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Strike up the bandDIXON – The Dixon Municipal

Band’s annual free patriotic concert begins at 7:30 p.m. today on the lawn of Old Lee County Courthouse, 112 E. Second St.

Audience members should bring their own seating.

The band also will march with the Dixon High School marching band during the Petunia Festival parade at 1 p.m. Sunday.

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Fireworks galoreThe fun begins at 5 p.m.

today at Westwood Fitness and Sports Center, 1900 Westwood Drive in Sterling. Gates open at 5 p.m. Admis-sion is $5 per carload.

The Amboy fireworks are Saturday at Amboy Sports Park, off West Main Street South of Amboy Road.

On Sunday, they’ll go off in at Prophetstown State Park on Riverside Drive, Shannon Lions Park on West Market Street in Shannon, and behind Bureau Valley North School, 323 S. Main St. in Walnut.

On Monday, they’ll wrap up the Let Freedom Ring festival in Mount Morris at David L. Rahn Junior High, 105 W. Brayton Road.

2 Fun and freedomMOUNT MORRIS – The Let

Freedom Ring Festival runs through Monday and will offer live entertainment, including Gina Venier and Big Daddy Woo Woo, at the downtown bandshell and at Maggie’s Beer Garden stage, 115 S. Wesley Ave.; a truck show from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday; a car show and cruise-in at 4 p.m. Sunday; and a craft fair from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday through Monday on the north end of the festival grounds.

The bell-ringing ceremony is at 1 p.m. Monday, and the parade steps off at 2 –and that’s just scratching the surface.

Go to letfreedomringfestival.com for a complete schedule of events or more information.

3 They love the ‘80sMOUNT CARROLL – “Rock

of Ages,” a 1980s-era musi-cal, will be performed at 7:30 p.m. today and Satur-day, and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Timber Lake Play-house, 8215 Black Oak Road.

Tickets, from $17 to $25, are available at timberlake-playhouse.org, 815-244-2035 and at the door. A cash bar will be open before and during the show.

Because of the hard-rock, MTV style of the era, the show might not be appropriate for children.

4 Even more musicSidecar Sarcasm will play

from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. today and there will be music videos from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Satur-day at The Cooler, 311 W. Second St., while New Shoes will play from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. today, and Bloody Gulch, with special guests MISSchief and Extinguish the Sun, will play

from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Sat-urday at the Whiskey Barrel,

305 W. Second St. Reflex Blues Band will play from 8 p.m. to midnight Satur-

day at Hooppole Fun Day in downtown Hooppole.

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BY KACIE KLINGEkklinge@saukvalley.com

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ROCK FALLS – Ninety-eight combat missions. In one year. Ninety-eight.

World War II fighter pilot Lt. Ed Kobbeman, mild-mannered Rock Falls letter carrier for more than 3 decades,

is the definition of courage under fire.Kobbeman, who turns 97 on Aug.

21, was born in Tampico, raised in Rock Falls and attended school in Sterling – St. Mary Grade School and Sterling High School, until his junior year, when he moved to Chicago and graduated there.

His high-flying heroics earned him a Purple Heart, but humility makes Ed Kobbeman more of a ...

Reluctant hero

ART WAS IN FULL BLOOM AT PETUNIA FESTIVAL

SALUTING OUR VETERANS

ILLINOIS BUDGET VOTE | LOCAL REACTION

Turning the key on gridlock

Lawmakers: Thursday’s vote is a step in the right direction, but there’s much work to be done for a long-term solution

BY PAM EGGEMEIERpeggemeier@saukvalley.com

815-625-3600, ext. 5570@pam_eggemeier

While the temporary budget passed by both legislative chambers Thursday provides much-needed financial relief for schools and social services agencies, the area’s law-makers weren’t in a celebratory mood Thursday evening.

The four-bill package funds education for a full year, but the rest of the budget will expire in January, leaving the state’s residents wondering what’s really changed.

“This isn’t perfect, but it’s the best deal we could accom-plish today,” said state Rep. Tom Demmer, R-Dixon.

Demmer was among a handful of lawmakers who did much of the heavy lifting during months of bipartisan working group ses-sions. Nearly everything in the stopgap legislation was the product of the group, which makes him hopeful about future compromise, he said.

“What we have today shows that when both sides sit down and negotiate in good faith, you can get something meaningful accomplished,” Demmer said.

Because of the working group’s success, the template is likely to be used again, he said.

“I don’t know if we’ll see the same or different people in the group, but it provides an opportunity for bipartisan accomplishment.”

The voteWhat was approved

Thursday? Turn to Page A5 to see.

Inside todayDuty called, and these men

and women of the Sauk Valley answered. C1-8

GRIDLOCK continued on A44

HERO continued on A34

Philip Marruffo/pmarruffo@saukvalley.comEd Kobbeman, 96, of Rock Falls talks about his time flying P-39 Bell Airacobras during WWll.

ABOVE: CJ Frey, 9, of Dixon, paints her canvas Thursday during the Petunia Paint Party at Roxie’s in downtown Dixon. Frey was among 38 people who brushed up on their art skills during the event, which was new to the Petunia Festival this year. The budding young artists added some

color to a 10x10 can-vas that had a petu-nia drawn on it. The 52nd annual festival continues today along the riverfront, on River Street between Peoria and Galena Avenues, with the carnival from 4-11 p.m. (with arm-bands for $23), live music and more. Go

to petuniafestival.org for a complete schedule or more information. RIGHT: Jennifer Atkinson helps her daughter, Margaret, 5, both of Dixon, during the Petunia Paint Party. LEFT: Amy Fenwick, the owner and painting instructor at Roxie’s, demonstrates how to paint a petunia.

Photos by Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com

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Sterling PoliceEster J. Garza, 25, of Ster-

ling; 4:50 p.m. Wednesday at Sterling Police Depart-ment; Lee County warrant for failure to appear – contempt (non-payment – driving while license suspended); taken to Lee County Jail, posted bond, and released with notice to appear in court.

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Sterling; 12:18 p.m. Wednes-day in the 100 block of East Fourth Street; failure to yield at an alleyway; given state citation.

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Sterling; 2:33 p.m. Wednes-day; Knox County warrant for failure to appear – driving while license suspended; held at Lee County Jail.

Arthur Glinsey, 55, of Chi-cago; 12:34 p.m. Wednesday; warrant for contempt – non-payment (failure to appear); posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

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Falls; 6:46 p.m. Wednesday in the 1000 block of South Freeport Road; driving while license suspended; taken to Ogle County Jail and held in lieu of bond.

Xavier Abell, 22, of Marion; 11:37 p.m. Wednesday in the 400 block of North Fourth Street in Oregon; possession of marijuana; taken to Ogle County Jail and held in lieu of bond.

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When someone mentions ten-nis in Dixon,

the name Emma Hubbs is never far behind.

The 87-year-old has taught lessons for nearly 7 decades, molding mul-tiple generations through-out the community and building memories with thousands of players.

Her name not only is stamped across the Emma Hubbs Tennis Courts in Page Park and the Emma Hubbs Ten-nis Classic, but also in a smaller scale across the back of her director’s chair, which serves as her perch to watch over and cheer on all of her students.

But today, Emma’s chair sits empty.

The beloved tennis matriarch had a stroke Monday, and as of Thursday night, she still was in serious condi-tion in the intensive care unit at OSF Saint Fran-cis Medical Center in Peoria. People can send cards (530 N.E. Glen Oak Ave., Peoria, IL 61637), but while she’s in ICU, she cannot get flowers.

Dixon High School ten-nis coach Steve Boll, who has known Hubbs 23 years, said the players see her as a second grandma.

“She’s really a joy to be around, and she’s some-one who always makes people smile,” he said. “She has made a big impact on all the lives she has touched.”

Included in that pool of thousands is Mandy Kent, a summer tennis instructor who began taking lessons with Hubbs when she was 5.

“I’ve learned almost everything from her,” she said. “She definitely taught me the love of the

sport, and she has spread that love to so many people.”

Kent became an instruc-tor in 2010 and Hubbs has encouraged her to follow in her footsteps. Tennis is embedded in the Kent family. Mandy’s younger sister, Hayley, is also a summer instructor and their father, Rick Kent, is the high school’s assis-tant tennis coach.

Hubbs always brings an extraordinary level of devotion to others, whether she’s teach-ing children or chatting with people she had as students more than 20 years ago. Mandy said.

“She is the most caring person in the world, and she is the most loving person in the world.”

Of all the experiences they have shared, the most striking was in 2011, her last year play-ing in the classic that bears Hubbs’ name.

“We were both crying at the end, and it was very touching,” she said.

Boll fondly remem-bers bus rides traveling

to tournaments with Hubbs and how she didn’t like vegetables on her sandwich.

“Her tomatoes would always come flying over to me.”

Day of CaringAbout 230 community

members volunteered across Lee County last weekend during the sec-ond-annual Day of Caring, organized by the United Way of Lee County.

“We had a pretty big increase from last year [when there were about 160], and this is a great way to promote volun-teerism in the communi-ty,” United Way Executive Director Jenny Koch said.

Volunteers from 14

community businesses, churches, school teams and service organiza-tions worked on about 20 different projects throughout the county. Most were outdoors – landscaping, cleaning or painting at different nonprofits or at homes of elderly residents.

One of the recipients of those volunteers’ work was Tom Palmer, 86, of Sublette, who sent the United Way a thank you note for their work.

“A thoughtful little deed creates a happy little tune the heart can’t keep from humming,” he wrote.

Next year’s Day of Car-ing will be June 24. Call Koch at 815-284-3339 to help or be helped.

DATELINE DIXON

Rodgers is a reporter at Sauk Valley Media. She can be reached at rrodgers@saukvalley.com or 815-625-3600, ext. 5529.

rachelRODGERS

Stroke sends Hubbs to hospital

Philip Marruffo/pmarruffo@saukvalley.com Dixon tennis guru Emma Hubbs (left) talks with Mandy Kent during the opening day of the Emma Hubbs Tennis Classic on July 27, 2015, at Page Park. Kent was being groomed by Hubbs to take over the summer youth program.

Office hoursDixon reporter Rachel

Rodgers has “office hours” from 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesdays at Books On First, 202 W. First St.

Feel free to pitch her a story, leave a news tip, or just say hi.

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He went to Western Illi-nois University teacher’s college in 1938 and played football, but in 1941, to scratch an itch college couldn’t cure, he signed up for a civilian pilot training program.

Then Pearl Harbor was attacked, and he got a different kind of itch. He joined the Army Air Force a month later, after finishing civilian flight school. He was 22.

“Everybody knew that eventually they were going to be in the service ... most every young guy knew that sooner or later, they were going to be drafted,” Kobbeman said. “I was sure that sooner or later, I would be going into the service one way or another.”

He enlisted in Chicago, applying for aviation cadet training.

“I couldn’t wait to get into the single-engine fighter training. Pilots just newly graduated had to choose between single-engine fighters, multi-engine fighters, or transport service. We learned to fly the P-39 Bell Airacobra, which was advertised as one of the fighters of the future; 400 mph plus ...”

When training was over, he was assigned to the 67th Fighter Squadron, the Fighting Cocks. He graduated as a fighter pilot Sept. 6, 1942.

He flew those 98 com-bat missions in the South Pacific, between April 1943 and May 1944, in a Bell P-39 Airacobra.

His first mission started out as a mystery: He and his fellow pilots weren’t told where they would be going.

“We got on board of this converted B-24 bomber,” he said. “It had no seats in it ... that was kind of an uncomfortable ride. We were stacked on top of baggage, and for nine of us fighter pilots, they provided two cots, and the nine of us had to take turns sharing.”

After traveling for days, they reached their jour-ney’s end – the Solomon Islands, northeast of Aus-tralia and New Zealand.

“That’s where we joined the 67th Fighter Squad-ron,” Kobbeman said. “Finally, we got up to Guadalcanal where the action was. Us newcom-ers didn’t actually get involved in the retaking of Guadalcanal ... that was the first island the U.S. took from Japan. ”

One mission Kobbeman said he never will forget:

“It was July 25, 1943, ... I remember that very well,” he said. “That was on my second tour. That day, we were out patrol-ling and got word that there was a bogie coming

in. A Jap fighter sweep, I guess, was what was hap-pening, but at the time we didn’t know it. Our radar was very primitive at that time.”

Kobbeman was lead-ing a second flight of P-39s at about 10,000 feet when he was told to start climbing higher. They had reached about 23,500 feet when he saw the captain, who was leading the first flight, begin to descend.

“He was the one that got the orders to descend to somewhere around 12,000 feet, so he peels off and we just go screaming down to lose that 10,000 feet real quick,” Kobbeman said. “Apparently, there had been a fight down there but by the time we got down there, the fight was over. Only stragglers were leaving the area.”

As he was descend-ing, attempting to stay with the first flight, Kobbeman’s flight broke up. He lost his wing man and two other members of his flight.

“I can’t claim that I got separated, ... because I was leading the flight,” Kobbeman said with a laugh. “It was up to them to stay with me.”

Kobbeman noticed an enemy plane and tried to catch up to him, but the aircraft was going too fast, so he decided to try to take at least one shot at him before head-ing back. He was heavily armed, and thought it was worth a shot, so to speak.

“We had carried a 37mm cannon in the nose and had two 50-cal-iber machine guns in the nose and had four 30mm guns, two in each wing, so we had a total of seven guns, which were pretty lethal,” he said. “The thing was, when I opened fire, my cannon didn’t fire only because I forgot to flip a switch on, so the 50s didn’t make any effect.”

So he decided to head back, but as he climbed 2,000 feet, he spotted another enemy aircraft, and crept up behind him.

“I gave him a good

burst, then he flipped over and I dove in the other direction, then I saw a parachute so I knew that he was gone,” Kobbeman said. “He must have had a buddy. Right after I hit this guy, one came in from above at an angle, so he hit me good. He was close up and really did a number on me.”

Kobbeman’s fighter was hit multiple times. One was a direct hit to the tail section, which knocked off half the rud-der; one 20mm shell hit the left wing, blowing out the landing light, and six 20mm shells struck the right wing, one of which hit the gas bay nearest to the fuselage.

Shrapnel exploded into the cockpit, injuring Kobbeman in the right foot and cutting the oxy-gen tube.

Three 20mm shells hit together in the wing, exploded inside and blew a hole 2 feet in diameter in the bottom of the wing. One 7.7mm shell hit the left door of the cockpit, and the radio also was shot out, either by a 7.7mm shell or shrapnel.

“To escape him from coming back, there was a thin layer of clouds, and I immediately put the nose down and went down through that, and he never made a sec-ond pass at me. Then I saw how much damage there was to my wings,” Kobbeman said.

Despite the damage, he was able to make an emergency landing.

“Luckily, all I got out of it was some shrapnel came through from the explosion in the right wing and I got a few pieces in my right foot,” Kobbeman said. “I have record that the Japanese shot the heck out of me.”

When he landed, pic-tures were taken of his battered aircraft – pic-

tures that he has to this day, along with the Pur-ple Heart he earned for his wounds.

“I objected to it, because I thought, ‘Good God, there’s a lot of ser-vice men who lose their arms and legs and are permanently disabled, and I just had a few pieces of shrapnel in my foot,’” he said, “but the

Navy flight surgeon said, ‘No way. I’m going to put you in there as a Purple Heart,’ and I had to accept it no matter how much I protested.”

After the war ended, he returned to Rock Falls, but didn’t leave the mili-tary. He served 14.5 years in the Reserves, retiring as a lieutenant colonel.

Life did get a bit less exciting: In 1947, he built the house he still lives in today, and he went to work for the U.S. Postal Service, delivering mail for 32 years. He lost his first wife in 1979; he and his second wife, Bev, 91,

are still very active, tak-ing care of the house and yard, working out at the YMCA.

Ed said he’ll always appreciate his time in the service, and thinks every-one could benefit from a little military training.

“I think they should have universal military training for everybody right out of high school, personally,” he said. “I think then, [young adults] have a chance to grow up a little bit.

“I can’t say anything negative about my mili-tary experience. I think it’s good for everybody.”

Photos by Philip Marruffo/pmarruffo@saukvalley.comLEFT: Ed Kobbeman point to photos of the damage he took when his plane was attacked during World War II. RIGHT: Ed Kobbeman holds on to his bomber jacket that bears the insignia of his squadron, the Fighting Cocks.

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ENDICOTT, New York – Jeannine M. Paufve, 82, passed away Saturday morning, June 25, 2016, surrounded by her family.

She was born June 7, 1934, in Michigan. Jean-nine and El started their life togeth-er on Feb. 21, 1954, in Detroit. In 1960, they moved to Hillcrest, New York. In 1962, they moved to Wind-sor, New York. In 1997, they retired to Engle-wood, Florida, and most recently, Jeannine and her husband, El, moved to Ideal Senior Living Center in Endicott. Jean-nine was a dedicated wife, mother, and friend. She loved sewing, knit-ting, quilting, playing cards, and was a won-derful cook and baker. She had many animals throughout the years, and especially was fond of her cat, Charlie. Jean-nine loved her fam-ily, had a great sense of humor, and will be missed by all.

Jeannine is survived by her loving husband of 62 years, Eldred Hall Paufve; her five chil-

dren and their spouses, Geoff (Ronda) Paufve of Sterling, Rene Paufve of

Concord, Califor-nia, Steve (Sandy) Paufve of Apala-chin, New York, Randee Paufve of Emeryville, Cali-fornia, and Rick (Barb) Paufve of

Rochester, New York; her 10 grandchildren, Nathan and Dan Paufve, Max, Tristan, Jack-son, and Emma Brody, Nicole Paufve Aurbach and Danielle Paufve Nei-dlinger, and Matt and James Paufve; and her three great-grandchil-dren, Lane and Blake Neidlinger and Monroe Paufve.

She was preceded by her mother, Hildur O’Hara; father, Leo Boi-leau; mother-in-law, Mildred Paufve; and father-in-law Reynold Paufve.

There will be no ser-vices. Richards Funeral Home in Owego, New York, handled arrange-ments.

Those wishing are asked to direct memo-rials to RHMC.com – the Ronald McDonald House.

Jeannine M. Paufve June 7, 1934 - June 25, 2016

ROCHELLE – Sharon Ann Kuehl, 71, passed away Wednesday, June 29, 2016, at her home.

Sharon was born March 12, 1945, to Edwin and Jane (Delano) Smith in Goshen, New York. She married Rich-ard Kuehl on Nov. 22, 1963, in Artesia, Califor-nia. Along with her hus-band, Sharon was the owner of Reliable Fabri-cation and president for 33 years, working along-side her husband, son, and daughter. Sharon’s life revolved around her family, and when she wasn’t spending time with them, she enjoyed traveling with her hus-band.

Sharon is survived by her husband, Richard, of 52 years; two children, William “Rob” (Carinne)

Kuehl of Green Lake, Wisconsin, and Suzanne (Steve) Hudson of

R o c h e l l e ; f i v e g r a n d c h i l d r e n , Er ica ( Jeremy) Sachs and Robert “Robby” Kuehl, and their moth-er, Teresa Kuehl, S a r a h ( S h a u n

Chapman) Hudson, Sean Hudson, and Addi-son Ann Olivia Kuehl; and two great-grand-children, Kendall and Halle Sachs.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Unger-Horner Funer-al Home in Rochelle. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, with Rob Hamilton, pastor, officiating. Burial will be at Lawnridge Cemetery in Rochelle.

Visit ungerhorner.com to send condolences.

Sharon A. Kuehl

SHOREWOOD – Harold E. “Gene”

Carroll, 83, of Shorewood, passed away peace-fully Tuesday, June 28, 2016, at Joliet Area Community Hospice Home, surrounded by his loving family.

Gene was the oldest of three children born on Sept. 21, 1932, in Amboy, to Harold and Georgia (Longman) Car-roll. He married Fran-ces Morrissey on Sept. 3, 1956, at St. Patrick Church in Amboy. Gene was a graduate of Amboy High School and attend-ed Marquette University in Wisconsin before he enlisted in the Army. Sgt. First Class Carroll was awarded the Bronze Star for Meritorious Service in Korea. After return-ing home from the ser-vice, Gene went to work with his father and uncle at Friendly Motors in Amboy. He also attended General Motors Institute in Flint, Michigan. Soon after, he began a distin-guished career at State Farm and held numerous auto claims positions that spanned nearly 40 years.

Gene was a member of Holy Family Parish in Shorewood. Before this, he was an active mem-ber of St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church in Romeoville, where he served as school board president for several years as well as being a member of various orga-nizations in the church. Additionally, he served on the Romeoville Recre-ation and the Mosquito Abatement boards. Gene was especially proud of his 60-year member-ship in the American Legion. Gene and Frances continued their involve-ment in their nine chil-dren’s Catholic educa-tion through St. Andrew School, Joliet Catholic, St. Francis Academy, and Joliet Catholic Academy, with Jubilation being one of their favorite fundrais-ing events.

The most important things in Gene’s life were love of God, love of his wife and family, and love of his country. He instilled in all of his fam-ily the beautiful legacy of holiday traditions, such as cooking and bak-ing, which he so dearly loved. Gene enjoyed many family gatherings at Dry Gulch, a cabin in the family for more than 45 years in Amboy. He was a diehard Chicago Cubs fan, and eternally hope-ful that his favorite base-ball team would make it to the World Series. Gene was an avid fisherman and enjoyed traveling to Leech Lake, Minnesota, with his wife and fam-ily. He took great pride in his garden and beautifica-tion of his home. During his retirement years, he loved spending time with his wife, and enjoying the activities and achieve-ments of his children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Up to his final moments, his wife, children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren

were at his side.He is survived by his

wife of 60 years, Fran-ces; nine children, Stephanie (Mark) Mastrogiovanni of Naperville, Kath-leen Carroll, Ann Prehn, and Susan (John) Harrison, all of Shorewood,

Michael (Gayle) Carroll of Bakersfield, Califor-nia; Mary (Brett) Dyche of Ottawa, Patrick (Vala-rie) Carroll of Minoo-ka, Jennifer (Michael) Jones of Joliet, and Mark (Andrea) Carroll of North Aurora; and spe-cial foster child, Renee Ravenot. In addition, Gene is survived by 24 grandchildren, Adam (Joanna) Mastrogiovan-ni, Melissa (Zach) Dyrda, Kelly (Thomas) White, Patrick and Christo-pher Prehn, Grant and Meghan Harrison, Alli-son (Matt) Butin, Eric and Sean Carroll, Justin, Elizabeth, Katherine, Zachary, and Natalie Dyche, Jake Pesevento, Collin Fleming, Ella and Mia Carroll, Ryan and Geena Jones, and Jack, Samuel and William Carroll. He also is sur-vived by six great-grand-children, Mikayla Pamal, Katie Mastrogiovanni, Lucas Dyrda, and Kier-sten, Charlotte, and Maura White. Gene also is survived by his loving brother, Donald (Lee) Carroll of Genoa; and beloved sister, Nancy (Dr. Martin) Mihm of Sarasota, Florida. He will be fondly remem-bered by his many Car-roll, Dickenson, and Morrissey relatives and numerous friends.

Gene was preceded in death by his parents, Georgia and Harold Car-roll; niece, Tracy Mihm; s o n - i n - l a w , S t e v e n Prehn; and numerous beloved relatives.

Special acknowledge-ments are noted for Gene’s devoted caregiv-ers and compassionate staff from Presence St. Joseph Hospital in Joliet, Alden Estates of Naper-ville, Advantage Home Health, and Joliet Area Community Hospice Home.

Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, with the rosary recited at 7:30 p.m., at Mihm-Jones Funeral Home, 303 E. Main St., Amboy. Visi-tation also will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Thursday, and the Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. Thurs-day at St. Patrick Catholic Church, 32 N. Jones Ave., Amboy, with the Rev. Timothy Draper officiat-ing. Burial, with full mili-tary honors accorded by Amboy American Legion, will be at St. Patrick Cem-etery in Amboy.

Gene was a very proud husband, father, and grandfather. His presence and love of life left a pro-found impact on those who knew and loved him. He will be dearly missed, but will live for-ever in all of our hearts.

Memorials will be established by the family.

Visit thejonesfh.com to send condolences.

Harold E. ‘Gene’ Carroll

▼ Today’s visitation:Jack F. Apple of Dixon,

10-11 a.m. at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Dixon.▼ Today’s funerals:Margery L. Kump of Mount

Morris, 10 a.m. at Mount Mor-ris Church of the Brethren.

Jack F. Apple of Dixon, 11 a.m. Mass at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Dixon.

Margaret R. “Marge” Som-mers of Prophetstown, 11 a.m. at St. Catherine Cath-olic Church in Prophetstown.▼ Saturday visitation:Brandon A. LaFavre of Mar-

quette, Michigan, 3-6 p.m. at Rock Falls American Legion.▼ Tuesday visitation:Sharon A. Kuehl of Rochelle,

5-8 p.m. at Unger-Horner Funeral Home in Rochelle.▼ Wednesday visitation:Harold E. “Gene” Carroll

of Shorewood, 3-8 p.m., with the rosary recited at 7:30 p.m., at Mihm-Jones Funeral Home in Amboy.▼ Wednesday funeral:Sharon A. Kuehl of

Rochelle, 10 a.m. at Unger-Horner Funeral Home in Rochelle.▼ Thursday visitation:Harold E. “Gene” Carroll

of Shorewood, 9-11 a.m. at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Amboy.▼ Thursday funeral:Harold E. “Gene” Carroll of

Shorewood, 11 a.m. Mass at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Amboy.▼ July 9 funeral:Delores I. “Dodie” Gecan,

formerly of Mount Morris, celebration of life, 11 a.m.- 2 p.m. at Mount Morris Moose Lodge.

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POLO – Ina E. Shank, 92, of Polo, died Wednesday, June 29, 2016, at KSB Hospital in Dixon.

Polo Family Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

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The momentum from the previous 2 days of frantic negotiating might have to carry over for a while – the lawmakers aren’t due back until the November veto session. It’s possible a special budget sessions could be called, but Novem-ber elections threaten to extend the gridlock.

Any goodwill created in the last 48 hours won’t break the link between Gov. Bruce Rauner’s turn-around agenda and the budget, Demmer said.

“I think the budget is directly tied to the eco-nomic strength of the state, and the state is in need of fundamen-tal economic reforms,” Demmer said.

On the other side of the aisle, state Rep. Mike Smiddy, D-Hillsdale, said he also was encouraged by the bipartisan efforts shown by party leaders in coming up with the stop-gap measure.

“I am pleased that Gov. Rauner agreed to put his nonbudget agenda aside, and support the millions of residents and busi-nesses that depend on Illinois,” Smiddy said.

Smiddy said those efforts, particularly by the working group, should be a model for future budget negotiations.

“This is only a partial-year budget for most items, and we have a lot of work to do to give residents and businesses the stability they need,” Smiddy said. “I encour-age Republicans and Democrats to use the momentum we’ve built to end this time of grid-lock.”

Smiddy said the state’s budget must be both responsible and compas-sionate, alluding to the hardship experienced by human services provid-ers and clients during the budget impasse. He said he’s frustrated that it’s taking so long for the state to meet its financial obligations.

“The yearlong impasse has caused real pain for seniors, people with dis-abilities, and our neigh-bors that need the most help,” Smiddy said. “We absolutely cannot allow politics to have these serious consequences in the future.”

State Sen. Tim Bivins, R-Dixon, said the $50.6 billion temporary budget makes a “historic invest-ment” in education, cit-ing K-12 funding, and money for early child-hood education, and grants from the Mon-etary Award Program.

The education funding was negotiated without providing a “bailout”

of the Chicago Public Schools system, Bivins said.

The budget fully funds the current state-aid for-mula for schools for the first time in 7 years. It also includes a provision that guarantees no schools will receive a funding cut from the previous year. A new $250 million equity grant will help the poor-est schools in the state, and early childhood edu-cation will receive an extra $75 million.

Higher educat ion will receive $1 billion more, in addition to the $600 million already appropriated earlier this year. The funding includes $151 million for MAP grants, and $114 million for com-munity colleges.

Despite the education wins, the 45th District lawmaker said Thurs-day’s agreement wasn’t ideal, and much work remains.

“This is not the budget we had hoped to pass, but it is the budget that will break this impasse and keep us moving,” Bivins said. “It’s time to turn things around, and this is the first step.”

Bivins said it is frustrat-ing that the state’s lead-ers have chosen to ignore their fiscal responsibili-ties for so long.

“We have been warning for years of an impending fiscal crisis, and now we are face-to-face with the stark reality of a tax-and-spend government free-for-all,” Bivins said.

State Sen. Neil Ander-son, R-Moline, also expressed disappoint-ment in still having no more than a temporary budget for their efforts.

“A stopgap budget is not our first choice – we have supported the ongoing efforts of working groups to find an agreement on a balanced budget with some reforms, but such is the nature of compro-mise,” Anderson said.

Anderson said law-makers need to build on any bipartisan momen-tum created, so prog-ress can continue on needed government and business reforms.

“This budget breaks the impasse and gets us moving in the right direc-tion,” Anderson said.

The budget legislation was sent to the governor for his signature.

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The votesLocal legislators Tom

Demmer, Mike Smid-dy, Tim Bivins, and Neil Anderson voted for the temporary budget, as did an overwhelming majority of legislators in both chambers. The vote in the House was 105-4, and 54-0 in the Senate.

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MOUNT CARROLL – A 49-year-old Freeport man accused of fatally shooting his wife Dec. 5 in Lanark wants to bar testimony from his pas-tor at trial, and will ask to separate a felony weap-

ons charge from the mur-der counts.

Morgan D. Hake, who prosecutors say shot Suzanne M. Hake, 46, in the head and chest, is fac-ing 20 to 60 years, up to life, on six counts of first-degree murder, and felony possession of a weapon, punishable by 2 to 5 years in prison. He is in Carroll

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in Freeport, citing clergy/penitent privilege. The second seeks to sever the first six counts from the seventh, because, defense argues, trying all counts together could prejudice a jury (who then would know he is a convicted felon).

Hake has pleaded not guilty. The trial, set ten-tatively for Sept. 19, is expected to last a week, .

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He will also ask to separate a felony weapons charge from murder counts

ILLINOIS BUDGET

SPRINGFIELD (AP) – Illi-nois lawmakers approved a partial spending plan Thursday that would ensure schools stay open another year and give col-leges and human service programs funding for 6 months, a rare biparti-san accomplishment but one that won’t end the yearlong gridlock on a full budget.

The Democratic-led House and Senate over-whelmingly passed the plan, and Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner signed it later Thursday, the last day of the fiscal year.

Democratic leaders and Rauner crafted the agree-ment after days of nego-tiations amid increased public pressure to avoid entering a second fiscal year without spending certainty. About a dozen

Illinois newspapers used their front pages Wednes-day to publish editorials demanding that the two sides strike a deal and stop the bickering that has led to layoffs at colleges and forced social service pro-viders to close their doors or make cuts.

Before the 105-4 House vote, Democratic House Leader Barbara Flynn Currie acknowledged the plan doesn’t solve the state’s fiscal mess.

“It is meant to keep the lights on,” she said.

Illinois is the only state in the country without a full budget for this year.

In a l l , lawmakers are agreeing to spend $25 billion in state and fed-eral funds for the current budget year, and another $50 billion for the upcom-ing fiscal year. Schools will

get just over $11 billion to stay open for a full year.

The agreement also pro-vides Chicago some relief on pension payments for teachers, an idea Rauner had resisted until Demo-cratic lawmakers agreed to lower the amount they wanted.

For 18 months, Rauner has demanded business-friendly, union-weaken-ing laws as a condition for agreeing to a spending plan that would include a tax hike. Democrats say the governor’s initiatives would hurt middle-class families and have nothing to do with the budget. The partial budget won’t solve that ideological divide.

While Rauner has not gotten his demands, he’s not giving up and said Thursday that Novem-ber’s elections will deter-

mine whether his party has a greater voice to help him achieve what he wants.

“This election will largely determine that outcome,” he said.

Under the plan, schools are getting over $500 mil-lion more in state aid than they did last year. There also will be a $250 mil-lion “equity” grant to help schools with low-income students. Chicago would get $100 million of that.

Part of the deal includes passing legislation to allow Chicago to raise

$250 million in property taxes to help with teach-er pension payments. A companion proposal will have the state cover $215 million in future pension costs beginning in June, like it does for all other Illinois school districts, but only if law-makers pass legislation to reform the overall pen-sion system next year.

Democrats initially wanted $400 million for Chicago Public Schools, including money to help make the city’s teacher pension payments.

The emerging plan calls for a $673 million increase for human services pro-grams, including $20 mil-lion to restore programs that Rauner suggested eliminating.

There is also $1 billion for colleges and universi-ties – about 85 percent of what they received the last time the state approved higher-education fund-ing.

Various state agencies, including the Department of Corrections, are get-ting $709 million to cover operational expenses.

Vote ends the stalemate in Springfield – for now

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AFTER THE COLD WAR

“The U.S. knows it could not ask for a better friend and ally than the United Kingdom.”

That was how U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry described the strong ties between the two nations, deeply rooted in blood and history. The terrible chal-lenge of World War II is worth keeping in mind as pundits and politicians on both sides of the Atlantic crowd the airwaves, the internet and old-time newspa-pers with instant commentaries, often overdone and overwrought.

The close vote in the June 23 ref-erendum to leave the European Union surprised many observ-ers, including this writer, so you might want to stop reading now. The conventional wisdom has been that the nation would vote to remain, not to leave.

When Kerry made his state-ment about the U.K.-U.S. alli-ance, he was standing beside his counterpart Philip Hammond, Britain’s secretary of state for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. The symbolism was apt, and the implication that the vote must be viewed in wider transat-lantic context important.

AS USUAL, KERRY HAS dem-onstrated skillful diplomacy as well as remarkable energy and endurance in his travel schedule.

The European Union was the product of World War II, not trade and investment per se. Early in that conflict, influential and insightful leaders in Britain and the U.S., including people who had escaped Nazi domina-tion of the European continent,

concluded that new internation-al organizations were essential to contain a third world war.

One result was the United Nations. Another was the Euro-pean Union, which grew out of a limited European Coal and Steel Community. Those two indus-tries were tangible, essential, and

already tied France a n d G e r m a n y together.

Restraining Ger-many was cen-tral and essential. Today, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is an espe-cially influential

leader in global as well as Euro-pean terms. She personifies a positive as well as powerful Ger-many, consistently committed to humanitarian goals.

Geography has been an unavoidable factor defining the international outlooks of both Germany and the United King-dom, which includes Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales along with England. All but the first comprise Britain. The Unit-ed Kingdom’s island status has facilitated wide-ranging trade. Many analysts, including Henry Kissinger, have underscored that Germany’s vulnerability to inva-sion from both east and west his-torically encouraged emphasis on military means.

Britain’s withdrawal from the common European commercial market would bring some new barriers to trade. Since World War II, the nation’s trade has become heavily concentrated with the Continent, moving away from the global British Common-

wealth. However, the EU’s exter-nal trade barriers have gradually been reduced as globalization has grown.

BRITAIN ALREADY PROVIDES a relatively open market envi-ronment. The general deregula-tion of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s government in the 1980s made the island nation a relatively attractive base for investment by foreign firms eager to penetrate the more diffi-cult and bureaucratic economic environment of the Continent.

Moreover, Britain, along with a substantial minority of the EU members, has retained the national currency, avoiding par-ticipation in the euro. London is a principal global financial cen-ter, reflecting historical strengths in insurance, investment and trade along with geography.

Scotland voted overwhelm-ingly to remain in the EU, and is already pressing for greater inde-pendence. Scotland’s Parliament has only limited tax adjustment and borrowing powers. The Lib-eral Democrats, part of the earli-er coalition government with the Conservatives, have done worth-while policy analysis.

Britain’s history reflects inven-tiveness, pragmatism, shrewd diplomacy and military effective-ness. These remain important, and promising, for future rela-tions within Europe, and beyond.

Note to readers: Arthur I. Cyr is a a Clausen distinguished professor at Carthage College in Wiscon-sin and author of “After the Cold War” (NYU Press and Palgrave/Macmillan). He can be reached at acyr@carthage.edu.

Analyzing U.K.’s future relationship with EuropeBritain known for inventiveness, pragmatism, effectiveness

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There’s no way to frame it as a giant leap, but members of the McHenry County Board quietly vot-ing to end the practice of IMRF pensions for them-selves was a small step for taxpayerkind.

Whether you want to give credit to a Republi-can board member like

Andrew Gasser, or to state Rep. Jack Franks, D-Marengo, who sicced the IMRF director on the county board, questioning whether members meet the 1,000-hours-per-year IMRF qualifying threshold, the practice has ended.

The unanimous vote taken this week will elim-inate IMRF eligibility for board members effec-

tive Dec. 1, with the new county fiscal year and the seating of the new board after the Nov. 8 election. The resolution eliminates pension eligibility for new members, but also ends the accumulation of credit for pensions for existing members.

It has been ridiculous that elected officials who already receive a salary

of more than $20,000 for their part-time positions have also been collect-ing pension benefits. It remains ridiculous that many also accept health insurance as part of their compensation.

We can’t point fingers at our local school board members who oversee the vast majority of our property tax dollars, but

at least they perform their services with no expecta-tion of salary, pensions or health benefits.

So many things about government in Illinois are ridiculous, we have to start somewhere. Pensions should end for Illinois leg-islators, as well. The fact that legislators are socking away retirement savings while they haven’t been

able to pass a budget for a year is nauseating.

Illinois is in need of serious reform, and it’s crippled by debt from employee benefits it can’t afford. And while law-makers must address that situation and remedy it for the future, removing the plank from their own eyes would be a good place to start.

Ending pensions for county board members a good first stepEDITORIALS ELSEWHERE

The Northwest Herald Editorial Board, Crystal Lake

A sk different people what the Fourth of July week-

end means to them, and you’ll get different answers.

Some will say fireworks, of course.

Others will point to community celebrations. Around here, Dixon’s Petunia Festival and the Let Freedom Ring fest in Mount Morris are prime examples.

Still others greatly enjoy the parades, carnivals, music concerts and bar-becues that are common this time of year.

There’s boating, swim-ming, traveling, and summertime activities of all kinds.

On the 240th anniver-sary of the signing of the Declaration of Indepen-dence, Americans will continue to celebrate our collective freedom.

Freedom from what?Tyrannical government.People schooled in

American history will recall being taught that the American Revolution was sparked by “taxation without representation.” In other words, colonial residents of the 1700s didn’t care for increased taxes imposed upon them by King George and the British Parliament.

So they revolted, fought long and hard to win the Revolutionary War, and then set out to create a better government that derived its powers from the consent of the gov-erned.

AFTER THE WAR ended, the Continental Congress didn’t last long.

Strike 1.The Articles of Confed-

eration weren’t much better.

Strike 2.Thankfully, delegates to

the Constitutional Con-vention of 1787 came up with a Constitution and resulting government that have endured.

A home run?Well, the U.S. Constitu-

tion was far from perfect. It had to be amended right away through the Bill of Rights, and other amendments followed over time – 27 in all.

When observing the dysfunction these days between Congress and the president, it’s obvi-ous that this experiment in self-government still needs work.

On the Illinois level, we’re on our fourth try – the Constitution of 1970. Previous documents were from 1818, 1848 and 1870.

Looking at the sad state of affairs statewide in 2016, we have to wonder how good of a constitu-tion it is.

ONE AREA THAT sorely needs improvement concerns how legislative districts are drawn. Self-serving politicians control the process, even though they have an inherent conflict of interest regard-ing the results. Lack of accountability brings with it a definite lack of responsive, responsible representation.

And we know what can happen when Americans are denied true represen-tation.

Fortunately, the Inde-pendent Map Amend-ment – if the courts allow it to appear on the November ballot – is Illi-noisans’ chance to make self-government better by removing politics from the redistricting process and turning it over to an 11-person commission.

Our hope is that law-makers elected from dis-tricts drawn by the non-partisan commission will be much more account-able to the people and thus do a better job.

Our forefathers declared independence from Great Britain.

On Nov. 8, we hope Illinoisans declare their independence from the political shenanigans of a broken redistricting system.

Still working on self-government, 240 years later

What we thinkAmericans successfully revolted in 1776 against their colonial overlords, but self-

government on the federal and state level has proved to be a tricky proposition. It

remains a work in progress, 240 years later – one that could benefit from reforms like

the Independent Map Amendment.

EDITORIAL | INDEPENDENCE DAY

Show host makes a Graceful exit

NEW YORK (AP) – Tough-talking former prosecutor Nancy Grace is leaving her prime-time show on the HLN network in October.

The CNN sister station said Grace told her staff

Thursday that her show would be ending after 12 years. Grace, 56, said in a statement that she’ll be leaving “with

a full heart and endless gratitude.”

She hasn’t announced any specific new plans, and HLN wasn’t saying Thursday what type of show would replace her.

Grace said her show “created an unparalleled platform that gave crime victims a voice and suc-ceeded in helping to find missing people and solve unsolved homicides.”

“I will continue my fight for justice across a vari-ety of traditional and new

media, where victims’ voices can reach an entirely engaged audi-ence,” she said.

Network will air every ‘Trek’ show

CHICAGO – Heroes & Icons is boldly going where no television net-work has gone before – airing all five “Star Trek” series back to back.

Beginning July 24, Trek-kies can binge on the original “Star Trek” and its spinoffs “The Next Genera-tion,” “Deep Space Nine,” “Voyager” and “Enterprise” 6 nights a week on the digital TV network, which is owned by Chicago-based Weigel Broadcasting.

Acquiring the rights to all five “Star Trek” series is a major programming evolution for the fledgling Heroes & Icons network, which currently runs a hodgepodge of 1980s cop shows, sprinkled with fan-tasy fare like “Xena: Warrior Princess” and other eclec-tic offerings.

Neal Sabin, vice chairman of Weigel Broadcasting, said, “No one has ever

been able to put the five ‘Star Trek’ shows on at the same time, same place.”

The original “Star Trek” series launched 50 years ago. The series, created by Gene Roddenberry, lasted for only three seasons on NBC but found a devoted following in reruns, spawn-ing a franchise that has endured through numerous TV and movie iterations.

“All Star Trek” will run as a continuous 5-hour block on Sundays from 7 p.m. to midnight, and on week-

nights, with each series airing in sequence until their respective missions are completed. The “Star Trek” programming will run indefinitely.

Heroes & Icons debuted in September 2014 and is available in 57 percent of the U.S. through digital subchannels of broad-cast TV stations and on cable systems, a platform that family-owned Weigel Broadcasting pioneered with its MeTV network.

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If you’re looking for some sky-popping sights for Independence Day, the Quad Cities has plenty to see

Aaaaahh!Ooooo!

BY ANDREA MILLSamills@saukvalley.com

815-625-3600, ext. 5575

Plenty of fireworks will light up the local skies during Independence Day weekend, but if you’re looking to combine a day trip

with some patriotic pyrotechnics, you can get a lot of bang for your buck in the Quad Cities.

Several sites share the show that comes from two barges in the middle of the Mississippi River.

Red White & Boom is Sunday, with fireworks at 9:30 p.m. The gala starts at 3:30 at Schwiebert Riverfront Park on 17th Street in downtown Rock Island, along the Mississippi River. There will be inflatables, activities for the kids, live music, and food vendors. A military tribute will be at 5, and there’s a beer garden on the great lawn.

Modern Woodmen Park, 209 S. Gaines St. in Davenport, Iowa, is another place to see the fireworks. Park gates open at 5 p.m., then the fun starts at 5:30 with bounce houses, a scavenger hunt, face painting, crafts, military vehicles, and an opportunity to write a letter to a soldier. Live music will be at 6.

The fireworks also can be viewed from LeClaire Park, 400 Biederbeck Drive in Davenport.

Another chance at a show is East Moline’s 9 p.m. Sunday fireworks at The Quarter, on Sev-enth Street at the Mississippi riverfront. Shuttle service starts at 6:30 from the John Deere Har-vester parking lot, 1100 13th Ave. Food and bev-

erages will be sold, and there will be face paint-ing, a bounce house, and live music at 7. Lawn chairs are recommended to watch the fireworks. The rain date is Tuesday.

On Monday, visitors can wander over to Middle Park, 2220 23rd St. in Bettendorf, Iowa. Free ice cream will be from noon to 2 p.m. at the hospitality tent, and arts and crafts booths, food and beverage booths will be open. The Quad Cities Optimist Fishing Derby is from noon to

2 p.m. at the lagoon, while the Quad City Skydiving Center’s parachute team will have shows throughout the day and into the evening. Also, catch a magician act at 2, 4 and 6 p.m. below the hill on the grass. Bands will start playing at 6, and the fireworks show will start at dusk. The rain date is July 9.

Add some frog legs to the holi-day by going to the frog jumping contest at 10 a.m. Monday at Ale-do’s Central Park, 100 N.E. Third St., and the free ice cream social at Mercer County Fairgrounds, 848 170th St. The fireworks will be at dusk at the fairgrounds.

As an additional feature to a Quad City visit, the Backwater Gamblers Water-ski Show will be free at 6:30 p.m. Sunday and Monday at Ben Williamson Park, 5000 44th St. and the Rock River in Rock Island. It’s a family show with a themed performance that com-bines, skits, music, waterskiing and dance.

With so many choices just an hour or so away, you won’t have any trouble making your holiday sparkle.

DAY TRIP | QUAD CITIES FIREWORKS

If you go ...What: FireworksWhere: Quad CitiesWhen: July 4 weekendTimes: VariousCost: Some charges

might applyLocations: Bettendorf

and Davenport in Iowa, and Rock Island, Aledo and East Moline

Information: Quad Cit-ies Convention & Visitors Bureau at visitquadcities.com or 800-747-7800

Fireworks fill the night sky in Davenport for Independence Day, with the down-town skywalk adding to the light show.

The fireworks launched from two barges on the Mississippi River provide one of the largest shows in the Quad City area.

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FIREWORKS SAFETY

TV

They might be fun for kids, but sparklers pack plenty of risk, too

Tribune News Service

They might shine bright-ly and mesmerize, but the handheld fireworks known as sparklers are not toys to hand off to the little ones – or to anyone.

According to the Illinois Office of the State Fire Marshal’s Division of Fire Prevention, sparklers accounted for more than 12 percent (20 out of 165) of fireworks injuries from June 23 to July 20, 2015.

From June 20 to July 20, 2014, sparklers accounted for an estimated 19 percent of the 7,000 fireworks-related injuries treated in U.S. hospital emergency rooms. For children under 5, spar-klers accounted for 61 per-cent of the total estimated injuries, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Mary Lynn Jacobs, a cer-tified hand therapist and vice president of ATI Phys-ical Therapy, said people aren’t aware of the dan-gers of sparklers, which burn at around 2,000 degrees – hot enough to melt some metals.

“I just don’t think there’s a lot of public education around that,” she said. “I just can’t get over how hot sparklers can get … and how dangerous that is. It’s just crazy.”

Jacobs recommends against having fireworks at home for safety rea-sons.

“Being a mother of three children, I would just ask [people] please to watch from afar. Let’s go to a fireworks display. Let’s not do it in our backyard,” she said.

“My husband is a head and neck surgeon and sees … a wide range of people with ear and facial burns, from little kids showing the sparklers to their friend and the kids lose their balance.”

Jacobs says large bubble wands and pinwheels

(not the fireworks kind) are good substitutes for children. But if parents insist on sparklers, Jacobs recommends that they supervise their children and have them wear eye protection and gloves made of leather or lined with Kevlar. Setting rules for the use of sparklers is also important, she said.

“Don’t have them play kung fu [with the sparkler] or point it at each other,” she said.

Beware when you let the sparks fly

Safety tipsThousands of acci-

dents each year under-score the danger of fireworks. In 2014, 11 people died and an estimated 10,500 were treated in emergency departments for fire-works-related injuries in the U.S. Statistics show the typical victim of a firework injury is a 25- to 44-year-old male.

In an effort to reduce these preventable inju-ries, Mayo Clinic Health System optometrists and ophthalmologists encourage families to attend their local fire-works displays instead of using fireworks at home.

Fireworks can be espe-cially damaging to your eyes. The makeup of a firework – gunpowder, sulfur and charcoal – is significantly irritating to the eyes. In the event you end up with an eye injury during due to fire-works, Doug Wesely, optometrist at Mayo Clinic Health System, offers these tips:

• Don’t rub: Rubbing your eye might increase bleeding or worsen injury.

• Don’t rinse: Attempt-ing to rinse out your eyes can be even more dam-aging than rubbing.

• Don’t apply pres-sure: Keep your hands away from your eyes – you could add more bacteria and irritants by touching your eyes.

• Don’t stop for over-the-counter medica-tion: Instead, head straight to the emergen-cy department.

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Bridge

Several top bridge experts have been successful trad-ers in the stock and options markets. They understand that the market is volatile, but if a small investment eventu-ally gives a large return, a few paltry losses along the way are no big deal.

How is that relevant in this deal? South is in four spades. West leads the club jack. East takes dummy’s queen with his ace and shifts to the heart queen. How should the play proceed from there?

Although South had only 19 high-card points, his hand was well worth a two-club opening. If his partner had a 3-3-3-4 Yarborough, South was a favorite to make four spades, and his hand had some defensive tricks outside

of its long suit.North’s two-no-trump rebid

promised some points, typi-cally 4-7, with no long suit to show. With a very bad hand, he would have rebid three clubs as a double negative.

South’s immediate reaction was to win with the heart ace and cash his two top trumps in the hope that the queen would drop. But luck-ily he paused to consider his other options. Here, if he had played trumps from the top, he would have lost one trick in each suit because he could not have reached the dummy to cash its club winner.

Instead, South made a small investment in safety. After taking the second trick with his heart ace, he led a low spade toward the dummy.

West won with his queen, cashed the heart king, and switched to a diamond, but declarer took that trick, played a low spade to dum-my’s 10, and discarded his diamond loser on the club king.

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dearABBYDear Abby,I’m concerned about a

photo my uncle posted to Facebook. It features my two female cousins, ages 6 and 2, shirtless. I know no harm was intended in posting the photo, as they are both adorable girls. However, I find it inap-propriate that the 6-year-old – who is going into first grade – was shirtless in the photo. Now that it is on the internet, it could be easily seen by a pedophile.

How do I express my concern to my uncle about this without com-ing off like I am trying to parent for him? I’m only 17 and don’t want to overstep my boundar-ies, but as a caring family member, I am concerned.

– Niece in Chicago

Dear Niece,Because you are nervous

about approaching your uncle about this, consider discussing your concerns with the children’s moth-er. If your uncle is a single parent, then mention it to your own parents and, if they agree with you, ask them to mention to your uncle that his semi-nude pictures on the web might endanger his daughters.

P.S. Your uncle should be made aware that

he can customize his account settings and make his profile private. That way, only family and selected close friends will be able to see his time-line.

Dear Abby,My neighbor is taking

care of her grandchil-dren. She seems respon-sible and the courts have allowed her to be their foster mother. Her own children not only steal, but are also physi-cally abusive. The court ordered the mother of the kids (my neighbor’s daughter) to have no contact with them. Their father is in prison.

I am friendly with this neighbor and her grand-children. I wish I had a way to tell her that her constant shouting and screaming at the kids is

unhealthy. How can I help this family and these little ones? Should I just come out and say what’s on my mind – that yelling at them undermines their self-esteem and does no good whatsoever?

– Kind Neighbor in Michigan

Dear Kind Neighbor,Have a chat with your

neighbor about it, if you can manage it without coming across as judg-mental (i.e., accusing her of “undermining their self-esteem”). When you do, tell her you know she is carrying a lot of responsibility on her shoulders and she might be yelling because she’s stressed. Then offer to watch the grandchildren for her once or twice a month, so she can have some quiet time for her-

self. If you do, you would be doing her and her grandchildren a great favor.

Dear Abby,I’m 28 and have been a

licensed practical nurse since 2007. Although I’ve been a nurse for 9 years, I feel incompetent and like I haven’t learned much over the years. I pray every day I go to work that no serious situ-ations arise because I’m afraid I won’t be able to handle them correctly. Many people have sug-gested I further my edu-cation and become an RN, but I feel it would be a waste because I don’t feel smart enough. What should I do?

– Wary in Ohio

Dear Wary,I think you should chal-

lenge yourself and take some of those classes to further your education. If you do well in them, continue. If not, you can look for another line of work then.

However, before you do anything else, please talk with a licensed mental health professional to get to the reasons for your low self-esteem. Those feelings of inadequacy might be what are hold-ing you back and pre-venting you from enjoy-ing the important work you do.

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phil-lips. Contact Dear Abby at DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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SUPPORT GROUPS, CLUBS AND SERVICES

COMMUNITY EVENTSSaturday, July 2

Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., closed, Big Book, United Meth-odist Church, 201 E. Chicago Ave., Davis Junction.

Overeaters Anonymous, 9 a.m., lower-level entrance, Church of God, 816 S. Clay St., Mount Carroll.

Alcoholics Anonymous Gratitude Group, 9 a.m., open; noon, open; 6 p.m., open, lower level, Loveland Commu-nity House, 513 W. Second St., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 9:30 a.m., closed, former St. Anne Grade School, 32 N. Jones Ave., Amboy, 815-857-2315.

Women’s Alcoholics Anony-mous, 10:30 a.m., closed; 7 p.m., closed, 808 Freeport Road, Sterling.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed; 7 p.m., closed (5), Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

Narcotics Anonymous Hope Without Dope, noon, in the back of Lutheran Social Services of Illinois, 1901 First Ave., Sterling, 815-535-3748, 24-hour hotline 844-678-7684.

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, noon, open, Old Timers; 7 p.m., open, family fun night, back door, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., open, First Presbyterian Church, 1100 Calvin Road, Rochelle.

Chapter 410 of the Experi-mental Aircraft Association, 7:30 p.m., terminal building, Whiteside County Airport, 10950 Hoover Road, Rock Falls, 815-626-1249.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., steps and traditions, closed, Village of Progress, 710 S. 13th St., Oregon.

Sunday, July 3Alcoholics Anonymous,

8 a.m., closed; noon open; 1 p.m., closed, Spanish; 7 p.m., closed, Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 10 a.m., open, barn, Horizon View Farm, 2422 N. River Road, Oregon.

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, 10 a.m., open, Big Book; 7 p.m. veter-ans, open, back door, 1503 First Ave., Suite D, Rock Falls.

Latin American Social Club meeting, 3 p.m., 2708 W. Fourth St., Sterling, 815-625-8290.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., closed, Church of St. Anne, 401 N. Cherry St., Mor-rison.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, Spanish, St. Patrick Catholic Church, 236 Kelly Drive, Rochelle.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., open, Rochelle Com-munity Hospital, 900 N. Second St., Rochelle.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, 808 Freeport Road, Sterling.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, clearance required, BAAbble on for Life Prison Group, 815-973-6150.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., closed, 304 Sev-enth Ave. W, Lyndon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed (4), Mount Morris Senior Center, 9 E. Front St.

Friday, July 1Open pool, open cards,

open Wii games, and com-puter lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Whi-teside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Open pool, open cards, open Wii games, and com-puter lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236.

Pool players, 8:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Bridge, 8:45 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Line dancing, 10 a.m., Whi-teside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Wii Bowling, 10 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Lifescape lunch, 11:30 a.m., Post House Community Cen-ter, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236. Sign up by 10 a.m. previous business day.

Lunch, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Ster-ling, 815-622-9230.

Organized Wii Bowling games, noon, Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

Pinochle, noon, Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Mexican Train dominoes, 12:30 p.m., Whiteside Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Ster-ling, 815-622-9230.

Pinochle, 12:30 p.m., Big Room, Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Ster-ling, 815-622-9230.

Duplicate bridge, 12:30 p.m., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236.

Pinochle, 1 p.m., Post House

Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

Farkle, 1 p.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-589-3925.

Farmers Market, 4-7 p.m., Rockford Bell Credit Union, 4 E. Main St., Mount Morris.

All-ages open mic night, 5-9 p.m., Triangle-Veterans Memorial Park, Fifth Street and Fifth Avenue, Rock Falls, 815-590-8881.

Mexican food, 5-8 p.m., Rock Falls VFW, 217 First Ave.

Bingo, 7 p.m. Rock Falls American Legion, 712 Fourth Ave.

Saturday, July 2Walnut 5K Run, Walk for

ALS Research (Lou Gehrig’s Disease), 6:45-7:45 a.m. reg-istration, 8 a.m. start, Bureau Valley North Junior High School, 323 S. Main St., Walnut, 815-379-2269.

Farmers Market, 7 a.m.-noon, Haymarket Square, 317 W. Third St., Dixon, 815-284-3306.

Farmers Market, 7 a.m.-noon, West Second Street, Rock Falls, 815-625-4500.

Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon, Twin City Market, indoors, 106 Ave. A, Sterling, 815-626-8610.

Farmers Market, 8-11 a.m., rain or shine, 204 E. Lincoln-way, Morrison, 815-564-7427.

Farmers Market, 8:30 a.m. to noon, courthouse lawn, Oregon.

Tampico Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon, Reagan Park, Main and Glassburn streets, 815-718-0818.

Cookout, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Rock Falls VFW Post 5418, 217 First Ave. Carry-outs, 815-626-3513.

Mexican food, 5-8 p.m., Rock Falls Veterans of Foreign Wars, 217 First Ave.

MONEY & MARKETS

Commodities

The following quota-tions are provided as a community service by Sterling Futures:

Corn: July 3.583⁄4; Sept. 3.65¼; Dec. 3.71¼

Soybeans: July 11.75 ; Aug. 11.74¼; Nov. 11.53¼

Soybean oil: July 31.38; Dec. 32.07

Soybean meal: July 405.30; Dec. 401.00

Wheat: July 4.31¼ Dec. 4.65½

Oats: July 2.05¼; Dec. 2.013⁄4

Live cattle: June 120.00; Aug. 114.82; Oct. 114.65

Feeder cattle: Aug. 144.30; Oct. 141.97

Lean hogs: July 82.85; Aug. 83.27; Oct. 71.70

Sugar: July 20.15Cotton: July 62.82

T-Bonds: Sept. 1723⁄4Silver: July 18.54Gold: June 1325.00Copper: Sept. 2.2015Crude: Aug. 48.27Dollar Index: Sept.

95.97Ethanol: July 1.623

The following stock quota-tions, as of 5 p.m., are provid-ed as a community service by Chad Weigle of Edward Jones, Dixon and Raymond James and Associates, Sterling. Abbott .................................39.31AGL .....................................65.97Alcoa .....................................9.27AltriaCorp ...........................68.96American Express ..............60.76Apple ...................................95.58Archer-Daniels ...................42.89Arris-Group ........................20.96AT&T ...................................43.21Autonation .........................46.98Bank of America.................13.27Boeing .............................. 129.87BorgWarner ........................29.52BP ........................................35.51Casey’s ............................. 131.51Caterpillar ..........................75.81CenturyLink .......................29.01Chevron ........................... 104.83Cisco ...................................28.66Citigroup ............................42.39CocaCola ............................45.33

ConAgra ..............................47.81Dean ...................................18.09Deere & Co .........................81.04Disney .................................97.82Donaldson ..........................34.36DuPont ...............................64.80Exelon .................................36.36Exxon ..................................93.74FifthThird ...........................17.59Ford ....................................12.57GE .......................................31.48HawaiianElectric ...............32.79Hewlett Packard ................12.55HomeDepot .................... 127.69Intel Corp. ..........................32.81Intl Bus Mach .................. 151.78IntlPaper .............................42.38JCPenney ..............................8.88JohnsonControls................44.26Johnson&Johnson .......... 121.30JPMorgan Chase ................62.14Kraft-Heinz ........................88.45Kroger .................................36.79Leggett&Platt .....................51.11Manpower ..........................64.34McDonald’s ..................... 120.34Merck&Co ..........................57.61Microsoft ............................51.16

3M .................................... 175.12Monsanto ........................ 103.41Newell .................................48.57Nike .....................................55.20Parker-Han ...................... 108.05Pfizer ...................................35.21Pepsico ............................ 105.94Proctor&Gamble ................84.67RaymondJames ..................49.30Republic .............................51.31Sears Hldg ..........................13.61SensientTech .....................71.04Sprint ....................................4.53

Staples ................................. 8.62TheTravelers ................... 119.04UnitedContinental ............41.04UnitedTech ..................... 102.55USBancorp .........................40.33USSteel ...............................16.86Verizon ...............................55.84Walgreen ............................83.22WalMartMexico .................24.05WalMartStores ...................73.02WasteMgt ...........................66.27Wendy’s ..............................9.62

ENTERTAINMENT | THEATER REVIEW

BY SUE LANGENBERGFor Sauk Valley Media

MOUNT CARROLL – The ’80s-rock musical “Rock of Ages,” a hit on Broadway, and in Los Angeles and Las Vegas, is playing this weekend at Timber Lake Playhouse.

Artistic Director James Beaudry and Chicago Director Brigitte Ditmars have waved their magic wand on this one, but instead of pulling a rab-bit out of their hat, they pulled out all the stops. More than 30 power-packed songs satirize everything big in the ’80s – rock bands, starry-eyed love and big hair – and the cast, musicians and crew are hard-wired to perform with an energy that fits like a leather glove.

We could get lost in the electric vibes of Journey, Styx, Guns N’ Roses, Bon Jovi and others of the era. There even is a story weaving in and out of the music: The Bourbon Room on Sunset Strip is where boy meets girl and shares future dreams. A triangle predictably develops with the slick entrance of a hip-gyrat-ing rock star.

The show is strung together by raucous nar-rator Lonny Barnett, who guides us through the hysteria, sometimes part of the cast, sometimes blowing us to the back

of the house with songs. Chandler Smith ( TLP’s “Big River,” “Saturday Night Fever” and “A Cho-rus Line”) delivers this role as if he had invented it.

There are no small roles in this roaring show. Sometimes it might appear that a melodious, romantic vocal will lull us away into a dream, only to develop into another dimension; madness of the moment. Christian Chambers (“Young Fran-kenstein”) as love-struck Drew Boley does that as the seeming dreamboat we dreamed of, but then outgrew.

Annalise Griswold as star-struck wannabe actress Sherrie Chris-tian radiates, then turns fierce within a few lyrics. Griswold is one of many cream-of-the-crop per-

formers from Baldwin Wallace University of Ohio that TLP seeks for its resident company.

Kieran McCabe as rock star Stacee Jaxx performs in his first TLP season. He is the embodiment of ego expressed through every smooth swagger, every slick move. He’s a very talented actor, especially in his Act I shower scene.

Also in his first TLP gig, choreographer Jon Mar-tinez doesn’t miss any opportunity for satire, especially the mocking ballet couples, the slo-mo action and, of course, the swooshing big hair that must have its own moves.

Especially notable is actress/singer Shayla Brielle G. as Justice Char-lier, an extraordinary tal-ent, along with Alec Irion as Dennis Dupree, Ken

Singleton as Hertz Kline-mann, Luke Stewart as Franz Klinemann, and a very recognizable Olivia Kaufmann, who played Gypsy Rose Lee in TLP’s season-opening show.

Perhaps the best ensemble ever at TLP also includes Jenia Head, Elya Bottiger, Caroline Kasay, Tyler Klingbiel, Halli Morgan and Matthew Salvatore.

Cindy Blanc directs five musicians onstage, rather than behind the scenes as usual. She rocks it under the spotlight!

Show a musical powerhouse for the ages‘Rock of Ages’ delivers ’80s nostalgia with big hair, big songs and more

Submitted The cast of ’80s-rock musical “Rock of Ages” belts out a tune at Timber Lake Playhouse.

To see the show“Rock of Ages” plays

at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, this weekend and next, at Timber Lake Play-house, 8215 Black Oak Road.

Tickets, from $17 to $25, are available at timberlakeplayhouse.org, 815-244-2035 and at the door. A cash bar will be open before and during the show.

Because of the hard-rock, MTV style of the era, the show might not be appropriate for children.

Online extraClick this story at

saukvalley.com to see more photos from “Rock of Ages.”

Sauk Valley Media • A9www.saukvalley.comFriday, July 1, 2016

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ADVENTIST SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH

501 W 2nd St,Rock Falls, IL 61071.

APOSTOLICAPOSTOLIC ASSEMBLY,

2609 Pine St., Rock Falls. Spanish Spoken, Sunday School, 10 a.m., Sunday Worship Service Noon. Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m.. Pas-tor: Martin Garcia 590-7897.ASAMBLEA APOSTOLICA, 2609 Pine St., Rock Falls. Se habla es-pañol. Escuela Dominical 10 a.m., Servico de Alabanza y Adoraciòn Domingo 12 p.m., Miércoles Estudio Bìblico 6 p.m. Pastor: Martin Garcia 590-7897.

ASSEMBLIES OF GODBETHESEDA TEMPLE, 1602 13th Ave., Rock Falls, IL 61071. Phone 535-0423. Pastor Lucio Esquivel. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m., Childrens Church. All services in Spanish & English.ROCK RIVER CHRISTIAN CEN-TER, 1800 Prophetstown Road, Rock Falls. Phone 815-625-4371. Rev. Brian Vickers, Pastor, 9:30 a.m. Sunday School, 10:30 a.m. Morning Worship, 6 p.m. Evening Worship; Wednesday, 10 a.m. bible study, 6:30 p.m. children’s programs: Rainbows, Missionetts, and Royal Rangers, 7 p.m. Crossroads Youth Ministry.NEW LIFE IN CHRIST, 1101 1st Ave., Sterling, Pastor William Cherry, Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Sunday evening service 5:30 p.m.; Wednesday nite 6:30 p.m. Adult Prayer/Bible Study & Youth Group. Nursery provided for all services. Church office 626-8778.

BAPTISTBEREAN BAPTIST CHURCH, 1119 10th Ave., Rock Falls, Pas-tor Roger Carlson, Parsonage and office phone 625-7179, Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Morning Worship 10:30 a.m., Evening Service 6 p.m. Wednesday evening Bible Study 7:00 p.m.; Wednesday Dynamite Kids Club 6:00 p.m. Nursery provid-ed for all services. Transportation Available. Independent Fundamen-tal Baptist Church. www.bbcrf.comCOMO BAPTIST CHURCH, 25059 Como Road. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship, 10:30 a.m., Evening Worship 6 p.m.; Wednes-day Evening Service, 6 p.m. Af-filiated with Southern Baptist Convention. Phone 625-8492.COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH, 35021 Illinois Route 40, Milled-geville, Pastor J. Kregg Farmer, Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Morning Worship 10:30 a.m., Afternoon Ser-vice 1:00 p.m., Wednesday Evening Prayer and Bible Study 7:00 p.m., Children’s classes during Sunday School, Morning Worship and Wednesday Prayer and Bible Study. Nursery provided for all services. Church phone 225-7150. Indepen-dent Fundamental Baptist Church.MISSION BAUTISTA HISPANA (Como Baptist Church), Sun. 10:00 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Wed., Prayer Service 6:30 p.m., all services in Spanish, Meet in the lower level of Como Baptist.EMMANUEL BAPTIST, 1904 18th Ave., Sterling. Pastor Aaron Jackson Sunday Bible Study, 9:30 a.m. Morn-ing Worship, 10:45 a.m., nursery pro-vided. Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6 p.m.; Affiliated with Southern Bap-tist Convention. Phone 625-0351.FAITH BAPTIST, Pastor Bryan Bice, 2005 Freeport Road. Sunday: Bible Study 9:30 a.m. Morning Wor-ship 10:30 a.m., Fellowship Ser-vice 6:00 p.m.; Wednesday: Youth Club 6:30 p.m., Prayer Service 7:00 p.m.. Nursery provided for all ser-vices. Church phone 625-7690. www.faithbaptiststerl ing.comFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, 1705 6th Ave., Sterling, Rev. Jack Smith. Morning worship 10:10 a.m.; Sunday School 9:00 a.m. Crib room and nursery provid-ed. Call for info: Church office phone 625-1288; Air condition-ing, easy access for handicapped.FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, 406 Ma-ple Ave., Morrison, IL. Pastor Dick Adams 815-772-2696 home 815-772-3181; 9:00 a.m. Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Worship Service; Wednes-day nights 7:00 p.m. Bible Study.EAGLE HEIGHTS BAPTIST CHURCH, 1026 Third Avenue, Ful-ton. 589-3443 (church). Michael McCloud, Pastor. Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday Morning Ser-vice, 10:45 a.m.; Sunday evening, 6 p.m.; Wednesday Bible Study and Prayer Meeting, 7:00 p.m.; Nursery provided for all services. General Association of Regular Baptist Churches affiliated church.NEW HOPE BAPTIST, 902 W. 12th St., Rock Falls. Jon Sedwick, Pas-tor Sunday Morning Worship, 10:30 a.m. Phone: 625-6696. Cel-ebrate Recovery Mon nights at 6pm 815-590-3389. Affiliated with Southern Baptist Convention.MACEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH, 1313 Woodburn Ave., Sterling, 625-6473. Johnny Cooper, Pas-tor. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship, 11 a.m. Prayer Service & Bible Study Wed., 7 p.m.-8:15 p.m.; Youth Fellowship Hour Mon. 6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.MARANATHA BAPTIST CHURCH, 2103 Walter Street, Rock Falls (Yeowardville). Sunday School (for all ages) 9:30 a.m. Morn-ing Worship 10:40 a.m. (nursery provided) Sunday evening wor-ship service 6:00 p.m. Wednesday night prayer meeting 7:00 p.m. Phone 625-8978. Affiliated with Southern Baptist Convention.PRIMIRA IGLESIA BAUTISTIC GETHSEMANE HISPANA 1014 W. 7th St., Sterling. Sunday School 10 a.m. & 5 p.m. Morning Wor-ship, 11 a.m.; Evening Worship, 7 p.m.; Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. Ser-vicio de Orasion y Estudio at 6:30. TAMPICO BAPTIST CHURCH, Tampico, Sunday School (for all ages), 9:30 a.m. Worship, 10:30 a.m.; Evening service, 6:00 p.m. Wednesday: Adult Bi-ble Study and Prayer, 6:30 p.m. HARVEST TIME BIBLE CHURCH, 1802 Dixon Ave., Rock Falls. Phone 626-1234. Pastor Jason Borton. Children’s Pastor Myles Kukowski, Baptist Doctrine, Aaron Meeks, Minister of Music. Sunday School for all ages, 9:30 a.m., Sunday Wor-ship Services, 8:30 and 10:50 a.m. Evening Worship, 6:30 p.m.; High

School Youth, 6:30 p.m. Wednes-day Services, 6:45 p.m.; Awa-nas 6:30 p.m. Jr. High Youth 6:30 p.m. Nursery always provided.LIBERTY BAPTIST CHURCH2002 9th Ave., Rock Falls, IL 61071 Phone 815-579-1209 Pastor Tommy McMurtry. Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Sunday Service 11:00 a.m. Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m. t o m m y m c m u r t r y . l i b -e r t y b c @ g m a i l . c o mTRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH403 6th Ave. North, Lyndon, Illinois. Pastor Alan Jahn. Ph.#(563)242-0307 www.trinitybaptistchapel.com Sun-day School 9:15 a.m., Morning Wor-ship 10:30 a.m. Evening Worship 6 p.m., Youth Program 6 p.m. Wednes-day Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m.

BRETHRENMILLEDGEVILLE BRETHREN CHURCH, 521 N. Main Ave., Milledgeville. Pastor Jim Black. Fel-lowship 8:30 a.m.; Sunday School 9:00 a.m.; Worship at 10:00 a.m. Youth Activities & Evening ser-vices announced. 815-225-7814.UNITED BRETHREN IN CHRIST, 210 East Grove Street, Coleta, IL. Wilmer (Bill) Houch, Pastor. Sun-day Worship Celebration 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m. For more information, call 815-441-3774.

BRETHREN IN CHRISTThe Bridge @ Beans, 121 E. 3rd St., Sterling. 11 a.m. Sun-day. Pastors, Rita Wolf and Bruce Johnson. Phone 815-441-0779

CATHOLICSACRED HEART CATHOLIC, 2224 Ave., J, Sterling. Masses; Saturday, 5:30 p.m.; Sunday, 8:30 and 10 a.m.; Sacrament of Rec-onciliation, Saturday 4:30-5 p.m. Rev. Bruce Ludeke, PastorST. ANDREW CATHOLIC, 708 10th Ave., Rock Falls, Saturday confes-sions 4:00 p.m. Tuesday confes-sions 8:45 a.m. Saturday evening Mass 5:00 p.m. Sunday Mass: 7:15 & 9:00 a.m. Daily Mass Mon., Wed., Thurs. 8:00 a.m. (Wednesday dur-ing school year 8:15 a.m.); Friday 5:30 p.m.; Sat. 8:00 a.m. Fr. Richard Russo, Pastor. Phone: 625-4508. ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC, corner of Ave. B and W. 6th St., Sterling. Saturday, 5 p.m.; (Masses of An-ticipation); Sunday Masses, 7, 8:30, 10 and 11:30 a.m. in Span-ish. Rev. James Keenan, Pastor; Fr. Adalberto Sanchaz Parochial Vicar.ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC, 105 Benton Street, Tampico, Fr. Richard Russo, Pastor. Sunday Mass 10:45a.m. Friday 8a.m., Phone 438-5425

CHRISTIAN-CHURCH OF CHRISTYORKTOWN CHURCH OF CHRIST, rural Tampico. Sunday service - 9 a.m.worship. For more information callJoseph Rosenski at (815)537-5371. Everyone is welcome! TAMPICO CHURCH OF CHRIST, 201 S. Fermont St., Tampi-co. Sunday school 9:00 a.m.; Sun Worship Service, 10:00 a.m.; Phone 815-438-6805.MORRISON CHRISTIAN CHURCH, 201 S. Genesee St., Morrison, IL 61270. Phone (815) 772-4928 Worship 10:00 a.m. Sunday; Sunday School 10:30; Call for Ladies Bible Study

COMMUNITYCOMMUNITY OF CHRIST, Cor-ner of Reno Rd. and Candlelight Dr., Worship 9:30 a.m. Pastor Kim-berly Crump, Phone 815-625-6144.WALNUT COMMUNITY BIBLE CHURCH, 125 Jackson, Walnut. El-don Cook, Pastor, Nathan Richey, Associate Pastor; 9:00 a.m. Sunday Church Service; 10:30 a.m. Breakout Bible sessions. Phone 815-379-2645.

CONGREGATIONALFIRST CONGREGATIONAL UNIT-ED CHURCH OF CHRIST, 905 Dixon Ave., Rock Falls.; Pastor Al Campbell; Sunday Service 10:00 a.m.; Holy Communion first Sun-day of the month. No steps or stairs for handicapped for wor-ship. Church phone: 625-3314. THE BIG RED CHURCH First Congregational 311 Second Ave., Sterling. Pastor Jeff Coester; Church School, 9:00 a.m.; Morning Wor-ship, 10:00 a.m. in the Sanctuary. Coffee Fellowship to follow wor-ship service. Tuesday nights Prayer Warriors 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study 7:00 p.m. Church Office phone, 625-5112. The church is acces-sible to people with disabilities.

DISCIPLES OF CHRISTFIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH, 506 5th Ave., Rock Falls. Sunday Wor-ship 10:00 a.m. Handicapped ac-cessible. Phone 815-626-2271.FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH, 3400 N. 6th Ave., Sterling, Rev. Courtney Montgomery Chandler. Sunday School, all ages 9 a.m.; Worship service 10:15 a.m.; Families Wel-come. Nursery provided. Handi-capped accessible. Phone 625-6851.CHRISTIAN CHURCH, New Bed-ford, Pastor Brian L. Moore. Sun-day: 9 a.m., Sunday School; 10:00 a.m., Sunday Morning Worship 10:30. Christian Children Fellow-ship Group on first Wednesday at 6:00 p.m., Youth Group on third Sunday at 6:00 p.m. Adult Fellow-ship Group on first Sunday at 5:00 p.m. at Fellowship Hall, and CWF on fourth Monday at 9:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. 445-4663 Pastor 626-2668FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF WALNUT, 109 Red Oak Road, Wal-nut, IL. Pastor Brian L. Moore. Sunday Morning Worship 9:00 a.m.; Sunday School for all ages 10:45 a.m. Children/Youth Sun-day Club will resume on Septem-ber 14th 10:15 a.m., Youth Group Meeting 6:00 p.m.; Adult Sunday Bible Class 8:00 a.m., Wednes-days Adult Bible Study 8:00 p.m. Church office phone 815-379-2093. Church Kitchen phone 379-2083. Email: walnutfirstchristain@yahoo.com. Also on Facebook (FirstChristianChurchWalnutIl)

EPISCOPALGRACE EPISCOPAL, 707 1st Ave., Sterling, 815-625-0442. Reverend Peg Williams, Rector. 9:00a.m. Sunday Holy Eucharist. Wednes-days spoken Holy Eucharist Noon, Bible study and soup supper at 5:30. Every Third Friday at 5:30 Younger adults gathering. Pastoral care, confession and reconcilia-tion by appt. gracechurchstg.org

CHURCH OF SAINT ANNE (Epis-copal), 401 North Cherry Street, Morrison, Illinois 61270 (815) 772-2818. The Father Andrew

Bro, Supply Priest. Schedule of Masses and Services: Sunday 9:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist, low mass with hymns, 10:00 a.m. coffee and fellowship.

EVANGELICALERIE EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH 1409 16th Avenue, Erie, Illinois 61250. 309-659-7125. Pas-tor Ron Eckberg. Sunday: Sun-day School 9:00 a.m.; Celebration Service, 10:15 a.m. Wednesday: Awana (K-6) 6:30 p.m. (Church Location); Junior High (7-8) 6:30 p.m. ; (Erie Middle School); Senior High (9-12) 7:30 p.m. (Erie Middle School). www.info@erieefree.org

FOURSQUAREFOURSQUARE CHURCH, 1501 11th Ave., Rock Falls, Floyd Os-born, pastor. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship, 10:45 a.m. Crusaders, 6 p.m. Evening Ser-vice, 7 p.m. Wednesday Mid-Week Service, 7:30 p.m. nursery facili-ties available. Phone: 625-5040.

JEWISHTEMPLE SHOLOM, 510 E. 10th St., Sterling. Call for time and date of services. Temple phone:625-2599.

CHURCH OF JESUS CHRISTLATTER DAY SAINTS

THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS, 2709 16th Ave., Sterling. William Stocks, Bishop; Sacrament Meeting 9:30-10:40 a.m.; Sunday school, 10:45-11:25 a.m.; Priesthood, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Relief society and Young Women, 11:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m.

LUTHERANFIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH OF JORDAN (ELCA) Sterling, 6 miles north on Rt. 40. Pastor Jamie Gal-lagher. Phone 225-7410. Wor-ship, 8:30 a.m.; Church 625-5407. The church building is air condi-tioned, and handicap accessible.FIRST LUTHERAN (ELCA), 300 West Third Street, Prophetstown, Rev. Katrina (Katie) Gallagher. Wor-ship, 9:00 a.m. Education hour, 10:15 a.m. September through May. Our building is handi-cap accessible. Phone 537-2758.OUR SAVIOUR LUTHERAN (LCMS), 21496 Hazel Rd., Ster-ling, Rev. Donald Matthiessen, Pastor. Worship, 9:00 a.m. Sun-day School and Bible Study 10:00 a.m. Morrison phone: 772-4345.GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN, (LCMS) Dixon Ave., at Mar-tin Road, Rock Falls, Rev. Dan-iel Behmlander, pastor. Worship Service, 9:00 a.m. Handicap ac-cessible. Air Conditioned. Sun-day School and Bible Class 10:15 a.m. Church office: 625-3376.IMMANUEL EVANGELICAL LU-THERAN (ELCA), corner of 8th Ave. and W. 5th, Rock Falls. Vicki Sauter, Pastor; Worship: Sunday Worship at 9:00 a.m. and Sunday School at 10:15 a.m. Sept. thru May; Thursday evenings 6:30. Elevator and facili-ties for disabled persons. Air Con-ditioned. Church office: 625-3575.ST. JOHN’S EVANGELICAL LU-THERAN (ELCA), 703 Third Ave., Sterling. Rev. Mark Oehlert. Sun-day Worship at 9:30 a.m. Sunday School immediately following worship. Alternative Worship Wed. 6:15 p.m. Facilities air conditioned and equipped for the handicapped, including elevator. Church Of-fice phone: 625-2634, between 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. weekdays.MESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCH, (LCMS) LeFevre Rd. and Ave. F, Sterling. Phone: 625-2284. Sun-day Worship Services at 9:00 a.m.; Sunday School and Bible classes at 10:15 a.m.; 9 a.m. broadcast live on WLLT, 107.7 FM on Sunday. Handi-cap accessible w/use of elevator. Air Conditioned. DCE: Steven Whitney

ST. PAUL LUTHERAN (ELCA), 1701 16th Ave., Sterling; Brandon Nelson, Pastor. Gerad VonHolten, Youth Di-rector. Sunday Morning: Worship Time 9:00 a.m. & 11:11 a.m.; Coffee Fellowship following worship. Nurs-ery provided; handicap accessible; air conditioned. Phone 625-3069.

HOLY TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH (LCMS), 404 E. North St., Rte. 92, Walnut, IL; Rev. Da-vid Menet, Pastor. Sunday Morn-ing Worship 9:00 A.M.; Sunday School and Adult Bible Class 10:00 A.M. Phone 815-379-2839.

ST. PETER LUTHERAN CHURCH (LCMS) 601 N. Jackson St. Morri-son. Rev Mark Winkelman, Senoir Pastor; Rev Mike Winkelman, As-sociate Pastor. Sunday Worship Services at 9:30 A.M. Sunday School & Adult Bible Studies 10:45 A.M. Various Bible Studies during the week. Handicap accessible and air conditioned. Signing for deaf is available upon request. 815-772-3386. www.stpetersmorrison.com

TRINITY EVANGELICAL LU-THERAN CHURCH (ELCA), Rt. 40 & Stover Ave., Milledgeville. Pastor Jamie Gallagher. September-May 9:00 a.m. Sunday School and Adult Forum; All year 10:15 a.m. Sunday Worship; Handicap accessible; Air conditioned. Phone: 225-7410.NEW LIFE LUTHERAN CHURCH (LCMC Congregation), 702 W. Lynn Blvd. Sterling, IL. Air condi-tioned. Pastor Bill Sullivan, Sun-day Traditional Service 8:30 a.m. Contemporary Service 10:45 a.m. Church Office Phone 499-6552. nursery provided Sat. night ser-vice 6:00pm. www.nllutheran.com Handicapped Accessible.

MENNONITECOMMUNITY MENNONITE FEL-LOWSHIP, meeting site at Sterling YWCA, 412 First Ave., Sterling, IL. Pastor Dan Rusmisel. Sunday Wor-ship 10:00 a.m followed by Study Time 11:15 a.m. Phone: 815-238-3421; Email: d_rusmiselle@yahoo.com. For more information see web-site: Community-Mennonite.orgSCIENCE RIDGE MENNONITE CHURCH, 1702 East 37th St., Sterling. Arnold Owens, Pastor. Sunday morning Church Wor-ship 10:00 a.m., Sunday School 10:55 a.m. Phone 626-0538.

METHODISTEAST JORDAN UNITED METH-ODIST, 22027 Polo Rd., Sterling, IL 61081. Jim Miller, Pastor. Fel-lowship 8:30; Sunday School 8:50; Worship 10:00. Handicap accessible and air conditioned. Phone: 815-626-0104. Web ad-dress: www.EastJordanUMC.orgFIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 501 Broadway Ave., Sterling; Rev. Brad Wilson, pastor. Sunday School, 9:00 a.m. Worship, 10:30 a.m. Nursery provided. El-evator available. Air conditioning. Handicap accessible. Telephones: Church 815-625-0244 (fax-815-564-0302); Annex, 815-626-1734; Loaves & Fishes breakfast, Mon.-Fri., 9-11 a.m., FISH Pantry, Mon.-Fri., 9-11 a.m., 815-626-1734. E-mail: admin@sterlingfirstumc.orgROCK FALLS UNITED METHOD-IST, Home of Bear Necessities 210 4th Ave nue 815-625-0114 Wor-ship 9:00am & Wednesday 5:30pm. Adult & Children’s Sunday school at 10am Pastor: Rich Fassig - cell 815 751 2290 Christian Ed: Ann Brandt. Handicap accessible & air conditioned. www.rockfall-sumc.org Like us on Facebook

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 321 N. Holcomb Ave., Milled-geville, 225-7511. 9:00 a.m. Sun-day School 10:15 a.m. Worship Service. Pastor Andrew Pittman.TRINITY UNITED METHODIST, 2nd Ave., and E. 10th St., Sterling, Pastor Brad Wilson. Sunday morn-ing worship and Camp Sonshine for children in 5th grade and un-der at 9:00a.m. Fellowship with coffee and snacks at 10:20a.m. Nursery provided during 9:00a.m. worship. Phone 1-815-626-7777. Trinity Food Pan-try: call ‘Good Neighbors’ for voucher at 1-815-625-5111.

WESLEY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 2200 16th Ave., Sterling, Rev. Wesley Dickson Fellowship 9:30 a.m. Worship 8 a.m. & 10:00 a.m. Fully handicapped acces-sible and air-conditioned. Nurs-ery provided. Contact Church Of-fice for questions 815-625-1968

TAMPICO FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, (Two blocks west of Casey’s) Welcomes Pastor Leanne Keate. Church phone 815-438-6105; Sunday School 9:30 a.m. (starting again in Sep); Sunday Church Service 10:30 a.m., Fellowship to follow. Need a ride? Call Terry 815-535-3665.

COLETA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 112 North Main St., Hy-ewon “Sophia” Hyon, Pastor. Wor-ship Hour: 9:00 a.m.; Fellowship 10:00 a.m.; Sunday School for All ages 10:30 a.m. Fully handicapped acessible and air conditioned. (Rides available, call 336-2226)

NAZARENEFIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZA-RENE, 13th Ave., and 5th St., Ster-ling. Senior Pastor: Bob Hasselbring 9:45 a.m. Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. Worship Service; handicapped accessible; nursery provided at all services. Phone: 625-0864.LOST LAKE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE, 90 W. Flagg Road, Dixon 815-626-4732 (corner of Lowden and Flagg Road). Pastor: Bob Clardie; Sunday School 9 a.m.; Fellowship at 11 a.m.; Sunday Weekly Service 10:00 a.m.

OPEN BIBLEFIRST OPEN BIBLE CHURCH, 2105 E. Rt. 30 Rock Falls. Rev. Les Funderberg, Pastor, Sunday School, 9:30 a.m., Morning Wor-ship 10:30 a.m.; Super Church 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday, Prayer and Bible Study, 7 p.m. Youth Ser-vice - Beyond Belief Wed. 7:00 p.m. Phone: 625-1957 or 625-0414.

UNITED PENTECOSTALNEW LIFE TABERNACLE, Lo-cated on the Corner of E. 10th St. and Avenue D, Rock Falls. Rev. Carl B. Reese, Pastor. Pentecost Sunday, May 15th 6 p.m. Sunday School and Morning Worship 10 a.m., Sunday Evening Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday Prayer 6 p.m. Church/Pastors Phone: 625-2926

PRESBYTERIANFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 410 2nd Ave., A Heart for God in the Heart of Sterling. Pastor Christina Berry: Morning Worship 9:30 a.m. with childcare provided; Fellowship following worship. Choir practice 11 a.m. Building accessible to the handicapped for more informa-tion call 815-625-0452 or visit our Facebook & Become A Fan of FPC. www.firstpresbyteriansterling.orgFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 100 East Lincolnway, Morrison, Il. Rev. Michael Selburg. Phone 815-772-3510. Sunday School/Choir Rehearsal 9:00 a.m. Worship Ser-vice 10:15 a.m. Coffee Hour 11:15 a.m. Monthly Communion. FREE Community Dinner 5:00-6:30 p.m. second and last Thursday of month.

REFORMEDBETHEL CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH, 1208 3rd Ave., Fulton, IL. Pastor Len Meinema. Sunday services 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Sunday School for children and adults 9 a.m.; Youth group: Every other Sunday at 7:15 p.m.; Early Teen Ministries (ETM): Sunday at 4:30 p.m.; Prayer meeting at church every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.BETHEL REFORMED CHURCH, Pastor Gary DeKoekkoek 23rd St. and 3rd Ave., Sterling. Worship, 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. Sunday School, 10:50 - 11:30; Nursery provided. Call the church office for infor-mation and other organizations: 626-1816. www.b e t h e l r e f o r m e d . c o mSPRING VALLEY REFORMED CHURCH, 10960 Spring Val-ley Rd., Fulton, Il. 815-772-3554. Pastor Ralph Beidler. Worship 9:30am. Sunday School 11:00am. Outdoor Drive In Worship 7pm Mid May - Mid September.

SALVATION ARMY SALVATION ARMY, 409 Ave. F, Sterling, www.tsasterling.org, 815-625-1622. Envoys DeShawn and Christal Johnson, Corps Pastors and Administrators. Social Services: Office Hours M/T/W/F 9am-4pm, Food Pantry T/W/F 1pm-3:30pm. Weekly Programming: Bible Study Wednesdays 5:30pm, Corps Ca-dets (Teen Leadership) Wednes-days 5:30pm, Praise Team Practice Wednesdays 7:00pm, Women’s Ministries Thursdays 1:00pm, Youth Group Thursdays 5-7pm, Women’s Night once a month 7pm, Parkway Service 2nd Sunday’s 2pm. Sunday Services: Sunday School 10:15am (all ages), Fellowship Time 11:00am, Worship Service 11:15am (nursery available). Community Services: Disaster Services, Worship Services, Character Building Programs, Sum-mer Camps, Worship Arts, Vacation Bible School, Nursing Home Vis-its, Pastoral Counseling, Funerals.THE CHURCH OF GOD, INC.THE CHURCH OF GOD INC., La Iglesia de Dios Inc.; 119 W. Second St., Rock Falls, IL 61071 626-8419, y la Pastora Sonia Rico y congrega-cion te invita a sus servicios de adoracion a Dios, Martes, Mier-coles, Viernes, y Sabados 7:00-9:00 p.m. Clases biblica de ninos Saba-dos 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Trans-portation disponible. 626-8419.

NONDENOMINATIONALCHURCH OF CHRIST, 1902 16th Ave., Sterling. Sunday Morn-ing Bible Study, 9:30 a.m. Wor-ship Services, 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Bible Study, 7 p.m. Phone: 625-2251.AMAZING GRACE OF STERLING, 512 Second Avenue, Sterling. Rev. Loren Schlomer, pastor. Saturday evening service 6 p.m., Sunday worship 10 a.m. Midweek service Wednesday 7 p.m. Kids church during Sunday services. Phone 625-9300. www.revivalfires.net

FRIENDSHIP TEMPLE OF JESUS CHRIST, 902 Oak Ave., Ster-ling, IL 61081. Pastor: Lonnie Chat-tic, phone 815-499-1895. Sunday Morning Worship Service 10:00 a.m.

ABIDING WORD CHURCH, an Associate of RHEMA Bible Church. Corner of 6th Avenue and Lynn Blvd., Sterling. Rev. Scott D. Porter, Sr. Pastor; Saturday Night service 6:00 p.m. Sunday Celebra-tion service 10:00 a.m. Youth Group 7th thru 12th grade, Sunday 10 a.m. Children’s ministry during all services. Phone 626-1827. Fax 626-6065. www.abidingwordchurch.orgFULL GOSPEL ASSEMBLY, 3807 E. 23rd, Sterling, Brian De-seno, pastor. Sunday Services at 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednes-day Night services at 7:00 p.m. Home/Office phone, 622-3968. THE LIVING BREAD, 1003 Griswold, Sterling, “A Spirit-filled Bible Fellow-ship,” Sunday 10:00 a.m. For youth and other meetings call 626-6941.CITY OF GOD, 530 W. Rt. 30, Rock Falls, an “Evangelistic Spirit Filled Ministry”, Larry Harts, Sr., Pas-tor. Associate Pastor, Marchet Harts. Youth Sundays ages 12-18. Sunday Worship and Praise 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday “Bible Educa-tion Night” 6:45 p.m.; Nursery: birth to 3 yrs.; Children’s Min-istry All Services 4 yrs.-11yrs. Phone 815-716-8057; FAX 716-8058TABERNACLE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, 1407 Griswold Ave., Sterling. Frank Echebarria, pas-tor. Sunday Evening Worship 6:00 p.m.; Thursday night 7:00; Saturday night 7:00 p.m. Phone 625-9377; Home phone 625-3420.RIVER VALLEY CHURCH, 415 E. 3rd Street, Sterling. Sunday Morning Worship Service 10:30 a.m.;

www.rvcsterling.comUNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP, 309 30th Avenue North, Clinton, Iowa. Sunday Ser-vices at 10:00 a.m., and children’s education at 10:30 a.m. Sunday mornings. For more informa-tion call 319-242-4972. wwws.geocities.com/unitarianclintoniaFIREHOUSE OF GOD MINISTRIES, 306 5th Ave., Sterling. Pastor Brian Tribley. Phone 622-9490. Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m., Com-munity Light Program Free Meal Mon.-Fri. 5-6 p.m. Sat. Noon-1 p.m. SHALOM ASSEMBLY OF YAH-WEH, Sabbath Meetings Sat. at 1:30 p.m.; Sabbath School Sat. at 4 p.m.; (815)718-1323. Pastor H.R. Castillo. wwwforhisname.comCOWBOY CHURCH ON THE ROCK, at 106 Gaston St., Prai-rieville, Sunday worship service 10:30 a.m.; Bible Study every Tuesday at 6:00pm: Handicapped accessible - everyone welcome. Contact Pastor Charlie White 815-445-5912 for more information.THE ROCK CHRISTIAN FELLOW-SHIP, Building Stronger Chris-tians. 104 E. 3rd Street, Rock Falls, IL. Sunday Prayer & Praise 9-9:30 a.m.; Bible Study/Worship Ser-vice 9:45 a.m.; Life Support 6:30 p.m.; Mon. Youth Group 7-8 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.); Tues. CPR-Constantly Practicing Recov-ery 7-8 p.m.; Wed. Steps of Life 10-11 a.m.; Bible Study 101 6-7 p.m.; Sat. Open Fellowship 6-10 p.m.CROSSROADS COMMUNITY CHURCH MORRISON, Meets Sun-days at 10:00a.m. at MIT Auditori-um 701 Portland Avenue, Morrison. Kidzlink (Birth-5th grade) During Sunday Service. Office location 125 W. Main St., Morrison, Phone 815-956-0090, Email morrison@crossroadscn.com Crave Students Ministries 201 W. Market Street, Morrison (Grade 6-12) Wednes-day nights doors open at 6:30p.m. CROSSROADS COMMUNITY CHURCH ~ WHITE PINES CAMPUS205 N. Jefferson Avenue, Polo. 815.837.5255. Meeting Saturdays at 6pm and Sundays at 10AM whit-epines@crossroadscn.com We of-fer contemporary worship and relevant Bible teaching through engaging messages and powerful video. Join us after services for cof-fee, snacks & fellowship. Kidzlink Children’s Ministry (nursery-5th grade) during adult services Crave Youth Group (6th-12th grade) Wednesday nights 7pm. Visit our website: www.crossroadscn.com ONEIGHTY CHURCH, 12590 Lawrence Road, Sterling. Paul Sheley, Pastor. Service, Sunday 10:00am. Children’s Ministry avail-able during all services. Phone 815-632-3410. www.o n e i g h t y c h u r c h . o r gSAUK VALLEY COMMUNITY CHURCH, 498 IL RT. 2 (accross Brandywind) Sunday worship at 10am Nursery provided; 815-288-7000 website: saukchurch.com

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HAPPY CHANTS: COASTAL CAROLINA WINS COLLEGE WORLD SERIES. BASEBALL, B2.

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Forreston to host 3-on-3 tourney

In conjunction with For-reston Hometown Days, the boys basketball team will be hosting a 3-on-3 tournament on July 23.

There will be divisions for fifth-grade boys & girls through adults, with games beginning at 8 a.m. at the outdoor courts at the high school & grade school. Bracket champions will receive trophies, and all participants will receive a T-shirt.

Registration forms can be found on the Facebook page 3on3ForrstonHD. Contact Jonathan Schnei-derman at jschneiderman @fvdistrict221.org for more information.

ARCHERY

Rochelle club to host 3D shoots

The Rochelle Wildlife Conservation Club will host a trio of 3D archery shoots on July 3, August 7, and September 4.

Cost to shoot at 30 out-door Rinehart targets is $10, with registration from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Food will also be available at the club, located at 3501 Sweeney Road in Chana. Call Bill Winebaugh at 815-978-2660 for more information.

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McGirt takes lead at Bridgestone

In his World Golf Cham-pionship debut, William McGirt opened with six birdies and finished with a 45-foot par for a 6-under 64 and a three-shot lead.

McGirt had some decent company behind him after an opening round of warm sunshine and fast condi-tions at Firestone. Jason Day, the world’s No. 1 player, was among three players at 67, while Jordan Spieth somehow managed to post a 68 despite hav-ing only one birdie attempt (he missed) in his first 10 holes.

U.S. Open champion Dustin Johnson had a U.S. Open kind of round – 15 pars, two birdies and a bogey – for a 69.

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Manziel suspended 4 games by leagueJohnny Manziel has

been suspended for the first four games of next season for violating the NFL’s substance-abuse policy, and the free-agent quarterback could face further discipline over his domestic violence case if he signs with another team.

The 23-year-old Manziel was released by Cleveland in March.

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TodayAuto racing

7 a.m.

• Formula One, Austrian Grand Prix, practice, at Spielberg, Austria, NBCSN

1 p.m.

• NASCAR Xfinity, Subway Firecracker 250, qualifying, at Daytona Beach, Fla., NBCSN

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• NASCAR Sprint Cup, Coke Zero 400, qualifying, at Daytona Beach, Fla., NBCSN

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CFL 9 p.m.

• Blue Bombers at Stampeders, ESPN2

Golf5:30 a.m.

• European PGA, 100th Open de France, second round, at Paris, GOLF

12:30 p.m.

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COLLEGE WORLD SERIES | COASTAL CAROLINA 4, ARIZONA 3

Dodgers pitcher put on 15-day DL with a back injury. Meanwhile, the Dodgers acquired Bud Norris from the Braves.

BY ERIC OLSONAP Sports Writer

OMAHA, Neb. – Coastal Caroli-na coach Gary Gilmore often said he just wanted his team to reach the College World Series.

Until this week, he never imag-ined the Chanticleers would do so much more: They’re heading back to Conway, South Carolina, with the school’s first national championship in any sport.

The Chanticleers defeated Ari-zona 4-3 in the deciding Game 3 of the College World Series finals on Thursday, capitalizing on two errors on the same play to score four unearned runs in the sixth inning of a game delayed a day by bad weather.

It was worth the wait.“Whenever I die, I’ll know this

group of guys here, they willed themselves to be the national champion,” Gilmore said. “It was just meant to be, no doubt. If there is such a thing as a team of destiny, this group is it.”

Coastal Carolina (55-18) became the first team since Min-nesota in 1956 to win the title in its first CWS appearance. Arizo-na (49-24) was trying for its sec-ond national title since 2012, but came up just short in a season in which it was picked to finish ninth in the Pac-12.

“Amazing season, and they’re a deserving champion,” first-year coach Jay Johnson said of the Chanticleers. “We played as good as we possibly could this year, and they’re the best team we’ve played, in my opinion.”

Andrew Beckwith (15-1), the national leader in wins, went 5 2/3 innings after pitching two complete games and picked up his third victory of the CWS. He was named the Most Outstand-ing Player.

“He’s been coaching for 21 years, and he deserves every bit of it,” Beckwith said of Gilmore. “We got him to Omaha, and we got him a national champion-ship. The senior class, the hard work in the fall, the dedication of the guys who don’t play much. It doesn’t go unnoticed. It was a full team effort the whole College World Series, and we got it done.”

Alex Cunningham earned his first save, striking out Ryan Haug with a full-count fastball to end the game after Arizona had

pulled within one in the bottom of the ninth. When Haug swung and missed, Cunningham turned to his dugout, beat his chest with his fist three times and saluted before flipping his glove away to start the celebration.

“The running joke is that in high school, I lost the state champion-ship three times in a row. I was not going to lose this one, I prom-ise you that,” Cunningham said.

The championship was the first in a team sport in the 33-year his-tory of the Big South Conference. But the Big South could savor the accomplishment for only about 8 hours. The Chanticleers become members of the Sun Belt Confer-ence on Friday.

“This program has been a lot better than people give it credit for,” Gilmore said. “They thought we played in a small conference and couldn’t get this done. This bunch wanted to prove every-body wrong.”

Arizona, which came into the day with just two errors in seven CWS games, saw second base-man Cody Ramer commit two on the same play in the sixth inning. He couldn’t get a handle on a grounder, allowing David Parrett to score from third. Then Ramer tried to get Michael Paez run-ning from second to third, but

he overthrew Kyle Lewis. That allowed Paez to come home. G.K. Young then launched a no-doubt homer into the seats above the right-field bullpen for a 4-0 lead.

“It’s the best feeling of my life,” Young said. “I’m trying not to cry right now. Just dreaming of that in my head since I was 10 years old, hitting a home run in the College World Series. I never would have thought it would come in the championship game.”

The Wildcats cut the lead in half with two unearned runs in the bottom half of the sixth against a tiring Beckwith. Arizona’s Bobby Dalbec (11-6) worked 5 2/3 innings, striking out eight to increase his CWS total to 26 in 20 2/3 innings.

Arizona’s first two batters in the bottom of the ninth reached base against Cunningham, and Zach Gibbons’ sacrifice fly made it a one-run game with two outs. Ryan Aguilar then doubled into the left-field corner, but Ramer was held at third because Antho-ny Marks was able to get the ball back to the infield so quickly.

“That’s the play of the season in college baseball,” Johnson said. “We play aggressively, but Cody would have been out by 100 feet – and I know it’s only 90 feet. I can’t believe the play that was made.”

BY HOWARD FENDRICHAP Tennis Writer

LONDON – After 2 days filled with rain, the sun actually made an appearance at Wimble-don on Thursday, allow-ing for plenty of play all around the grounds, a chance to finally con-clude the first round – and several surprises, the biggest of which was French Open champion Garbine Muguruza’s exit.

No. 2 Muguruza, who reached her first Grand Slam final at the All Eng-land Club a year ago and won her first Grand Slam title less than a month ago, was one of 18 seeded players who lost on Day 4, including 11 women.

Admittedly lethargic, and displaying none of the verve or confi-dent shotmaking she’s known for, Muguruza lasted less than an hour in the second round Thursday, beaten 6-3, 6-2 by Slovakia’s Jana Cepelova, a qualifier ranked 124th.

“My energy was not really there,” Muguruza said. “I was trying, but [it] didn’t work at all.”

That same senti-ment might have been expressed by some of the other players who joined her on the way out of the tournament, including No. 31 Kris-tina Mladenovic in a weather-delayed first-round match, and No. 7 Belinda Bencic, No. 14 Sam Stosur, No. 15 Kar-olina Pliskova, No. 16 Johanna Konta, No. 17 Elina Svitolina, No. 20

Sara Errani, No. 22 Jele-na Jankovic, No. 30 Car-oline Garcia, and No. 32 Andrea Petkovic, all in second-round matches.

That group includes a Grand Slam champion (Stosur), major final-ists (Errani, Jankovic), the first seeded British woman at Wimbledon since 1984 (Konta, elim-inated by 2014 runner-up Eugenie Bouchard) and a top-10 player

considered a possible future star of the sport (Bencic, who retired because of a left wrist injury while trailing American qualifier Julia Boserup).

There was nearly another big name gone. But No. 3 Agnieszka Rad-wanska, the 2012 Wim-bledon runner-up, saved three match points, then took advantage when her opponent, 18-year-old Ana Konjuh of Croatia, twisted her right ankle by accidentally stepping on a tennis ball during a point. That happened at 7-all in the third set and, although Konjuh contin-ued to play after a medi-cal timeout, Radwanska was able to finish off a 6-2, 4-6, 9-7 victory.

The seven seeded men who lost, all in the sec-ond round, were No. 8 Dominic Thiem, No. 13 David Ferrer, No. 16 Gilles Simon, No. 23 Ivo Karlovic, No. 25 Viktor Troicki – who launched an epic tirade at the chair umpire because of a call two points from the end of his five-set defeat – No. 26 Benoit Paire, and No. 30 Alex-andr Dolgopolov.

TENNIS | WIMBLEDON

Champion ChanticleersCoastal Carolina swipes national title from Arizona

Rain gone, so is No. 2 MuguruzaFrench Open champ just one of 18 seeds to lose on Day 4

APJana Cepelova celebrates after beating World No. 2 Garbine Muguruza 6-3, 6-2 on Day 4 of Wimble-don on Thursday in London.

APCoastal Carolina players celebrate their 4-3 victory over Arizona in Game 3 of the College World Series finals Thursday in Omaha, Neb.

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East Division W L Pct GBBaltimore 47 30 .610 —Boston 42 36 .538 5½Toronto 43 38 .531 6New York 39 39 .500 8½Tampa Bay 33 45 .423 14½

Central Division W L Pct GBCleveland 48 30 .615 —Kansas City 42 36 .538 6Detroit 41 38 .519 7½Chicago 40 39 .506 8½Minnesota 25 53 .321 23

West Division W L Pct GBTexas 51 29 .638 —Houston 42 37 .532 8½Seattle 39 39 .500 11Oakland 35 43 .449 15Los Angeles 32 47 .405 18½

Thursday’s resultsN.Y. Yankees 2, Texas 1Chicago White Sox 6, Minnesota 5Cleveland 4, Toronto 1Detroit 10, Tampa Bay 7Kansas City 4, St. Louis 2San Francisco at Oakland, lateBaltimore at Seattle, late

Today’s gamesCleveland (Tomlin 9-1) at Toronto (Stroman 6-4), 12:07 p.m.Kansas City (Kennedy 6-6) at Philadelphia (Hellickson 5-6), 6:05 p.m.Detroit (Fulmer 7-2) at Tampa Bay (Smyly 2-8), 6:10 p.m.L.A. Angels (Chacin 3-6) at Boston (Wright 8-5), 6:10 p.m.Chicago White Sox (Gonzalez 1-3) at Houston (Fiers 5-3), 7:10 p.m.Texas (Perez 7-4) at Minnesota (Santana 2-7), 7:10 p.m.Pittsburgh (Locke 7-5) at Oakland (Gray 3-6), 9:05 p.m.Baltimore (Gausman 1-5) at Seattle (LeBlanc 0-0), 9:10 p.m.N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 6-5) at San Diego (Rea 4-3), 9:40 p.m.

Thursday’s box score

WHITE SOX 6, TWINS 5Minnesota Chicago ab r h bi ab r h biE.Nunez 3b 4 1 2 2 Ti.Andr ss 4 0 3 0Edu.Esc ss 4 0 0 0 Eaton rf 2 1 0 1Grssman dh 3 1 1 1 Abreu 1b 4 0 1 1Dozier 2b 4 1 2 2 T.Frzer 3b 4 1 1 1Plouffe 1b 3 0 0 0 Lawrie 2b 4 1 2 0K.Szuki c 4 0 1 0 D.Nvrro c 4 0 0 0Kepler rf 4 1 1 0 Av.Grca lf 3 2 1 1Da.Sntn lf 4 0 0 0 Dvidson dh 2 1 1 1Buxton cf 3 1 1 0 Coats ph-dh 1 0 0 0 Shuck cf 4 0 3 1Totals 33 5 8 5 Totals 32 6 12 6Minnesota 000 202 100 — 5Chicago 011 300 01x — 6E–Da.Santana (2). DP–Minnesota 2. LOB–Minnesota 3, Chicago 7. 2B–Kepler (11), Buxton (10), Lawrie (20), Shuck (3). HR–Grossman (6), Dozier (13), T.Frazier (23). SB–Eaton (8), Av.Garcia (2). CS–Shuck (1). S–Eaton (7). IP H R ER BB SOMinnesotaMilone 3 1/3 9 5 5 1 3Ramirez 2 2/3 1 0 0 0 2Pressly 1 1 0 0 0 1Abad L,1-2 1 1 1 1 2 1ChicagoRodon 5 2/3 5 4 4 1 6Albers H,11 1/3 0 0 0 1 0Duke H,14 2/3 1 1 1 0 1Jones W,4-2 BS 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 2Robertson S,21-23 1 1 0 0 0 3HBP–by Milone (Eaton). PB–Navarro.

National LeagueEast Division

W L Pct GBWashington 48 32 .600 —New York 41 37 .526 6Miami 41 37 .526 6Philadelphia 35 45 .438 13Atlanta 26 52 .333 21

Central Division W L Pct GBChicago 51 27 .654 —St. Louis 40 38 .513 11Pittsburgh 38 41 .481 13½Milwaukee 35 43 .449 16Cincinnati 29 51 .363 23

West Division W L Pct GBSan Francisco 49 31 .613 —Los Angeles 44 37 .543 5½Colorado 37 41 .474 11Arizona 36 45 .444 13½San Diego 33 46 .418 15½

Thursday’s resultsL.A. Dodgers 8, Milwaukee 1Washington 13, Cincinnati 4N.Y. Mets 4, Chicago Cubs 3Kansas City 4, St. Louis 2Miami at Atlanta, lateSan Francisco at Oakland, late

Today’s gamesCincinnati (DeSclafani 2-0) at Washington (Roark 7-5), 5:05 p.m.Kansas City (Kennedy 6-6) at Philadelphia (Hellickson 5-6), 6:05 p.m.Chicago Cubs (Hammel 7-4) at N.Y. Mets (deGrom 3-4), 6:10 p.m.Miami (Nicolino 2-4) at Atlanta (Teheran 3-7), 6:35 p.m.Milwaukee (Garza 1-0) at St. Louis (Garcia 5-6), 7:15 p.m.San Francisco (Cueto 11-1) at Arizona (Miller 2-7), 8:40 p.m.Pittsburgh (Locke 7-5) at Oakland (Gray 3-6), 9:05 p.m.Colorado (De La Rosa 5-4) at L.A. Dodgers, 9:10 p.m.N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 6-5) at San Diego (Rea 4-3), 9:40 p.m.

Thursday’s box scores

METS 4, CUBS 3Chicago New York ab r h bi ab r h biZobrist rf-lf 5 1 2 0 Nimmo rf 4 1 1 1Bryant 3b 5 1 1 2 N.Wlker 2b 4 0 1 1Rizzo 1b 4 0 1 0 Cspedes cf 4 1 1 1Cntrras c 4 0 1 0 Loney 1b 4 0 1 0J.Baez 2b 5 1 2 1 A.Cbrra ss 4 0 0 0Szczur lf 3 0 1 0 K.Jhnsn lf 3 0 0 0Coghlan ph 1 0 0 0 W.Flres 3b 4 0 0 0Cahill p 0 0 0 0 Familia p 0 0 0 0Russell ss 1 0 0 0 T.d’Arn c 2 1 2 0Lackey p 3 0 0 0 Matz p 2 0 0 0Jo.Prlt p 0 0 0 0 E.Gddel p 0 0 0 0Strop p 0 0 0 0 De Aza ph 0 1 0 0Heyward ph-rf 1 0 0 0 Ad.Reed p 0 0 0 0Almora cf 3 0 1 0 Blevins p 0 0 0 0M.Mntro ph 0 0 0 0 Mat.Ryn 3b 0 0 0 0T.Wood pr 0 0 0 0 Totals 35 3 9 3 Totals 31 4 6 3Chicago 200 001 000 — 3New York 000 001 30x — 4E–J.Baez (6). LOB–Chicago 11, New York 6. 2B–Zobrist (16), Rizzo (19), Almora (6), Loney (7). HR–Bryant (22), J.Baez (8), Ces-pedes (19). CS–Szczur (2). IP H R ER BB SOChicagoLackey 6 1/3 5 2 2 2 5Peralta L,0-1 0 1 2 1 1 0Strop BS,3 2/3 0 0 0 0 1Cahill 1 0 0 0 0 1New YorkMatz 5 1/3 7 3 3 3 6Goeddel W,1-0 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 2Reed H,16 2/3 1 0 0 1 2Blevins H,9 1/3 0 0 0 0 0Familia S,27-27 1 1 0 0 2 2Jo.Peralta pitched to 2 batters in the 7thWP–Reed.

ROYALS 4, CARDINALS 2Kansas City St. Louis ab r h bi ab r h biGordon lf 4 1 1 0 Crpnter 2b 2 0 0 0Mrrfeld 2b 4 1 0 0 Wong cf 3 0 0 0Morales rf 4 1 3 2 Hlliday lf 4 0 0 0K.Hrrra p 0 0 0 0 Moss rf 3 1 1 1W.Davis p 0 0 0 0 M.Adams 1b 4 0 0 0Hosmer 1b 3 0 1 0 Jh.Prlt 3b 4 1 2 1S.Perez c 4 0 0 0 B.Pena c 3 0 0 0C.Colon 3b 3 0 0 0 Pham pr 0 0 0 0Hchevar p 0 0 0 0 G.Grcia ss 2 0 0 0Orlando rf 1 0 0 0 Leake p 2 0 0 0A.Escbr ss 4 1 1 0 Gyorko ph 1 0 0 0J.Dyson cf 4 0 1 1 Lyons p 0 0 0 0Chris.Y p 1 0 0 0 Rsnthal p 0 0 0 0Eibner ph 1 0 0 0 Molina ph 1 0 0 0Gee p 0 0 0 0 Cthbert ph-3b 1 0 0 0 Totals 34 4 7 3 Totals 29 2 3 2Kansas City 110 001 010 — 4St. Louis 000 101 000 — 2E–Jh.Peralta (2), B.Pena (1), Leake (2). LOB–Kansas City 4, St. Louis 7. 2B–Morales 2 (13), J.Dyson (7). HR–Morales (11), Moss (17), Jh.Peralta (3). SB–Merri-field (5), A.Escobar (11). IP H R ER BB SOKansas CityYoung 4 1 1 1 6 5Gee W,3-2 2 1 1 1 0 3Hochevar H,12 1 0 0 0 1 1Herrera H,21 1 0 0 0 0 2Davis S,19-21 1 1 0 0 0 1St. LouisLeake L,5-6 7 5 3 2 1 4Lyons 1 2 1 1 0 2Rosenthal 1 0 0 0 0 0WP–Lyons 2.

College baseballCollege World Series

At TD Ameritrade Park OmahaOmaha, Neb.

Championship Series(Best-of-3)

Monday’s resultArizona 3, Coastal Carolina 1

Tuesday’s resultCoastal Carolina 5, Arizona 4

Thursday’s resultCoastal Carolina 4, Arizona 3, Coastal Car-olina wins series 2-1

TennisWimbledon Seeds Fared

ThursdayAt The All England Lawn Tennis

& Croquet ClubLondon

MENFirst Round

• John Isner (18), United States, def. Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (5), 6-3.• Lucas Pouille (32), France, def. Marius Copil, Romania, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1.

Second Round• Andy Murray (2), Britain, def. Yen-hsun Lu, Taiwan, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1.• Kei Nishikori (5), Japan, def. Julien Ben-neteau, France, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2.• Milos Raonic (6), Canada, def. Andreas Seppi, Italy, 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-2.• Richard Gasquet (7), France, def. Marcel Granollers, Spain, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-1.• Dominic Thiem (8), Austria, lost to Jiri Vese-ly, Czech Republic, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5), 7-6 (3).• Marin Cilic (9), Croatia, def. Sergiy Stak-hovsky, Ukraine, 6-2, 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-4.• David Goffin (11), Belgium, def. Edouard Roger-Vasselin, France, 6-4, 6-0, 6-3.• David Ferrer (13), Spain, lost to Nicolas Mahut, France, 6-1, 6-4, 6-3.• Roberto Bautista Agut (14), Spain, def. Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, walkover.• Gilles Simon (16), France, lost to Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria, 6-3, 7-6 (1), 3-6, 6-4.• Bernard Tomic (19), Australia, def. Radu Albot, Moldova, 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-3.• Ivo Karlovic (23), Croatia, lost to Lukas Lacko, Slovakia, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4.• Viktor Troicki (25), Serbia, lost to Albert Ramos-Vinolas, Spain, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 2-6, 6-3.• Benoit Paire (26), France, lost to John Millman, Australia, 7-6 (5), 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.• Jack Sock (27), United States, def. Robin Haase, Netherlands, 6-1, 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-4.• Sam Querrey (28), United States, def. Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil, 6-4, 6-3, 6-2.• Alexandr Dolgopolov (30), Ukraine, lost to Daniel Evans, Britain, 7-6 (6), 6-4, 6-1.• Joao Sousa (31), Portugal, def. Dennis Novikov, United States, 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.

WOMENFirst Round

• Timea Bacsinszky (11), Switzerland, def. Luksika Kumkhum, Thailand, 6-4, 6-2.• Sloane Stephens (18), United States, def. Peng Shuai, China, 7-6 (5), 6-2.• Barbora Strycova (24), Czech Republic, def. Anett Kontaveit, Estonia, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.• Kristina Mladenovic (31), France, lost to Aliaksandra Sasnovich, Belarus, 6-3, 6-3.

Second Round• Garbine Muguruza (2), Spain, lost to Jana Cepelova, Slovakia, 6-3, 6-2.• Agnieszka Radwanska (3), Poland, def. Ana Konjuh, Croatia, 6-2, 4-6, 9-7.• Angelique Kerber (4), Germany, def. Varvara Lepchenko, United States, 6-1, 6-4.• Simona Halep (5), Romania, def. Franc-esca Schiavone, Italy, 6-1, 6-1.• Roberta Vinci (6), Italy, def. Duan Ying-Ying, China, 6-3, 7-5.• Belinda Bencic (7), Switzerland, lost to Julia Boserup, United States, 6-4, 1-0, retired.• Venus Williams (8), United States, def. Maria Sakkari, Greece, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3.• Madison Keys (9), United States, def. Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.• Carla Suarez Navarro (12), Spain, def. Deni-sa Allertova, Czech Republic, 3-6, 6-2, 6-1.• Sam Stosur (14), Australia, lost to Sabine Lisicki, Germany, 6-4, 6-2.• Karolina Pliskova (15), Czech Republic, lost to Misaki Doi, Japan, 7-6 (5), 6-3.• Johanna Konta (16), Britain, lost to Eug-enie Bouchard, Canada, 6-3, 1-6, 6-1.• Elina Svitolina (17), Ukraine lost to Yaro-slava Shvedova, Kazakhstan, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4.• Dominika Cibulkova (19), Slovakia, def. Daria Gavrilova, Australia, 6-3, 6-2.• Sara Errani (20), Italy, lost to Alize Cornet, France, 7-6 (4), 7-5.• Jelena Jankovic (22), Serbia, lost to Marina Erakovic, New Zealand, 4-6, 7-6 (1), 8-6.• Kiki Bertens (26), Netherlands, def. Mona Barthel, Germany, 6-4, 6-4.• CoCo Vandeweghe (27), United States, def. Timea Babos, Hungary, 6-2, 6-3.• Lucie Safarova (28), Czech Republic, def. Samantha Crawford, United States, 6-3, 6-4.• Daria Kasatkina (29), Russia, def. Lara Arruabarrena, Spain, 7-6 (9), 6-3.• Caroline Garcia (30), France, lost to Kateri-na Siniakova, Czech Republic, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1.• Andrea Petkovic (32), Germany, lost to Elena Vesnina, Russia, 7-5, 6-3.

THURSDAY’S SCOREBOARD LOCAL TENNIS | KSB TOURNAMENT

Youth champs crownedDoubles play in four age groups on second day

By SVM Sports Staff

C h a m p i o n s w e r e crowned in four divi-sions Thursday in the 32nd annual KSB Ten-nis Tournament at the Emma Hubbs Courts in Dixon.

In the 14-and-under girls doubles division, Avery Meyer and Made-lyn Ryan took first with 10 points. Sydney Schott and Meghan VanBuren took second with eight points. Hailey Kratzner and Riley Bally took third with six points.

In 16-and-under mixed doubles play, Katelyn Grell and Andrew Ivar-son took 11 total games to narrowly edge out Avery Meyer and Daniel Ferguson’s 10 games for first place. Kailey Woolard and Jason Rugh were third.

In 18-and-under girls doubles, Erin Vits and Audrey Melton took first place with 15 games. Katie Hammitt and Renata Young were in second with 14. Meyer and Larissa Gallardo

were third with 11, and Grell and Anna Ivarson were fourth with eight.

In the 18-and-under boys divis ion, Fer-guson and Jonathan Rivera took first, beat-ing Andrew Ivarson and Luke Steinke 6-2, 6-3, and Sam Bratt and Zach Healy 7-5, 6-4. Bratt and Healy took second after beating Ivarson and Steinke 6-3, 6-1.

T h e t o u r n a m e n t continues with play in the adult divisions on Saturday.

MLB ROUNDUP

Twins Shucked by ChiSoxLate rally lifts Sox; Mets beat Cubs; KC tops Cards

By the Associated Press

The Twins are in the middle of the worst sea-son in their Minnesota history, and there’s no relief in sight.

J.B. Shuck’s two-out single drove in the tie-breaking run in the eighth inning, Todd Fra-zier hit his 23rd home run, and the White Sox beat the Twins 6-5 on Thursday in Chicago.

Minnesota overcame early 2-0 and 5-2 defi-cits, but it wasn’t enough to prevent their major league-high 53rd loss of the season.

Fernando Abad (1-2), in his first appearance in 8 days because of a stiff back, got the first two batters in the eighth before consecutive walks to slumping Avisail Gar-cia, and .063-hitting Jason Coats. Shuck fol-lowed with his career high-tying third hit of the game.

Nate Jones (4-2) allowed a hit while getting four outs, and David Rob-ertson worked around a single in the ninth for his 21st save in 23 tries. The White Sox won their third straight series for the first time this season.

Tim Anderson added three hits as Chicago improved to 39-38.

Mets 4, Cubs 3: Yoenis Cespedes socked a colossal home run, Jeurys Familia pitched out of a huge jam in the ninth inning, and rookie replacement Brandon Nimmo keyed a three-run rally in the seventh that sent the Mets past the Cubs in New York, their first meeting since last year’s NL Champion-ship Series.

Chicago put runners on second and third with no outs against Familia, who got two strikeouts and a bases-loaded popup for his 27th save, most in the majors. He screamed and pumped his arms repeat-edly after Javier Baez popped up to end it.

Baez’s throwing error at second base allowed Nimmo to score the go-ahead run, and the Mets overcame a 3-0 deficit to stop their four-game slide. New York, which

swept Chicago last Octo-ber to reach the World Series, had lost nine straight regular-season games to the Cubs dating to August 2014.

Both banged-up teams came in depleted by inju-ries as they began a four-game series, the start of an 11-game homestand for the Mets that marks their longest of the sea-son and takes them all the way into the All-Star break.

Kris Bryant’s two-run homer and Baez’s solo shot off rookie Steven Matz gave the major league-best Cubs a 3-0 lead before a scuf-fling Mets lineup finally pushed back.

Cespedes launched a solo drive off John Lackey in the sixth that soared into the third deck in left field, two or three rows deep. It was thought to be the first home run to reach the third deck at Citi Field, which opened in 2009.

Royals 4, Cardinals 2: Kendrys Morales hom-ered and recorded his sixth straight multi-hit game to lead the Royals to a victory over the Cardinals in St. Louis.

Kansas City won for the fourth time in five games, and took the two-city, four-game series 3-1.

Brandon Moss and Jhonny Peralta homered for the Cardinals, who have lost their last seven home games – their lon-gest losing streak since Aug. 2-15, 1983.

Wade Davis recorded his 19th save in 21 chances.

Morales, a designated hitter playing right field for the second straight night, doubled in the sixth inning off Mike Leake (5-6) to push the lead to 3-1. Morales, who went 3-for-4, has 16 hits in 24 at-bats over the six-game run.

Kansas City reliever Dil-lon Gee (3-2) picked up the win allowing one run in two innings.

APThe White Sox’s Avisail Garcia (left) scores the go-ahead run on an eighth-inning single by J.B. Shuck as Twins catcher Kurt Suzuki corrals the throw Thursday in Chicago. The White Sox won 6-5.

APCubs center fielder Albert Almora Jr. makes a leaping catch on a ball hit by the Mets’ Neil Walker during the first inning Thursday in New York. The Mets beat the Cubs 4-3.

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Basketball2015-16: Rachel Cobert, Erie sr.2014-15: Corrie Reiley, Prophetstown sr.2013-14: Sam Lambrigtsen, Oregon sr.2012-13: Sam Lambrigtsen, Oregon jr. 2011-12: Aleena Hammelman, Sterling sr.2010-11: Lauren Hernandez, Sterling sr.

Bowling2015-16: Paige Setchell, Amboy sr.2014-15: Alyson Scheidecker, Oregon so.2013-14: Katlyn Bay, Dixon fr.2012-13: Amber Granzow, Sterling sr.2011-12: Heather Wolf, Sterling sr.2010-11: Heather Wolf, Sterling jr.

Cross country 2015-16: Megan Grady, Amboy sr.2014-15: Haley Weidner, Bureau Valley fr.2013-14: Megan Grady, Amboy fr.2012-13: Regan Weidner, Bureau Valley so.2011-12: Haley Thorpe, Dixon sr. 2010-11: Haley Thorpe, Dixon jr.

Golf2015-16: Karissa Freidag, Eastland sr.2014-15: Jaeden Workman, Morrison so.2013-14: Kara Nehrkorn, Rock Falls sr. 2012-13: Alina Llanas, Polo sr.2011-12: Karlie Mellott, Sterling so. 2010-11: Lydia Bilyeu, Fulton sr.

Soccer2015-16: Lauren Chacon, Dixon jr.2014-15: Lauren Chacon, Dixon so.2013-14: Lauren Chacon, Dixon fr. 2012-13: Rosa Sanchez, Sterling fr.2011-12: Allison DeArvil, Dixon sr. 2010-11: Brittlyn Dillow, Dixon sr.

Softball2015-16: Erin Stroup, Sterling sr.2014-15: Michaela Ward, Rock Falls sr.2013-14: Karlie Mellott, Sterling sr. 2012-13: Emily Bush, Milledgeville sr.; Karlie Mellott, Sterling jr.2011-12: Emily Bush, Milledgeville jr.2010-11: Christie Wiersema, Morrison sr.

Swimming & Diving2015-16: Kallie Zuidema, Sterling jr.2014-15: Kallie Zuidema, Sterling so.2013-14: Charli Wike, Sterling sr. 2012-13: Charli Wike, Sterling jr.2011-12: Rose Thompson, Dixon sr. 2010-11: Rose Thompson, Dixon jr.

Tennis2015-16: Allie Prescott & Maura Scanlan, Sterling seniors2014-15: Allie Shank & Grace Steinke, Sterling seniors2013-14: Hayley Kent & Jessica VanOosten, Dixon seniors2012-13: Brooke Hendricks, Sterling sr.2011-12: Hannah Jakobs, Sterling sr. 2010-11: Johanna Jahns, Sterling so.

Track & Field2015-16: Tayla Schwarz, Dixon so.2014-15: Rachel Cobert, Erie-Prophetstown jr.2013-14: Lexy Duncan, Dixon sr. 2012-13: Paige Rus, Erie-Prophetstown sr.2011-12: Lindsey Hoffert, Bureau Valley fr. 2010-11: Rock Falls Sprint Relays – Maryssa Nusbaum, Morgan Mam-mosser, Paige Wade, Savanah Davis

Volleyball2015-16: Kaylee Martin, Sterling jr. & Bailey O’Brien, Rock Falls sr.2014-15: Kaylee Martin, Sterling so.2013-14: Kiarra Harris, Sterling sr. 2012-13: Krista Loos, Sterling sr. 2011-12: Morgan Mammosser, Rock Falls jr. 2010-11: Courtney Blair, Eastland sr.

HISTORY BOOK FEMALE ATHLETE OF YEAR | TAYLA SCHWARZ | DIXON SOPHOMORE

COMMITTED TO CRAFTDetermination leads this Duchess to state title, record

T he discus began its journey much like Tayla Schwarz’s.

Both started from a standstill, needing an outside force to move it in the right direction.

The disc needed a heave from Schwarz’s right hand, a heave that would send the disc to a rough landing in a patch of grass 145 feet, 8 inches away. After a series of measurements, the throw was confirmed as the longest discus throw in Class 2A history.

Sauk Valley Media’s female athlete of the year needed to win a battle with her mind, a battle won with the help of a push from her coach and her family.

This is the story of that push.

•••It started with Bob and

Dawn Schwarz, Tayla’s parents.

They would hound Tayla, never letting her off easy. They made sure she was doing everything necessary to reach her potential. Bob and Dawn saw Tayla’s ability from an early age. She dominated throughout junior high, and hung with older ath-letes her freshman year.

But when Tayla’s soph-omore season didn’t start off well, they pushed harder.

“We kept telling her, ‘You have to make sure you’re doing everything you can,’” Dawn said. “We knew she had the ability, and it was frus-trating for us. We saw she wasn’t realizing her potential, and we kept drilling her and pushing her to figure it out.”

Bob was the strong one in the family. He was mentally tough. Nothing affected him. He always knew how to attack problems. Bob and Dawn shared the same goal for Tayla, wanting so see her succeed.

They would often have discussions late at night, bouncing ideas off each other on how best to handle Tayla and the family’s shared quest for being the best.

At times, Bob would tell Dawn to “butt out.”

“[Bob] knew best how to handle Tayla,” Dawn said. “He had the perfect mix of saying things to piss her off, while also treading lightly because he under-stood her emotions.”

Hoping some of what was going on in his own mind would rub off on his daughter, Bob would challenge Tayla every chance he got. The family had a name for his unlimited quiver of barbs: “Dad-isms.”

“My dad would tell me, ‘Do you want to be a state champ or a state chump?’” Tayla recalled. “He would yell that at me all the time.”

•••Brandon Woodward had

to make a choice: to go, or to stay. He knew the deci-sion he arrived at would not sit well with Schwarz.

The sophomore thrower lives a lot of her competi-tive life inside her own head. Everything in here is scrutinized and ques-tioned down to the small-est detail. What she does today is compared with what she expects the fin-ish line will look like. Her mind often jumps to the end of the story before finishing the first page.

Schwarz had to be con-soled after the shot put as a freshman at the state meet in 2015. Dixon’s head track & field coach remembered Schwarz cry-ing and hyperventilating.

“I had to remove her from the competition area,” Woodward said. “She was disrupting the other athletes.”

This was after Schwarz placed third in the shot to two athletes older than her. But that wasn’t enough. In her mind, she was a state champion who took third. She was a wreck during the discus later on, and finished fourth.

Fast forward to the start of the 2016 season. Schwarz was ready to redeem herself, but she couldn’t find her form and was throwing distances she hit in eighth grade.

The week before the Illinois Top Times meet – indoor state – Schwarz traveled to an invite held at the armory on the campus of the University of Illinois. She finished sixth. That’s when Wood-ward made a decision that changed the course of the rest of the season.

“When we got home, I called Tayla that night and said, ‘We’re not going to Top Times,’” Wood-ward recalled. “I told her, ‘No one needs to see where you are right now.’ We were going to let the other athletes think that was her until May.”

The indoor 2A record was set at the Top Times meet, a throw of 42 feet, 8½ inches by a girl who would would finish eighth in the shot at state in May. That toss being in Schwarz’s range made it even tougher to skip the meet.

“She was upset because she knew that could have been her,” Woodward said. “But she had to understand to respect the process. It was hard to make that phone call, but I knew it was the right thing to do.”

•••Just a couple of feet in

front of where Schwarz stood was a net.

Woodward placed the mesh barrier in front of an indoor ring, and asked Schwarz to throw into it.

She hates this. It’s like tak-ing swings in a golf simu-lator that doesn’t project the rest of the shot.

In the yellow-lit space in the balcony of the Dixon gymnasium that looks down on the bas-ketball court, Schwarz would spin and throw. The shot would silently crash into the net. No one had an idea how far it would have gone.

But that was the point. With the net, Schwarz could work without any expectations.

“I hate it, I hate throw-ing into the net,” Schwarz said. “But it was good for me, because I tend to get upset. My form could be good except for one minor thing, and in my head it was terrible. Everything was wrong in my mind because all I would worry about was distance.”

Woodward recorded Schwarz’s throws into the net, focusing on her form. The two reviewed the film, and the only ques-tions Woodward would ask were about how it felt. That’s all the two cared about each time Schwarz threw indoors.

As the season pro-gressed, Schwarz began to forget about distance, understanding the goal was May.

•••Bob died 2 days after

Tayla’s state-record breaking throw in a con-struction accident on May 23. Tayla found out after a celebration held in her honor at the high school. She went from the best day of her young life to the worst in a matter of days.

He wasn’t there to see her throw at state, but he had a front-row seat in her mind. Tayla brought a handful of his “Dad-isms” with her. And during the finals, Tayla was more like her dad than any other moment in her life.

She brought her dad’s mental toughness, his grit, and his standard of being the best. She set out to show Dad she was going to be a state champ. That chump stuff was so last year.

When Genoa-Kingston senior Carly Fischer’s first discus throw topped Tayla’s prelim-leading throw by more than a foot, Tayla thought of something her dad told her before the day began.

“He told me, ‘Remem-ber that feeling. Remem-ber how you felt after los-ing [last year]. You don’t ever want to feel that way again,’” she recalled.

Woodward and Dawn both remember a feeling of dread wash over them. How was Tayla going to respond? Was Woodward going to have to console Tayla again?

Instead of breaking down, Tayla looked toward Fischer, eyes nar-rowed. She wasn’t going to let this one slip away. The Dixon sophomore responded with a record-breaking throw, a personal best by more than 13 feet.

“[Bob] was a guy that had the utmost expec-tations for his girls,” Woodward said. “Just the amount of expectations he had, he helped and followed and cheered. It was very well done, and she made him proud.”

Just one person saw that mammoth throw coming. Not Woodward, not Tayla, not Dawn.

“Her dad kept saying you’re going to throw 15 feet more than you think you can,” Dawn said. “And by God, she did it.”

•••Woodward has spent

countless hours attend-ing throwing camps across the state. Watch-ing instructional throw-ing videos consumed even more of his time. He had to learn how to teach an athlete to rotate.

A thrower at Dixon from 1999-2002, Wood-ward used the glide tech-nique. The glide is gener-ally discussed as a sim-pler way to throw. But he knew that Schwarz needed to be a rotational thrower for her to reach her potential.

In order to teach it, Woodward set out to learn to rotate himself.

“I had the glide burned into my brain from doing it for 4 years,” Woodward said. “I had to learn how to do it, and also how to incorporate it to discus.”

This wasn’t lost on Schwarz. She saw her coach taking notes and expanding his knowledge for her benefit. So she signed up for a national summer circuit that will take her to California in July to compete.

She has been travel-ing to Lake Park High School in Roselle 3 or 4 days each week to train with a coach who men-tored Olympic athletes. If Woodward is putting in the work to learn, she, too, made the choice to not be out-worked.

“[Woodward] is learning, and trying to learn every-thing he can,” Schwarz said. “It’s not lost on me. If he didn’t know his stuff, there’s no way I would have any chance.”

The two were talking a few weeks ago about summer plans, when Schwarz mentioned she had a friend’s birthday party coming up. Wood-ward asked what was on the agenda. Movie night? Sleepover?

“She tells me she’s leav-ing early, not staying over, because she has to work out in the morn-ing,” Woodward said. “She’s committed.”

•••A workout written

with a black dry-erase marker awaits Schwarz. It details a leg workout, with a set of squats up first. She heads over to a rack, moves aside a purple bench, and slides 45-pound plates on either side of the bar.

Moments earlier, Schwarz flicked on the lights on this Tuesday summer night. A large fan was already work-ing to push humid air around the small room. The sun was setting outside, but in here, the state champion was just getting started.

BY PATRICK MASON | pmason@saukvalley.com | 815-625-3600, ext. 5550 | @pm222

Philip Marruffo/pmarruffo@saukvalley.comA year after feeling disappointed with a third-place finish at the state meet in the shot put and a fourth-place in the discus as a freshman, Dixon’s Tayla Schwarz worked hard both physically and mentally for a better result. This spring, she won the Class 2A state title in the discus, and took second in the shot put.

FEMALE ATHLETES OF THE YEAR2016 — Tayla Schwarz, Dixon so. (track & field)2015 — Corrie Reiley, Prophetstown sr. (basketball, cross country, track & field)2014 — Lexy Duncan, Dixon sr. (track & field, volleyball)2013 — Paige Rus, Erie sr. (basketball, track & field, volleyball)2012 — Jordan Giddings, Rock Falls jr. (basketball, softball, volleyball)2011 — Courtney Blair, Eastland sr. (volleyball, basketball)2010 — Keali Engelkens, Milledgeville sr. (softball, basketball, volleyball)2009 — Michele Salvatori, Newman sr. (volleyball, basketball, softball)2008 — Alisa Baron, Bureau Valley sr. (cross country, track & field)2007 — Devon Carbaugh, Sterling sr. (cross country, basketball, track & field)2006 — Madison Lebahn, Bureau Valley sr. (volleyball, basketball, track & field)2005 — Devon Carbaugh, Sterling soph. (cross country, basketball, track & field)2004 — Chelsey Bunyer, Eastland sr. (volleyball, basketball, track & field)

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A part of the Northeast Quarter of theNortheast Quarter of Section 16, Town-ship 20 North, Range 7 East of the 4thP.M., Whiteside County, Illinois, moreparticularly described as follows: Begin-ning at a point on the East line of saidSection 16, which is North 01°44'48?East (assumed bearings), 1716.80 feetfrom a survey nail at the East Quartercorner of said Section 16; thence North87°26'59? West 288.67 feet to a surveynail set in concrete;thence North 03°42'40? East, 236.69 feet to a steel rod;thence South 88°14'13? East 280.53 feetto the East line of said Section 16;thence South 01°44'48? West, 240.52feet to the point of beginning.

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Property Address: 108, 110 E. Division Street Amboy, Illinois 61310

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION TO UNKNOWNOWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS The requisite affidavit for publication having

been filed, notice is hereby given to you, Un-known Owners and Non Record Claimants, De-fendants in the above entitled suit, that the saidsuit has been commenced in the Circuit Courtof the Fifteenth Judicial District, Lee County, Illi-nois, by RIDGESTONE BANK against you andother Defendants, praying for the foreclosure ofa certain Mortgage. The Mortgage conveyingthe premises described as follows, to wit:

PARCEL 1: LOTS NINETEEN (19), TWENTY-TWO (22) AND TWENTY-THREE (23) IN BLOCKTWENTY-THREE (23) IN WYMAN'S ADDITIONTO THE TOWN (NOW CITY ) OF AMBOY, ALLSITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF OF LEE ANDSTATE OF ILLINOIS

PARCEL 2: A PART OF LOT FOUR (4) INBLOCK FOUR (4) IN THE ORIGINAL TOWN(NOW CITY) OF AMBOY, LEE COUNTY, ILLI-NOIS, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENC-ING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAIDLOT 4; THENCE RUNNING SOUTHEASTERLYALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID LOT 4, 13FEET; THENCE IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTIONTO A POINT ON THE NORTH LINE OF SAIDLOT 4, 20 FEET EAST OF THE NORTHWESTCORNER OF SAID LOT 4; THENCE WEST 20FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, ALL SIT-UATED IN THE COUNTY OF LEE AND STATEOF ILLINOIS.

PIN (s): 02-15-15-456-029; 02-15-22-203-022 Commonly known as: 108, 110 E. DivisionStreet, Amboy, Illinois 61310

The Mortgage was made on July 7, 2009 andmodified on September 10, 2009 by EleventhEnterprises as the Mortgagor to RidgestoneBank as Mortgagee and recorded on July 9,2009 and September 21, 2009, respectively, inthe Office of the Recorder of Deeds in LeeCounty, Illinois as Document Nos. 2009004320and 2009005781, respectively. Summons was duly issued out of the CircuitCourt of the Fifteenth Judicial District, LeeCounty, Illinois, against you as provided by law,and that suit is now pending. Now, therefore, unless you, the above Defen-dants, file your answer to the complaint in thiscase or otherwise file your appearance in the of-fice of the Circuit Court of the Fifteenth JudicialDistrict, Lee County, Illinois, on or before July25, 2016, a default may be entered against youat any time after that day and a decree enteredin accordance with the prayer of said complaint.YOU ARE FURTHER ADVISED THAT THE TIMEIN WHICH THE SUBJECT REAL ESTATE MAYBE REDEEMED FROM FORECLOSURE, PUR-SUANT TO LAW, COMMENCES TO RUN WITHTHE FIRST DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THISNOTICE.

Clerk, Circuit Court of the Fifteenth JudicialDistrict, Lee County, Illinois

Prepared By: Michael W. Debre (#6296197) Chuhak & Tecson, P.C. 30 South Wacker Drive, Suite 2600 Chicago, Illinois 60606 T: 312-855-4603 mdebre@chuhak.com I696675

June 24, July 1, 8, 2016

Public Notice ”The Lost Nation-New Landing RiverConservancy Dis-trict of Illinois haschanged theirmeeting time andnow meets on the3rd Thursday ofevery month at7:00PM in the LakeCourt Center at404 Lake Court,Dixon, Illinois.”Public Notice:5ILCS 120/2.02

Becky Breckenfelder

July 1, 2016

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

COUNTY OF WHITESIDE, STATE OFILLINOIS

IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF:VERONICA SERRANO,Petitioner, vs.

EDUARDO A. OCAMPO,Respondent.

No. 2015 D 212 STNOTICE OF PUBLICATION

Notice is given you, EDUARDO A.OCAMPO, Respondent, that this causehas been commenced against you in thisCourt asking for relief under the IllinoisMarriage and Dissolution of Marriage Actand for entry of a Judgment for Dissolu-tion of Marriage and other relief. Unlessyou file your response or otherwise fileyour appearance in this cause in the of-fice of the Circuit Clerk of WhitesideCounty, 101 East Third Street, Sterling,Illinois, on or before the 8th day of July,2016, relief pursuant to the Illinois Mar-riage and Dissolution of Marriage Actmay be granted and a Judgment for Dis-solution of Marriage may be entered bydefault on July 11, 2016, at 9:00 A.M.,and other relief may be granted asprayed for by the Petitioner.

______/s/ Susan E. Ottens____CIRCUIT CLERK

Prepared by: James E. FagermanMERTES & MERTES, P.C.Attorneys for Petitioner4015 East Lincolnway, Suite DSterling, IL 61081Telephone: 815-626-1500Telefacsimile: 815-626-1516Primary Email: jfagerman@mertesandmertes.comSecondary Email: pleadings@mertesandmertes.com

June 24, July 1, 8, 2016

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUITWHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS

ESTATE OFMichael Alperin,Deceased.

No. 16 P 77CLAIM NOTICE

Notice is given to creditors of the deathof Michael Alperin. Letters of Office wereissued on June 21, 2016 to Gary Oswald,3706 Rotary Road, Rockford, IL 61109 asindependent executor, whose attorney ofrecord is John E. Miller, of MILLER &LANCASTER, P.C., 15 East Third Street,P.O. Box 535, Sterling, Illinois, 61081.Claims against the estate may be filed inthe Circuit Clerk's office, WhitesideCounty Courthouse, 200 E. Knox St.,Morrison, Illinois 61270, or with the rep-resentative, or both, on or before January2, 2017, or if mailing or delivery of a no-tice from the representative is requiredby Sec. 18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975,the date stated in that notice. Any claimnot filed on or before that date is barred.Copies of a claim filed with the clerkmust be mailed or delivered by theclaimant to the representative and to theattorney within ten (10) days after it hasbeen filed.

Gary OswaldIndependent Representative for the

EstateJohn E. MillerMILLER & LANCASTER, P.C.Attorneys for the Representative15 E. Third Street, P. O. Box 535Sterling, IL 61081(815) 625-0600

July 1, 8, 15, 2016

NOTICESauk Valley Com-munity Collegewill be acceptingbids for the fur-nishing and instal-lation of flooring forthe A & P Lab until10:00 am, Monday,July 11th, 2016 atthe College's Of-fice of the Dean ofBusiness Services.To obtain specifi-cations, pleasecontact Rhonda

Tompkins at 815-835-6383

July 1, 2016

NOTICESauk Valley Com-munity Collegewill be acceptingbids for a Mini Vanuntil 10:30 am,Monday, July 11th,2016 at the Col-lege's Office of theDean of BusinessServices. To ob-tain specifications,please contactRhonda Tompkinsat 815-835-6383.

July 1, 2016

NOTICESauk Valley Com-munity Collegewill be acceptingbids for a ZeroTurn Lawn Moweruntil 11:00 am,Monday, July 11th,2016 at the Col-lege's Office of theDean of BusinessServices. To ob-tain specifications,please contactRhonda Tompkinsat 815-835-6383.

July 1, 2016

Notice to Contractors

Notice is hereby given that the SterlingPark District, 1913 3rd Avenue, Sterling,Illinois 61081 will receive bids at the of-fice of the Director of Parks and Planninguntil 3:00pm, Wednesday, July 13, 2016for the construction of site improvementsat Westwood Fitness and Sports Center.This project involves the evacuation andplacement of aggregate base, P.C.C.sidewalk, water main and sanitary sewer.All requirements and details are de-scribed and listed on the plans and in theproject specification. All work is to bedone in accordance with the specifica-tions on file in the office of the Director ofParks and Planning, Sterling Park Dis-trict, 1913 3rd Avenue, Sterling, Illinois61081. Prospective bidders may obtainspecifications and plans from the officeof Wendler Engineering Services, INC.,698 Timber Creek Road, Dixon, Illinois61021, phone 815-288-2261.

The Sterling Park District reserves theright to reject any or all proposals, towaive technicalities and to accept theproposal that the Sterling Park DistrictBoard of Commissioners believes to bein the best interest of the Sterling ParkDistrict.

By Order of:Marvin Reyes, President

Sterling Park DistrictBoard of Commissioners

June 30 & July 1, 2016

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THEFOURTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUITWHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS

CITY OF STERLING,a municipal corporation,Petitioner, vs.

CLARA M. FELL, Deceased, ILLINOISDEPARTMENT OF HEALTHCARE &FAMILY SERVICES, REALTAX DEVEL-OPERS, LTD., JICTB, INC., and UN-KNOWN OWNERS, and/or UNKNOWNHEIRS AT LAW OR LEGATEES OFCLARA M. FELL, Deceased,Respondents.

NO. 2016 MR 65 STPUBLICATION NOTICE

The requisite affidavit for publicationhaving been filed, notice is hereby givento you, unknown owners and unknownheirs at law or legatees of Clara M. Fell,Deceased, that the above-entitled causeof action to seek a judicial declaration ofabandonment and an order authorizingexecution of a judicial deed to the prop-erty to the City of Sterling described be-low is now pending in the Circuit Court ofWhiteside County.

If you fail to answer the petition in saidaction by August 8, 2016, an orderdeclaring the property abandoned maybe entered on or after that date and anorder entered authorizing a judicial deedto transfer the property to the City ofSterling may be entered on or after thatdate, in accordance with the prayer ofthe petition, pursuant to 65 ILCS 5/11-31-1(d). The property which is the sub-ject of this action is described as follows:

Lot 8, Except the Southerly 15 feet ofthe Westerly 50 feet, in Block 4 West ofBroadway, in the City of Sterling, White-side County, Illinois; according to thePlat thereof recorded September 23,1856 in Plat 1, page 24, commonlyknown as 603 4th Avenue, Sterling,Illinois 61081.

Pin #11-21-431-011

WITNESS June 28, 2016 /s/ Susan E. Ottens Clerk of the Circuit Court

WARD, MURRAY, PACE & JOHNSONP.C.Attorneys for Petitioner202 E 5th Street, P.O. Box 400Sterling IL 61081-0400Telephone: 815-625-8200sanders@wmpj.comARDC#6190517

July 1, 8, 15, 2016

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 15TH JUDICIAL CIRCUITLEE COUNTY, ILLINOIS

Estate ofPAMELA N. MUSGROVE,Deceased.

No. 16 P 42CLAIM NOTICE

Notice is given of the death of PAMELAN. MUSGROVE. Letters of Office wereissued to TOD A. MUSGROVE, 913 Cen-ter Street, Dixon, Illinois 61021, as Inde-pendent Representative, whose attor-neys are WARD, MURRAY, PACE &JOHNSON, P.C., 202 E. 5th Street, Ster-ling, Illinois 61081.

Claims against the estate may be filed inthe office of the Clerk of Court, LeeCounty Courthouse, 309 S. Galena Av-enue, Dixon, IL 61021, or with the Repre-sentative, or both, on or before January4,2017, and any claim not filed within thatperiod is barred. Copies of a claim filedwith the Clerk must be mailed or deliv-ered to the Representative and to the at-torney within ten (10) days after it hasbeen filed.

Dated June 28, 2016

Tod A. MusgroveIndependent Representative

Kyle G. CarlockWARD, MURRAY, PACE & JOHNSON,P.C.Attorneys for Estate202 E. 5th Street | P.O. Box 400Sterling, IL 61081-0400815.625.8200carlock@wmpj.com

July 1, 8, 15, 2016

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Thurs. & Fri., 8-3686 ShadowWood, DixonGarage Sale

EMPLOYMENT 505

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Fri. & Sat. 8-3408 7th Avenue

Multi-Family SaleLots of women'sclothes S-3x, babyboy's NB – 12 mo.,& men's, & LittleDog jelly & mus-tard, shoes, & fur-niture.

Thurs., Fri., & Sat. 8am-4pm

1102 Fargo Ave. Household goods,glassware, knick-knacks, couch, ar-

moire, dresser,kitchen table w/chairs, clothing.

Thurs. 12pm-5pmFri. 8am-3pm

420 Division St. Old windows,chalk paint furni-ture, lots of teengirls, boys, ladies,& mens clothing,baby furnitureitems and lots ofmisc.

Fri. & Sat. 7-21125 Long Street

Girls 14/16-20,Boys 10/12-18,Womens XL – 2XL,scrubs, books,toys, tools & misc!

NO INDIVIDUAL,unless licensed orholding a permit asa childcare facility,may cause to bepublished any ad-vertisement solicit-ing a child careservice.* A child-care facility that islicensed or operat-ing under a permitissued by the Illi-nois Department ofChildren and Fami-ly Services maypublish advertise-ments of the ser-vices for which it isspecifically li-censed or issued apermit. Sauk ValleyMedia stronglyurges any parent orguardian to verifythe validity of thelicense of any facil-ity before placing achild in it's care.*Family homes thatcare for no morethan three (3) chil-dren under the ageof twelve or whichreceive only chil-dren from a singlehousehold, for lessthan 24 hours perday, are exemptfrom licensure asday care homes.The three childrento whom this ex-emption applies in-cludes the family'snatural or adoptedchildren and anyother persons un-der the age of 12whether related orunrelated to theoperator of the daycare home. (DCFSRule, Part 377.3(c))

Fri. 8-3 Sat. 8-121003 Selmi Lane

Dining room table& chairs, hopechest, dresser, airhockey table,men's bicycle,toys, clothing-boy's 2T-3T & girl's5-6, & maternity.

Thursday & Friday8am-???

345 Rock IslandRd.

Women & Menclothing- sz. L-xL,Lots of Men'sshirts, sz. s-xl(Tall),ties, coats, Jrs.clothing, girls &boys clothing, mi-crowave, kitchentable, desk, deskchair, sofas, Chris-tian books & CD's,home school mate-rial, home décorand much more.

Fri. only, 7-1227847 Madlyn Dr

(off Buell Rd.)Desk, tables, somemen's, women's &kids clothes. Kidstoys, tons of chil-dren's books,bags, purses, lotsof misc.

Fri. & Sat. 8-12002 Riverdale

Rd.Young girl's cloth-ing & lots of misc.

Saturday only 8-31851 N. Brinton(across from the

prison)Yard Sale

Little BlessingsChildcare

has immediatedaycare openingsfor infant-school

age. 815-285-3811Lic# 48927502

Wanted: Construction

Foreman for residential orpost frame con-struction crew.Driver's license re-quired. Benefitsinclude medical,dental, & life insur-ance, matching re-tirement plan, andpaid holidays, sick,& vacation days.Pick up applicationat V&C Construc-tion, 397 HenpeckRd, Walnut or sendresume to vandcjt@thewisp.netNo Phone Calls.

Saturday only! 9-?1956 Lowell Park

RoadAntique &

Collectibles SaleShow cases, pinball & slot ma-chines, detail drill,R.C. sailboat, mu-sical instruments,old scales, slawcutters, brass pro-peller, snow conemachine, old drillpress, industrialsewing machine,pump organ, BBgun, malted milkmixer, old oilpump, some cop-per & brass, washboards, wash tubestand, antiquepedal jigsaw.CASH ONLY!

Fri. 7-5 & Sat. 7-?519 2nd Avenue

2 nd Annual Garage Sale

All new itemsLots of vintage,retro, householditems, tools, radioarm & scroll saw.Come check us out

Sterling Friday 7 -2, Saturday 7-12 - 1803 Oak Grove Avenue, Sterling

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and types of clocksand watches

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Grandfather clocks •We repair all

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T & M PAVING*Asphalt paving &

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Great Lakes hottub. $2,000. Call815-994-1010

Pride Jazzy powerchair. $1,700. Call815-994-1010

Champion gasPressure Washer,like new, 2400PSI,2.2GPM, $130815-284-2433

Good Old Daysmagazines. 1985-2001. $10 per year.

815-625-6182

Marshall Pottery 3gal. stoneware but-ter churn w/ pad-dle & lid 815-535-8427

Saturday 8-21016 W. 2nd St.

Clothes, boys &pre teen girls,household décor,sm. pet acces-sories, cat tower,bedding Child lifejackets, 19” flatscreen TV, Patioset, wooden patioset, middle agedtoys, lots and lotsof misc.

Fri. 8-8 Sat. 7-11512 5th Avenue

Huge Multi-FamilyClothes - kid's 0-5,adult L/Xl, like newtoys, household &holiday items, quiltrack, bike, books,electronics, 19” HDtv, GI Joe toys,Game Boy/games,old dbl. WASHTUB, & much misc.

American Bobtailcat, 1 male, free togood home and 2 female adults.815-499-3210

I Pay Cash 4Gold, Silver,

Coins & Antiques 24/7 779-245-2950

ROCK FALLS

GARAGE SALES 624

STERLING

GARAGE SALES 624

ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES 705

COMPUTERS 735

FURNITURE 755

PETS & PET SUPPLIES 775

LAWN & GARDEN 781

EXERCISE

EQUIPMENT 785

TICKETS / TRAVEL

& EVENTS 787

WANT TO BUY 795

MISCELLANEOUS

FOR SALE 796

MISCELLANEOUS

FOR SALE 796

HAY & STRAW 825

FARM

EQUIPMENT 855

Fri. & Sat. 9-31711 Ave. L

Lots of misc items!Everything ispriced to sell!

New & used fur-niture & all sizebeds wholesaleWasher, dryer, re-cliner, sofa, table &chairs, stoves,dressers, coffee ta-ble, 110v. A/C, mi-cro. 815-718-4385

Tosa Inu male & fe-male born 6/1/15champion bloodline.Basic obedienceand chipped. Allshots, housebroke.Call 815-626-6382after 7pm.

Westinghouse upright freezer

20 cubic ft. $150 815-625-5409

•Dirt Bike•Yamaha PW80 good condition

$600/OBO815-499-7333

Dresser 44” high x29½ “ wide x 15½”deep w/ 5 drawers$45 815-716-0123

Dresser, 44” high x29 ½ wide x 15 ½

deep with 5 drawers. $45 815-716-0123

Berghoff World-wide 12 pc. Cook-ware set, stainlesssteel. New in box.$100. 815-716-0123

Vintage WoodRocking horse. 35”

L x 25” H x 13' Wwith metal saddle.$85. 815-716-0123

Vintage woodrocking horse,35”Lx25”Hx13”ww/ metallic saddle$85 815-716-0123

Porch/outside fur-niture. Sofa, loungechair, chair with ot-toman. White metal& yellow cushions.

815-626-3525

1970's WeddingGown & Veil,

elegantly simple, easily modified,tall/small $100815-718-3434

2 adjacent gravesin The Garden ofFaith at ChapelHill, Dixon. $1590for both. 503-931-3389.

Saturday 8-3507 E. 3rd St.4 Family Sale

We have lots ofstuff to get rid ofso will you pleasecome help us out?We have a lot of allkinds of women'sS-XL name brandclothing-tops,capris, jeans, jack-ets, men's clothesL-3XL, shoes,scarves, jewelry,name brand purs-es, some Harleystuff, CDs,Longaberger, pic-tures, lots of bed-ding, new tables,crystal, Sonystereo, lamps,porcelain dolls, an-tique cabinet &tiger oak rockingchair, tons of tools,impacts, battery &air, complete torchset, lights, canopy,new bug shields,speaker standsCHECK US OUT!

400 plastic trad-ing card cases$60/obo 815-973-3455

Pool table top,4x8 1 in. slate. $35

815-284-8204 or815-626-4991

Hay for Sale $3 Bale

815-284-8204 or815-626-4991

WARNINGADS FOR FREE

PETSYour beloved petdeserves a loving,

caringhome. The ad for

yourfree pet may draw

response from indi-viduals

who will sell youranimal

for research orbreedingpurposes.

Please screenrespondents

carefullywhen giving an

animalaway.

Your pet will thankyou!

No person or busi-ness, unless prop-erly licensed by theIllinois Secretary ofState, may sell tick-et(s) for any sport-ing event or other-wise, for more thanthe price printedupon the face ofthe said ticket(s).Only licensed ticketbrokers may legallyadvertise, negotiateand execute thesale of ticket(s) forany amount overwhat is printedupon the face ofticket.

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1948 I.H. C Trac-tor with wood's 59belly mower. Run'sgreat.$2,800. Goodrubber & paint.815-973-0024

Mattress sets:Twin $99, Full$129, Queen $159,King $199. Will de-liver! Bunk Bed$298. Call 309-451-7477

Water Skis,“O'Brien”

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