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Mapping out Tonica’s water system

By Goldie Currie news@tonicanews.com

TONICA — The village of Tonica is in need of a better mapping system for its water way system.

At the village board meeting Monday, June 15, Marc Lemrise, superintendent of public works, brought up discussion on the village’s current water system map, which is in need of an upgrade.

Currently, the village uses a hand-

drawn map on notebook paper of the water system.

“The drawings are decent but not to scale, and there are no reference points,” Lemrise said. “It took years to figure out where everything was from this notebook paper.”

It was pointed out how the village has professional engineer maps of the village’s sewer system, and how the village would benefit from having something similar for the water system.

“I think it would be a great investment

if we got a paper map that we could put on the wall, and it came with a digital copy, as well that would show every valve, curb, hydrant, water main and service line in the city,” Lemrise said.

Lemrise said he had been looking into a non-profit organization that could come to the village and map out the village with GPS/GSI software, which would provide paper and digital copies of the village within six days.

He said it would cost about $8 per feature for the map. A feature includes items

like a hydrate, valve or anything else that would be placed on the map.

He said with that cost, it would be a little over $4,000 to map out all of Tonica.

Lemrise said it would be more efficient when work was going on in the village.

Instead of carrying around one large map of the entire village, workers would be able to print just a section of the map they needed from the software and take that on-site instead.

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Reaching out with a helping hand Putnam County Community Center’s newest face

By Dave Cook

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STANDARD — Citizens of Putnam County will be seeing a new, enthusiastic face around the county and at the Putnam County Community Center in Standard. Tamara Beaber recently started as the center’s new outreach worker, but she’s been working towards this position for some time, as she recently received her bachelor’s degree in social work from Brescia University. Growing up in rural Princeton, she now lives in Spring Valley with her husband of 13 years and their son.

“I go door-to-door or work off a list of the aging population within the county and introduce them to the center, go over the services we offer and connect them to services beneficial to them. I also do an assessment to make sure all of their needs are being met,” said Beaber.

The center offers several different services and programs, including exercise

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Minor League action Tonica’s Gavin Wolfe slides into home just under the tag of Putnam County Gray’s catcher Alex Johll in a Minor League game at the Mark diamond June 9. Tonica teammate Michael Milota and Putnam County pitcher Drake Smith watch the action.

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Protect yourself and be aware Burglaries remains a leading cause for concern

By Zita Henneberry news@tonicanews.com

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Tri-DENT makes major heroin bust Three Princeton residents charged with felonies

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PRINCETON — With heroin being largely recognized as the leading narcotic concern in the area, the Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team (Tri-DENT) has made some significant arrests. Three major heroin arrests have been made of Princeton residents.

“It’s a good one. It’s one we’ve been hoping we’d get on him (Gregory Hall) for a while because he’s been a problem for us, especially here in the city,” said Princeton Police Chief Tom Root.

On Wednesday, June 10, Bureau County sheriff’s deputies, with the assistance of the TriDENT agents, conducted a traffic stop on Interstate 80 near Spring Valley. The vehicle’s driver,

Daniel P. Miceli, 29, passenger Gregory M. Hall, 36, and passenger Lindsey R. Porter, 31, were taken into custody on unlawful possession of heroin charges.

During a traffic stop by police officers, the TriDENT K9 was deployed on the vehicle and indicated the presence of narcotic odors within the vehicle. A search of the vehicle revealed jeweler’s bags containing purported heroin and hypodermic needles. At this point, Hall, Miceli and Porter were arrested and transported to the Bureau County Jail where more jeweler’s bags containing purported heroin were discovered to be concealed on Porter.

According to Princeton Police Chief Tom Root, the three individuals were found with around 14 to 15, 1-inch-by-1inch baggies of heroin.

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“Heroin is a problem in the area,” Root said.

“Absolutely one of the major drug problems in the area.”

Hall’s bond was set at $100,000. He has posted 10 percent of his bond and has been released from the Bureau County Jail. If convicted, Hall could face anywhere from four to 15 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections.

Root explained, this is Hall’s third drug charge, so there may be an extension to Hall’s sentence due to the Illinois three strikes rule.

Miceli is being held in the Bureau County Jail on a $30,000 bond while Porter has posted 10 percent of her $30,000 bond to be released from jail.

Both could face one to three years in prison if convicted.

Tri-DENT consists of LaSalle, Streator, Princeton, Oglesby and Mendota police departments along with the LaSalle, Bureau and Putnam County sheriff’s offices.

Mautino legislation passes House SPRINGFIELD — Legislation sponsored by state Rep. Frank Mautino, which will protect victims of sexual abuse by expanding prosecutors’ ability to file charges against alleged rapists, passed the House recently.

“The horrible pain that survivors of sexual violence endure is often lifelong,” Mautino said. “It is very important that we work to ensure that this pain is not compounded because an attacker can no longer legally be charged with a crime.”

The measure calls for lengthening the statute of limitations for filing charges in rape cases.

Currently, the statute of limitations begins once the crime is committed.

Under the bill, the clock on the statute of limitations would not begin until the evidence from the rape is collected, transmitted to and analyzed by the Illinois State Police.

The bill stems from concerns that rape kits may not

be tested quickly enough or even lost and not tested at all, as in the case of Rosa Pickett of south suburban Robbins. As reported by the Chicago Tribune, Pickett was beaten and raped in 1977, but evidence of the crime was lost and the statute of limitations on the crime ran out and no charges were filed. Adding to supporters’ concerns is that in recent years, the number of untested rape kits in Illinois has been as high as 4,000.

“Changing the law to allow time for evidence collection and analysis is a protection that victims should be afforded,” Mautino said. “I hope my colleagues in the Senate will join us in standing up for survivors.”

House Bill 369 now moves to the Senate for further consideration.

Mautino represents Illinois’ 76th Representative District, which includes all or portions of Bureau, LaSalle, Livingston and Putnam counties.

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Burglaries From Page 1 There are some things people can do to make a burglar think twice. While many people may not be able to afford an alarm system, they can just stick an alarm sticker in their window; it could make that burglar think twice.

Also, keeping the windows and entryways visible. When the back door has no lighting or there’s brush covering the windows, it’s easier for that burglar to keep hidden.

Motion activated lights could both light up the area and maybe startle any burglar wanting to enter a home.

Area residents are also advised to keep both their valuables and evidence of their valuables hidden from prying eyes. When a burglar can see the box from a new flat screen in the trash, they know what is inside the house and what they could get if they tried.

The police officers explained the crimes in this rural area are often different from the bigger cities. Different motives and methods of theft apply, they said.

Police advise people to hide their belongings, especially in their cars.

It doesn’t take burglars much effort to break the window and grab what they want. Just keep the items out of sight.

Area law enforcement officials confirmed there are things people can do

PCCC From Page 1 classes, meals, health fairs, painting, music, cooking and more.

“I really hope to pique people’s interest and bring them into the center to see all of the great opportunities we offer and how we can help them,” said Beaber.

Beaber will soon start some monthly therapy groups focusing on different topics which will

Water From Page 1 “I think it would be a good tool to have,” he said. “We could do a lot of things better that we struggle with now.”

Village engineer Jack Kusek warned, however, the system Lemrise brought to the board was a basic mapping system for the price the village would be paying.

Burglaries still under investigation

By Goldie Currie news@tonicanews.com

TONICA — The investigation continues into the numerous burglaries that took place at various locations throughout the village in the late hours of Thursday, May 14, and earlier morning hours of Friday, May 15.

At Tonica Village Board’s regular meeting on Monday, June 15, Tonica Police Chief Dave Woolford was absent, but he left a report for Mayor Kevin Sluder to share with board members.

Sluder said the investigation continues, and the Tonica Police Department continues to work with LaSalle County Sheriff’s Department on the case.

As previously reported, entry had been made at the Tonica Manor Apartments, several businesses, a couple homes, the Tonica Grade School, and there was one report of a vehicle that has been broken into.

While there were many break-ins, only a couple purses from the homes and money from the one vehicle were reported stolen.

On Monday, board member Monica Kreiser asked about the numerous rumors that went around town of more burglaries happening following the May 14-15 incidents.

Sluder confirmed there were rumors going around, but said he had only heard of one incident of someone knocking on a door and running.

“Just someone trying to scare somebody,” he said. “There were a lot of stories that went around, and a lot of them were not true.” to help the police now for possible burglaries in the future.

Reportit.leadsonline. com is a citizen property inventory website which has teamed up with law enforcement officials. The website offers an online database for the public to list their valuables as well as identifying characteristics. In the event of

a theft, the police could then access this information to help in locating the item and identifying the burglar who took it.

If people were to utilize this website, it could be extremely useful later on in the event of a theft.

People rarely inventory their stuff. A little work now could help a lot in the future.

not only help the county’s aging citizens, but their caregivers as well.

“In my profession, I see a lot of depression and anxiety and part of helping people is to get them involved with the community, to socialize and to laugh,” said Beaber.

Burnout is a common problem with caregivers, and Beaber said there are programs in place to offer respite care and to also provide emotional help when needed.

Beaber plans on con-

tinuing her education and obtaining her master’s degree so she’ll be able to integrate oneon-one therapy into the many different services Putnam County Community Center offers its residents.

“I’m really excited to get to meet everyone in the community. I love talking to people and hearing their stories, it’s one of my favorite things to do and I want to take this position as far as I can,” said Beaber.

“You’re not going to be happy with it, and you’re not going to get all the information you want,” he said.

Kusek talked about mapping systems that would be able to give further details of the features provided on the maps, whereas the system the village was looking at would just simply show where the features were placed.

Mayor Kevin Sluder

pointed out how the village didn’t need the extra information on the map.

The board also talked about just purchasing a locator that would help identify where gas lines, water mains, culverts, etc. were located in the town.

Lemrise said he would look further into costs on the equipment and bring back more information to the board on the mapping systems and the locators at a later date.

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Illinois exports reach $68.2 billion in 2014 Data shows trade promotion legislation, new trade agreements would benefit Illinois’s workers and businesses WASHINGTON, D.C. – Merchandise exports from Illinois hit $68.2 billion in 2014, reaching a new record. Illinois’ exports in 2014 helped the U.S. achieve a record high for goods and services exports: $2.35 trillion.

Goods exports from Illinois supported an estimated 339,000 U.S. jobs in 2013, contributing to 1.3 million jobs nationwide that were supported by both goods and services exports that year. On average, jobs in these export-related industries pay up to 18 percent more than non-export related industries.

According to data released by the Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration, Illinois’s goods exports in 2014 were led by a number of sectors, including machinery, except electrical ($12.9 billion); transportation equipment ($8.0 billion); and chemicals ($7.6 billion).

“Exports are critical to economic growth and job creation in communities across the country,” said Secretary Pritzker. “With 95 percent of the world’s consumers living outside the United States, opening more markets to ‘Made in America’ goods and services is fundamental to our nation’s competitiveness, job creation, and the economic security of our families.

These data further demonstrate the important role that trade and exports have played in America’s and Illinois’s economic recovery. In order to build on that momentum, Congress must pass bipartisan trade promotion legislation, which will allow

the administration to negotiate new trade agreements that increase accountability and high standards, uphold our values, and open new markets to American goods and services.

Illinois is already benefiting from the free trade agreements that the U.S. has in force with 20 countries. Nearly $37.4 billion (55 percent) of Illinois’ goods exports in 2014 went to free trade partners. Throughout the past 10 years (200514), goods exports from Illinois to these markets grew by 105 percent, with sales to Canada, Mexico, Australia and Chile showing the largest dollar growth over this period.

Trade promotion legislation For the past 40 years, Congress has enacted Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) type laws to help guide both Democratic and Republican presidents in pursuing trade agreements that support U.S. jobs, eliminate barriers to U.S. exports, and set rules to level the playing field for U.S. companies, farmers, ranchers and workers.

TPA allows Congress to set high-standard objectives and priorities for U.S. trade negotiators and establish a process for consulting with Congress and the public.

The regional trade agreements under negotiation now – Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) – accounted for 62 percent of U.S. goods exports in 2014, supported an estimated 4.2 million U.S. jobs in

2013. TPA will allow these agreements to become a reality, spurring economic growth in the United States and our trading partners.

Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) TPP and TTIP would create new market opportunities for Illinois companies, supporting export-related jobs.

Illinois exported $37.3 billion annually in goods to all TPP markets (2012-14 average), which accounted for 55 percent of the state’s goods exports. Illinois’s exports could benefit from new market access as a result of Brunei, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand and Vietnam eliminating their tariffs as part of TPP. The EU’s tariff elimination as part of TTIP would provide new market access that could benefit Illinois’ exports. TTIP will be an ambitious, comprehensive, and high-standard trade and investment agreement that offers significant benefits for U.S. companies and workers through eliminating existing trade barriers and better enabling U.S. companies and workers to compete. TTIP will provide new opportunities for U.S. industry, as approximately onefifth of all U.S. goods and services exports go to the European Union (EU). In 2013, U.S. goods and services exports to the EU supported an estimated 2.5 million U.S. jobs.

Illinois exported $10.7 billion annually in goods to the EU (2012-2014 average).

Illinois’ top industrial goods exports to the EU include machinery products (tariffs range up to 9.7 percent); chemicals (tariffs currently go as high as 6.5 percent); and automotive products (tariffs range up to 22 percent).

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The Editorial Page The Tonica News Sam R Fisher

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Climbing the Walls About 23 years ago, I began writing “Climbing the Walls.” Reading our local paper late one night, I thought the owner needed some filler on occasions when he had space to fill. The next morning, with my typed article clutched in my hand (you have to remember technology was not as advanced as it is today), I stopped in at the news office.

I handed the article to the owner COMMENTARY and told him he could use it whenever he needed to fill space. He glanced down at the article; he then asked, “You want to call it ‘Climbing the Walls?’” I replied, “Yes, it’s been my experience that your kids will make you climb the walls, but your husband will drive you up the wall.” That was the first of his big, booming laughs I would hear throughout the almost five years I wrote the column.

I stopped writing because my life was busy with working full time, serving on the Henry City Council, raising nine kids and renovating our Victorian house.

Now retired, I babysit with grandchildren and am still working on the old house. Built in 1868, the house has approximately 4,000 square feet, counting the former servant’s quarters in the basement.

The house looked good back in 2005 after I had fixed up the main rooms on the first floor. I was probably in the best shape in years, too, after all of that physical labor.

Now, at the age of 68, I’m beginning to notice the pull of gravity is greater than ever in my lifetime. So many things seem to be sagging — my favorite chair, my bed and my skin. If someone waves to me and I wave back, the skin on my arms is flapping in the breeze like clothes on a clothesline. Not that I’m complaining; I just have to be careful and not wave too hard or else I will probably suffer a blow to the face.

I rocked all of my babies for their naps and have continued to do so with our grandchildren. Our youngest grandchild, 2-year-old Kacey, enjoys singing along with me as we rock. We sang Christmas songs in the fall and winter. I began to realize that we needed to add to our song list with non-holiday songs.

One day while Kacey and I were waiting at the grade school to pick up her cousins, Landon and Maddy, Someone’s in the Kitchen was making a delivery at a house nearby. That made me think of that old tune so I began singing it. She loved it so I began singing it again when all three kids and I were heading out of the school’s parking lot. The kids kept telling me to sing it again. So I did, belting it loud and clear so they could learn some of the words. Traffic was crawling in the parking lot and also the street after leaving the school. I had to stop and wait for kids to cross, and parents were walking slow on the sidewalk, too. Halfway down the block, I remembered that I had my front windows rolled down partway.

There is no doubt that my booming voice was heard by many.

Kacey now knows “God Bless America,” “Dixie” and a few other old songs. I was so surprised how fast she began singing them. There are two songs, however, I won’t be teaching her: “99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall” and “Roll Out the Barrel.”

Tami McCracken Crawley is a mother of nine and avid quilter living in Henry. She may be reached at tamimccracken@yahoo.com.

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

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First Person Laurie Stasell

Town: Lostant.

Family: Husband-Mark. Our son, Neal, goes to school and plays baseball for Putnam County. Jamie is our oldest daughter and has two daughters, our grandchildren Emma and Ayden.

Pets: None.

Occupation: I am a homemaker.

What is the last book you have read: “Battle for Your Life.”

What is the last song you listened to: My mom and dad have both passed. Their favorite song was “Please Release Me.” I really do love that song, I know it’s old, but I love it.

What is the last TV show you watched: That would be the cooking channel, I think “Pioneer Woman.”

If you were stranded on a deserted island and you could have one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be: I shouldn’t have spaghetti, but I love spaghetti.

If you were stranded on a deserted island and you could

take only one thing with you what would it be” A picture of my kids, my family.

quiet. The grandkids can run around. We can have people over; we can have get-togethers.

If someone gave you a million dollars what would you do with it: Help myself, but help others too. I don’t need it all. Share.

Would you change anything about the town you live in: Actually we are eight miles from Toluca; we are 14 miles from Streator; and 22 to Peru. I wish in Lostant we had a grocery store like we had a long time ago. Also a gas station, maybe with a little grocery type thing. If only for times in the winter it gets tough when you run out of milk or something.

Name a favorite area restaurant: The Bullheads. We don’t go out too much to eat. We go some to Ali’s.

What do you like about your town: We like the country. It is

Paving the way My sister moved to Virginia in December of this last year. It was the first time she relocated from her home state of Illinois on a permanent basis, but not entirely.

She has been called to serve on two different deployments with the military, both of which lasted a year or longer on foreign soil, so her awareness of what takes place outside of the Land of Lincoln is quite sharp. Time and again she stops back to Illinois to take part in drill for a weekend — one responsibility of many that she takes seriously as part of her service to her country.

As we sat at the picnic table in my backyard last month having lunch, I surmised a theory as to why she so valiantly offers her abilities and emotions to her surroundings.

I shared my assumptions that she dedicated herself to her deployments because she wanted to end the war. I stated quite triumphantly that it was evident to the idealist in me as to why she was involved in the sacrifice of leaving her family, friends, employment and comfortable surroundings.

She wanted to halt the violence in the world, stomping upon the final ashes of the great flame of injustice that burns across the surface of the planet, leaving the garden to truly grow fruitful for the first time since Eden stretched the only acre. Although I believe that in her heart she greatly desires all of these things as I do, she said, “No brother, that’s not it.”

She told me that while on her deployments, her unit would be responsible for hauling fuel and supplies to different areas of the land they occupied in an effort to solidify their battalion. During these runs across the barren countryside, she shared the horrors of mortars, homemade bombs set up in a vicious game of hide and

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seek, where if you get caught in the wrong place ... then your future participation in the game was forever excluded. She said she saw vehicles tossed on their sides like dominoes during the fall, and that she lost many a fellow soldier who could not run fast enough from the shrapnel of those who contrasted her cause.

The enemy would place these mortars in potholes on the road, hiding them in plastic bags in the ditch that would trigger and explode like a malfunctioning firework that veers toward the crowd, the movement of her vehicles causing them to roar to life while offering only the opposite. She said it was one of the most terrible things she experienced on her deployments, and that her fear of them did not remain behind on that foreign soil. After she returned to the States and was applauded for her courage and commitment despite her body and mind’s noncommittal approach to what the word peace now meant to her, she would be driving down the rural roads of the Midwest back country — and there in the middle of the lane, standing like a bear with its claws and teeth full bore, a viper hinged back for the imminent strike, would be a pothole.

Fear would capsize the vessel upon which she floated. It would grab her senses like volts of venom grab the animal that stumbles into the electric fence. She would slow down or swerve around the hole in the road as if it were much more

than the abuse of too many vehicles traveling over a single plot of land. This country pothole had no mortar in it. It was not a pit of pure fury designed to steal daughters from their fathers ... but try telling a burning man that fire does not exist.

She said, “No brother, I did not try to end the war because upon experiencing the chaos, I quickly accepted more than I ever had before that war is not only inevitable, it is real.” She told me her efforts resulted in confinement. She saw that pothole, and she knew she never wanted her loved ones, her companions in this travel, to taste the tears that had fallen down her face. Her job was to confine the violence to where it was taking place, to never allow the virus to spread across the globe, to never welcome it upon the doorstep of her home.

An arena of anarchy is something that most of us have never experienced, and my sister’s testimony solidified my understanding that destructive elements will thrive through a few of the inhabitants of this world, but also that peace will not stand down in the face of pestilence. The war will never be won, for violence claims no victor, but it can be withered, battle by battle, when we bury the butchers that know only the breaking of bones.

Your effort is not lost on me, sister, but helps me with every encounter. Thank you for trying to shed light upon the darkest nights, even if the sun sits out of sight for the remainder. You are more than relief to my head; you are a hero to my heart. The light will soon shine upon us entire, and the pathways will be pure.

Thank you for paving the way.

Eric Engel, formerly of Tiskilwa but now of Peoria, can be reached by email at eazywritin84@yahoo.com.

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Community Free concert during Celebrate LaSalle The Legacy Girls will perform LASALLE — The LaSalle Public Library and the LaSalle City Park District are announcing a free concert by The Legacy Girls at Rotary Park during the Celebrate LaSalle festivities on Saturday, June 27, beginning at noon.

Nancy Baumet, Renee Hein and Dia Madden formed The Legacy Girls in 2006 with their production of “American Wartime Sweethearts: The Andrews Sisters.” The trio performs a delightfully entertaining tribute to the music that uplifted and unified our

nation through the darkest hours of World War II. The Legacy Girls performance is one in a series of six programs hosted by the LaSalle Public Library marking the 70th commemoration of the end of World War II. From May through August, the library will offer program topics that will both entertain and inform, about a time and the people who played such a significant role in defining who we are as Americans.

Rotary Park is located just off of East Fifth Road, north of Route 6. The park is visible from Interstate 39. The program is open to the public.

Stage 212 announces ‘Cinderella’ cast LASALLE — Stage 212 is having a ball this summer with “Cinderella,” the enchanting Rodgers and Hammerstein musical adaptation of the classic fairytale, and everyone is invited. Weaving such memorable songs as “In My Own Little Corner” and “Ten Minutes Ago” into the familiar storyline of the young woman who dreams of escaping her servitude for a better life, “Cinderella” is a delight for all ages.

Featured in the cast are Emily Hanck as Cinderella, Emily Brodzik as Fairy Godmother, Dana Dawson as Stepmother, Abby Bertrand as Grace, Abby Derix as Joy, Josh Rinehart as Prince Christopher, Kyle Showen as Lionel, Megan Cullinan as Queen Constantina and Steve Ward as King Maximillian.

Featured in the dancing ensemble are Stephanie Prostko, Damian Gonzalez, Mary Rose Prosinski, Reid Thomasson, Alex Dawson, Trenton McKinnie, Brittany Marx, T.R. Miller and Xamnyet Webster.

Production staff includes director/music director/costumer Phil Grant, producers Natalie Smigel and Bonnie Claudnic, choreographer/costumer Neals Phelps, stage manager Mia Caretto, set construction coordinator Matt Boehm, scenic artist Tina Wujek and costumer John Michael Dias.

“Cinderella” will be presented July 17 to Aug. 2 at Stage 212, 700 First St., LaSalle. Friday and Saturday performances begin at 7:30 p.m. Sunday matinees begin at 2 p.m.

Tickets will be available to the general public for $20 each beginning Monday, July 6. Box office hours are from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon.

Tickets may also be purchased online by visiting the Stage 212 web site at www.stage212.org or reserved over the phone with Visa, MasterCard or Discover. Call 815-2243025 for details.

“Cinderella” is presented by special arrangement with R&H Theatricals, New York.

Lostant players take part in All-Star game LOSTANT — Five players from the Lostant minor league team sponsored by Dave’s Lost Ant Café in Lostant participated in the Saturday, June 13, All-Star

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Lostant School holds annual field day LOSTANT — Lostant School held its annual field day on Tuesday, June 2.

All the students received field day shirts and participated in activities throughout the day. They also grilled hamburgers and hot dogs outside on the playground for lunch.

Some of the activities they enjoyed were soap bubble art, making bubbles and making flubber.

They also played a lot of games like soccer relays, kickover football, water balloon volleyball, batting

practice, and there was even a dunk tank.

All the kids had a good time and enjoyed the

break from classes to play games and be outside.

Building the tools of the future for fun URBANA — The Illinois 4-H State Robotics Competition was Saturday, May 2, in the east gym of the Athletics and Recreation Center on the University of Illinois campus.

“When Robits Attack” of LaSalle County and “Marshall-Putnam 4-H Robotics” participated along with more than 50 4-H teams in this year’s robotic game of skill; each programming one or more Lego Mindstorm robots in simulated Olympic sports events.

“It was exciting to see the variety of fields and robots teams brought to the event,” said Bob Smith, U of I Extension 4-H robotics educator.

“This year, there were no restrictions on the materials which could be used, so teams got really creative when designing their robots and their playing fields.”

The more events the robots completed successfully, the higher the “table score” portion of the competition for teams, but performance of the robot was only part of the competition, said Smith.

“Although we want youth to learn programming, it’s just as important for youth to learn teamwork skills in order to come up with solutions to the challenges they may face in the real world,” Smith said. “Youth have to learn how to work together in order for their team to have the best possible outcome at the event, and in life.”

Team members received a challenge and had to work together on the spot in front of a panel of judges to devise and implement a solution.

This year’s challenge was to create a tower using only balloons, duct tape and pieces of cardstock paper.

“The teamwork skills that youth learn in their robotics clubs will serve them well in their future careers,” Smith said. “Only with solid teamwork, good engineering abilities and strong programming skills can teams win the top championship award.”

In addition, teams had to “defend” the design of their robots to a separate panel of judges, describing the steps they took during the design and programming process and noting how each team member contributed to the overall project.

This year’s contest increased in size by 150 participants over last year. “It was also encouraging to see that 25 percent of the team members this year were female,” Smith said.

Illinois 4-H robotics project enrollment has nearly tripled in three years with 5,000 youth self-selecting robotics as their field of study in 4-H, and the number is expected to go even higher in 2015.

In addition to the competition, several campus and area organizations held hands-on activities for the participants and their families.

The Champaign-Urbana Community Fab Lab, a non-profit organization promoting STEM education, demonstrated several tech applications from 3-D printing and computerized sewing to laser cutting and graphic design. U of I’s crop science and aeronautical engineer-

ing departments showed students what a career in their major could include for tech-savvy teens.

Featured attractions for many of the attendees were the robot demonstrations provided by the advanced 4-H robotics clubs, most of whom participate in FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) competitions. Robots at this level complete complicated tasks, such as stacking, collecting objects and moving items. 4-H members on these teams inspire the younger members.

“Our young participants look up to these advanced 4-H members and the teen mentors respond by taking time to explain how they built their robots, how they solved programming problems and why robotics matter in today’s world,” Smith said. “These 4-H members will have their pick of colleges and their pick of job offers. They have learned to work on projects as a team and to communicate effectively with others.”

“When Robits Attack” of LaSalle County took fifth-place and “Marshall Putnam 4-H Robotics” took 20th out of 53 teams.

To learn more about 4-H in the community, if you have questions or need more information, call University of Illinois Extension, Bureau-LaSalle-Marshall-Putnam Unit at (815)224-0889. Extension offices are located in Princeton, Ottawa, Henry and in Oglesby on the Illinois Valley Community College campus.

‘Hollywood and World War II’ at LaSalle library LASALLE — Everyone is welcome to attend an upcoming program by author and historian Ed Finch as he presents “Hollywood and World War II.” The presentation will begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 23, in the LaSalle Public Library’s meeting room.

During World War II era, the movie industry was characterized by rapid, formulaic, almost factory-like mass production. As a result, movies portraying the experience of military personnel in World War II soon developed certain stylistic

conventions, coalescing into a new genre: the combat film.

The stylistic features that define the combat film genre in the 1940s have remained influential ever since but have been modified as they incorporate changes in cultural perceptions of war and military life. This presentation explores the emergence of the combat film genre, its evolution up to the present, and what it can teach us about American cultural history.

This program, funded through the

Alwin C. Carus Trust, is free and open to the public. It is one of the library’s six-program series commemorating the 70th year since the end of World War II. Those who wish to attend the event and have special needs because of a disability should contact Cristy Stupegia at 815-223-2341.

Light refreshments will be served.

For more information, visit the library located at 305 Marquette St., call 815-223-2341 or visit www.lasalle.lib.il.us.

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Festival 56 opens June 19 with ‘Respect’

June 22 — 9 a.m., Tai Chi; 10 a.m., Sewing Circle; 12:45 p.m., Bingo; 1:30 p.m., open cards.

June 23 — 9 a.m., Forever Fit; 10 a.m., Soldier’s Angels.

June 24 — 9 a.m., Forever Fit; 10:15 a.m., beginner computer class.

June 25 — 9 a.m., Tai Chi; 12:45 p.m., Bingo; 1:30 p.m., open cards.

June 26 — Bridges Ultimate 50/50 drawing; 9 a.m., Forever Fit; 10 a.m., family caregiver support group; 1 p.m., open Wii bowling.

The Bridges Senior Center is a congregate meal site. Meals, provided by Voluntary Action Center, are served from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday for a suggested donation of $3.50. A 24-hour advance reservation is required. For more information, call 815-431-8034.

Putnam County Community Center June 22 — BLT on toasted wheat bread, vegetable beef soup with crackers, fruit combination, lettuce salad with toppings, dessert.

June 23 — Tuna casserole, salad, rolls and butter, cantaloupe, dessert.

June 24 — Barbecue on bun, baked beans, chips and dip, peaches, lettuce salad with toppings, dessert.

June 25 — Chicken salad on bun, coleslaw, fruit cocktail, zucchini and tomatoes, dessert.

June 26 — Chicken Parmesan with spaghetti noodles, zucchini noodles, Romaine salad with dressing, apricots, bread.

For reservations, call 800-757-4579 24 hours in advance of the day’s meal. The menu is subject to change. Meals are available to senior citizens 60 plus at no cost but donations are appreciated. The meal program is partly funded by donations so they have a suggested donation of $5 per meal. Lunch is served at 11:30 a.m.

Nursing admission information session OGLESBY — A nursing admission information session will be from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 24, in Illinois Valley Community College’s room CTC 124.

Sponsored by the counseling center and admissions and records, the session will cover admis-

sion 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 with Kathy Sramek at 815-224-0439 or kathy_sramek@ivcc.edu.

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This moving production combines excerpts of 60 hit songs with women’s own stories about their dreams, first jobs, lost loves, enduring relationships and varied journeys to independence. The highs and lows of women’s experiences are told through Top 40 songs like “Someone to Watch Over Me,” “I Will Survive,” “I Will Follow Him,” “These Boots are Made for Walking” and “What’s Love Got to Do With It.” The show culminates with a vision of strength in the song “Hero.”

“Respect” runs through Saturday, June 27. It will be followed by the

famous musical, “Gypsy,” about an overreaching show business mother and her daughter, and then by the show-stomping song-and-dance musical, “The Drowsy Chaperone,” winner of five Tony Awards.

“Gypsy” runs from July 2 to July 11 and “The Drowsy Chaperone” from July 17 to July 25. The last play of the summer is the furiously-paced Ken Ludwig comedy, “The Fox on the Fairway,” which runs July 29 to Aug. 2. All of these productions will be performed at the Grace Performing Arts Center, 316 S. Main St. in Princeton.

This year the festival’s free Shakespeare play, performed in Princeton’s Soldiers and Sailors Park, will be “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar.”

It opens with a 2 p.m. matinee on

IVCC spring honors list OGLESBY — More than 600 Illinois Valley Community College students were named to the academic honors list for the spring 2015 semester.

Students included on the list earned a grade point average of 3.25 to 3.74 in six or more semester hours. Area students included on the list were: Cedar Point: Michael Scordo.

Lostant: Rebecca

Arnold, Sara Benckendorf, Chelsea Berg, Megan Fitzgerald, Salem Genseke, Danielle Houston, Marie Janusick, William Manley and Michael Templeton.

Tonica: Ronald Cavanagh, Stephen Ebener, Ava Gillespie, Amanda Heinz, Elizabeth Huss, Kevin Knecht, Ryan Salz, Zainul Theruvath Ithikkat, Jonathan VonBehren and Timothy Weide.

Wine tasting event set OTTAWA — The Reddick Mansion Association will host “Grapes in the Garden,” a wine tasting event, from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, June 27, on the grounds of the Reddick Mansion.

Working with Jim Ferrero from Herman’s Package Store and Lisa Collins from The Sticky Lizard, the event will offer more than 50 wines and wine-infused ice creams for sampling.

Appetizers and snacks will also be provided as part of the $20 per person cost.

In addition to the wines in the gardens, Joel Swank from PRP Wines International, will present a seminar (with wine samples) at 6 p.m. in the West Parlors of the mansion. Swank will discuss the proper way to evaluate wines and how to pair wines with food. There is an additional charge of $8 for the seminar. Seminar seating is limited to 50 people and prepayment is

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Sunday, June 28, and, after that, will be performed every Wednesday and Sunday evening at 7:30 p.m. through July 26.

Festival 56 season subscriptions (includes the four summer plays at the Grace plus the holiday show) are available for purchase, along with flex-fours, single tickets and tickets to Friday night cabarets.

The Festival 56 box office, located at the Grace, is open from noon to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. It can be reached by calling 815-8795656, ext. 11.

For a complete calendar of this season’s plays, educational programs and late night cabarets, as well as to purchase tickets online, visit www. festival56.com.

IVCH needs Red Coats PERU — Illinois Valley Community Hospital needs more Red Coats, the volunteer escorts who help patients and visitors get around inside IVCH and who also make deliveries between hospital departments.

“We want to expand the Red Coat roster, so each individual doesn’t have to work as many shifts as they are working now,” said Jackie Barr, IVCH volunteer services coordinator.

Red Coats transport patients, specimens, supplies and paperwork between departments, according to Barr. She said anyone interested in being

a volunteer escort needs to be retired or semi-retired and be able to walk extensively during a shift.

Red Coats also must be fluent in English, flexible in assuming different roles and be able to push a patient in a wheel chair.

“Friendly, positive, out-going people are preferred,” said Barr.

Red Coats work fourhour shifts, either 8 a.m. to noon or noon to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Flexible scheduling options suited to each volunteer’s preferences are available. For more information, e-mail Barr at jackie.barr@ivch.org or call 815-780-3387.

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Putnam County girls’ softball camp MCNABB — The Putnam County girls’ All Skills Softball Camp will be July 20-22 at Putnam County Junior High School in McNabb. The camp will be under the direction of the 2009 state champion, 2014 state runner-up and six-time Elite 8 Putnam County Lady Pumas and Panthers head coach Chris Walker and assistant coaches Lynette Olson, Angie Augspols and Venessa Voss.

Session 1 is for girls entering fourth, fifth and sixth grades. It will be from 9:30 to 11 a.m., with an extra pitching session for those interested from 11 to 11:30 a.m. Session 2 is for girls entering seventh

through ninth grade. It will be from noon to 1:30 p.m., with a pitching session at 1:30 to 2 p.m.

The camp will stress fundamentals and techniques for all facets of the game.

The camp will include individual instruction on hitting, position defense, pitching, catching and base running. A separate 30-minute session for pitching will be provided, if interested, on each day of the camp. There will be hitting, bunting, throwing and speed contests in each division. Ribbons and other awards will be given for excellence in each event and a cookout on the last day will be offered to the campers. The camp

will provide instruction and demonstrations by the Putnam County coaching staff along with current and former players.

The cost of the camp is $40, and it is open to players from all surrounding communities and schools.

Each participant will receive a camp T-shirt if the registration form and fee are received by July 1. If registration forms and fees are received after that date, no T-shirt will be provided for the athlete but walkins or late arrivals are welcome.

Checks should be made payable to Chris Walker.

For more information, contact Walker at 309-2647171.

IVCH Tennis Classic is July 3-5 LASALLE — Illinois Valley Community Hospital will host a tennis classic Friday, July 3, through Sunday, July 5, at the new LaSalle-Peru High School athletic complex located on Airport Road, LaSalle. The matches will begin between 8 and 9 a.m. each day to accommo-

date Fourth of July plans.

There will be two divisions, a junior and adult division. The event will have men and women’s singles and doubles, junior boys’ and girls’ singles, and adult mixed doubles.

The entry deadline is noon Thursday, June, 25.

The tournament costs $15 per person and one can of balls per event. To sign up for the event, visit ivtennisclassic.net.

For more information, call tournament director Christy Savellano at 815-252-4323 or email csavellano01@ aurora.edu.

Participants in the 2014 Carpenter’s Kidz Camp

Kidz Camp 2015 will begin June 29 STREATOR — “Changed, Challenged and Committed to Christ” is this year’s theme for Heritage Christian Center’s Carpenter’s Kidz Camp 2015 to be held Monday, June 29, through Thursday, July 2, at the Streator Baptist Campground, 1259 N. 1659th Road, Streator.

This fun-filled event is for children in first grade through 12 years of age.

The cost is only $150 for four days and three nights of worship, arts and crafts, team build-

ing games, skits, hayrack ride, swimming, the teaching of God’s Word and much more. All meals are included and each camper receives a camp T-Shirt.

College professor and Pastor Mike Muzzerall, a children’s pastor of 19 years from the SonLife Broadcasting Network, will be ministering and music will be provided by the Salvation Station Praise and Worship Team from Baton Rouge, La. Register by calling Netty at 815-823-4741 or the

church at 815-434-0507, or email heritagechristiancenter@yahoo.com.

Late registration will be accepted on Monday, June 29, at the Streator Baptist Campground during check-in time from 3 to 4 p.m.

Heritage Christian Center is located at 900 Hitt St., Ottawa, and meets weekly every Sunday at 10 a.m., Monday night prayer from 7 to 8 p.m. and for the Wednesday night Bible study at 7 p.m. Visit them online at www.heritagechristiancenter.net.

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