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Beware of these scams Chief Woolford provides advice to prevent fraud

By Goldie Rapp

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Dave Cook

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TONICA — While thousands of people lose money to Internet and telephone scams every year, scams continue to be considered a low-risk crime — mainly because many go unreported, and scammers are difficult to track down and prosecute.

Tonica Police Chief David Woolford helped provide some advice on how to protect yourself against the top scams which have been reported in this area: 1. Grandparent scam This scam plays on the hearts of an older adult. The scammer calls and says, “Hi, Grandma or Grandpa.” Then waits for the person to say a grandchild’s name before taking on that identity.

The scammer will then have an urgent unforeseen problem and ask for money.

“Anybody receiving any calls about a relative being incarcerated or needing money should call another family member and verify the situation first,” Woolford said.

Some red flags to listen for are the urgency, when they say not to tell anyone and when they ask to wire money.

Do not give personal information over the phone and do not send money. The situation can also be verified by calling the jail where the relative is supposedly detained.

2. IRS imposter The scammer will call and say taxes are owed, and it can be taken care of by making the payment. If the person refuses, the scammer will threaten with legal action, sometimes saying there will be an arrest warrant put out if the money is not paid.

Residents who actually owe taxes will always be notified through a letter in the mail.

“They will not call you on the phone and tell you you’re delinquent in your

taxes,” Woolford said.

3. Tech support The scammer will call and say they are tech support with Windows or Microsoft, and viruses have been detected on the computer. The scammer will give a website to go to and ask to follow the instructions.

This downloads a virus in your computer and then the scammer can get information like passwords and user names. They will also use that information to hold data ransom; spy on you through the webcam; or possibly get into your bank accounts.

Sometimes there won’t be a call but rather a message in an email or a pop-up.

Don’t click on any unsolicited pop-ups, emails or websites. If you’ve given permission and then realize it’s a scam, shut off your computer immediately and call the police department to make a report.

4. Internet fraud There are a variety of ways scammers can get people online.

One is a pop-up browser on the computer telling them to download an anti-virus program when it’s actually downloading a virus that will take personal information.

A second one is through an email/ phishing scam, when a scammer will send an email that looks like it’s from a legitimate company and asks to verify information. They then take the information to steal an identity or get into personal accounts.

A third is through a gift voucher scam that involves getting an email from a company, such as McDonald’s and offering a free gift card when a link is clicked.

The scammer is trying to install malware or virus on your computer to your personal information, or they may just ask you for your personal information.

With banks and credit card companies switching to chipped cards, scammers will also call and send emails asking someone to click on a website to get information. Banks and credit card companies will never email or call you to

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Talent runs in the family The Templetons, a well-known local band from Lostant, recently played at the Bureau County Fair in Princeton. Other upcoming dates for The Templetons include a bluegrass festival on Sept. 9 in Wisconsin and Stonecroft Village on Sept. 11 in Mendota.

School bus safety ​By Dave Cook

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OTTAWA — LaSalle County Regional Superintendent of Schools Christopher Dvorak has asked motorists to remember how important it is to understand and obey school bus laws.

Flashing amber lights are a warning the bus is preparing to stop. The flashing red lights with an extended stop arm means the bus will be loading or unloading children. State law requires drivers to obey these signals.

“We’ve been very fortunate and haven’t had any incidents with our numerous bus stops throughout Putnam County, but we still encourage motorists to exercise caution when they’re near school buses as

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our students are being loaded and unloaded,” Putnam County Superintendent Carl Carlson said.

As lucky as Putnam County has been, that hasn’t necessarily been the case in other nearby school districts. Many drivers, it seems, aren’t taking school bus safety seriously.

“We’re having an increasing problem with people not paying attention to school buses,” Princeton Elementary School Superintendent Tim Smith said. “In the past, it used to be a school bus was sacred, but I’m afraid that’s no longer the case.

People are simply not paying attention to the flashing caution lights and we’re very concerned.”

These scary incidents are becoming more commonplace.

“These types of incidents are now happening several times a year.,” Smith said. “For whatever reason,

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If the thought of children’s safety isn’t enough to make drivers follow the rules of the road, perhaps they’ll slow down if they know they’re being watched. Some schools are good about reporting any incidents their drivers encounter.

“Lostant School bus drivers write down license plate numbers, even partial numbers, and vehicle descriptions whenever motorists ignore bus warning signs and I call this into the police or sheriff’s department,” said Sandra Malahy, Lostant Grade School superintendent.

“We don’t have a serious problem; however, we do have several

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Common sense hygiene will help prevent illnesses

By Dave Cook

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HENNEPIN — As the popularity of growing your own garden and eating healthy, locally-sourced food continues to gain in popularity, another branch of that movement has been related to an increase in illnesses caused by unsanitary practices — backyard poultry.

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seen an increase in illnesses caused by Campylobacter and Salmonella bacteria. In a press release from the Bureau-Putnam-Marshall (BPM) Health Department, it’s reported the Centers for Disease has investigated eight multi-state human outbreaks of Salmonella infections related to contact with backyard flocks with people from 47 states infected.

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Pets From Page 1 total of nine cases for the year. There have been no cases reported from Putnam County, but LaSalle County has had four in August and 54 for the year.

Neither Bureau or Putnam counties have had any cases of Salmonella reported, but LaSalle County has had 15.

“We have no problem with backyard poultry, but we’re trying to get the word out that people who keep chickens still need to be safe and follow basic hygiene practices. Chickens are farm animals, not pets, and when they’re brought into homes they can expose families to fecal material and illness causing bacteria,” BPM Public Health Administrator Diana Rawlings said.

Rawlings said there have been reports of people bringing their chickens inside their homes and treating them like pets, with some even walking them on leashes and regularly kissing them.

“If you’re handling chickens and then not

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washing your hands afterward, you’re at risk of spreading infection,” she said.

The Campylobacter bacteria is spread through contaminated food, water or by touching stool of infected animals. Most who become ill will have diarrhea, cramping, abdominal pain and a fever lasting two to five days. However, with infants, seniors and those with weakened immune systems, the illness can be serious or even life threatening.

Rawlings also said unsanitary practices involving fresh eggs is risky behavior.

“If you’ve ever seen an egg after it’s been laid, it’s covered in fecal material. Eggs need to be properly washed before being stored and eaten. If you’re cooking with unwashed eggs and not washing your hands and keeping your kitchen clean, you’re introducing that material — and possibly dangerous bacteria — into your food and family,” Rawlings said.

While Salmonella won’t usually make poultry sick, mate.

5. Sweepstakes and lottery scam The scammer will contact a person by phone, email or text and tell them that they’ve won a lottery or sweepstakes.

You will be told you’re going to have to make some kind of payment to get the prize. Some-

Bus From Page 1 drivers a year who have blatant disregard for the lives of children. It saddens and shocks me to know a motorist would deliberately ignore the safety lights and signs on a stopped school bus. You may not be able to see a child, but you can certainly see a school bus with flashing lights,” she said.

According to the Illinois State Board of Education, each year 25 million children in the U.S. are safely taken to and from school on 440,000 school buses that cover 4.3 billion miles. Although school buses still remain a safe means of transportation, an average of 33

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The Larson family of Altona showed several members of their large and varied flock at the recent Bureau County Fair and spoke of the importance of healthy poultry practices, regardless of how many birds are kept. it can be serious if passed to people. It causes many of the same symptoms as Campylobacter, and it also carries the same increased risk for infants, seniors and those with compromised immune systems.

“Live poultry might have Salmonella germs

in their droppings and on their bodies, even when they appear healthy and clean. The germs can get on cages, coops, feed and water dishes, hay, plants and soil in the area where the birds live and roam.

Germs also can get on the hands, shoes and clothes of people who handle or

care for the birds,” said Jenny Barrie of the LaSalle County Department of Health.

For more information, visit the Center for Disease Control’s website at www. cdc.gov, or the local health department websites at www.bpmchd.org and www.lasallecounty.org.

times they’ll send you a check and ask you to send the money back for fees or taxes. The check will bounce, and you will be out the money. Never send money anywhere for a prize.

6. Law enforcement warrants “Another prevalent scam we’ve been hearing about

in this area is someone calling and saying they’re from a law enforcement agency; there’s a warrant out for your arrest; and you need to make a payment. If there’s a warrant for your arrest, we’re not going to call to tell you about it, we’ll just show up,” Woolford said.

He also said many

scammers ask for payment via gift cards, and once you provide them with the numbers of the cards, they can immediately start shopping with them.

“No matter what the scam is, call and verify things first before providing any information,” Woolford said.

school-age children die in school-bus accidents every year.

Some of the youngest riders are most at risk. Most of the children killed are between 5 to 7 years old and they have either just exited the bus or are on their way to board it. The two biggest risks for children are being struck by their own school bus or by a passing vehicle in violation of the school bus warning systems.

Young children are most at risk because they are often in a hurry; they act impulsively; they aren’t experienced with traffic; they think other drivers will see them and wait for them to cross the street; and they don’t always stay where bus drivers will see them.

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Jury duty scam Another telephone scam hits area OTTAWA — LaSalle County Sheriff Tom Templeton issued a press release on Aug. 28 warning residents of a new scam being worked in the area.

Potential victims will receive a call from a person stating they’re from the LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office. This person will tell the citizen they’ve missed a jury duty date, and a fine has been assessed.

The con artist then threatens the victim with a war-

rant for their arrest if a payment isn’t immediately made, and the citizen is told they can pay over the phone by providing a credit card number.

This is a scam; neither the sheriff’s office, nor the jury commission will make these types of calls.

“The call recipient should not give out any personal information and should immediately hang up,” Templeton said in the release.

For more information, call the LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office at 815-4332161.

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IVCC receives bequest from estate of Dr. Mary Margaret Weeg OGLESBY — Illinois Valley Community College announced the largest gift in its 93-year history, a bequest of more than $1 million from the estate of Dr. Mary Margaret Weeg, a long-time English instructor and humanities division chair who died April 19, 2015, at age 84.

Weeg’s gift of $1.1 million surpasses the $1 million gift of Miller Group Charitable Trust in November 2011 to name the Community Technology Center for Peter Miller Jr. and his son Peter Miller III. IVCC President Jerry Corcoran made the announcement at the Aug. 17 board meeting.

The board will meet in special session at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 25, to officially name the college’s Cultural Centre for Dr. Weeg. A ceremony honoring Weeg will follow the meeting at about 3:40 p.m. in the CTC pre-function area.

The bequest will be endowed to support a Dr. Mary Margaret Weeg Arts Scholarship, the Scholarship Campaign fund, the Adult Education Department, Student Emergency Fund and IVCC Foundation-related needs.

“This monumental and unprecedented gift from a beloved professor and

academic leader will have a profound effect on generations of Illinois Valley Community College students,” said Corcoran.

“Throughout her life, Dr. Weeg generously shared her financial resources, time and counsel with students in need and those seeking a better life through adult education,” he said. “As a lifelong champion for classic literature, music and theatre, naming the Cultural Centre for her is a most fitting honor.”

Weeg retired in 1989 — 35 years after beginning her teaching career at LaSalle-Peru High School and part-time teaching at IVCC predecessor LaSalle-Peru-Oglesby Junior College. In 1964 she was appointed chairman of LP’s English Department; when the IVCC district was created in 1967, she was named chair of the college’s humanities division. She resigned the chair in 1980 to return to teaching full time.

“My friend and mentor Mary Margaret might be a bit overwhelmed by this recognition of her many contributions to IVCC,” said Dr. Rose Marie Lynch, executor of the Weeg estate. Lynch was hired by Weeg in 1970 to teach English and journalism.

“This bequest provides

Video project highlights preservation efforts LaSalle, Ottawa locations are included Landmarks Illinois has partnered with the placebased storytelling platform Vamonde to share stories included in a recent video project produced in collaboration with Kennedy-King College students including the Kaskaskia Hotel, Hegeler Carus Mansion and Lock 16 Visitor Center in LaSalle, as well as the The Lone Buffalo in Ottawa.

The video project, “People Saving Places: Stories About the Importance of Place,” is a series of short films that feature local preservationists telling their own stories of preserving historic and special places within their

communities.

These stories are now part of an interactive adventure called “People Saving Places in Illinois,” available for free on the Vamonde mobile app. The adventure uses video, text and images to take users on a multimedia tour of the eight communities highlighted in the Landmarks Illinois and Kennedy-King College video project.

The Landmarks Illinois Vamonde adventure “People Saving Places in Illinois,” is now available for free through the Vamonde app, which can be downloaded on both iOS and Android mobile devices.

LaSalle County Sheriff Speeding At 2:57 a.m. Aug. 24, deputies cited Katie Keith, 20, of Streator for speeding 83 mph in a 55 mph zone following a traffic stop on Route 18 in Richland Township.

a tangible legacy, but her true legacy is in the thousands of students, teachers and friends she inspired with her love of language, literature, music, art and travel,” said Lynch.

In other business, the president reported renovation work in the Cultural Centre financed by the estate of Walter Durley and Hazel Marie Boyle has been completed with potentially more enhancements to come.

Vertical wood grille treatments have been installed on the auditorium’s side walls and projection booth to enhance acoustics and aesthetics and 78 LED lights have been installed to increase energy efficiency and lighting levels. With remaining Boyle funds, IVCC is reviewing additional Cultural Centre enhancements including new seating.

The Boyles will be honored this fall with the ceremonial unveiling of a plaque placed near the Cultural Centre entrance.

“With the lighting upgrades, paint and wall coverings, the Centre is again a first-class venue for musical and theatrical performances and other special events,” Corcoran said.

The board also approved:

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Dr. Mary Margaret Weeg is pictured with a student at IVCC’s 75th anniversary open house in 1999.

• Summer camps for kids offered through the Continuing Education Center served 240 students in 21 camps and 120 students in the Ed’ Venture program alone.

• The Illinois Community College Board has approved a grant application for $10,000 prepared

by Tina Hardy to better serve special population students who may be

pursuing manufacturing careers.

• The recent new student convocation attracted an estimated 350 students.

• In personnel news, Sarah Morgensen was appointed shipping and receiving coordinator; Abbi Bosnich resigned as assistant volleyball coach; and Ralph Wedekind resigned as custodian.

Dash through Hennepin’s natural past The Wetlands Initiative to host 5K at new area of the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge

By Dave Cook

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​ HENNEPIN — While the village of Hennepin will be celebrating its 200th birthday, one of the scheduled events will offer participants a chance to appreciate how the area looked before it was settled.

The Wetlands Initiative (TWI), a non-profit dedicated to restoring the wetlands of the Midwest, will be hosting the inaugural Dixon Refuge Dash 5K on Saturday, Sept. 23, to help celebrate Hennepin’s bicentennial.

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• Allowed a change in the resignation date of economics instructor Abhijeet Bhattacharya from Dec. 31, 2017, to Aug. 10, 2018. The change, requested by Bhattacharya, will allow him to teach the entire year.

• Renewal of insurance coverages, including property, general liability, commercial auto and workers’ compensation, among others, for a total of $263,998. The renewals were recommended by insurance consultant Bushue HR. Trustees also learned: • Special Saturday Express Registration at Ottawa Center July 22 attracted 24 enrollees and generated 226 credit hours.

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trail run will lead entrants through the new Hickory Hollow tract at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge. This area isn’t yet open to the public and is still a restoration-in-progress. The course will offer beautiful scenic views of native habitats such as sand and mesic prairies, an oak savanna and a floodplain forest.

“Like the rest of the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge, this new area is being restored to native Illinois River Valley habitats that are closer to what the area would’ve been like when the village of Hennepin

was established 200 years ago,” Suzanne Wagner, TWI’s director of development and communications, said.

Registration will begin at 7:30 a.m., and runners will start at 8 a.m.. Walkers will begin at 8:15 a.m. The race will take place rain or shine, unless the weather becomes extreme.

The entry fee is $10 per person. Children younger than 16 are welcome, but they must pay the entry fee and also be accompanied by a parent or adult chaperone. All participants will receive a Dixon Refuge Dash T-shirt, and

the entry fee helps support TWI’s mission of habitat restoration in the Illinois River Valley.

Parking will be available off of Route 26, near the race start.

Following the race, entrants are invited to enjoy the other bicentennial activities in nearby Hennepin, including a pancake breakfast at the Hennepin Fire Station.

For more information or to pre-register, visit www.wetlands-initiative. org/. For more information about Hennepin, visit www.villageofhennepin. com.

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Lawmakers should consider theater Illinois lawmakers might want to consider new careers on the stage as their legislative terms wind down.

Most aren’t very good at governing, but they sure do have the whole political theater thing down.

The Illinois House was in session to consider education fundDan McCaleb ing reform.

Representatives COMMENTARY essentially had three options: 1. Approve a compromise bill hammered out by legislative leaders from both political parties and supported by Gov. Bruce Rauner but that was opposed by teachers’ unions. 2. Override Rauner’s veto of Democrats’ one-sided funding reform plan that would need at least four Republicans to break from Rauner for the override vote to succeed. 3. Fail at the first two and start over, further delaying school funding this year.

But lawmakers weren’t going to come to any resolution without their politically staged drama playing out.

The Senate, with a supermajority of Democrats, successfully voted to override the governor’s veto. But in the House, Madigan would need all Democrat votes and at least four Republicans to break with Rauner to successfully override.

As it became increasingly clear Madigan wasn’t going to get the votes, legislative leaders began to meet behind closed doors to negotiate a compromise plan.

The compromise plan agreed on by both parties’ legislative leaders largely negated Rauner’s changes, including his removal of CPS pension bailout funding.

But it added a few positive things Rauner wanted: Relief for schools from some of the state’s unfunded mandates (including items addressing mandatory physical and drivers’ education) and the creation of a school choice plan that would give up to 6,000 lower-income students annually an opportunity to attend the private school of their choice. The school choice plan allows for voluntary, tax-deductible donations, capped at $75 million annually, toward school choice scholarships. The pilot program would expire after five years unless renewed.

Given the more than $200 million in additional state aid to CPS annually, the five-year school choice program seemed like a reasonable compromise ... unless you’re a teachers’ union.

The Chicago Teachers’ Union, which benefits the most from the additional state funding, in particular threw a fit. Calling the plan “extremist” and “unconscionable,” CTU claimed it was a threat to public schools everywhere.

That put House Democrats, particularly those from Chicago, in a tight spot.

With unions making up much of their base, they had a tough decision: Support a compromise plan that could pass and make sure schools get funded but alienate teachers’ unions. Or stand with the unions, reject the compromise but also fail to override Rauner’s SB1 veto, jeopardizing school funding.

In Act 1, Madigan called the compromise bill to the floor, knowing it wasn’t going to pass.

In Act 2, the governor’s veto override was called and, again according to script, the measure failed. Even though Democrats didn’t have a supermajority to successfully override, they showed their teachers unions they stood with them and against Rauner.

But without Act 3, schools remained in danger of not being funded.

So the compromise bill was recalled to the floor and, according to script, more than 25 lawmakers switched their votes, despite the earlier vote being only 97 minutes prior. The measure passed and was sent to the Senate for concurrence.

Lost in this latest staged drama are the students who are trapped in Chicago’s failing public school system, students whom Rauner wants to help with his student choice plan.

And, immediately after being asked for an extra $1,000 each year in state income tax, families across Illinois are being told that extra money is going to bail out Chicago school pensions.

These issues could’ve been solved had lawmakers been willing to have adult discussions about real issues and real solutions.

Many of these lawmakers should stick to the theater.

Voters need to elect adults who are willing to responsibly govern.

Dan McCaleb is news director of Illinois News Network and the digital hub ILNews.org. He welcomes your comments. Contact Dan at dmccaleb@ilnews.org.

Illinois public schools on the defensive As I write this, the Illinois House has just passed a school funding bill that includes $75 million in first-ever state tax credits for scholarships for youngsters to attend nonpublic schools in our state.

The proposal is yet another declaration of lack of confidence in Illinois public schools.

I am a believer in public schools as the historic bedrock upon which our nation has been built. I also believe in competition as a tool for enhancing quality.

Yet public schools have been held suspect in various quarters since the mid-1800s.

Catholic schools became especially important to Irish Catholic immigrants because of intense discrimination against these newcomers from Yankees, who controlled the public schools.

By the 1960s, however, many of the Catholic parish schools began to struggle because they were losing their low-cost teaching-religious sisters and brothers.

About the same time, Catholic families began fleeing many innercity neighborhoods, leaving behind poor parishes that then struggled to provide education to minority students.

Coincidentally, or not, the four Illinois legislative leaders (two Dems, two GOPers) who recently approved the tax credit idea are all Irish Catholic.

In 1963, the US Supreme Court prohibited prayer in schools. As a result, I think many conservative Christians began to look for alternatives such as home-schooling.

The home school families I know have little good to say about public schools.

But much else was at play as well.

When I was a back-bench lawmaker in the late 1960s, many of us felt aid-to-nonpublic schools was unconstitutional.

Yet a series of court decisions since then concluded that aid to religious schools can pass constitutional muster. The aid must benefit the student, as in scholarships to

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students, who in turn use same for tuition at nonpublic schools (most of which are Catholic).

In 1983, the Reagan education department issued “A Nation at Risk,” a report that excoriated American schools, 90 percent of which are still public, for falling behind other nations in student achievement.

This prompted a school reform movement that soldiers on to this day. The report energized American corporate leaders to weigh in, saying they could improve schools by making them more like accountable businesses.

Also in the 1980s — I said this was complicated — teacher unions gained the right to strike in Illinois and rapidly became political powerhouses. Some business leaders saw a connection between teacher unions and perceived poor student achievement. This fueled efforts to provide alternatives to traditional public schools.

These initiatives include charter schools, which are somewhat independent schools within public school districts. They operate free of unions thus far.

Most of the 100 or more charter schools in Illinois are in Chicago.

Few are found downstate, where most school districts are too small to fit in another school, even if they wanted to.

I have always felt that most education failings result primarily from increasing family dysfunction and low parental expectations for their children.

For example, I go right by the local high school on my frequent walks out into the country. I see many teacher automobiles in the parking lot early each morning, long before school begins.

The many teachers I know work

their butts off and often seem more caring of the students than some of the parents—all for an average salary in my rural district of $48,500.

As I understand the sketchy details of the tax credit proposal, wealthy individuals would get a 75 percent credit for contributions to a scholarship fund to help low-income youngsters attend non-public schools. This credit plus federal tax deductions might make it possible for donors to actually “make a buck” net from their “good deeds.”

The $75 million in tax credits would deprive the state general funds of that amount, money that might otherwise go to public schools. Clearly, the idea is a slap at public schools.

I do believe competition via school choice induces educators to up their game in order to keep their students.

On the other hand, alternatives to traditional public education, by their nature, tend to attract better students, probably with fewer problems overall, into their classrooms. Some perform better than traditional publics; some do not.

Neighboring Iowa offers its students open enrollment. That is, students may attend any public school they wish at no increased cost. If a neighboring school district has a better music program, a talented aspiring musician can attend that school. Or Mom can take her daughter to work 40 miles away each day, and drop her girl off at school in the town where she works, riding together each way each day.

People say open enrollment wouldn’t work in Illinois. They say parents who could figure out the transportation involved would send their kids to the schools that spend twice as much per pupil as their own district, and for other reasons.

I say we should pilot the idea in part of the state, as another public school choice option.

Note to readers: Jim Nowlan of Toulon can be reached at jnowlan3@gmail.com.

Speed bumps How many of us hate speed bumps?

I’m a much safer driver than I used to be, but I still like to race across a parking lot if I know there is no one in my way and barrel into that great spot right up front.

My kids used to chant “parking karma, parking karma” as we’d approach and beat out all of the other cautious drivers.

My vehicle wasn’t really very happy with me though when I’d inadvertently hit a speed bump.

My Hyundai Tucson with 75,000 miles on it complains like a geriatric with advanced arthritis when it is stopped short by those annoying concrete half-tubes designed to ensure the safety of the pedestrians in the area. I don’t like them.

They could damage my vehicle of advanced age (like denting my grill on an old lady is any better!)

They are there to warn us. They are there to let us know that the possibility of collision may occur.

They are there to slow us down.

I have a dog I not-so-affectionately refer to as Speed Bump. He is continually in my way. When he lays down, it is always in the doorway between me and my goal. He doesn’t move. I have to stop, step over him, and pray that he doesn’t freak out and jump up, causing me to hop, skip and fall, trying to avoid him.

When I’m cooking, he is one step behind me, hoping I’ll drop

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something he can snatch up off of the floor. You can tell he’s starving to death and needs every morsel he can get. (By the way, his other nickname is Fatty McGee.) I have a friend that I absolutely adore, but her speedometer and mine are set at very different speeds. Mine is 150 miles an hour.

I want everything done, and I want it done yesterday. Hers is set at a more comfortable pace. She will get things done, but in her own time, with her own agenda.

As much as I love her, I want to put my hands in the small of her back and push her to go faster.

Her life unfolds in God’s time, and she will not be pushed. I tend to stress myself physically, mentally and emotionally ... and spiritually.

God calls us to be still at times.

He wants us to love and appreciate all that He has blessed us with, but how do you do that when there is a stack of laundry that is growing legs and transporting itself to the laundry room? What can I do about the mountain of dishes that could become a science experiment, vacuuming that could produce enough hair to

spawn another pet, homework to help with and dusting (Did I say dusting? I haven’t dusted my own house in years, as evidenced by the ‘dust rhinos’ under my furniture and my hairy ceiling fans!)

With that whole Proverbs 31 thing hanging over my head, it’s amazing I find the time to bathe daily and not become a candidate for the psych ward.

My ‘slow’ friends ensure that I do sit still at times. As frustrated as I get, I secretly thank them for making me take the ‘warp’ out of my speed so I can appreciate those things around me. They allow me to view my environment, smell the roses and take the time to ponder life and its many blessings.

I will continue to be annoyed, but I am coming to terms with the fact that this whole process is biblical. I will add speed bump to my list of things I have to love about people (and fat canines) in a biblical context. God put them here for a reason. I just hope I don’t hurt them when I trip over them! So the next time you find yourself stuck in traffic because of a slow driver, use that time to pray, and thank God for slowing you down.

Lori Boekeloo of Hennepin is a mother of three. She can be reached at lorianne67@hotmail.com, or friend her on Facebook for more humor and inspiration on a daily basis.

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Nursing scholarships awarded

Townwide garage sales in Lostant

Voiture Local 378, LaSalle County 40/8, held its annual nurses training scholarship dinner on Aug. 3 at American Legion Post 237 in Oglesby. Due to unforeseen circumstances, none of the awardees were present. Those receiving the scholarships are Skylar Blohm, Bryce Fante and Victoria Gregory. Voyageurs pictured are John Liles (from left), Keith Alleman and Patrick Ryan.

LOSTANT — Townwide garage sales in the village of Lostant will be from noon to 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29, and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30. To help with advertising expenses, a $7 fee is asked of each participating household.

To be included on the map, a name, address and short description of items being sold is needed. A map will then be assembled with the sales addresses and item descriptions.

Anyone interested in hosting a sale should contact Jill Bruner or Andrea Poole by calling 309-531-7324 or 815252-6552; by email at jillbruner@yahoo.com or andrearenee313@gmail.com; or contact either of them through Facebook.

Quilter’s Guild will kick-off new year HENRY — The Marshall-Putnam Quilter’s Guild will kick off its 2017-18 year with their first meeting at 1 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 13, at the Henry Presbyterian Church, 511 Wirt St. in Henry.

Programs for the 2017-18 year will be introduced.

The program for this meeting will be “Body Exercises for Quilters.” Guests are always welcome for a small fee.

Prior to the meeting, from 9 a.m. until noon, there will be a community service workshop taught by Karen Bailey.

Consult newsletters for fabric and supply requirements and pre-workshop work that needs to be done before that morning. Lunch will be on your own.

Breakfast at the Airport on Sept. 17 PERU — Breakfast at the Airport will be 7 a.m. to noon Sunday, Sept. 17, at the Illinois Valley Regional Airport in Peru. This all-you-can-eat breakfast will include eggs, cooked any way you like, pancakes, sausage, coffee, milk and juice. Tickets are $7 for adults, $3 for children under age 12 and free for children under age 4.

Airplane rides will be $30, helicopter rides will be $40 and Stearman rides will be $100. The event will also include a TBM Avenger (World War II Torpedo Bomber), Life Flight helicopter, car display, aerobatic airplanes, and raffles for $1,000 cash and an iPad mini. The event will be held rain or shine.

Sunday school planned in Tonica TONICA — The Tonica United Methodist Church is ready to begin another fun year of Sunday school.

Sunday school will begin at 9 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 10.

Participants will explore topics from the Bible with Flat Jesus. This summer, Flat Jesus came to Vacation Bible School: Pets Unleashed, and participants learned about His love for us while making tug of war toys and blankets for the local animal shelter.

For more information or a ride to Sunday school, call or text 815-674-3492 or the call the church at 815-4428465.

Automobile club will hold meet UTICA — The Illinois Region Crosley Automobile Club will have its annual meet from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 10, at the Danny Carey Memorial Park in Utica.

Built in Indiana between 1939 and 1942 and 1946 to 1952, vehicles will include station wagons, sedans, convertibles, sports cars, pick ups and panels.

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LaSalle Public Library to be closed Sept. 12 LASALLE — Due to an outage of the library’s main computer system, the LaSalle Public Library will be closed on Tuesday, Sept. 12.

In order to maintain patrons’ records, circulate materials, add new materials, find locations of materials, connect with other libraries in northern Illinois and log-on to the E-book services, the library is dependent upon its library automation system known as PrairieCat. On

Sept. 12, PrairieCat will be migrating from three production servers to a hosted cloud environment. Staff at PrairieCat have advised that services will be unavailable for the entire day.

Users will be unable to search and place holds on items from home, unable to download E-Books using OMNI or E-Read Illinois, use tutor. com, Ancestry or search for fulltext articles using WilsonSelect.

Walk to End Alzheimer’s event on Sept. 9 OTTAWA — The Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s will take place Saturday, Sept. 9, at the Jordan Block in Ottawa. Hundreds of people from the Illinois Valley area are expected at this year’s event to raise awareness and funds to fight Alzheimer’s disease.

Walk participants will complete a 2-mile walk and will learn about Alzheimer’s disease, advocacy oppor-

tunities, clinical studies enrollment and support programs and services from the Alzheimer’s Association.

Participants will also join in a meaningful tribute ceremony to honor those affected by Alzheimer’s disease. In Illinois alone, there are more than 220,000 people living with the disease and more than 588,000 caregivers. In the United States, more than 5 million Amer-

BLOOMINGTON — The Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom program and the IAA Foundation, along with the Illinois Farm Bureau, have announced its 2017-18 classroom grants. Teachers are urged to apply for these (up to) $300 classroom grants to incorporate new and exciting agriculture-related topics into their existing classrooms.

Additionally, six other special book grants are available for teachers to easily incorporate lessons tied to

the Common Core learning standards into their existing language arts and social studies curriculum.

“Our teacher grants are an added bonus for teachers looking to incorporate new and creative ideas into their classrooms during these financially challenging, school funding times,” said Kevin Daugherty, education director, Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom.

Teachers are urged to contact their local agriculture literacy coordinator for ideas and assistance in applying for their grants.

“Marshall-Putnam Counties offers a variety of topics easy for teachers to incorporate into their current curriculum,” said Julie Read, University of Illinois Extension Marshall Putnam AITC coordinator.

The 2017-18 teacher grant applications can be found at www.agintheclasroom.org, under Teacher Resources. Grants are available in electronic format and are due by Oct. 1. Each year, the Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom (IAITC) program reaches more than 60 percent of all attendance

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For more information, call 309-364-2356. Extension offices are located in Princeton, Ottawa, Henry and in Oglesby on the IVCC campus.

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While the computer system is down, LaSalle library staff will be involved in training and working on special projects. The library plans to reopen at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 13.

For more information about this closure or any other library services, visit the library located at 305 Marquette St., call 815-2232341, visit the library’s website at www.lasalle.lib.il.us or visit them on Facebook.

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IVSO announces new season, president, board LASALLE — At a recent meeting of the Illinois Valley Symphony Orchestra Board of Directors, Andrea Kowalski was elected the new president of the board.

Originally from Chicago, she has lived in Ottawa for 23 years and has been a speech communication teacher at Illinois Valley Community College for many years. Along with the IVSO Board, she is pleased to announce the 2017-18 concert season.

The board is fortunate to have Lucia Matos, music director and conductor, return to the podium to conduct the orchestra for this coming season. She is a skilled conductor and has been praised by all. Along with the skill and enthusiasm of the talented musicians who comprise the orchestra to carry on the legacy of the fine music for the Illinois Valley, Matos brings a new level of excellence to the Illinois Valley.

The upcoming season will include: Sept. 24, 3 p.m. at the IVCC Cultural Centre: a POPS concert “featuring violin prodigy,” Masha Lakisova, violin, performing the Saint Saens Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso and Meditation from Thais by Massenet, plus pops music all ages will love.

Nov. 3, 7:30 p.m. at the IVCC Cultural Centre “Women in Music” with Kate Tombaugh, mezzo soprano, will perform “Annie Laurie” and “Irish Love Song,” plus Symphony in E Minor, “Gaelic” by

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IVSO Board of Directors are (front row, from left) Marilynn Hurley of Peru, Peggy Etheridge of Peru, general manager Barbara Lukancic of Spring Valley, and Erin Stuedemann of Marseilles; and (back row) Vince Gelsomino of Princeton, Mike Kasap of LaSalle, Michael Pecherek of LaSalle, Rex Benson of Ottawa and Peter Janssen of Peru. Absent from the photo are Helga Interrante of LaSalle, Larry Ault of Ottawa, Steve Gonzolo of Ottawa, Laurel Maze of Peru and Andrea Kowalski of Ottawa.

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Dec. 16, 4 p.m. and Dec. 17, 3 p.m. at the L-P High School Auditorium: Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker ballet, fully staged with dancers from Dance Center, (LaSalle), Grey’s School of Dance (Ottawa) and Ottawa Dance Academy and the Snowflake Chorus by the Illinois Valley Youth Choir.

March 11, 3 p.m. Ottawa High School Auditorium: Winners of the IVSO, 2018 Young Performers Competition, plus Dvoak’s Symphony No. 8 May 12, 7 p.m. at the IVCC Cultural Centre: Kam-Lung Chung, violin,

will perform Brahms Violin, Concerto in D Major and Isle of the Dead symphonic poem by Rachmaninoff.

These programs are sponsored in part by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency. All performances venues are handicapped accessible.

For details and ticket information, write to Illinois Valley Symphony Orchestra P.O. Box 306 Ottawa, IL 61350 or visit www.ivso.org to order subscriptions or individual tickets.

Those with questions should contact: Marilynn Hurley, board secretary

Bradish, one of the pioneers in the practice of midwifery in Illinois, will sign copies of her book, “Breathe, Breathe, Push,” beginning at 7 a.m. The book is Bradish’s account of her career during which

Breakfast Sept. 11 — Biscuit, sausage gravy, yogurt, granola, fruit, cereal, juice, milk.

Sept. 12 — Cheese omelet, yogurt, granola, fruit, cereal, juice, milk.

Sept. 13 — Honey bun, yogurt, granola, fruit, cereal, juice, milk.

Sept. 14 — Create your sandwich (McMuffin, sausage, egg, cheese), yogurt, granola, fruit, cereal, juice, milk.

Sept. 15 — Waffle and syrup, yogurt, granola, fruit, cereal, juice, milk.

Lunch Sept. 11 — Create your own fajita (fajita meat, soft shell, cheese, grilled veggies), fruit, black beans, milk.

Sept. 12 — Rotini pasta, meat sauce, garlic bread, lettuce, fruit, milk.

Sept. 13 — Create your own chicken bowl (popcorn chicken, mashed potatoes, corn, chicken gravy), fruit, milk.

Sept. 14 — Breaded chicken patty, bun, cheese, tomatoes, fruit, pickles, milk.

Sept. 15 — Pizza, green beans, cookie, fruit, milk.

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IVCH Auxiliary plans book signing and bake sale PERU — The Illinois Valley Community Hospital Auxiliary is combining a bake sale with a book signing by the Illinois Valley’s bestknown midwife, Mary Bradish, on Friday, Sept. 8, in the IVCH Café.

Menus Sept. 14 — Banana Lostant Grade muffin or cereal, toast, granola, yogurt, fruit, School juice, milk.

she delivered more than 4,000 babies.

Copies of the book will be available for purchase along with assorted baked goods made by members of the IVCH Auxiliary.

Breakfast Sept. 11 — French toast sticks and syrup or cereal, toast, granola, yogurt, fruit, juice, milk.

Sept. 12 — Pancakes and syrup or cereal, toast, granola, yogurt, fruit, juice, milk.

Sept. 13 — Scrambled eggs (can add cheese, ham) or cereal, toast, granola, yogurt, fruit, juice, milk.

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Sept. 15 — Cheese galaxy personal pizza, carrots and celery, fresh fruit, Rice Krispies treat, milk.

Putnam County Community Center Sept. 11 — Cabbage roll casserole, peas, roll and butter, mixed fruit, pudding cup.

Sept. 12 — Chicken strips, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, bread and butter, dessert, watermelon.

Sept. 13 — Chili with beans, broccoli florets, cornbread, diced pears, oranges.

Sept. 14 — Barbecue on bun, baked beans, pasta salad, tomato slices, strawberries, dessert.

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