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An Illinois Conservation Police officer talks to witnesses (in background) after a teen went off the trail into a restricted area and fell approximately 25 to 30 feet Sunday at Starved Rock State Park. SEE STORY ON PAGE 2. (Shaw Media photo/Craig Sterrett) Vol. 146 No. 12 One Section 8 Pages

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Chester Weger, Starved Rock murderer, released from prison Ex-inmate, 80, will live at Chicago ministry SHAW MEDIA STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS Nearly six decades after he was sentenced, Chester Weger was released Feb. 21 from the Pickneyville Correctional Center.

The 80-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison for the killing of one of three suburban Chicago women whose bodies were found in Starved Rock State Park. Weger was granted parole in November on his 24th try.

Weger maintained his innocence in an interview with KFVS-12, a CBS-TV affiliate of Cape Girardeau, Mo. “They ruined my life,” Weger said of the conviction.

Weger was convicted in 1961 of killing of Lillian Oetting, 50. Her remains were found at Starved Rock State Park in March 1960 along with the bodies of Frances Murphy, 47, and Mildred Lindquist, 50.

The three women, who were hiking together, were found bound, partially nude and bludgeoned to death near the park’s popular St. Louis Canyon, which is framed by a scenic

waterfall and a 100foot wall.

Weger, who turns 81 in the coming weeks and suffers from asthma and rheumatoid arthritis, will live and receive support serChester vices at St. Leonard’s Weger Ministries in Chicago. As a veteran, he will receive Social Security benefits and medical coverage from Veterans Affairs, his attorneys said.

Weger also told media Friday he didn’t think “this day would come” and he was going to spend time with his relatives. He thanked supporters, calling Friday “a good day.”

His release was delayed for 90 days because Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s office sought to have him evaluated under the state’s Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act. That law allows the state to hold people indefinitely in a secured facility in the custody of the Illinois Department of Human Services for sex offender treatment if an evaluation deems that necessary.

Experts who conducted Weger’s evaluation concluded that he didn’t meet the legal criteria for the law to

apply, a spokeswoman for Raoul said last week.

Granddaughters of the slain women have spoken out publicly against Weger’s planned release, as has the LaSalle County state’s attorney. But his supporters insist he poses no threat to public safety.

“I don’t believe anyone who has ever talked to this man believes he’s going to go out and hurt anyone,” Celeste Stack, one of Weger’s attorneys, told the Chicago Tribune.

Weger won’t be able to go near Starved Rock State Park.

Though the Illinois Prisoner Review Board wouldn’t confirm it, an attorney with knowledge of the Illinois corrections system said Weger’s terms of release would include a provision keeping him away from the scene of the 1960 triple murder.

“The Prisoner Review Board does have the authority to issue certain conditions as part of release, which generally include, foremost, no contact with victims, but somewhat routinely includes not returning to the scene of the crime, or possibly even the entire county of conviction,” said the attorney, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

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Teenage fall victim ‘very lucky’ after slipping

BY CRAIG STERRETT

Utica firefighters and EMTs, with help from Illinois Conservation Police officers, wind their way through the woods and brush from a restricted area in Starved Rock State Park, where the teen fell down an ice fall on Sunday.

Shaw Media A victim of what was reported to be about a 30-foot fall Sunday at Sac Canyon in Starved Rock State Park had a fractured leg or ankle, among other possible injuries, after slipping trying to get a photo off the trail.

“He was very lucky,” said Illinois Conservation Police Sgt. Phil Wire.

He said the teen had some bleeding around his mouth, and the fall caused the shape of his lower leg to be “distorted.”

He said a ledge prevented the 30-foot plunge from becoming a 60-foot drop. A Utica ambulance took the fall victim to Illinois Valley Community Hospital in Peru.

Utica firefighters and paramedics were called at 11:50 a.m. Sunday for the fall.

Shaw Media photo/ Craig Sterrett A witness, Dominic Esposito, a Glen Ellyn sophomore, said he and his friend were with a small group that went off the trail to take a photo at the top of Sac Canyon, when his friend started slipping.

Esposito said he tried to grab his

hand, but the victim slid down the ice fall. He and his friends didn’t hear the victim for a while and then he heard him yelling.

Conservation police said the teen who fell definitely went off trail into a restricted area before the accident.

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BY BRENT BADER Shaw Media When Matt Smoron, 23, finished a lengthy environmental paper for a class at Illinois Valley Community College, he felt a sense of satisfaction but was also left with a question.

Is there nothing more that can be done with this work?

“I had a lot of fun writing it, and it had a lot of information in it, but after I turned it in and I got a grade, it just went nowhere,” Smoron said.

“And I thought ‘Well, that kind of sucks. I had a lot of fun writing this and I think a lot of people would enjoy it as there’s a lot of good information in it.’”

And he wasn’t the only college student looking to do more with their undergraduate work. He was thrilled to receive a call from former IVCC student Chris Moshage who was working on Agorado, a website meant to serve as a resource for other undergraduates where students can upload their work to the website where it can receive peer reviews or be used as a reference for future work.

“I was on board right away,” Smoron said.

“Because it’s cool to be an undergraduate and take your work that you’ve put a lot of time into and put it out there, like the next step,” he added. “It doesn’t just stop with having a grade. Just because you’re an undergraduate doesn’t mean you can’t have a lot of valuable infor-

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Students put a lot of time and effort into a thesis, but at the end of the class, there’s not much to do with the paper. Matt Smoron of Chicago, formerly of Peru, and Chris Moshage of Chicago, formerly of Utica, say their new website, www.agorado.com, offers students a chance to give their thesis paper a second life. mation for someone else to look off of for inspiration or information in their papers later on.”

Moshage, 23, graduated from Bradley University and was left with a similar feeling as Smoron and decided to create the website as a way to provide a platform where students can receive additional recognition for their work or have it live on through being referenced by others.

“It’s somewhere they can get that level of recognition that they might not otherwise have access to with one of the main traditional methods,” Moshage said such as being published in a journal. “That path isn’t really open for undergraduate students specifically.”

Moshage decides to think of it as

a “repository of knowledge” where, as it grows in content, students can review similar assignments and see previous research to help guide or further their own studies.

“I do think the content students create has much more value than is instinctively applied to it. Just because a student might be in community college or an undergraduate degree doesn’t mean they’re not doing very thorough, valuable work,” he said. “So we wanted to have a spotlight on that work and that it does bring value.”

Chris Moshage began developing the idea in August after graduating from Bradley University and later brought Smoron and Nick Moshage, 30, on board. The students have gotten

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One way the group is attempting to spark interest is by self-funding two $1,000 scholarship rewards for exemplary papers at the end of the next two semesters and two $500 scholarships for peer reviewers. The qualifications are still being set up, but the students envison selecting the top 20 to 25 papers and having them reviewed by an advisory team made up of college professors.

They hope the site grows to the point where it could be used as a portfolio for a student’s undergraduate work when applying to a fouryear school or graduate school, as well as focus on expanding the user base and offering more scholarships.

They said oftentimes students who learn about the project doubt whether their own work has merit, but the team is quick to respond that all work has some value.

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positive feedback about the project from professors at IVCC and Bradley University, and it’s been slowly gaining traction from students.

Currently, they have around 25 members but a much higher number of viewers looking at the works. All material is reviewed by the team but only to remove material that could be considered obscene or could constitute as hate speech.

They also noted some professors have raised concerns that uploaded work could be plagiarized by others once uploaded online, but those professors have still encouraged the website’s growth and development.

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LASALLE — Stage 212 is kicking off a new benefit concert series, “212 Sings,” with “Cocktails & Classics: Swingin’ to the Golden Oldies!”

The ’50s and ’60s were filled with the new sound of rock and roll, the cool beat of Motown and the sweet harmonies of the girl groups.

“Cocktails & Classics” takes a tour of the songs made famous on American Bandstand and played repeatedly on jukeboxes in diners across the country.

Performers include Abby Bertrand, Emily Brodzik, Becky Christopherson, Tony Christopherson, Dana Dawson, Damian Gonzalez, Phil Grant, Christin Mitchell, Neal Phelps and Kyle Showen. The production is directed by Phil Grant and Neal Phelps.

“Cocktails & Classics: Swingin’ to the Golden Oldies!” will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 14, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 15. Tickets are $15 each and may be purchased online by visiting www.stage212.org or by calling the box office at 815-224-3025 and leaving a message.

All proceeds from “Cocktails & Classics: Swingin’ to the Golden Oldies!” will go to the Stage 212 building renovation fund.

LASALLE — Christian women of all ages are invited to attend a Ladies In Fellowship Together (LIFT) event at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 15, at the Grace United Methodist Church. The theme for the afternoon is “Bless This House.” Guest presenter Laurie Hooper will share strategies for decorating with comfort in mind. Ideas will focus on easy and affordable tips for sprucing up your home. All women in the Illinois Valley area are encouraged to attend. The afternoon will include fellowship, fun and homemade refreshments. The church is located at 1345 Chartres St. in LaSalle. RSVPs are encouraged, but are not required to attend. Contact Lois at 815-663-1724 or vcroasdale@comcast.net.

YQCA training will be offered at IVCC OGLESBY — Youth for the Quality Care of Animals (YQCA) is a national multi-species quality assurance program for youths ages 8 to 21 with a focus on three core pillars: food safety, animal well-being, and character development. Bureau, LaSalle, Marshall and Putnam county 4-H programs will offer an in-person workshop from 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 21, at Illinois Valley Community College’s Cultural Centre. This training is required of 4-H members showing pigs, beef cattle, dairy cattle, sheep, goats, market rabbits, and poultry. Preregistration is required by visiting www. yqca.org. For more information about the 4-H program, call University of Illinois Extension – Bureau, LaSalle, Marshall, Putnam Unit Office at 815-875-2878. Exten-

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Nursing information session planned OGLESBY — An Illinois Valley Community College nursing admission information session will be held from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 4, in Room CTC 124. Sponsored by the nursing department, counseling center, and admissions and records, the session will cover admission requirements and courses students should take before applying to either the associate degree (RN) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) programs. Due to space limitations, students are encouraged to RSVP through the web form at www.ivcc.edu/ admissions/nursingadmissions.php or contact Kathy Sramek at 815-224-0439 or kathy_sramek@ivcc.edu.

Wind ensemble concert on March 5 OGLESBY — Illinois Valley Community College’s Wind Ensemble will offer a free concert at 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, March 5, in the Dr. Mary Margaret Weeg Cultural Centre. The performance will include the music of Frank Ticheli, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Brian Balmages, Johannes Hanssen, Percy Grainger, Johannes Brahms and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Selections include “English Folk Song Suite,” “Children’s March,” “Valdres” and “Phantom of the Opera,” among other selections. Under the direction of conductor Phil Whaley, the ensemble includes IVCC students, local and regional music educators and community members dedicated to the promotion of quality wind and percussion music.

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The Illinois Sheriffs’ Association announces that it will award more than $58,000 in college scholarships throughout the state of Illinois to students wishing to pursue higher education during the 2020-21 academic year.

The scholarships are to be applied to tuition, books and fees only. The student must be enrolled full-time at a certified institution of higher learning within the state of Illinois.

LaSalle County Sheriff Tom Templeton will award one scholarship in the amount of $500.

There will be no restriction on any applicant by reason of race, age, creed, color, sex or national origin. The only limitations are as follows: • Applicants must be permanent Illinois residents.

• Scholarships must be utilized at institutions of higher learning within the state of Illinois.

• Students must be enrolled as a full-time student during the 2020-21 school year (excluding summer session).

Applications are now available at your local sheriff’s office or on the ISA website, www.ilsheriff.org. Students must complete the application, answer the essay question and return all documentation to the sheriff’s office in their permanent county of residence by March 15 (must be postmarked by this date). A directory of sheriff’s offices is available on the ISA website.

For more information, contact your local sheriff’s office, the Illinois Sheriffs’ Association, high school advising center or college financial aid office.

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815-878-8948

AL CIONI FORD INC.

(815) 228-7925 Owner Mark Nieslawski

9126 HENNEPINFLORID RD Hennepin, IL 61327

SM-PR1734974

COMPLETE CAR AND TRUCK CARE 24 HOUR TOWING SERVICE Rt. 89, McNabb, IL • Jack Bima, Owner

B. Zuniga Construction LLC.

JACK’S GAS & SERVICE

Bobby Zuniga PO Box 103 Granville, IL 61326

815-993-7033

882-2191 Monday-Saturday 882-2250 Evenings & Sundays SM-PR1734925

SM-PR1745029

Auto Body Specialists Truck Toppers & Accessories

PASSINI PLUMBING & HEATING David Passini

“You bend ‘em, we mend ‘em”

Licensed-Bonded-Insured 116 South 2nd St. Standard, IL 61363

815-339-4108 815-481-2639

Mike Supan Jr. Linda Supan Michele Straughn

325 North 25th Rd, Route 251 South of Peru

815-224-1506

SM-PR1734968

EMERGENCY: 815-252-0032

Sieg Tire & Tube Repair Shop Selling & Repairing all makes of tires 112 S. St. Paul St. Mark, IL 61340

Open 7 days/week 8-5pm

Johnny Sieg Owner/Operator siegtire.com 815-878-7367

Cars, Trucks, Trailer, Motorcycles, ATVs, & Lawn Mowers also Bicycles

Where We Always Keep You ou

Rollin!

Interstate Battery Sales

Mounting, Balancing, Rotating, Patches, Plugs and all tire repairs plus Small Implement Farm Tires Now accepting all major credit cards!

Since 1919

Plumbing • Heating • Electrical

Always FREE Estimates

24 Hrs. Service • 815-442-3415

SM-PR1734926

to aDD your listing to this page contact ashley at (815) 875-4461, ext. 6345

• Friday, February 28, 2020

GRANVILLE

DEMOLITION & EXCAVATING

Our Customers

Fred / Ray / Jarrett

While You Wait

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GLYNN’S DEMOLITION

For the World’s Best People

Expert Repair of All Kinds Zippers - Luggage - Ball Gloves Orthopedic Work - Shoe Dyeing Pool/Boat Covers - Shoe Stretching Leather Goods - Shoe Care Supplies

SM-PR1734973

FOLEY MOTORS

RED CARPET SERVICE

FRED’S SHOE REPAIR, INC.

SM-PR1734941

Towing Available

Full Service Store

SM-PR1734924

Quality Pre-Owned Vehicles

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2,499

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5000 Holiday Drive Peoria, IL 61614

309.691.7665

This sale is only available at the Peoria location.

NOBODY Beats Our Prices!!!