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Closing the crossingResidents come out to tell their concerns

By Donna Barker [email protected]

MALDEN — Malden/Zearing area residents have heard from Burlington Northern Santa Fe representa-tives who want to close one of their railroad crossings, and the residents aren’t liking what they hear.

About 30 area residents attended Tuesday’s meeting in the Malden Fire Department to hear from Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) representative Dave Johnson on the railroad’s proposed closing of the 2750 East Street

railroad crossing, about one-half mile west of Zearing. The crossing is under Berlin Township jurisdiction.

Berlin Township Highway Commissioner Bruce Gib-son told the assembled crowd he was contacted last spring by BNSF about the company’s proposal to close the railroad crossing. He told them it wouldn’t be appro-priate to consider the proposal until there was a public hearing to get the information out there and have ques-tions answered. Any decision to close the crossing is not one to be taken lightly and did not have to be made that night, Gibson said.

In explaining the proposal, Johnson said BNSF has been looking at closing crossings since 2000 for safety reasons, to reduce the number of accidents and fatali-ties. The Zearing crossing is currently a two-track cross-ing, with a third track approaching from the east. There are also two other tracks, farther from Zearing, which currently tie into the main tracks. BNSF wants to extend the three tracks to go through the crossing. With that, BNSF does not want five tracks going through a cross-ing for safety reasons. Also, the short distance between the existing crossing and the adjoining road is another safety concern, he said.

See Railroad crossing Page 4a

Tax hikePrinceton

taxpayers will see a one-time

increaseBy Donna Barker

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PRINCETON — Princeton taxpayers will see a one-year adjustment to their proper-ty tax bills next year when it comes to paying for gen-eral obligation bonds for the Princeton Public Library.

In his report at this week’s meeting of the Princeton City Council, Princeton City Man-ager Jeff Clawson explained the refinancing of the library’s general obligation bonds was done about six months ago to secure a lower interest rate. When working on the refinancing ordinance, the attorneys had inadvertently abated the property taxes for the library bonds for the cur-rent year, which means taxes for the library bonds were not included on the tax bills paid this summer, Clawson said.

Since the city has to pay $155,000 each year on those bonds, the city will get that needed money this year from the city’s reserves, Clawson said. The attorneys’ recom-mendation is to recoup that abated tax money by hav-ing residents pay a double amount for the bonds on next year’s tax bill, and then go back to the regular payment the following year.

As an example, the tax-payer with a $150,000 prop-erty pays $59.90 each year for the Princeton Public Library bonds, but for this one time, they would pay about $120 for the bonds next year, Clawson said. After that one year, the amount would go back to the $59.90 for the next eight or

See Princeton Page 4a

BCR photo/Goldie CurrieStudents from the Area Career Center got the chance to tour the construction site of the future Hall High School on Thursday. The students were led by superintendent of the project Jason Samolinski and project engineer Mike Roggeman. Many of the students on the tour are looking to pursue careers in construction management, architecture and engineering.

A close-up look at the new Hall High School

By GolDie [email protected]

SPRING VALLEY — Students from the drafting class at the Area Career Center got the chance to tour the construction of the future Hall High School Thursday morning.

It was an great opportunity for students, as many in the class are looking to pursue a

career in areas of construction management, architecture and engineering.

“When Mr. Struna (superin-tendent of Hall High School) offered us to go on a tour, I couldn’t wait to get the students over here to see it,” explained Shawn Schwingle, who teaches the drafting class at the career center.

“This opportunity puts the

actual theory in place when they see it. We talk about it in the class, and here they get to see it first hand,” he said.

Upon their arrival at the con-struction zone, the students met inside a construction trailer with the superintendent of the project, Jason Samolinski, and project engineer, Mike Rogge-man.

Together the two explained

the software they’ve used in engineering and designing the new school and also got the chance to talk a little bit about their individual roles in con-struction project. They also talked to students about their education background and how they got to where they are today in their careers.

Following the brief meeting, students grabbed their hard

Area Career Center students tour the new building, site

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BCR photo/Goldie CurrieSt. Patrick Church of Arlington will host a celebration tomorrow (Sunday) to honor the sesquicentennial of the parish. Bishop Daniel Jenky will offer a Mass of Thanksgiving at 10:30 a.m.

Arlington’s St. Patrick celebrates

150 yearsBy Goldie Currie

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ARLINGTON — After a year-long series of activities and projects, St. Patrick Parish of Arlington will celebrate its sesquicentennial tomorrow, Sunday, with a Mass of Thanksgiving offered by the Bishop Daniel R. Jenky.

As part of the liturgical celebration, Jenky will also consecrate the church’s new altars to commemorate the parish’s 150 years.

Fr. Patrick Fixsen, who was appointed pas-tor of St. Patrick in 2012, said the greatest thing about the 150th anniversary is it shows the support of the people who have kept the church going for that many years.

“In today’s day and age, it’s a great tribute and a great love of Christ. I hope it will continue that much longer at least,” he said.

In talking about hosting Bishop Jenky at the celebra-tion, Fixsen explained having him there will give a better sense that the parishioners of St. Patrick are all part of the Diocese with him as their leader.

Ann Hunter, a third-generation member of the church, is looking forward to seeing the Bishop and past parish-ioners who have moved away from Arlington but who will be traveling back to town for this weekend’s event.

“It’s going to be one of our biggest celebrations ever,” she said.

Lynne Bonnell and sister, Lauren Koch, are fourth-generation members of the parish.

“The sesquicentennial is important to me because St. Patrick Church has been in our Fonderoli family since 1938 with four generations of family members attend-ing,” Bonnell said. “I was married in this church; my kids were baptized here; and several of my children were also married here.”

Koch, who is wife to Mayor Dick Koch, explained how the church is an essential part of the community.

“It’s the only church we have left in the community, and we take pride in it,” she said.

Ruth Pommier is a third-generation member of St. Patrick Parish and expressed her enthusiasm in being able to preserve and build on the foundations laid down by the many generations before her.

“This is a wonderfully exciting time, not just for the people of St. Patrick Parish, but for our entire commu-nity. With a trend of churches being closed, or parishes being merged, the fact that St. Patrick Church has pre-vailed in a small rural community that, otherwise, might not have realized its potential, is a remarkable achieve-ment,” she said.

Mass on Sunday will be offered at 10:30 a.m. Guests of honor will include a color guard of the Starved Rock Council 191 Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus, together with representatives of St. Bede Abbey and St. Mary Monastery of Rock Island. Also many family mem-bers of former pastors of St. Patrick Parish are expected to attend.

Special music is planned, led by Joseph Harzheim of St. Patrick Church in LaSalle, as cantor, while the host parish’s special event choir will support the congres-sional singing.

Immediately following mass, a catered dinner will be held in the Parish Life Center, Bishop Franz Hall. A lim-ited number of dinner reservations remain at $15 each, and can be made by contacting the parish office at 815-894-2006. Jenky will also be attending the dinner.

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A timeline for St. Patrick Church• The first Mass in Westfield Township was offered in 1848 by Fr. Mark Anthony of LaSalle. It was conduct in the original log

cabin of P.J. Cassidy, a prominent and one of the earliest Arlington settlers.• Fr. Thomas O’Farrell on Aug. 4, 1863, secured property from Michael Kennedy “for the consideration of $1” for the purpose

of building Arlington’s first Catholic church. By November, construction was underway on a wooden structure where its first Mass would be celebrated on Easter Sunday 1864. In 1876, Arlington became an independent parish.

• Arlington’s first pastor was Fr. Michael Lyons, and it was during his tenure the parish rectory was built and served as the priest’s residence until it was razed and burned in 1991.

• Arlington’s second church, an impressive structure to become the most expensive church in Bureau County at the time, was constructed in 1902. After the last mass on Jan. 25, 1920, it burned to the ground. Defective wiring and possibly sparks from the chimney were believed to have attributed to the fire.

• Plans for Arlington’s third Catholic church began within a few months of the fire disaster. Under the direction of Fr. Thomas J. Fitzgerald, the Gothic structure, quickly loomed.

• Four Benedictine Sisters of St. Mary Monastery, Nauvoo, came in 1903 to teach in the Arlington Public School until 1954.• It was during the pastorate of Fr. George T. Howard that St. Patrick Parish observed the Parish Centennial, marking the

completion of Arlington’s first permanent church in 1864. A mass of Thanksgiving was held by Bishop John D. Franz on Aug. 16, 1964.

• Construction of the present parish hall began in November 1969. It cost $43,000 and was completed in June 1970. The hall was named in honor of Bishop John B. Franz.

• In 1995, James Skeffington willed 40 acres to the parish. The farm is still generating income for the parish, with local farmers invited to bid on farming the land.

• In 2008, Fr. Paul Meismer, who had filled an earlier assignment in Arlington and Sacred Heart Parish in Dimmick, was again assigned to Arlington, and this time to Cherry, as well. This was Meismer’s final assignment before he retired in 2011.

• The current pastor, Fr. W. Patrick Fixsen was named administrator of St. Patrick Church in 2010 and was appointed pastor of St. Patrick, Holy Trinity and St. Thomas More in 2012.

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Vendor fair to benefit endometriosis sufferersBy Ken Schroeder

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HENNEPIN — There will be a ven-dor fair during the Hennepin town-wide garage sales on Sept. 27 with charity at its heart.

Sue Kerivan of Streator is organizing the Daffodil Vendor Fair at Walter Dur-ley Boyle Park to help treat women with endometriosis.

According to the Endometriosis Asso-ciation, endometriosis affects at least 6.3 million women and girls in the United States and millions more worldwide. It occurs when the tissue which lines the uterus (tissue called the endometrium) is found outside the uterus, usually in the abdomen on the ovaries, Fallopian tubes and ligaments that support the uterus, the area between the vagina and rectum, the outer surface of the uterus and the lining of the pelvic cavity.

This misplaced tissue develops into growths or lesions which respond to the menstrual cycle in the same way the

tissue of the uterine lining does — each month the tissue builds up, breaks down and sheds. Menstrual blood flows from the uterus and out of the body through the vagina, but the blood and tissue shed from endometrial growths has no way of leaving the body. This results in internal bleeding, breakdown of the blood and tissue from the lesions and inflamma-tion and can cause pain, infertility, scar tissue formation, adhesions and bowel problems.

“This is to raise funds to help women and girls with endometriosis get the prop-er surgical treatment instead of being told a hysterectomy or a baby will cure them,” Kerivan said. “There is no cure for endo-metriosis. Some do get relief with a hys-terectomy, but so many more still have pain. So then, you have taken away your ability to have a child, and you still hurt. There is an increasing suicide rate that is alarming! There are over 176 million women in the world with endometriosis and just around 100 doctors that can treat it effectively.”

Grand jury delivers indictments

PRINCETON — The Bureau County grand jury returned the following indictments when it met in session Sept. 15 at the Bureau County Court-house in Princeton:

• Christopher A. Book-walter, 23, of Princeton was indicted for the Class 1 felony of residential burglary. He is accused of entering the residence of a Princeton couple on Aug. 17. Princeton Police patrolman Adam Guts-hall testified before the grand jury. Bookwalter is in custody with bond set at $30,000.

• Kristin Bolin, 20, of Princeton was indicted for the Class 4 felony of unlawful possession of a controlled substance. She is accused of possessing a Schedule IV controlled substance on Aug. 17. Princeton Police patrol-man Adam Gutshall testi-fied before the grand jury. Bolin is free from custody having posted 10 percent of a $10,000.

• Michael R. Marolf, 64, of Bettendorf, Iowa, was indicted for the Class 3 felony of indecent solici-tation of a child and trav-eling to meet a minor. He is accused of solicit-ing someone he believed to be between the ages of 13 and 17 to perform a sexual act sometime between Aug. 11 and Aug. 31. Bureau County Sher-iff’s Department Sgt. Trey Barker testified before the grand jury. Marolf is free from custody having posted 10 percent of a $25,000 bond.

• Kendrick Galetti, 20, of Malden was indicted

for the Class 4 felony of unlawful possession of a controlled substance, heroin. She is accused of possessing less than 15 grams of heroin on Sept. 3. Princeton Police patrolman Adam Gutshall testified before the grand jury. Galetti is free from custody having posted 10 percent of a $10,000 bond.

• Justin Sedam, 21, of Peru was indicted for the Class 4 felony of crimi-nal damage to proper-ty. Spring Valley Police Department officer Ber-nard Larsen testified before the grand jury. Sedam is in custody with bond set at $20,000.

• William C. Loney, 26, of Princeton was indict-ed for the Class 3 felony of aggravated battery. He is accused of strik-ing a Princeton man in the head with a deadly weapon, a bat, on Sept. 4. Princeton Police Depart-ment investigator John Shofner testified before the grand jury. Loney is in custody with bond set at $40,000.

• Mitchel P. Mares, 24, homeless, was indicted for the Class 3 felony of aggravated battery. He is accused of striking a Princeton man about the body with a deadly weap-on on Sept. 4. Princeton Police Department inves-tigator John Shofner testi-fied before the grand jury. Mares is in custody with bond set at $30,000.

• Dawna M. Proffitt, 44, of Princeton was indicted for the Class 4 felony of unlawful possession of a controlled substance. She

is accused of possess-ing less than 15 grams of heroin on Sept. 4. Princ-eton Police Department investigator John Shofner testified before the grand jury. Proffitt is free from custody having posted 10 percent of a $5,000 bond.

• Cortney B. Dono-van, 20, and Timothy P. Adams, 23, both of Princ-eton, were indicted for the Class 4 felony of unlawful possession with intent to deliver cannabis. They are accused of possessing with the intent to deliver to another more than 10 grams but less than 30 grams of cannabis. An agent with the TRIDENT task force testified before the grand jury. Donovan is free from custody hav-ing posted 10 percent of a $7,500 bond. Adams is in custody with bond set at $7,500.

• There were two sup-pressed cases.

These cases were pre-sented to the grand jury by State’s Attorney Pat-rick Herrmann, First Assistant State’s Attor-ney Anthony Sciuto and Assistant State’s Attorney Daniel Anderson. Indict-ments on Galetti, Loney, Mares, Proffitt and one suppressed case were returned before Judge Marc Bernabei. Indict-ments on Bookwalter, Bolin, Marolf, Sedam, Donovan, Adams and one suppressed case were returned before Judge C.J. Hollerich.

Indictments are accu-sations against the defen-dants who are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Petitions availablePetitions will be available Tuesday in Spring Valley

SPRING VALLEY — Spring Valley City Clerk Becky Hansen has announced petitions for the consolidated election to be held April 7, 2015, will be available in her office at 215 N. Greenwood St. beginning Tuesday, the first day petitions can be circulated.

Offices up for election on April 7 are: First Ward alderman, Second Ward alderman, Third Ward alderman, Fourth Ward alderman (four-year terms) and Third Ward alder-man (two-year term to fill unexpired term).

Questions may be directed to the city clerk at 815-664-4221.

Ladd election petitions available on TuesdayLADD — Petitions for the office of Ladd village trustee will be available on Tuesday

from the Ladd Village Clerk.The four-year terms of Jim Manning, Jan Martin and Mike Urbanowski will be

expiring. Candidates or their representatives may pick up petition packets in the vil-lage clerk’s office, 121 N. Main Ave. Office hours are 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday.

The filing period is Dec. 15-22, and the consolidated election will be April 7, 2015. For more information, contact the village clerk at 815-894-2440.

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The federal government recommends the closing of crossings if they are not deemed as necessary crossing other than for convenience purposes, Johnson said. In addition to the safety reasons for closing, BNSF’s expansion projects are economic development projects which also raise opportunities for closings.

If the crossing would be closed, BNSF would provide end-of-road treatment on both sides of the crossing and would remove the roadway on the south side of the tracks, Johnson said. He also looked at alternate routes which could be taken by daily traffic or emergency response teams, without adding a lot of extra minutes.

Attorney Bob Russell, representing Berlin Township, said there are two ways to close the crossing. The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) can hold hearings, collect evidence, decide stan-dards are met for closing, and then close the crossing. Or, Berlin Township can vacate that portion of the road, which means the crossing becomes a mute point because the road is closed. If the road is not closed, then residents are looking at a crossing that is five tracks wide, the attorney said.

When their turn came, residents pep-pered the BNSF representative with questions, including what would hap-pen if the 1750 East Street crossing was closed and an emergency happened on the other side of that crossing area? If someone’s house is on fire or if someone is having a heart attack, residents don’t want more minutes added to emergency response time by making the respond-ers travel around to other country roads, they said. Also, what would happen if the next closest crossings were blocked?

Farmers talked about the inconve-nience of traveling with heavy equip-ment on less direct routes if the crossing was closed, as well as the problem of getting more directly to their farmland. Residents asked how long a crossing can legally be blocked by a train, which they were told was 10 minutes, and who could residents call if a crossing is blocked longer than that legal time.

Malden Superintendent Mike Patter-son talked about the school bus traveling that road and not having sufficient space to turn around at the house closest to the crossing. The BNSF representative said the company could look at building a turn-around-area for the school bus.

Patterson asked the representative to bring something written back to the residents so they can see just what is being planned. The current situation with blocked crossings isn’t good now, and the concern is that the proposed change wouldn’t make anything any better, he said.

Since BNSF is a private company, he wasn’t sure what it would provide, but he would ask, Johnson said.

The financial incentive to close the 1750 East Street crossing is a total of $100,000 payable to the Berlin Town-ship Road District, with $50,000 of that amount coming from ICC, $42,500 from BNSF, and $7,500 from Illinois Depart-ment of Transportation, Gibson said.

“But the money isn’t playing anything into this decision at all,” Gibson said. “We need to put our heads together and decide what’s best for the group.”

After further discussion, Johnson said he would get the additional information requested by the residents within a week or two, and another public meeting will be set.


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nine years, until the bonds are paid off.

The council unanimous-ly approved the recom-mendation from the attor-neys and Clawson.

In other business at Monday’s meeting, Com-missioner Ray Mabry asked for an update from Clawson on the North Euclid Avenue street proj-ect. Residents have asked him about the gravel and temporary patching on North Euclid, and there is a concern about plowing those sections when winter comes, Mabry said.

Engineering work for the North Euclid street proj-ect will be completed this winter, Clawson said. The street work is anticipated to begin next summer or fall project. Eighty percent of the project will be paid through federal dollars.

In other project action, the council approved an

agreement with Strand Associates to provide engi-neering design services at a cost of $38,900 for the replacement of an existing 8-inch sanitary sewer and new storm sewer on South Church Street, between Thompson and Lake streets.

The council also approved the hiring of Dahlen Systems, Inc. to build a 138 control panel for the city’s substation. The city had budgeted $110,000 for the project, but the cost from Dahlen System is $95,000, Clawson said.

In his report, Commis-sioner Bob Warren said the city issued 10 residential building permits in August at a value of $211,143, and six commercial/industrial building permits at a value of $49,998. So far in 2014, the city has issued a total of 78 building permits at a value of $3,673,823. For the same time period in 2013, the city issued 55 build-

ing permits at a value of $4,060,036. For the same time period in 2012, the city had issued a total of 55 building permits at a value of $3,665,416. The report was compiled by the city’s director of planning, Brian Gift.

Warren asked to have something put on the agenda for the next council meeting for discussion of possible rules about semi-trailer parking and parking of other trailers in general within the city.

In other action, Mayor Keith Cain appointed the following persons to the Industrial Development Commission: Steve Bonuc-ci to a partial term expir-ing June 30, 2016, replac-ing Eldon Entwhistle; Dar-ren Schafer to a partial term expiring on June 30, 2016, replacing Alan For-ristall; and Tim Smith,to a full term expiring June 30, 2017, replacing Loren Reed.


hats and stepped foot out into the front lawn of the future school. Samolinski and Roggeman led the stu-dents through the zone, stopping to explain the construction and design of various room within the building.

Having studied design and construction in the

classroom, many students were familiar with engi-neering techniques dis-cussed along the way, but seeing it first-hand was an unforgettable experience.

Many of the students stopped to take photos of the machinery used for particular jobs and of the vast open spaces which will soon be the future athletic complex and per-forming arts center.

Following the tour,

Schwingle talked about how he was impressed with the technology being used on the job site.

“I worked construction and anytime we needed something we had to get the blueprints out. Now they’re walking around with iPads and not hav-ing to walk around with all those papers. It’s just amazing,” he said.


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Marilyn BerryOTTUMWA, Iowa — Marilyn

Lucille Carlson Berry, 90, formerly of 616 Pennsylvania Ave., passed away to be with her Lord at 10:03 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014, at Vista Woods Care Center.

Marilyn was born April 21, 1924, in Yor-ktown, Ill., to Esther and Carl F. Carlson who emigrated from Smal-and, Sweden. Her moth-er first worked at Don-aldson’s restaurant in Minneapolis, Minn., as a waitress and later as a housewife. Her father was a carpenter and later became a foreman of a construc-tion company that built churches throughout the Midwest, two of which were Congregational, built in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, and in Prophet-stown, Ill., in 1919 where their first child, Arthur, was born. Carl was injured during the construction of the last church and moved to York-town, where he was employed at the Yorktown Grain Elevator and Mari-lyn was born and a son was stillborn. In the late 20’s, the family moved to Manlius, where Carl was manager of the Manlius Grain and Coal Co. for over 30 years and his and Esther’s last child, James, was born.

Marilyn attended grade and high school in Manlius and was the vale-dictorian of her high school class in 1942. She loved school, especially singing and tennis. During World War II, Marilyn was employed at the Rock Island Arsenal and after World War II she became employed with Palmer Chiropractic School where she met her husband, Dr. James

A. Berry. They married on May 11, 1947, at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Manlius. After her husband’s graduation, they moved to India-napolis, Ind., where Jim enrolled for graduate studies and Marilyn stud-ied with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.

In 1949, they moved to Hedrick where Jim began his chiropractic practice which he and Marilyn oper-ated for more than 50 years. In 2000 they moved to Fall River, Wis., to be near their only child, Susan. They moved back to Ottumwa in 2008 after Susan’s death.

Marilyn was a graduate of Ottum-wa Heights College and William Penn College, and taught English and French at Sigourney, Hedrick and Pekin high schools.

Marilyn was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Hedrick and later she attended First Lutheran and St. Paul’s in Ottumwa. She was involved in the women’s groups, youth and teaching classes. She sang in church choirs, community choirs and was soloist for many funerals. She was alto soloist for Handel’s Messiah in Oskaloosa and Ottumwa. She was a member of the Ft. Smith Players, and organized the musical trio “The Three Seniors.” Marilyn volunteered at the Hedrick Library, served on the Hedrick Communi-ty School Board and was the first woman to serve on the Hedrick City Council. She was the owner of Le Gift Shop in Hedrick and opened the Centennial House where she entertained many guests. She was active on the Hedrick Community Betterment Committee, served on the Ottumwa Area Arts Council and the Keokuk County Arts Council.

She initiated and volunteered at the Hedrick Senior Meal Site and was a supporter of the Carl Craft Civic Center. Marilyn presented music programs and shared her hats throughout the state.

While in Wisconsin, she was trained to become “Hattie the Clown” who entertained children of all ages. She enjoyed traveling throughout the states and Europe, preparing French meals, serving Swedish pancakes and decorating her home and yard with seasonal accents. While living at Prairie Hills, Marilyn enjoyed decorating her porch according to the season.

Surviving is her brother, Jim Carl-son of Rockford; four nieces, Hil-ary Carlson, Deborah Dorbad, Jane Scales and Jeanine Scott; and three nephews, Randall Carlson, Allen Carlson and James Berry.

She was preceded in death by her husband on April 14, 2010; their daughter, Susan Kleinfeldt; and a brother, Arthur Carlson, and neph-ew, Patrick James Carlson.

Funeral services will be 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, at the Reece Funeral Home in Ottumwa, Iowa, with the Rev. Ron Barnett officiating. Visitation will begin after 3 p.m.

Funeral services will also be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 22, at Trin-ity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Manlius with the Rev. Brenda Lovick officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the services in the church. Burial will be in the Manlius Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Trinity Evangelical Church in Manlius.

Online condolences may be left at www.grant-johnsonfh.com.

Les ConklingKEMPTON — E. Leslie “Les” Conkling, 82, of Kempton

passed away at 9:50 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014, at Heri-tage Health in Dwight.

He was born Dec. 20, 1931, in Princeton, a son of Howard and Elna Mae (Sparling) Con-kling. He married Sandra J. Jacobs on June 6, 1956, in DeKalb. She preceded him in death on April 7, 2007. They were happily married for more than 50 years.

Les is survived by his children Ted and his wife Valerie of Kempton and Howard and his wife Mary of McHenry; his grandchildren, Danielle and her husband Andrew Donley of Emington, Ian Conkling of Macomb, Brooke and her husband Ben Carton of Bettendorf, Iowa, Emily Conkling of McHenry and Michael Conkling of McHenry; and his great-grand-children, Alexis and Wade Donley.

Les was preceded in death by his parents and his wife.Les graduated in 1949 from Princeton High School

in Princeton. He received an associate’s degree from LaSalle-Peru-Oglesby Junior College and a bachelor’s degree in teacher education from Northern Illinois Uni-versity. Les did post graduate work at Indiana University and Louisiana Tech University. He received his Master’s of Education from the University of Illinois Champaign/Urbana.

Les was a teacher, coach and principal for the Kemp-ton-Cabery and Tri-Point School district for 30 years and retired in May, 1990. Les coached high school football at Kempton-Cabery High School and was the first high school football coach and principal for the newly consoli-dated Tri-Point High School in 1969. He coached basket-ball, track and baseball for Tri-Point Schools. He was also a coach for Kempton-Cabery Little League baseball and led the Kempton-Cabery Colts Summer League Baseball Team to a couple of championships.

Les was very active with the Republican Party. He was the Ford County Republican Precinct Committeeman of Mona Township from 1974 to 2004 and the Ford County Republican Chairman from 1978 to 1998. Les was also the secretary of the Illinois Republican County Chairman’s Association from 1986 to 1990. His final and greatest political roll was as an Illinois State Representative from July 15, 1991, to Jan. 1, 1993, for the old 87th District.

Along with his political, educational and coaching roles, Les served his community by being both a member of the Kempton Village Board and Kempton Fire Depart-ment for more than 30 years.

After retirement from education, Les worked for the Illinois Department of Transportation for more than nine years and retired on Dec. 31, 2002.

Les was an avid skier, fly fisherman and loved his Fight-ing Illini. One of his biggest disappointments was when the University of Illinois eliminated Chief Illiniwek as the school mascot. He loved to read, especially historical books, and enjoyed traveling with his wife, family and friends. He was most passionate when working with the youth while teaching, coaching and volunteering.

Cremation rites will be accorded. A visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 21, at the Calvert & Martin Funeral Home in Cullom. Private family inurnment will be at a later date in Elm Lawn Memorial Park in Princ-eton.

Memorials in his name may be made to Tri-Point Ath-letic Boosters Club.

This obituary may be viewed and guest book signed at www.calvertmemorial.com.

Anne DingesLAMOILLE — Anne Dinges, 77, of LaMoille died

Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014, in Mendota Community Hospital.

Born June 8, 1937, in LaMoille to Edward “Kelly” and Priscilla “Perr” (Fry) Beattie, she married Bernie Dinges on July 18, 1959, in Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Sublette. He survives.

She graduated from LaMoille High School in 1956. She was employed by Harper-Wyman in Princeton for a number of years.

She was a member of St. Patrick’s Church in Arlington.Also surviving are two sons, Craig Dinges of LaMoille

and Terry Dinges of Ladd; three grandchildren, Mason McCance, Katie Dinges and Melinda Dinges; and two brothers, Joe (Fran) Beattie and Bruce (Nancy) Beattie, both of LaMoille.

She was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers, John and Carmen Beattie.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Mon-day, Sept. 22, in Holy Trinity Church, Cherry, with the Rev. Patrick Fixsen officiating. Burial will be in Union Cemetery, north of LaMoille.

Visitation will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 21, in the Merritt Funeral Home in Mendota.

Memorials may be directed to the LaMoille Ambu-lance Service or St. Patrick’s Church.

Amy PorterTISKILWA — A celebration of life for Amy V. Porter, 58,

of Tiskilwa, who passed away Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014, will be at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 21, at West Park in Tiskilwa.

Auction CalendarSept. 20 — W. Jonaway estate, real estate, heavy

equipment, vehicles, boats, trailers, antiques, unique items, 8:30 a.m., 16418 Prairieville Road, Sterling, Midwest Commercial Wholesale & Auctions, auction-eers.

Sept. 21 — Chris Spiegel, appliances, furniture, household, tools and related items, 10 a.m., 303 Broad St., LaMoille, Tumbleson Auction Co., auction-eers.

Sept. 21 — Collection of Native American artifacts and fossils, pottery, Chinese items, oil paintings, cigar store Indian, 10:30 a.m., 3401 N. State (Route 23), Ottawa, Higdon auction Services, auctioneers.

Sept. 25 — Roger Ault, furniture, collectibles and household, 4:00 p.m., 1227 N. Vernon St. (Dog House Store), Princeton, Tumbleson Auction Co., auc-tioneers.

Sept. 26-27 — Floyd Holocker Sr. estate, farm machinery, ATV, boat, tools, tree equipment, firearms, arrowheads, auto, truck, furniture, antiques and col-lectibles, 10:00 a.m., 9299 McNabb Blacktop Rd., Hennepin, Tumbleson Auction Co., auctioneers.

Oct. 22 — Marian A. Stone-Olson trust, farmland, 6 p.m., sale held at Arnie’s Happy Spot, Deer Grove, United County - Dahl Real Estate, auctioneers.

Les Conkling

Marilyn Berry

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Searching for the museWell ... here we are again. I’ve

been at my new job for almost two weeks now, and at the time that I am writing this, I still pos-sess roughly the same number of body appendages that I had when I worked at the newspaper. My wife thinks I have less hair, but she’s kind of ornery.

This is a different kind of creative atmosphere than what I am normal-ly accustomed to. It used to be that I would sit at my desk in the office on every other Thursday morning and stare at the screen until divine intervention would occur and I’d stumble around the keyboard until a column came out. At that point, I would let Donna Barker read it because I’ve always considered her somewhat of a moral compass for me. Then I would submit it to the editor, Terri Simon, and find out just how little I know about English grammar.

Usually, if the muse would not visit and give me anything intel-ligent to write about in the arena of national politics or economic policy, I’d end up putting some gibberish together about something my wife had done and/or said. This strat-egy has literally provided a treasure-trove of Saturday columns.

But now, everything has changed. My creative world is in disarray. I’m sitting here at my kitchen table typ-ing away while she is a mere 18 to 19 and a half inches away (depend-ing on the placement of her elbow) grading students’ papers or what-ever it is she does when she’s sitting at this table. And she’s talking. To me. About stuff.

She’s talking about things that she evidently believes I should find important. All I am hearing is “Blah, blah, blah, blah, sticker for the license plate. Blah, blah, blah, insurance payment is due. Blah, blah, blah, the new pizza place is open. Blah, blah, blah, pick your daughter up after school tomorrow. Blah, blah, blah ... hey ... wait a sec-ond. The new pizza place is open? Really!?! Sorry, I’ve gotta go. I’m sure that I’ll be able to write much better with a belly full of dough, cheese and sausage.

(Please hum the theme to Final Jeopardy softly to yourself for the next 45 minutes to 1 hour and 10

minutes, or until I get back.)OK, I’m here again and ready to

attack this column now that my gullet is full. I’d better get on this before the old ball and chain makes her way over to the table. Uh-oh ... too late! Here she comes!! And here comes the daughter too!!! And she has her homework with her!!!! I’ll bet Hemingway didn’t have to deal with these kind of distractions!!!!!

Have you ever tried to concen-trate on something while two female members of the species are prattling on about whatever it is that they like to prattle? It’s next to impossible. Plus I’m a little sleepy from the Ital-ian beef sandwich that I had at the new pizza place. And now my wife made a face at me. I’m starting to think that divine intervention wants me to give this up and go watch “Duck Dynasty.”

I’m sure that as time goes by, I’ll adapt and learn how to deal with my new environment and figure out how to write again. Then, maybe my muse will come back.

But probably not while my wife is sitting here. If you haven’t heard, she’s kind of ornery.

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Let me just start by saying I’ve had a good share of birthdays. While I will be eternally grateful for every birthday I have, many of you will understand what I’m about to describe. I refer to them as my “manic mornings,” but in reality, I think these manic mornings have more to do with a manic memory, which translates to lots of birthdays. See what you think ...

After finally rolling out of bed, I finish my morning routine, make my bed and head down the stairs. Inevitably I begin thinking ... Did I turn off the nightlight in the bathroom? I think I did, but I’m not 100 percent certain ... Back up the stairs, and yes, the nightlight has been turned off. I head back downstairs to continue my morning routine. But wait a minute ... Did I turn off the ceiling fans or didn’t I? I’m sure I did, but I better go check. Back up the stairs, and yes, the ceiling fans are off.

Maybe there’s time for a bite of breakfast and a cup of coffee on the deck — or maybe not. I just like to try to take a breath or two before the chaos of the day begins. The cat is often overly loving at this point in the day, and as I attempt to scurry around the kitchen, she intertwines repeatedly around my legs in an attempt to get my attention until I realize her “love” is masked by a nearly empty food bowl. Her love for me pales to her love for Purina Cat Chow.

Multi-tasking at this stage of the game is necessary, as I begin to throw things into my purse — keys, cell phone, a yogurt or a snack for work, envelopes I need to mail, etc. You understand — another typical morning. I pour a cup of coffee for the road, give the cat a treat, and head out the door, locking it behind me.

But wait a minute ... did I ever feed the cat? Unlocking the door and heading back into the kitchen ... yes, of course, I fed her. Out the door again and almost to the garage ... Did I unplug the coffee pot? (I have this thing about keeping it unplugged when I’m not using it.) Back inside to check the coffee pot, and it is unplugged. Now where did I put my keys? I look for a frantic minute before I realize they’re in my hand. Duh! By this time, the cat wants another treat, and the clock is ticking toward my countdown to work.

At this point, I unlock the garage door, and throw my stuff into the front seat. I push the garage door opener, and as I’m backing out, I realize my cup of coffee is sitting on top of the file cabinet in my garage. I get out to retrieve it, jump back in the car and back out the drive, only to question whether I actually locked the garage door or not. Surely I did ... or did I? I pull back in the drive, and yes, of course I locked the door. I back out of the driveway again, turn the corner and head down the street to get to the highway that takes me work.

Wait a minute ... did I put the garage door down. I don’t remember pushing the button on the garage door opener, but surely I did ... or did I? I try to remember, but it’s all a blur. Do I go back or don’t I? Of course I don’t want my garage door open all day long, so I take a quick left and round the block. As I’m driving past my house to check on the garage door, I see my neighbor backing out of his drive, also headed to work, and we both beep our horns and wave. I turn the corner and head down the street to get to the highway that takes me to work, and I realize in the wake of waving good morning to my neighbor, I have forgotten to check the garage door again. I take another quick left and round the block, only to realize the garage door is down ...

If any of this sounds familiar, please let me know. Am I losing my memory? Am I getting old? Am I too preoccupied? Or maybe it’s just another manic morning ...

BCR Editor Terri Simon can be reached at [email protected].

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Just another manic morning

A letter to the Class of 1992 and FriendsTo the Editor,

While not getting too sappy or sentimental, I just want to say a few words about Homestead, specifi-cally the Class of 1992 and Friends annual gathering.

As some of you know, I’m from the Class of ‘88 which means I did not even attend high school with the ‘92 class. It is through our fearless leader Sara Small Cooper that I am even affiliated with the float festivi-ties (for which I am deeply grateful and honored). That said, and what means more to me than anything, is that I consider myself to fall into the second part of the float gathering name — the “and Friends” part. I didn’t even know the majority of the annual float riders before five or six years ago, but now they are a part of my life (be it only once a year for the

most part) that is one of the most enjoyable times of my life each year.

As the festivities ended on Sat-urday and we all stepped off the float for the final time, I was chat-ting with a friend and said to her, “Homestead lets us be a little of who we’re not and a LOT of who we are.” And while it was spoken “in the moment,” the more I thought about it the more I realized how much truth there lies in those words. In our normal day-to-day lives, we are all different — educationally, family-wise, economically, socially, politically and more. But when we get together on this one weekend each year, none of that matters. We put aside our normal daily lives and become one in camaraderie. We laugh, talk, dance, drink and embrace like we are all the best of friends. And THAT, my friends, is what it’s all about. I truly believe that although we have become adults, the fact that we do what we

do at Homestead proves the young person in each of us still exists. I personally don’t want to ever lose that, or “grow up” because once I do, that part of me would be gone. I see the same thing in all of you.

I have met people BECAUSE of the float who I want to see every time I come home to Princeton, regardless of it being Homestead or not — Gina, Julie, Amy, Keith, Matt, Roger, Greg, Tina,and others who still call Princeton and the sur-rounding towns their home. And that means a lot to me, more than I can express in words.

Lastly, but certainly not least, I think we all have Sara Small Cooper to thank for making this happen. Without her, I wouldn’t have this great group of people who I call my friends.

See you all next year if not sooner! WHAHSAH!

Michael TolerSt. Louis, Mo.

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Community NotesBlood drive

BUDA — The Ameri-can Red Cross will hold a blood drive from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Buda Community Hall.

FundraiserLADD — Dimmick

School PTO will hold a fundraiser at Rip’s Tavern in Ladd from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday. Tickets are available at the door for $8 and includes chicken and fries. Carryouts are avail-able. There will be raffles, 50/50 drawing and a bake sale.

Dinner and bake sale planned

BUREAU — Cops 4 Kids will hold a spaghetti dinner and bake sale from noon to 2 p.m. Sept. 28 at the First Congregational Church of Bureau fellow-ship hall. The cost is $7 per person and children under 5 years old eat free. There will be a raffle and 50/50 drawing.

FundraiserMALDEN — The Malden

After-School Program will hold a fundraiser at Rip’s in Ladd from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Tickets are $8 at the door for a chick-en dinner. The event will also include raffles, 50/50 and a bake sale.

Elks’ drawdownPRINCETON — A few

tickets for the Elks’ “Rock and Roar” drawdown on Oct. 18 are still available. Tickets are $40 for two people. Doors will open at 5 p.m., dinner will be from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. and live music will be provided. For tickets, call Ray at 815-872-4202.

Special meetingWALNUT — The Wal-

nut Public Library Board of Directors will hold a special meeting for the purpose of voting on the proposed budget for 2014-2015 at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in the adult reference section of the library.

Coffeehouse performance

PRINCETON — Singer-songwriter Scott Cook, known as Canada’s prairie balladeer, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 27 at the Princeton Coffeehouse, located at the Open Prai-rie UCC, 25 E. Marion St. in downtown Princeton. Doors will open at 7 p.m. and admission is $15. Fair trade coffee, tea and homemade desserts are available at every perfor-mance. For more informa-tion, call 815-872-6501 or visit www.theprincetoncof-feehouse.com.

Make Someone Happy• Happy 95th birthday

to Ruth Pinter. From your kids, grandkids and great-grandkids.

• Happy anniversary today, Saturday, to Gil and Else Williamson, Jeff and LeAnne Martin, and Loren and Donna Reed. From your friends at Princeton Rotary.

• Happy 16th birthday today, Saturday, to Preston Balensiefen. Love, Mom, Romy and Cale.

• Happy 50th birthday on Monday to Denise Doan. From your family.

• Happy belated 12th birthday to Andrew Barto-lucci, who celebrated on Sept. 17. From Gramma and Papa Catton.

• Happy birthday on Sunday to Lisa Vick. From Uncle Bob and Aunt Linda.

• Happy birthday to our daughter, Dianna Barto-lucci, on Monday. From Mom and Dad.

Life&Arts Auditions set — The Prairie Arts Center will hold auditions for its children’s Christmas musical on Wednesday. See Page 9A.

Births announced — Meet the newest arrivals to the Bureau County area on Page 8A. Birth announcements run each Saturday.

Princeton Public Library Film Festival to highlight Widmark and the Wild West

PRINCETON — Although he made his Hol-lywood reputation early on as a film noir villain, Princ-eton native Richard Wid-mark starred in well over a dozen Westerns, play-ing both leading parts and supporting roles opposite some of the biggest names in the business.

In 2002, Widmark was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cow-boy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Okla. To recognize Widmark’s virtuosity as a Western star, and to celebrate his centennial birthday coming up on Dec. 26, Princeton Public Library is partnering with the Rediscover Richard Widmark to screen four different Westerns, one

each night at 6:30 p.m., between Sept. 29 and Oct. 2.

Bart Kassabaum, one of the Rediscover Rich-ard Widmark members, said, “Widmark Western Week will include three films from the 50s with Widmark as the man on the wrong side of the law but twice redeemed, plus an Oscar-worthy perfor-mance two decades later, in a modern western, as a man with no redeeming values — Widmark at his best as he always was. He captures and commands the screen with every line and action.”

For additional infor-mation on activities of Rediscover Richard Wid-mark, call 815-872-7081 or e-mail [email protected].

For individual movie titles included in Wid-mark Western Week, con-tact the Princeton Public Library at 815-875-1331.

The Princeton Public Library is located at 698 E. Peru St. in Princeton. All programs at Princeton are free and open to all.

Native American to speak at genealogical meetingPRINCETON — The

Sept. 25 meeting of the Bureau County Genea-logical Society will fea-ture a program present-ed by Jerry Savage of LaSalle.

Savage will discuss how he was born and raised in the traditions of the Ho-Chunk tribe right here in the Illi-nois Valley. He will talk about his Native Ameri-can family history and how his grandparents came to be located at Starved Rock State Park. He will explain manhood rites among some of the tribes and discuss how the natives were given American names.

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Rotary Club of Walnut will host Bev MalooleyWALNUT — The Rotary Club of

Walnut has announced Bev Malo-oley of the Small Business Develop-ment Center at Illinois Valley Com-munity College will speak at the group’s Sept. 24 meeting, to be held

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and established business owners. This presentation will be of great interest, and perhaps benefit, to anyone who owns a business or is thinking of starting a business. The public is invited to attend.

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Births AnnouncedBenavidez

Michael and Janet (Nelson) Benavidez of Sheffield are the parents of a son, Miles Lee, born Sept. 8 at St. Mar-garet’s Hospital in Spring Valley. He weighed 7 pounds, 2 ounces and measured 19 1/2 inches in length. He was welcomed home by one sister, Mykah, 8. Mater-nal grandparents are Dwight and Pat Nelson. Paternal grandparent is Joy Benavidez of Manlius. Great-grand-parent is Lee Williams of Princeton.

BickettKyle and Dana (Balma) Bickett of Malden are the par-

ents of a daughter born Sept. 15 at Illinois Valley Com-munity Hospital in Peru.

EutisThomas Eutis and Brianna Mariani of Jonesville are

the parents of a daughter born Sept. 10 at Illinois Valley Community Hospital in Peru.

GalassiMatt and Stephanie Galassi of Sheffield are the par-

ents of a son, Jason Louis, born Aug. 27 at Illinois Valley Community Hospital in Peru. He was welcomed home by one sister, Jenna.

GalassiTony and Brooke (Bolin) Galassi of Wyanet are the

parents of a daughter born Sept. 10 at Illinois Valley Community Hospital in Peru.

HauthTom Hauth and Angel Valdez of Spring Valley are the

parents of a son, Jax, born Sept. 8 at St. Margaret’s Hos-pital in Spring Valley. He weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces and measured 19 1/2 inches in length. He was welcomed home by one sister, Ava Hauth, 7, and one brother, Ian Hauth, 5. Maternal grandparents are Marsha and Gene Pikula of Spring Valley. Paternal grandparents are Marilyn and Dennis Hauth of River Falls, Wis. Great-grandparents are Carlos and Trini Valdez of LaSalle, Gene and Sandy Pikula of Cherry, and Josefina Washkowiak of Texas.

McComberIrina Kim and Kyle McComber of Tiskilwa are the par-

ents of a son, Ryder James, born Sept. 7 at Illinois Val-ley Community Hospital in Peru. He weighed 6 pounds, 4 ounces and measured 19 inches in length. Maternal grandparents are Natasha Kremenskaya of Russia and Kurt Fisher of Tiskilwa. Paternal grandparents are Judy Mills of Princeton and Mike McComber of Tiskilwa. Great-grandparents are Lila Kremenskaya of Russia, Eileen Burress of Princeton, Mary McKane of Ladd and Betty McComber of Tiskilwa.

Birthday CelebrationEvelyn HansenEdith Behnke

A birthday celebration for Evelyn (Newman) Han-sen and Edith (Newman) Behnke will be held from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Sept. 28 in Fellowship Hall at the First United Methodist Church in Kewanee. Evelyn will be celebrating her 95th birthday and Edith will be celebrating her 80th birthday.

Evelyn is a longtime resident of Sheffield. Edith lived in Sheffield until her marriage in 1957. She is now living in Elkhorn, Wis.

All family and friends are invited to attend. It is requested that gifts be omitted.

Red/Yellow Paintball Challenge this weekendSPRING VALLEY — Hall

Township’s Echo Bluff Park will host a Red/Yel-low game for paintball enthusiasts from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. This event is an organized challenge. Everyone is invited to join a team for an afternoon of cunning and excitement. The cost is $30 for adults, $25 for youth in eighth grade and under.

What was once a unique 200-by-200-foot wood-ed paintball course has been doubled to the size of two football fields with the addition of a Speed-ball course. The field has a ravine within, making chal-lenges a bit more interest-ing. Natural obstacles and man-made bunkers create the perfect backdrop for creative warfare.

Ladd Legion Auxiliary will meet Tuesday

LADD — The Ladd Legion Auxiliary will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Members will be given the results of chicken din-ner fundraiser held Sept. 7. They will also discuss standing by-laws and membership dues, as well as participation in upcom-ing events for Ladd 125th Wine Tasting party in October, Auxiliary Christ-mas party in November, Ladd Christmas walk on Dec. 13 and Ladd 125th anniversary party in July 2015.

Members are reminded to bring the name and addresses of all local men and women now serv-ing in the Armed Forces. The Auxiliary would like to honor them with thank you gifts and cards during the holidays and special occasions for their service. To add a name to the list, call Geri Devert at 815-894-2269 or Marilyn Pavi-nato at 815-894-2047.

The committee for Sep-tember is Teryl Volant-Destri, Billie Jean Taylor and Kathy Clausen.

Bike ride for familiesPRINCETON — A

G.R.A.N.T. (Get Riding 4 Autism’s New Tomorrow) ride has been scheduled for Sept. 27 in Princeton. This event is an Autism Awareness bike ride for the whole family.

This is a fundraiser event to raise awareness about the rapidly grow-ing diagnosis of Autism. A 2-mile and 10-mile bike ride are set to take

off at 10 a.m., with reg-istration opening at 8 a.m. The 2-mile fam-ily ride is for all abilities and wheels (big wheels, trikes, wagons) with the 10-mile being a little more of a challenge for the family. The ride will begin and end at Zearing Park in Princeton.

For more information, contact Rachel Edens at 815-303-6325.

Painting workshop setPRINCETON — The

Prairie Arts Council will present a Melody Best theorem painting work-shop from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 27.

Participants will learn how to use paint, color and how to use value in creating a realistic paint-ing of flowers and fruit. Using Melody’s templates and painting materials, you will have plenty of time to finish two paint-ings to frame or give as gifts. All supplies are fur-nished, and all skill lev-els accepted. No previ-ous painting experience required. Participants should bring a sack lunch. Drinks will be provided.

The cost is $60 for PAC members, $65 for non-members. The registra-tion deadline is Sept. 25. To register, call the Prai-rie Arts Center at 815-875-2787 or mail a check to the Prairie Arts Coun-cil, 24 Park Ave. East, Princeton, IL 61356.

Visions support groupSPRING VALLEY — “Visions,” a support group for any-

one with any type of visual problem, will meet from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Oct. 2 in St. Margaret’s first floor presentation room. For more information, call 815-664-1440.

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America celebrates U.S. ConstitutionDAR promotes

Constitution Week awareness

PRINCETON — The Princeton-Illinois Chap-ter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution reminds every-one that Sept. 17 began the national celebration of Constitution Week. The week-long commemora-tion of America’s most important document is one of our country’s least known official obser-vances. Our Constitution stands as a testament to the tenacity of Ameri-cans throughout history to maintain their liber-ties and freedom and to ensure those inalienable rights to every American.

The tradition of cel-ebrating the Constitution was started many years ago by the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). In 1955, the Daugh-ters petitioned Congress to set aside Sept. 17-23 annu-ally to be dedicated for the observance of Constitu-tion Week. The resolution was later adopted by the U.S. Congress and signed into Public Law #915 on Aug. 2, 1956, by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

The aims of the celebra-tion are to (1) emphasize citizens’ responsibilities for protecting and defend-ing the Constitution, pre-serving it for posterity; (2) inform the people that the Constitution is the basis for America’s great heri-tage and the foundation for our way of life; and (3) encourage the study of the historical events that led to the framing of the Constitution in September 1787.

The United States of America functions as a Republic under the Con-stitution, which is the old-est document still in active use which outlines the self-government of a peo-ple. This landmark idea that men had the inalien-able right as individuals to be free and live their lives under their own gover-nance was the impetus of the American Revolution. Today, the Constitution stands as an icon of free-dom for people around the world.

“Constitution Week is the perfect opportunity to read and study this great document which is the safeguard of our American liberties,” said DAR Presi-dent General, Lynn Forney Young. “We encourage all

citizens across the country to take time this week to reflect on our heritage of freedom and come togeth-er to Celebrate America!”

DAR has served America for 124 years as its fore-most cheerleader. In 1928, the Daughters began work on a building as a memori-al to the Constitution. John Russell Pope, architect of the Jefferson Memo-rial, was commissioned to design the performing arts center, known as DAR Constitution Hall. Today, DAR Constitution Hall is one of the few structures erected in tribute to the Constitution of the United States of America.

Known as the largest women’s patriotic lin-eage organization in the world, DAR has more than 177,000 members with approximately 3,000 chapters in all 50 states and 13 foreign countries. The DAR has long pro-moted patriotism through commemorative celebra-tions, memorials, schol-arships and activities for children, and programs for new immigrants. For more information about DAR and its programs, visit www.dar.org or call 202- 628-1776. (Informa-tion from the NSDAR.)

Dickens’ classic story to be presentedCasting auditions will be Sept. 27

STREATOR — Commu-nity Players of Streator Inc. has announced Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” will be presented on Dec. 13. Performances will be at 2 and 7 p.m. at Engle Lane Theatre, 1012 Colum-bus Road, Streator. Ticket information will be avail-able soon.

Casting auditions will be Sept. 27 at Engle Lane Theatre: from 1 to 2 p.m. for five boys (ages 8-14) and two girls (ages 10-14); and from 2 to 4 p.m. for 15 males and 12 females (ages 15-65). Participants will not need a prepared audition since scripts with selected

scenes will be provided.Under the direction

of Scott Fulton, Streator native residing in West Chester, Ohio, and Brian Blasco, Streator native residing in Springfield, the directors have selected an adaptation by John Mor-timer which was commis-sioned and first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Barbican Theatre, London, on Nov. 28, 1994. This local pro-duction will be presented in a readers’ theatre style: Performers will use scripts, scenery will be from multi-media projection along with music and sound effects. Questions may be forwarded to Fulton at [email protected].

“A Christmas Carol” is a novella that Dickens began to write in September 1843 with the intention of drawing readers’ attention to the plight of England’s poor. It was first published on Dec. 19, 1843, and was adapted for the stage almost immediately with productions opening in February 1844. Since that time it has been adapted to film, stage, opera and other media. It is the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a bitter miser who has lost the meaning of Christmas, who through a journey into his past, present and future is given a second chance as he embraces love and generosity.

For more information, visit www.englelane.org.

PAC announces upcoming auditionsPRINCETON — Audi-

tions for this year’s PAC children’s Christmas musi-cal are set for Wednesday and Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the Prairie Arts Center theater, 24, Park Ave. East, Princeton. Children may audition either time. The show will take place the weekend of Dec. 5-7.

Auditions are open to children in Grades 3-8; select second-graders may be cast as well, so second graders with a strong desire to perform and an abil-ity to follow direction are welcome to audition. Chil-dren will be asked to sing “Jingle Bells” and “America the Beautiful;” those inter-ested in a speaking role will be provided with a scene selection at the audition.

This year’s Christmas show is being written especially for PAC’s young

actors by local playwright Rachel Gorenz. It features a chorus and both sing-ing and speaking roles. Rehearsals for the 2014 per-formance may take place week-day evenings, Satur-day mornings and Sunday afternoons (approximately two to four rehearsals/week for cast members with speaking roles; every effort is made to work around everyone’s busy schedules) until the last two weeks before the show, when the rehearsal sched-ule increases. The musical is the flagship performance of the PAC theater season.

A parent or guardian is required to accompany their child to the audition unless previous arrange-ments are made with the directors, and should come prepared to list their child’s height, clothing sizes and

any schedule conflicts. Children who do not come with a parent will not be allowed to audition. A par-ent meeting will be held at the same time as the auditions to organize vol-unteers for the production tasks associated with such a large production. It takes many volunteers to pro-duce a show of this mag-nitude, and all families are expected to help in some way.

For more information, contact directors David or Rachel Gorenz at 815-875-1267 or [email protected]. Parents of pro-spective cast members are also requested to review information and expecta-tions, and download an audition form on the PAC website at www.theprai-rieartscouncil.org.

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Using fall inspiration for classroom lessonsAfter a very busy summer at

the Farm Bureau, fall is quickly approaching and Ag in the Class-room is now in full swing.

As the Bureau County Ag Literacy coordinator, I have been in contact with teachers and am very excited to begin visiting elementary class-rooms throughout the county.

During the fall, we all love visiting orchards to pick apples, drink apple cider and, of course, to pick out the perfect pumpkin to carve for Hal-loween. Staying with this theme, my presentations throughout Sep-tember and October will be based on the topics of apples and pump-kins in agriculture.

Did you know apples were brought to the United States by the pilgrims in 1620? Just like today, those apples were used for apple juice, apple butter and vinegar. The settlers shared their knowledge with the Native Americans and worked together to find ways to preserve apples to use throughout the win-ter, as well. Though we may not immediately think of apples when we think of agriculture, they are

actually grown in 36 states, includ-ing Illinois, and farmers produce about 265 million bushels per year! That’s a lot of apples!

While the pilgrims were teaching the Native Americans different ways to use apples, the Native Ameri-cans shared their own knowledge of pumpkins. Can you guess who grows the most pumpkins in the United States? If you guessed Illi-nois, you are correct! Illinois grows 90 to 95 percent of the pumpkins used for processing, most of which is done very near to us in Morton, the pumpkin capital of the world.

Because apples and pumpkins are so important to agriculture, and of course very important as we begin to celebrate Halloween and Thanksgiving, I will be pre-senting these topics, along with

more facts, stories and hands-on activities when visiting classrooms in mid-September. As the school year progresses, I plan to also cover other topics related to agriculture including corn, soybeans, livestock and butterflies. Each presentation will emphasize the importance of agriculture in our lives, while continuing to include new and fun resources for teachers and students alike.

The information in this article can all be found in Illinois Ag in the Classroom’s Ag Mags, which may be obtained through the Bureau County Farm Bureau. Each Ag Mag contains facts, images and activi-ties, along with links to specific Common Core and Next Genera-tion Science Standards.

For more information and resources, or to schedule an Ag in the Classroom visit, feel free to call the Farm Bureau office at 815-875-6468, or email me, Gracey Dale, at [email protected].

Gracey Dale is the Ag Literacy coordinator at the Bureau County Farm Bureau.

Judy Wright inducted into 4-H Hall of FameThe Illinois 4-H Foun-

dation annually recog-nizes one 4-H volunteer per county for exemplary service to the Illinois 4-H program as a Hall of Fame winner. This year, more than 1,000 supporters watched the induction of 66 new members into the Illinois 4-H Hall of Fame. The ceremony took place Aug. 9 on the director of agriculture’s lawn on the Illinois State Fairgrounds.

The Illinois 4-H Foun-dation established the statewide Hall of Fame in 2004 to honor and cel-ebrate extraordinary 4-H alumni, volunteers and former 4-H staff. Nomina-tions for the Illinois 4-H Hall of Fame are made by University of Illinois Extension staff. Each inductee received a com-memorative Hall of Fame medallion.

The Bureau County Extension nominated Judy Wright to be inducted into the 4-H Hall of Fame. Wright is a former 4-H’er and a dedicated support-er of the Bureau County 4-H Program and Univer-sity of Illinois Extension. She is a Friends of 4-H and Extension/Extension Sup-

port Team member and a member of the Multi-County Unit Council. Wright served previously on the Bureau County Unit Council and also served as vice chair from 2010-11. She was instru-mental in the develop-ment of the Bureau Coun-ty Youth Development Coalition which focuses on youth development education, highlighting 4-H programs. The coali-tion, under Wright’s direc-tion as president has been instrumental in starting model after-school pro-grams at multiple sites, laying the groundwork for youth prevention educa-tion programs and pro-viding positive activities for youth in their com-munities. Wright provides support to the local office and unit in planning and delivering programs such as the recent Health Jam program for all Prince-ton fifth-graders to learn about health careers and healthy lifestyles. She continues to work with communities and agen-cies to help promote Extension and 4-H and all of the services, resources and benefits available.

Business&Ag Business story ideas? — Contact Bureau County Republican reporter Lyle Ganther at 815-875-4461, ext. 6360, or email him at [email protected].

Ag story ideas? — Contact Bureau County Republican Senior Staff Writer Donna Barker at 815-875-4461, ext. 6334, or email her at [email protected].

4-H year is underwayThe 4-H year kicked off

on Sept. 1. A traditional 4-H club has a minimum of five members, ages 8 to 19, and at least one screened adult volunteer. These clubs hold regular business

meetings at least six times per year. Four-H members may participate in indi-vidual and group projects, workshops, judging con-tests, the 4-H fair and other learning activities. There

are more than 200 project areas. All 4-H curriculum is designed to include hands-on activities.

The 4-H Cloverbud Pro-gram is an opportunity for 5- to 7-year-old youth that

is designed to introduce the younger 4-H member to a variety of 4-H experiences concentrating on life skills.

For more information, call 815-875-2878 or email Sue at [email protected].

GraceyDaleCOMMENTARY

A11 Sports

Saturday, September 20, 2014 • 11A

Book ‘em — St. Bede Academy has hired former L-P coach Bill Booker as its next var-sity head baseball coach. See page 12A.

Volleyball: Bureau Valley def. St. Bede 25-7, 25-18

Storm going for the gold in TRAC EastBy Dan [email protected]

MANLIUS — After taking down Amboy, Kewanee, Stark County and Hall to win four straight, a Three Riv-ers East Conference matchup with their rivals from St. Bede Academy was the next challenge to maintain the Storm’s current hot streak.

It didn’t take long for the Bureau Valley Storm to jump all over the Lady Bruins as the Storm got off to a hot 6-0 start in the first game, as they cruised to victory in both

games winning 25-7, 25-18 to push their winning streak to five matches Thursday night in Manlius.

The win improved the Storm to 10-2 overall, 5-0 in conference play.

“It’s a great feeling (being unde-feated in the conference). It really helps us going into each game, but coach ‘Bos’ talks a lot about com-placency and getting comfortable with where we’re at,” senior setter Sydney Lebahn said. “We try not to get too comfortable with anything; we’re not satisfied until we’ve won.”

Lebahn set the tone for the rest of the match with five service points on the way to a quick 6-0 lead in the first set. BCR photo/Dan Dwyer

Bureau Valley’s Jehnna Thomas awaits the next St. Bede serve at the Storm CellarStorm Page 12A

Justin Shaw (SB): 2TDs, 167 yards rushing

Jack Brady (SB): 246 yards, 2 TDs passing.

Drew Pullam (Hall): 254 yards, 3 TDs passing.

Kai Tomaszewski (PHS): 90-yard kickoff return

Will Konneck (BV): 71 yards rushing, 2 TDS

Tommy Johnston (BV): 56 yards, 2 TDs receiving.

Orion clips Hall in OTBy BCr SportS Staff

[email protected]

SPRING VALLEY — The Orion Chargers snuck away with a 21-20 overtime win over the Hall Red Devils at Nesti Stadium Friday.

Orion was the first to get the ball in overtime, scoring on an 8-yard run by Drake Schultz. They added the PAT kick to go up 21-14.

Hall (3-1, 1-1) got their crack at the ball, and cashed in with 10-yard TD pass from Drew Pullam to A.J. Gaeta. The Red Dev-ils elected to go for the win, but came away empty on the two-point conversion pass from Pullam to Jake Merkel.

It was the Red Devils (3-1,1-1) first loss.

“We just have to regroup and get ready for Rock-ridge,” Hall coach Randy Tieman. “We had our most physical game of the year tonight.

Pullam threw for two TD passes on the night, both two Gaeta, includ-ing a 10-yard strike and a 72-yard toss.

Bruins win second-half runaway

Storm’s thunder too much for Boilers

By Kevin [email protected]

PERU —The Princeton Tigers were knocking on the door Friday with the ball on the 1-yard line, looking to score a poten-tial go-ahead touchdown on the St. Bede Bruins. Instead, the Tigers fum-bled the ball away and never threatened again.

The Bruins scored 20 straight points, 33 all together, and rolled to a 33-14 victory in Three Rivers Conference South Division play.

“The second half we decided we were going to do a couple different things a little differently,” SBA coach John Bellino said. “It just didn’t seem like our minds were in the game and we got a little more serious second half. Maybe, my fault, who

knows, but I’m going to correct it one way or the other.”

The Tigers drove 50 yards in 10 plays down to the Bruin 2-yard line, ready to cash in. Those plans went awry when Tiger quarter-back Jake Reinhardt lost the handle on the pigskin, and St. Bede’s Andre Hurr recovered.

“We played well in he first half. Really what hap-pened was mistakes, we made a few mistakes and took some momentum away from us and that was the turning point, espe-cially down at the goal line,” PHS coach Jesse Snyder said.

“You can’t really pre-dict what could have hap-pened. It’s hard to tell what could happen or would happen. We just have to

BCR Photo/Mike VaughnJustin Shaw (3) proved hard for Derek DeBruhl and the Tigers to get a good grip on Friday. He scored two touchdown runs in the Bruins’ 33-14 win.

By Dan [email protected]

MANLIUS — The Bureau Valley Storm came into Fri-day’s Three Rivers Conference matchup against Kewanee knowing they were better than their 0-3 record reflected and completely dominated the Boilers on both sides of the ball from the opening whistle on route to a 43-6 victory in Manlius.

The BV offense was well bal-anced all night as senior wide-out Tommy Johnston caught two touchdown passes from freshman signal caller Drake Davis and running backs, junior Will Konneck and senior Josh Mead added two each on the ground.

Konneck got loose on a 19–yard-run to score the first BV points after a successful fake punt handoff to senior

BCR game ofthe Week

Princetonat St. Bede14 33

Bureau Valley 43Kewanee 6

At a glance: Storm gets its first win of the year at the expense of the Boilers (0-4).

At a glance: Storm (1-3) at E/P (2-1).

Orion 21,Hall 20

At a glance: The Red Devils drop TRCS opener.

N e x t : Red Devils (3-1, 0-1) at R o c k r i d g e (3-1, 2-0).

At a glance: The Bruins defense the homefield in Princeton’s first visit to the Academy, outscoring the Tigers 26-7 in the second half.

At a glance: Tigers (2-2, 1-1) return home vs. Kewanee (0-4, 0-2), Bruins (3-1, 2-0) host Riverdale (0-4, 0-2) for Homecoming on Saturday.

“We try not to get too comfortable with anything; we’re not

satisfied until we’ve won.”Sydney Lebahn • BV Senior

BV’s Will Konneck

rushes against

Kewanee Friday

night. He had two

TD runs in the Storm’s

43-6 win.BCR photo/Dan Dwyer

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Storm Page 13A

“We talked a lot about coming out and making a statement in the first game, and the girls did a great job of that,” Storm coach Abbi Bosnich said. “I never expected a start like that; they continue to amaze me everyday.”

Serving troubles plagued the Bruins throughout the match, allowing dominate team play by the Storm to capitalize on multiple SBA miscues.

“Our serving was really bizarre tonight; I don’t know why so many went out of the back end. That’s not characteristic of our team,” SBA coach Dawn Williams said.

Another 6-0 run later on in the first game came on the back of five service points from senior right side hitter Ali Siltman to make the score 18-4 and put the game out of reach for SBA.

The Bruins grabbed an early 1-0 in the second game that was back and forth in the early goings with neither team getting any separation.

SBA never led again for the remainder of the match but took advantage of three service points from senior setter Sadie Long to close distance between the two teams making the score 11-10.

“The second game we started coming together, but BV is a good funda-mental team; they control the ball well. They kept coming back at us, and we made a lot of serve receive errors and serving errors.

So we have got to shore that up. I told them we still have another half of the season to go yet,” Wil-liams said.

Each team traded serves with the Bruins tying the game 15-15.

And that’s when the Storm’s team began to take control of the game.

An SBA serve out of bounds allowed the Storm to capitalize scoring seven in a row to push the score to 22-15.

The scoring run includ-ed two services aces from senior outside Val Reuter; a beautiful push from Leb-ahn over the blockers of SBA; a block from senior middle hitter Carlie Bick-ett; and a kill from senior outside hitter Heaven Bennett.

A hard kill off of the Storm defense by senior outside hitter Emma Pero-na gave the Bruins one last breath that cut the score to 24-18.

That was short lived as Bickett slammed home a kill with authority on the next volley for the second Storm win of the night.

Bennett had seven kills for the Storm offense, while Lebahn and Reuter added four each with eight service points. Reuter also had four aces on the night.

• Notes: The Bureau Val-ley gym was painted in gold for the game as fans wore gold T-shirts with the slogan “Going Gold for Lily” in support of Lily Rosploch, the 3-year-old daughter of former St. Bede coach Mike

Rosploch, who has been diagnosed with Neuro-blastoma, a form of can-cer. Donations can be sent directly to Rally for Lily, North Central Bank 110 N. Main Ave., Ladd, IL 61329, or online at http://forlily.com. For more informa-tion, go to https://www.facebook.com/RallyFor-Lily ... The BV freshmen remained undefeated with a 25-13, 25-19 win. St. Bede took the sophomore match 25-14, 25-14.



PERU — St. Bede Academy has closed the books on its search for a new head baseball coach.

On Thursday, the Academy announced the hir-ing of Bill Booker to succeed longtime coach John Bellino, who resigned after last season. Booker, the former head baseball coach at neighbor LaSalle-Peru, is presently a member of the Bruins football staff and appreciates all that the Academy stands for.

“Our athletes are student-athletes first,” Booker said. “The St. Bede administration and I agree with high morals and promote an outstanding work ethic in pursuit of success. Winning has always been a part of the St. Bede philosophy. I believe my experience and past successes helped in making this a great fit for all.”

Academy athletic director Tom McGunnigal said Booker’s highly successful career at L-P where he led the Cavaliers to four sectional championships, and two state tournament berths (fourth in 2009, second in 2012), makes him a good choice to continue the success Bellino had.

“Bill has had tremendous success in baseball including experience at the state level. Bill’s enthu-siasm for coaching, his passion for the game, and the leadership and vision he will present for our student-athletes were just some of the attributes that made Bill our choice for the position,” McGunnigal said in a press release.

“We are excited that under Bill’s guidance, our program can continue its great traditions of success on the field and in producing fine young men off the field, just as John Bellino brought to St. Bede baseball for over 35 years.”

Booker won games 375 in 20 years at L-P, before being dismissed after the Cavs’ runner-up state finish in 2012.


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BCR photo/Dan DwyerThe Storm’s Sydney Lebahn and Savannah Dean get the glad hand taking the floor for the Gold for Lily Night at the Storm Cellar Thursday.

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The great Alaskan fishing experience During the sec-

ond week of August, Judd Scott and his son, Judson, along with friend Brad Shaffer, left for Alaska to try their luck pursuing black bears. They drove to Minneapolis where they took a flight to Alaska.

They headed out to the area where they planned to hunt and spent the next six to seven days trying to find a large black bear. Judd told me they glassed quite a few blacks, but none were as big as they wanted. He thought perhaps it was a little early in the season.

Even though their luck with the black bears was not as good as they had hoped, they did see one thing which was very rewarding. While they were searching the mountain-side for blacks, they spotted a huge caribou half way up the range. This was neat in itself, but to add to the scenario, they spotted a huge grizzly bear on about the same level but probably 300 yards away. The boo was grazing, and the bear was eating blueberries. Judd told me the bear must have been downwind and didn’t get the boo’s scent, otherwise there could have been a huge confrontation. The boo lucked out because the grizzly would have been the winner of that one.

Leaving the bears behind, they drove to Homer, Alaska, where they rented a charter boat for one day to fish strict-ly for halibut. They left port at 6:30 a.m. to an area about 30 miles from shore.

They got rigged up and started fishing about 8 a.m. They immediately started catching halibut in about 200 feet of water, but since they still had lots of time, they culled out the smaller ones to wait for bigger ones. They were only allowed two fish per person, so they wanted some bigger ones.

Their waiting paid off. Soon Brad Schafer’s pole bent, and he thought it was a good one. After a lengthy struggle, they got his halibut into the boat. Judd told me he wished he had a video because Brad was really excited. He caught the biggest halibut of the trip — 108 pounds. Judd pulled in one that was right around 80 pounds. When they returned to port at 5 p.m.,

their six halibut filleted out at 142 pounds. That’s mighty good since their present price is more than $20 per pound.

Judd reported to me that during the trip, they also saw many otters and several Belu-ga whales, which they thor-oughly enjoyed. In addition, he said they must have seen more than 100 bald eagles.

Judson, Judd and Brad were treated with great weather, which made their adventure much more pleas-ant. Still, the highlight of the trip was seeing Brad’s reac-tion to the halibut he caught. Congratulations!

Locally, the Bureau County Pheasants Forever and the Met are co-sponsoring a Hunters’ Safety Course at the Met on Sept. 27-28. I don’t know how many spaces are left, so if you are interested, you’d better call the Met to find out at 815-872-0840.

Duck’s Unlimited will host their annual banquet on Oct. 16 at Wise Guys. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. and the meal at 7 p.m. More about guns and raffle items in my next column.

Finally, thank you to all the alums that said “Hi” during Homestead Festival.

Lee Wahlgren is the BCR Outdoor Columnist. Contact him at [email protected].

LeeWahlgren

OUTDOOR COLUMNIST

Photo contributedBrad Schafer shows the big halibut he caught fishing in Alaska waters.

Area roundupAnother sweep for Tigresses


Another night, another sweep for the Princeton Tigresses’ tennis teams.

The latest victim was Rochelle, whom the Tigresses defeated 5-0 Thursday. On Tuesday, it was Streator who fell victim.

Angelica Jones didn’t give up a single game at No. 2 singles with a 6-0, 6-0 whitewash. Ellie Bonucci was a 6-0, 6-2 winner No. 1.

Doubles winners were Elise Blocki/Brittany Krohn (6-2, 7-5), Malena Wheeler and Mallory Wheeler (6-1, 6-1) and Mackenzie Geldean and Selena Olson (6-3, 6-3). JV double winners were Jade Purvis and Kim Schlesinger (10-1); Danielle May and Natalie Vujanov (10-3); and Julia Bauer and Hannah Erickson (6-3, 6-1) were all winners as well.

The PHS F/S also completed its sec-ond straight 6-0 sweep behind Jessica Krohn (10-4), Madalyn Robbins (10-6) and the doubles of Tiara Kate/Alison Brown (10-4), Anna Zehr/Julia Prush-inski (10-2) and Maddie Eckard and MaryJeanne Brown (10-3).

Natalee Theobald and Gabby Gerber won 8-6 in exhibition.

Girls golfAt Deer Valley: Princeton (211)

topped Prophetstown (235) and

Sterling (261) but fell to Erie (197) again Wednesday. Erie’s Morgan New-ton was medalist at 46. Arraia Hicks led PHS at 50 with Sophia Suarez and Audra Reidner adding 53s, Sarah Crowe a 55, Jaimee Ciesielski a 65 and Brooke Hieronymus a 67.

Boys GolfAt Spring Creek: Riverdale (177)

used the 40 medalist shot by Tyler Bussert to defeat host Hall (187) and Erie (213) in Three Rivers Golf action Wednesday. Ryan Ott and Matt Hoscheid each had 46s for Hall with Zach Vanderpool adding 47 and Aaron Mitchell a 48.

At Shady Oaks: There was a trio of medalists Thursday at 43, including Hall’s Hoscheid, Amboy/LaMoille’s Logan Thake and Rockridge’s Carson Thomas. Host Amboy/LaMoille (181) took the meet, sweeping both Rock-ridge (187) and the Red Devils (193) in Three Rivers Golf play Thursday in Amboy.

Also for Hall, Mitchell had a 48, Evan Alig a 49 and Ott a 53.

At Chapel Hill: Fifth-man Colton Erven’s 45 was the tie-breaker for host Princeton, which finished in a tie at 171 with Sherrard Wednesday. Griffin Kozeal of Amboy/LaMoille (173) was medalist at 36.

Also scoring for PHS (8-7, 6-4) were Ian Nichols at 41, Colby Robbins and

Colin Pearson at 43 and Miles Rose at 44. Josh Eggers added a 47,

Also for A/L, Thake had a 44, Sam Klein a 45, Jake Lucas and Tracer Mills 48s.

At Hidden Lakes: Jacob Heidenreich had a 42 for Bureau Valley (206), which fell to Rockridge (164) and Orion (173) Thursday. Also for the Storm, Jay Norden had a 50, Ian Carl a 55, Colton Novotny a 59, Harrison Brousseau a 62 and Garrett Pistole a 73.

Boys soccerRoanoke-Benson 2, Princeton 0:

The Rockets scored once in the first half and once in the second to take the shutout on their home pitch. PHS keeper Isaac Salazar made five saves on goal.

“Roanoke Benson deserved the win,” PHS coach David Gray said. “They outplayed us, especially in the second half. We showed that we can possess the ball, but we did not work hard enough to win control of the ball.”

The PHS F/S pitched a 1-0 shutout behind keeper Barron Headley with Brett Schenck having the scoring honors.

VolleyballNewman 2, Hall 0: The visiting Com-

ets streaked to a 25-14, 25-21 win at Red Devil Gymnasium Thursday. Emily Hoscheid led Hall with seven kills.

BCR photo/Dan DwyerBV’s Parker Neuhalfen looks for running room Friday.

wide-out Park Neuhalfen gave the Storm a second chance on their opening drive.

“All of those guys are more than capable. Obvi-ously Parker is a staple but when you have all four of those guys going. And with having Will (Kon-neck) healthy its huge for us he’s electric and he hasn’t been healthy the first couple of games and we finally got him healthy and that takes the pres-sure off the other guys,” BV coach Spencer Davis said.

Four short minutes later Davis would hook up with Johnston streaking across the heart of the Boiler defense for a 42-yard touchdown reception extending the Storm lead to 16-0.

BV extended their lead on two Mead touchdowns which came within the span of 1:13.

The first was a 3-yard plunge set up by a

beautiful connection between Neuhalfen and Davis on a fourth and 14 from their own 35-yard-line.

“It felt great to finally get in the end zone because I haven’t done that much this year but I got to give it to my line, if it wasn’t for them I wouldn’t have got the holes that I did,” Mead said. “Without them God knows what would have happened tonight.”

A fumble recovery by senior lineman Dylan Martin eventually set up his second score, a 22-yard rumble where Meade refused to go down to make the score 30-0 with 7:37 to play in the first half

Davis dropped a beau-tiful 14-yard touchdown pass over Johnston’s shoulder in the back of the end zone for their second connection of the

night with 48.8 left to play in the half.

Konneck reached pay dirt on a 4-yard run for the final BV touchdown with 7:30 left to play in the third quarter.

Kewanee showed little signs of life offensive-ly as the Storm defense was relentless all evening but allowed Kewanee to get on the board with a 47-yard run up the middle by junior Zach Brown at the 4:09 mark of the third quarter to end the game’s scoring.

“I’m excited to keep going. It’s nice to come to practice everyday with these kids, good kids.” Davis said. “We said from the beginning that we’re going to get better ever day and that’s what we’ve been doing.’

Both Davis and Mead reflected each oth-ers thinking as each are

looking forward to their next opponent.

“We’re looking forward to next week. We’ll work hard and we’ll keep up the intensity and that’s what’s key,” Mead said.

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continue to play when we have that kind of adversity happen.”

From there, senior back Justin Shaw took over for the Bruins. His hard-run-ning led to two fourth-quarter touchdown runs, finishing the night with 167 yards rushing on 16 carries.

“I thought of all play-ers, Justin played well the whole game. Lot of extra effort, broke a lot of tack-les. He really wanted to win tonight,” Bellino said.

“There were a lot of holes to run. I just ran hard, and couldn’t let just one person tackle me and try my hardest,” Shaw said.

“They ran hard and we missed tackles and that’s really what it was,” Sny-der said. “I think at times we were trying so hard to get the ball back we missed out on our funda-mental tackling and that’s something we’ll have to address this week.”

Hurr added a 15-yard run with 20.1 seconds left to play before Princeton speedster Kai Tomasze-wski ended the night with a 90-yard kickoff return.

The difference for the Bruins in the second half, Bellino said, is that went to an unbalanced set offensively, “and it worked for us.”

The Tigers (2-2, 1-1)

gave the Bruins all they could handle in the first half. Justin “Bubba” Smith took in a six-yard run as the Tigers struck first for a 7-0 lead at the 11:11 mark of the second quarter.

Outside of a 9-yard TD pass from Jack Brady to Baylee Hoops to tie the game at the 8:47 mark in the second, the Bru-ins could get very little going offensively in the first half.

“We were kind of con-fused in the beginning who to block,” Shaw said. “We kind of expected them to play a certain defense and they came out with a different one and talked about it at half-time and figured it out.”

“That was a great game plan by their coach. It was a very difficult game for us. They’re coming along. They’re going to be good

in the future.”Brady hooked up with

Hopps for a 65-yard strike at the 10:37 mark of the third quarter to give the Bruins their first lead of the night.

He finished with 246 passing yards. The Bruins also racked up 244 rush-ing.

“I’m very proud of our kids. They played a phenomenal first half,” Snyder said. “Compared to where we’ve been to where we’re at now, ... we’ve got to continue to make strides.”

Notes: Friday’s game marked the Tiger varsity’s first ever visit to the Acad-emy gridiron. ... St. Bede won the sophomore game 14-6, using an 80-yard fumble recovery by Daryl Seneca in the process.

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St. Margaret’s is pleased to welcome Benjamin Shepherd,MD, to the Medical Staff, effective October 1, 2014.

Dr. Shepherd is Board Certified in Family Medicine.

Dr. Shepherd is originally from Dixon, IL, and graduated Magna Cum Laude with aBachelor of Science from University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. He attendedmedical school at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Rockford, IL andthen graduated from the Iowa Family Medicine Residency Program.

As a member of the Dixon Rural Training Track Family Medicine ResidencyProgram, Dr. Shepherd returned to the U of I College of Medicine in Rockford as anAssistant Clinical Professor, while also working as a staff physician at KSB Hospital– Mt. Morris Clinic in Mt. Morris, IL and a jail physician for Winnebago County Jail.Dr. Shepherd was recently named Faculty Physician of the Year, 2013-2014, by hisfellow resident physicians.

Dr. Shepherd will initially be seeing patients at St. Margaret’s Family Health Center,415 E. 2nd St. in Spring Valley. To make an appointment, please call 815-663-2165.

Introducing...Benjamin Shepherd, MD

“I look forward to being able tohelp improve access to primarycare in the Illinois Valley.”

Benjamin Shepherd, MD


ScoreboardFootball

Three RiversKewanee 6, Bureau Valley 43Orion 21, Hall 20 (OT)St. Bede 33, Princeton 14, Amboy/LaMoille 27, Riverdale 0Erie-Prophetstown 42, Fulton 20Rockridge 58, Sherrard 16Newman 59, Morrison 0OthersStark County 31, Annawan/Wethersfield 7Geneseo 49, L-P 9Mendota 15, Stillman Valley 8Ottawa 36, Rochelle 20Next week’s gamesAmboy/LaMoille at MorrisonBureau Valley at Erie-ProphetstownFulton at NewmanHall at RockridgeKewanee at PrincetonMonmouth United at Annawan/WethersfieldDixon at Mendota Sterling at LaSalle-PeruAt ManliusKewanee (0-4, 0-2) 0 0 6 0 - 6Bureau Valley (1-3, 1-1) 16 21 6 0 -43

BV - Konneck 19 run (Neuhalfen run)BV - Johnston 42 pass from Davis

(Neuhalfen run)BV - Mead 3 run (Herr kick)BV - Mead 22 run (Herr kick)BV - Johnston 14 pass from Davis (Herr

kick)BV - Konneck 4 run (kick failed)K - Brown 47 run (kick failed)

Yardsticks ............K BVFirst Downs ............... 8 11Total Yards ...............140 336 by rushing ...........29-113 33-205 by passing..............17 131Fumbles-Lost ............ 1-1 1-1Penalties-Yards ........3-25 4-25Punts-Average ........ 4-36. 1-44

Individual statisticsRushing: BV - Mead 8-55 (2 TDs), Neuhalfen

6-44, Konneck 9-71 (2 TDs), Davis 7-23, Peterson 2-15.

Passing: BV - Davis 5-11-0, 131 yards (2 TDs).

Receiving: BV - Johnston 2-56 (2 TDs),

Konneck 1-8, Neuhalfen 1-32, Johnson 1-35.

At Nesti Stadium, Spring ValleyOrion (3-1, 1-1) 0 7 7 0 7 -21 Hall (3-1, 1-0) 0 7 7 0 6 - 20

H – Gaeta 10 pass from Pullam (Krolak kick)

O – Seys 13 pass from Tropes (Dericx kick)H – Gaeta 72 pass from Pullam (Krolak

kick)O – Seys 1 run (Dericx kick)O – Schultz 9 run (Dericx kick)H – Gaeta 10 pass from Pullam (pass

failed)

Yardsticks ............O HFirst Downs .............. 20 8

Individual statisticsRushing: Hall - Hammonds 2-9, Kerr 3-1,

Taber 2-9. Passing: Hall - Pullam 16-18-2, 254 yards.Receiving: Hall - Hammonds 2-23,

Barroso 4-114, Gaeta 4-37,Merkel 4-54.

At St. BedePrinceton (2-2, 1-1) 0 7 0 7 - 14St. Bede (2-1, 1-0) 0 7 6 20 - 33

P - Smith 6 run (Kuhne kick)SB - Hopps 9 pass from Brady (Shaw kick).SB - Hopps 65 pass from Brady (kick failed)SB - Shaw 6 run (kick failed)SB - Shaw 17 run (Shaw kick)SB - Hurr 15 run (Shaw kickP -Tomaszewski 90 KO return (Kuhne kick)

Yardsticks ............P SBFirst Downs ...............10 24Total Yards ...............202 500 by rushing .......... 37-130 37-244 by passing............. 72 246Fumbles-Lost ............ 2-1 0-0Penalties-Yards ........5-50 8-46

Individual statisticsRushing: PHS - Wedekind 6-7, Smith 21-72

(TD), Reinhardt 7-41, Tomaszewski 3-10. SB - Shaw 26-187 (2 TDS), Hopps 2-9, Hurr 8-49 (TD), Brady 1-(-1).

Passing: PHS - Reinhardt 9-19-1, 72 yards. SB - Brady 17-28-1 , 246 yards (2 TDs).

Receiving: PHS - Wedekind 2-30, Camp 2-16, Bates 3-24, Tomaszewski 1-(1), Friel 1-3. SB - Halm 4-48, Shaw 3-21, Shipp 2-36,

Hopps 3-77 (2 TDs), Shipp 4-62.Soph prelim: SBA 14-6.

At AmboyRiverdale (0-4, 0-2) 0 0 0 0 - 0Amboy/LaMoille (3-1, 1-0) 6 13 0 7 - 27

Amboy scoring: Jones 3 TDs (2, 1, 2), Barlow 1 TD (1).

VolleyballHigH ScHool girlS

At Spring ValleyNewman def. Hall 25-14, 25-11. Hall:

Keegan (12 assists), Lautino (2 kills), Lusietto (2 kills), Hoscheid (7 kills), Herrmann (3 kills).At Manlius

Bureau Valley def. St. Bede 25-7, 25-18. BV (10-2, 5-0): 5 Siltman (2 kills), Bickett (2 kills, 2 blocsk), Bennett 2 (7 kills, 3 digs), Thomas 6 (2 digs, 1 ace), Lebahn 8 (4 kills, 18 assists, 2 aces), Reuter 8 (4 kills, 4 aces), Dean (3 digs). SBA (3-11, 0-3): Pohar (5 digs), Whalen 1 (5 digs, 2 kills), E. Perona 1 ( 6 assists), C. Perona (2 kills), Long 3 (6 assists), Bima (2 kills, 1 block), Postula (2 kills, 1 block), Dudek (2 kills),.

SOPHS: SBA 25-14, 25-14.FRESHMEN: BV 25-13, 25-19 .

Other matchesMarquette def. Henry 25-16, 25-19Mendota def. Stillman V 25-19, 25-23Annawan def. galva 25-18, 25-10

Junior HigHAt Ladd

7th grade: BVS def. Ladd 25-14, 25-13. BVS: Primo 10, Nordstrom 8.

8th grade: BVS def. Ladd 25-20 , 25-13 Endress 13, Barnett (7 kills).

At Kewanee8th grade: Wethersfield def. BVS 25-16,

25-17. BVS: Endress 15.7th grade: BVS def Wethersfield 25-19,

25-14. BVS: Primo 14, Maltas 8.Junior college

At OglesbyBlack Hawk def.IVCC 25-22, 16-25,

27-25,25-17. IVCC: Erjavesek (11 kills), Hult (10 kills), Bosnich (16 assists), Olivares (15 assists).

Boys soccerAt Roanoke

roanoke-Benson 2, Princeton 0.F/S: Princeton 1-0. PHS: Schenck.

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BCR photo/Mike VaughnJett Wedekind hauls in a pass for Princeton Friday.

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The employee must have working knowledgeof heavy equipment and must have or be able toobtain a CDL license and a class C water license.

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Is looking for a WASTECOLLECTOR with at leasta class B CDL with an airbrake endorsement forresidential manual trashpick-up. Full benefit pack-age includes medical,dental, 401(k). Candidatemust have a current CDLto be considered. Youmust fill out an applicationin person at: Illinois ValleyWaste Services located at1530 Peggy Lane, Prince-ton, IL 61356 from thehours 8am-4pm. EOE

ARLINGTON 35594-1700N Avenue (1 mile north ofLadd & 1 mile east on1700 N Avenue). Friday,September 19, 8am-5pm;Saturday, September 20,8am-noon.

ESTATE GARAGE SALE.Furniture, householditems and much more

Maytag Washer,like new, $300.

Call 815-915-6933,leave message

OHIO 206 North Pleasant.Friday, September 19,8am-4pm; Saturday,September 20, 8am-noon.Yard sale – FURNITURE

& MUCH MORELarge Oak executive deskplus other office, home &A/V furniture, exerciseequip, his/her Schwinnbikes, designer clothing,video games, blu-ray play-er, deluxe JBL L-series SSsystem, Dyson vac, Bissellcarpet shampooer, nearlynew 24' extension ladder,new lawn mower & muchmore!

PRINCETON 302 NorthChurch Street. Friday,September 19, 4pm-6pm:Saturday, September 20,12pm-5pm.

RAIN OR SHINE(Inside Garage)

Everything Must Go.Moving to new location.A little bit of everything

Portable generator, 6000watts, on wheels, $400;Ace-in-the-hole sumppump, $75; refrigerator,$75. 815-875-1503

2005 BUICK LACROSSE,34,000 miles. New tires/less than 100 miles onthem, was just detailed.$6,400. 815-875-1503

5 rolls 35mm 400 speedfilm 24 exposure $5; HPphotosmart printer withnew inkjet cartridges $10.Call 815-339-6109

If you are looking fora great place to work,

Perry Memorial Hospitalinvites you to apply! OurDIETARY Department hasseveral positions availableranging from 8-hours/week up to 32-hours/week, varied shifts.For details and to print anapplication go to:www.perrymemorial.org

or apply in person at:530 Park Avenue East,

Princeton. EOE

1500 Farm Truck 4 wheeldrive, high mileage, trans-mission cable needs ad-justment for park. $1,000.815-866-5652

THANK YOUI wish to Thank my Familyfor arranging the Golf Out-ing at Wyaton Hills GolfCourse and for arrangingthe Open House at TrinityLutheran Church Parish.Thank you to all my friendswho came to the party andfor all the cards and wellwishes for my 90th Birth-day.

Kenneth Stier

Sofa, chair, loveseat,loose cushions, neutralcolor, good condition, allfor $300 or best offer.Call 815-878-2285

PRINCETON 1310 SouthMain. Wednesday,September 24, 12pm-7pm; Friday, September26, 3pm-7pm.

Down Sizing.Antique dressers, chairs,doll buggy, tools, crocks,shutters, Halloween/Christmas items, chil-dren's books, Lots ofGoodies for Everyone!

LOCAL INSURANCEAGENCY SEEKING:

Commercial Line Cus-tomer Service Rep, 8am-4:30pm, licensed & expe-rience required;Personal Lines CustomerService Rep, 8am-4:30pm, licensed & expe-rience required.Please reply to: Box 334

Bureau County RepublicanPO Box 340,

Princeton, IL 61356

PRINCETON 1609 Fletch-er. Thursday, September18, 3pm-6pm; Friday,September 19, 8am-5pm;Saturday, September 20,8am-12pm

TISKILWA 235 WalnutStreet. Thursday, Septem-ber 25, 9am-5pm; Friday,September 26, 8am-11am.

MULTI-FAMILY SALE .Name brand kids' clothes,toys, lots of householditems, Halloween cos-tumes, misc. items

26 Chicago Bears mediaguide year books, 1975thru 2000, $52; Dehydra-tor, $10.

Call 815-875-4077

PRINCETON 11 SouthPleasant Street. Thursday,September 25, 11am-5pm; Friday, September26, 8am-5pm; Saturday,September 27, 8am-Noon.

ANNUAL FALLGARAGE SALE!

1 Hand Corn Sheller, Rail-road Lanterns, MachinistTools, Beer Glass Sets &Memorabilia, Glassware &Collectibles, Red glass,Pier 1 Import items,Longaberger Baskets,Ladies Clothing, House-hold Items, DVD's & CD's,Books, Garden & HandTools, MISC. Toys

PRINCETON 1214 SouthMain. Friday, September19, 4pm-8pm; Saturday,September 20, 8am-2pm.Desk, filing cabinet, an-tique dresser, queen com-forter set, deep freeze,male/female clothing,books, and much more!

OHIO TOWN-WIDEGARAGE SALES.

Friday, September 19,8am-5pm; Saturday,September 20, 8am-1pm

DONATE NOW!“The animals are crying”

Tri-County Humane Soci-ety. LaSalle, Bureau, Put-nam Counties.Call 815-875-6145 or815-872-9781 or senddonation to: PO Box 1601,LaSalle, IL 61301

ITS A GREAT TIME FORFALL PLANTING

*Decorative Trees*Shrubs*Bushes*Perennials*Evergreen TreesClearance Prices onEverything in Stock

TWIGGY'S TREE FARM815-303-8158

Gives Us A Call!

Wanted To Buy:940's or 1950's

Cushman's scooter.Call 309-854-3609

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YOU NEVER KNOW WHATYOU MIGHT FIND righthere in the Bureau CountyRepublican Classified!

ADVERTISE YOURVEHICLE SALE HERE!

In the Classified. Just call815-875-4461.

PROMOTE YOUR GARAGESALES Call 815-875-4461

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CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE THIRTEENTHJUDICIAL CIRCUITBUREAU COUNTY,

ILLINOISESTATE OF )CLYDE WARD )KITTERMAN, )

DECEASED )NO. 2014-P-71

CLAIM NOTICENotice is given of the

death of Clyde WardKitterman. Letters ofoffice were issuedto Gary C. Bruce of1010 Pheasant RidgeLane, Princeton, IL61356, as IndependentAdministrator whoseattorneys are Angel,Isaacson & Tracy, 111Park Avenue East,Princeton, Illinois61356.

Claims against theestate may be filed inthe Office of the Clerkof the Court, Bureau

County Courthouse,700 South Main Street,Princeton, Illinois 61356,or with the IndependentAdministrator, or both,on or before March23, 2015, or, if mailingor delivery of a noticefrom the IndependentAdministrator isrequired by Section 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 mustbe mailed or deliveredto the IndependentAdministrator and tothe attorneys within 10days after it has beenfiled.

Dated this 16th day ofSeptember, 2014.Angel, Isaacson & TracyAttorneys for Estate111 Park Avenue EastPrinceton, IL 61356815-875-6551Published in the BureauCounty RepublicanSept. 20, 27 and Oct. 4,2014.

NOTICE TO BIDThe Princeton

Township HighwayDepartment is receivingbids for one (1) NEWSINGLE AXLE TRUCKAND EQUIPMENTas per specifica-tions. Specificationswill be available atPrinceton Township,235 E. Railroad Avenue,Princeton, IL and canbe obtained by contact-ing Township HighwayCommissioner, EricBalensiefen, at 815-872-8361 Monday thruFriday, Between 7:00a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Bidswill be accepted until

12:00 p.m. on September30, 2014 at the TownshipBuilding. Bids will beopened at 2:00 p.m.September 30, 2014.

Princeton Townshipreserves the right toreject any and all bids.

By order ofEric Balensiefen,

Princeton TownshipHighway CommissionerPublished in the BureauCounty RepublicanSept. 20 and 23, 2014.

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HENNEPIN large 1 bed-room, clean, furnishedwith utilities. Not pets, nosmoking. References.

Call 815-925-7086

PRINCETON House forRent. 1 bedroom, 1 fullbath plus an extra shower.Refrigerator, stove, wash-er, dryer, 3 season porch,full basement, 2 cargarage, remodeled, $500/month, $500 deposit.

Call 815-875-2099

PRINCETON809 North Euclid Street

3 bedroom/1.5 bath;1 Car Garage.$590/month.

Available Immediately!815-875-6254

[email protected]

Female looking for aROOMMATE to share 3bedroom house with maleor female. Two bedroomsto rent out. Rent is $600 amonth which includesutilities.

Call 815-878-8208

LADD 2 bedroom, 1 bath.Central air, washer/dryerhook-up. $565.

Call 815-224-3816.Broker Owned.

www.curtainrentals.com

PRINCETON 20 East PeruStreet. 1 bedroom apart-ments. Appliances, water,gas and garbage included.$425 + security.

Call 815-303-3805

WYANET cozy, small, 2bedroom home. Centralair, appliances furnished.References, deposit. Nopets. Available anytime.$500. Call 815-994-5082

PRINCETON 2 bedroomapartment for rent. Upperapartment in historichome near downtown. Nosmoking no pets. Washer/dryer hookups. Offstreetparking. Deposit. $530.Call 815-875-1267

WYANET 2 bedroom, newfurnace, central air. Nopets. Must have refer-ences. Available Now.

Call 815-699-2263

- 700 -Real Estate For Sale

767 • MobileHome Sales

856 • Apartment Rentals 856 • Apartment Rentals

858 • Homes for Rent

858 • Homes for Rent

****************PUBLISHER'S NOTICE

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

PRINCETON 206 SouthFirst. 3 bedroom, firstfloor. Recently remodeled.$600. No pets. No smok-ing. Call 815-876-7320

PRINCETON 3 bedroom,deck, screened porch, 2car garage, new kitchen,new carpeting. $750 + de-posit. 213 North FirstStreet. Call 815-876-7320

PRINCETON Small, 2 bed-room, loft, newer kitchen,basement, garage. $550 amonth. Small pet consid-ered. 815-875-1923

PRINCETON new luxury 2bedroom apartment.Garage & appliances in-cluded. $795/month +utilities lease & depositrequired. No pets. Nosmoking. Must See!

Call 815-878-1984

3 Bedroom Mobile Homefor sale. $2,000 down,$188.02 per month for 3years + lot rent.Also: $325 Mobile HomeRental + deposit. No pets.

Call 815-303-2948

WYANET 1 bedroomhouse. Hardwood floors.Newly decorated. Deposit.No pets or smoking. Callfor info: 815-699-2686

PRINCETON 2 bedroomapartment. Laundry onsite. $525 per month,lease & deposit required.

Call 309-238-0168

PRINCETON 2 bedroom,upstairs, appliances, nopets. Security deposit andreferences required.

Call 815-879-7491

PRINCETON 3 Bedroom, 2bath, wood floors, laundryhook-up, central air,across from high school.$800. Call 312-420-8087

PRINCETON 441 EastMarion. 2 bedroom. $560.Heat, water, garbage.Laundry. Covered parking.No pets. Available August1st. Call 309-288-3008

PRINCETON Duplex Stove& fridge furnished, wash-er & dryer hookups. Nopets. No smoking. Refer-ences. $595 per month +Deposit. Call 815-879-0005 or 815-878-3020,ask for Todd

PROMOTE YOUR OPENHOUSE The Bureau CountyRepublican Classified canhelp you get you homesold. Call 815-875-4461

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SECTION 8Notice is hereby given that the Bureau CountyHousing Authority will be accepting applicationsfor the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher rentalassistance program waiting list September 23,2014 through October 30, 2014. Applicationsmay be obtained at the BCHA office located at 444South Church Street, Princeton, IL 61356, between8:30 am and 4:00 pm, Monday through Friday.Applicants should bring birth certificates and socialsecurity cards for all household members, as wellas photo IDs for everyone 18 years and over. Phoneinquiries should be addressed to Caryl Dimmigat (815) 879-8106, ext. 102. Applicants presentlyon waiting lists for other housing programs mustapply separately for the Section 8 program andwill not lose their position on other waiting lists.The Bureau County Housing Authority does notallow “any preference limitation or discriminationbased on race, color, religion, sex, handicap,familial status, or national origin, or anintention, to make any such preference,limitation or discrimination”. EQUAL HOUSING

OPPORTUNITY

OPEN HOUSESat., Sept. 20 • Noon - 1:00 PM17669 Backbone Rd. • Princeton

815-872-3276www.rayfarm1.com

Princeton Schools,4 bedrooms,Morton shedw/concrete,

$10,000 kitchenimprovement

allowance

PRICEREDUCED!!

13426 Lover’s LanePrinceton, IL

Nice 3BR home on 2+Acres. Move-in Ready!!Lots of recent updates.

$159,900

Deb Bohm,Broker Associate

LANDMARK REALTY815-866-9127

720 E. Culver Court, Geneseo, IL 61254

Bureau County, Illinois118.0 Acres m/l

2 miles Southwest of BudaCall 309-944-2184for a detailed brochure

LAND FOR SALE

www.Hertz.ag

FARM FOR SALE114.94+/- Contiguous Acres at $7,975/ AcreSec. 2 Elmira Township Stark County, lL

Farm located 1 mile North of Osceola, at 1750N and 1000E.Main soils are Lawson silt loam and Radford silk loam.

103.3 FSA Cropland acres.Contact us for a complete brochure with maps and details.

FARM FOR SALE160+/- Contiguous Acres at $6,275/ Acre

Sec. 27 Indiantown Township Bureau County, ILProductive farm located 4 miles Southwest of Tiskilwa.

Southeast of intersection 800N. and 1525E.139.9 FSA Cropland acres.

Contact us for a complete brochure with maps and details.

LAND FOR SALE360+/- Contiguous Acres at $7900 / Acre

Sec. 14&23 Alba Township Henry County, lLProductive farm located 5.5 miles northeast of Annawan.

250.57 FSA Cropland acres. Pasture / recreational ground iscurrently used for a cow/calf operation

Contact us for a complete brochure with maps and details.

www.soycapitalag.comDavid Klein, Managing Broker (800) 532-LAND (5263)

Ross Perkins, Broker (309) 665-0059Dan Pattent, Broker (309) 665-0962Ross Albert, Broker (309) 261-2230

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CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE THIRTEENTHJUDICIAL CIRCUITBUREAU COUNTY,

ILLINOISESTATE OF )ROBERT A. HURDIS,)

DECEASED )NO. 2014-P-64

CLAIM NOTICENotice is given of

the death of Robert A.Hurdis. Letters of officewere issued to Heidi L.Pumphrey of 300 ManorHill Dr., Chatham, IL62629 as IndependentExecutor whose attor-neys are Angel, Isaacson& Tracy, 111 ParkAvenue East, Princeton,Illinois 61356.

Claims against theestate may be filed inthe Office of the Clerkof the Court, BureauCounty Courthouse,700 South Main Street,Princeton, Illinois 61356,or with the IndependentExecutor, or both, on orbefore March 9, 2015,or, if mailing or deliv-ery of a notice from theIndependent Executor isrequired by Section 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 mustbe mailed or deliveredto the IndependentExecutor and to theattorneys within 10 daysafter it has been filed.

Dated this 2nd day ofSeptember, 2014.Angel, Isaacson & Tracy

Attorneys for Estate111 Park Avenue East

Princeton, IL 61356815-875-6551

Published in the BureauCounty Republican Sept.6, 13 and 20, 2014.

ADVERTISEMENTFOR BIDS FOR

SNOW REMOVALSERVICES

The Board ofEducation of BureauValley CUSD 340 isaccepting the submis-sion of sealed bidsfor SNOW REMOVALSERVICES for the2014-15 season. Bidsfor services include alldistrict property loca-tions in Buda, Manlius,Sheffield, Walnut andWyanet.

All specifications,necessary forms, andinstructions for bid-ders are available at theBureau Valley DistrictOffice at 9068 2125North Ave, in Manlius,IL. You may also call815-445-3101 betweenthe hours of 8:00 a.m.and 4:00 p.m., Mondaythrough Friday.

Sealed bids mustarrive by mail or inperson at the DistrictOffice by 11:00 a.m. onMonday, October 20,2014. All bids will bepublicly opened at thattime, and later pre-sented to the Board ofEducation for approval.

The Board ofEducation of BureauValley CUSD 340reserves the sole right towaive any and all infor-malities on the biddingand reserves the right toreject any or all bids, orany part thereof.Published in the BureauCounty Republican Sept.20, 2014.

ANNUAL STATEMENT OF AFFAIRSSUMMARY FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING

JUNE 30, 2014Copies of the detailed Annual Statement of

Affairs for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2014will be available for public inspection in the schooldistrict/joint agreement administrative office byDecember 1, 2014. Individuals wanting to reviewthis Annual Statement of Affairs should contact:Dalzell Grade School District #98, 307 ChestnutStreet, Dalzell, IL. 61320 815-663-8821. Office Hours:8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Also by January 15, 2015 the detailed AnnualStatement of Affairs for the Fiscal Year EndingJune 30, 2014, will be posted on the Illinois StateBoard of Education’s website @ www.isbe.net.SUMMARY: The following is the Annual Statementof Affairs Summary that is required to be publishedby the school district/joint agreement for the pastfiscal year.

Statement of Operations as of June 30, 2014Educational: Local Sources 161,064; StateSources 213,395; Federal Sources 30,918; TotalDirect Receipts/Revenues 405,377; Total DirectDisbursements/Expenditures 458,667; OtherSources/Uses of Funds 3,214; Beginning FundBalances - July 1, 2013 219,796; Ending FundBalances - June 30, 2014 169,720.Operations & Maintenance: Local Sources20,340; State Sources 15,000; Total Direct Receipts/Revenues 35,340; Total Direct Disbursements/Expenditures 64,117; Beginning Fund Balances -July 1, 2013 105,973; Ending Fund Balances - June30, 2014 77,196.Debt Services: Local Sources 20,836; TotalDirect Receipts/Revenues 20,836; Total DirectDisbursements/Expenditures 20,650; BeginningFund Balances - July 1, 2013 992; Ending FundBalances - June 30, 2014 1,178.Transportation: Local Sources 75,919; StateSources 40,074; Total Direct Receipts/Revenues115,993; Total Direct Disbursements/Expenditures101,459; Other Sources/Uses of Funds -0-; BeginningFund Balances - July 1, 2013 61,567; Ending FundBalances - June 30, 2014 76,101.Municipal Retirement/Social Security: LocalSources 16,040; Total Direct Receipts/Revenues16,040; Total Direct Disbursements/Expenditures

19,130; Beginning Fund Balances - July 1, 201311,005; Ending Fund Balances - June 30, 2014 7,915.Working Cash: Local Sources 3,214; Total DirectReceipts/Revenues 3,214; Other Sources/Uses ofFunds (3,214).Tort: Local Sources 25,532; Total Direct Receipts/Revenues 25,532; Total Direct Disbursements/Expenditures 25,544; Beginning Fund Balances -July 1, 2013 49; Ending Fund Balances - June 30,2014 37.Fire Prevention & Safety: Local Sources 3,209;Total Direct Receipts/Revenues 3,209; Total DirectDisbursements/Expenditures 13,844; BeginningFund Balances - July 1, 2013 10,635.

GROSS PAYMENT FOR CERTIFICATEDPERSONNEL

Salary Range: Less Than $25,000: Samuel L.Allen, Beth Derango, Jennilea Ann Gentry, KayliHuffaker, Theresa R. Kostello, Carol Madsen, DerekR. Neahring, Peter Ryan Nelson, Steven P. Parker,Terrie Peruba, Karen Lee Petersen, Georgia Pryde-Radtke, Gretchen Marie Schaefer, John Walters,Janis Lynn Watkins, Christine M. WrightSalary Range: $25,000 - $39,999: Carrie Danekas,Jessalynn K. DeSerf, Margaret Lee Hachenberger,Terry J. Orlandi.Salary Range: $40,000 - $59,999: Bruce A.Bauer, Luanne J. Orlandi.

GROSS PAYMENT FORNON-CERTIFICATED PERSONNEL

Salary Range: Less Than $25,000: Samuel L.Allen, Thomas Bender, Connie Berg, Shelly K.Berry, Richard H. Croissant, Connie L. Donelson,Peter Ryan Nelson, Erica L. Ott, Terrie Perubay, JyllA. Pozzi, Jean K. WeisheitSalary Range: $25,000 - $39,999: Donna M.Martin.

Payments over $2,500, excludingwages and salaries.

Ameren Illinois 7,588BMP Special Ed Coop 8,310Bruchman Painting 17,095CDW-Government Inc. 18,520Froniter 2,637Great American Opportunities 5,448Hopkins & Associates 4,000Illinois Central School Bus 2,600IMRF 12,010IRS 90,653ISDA 10,521Kansas State Bank of Manhattan 3,751Midwest Bus Sales 76,330Nawa, Julee 4,125Ottawa Elementary School District 19,582Sapp Brothers 5,052Staples 3,165Spring Valley Bank 20,650TRS 31,843Transportation with Personal Touch 4,945Urbanowski Builders 18,666VISA 4,266WCSIT 5,315

Payments of $1,000 to $2,500,excluding wages and salaries

Ameren Energy Marketing 2,135Champman’s Mechanical 1,156Debo True Value 2,141Dresbach Distributing Co. 1,659Hillmann Pediatric Therapy 2,137Homefield Energy 2,313Illinois Valley Business Equipment 1,383Menard’s 1,394School Annual Publishing 1,050SKI Sealcoating & Maintenance 1,846Software Technology 1,014Waste Management 1,505

Payments of $500 to $999,excluding wages and salaries

Aramark Uniform Services 723Central States Coca-Cola 823Common Goal Systems 777Cosgrove Distributors 929D&M Landscaping 880IASB 725Maze Lumber 624ROE-Atkinson 593The Sandner Group 583

VB Services 700Verucchi’s 581Village of Dalzell 633Published in the Bureau County Republican Sept.20, 2014.

TAX DEED NO. 11-TX-1(29)FILED: August 4, 2014

TO:Virginia L. Strukel415 West Main StreetTiskilwa, IL 61368

TAKE NOTICEIN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THETHIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

BUREAU COUNTY, ILLINOISCounty of BureauTaxes Sold on: 10/31/2011Certificate No. 201000319Sold for General Taxes of year 2010Sold for Special Assessment of Bureau CountySpecial Assessment No. N/AInst. No. N/AWarrant No. N/A

THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FORDELINQUENT TAXES

Property located at 415 West Main Street,Tiskilwa, IL 61368

Parcel No. 21-12-493-006This notice is to advise you that the above prop-

erty has been sold for delinquent taxes and that theperiod of redemption from the sale will expire onOctober 29, 2014. The amount to redeem is subjectto increase at 6 month intervals from the date ofsale and may be further increased if purchaser atthe tax sale or his or her assignee pays any subse-quently accruing taxes or special assessments toredeem the property from subsequent forfeituresor tax sales. Check with the county clerk as to theexact amount you owe before redeeming.

This notice is also to advise you that a petitionhas been filed for a tax deed which will transfertitle and the right to possession of this property ifredemption is not made on or before October 29,2014.

This matter is set for hearing in the CircuitCourt of this County in Princeton, Illinois onNovember 19, 2014 at 9:00 a.m.

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

YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEMIMMEDIATELY

TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTYRedemption can be made at any time on or

before October 29, 2014 by applying to the countyClerk of Bureau County, Illinois at the BureauCounty Office Building at 700 South Main Street inPrinceton, Illinois. For further information, contactthe Bureau County Clerk in person at 700 SouthMain Street, Princeton, Illinois, or by telephone at815-872-2001.

/s/Gary ReynoldsDated this 4 day of August, 2014.

Case filed by:/s/Mary C. DremannClerk of the Circuit CourtPublished in the Bureau County Republican Sept.13, 20 and 27, 2014.

TAX DEED NO. 11-TX-1(28)FILED: August 4, 2014

TO: Virginia L. Strukel415 West Main StreetTiskilwa, IL 61368

TAKE NOTICEIN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THETHIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

BUREAU COUNTY, ILLINOISCounty of BureauTaxes Sold on: 10/31/2011

Certificate No. 201000318Sold for General Taxes of year 2010Sold for Special Assessment of Bureau CountySpecial Assessment No. N/AInst. No. N/AWarrant No. N/A

THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FORDELINQUENT TAXES

Property located at 415 West Main Street,Tiskilwa, IL 61368

Parcel No. 21-12-493-006This notice is to advise you that the above prop-

erty has been sold for delinquent taxes and that theperiod of redemption from the sale will expire onOctober 29, 2014. The amount to redeem is subjectto increase at 6 month intervals from the date ofsale and may be further increased if purchaser atthe tax sale or his or her assignee pays any subse-quently accruing taxes or special assessments toredeem the property from subsequent forfeituresor tax sales. Check with the county clerk as to theexact amount you owe before redeeming.

This notice is also to advise you that a petitionhas been filed for a tax deed which will transfertitle and the right to possession of this property ifredemption is not made on or before October 29,2014.

This matter is set for hearing in the CircuitCourt of this County in Princeton, Illinois onNovember 19, 2014 at 9:00 a.m.

You may be present at this hearing but yourright to redeem will already have expired at thattime.

YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEMIMMEDIATELY

TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTYRedemption can be made at any time on or

before October 29, 2014 by applying to the countyClerk of Bureau County, Illinois at the BureauCounty Office Building at 700 South Main Street inPrinceton, Illinois. For further information, contactthe Bureau County Clerk in person at 700 SouthMain Street, Princeton, Illinois, or by telephone at815-872-2001.

/s/Gary ReynoldsDated this 4 day of August, 2014.

Case filed by:/s/Mary C. DremannClerk of the Circuit CourtPublished in the Bureau County Republican Sept.13, 20 and 27, 2014.

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Keeping our children substance freeOctober is National

Substance Abuse

Prevention Month

By Terri SimonShaw Media Service

October is National Sub-stance Abuse Prevention Month — an entire month dedicated to focusing on the role substance abuse prevention plays in pro-moting a safe and healthy community ... a safe and healthy lifestyle.

Substance abuse, which includes a variety of activi-ties like underage drink-ing, non-medical use of prescription drugs and illicit drug use, take a dev-

astating toll on families and communities.

Substance use signifi-cantly affects the health and well-being of our nation’s youth as well as people of all ages. Follow-ing are some recent sta-tistics regarding substance abuse and youth:

• An estimated 10 mil-lion people aged 12 to 20 report drinking alcohol during the past month. To put that in perspective, there are more Ameri-cans who have engaged in underage drinking than the number of people who live in the state of Michi-gan.

• Approximately 23 mil-lion Americans — roughly the population of Australia — are current illicit drug users. Marijuana use and non-medical use of pre-scription medications are the most common types of drug use in America.

• Almost 18 million

Americans are classified with alcohol dependence or abuse. Heavy alcohol use can cause serious damage to the body and affects the liver, nervous system, muscles, lungs and heart.

• Alcohol is a factor in approximately 41 percent of deaths from motor vehicle crashes.

Bottom line, stopping substance abuse before it begins can increase a per-son’s chances of living a longer, healthier and more productive life.

There are substance abuse prevention strate-gies that have been dem-onstrated to work with youth. Such evidence-based programs and prac-tices are essential tools to reduce substance use and help people lead healthier lives. And according to The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) each $1

invested in an evidence-based prevention pro-grams can reduce costs related to substance use disorders by an average of $18.

Illinois is no different than any other state in its need for continued sub-stance abuse prevention.

According to the orga-nization Prevention First, *The most commonly abused drug among Illi-nois youth is alcohol with marijuana second and tobacco third. While about one out of three Illinois eighth-graders reported using alcohol in the past year, by the time they reach 12th grade, about two out of three report-ed use in the past year. As youth age, the likeli-hood of using marijuana increases such that about 13.4 percent of eighth-graders report marijua-na use, but nearly 38.5 percent of 12th-graders

report using marijuana in the past year. Past 30-day cigarette use is reported by 4.6 percent, 8.8 per-cent and 16.3 percent of eighth-, 10th- and 12th-graders, respectively. Sim-ilar patterns are reported for other forms of smok-ing tobacco (excluding cigarettes) such that 16.1 percent of 12th-graders report smoking tobacco other than cigarettes.

While there is still a need for continued prevention in Illinois, there are posi-tive emerging trends in substance use.

For example, past year use of any gateway sub-stance (i.e., alcohol, tobac-co, inhalants) is declining among eighth-graders. Stopping substance abuse before it even begins can

CPASA leads the way

By Terri SimonShaw Media Service

The two-county area of Bureau and Putnam coun-ties has something every county in the United States would like to have — Com-munity Partners Against Substance Abuse (CPASA).

CPASA is made up of community members/advocates throughout the two-county area. The CPASA coalition has 96

members from varying backgrounds and commu-nity sectors. According to the group’s mission state-ment, the vision of CPASA is to keep area children healthy, safe and sub-stance free

Dawn Conerton is the director of CPASA, and she doesn’t hesitate to acknowledge there is a substance abuse problem among the youth in Bureau and Putnam counties.

But unfortunately, we

aren’t the only ones,” Conerton said. “It’s every-where in this world. But our goal is to keep Bureau and Putnam counties safe and substance free.”

Conerton said the main drugs creating problems in Bureau and Putnam coun-ties are heroin, marijuana, alcohol, tobacco and pre-scription drugs.

Conerton said it’s very, very easy for young people to obtain drugs, including alcohol and tobacco.

“They may not be get-ting the drugs out of our counties, but with Inter-state 80 right there, they could be coming from Peoria, Chicago, the Quad

Cities or beyond,” she said. “We’re such a mobile society that they can get them anywhere. We aren’t saying they aren’t getting it in Bureau County and Putnam County because that’s a real possibility, but realistically, they can get them anywhere. Even if they can’t drive, they know someone who does.”

When it comes to pre-scription drugs, Conerton said CPASA works hard to educate parents and grandparents about the dangers of what lives in their medicine cabinets.

“Most people don’t fin-ish a prescription; they use it until they start feeling

better, and then they quit taking it and put the rest in their medicine cabinets in the bathroom in case they need to use it later. When they do that, they don’t remember how many pills are in that bottle. This isn’t just about kids, but anyone who comes into your home can take one or two pills out of the bottle. Then they can either sell it and make good money, or they can take it themselves and sometimes wind up in the emergency room or worse,” Conerton said, adding if you’re finished with your medication, you need to dispose of it prop-erly or put it in a locked

container in a place where you can keep your eye on it.

“If you’re determined to keep the medication, put it

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Prevention resources

For coalitions and profes-sionals

• Communities That Care (CTC) Curriculum – a training program that equips commu-nities with information to cre-ate a public health prevention approach to target youth prob-lem behaviors such as violence, delinquency and substance abuse. Includes PowerPoint slides that cover strategic con-sultation, training and research-based tools.

• National Registry of Effec-tive Programs and Practices – a searchable online registry of interventions supporting sub-stance abuse prevention and mental health promotion.

• National Survey on Drug

Use and Health (NSDUH)– a primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns and consequences of alcohol, tobacco and illegal drug use and abuse in the general U.S. civil-ian non-institutionalized popu-lation, age 12 and older.

Find Youth Info – a website that provides information on the elements of effective pre-vention programs, the core components of evidence-based prevention programs, and a program directory of up-to-date information for effective pro-grams that address risk and pro-tective factors related to sub-stance abuse.

Binge Drinking and Youth: What Everyone Needs to Know – a webcast that describes the problem of binge drinking and the dangers it poses to youth, including alcohol dependency. Examines the subcultures and

behaviors that support binge drinking in youth and highlights prevention, early intervention, and treatment options.

National Strategy for Sui-cide Prevention 2012: Goals and Objectives for Action – a report outlining a national strat-egy to guide suicide prevention actions.

StopBullying.gov – a website that contains comprehensive information about bullying pre-vention. Youth substance use and bullying have many risk and protective factors in common.

• Behavioral Health Among College Students: an informa-tion and resource kit, a resource developed for college and uni-versity prevention practitioners, health center staff and admin-istrators. The kit focuses on behavioral health issues among young Americans enrolled in colleges and universities.

For individuals• Too Smart to Start – a web-

site dedicated to helping youth, families, educators and commu-nities prevent underage alcohol use and its related problems.

• Stop Underage Drinking – a comprehensive portal of federal resources for information on underage drinking and ideas for combating this issue.

• Tips for Teens – a series of brochures that provides facts and dispels myths about use of substances including marijua-na, club drugs, hallucinogens, cocaine, inhalants and others. Provides information on long-term and short-term effects, physical and psychological risks, and legal implications.

• As You Age...A Guide to Aging, Medicines, and Alcohol – a brochure that warns about the dangers of the elderly misus-ing alcohol, prescription drugs

and over-the-counter drugs. Describes the signs of misuse and steps that older adults can take to prevent problems.

•Building Blocks for a Healthy Future – a website that provides parents, caregivers and teach-ers of children aged 3 to 6 the opportunity to find lots of great tips, materials and ideas for spending time with their chil-dren and learning together.

Keeping Your Teens Drug-Free: A Guide for African Ameri-can Parents and Caregivers – a brochure that discusses skills African American parents and caregivers can use to prevent illicit drug use among teens.

• Keeping Youth Drug Free, a booklet to inform parents about how to prevent their children from using illicit drugs.

Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Admin-istration.

in a lock box or somewhere you can pay attention to it,” she said. “If you keep it in the medicine cabinet, you have no idea what goes on behind a closed bathroom door.

CPASA hosts a variety of activities to offer pre-vention tactics and to help keep children and adults alike stay informed about

substance abuse.The organization hosts

the P2D2 (pill prescrip-tion drug disposal boxes), which are located in six locations, 365 days a year. Those locations are the Princeton Police Depart-ment, the Bureau Coun-ty Jail, the Spring Valley Police Department, the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office and the Ladd Police Department.

Sept. 27 is National Take Back Day, where CPASA

sets up additional sites where people can dispose of old and/or expired med-ications at the Walnut Vil-lage Hall, the Wyanet Vil-lage Hall, the Tiskilwa Fire Department, the Granville Village Hall/Police Depart-ment and again at the Princeton Police Depart-ment.

CPASA also hosts a vari-ety of other activities like doing programs in schools to educate students, where they bring in speakers to

increase a person’s chances at living a longer, healthier and more productive life.

October seems like the perfect time to take action during National Substance Abuse Prevention Month to maintain a healthy life-style and to encourage family and friends to do the same!

Here are a few ideas for how to get started:

• Re-post some of the facts above on your social media page, blog or web-site.

• Host an event in your neighborhood or com-munity to raise awareness about substance abuse and to spur action on the part of community members and leaders — download a list of ideas for preven-tion coalitions to observe

National Substance Abuse Prevention Month.

• Share and discuss your commitment to prevent-ing substance abuse with others. Starting a dialogue around prevention is the first step toward change.

• Throw a substance-free party in October to celebrate football season, a birthday, Halloween or another occasion!

Source: Prevention First and www.samhsa.gov.

talk with the kids. The coalition also hosts pro-grams and workshops for parents and students.

One program to target alcohol abuse is education-al training to anyone who serves and/or sells alcohol. The training offers a lot of information, including how to handle intoxicated patrons, the correct way to sell and serve alcohol and more.

CPASA also holds a plethora of community-based events throughout the two-county area and much more.

So what can parents to

do help keep their child substance free? Again, Conerton was quick to respond.

“Keep talking to your kids,” she said. “Many people will tell me, ‘Well, they don’t listen, but they are listening. The biggest influence in a child’s life is their parents. So even if it appears they aren’t listen-ing, they really are. They sometimes just don’t want you to know that.”

Conerton also said she urges parents to come to a CPASA meeting and bring ideas that could help the community, children and

teenagers.“We are open to it.

Everybody and anybody is welcome to join,” she said

And last but clearly not least, Conerton said she wants parents to know that every child is susceptible to substance abuse. Par-ents just need to be aware.

“There’s no one factor or personality type that indi-cates substance abuse,” she said. “It would be a whole lot easier if there was because then we’d know what to look for. But there is no one thing that stands out; everyone is susceptible.”

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For older adults, regular exercise may stem aging effects

(StatePoint) One out of every three adults over 65 years old falls each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And for older adults with dementia, the risk of falling is three times higher than those with no cognitive impairment, according to the AARP Bulletin.

However, research supports the notion that many of the physiological changes related to aging — such as loss of bal-ance — can be prevented or postponed with regu-lar exercise. With this in mind, it’s no surprise that many senior living com-munities are making com-prehensive health and wellness programs avail-able to their residents.

“We’re seeing residents increase their mobility, endurance and balance, and improve their range of motion and fitness lev-els,” says Katie Westberg, national director of Life Enrichment at The Good-man Group, a company that has developed a new fitness program for its senior living and health care communities.

Additionally, Westberg cites that participants feel better and are having fun, showing quick results to

their overall well-being, “Many of the residents involved in our FIT Func-tional Fitness program start seeing long-lasting and significant strength training benefits within an eight- to 16-week period.”

The experts behind the FIT Functional Fitness program, a new, national, personalized functional fitness program developed by The Goodman Group in partnership with a physi-cal therapist and board certified geriatric special-ist, are offering some tips for older adults looking to improve their well-being

and restore their vigor.• Engage in exercises

that can improve your core strength, balance and cardiovascular health. If you live in a senior living community, inquire about on-site programs. Addi-tionally, many community centers and health clubs conduct exercise classes designed specifically for senior health.

• Invest in a stationary bike. It’s easy to incorpo-rate this activity into your day while watching TV, lis-tening to music or talking to your family, and pedal-ing lowers blood pressure,

according to AARP.• Consult your physi-

cian before getting start-ed. Your exercise routine should take into account your current health level and functionality as well as your physical needs.

• Food and health are directly correlated, so pair your exercise with healthy eating.

• Stick to it. Results may come quickly, but a long-term health benefit requires commitment.

While you can’t stop time, research shows that with exercise, you may feel better, longer.

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Exercising need not be reserved for the outdoors as there is plenty kids can do inside of the house to get fit! Here are just a few good ideas:

• Walk or run up and down a stairwell mul-tiple times (skip a step for added intensity and effectiveness).

• Jump rope - yes, indoors too! Just ensure the child has enough clearance from that cher-ished vase!

• Dance! Let the kids “boogie” away those calo-ries.

• Calisthenics (push-ups, sit-ups, jumping jacks, etc.) are great exer-cise, and you can hold a friendly competition!

• Hula hoop where, again, clearance is key here!

• Crunches! Sure, let the kids watch TV, but chal-lenge them to do as many

sit ups as they can while the commercials are on. Do this for at least one full TV program, which usu-ally has at least three or four commercial breaks.

• Shadow boxing is a great way to work the arm, leg and core mus-cles while also getting the heart pumping for some nice calorie-burning car-dio. And, it’s fun. Kids will have fun showing you how they can “float like a butterfly and sting like a bee.”

• Yoga (yes, for kids, too!) is great for develop-ing body coordination and balance.

• Stretching helps with flexibility, which is anoth-er sign of a healthy body.

Prefer the great out-doors? No problem! Outdoor fitness ideas abound, including:

• Take a walk, jog or hike. Raining? Walk the mall double time!

• Ride a bike, skate-board or scooter.

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• Myth: Reading in dim lighting will damage my eyes.

• Busted: It may seem hard to believe, but there is no evidence that read-ing in dim light will cause long-term damage to your eyes. “Dim lighting can lead to eye strain, requir-ing your eyes to work harder and making them tire more quickly, but it’s only temporary,” said Nakamura. That said, if you have access to a well-lit room for reading, take advantage of it.

• Myth: The darker the lenses my sunglasses are, the better they will pro-tect my eyes.

• Busted: Not exactly. “Dark sunglass lenses may reduce eye discomfort for those who experience light sensitivity, but they do not provide additional protection from ultra-vio-

let rays,” says Nakamura.More important than

the darkness of your lenses is making sure the sunglasses have UVA and UVB protection — the only true defense against the sun’s harmful rays. Over time, exposure to UV rays can lead to cataracts, macular degeneration and, in some cases, even blindness. So whether you prefer lighter or dark-er lenses in your frames, sunglasses are a must-have year-round. Don’t forget to make sure the children in your life wear them too.

• Myth: Working many hours in front of a com-puter screen will change my glasses prescription.

• Busted: Working too long in front of the com-puter won’t change your prescription, but there are some impacts to consid-er. The blue light emitted from electronic devices can be damaging — impacting your sleep and possibly causing macular degeneration, which is the leading cause of blindness in adults. Also, using elec-tronics for extended peri-ods of time can result in digital eye strain. Symp-toms of digital eye strain include fatigue, head-aches and neck pain.

To help protect against digital eye strain and blue light exposure, consider using eyeglass lenses with blue light protection. Also remember the 20-20-20 rule: for every 20 min-utes spent looking at your computer, TV or digital device, spend 20 seconds looking at something at least 20 feet away.

• Myth: If you don’t have obvious issues with your vision, you don’t need an annual eye exam.

• Busted: A compre-hensive annual eye exam can protect far more than just vision. It can detect signs of serious health problems — including diabetes, high blood pres-sure and high cholester-ol — many times before physical symptoms are present. Some serious eye conditions have no immediately obvious signs or symptoms, such as glaucoma or macular degeneration, and take a comprehensive eye exam to detect. Regardless of visible symptoms, a com-prehensive eye exam is a must every year.

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In role-playing, veterans who’ve endured trauma resulting in PTSD “were better able to represent the boundary between real-ity and the role-playing, to immerse themselves in the scene, to enact identifiable characters consistent with their setting, and produce complex and interactive scenes that told a coherent story,” compared to non-PTSD vets, according to researchers Robert Miller and David Johnson.

The non-PTSD group

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that get your heart pump-ing and muscles working.• Swim! Forget doggie paddles; instead, do laps up and down the pool, or for the ambitious types, try butterflies!• Jumping rope is an old standby that offers an array of health benefits.• Take casual activity to the next level and add excitement. Seek out community events, such as a walk-a-thon, bike-a-thon or even a triath-lon that accepts minors. However, competition should not be the focus. Instead, the focus should be on doing one’s best. These events are often in support of a good cause, so children can also learn the value of fundraising and giving to those in need. Let children pick a cause that is important to them and make sure the activity matches their physical abilities. Fami-lies can even spend a couple of weekends prior to the event “in training,” getting conditioned and practicing team-building skills.• Take advantage of local activity courses. Many area parks and schools are set up with physical activity courses that span across fields and trails with exercises stations interspersed throughout. These courses are good

for all ages and levels of fitness. Consider hav-ing your child visit these courses during a Saturday morning event with each session having a differ-ent theme or pace. For example, “Boot Camp” might be one such theme for your aspiring sol-diers. Children can even walk briskly between sta-tions and then attempt to perform given exer-cises (push-ups, sit-ups, jumping jacks, balance beams, etc.) with parent’s encouraging them along the way. Children can set goals, such as trying to beat their time from last week, spotting animals along the route or find-ing “treasure” along the way. The course can be followed with a healthy family picnic lunch in the park. Doing so will also teach children how to prepare healthy foods.• Take some lessons. Find an after school pro-gram, YMCA or commu-nity center that offers les-sons or activities that are physical fitness-oriented. Your options are unlim-ited and may include tennis, dance, kick box-ing, golf, swimming and self-defense. These lessons will help your child become more well-rounded in many areas of fitness and may pos-sibly help them find one that they enjoy and where they might want to take advanced lessons.• Enjoy an “extreme”

family vacation. Get your children involved in planning a dynamic fam-ily vacation that includes physical activities for everyone, both together as a family and individu-ally. Each family mem-ber should be able to plan a physical activity wheth-er it is taking a walking tour of a city, playing vol-leyball, kayaking, white water rafting, snorkeling, skiing or snow boarding, hiking a trail or climb-

ing a summit. Together, your family can take the months prior to the trip to build up the endurance, strength and skills neces-sary to enjoy your active plans. The “vacation” can even be a simple day trip in your own neighbor-hood or something much more extravagant. Chil-dren can save allowance money for “cool” fitness gear or earn money to be used toward the purchase of specialty equipment

by achieving physical fit-ness-oriented goals (like getting a yellow belt in Karate or completing a successful season on the swim team). This will not only teach children about preparation, organiza-tion and planning, but it will also motivate and reward them for engaging in activities that are good for their health.Source: Children’s health advocate, health indus-try veteran and two-time

fitness champion Merilee Kern is the creator of the ground-breaking “Kids Making Healthy Choices” app for children, parents/caregivers and educators (available on iTunes), which is based on her award-winning, illus-trated fictional children’s book, “Making Healthy Choices – A Story to Inspire Fit, Weight-Wise Kids.” She may be reached online at www.KidsMak-ingHealthyChoices.com.

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profound, life-altering shock. She was fine when I saw her last – Dec. 25, 1999, and she died on Jan. 1. That’s what started me writing.”

His mother was, by far, the most stabilizing and inspiring person in his life, he says, and los-ing her rocked him to his core. Rather than seem-ing abstract, the larger questions in life became the most important, and that’s when he knew he had to write.

“I didn’t have much of a background in writing,” he says. “But since her passing, I’ve been in close contact with a part of my soul that has spawned several books, all of which have helped me heal.”

The creativity caused by pain is a cycle, “because the creative process has significantly healed me,” he says. “I’m not surprised that creativ-ity increases within those who’ve suffered; it makes sense.”

How does a grieving individual make some-thing good out of a heart-wrenching loss? Flem-ming offers perspective.

• Don’t force it. One of the last things a grieving person needs is an assign-ment they don’t want. Grief is a process that entails a host of negative emotions: Denial, con-

fusion, anger and more. Prescribing creative ther-apy to oneself or another before one is ready for it can backfire.

• Let it flow naturally. We are all unique indi-viduals, and though we know in the backs of our minds that we’ll someday face the loss of a loved one, we can’t predict how we’ll handle it.

“Grieving and creativ-ity actually share some traits,” Flemming said. “Both are processes, and both prompt individuals to express feelings in their own terms. When creativ-ity can be used in con-junction with the grieving process, the catharsis can be profound.”

• You have many options. When a person is desperate for an out-let, he or she will often gravitate toward what he knows. A one-time aspir-ing painter, for instance, may return to that famil-iar and comforting form of self-expression.

“But the mind can be unpredictable; it may be that gardening is the pro-cess that is most thera-peutic for a grieving per-son, even though she never pulled a weed or planted a seed in her life,” Flemming said. “In other words, be open to where your intuition guides you. As most grieving people understand, life doesn’t always work out as planned. Be open to helpful new possibilities.”

Americans not getting enough relaxation time(StatePoint) Nearly all

Americans understand that relaxation time is essential to good health, yet most of us don’t spend nearly enough time unwinding during a typical day or week.

While our society acknowledges that kick-ing back is indispensable, we don’t seem to be prac-ticing what we preach. Indeed, 99 percent of Americans think relax-ation is important, yet they actually spend less than 5 percent of their day relaxing, according a new independent research study commissioned by Princess Cruises.

The goal of the research was to better understand the latest trends about how many of us actual-ly relax and how we go about doing it.

Nearly half of Ameri-cans report they’re more stressed than their sig-nificant other, with a whopping 82 percent of men indicating that their partner is the stressed out one.

Music topped the list of relaxation techniques for those surveyed, with 48 percent reporting music helps them take it easy. Interestingly, only 18 percent find exercise is a good relaxation tool.

The most surprising findings were that relax-ation causes 62 percent of parents to feel guilty and that nearly one third of Americans surveyed

reported being stressed out simply by the thought of relaxing!

So try to beat the odds and make time to unwind.

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Fall cleaning tips to help rid autumn allergens(StatePoint) Many people think of

allergies as a spring problem, but most sniffle sufferers know that fall can pose its own issues. Mold and ragweed are common fall allergy trig-gers, as well as dust mites, which are naturally more prevalent in the home during the drier months.

“You can turn your home into a safe haven from fall allergens with regular, strategic cleaning and a few preventive measures,” says Robin Wilson, an interior design expert and an ambassador with the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America.

To help make your home more comfortable this season, Wilson is offering some fall cleaning tips to eliminate allergens and maintain a clean and healthy space:

• Wash your bedding. Mattress and

pillow protectors will help control dust mites. As an added precaution, wash your bedding in warm or hot water every month and replace pil-lows every three years.

• Check for mold. Moisture breeds mold, so make sure to scan the inside of dishwashers, under the fridge in the water pan and in sink and bath drains. Change water dispensers and icemaker filters on a regular basis.

• Vacuum frequently. Whether you have wall-to-wall carpeting, tile or hardwood floors, it’s important to eliminate dust and dirt. Vacuum, mop or steam clean flooring regu-larly.

• Wash or freeze stuffed toys. If your child sleeps with their favorite stuffed animals, you should frequently wash or freeze them in a plastic bag for 48

hours. This will lower the level of dust mites which can trigger asthma and allergies.

• Use Slipcovers. Slipcovers have come a long way in the last 10 years. Since they can be cleaned regularly and more easily than upholstery, consider using them on sofas and other furniture.

• Keep ragweed outside. After spending time outside, have your child leave any clothing or sports equipment close to the entrance of the home to avoid tracking irritants throughout rooms.

“Just because the pollen count isn’t through the roof doesn’t mean you can’t fall prey to allergies,” says Wil-son. “With regular cleaning, you can manage the irritants in your home and make it a more breathable place.”

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