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LIVE AUCTION

LEONA HENNING ESTATE ANTIQUE AUCTION SAT., NOV. 6th @ 10 A.M. 244 S. Oak St., Stillman Valley, IL 61084

Large 2-Ring Live Auction! Featuring Antiques & Collectibles; Primitives; Old Barber Shop; Vintage Tin Litho & Pressed Steel Toys; 1940’s-60’s Farm Toys, Dolls & Accessories, Advertising-Americana-Old Paper; Show Cases; Country Store; Sports Memorabilia; Loads of China & Glassware; Lighting Collection, Clocks; Antique Furniture-Carved Parlor TablesCabinets-Chests-Cupboards-Chairs; Artwork; Stoneware; Cast Iron; Youth Toys; SewingTextiles-Material; Tools & Equipment; Household & Appliances; Lawn & Garden; Simplicity Riding Mower; Much More!

REAL ESTATE Offered at 1 P.M.: Residential Single Level 3-BR Home w/ Large Garage on Spacious Lot.

ONLINE AUCTION

Roger Freese, Living Estate and the late Joann Freese 16509 Grove Creek Cir. Pecatonica IL. 61063 Bid online, go to Diekenauction.hibid.com

Hack’s Auction & Realty Service, Inc.

Beginning Friday, Nov. 5 at 6 a.m. to Wednesday, Nov. 10 at 7:00 p.m.

Preview date, Thursday, Nov. 4 • 5 - 7 p.m. Come take a look Vehicles, Lots of Yarn/Knitting/Sewing, Knitting Machines, Antiques, Collectibles, Household, Furniture, Freezer, Jewelry, Camping items, Tools/Garage items, Bikes, Misc. & more.

Pick up only, Friday, Nov. 12, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. / Saturday, Nov. 13, 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.

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Greg & Swan Hachmeister, Auctioneers www.hacksauction.com I.A.F.L. #444.000128 Pecatonica, IL 815-239-1436

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16509 Grove Creek Cir. Pecatonica IL. 61063 ( No Shipping ) Bring help, & tools for loading your items. Please follow the current social distancing guidelines.

Term/Cond: Credit/Debit card payment only, 15% Buyers Premium. IL. Everything Sold AS IS. Dieken Auction Service Warren, IL 61087, 815-222-0542, diekenauction@gmail.com Terry Dieken, IL Lic. #440000430/WI Lic. #859 (like us on facebook)

Saturday, November 13 • 10 AM (Bad weather date Sunday, November 14 at Noon)

5670 W. Town Line Rd., Leaf River, IL 61047 Approx. 7 miles straight north of Mt. Morris, IL - watch for signs.

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137 Acre ‘ONLINE’ Farm Land Auction • hacksauction.hibid.com BIDDING OPENS: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1st @ 1:00 P.M. BIDDING ENDS: TUESDAY, November 16th @ 1:00 P.M.

N. Siedschlag Rd., Rock City, IL 61070 The Edward’s Farm - 137 +/- Acres of Stephenson County Farm Land - Offered in (3) Parcels.

LAND: 137 +/- Acres Located in Section 28, Rock Grove Twp (east part), High Percentage Tillable, Soil PI: 96, Good Producing Soils, Frontage on Siedschlag Road.

PARCEL #1: 95.8 +/- Acres of Farm Land - All Tillable (97%), Soil PI: 101, Major Soil Types: 412 Ogle, 227 Argyle, 656 Octagon, 506 Hitt, 40 Dodgeville.

PARCEL #2: 25 +/- Acres of Farm Land - All Tillable, the balance in woods & scattered timber, Major Soil Types: 8074 Radford, 227 Argyle, 735 Casco-Rodman-Fox, 242 Kendall.

PARCEL #3: 15.75 Acres of Farm Land - 15 Tillable, Major Soil Types: 8074 Radford, 656 Octagon.

PROPERTY CODE: Part of 15-05-28-400-002.

PROPERTY TAXES: Approximately $2,950.

OWNER: Bonnie Kay Edwards Revocable Living Trust.

TERMS: 10% Down Day of Auction. The Balance at Closing On or Before December 30, 2021 with Title and Possession. Property Sold in ‘AS IS’ Condition. Sold Subject to Owner’s Confirmation of the Final Bids.

Final Acres to be Determined by Survey.

For Printed Details Please Call or logo-on to hacksauction.com

2 RINGS WILL BE SELLING: 1965 Chevrolet Malibu SS 327 4 speed 6,781 original miles in excellent condition, Robertson horse buggy, Doctors horse buggy, both buggies in excellent condition, Cub tractor wide front end, 400 Farmall wide front, Farmall H, 400 Farmall wide front parts tractor, Case manure spreader, International 27 bailer, New Holland 68 bailer, New Holland Bailer, 3 Snapper zero turn riding lawn mowers, flair box wagon, dump hay rake, milk carts, high wheel flair box, tree root bucket for skid loader, pallet forks for skid loader, 2 hay elevators, 4 hay racks, lots of excellent cattle gates, Allis Chalmer garden tractor with snow blower, 3 scrap Chevrolet Envoy vehicles, cutting torch, hand tool, power tools, 3 wheel gas engine Harley Davidson golf cart, 7.5 hp 80 gal 2 stage air compressor, portable air compressor, painted cabinets, old toy trucks, vintage advertisement items, portable vehicle hoist, large metal scrap piles, 3-4 hay racks of new and used household items, large cast iron dinner bell, cast iron Budweiser horse team and buggy, lots of farm related items, large selection of cement animal lawn ornaments.

AUCTIONEER NOTE: The buildings are completely full! We will be updating our AuctionZip page (www.auctionzip.com/Listings/3616679.html) with updated listings and photos. Any questions, please call auctioneers.

TERMS: Cash or good check. Have positive ID. Not responsible for items after sold.

Glenn & Leona Reeder estate • Will Lee Attorney - Rock Falls, IL Lunch wagon & port-a-potty on site.

» » » Dirks & Young’s Auction Service « « « AuctionZip.com Auctioneer ID#: 43915 • Sterling, Illinois AUCTIONEERS: Rob Young, IL#441000593, 815-632-8000; Lyle Dirks, IL#440000128, 815-626-3358.

CASHIER: Dianne Behrens. CLERK: Cheri Lockhart.

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George Auction Service & Real Estate, LLC

LAND AUCTION

Thursday, November 11 • 1 p.m.

219.63+/- Acres in 2 Tracts • Nearly Entirely Tillable Rock County, WI • Bradford Township Sections 4, 5 & 8

Marshall Revocable Trust

DIRECTIONS TO PROPERTY: 8 miles East of Janesville or 10 miles West of Delavan on Hwy. 14.

Parcels on North & South side of road, Hwy. 14 & Avalon Rd. intersection. Your inspection of the land is welcome anytime.

AUCTION LOCATION: Cecelia’s Golf Course, 1901 S. Emerald Grove Rd., Janesville, WI 53546. Light luncheon & refreshments will be complimentary beginning with registration at 12:00 Noon.

TRACT INFORMATION: Tract 1 – 140.47+/- Taxable Acres (2 Tax Parcels): 139.68+/- Tillable, currently in row crop production. Tract 2 – 79.16+/- Taxable Acres (1 Tax Parcel): 74.86+/- Tillable, currently in row crop production.

TERMS: 5% buyer’s fee. $5,000 earnest money per tract cash or personal check, balance due at closing in 45 days or less. Successful bidder required to sign a standard offer to purchase with no contingencies.

All announcements made day of sale take precedence over printed material. Seller may accept or reject any and all bids.

Reg. WI Auctioneers: Dean George #486 (cell 608-751-5703), Kale George #2811 (office 608-882-6123) Reg. IL Auctioneer: Kale George #441002280 • Clerks: Jim & Fran Huisheere.

11211 North Union Road, Evansville, WI 53536 • (608) 882-6123 For complete listing and photos, log on to www.georgeauction.com 406833

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Tractor w/Loader – Fishing Boat – Shop Equipment – Tools Metal Lathe – Milling Machine – Welders – Sporting Goods Lester & Nancy Nelson

4326 South Bernstein Road, Orfordville, WI 53576 Tuesday, November 9 • 10 a.m.

DIRECTIONS: 2 miles West of Orfordville on WI-11 to Pann Rd., South to Speich Rd., East to Bernstein Rd., South. Watch for George Auction signs.

LUNCH: Steve’s Deli Dog House.

TRACTOR w/LOADER: 2000 John Deere 4400 Hydrostatic, MFWD, 1,265 hrs. with JD 430 Loader with 6’ Bucket.

EQUIPMENT: JD 37 Pull Type Sickle Mower; 100gal. Home Made Sprayer; Mack 3N1 SelfPropelled Mower.

FISHING BOAT: 2005 Princecraft 169 Pro Series, 16’, Honda 60 Programmed Fuel Injection Four Stroke Outboard, Honda 5 Four Stroke Outboard Motor, Princecraft Trailer.

SHOP EQUIPMENT & TOOLS, METAL LATHE: Sheldon Machine Co. 25” Metal Lathe.

MILLING MACHINE & TOOLS: Bridgeport Model 82788 Variable Spindle Speed Milling Machine; Acu-Rite 5 Digital Readout; S-K Metal Machinist Tool Box; Starrett Micrometers & Precision Tools.

WELDERS & ACCESSORIES: Twentieth Century 295Amp; Sears 113.201241 Arc; Torch Set with Cart.

SPORTING GOODS & MISC. Reg. WI Auctioneers: Dean George #486 (cell 608-751-5703), Kale George #2811 (office 608-882-6123) Reg. IL Auctioneer: Kale George #441002280 • Clerks: Jim & Fran Huisheere.

11211 North Union Road, Evansville, WI 53536 • (608) 882-6123 TERMS: No buyer’s fee. Check or cash. 4% courtesy charge for purchases using credit card. All sales final.

All announcements made day of sale take precedence over printed material. Not responsible for accidents or losses.

For complete listing and photos, log on to www.georgeauction.com

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Wednesday, Dec. 1 at 10:30 a.m.

First Congregational Church of Pecatonica

Sale to be held at: Prairieview Golf Course (Pavilion) 6734 N. German Church Rd., Byron, IL 61010

November 6, 2021 • 9 a.m. - Noon • Soup Luncheon To-Go • Holiday Crafts & Baked Goods • • Drawing for quilt, box of groceries & a collector’s doll • • Christmas Past & Grandma’s Attic • Tickets available at the door •

265 Acres +/- FOUR PARCELS:

Sections 23 & 27 of Byron West Township in Ogle County, IL NEW SURVEY AVAILABLE DAY OF AUCTION! OPEN TENANCY 2022!

Corner of Reed & 6th St. • 815-239-1195 Handicapped Accessible 405934 393267

219 Main St. 24/7 Pecatonica, IL Access 815-239-2349

For complete listing of sale bill, maps, tax info, and terms & conditions, etc. visit www.lennybrysonauctioneer.com *TO VIEW PARCEL “C”, CALL LENNY AT 815-946-4120* For Information Contact: Lenny Bryson - Auctioneer 11749 West Judson Road Polo, IL 61064 Office: 815-946-4120

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INSPECTION DATES: Mon, 11/8 • 2-4pm & Mon, 11/22 • 2-4pm, Meet Schrader Rep @ Tract 1 at the end of River Run Pkwy OWNERS: Hardeman Co. (Tracts 1 & 2) & Verona Properties, LLC (Tracts 3-10) AUCTION MANAGERS: Matt Wiseman (cell: 219.689.4373, #475.156271) & Jason Minnaert (cell: 309.489.6024, #475.182783)

Schrader Real Estate & Auction Company, Inc. (#478.025754 Sponsor, #444.000158 Auctioneer) 950 N. Liberty Drive, Columbia City, IN 46725 406909

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Slices of life

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Enjoy the middle, not just the beginning and end In its most simple form, life is composed of beginnings, middles and endings.

Often much of our focus is on the beginning and endings.

They are exciting. They are newness and the shredding of the old. They are the adrenaline rush of life.

We look forward to our first day on the job. We wait for the last day of school. We anticipate the birth of a baby, or the time when the children have left the nest. We plan for retirement or a new vacation home. Beginnings and endings – they make up the exhilarating mile-markers of life.

But as life-changing as those beginnings and endings can be, they don’t encompass

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the essence or majority of life. That, my friends is the prerogative of the middle.

In the excitement of beginnings and endings, I suggest, I implore you, to enjoy the middle.

Your first day of kindergarten. Graduation from high school.

Much attention is placed on these occasions, but what about everything in between?

The routine band field trip when you sit next to a flute player, who later becomes a best friend. Riding the activity bus home on a regular Thursday, and your future husband takes the seat next to you and you immediately strike up a conversation littered with laughter.

Enjoy the middle.

Your wedding day was the beginning of your life together.

You planned each moment in detail, so it could be the peak of perfection. But, at its very best, it encompasses only 24 hours.

The wedding is followed by lean hamburger years of working long hours and sticking to a budget because

it’s what you had to do to get by and get ahead. The wedding was but the beginning. The days that followed were life.

Going to bed, together, each night, saying “I love you,” and knowing despite the budget (or lack thereof) things would be okay because your love was okay and that made everything better than okay.

Welcome to the middle.

As life marches on, we measure it by milestones.

Certain anniversaries or high school reunions, or the birthdays of your children. Big things. Exciting events.

But just as important is the mundane. A lost tooth. Sunday breakfast together. A regular Thursday doing homework at

the kitchen table. Mismatched socks. Dirty laundry, Someone forgetting to flush the toilet (again). Dog farts.

Making a bag lunch for the sixth grade field trip at 10 pm when you’d rather be in bed, but parenting is parenting (sigh). Ironing your son’s shirt for his first job interview.

Teaching said son how to iron so he can do the job himself the next time. Dinner together.

Family game night. Sunday funday. Saying “good morning, how did you sleep?”

Laughter shared in the comfort of home. Silly family traditions. All the things that make a normal life good. They aren’t necessarily exciting or new. They are part of the

ordinary regular day. But they are magic, if you let them be.

Let the middle be magic.

Quite often we look forward or backward to the big events of life. In the meantime, we overlook the everyday, mundane and humdrum. But when all is said and done, when life is nearing an end, it’s not the beginnings or the endings we’ll look back upon fondly. It’s the middle.

Enjoy the middle.

No, do better than that.

Cherish it.

Jill Pertler is an awardwinning syndicated columnist, published playwright and author. Don’t miss a slice; follow the Slices of Life page on Facebook.

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uncle’s. I remember bringing my brother glasses of water and his pain pills while he moaned and groaned all day and half the night for days.

Some vacation that turned out to be. I was kind of mad that he had to take one last turn on the zipline that day, but in the end I became a little better servant because of it. Jesus said, I did not come to be served, but to serve and give my life as a ransom for many. Mark 10:45. Serving is a great way to show the love of Christ to others, even when it’s your brother.

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half-way down and the short piece of broom handle broke and down he fell, splat, right on his back. I ran over to him and since he was knocked out, I ran right into the barn and got my dad who was milking the cows. Dad roused him, helped him to his feet, and over to the car.

He was clutching his wrist in pain, so Mom drove us right to the hospital for a wrist x-ray. Yep, it was broken. The doc put it in a cast. Since it didn’t seem like it was bad enough to ruin our plans, we went ahead and spent the week at my aunt and

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Then the older two brothers in this group remembered they had some chores to do and took off. My next older brother, John and I, took a couple more turns and then we heard our Mom call from the station wagon.

She and my Aunt Irene and Uncle Don had worked out a plan so that John and I could stay at their house for a few days of summer vacation.

They loved having us over, and we loved staying with them as well.

I remember heading for the car when John called out, “Can you grab the rope, I want to take one more turn?”

“Come on, Mom’s waiting,” I called. “I’ll just go once more,” he yelled.

I trotted back to the far end of the rope and held on.

Sure enough, he got about

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on the silo ring about 25 feet up from the ground. Then we found a pulley and a broken broom handle, and we went to work on our homemade zipline.

Three of us grabbed the end of the rope and pulled it about a hundred feet away from the silo. The oldest brother in this group climbed up the side of the silo, put the short piece of broken broom handle through the top of the pulley and grabbed the wood with both hands.

Then he came zooming down the rope holding on for dear life. It was a huge success and what a blast.

Over and over, we took turns climbing up the side of the silo and zooming down to the ground on our zipline.

We were having the time of our lives for a couple hours.

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On a warm summer day back in 1970 on our farm in Indiana, some of my brothers and I decided it was time take our thrill seeking to the next level. I was nine years old and the next three brothers ranged in age from 11 to 14 at the time.

We had already spent much of the morning racing our bicycles around and around the farm like Indy 500 racers.

We had a pretty intense race track that we had laid out.

The track wove its way like a long slithering snake around the circle driveway, through the barn, out the barn door, through the barn lot, over the cattle guard, back across the drive way, around the house, between the grain bins and finally across the finish line in front of the chicken coop.

We sped along as fast as our

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