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ENERGY | ROCK ISLAND CLEAN LINE PROJECT

State high court to hear appeal Project, which would touch three local counties, hinges on public utility designation

BY PAM EGGEMEIER peggemeier@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5570 @pam_eggemeier

CHICAGO – The fate of the Rock Island Clean Line project is in the hands of the Illinois Supreme Court.

The proposed 500-mile high-

voltage power transmission line would run through several counties in Illinois, including Whiteside and Bureau, and in Iowa.

Rock Island Clean Line’s application to build the power line was unanimously approved by the Illinois Commerce Commission in 2014, but an Aug. 10

appellate court ruling reversed the ICC’s decision.

Houston-based Clean Line Energy appealed the reversal that was based on the argument that the project doesn’t meet the requirements of a public utility under the Illinois Public Utilities Act, thus ruling

out regulatory approval and the use of eminent domain.

The energy company has faced 4 years of fierce legal opposition led by the Illinois Landowners Alliance, the Illinois Farm Bureau, and ComEd. Clean Line Energy learned Nov. 23 of the high court’s

decision to review the appellate court’s ruling. The company maintains that the project would bring low-cost clean energy, hundreds of good jobs, and revenue for communities in the project areas.

APPEAL continued on A44

OREGON

SLIDING INTO WINTER IN DIXON

Preaching benefits of program Open Program grows, receive recognition at state, regional events

BY CHRISTOPHER HEIMERMAN cheimerman@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5523 CHeimerman_SVM

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ABOVE: Tianna Dunn helps her nephew, Abel Dunn, 11 months, enjoy the slide at Page Park in Dixon. The two got out to enjoy the pleasant weather, and just in the nick of time. Tuesday just might have marked the warmest day we’ll enjoy during the rest of 2016, with temperatures narrowly eclipsing 50 degrees.

The mercury isn’t expected to surpass 45 degrees in the next week, and snow could even be in the mix Sunday.

OREGON – Three high-schoolers are well-versed in the gospel of Open Program, an innovative learning environment in its third year at Oregon High School.

Even though they’re not technically in the program anymore, they’re Chance still preaching Merrill the gospel.

Senior Chance Merrill joined OP teachers Aaron Sitze and Cole Davidson at the Illinois Association of School Boards’ annual joint conference Nov. 18 in Chicago, where the teachers set ‘em up, and the students knocked ‘em down.

PROGRAM continued on A54

OGLE COUNTY

Longtime sheriff gets seat for life Board honors Brooks for 53 years of service

BY VINDE WELLS Shaw Media vwells@shawmedia.com

OREGON – More than 50 years ago, Jerry Brooks was a volunteer deputy in plain clothes. He became the longest-tenured sheriff in Ogle County history, and now holds a seat on the county board no one can take away.

The county board approved a resolution Nov. 15 naming Brooks, 84, of Oregon, an honorary board member for life.

RIGHT: Zachary Godman, 5, and sister Katlyn spend some time on the swings at the park basking in another mild day.

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POLICE Sterling Police

Alexandra R. Bryan, 18, of Prophetstown; 7:50 a.m.

Monday at East LeFevre Road and 16th Avenue; speeding in a school zone, no insurance; given state citations.

Karina D. Calderas, 25, of Sterling; 9:53 a.m. Monday in the 1200 block of West Fourth Street; speeding; given state citation.

Dixon Police

Boy, 16, of Dixon; 10:59 a.m. Monday in the 200 block of Lincoln Statue Drive; possession of drug paraphernalia; given city ordinance.

Oregon Police

Edlen A. Tomlinson, 60, of Rock Island; 3:09 p.m.

Nov. 21 in the 400 block of North Fourth Street; operating a vehicle with no valid registration; given citation.

Girl, 14, of Oregon; 1:30 p.m. Nov. 23; runaway; released to a parent.

Mount Morris Police

Scott W. Shirley, 28, of Mount Morris; Nov. 8; disorderly conduct; taken to Ogle County Jail.

Allison R. Sgro, 22, of Mount Morris; Nov. 15; speeding; given citation.

Annette M. Porter, 60, of Rock Island; Nov. 17;

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speeding; given citation.

Robert C. Miller, 41, of Elgin; Nov. 18; speeding, no valid registration; given citations.

Dawn M. Neeley, 50, of Mount Morris; Nov. 18; Ogle County warrant; taken to Ogle County Jail.

Robert F. Winterton, 41, of Mount Morris; Nov. 18; Ogle County warrant; taken to Ogle County Jail.

James P. Kaltenbrun, 41, of Mount Morris; Nov. 21; Whiteside County warrant; taken to Ogle County Jail.

William J. Bankhead, 23, of Forsyth; Nov. 22; operation of uninsured motor vehicle, suspended, revoked driver’s license; taken to Ogle County Jail.

Joseph H. Camire, 33, of Villa Park; Thursday; criminal trespass to property, taken to Ogle County Jail.

Austin M. Reeverts, 24, of Rockford; Friday; no valid registration, driving under the influence of alcohol; taken to Ogle County Jail.

Nathaniel W. Hillers, 22, of Mount Morris; Sunday; Ogle County warrant; taken to Ogle County Jail.

Lee County Sheriff

Joseph D. Enburg, 44, of Paw Paw; 12:03 p.m.

Monday; driving while license suspended; issued individual bond.

Info sought in Friday hit-and-run

OREGON – Police responded at 6:48 p.m.

Friday to a report of a hitand-run in the 200 block of South Eighth Street.

An unknown vehicle left the scene after hitting the left front bumper of a parked 2005 Honda belonging to Sandra Reynolds, 47, of Oregon.

Anyone with information should call the police at 815-732-2162.

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CARROLL COUNTY | HAKE MURDER CASE

Attorneys seek sentence review

BY PHILLIP HARTMAN phartman@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5525 @phartman19

MOUNT CARROLL – Attorneys for a Freeport man sentenced to life for his wife’s Dec. 5 murder are asking a Carroll County court to reconsider D. the punish- Morgan Hake ment.

Morgan D. Hake, 50, was found guilty Sept. 23 of first-degree murder in the slaying of his wife, Suzanne Hake, and was sentenced Nov. 4 to life in prison.

Hake’s Moline-based attorneys, Daniel P. Dalton and Nate Nieman, filed the reconsideration motion Nov. 22, citing four reasons to rethink the sentence:

• The court failed to consider statutory factors in mitigation, or reducing the severity, among them that Hake’s imprisonment would endanger his medical condition, cause excessive hardship to his daughters, and that he is unlikely to commit another crime. • The court failed to consider nonstatutory factors in reducing the severity, including his education, work history, family support system, and history of drug and alcohol use. • The court improperly relied on factors inherent in the offense when imposing the sentence, by making its own detailed finding of facts and relying on those facts. • The life sentence constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. “Life sentences should

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STERLING

Candidates emerge for expiring council terms two council seats would have been needed to trigger a primary.

Both challengers have previous city government experience.

Jim Wise, 56, was city administrator in Morrison from 2011 to 2013. He held the same position in Cherry Valley for a year, and was an alderman for 11 years in Belvidere.

Retiree Terry Lynch, 62, was an alderman for 14 years in his hometown of Amboy. Lynch moved to Sterling 9 years ago.

Wise retired as a lieutenant colonel after 35 years in the Army Reserve. While his military career took him to many parts of the world, his Sterling roots run deep.

A 1978 Sterling High School graduate, Wise moved back home in May 2015,

BY PAM EGGEMEIER peggemeier@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5570 @pam_eggemeier

STERLING – The city’s filing period ended Monday, yielding four candidates for the City Council’s two at-large aldermanic seats.

Both incumbents, John Stauter and Chris Schuchard, have filed to recapture their seats in the April 2017 general election.

The two council seats will be the city’s only elective offices on the spring ballot. Sterling has six council members, one in each of the city’s four wards, plus the two at-large seats.

Voters will have four candidates to choose from when they decide who to send to council chambers.

In Sterling, a minimum of nine candidates for the

Chris Schuchard

Terry Lynch

John Stauter

Jim Wise

Expiring terms

The two at-large aldermanic seats on the Sterling City Council will be the city’s only elective offices on the ballot in the April 4, 2017 general election. Mayor and the other four council seats don’t expire until April 2019. and works for Sisler’s.

Wise said two broad concerns were motivating factors in his decision to make a council run.

“In my past experiences, I learned how municipal government works,” Wise said. “I don’t think it’s running well here, and I know how to make it work.”

Wise also points to what he calls “taxation saturation” as an issue that demands the immediate attention of City Hall.

“Sterling is overtaxed, and I believe it’s time to restructure the city’s finances to meet the needs of its citizens,” Wise said.

In addition to his city

government experience, Wise has been an interim director for Belvidere Main Street. In his spare time, he enjoys coaching youth sports, and he volunteers to help the homeless.

Lynch was born and raised in Amboy, and worked at Sensient Technologies for more than 2 decades. Since moving to Sterling 9 years ago, he has been interested in where the city is headed.

“I hear some good things, and I hear some grumblings from citizens,” Lynch said.

Lynch said he really likes Sterling and its people, and now that he is retired, he feels the calling to get involved in government again.

“There are no particular issues that made me want

to run; I just want to get more involved like I was in Amboy,” Lynch said.

Lynch said jobs are always a big concern for any local government body, and economic development is one of his primary interests.

“I want to help make residents’ lives better and more prosperous,” Lynch said.

In addition to his time on the Amboy City Council, Lynch has served as president of the Amboy Area Chamber of Commerce, Amboy Lions, and Shady Oaks Country Club.

He has also been grand knight of the Amboy Knights of Columbus.

The terms of Mayor Skip Lee and the other four council seats won’t expire until April 2019.

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OGLE COUNTY

Fatal fire remains Hearing rescheduled for Sterling man under investigation ment, Illinois State Police, and Illinois State Fire Marshal’s office.

The fire was reported around 6:40 a.m., apparently by Meyer’s ex-husband and the boy’s father, Duane C. Meyer, 34, of Stillman Valley, who was reportedly there to pick up the youngster.

When Byron firefighters arrived, Meyer and a Byron police officer were performing CPR on Amos, who had apparently been in an upstairs bedroom.

The child and his father were taken to Rockford Memorial Hospital, where Amos was pronounced dead.

Firefighters also could hear smoke alarms going off and encountered heavy smoke when they arrived.

Maggie Meyer was found dead on the couch on the first floor.

BY VINDE WELLS Shaw Media vwells@shawmedia.com

BYRON – A suspicious house fire that took the lives of a mother and her 3-year-old son in October remains under investigation.

Lt. Brian Ketter, who heads up investigations for the Ogle County Sheriff’s Department, said Monday that the cause of the fire and the cause of death of Margaret “Maggie” Meyer, 31, are still being investigated.

“We’re still working on it,” he said.

Meyer and her son, Amos, died as a result of the fire Oct. 19 at their home at 2020 N. Silverthorn Drive, Byron.

An autopsy revealed that Amos died from smoke inhalation.

The fire was ruled suspicious, and assisting in the investigation are the Byron Police Depart-

BY RACHEL RODGERS rrodgers@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5529 @rj_rodgers

MORRISON – Preliminary trial proceedings were rescheduled Tuesday for a Sterling man who police say tried to run over a Rock Falls officer with an SUV on Sept. 1.

Corey G. Poff Jr., 23, of Sterling, is charged with aggravated battery of a police officer, aggravated assault of a police officer, aggravated fleeing, and criminal damage to government property. The first felony carries a sentence of 1 to 3 years, and the rest are each punishable by 2 to 5 years in prison.

He pleaded not guilty Sept. 12 and is in Whiteside County Jail on $100,000 bond.

Poff appeared in Whiteside County court Tuesday via video conference, and public defender James

Heuerman, his attorney, requested the hearing be rescheduled to 9 a.m. Dec. 28.

According to police, Poff, who was wanted for a Whiteside County Corey G. warrant for failure to Poff Jr. appear, struck a squad car with his SUV during a traffic stop Sept. 1 and tried to run down Rock Falls Police officer Nicholas Neblung as he approached the vehicle.

Neblung then shot at the driver, who fled. The SUV was found three blocks away, and Poff was arrested 2 days later at a Rock Falls motel.

Neblung was cleared of any wrongdoing after documents, photographs, and audio and video recordings of the incident were reviewed. He returned to duty after 3 days of paid administrative leave.

The incident was one of two offi-

cer-involved shootings in the area within a week.

Dixon Police officers shot Justin R. Llanas, 33, of Dixon, on Sept. 7 after attempts to subdue him with stun guns failed.

Police say Llanas held a woman hostage and stabbed a man in front of them before they shot him.

Sgt. Michael Wolfley and officer Leslie Shaw, who fired the stun guns, and Detective Andrew Oros and officer Charles Thomas, who fired their weapons, were cleared of any wrongdoing last month. ​ Llanas, who is in Lee County Jail on $100,000 bond, is charged with attempted first-degree murder, which carries 6 to 30 years in prison, aggravated battery, unlawful restraint, domestic battery, and resisting/obstructing an officer.

He is scheduled to appear in Lee County court at 10 a.m. Dec. 22.

Giving Tuesday global fundraising initiative that was founded 5 years ago and takes place the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

The $10,000 donation to Home of Hope, 1637 Plock Road, was doubled through matching funds from a

Chicago organization.

Go to homeofhopeonline.org or call 815-288-4673 for more information on Home of Hope, or go to discoverdixon.org for more information on the Dixon Firefighters Charitable Association.

IN BRIEF Dixon firefighters donate $10K to Home of Hope DIXON – The Dixon Firefighters Charitable Association donated $10,000 to the Home of Hope Cancer Wellness Center on Tuesday.

The donation was a part of the

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ANNUAL STATEMENT OF AFFAIRS SUMMARY FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2016 Copies of the detailed Annual Statement of Affairs for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2016 will be available for public inspection in the school district/joint agreement administrative office by December 1, 2016. Individuals wanting to review this Annual Statement of Affairs should contact:

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Also by January 15, 2017 the detailed Annual Statement of Affairs for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2016, will be posted on the Illinois State Board of Education's website@ www.isbe.net.

SUMMARY: The following is the Annual Statement of Affairs Summary that is required to be published by the school district/joint agreement for the past fiscal year.

Statement of Operations as of June 30, 2016 Educational Local Sources Flow-Through Receipts/Revenues from One District to Another District State Sources Federal Sources Total Direct Receipts/Revenues Total Direct Disbursements/Expenditures Other Sources/Uses of Funds Beginning Fund Balances - July 1, 2015 Other Changes in Fund Balances Ending Fund Balances June 30, 2016

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Operations & Maintenance

Debt Services

Transportation

1,804,833

246,022

530,336

84,148

0 283,001 105,408 2,193,242

0 0 0 246,022

0 0 530,336

2,314,613 186,409 220,615 0 285,653

280,662 62,896 (65,309) 0 (37,053)

563,546 11,984 34,888 0 13,662

Municipal Retirement/Social Security

Capital Projects

Working Cash

Fire Prevention & Safety

Tort

89,428

3

21,210

111,793

5,321

0 45,606 0 129,754

0 0 0 89,428

0 0 3

0 0 21,210

0 0 111,793

0 0 5,321

141,137 0 93,543 0 82,160

84,876 0 117,246 0 121,798

16,125 15,945 177 0 0

(260,000) 710,164 0 471,374

73,443 0 28,582 0 66,932

0 0 2,264 0 7,585

SALARY SCHEDULE OF GROSS PAYMENTS FOR CERTIFIED PERSONNEL AND NON-CERTIFIED PERSONNEL GROSS PAYMENT FOR CERTIFIED PERSONNEL Salary Range: Less Than $25,000 Carol Barron, Michelle Beaty, Natalie Boone, Lisa Dubik, Erin Gannon Oates, Jill Hoelzer, Grace King, Brandi Molin, Erin Odle, Judy Prielipp, Paul Strohman, Jeffrey Svendsen, Theresa White Salary Range: $25,000- $39,999 Patricia Brummel, Malorie Dragonuk, Kelli Eastman, Emily Franzen, Kellen Irving, Emily Jamroch, Travis Kemmerer, Gerlyne Larson, Heather Nelson, Joshua Sarver, Justin Voss, Shannon Wiercinski Salary Range: $40,000 - $59,999 Tamara Geer, Brooke Grzanich, Kevin Hendley, Lynda LeMat, Pamela Marks, April Moorehead, Dawn Schmitt, Blake Strong, Tiffany Williams Salary Range: 60,000 - $89,999 John Hoelzer, Kimberly Siemers Salary Range: $90,000 and over Stanten Adcock, Charles Schneider GROSS PAYMENT FOR NON-CERTIFIED PERSONNEL Salary Range: Less Than $25,000 Theresa Arias, Kurt Bohlman, Lori Castaldo, Joetta Delay, Robert Edwards, Cassandra Eppard, Roger Essman, Jamie Gibson, David Glenn, Kathy Hadley, Sandra Heiman, Anita Hopkins, Julie Iversen, Niesa Jacobs, Debra Jacox, Kathleen Mangan, Cathy Martin, Barbara McCord, Mary Mendoza, Laura Negrete, Dawn Nicholson, Robert Odle, Jennifer Oros, Jen Penman, Justen Penman, Antonia Pierce, Anand Raja, Brittney Raymer, Terri Robinson, Eunice Rogers, Kristine Romanski, Corrine Rosenkrans, Daryl Rosenkrans, June Safranek, Deb Sensenbrenner, David Smith, Katie Thompson, Faith Timmerman, Patricia Torman, Emmylou Truckenbrod, Jeff Westbrook, Deann Wheeler, Patrick Wiley, Tammy Wiley, Jody Wilhelm, Steven Williams, William Zeman Salary Range: $25,000 - $39,999 Kathy Lamb, Kerry Moorehead, Steve Sellers, Penny Slaughterback November 30, 2016

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OBITUARIES Dorothy A. Webster ROYAL, Ark. – Dorothy Ann Webster, 91, of Royal, died Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016.

Dorothy was born Feb. 10, 1925, in Dixon, to Edwin and Madge Barlow.

She was a member of Church of God of Abrahamic Faith.

Survivors include her children, Lori Wilson, Janeen Clark and Charles Webster Jr.; siblings, Betty Near, Helen Midgett, and Edwin Barlow Jr.; five grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

FUNERAL SERVICES FOR THE WEEK

Dorothy was preceded in death by her husband, Charles E. Webster Sr.; and a sister, Lois Doty.

A memorial service will be at 6 p.m.

Thursday at Forest Hills Church of God in Royal. Cremation rites will be handled

by Caruth-Hale Funeral Home in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Interment will be at a later date at Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, Florida.

Visit caruth-hale.com to send condolences.

▟ Today’s visitations: Eva Gallegos of Sterling, 9:30 a.m. at Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation in Sterling.

Michael R. Feldthouse, formerly of Sterling, 11 a.m.1 p.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls. ▟ Today’s funerals: Gertrude Puels of Rock Falls; 9:30 a.m. graveside service at Oak Knoll Memorial Park in Sterling.

Arlen C. “Art� Wright of Mount Morris, 10 a.m. at Farrell-Holland-Gale Funeral Home in Oregon.

Eva Gallegos of Sterling, 11:30 a.m. at Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation in Sterling.

Michael R. Feldthouse,

Larry M. Hagen DIXON – Larry M. Hagen, 71, of Dixon, died Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016, at Edward Hospital in Naperville.

Preston-Schilling Funeral Home in Dixon is handling arrangements.

Michael C. Greve DIXON – Michael C. Greve Sr., 61, of Dixon, died Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016, at his home.

He was born Oct. 26, 1955, in Woodstock, the son of William and Lillian (Miller) Greve.

He had worked at Plews-Edelmann, IMECO, and SGS Refrigeration, all in Dixon; as well as Amboy Garden Shop.

Michael was a veteran of the Air Force. He was a member of Dixon VFW Post 540, and Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church in Dixon.

Survivors include his children, Michael (Priscilla Young) Greve Jr. and Mark (Jackie) Greve, both of Dixon, and Michelle Greve of Oregon; 10 grandchildren; his mother, Lillian Greve of Harvard; three brothers, Bill Greve of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, Kenny Greve of Darlington, Wisconsin, and Bobby (Theresa) Greve

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He was preceded in death by his father; one brother; two sisters; and foster parents, Bud and Barbara Nicholson.

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The company estimates that the transmission line would reduce the annual cost of wholesale electricity by $320 million in its first year of operation, and schools and other public entities would receive millions from the project during the first 20 years.

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Clean Line Energy said the high court’s decision could come down as early as May. The project route was to begin in Iowa’s O’Brien County, enter Illinois between Cordova and Port Byron, continue through Whiteside County just southwest of Erie, through the entire north edge of Bureau County, and end in Grundy County.

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Brooks began as a deputy sheriff in 1963 and served 20 years as sheriff from 1970 to 1990, the longest tenure of any sheriff, and has served on the county board another 21 years.

Brooks said he did not expect the award that came at his final board meeting. He did not seek re-election this year.

“I was surprised,” he said Friday. “I felt very honored that the board would do that for me.”

Brooks also served on the National Sheriff Board of Directors for 17 years while he was sheriff.

According to the resolution, Brooks’ name has appeared on 44 different ballots without a single loss. Over the years, he ran for sheriff, the National Sheriff Board of Directors, county board,

and Republican precinct committeeman.

He said he’s enjoyed his years of public service.

“I want to thank the residents of Ogle County for allowing me to serve them all those years,” Brooks said. “This is a good county, and it has good people.”

Thrust into the saddle Born and raised in the county, Brooks said he really didn’t set out to be a police officer.

His career started with Ogle Service Co., where he sold farm supplies. He then took a job in Dixon managing the same business in Lee County.

“I had a good job. I was making good money,” Brooks said.

That all changed one Saturday night in December 1962, when his uncle, Leonard Warner, an Ogle County deputy under then-sheriff Bill Spen-

cer, asked Brooks to ride along with him while he was on duty.

Early in the Jerry patrol, WarBrooks ner said he needed to stop at home. When he returned to the squad car he told Brooks he didn’t feel well.

“He said ‘take it – you’re on till 2 a.m.,’” Brooks remembered with a chuckle. “I said ‘take what?’”

“You’re on duty. I talked to Bill [Spencer], and he said it’s okay. You’re car 62,” was Warner’s reply.

Brooks remembered feeling out of his element.

“Every time the radio crackled, I thought ‘I hope they aren’t calling 62,’” he said.

That was not to be the case. He got called to a fight at Mt. Morris Estates.

When he pulled up at

the scene, he saw two men outside fighting.

He grabbed a blackjack from the car and slapped it hard against his palm to get their attention before he told them “You guys knock it off or you’re going to Oregon [to jail].”

It worked. The fight was over.

The next call was another fight just up the road at a bar on state Route 72, west of Leaf River.

Thinking his previous technique had worked so well, he tried the same approach.

However, this was a fullblown four-man tavern brawl.

“Nothing happened,” he said, laughing. But eventually he persuaded the brawlers to leave.

On the payroll The experience whetted Brooks’ interest in law enforcement, and it wasn’t long before he was filling in regularly on Sat-

urday nights.

He did it without pay.

“We had a policy at my job that you couldn’t take a second job for pay,” he said.

About 6 months later, Spencer asked Brooks to become a full-time deputy. He thought about it, but not for long.

“I took a pay cut, but I liked it so well,” he said.

After Brooks had worked full-time for several months, Spencer realized his new officer had never been officially sworn in and remedied that a few minutes later.

Brooks also had no uniform at first but wore his own khaki pants and shirt on duty because the sheriff’s department’s budget was tight.

“I loved law enforcement,” Brooks said “That’s why I took the pay cut, and that’s why I ran for sheriff.”

He was elected in 1970 – and four more times before retiring in 1990.

His wife, Barbara, also came to work for the department – first as secretary for the detectives, and eventually retiring as administrative assistant after 23 years.

It takes a department Brooks credited his staff for the successes during his tenure.

“In my 20 years as sheriff, every major felony was solved,” he said. “The reason for solving the crimes is that the deputies were very dedicated.

I had excellent employees. My department all worked together. I was really proud of them.”

He also credited God. His mother and sister were part of a prayer group that regularly prayed for Brooks and the department.

“God was helping us through their prayers,” he said. “I give my Lord credit for always being with me.”

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“Chance was pretty much the star of the show, which is pretty much what we hoped for,” Principal Andrew Nelson said.

“When you get a student talking about something that’s affected them positively, people stand up and listen.”

Merrill, 18, went scriptless, although he had talking points he made sure he hit.

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He rode the confidence OP gave him to an intern-

ship building an app for a company called fishwithme.net, but quickly realized his and the company’s goals didn’t align.

And that’s OK. “I think it’s an amazing experience to do at a young age, to find out what you don’t want to do,” Merrill said. “I think you learn just as much or even more from failures as successes.”

Fellow senior Ellen Reckamp and junior Valeria Viteri-Pflucker accompanied Sitze, Davidson, Nelson, Superintendent Tom Mahoney and school board member Brian Wills to the National Rural Education Conference in October at Ohio State University.

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“Open has taught me a lot of self-reliance,” ViteriPflucker said. “At first, it was just really weird, a very different experience.

It opened my eyes to the fact that, even though I’m in high school, there’s so much I can do. I can explore what I want to do.”

Reckamp also stepped in for Davidson at the Illinois State Board of Education at its banquet Oct. 22 in Bloomington-Normal, and helped receive a Those Who Excel team award for excellence – the highest honor ISBE gives.

She also got something of a job offer at the Ohio

conference from a very reputable person: the keynote speaker, Lela Schober, who was recently named Arizona’s rural educator of the year.

“She told me when I graduate [from college] to call her, and she’ll have a job for me,” she said.

In the meantime, she’s looking forward to serving as a teacher’s assistant in Open Program next semester, something Viteri-Pflucker would like to do next year, too. The program’s alumni still drop in from time to time to serve as mentors – and to watch the magic happen.

“It’s a really amazing experience to see students realize their potential in the Open Program,” Merrill said.

Twenty-one sophomores are in the program this year, compared to 12 at the end of the first semester in 2013, when it was piloted.

The Geneseo School District visited and observed the program in the spring semester, and some out-of-state school districts would like to visit this upcoming spring.

At the heart of the gospel those districts need to hear, Merrill said, is that Open Program is about as far from a cookie-cutter initiative as there is.

“A lot of students who come into Open Program aren’t honor students, and aren’t taking advanced classes. In Open Program, they can explore their passions and succeed.”

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THE CARTOONIST’S VOICE

Dave Granlund, GateHouse News Service

Farewell to Prairie Sally What we think Nachusa Grasslands lost a good friend when longtime advocate Sally Baumgardner died recently. We offer our condolences to her family and friends.

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ne of the great writings about Nachusa pleasures of Grasslands with SVM working in the readers, including her newspaper business is April 2007 description of the opportunity to meet cleaning out 18 bluebird a variety of interesting nest boxes at the start people. of the new season. She For us at Sauk Valley closed that column as folMedia, one of those lows: people was the late Sally “The bluebird trail will Baumgardner of rural be left on its own for a Franklin Grove.

You might have seen Sally’s obituary in Sauk Valley Media a week ago Monday.

She died Nov. 19 at age 79 after enduring a number of health problems.

Her husband of 57 years, Max Baumgardner, detailed them in a letter to The Reader’s Voice Sally Baumgardner (1937-2016) in September: and friend “encephalitis, a concussion, seizures, and month or so, waiting for now a heart attack and this year’s residents and stroke.” their young. Along with We were saddened to bluebirds, we can expect hear about Sally’s death. some tree swallows, We offer our sincere and some wrens and maybe heartfelt condolences even another family of to Max and his family as mice. This amazes visitthey grieve their loss. ing school kids, that mice The Sally Baumgardner can climb 4 to 5 feet up we’ll remember will not a pole. (Well, they have be the woman afflicted babies to feed!) with serious health issues “So I tell the students: toward the end of her life. always expect the unexWe’ll remember the pected. What other Sally who enthusiastically remains might they loved Nachusa Grassfind after mice, unlucky lands in rural Lee and pheasants, bunnies or Ogle counties. grassland sparrows?

We’ll remember the Get outdoors and look Sally who enjoyed livaround!” ing with Max adjacent In November 2010, she to this sprawling prairie wrote in to thank people preserve at their Rolling who had responded to Thunder Prairie home. her invitation to come We’ll remember the out to help plant the Sally who worked tireseeds of a rare prairie lessly over the years to orchid. help recreate the prairie’s “This was a good comflora and fauna. munity service project We’ll remember the for the Scouts as well as Sally who shared her love a great day for Nachusa for prairie plants and Grasslands. … Thank animals with the public you all.” at Autumn on the Prairie In January 2011, she festivities during Septem- wrote about the value bers at Nachusa Grassof snakes, including her lands. friend, the aforementioned Professor.

WE’LL REMEMBER the “It’s a good idea to have Sally who participated in snakes around to control and publicized workdays mice. But that feature for prairie seed collection alone isn’t good enough and planting. to convince the head of We’ll remember the Sally this household.” who educated children Finally, we’ll remember about prairie creatures, Sally as she appeared at among them hawks and the newsroom door in a longtime friend, The the 1990s, a smile on her Professor, a harmless fox face and a floppy disk in snake that was rehabilihand containing her next tated after being injured. column about Nachusa We’ll remember the Grasslands.

Sally who shared her May she rest in peace.

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Give manufacturers a hand Worker’s comp insurance costs are way too high AUSTIN BERG Illinois Policy Institute

Al Popovich is a maker.

He’s been in the manufacturing business since he was an 18-year-old trying to earn a living in Chicago. He raised four kids with his work. But he wasn’t his own boss until 4 years ago.

Popovich has been running a small “job shop” near his home in Will County since 2012.

That means he works for manufacturers, making prototypes, custom parts and parts that are hard to find. He has two fulltime employees earning between $20 and $30 an hour.

But it hasn’t been easy.

Popovich isn’t hiring, and he’s had to let go of parttime help because of high costs. Chief among them is workers’ compensation insurance – a cost burden lawmakers on both sides of the aisle can agree is too high. However, action in the General Assembly has been lacking.

“I almost couldn’t start this business because of insurance costs,” Popovich said. “You look at your bank account one day and say ‘OK, I’m doing pretty good.’ The

next day you’re wondering if you’re going to be able to eat.”

Illinoisans have been told to wait until after the election to expect reforms on this front.

Austin Nov. 8 has Berg come and gone – it’s time to get moving.

Workers’ compensation costs in Illinois are the highest in the Midwest, according to the state of Oregon’s 2016 study of systems across the country. It’s common for Illinois manufacturing businesses to see workers’ compensation alone eat up more than 10 percent of payroll. That can be double or triple the rate of surrounding states.

Unsurprisingly, the manufacturers that bear the brunt of that burden are bleeding.

More than 6,000 Illinois manufacturing jobs disappeared in 2015, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data. And all signs point to things getting worse.

The most recent data from September show Illinois has lost 8,500 manufacturing jobs so far this year.

Of course, the global economy has transformed the American

manufacturing landscape. And the mix of Illinois industry is unique.

But that doesn’t make Illinois manufacturers escaping to other states any less concerning.

“We’re lucky our little shop has found a niche,” Popovich said. “To be honest, if you’re making standard parts, you can’t compete with guys in Wisconsin and Indiana, let alone China.”

Efforts to bring workers’ compensation costs in line with surrounding states have been stymied in the General Assembly. Trial lawyers like the system the way it is, and have spent millions over the years to ensure it doesn’t change much.

OREGON, A DEEP blue state, used to be just as bad on workers’ compensation as Illinois is now. It ranked as one of the most costly systems in the nation before it started releasing a study comparing costs across states in 1986.

But some reforms that stark reality brought have made Oregon among the most competitive states in the nation when it comes to workers’ compensation.

One reform sorely needed in Illinois relates to what’s called the “causation standard.” Currently, an Illinois employer can be on the hook for mil-

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The most recent data from September show Illinois has lost 8,500 manufacturing jobs so far this year.

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lions of dollars if its workplace contributes to 1 percent of a worker’s injury.

That used to be the case in Oregon, too. But Oregon’s lawmakers acted in 1990, and wrote a law saying a workplace must be at least 51 percent responsible for the problem. This common-sense standard helped to lower costs for employers.

Illinois has some good reasons for manufacturers to locate here: a great workforce, location and low energy costs, to name a few. But Illinois needs to make the whole picture more attractive to manufacturers, and that requires reform to the workers’ compensation system.

Note to readers: Austin Berg is a writer for the Illinois Policy Institute. He wrote this column for the Illinois News Network, a project of the Institute.

Berg can be reached at aberg@illinoispolicy.org.

THE READER’S VOICE

With Trump in charge, prepare for bumpy ride KATHRYN BONNELL Amboy

Yep. I’m in mourning. I expected a party and got a funeral. The only question is, how long and at what expense is this funeral going to be?

I still can’t believe Hillary lost to a thrice-married playboy, who is a pathological liar, egomaniac, narcissist, racist, sexist, misogynist and xenophobe, who wants to govern like an authori-

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Wake up, America. We are heading down a very dangerous path.

The Democrats put on a much better convention, and Hillary clearly won all three debates. Hillary has brains, experience, organization, a thick skin and, yes, stamina. I guess being male “trumps” intelligence, grace and decency.

Hillary won the popular vote by more than 2 million votes. She should be our next president and would be if not for the outdated Electoral College. It should be abolished, and Barbara Boxer

is trying to do just that.

And these idiots who are clamoring “Make America White Again,” with swastikas no less, are forgetting that EVERY white person in this country is a descendant of immigrants. The only true Americans are the Native American Indians.

We are a nation of immigrants. Our diversity makes us great.

Trump is going to be our president. I only hope he will be as shrewd at uniting the country now, as he was in dividing it during the campaign.

I hope he does succeed, because if he does,

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so does the country. He faces historic challenges. I hope he’s up to the challenge.

We need to look for common ground and reasons to work together.

I hope the Democrats don’t do to Trump what the Republicans did to Obama. Obstruction, obstruction, obstruction.

Look where that got us.

I’m sure the Democrats will be smarter than that.

I am willing to give him a chance, but I am not holding my breath.

I hope we don’t end up with buyer’s remorse.

Buckle up, it’s gonna be a bumpy ride.

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TENNESSEE | SEVERE WEATHER

Survivors flee through hell-like landscape Wildfires kill 3 people, damage hundreds of homes and resort GATLINBURG, Tenn.

(AP) – With flames dripping from tree branches like lava and the air filled with embers, thousands of people raced through a hell-like landscape as they fled from wildfires that killed three people and destroyed hundreds of homes and a resort in the Great Smoky Mountains.

Fanned by hurricaneforce winds, the flames reached the doorstep of Dollywood, the theme park named after country music legend and local hero Dolly Parton. But the attraction was spared any significant damage.

The fires spread quickly on Monday night, when winds topping 87 mph whipped up the flames, catching residents and tourists in the Gatlinburg area by surprise. Police banged on front doors

and told people to get out immediately. Some trekked 20 minutes to catch lifesaving rides on trolleys usually reserved for tours and wedding parties. “There was fire everywhere. It was like we were in hell,� said Linda Monholland, who was working at Park View Inn in Gatlinburg when she and five other people fled on foot. “Walking through hell, that’s what it was. I can’t believe it. I never want to see something like that again in my life, ever.� “Hell opened up,� her coworker Sissy Stinnett said.

In all, more than 14,000 residents and tourists were forced to evacuate the tourist city in the mountains, where some hotspots persisted and a curfew was planned for Tuesday night.

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Polo Gutierrez climbs onto the foundation of a destroyed home to try and see if his apartment building is still standing Tuesday in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, after a wildfire swept through the area Monday. Gutierrez fled his apartment with other residents as fires approached the previous night.

No details on the deaths were immediately available. More than a dozen people were injured.

The winds calmed and rain fell on some of the fires early Tuesday, but officials were worried that fire could spread again by evening, with forecasts calling for winds up to 60 mph.

Gatlinburg Fire Chief Greg Miller said officials were still conducting search-and-rescue missions. “We have not been able to get in all of the areas,�

Miller said. “We pray that we don’t experience any more fatalities, but there are still areas that we are

trying to get to� because of downed trees and power lines.

Photos of the Gatlinburg area showed scorched cars and buildings and soot-covered debris scattered across roads. A smoky haze hung in the air, obscuring picturesque fall views of the mountains awash in red, yellow and gold leaves.

Though wildfires have been burning for several weeks across the drought-stricken South, Monday marked the first time any homes and businesses were destroyed on a large scale.

The wildfires spread when winds blew trees onto power lines, sparking new fires and shooting embers over long distances. Hundreds of homes and other buildings, including a 16-story hotel, were damaged or destroyed.

Emergency officials ordered evacuations in downtown Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge and

in other areas of Sevier County near the Great Smoky Mountains.

About 1,200 people took shelter at the Gatlinburg Community Center and the Rocky Top Sports Park, an 80-acre sports facility-turned-shelter.

Tammy Dillon had just come home from work when police banged on her door around 9:30 p.m.

Monday. She said she drove through a fiery scene to get to Rocky Top Sports World, where she spent the night in a car. “We drove through flames, over hot embers in the road. It was awful,�

Dillon said.

In downtown Gatlinburg, workers at Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies left behind more than 10,000 fish and other animals. Police escorted a team of marine biologists and life support experts back into the aquarium Tuesday, and the animals were doing fine, Ripley’s said in a news release.

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

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

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.

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, 815-336-2191.

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

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

COMMUNITY EVENTS Wednesday, Nov. 30 Open pool, open cards, and computer lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815622-9230.

Coffee, 8 a.m., Mount Morris Senior Center, 9 E. Front St., 815-734-6335.

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.

Stretch & Move, 9 a.m., Mount Morris Senior Center, 9 E. Front St., 815-734-6335.

Kings on Corner cards, 9 a.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815622-9230.

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

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

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

Canasta, 10 a.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Lifescape Lunch, 11:30 a.m., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon. Reservations: 815-288-9236.

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

Organized Wii Bowling games, noon, Post House Com-

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

500, noon, Polo Area Senior Services, 101 E. Mason St., 815946-3818.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bridge, 1 p.m., Mount Morris Senior Center, 9 E. Front St., 815-734-6335.

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.

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

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

Mindfulness Meditation community sitting sessions, 5:306:30 p.m., Mind Body Spirit Connection, 1254 N. Galena Ave., Dixon, 563-210-6516.

Kings Kids Club, 6 p.m., Lib-

erty Baptist Church, 2002 Ninth Ave., Rock Falls, 815-579-1209 or 815-625-4101.

Thursday, Dec. 1 Open pool, open cards, and computer lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815622-9230.

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.

Coffee, 8 a.m., Mount Morris Senior Center, 9 E. Front St., 815-734-6335.

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

Burn exercise class, 8:309 a.m., Polo Area Senior Services, 101 E. Mason St., 815-946-3818.

Kings on Corner cards, 9 a.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815622-9230.

Bingo and popcorn, 9-10 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Boot Scootin’ Seniors, 9:15 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815732-3252.

Bags, 10 a.m., Mount Morris Senior Center, 9 E. Front St., 815-734-6335.

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

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

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

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

Lifescape lunch, 11:30 a.m., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815288-9236. Sign up by 10 a.m. previous business day.

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

Mexican Train, noon, Polo Area Senior Services, 101 E. Mason St., 815-946-3818.

Hand and Foot card game, 12:15 p.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815732-3252.

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Man enjoys new-found popularity in bed dearABBY Abigail Van Buren’s (Jeanne Phillips) column appears during the week through Universal Press Syndicate.

previously, he is prone to seduction. He said they didn’t mean anything to him and that he wants to be with me.

I have dropped the matter for now, but I’m still concerned. I have tried to step up my game in the bedroom, and I’m willing to do anything to stop him from look-

ing elsewhere. How do I make him give up his harem?

– Willing to do Anything Dear Willing to do Anything, I wish you had more clearly defined what “prone to seduction” means. Was he saying that because years ago he had little success with women he is enjoying the attention?

While you might be willing to “do anything” to have him all to yourself, if this man craves variety and is trying to make up for lost time, there’s nothing you can do to dissuade him. The two of you appear to be at very different places in your lives. If you want a man who is willing to

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LOS ANGELES – Mariah Carey knows how to make an entrance.

The Grammy winning singer arrived at the TV Critics summer meeting accompanied by a bevy of shirtless men who escorted her to a gold trimmed chaise lounge covered in royal purple velvet. That’s where she sat to field questions – using a blinged out microphone –about her new reality series on E! “Mariah’s World” is an eight episode, 1-hour series that offers a behind-thescenes look at Carey as she begins her “Sweet Sweet Fantasy” tour of the United Kingdom, Europe and Africa. At the time of the interview in August, the series was to also include Carey planning her wedding to Australian business mogul, James Packer. Since then they have parted ways.

“We are going on tour, and I haven’t been on tour in Europe in at least, like, 10 years,” Carey says as if talking to one of the crowds who have packed her sold out shows. “For real. I was, like, let’s just show the behind the scenes, what it really takes to do a tour, what it really takes for all these people to, kind of, get together and work together and become a family and mainly, you know, watch how the music evolves, watch the process, and watch how the different personalities interact, but it’s also I mean, it’s my life, and I figured, if I don’t document this right now, I’m not sure when I’m going to go on tour again. The reason why we call it more a docu-series is because it feels like a documentary. I don’t even watch reality.”

That’s because she doesn’t have time to watch TV. Carey, who is known for hits like “All I Want for Christmas is You,” “Honey,” and “We Belong Together,” is a five-time Grammy Award winner,

32-time Billboard Music Award winner, 21-time World Music Award winner and Mariah 10-time Carey American Music Award winner.

She’s the best-selling female artist of all time, with more than 220 million records sold and 18 No. 1 singles – the most for any solo artist in history. She’s sold out arenas around the world and is a Congressional Award recipient. Then there’s her work for Save the Music, World Hunger Relief, the Elton John AIDS Foundation and the MakeA-Wish Foundation.

As she reclines on the fancy sofa in a dress that looks like it probably cost more than the combined weekly salaries of all the TV critics in the room, Carey talks about the biggest misconception the world has about her – no one knows the real Mariah Carey.

“If somebody just sees me on TV or a video or this or an interview, it’s not enough time to get to know somebody. If you know somebody for 10 years and they are your friend, you kind of know the real them,” Carey says. “Hopefully, they’ll see other sides of me that they either find entertaining or does something good instead of bad.”

Carey says she has a difficult time describing who she really is. She acts differently when she’s alone or with friends. There’s a bit of a jokester in her, and she can be a bit bossy. She says she always tries to be a nice person.

“That is a boring answer, but I don’t know how to explain that there’s just things that happen where you just go with it because it’s not scripted,” Carey says. “Somebody asked me something about scripted or whatever. It’s not scripted.”

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Dear Abby, I was just offered a huge promotion at my company. It will mean more than a 40 percent increase in pay, which is unheard of in my company, which has more than 10,000 employees.

People in my department are not taking it well. Even my director did not congratulate me.

Taking on this new endeavor kind of scares me. I have had a tough year in my current position, and this new job is seriously tailored to me.

My current manager – who is new to the department – feels this job was

meant for me. She says I need a fresh start, and she has faith in me.

What’s awkward is, the position involves working with some of the same people I worked with previously, although in a different capacity. Am I taking on too much? I know the team I will be working with, and I have a feeling I will love it. I’m just scared of setting myself up for failure. My boss and new manager are giving me a great opportunity, and I don’t want to let anyone down.

– Unsure in the Midwest Dear Unsure, If your boss and new manager didn’t feel you were capable of taking on the new assignment,

they could have offered the job to the numerous other people at the company. Your former director may not have congratulated you because he/she was jealous, so do not take the silence to heart.

As to your fear that you won’t succeed, all you can do is give it your best and keep moving forward. If you do that, you won’t let anybody down – including yourself.

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

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Thursday, Dec. 1 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.

Blood pressure screenings, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Whiteside County Health Department, 1300 W. Second St., Rock Falls, 815626-2230.

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

TOPS IL 825, 9-10 a.m. weigh-in, meeting at 10 a.m., Coventry Activity Center, 612 St. Mary’s Road, Sterling, 815626-0034.

American Red Cross blood drive, 9 a.m.-8 p.m., CGH Medical Center, 100 E. LeFevre Road, Sterling. Appointments: 800-733-2767.

Computer classes, 9 and 10 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Free blood pressure checks, 10-11:30 a.m., Oregon Living & Rehab Center, 811 S. 10th St. Alcoholics Anonymous Gratitude Group, noon, Big Book, closed; 6 p.m. literature, open; lower level, Loveland Community House, 513 W. Second St., Dixon.

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

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

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, noon, 7 p.m., open, 12x12, back door, 1503 First Ave., Suite D, Rock Falls.

Lee County Sheriff’s Deputy Reserves, 7:30 p.m., Law Enforcement Center, 306 S. Hennepin Ave., Dixon.

AMVETS Post 167 Auxiliary, 7:30 p.m., Sterling American Legion, 601 First Ave. Rock River Valley Barbershop Chorus practice, 7 p.m., Rock Falls Community Building, 603 W. 10th St., 815-6261574.

Self Help Parents Association, 7:30 p.m., Self Help Enterprises, 2300 W. LeFevre Road, Sterling.

Sterling-Rock River Masonic Lodge 612, 7:30 p.m., 113 1/2 W. Third St. Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed, United Steelworkers, 502 Woodburn Ave., Sterling.

Congressman Adam Kinzinger traveling office hours, 1:30-2:30 p.m., State Rep. Tom Demmer’s office, 1221 Currency Court, Rochelle.

Volunteer Care Center of Lee County, 2-5 p.m., 101 W. Second St., Dixon. Appointments: 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.

Al-Anon-Alateen, 4 p.m., Wesley Chapel Annex, 200 S. Hickory St., Shannon.

Mindfulness Meditation and group dialogue, 5:30-6:30 p.m., lower level, United Way of Whiteside County building, 502 First Ave., Sterling, 563-210-6516.

Lee County Veterans Assistance Commission, 6:30 p.m., Dixon VFW Post 540, 1560 Franklin Grove Road.

Covered Bridge Quilters Guild, 6:30 p.m., Evangelical Covenant Church, 24 N. Main St., Princeton, 815-224-2563.

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

Rock River Lodge AF & AM, 7 p.m., 113 1/2 W. Third St., Sterling.

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

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

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

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., open, back door, 707 First Ave., Suite A, Rock Falls.

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

Friday, Dec. 2 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.

Blood pressure screenings, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Whiteside County Health Department, 1300 W. Second St., Rock Falls, 815626-2230.

Whiteside County Genealogists meeting, 9 a.m., Sauk Valley Area Chamber of Commerce meeting room, 211 Locust St., Sterling, Marilyn, 815-625-1370, ext. 20.

Mercy Nursing Services free blood pressure clinic, 9:30-11:30 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 checks, 11 a.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815589-3925.

Alcoholics Anonymous Gratitude Group, noon, open; 6 p.m., open, lower level, Loveland Community House, 513 W. Second St., Dixon.

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

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

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, noon, open, this is your meeting; 7 p.m., open, Grapevine, back door, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., women’s, closed, back door, Reformed Church parsonage, 703 14th Ave., Fulton.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., open; Al-Anon-Alateen, 7 p.m., Immanuel Lutheran Church, 960 U.S. Route 52, Amboy.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, Rochelle Community Hospital, 900 N. Second St. Reformers Unanimous, an addiction abstinence program, 7-9 p.m., First Baptist Church, 24 N. Mason Ave., Amboy, 815-857-2682.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., closed, First Congregational Church, 218 E. Third St., Prophetstown.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed (6), Church of God, 816 S. Clay St., Mount Carroll.

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Roots you won’t be able to put down These vegetables might be ugly, but they taste so good

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BY DANIEL NEMAN Tribune News Service

t’s easy to root for root vegetables.

They are the underdogs of the culinary world, the downtrodden and forgotten in a world of shining stars. They will never be fashionable, never hip. They will not achieve the fleeting popularity of quinoa, farro, pork bellies or even kale.

They are, and will always be, just root vegetables.

They do not know the joy of growing in the sunshine; they burrow instead into the dirt. They can be a little hard to cook and a little hard to eat. And if truth be told, they tend to be kind of ugly.

And yet they taste so, so good.

My favorite root vegetable is probably the homeliest of the lot. Celeriac is the root of a plant in the celery family; it is often called celery root. It tastes like celery, too, only a milder version and smoother. It’s sort of like Celery Lite.

Which happens to make it perfect for cream of celeriac soup. Celery is a little too assertive for soup, though plenty of people use it, but celeriac makes a soup that sparkles with sophistication.

The secret is to begin with a cream base. The secret to many things is to begin with a cream base. Frankly, if you began with a cream base, you could make gravel taste good.

To make a cream base, saute onions and shallots in oil; then add white wine and then stock, and reduce each one until it is nearly dry. Once those flavors have concentrated, only then do you add the cream. And it is magnificent.

To make the soup, just simmer celeriac in the cream base and a little more stock until it is tender. Then puree.

Parsnips are easy to slice thin, which helps to make delicately crispy chips.

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Ho, ho, hold back those extra pounds

BY SHERRY DEWALT CGH Medical Center

Tempted to indulge in holiday goodies yet?

Maybe take a break from exercise? After all, ‘tis the season.

Warning: Holiday eating and less activity can tip the balance from “maintain” to “gain” before you know it.

Unfortunately, we often keep those extra pounds after the holidays are over, and they accumulate from year to year.

It can be hard to say no to treats and even harder to stick to a workout schedule during the holidays, but it is definitely worth it. Here are some startling statistics that might just put you in the right mindset: • A 1 percent body weight gain (2 pounds if you weigh 200) is enough to negatively affect insulin sensitivity, increase belly fat, and raise LDL cholesterol.

This comes from a study

by Studies Targeting Risk Reduction Interventions through Defined Exercise, which looked at exercise as it relates to cardiovascular disease risk factors. The weight

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

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gain in this instance resulted from lack of physical activity.

• Less than a week of inactivity can undo the effects of 10 weeks of training. This study from 1992 had participants exercise just one of their legs. After 10 weeks of training, insulin sensitivity improved by 25 percent. The improvement disappeared after only 6 days without exercise.

• In addition to insulin sensitivity, balance and muscle strength can decline significantly, by as much as 8 percent as soon as 3 weeks after stopping exercise, as shown by a 2010 study of older adults who had gained strength and balance through

regular training and then stopped exercising.

It’s important to keep exercising for other reasons, as well. Exercise relieves stress, can improve your mood, and helps strengthen your immune system – important benefits any time, but even more so during the hectic holiday season.

In addition to a regular pattern of activity, follow eating strategies that help to regulate blood sugar and make it easier to say no to holiday treats: • Fill up on whole, fresh, fiber-rich foods: fruits, vegetables, beans, whole grains, nuts, and seeds.

Filling foods help stave off hunger.

• Don’t eat (or drink) sweet things on an empty stomach. This can set off a roller-coaster of blood sugar ups and downs that trigger cravings.

• Don’t skip meals.

If you let yourself get too hungry, you will be more apt to reach for unhealthy things.

These tips and staying active thought the holidays might just help you avoid a few extra pounds.

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LEFT: Celery is a little too assertive for soup, though plenty of people use it, but celeriac makes a soup that sparkles with sophistication. MIDDLE: Rutabaga puree with leeks at its heart is an improvement on mashed potatoes. It’s mashed potatoes with a lot more flavor. RIGHT: For braised turnips with thyme, simmer together turnips, rutabagas, onion, garlic and a carrot, plus thyme for flavor, salt for seasoning and a bit of flour to thicken the sauce.

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For my next root vegetable, I chose parsnips – because I can use them to make parsnip chips.

Actually, you can use many root vegetables to make chips (after all, potatoes are also root vegetables), but I like parsnips because of their inherent sweetness.

It’s not an overpowering sweetness, it’s just enough to be a foil to the root’s earthiness.

Parsnips are also easy to slice thin, which helps to make delicately crispy chips. You can use a mandoline if you have one, but if you don’t you can find just as much success with an ordinary vegetable peeler.

Parsnip chips are simple to make and delicious, but perhaps their greatest benefit comes when you serve them to others. Your guests will look at you in amazement and say, “What are these? They’re wonderful.� “Oh,� you can say. “Just some root vegetable.�

Turnips are usually thought of as that thing you forget to add to soups, but they have many wonderful uses of their own. I used them to make a main course, braised turnips with thyme.

This is a hearty dish,

a vegetable stew with a spectacular twist. You simmer together turnips, rutabagas, onion, garlic and a carrot, plus thyme for flavor, salt for seasoning and a bit of flour to thicken the sauce.

So far, so good. A bit of parsley, a bit of pepper and you have a typical vegetable ragout – or at least typical for a ragout that uses root vegetables as its primary ingredients.

And then there’s that twist: You add Dijon mustard and cream. Not much of either, but just enough to change the flavor completely and lift the dish into the stratosphere.

Finally, I made a rutabaga puree with leeks, which at its heart is an improvement on mashed potatoes. It’s mashed potatoes with a lot more flavor.

You actually begin with a potato. But then you add rutabagas, with their intriguingly earthy taste, and leeks, with a subtle dose of onion. A single clove of garlic adds a hint of more flavor, and thyme contributes its fair share as well. Cream (or something less fattening) and butter finish the dish.

You might never look at a mashed potato again.

When you’re eating something as sublime as rutabaga puree, it’s hard to believe that some people actually look down on root vegetables.

Cream of Celeriac Soup Yield: 8 servings 1 tablespoon extravirgin olive oil 1 large onion, diced 4 shallots, sliced 1 cup dry white wine 4 cups chicken stock, divided 3 cups heavy cream 1 large or 2 small celeriac roots Salt and white pepper, to taste 1. Put oil in a large pot over medium-high heat and saute onion and shallots until clear, about 5 to 7 minutes.

Add white wine and reduce until almost dry. Add 2 cups of the chicken stock and reduce until almost dry.

Add the cream and simmer slowly until reduced by about 1â „5, approximately 10 minutes. Strain and reserve the liquid.

2. Thoroughly peel the celeriac roots, cutting off any fibrous parts you can’t get with the peeler. Cut into ½-inch cubes. Add the cubes and the remaining 2 cups of chicken stock to the reserved cream base and simmer until the celeriac is tender, about 15 to 20 minutes.

3. In batches, pour into a blender and puree. Taste for salt and add white pepper, if needed.

Per serving: 428 calories; 36 g fat; 21 g saturated fat; 105 mg cholesterol; 7 g protein; 16 g carbohy-

drate; 7 g sugar; 2 g fiber; 256 mg sodium; 98 mg calcium.

Parsnip Chips Yield: Varies Parsnips Vegetable oil Salt 1. Peel parsnips. Use mandoline or vegetable peeler to cut thin slices of parsnip – lengthwise slices will create interesting shapes.

2. Pour oil at least 4 inches deep into a medium or large pot and heat to 350 to 375 degrees. Add a few parsnip slices, without crowding the pot. Fry until the edges (and a little more) are brown, about 1 minute. Immediately remove with a spider or slotted spoon and transfer to a plate with paper towels. Liberally sprinkle with salt, and continue in this manner until you have made the number of parsnip chips you want.

Braised Turnips with Thyme Yield: 4 servings 1 pound turnips, preferably small 2 rutabagas, peeled and diced into ½-inch cubes 1 to 2 tablespoons butter 1 onion, finely diced 3 small cloves garlic, halved 1 carrot, cut into medium dices

4 sprigs of thyme, or Ÿ teaspoon dried Ÿ teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons flour 2 tablespoons chopped parsley Black pepper 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard Ÿ cup cream or crème fraiche 1. Cut turnips into sixths and parboil in salted water for 1 minute. Parboil the rutabagas for 3 minutes.

2. Melt the butter in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Add the onion, garlic, rutabagas, carrot and thyme.

Cook for 3 to 4 minutes, then add turnips. Season with the salt and sprinkle with the flour.

3. Cover and cook over low heat for 4 minutes, then stir in 1½ cups water and the parsley. Simmer, covered, until the turnips are tender, about 15 minutes. Taste for salt (add more if the turnips taste bitter), season with pepper, add the mustard and cream, and simmer for 2 minutes more. Serve with buttered toast or make into little pot pies covered with pie crust or puff pastry.

Per serving: 205 calories; 9 g fat; 5 g saturated fat; 28 mg cholesterol; 4 g protein; 29 g carbohydrate; 15 g sugar; 7 g fiber; 279 mg sodium; 141 mg calcium. – Recipe from “The New Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone,�

by Deborah Madison

Rutabaga Puree with Leeks Yield: 4 to 6 servings 1 small russet potato, peeled 2 pounds rutabagas, peeled 2 medium leeks, white parts only, chopped 1 clove garlic, thinly sliced ½ teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons or more cream, buttermilk, milk or reserved broth 2 tablespoons butter 2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme Black pepper 1. Chop the potato and then chop the rutabagas into pieces about half the size of the potato pieces. Put the potato, rutabagas, leeks and garlic in a large pot with just enough water to cover. Add the salt and simmer, partially covered, until tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Drain, reserving the liquid.

2. Mash the vegetables with a potato masher or fork for a rustic texture, or use a food mill for a dish that is more refined. Add the cream or reserved broth to thin the puree.

Stir in the butter and thyme, and season with salt and pepper to taste.

Per serving (based on 6): 135 calories; 6 g fat; 4 g saturated fat; 16 mg cholesterol; 2 g protein; 20 g carbohydrate; 7 g sugar; 4 g fiber; 218 mg sodium; 81 mg calcium.

How to choose the Perfect Gift

It is almost Christmas and many of us are still scrambling around trying to choose the perfect gift for a friend or relative. What do they want?

What do they need? What can we buy? We can spend hours in shops asking ourselves these questions. There is another way to select the perfect gift but it involves changing our perception of what gift giving is all about.

The problem is that we think about giving gifts as the exchange of physical objects. A useful alternative is to think of a gift as communication. When you give a gift to someone, what you are actually doing is speaking to them. You buy, make or discover a gift that says something to the receiver.

They receive the gift, and if they are perceptive, they understand your message. Of course this is obvious, but somehow we forget it when we go to choose gifts. We focus first on the object or the need, then check what message it conveys.

You may have realized gifts are communication when someone gives you a gift and you are instantly aware of what it says. Some gifts communicate distance, others intimacy. Some say � I love your creativity�, others “You should look after yourself�. Some are downright insulting. What gifts communicate is seldom attached to their price tag or their prestige.

Some of the gifts that I have appreciated the most have been practically free for the giver to arrange for me, but have said so much that they have been immensely valuable.

If you harness this thinking, when you choose gifts, then you can quickly move towards the perfect gift. Ask yourself first, “What do I want to say to this person?� Then move on to “What can I give them that will communicate this?�. This is opposite to the more common “What can I

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Trump picks Price to lead health care system President-elect names Elaine Chao to lead the Department of Transportation WASHINGTON (AP) – Reaching deep into conservative territory, President-elect Donald Trump chose Georgia Rep. Tom Price to oversee the nation’s health care system on Tuesday, picking a fierce “ O b a m acare” critic who also has championed efforts Elaine to privatize Chao Medicare.

Trump selected another veteran Republican, Elaine Chao, to lead the Department of Transportation.

Both have long ties to Washington.

Price, picked to lead the Department of Health and Human Services after more than a decade in Congress, helped craft House Speaker Paul Ryan’s plan to privatize Medicare – a position Trump opposed in the campaign. Chao, who was the first Asian-American woman to serve in a presi-

dent’s Cabinet, is married to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

The selections came as Trump spent Tuesday with advisers in his Manhattan skyscraper, racing through meetings with prospective administration hires as high-profile vacancies loom – none bigger than secretary of State. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, on the shortlist for the nation’s chief diplomat, was to have a private dinner with the incoming president.

At the same time, Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein delivered $3.5 million to the state of Wisconsin to guarantee a recount in one of the states that fueled Trump’s unexpected victory. Stein, who is also pursuing recounts in Pennsylvania and Michigan, has raised concerns that the results might have been hacked.

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U.S. Rep. Tom Price, R-Georgia, chairman of the House Budget Committee appears Jan. 5 before the Rules Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. President-elect Donald Trump chose Price to oversee the nation’s health care system Tuesday. has made unsupported claims of voter fraud in other states.

Meanwhile, Price’s selection raised questions about the incoming president’s commitment to Medicare, among other popular entitlement programs he repeatedly vowed to preserve before the election.

The Georgia congressman led GOP efforts on Capitol Hill to transform Medicare into a voucher-like system,

a change that if enacted, would likely dramatically reduce government spending on the health care program that serves an estimated 57 million people.

Trump did not address Price’s position on Medicare in a statement released by his transition team. The team did not respond to subsequent questions about it.

“Chairman Price, a renowned physician, has

earned a reputation for being a tireless problem solver and the go-to expert on health care policy, making him the ideal choice to serve in this capacity,” Trump said. “He is exceptionally qualified to shepherd our commitment to repeal and replace Obamacare and bring affordable and accessible health care to every American.”

Trump, in a 2015 interview promoted on his campaign website, pledged not to cut expensive entitlement programs that Republicans have fought for years to cut to help reduce the federal deficit.

“I’m not going to cut Social Security like every other Republican. And I’m not going to cut Medicare or Medicaid. Every other Republican’s going to cut,” Trump told the Daily Signal.

He later changed his mind on Medicaid, embracing the GOP concept of turning the program over to the states with a fixed amount of federal “block grant” funding.

Like any Cabinet official,

Price would carry out the wishes of the president.

And a sweeping Medicare initiative would have to go through Congress with some Democratic support, which would be unlikely.

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders charged that Price “has a long history of wanting to do exactly the opposite of what Trump campaigned on.”

“Rep. Price has a long history of wanting to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. What hypocrisy!” Sanders said in a statement.

Like Price, Chao is wellknown in Washington, having led the Department of Labor for several years under President George W. Bush.

Her record at the Labor Department suggests she would bring a light hand to safety enforcement as transportation secretary.

Under Chao at Labor, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration didn’t issue a single significant new safety regulation for 4 years. Mine safety inspectors were cut and inspections reduced.

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Today’s deal was played in a money game with the fairly high stake of 25 cents per point. What happened in three no-trump after West led his fourth-highest spade?

The auction was straightforward. Yes, North would have preferred a fourth heart for his takeout double, but his hand was too strong to pass. Then South’s advance of three no-trump promised 13-15 points with spades well held.

When the dummy came down, declarer saw 26 points between his hand and the dummy’s. Maybe East had a

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South made the normallooking play of running the opening lead around to his holding, taking East’s eight with his 10.

He then led a low diamond, but West won with his ace, cashed the spade ace and continued with the spade jack.

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Pipeline protest arrests overwork court system BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The hundreds of arrests during the months of protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline in North Dakota have created an unprecedented burden for the state’s court system, which faces huge cost overruns and doesn’t have enough judges, lawyers and clerks to handle the workload.

Police have made nearly 575 arrests since August during clashes at the protesters’ main camp along the pipeline route in southern North Dakota and at protests in and around the state capital, Bismarck, about 50 miles to the north.

That’s far more arrests than these areas typical-

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ly deal with and it could lead to delays in bringing cases to trial, experts say.

“We don’t have sufficient judges to get all of those cases heard in a timely fashion,” said Sally Holewa, North Dakota’s state court administrator.

The state judicial system will ask the Legislature next year for an additional $1.5 million to cover protest-related costs. That amounts to about 1½ percent of its current 2-year budget.

“This is a first,” Holewa said. “The judicial branch has never had to ask for a deficiency appropriation in its history,” which dates back more than a century.

The protest-related

cases also are putting a pinch on the organization that provides public defenders in North Dakota. The Commission on Legal Counsel for Indigents might seek an additional $670,000 from the Legislature, which amounts to about 3½ percent of its current 2-year budget, according to its executive director, H. Jean Delaney.

The commission has accepted more than 225 protest-related cases.

They are being handled by 65 defense attorneys, and the commission is seeking seven more.

Holewa said the sheer volume of cases raises concerns about the defendants’ right to a speedy trial and due process.

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Abbott.................................. 38.73 Alcoa.................................... 29.73 Alphabet Inc...................... 789.44 AltriaCorp............................ 65.18 Amazon.com..................... 761.55 American Express............... 71.49 Apple.................................. 111.44 Archer-Daniels.................... 42.77 Arris-Group......................... 29.30 AT&T.................................... 39.48 Autonation.......................... 44.23 Bank of America................. 20.29 Boeing................................ 151.64 BorgWarner......................... 34.46 BP......................................... 33.52 Casey’s............................... 122.56 Caterpillar........................... 94.04 CenturyLink........................ 24.21 Chevron............................. 109.34 Cisco.................................... 29.83 Citigroup............................. 55.52

CocaCola............................. 41.15 ConAgra............................... 37.72 Dean.................................... 20.51 Deere & Co........................ 100.35 Disney.................................. 99.67 Donaldson........................... 40.03 DuPont................................ 71.20 Exelon.................................. 33.66 Exxon................................... 85.90 FifthThird............................ 25.39 Ford..................................... 11.92 GE........................................ 31.05 HawaiianElectric................ 31.70 Hewlett Packard................. 15.15 HomeDepot...................... 129.62 Intel Corp............................ 35.29 Intl Bus Mach.................... 163.53 IntlPaper.............................. 48.84 JCPenney............................... 9.54 JohnsonControls................ 45.38 Johnson&Johnson............ 112.48 JPMorgan Chase................. 78.92 Kraft-Heinz......................... 84.00 Kroger.................................. 33.10 Leggett&Platt...................... 48.57 Manpower........................... 85.12 McDonald’s....................... 120.68 Merck&Co........................... 62.19

Microsoft............................. 61.09 MidlandStates..................... 32.44 3M...................................... 172.77 Monsanto.......................... 102.39 Newell.................................. 47.47 Nike...................................... 50.63 Parker-Han........................ 136.95 Pfizer.................................... 31.92 Pepsico.............................. 102.54 Proctor&Gamble................. 82.89 RaymondJames................... 71.10 Republic.............................. 55.90 Sears Hldg........................... 13.00 SensientTech...................... 78.52 Sprint..................................... 8.00 Staples................................... 9.81 TheTravelers..................... 113.70 UnitedContinental............. 69.72 UnitedTech....................... 108.84 USBancorp.......................... 49.10 USSteel................................ 31.16 Verizon................................ 50.96 Walgreen............................. 85.53 WalMartMexico.................. 18.16 WalMartStores.................... 71.37 WasteMgt............................ 70.39 Wendy’s............................... 12.88

Commodities The following quotations are provided as a community service by Sterling Futures: Corn: Dec. 3.363⁄4; March 3.49; May 3.56½ Soybeans: Jan. 10.42½; March 10.51; May 10.57¼ Soybean oil: Dec. 36.36; March 36.89

Soybean meal: Dec. 321.70; March 326.70 Wheat: Dec. 3.84; March 4.083⁄4 Oats: Dec. 1.98½; March 2.12 Live cattle: Dec. 108.92; Feb. 110.30; Apr 110.20 Feeder cattle: Jan 126.97; Mar 123.27 Lean hogs; Dec 50.35;

Feb. 54.70; April 61.02 Sugar: March 19.66 Cotton: Dec 72.38 T-Bonds: Dec. 1549/32 Silver: Dec. 16.55 Gold: Dec. 1185.00 Copper: Dec. 2.5920 Crude: Jan 45.32 Dollar Index: Dec. 101.02 Ethanol: Nov. 1.599

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BOYS BASKETBALL | STERLING 70, ROCK FALLS 47

Warriors win by KO Sterling throws first & last punches to beat Rockets

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STERLING – In front of a packed Musgrove Fieldhouse, the Sterling boys basketball team wasn’t about to let all of its first-half hard work go to waste.

The Rock Falls Rockets just couldn’t take advantage of opportunities early in the second half on Tuesday night, and the Golden Warriors answered with the knockout blow in a 70-47 victory.

“It’s a game of runs, and especially in a rivalry, you’re always looking for that 1-2 punch,” Sterling coach Ryan Vasquez said. “We threw the first one early, then finished it off with the second.”

With the game tied 5-5, the Warriors (2-3) reeled off nine straight points on baskets from four different players. Sterling then turned a 16-10 lead after the opening quarter into a 14-point margin with a 10-2 run over the first 4 minutes of the second quarter.

“We came out with a lot of energy, and we played smart basketball,” Sterling senior center Reid Blackburn said.

“We took great shots instead of settling for good ones, and we got the most out of every possession. We slowed down, got better drives to the basket, and executed really well.”

The Rockets (2-3) battled back, with seniors Logan Pillars and Michael Berentes doing the heavy lifting. They combined for 19 of Rock Falls’ 21 first-half points, and JonaMichael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com than Ross’ baseline floater Sterling’s Tyler Willman (55) blocks the shot of Rock Falls’ Logan Pillars (22) during Tuesday sparked a half-ending 6-2 night’s game at Musgrove Fieldhouse. The Golden Warriors beat the Rockets 70-47. mini-run to cut the halftime deficit to 32-21.

Star of the game: Dimitric Young, Sterling, 18 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals Rock Falls then came out and Key performers: Reid Blackburn, Sterling, 10 points, 5 rebounds, 3 blocks; Juan Gomez & Myles tried to grab the momentum Williams, Sterling, 9 points each, combined for 8 assists; Logan Pillars, RF, 16 points, 4 assists, 3 right away in the third quarter, rebounds; Michael Berentes, RF, 13 points, 4 rebounds but just wasn’t able to sustain it.

Up next: Rock Falls at Dixon, 7 p.m. Saturday; Sterling at Alleman, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 6 KO continued on B24

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Dukes dominate triangular Dixon wins twice; Morrison beats Oregon in 3rd dual

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OREGON – Early season wrestling duals are more like a glorified practice than anything.

That was the case when Dixon, Morrison and Oregon got together Tuesday at the Blackhawk Center for a triangular.

The Dukes beat Morrison 50-27 and came right back in the next meet to handle the Hawks 55-21. Morrison beat Oregon 48-36.

“You want the positives or the negatives first?” asked Dixon coach Chris Bishop, upon Dylan being interviewed.

Messer With the postDixon sophomore season more than 2 months away, there was bound to be plenty to work on, even for a Dixon team that dominated both meets.

“We were pretty sloppy, and our lungs aren’t there yet,” Bishop said. “We have a lot of young guys relying on muscle instead of technique.”

In contested matches, Bryce Christiansen, Sebastian Quintana, Andrew Wolber and Dylan Messer all went 2-0.

Christiansen had a 20-second pin against Morrison’s Brandon Zigler at 138, and worked through a blood timeout to put a 13-3 major decision on Skyler Carlson of Oregon.

“He kept going, even after bleeding out of his mouth,” Bishop said. “His nickname is the ‘Big Show.’ He’s not afraid to let it slide at any second.”

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GIRLS BASKETBALL | OREGON 60, POLO 37

Hawks crash the glass in win over Marcos Second-chance points lift Oregon past Polo

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POLO – Meredith Gelander believes that following each shot made by her Oregon Hawks is something to do as a team.

“I think every time someone puts up a shot from the inside, we should all be crashing,” the Hawks’ junior forward said. “It brings up the momentum when someone grabs it, rips it down, and goes back up.”

In Oregon’s nonconference game at Polo on Tuesday, the Hawks had seven players crash the offensive glass at least twice in a 60-37 win. The Hawks (3-2) pulled down 25 offensive

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Star of the game: Bailey Montavon, Oregon, 18 points, 11 rebounds (9 offensive) Key performers: Meredith Gelander, Oregon, 8 points, 8 rebounds (4 offensive); Emily Perkins, Oregon, 15 points; Kenzie Dusing, Polo, 12 points, 4 3-pointers Up next: Polo at Aquin, 7:30 Thursday; Genoa-Kingston at Oregon, 7:15 Friday rebounds, with Bailey Montavon grabbing a team-high nine, and Gelander adding four. Ten of the offensive rebounds were put back for buckets.

Hawks coach Kristy Eckardt

knows she can count on her outside shooters to score, but was happy to see her forwards eat up plenty of paint inside.

“We have good outside shooters, but we know we have girls that will battle in there,” Eckardt said. “We had them outmatched in the inside, and it was good to see us get into position and get those rebounds.”

Oregon got off to a 13-0 start, as an Emily Perkins steal and layup, and putbacks from Gelander and Montavon accounted for the first six points.

Montavon, who led all scorers with 18 points, had five offensive rebounds in the first quarter.

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Oregon’s Meredith Gelander looks to put up a shot against Polo CRASH continued on B34 during their nonconference game Tuesday night in Polo.

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Bears elevate WR from practice squad The Bears elevated rookie slot receiver Daniel Braverman from the practice squad on Tuesday.

In corresponding moves, tight end Justin Perillo was signed to the practice squad and linebacker Danny Trevathan (torn patellar tendon in his right knee) was placed on the reserve/injured list.

Eddie Royal, the team’s top slot receiver, was limited to 12 offensive snaps in Sunday’s loss to the Tennessee Titans because of a toe injury on his left foot that has hampered him for more than a month.

Sharper gets final sentence in rapes A judge in Los Angeles has sentenced former NFL star Darren Sharper to 20 years in prison for raping two women and drugging two others, but under terms that would total about half that time in custody.

The sentencing Tuesday marks the end of prosecutions in four states for the former all-pro safety who won a Super Bowl with the New Orleans Saints.

Sharper was also convicted of rapes or sexual assaults in Nevada and Arizona.

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Player dribbles out clock down by 1 After Brown scored a goahead layup with under 4 seconds remaining, Bryant freshman guard Ikenna Ndugba took the inbounds pass, but appeared to have mistaken Bryant’s deficit for a lead, as he dribbled out the clock and threw the ball in the air as time expired on Brown’s 91-90 win Monday.

Making matters worse, Ndugba was guarding Tavon Blackmon when he scored the game-winner for Brown.

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ABOVE: Rock Falls’ Michael Berentes (front) and Sterling’s Ryan Blackburn scramble for a loose ball during Tuesday night’s game at Musgrove Fieldhouse. The Warriors beat the Rockets 70-47.

BELOW: Sterling’s Myles Williams (2) shoots the ball during Tuesday’s home game against Rock Falls.

RF misses chances in Sterling KO

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t “We should have scored the first six points of the second half, but we missed a short jumper and a layup,” Rock Falls coach Brad Bickett said. “That could have cut their lead to five, but instead we missed our chances and they took advantage.”

Myles Williams scored three straight baskets for the Warriors, then he dumped a pretty little bounce pass to the post that Reid Blackburn turned around and dunked. When JuanAntonio Gomez drove the lane and faked a behind-the-back pass on his way to a layup, Sterling led 42-26 with less than 2 minutes to play.

“That was definitely a kick in the stomach,” Pillars said. “We had good opportunities and didn’t see our shots fall, and that’s always demoralizing.

They outplayed us and outworked us, and that can’t happen in a game like this.”

After Cade Nailor and Berentes scored backto-back buckets, it was Dimitric Young’s turn to take over for Sterling.

The senior assisted on Sean Gingrich’s jumper,

then scored a putback, went coast-to-coast after a steal, and scored off a strong drive to the basket to close out the third quarter.

Reid Blackburn’s drive to the basket to open the fourth period put the Warriors up 53-34, and they pushed the lead to 20 a couple of minutes later on back-to-back baskets from Gomez and Reid Blackburn on pretty passes form Young and Williams.

“We knew they’d come out after halftime and

throw some punches at us,” Young said, “and we knew we just had to punch back. We ran our stuff, attacked the defense with confidence, and just trusted the offense and didn’t overthink it.”

The approached worked well, as Sterling shot 62 percent (31-for50) from the field, and missed only seven shots after halftime. Most of the misses were from 3-point range, as the Warriors shot 73 percent (27-for-37) from inside

the arc and had 10 different players score.

Young led all scorers with 18 points, and he also had five rebounds, two assists and two steals. Reid Blackburn added 10 points, five boards and three blocks, and Gomez and Williams each scored nine points, with Williams adding five assists and two steals, and Gomez dishing three assists. Ryan Blackburn chipped in eight points and three rebounds, and Micah Kendrick had six points and two steals.

“Everything starts with our defense, and the guys have really taken ownership of that,” Vasquez said. “We always like to heat up the ball [on defense], because then we turn that into offense.

And the energy and intensity I got from all my guys tonight, you just love to see that.”

Pillars finished with 16 points, four assists and three rebounds for the Rockets, and Berentes added 13 points and four rebounds. Austin Meiners chipped in six points, four assists, two steals and a block.

“Sterling’s a fine team, and we just lacked what it took to compete at their level tonight,” Bickett said. “It is what it is, and I wouldn’t trade my guys for anything.”

Chapecoense was having the best season in its 43-year history, heading to the first of two matches in the final of the Copa Sudamericana, the continent’s No. 2 club tournament. The oncedowntrodden club and its itinerant players were enjoying the heights of soccer glory.

It all ended suddenly late Monday night on a muddy Colombian hillside. Their chartered aircraft crashed south of Medellin, killing 71 of the 77 people aboard, including most of the team. Three players were among the survivors.

The club, known as Chape, was in the midst of a remarkable run. As recently as 2009, the club was playing in Brazil’s fourth division, but it won promotion to the top league in 2014 for the first time since the 1970s.

The only players to survive were goalkeeper Jakson Follmann, defender Hélio Zampier, commonly known as Neto, and defender-midfielder Alan Ruschel.

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t At 160 pounds, Quintana had two pins, but had to come from behind against Oregon’s Nathan Clark.

Clark had a takedown 10 seconds into the match and another one soon after. Trailing 4-1, Quintana managed to turn Clark for a secondperiod fall.

Wolber had decisions at 182, both against quality opponents.

“Andy’s looking to have a good year,” Bishop said. “He’s not flying around without direction. He’s controlling guys.”

That was evident in the nightcap against Caleb Mennen of Oregon, as Wolber methodically applied four takedowns in a 9-4 final.

Messer had two falls at 195, but had to rally from a 6-2 deficit against Morrison’s Riley Wilkens.

Ryan Troutman Dixon senior

Reilly Dolan Morrison junior

Against Oregon, Todd Schlosser had a pin at 113, and in the quickest match of the night, Colten Bishop pinned Spencer Coots in 8 seconds. Christian Hall added another pin at 152.

“On a positive note, our guys are going after people and looking for pins,” Bishop said.

Mason Rhodenbaugh had a tech fall at 126 against Morrison’s Kyle Roberts, and Ryan Troutman had a pin at 285, a match in which Brandon Meier went flying 25 feet off the mat and broke a chair.

“I’ve thrown guys before, but never that

John Anderson Morrison senior

Nathan Clark Oregon senior

far,” Troutman said.

“That really bent the chair.”

Morrison did put together some strong performances. In workmanlike fashion, Joe Eads led the way with two pins at 138.

“Joe Eads did what he does – pins people,” Morrison coach Tony Wright said.

Wrestling at 170 and 182, John Anderson also had a pair of pins.

“He had cramps and fought through it,” Wright said.

At 152, Reilly Dolan joined Eads and Anderson as a double pinner, and according to Wright, looked “very solid.”

Single winners of contested matches were Wilkens, Meier, Dylan Keller, Brandon Englelkens and Augustus Linke.

“We have a lot of growing to do,” Wright said.

“We have young wrestlers, and made some mistakes.”

For Oregon, Clark and Chris Alaniz won contested matches against Morrison, and it was Jake Milliman, Jake Mennen and Anthony Marchetti doing the same against Dixon.

“We have a lot of good stuff we can learn from,” Oregon coach Kip Crandall said. “I liked how Milliman worked to create scores and Marchetti [43-second pin] took care of business.”

Oregon will receive a boost Saturday when Polo transfer and returning 30-match winner Noah Paul will be eligible to wrestle.

“He moved here in October, and it was an unexpected gift,” Cran-

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TUESDAY’S SCOREBOARD SVCC basketball Tuesday’s results at Sugar Grove MEN

WAUBONSEE 79, SAUK VALLEY 71 SAUK VALLEY (3-5) Devin Johnson 0 0-0 0, Karson Arrenholz 8 2-3 22, Laron Carr 7 0-0 19, Sean Chislom 4 2-2 10, Garrett Duffin 2 3-5 8, Lamont Patton 1 2-4 4, Malcolm Mabry 2 4-6 8.

Totals: 24 13-20 71.

WAUBONSEE (5-2) Goetz 4 7-10 18, Green 1 0-0 2, Roebuck 7 4-4 18, Martin 0 2-4 2, Buing 1 4-4 6, Ward 5 2-4 13, Carey 4 10-12 20. Totals: 22 29-38 79.

Halftime – SVCC 31, Waubonsee 27.

3s – SVCC 10 (Carr 5, Arrenholz 4, Duffin), Waubonsee 6 (Goetz 3, Carey 2, Ward).

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SAUK VALLEY 83, WAUBONSEE 69 SVCC (3-4) Jaida Carson 6 2-2 16, Alexi McCloud 0 0-0 0, Carolyn Hammelman 1 0-0 2, Courtney Rogers 0 0-0 0, Bailey Schrader 4 2-2 10, Tori Edleman 0 0-0 0, Dabriona Williams 9 7-7 25, Kennedy Kuykendall 8 2-2 22, Tressa Schuler 4 0-0 8. Totals: 32 13-13 83.

WAUBONSEE (3-6) Villa 3 0-0 8, Arceneaux 0 0-0 0, Clark 0 0-0 0, Goff 3 2-4 10, McGowan 2 0-0 5, VanWyhe 4 11-17 20, Parker 5 2-2 12, Kempiak 4 6-8 14. Totals: 21 21-31 69.

SVCC 23 20 22 18 – 83 Waubonsee 23 7 17 22 – 69 3s – SVCC 6 (Kuykendall 4, Carson 2), Waubonsee 6 (Villa 2, Goff 2, McGowan, VanWyhe).

Boys basketball Tuesday’s results at Musgrove Fieldhouse, Sterling

STERLING 70, ROCK FALLS 47 ROCK FALLS (2-3) Garret Winfield 1-7 0-0 2, Logan Pillars 6-11 3-4 16, Cade Nailor 1-3 1-2 3, Austin Meiners 3-15 0-0 6, Michael Berentes 6-10 0-0 13, Jonathan Ross 1-2 0-0 2, Xzaviar Epps 0-1 0-0 0, Scott Spears 1-1 0-0 3, Keyon Wolber 0-0 0-0 0, Armando Garnica 1-2 0-0 2. Totals: 20-52 4-6 47.

STERLING (2-3) Juan-Antonio Gomez 4-9 0-0 9, Myles Williams 4-7 1-2 9, Reid Blackburn 5-8 0-0 10, Dimitric Young 7-9 3-5 18, Ryan Blackburn 3-4 0-0 8, Micah Kendrick 3-3 0-0 6, Sean Gingrich 1-2 0-0 2, Nyrel Sullivan 0-0 0-0 0, Daniel Pontnack 2-3 0-0 4, Tyler Willman 1-4 0-1 2, Zach Kirchhoff 0-0 0-0 0, Trevor King 1-1 0-0 2. Totals: 31-50 4-8 70.

Rock Falls 10 11 13 13 — 47 Sterling 16 16 19 19 — 70 3s – RF 3-20 (Pillars 1-5, Berentes 1-2, Spears 1-1, Meiners 0-8, Winfield 0-2, Nailor 0-1, Garnica 0-1), Sterling 4-13 (Ry. Blackburn 2-3, Gomez 1-4, Young 1-2, Williams 0-3, Gingrich 0-1). Rebounds – RF 19 (Berentes 4), Sterling 32 (Re.Blackburn 5, Young 5, Willman 5). Assists – RF 10 (Pillars 4, Meiners 4), Sterling 12 (Williams 5, Gomez 3). Steals – RF 6 (Meiners 2), Sterling 7 (Williams 2, Young 2, Kendrick 2).

Blocks – RF 2 (Nailor, Meiners), Sterling 4 (Re.Blackburn 3, Willman). Turnovers – RF 13, Sterling 17. Fouls – RF 11, Sterling 9. at Morrison

MORRISON 51, MILLEDGEVILLE 43 MILLEDGEVILLE Payton Harris 2 2-3 7, Dylan Alexander 0 0-0 0, Kyle Aude 0 0-0 0, Chase Hutchinson 3 1-2 7, Cade Schave 3 1-2 9, Buddy Bibler 2 0-0 5, Kyle Ottens 2 4-4 8, Blayne Kappes 0 0-0 0, Nate Rahn 2 0-0 5, Curt Strauss 1 0-0 2. Totals 15 8-11 43.

MORRISON Britt Ottens 6 5-8 19, Seth Peterson 1 0-0 2, Bryce Smith 1 0-0 2, Ben Brackemyer 2 5-7 9, Ethan Medenblik 1 0-0 2, Steven Kramoski 1 3-4 5, Grant Abell 0 0-0 0.

Totals 16 15-21 51.

Milledgeville 8 11 12 12 — 43 Morrison 14 6 15 16 — 51 3s – Milledgeville 5 (Schave 2, Harris, Bibler, Rahn), Morrison 4 (Ottens 2, Klimson 2). at AFC

AFC 71, OREGON 36 OREGON Izak Holley 2 2-2 6, Jared Pottoff 0 0-0 0, Adam McFalls 0 1-2 1, Austin Wilson 0 0-0 0, Brendon Riesselman 3 0-0 7, Cody Ebens 1 2-2 4, Dalton Hermes 1 1-2 3, Brandon Ramirez 0 0-0 0, Andrew Newman 1 2-4 4, Trey Woolsey 0 0-0 0, Kole Mowry 0 1-2 1, Ian Keene 5 0-4 10, Gabe Todd 0 0-0 0, Michael Kresheck 0 0-0 0, Devin DeHaan 0 0-0 0. Totals 13 9-18 36.

AFC Levi Meurer 2 0-0 4, Tyon Davis 2 0-0 4, Cody Penick 2 0-0 4, David Atkinson 2 0-0 4, Max Lippold 0 0-0 0, Caleb Drew 1 0-0 2, Michael Thompson 2 0-2 6, Garrett Sanford 2 1-5 5, Hunter Kvool 0 0-0 0, Stephen Brooke 7 5-5 20, Joe Uphoff 7 1-2 15, Garrett Drew 1 5-5 7. Totals 28 12-19 71.

Oregon 8 10 5 13 — 36 AFC 8 24 22 17 — 71 3s – Oregon 1 (Riesselman), AFC 3 (Thompson 2, Brooke). at Galena

FAITH CHRISTIAN 62, TRI-STATE 42 FAITH (3-1, 1-1 NICC) Ben Bierdeman 6 2-2 14, Andrew Robertson 6 2-2 14, Hayden Sweet 7 0-0 15, Trevor Hauk 5 1-2 11, Collin Fassler 3 1-2 8, Aaron Robertson 0 0-0 0, Michael Harrison 0 0-0 0, Titus Meeks 0 0-0 0. Totals: 27 6-8 62.

TRI-STATE Williams 3 0-0 6, Medina 2 0-0 4, Block 0 1-2 1, Fernandez 5 1-3 12, Chung 6 0-0 12, Taylor 0 1-2 1, Stuart 1 1-4 3, Russell 0 3-3 3. Totals: 17 7-14 42.

Faith 13 20 13 10 — 62 Tri-State 17 10 6 9 — 42 3s – Faith 2 (Sweet, Fassler), Tri-State 1 (Fernandez).

Girls basketball Tuesday’s results at Polo

OREGON 60, POLO 37 OREGON (3-2) Hannah Wolber 0-1 0-0 0, Emily Perkins 6-11 1-2 15, Bailey Montavon 6-18 6-8 18, Jessica Hunt 1-13 1-2 3, Meredith Gelander 3-10 2-2 8, Allyse Ketter 3-4 0-0 6, Lani Morris 1-5 0-0 0, Addie Kitzmiller 2-9 0-2 4, Morgan Miraglia 1-1 0-0 2, Sarah Palmer 1-4 0-0 2, Cinja Schendel 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals: 24-75 10-16 60.

POLO (1-4) Brianna Pellini 1-5 0-0 2, Rilley Peterson 1-10 1-2 3, Kenzie Dusing 4-11 0-0 12, Lani Bergstrom 2-13 2-4 7, Justine Gorzny 0-6 5-7 5, Hanna Blumhoff 1-5 2-4 4, Hannah Hobbs 1-1 0-0 2, Lexi Cox 1-2 0-1 2, Lizzy Stamm 0-1 0-0 0, Cassie Bushman 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 11-54 10-18 37.

Oregon 15 17 12 16 — 60 Polo 9 14 4 10 — 37 3s — Oregon 2-6 (Perkins 2-3, Kitzmiller 0-2, Wolber 0-1), Polo 5-22 (Dusing 4-9, Bergstrom 1-7, Peterson 0-6). Rebounds — Oregon 51 (Montavon 11, Gelander 8), Polo 33 (Gorzny 6). Assists — Oregon 9 (Kitzmiller 2, Gelander 2), Polo 10 (Peterson 7). Steals — Oregon 15 (Montavon 3), Polo 5 (Blumhoff 2, Dusing 2). Blocks — Oregon 3 (Morris, Wolber, Gelander), Polo 1 (Peterson). Turnovers — Oregon 17, Polo 24. Fouls — Oregon 17, Polo 14 (Peterson out). at Durand

AMBOY 36, DURAND 19 AMBOY Katelynn Parkhurst 0 1-2 1, Delaney Wilhelm 2 1-4 6, Karlee Doege 5 6-7 17, Emma Lindenmeyer 2 2-2 6, Nataly Jones 1 0-0 2, Kallie Appleman 0 4-4 4, Noelle Jones 0 0-0 0, Logan Winters 0 0-1 0, Mackinzie Hamlink 0 0-2 0, Allison Hicks 0 0-0 0, Kelsey Stewart 0 0-0 0, Dani Hocstatter 0 0-2 0. Totals 10 14-22 36.

DURAND Clanlaue 1 0-4 2, Marquardt 0 0-0 0, Kalina 2 0-0 4, Moore 2 0-0 4, Draper 0 1-2 1, Asche 2 2-6 6, Kuhl 0 1-2 1, Steder 0 1-2 1. Totals 7 5-16 19.

Amboy 9 7 12 8 — 36 Durand 4 7 4 4 — 19 3s - Amboy 2 (Wilhelm, Doege), Durand 0. at Kingman Gym, Ottawa ROCK FALLS 45, OTTAWA 39 ROCK FALLS (5-0) Bailey Bickett 1 0-0 3, Molly Buck 3 4-6 11, Taylor Hoefler 1 0-0 3, Abbee Sigel 5 0-1 13, Olivia Babcock 3 3-4 9, Taylor Stevens 0 0-0 0, Miranda Hewitt 0 0-0 0, Jordan Clevenger 0 0-0 0, Nadia Poff 2 0-0 4, Kenzie Olson 0 2-2 2. Totals: 15 9-13 45.

OTTAWA Gassman 0 0-0 0, Lenhausen 0 0-0 0, Guerrero 4 0-0 8, Cowan 5 0-0 15, Harth 0 0-0 0, Harris 1 1-4 4, Gayan 1 2-3 4, McDonnell 2 1-2 7, Reinhardt 0 0-0 0, Parks 1 0-0 2, Fahrion 0 0-0 0, Byczynski 0 0-0 0, Long 0 0-0 0, Waite 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 4-9 39.

Rock Falls 12 10 9 14 — 45 Ottawa 10 10 7 12 — 39 3s — RF 6 (Sigel 3, Bickett, Buck, Hoefler), Ottawa 6 (Cowan 4, McDonnell 2.

Rebounds — RF 12, Ottawa 33. Turnovers — RF 11, Ottawa 20.

Boys bowling Tuesday’s results at Cherry Bowl, Rockford

DIXON 3,428, CHRISTIAN LIFE 2,576 DIXON Jarod White 213-175-184 — 572; Trevor White 196-246-173 — 615; Branden Rex 189-150-171 — 510; Geoffrey Baker 201215-141 — 557; Lucas Lauer 190-189226 — 605; Tyler VanQuathem 203-169197 — 569. Totals 1,192-1,144-1,042 — 3,428 CHRISTIAN LIFE Keith Wrage 117-99-108 — 324; Austin Stiefel 153-191-175 — 519; Taylor Zemla 89-139-122 — 350; Zach Wellens 157186-149 — 492. Totals 816-915-845 — 2,576 at Marengo

MARENGO 2,979, OREGON 2,737 OREGON Case Sellers 171-103-127 — 401; Charlie Gatz 173-118-126 — 417; Kyle Lundquist 161-171-222 — 554; Eddie Buttens 147137-178 — 462; Austin Strite 168-154-151 — 473; Justin Poole 158-119-153 — 430.

Totals 978-802-957 — 2,737 MARENGO Brendan Walton 127-161-124 — 412; Kyle Applehans 162-187-166 — 515; Jake Burton 214-235-127 — 576; Paul Frounier 130-159-168 — 457; Cole Deller 110-186132 — 428; Antonio Laird 184-219-188 — 591. Totals 927-1,147-907 — 2,979

Girls bowling Tuesday’s results at Four Seasons, Sycamore

SYCAMORE 3,305, STERLING 2,481 STERLING Jamie Riley 142-110-121 — 373; Hannah Stout 159-116-170 — 445; Jasmynne Brinkmeier 123-143-149 — 415; Zoey Paone 164-136-152 — 452; Jocie Willett 127-127-126 — 380; Kyleigh Glazier 131135-150 — 416. Totals 846-767-868 — 2,481 SYCAMORE Heather Carlson 150-132-235 — 517; Megan Meyer 146-173-168 — 487; Megan Kolberg 185-211-219 — 615; McKenzy Price 164-145-192 — 501; Lanni Howerton 199-171-225 — 595; Alexis Kolberg 174-189-227 — 590. Totals 3,305

LOCAL SPORTS

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ROUNDUP

Williams leads Sauk to win Faith Christian’s Sweet reaches 1,000-point mark

By SVM Sports Staff

Dabriona Williams recorded a double-double to lead the Sauk Valley Community College women’s basketball team to an 83-69 win against Waubonsee on Tuesday night in Sugar Grove.

Williams was 9-for-18 from the field and dropped in all seven of her free-throw attempts for a game-high 25 points. She also grabbed 12 rebounds.

Kennedy Kuykendall had 22 points and seven boards, Jaida Carson finished with 16 points, eight rebounds and five assists, and Bailey Schrader had 10 points and six rebounds for SVCC (3-4).

Alexis VanWyhe led Waubonsee with 20 points, while Mozelle Kempiak added 14.

Men’s basketball Waubonsee 79, Sauk Valley 71:

Karson Arrenholz tossed in 22 points to lead the Skyhawks in a loss at Waubonsee.

Also for the Skyhawks (3-5), Laron Carr had 19 points and five assists, Sean Chislom had 10 points, and Malcolm Mabry added eight points and seven rebounds. Sauk Valley, which led 31-27 at halftime, hurt itself with 26 turnovers.

Tyrone Carey paced Waubonsee (5-2) with 20 points, and Alec Goetz and Germaine Roebuck added 18 apiece.

Boys basketball Morrison 51, Milledgeville 43:

The Mustangs turned what had been a one-point halftime lead into an eight-point nonconference home win.

Britt Ottens scored 19 points for Morrison, including 14 in the second half. Nick Klimson had 12 points.

Cade Schave led the Missiles with nine points.

Fulton 73, Stark County 45: Tyler Bruggenwirth paced a balanced attack with 19 points as the Steamers went on the road and handled the Rebels.

Also for Fulton, Cody Sanderson had 19 points, Cole McClary scored 11, and Brody Mason added 10.

AFC 71, Oregon 36: A 24-point second quarter helped the Raiders pull away for a win at home over

Tuesday’s stars Hayden Sweet, Faith basketball, scored 1,000th career point Abi Scheidecker, Oregon bowling, 639 series Dabriona Williams, Sauk Valley basketball, 25 points, 12 rebounds

rebounds and four assists.

Eastland hosts unbeaten NUIC West rival Galena on Thursday.

Boys bowling Dixon 3,428, Christian Life 2,576:

Dukes freshman Trevor White led the way to a win at Cherry Bowl with a personal-best game of 246 and a 615 series.

Lucas Lauer added a 605 series, including a 226 in his third game.

the Hawks.

Stephen Brooke had 20 points Marengo 2,979, Oregon 2,737: for AFC, and Joe Uphoff added 15.

Kyle Lundquist rolled a 554 series, AFC got points from 10 different but it was not enough as the Hawks players. fell on the road to Marengo.

Ian Keene led the Hawks with 10 Austin Strite had a 473 series for points.

Oregon.

Faith Christian 62, Tri-State 42: Girls bowling Hayden Sweet paced a balanced Oregon 2,977, Marengo 2,716: attack with 15 points, giving him 1,003 for his career, as the Falcons Abi Scheidecker bowled two games over 200 and led the way with a 639 won in Galena.

Also for Faith Christian (3-1, series as the Hawks beat Marengo.

1-1 NICC), Ben Bierdeman and Her games of 239 and 212 were the Andrew Robertson each had 14 two best games of any bowler on points, Trevor Hauk had 11, and either team for the day.

Also for Oregon, Victoria BarnCollin Fassler added eight. hart had a 524 series and Caitlyn Girls basketball Kaltenbrun had a 502.

Rock Falls 45, Ottawa 39: The

Rockets won a nonconference game against their former NCIC foes at Kingman Gym in Ottawa.

Abbee Sigel led the Rockets (5-0) with 13 points, including three 3-pointers, and three steals. Molly Buck was also in double figures with 11 points, and Olivia Babcock added nine points and four steals.

Amboy 36, Durand 19: The Clippers’ Karlee Doege scored 17 points and was 6-for-7 from the free-throw line in Amboy’s win at Durand.

Doege also led the Clippers with eight rebounds. Nataly Jones pulled in seven rebounds, and Katelynn Parkhurst dished out five assists.

Eastland 54, Winnebago 44: The Cougars remained unbeaten on the season with a nonconference road win over the Indians.

Erin Henze led the Cougars (6-0) with 12 points, six rebounds, and two steals. Makenzie Fink (11 points), Katie Krogman and Lydia Coatney (10 points each) also contribued to a balanced scoring effort. Krogman pulled down nine rebounds, and Fink added eight

Sycamore 3,305, Sterling 2,481:

The Sycamore girls bowling team continued their regular-season dominance after beating Sterling at Four Seasons in Sycamore.

The victory extends the Spartans’ win streak to 8-0 against conference opponents that reaches back to the beginning of last season.

The top individual score came from Megan Kolberg, who participated in her first varsity meet of her career and shot a 615 series.

Sterling’s top bowler was Zoey Paone, who finished with 452.

Wrestling Sherrard 50, Fulton 18: Tyler Fleetwood (126 pounds) and Tony Heinitz (145) each won by pin for the Steamers in a road loss to the Tigers.

Michael Pidde (220) and Taylor Fleetwood (285) won decisions for Fulton.

Thunder split two: West Carroll ventured to Byron and lost to the host Tigers 66-15 and defeated Newman 42-30.

Andrew VanKampen (120/126) and Josh Anderson (285) won two bouts for the Thunder.

Wrestling Tuesday’s results at Oregon

MORRISON 48, OREGON 36 138 – Joe Eads (M) pin Skylar Carlson 1:59; 145 – Chris Alaniz (O) pin Brandon Zigler 2:40; 152 – Reilly Dolan (M) pin Chase Prehn 2:22; 160 – Nathan Clark (O) pin Chase Garland :27; 170 – Dylan Keller (M) pin Connor Hopkins :20; 182 – John Anderson (M) pin Terry Page 3:50; 195 – Riley Wilkens (M) pin Sawyer Foss 1:02; 285 – Brandon Meier (M) pin Jeff Gracyalny 1:09 Oregon rec. forfeits: 106, 113, 132, 220 Morrison rec. forfeits: 120, 126

DIXON 50, MORRISON 27 120 – Augustus Linke (M) pin Elijah Ankney 5:15; 126 – Mason Rhodenbaugh (D) tech. fall Kyle Roberts 16-1; 132 – Joe Eads (M) pin Colten Bishop :42; 145 – Bryce Christiansen (D) pin Brandon Zigler :20; 152 – Reilly Dolan (M) pin Christian Hall 3:18; 160 – Sebastian Quintana (D) pin Chace Garland 1:03; 170 – John Anderson (M) pin Finn Brandon 5:40; 182 – Andrew Wolber (D) dec. Dylan Keller 7-3; 195 – Dylan Messer (D) pin Riley Wilkens 2:31; 220 – Brandon Engelkens (M) dec.

Roswell 7-0; 285 – Ryan Troutman (D) pin Brandon Meier 3:23 Dixon rec. forfeits: 106, 113, 138

DIXON 55, OREGON 21 106 – Jacob Milliman (O) pin Jacob Quantrell 1:20; 113 – Todd Schlosser (D) pin Nolan Thomas 1:30; 132 – Colten Bishop (D) def. Spencer Coots :08; 138 – Bryce Christiansen (D) major dec. Skylar Carlson 13-3; 152 – Christian Hall (D) pin Chase Prehn 2:43; 160 – Sebastian Quintana (D) pin Nathan Clark 3:41; 170 – Jacob Mennen (O) dec. Finn Brandon 8-5; 182 – Andrew Wolber (D) dec. Caleb Mennen 9-4; 195 – Dylan Messer (D) pin Sawyer Foss 2:39; 220 – Anthony Marchetti (O) pin McKinney :43 Dixon rec. forfeits: 120, 126, 285 Oregon rec. forfeits: 145 at Sherrard

SHERRARD 50, FULTON 18 120 – Hanson (S) pin Brandon Kaecker 3:35; 126 – Tyler Fleetwood (F) pin Frere 4:26; 132 – Bloomfield (S) pin Cade Hansen :38; 145 – Tony Heinitz (F) pin Caldwell 3:58; 160 – Gustafson (S) major dec.

Adam Hodge 8-0; 170 – Borass (S) major dec. Alex Martin 12-4; 182 – Rolling (S) dec. Eli Pannell 7-0; 195 – Wells (S) dec.

Jack Lenz 8-3; 220 – Michael Pidde (F) dec. Bailey 7-1; 285 – Taylor Fleetwood (F) dec. Hanson 10-4 Sherrard rec. forfeits: 106, 113, 138, 152 at Byron

WEST CARROLL 42, NEWMAN 30 106 – Turnik (N) pin Eric Johnston :37; 113 – Trapper Hartman (WC) pin Henry 1:13; 126 – Andrew VanKampen (WC) pin Schmall 2:29; 132 – Brody Ivey (N) pin Aiden Sullivan 2:59; 160 – Roberts (N) pin Daltin Coyer 3:45; 170 – Newman (N) pin Devon Murray 3:15; 182 – Nate Schultz (WC) pin Henry :32; 195 – Eli Dertz (WC) pin Waldschmidt 4:54; 220 – Wescott (N) pin York 1:56; 285 – Josh Anderson (WC) pin Eddinger 2:32 West Carroll rec. forfeits: 120, 152 Double forfeits: 138, 145

BYRON 66, WEST CARROLL 15 106 – Bauer (B) pin Miguel Watkins 5:23; 120 – Andrew VanKampen (WC) pin Bonnell 2:32; 132 – Whaley (B) injury def.

Jacob Casey 3:30; 152 – Messling (B) pin Austin Fosdick :54; 160 – Ingram (B) pin Daltin Coyer 1:18; 170 – Ellsbury (B) pin Devon Murray 5:11; 220 – Wombacher (B) pin Alex York 1:58; 285 – Josh Anderson (WC) dec. Ellsbury 2-1 West Carroll rec. forfeit: 113 Byron rec. forfeits: 126, 138, 145, 182, 195

Photos by Alex T. Paschal/apaschal@saukvalley.com

ABOVE: Oregon’s Bailey Montavon pulls in a rebound over a pair of Polo defenders during Tuesday night’s nonconference game in Polo. The Hawks beat the Marcos 60-37.

BELOW: Polo’s Justine Gorzny (left) is fouled by Oregon’s Emily Perkins on Tuesday night.

Turnovers, Hawk runs sink Marcos CRASH

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t “It really helps us in our games,” said Montavon, who added three defensive rebounds for a doubledouble. “We go off of that. It’s one of our strongest things.”

Polo (1-4) clawed back to get to within three at 26-23, bolstered by the hot hand of Kenzie Dusing and her trio of 3-pointers. Dusing added another in the fourth quarter to finish with 12 points, and that was one of the “little things” Marcos coach Jeff Grobe had been waiting for so far in the early part of the season.

“I’ve always got to beg her to shoot, and she had four 3s,” Grobe said. “She’s got a nice shot.”

Oregon ended the half on a 6-0 run, and had success in their zone defense to nab a few steals to put the game away. Gelander and Abby Kitzmiller had a pair of steals early in the third quarter.

“After hanging on and still being

ahead, we really had to go out there and bring up the intensity,” Gelander said, “and make sure we seal this game.”

Polo had seven turnovers in the first quarter, but took care of the ball better while going on its

second-quarter run. The Marcos finished with 24 turnovers.

“We usually have one quarter where we dig a hole, and I always hope it’s not the first one,” Grobe said. “They kept fighting, and didn’t quit.”

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BASKETBALL | ACC/BIG TEN CHALLENGE | ILLINOIS 88, NC STATE 74

Illinois outlasts NC State Bench scoring helps Illini go on a run in second half

BY MICHAL DWOJAK Associated Press

CHAMPAIGN – Malcolm Hill scored 22 points to lead Illinois to an 88-74 victory over North Carolina State on Tuesday night in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.

Illinois (5-3) shot 30 of 60 from the field for 50 percent to outlast N.C. State in what was a tightly contested game in which neither team had a double-digit lead until the Illini led 67-57 with about 8 minutes left.

The Wolfpack held a 33-32 edge at the half, but Illinois came out firing, shooting 68 percent in the second half and creating large leads that the Wolfpack could not overcome.

The Illini bench outscored the Wolfpack’s 39-22 and was led by Leron Black, who scored 15 points and brought in eight rebounds.

Torin Dorn scored 17 points to lead N.C. State (5-2), which shot 53 percent from the field.

Ted Kapita had a strong showing from the bench, adding 13 points and five rebounds.

TUESDAY’S SCOREBOARD NFL AMERICAN CONFERENCE East

W L T Pct PF PA New England 9 2 0 .818 293 197 Miami 7 4 0 .636 249 240 Buffalo 6 5 0 .545 281 236 N.Y. Jets 3 8 0 .273 196 266 South

W L T Pct PF PA Houston 6 5 0 .545 194 236 Tennessee 6 6 0 .500 308 296 Indianapolis 5 6 0 .455 270 301 Jacksonville 2 9 0 .182 214 293 North

W L T Pct PF PA Baltimore 6 5 0 .545 218 201 Pittsburgh 6 5 0 .545 266 222 Cincinnati 3 7 1 .318 213 245 Cleveland 0 12 0 .000 197 352 West

W L T Pct PF PA Oakland 9 2 0 .818 307 275 Kansas City 8 3 0 .727 252 214 Denver 7 4 0 .636 266 219 San Diego 5 6 0 .455 313 291

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA 10 1 0 .909 316 213 8 3 0 .727 231 213 6 4 1 .591 280 264 5 6 0 .455 254 213 South

W L T Pct PF PA Atlanta 7 4 0 .636 358 302 Tampa Bay 6 5 0 .545 249 264 New Orleans 5 6 0 .455 334 307 Carolina 4 7 0 .364 276 281 North

W L T Pct PF PA Detroit 7 4 0 .636 247 238 Minnesota 6 5 0 .545 218 192 Green Bay 5 6 0 .455 274 289 Chicago 2 9 0 .182 178 264 West

W L T Pct PF PA Seattle 7 3 1 .682 224 187 Arizona 4 6 1 .409 245 228 Los Angeles 4 7 0 .364 170 236 San Francisco 1 10 0 .091 228 344

Dallas N.Y. Giants Washington Philadelphia

AP

North Carolina State forward BeeJay Anya (right) and guard Dennis Smith Jr. (4) pressure Illinois guard Malcolm Hill during the first half of a game in Champaign.

Despite the hot shooting, the Wolfpack committed 19 turnovers, which prevented the offense to consistently produce and resulted in 17 Illinois points.

The Illini got a much-

needed win against a respectable ACC opponent after a disastrous Thanksgiving week. Illinois will need to win most if not all of the remaining nonconference games if it wants to prove it’s a

NCAA Tournament team.

North Carolina State:

Time will tell whether this was a respectable loss. The Wolfpack will have a relatively easy path to the start of conference play.

Thursday’s game Dallas at Minnesota, 7:25 p.m.

Sunday’s games Kansas City at Atlanta, noon Los Angeles at New England, noon Philadelphia at Cincinnati, noon Miami at Baltimore, noon Denver at Jacksonville, noon Detroit at New Orleans, noon San Francisco at Chicago, noon Houston at Green Bay, noon Buffalo at Oakland, 3:05 p.m.

Washington at Arizona, 3:25 p.m.

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

N.Y. Giants at Pittsburgh, 3:25 p.m.

Carolina at Seattle, 7:30 p.m.

Open: Tennessee, Cleveland Monday’s game Indianapolis at N.Y. Jets, 7:30 p.m.

College football

ACC/BIG TEN CHALLENGE | NOTRE DAME 92, IOWA 78

Big Ten

Colson’s 24 points lead Notre Dame Hawkeyes shooting cools during 10-0 second-half Irish run

BY TOM COYNE AP Sports Writer

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Bonzie Colson had season-high 24 points and a career-high 17 rebounds, Steve Vasturia tied a career-high with 22 points, and Notre Dame overcame squandering a 15-point lead in the first half to beat Iowa 92-78 Tuesday night in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.

Colson made all 12 of his free throws, and Vasturia made all seven of his as Notre Dame (7-0) made 30 of 33 free throws while Iowa was 12 of 16. The Irish also had a 45-32 advantage in rebounds.

Iowa (3-4) had its largest lead of the second half at 52-50 when Notre Dame hit four straight shots and Iowa missed four straight during a 10-0 run capped by Vasturia driving through the lane for a layup to give Notre Dame a 60-52 lead.

The Irish extended the lead to 79-63 on a jumper by Farrell.

Freshman Jordan Bohanon, whose previous season-high was six points, finished with a teamhigh 23 points.

Jok, coming off a career-high 42 points against Memphis, struggled throughout, making 4 of 20 shots for 15 points.

The Hawkeyes were without freshman forward Tyler Cook, their second-leading scorer at 13.7 points game, who underwent surgery earlier Tuesday because of a fractured right index finger and is expected to be out about 3 weeks.

After two straight losses, the

AP

Iowa’s Ahmad Wagner (0) and Dom Uhl (25) work to block a shot by Notre Dame’s Bonzie Colson (35) Tuesday in South Bend, Ind. Hawkeyes tried to shake things up with three new starters, but continued to struggle against Power Five opponents.

The Fighting Irish, who entered the game averaging 7.5 turnovers and 18.5 assists, had four turnovers in less than 6 minutes, 11 in the

first half. The Irish finished with 14 turnovers and just 11 assists, but won comfortably to improve to 7-0 for the third time in 17 seasons under Mike Brey. The Irish also won their first seven in 2001, and got off to their best start at 8-0 in 2010.

BIG TEN ROUNDUP

Happ has double-double in Wisconsin win

East

Conference Overall

W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Ohio State 8-1 .889 11-1 .917 Penn State 8-1 .889 10-2 .833 Michigan 7-2 .778 10-2 .833 Indiana 4-5 .444 6-6 .500 Maryland 3-6 .333 6-6 .500 Michigan State 1-8 .111 3-9 .250 Rutgers 0-9 .000 2-10 .167 West Wisconsin 7-2 .778 10-2 .833 Nebraska 6-3 .667 9-3 .750 Iowa 6-3 .667 8-4 .667 Minnesota 5-4 .556 8-4 .667 Northwestern 5-4 .556 6-6 .500 Illinois 2-7 .222 3-9 .250 Purdue 1-8 .111 3-9 .250 Saturday’s game Big Ten Championship, Wisconsin vs.

Penn St., at Indianapolis, 7 p.m. (Fox) Top 25 schedule Friday’s games No. 4 Washington vs. No. 9 Colorado, at Santa Clara. Calif., 8 p.m. (Fox) No. 13 W. Michigan vs. Ohio, at Detroit, 6 p.m. (ESPN2) Saturday’s games No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 15 Florida, at Atlanta, 3 p.m. (CBS) No. 3 Clemson vs. No. 19 Virginia Tech, at Orlando, 7 p.m. (ABC) No. 6 Wisconsin vs. No. 8 Penn State, at Indianapolis, 7 p.m. (Fox) No. 7 Oklahoma vs. No. 11 Oklahoma St., 11:30 a.m. (Fox) No. 14 W. Virginia vs. Baylor, 2:30 p.m.

(FS1) No. 20 Navy vs. Temple, 11 a.m. (ABC) College football playoff rankings

Record 1. Alabama 12-0 2. Ohio St. 11-1 3. Clemson 11-1 4. Washington 11-1 5. Michigan 10-2 6. Wisconsin 10-2 7. Penn St. 10-2 8. Colorado 10-2 9. Oklahoma 9-2 10. Oklahoma St. 9-2 11. Southern Cal 9-3 12. Florida St. 9-3 13. Louisville 9-3 14. Auburn 8-4 15. Florida 8-3 16. West Virginia 9-2 17. Western Michigan 12-0 18. Stanford 9-3 19. Navy 9-2 20. Utah 8-4 21. LSU 7-4 22. Tennessee 8-4 23. Virginia Tech 9-3 24. Houston 9-3 25. Pittsburgh 8-4

Men’s basketball Big Ten schedule Tuesday’s results Penn St. 67, Georgia Tech 60 Pitt 73, Maryland 59 Wisconsin 77, Syracuse 60 Notre Dame 92, Iowa 78 Illinois 88, N.C. State 74 Duke 78, Michigan State 69 Today’s games Purdue at Louisville, 6:15 p.m. (ESPN) Rutgers at Miami, 6:15 p.m. (ESPNU) Virginia Tech at Michigan, 6:15 p.m. (ESPN2) N. Carolina at Indiana, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN) Nebraska at Clemson, 8:15 p.m. (ESPNU) Ohio St. at Virginia, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN2) Tuesday’s box scores

ILLINOIS 88, N.C. STATE 74

By the Associated Press

Ethan Happ had 24 points and 13 rebounds, zone-busting guard Bronson Koenig scored 20 points, and No. 17 Wisconsin beat No. 22 Syracuse 77-60 on Tuesday night.

Koenig, the seasoned senior guard, was 6 of 9 from 3-point range, and the Badgers (6-2) shot 48 percent overall (11 of 23) from behind the arc against the Orange’s 2-3 zone.

Wisconsin led by as much as 17 in the second half before Syracuse (4-2) went on a 6-0 run capped

by John Gillon’s layup with 11:25 left. Two Wisconsin turnovers in that span with Koenig on the bench gave Syracuse the opening.

Coach Greg Gard inserted Koenig back in

the game and the Badgers went on a 7-2 run to retake a 16-point lead with 9:24 left.

With deft ball-handlers Happ and Nigel Hayes (nine points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists) up front, Syracuse had a tough time guarding the Badgers with the zone.

The 6-foot-8 Hayes found open shooters working from the high post. Happ expertly maneuvered around defenders in the low post for trademark baseline layups. Koenig softened up the zone from the perimeter.

while freshman Frank Jackson finished with 11 points and keyed a timely 11-0 run for the Blue Devils (7-1).

Eron Harris scored 14 points for Michigan State (4-4).

Playing their first game as an unranked team since March 2015, the Spartans had 18 turnovers and star freshman Miles Bridges was held to 11 points – six fewer than his team-leading average – on 4 of 13 shooting.

Neither team led by more than four before the Blue Devils broke a 48-all tie by reeling off 11 Duke 78, Michigan State straight points.

Pittsburgh 73, Maryland 69: Grayson Allen scored 24 points, Luke Kennard 59: Jamel Artis scored added 20 and No. 5 Duke 15 of his 22 points in the beat Michigan State in decisive first half, and Durham.

Pittsburgh held off preAmile Jefferson had 17 viously unbeaten Marypoints and 13 rebounds land in the ACC/Big Ten

Challenge in College Park, Md. The Panthers (6-1) shot 67 percent from the floor before halftime, including 5-for-10 beyond the arc, and used a 25-4 run to turn a 16-15 deficit into a 40-20 lead.

It was 51-26 with 15:45 remaining before Maryland (7-1) closed to 63-55 with 3 minutes left. But the Terrapins could not complete the comeback.

Penn State 67, Georgia Tech 60: Shep Gar-

ner scored 17 points and Mike Watkins added 12 and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead Penn State to a home win over Georgia Tech.

The Nittany Lions (5-3) won their third straight after leading the Yellow Jackets for 20:57 including most of the second half.

NC STATE (5-2) Abu 6-9 4-4 16, Anya 0-0 0-0 0, Henderson 2-8 2-3 7, Dorn 7-11 0-0 17, Smith 4-11 4-4 12, Kapita 6-9 1-1 13, Hicks 0-0 0-0 0, Johnson 3-5 1-1 9, Kirk 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals 28-53 12-13 74.

ILLINOIS (5-3) Finke 1-4 0-0 3, Thorne 2-3 3-4 7, Abrams 6-10 2-2 17, Hill 5-12 12-15 22, Tate 0-1 0-0 0, Black 7-14 1-1 15, Morgan 3-5 3-4 9, Lucas 2-3 0-0 4, Williams 0-0 0-0 0, Coleman-Lands 4-7 0-0 11, Jordan 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 30-60 21-26 88.

Halftime–NC State 33-32. 3-Point Goals–NC State 6-16 (Dorn 3-4, Johnson 2-3, Henderson 1-7, Smith 0-2), Illinois 7-18 (Abrams 3-5, Coleman-Lands 3-5, Finke 1-4, Black 0-1, Jordan 0-1, Hill 0-2).

Fouled Out–Johnson. Rebounds–NC State 25 (Dorn, Smith 7), Illinois 29 (Hill 9).

NOTRE DAME 92, IOWA 78 IOWA (3-4) Pemsl 8-9 2-3 18, Baer 3-10 1-2 8, Bohannon 7-18 2-2 23, Moss 2-4 0-0 5, Jok 4-20 5-7 15, Kriener 0-1 0-0 0, Uhl 0-2 2-2 2, Wagner 0-2 0-0 0, Williams 1-2 0-0 2, Ellingson 2-3 0-0 5. Totals 27-71 12-16 78.

NOTRE DAME (7-0) Colson 6-14 12-12 24, Beachem 5-10 2-2 16, Geben 1-1 0-2 2, Vasturia 6-12 7-7 22, Farrell 5-12 4-4 16, Torres 1-2 0-0 2, Ryan 0-0 3-3 3, Gibbs 1-2 2-3 4, Pflueger 1-2 0-0 3. Totals 26-55 30-33 92.

Halftime–Notre Dame 41-39. 3-Point Goals–Iowa 12-35 (Bohannon 7-15, Jok 2-11, Moss 1-2, Ellingson 1-2, Baer 1-4, Uhl 0-1), Notre Dame 10-23 (Beachem 4-8, Vasturia 3-5, Farrell 2-6, Pflueger 1-1, Colson 0-3). Fouled Out–Geben.

Rebounds–Iowa 28 (Baer 12), Notre Dame 44 (Colson 17). Assists–Iowa 22 (Bohannon 7), Notre Dame 11 (Farrell 7).

State schedule Tuesday’s results American 57, W. Illinois 50 Bradley 87, E. Illinois 83 S. Illinois 89, Murray St. 85 OT Today’s games IUPUI at Illinois St., 6 p.m.

Chicago St. at Ill.-Chicago, 7 p.m.

N. Illinois at Indiana St., 7 p.m.

Norfolk St. at Loyola, 7 p.m.

Drake at DePaul, 7:30 p.m.

Top 25 schedule Tuesday’s results No. 2 Villanova 82, Pennsylvania 57 No. 4 Kansas 91, Long Beach State 61 No. 5 Duke 78, Michigan State 69 No. 7 Xavier 85, N. Dakota State 55 No. 10 Creighton 93, Buffalo 72 No. 17 Wisconsin 77, No. 22 Syracuse 60 Valparaiso 65, No. 21 Rhode Island 62 Today’s games No. 3 N. Carolina at No. 13 Indiana, 8 p.m.

No. 6 Virginia vs. Ohio State, 8 p.m.

No. 9 Baylor vs. Sam Houston St., 8 p.m.

No. 11 UCLA vs. UC Riverside, 10 p.m.

No. 12 Saint Mary’s at Stanford, 10 p.m.

No. 14 Louisville vs. No. 15 Purdue, 6 p.m.

No. 16 Arizona vs. Texas Southern, 8 p.m.

No. 23 Oregon vs. Western Oregon, 9 p.m.

Associated Press Top 25

Record Pts Prv 1. Kentucky (40) 6-0 1590 1 2. Villanova (20) 6-0 1567 2 3. North Carolina (4) 7-0 1497 4 4. Kansas 5-1 1414 5 5. Duke 6-1 1365 6 6. Virginia 6-0 1286 7 7. Xavier 6-0 1181 9 8. Gonzaga 6-0 1112 11 9. Baylor (1) 6-0 1068 20 10. Creighton 6-0 965 12 11. UCLA 7-0 955 14 12. Saint Mary’s (Calif.) 5-0 866 15 13. Indiana 4-1 857 3 14. Louisville 5-1 808 10 15. Purdue 5-1 687 17 16. Arizona 5-1 655 8 17. Wisconsin 5-2 555 16 18. Butler 6-0 506 — 19. Iowa St. 5-1 389 21 20. South Carolina 6-0 379 — 21. Rhode Island 5-1 354 23 22. Syracuse 4-1 229 18 23. Oregon 4-2 189 13 24. Florida 6-1 154 — 25. West Virginia 4-1 132 19 Others receiving votes: Maryland 126, Notre Dame 85, Cincinnati 49, Michigan St. 28, Ohio St. 22, Michigan 13, Temple 8, Southern Cal 7, Houston 6, Florida St. 5, VCU 5, California 3, Tennessee St. 2, Virginia Tech 1, Minnesota 1, Arkansas St. 1, Colorado 1, Rutgers 1, San Diego St. 1.

NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB Toronto 11 6 .647 — Boston 10 7 .588 1 New York 8 9 .471 3 Brooklyn 5 12 .294 6 Philadelphia 4 14 .222 7½ Southeast Division

W L Pct GB Charlotte 10 8 .556 — Atlanta 10 8 .556 — Orlando 7 11 .389 3 Washington 6 10 .375 3 Miami 5 12 .294 4½ Central Division

W L Pct GB Cleveland 13 3 .813 — Chicago 10 6 .625 3 Milwaukee 8 8 .500 5 Indiana 9 9 .500 5 Detroit 9 10 .474 5½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

W L Pct GB San Antonio 14 4 .778 — Memphis 11 7 .611 3 Houston 11 7 .611 3 New Orleans 7 12 .368 7½ Dallas 3 13 .188 10 Northwest Division

W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 11 8 .579 — Utah 11 8 .579 — Portland 9 10 .474 2 Denver 7 10 .412 3 Minnesota 5 12 .294 5 Pacific Division

W L Pct GB Golden State 16 2 .889 — L.A. Clippers 14 5 .737 2½ L.A. Lakers 9 10 .474 7½ Sacramento 7 11 .389 9 Phoenix 5 13 .278 11 Tuesday’s results Detroit 112, Charlotte 89 Brooklyn 127, L.A. Clippers 122, 2OT Milwaukee 118, Cleveland 101 New Orleans 105, L.A. Lakers 88 Orlando 95, San Antonio 83 Utah 120, Houston 101 Today’s games Sacramento at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

Detroit at Boston, 6:30 p.m.

Memphis at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Chicago, 7 p.m.

New York at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Washington at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

San Antonio at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Atlanta at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Miami at Denver, 8 p.m.

Indiana at Portland, 9 p.m.

NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 22 16 4 2 34 67 48 Ottawa 23 14 8 1 29 55 56 Tampa Bay 24 13 10 1 27 71 65 Boston 23 12 10 1 25 55 53 Toronto 22 10 8 4 24 70 71 Detroit 23 11 10 2 24 57 59 Florida 23 11 10 2 24 58 60 Buffalo 22 8 9 5 21 44 57 Metropolitan Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA N.Y. Rangers 24 16 7 1 33 88 59 Pittsburgh 22 13 6 3 29 66 65 Washington 21 13 6 2 28 57 48 Columbus 21 12 5 4 28 67 48 New Jersey 22 10 7 5 25 55 58 Philadelphia 24 11 10 3 25 77 80 Carolina 22 9 9 4 22 54 59 N.Y. Islanders 21 7 10 4 18 51 64 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 24 15 6 3 33 68 60 St. Louis 23 13 7 3 29 62 63 Minnesota 21 11 7 3 25 58 42 Nashville 22 11 8 3 25 65 57 Dallas 24 9 9 6 24 61 79 Winnipeg 25 11 12 2 24 66 72 Colorado 21 9 11 1 19 47 63 Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Edmonton 24 12 10 2 26 70 63 San Jose 22 12 9 1 25 52 48 Los Angeles 22 12 9 1 25 57 54 Anaheim 22 10 8 4 24 57 54 Calgary 25 10 13 2 22 57 77 Vancouver 22 9 11 2 20 49 66 Arizona 20 8 10 2 18 50 63 Note: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Tuesday’s results N.Y. Rangers 3, Carolina 2 Columbus 5, Tampa Bay 1 Detroit 3, Dallas 1 Philadelphia 3, Boston 2, SO Buffalo 5, Ottawa 4 Winnipeg 3, New Jersey 2 Chicago 2, Florida 1, SO Toronto 4, Edmonton 2 Nashville 5, Colorado 3 Arizona at San Jose, late Montreal at Anaheim, late Minnesota at Vancouver, late Today’s games Pittsburgh at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Calgary, 7:30 p.m.

San Jose at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.

Tuesday’s box score

BLACKHAWKS 2, PANTHERS 1, SO Florida 0 0 1 0—1 Chicago 1 0 0 0—2 Chicago won shootout 2-0.

First Period-1, Chicago, Panik 7 (Kruger, Rasmussen), 17:50.

Second Period-None.

Third Period-2, Florida, Jagr 4 (Marchessault, Ekblad), 0:35 (pp).

Overtime-None.

Shootout-Florida 0 (Barkov NG), Chicago 2 (Kane NG, Panarin G, Panik G).

Shots on Goal-Florida 13-12-10-4–39.

Chicago 8-11-11-3–33.

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Keeping the grain moving NEVER A DULL MOMENT AT ELEVATOR DURING HARVEST

By DAVE FOX For Northern Illinois Ag Mag Being service-oriented and personable goes a long way in a business like this.

“We have a really good rapport with all of our farmers,” Smith said, “and that’s very important. Good communications goes a long way, and they’re all such nice people to work with.”

Long gone are the days of the small private family farms, for the most part. Global economy and other factors have caused many farms to continue increasing in size through the years.

“Some of our farmers work up to 6,000 acres,” Smith said, “and they are all in the field working constantly, especially this time of the year.

“We have to keep very accurate records and keep track of who’s bringing in what,” she said.

“I have to be very organized to keep track of every one’s grain, and what comes in, and in getting it all to the right place,” she said. “It’s just so important because it’s their paycheck and we want to be sure that it’s all done right.

“It’s the least I can do for them.”

Speaking more on the train facility, Smith said movement of the grain is vital.

“We have to constantly ship grain out to make sure there’s room for more,” she said, “especially during harvest. We could easily fill this place in a very short time, but we have to keep shipping it out to keep storage space open for more coming in.

“It takes a lot to keep it all moving without any glitches,” she added.

Getting to know people, and having a healthy respect for farming and agriculture, are two of the things that make her job fun and enjoyable in spite of the hectic pace.

“We meet a lot of people from a lot of different walks of life here,” she smiled.

“Many of our farmers do other jobs, like equipment maintenance, caring for livestock, and other things throughout the year,” Smith said. “”They all stay busy year-round, and it’s really interesting getting to know them and learn about their interests.”

Learning about the farmers she works with, and about agriculture in general, is part of what makes her work so fascinating.

“You just learn so much,” she said. “The amount of work and energy that goes into producing just one piece of grain is just amazing. They work hard day and night, year-round, to produce their product. It’s a very respectable profession.

“I get to know the farmers and their families as well,” she continued. “It’s just the most respectful and amazing community, and the quality of the people I get to be around is what makes it so much fun.”

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Patients large and small Odd hours, many tasks, but rural vet loves his calling

By DAVE FOX For Northern Illinois Ag Mag

Dr. Karl Hohenboken examines a cat with allergies at the Prophetstown Veterinary Clinic office. Hohenboken has been a rural vet in Whiteside County since the early 1990s.

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Antibiotics, especially for large animals, are “Dad would bring home vaccines for the cats changing now as well. and dogs, and he would have me do those vac“The antibiotics coming out now are much cines,” Hohenboken said. “I enjoyed it.” better and more effective than earlier ones,” Now, it’s part of the many tasks involved in he said, “but many of them will never be being a rural veterinarian, his job since the over-the-counter because of concerns about early 1990s in Whiteside County. residues and things like that being passed The contagious smile that flashes frequently through the body.

In the dispensary, Hohenboken discusses as he talks about his profession makes it clear changes in medications through the years. being a vet is more than just a job.

He also monitors the meds available on hand “I enjoy working with all of the animals, to ensure a good supply is available without large and small,” he said, “and I get to meet lots having costly overstock. of different people, too. It’s great.”

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He said he hadn’t been looking to move, but said it quickly became a welcome “Many of these newer meds are now rechange. quiring prescriptions from a vet, so it’s “It was nice to get back closer to family,” going to get to the point where our large Hohenboken said. “And I enjoyed getting animal contact will increase because the back to more large animal work here than I animals will actually have to be seen by the was doing in Ohio. Of course, I love working vet in order for the meds to be prescribed.” with small animals, too.”

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“Any time I get to help deliver cows, pigs, or even dogs, especially if it goes well, it’s so enjoyable just to see the joy the owners are feeling when it’s all done,” Hohenboken said with a smile. “To get to be a part of bringing new life into the world is always very satisfying.”

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NHL | BLACKHAWKS 2, PANTHERS 1, SO

’Bama, OSU hold steady in rankings

Panik strikes twice for ’Hawks

BY RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer

Ohio State held firm at second in the College Football Playoff rankings, putting the Buckeyes in position to become the first team to be selected to the final four without winning its conference.

The second-to-last rankings were released Tuesday night, and Alabama was No. 1, followed by Ohio State, Clemson, and Washington. The Crimson Tide, Tigers, and Huskies all play conference championship games this weekend and presumably would be in good shape to make the playoff if they win.

The final rankings and playoff pairings will be released Sunday.

Unbeaten Alabama is probably in good shape to make the playoff even if it loses to Florida in the Southeastern Conference title game on Saturday.

Michigan dropped to five after losing to Ohio State. Wisconsin was sixth, and Penn State was seventh. The Badgers and Nittany Lions will play for the Big Ten title in Indianapolis on Saturday.

Huskies vs. Wolverines

Assuming the Buckeyes are a lock, and it looks good for them, and Clemson doesn’t get upset

by Virginia Tech in the ACC title game, the debate for the committee when it gathers in Texas on Saturday night to watch games and discuss the only rankings that matter will be Pac12 or Big Ten. Can Michigan, or maybe the Big Ten champion with two losses, edge a Washington team that would finish 12-1 by beating Colorado Friday night in the Pac-12 title game?

“There is a small separation between these two teams,” selection committee chairman Kirby Hocutt said of Michigan and Washington. At one point Hocutt added that the difference between the Wolverines and Huskies was “razor thin.”

It looks like not only does the committee not mind putting one Big Ten team without a conference championship in the playoff, but it is also comfortable with two. Michigan at 10-2 has victories against both Penn State and Wisconsin.

Penn State’s plight

A Wisconsin victory in the Big Ten title game would eliminate the controversy. The Badgers lost to Ohio State during the regular season.

Penn State fans, however, are already cranking up the complaints. The Nittany Lions beat Ohio State in October. Add a Big Ten title and Penn State is bound to feel slighted.

Conference titles and head-tohead results are essentially used by the committee like tiebreakers when teams are very close.

The Buckeyes and Nittany Lions are not in the committee’s eyes.

At least not yet.

“The selection committee recognizes the head-to-head win, but in this particular case, it hasn’t been the distinguishing point in our evaluation of those two teams,” he said.

Sugar Bowl

Assuming Alabama is in the playoff, the Southeastern Conference sends its next highest ranked team to the Sugar Bowl to face the Big 12 champion, which will be decided when No. 9 Oklahoma and No. 10 Oklahoma State play in Norman on Saturday.

No. 14 Auburn is that SEC team right now. Florida is 15th, so a good performance – even in a loss – against the Crimson Tide might get the Gators to New Orleans on a two-game losing streak.

Orange Bowl

Louisville beat Florida State by 43 points in September, but the Cardinals have stumbled down the stretch and now the Seminoles are 12th and the Cardinals are 13th.

If that order holds – and there is no reason to think it won’t because neither is playing – and Clemson goes to the playoff as the ACC champion, then Florida State will represent the conference in the Orange Bowl.

Hocutt said Florida State has played one of the toughest schedules in the country while Louisville has beaten only one team with a winning record (Florida State). He said the Seminoles are playing better lately.

Scoring in regulation, shootout ends drought and drops Panthers

BY JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer

CHICAGO – Richard Panik raised his stick in the air with his left hand as he skated away from a defeated Roberto Luongo.

At long last, his slump was over.

Panik scored in regulation and then had the deciding goal in a shootout, helping the Chicago Blackhawks beat Florida 2-1 on Tuesday night in the Panthers’ first game since Tom Rowe took over as interim coach.

Artemi Panarin also scored in the tiebreaker and Corey Crawford matched a season high with 38 saves in Chicago’s first home game in 16 days. The Blackhawks went 3-3-1 on their annual circus trip.

“That was a long trip. We were excited to come back home,” Crawford said.

Panarin beat Luongo with a slick backhand in the second round. After Aleksander Barkov was stopped by Crawford at the

other end, Panik converted his chance with a well-placed wrist shot past Luongo on the glove side.

“I’m really grateful for Corey being behind us,” Panarin said through a translator. “If it weren’t for him, the last couple games would have turned out differently. We’re lucky to have him.”

Florida (11-10-2) returned to the ice for the first time since coach Gerard Gallant was fired after a 3-2 loss at Carolina on Sunday night. Jaromir Jagr scored in the third period and Luongo made 32 saves, but the Panthers lost for the third time in four games.

Chicago (15-6-3) played without captain Jonathan Toews, who missed his third consecutive game with an upper-body injury.

Fellow center Artem Anisimov left in the third after teammate Duncan Keith’s shot went off the inside of his lower right leg.

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The Panthers’ Aleksander Barkov (16) breaks away from the Blackhawks’ Gustav Forsling during the second period Tuesday in Chicago. The Blackhawks won in a shootout.

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The student matches up with the teacher Jimmy Butler ready to show mentor Luol Deng improvements in his game

BY K.C. JOHNSON Chicago Tribune

It’s unfortunate the NBA schedule-makers placed the Lakers in New Orleans Tuesday night, or else Luol Deng and Jimmy Butler might’ve grabbed a late-night workout together for old time’s sake.

As Deng and the Lakers faced the Pelicans, Butler planned to return to the Advocate Center, as he does most nights.

“I think of it like this: I don’t see what else you have to do all day,” Butler said, opening a window on his work ethic. “The job that we have is incredibly lenient. Like, you practice for an hour-and-ahalf. What do you do with the rest of your day? Why don’t you come in here and work on your game? Shoot. Watch some film. All you’re going to do is sit at home and play video games on your phone anyway.

“These guys are buying into that, which is great. When you fall in love with the process, you find out that your confidence comes from your work anyway.”

Yes, young players like Doug McDermott and Bobby Portis look up to Butler the way Butler once did to Deng. But there’s another way Butler believes he can repay Deng

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Luol Deng (9), now with the Lakers, will face Jimmy Butler (21) and the Bulls tonight in a chance for Butler to show his former mentor how far he has come. when the two are matched against each other on Wednesday at the United Center, as they were occasionally last weekend in Los Angeles.

“The way I look at it, I owe him a little bit,” Butler said, a sly smile forming. “That’s why

I’m going to show him the protégé is doing it.”

Butler is indeed doing that, taking his game to an even higher level after consecutive All-Star game appearances.

Butler is averaging 25.8 points, almost 5 points higher than his

previous best set last season.

His rebounding average of 6.6 per game and shooting percentages across the board – 49 percent overall, 42.6 3-point, 88.7 free throw – also mark career bests.

“This is not a façade. This is not luck,” Dwyane Wade said. “This is the way he can play night in and night out. He understands that now. Once you reach that level, it’s a big responsibility to stay there. But he wants to, and I think he has all the tools to do it.”

Deng certainly believes this.

Last week in Los Angeles, he said nothing Butler is doing is surprising him.

Deep in the lost season that proved his rookie campaign, Butler would call Deng and then-assistant coach Adrian Griffin, returning to the Berto Center where the Bulls practiced at the time to unleash his frustrations in punishing workouts.

“Man, I love that kid,” Deng said in a November 2012 interview with the Tribune. “... I just want to help him. We go to the gym every night and get shots up and talk about the game. It’s just the relationship we have. And I really appreciate it.”

Butler appreciates it too, calling Deng “my guy.”

COMMENTARY

List of scary questions keeps growing for Bears widely cast as ordinary?

Will it be wise to invest significantly in Alshon Of course that’s how Jeffery, a big-play things had to end Sunreceiver who spent half day at Soldier Field of 2015 injured and now – with a well-thrown a quarter of 2016 suspotential game-winning pended after violating touchdown pass hitting the NFL’s policy on perBears receiver Josh Belformance-enhancing lamy in the numbers drugs? and then ricocheting Can the Bears legitiaway. mately identify more On the doorstep of a than four or five potenheartening comeback tial future Pro Bowl victory, the Bears rang players from their curthe bell ... only to have a rent roster? massive cartoon mallet Should 2015 firstextend from the mailround pick Kevin White box and wallop them (with only four games into the earth. played over two seaSure, the Bears still sons) still be considhad three additional ered a building block? incompletions, includAP Has there really been ing one last drop in the Bears wide receiver Josh Bellamy misses a catch progress made buildend zone, before their during a game against the Titans on Sunday. ing the front seven of a 27-21 loss to the Titans defense that still ranks became final. But, boy, Ryan Pace is instead a tion looming: Is there was that sequence with failure- and folly-filled anything firmly in place in the bottom three of the NFL in takeaways Bellamy a fitting micro- mess. right now? Anything at (eight) and has now cosm of the entire fall.

At the very least, the all? gone eight-plus quarYour 2016 Bears: Bears figured to reach And if at first that ters and 130 plays since Where hope-filled the stretch run of this seems like an overly its last sack? moments continually season with a handful pessimistic question, Is John Fox the right morph into misery. of their most important consider the lengthy coach to propel the As December arrives, questions answered. offseason checklist sitorganization forward? what was supposed Instead, the list of ting on Pace’s desk.

For that matter, has to be an encouragconcerns only seems For starters, what’s Pace himself accoming rebuilding season to grow longer by the next at quarterback, under coach John Fox week. particularly with a 2017 plished anything to retain ownership’s and general manager The heaviest quesdraft class that’s being

BY DAN WIEDERER Chicago Tribune

unbridled confidence?

Stare at the Bears’ 2-9 record long enough and the depression quickly becomes apathy, an emotional skid evidenced by the 11,086 unused tickets for Sunday’s home loss.

The empty seats were everywhere, both at the opening kickoff and the final gun.

In case you’d forgotten, the Bears spent the final hours of October building confidence.

They beat the firstplace Vikings that night and headed into their week off with proof that they could play crisp, winning football for 60 minutes. And there was plenty of internal belief that they would get healthy enough to put together a successful surge over the season’s second half.

And then November happened. Three losses.

Two suspensions. Four starters placed on injured reserve.

A 36-10 face-plant in Tampa was the worst loss of the Fox era, both in margin of defeat and overall sloppiness.

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PUBLIC NOTICES SAUK VALLEY

To: Vincent E. Bartuch; Aqua Illinois, Inc.; The Woodhaven Association; Occupant; occupants or persons in actual possession of real estate hereinafter described; County Clerk of Lee County, Illinois; unknown owners and parties interested in said real estate.

To: Claude E. Tears; Vivian Tears; The Woodhaven Association; Occupant; occupants or persons in actual possession of real estate hereinafter described; County Clerk of Lee County, Illinois; unknown owners and parties interested in said real estate.

TAX DEED NO. 2016 TX 51 Filed November 15, 2016 TAKE NOTICE County of Lee Date Premises Sold October 28, 2014 Certificate No. 2014-00355 Sold for General Taxes of 2013 Sold for Special Assessment of (Municipality) and Specal assessment number (Not Applicable) Warrant No. (Not Applicable) Inst. No. (Not Applicable)

TAX DEED NO. 2016 TX 56 Filed November 15, 2016 TAKE NOTICE County of Lee Date Premises Sold October 28, 2014 Certificate No. 2014-00177 Sold for General Taxes of 2013 Sold for Special Assessment of (Municipality) and Specal assessment number (Not Applicable) Warrant No. (Not Applicable) Inst. No. (Not Applicable)

THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at: Lot 99 in Section 13 as shown on the Plat of Woodhaven Lakes recorded July 10, 1974 in Book 'H' of Plats at pages 40, 41, and 42 as Document No. 396376 in the Recorder's Office of Lee County, all situated in the County of Lee and State of Illinois.

Property Index No. 13-21-12-328-048 This notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale will expire on April 13, 2017.

The amount o redeem is subject to increase at 6-month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming.

This notice is also to advise you that a petition has been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this property if redemption is not made on or before April 13, 2017.

This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of Lee County, on May 2, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at the Lee County Courts Building 309 South Galena Avenue, Dixon, Illinois in Courtroom 330.

You may be present at this hearing but your right to redeem will already have expired at the time.

YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made at any time on or before April 13, 2017 by applying to the County Clerk of Lee County, Illinois at the Office of the County Clerk in Dixon, Illinois.

For further information contact the County Clerk Address: 112 East 2nd Street, Dixon IL 61021 P.O. Box 329, Dixon IL 61021 Telephone: (815) 288-3309 Midwest Tulsa Property, Inc. MICHAEL J. WILSON & ASSOCIATES Michael J. Wilson Attorneys at Law 309 West Washington Street, Suit 1200 Chicago, IL 60606 312-781-9510 Purchaser or Assignee Dated 11/15/2016 #13-10028

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To: Piper M. Patterson-Bradley; Clayton Dial; Victoria Dial; Aqua Illinois, Inc., f/k/a Consumers Illinios Water Compay; The Woodhaven Association; Occupant; occupants or persons in actual possession of real estate hereinafter described; County Clerk of Lee County, Illinois; unknown owners and parties interested in said real estate.

TAX DEED NO. 16 TX 47 Filed November 15, 2016 TAKE NOTICE County of Lee Date Premises Sold October 28, 2014 Certificate No. 2014-00445 Sold for General Taxes of 2013 Sold for Special Assessment of (Municipality) and Specal assessment number (Not Applicable) Warrant No. (Not Applicable) Inst. No. (Not Applicable) THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at: Lot 299 in Section 11 as shown on the Plat of Woodhaven Lakes recorded April 20, 1972 in Book 'H' of Plats at pages 31,32,and 33 as Document Number 380742 in the Recorder's Office of Lee County, all situated in the County of Lee and State of Illinois.

Property Index No. 19-22-07-103-005 This notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale will expire on April 13, 2017.

The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6-month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming.

This notice is also to advise you that a petition has been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this property if redemption is not made on or before April 13, 2017.

This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of Lee County, on May 2, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at the Lee County Courts Building 309 South Galena Avenue, Dixon, Illinois in Courtroom 330.

You may be present at this hearing but your right to redeem will already have expired at the time.

YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made at any time on or before April 13, 2017 by applying to the County Clerk of Lee County, Illinois at the Office of the County Clerk in Dixon, Illinois.

For further information contact the County Clerk Address: 112 East 2nd Street, Dixon IL 61021 P.O. Box 329, Dixon IL 61021 Telephone: (815) 288-3309 Midwest Tulsa Property, Inc. MICHAEL J. WILSON & ASSOCIATES Michael J. Wilson Attorneys at Law 309 West Washington Street, Suit 1200 Chicago, IL 60606 312-781-9510 Purchaser or Assignee Dated 11/15/16

THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at: Lot 4 in Section 12 as shown on the Plat of Woodhaven Lakes recorded February 14, 1972 in Book 'H' of Plats at pages 24 and 25 as Document Number 379406 in the Recorder's Office of Lee County, all situated in the County of Lee and State of Illinois.

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To: Lawrence J. Kubbins; The Woodhaven Association; Occupant; occupants or persons in actual possession of real estate hereinafter described; County Clerk of Lee County, Illinois; unknown owners and parties interested in said real estate.

TAX DEED NO. 2016 TX 55 Filed November 15, 2016 TAKE NOTICE County of Lee Date Premises Sold October 28, 2014 Certificate No. 2014-00179 Sold for General Taxes of 2013 Sold for Special Assessment of (Municipality) and Specal assessment number (Not Applicable) Warrant No. (Not Applicable) Inst. No. (Not Applicable) THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at: Lot 116 in Section 1 as shown on the Plat of Woodhaven Lakes recorded June 4, 1971 in Book 'H' of Plats at pages 1 and 2 as Document Number 374622 in the Recorder's Office of Lee County, all situated in the County of Lee and State of Illinois.

Property Index No. 13-21-01-454-027

This notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale will expire on April 13, 2017.

The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6-month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming.

This notice is also to advise you that a petition has been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this property if redemption is not made on or before April 13, 2017.

This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of Lee County, on May 2, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at the Lee County Courts Building 309 South Galena Avenue, Dixon, Illinois in Courtroom 330.

You may be present at this hearing but your right to redeem will already have expired at the time.

YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made at any time on or before April 13, 2017 by applying to the County Clerk of Lee County, Illinois at the Office of the County Clerk in Dixon, Illinois.

For further information contact the County Clerk Address: 112 East 2nd Street, Dixon IL 61021 P.O. Box 329, Dixon IL 61021 Telephone: (815) 288-3309 Midwest Tulsa Property, Inc. MICHAEL J. WILSON & ASSOCIATES Michael J. Wilson Attorneys at Law 309 West Washington Street, Suit 1200 Chicago, IL 60606 312-781-9510 Purchaser or Assignee Dated 11/15/2016

This notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale will expire on April 13, 2017.

The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6-month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming.

This notice is also to advise you that a petition has been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this property if redemption is not made on or before April 13, 2017.

This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of Lee County, on May 2, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at the Lee County Courts Building 309 South Galena Avenue, Dixon, Illinois in Courtroom 330.

You may be present at this hearing but your right to redeem will already have expired at the time.

YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made at any time on or before April 13, 2017 by applying to the County Clerk of Lee County, Illinois at the Office of the County Clerk in Dixon, Illinois.

For further information contact the County Clerk Address: 112 East 2nd Street, Dixon IL 61021 P.O. Box 329, Dixon IL 61021 Telephone: (815) 288-3309 Midwest Tulsa Property, Inc. MICHAEL J. WILSON & ASSOCIATES Michael J. Wilson Attorneys at Law 309 West Washington Street, Suit 1200 Chicago, IL 60606 312-781-9510 Purchaser or Assignee Dated 11/15/2016

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To: Alma Flores; Pedro Alicea; The Woodhaven Association; Occupant; occupants or persons in actual possession of real estate hereinafter described; County Clerk of Lee County, Illinois; unknown owners and parties interested in said real estate.

TAX DEED NO. 16 TX 48 Filed November 15, 2016 TAKE NOTICE County of Lee Date Premises Sold October 28, 2014 Certificate No. 2014-00407 Sold for General Taxes of 2013 Sold for Special Assessment of (Municipality) and Specal assessment number (Not Applicable) Warrant No. (Not Applicable) Inst. No. (Not Applicable) THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at: Lot 5 in Section 9 as shown on the Plat of Woodhaven Lakes recorded February 14, 1972 in Book 'H' of Plats at pages 21, 22, and 23 as Document No. 379405 in the Recorder's Office of Lee County, all situated in the County of Lee and State of Illinois.

Property Index No. 13-21-12-478-024 This notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale will expire on April 13, 2017.

The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6-month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming.

This notice is also to advise you that a petition has been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this property if redemption is not made on or before April 13, 2017.

This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of Lee County, on May 2, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at the Lee County Courts Building 309 South Galena Avenue, Dixon, Illinois in Courtroom 330.

You may be present at this hearing but your right to redeem will already have expired at the time.

YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made at any time on or before April 13, 2017 by applying to the County Clerk of Lee County, Illinois at the Office of the County Clerk in Dixon, Illinois.

For further information contact the County Clerk Address: 112 East 2nd Street, Dixon IL 61021 P.O. Box 329, Dixon IL 61021 Telephone: (815) 288-3309 Midwest Tulsa Property, Inc. MICHAEL J. WILSON & ASSOCIATES Michael J. Wilson Attorneys at Law 309 West Washington Street, Suit 1200 Chicago, IL 60606 312-781-9510 Purchaser or Assignee Dated11/15/2016

November 28, 29, 30, 2016

To: Carlito Morales; Maria Morales; Aqua Illinois, Inc., f/k/a Consumers Illinois Water Company; The Woodhaven Association; Occupant; occupants or persons in actual possession of real estate hereinafter described; County Clerk of Lee County, Illinois; unknown owners and parties interested in said real estate.

TAX DEED NO. 16 TX 49 Filed November 15, 2016 TAKE NOTICE County of Lee Date Premises Sold October 28, 2014 Certificate No. 2014-00228 Sold for General Taxes of 2013 Sold for Special Assessment of (Municipality) and Specal assessment number (Not Applicable) Warrant No. (Not Applicable) Inst. No. (Not Applicable) THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at: Lot 307 in Section 29 as shown on the Plat of Woodhaven Lakes recorded July 13, 1977 in Book 'I' of Plats at pages 69-76, inclusive, as Document No. 419247 in the Recorder's Office of Lee County, all situated in the County of Lee and State of Illinois.

Property Index No. 13-21-11-126-006 This notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale will expire on April 13, 2017.

The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6-month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming.

This notice is also to advise you that a petition has been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this property if redemption is not made on or before April 13, 2017.

This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of Lee County, on May 2, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at the Lee County Courts Building 309 South Galena Avenue, Dixon, Illinois in Courtroom 330.

You may be present at this hearing but your right to redeem will already have expired at the time.

YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made at any time on or before April 13, 2017 by applying to the County Clerk of Lee County, Illinois at the Office of the County Clerk in Dixon, Illinois.

For further information contact the County Clerk Address: 112 East 2nd Street, Dixon IL 61021 P.O. Box 329, Dixon IL 61021 Telephone: (815) 288-3309 Midwest Tulsa Property, Inc. MICHAEL J. WILSON & ASSOCIATES Michael J. Wilson Attorneys at Law 309 West Washington Street, Suit 1200 Chicago, IL 60606 312-781-9510 Purchaser or Assignee Dated11/15/2016

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To: Stanley Sejda; The Woodhaven Association; Occupant; occupants or persons in actual possession of real estate hereinafter described; County Clerk of Lee County, Illinois; unknown owners and parties interested in said real estate.

To: Sandy Mysiewicz; The Woodhaven Association; Occupant; occupants or persons in actual possession of real estate hereinafter described; County Clerk of Lee County, Illinois; unknown owners and parties interested in said real estate.

TAX DEED NO. 2016 TX 57 Filed November 15, 2016 TAKE NOTICE County of Lee Date Premises Sold October 28, 2014 Certificate No. 2014-00158 Sold for General Taxes of 2013 Sold for Special Assessment of (Municipality) and Specal assessment number (Not Applicable) Warrant No. (Not Applicable) Inst. No. (Not Applicable)

TAX DEED NO. 2016 TX 50 Filed November 15, 2016 TAKE NOTICE County of Lee Date Premises Sold October 28, 2014 Certificate No. 2014-00444 Sold for General Taxes of 2013 Sold for Special Assessment of (Municipality) and Specal assessment number (Not Applicable) Warrant No. (Not Applicable) Inst. No. (Not Applicable)

THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at: Lot 88 in Section 17 as shown on the Plat of Woodhaven Lakes recorded September 11, 1974 in Book 'H' of Plats at pages 50-56 inclusive, as Document Number 397055 in the Recorder's Office of Lee County, all situated in the County of Lee and State of Illinois.

Property Index No. 13-21-01-304-002 This notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale will expire on April 13, 2017.

The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6-month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming.

This notice is also to advise you that a petition has been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this property if redemption is not made on or before April 13, 2017.

This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of Lee County, on May 2, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at the Lee County Courts Building 309 South Galena Avenue, Dixon, Illinois in Courtroom 330.

You may be present at this hearing but your right to redeem will already have expired at the time.

YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made at any time on or before April 13, 2017 by applying to the County Clerk of Lee County, Illinois at the Office of the County Clerk in Dixon, Illinois.

For further information contact the County Clerk Address: 112 East 2nd Street, Dixon IL 61021 P.O. Box 329, Dixon IL 61021 Telephone: (815) 288-3309 Midwest Tulsa Property, Inc. MICHAEL J. WILSON & ASSOCIATES Michael J. Wilson Attorneys at Law 309 West Washington Street, Suit 1200 Chicago, IL 60606 312-781-9510 Purchaser or Assignee Dated11/15/2016 #13-10026

November 28, 29, 30, 2016

To: David B Cordero; Johanna B. Cordero; Joe Cole; Betty Cole; Aqua Illinois, Inc., f/k/a Consumers Illinois Water Company; The Woodhaven Association; Occupant; occupants or persons in actual possession of real estate hereinafter described; County Clerk of Lee County, Illinois; unknown owners and parties interested in said real estate.

TAX DEED NO. 2016 TX 53 Filed November 15, 2016 TAKE NOTICE County of Lee Date Premises Sold October 28, 2014 Certificate No. 2014-00346 Sold for General Taxes of 2013 Sold for Special Assessment of (Municipality) and Specal assessment number (Not Applicable) Warrant No. (Not Applicable) Inst. No. (Not Applicable) THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at: Lot 185 in Section 3 as shown on the Plat of Woodhaven Lakes recorded August 19, 1971 in Book 'H' of Plats at page 13, 14, and 15, as Document No. 375776 in the Recorder's Office of Lee County, all situated in the County of Lee and State of Illinois.

Property Index No. 13-21-12-278-030 This notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale will expire on April 13, 2017.

The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6-month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming.

This notice is also to advise you that a petition has been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this property if redemption is not made on or before April 13, 2017.

This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of Lee County, on May 2, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at the Lee County Courts Building 309 South Galena Avenue, Dixon, Illinois in Courtroom 330.

THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at: Lot 307 in Section 11 as shown on the Plat of Woodhaven Lakes recorded April 20, 1972 in Book 'H' of Plats at page 31, 32, and 33 as Document No. 380742 in the Recorder's Office of Lee County, all situated in the County of Lee and State of Illinois.

Property Index No. 19-22-07-102-022

TAX DEED NO. 2016 TX 52 Filed November 15, 2016 TAKE NOTICE County of Lee Date Premises Sold October 28, 2014 Certificate No. 2014-00375 Sold for General Taxes of 2013 Sold for Special Assessment of (Municipality) and Specal assessment number (Not Applicable) Warrant No. (Not Applicable) Inst. No. (Not Applicable)

You may be present at this hearing but your right to redeem will already have expired at the time.

YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made at any time on or before April 13, 2017 by applying to the County Clerk of Lee County, Illinois at the Office of the County Clerk in Dixon, Illinois.

For further information contact the County Clerk Address: 112 East 2nd Street, Dixon IL 61021 P.O. Box 329, Dixon IL 61021 Telephone: (815) 288-3309 Midwest Tulsa Property, Inc. MICHAEL J. WILSON & ASSOCIATES Michael J. Wilson Attorneys at Law 309 West Washington Street, Suit 1200 Chicago, IL 60606 312-781-9510 Purchaser or Assignee Dated 11/15/2016

THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at: Lot 61 in Section 19 as shown on the Plat of Woodhaven Lakes recorded January 9, 1975 in Book 'H' of Plats at page 61 and 62 as Document No. 399424 in the Recorder's Office of Lee County, all situated in the County of Lee and State of Illinois.

Property Index No. 13-21-12-356-020 This notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale will expire on April 13, 2017.

The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6-month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming.

This notice is also to advise you that a petition has been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this property if redemption is not made on or before April 13, 2017.

This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of Lee County, on May 2, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at the Lee County Courts Building 309 South Galena Avenue, Dixon, Illinois in Courtroom 330.

You may be present at this hearing but your right to redeem will already have expired at the time.

YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made at any time on or before April 13, 2017 by applying to the County Clerk of Lee County, Illinois at the Office of the County Clerk in Dixon, Illinois.

For further information contact the County Clerk Address: 112 East 2nd Street, Dixon IL 61021 P.O. Box 329, Dixon IL 61021 Telephone: (815) 288-3309 Midwest Tulsa Property, Inc. MICHAEL J. WILSON & ASSOCIATES Michael J. Wilson Attorneys at Law 309 West Washington Street, Suit 1200 Chicago, IL 60606 312-781-9510 Purchaser or Assignee Dated 11/15/2016

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#13-10025

This notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale will expire on April 13, 2017.

The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6-month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming.

This notice is also to advise you that a petition has been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this property if redemption is not made on or before April 13, 2017.

This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of Lee County, on May 2, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at the Lee County Courts Building 309 South Galena Avenue, Dixon, Illinois in Courtroom 330.

November 28,29,30, 2016

November 28, 29, 30, 2016

To: Juan M. Cote; Mario A. Cote; Aqua Illinois, Inc.; The Woodhaven Association; Occupant; occupants or persons in actual possession of real estate hereinafter described; County Clerk of Lee County, Illinois; unknown owners and parties interested in said real estate.

To: Samuel V. Carbone; Sandra Carbone; Aqua Illinois, Inc.; The Woodhaven Assoiation; Occupant; occupants or persons in actual possession of real estate hereinafter described; County Clerk of Lee County, Illinois; unknown owners and parties interested in said real estate.

TAX DEED NO. 16 TX 46

TAX DEED NO. 2016 TX 54 Filed November 15, 2016 TAKE NOTICE County of Lee Date Premises Sold October 28, 2014 Certificate No. 2014-00165 Sold for General Taxes of 2013 Sold for Special Assessment of (Municipality) and Specal assessment number (Not Applicable) Warrant No. (Not Applicable) Inst. No. (Not Applicable)

Filed November 15, 2016 TAKE NOTICE

County of Lee Date Premises Sold October 28, 2014 Certificate No. 2014-00449 and 2014-00450 Sold for General Taxes of 2013 Sold for Special Assessment of (Municipality) and Specal assessment number (Not Applicable) Warrant No. (Not Applicable) Inst. No. (Not Applicable)

THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Properties located at: Lots 192 and 193 in Section 11 as shown on the Plat of Woodhaven Lakes recorded April 20, 1972 in Book 'H' of Plats at pages 31, 32, and 33 as Document No. 380742 in the Recorder's Office of Lee County, all situated in the County of Lee and State of Illinois.

Property Index Nos. 19-22-07-107-006 and 19-22-07-107-007

You may be present at this hearing but your right to redeem will already have expired at the time.

YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made at any time on or before April 13, 2017 by applying to the County Clerk of Lee County, Illinois at the Office of the County Clerk in Dixon, Illinois.

For further information contact the County Clerk Address: 112 East 2nd Street, Dixon IL 61021 P.O. Box 329, Dixon IL 61021 Telephone: (815) 288-3309 Midwest Tulsa Property, Inc. MICHAEL J. WILSON & ASSOCIATES Michael J. Wilson Attorneys at Law 309 West Washington Street, Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60606 312-781-9510 Purchaser or Assignee Dated 11/15/2016

This notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale will expire on April 13, 2017.

The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6-month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming.

This notice is also to advise you that a petition has been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this property if redemption is not made on or before April 13, 2017.

This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of Lee County, on May 2, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at the Lee County Courts Building 309 South Galena Avenue, Dixon, Illinois in Courtroom 330.

You may be present at this hearing but your right to redeem will already have expired at the time.

YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made at any time on or before April 13, 2017 by applying to the County Clerk of Lee County, Illinois at the Office of the County Clerk in Dixon, Illinois.

For further information contact the County Clerk Address: 112 East 2nd Street, Dixon IL 61021 P.O. Box 329, Dixon IL 61021 Telephone: (815) 288-3309 Midwest Tulsa Property, Inc. MICHAEL J. WILSON & ASSOCIATES Michael J. Wilson Attorneys at Law 309 West Washington Street, Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60606 312-781-9510 Purchaser or Assignee Dated11/15/2016

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November 28, 29, 30, 2016

To: Theodore Vasquez; Diane Reyes; Aqua Illinois Inc., f/k/a Consumers Illinois Water Company; The Woodhaven Association; Occupant; occupants or persons in actual possession of real estate hereinafter described; County Clerk of Lee County, Illinois; unknown owners and parties interested in said real estate.

November 28,29,30, 2016

THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at: Lot 2 in Section 17 as shown on the Plat of Woodhaven Lakes recorded September 11, 1974 in Book 'H' of Plats at pages 50-56 inclusive, as Document Number 397055 in recorder's Office of Lee County, all situated in the County of Lee and State of Illinois.

Property Index No. 13-21-01-351-008 This notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale will expire on April 13, 2017.

The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6-month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming.

This notice is also to advise you that a petition has been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this property if redemption is not made on or before April 13, 2017.

This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of Lee County, on May 2, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at the Lee County Courts Building 309 South Galena Avenue, Dixon, Illinois in Courtroom 330.

You may be present at this hearing but your right to redeem will already have expired at the time.

YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made at any time on or before April 13, 2017 by applying to the County Clerk of Lee County, Illinois at the Office of the County Clerk in Dixon, Illinois.

For further information contact the County Clerk Address: 112 East 2nd Street, Dixon IL 61021 P.O. Box 329, Dixon IL 61021 Telephone: (815) 288-3309 Midwest Tulsa Property, Inc. MICHAEL J. WILSON & ASSOCIATES Michael J. Wilson Attorneys at Law 309 West Washington Street, Suit 1200 Chicago, IL 60606 312-781-9510 Purchaser or Assignee Dated 11/15/2016 #13-10027

November 28, 29, 30, 2016

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DIXON 3 BR ranch, comfinished pletely basement & 2 car garage. $800 per mth, $800 dep.

815-288-5766 Nice 3BR 2 ½ BA 1600 sq. ft. big garage, deep lot, $900/mo. + dep.

1003 E. Chamberlin St., Dixon 303898-5763 for showing.

OHIO 4BR, 2 full baths, first floor laundry. $700/mo. 1St , last + dep. Pets negotiable. Call 815994-1285.

OREGON

We have multiple entry level jobs available. Seeking motivated individuals with a good work ethic.

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Apply online at etnyre.com

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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

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

EDUCATION

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LINCOLN'S CHALLENGE ACADEMY Having trouble in high school? Education *Discipline* Job Skills LCA offers a structured education program for Illinois Youth 16 to 18 www.lincolns challenge.org

HEALTH / MEDICAL

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Avonlea Cottage of Dixon P.T. Cook C.N.A. Full Time 11pm-7am Apply in person 503 Countryside Lane in Dixon or call 815-288-6044 Experienced RN/LPN needed CNA 2pm-10pm Please apply in person at: Avonlea Cottage 2201 E. LeFevre Rd., Sterling Wanted 2nd Shift R.N. Part Time Please Apply in person at: Heritage Square 620 N. Ottawa Ave., Dixon OR online at: heritagesquare dixon.com NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE Wanted F.T. C.N.A.'s 1st , 2nd & 3rd shifts Please Apply in person at: Heritage Square 620 N. Ottawa Ave., Dixon, OR online at: heritagesquare dixon.com NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

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EMPLOYMENT

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Anderson Plumbing & Heating, a non-union company of 40yrs is looking for a Full/Part Time HVAC Tech for Furnace Installations, Repair & Service.

We offer a competitive pay structure with benefits including Health Insurance, Simple IRA, Vacation & Holiday pay.

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Sterling Chevrolet is now hiring Sales Consultant with experience but not necessary. Will train the right candidate. Contact Kevin May or email kevinmay@ sterlingchevy. com 815-625-2700 Dental Assistant wanted for busy office.

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Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Astrograph Times are changing, and so are you.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2016 SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Don’t hold back when you should be moving forward. Back away from waste and indulgence and move toward cost efficiency and success.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Strive to put your plans in motion. Change is good, and it will encourage you to step out of your comfort zone and go in search of bigger and better opportunities.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Doing something just because someone else does it will not be in your best interest. You are best off doing your own thing and avoiding getting stuck with other people’s mistakes.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- Do your research when dealing with money, health or legal matters. Trust in your own vision instead of what someone else is trying to convince you to believe in.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Size up your situation and proceed to do whatever works best for you. Don’t believe everything you hear or allow someone to manipulate you. Find a way to use your creative skills.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Get involved, make a power play and bring about change.

Your ability to tap into a trend or drum up support will encourage you to set higher goals and strive for excellence.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- New beginnings look promising. Choose to make a move, start a project or engage in talks that will help you pursue your dreams. Live your life with gusto and avoid procrastination.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Read between the lines and be aware of body language when dealing with others. It’s the little subtleties that will give you insight into what’s actually happening. Trust your instincts.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Personal improvements resulting from an unexpected change will help you establish what you want to pursue.

Don’t give in to pressure. If you live your dream, you’ll have no regrets.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Pump up the volume and let your voice be heard. If there is something you want, you should ask for it. Change will only come about if you initiate what you want to see happen.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Refuse to let others’ commotion daunt you. Head in a direction that makes you feel comfortable. It’s important to be true to your beliefs and to stick to personal objectives.

trips will lead to enthusiastic endeavors. Pump up your energy and tackle whatever needs to be done to take advantage of an offer, proposal or opportunity.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Travel plans or business

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Each letter in the cipher stands for another.

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Allen Bradley and other PLC experience required.

Please send replies to Box #1305, c/o Sauk Valley Classifieds, P.O. Box 498, Sterling, IL 61081

We are hiring for part time store associate positions at our Milledgeville Illinois Location, Including both Cashiers and Food Service Specialist.

All interested applicants need to apply online at www.caseys.com

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Sauk Valley Media does not knowingly accept advertising which is in violation of the law. Likewise, we do not accept knowingly advertising which is fraudulent or has intent. malicious While we attempt to screen advertising with potential fraud, it is impossible to screen all potential We problems. strongly encourage our readers to exercise caution and common sense, when particularly dealing with companies with which you are not familiar.

NEW TODAY Wanted P.T. NIGHT COOK No exp. Necessary will train.

Please apply at: Heritage Square 620 N. Ottawa Ave. Dixon, IL EOE NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

Whiteside County Sheriff's Merit Commission is accepting applications to fill a vacancy for male Correctional Officers through December 9, 2016 at 4:00 p.m.

Applications must be dropped off in person at the Whiteside County Law Enforcement Center, 400 N. Cherry St., Morrison, IL. For more info or to print an application, please visit www.whiteside.org

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NO INDIVIDUAL, unless licensed or holding a permit as a childcare facility, may cause to be published any advertisement soliciting a child care service.* A childcare facility that is licensed or operating under a permit issued by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services may publish advertisements of the services for which it is lispecifically censed or issued a permit. Sauk Valley Media strongly urges any parent or guardian to verify the validity of the license of any facility before placing a child in it's care. *Family homes that care for no more than three (3) children under the age of twelve or which receive only children from a single household, for less than 24 hours per day, are exempt from licensure as day care homes.

The three children to whom this exemption applies includes the family's natural or adopted children and any other persons under the age of 12 whether related or unrelated to the operator of the day care home. (DCFS Rule, Part 377.3 (c))

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APPLIANCES

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WOOD / FUEL

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FURNITURE

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Ethan Allen Brady top grain leather sofa, 7' long, honey color. Great cond. $600. 815849-5229.

Mattress sets: $99, Full Twin $129, Queen $159, King $199. Will deliver! Bunk Bed $298. Call 309451-7477

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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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1935 Department of Agriculture DUCK STAMP #R W 2, $100/obo Call 815-564-0701 and leave message.

NEW TODAY 4 used LT275/ 65R20 Goodyear Wrangler Duratac Tires Blackwall Load Range E 18/32 new tread depth. Tires now are 14/32. $500 815-625-2915 4,000 oak kitchen cabinets in stock.

Builder Discount 815-626-4561 7x16 flat bed trailer w/ hand wench & extra axel $750 1992 S10 Chevy Pick Up, runs great, body rusty $500 815-9943339 Art Deco 1930's 18k white gold diamond ring, size 7 ½, ¾ carat a $800 815-973-9600 BF Goodrich P/245/55R18 sensor all 4 tires & wheels for 2014 Camaro. $650 OBO. 815-590-6544 Chainsaw, McCulloch 610 PM, ind., looks & runs good $80 815-590-5530 FREE -55” JVC HD TV Works Good.

-Blue Plaid Love Seat. Fair Cond.

815-625-7517 Glass Punch Bowl 10 cups, ladle, 5 pc. Silverplate server, sugar, creamer $20 815-973-0113

NEW TODAY John Deere STX 38 tractor, 14.5hp, 38” deck with bagger. Runs good. $550. Call 815625-1606.

LIKE NEW 2012 X720 John Deere tractor, hard cab, rear whl. weights, 54” snow blower.

21 hrs. $11,500 obo. 815-626-0006

Pool table with access. Great Christmas gift!

Good cond. Easy assemble. Asking $200.

815-564-0059.

Wanted: Tea Cup size F Chihuahua, adult, short hair, reasonably priced or free. 815-5649022 after 2:00.

WARNING ADS FOR FREE PETS Your beloved pet deserves a loving, caring home. The ad for your free pet may draw response from individuals who will sell your animal for research or breeding purposes.

Please screen respondents carefully when giving an animal away.

Your pet will thank you!

825

8 Big Round Bales of Net Wrap Grass Hay, $360 815-225-7824

POULTRY / SUPPLIES

845

NOW TAKING ORDERS for all natural fed and raised young roasting chickens and geese.

All processing done at an inspected poultry processing plant Call 815-632-7254

CLASSIC CARS

AUTOMOBILES

905

1994 Mustang GT convertible, red.

34,600mi. Exc. cond. Florida car. $10,000/obo. Call 815-499-7430.

909

2009 Hyundai Santa Fe 2.7 V6, 65k mi. new tires.

Breaks, very good cond. $9,800.

815-625-9160

FOR ITEMS OVER $300

A 5 Line REAL DEAL

ad runs for 30 days in Sauk Valley Classifieds, 4 Ogle County Papers, The Review and saukvalley.com all for only $42!

Special must be mentioned at time of ad placement.

TRUCKS

910

1998 Neon Plymouth 147k mi. rebuilt transmission.

New breaks good cond. $1,650 OBO. 815-938-2655 2013 Ford Fusion, remainder of warranty. White. Exc. cond. $12,000. Call 815-713-7577.

2015 Lexus IS 350 AWD F Sport. Silver with black inte12k miles. rior.

306hp V6. Excellent condition, like showroom new. 5 yr transferable tire & rim warranty. $36,750 OBO. 815499-4183 creditautosales dixon.com Always over 100+ vehicles to choose from.

HAVING TROUBLE wording your ad? Call our classified department today. We'll be glad to help you. 626or 284SOLD SOLD.

1989 Chevy Silverado, 2 door, half ton, 2 tone, mint condition! nothing needed! $6,500 815-946-3572 1993 Chevy ½ ton , $600/obo 291 IL Rt 2 Lot 314, Rock River Estates Dixon 815-973-9296

VANS

911

2000 Ford Conversion Van, white, 124k mi., 4 Capchairs + tain's bench converts to bed. VGC, $4,900 815-440-8023 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT, red.

6 cyl. PL, PD PW. Exc. cond. $12,500 815-625-9110

4X4S

912

1998 Chevy ¾ Ton $3300 KBB list asking $2700.

187K miles. For more info. call between 8am - 1pm 815-677-6636

HUGE BUILDING MATERIAL & TOOL AUCTION SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE!

Starts 8:00A.M. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2016

Take U.S. Route 34 to Sandwich, IL to 3rd Stop Light (Latham St.), then 5 Miles North to Chicago Road, then West 1 Mile to 16746 Chicago Road.

Unilock Pavers, Pella Fiberglass Entry Doors, Lots of Anderson & PellaWindows & Patio Doors,HugeAmount of Trim & Moulding, Rough Cedar & Hardwood, Stair Steps, Vanities, Medicine Cabinets, Plumbing Supplies, Plywood & OS.B., SemiLoads of Treated & Dimensional Lumber, Full Skids of Certain-Teed Shingles, Huge Amount of Hand, Power & Air Tools, Floor Jacks. Very Partial Listing. For a More Complete Listing Go To Gavinauctionservices.com 6 1/4% Sales Tax Must Be Applied.

Appl pl We Never Cancel!

GAVIN AUCTION COMPANY

815-509-8018

R O C K I S L A N D C O U N T Y, I L

610 ACRES±

(SUBJECT TO FINAL SURVEY)

TUES., DECEMBER 20 @ 5:00 P.M.

Machinery - C-IH MRX 690, 5 shk disk chisel w/4 bar spike drag; C-IH 340 disk, 25’, 7.5” spacings w/5 bar spike drag (#Y7S009999); C-IH Tiger Mate II field cultivator, 30.5’ w/5 bar spike drag (#JFH0026017); Kewanee cultimulcher 15’ w/inboard wheels; 4 sec drag cart; C-IH 1255 planter, 12-30” on-row hoppers, ins, trash wheels, Pro 700 monitor (YDSO42313); Bestway 1200 gal sprayer, 90’ booms, foamer, monitor; 1600 gal water tank on tandem trailer; JD 400 rotary hoe 30’; JD RM 6-30” culti; JD 820 mower conditioner; 2 NH 256 rakes w/dolly wheels w/hitch to rake single or double windrows; NH 273 sq baler; 4 hayracks w/gears; J&M 750 grain cart w/roll tarp; 2 J&M 350 gravity boxes on JD 1075 gears; Killbros gravity box on Gehl gear; Brandt 10”x70’ auger, swing hopper, hyd lift; Kewanee elevator w/hopper; Knight 3030 Reel Augie feed wagon, scale; Gehl 125 grinder mixer; Knight 1140 spreader, top beater & hyd gate; Woods 3180 batwing; Hesston 10 Stakhand; 2 Hesston 3pt stack movers; steel barge & gear; 2 flare box feed wagons; homemade feeder wagon for forage; Princeton loading chute; JD 115 3pt blade; 3pt PHD; endgate seeder; JD #5 sickle mower; portable bale conveyor; 3pt bale mover; quick tach spears, 2 long & 1 short; quick tach pallet forks.

Miscellaneous - Ind PG 7500 D generator (new never used); Alkota 3700 pressure washer; Reddy heater; 500 gal fuel tank, 12V pump on 2 wheel trailer; air compressor; Troybilt rear tiller; several racks of misc hand tools, hardware, etc; assorted sm augers incl vertical truck auger for bin; 8” hopper auger w/hyd drive; blower pipe; wgts for Case 2394 plus assorted JD wgts; assorted hyd cylinders; chicken house 10’x16’ on skids; concrete barricades; misc gates; 3 rd bale feeders; 2 cattle water tanks; roll woven wire; wire roller; Gasboy 110V pump; overhead fuel barrel; old van trailer; tires & rims; hyd hoses; various water hoses.

Glenn & Joyce Langholf - 815-284-8660 Auctioneers: Polo, IL 61064 Chris Wegener (IL#440.000267) 815-451-2820

Clerks: Public Auction Service Lyle & Sheryl Hopkins (IL#440000185)

Mike Espe (IL#440.000424) 630-365-9838

815-946-2660 or 800-848-9519

Terms - Cash, good check, Master Card, Visa, Discover and American Express credit cards. All items must be settled for day of sale. Number system will be used, have proper ID. Not responsible for accidents or merchandise after sold.

The Auction Shed

Items belonging to the Shank Family, Dorothy Reins Est, Vaessen Est, David Blaine, Keller Family, Gerald Hozenga Est, Fuller Family and others. Viewing will begin sale day at 8:30 am. Auction ring one starts on rack items at 9:30 am. Ring two starts at 12:00 noon on floor items.

HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE FARMLAND!

LAND IS LOCATED IN SECTIONS 16, 19, 20 & 21, T18N•R1E OF HAMPTON TOWNSHIP, ROCK ISLAND COUNTY, IL. Land represents highly productive “Class A” farmland, improved pastureland, premier potential building sites, (2) country homes and large mature timber tract which offers premier whitetail deer and wild turkey hunting.

WANDA I. ELLIS TRUST

CHUCK ELLIS • JIM ELLIS • MARY ELLIS GRAFTON Representing Attorney: Robert H. Alvine • Moline, IL • Ph: (309) 762-0728 AUCTION MANAGERS: Kevin Haas (309) 264-7767 • Dan Sullivan (319) 795-1833

Household - Tools - Guns - Suburban Whirlpool flattop stove; 2 Whirlpool washers; Whirlpool & Hotpoint dryers; tables & chairs; hutches; buffet; usual kitchenware, pots, pans, etc; 18 qt roaster; blue & amber glassware; Noritaki Summer Eve china; Pfaltzgraff Christmas dish set; cookbooks; 3 Longaberger baskets plus some dishware; misc stools; sofas; loveseats; recliners; lift chair; lamps; entertainment center; LG DVD/Video recorder; computer desk & other desks; desk chairs; beds; dressers; chests; night stands; quilt rack; sm china cabinet; vacuums; holiday decorations; Coca Cola items; elec guitar; games; Yamaha US-1000 organ; Ashton Drake doll; snow ski; lots of knick knacks; bedding & linen; sewing machines; Craftsman jointer & 12” wood lathe; Penn State Industries dust collection system; Delta 12½” planer; various power tools inlc router, drills, etc; hardware; Hitachi NR90AD nail gun; grinders; misc hand tools; Stihl chain saw; shop vac; misc shop cupboards; ext & step ladders; shovels, rakes, etc; Troy-Bilt tiller plus sm tiller; seeder; garden table/cart; Snapper & Honda push mowers; Kubota T1570 riding mower; Cub Cadet LTX 1046 riding mower; power Ice Drill; live trap; Amana gas grill; US Remington Model 03-A3 30cal carbine, bayonet & ammo; 3 Daisy BB guns; 1999 Chevrolet Suburban 1500 LT, 4x4, leather, rear cargo doors, 54,370 miles (minor damage near bottom of right front door).

Collectibles

Valley Pool Table 40” x 80” In good Condition, $900.

Located in Sterling.

815-499-9696 Women's sz. 8½ 14 ct. gold ring.

With 19 round diamonds. Been appraised. $1,500 815-275-6154 Leave message.

Tractors - Combine – Truck - C-IH 275 Magnum MFD, CAH, frt & rear duals 480/80Rx46, DH, quick hitch, frt suspension, 1375 hrs (#Z9RZ04768); C-IH 8910 Magnum, CAH, DH, 3pt w/quick hitch, 18.4x42 rears, 4112 hrs (#JJA0083556); IH 560 gas, NF, solid drawbar; JD 4440, Power shift, CAH, DH, 3pt, 12 frt wgts, 20.8x38 duals, approx 1325 hrs; JD 4030 D, NF, DH, 3pt, frt wgts, duals, 6333 hrs (#4490); JD 4030 D, WF, Year Round cab, DH, 3pt quick hitch, 6153 hrs (#8510); MF 1085 D, WF, open station, DH, 3pt, 4054 hrs (#9B-38857); Case 570 MXT loader tractor MFD, ROPS, shuttle, 84” bucket, 4440 hrs (#JJ00301305); C-IH 1644 combine, rock trap, chopper, 24.5x32 tires, 2340 hrs (#JJ0097690); C-IH 2206 corn head 6-30”, hyd stripper plate, poly, roller cones; C-IH 1020 grain platform 20’ on homemade head cart w/JD gear; ‘96 Dodge 2500 w/Cummins eng, 96,027 miles.

Sunday, December 4, 2016 9:30 am Lunch by Poorboys Catering

AUCTION TO BE HELD AT THE AMERICAN LEGION • EAST MOLINE, IL

SULLIVAN AUCTIONEERS, LLC • TOLL FREE (844) 847-2161

Note: Glenn has kept all the machinery in very good working condition.

Location: The Auction Shed at 900 S. Division Ave (Rt 26), Polo, IL 61064 See advance salebills, possible color photos on our website at topauctions24-7.com/paspolo & Auction Zip

• 9 TRACTS

IL LIC. #444000107 • www.sullivanauctioneers.com

Auction Due to retiring from a lifetime of farming, the following equipment will be offered at Public Auction located at 1202 Rt 38, Dixon, IL 61021.

Directions - East of Dixon on Rt 38 for 4½ miles to sale sight. Watch for Auction signs. - Lunch by Cliff’s Donuts & More See advance salebills, possible color photos on our website at topauctions24-7.com/paspolo & Auction Zip

Friday, December 9, 2016 9:30 am

NEW TODAY 1966 Chevy step bed C10 pickup.

New 350 motor & trans. $8,000. Call 815-440-9132 for more details.

Offer expires 12/31/16 No Commercial Advertising, Pets, Garage Sales, Wood/ Fuel, Tickets/ Travel or Real Estate

904

Classic '85 Buick Riviera V8 Coupe, red w/white vinyl top, 80,500 mi., exc. ext/int w/leather upholstery. One family ownership, all working access., new battery, $4800 815-499-1957

S.U.V.S

905

Nuwave Infrared oven, as seen on TV. Accessories & works great. $35 815-626-6203

Recliner Couch, dk. brown leather, like new, clean, 815-622$500 3004

Dog kennel 16x10, walk-in gate. $100.

815-625-6158.

815

HAY & STRAW

Oak looking Sauder computer desk w/ hutch. $100/ obo. 815-535-3835

PETS & PET SUPPLIES 775

FARM LAND WANTED

Wanted-400 Acres Cash Rent up to $400 per acre for 2017 & beyond.

Please send replies to Box #:1346 ,c/o Sauk Valley Classifieds, P.O.Box 498, Sterling, IL 61081

I Pay Cash 4 Gold, Silver, Coins 24/7 779-245-2950

Midcentury VTG Bassett 6 drawer credenza $175, matching also Highboy dresser $200. 973-8141

Twin, full, queen, king beds. Electric lift recliner, washer, dryer, refrig., sofas, dresser, recliner, table/ chairs 815718-4385.

➛Look for WEB ID ➛Log on to: www.saukvalley. com classifieds ➛Enter the WEB ID in the WEB ID Box ➛View Photos, Expanded Text BUY ONLINE!! saukvalley.com CLASSIFIEDS

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SM-ST13787-1208

EMPLOYMENT

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www.saukvalley.com

SM-ST11358-1130

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Sudoku!

Answer on B11 Large Real Estate Auction

Geh Day Farms – 17930B Scenic Bluff Rd - Mt. Carroll, IL

476.43 Acres +/- To be sold in 7 parcels

Saturday December 10, 2016 @ 11:00 AM

Cane bottom rocker & others; secretary; buffet; dresser; chests; sq china cabinet; commode; child’s school desk; Duncan Phyfe table; pedestal; post hall tree; pictures; trunks; milk cans; steel wagon wheels; Singer commercial sewing machine; beaded purses; doll buggy; 2 Texan cap guns; 2 bugles; elec train; replica of steel wheeled wagon; miniature Singer sewing machine; viewer & cards; Hesston belt buckle; kerosene lamp; couple milk bottles; sm cast bell; old books; sm milk pail; Arcade Crystal coffee grinder; adv oil cans; Milledgeville adv items; flat iron; lots of Coke trays; beer stein collection; Pabst wood beer box; 2 egg baskets; 2 pay telephones; Leich wall crank phone; blue fruit jars; various crocks & jugs; various McCoy crockery items; collector plates; silver spoons; salt dips; cruets; some Carnival glass; 6 Autumn Leaf glasses; plus much more.

Terms - Cash, good check, Master Card, Visa, Discover and American Express credit cards. All items must be settled for day of sale. Number system will be used, have proper ID. Not responsible for accidents or merchandise after sold.

Auctioneers: Polo, IL 61064 Lenny Bryson (IL#040000158) 815-946-4120 Mark Ebert (IL#440000341) 815-946-2809 Clerks: Public Auction Service

Henry's Double K Restaurant: 834 S. Jackson Street – Mt Carroll, IL

Lyle & Sheryl Hopkins (IL#040000185) 815-946-2660 or 800-848-9519

For More Information: Jim Sullivan Realty: 815-947-9040 This property consists of a beautiful fully remodeled - 2300 Sq. Ft. 2-story modern day farm house: 3 Bedroom – 3 Full Bath – 3 car garage. Home is in very good condition with beautiful hardwood floors. LP Heat, central air, appliances included. Total of 476 +/- acres, 200 +/- tillable acres currently used as a cow/calf operation; buildings include 45’ x 108’ pole shed, vet barn, and 4 feed lots w/ buildings, concrete & guardrail fence, (2) 3,000 BU Grain Bins, and 1 main barn.

This property is worth the time to take a look at!

Soils Include: Fayette, Dorchester, New Glarus, Seaton Parcel 1: 40 Acres +/Parcel 2: 60 Acres +/Parcel 3: 5 Acres +/- W/ Home & Buildings Parcel 4: 180 Acres +/Parcel 5: 142 Acres +/Parcel 6: 46 Acres +/Parcel 7: 476.43 Acres +/- Combination of Parcels 1-6

Call Classified ToSAUK sell thoseVALLEY extra items!

SAUK VALLEY LASSIFIEDS dailyGAZETTE TELEGRAPH

SM-ST11333-1201

2445 E. Hwy 11 – So. Wayne, WI 53587 608-439-5761 or 608-214-3765

11875 Hwy 20 E. - Stockton, IL 61085 815-947-9040 or 815-266-8302

CLASSIFIEDS C dailyGAZETTE

815-625-3600

TELEGRAPH

815-284-2222

B14

www.saukvalley.com

SERVICE DIRECTORY SAUK VALLEY

Air Cond./Heating

Fireplaces

Painting

FARLEY'S APPLIANCE Heating & Cooling Sale & Service Free Estimates New & Replacement Units We service all brands!

Call Today (815)284-2052

Fireplaces Gas Wood Stoves Inserts Log Sets Doors Service Repair Install Visit our Showrooms Anselmo's 1235 W. LeFevre Rd., Sterling 815-625-3519

PRATER Paint & Waterproofing Specializing in â&#x20AC;˘Residential â&#x20AC;˘Commercial â&#x20AC;˘Farm & â&#x20AC;˘Industrial Call for your FREE painting or sandblasting estimate 815-626-5165

Furniture Refinished

Power Washing

Alterations SHOE REPAIR ZIPPER REPAIR & ALTERATIONS Grummert's Hardware Sterling, Rock Falls, & also Shaw's Marketplace 214 Washington Prophetstown

815-989-8320

Basement Waterproofing Prater Paint & Waterproofing We Dry Up Basements & Crawl Spaces, Remediate Mold & Install E-Z Breatheâ&#x201E;˘ Ventilation Systems 815-626-5165

www.praterpaintand waterproofing.com

Furniture Restoration Strip, Refinish, Repair Re-glue, Touch-ups.

Custom Woodworking & Finishing Shop Anselmo's Inc. 1235 W. LeFevre Rd., Sterling 815-625-3519

Genl. Contracting

License-Bonded Insured NO JOB TOO SMALL All your home Improvement needs Remodeling of baths, basements & kitchens Custom showers Siding-Decks etc.

815-440-3519

Carpentry

Gutter Cleaning

OSMER WOODWORKING Kitchens, Baths, Drywall, Painting & More Call us for all of your Holiday & Winter projects Licensed, Bonded, Insured Satisfaction Guaranteed!

815-973-5809

GUTTERS & THEN SOME Gutter Cleaning & Repair Service Miscellaneous Jobs FREE ESTIMATES 815-535-0911 Bonded & Insured If you have gutter problems, call the Gutter Guys!!

Cleaning Service

Mobil Pressure Wash Service â&#x20AC;˘ Commercial, â&#x20AC;˘ Residential & â&#x20AC;˘ Semis You name it.... we clean it!

Call Ben 815-590-2694

â&#x20AC;˘ Residential â&#x20AC;˘ Commercial â&#x20AC;˘ Industrial * Fully Insured * Hot Water We do everything including house washing, gutters, pool areas, brick/ stone walls, decks & patios and commercial businesses.

Professional industrial equip.

Done right the first time!

Call 815-441-0246

Remodeling

Gutters American Energy Savers â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sauk Valley's Oldest & Best Seamless Gutter Companyâ&#x20AC;?

Always Flow Seamless Gutters Call Dan Maloney 815-288-4525

Clock/Watch Repair CLOCK, WATCH & JEWELRY REPAIR â&#x20AC;˘We repair and restore all brands and types of clocks and watches â&#x20AC;˘We make house calls on Grandfather clocks â&#x20AC;˘We repair all types of jewelry, and all work is done on premises â&#x20AC;˘Appraisal Services Professional Jeweler for over 25 years.

KRIEGER TIME AND JEWELRY CO. 618 S. Main St. Princeton, IL 815-872-8321

Concrete Contractors â&#x17E;ŠSIMON MASONARYâ&#x17E;Š Brick, Block & Stone Work, Griding & Truckpointing New & Repair NO JOB TOO BIG OR TOO SMALL Chimneys & Foundations Bonded and Ins. â&#x2DC;&#x2026;Free Est.â&#x2DC;&#x2026; Call Cris Sosa 312-771-1310

Dumpster Rental

Serving the Sauk Valley Areas for over 15 years â&#x20AC;˘On the Job Manufactured â&#x20AC;˘ Expert Installation â&#x20AC;˘Competitive prices â&#x20AC;˘Best Quality Materials, Guaranteed â&#x20AC;˘5â&#x20AC;? and 6â&#x20AC;?

Seamless Gutters for Residential, Industrial & Commercial Needs â&#x20AC;˘Leaf Free Gutter Protection Systems â&#x20AC;˘Licensed â&#x20AC;˘Bonded â&#x20AC;˘Insured FREE Estimates 815-213-0704

Handyman JB SERVICES â&#x20AC;˘Power Washing â&#x20AC;˘Gutter Cleaning â&#x20AC;˘Deck & Yard Maintenance â&#x20AC;˘Painting & Remodeling â&#x20AC;˘Floor Installation & Maintenance â&#x20AC;˘Winter Construction Anything Odd Jobs â&#x2DC;&#x2026;Free Estimatesâ&#x2DC;&#x2026; 815-440-1280 Ask for John LawnCare Service â&#x20AC;˘Pot Holes â&#x20AC;˘Leaf clean up â&#x20AC;˘House clean up â&#x20AC;˘Large hauling (dirt, gravel, sand) â&#x20AC;˘Gutters â&#x20AC;˘Pressure washing â&#x20AC;˘Snow Plowing â&#x20AC;˘Free Estimatesâ&#x20AC;˘ 815-590-6336

Haul/Clean Service JOHN'S CLEANUP & REMOVAL Anything goes!!

Estate Cleanups PHONE 815-622-0240

Lawn Care BILL'S LAWN SERVICE â&#x20AC;˘Mowing â&#x20AC;˘Garden Tilling â&#x20AC;˘Yard Clean Up FREE Estimates Call 815-441-6073

Dumpster Rental for Clean-ups & Construction Small & Large containers avail.

Tidy Bug Inc. Dixon, IL tidybuginc.com 815-456-3001

Painting BALAYTI PAINTING

Interior & Exterior Light Carpentry Pressure Washing 35 Years Experience Insured - References Cell #815-440-2202

Roofing/Siding

Serving the Sauk Valley Area for over 15 years. â&#x20AC;˘Garages â&#x20AC;˘Additions â&#x20AC;˘Roofing â&#x20AC;˘Siding â&#x20AC;˘Windows â&#x20AC;˘Gutters â&#x20AC;˘Interior/Exterior â&#x20AC;˘New Construction & Re-Construction Residential, Industrial, Commercial â&#x20AC;˘Licensed â&#x20AC;˘Bonded â&#x20AC;˘Insured FREE Estimates 815-213-0704

Snowplowing

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High-Security Storage Solutions and Much More!

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Area's #1 Roofing Contractor IL Lic# 104-015191 Licensed, Bonded & Insured â&#x20AC;˘Roofing â&#x20AC;˘Siding â&#x20AC;˘Windows â&#x20AC;˘Decks â&#x20AC;˘Additions â&#x20AC;˘Garages & More Residential & Commercial Call now to schedule your FREE Estimate!

Will beat any leading competitor price 815-590-2677

Roofing/Siding

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Area's #1 Roofing Contractor IL Lic# 104-015191 Licensed, Bonded & Insured â&#x20AC;˘Roofing â&#x20AC;˘Siding â&#x20AC;˘Windows â&#x20AC;˘Decks â&#x20AC;˘Additions â&#x20AC;˘Garages & More Residential & Commercial Call now to schedule your FREE Estimate!

Will beat any leading competitor price 815-590-2677

A division of Timber Industries, LLC. Tree & Limb Removal Stump Removal Storm Clean-up Mulch & Firewood â&#x20AC;˘Free Estimates â&#x20AC;˘Fully Insured 815-857-3674 Cole's Complete Tree Service Tree Trimming Stump Removal Licensed and Insured *Free Estimates* 25HR Emergency Service Will meet or beat any written tree estimates.

Call 815-718-2997 Now accepting credit/debit cards Donnie Cole colestree service@outlook.com

WILKINS TREE & LANDSCAPING Simple Trimming Simple Price Fully Insured Licensed Timber Buyer in IL FREE Estimates Selling hardwood lumber & firewood 815-631-4340

Water Softeners

The Softener Man

815-544-0918

Repairr on all makes & models Servicce Call Special $19.95!

Illinois License #104.016127 Bonded/Insured â&#x20AC;˘Roofing â&#x20AC;˘Siding â&#x20AC;˘ Windows â&#x20AC;˘Doors â&#x20AC;˘Additionsâ&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;˘Garages â&#x20AC;˘Drywall â&#x20AC;˘Decks and more Free Estimates 815-213-0556

Tree Service BRAD'S TREE SERVICE

Over 30 years of experience

BOATS/MOTORS

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NEW TODAY 2015 Lund, under 50 hrs. on motor, 115 hp, Mercury 19.7 length loaded, 2 live wells - xm stereo plus much more, exc. shape.

Must see to appreciate $20,000 firm 815-379-2427

Need to place an ad?

2006 Chevy Silverado LT, 3500 diesel 4x4, loaded.

163K mi. New tires/brakes. One owner. Runs great!

Reduced! $16,900.

815-973-3281.

Call us today!

815-625-3600 815-284-2222

AUTOS WANTED

960

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CASH 4-CARS

We are licensed & insured to buy vehicles. Running or non running, scrap, Ect. 7 days a week.

All Calls Answered!

(815)499-3543 $$$$$$$$$$$$$

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Credit Auto Sales www.creditautosalesdixon.com Email: Phone:

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

creditautodixon@yahoo.com Fax: (815) 288-6183 601 IL Route 2, Dixon, IL 61021

Hours: Monday-Friday: 9am-6pm Saturday: 9am-3pm

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2001 Silverado 2500 HD, 4x4, 8.1 V8 w/ Allison Auto.

Trans. 135K mi. w/ Meyers snow plow. $6,500.

815-973-1825

Storage

â&#x20AC;˘Climate Controlled Storage â&#x20AC;˘Low-Cost Moving Truck Rental â&#x20AC;˘Confidential Document Shredding â&#x20AC;˘We Ship FedEx & UPS! â&#x20AC;˘Expert Packaging Services â&#x20AC;˘Value Boxes & Packaging Supplies â&#x20AC;˘EBAY and EMOTORS Internet Auction Sales Over 15,000 Sales â&#x20AC;˘Office Hours: Mon-Fri. â&#x2DC;&#x203A; 8:306, Sat. â&#x2DC;&#x203A; 8:30noon 690 Timber Creek Rd. Dixon, (815)285-2212

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