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LaSalle County, nation choose Trump Illinois votes for Hillary Clinton

By Goldie Rapp news@tonicanews.com

OTTAWA — While many stayed up to watch the national presidential election returns, many Americans woke up Nov. 9 to learn of Donald Trump’s win as the 45th President of the

United States.

Trump, the Republican nominee with no government experience, stands as a powerful rejection of the establishment.

Reports from the New York Times say these historic results amount to a repudiation of not only Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, but also of President Barack Obama, whose legacy is suddenly threatened. New York Times said, “It was a decisive demonstration of power by

a largely overlooked coalition of mostly blue-collar white and working-class voters who felt the promise of the United States had slipped their grasp amid decades of globalization and multiculturalism.”

In his victory speech in New York early morning on Nov. 9, Trump pledged he would be “president for all Americans,” and he would be reaching out to “unify the country.”

Trump also spoke well of his

challenger, Clinton, saying she was “owed a major debt of gratitude for her service to our country.”

Back at home, supporters of Trump in LaSalle County defeated those of Clinton.

Final tallies showed Trump with 26,269 votes to Clinton’s 19,277 — 53.61 percent compared to 39.34 percent.

Along with those votes, 2,264 voters chose Libertarian Gary Johnson, and 637 voters chose

Green Party nominee Jill Stein.

The county also received 551 write-in votes.

Despite Trump’s win over LaSalle County, the state’s majority vote went to Clinton, who received 55 percent of votes statewide compared to Trump’s 39 percent. Clinton gained 20 electoral votes for the win.

Regarding voter turnout, 70 percent of LaSalle County’s 70,777 voters turned out this election to cast 49,600 ballots.

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Members of Tonica’s American Legion Post 260 fired a 21-gun salute during their Veterans Day ceremony honoring the sacrifices of veterans. A moment of silence was also observed in remembrance of those who had fallen in the fight for freedom.

Finding the right pecking order Neighbors sign a chicken petition for Lostant man who mistakenly ran a-fowl of the law

By Zachary J. Pratt news@tonicanews.com

LOSTANT — After the Lostant Village Board’s decision last month to uphold an ordinance barring the keeping of farm animals, a resident came to speak with the board Monday, Nov. 14, about his petition for a variance.

Lonnie Hendrix has sent Vol. 142 No. 50 One Section - 8 Pages

a request for a variance which would allow him to keep his chickens, but the outcome remains undecided.

Hendrix and his wife moved to the area in December 2015 from Arkansas in order to be closer to their daughters and grandchildren. Hendrix had kept chickens as a child, so upon seeing the Lostant hatchery, they decided to

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die of old age. They will not go in the freezer,” Hendrix said.

“We thought everything was fine until August this year, when a police officer showed up at my door and informed me that someone on the board wanted me to get rid of the chickens,” Hendrix said.

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“It was never my intention to start an ag operation or to put them in the freezer; they were bought strictly as pets,” Hendrix said.

He reaffirmed the statement at another point: “I want to make clear that this is not one of those attempts to start a backyard chicken practice. These hens will

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Unofficial results from the Illinois U.S. Senate race, as well as the unofficial tallies for Illinois State Senator and Illinois State Representatives who cover LaSalle County have been announced.

Democrat Tammy Duckworth defeated incumbent Republican Sen. Mark Kirk.

Collectively Duckworth received 54.4 percent of the vote, followed by Kirk’s 40.2 percent. Libertarian Kenton McMillen received 3.2 percent, and Scott Summers gathered 2.1 percent of the vote.

Locally in LaSalle County, voters gave the nod to Kirk with 23,074; Duckworth received 21,773.

For the race in the 76th District for Illinois State Representative, Jerry Long, a Republican, won the race by a narrow margin. Collectively in all four counties — LaSalle, Bureau, Putnam and Livingston, Long earned 50.7 percent of the collective vote, compared to Skoog, a Democrat, who got 49.3 percent, separated by just a little over 600 votes. Long, the Republican, is a newcomer to the seat. Skoog was appointed last year to fill the unexpired term of Frank Mautino, who left the seat to assume the role of Illinois Auditor General.

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Tackling a run-down building in Lostant Board also looks at water procedures

By Zachary J. Pratt news@tonicanews.com

LOSTANT — A dilapidated building on Lostant’s Main Street continues to be an issue, and a potential harsh winter is threatening to turn it into a hazard. The Lostant Village Board discussed the issue at its meeting Monday, Nov. 14.

Previously, the village had reached out to the property owner, who claimed to be going through tough times but insisted she would take care of the issue.

“She’s never contacted me again, never called me back,” said Kyle Stephens, the attorney present. “I actually figured we’d never hear anything, so I had a little hope there for a while.”

side of the building, on that roof there’s a hole,” Cooper said. “If we get ice or anything, weather like they’re saying, I don’t see it making it through the winter.”

“It’s definitely going to fall down sooner or later,” trustee Ray Brierley said.

With people parking and walking near the building, the potential for falling debris is an issue.

The board suggested blocking off the area, even if only through the posting of signs.

The board also discussed water issues at the meeting.

Last month, a Lostant property owner spoke to the board about the state’s required length of notification before the village can shut off a building’s water; this month, new developments have thrown the claims into question.

Previously, a property owner had presented a grievance to the board, saying the state requires

The village could file to make the property owner demolish the building, but if she lacks the financial ability, the process will be ineffective.

“As I told you before, if she doesn’t have anything, you can’t get blood from a stone,” Stephens said.

The other option is to file for the town to demolish the structure and to put a lien on it; however, that returns to the village’s issue with the situation in the past — a lack of funds to go through the process.

And Lostant will not receive aid in the endeavor.

“I called the insurance company last month, and there is no chance of a grant for anything,” said trustee Mike Cooper. “So it’s either her or us.”

Regardless, something needs to be done about the danger the structure poses for the village.

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Hannah Barnes shows Jonathan Taylor some of the pretty ornaments on the Christmas trees at Upscale Resale in Spring Valley. The city of Spring Valley held its Christmas extravaganza during the weekend, which included a host of activities for young and old alike. The event at Upscale Resale includes a silent auction of 19 Christmas items — trees, a sled, a decorated chair, etc. The auction ends at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 26. All proceeds from the auction go to Helping Hands charity, which gives back to other benevolent organizations in Bureau, Putnam and LaSalle counties.

Races From Page 1 Bureau and Putnam counties cast its votes for Skoog, with Bureau giving Skoog 3,292 votes and

a notification of two weeks’ time, unless in case of emergency, before a village can shut off a building’s water. After further investigation, trustee Jack Immel has been unable to find any such regulation.

After noting the city of Elmhurst had posted a notice to a building’s front door the day before water work, Immel asked them about it.

Nobody had ever heard of a two weeks’ notice requirement.

“I have no idea what she was reading off,” said Immel. “I tried looking it up, too. That’s a fun thing to try to find.”

Immel noted his agreement the village should try to provide adequate notice whenever possible, and perhaps the instance in question should have had that occur earlier.

He explained he felt the need to announce his findings in support of Lostant’s water team.

2,329 votes to Long. Putnam County also favored Skoog with 1,526 votes; Long got 1,516. LaSalle and Livingston counties both gave the nod to Long; LaSalle County voters gave Long 18,739

votes and 17,485 votes to Skoog, and Livingston County cast 535 votes for Long and 209 votes for Skoog.

Sen. Sue Rezin, a Republican, kept her seat in the Illinois Senate,

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The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), which is run by the Office of Community Services at HHS’ Administration for Children and Families, provides funding to states, the District of Columbia, territories and tribes to assist households with paying energy bills and weatherize homes for energy improvements.

“Unsafe indoor temperatures are unacceptable conditions for anyone to live in, especially for seniors and families with young children,” said Jeannie Chaffin, director of the

handily beating out newcomer Christine Benson, a Democrat. Rezin won every county in her seven-county area — LaSalle, Grundy, Kendall, Will, Bureau, Putnam and Livingston, with the excep-

Office of Community Services at HHS’ Administration for Children and Families. “With these LIHEAP funds helping households in Illinois with limited incomes pay their home heating and cooling bills, these families and individuals can use their income to pay for other critical necessities such as food and medicine.”

LIHEAP funding assists households with meeting home energy needs, including vulnerable households with very young children, individuals with disabilities and older individuals. Individuals interested in applying for energy assistance should contact their local, state, territory or tribal LIHEAP agency at www.acf.hhs.gov/ocs/ liheap-state-and-territory-contact-listing or call 866-674-6327.

tion of Bureau County, which gave Rezin 2,573 votes compared to Benson, who got 3,009 in that county. Collectively, Rezin got 57.9 percent of the vote; Benson got 42.1 percent.

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Late state payments causing BPART to make changes Delays in payments from the state of Illinois are causing the reduction of services of a downstate Illinois transit system. More than $450,000 is owed by the state to the public transit provider in Bureau County.

Bureau Putnam Area Rural Transit (BPART) is one of 56 urban and rural public transportation systems downstate that receives operating assistance through the Downstate Public Transportation Fund, which is funding derived by a portion of the state sales taxes collected in the service areas of each public transportation system.

Downstate public transportation systems provided a combine total of more than 41.5 million rides in Fiscal Year 2016. Out of those rides, BPART has provided 68,940 rides in FY ‘16 (running from July 1, 2015, through June 30, 2016).

Illinois Public Transportation Association Executive Director Laura Calderon said, “The public transportation systems across the state provide critical services to some of the state’s most vulnerable populations. Downstate particularly, the bulk of the riders are elderly, person with disabilities, and the low income popu-

lation, who are relying on public transportation to get them to work, medical appointments and other critical services.”

The impact service reductions will have on the economy in the area is significant. A part of the area’s population uses BPART for rides to every day to work. Another part of the population uses the service for medical appointments. The area cannot afford for the transit system to reduce its services. Delay in payments has resulted in other public transportation providers to suspend all services in their areas.

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LaSalle County Sheriff At 9:11 a.m. on Nov. 5, deputies cited Nancee K. Bacayo, 63, of Streator for speeding 78 mph in a 55 mph zone while traveling on Route 18 in Eagle Township.

At 10 a.m. on Nov. 5, deputies cited Stephen J. Hancock, 54, of Oglesby with speeding 75 mph in a 55 mph zone while traveling on Route 251 in Eden Township.

At 11:29 a.m. on Nov. 8, deputies cited Rebecca Redfern, 60, of Ancona for speeding 81 mph in a 55 mph zone following a traffic stop on East 15th Road in

Eagle Township.

At 11:58 a.m. on Nov. 10, deputies investigated a single-vehicle accident occurring on East 15th Road in Eagle Township. A vehicle driven by Michael Venturelli, 36, of Peru struck a deer in the roadway. There were no injuries or citations.

At 6:48 p.m. on Nov. 10, deputies cited Carolynn Mosier, 36, of Streator for speeding 73 mph in a 55 mph zone following a traffic stop on Route 18 in Eagle Township.

13th annual rewards and recognition banquet on Nov. 22 the 2016 LaSalle County Junior Fair.

Awards will be given to the LaSalle County Junior Fair winners of rate-ofgain, showmanship, and bred and owned, along with announcing the 2016 scholarship recipients and the 2016 Stockman of the Year will be announced.

Tickets may be purchased the door in advance by contact Larry Stillwell at 815-252-3077, Lisa Corcoran at 815252-6846 or Sarah Lukach at 815-252-3403.

LASALLE — The 13th annual LaSalle County Stockman’s Harvest Reward Banquet and Recognition Banquet will be Tuesday, Nov. 22, at Senica’s Oak Ridge, 658 E. U.S. Route 6, LaSalle, starting at 5:30 p.m. with a social hour and silent auction. Tickets are $25 for adults with children under 10 free.

The dinner will be followed by the auction of the grand and reserve champions livestock in beef, swine, sheep, goat, chickens and dairy at

Vescogni named associate judge Michael J. Tardy, director of the administrative Office of the Illinois Courts announced Wednesday, Nov. 9, the 13th Judicial Circuit judges voted to select Michelle A. Vescogni as an associate judge of the 13th Judicial Circuit.

Vescogni received her undergraduate degree in 1995 from North Central College in Naperville, and her Juris Doctor in 1998 from Chicago-Kent in Chicago. Vescogni is engaged in solo practice in Peru.

Chicken From Page 1 Hendrix has garnered support from those around him in his attempt to keep his chickens.

“I have a petition signed by all of my neighbors,” he said.

He believes a rooster began the initial inquiries and problems relating to the situation, but the rooster is no longer in the picture.

“When we discovered one of the chicks was a rooster – Lilly – he was quite proud of being a rooster, and started crowing,” Hendrix said.

The rooster issue was resolved, as Hendrix found a willing home for it.

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you have chickens, then someone else will want chickens, and then someone else,” he said.

He also noted the issue began as a lack of research and communication with the assumption that a hatchery’s presence condoned domestic keeping of chickens and then with problems sending in the variance request.

Village President Fred Hartenbower agreed with the sentiment.

“What we have here is a failure to communicate,” he said. “The old saying I like to go with is that it’s easier to ask forgiveness than permission, but that’s not always true.”

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received two citations regarding his chickens, but he takes issue with this, as he is still waiting for the variance.

“The first one was just a citation to pay; this one today was a notice to appear in court,” said police chief Darin Crask.

However, the notice had not yet been sent to the county, pending the outcome of the board meeting.

The variance board has not convened yet regarding the issue, and the notice has not been sent in yet.

Trustee Jack Immel said the police department had acted upon the town’s requests and was not at fault for the citations.

Immel said he understood that Hendrix has become attached to the chickens.

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The Editorial Page The Tonica News Sam R Fisher

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Sometimes it’s not just a game There’s already been much written about the Chicago Cubs winning their first World Series in 108 years, but I don’t want to write so much about the team as I do of the effect it’s had on people.

Any time a city’s team wins a championship it’s excitDave ing, makes people Cook happy (at least most of them any way) COMMENTARY and is good for the economy. However this time, it’s gone beyond the norm and has actually changed the cultural fabric of the area.

I’ll be honest and admit I’m not a baseball fan or even much of a sports fan. I do appreciate athletic ability and a good game, though, especially the intensity of a great Game 7; and this one couldn’t have been a better example. While I’m not often found watching a game, I have followed all the different sports at one time or another. I’m not what you’d necessarily call a bandwagon jumper; I’m more of a trial offer person, and some of those times have come during great sporting events.

I’m odd in that I used to listen to a lot of sports radio but didn’t watch any sports. If I happened to find myself in front of a game, I knew who was who and what to expect. After spending a lot of time on the road, I’d eventually gotten sick of what I was listening to and stumbled across a sports talk show I found funny. There’s seemingly an endless supply of stupid things athletes say and do; it’s sort of like politics.

I did watch Boston’s run through the playoffs on their way to breaking their own “curse” by winning a World Series because I knew it was going to be an emotionally-charged, history-making event for their city and baseball. Chicago is similar, but somehow different.

Boston may have been subjected to a long championship drought, but I don’t think their losing ways were woven into the city, or even embraced (maybe accepted is a better word) the way it was in Chicago.

Since the championship, I’ve seen strangers happily acknowledging each others T-shirts, buying way more memorabilia than I would expect is typical. Their happiness is contagious, and it spreads across everything. People have just been more pleasant; it’s been fun to see.

This is the peak though, and it will never feel as good in Chicago as it does now. Baseball may likely never again see something like this. Losing was a major part of the Cubs’ identity; to be a fan meant having to find a way to deal with disappointment, and their fans had gotten good at it.

Younger fans are going to grow up with the Cubs being a championship team. That’s the complete opposite of what several generations of older fans experienced. Think of how many people lived their whole lives as fans of a losing team. My grandfather was one of them. My brother and uncle have so far spent their lives the same way. I like how announcer Harry Caray was acknowledged after the big win; it feels like a way to connect with fans of the past and to share the excitement with their memory.

And I have to believe even White Sox fans wouldn’t begrudge Cubs fans their joy. You almost have to be happy for the Cubs and their fans. And next spring, when they begin to play again, there’s going to be additional surges of excitement through Wrigley Field, living rooms and taverns whenever the team is introduced as world champions. Holy cow, I’m not even a fan, and I appreciate the significance of being able to write that.

Tonica News Staff Writer Dave Cook can be reached at dcook@bcrnews.com.

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Pink I don’t own a pink shirt. I found that out the other day when we had Breast Cancer Awareness Day at work. Anyone who wanted to show their support for the cause was to wear some sort of pink on their personage. I went home and discovered I don’t own anything of that color.

So I did what every red-blooded, American macho man would do — I got in my wife’s drawers.

I told her the whole pink shirt thing was optional, and it wasn’t really that big of a deal. She reminded me that I’m new at this job, and it would be nice to show that I’m a team player. It became her mission to dress me properly for the occasion. I was basically her life-size Ken doll.

She asked me if I was sure I didn’t own a pink shirt because she thought that she had purchased one for me a long time ago. I told her that maybe she did, but that I had no idea where it was, which was true because I’m pretty sure that I “lost” that particular article of clothing a long, long time ago. What she doesn’t know won’t hurt her.

She told me not to worry, that she had just the shirt for me. She opened up her bottom drawer and started digging. Clothes were flying haphazardly to the left and to the right. Whatever it was she was looking for was located at the very bottom of the aforementioned drawer.

Not only was I going to be attired in women’s clothing against my better judgment, but I was going to be wearing something that even she didn’t wear very often, or ever. Now, if I’m going to dabble in cross-dress-

Greg Wallace COMMENTARY ing, I at least want to be stylish.

She kept looking and suddenly, with a flourish, she joyously raised this bright fuchsia garment and waved it victoriously above her head. She peered at me over her right shoulder, smiled and told me to try it on. With my deepest, sternest, most he-manly voice, I looked her dead in the eye and replied, “OK.” As I slid my big old melon of a head through the neck hole, I was praying to myself that it wouldn’t fit. How would a big rough and tumble dude like me be able to explain to people why I was wearing pink, the most girly of hues. As I slid my elbows through the arm holes, and pulled the bottom of the T-shirt out over my hearty midsection, I began to realize that alas, the shirt just might fit. Or at least fit as good as it can when you have a big old melon-sized head and a hearty midsection.

I kind of figured that since it was a girl’s shirt, there might be a couple certain areas that would not be built for a man’s body. When I looked down, I saw that I filled out those areas rather nicely. I was never more determined to start working out. My wife looked at me and told me that it was a T-shirt, and it’s not gender specific. Me and

my soft flabby areas breathed a sigh of relief.

So there I was, standing in my bedroom wearing a bright pink shirt. The cat rolled its eyes, and I think I heard the dog snicker. I slowly put my glasses on, raised my head and looked at the mirror above the dresser. I was shocked.

I was one hot looking piece of manly eye candy! The dog was just jealous. I started thinking that maybe pink was maybe my new color. It harmonizes well with my rosy cheeks and bloodshot eyes.

Silly me. Here I was, genuinely afraid that I was going to lose my man-card by wearing a pink shirt. I have always thought of myself in the same vane as John Wayne, Charles Bronson and Steve McQueen, and I don’t recall ever seeing any of them wearing pink.

But then again, who knows what they had for underwear.

As I masculinely posed and flexed in the bedroom mirror, I couldn’t help but be astounded at how good I looked in that pink shirt. I’m starting to think that maybe my wife has some other clothes that I should try on. She’s got this one particular blouse and a pair of stirrup pants from 1985 that I can’t help but think would look good on me.

It takes a real manly-man to be able to pull off a bright pink T-shirt.

The only down side that I can see is that it does make my butt look a little big, rosy cheeks and all.

You can contact Wallace at gregwallaceink7@gmail.com. You can follow him on his blog at http:// gregwallaceink.blogspot.com.

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Fully funding education? Not even close ...

To The Editor In June 2016, Illinois policy-makers proudly announced a compromise which would “fully fund” K-12 education and allow for a six-month, stop-gap budget for the state. Despite assurances to the contrary, the term “fully fund” has been narrowly applied to only include the general state aid (GSA) formula.

Fully funding K-12 must also include the payment of mandated quarterly categorical payments which provide revenue to schools for things such as special education, transportation, bilingual education, early childhood education, driver education and more.

The education community and the general public were led to believe that K-12 education would be fully funded. This is a gross misrepresentation of the facts, as quarterly mandated categorical

payments have not been disbursed.

Additionally, fully funding general state aid at a foundation level of $6,119, which is the same funding level as 2010, is a mere 66 percent of the recommendation of the Education Funding Advisory Board whose job it is to determine the cost of educating two-thirds of non-at-risk students. Compounding irresponsible funding practices is the continual erosion of CPPRT funds, another source of local support of schools. The Legislature has exacerbated the impact of state funding negligence while misleading the public into thinking they have met their obligations to the children in our state.

The state of Illinois has not disbursed the last two quarterly categorical payments required of them to school districts leaving districts in a very difficult situation. To

illustrate the gravity of the situation, VOICE (Visions on Issues and Choices in Education), on behalf of its member school districts covering all or parts of Bureau, DeKalb, LaSalle, Marshall and Livingston counties) has compiled data from 36 school districts, two special education cooperatives, and one regional office of education. To date, an astounding $10.2 million of categorical funding has been vouchered by the Illinois State Board of Education and is owed VOICE member educational entities.

If education is to be a priority in the Illinois, funding for it must be a priority as well. It takes more than complex formulas to fund education adequately. It takes the will to do so.

Daniel F. Marenda, VOICE coordinator, on behalf of VOICE Peru

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Community Bake sale set for Nov. 19 LOSTANT — The Lostant-Richland United Methodist Women will sponsor a bake sale from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 19, at the Illini State Bank in Lostant. The event offers a variety of baked items for the upcoming holiday.

Breakfast with Santa PERU — St. Bede Academy will again hold a Breakfast with Santa from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 3, at the Academy.

The cost this year is $12 per person, which will include breakfast, meeting with Santa, make and take crafts, movies, readers and a ride on the Starved Rock Christmas Trolley.

For an additional $6, pictures with Santa will be available.

This event is being sponsored by the St. Bede Bedan Club members. Tickets can be purchased from any Bedan Club member or from Jeannie in the development office at St. Bede Academy by calling 815223-3140.

Welding registration sessions announced OGLESBY — Illinois Valley Community College’s welding classes will start Wednesday, Jan. 11.

Welding registration sessions will be offered from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 21, Thursday, Dec. 1, and Tuesday, Jan. 3.

A session for second eight-week welding classes will be from 6 to 8 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 23.

IVCC welding program coordinator Paul Leadingham will present each session and help students select the appropriate courses.

Space is limited for each session and pre-registration is required by calling 815-224-0439 or emailing kathy_sramek@ivcc.edu.

IVCC’s welding program offers 34 classes leading to six welding

certificates and two Associate in Applied Science degrees. Students may also receive AWS certification.

Classes are available in stick arc welding, GMAW (MIG) welding, GTAW (TIG) welding, and oxy acetylene welding in all positions including flat, vertical-up, vertical-down, horizontal, and overhead and using all industry-standard materials such as mild steel, stainless steel, non-ferrous alloys and pipe.

All IVCC welding instructors are American Welding Society (AWS) certified and the welding lab, located in building J-West, is one of only four in Illinois designated as an AWS Accredited Testing Facility (ATF).

October Students of the Month The October Students of the Month at Lostant Grade School were first-grader Claire Walker (from left), fifth-grader Salina Breckenridge and sixth-grader Piper Kammer. The students were treated to a lunch from Dave’s Lost Ant.

IVCC will present ‘Jingle All the Way’ OGLESBY — Illinois Valley Community College’s theatre department will present “Jingle All the Way – A Holiday Jubilee!” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1, through Saturday, Dec. 3, and Thursday, Dec. 8, through Saturday, Dec. 10, in the Cultural Centre.

Featuring well-known holiday music, the cast sings and dances its way through many genres of the holiday: pop, standard, and show tunes, and works in comedy and audience involvement. The man of the season, Santa, appears throughout the show to bring an extra dose of holiday cheer.

The show begins with high-energy production numbers, then visits the 1950s for an oldies holiday, the west for a country Christmas, and even gives a nod to Radio City Music Hall. Pop music is not overlooked (such as Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You”), and classic holiday movies provide tunes as well from “White Christmas,” “The Polar Express,” and “Holiday Inn.” Directed and choreographed by instructor Don Grant Zellmer, produced and costumed by Dr. David Kuester with technical direction by Matt Boehm, the show combines

the musical talent from performers in the theatre department as well as the IVCC Show Choir, comprised of community members, alumni, current students and faculty.

“We’ve done a holiday revue at IVCC annually for one night only with great success,” said Zellmer.

“This expanded schedule gives our audiences the opportunity to plan ahead during the busy holiday time and choose from six dates.”

Tickets are $10 for general admission, $5 for children 12 and under, and free to IVCC students. Tickets are available at the door one hour prior to performance.

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Christopher and Kelly (Mallie) Ryan are the parents of a son born Nov. 2 at Illinois Valley Community Hospital in Peru.

Menus Lostant Grade School Breakfast Nov. 21 — Scrambled eggs and toast, yogurt, cereal, fruit and juice.

Nov. 22 — Ham and cheese omelet, yogurt, cereal, fruit and juice.

Nov. 23-25 — No school.

Lunch Nov. 21 — Tortellini soup, green beans, peaches, bread, milk.

Nov. 22 — Ham roll up, mixed vegetables, applesauce, milk.

Nov. 23-25 — No school.

Tonica Grade School Breakfast Nov. 21 — Pancake and sausage on a stick and syrup or cereal, toast, granola, yogurt, fruit, juice, milk.

Nov. 22 — Cinnamon rolls or cereal, toast, granola, yogurt, fruit, juice, milk.

Nov. 23-25 — No school.

Lunch Nov. 21 — Chicken drumstick, french fries, fruit, dinner roll, milk.

Nov. 22 — Cheese bosco stick, marinara sauce, steamed broccoli, carrots, fruit, graham crackers, milk.

Nov. 23-25 — No school.

Putnam County Community Center Nov. 21 — Chicken noodle soup with crackers, ham salad on wheat bread, buttered beans, applesauce, fruit juice.

Nov. 22 — Ham, scalloped potatoes, buttered corn, pears, dessert.

Nov. 23 — Ravioli and broth, turkey club with lettuce and tomato, carrot sticks, fruit.

Nov. 24-25 — Center closed.

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.

PERU — St. Bede Academy and family and friends of fallen U.S. Marine Corps Cpt. Thomas John Heitmann are determined to see his dream of inspiring young track and field athletes become a reality.

Five years ago, Heitmann, a Mendota native, died serving his country at the young age of 27, a year after he began a project to build a track facility on the grounds of St. Bede Academy. Though St. Bede Academy’s campus sits on 1,000 acres, a track facility does not exist. Students train on the asphalt and inside the 125-year-old building.

Heitmann was tragically killed on Sept. 19, 2011, during a helicopter training mission at Marine Corps Air Station, Camp Pendleton in Southern California. During the final stages of preparing for combat in Afghanistan as a Marine Corps AH-1W Cobra pilot, his helicopter hit a red-tailed hawk that shattered an essential control line to the main rotors, broke the helicopter into three pieces, and killed both pilots.

“Our mission is to finish Thomas’ dream, honor his sacrifice and inspire future high school athletes by raising the necessary funds to build a memorial track at St. Bede Academy,” stated Abbot Philip Davey, O.S.B., of St. Bede Abbey and Academy.

We honor our veterans in November and Thomas’ birthday is Nov. 23. He

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would have been 33 years old. Abbot Davey recently visited Thomas’ sister, Rachel Heitmann-Christensen, a 2014 St. Bede graduate. They both sat down for an interview with CBS News 8 in San Diego on Oct. 24. To see the interview, visit www.cbs8.com/ story/33468298/fallen-hero-fighting-for-marinesdream-five-years-later.

“We are ready to build the track now,” Abbot Davey, ‘65, said. “We want to honor Thomas and his service by reaching our goal and his dream by bringing a track to St. Bede by the 15th anniversary of Thomas’ graduation this spring. Though his life and military career was cut short, his dream doesn’t have to be.”

Abbot Davey’s visit with Thomas’ sister also included a trip to Camp Pendleton, where Thomas was based, trained and flew from.

Bernie Moore, a U.S. veteran who recently retired after a 41-year career at St. Bede, served in the U.S. Air Force from 1966 to 1970 and attained the rank of staff sergeant. Moore, also a loadmaster on C-130 cargo aircraft with nearly 5,000 flight hours, 2,000 that were combat hours in Vietnam, had this to say about Thomas, “I was always struck by Thomas’ desire to recognize the impact that his track experience had on his life and his idea to pay that impact forward by organizing a campaign to build a track

facility at St. Bede Academy. Those of us that knew him as an outstanding student and athlete are not at all surprised. We came to know the character that was within him; we came to see the honor that he brought to his family and our school; we came to see the man that he became; and we all had the highest respect for that man. I was fortunate to know him when he was young and ran for our school, when he ran at state with my son, and now I know he runs with the angels. Let’s build his track!”

Heitmann began this effort in a way of giving back, now his family, friends and St. Bede carry that torch and ask for help to achieve his dream by giving to the T.J. Heitmann Memorial.

“Track is an individual

sport where you can’t ride on the backs of others, so to speak, so seeing how track helped mold Thomas into not only a successful athlete, but also a successful person in life, made him want to see others afforded the same benefits,” Christensen said.

To learn more about Heitmann and his track dream, visit www.tjhmemorial.com or www.st-bede.com.

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ORDINANCE NO. 586 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCES #294 AND # 315, AS AMENDED, ESTABLISHING COMPENSATION FOR THE VILLAGE CLERK OF THE VILLAGE OF TONICA, ILLINOIS WHEREAS, 65 ILCS 5/3.1-50-5, provides that the Village President, by and with the advice and consent of the Board of Trustees, may fix compensation for the Village Clerk which is an elected office; WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees, Village of Tonica, Illinois, after consideration, have determined that the compensation for the Village Clerk should be increased to an amount commensurate with the duties of that office as the Clerk has assumed additional duties and WHEREAS, such increase in compensation shall apply to those officials whose terms commence at the next municipal election; THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF TONICA, ILLINOIS, AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: Commencing with the term of the office of Village Clerk assuming office after the next municipal election for said position and thereafter, the Village Clerk shall receive the sum of $8,100.00 per annum for his or her services as such officer.

SECTION 2: All Ordinances and parts of Ordinances in conflict hereof are hereby repealed.

SECTION 3: This Ordinance shall be and remain in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval as provided by law.

PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 16TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2016.

TRUSTEE AYE NAY ABSENT ABSTAIN Ford x Foltynewicz x Supan x Kreiser x Wiesbrock x Sons x ATTEST: /s/ Kevin Sluder, President Village of Tonica Board of Trustees LaSalle County, Illinois Heather Sherman, Village Clerk Published in the Tonica News Nov. 18, 2016.

ORDINANCE NO. 585 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE #316 TO ESTABLISH COMPENSATION FOR THE VILLAGE TREASURER OF THE VILLAGE OF TONICA, ILLINOIS WHEREAS, 65 ILCS 5/3.1-50-5, provides that the Village President, by and with the advice and consent of the Board of Trustees, may establish compensation for the Treasurer which office is an appointed office; WHEREAS, 65 ILCS 5/35-10-40 sets forth the duties of the Treasurer of the Village; WHEREAS, the Village Board, after due consideration, have determined that compensation for the office of Treasurer should be increased to an amount commensurate with the duties of that office.

THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF TONICA, ILLINOIS, AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1 -COMPENSATION: Section 9 of Ordinance 316 shall be amended to read as follows: Commencing October 2016 and thereafter, the Village Treasurer shall receive the sum of $575.00 per month, which is $6,900.00 per annum, for his or her services as such officer.

SECTION TWO: All Ordinances and parts of Ordinances in conflict hereof are hereby repealed.

SECTION 3: This Ordinance shall be and remain in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval as provided by law.

PASSED and ADOPTED THIS 16th day of September, 2016 TRUSTEE AYE NAY ABSENT ABSTAIN Ford x Foltynewicz x Supan x Kreiser x Wiesbrock x Sons x /s/Kevin Sluder, President Village of Tonica Board of Trustees LaSalle County, Illinois ATTEST: /s/Heather Sherman Village Clerk Published in the Tonica News Nov. 18, 2016.

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NOTICE Pursuant to (Section 9-15 of the Property Tax Code) Illinois Revised Statutes, the 2017 township assessors meeting shall be held for the purpose of instructing said assessors in a manner as shall establish uniformity in the

action of assessors and their deputy assessors.

Such public meeting shall be at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at the LaSalle County Board Room, 707 Etna Road, Ottawa, IL Published in the Tonica News Nov. 18, 2016.

Sources/Uses of Funds 219,643; Beginning Fund Balances - July 1, 2015 656,682; Ending Fund Balances - June 30, 2016 743,407.

Operations & Maintenance: Local Sources 126,690; Total Direct Receipts/Revenues 126,690; Total Direct Disbursements/Expenditures 123,825 Other Sources/Uses of Funds 100,000; Beginning Fund Balances - July 1, 2015 83,830; Ending Fund Balances - June 30, 2016 188,895.

Debt Services: Local Sources 55,873; Total Direct Receipts/Revenues 55,873; Total Direct Disbursements/Expenditures 59,786; Beginning Fund Balances - July 1, 2015 24,606; Ending Fund Balances - June 30, 2016 20,893.

Transportation: Local Sources 61,214; State Sources 67,277; Total Direct Receipts/Revenues 128,491; Total Direct Disbursements/Expenditures 153,309; Beginning Fund Balances - July 1, 2015 165,580; Ending Fund Balances - June 30, 2016 140,762.

Municipal Retirement/Social Security: Local Sources 36,845; Total Direct Receipts/ Revenues 36,845; Total Direct Disbursements/ Expenditures 22,068; Beginning Fund Balances - July 1, 2015 29,042; Ending Fund Balances - June 30, 2016 43,819.

Working Cash: Local Sources 12,345; Total Direct Receipts/Revenues 12,345; Beginning Fund Balances - July 1, 2015 60,750; Ending Fund Balances - June 30, 2016 73,095.

Tort: Local Sources 87,999; Total Direct Receipts/ Revenues 87,999; Total Direct Disbursements/ Expenditures 76,851; Beginning Fund Balances July 1, 2015 3,836; Ending Fund Balances June 30, 2016 14,984.

Fire Prevention & Safety: Local Sources 12,668; Total Direct Receipts/Revenues 12,668; Total Direct

Disbursements/Expenditures 1,554; Beginning Fund Balances - July 1, 2015 40,879; Ending Fund Balances - June 30, 2016 51,993.

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Person, Firm, or Corporation Aggregate Amount Atlanta National Bank 56,350 Humana Insurance Company 47,555 Constellation NewEnergy 15,307 Dresbach Distributing Company 5,227 The Baby Fold 79,109 Fieldcrest CUSD 6 32,920 Fox River Foods 13,200 Grainco FS 14,798 Hopkins & Associates 4,800

ANNUAL STATEMENT OF AFFAIRS SUMMARY FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2016 Copies of the detailed Annual Statement of Affairs for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2016 will be available for public inspection in the school district/joint agreement administrative office by December 1, 2016. Individuals wanting to review this Annual Statement of Affairs should contact: Lostant CUSD 425 , 315 West 3rd Street, Lostant, IL 61334, 815-368-3392, 8:00 - 4:00 Also by January 15, 2017 the detailed Annual Statement of Affairs for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2016, will be posted on the Illinois State Board of Education’s website@ www.isbe.net.

SUMMARY: The following is the Annual Statement of Affairs Summary that is required to be published by the school district/joint agreement for the past fiscal year.

Statement of Operations as of June 30, 2016 Educational: Local Sources 1,050,250; State Sources 197,277; Federal Sources 64,219; Total Direct Receipts/Revenues 1,311,746; Total Direct Disbursements/Expenditures 1,444,664; Other

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