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Neighborhood reunion canceled after 13 years; help sought to bring it back

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STERLING – Rosie Davis is a little bit heartbroken. After a 13-year-run, the West End picnic won’t be happening this year.

Davis, 75, is one of seven Howard siblings – three girls and four boys – who grew up on Woodburn Avenue and Seventh Street. The past 3 years, she and her sister, Carol Finnicum, and Joanie Tuft have run the potluck-style reunion held the last Saturday in July at Scheid Park for residents of Avenue L and Woodburn, Griswold and Dil-lon avenues.

Tuft’s sister, Ellen Howard, who married one of the Howard boys, picked that spot when she started the annual gala in 2002, because they were among nine sib-lings who grew up in a house there, before Scheid Park was Scheid Park.

Last year, 82 people showed up for the picnic – former West End residents, their kids and grandkids. They came from as far away as Colorado.

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FULTON – Jason Zuidema has outgrown his heart, and it’s made him weak. You’d never know it, though.

The 18-year-old will undergo his third open-heart surgery today at Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chica-

go. Heart surgery isn’t uncommon for guys like him, who have Down syndrome.

“But Jason’s heart condition is severe,” his mom, Tammy Becker, said Monday.

Nonetheless, using sign language, he demanded she take

him to the park to go down the slide at the River Bend School District’s campus. To try to convince her, he gave her a bear hug.

“He loves riding his three-wheel bike, but the park is totally over the hill,” she said. “It’s a little too hot for him, so he wears out.


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DIXON – Before departing, Andrew Bollman left many mile markers for his friends, family, and colleagues to remember fondly.

The longtime Dixon attorney, also chairman of the Sauk Valley Community College Board of Trustees and president of the Lee County Board

of Health, died Saturday morning while scuba diving off the coast of San Pedro, Belize.

Paul Whitcombe, Bollman’s former boss, trav-el companion and brother-in-law, would rather talk about their road trips, back when he was an attorney, and Bollman was a professional pho-tographer.

The sunrise in the snow at the Grand Canyon. A sunset in Key West, Florida. New Orleans.

“They were mile markers in life, and which you

gauge your life by,” said Whitcombe, the former Lee County state’s attorney for whom Bollman served as an assistant from 2004 to 2008. “When I try to remember when something happened, I think, ‘Was this before or after the sunset at Key West?’”

“Learning photography from him was like learning to paint from Van Gogh. He was very generous in sharing his knowledge.”

Skyscrapers and petunias rooted in common groundHistorian highlights shared history of Petunia City and the Windy City

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DIXON – Though they split directions along the way, Chicago and Dixon share common ground in their early path to growth.

Local historian Duane Paulsen highlighted the paral-lels that helped to lay the foundations of the two areas Monday during the Lee County Historical and Genea-logical Society’s monthly program.

“The settlement of both the Rock River Valley and Chi-cago are intertwined in time and development,” he said.

He’s all heartBut today, that heart will be getting some help

as a Fulton teen goes in for surgery again

‘It’s a loss for the community’Sauk Board of Trustees chairman, Lee County Board of Health president dies while scuba diving

Photos by Alex T. Paschal/[email protected] Becker and her son, Jason Zuidema, share a hug Monday at their Fulton home. The 18-year-old will undergo his third open-heart surgery today at Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago.

Jason reacts to a profile about him-self Monday as it’s read by his mom, Tammy, at their Fulton home. The card will accompany Jason to the hospital to help the staff commu-nicate with him while he’s there for open-heart surgery.

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saukvalley.com to hear Tammy Becker read from “social stories” that Jason Zuidema wrote in school to help prepare for his third open-heart surgery.

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Sterling PoliceBryan S� Gallentine, 44, of

Sterling; 9:42 a.m. Sunday at 19th Avenue and East Third Street; failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, improper use of registration, operating uninsured motor vehicle; given state citation.

Evaristo Villegas, 54, of Ster-ling; 10:17 p.m. Sunday at Sixth Avenue and East 19th Street; disobeyed traffic control device, operating uninsured motor vehicle; given state citation.

Amboy PoliceKatheryn R� Eykamp, 51,

of Dixon; 5:15 p.m. Saturday at U.S. Route 52 and Dry Gulch Road; speeding 47 mph in a 30-mph zone; given traffic citation and released after posting bond.

Daryl S� Sand, 55, of Amboy; 3:50 p.m. Saturday at Mason Avenue and Pro-vost Street; failure to wear seat belt; given traffic citation and released after posting bond.

Shantel M� Rodriguez, 32, of Chicago; 11:02 p.m. Friday at Mason Avenue and Water Street; driving while license suspended, operating unin-sured motor vehicle; taken to Lee County Jail.

Kyle Stacy Jr�, 42, of Amboy; 4:57 p.m. Sunday in the alleyway of the 200 block of North Mason Avenue; fail-ure to wear seat belt; given traffic citation and released after posting bond.

Francis Spravongvieng-kham, 24, of Elgin; 2:05 a.m. Monday on South East Avenue; disorderly conduct; given ordinance violation.

Damion M� Ullrich, 18, of Amboy; 5:52 p.m. Sunday at Josiah Street and Sterling Road; speeding 69 mph in a 55-mph zone; given traffic citation and released after posting bond.

David M� Korth Jr�, 24, of Elgin; 2:05 a.m. Sunday on South East Avenue; disorderly conduct; given ordinance violation.

Lee County SheriffRandy L� McSherry, 51, of

La Moille; 7:13 p.m. Sunday; operating uninsured motor vehicle, driving on suspended license; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Marina L� Tague, 22, of Rochelle; 11:53 a.m. Sunday; criminal damage to property; posted bond and given notice

to appear in court.Ryan A� McClain, 35, of

Franklin Grove; 10:32 p.m. Friday; warrant for contempt (non-payment)/failure to appear; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Eddie L� Barbee, 33, of Paw Paw; 4:13 p.m. Friday; warrant for failure to appear – con-tempt; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Gayle E� Silva, 45, of Dixon; 1:27 p.m. Friday; warrant for failure to appear – contempt; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Kevin M� Bonnell, 36, of Ore-gon; 1:12 p.m. Friday; warrant for failure to appear – contempt; given notice to appear in court.

Charles W� Kornewald, 60, of Sterling; 10:24 a.m. Friday; warrant for contempt; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Ogle County SheriffSondra Heffran, 32, of Leaf

River; 12:55 a.m. July 6 in the 10000 block of North Peca-tonica Road; unlawful pos-session of marijuana, unlawful possession of drug equip-ment, leaving the scene of a property damage accident, failure to report an accident to police, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident; taken to Ogle County Jail and released with notice to appear in court.

Peter J� Maslin, 41, of Byron; 12:15 a.m. Monday in rural Byron; disorderly conduct; taken to Ogle County Jail.

Antwon Woodson, 23, of Polo; 5:25 p.m. Sunday near the intersection of Pines and Lowell Park roads; driving while license suspended; taken to Ogle County Jail and posted bond.

Scott Grogan, 59, of Mount Morris; Sunday; warrant for failure to appear; given notice to appear in court.

Israel Lopez, 52, of Sterling; Sunday; motion to increase or alter conditions of bail; given notice to appear in court.

Jessica McHugh, 28, of Lanark; 9:47 p.m. July 6 in the 12500 block of North Baileyville Road; unlawful possession of a stolen vehicle, unlawful posses-sion of a controlled substance, unlawful possession of drug equipment, unlawful possession of hypodermic needles, driving under the influence of drugs, improper lane usage, failure to show driver’s license; given cita-tions, taken to Ogle County Jail, and held in lieu of bond.

Driver cited in rollover accident

OGLE COUNTY – Two people refused treatment after a single-vehicle rollover crash Saturday in the 11000 block of North Kennedy Hill Road.

Ogle County Sheriff’s depu-ties and Byron Fire Depart-ment staff responded at 12:21 a.m. A driver, Sean D. Winsel, 22, of Winnebago, swerved to miss a deer, and his vehicle entered a ditch before striking the bank of a driveway and rolling over.

Winsel and his passenger, Adrianna M. Hansen, 23, of Winnebago, refused medical treatment. Winsel was given citations for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident and operating a vehicle with no insurance.

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DECATUR (AP) – A black man who was shot and wounded by police in central Illinois on Monday was armed with a BB gun that resembled a real handgun, accord-ing to police.

Authorities in Decatur said officers responded to reports of a man armed with a gun around 1 a.m. Police initially said the man was armed with a handgun and a large knife strapped to his wrist.

Interim Police Chief James Getz said during a Monday afternoon news conference that officers later determined the man was armed with a BB gun that resembled a firearm. Getz said Officer Andrew Wittmer, who is

white, fired one round that “ended the threat.”

The investigation was turned over to Illinois State Police, as is stan-dard for any officer-involved shooting, Getz said. The police chief said officers’ patrol

cars have in-car video that caught part of the encounter. He noted that the officers involved were not equipped with body cameras.

The 40-year-old Deca-tur man who was shot is listed in serious condi-

tion in an area hospital, according to WAND-TV. The Associated Press is not identifying the man because he has not been charged with a crime.

The shooting comes amid recent high profile police-involved shoot-ings of black men in Lou-isiana and Minnesota.

Jeanelle Norman, pres-ident of the NAACP’s chapter in Decatur, said the group will ensure transparency in the investigation.

“We as the NAACP are encouraging the com-munity to stay calm, be patient and let us work through this together,” she told The Associated Press.

She said she hopes Decatur can serve as an example for other cit-ies, adding: “We have ensured the community that we will certainly make sure protocol is being followed and that there is transparency in what is being done.”

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Jim Bowling/Herald & Review via APActing Decatur Police Chief John Getz speaks at a news conference Monday, accompanied by NAACP Decatur Branch President Jeanelle Norman In Deca-tur� Decatur police say a black man shot by a white officer was armed with a BB gun that resembled a real firearm, as well as a knife�

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The Illinois Sheriffs’ Association is warn-ing people of a phone scam in which the caller attempts to solicits funds claiming to represent the organization or a local sheriff’s office.

The association con-ducts a direct mail cam-paign throughout the state but never solicits by phone, according to an ISA news release.

W h i t e s i d e C o u n t y Sheriff Kelly Wilhelmi said the department has not received complaints

about the scam, but resi-dents are encouraged to contact the sheriff’s office if they receive a call they believe to be a scam.

People who receive calls from someone claiming to represent the sheriff’s office or state association should gather information from the caller and report the incident to their local sheriff’s office, and the ISA at [email protected]. If they have any doubts or feel pressured, they can always hang up.

Wilhelmi said resi-dents should not give out personal informa-tion over the phone and might be better off con-sidering safely donating directly to local, legiti-

mate organizations.During a call, resi-

dents have the right to ask the name, address and phone number of the soliciting organiza-tion and the telemarket-ing firm, the percentage of every dollar paid to the firm, and can insist on being provided with a written agreement prior to making any commitment.

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Whiteside County Sher-iff’s Office or 815-284-6631 for the Lee County Sheriff’s Office. Go to ilsheriff.org for more information on the Illi-nois Sheriffs’ Associa-tion.

As with any phone scam, if the caller is offering something that doesn’t quite sound right, it’s probably not.

“If it sounds too good to be true, then it definitely is,” Wilhelmi said.

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Juniors at all Illinois public high schools will take the SAT col-lege entrance exam for free during the 2016-17 school year, the Illinois State Board of Education announced Monday.

The SAT will replace

the Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) test, which for the past 2 years had been used to gauge high schools’ progress.

Students in third-grade through eighth-grade will continue to take the PARCC exams, state offi-cials said.

“The SAT is aligned with the Illinois Learning Standards and will con-tinue to empower educa-tors to measure college

and career readiness,” State Superintendent of Education Tony Smith said in a news release.

For years, college-bound Illinois students took the ACT exam. However, state Rep. Bob Pritchard, a Hinckley Republican, said when the state solicited bids from both testing compa-nies, the SAT was better aligned with the state’s educational standards and cost several million dollars less to administer.

“The SAT was a lot cheaper for the state, so they went with them,” said Pritchard, whose 70th District includes much of DeKalb County.

“They also offer some services for students that ACT does not offer … so it really seems to be a better test for students.”

PRITCHARD HELPED bring about the switch through his roles on the state assessment test task force, a member of the

House Policy Commit-tee, and of the Appropria-tions Committee.

He said Illinois will spend $44 million this year to administer stan-dardized tests to students in third-grade through 11th-grade.

One thing that high school students made clear at a meeting last year at Sycamore High School was how much they disliked having to take two sets of tests as juniors, Pritchard said.

Doing away with the PARCC exam and mak-ing the SAT the stan-dard exam for high s c h o o l j u n i o r s w i l l lessen the testing regi-men and give students a free exam that is widely accepted for college admissions.

“To me, one of the big-gest benefits is one less test in high school,” Pritchard said. “Because that has been a growing concern from students and parents.”

SAT test in, PARCC out for high school juniorsAnnouncement made Monday by state superintendent

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IN BRIEFArt reception at CGH Thursday

STERLING – CGH Medical Center and the CGH Auxiliary will have a show to open its next healing art gallery, “Spirit of the Heart,” at 6 p.m. Thursday.

The show will be in the atrium of the main clinic, at 101 E. Miller Road, with cheese and wine provid-ed. The show will feature local juried artists Linnea Koch and Bruce Bley.

Selected pieces will be available for view-ing and for sale, with a

portion of the proceeds benefitting the auxiliary. Gallery artwork will be open to patients and the community. Pieces will be displayed on the first floor in the north hallway between the hospital and the main clinic.

Koch has worked in many different media, including painting, sculp-ture, etching, and weav-ing. Bley taught art for 35 years at Sterling High School.

For more information, call the hospital at 815-625-0400.

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DIXON – The Dixon Park District is one of 22 recipients of a ComEd Green Region grant for open space projects.

ComEd partners with Openlands, a conserva-tion organization based in Chicago, to adminis-ter the grant program. Awards of up to $10,000 are given to green space projects that focus on conservation, preserva-tion and improvements to local parks and recre-ation resources.

The Dixon Park Dis-trict will receive $1,416, which will be used by the Middle Rock River Conservation Partner-ship. The partnership oversees an expansive land conservation area, and the money will be used for radios needed to safely conduct prairie burns.

“The prescribed fires are an integral part of the partnership’s land management efforts, and with all of the people involved, we must know where they all are dur-ing the burns,” said Deb Carey, the park district’s executive director.

Carey said the partner-ship has burned 1,465 acres of prairie just this spring – and that’s not counting what’s been done at the Nachusa Grasslands, which has its own burn team.

The Middle Rock River partnership was estab-lished in 2010 to con-solidate three areas des-ignated by the state as Conservation Opportu-nity Areas 5 years earlier.

“IDNR CHOSE THE best of the last good nat-ural areas in the state, and we were fortunate to have three of the 14 COAs nearby,” Carey said.

Those protected areas were Nachusa Grass-lands, the Green River Lowlands, and the Rock River habitat from its

entrance into north-ern Ogle County to the mouth of the Elkhorn Creek in Whiteside County.

When the state set up the COAs, Carey and several others wanted to start a local organiza-tion to act as stewards of the targeted land. They asked the state whether the three areas could be combined, based on the premise that if more partners were involved, more work could be done.

Carey said the part-nership started with 35 entities, and it has been a model of efficiency. In addition to its preserva-tion efforts, additional land has been acquired, including 283 acres for the The Wetlands Initia-tive’s Dixon Waterfowl Refuge.

“It’s a good mix that has worked very well – we have people from park districts, soil and water conservation districts, fire departments, private landowners, individuals, and organizations such

as the Illinois Audubon Society,” Carey said.

ComEd, a division of Exelon, said the com-pany has made the envi-ronment a focal point of its philanthropic work.

Openlands said its ulti-mate goal is to create a better quality of life for Chicago-area residents, and yet another part-nership makes that pos-sible.

This is the fourth year that ComEd and Open-lands have awarded the Green Region grants.

Partnerships fuel local conservationGrant will help with prairie burns

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FUNERAL SERVICES FOR THE WEEK

▼ Today’s visita-tions:

Dorothy M. “Dot-tie” Jacob of Sterling, 4-6 p.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.▼ Today’s funerals:Esther L. Fischer of

Mendota, 10:30 a.m. at First Lutheran Church in Ohio.

Gregory M. Frantz of Oregon, 11 a.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Oregon.▼ Wednesday visita-

tions:Ronald E. Smith of

Dixon, 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. at Jones Funeral Home in Dixon.

Jeffrey A. Lovett of Dixon, 4-7 p.m. at Pres-ton-Schilling Funeral Home in Dixon.▼ Thursday visita-

tions:

James W. Pankhurst of Dixon, 4-7 p.m. at Preston-Schilling Funer-al Home in Dixon.▼ Thursday funerals:Jeffrey A. Lovett of

Dixon, 10:30 a.m. at Faith Assembly Church in Grand Detour.

Ronald E. Smith of Dixon, 10:30 a.m. at Jones Funeral Home in Dixon.▼ Friday funerals:James W. Pankhurst

of Dixon, 10:30 a.m. at Preston-Schilling Funer-al Home in Dixon.▼ July 21 visitations:Wilma P. Pierce of

Polo, 10 a.m. at Dis-ciples United Methodist Church in Mount Morris.▼ July 21 funerals:Wilma P. Pierce of

Polo, 11 a.m. at Dis-ciples United Methodist Church in Mount Morris.

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OREGON – Jeffrey Arthur Lovett died peacefully this Sunday morning, July 10, 2016, after a val-iant 11-month battle with can-cer.

He was the old-est child of three born to Donald Robert Lovett and Carol Joan Pulver. He was born March 18, 1958, in Temple, Texas. Jeffrey attended Dixon High School and graduated from there in 1976, Sauk Valley College in 1978, and Northern Illinois University in 1980, with a Bachelor of Science degree in finance.

On Feb. 14, 1975, he married Lisa Linn Reed, and they had two daughters.

Jeffrey led a full and active life. After gradu-ating from college, Jeff served as state bank examiner with the Illi-nois Commissioner of Banks and then became the cashier, board secre-tary, and loan officer for the State Bank of Paw Paw. In 1985, Jeffrey began employment at Dixon National Bank as an assistant vice presi-dent in the loan depart-ment. In 1992, when Dixon National Bank was sold to AMCORE, Jeffrey was made senior vice president-chief lending officer, a posi-tion which he held until March 1999, when he was named president-chief operation officer. Jeff later was named a regional market presi-dent for the group of AMCORE banks that he managed. In 2010, Midland States Bank purchased the banks that Jeffrey managed, and he became one of three regional market presidents having over-sight of the branches in Dixon, Oregon, Free-port, Sterling, Rock Falls, Princeton, Peru, and Mendota. Even though the name of the bank kept changing, Jef-frey unflaggingly served the local community and provided the same steady support.

Following the family’s commitment to com-munity service, Jeffrey was very involved with community organiza-tions. While living in Ashton for 5 years, he was a trustee on the vil-lage board, past presi-dent of the Ashton Lions, member of the Ashton Business Asso-ciation and Ashton Fire Department, and orga-nizer and first president of the Ashton Summer Celebration. While liv-ing and/or working in Dixon, he had been past president of the Dixon Evening Lions Club, Dixon Family YMCA, Dixon Petunia Festival, founder and past president of Dixon Main Street, and board member of Sinnissippi Centers and the Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home Preservation Founda-tion. He also served for roughly 10 years on the board and numer-

ous terms as president for the Great Lakes Belted Galloway Asso-

ciation. He previ-ously served on the board of the Dixon Chamber of Commerce and Sauk Valley Col-lege Foundation. He chaired the

Dixon Mayor’s Econom-ic Development Com-mission as appointed by Mayor James Burke. At the time of his death, he served on the board of directors for the Dixon Fire Department Pen-sion Plan for the city of Dixon. He was a past president and board member for Sinnis-sippi Centers Inc., and a past president and board member for the Ronald Reagan Boy-hood Home Preserva-tion Foundation. In 1995, he was awarded the Dixon Chamber of Commerce’s Citizen of the Year Award and was a past Dixon Evening Lions Club Lion of the Year.

On the personal side, Jeffrey enjoyed a life-long interest in many areas of history, includ-ing the Civil War, local history, and genealogy. He enjoyed Civil War reenacting for several years, sharing this with his daughters and neph-ew, Jeremy. He wrote many books, which he self-published, about the homes in which he lived, several fam-ily lines, and his friends’ family histories. He and Lisa enjoyed the farm and their family, rais-ing cattle, horses, and chickens.

Jeff is survived by his loving wife, Lisa L. Lovett; and his daugh-ters, Heather L. Lovett of Muncie, Indiana, and Sarah J. Lovett of Phoe-nix. Jeff’s granddaugh-ters include Haley Len-hart, Lillian Richardson, Katherine Richardson, and Marianna Al-Ghiza-wat. Jeff also is survived by his parents, Don-ald and Carol Lovett of Hendersonville, North Carolina; sister, Joan (Tim) Tripp of Hender-sonville; brother, Don (Nikki) Lovett of Dixon; and by his four nieces and four nephews.

He was preceded in death by two grand-children, Nora Kather-ine and William Arthur Richardson. He forever will be admired and greatly missed, not only by his family, but by his community and everyone who knew him.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Preston-Schill ing Funeral Home in Dixon. The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m., Thursday at Faith Assembly Church in Grand Detour, with the Rev. Li Arellano, pas-tor, officiating. Burial will follow at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Oregon.

A memorial will be established by the fam-ily.

Visit prestonschillling-funeralhome.com to send condolences.

Jeffrey Arthur LovettMarch 18, 1958 – July 10, 2016

James W. Pankhurst, 90, of Dixon, passed away peacefully Sunday, July 10, 2016. He was a farmer and worked in con-struction.

He was born Sept. 29, 1925, in Amboy, the son of Leslie and Anna (Herwig) Pankhurst. James grew up in Amboy and graduated from Amboy High School. He was active in several high school activities. James held the school track record for the 440-yard dash for several years before his son, James Pankhurst III, broke his record. James also loved music. He enjoyed play-ing saxophone in a high school band. James met Constance Rose Bun-nell, and they eloped on Dec. 12, 1943, to Mis-souri, and were mar-ried for 72 adventurous years. They spent many years enjoying the farm life and raising seven children. During their farming years, they had 300 migrant workers employed in the tomato farming for Campbell Soup. He helped with the building of the origi-nal construction of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Dixon and worked con-struction building Inter-state 88. James enjoyed flying his Cessna plane and landing in the grass pasture behind the barn. In his later years, he enjoyed salmon fish-ing on Lake Michigan. James never was afraid

to try something new.He is survived by

his wife, Constance Rose Pankhurst of Dixon; three s o n s , J a m e s Pankhurst III of Dixon, Courtney (Joy) Pankhurst of Mount Mor-ris, and Marshall

Pankhurst of Amboy; three daughters, Patri-cia Lohse of Dixon, Tamara (Brett) Conley of Wisconsin, and Con-nie (Dennis) Beeson of South Dakota; 15 grand-children; and 23 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his par-ents, Leslie and Anna Pankhurst; one son, Harry Pankhurst; one son-in- law, Dennis Lohse; and one daugh-ter-in-law, Melanie Pankhurst.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Preston-Schill ing Funeral Home in Dixon. The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Robert C. Kinnear, pastor, officiating. Cre-mation rites have been accorded.

A memorial has been established to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Special thanks to hos-pice and the caring CNAs and nursing staff at the nursing home who helped ease his journey.

Visit prestonschillling-funeralhome.com to send condolences.

James W. Pankhurst

MILLEDGEVILLE – Fran-ces A. Schryver, 85, of Milledgeville, died Satur-day, July 9, 2016, at Polo Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. She worked for 28 years for Gen-eral Electric Co., retiring April 1, 1993.

Frances was born Sept. 1, 1930, the daugh-ter of Chester and Bertha (Kness) Kahler. She mar-ried William Schryver on Nov. 28, 1964, in Rock Falls. She was a member of Dutchtown Church of the Brethren in Milledgeville.

Survivors include her husband of Milledgeville; two daughters, Rox-anne (Bruce) Francis of

Milledgeville and Kathie Reese of Lanark; three sons, Greg (Vicki) Miller and Kim

(Patty) Miller, both of Milledgeville, and Kevin (Debra) Mill-er of Lanark; nine grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchil-dren.

She was preceded in death by her parents and two sisters, Beth and Margaret Turney.

Graveside services will be private. Schilling Funeral Home & Crema-tion in Sterling is handling arrangements.

A memorial has been established.

Visit schillingfuneral-home.com to send con-dolences.

Frances A. Schryver

MOUNT CARROLL – Dwana McFadden, 71, of Mount Carroll, died Saturday, July 9, 2016, at Good Samaritan Nursing

and Rehabilitation Center in Mount Carroll.

L a w - J o n e s F u n e r a l Home in Mount Carroll handled arrangements.

Dwana McFadden

STERLING – William Charles “Chuck” McCor-mick, 70, of Geneva and Sterling, passed away Thursday, July 7, 2016, at University of Chicago Medicine, with his fam-ily by his side.

He was born Nov. 20, 1945, in Dixon, the son of William and Kather-ine (Gillan) McCormick. Chuck grew up in Rock Falls, and married his high school sweetheart, Suzanne. He received his associate’s degree in electronics from SIU and worked for CTS in Sand-wich. He and Suzanne moved their family to Geneva to work for Bur-gess-Norton in Gene-va. During his time at Burgess-Norton, Chuck ran a division which he later developed into Carbco Manufacturing, a business Chuck and his family owned and operated for the last 41 years. During the past 11 years, Chuck realized his dream of owning a farm in the Sterling area near his childhood home. He also enjoyed working on, and refurbishing, old farm tractors, as well

as classic cars. Chuck took great pride in all these accomplishments, but his greatest joy was spending time with his grandchildren. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend, and will be dearly missed.

Chuck is survived by his loving wife of 49 years, Suzanne (Gren-nan); children, Brigette (Todd) Ramm and Kris-ta (Jeff) Williams, both of Geneva; grandchil-dren, Matthew, Andrew, Chloe, Gina, Benjamin, Ryan, Keira, and Maris-sa; brothers, John (Julie) of Sterling and Tom of Geneva; sisters, Mary Sue (Dave) Laughlin of Naperville and Carol Schram of Sterling; and many dear nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

The Funeral Mass was Monday at St. Peter Catholic Church in Geneva. Malone Funeral Home in Geneva han-dled arrangements.

Visit malonefh.com to send condolences.

William C. ‘Chuck’ McCormick

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and search for Jason Zuidema to help offset medical costs for the 18-year-old’s third open-heart surgery, as well as other costs associated, including his 2-week recovery at Ronald McDonald House in Chi-cago, where his mother will stay with him.

One of his special edu-cators, Mandi Roggy of Morrison, set up the page, which has brought in $85 over the past month.

“I hope it improves after his surgery.”

At 6 months, Jason had his first surgery and was put on life support. At age 5, he had another. The stent and pig valve that were surgically installed on his right pulmonary artery were only sup-posed to last 10 years, and even though they got an extra 3 years out of them, no amount of time could prepare mom for what’s to come today, but last week, she and Jason got some help getting ready for the big day.

“They had a big prayer chain at church [Sun-day],” she said. They’re m e m b e r s a t F i r s t Reformed Church in Ful-ton. “He loves church.”

Jason began signing as he heard her say that, and she interpreted:

“That’s right …” she said. “Mom was crying yesterday and scared.”

Jason predominantly communicates with the iPad the River Bend dis-trict and Bi-County Spe-cial Education Coopera-tive furnished him 2 years ago. It features dozens, if not hundreds, of sym-bols, pictures of friends and family, and common phrases.

He used it Monday after-noon to express his love of many things, includ-ing family, basketball, Special Olympics – he’s got many medals in the 50-meter dash and soft-ball throw. He loves rid-ing in the fire truck in the annual parade, thanks to his sister, Lynn Boelkens, a 28-year-old firefighter in the Fulton Fire Depart-ment, in which mom also volunteers as an EMT. She retired after putting about 35 years into her nursing career.

“I basically stay home and take care of him,” she said.

His favorite thing? Music. In a split-second,

he found the icon for his favorite genre.

“Country music,” the iPad says, bringing a smile to his face the size of Nashville.

Jason is an out-of-dis-trict student, and attends Childbridge Center for Education in Palatine. He goes year-round, but gets to come home a couple of weekends a month, as well as holidays and a week between the regular school year and summer school. He learned to play guitar through his musi-cal therapist at Larry’s Home, where he lives while at school.

“He loves to put on shows – in his own way, of course,” Becker said.

He’ll be in school until the day before his 22nd birthday, in January 2020. He’d love to get a job cleaning, doing laundry, getting groceries, any-thing to lend a hand.

“He loves being help-ful,” Becker said.

Between dropping him off and picking him up, doctor’s visits and Indi-vidualized Education Program meetings, Jason and his mom racked up 28 round trips to Chicago last year alone.

T o d a y ’ s t r i p w i l l undoubtedly be the hard-est this year.

“But I have to be tough,” Becker said. “I don’t have a choice.”

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Rosie and Carol’s moth-er, Maxine, made her last picnic in 2014 at age 101, before dying 6 months later in February 2015.

Then, in April, Finni-cum had a major stroke. It was with a heavy heart that Davis sent out can-cellation notices.

“It’s sad to see it. She’s my only sister left, and we’re trying to get her back to halfway of her health, at least,” Davis said. “She can’t talk, can’t eat. Her right side is all gone. But she can say ‘No’ really clear.”

She’s not alone. When Davis asked for folks to step up and help orga-

nize the event, crickets chirped.

“It’s a shame that it isn’t going to continue – not this year, at least,” Davis said. “Everybody’s just falling apart. The sands of time catch up with you in time, and they do it pretty fast.”

She organized and set up the picnic more or less on her own last year, while it was about 90 degrees outside, so when Tuft recently said her emphysema wouldn’t

let her help out, that was that.

“I said, ‘Wait a minute. If nobody else is going to help me, I’m out of here,’” Davis said, adding that her arthritis has become problematic recently. “It’s a lot of work and a lot of setup.”

The organizers would send 80-some bulletins every year, and provided tableware, drinks, coffee and the like. The Ster-ling Park District would bring out 20-some tables.

About 25 prizes were given away at each pic-nic.

The neighborhood was rich with large families back in the 1960s. Most of the children attend-ed Wallace School, and when the bell rang, they spent much of their time playing sports and swimming in Lawrence Park.

“A lot of tomboys out there,” Davis said with a laugh, “and with those large families, we had to be very organized.”

She paused for a moment, then swallowed hard as she thought about missing the reunion this year.

“Everybody’s going to be disappointed. It’s a terrific time.”

To take the reinsThe West End Picnic won’t happen this year at

Scheid Park because of organizers’ bad health, but Rosie Davis is optimistic it can resume the last Satur-day of July next year.

Call her at 815-590-2625 if you’re willing to help organize and set it up.

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MINNEAPOLIS – The General Mills flour recall linked to an E. coli out-break is rippling into other consumer foods, causing several prod-ucts to be yanked from shelves in recent days.

Batches of Krusteaz Blueberry Pancake Mix and more than two dozen types of pre-made appetizers produced by Kabob’s Acquisitions are subject to recall because the products were made with General Mills’ flour processed late last year that could be con-taminated with the life-threatening bacteria.

And General Mills itself

announced Monday that two flavors of its Betty Crocker cake mixes have been added to its recall list “out of an abundance of caution.” The flavor chips, or bits, in several lots of Betty Crocker Delights Super Moist Party Rain-bow Chip and Carrot Cake Mix were made with flour subject to the recall.

General Mills, based in suburban Minneapo-lis, voluntarily recalled 10 million pounds of Gold Medal flour, Won-dra flour and Signature Kitchens flour on May 31 after receiving indica-tion of a potential E. coli outbreak originating in its products.

Buddy Bags bake sale set for Friday

PRINCETON – A bake sale to benefit the Bureau Valley Buddy Bags pro-gram will be held 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday during the Lunch in the Park at Soldiers and Sailors Park, at Park Avenue and South Main Street.

Buddy Bags provides food for children when they are not in school. Visit facebook.com/bureauval-leybuddybags for more information on the pro-gram.

The Princeton Chamber

of Commerce organizes Lunch in the Park from June through September.

– SVM staff report

Purloined polish lands woman in jail

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – New Orleans police say a 27-year-old woman is accused of stealing $860 worth of fingernail polish from a CVS drug store – in 1 day.

Authorities say in a news release that Raushawn Ford was arrested Monday and held without bond on charges of theft and pos-

sessing stolen property. The news release quotes CVS’ loss prevention offi-cer as saying that Ford also had stolen from two other stores.

The release did not elaborate on when and how Ford allegedly stole the polish or how she was caught. Jail records did not indicate whether she had an attorney who could comment on the allega-tions.

According to the CVS website, it sells nail polish for anywhere from 99 cents to $17 a bottle, with kits running from $5 to $25.

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Historian also working on a book, ‘Dixon Stories’HISTORY

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Society monthly programThe Lee County Historical and Genealogical Society

hosts programs at 7 p.m. the second Monday of each month. They normally take place at the second-floor conference room at KSB Hospital, 403 E. First St.

Go to leecountyhgs.org or call the society at 815-284-1134 for more information.

Paulsen based the pre-sentation on a chapter from his eighth book, which is still in develop-ment, titled “Dixon Sto-ries,” which focuses on 22 features of the city’s history.

A few of the main fac-tors connecting the Sauk Valley with the Windy City were railroads, grain elevators and the lumber trade that accelerated settlement growth, he said.

Both of the area’s first white settlers were French traders, who established trading posts along the Rock River and in Chicago.

Paulsen said trad-ers would haul 70 to 90 pounds of fur on their backs from the river to Chicago.

The Black Hawk War of 1832 served as the cata-lyst to spur settlement in

the area as soldiers from the south and east real-ized the fertility of the soil.

“That was really the big

change that happened in this area,” he said, adding that it led to the first land rush in the United States.

With the boom of set-

tlers came a surge in Chicago development as merchants sold supplies to those passing through, and it had the geographi-

cal advantages of a nat-ural harbor, river and canal corridors. Paulsen referred to the city at “nature’s metropolis.”

“This was when Chicago started coming into its own,” he said.

Developments in trans-portation caused the next round of growth in northern Illinois with the construction of the Gale-na and Chicago Union Railroad beginning in 1848.

He said land pric-es increased 10-fold between 1852 and 1860, and the populations in Lee and Whiteside coun-ties more than tripled.

Chicago grew to house 30 railroad lines and went from a population of

about 100 people in 1829 to 1.7 million by 1900.

“A trip that took 2 weeks now took 2 days,” Paulsen said. “Railroads radiated from Chicago like spokes on a wheel.”

Paulsen has served as the guest speaker for several of the society’s programs, which take place at 7 p.m. the second Monday of the month.

Pat Gorman, a member of the Lee County His-torical and Genealogical Society, said the monthly programs bring a con-nection between com-munity members and the area’s history.

“It’s our area, it’s our home, and it’s where we grew up in,” Gorman said.

Michael Krabbenhoeft/[email protected] Duane Paulsen talks Monday about the many advancements in the northern Illinois area during the Industrial Revolution. Paulsen’s presentation during the Lee County Historical and Genealogical Society’s monthly program compared the growth of Dixon and Chicago to that of other cities in the state. The program was held at KSB Hospital in Dixon.

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Gov. Bruce Rauner has been touring Illinois to talk about his new “mes-saging.” He’s quite excit-ed about his “messaging” plans, telling one reporter that if he could do any-thing differently about his tenure so far, it would be to improve the way he gets his message out to voters. Yep. That’s really what he said.

One of the things that the governor was appar-ently counting on dur-ing his downstate tour is few, if any, followup questions from report-ers. For instance, after he completely dodged a question from a Peoria TV reporter about whether he deserves any blame for a year without a budget, the subject was changed, and the governor was let off the hook.

Despite this, Rauner actually complained in Champaign last week about how “There’s no substance in the report-ing,” before saying he was in the process of creating his own com-munication platforms to push his messaging

directly to Illinoisans.He’s not wrong about

the lack of substance in the media’s coverage. A recent survey of social service providers by the highly respected United Way of Illinois was almost completely ignored by media outlets, despite an eye-grabbing finding that about a million Illinois-ans had lost services dur-ing the impasse.

And the governor’s contention that he him-self had cut $800 million in “wasteful spending” from the budget made it into print and on the air without a single question being asked about what those cuts were.

As it turns out, there are multiple problems with the governor’s list of cuts, which I asked to see.

SOME OF THE SAVED money is due to action by his predecessor, a chunk of the cash is from spe-cial state funds with their own dedicated revenue sources, a bunch of the spending was put into the 6-month stopgap bud-get that Rauner signed

into law on June 30, and Rauner himself requested some of the “cut” items be appropriated in his own budget proposal last spring.

Let’s start at the very top of the governor’s list: “Medicaid Eligibil-ity Redeterminations,” which he claims saved $53 million. OK, but that was initiated in 2012 with Medicaid reforms signed into law by Gov. Pat Quinn. Rauner’s bud-get office says Quinn may have signed it, but he fully implemented it.

Rauner’s touted sav-ings from cutting $21 million subsidies for dis-abled mass transit users is illusory because that money comes from the state’s Road Fund, which is funded with motor fuel taxes, license fees, etc. The same goes for his $4 million cut to Amtrak.

Several other programs on the governor’s list also get their money from Other State Funds (OSF), including tourism ($13 million claimed cut), recycling ($6 million), renewable and energy efficiency programs ($8 million), ICC vacancies and transfers ($6 million), and coal programs ($15 million).

The governor’s budget office claims that sav-ing OSF money can help patch holes in the rest of the budget. But these funds (like the Road Fund, which was swept last year for a fortune) are set up and funded for par-ticular purposes.

The governor claims in his list that he cut “Assort-ed DHS Programs not covered by Court Orders or Consent Decrees” for a total of $91 million. But several of those pro-grams are funded in the stopgap budget that the governor signed into law on June 30, including The Autism Program, ARC of Illinois, Teen Reach, homeless prevention, addiction prevention, the Emergency Food Pro-gram, funeral and burial expenses, immigrant integration services, wel-

coming centers, epilepsy services, etc.

Rauner also claims reductions to Criminal Jus-tice Information Authority programs including Cease Fire, but that’s in the stop-gap as well.

AND DESPITE claiming credit for making cuts, the governor actually requested spending for the programs in his own budget proposal from earlier this year, including paratransit and Amtrak. His budget also increased funding for tourism pro-grams.

The governor also claimed $100 million in savings for not construct-ing the Illiana Express-way, which was in doubt anyway.

And his touted $145 mil-lion cut to child care pro-grams was reversed when

Rauner cut a deal with the Democrats.

And then there’s the claimed savings of $4 million due to a delay in the opening of a vet-erans home in Chicago. But that delay actually ended up increasing the cost of the project, and no money was appropriated by the Democratic-con-trolled General Assembly last fiscal year anyway, so it’s not really a Rauner savings.

Also, is a veterans home really “wasteful” spend-ing? I doubt many politi-cians would make that claim. Much the same could be said of several other programs on the list.

How’s that for “sub-stance,” governor?

Note to readers: Rich Miller also publishes Cap-itol Fax, a daily political newsletter, and Capitol-Fax.com.

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A walking bridge, not a bicycle path

BRAD POPEJOY SR.Sterling

For over 50 years I’ve had arthritic knees! Two years ago, arthritis started affecting my hips, and I had to use a cane to walk, many days being worse than others.

Last year I had to buy a wheel-chair for my bad days, a walker for my not-so-bad days. After the winter, my wife wanted me to go on walks with her. Then I took out the motorized chair and went with her.

When I felt better, I used the

walker. This year we’ve used the trail from Dillon Home to Sinnissippi Park as long as I’m able. Lately we’ve been using the foot bridge from Dillon Home to Rock Falls.

There are signs at each end of the foot bridge stating, This is a foot bridge, and politely asking anyone with a bicycle to walk it across. We’ve had people come up behind us and almost hit us. We’ve had people ask us to move over so they can ride past.

What is it with these people that they don’t understand? It’s a walk bridge, period. This bridge was made for people to enjoy the outdoors

between our two cities. You want us to move for you?

If this was a bicycle path, we wouldn’t mind moving for you. Read the signs. It’s a walking bridge, period.

You want to ride your bicycle? Go where you are allowed to ride your bicycle. Show some respect for those who do show respect for what our two towns have done for us.

We moved from the other passage because of the bicy-cles; that path isn’t marked. You have no respect for my wife and I; don’t expect respect from us if you see us using the walking bridge for just that.

R ecent events reinforce the wisdom of lead-ers in the Sauk Valley’s

core communities who have made investment in down-town business districts and riverfront venues a priority.

For example, an SVM story Saturday, “All about location, location, location: Downtown sees surge of activity in past few years,” details business activity in Dixon’s central busi-ness district – a venue that has been augmented through mil-lions of dollars of infrastruc-ture improvement this decade, not to mention the extensive riverfront redevelopment the previous decade.

New businesses are opening their doors downtown, and existing businesses are relo-cating there. Eight businesses were mentioned as joining the downtown sector in the past year, with addresses on First Street and Peoria and Henne-pin avenues.

As Mayor Li Arellano Jr. said, combined public and private efforts have “created an envi-ronment that people want to be a part of.”

And when the city’s major annual festival brings large crowds to the downtown, as the Petunia Festival did over the Fourth of July weekend, the value of a thriving down-town is reinforced.

That lesson is not lost on cit-ies downstream from Dixon on the Rock River.

Last week, the Rock Falls City Council voted to issue TIF

bonds to pay for redevelop-ment infrastructure work and amenities in the neighbor-hood of the new Holiday Inn Express, which opened earlier this year along the riverfront.

The green space investment is designed to foster greater attractiveness to the city’s riv-erfront and could help to cre-ate an environment for more business investment.

The decision to invest public money in downtown redevel-opment comes in the wake of three successful riverfront fes-tivities during the final week-end of June.

For Sterling’s part, the city has been heavily involved in downtown redevelopment since at least the 1990s. Ster-ling continues to work on plans for redeveloping former industrial properties along its riverfront, along with new TIF districts to finance the work, not to mention the Lawrence Lofts project – 20 affordable housing units to be built in the vacant upper floors of the Lawrence Building.

The city also made a major investment when it spear-headed reconstruction of the First Avenue Bridge.

People have proved that they will turn out for quality events held at quality local venues. Businesses have proved they will locate to downtowns where economic growth is encouraged. Creating such environments is a wise invest-ment in the future of our com-munities.

Wise to invest in downtowns

THE CARTOONIST’S VOICE Dave Granlund, GateHouse News Service

What we thinkThe public responds with enthusiasm when cities

invest in their downtowns. Let’s keep it up.

EDITORIAL

THE READER’S VOICE

Rich Miller publishes Capitol Fax, a daily political newsletter. He may be reached at http://thecap-itolfax.blog.com online.

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list of cuts, which I asked to see.

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Dear Abby,I’m a man in my mid-

30s who has recently rec-ognized a pattern in my romantic relationships. A few of them lasted for several years, before they ended for various reasons. In between, I’ve gone a couple of years before seeking out and starting a new relation-ship. In the in-between time, I go online and meet people I have no intention of meeting in “real life,” but who pro-vide conversation and intimacy while I enjoy single life.

I’m about to repeat the pattern again. I’m a few months out of a 3-year relationship and have met someone online. It’s great to chat online and

over the phone, but we are not close geographi-cally, and I have no inten-tion of meeting in person. What’s your insight on this, and do you think this is healthy for me? Any ideas you can offer regarding this pattern?

Dear New,I wish you had told me

more about the circum-stances of your breakups. Were they your idea or the other person’s? If they weren’t your idea, you might be using the in-between relationships as a safe form of enter-tainment while you are healing.

If you are upfront with the people you’re meeting online, and they realize you have no intention of letting these friendships go anywhere, then I sup-pose they are healthy for all concerned. If not, then what you are doing shows not only a lack of character, but also a lack of sensitivity for the feelings of others, and it might be one of the reasons your long-term

relationships aren’t last-ing.

Dear Abby,My grandmother gets

on my case all the time because I don’t clean the bathroom every day. She grew up in the ’50s and ’60s and was a stay-at-home mom to two boys. However, I am a graduate student with a part-time job. I spend hours studying, and when I get some free time, I use it to do things I actually want to do.

My grandmother insists that everyone she knows/knew cleans their house every day, and when she talks about cleaning the bathroom, she doesn’t

mean just picking things up; she means spraying down all surfaces and getting out the bleach or foam spray to clean down the bathtub. I don’t think she under-stands that no one I know – at least my age – cleans their house that way every single day, and that because I’m busy most days and often tired, I don’t want to come home and clean the whole house.

Am I lazy, or am I right in telling her that I will not deep-clean my bathroom/apartment every day? (I think deep-cleaning every 2 weeks is fine.) The free time I have is precious. How often is appropriate?

– Southern Marie

Dear Southern Marie,If you haven’t been

able to convince your grandmother by now that your circumstances are different, the chances of it happening are slim to none. Under normal circumstances, deep-cleaning your bathroom once a week is fine and should keep it sparkling. If you’re smart, you’ll avoid arguing with her about this, because it’s a waste of breath.

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

Story behind stop-and-go romances is keyAbigail Van Buren’s (Jeanne Phillips) column appearsduring the week through Universal Press Syndicate.

dearABBY

COMMUNITY EVENTSTuesday, July 12

Open pool, open cards, open Wii games, and comput-er lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Open pool, open cards, open Wii games, and computer lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Post House Com-munity 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.

Bingo and doughnuts, 9-10 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Morning Whittle, 9 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Boot Scootin’ Seniors, 9:15 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Sing-a-long with Margo, 9:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

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

Line dancing, 10-11 a.m., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236.

Community coffee, 10 a.m.

Oregon Living & Rehab Center, 811 S. 10th St.

Sing-a-long with Margo, 10:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Lifescape lunch, 11:30 a.m., Post House Community Center, 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.

Birthday Potluck Lunch, 11:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

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

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

Bingo, 12:30 p.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th Ave., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Euchre, 12:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Pinochle, 1 p.m., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

Euchre 101, 1 p.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and

Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-589-3925.

Karaoke, 1-4 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Sublette Farmers Market, 3-6 p.m., north shelter, Sublette Centennial Park, 815-713-5675.

Farmers Market, 4-7 p.m., Lanark City Park, 200 W. Clare-more St., Rain or shine.

Bingo, 7 p.m., Sterling Moose Family Center, 2601 E. Lincoln-way, 815-625-0354.

Wednesday, July 13Farmers 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.

Open pool, open cards, open Wii games, and comput-er lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Whiteside 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 Ave.,

Oregon, 815-732-3252.Crafting, 9 a.m., Rock River

Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Smartphone photography workshop, 9 a.m.-noon, Inger-soll Wetlands Learning Center, 7071 Riverview Road, Thomson. Registration: 815-273-2732, ext. 116.

Mexican Train dominoes, 9:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

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

Lifescape lunch, 11:30 a.m., Post House Community Center, 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.

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

Sewing after lunch, noon, Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-589-3925.

Bingo with the Beukemas, 12:15 p.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-589-3925.

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

Men’s cards, 12:30 p.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Wii Bowling, 1 p.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Second Wind Entertainers, 1:30 p.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Community cards, 2 p.m., The Meadows of Franklin Grove, 510 N. State St., 815-456-3000.

Skeet shooting, 2 p.m. until no shooters, Coleta Sports-men’s Club, the corner of Pilgrim and Blue Goose roads, 815-336-2191.

Farmers Market, 4-7 p.m., Riverfront, downtown Dixon.

Mindfulness Meditation community sitting sessions, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Mind Body Spir-it Connection, 1254 N. Galena Ave., Dixon, 563-210-6516.

Kings Kids Club, 6 p.m., Lib-erty Baptist Church, 2002 Ninth Ave., Rock Falls, 815-579-1209 or 815-625-4101.

SUPPORT GROUPS, CLUBS AND SERVICESWednesday, July 13

Childhood immunization clinic; women, infants and chil-dren clinic; and family planning services, Lee County Health Department, 309 S. Galena Ave., Suite 100, Dixon. Appoint-ments: 815-284-3371.

Dixon Kiwanis Club meeting, 7 a.m., private dining room, KSB Hospital, 403 E. First St.

Rock River Center Board meeting, 7:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Blood pressure screenings, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Whiteside County Health Department, 1300 W. Second St., Rock Falls, 815-626-2230.

Mercy Nursing Services free blood pressure clinic, 9-11 a.m., Northland Mall, 2900 E. Lincoln-way, Sterling.

Henry Pratt Retiree breakfast, 9 a.m., Red Apple, 1130 Franklin Grove Road, Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., women’s group; noon; 3:30 p.m.; 7 p.m., Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., closed, Church of the Brethren, 215 North Court St., Dixon.

Representative from Rock River Center in Oregon, 9:30-11 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Blood pressure check, 10-11 a.m., Morningside of Sterling, 2705 Ave. E, 815-564-2145.

Red Cross blood drive, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., 112 W. Second St., Rock Falls. Appointment: 815-625-0382.

Blood pressure checks, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Sec-ond St., Dixon, 815-288-2117.

Mercy Nursing Services free blood pressure clinic, 11 a.m.-noon, Dixon Food Center – Red Fox, 500 Chicago Ave., Dixon.

Blood pressure checks 11:30 a.m.-noon, Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

BorgWarner retiree lunch, 11:30 a.m., River’s Edge Inn, 2303 W. First St., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous Grati-tude Group, noon, Big Book, closed; 6 p.m. Big Book, tradi-tion, closed, lower level, Loveland Community House, 513 W. Sec-ond St., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed, St. Paul Lutheran Church, 114 S. Fifth St., Oregon.

Lee County Welfare Council,

noon, Mr. Tequila, 844 N. Galena Ave., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed, Grapevine; 6 p.m., closed, Spanish; 7 p.m. closed, Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, noon, open; 7 p.m., open, Big Book, back door, 1503 First Ave., Suite D, Rock Falls.

Book Club, 12:30 p.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Free blood pressure checks, 1-3 p.m., Amboy Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 15 W. Wasson Road, 815-857-2550.

Woodworkers, 1-3 p.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 1:30 p.m., open, St. Patrick Commu-nity Center, 903 N. Caron Road, Rochelle.

Women’s Support Group, 5-6:30 p.m., Choices Domestic Violence Program office, 114 W. Market St., Mount Carroll.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 5:30 p.m., closed, step, tradi-tion, United Methodist Church, 201 E. Chicago Ave., Davis Junction.

Pearl, a self-esteem support group of the YWCA Domestic Violence Program, 6 p.m., 815-625-0333.

Sauk Valley Gold Wing Rid-ers, 6 p.m. dinner, 7 p.m. meet-ing, Rock Falls Candlelight, 2200 First Ave., 815-625-6763.

Safe Harbor – Community Recovery Group, 6:30 p.m., Town Square Centre, 101 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-994-1953 or 908-361-7924.

AMVETS 123, 7 p.m., VFW Post, 1560 Franklin Grove Road, Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., open, Immanuel Lutheran Church, 960 U.S. Route 52, Amboy.

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

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

Northern Illinois Divers Asso-ciation, 7:30 p.m., Angelo’s II, 2525 E. Lincolnway, Sterling.

Northern Illinois Star Gaz-ers meeting, 7:30 p.m., Room 3G12, biology lab, Sauk Valley Community College, 173 state Route 2, Dixon, 815-288-2852.

Rock River Grange, 7:30 p.m., Masonic Lodge, 1409 N. Galena Ave., Dixon, 815-973-1490.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m.,

closed, Polo Town Hall, 117 N. Franklin Ave.

Thursday, July 14Childhood immunization

clinic; women, infants and chil-dren clinic; and family planning services, Lee County Health Department, 309 S. Galena Ave., Suite 100, Dixon. Appoint-ments: 815-284-3371.

Abuse Changing team, 815-625-0338.

Twin City Sunrise Rotary, 7 a.m., Ryberg Auditorium, CGH Medical Center, 100 E. LeFevre Road, Sterling.

Rock River Center Board meeting, 7:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Blood pressure screenings, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Whiteside County Health Department, 1300 W. Second St., Rock Falls, 815-626-2230.

Blood pressure screenings, 8-9 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

TOPS IL 1426, 8:30-9 a.m. weigh-in, meeting at 9 a.m., Coloma Homes, 401 W. 18th St., Rock Falls.

Free blood pressure clinic, 8:30-9:30 a.m., The Eureka Inn, 110 E. Third St., Prophetstown.

TOPS IL 825, 9-10 a.m. weigh-in, meeting at 10 a.m., Coventry Activity Center, 612 St. Mary’s Road, Sterling, 815-626-0034.

Dementia Support Group, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Morningside of Sterling, 2705 Ave. E, 815-622-2800.

Free blood pressure check, 10-11:30 a.m., Oregon Living & Rehab Center, 811 S. 10th St.

Caregiver Support and Edu-cation Group, noon, St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, 703 Third Ave., Sterling, 815-626-7333, ext. 317.

Alcoholics Anonymous Gratitude Group, noon, Big Book, closed; 6 p.m. literature, open, lower level, Loveland Community House, 513 W. Second St., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed, St. Paul Lutheran Church, 114 S. Fifth St., Oregon.

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

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, noon, open, 12x1212; 7 p.m., open, 12x12, back door, 1503 First Ave., Suite D, Rock Falls.

KSB Parkinson’s Disease Support Group, 1-2:30 p.m., second floor, Town Square Cen-

tre, 102 S. Hennepin Ave., Dixon.Volunteer Care Center of Lee

County, 2-5 p.m., 101 W. Sec-ond St., Dixon. Appointments: 815-284-9555.

American Red Cross blood drive, 2-7 p.m., Tampico United Methodist Church, 202 S. Lincoln St. Appointments: 800-733-2767.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 2:30 p.m., closed, clearance required, BAAbble on for Life Prison Group, 815-973-6150.

Free Naturalization/Immigra-tion Services, 3-5 p.m., Room 1E08, Sauk Valley Commu-nity College, 173 state Route 2, Dixon, 309-736-7727.

Alzheimer’s Support Group, 3:30 p.m., Terrace Conference Room, Pinecrest Manor, 414 S. Wesley Ave., Mount Morris, 815-734-9069.

Narcotics Anonymous, 3 p.m., 2611 Woodlawn Road, Sterling, 815-625-0013.

Al-Anon-Alateen, 4 p.m., Wesley Chapel Annex, 200 S. Hickory St., Shannon.

Alzheimer’s Support Group, 5 p.m., Whiteside Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Speak Boldly Toastmasters 2125, 6 p.m., Sterling Public Library, 102 W. Third St., 815-626-7650.

TOPS, 6:30 p.m., Rock Falls United Methodist Church, 210 Fourth Ave., 815- 625-0431.

A New View, a family men-tal health support group, 6:30-8 p.m., Faith Lutheran Church, 14206 E. Flagg Road, Rochelle, 815-761-7654.

Manlius Fire Department meeting, 6:30 p.m., firehouse, Maple Avenue.

Sons of American Legion Post 12, 6:30 p.m., 1120 W. First St., Dixon, 815-284-2003.

40&8 Promenade, 7 p.m., American Legion Post 12, 1120 W. First St., Dixon, 815-284-2003.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., open, back door, 701 First Ave., Suite A, Rock Falls.

Al-Anon-Alateen, 7 p.m., St. John Lutheran Church, 703 Third Ave., Sterling.

Sterling Optimist Club, 7 p.m., Candlelight Inn, 2907 N. Locust St.

Whiteside County Natural Area Guardians, 7 p.m., Odell Public Library, 307 S. Madison St., Morrison, 815-772-3811.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, and Al-Anon-Alateen, 7 p.m., United Methodist Church, 709 Fourth Ave., Rochelle.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., open, Big Book, Rolling Hills Progress Center, 201 state Route 64, Lanark.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., closed, Church of St. Anne, 401 N. Cherry St., Morrison.

Rock River Valley Barber-shop Chorus practice, 7 p.m., Rock Falls Community Building, 603 W. 10th St., 815-626-1574.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed, United Steelworkers, 502 Woodburn Ave., Sterling.

Perry ‘doing well’ after leaving stage

NEW YORK (AP) – Aero-smith guitarist Joe Perry is “doing well” after he walked off a New York City stage during a perfor-mance with Johnny Depp and Alice Cooper and was taken to a hospital, a rep-resentative said Monday.

Perry became ill around 9:30 p.m. Sunday while performing with the Hol-lywood Vampires rock group at the Ford Amphi-theater in Brooklyn’s Coney Island.

An administrator at Coney Island Hospital confirmed Perry, 65, had undergone tests. Further details were not released.

“Joe Perry is doing well and resting and appreci-ates all your good wishes,” said the group’s represen-tative, Sujata Murthy.

Cooper tweeted, saying “our brother” Perry was stable and with family.

IN BRIEF

Bridge

Margaret Atwood said, “The Eskimo has 52 names for snow because it is impor-tant to them; there ought to be as many for love.” Prob-ably 52 is an overbid, but bridge – with 52 cards – did try to get into the Winter Olympics because the Sum-mer Games were full. How-ever, to qualify for the Winter Games, an activity must take place on ice or snow –which was hard for bridge to claim.

In today’s deal, how does South avoid sliding to defeat in seven spades after West leads a low diamond?

The bidding is always easier when you can see all 52 cards. But after North rebid five spades over five diamonds, South thought the grand slam had to have play.

There seem to be 13 tricks: six spades, three hearts and four clubs. The only danger is a bad club break.

If West has J-10-fourth, his holding can be nullified by fi-nessing twice. But what hap-

pens if East has J-10-fourth of clubs?

Assuming East has the diamond ace (reasonable, given West’s lead), he can be squeezed between the minors as long as declarer does not play dummy’s dia-mond king at trick one.

South ruffs the diamond, draws trumps, and cashes his heart tricks. What does he learn?

Here, he finds out that East started with three spades, at least three hearts and (from the bidding) six diamonds. So, he has at most one club. Declarer cashes his club ace and plays a club to dummy’s nine (or captures West’s honor, ruffs the diamond king, and takes the club fi-nesse).

Leave until as late as possi-ble a suit that can be played in more than one way.

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LEBANON, Pa. (AP) – In the days following her 18-year-old daugh-ter’s first arrest on heroin charges, Stephanie Moyer took solace in thinking she would be safe in jail until she got into a treat-ment program.

However, Victoria “Tori” Herr sounded disorient-ed on a call home 3 days later. She feared she was dying and complained of being thirsty, her mother said.

Herr, who had a 10-bag-a-day habit, collapsed following days of severe vomiting and diarrhea at the Lebanon County Correctional Facility. She spent 5 days in the hos-pital, then died on Easter Sunday 2015.

Her case is one of at least a half-dozen deaths nation-wide during the past 2 years involving jail heroin withdrawal, and advocates fear the number will grow given the nation’s heroin crisis. Advocates find the deaths particularly trou-bling because opioid with-drawal, while miserable, is rarely life-threatening if medication, monitoring and intravenous fluids are available.

“This is a woman who died because she was detoxing,” said Moyer’s lawyer, Jonathan Fein-berg, who filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Mon-day. “Had Tori Herr’s withdrawal been treated ... she almost certainly would be alive today.”

Warden Robert Karnes told Moyer that his staff

followed “all operational protocols,” the lawsuit says. Jail and county offi-cials didn’t return calls Monday seeking com-ment.

“This is an emerging, growing problem, and it’s hitting communities all over the country. That’s exponentially so in jails,” said Emma Freudenberg-er, a co-counsel on the lawsuit.

Other withdrawal deaths have been reported at jails around the country:n In Oregon, a 26-year-

old woman wrote increas-ingly dire notes to jail staff begging for help before she died after 6 days behind bars in 2014, The Oregonian reported.n Near Detroit , a

32-year-old man lost 50 pounds during a month-long stay in 2014 as he struggled to withdraw from methadone, opi-oids and the anti-anxiety drug benzodiazepine. A jail video shows him lying naked on a stone floor during what his family’s lawsuit called his slow, painful death.n I n C o l o r a d o , a

25-year-old man died last year after he was pre-scribed a mixture of drugs to treat his withdrawal symptoms but never received them, according to his family’s lawsuit.

Dr. Eke Kalu, the general medical director of the Philadelphia prison sys-tem, said quitting heroin is one of the “safer with-drawals” compared with alcohol and some other

drugs. The city screens inmates to assess their need for medication or IV fluids. Officials couldn’t remember an opiate with-drawal death in the past decade.

Officials at Rikers Island, in New York, have long run a methadone mainte-nance program.

But smaller jails may lack in-house medical units or sufficient moni-toring. Advocates say that can amount to cruel and unusual punishment. Freudenberger believes jail officials in Lebanon

should have sent Herr to a hospital earlier.

Herr was staggering by the time she was taken to the medical unit the last night there, according to Moyer’s lawsuit. She was given water and Ensure, but resumed vomiting when she returned to her cell, the lawsuit said. Dehydration brought on by constant vomiting and diarrhea can lead to delirium, an electrolyte imbalance and cardiac damage. Herr also went without oxygen after she collapsed, the suit said.


Days after its release, Pokemon Go has become a fast-moving phenom-enon, drawing flash mob-type crowds searching neighborhoods, parks and urban streets for imaginary characters on their smartphones.

The game, which trades on the nostalgia of the popular 1990s franchise and the thrill of exploring an augmented reality, is poised to surpass Twit-ter in daily active users on Android, according to data published by Simi-larWeb, an information technology firm. And on the Google Play store, it’s ranked No. 1 above Face-book, Snapchat and Ins-tagram.

Users play the game by wandering neighbor-hoods and other public

places, trying to discover geo-located Pokemon characters, which show up as if in the real world on their smartphone cameras.

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congregate at local land-marks to join teams and compete with one another.

But already the game has posed risks and warn-ings that users could be drawn into danger.

Armed robbers in Mis-souri used the app to lure victims to isolated locations where they could be robbed, said police. Others have been injured chasing the imaginary characters on their smartphones, without paying atten-tion to their real-life sur-roundings.

In Washington state, Duvall police posted a warning on Facebook after players had been found “creeping around the Duvall PD … in the dark, popping out of bushes.”

“Just use common sense,” the post said, suggesting users “make sure your presence is well known. … And remember to be polite.”

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Justin Harrison via APA photo from Friday, pro-vided by Justin Harrison, shows the bruised shin of Lindsay Plunkett, a 23-year-old waitress in Asheville, North Carolina, after she tripped over a cinder block while playing Pokemon Go, an addic-tive new game. Players have reported wiping out in a variety of ways as they wander the real world – eyes glued to their smart-phone screens – in search of digital monsters.

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DETROIT – Berrien County Sheriff Paul Bailey confirmed at a Monday news confer-ence that two court bai-liffs – both retired police officers – were killed and the suspect, an uniden-tified man, was shot and killed by police.

Bailey said the shoot-ing happened about 2:25 p.m. when a “dis-turbance” occurred on the third floor of the courthouse in down-town St. Joseph, Michi-gan.

“The person had shot two bailiffs, they’re both deceased, and shot a deputy sheriff who is at the hospital right now being treated in an emergency room.”

Bailey said the sher-iff’s deputy is in stable condition at Lakeland Regional Hospital. He said “several civilians” were also taken to the hospital and are in sta-ble condition as well at the same hospital.

“THEY WENT FOR shelter once the shoot-ing occurred and other brave officers were able to come to their rescue and take the shooter down,” Bailey said.

Bailey said the sher-iff’s department is investigating the shoot-ings along with the St. Joseph’s Police Depart-ment and Michigan State Police.

“We have the MSP Crime Lab coming down to process the scene,” Bailey said. “We don’t have all the details about what happened or what occurred or how he got the weapon; we will be investigating that along with the homicide task force.”

Bailey called the shoot-ings a “terrible, terrible” event and said addition-al information would be released later.

“We’re asking people to pray for the families of the deceased,” Bailey said.

Retired Benton Town-ship Police officer Kim Fowler knew both of the slain bailiffs well. He said he worked with one of the men for a quarter of a century at Benton Township and the other, a retired state trooper, was his neighbor.

He said he was stunned by the news. He called both men “100 percent police officers carrying on in their retirement by being in the courtroom.”

Fowler said the last time he recalled a law enforcement officer being killed in the line of duty in Berrien County was in 1984 when Michi-gan State Trooper Rob-ert Mihalik was killed during a traffic stop in Shoreham, just south of St. Joseph.

“There are always spo-radic incidents every-where in the country,” Fowler said. “Fortu-nately, nothing has hap-pened recently here, but I guess it was our turn in the barrel.”

2 bailiffs, suspect dead in Michigan

Behind bars, addicts dyingAdvocates fear more heroin withdrawal fatalities in jails

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BAGHDAD (AP) – The United States will send 560 more troops to Iraq to transform a freshly retak-en air base into a staging hub for the long-awaited battle to recapture Mosul from Islamic State mili-tants, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Monday. The new American forces

should arrive in the com-ing weeks.

Most of the engineers, logistics personnel, secu-rity and communications forces will concentrate on building up Qayara air base, about 25 miles south of Mosul. They will assist Iraqi forces plan-ning to encircle and even-

tually retake the biggest city anywhere that has fallen under IS’ control.

The extremist group captured Mosul in the summer of 2014.

“These additional U.S. forces will bring unique capabilities to the cam-paign and provide critical enabler support to Iraqi

forces at a key moment in the fight,” Carter said on an unannounced visit to the country.

Lt. Gen. Sean MacFar-land, the top U.S. com-mander in the fight against the Islamic State group, said they have already received warning orders to deploy and will

flow in “relatively soon.”Carter announced Presi-

dent Barack Obama’s decision as he met about 120 troops in a build-ing at Baghdad’s airport, shielded from scorching desert hovering near 100 degrees Fahrenheit. It is Obama’s second U.S. troop increase in Iraq in the past

3 months, and it brings the total U.S. force authoriza-tion there to 4,647.

Asked how long Amer-ica will continue to send more forces to the fight, Carter said that the U.S. is determined to defeat IS, and if commanders need for more troops, “I’ll ask the president for them.”

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Board begins difficult task of carrying on without its leader

A Facebook status post-ed Sunday by Bollman’s wife, Rochelle Monteith-

B o l l m a n , said Bollman was at only 20 feet when he became u n r e s p o n -sive about 11:45 a.m. S a t u r d a y , a n d t h a t , thus, a heart a t t a c k o r stroke are suspected. An autopsy is scheduled for today in Belize.

W h i t -combe was o u t w i t h h i s s o n s , Tommy, 20, and David, 17, when his wife, Reni, called with the unthink-able news.

“It was a terrible shock,” he said.

Another mile marker, albeit a much darker one, offered an opportunity to honor his dear friend.

“I think the best and only thing to do is to carry on his best characteristic: always making everyone

feel like they’re impor-tant, wanted, and cared for,” Whitcombe said. “You always left a meeting with Andrew feeling bet-ter about yourself.”

Their last trip was in February to Miami’s South Beach, where they used their iPhones to cap-ture the vibrancy of exotic restaurants, shops, and Ferraris.

“Ferraris are like Buicks down there,” Whit-combe said. “Technol-ogy changed, and we didn’t want to check more luggage, so we went to iPhone photography, and started taking Uber instead of cabs. But the essence of the trips was always the same.”

The latest, greatest adventures, however, have been over the past several years, since Andrew became a father to Asher, 5. Whitcombe’s daughters, Sara, 16, and Esther, 11, adore Asher. Experiencing parenthood together only strength-ened the men’s bond that was formed more than 20 years ago, when Boll-man was dating Rochelle – Whitcombe’s wife’s sis-ter.

“We’re married to sis-ters, so we understood each other as few men could,” Whitcombe said.

Bollman was elected to the Board of Trustees in

2007, about a dozen years after graduating from Sauk, where he served as a student trustee. He then graduated from Augus-tana College in Rock Island with an English degree before opening a storefront photography studio in downtown Ster-ling. A shade more than 4 years later, he went to law school at Northern Illinois University.

In 2012, he ran against Anna Sacco-Miller for the Republican Party’s nomination for the state’s attorney office. He was a partner with Keller &

Bollman, Attorneys at Law in Dixon.

Bollman grew up in Wal-nut and helped out on the family farm, one of several connections he and Scott Stoller, vice president of

the Board of Trustees, shared.

“As a parent of young ones, this hits you right between the eyes,” he said.

By protocol, Stoller will take over as chair-man, and the college has 60 days to fill the vacated seat.

During this grieving phase, Stoller is grateful for protocol.

“This is why we have protocol in place,” he said. “We’ll continue to take steps forward. They’ll probably be baby steps at first. We’re grieving as a

board, and we’re celebrat-ing him, and then we’ll go about our business.”

Bollman also served a 1-year term as president of the Illinois Community College Trustees Associa-tion, which expired July 1. Stoller admired Bollman for his tireless lobbying in Springfield on behalf of community colleges statewide.

He also commended Bollman for building a president search commit-tee with a cross-section of college staff and com-munity members, as well as allowing Stoller to head that group, which brought Dave Hellmich to the col-lege slightly more than a year ago.

“Andrew knew the institution from a stu-dent’s point of view, and a leader’s point of view, and he knew the impor-tance of the college to the Sauk Valley community,” Hellmich said. “It’s a loss for his family, first and foremost, a loss for the community, and a loss for our family here at Sauk.”

“He just had an incred-ibly generous spirit,” Whitcombe said. “He made everyone around him feel like they were the most important person in the room. He was one of those rare people who treated everybody as if they were his best friend.”

Photo submitted by Paul WhitcombeAndrew Bollman joins in on the fun with street performers in Key West, Florida, during a January 2015 trip with his brother-in-law, Paul Whitcombe. Bollman, who was chairman of the Sauk Valley Community College Board of Trustees and president of the Lee County Board of Health, died Saturday morning while scuba diving off the coast of San Pedro, Belize.

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SILVIS – Will he or won’t he, that was the question of the day Mon-day morning in the club-house at TPC Deere Run, where media day activi-ties were being held in a run-up to this year’s John Deere Classic.

“He” is Jordan Spieth, who had to make a deci-sion by July 11 whether or not he was going to be part of the United States team for the Sum-mer Olympic Games that begin next month in Bra-zil. At about 10 a.m., a noisy room went quiet, and eyes focused on a big screen television. Then the word got out – Spieth would not be headed to Rio de Janeiro.

Now the question is, will Spieth be coming back to Silvis to defend the John Deere Classic title he won in 2015?

The JDC is usually held the second weekend in July, the week before the British Open, but got bumped to the sec-ond week of August this year – the same time as the Olympics. Spieth had openly talked about wanting to play for his country after winning the 2013 John Deere Classic, but many high-profile golfers – a group that now includes Spi-eth - have backed away as health concerns arose in Rio.

“As he became less enthusiastic in his Olym-pic comments and more guarded about his deci-sion, I guess I kind of understood it could go either way,” John Deere C l a s s i c t o u r n a m e n t director Clair Peterson

said. “I think I would have been surprised if he would have said he was going, quite honestly. There was such a degree of uncertainty as July 11 approached.

“My thinking was if he knew he was going, he might have said yes already, so maybe he’s going to say no.”

Warriors forward Draymond Green was arrest-ed in East Lansing, Michigan on Sunday on suspision of assault. He was released on $200 bond and is scheduled to be arraigned July 20.

Numbers gameAfter the All-Star break, the Cubs will play 14 of their next 19 games at Wrigley Field. The only road games will be short trips to Miller Park and U.S. Cellular Field.

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APWhite Sox pitcher Chris Sale was named the starter for the American League in the All-Star Game. Johnny Cueto will start for the National League.

BY RONALD BLUMAP Baseball Writer

SAN DIEGO – Chris Sale of the Chicago White Sox will start for the American League in tonight’s All-Star Game and Johnny Cueto of the San Francisco Giants for the National League.

Sale, a 27-year-old left-hander, is 14-3 with a 3.38 ERA and leads the major leagues in wins. He has 123 strikeouts and just 26 walks in 125 innings, and batters are hitting .225 against him.

“There are no repercussions that come from the game other than having fun and competing,” he said Monday. “I fully intend to go out there and giving it all I got for that inning or two, what-ever it might be.”

Cueto, a 30-year-old right-hander who left

Kansas City to sign with the Giants last offsea-son, tops NL pitchers in victories. He is 13-1 with a 2.47 ERA, striking out 115 in 131 1/3 innings. He has won 10 consecutive decisions since an April 21 loss to Arizona.

His path to the starting nod became clearer when Clayton Kershaw and Noah Syndergaard got hurt, Stephen Strasburg pulled out of the game because of a recent disabled list stint and Madison Bumgarner was ruled out because he started Sunday.

“I was just happy to be participating in the game,” Cueto said through a translator. “But I’m very happy.”

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Dixon hitters come aliveSterling hurt by lack of depth in rotation in loss

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DIXON — Kris Lahman had never hit an American Legion baseball home run until Monday.

Only after reaching second base in the third inning of Dixon Post No. 12’s South District game against Sterling No. 296 did he realize his liner down the left-field line made it past the outfield fence to drive in three runs.

Lahman hesitated briefly at second to find out the result of his hit, but there was little hesitation in the bats and patience at the place for Dixon in a 16-3 win at Veterans Memorial Field.

“I thought it was a ground-rule double,” Lahman said. “I was just running. I wasn’t watching the ball.”

The home run off Sterling’s Jordan Green drove in three runs, coming after Tucker Cole drove in three of his own in the second inning on a double to deep left field.

Dixon 16, Sterling 3Star of the game: Kris Lahman, Dixon, 3-for-3, HR, 4 RBI, 3 RKey performers: Tucker Cole, Dixon, 2-for-3, 4 RBI, 2B; Ryan Long, Dixon, 2 RBI; Reilly Hay, Sterling, inside-the-park HRUp next: South District play at Streator, Dixon vs. Streator, 7 p.m. tonight; Sterling at Dixon/Streator loser, Wednesday, time TBA

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Skipping Rio opens JDC door for Spieth

APJordan Spieth watches his chip shot from near the gallery on the eighth hole during the second round of the 2015 John Deere Classic. Spieth said Monday he would not play in the Olympics, opening the door for him to defend his title at the JDC this season, which is the second week in August.

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Jeremiah Tilmon, a 6-foot-10, 235-pound former East St. Louis High center, announced on his Twitter account Monday that he had made a verbal commitment to the Univer-sity of Illinois.

“After a long recruiting process and much thought ... I’m blessed to announce that I am staying home,” Tilmon wrote on his Twit-ter account, which also showed a photo of him in a No. 33 Illini jersey.

According to ESPN, Tilmon chose Illinois over North Carolina, Kansas, Texas, Michigan State and Missouri. Tilmon transferred to La Lumiere Academy in Indiana last season, helping that squad to the national championship game.

OLYMPICS

IOC: Rio ‘ready to welcome the world’The head inspector for

the IOC, Nawal El Mout-awakel, says she’s confi-dent the trouble-plagued Rio de Janeiro Olympics are “ready to welcome the world” with the games opening in just under 4 weeks.

El Moutawakel was in Rio over the weekend, taking her last look at Olympic venues. She called the venues “stunning” and pointed out that Rio has hosted 44 test events to prepare for South Ameri-ca’s first Olympics.

She also said the delayed subway line extension, linking the Ipanema and Copacabana beach area to the western suburb or Barra da Tijuca, would be ready for the games.

MMA

UFC sold, White stays on to run it

The UFC has been sold for approximately $4 billion to a group led by Holly-wood talent agency WME-IMG.

Dana White will stay on to run the UFC, which has grown from a money-losing promotion in a minor sport into a global entertainment brand. UFC owners Loren-zo and Frank Fertitta have tapped out of the com-pany after nearly 16 years, although they’ll retain a minority interest.

SOCCER

Fans welcome home Ronaldo, Portugal

Tens of thousands of fans welcomed their national team back home on Mon-day, 1 day after Portugal won the European Cham-pionship for its first major trophy.

Waving the trophy in the air to fans on Alameda Avenue in Lisbon, captain Cristiano Ronaldo said his team was now “part of Portuguese history.”

NFL

Williams says he was tested 500 times

Former running back Ricky Williams says he went through “at least 500” drug tests during his 11-year NFL career.

Ricky’s wife, Kristin, out-lines in a Sports Illustrated film how lax NFL testing standards were, includ-ing when a tester left the samples at the Williamses’ house to go get stickers for identifying them.

In the film, entitled “Ricky Williams Takes the High Road,” Williams also dis-cusses the prevalence of marijuana use in the NFL today, and its potential as a medicinal tool.

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Red Sox closer had surgery on his left knee Monday to repair a medial meniscus tear. He is expected to be out 3-6 weeks.

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1901• Cy Young wins his 300th career game as the Red Sox beat the Philadelphia Athletics 5-3.

1930• Bobby Jones wins the U.S. Open to cap off a Grand Slam. He had won the British Open, American Amateur and British Ama-teur earlier that year.

BY JON KRAWCZYNSKIAP Basketball Writer

Tim Duncan spent nearly 2 decades as the quiet storm in the middle of the San Antonio Spurs franchise, putting the team on his broad shoulders and carrying it to heights unseen in modern American sports.

With Duncan as the focal point, the Spurs won five champion-ships, made the playoffs in all 19 of his seasons and cemented themselves as one of the most successful sports franchises in history. And now, the tireless and reluctant superstar is finally call-ing it a career.

The 40-year-old Duncan announced his retirement on Monday, marking the end of an era for the Spurs and the NBA.

“The greatest power forward ever,” the Los Angeles Clippers’ Jamal Crawford said Monday, as the tributes to Duncan’s career began coming.

Few would dare argue.Duncan was the No. 1 overall

pick in 1997 and teamed with coach Gregg Popovich, point guard Tony Parker and shooting guard Manu Ginobili to turn the Spurs from a solid franchise that could never quite get over the hump into one of the league’s

superpowers.“The constant staple of their

franchise,” Cleveland’s LeBron James said earlier this year.

The unassuming Duncan won two MVP awards and was one of just four players to be named NBA Finals MVP at least three times. Nicknamed “The Big Fundamental” for his clinical approach that favored bank shots over dunks, he was a 15-time All-Star, a member of the All-NBA first team 10 times and is one of only three players – joining Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Rob-ert Parrish – to win at least 1,000 games in his career. He is fifth on the NBA’s career list in blocks, sixth in rebounds and 14th in scoring.

“Even tho I knew it was com-ing, I’m still moved by the news,” Ginobili tweeted. “What a HUGE honor to have played with him for 14 seasons! #ThankYouTD.”

NBA Commissioner Adam Sil-ver called Duncan “one of the most dominant players in NBA history” and lauded him for an “understated selflessness [that] made him the ultimate team-mate.”

“For 2 decades, Tim repre-sented the Spurs, the city of San Antonio and the league with pas-

sion and class,” Silver said. “All of us in the NBA family thank him for his profound impact on the game.”

Duncan was never one for big endorsement deals or look-at-me press conferences, which is why he was often overshadowed in the public eye by more outsized personalities like James and Kobe Bryant, who also retired this year after 20 seasons, all with the Los Angeles Lakers. But he leaves this game as one of the league’s true giants, perhaps the best power forward to ever play and one who left as indelible a mark on his franchise as any player to come before him.

“For us as players, we just enjoy and appreciate each other,” Bry-ant said earlier this season. “It’s not a matter of who’s better or who’s greater. You just accept the careers that you’ve had. I appre-ciate his career, and vice versa.”

The announcement comes 2 months after the Spurs were upset by the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Confer-ence semifinals, a six-game exit that immediately had people wondering yet again if it was Duncan’s last hurrah.

Turns out, it was.

BY DAN WIEDERER Chicago Tribune

The stage is set for Alshon Jeffery. Sixteen games, $14.6 million and the next 5-plus months to prove where he should be cat-egorized among NFL receivers. Those are the dynamics Jeffery now faces, by necessity, as he heads toward a second consecutive contract year, this time wearing the franchise tag label.

Theoretically, the Bears have until 3 p.m. Friday to meet Jeffery’s request for a long-term extension.

But it would take a dramatic twist at this point – i.e.: Jeffery and his agent dramatically reducing their salary expectations – for the negotiation stalemate to end.

So don’t lose sleep wondering if Friday’s deadline pressure will persuade the Bears to lock up their top receiver for the long haul. (It won’t.) And don’t mis-read the front office’s firm stance on the matter as an unwillingness to invest in Jeffery. (It isn’t.)

What this has become, for both the receiver and the franchise, is

a sensible test drive. Prove to us Alshon, the bosses at Halas Hall have ordered, that you truly are a top-tier receiver. Show us you can stay healthy and produce and take your game up a notch. And if you do, we’ll reward you accordingly.

Just not now.That posture at Halas

Hall was made clear long ago. Sure, gen-eral manager Ryan Pace never officially closed

the door on finding a path to a long-term deal. But the front office also has had no delu-sions in believing the gap between Jeffery’s contract wishes and their appraisal would ever close.

So Jeffery will play this season on the tag and the Bears will prod and challenge him constant-ly, pushing him to be at his best.

Know this much: Jef-fery wants to be paid

like and seen as an elite receiver. Last year at this time, the Broncos’ Demaryius Thomas and the Cowboys’ Dez Bry-ant each shed the fran-chise tag to land lucra-tive (and nearly identi-cal) deals. Thomas’ 5-year, $70 million con-tract included $43.75 million in guaranteed money. Bryant got $45 million guaranteed on his 5-year, $70 million deal.

But both players were coming off prolific Pro Bowl seasons and had established themselves as key playmakers for division champions.

Jeffery? He missed seven games with soft-tissue injuries last season for a 10-loss, last-place team. He ranked 58th in the NFL in catch-es (54) and 42nd in yards (807). So no, rewarding Jeffery with an elite deal wasn’t a precedent the Bears were interested in setting.

Instead, they’d like to see a little something more this season. And if they do, they’ll have more than 2 months before free agency opens in March to ham-mer out a new contract.

NFL | BEARS

Time for Jeffrey to prove itBears want production from receiver on tag

No more DuncanSpurs star retires after 19 seasons in league

APThe Spurs’ Tim Duncan announced his retirement on Monday, after 19 seasons, five championships, two MVP awards and 15 All-Star appearances.

Tribune News ServiceBears wide receiver Alshon Jeffery will likely play on the franchise tag this season, as the team waits to see if the pass-catcher can prove he can stay healthy and productive for a whole season.

Cueto impressed New York Mets manager Terry Collins with a two-hitter for Kansas City in Game 2 of last year’s World Series, the first complete game by an AL pitcher in the Series since Jack Morris in 1991.

“That was the best outing I’ve ever seen him have,” Collins said.

AL manager Ned Yost’s batting order has Houston second base-man Jose Altuve leading off, fol-lowed by Angels center fielder Mike Trout, Baltimore third base-man Manny Machado, Boston designated hitter David Ortiz, Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts, Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer, Red Sox right fielder Mookie Betts, Kansas City catcher Salvador Perez and Boston left fielder Jackie Bradley Jr.

Collins has Cubs second base-man Ben Zobrist leading off, fol-lowed by Washington right fielder Bryce Harper, Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant, San Diego’s Wil Myers at designated hitter, San Francisco catcher Buster Posey, Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo, Miami center fielder Marcell Ozuna, Col-orado left fielder Carlos Gonzalez and Cubs shortstop Addison Rus-sell.

Ozuna and Gonzalez are replace-ments for the Cubs’ Dexter Fowler

and the Mets’ Yoenis Cespedes, who are hurt.

Yost said Corey Kluber, Cole Hamels, Aaron Sanchez and Jose Quintana will follow Sale to the mound.

The AL will be the home team for the game at Petco Park because this is the second straight year of at least four in which the NL will host the All-Stars. The AL has a

10-3 advantage since the All-Star Game has determined home-field advantage in the World Series.

“It’s vitally important,” said Yost, whose Royals swept the first two World Series games at Kauffman Stadium last year. “We’ve got a room full of tremendously talent-ed players and if we win this game it’s going to affect somebody or somebodies in that room.”

BY PAUL SULLIVANChicago Tribune

While the Cubs have been busy embracing the target the last few months, the target has grown much big-ger.

After leading the Pirates by 15 games at one point, and the Cardinals by 12 1/2 at another, the Cubs took their foot off the gas and let both of their National League Central Division rivals back into the race.

After Sunday’s win over the Pirates, they’ll take a seven-game lead over the Cardinals into the All-Star break, and 7 1/2 over the Pirates.

In a normal season, most would be happy with the Cubs’ position. But this year has been anything but normal. They set an early pace that led some to believe it might be the best team in franchise history, only to be slapped back to reality over the last 3 weeks.

Last year the Cubs were 47-40 at the break and eight games out of first place, but everyone felt good about the direc-tion the team. This year they’re 53-35, but the recent cold stretch has led to a general sense of unease among fans, particularly the older, easily scarred variety.

Since June 19, the Cubs are 6-15, including 2-11 against everyone but the Reds.

What can the Cubs do?For the time being, nothing. Just for-

get it happened and look at the second half as a new start. Reinforcements will arrive in the coming weeks, off the dis-abled list or via trades.

The Cubs will send seven players to today’s All-Star Game in Petco Park, including the rehabbing Dexter Fowler, who will not play. It’s a chance for the organization to celebrate its relevancy, to show the baseball world how far it has come since the 101-loss season in 2012.

There will be plenty of time to fret after the break, when the Cubs play the Rangers, Mets and White Sox in three of their first four series back.

This kind of stretch was inevitable, as even the best teams go through slumps. When I asked President Theo Epstein before the season about the lofty expecta-

tions from Cubs fans, the media and odds-makers, he was already trying to downplay the hype.

“I just think the season has so many ups and downs, so many daily narra-tives, so many twists and turns,” he said. “That’s what takes over during the season. No one is going to be talking about expectations. Throughout the season I think they’re going to be react-ing to what we’re doing.

“So I just don’t really worry about it, especially with this group. They’re high-character guys, they’re highly motivated, they’re not complacent. They’re super

hungry. I just think it’s kind of [an] exter-nal thing.”

So it wasn’t the front office pushing the October narrative before its time. They’ve been through enough of these things to know not to plan for the post-season in the first half, no matter the team’s record.

It was, however, a different story for the business side, which was informing city officials they needed to get their new outdoor plaza approved so it would be ready for the postseason, and having internal discussions about the post-game parties mandated by MLB during the championship series and World Series.

The only real questions were who would start the opener and what appe-tizers to serve the sponsors.

The Cubs obviously are still in strong position, and have too much talent to screw this thing up. But they’re still the Cubs and share the same burden their predecessors had in 1984, 2004 and 2008: guilty until proven innocent.

The fear factor that goes hand-in-hand with being a Cubs fan seemed to disap-pear in late May, but it’s back with a vengeance. Manager Joe Maddon said he plans to relax in Florida this week and do what he does best.

“I’ll watch the game because of our boys, that’s it,” he said. “A lot of just doing nothing. I really do nothing well, so this is a great opportunity to practice that.”

The Cubs did nothing well the last 3 weeks.

Hopefully it’s out of their system.

MLB | CUBS

Ready for fresh start to second halfCubs glad rough 21-game stretch over, look to get rolling out of break

All-Star startersNational League

Ben Zobrist, Chicago, 2B, .283, 13 HR, 47 RBIBryce Harper, Washington, RF, .256, 19 HR, 52 RBI

Kris Bryant, Chicago, 3B, .286, 25 HR, 65 RBIWil Myers, San Diego, DH, .286, 19 HR, 60 RBI

Buster Posey, San Francisco, C, .292, 11 HR, 42 RBIAnthony Rizzo, Chicago, 1B, .299, 21 HR, 63 RBI

Marcell Ozuna, Miami, CF, .307, 17 HR, 47 RBICarlos Gonzalez, Colorado, LF, .318, 19 HR, 54 RBIAddison Russell, Chicago, SS, .237, 11 HR, 51 RBI

Johnny Cueto, San Francisco, P, 13-1, 2.47 ERA, 115 KAmerican League

Jose Altuve, Houston, 2B, .341, 14 HR, 51 RBIMike Trout, L.A. Angels, CF, .322, 18 HR, 58 RBI

Manny Machado, Baltimore, 3B, .318, 19 HR, 53 RBIDavid Ortiz, Boston, DH, .332, 22 HR, 72 RBI

Xander Bogaerts, Boston, SS, .329, 10 HR, 56 RBIEric Hosmer, Kansas City, 1B, .299, 13 HR, 49 RBI

Mookie Betts, Boston, RF, .304, 18 HR, 59 RBISalvador Perez, Kansas City, C, .283, 14 HR, 41 RBIJackie Bradley, Jr., Boston, , LF, .296, 14 HR, 55 RBI

Chris Sale, Chicago, P, 14-3, 3.38 ERA, 123 K

Dixon assistant coach Leonard Hunkins – fill-ing in for head coach Jason Burgess – has been pleased with the way both Lahman and Cole have contributed to the Post No. 12 lineup.

“They’ve been solid for us all year long during the high school season and now during Legion sea-son,” Hunkins said. “They both keep hitting, and we count on them.”

Dixon took advantage of Sterling’s lack of depth on the pitcher’s mound after Sterling starter Quinton Matznick exited after two innings with an injured thumb. Dixon scored three more runs in the fourth inning, and batted around to score seven in the fifth.

Sterling pitching issued 11 free passes in the final three innings of its run-rule loss.

“That never helps out,” Sterling coach Nick Pep-per said of Matznick’s misfortune. “He was actu-ally pitching pretty well at the start, but [his thumb] was affecting him way too much. He’s got a bright future ahead of him, and I’m not going to risk sum-mer ball on that.”

Sterling (7-11) tagged Dixon starting pitcher Jack Doane for two runs in the first – one coming on the second of two throw-ing errors, and the other on a Patrick Spencer RBI single.

Nate Olson led off Dix-on’s second inning with a double to center off Matznick, and Lahman followed with the first of

his three hits. Evan Mun-son drew a walk to load the bases for Cole.

“I was 0-2, and I was waiting for my pitch,” Cole said. “He put one there, and I happened to hit it.”

Sterling’s lone run after the first inning came on an inside-the-park home run from Reilly Hay, who hit a line drive to the left field fence, and only hesi-tating on third base before finding enough room to head home. That was one of four hits allowed by the Dixon pitching duo of Doane and Aramis Hus-sung.

Doane pitched the first four innings for the win, allowing no earned runs off two hits, while striking out three.

Lahman admitted that the game would have probably gone down a different path had Matznick’s thumb hadn’t bothered him.

“It may have been a closer game if [Matznick] wouldn’t have got hurt,” Lahman said. “They [Ster-ling] had to throw what-ever they had.”

South District play res umes toni ght in Streator when Dixon takes on Streator Post No. 217 with a 7 p.m. first pitch. Sterling will play the loser of that game on Wednesday, and must win Wednesday to remain alive in the double-elimi-nation tournament.

The winner of the South District will face the win-ner of the North District – consisting of posts in Freeport, Hanover and Lena – on Saturday for the right to advance to State series play later this month.

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APDespite a slump in the last month, the Cubs own a seven-game lead over the Car-dinals at the All-Star break, and hope to have a strong second half.

Dixon takes advantage of wild pitching

Philip Marruffo/[email protected]’s Evan Munson collides with Sterling’s Patrick Spencer on a steal attempt during Monday’s game.

Home-field advantage worth playing for

MLB | HOME RUN DERBY

Giancar-Long gone in S.D.Marlins slugger beats White Sox’s Frazier in Derby final

BY BERNIE WILSONAP Sports Writer

SAN DIEGO – Giancarlo Stanton wore out Petco Park with a record dis-play of power in the All-Star Home Run Derby on Monday night, pepper-ing every landmark from the left field corner to center field.

Stanton hit 20 homers in the final round to beat defending champion Todd Frazier of the Chi-cago White Sox.

Overall, the Miami Mar-lins slugger hit a record 61, shattering the sin-gle-night mark of 41 by Bobby Abreu in 2005.

Stanton’s impressive shots hit the top level of the Western Metal Sup-ply Co. Building in the left-field corner, and the top of the batter’s eye in center field. He sent sev-

eral balls just below the giant scoreboard high atop the left-field stands and several over the bull-pens in left-center.

“For sure being on the West Coast and taking the flight out here just for this, you know. I figure it’s a waste if I don’t bring this bad boy home,” Stanton said, hoisting the trophy.

The three-time All-Star is not on the NL roster for tonight’s game, after bat-ting .233 with 20 homers and 50 RBIs before the break.

“I had a great time. I had a blast.”

Literally.His longest shot was

estimated at 497 feet. He hit the eight longest homers of the compe-tition and 20 of the 21 deepest drives.

APMarlins outfielder Giancarlo Stanton hit a record 61 home runs in the Home Run Derby on Monday at Petco Park in San Diego. Stanton hit 20 in the final round to beat the White Sox’s Todd Frazier.

Sauk Valley Media • B3www.saukvalley.comTuesday, July 12, 2016

BaseballMonday’s resultsLegion baseball

at Veterans Memorial Field, DixonSouth Region play

DIXON NO. 12 16, STERLING NO. 296 3 (7 inn.)

W- Jack Doane. L- Quinton MatznickSTERLING (7-11)Reilly Hay ss 4-2-1, Drake Dunaven rf 3-0-0, Quinton Matznick p 0-1-0, Dakotah Lowrence dh 2-1-0, Nolan Sullivan cf 2-0-1, Patrick Spencer c 3-0-1, Chris Brouliette 1b 3-0-0, Jake Alston 2b 2-0-1, Jacob Kessler lf/p 2-0-0, Jordan Green p/lf 1-0-0, Brayden Wolf 3b 2-0-0, Brayden Garcia ph 1-0-0, Bryce Campos p 0-0-0. Totals: 25-3-4.Matznick (2 IP, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 H, 2 BB, 1 K), Green (2 IP, 6 R, 5 ER, 5 H, 2 BB, 2 K, WP), Kessler (1/3 IP, 7 R, 7 ER, 5 BB, HBP), Campos (1 2/3 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 H, 4 BB, 2 K, WP) and Spencer. HR — Hay. RBI — Hay, Spencer. SAC — Alston. SB — Hay. CS — Spencer (by Long). LOB — 3.DIXON (9-3)Riley Mehrens cf 3-2-1, Trent Anderson cf 1-0-0, Ryan Long c 1-3-1, Garrison Thimmesch c 1-0-0, Ricky Rank 3b 4-1-0, Payton Lawrence 3b 0-0-0, Nate Olson dh 4-2-2, Jack Doane p 0-0-0, Aramis Hus-sung p 0-0-0, Kris Lahman lf 3-3-3, John Oldman rf 3-0-0, Brock Burgess 1b 3-1-0, Evan Munson 2b 1-2-1, Mason Moeller ph 0-0-0, Tucker Cole ss 3-2-2. Totals: 27-16-10.Doane (4 IP, 2 R, 0 ER, 2 H, 2 BB, 3 K, WP), Hussung (3 IP, 1 R, 1 Er, 2 H, 3 K) and Long, Thimmesch (6th). 2B — Olson, Cole, Long. HR — Lahman. RBI — Lah-man 4, Cole 4, Long 2, Mehrens, Rank, Oldman, Munson. SF — Oldman. SB — Cole 2, Munson, Burgess, Long, Mehrens. CS — Long (by Spencer). LOB — 8.

MLBAmerican League

East Division W L Pct GBBaltimore 51 36 .586 —Boston 49 38 .563 2Toronto 51 40 .560 2New York 44 44 .500 7½Tampa Bay 34 54 .386 17½

Central Division W L Pct GBCleveland 52 36 .591 —Detroit 46 43 .517 6½Kansas City 45 43 .511 7Chicago 45 43 .511 7Minnesota 32 56 .364 20

West Division W L Pct GBTexas 54 36 .600 —Houston 48 41 .539 5½Seattle 45 44 .506 8½Oakland 38 51 .427 15½Los Angeles 37 52 .416 16½

League LeadersBATTING

G AB R H BAAltuve, HOU 89 349 67 119 .341Ortiz, BOS 81 292 42 97 .332Bogaerts, BOS 85 356 65 117 .329Desmond, TEX 89 351 65 113 .322Trout, LAA 89 323 68 104 .322Nunez, MIN 78 315 46 101 .321Machado, BAL 83 343 62 109 .318Escobar, LAA 78 315 37 100 .317Cano, SEA 89 364 64 114 .313Lindor, CLE 87 337 60 103 .306

HOME RUNS Trumbo, BAL 28Frazier, CHW 25Cruz, SEA 23Donaldson, TOR 23Encarnacion, TOR 23

RUNS BATTED IN Encarnacion, TOR 80Ortiz, BOS 72Trumbo, BAL 68Donaldson, TOR 63Napoli, CLE 61Seager, SEA 61

PITCHINGEARNED RUN AVERAGE

Wright, BOS 2.68Salazar, CLE 2.75Estrada, TOR 2.93Sanchez, TOR 2.97Quintana, CHW 3.21

SAVES Britton, BAL 27Rodriguez, DET 24Robertson, CHW 23Cishek, SEA 21

STRIKEOUTS Price, BOS 140Archer, TB 130Sale, CHW 123Kluber, CLE 122Verlander, DET 120Salazar, CLE 118Pineda, NYY 113Hamels, TEX 109Smyly, TB 108Quintana, CHW 105

National LeagueEast Division

W L Pct GBWashington 54 36 .600 —New York 47 41 .534 6Miami 47 41 .534 6Philadelphia 42 48 .467 12Atlanta 31 58 .348 22½

Central Division W L Pct GBChicago 53 35 .602 —St. Louis 46 42 .523 7Pittsburgh 46 43 .517 7½Milwaukee 38 49 .437 14½Cincinnati 32 57 .360 21½

West Division W L Pct GBSan Francisco 57 33 .633 —Los Angeles 51 40 .560 6½Colorado 40 48 .455 16San Diego 38 51 .427 18½Arizona 38 52 .422 19

League LeadersBATTING

Murphy, WAS 87 336 53 117 .348LeMahieu, COL 80 296 53 99 .334Ramos, WAS 75 267 39 88 .330Prado, MIA 82 327 38 106 .324Gonzalez, COL 85 336 58 107 .318Realmuto, MIA 75 284 34 90 .317Yelich, MIA 83 303 41 96 .317Marte, PIT 82 313 48 99 .316Diaz, STL 81 295 57 93 .315Braun, MIL 73 282 35 88 .312

HOME RUNS Bryant, CHC 25Arenado, COL 23Duvall, CIN 23Carter, MIL 22Cespedes, NYM 21Rizzo, CHC 21Story, COL 21

RUNS BATTED IN Arenado, COL 70Murphy, WAS 66Bryant, CHC 65Bruce, CIN 63Rizzo, CHC 63

PITCHINGEARNED RUN AVERAGE

Kershaw, LAD 1.78Bumgarner, SF 1.94Cueto, SF 2.47Pomeranz, SD 2.47Fernandez, MIA 2.52Hendricks, CHC 2.55Syndergaard, NYM 2.56deGrom, NYM 2.61Strasburg, WAS 2.62Arrieta, CHC 2.68

SAVES Familia, NYM 31Jansen, LAD 27Melancon, PIT 27Ramos, MIA 27

STRIKEOUTS Scherzer, WAS 164Fernandez, MIA 154Bumgarner, SF 146Kershaw, LAD 145Strasburg, WAS 132Syndergaard, NYM 128Arrieta, CHC 121Lackey, CHC 120

Golf145th British Open

At Royal Troon Golf ClubTroon, Scotland

Purse: $7.74 millionYardage: 7,190 yards; Par: 71

(a-amateur)Thursday-Friday

12:35 a.m.-5:36 a.m. — Colin Mont-gomerie, Scotland; Marc Leishman, Aus-tralia; Luke Donald, England.12:46 a.m.-5:47 a.m. — Steven Alker, New Zealand; Marcus Fraser, Australia; Sanghee Lee, South Korea.12:57 a.m.-5:58 a.m. — Jeunghun Wang, South Korea; Jon Rahm, Spain; Ryan Palmer, United States.1:08 a.m.-6:09 a.m. — Sandy Lyle, Scotland; a-Scott Gregory, England; David Duval, United States.1:19 a.m.-6:20 a.m. — Richie Ramsay, Scotland; Danny Lee, New Zealand; Harris English, United States.1:30 a.m.-6:31 a.m. — Alex Noren, Sweden; Steven Bowditch, Australia; Kevin Chappell, United States.1:41 a.m.-6:42 a.m. — Darren Clarke, Northern Ireland; Thorbjorn Olesen, Den-mark; Jim Furyk, United States.1:52 a.m.-6:53 a.m. — Justin Thomas, United States; David Lingmerth, Sweden; Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Thailand.2:03 a.m.-7:04 a.m. — Branden Grace, South Africa; Patrick Reed, United States; Byeong Hun An, South Korea.2:14 a.m.-7:15 a.m. — Paul Lawrie, Scotland; Brandt Snedeker, United States; Thongchai Jaidee, Thailand.2:25 a.m.-7:26 a.m. — Padraig Har-rington, Ireland; Louis Oosthuizen, South Africa; Jamie Donaldson, Wales.2:36 a.m.-7:37 a.m. — Scott Piercy, United States; Paul Dunne, Ireland; Jamie Lovemark, United States.2:47 a.m.-7:48 a.m. — Victor Dubuis-son, France; Jimmy Walker, United States; Scott Hend, Australia.3:03 a.m.-8:04 a.m. — Jordan Spi-eth, United States; Justin Rose, England; Shane Lowry, Ireland.3:14 a.m.-8:15 a.m. — Ross Fisher, England; Steve Stricker, United States; Vijay Singh, Fiji.3:25 a.m.-8:26 a.m — Danny Willet, England; Rickie Fowler, United States; Jason Day, Australia.3:36 a.m.-8:37 a.m. — Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland, Hideki Matsuyama, Japan; Bubba Watson, United States.3:47 a.m.-8:48 a.m. — Gary Woodland, United States; James Morrison, England; Soomin Lee, South Korea.3:58 a.m.-8:59 a.m. — Smylie Kaufman, United States; Chris Kirk, United States; George Coetzee, South Africa.4:09 a.m.-910 a.m. — Billy Horschel, United States; Matthew Fitzpatrick, Eng-land; Hideto Tanihara, Japan.4:20 a.m.-9:21 a.m. — Matteo Manas-sero, Italy; Shugo Imahira, Japan; Russell Henley, United States.4:31 a.m.-9:32 a.m. — Kodai Ichihara, Japan; Robert Rock, England; William McGirt, United States.4:42 a.m.-9:43 a.m. — Brendan Steele, United States; Richard Sterne, South Afri-ca, Matt Jones, Australia.4:53 a.m.-9:54 a.m. — Patton Kizzire, United States; Nicolas Colsaerts, Belgium; Rod Pampling, Australia.5:04 a.m.-10:05 a.m. — Dave Coup-land, England; Nathan Holman, Australia; Phachara Khongwatmai, Thailand.5:15 a.m.-10:16 a.m. — Scott Fer-nandez, Spain; Rikard Karlberg, Sweden; Haydn Porteous, South Africa.5:36 a.m.-12:35 a.m. — Greg Chalm-ers, Australia; Kristoffer Broberg, Sweden; Clement Sordet, France.5:47 a.m.-12:46 a.m. — David Howell, England; Seung-yul Noh, South Korea; Tony Finau, United States.5:58 a.m.-12:57 a.m. — Jordan Niebrugge, United States; Nick Cullen, Australia; Robert Streb, United States.6:09 a.m.-1:08 a.m. — Ben Curtis, Unit-ed States; a-Stefano Mazzoli, Italy; John Daly, United States.6:20 a.m.-1:19 a.m. — Francesco Moli-nari, Italy; Kevin Kisner, United States; KT Kim, South Korea.6:31 a.m.-1:30 a.m. — Todd Hamil-ton, United States; Justin Leonard, United States; Mark Calcavecchia, United States.6:42 a.m.-1:41 a.m. — Soren Kjeldsen, Denmark; Lasse Jensen, Denmark; Bill Haas, United States.6:53 a.m.-1:52 a.m. — Paul Casey, England; Charl Schwartzel, South Africa; Kevin Na, United States.7:04 a.m.-2:03 a.m. — Emiliano Grillo, Argentina; Joost Luiten, Netherlands; Charley Hoffman, United States.7:15 a.m.-2:14 a.m. — Graeme McDowell, Northern Ireland; Matt Kuchar, United States; Andrew Johnson, England.7:26 a.m.-2:25 a.m. — Phil Mickelson, United States, Lee Westwood, England; Ernie Els, South Africa.7:37 a.m.-2:36 a.m. — Satoshi Kodaira, Japan; James Hahn, United States; Andy Sullivan, England.7:48 a.m.-2:47 a.m. — Ryan Moore, United States; Bernd Wiesberger, Austria; Tommy Fleetwood, England.8:04 a.m.-3:03 a.m. — Dustin Johnson, United States; Martin Kaymer, Germany; Russell Knox, Scotland.8:15 a.m.-3:14 a.m. — Zach Johnson, United States; Adam Scott, Australia; Hen-rik Stenson, Sweden.8:26 a.m.-3:25 a.m. — Chris Wood, England; Yusaku Miyazato, Japan; Mark O’Meara, United States.8:37 a.m.-3:36 a.m. — Miguel Angel Jimenez, Spain; Jason Dufner, United States; Marc Warren, Scotland.8:48 a.m.-3:47 a.m. — Anirban Lahiri, India; Sergio Garcia, Spain; Keegan Brad-ley, United States.8:59 a.m.-3:58 a.m. — Webb Simpson, United States; Yuta Ikeda, Japan; Thomas Pieters, Belgium.9:10 a.m.-4:09 a.m. — Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Spain; J.B. Holmes, United States; Brandon Stone, South Africa.9:21 a.m.-4:20 a.m. — Marco Dawson, United States; Matthew Southgate, Eng-land; Yosuke Tsukada, Japan.9:32 a.m.-4:31 a.m. — Jack Senior, England; James Heath, England; Brian Gay, United States.9:43 a.m.-4:42 a.m. — Jim Herman, United States; Fabian Gomez, Argentina; Anthony Wall, England.9:54 a.m.-4:53 a.m. — Paul Howard, England; Daniel Summerhays, United States; Colt Knost, United States.10:05 a.m.-5:04 a.m. — Oskar Arvids-son, Sweden, Harold Varner III, United States; Tyrrell Hatton, England.10:16 a.m.-5:15 a.m. — Ryan Evans, England; Callum Shinkwin, England; Zan-der Lombard, South Africa.

TransactionsBASEBALL

American LeagueBOSTON RED SOX — Optioned RHP Noe Ramirez to Pawtucket (IL).CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Optioned RHP Chris Beck to Charlotte (IL).CLEVELAND INDIANS — Released RHP Joba Chamberlain.DETROIT TIGERS — Sent RHP Warwick Saupold to Lakeland (FSL) for a rehab assignment.HOUSTON ASTROS — Agreed to terms with 2B L.P. Pelletier on a minor league contract.MINNESOTA TWINS — Released RHP Kevin Jepsen.SEATTLE MARINERS — Sent RHP Felix Hernandez to Everett (NWL) and RHP Ryan Cook to the AZL Mariners for rehab assign-ments.TAMPA BAY RAYS — Optioned C Hank Conger to Durham (IL). Sent OF Kevin Kier-maier to the GCL Rays for a rehab assign-ment.

National LeagueARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Agreed to terms with RHP Markus Solbach on a minor league contract.CHICAGO CUBS — Optioned INF Munenori Kawasaki to Iowa (PCL). Agreed to terms with RHP Chad Hockin and LHP Wyatt Short on minor league contracts.COLORADO ROCKIES — Reinstated RHP Christian Bergman from the 15-day DL and optioned him to Albuquerque (PCL).MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Traded RHP Jaye Chapman to Tampa Bay for cash.PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Designated LHP Mario Hollands for assignment. Optioned RHP Severino Gonzalez to Lehigh Valley (IL).

MONDAY’S SCOREBOARD

One of the John Deere Classic’s selling points to players has been a free ride to Europe for the British Open, for those who have qualified. This year, a selling point is a favorable spot on the PGA Tour calendar.

The last of four majors is the PGA Champi-onship, slated for July 28-31 at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, N.J. The first tournament in the FedEx Cup playoffs is The Barclays, on Aug. 25-28 at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, N.Y.

“Our spot 2 weeks after the PGA Championship and 2 weeks before the FedEx Cup allows any player to re-charge the batteries after a long major season,” Peterson said, “and get ready for a long playoff season. We’ve said that all year long.”

Peterson was then asked what his gut feel-ing was about Spieth playing in this year’s JDC.

“In this business, there’s no room for gut feelings,” Peterson said. “I’ve had gut feelings about players for years that have gone against my gut.”

The defending cham-pion, in this case Spieth, has traditionally come to media day to help drum up interest in the event. That was not possible this year, however, as Spieth is already in Scot-land, preparing for the

British Open that begins T h u r s d a y a t R o y a l Troon.

In Spieth’s place, two young golfers just embarking on their pro-fessional careers, Char-lie Danielson and Aaron Wise, were brought in as replacements. They each received sponsor exemptions into this year’s event.

Danielson, who gradu-ated this spring from Illinois with a degree in business management, was the Big Ten player of the year in 2016. He averaged a team-best 70.67 strokes as a senior, and was a finalist for the Nicklaus Award, given to the nation’s top college player.

Danielson was a 4-year starter for the Fighting Illini, and led the team to the semifinals of the NCAA Tournament. Illi-nois then dropped a heart-breaking 3-2 deci-sion to the host Oregon Ducks at Eugene (Ore.) Country Club.

Danielson’s match, against the Ducks’ Sul-man Raza, was particu-larly excruciating. Down one, Danielson lipped out a putt on the 18th hole that would have forced extra holes. Raza then made a short putt for par to tie the hole and win the match.

“I would say that putt went through my mind probably every minute for about a week,” Dan-ielson said. “I couldn’t get that out of my head. Obviously I would have loved to leave Illinois with a national title. It

was a really tough. It stung a little bit, but now I’m on to another step in my career.”

A native of Osceola, Wis., Danielson began his pro career at the Bar-racuda Championship held June 30-July 3 in Nevada. He tied for 44th and earned a check for $9,073.

He’ll play a Web.Com event, the Lincoln Land Charity Championship at Panther Creek Coun-try Club in Springfield, beginning on Thursday.

“I can’t complain, trav-eling and playing golf for a living,” Danielson said. “I’m looking forward to this journey. Obviously there’s going to be some up and downs, but I’ve got to maintain a posi-tive attitude, enjoy every bit of it, and hopefully play some good golf.”

Wise made a name for himself in the amateur golf ranks by finish-ing as the runner-up at the prestigious Western Amateur in the summer of 2015, and parlayed that into a big sopho-more season at Oregon. It was capped off by win-ning the NCAA Tour-nament on his home course, Eugene Country Club, both individually and as a team.

“It was something we dreamed about, some-thing we joked about, something we laughed about all year long,” Wise said. “Come nationals week, me winning the individual champion-ship kind of proved to my teammates, ‘Hey, this stuff can actually

happen.’ We all kind of got on board with it, and it became such a special week.”

By that time, Wise had already decided his days at Oregon would be coming to an end. He contemplated becom-ing a lawyer, but there weren’t enough hours in the day to be an excel-lent student and golfer. He also didn’t want to settle for earning what he termed a “lesser degree.”

“It made sense for me from a time standpoint to be able to put every-thing into golf,” Wise said. “Obviously if that doesn’t work out, I can always go back to school. The goal is to make golf work for me.”

Wise took a big step in that direction in early May. He won the MacK-enzie Tour qualifier held at Crown Isle Resort and Golf Community near Vancouver, British Columbia. It gives him full playing privileges on that tour for the 2016 season.

After the John Deere Classic media day, he hopped on a plane bound for Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, where he will play in the Staal Foundation Open presented by Tybatel, beginning on Thursday.

“Canada’s going to be a lot of fun,” Wise said. “Hopefully I can get some experience under my belt, and maybe even a win or two before I come here in a month and tee it up on the PGA Tour.”

GOLF | BRITISH OPEN

APColin Montgomerie will be coming home when the British Open begins Thursday in Scotland. His father, James, will soon be elected president at Royal Troon, which is hosting the tournament.

Home game for MontyMontgomerie welcomes world to family home at Troon

BY STEVE DOUGLASAP Sports Writer

TROON, Scotland – Colin Montgomerie will set his alarm for 4:30 a.m. on Thursday, make the short trip in the dark to Royal Troon after the earliest breakfast he can remember, and prepare to welcome the golf-ing world to his family home.

In front of his 86-year-old father and many other family members, Montgomerie will hit the first shot of the 145th – and possibly his last – British Open at 6:35 a.m. and then walk the links course he calls his own.

“This is where I started playing,” Montgomerie said. “This is home.”

For the 53-year-old Scot, it will be like a trip down memory lane.

Montgomerie took his first golf shot on the children’s course at Troon, as a 6-year-old,

and says his childhood home is five houses up from the club, on South Beach Road. He is now an honorary member, like his brother, and his father – James – is a past secretary and will soon be voted in as the club’s president.

“From our point of view, as a family, it’s great,” James Mont-gomerie, who has a 60-year association with Troon, told The Associ-ated Press. “I’ll feel very proud, in the circum-stances.”

The younger Mont-gomerie is playing in his first Open Champion-ship in 6 years after get-ting through qualifying at nearby Glasgow Gailes

last month. He has said he will not attempt to qualify again, so this could be his last shot at the claret jug.

The R&A, which orga-nizes the British Open, chose to mark the occa-sion by offering Mont-gomerie the chance to hit the first shot of the tournament. He gladly accepted the honor.

“This wasn’t drawn out the hat,” he said, laugh-ing.

The days of Mont-gomerie challenging for major champion-ships appear long gone – except, of course, on the 50-and-over cir-cuit where he has won three senior majors since 2014. He has fin-ished in second place on five occasions at majors, including once at the British Open at St. Andrews in 2005 when he was five shots behind Tiger Woods.

Montgomerie said his goal for the week is simply to walk down the 18th fairway on Sunday, yet deep down there’s a sense that he thinks he could push the younger generation this week.

The former 2nd-ranked player and eight-time European No. 1 spoke at length Monday about the course’s storied par-3 8th hole – the so-called “Postage Stamp” – the typical wind direc-tions, and the benefits of his old-fashioned swing that keeps the ball flight low and of teeing off early before worse weather strikes.

“Knowing my way around here and hitting the ball well off the tee and my irons into the greens, and knowing where to miss the shots, there’s no reason I can’t do well here,” Montgom-erie said. “No, no reason at all.”

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Did you know?Montgomerie played golf at Houston Baptist University from 1983-87.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

LEE COUNTY, ILLINOIS

IN THE ESTATE OF:Henry Wayne MeixellDeceased

NO. 2016 P 40NOTICE OF CLAIM

Notice is given of the death of HenryWayne Meixell who died on May 9, 2016.Letters of Office were issued on June 28,2016, to Henry S. Dixon as IndependentExecutor and whose address is 121 E. 1st

St., Dixon, Illinois 61021, and whose at-torney is Linda Giesen of Dixon & GiesenLaw Offices, 121 East First Street, Dixon,Illinois 61021.The estate will be administered withoutcourt supervision unless under Chapter755 ILCS 5/28-4 of the probate act, anyinterested person terminates indepen-dent administration at any time by mail-ing or delivering a petition to terminate tothe Circuit Clerk of the Lee County Court.

Claims against the estate may be filed inthe office of the Clerk, or with the repre-sentative, or both within six months fromthe date of the first publication, no laterthan January 5, 2017 and any claim notfiled within that period is barred. Copiesof a claim filed with the clerk must bemailed or delivered to the representativeand to the attorney within ten days afterit has been filed.

Linda A. Giesen, Attorney for Executor

Prepared by:Linda A. GiesenDixon & Giesen Law Offices121 East First Street – P.O. Box 389Dixon, Illinois 61021Telephone: 815-284-2288Fax: [email protected]

July 5, 12, 19, 2016IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS

COMMUNITY STATE BANK OF ROCKFALLS - MORRISON,Plaintiff,BAFTIR AKITI, ZIZA AKITI, CURTIS R.STUHLMAN, CRYSTAL L. STUHLMAN,CITY OF MORRISON, UNKNOWNOWNERS, and NON-RECORDCLAIMANTS,Defendants.

16 CH 72 STNOTICE BY PUBLICATION

Unknown Owners and Non-RecordClaimants

That this case has been commenced inthis Court against you and other defen-dants, praying for the foreclosure of acertain Mortgage conveying the premis-es described as follows, to-wit:Part of the Southeast Quarter of Section18, Township 21 North, Range 5 East ofthe 4th P.M., City of Morrison, WhitesideCounty, Illinois, described as follows: Be-ginning at the intersection of the Southline of the right-of-way of the Chicagoand Northwestern Railway Company withthe East line of Clinton Street in the Cityof Morrison in said County and runningthence Southerly along the East line ofClinton Street 160 feet to the North lineof Wall Street in said City of Morrison;thence Easterly along the North line ofsaid Wall Street 100 feet; thenceNortherly parallel with said Clinton Streetto the South line of said right-of-way;thence Westerly to the place of begin-ning.COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 104 SouthClinton Street, Morrison, IL 61270and which said Mortgage was made by:Baftir Akiti, Mortgagor, to CommunityState Bank of Rock Falls - Morrison, asMortgagee, and recorded in the Office ofthe Recorder of Deeds of WhitesideCounty, Illinois, as Document No. 1195-2008; and for other relief; that summonswas duly issued out of said Court againstyou as provided by law and that the saidsuit is now pending.

NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU fileyour answer or otherwise file your ap-pearance in this case in the Office of theClerk of this Court:Clerk of the Circuit CourtWhiteside County Courts Facility, East-ern Division101 E. Third St. Sterling, IL 61081

on or before July 30, 2016, A DEFAULTMAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU ATANY TIME AFTER THAT DAY AND AJUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED IN AC-CORDANCE WITH THE PRAYER OFSAID COMPLAINT.

Dated: June 23, 2016.

Clerk of the Circuit CourtWhiteside County, Illinois

Douglas E. LeeEhrmann Gehlbach Badger Lee & Considine, LLCAttorneys for Plaintiff215 E. First St., Suite 100P.O. Box 447Dixon, IL 61021 (815) 288-4949(815) 288-3068 (FAX)[email protected]

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STATE OF ILLINOISIN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 15TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

COUNTY OF LEE

FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ROCHELLE,Plaintiff, vs.

JOHN L. GASKILL, CHRISTINE M. GASKILL and NON-RECORD TENANTSDefendants.

NO. 15 CH 81NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgmentof Foreclosure entered by the Court in the above entitled causethe property hereinafter described or so much thereof as shallbe sufficient to satisfy said judgment, will be sold to the high-est bidder.

A. The name, address and telephone number of the person tocontact for information regarding the real estate is: Hewitt &Wagner, Attorneys for Plaintiff,. 1124 Lincoln Highway,Rochelle, Illinois, 61068, 815-562-2704.

B. The common address and other common description, ifany, of the real estate is: 119 S. State Street, Franklin Grove,Lee County, Illinois.

C. The legal description of the real estate is:

Lot 6 in Block 1 in the Original Town of Franklin Grove, record-ed in the Recorder's Office of Lee County, Illinois, in Book “D”of Plats, page 65, all situated in the County of Lee, in the Stateof Illinois.

Tax Code No.: 06-09-01-151-004

D. A description of the improvements on the real estate is: A single family residence.

E. The real estate may not be inspected prior to sale.

F. The time and place of the sale is: August 11, 2016, at 10:00a.m. at the Lee County Courthouse, Original Court Building,112 E. 2nd Street, 1st Floor, Dixon, Illinois.

G. The terms of the sale are: 20 percent day of sale with bal-ance due by noon on the next business day after the sale.

H. The Judgment of Foreclosure amount is $86,771.29..

FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ROCHELLE,Plaintiff,

By HEWITT & WAGNER, Its AttorneysBy /s/ Dennis R. Hewitt

HEWITT & WAGNER1124 Lincoln Highway Rochelle IL 61068Telephone 815-562-2704Attorneys for Plaintiff.

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STATE OF ILLINOISCOUNTY OF LEE

TO THE LEE COUNTY BOARD

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITIONPETITION NO.16-P-1506OF Matthew D. Koning 971 Green Wing RoadAmboy, Illinois 61310

PETITION: REZONING

The Petitioner, Matthew D. Koningstates as follows:

1. The Petitioner has real estate legallydescribed as: PPN#11-16-18-200-010 2. The property is located on the southside of Schier Road in Lee Center Town-ship, Section 18, approximately 225 feet westof Green Wing Road, Amboy, Illinois.3. The property is presently zoned as:Ag-1 Agricultural District4. The petitioner desires that the proper-ty be rezoned to: C-3 General BusinessDistrict5. The rezoning request is for: Golf cartsales and maintenance for MSK Enter-prises, LLC

NULLIFY SPECIAL USES: In any casewhere a special use has not been estab-lished (substantially under way) withinone year from date of granting thereof,then, without further action by the Coun-ty Board, the special use or authorizationthereof shall be null and void, unless inthe opinion of the Lee County Zoning Ad-ministrator, circumstances beyond thecontrol of the permittee indicate that es-tablishment of the use has been impossi-ble.

ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS PUBLICHEARING TO BE HELD:Date: August 4, 2016, at 7:00 p.m. 3rdfloor, Boardroom, Old Lee County Court-house, 112 East Second Street, Dixon,Illinois 61021

July 12, 2016

STATE OF ILLINOISCOUNTY OF LEE

TO THE LEE COUNTY BOARD

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITIONPETITION NO.16-P-1505OFSauk Valley Archery 699 Bloody Gulch RoadDixon, Illinois 61021

PETITION: SPECIAL USE

The Petitioner, Sauk Valley Archerystates as follows:1. The Petitioner leases the real estatelegally described as: PPN#07-02-21-100-005. 2. The property is located at ColonyRoad. Property is located in DixonTownship, Section 21.3. The property is presently zoned as:Ag-1 Special Use; for mining.4. The petitioner desires that the proper-ty be rezoned to: Ag-1 Special Use.5. Special Use requested for: Archeryranges, private.

NULLIFY SPECIAL USES: In any casewhere a special use has not been estab-lished (substantially under way) withinone year from date of granting thereof,then, without further action by the Coun-ty Board, the special use or authorizationthereof shall be null and void, unless inthe opinion of the Lee County Zoning Ad-ministrator, circumstances beyond thecontrol of the permittee indicate that es-tablishment of the use has been impossi-ble.ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS PUBLICHEARING TO BE HELD:Date: August 4, 2016, at 7:00 p.m. 3rdfloor, Boardroom, Old Lee County Court-house, 112 East Second Street, Dixon,Illinois 61021 July 12, 2016

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THEFOURTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT


ESTATE OFSAMUEL W. BEATTIE,Deceased.

IN PROBATEDOCKET NO. 2016-P-80

CLAIM NOTICE

Notice is given of the death of SAMUELW. BEATTIE, Whiteside County, Illinois.Letters of Office were issued on June 22,2016, to BEVERLY J. BEATTIE of 505Humber Lane, Rock Falls, IL 61071, asIndependent Executor, whose attorney isRobert N. Nash of NASH NASH BEAN &FORD, LLP, 445 U.S. Hwy. 6 East, P.O.Box 63, Geneseo, IL 61254.

Claims against the estate may be filed inthe Circuit Clerks office, Whiteside Coun-ty Court House, Morrison, Illinois, 61270or with the representative or both, or be-fore the 28th day of December, 2016, or,if mailing or delivery of a notice from therepresentative is required by Section 18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the datestated in that notice. Any claim not filedwithin that period is barred. Copies of aclaim filed with the Clerk must be mailedor delivered to the representative and tothe attorney within 10 days after it hasbeen filed.

Beverly J. Beattie as Executorif the Samuel W. Beattie Estate

NASH NASH BEAN & FORD, LLPAttorneys for Representative445 Us Hwy 6 P.O. Box 63Geneseo IL 61254Phone: 309-944-2188

June 28, July 5, 12, 2016

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 14THJUDICIAL CIRCUIT


Estate of:JOSHUA W. GRUNDER,Deceased.

No. 2016 P 78CLAIM NOTICE

Notice is given of the death of JOSHUAW. GRUNDER. Letters of Office were is-sued to JILL M. GRUNDER, 7069 Tampi-co Rd., Tampico, IL 61283, as Indepen-dent Representative, whose attorneysare WARD, MURRAY, PACE & JOHN-SON, P.C., 202 E. 5th Street, Sterling,Illinois 61081.

Claims against the estate may be filed inthe office of the Clerk of Court, WhitesideCounty Courthouse, 200 E. Knox St.,Morrison, IL 61270, or with the Repre-sentative, or both, on or before January20, 2017, and any claim not filed withinthat period is barred. Copies of a claimfiled with the Clerk must be mailed or de-livered to the Representative and to theattorney within ten (10) days after it hasbeen filed.

Dated: June 22, 2016Jill M. Grunder, Independent

RepresentativeTrent L. Bush WARD, MURRAY, PACE & JOHNSON,P.C.Attorneys for Estate202 E. 5th Street | P.O. Box 400Sterling, IL 61081P: [email protected]

June 28, July 5, 12, 2016

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A move or change at home is favored.

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