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Friday, July 19, 2019

Trustees updated

Mark Grzybowski (left), IVCC’s vice president for Student Services, updated trustees on the college’s Transfer Academy initiative during their July board meeting. Board attorney Walt Zukowski is at right. SEE STORY ON PAGE 2. (Photo contributed) Vol. 145 No. 33 One Section - 12 Pages

APOLLO 11 50TH ANNIVERSARY

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Man walking on the moon inspired Illinois engineers. / 3

LOSTANT The Lostant Village Board has accepted Caldwell Tanks’ bid to construct a 100,000-gallon water tower, with work expected to start in the fall. / 4

LOSTANT Lostant has hired a new ordinance violation

inspector, and he’ll focus on people who burn their trash and dog walkers who don’t clean up after their pets. / 4

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ILLINOIS VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Trustees receive a good report on Transfer Academy Additional students are expected to enroll for classes in 2020 OGLESBY — During Illinois Valley Community College’s July board meeting, it was learned the Transfer Academy successfully launched this summer at Ottawa Center as students banked college credit while still in high school.

There are 22 Transfer Academy students enrolled this summer at Ottawa Center from Serena High School, Marquette Academy and Henry-Senachwine. Streator and LaSalle-Peru High School students are expected to enroll in 2020.

“The academy positions students for seamless transfer to a university,” Mark Grzybowski, IVCC vice president for Student Services, said.

“The academy allows high school students to be released each afternoon to attend two courses at Ottawa Center, or on main campus,” Quintin Overocker, director of Admissions, reported.

This fall’s Transfer Academy courses at Ottawa Center are Global Environment, Introduction to Speech, Introduction to Theater and Strategies for College. Spring classes will be Weather and Climate, U.S. History I, U.S. History II or American Government.

Like all dual-credit students, T r a n s f e r A c a d e my e n ro l l e e s receive a 25 percent discount, and those qualifying for free and reduced lunches pay only a $5 registration fee. Students accumulating 30 credits or more in high school can complete their associate’s degree at IVCC with the 25 percent discount.

I n other ac tion, the board approved a tentative 2020 budget with anticipated revenue of $32 million, representing a 1.4 percent increase over the 2019 budget, and $32.3 million in expenditures, down 6 percent from the previous year.

Operating revenue is up 1.8 percent to nearly $22.3 million, and operating expenditures rose less than 1 percent to just under $22.3 million.

Following a public hearing, the

Applicants sought for trustee vacancy OGLESBY — The Illinois Valley Community College Board of Trustees is accepting applications to fill a two-year vacancy.

Trustee Melissa M. Olivero of Peru was elected to a six-year term in April 2015, and officially resigned at the July 11 meeting with nearly two years remaining in her term.

Residents of Community College District 513 interested in serving on the board are invited to send or deliver a cover letter and résumé by 4:30 p.m. Monday, July 29, addressed to: Secretary of the Board, IVCC Board of Trustees, 815 N. Orlando Smith Road, Oglesby, IL 61348.

Candidates should address the following in their cover letter: Reason for seeking the appointment, how their qualifications will add to the composition of the board in fulfilling its responsibilities to the district, and how their experience in other areas may enhance public policy or decision-making.

For more information, call 815-2240402. board will move for final approval of the budget at its 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 15, meeting.

In other business, the IVCC board approved: • Various IT maintenance, suppor t purchases and renewals involving printers, internet access, iFiber, website software and room scheduling software.

• Renewal of the administrative and student services maintenance and support contract with Ellucian Colleague for $277,428.

• Annual radio and television advertising contracts totaling $67,438 from NRG Media, LaSalle County Broadcasting, Studstill Media, WZOE and Comcast.

• Automotive department supplies from Peru’s NAPA for $40,000, Advance Auto Parts for $30,000 and O’Reilly Auto Parts, $10,000.

• Business T raining Center instruction for OSHA safety classes from 2B Safe of East Moline for $25,000; supervisor and leadership training from Riffle, Inc. of Davenport, Iowa, for $20,000; and IT and business training from Arista-

Hire, of Thousand Oaks, Calif., for $75,000. Costs are recovered through fees charged to clients.

• WEX fuel cards for the Truck Driver Training program totaling $50,000.

• Janitorial supplies from Home Depot Pro of Peoria for $40,000, and maintenance services from ThyssenKrupp Elevator of Peoria for $28,616.

• Accepting the resignation of trustee Melissa Olivero of Peru.

Olivero was elected in 2009 and re-elected in 2015. There is less than two years remaining in her term.

• Renewal of student athletic coverage with 1st Agency for $30,318, and student athletic catastrophic coverage with Zevitz Student Accident Insurance for $2,990.

• A rental agreement with Marco Technologies of Peru for 11 copiers for $25,286.

• Reimbursement of $82.36 in travel expenses for Board Chairwoman Jane Goetz to attend the ICCTA Convention and trustee leadership training June 6 and 7 in Itasca.

• Release of closed session meeting minutes for Dec. 10, 2015; Dec. 8, 2016; Nov. 28, 2017; and April 12, June 21 and Jan. 29, 2018.

The board learned: • 15 graduates are expected to participate in the 5 p.m. Monday, July 22, LPN pinning in the Dr. Mary Margaret Weeg Cultural Centre.

Therapeutic massage graduates will be honored at 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 31, in C316.

IVCC’s Mu Alpha chapter was again recognized as a 2019 Ivy Chapter by Sigma Kappa Delta, the English Honor Society for two-year colleges. English instructors Dr. Kim Radek-Hall and Delores Robinson are Mu Alpha advisers.

The waste removal contract with Republic Services has been extended one year for $9,774.

Enrollment services assistant Carmen Colon will retire July 30; part-time truck driver training instructor Charles Walker resigned June 23; part-time librarian Jane Norem resigned June 26; part-time phlebotomy instructor Dena Kowalski resigned July 9; and Project Success administrative assistant Terumi Scully rescinded her resignation and will stay on at IVCC.

ILLINOIS IMPORTANT DATES SERIES

Engineers look back at moon landing half a century ago

BY KEN DECOSTER Rockford Register Star ROCKFORD — Fifty years after the Apollo 11 lunar landing, some of the region’s rocket scientists are recalling how the historic mission inspired them to work in the space program — and predicting that the U.S. will resume crewed space missions to the moon and beyond.

Retired engineer Bob Guirl of Rockford was 8 when astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin steered the lunar module Eagle to the lunar surface on July 20, 1969.

“It was the awe of the astronauts flying away, landing and coming home,” Guirl said, as he recalled watching the lunar landing while in the living room of his family’s Rockford home.

“We drew the curtains so we could see the black-and-white TV on the little roll-around metal cart. I was lying on the floor watching them (astronauts) climbing down the steps.”

Guirl was hooked.

After graduating from Guilford High School, Guirl earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois before landing a job working on the space program at Sundstrand, now Collins Aerospace.

Today, the Rockford area boasts the sixth-largest concentration of aerospace employment in the United States.

“It was kind of inspiring,” he said. “Me, a rocket scientist. I didn’t think that would ever be in my purview. I was an engineer, and the space program was interesting and captivating and unique. Kind of all drawn from those early memories of that (Apollo 11) launch and that landing and that return.”

While at Sundstrand, Guirl oversaw the production and assembly of an auxiliary power unit built for the space shuttle.

“I had been there for about a year

Boost to national pride

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Retired engineer Ted Biondo holds a July 21, 1969, copy of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat newspaper. and a half before the first piece of equipment that I had been actively involved in was installed on a shuttle and flew,” he said. “I think it was installed for probably four or five subsequent missions. A part of what I had done is now flying up there and helping to bring the guys back every time. Kind of neat stuff.”

Competition with Russia Retired engineer Ted Biondo, 75, was working at what was then McDonnell Aircraft Corp. in St. Louis during the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs in the 1960s.

“It started out as competition with Russia,” Biondo said. “Sputnik got up there and everybody was afraid that there was going to be this political problem with that. Then, John Kennedy stood up and said, ‘We’re going to get to the moon by the end of this decade,’ and most of us said, ‘Yeah, right.’”

Biondo was actively involved in the Gemini program and traveled to

Cape Kennedy, Fla., in the mid-1960s to see a rocket.

“It wasn’t just loud when it took off — the vibration would just hit you in the chest like somebody hitting you with a punch,” he said.

“You not only held your ears, you felt it hit you in the chest.”

After leaving McDonnell in 1974, Biondo worked for Rockwell International’s space division in Downey, Calif., where he tested the space shuttle’s control system.

The following year, he relocated to Rockford, where he worked for Sundstrand for 30 years.

NASA spent $28 billion during the 1960s to achieve the goal of landing men on the moon.

That was money well spent, Biondo says.

“It’s the return on the investment that we get throughout the years with materials that were invented,” he said.

“The miniaturization of computers, communications, all kinds of

Valdez went on: “During the Apollo time, most of the calculations were done on slide rule. It was extremely dangerous but unbelievably forward-looking. I think every step that was taken by the space program was a boost to our national pride and our ingenuity of what we could do as a country and as individuals. I think that’s the biggest takeaway from the whole space program.”

As for the future exploration of space? The three Rockford rocket scientists are optimistic.

“For NASA, their focus should be what their focus is now,” Valdez said. “Looking at continuing to the moon and possibly making a fueling station to be able to go to other places, whether it’s Mars or possibly redirecting asteroids.”

Private industry will eventually send humans back to the moon with help from NASA, Biondo said.

“I want to see us return, and I think we will go to Mars eventually, too, and beyond,” he said.

It’s only a matter of time until humans return to the moon and land on Mars, Guirl said.

“There may be moral issues with ‘Is it a one-way trip?’ or ‘Is it a higher risk then than you might normally decide?” he said. “But for people who choose to take that risk for that adventure, I see it happening. Absolutely. I think it will happen in my lifetime.”

Note to readers: Ken DeCoster may be reached at kdecoster@ rrstar.com. This is the latest story in the Illinois Important Dates series, sponsored by the Illinois Associated Press Media Editors and Illinois Press Association.

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things that we take for granted.”

Kaney Aerospace engineering manager Rudy Valdez, 59, worked for more than three decades as a manufacturing engineer at Sundstrand and supervised the engineering and operation of the company’s contributions to NASA’s space shuttle program between 1995 and 2007.

“The products that we made were critical items,” Valdez said. “Without our auxiliary power units, you can’t steer the boosters and they wouldn’t be able to go.”

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LOSTANT VILLAGE BOARD

Caldwell Tanks’ bid accepted for new water tower Work on 100,000-gallon tower to begin in the fall

BY ZACHARY J. PRATT news@tonicanews.com LOSTANT — Lostant is continuing its journey toward a new water tower, having now accepted a bid for the work.

The village went with the most cost-effective of the received bids, awarding the work to Caldwell Tanks Inc. The cost of the water tower itself is estimated at $747,000, with the entire scope of work, including piping and teardown of the old tower, estimated to be around $841,500.

The village has already obtained

a $500,000 grant from the state and anticipates bonding for an additional $350,000. The extra amount would be used in case of incidentals.

The new tower will be 20 feet higher than the old one at 130 feet tall, and will double the capacity of the old tower at 100,000 gallons.

Work is expected to commence in the fall.

In other discussion, village offi-

cials are hoping the North Central Illinois Council of Governments can help find a grant for economic development, which would be used to run water and sewer to the corner, where the village is trying to encourage further development.

In addition, it is expected that water hydrants will be flushed this month, though an exact time frame has not yet been decided.

LOSTANT VILLAGE BOARD

Hiring of ordinance violation inspector approved by trustees

BY ZACHARY J. PRATT news@tonicanews.com LOSTANT — Ordinance violators beware: there is a new officer in town, and his job is specifically to handle ordinance violations.

The village of Lostant has hired Thomas Walker as its new ordinance violation inspector, beginning immediately.

As ordinance inspector, Walker “shall have the authority to make reasonable, lawful investigation of

suspected violations,” then to issue written warnings, as per the language in the new ordinance.

The position was created because the village police force is comprised of part-time officers, for whom the Lostant police is their second job. If an ordinance violation is contested and needs to go to court, they would need to take a day off to show up.

The ordinance officer was selected to avoid that conflict.

At the meeting where the position was officially created and hired, dif-

ferent violations were mentioned, such as dog walkers not cleaning up after their dogs. Another was the burning of garbage in village limits, which is forbidden.

New establishment As Lostant attempts to grow as a village, it looks for further addition of businesses that might come to town. A new establishment is opening.

This business, The Puetz Stop, is a video gambling establishment

run by its owner, Justin Puetz.

“This is our only source of income through gambling in the village,” said Village President Jack Immel, as he noted another establishment that residents might expect also serves as gambling income, but which is outside the village.

The Puetz Stop has already been open over weekends for drinks, but is expected to open fully for video gambling soon after state inspection.

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TONICA VILLAGE BOARD

Concrete, sewer work underway

BY ZACHARY J. PRATT news@tonicanews.com TONICA — Work on Tonica’s new Casey’s General Store location is progressing.

“I’ve been down at Casey’s a couple times now,” village engineer Jack Kusek said, saying the business has been good at meeting its requirements for investigation and that he has received a standing invitation from the concrete contractor to come out whenever he wants. “They’re moving ahead fast,” Kusek said.

Sewer work, for instance, has progressed for the location.

“They’ re putting sewer in already,” said Village President Kevin Sluder. “It was Kevin exposed, and then it Sluder was closed.”

Tonica village “They’re not messing president around,” Sluder said.

The board discussed whether Casey’s should be billed for its commercial two-inch water meter request, which comes with a heftier price than most meters the village uses.

“That seems like a special request, a two-inch,” Kusek said.

In other news, the open position

on the board has received interest, as resident Mark Zimmer expressed that he might be willing to take the seat.

“I’m someone that wants to see Tonica grow and prosper, because my family is here in town and plan to be for a long time,” Zimmer said.

The board needs to wait until next month, with the appointment on the agenda, before it can appoint him to the position.

“I’m glad that you’re interested,” Sluder said. “I don’t think anybody’s going to oppose it.”

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Tonica is supporting a local student in his journey toward achieving Eagle Scout status.

“There is a fine young man in town, and he is trying to achieve his Eagle Scout,” Sluder said.

“They are building a building on the school property,” Sluder said, to shelter picnic tables.

The student in question is Brice Fundell, and he needs to raise and provide the funding for this project himself.

To this end, he asked whether the village might donate $25 or $50 for the project.

Sluder stated that the Eagle Scout, the highest achievement in the Boy Scouts’ program, is an impressive achievement: “It’s really hard to do.”

Mike Supan proposed the village donate $100 to Fundell, and the board concurred.

TONICA VILLAGE BOARD

New utility pole required at park

BY ZACHARY J. PRATT news@tonicanews.com TONICA — Utility agreement negotiations between companies mean a new utilities pole will be erected near the park in Tonica.

Ameren is updating its gas meter infrastructure, moving to a digital mesh network, which will remove the need for individuals to read meters, as the readings will be sent automatically. For the most part, the process has been able to utilize existing poles, rather than add new ones.

But the typical process was blocked upon reaching Tonica.

“When we came to ComEd, ComEd decided they wanted to do something a little bit different,” said Roger Lasswell, a right-of-way agent

at SE3. “They said, ‘we’ll give you power, but you can’t use our poles.’”

For this reason, Ameren required an agreement with Tonica to be able to put in a pole at the southeast corner of the park with a 20-foot easement and has, according to Lasswell, offered $500 for it.

Tonica Village Board members brought up concerns about the lack of specified location and GPS coordinates, but Lasswell insisted the proposed location would not be changed: “Be rest assured, the way it’s been engineered, they need that exact point and aren’t going to change it on you.”

As it stands, the board accepted the proposed location and easement, given the location does not move from what was stated.

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School registration in Lostant LOSTANT — Lostant Grade School registration is scheduled for 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3, in the school office.

Parents/guardians are reminded to bring a show of residence when registering.

Also, the following health requirements must be met before the first day of school: • Kindergarten — Physical and

recommended immunizations, dental exam and eye exam.

• Second grade — Dental exam.

• Sixth grade — Physical, dental exam, tDap immunization and meningococcal (MEN) immunization.

If your child will be participating in extracurricular sports, be sure they have a current sports physical on file.

MENUS Putnam County Community Center July 22 — Turkey pot roast, whole roasted potatoes, steamed peas, fruit cocktail, wheat bread.

July 23 — Baked chicken, mashed potatoes with gravy, buttered corn, tropical fruit, bread with butter, dessert.

July 24 — Chili con carne, corn on the cob, pineapple chunks, fruit juice, cornbread.

July 25 — Baked mostaccioli, salad with toppings, blueberries,

bread with butter.

July 26 — Barbecue pork on bun, cheesy hash browns, peas, diced peaches.

Bread, butter, fruit juice and 2% milk are available with meals.

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.

LEASE will conducted a variety of free developmental screenings OGLESBY — The LaSalle/Putnam County Educational Alliance for Special Education (LEASE) will be conducting a variety of free developmental screenings for young children.

The screening for all children ages 3, 4 and 5 not enrolled in kindergarten will take place on Aug. 6 at Oglesby’s Lincoln School located at 755 Bennett Ave. Speech, language, hearing, vision, and general readiness will be assessed through a game format that will take approximately 25 minutes. Parents are urged to register their children for this free screening. Registration will take place in Oglesby from July 29 to Aug. 5 and can be accomplished by calling 815-883-9137.

These same screenings will take place for Lostant, Deer Park, Tonica, and Waltham children at Oglesby’s Lincoln School on Aug. 7. Registration will be conducted from July 29 to Aug. 5 and can be accomplished by calling 815-883-9137.

The free developmental screenings for children from birth to 3 years old also scheduled for Aug. 6 at Oglesby’s Lincoln School will provide parents with information on their child’s development for their age, and to learn more about the normal development of children that age. Registration for this screening will also take place in Oglesby from July 29 to Aug. 5 and can be accomplished by calling 815-883-9137.

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TUMC will host VBS July 22-25 IVCC’s 38th annual Adult Education TONICA — The Tonica United Methodist Church will host a nondenominational communitywide vacation Bible school from 5:30 to 8 p.m.

Monday, July 22, through Thursday, July 25. This year’s program will be titled “Power Up: Raise Your Game.”

Registration is free, and a light

supper will be provided. Children will then engage in fun and enlightening activities. Ages will be from 3 years old to those entering sixth grade.

For more information, call/text 815-674-3492 or visit the Facebook page “Tonica IL Power up vbs 2019.”

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Klein family announces annual Larry Klein Memory Ride & Benefit HENRY — The seventh annual Larry Klein Memory Ride and Benefit will be held Saturday, Aug. 10.

This year, all proceeds will be directed to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP). For more information about this organization, visit afsp.org.

A memory ride will begin at 11 a.m., with sign-up beginning at 10 a.m. at Shandy’s Pub & Grub in Henry. The cost is $15 per participant, which includes a meal ticket.

All vehicles are welcome. A bus has also been reserved for those who don’t want to drive. To reserve a seat, contact Tracy Wright at 309363-8811.

The first stop will be Hawg House Saloon in Princeton, followed by Dick’s Tap in Ladd, Jamie’s OutPost Parlor in Utica, Clover Club in Mark and Zoomiez on the Water in Lacon. The ride will end at Shandy’s, with the last bike/vehicle in by 5 p.m. Everyone who preregisters will be entered in a drawing for $50 cash.

This benefit will be held “rain or shine” and is open to the public.

A meal will be served beginning at 5:30 p.m. with BBQ pulled pork, baked beans, potato salad and coleslaw, and the cost is $10 for those who did not participate in the ride.

Rounding out the event will be a DJ/

karaoke, door prizes, a 50/50 drawing and a huge raffle with a little something for everyone. Donations are coming in from friends, family and area businesses. If your business is interested in contributing to the event, contact Tracy Wright at 309-363-8811. Registration is being taken at Shandy’s now until the ride or by downloading forms from the Facebook event page, Larry Klein Memory Ride & Benefit.

T-shirts this year are available on a pre-order, pre-pay basis only. Stop

by Shandy’s or find the shirt design and details for ordering on their Facebook page. The cost is $20.

For those unable to participate in the actual event, monetary donations can be made, with checks payable to AFSP, and mailed to: Tracy Wright, 110 S. Selby Ave., Ladd, IL 61329. Donations are tax-deductible since AFSP is a 501(c)(3) organization. Online donations will be accepted at afsp.donordrive.com.

In the search box at the top of the page, type “Larry Klein” and the fundraising page will come up. Be sure to select the “7th annual” ride so donations are credited to this year’s event.

For up-to-the-minute information, visit their Facebook page. In the past six years, more than $35,000 has been raised.

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PRINCETON — To help the gardeners and canners of Bureau, LaSalle, Marshall and Putnam counties enjoy the freshness of produce all year long, the University of Illinois Extension is offering free pressure canner gauge and seal testing at local Extension offices.

This service is recommended annually to ensure a safe food pres-

ervation season. Bring pressure canner lids with the dial gauge and seal attached for testing. Remember, weighted pressure canners do not need to be tested.

Testing will be conducted at the Extension office in Princeton, 850 Thompson St., on Friday, July 19, and at the Extension office in Henry, 509 Front St., on Friday, July 26.

Recognition event honors 26 students OGLESBY — Twenty-six students were recently honored during Illinois Valley Community College’s 38th annual Adult Education Recognition event.

Two student speakers shared their stories during the event.

Cesar Verdin of LaSalle is a high school equivalency recipient who moved to the United States when he was 17 years old. He was unable to attend high school, so he started his educational journey in the U.S. by taking English as a Second Language (ESL) classes offered by IVCC’s Adult Education department.

“It was difficult to take classes because I worked full-time while I was attending school. The English classes helped me to gain skills I would need to continue my education,” Verdin told the audience.

In 2017, Verdin transitioned from ESL classes to high school equivalency classes so he could study for the General Educational Development (GED) test.

“I was still working full-time, but with a lot of hard work and a lot of encouragement from my parents, I was able to achieve my goal of getting my GED,” Verdin said. “I want to continue with my dream of getting a good job as a welder. I have completed four welding classes at IVCC. My goal is to complete the welding production certificate.”

He thanked his teachers Tracy Makransky, Patti Furlan and Luke Olivero, along with Director of Adult Education Sara Escatel and the rest of the adult education staff.

“I also want to encourage other students to continue their education at IVCC. Never is it too late,” he said.

The second student speaker, Yohnatan Medellin of LaSalle, was recognized for obtaining U.S. citizenship. However, he previously completed one of the Bridge to Careers classes, and he earned his high school equivalency certificate while participating in adult education programs.

He told everyone that it was not easy to achieve these goals, “but it was not impossible either.”

“Approximately five years ago, I arrived here in Illinois with the hope of learning English, and it was very difficult for me because I did not understand anything, not even when someone told me ‘Hello. How are you?’

I hope you understand how lost I was, but I got very lucky because I found this academic institution, IVCC, and I came here to college and I met many people and teachers who helped me to reach my goals,” Medellin said.

Medellin thanked his ESL teacher Sandra Woest for not giving up on

him and for getting the best out of him. She demanded he continue on his educational path so he could get ahead, he said. He also is grateful for the adult education teachers that followed Woest.

“After Sandy, I had more teachers that helped me to continue growing and to accomplish my dreams, giving me many opportunities. Thanks to IVCC and all the teachers with whom I had the joy of sharing a classroom, I managed to get my GED certificate, I became an American citizen and I managed to speak English,” Medellin said.

“This is a great country full of opportunities, and if you take the opportunities and grow as a person, the country also grows. Don’t wait any longer. Go for your goals and your dreams. They are waiting for you,” Medellin concluded.

Also during the ceremony, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs Bonnie Campbell announced the names of two who’ve completed their GED and are eligible for IVCC Foundation scholarships for earning high scores.

Out of 59 GED students who chose to share their high school equivalency passing scores, 38 requested the first class tuition-free waiver that supports students in transitioning to credit courses at IVCC. In addition to the first class tuition-free offering, IVCC makes available college transcript credits for students meeting or exceeding the College Ready + Credit score on the GED Test of 175 in each subject area.

Two testers met the cut score requirements in one or more areas to receive IVCC college credits.

Each high school equivalency graduate received certificates from IVCC President Jerry Corcoran and was congratulated by board chairwoman Jane Goetz, trustees Angela Stevenson, Amy Boyles and Jay McCracken, student trustee Matt Klein and Vice President for Academic Affairs Deborah Anderson. Chris Dvorak, superintendent of the LaSalle-Marshall-Putnam County Regional Office of Education, read student names.

Woest read the names of six naturalized citizens and nine who completed the Bridge to Careers program.

This program prepares students for careers or further education in health care or manufacturing. Other participants included singer Jenilyn Roether of Peru and Adult Education instructor Carrie Danekas of Oglesby.

For information on IVCC’s Adult Education programs, call Escatel at 815-224-0355 or visit www.ivcc.edu/ adulted.

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