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Traffic fatalities increase

A ‘quiet night’ for local law

enforcement

SV shooting suspect turns

himself in

By Donna Barker [email protected]

PRINCETON — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced an increase in traffic fatalities during 2012 and also to-date for 2013.

So far this year, with final statistics not yet available,

the overall number of Illi-nois fatalities has increased about 2.5 percent com-pared to the same period in 2012. As of Dec. 17, 2013, preliminary numbers show Illinois motor vehicle fatali-ties at 950 for 2013, which is 20 more than the same period last year.

Looking at the number of drunk driving fatalities

in the completed 2012 year, the NHTSA showed Illinois drunk driving fatali-ties increased 15 percent from 2011 to 2012, from 278 to 321. Nationwide, the number of drunk driv-ing fatalities increased 4.6 percent with 2011 fatalities totaling 9,865 and 2012 fatalities of 10,322.

Illinois Department of Transportation records show 10 people died in

10 fatal crashes last year during the 2012 Christmas holiday period on Illinois roads. Of that number, two fatalities involved a driver who had been drinking.

Fortunately, the Bureau County numbers for fatal traffic crashes have not increased in recent years, Bureau County Coro-ner Janice Wamhoff said on Monday. She usually handles one or two traffic

fatalities a year, she said.On Dec. 23, the NHTSA

announced a five-year extension of its cooperative agreement with the Auto-motive Coalition for Traf-fic Safety (ACTS), com-prised of 15 automakers, to continue researching advanced alcohol detection technology that could pre-vent vehicles from being driven by a drunk driver.

“Drunk driving remains

a deadly crime that tears apart families and destroys lives,” said Transporta-tion Secretary Anthony Foxx. “We will continue to work closely with all of our federal, state and local safety partners, including the automotive industry to combat drunk driving with new, lifesaving technolo-gies.”

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By GolDie [email protected]

PRINCETON — Local police officers were on high alert Tuesday eve-ning with the extra trav-elers and get-togethers held throughout the county, as people gath-ered to help celebrate the New Year.

The snow that began to fall Tuesday evening and continued into the next day, also kept drivers watchful for icy and slick roads. A winter weather advisory was sent out around 2:55 p.m. Tues-day, and brought with it a few inches of accumulat-ed snow and bitter cold wind chills. The advisory was in effect until late New Year’s evening.

In Princeton, however, police were thankful to have a nice, quiet eve-ning. Looking at the traf-fic log, Princeton Police Chief Tom Root con-firmed the night held “not much excitement” for his officers in the area.

On Thursday, Spring Valley Police sent out two traffic accident reports, that occurred on New Year’s Eve night. None were necessarily connected to a weather-related incident or DUI. Police also responded to a bar fight at Uncle Stew-ey’s Roadhouse, which resulted in one battery charge just minutes into the New Year.

By GolDie [email protected]

SPRING VALLEY — The man allegedly involved in the shooting of a 22-year-old Ladd male on Dec. 20, turned himself in to the Chicago Police Depart-ment.

Joshua E. Nelson, 19, originally thought to be of Chicago, but has the last known address of 551 Eighth St., LaSalle, was arrested on a Bureau County Warrant for home invasion. He was returned to the Bureau County Jail on Dec. 30.

According to police, the shooting was the result of an illegal drug transaction, which presumably took place just before midnight on Dec. 20. The Ladd male was shot in the lower back at the residence of 505 W. Cleveland St., Spring Valley. He was able to dial 911 at 12:05 a.m. from a location near Cleveland and Strong streets. He was taken to St. Marga-ret’s Hospital for the gun-shot wound and a grazing lesion to his arm. He was treated for non-life threat-ening injuries, police said.

Police interviewed sev-eral individuals, and two suspects were identified. Police immediately put out a warrant for Nelson. The name and informa-tion of the second suspect has not yet been released. The investigation contin-ues.


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The Bureau County Sheriff’s Office also had a quiet evening on Tues-

day with no reported accidents. Chief Deputy Tim Trevier confirmed there was only one acci-dent throughout the holiday, which occurred on Wednesday between Seatonvile and Spring Valley.


By Goldie [email protected]

SHEFFIELD — While looking to create a great spot where family and friends could meet, spend time together and enjoy some fun outdoor win-ter recreational activities, Mary Ann and Rick Cer-novich of Sheffield decid-ed to build a public ice skating rink right in their side yard.

With a newly open space after a recent tree clearing job, and knowing families would be home for holidays with spouses, children and grandchil-dren looking for a fun activity to partake in together, they gathered needed materials and handcrafted the 44-by-100-foot ice skating rink.

“It’s a really fun family activity for people. They are a lot of families home for Christmas who come and skate everyday. They stay about 20 to 30 min-utes maximum,” Mary

Ann explained. “It’s just a great opportunity to have good quality family time.”

Rick, along with his brother and a couple friends, got together for the building process. The construction took a cou-ple days, with just one minor set-back at first.

Mary Ann said the first time the walls were up and the fire department came to fill them in water, one of the sides broke free and water went pour-ing out everywhere and down the street.

The glitch, however, didn’t stop the deter-mined group, as they went back to work mak-ing a couple adjustments, which held water on the second try.

“We’ve had such cold weather, which helped it freeze really great,” Mary Ann said. “We fully rely on Mother Nature to keep it frozen. When the weather starts to warm up, we’ll have to take it

down.”The Cernovich fam-

ily didn’t stop at the ice rink, however. On vis-its to garage sales and antique stores, they’ve created a collection of various sized ice skates and hockey skates, which they’ve made available in the barn outside near the rink. Skaters in need of an extra pair are welcome to borrow as they wish. The Cernovichs also have out-door lighting available for the night skaters. Skaters are welcomed any time of any day to skate.

When asked if the cou-ple have been big fans of ice skating their whole life, Mary Ann admits to reminiscing about winters when she was growing up in Sheffield. Friends would gather out on the frozen pond at the edge of town, which cre-ated a recreational hot spot for all the kids in town. Like in the mov-ies, girls would have one half for figure skating and boys took the other half for hockey games.


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Sheffield couple creates public ice rink

Still saving St. Thomas More

Where to skate in Bureau County!• Rick and Mary Ann Cernovich’s home,

located at 520 S. Main St., Sheffield.• Tennis courts, located in Wyanet

Memorial Park.• Hall Township’s Echo Bluff Park, located

off Route 29, between Spring Valley and DePue. The park also provides lessons, both private and for groups. There is currently a sign-up for an informational meeting on ice skating lesson to be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Jan. 11. For more information call the park at 815-447-2115.

Tortellini fundraiser fires back up after holidays

By Goldie [email protected]

DALZELL — The ongo-ing tortellini fundraiser at St. Thomas More parish in Dalzell took a short break for the holidays, but as of Friday, the rush to fill orders is promptly back in progress.

Looking at the totals up until Dec. 20, church members and volunteers have rolled and twisted 672 pounds of tortellini and have earned $4,032, based on $6 a pound.

Volunteers are putting in the hard work and effort with hopes to save the church from being

closed and merged with Holy Trinity in Cherry before July 2014.

The Rev. Patrick Fixsen informed church members last summer the church would be given a chance to remain open until July if they doubled the week-ly collection and found a way to attract more members to the church. Back then, looking at the current weekly collection and the number of church goers, Fixsen shared the possibility of the church closing this month.

Active members, includ-ing Carlo Olivero, have been working to put together fundraisers to help raise money for the church.

“It is our intention to send a lot of money to Father Fixsen because he

said if we add to the mon-ies for the church, he will keep the church open,” Olivero said. “We hope, hope, hope. I hope he keeps his word.”

Olivero has been an instrumental part in the tortellini fundraiser, which kicked off in early November.

“We will continue to make them until all the orders are filled, and we of have a lot of orders. Plus those who received our tortellini are already ordering again,” he said.

When news spread the fundraiser was making headway, orders immedi-ately poured in for church member Mary Jean Goodrick, who has been heading the orders.

Tortellini orders that were needed before the

Thanksgiving holiday were a first priority for the makers. Orders that were not needed before the holiday are those that remain on the list.

While volunteers from all over the county have been getting together every Monday, Wednes-day and Friday to pre-pare the tortellini, there are concerns about losing a handful who have trav-eled to Florida for the win-ter. The shortage of hands may delay the process a bit, but Olivero is certain that every order will get filled.

To make a tortellini order, contact Goodrick at 815-664-4615. Tortel-lini is sold by the pound. One pound costs $6.


Photo contributed

Marseilles couple have first 2014 baby at IVCHAaron and Christine (DeBenedetto) Sulwer of Mar-seilles gave birth to the first baby born at Illinois Valley Community Hospital. They are the parents of a daughter, Colette Elizabeth, born at 6:02 p.m. Jan. 1. She weighed 8 pounds and measured 19 inches in length. There were four births at IVCH on New Year’s Eve with the last 2013 birth at the hospital occurring at 10:02 p.m.

One-year-old Gavin Cer-novich gets a little help from dad, Adam, out on

the ice skating rink at his grandparents’ home

in Sheffield, as mom, Angie, follows close

behind. Mary Ann and Rick Cernovich built the

rink on their side-yard and have opened it up to the public to be used for fun, outdoor winter rec-

reation for all families

Photo contributed

Cernovichs open rink for fun, exercise and camaraderie

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Looking back at 2013Story compiled

By donna [email protected]

Editor’s note: This is another segment in a continuing series on the headlines of 2013.

Sept. 3: A committee of concerned residents start a Bureau Valley Buddy Bags program to help make sure children have food when they aren’t in school. Committee chair-person Brenda Lovick says the new program started in discussion last Febru-ary after several residents learned about a similar program in the Princeton Elementary School Dis-trict. The Bureau Valley program began with 13 bags distributed to kin-dergarten students and their siblings. By the end of the school year, the program had expanded to 35 bags each week. Area residents and digni-taries gather at the site of the Red Covered Bridge, north of Princeton, to cel-ebrate the sesquicenten-nial anniversary of the construction of the his-toric bridge.

Sept. 5: After express-ing their concerns earli-er this year about water and flooding problems in their neighborhoods, two Princeton residents come back to the Princeton City Council to say thank you for the council’s steps to attempt to solve future water problems. Residents Laura Favia and Esther Tracy attend a council meeting to express their appreciation for the council’s efforts. An armed robbery charge is filed against Dennis Clark Jr., 23, of Chicago who allegedly was the gun-man involved in the Peru Verizon Wireless Store robbery on Aug. 3, which resulted in the death of Peru K-9 Kali.

Sept. 7: The village of Walnut’s engineer pres-ents preliminary plans for updating the village’s sewer plant. Matt Hansen of Willett & Hoffman engi-neering firm shows plans for a $2 million upgrade for the village’s sewage plant. This plan will begin with a public meeting for village residents to learn about the project and ask questions. The actual construction phase would begin in July 2014, with completion scheduled for June 2015.

Sept. 10: Judge C. How-ard Wampler of Wyanet is remembered as a judge who earned a person’s respect, with a strong commitment to the judi-cial system as well as a legendary sense of humor. Wampler died Sept. 4 at Perry Memorial Hospi-tal at the age of 79. He had served as Bureau County Resident Circuit Judge from 1974 to 1993. Bureau County Resident Circuit Judge Marc Ber-

nabei says he tried many cases before Wampler and found him to be friendly and a judge with a very sharp mind and a quick wit.

Sept. 12: The Bureau County Board declares a state of emergency to get the grounding grid fixed for the communica-tion tower at the Bureau County Jail. Buildings and Grounds Commit-tee Chairman Kristi War-ren says the tower was hit again by lightning a couple weeks ago, which again resulted in the loss of communication for a short time within the sheriff’s department. The communication tower had already been hit three times in recent years. The county board unani-mously passes a motion to declare the tower repair project an emergency.

Sept. 17: Heartland Bank and Trust decides to close its DePue branch, effective Sept. 30. The four employees at the branch are notified and letters sent to customers. Bank officials say a decline in customers visiting the branch due to the conve-nience of electronic bank-ing services is the reason for Heartland’s decision to close the DePue facility.

Sept. 19: The decision to close DePue’s Heart-land Bank and Trust branch brings confusion, disappointment and a feeling of shock to com-munity members. Village President Eric Bryant says he never received a call, email or visit from any representative of the bank explaining the rea-sons behind the closure. It would have been nice to know something like this was coming to the com-munity, the mayor says. With new Director Andrea Anderson in charge, the Bureau County United Way kicks off its 2014 campaign. The goal ther-mometer is erected on the lawn of Bureau County Courthouse with a goal set at $120,000. The local United Way serves 14 area health and human service agencies.

Sept. 21: Princeton’s new water treatment plant is “substantially com-pleted” and should be in full operation within the next few weeks. Commis-sioner Joel Quiram says

the Farnsworth Group engineering firm wants to bill the city an additional $169,000 for its extended services in overseeing the project, which was to be completed last May. On a 3 to 2 vote, the council votes to use fine money from Vissering Construc-tion Co. for the Farn-sworth bill. The Visser-ing fines ($189,000) were due to the missed com-pletion date. Voting yes were Mayor Keith Cain and Commissioners Bob Warren and Ray Swanson. Voting no were Quiram and Commissioner Ray Mabry.

Sept. 24: In response to concerns surrounding the reason behind Heart-land Bank and Trust Co.’s decision to close down its DePue branch, bank officials speak about the decreasing business at the branch. Paula Mitch-ell, Heartland’s vice presi-dent/retail director, says the numbers didn’t war-rant the branch, and the bank couldn’t sustain the branch at its location. Nicole Williams, market-ing director for Heartland Bank and Trust in Bloom-ington, confirms there has been a consistent 40 per-cent decrease in foot traf-fic recorded at the branch during the last five to six years.

Sept. 26: The Bureau Valley School Board adopts its Fiscal Year 2014 budget, which Superinten-dent Dennis Thompson calls a conservative look at the year’s anticipated expenses and income. Total expenditures are projected at $13,994,632, while revenue shows a total of $13,272,305. The district plans to handle the deficit by using money from working cash bonds. The good news is the dis-trict has increased its tax rate from $3 million to $3.175 million, due pri-marily to flat increases in real estate and increase in farming land values, Thompson says.

Sept. 28 : The Hall High School Board approves the 2013-14 budget, which Superintendent Mike Struna says shows deficit spending in the education, operating and maintenance, debt service and IMRF/SS funds. The projected deficits in the education and operating

and maintenance funds will be covered by the reimbursement of $314, 270 from the new building bond when it is acquired. Deficits in the debt service fund and IMRF/SS fund will be covered by balanc-es held in those funds at the end of the Fiscal Year 2013 budget, Struna says.

Oct. 1: Area officials and dignitaries attend a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Abbey Fields, a $13 million project to be located on the northwest corner of the St. Bede Academy campus just east of Spring Valley. Catering to senior citizens, ages 65 and older, the new facility will consist of 40 assisted living rooms for seniors who may require various levels of assistance with daily living activities like bathing, dressing and transferring. The new cen-ter will also have a special secured section to care for seniors who have a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease or some form of dementia.

Oct. 3: Princeton Ele-mentary School Superin-tendent Tim Smith asks for more time to get things in place before making a final recommendation about what to do with district school buildings next fall. The administra-tive team presents a pre-liminary recommendation as follows: Douglas would house the Bright Begin-nings/Early Beginnings program and kindergar-ten; Jefferson would have first and second grades; Lincoln would house third and fourth grades; and Logan Junior High School would have fifth through eighth grades, with the fifth-graders staying in self-contained classrooms located primarily in Logan West.

Oct. 5: The federal government shutdown closes a Princeton office building, while the local health department con-tinues with business as usual. Justina Boggio, executive director of the Bureau County Farm Ser-vice Agency, confirms all 21 employees in Bureau

County’s USDA office building are on furlough, or unpaid leave, due to the federal government shutdown. Hector Gomez, assistant administrator of the Bureau/Putnam Coun-ty Health Department, says the health depart-ment has had several calls from area residents asking if the health department is open for business since the federal shutdown. As of now, things are going on as normal at the health department, he says.

Oct. 8: Nearly 30 Bureau County veterans participate in the Quad Cities Honor Flight No. 25 to Washington, D.C. The Honor Flight, which car-ried 92 veterans, almost never got off the ground. Takeoff was delayed for nearly three hours after the plane struck an owl. Also, there were some memorials in Washing-ton closed to the public because of the federal government shutdown. The late flight also meant a visit to the Vietnam Memorial Wall had to be scrubbed. However, the Honor Flight was the first from the area to tour the 9/11 Memorial at the Pen-tagon. Hundreds of family, friends and veteran sup-porters made a path for veterans to as they arrived back in the Quad Cities.

Oct. 10: Tom Swierc-zewski, a representative from Geronimo Ener-gy — the new owner of Walnut Ridge wind farm — speaks to the Bureau County Board about new prospects at Walnut Ridge. Geronimo Energy, which is based in Edina, Minn., sees a lot of value in Walnut Ridge, Swierc-zewski says. There has been a lot of behind-the-scenes work, he says. The company hopes to have the project construction ready for 2015, but if not for 2016, Swierczewski says.

Oct. 12: The Princeton City Council approves the first reading of an ordinance to refinance five bond issues total-ing approximately $6.5 million. Refinancing the

bonds will reduce interest costs and potentially save the city about $341,000. Mayor Keith Cain says he is satisfied with the recom-mendation. The amount to be saved is a pretty good chunk of change, the mayor says. The council is expected to officially authorize the ordinance after they approve its sec-ond reading at the Oct. 21 regular council meeting.

Oct. 15: Heading into Week 3 of the government shutdown, the effects con-tinue to trickle down and put a strain on local food pantries. Mary Lanham of the Western Bureau Coun-ty Food Pantry confirms she is seeing a decrease in the amount of food coming in from the River Bend Foodbank of Moline. While the food pantry nor-mally has the option to choose from a list of about 20 to 25 items at the cost of 18 cents per pound, the list of items has decreased to about six items, she says. Vanessa Hoffeditz of Tri-County Opportunities Council Food Pantry in Princeton, has also seen a reduction of food com-ing from the River Bend Foodbank. Usually she is able to receive anywhere from $1,000 to $2,000 wholesale value of food at no cost. In October, that amount was decreased to $600, Hoffeditz says.

Oct. 17: The Buda Vil-lage Board announces a new ordinance regarding ATV, UTV and golf cart usage on village streets, effective Nov. 1, 2013. The ordinance will regu-late such vehicles within village roads to ensure the safety of residents. Those who drive such vehicles will be required to obtain a yearly permit from the village police chief. The ordinance does not per-tain to roads outside the village limits. The ordi-nance will apply to village and non-village operators of such vehicles.

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Bureau Valley School DistrictMANLIUS — The Bureau Valley School District

Board met in regular session at 7 p.m. Dec. 16. The meeting was preceded by a levy hearing at 6:45 p.m. Superintendent Dennis Thompson briefly reviewed the proposed levy for the public in atten-dance. The FY 2014 levy totaling $6,596,500 is a 5.2955 percentage increase over the previous year’s $6,364,751 and therefore required a public hearing. With no questions from the public, the hearing was closed at 6:52 p.m.

Recent committee meetings included:• Transportation to receive fuel bids and discuss

a purchase schedule for the fleet.• Community relations to establish a committee

of district residents to review and make recom-mendations for future considerations in the dis-trict.

• Personnel to review staffing and seniority lists.• A motion by the Curriculum Committee to add

the Math II designation in place of geometry and add history through film. A critical thinking class addition was discussed, but no action was taken. More information was requested.

In other board action, the following was approved:

• Regular meeting minutes of Nov. 25, bills and payroll, current Bureau County Special Schools’ bills and payroll, monthly financial and treasurer’s report.

• The district levy as presented.• The Bureau Valley certified staff seniority list

as presented.• The Bureau Valley support staff seniority list

as presented.• The Bureau County Alternative Education

Program/Behavior Disorder Program staff senior-ity lists as presented.

• A low bid of Manlius Oil Co. for unleaded fuel for the district in the amount of $5,564 and Michlig Energy for diesel fuel in the amount of $76,252.

• A change to the Educational Support Personnel Employee Handbook that grants reimbursement for unused sick days accumulated that exceeds 240 days upon retirement of full-time employees, effective Jan. 1.

• Accepted a check in the amount of $1,410 from the Ag Boosters for payment of farm ground cash rent and approved next year’s cash rent for the same amount.

Building principals reported student activities that included Christmas food drives; donations to the Red Cross in lieu of gift exchanges to assist families affected by tornadoes and making Christmas cards and caroling at nursing homes.

All music department levels are presenting annual Christmas programs. North and South choruses performed on Paula Sands Live at 3 p.m. Dec. 19; 3 p.m. Dec. 23; 3 p.m. Dec. 24 and at noon and 5 p.m. Dec. 25.

After a closed session, the board approved:• The resignation of Jeff Ohlson as head football

coach.• Accepted the resignation of BV North special

education aide Corrine Thomas.• Approved Jeff Monier as BV North volunteer

sixth-grade girls basketball coach.• Approved maternity leave request for Katie

Bosnich.• Approved and retained closed meeting minutes

of Nov. 25, 2013.The next regular meeting will be at 7 p.m. Jan.

27 in the district administrative office in Manlius.

Meeting Minutes

Marriage licensesAnthony R. Morden of Tampico to Michelle D.

Hagy of East Peoria.Zachary D. Smith of Tremont to Sylvie B. Tracy

of Princeton.

Traffic courtDeer hunting permit violation — Chris J. Kramer,

57, of Spring Valley.Driver failed to give notice of accident — Linda K.

Moss, 58, of Buda.Driving on suspended license — Blake R. Schmidt,

20, of Malden.Failure to reduce speed — Matthew S. Miller, 44,

of Sheffield.Speeding (15-20) — Edward D. Hardison Jr., 23,

of LaMoille; Thomas W. Miceli, 29, of Princeton; Apollo Zamudio, 25, of Spring Valley.

At the courthouse

Robert CallisonPRINCETON — Robert W. Callison, 82, of Princ-

eton passed away Monday, Dec. 30, 2013, at Walnut Manor Nursing Home in Walnut.

Born Sept. 14, 1931, in Ray, Okla., to Cloud Elijah and Ruth (Payne) Callison, he married Bertie Lou Perry Aug. 31, 1952, in the Timewell Baptist Church. She survives.

He graduated from Brown County High School in 1950. He was a truck driver and a minister, pastor-ing churches in Mendota, Ottawa and Wedron. He attended the New Hope Church of the Nazerene.

Also surviving are six children, Jerry (Linda) Cal-lison of Aurora, Becky (Kevin) Adams of East Peoria, David (Mary) Callison of Ventura, Iowa, Kevin (Bev) Callison of Millbrook, Ron (Helen) Callison of Sub-lette and Karen (Mark) Townsend of Princeton; 20 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers and one sister.

A memorial service will be at 10 a.m. today, Satur-day, at the New Hope Church of the Nazarene, Princ-eton, with Pastor Laura Tanner officiating. Burial will be private and at a later date.

A memorial visitation was held Friday at the church.Memorials may be directed to the family for chari-

table disbursement.

Alan SteeleWINTER, Wis. — Alan R. Steele, 67, of Winter, Wis.,

formerly of Mendota, passed away Wednes-day, Jan. 1, 2014, in Eau Claire, Wis.

Born Nov. 26, 1946, in Mendota to Nolan and Josephine (Shotkus) Steele, he married Mary Lou Thomas June 19, 1971, in St. John’s Lutheran Church on the Hill in Princeton. She survives.

He was a 1964 graduate of Mendota High School and a 1973 graduate of Western Illinois University. He was a site superintendent at White Pines State Park, retir-ing in November 2002.

He served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, stationed in Germany. He was a member of American Legion Post 394 in Draper, Wis.

Also surviving are two daughters, Heidi (Jeff) Bush-nell of Rockford and Jennifer (Mark) Bushnell of Sycamore; one son, Jeff Steele of Island Lake; four grandchildren, Madison and Tyler Bushnell, and Aus-tin and Ethan Steele; and one sister, Mary Jo (Verne) Moore of Sandwich.

He was preceded in death by his parents.Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday in the

Schwarz Funeral Home, Mendota, with Deacon Vince Slomian officiating. Burial will be in Holy Cross Cem-etery, Mendota, with full military rites conducted by Mendota VFW Post 4079.

Visitation will be from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.

Memorials may be directed to American Legion Post 394, 6994 N. Main St., Draper, WI 54896.

C. Jeanette FrankTAMPICO — C. Jeanette Frank, 96, of Tampico died

Monday, Dec. 30, 2013, at Prophets Good Samaritan Center in Prophetstown.

A graveside service was held Thursday at the York-town Cemetery. There was no visitation.

The Garland Funeral Home in Tampico handled the arrangements.

Caroline HookerPRINCETON — Caroline May “Susie” Hahn Hooker,

97, of Malden, formerly of Princeton, passed away at 1:44 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013, in Malden.

She was born June 26, 1916, in Rou-leau, Saskatchewan, Canada to Christian and Lillian (Schrader) Eckhoff. She mar-ried Conrad A. Hahn Jan. 30, 1940, in Henry. He died Aug. 4, 1972. She then married Bernard Hooker Sept. 23, 1978, in Princeton. He died April 27, 1991.

She was a 1934 graduate of Princeton High School. She was a farm wife and a Rawleigh dealer for 25 years.

She was a member of St. Louis Catholic Church in Princeton and the Bureau County Farm Bureau. She was a quilter and enjoyed gardening.

Surviving are one daughter, Mary Lee (Richard) Corrin of Glenview; one daughter-in-law, Laurie Hahn of Bradford; one sister, Rosemary Beatty of Princ-eton; two nieces, Evelyn (Keith) McLane of LaMoille and Mary Kathleen (Jim) Etheridge of Wyanet; one nephew, Gordon Eckhoff of Sibley, Saskatchewan, Canada; three stepgrandchildren; five great-nieces and great-nephews; and eight great-great-nieces and great-great-nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; hus-bands; two brothers, Roy and Elmer Eckhoff; and one son, Jack Hahn.

Services will be at 10 a.m. today, Saturday, at St. Louis Catholic Church, Princeton, with Father Jeffrey Stirniman officiating. Burial will be in St. John Catho-lic Cemetery, Bradford.

Visitation was held Friday at the Grant-Johhnson Funeral Home, Princeton.

Memorials may be directed to St. Louis Catholic Church in Princeton, Greenfield Retirement Home in Princeton and Friends of Strays in Princeton.

Pallbearers will be Bill Jamison, Joe Jamison, Les Karns, Keith McLane, Mark McDonald and Jim Ether-idge.

Online condolences may be left at www.grant-johnsonfh.com.

Caroline Hooker

Obituary deadlinesDeadlines for obituaries are 2 p.m. Monday for

Tuesday’s paper, 2 p.m. Wednesday for Thursday’s paper and 2 p.m. Friday for Saturday’s paper.

Obituaries

Spring Valley PoliceBattery

Steven C. Marroquin, 49, of Spring Valley was charged with battery in Uncle Stewey’s Road-house at 12:06 a.m. Jan. 1.

Disorderly conduct Kevin W. Faber, 28,

of Tiskilwa was charged with disorderly conduct and criminal trespass to

property at the Spring Valley Inn at 7:22 a.m. Dec. 29.

Warrant arrestBrent M. Monroe, 31,

of LaMoille was picked up in the 800 block of West Dakota Street at 7 p.m. Dec. 30 on a Bureau County Warrant for fail-ure to appear for visita-tion interference.

Accidents A vehicle driven by

Matthew Sebastian, 32, of LaSalle backed into a vehicle owned by Jen-nifer M. Moore, 24, of Granville on West Sixth Street near Terry Street at 11:05 p.m. Dec. 30.

A one-vehicle collision involving Matthew S. Guisti, 25, of Spring Val-ley occurred on Route 89 near Barto Boat Landing at 11:21 p.m. Dec. 31. He was charged with driving too fast for conditions.

A one-vehicle collision involving Pedro A. Lugo-Rodriguez, 26, of Spring Valley occurred at the Shell Station on Dakota Street at 11:19 p.m. Dec. 31.

Aaron Kelley, 51, of Spring Valley struck a parked vehicle owned by Brian Fusinato, 31, of Spring Valley on West Third Street near Rich-ard Mautino Drive at 5:48 p.m. Dec. 28.

Police reports

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On my bestseller list

ChubbyOur family cat just isn’t very

bright.Ever since Chubby (trust me,

she’s growing into that name) has been around, she has done absolutely nothing to make me say, “Now there is one smart animal.” Not once during her stupefied existence on this planet, has she done anything to better our society.

All she does is just lay around all day. She lays around when my wife fixes supper. She lays around when my wife does the dishes. She lays around when my wife folds the laun-dry. She lays around while my wife vacuums. She lays around when my wife makes the bed. She just lays around all of the time. I know this because I am in constant surveillance of the cat from my perch on our living room couch.

When she wants something, she stares at you with these cold, vacuous eyes and gives this half-hearted noise that somewhat resembles a meow if you listen really close. It’s up to us intelligent humans to deter-mine what it is the feeble-mind-ed feline wants. Does she want to go outside? Does she want food? Does she want me to pick her up, cradle her like a baby and rub her fat, gray belly while

asking “Who’s a good kitty?” in a funny voice, after which she makes a half-hearted attempt at purring her approval? Or does she want me to go into the bath-room and turn on the water fau-cet to just the right temperature and pressure so that she can get a moderately cool drink without getting too much splash back onto her whiskers and paws? It could be any one of these scenarios, and I usually have to go through each and every one of them before I can figure out what she wants. What a moron!

I think of how dimwitted this beast is every time I have to dispose of a bag of its used, clumpy, smelly kitty litter. Every time I walk the walk of shame down to the outside gar-bage can, holding the aforemen-tioned bag of doo-doo at arm’s length, I constantly mutter to myself how obtuse this creature really is. She usually blinks at me and flicks her tail.

I grumble about Chubby’s ignorance every time I go to sit in my comfy chair to watch a

scintillating episode of “Rodeo Girls” on A&E and I find her laying there on her back taking a nap. This usually means that I have to go sit in the uncomfort-able chair that is right next to the television which creates an awkward viewing angle to the screen. Have you ever tried to watch “Rodeo Girls” while being askew? It totally loses all of its meaning, and you miss out on the entire plot.

Every single day, this idiotic animal watches me as I stumble around a darkened house as I get ready for work. Take this morning for instance. The cat was staring at me as I woke up at 5:30 a.m. to go out and shov-el my driveway for 45 minutes in a below-zero wind chill, so I could take a half-hour, 19.2 mile trip to work in 11-degree weath-er on snow-drifted, ice-covered rural northern-Illinois roads in the early-morning, pre-dawn darkness, so I could sit at this computer to type this — some-thing that I could have done on my iPad while seated in either the comfortable or the cockeyed chair in my nice warm house. Oh well, I needed to come to town any way. We need more cat food.

So in review, basically I ques-tion the intelligence of Chubby, the cat, whenever I feed it, water it, pet it or carry around a collection of her lumpy, stinky droppings.

Dumb cat.You can contact Wallace at

[email protected]. You can follow him on his blog at http://gregwallaceink.blogspot.com.

I love a good story. Better yet, I love a good story-teller — someone who can tell a story so well, so real that they make you believe you were there right in the middle of it all.

My grandmother was a great storyteller. Even at a very young age, I appreciated the way she would relay stories to me.

Crawling up into her lap early in the morning, after everyone else had gone to school or work, she’d wrap her fluffy bathrobe around me, and we’d chat. There was no TV interference, no radio blaring in the background. Computers hadn’t yet been thought of, and the telephone seldom rang. It was just Grandma and me — and a strong cup of coffee that she sipped on intermittently.

Those early morning rendezvous were nearly 50 years ago, but I still remember them. I loved to hear about Grandma’s life when she was a little girl, a teen-ager and before she married my grandfather ... And quite frankly, I have to believe she enjoyed reminisc-ing. Even though I was a little kid, I was all ears, and wow ... could she tell a story.

To this day, I have no idea whether Grandma’s sto-ries were true or not. I never questioned the authen-ticity of her words. To a little girl who worshiped her grandmother, I just assumed her words were gospel.

Grandma would recite stories of long ago. She added colorful details of days gone by and told me stories of family members I would never know. I learned of great-grandparents, great-aunts, great-uncles, and sec-ond and third cousins that started out only as names, but after countless stories, they became real relatives.

Grandma could tell a story so vividly that I could almost feel the wind on my face as she relayed stories of playing with her siblings. I could nearly smell the sweet and spicy cookies her mother (my great-grand-mother) used to make at Christmas time, and I could hear Grandma’s youthful squeals as she and her sister opened the few gifts that were under their long ago Christmas tree. I would find myself looking at my own arm as she told about a feisty kitten that had scratched her and drew a few drops of blood on her little girl arm.

Back then, my grandmother didn’t believe in gear-ing her stories to the ears of a little child. In other words, not all the stories were filled with sunshine and lollipops. Instead, Grandma’s coffee-tainted breath spit out stories of not just the good, but also the bad and the ugly. I know my eyes had to be the size of saucers as she told about some of the charac-ters that had crossed her path throughout the years. Appropriate for a child? Perhaps not. But I was still enthralled with her stories, and I have to believe there was some kind of lesson to be learned along the way.

Grandma’s stories were better than any TV pro-gram I could have watched. I could smell the gasoline the stranger siphoned out of her father’s old automo-bile. I could see the gypsies who drove their wagon into her parents’ yard, and I could see the fear in her mother’s eyes as she shooed her children inside the house. I could feel my own heart break as she told of relatives who died long before I was ever born, and I tasted the salt in Grandma’s tears as she relayed moments in her life that had caused those tears to fall.

As I look back, Grandma’s storytelling moments are some of my most favorite, for she took me to a place in time I would have otherwise never known. Was she the greatest storyteller in the world? She was to me, and that’s all that matters.

As 2014 begins, I hope you’ll take some time to tell some stories to the younger members of your family. Turn off the TV, make them lay down their cell phones and tell some stories of the chapters of your life. I guarantee that someday, those stories will become a bestseller in their own minds.

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

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Life&Arts Birth announcements — Meet the newest arrivals to the Bureau County area on Page 8. Full an-nouncements run each Saturday.

Education — PHS students are named Illinois State Scholars. See Page 8.

Community NotesTrivia night

PRINCETON — Gateway Services will hold its first drive night at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 18 at the Princeton Elks Lodge, 1105 E. Peru St., Princeton. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. and trivia will start at 6:30 p.m. Teams consist of 8 players, and the cost is $10 per player. The Elks will provide a chicken buffet for $10. There will be a sports-themed silent auction. To sign up a team or for more information, call Rachel Dean at 815-875-4548, ext. 238.

Quilters Guild meetingPRINCETON — The Covered Bridge Quilters Guild

will meet at 9 a.m. today, Saturday. The workshop will cover charity quilts.

Rotary meetingPRINCETON — The Princeton Rotary Club will

meet at 11:45 a.m. Tuesday at the Elks Lodge in Princeton.

Library programPRINCETON — The Princeton Public Library

will celebrate the spirit of Epiphany with a night of stories presented by Dr. Dick Dorsch and Ron McCutchan at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. The pro-gram will feature folklore and background on the Epiphany season which follows Christmas and continues through Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent.

Make Someone Happy• Happy birthday on Monday to Lee Williams.

From your friends.

IVCH Foundation donates defibrillatorThe Lighted Way Associa-tion of LaSalle received an automatic external defibrillator thanks to a $1,524 grant from the Illinois Valley Commu-nity Hospital Foundation. Jim Weber (left), IVCH foundation president, and Joan Fernandez (right), the hospital’s community outreach coordinator, pre-sented the AED to Lighted Way executive director Jane Duncan Wamhoff.

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Widmark, Poitier star in intense racial dramaPRINCETON – The

first Widmark Wednes-day movie of 2014 is an intense, edgy story of race relations in the mid-20th century.

The film begins at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Princeton Public Library. Admission is free.

In the 1950 film noir drama, Richard Widmark portrays a rabid racist hoodlum, wounded in a gas station robbery, who wants no part of being

treated by a black doc-tor, played by Academy Award-winning actor Sid-ney Poitier in his first Hollywood movie.

When the hoodlum’s brother, also shot during the robbery, dies, Wid-mark’s character vows revenge against the doc-tor, even though the cause of death is in doubt.

The movie, directed by Joseph Mankiewicz, includes strong racial epi-thets and a race riot where

blacks turn the tables on white instigators.

Decades later, when the American Film Institute honored Poitier’s career, Widmark recalled the movie.

“I played a horrible, racist bigot, and I had to say and do just vicious things to Sidney, so prac-tically after every take, I’d run up to him and I’d apologize and I’d try to assure him, ‘Sid, it’s just the character talk-

ing, not me.’ Well, he was very understanding; we became good friends,” Widmark said.

Additional Widmark films will be shown through June on the sec-ond Wednesday of the month.

A 1932 graduate of Princeton High School, Widmark acted in more than 70 movies from 1947 until 1991. He would have turned 100 years old this year.

Tiskilwa Historical Society prepares for the new yearTISKILWA — The

Tiskilwa Historical Society will be taking down Christmas deco-ration from 11 a.m. to noon Monday. All mem-bers of the community are invited to help.

Tiskilwa Historical Society’s Museum on Main will remain open to visitors from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Satur-day. The museum will keep the display of Lio-nel and Marx train up

until Jan. 28. The trains are on loan from four local men.

The society’s sched-ule of free public pro-gramming will resume on March 10 with a Mardi Gras program.

Any member of the community with ideas for future programs can make suggestions to any member of the board of directors. They meet the first Monday of each month. The 2014 board

members are Ed Waca, Judy Wright, Stan Bensen, Jan Lohaus, Gail McCauley, Betty Brokaw, Charlie Waca, Jean Cavada and Dick Fisher.

Society members will

be updating the displays and membership data and putting together a 2013 scrapbook of arti-cles about the society’s activities. To help, call Cecille Gerber at 815-646-4353.

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Births AnnouncedAlexander

Janie Alexander of Spring Valley is the parent of a son, Lucas John, born Dec. 12 at St. Margaret’s Hospital in Spring Valley. He weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces and measured 19 inches in length.

MaloyRobert and Austyn (Miller) Maloy of Princeton

are the parents of a son, Rhylan Kael, born Dec. 30 at Perry Memorial Hospital in Princeton. He weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces and measured 20 inches in length. He was welcomed home by three sisters, Braelyn, 5, Addyson, 4, and Amy, 1. Maternal grandparents are Diane Young of Spring Valley and Paul Miller of Glendive, Mich. Paternal grandmother is the late Amy Maloy.

PellegriniJosh and Amanda (Kalman) of Spring Valley are

the parents of a daughter born Dec. 27 at Illinois Valley Community Hospital in Peru.

RamirezJoel and Noemi (Torres) Ramirez of Ottawa

are the parents of a daughter, Ariana Nora, born Dec. 22 at St. Margaret’s Hospital in Spring Valley. She weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces and measured 20 inches in length. She was welcomed home by one sister, Alena. Maternal grandparents are Juan Torres of Oglesby and Irma Boyles of Mendota. Paternal grandparents are Sergio and Eva Cecilia Ramirez-Gutierrez of Mexico. Great-grandparents are Delia Rodriquez and Juan Diaz of Puerto Rico, and Isidro and Simona Gutierrez of Mexico.

ReingruberMichael and Kristin (Chandler) Reingruber of

Brookfield are the parents of a son, Tyler Dominic, born Dec. 30 at Adventist Hospital in Hinsdale. He weighed 9 pounds, 12 ounces and measured 21 inches in length. Maternal grandparents are Bill and Diane Chandler of Ladd. Paternal grandpar-ents are Gus and Judy Reingruber of Brookfield.

PHS students receive state honorPRINCETON — Thirteen stu-

dents from Princeton High School have been recognized as 2014-15 Illinois State Scholars.

The award is given annually by the Illinois Student Assistance Com-mission (ISAC) which recognizes high school students from across the state. Illinois State Scholar win-ners rank in the top 10 percent of high school seniors from 749 high schools across the state. Selection is based on SAT, ACT, Prairie State Achievement Exam scores and/or class rank at the end of the junior year. High school guidance counsel-ors work in conjunctions with ISAC to determine the winners.

The Princeton High School win-ners are: Zachary Andersen, Mollie Bates, Jon Bibula, Abigail Bickett, Jessica Birkey, Lindsay Hartwig, Ryan Jensen, Michelle Kelly, Hai-ley Michael, Ryan Owens, Hunter Rodda, Kelly Schmidt and Megan Smith.

Photo contributedThe Princeton High School Illinois State Scholars are Michelle Kelly (front row, from left), Mollie Bates, Hailey Michael, Jessica Birkey and Abigail Bickett; Lindsey Hartwig (second row), Kelly Schmidt, Megan Smith and Hunter Rodda; and Ryan Owens (back row), Ryan Jensen, Zachary Andersen and Jon Bibula.

Free children’s orthopedic assessment clinic PRINCETON — The Princeton

Elks Lodge, in cooperation with the Illinois Elks Children’s Care Corpo-ration, will sponsor a free children’s orthopedic assessment clinic from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Perry Memorial Hospital in Princ-eton. The clinic is by appointment only.

The public is invited to participate in this clinic. The hospital is located at 530 Park Ave. East in Princeton. Participants need to use the north front door. Dr. Richard Erickson of Carol Stream will be the clinician in charge.

No medical referral is necessary

for the clinic but physicians are welcome to refer patients to the clinic for a specific reason or second opinion. School nurses are welcome to refer children and families to the clinic.

Appointments can be made by call the Illinois Elks Children’s Care office at 800-272-0074 Monday through Friday between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.

The Elks Organization has been working with physically challenged children since 1928 and this is one of the 17 clinic locations throughout Illinois. The clinic is an ideal time to have a child reviewed for bone

and joint development. If your child has feet pointing out or in who com-plains of back, knee, leg, ankle pain or has a back curvature can be seen at this clinic. There is no charge for any diagnostic services at this clinic. The Elks will provide financial assis-tance to the best of their ability for children needing further treatment or specialty equipment when the family lacks sufficient resources to do so. In the past, the Elks have pur-chased therapy services, corrective shoes, braces, wheelchairs and aug-mentative communication devices to help children overcome a variety of physical challenges.

FOE will meet Thursday

LASALLE — The Fra-ternal Order of Eagles Auxiliary 2688 held its annual Auxiliary Christ-mas dinner at The Para-mont Club in LaSalle.

The Auxiliary will

meet at 7 p.m. Thurs-day; the officers will meet at 6:30 p.m. The Auxiliary meets the second Thursday and fourth Wednesday of each month.

January birthdays are Madeleine Bentley, Karen Brongel, Elaine Karczewski and Linda Kardas.

The fifth annual spring vendor fair will

be March 9 at the Peru Eagle Club. Members can return their 50/50 tickets to the Eagle Club, 830 Harrison St., Peru, IL 61362.

Anyone interested

in attending the REAC luncheons should con-tact Cheryl Kelish.

For information on joining the FOE, con-tact Betty Parks, secre-tary.

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Saturday, January 4, 2014 • 9

Headlines for 2013 — Who made the BCR sports headlines for 2013. See page 11.

Happ’s injury, winning teams mark 2013

Girls basketball: Prophetstown 62, Bureau Valley 41

Storm never give up, just like CoraBy Kevin Hieronymus

[email protected]

MANLIUS — The Bureau Valley girls never gave up Thursday night, just like their dear friend Cora Peters.

When Prophetstown stretched a seven-point lead to 30 in the third quarter Monday night, the Storm reached for some inspiration from Peters, the Bureau Valley Homecom-ing Queen who lost her bat-tle with cancer on Monday.

The Storm never gave up, battling the Three Riv-ers North frontrunners to the end, trimming the final score to 62-41.

“I think everybody’s mind was still on Cora. I think the biggest lesson learned from her was to never give up. We talked about that in our timeouts, we talked about that before the game, we talked about it at halftime,” BV coach Tiffany Gonigam said. “I knew this was going to be

a tough team. They’re the number one team in the conference. I don’t know if I’ve seen that anybody’s given them a game. We talked about we were going to need to never give up.”

In the first half, Bureau Valley gave the Lady Prophets everything they wanted and then some. The Storm won the first quarter 11-10 led by soph-omore guard Darcy Kepner with five points.

Katie Stafford had eight

points in the second quarter to help the Lady Prophets secure a 24-17 halftime lead.

Helena Arnadottir, a senior foreign exchange student from Iceland, drove the length of the floor on a fastbreak to open the third quarter and cut the Prophetstown lead to five at 24-19. The rest of the third quarter, how-ever, belonged to the Lady Prophets.

Prophetstown outscored

By Kevin [email protected]

The BCR takes a look at the top 10 area sports stories from 2013

1) A Happless feeling: Baseball fans from Cana-da to the United States, especial-ly those in the Illinois Valley, watched in hor-ror as St. Bede’s own J.A. Happ was struck in the head by a line drive off the bat of the Rays’ Desmond Jennings while pitching for the Toronto Blue Jays on May 7 in St. Petersburg, Fla.

He collapsed on the mound at Tropicana Sta-dium, holding his head above his left ear, imme-diately attended to by team trainers, the sta-dium and players in a hush looked on. While being carted away, Happ had emergency person-nel use his cell phone to call his mother, Sue, back home in Peru and let her know he was OK.

He also returned a text to BCR Sports Editor Kevin Hieronymus, saying, “I’m going to be alright.”

Happ told reporters he remembers releasing

the ball, but didn’t remember seeing it.

“Just immedi-ate loud ringing in my ear. Just pres-sure on my ear, and I was on the ground,” he said. “That was kind of it. It took me a few seconds to kind of figure out what was going on, but I do remember them being there

... the coaches and Gibby (manager John Gibbons) and obviously, the train-ers. I was coherent and talking pretty quickly.”

Happ sustained a frac-tured skull and later diag-nosed with a sprained knee that would side-line him for a month. Knowing it could have far worse, Happ said he felt fortunate.

He said the entire MLB community showed unbelievable support and

well wishes.The then 30-year-old

Blue Jays pitcher returned to the mound three months later on Aug. 7 at Seattle. He finished the season with a 5-7 record and 4.56 ERA in 18 starts and will report to the Jay’s spring camp next month in Dunedin, Fla.

2) Hall football back on the map: Hall foot-ball fans had grown to expect playoff football in October and Novem-ber, including 20 playoff appearances in 25 years under former coach Gary Vicini, including two state championships and a runner-up finish in a span of six years from 1996-2001. But for five years, there were no playoff games to speak of in Spring Valley.

The 2013 Hall Red Dev-ils ended that drought, winning its final four games of the season to ride into the playoffs with a 6-3 record. The Red Devils took it a step far-ther, defeating Bismark-Henning 20-7 to post its first playoff victory in six years.

Quarterback Taggert Venegas told the BCR it was “good to bring a play-off game back to Hall.”

3) St. Bede softball to state: The St. Bede soft-ball team had a magical season, advancing to the state softball finals for the first time in school histo-ry. To get there, the Lady Bruins defeated Mendo-ta 9-2 for the regional title, rode the 20-strike-out, three-hit pitching of Lainie Schweickert to a 1-0 win in 10 innings over Stillman Valley in the sectional finals and then beat Aurora Cen-tral Catholic 6-1 at the DeKalb Super-Sectional.

The Lady Bruins fell to Tremont 6-3 in the state quarterfinals and dropped the third-place contest to Nashville 1-0.

The Lady Bruins became just the second Academy team to reach the state finals, the first since the 1988 baseball Bruins won the state championship

“As a coach, one of my goals was to create a memory for this group of young ladies. I think

we achieved that,” said Bill Prokup, who would resign as the Lady Bru-ins coach at season’s end. “I think we showed we could compete against the very best in the state. ... They made history at St. Bede as the first girls team to reach the state finals. That is something no one can take away

from them.”4) Signing off: Lanny

Slevin signs off after 41 years as the Voice of the Valley for WLPO Radio. His voice has greeted us with his early sports reports in the morning and put us to bed late at night for Friday night foot-ball and other area events.

J.A. HappStruck by

line drive May 7

Hall High School put Red Devil football back on the map in 2013, making its first playoff appear-ance since 2008. The Red Devils huddle up (left) after posting Hall’s first playoff victory since 2006 with a 20-7 defeat of Bismarck-Hen-ning in first round play on the road.

BCR photo/Kevin Hieronymus

BCR sports editor Kevin Hieronymus takes a look at the top 10 area sports stories from 2013

See Storm Page 10

See Top 10 Page 10

Bureau Valley’s

Carlie Bickett gets a

hand up on

defense against

Prophet-stown’s

Katie Stafford

Thursday night at

the Storm Cellar.

BCR photo/Kevin

Hieronymus

BCR file photoThe St. Bede Lady Bruins softball celebrate after the sectional championship. They would advance to state for the first time.

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Some global warming would be nice

Brrrrrr! It’s cold. The ther-mometer is not doing us any favors right now. It would be nice if we could get a little global warming right now. I guess we have to take what we get since this is Illinois.

Well, January and Feb-ruary do bring us some good outdoor shows so I’ll try to pass those dates on to you. While you’re waiting, go out and get some coyotes.

One date I would like for you to write on your calendar is Jan. 25. This is the 2014 Bureau Creek Gobblers Annual Ban-quet. It is the 17th Annu-al National Wild Turkey Federation Hunting Heri-tage Banquet and it will be held at the Bureau County Metro Center.

The doors will open at 5:30 p.m. to allow par-ticipants plenty of time to look over all the prizes and raffle items. This year’s menu will feature rib eye and chicken. It sure was great last year.

I got to see a brochure that featured all the items in this year’s auc-tion. There is really some nice items to make an outdoorsman happy.

There will be eight NWTF guns including the Gun of the Year, a Browning Silver 12-gauge

automatic. There will be 11 framed prints and two sculptures.

The committee is offer-ing a pre-banquet gun raffle. It’s a good one. This gun is a Remington 887 Nitro Mag 12 gauge with 3 and 1/2 chamber. It is a 28-inch solid rib barrel with HiViz Sight and is Max 4 Camo Syn-thetic Only 125 tickets will be sold for this gun.

The committee would really like for you to call and reserve your tickets as soon as possible. It helps us prepare for the meal.

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Hope to see a lot of outdoorsmen at this banquet’ This organiza-tion gives back a lot to Bureau County.

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“It was a childhood dream and miraculously sent me around to a job that I’ve had for 42 years,” Slevin told the BCR. “And it’s hard to say goodbye, but I know that there are beginnings and ends to everything and this is the end.”

Slevin didn’t just broadcast games. He made you a part of the broadcast whether you were at home listening in Spring Valley or sitting there in the stands. He always brought a personal touch to his broadcasts.

His last broadcast came at the State softball tournament with St. Bede. He was inducted into the St. Bede Academy Hall of Fame as a Friend of the Academy and also received the 2013 IHSA Distin-guished Media Award.

5) Special Olympian: Prince-ton’s Nathan Warren competed for Team USA in the Special Olympics Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, in March. He was one of five Special Olympians from Illinois competing for Team USA. More than 2,300 athletes from more than 110 nations competed in seven Olympic-type sports. The Illinois athletes competed as part of the 152-member Team USA.

“It was fun. I’d definitely do it again,” Warren said. “It was fun meeting other people from the other side of the world and learn-ing different cultures.”

Warren, 41, claimed silver med-als in both the 200- and 400-meter snowshoe races. His time of 1 min-ute, 52.58 seconds in the 400 was considerably better than he’s run before in the States. The Warrens couldn’t help but feel Nathan had a little extra push from his dear friend, Brandon Putts, who passed away suddenly last July.

“His mom said he was in third place and decided he didn’t want to be in third place and kicked it into another gear. It was like he got a burst of energy. I think it was Brandon giving him a kick in the backside,” said Nathan’s father, Randy Warren of Princeton. “He knows Brandon’s watching him.”

6) State track medalists: Bureau County had its share of state track medalist once again with Bureau Valley senior Logan Hoffert head-ing the list with three (triple jump, hurdles and 4x400). Other area medalists were St. Bede’s Ste-

ven Gualandri (fourth, 1A 300 hurdles), Bureau Valley’s Lindsey Hoffert (third, 1A triple jump), Neponset’s Freya Block (2nd, 1A shot/discus) and Princeton’s Zoe Mead (seventh, 2A 800 meters).

Logan Hoffert and Block would later be named as BCR Track Ath-letes of the Year.

7) Friday Night Light(ning): Opening night of Friday Night Lights gives way to thunder and lightning as Week 1 of the 2013 prep football season was post-poned by a thunderstorm through-out northern Illinois. Games between Princeton at Morrison, Hall at Bureau Valley and St. Bede at Amboy were all postponed until the next day.

It’s nickname aside, Bureau Val-ley stormed over Hall 36-13 when the game was halted at halftime. When they finished off Saturday, BV claimed a 42-21 win.

Princeton trailed 8-0 at Mor-rison when the game was called midway through the first quarter. The host Mustangs finished what they started Saturday for a 46-0 win.

St. Bede enjoyed an 8-0 lead when Mother Nature struck Fri-day. After an hour and half delay, the teams returned to the Harbor

Saturday where the Bruins fin-ished off a 41-6 victory.

8) Noted rivalry: The Princeton-Kewanee football rivalry was voted as the best in the state as part of the national contest sponsored by USA Today High School Sports. The teams first met in 1897 with William McKinley having succeed Grover Cleveland as president and Grant’s Tomb being dedicated in New York City. Generations of grandfathers and grandsons, father and sons and uncles and nephews have played the game on both sides.

The rivalry was renewed this year after a three-year hiatus fol-lowing Kewanee’s departure from the NCIC. Kewanee won 36-0 Sept. 26 at Kewanee with the teams now meeting as Three Riv-ers South division rivals. After all these years, the all-time series is nearly deadlocked with Princeton clinging to a 56-55-4 lead.

9) New rivalry: Princeton and St. Bede met for the first time on the gridiron with the Bruins spoiling the Tigers’ Homecoming festivities 40-6 on Sept. 20 at Princeton’s Bryant Field. St. Bede quarterback Jack Brady lived up to his surname, throwing for 185 yards and 4 touchdowns to lead the Bruins to victory.

Logistics of being in different conferences and size difference kept the Bureau County teams just 18.4 miles apart from playing before.

“They’re kind of like our neigh-bors next door, so it’s kind of fun when you know some of the play-ers over there,” Princeton senior captain Caleb Dickens said.

St. Bede senior captain Michael Slingsby said, “It’s fun to get a new rivalry going. We’re pretty close, we should have played.”

10) PIT falls: One of the longest standing and highly competitive wrestling tournament in the state of Illinois takes place each year at Princeton High School’s Prouty Gymnasium. In January of 2013, Princeton marks the 50th anni-versary of its Invitational Wres-tling Tournament, aka the PIT. Dakota defeated defending champ Wilmington 190-171.5 for first place. Most Outstanding Wrestlers were Josh Albers of Dakota (lower weights) and Zach Nelson of Mer-cer County (upper weights).


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the Storm 25-7 the rest of the third quarter to take a 49-26 lead. The Lady Prophets warmed up on a cold night, hitting four 3-pointers in the third quarter, finishing 7-28 (25 percent) beyond the arc.

For good measure, the Lady Prophets tacked on the first seven points of the fourth quarter to complete a 32-7 run to go up 56-26.

At that point, the Storm used some of Cora Peters’ never give up mantra, scoring 10 straight points to close within 56-36. Savannah Dean hit a three and two free throws and Val Reuter added a hoop and banked in a three to cap the 10-0 run.

“I thought we had a lull in the third quarter where we weren’t getting much

going offensively. .... They came out in fourth quar-ter and knocked down some shots. They may have been tired in the third quarter, but they stepped up in the fourth, I was very happy with that,” said Gonigam.

Kepner finished with a team-high 12 points and Val Reuter added 10. Stafford netted a game-high 17 or Prophetstown.

• Notes: Gonigam said many of the Storm team members were close friends to Cora Peters and would be attending her visitation and funeral in the school auditorium Saturday. She said every-one in school has been affected by Cora’s battle with cancer whether they were close friends with her or not. Gonigam said that was what being a team is all about.

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Tanglers win at ChillicotheCHILLICOTHE — Nine

wrestlers for the Tiger Town Tanglers finished first in Sunday’s Chilli Dawgs Open tournament in Chillicothe.

First-place finishers included Peyton Hamm-erich, Nolan Kloepping, Gavin Lanham, Alexan-der Peck, Charlie Korey, Chase Tatum, Matthew Harris, Robert Nelson and Trenten Wilson.

Seconds went to Evan Driscoll, Kaegan Hansen, Nathanial Irizarry, Brody Reviglio, Izaiah Small-wood and Payton Walows-

ki.Thirds went to Michael

Kurth, Cole Walowski, Conner Alter, Brody Spen-cer, Braden Boyles, Shal-ynn Hartman, Coby Hill, Augie Christansen, Cohen Vetter, Ace Christansen, Danny Cihocki, Triston Lasson and Mitchell Tay-lor.

Placing fourth were Kai Walowski, Kameron Wersinger, Gavin Vetter, Jimmy Kurth, Brad Riley, Giovanni Romagnoli, Josh Walker, Zachary Walker, Kody Mongan, Ronde Worrels and Jack May.

BCR photo/Kevin HieronymusBureau Valley’s Shannon Reuter can’t stop a layup by Prophetstown at the Storm Cellar Thursday night. The Lady Prophets won 62-41.

BCR photo/Kevin HieronymusPrinceton’s Nathan Warren was one of five Special Olympians from Illinois competing for Team USA Special Olympics Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea in March.

ScoreboardBasketball

HIgH SCHOOL BOySBCR Boys

Bureau Valley (1-0 TRACN) ..... 9-7St. Bede (0-0 TRACS) ............ 8-5Hall (0-2 TRACS) .................. 8-6DePue (2-2 TCC) ................... 4-8LaMoille/Ohio (1-1 LTC) .......... 4-10Princeton (1-0 TRACS) ........... 3-9

Three Rivers North ........Conf. AllNewman ............................1-0 12-0Fulton ............................... 1-0 12-3Bureau Valley .................... 1-0 9-7Morrison ........................... 1-0 5-10Riverdale .......................... 0-1 4-8Prophetstown ....................0-1 3-8Amboy ..............................0-1 2-10Erie ..................................0-1 0-13

HIgH SCHOOL gIRLSBCR Girls

LaMoille/Ohio (2-3 LTC) ......... 8-9Bureau Valley (0-4 TRACN) .... 7-8St. Bede (2-1 TRACS) ............. 7-8Hall (0-4 TRACS) .................. 4-10Princeton (0-4 TRACS) .......... 2-14DePue ................................. na

Three Rivers North ........Conf. AllProphetstown ....................5-0 17-2Amboy ..............................4-1 10-4Erie ..................................3-2 10-5Riverdale ..........................3-2 10-7Newman ............................3-2 4-10Morrison ........................... 1-4 9-9Bureau Valley ....................0-4 7-9Fulton ...............................0-4 3-14

Three Rivers South ........Conf. AllSherrard ...........................4-0 16-1Kewanee ............................4-2 8-10Orion ................................2-1 naSt. Bede .............................2-1 7-8Rockridge ..........................2-2 11-5Hall ..................................0-4 4-10Princeton ..........................0-4 2-14

At ManliusProphetstown 10 14 25 13 — 62Bureau Valley 11 6 9 15 — 41

BV (7-9, 0-4): Bickett 2 0-1 4, Osk Arnadottir 2 (1) 0-1 5, Bornsheuer 2 0-0 4, Kaiser 0 0-0 0, V. Reuter 4 1-2 10, S. Reuter 0 0-0 0, Kepner 5 (1) 1-2 12, Zemke 0 0-0 0, Petros 0 1-2 1, Dean 1 (1) 2-2 5. Totals: 16 5-10 41.

Prelim: Prophetstown won.

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Front page BCR Sports headlines from 2013

Princeton High School’s Invitational Wrestling Tournament, aka the PIT, marks its 50th anniversary.

Host Hall wins the Lady Devil Invitational bowling tournament at Ladd Lanes. Kaitlyn Padgett rolled a 1,133 series.

J.T. Dant wins the Princeton Master’s Bowling Tourney for the third time in four years.

Longtime coach Rick Kamrath goes out at Logan Junior High School with a 15-0 season capped with a 58-24 win over Ottawa in the Starved Rock Conference seventh-grade bas-ketball finals.

Senior guard Brett Fanning cracks the 1,000-point club at Hall High School.

Anna Flaig wins her fifth Princeton Master’s Bowling Tournament.

The Putnam County Panthers edge Hall 64-63 to claim the Tri-County Conference tournament championship at R.M. Germano Gymnasium in Granville.

The St. Bede Lady Bruins defeat Ottawa Marquette 53-38 for the regional basketball championship. Putnam County girls beat

Midland 40-32 for their first regional title since 1984.

Walnut official Larry Wilcoxen hangs up his whistle after 55 years.

Megan Nation, a former L-P player, is named as head volleyball coach at Hall High School.

Annawan places third in the IHSA 1A State Basketball Tournament.

Princeton’s Nathan Warren competes for Team USA in the Special Olympics Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Hall’s David McManus and Kaitlyn Padgett are the BCR Bowlers of the Year.

St. Bede’s Mo Dean and Hall’s Brett Fanning are the BCR Players of the Year for basketball.

St. Bede junior James Peacock is the BCR Wrestler of the Year

Princeton wins its own Ferris Invitational track meet.

LaMoille’s Bret Dannis wins the IESA sev-enth-grade hurdles crown.

Bureau County state medalist includes Bureau Valley’s Lindsey Hoffert (third in 1A triple jump), Neponset’s Freya Block (2nd in 1A shot/discus) and Princeton’s Zoe Mead (seventh in 2A 800 meters).

St. Bede beats Marquette 2-1 for 2A baseball crown. The Lady Bruins beat Mendota 9-2 for the

regional softball title.St. Bede advances to the state softball

tournament for the first time, defeating Stillman Valley 1-0 in the sectional finals and Aurora Central Catholic 6-1 at the DeKalb Super-Sectional.

Bureau Valley’s Logan Hoffert wins three state medals in track, including the triple jump, hurdles and 4x400. St. Bede’s Steven Gualandri places fourth in 1A 300 hurdles.

Putnam County falls to Waterloo Gibault 6-2 in the 1A baseball state championship game.

St. Bede lands fourth in the 2A State Softball tournament.

Former Princeton Tiger Joe Ruklick is named one of Northwestern’s all-time 50 greatest athletes.

Princeton’s Michelle Kelly is the BCR Soccer Player of the Year.

Lanny Slevin signs off after 41 years with WLPO Radio.

Bureau Valley’s Logan Hoffert and Kewanee’s Freya Block of Neponset are the BCR Track Athletes of the Year.

St. Bede pitcher Lainie Schwieckert is the BCR Softball Player of the Year while St. Bede’s Brad Groleau and Hall’s Brett Fanning share those honors in baseball.

Princeton’s Kenny Wilcoxen is recognized as the IHSA official of the year in boys basketball.

Scott Hartmann and Michelle Rowley win the Greater Princeton Golf Open.

Carol Balconi wins Illinois Valley Women’s Golf Invite in memory of her mother, Pat.

Dave Husemann Jr. of Wyanet purchases the former Hunter’s Ridge Golf Course, renaming it as Chapel Hill.

United Methodist beats out St. Mathew’s for the Princeton Fastpitch Tournament crown.

Opening night of Friday Night Lights give way to thunder and lightning as Week 1 of the 2013 prep football season is postponed.

Chase Sexton, 12, of LaMoille competes in the FIM World Championships in the Czech Republic.

LaMoille/Ohio wins its Lady Lions Invitational volleyball tournament.

Princeton and St. Bede meet for the first time on the gridiron with the Bruins spoiling the Tigers’ Homecoming festivities 40-6.

Princeton repeats as regional soccer champi-ons with a 5-0 whitewash of Wilmington.

Princeton’s Zach Hicks and Sophia Suarez are the BCR Golfers of the Year.

Hall Red Devil football returns on the state map, returning to the playoffs for the first time in five years and beating Bizmarck-Henning for its

first playoff win in seven years.Hall’s Al Baldonado nets All-State cross coun-

try honors for the first time. He is named as the BCR Runner of the Year along with Princeton’s Zoe Mead.

DePue’s Carlos Acosta and Princeton’s Dylan Schafer as the BCR Soccer Players of the Year.

The Princeton-Kewanee football rivalry is voted as the best in the state as part of the national contest sponsored by USA Today High School Sports.

L-P lands second place in the 3A State vol-leyball tournament.

LaMoille’s Shiela Browning and Princeton’s Michelle Kelly are named as the BCR Volleyball Players of the Year.

Hall’s Taggart Venegas and Nathan Tonozzi are named as the BCR Football Players of the Year.

Princeton’s Chips Giovanine, who had a long, successful coaching career at Bureau Township, Buda Western and LaSalle-Peru high schools is rewarded with the IHSA’s Buzzy O’Conner Award for Lifetime Achievement.

MVP Miguel Villareal and the Hall Red Devils hoist the Colmone Classic championship.

Mendota repeats as the Lady Bruins Christmas Classic champions.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 13TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

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PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION A/K/A )PHH MORTGAGE SERVICES ) Plaintiff, ) -v.- )DARRELL LUCAS A/K/A DARREL A. )LUCAS, et al ) Defendants )

13 CH 00052 NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 19, 2013, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 11:30 a.m. on January 30, 2014, at the office of Russell, English, Scoma & Beneke, P.C., Ten Park Ave. West, PRINCETON, IL, 61356, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 101 5TH STREET, SEATONVILLE, IL 61359 Property Index No. 18-18-303-003. The real estate is improved with a single family resi-dence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale pay-able to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment credi-tor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject prop-erty is subject to general real estate taxes, spe-cial assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no repre-sentation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the pur-chaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876. Please refer to file number 14-13-13280. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 Attorney File No. 14-13-13280 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 13 CH 00052 TJSC#: 33-21741 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that pur-pose.I581481Published in the Bureau County Republican Dec. 28, 2013, Jan. 4 and 11, 2014.


BUREAU COUNTY - PRINCETON, ILLINOIS

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST )COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FKA )THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST )COMPANY, N.A. SUCCESSOR TO )JPMORGAN CHASE BANK N.A., AS )TRUSTEE FOR RASC 2003-KS10 ) Plaintiff, ) -v.- )DARWIN H PIERSON A/K/A DARWIN )HUGH PIERSON, et al ) Defendant )


PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 7, 2013, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 11:30 a.m. on February 11, 2014, at the office of Russell, English, Scoma & Beneke, P.C., Ten Park Ave. West, PRINCETON, IL, 61356, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 712 SOUTH THOMAS STREET, SHEFFIELD, IL 61361 Property Index No. 14-19-455-003. The real estate is improved with a white vinyl one story single family home with a one car attached garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale pay-able to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment credi-tor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject prop-erty is subject to general real estate taxes, spe-cial assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no repre-sentation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the pur-chaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Visit our website at ser-vice.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 p.m. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1215460. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 Attorney File No. PA1215460 Case Number: 13 CH 11 TJSC#: 33-24728I581835Published in the Bureau County Republican Dec. 28, 2013, Jan. 4 and 11, 2014.

not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered to the Independent Executor and to the attorneys within 10 days after it has been filed. Dated this 2nd day of January, 2014.Angel, Isaacson & TracyAttorneys for Estate 111 Park Avenue EastPrinceton, IL 61356815-875-6551Published in the Bureau County Republican Jan. 4, 11 and 18, 2014.

NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on January 2, 2014, a cer-tificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Bureau County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post office addresses of all of the persons owning, con-ducting and transacting the business known as J’Adore located at 812 W. Dakota St., Spring

Valley, IL 61362. Dated this 2nd day of January, 2014.

/s/Kamala S.Hieronymus

Bureau County ClerkPublished in the Bureau County Republican Jan. 4, 11 and 18, 2014.

NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on December 26, 2013, a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Bureau County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post office addresses of all of the persons owning, con-ducting and transact-ing the business known as Wall Farms located at 788 Kentville Rd., Tiskilwa, IL 61368. Dated this 26th day of December, 2013.

/s/Kamala S.Hieronymus

Bureau County ClerkPublished in the Bureau County Republican Dec. 28, 2013, Jan. 4 and 11, 2014.

CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUITBUREAU COUNTY,

ILLINOISESTATE OF )RICHARD A. RAMOS, ) DECEASED )

NO. 2013-P-112CLAIM NOTICE

Notice is given of the death of Richard A. Ramos. Letters of office were issued to Cora G. Ramos of 23888 2200 N Avenue, Princeton, Illinois 61356 as Independent Executor whose attorneys are Angel, Isaacson & Tracy, 111 Park Avenue East, Princeton, Illinois 61356. Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Clerk of the Court, Bureau County Courthouse, 700 South Main Street, Princeton, Illinois 61356, or with the Independent Executor, or both, on or before July 7, 2014, or, if mailing or deliv-ery of a notice from the Independent Executor is required by Section 18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice. Any claim


BUREAU COUNTY - PRINCETON, ILLINOIS PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION )A/K/A PHH MORTGAGE SERVICES ) Plaintiff, ) -v.- )DARRELL LUCAS A/K/A DARREL A. )LUCAS, et al ) Defendants )


PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursu-ant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 19, 2013, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 11:30 a.m. on January 30, 2014, at the office of Russell, English, Scoma & Beneke, P.C., Ten Park Ave. West, PRINCETON, IL, 61356, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the follow-ing described real estate:

LOT 7 AND THE SOUTH 17 FEET OF LOT 8 IN BLOCK 4 IN JAMES H. SEATON’S THIRD ADDITION TO THE VILLAGE OF SEATONVILLE, BUREAU COUNTY, ILLINOIS; EXCEPTING THE COAL UNDERLYING THE SAME, TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHT TO DIG, MINE AND REMOVE THE SAME WITHOUT, HOWEVER, ENTERING UPON THE SURFACE THEREOF; ALL LYING AND BEING SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF BUREAU IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.

Commonly known as 101 5TH STREET, SEATONVILLE, IL 61359 Property Index No. 18-18-303-003. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certi-fied funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calcu-lated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condi-tion. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765

ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, examine the court file or con-tact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876. Please refer to file number 14-13-13280. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at

www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 Attorney File No. 14-13-13280 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 13 CH 00052 TJSC#: 33-21741 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attor-ney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.I581481Published in the Bureau County Republican Dec. 28, 2013, Jan. 4 and 11, 2014.

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PRINCETON 2 bedroom.heat & utilities included.Deposit, no pets. $625 amonth. Call 815-303-7066 / 815-303-7621

615 • Truck Sales

- 700 -Real Estate For Sale

767 • Mobile Home Sales

768 • Homes For Sale

- 800 -Real Estate For Rent

856 • Apartment Rentals

SEATONVILLE 2-3 bed-room. Contract Sale. Bestqualified with highestdown payment gets thehouse. 507 South PeruStreet. $60,000 sale price.$600 per month.

Call 815-664-2808

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All real estate advertis-ing in this newspaper issubject to the FairHousing Act whichmakes it illegal to ad-vertise “any preference,limitation or discrimina-tion based on race, col-or, religion, sex, handi-cap, familial status ornational origin, or an in-tention, to make anysuch preference, limita-tion or discrimination.”Familial status includeschildren under the ageof 18 living with par-ents or legal custodi-ans, pregnant womenand people securingcustody of children un-der 18.This newspaper will notknowingly accept anyadvertising for real es-tate which is in viola-tion of the law. Ourreaders are hereby in-formed that alldwellings advertised inthis newspaper areavailable on an equalopportunity basis.To complain of discrim-ination call, HUD toll-free at 800 669-9777.The toll-free telephonenumber for the hearingimpaired is 800 927-9275

3 Bedroom Mobile Homefor sale. $2,000 down,$188.02 plus lot rent of$210 per month for 3years. Call 815-303-2948

PRINCETON 1 bedroom,recently remodeled. Greatneighborhood. Lease, de-posit. $425. 810 SouthEuclid. Call 217-766-8497

"Stop renting! Use yourtax refund to own yourhome:” Schult mobilehome, 12'x60', 2 bed-room, 1 bath. Newly re-modeled with shed; Holly-park mobile home,14'x70', 2 bedroom, 1bath. New hardwoodflooring & carpeting.Large deck, carport &shed. Offering financing& low monthly payments!Perfect credit not re-quired. Call 875-1502 formore information

PRINCETON Apartment.Utilities furnished.

Upstairs, $600.Phone 815-875-1336

LAMOILLE 1 & 2 bedroomapartments. 1st monthrent and deposit required.

Call 815-303-2078

OHIO - FREE RENTBeautiful Victorian Apart-ments. 2 & 1 bedroomapartments. Quiet living.Stove, refrigerator, wash-er, dryer, water furnished.Very spacious. Eat-inkitchen. Off-street park-ing. No pets. Lots of stor-age. Call 815-878-1438

1991 Ford F150, 4x4.Runs good. $2,000.

Call 815-718-5730

PRINCETON 441 EastMarion. 2 bedroom. $550.Heat, water, garbage.Laundry. Covered parking.No pets. 309-288-3008

PRINCETON For Rent/Saleor Rent to Own. 4 bed-room/2 bedroom tri-levelhome. Nice size lower lev-el family room, will .con-sider pets. 624 Aleta.$1,150 per month plusutilities. Call 815-739-6842 for application.

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WYANET 1 bedroom up-stairs apartment. Appli-ances and utilities includ-ed. $450 + deposit andreferences. 815-866-1998

WYANET 2 bedroom up-stairs apartment. Appli-ances and utilities includ-ed. $525 + deposit. Call815-866-1998

PRINCETON Large 1 or 2bedroom, 1 bath, stove,refrigerator, garbage pro-vided. Centrally located.Also available sharedhouse.

Call 815-780-0630

856 • Apartment Rentals

858 • Homes for Rent

PRINCETON 2 bedroomRanch style, full base-ment, attached garage,central air. $675/month.Call 815-875-1923

PRINCETON 3 bedroom,central air, no pets, avail-able immediately, securitydeposit, $650/month.

Call 815-303-2665

PRINCETON Modern &Clean 2 bedroom. Hard-wood floors, garage, allkitchen appliances includ-ed. No pets. No smoking.$695/month + utilities. Call 815-878-1984

RURAL PRINCETON5 bedrooms. Princetonschool district. References& security deposit, $850per month. Call

RAY FARMMANAGEMENT SERVICES

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PRINCETON Two apart-ments for rent. (1) 1 bed-room, (1) 2 bedroom. De-posit & references re-quired. 815-879-7491

PRINCETON Duplex Stove& fridge furnished, wash-er & dryer hookups. Nopets. No smoking. Refer-ences. $595 per month +Deposit. Call 815-879-0005 or 815-878-3020,ask for Todd

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CORRECTEDNOTICE OF JUDICIAL SALE

Residential property situated at 109 Main Street Seatonville, IL 61359, consisting of resi-dential property with buildings will be sold at a judicial sale conducted by the Bureau County Sheriff on January 29, 2014, at 10:00 o’clock a.m. at the Main Lobby, Bureau County Court House, Princeton, IL 61356. The terms of the sale are cash in full at the time of sale. Title will be conveyed subject to all general real estate taxes which are a lien upon the real estate, special assessments, if any, and ease-ments and restrictions of record. For further information contact Stanley A. Wolf, Jr., Vice President, Spring Valley City Bank, 315 North Cornelia Street, Spring Valley, Illinois 61362, telephone (815) 663-2211. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701( C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.

Mary C. DremannClerk of the Circuit Court of Bureau County

Wimbiscus Law Firm, P. C.Attorney for Spring Valley City Bank102 East St. Paul StreetSpring Valley, IL 61362Published in the Bureau County Republican Jan. 4, 11 and 18, 2014.

Farms For sale3.05 ac - bldg. site - sale pending111.6 ac - mostly tillable56.31 ac - tillable & timber30.70 ac - sale pending12.83 ac - sale pending20.63 ac - potential home site 37.58 ac - tillable & timber16.42 ac - SOLD34.17 ac - timber27.71 ac - sale pending

815-872-FARM (3276)

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

BUREAU COUNTY, ILLINOISVILLAGE OF DEPUE, )an Illinois Municipal Corporation, )Plaintiff, )v. )CHERYL MARTINEZ, UNKNOWN OWNERS, )and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, )Defendants. )

No. 2013-MR-9NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursu-ant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered by the Court in the above-entitled cause, the property hereinafter described, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy the judgment, shall be sold to the highest bidder as follows: A. The name, address and telephone number

of the person to contact for more informa-tion regarding the real estate are: Eric C. Bryant, Village President, Village of DePue, 111 W. Second St., P.O. Box 500, DePue, IL 61322; Telephone: (815) 447-2177.

B. The common address and other common-description, if any, of the real estate is 117 Lake St., DePue, IL 61322.

C. The legal description of the real estate is: Lot 87 in the Village of DePue, Bureau County, Illinois; excepting therefrom the underlying coal and fireclay and the right to dig, mine and remove the same without entering upon the surface thereof.

D. A description of the improvements on the real estate: None.

E. The times specified in the judgment, if any, when the real estate may be inspected prior to sale: The property will not be open for inspection, and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

F. The time and place of the sale are January 29, 2014, at 9:30 a.m., in the main lobby of the Bureau County Courthouse, 700 S. Main St., Princeton, IL 61356.

G. The terms of the sale are: This is an “AS IS” sale for cash. The successful bidder must deposit 10% down with cash or certified funds, and the balance, by certi-fied funds, within 24 hours of the sale, and the required fee, if any, for deposit into the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund. There will be no refunds. The real estate is subject to unpaid general real estate taxes, any unpaid special assessments, and to all easements, reservations and restrictions of record.

JACOB J. FROST, ATTORNEY AT LAWAttorney for Plaintiff

Published in the Bureau County Republican Dec. 21, 28, 2013 and Jan. 4, 2014.

balance to be paid, by certified funds, in full within 24 hours from the time of sale upon delivery of pos-session and warranty deed. The subject property is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff. The sale is further subject to confirma-tion by the court. Real estate taxes to be prorated to date of closing. Any statements made at time of sale will supersede any previously advertised or announced. 9. Title will be conveyed subject to all general real estate taxes which are a lien upon the real estate, but have not yet become due and payable, and special assessments, if any, and easements and restrictions of record.Published in the Bureau County Republican Dec. 21, 28, 2013 and Jan. 4, 2014.


BUREAU COUNTY - PRINCETON, ILLINOIS THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST ) COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FKA )THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, ) N.A. SUCCESSOR TO JPMORGAN CHASE )BANK N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR RASC )2003-KS10 ) Plaintiff, ) -v.- )DARWIN H PIERSON A/K/A DARWIN HUGH )PIERSON, et al ) Defendant )


PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursu-ant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 7, 2013, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 11:30 a.m. on February 11, 2014, at the office of Russell, English, Scoma & Beneke, P.C., Ten Park Ave. West, PRINCETON, IL, 61356, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the follow-ing described real estate:

LOT 15 OF THOMAS PARK ADDITION TO THE VILLAGE OF SHEFFIELD, AS SHOWN BY PLAT OF SAID ADDITION OF RECORD IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF BUREAU COUNTY, ILLINOIS, IN VOLUME 310 OF DEED RECORDS AT PAGE 318 SUBJECT TO AN EASEMENT HERETOFORE GRANTED TO THE VILLAGE OF SHEFFIELD, ILLINOIS, TO LAY AND MAINTAIN A WATER MAIN AND DRAIN TILE ON A LINE RUNNING NORTH AND SOUTH ACROSS A STRIP OF LAND FIVE (5) FEET WIDE OFF OF THE EAST END OF SAID LOT, LYING AND BEING, SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF BUREAU IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.

Commonly known as 712 SOUTH THOMAS STREET, SHEFFIELD, IL 61361 Property Index No. 14-19-455-003. The real estate is improved with a white vinyl one story single fam-ily home with a one car attached garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accept-ed. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confir-mation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The

property will NOT be open for inspection and plain-tiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1215460. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 Attorney File No. PA1215460 Case Number: 13 CH 11 TJSC#: 33-24728I581835Published in the Bureau County Republican Dec. 28, 2013, Jan. 4 and 11, 2014.


BUREAU COUNTY, ILLINOISSpring Valley City Bank, an Illinois )Banking Corporation, ) Plaintiff, ) v. ) Vivian Marie Briddick, a/k/a Vivian Marie )Breckenridge, Daniel McLaughlin, Julie )McLaughlin, Non-Record Claimants, )Unknown Owners and Unknown Occupants, ) Defendants. )

Case No. 2013-CH-53CORRECTED

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE(IT IS ADVISED THAT INTERESTED

PARTIES CONSULT THEIR OWN ATTORNEYS BEFORE BIDDING AT

FORECLOSURE SALES) PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment for Residential Foreclosure entered by the court in the above entitled cause on August 22, 2013, the property hereinafter described or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said judgment, will be sold to the highest bidder. A) The name, address and telephone number of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate is: Stanley A. Wolf, Jr., Vice President & Loan Officer, Spring Valley City Bank, 315 North Cornelia Street, Spring Valley, Illinois 61362, tele-phone number (815) 663-2211; B) The legal descriptions of the mortgaged real estate and the common addresses or other com-mon description if any is:

Lots 8 and 9 in Block 2 in the Village of Seatonville, excepting therefrom the underlying coal, fireclay and other min-erals, together with the right to dig, mine and remove the same without entering

upon the surface thereof, all lying and being situated in the County of Bureau, in the State of IllinoisCommonly known as 109 Main Street, Seatonville, IL 61359Permanent Index Nos: 18-18-357-014 (Lot 8) and 18-18-357-015 (Lot 9)

C) A description of the improvements on the real estate is: residential properties with buildings. D) The property will not be open for inspection. E) The time and place of the sale are: January 29, 2014, at 10:00 o’clock a.m. at the Main Lobby, Bureau County Court House, Princeton, IL 61356 F) The terms of the sale are cash in full at the time of sale. G) Title will be conveyed subject to all general real estate taxes which are a lien upon the real estate, special assessments, if any, and easements and restrictions of record. H) If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9 (g)(1) and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701( C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.

Mary C. DremannClerk of the Circuit Court of Bureau County

Wimbiscus Law Firm, P. C.Attorney for Plaintiff102 East St. Paul StreetSpring Valley, IL 61362Telephone (815) 664-4151 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attor-ney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.Published in the Bureau County Republican Jan. 4, 11 and 18, 2014.


BUREAU COUNTY, ILLINOISVILLAGE OF DEPUE, )an Illinois Municipal Corporation, ) Plaintiff, ) v. ) CHERYL MARTINEZ, UNKNOWN OWNERS, ) and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, ) Defendants. )

No. 2013-MR-9NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered by the Court in the above-entitled cause, the property hereinaf-ter described, or so much thereof as shall be suf-ficient to satisfy the judgment, shall be sold to the highest bidder as follows: A. The name, address and telephone number

of the person to contact for more information regarding the real estate are: Eric C. Bryant, Village President, Village of DePue, 111 W. Second St., P.O. Box 500, DePue, IL 61322; Telephone: (815) 447-2177.

B. The common address and other commondescription, if any, of the real estate is 117 Lake St., DePue, IL 61322.

C. The legal description of the real estate is:Lot 87 in the Village of DePue, Bureau County, Illinois; excepting therefrom the underlying coal and fireclay and the right to dig, mine and remove the same with-out entering upon the surface thereof.

D. A description of the improvements on the real estate: None. E. The times specified in the judgment, if any,

when the real estate may be inspected prior to sale: The property will not be open for inspec-tion, and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

F. The time and place of the sale are January 29,2014, at 9:30 a.m., in the main lobby of the Bureau County Courthouse, 700 S. Main St., Princeton, IL 61356.

G. The terms of the sale are: This is an “AS IS”sale for cash. The successful bidder must deposit 10% down with cash or certified funds, and the balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours of the sale, and the required fee, if any, for deposit into the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund. There will be no refunds. The real estate is subject to unpaid general real estate taxes, any unpaid special assessments, and to all easements, res-ervations and restrictions of record.

JACOB J. FROST, ATTORNEY AT LAWAttorney for Plaintiff

Published in the Bureau County Republican Dec. 21, 28, 2013 and Jan. 4, 2014.


BUREAU COUNTY, ILLINOISPEOPLES NATIONAL BANK OF KEWANEE, ) Plaintiff, ) vs. ) DOTTIE M. KULON, )UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD )CLAIMANTS, ) Defendants. )

No. 13-CH-44[Mortgage Foreclosure]

NOTICE OF COURT SALE[Code Civ. Proc. §15-1507]

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure entered by the court in the above entitled cause, the property hereinafter-described, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said judgment, will be sold to the highest bidder. 1. The name, address, and telephone number of the person to contact for informationregarding the real estate is:

Craig LindstromPeoples National Bank of Kewanee207 North Tremont StreetP.O. Box 387Kewanee, IL 61443Telephone: (309) 853-3333

2. The common address of the real estate is: 116 N. Main Street Ohio, IL 61349 3. The legal description of the real estate is:North Half of Lot Twelve (12) in Block Four (4) in the Village of Ohio, formerly known as the Village of Albrecht, all lying and being situated in the County of Bureau, in the State of Illinois 4. Description of Improvements: Commercial property 5. The real estate may not be inspected prior to sale unless arrangements are made with Mr. Lindstrom. 6. The date and time of the sale is: January 29, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. 7. The sale will be conducted by the Bureau County Sheriff in the lobby of the Bureau County Courthouse. 8. The terms of the sale are: This is an “as is” sale for “cash”. The successful bidder must deposit 10% down by certified funds at time of sale with

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Farm Bureau offering scholarships

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Looking ahead to 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Commod-ity Credit Corporation (CCC) announced Jan. 2 interest rates for January 2014. The CCC borrow-ing rate-based charge for January 2014 is 0.125 percent, unchanged from 0.125 percent in Decem-ber 2013.

The interest rate for commodity and marketing assistance loans disbursed during January 2014 is 1.125 percent, unchanged from 1.125 percent in December 2013.

Interest rates for Farm Storage Facility Loans approved for January 2014 are as follows, 2.250 percent with seven-year loan terms, up from 2.000 percent in Decem-ber 2013; 2.875 percent with 10-year loan terms,

up from 2.625 percent in December 2013 and; 3.000 percent with 12-year loan terms, up from 2.875 percent in December 2013. The interest rate for 15-year Sugar Storage Facility Loans for Janu-ary 2014 is 3.375 percent, up from 3.125 percent in December 2013.

The maximum discount rate applicable for Janu-ary 2014 for the Tobac-co Transition Payment Program is 5 percent, unchanged from Decem-ber 2013. This is based on the 3.250 percent prime rate plus 2 percent, round-ed to the nearest whole number.

Further program infor-mation is available from USDA Farm Service Agen-cy’s (FSA) Financial Man-agement Division at 202-772-6041.

The Bureau County Farm Bureau Foundation will offer scholarships to area students majoring in agriculture. Over the last 19 years, the Founda-tion has awarded almost $57,000 to 57 college stu-dents.

This year the Founda-tion is offering a gradu-ate student scholar-ship, which will benefit a Bureau County student furthering their education in agriculture.

To be eligible for the scholarships, students must be a Bureau County Farm Bureau member or a dependent of a Bureau County Farm Bureau member and must be pur-

suing a degree in an agri-cultural-related field.

Applications are avail-able by contacting the guidance counselors at school systems in Bureau County, the ag advisor at the school, advisors at state colleges and uni-versities or by contacting the Bureau County Farm Bureau office. Applica-tions are also available by email. Applications need to be postmarked by Feb. 28. If the application will be hand delivered to the office, it must be in by 4 p.m. Feb. 28. For more information or to receive an application, contact the Bureau County Farm Bureau at 815-875-6468.

The Bureau County Farm Bureau is offering an agriculture student a chance for an internship for the summer of 2014. Duties for the position would include assistance with summer ag literacy programs, support with public relations efforts and coordination of volunteers for future programming along with other activities as they arise.

The internship is open to those who have com-pleted at least two semes-ters in college classes and who are enrolled for an upcoming semes-ter. Preference will be given to applicants who are from Bureau County, have a farm background and/or are studying an agriculture-related at communication-related field.

Interested parties should submit an application, a resume and two personal recommendation forms to the Bureau County Farm Bureau, 535 Elm Place, P.O. Box 190, Princeton, IL 61356. For more infor-mation or to obtain an application, contact Jill Frueh at 815-875-6468 or [email protected]. Deadline for applica-tions is Feb. 28.

As 2013 came to a close, I became increas-ingly grateful for all the blessings in my life. I have an amazing fiancee, a healthy and loving fam-ily, a great job, a beauti-ful and fun-loving niece, and so much more.

But even with all the blessings, we all face challenges that some-times cause us to take a step back, breath and regroup.

This last year our office said goodbye to two wonderful employees who left the agency, one left to pursue a career on her family farm and the other retirement. Although it was sad to see them leave, we wish them the best of luck in their future endeavors.

With a hiring freeze in place, it is unclear on whether these vacancies will be filled. But I assure you we will continue to work hard and do the best job we can to serve the producers of Bureau County even with fewer staff.

Whenever I recap the

previous year, I can’t help but get excited to find out what the next year has in store, and 2014 is no different. I have BIG plans.

I will be marrying a wonderful man in the spring, and I look for-ward to all the joys and challenges that come with marriage. I will not only gain a husband, but as my fiancee is one of six children, I will gain a large, loving family, as well.

I look forward to continuing to serve the producers of Bureau County. Whether a new farm bill or an extension to the current farm bill is passed, we will be here to answer questions and help producers under-stand programs and poli-cy changes every step of the way.

One program change

many producers may not be aware of is the dead-line to certify forages and fall seeded small grains, which was Dec. 16, 2013.

This reporting date has been moved to an earlier date for 2014 crops in order to match the crop reporting deadline for crop insurance.

The Dec. 16, 2013, deadline has been extended to Jan. 15, 2014.

Producers who fail to report crops with an applicable deadline of Dec. 16 will be assessed a late-filing fee per farm, if they are reported after Jan. 15.

This includes perennial forage such as alfalfa, mixed hay, grasses that are baled, mechanically harvested or grazed and all fall seeded grains, including wheat for grain.

Also, please remember now is a great time to update your local Farm Service Agency (FSA) office of changes that have occurred such as

changes in ownership, farm operations, address, etc.

If you have any ques-tions or for more infor-mation, please call our office from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday at 815-875-8732, ext. 2.

On behalf of the Bureau County FSA Office, I would like to wish everyone a happy and prosperous new year!

Justina Boggio is the county executive direc-tor for the Bureau Coun-ty Farm Service Agency.

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Companies help IVCC move equipmentJimmy Senica of Senica’s Towing (left) releases cable as Zach Mennie of Mennie’s Machine (right) care-fully eases a forklift off the flatbed recently at Illinois Valley Community College. Assisting with the project are Mennie’s employees Jeff Edgcomb (second from left) and Neil Buffington. Mennie’s is moving, free of charge, manufacturing equipment from IVCC’s east campus into the new Peter Miller Community Technol-ogy Center. Senica’s volunteered to transport two Mennie’s forklifts from Mennie’s Route 71 plant to IVCC. “Mennie’s and Senica’s are outstanding, community-minded partners whose generosity will save IVCC thousands in moving expenses,” said IVCC President Jerry Corcoran. “During this joyous season, they both exemplify the true spirit of giving.”

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Weekly weatherThis year One year ago Records

High Low Prec. High Low Prec. High Low

Jan. 2 13 2 TS 31 8 0 60(2000) -15(1979)

Jan. 1 19 11 2S 20 9 0 50(1950) -15(1968)

Dec. 31 14 -1 TS 35 18 0 57(1965) -12(1969)

Dec. 30 11 -2 TS 34 13 0 61(2002) -9(1976)

Dec. 29 39 2 T 29 14 T 63(1984) -6(1983)

Dec. 28 47 36 0 30 21 TS 67(1984) -9(1961)

Dec. 27 42 24 .08 29 23 0 62(1982) -18(1951)

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