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By Ken [email protected]

TONICA – A Tonica man was one of 12 groups or individuals recognized at the Illinois State Fair on Aug. 17 as Illinois Department of Natural Resources Outstanding Volunteers of the Year for 2013.

Mark Walczynski is a retired IDNR Conserva-tion Policeman who has written a book with pro-ceeds of the sale ben-efiting the Starved Rock Foundation.

Walczynski is an advis-er to the Starved Rock Foundation and park his-torian for Starved Rock State Park. He teaches history, philosophy and criminal justice at Illinois Valley Community Col-lege in Oglesby. “Starved Rock State Park: The First 100 Years” is his first published book; he has another one pub-lished and is currently looking for a publisher for his third.

“The second book just came out on July 4th,” Walczynski said. “It’s

called ‘Massacre 1769: The Search for the Origin of the Legend of Starved Rock.’ Having worked at the Rock for 25 years, I realized we have got some absolutely fabulous history at the Rock, and in the general area. So I started looking into it, and the more and more I looked, the most fascinat-ing it had become.”

Walczynski’s fascina-tion with Starved Rock started when he was a young boy during a visit


TONICA — It’s one thing to be seen as one of the best in your job in the state, but most of us can only dream of being the best in the nation. Between Aug. 20 and 24, Ritch Fundell of Tonica is going to try and fulfill that dream.

Fundell took top honors in the state as a four-axle driver in the State Truck Driving Championships. Now, he’s shooting for the National Truck Driv-ing Championship in Salt Lake City, Utah. While it’s a great opportunity, Fun-dell said it’s the every day things that got him there.

“You have to be more conscious of your sur-roundings,” he said. “You have to go out with the

mindset of being safe everyday.”

Fundell did not became one of the best driv-ers overnight. He’s been in the trucking industry for 17 years, 15 of them as a driver with the last nine years for Fed-Ex. In order to qualify to com-pete for state, drivers have to be accident-free for a

minimum of 12 months and pass a written exam. The national competi-tion includes a 40 ques-tion written test, a pre-trip inspection of a truck and a driving course that includes six different skill tests.

“This is my sixth year. My first competition was in 2008,” Fundell said. “Twice, I’ve come in sec-ond.”

Fundell is just one of more than 450 drivers – 132 of whom are fellow drivers from FedEx – vying for bragging rights, along with a sizable trophy. Most people would be nervous, but Fundell is ready.

“I feel prepared. I feel really good. It may seem odd, but I have a folder with 10 practice tests. I think right now I’m at the pinnacle of my career.”

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BETTENDORF, Iowa — A Tonica man is in a Quad Cities jail after being apprehended in connection with a late night shooting on Aug. 18 outside Leonore.

Richard Felton, 28, is being held on two Class

X felonies — attempted murder and aggravat-ed battery with a fire-arm. Both crimes carry a sentence of 6-30 years in prison with no parole.

“Currently the sus-pect is in the Scott County Jail,” said LaSalle County Deputy Dave Wolford. “He will

be extradited to the LaSalle County Jail.”

Felton is accused of shooting Jeremy Wade, 28, of Grand Ridge in the face at the Sandy Ford Bridge east of Leonore. Wade then fell approximately 40 feet from the bridge into the Vermilion River. He was able to crawl from

the river and get help. Wade identified Felton, known as “Merch,” to law enforcement offi-cials.

Wade was transferred from St. Mary’s Hospi-tal in Streator to OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria where he was listed on Aug. 19 in critical condi-tion. Hospital officials refused to discuss his

condition on Aug. 20.Felton was appre-

hended in Bettendorf, Iowa, on Aug. 19 after authorities were alert-ed he may be in that area. Felton surren-dered without incident, and is being held on a $3 million bond.

Felton has a previous police record. In 2007, Felton pleaded guilty to the Class 3 felony

of aggravated battery for stabbing an Ottawa man during a traffic dispute. Although eligi-ble for up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine, Felton was placed on probation.

The LaSalle County Sheriff’s office would not discuss a possible motive for the shoot-ing or why the two men met on the bridge.

Tonica News photo/Dixie Schroeder

It’s that time again!Students arrive for the first day of school at Tonica Grade School on Aug. 19.

Ritch Fundell

See Walczynski Page 3

Felton charged with attempted murder

By Elin [email protected]

Editor’s note: This is the final story in a series about the village of Tonica that has been printed leading up to this weekend’s Tonica-Fest. All information has been taken from the files of the Tonica News and Ray Richardson’s “History of Tonica, The First 100 Years.”

Voted to build but the money was swiped

The first records of the Tonica schools started with the fall term of 1861. Teachers were paid $30 per month for the older children and $25 per month for the younger ones. The school grew rapidly, and at a school election held Aug. 17, 1864, it was voted to build a school

house to accommodate 200 pupils at a cost not to exceed $2,500 to be raised by a tax in three years. But the directors found the sum inade-quate to build such a structure, and another election was held. This time they voted to bor-row $1,500 more.

But before the bids were opened, the safe was burglarized, and $1,280 of the money was stolen. No one was evidently responsible for the money, for the district lost the amount stolen. The directors called a meeting of the voters, stated the facts and decided to aban-don building at that time. They also voted to destroy all records pertaining to the pro-posed building and the loss of money. However, the minutes and records remained in the book.

The school was finally voted on again on July 15, 1867, and the first building was officially erected for a cost of $7,079.94, including the furniture.

First depot “got burned”

The first Illinois Cen-tral depot was a small affair, inadequate for the business, and when it “accidentally” caught fire a few years later, it seemed to burn with-out much interference from the villagers. In fact, the old-timers say that some men grabbed buckets thinking they contained water, only to find when applied to the flames, that it was kerosene. At any rate, Tonica got a new depot – a landmark for nearly 60 years, until razed for the smaller structure that replaced it.

Tonica’s early millionaire

Presbury W. Hoxie came to Tonica in 1840 with more money than all the township of Eden and its people were worth at that time. At least, he came with $125,000, all of this in cash, and he could have bought all the real estate in this township for one-fourth of that amount. At his death in 1890, his estate was invento-ried at $365,000, nearly all in personal property, one of the largest estates ever probated in LaSalle County up to that time.

Tonica had a cheese factory

Brookside Creamery was one of Tonica’s first industries of 1883-84. Emery and J.A. Kays erected a creamery with a good steam plant. But it failed to receive the

support of the farmers and closed after two years of operation.

In 1913, a cooperative plant was built near the stockyards but failed to make a go of it and was sold to Amos M. Alle-man, who conducted it for a few years until it was destroyed by fire. In 1938, a cheese factory was established here, first in the village and then east of town on Lambert Road. It was owned by Harold Peter-son until 1951 and then became a stock com-pany, called the Tonica Farmers Milk Products Co. until it closed and the building was torn down.

Tonica had a fair before the railroads came

It shouldn’t surprise residents that Tonica still holds a celebra-tion annually, currently called TonicaFest. Ton-ica held one of the first, if not the first fair in Illinois. This event has never been recorded in histories of this and sur-rounding counties, but the minutes of the Buell Institute, on file with the Illinois State His-torical Society, establish this fact, as well as the files of the Tonica News, which published sto-ries about this fair from those who were present at it.

The first fair was held on the farm of William Grooms, one mile north of Tonica in October 1846. It was sponsored by the Buell Institute, a group of enterprising early settlers from LaSal-le County and others from Putnam, Marshall and Livingston counties. It was organized at Low-ell on the 18th day of March 1846, and includ-ed men who were active in educational, religious and civic affairs — men who had gone through the hardships and trials of pioneer life and want-ed improvement and the kind of life they had in the east.

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to the park. The scope and the majesty of the Rock and the surrounding area and the legends about the Rock stuck with him as he grew up.

“There’s a lot of mis-conceptions about Starved Rock. When I was in col-lege in my first Western Civilization courses, one of the first things we learned about is ‘getting it wrong the first time,’” Walczyn-ski said. “When someone writes the first book about something, that becomes the template forever. Then all the secondary books are based on that book, and it goes on and on until some-one comes along and say, ‘You know, I’ve been look-ing at this; this didn’t hap-pen like this. This person wasn’t alive at that time.’ You’ll get the responses, “You’re trying to re-write history.’ No. We’re using things that weren’t avail-able back then to writers

that compare against the story.”

Rather than using pre-vious books as resources, Walczynski has researched the letters written of the events, the first-hand accounts of people who were there – the mission-aries, the traders – and the accounts of govern-ment correspondence. The details he’s found in those notes do not match up with the legends or the subsequent stories.

“I’m fortunate in my research in that, while I don’t know everything about it, I have a wide circle of colleagues who are experts. One of my associates is rebuilding the Illinois-Miami Indian language that was used here. Learning what those words meant gives an insight into what the Indi-ans saw here,” Walczynski said. “That’s what I try to use in my books is things that well-intentioned, good authors didn’t have access to.”

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How much for a school lunch?By Dixie SchroeDer

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SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois State Board of Education released its guidelines for the free and reduced lunch pro-gram for the upcoming school year. According to a press release issued by the state board of education, the state has seen an increase in chil-dren eligible for free and reduced lunch.

For the 2013-14 school year, Lostant Grade School is leading the area schools with students who qualify for the program. LGS has an enrollment of 93 students for the upcoming school year. There are 36 students eli-gible for free meals, and eight students are eligible for reduced price meals. The school’s rate of stu-dents qualifying hangs at 47.31 percent or almost one of every two students attending the school.

Lostant Grade School Superintendent Sandra Malahy noted Lostant’s poverty level is not get-ting any better.

“Lostant poverty level has been steadily rising since 2000, when the poverty level was 8.1 percent. As you know, we are now at 47.3 per-cent of our students who qualify in the program,”

she said. “Complications include that our mobility level has also risen from 8.7 percent in 2000 to 14.4 percent in 2012.”

Malahy also comment-ed on the correlation between the two issues.

“Poverty and mobility often go hand-in-hand. I believe in these hard economic times, our parents are doing every-thing they can to give their children the neces-sities and a little extra if possible. I also know our teachers spend their own money on supplies and items for students in need. Working parents have limited time to over-see homework, extra-curricular activities and school projects but work diligently with teachers to meet these demands. Teachers also spend their prep and lunch time helping students with homework and late assignments. All in all, our parents and teach-ers give it their best in the face of rising pov-erty, unfunded mandates and state policies with-out time for staff profes-sional development,” said Malahy.

Tonica Grade School’s number of students who qualify for free and reduced lunches is nearly half of their neighbors. Current enrollment at

TGS for the upcoming school year is 206 stu-dents. Of that number, 43 students qualify for free meals and eight students are eligible for reduced meals. This translates to a 24.74 percent of stu-dents who qualify for some sort of assistance with school lunches or roughly one in every four students who attend Ton-ica Grade School.

Superintendent John Suarez understands the problems his students face.

“I think that consider-ing the tough times that we as a country have gone through, the num-bers are pretty typical for a school in the Illinois Valley area. I really think that the free and reduced lunch program is benefi-cial for schools,” he said.

“In a perfect world we would not need this pro-gram, but the reality is we do,” he continued. “Proper nutrition and stu-dents not eating break-fast or lunch is just not an acceptable situation for TGS or any school. The program placed more of the responsibility on the schools throughout the state of Illinois, but if that is what it takes to ensure a lunch, then so be it. The real hardship is the regulations the feder-al government has placed

on the requirements for school lunches. The mandates from the fed-eral government are good ideas, but when you are on the ground running a school, it comes across as another unfunded man-date. I just want to make sure the students are not going hungry.”

To view the new set of guidelines for the free and reduced meal pro-gram, visit the Illinois State Board of Educa-tion website, which will provide an income scale that breaks down house-hold size and annual and monthly income neces-sary to qualify for either reduced or free meals.

Application forms are being sent to homes with a letter to parents or guardians. To apply for free or reduced-price meal services, house-holds must complete the application, sign it and return it to the school. Additional copies of the application are available at the school. An appli-cation which does not contain all the required information cannot be processed and approved by the school.

Eileen M. GoodwinTONICA — Eileen M. Goodwin, 94, of Tonica died

at 7 p.m. Sunday, July 28, 2013, at OSF St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Ottawa.

She was born Jan. 9, 1919, in McNabb to Henry and Elsa (Voehl) Kessler. She married Lawrence C. Good-win on Nov. 27, 1948. He preceded her in death on April 1, 1998.

She was a beautician for many years and was a mem-ber of Immanuel Lutheran County Line Church.

She is survived by a son, Raymond (Sue) Goodwin of Marion, Texas; a granddaughter, Amy (Kevin) Loebach of Tonica, with whom she resided with the last two years; and three great-grandchildren, Matthew, Kelsey and Hannah.

She was also preceded in death by a son in infancy, Lawrence Goodwin Jr., and three sisters.

Funeral services were Aug. 1 at the Hurst Funeral Home in Tonica with the Rev. Roger Helgren, pastor of Immanuel Lutheran County Line Church in Peru, officiating.

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LGS digs in deeperBy Ken [email protected]

LOSTANT – The Lostant Grade School Board tentatively accept-ed a bid to fix their base-ment water problems. The board agreed to the base price of $28,889 from John’s Service and Sales Inc. in Oglesby to install a larger sump and a pump to alleviate the flooding issues. However that price called for a 34-inch deep well, and the pump manufacturers recommend an optimum depth of 7 feet.

Architect Bob John-son told the board both the winning bidder and the other company that submitted a bid recom-mended the deeper pit and noted the manufac-turers may not honor the warranty for the pumps. Preliminary esti-mates place the cost of the deeper well range

from $1,500 to $3,000 in additional fees.

While some of the board members were hesitant to approve the bids, board member Mike Phillips pointed out this may be the best time.

“It’s not going to get any cheaper,” said Phil-lips. “We’ve already spent the architect’s fees. We might as well do it.”

The project is required because the current situ-ation has been cited as a health and safety hazard. The board has four years to repair the problem.

The board decided not to go ahead with the installation of two additional floor drains for the project. No bids were received for the search for possible leaks in the courtyard due to the difficulty of getting any equipment into the enclosed yard.

In other action, the board:

• Recognized the works of the United Way for school materials for needy students through the HUSKY program. The board decided to use some of the monies raised during the school year to make a donation to the program.

• Rejected a request to loan school buses out to two separate communi-ties who wanted to use the buses for scavenger hunts and Christmas walks.

• Heard a report from Superintendent Sandra Malahy on the require-ments necessary for the continued presence of the school dog, Star. Star is undergoing behavioral and obedience training, and school lawyers have determined this action will allow the dog to be covered by the school’s liability insurance.

• Learned the school is not required to pay full tuition for a student attending LaSalle-Peru High School, since the district already offers full tuition to two schools. The district had been requested to do so by a parent who wanted their student to attend LPHS.

• Went into closed ses-sion to discuss student discipline issues.

• Tabled the installa-tion of new security locks for the fuel tanks for the school’s buses. The board decided a full look at the tank and the proposed locks is necessary.

• Approved the installa-tion of new exterior locks for the school building.

• Approved the hiring of extra-curricular per-sonnel for the 2013-14 school year.

• Discussed the enroll-ment for the new school year and the impact on bus routes for the district.

Relay for Life team holds pastry saleHENNEPIN — The Hennepin Relay for Life team

will conduct its annual butterbraid coffee cake, cookie dough, apple dumpling and pumpkin roll sale until Sept. 20.

Orders will be delivered Oct. 18, and team mem-bers will pick up their orders that day at the Hen-nepin Methodist Church.

Orders can be placed with team members or by calling team captain Betty Dean at 815-925-7098, chairman Linda DeMattia at 815-339-6139 or Ila Weddell at 815-925-7147.

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in your own backyard

By Dixie [email protected]

TONICA — In the hus-tle and bustle of today’s world, it is easier than you think to find a fam-ily retreat that is local and affordable. Kishau-wau Country Cabins, just outside of Tonica, has 17 cabins of various sizes on 70-plus acres that is just waiting for you and your family to visit. The resort is open year round and offers access to the Ver-milion River.

Originally a Boy Scout Camp named Camp Ki-Shau-Wau, the site was purchased by Ben and Ellen King in 1986. The Kings had a simple plan to unplug from the world and let families get back to nature. The Kings’ children who now run the resort have carried that further by offering no Internet or electronic access and encourage visitors to get reacquaint-ed with their family and nature once again.

“We remodeled the first four cabins,” said Jamie King one of the current six owners. “We then started work on building more cabins. There was a lot of work. Bringing indoor plumb-ing, insulation, air con-

ditioning and heating to each one.”

The Kings’ vision for the resort was to make the cabins just like home. Each cabin has a working kitchen with refrigerator, stove, toaster, coffeemak-er and microwave. The bathrooms have a bath-tub or whirlpool along with a shower. There is a living room area with at least a couch and chair, and each bedroom has a queen-sized bed. The results of the Kings’ hard work is shown by the

reservations they have, especially with repeat customers.

Area attractions include three state parks and plenty of other day trips possibilities. How-ever what guests often do is not leave the property during their stay.

“Some people come with the intentions to go and do, do, do,” said Ter-isa King, another of the six owners. “Then they find that they love this place so much that they just stay and hang out.”

The cabins at Kishau-wau are spaced out to give privacy to guests. Several of the original cabins were given names from the Boy Scout days of the camp: Comanche, Winnebago and Apache. Grandma’s Cabin sleeps up to 14 guests, while many other cabins sleep up to two, four or six people.

Every cabin has a story, and the people staying also can add to that story. Each of the cabins has a guidebook/journal that guests are encouraged to sign or write a story of their stay. These books even brought two families together.

“All because of Kishau-wau, they found out they were neighbors back home,” said Deanna King, another of the six own-ers. “They have formed a friendship now because of us.”

Deanna King, Jamie and Terisa King, Jeff King, and Kathy Jo and Don Zurinski, who are the current owners, work hard to maintain a stan-dard of excellence at the resort.

“We love it. If it wasn’t for the feedback from our guests and the loyalty of our guests, it would be too much work,” said Deanna King.

To learn more about Kishauwau, visit its web-site at www.kishauwau-cabins.com or book a cabin by calling 815-442-8453.

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Tonica Fire Department dominates Lostant water fights

Meeting Calendar

August Crop Production Report

Getting away from it all

Tonica News photo/Dixie SchroederOriginal owner Ben King had the Indian and wolves statue made and placed at Kishauwau Resort.

TONICA — The Lostant Summer Cel-ebration was good to the Tonica Volunteer Fire Department. At the department’s regu-lar meeting on Aug. 8, Chief Todd Anderson thanked the members who attended the work details for cleaning the trucks. The department took the Lostant Best Appearance of an Emer-gency Vehicle plaque.

In addition Andersen noted the Lostant water fight trophies all came home with TVFD mem-bers: First place to Kurt Keutzer, second place to Brad Keutzer, third place to Dan Francis-co and fourth place to Derek Keutzer.

A chance for more glory is just around the corner. Firefighter Brad Keutzer reported the

Tonica Fest water fights will be Aug. 25. Regis-tration starts at 11 a.m. and the fights at noon.

In other news, the department:

• Responded to one fire, two accidents and eight ambulance calls during the month of July. The total calls to date for the year through July 31 is 104.

• Heard from guests Heather Pruitt, Tim Whitey and Melissa Mejia, who requested

information on becom-ing a member of the department.

• Was informed new MABAS box cards were received from Mendota.

• Heard a report from Anderson about the MABAS 25 meeting in Ottawa. A review of the Vermillion River Rafting incidents was conducted at the meeting.

• Heard the report on the monthly fire-rescue training. The training covered hands-on opera-

tions with nozzles, water streams, pump opera-tions, hose loads, hose lays and hydrant con-nections. Classes were conducted by Jeff Pugh and Rick Turri and were attended by 16 Firefight-ers.

The Fire Dept will be serving pork chop din-ners Aug. 24 during Tonica Fest.

Due to the Labor Day holiday, the next depart-ment business meeting will be at 7 p.m. Sept. 3.

Aug. 28 – Lostant School Board, 6:45 p.m.

SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Field Office of National Agricultural Sta-tistics Service released the USDA’s August Crop Pro-duction Report. State and national highlights of the report include:

The 2013 Illinois corn crop is expected to yield 165 bushels per acre, up 60 bushels from last year’s yield. Acres harvested for grain were estimated at 11.9 million. This is unchanged from the June Acreage Report. Produc-tion of corn for grain would be 1.964 billion bushels, more than 52 percent higher than 2012. As of Aug. 4, 30 percent of the corn crop was in the dough stage, compared to 78 percent last year and the five-year average of 49 percent. One percent of the crop was in the dent stage, compared to 35 percent last year and 13 percent for the five-year average. Corn con-dition was rated 24 per-cent excellent, 48 percent good, 22 percent fair, 5 percent poor and 1 per-cent very poor.

The 2013 soybean crop in Illinois is expected to yield 47 bushels per acre, four bushels more than last year’s yield of 43. Total production for the state is forecast at 439 million bushels, 15 per-cent more than last year’s production. As of Aug. 4, 81 percent of the crop was blooming and 39 percent was setting pods, com-pared to 84 percent and 50 percent normally. The crop was rated 16 per-cent excellent, 58 percent good, 20 percent fair, 5 percent poor and 1 per-cent very poor.

The 2013 winter wheat yield is estimated at 67 bushels per acre, up two bushels from the July 1 forecast, four bushels above the 2012 yield. With 820 thousand acres harvested for grain, pro-duction would equal 54.9 million bushels, more than 35 percent higher than the 2012 production. This would be the highest production since 2008.

Corn production nationwide is forecasted at 13.8 billion bushels, up 28 percent from 2012. If realized, this will be a new record production for

the United States. Based on conditions as of Aug. 1, yields are expected to average 154.4 bushels per acre, up 31.0 bushels from 2012. If realized, this will be the highest aver-age yield since 2009. Area harvested for grain is fore-cast at 89.1 million acres, unchanged from the June forecast but up 2 percent from 2012.

Soybean production nationwide is forecasted at 3.26 billion bushels, up 8 percent from last year. If realized, production will be the third largest on record. Based on Aug. 1 conditions, yields are expected to average 42.6 bushels per acre, up 3 bushels from last year. If realized, the average yield will be the fifth highest on record. Area for harvest is forecast at 76.4 million acres, down less than 1 percent from June but up slightly from 2012. Plant-ed area for the nation is estimated at 77.2 million acres, down less than 1 percent from June.

Winter wheat produc-tion nationwide is fore-casted at 1.54 billion bush-els, down slightly from the July 1 forecast and down 6 percent from 2012. Based on Aug. 1 conditions, the United States yield is fore-cast at 47.8 bushels per acre, unchanged from last month but up 0.6 bushel from last year. If realized, this will equal the United States record high yield established in 1999. The area expected to be har-vested for grain or seed totals 32.3 million acres, unchanged from last month but down 7 per-cent from last year.

As of Aug. 4, harvest was nearing completion in all Hard Red Winter (HRW) States except Mon-tana and South Dakota. If realized, the California yield will tie a record high.

As of Aug. 4, harvest progress in the Soft Red Winter (SRW) growing area was nearing comple-tion in all major produc-ing States. Growers in Illinois, Kentucky, New York and Pennsylvania are expecting record-high yields. Yield forecasts in the Pacific Northwest States are mostly down from the previous month’s forecasts.

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I’m not sure why it hit me so hard, but the other day as I was putting together Thursday’s newspaper, I was checking dates on the top of each page. Luckily, each page read Aug. 15, 2013, however, it didn’t set well with me.

That’s right, my friends. Half of August is gone, kaput, absent, missing ... Where did it go?

Why it wasn’t that many years ago when August seemed to go on forever — a steamy, hot friend who came and didn’t leave until school started after Labor Day. I loved him like one cherishes any free-spirited friend who challenges the norm and kicks caution to the wind. August was the kid who didn’t abide by any rules and sucked you into his whimsical ways and mischievous mon-key business.

August was the time when our adults pretty much left us alone. Perhaps it was because they were so sick of our antics they couldn’t muster the energy to keep us on the straight and narrow for one more day ... or maybe they just knew school was looming in the not-too-distant future and this was going to be our last hurrah. Either way, August was the culmination of our summer, and probably only because we wanted it to, the days drug on and on and on ... We loved it.

We spent countless hours doing everything yet nothing. We played in the fresh water spring in the pasture and made the trek to Big Bureau Creek as often as we could. We laid in the grass and talked ... again about everything yet noth-ing. We sat on the porch. We rode our bikes on countless adventures. And we completely ignored the new school clothes, the new saddle shoes and the new school supplies, knowing these items were like the enemies that would ultimately fire the bullets that would kill our summertime bliss.

We would spend an enormous amount of time planning our visit to the Bureau County Fair; daily, we counted the money we had saved. We spent hours trying to figure out how much money would be devoted to rides on the Fer-ris wheel, the tilt-a-whirl and the merry mixer, which each cost only 50 cents back then — long before armbands were even invented. We looked forward to the fair with all the gusto kids from the ‘60s could muster, and never once, did the academic equation of starting school ever enter into our plans.

After all, August was for daydreaming, lolly-gagging, soaking up every bit of summertime fun with no thoughts of schedules, homework. School was as far away from our youthful minds as it could get, and we liked it that way. We lived in the moment and thought of nothing further than that moment. There was time ... plenty of it.

But then somewhere along the line, some school board member somewhere in the world made the ugly decision to start school in August (probably some board member who never had the chance to study the clouds in an August sky, play in the murky waters of the local creek or ride his bike down a gravel road — destination, unknown). His fellow board members agreed, and the idea of starting school in August spread like a wildfire, ravaging every summer dream in its path.

It was a spark — presumably fueled by adult thinking that focused on getting out of school earlier in the spring; the use of snow days; the lack of air conditioning in schools; and more. Though the excuses were as weak as a kid with a supposed stomach ache on the day of his math test, the motion was made, seconded and passed. School boards across the country jumped on that yellow school bus bandwagon, and now, we are left to wonder where August really went.

The result? August has been interrupted, and I, for one, resent it. Today’s kids will never know the wonderful, lingering, hot and steamy, lolly-gagging days of August. But there’s no more time. I’m sorry, kids, for your loss ...

5 PerspectiveFriday, August 23, 2013 • The Tonica News • 5

Don’t burst my balloon ...

Who really needs a classy chassis?

There was time

Each day at the newsroom, we receive a set of story ideas via email called the daily rundown. Some ideas are great; others not so much. On this particular morning, there was one that caught my eye.

Down in Pensacola, Fla., there’s a young lady named Christina Andrews. Andrews spends a lot of her time along the local highway panhandling. She’s not homeless though; she’s trying to raise money for something else.

She wants larger breasts.Andrews carries a sign that

reads, “Not homeless, need boobs.” I’m not an expert mind you, but looking at the video of her interview I would say she has a slightly larger than normal breast size. So the question is why?

She’s not alone, of course.Jocelyn Wildenstein may not

be a name you remember, but if you’ve seen an image of plastic surgery gone wrong, you’ve seen her. Wildenstein has spent more than $4 million getting plastic surgery to look like a cat. She was extraordinarily attractive in her 20s; but today looks more like the Pillsbury Doughboy.

According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, more than 14.6 million surger-ies for body modification were completed in the United States in 2012. That, of course, doesn’t take into account the people who have received multiple piercings or that have received extensive tattooing, even upon the face.

Apparently, somewhere along the line, we’ve become unhappy with our bodies in some incred-ibly tragic way. We seem to attach a stigma to growing old also, since many of the movie stars from yesteryear (or even last year) have had facelifts, botox injections, collagen treat-ments, etc. (I don’t know whose face Joan Rivers is wearing, but it’s not hers). Many of them now look somewhat ridiculous.

I understand some body image problems; I don’t know too many people who don’t have one or two things they don’t like

about their body (I had a mole removed from my face about 15 years ago, and I’m trying to lose another 40 pounds from my slightly opulent frame), but to the point of invasive surgery? I don’t get it.

Although I didn’t look like it, two years ago I topped the scale at 325 pounds. I decided that I couldn’t keep that kind of weight, so I started dieting, changing aspects of my life. Result: 40 pounds go bye-bye. I could have gone with liposuc-tion or bariatric surgery, but you don’t learn anything that way. It took 30 years of bad habits to get over the 300-pound mark. An overnight surgery doesn’t teach you new habits; it just shows you how to cheat.

Our bodies are a roadmap — a celebration of who we are, what our ancestors looked like, and where we’ve been. It’s who we are, not who we think we should be.

Keep your body. Enjoy it for what it is. Your parents gave it to you; do you really want Mom to know you didn’t like the gift?

Tonica News Staff Writer Ken Schroeder can be reached at [email protected].

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COMMENTARY

Runaway balloons are proof that you can escape the clutches of a fist that tries to keep you down. When I met one today, I cheered it on to keep flying past the sharp branches of really tall trees. I didn’t know how much longer it could stay in the sky. Because all it will do is float until it can’t any-more, though my instincts tell me it ended up in Paris to spend its final helium-filled moments on the top of the Eiffel Tower.

It is there this glittery balloon-being sighs and thinks life has been good to it. The only purpose it had was to live freely and to spread joy. When I found it, it had already served its duty at Mary and Robert’s 57th anniversary for as long as it was absolutely nec-essary. And when the time was right, it flung itself into the air and kept moving to keep the joy spreading. Throughout the jour-ney, it waved to children playing in the street; it ran alongside a dog who happily tried to chase it; and it met me who finally looked up for the first time in a while.

Some people remind me of run-

away helium balloons. I admire how carefree they are and how they continue to climb in any which way they choose. And no matter where they go, they man-age to spread joy to those they meet. They also swerve and dip without a fear of falling. These balloon-like people don’t need the wind, but they trust it when it flings them in a new direction. And then they continue to float and float and float. And, more importantly, they let themselves dance.

If we are lucky, we get to meet a handful of these special people. We learn their names and keep their secrets. We call them our family and our closest pals. But sometimes, like a balloon in a sky, the people that we admire are too far up for us to ever get close to. We admire them from afar, but

it’s enough to make us feel like we have a connection.

We admire them because they have the ability to stand out against the normal palette of an everyday sky. Among the blues and the whites, or the grays and the darker grays, they always shine on. Our eyes catch a glim-mer of their reflecting light, and we are captivated. And we love that they shine because they reflect the light that it bathes in.

From the sun to the balloon, and then from the balloon to us; it is a gift of light that just keeps passing along. What I find most intriguing and special about run-away balloons is the freedom they have found for themselves. These metallic wonders don’t let anyone control them because they stray beyond anyone’s grasp; but they just manage to hold onto a thread of our attention — if only to remind us that we too can fly.

Kathy Tun of Spring Valley is a sophomore at Illinois Wesleyan in Bloomington. She can be reached in care of this newspaper at P.O. Box 340, Princeton, IL 61356.

KathyTunCOMMENTARY

First Amendment“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free

exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”

Constitution of the United States, 1789

6 Life6 • The Tonica News • Friday, August 23, 2013

CommunityBlood drive set for

Sept. 10 in Hennepin

Streator Elks to hold clinic on Sept. 9

HENNEPIN — Sep-tember is National Pre-paredness Month, a time for Americans to pre-pare for emergencies of all types, including ones that require blood trans-fusions. By giving blood through the American Red Cross, donors help ensure an adequate sup-ply is available.

An American Red Cross blood drive will be from 2 to 6 p.m. Sept. 10 at the Hennepin Pool in Hen-nepin.

It can take up to three days for donated blood to be tested, processed and made available for

patients, so the blood on the shelves is what saves the day when an emer-gency strikes.

Currently, eligible donors of all blood types, especially O negative, A negative and B negative, are needed for the Red Cross to readily meet patient needs. Donors who gave blood at the start of summer may now be eligible to donate again.

Help the Red Cross be prepared by making an appointment to donate blood. Visit redcross-blood.org or call 1-800-RED CROSS.

STREATOR – The Streator Elks 591 Lodge, in cooperation with the Illinois Elks Children’s Care Corporation, will sponsor a free children’s orthopedic assessment clinic on Sept. 9.

The clinic will be from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and is by appoint-ment only. To make an appointment, call the Illinois Elks Children’s Care office at 1-800-272-0074 between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. There are no charges for any services at this clinic.

The Elks will hold the clinic at the Orthopedic Associates of Streator at the office of Dr. A. Roy, located at 205 S. Park St., Streator.

No medical referral is necessary for the clinic but physicians are wel-come to refer patients to the clinic for a specific reason or second opin-ion. School nurses are welcome to refer chil-dren and families to the clinic.

The Elks Organization has been working with physically challenged children since 1928 and this is one of the 17 clinic locations through-out Illinois.

The clinic is an ideal time to have a child reviewed for bone and joint development. If your child has feet pointing out or in, who complains of back, knee, leg, ankle pain or has a back curvature can be seen at this clinic.

There is no charge for any diagnostic ser-vices at this clinic. The Elks will provide finan-cial assistance to their best of their ability for children needing further treatment or specialty equipment when the family lacks sufficient resources to do so.

In the past, the Elks have purchased thera-py services, corrective shoes, braces, wheel-chairs and augmentative communication devices to help children over-come a variety of physi-cal challenges.

Back to School: 2013-14By August, summertime will be

winding down, and vacations will be coming to an end, signaling that back-to-school time is near. It’s a time that many children eagerly anticipate — catching up with old friends and making new ones, and settling into a new daily routine. Parents and children alike scan the newspapers and websites look-ing for sales to shop for a multitude of school supplies and the latest clothing fads and essentials. Here are some of the many statistics associated with the return to class-rooms by our nation’s students and teachers as provided by the Census Bureau.

• $8.5 billion: The amount of money spent at family clothing stores in August 2012. Sales at bookstores in August 2012 totaled $2 billion.

• For back-to-school shopping, choices of retail establishments abound: In 2011, there were 28,128 family clothing stores, 7,093 children and infants cloth-ing stores, 25,448 shoe stores, 8,144 office supply and statio-nery stores, 21,227 sporting goods stores, 8,407 bookstores and 8,625 department stores.

• 79 million: The number of chil-dren and adults enrolled in school throughout the country in October 2011 — from nursery school to

college. They comprised 26.9 per-cent of the entire population age 3 and older.

• 77 percent: Percentage of chil-dren 3 to 6 enrolled in kindergar-ten who attended all day, as of October 2011.

• 73 percent: Percentage of chil-dren 3 to 6 years old who are enrolled in school.

• 25 percent: Percentage of ele-mentary through high school stu-dents who had at least one foreign-born parent in October 2011.

• 11.8 million: Number of school-age children (5 to 17) who spoke a language other than English at home in 2011; 8.5 million of these children spoke Spanish at home.

• 15 percent: Percentage of all college students 35 and older in October 2011. They made up 32 percent of those attending school part time.

• 42 percent: Percentage of 18- to 24 year olds enrolled in college in 2011.

• 52: Percentage of students enrolled in college, who worked less than full time, year-round in 2011; 20 percent worked full time, year-round.

• 3,068,911: Number of enrolled high school students who work less than full time, year-round; 145,740 students in high school worked full time, year-round.

• 12.0 million: Number of people age 25 and over who held a bach-elor’s degree in business in 2011. Business degrees were reported by 20 percent of the population with a bachelor’s degree followed by education (14 percent), sci-ence and engineering related fields (9 percent), social sciences and engineering, which were not sta-tistically different from each other (8 percent); biological, agricultural and environmental sciences (6 percent), and other and liberal arts and history, which were not statis-tically different from each other (5 percent); psychology (5 per-cent); literature and languages (4 percent); computers, mathematics and statistics (4 percent); visual and performing arts (4 percent); communications (4 percent); and physical and related sciences (3 percent).

• $81,761: Average earnings of full-time, year-round workers 18 and older with an advanced degree (bachelor’s degree or high-er) in 2011. Workers whose high-est degree was a bachelor’s had mean earnings of $70,459. Mean earnings for full-time, year-round workers with a high school diplo-ma (includes GED certificate) was $40,634, while workers with less than a ninth grade education had $26,545 average earnings.

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8 LifeFriday, August 23, 2013 • The Tonica News • 7

Recipe CornerWith all the fresh garden veggies coming in, it gives

us a chance to try some new dishes that are so flavor-ful and good for you.

Tomato CobblerFilling

1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil2 medium onions, thinly sliced4 garlic cloves, thinly sliced3 pounds cherry tomatoes3 tablespoons flour1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakesCoarse salt and freshly ground pepper

Biscuit Topping2 cups flour2 teaspoons baking powderCoarse salt1 stick cold unsalted butter, cut in small pieces1 cup grated Gruyere cheese (2 1/4 ounces) plus 1

tablespoon for sprinkling1 1/2 cups heavy cream, plus more for brushing

Make the filling. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook onions, stirring occasionally until caramelized, about 25 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 3 minutes. Let cool. Toss onion mixture, tomatoes, flour and red pepper flakes with 1 1/2 teaspoons salt and some pepper. Preheat oven to 375°. Make the biscuit topping. Whisk together flour, baking powder and 1 teaspoon salt in a bowl. Cut in butter with a pastry cutter or rub in with your fingers until small clumps form. Stir in cheese, and then add cream, stirring with a fork to combine until dough forms. (Dough will be slightly sticky).

Zucchini ideas• For an easy side, heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a

large skillet over high heat; add 1 pound shredded zuc-chini and sauté 1 minute. Toss with 1/4 cup almonds. Add shaved Parmesan cheese and salt and pepper to taste.

• To make zucchini chips, dip thinly sliced zucchini in milk and dredging in Italian seasoned Panko bread crumbs. Place directly on wire rack set on baking sheet and bake for 30 minutes until golden.

• Enjoy simple zucchini cakes. Mix together 1 pound shredded zucchini, 1 egg, 1/4 cup flour, 1/4 cup grated Gruyere cheese, 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper. Heat 1/4 cup vegetable oil in nonstick skillet over medium high heat. Form mixture into pancakes and sauté 2 minutes per side. Serve with sour cream.

Do you have a favorite fresh veggie recipe that you’d like to share with other readers? Email it to me at [email protected]. Please remember to include your name, address and telephone number (telephone number won’t be published). Happy Harvesting!

JudyDyke

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Alzheimer’s group to meet Results for Edgewood ladies golf leaguePERU — The Alzheimer’s Caring Support Group

for caregivers, family and friends will meet at 6 p.m. Aug. 27 at the Red Cross Office at 1530 Fourth St. in Peru. The featured speaker will be Kathy Reno from the LaSalle Veterans Home.

For more information, call 815-339-6465 or 815-223-1885.

MCNABB – The Edge-wood ladies golf league played on Aug. 13. Host-esses of the day were Madeline Toner and Barb Brennan. The play of the day was low net. Winners included: A

Flight-Roberta Henson; B Flight-Dolly Piccioli and C flight-Judy Mori-arty and Gladys King. Low gross were Henson and Catherine Grego-rich, while Henson had low net and low putts.

LaSalle County Board considers ordinancesOTTAWA — The LaSalle Coun-

ty Board met on July 11 and passed several ordinances from around the county.

Ordinance 13-79 will provide for an extension of the Streator Area Enterprise Zone, extending it to July 1, 2016. Board member Robert Jakupcak noted he was on the board when the ordinance first passed, and the city of Streator would notify the board members of their monthly meeting so he and other board members could attend. Jakupcak wondered if the meetings were still being held as he had not received any notifica-tions. The ordinance was approved with 22 votes and six absent.

James and Nancy Conness of Tonica requested a variance to decrease the front yard/road set-

back requirement from 70 feet to 30 feet to construct a new single family home on the property at 787 North 2229th Road. The ordi-nance for the variance was passed with 23 votes and five absent.

Mark Grubar submitted a peti-tion requesting a variance to decrease the front yard/road set-back requirement from 85 feet to 77 feet to construct a new wheelchair ramp and deck at 886 North 2401st Road in Oglesby. The property is currently zoned as rural residential. The petition passed with a vote of 23 votes and five absent.

In other business, the LaSalle County Board heard the semi-annual report on the LaSalle County detention home. The report was presented by Pat Swee-

ney, detention home director for the dates covering Dec. 1, 2012, through May 31.

The board was introduced to Matt Gross who is the office man-ager and scheduler and LaSalle County field representative for Congressman Adam Kinzinger whose office is located at 628 Columbus St., Suite 507 in Otta-wa. Gross explained two of the main services offered from the office include case working which handles immigration, Veterans Administration, Social Security and other federal agencies and outreach that helps with recom-mendations for different commu-nities and counties for obtaining grant funding.

The next meeting of the LaSalle County Board is Sept. 12.

Fords note anniversary; named grand marshalsMr. and Mrs. Burdette

(Elaine) Ford celebrated their 65th wedding anni-versary on Aug. 22.

The couple were mar-ried in the Methodist church in Tonica in 1948. They farmed just west and south of town until Interstate 39 was built in 1988. At that time, they moved to the north-west side of Tonica where they reside today. They are the parents of four sons, Dennis (Pam), Gary (Rita), Roger (Monica) and Duane (Sheri).

The couple have been

named grand marshals for the Tonica Fest parade on Aug. 24.

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8 History/Classifieds8 • The Tonica News • Friday, August 23, 2013

History ... according to The Tonica News10 years ago

Tonica firsts were announced in the Tonica News: Dr. G.M. Dakin was the first physician. The first house was erected on what is now the site of Tonica that was built in 1836. The first brick building was built in 1868. The first store was opened in 1854. Major Newton was the first resident on the land now occupied by Tonica. A.J. West was the first station agent. The Eden Tyro was the first newspaper published at this place. The first issue was printed in March of 1869. Concrete sidewalks were first laid in 1902 and Tonica became an incorporated village in January of 1860.

The village of Tonica celebrated its 150th birthday at Tonica Fest.

The Tonica Fest medallion hunt was still on with clue No. 1 released.

An open house was held for Sheila Healy’s 20 years of services at Doctors Stanley and Shawn Sydlowski’s offices on Aug. 23.

Lostant townwide garage sales was Sept. 6.

The all church bake sale stand was held at the Illini State Bank on Aug. 23.

A reminder was in the paper for the Tonica Community High School annual alumni banquet which was to be held Sept. 13.

30 years agoDr. Paul Cofoid, MD, FACP, received

word of an Air Force promotion that would make him a colonel.

Mr. and Mrs. Josh (Shelly Baer) Eben-er of Chatham became the parents of a baby boy on Aug. 5. The little lad was named Nicholas Robert.

The Hilton family held their family reunion at the Tonica Village Park shel-ter with 50 guests in attendance.

Florence and Marilyn Freeman returned from a week long visit with Robert Freeman in Beaumont, Texas.

Visitors of the Harold Petersen family were Mrs. George and Noreen Holmes, George Jr. and Noreen of Columbia, Md., and Mrs. Judy Hoppe of San Jose, Calif.

The first day of student attendance

at Tonica Grade and High School was Aug. 29.

The Farm League and Little League baseball teams of Lostant enjoyed a picnic in the Lostant Park on Aug. 4. St. John’s Parish Picnic was held Aug. 14 on the church lawn.

80 years agoFamily reunions were held by the

Hiltabrand Oldenburt-Utech; Harten-bower; Kessler and Kays families.

Radio Hams organize — A meeting of amateur radio operators was held at Leslie Anderson’s broadcasting station in Granville to organize a club. Mercer Nicholson, Harvey Lugar and George Keith represented Lowell and Deer Park and Carrol Skeels was Lostant’s. Others from Granville, Spring Valley, Princ-eton and Ottawa made up the group.

Rural Routes consolidated - Seventy years ago on Aug. 1, rural routes num-ber one and two out of Tonica were consolidated. William Baldwin carrier on number one had read the age limit

and retired on that date. Charles Pike who was carrier on number two took over the combination route which was 55.75 miles long. Baldwin had served on route one for 25 years and traveled 198,000 miles. For the first 10 years, he made the route by horse power, as not all the roads were yet graveled.

Among those present at the Cen-tury in Progress from this vicinity were Walter and Russell Alleman and wives, Ralph Hawley, E.R. Lambert and Ray Richardson families to name a few.

Three Lostant weddings occurred in Aug. of 1933. Russell Winner and Anna Berry on the 5th. A.B. Timmons and Charlotte Vollmer on the 18th; and John Sculler and Eva Barr on the 27th.

Wheat allotments, a farm adjustment program adopted by the government was explained at meetings held in Ton-ica’s four townships.

Threshing was completed by mid August. Oats yielded from 17 to 52 bushels per acre and wheat from 10 to 28. Both grains were of excellent qual-ity.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICASTATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF LASALLE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ) VELORA SCHROEDER ) Deceased )

No. 13-P-86 NOTICE TO HEIRS AND LEGATEES WHOSE

NAMES OR ADDRESSES ARE UNKNOWN AND CLAIM NOTICE

Notice is given of the death of Velora Schroeder of Tonica, Illinois. Letters of Office were issued on May 14, 2013, to Dale Straughn, 2213 E. 4th Road, Oglesby, IL 61348, whose attorney is John Balestri, 149 Gooding Street, LaSalle, Illinois 61301. Notice is given to any heirs or legatees whose names or addresses are not stated din the petition for letters of office, that an order was entered by the Court on May 10, 2013 admitting the descen-dent’s will to probate. Within 42 days after the date of the order of admission you may file a petition with the Court to require proof of the will by tes-timony of the witnesses to the will in open court or other evidence, as provided in Section 6-21 of the Probate Act of 1975 (755 ILCS 5/6-21). You also have the right under Section 8-1 of the Probate Act of 1975 (755 ILCS 5/8-1) to contest the validity of the will by filing a petition with the Court within 6 months after admission of the will to probate. Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Circuit Clerk, Probate Division, Downtown Courthouse, Ottawa, Illinois 61350, or with the representative, or both, on or before November 10, 2013, or, if a claim notice is mailed or delivered personally to a creditor of the descen-dent, on or before the date state in that notice. Any claim not filed within the time allowed is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within ten days after it has been filed. Published in the Tonica News Aug. 9, 16 and 23, 2013.

Claims against the Estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk, Circuit Court, in the Lasalle County Courthouse, Ottawa, Illinois 61350, or with the representatives, or both, on or before February 28, 2014 , which date is not less than 6 months from date of first publi-cation, or, if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by section 18-3 of the Probate Act of 2000, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed on or before said date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claimant to the representative and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed. GIVEN this 13th day of August A.D., 2013.

CARRIE HELMIGEXECUTOR OF THE

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT

OF JAMES KUDLA, DECEASED

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Published in the Tonica News Aug. 23, 30 and Sept. 6, 2013.

CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LASALLE COUNTY,

ILLINOISESTATE OF ) JAMES W. )SCHRADER ) Deceased )

No. 13-P-132 CLAIM NOTICE

Notice is given of the death of JAMES W. SCHRADER. Letters of Office were issued on July 24, 2013, to JAMES J. SCHRADER, 203 W. Washington St., Utica, IL 61373, as Administrator, whose attorney is John, Balestri, 149 Gooding Street, LaSalle, Illinois 61301. Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court, LaSalle County Courthouse, Ottawa, Illinois 61350, or with the representative, or both, within 6 months from the date of the

issuance of letters and any claim not filed with-in that period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed. Dated this 26th day of July, 2013.

Attorney John BalestriAttorney for Estate149 Gooding Street

LaSalle, IL 61301815-223-6600

Published in the Tonica News Aug. 9, 16 and 23, 2013.

CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LASALLE COUNTY,

ILLINOISESTATE OF ) DAVID G. KOPP ) Deceased )

No. 13-P-144 CLAIM NOTICE

Notice is given of the death of DAVID G. KOPP. Letters of Office were issued on August 2, 2013, to Jaclyn Spahn, W 8235 Elm Point Road, Lake Mills, WI 53551 as Executor whose attor-ney is John, Balestri, 149 Gooding Street, LaSalle, Illinois 61301. Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court, LaSalle County Courthouse, Ottawa, Illinois 61350, or with the representative, or both, within 6 months from the date of the issuance of letters and any claim not filed with-

in that period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed. Dated this 3rd day of

August, 2013. Attorney John Balestri

Attorney for Estate149 Gooding Street

LaSalle, IL 61301815-223-6600

Published in the Tonica News Aug. 16, 23 and 30, 2013.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON BUDGET AND APPROPRIATION

ORDINANCE The Lostant Fire Protection District Board of Trustees will hold its annual hearing on its 2013-2014 Budget and Appropriation Ordinance on Thursday, September 19th, 2013 at 7:45 p.m. at the Lostant Fire House, 101 East First Street, Lostant, Illinois. Copies of the proposed Budget and Appropriation Ordinance are avail-able for inspection at the Lostant Firehouse, the Illini State Bank of Lostant, and the Lostant Post Office.Published in the Tonica News Aug. 16, 23 and 30, 2013.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH

JUDICIAL CIRCUITLASALLE COUNTY, OTTAWA, ILLINOISPROBATE DIVISIONIN THE MATTER OF) THE ESTATE OF )JAMES KUDLA, ) DECEASED )

NO. 2013 - P -154 Notice is given to Creditors of the death of JAMES KUDLA of the City of PERU, County of LASALLE and State of Illinois, who died on 27th day of July, 2013. Letters of Office were issued to CARRIE HELMIG, 1619 Sixth Street, Peru, 61354 Illinois on August 13, 2013, as Executor, whose attorneys are HELMIG & HELMIG, 1824 Fourth Street, Peru, Illinois, 61354.

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GRANVILLE 137 Cleve-land Circle. Friday, Satur-day, August 23, 24;8am-? Many toys & smallbikes, trikes. John Deeretoy, collectibles. Sometoys new. Pictures &knickknacks, many namebrand kids' clothes (boy &girl) 4-6T. Men's & wom-en's clothes also

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ARLINGTON 29221 2100N Avenue (1 mile north ofDover on 34, to 2100 N,follow signs). Friday, Sat-urday, August 23, 24;8am-5pm.Cleaning Out Basement.Lots of Items. Must Sell!

*PRINCETON*604 South 6th Street(South end of PerryPlaza & South of Li-brary).

Friday, August 23,3pm-7pm;

Saturday, August 24,8am-4pm;

Sunday, August 25,9am-3pm.

HUGE GARAGE SALE

TONICA 408 WauponisStreet. Friday, Saturday,Sunday, August 23, 24,25; 9am-2pm. New Tonica commemora-tive pillows, antiques andcollectibles

PRINCETON 307 EastThompson. Friday, August23, 3pm-7pm Saturday,August 24, 8am-2pm. ESTATE SALE. Antiques,furniture, vintage kitchenwares, other misc house-hold items. antique chinacupboard with matchingtable that extends to88x44, antique rocker,working AM record playerwith many records tochoose from. Handicapaccessories- walker, com-mode, shower handles,etc. Vintage Pyrex, corn-ing ware and misc. Tup-perware, cookbooks.Many many more items.It's all must see!! Itemspriced to sell

460 • Garage Sales

TONICA 420 HiawathaStreet. Friday, August 23,8am-3pm; Saturday, Au-gust 24, 8am-12pm. 6' large bird tower, tele-scope, wooden quilt shelf,Misc. items.Something for everyone!

PRINCETON 819 MayfairDrive – Greencroft Subdi-vision. Thursday, August22, 4pm-6pm; Friday, Au-gust 23, 8am-4pm. Antiques & Collectibles,area rugs, Dvd's, electron-ics, household items,kitchenware, and manyMisc. Treasures

LOSTANT 3 bedroomRanch on double lot, 2 carattached garage. Partiallyfinished basement withgas fireplace. Covered pa-tio. Call 815-883-3549

- 700 -Real Estate For Sale

767 • Mobile Home Sales

768 • Homes For Sale

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