BCR-02-03-2015

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Weathering the weather

Too free with freedom ... From the Ground Up!Bureau County officials oppose FOIA misuse

By Zita [email protected]

What if you were arrested on a traf-fic offense and suddenly a convicted murderer could access all your infor-mation?

What if you were a small town police officer and that same criminal had your name and home address?

What if your 18-year-old daughter was arrested on trespassing chargers and suddenly her picture and phone number were in the hands of that mur-derer?

Would you really want your sheriff giving all that information out? Under the current Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), he would have to.

The federal law enacted in the 1980s intended to make government more transparent. However, local officials say transparency can be dangerous when too much information is avail-able to anyone.

When Sheriff Jim Reed was sworn into his office, he took an oath to pro-tect the people of Bureau County. Now, however, he is being asked to send out

people’s personal information includ-ing, names, addresses, phone numbers and pictures of Bureau County females to a convicted murderer. By law, he has to comply.

Former Sheriff John Thompson fought the same requests before he left office in November of last year. After being forced to comply by Illi-nois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, Thompson took the matter to former Gov. Pat Quinn. No action was taken to right the FOIA wrongs Thompson and Reed believe are taking place.

Reed said he fully intends to contin-ue with Thompson’s fight.

Reed, Bureau County Chief Deputy Bret Taylor, Princeton Chief of Police Tom Root, Bureau County Deputy Jim Shipp and Bureau County Administra-tive Lt. Tim Trevier are taking a stand against what they say has become a ridiculous, and at times, dangerous policy in Illinois.

The FOIA states anything that comes through the sheriff’s office, including text messages, emails, arrest or book-

Local food initiative takes offBy Goldie Currie

[email protected]

TISKILWA — Individuals from all parts of Bureau and Putnam counties gathered last week at Menno Haven Camp for the first program presented by the Bureau/Putnam County Health Department’s new initiative, From the Ground Up!

The What’s Working? local foods conference brought together area farmers, growers, master gardeners, food pantry directors, meat produc-ers, marketers, representatives from University of Illinois Extension Office and more as each talked about the programs or farms they represent, and what they could do to help strengthen the local food system.

As previously reported, From the Ground Up! is a new initiative that focuses on healthy, local and sus-tainable grown agricultural products in Bureau and Putnam counties to increase access; promotion and mar-keting; quantity; and improving qual-ity and domestic consumption.

Following the Wednesday, Jan. 27

program, Joy Kauffman, who is spear-heading the new initiative, said she was thrilled with the response of the day-long event.

“My only regret is that we didn’t record the day in its entirety to share more broadly,” she said. “I guess that just means that we need to hit the Bureau and Putnam county road and get this message out to as many plac-es as will host us.”

In talking about the highlights of the event, Kauffman mentioned the amount of diversity the program t together.

“The group was composed of people with many gifts, but gathering with the same spirit of seeking to be part of a movement of local, healthy food for local, healthy people,” she said. “We had people seeking to impact the lives of pregnant women, young children, teens, men, families and our wonder-ful gray-haired gifts of wisdom.”

Kauffman added she is thrilled the University of Illinois Extension, 4-H, Farm Bureau, nursing homes, school,

Mother Nature dumps 15 inches in

Bureau CountyBy Zita HenneBerry and

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At 15 inches, Princeton had its larg-est snowfall since the 17-inch storm in February 2011, said Bob Byrne, who is with the National Weather Service Cooperative Observer Program.

The weekend storm hit Bureau Coun-ty late Saturday, Jan. 31, with light rain drizzle that eventually turned into heavy wet snowflakes. The snow con-tinued to fall through the night and heavy into Sunday evening — putting a damper on many area Super Bowl parties.

The severe winter weather created power outages throughout various parts of the county. Cornbelt Ener-gy continued to update its Facebook page throughout the storm. Around midnight Sunday, Feb. 1, they report-ed about 208 co-op members were without power in Annawan, Arlington, Buda, Granville, Hennepin, Magnolia, Manlius, Marseilles, McNabb, Mineral, Oglesby, Ottawa, Sheffield, Utica and Walnut.

The winter storm also forced schools, local businesses, roads and the Bureau County Courthouse to close Monday, Feb. 2.

In Bureau County, Route 89 from Arlington to LaMoille, Route 92 from

BCR photo/Mike VaughnIt was clearly a winter wonderland for some Sunday, Feb. 1, as snow began to fall Saturday, Jan. 31 and didn’t end until later Sunday evening. Fifteen inches were reported, however, drifting in some areas caused piles of snow that were much higher. With blowing snow all around, the wintry weather didn’t seem to bother these two folks traveling down the middle of South Main Street in Princeton.Weather Page 4

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ing records, traffic reports, etc., will be provided to those who ask for it, in whatever format the request indicates.

Before he left office, Thompson told the BCR that throughout the last few years, the FOIA has become an easily abused tool to those in the Depart-ment of Corrections facil-ities. Inmates have been asking for information simply to correspond with government — informa-tion that will not help in their appeal process or be of use to them.

Reed agreed with Thompson stating the information and photos being sent to prisoners is being used for nothing more or less than as trad-

ing cards in the prison sys-tem.

Reed asked what else would they want it for, when it has nothing to do with them or their case?

“We need to be more careful about the infor-mation we’re putting out there,” said Root.

Reed, who is currently being trained in the FOIA policy along with two other police department employees, identified an array of concerns in the current stance taken on Illinois’ Freedom of Infor-mation Act.

Reed questioned why criminals in prison lose the right to vote but not to people’s personal infor-mation?

Many departments have had to hire two to three full-time employees simply to process FOIA

requests, he continued. Wouldn’t taxpayers rather see their officers out on the street?

Much of the informa-tion handled by the police department is of a private and sensitive nature, said Taylor.

The answer to whether a FOIA is valid, said Taylor, should be determined by the state’s attorney. Reed agreed, stating the control needed to be handed back to officials (state’s attor-neys) at the local level.

Many find the Freedom of Information Act to be essential to the balanc-ing of government. The total transparency of the government is meant to protect its integrity and its people. Officials are won-dering, does it really?

Comment on this story at www.bcrnews.com.

FOIAFrom Page 1

BCR photo/Zita HenneberryBureau County Sheriff Jim Reed (left), Deputy Jim Shipp, Chief Deputy Bret Taylor and Administrative Lt. Tim Trevier (right) stand in the Bureau County Jail after discussing their concerns with the Freedom of Information Act.

Lions roar for the RumbleRumble for

the Kids asks for Lions’

sponsorship

By Zita [email protected]

PRINCETON — The Tuesday, Jan. 27, Princ-eton Lions Club meet-ing hosted guest speaker Rumble for the Kids man-ager Frank Wolsfeld.

Wolsfeld, the former national championship wrestler, gathered with Lions Club members for the dinner and the meet-ing at Kramer’s Kitchen in Princeton. The club lis-tened as Wolsfeld talked about the Rumble for the Kids event and its cause.

Currently collecting sponsorship, this event, said Wolsfeld, is family fun right here in the area. What normally would

not be available to small town kids will be in Princ-eton Saturday, April 25, at Logan Junior High School. The event will be focused on family fun with a more ‘70s style wrestling por-trayal, said Wolsfeld.

With tickets on sale for $10, Wolsfeld is currently

collecting sponsorships, and there are varying levels of sponsorship, he explained. A sponsorship would come with varying benefits, such as business or organization represen-tation at the event. The

BCR photo/Zita HenneberryPrinceton Lions Club member Scott Smith (left) poses for a photo with Frank Wolsfeld, organizer of the fourth annual Rumble for Kids event.

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BV wants website feedbackCernovich clarifies

facility optionsBy Goldie Currie

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MANLIUS — Have you checked out the new Bureau Valley School District website?

At the Tuesday, Jan. 27 board meeting, Superintendent Steve Endress shared information about the district’s new website, which can be found at BV340.org.

Endress explained how the district is trying to make the website a cen-tral point to direct anyone interested in information about the schools. He said the district used inspiration from surrounding school districts’ websites. The different route BV took, however, was choosing a company that allowed the district to manage its own website throughout the year.

This decision saved the district from having to pay an annual subscription fee.

BV did have to spend $1,500 for initial start-up.

“We’re interested in feedback on how to improve and excited about the web-site,” Endress said.

Bureau Valley supports Illinois Vision 2020

Also at the meeting, the board joined many school districts across the state in passing a resolution supporting Illinois Vision 2020.

“This resolution is just another oppor-tunity for the board and district to say what we are for and join our voice in 100s of school districts who passed this school resolution,” Endress said.

Clarifying the preliminary facilities study

Just to clarify the BCR article covering BV’s special meeting at 7 a.m. Friday, Jan. 30, one of Board President Rick

Cernovich’s options included “sub-op-tions.”

Below is the following facilities options approved by the board to send to the architect for inclusion in the facilities study report.

• Costs to maintain current facilities.• PreK through eighth grades addition

onto BV High School to house all district students.

• Explore the option to house sixth- through eighth-grade students in a reconditioned Manlius Elementary School building.

• Sixth through eighth grades addition onto BV High School to house all sixth through 12th grades, coupled with each of the following options: New build-ing in south central for all south PreK- through fifth-grade students and main-tain PreK through fifth grades in Walnut; New building in Sheffield to house PreK through fifth grades west and maintain PreK through fifth grades east at Wya-net and maintain PreK through fifth grades in Walnut; Addition to Buda to house PreK through fifth grades west and maintain PreK through fifth grades east at Wyanet and Maintain PreK through fifth grades in Walnut; Addition to Buda to house all south PreK through fifth grade students and maintain PreK through fifth grades in Walnut.

Following closed session, the board:

• Accepted the resignation of Suzanne Bell as BV South assistant track coach and Ron Gould as BV South head cus-todian.

• Approved the employment of Josh Bell as technology support personnel, Jane Miller as high school special educa-tion aide, Toni Hunt as high school food service site manager and Georgeanna Johnson as BV North food service site manager.

• Approved Dan DeVenney and Lacey DeVenney as BV South volunteer junior high girls basketball coaches.


News Briefs

Candidate forum planned in LaMoilleLAMOILLE — LaMoille School District will hold a candidate forum at 7 p.m.

Monday, March 9, in the LaMoille High School cafeteria. The public is invited and encouraged to meet those running for the LaMoille Community Unit School District 303 School Board and hear their views and plans.

Princeton FFA Alumni will host pork chop standPRINCETON — The Princeton FFA Alumni will host a pork chop stand at the

upcoming Princeton vs. Bureau Valley basketball game Friday, Feb. 6. The stand will be open at 5:30 p.m. and will run until the end of the game or the supplies run out. The stand will be set up in the cafeteria.

Proceeds from the evening’s sales will go toward scholarships to be used by Princ-eton FFA members.

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BCR photo/Goldie CurrieWhat’s Working? Local Foods Conference was hosted on Wednesday, Jan. 28, at Men-noHaven Camp in rural Tiskilwa. The program brought together several area farmers, growers, meat producers, food pantry managers, University of Extension representatives and more to talk about ways to strengthen a sustainable local food system. The day-long program was for the new Bureau/Putnam Health Department initiative, From the Ground Up!

home and communi-ty educators and health department came together to thank local area growers and farmers and to learn more about how to sup-port, expand and market the assets of local, healthy and sustainable raised foods.

What’s next to come?After hearing the feed-

back from Wednesday’s event, Kauffman said it’s clear there is enough energy to start a local food movement.

“We have no time to waste as winter is per-fect for planning and preparing garden plans, eliminating barriers for access, education and outreach,” she said. “Leaders are emerg-ing to carry out plans on particular topics dis-cussed.”

Need more info?From the Ground Up!

will be hosting addition-al programs in the near future. Those interested are encouraged to like the Facebook page from-thegroundup.bpchd for upcoming plans. Or, email Joy Kauffman at [email protected] for more infor-mation.


Ground Up!From Page 1

BCR photo/Dixie SchroederHayden Welte of Princeton was out doing good deeds Feb. 1, as he toured neighbor-hoods and plowed out driveways for free. He was accompanied by his friend, Seth DeFreezer (not pictured), also of Princeton. Both boys are students at Logan Junior High School in Princeton.

WeatherFrom Page 1

LaMoille to Ohio and Route 34 from Mendota to LaMoille were closed when drifting snows and ditched cars blocked the roadways.

According to the Illi-nois Department of Transportation, tow trucks refused to ven-ture out in the condi-tions, leaving the road-ways blocked off from the snowplows.

According to Quad Cities weather, light snow is expected to con-tinue throughout Tues-day and Wednesday night.

The National Weather Service predicts snow in the area will end Thurs-day with sunny weather and a high of 11 degrees.

An AccuWeather report revealed the full force of back-to-back winter storms through-out the Midwest: “As February begins, the

chilliness will contin-ue as a pattern of Arc-tic surges will set up to invade portions of the Midwest and North-east through the week and into the upcoming weekend.”

Unfortunately for those anticipating springtime, the ground-hog was reported to have seen his shadow, indicating six more weeks of winter.


lightweight sponsorship consists of donating $100; the middleweight as $300; and the heavyweight as $500.

Proceeds from the event will go to PES Plays, an organization helping to construct playground equipment at Princeton Elementary Schools.

A limited number of sponsorship funds will go to pay for some children’s tickets. By working with the local food pantries and schools, Wolsfeld aims to provide tickets to children who would not be able to attend otherwise. The end goal is to benefit the chil-dren, said Wolsfeld, wheth-er that’s helping them attend the Rumble or going toward their playgrounds.

Local students will be selling the tickets. Prizes like Kindles or iPads, four

tickets to Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium and one year of free ice cream from Grand-ma Rosie’s will be given to the top sellers. The class with the most sales will likely receive a pizza party with a featured wrestler, said Wolsfeld.

The Professional Wres-tling Charity event will bring in wrestlers donat-ing much of their time and skills from all over America. Through his connections in the wrestling communi-ty, Wolsfeld has organized the event for the past three years.

The wrestling consists of a Three Stooges, slap-stick wrestling style, Wols-feld said, adding the entire event is geared toward family fun and children.

Lions club member Scott Smith said the pure excite-ment in his nephews’ faces at last year’s event was priceless. One boy didn’t sit down the whole night, Smith said.

Lions Club Board mem-bers agreed to take the sponsorship into consider-ation to further discuss the extent of sponsorship and available support.

Lion Don Smith addressed Wolsfeld.

“We appreciate all you’ve done since you’ve been in town,” he said.

For more information, contact Servicemaster’s branch manager Frank Wolsfeld at 708-514-5135 or [email protected].


RumbleFrom Page 3

Lions Club DrawdownTickets are now on sale for the Saturday, March

7, Lions Club drawdown. Tickets are available from any Lions Club member.

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Hands down ... it was a good time!The Princeton Chamber of Commerce-sponsored its second annual Casino Night, held Saturday, Jan. 31, at the Bureau County Metro Center and allowed event-goers to enjoy a variety of casino games. Those who won “money” from the games were then allowed to bid on a wide variety of auction items. All proceeds from the event benefited the Princeton Chamber of Commerce.

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At the courthouseTraffic court

Failure to notify damage to unattended vehicle — Lawrence N. Larson, 57, of Princeton.

Failure to wear blaze orange — Thomas V. Gilling-ham, 73, of Princeton.

Seat belt required (driver) — Traci M. Kirsch, 39,

of Spring Valley.Speeding (11-14) — Claudia B. Espinoza, 36, of

Princeton; Toreen L. Learned, 52, of Princeton.Speeding (15-20) — Joanne Lee, 51, of Ohio, Ill.Speeding (21-25) — Robert T. Lucas, 20, of DePue;

Tyler D. Rice, 18, of Seatonville; Adam J. Schweick-ert, 18, of Arlington.

Bureau County SheriffAccidents

Michael R. Strader, 28, of Princeton ran his car off the road and into a pole barn before the car and barn caught fire at 10:17 p.m. Dec. 28, 2014, on 1890 East Street about 500 feet north of East Main Street in Tiskilwa. Strader was ticketed with driving too fast for conditions and failure to give information after striking unattended vehicle or other property.

A 17-year-old Walnut boy was involved in a single vehicle accident at 6:55 p.m. Dec. 29, 2014, on 2400 North Avenue at the intersection with 1300 East Street in Bureau Township.

Deer accidentsJason E. Callihan, 37, of Walnut hit a deer at 5:34

p.m. Dec. 29, 2014, on Tiskilwa Bottom Road at the intersection with 2350 East Street in Arispie Town-ship.

Charlotte W. Elliott, 63, of Nachusa hit a deer

at 5:49 p.m. Dec. 31, 2014, on Route 40 about one fourth mile south of Interstate 80 in Concord Town-ship.

Deborah S. Kirley, 60, of Princeton hit a deer at 5:50 p.m. Dec. 28, 2014, while she was northbound on Interstate 180 in Leepertown Township.

Spring Valley PoliceTraffic stop

Ryan P. Keenan, 28, of Granville was charged with driving under the influence of drugs, improper lane usage, operating an uninsured motor vehicle and failure to wear seat belt in the 100 block of East Car-oline Street at 8:24 a.m. Jan. 30.

Accident A two-vehicle collision involving drivers Marilyn

T. Crabb, 69, of Spring Valley and Paul A. Kirsch, 45, of Spring Valley occurred in the 600 block of West Dakota Street at 9:30 a.m. Feb. 1.

Police reports

Sedam sentenced to two years in prisonPRINCETON — A Peru man entered his plea of

guilty to the Class 4 felony offense of criminal dam-age to property.

Justin R. Sedam, 21, of Peru entered his plea Jan. 22 in the Bureau County Courthouse in front of Associate Circuit Judge C.J. Hollerich.

Prosecuting the case was State’s Attorney Patrick Herrmann. Defending Sedam was Assistant Public Defender Eric May.

On Sept. 2, 2014, a Ladd man reported to the Spring Valley Police Department someone had damaged his motorcycle by knocking it over out-side of a bar in Spring Valley.

Following an investigation by the Spring Val-ley Police Department, Sedam was charged with criminal damage to property. The damage to one motorcycle exceeded $4,000 and over $1,700 to a motorcycle it fell into.

Sedam was ordered to pay $6,046.34 restitution within two years of his release from the Depart-ment of Corrections. He was sentenced to serve two years in the Illinois Department of Corrections and to pay $482 in court costs.

Sedam was on probation for the felony offense of retail theft in LaSalle County at the time of this offense.

Mary EllisPRINCETON — Mary Johannah “Jo” Ellis, 79, of

Princeton passed away Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, at home.

She was born April 2, 1935, in Urbana, Ill., to Den-nis M. “Cy” and Ruth (Dickson) Madigan. She mar-ried Jon Ellis Dec. 28, 1954, in Penfield. He survives.

She was a former owner of the Mode O’ Day store in Princeton. She was also a member of the Home-makers Extension Association and St. Louis Catholic Church CCW. She graduated from Armstrong High School in 1953 and attended Blackburn College and the University of Illinois and was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority.

She is survived by her husband, Jon; three daugh-ters, Alice Jo (Richard) Rainville, Kathryn (Patrick) Kennedy and Mary (Mark) Miller; six sons, John (Nancy) Ellis, Kevin (Beth Ann) Ellis, James (Julie) Ellis, Richard (Cathy) Ellis, Timothy (Rhonda) Ellis and Thomas (Anna) Ellis; 28 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Dennis and Timothy.

She was preceded in death by her parents.A funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 6, at

St. Louis Catholic Church in Princeton with Father Robert Spilman officiating. Interment will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, in the St. Lawrence Cemetery in Penfield.

Memorials may be directed to the donor’s choice.Online condolences may be left at www.norbergfh.

com.

William O’BrienOHIO, Ill. — William F. “Bill” O’Brien, 86, of Ohio,

Ill., died Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015, at Walnut Manor Nursing Home in Walnut.

Arrangements are pending at the Garland Funeral Home in Walnut.

Arnold FettersWOODHULL — Arnold F. Fetters, 85, of Woodhull

died Friday, Jan. 30, 2015, at home.Born April 8, 1929, in Aledo to Arnold and Ella Lea-

sure Fetters, he married R. Maxine Peterson May 27, 1950, in Aledo. She preceded him in death on Nov. 13, 2009.

He attended the Aledo schools. At the age of 17, he became the sexton of the Aledo Cemetery. He later worked at the Shale City Brickyard for 13 years and delivered feed for Moorman Manufacturing in Alpha until his retirement in 1991.

He was a member of the Bethany Lutheran Church.

Surviving are two daughters, Sandy (Rod) White of Galva and Donna (Ste-phen) Purl of Princeton; one son, Brad Fetters of Davenport, Iowa; seven grand-children, Mark (Stephanie) White of Hampton, Scott (Kari) White of Mahom-et, Stephenie (Matt) Hamen of Sun Prai-rie, Wis., Shawn Purl of Washington state, Danielle (Joel) Eaton of Chatham, and Saman-tha and Sydney Fetters of Davenport, Iowa; nine great-grandchildren, Kolby, Kanon and Kuper White of Hampton, Owen and Jacob Hamen of Sun Prairie, Wis., Jackson White of Mahomet, Zayde and Dekota Fetters of Davenport, Iowa, and Annabelle Eaton of Chatham; one sister, Sarah Mumey of Bettendorf, Iowa; and several nieces and nephews.

He was also preceded in death by his parents; one great-grandson, Zayne; and three sisters and four brothers.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 3, at Beth-any Lutheran Church in Woodhull. Burial will be in the Woodhull Cemetery.

Visitation was from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 2, at the Peterson-Wallin-Knox Funeral Home in Wood-hull.

Memorials may be directed to the Clover Township Fire Department or Tri-County Ambulance.

Arnold Fetters

Obituaries

Obituary deadlinesDeadlines for obituaries are 2 p.m. Monday for Tues-

day’s paper, 2 p.m. Wednesday for Thursday’s paper and 2 p.m. Friday for Saturday’s paper.

Ladd Village BoardLADD — The Ladd Village Board conducted the

following business at its Tuesday, Jan. 27 meeting:• Heard that the Village’s National Pollutant Dis-

charge Elimination System permit application has been completed and is ready for President Mike Grivetti’s signature.

* Heard a report on the recent EPA inspection of the water treatment plant. The village’s cross-con-nection ordinance will need to be amended to include a bi-annual survey requirement.

Authorized Grivetti to sign a mutual aid agree-ment/understanding for emergency aid, mutual aid assistance and related energy-restoration services between the IMUA member communities of Gen-eseo, Ladd, Oglesby, Peru, Princeton and Rock Falls.

* Authorized a Patrick Engineering work order to proceed with design through bid review for $48,980. Proposed work is for electrical system upgrades on the east side subdivision, capacitor bank, Tee Group and the Village substation.

• Accepted Koenig Body & Equipment quotes of $7,035 for an 11-foot snow plow and $4,591 for a stainless steel salt spreader.

• Heard that the Bureau County Sheriff’s Depart-ment has agreed to maintain the Sex-Offender Pro-gram’s website and input.

• Heard that Comcast continues to work on the pole agreement and expects to have it ready for the Feb. 10 meeting.

• Approved liquor licenses for Cancun, Dick’s, Lanuti’s, Rip’s, Softails, Casey’s, Ladd Lanes and Greg Colmone Scholarship Fund Trivia Night.

• Passed a resolution to close Main Street for Ladd’s 125th Anniversary Celebration in July.

• Passed a resolution to close Main Street for the Convoy Against Cancer BIG Truck Show on May 2.

• Approved a $50 table sponsor donation for the Hall Athletic Parents Club Trivia Night.

• Approved the rental of a parade float for Ladd’s 125th Anniversary Celebration Parade.

• Heard that an application to re-apply for Enter-prise Zone status was discussed at a recent E-Z meeting with the $25,000 application fee to be divided equally among entities. If the application is not approved in the first round, the group will need to re-apply with a fee of $15,000.

• A new economic development group is forming for Bureau, Putnam and LaSalle counties and the organizers would like to address the board at a future meeting.

• A 5K race to benefit the LaSalle Veterans Home may be held in Ladd in September.

• An IBEW representative will meet with union employees to discuss the next contract.

• Heard a suggestion to decorate the village’s float in red, white and green to reflect the village’s Italian heritage.

• Approved bills in the amount of $108,727.94.• Approved the December Treasurer’s Report.The board will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday,

Feb. 10 in the Village Hall.

Meeting Minutes

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PerspectiveBureau CountyRepublican

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From the editor’s deskSo the crushed chips have been vacuumed from the

carpet; the empty beverage bottles have been taken to the curb; and the biggest football game of the year is just a memory. I know a lot of folks were having parties while watching the Super Bowl; I hope the weather didn’t spoil the fun. Regardless of who you were rooting for, it was a good game — especially the final few minutes. Wow!

•••I decided to not lead off this column

talking about the weather again. Just look out your window. Enough said.

•••With January under our belts, the calen-

dar will start getting busier. If your organi-zation is having a public event, please let us know about it. Just send a press release to us, letting us know all the particulars of your event. You can even include a photo, which always draws more attention to the event. Just email your information to [email protected], and we’ll be glad to help you let others know of your upcoming event.

•••I had a nice chat the other day with Bureau Valley

Superintendent Steve Endress about the Open Meet-ings Act and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The two can be very confusing sometimes. While I’m fairly well-versed on both, I still learn new things every day. Fortunately, I also have the Illinois Press Association attorneys available if I have any ques-tions. Please know I’ll be happy to assist you with any questions you might have on these two acts, and if I don’t know, I’ll find out for you. The public’s right to know is very important, and we take it very seriously. I applaud the Bureau Valley School Board for making that a priority and wanting to be transparent.

•••Last week we received a press release about a group

of fire service, law enforcement and public health officials, along with legislators and burn survivors, who gathered at the state capitol in opposition to recent conversations about making the retail sale of fireworks legal in Illinois. There has been talk about the introduction of legislation for this action.

According to the press release, “The groups stood in strong opposition to such policy change and cited evidence to show it would just lead to more injuries and potential deaths, and that any additional revenue would be offset by increased costs for first respond-ers, Medicaid payments for injuries, as well property damage.”

What do you think? I’d love for those in favor or against this legislation to voice their opinions in a Letter to the Editor. You can email your letters to [email protected]. We will print your first and last names and your hometown. I do need you to include your telephone number to verify you are the author of the letter, but your phone number will not be published. We never print unsigned emails or let-ters. Questions? Give me a call at 815-875-4461, ext. 6330, or email me at [email protected].

•••Customer Service Kudos: Do you know a business

or individual who delivers great customer service? If so, I’d like to share your experience with other read-ers. Send your Kudos to me at [email protected]. Following are the Kudos I have recently received:

• Mary said, “Kudos to Johnson’s Pharmacy in Spring Valley. When I was struggling, even with help, to walk on slush and ice, the cashier came out to help. Then the owner showed me where to find things, and then the cashier carried my purchases to the car. That’s what I call service!”

• Jean said, “My kudos go to the young man return-ing carts to the store at Walmart. I accidentally left my wallet in the shopping cart. The next thing I saw was the young man running to catch me in my car, so he could return it to me. I had quite a bit of money in my wallet, and a lot of cards and photos. I didn’t get his name, and he wouldn’t take any money from me for his nice deed. Walmart should be proud to employ honest young people like him.”

•••It’s crazy busy at the BCR right now, as we forge our

way into 2015. We appreciate our readers and adver-tisers. And remember ... you are important to me and the BCR.

On the street If you were to write your autobiography, what would you call it?

“I Did it My Way and

I’d Do it My Way Again.”

Joan “Blondie’ Gibbs, Princeton

“The Ups and Downs

of Lily Mae’s Life.”Lily Mae Wiggim,

Princeton

“The Life of Beautiful

Bobby.”Bobby Thompson,

Princeton

“All the Lives I Have Touched.”

Diane Seidel, Princeton

“Reality Therapy 101.”

Joel Nelson, Princeton

Practice makes perfect ...?In the last month, one of the

most embarrassing memories from my youth has come up in conversation more than once.

Finally, enough time has gone by where I’m now feeling OK to tell people how it took me three tries to pass my first ever driver’s test.

I laugh at this now, but just a few years ago, the thought of it made me cringe. It was such an embarrassing and humiliating experience as a 16 year old.

I had no problem passing the written test in my driver’s training class, but when it came down to sitting behind the wheel with a stranger in the front seat, mon-itoring every move I made — it made me incredibly nervous.

During my first attempt, I remember being so nervous. I had butterflies in my stomach; the steering wheel was slippery with my hand sweat; and my mind was so jumbled I forgot what the car’s turn signal did.

About five minutes into the road test, the instructor had me pull off to the side of the road as he told me bluntly I was not ready for my license.

After the test, I cried. Mostly out of embarrassment and the dreadful feeling of being the only

one in my class without a driver’s license.

Months later, however, I was back in the car next to the instruc-tor for my second try. My grandpa had loaned me his truck for the test. Although I had little practice driving in the truck, I felt confi-dent his vehicle might be the luck I needed.

Unfortunately, having no prac-tice backing up and parallel park-ing in his vehicle doomed me.

I hit too many cones in the parking portion of the exam and didn’t even make it out on the road the second time around.

At 16, it felt like my life was over — all I could think was I will never have a license; I will never get to drive a car; I’ll be struck riding the school bus to school until gradu-ation.

During my third try, my stepdad really played a key role. The night before my third stab at the test, he took me out and went over step-by-step directions on how to

back up into a parking spot and parallel park into a tight spot. It was like driver’s training all over again. We were out there for hours and didn’t leave until I could go through the motions without even coming close to hitting a cone.

On the day of the test, I felt way more confident. I had gone through the motions so many times, I think I could have done them with my eyes closed.

There were no surprises my third time around. I backed into the parking spot no problem; I parallel parked no problem; and I think I even passed the road driv-ing with a perfect score.

The best drive of my life was to the DMV with proof I had passed my road exam. I had to work hard for that license, but it turned into an experience I will never forget. And it’s now one I can now laugh at and share with others who are just learning to drive.

Just for the record, when it comes to parallel parking, well, let’s just say the last time I truly parallel parked was during that driving test. I always choose to walk the extra six blocks rather than attempt the parallel park.

BCR Senior Staff Writer Goldie Currie can be reached at [email protected].

Letter EditorTOTHE

Bellino deserves much better

To the Editor,I’m not a St. Bede Academy

graduate. I’m not a St. Bede Acad-emy athletics fan. I have no inter-est in St. Bede Academy. I am not a Catholic

I am a human being who is saddened to learn of the dismiss-al of a wonderful human being — Coach John Bellino from the St. Bede Academy athletic depart-ment. A man who wore green and white since his high school days and then 40 successful years as a teacher and baseball and football coach and now upon reaching the “Golden Years” at age 65 is tossed away like yesterday’s newspaper.

In today’s business world, many large and small companies are encouraging men and women of vintage to remain on their jobs utilizing their wealth of informa-tion.

I am a retired baseball umpire and basketball official who worked many St. Bede baseball games either at the Academy or on the

road.Bellino was a serious, dedicated

baseball coach who was a spirit-ed competitor and would let you know if he disagreed with your calls. But there was more to John than the game of baseball: there was the character building he was instilling in his athletes.

I will never forget one late afternoon on the Academy ball field. It was regional tournament time, and St. Bede was playing its arch-rival Putnam County with rain clouds threatening over head.

Along about the start of the fourth inning, it started sprin-kling. Putnam County had a one or two run lead on the Bruins. The Panthers coach, who shall remain nameless, but his players and any Putnam County fans who witnessed the game will recognize, was in the third base coach’s box instructing his batters in a loud enough voice for all to hear to swing at each pitch, thereby strik-ing out. His purpose was to get in at least five innings before the game might be called because of rain.

After a couple of batters fol-

lowed orders, Bellino, realizing the strategy, came off his bench and barked over to the Putnam County coach, “That is terrible sportsmanship. You are supposed to be teaching character and good sportsmanship, and you do this. I’m embarrassed to say I live in Putnam County!”

The rain did come, but we played all seven innings.

John Bellino, whose name is recognized throughout the Illinois high school sports scene and is synonymous with St. Bede Acade-my, deserved much better.

As a Princeton resident and taxpayer, I strongly suggest the Princeton High School Board of Education direct the Princeton High School administration to offer a contract to John Bellino to be their head baseball and head football coach and restore Princ-eton High School sports to cred-ibility, respect and success — no longer being the laughing-stock of the area.

Dick Volker37 years certified Illinois High

School Association umpirePrinceton

Terri SimonGoldie Currie

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Life&Arts Opening reception — The Prairie Arts Council will host an opening reception Friday for an exhibit by the Photography Unlimited Club. See Page 8.

Lions Club event — The Princeton Lions Club will host its annual drawdown and dance in March. See Community Notes on Page 7.

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Community NotesPancake and

sausage brunchHOLLOWAYVILLE —

Hollowayville United Church of Christ will host its 63rd annual pancake and sausage brunch from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8. The menu includes, pancakes, pork sausage, coffee cake, french toast, fruit, scrambled eggs and beverage. The cost is $8 for adults and $3 for children under 12 years old.

Social hourCHERRY — A pie and

coffee social hour will be from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4, at the Cherry Church Hall. The event, which will also include conversa-tion, games and crafts, is sponsored by the Cherry United Church of Christ and Holy Trinity Cherry.

Valentine’s Day dance

PRINCETON — The Princeton Elks Lodge will host a Valentine’s Day dance from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13, with music provided by The Generics Goodies Band. For more information, call the Elks Lodge at 815-875-2185.

Lions Club drawdown

PRINCETON — The Princeton Lions Club will host its annual drawdown and dance Saturday, March 7, at the Princeton Elks Lodge. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., dinner will be served at 6 p.m. and the drawdown will begin at 7 p.m. Rodeo Drive will perform. Din-ner for two with tickets costs $35 per couple. Only 200 tickets will be available. Tickets can be

purchased at the Princeton Elks Lodge, Cannon Clean-ers or from any Princeton Lions Club member. All proceeds go to Princeton Lions Club projects. For more information, call Lewis at 815-872-1506 or Jim at 815-872-6181.

Garage salePRINCETON — The

Princeton Veterans Group is now accepting donations for their winter garage sale on Friday, Feb. 20, and Saturday, Feb. 21. All types of items will be accepted, including furni-ture. Televisions can only be accepted if they are the newer flat-screen type. To make arrangements to drop off donated items or to have items picked up, call the Legion Post at 815-872-1171 or Brad Oeder at 815-866-9349.

Pork chop standPRINCETON — The

Princeton FFA Alumni will host a pork chop stand Friday, Feb. 6, at the Princeton vs. Bureau Val-ley basketball game. The stand will be open at 5:30 p.m. and will run until the end of the game or the supplies run out. The stand will be set up in the cafeteria. Proceeds from the event will go toward scholarships to be used by Princeton FFA members.

Open Table supper

SHEFFIELD — The Sheffield United Church of Christ will host its Open

Table supper from 5 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8, at the Sheffield United Meth-odist Church. This free meal is for anyone who is hungry, lonely, doesn’t want to eat alone, or just want to meet up with family and friends. This month’s menu will be bar-becues, salad and dessert.

Rules of the Road review

coursePRINCETON — Secretary

of State Jesse White, in cooperation with the Bureau County Senior Center, is offering a Rules of the Road Review Course for all citi-zens in the Princeton area from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Fri-day, Feb. 20, at the Bureau County Senior Center. The course is free to anyone who wishes to attend. The course is designed to help participants pass the Illinois driver’s license renewal examination. For more information, call the driver services department at 312-814-3676.

DAR meetingPRINCETON — The

Princeton-Illinois Chapter NSDAR will meet Satur-day, Feb. 7, at the Bureau County Republican meet-ing room. Coffee time will begin at 9:30 a.m. with gavel time at 10 a.m. The program will be “Bright Beginnings” presented by the Chapter DAR Schools Chairman Lois Peterson. Members will sign Easter cards for residents and staff at the Illinois Veterans Home at LaSalle.

SBA will hold Mr. SBA for fifth yearEight contestants

will vie for this year’s title

PERU — Eight contes-tants will be vying for the title of Mr. SBA at Celebra-tions 150 this Valentine’s Day as St. Bede Academy holds its fifth fundraiser for this event.

Since its inception in 2011, St. Bede has raised more than $148,000 from Mr. SBA to help “fund the gap” between the price of tuition and the actual cost to educate each student at St. Bede.

Each year the Mr. SBA has raised money to help offset the cost of tuition for every St. Bede Acad-emy student. More than a hundred students and numerous volunteers assist with this event.

“Our students’ involve-ment is extraordinary and exemplifies the character that an education at St. Bede instills,” said Bon-nie Prokup, who oversees special events at St. Bede.

“Mr. SBA will showcase eight talented contestants in our fifth and final year” said Patti Leynaud, chair-woman for Mr. SBA since 2011. “This has been such a heartfelt fundraiser for the past four years, with the involvement of so many wonderful people and students; if you have an opportunity to join us please don’t miss it.”

Contestants this year will be Mike Brown, coach Jim Eustice, Dave Hancock, Deacon Tom Jagiella, Brother George Matsuoka, Brother Luke McLachlan, Dr. Bob Mor-row and Andy Rice. Stu-dents from St. Bede and

several from Peru Catho-lic will be involved in the performances.

The title of Mr. SBA have previously been held by Joe Kolodziej, 2011; Mark Dudek, 2012; Gary Yaklich, 2013; and Mike Rosploch, 2014.

Prokup stated, “We are grateful to everyone who has supported and been a part of Mr. SBA and spe-cial thanks to Attorney George and Patti Leynaud who for the past five years have served as master of ceremonies and chair-woman.

Mr. SBA will be held at Celebrations 150 begin-ning at 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14. Tickets are avail-able at St. Bede Academy. More information can be found on St. Bede’s web-site, www.st-bede.com, and on their Facebook page.

Ladd School sets kindergarten pre-registration day set for Feb. 12

LADD — Ladd Commu-nity Consolidated School has set kindergarten pre-registration day for 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Thurs-day, Feb. 12.

Parents of children, who will be 5 years of age on or before Sept. 1, 2015, and not currently in the Ladd preschool class, are asked to come to the school office to pre-register their children. It is not neces-sary for children to come this day.

To pre-register, parents must bring proof of resi-dency in the Ladd school

district and a certified copy of the child’s birth certificate. Proof of resi-dency can be established by submitting mortgage or lease papers and two of the following items: a driv-er’s license, vehicle regis-tration, voter registration, a utility bill or an insur-ance premium receipt. A certified birth certificate can be obtained from the county clerk of the coun-ty in which the child was born. A hospital certificate is not acceptable.

Parents will be asked to complete an information

sheet and receive a packet of information and health exam forms. Each child must have a health exam including a lead screen-ing, a dental exam, and an eye exam completed by the first day of school. Parents are reminded to schedule medical appoint-ments early.

It is important that stu-dents are pre-registered. If parents/guardians are unable to pre-register on Feb. 12, they need to con-tact the school office at 815-894-2363 for an alter-native date.

Quilters Guild will meet Feb. 6PRINCETON — The

Covered Bridge Quilters Guild will meet at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6, at the Evan-gelical Covenant Church, 24 N. Main St., Princeton. Participants should enter through front door just off of Main Street.

The program, “Trunk

Show,” will be present-ed by Valerie Langue of the Quilt Merchant Quilt Shop in Winfield. Guests are welcome to attend for a $5 fee.

The workshop on Satur-day, Feb. 7, “Lucy Boston, Patchwork of the Crosses,” will be taught by Valerie

Langue of the Quilt Mer-chant at the church from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with English Paper Piecing techniques including Inklingo. The fee is $20 for members, $25 for non-members.

For membership infor-mation, call Annette Byrne at 815-223-0558.

PPSF will host annual trivia night on Feb. 21

PRINCETON — The Princeton Public Schools Foundation will have its seventh annual trivia night fundraiser Saturday, Feb. 21, at A Hundred Acres Orchard.

There may be teams of 8-10 people at each table at a cost of $15 a person/ticket. Doors will open at 6 p.m. and trivia will start at 7 p.m.

Pulled pork BBQ sand-wiches, chips, popcorn, desserts, water, soda and alcohol will be available for purchase. This is a fun evening that directly benefits the students and teachers at both Princeton

High School District 500 and Princeton Elementary School District 115.

For questions, or to order tickets, call Collette Yelm at 815-872-0957 of Beth Bick-erman at 815-879-0681.

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Lincoln Day DinnerAnnual FundraiserSaturday, February 21, 2015

Dinner begins at 6:30 p.m.at Wise Guys Bar and Grill2205 N. Main St., Princeton, IL

Dan Proft will be the keynote speakeralong with comments from invitedstate Representatives and Senators.

Dan Proft is an entrepreneur, writer, and formerRepublican candidate for Governor. Additionally,Proft works as a Senior Fellow at the Illinois PolicyInstitute, a free market think tank in Chicago. Proftalso serves on the boards of directors for both theDisabled Patriot Fund, a non-profit that providesassistance to Illinois military families, and Freedomto Learn-Illinois, a non-profit that provides privateelementary school scholarships to disadvantagedchildren in Chicago, and Aid for Women, a Catholiclife-affirming pregnancy center in Chicago. Mostimportantly, Proft is an aspiring basketball coach.Proft earned his BA from Northwestern University andhis JD from Loyola University-Chicago School of Law.

Other activities include a2016 Republican Presidential Straw Poll and a

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815-875-3231 Daytime • 815-875-1160 EveningsPaid for by the Lincoln Day Committee/Eldon Entwhistle.


Rosalie Bell will celebrate birthday

Rosalie Metcalf Bell of Wyanet will celebrate her 96th birthday on Feb. 9.

She was born Feb. 9, 1919, in Atheronville and lived in LaRue County sev-eral years before moving to Illinois. She retired from Harper-Wyman in Princ-eton and also worked at Hollywood Vasserette and Perry Memorial Hospital in Princeton.

In the late 1950s, Rosa-lie and her former hus-band, the late Donald Bell, managed the Blue Ribbon Luncheonette located in the Hodgenville square beneath the Masonic Lodge and across from the statue of Abraham Lin-coln.

Rosalie is the moth-er of the late Tom Bell of Buda, June Hosier of Colo-nial Heights, Va., Louise

DeVries of Merced, Calif., Beverly Moore of Kewanee and Janice Bulthuis of Wya-net, and the stepmother of the late Donna (Bell) Wood of Campbellsville.

Cards may be sent to: 606 Greencastle Drive, Wyanet, IL 61379.

Photo contributed

Exhibit will feature Photography Unlimited Club membersThe Prairie Arts Council will welcome Princeton’s Photography Unlimited Club during the month of February as they exhibit some of their members’ most recent photographic works in the gallery of the Prairie Arts Center in Princeton. Club members Jon McCutchan (from left), Stephen Beatty, Dave Horst and Mike Vaughn will participate in the event. The exhibit begins with a wine and hors d’oeuvres reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6, honoring the photographers. The exhibit will run through March 1 in the gallery of the Prairie ArtsCenter in Princeton. The exhibit can be viewed from during open hours, 10 a.m. to noon on Wednesdays, and 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturdays and Sunday. This exhibit is free and open to the public.

Photo contributed

Ohio High School announces homecoming courtOhio High School has announced its homecoming court. Pictured are senior atten-dants Kaitlyn Hughes (left), Brad Davis and Autumn Bousum; junior attendants Johnee Schulte and Samantha Martinez; sophomore attendants Gary Reuter and Paige Conner; and freshmen attendants Nathan Bousum and Alexis Loftus. Hughes and Davis were named homecoming queen and king respectively.

Iowa State University fall 2014 dean’s list

AMES, Iowa — Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, has announced its 2014 fall semester dean’s list.

Students named to the dean’s list must have earned a grade point average of at least 3.5 on a 4.0 scale while car-rying a minimum of 12 credit hours of graded course work.

Area students who made the list are: Christopher Steven of Buda, Nathaniel

Kingry of Ladd, Ryan Scott Marion of Princeton, Skyler Brazel of Tiskilwa and Trevin Kennedy of Walnut.

St. Francis announces December graduates

PEORIA — St. Francis College of Nursing announces its December graduates.

Local students who graduated are Halliegh Lundgren of Malden and Hallie May of Princeton.

Education Briefs

Rosalie Bell

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Tiger triumph — Princeton rolled over Amboy in Three Rivers Conference East basketball play Friday. See page 9.

Wrestling

Putnam County/Hall wins Super DualBy Dixie SchroeDer

Shaw Media Service

SPRING VALLEY — In a rare appearance at Hall High School, the Putnam County/Hall co-op wres-tling team hosted its annual Super Dual meet Saturday, Jan. 31. Marquette, Men-dota, Midland and St. Bede all attended, with PC/Hall coming out on top for first place.

The first matchup of the day was against Mendota with Hall/PC winning 54-9. At 160 pounds, Luke McCook pinned Taylor Thompson in the first period at 1:27 for the win. Also winning by forfeits were Jimmy Hewitt at 126 pounds, Mario Flores (132), Charlie McCook (138), Joe Berg (152), James Hall

(170, Evan Kiphart (182) and Shane Kahounha in the heavyweight division.

PC/Hall earned two pin-fall wins on their way to beating Midland, 60-10. At 132 pounds, Flores pinned Midland’s Mitch Mar-tin at 3:13 of their match. Luke McCook continued his winning ways at 160 pounds with a pin at 1:15 over Riley Burtsfield. Forfeit wins were earned by Charlie McCook at 138, Ben Garland at 145, Berg at 152, Hall at 170 pounds, Kiphart at 18, Marco Uribe at 195, Eric Cis-sell at 220 and Kahounha at heavyweight.

In the PC/Hall versus St. Bede meet, PC/Hall pulled three pinfall wins. Hewitt pinned Carter Funsfin at 3:41 in the 126-pound

weight division, while at 152 pounds, Berg pinned Gar-rett Barto at 1:33 in their match. Luke McCook con-tinued his winning ways with a first period pin at 1:15 over Jeff Barnes. Earn-ing forfeit wins were Flores at 132, Charlie McCook at 138, Garland at 145, Hall at 170, Kiphart at 182, Uribe at 195 pounds and Cissell at 220 pounds. PC/Hall took the meet 54-18.

In the match of the unde-feated, PC/Hall took on Marquette and thrashed them with a win, 51-11. PC/Hall poured out four pins on their way to vic-tory. Garland, wrestling at 145, pinned opponent Kyle Madden. Luke McCook

Boys basketball: Newman 60, St. Bede 53

Bruins’ rally falls short against

Newman

Shaw Media Service photo/Dixie SchroederPutnam County/Hall’s Luke McCook works toward a pin in the first period of his match against Marquette’s Keegan Jaros on Jan. 31.

By Dan [email protected]

PERU — St. Bede made halftime adjustments, but slow first-half play made the task of pulling out a Three Rivers Conference victory an insurmountable one as they ran out of time during a torrid second half for the Bruins.

Each team showed signs of dominance during the St. Bede Academy Bruins’ 60-53 loss to Sterling New-man, but a 20-0 run led by junior forward Noah McCarty that spanned 6:49 in the first half was too much for junior guard Jarrett Olsen and the Bru-ins to overcome Friday, Jan. 30, at the academy.

“I told the kids after the game that I’ve coached well over 700 games of var-sity high school basketball games, and if it’s not the best comeback I’ve seen, it’s the second best,” SBA coach Mike Kilmartin said.

Each team traded bas-kets to start the second half, but a pass from Olsen to junior center Andrew Pyszka as he cut towards the lane for an easy layin sparked a 19-3 run that got SBA back in the thick of things, cutting the Comet lead to nine at 45-36 with 4.7 to play in the third.

“It wasn’t that we did a lot of things different-ly. We just turned it up a notch,” Kilmartin said.

SBA continued to chip away at the Comet lead as

senior guard Joey Dudek found Olsen in the cor-ner for a three that cut the Comet lead to three at 49-46 with 4:09 to play.

Stellar free throw shoot-ing down the stretch put the game out of reach for SBA, as Newman knocked down 7-of-9 from the charity stripe in the final 2:11.

“We did a nice job at the finish there to finish the game off in the last minute and a half, but for about 14 minutes of the second half St. Bede really beat us bad,” Newman coach Ray Sharp said. “They did

Bureau Valley’s Tommy

Johnston takes the

ball to the basket over Hall’s Chris Ballerini in

second-half action

Friday at Red Devil Gymnasi-um. The

Storm held on for a

64-60 win.

BCR photo/Kevin

Hieronymus

Boys basketball: Bureau Valley 64, Hall 60

Storm holds off hot-shooting DevilsBy Kevin Hieronymus [email protected]

SPRING VALLEY — When ever they play the Hall Red Devils, the Bureau Valley Storm know one thing - never count the Red Devils out.

Hall junior Drew Pullam scored off a steal and hit two deep threes in the game’s final 1:11 to help bring the Red Devils back from a 10-point deficit all the way back to two points. BV’s Tommy Johnston, however, hit two free throws to seal a 64-60 victory for the state-ranked Bureau Valley Storm.

In December, the Storm scored the game’s first 21 points of the game only to watch the Red Devils rally to regain the leader before the Storm held on for a 71-57 win.

“Just (got to) be thankful,” BV

coach Jason Marquis said. “We need to become the aggressors. That’s what it amounts to. We’ve got to become the team with the chip on our shoulder, not the one with the bulls’-eye on our back. We’ve got to start slinging arrows, instead of just using the shield.

“We need to sniff the weakness and sniff the victory and then just go out and get it. And not wait for it to fall out of the school. That’s the mentality we need to develop.”

Hall coach Mike Filippini felt a little better with the loss than per-haps Marquis did with the win.

“I just told the kids, the coaching staff feels better than this game tonight than Tuesday’s game vs. Serena. We didn’t win the game, but we keep getting better. We played right with the seventh-ranked team in the state,” Filippini said. “Our

kids got better and that’s going to pay off come regional time. ... I give our kids credit. They hung in there when some calls didn’t go our way.”

BV senior Parker Neuhalfen, who last week went over the 2,000-point mark, led all scorers with 26 points. Classmate Tommy Johnston added 16 points.

Pullam finished with 18 to lead a balanced Hall attack with Chris Ballerini (15), Ryan Cinotte 912) and A.J. Gaeta (10).

The Storm (21-2) scored the last four points of the second quarter on Neuhalfen’s two free throws and coast-to-coast layup to go up 29-22 at the half, matching its largest lead of the first half at seven.

A three-pointer by Neuhalfen

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BCR photo/Dan DwyerSt. Bede junior guard Jar-rett Olson launches over Newman on Saturday at the academy.

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stretched the Storm’s lead to 37-29 late in the third quarter. Ballerini hooped three straight times down the stretch, the Storm needing a late bucket by Drew Fordham to go up 42-35 at quarter’s end.

Ballerini carried his hot hand over into the fourth quarter with the first two points of the final frame. Drew Pullam and Ryan Cinotte added layups to bring Hall within 43-41 with 6:40 remaining.

The Storm regrouped, outscoring the Red Devils 16-8 to take its big-gest lead of the night at 59-49.

Then things got interesting. Cinotte hit a three, Drew Pullam scored off a steal and then added a deep three from the left corner, dancing a little jig as Hall took a timeout at 54.0, now trailing just 59-57.

BV’s Tommy Johnston scored on a drive and converted the three-point play with 30.6 only to have Drew Pullam hit another trey to make it 62-60.

“When Drew gets like that, he can get hot real hot fast. He did it against Kewanee last week and he did it again tonight,” Filippini said.

With no timeouts, Hall fouled Johnston, who hit two free throws to wrap up the Storm’s 64-60 win.

“We knew they’re a streaky team,” Marquis said. “We said going into the fourth quarter they’ll proba-bly hit a contested three or two and you’ve just got to live with it and make sure they’re contested. I didn’t tell them they might hit about six contested threes in the fourth quarter.”

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BCR photo/Kevin HieronymusHall’s Drew Pullam drives on Bureau Valley’s Parker Neuhalfen at Red Devil Gymnasium Friday. The Red Devils rallied behind Pullam’s hot hand in the fourth quarter, but fell short 64-60.

Boys roundupTigers back in the

winning clip at AmboyBy Kevin Hieronymus

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The Amboy Clippers hav-en’t won a game this sea-son. The Princeton Tigers made sure they didn’t get their first one.

The Tigers took a 20-4 first-quarter lead and went up 32-11 at the half on the way to a 62-27 win on the road in Three Rivers East play Friday, Jan. 30. The win snapped a three-game skid for the Tigers (13-7, 4-3) since a Jan. 23 loss at Newman.

Brenton Schmidt and Garrett Duffin each had 11 points and Zach Friel added 10 points for the Tigers.

Jordan Hochstatter led Amboy (0-23, 0-8) with 11 points.

Tri-County Conference: Top-seeded Peoria Chris-tian defeated No. 2 Otta-wa Marquette 75-69 to claim Friday’s TCC cham-pionship game. Dakota Bennington had 27 points and Alex O’Neill 21 for the Chargers. Marquette was lead by Michael Sypniew-iski (16) and John Lechten-berg (14).

Roanoke-Benson topped host Putnam County 55-47 for third place. Alec Vever-ka led PC with 22 points.

Henry outlasted DePue 65-62 in overtime to claim the consolation crown. Devin Guelde had 27 points for the Mallards. For DePue, Rahim McK-ee-Strong had 21 points, Ramon Puga 18 and Eddie Moreno 11.

Mendota 79, Oregon 37: James Carroll had 23 points and Joe LaShonse 19 as the Trojans (14-7, 4-4) rolled at home Saturday, Jan. 31 in Big Northern Conference play.

WrestlingAt Sherrard: Princeton

split two matches on the Friday night mats, defeat-ing Amboy 48-15 and fall-ing to Sherrard 27-9.

Winners on the mat for the Tigers against Sherrard were Drew Pranka, who scored a 4-0 win at 160; Luke Marselle, who won by fall at 1:42 at 120; and Aus-tin Wetsel, who was a 10-2 winner at 132.

There were just two matches contested in the PHS-Amboy meet with the Clippers winning both (160, 195). The Tigers gained eight forfeits, gave one and three times nei-ther team fielded a weight.

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a nice job adjusting at halftime for what we were doing on defense, and they got good shots on offense. Olsen is a great player. We’re focused on him, and he still had over half of their points with 27.”

Sophomore guard Braidy Shipp snapped the early Newman streak as he drilled what looked to be a three from the right of the key with 2:16 to play in the half, but was ruled to have stepped on the line negat-ing the three. His shot, however, got SBA back on the board after the long drought.

“We didn’t have much energy in the first half,” Kilmartin said.

Olsen started going right before the half as he knocked down a three ball as he took the kick-out pass from senior guard Jack Brady, but back-to-back buckets by McCarty in the final 1:28 gave the Comets a comfortable 37-15 halftime lead.

“Jarrett’s banged up but he plays so hard and wants to win so much, he throws his body around and it’s just amazing,” Kilmartin said of his talented junior.

McCarty had a game-high 36 points, including 22 in the first half that was

dominated by the Comets.“It’s hard sometimes

when you have a big lead and you don’t come out as aggressive as the other team,” Sharp said. “They came out really aggressive, and they did a nice job coming back. You have to give their coach and their team a lot of credit for the heart they showed.”

Although SBA nearly made a comeback, the first half of uninspired play frustrated Kilmartin.

Olsen came alive in the

second half, scoring 16 of his team-high 27 in the second half.

“The first half was so frustrating. If I can say this is the best comeback or second best comeback, I can say this is one of the most frustrating games I’ve had at St. Bede.”

SBA continues confer-ence play as it heads to Princeton to take on the Tigers at 7:30 p.m. Tues-day, Feb. 3, at Prouty Gym.


BCR photoBureau Valley’s Ellen Johnson applies the defense against Amboy in Saturday’s championship game of the Princeton freshmen tournament.

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Lady Bruins rally to trip CometsBy BCR SpoRtS Staff

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Tristin Phegley and the St. Bede Lady Bruins had some heroics up their sleeve Saturday, Jan. 31, at the academy to turn back Sterling Newman 52-49 in overtime in Three Rivers East play.

The Lady Bruins trailed 20-11 at halftime before storming back with a 17-6 third quarter advantage to take a 28-26 lead. After the Comets slowed things down, SBA coach Tom McGunnigal said the Lady Bruins rallied in the third quarter by “extending our pressure, playing way more aggressive defense and really attacking them on our offensive end.”

Phegley scored six points in overtime, includ-ing a steal, a layup and three-point play. She had three points in regulation.

“Credit the girls for keeping together and pushing themselves to the win. Had a lot of chanc-es to just hang it up and give up but they carried each other and made the win happen,”McGunnigal said.

Hanna Bima led the Lady Bruins with 19 points.

Mendota 54, Hall 33: The Lady Trojans led 39-15 at halftime and never looked back, stretching its lead to 52-21 after three

quarters. They improved to 21-2, 9-2 with the win.

MHS senior Ally Bromenschenkel went over the 1,000-point mark for her career, finishing with 17 points in the game. She now stands at 1,001, good for sixth all-time for MHS.

Ellie Herrmann had nine points and Hunter Galassi eight for Hall.

Princeton freshmen tournament: Bureau Valley captured its third straight championship of the Princeton freshmen girls tournament Satur-

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Amboy 41-25 in the cham-pionship game. Addison Moreland had 21 points and Christen Hurley cel-ebrated her birthday with 12 points.

BV also defeated Princ-eton 42-28. Moreland had 13 points, Hurley 10, and Ellen Johnson six.

Maddie Forristall had 10 points for PHS against BV and added 12 in a 41-29 loss to Erie in the consola-tion finals.


BCR photo/Dan DwyerSt. Bede’s Jack Brady shoots against Newman Saturday at the academy.

was three for three with a pinfall win in the second period of his match against Keegan Jaros. At 170, Hall pinned Lorenzo Rodriquez with 3.6 seconds left in the first period of their match. Uribe, at 195, pinned Sam Donahue in the second period of his match.

The exciting match of the day was at 182. Kiphart

took on Dave Johnson and came from behind to tie 10-10 at the end of the third period. In wrestling overtime, the first wrestler to score a point wins the match, which was what Kiphart did for the win.

Forfeit wins were earned by Hewitt at 126 pounds, Flores at 132, Charlie McCook at 138 pounds and Kahounha in the heavyweight division.


ScoreboardBasketball

HigH scHool girlsPrinceton Freshmen Tournament

Bureau Valley 42, Princeton 28. PHs: Forristall 10, Hughes 7, grieff 5, smallwood 3, Kelly 2, Michael 2. BV: Moreland 13, Hurley 10, Johnson 8, olds 6, Hoagland 3, Wirth 2.

Amboy 28, Erie 25consolAtion: Erie 41, Princeton 29.

PHs: Forristall 12, grieff 6, Hughes 4, smallwood 2, Kelly 3, Michael 2.

titlE: Bureau Valley 46, Amboy 15. BV: Moreland 21, Hurley 12, Johnson 6, olds 4, Wirth 3.

At Perunewman 8 12 6 15 8 - 49st. Bede 6 5 17 13 11 - 52

st. BEDE: Pohar 1 0-0 2, sickley 2 1-2 5, Perona 1 0-0 2, Postula 1 0-0 2, Morrow 1 1 1-4 6, Phegley 3 3-4 9, Bima 7 5-8 19, lau 2 3-4 7. totals: 19 (1) 13-22 52.

At MendotaHall 5 10 6 12 - 33Mendota 19 29 13 2 - 54

HAll: Herrmann 2 5-7 9, lechner 1 0-0 2, A. Hoscheid 0 0-0 0, E. Hoscheid 1 2-4 4, Barroso 2 0-0 4, galassi 2 4-8 8, lusietto 2 2-3 6, soldatti 0 0-0 0, Bogatitus 0 0-0 0. totals: 10-36 (0-1) 13-22 33. Fouls: 12.

HigH scHool BoysAt Spring ValleyBureau Valley 14 15 13 22 - 64Hall 9 13 13 25 - 60

BV (21-1): Johnson 1-3 (1-3) 2-2 5, neuhalfen 7-17 (1-2) 11-12 26, Johnston 4-9 (1-4) 7-12 16, Mead 1-2 (0-1) 0-0 2, Balensiefen 1-3 0-0 2, Dale 3-4 0-2 6, Fordham 3-5 (1-3) 0-1 7. smith 0-1 0-0 0. totals: 20-43 (4-10) 20-28 64. Fouls: 9. rebounds: 26 (Johnston 10, neuhalfen

9). turnovers: 16. steals: 8 (neuhalfen 2, Johnston 2). charges taken: Balensiefen.

HAll: D. Pullam 7-16 (4-9) 0-0 18, gaeta 4-7 (2-5) 0-0 10, cinotte 5-8 (2-3) 0-0 12, t. Pullam 1-7 (0-2) 1-2 3, Ballerini 7-12 (0-2) 1-2 15, Barroso 1-3 (0-2) 00 2, Hill 0-0 0-0 0. totals: 25-53 (8-23) 2-4 60. Fouls: 18. rebounds: 24 (cinottte 9, D. Pullam 8). turnovers: 16. steals: 7 (D. Pullam 3). charges taken: Ballerini 2.Tri-County ConferenceTournament at Granville

FriDAy: consolation finals - #4 Henry 65, #7 DePue 62 (ot). DePue: strong 21, ram. Puga 18, Eddie Monroe 11, Edgar Moreno 6, Winfert 4, raf. Puga 2.

third place - #3 roanoke-Benson 55, # 5 Putnam county 47. Pc: Veverka 22, Biagini 10, DiazDeleon 5, Bean 3, Miller 3, Flores 2, Harris 2.

title - #1 Peoria christian 75, #2 Marquette 69.

At Perunewman 19 18 10 13 - 60st. Bede 10 5 21 17 - 53

nEWMAn (14-9, 5-3): leffelman 1 3-4 5, Heffelfinger 0 1-2 1, Bolin 2 (1) 2-2 7, Allen 1 (1) 0-0 3, Mccarty 16 4-6 36, Mcginn 3 2-3 8. totals: 23 (2) 12-17 60.

st. BEDE (11-8, 3-5): Pyszka 5 (1) 0-0 11, Brady 0 0-4 0, sudzinski 1 0-0 2, needs 0 0-0 0, olson 8 (4) 7-7 27, Hopps 0 0-0 0, shipp 3 (1) 0-0 7, Halm 2 (2) 0-0 6. totals: 19 (8) 7-11 53.

At AmboyPrinceton 20 12 19 11 - 62Amboy 4 7 5 11 - 27

PHs (13-7, 4-3): schmidt 4 (1) 2-6 11, camp 0 0-1 0, Bates 1 2-2 4, Duffin 5 1-3 11, reinhardt 2 (1) 0-0 5, Friel 4 2-4 10, tomaszewski 1 0-0 2, Jilderda 2 0-0 4, Behrends 3 1-2 7, clark 3 2-2 8. totals: 25 10-20 62.

soPHs: PHs won.

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BCR LeaderboardA look at the area leadersfor girls basketball:Scoring g pts avgDarcy Kepner (BV) 24 291 12.2Ellie Herrmann (Hall) 24 258 10.8Hanna Bima (sBA) 23 230 10.0lexi loftus (l/o) 24 219 9.1Julia Pohar (sBA) 18 158 8.8Heaven Bennett (BV) 24 208 8.7taylor clark (PHs) 21 187 8.5Hunter galassi (Hall) 14 119 8.5gabbie Morrow (sBA) 27 178 6.6Abby Jaques (PHs) 23 143 6.3Elizabeth geuther (l/o) 24 152 6.3

Rebounding g rb avgElizabeth geuther (l/o) 24 358 14.9Paige conner (l/o) 24 212 8.8lexi loftus (l/o) 24 205 8.5taylor clark (P) 21 170 8.1Heaven Bennett (BV) 24 179 7.5carlie Bickett (BV) 24 170 6.8Emily Hoscheid (Hall) 24 146 6.0Hanna Bima (sBA) 23 133 5.8Ellie Herrmann (Hall) 24 132 5.5Darcy Kepner (BV) 24 131 5.5Maddi Deery (l/o) na 159 na

Assists g ast avgAnna Murray (PHs) 2 7 3.5Jasmine Kahly (l/o) 24 75 3.1Ellie Herrmann (Hall) 24 47 2.0rena Barroso (Hall) 24 47 2.0carlie Bickett (BV) 24 46 1.8Julia Pohar (sBA) 18 29 1.6Darcy Kepner (BV) 24 37 1.5Hunter galassi (Hall) 24 38 1.5lexi loftus (l/o) 24 35 1.5savannah Dean (BV) 25 35 1.4

Steals g stl avglexi loftus (l/o) 24 119 5.0Paige conner (l/o) 24 90 3.8ragen Forbes (l/o) 24 80 3.3Jasmine Kahly (l/o) 24 65 2.7Hunter galassi (Hall) 24 61 2.5Ellie Herrmann (Hall) 24 55 2.3Darcy Kepner (BV) 24 56 2.3Heaven Bennett (BV) 24 51 2.1gabbie Morrow (sBA) 27 54 2.0

Blocked shots g rb avgcarlie Bickett (BV) 35 25 1.8Elizabeth geuther (l/o) 24 40 1.7ivy rhodes (PHs) 23 18 0.8Jenna lusietto (Hall) 24 20. 0.8lexi loftus (l/o) 24 21 0.8Paige conner (l/o) 24 20 0.8

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NOTICEPublic Notice is here-

by given that on January13, 2015, a certificatewas filed in the Officeof the County Clerk ofBureau County, Illinois,setting forth the namesand post office address-es of all of the personsowning, conducting andtransacting the busi-ness known as TANAYoga located at 327 E.Cleveland St., SpringValley, IL 61362.

Dated this 13th day ofJanuary, 2015.

/s/Kamala S.Hieronymus

Bureau County ClerkPublished in the BureauCounty Republican Jan.27, Feb. 3 and 10, 2015.

IN THE CIRCUITCOURT OF THETHIRTEENTH

JUDICIAL CIRCUITBUREAU COUNTY,

ILLINOISESTATE OF )VERNON V. LUTHER,)

DECEASED )NO. 2015-P-05

CLAIM NOTICENotice is given of

the death of Vernon V.Luther. Letters of Officewere issued to Cheri E.Knerr, P.O. Box 207,North Prairie, WI 53153,and Faye E. Fischer,7172 Old Post Road,Boulder, CO 80301,and Lynn E. Miller, 1830Thibodo Road, Apt. 206,Vista, CA 92081, whoseattorneys are Angel,Isaacson & Tracy, 111Park Avenue East,Princeton, IL 61356.

Claims against theestate may be filed inthe office of the CircuitClerk, Bureau CountyCourthouse, 700 SouthMain Street, Princeton,IL 61356, or with theIndependent Executors,or in the office ofsuch Circuit Clerk andwith the IndependentExecutors, on or beforeJuly 29, 2015, or, if mail-ing or delivery of a noticefrom the IndependentExecutors is requiredby Section 18-3 of theProbate Act of 1975,the date stated in thatnotice. Any claim notfiled on or before thatdate is barred. Copiesof a claim filed with theclerk must be mailedor delivered to theIndependent Executorsand to the attorneyswithin 10 days after it

has been filed.Dated this 22nd day

of January, 2015.Angel, Isaacson & Tracy

Attorneys for Cheri E.Knerr, Faye E.

Fischer, and Lynn E.Miller,

Independent Executors111 Park Avenue East

Princeton, IL 61356815-875-6551

Published in the BureauCounty Republican Jan.27, Feb. 3 and 10, 2015.

NOTICE OF BIDLETTING

Sealed proposalswill be received in theoffice of the CountyEngineer until 9:00 a.m.on February 20, 2015,for the removal of abridge and installationof a culvert in GoldTownship. The workin this contract consistsof furnishing all labor,material, and equipmentnecessary to removethe existing structure,install the culvert andall associated approachroadway work.

Bids will be publiclyopened and read at 9:00a.m. on February 20,2015.

Proposals shall besubmitted on forms fur-nished by the BureauCounty HighwayDepartment. Plans andspecifications may beobtained at the officeof the County Engineer,595 Elm Place,Princeton IL 61356,and shall be enclosedin an envelope endorsed“Section 12-08122-00-DR”.

The right is reservedto waive technicalitiesand to reject any or allbids.

By order of:Gold Township

Road DistrictDavid Jensen,

CommissionerPublished in the BureauCounty Republican Feb.3, 5 and 7, 2015.

BUREAU COUNTYZONING NOTICE

STATE OF )ILLINOIS )

)SSCOUNTY OF )BUREAU )

NOTICE TOPUBLISH

TO WHOM IT MAYCONCERN:

Take notice thatFairfield AmishMennonite Church,%Lester Kropf, 26531 600E St., Tampico, IL 61283,has filed an applicationfor a CONDITIONALUSE to build proposedgymnasium and tobring existing schoolinto compliance withBureau County ZoningOrdinance at the follow-ing location:

PT NE SE & PT SENE, 1.88 Acres; PTNE COR NE SE,2.39 Acres; PT NECOR NE SE, 5.29Acres; (CombiningParcels) Section 3,Fairfield TownshipCommon Location:

South side of 425 E St.Approx. 375’ East of ILRt. 172

The application ison file in the office ofthe Zoning Board ofAppeals, Room B-5,Courthouse, 700 S. MainSt., Princeton, Illinois61356.

A public hearing onsaid application willbe held on Thursday,February 19, 2015, at

BUREAU COUNTY ZONING NOTICESTATE OF ILLINOIS )

)ssCOUNTY OF BUREAU )

NOTICE TO PUBLISHTO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:Take notice that Andrew and Erin Lauer, 401

12th Avenue, Mendota, IL 61342, have filed an appli-cation for a REZONE from Agriculture to RuralEstate to build a single family home at the followinglocation:

New Parcel, 5 Acres, Section 36, ClarionTownship.

LEGAL DESCRIPTIONThat part of the North Half of theNortheast Fractional Quarter of Section36, Township 18 North, Range 11 East ofthe Fourth Principal Meridian, describedas follows:Commencing at the Southeast cornerof said Northeast Fractional Quarter;thence North 00 degrees 34 minutes 45seconds East 1337.63 feet, along the EastLine of said Northeast Fractional Quarterto the Point of Beginning of the hereinaf-ter described tract of land; thence North89 degrees 25 minutes 15 seconds West80.00 feet perpendicular to the East lineof said Northeast Fractional Quarter;thence North 00 degrees 34 minutes 45seconds East 209.92 feet parallel withthe East line of said Northeast FractionalQuarter; thence North 65 degrees 01minutes 55 seconds West 191.23 feetparallel with the Southwesterly bank of adrainage ditch; thence North 45 degrees19 minutes 49 second’s West 81.04 feetparallel with said Southwesterly bank;thence North 67 degrees 16 minutes 29seconds West 147.22 feet parallel withsaid Southwesterly bank; thence North89 degrees 26 minutes 57 seconds West862.09 feet to a point on the Westlineof said Northeast Fractional Quarter;thence North 00 degrees 24 minutes 38seconds East 813.00 feet along the Westline of said Northeast Fractional Quarterto a point on the Southwesterly bankof the aforesaid drainage ditch; thenceSouth 31 degrees 15 minutes 40 SecondsEast 117.26 feet along said Southwesterlybank; thence South 13 degrees 10 min-utes 25 seconds East 343.32 feet alongsaid Southwesterly bank; thence South33 degrees 33 minutes 55 seconds East228.63 feet along said Southwesterlybank thence North 83 degrees 55 min-utes 35 second East 79.40 feet alongsaid Southwesterly bank; thence South56 degrees 26 minutes 31 seconds East171.85 feet along said Southwesterlybank; thence South 78 degrees 04 min-utes 40 seconds East 348.07 feet alongsaid Southwesterly bank; thence South67 degrees 16 minutes 29 seconds East192.27 feet along said Southwesterlybank; thence South 45 degrees 19 min-utes 49 seconds East 81.52 feet alongsaid Southwesterly bank; thence South65 degrees 01 minutes 55 seconds East264.02 feet along said Southwesterly-bank to a point on the East line ,of saidNortheast Fractional Quarter; thenceSouth 00 degrees 34 minutes 45 secondsWest 200.00 feet along the East line ofsaid Northeast Fractional Quarter to thePoint of Beginning, containing 5.00 acres,more or less, including that portion onthe East side thereof presently beingused for township roadway purpose, allsituated in Clarion Township Bureau

County, Illinois.The application is on file in the office of the

Zoning Board of Appeals, Room B-5, Courthouse,700 S. Main St., Princeton, Illinois 61356.

Common Location: West side of Meridian Road,Approx. 1100’ South of 2500 N Avenue.

Property Owner: James & Diane Lauer, 703 2ndAvenue, Mendota, IL 61342.

A public hearing on said application will be heldon Thursday, November 20, 2014, at 7:00 o’clockp.m. at the Bureau County Courthouse in theBoardroom on the second floor.

All persons interested and all persons desiring toobject should appear at the hearing to present theirobjections.

ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS/s/Barry Welbers

CHAIRMANPublished in the Bureau County Republican Feb.3, 2015.

BUREAU COUNTY ZONING NOTICESTATE OF ILLINOIS )

)ssCOUNTY OF BUREAU )

NOTICE TO PUBLISHTO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Take notice that Charles and Deborah Buckman,121 N. Center St., Buda, IL 61314, have filed anapplication for a REZONE from M-2 to R-1 to bringexisting single family home into compliance withthe Bureau County Zoning Ordinance at the follow-ing location:

LOT 15 IN THURSTON’S ADDITION TOTHE VILLAGE OF WYANET, BUREAUCOUNTY, ILLINOIS; AND ALSO,BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHWESTCORNER OF SAID LOT 15; THENCEWESTERLY ALONG THE NORTH LINEOF MAIN STREET IN SAID VILLAGE OFWYANET, 22.0 FEET TO AN IRON ROD;THENCE NORTH 22.0 FEET WEST OFAND PARALLEL WITH THE WEST LINEOF SAID LOT 15 A DISTANCE OF 200.00FEET TO AN IRON ROD; THENCESOUTH 88 DEGREES 04 MINUTESEAST 22.0 FEET TO THE NORTHWESTCORNER OF SAID LOT 15; THENCESOUTH ALONG THE WEST LINE OFSAID LOT 15 A DISTANCE OF 200.00FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING;AND ALSO, LOT 16 AND 17 EXCEPT 3FEET OFF THE EAST SIDE OF SAID)LOT 17 IN THURSTON’S ADDITIONTO THE VILLAGE OF WYANET, ALLLYING AND BEING SITUATED IN THECOUNTRY OF BUREAU, IN THE STATEOF ILLINOIS.

PERMANENT INDEX NUMBER: 15-16-453-001PROPERTY ADDRESS: 424 E. Main Street,

Wyanet, IL 61379Section 16, Wyanet Township, Parcel 15-16-453-

001Common Location: 424 E Main St., Wyanet,

North side of Main St. Approx. 500’ East of MapleSt., Wyanet

The application is on file in the office of theZoning Board of Appeals, Room B-5, Courthouse,700 S. Main St., Princeton, Illinois 61356.

A public hearing on said application will be heldon Thursday, February 19, 2015, at 7:00 o’clockp.m. at the Bureau County Metro Center, 837 ParkAvenue West, Princeton, IL 61356.

All persons interested and all persons desiring toobject should appear at the hearing to present theirobjections.

ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS/s/Barry Welbers

CHAIRMANPublished in the Bureau County Republican Feb.3, 2015.

7:00 o’clock p.m. at theBureau County MetroCenter, 837 Park AvenueWest, Princeton, IL61356.

All persons interestedand all persons desiringto object should appearat the hearing to presenttheir objections.

ZONING BOARD OFAPPEALS

/s/Barry Welbers,CHAIRMAN

Published in the BureauCounty Republican Feb.3, 2015.

IN THE CIRCUITCOURT OF THETHIRTEENTH

JUDICIAL CIRCUITBUREAU COUNTY,

ILLINOISESTATE OF )JAMES L. OTT, )

DECEASED )NO. 2014-P-96

CLAIMS NOTICENotice is given to

creditors of the deathof James L. Ott. Lettersof office were issuedto Christopher J. Ottwhose address is 430 E.First Street, Tiskilwa,Illinois, as IndependentRepresentative, whoseattorneys of recordare May, May, Angel &Harris, 708 S. PleasantStreet, Princeton, IL61356. Claims againstthe estate may be filedin the Circuit Clerk’sOffice, Bureau CountyCourthouse, Princeton,Illinois, or with the rep-resentative, or both, onor before the 17th day ofJuly, 2015, or, if mailingor delivery of a noticefrom the representativeis required by Sec. 18-3of the Probate Act of1975, the date stated inthat notice. Any claimnot filed on or beforethat date is barred.Copies of a claim filedwith the clerk must bemailed or delivered bythe claimant to the rep-resentative and to theattorney within ten (10)days after it has beenfiled.

Christopher J. Ott,Independent Executor

of the Estate ofJames L. Ott, deceased

Holly M. HarrisMAY, MAY, ANGEL &HARRISAttorneys for Estate708 S. Pleasant StreetPrinceton, IL 61356Phone: 815-875-3808Fax: 815-872-0199Published in the BureauCounty Republican Feb.3, 10 and 17, 2015.

LEGALPUBLIC NOTICEThe Princeton Park

District will acceptsealed bids on a 2015Chassis Cab Truck witha nine foot long plat-form bed using a directlift. Bids will be accept-ed until 11:00 a.m.Wednesday, February25, 2015. Bids will beopened and publiclyread at 11:05 a.m. onWednesday, February25, 2015. Bid propos-als must be firm for aminimum of 30 days.The Princeton ParkDistrict Board reservesthe right to reject anyor all of the proposals.Specifications may bepicked up at the BureauCounty Metro Center at837 Park Avenue West,Princeton, Illinois.Phone (815) 872-0840.Published in the BureauCounty Republican Feb.3, 2015.

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856 • Apartment Rentals

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858 • Homes for Rent

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All real estate advertis-ing in this newspaper issubject to the FairHousing Act whichmakes it illegal to ad-vertise “any preference,limitation or discrimina-tion based on race, col-or, religion, sex, handi-cap, familial status ornational origin, or an in-tention, to make anysuch preference, limita-tion or discrimination.”Familial status includeschildren under the ageof 18 living with par-ents or legal custodi-ans, pregnant womenand people securingcustody of children un-der 18.This newspaper will notknowingly accept anyadvertising for real es-tate which is in viola-tion of the law. Ourreaders are hereby in-formed that alldwellings advertised inthis newspaper areavailable on an equalopportunity basis.To complain of discrim-ination call, HUD toll-free at 800 669-9777.The toll-free telephonenumber for the hearingimpaired is800 927-9275

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