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SUDOKU Fun by the Numbers

Like puzzles? Then you’ll love sudoku. This mind-bending puzzle will have you hooked from the moment you square off, so sharpen your pencil and put your sudoku savvy to the test! Here’s How It Works: Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle!

Riddle: What goes up, but never comes down?

Answer: Age.

THREE TOOL AUCTIONS

May 13, June 10, and July 8 • 9 A.M. 11200 N Scott School Rd, Newark, IL 60541 7 miles NW of Morris, IL

DIRECTIONS: From I-80/IL-47 (Exit 112) in Morris, head north on IL-47 for 4 miles to Minooka Rd., then west on Minooka Rd. for 4.5 miles to Scott School Rd. The auction location city is closer to Morris than Newark. Trailers are welcome. There is plenty of off-street parking available in the field!

AUCTION NOTES: 95% of the tools are NEW. Dennis Gossen always kept his personal property meticulously clean. There are a large amount of tools, grills and lawn/garden. We are splitting up his personal property into THREE individual auctions (many duplicate tools). This is an amazing collection of tools not often experienced from a single estate. Please call us with any questions.

AUCTION INCLUDES: There are hundreds of power tools, several tool chests, portable tool boxes and bags, lots of lithium batteries for Milwaukee, DeWalt, Ryobi, Makita, Craftsman and more. Various grills and smokers in excellent condition including Big Green Egg Charcoal Kamado Grill and Smoker. Shop vacs, socket sets, wrench sets, mechanic tool sets and more. Too much to list! Similar tools will be available at each auction. We will add household items from other estates, too.

SELLER: Estate of Dennis Gossen (Joliet, IL).

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MAY 12 – 10 A.M. to 1 P.M.

5508 Cottonwood Rd., Chana, IL 61015

Featuring Nice 1951 Studebaker Champion Classic Car; Nice AC B Tractor; Farm Implements & Primitives; Antiques & Collectibles; Furniture; Halls Orange Poppy Collection; Fine China & Depression Glassware; Jewelry; Farm Toy Collection; Promo Cars; Old Lighting; Antique Oak Player Piano; Country Store & Show Cases; Old Carpenter Work Benches; Shop Equipment & Tools; Woodworking; Yamaha ATV; Equipment Trailer; Lawn & Garden; Many Other Farm Related Items. Owner: Jane Meyer. (Located 1-Mile S. of Rt. 64 on Chana Rd., Then W. on Cottonwood to Farm. (Follow Long Driveway).

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Summer ever coming?

It seems like every spring we go through the same scenario. April comes in like a lamb with a couple days of really nice weather, and we all lose our sense and sensibility. Everyone gets all excited that we are suddenly going to bypass our normal cold springs and just move right into summertime weather, but then reality hits us like a ton of bricks.

Here it is, we live in Wisconsin, an upper Midwestern state where spring is a long-drawn-out process with far fewer nice days than crummy ones. Sure enough, after those couple days of 80 degrees, we were right back to the upper thirties with some snowy days mixed in to help us remember where we live.

Being a high school baseball coach for almost 30 years before I retired, I never put my long johns away each year until we were well into May. There were so many games when we froze our buns off out on the field.

In fact, I think it is colder at some of those spring baseball games than at many fall football games. Spring baseball can be colder because the air is so much wetter in the spring and that combined with cold temps and cool breezes makes it rough. I loved every season though, and I can remember nearly every player I ever coached over those years.

It’s funny how in the spring there never seems to be a gradual rise in temps from week to week. Instead, it usually is something like this; we get a couple early season warm days to tease us, then weeks of cold, wet, and windy weather, and then all at once the days suddenly jump to the 80’s and 90’s for the rest of the summer. Whatever

By SCOTT CERNEK Columnist

happened to 30’s and 40’s in March, 50’s and 60’s in April, 70’s and 80’s in May and then good old summer time of 80’s and 90’s with an occasional 100 just for fun.

Our temps this year were 30’s and 40’s in March, two days of 80’s in early April and then 40’s and 50’s in April. It’ll probably jump right to the 80’s in a day or two, and that will be good for making the hay grow and drying up the wet spots in the fields. Then the farmers can get their crops in. The baseball and softball games seem to roll on no matter what the temps are, but the crops will be delayed for days if it doesn’t warm up pretty soon.

The good thing is that summer eventually does arrive no matter how far off it might seem to be and then we begin to complain almost immediately about it being too hot. We are a finicky bunch of scoundrels.

In the Old Testament book of Genesis, we read that God set this world into order and the seasons are a part of God’s design for the earth, and so they will never fail to appear.

Genesis 8:22 reads; While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter and day and night shall not cease. I find it very reassuring that God set the weather patterns on this earth in order, and no matter what the climate change people may say, He is still in control and always will be.

Until next week, God bless!

Groeling Salvage

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For immediate consideration send resume /job history to:

Vicki Vanderwerff, Director of Advertising

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Fax: (262) 725-6844

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Rock Valley Publishing , your hometown newspapers serving the stateline has an opening for an experienced Media Sales Representative to call on current and new accounts in a protected sales territory.

Growing area with many new businesses, this is a great opportunity for the right applicant.

We publish newspapers, shoppers and niche publications throughout the stateline. You have the opportunity to sell into all Rock Valley Publishing. L.L.C. publications, making your paycheck much larger!

For immediate consideration send resume/job history to:

Vicki Vanderwerff, Director of Advertising

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Lawn & Garden

HONDA GARDEN TRACTOR 20 HP, 48” mower deck, 48” TwinStage Snow Blower. $1300. Call 262-492-1842. ‘

Recreation

15’ SAILBOAT, 20’ SAIL & MAST 2 people, Chrysler, red & white. $1000. 608-365-6936.

real estate

PUBLISHER’S NOTICE All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, disability, familiar/ status or national origin, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination. Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination call HUD toll-free at 1-900-669-9777. The toll-free tele phone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275. EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY

Campers and RVs

5TH WHEEL COUGAR CAMPER YEAR 2000, 28 ft. long, slide with new awnings. $7,000 or OBO. 847-946-7660

Other Services Offered

The Wheel Deal

DAVIDSON STREET Guide Special. Too many extras to list. Full size OEM color matched King Tour-Pak, charcoal Pearl color. LED headlight, CFR exhaust Slip-On’s. additional chrome, removable driver’s backrest. Mint cond, 8400 mi, New battery. Always covered & stored in heated garage. $16,500. 815-979-6049

Boats 14 FT. FISHING BOAT Trailer, small engine, 3 seats. $500 OBO 414-940-4624.

1973 25’ CHRISCRAFT CABIN CRUISER V8, old tandem trailer. $800 OBO 847-497-3692

1989 BAYLINER With Cuddy Cabin, nice interior, 125hp Force, newer tires on trailer, not running. Make an offer. 773-213-4834.

Farm Machinery

2017 JOHN DEERE 1025R With 120R loader, 54” AutoConnect mowing deck, ballast box. 50 hours. Great condition-always garaged. $18,500. Call 262-4928206

Motorcycles

2002 Honda VTX1800R 1 owner, well maintained, Candy Apple red, $5k. 815-369-4295

2005 SUZUKI BERGMAN 400 Very good condition, 38,000 mi, $2.500 262-379-0548.

2010 HARLEY DAVIDSON Heritage softail classic, 32k, metallic flake merlot color, $9500 firm. 815-947-2895.

HONDA 750 NIGHTHAWK 52,000 MILES. $1500. (414) 688-

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