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The village of Tonica 11 months ago acquired the former Tonica Nursery site from the Alleman family, and now is clearing most of the property to use part for a park and parking expansion and part as highway frontage it would sell to business that would generate sales tax.

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County has had 105 confirmed cases; recoveries remain at 43

BY DEREK BARICHELLO Shaw Media A LaSalle County teenage girl, a woman in her 20s and a woman in her 60s have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of cases countywide to 105.

The individuals remain in isolation.

Public health officials are working to identify and investigate all individuals who were in contact with the cases.

The LaSalle County Health Department is not releasing any further information on the cases, citing federal privacy restrictions.

No new recoveries were announced Sunday, keeping the total number of recoveries countywide at 43. The

county has had five deaths due to complications related to COVID19, including a man in his 80s announced Saturday.

There have been 38 confirmed cases in LaSalle County and 13 recoveries in the past week. Of those 38 new cases, at least 30 of those cases can be traced by using ZIP code reporting data to both Marseilles and Ottawa.

As of Sunday, the Marseilles ZIP code area has had 30 confirmed cases of the coronavirus out of 179 tested; the Sheridan ZIP code area has had 16 confirmed cases of 60 tested; Mendota has had 14 confirmed cases of 108 tested; Ottawa has had 12 confirmed cases of 269 tested; and Somonauk has had six cases of 70 tested. Sheridan, Mendota and Somonauk have not reported a new case in the past week.

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Part of land cleared for park expansion, frontage for business

The village of Tonica has been clearing the former nursery property west of the park and ball diamond.

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“Folty” said the association has acquired equipment to remove the trees and place them in people’s cars and trucks. He said the association plans to receive bids by May 16; all trees will be sold as is.

Folty said the association plans to observe social distancing rules and to take appointments on tree pickup day, May 17. The village will require the association to remove the unsold trees promptly — within days, not weeks.

The village acquired the Ken Alleman family’s 4-acre property at the busy southeast corner of the Ray Richardson Road and Route 251 for

$180,000 last June. That intersection has been seeing quite a bit of traffic even during coronavirus stay-athome orders, due to the new Dollar General and new Casey’s General Store and gas station not far from the Interstate 39 interchange.

Sluder said employees will continue to clean up the property and eventually inspect the buildings to see if any of them still would be suitable for a business use. Much of the initial work included brush removal.

The village wants to use some of the east side of the property for parking. When there are ballgames, parking had overflowed to Ray Richardson Road. And there are fewer

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TONICA — Some things common in spring in Tonica have been missing, starting with ballgames at the park.

But there’s some activity around town, such as the village employees’ continued efforts to clean up what was once a regional showplace, Tonica Nursery and Flowerwood Florist.

And on May 4, the village board voted without dissent to allow the youth baseball and softball association to sell — and remove — all of the remaining nursery trees on that former property of the nursery.

Village President Kevin Sluder and village trustee Bob Foltynewicz said the local baseball association wants to conduct a drive-up auction of the remaining trees on the nursery property west of the baseball

places to park along the roadway and more traffic since the Dollar General opened.

Sluder said the village will try to market some of the property along the highway for development that would bring in sales tax revenue. If nobody wants to invest in a business venture at that location, the road frontage could, at least temporarily, become parkland.

On May 4, the village board agreed to organize a sealed-bid auction of certain items from the property, and the board passed an ordinance allowing the sale or disposal of unneeded personal property from the land.

“We can dispose of it in any appropriate way,” Sluder said, noting the village needs to clear out the items.

Village employees and officials have heard a lot of interest in some hoop-house greenhouses, and the village will welcome bids on those.

There’s also a pile of vermiculite that the village does not need; a village trustee suggested that the baseball association give each of the tree buyers some vermiculite. There’s also a pile of lime and a silo.

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Tonica officials want to see speeding tickets written Board also discusses various road, drainage and water projects

BY CRAIG STERRETT For Shaw Media TONICA — Tonica Village Board members on May 4 started discussing what roads need resurfacing, as the village will have up to $150,000 in state funds and $150,000 of its own to use this construction season.

The drive that circles through the

newest subdivision on the west side of town needs resurfacing, especially a stretch where one lane is badly deteriorated from a drainage issue, board members Kevin Sluder said. Other locations Tonica village mentioned included president Oneca Street in front of the post office, Maple and an “S” curve on one edge of town.

The board approved Ameren’s location for installation of a pole south of the baseball diamond. The pole is

for equipment related to automated meter readings.

Board members also discussed speeders and people accelerating quickly on Ray Richardson Road heading east from Route 251 as well as on Richardson Road between Route 251 and Interstate 39. The board and Mayor Kevin Sluder discussed asking the police to watch for speeders and write tickets. The board also had a discussion about whether the village can put up any signage on the county’s road.

The village’s engineer did not attend the meeting, but board mem-

bers should expect to hear about an expensive project (up to $300,000) needed for accessing and replacement of a rusted-out filter at the well pump house along Second Street.

The board also discussed a drainage problem south of the already-completed Dollar General.

The mayor said most of the drainage, already approved by the village and completed, is working OK from the site, but there’s a standing-water problem south of the site on private property. Sluder said the city might have to purchase a strip of land and create a ditch there.

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Tonica reopens village park, with social-distancing restrictions

BY CRAIG STERRETT For Shaw Media TONICA — Tonica’s park is reopening, with family reunions and gatherings of 10 or more people not allowed, and social-distancing rules in place, including at the shelters.

Village President Kevin Sluder on May 4 told the village board he receives Illinois Municipal League updates, and a recent one gave the mayors or village officials the right to reopen parks and while maintain-

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Sluder told the board people already have been going to the park and playing tennis on nice days. He wants to allow people to play tennis. Whether baseball and softball games will be allowed will be determined at a District 20 Little League meeting, a village employee told the mayor.

Village trustee Tom Goskusky asked the mayor if he would allow kids to use the swings, and he said yes. When Goskusky asked if the of Public Health in Friday’s long-term care facility report. The LaSalle County Health Department only reports on confirmed cases, which may create a disparity in the number of cases confirmed by ZIP code and the number of cases reported by the IDPH in its longterm care facility report.

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Notice of Public Hearing Concerning the Intent of the Board of Education of Community Consolidated School District Number 79, LaSalle County, Illinois to Amend the FY 2020 Budget PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Community Consolidated School District Number 79, LaSalle County, Illinois (the "District"), will hold a public hearing on the 17th day of June, 2020, at 6:15 P.M. The hearing will be held in the Media Center at the Tonica Grade School, 535 North 1981 Road, Tonica, Illinois. The purpose of the hearing will be to review the proposed amended FY 2020 budget and receive public comment. The budget is available for inspection in the District Office between the hours of 9:00 AM and 3:00 PM or abridged hours due to the State of Illinois, Covid-19 School Closure orders. Action is intended to be taken during the Regular Board Meeting on the 17th Day of June, 2020.

By order of the President of the Board of Education of Community Consolidated School District Number 79, LaSalle County, Illinois.

DATED the 7th day of (Published in Tonica May, 2020.

News May 15, 2020) Julie Goff-Rietgraf 1778220 Zimmer; Secretary, Board of Education Community Consoli- PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF dated School District Number 79, LaSalle PUBLIC HEARING County, Illinois ROAD DISTRICT BUDGET (Published in Tonica Notice is hereby News May 15, 2020) given that a Tentative 1772839 Budget and Appropriation Ordinance for the PUBLIC NOTICE Richland Road DisNOTICE OF FILING trict, LaSalle County, OF TENTATIVE Illinois, for the fiscal BUDGET AND year beginning April 1, APPROPRIATION 2020 and ending FOR PUBLIC March 31, 2021, will be on file and INSPECTION AND FOR PUBLIC conveniently available HEARING OF HOPE to public inspection TOWNSHIP AND at Supervisor Naas's HOPE TOWNSHIP office at 861 N 16th ROAD DISTRICT, Rd, Tonica, Illinois LASALLE COUNTY, from and after ILLINOIS 1:00 PM on May 13th, NOTICE is hereby 2020. given that tentative Notice is further Budget and Appropria- given that a public tion Ordinances for hearing on said BudHOPE TOWNSHIP get and Appropriation and HOPE TOWNSHIP Ordinance will be at ROAD DISTRICT, in 7:30 P.M. on June 16, the County of LaSalle 2020, at the Leonore and State of Illinois, Fire Station and that for the fiscal year final action on this beginning on April 1, ordinance will be 2020, and ending on taken at the public March 31, 2021, will hearing. be on file and conve- Dated this 12th day

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TOWNSHIP BUDGET Notice is hereby given that a Tentative Budget and Appropriation Ordinance for the Richland Township, LaSalle County, Illinois, for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2020 and ending March 31, 2021, will be on file and conveniently available to public inspection at Supervisor Naas's office at 861 N 16th Rd, Tonica, Illinois from and after 1:00 PM on May 13th, 2020.

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NOTICE PUBLIC MEETING (Published in OFthe On Friday, May 15, 29, 2020 at 9:30 a.m., a Tonica News May meeting conducted by Tonica CCSD #79 2020) 1779235 will take place at Tonica Grade School; 535 N. 1981st Road, Tonica, IL. The purpose of the meeting will be to discuss the district's plans for providing special education services to students with disabilities who attend private schools and home schools within the district for the 2020 - 2021 school year. This meeting is for parents of home-schooled students who have been or may be identified with a disability that reside within the boundaries of Tonica Grade School. Due to the State of Illinois Executive Orders and Illinois State Board of Education Guidance regarding school closures this meeting will be held remotely for those Tonica Grade School residents that meet the qualifications for services.

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF LaSALLE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CLEO LOUISE SIMS, Deceased.

No. 2019-P-51 NOTICE TO HEIRS AND LEGATEES WHOSE NAMES OR ADDRESSES ARE UNKNOWN AND CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of CLEO LOUISE SIMS of the City of Peru, LaSalle County, Illinois. Letters of office as Executor were issued on March 9, 2020, to SUSAN RINGLE, of 1991 S. 102'd St., West Allis, WI 53227, whose attorney is John Balestri of Bernabei, Balestri & Fiocchi, 149 Gooding St., LaSalle, IL 61301.

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Within 42 days after the date of the order of admission you may file a petition with the Court to require proof of the will by testimony of the witnesses to the will in open court or other evidence, as provided in Section 6-21 of the Probate Act of 1975 (755 ILCS 5/6-21). You also have the right under Section 8-1 of the Probate Act of 1975 (755 ILCS 5/8-1) to contest the validity of the Will by filing a petition with the Court within 6 months after admission of the will to probate.

Claims against the estate may be e-filed in the Office of the Circuit Clerk, Probate Division, LaSalle County Courthouse, 119 W. Madison St., Room 201, Ottawa, Illinois 61350, or with the representative or both, within 6 months from the date of first publication of this Notice. If claim notice is personally mailed or delivered to a creditor of the above estate, then claim must be filed in the above entitled cause within 3 months from the date of mailing or delivery, whichever is later. Any claims not filed within the above periods are barred.

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NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that a public hearing on said Budget and Appropriation Ordinances will be held at 6:45 a.m. on the 29th day of June, 2020, at the Township Building, Fifth Street, Lostant, Illinois, and that final action on said Budget and Appropriation Ordinances will be taken by the Board of of said Trustees at its Township regular meeting to be held immediately following the public hearing at 7:00 a.m. on the 29th day of June, 2020, at the Township Building, Fifth Street, Lostant, Illinois.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SAID TOWNSHIP. DATED THIS 8TH DAY OF MAY, A.D., 2020.

HOPE TOWNSHIP AND HOPE TOWNSHIP ROAD DISTRICT LASALLE COUNTY, ILLINOIS DEBRA BREWER HOPE TOWNSHIP CLERK

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