Viktor Tikhonov. The three haven’t played together long, and their grouping is a product of Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville’s incessant line mixing.

Teravainen said he has simple instructions for his new linemates.

“Give me the puck,” he said.

Simple enough. The unlikely line hasn’t produced any goals, but it did produce some scoring chances in Saturday’s 4-1 victory over the Islanders. The three have been trying to figure out how their skill sets will mesh, and Bickell and Tikhonov recognize they should get Teravainen the puck as often as they can.

“He’s one of those guys who has so much confidence when he has the puck,” Tikhonov said. “He makes those plays that seem dangerous at the time, but he just squeezes through two guys, attracts the extra defenseman and makes the play.”

Playing center is a shift for Teravainen, who began the season on the left wing with Jonathan Toews and Marian Hossa, where opportunities to make things happen with the puck were fewer than they are with Bickell and Tikhonov.

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Teuvo Teravainen is centering a line that includes Bryan Bickell and Viktor Tikhonov this season, after playing on the wing last season. There will be an adjustment period while the threesome jells into a productive unit.

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Blackhawks at Flyers When: 7 p.m. today Where: Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia (NBCSP/720 AM) Quenneville thought Teravainen looked better at center than he did on a wing. The move is an adjustment for Bickell, who is getting used to Teravainen’s habits with the puck.

“You have to be ready,” Bickell said.

“He seems like he’s looking over there, but he’s really looking over here. He keeps everybody on their toes.

“He’s a guy who plays better with the puck.

He’s not one of those guys on the other side looking for ice. It’s him visualizing with the puck and making plays and creating opportunities that way.”

Bickell joked that he lost sleep after he missed a one-timer Teravainen had set up for him Saturday. Teravainen doesn’t seem to mind playing with Bickell.

“I like playing with him,” Teravainen said.

“He gives me the puck, and he goes to the net.”

An interesting dynamic exists among the three. Tikhonov is trying to prove he belongs on the Hawks after a 6-year hiatus from the NHL.

Teravainen, one of the Hawks’ brightest prospects, is trying to figure out where he best fits. And Bickell is trying to revive his standing with the Hawks after they placed him on waivers before the season.

“I’ve been keeping it simple, and keeping the puck out of the back of the [Hawks] net is the biggest thing,” Bickell said. “I have had a couple opportunities to put a couple in. It’s been unfortunate [they didn’t go in], but if they weren’t there, then I’d be questioning it.”

Playing with Teravainen could mean more chances coming for Bickell and Tikhonov.

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Ol’ ball coach decides to hang it up Spurrier resigns as head coach at struggling South Carolina

BY PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Steve Spurrier knew it was time. South Carolina was struggling and the gregarious and once innovative coach was a big reason why. Always one to do things his way, Spurrier believed he needed to step aside, and no one was going to change his mind.

Spurrier resigned as Gamecocks coach Tuesday, resisting pleas from the University of South Carolina president and athletic director to stay through the season – accepting the harsh reality that the team’s awful first half was on him.

“You can’t keep a head coach as long as I have [coached] when it’s heading in the wrong direction,” Spurrier said.

The 70-year-old Spurrier considered leaving several times during his 11 seasons at South Carolina, most recently after last year’s 6-6 regular season. But a win over Miami in the Independence Bowl reenergized him and gave him hope for better things ahead.

The Gamecocks, though, have struggled at 2-4 and are 0-4 in the Southeastern Conference for the first time in Spurrier’s 23 seasons in the league.

“I’m responsible. I’m the head coach,” Spurrier said. “It’s time for

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South Carolina head football coach Steve Spurrier speaks at a news conference to announce he is resigning on Tuesday at the University Of South Carolina, in Columbia, S.C. me to get out of the way and let somebody else have a go at it.”

Spurrier said he felt he needed to step down now because he doesn’t believe there is accountability with players if they know the coach won’t be back next year. He also said he would be a recruiting liability.

Spurrier said it was unlikely he’d ever be a head coach in college again because of the recruiting aspect.

He did hope to consult for a team one day, and promised players he’d still see them in the weight room and around town.

He tried to keep things light hearted throughout the press conference.

“Why’s everyone all dressed up?” Spurrier said entering the room.

“This isn’t a funeral.”

Spurrier’s decision ends a 16-year run for South Carolina football, which was led by two of college football’s all-time greats in Lou Holtz (1999-2004) and Spurrier.

There were some immediate differences at practice Tuesday evening under interim coach Shawn Elliott, who was the offensive line coach.

Music blared over loudspeakers while players worked out.

Offensive lineman Brandon Shell said Elliott will bring the same energy he brought to his position players to the entire team.

Linebacker T.J. Holloman said Elliott told players they have a clean slate.

“New start, in his opinion we’re 0-0,” Holloman said. “We’re

just out here to get better and beat Vandy.”

South Carolina plays at home against Vanderbilt (2-3, 0-2) on Saturday.

Spurrier had never had a losing season in 25 previous seasons as coach at Duke (1987-89), Florida (1990-2001) or South Carolina, where he has been since 2005 talking about achieving things that hadn’t been accomplished before with the Gamecocks.

“I was the best coach for this job 11 years ago, but I’m not today,” he said.

Elliott said his job was to help the team move forward.

“Our team is not in shambles, as some might say,” he said after Spurrier left the podium. “Not sure the change is what they’ve needed, but the change is what they’ve got.”

Athletic director Ray Tanner said he would form a search committee and hire a firm to help identify candidates going forward. Tanner said Elliott would be a candidate to earn the full-time job.

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BOYS SOCCER | STERLING 7, OTTAWA 1

Warriors clinch share of title Sterling cruise past Ottawa; Diaz nears Ocampo’s mark

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Morrison’s Noah Hogue

Class 1A Boys Where: Prairie Vista Golf Course, Bloomington When: Friday and Saturday Local golfer: Noah Hogue, Morrison Participating teams: Alleman, Bismarck-Henning, Bloomington Central Catholic, Breese Mater Dei, Byron, Chicago Christian, Elgin St. Edward, El Paso-Gridley, Hamilton County, Nashville, Quincy Notre Dame, Pleasant Plains Golfers to watch: Tom Goodman, Robinson; Sean Scott, Waltonville; Nate Neal, Hamilton County; Trent Snodgrass, Byron; Tyler Bussert, Riverdale; Varun Chopra, Urbana; Clayton Miller, Arcola; Drew Eaton, Quincy Notre Dame; Nathan Richmiller, Alleman

STERLING – Having participated in track and field his previous 3 years at Sterling, senior Jonathan Garcia decided to giver soccer a shot this year.

“I’ve always wanted to do it, and I was always nervous to do it,” Garcia said. “This year I thought, since this is my senior year, I might as well do it.”

In his final home match at Roscoe Eades Stadium, Garcia made a shot he won’t forget.

Four minutes into the Golden Warriors’ NIB-12 West match against Ottawa, Garcia took a goal-box cross pass from fellow senior Miguel Gallardo. Despite a little trouble, Garcia chipped the ball in from a couple of yards out to become one of six Golden Warriors to score in a 7-1 win. The win

Star of the match: Tony Diaz, Sterling, 2 goals Up next: Sterling at LaSallePeru, 6 p.m. Thursday clinches at least a share of the division title for the Warriors.

“That goal, it felt so good to open it up,” Garcia said. “I saw it coming and I wasn’t really looking at the ball. I swung and it kind of got stuck underneath my foot. I didn’t even look at it, and just kept swinging at it.”

Three additional Warrior seniors had goals during their senior night. About 1 minute before Garcia’s goal, Santana Trujillo blasted the first goal of the match off a Garcia pass.

After Tony Diaz (9th minute) and Gallardo (19th minute) picked up goals, senior defender Juan Cabral kicked in his first varsity goal off a rebounded shot from 7 yards out.

The Warriors (16-1-3, 7-0-1 NIB12 West) went up 5-0 after the goal and led 5-1 at half.

“Being a defender, you don’t always get the chance to score,” Cabral said. “I was excited to get a goal, especially on senior night.”

Sebastian Uresti opened the second half with a 4-yard chip-in in the 44th minute. Diaz added his second goal about 2 minutes later, giving the junior 99 goals in his career – two shy of Raciel Ocampo’s all-time mark of 101.

“We’ve been working on spreading the ball around to try to get our seniors to have a memorable night,” Sterling coach Brian Cebula said. “It takes a little pressure off of some of our starters.”

“It’s a sad moment. It’s bittersweet,” Uresti said of senior night.

“There’s things in the future you got to look up to. I’m blessed to have scored one last goal on my home field.”

BOYS SOCCER | OREGON 10, ROCKFORD CHRISTIAN LIFE 1

Slow start, but Hawks finish fast Five-goal flurry puts top-seeded Oregon into regional final Sterling’s Nick Ceruzzi

Class 2A Boys Where: Weibring Golf Course, Normal When: Friday and Saturday Local golfer: Nick Ceruzzi, Sterling Participating teams: Alton Marquette, Belleville Althoff, Centralia, Dunlap, Fenwick, Geneseo, Lemont, Morton, Nazareth Academy, Normal U-High, Vernon Hills, Wheaton St. Francis Golfers to watch: Bailey Gill, Springfield; David Perkins, East Peoria; Tommy Kuhl, Morton; Pete Kuhl, Morton; Sean Peterson, Galesburg; Mac Cowan, Aurora Central Catholic; Wyatt Wade, Geneseo; Nick Adamczyk, Genoa-Kingston; Casey Domke, Chicago Heights Marian; Jace Swartzlander, Centralia; Zach Williams, Mt. Vernon

Class A Girls Where: Red Tail Run Golf Course, Decatur When: Friday and Saturday Locals: Eastland (Karissa Freidag, Bailey Heckman, Grace Norton, Chloe Anderson, Jenna French); Mackenna Munson, Fulton; Olivia Pultorak, Dixon; Jaeden Workman, Morrison Participating teams: Belleville Althoff, Bloomington Central Catholic, Byron, Charleston, Eastland, Geneseo, Lisle, Massac County, Mt. Carmel, Nazareth Academy, Plano, Rochester Golfers to watch: Monica Lieving, Geneseo; Morgan Savage, Rochester; Lauren Chappell, Charleston; Haley Haugh, Quincy Notre Dame; Maddie Hurt, IC Catholic; Rylie Loux, Plano; Ali Schrock, Pontiac; Abbey Leighty, Mt. Carmel, Megan Gallatin, Salem; Carlin Flannery, Massac County

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OREGON – Surprisingly, it was 20 minutes before top seed Oregon scored its first goal against Rockford Christian Life in a 1A Oregon Regional match. Within 5 minutes of that first goal – a header

by Jarrett Reynolds off a throw-in

by Kaden Humphrey – the Hawks scored four more times and a 10-1 rout was on.

“It took us a while, but once we got it going, we were firing on all cylinders,” Oregon coach Justyn Laxner said.

Eduardo Guzman, who would go on to have a hat trick on two breakaway goals in the first minute of the second half, made it 2-0 on his first goal. Then, Reynolds got loose for his second score, and Christian Life was reeling.

Foreign exchange student Isidoro Marcos, who has been a valuable addition to the program, scored to make it 4-0, and Trey Wilson, more noted for his defensive play, had a header with 15 minutes left in the first half for the 5-0 lead.

That flurry of goals demoralized the visitors, as Christian Life managed only one shot on goal in the first half.

The undermanned Eagles were fortunate to only trail 5-0, as the Hawks had eight shots on goal in the first 20 minutes that either hit the post or went high.

“We got tired and didn’t have

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Oregon’s Anni Wilson heads the ball in for a goal as Rockford Christian Life’s Jacob Goodrich and the goalkeeper try to defend during Tuesday’s regional semifinal at Oregon Park West. Oregon won 10-1. enough subs to keep up with them,” Christian Life coach Nathaniel Goodrich said.

Anni Wilson scored the next two goals to make it 7-0. The first was off a penalty kick, and the other a header off a rebound.

“What impressed me most about Oregon was their physicality,” Goodrich said.

With the 7-0 lead going into the second half, the game was shortened to a 20-minute half instead of 40, and a running clock was

used. After the Hawks made it 10-1 on an assisted goal from Konnor Wilson, Laxner emptied his bench.

“A game like this served as a warm-up for Friday,” Laxner said.

“It’s all about Friday’s game. We’re as ready as you can be.”

Oregon will face the winner between Rockford Christian and Stillman Valley with a first regional title at stake for the Hawks. Over the years, Stillman Valley has been Oregon’s biggest obstacle in postseason advancement.

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O’Brien continues attack on record book Rock Falls senior reaches single-season kills mark; Sterling wins on road

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Eastland golfer Bailey Heckman and her Eastland Cougar teammates hope to make some noise at the Class A girls state tournament this weekend.

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Heckman has made herself into a key member of the Cougars, and has lowered her average to about 48 strokes per nine holes this season. At the Oregon Regional on Oct. 7, she carded a 90 at Silver Ridge Golf Course to help Eastland to a third-place team finish.

On Monday, the Cougars were surprising second-place finishers in the St. Bede Sectional held at Spring Creek Golf Course.

Heckman fired a 93, good

for 23rd place on a windswept course.

Next up is the Class A girls state tournament on Friday and Saturday at Red Tail Run Golf Course in Decatur. Eastland, sectional qualifiers in each of its 4 years as a girls golf program, is making its first team state appearance.

“I’m seriously thrilled,” Heckman said. “This has all been a dream for us. I just started last year, but it’s been a dream for me, and it’s so exciting that we’re actually going and this is actually happening.”

Bailey O’Brien racked up 21 digs and 11 kills to lead Rock Falls to a 25-20, 25-17 victory at Byron on Tuesday night in a Big Northern West contest.

O’Brien, a senior, continued to etch her name in the Rockets’ volleyball record book. She now has 1,024 kills, extending her own career record.

Also, she has 325 kills this season, breaking the old mark of 307 set by MacKenzie Hubbard in 2007.

O’Brien set the new season mark by recording 49 kills during the Dixon Invitational this past Saturday.

Against Byron, also having strong matches were Sidney Arickx with six kills, while Annie Austin (10) and Alexis Herrera (nine) combined for 19 assists.

assists and seven kills, Brooke Huizenga had six kills, and Taylor Curley Alli Olson, Sterling, added 12 assists and four 21 assists digs.

Claire Milnes, For Morrison (14-9, 7-5 Prophetstown, 13 kills, Three Rivers), Emma 11 digs, 5 blocks Sitzmore had three Taylor Haag, blocks, three assists, Milledgeville, 14 kills two blocks and two kills, while Brooke Stralow NIB-12 West). added four kills and four Rockford Lutheran def. digs.

Tuesday’s stars

Oregon 25-22, 25-19:

The Hawks traveled to Rockford and were dealt a two-set loss against the Crusaders.

St. Bede def. Newman 19-25, 25-22, 25-15:

Prophetstown def.

Sherrard 20-25, 25-15, 25-19: Claire Milnes had

13 kills, 11 digs and five blocks as the Prophets went on the road and defeated the Tigers.

Also for Prophetstown, Lexi Rangel dished 20 assists, Jensyn McKinney had 11 digs, seven kills and four aces, and Maddie Fringer added 12 assists.

Madalyn Wilson led the Comets with 13 kills, but the Comets fell on the road in three sets.

Mady Ferris had 31 digs for the Comets (8-16, 4-9 Three Rivers), Lauren Wilson had 17 assists, Riverdale def. Amboy and Teagen Hinrichs and 22-25, 25-21, 25-18: Sterling def. Geneseo Mary Jensen each had The Clippers dropped a three-set match to River25-7, 25-18: Alli Olson four blocks.

Fulton def. Morrison dale on the road. had 21 assists, six digs and two aces as the Gold- 25-16, 25-23: Betsy Vivian O’Laughlin led en Warriors routed the Leonard paced a bal- the Clippers with 8 kills, Maple Leafs in Geneseo. anced attack with nine while Karlee Doege led Jay Borum had nine kills, four blocks and with 12 digs. kills and three aces, Kay- two aces as the Steamers Hall def. Bureau Valley lee Martin had nine kills topped the visiting Fil- 27-25, 25-19: The Storm fought tough in the first and two aces, and Jamy lies.

Also for Fulton, Cam- set, but couldn’t get the Trancoso added 12 digs for Sterling (26-1, 4-1 erin Huizenga had 10 job done at the Storm

Cellar.

Orion def. Erie 25-12, 25-13: The Cardinals fell

at home to the unbeaten Chargers, who clinched a share of the Three Rivers championship.

Milledgeville def. Aquin 25-19, 15-25, 25-20:

Taylor Haag put down 14 kills as the Missiles handled the visiting Bulldogs.

Also for Milledgeville (18-8), Taniya Ritenour dished 21 assists, Rebecca Waite had nine blocks, and Morgan Smith had 15 digs.

Forreston def. Polo 25-17, 25-22: The Cardi-

nals ventured to Polo and picked up a two-set victory against the Marcos.

Girls tennis

Newman 5, Jefferson 0:

The Comets didn’t drop more than one game in any set on their way to a road win against the J-Hawks.

Margaret Smith and Makayla Murphy won singles matches, while doubles wins were posted by Emily Long and Erin Vits, Audrey Melton and Maddy Jacobs, and Amber Long and Olivia Walter.

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TUESDAY’S SCOREBOARD Boys soccer

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Postseason pairings 2A Belvidere Regional Friday, Oct. 16 • No. 10 Belvidere North at No. 8 Prairie Ridge Tuesday, Oct. 20 • No. 2 Sterling vs. Belvidere North/Prairie Ridge, 5 • No. 3 Belvidere vs. No. 7 Marengo, 7 Friday, Oct. 23 • Championship, 5 Winner advances to Hampshire Sectional vs. Boylan Regional winner, 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27 2A Boylan Regional Friday, Oct. 16 • No. 9 Rochelle at No. 6 Freeport, 7 Tuesday, Oct. 20 • No. 1 Boylan vs. Rochelle/Freeport, 5 • No. 4 Crystal Lake Central vs. No. 5 Dixon, 7 Friday, Oct. 23 • Championship, 5:30 Winner advances to Hampshire Sectional vs. Belvidere Regional winner, 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27 1A Oregon Regional Tuesday’s result • No. 2 Oregon 10, No. 7 Rockford Christian Life 1 Today’s game • No. 3 Stillman Valley vs. No. 6 Rockford Christian, 4:15 Friday, Oct. 16 • Championship, 4:15 Winner advances to Aurora Central Catholic Sectional vs. Hinckley-Big Rock Regional winner, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20

Girls tennis

Central Division W L OT Pts GF Nashville 3 0 0 6 7 Winnipeg 3 1 0 6 15 Minnesota 2 0 0 4 8 Chicago 2 1 0 4 9 Dallas 2 1 0 4 10 St. Louis 2 1 0 4 9 Colorado 1 1 0 2 10 Pacific Division W L OT Pts GF San Jose 3 0 0 6 12 Vancouver 2 0 1 5 9 Arizona 2 0 0 4 6 Calgary 1 2 0 2 7 Anaheim 0 1 1 1 1 Los Angeles 0 2 0 0 2 Edmonton 0 3 0 0 3 Tuesday’s results Nashville 3, New Jersey 1 Winnipeg 4, N.Y. Rangers 1 Montreal 3, Pittsburgh 2 San Jose 5, Washington 0 Florida 4, Carolina 1 Detroit 3, Tampa Bay 1 Dallas 4, Edmonton 2 St. Louis 4, Calgary 3 Vancouver at Los Angeles, late Today’s games Ottawa at Columbus, 6 p.m.

Chicago at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Boston at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Arizona at Anaheim, 9:30 p.m.

Thursday’s games Nashville at N.Y. Islanders, 6 p.m.

Ottawa at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.

Chicago at Washington, 6 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Montreal, 6:30 p.m.

Dallas at Tampa Bay, 6:30 p.m.

Buffalo at Florida, 6:30 p.m.

St. Louis at Edmonton, 8 p.m.

Minnesota at Arizona, 9 p.m.

Tuesday’s result at Jefferson Singles 1. Margaret Smith (N) def. Natalia Aviala 6-1, 6-0 2. Makayla Murphy (N) def. Alandria Nava 6-1, 6-1 Doubles 1. Emily Long, Erin Vits (N) def. Jessica Morton, Jackie Gonzolez 6-0, 6-0 2. Audrey Melton, Maddy Jacobs (N) def.

Racio Flores, Fercule Girukwishaka 6-0, 6-0 3. Amber Long, Olivia Walter (N) def. Briana Backcom, Eboney Barnett 6-0, 6-1

MLB DIVISION SERIES (Best-of-5; x-if necessary) American League Houston 2, Kansas City 2 Thursday, Oct. 8: Houston 5, Kansas City 2 Friday, Oct. 9: Kansas City 5, Houston 4 Sunday’s result: Houston 4, Kansas City 2 Monday’s result: Kansas City 9, Houston 6 Today’s game: Houston (McHugh 19-7) at Kansas City (Cueto 11-13), 7:07 p.m. (FS1) Texas 2, Toronto 2 Thursday, Oct. 8: Texas 5, Toronto 3 Friday, Oct. 9: Texas 6, Toronto 4, 14 inn.

Sunday’s result: Toronto 5, Texas 1 Monday’s result: Toronto 8, Texas 4 Today’s game: Texas (Hamels 7-1) at Toronto (Stroman 4-0), 3:07 p.m. (FS1) National League All games televised by TBS Chicago 3, St. Louis 1 Friday, Oct. 9: St. Louis 4, Chicago 0 Saturday, Oct. 10: Chicago 6, St. Louis 3 Monday’s result: Chicago 8, St. Louis 6 Tuesday’s result: Chicago 6, St. Louis 4 New York 2, Los Angeles 2 Friday, Oct. 9: New York 3, Los Angeles 1 Saturday, Oct. 10: Los Angeles 5, New York 2 Monday’s result: New York 13, L.A. 7 Tuesday’s result: L.A. 3, New York 1 Thursday’s game: New York at Los Angeles, 7:07 p.m.

Tuesday’s box score

CUBS 6, CARDINALS 4 ab r h bi Fowler cf 3 0 0 0 Soler rf 3 0 0 0 Strop p 0 0 0 0 HRndn p 0 0 0 0 Bryant 3b 4 0 1 0 Rizzo 1b 4 1 2 1 StCastr 2b 3 1 0 0 Schwrr lf 3 2 2 1 AJcksn rf 1 0 0 0 MMntr c 3 0 0 0 Hamml p 1 1 1 1 Grimm p 0 0 0 0 T.Wood p 1 0 0 0 Cahill p 0 0 0 0 Rodney p 0 0 0 0 Richrd p 0 0 0 0 LaStell ph 1 0 0 0 Denorfi lf 1 0 0 0 J.Baez ss 3 1 2 3 Totals 34 4 8 4 Totals 31 6 8 6 St. Louis 200 002 000 — 4 Chicago 040 001 10x — 6 E–Bryant (1). DP–St. Louis 1. LOB–St. Louis 7, Chicago 5. 2B–T.Cruz (1). 3B– Bryant (1). HR–Piscotty (3), Rizzo (2), Schwarber (2), J.Baez (1).

IP H R ER BB SO St. Louis Lackey 3 4 4 4 1 5 Wainwright 2 0 0 0 0 1 Siegrist L,0-1 1 2/3 2 2 2 0 2 J.Broxton 1/3 1 0 0 1 0 Rosenthal 1 1 0 0 2 1 Chicago Hammel 3 3 2 2 3 2 Grimm 1 0 0 0 0 3 T.Wood 1 1 1 1 0 2 Cahill W,1-0 BS,1-1 1 3 1 1 0 2 Rodney H,1 2/3 0 0 0 1 1 Richard H,2 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 Strop H,2 1 0 0 0 0 2 H.Rondon S,2-2 1 1 0 0 0 2 T–3:16. A–42,411 (40,929).

MCrpnt 3b Pisctty 1b-rf Hollidy lf Heywrd rf-cf JhPerlt ss Grichk cf GGarci ph Rosnthl p Wong 2b T.Cruz c Lackey p Pham ph Wnwrg p Moss ph Siegrist p JBrxtn p MrRynl 1b

ab 5 4 4 2 3 3 1 0 4 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 1

r 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

h 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0

bi 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

Chicago

DODGERS 3, METS 1 Los Angeles ab KHrndz cf 4 Pedrsn cf 0 HKndrc 2b 4 AGnzlz 1b 4 JuTrnr 3b 3 Hatchr p 0 Jansen p 0 CSeagr ss-3b 3 Puig rf 4 Ellis c 4 Ruggin lf 2 Ethier ph-lf 2 Kershw p 3 JRollns ss 0

r 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

h 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0

bi 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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ab r h bi Grndrs rf 3 0 0 0 DWrght 3b 2 0 0 0 DnMrp 2b 4 1 1 1 Cespds lf-cf 4 0 1 0 TdArnd c 4 0 0 0 Duda 1b 4 0 0 0 WFlors ss 3 0 0 0 Lagars cf 2 0 1 0 Confo ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Matz p 1 0 0 0 Cuddyr ph 1 0 0 0 B.Colon p 0 0 0 0 Clipprd p 0 0 0 0 KJhnsn ph 1 0 0 0 Famili p 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 3 7 3 Totals 30 1 3 1 Los Angeles 003 000 000 — 3 New York 000 100 000 — 1 DP–New York 1. LOB–Los Angeles 5, New York 5. 2B–Ju.Turner (4). HR–Dan. Murphy (2). SB–Granderson (1).

IP H R ER BB SO Los Angeles Kershaw W,1-1 7 3 1 1 1 8 Hatcher H,2 2/3 0 0 0 1 1 Jansen S,2-2 1 1/3 0 0 0 1 2 New York Matz L,0-1 5 6 3 3 2 4 B.Colon 2 1 0 0 0 2 Clippard 1 0 0 0 0 0 Familia 1 0 0 0 0 0 T–2:50. A–44,183 (41,922).

NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L OT Pts GF Montreal 4 0 0 8 13 Detroit 3 0 0 6 11 Tampa Bay 3 1 0 6 14 Florida 2 1 0 4 11 Ottawa 2 1 0 4 9 Buffalo 1 2 0 2 6 Toronto 0 2 1 1 5 Boston 0 3 0 0 7 Metropolitan Division W L OT Pts GF N.Y. Rangers 3 1 0 6 13 N.Y. Islanders 1 1 1 3 7 Philadelphia 1 1 1 3 4 Washington 1 1 0 2 5 Carolina 0 3 0 0 5 Pittsburgh 0 3 0 0 3 New Jersey 0 3 0 0 5 Columbus 0 3 0 0 6

GA 6 4 9 3 8 9 12 16 GA 10 9 10 8 10 8 11 13

GA 2 8 6 6 8 7 8 GA 1 5 2 11 4 9 9

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AMERICAN CONFERENCE New England N.Y. Jets Buffalo Miami

W 4 3 3 1

Indianapolis Tennessee Houston Jacksonville

W 3 1 1 1

Cincinnati Pittsburgh Cleveland Baltimore

W 5 3 2 1

Denver Oakland San Diego Kansas City

W 5 2 2 1

East L T 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 South L T 2 0 3 0 4 0 4 0 North L T 0 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 West L T 0 0 3 0 3 0 4 0

Pct 1.000 .750 .600 .250

PF 149 95 124 65

PA 76 55 105 101

Pct PF PA .600 99 113 .250 102 91 .200 97 135 .200 93 145 Pct 1.000 .600 .400 .200

PF 148 120 118 123

PA 101 95 132 137

Pct 1.000 .400 .400 .200

PF 113 107 116 117

PA 79 124 134 143

NATIONAL CONFERENCE N.Y. Giants Dallas Washington Philadelphia

W 3 2 2 2

Atlanta Carolina Tampa Bay New Orleans

W 5 4 2 1

Green Bay Minnesota Chicago Detroit

W 5 2 2 0

Arizona St. Louis Seattle San Francisco

W 4 2 2 1

East L T 2 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 South L T 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 North L T 0 0 2 0 3 0 5 0 West L T 1 0 3 0 3 0 4 0

Pct PF PA .600 132 109 .400 101 131 .400 97 104 .400 117 103 Pct 1.000 1.000 .400 .200

PF 162 108 110 103

PA 112 71 148 143

Pct 1.000 .500 .400 .000

PF 137 80 86 83

PA 81 73 142 138

Pct PF PA .800 190 90 .400 84 113 .400 111 98 .200 75 140

Thursday’s game Atlanta at New Orleans, 7:25 p.m.

Sunday’s games Kansas City at Minnesota, noon Miami at Tennessee, noon Washington at N.Y. Jets, noon Arizona at Pittsburgh, noon Cincinnati at Buffalo, noon Chicago at Detroit, noon Denver at Cleveland, noon Houston at Jacksonville, noon Carolina at Seattle, 3:05 p.m.

Baltimore at San Francisco, 3:25 p.m.

San Diego at Green Bay, 3:25 p.m.

New England at Indianapolis, 7:30 p.m.

Open: Dallas, Oakland, St. Louis, Tampa Bay Monday’s game N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.

College football Top 25 schedule Saturday’s games No. 1 Ohio State vs. Penn State, 7 p.m.

No. 2 Baylor vs. West Virginia, 11 a.m.

No. 3 TCU at Iowa State, 6 p.m.

No. 4 Utah vs. Arizona State, 9 p.m.

No. 5 Clemson vs. Boston College, 6 p.m.

No. 6 LSU vs. No. 8 Florida, 6 p.m.

No. 7 Michigan State at No. 12 Michigan, 2:30 p.m.

No. 9 Texas A&M vs. No. 10 Alabama, 2:30 p.m.

No. 11 Florida State vs. Louisville, 11 a.m.

No. 13 Mississippi at Memphis, 11 a.m.

No. 14 Notre Dame vs. USC, 6:30 p.m.

No. 17 Iowa at No. 20 Northwestern, 11 a.m.

No. 19 Oklahoma at Kansas State, 2:30 p.m.

No. 22 Toledo vs. Eastern Michigan, 11 a.m.

NBA preseason EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct New York 2 0 1.000 Toronto 3 1 .750 Philadelphia 2 2 .500 Brooklyn 1 1 .500 Boston 0 0 .000 Southeast Division W L Pct Charlotte 3 0 1.000 Atlanta 2 0 1.000 Orlando 3 2 .600 Washington 1 1 .500 Miami 1 3 .250 Central Division W L Pct Indiana 3 1 .750 Chicago 2 2 .500 Milwaukee 1 2 .333 Detroit 1 3 .250 Cleveland 0 4 .000

GB — — 1 1 1 GB — ½ 1 1½ 2½ GB — 1 1½ 2 3

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct Memphis 2 0 1.000 New Orleans 2 1 .667 Houston 1 2 .333 San Antonio 0 2 .000 Dallas 0 3 .000 Northwest Division W L Pct Oklahoma City 2 0 1.000 Denver 2 1 .667 Portland 2 2 .500 Utah 2 2 .500 Minnesota 0 3 .000 Pacific Division W L Pct Phoenix 2 0 1.000 Sacramento 3 1 .750 Golden State 1 1 .500 L.A. Clippers 1 2 .333 L.A. Lakers 0 3 .000

GB — ½ 1½ 2 2½ GB — ½ 1 1 2½ GB — — 1 1½ 2½

Tuesday’s results Orlando 95, Miami 92, OT Milwaukee 110, Cleveland 101 Indiana 101, Detroit 97 Oklahoma City 100, Dallas 88 Houston at Phoenix, late Sacramento vs. L.A. Lakers at Las Vegas, NV, late Denver at Golden State, late Today’s games Charlotte vs. L.A. Clippers at Shanghai, China, 7 a.m.

Toronto vs. Minnesota at Kanata, Ontario, 6 p.m.

Boston at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m.

Detroit at Chicago, 7 p.m.

San Antonio at Atlanta, 7 p.m.

AP

The Dodgers’ Howie Kendrick is greeted by Yasiel Puig after scoring against the Mets during the third inning of Game 4 of the National League Division Series on Tuesday in New York.

Kershaw mows down Mets Dodgers’ ace forces decisive Game 5 in Los Angeles

BY MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Sports Writer

NEW YORK – Clayton Kershaw finally came through in October, just in time to save the Los Angeles Dodgers from another early exit.

Pitching on short rest with the season on the line, Kershaw shut down the New York Mets for seven innings, and Justin Turner delivered a key hit against his former team that sent the Dodgers to a 3-1 victory Tuesday night and forced the NL Division Series to a deciding Game 5.

The series shifts back to Los Angeles on Thursday night, with fellow Dodgers ace Zack Greinke scheduled to start against Jacob deGrom.

The winner hosts the wild-card Chicago Cubs

in the NL Championship Series opener Saturday.

With Chase Utley on the bench again, the Dodgers handed hometown Mets rookie Steven Matz his first loss in the major leagues.

Kershaw’s one-out single led to a three-run third. Adrian Gonzalez looped an RBI single and Turner added a tworun double, providing enough support for the lefty ace.

The reigning NL MVP and three-time Cy Young Award winner snapped a five-start losing streak in the playoffs – the longest in Dodgers history.

After dropping the series opener 3-1 to deGrom, Kershaw was 1-6 with a 4.99 ERA in 12 career postseason games, including nine

starts.

But this time, Kershaw was just as dominant as he normally is during the regular season.

Kershaw struck out eight, walked one and yielded only three hits, quieting another revvedup crowd at Citi Field as the night wore on. Daniel Murphy hit his second solo homer off Kershaw in the series, both coming in the fourth inning.

Kenley Jansen got four outs for his second save.

With two runners on in the eighth and the count full, he retired Murphy on a fly to right.

The right-hander then worked a 1-2-3 ninth as the Dodgers ended a seven-game losing streak in road playoff games.

The 24-year-old Matz was pitching in a big

league game for the first time in 19 days after a balky back sidelined him late in the season. Still, he looked sharp early and snapped off several effective curveballs.

That same pitch caused him trouble, too.

Kershaw singled to leftcenter on a 2-2 curve in the third for the first hit of the game. With two outs, Howie Kendrick grounded a single up the middle and Gonzalez dumped an RBI single into center.

Turner then lined a 2-0 curve into the left-field corner to make it 3-0, tormenting his former team yet again. Let go by the Mets after the 2013 season – they declined to offer him arbitration – he is 7-for-15 (.467) in the series with four doubles and three RBIs.

Rizzo, Schwarber lift Cubs past Cards BELIEVE

CONTINUED FROM B1

As the music blared and the strobe lights flashed in the clubhouse, Cubs players and coaches soaked each other. Then they took the celebration back onto the field as fans went crazy – Vedder, from the local area, pitched right in.

The Cubs will face the winner of the Los Angeles Dodgers-New York Mets matchup. The series is tied heading into Thursday’s Game 5 in Los Angeles.

Chicago will play Game 1 Saturday on the road.

No team was hotter down the stretch than Chicago, which finished third in the majors with 97 wins after five straight losing seasons.

The Cubs knocked out the two teams that finished ahead of them in the NL Central, beating Pittsburgh in the wildcard game, and sending St. Louis home after it led the majors with 100 wins.

“I think we’re too young to even realize what we just did,” young slugger Kris Bryant said.

“It truly is a special time right now.”

The banged-up Cardinals had reached the NLCS in the last 4 years.

“It was just unfortunate,” St. Louis manager Mike Matheny said.

“This is a team that was as impressive to watch from Day One as any team I’ve ever been around.”

“That’s always hard to walk away from. We had an opportunity maybe to get back home and do things differently, but

AP

Cubs second baseman Javier Baez hits a three-run home run during the second inning of Game 4 in a National League Division Series game against the Cardinals on Tuesday in Chicago. The Cubs clinched the best-of-5 series with a 6-4 victory. they took advantage of the opportunities they had,” he said.

Rizzo’s solo drive to right off losing pitcher Kevin Siegrist in the sixth put Chicago back on top 5-4 after St. Louis scored two in the top half.

As if the fans were already hollering at the top of their lungs after that home run, they were really screaming after Schwarber’s monstrous shot leading off the seventh. The ball landed on top of the right-field videoboard and wound up nestled against a railing on the front edge.

The late drives by Rizzo and Schwarber along with Baez’s three-run homer off John Lackey in the second came after Chicago set a postseason record with six long balls in Monday’s win.

And with the ball flying out again, the Cubs won

for the 12th time in 13 games.

Cubs starter Jason Hammel allowed two runs and three hits. He exited after giving up a leadoff walk to Jhonny Peralta in the fourth.

Seven relievers combined to hold the Cardinals to two runs and five hits the rest of the way.

Trevor Cahill picked up the win, and Rondon worked the ninth for the save.

Hammel settled down after giving up a tworun homer to Piscotty on the game’s fourth pitch.

He also singled in a run with two out in the second before Baez connected against Lackey, the man the Cardinals were counting on to keep their season going, to make it 4-2.

Lackey gave up four runs and four hits over three innings after out-

pitching former teammate Lester in a dominant series opener.

The Cardinals, playing without catcher Yadier Molina (left thumb), failed to advance in the postseason after winning at least one series the previous 4 years.

“I definitely think the ballpark had something to do with this. They also have a really good lineup,” Lackey said.

St. Louis scored two in the sixth to tie it. But the rally ended with Tony Cruz – who drove in a run with a two-out double – getting thrown out at home by Jorge Soler trying to score on Brandon Moss’ RBI single to right.

“I will be shocked if they’re not in the World Series or winning it,” Piscotty said. “They’re playing well. You got to tip your hat.”

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No person or business, unless properly licensed by the Illinois Secretary of State, may sell ticket(s) for any sporting event or otherwise, for more than the price printed upon the face of the said ticket(s).

Only licensed ticket brokers may legally advertise, negotiate and execute the sale of ticket(s) for any amount over what is printed upon the face of ticket.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 14TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT WHITESIDE COUNTY - MORRISON, ILLINOIS FLAGSTAR BANK, FSB Plaintiff,

v.-

THE ESTATE OF RODNEY D. STOVER, et al Defendant 14 CH 130 NOTICE OF SHERIFF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 22, 2015, the Sheriff of Whiteside County will at 10:00 AM on November 5, 2015, at the Whiteside County Courthouse, 200 E. Knox Street, 3rd floor lobby of the Whiteside County Courthouse, Morrison, IL, 61270, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 203 E. 5TH AVENUE, Lyndon, IL 61261 Property Index No. 15-16-481-006 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $83,603.42.

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 on residential real estate 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.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

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 this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9 (g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 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, contact Plaintiff s attorney: POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C. , 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 263-0003. Please refer to file number C14-10645.

Sept. 30, Oct 7, 14, 2015

LEGAL NOTICE FOR FORECLOSURE SALE PUBLIC AUCTION OF REAL ESTATE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2015 – 12:30 P.M. 417 EAST 6TH STREET, DIXON, IL 61021

At the premises I, Lyle Dirks, having been designated by the Circuit Court of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Lee County, Illinois in the case entitled Sterling Federal Bank, F.S.B., Plaintiff v. Jonathan C. Provo and Heather E. Provo, Defendants, case No. 2015 CH 34 as sale officer, to conduct the sale, will sell the following described property at public auction to the highest qualified bidder. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: The Easterly 37 ½ feet of the Westerly 75 feet of Lot 4 in Block 70 in the town (now City) of Dixon, Lee County, Illinois, commonly known as 417 East 6th Street, Dixon, IL 61021.

DESCRIPTION: One and a half story 3 bedroom home with approximately 1,088 square feet of living area with front porch and partial basement. INSPECTION: Contact Diane Metzler at Sterling Federal Bank, 815-622-3368 to determine property is available for inspection. TERMS OF SALE: 10% down day of sale, balance upon delivery of deed and possession. All funds shall be CASH, BANK DRAFT, or CERTIFIED CHECK. Sale is subject to taxes for 2014 and all subsequent years. TAXES WILL NOT BE PRORATED. A contract embodying the terms of this notice and such additional terms as deemed appropriate, will be signed by the sale officer on behalf of the court and by the buyer at the time of the sale.

Any sale is subject to court approval. Any specific restrictions on property or title will be announced day of sale. Announcements day of sale take precedence over any printed material.

ATTORNEYS: WARD, MURRAY, PACE & JOHNSON, P.C. AUCTIONEER: LYLE DIRKS, IL 440000128, STERLING, IL, PH. 815-626-3358

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PUBLIC NOTICES SAUK VALLEY

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

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RUSSELL G. HALLQUIST, Deceased.

No. 2015 P 61 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given to creditors of the death of Russell G. Hallquist of 1572 Chicago Street, Dixon, IL County, Illinois 61021.

Letters of office were issued to Daniel R. Hallquist as Independent Executor, whose attorney of record is David W. Badger, 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: Daniel R. Hallquist 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. 30, Oct. 7, 14, 2015 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 15TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LEE COUNTY-DIXON, ILLINOIS FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (“FANNIE MAE”), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PLAINTIFF vs.

DOLORES M. SMITH; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, DEFENDANTS 15 CH 60 PUBLICATION NOTICE The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you, DOLORES M. SMITH; and UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants in the above entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of the 15th Judicial Circuit, Lee County, Illinois by the plaintiff against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage conveying the premises described as follows to wit: LOT 5 IN BLOCK 9 IN PARSON'S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF DIXON, SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF LEE AND THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. COMMON ADDRESS: 318 W. Chamberlain, Dixon, Illinois 61021 P.I.N.: 07-02-32-338-006 and which said mortgage was signed by DOLORES M. SMITH, mortgagors, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Freedom Bank, as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Lee County as Document No. 2006004463 in Book 0607 Page 0991 and re-recorded as Document Number 2007001866 in Book 0703 Page 3245; and for such other relief prayed; that summons was duly issued out of the Circuit Court of Lee County against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending.

NOW THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU, the said above defendants, file your answer to the Complaint in said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of this Court in Lee County in Room Suite 320 at Lee County Courts Building, 309 South Galena Ave. , Dixon, IL 61021 on or before the November 6, 2015, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said complaint.

Circuit Clerk Johnson, Blumberg, & Associates, LLC 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite 1125 Chicago, Illinois 60606 Ph. 312-541-9710 Fax 312-541-9711 JB&A # IL 15 2278 Oct. 7, 14, 21, 2015

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS

IN RE THE ESTATE OF Ella M. Pierce, Deceased NO. 2015 P 111 WILL NOTICE AND CLAIM NOTICEINDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION Notice is given of the death of Ella M. Pierce. Letters of Office were issued on September 24, 2015 to Shirley Miller of Dixon, Illinois as independent representative whose attorney is Marvin G. Ripley, 300 First Avenue, Suite 200, Rock Falls, IL 61071.

Notice is given to the heirs and legatees who are named in a petition filed in the above proceeding to probate a will and whose names or addresses are not stated in the petition to admit the will to probate, that an order was entered by the Court on September 24, 2015 admitting the will to probate. Within 42 days after the effective date of the original order of admission you may file a petition with the court or other evidence, as provided in Section 6-21 of the Probate Act. You also have the right under Section 8-1 of the Probate Act to contest the validity of the will by filing a petition with the court within 6 months after admission of the will to probate.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Clerk of this Court, 200 E. Knox St., Morrison, IL 61270, or with the representative, or both, on or before April 15, 2016. Any claim not filed on or before that date is batted as to the estate which is inventoried within that period. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed and delivered to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

The estate will be administered without court supervision, unless under Section 28-4 of the Probate Act any interested person terminates independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the Clerk.

You may obtain a copy of a form of a petition to terminate independent administration from the Clerk of the Court at the above address.

October 5, 2015

Susan E. Ottens, Clerk Circuit Court

MARVIN G. RIPLEY Attorney for Estate 300 1St Avenue, Suite 200 Rock Falls IL 61071 Telephone: 815-626-0200 October 7, 14, 21, 2015 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 14TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS Urban Financial of America, LLC f/k/a Urban Financial Group, Inc. PLAINTIFF VS Gerlad P. Nordgren, solely as special representative for Kenneth E. Burk (Deceased); Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Kenneth E. Burk (Deceased); Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimant, DEFENDANT(S) 14 CH 48 NOTICE OF PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Gerlad P. Nordgren, solely as special representative for Kenneth E. Burk (Deceased); UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF KENNETH E. BURK (DECEASED); UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANT; defendants, that this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, asking for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: Lot 72 in Second Addition to Garden View Subdivision in the City of Rock Falls, Whiteside County, Illinois, as per recorded plat thereof filed May 12, 1969 as Document Number 337751, in the office of the County recorder of Whiteside County, Illinois.

Commonly known as: 616 W. 13th Street, Rock Falls, IL 61071 and which said mortgage was made by, Kenneth E Burk, an unmarried man; Mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. As Nominee For Urban Financial Group, Inc. ; Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Whiteside County, Illinois, as Document No. 201105179; and for other relief.

UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this County, 200 E. Knox St., Morrison, IL 61270 on or before NOVEMBER 13, 2015 A JUDGMENT OR DECREE BY DEFAULT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED IN THE COMPLAINT. RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 120 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1140, Chicago, IL 60602 Phone: (312) 239-3432 Fax: (312) 284-4820 Attorney No: 6314883 File No: 14IL00103-2 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act you are advised that this firm may be deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained may be used for that purpose.

Oct. 14, 21, 28, 2015

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 14TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT WHITESIDE COUNTY MORRISON, ILLINOIS

FLAGSTAR BANK, FSB Plaintiff,

-v.-

THE ESTATE OF RODNEY D. STOVER, et al Defendant 14 CH 130 NOTICE OF SHERIFF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 22, 2015, the Sheriff of Whiteside County will at 10:00 AM on November 5, 2015, at the Whiteside County Courthouse, 200 E. Knox Street, 3rd floor lobby of the Whiteside County Courthouse, Morrison, IL, 61270, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOTS 7, 8 AND 9 IN BLOCK 33 IN RAILROAD ADDITION TO THE VILLAGE OF LYNDON, WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, EXCEPTING THAT PART OF LOT 9 DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE EAST LINE OF LOT 9 WHICH IS THREE (3) FEET SOUTH OF THE NORTHERLYMOST CORNER OF SAID LOT 9; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY TO THE WESTERLYMOST CORNER OF SAID LOT 9; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ON THE NORTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 9 TO THE SAID NORTHERLYMOST CORNER OF SAID LOT 9; THENCE SOUTH ON THE SAID EAST LINE OF SAID LOT 9 TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, ALL IN BLOCK 33, RAILROAD ADDITION TO THE VILLAGE OF LYNDON, WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS Commonly known as 203 E. 5TH AVENUE, Lyndon, IL 61261 Property Index No. 15-16-481-006 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $83,603.42.

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 on residential real estate 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.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

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 this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g) (4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 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, contact Plaintiff s attorney: POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C. , 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 263-0003. Please refer to file number C1410645.

Sept. 30, Oct 7, 14, 2015

NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of the members of the Federal Sterling Bank will be held on Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at 7:00 p.m., at the office of the Bank, 110 East Fourth Street, Sterling, Illinois, for the purpose of electing Directors and for such other matters as may properly be brought before such meeting.

Industrial Park Storage 905 E 17th St. Rock Falls IL 61071 Will hold a public sale to enforce a lien.

Date of Sale Saturday October 24, at 12:00 2015 P.M. (noon) Customer Name: Savarina Garza #203 Horma Herrera #205 Oct. 7 & 14, 2015

Rita E. Smith Secretary October 7,14, 2015

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Industrial Park Storage 905 E 17th St. Rock Falls IL 61071 Will hold a public sale to enforce a lien.

Date of Sale Saturday October 31, at 12:00 2015 P.M. (noon) Customer Name: Cassie Sawyers #114 Oct. 14 & 21 2015

Call us 625-3600 284-2222

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As a direct result of our tremendous growth in the markets we serve, Mallard Manufacturing, a leading manufacturer of “Gravity Flow Conveyor Systems” is taking applications for the following positions: Manufacturing g Eng gineer -- Responsible for dealing with production issues concerning product quality or process problems. This position will also be responsible for originating cost-reducing process improvements throughout the manufacturing process, and implementing them successfully. This position must have 3D cad knowledge and a strong mechanical background, as well as being a self- starting, cost driven member of the team.

Desig gner/Draftsman – This position will take input from the sales force and design convey systems utilizing the standard, as well as unique manufacturing processes, and components which Mallard uses, and dealing with the rack manufacturers special needs to provide a complete package for the end user. This position requires a successful completion of a CAD drafting program, coupled with a strong mechanical background.

Test Lab Technician -- This position will be responsible for the in house testing of product which has been sent in by our customers for evaluation. All tests are video recorded for evaluation and approval by the end uses. Internal testing of newly designed components is also part rt of the responsibility. This position requires strong fork lift ft skills, technical video skills and proficiency in writing test report rts on a computer.

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Seasonal Farm Help & Drivers wanted

FT/PT. $20/hr + OT. $30/hr if hauling Hazmat. Minimum of 5 yrs exp. driving or running large farm equipment. May be permanent position after harvest.

Send Resume or Apply: Brechon Farm Services, 1270 IL Rt. 26 South, Dixon, IL 61021. jerry@brechonfs.com No Calls Please

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Animal Control Warden Lee County Animal Control is seeking a full time position for Animal Control Warden. This position is open to a person who can work during normal business hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday as well as respond to emergency calls every other week between the hours of 4:30 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. on weekdays, weekends and holidays.

The position requires a full physical and drug test.

Have knowledge in writing reports and some computer skills. Candidates must like working with dogs and must be able to interact with the public.

Applications can be picked up at the Animal Control Office, 280 E. Progress Drive, Dixon until 10-26-15.

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Church Secretary/ Office Manager 20 hrs – 4 days computer skills needed. Apply at St. Paul's Church, 421 S. Peoria. Call for details 815440-5043 Experienced Custom Applicators Ag background a plus.

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Customers 20 43 70 76

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ARK Dayschool has openings for children 0 – 14 months. We are a licensed daycare center located in the First United Methodist Church at 202 S. Peoria Ave. in Dixon 815284-8580 LICENSED DAY CARE has openings. 4C's accepted. (815)284-0461,

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Sportsman Auction At “The Shed”, 401 West Main Street, Wyanet, IL 61379 Saturday, October 24, 2015 5 p.m. Auction – 2 p.m. Preview

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2014 CHEVROLET CAPTIVA SPORT

2014 CHEVROLET CAPTIVA SPORT 1LT

2013 FORD FLEX LIMITED w/ ECO BOOST

2005 SATURN VUE

2012 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE LT w/ 1LT

Sterling Price:

Sterling Price:

Sterling Price:

Sterling Price:

Sterling Price:

Stk#P1015

$

16,988

Stk#P1060

$

$248 PER MONTH

2014 NISSAN MAXIMA 3.5 SV Stk#P1072

$

Sterling Price:

16,988

15,988

Stk#P1044

$

$233 PER MONTH

2003 BUICK RENDEZVOUS CXL Stk#P1025B Sterling Price:

4,588

$

$249 PER MONTH

29,988

Stk#P1018

$

$149 PER MONTH

Sterling Price:

15,588

$228 PER MONTH

2012 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500

2014 CHEVROLET IMPALA

2015 CHEVROLET COLORADO

Sterling Price:

Sterling Price:

Sterling Price:

Stk#P1028

$

28,488

$419 PER MONTH

Stk#2466A

$

28,988 $429 PER MONTH

Stk#P1032

$

Stk#P1059

$

36,988

Stk#P1029

4,988

$

$155 PER MONTH

$439 PER MONTH

2014 CHEVROLET IMPALA LIMITED

$228 PER MONTH

17,988

$259 PER MONTH

2015 CHEVY CRUZE 2015 CHEVY IMPALA LTZ LIMITED LS Stk#P1049

$

Stk#P1066

Sterling Price:

13,988

$

$205 PER MONTH

Sterling Price:

13,988

$205 PER MONTH

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$539 PER MONTH

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sterlingchevy.com

1824 N. Locust St., Sterling, IL 61081

(815) 625-2700 HOURS: Monday - Thursday 9:00am-8:00pm, Friday 9:00am -6:00pm, Saturday 9:00am-5:00pm

www.sterlingchevy.com

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All offers plus tax, title, license, & doc fee. To qualified buyers. Payments are based on 2.99% for 75 mos. Stk#2470B, Stk#Pa032, Stk#P1025B based on 6.9% for 36 mos. Savings from MSRP. Savings from MSRP may not be the actual price at which the vehicle is sold in the trade area. Dealer will not honor pricing errors in this advertisement. No prior sales. Offers expire 3 days from pub.