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Volume 141 No. 20

Friday, July 11, 2014

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Should Illinois raise the minimum wage?

Advisory vote on Nov. 4 ballot

By Donna Barker Shaw Media Service

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois voters will have the opportunity to voice their opinion on whether the state should raise its minimum wage.

Gov. Pat Quinn has signed House Bill 3814 which places an advisory question on the Nov. 4 ballot asking if the state’s minimum wage for those over the age of 18 should be raised to $10 by Jan. 1, 2015. Currently, Illinois’ minimum wage is $8.25.

LaSalle County Clerk Jo Ann Carretto said the advisory referendum is a way for legislators to get public opinion on an issue. The measure will appear at the end of the ballot since it is a non-binding resolution.

Constitutional amendments always appear at the top of a ballot. Three questions are allowed in any public election.

The advisory referendum would be approved by a simple majority of the voters. If the advisory referendum would be approved, then the proponents of the increase would use that show of public support to further their argument for the reasons why the minimum wage should be increased.

However, if the advisory referendum would fail, and even by a large margin, the legislators could still go ahead and vote to approve a minimum wage increase.

A binding referendum would not be needed.

Carretto said the actual certification of the question has yet to be released. That is not expected to happen until the end of August.

According to the U.S. Department of Labor website, minimum wage and overtime premium pay standards apply to nonsupervisory, non-farm private sector employment under state and federal laws. All states must meet the federal wage baseline of $7.25 for workers covered

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Age ... it’s all in the cards At 96, Peg Cooper just keeps on going

By Ken Schroeder news@tonicanews.com

TONICA — As we get older, we often slow down and take life at an easier pace. We don’t go out at night, instead spend quiet evenings at home.

Tonica’s Peg Cooper, 96, will have none of that. Cooper is an avid card player and a great-great grandmother, and she shows no signs of slowing down.

“I go two nights a week to play euchre, and I get home often at 10:30, 11 p.m. at night,” Cooper said. “I love to go. I think it’s a good pastime, and it gets you out and among people. It’s better than sitting at home watching TV. What’s on TV anymore?”

Cooper’s been playing euchre for 50-plus years, a habit she picked up after she got married. She travels regularly to Oglesby, Standard and Toluca to play, and while she doesn’t consider herself a champion player, Cooper said she usually wins one to two games a month.

In addition, she’ll sometimes play as a substitute in a pinochle group in Cedar Point.

“I drive to Toluca by myself. I don’t mind driving at night. I know a lot of people don’t like to, but it doesn’t bother me,” Cooper said. “I wouldn’t want to drive in the big city, but Toluca’s not so bad.”

While Cooper loves getting out and playing, she said she misses playing bridge.

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Above: The new mid-court logo for the Tonica Grade School Braves shines under the lights in the school gymnasium. The logo was designed by one of the school’s students and rendered by local painter Mick Burcar after a conversation with School Superintendent John Suarez.

Below: Burcar works free-hand on the logo after penciling in the design. The painting project took two days.

This artwork will floor you TGS gym floor gets a facelift

By Ken Schroeder news@tonicanews.com

TONICA — Returning students — and residents attending basketball games — will find the Tonica Grade School gym floor more colorful than before, thanks to the generosity of Mick Burcar.

“Mick has a nephew here at the school, and I met Mick at the ‘Wheels for Nathan’ ben-

efit,” TGS Superintendent John Suarez said. “We tossed around the idea of doing something for the gym floor, since we get that painted every two years. He was very open to the idea, and we came up with some ideas.”

The design at center court was created by one of the grade school students. It was chosen by the other students and the school board as the design they wanted — a “T” with the word “Braves” written across it.

At each end of the court, there’s an optical illusion painted on the

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floor which looks like a stand-up sign. The effect is eye-grabbing.

“My wife and I were watching a Toronto Raptors game during basketball season,” Suarez said.

“My wife asked ‘Why there was a sign on the court because someone would trip on it?’ Then we saw someone walk across it, and I thought that was pretty interesting.”

Suarez mentioned the effect in passing to Burcar, and the next thing he knew, Burcar had incorporated it into the floor design.

“The effect really pops from the top of the bleachers,” Suarez said.

In addition, the word “Braves” is painted at each free-throw line, facing the shooter, and the “Tonica” emblems that previously lined the court have now been bordered in white to make the lettering stand out more.

The TGS gym was already a showplace, being one of very few gyms in the area with a wooden ceiling and support beams.

Although the gym has been around for quite some time, the woodwork shines like brand new.

“I think it’s a testimony to the prior administrations and the school and the school boards that they have really kept this gym in pristine condition,” Suarez said. “I love this ceiling. It is awesome.

We’re proud of the gym.

We hear a lot of comments from parents and visiting teams how nice the gym is, and we like to keep it that way.”

“I think this is something that the kids can look at and be proud of,” Suarez said.

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The price for the floor Burcar charged and the degree of professionalism is part of the enthusiasm for Suarez, who said this job carried a different kind of “sticker shock.” Burcar reportedly charged the school $100 for the gym floor’s new look. That figure would not begin to cover materials, let alone labor.

“If we had hired this out professionally, I don’t know if we could have got someone to do it better, and we could never have afforded it. Ever,” Suarez said. “That’s the great thing about a small school is we have people like him that want to help, and do something nice for the students. He didn’t have to help us. It just shows you when a school like Tonica needs help, people come and help. They come running.”

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Above: Facing the shooter at the foul line at both ends of the court, the “Braves” logo is a reminder of whose turf the team is playing on. Below: Inspired by a similar sign painted on the Toronto Raptors basketball floor, the “Braves” placard design presents a 3-D effect when seen from the home team bleachers.

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Ottawa man hurt in motorcycle crash On July 6, the Lostant Ambulance took a call from the LaSalle County Sheriff’s Department in regards to a singlevehicle motorcycle accident at the East 11th and North 14th intersection in Eagle Township. The driver, Joseph Jankowski, 21, of Ottawa was driving

northwest around a curve on East 11th when he lost control of the motorcycle when he hit gravel in the roadway. Jankowski was thrown from the motorcycle and was transported to St. Mary’s Hospital

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LaSalle County Sheriff report OTTAWA — On June 24, the LaSalle County Sheriff’s deputies investigated a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of Illinois Route 251 and Wauponis Street. Phyllis Quaka, 87, of Tonica was driving southbound on Route 251. Quaka was turning onto Wauponis Street when the rear of her vehicle was struck by a vehicle driven by Darren Wilts, 18, of Streator.

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out throughout the country. They come back to visit often, though.

“For Mother’s Day, I had five generations in church,” Cooper said.

Cooper had three children, which blossomed into nine grandchildren.

She said she has about 27 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.

“We get together quite often,” Cooper said. “We just had a gathering Saturday for five birthdays. Usually when we get together, there’s about 30 of us. My sister says we’re a partying bunch.”

“My family is closeknit.”

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“I played bridge until all my friends died that I played with,” Cooper said.

“We had a three-to-four table group, but they’re all gone.”

Cooper’s sister also plays, but she’s more of a homebody.

“She plays in one of the clubs I go to, but she won’t go with me to any other place,” Cooper said.

“She’d rather stay home.

She’s a year younger than I am.”

Cooper is very close to her family. Two of her children live locally, but the rest of the family is spread

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Summer camp international St. Bede hosts students from Mexico

study, become accustomed to the culture and improve their English speaking skills.

“In Mexico, the majority want students to study English. Everybody teaches English because it’s the language that moves the world,” she explained. “In Mexican universities, the students have to speak English. If not, you can not get a good job.”

St. Bede camp coordinator Eve Postula explained this opportunity is a winwin situation for both the Mexican students and St. Bede.

“We have an interest in opening up our doors and bringing more students in because we feel the diversity we’re offering to the local community kids is really another unique feature for St. Bede,” she said. “The students from Mexico are

a wonderful fit with the St. Bede students. They have a lot of similarities, and they are finding that out, which is really nice. Being from Catholic backgrounds and Catholic families, they fit in well with our student population.”

During their stay, the campers are taught religion, structured ESL (English as a Second Language) classes and get to intermingle with local St. Bede students to improve conversation skills.

They will also be paired up in St. Bede’s summer volleyball and swimming camps, among many more ongoing activities around the campus.

“We’re using the resources and the things we have here and exposing these students to it,” Postula explained. “It’s very interesting because we didn’t

know what to expect when the students got here and how open and outgoing they would be with intermingling with the St. Bede students. But they have just been so inquisitive and want to talk, and it makes it fun and easy because they want to do everything we have planned.”

Outside of the academy’s campus, the campers take day trips to places like Great America, Echo Bluff and Chicago, for a day of sightseeing all the major attractions.

“We have to mix joy and education because they are young,” Vega said. “But they are having a wonderful time with the American kids and are starting to talk with them more each day. Their young age is very important because they catch everything.”

Most of the students have been to America, whether is was a trip to Disney World or to places around the Mexican/U.S. border, but most have never been this far north in America.

“This is completely different here. We visited Chicago, and it was amazing and very different to El Paso, Texas, “ Vega said.

Cuenca agreed and pointed out how much better the hospitality is in this area.

“I want to thank the academy for all their support and hospitality, and I am really surprised at the quality of their services,” she said.

Vega is already looking into next summer’s camp, which is expected to grow and include more than 30 campers.

the state minimum wage is greater, then the state minimum wage prevails.

According to the Department of Labor, four states have a minimum wage set lower than the federal minimum wage. Twentytwo states, plus Washington, D.C., have minimum wage rates set higher than the federal minimum wage. Nineteen states have the same minimum wage requirement as the federal minimum wage

requirement. Five states do not have an established minimum wage requirement.

Illinois is one of 10 states, plus the District of Columbia, to have a minimum wage in the $8 range.

Those other states include California, Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont and Nevada. Nevada’s minimum wage is $8.25 without health benefits or

$7.25 with health benefits.

On the higher end of the scale, the state of Washington has a minimum wage of $9.32, and Oregon has a minimum wage of $9.10.

According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, 38 states have considered minimum wage bills during the 2014 session.

Tonica News Staff Writer Ken Schroeder contributed to this article.

By Goldie Currie Shaw Media Service

PERU — St. Bede Academy is currently hosting 14 young students from Mexico, who are here to experience American culture firsthand and get a better grasp on the English language.

The students, whose ages range from 9 to 14 years old, come from private schools located in Toluca and Metepec, Mexico.

The students are accompanied by chaperones Luz Camila Diaz, Yara Gonzalez Cuenca and Angeles Diaz Vega.

Staff and students at St. Bede have planned numerous activities and day trips for them to experience during their three-week stay.

Vega played a leading role in putting together this camp for the students, after sending her son to St. Bede.

She said after seeing the impressive opportunities and academics it had to offer, she sat down with St. Bede Superintendent Dr. Ted Struck and talked about providing a way to expose young students to the academy to get a taste of what an American private school has to offer.

“We always had a dream about summer camps, but we had never been in touch with any (American) schools,” she said.

Vega explained parents in Mexico strive to send their students to America to

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St. Bede is currently hosting 14 students from Mexico, who are here to experience American culture and get a better grasp on their English speaking skills. St. Bede has planned out several activities for them to experience during their three-week stay. Pictured are the students with Father Ronald Margherio as they recite a prayer as part of a religious exploration activity.

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Dollars and sense Classic investing mistakes Year after year, in bull and bear markets, investors make some all-too-common blunders. They have been written about, talked about and critiqued at some length – and yet they are still made. You can chalk them up to psychology, human nature, perhaps even a degree of peer pressure. You just don’t want to find yourself making them more than once.

No. 1: Caving into emotion. The deVere Group, which consults high net worth investors around the world, recently surveyed 880 of its clients and found even with their experience, some had made the equivalent of a rookie mistake – 20 percent had let fear or greed prompt them into emotional investment decisions.1 Investors use past performance to justify their greed – it did well recently, I better buy more of it, but past performance is merely history and represents a micro factor versus macroeconomic factors influencing sectors and markets. Fear prompts panic selling.

How many investors draw on technical analysis or even stop-loss limits when shares suddenly decline? A stop-loss limit is handy for those who don’t want to watch the market every day – it instructs a brokerage to sell a stock if it drops below a specific value, often in the range of 8-10 percent of the purchase price.2 No. 2: Investing without a strategy. Some people invest with one idea in mind – making money. An outstanding goal to be sure, but it shouldn’t blind them to other priorities such as tax efficiency, managing risk and reviewing asset allocation. Even 22 percent of the investors in the deVere poll confessed to this.1 No. 3: Not diversifying enough. Have you ever heard the phrase “familiarity bias?” This is when investors develop a “home team” attachment to an investment. Just as sports fans stick by the Celtics and the Cornhuskers and the Cubs through thick and thin, some investors stick with a few core investments for years. Maybe they work for XYZ Company or their mom did, or maybe they like what XYZ Company represents, so having a certain percentage of the portfolio in shares of XYZ Company gives them a good feeling.

If XYZ Company craters, they won’t feel so good. You can hold too much of one investment, especially if a company rewards you with its stock.2 Conversely, some portfolios are overdiversified and hold too many investments. This is seldom the fault of investors; over time, they may end up with some shares of all the major companies in an industry group with a little help from Wall Street money managers. The core problem here is that not all of these companies can be winners.

No. 4: Slipshod tax management of investments. Sometimes certain investments within a taxable account will lose money, yet because of past gains they have made, the investor is stuck with capital gains tax. Some investments are better held in taxable accounts and others in tax-deferred accounts, as various types of investments are taxed at varying rates. When you retire and tap into your savings, you can potentially

Christian Cyr COMMENTARY

improve tax efficiency by drawing down your taxable accounts first, so that you’ll face the capital gains tax rate (which may be 15 percent or even 0 percent) instead of the ordinary income tax rate.3 Also, when you pull money from your taxable accounts first, your tax-advantaged accounts get a little more time to grow and compound. If they are large, another year or two of growth and compounding could prove beneficial.

No. 5: Seldom reviewing portfolio allocations. A long-term asset allocation strategy starts with defined percentages. Over time – and it may not take much time – the percentage allocations go out of whack. A bull market may result in a greater percentage of your portfolio assets being held in stock, and while this overweighting may seem reasonable in the near term, it may not be what you want in the long term.

No. 6: Investing (or reinvesting) near a market peak. Many investors play the market in one direction, which is up – they buy with expectations that a sector or the broad market will keep climbing. Short selling stocks (i.e., seek to exploit falling stock prices) takes more skill than many investors have. A buy-and-hold philosophy may prove very rewarding, as long as you don’t hold too rigidly or too long in the event of a sustained, systemic shock to the markets.

An even keel promotes a steady course.

Fear, greed, bias, randomness, inattention – these are the root causes of the classic investing blunders. We have all made them; patience and experience may help us avoid them in the future.

Christian Cyr is a financial advisor in Hennepin. If you are Interested in reading more, his monthly newsletter is available at Cyrfinancial.com or by calling Cyr Financial at 815-925-7501.

Note: Investing involves risk, and past performance is no guarantee of future results.

The publisher is not engaged in rendering legal, accounting or other professional services. If assistance is needed, the reader is advised to engage the services of a competent professional. This information should not be construed as investment, tax or legal advice and may not be relied on for the purpose of avoiding any federal tax penalty. This is neither a solicitation nor recommendation to purchase or sell any investment or insurance product or service, and should not be relied upon as such. All indices are unmanaged and are not illustrative of any particular investment.

Sources: 1 - thestreet.com/story/12733263/1/5-investing-mistakes-millionaires-make--but-theyrestill-rich.html [6/4/14].

2 - abcnews.go.com/Business/avoidingsins-investing/story?id=18969850#.UXBFuco7bAJ [4/16/13].

3 - tinyurl.com/l6lkrfu [2/12/14].

TCOC elects officers ROCK FALLS — Officers of the Tri-County Opportunities Council’s Community Action Agency were elected at the council’s annual meeting on June 24.

Kenneth Krogulski of LaSalle will serve another one-year term as chairperson. Albert Harmon of Toulon was re-elected as vice chairperson. The returning secretary is Julie Jacobs of Sterling,

and the returning treasurer is Frederick Phillips Sr. of Savanna.

At the same meeting, awards were presented to Randy Freeman of Lostant and Christina Wyss of Lacon for five years of service. Julie Jacobs of Sterling was recognized for 10 years of service to the Tri-County Board.

TCOC serves Bureau, Carroll, LaSalle, Lee, Mar-

shall, Ogle, Putnam, Stark and Whiteside counties with a variety of programs, activities and services for low-income people over the past 49 years.

Its board is comprised equally of representatives of public bodies, private interests and those it serves. Anyone interested in learning more about TCOC or joining its Board of Directors can call the agency at 800-323-5434.

St. Margaret’s awarded an ‘A’ in safety study SPRING VALLEY — Designed to rate how well hospitals protect patients from accidents, errors, injuries and infections, the latest Hospital Safety Score honored St. Margaret’s Health with an “A” — its top grade in patient safety.

The Hospital Safety Score is compiled under the guidance of the nation’s leading experts on patient safety and is administered by The Leapfrog Group (Leapfrog), an independent industry watchdog. The first and only hospital safety rating to be peer-reviewed in the “Journal of Patient Safety,” the score is free to the public and designed to give consumers information they can use to protect themselves and their families when facing a hospital stay.

“We are very pleased that our hard work has been recognized by the Leapfrog

Group;” said Tim Muntz, president /CEO of St. Margaret’s. “I would like to commend the medical staff and employees who all play an integral part in providing our patients safe, quality care during their stay in our hospital.”

“Safety should come first for our families when we pick a hospital because errors and infections are common and deadly,” said Leah Binder, president/CEO of The Leapfrog Group, which produces the Hospital Safety Score. “No hospital is perfect, but we congratulate the board, clinicians, administration and staff of St. Margaret’s for achieving an ‘A’ and showing us that you made the well-being of your patients your top priority.”

Calculated under the guidance of Leapfrog’s Blue Ribbon Expert Panel, the Hospital Safety Score uses

28 measures of publicly available hospital safety data to produce a single “A,” “B,” “C,” “D,” or “F” score representing a hospital’s overall capacity to keep patients safe from preventable harm. More than 2,500 U.S. general hospitals were assigned scores in spring 2014, with about 32-percent receiving an “A” grade.

The Hospital Safety Score is fully transparent, and its website offers a full analysis of the data and methodology used in determining grades.

To see how St. Margaret’s score compares locally and nationally, and to access safety tips for patients and their loved ones, visit the Hospital Safety Score website at www.hospitalsafetyscore.org. Consumers can also go to www.hospitalsafetyscore.org for a free download of the Hospital Safety Score app.

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The Editorial Page The Tonica News Sam R Fisher

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Walking the road not chosen Editor’s note: This is the second installment in an ongoing column by Barb Kromphardt.

On Monday morning, I was back for my second mammogram in three days, and it was very different from the first time I was there. This time, there were no more exchanging pleasantries with the women at the front desk.

The procedure was familiar because I knew the routine this time. I went into the changing room, placed my shirt and bra in the bag, and then went out to the waiting room.

COMMENTARY I didn’t have to wait for long.

There were no more jokes with the technician this time. And instead of approaching the machine with an attitude of let’s get this over with, I approached it with a sense of dread.

The rescan was quickly done. Only the right side this time, as my left breast had been deemed clear for another year.

Then I returned to the waiting room.

I soon discovered Monday morning mammograms were different from those conducted the rest of the week. It seemed me and all the other ladies in waiting were callbacks. Something wasn’t quite right with our first mammograms, and our return visits weren’t routine.

Some women seemed lost in their own thoughts while others were talkers. Some were stoic, and others were damp-eyed. But we were all trying to keep the impending horror at bay.

Everyone looked up whenever someone appeared at the door and called out a name.

Finally it was my name. Great, I thought. I’ll find out everything is all right, and this nightmare will be over with.

But it wasn’t to be. They wanted to take yet another mammogram.

Even now, my fingers get cold remembering how I felt. The other women looked at me as I gathered up my things and went back for another scan. I was numb.

I returned to the waiting room yet again.

The next time my name was called it was almost anti-climactic. I was led into a dimly lit room with breast x-rays glowing on the walls. It almost felt like I was on a spaceship, peering out the portholes at the glowing orbs of distant worlds.

I think they sat me down. As the nurse looked on, the doctor explained that one of the orbs was mine, and there was a problem.

Some of the sparkles glowing in the x-ray of my right breast were good and fine and normal, but not these, he said, gesturing to one area.

These were questionable. They hadn’t appeared on my previous mammogram, so they had to be looked into. Not with a scan this time, but with a biopsy.

I honestly didn’t hear too much of what he said.

I vaguely wished for my microcassette recorder so I could catch every word.

But I caught the most important words. They wanted to be sure I didn’t have cancer.

When the nurse led me out of the room, I balked when she wanted to return me to the waiting room.

“No, I can’t go back in there with them,” I frantically whispered.

She was a saint, and she must have been through this before, so she led me to an empty exam room and left me for a few minutes.

The tears poured silently down my face. Dear God, dear God. What was I going to do?

Before I entered the office for my second mammogram that morning, I had sent a text message to my sister and a few close friends. I told them what was happening, that it was probably nothing, but if they had a few spare minutes to send up a prayer on my behalf, I’d appreciate it.

I had no idea how much I was going to need those friends and their prayers in the months to come.

Barb Kromphardt, currently of Columbus, Ind., was a reporter for the Bureau County Republican and interim managing editor of the Tonica News and the Putnam County Record. She can be reached at bkromps@yahoo.com.

Barb Kromphardt

On the street

NBA stars LeBron James of the Miami Heat and Carmelo Anthony of the New York Knicks are currently considering the possibility of free-agency.

Do you think it is OK for them or any other NBA star to do this?

“I think they can do that, it is more of a business now for them. They have to be able to support their families.”

John Hendrickson, Mount Zion

“I think they should do whatever they want to do.

They have that right. They are American citizens. Let them go for it.”

Sandy Tarr, Leonore

“They can do what heck they want. They have the right to do so. They are entitled to whatever they can get. That’s how much you are worth, then that is what someone is willing to pay you.”

Mark Lemrise, Tonica

“Well they are playing a game, and I think it does set a good example for our youth to do this. They should not be greedy ... it’s all about the money.”

Melody Parker, Cherry

“I think it’s a business, and at the end of the day, you know they are in it for a business. There is something to be said for love of the game and playing because you enjoy it, but at the end of the day, it’s a business. I think it is well within their right to pursue free agency. They are going to end up back with the teams they are with anyway. They are just doing it for more money.”

Tony Schwab, Minneapolis, Minn.

A letter back home ...

Editor’s note: The following correspondence was received from former Tonica resident Neil Walgenbach.

People have been asking about my son, Dave, who survived a May 4, 2010, Taliban mortar attack on his artillery position while carrying out a fire mission in the mountains of Afghanistan near the Pakistan border. So, here’s an update.

As you may remember, Dave was discharged from Walter Reed Army Medical Center, then finished active duty with his original artillery unit at Fort Bragg, N.C. He then enlisted in the Army National Guard to change his MOS to radiology specialist. He was sent to Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio for some pretty intense classroom and lab training, eight hours a day, five days a week for six months. Jan and I went down for his graduation ceremony.

It was the first time the students saw each other in their dress uniforms. Almost all were right out of boot camp, so it was interesting to see their reaction to all that bling on Dave’s chest — very few of them knew his history. While the officers were checking out each ribbon, the enlisted just wanted their pictures taken with Dave.

Dave then went to Ft. Bliss, El Paso, for six months of clinical work and will finish the end of July.

He’ll then be qualified to work as an x-ray tech in all types of military medical installations, but he wants to be able to work in civilian facilities. To do that, he’s planning on taking a semester’s worth of classes at a local school, then taking a national board exam.

Dave really likes hiking, but in recent months, the shrapnel in one of his knees has moved into an area where it’s causing him a lot of pain.

He just ignores it, but I’m sure it’s doing damage. I’m trying to get him to see an orthopedic specialist up at Rush when he gets home.

My oldest, Christopher, has been in the Navy for about 10 years. He spent last summer in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, overseeing the detain-

ees. Chris was then assigned to a Navy EOD (explosive ordinance disposal) unit at Coronado Island, San Diego, and is now awaiting deployment.

Kyle, as a member of the 101st Airborne’s famed 2nd-502nd Infantry Regiment (they parachuted behind German lines in the wee hours before D-day), participated in some of the toughest infantry missions in Iraq and Afghanistan during the surges of ’06 and ’10. He’s now very much enjoying campus life at SIU Carbondale, pursuing a computer engineering degree. In true infantry (and Boy Scout) fashion, Kyle loves hiking/orienteering/ exploring — the longer and more arduous, the better. He never passes up an opportunity to compete in 5K/10K runs, color runs, mud runs, etc.

My daughter, Liann, just graduated at Bradley University. Very busy organizing and leading chari-

table causes on campus, (including TOMS and STLF), and promoting a Catholic presence (Newman Center, various leadership conferences), she made it very clear to even to the most casual observers that she was made to teach. Armed with a BS in education, phenomenal references from her professors and counselors, and credentials for K-8 (allinclusive), Liann pondered half a dozen job offers from Tennessee to Alaska, Catholic and public. Always one for adventure and challenge, she’s decided to go to Alaska for a year or two to teach in an Eskimo village just outside of Bethel, called Napaskiak.

Steven is my youngest. A Batavia High School senior, he’s totally obsessed with computer games — not just playing them, but designing and programming them. I guess he can make a living at that?

Neil Walgenbach Batavia

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Community LaSalle County SWCD will host awards picnic OTTAWA — The LaSalle County Soil and Water Conservation District will hold its annual awards picnic beginning at 5 p.m. July 24 at the Pitstick’s Pavilion, Route 23 North, Ottawa.

The public is invited.

At the picnic, the 2014 Conservation Farm Family Award will be presented to the Gary Schneider Family of Streator.

A picnic meal will be served at 6 p.m. Awards presentations will follow the meal.

The guest speaker for the evening is Jean Payne of the Illinois Fertilizer and Chemical Association.

For tickets and additional information, contact the LaSalle County Soil and Water Conservation District at 815-433-0551, ext.3.

St. Paul’s ice cream social TONICA — St. Paul’s Lutheran Church of Tonica will host an ice cream social from 4:30 to 7 p.m. July 13.

They will serve barbecue sandwiches, hot dogs, chips, drink, ice cream and toppings. The church is located one-half mile north of Leonore.

Summer block party PERU — St. Valentine and St. Mary Catholic churches of Peru are hosting a summer block party from 6 to 8:30 p.m. July 20 in the parking lot at St. Valentine Church on Seventh and Pulaski streets in Peru. The Mariachi Campiranos band will provide the music and entertainment. There will be food, a raffle and a 50/50. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own lawn chairs.

Jessica Stoens graduates EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Jessica Stoens of Lostant graduated during the University of Evansville’s 156th commencement on May 10 at the Ford Center in downtown Evansville.

Stoens received a Bachelor of Science degree, majoring in exercise science and pre-physical therapy.

Softball camp to be held July 21-24 MCNABB – The Putnam County girls All Skills Softball Camp will be held July 21-24 at Putnam County Junior High School in McNabb. The camp will be under the direction of the State Champion and seven time Elite 8 Putnam County Lady Pumas head coach Chris Walker and current Lady Panther players.

There will be two sessions at the camp. Session one will be for girls entering fourth, fifth and sixth grades. It will be held from 9:30 to 11 a.m. with an optional pitching session for those who are interested from 11 to 11:30 a.m. Session two

will be for girls entering Grades 7-9. This session will be held from noon to 1:30 p.m. with an optional pitching session for those who are interested from 1:30 to 2 p.m.

The all skills 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 many other awards will be given for excellence in each event and a cookout on the last day will be offered to the campers. The camps 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 open to players from all surrounding communities and schools. Each participant will receive a camp T-shirt if registration form and fee are received by July 15.

Trophies will be awarded to competition winners.

If registration forms and fees are received after that

date, no T-shirt will be provided for the athlete but walk-ins or late arrivals are welcome. Please make checks payable to Chris Walker. Mail forms to Chris Walker, 801 W. Santa Fe, Toluca, IL 61369. For more information or to obtain camp forms, contact Walker at 815-452-2965.

Hoge helps design ground-breaking system PEORIA — In collaboration with Bradley professor Dr. Prasad Shastry, Tyler Hoge of Tonica, Sergio Sanchez of Round Lake and Elie Baliss of Dunlap have designed a system that can wirelessly charge batteries.

Unlike recharging pads that

require the battery-operated device to connect to the pad, wireless systems charge batteries within a short distance of a charging device. No cables nor cords are needed to get a charge.

Their design has linked years of theoretical work with the product

development process. Right now it can provide low power for equipment such as insulin pumps, but the team says the possibilities are endless.

The project will remain at Bradley where future students will continue to work on it.

Heider family holds reunion in Lostant LOSTANT – The family of Henry and Louise Heider celebrated the 32nd Heider reunion at the Lostant Fire Station on June 7.

There were 91 family members in attendance. It was hosted by Dean and Maxine (Heider) Brierly and their family.

Family members attended from LaCrosse, Wis., and Fulton, Liberty Imperial and Crestwood, Mo., as well as Carathal, Kan., and all surrounding towns in Illinois.

Guessing games were won by Gabe Heider, Reilly Sluder, Chip Schafer and Jody Heider. Euchre

player winners were Syle Janusick, Snick Heider and Joseph Umstattd. Bean bag winners were Corey Heider and Joseph Umstattd. The 50/50 winner was Jerry Heider.

Potted plants were centerpieces for the tables and were given to the brothers and sisters.

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On the road with the Tonica News The following was submitted by Cheryl Thompson of Tonica: Our granddaughter was studying at the University of Deusto in Bilbao, Spain, through the University of Illinois. My daughter said we just have to go visit, so Tom and I jumped at the chance. We arrived in Bilbao on Friday, April 4. Immediately the next morning we caught a bus and traveled to Sans Sebastian. I thought this would be a great opportunity to take The Tonica News with us.

The last leg of our trip took us to Paris, France.

We took a tour on top of the Big Red bus.

This is the first time Tom and I traveled abroad.

Every site was beautiful, and I just felt the need to keep snapping pictures. I took about 700.

Our granddaughter Lauren Durdan, finished her semester at Duesto and moved from her host mother to a private couple to be an au pair this summer. She will help the children with their English.

Lauren also taught in a

school in Bilbao five to six times a week helping the children with their English. We enjoyed hearing the many stories Lauren had to tell of her experience. Lauren has thoroughly enjoyed her stay and stated she definitely will go back. She traveled to many countries on weekends with other students from the University including Dublin, Amsterdam, Berlin, Croatia and around France, just to mention a few.

She will arrive home on the 28th of July. Lauren is the daughter of Daniel and Michele Durdan of Janesville, Wis., and the granddaughter of Colette Durdan of Tonica, Cheryl (Tom) Thompson of Tonica and Dennis Donarski of Lostant.

LaSalle County blood drives The American Red Cross will sponsor blood drives at in the following towns: Streator — July 16 from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Teleperformance, 12 Northpoint Drive; July 17 from 8:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the American Red Cross, 204 S. Bloomington; July 25 from noon to 4 p.m. at Plymouth Tube, 1209 E. 12th St.; July 28 from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus, 806 Oakley; Ottawa — July 31 from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the VFW, 1501 LaSalle St.; July 31 from 7:15 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at OSF Saint Elizabeth Medical Center, 1100 E. Norris Drive, Ottawa.

Above right, Cheryl and Tom Thompson read the Tonica News beneath the Eiffel Tower in Paris. At right, they are pictured in Sebastian, Spain. At far right, their granddaughter, Lauren Durdan, is pictured in Paris.

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Proceed with caution if you are asked to send money or to give a credit card number.

Proceed with caution in calling 900 phone numbers. All phone numbers prefixed by”900” are charged to the CALLER. Charges may be assessed on a “per minute” basis rather than a “per call” basis.

The Tonica News Classifieds makes every effort to qualify these charges for the reader.

If you have a concern about an advertiser, please contact: Better Business Bureau 330 North Wabash Chicago, IL 60611 312 832-0500

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PRINCETON 306 West Clark. Wednesday, Thursday, July 9, 10; 3pm-7pm Friday, July 11, 8am-4pm; Saturday, July 12, 9am2pm. Multi-Family Sale.

Boy's 0-4t, girl's 6-7/8, girl's 14-16, Jr. S-L, ladies/men's clothing.

Longaberger, country home décor, furniture, and lots more

PRINCETON 2530 Ridgefield Road. Friday, July 11, 3pm-7pm; Saturday, July 12, 8am-5pm FINAL MOVING SALE Some clothes, tools, several model kits, nut crackers, Jim Shore angels, lamps, pictures, small wardrobe, antique camode, small handmade utility cart, gas grill, desk, entertainment center, old milk bottles, drafting table, desk chair, a lot of miscellaneous. Everything must go

STREATOR 705 East Main Street. Saturday, July 12, 8am-2pm. HUGE MultiFamily Sale & Bake Sale.

Clothes, household goods, woodworking, washer/dryer, toys, books, baked goods, homemade rosaries. Something for everyone

ADVERTISE GARAGE SALES OR YARD SALES! The Tonica News can promote your garage sale or yard sale to let everyone know about the treasures you have for sale. Just call 815-875-4461.

PRINCETON 1207 North Beech Street. Friday, July 11, 8am-4pm; Saturday, July 12, 8am-??

MULTI FAMILY SALE. Many antiques, new & unique jewelry, women's & children's clothing, toys, holiday items, unusual misc. household items. Something for everyone! RAIN OR SHINE!

RURAL HENNEPIN 8934 N 600 Avenue, just passed the County Barns 4 miles South of Hennepin on Rt. 26. Thursday, Friday, Saturday, July 10, 11, 12; 9am-3pm.

MOVING SALE. Household items, appliances, furniture, tools, drill press, table saw and much more.

Everything Must Go PRINCETON 1620 North Euclid Avenue. Friday, July 11, Saturday, July 12; 10am-4pm.

MOVING SALE. Some furniture, kitchen & bath items, misc. items

ADVERTISE YOUR VEHICLE SALE HERE! In the Classified. Just call 815-875-4461.

- 700 Real Estate For Sale 767 • Mobile Home Sales **************** PUBLISHER'S NOTICE All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.”

Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis.

To complain of discrimination call, HUD tollfree at 800 669-9777.

The toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 800 927-9275

HUGE ESTATE AUCTION SATURDAY, JULY 19TH, 2014 AT 9:00 A.M.

Sale to be held at: 936 North 16th Road, Tonica, IL 61370 Equipment sale will start at approximately 12:00 P.M. Tractors, Implements, Trailers, Tools, Collectibles, Car, Etc. TRACTORS: (all tractors run): Ford 4000 T.L.B, Gas, Over/Under Trans; Ford 861 Tractor 3 Pt. Power Steerling PTO, Serial #5160; Ford 8N 1952 Tractor 3 Pt. Restored PTO, Clock, New Tires; Ford 641 P.S with Loader, 4-Speed Trans, 3 Pt PTO; Ford 860 Tractor 3 Pt, 5-Speed, PTO; Restored; Ford 861 Tractore, 3 Pt. Power Streeting PTO, Rear Weights, 1-Hydraulic; John Deere 4430 Cab, Diesel, 3 Pt. PTO, Duals Clamp On, Quad Trans 1500 hrs on overhauled engine & trans #28699R; John Deere 2240 Tractor, Diesel w/ 145 JD Loader, 3 Pt, Dual Hydraulics, PTO; Ford 9N Tractor 1949 3 Pt, Gas PTO with Dirt Scoop; 2001 Honda Ranchers ES 4X4 4-Wheeler w/610 miles **Lots of miscellaneous tractor lights & parts. Ford tractor parts, Ford tractor fenders for the 600-800 series. Misc. Tractor Chains, Ford Tractor Weights. Ford Pie weights, Ford front bumper.

MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT: Metal Bolt Bins & Organizers- Full of nuts, pipe nipples, various sizes- ALL NEW!; Fimco 3 Pt 50 Gal Sprayer with Pump & Booms, 300 gal 3 Pt Sprayer with Booms, Homelite 4,000 watt portable generator, 3 Pt 6’ Service Rear Blade, 3 Pt M5 Woods Mower Metal Coca-Cola Sign, Overhead Hoist on wheels with chain hoist, 3 Pt Boom for Ford Tractors, Lots of hand tools (tool boxes are full!), shop equipment, torch & tanks, forge & tools, chop saw Peerless Power Band Saw, Index drill press. Logan Lathe, Small press. Fanning Mill (Grismill), Steel Beds, Lighting Rod Stands. IH Seeder, Model A Running boards, Well Pump, Several old Primative Wood Cabinets, Old License plates (1922 & various other years). Cemetery steel fence. 3 Pt Big Rhino 8’ Blade. Older post-hole digger, JD 3 Pt Subsoiler, 3 Pt Ford Rear Blade, 3 Pt 8’ Ford Disc, 3Pt 8’ Farm Lift Cultivator, Ford 2 Bottom 3 Pt Plow w/ Coulters. JD 3 Pt 2-row planter, 3 Pt New Holland 451 Mower. Hay Rack & Gear. 3 Pt Massey Harris Hayrack (6 bar). Massey Ferguson 20’ 3 Pt Harrow. King Kutter 6’ 3 Pt Rototiller. Pile Misc. used wood, Portable Shed (approx 7 X12). , Stainless Steel water tank. Dearborn 2 bottom 3 Pt Plow, Dirt Scoop, Old Drag Sections, MF Rollover 2 Bottom 3Pt Plow, Dearborn 3Pt. 2-row cultivator, 3Pt Box 5’ Box Blade, MF 8’ 3Pt Disc. JD Slab Weights, Quick hitch, JD Category 2 Quick Hitch, IH 45 18-1/2’ field cultivator. Lawnboy push mower.

TRAILERS: 2007 Trailer Exp 18’ Tilt, 4’ stationery, 7’ wide Bumper Trailer12,000# GVW; UHaul Trailer Inc 10X6 with hydraulic dump 7000#GVW. Small 8X5 lawn mower trailer. 2-Wheel Trailer (wood hauler); Cargo King 8X5 Trailer 3500#GVW, Sears Aluminum 10’ Boat & Trailer; 18X6-1/2 Aluminum Trailer with Ramps, 2001 Cronkhite15X6-1/2 Stand up ramps 12,000# GVW, Homemade 14X6 Trailer CAR: 1996 Chevy Camaro Z28 Fuel Injected w/ 53,550 miles automatic trans, T-Top, 5.7Liter TERMS AND CONDITIONS: Cash or good checks accepted. All items must be settled day of sale. Number system will be used. Have proper ID. Not responsible for accidents. Not responsible for merchandise after it has sold. This printed information is believed to be correct, but all buyers should research the goods and make their own conclusions. All announcements made the day of the sale take precedence over all printed materials. Everything sells as is, where is.

ROGER W. FREEMAN ESTATE

OWNER: Steven Freeman, Co-Executor • Diane Freeman, Co-Executor FOR INFORMATION CONTACT:

LENNY BRYSON – AUCTIONEER

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LASALLE COUNTY, OTTAWA, ILLINOIS PROBATE DIVISION ESTATE OF ) DUANE H. ROSE, ) Deceased. ) No. 2014 – P – 114 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of DUANE H. ROSE on May 24, 2014.

Letters of Office were issued on June 17, 2014 to Janet A.

Rose, as Executor and Independent Representative, of 106 Poplar Street, Tonica, IL 61370, whose Attorney is Lisa Olivero of Olivero & Olivero Law Offices, 1611 Fifth Street, Peru, IL 61354-2603.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Circuit Clerk, Probate Division, in the LaSalle County Courthouse, 119 W. Madison Street, Ottawa, IL 61350, or with the Representative, or both,

within six (6) months from the date of the first publication of this Notice. If a claim notice is mailed or delivered personally to a creditor of the decedent, the creditor’s claim may be filed within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of this notice, or within six (6) months from the date of first publication, whichever is later. Any claim not filed within the time allowed is barred.

Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the Representative and to the Attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed with the Clerk of the Court.

ANDREW F. SKOOG CIRCUIT CLERK – LASALLE COUNTY LASALLE COUNTY COURT HOUSE 119 WEST MADISON STREET OTTAWA, IL 61350 ATTORNEY LISA

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OLIVERO Olivero & Olivero Law Offices Attorneys for the Estate 1611 Fifth Street Peru, IL 61354-2603 Phone (815) 224-2030 Fax (815) 224-2900 Published in the Tonica News June 27, July 4 and 11, 2014.

ESTATE OF ) ROBERT J. ) PAPROCKI, ) DECEASED. ) 2014-P-116 PUBLICATION FOR CLAIMS CLAIM NOTICE Estate of ROBERT J. PAPROCKI, Deceased.

Notice is given of the death of ROBERT J. PAPROCKI of Oglesby, Illinois. Letters of office were issued on June 17, 2014, to GERALDINE TORRI, 416 Lincoln Avenue, DePue, IL

61322.

Claims against the estate may be filed with the office of the Circuit Clerk, Probate Division, LaSalle County Courthouse, Downtown Courthouse, Ottawa, IL 61350, or with the representative, or both, within 6 months from the date of issuance of letters, and any claim not filed within that period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the rep-

resentative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

Andrew Skoog Clerk of the 13th Judicial Circuit Court Ottawa, Illinois Published in the Tonica News June 27, July 4 and 11, 2014.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LASALLE COUNTY, ILLINOIS

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