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Demolition derby shows fans a good timeJACKIE CAREY ENGLISH DEMOLITION DERBY AND CAR SHOW

Chronicle photos by Bryce Grahamwww.cambridgechron.com

LEFT: Family and friendsof Wyatt Obermeir gatheron the Henry CountyFairgrounds to honor hismemory. BELOW LEFT:Levi Hixson drives hisbattery powered truck inthe Power Wheels dem-olition derby 3 to 5 yearold category. BELOW:Emergency servicesstand by during the kingof the hill event.

By BRYCE GRAHAMChronicle Assistant Editor

The Jackie Carey EnglishDemolition Derby and CarShow put the pedal to the metalat the Henry County Fair-grounds Saturday, Sept. 19, ex-ceeding the number of cars inthe annual demolition derbyfrom 2014’s 83 cars by two.

“We can’t thank all thatturned out enough, for all thesupport that is shown year afteryear for this event,” said MistyWilson, organizer of the event.“We have wonderful volun-teers and safety crews, but it'sthe fans that make it fantasticand make us want to do thisyear after year.”

The donations raised at thisyear’s event went to HonorFlight of the Quad Cities, an

organization that flies veteransto Washington DC to visit thememorials built to honor theirsacrifices in war.

The event may have raisedmoney for a serious cause, butit was also full of fun. Activi-ties for kids included facepainting, an inflated obstaclecourse and a demo derby forbattery-operated riding toys.

The children’s derby wassplit into two classes, 3- to-5-year-olds and 6- to 10-year-olds.

Participants in the 3-to-5 cat-egory were Cambel Casteel,Brock Carlson, Emmet Kirlin,Isaac Nelson, Wyatt Smith,Cambden Galle, GrahamGalle, Maggie Leander,Keeghan Coulter, Logan Cur-tis, Ryland Williamson, Levi

Hixson and Garrett Franks.Participants in the 6-to-10

category were Hayden Mc-Cleary Larson, Preston Nelson,Heidi Leander, Kayson Swan-son, Tyler Whipple, GavinFranks, Jason Johnson, BaileyCarrington, Chase Pitman andPresley Morrissey.

This year’s event included amemorial ceremony for WyattObermeir, who passed awaythis past February. Friends andfamily gathered around threedemolition cars on the track toshow their love and support.

This year’s event alsohoused a booth for Shave ForThe Brave, an organizationwhich raises money for HonorFlights of the Quad Cities.Members passed out informa-tion on the organization and its

mission.Since its founding in March

of last year, the members haveraised $60,000. According tothe organization, the goal forthis year is to raise $50,000 topay for an entire Honor Flight.So far they have raised$40,000.

Shave for the Brave was notthe only group at the event rais-ing money to support veterans.Heels for Combat Boots andPatriotic Pin Up Girls held a50-50 contest to raise funds forservicemen and women withpost-traumatic stress disorderand traumatic brain injuries.

This year, Heels for CombatBoots and Patrotic Pin UpGirls also held a pin-up girlcontest. Samantha Gordon ofOrion took home the tiara this

year.The winners of this year’s

car show were:•Best of Show: Randy

Swanson, Cambridge, with a1971 Buick Estate wagon,

•Farthest Traveled: LukeEnglish, Bushnell, 66.3 milestraveled in his 1974 DodgeCharger.

•Best Engine: Skip andChristian Greenwood, of Dav-enport, with a 1978 Chevy Z-28 Camaro,

•Best Paint: David DeKezel,Cambridge, with a 1946 Chevy3100 half-ton pickup, and

•Best interior: KennethSwanson, Cambridge, with a1963 Chevy SS convertible.

Winners in the demolition

Jackie Carey English Derby draws large crowd

By BRYCE GRAHAMChronicle Assistant Editor

The Cambridge school boarddiscussed co-operatives at itsregular meeting on Thursday,Sept. 17, at Cambridge Ele-mentary School.

Board members focused onwhat was working and whatwasn’t.

“We feel pretty good aboutthe way we do things,” Super-intendent Tom Akers saidabout the Ridgewood co-oper-ative.

Board members learnedabout the Cambridge Aca-demic Foundation’s fundrais-ing gala, 70s-themed “GetYourGroove On,” on Saturday, Feb.27.

Heather Pine reported onwhat she learned during herJune trip to the Ron ClarkAcademy, Atlanta, Ga.

Pine hopes she will be able

to adapt some of the teachingskills she learned while at theacademy to Cambridge Ele-mentary School.

She has started a leadershipteam and will hold a study onRon Clark’s book, “The Essen-tial 55.”

Elementary school PrincipalShelly Capps said a second fallpicture day would be held onWednesday, Oct. 21.

Capps also reported that theAIM after-school programs areexpected to have 80 students atthe grade school level.

She also talked about plansfor the Friday, Sept. 18, teacherinstitute day. Those plans in-cluded backing up documentson Google, learning how to usethe district’s new Google site,and making their own pages.

At a staff meeting later onFriday, teachers were to talkabout next generation science

standards, the new evaluationsystem, student growth andother topics.

Capps announced that sheand Cambridge Jr.-Sr. HighSchool Principal Robert Rea-gan will be upgrading theschools’ technology.

“Mr. Reagan will be gettingsome new computers and I willas well, and very, very soon,”said Capps.

She was excited aboutHomecoming, saying sheloved the high schoolers get tocome over to the grade schooland be rock stars.

Friday, Oct. 2, is fire preven-tion day, and the elementaryschool is planning on doingsomething for the day.

Capps said that Friday, Oct.16, wil be the end of the ele-mentary school’s first quarter.Report cards will go out priorto parent-teacher conferences.

On Saturday, Oct. 24, LEVwill hold the second annualmother-son night.

“It will be fun,” said Capps.“I’m not going to tell you whatwe’re going to do, but it will befun. So just plan on beingthere.”

Red Ribbon Week activitieswill take place from Monday,Oct. 26, through Wednesday,Oct. 28.

Capps encouraged visits tothe new Wall of Fame in thelobby.

“We’re just looking forwardto some new adventures thisyear,” Capps said.

Reagan reported on Home-coming week. The main eventsare:

•Thursday, Sept. 24, 7 p.m.Bonfire at CHS football field.

•Friday, Sept. 25, 6 p.m. Al-Wood parade. 6:30 p.m. Al-Wood pep assembly at

AlWood High School gym.•Saturday, Sept 26, 10 a.m.

Cambridge parade. 10:30 a.m.Junior class dinner in Cam-bridge Community Hall. 1:30p.m. Homecoming game atCHS. 8 to 11 p.m. Homecom-ing dance at AHS.

Counselors have started sen-ior planning meetings, dis-cussing opportunities forseniors after high school grad-uation. These opportunities in-clude college, careers and otheroptions.

Reagan discussed the new J.Kyle Braid program, JKBCares. This program focuseson grief, illness and welcomingnew students.

“What they’re going to do,for example, if someone had asurgery, they’re going to makesure that they send them cards

Cambridge school board discusses co-operatives

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• Homecoming: Ridge-wood celebrates Home-coming on Saturday, Sept.26

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• Photo albums: Home-coming

• Poll: What is your favoritefall sport?

• Videos: Homecoming

Ridgewood Sports: Forfootball, volleyball andgolf, see Page 5. For intra-mural teams, see Pages 6and 7.

Cambridge Home Im-provement: Patty Turnerrenovations, Page 9.

Illinois State House: Re-publicans looking for La-Hood replacement, Page 2

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Coming in a future editionof the Orion Gazette:

• Postseason sports: Golfalready is winding down,as the others build up.

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• Photo albums: Orion FallFestival and Homecoming.

• Poll: What is your favoritefall sport?

• Videos: OHS choir con-cert videos.

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Homecoming: More pho-tos may be found through-out this issue.

Fall sports: A lotʼs goingon, and we crammed asmuch as we could into thisissue. Page 5-9.

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Homecoming

OHS festivities

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together

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Senior footballplayers and moms

Community spirit celebratedHOMECOMING

Gazette photos by Mindy Carls/www.oriongazette.com

LEFT: Before the Home-coming parade on Thrus-day, Sept. 17, horsescome over to inspect theCharger on the varsityfootball teamʼs float.Player Joey Guinnʼsgrandmother, artist JoyceRice of Eldridge, Iowa,obtained a North ScottHigh School lancer andchanged it into a Chargerfor OHS. BELOW:“Rocking along” to 1960ssongs, the Class of 1965rode in the parade. Dur-ing their senior year, thefootball team was 8-0.

Even though Orion FallFestival and Homecomingare in the past, area residentsstill have plenty of activitiesto choose from in the nextfew days.

Tackle Cancer NightSeptember is Childhood

Cancer Awareness Month,and Friday, Sept. 25, isTackle Cancer Night atCharger Field. Activities willbegin at 5 p.m. when theChargers host the RockridgeRockets for sophomore andvarsity football games.

The purpose of TackleCancer Night is to promotefinding a cure and raisingawareness of childhood can-cer.

People attending the gamewill have a chance to pur-chase a balloon for release

that night, or to put the nameof a loved one on the field.

Among the activities thatnight will be the Band Spec-tacular, which will featureOrion Middle School’s sev-enth and eighth grade bandand the high school march-ing band performing to-gether.

Also, the Orion Scarlets, ayouth cheerleading group,will perform. Orion LionsClub will be selling candy.

For more informationabout Tackle Cancer Night,phone Jeanine Simmer at(309) 235-3048 or LaurieThornburg at 314-5501.

Gourd-geous Dayin the Country

The eighth annual Gourd-geous Day in the Countrywill be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 26, rain orshine, at Dallas and RoxieDeShane’s WhisperingWinds Ranch, rural Orion.

Activities during the dayinclude free demonstrationsand classes, trying on gourdhats, ties and jewelry, andchildren’s activities, includ-ing a free puppet show, amake it-and-take it craft,face painting and gourdgames.

Vendors will be on hand tosell products made fromgourds. Orion Lions Clubwill serve breakfast andlunch.

Free parking will be pro-vided.

For more information,phone (309) 526-3332 orsend a message to the QuadCity Area Gourd Patch atwwr@frontiernet.net.

Eat in the StreetMain Street Orion is

holding its first-ever Eat inthe Street event from 6 to10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26.Everyone attending thefamily-oriented event isasked to bring a side dishor dessert to Peterson’sFrame & Alignment. MainStreet Orion will providefree meat, prepared byJustin Hardin, and sell bev-erages.

Tangent, featuring Orionnative Ken Smith, will playlive music at 7 p.m. and fora street dance at 8 p.m.

BankORION is sponsor-ing the event. BloombergAppraisal is providing thelighting, which Chris Wal-ton will install.

Dig Deep for Diabetes

OHS volleyball teamswill host Dig Deep for Di-abetes during the matcheswith Riverdale on Tuesday,Sept. 29. Both teams willuse the evening’s activitiesto raise awareness about di-abetes, and to collect fundsfor the Juvenile DiabetesResearch Foundation.

Orion senior Anna Nord-strom, who has diabetes, isspearheading Dig Deep forDiabetes. Another Charger,freshman Karsyn Johnson,also is affected by the au-toimmune disease that at-tacks the pancreas.Riverdale has a junior withdiabetes.

The girls will hold a bakesale on Sept. 29.

For more information,phone Lynn Nordstrom at(309) 236-1727.

Plenty to do in next few days here

State Rep. Moffitt will not run againBy MARTY HOBERegister-Mail

After more than 20years serving in Spring-field, State Rep. DonMoffitt announced Sun-day, Sept. 20, he willleave the Illinois GeneralAssembly when his termends next year.

“After many weeks ofreflection, discussionwith family, friends andcolleagues, I have de-cided that I will not be acandidate for re-electionas state representative in2016,” the Republicansaid at his annual picnicon his farm near Gilson.

“This has not been aneasy decision but I be-lieve it is the right one,”he said.

Moffitt said he plans tospend more time with hisgrandchildren and wife,as well as help his son onthe farm.

He made it clear he isn’tretiring yet. He has noplans to take it easy in thefinal months of his term.

“Everyone leaves theGeneral Assembly,” Mof-fitt said. “Some are car-ried out, some are votedout, and some leave ontheir own terms, and Ihave chosen to leave on

my own terms.”In his speech, Moffitt

touted his work in publicsafety and the manypieces of legislation hehelped push through tosupport it.

“My hope is that Illi-nois is a safer place withthe additional fire trucks,ambulances, AEDs, ther-mal cameras, infield up-grades and safetyequipment,” he said.

Moffitt did not rule outrunning or serving inlocal government in somecapacity. He served onmany local governmentalboards before he was

elected to state represen-tative.

“I would be willing toentertain (the idea) to beon the county board againor some other position,”Moffitt said. “Any placethe people feel I could behelpful.”

Moffitt started in theLegislature in 1993 afterserving as the KnoxCounty treasurer fornearly 10 years. He wasalso an alderman inKnoxville and the mayorof Oneida.

He is in his 23rd year inthe legislature, where heis serving his 12th term.

“That’s longer than Ihad planned to stay in theHouse, but there weresome reasons to stay andmake sure some capitalprojects were finished,”Moffitt said.

Namely, Moffitt wantedto finish the three gradeseparations for the twooverpasses and East MainStreet underpass in Gales-burg.

U.S. Rep. Darin La-Hood (R-Dunlap), whowas recently sworn in tothe seat of former U.S.Rep. Aaron Schock, com-

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A Few Moments With: Brian Anderson

Please see Swanson, Page 3

Name: Brian Ander-son

Age: 36Family: wife, Jenni-

fer (Conner) Anderson; stepson Mathew Wood;

stepdaughter Mickey Wood; and daughters Liberty Anderson and Ava Anderson

Residence: Galva Occupation: Train-

ing Tech for DuPont/ Pioneer

Movie(s) you nev-er get tired of: Major League, League of Their Own, Sandlot, Rocky 1-4

Music you've been listening to most lately: Tom Jones, Neil Diamond, CCR

Person(s) you admire: My father Dwight Anderson. Life has thrown him

curveballs his entire life. He still has a great attitude, smiles, talks with strangers, and has always tried to be a role model for a younger generation.

Some good ad-vice you've learned through the years: Never let your education get in the way of your education. The harder you work, the LUCKIER you are. And last for the kids: If you keep hit-ting the ball hard, good things will happen.

Cubs or Cardinals? Chicago still has a team on the north side . . . LOL . . . I was born and raised a Cardinals fan. It’s a great day to turn a Cardinals game on the radio and play catch in the yard.

Bears or Packers? I would like to say I would rather watch college football instead (go Irish) but the girls play softball year-round so usually on a Saturday and Sunday we are all at the diamonds.

Someone you think should be recognized for who they are or

$300,000 state aid reduction

BY CAROL TOWNSENDGALVA NEWS

The Galva School Board met Monday evening, opening with a public hearing on the budget. No public members addressed the board about the budget.

During the regular meeting, the board approved the budget, which has a deficit for the first time in six years. The deficit is $455,000.

Superintendent Doug O'Riley noted that state

aid is down $300,000.In other business:• The board approved

three seniors graduat-ing in December, having met their graduation requirements by that time.

• The graduation date for the class of 2016 was set at May 22, 2016.

• A board retreat was set for Tuesday, Sept. 29 at 6 p.m.

• O'Riley reported that Galva does not have its PARCC test results yet, but it is known that 70 percent of the students taking the test statewide failed the test.

It is not known if the PARCC test will be re-

quired again but board members said Galva should maybe go back and not concentrate on what is on this test but rather focus on what’s the best education for the students.

• O'Riley reported the new Galva School District website – www.galva224.org – is up and running and teachers are adding to it. He said the site is more user-friendly than the last one.

• The resignation of Dan Russell as JV boys basketball coach was approved.

• The board approved an architectural study

for a possible pre-kin-dergarten outdoor classroom. The outdoor classroom was first dis-cussed at last month’s board meeting.

• O'Riley passed out a three-year financial projection to each board member to study. He made a few comments about it, including not-ing that Galva is now relying more on local funds through property taxes than in the past. Wind turbines in Galva School District are a big part of that, also.

O’Riley also said enrollment is down

Historical society, granddaughter honor Marilyn

Nelson

A second mural has been added to the out-side north wall of the Henry County Histori-cal Museum in Bishop Hill, just in time for Ag Days this weekend.

The 10-by-7 foot colorful mural honors the tradition of arts in Bishop Hill and Hen-ry County, especially the contributions of women. Quilt making, spinning, weaving, sewing, broom making, pottery, blacksmithing and baking are all crafts the early settlers in the area practiced.

One special support-er of the arts in Henry County is featured on the mural in her young-er days. Marilyn Nelson,

an active supporter of the arts, is one of four women working on a quilt in the mural.

Mrs. Nelson is the grandmother of mural artist Lauren Schroeder of rural Cambridge. Mrs. Nelson’s mother's ancestors immigrated from Sweden to Bishop Hill in the mid 1800s.

A business owner in Bishop Hill since 1983, when she opened her quilt shop, The Village Smithy, Mrs. Nelson and Betty Robertson were co-founders of the annual Bishop Hill Quilt Show.

She also organized a personal yearly quilt retreat with family members called the Ber-tha Anderson Memorial Quilt Retreat to honor her mother, who taught her to sew.

Mrs. Nelson is a direct descendant of

Retired Army Lt. Colonel Dan Swan-son will formally announce on Friday,

Sept. 25 his candi-dacy for the Illi-nois House in Dis-trict 74.

Swanson, 56, will seek the seat of State Rep. Don Mof-fitt (R-Gilson), who announced Sunday he will not seek re-elec-tion next year after many years of public service.

Swanson, 56, a rural Cambridge farmer, served over 27 years in the Illinois Army Na-tional Guard and the United States Army, including a combat tour in Iraq in 2007-2008.

“I am running to bring conservative and good government principles to Spring-field,” Swanson said.

Making sure the military veterans of Illinois and the 74th District are well served is a top priori-ty, he said. There are

Galva school budget red for first time in few years

Brian Anderson

Swanson to seek

Moffitt’s seat

Longtime AlWood board member, vet announces

Swanson

CONTRIBUTEDMotorbiscuit members are seen in a promotional photo. They are (from left) Nolan Peterson, Matt Sanudo, Devon Peterson, Josh Smith and Nick Harding.

See Moments, Page 3

CONTRIBUTED PHOTOMarilyn Nelson stands with her husband Wilbur and granddaughter Lauren Schroeder near a mural Lauren has painted that is now installed on an exterior wall at the Henry County Museum in Bishop Hill. The mural honors arts in Bishop Hill and Henry County, and de-picts four fictional women who practice various arts. A longtime arts supporter, Marilyn’s face is included in the mural, second from left.

Grandmother’s art talents prompt her

presence in painting

Please see Mural, Page 3

CONTRIBUTED PHOTOGalva High School students scale a three-story portable climbing and rappelling tower on the practice field south of the school Friday during a physical educa-tion class. The tower was set up by the Recruiting Command of the Kewanee National Guard. Only high school students were allowed to climb the tower, and they wore safety straps and rappelling rope.

ON the Way Up

BY DOUG BOOCKGALVA NEWS

Hard Rock Cafe Chi-cago – the name alone evokes a history of mu-sical excellence known far and wide.

After this week, a Galva band will be among those who’ve entertained patrons of this popular establish-ment visited by mil-lions over the years. Motorbiscuit will per-form at The Hard Rock Cafe on Friday night, Sept. 25.

“It’s not everyday

Galva band eyeing famous venueHard Rock Cafe

up next for Motorbiscuit

that you get the chance to play at the Hard Rock Cafe,” Motorbis-cuit’s Nick Harding noted.

“That being said, we are all pretty ecstatic for the opportunity to do so. We’ve been look-

ing forward to it since the day we booked it and can’t wait to see what doors it will open, let alone just being able to perform on that stage.”

“This is a pretty big opportunity for us to

get in front of a large audience that has never heard of us before,” agreed lead guitarist Nolan Peterson.

“I think it is just proof of how hard we

Please see Band, Page 3

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