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Baby flickers rescued, reared, released McHenry County Conservation District’s Wildlife Resource Center recently released six young Northern flickers that had been in their care since mid-June. The baby flickers’ nest was in a tree deemed as a hazard and was cut down. Luckily, the Lake in the Hills homeowners discovered the nest and contacted the district’s Wildlife Resource Center staff, who were able to take in and care for the less-than-3-week old baby birds.

“Once we had northern flickers, which are a species of woodpecker, at the Wildlife Resource Center, we were able to create a nest box similar to the shape and size of their original nesting cavity. The birds were then hand-fed a specialized diet designed for their species,” said Beth Gunderson Wildlife Resource Center specialist.

“Once the birds were ready to fledge they were moved to an outdoor enclosure to allow them to strengthen their flying muscles and learn to forage for themselves. We celebrated when we were able to successfully release all six young woodpeckers at the end of July!”

Northern flickers are medium-sized woodpeckers that are a common bird in Illinois that are identified by their white rump, the black crescent on their upper chest, and their yellow feather shafts. Unlike other woodpeckers, flickers spend a lot of time on the ground where they forage for insects, especially ants and beetles.

They use their beak to pound into the ground to access ant colonies and eat the larva. Fun fact: They can stick their tongue about 2 inches past the tip of their beak. One of their nicknames is yellowhammer!

McHenry County Conservation District’s Wildlife Resource Center staff is involved with the captive rearing of select wildlife species and wildlife rehabilitation with an emphasis on species of conservation concern, such as the endangered

Blanding’s turtle. Staff also present numerous wildlife education and outreach programs, as well as field many questions and concerns from residents about our local wildlife.

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Above and below: These Northern flicker babies were discovered right before a hazardous tree was due to be cut down. The McHenry County Conservation District’s Wildlife Resource Center took them in and reared them until their release.

County clerk addresses mail-in ballot concerns Following is a statement from McHenry County Clerk Joe Tirio: With the passing on SB1863 to address COVID impacts on elections, counties were given the option of implementing ballot drop boxes or “collection sites” for the upcoming November election.

McHenry County will have one such drop box located at the County Administration Building at 667 Ware Road, Woodstock. Why not more than one? Here are some of the considerations that led our team to this decision.

Daily maintenance Each site would have to be visited at least once daily to remove and

transport the ballots back to the office for processing. Additional sites would mean involving additional vehicles, personnel, security technology, etc. At one site, on our location, it’s very manageable and cost effective using existing resources. Beyond that, the costs and logistics become a significant consideration.

Item cost and installation The drop box we chose for the County Administration Building cost just under $3,000. They take up to eight weeks for fabrication and delivery. It is built of thick stainless steel, has three locks on it and it has a very narrow deposit slot to help prevent ne’er do wells from putting anything

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Police department maintains CALEA accreditation The Huntley Police Department was awarded national accreditation on July 31, 2020, by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA) in the Advanced Law Enforcement program. The agency was first accredited in 2010.

Following four annual remote, web-based file reviews and a meticulous site-based assessment of community engagement, policy, procedures, equipment and facilities

by CALEA assessors, Chief Robert Porter, Deputy Chief of Support Services Michael Klunk and Accreditation Manager Christina Austin virtually participated in the CALEA summer 2020 conference.

Each agency being reviewed goes before CALEA’s 21-member Board of Commissioners where the commission reviews all findings and determines the agency’s accreditation status.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the usual CALEA Conference where agencies are formally reviewed and awarded in person was taken online to a virtual format. On Friday, July 31, 2020, the CALEA Commission voted to approve reaccreditation of the Huntley Police Department.

CALEA President Anthony Purcell and Executive Director W. Craig Hartley, Jr. will formally award the Huntley Police Department with accreditation, signifying excellence in public safety and commitment to community. This is the Huntley Police Department’s fourth award of national accreditation.

“The accreditation process emphasizes the importance of accountability, transparency and professionalism in policing. These concepts are more important today that they have ever been. The accreditation process helps ensure we are setting and maintaining the highest standards for our department and our community,” said Porter. “I am extremely proud of how the department performed not only through the assessment but each and every day as they fulfill their responsibilities in serving the public.”

In 1979, the commission was created through the combined efforts of four major law enforcement organizations; the International Association of Chiefs of Police, National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, National Sheriffs’ Association and the Police Executive Research Forum.

The purpose of the commission is to develop standards based on international best practices in public safety, and to establish and administer the accreditation process. The accreditation process is how a public safety agency voluntarily demonstrates how it meets professionally recognized criteria for excellence in management and service delivery.

“This award of accreditation does not come easy,” said CALEA President Anthony Purcell, chief of police, University of Alabama at Birmingham Police Department. “Agencies must go through a rigorous review

and evaluation of their organization and then implement the necessary policy and procedure changes. The process does not stop at that point.

“By voluntarily choosing to seek CALEA accreditation, the agency commits to an ongoing review of adherence to CALEA’s standards. Each community with CALEA accredited agencies should be feel confident that their public safety organization is going above and beyond and operating under the highest standards in public safety.”

Benefits of Accreditation • Controlled liability insurance costs: Accredited status makes it easier for agencies to purchase liability insurance; allows agencies to increase the limit of their insurance coverage more easily; and, in many cases, results in lower premiums.

• Stronger defense against lawsuits and citizen complaints: Accredited agencies are better able to defend themselves against lawsuits and citizen complaints. Many agencies report a decline in legal actions against them once they become accredited.

• Greater accountability within the agency: Accreditation standards give the chief executive officer a proven management system of written directives, sound training, clearly defined lines of authority, and routine reports that support decision making and resource allocation.

• Staunch Support from government officials: Accreditation provides objective evidence of an agency’s commitment to excellence in leadership, resource management, and service-delivery. Thus, government officials are more confident in the agency’s ability to operate efficiently and meet community needs.

• Increases community advocacy: Accreditation embodies the precepts of community-oriented policing. It creates a forum in which police and citizens work together to prevent and control crime. This partnership helps citizens understand the challenges confronting law enforcement and gives law enforcement clear direction about community expectations.

• Improved employee morale: Accreditation is a coveted award that symbolizes professionalism, excellence and competence. It requires written directives and training to inform employees about policies and practices; facilities and equipment to ensure employee safety; and processes to safeguard employee rights. Employees take pride in their agency, knowing it represents the very best in public safety.

The Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc., (CALEA) was created in 1979 as a credentialing authority through the joint efforts of law enforcement’s major executive associations: International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP); National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE); National Sheriffs’ Association (NSA); and the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF).

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Road and bridge projects mean a busy summer for Boone County

By Bob Balgemann REPORTER

ANNE EICKSTADT PHOTO Belvidere Republican

IOU Club extends outdoor play area for kids

The IOU Club present a check for $2000 to Cherie Dollinger, Associate Branch Exec, to extend the play area behind the YMCA by over an acre. The money will purchase fencing, which will be installed by Bridges United Project in September so the kids can safely play outdoors.

Belvidere explores best way to notify public of storm water utility

By Bob Balgemann REPORTER

City officials have agreed to wait until Sept. 14 to continue discussing the best way to inform residents about the proposed storm water utility. Call it a tax, or a fee, the money would be used to help defray the cost of managing storm water runoff from all properties in the city.

Mayor Mike Chamberlain, aldermen, and Public Works Director Brent Anderson engaged in a lengthy conversation about the utility during the Aug. 10 Committee of the Whole meeting, but there was no consensus as to what the next step would be.

A study put together by the engineering firm of Fehr-Graham determined it was feasible for the city to have a storm water utility. It also outlined an implementation plan for establishing this revenue source. It was that plan that drew all the discussion.

The agenda item called for deciding whether to pay Fehr-Graham a not-to-exceed $37,190 for the Task 2 Outreach portion of the plan. The job would be educating residents, through a series of public meetings, and getting their views on the utility.

Aldermen varied in their opinions on the utility, billed as a needed recurring source of revenue as the city faces a $41 million challenge in tackling the long-standing problem of flooding around town.

Alderman Wendy Frank was the first to speak, questioning the cost of nine public meetings that averaged $4,132 apiece. “I think that’s pretty excessive,” she said.

“There’s other work involved with this phase of implementing the utility,” Director Anderson replied. “It’s important to have this feedback, especially from the larger property owners in the community who will

receive the largest cost of all.”

Support for the utility came from Alderman Dan Snow. “If this is what Brent and the administration believe is necessary, to have this done fair and equitably, I think we should go ahead and implement it.”

Mayor Chamberlain said every time there is a major storm, people come to city hall to talk about damage to their homes, their property, their vehicles, and flooding in the streets. “In response to that we have created a project and a program to take a look at the feasibility of trying to correct that situation,” he said.

Of the feasibility study by Fehr-Graham, he said, “This is our opportunity to take this to the citizens of our community for their input on the problem. I think it’s only fair that they have an opportunity to comment on this program, before we decide they don’t need to comment on this program. It’s (flooding) something that needs to be looked at it because it happens every time there’s a big rain, and a lot of people in the community are rightfully upset.”

Alderman Marsha Freeman said she was “on the fence about all of this. We’ve already paid big bucks for all this engineering and I have yet to hear at any of these meetings what a possible solution is that doesn’t come without a $41 million price tag.”

Further, she said she didn’t see anything in the implementation phase being discussed, such as community outreach, which the city couldn’t do in-house.

‘Lean and mean’ Anderson described the public works department he directs as being “lean and mean” when it comes to a few employees having a lot on their

NITAB Meeting Notice Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the Northern Illinois Training Advisory Board has been called by Chairman Jim Winters.

The meeting will be held at NITAB, 527 Colman Center Dr. Rockford, Ill. on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020 at 10:30 a.m. to discuss the Financial Report, Second Quarter Training Schedule, FY21 Budget Update, Annual Audit, and other items of

mutual interest per the Chairman’s agenda.

Public Meeting

The Board of the Garden Prairie Street Light District will convene a regular meeting on Saturday, Aug. 29 at 10 a.m., at the United Church of Christ, 19900 US Route 20, Garden Prairie, Ill. 61038. All residents are welcome to attend.

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A couple of long-awaited projects are under way in Boone County and they’re located close to one another.

Replacement of the bridge over the Kishwaukee River, near the General Mills plant off Pleasant Street, has begun and is expected to be finished this summer.

Going hand-in-hand with that work is a number of improvements to the nearby intersection of Poplar Grove and Lawrenceville roads. That work is expected to be completed before the bridge is done.

Bids were solicited for the road project earlier this summer with Belvidere City Council action coming in July.

Three companies offered bids with the lowest, $696,338.71, coming from William Charles Construction Co. in Rockford. Other quotes were submitted by N-Trak Group LLC, Loves Park, for $779,088.94, and Rock Road Companies, Janesville, Wis., totaling $825,831.75.

The engineering estimate was $662,102.50.

Work at that location includes widening, resurfacing and adding turn lanes. When completed, it will be a four-way stop intersection.

This is a county project in partnership with the City of Belvidere and Belvidere Township. The county is paying 50 percent of the cost; the city and township are chipping in 25 percent each.

County board approval also came in July, in a unanimous vote with one absent, after discussion.

Board member Marshall Newhouse said he was always surprised when any company’s bid is “way out of line, either high or low, from all the rest. Was this a case of William Charles being in the area and wanting the business, or ... I mean, I appreciate that it is so far beneath the estimated cost. What happened?”

County Engineer Justin Krohn replied it was his best guess that it’s based on workloads, with the others being substantially more busy. (The low bid was $82,750.23 under the second-place quote and $34,236.21 beneath the engineer’s estimate).

He said the estimate was put together by the engineering firm of C.E.S. “Not to throw them under the bus but, you know, it’s really tough to anticipate a lot of different things and take into account labor, fuel, different costs, everything associated with that,” he added. “When I got the bids back I was actually very pleased by the way everything came back.

“Again, the county is on the hook

for 50 percent of this. We’re in a cost share with Belvidere Township and the city of Belvidere, so I have no complaint with where the numbers landed, the bidders and the engineer’s cost estimate.”

Board member Jeff Carlisle remembered that “six months before all of the COVID started, Justin was talking about fuel and aggregate, and that the costs might come down. This may be part of that.”

Another board member, Denny Ellingson, asked for an update on the Poplar Grove Road Bridge project.

Krohn said it was proceeding ahead of schedule, with pouring of the new deck on tap for the second week in August. “By contract, they have to be finished by the end of October,” he said of the contractor. “So, yes, we are in good shape.”

In addition, the Livingston School Road bridge improvement has started and should be finished by October.

The contract was awarded to Sjostrom & Sons Inc. in the amount of $462,128.24.

The Poplar Grove Road Bridge over Bypass 20, an IDOT project for resurfacing and repairing joints, was completed in July.

And another Poplar Grove Road bridge, this one over Beaver Creek, is in the design stage.

Manchester Road A big-ticket project for the summer is the Cold Inplace Recycling (CIR) improvement to an 11-mile stretch of Manchester Road, which is slated to begin Aug. 31. This is a $1.7 million project, with a grant paying for just over $500,000.

The process is designed to remove cracking and existing imperfections in the roadway, widen it and make it an all season road, which means it won’t be subject to the 80,000-pound weight restriction that affects many county roads during the spring thaw.

Here’s how the process works: Instead of applying all new hot mix asphalt, workers remove and treat the existing asphalt with bituminous and/ or chemical additives, and then use that to pave the road. Another way of describing it is milling up five inches of existing asphalt with shoulder aggregate, applying new oil and immediately rolling all of that back in place.

That rejuvenates the existing material and widens the pavement.

The process usually occurs at a temperature of 100-120 degrees, which in asphalt paving is considered “cold.”

Benefits of CIR are it’s generally more cost effective, it’s environmentally friendly and lasts longer than traditional paving processes.

plates. “As much as I would like to do this in-house, unfortunately in the Public Works Dept. (administration) there’s myself and I have a Public Works Superintendent who takes care of all the departments. As you can see from the (meeting) agenda tonight, there’s a wide variety of subjects and several projects.”

Alderman Matt Fleury asked what if, after going through the implementation process, the majority of property owners don’t wantto move ahead, that they don’t want another fee. “Is there an alternate plan?” he inquired.

“If you don’t go ahead with this (utility) you will be using general fund revenues to pay for storm sewer projects that have been presented to you,” Anderson answered. He referred to the $5 million 5th Ave. bypass to the river as “providing the most bang for the buck.” But it would be up to city council to find the $5 million needed for that project.

And the mayor interjected, “We have a very tight budget. You can’t take $5 million out of it.”

Alderman Freeman returned to the discussion, saying it seemed to her the city would be paying Fehr-Graham some $37,000 for public relations to try to convince people, probably a handful of people, who are adamantly against the utility when we’re going to have to do it anyway.

Chamberlain reiterated his belief that it was necessary for the people to be heard on creation of the storm sewer utility. “It’s taxpayers’ dollars that fund everything we do as a city,” he said. “We have to allow the public to weigh in on it.”

No public meetings?

It was Alderman Mike McGee who took the discussion in a different direction. He said he didn’t think it was fair for public meetings to be held at this time, what with COVID-19 pandemic restrictions limiting attendance.

Alderman Tom Porter agreed, addSUBMITTED PHOTOS Belvidere Republican ing that he would like to see a binding referendum on the question of Replacement of the bridge over the Kishwaukee River, near the General Mills plant off Pleasant Street. creating a storm water utility.

City Attorney Mike Drella said he would have to check with the Boone County Clerk’s office about when city council would have to adopt a resolution, for that to be on the Nov. 3 general election ballot.

With no decision on the agenda item in sight, Chamberlain suggested it be tabled until the Sept. 14 committee meeting, when building, planning, zoning, and public works matters are discussed. A motion to that effect by Frank, with Alderman McGee providing the second, was approved, 10-0.

The current city budget has $100,000 for implementation of the utility. Fehr-Graham’s overall proposal to do that was $95,650, with outreach being the first part of its Closer looks at the bridge construction over the Kishwaukee River. responsibility.

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Boone County Firefighter Explorers tackle extrications

By Anne Eickstadt EDITOR

Last month the Belvidere Fire Dept. hosted a house fire rescue training session for the Boone County Explorers Program. This month, Boone County Fire District #2 hosted the youth for a vehicle extrication training. Extrication involves stabilizing the vehicles at the site of the accident and forcibly cutting through doors, windows, and removing the roof in order to get to the victim, stabilize him/her/them, and get them out for transport to a hospital if necessary.

The training was held at the Boone County Fire District #3 station because the station is outside of the Belvidere city limits. Following the extrication training, they planned to light the cars on fire and give the youth a chance to practice extinguishing flames which is not something allowed within city limits.

The session began with the ad-

vanced group – youth who had been with the group the longest and had the most practice with handling the extrication equipment. They were to start by stabilizing a two-car accident scene with one vehicle resting upside-down on top of another vehicle.

The youth had to figure out how to keep the upper vehicle from sliding off the lower vehicle and landing on top of a firefighter attempting the rescue.

“If you talk to 10 people,” BFD Lt. Chad Cunningham told me, “they will tell you 10 different ways to do this. And they will all be right – just different.”

As always, assess the scene, scene safety first.

“Look at everything,” Capt. Tim Davis of Boone County Fire District #3 told them. “Everything at an accident scene can hurt you if you are in a hurry. Look at where the vehicles are and how they are situated, con-

sider the time of day, all of that. Size up the situation. Decide where to park your apparatus to block the road for safety and to leave room for the ambulance. Wear your safety vest.”

Boone County Fire District #2 Deputy Chief Cory Dovenmuehle said, “I-90 is a totally different situation than any other road. If you have the manpower, it’s good to have a lookout for traffic which does not slow down or stop. We have had accidents during accidents so always look around and keep your eyes on the traffic.”

“Have someone man a fire extinguisher,” another instructor said.

“We have had cars explode on us and firefighters were burned. Things can go wrong very fast in our job.”

With hands-on training, you see it and you understand it differently than you do in a classroom. In each of the two scenarios, there was a driver and no passengers in each vehicle.

While the advanced Explorers figured out how to stabilize the two-ve-

hicle accident scene, the basic and medium training for those who had not handled the equipment before or could use more practice worked on a single-vehicle accident. They utilized wooden blocks under the frame to stabilize the vehicle and let the air out of the tires so the vehicle could not shift while they were working on it.

They received instruction and hands-on practice with using a Haligan Bar to pry open the car doors and spreaders to get the door open (“Whatever it takes to get in there. Throw the parts in the ditch to get them out of the way.”) and glass cutters to get through the laminate windshield.

Meanwhile, the advanced group employed Rescue 42 stabilization struts to keep the upper vehicle from tipping over then employed straps to ‘marry’ the two vehicles to prevent the one on top from sliding off and injuring a firefighter. An instructor pointed out that they had strapped

shut a door that they needed to get into and the group learned from their mistake and tried another way.

“The Explorer group, essentially, is free training for the fire departments,” said Deputy Chief Dovenmuehle to me. “Two of these Explorers have already been hired by local departments, so they are getting extra training with these scenarios.”

The vehicles in use for the evening were provided by Tilford’s Towing in Poplar Grove. “They work with BC Districts #2 and #3 a lot. They pay their employees to bring the vehicles here for us to practice on and then to come back and pick up the pieces when we’re done. They support our fire districts and the Explorers. They also help with Tow Trucks for Tots.

They’re very generous to us.

“District #2 thanks the community for all the support they give us to buy tools and for the burn unit. Our Ladies’ Auxiliary is always behind us and our wives put up with us being volunteer firefighters.”

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The advanced Explorers ‘marry’ the two vehicles, under close supervision, to prevent any slipping and shifting while rescue operations are underway.

Floyd & Kay (Mosher) Ollmann were married on Sept. 3, 1960.

Floyd and Kay Ollmann celebrate 60th Anniversary Floyd & Kay (Mosher) Ollmann will shortly celebrate their 60th anniversary in a private event with family.

The two were married on Sept.

3, 1960 in DeKalb and began their life together. They have four children: Karen (Mike) Wendt, Gary (Joan) Ollmann, Paul (Lori) Ollmann, and Nancy (Tom) Mickow. Their children have presented them with

nine grandchildren: Eric (Liz) Wendt, Jenny (Mike) Carew, Mike (Liz) Ollmann, John Ollmann, Matt (Stephanie) Ollmann, Emily Ollmann (Rohail Kidwai), Katie Ollmann, Sara and Scott Mickow.

And, to date, they enjoy two Great-Grandchildren: Collin and Bree Wendt.

They would like you to rejoice with them for their 60 years together. No presents please.

Hazardous waste collection is Sept. 19 in Boone County The annual collection of household hazardous waste has been set for 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 19 at the Boone County Administrative Campus, 1212 Logan Ave. Accepted items include oil-based paints, household batteries, used motor oil, paint thinners, herbicides, lawn chemicals, insecticides, solvents, pesticides, antifreeze, old gasoline, hobby chemicals, aerosol paints and pesticides, cleaning products, fluorescent lamp bulbs, mercury, drain cleaners, corrosives and unwanted medications, excluding controlled substances.

Items not being accepted are latex paint, agriculture wastes, propane Explorers with less experience at handling extrication tools have the opportunity to practice forcing tanks, smoke detectors, explosives, doors open and cutting through windows and supports. ammunition, farm machinery oil, fireworks, fire extinguishers, controlled substances and biohazard waste.

Do not bring latex paint. This is not hazardous and can safely be dried or absorbed and discarded with regular trash.

The event is free and is being sponsored by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) and hosted by Boone County Government 815-544-4707.

St. Ambrose University Spring Graduation St. Ambrose University St. Ambrose University conferred 455 degrees — 326 undergraduate degree candidates, 92 graduate degree candidates, and 37 doctoral degree candidates — to members of the Class of 2020 this spring.

The university’s annual spring commencement ceremony, originally scheduled for May 9, was postponed

due to the COVID-19 pandemic. An on-campus ceremony is planned this fall.

Bachelor’s Degree Cherry Valley: Aren Boxleitner-Sport Management Master’s Degree BFD CHAD CUNNINGHAM PHOTO Belvidere Republican Belvidere: At the end of the Explorer training session, the vehicles were lit on fire and the Explorers were able to Mara Guse-Exercise Science battle the blaze.

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Viewpoint

Scratching the Surface of when it’s OK to change churches

By Dr. Robert Kopp KOPP DISCLOSURE

Sitting in the stands for a Belvidere Bucs high school football game with my friend and often mentor Ev about a decade or so ago, he directed my attention to some fans: “Hey, there’s… He was a member of the church about 30 years ago… Hey, there’s… She was a member about

20 years ago… Hey, there’s…. He was a member about 15 years ago…

Hey, there’s someone who left when you came!”

I think of pastor search committees.

Often asked why it’s common for PSC members to leave churches not long after the pastor “of their choice” has been around, I acknowledge

Peaches, sweet corn, cucumbers and more

By Ann Marie Cain, FBCM

WINNEBAGO-BOONE FARM BUREAU

Last week, Winnebago-Boone Farm Bureau hosted our annual peach pick-up. Off and on throughout the week, generous members dropped off over 165 lbs. of sweet corn and 18 lbs. of cucumbers and zucchinis.

All the produce was delivered to the Rock River Valley Pantry. If your garden is producing more than you can handle, consider donating it to your local food pantry or drop it off at the Farm Bureau and we will make sure it doesn’t go to waste.

Plant a Row for the Hungry Plant a Row for the Hungry is a nationwide program designed to encourage home gardeners to donate extra produce to those less fortunate. Plant a Row (PAR) provides a much-needed outlet for vegetable gardeners to donate their over-abundance of produce, which helps to meet the increasing demands on local food pantries. All fresh produce brought in by local gardeners is donated to local food pantries. Last year, nearly 20,000 pounds of fresh produce was donated to pantries in Winnebago County.

Year Round drop-off sites include the Extension Office in Rockford, the Rock River Valley Pantry, and the Winnebago-Boone Farm Bureau.

For more information about Plant a Row for the Hungry, contact University of Illinois Extension – Winnebago County at 815-986-4357 or visit the website at http://web.extension. illinois.edu/jsw. A complete list of drop off sites and times is available on the website.

Looking forward to a lazy day on the river While a number of our events have been cancelled or rescheduled due to COVID-19, we are hopeful that we can take this scenic ride on the Mississippi. Enjoy a lazy day full of color as you embark from Ice Harbor, Dubuque, Iowa on Wednesday, Oct. 14 and cruise the Mississippi River on the Celebration Belle. Sit back and relax as you enjoy the great

sounds of music through the generations as you soak in the beautiful scenery along the river during the four-hour cruise. Lunch with Baked Cranberry Glazed Boneless Breast of Chicken, Alfredo Pasta with Vegetables, Homemade Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Chicken Gravy, Green Beans with Sautéed Bacon and Onions, Salads, Tossed Spring Salad with Dressing, Rolls and Butter, Dessert, Coffee or Tea will be provided. (Menu subject to change. Cash bar is available during the cruise.)

The bus will leave from the Cherryvale Mall overflow parking lot at 7:45 a.m., and pick up at the Winnebago-Boone Farm Bureau building, 1925 S. Meridian Road, Rockford at 8 a.m. The cost is $85 per member and $90 per non-member, which includes the cost of motor coach transportation, lunch with dessert, and the show. Our estimated return time is 5 p.m. at the Winnebago-Boone Farm Bureau and 5:30 p.m. at the CherryVale Mall. Please contact the office at 815-962-0653 as soon as possible to reserve your seat.

(Trip cancellation is subject to future COVID-19 rules and regulations that may impact the Celebration Belle or lack of registrations.)

Ag in the Classroom at home Our Winnebago-Boone Ag in the Classroom program provides ag education to area classrooms, summer camps, libraries, and more. As parents are facing changes in the ways their students are going back to school, we are adapting our program as well. Whether your student is learning in the classroom, e-learning, or home schooling, we are now offering virtual fieldtrips to local farms for the whole family through our new WBFB AITC YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/ UCGBNuGMjmRE6Avdx0xEtrxw?view_as=subscriber). More virtual fieldtrips to local farms are on the way. Also check out our Ag Literacy Facebook page for fun activities at https://www.facebook.com/winnebagobooneagliteracy.org/.

LETTER POLICY

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those instances when the pastor or PSC or both erred in discerning them being called together for life and ministry.

Unfortunately, there are too many instances of PSC members leaving churches not long after “their” choice was installed that have little to do with identifying and yoking with a worship leader, discipler, and radical advocate for Jesus; as most often they leave because “their” choice failed to become “their” BFF, paramour, or champion for…

People leave churches for many reasons.

Most of them are silly, superficial, stupid, and selfish.

Really.

Go ahead, list them.

Which ones aren’t silly, superficial, stupid, or selfish?

Which ones don’t make a mockery of our Lord’s expectations/commands in Matthew 18, John 17, Romans 12, 1 Corinthians 12, and…?

C’mon, which ones aren’t ideologically, idolatrously, idiosyncratically, or just plain old ignorantly motivated?

Unless proven otherwise by the example of Jesus, Holy Scripture, and common sense, I see only one valid reason for changing churches; and whenever this comes up, I urge people to leave those churches as soon as possible for their souls’ safety and especially for the spiritual and eternal welfare of children entrusted to them.

When the pastors, church professionals, church boards, and church

constituents do not acknowledge and advocate Jesus-by-the-book but rather sport religion only coincidental to Jesus-by-the-book at the altar of denominational, traditional, or ideological loyalties from their navel-gazing left, right, up, down, inside, outside, and sideways, it’s time to leave.

Whenever someone in our family of faith tells me about people in such remotely-related-to-Jesus-by-thebook churches, I urge them to invite, welcome, include, and agape them into our family of faith.

That’s not stealing sheep.

That’s saving them from…

If I have to explain that to you, you may be in a church that I would urge people to leave.

The real issue is the church’s leadership.

Do the women and men entrusted with leading the church believe in Jesus-by-the-book with enthusiasm and without equivocation?

If so, embrace them and work through the silly, superficial, stupid, and selfish things threatening to separate you from each other rather than insulting the One who lived, died, rose, and reigns to bring people together for life and ministry in/ through/for Him. If not, run from that church to save your/their life/lives.

Of course, the best way to insure your church stays with Jesus-by-thebook is to ask prospective pastors, professionals, officers, and members, “Who is Jesus?”

If they are uncomfortable with that question, for God’s sake and ev-

eryone else’s, don’t enable them for church leadership!

If you cannot sense their joy and contagious excitement while struggling to answer the question, for God’s sake and everyone else’s, don’t enable them for church leadership!

If their answers are “nice” but only coincidental to Jesus-by-the-book, for God’s sake and everyone else’s, don’t enable them for church leadership!

Bottom line.

Christianity is all about Jesus.

If you find yourself in a church that’s not, leave.

If you are in a church that is, stay… and pray/labor through who/ what threaten to insult our Lord’s call for peace, unity, and purity in/ through/for Him. Psst.

If you are in a church that is all about Jesus, you will overcome the worldly temptations to schism and separation because, uh, in the existential as well as eternal end, Jesus and all who really love Him are… out of this world.

Are you still looking for a different way to do church?

Are you tired of the so-so religion?

Are you put off by posers in pews, politics, and pulpits?

Are you searching for something/ Someone real, honest, timely, and true to…?

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Mail in ballot fraud worse than admitted

By Harold Pease, Ph.D. LIBERTY UNDER FIRE

Accessing truth is getting increasingly difficult. The political world has divided into two camps. Almost no outlet is interested in the middle anymore. Leftist publications give leftist propaganda and use leftist fact checkers to authenticate it. The same exists for rightist publications.

Take voter fraud in mail-in balloting for example, virtually all Democrats see no crime, or possibility of crime in it, and advocate national mail in voting for 2020. Virtually all Republicans see voter fraud as an outcome and a way to rig elections for the left.

I greatly fear the next close national election as Antifa and Black Lives Matter organizations have demonstrated that they are fully ready to vote by violence.

In the 2016 presidential election debates Hillary Clinton asked Donald Trump if he would accept the outcome of the election. It turns out that she was the candidate that did not accept the election outcome— she still doesn’t. The George Soros funded, “Not My President” movement made it apparent that Clinton followers came close to wanting that election settled with violence.

Trump’s big Electoral College victory is the probable reason the nation eventually, although reluctantly, accepted his win.

Since the left in unison insist that there exists little or no significant corruption of mail-in voting, let’s ask the right for documentation of such. Apparently the Heritage Foundation is the only organization on either side that actually documents voter fraud. Four years ago it found 1,071 instances of it resulting in 938 criminal convictions and detailed each by state. It identified nine types of fraud: impersonation fraud at the polls, false registrations, duplicate voting, fraudulent use of absentee ballots, buying votes, illegal “assistance” at the polls, ineligible voting, altering the vote count, and ballot petition fraud. About half of these dealt with mail in voting per se. The study is billed as but a sampling demonstrating “the many different ways in which fraud is committed.”

It documents “a long and unfortunate history“ of the same (“A sampling of election fraud cases from across the country”).

Four years later in 2020, The Heritage Foundation’s election fraud database number had to be increased to 1,285 instances. Since the left is arguing that the coronavirus exempts many from in-person voting the updated Foundation report included how Wisconsin successfully held a primary during the coronavirus scare and “how other countries such as Liberia have conducted an election successfully during a health crisis” (Database Swells to 1,285 Proven Cases of Voter Fraud in America, Kaitlynn Samalis-Aldrich and Hans A. Von Spakovsky, May 10, 2020, The Heritage Foundation).

To the issue that many elections are too close to call, sometimes for weeks, any fraud is too much fraud and intolerable. Fraud in battleground states is especially serious.

Unfortunately major voter fraud abuses have been identified in Texas, California, Pennsylvania, and Michigan. In Texas the former head of the Texas Democratic Party in Fort Worth funded a voter fraud ring. Leticia Sanchez and three accomplices “have been indicted for allegedly submitting fraudulent absentee ballot applications and then either intercepting the ballots in mailboxes or improperly “assisting” elderly voters in filling out their ballots.”

In another case, the attorney general is “investigating mailers sent to non-citizens by the state Democratic Party asking them to register using applications that already had the box asking about citizenship checked ‘Yes.’” Apparently in California the Democrat led state registered almost 25,000 ineligible voters under the state’s new automatic voter registration system. This was brought to the attention of the Los Angeles Times when a Canadian complained that he had not been registered properly.

For 20 years the Pennsylvania Department of Motor Vehicles allowed thousands of non-citizens to register to vote. This information was forced into the light by the Public Inter-

est Legal Foundation (PILF) after months of successful litigation.

Similar findings were made in Michigan, New Jersey, and Illinois by the PILF. Michigan had no mechanism “to keep false citizenship claims from being accepted during voter registration.” This allowed Detroit to register to vote at least 1,444 non-citizens. This was so in numerous sanctuary cities in other states as well.

Imagine how the left, especially their establishment media, would howl were they to discover that the right was doing this to them.

Voter registration is constitutionally a state function and Democrat led states have taken advantage of this for years. “A 2012 report by the Pew Center on the States found that more than 1.8 million dead people were registered to vote and 2.75 million people were registered in more than one state.” The Pew report also “found that 24 million registrations were either invalid or inaccurate, making the registration systems vulnerable to fraud” (“Voter Fraud Exists – Even Though Many in the Media Claim It Doesn’t,” by John Fund, Oct 29th, 2018).

So voting by mail apparently “makes it easier to commit fraud, intimidate voters, and destroy the protections of the secret ballot,” more especially in battleground states. “It puts elections into the hands of the Postal Service. Without the oversight of election and polling officials, ballots can be lost, disqualified, and even stolen” (Database Swells to 1,285 Proven Cases of Voter Fraud in America) Why would we want to put our 230 year old tried and trusted present system at risk to corruption?

Dr. Harold W. Pease is a syndicated columnist and an expert on the United States Constitution. He has dedicated his career to studying the writings of the Founding Fathers and applying that knowledge to current events. He taught history and political science from this perspective for over 30 years at Taft College.

Newspapers have permission to publish this column. To read more of his weekly articles, please visit www.

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CPA 2020 looks at drugs and gangs

By Anne Eickstadt EDITOR

Sgt. Chris Washburn began the evening with information about drug operations. He explained how law enforcement is seeking out the low level street level and midlevel dealers and searching all the way up the line to felony level and narcotic suppliers to stop the flow of narcotics into the area. METRO depends on patrol officers to provide intelligence about drug dealers because the patrol officers are constantly out on the street and are able to observe drug related behaviors.

Other information conduits include local, state, and federal leads pointing to Boone County; citizen complaints about strange behavior, occurrences, and events they observe; cooperating witnesses who are working off charges or for cash payment; and other counties with leads.

The detectives then go to work setting up surveillance; gathering background information and intelligence about the target; cultivating informants; and collecting evidence.

They are then prepared to arrest the target, seize their assets, and try to flip the target to get information leading to accomplices and suppliers.

The detectives watch for crimes related to drugs and supporting the habit of drug addicts. These can include drug sales; retail and auto theft; robbery; burglary; identity theft and check fraud; forgeries and deceptive practices; prescription thefts and fraud; battery; domestic battery; prostitution; prescription theft; and false police reports to commit insurance fraud.

Court cases might take from two to six months to come to trial.

During that time, the detectives are continuing to collect evidence to support their case against the suspect. Judges that live in the community do not want drugs in their area, and take it personally, so they are hard on drugs. Felony warrants need to be approved by the State’s Attorney so detectives are advised as to what, exactly, the attorney needs/wants to have in the way of evidence to obtain the warrant and a conviction.

A drug is, by definition, any substance that, when inhaled, injected, smoked, consumed, or absorbed, causes a chemical change in the human body. Illegal substances which fit this description are: cannabis/ marijuana, cocaine/crack, heroin, opiates, and fentanyl, diverted prescriptions, methamphetamines, inhalants, synthetics/bath salts/K2/ Spice, hallucinogens/LSD/mushrooms.

While cannabis is now legal in Illinois, it is only legal when purchased from a State dispensary and must be transported in a sealed container. It must also be secured in the home.

The most used drug-of-choice can vary. For a while it was heroin, then cocaine, then back to heroin. Heroin is highly addictive and one of the most rapidly acting drugs available.

The human brain is hard-wired to seek things that provide an endorphin rush to the brain. These things can be exercise, thrills, love, or sexual excitement. The body becomes used to that level of pleasure in the brain and any amount of time without it becomes agonizing. Nearly all the people who use heroin used at least three other drugs as well.

People who drink alcohol are twice as likely to become addicted to heroin. People who use marijuana are three times more likely to become

hooked on heroin, and cocaine users are five times more likely to become addicted to heroin. The brain/body becomes ‘acclimated’ to a level of drugs and requires more to reach the same high they are used to.

Some signs of heroin addiction are: constant lying and secrecy and missing spoons, missing money, jewelry, and valuables.

Chicago is a big hub for drugs, most of which come from Mexico.

Heroin can originate there or be routed through Mexico from Iran, the Golden Triangle, Vietnam, Laos, Burma, Thailand, Afghanistan, Columbia, or elsewhere.

Heroin is often being cut by using fentanyl (common name Demerol), which is a general anesthetic. It is more potent than morphine and is generally used, in very precise medicinal dosages, for medical purposes for cancer and other illnesses. If the amount of fentanyl used to cut heroin is incorrectly calculated, users can easily OD and die. Nalaxone (Narcan) reverses opiate overdose effects and is the best chance at sustaining life during an overdose. It does not cure addiction. It is only to be administered by EMS/Law Enforcement and every law enforcement officer in Boone County has used Nalaxone to save a life.

In 2014, deaths due to heroin in Boone and surrounding counties were: Boone - 1; Cook – 321; DeKalb – 2; McHenry – 17; Ogle – 4; Winnebago – 41.

In 2016, deaths due to heroin in Boone and surrounding counties were: Boone – 2; Cook – 521; DeKalb – 5; McHenry – 24; Ogle – 4; Winnebago – 54.

Solutions to this increasing drug problem include: community support; family stability; Crimestoppers; prison; treatment; education; support of law enforcement; and drug court.

Sgt. Washburn was followed by Det. Steve Jones who talked of gangs in the area, past and present. He told us that present day gangs originated in Chicago with early 20th century gangsters. There are over three million gang members around the world with over one million in the United States alone. They are operated like multimillion-dollar corporations.

Each member pays dues and while they have various source of illegal income, drugs is their number one money maker. Gangs are making sure that members go to school and a number of them become lawyers, accountants, and businessmen.

Gangs, by definition, are an organized group with a recognized leader and three or more members whose acts are criminal or are a threat to the community.

294 gang members have been documented as being in the Belvidere area as of Sept. 23, 2014. Some of them have been passing through the county, some have been caught fighting, and others have been visiting family.

Det. Jones spoke on the different types of street gangs and how to recognize them. The most recognizable sign of a gang in the area is graffiti being tagged in areas where they are not supposed to be i.e. on top of water tower, in train yards, within a fenced in and protected area, etc.

Graffiti is used to mark territory, send a warning to other gangs, indicate drug sales locations, and shows disrespect and danger, and retaliation and threats. Graffiti costs thousands of dollars each year. It is up to the homeowner or business owner to remove graffiti as soon as possible.

Nearly 5,100 Iowa State University students receive degrees this spring COVID-19 pandemic. University leaders recorded three commencement ceremonies to honor graduates.

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Detective Jones discusses the fight on gangs and gang activity in Belvidere and Boone County over the years.

Sgt. Chris Washburn enlightens us about drugs in Boone County, how they affect everyone, and the on-going battle to keep the community safe.

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Each gang has its own symbols, letters, hand signs, and colors. Custom designed clothing, sports apparel, hats, shoes, patches, in gang colors with gang symbols is readily available in stores such as Walmart and online. Gang jewelry, rings, necklaces, and belt buckles also declare a member’s affiliations.

Members are most proud of their tattoos and will willingly show them off. Many of their tattoos are inked at home while a professional tattoo artist might ink others after hours.

Where there are gangs, there are gang-related street crimes. These can be: drug use and sales, robbery, auto theft, violence, intimidation, extortion, and targeted drive by shootings.

The problem is that they have no family values or the wrong family values. Sometimes generations of the family have been gang members so family entrenchment continues to bring young gang members into the group. They have no education, no job skills, no role models, no job, no money, no future, and no hope.

The solution is provide strong family values, a good education, community involvement, job training – if they are willing, police action, counseling – again, if they are willing, court action, and prison.

“People will fight a DUI tooth and nail to keep it off their record,” Det. Jones said. “But they will go to jail for drugs and violence without a fight. I don’t understand it.

“The Lion Kings were the largest gang in this area until a new gang law was passed. We gathered evidence of gang involvement and took them to court. Most members left the area but about a dozen stayed to fight but it didn’t go well because they acted as their own lawyers.

“The judge ordered them to leave.

If even two of the gang members were found together in this area, they would be sent straight to jail. I kept a copy of that order with me,” Jones said. “I’d drive around and when I saw two walking down the street, I flipped on my lights, handcuffed them, and put them in the back of my car. They were dumbfounded. I would wave the court order at them and say, ‘Remember this?’ and I would take them straight to jail.”

There are more citizens in Belvidere than there are police officers. If a citizen will call the police if they hear a strange sound or see something unusual, the police will happily check it out. “You never know what that will lead to,” Jones said. “It might be the key we need to finding… and shutting down or capturing… (gangs, felons, drug operations…)”

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Crystal Lake man pleads guilty to drug charges Patrick D. Kenneally, McHenry County state’s attorney, announced that 33-year-old Philip Dawson of Crystal Lake pled guilty to two counts of Unlawful Possession With Intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance (Cocaine and Methamphetamine), Class 2 felonies, on Aug. 12, before the Honorable Robert Wilbrandt.

On Nov. 21, 2019, members of the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic stop on a car driven by Dawson. Officers recovered illegal narcotics including methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia and United States currency. Officers then responded to Dawson’s home and recovered cocaine.

The investigation was conducted by Deputy Clesceri and Deputy Sosnowski of the McHenery County Sheriff’s Office and was prosecuted by Brette Dunbar of the McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office.

Corn maze celebrates Earth Day anniversary When the Richardson family sat down around their kitchen table to brainstorm the theme for this year’s gigantic corn maze, it was challenging. After all, three previous mazes each set attendance records by celebrating the Chicago Cubs World Series, Chicago Black Hawks Stanley Cup and Star Trek’s 50th Anniversary.

This year’s theme, Earth Day’s 50th Anniversary, is especially appropriate for an “agri-tourism” attraction, where everything is green and growing. The design features a verdant globe cradled in two human hands, surrounded by flowers, trees, a waterfall, mountains, clouds, hearts, a frog and the rising sun. (To learn all about Earth Day, logon to www.earthday. org/history.)

Located just an hour’s drive northwest of Chicago, Richardson Adventure Farm has been in the family since 1840. They planted their first corn maze in 2001, and now have more than 40 acres of Adventure Farm grounds with plenty of space to enjoy the clean country air without being too close to others.

Over the years, Richardson Farm has become an annual destination for family fun, with a new 28-acre maze every year, plus more than 30 activities, including wagon rides, pig races,

a vintage carousel and a “park train” that runs on real tracks. Most of the activities are included in the admission fee. Only a few, such as a zip line and Zorb rides, cost extra. Private picnic sites with campfires and wood are available by reservation, and there’s plenty of free parking.

New this year is a third jumping pillow with even more space for active fun. In addition to the big concession barn, a gourmet poutine food truck will be on the grounds every weekend, and a variety of other food trucks will make appearances throughout the season.

Admission varies by month, day and age.

• September: Thursday-Sunday and October Thursday-Friday: $15 for ages 3-12 and $18 for ages 13+.

• October/November: Saturday-Sunday: $17 for ages 3-12 and $20 for ages 13+.

• Always free for children under age 3.

This year, Richardson Adventure Farm is open Sept. 12 through Nov. 8, Thursdays through Sundays, plus Columbus Day. For details, log on to www.RichardsonAdventureFarm. com. For group and campfire reservations, phone 815-675-9729 or e-mail reservations@richardsonfarm.com.

Fall Four Seasons Gardening webinar series With many fall activities canceled, gardening has enjoyed an increased enthusiasm. University of Illinois Extension provides reliable research-based information on gardening and landscaping. The popular Four Seasons Gardening webinar series will begin Sept. 15, and all sessions begin at 1:30 p.m. Space is limited, and registration is required for these free online sessions.

The September webinar provides patio and retaining wall installation tips from Chris Enroth, Extension horticulture educator. Hardscape installation can cost thousands of dollars, but Enroth will offer basic training in modular patio paving and retaining wall do-ityourself projects.

In October, Bruce Black, Extension horticulture educator, will create a self-contained plant environment in a bottle terrarium. The webinar will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 13.

The Nov. 17 webinar will provide an historical review of forest pest outbreaks in North America. North America has a history of exotic pests that extirpate individual tree species, says Ryan Pankau, Extension horticulture educator. Emerald Ash Borer serves as our modern example. Pankau will discuss the current pests threatening native trees.

Register online at go.illinois.edu/ fourseasons. If you need live captioning support to participate in any of these programs, contact Andrew Holsinger at aholsing@illinois.edu. It is strongly encouraged to submit your request at least two weeks before the program begins.

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A charging station such as this one is now available in Woodstock, thanks to a grant from the Full Circle Foundation, The Environmental Defenders of McHenry County announced. A second charging station is forthcoming.

Vehicle charging station now available in Woodstock Second location to be determined

The Environmental Defenders of McHenry County, through a generous grant from the Full Circle Foundation, has announced the introduction of electric vehicle charging in the City of Woodstock. The Environmental Defenders received a grant for the purchase of two electric vehicle charging stations and have donated one of those charging stations to the City of Woodstock. News of the other station is forthcoming. The City of Woodstock installed their station and it is now available for public use.

“Woodstock is grateful for the generous contribution of the Environmental Defenders of McHenry County, making the installation of an electrical vehicle charging station possible,” stated Mayor Brian Sager.

“Residents, businesses and visitors will certainly benefit from the convenient access and it is hoped the presence of a station will encourage others to consider the use of electrical vehicles to the benefit of our environment.”

Designating parking spaces to charge electric vehicles will likely provide additional value to the downtown as an economic development tool for attracting electric vehicle drivers from throughout the Chicago area to Woodstock with the knowledge that they will be able to recharge before returning home.

With the location convenient to the historic Woodstock Square, users will be able to enjoy downtown establishments and support local businesses. The location of the station,

which can charge two cars simultaneously, is at the southeast corner of the Metra parking lot at 239 N. Throop St. No other vehicles can park in the dedicated charging spots and only EVs that are charging are permitted to park there for a maximum of four hours per vehicle.

Chris Tiedt coordinated and brought this project to fruition. As with other charging stations located in the county, such as in the Village of Algonquin and McHenry County College, there is no cost at this time for EV charging. The Defenders advocates for more EV stations in the county and is eager to partner with foundations, municipalities and businesses.

A public dedication ceremony will be scheduled in the coming months.

4-H event schedule All activity/event guidelines may be subject to change at any time pending reevaluation by the University or Extension.

• Now through Aug. 31: 4-H clubs of up to 10 people indoors/ 25 people outdoors if everyone practices social distancing.

• Sept. 1: New 4-H year begins.

• September 4-H clubs: Social distancing required; gathering size

• Concerns

limited to the lesser of 25 people indoors/50 people outdoors or 50% of space capacity—this can change at any time.

• Sept 7: EOY-Club Leader/officer/award apps due; upload to BOX (or mail to Extension office).

• Sept. 1-Oct. 1: - 4-H Online will be closed for updates to new 4HOnline 2.0.

• Oct. 4-10: 4-H Week – Show

your 4-H Spirit.

Be sure to check the website for more information: extension.illinois. edu/lm/4-h-mchenry-county.

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surveillance are recommended (I’d say required). Fortunately, we have that already in place at the Admin Building.

In other locations we’d have to find a way to provide that, or, if the location we were partnering with had video, we’d have to figure out how to get unrestricted access to it.

These requirements are serious considerations when choosing a site and would likely narrow the field considerably. Choosing to do less would be irresponsible.

Equitable site selection The issue of site selection presents a similar issue to that of polling place selection. The idea, obviously, is to put them in places accessible by the community. Once you put that circle on the map, finding a place inside that circle that checks all the boxes for security and access can be a tougher challenge than you might expect.

Furthermore, when the choice is made to put one here rather than there, the people who live nearer “there” may perceive that they are being particularly (and perhaps, intentionally) disadvantaged somehow. If we are allowed to use drop

boxes again at some point in the future, I will propose to chair a committee populated by a bipartisan selection of County Board members from all districts to develop rules to govern placement and plans to solve the issue of funding.

Every mail box is a drop box Despite the noise about the USPS lately, the Post Office has been a reliable way to transport mail for generations and everyone has access to the mail. It has been so reliable that in other states vote by mail is the default means of voting. Having said that, the USPS is not without its faults and limitations. First class mail (which is how our ballots are sent and returned) is expected to arrive at its destination within 5 days of its arrival at the first post office.

As grown-ups, we know that it is going to be busier than usual. So, it would be prudent of us to consider getting your ballot in sooner rather than later. Other election jurisdictions around the country tell me that half of the ballots will come in the last week before Election Day. If I were planning to vote by mail, I might want to get my ballot in before that last week. To improve con-

fidence and accountability, this year you will have the ability to track your vote-by-mail ballots much like a UPS package. You can even sign up for alerts regarding your ballot’s status.

There are 123 USPS blue collection boxes within 20 miles of Woodstock. To find the one closest to you, visit tools.usps.com/find-location.htm Closing the boxes on Election Day At 7 p.m. on Election Day, each of the boxes will need to be closed, requiring at least two judges at each location as the clock strikes seven.

Recruiting judges for in-person voting is a significant challenge and any Judges we have, need to be focused on that work at this point.

Obsolescence This is the real deal killer to adding any more boxes in my mind. The law that allows us to have them for this election, expires on Jan. 1st, 2021. I can’t even use the one I have for the municipal elections in 2021.

I hope this serves to answer some of your questions. If not, please do not hesitate to write me at jjtirio@ mchenrycountyil.com.

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Correct way to apply mulch to trees Don’t make a tree the center of a ‘volcano’

Homeowners expect so much from shade trees, but those same trees get little care once they get established in the home landscape.

Besides getting watered during stressful times, proper mulching can go a long way in the health of the tree.

Mulching trees will control most weeds, conserve soil moisture and lessen the time in the yard trimming after you are done mowing the lawn. In addition, mulch provides root system protection from seasonal changes in temperatures, cold or hot. For a young tree, it also will keep the lawn mower and string trimmer from damaging the trunk, and on our older trees, the mulch ring lessens the handwork needed to maintain the yard. Plus, it can be visually appealing.

There is a right way and wrong way to mulching trees, and we likely see both every day on our neighborhood walks. The correct method does not end up looking like the tree is coming out of the top of a volcano. There is not a single sound horticultural reference that will say

volcano mulching is a good thing, yet it is quite common.

So, what happens when we mulch the wrong way? Nothing at first. Damage occurs over time, and later when the tree is suffering, we do not relate the volcano mulching to the tree’s symptoms.

The trunk of the tree is designed by nature to be exposed to the elements, and that is why a tree trunk is covered in bark. The bark is a collection of dead cells that provide insulation to the more sensitive parts in the cambium layer just below the surface.

When mulch decomposes, it generates heat. This heat damages this important cambium layer, lessening the trees ability to move water and needed nutrients up and down the tree. It also will cause the trunk to begin to decay, allowing pathogens to enter the tree. In addition, because the bark is now in the dark, some trees will even attempt to grow roots out into the mulch rather than into the soil where they belong.

The proper way to mulch is nev-

er to allow mulch to cover the bark by leaving a small ring around the trunk exposed down to the soil and mounding up the mulch three or four inches out and away from the tree trunk to the size of the ring appropriate for the size of the tree.

Think about that donut shape and plan on reapplying the mulch as the mulch ring naturally decomposes.

This will vary by type of mulch; some break down in a year, others will last two or more. You will know for sure when it is time, as weeds will begin to show up. It is appropriate to freshen the ring by loosening the mulch with a garden rake or tined digger, just don’t leave it rest on the soil to cake over. Valuable moisture can then make its way into the soil profile.

After a couple of weeks, the settled much should be about 3 to 4 inches in depth. One last benefit to proper mulching, it actually will save you money as you will not need as much mulch as improper methods.

U OF I EXTENSION PHOTO Rock Valley Publishing Source: Richard Hentschel, ExThe University of Illinois Extension cautions against applying tension Educator, Horticulture, mulch in a “volcano” form, as it can damage a tree’s trunk.

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McHenry County Sheriff’s report The following arrests in McHenry County were re-ported by the McHenry County Sheriff’s Department. Suspects are considered innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.

Aug. 11 Mario Sanchez-Perez, 23, Wauconda, was cited for aggravated DUI license suspended or revoked, obstructing identification, driving on suspended driver’s license, driving under the influence of alcohol, and DUI/BAC 0.08; Matthew M. Brudnicki, 34, Machesney Park, was cited for driving revoked/suspended DUI/sss 4-9, and speeding 26-34 mph over the limit; Kenneth Y. Kang, 70, Palatine, was cited for (10) criminal sexual assault super victim 13-17; Aug. 12 Jodi A. Clewis, 43, Wonder Lake, was cited for criminal tres-

pass to land; Dylan C. Stangeland, 18, Pingree Grove, was cited for del 5<15 gr LSD/analog, mfg/del other amount sched IV, possession of a controlled substance; Aug. 13 Deanna J. Goncales, 35, Harvard, was cited for do-mestic battery/bodily harm; Brian A. Hartfield, 35, Ingleside, was cited for retail theft/disp merch <$300; Ryan J. Bond, 29, Lakemoor, was cited for pos-session of a controlled sub-stance, unlawful possession of cannabis/driver, operating an uninsured motor vehicle, and driving on suspended driver’s license; Matthew J. Laflamme, 39, Round Lake, was cited for possession of meth <5 grams; Kristin N. Brezinski, 37, McHenry, was cited for receive / possess / sell stolen vehicle;

Aug. 14 Alvin E. Spletter, 62, McHenry, was cited for domestic battery/physical contact; Taylor J. Riemann, 24, McHenry, was cited for aggravated battery/ peace officer, disorderly conduct, assault, aggravated assault of a peace officer, fireman, emergency management or emergency medical personnel, and resist/obstruct peace officer/ correctional employee/frftr; Aug. 17 David B. Hulme, 47, Marengo, was cited for harassment by telephone, and violation of an order of protection; Robert S. Pelikan, 54, Grayslake, was cited for pos-session of a controlled sub-stance; Matthew K. Hoff, 27, McHenry, was cited for un-lawful possession with intent to deliver controlled substance, and possession of a controlled substance.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTYSECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK TRUST N.A., AS TRUSTEE OF THE BUNGALOW SERIES IV TRUST Plaintiff, -v.JOHN P. WOULFE et al Defendant 20 CH 000019 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 9, 2020, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 1:00 PM on September 21, 2020, at the NLT Title L.L.C, 390 Congress Parkway, Suite D, Crystal Lake, IL, 60014, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT 24 IN CONCORD HILLS AT MEADOWBROOK, UNIT 4, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 23, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED MAY 14, 1993 AS DOCUMENT NO. 93R027101 IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 4 MANCHESTER CT, LAKE IN THE HILLS, IL 60156 Property Index No. 18-23251-041 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property.

Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to

LEGALS verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc. com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-19-12340 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 20 CH 000019 TJSC#: 40-1821 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 20 CH 000019 I3154147 (Published in the McHenry County News Aug. 13, 20 & 27, 2020) 379160

Legal Notice to Owners, occupants & interested parties: TAKE DEED NOTICE

CASE # 2017 TX 19 (P4) County of BOONE, IL Date Premises Sold 10/26/2017 Certificate No. 2016-00160 Sold for General Taxes of 2016 THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at 209 West Perry St., Belvidere, IL 610083145 Legal Description or Property Index No. 05-26-263-005 This notice is to advise you

that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of extended redemption from the sale will expire on 11/30/2020.

The amount to redeem is subject to increase at Six (6) month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the county clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming.

This notice is also to advise you that a petition has been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this property if redemption is not made on or before 11/30/2020 This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of Boone County in Belvidere, Illinois in Room number _4_ at _9:00_ am_ on Date _12/1/2020_.

You may be present at this hearing but your right to redeem will already have expired at that time.

YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made at any time on or before 11/30/2020 by applying to the County Clerk of Boone County, IL at the Boone County Government Center, 1212 Logan Ave, Suite 103, Belvidere, IL 61008.

For further information contacts the County Clerk.

Vimal Desai.

Purchaser or Assignee.

(Published in the Belvidere Republican Aug. 20, 27 & Sept. 3, 2020) 379600

Legal Notice to Owners, occupants & interested parties: TAKE DEED NOTICE CASE # 2017 TX 19 (P5) County of BOONE, IL Date Premises Sold 10/26/2017 Certificate No. 2016-00243 Sold for General Taxes of 2016 THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at 1633 Chrysler Dr., Belvidere, IL 61008 Legal Description or Property Index No. 07-02-103-044 This notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of extended redemption from the sale will expire on 11/30/2020.

The amount to redeem is subject to increase at Six (6) month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the county clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming.

This notice is also to advise you that a petition has been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this property if redemption is not made on or before 11/30/2020 This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of Boone

County in Belvidere, Illinois in Room number _4_ at _9:00_ am_ on Date _12/1/2020_.

You may be present at this hearing but your right to redeem will already have expired at that time.

YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made at any time on or before 11/30/2020 by applying to the County Clerk of Boone County, IL at the Boone County Government Center, 1212 Logan Ave, Suite 103, Belvidere, IL 61008.

For further information contacts the County Clerk.

Manoj Amin D/B/A RKNK INC. Purchaser or Assignee.

(Published in the Belvidere Republican Aug. 20, 27 & Sept. 3, 2020) 379599

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTYSECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (‘’FANNIE MAE’’), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Plaintiff, -v.JAMES DEROSA, JR et al Defendant 19 CH 000002 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 9, 2020, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 1:00 PM on September 28, 2020, at the NLT Title L.L.C, 390 Congress Parkway, Suite D, Crystal Lake, IL, 60014, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT 12 IN SPRING LAKE FARM UNIT 1, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 24, AND PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 24, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED MAY 23, 1991 AS DOCUMENT NO. 91R18320, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 4015 SPRING LAKE COURT, LAKE IN THE HILLS, IL 60156 Property Index No. 18-24327-002 The real estate is improved with a single famiy home with a two car attached garage.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the

rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property.

Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL, 60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc. com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago IL, 60602 312-346-9088 E-Mail:

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4-H virtual dog show award winners announced The Boone County 4-H youth development program empowers and prepares youth for success by providing opportunities for youth to learn, practice, and demonstrate skills needed for home, career, and citizenship. Youth, organized in clubs, study areas of interest called 4-H projects.

One of our 4-H SPIN (SPecial INterest) clubs has completed their project work and exhibition opportunity. Typically, the 4-H Dog Program kicks off in April with an orientation meeting followed by nine weeks of obedience and dog handler classes and concludes with an in person 4-H Dog show. This program had to be altered this year due to Covid-19.

This year 4-H Dog Superintendent and volunteer Jackie Nelson met with the 4-H youth weekly for check in meetings via Zoom. Each week she shared videos from a variety of online sources to provide training for the various skills that youth would need to learn and teach their dogs.

The 4-H youth watched the videos and worked with their dogs at home.

Each week they could ask questions at the Zoom meetings or get additional help. After two months of training, the 4-H’ers submitted videos of themselves putting their dogs through a pattern of various skills which demonstrate how well the dog is trained and how well the dog and

the 4-H’er work together for the virtual show.

4-H Dog Show Results: Handler or Showmanship Division Champion Junior Handler – sponsored by Kishwaukee Kennel Club – Liam Ellingson Reserve Champion Junior Handler – sponsored by Ma & Paw Pet Treats – Rachel Marrone Champion Senior Handler – sponsored by State Street Animal Clinic – Ella Ellingson Reserve Champion Senior - sponsored by Ma & Paw Pet Treats – Alicia Downey

SUBMITTED PHOTOS Belvidere Republican

Grand Champion Beginner II Novice Obedience sponsored by State Street Animal Clinic: Jacob Salzman.

Grand Champion Preferred Novice Obedience sponsored by Grand Champion Junior Han- Reserve Champion Senior State Street Animal Clinic: Noah dler sponsored by Kishwaukee Handler sponsored by Ma & Pa Kennel Club: Liam Ellingson.

Pet Treats: Alicia Downey.

DeBruyne.

Grand Champion Beginner I Novice Obedience sponsored by State Street Animal Clinic: Lydia Ward.

Follow safe food production practices: COVID-19 facts for farms, markets, and gardens The current health issue has disrupted normal daily activities. There are many questions for growers and producers, as well as managers of farmers markets. Trust this researched advice from reliable sources.

“Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses which may cause illness in animals or humans. In humans, several coronaviruses are known to cause respiratory infections ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). The most recently discovered coronavirus causes coronavirus disease COVID-19.” (World Health Organization) “The virus is thought to be spread mainly from person to person … who are in close contact with one another (within about six feet) through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes.” (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) “Currently, there is no evidence to support transmission of COVID-19 by food.” (Food and Drug Administration) Follow these food handling and food production practices at roadside stands, U-pick farms, farmers markets and community gardens to maintain good agricultural safety practices: -Wash your hands frequently.

Properly wash hands with soap and water for 20 seconds or longer; rinse

and dry with single-use paper towels or, if this is not available, use a 60 percent ethanol or 70 percent isopropanol hand sanitizer, according to the CDC. -Clean and Sanitize your work area. “Studies suggest coronaviruses (including preliminary information on the COVID-19 virus) may persist on surfaces for a few hours or up to several days. This may vary under different conditions (e.g. type of surface, temperature or humidity of the environment).” (World Health Organization) Clean surfaces at least daily.

-Use EPA-endorsed products.

These products can be used to disinfect or sanitize surfaces that are contaminated with the novel coronavirus. Decide which products are appropriate, based on the EPA label and the Safety Data Sheet for that product. When in doubt, confirm that the labeling of the sanitizer is appropriate for use on food contact surfaces.

(Environmental Protections Agency) -Introduction to Selecting an EPA-Labeled Sanitizer provides guidance on selecting sanitizers and links to an Excel tool to help growers select a sanitizer suitable for their operation. Keep In mind, the PSA Sanitizer tool and the EPA N list were created for different reasons and they project different information. When in doubt, in reference to COVID-19, use the EPA N list. (Cornell University) -Use the search tool at EPA List N

to help determine the sanitizer to use with food products.

-Sick employees should remain home and follow all recommendations by the CDC and the public health department.

Check out these Illinois Extension COVID-19 resources.

-How COVID-19 Impacts Community Gardens -How COVID-19 Impacts Farmers Markets -How COVID-19 Impacts U-Pick Farms Additional resources for COVID-19 can be found at: -Produce Safety Alliance: Food Industry Resources for Coronavirus (COVID-19) -Centers for Disease Control: Coronavirus (COVID-19) -World Health Organization : Rolling Updates on Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) -U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Frequently Asked Questions Sources: World Health Organization.

2020. Q&A on coronaviruses (COVID-19).

Centers for Disease Control.

2020. How COVID-19 Spreads.

U.S. Food & Drug Administration.

2020. Food Safety and the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).

World Health Organization. 2020.

Q&A on coronavirus (COVID-19).

University of Illinois Extension Educators: Laurie George; Zach Grant; James Theuri

Belvidere resident receives academic honor Benedictine College has recognized those students who have distinguished themselves academically during the last semester. Maria Smith of Belvidere was recently named to the Dean’s List for the spring semester, which ended May 16, 2020.

Any full time student carrying a minimum of 12 hours and a perfect 4.0 grade point average through the spring term is named to the President’s list. Full time students with

12 hours and a grade point average of 3.5 are named to the Dean’s List.

Of the 1,935 students on campus for 2019-2020 academic year, 197 made the President’s List and 546 made the Dean’s List.

Founded in 1858, Benedictine College is a Catholic, Benedictine, residential, liberal arts college located on the bluffs above the Missouri River in Atchison, Kansas. The school is proud to have been named

one of America’s Best Colleges by U.S. News & World Report as well as one of the top Catholic colleges in the nation by First Things magazine and the Newman Guide. It prides itself on outstanding academics, extraordinary faith life, strong athletic programs, and an exceptional sense of community and belonging. It has a mission to educate men and women within a community of faith and scholarship.

Obedience Classes: Champion Beginner I Novice – sponsored by State Street Animal Clinic – Lydia Ward Reserve Champion Beginner I Novice – Whitney Frykman Champion Beginner II Novice – sponsored by State Street Animal Clinic - Jacob Salzman Champion Preferred Novice – sponsored by State Street Animal Clinic - Noah Debruyne To learn more about the Boone County 4-H Program please contact the Extension Office at 815-544- Grand Champion Senior Han3710 or visit our website at http:// dler sponsored by State Street Animal Clinic: Ella Ellingson. web.extension.illinois.edu/bdo/.

LEGALS Continued from previous page pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 268302 Attorney ARDC No. 61256 Case Number: 19 CH 000002 TJSC#: 40-280 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 19 CH 000002 I3152880 (Published in the McHenry County News Aug. 27, Sept. 3 & 10, 2020) 377867

PUBLIC MEETING The Board of the Garden Prairie Street Light District will convene a regular meeting on Saturday, August 29th, 2020, at 10:00 AM, at the United Church of Christ located at 19900 US Route 20, Garden Prairie, IL 61038. All residents are welcome to attend.

(Published in the Belvidere Republican Aug. 27, 2020) 379896

NOTICE

Statement of Cash Receipts and Disbursements for the Fiscal Year of: May 1st, 2019 to April 30th, 2020

Balance on hand, May 1st, 2019 $10,232.13 Receipts: Boone County Treasurer $5,092.02 Interest, Boone Co. Treasurer $2.05 Subtotal: (Receipts) $5,094.07 New Balance: $15,326.20 Expenses: Commonwealth Edison $5,202.37

Publication Fees $95.18 Trustee Compensation $140.00 Misc. Office Supplies $38.00 Building Usage (GPUCC) $50.00 Subtotal: (Expenses) $5,525.55 Balance on hand, April 30th, 2020 $9,800.65 Steve McKnight, Sec./Treasurer, Garden Prairie Street Light District (Published in the Belvidere Republican Aug. 27, 2020) 379926

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Tentative Budget and Appropriation Ordinance for the Cemetery Trustees of the Town of Belvidere, Boone County, Illinois, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2022, is on file and conveniently available for public inspection at the Office of the Town Clerk of Belvidere Township, 8200 Fairgrounds Road, Belvidere, Illinois, until the 30th day of September, 2020.

NOTICE IS FURTHER HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing on said Budget and Appropriation Ordinance will be held at 7:30 a.m. on the 30th day of September, 2020, at the Office of the Town Clerk, Belvidere Township, 8200 Fairgrounds Road, Belvidere, Illinois, and that final action on this Ordinance will be taken thereafter.

Dated this 19th day of August, 2020.

CEMETERY TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF BELVIDERE, BOONE COUNTY, ILLINOIS By: /s/ C. Wenger (Published in the Belvidere Republican Aug. 27, 2020) 380107

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Automobiles Wanted 379641

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Rad Women of Belvidere

The Meehan sisters-Grace and Elizabeth

By Mindy Long

LOCAL HISTORY LIBRARIAN/IDA PUBLIC LIBRARY

With a new and unusual school year about to start, it’s time to remember two of Belvidere’s most beloved educators, Elizabeth and Grace Meehan. Elizabeth, born in 1889, and Grace, born in 1897, were the daughters of Michael and Mary Meehan.

The sisters had two other siblings, John, born in 1890, and Harry, born in 1894. The family lived in Bonus Township, where father Michael operated a farm and the children attended the old Lawrenceville Elementary School. As they grew and entered junior and senior high school, father Michael would cart his brood to Belvidere in a horse and buggy no matter the weather.

The four children had a love of learning and reading, so it was no surprise when Elizabeth and Grace headed off to college at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. Brothers John and Harry, however, headed off to fight in WWI. Harry later returned to farm the family land until his death in 1974, while John moved to New York to become a railway conductor until his untimely death from pneumonia in 1932.

The sisters, though, devoted their lives to teaching. Elizabeth graduated college first and promptly signed a three-year contract to teach at the old Denny school. She would later regale interested parties with how disorganized the school system was, leading her to regret her decision before her first week was up. She somehow finished the three years and landed a teaching contract with Washington School in Belvidere a few years later.

In the meantime, Grace finished college and landed her first teaching job in 1918 at Washington School thanks to sister Elizabeth’s recommendations. She began teaching fifth grade and enjoyed that age so much that she continued teaching it for 44 years until her retirement in 1962.

Grace’s students were exceptional,

Police Beat

Defacing Property On Aug. 5 at 8:17 a.m. a Belvidere Police Officer made contact with a complainant who stated between Aug. 14 at 9 p.m. and Aug. 5 at 6:50 a.m. unknown person(s) placed graffiti on the end of their driveway located in the 4000 block of Bluff Drive.

Grooming On Aug. 7 at 3:26 p.m. a Belvidere Police Officer responded to the 600 block of Lindenwood. The complainant advised of suspicious activity in the area.

Theft $500 and Under On Aug. 10 at approximately 10:11 a.m. a Belvidere Police Officer was dispatched to the 900 block of W. Locust St. in reference to theft. The complainant advised that sometime between approximately 10 p.m. on Aug. 5 and approximately 12 p.m. on Aug. 6 unknown individual(s) stole items off of their front porch.

Criminal Damage to Property On Aug. 9 at 9:33 a.m. a Boone County Sheriff’s Deputy responded to the 5500 block of Elk Dr. referencing a damaged car window. The complainant advised their rear passenger window was broken in sometime overnight.

Criminal Damage to Property On Aug. 9 at approximately 4:17 p.m. a Boone County Sheriff’s Dep-

regularly achieving the best attendance awards, best science projects, highest grades, the list goes on. She enjoyed writing plays for them, and her classes were lauded every year for their wonderful performances.

Grace was very fond of all her students, but particularly her first class of fifth graders - she kept photos of the class in her scrapbook which is still intact.

The year after Grace began her lengthy career at Washington, sister Elizabeth was promoted to principal, a position she would hold until retirement in 1960. As previously mentioned, Elizabeth was a stickler for organization, but she also had a softer side, believing education should be fun and interactive for the students. She was not a fan of the old authoritarian disciplinary actions, preferring to set a mutual plan with the students so they were more involved with their own progress. She also served for many years as a volunteer pink lady at Highland Hospital, helping the injured and sick.

These amazing women were lifelong members of St. James Church and devoted to education for youth.

They strongly believed that parental involvement was the key to a child’s school performance and promoted many interactive family activities at school. Elizabeth and Grace received many special gifts, surprise parties, and rewards over their lengthy careers, but both stated their greatest reward was pride in seeing their students grow into creative thinkers who could solve most of life’s problems.

They further stated that education should not be a static field, hemmed in by separate disciplines and subjects. Rather, they believed that education should always be interactive, encompassing society as well as culture and evolving to accommodate the changes in the community.

These lovely ladies, Elizabeth and Grace Meehan, are buried today in Belvidere Cemetery, but Belvidere residents bestowed a great honor by

uty responded to the 100 Block of Quail Trap referencing a damage window. The complainant advised the Plexiglas on their garage door was damaged.

Criminal Damage to Property On Wednesday, August 12, 2020, at approximately 0738 hours, BCS Deputy spoke with a complainant at the 9800 block of Lawrenceville Road, Garden Prairie who stated that last night between 2 and 2:15 a.m. they heard a loud bang. They advised that this morning, they found that their mailbox and several other mailboxes along Lawrenceville Road were damaged.

Fire Alarms and Investigations On Wednesday, Aug. 12 at approximately 2:38 p.m. Boone County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the 100 block of Cross Drive for a structure fire. Deputies arrived on scene and the southwest area of the garage, and southwest corner of the residence were on fire, along with parts of the roof above these areas. The fire was extinguished.

Criminal Damage to Property On Aug. 13 at 4:56 p.m. a Boone County Sheriff’s Deputy responded to the 4000 block of Pearl St. Road referencing a damaged mailbox. The complainant advised some one spray painted their mailbox blue sometime last night.

Local students among graduates at UW-Eau Claire The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire awarded 1441 degrees in May. Of the degrees awarded, 1414 were received by students attending the Eau Claire campus and 27 were received by students attending UW-Eau Claire Barron County.

Local students who received degrees and their fields of study are: Garden Prairie: Rebecca Bartell, Arts and Sciences, Bachelor of Science, biology, Eau Claire campus Congratulations, class of 2020!

naming Meehan Elementary School after them in 1995. Elizabeth and Grace would certainly be proud of their namesake, as well as the way Belvidere schools, families, and students have adapted and evolved in our current situation. This school year, take a moment to honor these great educators and reflect on their beliefs! **Note: Many, many thanks to Mike and Laura Meehan for their donation of Grace’s high school scrapbook. It is a treasure to read and is available in the library for anyone to view by requesting it at the circulation desk.

SUBMITTED PHOTO Belvidere Republican

Photo from Grace’s scrapbook. Grace is on the far left.

Elizabeth is next to Grace.

• IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY- SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK TRUST N.A., AS TRUSTEE OF THE BUNGALOW SERIES IV TRUST Plaintiff, -v.JOHN P. WOULFE et al Defendant 20 CH 000019 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 9, 2020, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 1:00 PM on September 21, 2020, at the NLT Title L.L.C, 390 Congress Parkway, Suite D, Crystal Lake, IL, 60014, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 4 MANCHESTER CT, LAKE IN THE HILLS, IL 60156 Property Index No. 18-23-251-041 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property.

Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.

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You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-19-12340 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 20 CH 000019 TJSC#: 40-1821 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 20 CH 000019 I3154147 (Published in the McHenry County News Aug. 13, 20 & 27, 2020) 379162 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY- SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (‘’FANNIE MAE’’), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Plaintiff, -v.JAMES DEROSA, JR et al Defendant 19 CH 000002 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 9, 2020, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 1:00 PM on September 28, 2020, at the NLT Title L.L.C, 390 Congress Parkway, Suite D, Crystal Lake, IL, 60014, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 4015 SPRING LAKE COURT, LAKE IN THE HILLS, IL 60156 Property Index No. 18-24-327-002 The real estate is improved with a single famiy home with a two car attached garage.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the

mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property.

Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL, 60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago IL, 60602 312-346-9088 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 268302 Attorney ARDC No. 61256 Case Number: 19 CH 000002 TJSC#: 40-280 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 19 CH 000002 I315288 (Published in the McHenry County News Aug. 27, Sept. 3 & 10, 2020) 377868

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