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Big or small, they want them all Tonica Volunteer Fire Department hosts 11th annual Deer and Chili Night

BY DAVE COOK news@tonicanews.com TONICA — The chilly, damp November days are when many of us get our cravings for the season’s first batch of chili. It’s also when hunters get their first chance to bag a deer. The Tonica Volunteer Fire Department (TVFD) has cleverly combined these two separate things into a successful fundraising event.

For the past 11 years, the community has gathered in the TVFD fire station to enjoy a warming bowl of chili and to help celebrate the success of the hunters who’ve had a bit of luck during the opening days of deer season.

“They do this in Michigan a lot and after seeing it on TV, I thought it’d be a great thing to do here,” Dave Huss, organizer and TVFD firefighter, said.

He said last year’s event included 12

“It’s been great to see the youth get excited about this, and everyone in the community enjoys it. We’ve even got an 80-year-old woman who enjoys coming to see the deer and have a bowl of chili every year.”

Dave Huss

TVFD firefighter and event organizer deer and that the night has recently been attracting more young hunters.

“It’s been great to see the youth get excited about this and everyone in the community enjoys it. We’ve even got an 80-year-old woman who enjoys coming to see the deer and have a bowl of chili every year,” he added.

Huss also said the trapper who attends the event with his furs allows residents “to see all our local critters who are running around.”

The event’s “Best Deer” award, which is chosen by the fire chief, is in honor of master trapper Ron Busch. Past winners of the award include Vinny Gray, Josh Riggs, Jason Gerard, Ben Blanco, Bob Paul, Gary Ashley, Don Ashley and Craig Smith.

Other annual awards include the Youth Under 13 award and the Biggest Doe award and there was also a 50/50 raffle.

“You never know what’s going to come through the door, but big or small, we want to see them all,” Huss said.

One young hunter at the station was Cade Ploch, 16, of Tonica who said he’d hunted along the river bottom, but wasn’t successful.

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LOCAL SCHOOLS

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Chief Al Stremlau served up countless bowls of chili during the station’s 11th annual Tonica Volunteer Fire Department Deer and Chili Night fundraiser event. Guests filled the station and they also had a full dessert table to enjoy while waiting for the opening weekend’s trophies of this year’s deer hunting season to arrive at the station.

TONICA SCHOOLS

Funds shuffled in levy request

BY ZACHARY J. PRATT news@tonicanews.com

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On hand for the presentation of a $50,000 donation from Marquis Energy to the Putnam County School District were (from left) Courtney Balestri, elementary principal at Hennepin; Jason Harris, representing Marquis Energy; Mike Olson, junior high principal; Clay Theisinger, high school principal, and Alex Marquis, logistics manager for Marquis Energy. The donation is designated to assist the district’s math, science, engineering and agricultural programs.

Marquis Energy bequests $250K toward education Five high schools receive $50,000 apiece for science, math, ag

BY JIM DUNN news@toncianews.com HENNEPIN — Donate $50,000 apiece to five area high schools, and what do you get?

Two hundred fifty thousand reasons to recognize

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Marquis Energy LLC for tremendously generous bequests to Putnam County High School, Princeton High School, Bureau Valley High School, Hall High School and St. Bede Academy.

The money is to be used in advancing the fields of science, math or agricultural studies at all five schools.

“The success of our local students is a major priority to Marquis, and

we hope this investment makes a lasting impact in the lives of our future leaders,” Mark Marquis, CEO of Marquis Energy, said.

“Our students have big aspirations, and we look forward to seeing these future generations better the world,” Marquis said.

Marquis Energy made the bequests, totaling $250,000, Thursday afternoon at its Prairie Indus-

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The donations are an opportunity for Marquis Energy to support local education during financially challenging times, according to Danielle Anderson, executive assistant and director of public relations and political affairs for the company.

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TONICA — The Tonica School District is moving some of its funds around in its levy request this year, but details remain largely the same.

The district is asking for $20,000 less in both IMRF and Social Security funds, so it can move that total of $40,000 to Tort, an insurance and legal fund, which it has had more difficulty sustaining.

“We spent that down,” financial consultant James Whitmore said of Tort in the previous year. “We saw the same sort of thing possibly happening again this year.”

“What we are trying to do there is redevelop those funds,” Whitmore said, describing a goal of building Tort up enough that the district does not have not worry about running out.

“What we’re hoping is that cushion in your Tort fund can last you a few years,” he said.

If the Tort funds are depleted, the district is short on options to pay

money back into it, and the options it has are less than satisfactory.

“The only way that we can make up a deficit in the Tort fund is to move working cash over, and we don’t want to do that,” Whitmore said.

“You never know what you will need working cash for.”

The problem appears if the district starts using working cash to pay Tort, only to find other needs arising that require the money.

Whitmore described working cash as the district’s “rainy day fund.”

The other funds all have a fixed rate, meaning these are the only ones the district can request certain amounts for.

There has been no tax rate described at this point, because the bonds have yet to be factored in. The levy is in a stage called the “aggregate levy,” and bonds are additional on top of that.

“We’re adding in the health-life safety bonds for the first time, and that hasn’t been calculated out yet,” Whitmore said.

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IN BRIEF Tonica Grade School releases first-quarter honor rolls TONICA — Tonica Grade School has announced the names of students included on the 2017-18 first-quarter honor rolls.

HIGH HONOR ROLL Sixth grade — Ava Lambert and Lauryn Skinner.

Seventh grade — Lily Ficek, Connor Fundell and Abby Valenzuela.

Eighth grade — Cassidy Anderson, Cody Anderson, Jake Bradach, Wyatt Ficek, Erin Gray, Levi Hallock, Jayden Knoblauch, Sarah Kruswicki, Isabella Lambert, Emily Strehl, Augustus Wiesbrock and Gavin Wolfe.

HONOR ROLL Sixth grade — Avery Anderson, Olivia Barton, Corbin Coons, Olivia Milton, Desiree Sluder and Mollie Wiesbrock.

Seventh grade — Peyton Baker, Liberty Gallik, Jon Milota, Noah Rietgraf, Savana Romero, Coleman Rundle, Lila Senica and Guinevere Wiesbrock.

Eighth grade — Dawson Ploch, Brooke Schiffbauer, Justice Stillwell and Devyn Wiesbrock.

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Nine-year-old Garrett Keith bagged this 170-pound buck within 15 minutes after sunrise and he was proud to bring it to the TVFD Deer and Chili Night. Keith has gotten a deer on the first day of hunting season for each of the past four years.

• BIG Continued from Page 1 “I saw three and missed one,” Ploch said.

However, another young hunter there has begun building an impressive string of hunting success. Nineyear-old Garrett Keith of Deer Park has been hunting deer for four years and he’s bagged one during each sea-

• REQUEST Continued from Page 1 There will be no levy hearing this year. Historically, the board has held one so the taxpayers can talk about the levy, even when the hearing has not been triggered by going beyond a five percent levy increase.

Whitmore cautioned the board against using this terminology, as the Truth in Taxation hearings bring with them new sets of requirements.

Still, there will be opportunity for public comment in December.

In other business: • The Tonica School District has bought a lawn tractor for the purpose of removing snow and cutting grass.

“It will be set up with snow remov-

son.

“They’ve all been on the first day too,” Keith said.

Keith used a .20 gauge to get this year’s buck, which was 170 pounds, bigger than his trophy from 2016. He said his favorite part of hunting is watching the sun rise, but after being asked how long he was out there before seeing his buck, it’s easy to see why the sunrise may have ranked so highly.

“Fifteen minutes,” he laughed. al, and in spring we should be able to put the cutter mount on,” said Principal-Superintendent Charles Schneider.

Schneider said that the Kubota dealer told him good details about the district’s workings with them in the past.

Schneider indicated that the tractor should arrive the week of Thanksgiving.

• The school is holding a Reading Night on the Nov. 29. Schneider indicated that the event is to be hosted by the teachers and will mainly be elementary students.

• A music program is scheduled for 6 p.m. Dec. 11.

• The Tonica Foundation has donated $1,023 for five requests from teachers. Schneider described the foundation as “a great organization that supports our children’s education.”

LASALLE — Stage 212 is helping young people ring in the new year in style with “A New Year’s Eve Day Bash,” a kid friendly celebration at noon Sunday, Dec. 31, at the theater, 700 First St. in LaSalle.

The event will feature appearances by Anna, Elsa, Moana, Tiana, Sebastian, the Paw Patrol and The Trolls, as well as a dance party, a New Year’s toast, and a meet-and-greet photo opportunity with all characters.

Tickets for the event are just $10 each and may be purchased online at www.stage212.org beginning Friday, Dec. 1, or by calling the box office at 815-224-3025 and leaving a message. All patrons age 1 year and up must have a ticket. All children must be properly chaperoned. Performances may be added as ticket sales demand.

• DONE Continued from Page 1 “Because of the state shortfall this year, they really wanted to step in and be that community supporter,” Anderson said.

“They (Marquis Energy) care about the local community, and this is one way they can help out our future generations,” she said.

Putnam County Schools Superintendent Carl Carlson said he was pleased about the company’s “tremendously generous” donation.

“The school district is extremely humbled by the generosity of the Marquis family and the Marquis company,” Carlson said.

Carlson noted the Marquis family has a lot of history being involved in education.

For Putnam County schools, the $50,000 donation will help to purchase additional materials, such

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as newer science textbooks, and also help to offset some cuts, Carlson said. Teachers will be meeting to discuss ways to maximize the positive impact of the donation across the district.

“Anytime they can get additional funds to enrich their curriculum, they’re definitely going to be excited about that,” Carlson said.

In addition, the Marquis Energy-WI LLC plant in Necedah, Wis., is also gifting three local high schools in that area with cash contributions to be used toward science, math and agricultural advancements.

Mark Marquis said the company remains committed to bettering the community through service and producing homegrown ethanol for cleaner air and more affordable fuel.

With a production capacity of one million gallons of fuel grade ethanol per day, Marquis Energy is the largest dry-mill biofuels production facility in the United States.

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AGRICULTURE

STATE POLICE

Wisconsin man facing drug, traffic charges after chase At approximately 10:30 p.m. Nov. 10, Jeffery Skaggs, 43, of Park Falls, Wis., was arrested on multiple charges, including possession of a controlled substance - cocaine; leaving the scene of an accident causing property damage; DUI; and speeding.

A District 17 trooper monitoring traffic from a stationary position on Interstate 39 observed a white Pontiac traveling at 92 mph. The trooper exited the median in an attempt to catch up to the vehicle and initiate a traffic stop. The vehicle exited I-39 and entered

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Bill Johnson, coordinator of ag production and swine management programs at Joliet Junior College, answers questions during College Day.

Agriculture College Recruitment Day held at Birkey’s Farm Store HENRY — More than 70 high school students from Marshall, Putnam, Bureau, Stark and Woodford counties took advantage of information shared at the annual Ag College Recruitment Day sponsored by Bureau, Marshall-Putnam, and Stark County Farm Bureaus. University of Illinois Marshall Putnam Ag in the Classroom assisted.

Representatives from the University of Illinois, Illinois State University, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Western Illinois University, Illinois Central College, Illinois

Valley Community College, Joliet Junior College and Black Hawk College, as well as Birkey’s Scholarship Program, set up booths in Birkey’s Farm Store training room. Newly represented this year were Sauk Valley Community College and Career Link.

After a brief overview of each college’s programs, students circulated amongst the representatives. Students learned about scholarship opportunities, course offerings, student clubs, study abroad opportunities, and internships as well as a variety of

additional details that are unique to college life. Each Farm Bureau manager shared information about local county scholarships available.

Ag College Recruitment Day is an excellent opportunity for students to visit with numerous representatives in one day. “Take the opportunity to learn about a school that you might not have driven to visit,” encouraged Tiffany Moodie, Marshall-Putnam Farm Bureau manager.

“You might find it changes your plans in a different direction.”

Private pesticide applicator training and testing UTICA — University of Illinois Extension – Bureau, LaSalle, Marshall, Putnam Unit will offer a training and testing program for private pesticide applicators. Pre-registration is required for both training and testing-only sessions. Certification is required to apply restricted use pesticides. The sessions are in cooperation with the Illinois Department of Agriculture.

Training and testing will be Wednesday, Dec.

13, at Celebrations 150 Ltd., 740 E. U.S. Highway 6 (Route 6 east of Interstate 39). Check-in will begin at 7:30 a.m. Training will conducted from 8 to 11:30 a.m. Pre-registration is required for all training and testing clinics. The cost is $40 for the training.

(This does not include the IDOA license fee.) Testing will begin immediately following training at 11:45 a.m. and will end at 2 p.m.

Participants may bring a lunch.

Pre-register online at www.pesticidesafety.illinois.edu, call 877-626-1650 or mail University of Illinois PSEP, 1201 S. Dorner Drive, Urbana, IL 61801.

If you need a reasonable accommodation, indicate when registering.

Private applicator manuals and workbooks can be purchased online or at local Extension offices.

Extension offices are located in Princeton, Ottawa, Henry and in Oglesby on the IVCC campus.

Tonica. As the trooper entered Tonica, the attempt to catch up to the vehicle was stopped. A short distance later the trooper observed the vehicle had crashed into the front steps of a house located on Route 251 at Elm Street in Tonica.

The driver, later identified as Skaggs, had fled the scene of the crash and was apprehended at approximately 2:19 a.m. Cocaine was found in the vehicle during a subsequent search. Skaggs was remanded to the LaSalle County Jail.

POLICE AND FIRE REPORTS TONICA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT • At 1:12 a.m. Nov. 14, the Tonica Volunteer Fire Department was called for an automatic fire alarm at Illinois Valley Minerals, located at 575 North 18th Road. Firefighters determined there was smoke and fire showing from the southwest side of an industrial building. Tonica Command requested two MABAS box alarms, one for additional fire officers, firefighters, EMS and fire apparatus and the second requested additional tankers. The fire was contained to various rooms located within the larger commercial building. These rooms suffered significant damage with moderate damage to the outer southwest walls of the structure.

Tonica command declared the fire under control with overhaul and investigation underway after about an hour and a half after the initial call.

The state fire marshal’s office was contacted for a more detailed follow-up investigation. The last Tonica units were released and returned to the station at

about 4:40 a.m.

In addition to Tonica firefighters, mutual aid fire units responded from Lostant, Standard, Oglesby, Utica, Leonore, Cedar Point, Wenona, and Peru. EMS units from Oglesby and Peru also responded and the LaSalle County Sheriff’s Department provided traffic control.

LASALLE COUNTY SHERIFF Accident • At 6:30 a.m. Nov. 14, deputies responded to a single-vehicle accident on Route 18 on the Interstate 39 overpass in Hope Township. Patricia D. Rydberg, 60, of Princeton was southbound on I-39 when she took Exit 41 for eastbound Route 18.

Rydberg lost control of her vehicle on the black ice on the overpass which caused her vehicle to skid off the road and strike an information sign. No injuries were reported and no citations were issued.

Speeding • At 6:01 p.m. Nov. 15, deputies cited Kyle J. Burt, 23, of Streator for speeding

74 mph in a 55 mph zone following a traffic stop on Route 18 near East 12th Road in Eagle Township.

• At 4 p.m. Nov. 11, deputies cited Nicole Konopinski, 38, of Tonica for speeding 91 mph in a 55 mph zone following a traffic stop on Route 251 in Hope Township.

• At 5:39 p.m. Nov. 11, deputies cited Matthew Smith, 22, of Lostant for speeding 77 mph in a 55 mph zone following a traffic stop on Route 18 in Eagle Township.

• Warrant arrest: A passenger, Michael Savoree, 26, of Seneca was arrested on an active Joliet Police Department failure to appear warrant for traffic offenses. Savoree was transported to the LaSalle County Jail on the Joliet warrant. Bond is $5,000 with 10 percent to apply.

Warrant arrest • At 2:34 p.m. Nov. 19, deputies arrested Joshua A. Steele, 25, of Tonica at his residence on a LaSalle County failure to appear warrant for DUI. Bond is $5,000 with 10 percent to apply. Steele was transported to the jail.

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WHAT WE THINK

Support local businesses this holiday season If you’ll be buying gifts this holiday season, please do your part to support the businesswomen and men in your community on Small Business Saturday and beyond.

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his holiday season, smart shoppers will make a point to make as many purchases as they can at local small businesses.

Sure, the deals offered by big-box retailers on Black Friday are enticing. The ascendant online retail giants will be making deals on Cyber Monday, available by simply pulling a device out of your pocket or turning on your computer.

But a great percentage of money that consumers spend on those days will leave the community, never to return.

And the items they buy will likely be mass produced, the same stuff you can get anywhere.

Between Black Friday and Cyber Monday is “Small Business Saturday,” a sales event that began in 2010. It’s when shoppers are encouraged to visit local merchants in order to find gifts for people on their list.

There are a lot of compelling reasons to visit local retailers, both on Small Business Saturday, throughout the holiday shopping season, and really, all year round.

For one, these businesses are often run by our neighbors, and their presence in town is part of what makes the area unique.

A shopper who seeks out local small businesses likely has access to unique offerings. They can get advice from people who likely are experts on what they’re selling, with knowledge and passion for the wares available – that’s likely why they took the risk of opening a store in the first place.

There’s also no better way consumers can support their community and local economy than by shopping at local small businesses.

Numerous economic studies have shown that a far greater percentage of every dollar spent at an independently owned local store stays in the local community than that spent with chain retailers. Almost none of the money spent at online retailers remains in the community.

If the people on your list this holiday season live near you but don’t really “need” anything, consider gift cards at local restaurants or other businesses that you know they enjoy.

Healthy communities depend on healthy economies, and small businesses are the backbone of local economies. They spend their money to employ people, as well as support other local businesses and make charitable donations.

Consumers are catching on to this reality. In 2016, an estimated 112 million customers reported shopping at small businesses on Small Business Saturday, a 13 percent increase over 2015, according to the National Federation of Independent Business.

We hope the number of shoppers and the amount of money spent continues to grow, both nationwide and here in our community this holiday shopping season.

So if you’ll be buying gifts this holiday season, please brave the elements and do your part to support the businesswomen and men in your community.

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First Amendment: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”

What do voters do when stymied?

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hat do we do in Illinois when there is basically nothing we can do about policies most of us want changed?

Three such come immediately to mind: redistricting, term limits, and our public pension albatross.

The Illinois Supreme Court has twice rejected recent efforts by citizens to put on the ballot a proposal to take redistricting away from lawmakers and give the job to an independent commission.

This, so that Democratic House Speaker Mike Madigan can no longer gerrymander districts.

A friend of mine toted up the votes in 2014 and found that 50.5 percent of the voters statewide voted Democratic in House elections, yet that party garnered 60 percent of the House seats. (By the way, Republicans majorities in many other states do the same thing.)

The Illinois Constitution of 1970 provides citizens use of the petition process to put proposals directly onto the ballot, but only for the legislative article of the charter. And a phrase in that article says any proposals “shall be limited to structural and procedural subjects.”

In 1976, six of the seven justices said that meant a proposal must make both kinds of changes. It has proved almost impossible to craft proposals that do both and also pass court muster.

The lone dissenter from the majority, the late, highly distinguished Democrat Walter Schaefer, opined to the effect: When I see a restaurant sign that says, “We have chicken and fish,” that doesn’t mean you have to order both chicken and fish!

The court also threw off the ballot a 1994 proposal for term limits, for the same reasons.

UNDERSTANDING ILLINOIS Jim Nowlan Opponents of term limits say we already have term limits: they are called elections.

Yet, there is absolutely no way, absent term limits, that Mike Madigan can ever be ejected from his “rotten borough” (the safe district he created for himself).

Madigan has won 24 elections to his 2-year House seat, most of that time as speaker. He has arguably been for decades our most powerful statewide politician. Yet the 12 million-plus residents outside his district have no opportunity to eject him.

As for public pensions, the high court has said the state constitution is quite clear, and it is: state and local public pensions are contractual obligations, the benefits of which shall not be diminished.

Some have argued that contracts are renewed periodically, and thus benefits going forward, not those already earned, can be diminished.

No so, the court has said.

A Chicago civic group filed a lawsuit a few years ago that said the fiscal plight in Illinois is so dire that the state should be able to use “the police power” (not what many think of as our local police, but another concept) to override the pension part of the constitution.

This, so the state could, in effect, save itself from itself. No dice, said lower courts; the high court wouldn’t even hear the case.

Since judicial reform in 1962, the state high court has always had a Democratic majority, either 4-3 or 5-2. This was almost guaranteed because three justices are elected

countywide in Cook (Chicago), so three are always Dem. The other four are elected by districts, and the deep southern Illinois district was thought to be Dem forever. But it is now a GOP seat on the court. Yet, thanks largely to Mike Madigan’s campaign money, a district in central Illinois has been Dem since 2000; so still a 4-3 Dem majority.

This is a political court, in this sense: One owes his seat to Madigan; another is the wife of Chicago City Council baron Ed Burke, and a third is a close friend of state Senate President John Cullerton, himself a former Madigan protégé.

So, this court is never going to rock the boat against Madigan on redistricting and term limits. Of course, one can’t say this in print.

What to do? Two things, at least for the GOP-minded.

The strongest political message Rauner has in his re-election toolkit is this: “The only way to protect Illinois from another decade of harmful gerrymandering by Madigan is to re-elect me so that I can block his redistricting plan in 2021!” And that’s right.

Second, the state Supreme Court seat in the 3rd District, held by a Democrat, is up in 2020.

If there were ever a “purple” district (neither GOP nor Dem), this is it. I call it the I-80 District, running from the Mississippi to Indiana, from the Quad-Cities to Kankakee, as well as down to Peoria.

If the GOP can win back this district in 2020, the court will have a GOP majority for the first time since 1962. Expect jillions to be spent by the two parties. It’s the whole ballgame.

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

LETTER TO THE EDITOR During deer season, use caution on the roads

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To the editor: November is an active month for deer. Drivers may have very little time to react when deer linger, step onto, or leap across the roadway. The Illinois Insurance Association reminds motorists to be cautious during deer season.

Keep the following tips in mind: • Always wear a seatbelt, and insist that passengers do the same.

• Be vigilant, especially between 5 p.m. and 7 a.m. when deer are most active.

• Drive with high-beam headlights at night whenever possible.

• Deer crossing signs are placed in areas where deer are common.

Use caution in these areas.

• Slow down, and honk the horn if a deer appears along the roadside.

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More are probably nearby.

If the deer cannot be avoided, hit the animal straight on rather than swerving to avoid it. Apply brakes firmly, grasp the steering wheel tightly, and stay in your lane.

Do not touch an injured deer. Call

911 to request medical assistance if anyone is hurt.

Dodging the deer may cause you to lose control of the vehicle and crash into a bridge, post, tree or oncoming car. Serious injuries and major vehicle damage are likely.

Keep in mind that a liability-only auto insurance policy does not pay for damage to your vehicle. Repairs from a deer crash are covered only if your auto insurance policy provides comprehensive coverage for the vehicle involved in the accident. The loss is a collision claim if you swerve to avoid the deer and hit a vehicle or other object.

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Note to readers: Kevin J. Martin is executive director of the Illinois Insurance Association.

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LGS students get to meet with veteran and receive their own dog tags

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Lostant Grade School hosted a Veterans Day program on Nov. 10. Gulf War veteran Charlie Downey from Magnolia spoke to the LGS students and staff about his experiences in the Gulf War on his Navy ship.

After talking to the students, he gave each student dog tags with their name to remind them of all the veterans everywhere. Downey is the father of LGS kindergarten teacher Brianna Downey.

PERU — Magdalen Daluga and Tyler Marcinkus were selected to represent St. Bede Academy at the Elks Teen of the Month luncheon on Oct. 20 at the Princeton Elks Lodge. The luncheon included representatives, their families and counselors from the surrounding high schools throughout Bureau County. During this luncheon it was announced that Marcinkus was chosen as the Elks Teen of the Month.

These students were recognized for their outstanding accomplishments at St. Bede Academy over their last four years. They were selected for this honor on the basis of character, citizenship, community service, leadership, scholarship, service and best multiple achievements.

Daluga is the daughter of Thomas and Patricia Daluga of Princeton. Marcinkus is the son of Brian and Shannon Marcinkus of Tonica.

IVCC Wind Ensemble will present concert Nov. 30 OGLESBY — Illinois Valley Community College’s Wind Ensemble will offer a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 30, in the Dr. Mary Margaret Weeg Cultural Centre. The performance will include the music of Brian Balmages, James Curnow, Frank Ticheli, Vasily Kalinnikov, Bela Bartok and Dmitri Shostakovich.

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MENUS LOSTANT GRADE SCHOOL Breakfast Nov. 27 — Cheese omelet, yogurt, granola, fruit, cereal, juice, milk.

Nov. 28 — Doughnut, yogurt, granola, fruit, cereal, juice, milk.

Nov. 29 — Scrambled eggs, yogurt, granola, fruit, cereal, juice, milk.

Nov. 30 — French toast sticks and syrup, yogurt, granola, fruit, cereal, juice, milk.

Dec. 1 — Toaster pastry, yogurt, granola, fruit, cereal, juice, milk.

Lunch Nov. 27 — Comet McRib, bun, baked beans, cookie, fruit, milk.

Nov. 28 — Uncrustable, cucumbers, chips, sidekick, fruit, milk.

Nov. 29 — Hot dog, bun, chips, carrots, fruit, milk.

Nov. 30 — Chicken nuggets, mashed potatoes, fruit, Rice Krispies treat, milk.

Dec. 1 — Round cheese pizza, spinach, fruit, cookie, milk.

TONICA GRADE SCHOOL Breakfast Nov. 27 — French toast sticks and syrup or cereal, toast, granola, yogurt, fruit, juice, milk.

Nov. 28 — Pancake and syrup or cereal, toast, granola, yogurt, fruit, juice, milk.

Nov. 29 — Scrambled eggs and sausage patty or cereal, toast, granola, yogurt, fruit, juice, milk.

Nov. 30 — Breakfast pizza or cereal, toast, granola, yogurt, fruit, juice, milk.

Dec. 1 — Powdered sugar or chocolate doughnuts or cereal, toast, granola, yogurt, fruit, juice, milk.

Lunch Nov. 27 — Hot dog, bun, baked beans, applesauce, juice box, pretzels, milk.

Nov. 28 — Chili, bread bowl, cheese cup and crackers or peanut butter and jelly sandwich, green beans, fruit, zert pudding, milk.

Nov. 29 — Chicken strips, carrots, onion rings, fruit, milk.

Nov. 30 — Baked potato, diced ham and cheese cup or peanut butter and jelly sandwich, banana bread, fruit and veggie bar, milk.

Dec. 1 — Cheese or sausage pizza, lettuce, fresh fruit, Rice Krispies treat, milk.

PUTNAM COUNTY COMMUNITY CENTER Nov. 27 — Smoked sausage, fried potatoes, cooked carrots, pineapple.

Nov. 28 — Barbecue, macaroni salad, chips and dip, celery sticks, dessert.

Nov. 29 — Ravioli with broth, ham salad with lettuce on wheat, cooked carrots, yogurt with gelatin, banana.

Nov. 30 — Baked mostaccioli, tossed salad, garlic bread, dessert.

Dec. 1 — Italian sausage, cheese hash browns, kidney bean salad, fruit cocktail.

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.

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Canal Corridor Association will host dinner lecture LASALLE — The public is invited to join the Canal Corridor Association from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 30, for a buffet dinner and some history at a dinner lecture, “Trail Marker Trees: Past & Present,” with speaker Dennis Downes at the Lock 16 Café & Visitor Center in LaSalle.

Indigenous peoples, including Native Americans, have always been consummate travelers, whose trade and social networks crossed the continent. Few are aware, however, of the various techniques used to mark routes, including bending tree saplings. These distinct and durable markers known as Trail

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Reservations are required and can be made by calling 815-220-1848 or by visiting www.iandmcanal.org. The cost for the lecture only is $7, and the cost for the dinner and lecture is $24 for members, $29 for non-members.

The Canal Corridor Association, a 501(c)3 non profit, is the coordinating entity for the Illinois & Michigan Canal National Heritage Area, America’s first national heritage area. As such, it preserves history, protects nature and open space, and creates destinations where people can learn and have fun in the I&M Canal.

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IVSO announces ‘The Nutcracker’ performances LASALLE — Musical director and conductor Lucia Matos and the Illinois Valley Symphony Orchestra will present Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker” ballet at 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 16, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 17, at LaSalle-Peru High School’s auditorium.

They will be joined by dancers from the Dance Center in LaSalle, Gray’s School of Dance in Ottawa, and Ottawa Dance Academy and the Illinois Valley Youth Choir.

“The Nutcracker” is based on Alexandre Dumas’ French version of “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” by E.T.A. Hoffmann.

The story invites us into a child’s world filled with anticipation. It is a story of magic and transformation that can be enjoyed on many levels, which unfold as we experience life and reflect our awareness and per-

LaSallle library will show ‘The Nutcracker” LASALLE — This year marks the 63rd season of George Balanchine’s “The Nutcracker,” performed by the New York City Ballet. At 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 28, the LaSalle Public Library will feature a “bigscreen” film recording of the 1993 performance. Balanchine’s “The Nutcracker,” based on the Alexandre Dumas pere version of E.T.A. Hoffmann’s tale, “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” (1816), is one of the most complex theatrical, staged ballets in the company’s active repertory. This is a free program, open to the public.

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Downes has traveled widely throughout the United States and Canada collaborating with Indigenous communities and learning about their involvement with these trees. In consultation with Native American experts and historians, he has made it his lifelong dedication to identify, research, and protect these living landmarks. Richly illustrated with maps and numerous photographs of these distinctive markers both past and present, his lecture raises awareness about Native American travels and navigational

ceptions that things are not always as they seem.

First performed on Dec. 18, 1892, in St. Petersburg, Russia, “The Nutcracker” has been a Christmas-time classic performed throughout the world and is almost everyone’s first ballet.

Now the entire Illinois Valley is once again being invited to join in the magic of this spectacular production. We see toys that dance and come to life to battle mice and even a Christmas tree that grows before our eyes. The audience goes with Clara as she dances through her world of fantasy and experiences the magic of the Nutcracker, all accompanied by the Illinois Valley Symphony Orchestra.

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Admission is by reserved ticket only: $20 for adults and $5 children age 12 and under.

Send a check payable to IVSO and a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: IVSO Nutcracker, c/o Larry Ault, 1300 Briarcrest Drive, Ottawa IL 61350.

Please specify: 1) performance date (Dec. 16 or Dec. 17); 2) main floor or balcony; and 3) how many adult and child tickets are needed.

Orders received after Dec. 8 will be held at the door. L-P High School Auditorium is handicapped accessible.

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OTTAWA — The Omicron Chapter of The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International met Oct. 17 at the Pitstick Pavilion in Ottawa.

An initiation ceremony conducted by the officers welcomed Bridgette Thomas of Ottawa as a new member. Thomas teaches sixth through eighth grades at Deer Park Elementary School.

The program for the evening was presented by Laurie Misener Stone of Three Wells Acupuncture Clinic in Morris. Stone is a licensed acupuncturist and board-certified herbalist.

Stone led the group in several acupressure techniques designed to reduce stress. She also suggested several uses for essential oils. Her goal is to support health through nondrug solutions. Stone is the daughter of Omicron member Patricia Misener of Morris.

The business meeting was conducted by President Mary Sue Myers.

Correspondence was read from Mark Giertz, principal at Milton Pope Elementary School, thanking Omicron Chapter for the generous donation of school supplies. Myers, Beverly Madsen and Tere-

sa Cameron spoke about the Lambda State Creative Arts Retreat they attended in early October. They also displayed many of the crafts they created during the weekend retreat. Cameron presented one of the workshops.

Literacy chair Paula Freepartner reminded members about the creative writing contest open to all eighth graders in Grundy, LaSalle and Putnam counties. Entries should be submitted to her no later than Feb. 16, 2018. Janna Greanias, personal growth and services chair, urged members to encourage young ladies

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who have junior standing in college and are studying to be teachers to apply for Omicron’s $1,000 grant-in-aid.

Myers announced that Omicron member Stephanie Benson was elected vice president of the Illinois Reading Council.

She will move on to be president-elect and then president.

The group also met Nov. 21 at the Pitstick Pavilion. The program on food pantries was presented

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LASALLE COUNTY, OTTAWA, ILLINOIS IN RE: THE ESTATE ) OF ) DARLENE M. MEYER, ) Deceased. ) No. 17-P-224 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION CLAIMS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the death of DARLENE M. MEYER, late, of LaSalle. Letters of Office were issued on October 24, 2017, to KEVIN FARNAN, whose attorney is Aplington, Kaufman, McClintock, Steele & Barry, Ltd., 160 Marquette St., P.O. Box 517, LaSalle, IL 61301. Claims against the Estate may be filed in the Office of the Clerk, Circuit Court, in the LaSalle County Courthouse, Ottawa, or with the representative, or both, on or before May 10, 2018, and any claim not filed within that period is barred.

Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

Dated this 10th day of November, 2017.

GREG VACCARO CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF LASALLE COUNTY, ILLINOIS 119 W. Madison St., Room 201 Ottawa, IL 61350 Published in the Tonica News Oct. 10, 17 and 24, 2017.

No. 15 CH 92 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Public notice is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered by the LaSalle County Circuit Court in Cause #15-CH92, entitled STREATOR HOME BUILDING & LOAN ASSOCIATION n/k/a STREATOR HOME SAVINGS BANK, Plaintiff, vs. TODD DIMMIG, JACQUELINE DIMMIG a/k/a JACQUELINE E. DIMMIG, TROY DIMMIG, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants, on August 8, 2017: Sheriff of LaSalle County, Illinois, will, on January 9, 2018 at 11:30 a.m. at the LaSalle County Sheriffs Office located at 707 East Etna Rd., Ottawa, Illinois 61350, sell to the highest bidder for cash (ten per cent (10%) at the time of sale and the balance within twenty-four (24) hours, the following described property situated in LaSalle County, Illinois: Commonly known as RR 4, Streator, Illinois 61364. and legally described as: EXHIBIT A Legal Description: Parcel #1: The North 20 acres of the West Half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 31, Township 32 North, Range 3, East of the Third Principal Meridian; also, so much of the West Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section 30 in said Township and Range as lies South of the Vermillion River, and also so much of the East Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 25 in Township 32 North, Range 2, East of the Third Principal Meridian as lies South of the Vermillion River; EXCEPT: A triangular shaped piece of land, lying and being in the North 20 acres of the West Half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 31, Township 32 North, Range 3, East of the Third Principal Meridian, described as follows: Commencing at the Northwest corner of said Section 31, thence South along the West line of the North edge of the Township Road; thence in a Northeasterly direction along a line following the line of the North edge of said Township Road a distance of 693 feet; thence in a Northwesterly direction, in a straight line to the point of beginning; ALSO EXCEPT: A tract of land in the East Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 25 in Township 32 North, Range 2, East of the Third Principal Meridian, with its point of beginning 66 feet due North and 246.6 feet due West of the Southeast corner of said East Half of the Southeast Quarter; from said point of beginning thence running due West 376 feet; thence due North 508 feet to a point at the Vermillion River; thence up said river to the point 427 feet North of the point and place of beginning; thence due South 427 feet to the point of beginning; ALSO EXCEPT: The South 66 feet of the East Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 25, Township 32 North, Range 2, East of the Third Principal Meridian, and the North 225 feet of the South 291 feet of the West 193 feet of the East Half of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 25; Also a tract of land described as follows: Commencing at the Northwest corner of Section 31, Township 32 North, Range 3, East of the Third Principal Meridian, thence East 45 degrees South 105 feet to

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999 • Legal Notices IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LASALLE COUNTY, OTTAWA, ILLINOIS STREATOR HOME BUILDING & LOAN ) ASSOCIATION NKA STREATOR HOME ) SAVINGS BANK, ) Plaintiff, ) vs. ) TODD DIMMIG, JACQUELINE DIMMIG aka ) JACQUELINE E. DIMMIG, TROY DIMMIG, ) UNKNOWN OWNERS AND ) NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, ) Defendants. )

educational position. For more information about membership, email omicronil15@gmail.com.

999 • Legal Notices the West right of way line of the public road, thence Northeasterly along the West right of way line of the public road a distance of 66 feet then Northwesterly to a point on the West line of Section 30, Township 32 North, Range 3, East of the Third Principal Meridian, which point is 66 feet North of the Southwest corner of said Section 30, thence South along the section line to the place of beginning; ALSO EXCEPT: That part of the Southeast Quarter in Section 25, Township 32 North, Range 2, East of the Third Principal Meridian, commencing at the Southeast corner of said Section, thence due West 1133.5 feet, thence due North 291 feet to the point of beginning; thence due West 193 feet; thence due North 193 feet, thence South 45 degrees East 275 feet to the point of beginning; ALSO EXCEPT: A triangular piece of property that lies within the West Half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 31, Township 32 North, Range 3, East and so much of the Southwest corner of the West Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section 30, Township 32 North, Range 3, East that lies South of the Vermillion, said parcel having its West boundary defined as land that lies East of the right of way line of County Highway 57, its North boundary defined as that land lying South of the Vermillion River, its East boundary as that land that lies West of the right of way line for Township Road 1909, and its South boundary as that land that lies North of the right of way line for Township Road 1909; ALSO EXCEPT: A parcel of property lying within the West Half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 31, Township 32 North, Range 3, East with its point of beginning commencing 328 feet West of the Northeast corner of said Northwest Quarter Section.

From the point of beginning running 660 feet South then 992 feet West to the Township Road 1909n thence heading North Easterly following the South side of the right of way for Township Road 1909n back to the point of beginning; PARCEL #2: A triangular shaped piece of land, lying and being in the North 20 acres of the West Half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 31, Township 32 North, Range 3, East of the Third Principal Meridian, described as follows: Commencing at the Northwest corner of said Section 31, thence South along the West line of the North edge of the Township Road; thence in a Northeasterly direction along a line following the line of the North edge of said Township Road a distance of 693 feet; thence in a Northwesterly direction, in a straight line to the point of beginning; A parcel of property that lies entirely in the Southeast Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 25,Township 32 North, Range 2, East. Said parcel having its point of beginning 66 feet North and 623 feet due West of the Southeast corner of Section 25. Then from said point of beginning moving due West 511 feet thence due South 225 feet then Northwesterly 335 degrees to a point 484 feet North of the South Section line of said Section 25 thence due North Continued on page 8

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Continued from page 7 242 feet to the Vermilion river thence East upstream to a point that is 508 feet due North of the point of beginning, thence South 508 feet to the point of beginning; ALSO EXCEPT: A parcel of property located in Southeast Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 25, Township 32 North, Range 2 East.

With its point of beginning 66 feet North of the Southeast corner of said Section. then running due West 246 feet thence due North approximately 427 feet to a point at the vermilion river, then running East up stream to a point that is 379 feet due North of the point of beginning,

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thence North 379 feet to the point of beginning. Said parcel also to including all of the property in the West Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section 30, Township 32 North, Range 3, East that is situated West of the County Highway 57 right of way and South of the Vermillion River; ALL SITUATED IN LA SALLE COUNTY, ILLINOIS Permanent index number 26-38-106-000; 26-38-107-000; 26-37-305-000; 26-25-407-000; 26-25408-000.

Said sale shall be subject to all general real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate and any prior liens, easements or restrictions of record. The subject

property is offered for sale without any representations as to quality or quantity of title or recourse to Plaintiff.

Upon the sale being held and the purchaser tendering said bid in cash or certified funds, a receipt of Sale will be issued and/or a Certificate of Sale as required, which will entitle the Purchaser to a deed upon confirmation of said sale by the Court.

Improvements: Residential structure UNKNOWN Units UNKNOWN Bedrooms UNKNOWN Garage UNKNOWN Bathrooms UNKNOWN Other UNKNOWN The property will NOT be open for inspection prior to the sale.

The judgment amount was $14,646.02.

Prospective purchasers are admonished to check the court file and title records to verify this information.

For information regarding the real estate contact Robert B. Steele, 160 Marquette Street, LaSalle, Illinois 61301, (815) 224-3200.

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Aplington, Kaufman, McClintock, Steele & Barry, Ltd. 160 Marquette Street LaSalle, IL 61301 (815)224-3200 Published in the Tonica News Nov. 24, Dec. 1 and 8, 2017.

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*Due to manufacturer restrictions, the extra 10% discount offer can not be offered on Tempur-Pedic or iComfort products. The Preferred Furniture credit card is issued by Wells Fargo Financial National Bank, an Equal Housing Lender. Special terms for 5 years apply to purchases charged with approved credit. The special terms APR will continue to apply until all qualifying purchases are paid in full. The monthly payment for this purchase will be the amount that will pay for the purchase in full in equal payments during the promotional period. The APR for Purchases will apply to certain fees such as a late payment fee or if you use the card for other transactions. For new accounts, the APR for Purchases is 29.99%. Offer expires 11-27-2017.

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