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Tonica gets $350,000 CDAP grantBy Ken Schroeder

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TONICA — Another step in the renovation of Tonica’s wastewater sys-tem has been taken. The village recently received a Community Develop-ment Assistance Program

grant for $350,020 from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunities.

The CDAP grant is being administered through the North Central Illinois Council of Governments. NCICG Executive Direc-tor Nora Fesco said it was one of only three projects

approved in the north-ern half of the state. The DCEO received 161 appli-cations for grant funding this year, and 36 of those applications were award-ed. CDAP is a grant pro-gram funded through the U.S. Department of Hous-ing and Urban Develop-ment which assists Illinois

communities by provid-ing grants to local gov-ernments to help them in financing economic devel-opment projects, pub-lic facilities, and housing rehabilitation. The pro-gram is targeted to assist low-to-moderate income persons and participating communities must have

a minimum of 51 percent of the population classi-fied as low-to-moderate income.

The grant will pay for repairs and upgrades to the village lift station as well as a force main and new con-trol valves and structures, said Tonica Village Engi-neer Jack Kusek. The grant

is a 75/25 grant, which means the village must pay 25 percent of the cost of the project, or approx-imately $117,000. Kusek said the village portion will come from the loan from the Environmental Protec-tion Agency which will pay for the new wastewater treatment plant.

LaSalle County returns

Republicans to office

By dixie [email protected]

OTTAWA — The vot-ers have spoken in the two contested races in LaSalle County. With just under 53 percent of eligible voters turn-ing out for the fall elec-tion, the county sheriff and treasurer race were decided in favor of the Republican candidates.

In the county sheriff race, unofficial counts show the Republican candidate incumbent Tom Templeton win-ning with 23,746 votes over challenger, Dem-ocrat Rodney Hamp-ton, who earned 10,719 votes.

In the county trea-surer race, challengers James Spelich, a Repub-lican and Jared Hicks, a Democrat, ran for the office of long-time county treasurer Don-

ald Lamps. Spelich took the race with a total of 19,879 votes over Hicks, who earned 14,490 votes.

In the national race for U.S. Senator, LaSalle county gave their major-ity votes to James Ober-weis, a Republican who earned 18,414 votes over the incumbent Demo-crat Dick Durbin. Durbin was given 14,882 votes in the race to Libertarian candidate Sharon Han-sen who earned 1,911 votes. Statewide, Durbin retained the seat.

The Republicans also ruled LaSalle County in the Governor/Lieu-tenant Governor race with challenger Bruce Rauner taking 19,771 votes over incumbent Pat Quinn’s 13,806 votes. Libertarian candidate Chad Grim earned 1,542 votes. Statewide, Rauner was named Illinois’ new governor.

TVFD to host deer and chili supperBy dixie Schroeder

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TONICA — The Tonica Volunteer Fire Depart-ment will sponsor its annual deer and chili sup-per from 4:30 to 8 p.m. Nov. 22. Chairman of the event is Tonica resident Dave Huss.

“The deer and chili night was established about eight years ago,” Huss

said. “The hunters bring in their deer for everyone to view from adult hunters to youth hunters. We have chili there that night, but there is no deer meat in the chili. We are also offer-ing hot dogs for the kids.”

Huss said other hunt-ers enjoy seeing the young hunter who brings in his first deer.

“It’s interesting to see a young hunter come in there and have his first

deer that he has harvest-ed. To see the pride, hard work and dedication it took to get the animal is amazing,” Huss said.

Huss noted they are offering a Chief’s Choice Award which allows the Tonica Volunteer Fire Department chief each year the honor of award-ing a $100 prize to whom the chief determines has the best deer.

“Their name will go on

a plaque that is donated by the Ron Busch family and will be on display at their family tavern,” Huss said. “The Busch family has been a tremendous supporter of this event. Ron Busch was a very, very interesting person in regards to trapping and hunting. While he has passed, the family has stepped up to remember him in this way.”

Other prizes that will be

awarded during the event will include a $50 prize for the biggest doe and a $50 prize for the biggest deer for a hunter under the age of 13.

Tickets for the evening’s meal will be $6 for all the chili visitors can eat. Tick-ets will be available at the door. Hunters who bring in a deer to display eat for free.

Vendors who will be on hand include Lenone’s

Polaris displaying four-wheelers, the Bone Collectors of Ottawa and Common Sense, who will display deer lures.

“This is a great social event for the communi-ty. We will have a 50-50 drawing and other area merchants have donated money to help support our night,” Huss said. “All pro-ceeds will go to the Toni-ca Volunteer Fire Depart-ment.”

Tonica News photo/Dixie Schroeder

LGS salutes area veteransLostant Grade School students Landon Rockey (left) and Jordan Ladson read the short story, “America’s White Table,” at the LGS assembly to honor area veterans. The story, by Margot Theis Raven, talks about the Vietnam-era practice of setting a white table to honor fallen, captured or missing soldiers. Mason Kreiser (right) and other LGS students performed the ceremony of setting the table that goes along with the story.

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Are there spirits lingering at the old Lithuanian Liberty Cemetery?

By Goldie CurrieShaw Media Service

Editor’s note: This is the third and final story in a three-part series about unsolved mysteries in the Illinois Valley.

SPRING VALLEY — Located among the twists and turns just out-side of Spring Valley, the old Lithuanian Liberty Cemetery lays hidden among the trees lining the road.

Established in 1914, the cemetery is the resting place for many Eastern European immi-grants who settled in the area long ago.

Less than 20 tomb-stones stand within the grounds — many written in the Polish, Lithuanian and Slavic languages.

Off to the corner of the cemetery, the dis-tinguishing Massock Mausoleum stands as a resting place for two brothers who were once businessmen in the area before passing away sometime around 1920.

For years, specula-tion has circulated as to whether or not the mausoleum is haunted. Many have talked about the infamous “hatchet man” ghost who guards the mausoleum and scares those who enter the cemetery grounds at night.

The widespread notion the cemetery is haunted has attracted vandals to the area.

In the 1960s, a local boy broke into the mausole-um and stole a skull from one of the bodies. He mounted the skull on the dashboard of his vehicle. When word got out that it was indeed a real skull, police investigated the matter and confirmed the skull belonged to one of the bodies within the mausoleum. Once the skull was returned, the Massock family had the door to the mausoleum cemented shut.

The desecration didn’t stop there. Within the last 12 years, police were called to the cemetery when a dog’s head was found on the steps of the mausoleum. The animal has been sacrificed and burned.

Because of these instances, police keep a close watch on the cem-etery today.

Debunking the rumors

The location has been visited by many paranor-mal investigators inter-ested in locating what might be lurking among the grounds.

The cemetery has been rated as a top 10 creepiest cemetery by Michael Kleens, who wrote “Haunting Illinois: A tourist guide to the weird and wild places of the prairie state.”

Author Rosemary Ellen Guiley published the book, “The Com-plete Vampire Compan-ion,” and related her story about the ceme-tery involving several men who encountered a “haunted, pale figure” there.

Richard Crowe, the famed Chicago ghost hunter, also paid a visit to the cemetery and broadcast his experience on WGN Radio. It’s been said during an attempt to spend the night in the cemetery next to the mausoleum, Crowe and his recording team cut

the night short because of unnerving feelings they experienced upon the grounds.

Bureau County para-normal investigator David Youngquist has investigated many of the alleged paranormal sites in the Illinois Val-ley, using his experienc-es and findings to write books about the places.

Although he has his doubts about other reported haunted loca-tions in the Illinois Val-ley, he feels the Lithua-nian Liberty Cemetery is one local site that has a lot of paranormal activ-ity.

After researching the cemetery’s history, and listening to local tales and legends sur-roundings the grounds, Youngquist conducted his own investigation of the site on a cold Febru-ary day. He said a winter storm had just moved through the area, and left snow blown every which way on all the tombstones and trees within the cemetery.

To address the stories he heard, he set out to look for a glowing orange orb, listen for voic-es coming from within the mausoleum, and see whether something would tap back at him if he rapped upon the mausoleum walls.

“I didn’t get the voic-es from the crypt, didn’t get anybody to tap back

and didn’t get the orange orb,” he explained.

Youngquist said he did notice a red substance dripping from the mau-soleum door, which many had said was blood. Youngquist was quick to confirm the red substance was nothing more than red paint.

The next item to inves-tigate was finding what had been disturbing the graves. Youngquist said people had reported see-ing the dirt and leaves among the tombstones moved about as if some-thing had been clawing at the ground.

On the day of Youngq-uist’s visit he noticed the snow around some of the graves had indeed been disturbed.

Upon further inves-tigation, however, he noticed deer and rabbit tracks all along the snow among the tombstones. He realized deer and rab-bits were the ones to dis-turb the ground as they were digging beneath the snow to get at the evergreen vine growing underneath.

Finding the unexplainable

Among the many tales debunked on that cold February day, there was one without a plausible explanation, according to Youngquist.

When investigating the mausoleum, Youngq-uist noticed the eastern

side of the structure felt warmer to the touch, compared to the oppo-site side of the structure. Stepping back to further investigate, he realized there was no snow on the eastern wall of the structure, despite heavy snow on the opposite side of the structure. He looked around the cem-etery and noticed snow was blown on all sides of the tombstones through-out the grounds. To him, this did not make sense. Taking a step back, he also noticed there was no snow on the eastern half of the roof of the structure, despite the fact snow was piled on the opposite half.

Youngquist also noticed the eastern side of the structure was warm to the touch. On the opposite side the stones were so cold to the touch he could bare-ly keep his hand on the surface.

As a paranormal inves-tigator, Youngquist has a theory.

“The theory I would put forth, if it is true, is that there could be a spirit that prefers this area and likes this area. It is peaceful and it could be it has made its home here and it could be it has attached itself to its last earthly remains,” he said.

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Shaw Media Service photo/Shannon SerpetteParanormal author and investigator David Youngquist can not explain away all of the unusual events which allegedly happen at the old Lithuanian Liberty Cemetery in Spring Valley. The cemetery has built a reputation as a haunted site over the years. Much of the activity there involves the Massock Mausoleum.

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TVFD meets in NovemberTONICA — The Tonica

Volunteer Fire Depart-ment meeting in Novem-ber was called to order by Chief Stremlau with 26 members present.

There were 12 emergen-cy calls during October. Two calls were fire, one an accident and one a carbon monoxide alarm. There were five ambulance calls and two change of quar-ters. There was also one smoke investigation call. The total emergency calls for 2014 is 145.

The recent annual door-to-door townwide collection resulted in the following donations over $100 being received from McConville Insur-ance Agency, Robert and Nancy Baer, Michael and Linda Supan, Rob-ert and Lynn Anderson, James and Karen Steele, Jeff and Cathy Billig, June McCleary, Jerry and Bells Hiltabrand, Loretta Oli-ver, Robert and Evelyne Marshall, Sally Mareta, Joseph and Jane Schmidt,

Vic’s Clip and Buzz, Vicki Monterastelli, Steve Eben-er, Edward Hasselman, Laverne and Marcia Kresi-er, Robert and Barbara Barr, Katherine Dauber, John and Cassandra Fran-cisco, Bernard and Patri-cia Ernat, Joyce Marshall, Elouise Long, Jean Danz, Barry and Tina Lund, Steve and Colleen Huska, D.J. Lijewski, C.A. Broset, Troy and Andrea Green-walt, Dennis and Pam Ford, William and Evelyn Dart, Robert and Rhoda Hobneck, Gladys Alleman, John Felty, Kathleen Not-bohm, Yvonne Shields, Joanne Wassil, Ted and Annie Lambert, Janet Rose, James and Theresa Morris, Henry and Steph-anie McClenning, Julie Rietgraf, Tony and San-dra Skinner, Marguerite Hawley, Lynn Ewing-Tee-gardin, Dion and Carrie Christman, Richard and Dolores Foltynewicz, Devon and Carol Zimmer-man, Dewayne and Cheryl Beavers, Marilyn Christ-

man, Richard and Kim Higgins, Elaine Ford, Ron-ald Samolitis, Mary Has-selman, Kenneth Baker, Tobias and Mary Miller, Antonio and Valerie Scalo-ra, Allen and Amber Snod-dy, Joseph Trumpinski and Toni Melanson.

These donations help the department remain non-tax supported while continuing to provide fire, rescue and ambulance services.

The monthly fire depart-ment trainings covered Town Evacuation Disas-ter Pre-Plan Review and a makeup training for High-way Scene Safety and Traf-fic Incident Management. Thirty-two members have now completed the train-ing.

Firefighter-EMT Alec McCleary attended the following three advanced training classes: A 16-hour MABAS Division 25 Tech-nical Rescue Team Certifi-cation Training for Water-craft Technician, con-ducted in Utica; a MABAS

Division 25 Technical Res-cue Team drill at Starved Rock, which was a four-hour drill involving vari-ous rope rescue situations, including repelling, knots, cliff pick-offs and victim rescues; and a three-and-a-half-hour Tactical Water Rescue Team training in Utica.

Training Officer Rick Turri attended a North-ern Illinois Pipeline Asso-ciation Pipeline Incident Response Seminar. The training covered pipeline information and products, damage prevention, emer-gency response, contact

information and addition-al available resources.

EMS training cover-ing airway emergencies was conducted by Woody Olson and overseen by IVCH EMS coordinator Bobbi Ruban and was attended by 10 EMTs.

The annual hose test was conducted, with some older hose being removed from service. The Utica Veterans Day parade in Utica was attended by Dave Huss, Stephen Eben-er on Tender-1716.

Jason Twardowski was accepted as a new pro-bationary member. Tony

Shirley has completed his probationary period and was accepted as a full member of the depart-ment. The deer display and chili night will be Nov. 22. Dave Huss is the chair-person.

Lt. James Breit continues to replace outdated emer-gency lighting on Res-cue-1715 with newer LED lights. Seven members of the TVFD conducted a fire and EMS safety training for pre-school through third grades and the spe-cial needs students at the Tonica School during fire prevention week.

Meeting CalendarNov. 17• Tonica Village Board, 7 p.m., Tonica

Village Hall.

Nov. 19 • Lostant Grade School Board, 6 p.m.,

Lostant Grade School.• Tonica Grade School, 7 p.m., Toni-

ca Grade School.

Newspaper office to closeGRANVILLE — The Putnam County Record/Tonica News office in Granville will

close at the end of November. The last day of business is Nov. 26.Those needing assistance can call our Princeton office at 815-875-4461. The new

address is Tonica News, P.O. Box 340, Princeton, IL 61356. The email will remain the same at [email protected].

LaSalle County Sheriff reportTONICA – On Nov. 6, LaSalle County

deputies arrested Christopher Archer, 37, of Tonica after investigating a dis-turbance at 320 S. First St. Archer was

charged with domestic battery after he allegedly struck a female with his hand. Archer was taken to the LaSalle County jail.

Ag SummaryCorn and soybean harvest continued

last week. Activities included fall tillage and nitrogen application.

There were 5.8 days suitable for field-work for the week ending Nov. 9. State-wide, precipitation averaged 0.42 inch-es, 0.26 inches below normal. The aver-age temperature was 44.2 degrees, 0.8 degrees below normal.

Corn harvest was 87 percent complete, 5 percentage points behind last year, but ahead of the five-year average of 84 per-cent.

Soybean harvest was 91 percent com-plete, 5 percentage points behind last year and behind the five-year average of 93 percent.

Sorghum harvest was 83 percent com-plete.

Eighty-four percent of the winter wheat had been planted and 52 percent had emerged. Winter wheat condition was rated at 3 percent very poor, 3 percent poor, 34 percent fair, 58 percent good and 2 percent excellent.

Pasture condition was rated at 1 per-cent very poor, 6 percent poor, 27 per-cent fair, 50 percent good and 16 percent excellent. Topsoil moisture supply was rated at 7 percent short, 78 percent ade-quate and 15 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture supply was rated at 1 percent very short, 9 percent short, 80 percent adequate and 10 percent surplus.

Tonica News photo/Dixie Schroeder

LGS students attend assemblyLostant Grade School kindergarten through eighth grades attended an assembly last week to honor area veterans for Veterans Day on Nov. 11. LGS students read poems, presented a skit and gave homemade cards to area veterans in attendance.

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The Editorial Page

Sam R FisherPublisher

Terri SimonEditor

The Tonica News

Refresher courseOne part of my job which I truly enjoy are the

opportunities I have to visit area schools. Sometimes I’m there to do an interview or take a photo, while other occasions find me in the halls of education to speak to a class about the newspaper business. Either way, I most always leave each school with a feeling of appreciation for the teachers who lead their students through the educational — and often the life skills — process.

When I was a child, I always thought I wanted to be a teacher. As I’ve grown older, I’ve come to realize some things just aren’t meant to be, and that’s for good reason. For me, teaching would be fun for about a week. After that, I’d be on my last nerve ... which explains why I have such an appreciation for teachers. But back to my story ...

So I found myself headed into a school the other day, when I saw one of my favorite teachers on the playground. I was a bit early, so I thought I would go over and say hi to this teacher, who was obviously on playground duty. We chatted for a while as she kept a close eye on her young charges. The kids were crazy wild, and even though we chatted casually, this teach-er didn’t miss a beat when it came to keeping an eye on the kids and reprimanding them when needed.

Just as I was about to head into the school, I watched as a young boy came toward us. He had a distressed look on his face as he approached us. There were no tears, but I thought there might be soon. Without hesitation, he spoke to my teacher friend ...

“(Classmate’s name) is throwing grass at me,” the little boy told the teacher. “He’s throwing a lot of it at me, and it’s getting in my mouth,” he continued. From the size of the child, I assumed he was a first- or second-grader.

And then with all the wisdom teachers are known to have, my teacher friend delivered the following: “Well, keep your mouth closed and go play some-where else,” she said quickly.

The little boy appeared to be studying his teacher’s words for a minute, and then he was off, doing as he was told and heading to the opposite side of the play-ground.

“Well, that was easy,” I said to the teacher.“No,” she said just as quickly. “That was common

sense.”I chuckled out loud and headed off into the school,

but I don’t mind telling you the teacher’s words stayed with me all day long ... “Keep your mouth closed and go play somewhere else.”

As I think back, I have to tell you I believe those words of wisdom are great advice — not just for a little kid on the playground, but for all of us ... “Keep your mouth closed and go play somewhere else.” In fact, they might just be some of the most brilliant words I’ve heard in a long time.

Like the little kid who was throwing grass on the playground, we all — at one time or another — have that person or persons, who tend to throw a lot our way. While it probably isn’t something so simple as a handful of grass, they tend to throw their words, their actions, their demeanor, their attitudes, etc., at us. And of course, I think our first inclination in dealing with these types of people is to lash back and throw some words, actions or attitudes back at them. At the very least — like the little kid complaining to his teacher on the playground, we want someone to acknowledge our misery, and we spread the other person’s wrongdoing like it’s gospel to anyone who will listen.

But what if we adopted the teacher’s advice — “Keep your mouth closed and go play somewhere else?” In essence ... ignore the problem. Don’t let your own mouth perpetuate the issue. And then walk away and move on to something else.

A life lesson I should practice more often ... Prob-lem solved, and I keep my own dignity intact in the process. Thanks, my teacher friend. Sometimes an adult needs a common sense lesson too.

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

Terri Simon

A rocky weekThroughout the years, I’ve often

found you are your own worst enemy. Whether it’s somehow self-sabotaging a job interview or saying the wrong thing at the wrong time at that awkward first date, we can sometimes ruin months of careful planning in a matter of moments.

While several times I’ve certainly been my own worst enemy, more often it’s been my body. Case in point: I recently used up most of my vacation days for the year to deal with one of the great nemeses of my life.

Chalk up kidney stone No. 20.If you say those words aloud in

a room with four or five people in it, chances are someone winced and instinctively moved their hands to their solar plexus. It’s not a fun occurrence, and it certainly doesn’t get better with age.

For those who have no idea what I’m talking about, sometimes a body will collect certain minerals in the kidney, make a ball of them and send them on the way through the urinary tract.

The ureter is between 10 and 12 inches long in adults and about 3 to 4 millimeters wide. Approx-imately 5 percent of the people

in America will experience a kid-ney stone, and a large number of stones pass through the ureter with some discomfort due to their size. Stones four millimeters or smaller will generally pass on their own.

But seven millimeter stones? Forget it; that baby is not coming through on its own. It needs help from a urologist.

To eliminate a stone of that size, a urologist will perform a lithotrip-sy. Basically, you’re knocked out, and sound waves are sent through the body, which breaks up the stone into smaller parts so they can be extracted from the body using non-invasive surgery.

Let me assure you, the term “non-invasive” only refers to the fact there are no incisions made on the body. Instead, the urolo-gist uses a small scoop to trap the stone fragments and drag them out of the body. Since no incisions are

made, the urologist uses the natu-rally occurring passage to go after the stone fragments. Think about that logically for a moment, and you’ll understand. The pieces they took out of me could be used for cuff-links.

That light bulb that just went off in your head? Think of that as a pain index. Bright, white and piercing pain. It’s kind of like that. I once talked to a nurse who had twins by natural childbirth and had passed a kidney stone. She preferred the idea of having twins again.

Frankly I wouldn’t wish a kid-ney stone on my worst enemy (although there are a couple of politicians ...). They’re easy to avoid IF you’ve never had one. Once you’ve had your first one, you’re kinda doomed to repeat the cycle. Drink lots of fluids, but avoid caffeine (My two-energy drink diet did me no favors.). Easy on the salt, heavy on the fluids. Did I mention fluids? Dehydration is the No. 2 contributor to kid-ney stones (after genetics; sorry, daughter).

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

Ken Schroeder

COMMENTARY

Kathy LambertTown: Tonica.

Occupation: Registered nurse.

Family: Husband, two daughters and two sons.

Pets: A dog, Addie.

What is the last song you listened to: “Shake it Off” by Taylor Swift.

What is the last book you read: “Gone Girl.”

What is the last TV show you

watched: We don’t have TV.

If someone stranded you on a desert island and you could only have one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be: Chicken and dumplings.

If someone stranded you on a desert island and you could only take one thing with you what would it be: My husband.

If someone gave you a million dollars, how would you spend it: Pay bills, invest it and donate some.

What do you like most about the town you live in: I’m in the coun-try, but I like the friendliness of the people, and the school in Tonica is awesome.

Is there anything you’d change about the town you live in: More fun shopping.

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NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX INCREASEFOR THE MCNABB FIRE PROTECTION

I. A public hearing to approve a proposed property tax levyincrease for MCNABB FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTwill be held on November 25, 2014 at 5:45 p.m. at theMcNabb Fire Station (Jim Goldasich Memorial Building),391 IL Hwy. 89, McNabb, IL 61335.Any person desiring to appear at the public hearing andpresent testimony to the board may contact John Cimei,President, 107 W. Fourth ST. McNabb, IL 61335, (815)878-2560.

II. The corporate and special purpose property taxesextended or abated for 2013 were $140,000.00.The proposed corporate and special property taxes to belevied for 2014 are $150,675.00. This represents an 8%increase over the prior year.

III. The property taxes extended for debt service and publicbuilding commission leases for 2013 were -0-.The estimated property taxes to be levied for debt serviceand public building commission leases for 2013 are -0-.This represents no increase over the previous year.

IV. The total property taxes extended for 2013 were$137,329.00The estimated total property taxes to be levied are$150,675.00 This represents a 10% increase over theprevious year.

John Cimei PresidentPublished in the Tonica News Nov. 14, 2014.

NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROPERTYTAX INCREASE FOR LOSTANT FIRE

PROTECTION DISTRICTI. A public hearing to approve a proposed property tax levy

increase for Lostant Fire Protection District for 2014 willbe held on Thursday, November 12, 2014, at 8:00 p.m. atthe Firehouse, 101 East First Street, Lostant, Illinois.Any person desiring to appear at the public hearingand present testimony to the taxing district may contactElizabeth A. Beck, Attorney for Lostant Fire ProtectionDistrict, 310 Fifth Street, Lacon, Illinois 61540, (309) 246-6035.

II. The corporate and special purpose property taxesextended or abated for 2014 were $145,463.78.The proposed corporate and special purpose propertytaxes to be levied for 2015 are $224,000.00. Thisrepresents a 53.99% increase over the previous year.

III. The property taxes extended for debt service and publicbuilding commission leases for 2014 were $00.00.The estimated property taxes to be levied for debt serviceand public building commission leases for 2015 are $0.00.This represents a 0% increase over the previous year.

IV. The total property taxes extended or abated for 2014 were$145,463.78.The estimated total property taxes to be levied for 2015are $224,000.00. This represents a 53.99% increase overthe previous year.

Published in the Tonica News Nov. 14, 2014.


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Anyone you recognize?We received a photo by email at The Tonica News office asking for identification of people in this photo. We’re publishing the photo in the hopes you can help. The photograph was sent by Adam Gibbons of Geneva. He sent the photo to the LaSalle County Genealogical Society, but they were unable to identify the school or any of the sitters. The photo is of many members of an unknown school (possibly the LaSalle County Common School in Ottawa) in LaSalle County, taken in the late 1890s. “I know that the following three individuals are in the photo, but I don’t know where: Harry Vannatta, Ollie Vannatta and Mable Moorhead. Harry was born in 1884, and the two women in 1881. The photo is either from 1896 or 1897,” said Gibbons. If you can identify the people in the picture, contact Gibbons at 33W777 Hill Road, Geneva, IL 60134.

LGS to host senior dinner

Program on Theodore Roosevelt planned

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IV Dolphins swim over the Foxes Nov. 8

LOSTANT — Lostant School District will host the annual Holiday Luncheon for senior citizens beginning at noon Dec. 11 in the school cafeteria. All Lostant senior citizens are invited. Reservations are required. Call the school office at 815-368-3392 by Dec. 2.

LASALLE — As part of its 2014-2015 dinner lecture series, the Canal Corridor Association’s November program will feature a presentation on the life of President Theodore Roo-sevelt.

“The TR Show” will be from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Nov. 20 at Lock 16 Center, 754 First St. in LaSalle. Presenter and theatrical perform-er Derek Evans will bring the war hero and former president to life. The first American to ever win a Nobel Prize, Roosevelt had a diverse range of inter-ests from politics to cattle rancher and author.

Evans was trained for the theatre at Northwest-

ern University, New York University and the Amer-ican Conservatory The-atre in San Francisco. As a manager and director of the Monarch Theatre Co., he has brought Shake-speare, opera and literary adaptations to schools throughout the American Midwest.

The menu for the November dinner lecture in LaSalle includes a choice of French-baked chicken breast or homestyle pot roast with mashed pota-toes and gravy. Additional offerings at Lock 16 Cen-ter include a dinner salad, seasoned vegetables, bread sticks and Texas sheet cake.

LOSTANT — Recycling will continue through the winter months across from the Lostant Fire Station for area residents. The project proceeds are supporting the Tonica United Methodist Church. Drop-off for recycling is from 9 a.m. to noon on the second and fourth Satur-days each month. For more information, call Doyle Cate at 815-672-1864.

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PERU — The Illinois Valley YMCA Dolphins hosted its second in a row home swim meet last week against the Fox Valley YMCA Foxes. The Dolphins swam strong and won the meet over the Foxes, 490 to 268.

From Lostant, Keira Kiersnows-ki, 8, took two first-place finishes in the 100-meter individual medley (1:44.85) and the 50-meter freestyle (38.74). She also swam to a second place finish in the 25-meter breast-stroke (27.68). Kiersnowski swam a state-qualifying time in the free-style event while qualifying for dis-trict in the other two events.

Cade Kilmartin, 6, of Oglesby swam to a third-place finish in the 25-meter backstroke (34.54). Addi-son Duttlinger, 8, swam state-quali-fying times in the 25-meter freestyle (17.37) and the 25-meter breast-stroke (24.55). She earned a second place and first place respectively in the two events. Little sister Aubrey Duttlinger, 6, swam to two sec-ond-place finishes in the 25-meter freestyle (30.08) and the 25-meter backstroke (31.88).

Americus Berg, 10, of Wenona swam to a second-place finish in the 50-meter butterfly event (52.38).

In the relays for the Dolphins, Abby Kilmartin, 8, of Oglesby swam the lead-off leg of the second-place

finishing relay team in the 100-meter freestyle (1:49.99). Addison Duttlinger swam the third leg of the first-place relay team in the 100-meter freestyle (1:14.18). Aubrey Duttlinger swam the lead-off leg of the third-place relay team in the 100-meter freestyle (2:06.64).

The first-place finishing team in the 100-meter freestyle relay included Kilmartin and Wenona’s Mario Berg, 6 (2:12.50). Americus Berg swan the anchor lap of the first-place finishing relay in the 200-meter free style (3:05.72).

On Nov. 15, the Dolphins take to the road for a triangular meet against Ottawa and hosts Belvidere YMCA.

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IN RE: )THE ESTATE OF )ANN C. SOMMERS,)

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Notice is herebygiven of the death ofAnn C. Sommers, lateof Sheridan, Illinois.Letters of office wereissued on October 20,2014, to Krystal A. Wolff,whose attorney is GaryGearhart, GEARHARTLAW OFFICE, 951 FifthStreet, LaSalle, Illinois61301.

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IN THE CIRCUITCOURT OF THETHIRTEENTH

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ILLINOISESTATE OF )WILLIA D. HUNTER, )

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BreakfastNov. 17 – Cinnamon bun, string cheese, yogurt,

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or chocolate milk, fruit and juice.Nov. 19 — Cinnamon raisin bagel with cream

cheese, yogurt, cereal, white or chocolate milk, fruit and juice.

Nov. 20 – Ham and cheese omelet, hash browns, yogurt, cereal, white or chocolate milk, fruit and juice.

Nov. 21 – French toast sticks, sausage patty, syrup, yogurt, cereal, white or chocolate milk, fruit and juice.

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celery and carrot sticks with ranch, grapes, milk.Nov. 21 – Corn dogs, sweet potato bites, peas,

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Library cornerLaSalle Public LibraryThe LaSalle Public Library will

host Tail Waggers Reading Dog Teams at 4 p.m. Nov. 18. Children choose a favorite short book or story and read aloud to a Reading Dog for about five minutes. The dogs love stories, and everyone is encouraged to read. For kids who are not yet reading independently, parents may read while the child holds the book and turns the pages. Both the audi-ence and the dogs love the pictures, so even non-readers can hold up the book to show the illustrations to everyone. To help children feel con-fident in their reading, they should plan to read from a favorite famil-iar story. Choose a book from the library or from home. Readers usu-ally read more than once, depend-

ing on how many participants are at the Tail Waggers event. For more information, call the library at 815-223-2341.

Preschool Storytime Express is held most Tuesdays throughout the year. The next events will be at 11:45 a.m. Nov. 18 and 25. Espe-cially for children ages 3 to 5 and their adult caregivers, this event is a fun 30-minute program designed as a story time literacy activity, a pre-school craft time, and as occasion to provide children with positive and enjoyable library experiences. It is well-suited both to the short atten-tion span of preschoolers and the busy schedules of parents. This is a free program, open to the public. Participants do not need to have a library card to attend. Registration is

not required but always appreciated. The library is at 305 Marquette St.

Lostant Public LibraryLibrary Time is every Tuesday

from 10 to 10:45 a.m. during the school year for those birth through school age. Join the group any week. Conducted by teacher Sue Massey, children will enjoy stories, songs, puppet play, art and have a snack. Children must be accompa-nied by a parent or caregiver. Library Time is funded by the Illinois State Board of Education and sponsored by the Early Childhood Program at Oglesby Public School District. Par-ticipants will also have the opportu-nity to join in Oglesby preschool out-ings like a zoo visit or evening family program. For more information, call the library at 815-368-3530.

Lostant students celebrate HalloweenBy LesLie smith

Special to The Tonica News

LOSTANT — Lostant School children had a great time celebrating Hallow-een this year. Parties were held, games were played, and a costume parade was held in the gym. Parents and the community were invited to attend the cos-tume parade, and the kids looked great.

Kindergarten, first grade and second grade had a combined party this year. They played games and did a Halloween craft before having their ice cream snack.

First was a candy corn relay race, where teams raced to fill their cup with candy corn first. Next was an eyeball toss, where the teams tried to make all three of their eyeballs (painted golf balls) into cups first. Lastly was a pumpkin toss, where the students tossed a pump-kin to their partner with-out dropping it until only one set of partners were left. For the craft, the chil-dren used stickers to deco-rate foam skeleton heads, pumpkins and leaves. To finish off the party, Mrs. Mertes brought in ice cream and multiple top-

pings, so the children could make their own cus-tomized ice cream sun-daes.

To finish off the cele-bration, all grades met in the gym to have a cos-tume parade. Communi-

ty members and parents were invited and enjoyed seeing all the kids having fun dressed in their cos-tumes. More pictures of the activities are available at www.lostantcomets.org.

Birth AnnouncedGrubich

Jason and Kristen (Wamhoff) Grubich of Oglesby are the parents of a daughter, Emma Grace, born Oct. 30 at St. Margaret’s Hospital in Spring Valley. She weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces and measured 20 inch-es in length. She was welcomed home by one sister, Elyse, 3. Maternal grandparents are Bob and Jane Wamhoff of Oglesby. Paternal grandparents are Ron and Sue Grubich of Peru.

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