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When taking inventory of the Sauk Valley’s assets, many trails lead back to the river.

The Rock River is at the cen-ter of conversations about economic development, recre-ation, and overall quality of life.

The full breadth of the river starts at Horicon Marsh in Dodge and Fond du Lac coun-ties in Wisconsin. The marsh, a

national wildlife refuge encom-passing 33,000 acres, is the crown jewel along the Rock River Trail. The trail continues for 320 miles through 11 coun-ties in Wisconsin and Illinois to its confluence with the Missis-sippi River near the Quad Cit-ies.

The Rock River Trail Initiative is the result of a group of vol-unteers’ desire to protect the historic areas along the Rock, while still maximizing the riv-

er’s vast potential for jump-starting economic develop-ment, recreation and tourism.

Frank Schier, The Rock River Times editor and publisher, spearheaded the launch of the Rock River Trail Initia-tive in 2010, and it quickly gained steam with city and county officials, park district and conservation entities, and politicians.

Trail of untapped potentialVolunteers, cities see opportunities along Rock River

CHICAGO (AP) – U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin says he’s taking his oppo-nent in the November election more seriously than any challeng-er since he first was elected to the Senate nearly two decades ago.

Durbin’s rival, dairy magnate and GOP state Sen. Jim Ober-weis, is considered a long shot to unseat the Senate’s second-

ranking Demo-crat. Yet Durbin has been staffing up statewide field offices, bringing on social media-savvy campaign v e t e r a n s a n d b a n k i n g m o r e than $6 million.

Durbin says he doesn’t want to u n d e r e s t i m a t e Oberweis, who enters the race w i t h p e r s o n a l wealth, statewide name recogni-tion from a chain of family dairies and ice cream shops and half dozen bids for p u b l i c o f f i c e .

He’s also facing a mid-term election climate that’s histori-cally tough on the sitting presi-dent’s party.

“I’m not going to have anybody at the end of this campaign say, ‘He didn’t take it seriously,’” said Durbin, who’s seeking his fourth U.S. Senate term.

But there may be more to the decision than Durbin playing it safe.

Durbin: Fourth term not a gimmeOberweis’ wealth, recognition not lost on incumbent

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin

Dairy magnate Jim Oberweis

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Philip Marruffo/[email protected] fish Sunday afternoon along the banks of the Rock River at the lower dam in Rock Falls. The lower dam is an example of the river’s untapped potential, as accessing its boat ramp can be dangerous for those unfamiliar with the area.

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The group of volun-teers’ first order of busi-ness was to achieve des-ignation for the route as a multi-use state and national trail.

Wisconsin coordinator Greg Farnham clearly recalls his introduction to Schier and the initia-tive at a legislative brief-ing session.

“It was February 2011, and I went to the Clock Tower in Rockford, where Frank was giving a pre-sentation,” Farnham said. “Afterward, I talked to Frank and offered my help on the Wisconsin side.”

Farnham, of Hustis-ford, Wis., and Schier quickly developed a good working relation-ship, and Farnham was named Wisconsin coor-dinator. The ideas have kept coming ever since.

A management council was set up with repre-sentatives of all 11 coun-ties. Debbie Thompson of Dixon represents Lee County. Sterling’s Loren Swartley was named from Whiteside County.

Three major phases

The council got to work on a comprehensive trail plan that would be divid-ed into three focal points: the state and national designation of the Rock River Water Trail; the Rock River Trail Scenic and Historic Route for motorists; and the Rock River Trail Bike Route with on- and off-road rec-reational opportunities.

In April 2013, the council learned it had received National Water Trails System status, opening the door to more possibilities.

“The primary benefit is the increased visibility we get from the national promotional resources,” Farnham said. “We’re linked to the National Parks Services web-site, and the exposure through them is so much more than what we can do on our own.”

Inquiries about the trail are even coming in from Europe, Farnham said. The trail council can also use the National Water Trails System logo.

The designation also brings additional fund-ing and technical assis-tance opportunities when working on new projects.

In 2013, the road route was established through each state’s legislatures, and the council worked with both Departments of Transportation to devel-op signage to be posted on public highways.

“The road route is Route 2 largely in Illinois into Rock Falls and on Route 30 across the river to Moline Road and on to the Quad Cities,” Farnham said.

Signage and safety

The council has shifted into the last stage of its work, which is signage and safety. Locally, it is an even more pressing concern near the dams.

There are 155 river access sites along the trail, and 55 are handicap-accessible. Three-fourths of the sites already have signage. The Arduini ramp and Mar-tin’s Landing need some attention, Farnham said.

“There is no sign vis-ible from the water at the ramp,” Farnham said. “They also need a sign facing upstream at Martin’s Landing across from the dam telling you which way to portage.”

Farnham says the lower dam at Sterling and Rock Falls is a dan-gerous area to access the boat ramp. Swartley says there are extended areas where portage is difficult and signage is vital.

“From Moonlight Bay and the Oppold Marina to the railroad crossing on the Sterling side – not until Martin’s Landing is there a place to get out of the river,” Swartley said. “Then you have to kayak to the other side, too, which is the most dangerous.”

The lower dam is par-ticularly worrisome to Swartley. There are buoys near the upper dam, but not the lower. It is even more difficult to navigate for those who are unfa-miliar with it.

There is new signage for takeout points near Como, Lyndon, Erie and along Route 2 near Moline Road, but the council is still trying to figure out how to best handle the lower dam.

“The council is adamant about sufficient signage for all the dams,” Swartley said. “I just don’t know if we have a solution yet for the lower dam.”

“Our number one con-cern is for the safety and well being of the people using the trail,” Thomp-son said. “In addition to safety, the signage also makes things more con-venient.”

Signage for the bike path isn’t ready yet, Swartley said. Some areas will be off-road routes where bikers have no traffic around them, while other areas require sharing the road with vehicles.

Engaging municipalities

The mayors and other officials in Dixon, Ster-ling and Rock Falls have shown an active interest in the development of the project and its con-nection with the Henne-pin Canal, Swartley and Thompson say.

“I think people realize the river’s role in econom-ic development is huge,” Swartley said. “It’s rather unfortunate that the river

is less utilized now than it was 10 years ago.”

Economics are largely to blame, Swartley says. The Oppold Marina has fewer boat slips leased than it did a decade ago, and fuel costs are a bigger concern when money is tight.

Another step the council must take also involves money. In order to main-tain the trail areas and continue with new proj-ect development, they must find ways to gener-ate revenue.

“We have a lot of ideas, but it comes down to pay-ing for it,” Swartley said. “We’re working on grants, but we need some kind of revenue generation.”

In Lee County, kiosks are needed at several spots, and other tourist-friendly projects are high priorities.

“We’d like to get the docks in at Heritage Crossing, but we need money for this project,” Thompson said. “Every-thing must be handicap-accessible, which can add to the expense. The kiosks will help the tour-ists; when we get them in Dixon, we want to keep them there.”

Park districts and tour-ism organizations are key to keeping momen-tum going. In Win-nebago County, a three-family lodge made with elm bark, surrounded by wigwams and a Native American garden will be put in a park.

The trail also should bring more people to the Hennepin Canal areas. Officials in Rock Falls recently combined the city’s trail and canal com-mittees to better coordi-nate the projects.

Marketing efforts have found a common thread with the tagline “River of the Heartland.” All 37 cit-ies and villages along the trail will feature it promi-nently it their promotion-al efforts.

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Ogle County Sheriff Michael Harn has largely dropped

out of public sight since he lost his bid for re-elec-tion in last month’s GOP primary election.

Losing is tough. No one likes it.

But it’s not a political death sentence. Every president since Lyndon Johnson saw defeat in an election before becoming president. Heck, Abra-ham Lincoln lost for the Senate twice on the way to the White House.

Lee County Sheriff John Varga also went down to defeat in the March 18 pri-mary. But at 9 o’clock the next morning, he was sit-ting in the audience in the County Board chambers, as he always has for the board’s monthly meeting. He was at this month’s meeting as well. It doesn’t seem as if he is ducking the public after his defeat.

Every election, we interview candidates for public offices. Maybe we should ask candidates for sheriff whether they plan to work just as hard if they lose their re-election bid. Voters might as well know ahead of time.

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stealing beerIf you’re on Twitter, you

should follow the Dixon Police Department (@DixonPolice), which has some of the most enter-taining tweets in the area.

On Thursday, the police

tweeted that it had dealt with several jaywalkers near Jefferson Elemen-tary School.

“The subjects were uncooperative and fled from the officer,” the agency tweeted.

Well, that’s pretty understandable. The subjects were deer. The officer took a photo.

The police also give advice on occasion: “Tip of the evening: If the need to uri-nate arises, the ideal place to do so is a bathroom, not the side of a dumpster in Commercial Alley.”

And the department sometimes digitally rolls its eyes: “Took a report of a missing Heineken beer from someone’s front porch. Caller wanted the beer located and returned.”

Officials missing in action

Fun fact from last week’s Lee County Board meeting: Only 17 of the 24 members were pres-ent during the last part of the meeting. Four were absent; three left early.

The meeting lasted about 2 1/2 hours.

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Photos by Philip Marruffo/[email protected] Kids take off to gather eggs at the soccer fields at The Meadows in Dixon on Saturday during the Dixon Park District Easter egg hunt.

Andrew Smith points out eggs for his 2-year-old son, Gavin, Saturday at the Dixon Park District Easter egg hunt.

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DIXON – James A. “Jim” Schrock, 69,

of Dixon, passed away Fri-day, April 18, 2014, at his residence.

He was born May 11, 1944, in Men-dota to Claire “Pete” & Eve Ann (Payne) Schrock. Jim served in the United States Army, and formerly was employed by Eagles Gro-cery and Jewel Grocery in Dixon.

He is survived by two daughters, Jenni-fer Schrock and Jessica (Terry Klinder) Schrock, both of Dixon; a son, Jon-athon J. Schrock of Rock Island; and a sister, Sue

(Mike) Carlin of Naper-ville.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

A memorial visi-tation will be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Chapel Hill Funeral Home in Dixon. Memorial services

follow at 11:30 a.m.; the Rev. John Kalebaugh will officiate. Interment with full military rites by the Dixon Combined Veter-ans Ritual Teams will be in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens in Dixon.

Visit www.chapelhill-dixon.com to send condo-lences.

James A. Schrock

ROCK FALLS – Caro-lyn Faye Cochran, 63, of Rock Falls, died Satur-day, April 19, 2014, at the University of Wisconsin Hospital in Madison.

Faye was born April 29, 1950, in Sterling, the daughter of Willie and Mary (Wade) Cochran. She worked as a dietary aide for many years. Faye enjoyed scratching off $3 Crossword puz-zles, watching TV, and making her “famous” pasta salad. Faye was an avid Chicago Bulls fan, but most of all, she loved spending time with her family.

Survivors include her soulmate, Julio Garcia Sr.; one daughter, Julie (Timothy) Denning of Rock Falls; one son, Cody Robnett of Rock Falls; one stepdaughter, Charity Guzman of Ster-ling; one stepson, Julio Garcia Jr. of New York; three sisters, Sandy (Ed Martinez) Williamson of Sterling, Pat (Richard) Williamson of Como, and Helen (Jack) Crow of Rock Falls; three brothers, Earl (Brooke) Cochran of Sterling,

Barry (Brenda) Cochran of Rock Falls, Willie (Donna) Cochran of Har-mon; two half-brothers, Bill Wade of Rock Falls, and William Cochran of California; 11 grandchil-dren, Austin, Kayden, Emily, Alyssa, Ethan, Roland, Zenobia, Julio III, Tasha, Neysha, and Josh; two great-grandchildren, Julivette, and Cinda; and several nieces and neph-ews and great-nieces and -nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, twin sister, grandson Gaige, and niece Jenni-fer Smith.

Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. and the funeral service at 11 a.m. Friday at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls. The Rev. Dalmus Meeks will officiate. Burial will follow at Oak Knoll Memorial Park in Sterling.

In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established to the Amer-ican Cancer Society or the American Heart Association.

Visit www.mcdonald-funeralhomes.com to send condolences.

Carolyn Faye CochranSTERLING – Evelyn

Lorraine Saathoff, 84, of Sterling, died Friday, April 18, 2014, at Sterling Pavilion Nursing Home.

Evelyn was born Aug. 19, 1929, in Manlius to Ernst and Thilda (John-son) Olson. She married George J. Saathoff Jr. on Oct. 26, 1951, in Rock Falls. He preceded her in death on Feb. 2, 2005.

Evelyn enjoyed gar-dening and fishing and had a love for flowers and animals. She was a member of Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Rock Falls.

Survivors include one daughter, Linda (Frank) Murphy of Sterling; two sons, Michael (Mary) Saathoff of Sterling and David (Cheryl) Saa-thoff of Johnsburg; one brother, John Olson of Princeton; one broth-er-in-law, Joe Boich of Lake Geneva, Wis.; one sister-in-law, Norma Olson of Tremont; six grandchildren, Mark

(Ashley) Murphy, Jona-than Saathoff, Rebecca (Mark) Paisar, Andrew Saathoff, Daniel Saathoff and Shelly Saathoff; and three great-grandchil-dren, Zoey Harrington, Liam Murphy and Stella Murphy.

She also was preceded in death by two sisters, Ruth Olson and Florence Boich; two brothers, Arthur Olson and Robert Olson; one sister-in-law, Norma Olson; and one granddaughter, Karin Murphy.

Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. and the funeral at 11 a.m. Tues-day at McDonald Funer-al Home in Rock Falls, with the Rev. Henrietta Milner officiating. Buri-al will be at Oak Knoll Memorial Park in Ster-ling.

In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established. Visit www.m c d o n a l d f u n e r a l -homes.com to send con-dolences.

Evelyn L. Saathoff

MOUNT CARROLL – Edward Traum, 70, died Friday, April 18, 2014 at his home.

Law-Jones Funeral Home in Mount Carroll is han-dling arrangements.

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For all that Oberweis may have going for him, he also has a history of gaffes on issues such as abortion and immigra-tion that has turned off voters in such a blue state. Democrats could draw attention to him in an attempt to paint Republicans up and down the ticket as out of touch.

That could be particu-larly important as Dem-ocrats seek to hold on to the governor’s office. Gov. Pat Quinn faces Winnetka businessman Bruce Rauner, a multi-millionaire who has said he’s focused on turning around the state’s strug-gling economy, in a race considered one of the most competitive in the country.

“If [Democrats] can put Rauner and Ober-weis in the same bas-ket in any way, it really is to their advantage,” said Nick Kachiroubas, a visiting assistant pro-fessor at DePaul Uni-versity’s School of Pub-lic Service.

Democrats also are working to hold on to four seats the party picked up in Congress in 2012, and hoping to win an additional seat in southern Illi-nois, where Democratic Judge Ann Callis is tak-ing on Republican U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis. Appearing to be in the throes of a serious chal-

lenge also can help Durbin raise money – cash he can then use to help candidates in tough races in Illinois and nationwide.

“That’s all part of the game,” Kachiroubas said.

Oberweis told The Associated Press that he, too, used to think Durbin was unbeatable.

“To be honest, I was reluctant to get in the race because of the same concern,” he said.

But he said poll-ing and his conversa-tions with voters have shown that’s not the case. Oberweis now sees Durbin as vulnerable, even if the National Republican Senatorial Committee – the orga-nization leading the GOP’s attempted take-over of the U.S. Senate – does not. The NRSC has labeled Illinois and a half dozen other states “very competitive,” but not among the “vulner-able” or “toss-up” states the group is targeting and spending money in.

“People are fed up with career pol i t i -cians,” Oberweis said, noting that Durbin has served in Congress and the state Legislature for more than three decades. “I think I have as good a chance as anyone.”

Other Republicans seem to have had doubts. Some GOP l e a d e r s c a u t i o n e d Oberweis not to get in the race, fearing he’d drag down the ticket.

His far lesser known opponent in the March primary came within a few points of defeat-ing him. And U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk initially said he wouldn’t campaign with Oberweis because he preferred to main-tain his working rela-tionship with Durbin. Kirk, the top elected Republican in Illinois, has s ince reversed course.

Durbin has scored solid victories in his last two elections with at least 60 percent of the vote, and acknowl-edges a need for newer campaign methods than when he ran his tough-est race 18 years ago. This time he said he’ll focus on his record of creating Illinois jobs, including getting the federal Bureau of Pris-ons to reopen the shut-tered Thomson Correc-tional Center in north-western Illinois and securing a $70 million federal grant to create a research center for digital manufacturing in Chicago.

He’ll also stress his work on bipartisan immigration legisla-tion that would provide a path to citizenship for immigrants who came to the country unlawfully. He said Oberweis’ record on the issue – including a 2004 campaign com-mercial in which Ober-weis flew over Chi-

cago’s Soldier Field to warn that enough “ille-gal aliens” were enter-ing the country each day to fill its seats – will be fair game.

“Hispanic voters have never had a sharper con-trast,” Durbin said. “I can go into that commu-nity and tell them they have a clear choice.”

Oberweis says he has learned from his past mistakes and has changed his stance on immigration. He now supports a path to citi-zenship for children who were brought to the country illegally and grew up here and believes their parents should be allowed to have non-immigrant visas but not amnesty.

And the entrepreneur, who’s started several businesses and hired thousands of people, welcomes a debate about jobs.

“Yes, I want to talk about that all day long,” Oberweis said.

Political analyst Thom Serafin says Durbin is wise not to take any-thing for granted. He noted there’s added pressure on Durbin to perform well because he is from President Barack Obama’s home state and has such a high position in the Senate.

“He’s been through this before, and he rarely yells ‘fire’ unless there’s a fire,” Serafin said.

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ROCHELLE – The inves-tigation continues into a a fiery crash on Interstate 39 in Ogle County on Friday night that involved three semitrailers and took the life of a driver from Texas, State Police said Saturday.

According to a news release and to State Police Sgt. Eric Van Dyke:

Around 8 p.m., a north-bound semi driven by William M. Spearman, 41, of Chicago, going slower than the minimum speed limit of 45 mph, was rear-ended by a semi driven by Ralph W. Maness, 60, of Sanger, Texas, just south of Rochelle.

Maness’ truck burst into flames, and he died at the scene.

The third semi, driven by Craig L. Zimbauer, 36, of Elk Mound, Wis., and also northbound, swerved into a ditch to avoid the accident, but stopped so close that his semi also caught fire.

Neither Spearman nor Zimbauer were injured.

Spearman was cited for violating the minimum speed limit, which is a $120 ticket.

Northbound traffic was diverted from I-39 to state Route 251 until 9 a.m. Saturday while the on-scene investigation was conducted.

Further investigation into the accident is ongo-ing, Van Dyke said.

He didn’t know how fast the first two trucks were going, or what they were hauling.

Semi driver dies in I-39 wreckThree rigs involved in fiery crash

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WASHINGTON (AP) – Biofuels made from the leftovers of harvested corn plants are worse than gasoline for global warming in the short term, a study shows, challenging the Obama administration’s con-clusions that they are a much cleaner oil alterna-tive and will help combat climate change.

A $500,000 study paid for by the federal govern-ment and released Sun-day in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Climate Change concludes that biofuels made with corn residue release 7 percent more greenhouse gases in the early years com-pared with conventional gasoline.

While biofuels are better in the long run, the study says they won’t meet a standard set in a 2007 energy law to qualify as renewable fuel.

The conclusions deal a blow to what are known as cellulosic biofuels, which have received more than a billion dol-lars in federal support but have struggled to meet volume targets mandated by law. About

half of the initial market in cellulosics is expected to be derived from corn residue.

The biofuel industry and administration offi-cials immediately criti-cized the research as flawed. They said it was too simplistic in its analy-sis of carbon loss from soil, which can vary over a single field, and vastly overestimated how much residue farmers actually would remove, once the market gets underway.

“The core analysis depicts an extreme sce-nario that no responsible farmer or business would ever employ, because it would ruin both the land and the long-term supply of feedstock. It makes no agronomic or business sense,” said Jan Koninckx, global busi-ness director for biorefin-eries at DuPont.

Later this year, the com-pany is scheduled to fin-ish a $200 million-plus facility in Nevada, Iowa, that will produce 30 mil-lion gallons of cellulosic ethanol using corn resi-due from nearby farms. An assessment paid for by DuPont said that the

ethanol it will produce there could be more than 100 percent better than gasoline in terms of greenhouse gas emis-sions.

The research is among the first to attempt to quantify, over 12 Corn Belt states, how much carbon is lost to the

atmosphere when the stalks, leaves and cobs that make up residue are removed and used to make biofuel, instead of left to naturally replenish the soil with carbon. The study found that regard-less of how much corn residue is taken off the field, the process contrib-

utes to global warming.“I knew this research

would be contentious,” said Adam Liska, the lead author and an assistant professor of biological systems engineering at the University of Nebras-ka-Lincoln. “I’m amazed it has not come out more solidly until now.”

The Environmental Protection Agency’s own analysis, which assumed about half of corn residue would be removed from fields, found that fuel made from corn residue, also known as stover, would meet the standard in the energy law. That standard requires cellu-losic biofuels to release 60 percent less carbon pollution than gasoline.

Cellulosic biofuels that don’t meet that threshold could be almost impos-sible to make and sell. Producers wouldn’t earn the $1 per gallon sub-sidy they need to make these expensive fuels and still make a profit. Refin-ers would shun the fuels because they wouldn’t meet their legal obliga-tion to use minimum amounts of next-genera-tion biofuels.

EPA spokeswoman Liz Purchia said in a state-ment that the study “does not provide useful infor-mation relevant to the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions from corn sto-ver ethanol.”

But an AP investigation last year found that the EPA’s analysis of corn-based ethanol failed to predict the environmen-tal consequences accu-rately.

Study: Corn biofuel not better than gasMore greenhouse gases produced in early years compared with gasoline

AP Equipment is shown Jan. 9 inside a pilot plant in Scotland, S.D., that turns corn cob into cellulosic ethanol, a precursor to a commercial-scale biorefinery planned for Emmetsburg, Iowa. Biofuels made from corn leftovers after harvest are worse than gasoline for global warming in the short term, challenging the Obama admin-istration’s conclusions that they are a cleaner oil alternative from the start and will help climate change.

CHICAGO

CHICAGO (AP) – A 53-year-old Chicagoan’s participation in today’s Boston Marathon will be especially memorable, and not only because it will be his 35th con-secutive run in one of the world’s most famous road races.

Mark Buciak could not finish last year’s Boston Marathon because of the twin bombings, which killed three people and injured more than 260 others.

This year, he says there is a message to send.

“The eyes of the world will be upon us,” he told the Chicago Sun-Times

for a story published on Sunday. “And we are going to show them that good wins [over evil].”

Only 16 people have run more consecutive Boston Marathons than Buciak, the Sun-Times reported. His best Boston Mara-thon time was a highly respectable 2 hours, 30 minutes and 25 seconds, which he ran when he was 22.

But last year, Buciak never crossed the fin-ish line. He and thou-sands of other runners were stopped just three blocks away, as officials erected a crime-scene fence to hold them back.

He understood only later it was because of bomb-ings.

“The best thing I think I can do is to just run as hard and as fast as I can to honor the victims,” he told the newspaper.

Today won’t be Buciak’s first Boston Marathon after a crisis.

Buciak took part in 2006 just 11 weeks after hav-ing open-heart surgery to replace a faulty heart valve with one taken from a cow. With speed in mind, he joked that he had asked doctors for a valve harvested from a much faster animal – a cheetah.

Man, 53, set to run 35th straight Boston Marathon

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OREGON – An annu-al can drive by Oregon High School freshmen will take place Wednes-day, with all items to be delivered to local food pantries.

Residents in Oregon and Mount Morris can leave donations of canned goods, money, or paper products outside their

front door. Donations will be collected from 8 to 11 a.m.

In Oregon, students will collect from anyone west of the Rock River, east of 10th Street, north of Pines/Hill Street, and south of Fairground Cir-cle. Students in Mount Morris will collect from anyone west of Hannah Street, on the east side of state Route 64, south of Sunset Lane, and north

of Weller Drive/Dillehey Park.

Those who want to donate but who live out-side the areas listed can drop off donations at Ore-gon Elementary School, 1200 Jefferson St.; Oregon High, 210 S. 10th St.; or David L. Rahn Junior High School, 105 W. Brayton Road, Mount Morris.

For more information, call Kim Radostits at 815-732-6241, ext. 1207.

Student project to help hungry in the area

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EDITORIAL BOARD

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Trevis MayfieldJeff Rogers

SPRINGFIELD (AP) – William W. Thornton, 86, who said that when a youngster he kicked Abraham Lincoln on the shins, died today at his home near New Berlin.

Thornton’s father once resided near Lincoln’s home, and, as Thorn-ton often recounted the incident, Thornton and his father were walking

to town one day when Lincoln stopped them for a chat.

Becoming impatient, Thornton kicked Lincoln on the shins and said bel-ligerently:

“Don’t bother us. We are on the way to get me a pair of shoes.” – April 22, 1939

NEW YORK (AP) – The advent of television, long heralded as the beginning of a new American indus-try, was announced today by David Sarnoff, president of the Radio Corporation of America, in a television broadcast from the RCA exhibit building at the New York Word’s Fair grounds.

The ceremonies at the fair grounds were attend-ed by a group of business and professional men who inspected the new com-mercial television receiv-ers which go on sale this week.

Eight miles away, in the RCA building at Rocke-feller Center, an audience watched and heard the ceremonies.

The television models on display ranged from an attachment which repro-duced pictures only and which plugs into a radio set for sound, to a large console type combination television and sound radio receiver, employing a 12-inch kinescope tube.

Price of the television attachment will be about

$175. Complete sight and sound receivers will be priced from about $300 to $600. – April 20, 1939

WINDSOR, England (AP) – Princess Elizabeth, heiress presumptive to the crown of the world’s greatest empire, came of teen age today, and was hostess at a 5 o’clock tea to celebrate her 13th birthday anniversary in a “grownup” manner.

In the past year, the girl, tall and a bit gangling, has discarded half-socks and hair ribbons. She wears her brown bobbed hair with a clip. – April 21, 1939

THE CARTOONIST’S VOICE

Dave Granlund, GateHouse News Service

WASHINGTON – Well, Hillary Clinton has given us a lot to think about, again.

If someone threw a shoe at you, would you: A) duck; B) catch it to see what size it is and whether it fits; C) laugh and say it’s either a bat or you’re at Cirque du Soleil.

Choosing C, Hillary is being hailed as: 1) quick thinking; 2) witty; 3) self-possessed enough to be president.

Absent any other excit-ing political figures, atten-tion is being lavished on the former first lady, sena-tor from New York and secretary of state on the foregone conclusion she’ll run for president in 2016.

There’s a Ready for Hill-ary political action com-mittee in McLean, Va., collecting money to make Hillary run and at least 12 super PACS, includ-ing Stop Hillary, rais-ing money against her. Actually, they can use the money however they want.

The “Ready for Hill-ary” Internet store offers T-shirts, mugs, magic markers, buttons, lapel pins, hoodies, men’s and women’s long-sleeved shirts, hats, onesies for babies, smart phone cases, water bottles, key straps and, of course, bumper stickers.

There are champagne glasses, cocktail napkins, medals, car magnets, tote bags and yard signs. Pric-es range from $4 to $60.

There have been 200 Ready for Hillary events around the country. The PAC says it has raised $5.75 million from 55,000 donors and shipped out 300,000 bumper stickers; 700,000 have signed up to help if Hillary decides to run.

HILLARY SAYS SHE still has to figure out why she’d run. “I am thinking about it, but I am going to continue to think about it for a while,” she says.

“The hard questions are not, Do you want to be president? or Can you win? The hard questions are, Why? Why would you want to do this? and What can you offer that could make a difference?”

Aha! What would she want to do as president? And what could she do? She has said nothing yet about what a Hillary Clin-ton presidency would mean for the country. Being first woman presi-dent would be cool but probably isn’t reason enough to elect her.

She ran in 2008 defend-ing the war in Iraq, a war that just about everyone except Donald Rums-feld and Dick Cheney

agrees was a bad mis-take. There’s a general consensus that capturing Saddam Hussein was not worth thousands of lives and hundreds of billions of dollars.

She believes in “empow-ering women,” whatever that means. If it means raising the minimum wage to $10.10, Con-gress keeps blocking it.

If it means e n s u r i n g that women no longer make only 77 percent o f w h a t m e n d o , lots of luck with Con-gress. And as long as men control the board-rooms, the percentage of women

CEOs will stay minuscule.She believes in Obam-

acare, with perhaps a few tweaks. But she would not repeal it.

As secretary of state, she racked up sensational air miles, but big break-throughs such as Middle East peace eluded her. The American deaths at Benghazi occurred on her watch.

SHE HAS WRITTEN A book about her experi-ences at the State Depart-ment, due out this sum-mer. Volume two of her memoirs. By year’s end, she promises to decide whether she’s running for president. (Betting is yes.)

Then it gets tough. She must show her presi-dency would be different from her husband’s two terms and from President Obama’s two terms.

What would she do about Vladimir Putin and North Korea?

How would she put millions of unemployed Americans back to work?

How would she get Con-gress to do something meaningful about climate change?

How would she ensure Americans are once again the best educated in the world?

How would she curtail gun violence?

Suffice it to say, she’s got a lot of explaining to do.

In the meantime, pre-pare for more “I’m ready for Hillary” bumper stick-ers and “So Ready for Hill-ary” yard signs. Donate as much as you wish for or against her.

But your donations are not deductible for federal income tax purposes. Not until she figures out why she’s running.

Why Hillary? Public awaits her answerBy year’s end, Clinton plans decision on bid for White House

WASHINGTON SPOTLIGHT

Note to readers – Sauk Valley Media reprints editorials and articles from the past as a regular Monday feature. The fol-lowing items appeared in the Telegraph on April 22 and 25, 1939.

T he Illinois Republican State Central

Committee will meet in Springfield Saturday of this week to nominate a member of the Republi-can National Committee to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the late George F. Harding. There are a number of candi-dates, we understand, and a spirited contest is in prospect for the Satur-day meeting.

The Telegraph suggests a man who has not been heretofore mentioned for this position but who is eminently qualified – Charles R. Walgreen of Dixon and Chicago.

Mr. Walgreen, head of the nationwide drug-store firm which bears his name and which he founded and built into one of the nation’s important business

enterprises, is a thor-ough-going Republican whose sound business counsel and patriotic Americanism are needed by and would be invalu-able to the Republican National Committee. He

would com-mand the respect of Illinoisans and the voters of the United States.

So far as Illinois politics are concerned, the name of Charles R. Walgreen would also be a partic-ularly happy choice for national commit-

teeman because he is allied with no one of the various factions in state politics and never has been. He has never been a candidate for office and certainly is not classed as a politician in the gener-

ally accepted use of the word.

And, so far as the nation is concerned, the Republican National Committee would, in our opinion, be measur-ably strengthened by the inclusion in its member-ship of this man whose direct, simple, clear thinking is so greatly needed in the counsels of the nation in these very critical times.

The outstanding abil-ity and character of C.R. Walgreen and his free-dom from alliances with any of the party factions certainly recommend him as an ideal choice for the important post of national committee-man, and The Telegraph respectfully suggests that the members of the state committee give careful consideration to this proposal. – April 25, 1939

With President Roos-evelt away on vacation, the news leaked out

that two more major New Deal policies had run head on into each other.

The official position of the administration presumably is to strafe Mussolini, Hitler and Japan. But Secretary Wallace has been caught selling the dictator countries foodstuffs far below cost in an effort to solve his huge farm muddle.

Paul Mallon, Wash-ington correspondent, discovered that in one instance, wheat bought by Mr. Wallace’s minions had been sold for ship-ment to Germany at 38! cents. Wheat was selling on the Chicago market to Americans at 70 cents.

In another instance, wheat bought by the government at 72! cents a bushel has been shipped to Shanghai (held by the [Japanese]) at prices ranging from 39 to 40 cents.

The plain fact is that Secretary Hull wants to get rid of dictators, but Secretary Wallace, with his farm program collapsing, wants more desperately to get rid of wheat. – April 22, 1939

From our archives: Why not Walgreen for top GOP post?

EDITORIALS FROM YESTERYEAR | 1939

What we thought:75 years ago

Ann McFeat-ters has covered the White House and national politics since 1986. Contact her at [email protected].

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BRIEFS FROM YESTERYEAR | THE TELEGRAPH | APRIL 1939

Charles R. Walgreen

1873-1939

The founder and leader of the Walgreen

drugstore firm was

promoted by the Telegraph as a possible

member of the Republican

National Committee.

AbrahamLincoln

1809-1865

A kick to the shins by an

impatient boy didn’t stop

Lincoln from winning the presidency.

HillaryRodhamClinton

“What would she want to

do as president?”

asks columnist Ann McFeatters.

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SUPPORT GROUPS, CLUBS, AND SERVICESTuesday, April 22Childhood immunization

clinic; women, infants and chil-dren clinic; and family planning services, all by appointment only, Suite 100, Lee County Health Department, 309 S. Galena Ave., Dixon, 815-284-3371.

Kiwanis Club of Sterling, 6:45-7:45 a.m., Ryberg Auditorium, CGH Medical Center, 100 E. LeFevre Road, Sterling, 815-499-4866.

American Red Cross blood drive, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Robert Ful-ton Community Center and Tran-sit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton. Appointments: 800-733-2767.

Sisters in Christ, 9 a.m., Con-gregational Church, 1602 13th Ave., Rock Falls.

Golden K Kiwanis, 9 a.m., Dixon Senior Center, 100 W. Sec-ond St., Dixon.

Gaffey Home Nursing and Hospice blood pressure clinic, 9-11 a.m., Northland Mall, 2900 E. Lincolnway, Sterling, 815-626-3467.

Weight Watchers, 9:30 a.m., 6 p.m., Loveland Commu-nity House, 513 W. Second St., Dixon.

Free blood pressure clinic, 10-11:30 a.m., Oregon Health-care Center, 811 S. 10th St.

Commodities, 10 a.m.-noon, Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Blood pressure check, 10-11 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Senior Information Services, 10 a.m.-noon, Mount Carroll Senior Center, 306 N. Main St., 800-541-5479.

Blood pressure check, 10 a.m., Rock River Center, 810

S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3253.

Facing the Challenge Cancer Support Group, 11 a.m., Home of Hope Cancer Wellness Center, 1637 Plock Road, Dixon, 815-288-4673.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, open; 6 p.m., open, women’s; 7:30 p.m., open, 90-92 Hennepin Ave., Dixon.

Sterling Noon Lions, noon-1 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Ster-ling, 815-622-9230.

Sterling Rotary Club, noon, YWCA of the Sauk Valley, 412 First Ave., Sterling.

Dixon Noon Lions, noon, KSB Hospital private dining room, 403 E. First St., Dixon. Public is welcome.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed, tradition; 3:30 p.m., closed; 7 p.m., closed, Big Book, Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

Reality Check Narcotics Anonymous, noon, 6 p.m., First Christian Church, 506 Fifth Ave., Rock Falls, 779-245-8214. Down-stairs, west door.

Lee County Special Education Association Board of Control meeting, 12:30 p.m., Administra-tion Building, 1335 Franklin Grove Road, Dixon, 815-284-6651.

“Safety within the Home,” 12:30 p.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236.

Dixon TOPS IL617 meeting, 5 p.m., Eells meeting room, St. Luke Episcopal Church, 221 W. Third St., Dixon, 815-284-8321.

Caregivers Support Group, 6 p.m., Whiteside County Senior

Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Ster-ling, 815-622-9230.

TOPS 253, 6-7:30 p.m., Good Neighbor Care, 2705 Avenue E, Sterling, 815-622-2820.

National Alliance on Mental Illness Sauk Valley, 6:30 p.m., Sinnissippi Centers, 325 state Route 2, Dixon, [email protected] or 815-244-1405.

School Of Love In Deliverance Substance Abuse Group, 6:30 p.m., closed, The Worship Cen-ter, 403 N. Ottawa Ave., Dixon, 815-284-1340.

Working Women’s Grief Sup-port Group, 6:30 p.m., KSB Hos-pice office, Commerce Towers, 215 E. First St., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, 606 Brown Ave., Ashton.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, step, 304 Seventh Ave. W., Lyndon.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous Begin-ners, 7 p.m., 8 p.m., closed, First Presbyterian Church, 410 Second Ave., Sterling.

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

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anony-mous Group, 7 p.m., open, As Bill Sees It, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls, back door.

Rock Falls Lodge 936 AF & AM, 7:30 p.m., 117 W. Second St., Rock Falls.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., closed, Village of Progress, 710 S. 13th St., Oregon.

Al-Anon/Alateen, 8 p.m., pri-vate dining room, KSB Hospital, 403 E. First St., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed, All Saints Lutheran

Church, 624 Luther Drive, Byron.Volunteer Care Center of Lee

County, 403 E. First St., Dixon. Appointment: 815-284-9555.

Wednesday, April 23Childhood immunization

clinic; women, infants and chil-dren clinic; and family planning services, all by appointment only, and late clinics for family case management, WIC, and immunizations, Suite 100, Lee County Health Department, 309 S. Galena Ave., Dixon, 815-284-3371.

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

Glucose and cholesterol screenings, 8 a.m., Lee County Health Department, 309 S. Galena Ave., Dixon, free to first 20 who register. Appointments: 815-284-3371.

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

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

Lee County Health Depart-ment blood pressure clinic, 9-10 a.m., The Meadows, 510 N. State St., Franklin Grove, 815-284-3371.

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

Learn CPR, 9-11 a.m., White-side County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Nurturing Program, 9:15 a.m., Sinnissippi Centers Inc., 2611 Woodlawn Road, Sterling, 815-625-0013 or 800-782-1584.

American Red Cross blood

drive, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., 112 W. Second St., Rock Falls. Appoint-ment: 815-625-0382 or 800-733-2767.

Blood pressure checks, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

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

People with Disabilities Sup-port Group, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Civic Plaza I, Rock Falls, 815-625-7860 (voice) or 815-625-7863 (TDD).

Whiteside County Health Department free blood pressure clinic, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Julie’s Cafe, 501 First St., Albany, 815-772-4213.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed, Big Book; 6 p.m., closed, Big Book, tradition, 90-92 S. Hen-nepin Ave., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed, grapevine; 6 p.m., closed, Spanish; 3:30 p.m., closed; 7 p.m., closed, Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

Reality Check Narcotics Anonymous, noon, 6 p.m., First Christian Church, 506 Fifth Ave., Rock Falls, 779-245-8214. Down-stairs, west door.

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anony-mous Group, noon and 8 p.m., open, Big Book, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls, back door.

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

Knitting and Craft Club and Woodworkers, 1-3 p.m., Hub

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 1:30 p.m., closed, Rochelle Commu-nity Hospital, 900 N. Second St.

Parkinson’s Support Group, 2-3 p.m., Good Neighbor Care, 2705 Avenue E, Sterling, 815-622-2800.

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

Buddy Bags packing, 5-6 p.m., St. Paul Lutheran Church, 421 S. Peoria Ave., Dixon, 815-541-2122.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 5:30 p.m., steps, tradition, United Methodist Church, 201 E. Chi-cago Ave., Davis Junction.

Caregiver Support Group, 6 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Ster-ling.

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

AWANA, 6:30-8 p.m., 3 years through sixth grade, Northside Baptist Church, 598 River Lane, Dixon, 815-288-5212.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, First Presbyte-rian Church, 1100 Calvin Road, Rochelle.

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

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.

COMMUNITY EVENTSMonday, April 21Open pool, open cards, open

Wii games and computer 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., Lee County Council on Aging, 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.

Mexican Train dominoes, 9 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

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

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

Situation Room, 10 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th Ave., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Zumba class, 10:30 a.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236.

Lifescape lunch, 11:30 a.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 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., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Organized Wii Bowling games, noon, Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

Pinochle, noon, Hub City

Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Hand & Foot cards, 12:15 p.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

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

Duplicate bridge, 12:30 p.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

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

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

High school string quartet performance for third grade students, 2-2:30 p.m,, Merrill Elementary School, 600 Fourth Ave., Rock Falls.

Exercise group, 4 p.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-589-3925.

Tacos, 4-8 p.m., Latin Ameri-can Social Club, 2708 W. Fourth St., Sterling, 815-625-8290.

Bingo, Dixon Elks Lodge No. 779, 4:30 p.m. doors open, 5:30 p.m. kitchen opens and 6:30 p.m. bingo begins, 1279 Franklin Grove Road, Dixon, 815-288-3557. No computers.

Loaves and Fishes, 5-6 p.m., Holloway Center, St. Patrick Catholic Church, 612 Highland Ave., Dixon, 815-284-7719. A free, hot meal for the needy.

Tuesday, April 22Open pool, open cards, open


Open pool, open cards, open Wii games and com-puter lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 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.

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

Wii Bowling and 313 card game, 10 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Line dancing, 10-11 a.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236.

Community coffee and doughnuts, 10 a.m., Oregon Healthcare Center, 811 S. 10th St., 815-732-7994.

Triple Play Tuesday Program, 10:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Lifescape lunch, 11:30 a.m., Lee County Council on Aging,

100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236. Sign up by 10 a.m. previous business day.


Catered lunch, 11:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252. There is a cost; registration is necessary.

Organized bowling games, noon, Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

Bingo, 12:15 p.m., Robert Ful-ton Community Center and Tran-sit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-589-3925.

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

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

Pinochle, 1 p.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

Euchre 101, 1 p.m., Robert Ful-ton Community Center and Tran-sit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-589-3925.

Wii-Yoga, 1:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Book Discussion Group, 6:30-8 p.m., Dixon Public Library, 221 S. Hennepin Ave., Dixon, 815-284-7261.

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

Wednesday, April 23Open pool, open cards, open


Open pool, open cards, open Wii games and computer lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 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.

Popcorn and quilting, 8:30 a.m., Polo Senior Center, 101 E. Mason St., 815-946-3818.

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

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

Wii Bowling and 313 card game, 10 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Lifescape lunch, 11:30 a.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236. Sign up by 10 a.m. previous business day.


500 card game, noon, Polo Senior Center, 101 E. Mason St., 815-946-3818.

Organized Wii Bowling games, noon, Lee County Coun-cil on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

Pinochle, 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 Com-munity 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.

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

Bingo, 1 p.m., Rock Falls Amer-ican Legion Hall, 712 Fourth Ave.

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

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

Second Wind Entertainers, 1:30 p.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3253.

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

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

Sauk Valley Chess Club, 7-9 p.m., Northland Mall, 2900 E. Lin-colnway, Sterling, 815-622-8838.

Aging mom might find relief from doctorDear Abby,My 83-year-old mother

has decided she wants to die. She says she’s mis-erable, but I think she’s causing her own misery. She has medications to address her physical ail-ments – none of which are critical. My siblings live in other states. Mom feels it’s a “burden” for them to travel to see her, and she refuses to travel.

Mom is in assisted liv-ing and is now refusing to bathe, trying not to eat, and doesn’t want to talk to anyone or have visitors. She’s obviously depressed, but refuses counseling. If she contin-ues being uncooperative, I’m afraid she’ll have to go to a nursing home where they might let her starve herself to death.

One sister says I should

force Mom to do fun things, but I don’t know what she wants.

We used to go out to eat, but she no longer wants to do that. I have tried to honor Mom’s wishes, but I’m at a loss about what to do for her. Do you have any suggestions?

– Almost At Wits’ End

Dear Almost,I have one. You and your

siblings should have your mother evaluated by a geriatrician immediately. It’s apparent that she is depressed, but the ques-tion is whether she also has something physically wrong with her that is affecting her mental state. Then let the doctor be your guide.

Dear Abby,I dated my ex for 6

years, but we broke up recently. The problem is, we signed a lease on our apartment that won’t be up until next year. He still lives here, and I don’t have the heart to kick him out. Financially, our living together makes sense, and I’d rather live with him than with a stranger.

Abby, this living arrangement has made

it tough to get over him. Our breakup was ami-cable – somewhat – and we remain civil to each other. I have no desire to get back together with him. I just find it hard because I’m not sure how to survive this weird situation I’m in. Is it a good idea to keep living together?

– Remaining Civil in Canada

Dear Remaining Civil,It depends upon how

high your tolerance is for pain. If seeing your ex with others hurts to the extent that you shed tears on your pillow, or obsess about who he’s with and where he’s going, then it’s not a good idea. How-ever, if the situation can’t be changed, then it’s important that you fill

your time with activities and opportunities that allow you to meet new people and make new friends.

Dear Abby,My new husband’s fam-

ily informed him they were coming to visit us for 7 to 10 days. This was eight relatives, and I was not asked whether this was convenient or not. They were so noisy that our neighbors finally asked, “When are they leaving?”

How can I prevent this from happening again in the future without offend-ing anyone?

My husband said after they had left, “You don’t handle chaos and confu-sion well, do you?”

– Need To Be Consulted in Georgia

Dear Needs To Be Consulted,

Revisit the question your husband asked you. And when you do, tell him the answer is not only do you NOT handle chaos, confusion and eight surprise houseg-uests well, neither do your neighbors. Then set some boundaries for the next time they say they are coming. His first response should always be, “I’ll check with my wife to see if it’s conve-nient.”

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

Abigail Van Buren’s (Jeanne Phillips) column appearsduring the week through Universal Press Syndicate.

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Deisy Diaz, 18, of, Sterling, is one of Sterling High

School’s March Students of the Month. She is the daughter of Antonio and Claudia Diaz and has a brother, Tony, 15, and a sister, Mariana, 8.

Favorite classes: Math and publications, because of my friends.

Top teachers: Alexis Rivera, AP calculus, because he is funny and extremely helpful. Also, Jennifer Drew, publica-tions, because she is easy to talk to and hilarious.

Extracurriculars: Worldwide Youth in Sci-ence and Engineering (WYSE), National Honor Society, United Warriors, cheerleading, and Publi-cations

After graduation: I want to major in bio-medical engineering.

Paycheck: I work at the Sterling Theater. I am a cashier and work the concession stand.

Best friend: Lucia Cas-

tro, because she is funny, sassy, and we like to cre-ate chaos together.

Favorite singer and musical group: Diplo and Major Lazer

Favorite actor: Kerry Washington

Favorite TV shows: “Scandal”, “Criminal Minds”, and “Law and Order: SVU”

Hobbies: Reading and writing

Favorite game: UNOFavorite food: ChineseBiggest fears: Heights,

needles, and failureWhat makes your

blood boil? When people ask me too many ques-tions.

What kind of music makes your skin crawl? Country

Hangouts: If I’m not at my friend Lucia’s house, you can usually find me at work.

High school survival guide: Do your homework, but also have fun and not get so stressed out.

Useless knowledge: How the Federal Reserve works

I’m in the dictionary next to: Pugnacious, because I always start arguments and try to win.

Secret twin: America Ferrera. I’ve been told I look like her.

Personal trivia: My thumbs are double-jointed.

Dream job: I would be a surgeon so I could save lives.

Trading places: Beyonce, because she is flawless. I would sing and dance as fabulously as she does.

Trading spaces: Bra-zil, because I love the culture and samba music.

Read this: “Diver-gent” by Veronica Roth. I enjoyed the book because of the action and romance.

Shout out to: Brooke, J. Evan, Dillon Francis, and my theater crew.

March Student of the Month Deisy Diaz

Alex T. Paschal/[email protected] Deisy Diaz, 18, of Sterling is one of Sterling High School’s March Students of the Month. She plans to major in biomedical engineering after high school.

STERLING HIGH SCHOOL

Keaton Dir, 17, of Sterling, is one of Sterling High

School’s March Students of the Month. He is the son of Kyle and Amy Dir, and has two brothers, Tanner, 20, and Brennen, 22.

Favorite class: Anything where math and science is involved

Top teacher: My Eng-lish teacher, Ms. John-son. I have had her for 2 years, and she makes me a better student.

Extracurriculars: Swimming, cross coun-try, track, Rotary, Nation-al Honor Society, and Service Learning

After graduation: I will be heading to William Jewell College in Liberty, Mo., to major in biology and do the pre-med track.

Paycheck: I mow my grandma’s yard in the summer. It’s great, because I get to see my family.

Best friend: Warren Melton. I have known him since I was 4 years

old, and we grew up swimming together.

Favorite musical groups: The Killers or Blink-182

Favorite actor: Denzel Washington

Favorite movie: “Saving Private Ryan”

Hobbies: Swimming, running, and playing disc golf

Favorite outdoor activ-ities: Ultimate Frisbee and Sharks v. Minnows

Favorite food: My mom’s lasagna

Biggest fear: HeightsLeast-favorite class:

Gym class – cardio day was useless.

What makes your blood boil? When someone tells me I will not be able to achieve something.

What music makes your skin crawl? Scream-o. You can’t even under-stand it!

Hangout: At the pool with my friends. It helps me think.

High school survival guide: Join a sport.

Sports are good ways to find good friends.

Useless knowledge: I learned how to write a haiku, and I don’t think you need to know how to write one just to survive in the real world.

In the dictionary next to: Determined. Once I set my mind on some-thing, I will do whatever it takes to achieve it.

If you could do any job for a day, what would it be? An astronaut. It would be really cool to float around in zero grav-ity.

Trading places: With Michael Phelps. He wins gold medals!

Trading spaces: Some-where with a clean beach and clear water. That way, I can see the sharks in the water.

Read this: Splash Maga-zine. It may only be help-ful for swimmers, but I always enjoy reading it.

Shout out to: My fam-ily, who supports me and reads the newspaper.

March Student of the Month Keaton Dir

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Harry Vardon, a top Eng-lish golfer who died in 1937, said, “More matches are lost through carelessness at the beginning than by any other cause.”

More bridge contracts are lost through carelessness early in the play than by any other cause.

So, do not mess up early in today’s deal. South is in four hearts. West leads the spade eight. East wins with his ace and returns the spade four. How should South proceed?

The South hand is definitely worth a one-heart opening. The North hand would have been a perfect game-forcing two-no-trump response in the days of yore, but this modern pair was using the Jacoby Forcing Raise, showing four-

card or better heart support.Some pairs would respond

three no-trump to show a balanced 13-15 without four hearts, but I like this to prom-ise 3-3-3-4 or 3-3-4-3 distri-

bution and a soft, no-trumpy hand.

An impulsive declarer would take the second trick on the board and run the heart jack (the percentage play for only one loser). But West would win with his queen and give his partner a spade ruff. Then the heart ace would defeat the contract.

Harry Vardon, if he had been a bridge player, would have realized that this was the one risk to the contract. And the way to keep the ball in play, not flying out of bounds, is first to cash dummy’s two top diamonds and discard declarer’s re-maining spade. Then there is no risk of an opposing spade ruff and South can play on trumps, here losing one spade and two hearts.

Always pause to consider potential dangers.

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DECATUR

AP Photo/Herald & Review, Jim Bowling Brenda Wilcott and Bob Wilcott prepare to film and interview Mike Cheever (right) at the Cheevers’ home March 21 in Decatur, for their new business entity titled Family Biography Films. The Wilcotts’ latest business entity captures memories and preserves family histories on DVD or CD for generations to come.

BY CHRIS LUSVARDI

In over 25 years of filming, Bob and Brenda Wilcott of

Decatur have found one type of production has proven more meaningful than the rest.

As a result, they decided to establish a focused extension of their main business, Catchpenny Productions.

Their latest business entity, Family Biography Films, captures memo-ries and preserves family histories on DVD or CD for generations to come.

“It’s a byproduct of what we have been doing,” said Bob Wil-cott, who takes the role behind the camera as producer. “It seems the most powerful.”

During a recent inter-view, Bob and Brenda Wilcott sat down with Mike Cheever, a long-time friend with whom Bob Wilcott worked at WAND-TV. Bob Wilcott took his familiar position behind the camera as Brenda Wilcott sat with Cheever prepared to ask questions.

Cheever is known for creating the character Dr. Terror as host of WAND’s Friday night horror movies from 1974-78.

His talents and humor remained evident throughout the inter-view, which was filmed primarily for his chil-dren. While having a list of topics ready, Brenda Wilcott listened for moments to expand on the information Cheever shared.

“We want to create an atmosphere where they’re at ease,” said Brenda Wilcott, Family Biography Films’ cre-ative director. “We have pages of questions we create. Sometimes we land on one of them.”

They started talking about Cheever’s earli-est memories before Cheever’s son, Eric, was asked to join them in the conversation.

Among other things, Eric Cheever wanted to have his father share his thoughts on creating Dr. Terror. Eric Cheever also pointed out his dad has been known for his sing-ing at church, a contrast with what Dr. Terror por-trayed.

Mike Cheever sang the words to the Lord’s Prayer as Bob Wilcott captured the moment on video.

“His voice is amazing,” Eric Cheever said.

Afterward, Bob Wilcott

took off his headphones and sat down to add to the conversation.

“Family members can sometimes hear things they never heard before,” Bob Wilcott said.

The idea for the films was sparked in part from wanting to share the stories of the Wilcotts’ friends and family mem-bers.

Family Biography Films don’t have to wait until someone is older in age, Brenda Wilcott said. The films can prog-ress at various points in life when the experi-ences are most fresh, she said.

No matter when the filming occurs, the works proves rewarding for the Wilcotts.

“It has more impact than anything we come across,” Brenda Wilcott said. “We figured we should focus on what we know we’re good at.”

Firm captures memories for future generations

Bob Wilcott prepares for an interview with Mike Cheever at Cheevers’ home in Decatur.

BOSTON MARATHON BOMBINGS

BOSTON (AP) – “I need to run.”

The messages started arriving just hours after the bombings, plead-ing for an entry into the 2014 Boston Marathon. For months, the calls and emails continued, runners begging for an opportunity to cross the finish line on Boylston Street and convinced it would ease at least some of their grief.

“They’d say, ‘I’m not a qualified runner; I don’t think I ever will be. I train. I run. I could do it. But because of what happened last year, I need to run,’” Tom Grilk, executive director of Boston Athletic Asso-ciation said last week.

“It might have been because they were pres-ent at the finish, or they knew somebody who was working or was affected. They might have been somebody who lives in Haverhill, Mass., and they were watching the race and it hit ‘em hard. That was true for a lot of people.

“And we received some of these communica-tions and we thought, ‘What do we do?’”

The B.A.A. had already expanded this year’s field to include more than 5,000 runners who were stranded on the course when the two explosions killed three and wounded 264 others. A few extra invitations were sprin-kled among the first-responders and the vic-tims, or their families; others went to charities and the towns along the route; some who said they were personally

touched by the tragedy were already given bibs.

But organizers felt they might still be missing peo-ple, people who perhaps didn’t think their trauma was worthy amid all the lost limbs and physical scars. So, in November, they announced that about 500 bibs would be available for those “per-sonally and profoundly impacted by the events of April 15, 2013.”

In 250-word essays submitted over the web-site, 1,199 would-be runners made their case. Almost 600 had the con-nection the B.A.A. was looking for.

“The anger, guilt and heartbreak I still feel today will never go away,” wrote Kate Plourd, who was in the medical tent, dehydrated and vow-ing never to run Boston again, when she heard the announcements: “Explosions at the finish line. Casualties. Dismem-berments. Prepare your-self to treat the victims.”

“Running the 2014 Bos-

ton Marathon will help me heal my mind,” she said in the essay that landed her bib No. 28115. “I’ll push myself ... to fin-ish the 2014 Boston Mar-athon in honor of those who won’t ever give up, who I won’t ever forget.”

The last year in Boston has been punctuated with memorial services and other tributes, as well as fundraisers that have raised more than $60 mil-lion for the victims.

But for those who feel a connection to the Bos-ton Marathon, that con-nection is most often felt through running.

And, when they decid-ed they had to do some-thing, they decided they had to run.

Dr. Alok Gupta, a trau-ma surgeon at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Cen-ter, about 2 miles from the finish line, thought about treating so many leg injuries caused by the ground-level bombs and concluded that running the race would be “just really poetic.”

Race makes room for those affected

AP University of Massachusetts nursing students Spencer Gilfeather and Sarah Gasse hold a banner April 17 that features a photo of Krystle Campbell, a UMass nursing student who died in the marathon bombings, during a tribute walk on a track at the school in Boston.

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Tweet, tweetLong time baseball writer Peter Gammons (@pgammo) thoughts on Boston Marathon bombing anniversary: “As one who lives two miles from The Finish Line, our greatest revenge isn’t in words or symbols or anthems, but in normalcy.”

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SOFTBALL | STERLING WINS TWO

Philip Marruffo/[email protected] Sterling’s Emily McDonald is greeted by her teammates after hitting a home run in the sixth inning against Rochelle in Sterling. The blast provided the final runs in an 11-0 victory.

Can’t touch this Sterling’s Lexy Staples tosses perfect game, earns win in Game 2

BY PATRICK MASON [email protected] ext. 5550

STERLING — Sterling softball catcher Lauren Fritz had a good feeling that her battery mate, pitcher Lexy Staples, was primed for a huge game against Rochelle, Saturday, in a Northern Illinois Big 12 crossover game.

“I was confident with all of her pitches from the start,” Fritz said. “I could tell she was on. Before the game she warmed up really well.”

Fritz was right as Staples’ strong pre-game bullpen session carried over into the game. She was dominant throughout and proved to be unhittable, as she tossed a perfect game in an 11-0, six-inning win

over visiting Rochelle.The freshman faced the minimum 18 bat-

ters in a six-inning game and struck out 13 while walking none. At one point, Staples struck out six in a row spanning the final two batters of the second inning to the first batter in the fourth inning.

At times, Rochelle’s hitters looked like someone with a broom, swatting at a cob-web in the distance. Some had no chance.

“You have to give [Staples] credit,” Rochelle coach Adrian Smith said. “She was hitting her spots. It’s pretty cool to throw a no-hitter. I’m sure she is excited, and she should be. We couldn’t touch her.”

Rochelle (2-8) put the ball in play just five times in the game – none of which left the infield.

Staples worked fast and kept Rochelle’s hitters from making any solid contact with a steady mixture of well-placed pitches. She kept the ball low and spotted pitches where she wanted throughout the game and stayed ahead of hitters.

Not once did Staples find herself in a three-ball count.

Star of the game: Lexy Staples, Sterling, 6 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 13 KKey performers: Emily McDonald, Ster-ling, 1 H, HR, 2 R. Alexey Wolfe 1 H, 3BUp next: Streator at Sterling, 4:30 p.m. today

TOUCH CONTINUED ON B4�

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Schroeder steps down Sterling girls basketball coach resigns after 7 seasons

BY TY [email protected], ext. 5554

When Julie Schroeder took over as head girls basketball coach at Sterling High School, she knew she’d have some big shoes to fill.

Fresh off three seasons as the late Bruce Scheidegger’s lead assistant, Schroeder took the reins when Scheidegger stepped down following the 2007 season that saw the Gold-en Warriors’ first run to the girls state basketball tournament in 24 years.

But Scheidegger stepped aside with the utmost confidence in his hand-picked successor to keep things rolling at Musgrove Fieldhouse.

In seven seasons at the War-riors’ helm, Schroeder amassed 142 wins, a .634 winning per-centage, and led Sterling to an average of 20 wins per season.

But a week and a half ago, Schroeder said goodbye to the head coaching job she had once left Burlington Central to be the understudy for.

Philip Marruffo/[email protected] Sterling coach Julie Schroeder reacts after the Golden Warriors take the lead during the Class 3A Sterling Regional champion-ship in 2013. Schroeder resigned recently after seven seasons as Sterling’s girls basketball coach.

By the numbersJulie Schroeder

Seasons at Sterling: 10Years as head coach: 7Record: 142-82 (.634)Conference titles: 3 (NIB-12 West in 2011, 2013; NCIC Reagan in 2010)Regional titles: 2 (2012, 2013)

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NBA PLAYOFFS

AP The Bulls’ Jimmy Butler shoots as the Wizards’ Marcin Gortat defends dur-ing Sunday’s playoff game at the United Center. The Wizards won 102-93.

Wizards cast spell in fourth Bulls go cold late in playoff opener

BY K.C. JOHNSONChicago Tribune

All of Tom Thibodeau’s pre-series concerns about the Wizards came to fruition Sunday night at the United Center.

Nene played like an All-Star. Trevor Ariza hit big shots. Marcin Gortat did his damage inside. Andre Miller proved ageless.

And the Bulls’ home-court advantage in this best-of-seven, first-round playoff series went poof.

On a night their star back-court combined to miss 18 of 25 shots, the Wizards still shot 48.6 percent and outrebounded the Bulls in a 102-93 victory. Game 2 is Tuesday night.

Since the 1946-47 season, the team that has prevailed in the opener of a seven-game series has prevailed 350 of 453 times.

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Rock Falls put on a hitting display in post-ing a road doublehead-er sweep of Boylan on Saturday, 12-5 in the opener and 14-3 in the nightcap.

Paige Reynolds hom-ered and drove in three runs in the first game. Taylor Anderson col-lected three hits, while Julie Dodd had two hits, including a triple, and drove in two runs.

Dodd (2-1) was also the winning pitcher, allow-ing two earned runs, five hits and a walk. She struck out six.

In the second game, Rock Falls (9-1-1) rapped out nine of its 11 hits in a 14-run uprising in the top of the fourth. The key blows were a grand slam by Kara Nehrkorn and a three-run shot by Baylie Janssen. They both drove in four runs.

Michaela Ward (8-0) got the win, allowing three runs on just three hits.

Panthers crush Bru-ins: Erie-Prophetstown pounded out 27 hits on its way to a 18-6, 13-2 home sweep of St. Bede.

In the opener, Kylie Ackerman went 2-for-3 with a double and four runs batted in. Clare Kramer and Addison Morse each drove in three runs. Ackerman was also the winning pitcher.

In the second game, Savannah Mettler went 3-for-4 with a pair of RBIs, and was the win-ning pitcher. Emily Cox was 2-for-2 with three RBIs.

Ottawa Marquette 9, Amboy 1: Kelsie Thur-man went 3-for-4 with a double and two singles for Amboy, while team-mate Courtney Rhine went 2-for-3.

The Clippers were only

able to push across one run in the top half of the first in the road loss. Haley Varga took the loss.

Orion 3, Newman 2: Newman scored a run in the top half of the first inning and added another in the sixth to take a 2-0 lead, but it was short-lived.

Orion answered with a run in both the sixth and seventh to push the game to extras before scoring the winning run in the bottom of the eighth.

Stacia Walter led the Comets with three hits, while Sam Miller had two, including a double. Pitcher Lakyn Wald-schmidt took the loss for Newman.

Oregon splits with J-Hawks: The Hawks split a doubleheader, winning the first game 10-4, but losing the sec-ond game 19-18, after allowing four runs in the bottom of the seventh.

Kasey Lapp had a big day, totaling four RBIs, a home run and two doubles. Ally Bartling earned the win in Game 1, striking out eight bat-ters in seven innings.

Fulton InvitationalSherrard 15, West Car-

roll 0, 4 inn.: The Thun-der (6-12) mustered two hits in a loss. Pitcher Bailey Durward (0-1) took her first loss of the season after allowing 15 runs (14 earned) on 19 hits in four innings.

Dixon 9, West Carroll 8: The Duchesses scored a run in the bottom fifth

in a game that was cut short because of time constraints. Brooke Bai-ley drove in three runs and had a triple, while Beccah Jones earned the win. She allowed four earned runs on seven hits in four innings.

West Carroll was led by Darby Rumler, who went 2-for-2 with two RBIs. Thunder pitcher Abby Maike (2-7) was hit with the loss, after allowing nine runs (six earned) on six hits in five innings.

Fulton 12, West Carroll 5, 4 inn.: Jenna Jones went 3-for-3 with three RBIs and a solo home run to lead Fulton in the win. Pitcher Whitney Wynkoop went all four inning and allowed one earned run on three hits.

West Carroll (6-12) led 4-1 after the first inning, but couldn’t hang on. Pitcher Cassidy Rice (4-4) took the loss after allowing seven runs on seven hits in 1 2/3 innings.

Other Fulton Invita-tional scores: Dixon 7, Fulton 5; Sherrard 11, Dixon 1; Sherrard 9, Ful-ton 0

Girls trackWarriors 7th at Rock

Island: Paced by a first-place finish from Maggie McPherson, the Sterling girls track team placed seventh at the 12-team Rock Island Invitational.

Rock Island won the ABC meet with 233 points, well ahead of runner-up Palatine Fremd, which had 191. Sterling amassed 120.83 points.

McPherson won top honors in the B Division 3,200-meter run with a time of 11 minutes, 58.65 seconds.

Second-place finish-ers included Denajha

Phillips in the C Divi-sion long jump (14 feet, 7 inches); Jordan Totten in the C Divi-sion discus (86-10); and Mercedes Sanchez in the A Division 3,200 (11:58.46).

Rockets 4th at Huntley Invite: Michaela Busch won the A Division high jump by clearing 5-0 as Rock Falls placed fourth at the five-team Huntley Invitational.

Huntley (317), Boylan (310), Kaneland (302), Rock Falls (185) and Mt. Assisi (74) were the competing squads.

Busch, Sydney Arrickx, Ellie McKee and Molly Mammosser teamed up to place second in the B Division 800 relay (1:56.64).

BV storms to title: Lind-sey Hoffert won the long jump (15-0 1/2) to lead Bureau Valley to top hon-ors in the 11-team Rol-lie Morris Invitational in Spring Valley.

The Storm had 107.5 points, well ahead of runner-up Hall, which had 85.

BV’s other firsts came from the 800 relay team of Haley DeVoss, Kate-lin Johnson, Marissa Mungia and Tiana Ken-nedy (1:52.9), and the 3,200 team of Helena Osk Arnadittir, Heather Williams, Riley Fran-cis and Regan Weidner (10:47.98).

SoccerDixon 4, IVC 0: Katie

Provo had three goals and one assist, as the Duchesses blanked the Grey Ghosts at A.C. Bowers Field.

Also for Dixon (9-3), Lauren Chacon had a goal and an assist, and Cristen Rozek added an assist. Carly Hartle made five saves in recording her fifth shutout this season.

Rockets dig the long ballRock Falls softball shows power; Comets fall to Orion

Saturday’s starsKara Nehrkorn

Kylie Ackerman

Katie Provo

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NHL PLAYOFFS | BLACKHAWKS

Bullying never worksST. LOUIS – Brent

Seabrook walked quietly to his

locker, turned toward the cameras and faced the music.

Actually, the Black-hawks’ veteran defense-man turned his back to the music. Outside the visitors’ locker room, a happy ditty played on the organ and filtered through the Scottrade Center after the St. Louis Blues rallied Sat-urday afternoon to beat the Hawks, 4-3, in over-time.

It was odd, the con-trast between the upbeat song and the downbeat Seabrook.

“I don’t know what else to tell you,” Seabrook said as more than a dozen reporters surrounded him and asked different versions of the same question. “I hope [David] Backes is feeling all right. I hope he’s doing OK. That’s all I can say.”

Soon after, Blues coach Ken Hitchcock offered an update on his injured captain.

“How do you think he is?” Hitchcock said. “Not great.”

Seabrook was sus-pended for three games for the hit, which left Backes dazed and unable to stand up

straight in the moments that followed. Backes, who already had a his-tory of concussions, could miss the rest of the series.

Replays left little room for argument. At the point of contact, Seabrook drilled his right shoulder directly into Backes’ head, caus-ing the Blues forward to ricochet backward and slam his head where the glass meets the boards.

“I’d say that’s the stuff that we’re trying to get out of the game,” Blues defenseman Alex Pietrangelo said. “It’s a dangerous hit.”

This is the dark under-belly of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Players put in so much work throughout a grueling regular season to get to this point, and when they finally make it, they seemingly lose the ability to know when enough is enough.

So, we see head shots. Concussions. The threat of long-term brain trauma.

Perhaps more than any major sports team in Chicago, the Hawks are a likeable team filled with likeable players. They do great work for the commu-nity, they appreciate their huge numbers of die-hard fans, and they never quit on a game or a season.

But something was different about Game 2. Too often, the Hawks were unlikeable.

It was disappointing when Hawks forward Bryan Bickell stuck out his leg near center ice for a knee-to-knee blow against the Blues’ Vladi-mir Sobotka. Bickell was penalized for kneeing, and Sobotka was lucky to be able to skate off of the ice.

Bickell’s hit wasn’t a hockey play; it was a dirty play. Imagine the outcry if someone on the Blues had tried to pull the same move on Jonathan Toews or Pat-rick Kane.

Even worse was Seabrook’s vicious hit against Backes late in the third period. Seabrook received a 5-minute major for charging and a game

misconduct, which opened the door for the Blues to tie the game with 6.4 seconds to go in regulation.

Less than 6 minutes into overtime, the Blues scored again to grab a 2-0 series lead.

“I was just trying to make a play on Backes,” Seabrook said. “I thought the puck was there, I was on [Alex-ander] Steen, I was just coming down the wall and I just tried to finish my hit. …

“I feel bad seeing a guy like that on the ice. I’ve been there myself, and I’m not trying to target his head, I’m not try-ing to do anything like that.”

But it happened. It was ugly. And for the first time in a long time, the Hawks resembled unlikeable bullies more than daz-zling playmakers.

“We were a pretty disciplined team all year,” Hawks coach Joel Quenneville said. “You have to have emotion when you play St. Louis, and you have to be smart at the same time. There’s a balance thing that’s necessary, and be smart [about] it.”

On Saturday, the Hawks were on the wrong side of that balance.

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LOCAL SPORTSMonday, April 21, 2014

College baseballSaturday’s results

at Sauk Valley C.C., Dixon Game 1

CARL SANDBURG 7, SAUK VALLEY 2

W – Trockey. L – Mario Pacheco.SANDBURG

Multi hits – Windsor. 2B – RBI – Moss 2, Judson 2, Wendt, Windsor. SAUK VALLEY

Multi hits – Andy Schaver 2. 2B – 3B – Chad Lopez. RBI – Lopez, Schaver.

Game 2

SAUK VALLEY 8, SANDBURG 6

W – S – Cody Dietz. SAUK VALLEY

Multi hits – Oscar Duarte-Castro. 2B – Nick Panzica. 3B – Lopez. HR – Schaver. RBI –Castro.

Men’s tennisSaturday’s result

at Sauk Valley C.C.

WAUBONSEE 8, SAUK VALLEY 1Singles

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Doubles

Record:

BaseballSaturday’s results

FREEPORT 11, STERLING 7

L – Dennis 0-2STERLING (3-8)

Multi hits – Morse 2, Sosa 2, Perino 2. 2B – Sosa. 3B – Morse. RBI – Morse, Sosa.

at SterlingGame 1

NEWMAN 18, ORION 8, 5 INN.

W –ORIONMultiple hits – Vanderheiden 2, Taets 2. 2B – Vanderheiden.NEWMAN

Multi hits – -

Sharp 2. 2B –RBI –

Game 2

NEWMAN 10, ORION 4

W – ORIONMulti hits –Terronez, Jones.NEWMAN

Multi hits –2B – RBI –

Olson, Sharp.

at Rock FallsGame 1

ROCK FALLS 10, FORRESTON-POLO 0, 6 inn.

W – L – Wyatt Patterson.FORRESTON-POLO

ROCK FALLS

Multi hits – 2B – Clay

-den. RBI – Quinton Matznick, McFadden,

Game 2

ROCK FALLS 10, FORRESTON-POLO 1

W – L – Jacob Cunning-

FORRESTON-POLO (6-7)

ROCK FALLS (7-6)

Pillars. Multi hits –RBI –

at Richmond

RICHMOND-BURTON 11, OREGON 1, 6 inn

W – Leschke. L –OREGON

RBI – Cook. SB – E –RICHMOND-BURTON

Multi hits – -2B – RBI

–E –

at ProphetstownGame 1

ST. BEDE 5, ERIE-PROPHETSTOWN 3

W – L – Jordan Chandler.ST. BEDEMulti hits – Szczepaniak 2, Leynano 2. RBI –ERIE-PROPHETSTOWNMulti hits – -nen 2. 2B – HR – -nell. RBI –

Game 2

ERIE-PROPHETSTOWN 9, ST. BEDE 6

W – L – Plankenhorn.ST. BEDEMulti hits –2B – Olsen, Leynano. RBI – Leynano 2,

ERIE-PROPHETSTOWN (7-6)Multi hits – -

2B – Cole. HR – McConnell. RBI – McConnell

Cady.

at Ottawa

MARQUETTE 14, AMBOY 2

L –AMBOY (5-8)

Multi hits – RBI – Drake

SoftballSaturday’s results

at Sterling

STERLING 11, ROCHELLE 0, 6 inn.

W – L –STERLING (9-3)

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Totals: 26-11-11.

Fritz. 2B – 3B –HR – McDonald. RBI – Sondoval 2, Fritz 2,

LOB –ROCHELLE (2-8)

-ness 2b 2-0-0, Rhoads ss 2-0-0, Feltes p 1-0-0. Totals: 18-0-0.

STERLING 5, HONONEGAH 4

W –Staples. L –HONONEGAH

Multi hits – RBI –

STERLING (10-3)

and Fritz. Multi hits – -er 2. 2B – RBI –

at Rockford Game 1

ROCK FALLS 12, BOYLAN 5

W – L –ROCK FALLS

Multi hits –

3B – Dodd. HR – Paige Reynolds. RBI –Michaela Ward, Anderson.BOYLAN

Multi hits – 2B – RBI –

Game 2

ROCK FALLS 14, BOYLAN 3, 5 inn.

W – L – Delan.ROCK FALLS (9-1-1)

-sen. Multi hits – Nehrkorn, Dodd, Ward, Janssen. 2B – -

HR – Janssen, Nehrkorn. RBI –

BOYLAN

3B – Delan. RBI –

at OregonGame 1

OREGON 10, JEFFERSON 4

W – L – MoralesJEFFERSON

Multi hits – Moss 2, Castillo 2. 2B – RBI – Moss 2, Castillo.

OREGON

Multi hits –

2B – RBI – -gren, Lapp, Rhea.

Game 2

JEFFERSON 19, OREGON 18

W – Morales. L – RheaOREGON

Multi hits – --

zyk 2, Logan 2. 2B –HR – Lapp, Rhea. RBI

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JEFFERSON

Multi hits – -

2B –3B – RBI –

at ProphetstownGame 1

ERIE-PROPHETSOWN 18, ST. BEDE 6

ERIE-PROPHETSTOWN

Multi hits – Acker-2B –

HR – Addison Morse. RBI –

Game 2 ERIE-PROPHETSTOWN 13,

ST. BEDE 2ERIE-PROPHETSTOWN (14-2)

Multi hits – Stephanie Thulen 2, 2B –

RBI –

at Ottawa

OTTAWA MARQUETTE 9, AMBOY 1

W – Dyche. L – VargaAMBOY (7-5)Varga and Liebing. Multi hits –

2B –MARQUETTE

Multi hits – -2B – Miskell. RBI –

ORION 3, NEWMAN 2, 8 inn.

W – L –NEWMAN

Multi hits – 2B – Miller.ORION (5-8)

Multi hits –

Fulton Invitational

SHERRARD 15, WEST CARROLL 0, 4 INN.

W – Mutchson 4-0. L –WEST CARROLL (6-12)

SHERRARD (11-0)

Multi hits –

2B –HR – R. Strandgard. RBI –

S. Strandgard

DIXON 9, WEST CARROLL 8, 5 INN.

W – Jones. L –WEST CARROLL (6-12)

Multi hits – RBI –

DIXON

Multi hits – 3B – RBI –

FULTON 12, WEST CARROLL 5, 4 INN.

W – Wynkoop. L – Rice 4-4FULTON

Multi hits –2B –HR – Jones. RBI

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WEST CARROLL (6-12)

2B – RBI –

Boys trackSaturday’s result

Rollie Morris Invitational at Spring Valley

Team scores

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(Winners and locals in top 3)100 –200 – 400 –

800 –

1,600 – 1. Tanner Chada

3,200 –110 hurdles –

300 hurdles –400

relay – 800 relay –

1,600 relay – 1.

3,200 relay –

High jump – Pole vault –Long jump –

Triple jump –Shot put – 1. Michael Slingsby

Discus –

38th annual Rochelle Relays at Rochelle

Team scores

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Discus –

Pole vault –

High jump –

Long jump –

Triple jump –

Shot put –Rochelle 120-46,400 relay –

3,200 relay – -

400 relay –

440 shuttle hurdle – 1. Princeton

Distance medley –

800 relay – -

1600 medley – -

3200 – -

1,600 relay – -

Freeport Invite ABC Meet

Team standings

11. Dakota 10.Long jump –

- Discus –

-High jump

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Pole vault –

Triple jump – A.

Shot –

3,200 –

- 200 – -

3,200 relay – -

110 hurdles –

100 – -

800 –

800 relay – 1. 400 –

300 hurdles – A. --

1,600 relay – -

Girls trackSaturday’s result

Rollie Morris Invitational at Spring Valley

Team scores-

(Winners and locals in top 3)100 –200 –

400 – 1.

800 –1,600 –

3,200 – 100 hurdles –

300 hurdles –400 relay –

800 relay – 1.

-1,600 relay – -

3,200 relay –-

High jump – 1. Pole vault – 1.

Long jump –Triple jump –

Shot put –Discus –

WEEKEND SCOREBOARD BOYS ROUNDUP

Eastwood stars at HallBV runner helps Storm to second; Warriors fare well

Kane Eastwood won the 800-meter run and anchored relays to two more wins to lead Bureau Valley to second place in the 10-team Rollie Morris Invitational on Saturday in Spring Valley.

Mendota won the meet with 135 points, while the Storm were second with 106.

Eastwood was clocked at 2 minutes, 4.84 sec-onds to win the 800. He teamed with Tucker Schoff, Ryan Taylor and Colton Peterson to win the 1,600 relay (3:33.76), and Taylor, Andrew Smith and Peterson to win the 3,200 relay (8:47.11).

Warriors 2nd at Free-port: Sterling had a trio of first-place finishers, as it took second place at the Freeport Pretzel Invita-tional. It was an ABC meet.

Hononegah won the meet with 483 points, comfortably ahead of Sterling, which had 340. Rounding out the top five were Freeport (229), Auburn (198) and Rock Falls (170).

Winning events for Ster-ling were Josh Knie in the A Division shot put (46 feet, 5 1/4 inches), Jacob Kirchoff in the A Division triple jump (41-0), and Bobby Tribble in the C Division pole vault (9-6).

Leading the way for Rock Falls was Brandon Boyer, who took the C Division high jump (5-9) and C Division triple jump (39-1). Distance aces Brayden Hamblen and Seth Williams won the A and B 3,200 with times of 10:07.98 and 10:23.08, respectively.

The Rockets also won the B Division 400 relay (52.73).

Dixon wins Rochelle Re lays : The Dukes scored 122 points to win the seven-team invita-tional. Rochelle (100) and Harlem (96) rounded out the top three teams, with area team Oregon (69) taking fifth.

Dixon won the high jump relay, as Kyle LeB-lanc cleared a height of 6 feet, 3 inches, while teammate LaRon Carr

took second in 5-9.The Dukes also had

wins in the 3,200 relay, 400 relay, 1,600 medley, 1,600 relay and the dis-tance medley.

Oregon’s Ashton Ruth-erford (13-0) cleared the second-highest pole vault height. Oregon took second in the distance medley behind Dixon.

BaseballFreeport 11, Sterling 7:

Brandon Dennis took the loss for the Golden War-riors (3-8) after allowing seven runs (six earned) on 13 hits in five innings. Turner Morse went 2-for-3 for Sterling, including a triple and an RBI, while teammate Rafael Sosa went 2-for-4 with a dou-ble and an RBI.

Comets sweep Orion: Newman earned two vic-tories in a doubleheader sweep of visiting Orion, 18-8 and 10-4. The run-rule was in effect for the Comets in the first game, and they held on to win the second after enjoying a 10-0 cushion after the first three innings.

Trevor Bolin had two strong games, racking up eight hits – four in each – while teammate Shane Allen had four RBIs in Game 1 for Newman and an RBI in Game 2.

Alex Buhler was the winner on the mound in the first game. He allowed eight runs (three earned) in five innings of work, while Brandon Burke picked up the win in relief in the nightcap.

Rock Falls crushes Cards: The Rockets ven-tured out of conference play and picked up 10-0 and 10-1 victories against Forreston-Polo.

J a c o b M a m m o s s e r drove in four runs, while Dustin Huycke and Dal-las Jones both added two in the opener. James McFadden (2-1) tossed a three-hitter with six strikeouts.

In the second game,

Huycke knocked in three more runs for the Rockets (7-6). Quentin Matznick allowed one unearned run and two hits in three innings to get the win.

Richmond-Burton 11, Oregon 1, 6 inn.: Josh Cook had the lone RBI for the Hawks in a loss to the Rockets in Richmond.

Joey Rowe took the loss, allowing six earned runs, seven hits and five walks in 3 1/3 innings.

Erie-Prophetstown splits at home: Owen McCo-nnell homered in both games as the Panthers split a twinbill against St. Bede in Prophetstown. St. Bede won Game 1 5-3, while the Panthers won Game 2 9-6.

McConnell finished with five RBIs, including three in the second-game win. Ken Cole drove in two runs in that game.

Ottawa Marquette 14, Amboy 2, 5 inn.: Skyelar Zimmerly went 2-for-2 to lead the Clippers in a loss at Marquette.

College baseballSkyhawks split double-

header: Sauk Valley fell in the first game of dou-bleheader to Carl Sand-burg 7-2, but bounced back to win the second game 8-6.

Sandburg broke the first game open in the top of the seventh with four runs off reliever Bryson Gudas. Sauk Valley start-er Mario Pacheco took the loss, allowing three runs on five hits, while striking out 10 and walk-ing three.

Andy Schaver and Chad Lopez drove in runs in the Game 1.

In Game 2, Schaver hit a home run, and Lopez tripled and drove in three runs. Elvis Castillo pitched six innings to pick up the win for the Skyhawks, while Cody Dietz came in for the save.

Men’s tennisWaubonsee 8, Sauk Val-

ley 1: Gavin Jensen and Tanner Dir won at No. 1 doubles to account for the Skyhawks’ lone point in a home loss to Wau-bonsee.

Saturday’s starsKane Eastwood

Owen McConnell

And like her men-tor, Scheidegger, she resigned to make way for someone new.

“It really just came down to the fact that I’ve been coaching for 20 years, and thought maybe it was time to take a break,” Schroeder said Friday. “It also gives somebody else a chance to help the program go further along than it is now.”

There is no one waiting in the wings, but Schro-eder is confident that Sterling athletic director Greg King and the powers that be at the school will find a capable replace-ment.

And since she’s keep-ing her job as a physi-cal education teacher, and will continue to be around the kids in the girls basketball pro-gram, she has little doubt that she’ll stay involved somehow.

“I’ll probably get back into coaching, just maybe in a different role,” Schroeder said. “I’m going to still be involved in whatever I can, and be around Sterling athletics as much as I can.”

King, who was in the same boat a few years back when he resigned as head football coach after nine seasons, knows what Schroeder is going through, but he

said he’s still sorry to see her go.

“It’s going to be hard losing her; when you’re talking Xs and Os, Julie can do it with the best of them,” King said. “She’s one of the better coach-es out there, but if she wants something else at this point in her life, I understand completely.”

King is in a unique posi-tion, in that he dealt with Schroeder not only as a fellow Sterling coach and as AD, but also as a par-ent. His daughter, Ashli, played three seasons on varsity for Schroed-er before graduating in 2012.

Now a sophomore soft-ball player at Heartland Community College in Normal, Ashli learned a lot from Schroeder at the high school level that has helped her out in college, according to her father.

“As a parent, the big thing is that you’ve got an idea of what you want your son or daughter to do and learn through athletics,” Greg King said. “For me, it was for Ashli to become a hard-nosed, tough player – and Julie brought that out in her. I’m glad Ashli played for Julie, and it’s helped her in college, especially.”

Watching players come into their own like that is what Schroeder will find hard to replace on an emotional level.

“I’ll miss most the rela-tionships with the kids,

watching them work hard and turn it into a success on and off the court,” Schroeder said. “It was fun to watch them do that, and fun to be a part of that process.

“It’ll be really hard to just watch them as a fan, at least for the first few games. It will take some getting used to.”

Schroeder led Sterling to the final NCIC Reagan championship in 2009-10, then the inaugural Northern Illinois Big 12 West title the following season in 2010-11. She added another NIB-12 West co-championship in 2012-13, and won regional plaques in 2012 and ‘13.

And following up Schei-degger, a three-time SVM coach of the year, Schro-eder earned two of those awards in 2011 and ‘13.

“I came into a really good situation, and the whole goal as a coach was trying to sustain where we were when I got here,” Schroeder said. “I feel like we did a pretty good job with that, with a few conference titles and a couple of regionals.

“It’s easy for a program to fall when it’s been so high, but through the hard wok of the kids, we’ve been able to sus-tain it. I’m proud to leave the program the way I found it, and the players I’ve coached are the biggest reason for that. They should be just as proud.”

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WEEKEND SCOREBOARDMLB

AMERICAN LEAGUEEast Division

W L Pct GBNew York 11 8 .579 —Toronto 10 9 .526 1Boston 9 10 .474 2Tampa Bay 9 10 .474 2Baltimore 8 9 .471 2

Central Division W L Pct GBDetroit 9 6 .600 —Kansas City 9 8 .529 1Minnesota 9 9 .500 1!Chicago 9 10 .474 2Cleveland 8 10 .444 2!

West Division W L Pct GBOakland 13 5 .722 —Texas 11 8 .579 2!Los Angeles 8 10 .444 5Seattle 7 11 .389 6Houston 5 14 .263 8!

Saturday’s resultsToronto 5, Cleveland 0Detroit 5, L.A. Angels 2Boston 4, Baltimore 2Kansas City 5, Minnesota 4Oakland 4, Houston 3Tampa Bay 16, N.Y. Yankees 1Miami 7, Seattle 0Texas 6, Chicago White Sox 3

Sunday’s resultsCleveland 6, Toronto 4Detroit 2, L.A. Angels 1Miami 3, Seattle 2N.Y. Yankees 5, Tampa Bay 1, 12 inningsMinnesota 8, Kansas City 3Chicago White Sox 16, Texas 2Oakland 4, Houston 1Boston 6, Baltimore 5

Today’s gamesBaltimore (W.Chen 2-1) at Boston (Buch-holz 0-1), 10:05 a.m.Kansas City (Guthrie 2-0) at Cleveland (McAllister 2-0), 6:05 p.m.L.A. Angels (Richards 2-0) at Washington (Roark 1-0), 6:05 p.m.Chicago White Sox (Joh.Danks 1-0) at Detroit (A.Sanchez 0-1), 6:08 p.m.Texas (Darvish 1-0) at Oakland (Straily 1-1), 9:05 p.m.Houston (Keuchel 1-1) at Seatt le (F.Hernandez 3-0), 9:10 p.m.

Sunday’s box score

WHITE SOX 16, RANGERS 2Chicago Texas ab r h bi ab r h biSemien 2b 6 2 4 4 Choo lf 1 0 0 1Gillaspi 3b 5 1 1 3 Andrus ss 2 1 0 0Abreu 1b 6 2 3 3 Sardins ss 1 0 1 0A.Dunn dh 6 0 0 0 Rios rf 4 0 0 0Viciedo rf 5 3 3 2 Fielder 1b 2 0 0 0AlRmrz ss 5 2 2 0 Kzmnff 3b 3 0 0 0De Aza lf 5 1 1 2 DMrph ph 1 0 0 0Flowrs c 4 3 3 0 Morlnd dh 4 0 0 0JrDnks cf 4 2 1 2 JoWilsn 2b 1 1 0 0 LMartn cf 2 0 1 0 Choice cf 1 0 0 0 Arencii c 2 0 0 0Totals 46 16 18 16 Totals 24 2 2 1Chicago 002 033 107 — 16Texas 001 100 000 — 2E–Flowers (1), Kouzmanoff (2). DP–Chicago 2. LOB–Chicago 6, Texas 4. 2B–Gillaspie (6), Abreu 2 (5), Viciedo (5), Al.Ramirez (5). 3B–Semien (1). HR–Abreu (5), Viciedo (1), Jor.Danks (1). SB–Al.Ramirez (4), Andrus (9), L.Mart in (3). CS–Choo (2). SF–Gil-laspie, Choo. IP H R ER BB SOChicagoEr.Johnson W,1-1 5 1 2 1 5 2Belisario 2 0 0 0 0 1Rienzo 1 1 0 0 1 1Lindstrom 1 0 0 0 0 1TexasRoss Jr. L,1-1 5 1/3 7 7 4 0 8Tolleson 1 2/3 2 2 2 1 2Figueroa 1 2 0 0 0 1Noesi 1 7 7 7 1 1HBP–by Belisario (Choo), by Rienzo (Aren-cibia). WP–Er.Johnson, Ross Jr.

NATIONAL LEAGUEEast Division

W L Pct GBAtlanta 12 6 .667 —Washington 11 8 .579 1!New York 9 9 .500 3Miami 9 10 .474 3!Philadelphia 8 10 .444 4

Central Division W L Pct GBMilwaukee 14 5 .737 —St. Louis 11 8 .579 3Cincinnati 8 10 .444 5!Pittsburgh 8 11 .421 6Chicago 5 12 .294 8

West Division W L Pct GBLos Angeles 12 7 .632 —San Francisco 11 8 .579 1Colorado 10 10 .500 2!San Diego 9 10 .474 3Arizona 5 16 .238 8

Saturday’s resultsSt. Louis 4, Washington 3Chicago Cubs 8, Cincinnati 4Milwaukee 8, Pittsburgh 7Atlanta 7, N.Y. Mets 5Miami 7, Seattle 0L.A. Dodgers 8, Arizona 6Colorado 3, Philadelphia 1San Diego 3, San Francisco 1

Sunday’s resultsN.Y. Mets 4, Atlanta 3, 14 inningsMiami 3, Seattle 2Milwaukee 3, Pittsburgh 2, 14 inningsWashington 3, St. Louis 2Cincinnati 8, Chicago Cubs 2L.A. Dodgers 4, Arizona 1Philadelphia 10, Colorado 9San Francisco 4, San Diego 3

Today’s gamesCincinnati (Leake 2-1) at Pittsburgh (Liriano 0-3), 6:05 p.m.L.A. Angels (Richards 2-0) at Washington (Roark 1-0), 6:05 p.m.Miami (Koehler 2-1) at Atlanta (Teheran 2-1), 6:10 p.m.St. Louis (Lyons 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (Mejia 2-0), 6:10 p.m.Arizona (Arroyo 1-1) at Chicago Cubs (T.Wood 0-2), 7:05 p.m.San Diego (Cashner 2-1) at Milwaukee (W.Peralta 2-0), 7:10 p.m.San Francisco (Vogelsong 0-0) at Colorado (J.De La Rosa 0-3), 7:40 p.m.Philadelphia (Cl.Lee 2-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Maholm 0-1), 9:10 p.m.

Sunday’s box scores

REDS 8, CUBS 2Cincinnati Chicago ab r h bi ab r h biBHmltn cf 5 0 1 0 Bonifac cf 4 1 2 0Votto 1b 4 0 1 0 Sweeny lf 4 1 2 1Phillips 2b 5 0 0 0 Rizzo 1b 3 0 2 0Bruce rf 5 2 2 1 Schrhlt rf 5 0 2 1Frazier 3b 5 2 2 1 SCastro ss 5 0 1 0Ludwck lf 4 0 2 1 Olt 3b 4 0 0 0MParr p 0 0 0 0 Castillo c 5 0 1 0LeCure p 0 0 0 0 Barney 2b 2 0 0 0N.Soto ph 1 0 0 0 Wrght p 0 0 0 0SMrshll p 0 0 0 0 Kalish ph 1 0 1 0Mesorc c 4 2 3 1 Veras p 0 0 0 0Cozart ss 5 2 3 3 Russell p 0 0 0 0Bailey p 3 0 1 1 Ruggin ph 1 0 0 0Heisey ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Grimm p 0 0 0 0 Villanv p 1 0 0 0 Valuen 2b 1 0 0 0Totals 42 8 15 8 Totals 36 2 11 2Cincinnati 000 320 300 — 8Chicago 000 000 200 — 2DP–Cincinnati 1. LOB–Cincinnati 10, Chi-cago 14. 2B–Bruce (3), Frazier (2), Ludwick (1), Mesoraco (6), Cozart (3), Bonifacio (4), Kalish (2). HR–Bruce (3), Cozart (1). SB–B.Hamilton (7), Bonifacio (9). CS–Bonifacio (2). IP H R ER BB SOCincinnatiBailey W,1-1 6 6 0 0 3 8M.Parra 1/3 3 2 2 2 1LeCure 1 2/3 0 0 0 1 0S.Marshall 1 2 0 0 0 1ChicagoVillanueva L,1-4 4 2/3 9 5 5 1 7W.Wright 1 1/3 2 0 0 0 1Veras 1 2 3 3 2 2Russell 1 0 0 0 0 1Grimm 1 2 0 0 0 1HBP–by Bailey (Sweeney). WP–Villanueva.

NATIONALS 3, CARDINALS 2St. Louis Washington ab r h bi ab r h biMCrpnt 3b 4 0 0 0 Span cf 5 0 1 1Jay rf 4 0 1 0 Harper lf 4 0 1 0Craig lf 4 0 1 0 Werth rf 3 0 0 0MAdms 1b 4 1 2 0 LaRoch 1b 4 1 1 0YMolin c 4 0 1 0 Rendon 3b 4 1 1 0JhPerlt ss 4 0 0 0 Dsmnd ss 5 0 1 1M.Ellis 2b 3 0 1 0 Espinos 2b 4 1 3 1CMrtnz p 0 0 0 0 Loaton c 5 0 3 0Siegrist p 0 0 0 0 Strasrg p 1 0 0 0Neshek p 0 0 0 0 Walters ph 1 0 0 0Roinsn ph 1 0 0 0 Stmmn p 0 0 0 0Maness p 0 0 0 0 Frndsn ph 1 0 0 0Bourjos cf 2 1 0 0 Blevins p 0 0 0 0SMiller p 2 0 1 1 RSorin p 0 0 0 0Choate p 0 0 0 0 McLoth ph 0 0 0 0Descals 2b 1 0 0 0 Totals 33 2 7 1 Totals 37 3 11 3St. Louis 010 010 000 — 2Washington 000 000 201 — 3Two outs when winning run scored.E–M.Carpenter (4). DP–Washington 1. LOB–St. Louis 5, Washington 17. 2B–Ma.Adams 2 (8), S.Miller (1). SB–Harper (1). SF–Span. IP H R ER BB SOSt. LouisS.Miller 5 1/3 4 0 0 5 7Choate 2/3 0 0 0 0 0C.Martinez 1 4 2 2 0 0Siegrist 2/3 1 0 0 1 1Neshek 1/3 0 0 0 0 1Maness L,0-1 2/3 2 1 1 1 1WashingtonStrasburg 6 5 2 2 1 9Stammen 1 0 0 0 0 0Blevins 1 2 0 0 0 2R.Soriano W,1-0 1 0 0 0 0 1HBP–by S.Miller (Werth).

NBA playoffsSaturday’s results

Brooklyn 94, Toronto 87, Brooklyn leads series 1-0Golden State 109, L.A. Clippers 105, Gold-en State leads series 1-0Atlanta 101, Indiana 93, Atlanta leads series 1-0Oklahoma City 100, Memphis 86, Okla-homa City leads series 1-0

Sunday’s resultsSan Antonio 90, Dallas 85, Dallas leads series 1-0Miami 99, Charlotte 88, Miami leads series 1-0Washington 102, Chicago 93, Washington leads series 1-0Portland at Houston, late

Today’s gamesMemphis at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.Golden State at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.

Today’s gamesAtlanta at Indiana, 6 p.m.Brooklyn at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.Washington at Chicago, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday’s box score

WIZARDS 102, BULLS 93WASHINGTON (102)Ariza 5-8 5-6 18, Nene 11-17 2-5 24, Gor-tat 6-10 3-4 15, Wall 4-14 8-10 16, Beal 3-11 7-7 13, Booker 1-3 1-2 3, Webster 1-3 0-1 3, Miller 5-7 0-0 10, Gooden 0-0 0-0 0, Harrington 0-1 0-0 0, Temple 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 36-74 26-35 102.CHICAGO (93)Dunleavy 4-12 0-0 11, Boozer 5-10 1-1 11, Noah 4-6 2-2 10, Hinrich 7-16 0-0 16, But-ler 6-12 3-7 15, Augustin 3-15 10-10 16, Gibson 4-6 4-6 12, Mohammed 0-0 0-0 0, Snell 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 34-81 20-26 93.Washington 24 24 24 30 — 102Chicago 22 32 21 18 — 933-Point Goals–Washington 4-11 (Ariza 3-5, Webster 1-3, Wall 0-1, Beal 0-2), Chicago 5-20 (Dunleavy 3-8, Hinrich 2-5, Butler 0-1, Snell 0-2, Augustin 0-4). Fouled Out–Nene. Rebounds–Washing-ton 54 (Gortat 13), Chicago 46 (Noah 10). Assists–Washington 21 (Beal 7), Chicago 13 (Noah 4). Total Fouls–Washington 26, Chicago 25. Technicals–Hinrich, Chicago defensive three second 2.

NHL playoffsSaturday’s results

St. Louis 4, Chicago 3, OT, St. Louis leads series 2-0Columbus 4, Pittsburgh 3, 2OT, series tied 1-1Colorado 4, Minnesota 2, Colorado leads series 2-0

Sunday’s resultsPhiladelphia 4, N.Y. Rangers 2, series tied 1-1Boston 4, Detroit 1, series tied 1-1Montreal 3, Tampa Bay 2, Montreal leads series 3-0Los Angeles at San Jose, late

Today’s gamesPittsburgh at Columbus, 6 p.m.Colorado at Minnesota, 6 p.m.St. Louis at Chicago, 7:30 p.m.Anaheim at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday’s box score

BLUES 4, BLACKHAWKS 3, OTChicago 0 1 2 0 — 3St. Louis 2 0 1 1 — 4First Period–1, St. Louis, Porter 1 (Leop-old, Shattenkirk), 7:08. 2, St. Louis, Shat-tenkirk 1 (Schwartz, Sobotka), 19:58. Pen-alties–Reaves, StL (charging), 2:26; Bollig, Chi (roughing), 4:57; Polak, StL (roughing), 4:57; Jackman, StL (cross-checking), 9:05; Saad, Chi (slashing), 13:18; Oshie, StL (tripping), 15:23.Second Period–3, Chicago, Keith 1 (Versteeg, Seabrook), 17:25. Penalties–Kane, Chi (interference), 1:42; Keith, Chi (tripping), 3:16; Versteeg, Chi (roughing), 6:09; Bollig, Chi, misconduct, 20:00; Ott, StL, misconduct, 20:00; Shattenkirk, StL (roughing), 20:00.Third Period–4, Chicago, Seabrook 2 (Saad, Oduya), 4:53. 5, Chicago, Rozsival 1 (Saad), 6:38. 6, St. Louis, Tarasenko 2 (Pietrangelo, Shattenkirk), 19:53 (pp). Pen-alties–Keith, Chi (high-sticking), 8:11; Bick-ell, Chi (kneeing), 13:55; Seabrook, Chi, major-game misconduct (charging), 15:09.First Overtime–7, St. Louis, Jackman 1 (Polak, Sobotka), 5:50. Penalties–Toews, Chi (high-sticking), 3:07.Shots on Goal–Chicago 11-8-7-2–28. St. Louis 9-9-6-7–31.Power-play opportunities–Chicago 0 of 4; St. Louis 1 of 9.Goalies–Chicago, Crawford 0-2-0 (31 shots-27 saves). St. Louis, Miller 2-0-0 (28-25).

GolfRBC Heritage

Sunday At Harbour Town Golf Links

Hilton Head, S.C. Purse: $5.8 million

Yardage: 7,101; Par: 71 Final

Matt Kuchar 66-73-70-64 — 273 -11Luke Donald 70-69-66-69 — 274 -10John Huh 71-68-68-68 — 275 -9Ben Martin 69-68-71-67 — 275 -9Scott Brown 70-69-71-67 — 277 -7Brian Stuard 69-72-68-68 — 277 -7Jim Furyk 71-66-71-70 — 278 -6Brian Harman 69-71-69-69 — 278 -6Russell Knox 69-72-68-70 — 279 -5William McGirt 66-76-71-66 — 279 -5Rory Sabbatini 69-72-70-68 — 279 -5Stuart Appleby 73-73-67-67 — 280 -4Matt Every 69-70-70-71 — 280 -4Jason Kokrak 71-73-66-70 — 280 -4Charl Schwartzel 70-70-68-72 — 280 -4Jordan Spieth 69-74-70-67 — 280 -4Nicholas Thompson 70-70-68-72 — 280 -4

TransactionsBASEBALL

American LeagueDETROIT TIGERS — Released SS Alex Gonzalez. Selected the contract of INF Danny Worth from Toledo (IL).MINNESOTA TWINS — Designated OF Darin Mastroianni for assignment. Claimed OF Sam Fuld off waivers from Oakland.NEW YORK YANKEES — Placed RHP Ivan Nova on the 15-day DL. Optioned INF Scott Sizemore from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Designated RHP Matt Daley for assignment. Reinstated 1B Mark Teixeira from the 15-day DL. Recalled RHPs Pres-ton Claiborne from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and Bryan Mitchell from Trenton (EL).SEATTLE MARINERS — Optioned OF James Jones to Tacoma (PCL). Recalled RHP Brandon Maurer from Tacoma.

“She did great getting ahead in the count,” Sterling coach Becki Edmondson said. “We’ve talked to her all year long about that, and she was great at hitting her spots and was able to move the ball around.”

While Staples (10-3) was dominant on the mound, the Golden Warriors (10-3) unleashed an 11-hit attack and gave their pitcher a cushion of runs to work with. The offense pushed across the even-tual game-winning run in the bottom of the first inning and added five runs in both the third and sixth innings.

The key was to be aggressive at the plate and get to Hubs’ pitcher Tracy Ellis before she got ahead in the count. Ellis throws hard and if she was working with a two-strike count, she would slow things down and toss a snail-paced changeup that fooled Sterling’s hitters early.

“We have a tendency to sit back on that first pitch,” Edmondson said, “and we knew going in

that [Ellis] would go to her change.

“We talked about being aggressive on that first pitch so we’re not sit-ting back waiting for that changeup, and we did a nice job adjusting to that.”

The results were evi-dent as every starter had a hit. Nadia Trujillo went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI while Fritz added two RBIs in addition to calling the perfect game behind the plate.

Alexey Wolfe had a tri-ple, and Emily McDon-ald smacked a walk-off two-run home run over the left field fence in the bottom of the sixth to cap the run-rule win.

With the strong offense, Staples felt comfortable in the circle until she realized what she was doing.

“I was getting nervous toward the end because I was trying to go for the perfect game,” Staples said.

How will this perfor-mance play a role in future starts?

“This will help me the rest of the season,” Sta-ples said. “Just knowing that I’ve showed my best I know I need to continue to show it.”

Sterling 5, Hononegah 4, 8 inn.Sterling was down, 4-0,

after three innings, but clawed back and scored runs in the fifth, sixth and seventh to push the game to extras.

Staples earned the win after coming on in the third inning in relief of starter Cheyenne Har-rington, who went 2 1/3 innings. Staples scattered six hits in 5 2/3 innings and allowed no runs, a walk and struck out one.

Alexey Wolfe breathed life into the Golden War-riors when she singled home the tying run in the seventh to tie the score at 4-4. In the eighth, Darien Bardoner drew a walk, stole second and scored when the throw from Hononegah’s catcher ended up in center field.

“It was good to see some clutch hitting,” Edmondson said.

MLB ROUNDUP

APWhite Sox starting pitcher Erik Johnson lands on top of the Rangers’ Leonys Martin after tagging him out at home plate during Sunday’s game in Arlington, Texas. The White Sox won 16-2.

Slump bustedWhite Sox post 16 to stop slide; Cubs keep struggling

By the Associated Press

ARLINGTON, Texas – Jose Abreu and Jordan Danks each had two-run homers, Erik Johnson com-bined with three relievers on a two-hitter and the White Sox snapped a four-game losing streak with a 16-2 victory Sunday over the Rangers, who had won five in a row.

The White Sox went ahead to stay with three unearned runs off Rob-bie Ross (1-1) in the fifth, includ-ing Abreu’s fifth homer of the sea-son for a 5-2 lead.

Johnson (1-1) allowed two runs and only a single over his five innings, but the right-hander walked the leadoff batter the first four innings and threw only 44 of his 87 pitches for strikes.

Marcus Semien had four hits, including a bases-loaded triple,

while Abreu added two doubles to his homer. The White Sox had 18 hits and a season high in runs after scoring a combined 12 runs their previous six games.

Reds 8, Cubs 2: Homer Bailey pitched six scoreless innings for his first win of the season and Jay Bruce homered and doubled, as Cincin-nati won for the 17th time in its last 19 games at Wrigley Field.

Zack Cozart hit a two-run homer for Cincinnati, which took two of three this weekend from the Cubs.

Bailey (1-1) struck out eight while allowing six hits and three walks.

The Cubs have lost six of their last seven. Carlos Villanueva (1-4) was tagged for five runs and nine hits in 4 2/3 innings.

Nationals 3, Cardinals 2: Denard Span hit a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning and Washington, with Bryce Harper back in the lineup, rallied past St. Louis at home.

Harper started in left field and went 1 for 4 with his first stolen base of the season. The two-time All-Star was pulled from the game a day earlier for what manager Matt Williams called a “lack of hustle.”

Rafael Soriano (1-0) pitched one inning for the win.

Up next

Tigers (Sanchez 0-1), 6 p.m. today (670 AM, 1240 AM)

Mets (Meija 2-0), 6 p.m. today (FSN/95.7 FM)

Cubs (Wood 0-2), 7 p.m. today (CSN/720 AM)

Warriors rally past HononegahTOUCH

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Philip Marruffo/[email protected]’s Cheyenne Harrington gets a hit during Saturday’s 11-0 win over Rochelle.

That’s 77.3 percent, which seems only slightly higher than the Wizards’ shooting percentage.

Those troubling defen-sive signs down the stretch of the regular season didn’t disappear come playoff time.

“Our defense wasn’t very good,” coach Tom Thibodeau said. “You have to adjust to how the game is being called. We can’t allow it to take away from our aggressiveness. We have to play hard

without fouling. We have to be disciplined.”

The Bulls blew a 13-point, early-third-quarter lead and then went cold at an inoppor-tune time, scoring just six points in the final 5 minutes, 56 seconds. The Wizards won the fourth quarter 30-18.

The Bulls’ offense doesn’t score much, but it does typically feature good ball and player movement and high assist totals. Add their meager 13 assists to the list of troubling signs, then, especially since the Bulls were 0-11 when

posting 13 or fewer dur-ing the regular season.

“Our movement wasn’t as good as it normally is,” Thibodeau said. “We have to make quick deci-sions. We have to move without the ball, screen better, pass on target. I thought we had some drives where we have to finish stronger. We have to go through them. Flip-ping the ball up, that’s not going to get it done in the playoffs. You’ve got to take it strong.”

Tied at 88-88 late, Gor-tat and Nene sandwiched baskets around a miss by Taj Gibson. Joakim

Noah tipped home a D.J. Augustin miss. But Gor-tat sank two free throws, Nene blocked a Kirk Hin-rich jumper and Gortat put back a miss by John Wall for a 96-90 lead and ballgame.

Nene announced his return to starting with a rim-rattling dunk on the opening possession and finished with 24 points and eight rebounds before fouling out with 11 sec-onds left. Gortat added 15 points and 13 rebounds.

All five Wizards starters reached double figures, with Wall contributing six rebounds and six assists.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 15TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LEE COUNTY - DIXON, ILLINOIS

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION PLAINTIFF VS

MICHAEL BRADFIELD A/K/A MICHAEL C. BRADFIELD A/K/AMICHAEL CHRISTIAN BRADFIELD; RHONDA BRADFIELD A/K/ARHONDA A. BRADFIELD A/K/A RHONDA ANN BRADFIELD A/K/ARHONDA ANN HOLLOWAY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; VIRGINIA KENNY MICHELI; DEFENDANTS

12 CH 25 1007 NORTH 1ST STREET

ASHTON, IL 61006 NOTICE OF SALE

PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOISMORTGAGE FORECLOSURE ACT ***THIS DOCUMENT IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT ON A DEBT. ANYINFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE*** PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment ofForeclosure and Sale entered by said Court in the above entitled causeon February 3, 2014, LEE COUNTY SHERIFF in LEE County, Illinois,will on May 29, 2014, in OLD Lee County Courthouse112 E. 2NDSTREET, DIXON, IL 61021, at 10:00AM, sell at public auction and saleto the highest bidder for cash, all and singular, the following describedreal estate mentioned in said Judgment, situated in the County of LEE,State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy saidJudgment:

TAX NO. 03-04-27-327-015 COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 1007 NORTH 1ST STREET ASHTON, IL61006 Description of Improvements: SINGLE FAMILY HOME WITH DE-TACHED GARAGE The Judgment amount was $150,987.89.

Sale Terms: This is an "AS IS" sale for "CASH". The successful biddermust deposit 25% down by certified funds; balance, by certified funds,within 24 hours. NO REFUNDS. The subject property is subject to gen-eral real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes leviedagainst said real estate, water bills, etc., and is offered for sale withoutany representation as to quality or quantity of title and without re-course to plaintiff. The sale is further subject to confirmation by thecourt. Upon payment in full of the bid amount, the purchaser shall re-ceive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed tothe real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT beopen for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check thecourt file to verify all information. The successful purchaser has thesole responsibility/expense of evicting any tenants or other individualspresently in possession of the subject premises. If this property is acondominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale,other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal feesrequired by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and(g)(4). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVETHE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DYAS AFTER EN-TRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SEC-TION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 14TH JUDICIAL CIR-CUIT

WHITESIDE COUNTY - MORRISON, ILLINOIS

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. PLAINTIFF VS VICKIE DUBIEL A/K/A VICKIE A. DUBIEL A/K/A VICTORIAANN DUBIEL; BRIAN DUBIEL; UNKNOWN HEIRS ANDLEGATEES OF FRANK DUB IEL, IF ANY; UNKNOWNOWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS ; DANHAWKINS, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATEOF FRANK DUBIEL, DECEASED; DEFENDANTS

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NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORE-CLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSUREACT ***THIS DOCUMENT IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT ONA DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USEDFOR THAT PURPOSE*** PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENthat pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale enteredby said Court in the above entitled cause on February 19,2014, WHITESIDE COUNTY SHERIFF in WHITESIDE County,Illinois, will on June 5, 2014, in Whiteside County Court-house, Third Floor Lobby 200 E. Knox Street, Morrison, IL61270, at 10:00AM, sell at public auction and sale to thehighest bidder for cash, all and singular, the following de-scribed real estate mentioned in said Judgment, situated inthe County of WHITESIDE, State of Illinois, or so much there-of as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment:

TAX NO. 11-33-104-029

COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 1204 WEST 14TH STREETROCK FALLS, IL 61071 Description of Improvements: BLUEWITH VINYL SIDING ONE STORY SINGLE FAMILY HOMEWITH A TWO CAR ATTACHED GARAGE. The Judgmentamount was $78,835.51. Sale Terms: This is an "AS IS" salefor "CASH". The successful bidder must deposit 25% downby certified funds; balance, by certified funds, within 24hours. NO REFUNDS. The subject property is subject togeneral real estate taxes, special assessments or specialtaxes levied against said real estate, water bills, etc., and isoffered for sale without any representation as to quality orquantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff. The sale isfurther subject to confirmation by the court. Upon paymentin full of the bid amount, the purchaser shall receive a Certifi-cate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to thereal estate after confirmation of the sale. The property willNOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are ad-monished to check the court file to verify all information. Thesuccessful purchaser has the sole responsibility/expense ofevicting any tenants or other individuals presently in posses-sion of the subject premises. If this property is a condomini-um unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale,other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and thelegal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR(HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN INPOSSESSION FOR 30 DYAS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDEROF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURELAW. For Information: Visit our website at http:\\service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only - Pierce & As-sociates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn, Chicago,Illinois 60602. Tel. No. (312) 372-2060. Please refer to file#PA1216957 Plaintiff's attorney is not required to provideadditional information other than that set forth in this noticeof sale. April 21, 28, May 5, 2014


U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION, MORTGAGEPASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-Z PLAINTIFF VS

MARIA GALLEGOS A/K/A MARIA T GALLEGOS; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOREQUIFIRST CORPORATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS ; DEFENDANTS

13 CH 44 1905 MELUGINS GROVE ROAD

ROCHELLE, IL 61068 NOTICE OF SALE

PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOISMORTGAGE FORECLOSURE ACT ***THIS DOCUMENT IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT ON A DEBT. ANYINFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE*** PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment ofForeclosure and Sale entered by said Court in the above entitled causeon September 23, 2013, LEE COUNTY SHERIFF in LEE County, Illinois,will on May 29, 2014, in OLD Lee County Courthouse112 E. 2NDSTREET, DIXON, IL 61021, at 10:00AM, sell at public auction and saleto the highest bidder for cash, all and singular, the following describedreal estate mentioned in said Judgment, situated in the County of LEE,State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy saidJudgment:

TAX NO. 17-05-10-300-004 COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 1905 MELUGINS GROVE ROADROCHELLE, IL 61068 Description of Improvements: SINGLE FAMILY HOME WITH NOGARAGE. The Judgment amount was $187,464.10. S

ale Terms: This is an "AS IS" sale for "CASH". The successful biddermust deposit 25% down by certified funds; balance, by certified funds,within 24 hours. NO REFUNDS. The subject property is subject to gen-eral real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes leviedagainst said real estate, water bills, etc., and is offered for sale withoutany representation as to quality or quantity of title and without re-course to plaintiff. The sale is further subject to confirmation by thecourt. Upon payment in full of the bid amount, the purchaser shall re-ceive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed tothe real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT beopen for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check thecourt file to verify all information. The successful purchaser has thesole responsibility/expense of evicting any tenants or other individualspresently in possession of the subject premises. If this property is acondominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale,other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal feesrequired by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and(g)(4). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVETHE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DYAS AFTER EN-TRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SEC-TION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.For Information: Visit our website at http:\\service.atty-pierce.com. Be-tween 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only - Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attor-neys, 1 North Dearborn, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel. No. (312) 372-2060. Please refer to file #PA1305453 Plaintiff's attorney is not requiredto provide additional information other than that set forth in this noticeof sale.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 15TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

LEE COUNTY - DIXON, ILLINOIS

EVERBANKPLAINTIFF VS

BRUCE E. LUDKE; UNKNOWN HEIRS ANDLEGATEES OF BRUCE E. LUDKE, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORDCLAIMANTS ; DEFENDANTS

08 CH 75 743 SECOND STREET

WEST BROOKLYN, IL 61378 NOTICE OF SALE

PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLO-SURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORE-CLOSURE ACT ***THIS DOCUMENT IS AN ATTEMPT TOCOLLECT ON A DEBT. ANY INFORMATIONOBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PUR-POSE*** PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thatpursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure andSale entered by said Court in the above enti-tled cause on January 24, 2014, LEE COUN-TY SHERIFF in LEE County, Illinois, will onMay 29, 2014, in OLD Lee County Court-house112 E. 2ND STREET, DIXON, IL 61021,at 10:00AM, sell at public auction and sale tothe highest bidder for cash, all and singular,the following described real estate mentionedin said Judgment, situated in the County ofLEE, State of Illinois, or so much thereof asshall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment:

TAX NO. 05-17-08-304-009 COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 743 SECONDSTREET WEST BROOKLYN, IL 61378 Description of Improvements: 1-STORY,WHITE SIDING, 2-CAR ATTACHED GARAGE The Judgment amount was $185,805.06.

Sale Terms: This is an "AS IS" sale for"CASH". The successful bidder must deposit25% down by certified funds; balance, bycertified funds, within 24 hours. NO RE-FUNDS. The subject property is subject togeneral real estate taxes, special assess-ments or special taxes levied against saidreal estate, water bills, etc., and is offered forsale without any representation as to qualityor quantity of title and without recourse toplaintiff. The sale is further subject to confir-mation by the court. Upon payment in full ofthe bid amount, the purchaser shall receive aCertificate of Sale, which will entitle the pur-chaser to a Deed to the real estate after con-firmation of the sale. The property will NOTbe open for inspection. Prospective biddersare admonished to check the court file to ver-ify all information. The successful purchaserhas the sole responsibility/expense of evict-ing any tenants or other individuals presentlyin possession of the subject premises. If thisproperty is a condominium unit, the purchas-er of the unit at the foreclosure sale, otherthan a mortgagee shall pay the assessmentsand the legal fees required by The Condo-minium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1)and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR(HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TOREMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DYAS AF-TER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSES-SION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGEFORECLOSURE LAW. For Information: Visit our website athttp:\\service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3p.m. and 5 p.m. only - Pierce & Associates,Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn,Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel. No. (312) 372-2060. Please refer to file #PA0815054 Plain-tiff's attorney is not required to provide addi-tional information other than that set forth inthis notice of sale.

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PUBLIC NOTICESSAUK VALLEY

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 15TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

LEE COUNTY - DIXON, ILLINOIS

EVERBANKPLAINTIFF VS

BRUCE E. LUDKE; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF BRUCE E. LUDKE, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORDCLAIMANTS ; DEFENDANTS

08 CH 75 743 SECOND STREET

WEST BROOKLYN, IL 61378 NOTICE OF SALE

PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLO-SURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORE-CLOSURE ACT ***THIS DOCUMENT IS AN ATTEMPT TO COL-LECT ON A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OB-TAINED WILL BE USED FOR THATPURPOSE*** PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pur-

suant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Saleentered by said Court in the above entitledcause on January 24, 2014, LEE COUNTYSHERIFF in LEE County, Illinois, will on May 29,2014, in OLD Lee County Courthouse112 E.2ND STREET, DIXON, IL 61021, at 10:00AM,sell at public auction and sale to the highestbidder for cash, all and singular, the followingdescribed real estate mentioned in said Judg-ment, situated in the County of LEE, State of Illi-nois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient tosatisfy said Judgment:

LOTS FOURTEEN (14) AND FIFTEEN (15) INBLOCK SEVEN (7) IN THE ORIGINAL VILLAGEOF WEST BROOKLYN, COUNTY OF LEE ANDTHE STATE OF ILLINOIS.

TAX NO. 05-17-08-304-009 COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 743 SECONDSTREET WEST BROOKLYN, IL 61378 Description of Improvements: 1-STORY, WHITESIDING, 2-CAR ATTACHED GARAGE The Judgment amount was $185,805.06.

Sale Terms: This is an "AS IS" sale for "CASH".The successful bidder must deposit 25% downby certified funds; balance, by certified funds,within 24 hours. NO REFUNDS. The subjectproperty is subject to general real estate taxes,special assessments or special taxes leviedagainst said real estate, water bills, etc., and isoffered for sale without any representation as toquality or quantity of title and without recourseto plaintiff. The sale is further subject to confir-mation by the court. Upon payment in full of thebid amount, the purchaser shall receive a Cer-tificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaserto a Deed to the real estate after confirmation ofthe sale. The property will NOT be open for in-spection. Prospective bidders are admonishedto check the court file to verify all information.The successful purchaser has the sole responsi-bility/expense of evicting any tenants or otherindividuals presently in possession of the sub-ject premises. If this property is a condominiumunit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosuresale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the as-sessments and the legal fees required by TheCondominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR(HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TOREMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DYAS AF-TER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION,IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C)OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURELAW. For Information: Visit our website at http:\\ser-vice.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5p.m. only - Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attor-neys, 1 North Dearborn, Chicago, Illinois 60602.Tel. No. (312) 372-2060. Please refer to file#PA0815054 Plaintiff's attorney is not requiredto provide additional information other than thatset forth in this notice of sale.

April 14, 21, 28, 2014


JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION PLAINTIFF VS

MICHAEL BRADFIELD A/K/A MICHAEL C. BRADFIELD A/K/AMICHAEL CHRISTIAN BRADFIELD; RHONDA BRADFIELD A/K/ARHONDA A. BRADFIELD A/K/A RHONDA ANN BRADFIELD A/K/ARHONDA ANN HOLLOWAY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; VIRGINIA KENNY MICHELI; DEFENDANTS

12 CH 25 1007 NORTH 1ST STREET

ASHTON, IL 61006 NOTICE OF SALE

PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOISMORTGAGE FORECLOSURE ACT ***THIS DOCUMENT IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT ON A DEBT. ANYINFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE*** PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of

Foreclosure and Sale entered by said Court in the above entitled causeon February 3, 2014, LEE COUNTY SHERIFF in LEE County, Illinois, willon May 29, 2014, in OLD Lee County Courthouse112 E. 2ND STREET,DIXON, IL 61021, at 10:00AM, sell at public auction and sale to the high-est bidder for cash, all and singular, the following described real estatementioned in said Judgment, situated in the County of LEE, State of Illi-nois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment:

LOTS SIX (6) AND SEVEN (7) IN BLOCK TWELVE (12) IN THE TOWN OFOGLE (NOW CALLED ASHTON), REFERENCE BEING HAD TO THE PLATOF SAID TOWN, RECORDED IN THE RECORDER'S OFFICE OF LEECOUNTY IN BOOK M OF DEEDS, PAGE 466; EXCEPTING THE WESTHALF OF LOTS 6 AND 7 IN BLOCK 12 IN THE ORIGINAL TOWN OFASHTON, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT OF SAID TOWN RECORDED INTHE LEE COUNTY RECORDER'S OFFICE, ALL SITUATED IN THE VIL-LAGE OF ASHTON, ALL IN LEE COUNTY, ILLINOIS.

TAX NO. 03-04-27-327-015 COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 1007 NORTH 1ST STREET ASHTON, IL 61006Description of Improvements: SINGLE FAMILY HOME WITH DETACHEDGARAGE The Judgment amount was $150,987.89.

Sale Terms: This is an "AS IS" sale for "CASH". The successful biddermust deposit 25% down by certified funds; balance, by certified funds,within 24 hours. NO REFUNDS. The subject property is subject to generalreal estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied againstsaid real estate, water bills, etc., and is offered for sale without any repre-sentation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff.The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment infull of the bid amount, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale,which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after confir-mation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection.Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify allinformation. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/ex-pense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possessionof the subject premises. If this property is a condominium unit, the pur-chaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shallpay the assessments and the legal fees required by The CondominiumProperty Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THE MORT-GAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POS-SESSION FOR 30 DYAS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSES-SION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOISMORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.

For Information: Visit our website at http:\\service.atty-pierce.com. Be-tween 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only - Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys,1 North Dearborn, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel. No. (312) 372-2060. Pleaserefer to file #PA1113050 Plaintiff's attorney is not required to provide ad-ditional information other than that set forth in this notice of sale.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 14TH JUDICIAL CIRCUITWHITESIDE COUNTY - MORRISON, ILLINOIS

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. PLAINTIFF VS VICKIE DUBIEL A/K/A VICKIE A. DUBIEL A/K/A VICTORIAANN DUBIEL; BRIAN DUBIEL; UNKNOWN HEIRS ANDLEGATEES OF FRANK DUB IEL, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWN-ERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS ; DAN HAWKINS,SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF FRANKDUBIEL, DECEASED;DEFENDANTS

12 CH 00185 1204 WEST 14TH STREET ROCK FALLS, IL 61071

NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLO-SURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE ACT***THIS DOCUMENT IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT ON ADEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FORTHAT PURPOSE*** PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thatpursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered bysaid Court in the above entitled cause on February 19, 2014,WHITESIDE COUNTY SHERIFF in WHITESIDE County, Illinois,will on June 5, 2014, in Whiteside County Courthouse, ThirdFloor Lobby 200 E. Knox Street, Morrison, IL 61270, at10:00AM, sell at public auction and sale to the highest bidderfor cash, all and singular, the following described real estatementioned in said Judgment, situated in the County of WHITE-SIDE, State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficientto satisfy said Judgment:

CONVEYS THE WESTERLY 75 FEET OF THE EASTERLY 143FEET OF LOT 9 IN BLOCK 4 IN FAIRVIEW SUBDIVISION LO-CATED IN THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 33,TOWNSHIP 21 NORTH RANGE 7 EAST OF THE 4TH P.M., EX-CEPT THE NORTHERLY 66 FEET OF THE EASTERLY 143FEET (ALSO KNOWN AS TRACT "C" OF LOT 9) IN BLOCK 4IN FAIRVIEW SUBDIVISION LOCATED IN THE NORTHWESTQUARTER OF SECTION 33, TOWNSHIP 21 NORTH, RANGE 7EAST OF THE 4TH P.M.

TAX NO. 11-33-104-029

COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 1204 WEST 14TH STREET ROCKFALLS, IL 61071 Description of Improvements: BLUE WITHVINYL SIDING ONE STORY SINGLE FAMILY HOME WITH ATWO CAR ATTACHED GARAGE. The Judgment amount was$78,835.51. Sale Terms: This is an "AS IS" sale for "CASH".The successful bidder must deposit 25% down by certifiedfunds; balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. NO RE-FUNDS. The subject property is subject to general real estatetaxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against saidreal estate, water bills, etc., and is offered for sale without anyrepresentation as to quality or quantity of title and without re-course to plaintiff. The sale is further subject to confirmation bythe court. Upon payment in full of the bid amount, the purchas-er shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the pur-chaser to a Deed to the real estate after confirmation of thesale. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospec-tive bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify allinformation. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibil-ity/expense of evicting any tenants or other individualspresently in possession of the subject premises. If this propertyis a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclo-sure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessmentsand the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act,765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THE MORT-GAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAININ POSSESSION FOR 30 DYAS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDEROF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. ForInformation: Visit our website at http:\\service.atty-pierce.com.Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only - Pierce & Associates, Plain-tiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 372-2060. Please refer to file #PA1216957 Plaintiff'sattorney is not required to provide additional information otherthan that set forth in this notice of sale. April 21, 28, May 5, 2014


U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION, MORTGAGEPASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-Z PLAINTIFF VS

MARIA GALLEGOS A/K/A MARIA T GALLEGOS; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOREQUIFIRST CORPORATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS ; DEFENDANTS

13 CH 44 1905 MELUGINS GROVE ROAD

ROCHELLE, IL 61068 NOTICE OF SALE

PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOISMORTGAGE FORECLOSURE ACT ***THIS DOCUMENT IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT ON A DEBT. ANYINFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE*** PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of

Foreclosure and Sale entered by said Court in the above entitled causeon September 23, 2013, LEE COUNTY SHERIFF in LEE County, Illinois,will on May 29, 2014, in OLD Lee County Courthouse112 E. 2NDSTREET, DIXON, IL 61021, at 10:00AM, sell at public auction and sale tothe highest bidder for cash, all and singular, the following described realestate mentioned in said Judgment, situated in the County of LEE, Stateof Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judg-ment:

PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 10, TOWNSHIP 39NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN BOUND-ED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHEASTCORNER OF SAID SOUTHWEST QUARTER; THENCE WEST ALONGTHE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SOUTHWEST QUARTER, 189.00 FEET;THENCE NORTH 0 DEGREES 42' 00" EAST, PARALLEL WITH THE EASTLINE OF SAID SOUTHWEST QUARTER 380.00 FEET; THENCE EAST,PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SOUTHWEST QUARTER,189.00 FEET TO THE EAST LINE OF SAID SOUTHWEST QUARTER;THENCE SOUTH 0 DEGREES 42' 00" WEST, ALONG SAID EAST LINE,380.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, IN LEE COUNTY, ILLI-NOIS.

TAX NO. 17-05-10-300-004 COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 1905 MELUGINS GROVE ROAD ROCHELLE,IL 61068 Description of Improvements: SINGLE FAMILY HOME WITH NOGARAGE. The Judgment amount was $187,464.10. S

ale Terms: This is an "AS IS" sale for "CASH". The successful biddermust deposit 25% down by certified funds; balance, by certified funds,within 24 hours. NO REFUNDS. The subject property is subject to generalreal estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied againstsaid real estate, water bills, etc., and is offered for sale without any repre-sentation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff.The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment infull of the bid amount, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale,which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after confir-mation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection.Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify allinformation. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/ex-pense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possessionof the subject premises. If this property is a condominium unit, the pur-chaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shallpay the assessments and the legal fees required by The CondominiumProperty Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THE MORT-GAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POS-SESSION FOR 30 DYAS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSES-SION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOISMORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For Information: Visit our website at http:\\service.atty-pierce.com. Be-tween 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only - Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys,1 North Dearborn, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel. No. (312) 372-2060. Pleaserefer to file #PA1305453 Plaintiff's attorney is not required to provide ad-ditional information other than that set forth in this notice of sale.

April 14, 21, 28, 2014

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 14THJUDICIAL CIRCUIT

WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS

Estate of:JACQUELINE S. ADAMSDeceased.

No. 2011 P 174NOTICE TO HEIRS AND LEGATEES

On December 29, 2011, a PETITIONFOR PROBATE OF WILL AND FOR LET-TERS TESTAMENTARY and LAST WILLAND TESTAMENT were filed in theabove-captioned matter. On November19, 2012, an Order was entered authoriz-ing Executor to publish this notice to un-known heirs. On February 21, 2014, anOrder readmitting the will to probate andappointing representative was entered.

Within 42 days after April 21, 2014, anyheir or legatee may file a Petition with thecourt to require proof of the Will by testi-mony of the witnesses of the Will in opencourt or other evidence, as provided in-Section 6-21 of the Probate Act (IllinoisRevised Statutes, Chapter 110 !, Sec-tion 6-21). Any heir or legatee also hasthe right under Section 8-1 of the Pro-bate Act (Illinois Revised Statutes, Chap-ter 110 !, Section 8-1) to contest the va-lidity of the Will by filing a Petition withthe court within six months after April 21,2014.

Upon request, Probate Form P-144 willbe provided to an heir or legatee advis-ing further rights as a result of the admin-istration of this estate under the Indepen-dent Administration Provisions of theProbate Act, (Article XXVIII), togetherwith the Form of petition such heir orlegatee may use should he or she wish toterminate Independent Administration.

Lorrie Machen, Independent Executor

Trent L. BushWARD, MURRAY, PACE & JOHNSON,P.C.Attorneys for Estate202 East Fifth StreetP.O. Box 400Sterling, IL 61081(815) 625-8200

April 21, 28, May 5, 2014

Circuit Court of th Fourteenth JudicalCircuit Whiteside County, Illinois

Estate of

DONNA RAYE OLSON, No. 14 P 39

Deceased.

Claim Notice Notice is given of the death of DONNARAYE OLSON. Letters of Office were is-sued to BRENDA R. MASINI, 1206 3rd

Avenue, Sterling, Illinois, as IndependentRepresentative, whose attorneys areWARD, MURRAY, PACE & JOHNSON,P.C., 202 E. 5th Street, Sterling, Illinois61081.Claims against the estate may be filed inthe office of the Clerk of Court, WhitesideCounty Courthouse, 200 East KnoxStreet, Morrison, Illinois 61270, or withthe Representative, or both, on or beforeOctober 16, 2014, and 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 ten (10) days after ithas been filed.

Dated this 9th day of April, 2014

BRENDA R. MASINIIndependent Representative

Laurence F. Johnson WARD, MURRAY, PACE & JOHNSON,P.C.Attorneys for Estate202 E. 5th StreetSterling, IL 61081-0400815-625-8200

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Your curiosity will be working on overdrive this year. Items and investments that will improve your future will be made available to you. Your instincts will enable you to make prudent choices. Financial opportunities will come your way, but refrain from making a major investment in someone else’s venture.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- You will be pleasantly surprised if you choose to join a serious-

minded organization. Your long list of accomplishments and hard work will make you understandably proud and will impress your cohorts.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Look before you leap. Although you may have several interests in common with a new acquaintance, you should take time to explore possible problems before you make a promise.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- Some family members will try your patience. Avoid unpleasant confrontations. Opt to spend time with peers and to accomplish goals that will build your confidence and brighten your future.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Your curiosity will be stimulated by exotic destinations. Even if a trip is not currently possible, there are many cultural activities you can undertake to quench your thirst for knowledge.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Turmoil is likely to disrupt your personal life. Take a step back and re-evaluate your current situation. An objective view will be required to avoid regret.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- You will have a much better chance of reaching your goal if you keep your plans secret. While it’s natural to want to share your ideas, wait until you are fully prepared.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Focus on social or humanitarian events that you feel passionate about. Your persistence and dedication will enable you to persuade others to join the cause you are championing.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- You may be frustrated, but don’t let problems at work interfere with your home life. Whatever the issue, do your best, act professionally and keep your two environments separate.

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