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Several dignitaries donned a hardhat and picked up a shovel to take part in the ceremonial groundbreaking at Illini Community Hospital Monday morning. The groundbreaking was the first phase of building an addition onto the hospital, along with the renovation of the former Strauss wing to accommodate the Illini Rural Health Clinic. Left to right, Kathy Hull, president and CEO of Illini Community Hospital, CD Davidsmeyer, state representative, Jayne Huseman, construction project manager for the Blessing Health System, Roberta Simpson-Dolbeare,

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With a quick, ceremonial ground breaking, the $4.2 million dollar addition and renovation to Illini Community Hospital is officially underway.

Kathy Hull, president and CEO of Illini, welcomed the crowd that included not only the dignitaries for the official ceremony but a large number of employees, as well.

Hull told the group the $4.2 million dollar project was a big step for Illini, which will be financing half the project through its annual budget. The project is expected to begin Monday, July 7 and take 10 months to complete.

The work will be done in two phases. The first will be the finishing of

chair of the Illini Hospital Board, Robin Ringwald, Chrisner, Inc. - lead architect for the project, Maureen Kahn, president and CEO of Blessing Hospital, Jennifer Mowen, administrative director of performance improvement at Illini, Angie Goewey, administrative director of ancillary and support services at Illini, Holly Jones, administrative director of nursing at Illini, John Hayden, mayor of Pittsfield, Sam McCann, state senator, Jim Gay, Illini Hospital Board, David Guthrie, Capital Campaign employee chairperson, Scott Wilson, SM Wilson and Jerry

the shelled space above the emergency room and the addition of the building on the west end of the hospital.

Phase two will include the complete remodel of the west hallway formerly known as the Strauss Wing and the finishing of the new 2,700 square foot addition to house the Rural Health Clinic.

If everything goes as scheduled, the project will be completed late next spring.

“This will allow us to move the consulting physicians into the area now referred to as ‘the shell,’” Hull said, speaking of the space created when the new emergency room was added in 2005. Hull said there are approximately 20 consulting physicians providing specialty services through this clinic,

“With the addition and the existing area, there will be 2,700 square feet of space for the clinic.”

Kathy Hull President and CEO, Illini Community Hospital including oncology, cardialogy, podiatry and many others, usually only found in bigger hospitals.

She also said the renovations will provide for tele-medical clinics, something Illini hopes to offer in 2015, mak-

Jackson, vice president of engineering and facility development for Blessing Corporate Services. Pat Gerveler, Senior VP and CFO of Blessing Corporate Services also participated in the event. At right is an artist rendering of the addition being built on to Illini Community Hospital showing how well it will blend in with the current structure. A number of parking places will be eliminated by the addition but additional parking has been provided on Adams Street by the addition of a large parking lot and several on-street parking spaces.

ing even more speciality services available to the area.

With the consulting physician’s clinic moving, the area, known as the former Strauss Wing, will be available.

Illini plans to use that area for its own health clinic.

“Illini Rural Health Clinic will move onto our campus, ” Hull said. “With the addition and the existing area, there will be 2,700 square feet of space for the clinic.”

Hull said the Illini Rural Health Clinic was started in 2005 with zero patients.

“They now have more than 4,000,” she said.

The clinic is currently located in the 300 block of Washington Street.

“This will provide privacy for our

patients and efficiency for our staff,” Hull said of the overall project. “With the trend more toward prevention and wellness care, this is the reason why we are here.”

Hull said Illini employes 177 employees, has 40 volunteers and nine medical staff members. Illini was taken under the Blessing Corps umbrella in 2001, giving the hospital the financial stability it needed at that time. A major remodel was done in 2005, when the emergency department was added, increasing care and privacy to those visiting the ER. Also speaking at Monday’s service was Roberta Simpson Dolbeare, chair of the Illini Hospital Board.

After the groundbreaking, the crowd was invited to a hospitality tent for cookies and punch.

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By beth zumwalt Pike Press Notice that your morning cup of coffee cost a little extra yesterday? Or that there was a slight increase in filling your tank with gas?

The one cent sales tax overwhelming supported by voters in the April election went into effect Monday night at midnight. The tax will benefit the four Pike County School districts with capital improvements. There is a very specific list of things the money may and may not be used to fund.

Kaye Iftner at the Pike County Chamber of Commerce said she has received several calls from merchants about the new tax.

“Some were confused on how to get started while others weren’t sure when to get started,” Iftner said. “The Illinois Department of Revenue sent letters to everyone who was currently collecting sales tax.”

Iftner said any merchant who doesn’t collect the sales tax will be billed for the extra one cent by the Illinois Department of Revenue for the days the business did not collect the tax.

Some merchants say they were prepared while others

were unaware of the new tax.

“I don’t live here, so I wasn’t aware of it,” Tracy Snyder, manager of Wal-Mart in Pittsfield, said.

Snyder said all tax calculations are programmed into the store’s cash registers via the corporate office and most likely was done with no local employees being involved.

Tiffany Kennedy, accountant at Pike County Lumber, said she was at work extra early yesterday morning, getting the business computers and cash registers programmed to add in the additional one-cent per dollar on each purchase.

“I was aware it was coming and then we received an informational bulletin from the Illinois Department of Revenue, explaining it,” she said.

The one-cent sales tax will only be added on to items currently taxed and titled vehicles and other exemptions exist. No prescriptions or grocery items will see an increase.

The money will be doled out to schools on a per-capita basis.

The first checks should arrive in October.

“There is a three month lag time,” Paula Hawley, superintendent of Pikeland Unit 10, (See tax, A2)

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Wyatt Capps, left and Maddux Wyatt are in awe over their butterfly. The two boys were at the butterfly release Sunday at Lowry Park. The release was sponsored by Blessing Hospice and Palliative Care. Butterflies were released by those participating in memory of loved ones who have died. A donation for each butterfly was accepted and each donor also received a T-shirt.

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Keegan Buhlig rides one of the attractions at the Western Illinois Fair Thursday, June 26. The fair was held Thursday through Sunday, June 29. For more photos of the fair, see page A2.

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By beth zumwalt Pike Press If the weather forecast holds true, Friday should be a perfect day for Pleasant Hill’s annual 4th of July celebration and Saturday is looking good for Pearl’s July Celebration, as well. The two events are the first festivals of the season for Pike County.

Pleasant Hill’s theme this year is “Hometown Heroes” and various members of the community will be recognized throughout the event.

New this year at Pleasant Hill will be pony rides, courtesy of Full Moon Petting Zoo. Crissy Mooney, co-owner of Full Moon Petting Zoo, has promised at least two ponies to give pony rides during the day.

Also available will be raffle tickets to benefit both the 4th of July committee.

Pageants for the Pleasant Hill baby, Little Mr and Miss, Prince and Princess, Junior Miss and Miss

will start at 1:45 and run throughout the afternoon.

Matt Miller will be running the sound all day for the stage but will take a break or two and perform for the crowd.

The always popular lip sync competition will begin at 5:35 p.m. and at dusk the spectacular fireworks will begin.

Pearl’s celebration kicks off at 9 a.m. Saturday with opening ceremonies. Pageants, raffles, games, a talent show and food fill the rest of the day. Also on the schedule is a washer tournament starting at 1 p.m.

See pages 2B and 3B for a complete schedule and candidates pictures for the pageants.

Pig Day will be the next festival in the county followed by Baylis, and Perry in August; Pittsfield, New Canton, Griggsville, Milton in September; and Barry in October.

The Fall Color Drives wraps up the festival season the third week in October.

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(Continued from A1) said. “In October, we will get July’s tax money.�

Hawley said if projections hold true, Pikeland’s first check should be approximately $40,000. The money from the first few checks will go to abate next year’s property taxes. “That wasn’t planned originally,� she said. “But property tax owners should see a small decrease in next year’s taxes.�

After the first few months, Pikeland will start saving the money from the sales tax and begin plan-

By BETH ZUMWALT Pike Press The Pikeland School board meeting for June lasted about 40 minutes but the board got some good and bad news during the time.

According to Paula Hawley, superintendent of the district, the state owes the district $242,000.

That was the bad news. “That is our last state aid payment and I doubt we will get it before June 30 (end of the fiscal year),� Hawley said. “I think we will get it the first week in July.�

The good news is that the summer maintenance projects are progressing nicely. “The windows are in at South and they are starting on the high school,� Hawley said. “The track is open to the public at the present time but we did close the playground at South because of the construction there.�

Hawley said the district’s bond company sold their bonds the day of the meeting, June, 17. The proceeds from those bonds will pay for the summer maintenance projects. “The first set of bonds totaled $1 million, 15 thousand dollars and the second was for $650,000, “ Hawley said. “They divided that into six different bonds and rates varied from 1.5 percent to 2.7 percent depending on the maturity date.�

The board heard letters of thanks from three retiring teachers – Sue Barger, Gina Rylander and Linda Belford.

After a closed session, the board accepted the resignation of Chris Schlieper as hot lunch employee at South School and approved hiring Linda Belford as part-time business teacher and yearbook sponsor, Stephanie Healy, as sixth-eighth grade math teacher at PCS and Jerrod Ingram as social studies teacher at PHS and assistant football coach and assistant softball coach.

Also approved were Jordan Cawthon as PHS volunteer basketball coach and Bobby Jo Norris and Paul Petty as volunteer assistant football coaches.

The board had said they were going into closed session to discuss the sale, lease or purchase of property and personal matters. After the closed session, Hawley said property matters were discussed but no action needed to be taken.

The board also met in closed session one and one-half hours before the meeting to discuss student discipline.

Hawley said she could not reveal the board’s decision except to say the board agreed with the recommendation of the student disciplinary board. The session was to discuss a student identified only as student B2014.

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ning to air condition South School and the high school. Work could start on those projects as early as next summer.

Andrea Allen, who retired from Griggsville-Perry Monday, said the money will be a huge benefit to the G-P district.

Air conditioning may be coming to in the Griggsville-Perry district, also. “We haven’t decided yet, but eventually we would like to finish air-conditioning the rest of the middle school,� Allen said.

City makes airport loans permanent

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Winners of the Western Illinois queen pageant were 2014 Western Illinois Fair Queen Rachel Johnson of Barry, front; Taylor Knight, swimsuit, left, Courtney Porter, first runner up; and Katie Knox, second runner up. Johnson was also named Miss Congeniality.

By BETH ZUMWALT Pike Press In an effort to make things clear for the auditors, the city of Pittsfield made four previous loans permanent transfers. In addition a new loan from the gas fund was approved.

The action was taken at last night's city council meeting.

"I've looked back and we have been subsidizing that airport for a long, long time," John Hayden, mayor, said.

"We have a payment from the state coming and a farm payment coming in soon, also."

Hayden said gas sales at the airport are not enough to meet expenses.

The action made a $30,000 loan from the wastewater and sewer fund a permanent transfer. That transac-

tion occurred in 2010. In 2012, the lake improvement fund loaned the airport, $10,000 and that was turned into a permanent transfer at last night's meeting. Two more $10,000 transfers were also made permanent, one from municipal equipment and replacement and another from wastewater/sewer.

The loans total $70,000 over the past four years.

Alderman Bill Schiewe voted No on the transfers saying he felt it was time to make the airport self-sufficient.

"Maybe we need to cut back to a part-time employee or something," he said.

Several alderman agreed but no action was taken.

Muny premiere of ‘The Adams Family’ July 14-20 Making its US regional and Muny premiere, “The Addams Family� puts Charles Addams' classic and beloved characters in a hilarious Broadway musical that has been thrilling audiences worldwide. See what Bloomberg News calls “uproarious!� “The Addams Family� features a book by Jersey Boys authors Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, and music by Andrew Lippa. Come

meet Gomez, Morticia, Lurch and the entire hilariously odd Addams Family.

Single tickets are on sale now.

The Muny Box Office in St. Louis is open seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Performances start at 8:15 p.m. Tickets may be purchased online, by calling 314-361-1900 ext.

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Cawthon graduates Jordan Cawthon, Pittsfield, graduated May 17 from Benedictine University in Springfield with a degree in business/finance.

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Brokaw on dean’s list

The University of Missouri has named the dean’s list for the 2014 spring semester. Included in the list is Paige Marie Brokaw, a sophomore human environment science major.

She is the daughter of Alan and Gayle Brokaw of rural Pittsfield.

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New owners at Eastside Gardens and Bloomers Greg and Dawn Bores are the new owners of Eastside Gardens and Bloomers in Pittsfield.

The Bores closed on the deal Monday afternoon.

Dawn Bores said she was born in Pittsfield but her family moved from the area when she was five. Her grandparents were Cliff and Francis Wilder and her niece is Angie Hammitt.

Eastside Gardens had been for sale and the owners, the Schiewe family, had said if no owner could be found by mid-summer, the businesses would close.

Boes said has been a gardening addict since 1991 and has worked for a perennial grower for several years.

“The Eastside Gardens doesn’t scare me at all,” Bores said. “I have a lot to learn about the flower shop business.”

The Bores have lived in Pittsfield for approximately one year.

Pike GOP names Boren candidate for State’s Attorney

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Shirley Loyd, left and Kay Gooud, are new employees at the Pike County Senior Citizen’s Center on Adams Street. Loyd is the new director, taking over for Rita Rumple, who is moving to Springfield.

Gooud is the new bookkeeper.

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Alberta Mesey caught up with Illinois State Representative C.D. Davidsmeyer last week in Pleasant Hill. Mesey and the congressman talked for several minutes in Pleasant Hill. Davidsmeyer had scheduled stops in Pittsfield, Pleasant Hill, Barry and Griggsville throughout the day.

State Police cracking down for Fourth of July Illinois State Police District 20 Commander, Captain Robert Elliott has announced enhanced enforcement efforts during the upcoming Fourth of July holiday period.

District 20 Troopers will be conducting a number of special emphasis patrols in an effort to protect citizens traveling on Illinois roadways. Last year, District 20 experienced one traffic fatality during this holiday period.

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Day, District 20 Troopers will be working special emphasis patrols such as the Combined Accident Reduction Effort (CARE) which places an emphasis on drivers who are speeding, driving while impaired, driving distracted and not wearing seat belts. District 20 Troopers will also be participating in Roadside Safety Checks and Scotts law the “Move over Law” details.

Over the last five years, there have been 49 fatal crashes during the travel period of Independence

Day Holiday. Twenty-five of these crashes were “alcohol related”.

Not only are there a lot of cars on the roads traveling, but many people will unfortunately choose to drink and drive. With the 4th of July being a Friday, many people will have a three-day-weekend and will be attending parties or celebrations.

“As you hit the roads this 4th of July, whether you are driving across the country or to a local event, make sure to drive safe and never choose to drink and drive.”

Ellliott said.

Statistics show the Independence Day Holiday to be one of the top three most dangerous holidays in Illinois when it comes to crashes. Driver error is the number one leading cause of traffic crashes and drivers need to remember to focus on the task at hand.

The message is simple, “One Driving Fatality is one to many, and the Illinois State Police are committed to Driving Zero Fatalities to a reality”

John Wood College offering web design classes

John Wood Community College will offer Introduction to Web Page Design (CSC 146) in the Macintosh Lab using Adobe Creative Suite CS6 during the fall 2014 semester.

Topics covered in the course include Web design theory, creating web pages in hypertext markup language (HTML), an introduction to cascading style sheets (CSS), creating web pages using the industry standard Web creation software (Adobe Dreamweaver), and much more.

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Other Graphic Design classes being offered in the Macintosh Lab in the fall include Desktop Publishing with InDesign , Computerized Illustration (Adobe Illustrator), Portable Document Format (PDF) , Graphic and Photo Manipulation (Adobe Photoshop), Advanced Web Page Design (Adobe Dreamweaver), Web Graphics & Interactivity (Adobe Flash and Fireworks), and Advanced Graphic Applications (Photoshop).

Introduction to Web Page Design is offered in classroom format on Wednesdays from 9-10:50 a.m.

Computerized Illustration is a blended course (part classroom and part online). The classroom portion will meet on Tuesdays from 9-10:45 a.m.

Portable Document Format is offered in classroom format on Mondays from 9-10:50 a.m. beginning in October.

The other five classes are being offered through the open

learning center on Mondays from 1-4 or 5-8 p.m. or may be available online. For online classes, students must have access to the Adobe Creative Suite CS6. The software is available at the 48th street campus in the Mac lab and in the JWCC Library.

To register, call JWCC at 217.224.6500. Class size is limited, so students are encouraged to register as soon as possible. For more information about these classes and prerequisites call Barbara Stoll at 217-641-4520.

At a meeting June 26, the Pike County Republican Central Committee selected Zachary Boren, 33, of Pittsfield to run for the office of Pike County State’s Attorney in the Nov. 4 election.

“I’m honored and humbled that the Republican Central Committee has placed this trust in me,” Boren said. “I hope to put my experience as an Army prosecutor to good use in the service of Pike County.”

Boren, a Pike County native, moved back to Pittsfield in 2013 to join the law firm of Rammelkamp Bradney in Jacksonville.

He is an honors graduate of both Pittsfield High School and Northwestern University and graduated in the top 10 percent of his law school class at Washington University in St. Louis. He also worked on Capitol Hill for a semester in the offices of Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla.).

Boren served five years in the U.S. Army in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps, attaining the rank of Captain. He was stationed in Germany and at Ft. Hood, Texas, performing assignments as both a prosecutor and criminal defense attorney. He graduated on the Commandant’s List from the Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School, and graduated from Airborne School at Ft. Benning, Georgia.

After completing military service, Boren was selected for a judicial clerkship with a federal district judge in Ft. Wayne, Ind.

Changes to school vaccination requirements Walk-in immunization clinics are held at the Pike County Health Department on the first and third Monday of each month from 1:30 until 6 p.m.

These vaccinations and others can be provided through Pike County Health Department.

There have been some recent changes to public school vaccination requirements.

Beginning school year 201415, students entering 6th grade must show proof of Hepatitis B vaccination. This previously was a requirement at 5th grade, but now is a 6th grade requirement. Most all students received this vaccination as infants, so have already met this requirement.

Students entering any grade level must show proof of having received two doses of rubella vaccine and two doses of mumps vaccine. Again, most all students will have met this requirement by having received the combination MMR (measles, mumps & rubella) vaccine at age 1 year and again at age 4-5 years of age. Recent mumps and measles outbreaks in surrounding communities underscore the importance of this vital vaccination requirement.

Students entering Kindergarten, 6th grade, or 9th grade must show proof of having received two doses of varicella (chicken pox) vaccine, or

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The summer cooling program is targeted to at risk households, defined as: Households tht contain a family member who is 60 years or above; Households that contain children under 5; Households that contain a member with a medical condition that can be improved by air conditioning such as asthma, emphysema, respiratory allergies, coronary disease and terminal illness. Required documentation must include a doctor’s certification letter dated within the last 90 days stating the medical condition

would be aggravated by extreme heat or households that contain a member receiving Social Security disability benefits or with a pending determination case at the Social Security Administration. Required documentation must include a letter of determination from the Social Security Administration or receipt of a Social Security disability benefit statement.

Income guidelines are 150 percent of the poverty level. For a household with one member, the monthly income can not exceed

Painter wins awards with Edward Jones Nathan Painter of the financial services firm Edward Jones recently won several awards at the firm's summer regional meetings. The awards, albeit different in nature, recognize Edward Jones financial advisors for their work helping their clients.

The awards Painter received are: The Spirit of Partnership Award for oustanding performance during 2013. The Ted Jones Prospecting Award which are given to advisors with high levels of success. Edward Jones Eagle Award for his "clear

proof of prior varicella disease, or lab evidence of varicella immunity. Some students may only have one chicken pox vaccine on record. Check your child’s record or ask your health care provider to check to see if two chicken pox vaccines were given.

Students entering 6th through 12th grade must show proof of Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) vaccine. Most students 7th grade and up have already met this requirement and do not require additional vaccination.

Be sure to have your child vaccinated against meningitis. It could save your child’s life! Children age 11-12 should receive a meningitis vaccine and a second “booster” dose at age 16. Teens of all ages should receive a meningitis vaccine if they have not received one. Any teen entering college should also be sure to receive this vaccine.

Meningitis vaccination will become a school requirement for the school year 2015-16. This school requirement falls in line with the current CDC recommendations for meningitis vaccination.

Please call your insurance company to determine coverage for vaccinations prior to coming to the clinic. For more information, contact Nancy Halpin RN at Pike County Health Department, 285-4407 Ext. 124.

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The focus of the program is to provide assistance to eligible households for their electric service. The program is administered though the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.

Zachary Boren “The committee is pleased to announce a candidate with such a varied background in the legal field. We feel that his experience as a JAG prosecutor while in the US Army will serve Pike County quite well,” Robert Browning, Pike County Republican chairman, said.

Boren is a member of the Jacksonville Rotary Club and is vice-president of the Christian Men’s Fellowship at First Christian Church in Pittsfield. He and his wife, Libby, also lead small group studies and volunteer with the church.

The Borens are parents of a son, Benjamin, born in May.

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$1,459 for a family of two, $1,966 is the limit. A family of four must be below $2,981 and a family of six can not exceed $3,996 per month.

Households need to bring the following information with them to their appointment: Social Security cards for all household members, proof of the gross household income for the past 30 days and a current electric bill.

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Fourth of July is:

1. The parade.

2. The family get together.

3. Fireworks!

Groundbreaking is just the beginning

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Last week's poll results I’m looking forward to the Western Illinois Fair:

Illini Community Hospital in Pittsfield isn’t letting any grass grow under its feet.

1. Pageants.

50%

2. Rides.

0%

3. Derbies.

0% 50%

4. Food!

In the fast-paced and competitive world of healthcare services, technology is ever-changing and successful providers must always keep up with innovations as well as consumer demands.

In the case of Illini’s most recent renovation project, a sincere desire to better serve healthcare consumers appears to be in the driver’s seat. And happier consumers no doubt translate into a happier bottom line for Illini.

A groundbreaking Monday ushers in a twophase $4.2 million construction project at Pike County’s 72-year-old hospital. A relocation and expansion is planned for Illini’s popular consulting physicians clinic, followed by a merging of Illini’s Rural Health Clinic into the campus at Illini Hospital.

Patient services will then be as close as a trip down the hall.

Illini is apologizing in advance for any inconvenience these construction projects will cause, but we predict Pike Countians will welcome the sights and sounds of a bona fide community betterment project, especially one that seeks to employ local contractors in the process.

Quality healthcare is a vital ingredient when it comes to attracting and retaining new businesses and new residents. Pike County is fortunate to have so many health resources so close at hand, and to be served by institutions with the vision to continually press forward.

The physical footprint of Illini’s building has continued to change over the years but its mission remains firmly rooted in the community it serves.

Yes, Illini, we’ll pardon your dust…and look forward to the healthcare improvements you are continually envisioning and implementing.

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Unlikely activist just putting son first

am Harris is just a Lake County mom looking after her disabled adult son.

She’s not a particularly political person.

But on Monday, she shook the very foundations of labor law in the United States when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in her favor.

Her case speaks volumes about the power of an ordinary person to make a difference in our society.

In a state as cynical as Illinois, it’s easy pooh poo folks like Harris. After all, how much of a difference can one person really make when taking on the political establishment?

Well, in Harris’ case, quite a lot.

At issue was whether she should be forced to join a union. Rather than place her son, Josh, in an institution, she entered a program where she receives state assis-

tance to care for him at home. But one Sunday morning, an organizer for Service Employees International Union knocked on her door and asked her to vote to join a union.

At first she was perplexed. She’s not a state worker. She’s just a mom, doing what moms do: caring for her child. And SEIU is one of the largest, politically powerful labor organizations in the nation.

But if a majority of home care workers voted to join the union, she would have to give money to the union – whether she wanted to belong or not.

Harris stood up to the union and helped defeat it in a vote.

But she knew that wasn’t the end of the story. The union could just keep coming back and calling for more votes. And Pam Harris didn’t think she should have to give money to some union boss in order to care for her son.

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‘VA is typical bureaucracy’

The recent Veterans Affairs (VA) scandals are only part of the horrific facts about the agency. The VA’s corrupt leaders falsified records and lied to secure huge bonuses. The VA’s problem isn’t a lack of caregivers, it’s a lack of honest folks who care and who want to provide service. All VA procedures are unnecessarily complicated, time-consuming and inefficient.

I have two personal examples. When I applied for a VA disability, I provided all pertinent medical records and documentation of combat zone service. A trained chimpanzee could have verified and approved the disability in 15 minutes. It took the VA more than six months to approve. Another personal example is a… letter from the VA dated January 31, 2014, for an appointment on September 17, 2014. Try operating your business like the VA Unfortunately, the VA is typical of the bureaucracy and bureaucrats throughout the government. Huge Federal agencies operate independently with negligible Congressional or any other oversight. Laws are ignored or selectively enforced by the administration. The tone is set by lying senior leaders.

If you think government agencies and employees are there to help, you haven’t dealt with the VA, IRS or Social Security Administration lately.

William Kerr New Salem, Ill.

Illini Hospital begins construction project

To the community: As most of you are already aware, Illini Community Hospital will begin a two-phase construction project that will officially begin on Monday, July 7.

Once the project is completed, the Illini Rural Health Clinic will be housed on the main campus of the hospital and the Consulting Physicians Clinic and Outpatient Services Department/Oncology will both have new, safer and specifically designed areas to offer services to our patients.

The project will take approximately five months for each phase of construction. During this time, our patients will see some changes and interruptions to the normal

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traffic flow both outside and inside our facility.

The first of these changes will begin on Monday, June 30 when the parking lot located at the northwest corner of our campus will be closed and the west entrance of the building will be closed to the public. This will allow for a construction barrier to be built and is simply for the safety of both our patients and staff. We ask that all patients who usually enter through the west end of our facility now enter through the main entrance at the front of the hospital. Our volunteers and staff will be more than willing to help lead you to your destination in a safe and timely manner.

Like any construction project, there will be times of high noise levels, dust and minor inconveniences to normal routines. However, construction will never interrupt our ability to care for our patients and provide a safe and clean environment for their care.

We will be holding weekly meetings with our construction team and Illini’s leadership and will constantly update the public on www.illinihospital.org, in the local papers and on WBBA radio.

We ask for your patience during this construction project as we work to build better healthcare for our community and continue to fulfill our mission of “Improving the Lives of our Community.”

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact my office at 217-285-2113, extension 3803.

As always, thank you for choosing Illini Community Hospital.

Kathy Hull President and CEO Illini Community Hospital Pittsfield, Ill.

Has questions about Habitat House sale

I am writing this letter because I don’t understand the sale of the Habitat House in Griggsville.

I volunteered a lot of hours in this house. I also know of others that volunteered time, money and material.

What I don’t understand is, after it was repossessed: 1. Who had authority to let the bank sell this home?

2. Where did that money go when it sold?

3. Why was it not given (to) someone else and let them make payments like it was before?

4. Also, it seems like it was sold very quietly to a person that is in real estate. Who in turn sold it for a profit.

Now all us volunteers got a slap in the face on this.

Volunteers built this home. We didn’t make anything.

So why should a banker and real estate agent make a profit?

A not-for-profit home was sold for a profit.

JESSE MCDONALD Griggsville, Ill.

Just hang up!

Remember the bogus offers for a free medical alert device? Robocall – it is back with a vengeance this year and has two new twists this year.

It’s the same old scam asking for your credit or bank account information for the “free” device that never arrives. If you provide them with this information you are putting yourself at risk for identity theft.

Some of the calls promise that you are entitled to $3,000 in money savings coupons. Others falsely claim that the free-device offer is being made on behalf of AARP. The call urges you to press 1 to get the free device by providing your address and credit card, or press 5 to opt out from future call and “alert your health care provider that you have refused the offer.”

Just hang up! Don’t do either; pressing 1 gets you a live operator, who does a hard sell with more scare tactics to get you to reveal your financial and personal information.

Pressing 5 tells these crooks you have a working phone number that’s ripe for future nuisance calls.

What should you do? Just hang up on this or any other Robocalls; don’t provide any personal information, including your name, address, birth date, and certainly do not give any information about your financial accounts or your Medicare and Social Security numbers.

Since this scam began in 2013, there’s no indication that anyone has ever received a free device, as promised. After providing financial account information, consumers report getting billed for bogus monitoring services—and even threatened with lawsuits if they didn’t pay.

This information is from AgeOptions fraud alert.

Connie Lerch Pike County Services Pittsfield, Ill.

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-- could see the danger of losing a lawsuit like this and did everything they could to win. They were on the steps of the court being interviewed by a gaggle of reporters.

But Harris was nowhere to be found.

It surprised me. After all, its not every day one has a case argued before the Supreme Court.

But Pam stayed home. She was back in Lake County looking after her son. The case wasn’t about personal acclaim, for her. It was about her and others in her situation doing what’s best for their children.

And on Monday, she showed how much of a difference one person can make.

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ■ Scott Reeder is a veteran statehouse reporter and the journalist in residence at the Illinois Policy Institute. He can be reached at sreeder@illinoispolicy.org.

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So Harris she sued the state, which had helped facilitate the union’s organizing attempts.

The case ended up being called Harris vs. Quinn. But it might be more aptly labeled David vs. Goliath.

After all, what hope does an ordinary person have in standing up to an entire state government and one of the nation’s most powerful unions?

I found the case intriguing, so I decided to travel to Washington to hear it argued and I hoped to interview Harris on the steps of the Supreme Court.

I heard her attorney in the courthouse ask the Supreme Court justices to rule that workers such as Harris not be forced to pay union dues or “representation fees” to unions. After all, why should someone be forced to give money to a union to advocate for something they don’t believe?

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The Coonridge Digest: Freida Marie Crump

Marching band – not for the faint of heart Greetings from the Ridge There’s nothing that shouts the Fourth of July like a parade so Herb and I plan to plant our lawn chairs on the nearest shady curb this week to take in the great American spectacle.

I’m one of the surviving veterans of high school marching bands and can well remember the days of polishing my trumpet on the night before the big parade, hoping for maximum reflection power from the next day’s sun. And speaking on behalf of the marching musicians of the world, I’d like to say that marching in formation on the Fourth is every bit as much an athletic event as playing in that afternoon’s baseball game.

Times have changed and fabrics have improved but in those steamy days your band uniform was made of pure 100% wool. The temperature on the hot asphalt may be over the century mark and you’re standing there covered with a dark-colored uniform that has been worn, altered, snipped and amended by generations of marching trumpet players long gone. Judging by the weight of such an outfit you come to understand why they are long gone and why the sheep gladly gave up its wool a half century ago. Football teams get new uniforms when the current style dictates while marching bands often resembled a parade straight out of the Smithsonian costume museum.

If the parade kicks off at ten then your band kicks off

at 11 and your will to live flies the coop sometime around noon. The weight of the uniform is quickly matched by the poundage of sweat and within minutes the odor of the tooters who’ve worn this tarpolion before you begins to waft up from the inner linings of your pants. I once marched in a band that you could smell coming down the street before the first notes of “Stars and Stripes Forever” hit your ears.

It was the marching band that invented the phrase “multi-tasking” as the typical band boy or girl must play their instrument while moving, keep in step with the rest of the group, keep his left eye on the end of your line to stay in formation, and somehow remember the tune. I’d throw that challenge onto the well-paid back of an NFL quarterback any day.

And the real test of any marching band is its ability to turn a corner. Two ways to accomplish this: the rounded sweep and the pivot-foot square corner. Our motley Coonrige High School band favored the “Oh hell, let’s just get it done” method. Abraham Lincoln used this method when he served as captain in the Blackhawk War. Faced with the prospect of marching his troop through a narrow gate he couldn’t recall the command to close ranks so he simply said, “Halt! This troop will immediately reassemble on the other side of that fence!”

It worked for Abe and served our band well although it may also have been the reason that we never won any first place medals.

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The weight of the uniform is quickly matched by the poundage of sweat and within minutes the odor of the tooters who’ve worn this tarpolion before you begins to waft up from the inner linings of your pants. I once marched in a band that you could smell coming down the street before the first notes of ‘Stars and Stripes Forever’ hit your ears.

Parade committees have found it increasingly hard to procure marching bands for their festivities for a variety of reasons. It’s an expense to haul a band to a parade, so the trick is to disguise the musicians as football players for which cost is no object. Kids’ schedules have now become impossible to deal with since nearly all sports have become 12-month programs with basketball camps in the middle of the summer and baseball played year ‘round. Sadly, gone are the days of the well-rounded student as there are no longer defined “seasons” for sports.

Beginning in seventh-grade you must declare a major in dance, soccer or volleyball and “optional” summer camps often mean you have the option of never playing if you don’t attend. One local marching band was so decimated by conflicting schedules of its members that it marched down the street last year carrying boom boxes.

It’s the job of schools to teach lifetime skills so it

was curious when Herb and I took a short vacation on a paddle-wheeled excursion boat last week and found folks singing up on the top deck, dancing on the lower level, and with no one playing soccer on the entire ship.

Maybe I missed it somehow.

Of course, if current local and priorities and government funding continue their present courses, no future Johnnys and Jennys will have to worry about toting their French horns over sticky asphalt while feeling the sweat run down their backs in the middle of “The Washington Post March.” They’ll be home listening to their music downloads and eating Cheetos in the air conditioning.

You ever in Coonridge, stop by. We may not answer the door but you’ll enjoy the trip.

■ The imaginative commentary of Freida Marie Crump comes to us from Coonridge – a town that’s a lot like your own.

Pickings from

pike’s past

75 Years ago: Pittsfield CCC camp to move to Quincy 125 Years Ago June 27, 1889 Quite a windstorm visited New Canton Thursday evening. Although it did not rain so hard, it was the hardest wind we have had this year.

Wheat and oats are headed well in the Time area. There are several new binders in the neighborhood.

Marian Rader, our Time violinist and leader of our orchestra, is harvesting for his health. He says his occupation is too confining.

Hurrah for Pearl! She will celebrate the 4th of July in great shape this year. Our town is always full of traveling men, which shows there is good business done here.

There were 547 children, by actual count, in line at the county Sunday school picnic last Thursday.

From Mr. Shea, we learn that a large number of men are almost daily arriving to work on the C & A R. R. between Pearl and Nebo, and that the railroad is finding it a much more expensive job than they expected. They are using 500 lbs. of giant powder a day in blasting. It will push them to finish it this year.

100 Years Ago July 1, 1914 The door for the new vault of the re-constructed Farmers’ State Bank arrived last week and by the mental assistance of a large crowd that gathered, was soon put in place.

It weighed ten tons, and to move it and place it in position was no small job, and required some pretty accurate calculations.

Charlie Lewis, who a few years ago gradu-

ated from the Pittsfield high school and next year will finish a four years’ scientific course in the Fisk university at Nashville, Tenn., is home for the summer.

The good roads meeting held at Griggsville a week ago today was attended by at least 2,000 people. The gathering was in the interest of promotion of the Pike’s Peak Ocean to Ocean highway now being put in order for auto and other travel. There must have been two or three hundred automobiles present, not to speak of the many buggies, carriages and other vehicles.

Remember the big band concert on the court house square Saturday afternoon, July 4.

Miss Wilhelmina Bauch has gone to Macomb, where she will take the summer course in the state normal school. She is teacher in grade four of the Pittsfield schools.

Barry will have a big Fourth of July celebration Saturday at which a balloon ascension and parachute jump and many other attractions will be features of the day and it will be good to be there.

75 Years Ago June 28, 1939 Pike county still needs to raise $7,000 more before midnight Friday to secure the $285,000 Illini Community hospital. In a magnificent and inspiring gesture, five men of Pittsfield recently pledged $5,000 apiece.

The men are Judge A. Clay Williams, William Strauss, E. D. Glandon, Isaac Strauss and Henry Strauss.

June 30 will be moving day for some 125 boys now stationed in the Soil Conservation

Service CCC camp at Pittsfield. The move will be made from Pittsfield to Quincy. The camp was established here in June, 1933.

During the years the CCC boys have built many terraces and gully control dams, and have planted approximately 1,448,000 trees and shrubs.

Miss Edna Mae Brown of Taylor, Texas, made a short visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Claud Brown, before entering Washington University in St. Louis to study music for six weeks. She teaches in the Taylor schools.

A new Star route mail service will speed mail from Pittsfield. After July 1, a truck will pick up mail at the Pittsfield post office at 9:30 a.m. and speed it direct to Louisiana, Mo., where connections will be made with Alton and Burlington trains that will insure early delivery the following morning to Chicago, Kansas City, St Louis, Hannibal, Quincy, Springfield and other mid-western points.

50 Years Ago July 1, 1964 George Wilson was in Decatur Sunday attending a meeting of GOP chairmen of the counties of the Fourth Appellate Court district to plan for the state Republican convention. Atty. Lewis Grigsby of Pittsfield was appointed to the resolutions committee for the upcoming convention.

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Donohoo, Pittsfield, report the birth of a son, Roger Lewis, June 23.

The Shaw boys, Dave and Steve, pitched the Pittsfield V.F. W. to wins over Barry and

Guest Column: Roger Campbell

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Celebrating freedom

he well known quote, “The truth shall make you free,” has found its way to college cornerstones, historic marble markers and other prestigious places, yet relatively few know its source is the Bible (John 8:32).

Study the history of freedom and you’ll discover that wherever the Bible has been freely distributed people have become lovers of liberty and political freedom has been the result.

Consider the eventual arrival of at least limited freedom in the former Soviet Union. Before the fall of the Iron Curtain and the destruction of the Berlin Wall, thousands of copies of the Bible were smuggled through border crossings at the risk of life and freedom for the smugglers. Radio broadcasts beamed Bible messages into areas where the distributors of the Scriptures could not go. Finally, freedom followed.

We owe our freedom to the efforts of Bible carrying Pilgrims and Puritans who came here searching for religious freedom and intent on founding a nation where the principles of Scripture were foundational.

These freeing facts ought to make us thankful every day of our lives.

In 1778, at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Benja-

min Franklin’s memorable call for prayer at the beginning of meetings had its roots in the Bible: “I have lived for a long time, and the longer I live the more convincing proof I see that God governs in the affairs of men. If a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice (Matthew 10:29), is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid?

“We have been assured in the Sacred writings that ‘Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it’ (Psalm 127:1)… without His concurring aid we shall proceed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel (Genesis 11).”

George Washington said, “It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible.”

And Daniel Webster wrote, “If we abide by the principles taught in the Bible, our country will go on prospering. But if we and our posterity neglect its instruction and authority, no man can tell how suddenly a catastrophe may overtake us and bury our glory in profound obscurity.”

Other great patriots have spoken of the personal freedom they have found in reading and believing the Bible: President Woodrow Wilson pleaded with an audience to realize their daily Bible reading would play a vital role in the destiny of Amer-

ica.

General Douglas MacArthur said, “Never a night goes by, be I ever so tired, but I read the Word of God before I go to bed.” President Dwight Eisenhower explained, “To read the Bible is to take a trip to a fair land where the spirit is strengthened and faith renewed.”

In his book, “Here’s How,” former slave to alcohol, Jack Odell says, “It used to take about a quart of whiskey a day to keep me going. Now I don’t need it.” What made the difference? Jack traded his bottle for a Bible and became a free man whose passion was to celebrate his freedom by telling others how to be free.

The Bible is the source of freedom. Millions have found its message true. And the truth has set them free.

–––––––––––––––––––––––– ■ Roger Campbell is an author, a broadcaster and columnist who was a pastor for 22 years. He can be reached at rcministry@ameritech.net

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Hull this past week in Khoury League action. Behind David Shaw’s five hit pitching the V. F. W. beat Barry 12-2 last Tuesday.

Then on Thursday night Steve Shaw shut out Hull on two hits by the score of 5-0.

Starting July 15 the Pike county office of Selective Service will begin to order 18-yearold registrants for complete examination by the Armed Forces.

Four annual personal property lists are being published in this issue by Marshall Roberts, Pike county supervisor of assessments.

It also includes any changes in real estate assessments for four townships.

25 Years Ago June 28, 1989 The annual summer ritual—the mailing of local property tax bills—is underway.

County Treasurer Bob Capps says the first installment will be due Aug. 7 and the second installment Oct. 9. For the first time in recent memory the county’s total assessed valuation is below $100 million. Last year it was more than $105 million, and six years ago it was almost $148 million.

Saturday, June 17, a V. H. Callender Construction Co. truck fell through a township bridge over a branch of Panther Creek north of Pittsfield. In just five days, the company had replaced the bridge at no cost to Pittsfield township. Owner Vic Callender said, “It was our fault, so we replaced it.”

U. S. Representative Dick Durbin and PASA president Dick Metcalf have taken verbal shots at each other lately over gun control, but they found a lot to agree on Saturday when Durbin attended the Masters dress

rehearsal. Durbin, in fact, bought a PASA membership, which members regarded as a small coup, since Durbin is considered a strong advocate of gun control and PASA is emotionally linked with the National Rifle Association.

A revised version of the entrance renovations at Higbee Junior High School in Pittsfield will save the Pikeland Unit 10 school board $21,000. The work will be done by John Petty Construction of Pittsfield.

10 Years Ago June 30, 2004 Do Pike County citizens want zoning or not? The question will be decided by the citizens sooner or later after action by the Pike County Board Monday night at its regular monthly meeting. A public hearing will be held July 22 in the lower courtroom. The board will then decide whether to place the matter on the November ballot.

Approximately 6,000 visitors have spent the night at Heartland Lodge since it opened in 1995 near Nebo. And according to Gary Harpole, owner of the lodge, that is just the beginning. Harpole plans to break ground in the next few weeks on a new lodge that will be very similar to the existing lodge, but at the same time will be very different.

When Kenneth Stark of Pittsfield died Saturday morning, Pike County and Illinois lost one of its benefactors. Stark, a Nebo native, was involved in politics, banking, and many civic activities during his long life.

■ Pickings from Pike’s Past is compiled by Michael Boren.

Guest Column: Dr. E. Kirsten Peters

Seize the day: Visit a park

This is the time of year to get outdoors and observe Mother Nature in all her glory. With a simple field guide to trees or birds and a Sunday afternoon trip to a local park, you can play amateur scientist and immerse yourself in forces larger than those we humans create.

A friend and I are making plans for an extended road trip to two national parks in southwest Utah.

We will spend two or three days in Bryce Canyon National Park and a day touring Zion. We won’t go until the end of September, though, after the heat of summer in Utah has passed. The days will be shorter then, of course, but, in some ways, the sunlight is all the more sweet as the evenings draw in closer and earlier.

The last time I was in rural Utah and Nevada I was driving by myself and towing a 1972 travel trailer that was as small as it was ratty. The trip is seared in my mind in part because I had trouble with tires blowing out when I was in the middle of

nowhere. When the first one blew, I wasn’t too distressed about it. I just put on my spare and loaded the shredded tire into my aging vehicle.

But I well remember the stress of losing the second tire before I had reached a town big enough to have a supply of tires to fit my vehicle.

It took some doing and the help of strangers to get me back to civilization where I could buy what I needed to continue the trip.

This time around I have new tires on my vehicle (what a concept!) and two spares. One is the little “donut” that came with my car when I bought it and the second is a real spare on a wheel I purchased. I have tied that spare to the top of the vehicle, “safari” style.

Planning a road trip can be half the fun, and my friend and I are well into that part of the experience. I called a tourist bureau in Utah and got some maps and materials about Bryce and Zion. Another friend gave us a book full of glossy pictures about the national parks

of Utah. The book discusses both the geologic history of the area and early human history, too.

Us geologists are fond of the southwest because it’s easy to see the rocks of the area. In wetter parts of the country, soil and plants obscure the view of the local geology, but in places like southwest Utah you can see rocks in all directions.

But you don’t need to go to a famous national park to immerse yourself in what Mother Nature shows us. A simple pair of binoculars and a field guide to birds could add a rich dimension to your summer. Seize the day sometime this week and take a trip to a local park.

You’ll be glad for the break from your ordinary routine and concerns.

––––––––––––––––––––––––– ■ Dr. E. Kirsten Peters, a native of the rural Northwest, was trained as a geologist at Princeton and Harvard. This column is a service of the College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences at Washington State University.

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Wednesday, July 2, 2014

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J. Lewis McCrary

Jeanette K. Suhling Jeanette K Suhling was born in Newberg, Ore. May 1, 1919 the daughter of Walter C. Klein, Sr. and Olga Marie (Haugen) Klein. She died Jan. 5, 2014.

Jeanette was reborn as a child of God by the sacrament of Holy Baptism July 27, 1919 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Portland, Ore., by the hand of Rev. H.C. Ebeling.

Throughout her life she rejoiced in the gracious promise, “Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved.” (Mark 16:16) April 9, 1933, (Palm Sunday) at Holy Cross Evangelical Lutheran Church in Collinsville, she publicly confessed her baptismal faith in the Church’s Rite of Confirmation, having been taught the basics of the Christian faith by the Rev. Theodore Roschke. For the first of many times, she received the Lord’s Supper, about which the Lord Jesus Christ declared, “ Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and will raise him up at the last day,” (John 6:54). Her Confirmation Memory Verse was John 15:5.

Aug. 15, 1943, Jeanette was joined in Christian marriage to Kermit Suhling by the Rev. Karl Baumgardt at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Kampsville. She remained his loving wife until his death Feb. 13, 2002. Holy Scripture says this: “A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value. She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life…

Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.” (Proverbs 31:10-12,30) Jeanette and Kermit’s union was blessed by God with three children, Cheryl, Harvey, and Karl, all of whom, along with their respective spouses, John, Peggy, and Angie, survive their mother.

Jeanette was a special education teacher at Hardin Grade School and Calhoun High School in Hardin for many years. She was always active in her church, serving with the Ladies’ Aid, Altar Guild, and the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League. She also taught Sunday school and Vacation Bible School, along with serving in the church as a quilter. She lived that word of scripture which says, “And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.” (Colossians 3:17) In faithfulness to His declaration, “Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints,” (psalm 116:15) God was pleased to receive Jeanette’s soul into heaven on Epiphany Eve, Jan. 5. Her life in Christ was celebrated with a funeral service at Faith Lutheran Church in Georgetown, Texas, on Jan. 10.

A second memorial service will be held at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Kampsville, on Sat. July 12 at 11 a.m. with Rev. William Schmidt officiating. Her earthly remains will be laid to rest the following day in Sligo, Mo. to await in peace the resurrection of all flesh at the final coming of Christ.

In addition to her children and children-in-law, Jeanette is survived by her two sisters, Viola Marshall and Marie Lanius; her grandchildren and grandchildren-in-law; Tina and Joe Hamilton, Jon and Julissa Selle, Juli and Ryan Richter, Tami and Chris MacDonald, Dawn and Terry Stumpf, Bill and Nancy Suhling, Jennifer Suhling, Erica Suhling, and Jessica Suhling; along with 16 great-grandchildren, nine nieces, seven nephews, and many friends.

Jeanette was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; her brother and sister –in-law, Walter C. and Edna Klein, Jr.; by her sister –in-law and brother-in-law, Dorothy and Bill Haynes; grandson, Eric Christopher Suhling; three brothersin-laws, Tom Mortland, John Marshall, and John Lanius; niece and nephew-in-law, Maragret and Joe Sparks; and niece, Peggy Lanius.

To all who mourn, Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.”

(John 5:28) In thanksgiving to God for the eternal salvation won for Jeanette and all believers by the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ the family requests that memorial gifts be given to: St. John Lutheran Church, 316 St. Louis Ave., Kampsville, 62053.

John Lewis McCrary, 92, Pleasant Hill died Sunday, June 29 at Robings Manor in Brighton.

Lewis was born Feb. 16, 1922 on the family farm on the Martinsburg Road near Pleasant Hill, the son of Samuel O. and Louie Izora Sutton McCrary. He married Suzanne Springman Oct. 11, 1958 and she preceded him in death.

Lewis was a 1940 graduate of Pleasant Hill High School. He enlisted in the U.S. Army Sept. 9, 1942 and was assigned to the Army signal corps. He served in Africa, Italy, France, Germany and Austria before returning home, Oct. 8, 1945.

May 22, 2012, Lewis joined other WWII veterans on a trip to the WWII monument in our nation’s capital as part of the Great River Honor Flight. He was a long-time member of the Pleasant Hill American Legion Post 1048. He retired from Shell Oil Company in 1980, in Wood River, where he worked as a chemical operator for 34 years.

He was an active member of the Pleasant Hill community, delivering Meals on Wheels, and was the longest serving board member for the Pleasant Hill Senior Citizens.

Lewis loved the farm he grew up on and the outdoors. His hobbies included genealogy, gardening, collecting Indian arrowheads and mushroom hunting.

He will by sadly missed by his two children, daughter Mary Ann ( John) Compton of Brighton and son Robert L. McCrary of Godfrey.

Also surviving are two grandsons, Michael Compton of Chicago and Brandon McCrary of Godfrey; two great-grandsons, Colton Compton and Brandon Saylor; two sisters Elsie Roytson of Pleasant Hill and Flossie Mae Pollard of Georgia; many nieces and nephews and a very special friend, Ruth Thomas of Hamburg.

Lewis was preceded in death by two brothers, Samuel Glenn McCrary and Paul B. McCrary and a sister Mary Anna Mallincoat.

Funeral services will be held Thursday, July 3 at 11 a.m. at the Lummis Funeral Home in Pleasant Hill.

Burial, with military honors, will be follow at Crescent Heights Cemetery in Pleasant Hill.

Visitation will be held Wednesday evening from 6 –8 p.m. at the funeral home and one hour prior to the services Thursday.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be given to the Pleasant Hill Senior Center or the Great River Honor Flight.

Lummis Funeral Home in Pleasant Hill is handling the arrangements.

Dr. Trudy Knox Dr. Trudy Knox, a former Pittsfield resident, died June 24, 2014.

Trudy was born Aug. 11, 1926 and has a child in Missouri began her working career as a shoeshine person at age 5 During her childhood, she lived in Cape Girardeau and St. Louis, Mo., Washington D.C. and Pittsfield, which she always considered home.

She received her bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University, her master’s degree from the University of Florida and her doctorate from the University of Arkansas. As an adult she lived in Columbus, Streator, Granville, Quincy and Fayetteville, Ark.. Her employment was varied and in 1963 she and her husband, Joe Bagby, established Golden Age Arms Company, a highly successful home-based mail-order business. In the early 1970s she established Trudy Knox and Associates, a consulting company. Additionally, she established the Trudy Knox Publishers, and she was a member of many organizations and a founding member of the Ohio Speaker’s Forum. She also was among the group of women who founded the Columbus Metropolitan Club in response to the clubs for men in business that excluded women.

Her last adventure was the move from Granville, Ohio, to Westminster Thurber where she made many friends and she enjoyed her time there very much. Throughout her life she enjoyed trading equities on the stock market. Trudy was an avid sailor and enjoyed her travels within the US and abroad, often commenting on her safari to Africa. She was an accomplished photographer and loved sharing carousels of slides with friends and family. She also wrote a column for the Granville Booste Preceding her in death are her parents, Raymond K. Knox and Gertrude Knox, as well as her sister Myra Jeanne Knox Casper and her very special cousin Frances Owens Rice.

She is survived by her long-time friend and partner, Shirley Maxwell of the home. In addition, survivors include her son, James J. Bagby of Santa Fe, N.M.; niece, Carolyn Trudy Casper of Upper Arlington; nephew, George H. Casper IV and Jennifer Kane of Gahanna; niece, Frances Casper of El Prado, N.M. and their children. There was a celebration of life for Trudy Saturday, June 28 in the auditorium at Westminster Thurber Community. Arrangements are being handled by Cook and Son-Pallay Funeral home in Columbus, Ohio.

Obituaries

Pittsfield, Illinois

USPS warns of email scam

Lester 'Red' Hall,

Shirley Thomas

Lester “Red” Hall, of New Canton, died Thursday, June 26, 2014 at Blessing Hospital in Quincy. He was born Oct. 18, 1925 to Claude and Maggie Phillips Hall in the New Canton River Bottoms. He was the youngest of 13 children. Red married Margie Yelton Oct. 21, 1956, and she preceded him in death Jan. 18, 1989.

Red loved to tell stories. He enjoyed fishing, feeding the squirrels and birds from the porch swing.

He worked on the family farm with his dad until he began working for Wheaton College where he stayed several years doing agricultural work for the land owned by the college.

He also worked for several farmers in the area before he began working for the Sny Island Levee Drainage District where he operated a drag line until his retirement in 1991. He loved attending church services and enjoyed all the activities at the Barry Community Care Center where he had lived for the past two years. Red was an avid gardener and every year he shared lots of vegetables with his family and neighbors. He especially loved spending time with his family and the family picnics.

He is survived by two sons, Dean (Lorrie) Hall of New Canton and David Hall of Barry ; three daughters, Becky (Richard) Myers of Pittsfield, Sara (Mark) Bartolomucci of Sherman and Kim (companion, Barney Puterbaugh) of New Canton; 10 grandchildren, Mindy Maurer, Adam Hall, Seth Hall, Robert Sapp, Leah Hackworth, Marissa Bartolomucci, Tony Bartolomucci, Shelby Hall, Brian Puterbaugh, and Craig Hall, along with nine great-grandchildren. In addition, he is survived by numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Margie, his parents Claude and Maggie Hall, and his 12 brothers and sisters.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, July 1, at the Niebur Funeral Chapel in Barry with Brother Wes Tischer officiating. Visitation was held until time of services at the funeral chapel. Burial was at the Shearer Cemetery at New Canton following the service. Memorials are suggested to the Shearer Cemetery, New Canton. On-line condolences may be left to the family at nieburfh.com. The Niebur Funeral Chapel is handling the arrangements.

Shirley Ann Plattner Thomas, 80, of Pittsfield, died Tuesday, June 24, 2014, at Illini Community Hospital in Pittsfield surrounded by her family. She was born May 28, 1934, in Louisiana, Mo. to Walter Mayo Plattner and Janet Emma Wells Plattner. Shirley married Jackie Leon Thomas Oct. 26, 1952, in Pittsfield. Jack preceded her in death on April 8, 1995, in Pittsfield, IL. Surviving are her three children: John (Debbie) Thomas of Pittsfield, Cathy (Wayne) Welborn of Bethalto, and Sarah (Bret) Lipcaman of Perry. Shirley had 11 grandchildren: Jeremy (Tatjana) Thomas of Pittsfield, Jason (Erica) Thomas of Pittsfield, Ashley (Logan) Shaw of Reno, Nevada, Matt (Jana) Rayner of Bethalto, Brad (Lauran) Rayner of Bethalto, Beth (Chad) Murray of Robinson, Lauren (Nathan) Bender of St. Charles, Mo, Evan (Kacie) Lipcaman of Pittsfield, Aaron (Annette) Lipcaman of Perry, Megan (Jason) Moss of Quincy, and Kayla (Brock) Buss of Perry. Also surviving are 31 great-grandchildren and expecting one more. Shirley had one sister, Nancy (Roger) Phillips of Indianapolis, Ind., and two brothers, David and Tom Plattner. She had several nieces and nephews, as well.

Shirley attended Pittsfield schools and was a lifeguard at the local swimming pool before she married Jack. They moved to the family farm in 1955 where they raised their children and started “Thomas Farms”. Shirley was a member of the First Christian Church in Pittsfield, a 50 year member of the PEO Chapter CD, a volunteer at Crossroads and a past volunteer at Illini Community Hospital. She enjoyed watching her grandkids play sports, drinking coffee with her friends and eating out.

Funeral services were held at the irsman-Hires Funeral Home in Pittsfield Friday, June 27, 2014.

Visitation was held prior to the service. Pastor Michael Ten Eyck officiated. Burial followed at Crescent Heights cemetery in Pleasant Hill.

Memorials may be made to the First Christian Church in Pittsfield or the Pittsfield Fire Department.

Condolences may be left online to the family at www.airsman-hires.com

Lester J. Walter

Virginia E. Gutkowski Hoskin

Lester J. Walter, 80, of Pearl, died Wednesday, June 25, 2014 at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.

He was born on March 3, 1934 in Christian County the son of John and Lillie (Rhodes) Walter.

Lester was an ironworker for 33 years with Local 46. He enjoyed helping friends at the river and letting his children and grandchildren hunt and ride four-wheelers on his property. Lester also loved spending time with his dog Jax. Preceded in death by his parents and four sisters Dorothy M. Perrine, Ruth M. Green, Barbara J. Belk and Evelyn Walter (infant).

He is survived by his son, Gregory (Andrea) Walter of Chatham; a daughter, Sheryl L. Barry of Utah; two sisters Deloris J. (Bert) Barber, of Springfield and Ellen (Gary) Ahrens of Chatham; two brothers, William (Shaun) Walter of Rochester, and Richard (Joan) Walter of Blue Mound; Grandchildren, Jason (Megan) Barry of Bisby, Okla., Aaron (Amanda) Walter of Sherman, Adam (Halley) Walter) of Springfield, Calvin Walter of Sherman, and Ashley Weiss of Auburn; great-grandchildren, Devin, Tatum, Haleigh, and Sylias, and several nieces and nephews.

Visitation was Monday, June 30, 2014 at Wilson Park funeral Home.

Services were held Tuesday, July 1, 2014 at 10 a.m. at Wilson Park Funeral Home, with Reverend Sara Isabell officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery at Buckhart.

In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to The American Diabetes Association.

Wilson Park Funeral Home, Rochester, handled arrangements.

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Virginia E. Gutkowski Hoskins, 88, Chicago died Sunday, June 22, 2014, surrounded by her family.

Funeral services were Thursday, June 26, at the Thomas McInerney’s Sons Funeral Home, Chicago. Visitation was from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. A Chapel Prayer Service followed the visitation with Fr. Thomas Griffin officiating. Interment will be at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Chicago.

Virginia was born to the late Walter (late Frances nee Sheman) Gutkowski Aug. 6, 1925, in Chicago, where she lived until marrying the late William Burns Hoskins of Rockport. She later returned to her beloved Chicago. She was a member of V.F.W. Ladies Auxiliary - McKinley Post.

Virginia is survived by her sister Mildred (late Gus) Minardi. Her children are William III (Edna) Hoskins of Chicago, Mary Frances (James) Wallace of Berwyn, Maud (Robert) Griffin North Riverside, Edith Mae (David) Smith of Rockport, James Douglas (Cynthia) of Louisiana, Mo, Mildred Elizabeth (Joseph) Okopski of Chicago, Walter Andrew (Amalia) Hoskins of Worth.

She is also survived by 15 grandchildren,15 great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

Are you receiving emails from the Postal Service about missing a package delivery?

Does the email, which claims to be from the USPS, include a label with fraudulent information about an attempted or intercepted package delivery? If so, don’t open the email, because it may contain a link or attachment that, when opened, installs a malicious virus that can steal personal information from your computer.

The emails claim to be from the U.S. Postal Service and contain fraudulent information about an attempted or intercepted package delivery. The emails instruct customers to click on a link to find out when they can expect delivery.

But Pleasant Hill Postmaster Sally Ward is asking customers not to do it.

“We want to keep our customers safe,” Ward said. “Lately, we’ve been receiving complaints from customers about receiving emails about missing delivery.”

Like most viruses sent by email, clicking on the link or opening the

attachment will activate a virus that can steal information—such as a customer’s user name, password, and financial account information.

What to do? Simply delete the message without taking any further action. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is working hard to resolve the issue and shut down the malicious program. “If you’re not sure about the email you received, you can delete the message or contact the U.S. Postal Inspection Service,” Ward ;said.

Postmaster Ward also offers these tips on spotting scam emails: The text contains poor grammar or spelling errors; The text states immediate action must be taken or customer could face dire consequences; The email requests personal information under the guise of re-confirming information; The text from an “automated message system” states “Click on this link for details.”

Customers who have questions or wish to report a scam email should call 1-800-275-8777 or Watcj email spam@uspis.gov

Be leery of phone scams concerning electrical service The Pittsfield Police Department and other law enforcement agencies would like to alert residents to another telephone scam operating in the area.

The department has responded to calls, of residents in Pittsfield receiving phone calls from someone claiming to be from Ameren Illinois. In these calls, a male caller tells the intended victim that they are behind in their payments to Ameren Illinois, and that their power will be shut off in two hours unless immediate payment is made. The caller then directs the intended victim to use a“Green Dot card” or another prepaid debit card to make this immediate payment. In past calls, the payment amount has ranged from $498.72 to $1,338.00.

According to Ameren Illinois this scam usually targets small business-

es, but some residential customers have also received the calls.

Ameren Illinois also states this scam has been active in other parts of Illinois over the past few weeks, and seems to cycle through regions.

The Pittsfield P.D. and Ameren Illinois want residents to know that Ameren Illinois does not demand immediate payments. People who receive this type of call should hang up. If you are concerned about any accounts with Ameren Illinois contact them at 1-800-755-5000.

The Pittsfield P.D. would also like to remind residents that a legitimate business will provide a name and contact number for you to return their call. Any caller that asks for personal or banking information, or an immediate payment using a prepaid debit card, should be viewed with caution.

Weekly crop update

By Mike Roegge, University of Illinois Extension, Adams/Brown/Hancock/Pike/Schuyler The following article was written

by Kari Houle, our Horticulture Educator.

Even though we are right in the middle of June there is still plenty that can be accomplished in the garden.

The simplest maintenance tasks can keep our gardens looking healthy and beautiful even when the heat of the summer really hits and humidity rises.

I always like to find ways to spend time out in the garden, being outdoors and spending time with plants is a great way to relax and bring a smile to your face. Here’s a few things to make sure to keep up on or do in the garden.

Deadheading Remove those spent flower blooms once they begin to fade. Often plants will slow down on blooming if faded flowers are left to stay as the plants try to begin to form seeds. This includes both perennials and annuals – deadhead perennials such as salvias, coreopsis, and daisies. Plants such as coreopsis can have a lot of small blooms and be overwhelming to think about pruning each individually. Consider shearing all of the old blooms off instead of pruning individually to speed up the process. Annuals, including geraniums, snapdragons, and marigolds will have a longer continuous bloom if deadheaded. Another plant that can benefit from a bit of deadheading and will give you a minor rebloom are Spirea. After they are finished blooming, shear off all the faded flowers and they should give you a minor rebloom in a few weeks.

Mulching Adding organic based mulches into the picture can provide a whole host of benefits for our plants.

Mulching benefits include keeping roots cooler, conserving moisture, adding organic matter back to the soil over time, and using mulch minimizes the chance of mechanical damage from lawnmowers and weed whips. I always recommend using organic mulches such as shredded hardwood or cypress, but avoid using rock mulch. Rock mulch collects and reflects heat back on the plants increasing stress in hot dry weather and can’t help conserve moisture. If you have rock around your plants, consider switching over to an organic

based mulch. It’s definitely some work to do, but in the end more beneficial for the plants.

Watering Keeping an even moisture for our plants is really important for reducing stress and keeping them happy and healthy. I watch my containers and check them daily for moisture needs. If the top of the soil is dry, investigate further and see how far down the soil is dry, if further then the first knuckle, I’ll give the containers some water. Always water so that it comes out the bottom of the pot which helps prevent excessive salt build up in the soil. For plants in the ground, I use a combination of visual monitoring and getting down on my hands and knees and checking the moisture of the soil and water as needed. Mulching will help to reduce the need for more constant watering but monitoring and checking moisture levels in the soil is still required.. Watering at the bottom of plants and early enough in the day to allow foliage to dry off before it gets dark can also help to minimize foliar disease that can occur when watered later in the day or from overhead watering.

With turf, make the decision now about whether or not you plan on watering all season to keep your turf green. Turf in our area naturally goes dormant when the weather turns hot and dry, but if you want a green turf all summer, make sure to provide at least ½ inch per week. If you aren’t able to consistently irrigate the turf, then let it naturally go dormant and it will re-green up later in the summer when temperatures begin to go back down and rain returns.

Trees, even established trees also benefit from moisture during the summer. Provide 1 to 2 inches of water every two weeks for established trees to minimize drought stress if there isn’t enough naturally provided moisture. Newly planted trees require a bit more care and require 1 gallon per inch of trunk diameter every few days when it’s hot, but always make sure double check soil moisture since you don’t want to drown your new tree.

Enjoy Don’t forget to spend time enjoying the garden. Enjoy cut flowers, enjoy the vegetables, have an enjoyable evening sitting outside by the garden. Let the garden make you smile.

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Pleasant Hill Things looking good for the 4th of July

It's birthday season in Rockport Want to remember my son Gary Pence have a birthday July 1. If you see him around Rockport wish him a happy birthday. Happy birthday from mother.

Also, remember his wife Sharon Pence if you happen to see her wish her a happy birthday July, 3. Happy birthday from mother-in-law.

My grandson in Oqwa is in the hospital and would like for everyone to send prayers to him.

Everybody remember the Fourth of July and Pearl celebration Saturday, July 5.

That is it until next, May God bless you all and have a safe week.

By FRANCES PENCE 217-242-3511

Milton Be sure to use the Milton park for gatherings Ballgames will be ending this Wednesday evening.

Thanks so much Mark and Missy Still, Tanner Still, Stephanie Still, Addie Cunningham and everyone who worked so hard coaching, umpiring, volunteering and playing ball. Another great season in Milton!

We had a great facility and ball park in Milton with two covered eating areas with picnic tables, BBQ grills, restrooms, and a great playground. To reserve the ball park in Milton for birthday parties, reunions, etc. Call Terry Lacey at 723-4530.

The East Pike Lending Library in Detroit will be open Monday Thursday, this week, from 10 a.m.2 p.m., as well as Saturdays from 9 a.m.-1.p.m. As always, no library card fee, no late fee, and a huge selection Pearl’s July Celebration will be held Saturday, July 5 starting with the Opening Ceremony at 9 a.m.

The Celebration will also include games, a 50/50 drawing, silent

auction, music, entertainment and food. Game tickets are .50 and ticket bundles are available for purchase. Food items will include hamburgers, hotdogs, brats, chips, tea, lemonaide, and water. There will be a hula hoop contest at 11:30 a.m. A balloon and egg toss for all ages at 7 p.m. The winners of the silent auction and 50/50 raffles will be announced at 8 p.m.

Detroit Christian Church will hold their monthly Gospel Gig, Sat. July 5th - Open mic night with special patriotic music. Lite supper at 5:30 and concert at 6:30 pm. Come join us for great evening. New handicapped accessible ramp.

Pearl’s July Celebration Baby Contest (0-2 year olds) will begin at 9:15 a.m. Prince & Princess Contest (3-4 year olds) at 10 a.m. Little Mr & Miss Contest (5-8 year olds) at 10:45 a.m. Winners of these pageants will be announced at noon.Pearl Jr. Miss Contest will be held at 4:15 p.m. The contestants will dance at 5:30pm and the Queen Contest will

By KARRIE SPANN 723-4262 begin at 5:45 p.m. Winners of these pageants will be announced at 6:30 p.m. For more information about the pageant contests call Becca at 217370-9740 or Anissa at 217-3713440.

Pearl’s July Celebration Talent Show will begin at 1:30pm and the Drag Queen Contest will start at 3pm. The winners of the Talent Contest and Drag Queen Contest will be announced at 4pm.

Great food, activities and fun for all! Don’t miss Pearl’s July Celebration,Saturday, July 5 There will be a wedding shower for Christopher Edison and Courtney Voepel, Sunday, July 20 at 2 p.m. in the Milton Christian Church annex.

Nebo Vin Fiz planning and fundraising happening Tills year's Vin Fiz celebration is being planned! The Theme is ''The 50's".Nominations for the parade grand marshal are being taken. Call Kelly Hill with your nominations 217734-2418 or see any member. To sign up for the Miss Yin Fiz or the Jr. Miss Yin Fiz call Angie Grammer at 217653-8477 or Lori Clendenny at 217734-1811 or 217-883-9234, the deadline has been extended to July 7·. Jr. Miss is for sixth through eight grades, and the Miss is for ninth -12th grades.

The Nebo Community club is sell-

ing Shakespeare's Pizza again tills year to help fund the entertainment for the Yin Fiz. The club is taking orders until July 1. The delivery date will be around July 15. The cost is $12 each.

They have pepperoni, sausage, cheese and veggie. See any club member to order.

The next Community club meeting will be July 3. They will be fmalizing Yin Fiz. Have a safe and happy 4th of July!!

Happy Birthday this week to Erica Fox, Alli Clowers! I'd also like to

By Lori Clendenny 217-734-1811 loriclendenny@gmail.com

wish two of my Versailles readers a Happy birthday, Ann Wiese and Mildean DeWitt!

Quote of the week "If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, we will be a nation gone under." Ronald Reagan.

New Salem

and other area news Lots of activities to attend and enjoy Would certainly appreciate any and all of your news.

“Forgive and ask to be forgiven; excuse rather than accuse”. Mother Teresa Birthdays and Anniversaries for this week are: July 3 -- Carol and Scott Miller, July 4 -- Ed and Carla Butler, July 5 -- Lynn Ballinger, July 6 -- Tammy Knight, Donnie and Becky Walston, Addie Rhodes, Andy Ehlert, July 7 -- Caitlyn Harter, Carolyn Baker, Alma Harshman, James and Brandi Francis, July 8 -- Dean Hall, Brad Berry, J.N. Bonnett, Rodney and Janet Woods Prayer Requests: April Myers, Angie Lin, Betty Collins, Bob Rue, Brenda Garner, Connie McFall, David Motley, David Brawdy, Dianna Ruble, Dianna Housmann, Elaine McCall, Heather Alvey, Jeanette Doran, Janet Shoemaker, Josh Bennett, Karen McCullen, Leroy Leonard, Meriam Ibrahim who is being held prisoner in the Middle East because she is a Christian, Missionary Mike Leonard and family, Monica Ruble, Norie Jeffs, Nikki Allen, Ona Ogle, Pat Baxter, Roger Woods, Radar Grim,Roger Bonnett, Roger and Brenda Pennock, Vicki Brackett and family, and pray especially for the United States of America, its leaders, its people, and let everyone remember how and why this great country was founded.

Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. Psalm 41:1, 2 Activities in the area: This Saturday evening, July 5, will be the monthly Gospel Gigs at the Detroit Christian Church. Food and fellowship start at 5:30 p.m. with the singing starting at 6:30. Come on out and enjoy an evening out in Detroit!

A week from this Friday and Saturday, July 11 and 12, there will be a multi family indoor / outdoor yard sale at the Fellowship Hall at the Grace Baptist Church which is the church across from Pine Lakes. Friday, the hours will be 9 - 4, and Saturday, the hours are 9 - 1. Come on out and check out all the bargains.

The family reunion for the family of the late Otha and Ella Cawthon has been postponed due to illness. It is hoped the reunion can be held later this summer.

Questions? Call either Violet Landess (217-285-6654), Cheryl Wilkinson (618-799-6858), or Pat Baxter (217285-5461).

Sunday evening, July 13th, at 6 p.m. at the First Christian Church, 117 West Washington, Mt. Sterling, will be the

gospel group The Nehrhorns. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Vacation Bible School will be at the Baylis Baptist Church Aug. 13, 14, 15, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. for ages preschool through high school. Sunday morning, August 17th, will be the closing program. All children are invited and welcome to attend.

If you enjoy good gospel singing, and want some places to go to hear some, here is a short list of Gospel Gigs’ locations and times: First Saturday of each month -Detroit Christian Church -- fellowship and food 5:30 p.m. -- singing 6:30 p.m.

Second Saturday of each month -- Black Oak Church, Beardstown -- fellowship and food 5 p.m. -- singing 6 p.m.

Last Friday of each month -Rushville Church of the Nazarene -- fellowship and food 5:30 p.m. -singing 7 p.m.

Last Saturday of each month -Grace Center, Roodhouse --fellowship and food 4:30 p.m. -- singing 6 p.m.

Every Saturday of each month -- Youngblood Church, Nortonville -- singing starts at 6:30 p.m.

Recycling -- Friday -- 9:30 - 1:30 -by Bowlers Universe.

Never too late to start saving those General Mills’ boxtops.

Samaritan Closet -- second Friday of each month from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. To make donations, call 1-217-491-8980.

Trivia Answers from Last Week: 1. How many ounces are in an apothecary pound? (12 ounces) 2. Where will the great battle of the whole world take place? (Armadedon) 3. How far away can a smell of a skunk be detected by a human? (a mile away) 4. When the great earthquake happens, what will happen to every island and mountain? (they will disappear) 5. Who is credited with originating this saying: “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise”? (Benjamin Franklin) 6. In Chapter 19 of Revelation, what two words were used to describe who sat upon the white horse that came out of heaven? (Faithful and True) For the next few weeks, the Biblical trivia questions will be from the book of Revelation. Did you know that it says in Revelation 1:3, “Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand”? Hope you take the time to read Revelation as you answer the questions, and God bless you.

Trivia Questions for This Week: 1. The beast, the false prophet, and all those who will receive the mark of

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By WYVETTA DAVIS 285-4880 the beast will be cast into what?

2. What is the size of a crocodile’s brain?

3. How long will Satan be bound in the bottomless pit so that Christ and the saints can reign on the earth without Satan?

4. How many species of buffalo gnats have there been?

5. How many books will be opened on the day of judgment?

Lisa and Mark Welch and Gale and Mark Hoskins recently returned from a cruise to Alaska. Saturday morning, June 14, they arrived in Seattle, Wash., and visited the famous Pike’s Market on the Seattle waterfront, and that evening they attended Mass at St. James Cathedral. They boarded the cruise ship, the Pearl of the Norwegian Cruise Line, Sunday morning and were at sea through Monday. Tuesday, June 17, they arrived at Juneau which is the capital city of Alaska and toured Mendenhall Glacier. Wednesday, June 18, they arrived in Skagway and rode the White Pass Railroad through the mountains into Canada and back to Skagway. Thursday, June 19, they cruised into Glacier Bay National Park and observed several glaciers. Friday, June 20, they were in Ketchikan where both Marks went salmon fishing and Lisa and Gale went to a lumberjack show and also took a tour of the Alaskan rainforest. Mark Hoskins caught a silver salmon. Saturday, June 21, they stopped in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, where they toured the town and spent the evening at a beautiful sunken garden called Butchart Gardens.

Sunday, June 22, they were back in Seattle and attended 10 a.m. Mass again at St. James and participated in the Eucharistic procession. They went up into the Space Needle in Seattle.

That evening they had a seafood dinner at the waterfront. They had a great time and made some wonderful memories.

“Prayer is as necessary as the air, as the blood in our bodies, as anything to keep us alive -- to keep us alive to the grace of God”. Mother Teresa The evening of Saturday, June 28, Les Garner and Max Self took Steve and I to the Grace Center in Roodhouse for their monthly Gospel Gig. What a good time we all had!

There is so much good in the worst of us, And so much bad in the best of us, That it hardly becomes any of us To talk about the rest of us.

Debbie Gouran is looking for contestants for the baby contest. Call her at 217-724-2028. She is also in charge of the flamingos, so if you want to pay to put them on a friend’s property call her.

The community lost another WWII veteran with the passing of Lewis McCrary. He was always helping the senior citizen’s group and always gave you a smile.

Mike, Debbie, and Todd Miller traveled to Grafton to go to the surprise 80th birthday party of Mike’s Aunt Mary Ann (Simpkin)

Mooney of Florissant, Mo. Mary Ann graduated in 1951 from PHHS. Along with her two children, their spouses, and the eight grandchildren, there were a few cousins. Her first cousin Mary Quait of Pleasant Hill also attended. Her family announced that she would be a great-grandmother in January.

The Detroit Christian Church will hold their monthly Gospel Gig, Sat. July 5 Open mic night with patriotic music. A light supper will be served at 5:30 and the concert at 6:30 pm. Come join us for great

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evening. They would like to let you know that they have a new handicapped ramp.

The weather man says we will have a pleasant Fourth of July, I hope so, it makes the town celebration a lot nicer and it will have a larger attendance.

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Softball clinic for Lady Tornadoes softball fund “Eating What Grandma Ate”part II, is the topic for Griggsville Historical-Genealogical Society on Thursday, July 10 at 2 p.m. at the Skinner House. Special gues will be Susan Browning who will share briefly about her journey to better health after cancer diagnosis.

Also her daughter, singer Nicole Browning will perform some special songs. The dvd with Dr. Joel Fuhrman will be continued, since the electrical issues that limited its use in June have been resolved.

The Detroit Christian Church will hold their monthly Gospel Gig on Saturday, July 5. It will be open mic night with special patriotic music. A light supper will begin at 5:30 p.m. with the concert to follow at 6:30.

Come enjoy a great evening of food, music and fellowship! Handicap accessible.

The Lady Tornadoes softball Clinic will be held July 14-18 at the Little League Diamond. It will run

from 5:30-7:30 each evening. The clinic will be for girls going into sixth - tenth grades. All proceeds go to the Lady Tornadoes softball fund. Entry forms can be picked up at the office or call Robert Kennedy at 217-473-0651. Form and Fees are due back at to the school office by Monday, July 7th. Hope to see everyone there.

Congratulations to Brianna Brown and the rest of her softball team!

The girls, coached by Dusty Wilson, placed second in the Missouri state tournament for Division 3 in girls softball. Brianna has done an awesome job in center field and in pitching for the team this summer!

Several members of our family enjoyed a get-together on Sunday afternoon to help our granddaughter Allison Kessinger celebrate her 21st birthday (gulp) and her boyfriend, Brandon Snell, celebrate his 24th birthday.

Congratulations to our son Joey

Illinois State Police announce alternative application option to apply for concealed carry licenses

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Officials to accommodate applicants without computer access Illinois State Police (ISP) officials announced today that an alternative application option to apply for a Concealed Carry License (CCL) is now available for those individuals without computer access.

Applicants can contact the ISP Firearms Services (FSB) customer service center phone line at 217782-7980 and provide a FSB call taker with the same CCL application information that is currently required through the CCL on-line process.

The FSB call taker will need the applicant’s full name, any previous names, date of birth, driver’s license number or state ID, Firearms Owner Identification (FOID) card number, current mailing address, ten years of previous address history, fingerprint Transaction Control Number (TCN) (which is optional), training instructor’s name and the Concealed Carry Trainer’s Identification (CCTID) number. Applicants should have this information readily available prior to calling the FSB customer service center phone line.

Upon validation of the FOID number and driver’s license or identification card, payment in the form of credit card or electronic check will be needed and securely processed by the FSB call taker.

Once the CCL telephone application interview is completed and payment confirmed, the applicant will receive the application in the mail.

Upon receipt, the applicant must review the application for accuracy, initial all required areas, answer the background check questions, and sign and date the application. The applicant must also attach a 2” by 2 “ headshot photo (shoulder to head) taken within the last 30 days and provide all required training certificates.

The completed application, photo, and training certificates must be returned to the ISP through the U.S. Postal Service before the application will be processed and a license issued.

The Illinois State Police is providing this alternative method to ensure that the public has options to participate in the CCL application process and to ensure turnaround times are met in accordance with the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. To date, more than 78,000 CCL applications have been submitted and more than 60,000 are active across Illinois.

ISP continues to encourage the public to use the on-line CCL application option when possible for the most efficient processing method.

Completed CCL applications, photo and required training certificates can be mailed to: The Illinois State PoliceAttn: CCL Application 801 South 7th Street, 400M Springfield, IL 62704.

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Kessinger, who was the winner of the demolition derby in the compact cars at Western Illinois fair on Saturday night. Congratulations also to Mike Brown for his win in the Pro-Mods class and Kenny Manson who won the bus derby.

The Homer Allen estate was sold at an auction on Saturday. Homer is sorely missed in our area!

The school offices are open Monday - Thursday from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. If you would like to start your supply shopping early, you may stop in for a supply list in either building.

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The Cemetery Association has also received a contribution from Bill and Ann Galloway Mitchell of Sun City West, Ariz.

Tips to keep safe while celebrating the Fourth This Fourth of July weekend, many people will be traveling, firing up the backyard grill or enjoying fireworks and the American Red Cross offers a series of steps to safely enjoy the holiday weekend.

HIGHWAY SAFETY Millions of people will be on the highways over the Fourth of July weekend. The Red Cross offers these five things everyone should do to stay safe while traveling: n Buckle seat belts and observe speed limits. n Do not drink and drive. n Pay full attention to the road – don’t use a cell phone to text while behind the wheel. n Use caution in work zones. n Clean the vehicle’s lights and windows to help the driver see, especially at night. Turn the headlights on as dusk approaches, or during inclement weather.

FIREWORKS SAFETY The best way to enjoy fireworks is to attend a public fireworks show put on by professionals.

Here are five safety steps for people setting fireworks off at home: n Never give fireworks to small children, and always follow the instructions on the packaging. n Keep a supply of water close by as a precaution. n Make sure the person lighting fireworks always wears eye protection. n Light only one firework at a time and never attempt to relight “a dud.” n Never throw or point a firework toward people, animals, vehicles, structures or flammable

materials.

GRILLING SAFETY Every year people are injured while using charcoal or gas grills.

Here are several steps to safely cook up treats for the backyard barbecue: n Always supervise a barbecue grill when in use. n Never grill indoors – not in the house, camper, tent, or any enclosed area. n Make sure everyone, including the pets, stays away from the grill. n Keep the grill out in the open, away from the house, the deck, tree branches, or anything that could catch fire. n Use the long-handled tools especially made for cooking on the grill to keep the chef safe.

FREE SWIM AND FIRST AID APPS Another thing people can do is download the free Red Cross Swim and First Aid Apps. Swim App users can learn water safety and drowning prevention information for a variety of aquatic environments. Children can have fun learning water safety tips with the child-friendly videos and quizzes in the app. The First Aid App puts expert advice for everyday emergencies at someone’s fingertips. The apps are available for smart phones and tablets and can be downloaded from the Apple or Google Play for Android app stores. The Swim App is also available in the Amazon Kindle Store.

More water safety information is available at redcross.org.

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Joan Greenwood, left and Bev Johnson walk in the survivor’s lap during the recent Relay for Life event held on the Pike County Courthouse lawn. The two women are sisters.

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The survivor lap at Relay for Life is always a special time and the 2104 lap was no exception. Steve and Baileigh Bann of Chambersburg carried the flag for the survivors.

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Amy Erva, left, finds a T-shirt for Beverly White before the Relay for Life walk begins.

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Cody Gunder and Emma Mann of Pittsfield work to put up a tent as they prepare to stay all night at the recent Relay for Life. A driving rain storm dampened the grounds but not the enthusiasm of the crowd.

Steve Allred strings lights at one of the tents to decorate for Relay for Life Saturday, June 21 at the Pike County Courthouse.

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Mr. and Mrs. Curt and Debbie Renoud

Mr. and Mrs. Curt and Debbie Renoud celebrate 25 years.

Curt and Debbie Renoud of New Hartford celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary July 1. They celebrated this past February by taking a trip to Playa del Carmen, Mexico.

They were married July 1, 1989 at Pittsfield United Methodist Church by Rev. Tournear. Debbie is the daughter of Carroll and Susan

Cox and Curt is the son of Wally and Nora Renoud.

They have three sons, Benjamin, Brian and Brady.

Debbie is a registered nurse at Illini Community Hospital in Pittsfield and Curt is engaged in farming with Renoud Farms.

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Births A daughter was born to Aaron and Katelynn Davis of Pittsfield Friday, June 20 at 11:34 p.m.

A daughter was born to Donnie and Jessica Manker of Griggsville, Saturday, June 21 at 8:01 a.m.

A son was born to Josh and Amanda McDonald of Pittsfield Monday, June 23 at 4:39 p.m.

A son was born to Lance W. And Ashley C. Smith of Hull, Monday, June 23 at 7:23 p.m.

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Benjamin Russell Bradshaw turned three years old April 20.

Jonah is the son of Todd and Carrie Bradshaw of Griggsville. He is the grandson of Phillip and Linda Bradshaw of Griggsville and Rusty and Linda Pearson of Perry. He is the great grandson of Russell and Phyla Pearson of Pittsfield. He celebrated with his family and friends at home. He has a younger brother, Jonah, who is one.

Steers to celebrate 90th birthday

The family of Norma Steers is requesting a card shower for her to celebrate her 90th birthday July 9th.

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Jonah Phillip Bradshaw turned one May 23. Jonah is the son of Todd and Carrie Bradshaw of Griggsville.

He is the grandson of Phillip and Linda Bradshaw of Griggsville and Rusty and Linda Pearson of Perry.

He is the great grandson of Russell and Phyla Pearson of Pittsfield.

He celebrated with his family and friends at home. He has an older brother Benjamin, who is three.

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Mountain The family of Michael D. Mountain wishes to express our heartfelt thanks to all of our family, friends, and neighbors for their visits, cards, phone calls, flowers, wonderful food, and support in the passing of our father, brother and son. Special thanks go to the ladies of the Perry Methodist Church for their fabulous meal. Thanks also go to Pastor Dave Kelly, Jamie and Tracy Hendricker for their guidance through these difficult days.

Your memorials toward Michael’s grandson Mason’s education are also appreciated. Kayla your words about your Dad were and are outstanding. Good job!

Travis and Mason Mountain Candace Mountain Kayla Mountain Dean and Vicki Mountain Brian Mountain Darin, Nicole, Shane and Shannon Mountain Swartz The family of Sandra Swartz would like to thank all who expressed sympathy during our time of sorrow. All who sent cards, called or visited, brought by food or simply shared a memory - we are forever grateful. A special thanks to Jennifer Niebur, Pastor Kroeze of the Church of the Nazarene and all our family and friends who were close by as we have grieved the unexpected passing of our most cherished wife, mother and grandmother.

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By BETH ZUMWALT Pike Press The classes of Pearl High School held a reunion at the Community Center in Pearl, June 14.

Attending were: Jerry and Doris Smith Akers, Pearl; Glen and Laurabell Allen Ottwell, Metamora; Glenna Donohoo, East Alton,; Doris Johnessee, Bunker Hill; Louise McClenning Talkington, Brighton; Betty Johnessee Lewis, Godfrey; Jim and Charlotte Jones Jones, Pearl; LaDon and Jenny Johnson, Pittsfield; Wilma Hauger Riess, Florissant, Mo.; Charles Frazier, Cloverdale, Ind.; George Allen and Gale Allen, Cottage Hill; Ron and Donna Wyatt Laux, Pearl; Earl Marell and Kay Reeder, Louisiana, Mo.; Roger and Julia Hatcher, Pearl; Betty Johnson Franklin, Pittsfield; Nancy Miller Collard, Pittsfield; Jean Johnson Kern, Milton; Lyndle and Imogene Scott, Bowling Green, Mo.; Gladys

Smith Clarkson, Pittsfield; Ronnie and Peggy Turner, O’Fallon, Mo., Charles and Kathy Grubbs, St. Louis, Mo., Larry and Michelle Hauger, Stoughton, Wisc.; Frank and Sue Long, Brighton; Kenny and Linda Donohoo, Pittsfield; Burgess Grubbs, Battle Creek, Mich.;Albert and Barbara McIntire, Pearl; Robert and Margie Donithan, Worden,;Gene Donithan, Kentucky; Doris Smith Webel, Pittsfield; Robert and Dorothy Heavner, Vallmeyer; Frank and Carylin Heavner, Pearl; Roselene Ottwell Waggoner, Peoria; Don and Maxine Smith, Homer Glen; Lawence Paul Lane, Pearl; Carolyn Grubbs, Battle Creek, Mich.; Janet Grimes, Texas; Pearl Hanks, Hardin and Vicki Grubbs, Texas.

A former teacher, Betty Miller of Pittsfield, also joined the group.

Everyone enjoyed a meal catered

by Catering and More and visiting with friends and classmates.

Pike County Housing Authority obtains ‘High Performer’ designation The Pike County Housing Authority based in Barry and serving all of Pike County is pleased to report that it has obtained a score of 90 and High Performer Designation from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the most recently ended fiscal year 2013. Chris Bruns, Executive Director notes “This is a great success story and achievement for the staff and the Pike County Housing Authority Board.” Just two years ago the Pike County Housing Authority only scored a 66 for the fiscal year end 2011, which amounted to a Substandard Management Designation.

Bruns was hired Dec. 5, 2011, replacing Don Peebles who served as Interim Executive Director for about three months. Bruns credits Peebles as a great steadying influence for the agency during a difficult time. Regarding the 2011 score, Bruns says “We

knew we had our work cut out for us, but it wasn’t completely clear how much until then.” As a result, we began the push to reverse course and get the ship righted, which led to a complete revamp of how we do business. He states “We had to look at everything.

From office procedures to maintenance practices, no stone was left unturned in searching for the right mix in changing our identity.” The fruits of that effort led for the Pike County Housing Authority to receive a score of 76, Standard Designation, just one year later. Bruns states “To have gone from a score of 66 to a score of 90 in two years is a remarkable accomplishment.

Everyone involved with this should be very proud of what we’ve been able to do.” For further information, please contact the Pike County Housing Authority.

Pittsfield Lion’s Club presents

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Open to girls ages 3-5 from Pike3-5 County Pike County Girls ages Contest Friday, July 11 • 6 p.m.

Two braided pigtails the Courthouse ContestOn Saturday, JulyLawn 14 • 5 p.m. is required OnPre-registration the Courthouse Lawn Deadline for Registration: Tuesday, July 10 8 Deadline for Registration: Tue., July NO EXCEPTIONS! NO EXCEPTIONS Contact: Sharon Springer at (217) 285-5760 Contact Sharon Springer at 285-5760 or Megan Hittner at 217-370-9622

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Harold Evans recently received a quilt recognizing his military service from the Quilts of Valor organization. On hand for the presentation, held at the Courtyard café were, left to right, his family, daughter-in-law Alicia Evans, grandson Logan Evans, Evans, wife Karen, son H. Todd and granddaughter Claire Evans.

Evans receives Quilt of Valor Harold D. Evans of Pittsfield was surprised by a representative from Quilts of Valor Saturday, June 21 at the Courtyard Café for his service in the Army shortly after the Korean War. The mission of the Quilts of Valor Foundation is to cover service members and veterans touched by war with comforting and healing Quilts of Valor, and to thank them for their service to our country.

Evans was nominated by his daughter, Jerri Lynn and son-in-law

Rodney W. Bange, an Air Force Veteran for this distinguished honor.

The quilts are made with donations of material, and volunteers give their time piecing and quilting for veterans all over the country.

To date, 101,669 quilts have been awarded to veterans of the armed forces.

Harold was surprised by his family under the guise of a late Father’s Day celebration. Unable to attend the celebration were Rod and Jerri Lynn Bange of Ohio.

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Pleasant Hill Fourth of July celebration

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Handsome and beautiful best describes the candidates for Pleasant Hill Prince and Princess.

Candidates are, left to right, Devlin Smith, Daniel McIntire, Harlee DeCamp, Gavin Coy, Alyssa McGlynn, Brody Dolbeare, Rowdy Rodhouse. Also in the pageant are McKinley Lowe, Sonny Picone and Bradley Smith.

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The Little Mr and Miss pageant at the Pleasant Hill 4th of July celebration could be a lively event with 12 contestants.

Front row, vying for the title of Little Mr., left to right, Bing Lowe, Brock Lowe, Brady Lowe, Caeden Christinson, Levi Dark. Standing, Ridge Rodhouse, Alainna Johnson, Kayde Smith, Cadee Hansen, Abbie Coy and Morgan Hatton.

Rydor Rodhouse is also vying for the title of Little Mr.

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Three girls are vying for Miss Pleasant Hill for the 2014 title. Seated, Carley White, Keely Collard. Standing are Rebekah Mowen and Aminah Al-Rawas, the reigning Miss Pleasant Hill.

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Four cuties will be vying for the title of the Pleasant Hill baby at the 4th of July celebration Friday. Left to right, Avery Orr, Henley Jones, Easton Hansen and Charley Lowe. The pageant starts at 1:45 Friday in the park at Pleasant Hill.

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11 a.m. Parade – participants gather at the fairgrounds 1 a.m. Singing of the National Anthem at the park 1:15 p.m. Recognization of the “Hometown Heros” 1:45 p.m. Baby contest 2:15 p.m. Little Mr and Miss 3 p.m. Prince and Princess 4 p.m. Miss and Jr. Miss pageants 5 p.m. Cheerleaders perform 6:15 p.m. Miss Fire Cracker Fireworks begin at dusk.

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Junior Miss contestants for the Pleasant Hill 4th of July are, left to right, Emma Dolbeare, Natalie Allen, Neali Little, reigning Junior Miss Alexis White, Ella Pepper, Carley McGlynn and Braylee Anderson. The Junior Miss pageant will run simultaneously with the Miss Pleasant Hill pageant and will start at 4 p.m.

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Pearl holds July summer celebration

By BETH ZUMWALT Pike Press Pearl will hold the village’s annual July celebration Saturday, July 5.

Opening ceremonies will be held at 9 a.m. and the start of the 50/50 raffle will follow.

The prince and princess contest for 3-4 year-olds will start at 10 a.m. and will be followed by the Little Mr and Miss for those 5-8. That pageant should start around 10:45.

The Hula Hoop contest is open to all ages and contesants are urged to gather at 11:30 for the competition.

Winners of the baby, Little Mr

and Miss and Prince and Princess contest will be announced at noon.

A washer tournament will start at 1 p.m. and the talent show will start at 1:30 p.m.

A drag queen contest will start at 3 p.m. and winners of that competition and the talent show will be announced at 4.

The Junior Miss pageant will begin at 4:15 p.m.

Miss Pearl contestants will take the stage at 5:45 p.m. and winners of both the afternoon pageants will be announced at 6:30.

A balloon and egg toss will start

at 7 p.m. and is open to all ages.

The evening will conclude at 8 p.m. with the announcement of the winners of the silent auction and the 50/50 raffle.

Tickets for the raffle are 50 cents each or bundles are also offered.

There will be tickets for all the games and they, too, will be 50 cents each or bundles can be purchased.

Food, including hotdogs, hamburgers, brats, chips, tea, lemonade and water will be served throughout the day.

Bring a lawn chair and enjoy the day with the village of Pearl.

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The reigning Miss Pearl, Angel Cantwell, is flanked by this year's candidates, left to right, Erica Jones, Brandi McDaniles, Cantwell, Kassi Godsey, Samantha Renfrow. Also vying for the title are – Cindy Hubbard, April Prater, Della Carpenter and Brooklynn Carter.

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Five contestants are vying for Junior Miss Pearl. The pageant will be held Saturday. Candidates are, first row, Anna Sidwell and Brianna Stauffer. Second row, Makenya McCurdy. Third row, Heather Renfrow, Raven Crawford.

Also in the pageant are Haley Summers and Hannah Smith.

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The baby contest at the Pearl 4th of July celebration should be full of smiling infants. Already registered to be in the pageant are, front row, left to right, Aliyah Naughton, Jordan Naughton, Journey Shanks, Liam Summers, Faithlynn Booth. Second row, Jaxon Jones, Maggie Gade, David McDonald, Genesis Booth. Also in the pageant are: Gabbriella Santiago, Dakota DeJaynes, Piper Lewis, Brantly Flemming, Neviah Leverige, and Patryk Bricker.

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Little Mister and Miss Pearl contestants are, front row, left to right, Erryn Dyer, Phoenix Crawford, Addison DeJaynes. Second row, Brooklynn Sidwell, Lea Ruble. Also in the pageant are, Caleb Guthrie, Garrett Santiago, Adrionna Walters, Annabelle Fleming, Dixie Hoots, Austin Hoots.

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Prince and Princess candidates in Pearl include, front row, CJ McDonald, Aubrey Ruble, Jayden Sidney.

Second row, Ryson Sidwell, Phoenix McDaniels. Also in the pageant are Rylee Miller and Brookelynn Flemming.

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CHAMBERSBURG n Chambersburg Christian Church VBS will be held Sunday, July 20 - Thursday, July 24 from 6-8 p.m. PreK through 8th grades are invited. The closing program and BBQ will be held Sunday, July 27 starting at 9:45 a.m.

DETROIT n Vacation Bible School will be held at Detroit Methodist Church Monday, July 7 - Friday, July 11 from 6:30 - 8 p.m. The theme this year is “Bee Adventurous.”

There will be music, crafts, lessons and snacks. The VBS is open to all children. If you have any questions, feel free to call Pastor Dave at 217-833-2457 or 217-833-2575.

GRIGGSVILLE n The Griggsville Historical/ Geneaological Society will meet Thursday, July 10 at 2 p.m. at the Skinner House in Griggsville.

The topic for the meeting will be “Eating What Grandma Ate - Part 2.” Special guest will be Susan Browning who will share briefly about her journey to better health after cancer diagnosis. Her daughter Nicole Browning will perform some special songs, and the DVD with DR. Joel Fuhrman will be continued.

PEARL n Pearl will hold its 2014 July Celebration July 5, 2014. Food will be served, a 50/50 drawing will be held, and there will be music, games and a silent auction. A washer tournament will also be held at 1 p.m. For pageant information, contact Becca at 217-370-9740 or Anissa at 217371-3440. The pageant is open to all Pike and Calhoun residents.

PITTSFIELD n Helping Hands Ministry sponsored by Calvary Baptist Church in Pittsfield will be held the second Saturday of every month from 9-11 a.m. Free to all in need are household cleaning items, paper products, baby care products, personal hygiene items, laundry items and more. Open to all families in need. Enter in back door just off the parking lot.

Watch for bright signs. n Illini Community Hospital will hold a blood drive Thursday, July 10 from 2-5:30 p.m. at the Illini Community Hospital Bloodmobile, located at 640 West Washington St. in Pittsfield. Sign up by calling Charlie Hull at 217-285-2113 x3810 or online at www.bloodcenterimpact.org. n The July bluegrass show at the Senior Center has been cancelled and will resume in August.

PLEASANT HILL n A Red Cross blood drive will be held at the Pleasant Hill Christian Church, 100 S. Main St. in Pleasant Hill July 7 from 2-7 p.m.

ON GOING n Historic East School and Shastid House will be open 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. Other hours are available by appointment at 217-4912391. n Bible studies for 2014 will be held at the Perry United Methodist Church Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. and Wednesdays at 9:30 p.m. at the Griggsville United Methodist Church. The book of Ezekiel will be studied.

This Bible study is sponsored by the 7 congregations of the Bright Star Parish but is open to absolutely everyone. If you have questions, feel free to contact Pastor Dave at 217-833-2575 or 217-833-2457. n The Bright Star Methodist Cooperative Parish Bible Study for spring 2014 will be held every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the

in and around the Pike County Area

Perry United Methodist Church and Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. at the Griggsville United Methodist Church. Both are studying the book of Ezekiel. The Bible study is sponsored by the 7 congregations of the Bright Star Parish - Oxville, Florence, Detroit, Griggsville, Perry, New Salem and Baylis Methodist Churches.

If you have questions, please call Pastor Dave at 217-833-2575 or 217-833-2457.

IDPH approved on-line food service sanitation classes. Both the initial 15 hour “certification class” and the five hour “refresher” class are offered. Participants must have internet access and an e-mail address to sign up. A registration form can be downloaded from the Pike County Health Department website at www.pikecoilhealth.org, Call Jane Johnson at (217) 285-4407, ext 118 for more information.

n Stamp Club Night every second Monday from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Pike County Health Department in Pittsfield with Amanda Woodward.

n Pittsfield Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star meets every fourth Monday at the Masonic Lodge at 7:30 p.m.

n ‘Fill Your Box’ Card-making Class meets on the 1st and 2nd Thursday of every month at 10:30 a.m. at 416 E. Chestnut St. in Griggsville with Amanda Woodward. n The Pittsfield Woman’s Club will meet every fourth Tuesday of the month at noon for lunch and a program at the Community Center. For more information or to become a member, call Sandy Henry, 285-6480. All Pike County women are welcome. n The Pittsfield High School Athletic Dept. is looking for a way to get alumni of PHS addresses. If you are yourself, or if you know the person who is in charge of planning your class reunions, please contact Athletic Director Don Bigley at 217-2856888 or email dbigley@pikeland. org. n Puzzlebox: Autism Awareness/Support Group meets the third Monday of every month from 6:30 p.m. until 7:30 or 8 p.m. at the First Christian Church in Pittsfield. The group is designed to raise awareness of autism spectrum disorders within the community and provide support for those affected by autism.

Anyone affected is welcome to attend. Upcoming meeting dates are: June 17 and July 15. For more information, please contact Taylor Sweeting at 217-370-8142 or email taylor.sweeting@yahoo. com. n The County Market Coupon Club meets Wednesday afternoons from 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. weekly in the County Market Café. There is no charge to join and the coupons are traded each week and several rebate forms are available each week.

For more information, contact County Market 217-285-4453. n Belleview Community Church “Teen Drop-In” every third Sunday night of the month for ages 12-18 at 5:30 p.m. n 12 Step Al-Anon Family Support Group for alcohol and narcotic addiction every Monday 8 p.m. at First Christian Church 225 N. Memorial, Pittsfield.

(Breezway entrance). For more information, call Betty at (217) 285-6191. n Addicts Victorious support group meeting Tuesday nights 6-7 p.m. Church of the Nazarene Family Center. n Scrapbooking every third Wednesday per month 6-8 p.m at the Hull Community Center by Marie Woods. n Blood Pressure Checks Liberty Village of Pittsfield will provide free checks the last Monday of every month at the Hull Community Center from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free soup and sandwich will be provided

by Liberty Village and transportation will be provided by the Western Public Transit for anyone to and from the center! n The Pike County Health Department is now offering

n T.O.P.S. Meeting at the Milton Christian Church Annex every Tuesday, weigh-in 6-6:30, meeting 6:30 p.m. The group is open to the public. For information, call Shanna Edison 217723-4034 or email shannad81@ gmail.com. n Pittsfield Lions Club meets the first and third Thursday of every month at Carl’s Cardinal Inn. For more information, please contact Mike Graham at 217-473-3791. n Breastfeeding Support Group, Pike County Health Department, monthly. First Tuesday, 10 a.m, third Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., 285-4407. n Pike County Health Department: Home Health visits by nurses, therapists, aides, and homemakers daily. TB skin testing 8:30 a.m.-11:45 a.m. & 1-4:45 p.m. Monday and Tuesday. Immunization clinics 1:30-6 p.m. on first and third Mondays. Family planning counseling Mon.-Thurs., except Tues. a.m. and Wed. p.m. when clinics are held. Blood pressure screenings Tues. 2-4 p.m. The health department is closed on Fridays, although essential services are available. For more information, call 217-285-4407. New WIC walk-in clinics: Monday through Thursday,-to 10:45 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m. Children’s group nutrition education available second and fourth Thursdays at 1 p.m.

No appointments necessary. For more information call 217-2854407, x137. n Job Club will be open to the public every Tuesday from 2-3 p.m. No appointment necessary.

Two Rivers Regional Council Office at 120 South Madison, Pittsfield. n The Pittsfield Meal Site located in the First Christian Church Fellowship Hall, 225 N. Memorial offers daily meals at noon, Monday-Friday. Please call Connie at 285-6150 the day before or by 8:45 a.m. the day of the lunch, or any time before the day you would like to eat with us. Donation only for seniors over 60. Those under 60 are required to pay the full cost. Transportation available.

The senior center is also collecting used cell phones for seniors.

Your old cell phone may provide the critical link between law enforcement and someone in trouble.

OUT OF THE COUNTY n Silver Wings will perform at Hull’s Hall, located at 220 S. Main in Palmyra, Mo. July 5 from 6-8:30 p.m. Food will be available. n Genesis - The Musical

by Ken Bradbury and roger Wainwright will be presented by and for the benefit of Passavant Area Hospital Auxiliary at the Playhouse on the Square in Jacksonville. Tickers may be purchased at County Market and Passavant Hospital Gift Shop.

Show dates are August 1-2 and August 5-9 at 7:30 p.m. and August 3 and August 10 at 2 p.m.

VENDORS WANTED! Wednesdays at 4p.m.

Meat, cheese, eggs & homemade craft items welcome! (must meet Health Dept. rules) Organization & business sponsorship opportunities!

Open during construction on NW corner of the square!

For information: Call 217-245-6884 or www.jacksonvillemainstreet.com

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After rain delayed the start of the Do or Die Bowl Friday night in Hannibal, Bo and Blake Smith former standouts on the Pleasant Hill Wolves football team, managed to get in a few licks for the Illinois team which overpowered the Missouri All-Stars. Both Smiths are headed to Culver-Stockton and will play for the Wildcats.

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Lady Tornadoes who attended the recently awards banquet were,front row: Devin Battefeld and Ashley Miller . Second row: Cami Ring, Kalli Goewey, Rachel Smith. Third rdow: Kenzie Flowers and Lynley Ellis Fourth row: Courtney Harris, Bailey Powers, Lynley Ellis. Fifth row: Peyton Bonds, Hannah Dewitt, Lexi Kessinger.

Lady Tornadoes celebrate awesome season By beth zumwalt Pike Press The G-P Lady Tornadoes sports banquet was held Friday, June 20 in the G-P cafeteria. The following awards were given: 110% awardKalli Goewey, Defensive playerLexi Kessinger, runs scored- Rachel Smith (42 runs), pitching awardHannah Dewitt (14 wins), batting average- Hannah Dewitt (.506), most improved-Lynley Ellis, M.V.P.Peyton Bonds.

Players named to the WIVC conference were: Peyton Bonds, Kenzie Flowers, Hannah Dewitt, and Rachel

Smith.

Players named to the All-Academic WIVC were: Peyton Bonds, Kenzie Flowers, Lexi Kessinger, Bailey Powers, Lynley Ellis, Kadie Smith, Macey Sargent, and Rachel Smith.

Players named to the WCC All Conference team were: Peyton Bonds, Kenzie Flowers, Hannah Dewitt, and Rachel Smith.

Players named to the PCC 1st team were: Peyton Bonds, Hannah Dewitt, and Rachel Smith.

Second team were: Kenzie Flowers and Lynley Ellis.

The WIVC Sportsmanship Award went to Lexi Kessinger.

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Logan Thiele, left and Eli Petty were attentive during the Do or Die Bowl and both saw lots of action. The two Saukee standouts will continue their education and football careers next season. Thiele is headed to Monmouth and Petty to St. Ambrose. The Illinois All-Stars dominated the game, defeating Missouri, 41-0.

Second annual Missouri vs.

Illinois all-star baseball game Event organizers Kevin and Aaron Peters have announced the rosters for the 2014 Missouri vs. Illinois All-Star Baseball Game, sponsored

by Benson Financial Group of Hannibal, Mo., Shottenkirk Toyota, and Refreshment Services Pepsi both of Quincy. Included on the Illinois roster are several players from Pike County Schools – Isaac Whitaker, Griggsville-Perry; Austin Allen and Dalton Butler, Pittsfield and Isaac Hively, Nekoda Gerding, and Josh Sally, Western; The game is scheduled for Saturday, July 12, at 7 p.m. (rain date July 13 at 7:00 p.m.) at Clemens Field in Hannibal, Mo.. Admission at the gate will be $6.50 and $5.50 for youth ages 3-12, gates open at 6:00 p.m. Each all-star ticket is also good for entry into the Hannibal Cavemen vs. the Quincy

Gems game July 15 at 7:05 p.m.

The game will feature the top 42 seniors representing 22 high schools from Hannibal, Quincy, and the surrounding areas.

Missouri roster: Darren Feldewerth and David Goddard, Bowling Green; Brandon Berhorst, Reece Carmichael, and Tyler Niemann, Canton; Eric Hugenberg, Hannibal; Cody Wilkens and Jack Nesien, Highland; Dustin Green, Louisiana; Craig Smith, Macon; Konner Bridgman and Luke Stratton, Marion County; Ethan Anderson, Mark Twain; Grant Vollrath and Kyle Fulton, Monroe City; Brock Butler, Caleb Kizer, and Seth Brown, Palmyra; Adam Ellyson and Jared Bentley, South Shelby; Kyle Decker, Van-Far. Missouri head coach will be Canton’s Clint Smith and assistants

Andy Anderson, Dalton Baker, Tom Niemann, and Clark County’s Shaun Parker.

Illinois roster: Brady Long and Braxton Phelps, Brown County; Aaron DeRousse, Central; Isaac Whitaker Griggsville-Perry; Dalton Elliott, Illini West; Austin Coultas, Cody Hildebrand, and Tanner Stout, Payson-Seymour; Austin Allen and Dalton Butler, Pittsfield; Andrew Eilers, Andrew Hugenburg, and Alex Million, Quincy; Jordan Chapel, Tanner Zanger, and Zack Vahle, Quincy Notre Dame; Isaac Hively and Nekoda Gerding, and Josh Sally, Western; Jonah Terrell and Trevor Knipe, West Hancock. Illinois head coach will be Central/Southeastern’s Dave Swisegood and assistants Cyle Rigg, Jordan Harris, Quincy Notre Dame’s Chris Martin, and Quincy’s Brigham John.

IDNR urges public to leave fireworks displays to those who are licensed and trained The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) is reminding organizations and individuals sponsoring fireworks displays in Illinois to be sure their fireworks vendor has the required state licenses and certificates issued by the IDNR prior to their fireworks show.

The Illinois Explosives Act requires that anyone who purchases, possesses, uses, transfers, stores or disposes of explosives, including display fireworks, must have an explosives license and explosives storage certificate issued by the IDNR. Licensing and storage requirements administered by the IDNR do not apply to consumer or personal fireworks (classified as 1.4 explosives) such as roman candles, bottle rockets or firecrackers.

“Spectacular, professional fireworks displays are the hallmark of Fourth of July celebrations in many communities statewide,” said IDNR Director Marc Miller. “But these fireworks can be dangerous if not stored and handled properly.

Leave these professional displays to those that are

licensed and certified by the state to handle these types of explosives.”

The Illinois Explosives Act is administered by the IDNR Office of Mines and Minerals Blasting and Explosives Unit. This unit is staffed by trained and experienced blasting specialists located throughout Illinois. In addition to requiring comprehensive licensing, training and examination for individuals, the law requires that unattended display fireworks and explosives must be stored in an explosives magazine, storage facility or container that is inspected and certified

by IDNR. IDNR currently has 1,656 individuals licensed for the use of explosives in Illinois, of which 872 are for the use of display fireworks. There are 791 certified explosives storage magazines in Illinois, which contain nearly 90 million pounds of explosives. Of those storage magazines, 132 are certified specifically for the storage of display fireworks.

Anyone possessing, using, transferring or purchasing display fireworks without a valid IDNR individual explosives license or storage certificate is violating Illinois law and could incur penalties.

A violation of the Illinois Explosives Act can be a Class 3 felony, with a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. In addition, the IDNR can assess administrative fines for violations involving display fireworks and other explosives.

Emergency responders are reminded to contact IDNR immediately with reports of personal injury or property damage resulting from the use of explosives, including display fireworks.

For more information on the IDNR explosives regulatory program log on to http:// w w w. d n r. i l l i n o i s . g o v / m i n e s / P a g e s / Explosives,HandlingStorage.aspx. To report an explosives incident or accident, contact the IDNR Office of Mines and Minerals Mine Safety and Training Explosives Unit at 217-782-9976.

Summer Youth Skills Camp to be held Aug. 1-3

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Triston Rueb pitches for the Pike County All-Stars against Calhoun County Monday at City Park in Jerseyville. Pike County came from behind to beat Calhoun 12-11 as teams faced off as part of the 12U Little League District 17 Tournament, which began Saturday and concludes Wednesday in Jerseyville.

The Illinois Federation for Outdoor Resources (IFOR) will conduct its 18th annual Youth Skills Camp Aug. 1-3. After holding the camp at Lotus Point, Lake Carlyle the first 17 years, the camp this year will be moved to Camp Ouatoga, located at Pere Marquette State Park near Grafton. The camp will be open to boys and girls ages 10-16. The Ouatoga camp site will provide modern indoor facilities including comfortable cottages, indoor showers, toilet facilities and an Olympic size pool.

IFOR camp counselors will help the participants enjoy and lean about hunting, fishing, trapping, archery, firearm handling and safety, shooting sports, survival training, horseback riding, and clinics about ecology, conserva-

tion, dog training and more. Overnight accommodations and meals will be provided. The camp will be chaperoned and all chaperones will be required to have background checks.

The camp will open with a cookout on Friday evening, Aug. 1.

Classes and outdoor activities will be held all day Saturday, Aug. 2, and on Sunday morning, Aug. 3.

The event will conclude at noon on Sunday.

Participation in the camp is limited to the first 60 youths to register, and the deadline to register is July 15. The cost is $55 per youth, which covers lodging, meals, camp t-shirt and other amenities. To register, contact Bob Becker at 618-466-22582, or by email at iforbob@charter.net, and you will be mailed a registration

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form. Registration applications should be mailed to: IFOR, P.O. Box 5, Godfrey, IL 62035.

IFOR is Illinois largest not-forprofit conservation organization dedicated to protecting and defending the recreation and Second Amendment rights of our 80,000

members by providing many youth events annually to educate our youth to the great outdoors.

The event will be held in cooperation with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Pere Marquette staff and the Westwood Trail Riders.

SAUKEE YOUTH FOOTBALL SIGN-UPS JULY 8TH Pittsfield Fire House 7:00 p.m.

If you are not able to attend that evening there will be another sign up July 13 at the Sturbie Bowl.

FIRST FOOTBALL PRACTICE WILL START JULY 21ST AT 5:00 P.M.

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1986 dodge Ram, 1/2 ton, short bed pickup, 2 wheel drive, V-8 automatic, daily driver, $1,000 negotiable. 217-285-5116.

HONDA SCOOTER Big Ruckus, 250CC, auto, 2K mil, like new, perfect cond. $3200 OBO. Consider trade.

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DID YOU work at the Brown Shoe Company in Pittsfield between 1969-1977? If so, please call 816-914-4473. 7.2

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200 BUSINESS colman's country campers 2013's on sale. Big discounts. Sales, service, parts, propane. #2 Fun St. Hartford, IL 62048.

618-254-1180. w w w. c o l m a n s c a m p e r s . com. TFN 2012 mobile home stimulus package: up to $25,000 for your trade in. Discounts for land owners. Financing available. Pre-qualify by phone 314-562-7459. tf SELLBEST, 110 W. Quincy St., Griggsville: Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Quality Used Furniture & Appliances- Washers, Dryers, Freezers, Fridges, Microwave, Electric Stoves, Twin, Full, Queen Beds, New Mattress Sets, Bedroom Furniture, Tables & Chairs, Upholstered Furniture, Tools, T.V.s, Stereos. Everything for the home and you! Call 217-242-2252. TF if you need Parts for your mowers and tillers, Dorsey's hardware and Western Auto have a large selection of belts and parts and service and new equipment sales available.

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217-742-9241. TF oak tree Lawn Care Residential and commercial mowing, landscaping, trim bushes, clean gutters, etc. Call for details and pricing. 217-473-1286 or 217-617-5943. TF

300 FARM MARKET for sale 8 ft disc, wagon, hog panels, 12 ft. chisel, cattle panels, 1998 Chevy 4x4. 217-734-1811.

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400A FOR RENT Calhoun County Apartment for rent.

Call Matt 618-576-2766 or 618-576-2449. TFCNH commercial building for rent. Hardin, IL. Call 618-498-1234 and ask for Business Department. TF

400D FOR RENT Pike County 2 br house for rent No smoking No pets. Security deposit required. 217-2854502. TF 1 and 2 BR apartments available. No smoking.

No pets. Security deposit required. 217-285-4502 TF for rent: 2 BDR bungalow, newly remodeled, Pleasant Hill. References required. Send inquiries to: General delivery\ Rental. Pleasant Hill, IL 62366. TF FOR RENT 3 room ground floor apartment in Pittsfield, close to square.

Prefer senior citizen, Absolutely NO PETS. 217285-4269. 7.2 FOR RENT Pike County.

2 BR 1 BA home in quiet neighborhood. Dep. & ref. required. 618-550-9406. 7.9

400E FOR RENT Scott County FOR RENT storage building Winchester. Call 618498-1234. Ask for Julie. TF

GOODYEAR T125/70D15 95M Temp. spare for 1998 Buick. Never used. $20.

217-285-4975. TF DON't pay high heating bills. Eliminate them with an outdoor wood furnace from Central Boiler. Call today.

217-236-3022. TF Time Clocks, Acroprint 125 $100 and Acroprint 150 $125. Call Julie at 618-4981234. TFN LG TV sales on all 2013.

Full service. Authorized dealer and service center. Blu Ray DVD players.

Whites and Garretts new and used metal detectors.

New and used CBs and antennas and police scanners. 217-285-2893. 1402 Lakeview Heights. TF

600 HELP WANTED FULL TIME legal assistant needed for well-established law office. Experience with Quickbooks, Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook as well as legal knowledge, would be helpful. Send resume to LA, P.O. Box 167, Pittsfield, Il 62363. 7.16 Physical Therapist wanted for Outpatient Sports & Ortho clinic in Montague, NJ Contact David 914-7778700 ddiehr@ivyrehab.com www.ivyrehab.com. 7.16 DRIVERS: No-touch home weekly dedicated customer! Excellent pay, benefits!

CDL-A w/ 2 yrs. experience.

Call Penske Logistics.

1-888-244-1674. 7.30 IL LICENSED PLUMBER needed. Very competitive pay. Contact Twaddle Plumbing at 217-430-1881. 7.2 HELP WANTED Experienced motor grader operator. P/T to help with township roads. 217-491-0316. 7.16

900A NO TRESPASSING Calhoun County

BUNGALOW and out building for sale. Income potential. 427 N. Mississippi. Pittsfield. Call 317-514-3248. 7.9

NO TRESPASSING on Marty Aderton property in Hardin. 7.14.14

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No trespassing on Jack and Mary Jeaen Aderton properety in Hardin. 5.1.15 no trespassing no hunting on property owned by Martha Knight (also known as Marty Aderton), Lincoln Valley Road, Hardin. 11.11.14

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900D NO TRESPASSING Pike County My Land lo­c at­e d in Sec­ tion 18 SW of Pearl is pri­v ate prop­e r­t y. Hunt­i ng, fish­i ng, trap­p ing, tres­ pass­ing, for any pur­p ose, with­out the writ­ten, signed per­m is­s ion of the own­e r, is strict­l y for­b id­d en. Vio­ la­t ors will be pros­e­c ut­e d.

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1000 PETS AKC YELLOW LAB puppies.

2 females. $475. Nine weeks old, beautiful, champion bloodlines. 217-734-2601. 7.2

WANTED: In home caregiver to sit with our grandfather. Interested persons should have previous experience, dependable transportation, self-motivated and have the ability to follow directives. This position includes but not limited to personal care, light housekeeping, cooking, journaling, companionship. For an interview, please call Pam: (cell)618-578-8618 between 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. Leave message and we will return your call. 7.2

40 acres Timberland in Marion county, Illinois.

Great deer/turkey hunting. Timber estimated at $50,000. Contact Elmer Bailey 618-322-5914.

Huge bucks! $4400 per acre or best offer. 7.2

615 HUNTING Local Hunter looking to lease a farm in Pike County or Northern Calhoun County 618-550-9406. 3.7.15 PRIME HUNTING LAND 241 acres in 3 tracts.

Auction - Aug. 1. 16 miles SE of Pittsfield, just S of Pike Co. The Loranda Group & US Agri-Services Group/800-716-8189 www.loranda.com. 7.30

1100A REAL ESTATE Calhoun County MULTI-UNIT RENTAL property. Great income producing property. Priced to sell! Call Chris at the Bank of Calhoun. 618576-2211. TF

1100B REAL ESTATE Greene County HOUSE FOR SALE in White Hall. 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, hickory kitchen cabinets, large front room, dining room. Fence & landscape yard. sprinkler system, garage. For appt.

217-374-2491. 7.23

1100D REAL ESTATE Pike County house for sale: Excellent starter home for a single person or a couple in a small rural community with excellent neighbors. 918 square feet cozy home is situated on a large lot. If interested, please call 1-217-242-7262. tf

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• 610 Hobby Shop/Handicrafts* • 620 Kids For Hire • 700 Lost/Found • 710 Meeting Reminders • 800 Miscellaneous* • 900 No Trespassing A: Calhoun County B: Greene County C: Jersey County D: Pike County E: Scott County • 1000 Pets* • 1100 Real Estate* A: Calhoun County

Commercial Buildings For Sale Business Opportunity In Winchester

Potential for Climate Controlled Storage Units 1 Currently used as Storage Unit

Wanted to buy: Good used dining room table, dark wood, with several leaves. Prefer a table that extends to 9-10 feet. Would consider matching chairs. 217-285-4975. TF

Contact Darrell Moore (217) 473-5486 darrellm@worrell-leka.com

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TIME CLOCKS FOR SALE Models

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Acroprint 125 - $100 Acroprint 150 - $125

WORK WANTED Pike County odd jobs, cleanup, lawn care, carpentry, painting, dry wall, gutters, stump removal. 217491-5872. TF STORM SEASON! High winds!

Get those trees trimmed or removed before they do damage to roofs, cars, homes. Free estimates! A 30+ year arborist that is insured and local. Call Bob 1-217-204-1154. 7.2

STORAGE SPACE FOR RENT Call (618) 498-1234 and ask for Business Department

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FAMILY LOOKING for house to rent. We are relocating to Pittsfield for work and are looking to rent a 3 bedroom house in Pittsfield school district. Call Mike or Rachel 252-394-4098.

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private property: No hunting or trespassing on any property owned by Gary Rothe, Teri Rothe Kirbach and Debra Rothe in Jerseyville, Illinois in Jersey County. Violaters will be prosecuted. 12.19.14

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wanted: Licensed hair dresser. The Hair Zone, Pittsfield. 217-285-2730. 7.2

large, new beautiful home near Summer Hill for sale with 19 1/2, acres, a finished basement, pond, in-ground pool, attached and detached garage with living quarters in the back of it, pull barn and much, much more. Please call 217-473-8811 for more information. tf

Absolutely nO TRESPASSING on the property of Lloyd and Debbie DeSherlia in Batchtown. Violators will be prosecuted. 8.7.14

WANTED: CLASS A CDL driver for a soda distributor.

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HELP WANTED PACT for W. Central IL is seeking applicants for a Head Start Home Based Teacher for Pike and Scott counties area. Must be 21 years of age, HS diploma or GED, Associate Degree with four child growth & development classes preferred. Mail or FAX letter of interest, resume, and transcripts to Millie Young, c/o PACT, P.O. Box 231, Mt. Sterling, IL 62353. FAX 217-773-3906.

E-mail: myoung@pactheadstart.com. EOE. 7.2

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COLLECTABLE & MODERN FARM TRACTORS – EQUIPMENT – TOOLS – TRACTOR PARTS - ANTIQUES & OTHER COLLECTIBLES

SAT., JULY 12TH • 2014 @ 10 A.M LOCATED: 5 miles Southeast of Winchester, IL. From Winchester take Route 106 East 2.5 miles to Sellars Rd. Then East on Sellars Rd. 2 miles to Coal Hollow Rd. Then South 1.5 miles to Wallis Rd. then East ½ mile. (Watch for signs.) From interstate 72, take exit 52 South into Winchester, IL. TRACTORS: (to sell at noon) 1920 model “K” Wallis, w/wide front, on steel, runs, sn#21148 – 1935 JD “General Purpose” w/wide front, spoke wheels on rubber, runs, sn# believe to be 236135 – 1935 JD “D” w/wide front, spoke wheels on rubber, runs, sn# 121808 – (2) 1937 “BR” w/wide front, spoke wheels on rubber, runs, sn# 326938 & 327679 – 1941 JD “AR” w/wide front, spoke wheels on rubber, runs, sn# 260599 – JD 4010 gas, w/wide front, front weights, single hydrol, pto, 3 pt. 5576 hrs. – F 20 frame only EQUIPMENT: (used 2 times) Howse 3 pt 10’ shredder – Bush Hog 5’ Rebel 3pt. shredder – 6’ Woods RM 306 3pt mower- 6’ Woods RM 306 for parts – 7’ Ford 3pt bar mower – 3 pt bale spear – 3 pt slip scoop – Ford 4 row cultivators – 3 pt 7’ Dearborn cultivator – 3 pt harrow – 7’ pull type roller – 3 pt platform – 3 pt rear boom – 2 wheel 3x8 trailer – Ford winter front – horse plow TRACTOR PARTS: front & rear rims, weights, steering wheels, mufflers, breathers, gaskets, magneto’s, carburetors, seats, fan blades, fly wheels, hood, filters, gas tanks, radiators, fenders, - TOOLS & MISC: hydrol jacks, tire changing tools, tap & die sets, pipe & crescent wrenches, hand tools, sand blaster, forge, black smith tools, cherry picker, C clamps, small drill press, dremel tool, victor traps, garden planter, nuts & bolts, scrap iron, copper wire, barbed wire, 6’ work bench w/23 metal drawers, tool boxes, approx 400’ triplex wire, 12’ galv. gate, ¾” rebar, large safe 28 ½ W x26” D x44 ¾ “T, Lab cabinet w/counter top & sink 94” – several other items to sell not listed.

For listing & photos as well as some serial numbers to tractors see web site at; AUCTIONZIP.COM auctioneer ID #16215 or contact auctioneers.

TERMS; CASH. Buyer number issued and personal check accepted upon presentation of positive photo identification.

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The Ron & Karen Hanna Retirement Auction

Sale held onsite at the Hanna property which is located SW of Mt. Sterling, IL in the SW Quarter of Section 25 of Buckhorn Township. Watch for signs along Hwy. 107 south of Mt. Sterling, IL. PHYSICAL ADDRESS: RR4 Box 93A, Mt. Sterling, IL 62353

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PRIME HUNTING LAND AUCTION 241 ± Acres - 3 Tracts - located 16 miles SE of Pittsfield,

or 7 miles NW of Kampsville, Illinois

THE LORANDA GROUP, INC. Bloomington, IL LeeAnn Moss, # 440000229

& Prime Hunting - Timber, Pasture & More !

- 1/2 mile S of the Pike/Calhoun Co. line

Freeburg, IL

800.716.8189 loranda.com

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AUCTIONEERS

DARRELL MOORE, WINCHESTER, IL (217)-473-5486 ROGER STRANG, VIRGINIA, IL. (217)-370-2530 DICK SAMPLES, JACKSONVILLE, IL. (217)-245-5010

Type of Sale: ___________________________________________

Orientation, Physical Agility and Written exam held 8/23/14.

Mark your calendars now and make plans to check out this fantastic Brown County, IL property that is being sold for Ron & Karen Hanna. Ron has decided to retire from his law practice and he and his wife, Karen have sold their Illinois farms. They have recently purchased a new home and have relocated out of state. This property is undoubtedly one of the nicest that Sullivan Auctioneers have had the opportunity to sell at auction.

The Hanna Property consists of an absolutely beautiful move in ready 5 bedroom home with several excellent outbuildings. The property is serviced with public water and buried electric service. The balance of the farm is large mature timber which offers trophy whitetail deer and wild turkey habitat. This property would suit the most particular buyer! The home has a great floor plan which includes a cathedral ceiling game room, loft, full basement, large decks, high end 3 season room and much more.

Also be watching for a listing of farm machinery, hunting related items, tools & more!

The City of Freeport is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment based on race, religion, sex, age, national origin, color, ancestry, marital status, or mental or physical handicaps.

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Police applications and information packets may be picked up in person at 320 W. Exchange, Freeport, IL 61032 or at www.cityoffreeport.org

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ESTATE AUCTION – SATURDAY, JULY 12TH 10AM 1438 WALLIS ROAD, WINCHESTER, IL

COLLECTABLE & MODERN FARM TRACTORS * EQUIPMENT * TOOLS TRACTOR PARTS * ANTIQUES * COLLECTIBLES & SO MUCH MORE!

VISIT www.auctionzip.com Auction ID# 16215 FOR PHOTOS & INFO!

Estate of Roland Wallis, Deceased - Owner, Sharon Wallis AUCTIONEERS DARRELL MOORE, Winchester, Il. (217)-473-5486 ROGER STRANG, Virginia, Il. (217)-370-2530 DICK SAMPLES, Jacksonville, Il. (217)-245-5010

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 8TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CALHOUN COUNTYHARDIN, ILLINOIS WESTSTAR MORTGAGE CORPORATION, PLAINTIFF vs.

13 CH 6

STEVEN J. BOSWORTH; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, DEFENDANTS Address: R.R. 1, Box 192 Batchtown, Illinois 62006 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT GREENE COUNTY CARROLLTON ILLINOIS JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association Plaintiff, vs.

13 CH 33

Brian Walkington Defendants.

RR 2 Box 265, Carrollton, IL 62016 Judge James W. Day NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on March 28, 2014, Greene County Sheriff will on July 17, 2014, at the hour of 10:30AM at Greene County Courthouse, 519 N. Main Street, Carrollton, IL 62016, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as RR 2 Box 265, Carrollton, IL 62016

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 8TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CALHOUN COUNTY - HARDIN, ILLINOIS JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association PLAINTIFF Vs.

13 CH 00009

Shannon L. Boxdorfer; et. al.

DEFENDANTS NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 4/4/2014, the Sheriff of Calhoun County, Illinois will on 8/8/14 at the hour of 8:30AM at Calhoun County Courthouse, Corner of County and Main Hardin, IL 62047, or in a place otherwise designated at the time of sale, County of Calhoun and State of Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate: PIN 07-08-23-101-005-A Improved with Single Family Home COMMONLY KNOWN AS: RR 2 Box 76 Hardin, IL 62047 Sale terms: 10% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated 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, is due within twenty-four (24) hours.

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 confirmation by the court.

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Parcel Number(s): 03-92-35-100-015 The real estate is improved with a Single Family Residence.

Sale terms: Bidder’s must present, at the time of sale, a cashier’s or certified check for 10% of the successful bid amount. The balance of the successfully bid shall be paid within 24 hours, by similar funds. The subject property 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.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 10, 2014, I, Sheriff of Calhoun County, Illinois, will on August 1, 2014 at the hour of 10:00 AM at the Calhoun County Courthouse, 101 North County Road, Hardin, IL 62047, or in a place otherwise designated at the time of sale, County of Calhoun, State of Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate: COMMON ADDRESS: R.R. 1, Box 192, Batchtown, Illinois 62006

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than the mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

P.I.N.: 07-08-31-400-001-A

For information call Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski LLC, One East Wacker, Suite 1730, One East Wacker, Suite 1730. Phone number: 312-6516700. Attorney file number: 13-037845.

Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds; the balance, by certified funds, is due within twenty four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to real estate taxes, special assessments or special

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

THE JUDGMENT $$152,887.39

AMOUNT

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 shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which 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 representations as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the Court file to verify all information.

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Pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/15-1512, the amounts of any surplus bid will be held by the sheriff until a party obtains a Court Order for its distribution, or for 60 days following the date of the entry of the order confirming sale, at which time, in the absence of an order directing payment of the surplus, it may be automatically forfeited to the State without further notice.

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.

WAS: For information: Examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: Johnson, Blumberg & Associates, LLC, 312-5419710, telephone. Please refer to file number IL 13 6769.

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6.18.14, 6.25, 7.2

If the property is a condominium and the foreclosure takes place after 1/1/2007, purchasers other than the mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

If the property is located in a common interest community, purchasers other than mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid.

The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after Confirmation of the sale. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/ expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises.

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 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 14-13-32387.

I614610 6.25.14, 7.2, 7.9

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 7TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT JERSEY COUNTY JERSEYVILLE, ILLINOIS US Bank Trust National Association, Not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee for SRMOF II 2012-1 Trust PLAINTIFF Vs.

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Jonathan Beemer; et. al.

DEFENDANTS NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 4/23/2014, the Sheriff of Jersey County, Illinois will on 8/13/14 at the hour of 8:15AM at Jersey County Courthouse, 201 West Pearl Jerseyville, IL 62052, or in a place otherwise designated at the time of sale, County of Jersey and State of Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate: PIN 04-696-003-00 Improved with Single Family Home COMMONLY KNOWN AS: Bertman Street Jerseyville, IL 62052

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Sale terms: 10% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated 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, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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 confirmation by the court.

If the property is a condominium and the foreclosure takes place after 1/1/2007, purchasers other than the mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

If the property is located in a common interest community, purchasers other than mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after Confirmation of the sale. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/ expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises.

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 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 14-13-33533.

I615137 7.2.14, 7.9, 7.16

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 7TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT JERSEY COUNTY JERSEYVILLE, ILLINOIS RESIDENTIAL Nationstar Mortgage LLC PLAINTIFF Vs.

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Byron Schott; et. al.

DEFENDANTS NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 3/26/2014, the Sheriff of Jersey County, Illinois will on 8/6/14 at the hour of 8:15AM at Jersey County Courthouse, 201 West Pearl Jerseyville, IL 62052, or in a place otherwise designated at the time of sale, County of Jersey and State of Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate: PIN 04-370-032-00 Improved with Single Family Home COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 102 Sherman Street Jerseyville, IL 62052 Sale terms: 10% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated 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, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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 confirmation by the court.

If the property is a condominium and the foreclosure takes place after 1/1/2007, purchasers other than the mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4).

If the property is located in a common interest community, purchasers other than mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid.

The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after Confirmation of the sale. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/ expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises.

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 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 14-13-30787.

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COLLECTABLE & MODERN FARM TRACTORS – EQUIPMENT – TOOLS – TRACTOR PARTS - ANTIQUES & OTHER COLLECTIBLES

SAT., JULY 12TH • 2014 @ 10 A.M LOCATED: 5 miles Southeast of Winchester, IL. From Winchester take Route 106 East 2.5 miles to Sellars Rd. Then East on Sellars Rd. 2 miles to Coal Hollow Rd. Then South 1.5 miles to Wallis Rd. then East ½ mile. (Watch for signs.) From interstate 72, take exit 52 South into Winchester, IL. TRACTORS: (to sell at noon) 1920 model “K” Wallis, w/wide front, on steel, runs, sn#21148 – 1935 JD “General Purpose” w/wide front, spoke wheels on rubber, runs, sn# believe to be 236135 – 1935 JD “D” w/wide front, spoke wheels on rubber, runs, sn# 121808 – (2) 1937 “BR” w/wide front, spoke wheels on rubber, runs, sn# 326938 & 327679 – 1941 JD “AR” w/wide front, spoke wheels on rubber, runs, sn# 260599 – JD 4010 gas, w/wide front, front weights, single hydrol, pto, 3 pt. 5576 hrs. – F 20 frame only EQUIPMENT: (used 2 times) Howse 3 pt 10’ shredder – Bush Hog 5’ Rebel 3pt. shredder – 6’ Woods RM 306 3pt mower- 6’ Woods RM 306 for parts – 7’ Ford 3pt bar mower – 3 pt bale spear – 3 pt slip scoop – Ford 4 row cultivators – 3 pt 7’ Dearborn cultivator – 3 pt harrow – 7’ pull type roller – 3 pt platform – 3 pt rear boom – 2 wheel 3x8 trailer – Ford winter front – horse plow TRACTOR PARTS: front & rear rims, weights, steering wheels, mufflers, breathers, gaskets, magneto’s, carburetors, seats, fan blades, fly wheels, hood, filters, gas tanks, radiators, fenders, - TOOLS & MISC: hydrol jacks, tire changing tools, tap & die sets, pipe & crescent wrenches, hand tools, sand blaster, forge, black smith tools, cherry picker, C clamps, small drill press, dremel tool, victor traps, garden planter, nuts & bolts, scrap iron, copper wire, barbed wire, 6’ work bench w/23 metal drawers, tool boxes, approx 400’ triplex wire, 12’ galv. gate, ¾” rebar, large safe 28 ½ W x26” D x44 ¾ “T, Lab cabinet w/counter top & sink 94” – several other items to sell not listed.

For listing & photos as well as some serial numbers to tractors see web site at; AUCTIONZIP.COM auctioneer ID #16215 or contact auctioneers.

TERMS; CASH. Buyer number issued and personal check accepted upon presentation of positive photo identification.

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Mark your calendars now and make plans to check out this fantastic Brown County, IL property that is being sold for Ron & Karen Hanna. Ron has decided to retire from his law practice and he and his wife, Karen have sold their Illinois farms. They have recently purchased a new home and have relocated out of state. This property is undoubtedly one of the nicest that Sullivan Auctioneers have had the opportunity to sell at auction.

The Hanna Property consists of an absolutely beautiful move in ready 5 bedroom home with several excellent outbuildings. The property is serviced with public water and buried electric service. The balance of the farm is large mature timber which offers trophy whitetail deer and wild turkey habitat. This property would suit the most particular buyer! The home has a great floor plan which includes a cathedral ceiling game room, loft, full basement, large decks, high end 3 season room and much more.

Also be watching for a listing of farm machinery, hunting related items, tools & more!

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 8TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CALHOUN COUNTYHARDIN, ILLINOIS WESTSTAR MORTGAGE CORPORATION, PLAINTIFF vs.

13 CH 6

STEVEN J. BOSWORTH; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, DEFENDANTS Address: R.R. 1, Box 192 Batchtown, Illinois 62006 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT GREENE COUNTY CARROLLTON ILLINOIS JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association Plaintiff, vs.

13 CH 33

Brian Walkington Defendants.

RR 2 Box 265, Carrollton, IL 62016 Judge James W. Day NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on March 28, 2014, Greene County Sheriff will on July 17, 2014, at the hour of 10:30AM at Greene County Courthouse, 519 N. Main Street, Carrollton, IL 62016, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as RR 2 Box 265, Carrollton, IL 62016

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 8TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CALHOUN COUNTY - HARDIN, ILLINOIS JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association PLAINTIFF Vs.

13 CH 00009

Shannon L. Boxdorfer; et. al.

DEFENDANTS NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 4/4/2014, the Sheriff of Calhoun County, Illinois will on 8/8/14 at the hour of 8:30AM at Calhoun County Courthouse, Corner of County and Main Hardin, IL 62047, or in a place otherwise designated at the time of sale, County of Calhoun and State of Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate: PIN 07-08-23-101-005-A Improved with Single Family Home COMMONLY KNOWN AS: RR 2 Box 76 Hardin, IL 62047 Sale terms: 10% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated 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, is due within twenty-four (24) hours.

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 confirmation by the court.

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Parcel Number(s): 03-92-35-100-015 The real estate is improved with a Single Family Residence.

Sale terms: Bidder’s must present, at the time of sale, a cashier’s or certified check for 10% of the successful bid amount. The balance of the successfully bid shall be paid within 24 hours, by similar funds. The subject property 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.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 10, 2014, I, Sheriff of Calhoun County, Illinois, will on August 1, 2014 at the hour of 10:00 AM at the Calhoun County Courthouse, 101 North County Road, Hardin, IL 62047, or in a place otherwise designated at the time of sale, County of Calhoun, State of Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate: COMMON ADDRESS: R.R. 1, Box 192, Batchtown, Illinois 62006

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than the mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

P.I.N.: 07-08-31-400-001-A

For information call Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski LLC, One East Wacker, Suite 1730, One East Wacker, Suite 1730. Phone number: 312-6516700. Attorney file number: 13-037845.

Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds; the balance, by certified funds, is due within twenty four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to real estate taxes, special assessments or special

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

THE JUDGMENT $$152,887.39

AMOUNT

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 shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which 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 representations as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the Court file to verify all information.

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Pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/15-1512, the amounts of any surplus bid will be held by the sheriff until a party obtains a Court Order for its distribution, or for 60 days following the date of the entry of the order confirming sale, at which time, in the absence of an order directing payment of the surplus, it may be automatically forfeited to the State without further notice.

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.

WAS: For information: Examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: Johnson, Blumberg & Associates, LLC, 312-5419710, telephone. Please refer to file number IL 13 6769.

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6.18.14, 6.25, 7.2

If the property is a condominium and the foreclosure takes place after 1/1/2007, purchasers other than the mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

If the property is located in a common interest community, purchasers other than mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid.

The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after Confirmation of the sale. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/ expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises.

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 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 14-13-32387.

I614610 6.25.14, 7.2, 7.9

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 7TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT JERSEY COUNTY JERSEYVILLE, ILLINOIS US Bank Trust National Association, Not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee for SRMOF II 2012-1 Trust PLAINTIFF Vs.

12 CH 00029

Jonathan Beemer; et. al.

DEFENDANTS NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 4/23/2014, the Sheriff of Jersey County, Illinois will on 8/13/14 at the hour of 8:15AM at Jersey County Courthouse, 201 West Pearl Jerseyville, IL 62052, or in a place otherwise designated at the time of sale, County of Jersey and State of Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate: PIN 04-696-003-00 Improved with Single Family Home COMMONLY KNOWN AS: Bertman Street Jerseyville, IL 62052

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Sale terms: 10% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated 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, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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 confirmation by the court.

If the property is a condominium and the foreclosure takes place after 1/1/2007, purchasers other than the mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

If the property is located in a common interest community, purchasers other than mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after Confirmation of the sale. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/ expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises.

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 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 14-13-33533.

I615137 7.2.14, 7.9, 7.16

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 7TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT JERSEY COUNTY JERSEYVILLE, ILLINOIS RESIDENTIAL Nationstar Mortgage LLC PLAINTIFF Vs.

13 CH 00064

Byron Schott; et. al.

DEFENDANTS NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 3/26/2014, the Sheriff of Jersey County, Illinois will on 8/6/14 at the hour of 8:15AM at Jersey County Courthouse, 201 West Pearl Jerseyville, IL 62052, or in a place otherwise designated at the time of sale, County of Jersey and State of Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate: PIN 04-370-032-00 Improved with Single Family Home COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 102 Sherman Street Jerseyville, IL 62052 Sale terms: 10% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated 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, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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 confirmation by the court.

If the property is a condominium and the foreclosure takes place after 1/1/2007, purchasers other than the mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4).

If the property is located in a common interest community, purchasers other than mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid.

The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after Confirmation of the sale. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/ expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises.

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 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 14-13-30787.

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Calhoun, IL - 50 ac m/l. with home. 4 bed, 2 bath, 2 car gar, Geo-thermal heating & cooling, Timber ridges, valleys, overgrown fi elds, Food plot areas- $419,900 Home and 5 acres $289,900. - Contact Kirk Gilbert Calhoun, IL - 92 ac m/l. 28 acs tillable, 64 acs big timber ravines and ridges, numerous funnels, pinch points, food plot locations, big bucks and turkey - $330,740 - Contact Kirk Gilbert Calhoun, IL - 159 ac m/l with cabin. 10 acs tillable, 149 acs timber, 3 ponds, tower blinds, fruit trees, private access, trail system, big bucks and turkey- $477,000 - Contact Kirk Gilbert Pike County, IL - 2 ac m/l with home. Quality construction , city water and septic, big loft, 16’ ceilings, lots of storage space - $72,900 - Contact Kirk Gilbert Pike County 1 ac m/l with 2 bed, 1 bath fully furnished home, large Quonset hut. $29,900 Pike County- 4.2 acres m/l with Gorgeous two story home just 4 miles south of Pittsfield. 4 Bed/3.5 Bath, 3864 sqft, Geo Heat/Cool, 3 car garage, built in 2005. $239,900 Pike county – 18 acres +/- just south of Green Pond Church. 3 ½ acres tillable and pasture ground. Paved road frontage with water and electric available. Rare small tract with level building sites. $72,000.00 or $4,000.00 per acre.

Pike County – 4 Bedroom 4 Bath Lodge on 14 acres +/- overlooking the Illinois river. Approx. 2400 sqft, vaulted ceilings, with some furnishings. $149,900.00.

Pike County, IL - 46.5 ac m/l with home. timber, tillable fields, established food plot, creek, pond, b 38 ac timber - PRICE REDUCED $239,500 - Contact Kirk Gilbert Pike County- 80 acres, 50 tillable, 30 in timber, optional neighboring lease of 240 acres, Great income with some Great hunting.

Pike County, IL - 151 ac m/l with home. “Dutch Creek” area, 126 acs timber, 25 acs tillable, pond, food plots, turn key, big bucks and turkey - $825,000 - Contact Kirk Gilbert Pike County, IL - 165 ac m/l. Dead end road access, trail system, pond, creek bottoms, funnels, timber, food plot locations, big buck hunting, -Contact Kirk Gilbert Pike County, IL - Country home and 4.2 acres just 4 miles south of Pittsfield, 4 bedroom/3.5 bath/3 car garage. Move in ready, big kitchen, large rooms and closets, current appraisal on file, asking $239,900.00 Contact Kirk Gilbert Pike County, IL - Pike County, IL - Barry Township - 80 ac - 21 acres tillable, great hunting farm, secluded access, adjoining 25 acre lease - Contact Jeff Evans Pike County 88 m/l with 3 bed, 1 bath home, basement/gameroom. 10 acs tillable, 19 crp, 59 timber, total yearly income of $4,597.00 Asking $325,000 3 Bed 2 Bath Log Home on 7.5 acres just North of Griggsville. 2184 sqft of Living Area, Gourmet Kitchen, Hobby Room, 2 car garage, Fireplace, Hardwood Floors, 84 ft of Covered porch. $215,000.00

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PENDINGS & SOLDS PIKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS: PENDING: Home & small acreage Call Scott PENDING: 365 acres Great tillable & hunting tract SOLD: 40 Acres With Home Excellent hunting property with nice home Call David SOLD: 68 Acres Almost 100% Tillable Land Located West Of Pittsfield $8,500/acre Call Scott SOLD: 15 Acres, Mostly timber, Nice creek located in Southern Pike County $3,590/acre Call Scott SOLD: 44 Acres All timber farm at the end of a dead end road! $3,290/acre Call Scott SOLD: 38 Acres Awesome hunting farm in Southern Pike County Call Scott PENDING: 84 Acres Excellent hunting property located in Southern Pike County In cooperation with Whitetail Properties ADAMS COUNTY, ILLINOIS: SOLD: 40 Acres Located 15 minutes from Quincy on a dead end road, Proven farm, $3,650/acre Call Scott SOLD: 171 Acres Great tillable farm with excellent income potential!

SOLD: 7.5 Acres m/l Beautiful building site located close to Siloam Springs State Park $3,400/acre Call Scott SOLD: 138 acres Nice mix of timber and tillable Call Scott

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New Listing: 140 Acres Turnkey Northern Call Scott Missouri hunting farm Call Keith

CALHOUN COUNTY, ILLINOIS: SOLD: 45.61 Acres Located in Northern Calhoun County, Solid Timber, Great Hunting Farm $3,950/ acre Call Scott

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NEW LISTING-PITTSFIELD-212 FAIR ST.-Two story family home that features; three bedrooms up and master bedroom downstairs; roomy living and dining room; two baths; and utility room on lower level; GFA, CA, maintenance free vinyl siding; two car attached garage and all appliances to convey. This home is close to schools, great neighborhood, very reasonably priced, and very efficient; this home is situated on .31 acre m/l. Call DAVID NEW LISTING-PITTSFIELD-440 WEST PERRY-Extremely clean and well maintained ranch home in a great neighborhood; three bedrooms, GFA, CA, low maintenance, new carpet and laminate floors, priced to sell, motivated seller. Call SONYA NEW LISTING-BARRY-26889 COUNTY HIGHWAY 4-Very nice two bedroom home near Eldara, situated on one acre m/l; home features; CA, furnace only three years old, newer windows, newer roof, and much much more. Call DAVID MILTON-716 WEST PITTSFIELD ST.-Very nice ranch family home that features; two bedrooms, one bath, kitchen and living room; GFA, CA, newer roof, much more. Great starter home or for someone wanting to down size. This home is situated on a large lot on the West end of Milton. Great small town atmosphere; a MUST SEE!! Call Karen McConnell.

PLEASANT HILL-201 EAST QUINCY-Majestic two story family home; three + bedrooms, all have walkin closets; two big baths; impressive foyer; den; upper floor sunroom; living, dining, and family room; library room; garage; full basement; all electric; CA; maintenance free vinyl siding; new 50 gal. water heater; has front, side and back porch; 13x8 storage shed and child’s play house; This home would make and excellent Bed and Breakfast investment. Motivated Seller!! Call KEN REDUCED PITTSFIELD- $7500!!-MOTIVATED SELLER!!-699 SOUTH WALNUT-Ranch home with four bedrooms, two baths, full finished basement, one car attached garage, CA, GFA, newer roof, remodeled bathrooms, new carpet/flooring, and newer appliances to convey, lots of storage situated on large lot.

Great investment!! Call DAVID PITTSFIELD-690 SOUTH WALNUT-MOTIVATED SELLER!!-Excellent three/four bedroom, two baths, ranch family home, in super nice neighborhood. This home features; attached garage, GFA, new AC, new roof, maintenance free vinyl siding; new 40 gallon water heater; full partially finished basement, remodeled master bath. This is a MUST SEE!! Call DAVID BARRY-30548 290TH AVE-Impressive seven year old ranch modular family home that offers over 2600 sq. ft. of living space; home features; three bedrooms, two baths, spacious living room, entertaining dining room, relaxing family room and very modern kitchen; all electric, CA; maintenance free vinyl siding; leased 500 gal. LP gas tank; 50x30 pole bldg; 30x50 insulated shop area with a 10x20 office area; 30x30 detached two car garage, all situated on 13 acres m/l. Great Investment and Opportunity! Call KEN VACANT BUILDING LOT COUNTRYPROOTS-PITTSFIELD ENDING PITTSFIELD-414 NORTH MONROE-Great two story family home, centrally located; three bedrooms; two baths; roomy living room, entertaining dining room, family room with vaulted ceiling and eat in kitchen; 30x45 detached lofted garage; partial basement; CA, GFA, vinyl siding; new concrete patio, new water lines from street to home, private back yard and much more. This family home is A MUST SEE!! Call DAVID PITTSFIELD-117 SOUTH JACKSON ST.-Very nice two bedroom home with CA, GFA, full basement, new gas fireplace and dishwasher; living room, dining room, kitchen, utility in basement, great investment, very affordable. Call DAVI D PITTSFIELD-HIGHWAY 54-1.85 Acres/ml of commercial acreage located in the Industrial Park. Great location, great business investment and opportunity!! Priced to sell, motivated seller. Call DAVID PITTSFIELD-REDUCED!!-414 WEST FAYETTE-MOTIVATED SELLER!!-Charming well maintained family home with wonderful character and charm. This home offers; two/three bedrooms one-one-half baths, living room, kitchen; CA, newer roof, carport, much more. This home is just perfect for the family starting out or wanting to down size. A MUST SEE!! Call ELAINE NEBO-14026 395th Ave. Super nice story and half family home situated on 4+ acres m/l! Home features, four bedrooms, four ½ baths; family room, dining room and a great kitchen, concrete and tumbled marble counter tops, whole house was totally remodeled in 2005, GEO, slate tile, all kitchen appliance convey. Very well maintained home. Call DAVID MILTON-Lot measuring 180x170 with four buildings, located in the center of Milton. Great investment and business opportunity. Call DAVID PITTSFIELD-501 S. MADISON-Two year old ranch home, centrally located; three bedrooms, three baths, family room; full finished basement ; GEO/heat/CA with humidity control; super insulated; custom oak cabinets and trim, three car attached garage, nice lot. Call DAVID PITTSFIELD-419 S. MEMORIAL-REDUCED BY $20,000-Very nice and elegant two story family home centrally located; this home features added charm with refinished interior for that era; four bedrooms, two baths, CA, electric, two car attached garage, extra big lot. A MUST SEE!! Call DAVID. G Pike County Real Estate.

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NEW LISTING-Pittsfield-327 Crossman Lane-Nice 2BR 1BA home with hardwood floors in a nice location. $50’s.

NEW LISTING-Summer Hill-32851 200th Ave.-Newer 4BR home, all updated, with nice finished workshop, on double lot. 90’s.

NEW LISTING-Pittsfield-511 W. Oklahoma-5BR 2BA manufactured home with lots of space to work with. Needs some cosmetic work. Great potential at a great price! $60’s.

NEW LISTING-Rockport-27844 Dutch Creek Rd.-Beautiful 2BR home, totally remodeled, includes 3 acres, large machine shed, older barn & 2 grain bins. $100’s.

NEW LISTING-Pittsfield-675 Kandy St.-Outstanding 3BR ranch home in desirable South location with many updates. $90’s.

NEW LISTING-Pittsfield-507 Liberty St.-Nice 3BR family home in a quiet neighborhood with nice back yard. $80’s.

NEW LISTING-Barry-1132 Rodgers St.-Older 2 story 4BR home priced to sell. Motivated Seller!!! $40’s.

NEW LISTING-Pittsfield-505 Piper Lane-Beautiful original woodwork sets this 2 story 3BR 1.5BA home apart from others. A must see!!! $100’s.

NEW LISTING-Barry-1159 Pratt St.-Beautiful 4BR home all updated. Move-in ready!! $90’s.

NEW LISTING-Pittsfield-601 N. Monroe-Super spacious 5+BR 3.5BA home with updated heating, cooling, wiring & plumbing. Absolutely must see to appreciate!! $90’s.

Barry-1155 Bainbridge-3BR 2BA home in immaculate condition with 1 car detached garage.

Move-in ready! $50’s.

Barry-233 Tremont-3BR 2BA home with 2 car detached garage in nice neighborhood. Priced to sell!! $70’s.

PRICE REDUCED-Barry-1300 Pratt St.-Very nice 3BR home on 3 acres +/- with new bathrooms, beautiful new carpet, oak cabinets in kitchen and 2 fireplaces. Very nice neighborhood. $140’s.

Barry-#2 Orchard Drive-Beautiful 3BR 2BA ranch home with attached 2 car garage in Barry’s newest subdivision. $150’s.

Barry-1415 Mortimer St.-Quality 3BR 2BA home with 2 car attached garage and large 2 car detached garage with apartment sitting on 2.86 acres. $160’s.

Baylis-350 Main St.-Nice 1-story home with 2bedrooms and 1 bath. $50’s.

Fowler-1460 Gilmoor Dr.-3BR 1BA home in quiet country sitting with fishing rights to private lake within minutes from Quincy. $120’s.

Griggsville-416 E. Chestnut-Nice 3BR 2BA home on 2 corner lots. Nice deck areas and partial fenced-in yard. $50’s.

Griggsville-116 S. Pearl-Nice remodeled 3BR 2BA home on corner lot. Motivated seller! $60’s.

PRICE REDUCED-Griggsville-315 E. Quincy St.-Very nice 2BR home with 2 car detached garage and machine shed on corner lot. $60’s.

Griggsville-111 Congress St.-Very nice 3BR, 2BA home with detached garage. Nice backyard.

Much remodeling has been done. Great woodwork! $70’s.

Griggsville-411 S. Wall-Immaculate 3BR brick ranch home on corner lot. Priced below market!

Call our office for more details!! $150’s.

NEW PRICE-Griggsville-116 South Wall-Beautiful brick home on 2 lots. 2-3 BR 2.5BA with fireplace, heated 2 car garage & fenced back yard. MOTIVATED SELLER! $160’s.

Hardin-HC 61 Box 16A-Amazing 3BR, 2BA rustic log home with large garage/workshop, machine shed and 90 acres of prime hunting land.

Milton-550 N. Lester-3BR 2BA trailer with new metal roof and garage sitting on double lot. $30’s.

PRICE REDUCED-Mt. Sterling- R. R. #4, Box 167-CORNBELT WHITETAILS LODGE-3 state of the art hunting lodges, sleeps 40 people, sits on 13 acres. Highly motivated Seller!

PRICE REDUCED-Mozier-Hwy. 96-Large brick home on 30 acres, all timber & brush with river frontage. $100’s.

Nebo-13192 County Highway 7-Very good 3BR 2BA home on 1.5 lots with fenced-in yard and nice outbuilding. $70’s.

Nebo-RR, Box 35A-Very nice home with full basement in a beautiful secluded location with nice pond. $190’s.

New Canton-195 Mississippi-5BR 2BA home on corner lot with big yard located across from the park. $50’s.

New Canton-425 Mississippi St.-Excellent 3BR home. All appliances convey. Many good updates. $50’s.

New Canton-125 S. Quincy-3BR two story home with newer roof and siding. Priced to sell! $60’s.

New Canton-23958 260th St.-Beautiful 3BR, 3BA brick ranch home with full basement. 40 acres of hunting with another small home & workshop also included! $300’s.

New Hartford-21672 US Hwy. 54-3BR 2BA manufactured home with 30 x 40 garage/workshop with all utilities. Many potential uses!! $70’s.

Pearl-405 West Street-Nice 2BR modular home with garden shed, outbuilding and fully furnished. $40’s.

Pittsfield-639 E. Washington St.-One of the most desirable classic homes in this area in a beautiful setting! 5BR 4+BA , energy efficient and maintenance-free exterior. Call our office for your private showing!! $300’s.

Pittsfield-1 Christine Ct.-Newer sprawling 4BR ranch home near golf course. Too many amenities to mention! A must see!! $200’s.

REDUCED TO SELL-Pittsfield-429 E. Washington St.-A striking 3-4BR 2.5BA two story home with beautiful woodwork and closets galore! A must see! Motivated Sellers! $190’s.

PRICE REDUCED-Pittsfield-1033 Sunset-Immaculate newly updated 3BR brick home with 1 car attached garage. Move-in ready! $130’s.

PRICE REDUCED-Pittsfield-357 Cherry St.-Remodeled 4BR 2BA home with many updates and over 1,600 sq. feet of living space. $120’s.

Pittsfield-430 Clarksville Rd.-Beautiful 3BR home with full finished basement. Very neat and clean. Move-in ready! $100’s.

Pittsfield-967 Conroy St.-4BR 2BA home with attached tandem garage and many updates in a quiet neighborhood on the Northwest side of Pittsfield. $80’s.

Pittsfield-524 Liberty St.-3BR home with new kitchen, bath, floorings, paint, roof, insulation in attic and crawl space, and light fixtures. $80’s.

Pittsfield-345 South Illinois St.-3BR 1BA home in nice location. $70’s.

Pittsfield-703 N. Jackson-4BR home with new roof, bath and flooring. Bank owned. $60’s.

Pittsfield-339 S. Illinois-2BR vinyl sided maintenance free home with new kitchen, bath and flooring. Bank owned. $60’s.

Pittsfield-320 W. Jefferson-3BR 2BA home with large pantry and nice fenced in yard. $60’s.

Pittsfield-180 Washington Ct.-Nice 2BR home with 1 car detached garage on quiet street.

Would make a great rental or starter home. $60’s.

Pittsfield-605 N. Jackson St.-3BR 2BA home with deck, large fenced in yard and detached garage. $60’s.

PRICE REDUCED-Pittsfield-316 Spring St.-Nice 3BR 1BA ranch style home; would make great starter home or rental property. $40’s.

Pittsfield-218 E. Benson-2BR 1BA ranch home with 1 car garage/carport and hardwood floors. $40’s.

Pittsfield-637 N. Jackson-Large 1½ story home, very spacious. Needs some TLC. $40’s.

Pleasant Hill-13306 St. Hwy. 96-Very clean 2BR ranch home with 1 car garage sitting on 2.3 acres with 2 outbuildings. Move-in ready! $80’s.

PRICE REDUCED-Pleasant Hill-302 E. Mosier-Affordable 3BR 2BA ranch style home in a nice location. Some finishing required. $60’s.

Pleasant Hill-15005 383rd St.-Beautiful 20 year old 3BR 2BA brick ranch home with 2,100 sq. ft. sitting on 4.5 acres. $170’s.

Rockport-18327 St. Hwy. 96-Unique 3BR 2BA home with 3 car and 1 car detached garages.

Excellent landscaping in a nice location. $150’s.

Winchester-834 Old Highway Road-Beautiful 5BR 3.5BA brick home sitting on 3.1 acres with large wooded lot. $800’s.

COMMERCIAL & LOTS

NEW LISTING-Pittsfield-228 & 229 W. Jefferson & 231 W. Adams St-16-1BR, 1-2BR and 1-3BR apartments (Capps Apartments) and a 3BR home for sale. Great investment opportunity!

Barry-Good building site on a 1.88 acre tract of land located on Old Hwy 36 North of Barry Illinois. Includes a 20X 40 shed that has been sided and painted. Give us a call to take look!!

PRICE REDUCED-Barry-1 acre +/- building site located between Barry and New Canton. Utilities are available.

Barry-1400 Rodgers St.-Nice shop with geo-thermal in great location.

Griggsville-Nice building site on Walnut Street in Griggsville. Motivated Seller!

PRICE REDUCED-Griggsville-706 N. Chandler-2 vacant building lots in good location with all utilities available on one lot.

New Canton-110 N. Main-81 x 40 building in New Canton currently occupied by Darci’s Restaurant, includes small adjacent lot to the West.

PRICE REDUCED-Pittsfield-S. Memorial St.-Nice 60’ x 232’ building lot on the South side of town.

Pittsfield-Lot 7 Panther Creek Subdivision-Great building location in one of Pittsfield’s newest & best subdivisions. Lot size is 0.81 acres.

Pittsfield-25340 390th St.-20 x 30 building with city water, septic, electric, and propane tank sitting on 3.7 acres. Zoned commercial or residential.

Pittsfield-9 E. Industrial Drive-2,800 sq. ft. handicap accessible building on 3.75 acres located in the Pittsfield Industrial Park. Call our office for more details!

Pittsfield-205 N. Madison-Formerly “The Brick on Madison.” Turn-key restaurant/lounge with nice upstairs apartment.

Pittsfield-Bowlers Universe-Business opportunity – consisting of bowling alley, snack bar, lounge and new gaming machines. Call our office for more details!

HUNTING LAND & FARMS

NEW LISTING-Calhoun County 401 acres +/- Hardin TWP. Huge hunting farm with 70 acres tillable, secluded on dead end road with older home and outbuildings.

NEW LISTING-Pike County 163 acres +/- Derry TWP. Excellent hunting tract in a great deer management area with 70 acres tillable.

NEW LISTING-Pike and Calhoun County 654 acres +/- Pearl & Carlin TWPs. Beautiful 4BR 4BA home sitting on an enormous trophy deer hunting farm with big timber!

NEW LISTING-Pike County 502 acres +/- Spring Creek TWP. Large, scenic hunting farm with 126 acres tillable earning almost $27,000 annual cash rent, gorgeous 12 acre lake!

NEW LISTING-Pike County 78 acres +/- Spring Creek TWP. Great hunting farm with 37 acres CRP and established food plots. Farm lays beautiful for deer hunting!

NEW LISTING-Pike County 501 acres +/- Spring Creek & Pearl TWPs. Awesome hunting farm with marketable timber and over $21,000 annual income from tillable & CRP. NEW LISTING-Pike & Calhoun County 1,147 acres +/- Spring Creek & Belleview TWPs. Huge farm with 3 homes, including nice lodge, guest house, secluded lake, and several machine sheds. Farm earns over $135,000 annual income from tillable & CRP income.

NEW LISTING-Calhoun County 125 acres +/- Carlin TWP. Super hunting farm with big timber, 26 acres tillable and cozy cabin on secluded black top road!! Very unique property!

NEW LISTING-Calhoun County 328 acres +/- Belleview & Carlin TWPs. Large, authentic cedar log home sits on this fabulous recreational farm earning nearly $23,000 annual income!

Adams County 159 acres +/- Richfield TWP. Well managed hunting farm with approx. 65 acres tillable and the balance in big timber, bedding thickets and small creek.

Brown County 60 acres +/- Elkhorn Twp. Secluded hunting farm with 23 acres tillable providing good income.

PRICE REDUCED-Pike County 661 acres +/- Spring Creek TWP. Breathtaking recreational farm with incredible Tennessee log home. Big timber, big deer, big opportunity!!

Pike County 534 acres +/- Pleasant Vale TWP. Large recreational farm with fantastic log home and incredible hunting with income.

Pike County 303 acres +/- Spring Creek TWP. Fantastic recreational farm with 2 lakes, big timber, & 164 acres tillable!

Pike County 219 acres +/- Ross TWP. Incredible Deer & Waterfowl hunting property in Mississippi River Bottoms!!

Pike County 170 acres +/- Martinsburg TWP. Awesome hunting farm with cabin, lake and 50 acres tillable.

Pike County 167 acres +/-Martinsburg and Pleasant Hill TWP. Big timber hunting farm with good CRP income and nice lake.

PRICE REDUCED-Pike County 126 acres +/- Pleasant Vale TWP. Beautiful hunting farm with approx. 40 acres tillable. Absolutely loaded with wildlife!!

Pike County 92 acres +/- Flint TWP. Excellent hunting farm with 24 tillable, creek, spring, big timber, huge bucks!!

Pike County 85 acres +/- Pittsfield and Derry TWP. 100% tillable farm with great income and good soils!!

Pike County 66 acres +/- Pearl TWP. Big timber hunting farm with 2BR home and outbuildings.

Pike County 44 acres +/- Hardin TWP. Secluded all timber farm excellent for deer and turkey hunting.

Pike County 40 acres +/- Pleasant Vale TWP-Awesome hunting farm including 3BR, 3BA brick home, smaller home & workshop. Great secluded, quiet setting!

Pike County 30 acres +/- Pleasant Vale TWP. Small farm that hunts big! Includes and older home needing work & a nice machine shed/workshop.

PRICE REDUCED-Pike County 22 acres +/- Martinsburg TWP. Great farm with all timber, along Honey Creek. Excellent deer and turkey hunting.

Schuyler County-187 acres +/- Birmingham TWP. PRICED TO SELL! Nice hunting farm enrolled in the CREP program. Over $18,000 income in 2014.

MISSOURI PROPERTIES

Lewis County 10 acres +/- Lewistown. Rare small acreage timber tract great for hunting or building location.

PENDINGS AND SOLDS SALE PENDING-Martinsburg-36840 180th Ave.-2BR 2BA home with 2 car detached garage sitting on 4 acres +/- with many updates. $60’s.

SALE PENDING-Pittsfield-525 N. Memorial-Large older home, partially updated, needs some work. Great rental! $30’s.

SALE PENDING-New Canton-24765 270th St.-Beautiful 1900 sq. ft. new home, unfinished inside. Includes 3 acres, older home & barn.

SALE PENDING-Pittsfield-501 S. Madison-3BR 3BA ranch home with full finished basement and 3 car attached garage on nice lot. In cooperation with McCartney Real Estate.

SALE PENDING-PRICE REDUCED-Pleasant Hill-112 Lyndel St.-Fantastic 3BR, 3BA home with in-ground pool & guest house sitting on 6 lots in the best location in town. $170’s.

SALE PENDING-Pittsfield-332 Walnut-Beautifully decorated 2BR home with nice built-in’s in South location. Move-in ready! $70’s.

SALE PENDING-PRICE REDUCED-Pittsfield-521 W. Jefferson-Nice 4BR 2BA family home with 2 car detached garage and maintenance free exterior. $70’s.

SALE PENDING-Pittsfield-318 Piper Lane-Superb older 2 story 3-4BR home with exquisite wood working, staircase and foyer sitting on 2.25 acres. $140’s.

SOLD-Pittsfield-619 E. Washington St.- Large, 2 story, 4BR, 2BA home in a wonderful location in town. Great family home!! Priced to sell! Motivated Seller!! $100’s.

SOLD-Barry-12 Apple Lane-3BR 2.5BA two story home in immaculate condition.

SOLD-NEW LISTING-Pittsfield-708 W. Jefferson-Beautiful small 2BR home, completely remodeled. Move-in condition! $50’s.

SALE PENDING-NEW LISTING-Pittsfield-Nice 80 x 172 building lot on West Morrison Street.

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SOLD-Pittsfield-Lot 9 Panther Creek-Nice building site in new Subdivision.

SALE PENDING-NEW LISTING-Calhoun County 60 acres +/- Belleview TWP. Great investment farm with 53 acres CRP earning $7,977 annual income, plus good deer hunting!

SALE PENDING-Scott County 80 acres +/- Bloomfield TWP. Big timber hunting farm overlooking the Illinois River bottom.

SALE PENDING-Pike County 160 acres +/- Kinderhook TWP. Prime tillable tract. In cooperation with Sullivan Auctioneers.

SALE PENDING-NEW LISTING-Pike County 92 acres +/- Hadley TWP. Big timber hunting farm loaded with deer and turkeys, 10 acres tillable and nice creek running through it.

SOLD-PRICE REDUCED-Pike County 35 acres +/- Barry TWP. All timber hunting farm and high deer density area.

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www.barton-homes.com New Listing: 25465 305th Ave, Barry Two story home on country setting (2.84 acres) located minutes from town. Inviting wrap around porch, partial fenced yard, & a 25 x 18 insulated workshop. 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, beautiful updated kitchen, & an awesome stone wood burning fireplace. $88,000 New Listing: #6 Pheasant Lane, Pittsfield Very attractive two story home located in Quail Ridge Subdivision. Kitchen with lots of storage, 2 full baths & 2 half baths, 3 bedrooms, & more. Nice family room in basement with kitchen area & more. Attached 2 car garage, storage shed, & a roomy composite deck with awning. Kitchen appliances & washer & dryer to convey. $269,900 New Listing: 115 Randle Drive, Pleasant Hill Great family home with full finished basement. Nice open kitchen/ding area with access to deck. Garage & great storage area. Call for details. Priced to sell! $65,000 New Listing: 530 Clarksville Rd, Pittsfield Two story home located close to schools. Eatin kitchen, dining area, living room more. Needs some work but priced to sell! $35,000 New Listing: 244 S. Memorial St, Pittsfield Room for a big family. Inviting covered porch, deck, & attached garage..3-5 bedrooms, dining area, family room, & more. $68,500 Immediate Possession.

Perry: Three nice level building lots with mature trees. Call for details. $14,500 New Listing: 203 Spring St, Pleasant Hill 3-4 bedroom single story home on approx. half acre lot. Open floor plan. Priced to sell! $42,500 New Listing: 545 N. Jackson St, Pittsfield Cute & cozy 2 bedroom ranch home with partial basement, deck, & a nice 2 car detached garage. $62,500 New Listing: Monroe Street Building Lot Call for details. $7,500 240 S. Madison: 1 1/2 story home located close to schools. Updated kitchen, dining area, fireplace, deck, & more. Three bedrooms & 1.5 baths. Immediate Possession. $52,000 430 W. Jefferson St, Pittsfield: Greater starter home with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, big living room, & updated kitchen. Newer windows & metal roof. Garage. $66,800 31189 175th St, Hull: Three bedroom manufactured home with 80% basement. Priced to sell $25,000 Cheaper than a new car!!!

410 S. Walnut St, Hull: Two story home on corner lot. Updated kitchen & bath, ,ain floor laundry, central air, & more. $44,900 201 N. Mason St, Pittsfield: Excellent retirement or an ideal starter home located close to grocery store. Two bedrooms, big living/dining area with built-ins, storage shed, & garage. Move in ready. $70,000 430 W. Washington St, Pittsfield: Two story family home on nice corner lot. 3 bedroms, 2 baths, family room with fireplace, formal dining area, & more. Relax by the inground pool or the screened in patio area with hot tub. Attached 3 car garage & covered porches.

Immediate Possession. $99,900 REDUCED 655 Prospect St, Pittsfield: Awesome 3 bedroom duplex with 2 baths, open floor plan, attached garage, & deck. Don’t have to worry...for a fee the yard mowing, snow removal, & trash pick up is included. Call for a showing. REDUCED! $75,000 230505 US Hwy 54, Pittsfield: Spacious ranch home on 1.75 Acres located close to Pittsfield. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, Geo-thermal heat & central air, & county water. Partial basement, enclosed porch, & several outbuildings. $110,000 23328 US Hwy 54, Pittsfield: Country living but located close to town. 1 1/2 story home with 4 bedrooms, big kitchen/dining area, & more. Inviting wrap around porch & newer detached garage. $98,500 119 Douglas Drive, Pleasant Hill: Awesome ranch home located on park like setting! Many, Many updated inside & out. Two fireplaces, main floor laundry, & inviting deck. Walk out basement with family room, bath, 2 bedrooms, & more. Attached garage. This is a must see! $149,000 1213 S. 12th Street, Quincy: Two story family home on 3 lots. 3 bedroom, family room with fireplace, & more. Big deck & storage shed. $48,900 415 S. Corey St, Griggsville: Nice 1.5 story family home with maint. free siding, updated furnace, & central air. 2-3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, & attached garage. $50,000 401 Chandler St, Griggsville: Great little starter home located close to schools with lots of shade trees. 2 bedrooms, dining room, living room, & main floor laundry. Room to expand in attic area. Carport. Immediate possession. $39,900 404 S. Union St, Griggsville: One owner partial brick ranch home with private back yard.

3-4 bedrooms, 2 baths, living room with fireplace, & an awesome 4-Seasons room. Two car garage. $76,500 302 Main St, Detroit: Roomy 3 bedroom ranch home with many updates. Nice eat-in kitchen. Detached 2 car garage. Call today. $45,000 RR 1 Box 60A, Nebo: (rural Pleasant Hill) 3 bedroom manufactured home on 1.3 acres, Full basement with extras. All kitchen appliance to convey. $98,000 206 Franklin St, Jacksonville: Good rental or starter home. 2 bedroom, big living/dining area, & full basment. Covered porch & detached 1 car garage.

515 Decatur St, Barry: Charming 2 bedroom ranch with lots of fruit trees & flowers.

Basement & garage. Lots of updates.

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Charming 4 bedroom, 2 bath home with full basement. Oversize lot, detached 2.5 car garage, and plenty of storage space. Eat in kitchen and formal dining room that could be a family room. Large family room with gas fireplace. Spacious master bedroom with a walk in closet. Fourth bedroom currently being used as a den. Granite counter tops in bathrooms with gorgeous wood floors thru out lower level. Beautiful remodeled front porch with stained plank and huge stamped concrete patio. It is surrounded by professional landscaping provided for additional entertaining space. New roof on garage in 2014. New brick in kitchen and two upstairs bedrooms remodeled in 2013. One bedroom has new built in bookshelf in 2013. $221,900. Call Charlene 217-473-8246

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200 S. Madison Pittsfield, IL 62363 www.wade-real-estate.com NEW LISTING - Pittsfield - N. Madison St. - 2 storage blds. Masonry constructed, 17,000 sq. ft. total storage area.

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317 W. Adams St. Pittsfield - 2 story family home, 2800 sq. ft. 10 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, new heating and cooling, new electric, fireplace. Det. 28x66 building and more. $139,000 CALL COURTNEY.

Blue Creek Subdivision - Pittsfield - On 2.52 acres, 35 yr. old brick and frame contemporary, 2800 sq. ft. 9 rm, 4 br. 3 baths, finished full walk-out basement, 3 car det. garage and more. $250,000. CALL COURTNEY.

Griggsville - 801 E. Quincy St. - On 1 acre mol. 39 yr. old brick ranch style home. 7 rooms, 3 BR, 2 baths, full basement, 2 car att. garage. Immediate possession.

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New Listing - Pittsfield - 340 S. Mason St. - Beautiful ranch style home, 5 room, 2 bedroom, full part finished basement, remodeled and redecorated, screened in porch and large deck, 2 car att. garage, new metal roof and more. PRICED $112,000. CALL COURTNEY

367 E. Morrison St. Pittsfield - 40 year old ranch style, 1300 sq. ft. 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, full basement. Redecorated and remodeled inside and out. Lifetime metal roof, vinyl siding, new flooring, central heat and A/C, 1 car garage. Close to schools. CALL ROGER. MOTIVATED SELLER. REDUCED BY $10,000

Rural Griggsville Area's largest manufacturing plant. Situated on 14.8 M/L acres.

Approx. 83,000 square feet of BLDG, numerous offices, large storage areas, buildings well-maintained. Details, call Courtney at Wade Real Estate. PRICE REDUCED TO $450,000 FOR QUICK SALE.

New Listing - 130 N. Monroe St. - Commercial building on square, 1000 sq. ft. remodeled and redecorated, gas furn., C/A. Nice 1 br. apartment upstairs with gas furn. CALL COURTNEY.

Perry - 403 E. Highway St. - On 3 lots, very nice 3 yr. old 7 rooms, 3 BR, 2 bath manufactured home. 1250 sq. ft. with large det. garage. MOTIVATED SELLER at $78,000 Reduced $75,000 CALL ROGER.

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NEW LISTING - PITTSFIELD - 404 N. Monroe St. - 1 story frame home, 1500 sq. ft. 6 rm., 2/3 bedrooms, basement, gas furnace, vinyl siding, new roof, det. garage. PRICED $54,500.

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New Listing - 721 W. Fayette St. - Pittsfield- 1 story frame home, 4 rooms, 1 BR, 1 bath, new interior, paint and carpet, gas furnace and C/A. Immediate possession. PRICED $28,500. CALL COURTNEY (Agent Interest).

Summer Hill - 1400 sq. ft. home. 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, semi modern kitchen, gas furnace.

IMMEDIATE POSSESSION PRICED $38,000.

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Pittsfield - 205 W. Fayette St. - 2 story frame home situated on great corner lot. 8 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, 1850 sq. ft. detached 2 car garage. PRICED $59,000. REDUCED $49,000 $48,500

517 N. Memorial St. Pittsfield - 1 story frame home, 2 Br. 1 bath nice kitchen with appliances, fenced back yard. 945 sq. ft.

CALL TERRY RUSH. PRICED $39,900 $34,500

Detroit - Just redecorated, 1 story frame home, 1300 sq. ft.

6 RM, 3 BR, 1 bath, new carpet, nice kitchen, 2 car garage. IMMEDIATE POSSESSION. $59,500. CALL COURTNEY.

ROCKPORT - 1 1/2 story frame home, 1600 sq. ft., 9 rooms, 4 BR. 2 baths, full basement. IMMEDIATE POSSESSION. PRICED AT $35,000. CALL COURTNEY

450 W. Jefferson St. Pittsfield - 2 story family home, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, newer vinyl siding, metal roof, thermo windows. IMMEDIATE POSSESSION. Priced in $60s.

CALL TAMI. NEW PRICE ACREAGE/LOTS New Listing - 3 lots for sale in Sunny Brook Sub-division, Pittsfield.

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428 N. Monroe St. Pittsfield - 2 sory family home, 1800 sq. ft. 7 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 1 1/2 baths, gas furnace, C/A, aluminum siding, shingle roof. IMMEDIATE POSSESSION. Priced $62,000. CALL COURTNEY.

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on June 11, 2014, a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Pike County, Illinois, setting forth the names and postoffice addresses of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known asThe Fix Hair Salon, located at 110 N. Madison St, Pittsfield, IL. Dated this 11th day of June, 2014.

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Call (618) 498-1234 and ask for Business Department IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT PIKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF KATHRYN B. HILL Deceased.

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Notice is given of the death of KATHRYN B. HILL of 201 N. Pearl Street, Griggsville, Illinois. Letters of office were issued on June 19, 2014, to Richard Rawlings, 35 Briarwyck Rd., Jacksonville, Illinois, whose attorney is Michael J. Hollahan, 109 E. Washington, Pittsfield, IL. 62363.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court in the Pike County Courthouse, Pittsfield, Illinois, or with the representative, or both, on or before the 2nd day of January , 2015, and any claim not filed within that period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

Notice is given to Unknown Heirs of Kathryn B. Hill, whose last known addresses are unknown, who are heirs in the above proceeding to probate a will and whose addresses are not stated in the petition to admit the will to probate, that an order was entered by the Court on June 5, 2014, admitting the will to probate.

Within 42 days after the effective date of the original order of admission you may file a petition with the court to require proof of the will by testimony of the witnesses to the will in open court or other evidence, as provided in Section 6-21 of the Probate Act of 1975 (ILCS 5/6-21).

You also have the right under Section 8 of the Probate Act of 1985 (755 ILCS 5/8-1) to contest the validity of the will by filing a petition with the court within six months after admission of the will to probate.

Michael J. Hollahan Hollahan Law Office Attorney for Executor 109 E. Washington Pittsfield, IL. 62363 PH: (217) 285-5593 Fax: (217) 285-5539 mike@hollahanlaw.com

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PUBLIC NOTICE - NOTICE OF FILING NORTHERN ILLINOIS GAS COMPANY d/b/a Nicor Gas Company hereby gives notice to the public that it has filed with the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) on July 1, 2014, testimony and exhibits in Docket No. 13-0610 setting forth a reconciliation of the Company’s Energy Efficiency Plan Cost Recovery revenues and incurred costs for the period ending May 31, 2013.

Further information with respect thereto may be obtained either directly from this Company or by addressing the Chief Clerk of the ICC at 527 East Capitol Avenue, Springfield, Illinois 62701. A copy of this filing may be inspected by an interested party at any business office of this Company.

Northern Illinois Gas Company d/b/a Nicor Gas Company Elizabeth W. Reese, President, Nicor Gas Energy Efficiency Plan Legal Notice: EEP

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Burch appointed judge Court accepts Edgar’s plea; case finalized

The Honorable Diane M. Lagoski, chief judge of the Eighth Judicial Circuit, is pleased to announce that Charles H. W. Burch has been appointed Resident Circuit Judge of the Eighth Judicial Circuit to fill the position in Calhoun County, after the announcement of the retirement of the Honorable Richard D. Greenlief.

Burch was raised in Calhoun County and graduated from Chaminade College Preparatory in St. Louis, Mo. in 1996. From there he went on to graduate from St. Louis University in 2000 and received his law degree from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in January of 2004. He was admitted to practice law in the State of Illinois May 6, 2004.

Burch and his wife, Gwen, currently live in rural Kampsville with their daughters, Charlee (age 2) and Greta (9 months). Burch currently has his law office located in Hardin.

Burch has served as the Assistant State’s Attorney in Pike County from 2005 through 2013. He has a

Charles H. W. Burch long record of community service and involvement with St. Francis of Assisi Parish, the Knights of Columbus, the Calhoun County Fair and the Calhoun County Saddle Club.

There will be an investiture at the Calhoun County Courthouse Monday, July 7 at 10:30 a.m.

Burch will assume his duties as Resident Circuit Judge July 7.

Police Beat

Bookings Vincent A. Martinez, 44, Santa Rosa Calif. was arrested June 23 for domestic battery. He was released after time served.

Krystal C. Allen, 23, Barry, was arrested June 24 on a Pike County traffic warrant. She posted $200 bond and was released pending court appearance.

Aquilla L. Dean, 34, Chicago, was arrested June 24 on two traffic offenses and a criminal felony.

Dean remains lodged.

Shanique T. Sharp, 22, Chicago, was arrested June 24 on charges of possession of cannabis. He posted $150 and was released pending court appearance.

Cakirra S. Coleman, 19, Chicago, was arrested June 24 on charges of possession of cannabis. He posted

$150 bond and was released pending court appearance.

Zachary N. Schwalb, 21, Barry, was arrested June 26 on a Pike County traffic warrant alleging failure to pay. He posted $300 bond and was released pending court appearance.

Debbra J. Patterson, 22, Griggsville, was arrested June 26 on a Pike County misdemeanor warrant alleging failure to pay. She posted $3,000 and was released pending court appearance.

Christina N. White, 26, Rockport, was arrested June 27 on charges of possession of drug paraphernalia.

She posted $150 and was released pending court appearance.

Charles W. Swarringin, 30, Beardstown, was arrested June 29 on charges of criminal damage to state supported property, driving under the influence, possession of drug paraphernalia, illegal transportation of alcohol by a driver, no valid driver’s license, no valid registration, operation of an uninsured motor vehicle and other traffic offenses. He remains lodged.

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The police records released by the Pike County Sheriff ’s office include the following arrests and bookings. The records state that these are accusations and each individual is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Harrison L. Housmann vs. Dianna N. Housmann, 6-20-14.

Joni Lyn Taylor vs. Lyndell Ray Taylor, 6-20-14.

Anthony Wayne Rhodes of New Castle, IN to Christina Lynn Robinson of New Castle, IN.

By beth zumwalt Pike Press A case that is nearly two years old and was the base of a felony suit filed and dismissed against the Pike County Coroner was settled Thursday afternoon in court.

John Edgar, 26, Kampsville, pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter bringing a complicated scenario to an end.

Edgar, who was originally charged with druginduced homicide after it was alleged he provided Shana Lopez with heroin, resulting in her death, received credit for 353 days he had served in jail following his arrest, paying restitution to Lopez’s daughter for her funeral expenses, a $2,500 fine with costs and the usual and customary fees and assessments. Edgar will serve 30 months TASC probation, which is more rigid than standard probation, will have to drug test twice a week

and seek and maintain employment and complete substance abuse evaluation and counseling. He is also to refrain from alcohol and is not to enter any establishment that’s main focus it to sell alcohol.

Lagoski said she had read Edgar’s pre-sentence report.

“I don’t think there is a drug out there you haven’t tried,” she said. “Tell me why I should accept this plea deal.”

Edgar said the year he spent in jail gave him plenty of time to reflect on the course of life he had taken.

“I’ve had a chance to think about my actions and the direction my life was taking,” he said.

“I have also thought about the life that was lost because of my actions. It’s a wonder I got through that part. I think of her and her family every day.”

Edgar went on to say his mistakes were his fault.

“I was raised in good, Christian home,” he

said. “It is a blessing this happened because if I hadn’t been arrested, it is very likely I would be dead. I want to be the person God always wanted me to be.”

After hearing from Edgar, Lagoski said she would agree with the plea agreement.

“I am concerned about how strong you are,” she said. “This court and the Lopez family have agreed to give you another chance. I hope you are up for it. I was also looking for some remorse from you and I heard that. I hope it is real.”

The Edgar case was the basis for felony charges filed against the Pike County coroner in May, by then state’s attorney Carrie Boyd.

Boyd alleged the coroner’s office had mishandled the investigation into Lopez’s death. Boyd later resigned from her position and a special prosecutor assigned to investigate the case moved to have the charges dismissed, saying there was no basis or evidence to support the charge.

Police believe theft ring Real estate transfers is broken by arrests By beth zumwalt Pike Press Law enforcement officials believe the arrests of two juveniles have broken up a theft ring in Pleasant Hill. Officers believe several reported thefts have been solved with the arrests. The investigation has led to the juveniles being charged with several counts of theft.

The Pleasant Hill Police Department and Pike County Sheriff’s Department concluded the four month criminal investigation regarding burglaries and thefts which occurred within the Village of Pleasant Hill.

During the thefts, items such as gas cans, oil cans, fuel, boat fuel tanks, and a dirt bike have been stolen throughout several months.

Pleasant Hill Police Chief Zack Orr said the investigation began during the first part of March and have continued throughout the months.

During the investigation, Orr received a Crimestopper’s tip that the stolen dirt bike was located at

a residence in rural Nebo. Upon receiving said tip, Chief Orr went to the residence and met with the homeowner. The homeowner cooperated with authorities and subsequently the dirt bike, boat fuel tank, and oilcans were recovered.

Orr continued with the investigation and was able to identify other suspects involved with the thefts.

Orr was able to recover additional stolen property such as boat fuel tanks, seven gas cans, and a hose used to siphon gas.

Orr and Mike Starman, another officer from the PHPD conducted several interviews and were able to identify those responsible. A completed investigative report was prepared and submitted to the Pike County State’s Attorney’s Office for official review. The Pike County State’s Attorney’s Office have charged two juveniles, one 16 year old juvenile and one 17 year old juvenile, for several counts of theft.

The case still remains under investigation and more arrests are pending.

Crime Stoppers The Pike County Sheriff’s Department is asking for assistance identifying the person(s) who forcefully entered the John Deere Dealership in Perry during the early morning hours of June 26. If you have any

information on this or any other crimes taking place in Pike County, call Crime Stoppers at (217)285-1500. All calls are anonymous and if your tip leads to an arrest, you will be eligible for a cash reward.

Richard C. Borrowman and Larissa J. Borrowman to Richard C. Borrowman, SW 1/4, SE 1/4 of SE 1/4, SE 1/4 of SW 1/4, Sec. 24, Pleasant Vale Township, NW 1/4, SW 1/4 of NW 1/4, Sec. 19, Derry Township.

Richard C. Borrowman and Larissa J. Borrowman to Larissa J. Borrwoman, NW 1/4, SW 1/4 of NE 1/4, NE 1/4, SE 1/4 of NE 1/4, NE 1/4, NW 1/4 of SE 1/4, NE 1/4 of SW 1/4, Pt. NE 1/4, Sec. 20, Derry Township, NE 1/4, SE 1/4 of NW 1/4, Sec. 19, Derry Township.

Lenora M. Hammitt Trustee, Mardell L. Hammitt Trustee and Hammitt Trust to Lenora M. Hammitt Trustee, Lenora M. Hammitt Revocable Trust and Edwin C. Hammitt Revocable Trust, All of NW 1/4, Sec. 21, New Salem Township.

Sheriff of Pike County Il - Paul F. Petty and Paul L. Duncan to Bank of America NA, Lot 6, Blk 2, Atkinsons Addn, Pittsfield.

Todd Ragon Patton and Tammie Dawn Patton to Joseph J. Docks, Pt. SW 1/4, Sec. 7, Barry Township.

Teresa V. Stout to Blake Farms Illinois LLC, NW 1/4, SW 1/4 of NW 1/4, Sec. 2, NE 1/4, SE 1/4 of NE 1/4, Sec. 3, Hadley Township.

Billy Ridenbark to Jerald M. Simpson, Lots 1-3, Blk 2, Smiths Addn, Nebo.

Delmar F. Reif and Tri-County

Feed and Grain Inc. to Donald R. Fergurson Revocable Living Trust, NW 1/4 of NE 1/4, Sec. 19, Spring Creek Township.

Pasty E. Likes Trustee and Patsy E. Likes Trust to Richard Syrcle and Linda Syrcle, Lot 12, Orchard Park SD, Barry Pt. NE 1/4, Sec. 25, Barry Township.

Behinda Cheryl Pryor Kroencke and Benida Setounis to Lawrence J. Kroencke and Janet M. Kroencke, NW 1/4 of NW 1/4, Sec. 16, Kinderhook Township.

Judy L. Shoemaker and Tory I. Stecker to Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Lot 7, Lot 6, Blk 3, Perry.

John M. Graham Trustee, Judith L. Graham Trustee and Graham Family Living Trust to Richard Dunker, Lots 11-12, Blk 8, Riders Addn, Montezuma.

John M. Graham Trustee, Judith L. Graham Trustee and Graham Family Living Trust to Richard Dunker, Sec. 12, Montezuma Township.

Panther Creek Inc. to Jim Williams Construction, Inc., Lot 9, Panther Creek Est. SD, Pittsfield.

Van M. Rumple and Rita A. Rumple to Roy Hobson Trust and Bessie Hobson Trust, Lot 3, Blk 38, Johnsons SD, Griggsville.

Sarah J. Wagoner to Christopher S. Wagoner, SE 1/4 of SW 1/4, Sec. 27, Spring Creek Township.

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eric hammit The Lovell family settled in Pittsfield in the 1800s. Katherine graduated from Pittsfield High school in 1941 and the University of Texas in 1945.

The 2014 recipients are: Joshua Steven Dean, son of Steve and Paula Dean, is a continuing student in the School of Engineering at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. He has chosen a career in mechanical engineering.

Cadence Desiree Klatt, daughter of Josh and Valerie Klatt, is a 2014 graduate of Pittsfield High School. She plans to attend Truman State University and has chosen the career field of Physical Therapy.

Willow Krumwiede, daughter of Tim and Lisa Krumwiede, is a 2014 graduate of Pittsfield High School, and plans to attend the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the fall of 2015. She was elected a state FFA Treasurer position for the 201415 school year. She plans to receive a degree in Agricultural Science Education and become a teacher.

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Each time a student finishes a book in the Accelerated Reader program and scores high on the test, their name is placed in a drawing for a $100 gift card from Wal-Mart. Winners this year were Peyton Wade, left center, in the sixth through eight pod and Shelby Bauer, right center, in the third – fifth pod.

Presenting the cards are Lisa Jocksich, principal of the school, left and Jon Frieden, dean of students for grades 3-5.

lauren hull Penny Reel, will be a sophomore at Loyola University Chicago. Dylan is majoring in Political Science on the Pre-Law track with a minor in Business Administration.

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The Pikeland Public Schools Foundation is a nonprofit organization established to enhance the educational experience of the students in Pikeland School District #10. The Foundation was established in 1988 and is comprised of 12 volunteer directors, who are interested in improving the quality of education in Pikeland schools.

Each year, the Foundation awards several scholarships to past and current graduates of Pittsfield High School.

Scholarship decisions are based on student financial need, scholastic abilities, leadership qualities, service to school and community, dignity of character, and desire to further one's education.

Scholarships may be used to attend colleges, universities, trade schools, and technical or vocational schools.

This year, the Pikeland Public School Foundation awarded a total of eight scholarships to the following recipients: Helen Harman Scholarships The Harman Scholarship is made possible through a generous bequest from Miss Helen Harman, who had a long career as a history teacher at Pittsfield High School and was a very community-oriented individual.

Recipients for 2014 are: Eric Hammitt, son of Craig and Shelley Hammitt, is a 2014 graduate of Pittsfield High School. Eric plans to attend Illinois College in the fall with the goal of working in the area of Information Technology and Computer Science Industries.

Michael W. Johnson, son of Mike and Jinger Johnson of Baylis, has a status of P2 at Southern Illinois UniversityEdwardsville School of Pharmacy and is working toward a doctorate degree in pharmacy.

Chelsea Lynn Mulford, daughter of Tabatha Mulford of Pittsfield, will be a junior at Culver-Stockton College and Blessing Reiman College of Nursing with the goal of becoming a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist.

Stickman Scholarship The Stickman Scholarship is made possible by a generous donation from Ray and Marian Stickman who moved to Pittsfield in 1975 after retiring from farming. Stickman Scholarships are awarded to deserving Pittsfield High School graduates attending Illinois institutions of higher education.

The 2014 recipient is: Lauren Hull, daughter of Stan and Kandi Hull, is a 2014 graduate of Pittsfield High School. She plans to attend Southern Illinois University in Carbondale with the goal of getting her Bachelor of Dental Hygiene degree.

Katherine Lovell Harper Scholarships The Katherine Lovell Harper Scholarship Fund was established in 2012 via a generous donation from Robert H. and Katherine P. Harper.

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Local Extension hosting program on youth gardens

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Johnson awarded Irvin Dean Franklin scholarship The Irvin Dean Franklin scholarship has been awarded this year to Michael Johnson of Baylis.

Michael is a graduate of Pittsfield High School and a 2010 graduate of John Wood Community College. He recently completed his fourth year at Southern Illinois University School of Pharmacy in Edwardsville. He is employed as a student pharmacist at Walmart Pharmacy in Glen Carbon.

Johnson has been given high praise from the DHS Clinical Director of Pharmacy and Clinical Support Services with his involvement in improving and implementing the Illinois Prescription Monitoring Program. He is the son of Michael and Jinger Johnson of Baylis.

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Five members of the Pikeland Community School’s student council recently attended leadership camp at 4-H Memorial Camp - Allerton Park in Monticello. Those attending were, left to right, Josie Place, reporter; Noah Gay, spirit committee; Chandler Hayden, vice president; Anna Curless, secretary; and Avery Lewis, spirit committee. Members attended camp from Sunday, June 22 - Saturday, June 28 and learned valuable leadership skills that pertain to their elected positions and they will share these skills with the rest of the PCS Student Council.

Japanese Beetles – lower numbers this summer!

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Seth Thomas Daniel graduated from Western Illinois University on Saturday, May 10, 2014 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Athletic Training. Seth was awarded the distinction of graduating with honors, Magna Cum Laude, in ceremonies Friday, May 9. Seth is the son of Brian and Becky Daniel of Pittsfield. Grandparents include Bryan and Ida McAllister and Jerry Daniel of Detroit, Tom and Donna Dunnagan of Hannibal, Mo., and Ralph and Karen Albrecht of Murrayville. Seth is currently completing an internship at Illini Fitness in Pittsfield and plans to continue his education in a Physician Assistant’s Program.

Cyle Reel recently graduated from Western Illinois University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Agriculture Science. He has accepted a position with DeLong Ag Company, Inc. based out of Clinton, Wisc. He is employed in the Winnebago. plant as a Pioneer Seed Sales Representative. Cyle is the son of Cathy and Jeff Wilson and Chris and Lydia Reel, all of Pittsfield.

Grandparents are Wally and Nora Renoud, Jerry Wilson, Theresa Reel and Doug Reel. Great-grandparents are Nancy Collard and Don and Pauline Reel.

Yes – this news is a gardener’s dream come true – for at least the 2014 growing season. All the winter data is in and the experts now say Japanese beetle numbers in northern Illinois will be much lower this year.

Many Japanese beetle larvae did not survive the winter – particularly in the northern half of the state. “Earlier predications stated that number should be at normal levels due to the insulating effect of the deep snow cover”, explains Martha Smith, Horticulture Educator, University of Illinois Extension. “But the latest data shows the cold temperatures challenge this early prediction.”

This past winter the cold temperatures penetrated deeper in the soil than what was first thought. Japanese beetle grubs do not migrate deeper than 11 inches into the soil for the winter.

They die if the soil temperature reaches 15 degrees Fahrenheit or if they are subjected to freezing temperatures for two months.

Last winter the soil was frozen to 15 inches deep in central Illinois and 30 inches deep in northern Illinois for several weeks.

Based on previous experience, it is likely that about two-thirds of the larvae died during the winter in the northern half of the state.

That is good news for crops and landscapes!

A double hit for Japanese beetle numbers has to do with summer 2013 rainfall amounts.

In addition to cold temperature mortality, Japanese beetle larvae require approximately 11 inches of water from egg hatch in late July into the fall. Although we received abundant rain in spring of 2013, much less rain fell from July through October, averaging 9.5 inches during this critical time in their lifecycle. On turf areas that were not irrigated and allowed to go dormant, Japanese beetle larvae had a very low survivability rate compared to irrigated turf. Japanese beetle larvae had a greater chance of late summer survivability on irrigated lawns, athletic fields and golf courses. Because late summer 2013 was dry the numbers of larvae were reduced only to be hit with very cold winter temperatures for extended periods of time. This sounds like the perfect storm for 2014 Japanese beetle populations.

Other pests such as the northern and southern masked chafer grubs require less water and tunnel deeper than Japanese beetle grubs. In areas of central Illinois and other areas where these grubs are numerous, neither drought nor cold is likely to have reduced their numbers. Where Japanese beetle adults are few, masked chafers are likely to invade those turf areas. These adult beetles do not inflict the feeding damage on landscape plants like Japanese beetles, but the grub stage can cause considerable turf damage.

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The Four Seasons Gardening program from University of Illinois Extension, continues with a session titled,” Starting a Youth Garden.”

The program is offered twice—on Tuesday, July 8 at 1:30 p.m. and again on Thursday, July 10 at 6:30 p.m. The July 8 session is offered at all five of the county offices, including the Pike County Extension office in Pittsfield, and the July 10 session is offered at the Adams and Schuyler county offices only.

Whether you call it a children’s garden, youth garden, or school garden, gardens created as educational and play spaces for youth can be very rewarding to create. These gardens allow space for children to connect with nature and help them make the connection with where their food comes from.

Candice Miller, horticulture educator, University of Illinois Extension, will discuss the benefits of youth gardens, the important steps to planning a youth garden and ways to get youth engaged in gardening. She will also share some tips on how to make the garden as sustain-

able, successful, and rewarding as possible.

The presentation will be presented via the University of Illinois distance learning system and local computer PowerPoint presentations, allowing live discussion between the presenter and gardeners throughout Illinois.

This is the second session of the summer series. The next program titled Mosquitoes and West Nile Virus is set for July 22 at 1:30 pm and July 24 at 6:30 pm.

There is no charge to attend any session. Advance registration is needed. Register online: http://web.extension.illinois.edu/abhps/ or call your local Extension Office: Adams County, 330 S. 36th Street, Quincy – 217-223-8380 Brown County, 108 N. Capitol, Mt. Sterling – 217-322-3381 Hancock County, 550 N. Madison, Carthage – 217-3572150 Pike County, 1301 E. Washington, Pittsfield – 217285-5543 Schuyler County, 710 Maple Avenue, Rushville – 217-3223381

Weekly Crop Update

By Mike Roegge, University of Illinois Extension, Adams/Brown/ Hancock/Pike/Schuyler If you’re like me, and truly enjoy eating fresh and tasty local foods, then now is the time to get out to enjoy the bounty. It really amazes me that so many people don’t really know what real food tastes like. For instance, when you buy a tomato in the grocery store in February, it tastes the same as the tomato you buy from the same store in August (and truthfully, there really isn’t much of a taste there). But many people think that’s the way a tomato should taste, which is so wrong.

A tomato that is purchased in August, from a local grower, has so much more taste and juice compared to a store bought tomato. But we’ve become so used to convenience (to get that tomato in February) that we’ve given up taste.

But it doesn’t have to be that way. There are plenty of opportunities to purchase fresh, just picked fruits and vegetables in your own community. Many communities have a Farmers Market that operates one or more days per week. In addition, there are a number of producers who sell product directly to consumers. If you dine in Quincy, you can even purchase local food at several restaurants.

Early spring crops such as spinach and lettuce have dwindled and want to bolt, which leaves a somewhat bitter taste as well. The cole crops (broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage) harvest has

been ongoing for some, which others are getting ready. Early planted onions can be pulled for green onions. Some of the early planted potatoes have been harvested. Strawberry season has ended, with just a variety or two of late season maturities still being picked. But raspberries have just begun to ripen and so has the early blueberry varieties. Rhubarb has ended as well. Although some of the more vigorous plants can be harvested again for a short time in early fall.

Some of the early gardeners have green beans available.

Summer squash (including zucchini) are being offered. Early cucumbers are also available, as are early peppers.

We’ve still got a couple of weeks before tomato and sweet corn arrive, but with this heat it won’t take long.

Our office has put together a guide to help you find locally grown fruits and vegetables. It lists all the producers in the area who sell to consumers, providing contact information and what items they offer. We also list all the Farmers’ Markets in the area, including locations and times of operation. This year we added a listing for restaurants and caterers that feature local. Some of these restaurants feature quite a bit of local while others offer some. Be sure to ask when ordering what is local.

The guide is available on our website. http://web.extension. illinois.edu/abhps/localgrown/

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