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Friday, July 27, 2018

CONVICTED Clifford A. Andersen Jr., 68, of Standard is wheeled away by a Putnam County deputy sheriff after a Putnam County jury convicted him July 20 of first-degree murder and the concealment of the homicidal death of Deborah Dewey, 62, of Ladd, in 2016. PLEASE TURN TO PAGES 2, 3, 4 AND 7 FOR TRIAL COVERAGE. (Dave Cook/Shaw Media)

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Board vacancy Superintendent Chuck Schneider has a school board vacancy to fill. / 8

LOSTANT SCHOOL DISTRICT The Lostant School Board

talked about safety in its buildings during its July meeting. /8

COMMUNITY NEWS Have some old electronics you want

to get rid of? Perhaps recycle? There’s a Lostant community pick-up day on Saturday. / 9

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Clifford A. Andersen Jr., 68, of Standard sits near a screen during closing statements in his trial in Putnam County Circuit Court. A Putnam County jury found him guilty July 20 of first-degree murder and the concealment of the homicidal death of Deborah Dewey, 62, of Ladd, in 2016. The jury deliberated most of the afternoon on July 20 before announcing its verdict.

Jury convicts Andersen in killing of Ladd woman Standard man found guilty on murder and concealment charges

BY DAVE COOK dcook@shawmedia.com HENNEPIN — The family members of Deborah Dewey waited almost two years for justice.

On July 20, a Putnam County jury delivered it in the form of two guilty verdicts against in-law Clifford A. Andersen Jr. Andersen, 68, of Standard, was found guilty of the concealment of the homicidal death and first-degree murder of Dewey, his sister-in-law.

After a two-week trial, he now faces 20 to 60 years or more in prison, with no possibility of parole.

Dewey, 62, of Ladd was reported missing Aug. 23, 2016; her body was found that Sept. 12 by Illinois State Police investigators at a house in

Standard for which Andersen was caretaker and only blocks from his home.

Sentencing was scheduled for 2 p.m. on Aug. 23.

Dewey’s family Deborah issued a joint stateDewey ment following the verdicts and thanked the prosecutors, the Illinois State Police and the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office.

“Justice for Debbie has been a long time coming,” Sue Marshall, Dewey’s niece, said.

Before closing statements began the morning of July 20, Judge Stephen A. Kouri told the jury he appreciated their concentration and com-

mitment through 55 witnesses and more than 600 exhibits.

“You are probably the finest jury Putnam County could offer and likely in the entire 10th Circuit,” Kouri told them.

Putnam County State’s Attorney Christina Judd-Mennie presented for the prosecution.

“Clifford Andersen had access and control to three properties in Standard, no one else could’ve gotten Dewey there,” she said, later adding that Dewey “was his golden goose.”

Andersen’s gambling habits and payday loans requiring minimum payments of $1,200 at 35 to 78 percent interest were used in the establishment of a motive.

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‘There’s two or three things they got on me,’ Andersen tells wife

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Clifford A. Andersen Jr. (left), 68, of Standard talks with defense attorney Rob Parker during the third day of testimony in his trial in Putnam County Court. he did do it that he’d have “found a less messy way, without the blood.”

Andersen also mentions “shacking up” with Dewey and that he’d been worrying about “what Diane will think if she finds out about me and Debbie.”

“None of that bothers me, I’m worried about the serious stuff,” Diane Andersen replied during the call before telling him they needed to “pray for a miracle.”

During the recordings, both Andersen and Diane were also worried about facing a Putnam County jury.

Cause of death Forensic pathologist Dr. Scott Denton of McLean County provided testimony regarding the cause of Dewey’s death.

Dewey had no defensive wounds and suffered four blows to the head, two in the back and two in the front.

Of the two wounds to the top front half of her head, Denton said “either would’ve been instantly fatal.”

He added they would have required severe force and the “extensively traumatic fractures” drove large skull fragments into her brain, killing her instantly.

Denton testified the wounds were consistent with those caused by a blow from a hard metal object with an edge, such as an ax, shovel, tire iron or crow bar.

The state then rested its case against Andersen.

The defense Defense attorney Drew Parker began by making a motion to drop the murder charge because although

he believed the state “could possibly prove concealment,” they had failed to prove Andersen committed a murder.

Elward countered by reminding

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HENNEPIN — The prosecution entered an explosive piece of evidence against Clifford A. Andersen Jr. on the final morning of testimony July 19 in the case of Deborah Dewey’s murder.

Andersen Jr., 68, of Standard, is facing a Putnam County jury who will soon decide whether he’s guilty of first-degree murder and the concealment of the homicidal death of Dewey, his sister-in-law. He’s accused of killing Dewey, 62, of Ladd and is being held on $1.5 million bond. He faces 20 to 60 years or more in prison, with no possibility of parole.

Dewey was reported missing Aug. 23, 2016; her body was found that Sept. 12 by Illinois State Police investigators in the yard of a home in Standard of which Andersen was the caretaker and only blocks from his residence.

Assistant Illinois Attorney General Bill Elward played two phone calls for the jury July 19. Recorded on June 14, 2017, and July 21, 2017, while Andersen was in custody, the conversations between Andersen and his wife, Diane, revealed shocking new details regarding the relationship between Andersen and Dewey, as well as his involvement in Dewey’s death.

“There’s two or three things they got on me,” Andersen can be heard telling his wife.

Andersen then mentioned his purchase of manure, Dewey’s car, the truck stops, and the carpet cleaner with the DNA of both Dewey and Andersen present.

Diane Andersen can be heard warning Andersen not to take the stand because he “talks too much” and telling him that he didn’t have answers for the things investigators were asking him about. She was also aware he had possibly been seen entering the home where her sister’s body had been recovered with the carpet cleaner.

“Did you go in with the cleaner?”

Diane Andersen asked during the call.

“Yeah,” Andersen can be heard answering.

“We’ve got to come up with answers for some of this stuff. If you’re covering up for someone, tell me who it is,” Diane Andersen responds.

Diane Andersen can also be heard telling her husband that she knew if

the court that Andersen was the last person who had spoken with Dewey; was linked to hiding her vehicle; was on video purchasing the manure; had repeatedly lied; made the jailhouse phone calls; and was implicated through “an overwhelming amount of circumstantial evidence.”

Judge Stephen A. Kouri ruled he was “respectfully denying” the motion.

Andersen also announced his decision regarding his own testimony.

“I’m not going to testify, no sir,” he told Kouri.

The defense worked to convince the jury the DNA present in the carpet cleaner was the result of two wounds that had bled while Dewey recovered from a surgery at their home during 2015.

However, Dr. Ramon Inciong of St. Margaret’s Hospital testified the stitches of both wounds were intact when he examined Dewey nine days after her medical procedures and that the “bleeding and oozing” was normal.

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DNA from carpet cleaner links Dewey, Andersen Defendant had history of 15 loans at more than 78 percent interest

BY DAVE COOK dcook@shawmedia.com HENNEPIN — DNA samples taken from a blood stain on the left wheel of a carpet cleaner seized from the home of Clifford A. Andersen Jr. have linked him with the crime scene and the murder of Deborah Dewey.

Forensic scientist Jennifer MacRitchie testified July 18 in Putnam County Circuit Court that the blood splatters on the wall and door within the vacant house at 104 Fifth St. in Standard matched Dewey’s DNA. The DNA degradation in the majority of the areas tested on the cleaner was attributed to the action of the machine’s cleaning fluid, but one sample did provide investigators with a breakthrough.

A sample taken from the inside of the left wheel contained a mix of three different people’s DNA, with Andersen’s being the dominant profile. The second most significant profile belonged to Dewey, and the third was ruled to exclude the DNA profiles of Diane Andersen, Christopher Dewey and Nathan Andersen.

Evidence from the “blood-caked clump of fibers” taken from the cleaner was inconclusive, but MacRitchie said the fibers weren’t similar to the fibers of the carpet found in the vacant home.

Other evidence tested for DNA, including Andersen’s shoes, vehicles, duct tape and tarp fragments and the hammers found at the home, were all found to be unusable mixtures of multiple people, incomplete or inconclusive.

Andersen, 68, of Standard, is on trial in Putnam County, charged with first-degree murder and the concealment of the homicidal death of Dewey, his sister-in-law. He’s accused of killing Dewey, 62, of Ladd and is being held on $1.5 million bond. He faces 20 to 60 years or more in prison, with no possibility of parole.

Dewey was reported missing Aug. 23, 2016; her body was found that Sept. 12 by Illinois State Police investigators in the yard of a home in Standard of which Andersen was the caretaker and only blocks from his residence.

Financial testimony Misty Prueter, a former representative of Sun Loan Company, testi-

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Defense attorney Drew Parker critiques a letter from a crime scene investigator during the July 18 session of the Clifford A. Andersen Jr. murder trial in Putnam County Court. fied that Andersen’s account history comprised of a series of 15 loans at 78.25 percent interest.

On Aug. 22, 2016, the day of Dewey’s disappearance, Andersen was delinquent on a payment of approximately $151. Prueter said phone calls are made daily to delinquent account holders beginning at 8:30 a.m. and done alphabetically.

She said Andersen was “usually carefree” during previous interactions, but said he seemed rushed that morning.

“This time he wasn’t carefree,” she said, adding that Andersen told her he’d pay by Aug. 24.

Brenda Jensen, of Eureka Savings, testified regarding Dewey’s distribution of her individual retirement account’s certificate of deposit.

Opened with a balance of roughly $175,000, Dewey withdrew $107,000 over the course of 2015 and 2016.

Jensen also testified that in “general conversation” during one of Dewey’s many withdrawals, she had casually asked whether Dewey was remodeling.

“Just helping someone out,” is what Jensen said Dewey told her.

Technical difficulties Technical difficulties with videos and audio recordings continue to plague the prosecution led by Assis-

Clifford A. Andersen Jr., 68, of Standard is shown during the July 18 session of his trial in Putnam County Court. Andersen was on trial in connection with the killing in 2016 of Deborah Dewey, 62, of Ladd. tant Illinois Attorney General Bill Elward.

They were unable to make a recording of a jailhouse phone call from Peoria between Andersen and his wife, Diane, decipherable. Due to the quality of the recording, Judge Stephen Kouri said he decided the jury will be provided a transcript of the call when it’s played for them during the next day of testimony scheduled for Thursday.

Elward said the call will show

Andersen realized his story wasn’t satisfactory and that he needed to develop a story regarding his actions related to Dewey’s disappearance.

“We’re about to the end,” Kouri told the jury the afternoon of July 18, before complimenting their dedication and dismissing them for the day. Kouri and the legal teams then began work on the rules for deliberation in anticipation of the jury taking the case on July 20.

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Continued from Page 3 Andersen’s son, Nathan Andersen, testified he’d been home all day in Standard on the day of Dewey’s disappearance and that his father hadn’t come home during that time.

During cross-examination, Elward reminded the court that on Aug. 22, 2016, Andersen would have had the ability to change clothes at “the bowling ball house,” the other Standard property for which he was caretaker.

Diane Andersen provided the final testimony of the case. Diane said she didn’t recall seeing blood in her home after Dewey had left following her surgery, was unaware of her husband’s gambling, and only knew of one of his many high-interest loans.

“I wanted to ignore it. I didn’t want to know,” she said of Andersen’s gambling habits.

The Andersens had five sources of income totaling approximately $6,000 a month. They lived rent free and Diane Andersen said she only paid the one car payment, the insur-

car to the Denny’s and got a ride back home from Hundt. He was later seen parking at the edge of the lot, when he usually parked in the front row, entered a different vehicle and left.

Andersen parked Dewey’s car at the truck stop in Morris, called Hundt for a ride back to Denny’s, and then persuaded Hundt to lie about their whereabouts. Hundt eventually recanted his story and testified to their true actions.

The defense conceded Dewey was killed in the Standard home at 104 Fifth St. and acknowledged there might be enough evidence for concealment, but not murder.

As for the many high-interest payday loans and his client’s fondness for gaming machines, Parker was skeptical. ance for that vehicle, and the utility bill.

She testified Andersen regularly withdrew roughly $5,000 a month and added while she knew he liked to pay for things in cash, she didn’t know what he did with the money.

Diane Andersen also testified she was with her husband when approaching the crime scene when investigators were recovering Dewey’s body. However, two Illinois State Police investigators previously testified Andersen had been alone.

During Parker’s questioning, Diane Andersen said the other members of her family didn’t like Dewey, although prosecutor Mary Claire Nicholson later reminded Diane Andersen that her sisters had testified to gathering for a large surprise party shortly before Dewey’s disappearance.

“My family no longer wants me around,” Diane Andersen said.

Following the defense resting its case, Kouri told the jury they’d heard from 55 witnesses. Final arguments were done July 20, and Kouri handed the jury the case on July 20.

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Prosecutors Mary Claire Nicholson (left) of the Illinois Attorney General’s office and Putnam County State’s Attorney Christina Judd-Mennie sign documents after a Putnam County jury found Clifford A. Andersen Jr., 68, of Standard guilty July 20.

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As Dewey slowly drained her retirement account, Mennie said she eventually realized she’d not set enough aside for tax obligations and finally had cut Andersen off financially.

“His actions alone killed Debbie Dewey,” Mennie said.

She also described how much time Andersen had to cover his tracks.

“21 days. This defendant had three weeks to dispose of the weapon, bloody clothes, her phone, which has never been found, and to clean the crime scene,” she said.

DNA was found on blood inside a carpet cleaner, which was seized from Andersen’s home and contained his DNA and Dewey’s blood.

Defense attorney Rob Parker called the evidence “confusing” and questioned the “logistics and time demands” needed to commit the crime and the initial concealment.

Parker said he was taking the jury “back into the weeds” of arguably the most confusing day of the trial.

Because of how different carriers report their records and towers may switch because of reception, the records were widely acknowledged to be difficult to follow.

However, on Aug. 22, Andersen made four morning phone calls to Dewey and then never called her again despite a lengthy history of multiple calls a day.

With help from his friend, Bob Hundt, Andersen drove Dewey’s

“This isn’t like really owing money, like to the mafia or some nefarious force that’s coming to break your legs. You don’t owe money to gaming machines,” he said, adding a $1,200 payment “isn’t desperation.”

Prosecutor Mary Claire Nicholson reminded the jury that after Andersen told investigators he was desperate to find Dewey, he was seen on video gambling within the hour.

Assistant Illinois Attorney General Bill Elward said Mennie argued a wonderful case and gave all the credit for the state’s victory to her and Nicholson.

“You won’t see many murder trials like this. It was a very complex and nuanced case and they deserve all the credit,” he said.

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ALOYSIUS KUNKEL LOSTANT — Aloysius John “Al” Kunkel, 93, of Lostant died peacefully, surrounded by family at 12:12 a.m.

Thursday, July 19, 2018, at his home.

He was born on Sept. 4, 1924, to the late August and Teresa (Blume) Kunkel of Granville. Al attended grade school in a one-room schoolhouse (The Gehm School) then went on to graduate in 1942 at St. Bede Academy in Peru.

His senior yearbook listed him as Intramural Boxing Champ (2, 3, and 4). He served in the Navy on the U.S.S. Vesuvius supply ship in the World War II Pacific Theater of Operations from December of 1944 until July of 1946.

He married Mary Rita Ehrnthaller on April 22, 1950, at St. Ann’s Church in Toluca. They are parents of John (Linda), George (Rochelle), Thomas (Laurel), Andrew (Debbie), Rosemary (James) Wall, Virginia (Steve) Jesiolowski, Stephen (Mary), Charles (Laurie), Paul (Debbie), Christina (Timothy) Corcoran, Daniel (Maria), William, Elizabeth (Herman) Emmerling and Dennis (Amy).

Al farmed in LaSalle County his whole life until his retirement in 1994, when his sons Tom and Steve took over the farming operations, while he continued to

assist as long as he was able.

Always providing for his ever-expanding family, one night after supper, in the 1960s, when the family needed more bedrooms and another bathroom, he started the home expansion by digging the basement in the back yard while Rita rushed around saving her peonies. Now those bedrooms serve as the guest rooms for out of town family members.

He was an active member of the Immaculate Conception Church in Mt. Palatine, serving as a trustee and caretaker including St. Mary’s Cemetery. Later he attended St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Lostant. Al was also a member of the McNabb American Legion, the Farm Bureau and past vice-president of his local National Farmers Organization. He also served as Grand Knight in the Henry Knights of Columbus.

In 2003, Al was awarded the Pere Marquette Award from the Diocese of Peoria for his dedication and work for the church. In 2008 he received the St. Bede Award “which recognizes an individual who successfully practiced the Benedictine ideals in his daily life.”

He is survived by 12 children; 33 grandchildren (15 of whom are married); 24 great-grandchildren; six

step-grandchildren (four of whom are married) and 18 step great-grandchildren; brothers, Richard, Joseph, Lawrence, Eugene and Chris and one sister, Teresa (OSF).

He was preceded in death by his spouse, Mary “Rita”; children, William and Paul; great-grandchild, Max Imilian Bowser; his parents; and brothers, August and Kenneth.

A Mass of Christian burial was held at 10 a.m.

Tuesday, July 24, at St. Mary’s Church in Wenona with the Franciscan Friars officiating. Burial followed in St. Mary’s Cemetery in Mt. Palatine with full military rites conducted by Granville American Legion Post 180.

Visitation was from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, July 23, at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Lostant with recital of the Rosary at 3:30 p.m. and a prayer service at 7 p.m. Additional visitation was held from 8:30 to 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Mary’s Church in Wenona.

His grandchildren served as pallbearers.

Memorials may be directed to St. Bede Academy, St. John the Baptist Catholic Church of Lostant, The Sisters of St. Francis, Clinton Iowa or Horizon House.

Arrangements are entrusted to the Mueller Funeral Home in Lostant. The online guestbook may be viewed and memories shared at www.MuellerFH.com.

PERU

Two men, two teens charged in Peru drug store armed robbery PERU — Four persons have been charged with armed robbery for their alleged roles after an early-morning armed robbery on Tuesday, July 17, at the Walgreens Drug Store, 1033 Shooting Park Road in Peru.

Donte J. Blow, 21, of Madison, Tenn.; Anthony D. Riggs, 22, of Indianapolis, Ind.; a 15-year-old male of Indianapolis, Ind. and a 17-year-old male of Lawrence, Ind., are in custody after police found a stolen .40-caliber handgun reported stolen in 2014 to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department and clothing suspected to have been worn during a ground search on Route 251 between Peru and Interstate 39 and on I-39 to milepost 38 south of Wenona Tuesday afternoon.

Peru Police, LaSalle Police, Oglesby Police and the LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office responded to a

911 call made to the Illinois Valley Regional Dispatch Center (ValCom) reporting a takeover armed robbery. Initial reports indicated there were multiple offenders involved, and at least one was armed with a handgun. Illinois Valley law enforcement agencies share multiple radio frequencies, so multiple law enforcement officers from the numerous police agencies responded.

Within minutes of the initial radio broadcast, an Oglesby Police officer spotted a suspect vehicle southbound on Route 251 just south of the Illinois River Bridge and began to pursue the vehicle. The fleeing vehicle entered Interstate 39 and proceeded southbound. During the course of the pursuit, several items, believed to be stolen controlled substances, were thrown from the vehicle.

The pursuit was broadcast on

IN BRIEF Second installment of real estate taxes due Sept. 6 OTTAWA — The first installment of LaSalle County real estate taxes was due and payable on Friday, July 6.

Illinois statute requires a 1.5 percent per month delinquency penalty beginning the day after the due date.

The second installment is due Thursday, Sept. 6.

Payments may be made online at www.lasallecountytreasurer.com by credit card, Visa debit card or e-check from a bank account; or by check delivered at the LaSalle County Treasurer’s Office 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on weekdays.

the Illinois State Police Emergency Radio Network (ISPERN). As the vehicle reached the Tonica area and was traveling at very high speeds, the Oglesby officer terminated the pursuit. Within a short period after this, a LaSalle County Sheriff’s deputy, who had deployed stop sticks on southbound I-39, radioed in that the suspect vehicle had struck the stop sticks. The county deputy, assisted by the Oglesby officer, re-initiated the pursuit.

At milepost 38 near Wenona in Marshall County, the suspect vehicle became disabled due to losing a tire and operating on a rim. A felony vehicle stop was conducted, and four individuals were taken into

custody. The investigation is continuing by the police agencies and the LaSalle County State’s Attorney’s office.

Peru Police Chief Doug Bernabei stated: “I am very proud of all these officers from these four police departments for their quick and effective response to this morning’s brazen takeover armed robbery. Just minutes after a 911 call, four suspected offenders were spotted, stopped, and taken into custody without injury or further danger to our citizens or police officers. I have no doubt that the coordinated and cooperative effort by all these agencies led to such a quick and safe resolution.”

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Carpet cleaner from residence stained with blood in multiple areas

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LEFT: Clifford A. Andersen Jr. (right) confers with defense attorney Rob Parker during the July 17 trial session at the Putnam County Courthouse in Hennepin. RIGHT: Putnam County State’s Attorney Christina Judd-Mennie (left) and Sheriff Kevin Doyle (right) unpack evidence July 17 during a break in the trial of Clifford A. Andersen Jr. at the Putnam County Courthouse in Hennepin.

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as a large blood-stained area of carpeting nearby. This area also contained fragments of a blue tarp similar to what the body was wrapped in, insect larvae and gray hairs.

Other significant evidence seen in the photos were marks on the entry door’s threshold, which indicated something had been dragged across it.

After a cross-examination that questioned how many officers it took to remove the body from the grave, Elward requested Stafford, while raising his voice and looking directly at Andersen, to “remind the jurors of what was found wrapped around the victim’s feet.”

“A rope,” Stafford answered.

“Which was used to drag the victim outside and into the grave,” Elward said, while again looking at Andersen.

“That’s the believed scenario, yes,” Stafford said.

A rope of the same type was one of the many items recovered when investigators searched Andersen’s residence.

Kevin Zeeb, a forensic scientist with the Illinois State Police Crime Lab, testified the carpet cleaner seized from Andersen’s home tested positive for blood on the cord, and the inside and outside of both wheels.

Blood and fibers were also located in the brush area of the cleaner.

Many items, including both of Andersen’s vehicles, tested negative for the presence of blood.

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HENNEPIN — The fifth day of testimony July 17 in the trial regarding Deborah Dewey’s death included hundreds of pieces of new evidence entered by the prosecution, as well as detailed descriptions of the crime scene.

Clifford A. Andersen Jr., 68, of Standard, on trial in Putnam County Court for the killing, is charged with first-degree murder and the concealment of the homicidal death of Dewey, his sister-in-law. He’s accused of killing Dewey, 62, of Ladd and is being held on $1.5 million bond. He faces 20 to 60 years or more in prison, with no possibility of parole.

Dewey was reported missing Aug. 23, 2016; her body was found that Sept. 12 by Illinois State Police investigators in the yard of a home in Standard of which Andersen was the caretaker and only blocks from his residence.

The trial’s previous day included the discovery of an error regarding two separate documents with the same evidence number, as well as repeated attempts by the prosecution to enter barred testimony.

On July 17, Assistant Illinois Attorney General Bill Elward began the day by apologizing to Judge Stephen Kouri and admitting he could be contentious.

“There’s no need to apologize,” Kouri said.

“I’m very impressed with both sides, and the law works best when both sides are representing their positions as best they can,” he said, before clarifying how the attorneys resolved the numbering error.

ISP Crime Scene Investigator Darrell Stafford described the crime scene at 104 Fifth St. in Standard, as well as the techniques and procedures used while evidence was gathered. He also described what was being seen in the dozens of photos shown by Elward.

The evidence detailed how the 13-inch deep grave was covered by branches, straw and manure; the way the body was concealed and recovered; and the debris and decompostional material found below it.

Inside the residence, images were shown that detailed blood splatters on the wall and on a door that had been resting against the wall, as well

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TONICA SCHOOL DISTRICT

Board president resigns; replacement sought Summer repairs making progress

BY ZACHARY J. PRATT news@tonicanews.com TONICA — After the resignation of a board member, the Tonica School Board is looking for someone to fill the empty seat until the next election.

Applications will be available at the school office by contacting Principal-Superintendent Chuck Schneider and are due Aug. 8, as the board intends to select applicants to inter-

view at the Aug. 15 board meeting.

This opening follows the resignation of Board President Brian Marcinkus, on account of his moving outside the district. Marcinkus Chuck had been on the board Schneider for 11 years.

PrincipalAccording to policy, Vice President Al Lef- superintendent, felman filled the role Tonica Grade as president, and the School board voted Rich Fundell as the new vice president.

Board members learned that the district’s summer health-life safety project is nearing completion.

“Our health-life safety project is moving along rather well,” Schneider said, estimating the project to be 85 percent complete.

The project involved removal of asbestos in the boiler room and replacement thereof with non-asbestos insulation, as well as the removal of insulation from pipes in the tunnels so the pipes could be replaced and fiberglass insulation installed.

A roofing company has also been contacted to check a transition between two roof elevations, as water has been breaching ridge caps.

The district architect will provide a document listing what should be

done to prevent the current problems from recurring.

One example is the conducting of visual inspections in the tunnel systems, making sure there are no leaks.

In other discussion, the district is considering the possibility of busing for extracurricular activities.

Numbers are being put together to assess financial viability of the program, and plans are being made to check whether the option would benefit the district at large.

One question the board finds itself asking is why this transportation stopped in the past and if restarting it will find the district facing the same problems again.

class, but to be swiftly opened with one motion from inside if they needed to get out.

Lawless stated that he was uncertain whether the doors featured this Sandra Malahy capability, so he had Superintendent, searched out mechaLostant Grade nisms that would allow the safety feature.

School Superintendent Sandra Malahy provided assurance that these features are already in place, where the doors can be locked for the students’ safety but contain “the same type

of concept, where it’s one motion to unlock them from the inside.”

The mechanisms had previously been replaced for this purpose.

Malahy, however, noted that the school needed to obtain another secu-

rity camera for its new system, so as to monitor activity in a particular area.

With wiring already in place, the school just needed a camera ordered and installed.

LOSTANT SCHOOL DISTRICT Safety of school doors a topic at board meeting LOSTANT — With the current state of events, the safety of students is paramount for school districts.

As such, various aspects of the topic were discussed at the Lostant School District’s July board of education meeting.

“Safety has always been one of my concerns,” said Bob Lawless, board vice president, as he asked about the door handle mechanisms in the school.

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Burns said Navalany was swimming with her children, when he stopped in the river’s middle, told the children to get away and yelled for help. Burns, who was on shore, jumped in and tried to pull him out, but let go when he sank.

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However, the officers could not find Navalany. Eventually, river rescue personnel arrived and recovered Navalany’s body.

Burns pointed out she has learned Navalany had an enlarged heart. She added he complained of heart burn the night before his death, which she now realizes was a sign of a pending heart attack.

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Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Zimmerman of Tonica will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary.

Kenneth Zimmerman and Gloria Zellmer were married Aug. 4, 1968, in Immanuel Lutheran Church in rural Peru. They are the parents of one son, Keith (Jennifer) Zimmerman of LaSalle, and two daughters, Rebecca (Shawn) Leschewski of Tonica and Sarah (Anthony) Rogowski of Sheridan. They also have five grandchildren, Taylor, AJ, Benjamin and Megan Rogowski, and Erin Leschewski.

Kenneth is a retired truck driver and farmer, and Gloria retired as a registered nurse from St. Margaret’s Hospital in Spring Valley.

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Cast announced for Stage 212 children’s theater production LASALLE — Stage 212’s 50th anniversary season continues with the children’s theater production of Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s “Mary Poppins, Jr.” A musical based on the stories of P.L. Travers and the Walt Disney film, “Mary Poppins, Jr.,” is an enchanting mixture of irresistible story, unforgettable songs and breathtaking dance numbers.

Cast in “Mary Poppins, Jr.” are Macy Anderson as Mary Poppins, Elijah Arthurs as Bert, Nick Hancock as George Banks, Jaidynne Lash as Winifred Banks, Isabella Pecchio as Jane Banks, Ayla Dawson as Michael Banks, Sydnee Wright as Mrs. Brill, Max Wertz as Robertson Ay, Hannah Barrie as Katie Nanna, Katelyn Pullam as Neleus/Statue, Nora Maier as the Bird Woman, Zoe Kidd as Miss Smythe, Jaxon Schneider as the Chairman, Cooper Vaske as Von Hussler, Aiden Schneider as John Northbrook, Olivia Paden as Mrs. Corry, Avery Brovelli as Miss Andrew and Cecilia Verucchi as a Statue.

Appearing as featured dancers are Nora Maier, Katelyn Pullam, Cecilia Verucchi, Claire Boudreau, Isabella Argubright, Alecia Hoelscher, Emma Wasilewski, Alina Allen, Makayla Heller and Addison Duttlinger.

Featured in the ensemble are

Hannah Barrie, Tadyn Chase, Bella Baracani, Lydia Dornik, Liliana Cabrera, Emily Kmetz, Eric Lockwood, Adrian Silva, Jaiden Allen, Andrew Beer and Hailey Dzik.

The production staff includes director/choreographerReid Tomasson, producer Traci Tomasson, music director Abby Smith, production assistant Andrew Pohar, dance captain Courtney Ries, stage manager Zoe Piano and light operator Yvette Lucas.

“Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins, Jr.” will be presented at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 9, and Friday, Aug. 10; at 1 and 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 11; and at 1 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 12. Performances will be at Stage 212, 700 First St., LaSalle. Tickets will be available to the general public for $10 each beginning July 30, and may be purchased by visiting the box office Monday from 4 to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon, or by calling 815-224-3025 during the same hours. Tickets may also be purchased online by visiting www. stage212.org.

“Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins, Jr.” is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied

by MTI. The production is supported by a grant from OmniArts.

LOSTANT — Lostant School, located at 315 W. Third St. in Lostant, will provide a community electronics recycle pick-up day from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 4.

Items that have a fee and must be stickered are: CRT/Tube computer monitors, $20 per item; e/Macs, $20 per items; CRT/tube all-in-one, $20 per item; and tube TVs, $50 per item.

Items not being accepted are: projection TVs, wood paneled TVs, fluorescent bulbs and PCB ballasts.

Free items are: AC adapters; allin-ones; cords, cables and wire; CD rom drives; cell phones; circuit boards; circuit pack boards; com-

puter speakers; computers; copy machines; CPUs; flat screen computer monitors; floppy drives; hard drive boards; hard drives; headsets; hubs, switches and routers; iMacs; internal power supplies; keyboards and mice; laptops; LCD and LED monitors; lead acid batteries (but no other batteries); li-ion batteries (laptop and phone batteries); main frames; mainframe CPUs; memory; modem/routers; monitors; optical drives; office/house phones; power supplies; printers and plotters; projectors; scanners; server racks; servers; switches; telecommunication equipment; UPS backup batteries; and other IT gear.

MENUS PUTNAM COUNTY COMMUNITY CENTER July 30 — Chicken wrap with tomato and lettuce, french fries, buttered beans, peaches.

July 31 — Chicken tenders, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn, bread and butter, cantaloupe.

Aug. 1 — Pork roast with gravy, sweet potato, steamed cauliflower, pineapple, wheat bread.

Aug. 2 — Hamburger on bun, french fries, green beans, strawberries, dessert.

Aug. 3 — Teriyaki chicken, jasmine rice, Oriental vegetables, spinach salad with dressing, plum halves.

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.

COMMUNITY BRIEF Next series of IVCH prenatal classes starts Aug. 1 PERU — The next series of childbirth classes at Illinois Valley Community Hospital will get underway at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 1, in the meeting room inside hospital’s office building at 1305 Sixth St. in Peru, just east of the emergency department entrance. Additional sessions will be Wednesdays, Aug. 8, 15 and 22. Pre-registration is encouraged by calling 815-780-3860 or by going online at ivch.org.

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LEGAL PUBLICATION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing on said Levy Ordinance will be held at 6:00 p.m. Central Daylight Savings Time, on the 3rd day of August, 2018, at the office and home of the Secretary/Treasurer, in said Fire Protection District, and that final action on said Ordinance will be taken by the Board of Trustees of said District at a meeting to be held at 6:00 P.M. Central Daylight Savings Time, at the home and office of said Secretary/Treasurer, Craig C. Smith, 451 N. 35th Road, LaSalle, Illinois 61301 in said Fire Protection District.

BY ORDER of the Board of Trustees of said District Dated this 17th day of July, 2018.

DIMMICK-PERU RURAL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT ALEXIS P. FERRACUTI, P.C. ATTORNEY AT LAW 110 East Main Street Ottawa, Illinois 61350(815) 434-3535 July 27, 2018 LEGAL PUBLICATION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a tentative Budget and Appropriation Ordinance for the Dimmick-Peru Rural Fire Protection District, in the County of LaSalle and State of Illinois, for the fiscal year beginning May 1, 2018 and ending April 30, 2019, will be on file and conveniently available to public inspection at the office and home of Craig C. Smith, Secretary/Treasurer, 451 N. 35th Road, LaSalle, Illinois, in said Fire Protection District, from and after the 12th day of July, A.D., 2018.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that a public hearing on said Budget and Appropriation Ordinance will be held at 6:00 p.m. Central Daylight Savings Time, on the 12th day of July, 2018, at the office and home of the Secretary/Treasurer, in said Fire Protection District, and that final action on said Ordinance will be taken by the Board of Trustees of said District at a meeting to be held at 6:30 P.M. Central Daylight Savings Time, July 14, 2016 at the home and office of said Secretary/Treasurer, Craig C. Smith, 451 N. 35th Road, LaSalle, Illinois 61301 in said Fire Protection District.

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NOTICE The following is a statement by Tom Bruch, Supervisor for Eden Township in the county of LaSalle, State of Illinois, of the amount of public funds received and disbursed by him during the fiscal year ending on the 31st day of March, 2018.

TOWN FUND 2018 Receipts Property Tax $ 62,751 Personal Property Replacement Tax 1,267 Interest Earned 51 Total Town Fund Receipts $ 61,602 Expenditures Salaries $ 38,673 Payroll Taxes 6,655 Accounting 3,450 Miscellaneous 5,268 Total Town Fund Expenditures $ 54,046 Excess of Operating Receipts over Expenditures $ 10,023 Fund Balance, beginning of year 30,349 Fund Balance, end of year-Town Fund $40,372 ROAD & BRIDGE FUND Receipts Property Tax $ 84,976 Personal Property Replacement Tax 4,043 Interest Earned 199 Other 2,409 Total Road&Bridge Fund Receipts $91,627 Expenditures Salaries $2,506 Payroll Taxes 192 Insurance 9,549 Road Repairs 38,764 Fuel 843 Capital Purchases 2,200 Total Road & Bridge Fund Expenditures $ 53,211 Excess of Operating Receipts over Expenditures $ 38,416 Fund Balance, beginning of year 170,450 Fund Balance, end of year Road & Bridge Fund $ 208,866 GENERAL ASSISTANCE FUND 2018 Receipts Interest Earned $ 22 Total Receipts $ 22 Expenditures Home and Medical Relief $ Total Expenditures $ Excess of Receipts over Expenditures $22 Fund Balance, beginning of year 17,578 Fund Balance, end of year General Assistance Fund $ 17,600 EQUIPMENT & BUILDING FUND Receipts Property Tax $ 9,568 Interest Earned 43 Total Receipts $ 9,611 Expenditures Equipment & Building Maintenance $ Total Expenditures $Excess of Receipts over Expenditures$ 9,611 Fund Balance, beginning of year 37,548 Fund Balance, end of year Equipment & Building Fund $ 47,159 JOINT BRIDGE FUND Receipts Property Tax $ 13,638 Interest Earned 94 Total Receipts $ 13,732 Expenditures Bridge Maintenance $ Total Expenditures $ Excess of Receipts over Expenditures $ 5,506 Fund Balance, beginning of year 88,320 Fund Balance, end of year Joint Bridge Fund $ 93,826 Subscribed and Sworn to Before me in this 27th day of July, 2018 Tom Bruch, Supervisor , Eden Township Insurance Fund Receipts Property Tax $ 14,545.45 Interest Income 46.33 Total Insurance Fund Receipts 14,591.78 Expenditures Insurance Premiums 9,549.00 Excess of operating over Expenditure 5,042.78 Fund Balance, beginning of year 43,712.02Fund Balance, end of year Ins. Fund 48,754.80 July 27, 2018

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12 Women of Distinction identifies women who have made a difference Women of Distinction identifies who have made a difference in the Illinois Valley and who are women representative role models as in the Illinois Valley and who are representative role models as in leaders in their fields and community. Honorees will be profiled leaders in their fields and community.

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