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Event to highlight local health priorities MACOMB — The McDonough County Health Department and Morton Community Bank have partnered to present the future of health in McDonough County. A presentation, in partnership between the McDonough County Health Department and Morton Community Bank, over the future of local health will be held from 9 to 9:30 a.m. on March 5. It will explain the health priorities for McDonough County as identified in the recentlycompleted community needs assessment, according to a news release. This event is free and open to the public. Snacks and refreshments will be provided. Morton Community Bank, formally Citizens Bank, is located at 127 S. Side Square in Macomb.
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Mayor confident in W. Adams project Inman: ‘I think we can make this happen’ By Patrick Stout Correspondent
MACOMB — Following Monday's city council meeting, Mayor Mike Inman expressed confidence that the city's West Adams Street widening would proceed as planned. Aldermen were divided
in committee last week as to whether the projected costs would take money away from other street work. "We have bond money that has to be spent before the end of 2015," the mayor said. "I think we can make this happen….(The higher
construction bid) is just a ten percent difference in price and I think we can make it work." Inman was asked whether Western Illinois University, currently dealing with budget difficulties, could afford a higher amount as its share of the
project. "They think they can make it work," he responded, "perhaps with some trimming." During the council meeting, Alderman Dennis Moon expressed concern that the mayor's fourmonth timeline for selecting a new city administrator might not be sufficient. Inman had indicated that he would name a
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Six contestants competed for the Miss Macomb 2015 title on Sunday night. TOP: Kaitlin Karr is crowned this year’s title. Also pictured (clockwise from top left) are contestants Darcy Arendt, Madison Lefler, Anna Diekemper and Rachel Wirt during the respective swimsuit and talent competitions.
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MACOMB — A horde of enthusiastic friends and family members at Fellheimer Auditorium erupted in cheers as Kaitlin Karr was named Miss Ma-
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nual Miss Macomb Scholarship Pageant was a lateto-the-game decision, but one she was glad she made. She'll compete in the Miss Illinois contest later this year "I've been involved in the Miss America organ-
ization, in pageants, for the past four years, and I'm a graduate student at Western Illinois. And so, just to get more involved in the community, and get to know more people, I See TITLE — A7
MACOMB — A multimonth investigation involving several subjects stealing bottles of liquor from various businesses in Macomb yielded three arrests last week, according to local law enforcement. The Macomb Police Department received information through a Crime Stoppers tip about the stealing of alcohol, and on Friday, a report was taken from the Macomb Hy-Vee about two individuals stealing bottles from the store. Officers were able to identify the suspects from video surveillance. Search warrants were conducted on two Western Illinois University residence hall rooms at around 7:30 p.m. Friday, and more than $600 worth of stolen liquor was located by officers. Arrested as a result of the investigation, were John G. Tyler, Darius J. Dixon and Bryant Adams, all 19, of Chicago, on charges for burglary, possession of stolen property, retail theft and possession of alcohol by a minor. The investigation is ongoing and the subjects are suspected of stealing more than $1,000 worth of alcohol.
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MACOMB – Severe weather season is just around the corner, and the McDonough County Emergency Services and Disaster
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Hunters, outdoorsmen hope for ally in Rauner By Nick Swedberg
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■ February marked Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. Looking back, find out what local Victim Services folks had to say about its prevalence and spreading awareness.
search committee in midAugust or early September to interview candidates to succeed Dean Torreson after he retires in December. "I don't think we should wait too long to start the process," Moon said. The mayor responded that he would refer the issue to the city council's personnel
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Illinois hunters and outdoors enthusiasts see Gov. Bruce Rauner as a potential new ally in Springfield as they eye legislation this session that includes measures to ban the use of drones to track wildlife, allow silencers at gun ranges, expand coyote hunting to crossbows and resurrect a bobcat hunting season. They're hoping Rauner,
a hunter and fisherman who frequently touts his love of the outdoors, will bring a friendly perspective to natural resource issues and dozens of proposed new laws related to guns and hunting. "I think he is sympathetic to the outdoors, being a hunter and a dog owner himself," said George Fleischli, a registered lobbyist who represents outdoor recreation organizations. At the same time, the
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sportsmen fear the state's budget crisis will cast a cloud over the management of state parks and agencies that regulate their activities. They are banking on promises they say Rauner made to address problems at the Department of Natural Resources, encouraged by his appointment of former state Rep. Wayne Rosenthal, a fellow hunter and sportsman from Morrisonville, as the new DNR chief. Under Rauner's pro-
posed budget for the coming year, the DNR's operations budget would be reduced by $8 million, with most of the savings coming from managing staffing levels. The budget for conservation police would be reduced by $3 million. Grants that help pay for forest stewardship would drop by $2.1 million. "I don't think the state legislators will accept this budget proposal the way it is," said Scott Bryant, president of the Illinois
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Federation of Outdoor Resources, a nonprofit association that represents hundreds of individual members and organizations with an interest in recreation. Bryant said the outdoorsmen understand that all state agencies face budget cuts, but he said they trust Rauner will live up to the vow to help the DNR that he made at a campaign stop in Quincy last fall. "Promises were made," he said.
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committee for further discussion. Aldermen voted to approve a 2.5 percent cost of living increase, effective May 1, for non-unionized city employees working regular full-time or parttime hours. Inman said the raises are in line with contact increases promised to police, fire and public works employees.
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Agency will sponsor a tornado and severe thunderstorm spotter training class, which is free and open to the public.
The council also voted to adopt an ordinance authorizing the sale of surplus city property. The inventory mainly consists of equipment no longer in use. Council members spent the bulk of their meeting listening to McDonough County Board member Trevor Toland discuss the April 7 county sales tax referendum. The county is seeking a quarter-cent sales tax increase to be dedicated for road repairs and other transportation needs. Toland said the county
has 180 miles of roadway, including 40 miles of asphalt roads and 140 miles of oil and chipped sealcoat. "Many of the roads are in need of serious repair," he said. "Material costs have more than doubled in the last few years." The county board representative said the referendum, if approved, could generate a possible $600,000 annually. Toland said this would allow for about 35 miles of road repair each year. He noted that sales tax collection would not yield significant
road repair revenue until 2016. "This is a small tax and a fair tax," Toland said. He said good roads are important to local agriculture, the gravel industry, and those who use them for their work commute or to get to Macomb stores. "This is a familiar story," Mayor Inman said of the need for repair funds. "We undertook this a few years ago with positive results."
This session, according to a news release, will be held at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 11, at the McDonough County 4H Auditorium, 3028 W. Jackson St., in Macomb. Warning Coordination Meteorologists from the National Weather Service
office in Davenport, Iowa, will conduct the session. This will be a two-hour session. ESDA will also be giving away three weather radios – absolutely free. They will be given away at the session. Anyone interested in severe weather including
emergency personnel, ham radio operators and the general public is encouraged to attend this program. For more information on becoming a severe weather spotter, contact McDonough County ESDA at 309-837-2686.
burglary, possession of stolen property, retail theft and possession/consumption of alcohol by a minor on Friday. John Gregory Tyler, 19, of Chicago was arrested for burglary, possession of stolen property, and possession/consumption of alcohol by a minor on Friday. Gabino Huachi Hernandez, 31, of Macomb was arrested for no valid driver's license on Friday. Mary Kate Mackey, 18, of Oak Park was cited for purchase, acceptance, possession or consumption of alcohol and misrepresentation of age by a minor/possession of a false ID on Friday. Taylor Nicole Wiliams, 21, of Galva was cited for disorderly conduct on Friday. Aric Thomas Deangelis, 21, of Chesterton, Ind., was arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia and fewer than 2.5 grams of cannabis on Saturday. Gavin Michael Byrne, 19, of Chicago was arrested for possession of a false ID card on Saturday. Faris Yahia Sowayan, 21, of Macomb was arrested for criminal trespass to real property and disorderly conduct on Saturday. Nicholas J. Kelton, 23, of Petersburg was cited for urinating/defecating in public on Saturday. Erik J. Mandes, 20, of
Bridgeview as cited for disorderly conduct and purchase, acceptance, possession or consumption of alcohol on Saturday. Steven Gene Syler, 20, of Viola was arrested for battery, possession/consumption of alcohol by a minor, unlawful use of a license and disorderly conduct on Sunday. Tyler Lee Mays, 19, of Moline was arrested for battery and resisting/obstructing a peace officer on Sunday. Devin Michael Davis, 20, of Milan was arrested for possession/consumption of alcohol by a minor on Sunday. Jonay Valencia Gaines, 21, of Glenwood was arrested of driving while license revoked/suspended and no food card with ammunition on Monday.
of Springfield was arrested for possession of fewer than 2.5 grams of cannabis on Friday. Craig Thomas Kucharski, 21, of Quincy was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol on Friday. Montana Verne Strader, 24, of Colchester was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol on Sunday. Cortez Warren Odom, 19, of Park Forest was arrested for possession/consumption of alcohol by a minor and on a McDonough County warrant on Sunday. Joseph William Mihm, 19, of Rock Island was arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of fewer than 2.5 grams of cannabis on Sunday. Brandon Nelson Mounia, 22, of Macomb was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol, driving while license revoked/suspended and resisting/obstructing a peace officer on Monday.
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Spencer Brogan Smith, 23, of Carthage was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol on Friday. Bryant Adams, 19, of Chicago was arrested for burglary, retail theft, possession/consumption of alcohol by a minor and possession of stolen property on Friday. Elijah M. Daniels, 18, of Park Forest was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia on Friday. Darius Joshua Dixon, 19, of Chicago was arrested for
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Stephanie Breann Lefalce, 19, of Springfield was arrested for possession of fewer than 2.5 grams of cannabis on Friday. Contavious Lewayne Kidd, 26, of Springfield was arrested on a foreign warrant on Friday. Taylor Jayne Lawson, 21, of Springfield was arrested for driving while license revoked/suspended and on foreign warrants on Friday. Dennis James Cain, 19,
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Johnathan Fulton Staples, 21, of Macomb was arrested for criminal trespass to real property on Sunday. Jeremy Quintin Stone, 22, of Chicago was arrested on a foreign warrant on Sunday. ILLINOIS STATE POLICE
Brittin Lowell Elliott, 25, of La Harpe was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol on Friday.
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Until March 7 MACOMB Exhibit, “Joseph Lappie: Always Towards the Space and Moment,” at WIU, open 9 a.m.-noon, 1-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 1-4 p.m. Saturday, WIU Art Gallery. Exhibition by an assistant professor of printmaking and book arts at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa, is a series of characters inspired by a travelogue by Pliny the Elder, as presented in the Nuremberg Chronicles. For more information about the exhibit, visit www.wiu.edu/cofac/artgallery/exhibitions.php. Exhibit, “The Artistic Statements and Exclamation Points of Wayne Bertola and Steve Carleson,” open 11 a.m.-3 p.m., TuesdayFriday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Saturday, West Central Illinois Arts Center, 25 E. Side Square. Gallery visitors will have the opportunity to view the work of Chicago artist Wayne Bertola and Bishop Hill artist Steve Carleson.
March 4 MACOMB Country singer-songwriter Chase Rice performs, 7 p.m., WIU University Union Grand Ballroom. Rice has placed songs on the Billboard charts in recent years, including his platinum-selling song, "Ready Set Roll." He also co-wrote the song, "Cruise," which is performed by Florida Georgia Line. Rice's latest release, "Ignite the Night," debuted at number one on the Billboard Country Album chart. Tickets for the performance are available at the Hainline Theatre Box Office for $5 for students with valid identification and $10 for non-students.For more information on Rice, visit chaserice.com.
March 5 Actor RJ Mitte will appear in the Western Illinois University Union Heritage Room, 7 p.m., Mitte, who played Walter White Jr. on the hit AMC show “Breaking Bad,”will speak about disability awareness and hold a meet and greet. Free admission.
March 7 ADAIR Chili supper to support the New Salem Fire Protection District, 4:30-7:30 p.m., Adair Fire Station. Menu: All you can eat chili and/or hot dogs, dessert, drink. $7 per person. Children 6 and younger eat free.
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Estelene Mathias
The Rev. Dr. Howard White will officiate. Burial will be at the Harmony Cemetery near Carthage. The family will meet with friends on Wednesday one hour before the time of service. Memorials may be made to the MDH Hospice Program. You may sign the guest book and leave online condolences at clugstontibbittsfh.com.
Barbara was a 1955 graduate of Monroe City High School, and she graduated from John 77, of Macomb Wood Community College with her LPN degree. Estelene Mathias, 77, She then attended phlepassed away at 12:35 a.m. botomy school in 65, of Colchester on Saturday, Feb. 28, Carthage. Barbara was 2015, at Grand Prairie employed as an LPN at Barbara S. Bean, 65, of Assisted Living in MaBeu Health Center at Colchester passed away at comb. Western Illinois Universi4:08 a.m. on Saturday, She was born on May ty from 1986 until her reFeb.28, 2015, at Carthage 17, 1937, in Bondurant, tirement in 2002. She Memorial Hospital in Iowa, the had previously worked at daughter of Carthage. Blessing Hospital and at She was born May 27, Otto and P & S Clinic. She especialOpal McIn- 1949, in Macomb, to ly loved her family, grandGlenn S. and Gertrude tosh Stoll. children and husband. She married Koch Dorothy. Barb was Survivors include in ad78, of Bushnell J. Marshall united in marriage on dition to her husband, Mathias on Feb. 27, 1981, in ColchGlen, include sons, Mark ester to Charles A. Bean. F. Lynn Hartweger, 78, Gilbert (Joyce) Ridgeway Oct. 26, 1962, in BonSurviving to mourn her of Bushnell passed away durant, Iowa. and Robert Glenon (Deon Saturday, Feb. 28, She is survived by hus- passing are mother bra Sue) Ridgeway; stepGertrude Dorothy; hus2015, at Bickford Cottage daughters Tracy Diane band Marshall; son band of 34 years, Chuck in Macomb. Randy Mathias of Bush(Mike) Lawrence and Bean; brother Gary Lynn was born on Aug. Penny Lee (Aron) Herr; nell; daughter Becky Dorothy of Palm Springs, 8, 1936, in Gillespie to Mathias of Bushnell; grandchildren Tracea, Calif.; and sister Janice Frank and Marjory Smith Mark 'Skeet', Shawn, Joel, granddaughters Kristina Hartweger. He married (Michael Forman) Green and Patrick Fitzgerald of Isaac, Jeremy, Amy, KaySpringfield. Patricia Celmer on March lyn, Becca, Carmen, Jaand Amber (Lyman Barb was preceded in 11, 1961, in Charleston. Jones) Green, both of son, Leah, Jarod, Hope, He is survived by his death by father Glenn Macomb; grandson Breanne, Kylene and wife Patsy; son Patrick Dorothy. Joshua Green of MaAlane; great grandchil(Cindy) Hartweger of Barb was a member of comb; great grandson J. dren, Gavin, Jadyn, BrenSummit, N.J.; daughters the La Harpe Union Malachi Forman and dan, Emerson, Garrus, Teresa (Scott) Krause of great grandaughter Layla Church. Barb had worked Benjamin and Ava; Mackinaw, Ill., and Jackie nephews Mike and Ron Forman of Macomb; twin as a secretary for Coates (Brad) Boyer of Austin, Insurance and Burford sister Arlene (Eldon) Hurst; and great nephew, Texas; grandchildren Insurance, retiring in Linn of Arlington, Va.; Keith. Nick, Matt and Kaleigh 1989. and many nieces and Barbara was preceded Krause, Mason and Brock in death by her parents, She loved to knit hats nephews. Hartweger, and Macken- brother Earl William for school children, and She was preceded by zie and Maxton Boyer; prayer shawls for hospice. her parents, daughter Massey and sister and brother Gordon Funeral services will be Marcia Green, son Steven Dorothy Hurst. Hartweger of Creve 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Mathias, and brothers Visitation will be 1 to 4 Coeur, Mo. March 4, at La Harpe Lee Stoll and Roy Stoll. p.m. on Saturday, March He was preceded in Estelene was a member Union Church in La 7, at Hansen-Spear Fudeath by his parents and Harpe with the Rev. of the Retired Teachers neral Home. Bruce Goettsche. Visitabrother Ed. Association and the Memorials are to Blesstion with the family will In addition to 40 years ing Dialysis, MADD, NaMaple Avenue Christian of dedicated service as a be from 10 to 11 a.m. on Church in Macomb. tional Kidney Foundacoach, teacher, and school tion, or the American Estelene was a dedicat- Wednesday, March 4, at administrator, Lynn was a Heart Association. ed and loving wife, moth- La Harpe Union Church proud and caring husin La Harpe. Burial will er, grandmother, and Hansen-Spear Funeral band, father and grandfa- Directors are in charge of be 2 p.m. on Thursday, great-grandmother. ther. He was devoted to Funeral services will be March 5, at Rock Island the arrangements. the love of his life, Patsy, held at noon on Thursday, National Cemetery in for more than 53 wonderMarch 5, at the Clugston- Rock Island. Friends may ful years of happiness and Tibbitts Funeral Home in call after 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. 98, of Macomb joy. His youthful spirit, on Tuesday, March 3, at Macomb. The Rev. Donoptimism and consumthe Jones Mortuary in nie Case will officiate. Glen L. Vance, 98, 74, born in Plymouth Burial will be at Oakwood Colchester. passed away at 12:05 a.m. mate love of life will be sincerely missed. Memorials are to Cemetery in Macomb. on Saturday, Feb. 28, Johnny Marvin Lynn nurtured a lifeVisitation will be held one Wycliffe Bible Translators 2015, at the Heartland Schoonover passed away long dedication to athletor La Harpe Union hour prior to services on Health Care Center in at 4:12 a.m. on March 1, ics and competition, as Church. Condolences may Macomb. Thursday at the funeral 2015, at Richard Owens be expressed to the family home. He was born on July 18, well as a passion for his Hospice Center in Peoria. beloved Illini, St. Louis at jonesmortuaryfh.com. Memorials may be 1916, near Denver, the Marvin was born on Cardinals and all his made to Mosaic in Mason of Joseph A. and Oct. 21, 1940, at home in grandchildren’s sports comb. You may sign the Ruth Duffy Vance. He Plymouth to Miles Edwin guestbook and leave conmarried Martha Willis on teams. His love for basand Cora Pearl Henderketball was complimentdolences online at July 28, 1939, in son Schoonover. ed by a passion for golf clugston-tibbittsfh.com. Carthage; she preceded 87, of Manhattan Marvin is survived by him in death on Sept. 29, later in life. Lynn enjoyed brothers Stanley time with family, serving 2010. John Wendelin SmithSchoonover (Judy), his community and He is survived by hisler, 87, of Manhattan Ronald Schoonover, Ruschurch, working outdaughters Evelyn McEvoy since 2011, passed away sell Schoonover, Virgil doors, travel and always of St. Louis, Mo., Mary Friday, Feb. 27, at the 77, born in Blandinsville Schoonover and Terry being “on the go." Ann Anthony of Batavia, Good Shepherd Hospice Funeral services will be Schoonover (Joyce), all of and Susan Specht of MaAlice Kay Deffenbaugh, House. He was a retired Colchester; sister Shelva comb; son Jerry Vance of held at 11 a.m. on ThursDistrict Conservationist 77, passed away at 1:08 Schoonover of Plymouth, day, March 5, at the Macomb; several granda.m. on Sunday, March 1, and a Resource and Soil Rebecca Davison of children and several great Bushnell United 2015, at St. Joseph Home. Conservationist for the Kansas City, Mo., and grandchildren; and sister Methodist Church with U.S. Department of Agri- Anna Mae (Laverne) She was born April 2, Connie Valla (Jim) of Pastor Trisha Chapman culture until his retire1937, to Monte and officiating. Visitation will Farmington; brother-inMitchell of Carthage. ment in 1986. Pauline (Hughes) Gorbe held from 4 to 6 P.M. law Denny Davison of He was preceded in John was born in on don. She was raised in Washington; and nine death by wife Martha, his Wednesday, March 4, at July 14, 1927, in Anthony, parents, daughter Ruth Blandinsville. the Martin-Hollis Funeral nephews, eight nieces, 11 Surviving are daughters Kan., the son of the late Home in Bushnell, where great nieces, 16 great Elaine Vance, an infant Jackie Myers of Garland, Mary Lidwina (Kastens) nephews and four great son and sister Margareet friends may call after 2 and John Edward Smith- Coulter. Texas, Teri p.m. on Wednesday at the great nephews. Lynn John- hisler. He was united in He was preceded in Glen was a graduate of funeral home. Burial will marriage to Rita Jean son of be in the Bushnell Ceme- death by his parents, Carthage High School Roodhouse Downey on June 7, 1954, and Carthage College. tery. nephew Brandon Kent at the Seven Dolors and Toni Memorial contributions Hensley, and sisters-inDuring World War II, he Catholic Church in Man- taught four years in rural may be made to the Shaw law Sherry Schoonover, (Matthew) hattan, and she precedes Leahy of Creek Golf Course or the schools. He had worked him in death. Auburn; BPC School Foundation. for and with the agriculAfter their marriage son Michael R. Fowler of Please sign the guestbook ture sector all his life Abilene, Texas; grandchil- they moved to Ness City, or leave condolences at while serving on the Soil Kan., until 1957, when dren Josh (Beth) DeSha, www.martinhollisfh.com. Conservation Board. He they had the opportunity also served on the ColchVincent Leahy, Brenden to move to Hawaii for 16 Leahy and Micheala ester and Macomb School years and then to Illinois Boards and the Macomb Leahy; and great granduntil his retirement in daughter Reese DeSha. Production Credit Board 1986. He graduated from for 25 years. She was preceded in death by her parents and Anthony High School in He worked as manager 77, of Macomb sister Joanne Thompson. 1944, and KSU in 1953 in the livestock feed supBarbara J. Wuestenfeld, Alice spent her remain- with a bachelor's degree plement business over 20 77, of Macomb died at in agriculture, was a ing years in Springfield years and working in real 11:25 a.m. Thursday, Feb, member of St. Thomas and was an owner of an estate his later years. He 26, 2015, in Memorial insurance agency located More Catholic Church, was a member of the Knights of Columbus, in Macomb and SpringWesley United Methodist Medical Center in Springfield. NARFE, or the National field. Church in Macomb. Barbara was born Aug. Association of Retired Family will host a meGlen enjoyed gardening 24, 1937, in Quincy, the Federal Employees, and morial service at 1 p.m. and fishing and sharing on Friday, March 6, at St. the VFW. the produce and fish with daughter of Earl Woodrow and Verna LuJohn served in the U.S. friends and neighbors. Joseph Home Chapel in Air Force as a weather obSpringfield with a recepFuneral services will be cile Reed Massey. She married Glen Wuestenserver during World War held at 11 a.m. on tion to follow. feld April 23, 1975, in Memorial contributions II. Wednesday, March 4, at John is survived by sons the Clugston-Tibbitts Fu- Shelbina, Mo.; he surmay be made to St. vives. Joseph’s Home in Spring- John W. (Marsha) Smith- neral Home in Macomb. field. Share stories, pictures, Facebook and Twitter at StaabFamily.com.
Barbara S. Bean
hisler, Jr. of Dodge City, Peter D. (Christina) Smithhisler of Zionsville, Ind., and Matthew L. (Patricia) Smithhisler of Manhattan; daughters Mary A. (Sean) Salsbury of Bolingbrook and Judith L. Smithhisler, of Lake Villa; sister Teresa A. (Jack) Brooks of Halstead; brother Lonnie Smithhisler of Macomb; and grandchildren John Patrick Smithhisler, Zachary Smithhisler, Leslee Smithhisler, Kaitlin Salsbury, Rebecca Salsbury, Maureen Salsbury, Erin Smithhisler, Jill Davis, Olivia Smithhisler and Hadley Smithhisler. He is preceded in death by his parents, wife Jean, brothers Herman Smithhisler and Leland Smithhisler, sister Barbara Smithhisler and stepgranddaughter Amy Rolak. Friends were invited to call from 1 to 8 p.m. with a parish rosary/vigil service at 7 p.m. on Sunday, March 1, at the IrvinParkview Funeral Home and Cremation. At 10:30 a.m. on Monday, March 2, a mass of Christian burial was to be celebrated at St. Thomas More Catholic Church with burial will to follow at Sunrise Cemetery in Manhattan. The family request donations to the Good Shepherd Hospice House, 3801 Vanesta Drive, or Manhattan Catholic Schools and sent in care of the funeral home. For more information or to send and online condolence visit irvinparkview.com.
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Barbara Jo Powell Schoonover and Joanne Ferguson Schoonover. Marvin attended Plymouth grade school and graduated from Plymouth High School in 1961. Marvin will be remembered for his many kind deeds. When he was younger he would always help the elderly and people of the town with errands and chores. He was well known and enjoyed by many children of the community. Marvin especially enjoyed traveling to Kansas City to visit with Becky, her family and friends. He made many friends while working and living at Bridgeway, Countryview and Heartland in Macomb. Funeral services will be 6:30 p.m. on Friday, March 6, at Jones Mortuary in Colchester with the Rev. Nate McCarter. Visitation with the family will be from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Friday at the funeral Home. Cremation rites will follow the services. Friends may view and sign the register book at the funeral home from 9 a.m. to 5p.m. on Thursday, and from 8 a.m. until time of services Friday. The remains will be interred privately at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Colmar along side his parents. Memorials may be made to Richard L. Owens Hospice Center, 8630 Illinois 91, Peoria, Illinois 61615. Condolences may be expressed to the family at jonesmortuaryfh.com.
Frances Rita Tomlinson 81, of Rushville
Frances Rita Tomlinson, 81, of Rushville passed away at 9:15a.m. on Sunday, March 1, 2015, at her home. Services will be at 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 5, at the Wood Funeral Home in Rushville with the Rev. Mike Courson officiating. Interment will follow in the Rushville City Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 4, at the Wood Funeral Home in Rushville. Memorials are suggested to Pregnancy Resource Center. View her memorial video and leave condolences at www.woodfh.net.
Patricia Evans 80, of Nauvoo
Patricia Evans, 80, of Nauvoo passed away at 9 a.m. on Monday, March 2, 2015, at her home in Nauvoo. Arrangements are pending at LamporteSt. Clair Funeral Home of Nauvoo.
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COMMENTARY
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ISIS poses no realistic threat to the U.S.
Vincent, Leonard and Dan
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here were wistful smiles and sad sighs around the world last week at news of the death of Leonard Nimoy at age 83. He was known primarily for his portrayal of Mr. Spock in Star Trek movies and television shows, with his final appearance in 2013 PATRICK in the rejuvenated Star Trek film series from J.J. STOUT Abrams. In addition to the original "Star Trek" television series from 1966 to 1969 and on "Mission: Impossible" for another three years, Nimoy returned to television from 2009 to 2012 as a guest star in the Abrams series "Fringe." He was also a guest star in 2012 on the hit CBS comedy, "The Big Bang Theory." Also making his mark as a movie director, Nimoy directed two of the earlier Star Trek films. He also directed the movie box office hit of 1987, "Three Men and a Baby." Nimoy had a brief Illinois connection, starring in Gore Vidal's "Visit to a Small Planet" at the Pheasant Run dinner theater in St. Charles in 1968. In 1971, he starred in an eight-week cross-country touring production of "Fiddler on the Roof." The actor also toured in the title role with the Roy-
t’s the Ebola panic all over again. Except they’re calling it ISIS this time. OMG! OMG! We’re all going to die! Cable TV news networks won’t be happy until they’ve got the whole country hiding in the GENE basement, glued to Wolf Blitzer’s lugubrious team LYONS of terrorism experts warning of theoretical, if not downright imaginary, threats to America’s shopping malls and vital fast-food industry, while square-jawed pundits on Fox News and MSNBC debate nomenclature and counsel manly resolve. Hardly a day passes in this country without a mass shooting episode or a toddler-involved homicide, yet ISIS has them in a tizzy. Even “Hardball’s” excitable Chris Matthews has caught war fever. Again. Sometimes I wish they had the collective intelligence of my wife’s personal kitten. Martin’s an orange tabby the big dogs found abandoned on a gravel road in the woods last year. Now that he’s too big to sit on her head comfortably, he sometimes watches ball games with me. Mostly, he ignores the TV. But the other day, Martin got so excited during a Razorback basketball game that he jumped from the ottoman and tried to capture a player running across the screen. I believe he pounced three times before concluding that what looked like prey was a two-dimensional illusion. Martin’s career as a basketball fan ended abruptly. Clearly, ISIS is no mere illusion. But it’s definitely more of a TV show than an existential threat to national security. However, when I see polls suggesting that a growing majority of Americans now supports sending ground troops back into Iraq (and Syria?) to fight yet another ultimately unwinnable war against “evildoers,” I wonder if we’re capable of learning anything as a nation. Yes, the organization’s sickening “snuff videos,” as blogger Digby aptly calls them, are uniquely infuriating. Sadistically choreographed and slickly produced, ISIS’s stonings, beheadings and live burnings elicit exactly the fear and revulsion they’re meant to. The immediate impulse is to exterminate all the brutes. Until I gave it 10 seconds’ thought, I could even sympathize with an Arkansas politician’s call to nuke the SOBs. But look at it this way: The videos are also symptomatic of madness and increasing desperation. As President Obama has suggested, ISIS is clearly more of a criminal death cult than a military organization. For a Western analogy, think Jim Jones or David Koresh in the wilderness. What’s more, for all the messianic delusions in ISIS’s primitive theology, as explained in Graeme Wood’s epic exegesis in The Atlantic, the organization has already checkmated itself. “Much of what the group does looks nonsensical,” Wood explains, “except in light of a sincere, carefully considered commitment to returning civilization to a seventh-century legal environment, and ultimately to bringing about the apocalypse ... They refer derisively to ‘moderns.’” Rather like cracked “End Times” thinkers in our own tradition, ISIS believes that it can force God’s hand and bring about the apocalypse by re-establishing a Muslim “caliphate,” and then luring the “crusaders” into battle. A glance at the map, however, reveals that ISIS has basically conquered all the thinly populated desert territory it can reasonably hold. It can maintain a semblance of control only through stark brutality and terror. It’s basically a rag-tag, pickup-based militia lacking any means of attacking the United States unless we make it easy for them by reinvading Iraq. ISIS has no air force, no navy, no real artillery or armored brigades apart from captured Iraqi gear it can’t effectively service or repair. The Turks could crush ISIS whenever they choose, but choose not to act for fear of empowering the hated Assad regime in Syria and/or its Iranian Shiite allies (themselves protecting Baghdad). Meanwhile, President Obama’s tactics for confronting ISIS may not be very exciting in the action/adventure film sense, but they’re nevertheless surrounded on all sides. Writing in Vox, Zack Beauchamp cites a consensus of informed observers: “If you want to understand what’s happening in the Middle East today, you need to appreciate one fundamental fact: ISIS is losing its war for the Middle East.” U.S. air strikes have blunted the terrorists’ ability to launch effective attacks. Many are foreign fighters drawn by the lure of charismatic ideology and seemingly dramatic victories who now find themselves far from home, “outgunned, outnumbered and friendless.” The very theological certitude that attracts young jihadists has also made the movement strategically dumb. Attacking the Kurds was criminally stupid. Drawing Jordan into the fight could also prove a fatal error. “ISIS has staked its entire political project on one theory,” Beauchamp explains. “They are the true revival of the early Islamic caliphate, destined not only to maintain and expand their theocratic state but to bring on the apocalypse. Once you understand that, ISIS’s blunders look less like miscalculations and more like inevitable results of its animating ideology.” An ideology that cannot but fail, if the United States has the political maturity to remain calm until that happens.
Arkansas Times columnist Gene Lyons is a National Magazine Award winner.
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al Shakespeare Company's production of "Sherlock Holmes" in 1975. Nimoy then began thinking of creating a one-man show that he could take on tour. In 1981, Nimoy bought the rights to the play "Van Gogh" and remade it as a show he called "Vincent," based on a series of more than 500 letters exchanged by the artist and his brother Theo. The play toured in 35 cities and was recorded for showing on cable television's A&E Network. The play was chosen by Macomb's Starry Night Repertory Theatre as its premiere production in 2010. One might assume the theatre group chose its name based on Vincent Van Gogh's classic painting, "A Starry Night." Dan Woods starred as Vincent and Theo Van Gogh. Now, five years later, he returns to these roles in a new production of Leonard Nimoy's "Vincent." The play will be presented Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m. at the Wesley Village Community Center, 1200 Grant Street. There will also be a matinee performance at 2 p.m. on Saturday. Celebrate the life of Leonard Nimoy by enjoying his theatrical masterpiece, "Vincent." Dan Woods will amaze you as he takes on the roles that Nimoy created.
Patrick Stout is a columnist and reporter for the McDonough County Voice. He can be reached at pstout@McDonoughVoice.com.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Voice:
Ten days ago, a group of WIU students participated in the Nearly Naked Run on campus. They knew, and it was reported, that a portion of their entry fee was supporting the McDonough County YMCA kids scholarship program. I would like your readers to know about the important impact this program and others have on our community. Last year, 2014, the YMCA began programming in Bushnell with a soccer program, a summer Day Camp, and an After School program subsidized by the YMCA at a cost of over $5,000. The number of meals delivered by the YMCA to seniors and shut-ins grew for the county, which is funded by suggested donations and a $12,000 subsidy for those who cannot contribute to the costs. The meal deliveries average over 100 each weekday. I have known that from its beginning, the Y provides memberships to young folks and families who struggle in this economy. In 2014, the membership
subsidies reached $35,000. WIU students contributed to this program. The YMCA Child Care Center grew from preschool to after-school, serving 350 children in five locations in McDonough County, subsidized at $60,000 in part from grants. In round numbers, the YMCA is helping our friends and neighbors in need from the very young to the very mature to the tune of $112,000 in 2014. I’d conclude that this is an organization worth supporting. If any other community group wants to help, you can see where your philanthropic dollars are going. Or if as individuals or groups, you feel inclined to volunteer to assist in these programs, visit the Y, 400 E. Calhoun. Cordially, Gil Belles, Macomb
Journalism vital, despite Williams and O’Reilly
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ome people have reacted to questionable assertions made by Fox’s Bill O’Reilly and NBC’s Brian Williams and generalized all journalists to be like those two entertainers. Hogwash. Most journalists – whether news reBILL porters or commentators, KNIGHT obituary writers or sports anchors, bloggers or art critics – are honest and hard-working local people, not celebrities. And against attacks by frenzied talk radio and cable TV, journalists and newspapers must be defended as vital for a democratic society. Here are some reminders: Colorado columnist Jay Ambrose, formerly Washington director of editorial policy for Scripps Howard, said, “It's easy enough to join the masses in cursing mass media, to shove newspapers into that sack and shake it while chanting about negativity, bias, shallowness, tastelessness and more. It is less a crowd-pleaser to break out of that stereotype into an awareness of a broader truth about the extraordinary accomplishments of print journalism in our time and the meaning of this for our pluralistic, democratic society. “We tend, I think, to take all this for granted,” Ambrose continued. “But pause to consider how much less you would know about the world you live in without newspapers. Your experience of your life would be less rich, less discerning, alert or aware. It would be as if someone were dimming the lights, and those of us who are now newspaper readers would be more prone to stumbling and to misunderstandings, more likely to miss opportunities and to march into danger.” Former Illinois Gov. Adlai Stevenson in “The Wit and Wisdom of Adlai Stevenson” added, “The sources of information are the springs from which democracy drinks. A free society means a society based on free competition, and there is no more important competition than competition in ideas, competition in opinion.” Dean Baquet, former editor of the Los Angeles Times – who stood up to business interests that owned his paper – framed a defense of the press in the context of an expanded information universe, saying, “Government has grown. Business has grown. The instruments of public relations and of propaganda have grown. That is why, as a counterweight, we need strong journalistic institutions.”
Bill Walsh, former New Orleans' Times-Picayune Washington correspondent, speaking to the National Press Club, conceded that that universe includes a changing audience. He said, “We think of ourselves as watchdogs, integral parts of a healthy democracy, but we have become expendable. Why? If I don't report that a senator has introduced legislation to curry favor with an influential constituent, or that FEMA has decided not to give hurricane assistance to college students, or that Democrats are using racially tinged comments to demean a rising star in the Republican Party, who happens to be non-white, it's as if those things never happened. We literally don't know what we're missing. If we don't miss it, was it worth knowing? Of course it was,” he continued. “It's our job to tell people what they need to know about their government before they know they need it. People are too busy to sort out the machinations of Congress and the federal agencies. That's what we do.” Award-winning journalist and author Chris Hedges helped define what newspapers really are, saying, “Newspapers, when well run, are a public trust. They provide, at their best, the means for citizens to examine themselves, to ferret out lies and the abuse of power by elected officials and corrupt businesses, to give a voice to those who would, without the press, have no voice, and to follow, in ways a private citizen cannot, the daily workings of local, state and federal government. Newspapers hire people to write about city hall, the state capital, political campaigns, sports, music, art and theater. They keep citizens engaged with their cultural, civic and political life.” The lessening or loss of journalism is dangerous, according to broadcast journalist and lifetime Emmy Award-winner Bill Moyers, who said, “Across the media landscape, the health of our democracy is imperiled. Buffeted by gale force winds of technological, political and demographic forces, without a truly free and independent press, this 250-year-old experiment in self-government will not make it. As journalism goes, so goes democracy.” Even Fox News’ Howard Kurtz once said, “Newspapers are really the last line of defense for serious and sustained reporting, especially at the local level.” And in 1947, the report of the Hutchins Commission on Freedom of the Press, “A Free and Responsible Press,” maybe foreshadowed what’s necessary in 2015, stating “What is needed, first of all, is recognition by the American people of the vital importance of the press.”
Contact Bill at Bill.Knight@hotmail.com; his twice-weekly columns are archived at billknightcolumn.blogspot.com.
Lifestyle
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QUOTE OF THE DAY “THERE CANNOT BE MENTAL ATROPHY IN ANY PERSON WHO CONTINUES TO OBSERVE, TO REMEMBER WHAT HE OBSERVES AND TO SEEK ANSWERS FOR HIS UNCEASING HOWS AND WHYS ABOUT THINGS.” — Alexander Graham Bell
QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? Contact Lifestyle Editor Lainie Steelman at lsteelman@mcdonoughvoice.com or (309) 833-2345
MEETINGS AND CLUBS
Mondays 7:30 p.m.,Prairieland Barbershop Chorus rehearsal, four-part harmony singing, Macomb Presbyterian Church, Dudley and Carroll, 837-1388 7 p.m., card game night traditional games, Cozmic Game Emporium, 135 S. Randolph St.
Second Friday Noon, Park Board Finance Committee meeting. Macomb Park District Office, 1406 N. Randolph
1-2:30 p.m., “Parenting Again” support group, McDonough County YMCA Senior Center 4-6 p.m., Kneedles Group, YMCA 6 p.m., Macomb Kiwanis Club, Wesley Village 7 p.m., board game night, Cozmic Game Emporium, 135 S. Randolph St.
Thursdays
Third Tuesday
1-3 p.m., Line Dancing Seniors dance session, YMCA Macomb Senior Center. No partner needed, all are welcome. We will teach you how to dance. Absolute beginner sessions from 1-1:30 p.m., easier dances from 1:30-2 p.m., and harder dances from 2-3 p.m. Call 8332766 7 p.m., senior pitch club, YMCA, 400 E. Calhoun, for ages 60 and up
6 p.m., Macomb Park District meeting, Macomb City Hall 7 p.m., Macomb Public Library Board meeting, Macomb Public Library meeting room
First Monday 7 p.m., Tennessee Village Board, Village Hall 7 p.m., Macomb City Council, Macomb City Hall, second floor 7 p.m., Colchester City Council, City Hall 5:30 p.m., Bushnell City Council, City Hall
Third Wednesday 7 p.m., McDonough County Board, McDonough County Courthouse, large courtroom. 6 p.m. Bushnell-Prairie City School Board commitee-of -the-whole meeting, followed by a regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. B-PC High School, Bushnell
Third Thursday
First Wednesday
9:30 a.m., La Leche League breastfeeding support group, 339 S. Johnson St. Noon, Macomb Chamber of Commerce Transportation meeting, Aurelio’s. Meets in January, March, May, July, September, and November 6:30 p.m., Lions Club meets, Wesley Village
7 p.m., Industry Village Board, Kiwanis Building
Third Saturday
First Tuesday 7 p.m., Blandinsville Village Board, Village Hall
First Thursday Senior Day, Citizens National Bank, 127 S. Side Square, most services free, 837-0643 6:30 p.m., Lions Club meets, Lions Club meets, Wesley Village 7 p.m., Sciota Village Board, fire department
Second Monday Noon, Housing Authority, Eisenhower Towers 5 p.m., Macomb City Committee of the Whole, City Hall 5:30 p.m., McDonough County Humane Society meeting, Wesley Village Retirement Center, 1200 E. Grant Street. 776-3087 6 p.m., Macomb Airport Authority Board of Commissioners, Airport Authority office, Terminal Building, Macomb Municipal Airport, 16190 E. 1300th Road. 7 p.m., Good Hope Village Board, Village Hall
Second Wednesday 11:30 a.m., AFSCME Retirees Chapter 81, Old Dairy restaurant. For more information, call Verna Parker at 309-333-1209 7 p.m., Macomb County Finance/Insurance Committee, third floor McDonough County Courthouse 7:30 p.m., Order of the Eastern Star, Macomb Masonic Temple 7:30 p.m., McDonough County Board of Health meeting, 505 E. Jackson St.
Second Thursday 6 p.m., Colchester Community Connections, Colchester City Hall
10 a.m., Macomb Coffee Party meeting, political civil discourse, coffee provided, all ages and political views welcome, City Hall Community Room
Fourth Monday 5 p.m., Macomb City Committee of the Whole, City Hall 6:30 p.m., McDonough County Democratic Central Committee, City Hall community room 7:30 p.m., McDonough County Democratic Coalition City Hall community room 7 p.m., Macomb Community Theatre membership meeting, 837-1828 Macomb American Legion Post 6 meets, call 8332951 for information 7 p.m., Good Hope Village Board, Village Hall
Fourth Thursday Noon, Colchester Area Business Association (CABA) meeting at the Lions Den in Colchester 7 p.m., West Prairie School Board meeting, West Prairie Middle School, Colchester ● Macomb VFW Post 1921 meets, call 837-1921 for information
Fourth Friday 5:30 p.m., Critical Mass bike ride, meet at the fountain in Chandler Park.
Last Monday 7 p.m., Colchester City Council committee of the whole, City Hall
Last Wednesday 2-3 p.m., Alzheimer’s support group meeting, Macomb City Hall community room
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The ins and outs of bone marrow transplants
Third Monday 5:30 p.m., Bushnell City Council, City Hall 6 p.m., La Leche League breastfeeding support, 339 S. Johnson St. 7 p.m., Macomb School Board, MHS library 7 p.m., Macomb City Council, Macomb City Hall, second floor 7 p.m., McDonough County Genealogical Society, 201 S. Lafayette St. 7:30 p.m., MDH Board, MDH Board Room
Tuesdays
West Prairie Middle School students collect food for Salvation Army
By Anthony L. Komaroff DEAR DOCTOR K: I
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Luke Napolitano, 12, and John Burton, 11, stand next to the food they collect for the local Salvation Army.
MACOMB — Two West Prairie Middle School sixth-grade students, Luke Napolitano and John Burton, recently completed a school project that benefited the Salvation Army of Macomb. As part of a challenged-based learning project that encouraged students to propose a solution to a real problem,
the boys asked patrons at Hy-Vee grocery store to donate non-perishable food for the Salvation Army food pantry. After one day, the boys collected a truckload plus $100 in cash donations. Napolitano and Burton delivered the food on Monday to the Salvation Army.
‘Breaking Bad’ actor to appear at WIU WIU University Relations
MACOMB — As part of the Western Illinois University Union Board's weeklong event, Best Week Ever, actor RJ Mitte will appear at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 5, at the Union Heritage Room.
Mitte played Walter White Jr. on the hit television series “Breaking Bad.” Like his character in the show, Mitte has cerebral palsy. Mitte will share his inspirational story about living with a disabilty. The event is free admission.
Get your kids on the road to financial independence
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ave teens? Are they always hitting you up for money? The next time they come sweetly beseeching you for cash, place this book, “The Motley Fool Investment Guide for Teens: 8 Steps to Having More Money Than Your Parents Ever Dreamed Of,” in their hands. These financialMARY ly savvy authors, creators of the awardwinning site Fool, came up with this hip, funny and right-on book. Unlike their other great reads, though, this one is geared to teens. The Brothers Gardner give teens the wherewithal to make some serious money by the age of 21. There are numerous testimonials by teens who have followed the Fools’ advice and have built up impressive portfolios! These are not rich kids dipping into daddy’s till, either. For the most part, they are high school kids working part time. The difference between them and their peers who work and never seem to have a dime is that these kids are investing in the stock market, not blowing all their hard-earned cash on the latest Jay-Z CD or trendy footwear. The authors do a great job of getting teens excited about saving money. That alone is worth the price of the book. Starting off by helping them set goals, they explain the glories of compounded interest. Your teen is reminded that by setting goals he can achieve his dreams. No goal is too large or too small; whether it’s to retire at age 40, pay for college, buy a car or a cool stereo, this book will convince your teen that he can realize his dreams. After firing up your child’s enthusiasm, the authors explain the virtues of working. They offer some fine ideas for your child to brainstorm when it comes to getting a job. They encourage teens to tap into their areas of interest and look for ways to create a job from that (see chapter 2).
Chapter 3 gives a wide-eyed look at the realities of life out on their own. Remember how little you knew about the “real world” before you left your parents’ home? Most teens don’t have a clue how much it costs to pay for rent, groceries, car expenses, insurance, etc. Chapter 4 steers your HUNT teen away from huge financial blunders, namely: smoking (a one-pack-a-day habit is roughly $1,095 a year), gambling, lotteries, bad purchase decisions and the Dword (debt). The rest of the book is a goldmine of information on how to start investing. That’s where the real money is — making money work for you. The Fools can teach your kid to invest with confidence even with just a little startup money. Throughout the book are dozens of testimonials and advice from smartas-a-whip kids who have successfully tested the authors’ advice. Whether your kid is 11 or 18, it’s not too late. Here’s an idea: Challenge your teens that if they’ll read this book and provide you with an oral report, you’ll give them their first $50 of seed money to get them started. (OK, it’s a bribe. Let me know if it works.) Bravo to the Motley Fools for making learning about capitalism way cool. Totally.
Mary invites questions, comments and tips at mary@everydaycheapskate.com, or c/o Everyday Cheapskate, P.O. Box 2099, Cypress, CA 90630. This column will answer questions of general interest, but letters cannot be answered individually. Mary Hunt is the founder of www.DebtProofLiving.com, a personal finance member website and the author of “Debt-Proof Living,” released in 2014. To find out more about Mary and read her past columns, please visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www. creators.com.
have leukemia. Thankfully, a family member was a bone marrow match. Can you tell me what to expect during my bone marrow transplant procedure? DEAR READER: A bone marrow transplant can be a life-saving treatment. To understand how it works, you need to understand how blood cells are created. And what leukemia is. Your blood contains red and white blood cells. There are several types of white blood cells, which are a key part of your immune system. All your blood cells are made by blood stem cells, which live primarily in the spongy center of your big bones. In the years before you got leukemia, each of your blood cells was programmed to live for a while, and then to die — only to be replaced by new, young cells. When you developed leukemia, genetic changes in some white blood cells suddenly kept them from dying. As a result, the number of that type of white blood cell kept growing. An ideal treatment would kill just the cancerous white blood cells, and allow noncancerous new cells to replace them. The ideal treatment has not been discovered. In a bone marrow transplant, all of your white blood cells — healthy and cancerous — are killed by drugs, radiation or both. Then healthy blood stem cells are infused into your blood. Those cells find their way to your bone marrow, and start to make healthy new red and white blood cells. The new cells will multiply. The healthy blood stem cells may be collected from your blood, before the main radiation or chemotherapy begins. The cells are treated to remove any cancer cells, and then stored until the transplant. In your case, the healthy blood stem cells will come from another person. The donor’s cells must be a good “match” for you — this means certain markers on their cells and your cells are as similar as possible. This reduces the risk that the cells will be rejected by your body. Bone marrow transplants are usually used to treat leukemia, lymphomas, Hodgkin’s disease and multiple myeloma, because these cancers affect the bone marrow. The procedure is also used for other conditions, such as sickle cell anemia. You will stay in the hospital for several weeks after the transplant. Until your bone marrow cells multiply to a certain level, you will be at increased risk of infection. Other risks include severe bleeding, liver problems and another cancers. Another possible problem is that cells from a donor might not match your cells well enough and the new donor cells will begin attacking the cells of your body. You will take medications to reduce this risk. Despite the dangers, bone marrow transplantation is usually successful.
Dr. Komaroff is a physician and professor at Harvard Medical School.
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Bill Bailey: Billionaire family knows the biz Not Eeyore By Drake Baer
GateHouse News Service
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ecently I was at a farmer’s market and stopped briefly at a booth to take a look at a catalog that described all of the beef and pork products available, for sale, from a local farm. The farm’s emphasis was on the way the cattle and hogs were raised – outside as much as possible, pasture grazing for the cattle and a lot of room for the hogs to roam and explore. As I looked through the catalog, I noted a picture of a donkey. “Do you use guard donkeys to protect your animals?” I asked. It was at that point I immediately made a friend of the young man, who was at the booth to sell his products. He explained I was the first person to understand the picture was not used to sell donkey meat but to inform people how his animals were protected – by guard donkeys. As it turns out, donkeys have been used to guard cattle, sheep and other livestock for some time. Their use has increased as the demand for local foods, or more naturally raised meat and dairy products, has grown. Farming operations that focus on local markets often are smaller than traditional livestock operations and the livestock on these farms spend a considerable amount of their lives outside. A reality of spending much of their life outside is that predators can appear. Over the years, dogs have been used to guard against these predators. More recently, guard llamas have appeared in fields to protect the grazing livestock. However, the young man at the farmer’s market was a strong proponent of guard donkeys. He told me that, be-
Bill Bailey cause donkeys are territorial, they are not as protective of the herd as much as they are protective of their territory. When thinking of guard donkeys, don’t think of them carefully patrolling the perimeter of a pasture – they socialize and eat with the herd, springing into action when a threat appears. When the guard donkeys see a threat, they make a real racket, braying so loud it will hurt your ears, he informed me. If the loud noises aren’t enough to scare the predator, the guard donkey’s next move is to charge the intruder with the clear intention of biting and kicking it – all to protect both the donkey’s territory and the herd. While there is a lot of pasture at the Western Illinois University farm for the cattle to graze on, the idea of a guard donkey has not yet been seriously considered. Once upon a time, there were two fainting goats hanging out with the cattle, but their guarding skills were not too well honed. So, as you drive by the University farm, someday you may spot a guard donkey among the Angus and Herefords, as they calmly and safely graze in the pasture.
Bill Bailey is a professor of agriculture at Western Illinois University.
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Cargill is the largest privately held company in the U.S, GateHouse reports. The Minnesota-based agriculture giant has 75 businesses employing 143,000 people in 67 countries. In 2013, yearly revenue topped $134 billion. That money has made the Cargill clan very, very rich. As Forbes reports in its annual billionaire list, the Cargill family now has 14 billionaires, more than any other family in the world. To put this in perspec-
tive, if the Cargills were a country, they'd have as many billionaires as Sweden or Israel. That's enough to make them the 31st-most billionaire-filled nation around. It all started back in 1865. "W.W. Cargill founded the business on the Iowa frontier at the end of the Civil War, and his descendants still own 88% of the agricultural conglomerate 150 years later," Forbes reported Heirs to the family fortune include James Cargill II, Austen Cargill II, and Marianne Liebmann.
While huge, Cargill is famously quiet as a company and a family. "The Cargills live extremely private lives, many of them on ranches and farms in Montana," Forbes reports. A 2011 Fortune profile helped to put the reach of the company in perspective: You don't have to love Egg McMuffins (McDonald's buys many of its eggs in liquid form from Cargill) or hamburgers (Cargill's facilities can slaughter more cattle than anyone else's in the U.S.) or sub sandwiches (No. 8 in pork,
No. 3 in turkey) to ingest Cargill products on a regular basis. Whatever you ate or drank today — a candy bar, pretzels, soup from a can, ice cream, yogurt, chewing gum, beer — chances are it included a little something from Cargill's menu of food additives. Its $50 billion "ingredients" business touches pretty much anything salted, sweetened, preserved, fortified, emulsified, or texturized, or anything whose raw taste or smell had to be masked in order to make it palatable.
Urbana reports pork boom-and-bust price Debra Levey Larson GateHouse News Service
URBANA – Markets can take your breath away, and the hog market over the past year has left many breathless. A year ago in March, the new PED virus was the talk in the livestock media. Baby pig death losses of nearly 100 percent were the reality for some herds. The disease was not well understood and was spreading rapidly. According to a Purdue University Extension economist, there was trade talk that death losses were so high that 20 percent of pork production could be lost in 2014. Unfortunately, in the early stages the pork industry had no way of measuring the national baby pig death losses. Fear set in among some pork buyers, and hog and pork prices exploded to record highs with the national live price reaching $100 per hundredweight. “In recent weeks, live hog prices reached five-year lows near $45 per live hundredweight, a price bust from record highs a year earlier,” said Chris Hurt. “The market adage ‘buy the rumor and sell the fact’ has played out once again. The inability to refute the rumors of massive death losses a year ago contributed to prices overshooting to the upside. The reality that pork production was only down 2 percent in 2014 and is now moving up rapidly in 2015 helped create what may be the greatest collapse of hog prices ever. A classic boom-and-bust
price pattern. Now the market is evaluating whether prices have overshot to the downside and will recover or whether large pork supplies will justify current prices.” February pork supplies were expected to be up about 3 percent, while actual supplies have been up 7 percent due to 4 percent more hogs reaching the market than anticipated. “The USDA’s inventory count in December appears to have undercounted the number of young pigs,” Hurt said. “Higher slaughter numbers so far this year also raise questions as to whether pork producers have also expanded sow numbers and farrowing intentions more than USDA picked up in their December survey. Based on that report, pork supplies in the last half of 2015 were expected to be up 6 to 7 percent. If expansion has been more robust, could this mean 8 to 10 percent more pork in the last half?” According to Hurt, anticipated pork supplies have been growing this year, and that has also been the case for competitive meat production. Since December, projections of beef and poultry production for 2015 have risen an additional 2 percent from early-winter projections. Other factors contributing to weakened hog prices in the new year have included a weak world economy and the West Coast port slowdowns, which account for nearly half of all pork exports. These two forces have led to lower anticipated 2015
U.S. meat exports. “Pork supplies could average about 6 percent higher in the second quarter and then 7 to 8 percent higher in the last half of the year,” Hurt said. “This could mean about 6 to 7 percent more pork for the entire year. Using year-to-date actual prices and futures forecast for the remainder of the year suggest a yearly average price near $55 per live hundredweight, down from the extraordinary record of $76 in 2014 (previous record was $66 in 2011). Hurt said that prices would average near $51 in the first quarter, then move higher to about $59 for the second and third quarters, and close the year in the very low $50s. Fortunately for pork producers, costs of production are expected to be at fiveyear lows in 2015. Total costs are estimated at $52.25 per live hundredweight, compared with $57 in 2014. The biggest decrease in feed costs in 2015 is expected to come from soybean meal, which may be $120 a ton lower ($360 per ton this year versus $478 in 2014 based on Decatur high-protein prices). Corn costs are expected to be $3.83 per bushel this calendar year compared to $4.09 in 2014. Corn costs are based on U.S. farm prices. Record-high profits in 2014 are expected to come back to earth in 2015. Last year’s estimated profits were $53 per head, beating the previous annual record of $39 in 2005.
“Given current anticipated hog prices and costs, modest losses are expected in the first and fourth quarters this year with about $19 per head of profits in the second and third quarters,” Hurt said. “For the year, a modest profit of $8 per head is anticipated.” Hurt said that pork producers need to be cautious about further expansion until more information can be gathered. “The first question is how important will PED losses be to hog numbers this year, and second has the industry already expanded more than USDA picked up in the December Hogs and Pigs report? Weekly slaughter numbers will provide information on past PED losses, and the March Hogs and Pigs report on March 27 will give clues to the degree of expansion. Damage to pork exports due to West Coast pork slowdowns should begin to resolve itself in coming weeks as port activity returns to more normal patterns. “If the industry has already expanded sufficiently to drive prices down near costs of production, further expansion could push the industry into losses,” Hurt concluded. “Feed prices are expected to be the lowest since 2010, but yield variability has been high in recent years. U.S. yield variability is particularly high on corn, and with fewer acres planted in 2015, lower yields could still cause much higher feed prices than are now being anticipated by corn futures markets.
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decided to do Miss Macomb," Karr said. "The experience was great, it's a lot different than other locals. We have practices. We have hostesses to help us with whatever we needed. And people in the community were really great and supportive." Karr's win also earned her a $5,000 scholarship. Overall, scholarship dollars fundraised this year totaled $6,450. Having turned in her pageant paperwork two or
three weeks prior, Karr tap danced for her talent. Her platform is Relay for Life, something she said she hopes translates into a program, such as Relay Recess, in Macomb's elementary and middle schools to educate kids about cancer. "So really, it's just like a mini Relay for Life for them," Karr said. "It just gets them aware of… things they can do: Don't stay out in the sun too long, put sunscreen on to prevent skin cancer. “Just little things like that to get them aware of what cancer is and that they can get involved in the fight
against cancer, and help themselves." Karr and her graduate school peers are also slated to be involved in WIU's Relay for Life event this April. Her platform also won her one of two $50 runner-up awards in an Altrusa Club essay contest, as part of the pageant; fellow contestant Madison Lefler, 19, a WIU freshman, earned the other $50 award. WIU junior Rachel Wirt, 20, earned the $250 Altrusa platform essay contest award, as well as the $500 scholarship for being named first runner up Miss
Macomb. Karr said she hopes she gets to see her fellow five Miss Macomb 2015 contestants again sometime soon, citing the quick relationship the half dozen developed. "We really got to get to know each other really well, and they're all great girls," she said. "I definitely hope to hang out with them outside the pageant because they're really nice."
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With nine seconds left in the game, the Leathernecks trailed by three points after a pair of free throws from Tia Hemiller of USD. Emily Clemens, who tallied a season-high eight assists, brought the ball into the frontcourt and found Niemann on the right wing. Niemann was forced to put up a contested shot from the beyond the arc. Her attempt caught the front of the rim before falling to the ground, sending the Coyotes to victory on Senior Day. The attempt to tie the game up came after a great comeback effort that saw the Leathernecks erase a 12-point second half deficit. Trailing by a 52-43 margin with 10:45 left in the second half; Western Illinois went on a 16-5 run over 2:52 to make it a one-point
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distance as the Mastodons came out on top and improved to 16-13 overall on the season and 9-7 in league play after the win. The Leathernecks, who dropped to 8-19 overall and 3-13 in league action after the loss, were led by sophomore guard Garret Covington and junior guard J.C. Fuller who finished with 18 and 16 points, respectively. Both players also contributed six rebounds and two assists each. Junior guard Jalen Chapman, who led Western in rebounds with eight, was
Coyote advantage. Sophie Reichelt started the run with a jumper along the left baseline. Reichelt, who was limited to four points in the first half, exploded for 13 points in the second half on 5-of-5 shooting, 3-of-3 from three point range. Ashley Luke followed with a pair from the free throw line, as she ended the game with a game-high 26 points and 11 rebounds. Luke moved into third place on Western Illinois' all-time scoring list, surpassing Kelle Lindbeck. Luke now has 1,511 career points and is 15 points shy of taking over second place on Western's all-time scoring list. Luke has now tallied a double double in 10 consecutive games, and 19 of the past 21 contests, while her streak of games scoring in double figures has been extended to 66straight. Michelle Maher's three-
point field goal with 7:35 left trimmed the deficit to a single point. The Purple and Gold were able to get the deficit down to one on three separate occasions down the stretch, but were unable to ever take the lead. The thrilling second half came on the heels of an opening 20 minutes where Western jumped out to an early advantage over South Dakota. A quick 8-0 run by the Leathernecks gave the visitors a seven-point lead. Back-to-back triples by Michelle Farrow and Niemann, followed by a Luke layup, put Western ahead by a 14-7 margin. South Dakota fought back, eventually taking a 24-23 lead, a lead the Coyotes would not relinquish for the remainder of the game. Western held advantages in shooting percentage (49.1%-45.0%), rebounds (35-30), points in the paint (36-26), and bench scoring (14-11).
the only other Leatherneck to score in double figures as he finished with 10 points. Leading the team in steals with three was sophomore guard Jabari Sandifer. Sandifer also had five points, two rebounds and an assist. Western had one of its best performances from the free throw line of the season, knocking down 15-of16 attempts (93.8 percent). Fort Wayne made only 47.6 percent (10-of-21) of its attempts from the charity stripe. The Mastodons, however, bettered the Leathernecks from the field (55.4 percent – 39.2) and the three-point
line (50.0 percent – 37.5). WIU outrebounded IPFW, 33-31, but the Mastodons only turned the ball over eight times compared to the Leathernecks' 16 mishaps; and Fort Wayne was able to capitalize by scoring 24 points off of those Western Illinois turnovers. Fort Wayne had five players score in double figures led by Joe Edwards who finished with 23 points. The Leathernecks will play top-seed South Dakota State in the quarterfinals of The Summit League Tournament next Saturday at 6 p.m. in Sioux Falls, S.D. to open postseason action.
Career day for Church in series finale loss to Oklahoma State WESTERN ILLINOIS MEDIA SERVICE
AUBURN, Ala. - A career day for sophomore lefty Preston Church was not enough for Western Illinois baseball as the Leathernecks dropped the series finale to Oklahoma State 5-0. Church pitched a careerbest six innings with six strikeouts, also a career high, but ended up getting the loss, dropping to 0-2 this season. Western falls to 06. The game opened as a pitchers duel with Church going inning-for-inning with Oklahoma State's Michael Freeman. Back-to-back walks and a two-out single in the bottom of the fifth gave OSU a 1-0 lead. The Cowboys added to it in the sixth when they hit a oneout triple followed up by a single from Conor Costello. Sam Cottingham-Beard relieved Church to start the seventh in his second appearance as a Leatherneck. Cottingham-Beard and Pete Minella worked a scoreless bottom half. However, Western's eighth inning woes continued as the Cowboy's manufactured a three-run eighth making the score 50. With two outs in the top of the ninth, WIU loaded the bases, but would fail to score yet again as Oklahoma State's Koda Glover finished off the game to complete the shutout and the twogame sweep of Western. Next action for the Purple and Gold will be against the University of Evansville this weekend, March 6-8. The Leathernecks and Purple Aces are currently scheduled for a four-game series in Evansville, Indiana.
Leathernecks fall twice in Diamond 9 finale
BAY LAKE, Fla. – Western Illinois was knocking on the door during the final two games of the Diamond 9 Citrus Classic on Sunday (March 1). But late home runs pushed both Penn State and UAB past the Leathernecks. Western fell to the Nittany Lions 6-2 before dropping the finale 74 against the Blazers.
Romeo who picked up an RBI single to center. Western would leave the bases loaded however, and trail 4-2 heading into the fourth. A two-out home run in the fifth brought the deficit to 5-2 before an error plated the sixth run in the seventh. Romeo thought she had a home run in the bottom of the seventh, but it hit the base of the wall for a oneout double. The senior was left on the bases as the game came to a close. Hart (1-2) went the distance, allowing three earned runs with six strikeouts. Walsh and Romeo both finished with two hits. GAME TWO: WIU 4, UAB 7
It didn't take long for Western to get on the board, as Marshall singled to lead off the bottom of the first for Western. After a ground out and a stolen base, Marshall scored on an RBI ground out from Marlow. Kayla Kirkpatrick had runners at the corners in the second, but forced a fly out to Karissa Kouchis in right to end the inning. Marshall sparked a rally in the third with a double to right. Walsh followed with a walk before Marlow doubled to left to score Marshall. Tierney Bottino followed with a single to left to score Walsh, pushing the Leatherneck lead to 3-0. In the bottom half of the fourth inning, Marshall singled to center with two outs and was brought in by Walsh, extending the Leatherneck advantage to 4-0 heading into the fifth. Kirkpatrick had retired 11-straight before giving up a one-out single in the sixth. The Blazers then loaded the bases, before going in front after an infield single and a grand slam. The Blazers then made it 7-4 in the seventh with a two-run home run. Kirkpatrick (1-3) pitched seven innings, allowing seven runs, all in the final six outs. The senior struck out two, while walking three. Marshall finished the second game with three hits and three runs scored, while Walsh collected two hits against the Blazers with an RBI. Marlow tacked on a pair of RBIs as well.
GAME ONE: WIU 2, Penn State 6
Brown leaps to Following a scoreless first, triple jump title at Penn State plated four runs Summit League on only two hits. Starting Championships pitcher Kacyee Hart bounced back, recording a scoreless third allowing Western to cut into the deficit. After Marshall reached on a one-out walk, Teagan Walsh doubled to put runners at second and third. Marshall scored the first run on a wild pitch, the 127th run scored of her career, a new Western Illinois record. Marlow then walked, setting the table for Lia
FARGO, N.D. - Sophomore Jasmine Brown launched herself to a first place finish in the triple jump at The Summit League Indoor Track and Field Championships in Fargo, North Dakota on Saturday (Feb. 28). Brown also finished second in the long jump on day one (Feb. 27) to garner two All-Summit League honors. Top-3 finishes from Justin Kilpatrick in the 60-meter
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dash and the men's 4x400 relay team of Kilpatrick, Tyler Younkin, Josh Thomas, and Darius Thomas brought Western's All-League count to five, but head coach Mike Stevenson was left looking for more. Competition opened on Friday with Brown's second place finish in the long jump and a sixth place finish from Megan McGlone in the pentathlon. A seventh place finish from Sheila Grant-Shaffer in the weight throw would cap the Leatherneck's day-one performance. Saturday would be a big day for the Purple and Gold as six Leathernecks would finish Top 10 in their respective events. For the men it was Justin Kilpatrick leading the way with two All-Summit League finishes in the 60meter dash and 4x400 meter relay along with a seventh place finish in the 200meters. Tyler Younkin added a fifth place performance to his All-League finish with the relay team. Tyler Sucher (triple jump), Charles Morrow IV (60-meter), and Josh Thomas (60-hurdles) would all add Top-10 finishes of their own. On the women's side three other Leathernecks, in addition to Brown, post Top-10 marks. Sheila GrantShaffer added a fifth place finish in the shot put to her Friday weight throw performance while Megan McGlone crossed the line in seventh place in the 60hurdles. Aaliyah White rounded out the field with a seventh place finish in the 400.
Women's tennis falls to EIU, IUPUI
GALESBURG, Ill. – The Western Illinois women's tennis team was back in action Saturday afternoon, as the Leathernecks took on instate foe Eastern Illinois and Summit League opponent IUPUI in a double dual. The Leathernecks were unsuccessful today, dropping a pair of 7-0 decisions to move to 1-11 (0-2 Summit League) on the season. Western opened the day taking on Eastern Illinois. The two schools had been scheduled to play each other on Sunday, but moved the match up a day in preparation for potential weather in the area on Sunday. The Panthers go on the board with a sweep in doubles action. Lubbers and Wallace fell by a 6-2 final at No. 1, Demos and Jones dropped a 6-3 decision in the No. 2 slot, and Johnson and Hale fell, 6-0, playing at No. 3. In singles, Eastern Illinois was able to take all six matches to secure the victory. Courtney Lubbers competed in the No. 1 singles position, falling 6-1, 6-2. Jenna Wallace dropped the first set of her No. 2 singles match, 6-2, before fighting back in the second set, ultimately losing 6-4. Arianna Demos dropped at No. 3 singles (6-0, 6-0) and Nicole Jones fell, 6-0, 6-1, at in the No. 4 slot. Andriana Johnson nearly took the first set at No. 5, but fell by a 6-4, 6-0 score. Jamme Hale competed in the No. 6 slot, falling 6-0, 6-0. In the second match of the day, Western played its second Summit League contest of the season, taking on the Jaguars of IUPUI. The Jags took 8-2 decisions at the No. 1 and 3 doubles slot to secure the point. At No. 2 doubles, Demos and Jones took the duo of Neff and Schneiger to a tiebreaker, ultimately losing 7-5.
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Bryant, Russell top list of Cubs prospects this spring MIKE TULUMELLO Associated Press
MESA, Ariz. — Kris Bryant and Addison Russell are poised to become the latest Chicago Cubs prospects to break through to the big leagues. A year after rookies Jorge Soler and Javier Baez showed some pop in the majors, Bryant and Russell are hoping to boost Chicago's infield. The 23-year-old Bryant is rated among the top newcomers in baseball, having led all minor leaguers with a combined 43 home runs last season at Triple-A and Double-A. There's already talk the third baseman could be starting at Wrigley Field this year. "Anyone in camp can make the team. That's why they're here. That's the ben-
efit of earning an invitation to big league camp. You're on the major league radar screen. Anything can happen," Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein said. Among the issues in play for Bryant, he said, "Defense at third base is a big one." "He's a great kid. We love everything about him. He's going to have a good spring training where he gets better. We'll see where we are at the end of spring training," Epstein said. Bryant said he's been working to improve in all phases, "not just my defense. But that seems to be the big one." "I've been working real hard at it. I think I've gotten a whole lot better from spring training last year. I'm excited to show them
what I have," he said. In particular, Bryant has been working on his backhand. At 6-foot-5, "I have to stay low to the ground to get that groundball down the line," he said. As for where he'll start the season, Bryant said, "it's all speculation what everybody says. I'm kind of glad that it's not in my head because it would distract from my play on the field. I've always been the type to avoid distractions." Manager Joe Maddon has said Mike Olt and Bryant "will be in the mix" at third base, while Baez could get work there as well this spring. The 21-year-old Russell was a first-round pick of the Oakland Athletics out of high school in 2012. The shortstop was the key to the midseason trade that
sent starting pitchers Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel to the A's. Russell played for three teams last year, mostly in Double-A, and hit .295. He said he wouldn't mind returning to DoubleA to start the season, adding, "Triple-A is a totally new obstacle. I'd like to experience that." NOTES: Soler, who played in 24 games for the Cubs last season and is expected to start in right field this year, said he has bulked up to 242 pounds. He is listed at 225. Soler has had leg issues in the past, and the Cubs have suggested they will be careful with him this spring. But Soler, speaking through a translator, said, "I feel great. I want to keep in my routine. I'm ready for 162 (games)."
Countdown on as baseball readies for pace of play rules TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer
GOODYEAR, Ariz. — During his playing career, Mike Hargrove's unique routine at the plate went something like this: step into the batter's box, adjust gloves, brush lip, tap cleats with bat to remove dirt, check helmet, tug at jersey sleeve, hitch up pants, check right thumb protector. Repeat. Every pitch. It earned him a classic nickname, "The Human Rain Delay." These days, Hargrove's ritual — he claims it only lasted 19 seconds — would not only be frowned upon, but possibly get him fined under Major League Baseball's new pace of play initiatives designed to speed
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come one of those valuable postseason players, providing a big body in the post for the Bombers. Green was key again on Friday, scoring six points and grabbing six rebounds off the bench. “Tony’s been a huge help to us lately, he’s come in and gotten boards and scored, I couldn’t be more proud of him,” Drake said. “The first part of the season was rough for him, but he’s turned it on in the second
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round before bouncing back the following evening to beat No. 1 seed West Prairie 46-41. “The (regional) games against Southeastern and West Prairie were two of our great games,” Pokorny said. “We put a great half in (against AbingdonAvon), we just didn’t finish it. “They played their hearts out. I’m proud of them.” In the title game against No. 3 A-Town, South Fulton led by 12 points after three quarters, only to see the Tornadoes rally in the final eight minutes. “Basketball is definitely a game of runs,” Pokorny said. “Whoever can hold on during those runs and hold tight and bounce back the best is going to be victorious. We were just a few plays short of a regional championship.” Pokorny noted that playing in the post-season contests will benefit the returning players next season. “Each minute we played in that was a learning ex-
up a game many purists believe doesn't need more tinkering. "Grover would be playing for free," joked Indians skipper Terry Francona. On Tuesday, the new pace of play rules will be introduced on the field in five exhibition games in Arizona and Florida. To this point, players have adopted a let's-see-whathappens stance about hitters being required to keep one foot in the batter's box, pitchers needing to complete their warmup tosses within a certain time period, managers staying in the dugout for instant replay challenges and generally everyone keeping the game moving along. For the first time, baseball, the summer game romanticized by generations for
its timelessness, will be on the clock. And those newly installed clocks will be in full view for fans. Once there are three outs, inning breaks will be counted down from 2 minutes, 25 seconds for locally televised games and 2:45 for nationally televised games. Pitchers must throw their last warmup pitches before 30 seconds remaining and the batter must be in the box from 20 to 5 seconds left. MLB, with the blessing of the players' union, is hoping to shorten the length of games — the average was just over 3 hours in 2014 — and eliminate delays to make it more appealing to TV audiences and those in the stands. During spring games and through regu-
lar-season games in April, players will not face any discipline should they not adhere to the clock or an umpire's suggestion to stay in the box. That changes on May 1, when players can be fined. But on the eve of baseball's spring timing experiment, everyone wondered what might be ahead. "I hope it's not a distraction," Kansas City center fielder Lorenzo Cain said as the Royals dodged the rain Monday in Surprise, Arizona. "I definitely don't want to get fined, I need all my money. I definitely don't want to get fined. I'm going to do the best I can. If it's the rule, we have to try to abide by the rules and just go from there."
season.” Green has owned the glass when he’s checked into games and has been able to get Macomb points on second-chance opportunities. Combined with Drake and a few others, the role players carried the Bombers to the regional title win. “EJ continues to be a really big piece for us,” Bainter said. “Grant Hannant did a nice job stepping up and hitting free throws. We had a lot of unsung heroes or players maybe some people are not used to hearing
from. It’s nice to know those guys can contribute.” Drake was one of those unsung players who came up large, scoring nine points. “In the weeks leading up to the game, we knew they would take away guys, they’re great players, so Ty (Dively), me and a few other guys knew that it was our turn to step up and make things happen,” Drake said. Drake was especially important on the defensive as his steal resulted in a lay-up that tied the game and his two block shots de-
nied West Hancock a chance to tie the game twice. “Alec is probably our best on the ball defender,” Bainter said. “He’s a strong kid who is usually matched up on their best player. “When you look at him, his points aren’t something that are in the gameplan, but we know he is going to play strong defense.”
perience,” he said. “You put them out there in an atmosphere like that, it’s going to be difficult. We knew it was going to be difficult.” The team loses seniors Riley Bollinger, Tyler Engel, Ryan Robertson and Drake Stoneking. But seven juniors, including starters Justin Batterton, Connor Stevens, Trace Hood and Jett Jones, are slated to re-
turn next season. “I think an experience like this, coming so close and losing, makes you that much more hungry for the next season,” Pokorny said. “If you have a drive, if you work with a chip on your shoulder in the off-season, some good things are going to happen the following year. “I’m looking forward to
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Jimmie Johnson pulls away for another Atlanta Sprint Cup win PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer
HAMPTON, Ga. — The season just started. The calendar hasn't even turned to spring. Yet Jimmie Johnson has all but wrapped up a shot at his record-tying seventh NASCAR Sprint Cup title. Quickly establishing he's one of the drivers to beat — boy, does that sound familiar — Johnson pulled away after the final restart with 13 laps remaining to win Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The six-time champion picked off drivers left and right after starting near the back in the second race of the year, having failed to get in a qualifying run because of inspection issues. By the end, the No. 48 Chevrolet left no doubt it was the fastest car on the track, cruising across the finish line a comfortable 1.803 seconds ahead of one of the race favorites, defending Cup champion Kevin Harvick. "I knew through about two sections of corners that we were going to have an awesome day," Johnson said. It was the 71st victory of his career, and his fourth at the 1.54-mile Atlanta track. That should be enough to give him a spot in the season-ending Chase, going for a title that would tie him with Richard Petty and the late Dale Earnhardt. "I definitely think it gives you a sign of who's going to be competitive," said Johnson, who didn't pick up the first of his four 2014 wins until the 12th race. "It takes the pressure off in some ways." Dale Earnhardt Jr. was third, followed by Daytona 500 winner Joey Logano, who started from the pole, led 84 laps early in the race and, along with Harvick, was expected to be one of the drivers to beat. Of course, never count out Johnson. "When he's on, really switched on, and the car's in his comfort zone, it's
amazing what he can do with a race car," said Chad Knaus, Johnson's crew chief. After a big crash on lap 305 brought out the red flag for 9 minutes to clean up the mess, Johnson found himself at the front of the pack. When the green flag waved, he got a good jump off the line, fended off Hendrick Motorsports teammate Earnhardt going down the backstretch, and was firmly in control by the time the cars came back around in front of the stands. There was no catching him from there. "I got outside of him there on that last restart, but I knew in turns three and four I didn't have the preferred line," said Earnhardt, whose chances were further damaged when his car struck some debris. "He was pretty quick around the bottom." Johnson was among four former champions, along with teammate Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart and Matt Kenseth, who never got on the track during qualifying. Thirteen cars were stuck in the garage after failing to pass inspection. Harvick, who qualified on the outside of the front row, also was sent to the back after blowing an engine during Saturday's practice. He quickly worked his way through slower cars and dominated for long stretches, leading a racehigh 116 laps. He settled for the runner-up spot for the second week in a row, having finishing behind Logano at Daytona. For much of the day, it was clean race even with a new rules package for nonrestrictor plate races, which reduced horsepower and drag while giving drivers a device to adjust the car's balance at nearly 200 mph. The first big crash came on lap 257, taking out Gordon, Denny Hamlin and Jamie McMurray. Then, on lap 305, Greg Biffle clipped Joe Nemechek going into the third turn, gobbling up four other cars and bringing out the red flag.
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Wainwright throws first bullpen since injury last week JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Adam Wainwright bumped fists and smiled following a short bullpen session on Monday, the first since straining his abdominal muscle a week ago. Wainwright didn't use maximum effort for most of the 30-plus pitch session, but did turn it up for the final five pitches — one of which had bullpen catcher Jamie Pogue hooting and hollering behind the plate. "That was perfect," Wainwright said. "That's what I wanted." The Cardinals ace had thrown off flat ground, but Monday was the first time he threw off the mound since injuring himself while placing a 45-pound weight back on the weight rack. Wainwright met with trainers on Monday, who asked him to try a lunge one of the activities that aggravated the injury - but other than that and pitching the trainers want Wainwright taking it easy. "They don't want me to do anything to test it," Wainwright said. "We're trying to stay away from anything that might aggravate it." Taking it easy meant skipping Monday's pitchers fielding practice. "I kind of like doing PFP," Wainwright said. "It's funny what you miss when you don't do it. Just running
around and being with the guys out there running out from station to station, I miss that part of it." Wainwright is scheduled to throw again on Thursday but he's unsure whether that will be from the bullpen mound or against live hitters on one of the practice fields. His ability to field his position, or get out of the way of line drives, will be the likely determinant as to whether he faces hitters. "We're going to make sure that I can do some of that before I face hitters just in case I react a certain way," Wainwright said. Wainwright went 20-9 with a 2.38 ERA last year, then underwent offseason elbow surgery to remove cartilage from his throwing elbow. He began 12-4 with a 1.83 ERA and started the All-Star Game for the NL, then went 8-5 with a 3.24 ERA. On Friday manager Mike Matheny said it was possible Wainwright wouldn't be ready for Opening Day. Matheny did name Carlos Martinez the starter for the Cardinals' Grapefruit League opener on Thursday against the Miami Marlins. Martinez is one of three pitchers battling for the fifth spot in the Cardinals rotation.
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position or speak to a superior about a future project or raise. ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Love is in the air. Offer your loved ones affection and devotion. Think about a way to improve your current living arrangements. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- Take some time to organize your thoughts. Younger or older family members will make demands of you if you let them. Put your needs first for a change. GEMINI (May 21-June
Stick with tried-andtrue methods and don't get involved in an unproven get-rich-quick scheme. Focus on your strengths and build up your credentials through educational pursuits and networking. Your progress may not be fast, but it will be rewarding. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Make the most of what you have to work with. Advancement looks promising. Schedule an interview, apply for a new
Cubs expect ‘dusty’ year amid Wrigley Field renovations DON BABWIN Associated Press
CHICAGO — When the Chicago Cubs open their season at Wrigley Field next month, players and fans may feel alike may feel a bit like a homeowner who lives in a house where workers are tearing apart the kitchen. Members of the media were led on a tour Monday of the bowels of the Major League Baseball's secondoldest ballpark, which has become a forest of beams and pipes on a dirt floor amid a massive renovation. Many of the steel girders that will support the ballpark's huge new video board are still lying on the ground beyond the leftfield wall because record cold in February made it difficult for steel workers to do their job. But Cubs officials said the concourse will be open for business and the video board will be working come the team's opening day game on April 5 against the St. Louis Cardinals. To get everything done,
Harrington wins the Honda Classic in a playoff DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Whether he was piling up majors or playing so poorly that he lost his PGA Tour card, Padraig Harrington never wavered
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Cubs officials will ask the city for permission to work around the clock, said Crane Kenney, the team's president of business operations. And while the team has said for weeks that the bleachers won't be open until May, on Monday officials said that only the left field and center field bleachers will open in May. The right-field bleachers won't be open until June, officials said Monday. "It is going to be a little dusty and a little dirty this year," Kenney said. On Monday, Wrigley looked a bit like those old grainy photographs of the ballpark as it was being built in 1914. But unlike 1914 when the whole park cost $250,000 to build, what's happening now is the first phase of a project that will cost $375 million to renovate the stadium itself and a total of $575 million when a nearby hotel, plaza and office complex are complete. During Monday's media tour, Carl Rice, the Cubs' vice president of ballpark operations, discussed some
challenges of renovating a park that is both part of the history of baseball and a historic landmark that must be treated carefully — right down to the famous ivy-covered outfield wall. "We had permission from the city to replace (part of the wall), so we took it down brick by brick, one by one, analyzed which brick is of a good nature, kept that and put all that brick in place and we are now in the process of reattaching the ivy to the wall," said Rice. New outfield signs — four billboard-type signs and two video boards — have generated the most headlines and triggered a legal fight between the Cubs and the owners of the rooftop venues across the street, who say they'll cut into their views of the ballpark. Two weeks ago, a federal judge refused the owners' request to halt construction, saying they hadn't provided evidence that the signs would hurt their business.
Lester to start opening night April 5 vs Cards
from one goal in golf. Just get him anywhere near the lead with nine holes to play, and he would happily take his chances. His caddie, Ronan Flood, reminded him of that Monday morning in the Honda Classic when Harrington was four shots behind at the turn. "He said, 'Look, would you have taken this on
Thursday?' And I said, 'Yes, that's what you want,'" Harrington said. "You want to be in contention with nine holes to go, because anything can happen coming down the stretch. And it did." Not even Harrington could have written the script to his playoff victory at rainsoaked PGA National. He ran off four straight birdies on the back nine to
take the lead. He gave it back with a 5-iron into the water for double bogey on the par-3 17th. He made a 15-foot birdie putt to force a playoff. And given a shot at redemption, he hit 5-iron to 3 feet on the 17th to win on the second playoff hole when 21-year-old rookie Daniel Berger hit into the water and made double bogey.
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MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Jon Lester is slated to make his first start for the Chicago Cubs on opening night, April 5, against the St. Louis Cardinals. Cubs manager Joe Maddon confirmed Monday what he had earlier indicated about Chicago's new ace. Lester signed a sixyear, $155 million contract with the Cubs in December. In his first season Cubs manager, Maddon also said the fourth starter in the team's rotation likely will be Kyle Hendrix. He'll follow Lester, Jake Arrieta and Jason Hammel. "I don't want to be disingenuous," Maddon said. "What's obvious is obvious. But things can change. The competition around here is unbelievable on so many different levels." The fifth starting spot is wide open, with contenders including past starters Travis Wood and Edwin Jackson.
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SPORTS ON TV TUESDAY MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 6 p.m. ESPN — Iowa at Indiana ESPNU — North Carolina at Georgia Tech FS1 — Georgetown at Butler 8 p.m. ESPN — Kentucky at Georgia ESPN2 — West Virginia at Kansas ESPNU — Texas A&M at Florida FS1 — Villanova at Creighton NHL 6:30 p.m. NBCSN — Buffalo at Tampa Bay SOCCER 1:40 p.m. NBCSN — Premier League, West Bromwich at Aston Villa
WEDNESDAY GOLF 10 p.m. TGC — LPGA, Women's Champions, first round, at Singapore MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 6 p.m. ESPN2 — Notre Dame at Louisville ESPNU — UCF at South Florida FS1 — Providence at Seton Hall 7 p.m. ESPNEWS — Houston at Tulane 8 p.m. ESPN2 — Southern Cal at UCLA ESPNU — TCU at Oklahoma St. FS1 — St. John's at Marquette 10 p.m. ESPNU — Oregon at Oregon St. NBA 7 p.m. ESPN — L.A. Lakers at Miami 9:30 p.m. ESPN — Portland at L.A. Clippers NHL 7 p.m. NBCSN — N.Y. Rangers at Detroit SOCCER 1 p.m. FS1 — Women's national teams, Algarve Cup, United States vs. Norway, at Vila Real de Santo Antonio, Portugal 1:40 p.m. NBCSN — Premier League, Chelsea at West Ham
THURSDAY GOLF 6:30 a.m. TGC — European PGA Tour, Africa Open, first round, at East London, South Africa Noon TGC — PGA Tour-WGC, Cadillac Championship, first round, at Doral, Fla. 5 p.m. TGC — PGA Tour, Puerto Rico Open, first round, at Rio Grande (same-day tape) 3:30 a.m. TGC — LPGA, Women's Champions, second round, at Singapore (delayed tape) MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 6 p.m. ESPN — Wisconsin at Minnesota ESPN2 — Arkansas at South Carolina ESPNU — Temple at East Carolina 8 p.m. ESPN — Teams TBA ESPN2 — Teams TBA ESPNU — VCU at Davidson FS1 — Colorado at Washington 10 p.m. ESPNU — Utah at Washington St. FS1 — Stanford at Arizona St. NBA 7 p.m. TNT — Oklahoma City at Chicago 9:30 p.m. TNT — Dallas at Portland
10 p.m. ESPN2 — Junior middleweights, Antwone Smith (23-5-1) vs. Tony Harrison (19-0-0), at Las Vegas GOLF 6:30 a.m. TGC — European PGA Tour, Africa Open, second round, at East London, South Africa Noon TGC — PGA Tour-WGC, Cadillac Championship, second round, at Doral, Fla. 5 p.m. TGC — PGA Tour, Puerto Rico Open, second round, at Rio Grande (same-day tape) 3:30 a.m. TGC — LPGA, Women's Champions, third round, at Singapore (delayed tape) MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 6 p.m. ESPN2 — Akron at Kent St. 6:30 p.m. ESPNU — Ohio Valley Conference, semifinal, teams TBD, at Nashville, Tenn. 8 p.m. ESPN2 — Texas Tech at Baylor 8:30 p.m. ESPNU — Ohio Valley Conference, semifinal, teams TBD, at Nashville, Tenn. NBA 7 p.m. ESPN — Phoenix at Brooklyn 9:30 p.m. ESPN — Dallas at Golden State SOCCER 11 a.m. FS1 — Women's national teams, Algarve Cup, United States vs. Switzerland, at Vila Real de Santo Antonio, Portugal
LOCAL SPORTS TUESDAY High School Boys Basketball Class 2A Riverton Sectional: Game 1- Macomb vs. Pleasant Plains, 7 p.m.
WEDNESDAY High School Boys Basketball Class 2A Riveton Sectional: Game 2 - PORTA vs. Bloomington Central Catholic, 7 p.m.
FRIDAY Western Illinois University Baseball vs. Evansville at Evansville, Ind., 6 p.m. High School Boys Basketball Class 2A: Riverton Sectional final: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 7 p.m.
SATURDAY
Western Illinois University Men's basketball in Summit League Championships at Sioux Falls, S.D. vs. South Dakota State; softball vs. Green Bay, 10 a.m. and Southeast Missouri State, noon in Southeast Games at Cape Girardeau, Mo.; baseball vs. Evansville at Evansville, Ind. (2), 1 p.m.; men's tennis vs. Oral Roberts at Brophy Courts, 2 p.m.
SUNDAY
Western Illinois University Women's basketball in Summit League Championships at Sioux Falls, S.D. vs. IUPUI; softball vs. Cleveland State, noon and Southeaste Missouri State, 2 p.m. in Southeast Games at Cape Girardeau, Mo.; baseball vs. Evansville at Evansville, Ind., 1 p.m.; men's tennis vs. Northwestern at Evanston, Ill., 6:30 p.m.
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Western Illinois University FRIDAY Women's and men's basketAUTO RACING ball in Summit League 2 p.m. Championships at Sioux FS1 — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, Falls, S.D.; women's golf in Dr. practice for Kobalt 400, at Donnis Thompson InvitaLas Vegas tional at Kaneohe Bay, HI. 3:30 p.m. High School Boys FS1 — NASCAR, XFINITY SeBasketball ries, practice for Boyd Gam- Springfield Supersectional: ing 300, at Las Vegas Maroa Sectional winner vs. 5 p.m. Riverton Sectional winner, 7 FS1 — NASCAR, XFINITY Se- p.m. ries, final practice for Boyd WEDNESDAY Gaming 300, at Las Vegas 6:30 p.m. Western Illinois University FS1 — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, Softball vs. Hawai'i in Rainpole qualifying for Kobalt bow Wahine Classic at Honolulu, HI, 11 p.m.; women's 400, at Las Vegas golf in Dr. Donnis Thompson BOXING Invitational at Kaneohe Bay, 9 p.m. HI. FS1 — Card TBA
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National Hockey League Sunday's Games Vancouver 6, St. Louis 5, SO Winnipeg 5, Los Angeles 2 Florida 4, Tampa Bay 3 Pittsburgh 5, Columbus 3 Washington 4, Toronto 0 Anaheim 3, Dallas 1 Monday's Games N.Y. Rangers 4, Nashville 1 Carolina at Chicago Montreal at San Jose Tuesday's Games Nashville at New Jersey, 6 p.m. Calgary at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. Washington at Columbus, 6 p.m. Buffalo at Tampa Bay, 6:30 p.m. Toronto at Florida, 6:30 p.m. Ottawa at Minnesota, 7 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Dallas, 7:30 p.m. Anaheim at Arizona, 8 p.m. Los Angeles at Edmonton, 8:30 p.m. San Jose at Vancouver, 9 p.m. Wednesday's Games Ottawa at Winnipeg, 6:30 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Detroit, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at Colorado, 9 p.m. Montreal at Anaheim, 9 p.m.
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National Basketball Association Sunday's Games L.A. Clippers 96, Chicago 86 Houston 105, Cleveland 103, OT Portland 110, Sacramento 99 Charlotte 98, Orlando 83 Indiana 94, Philadelphia 74 Golden State 106, Boston 101 Oklahoma City 108, L.A. Lakers 101 New Orleans 99, Denver 92 Monday's Games Toronto 114, Philadelphia 103 Brooklyn 110, Golden State 108 Golden State at Brooklyn L.A. Clippers at Minnesota New Orleans at Dallas Tuesday's Games L.A. Lakers at Charlotte, 6 p.m. Boston at Cleveland, 6 p.m. Sacramento at New York, 6 p.m. Houston at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m. Washington at Chicago, 7 p.m. Utah at Memphis, 7 p.m. Milwaukee at Denver, 8 p.m. Wednesday's Games Phoenix at Orlando, 6 p.m. New York at Indiana, 6 p.m. Cleveland at Toronto, 6:30 p.m. Utah at Boston, 6:30 p.m. Charlotte at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m. Detroit at New Orleans, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m. Memphis at Houston, 7 p.m. Denver at Minnesota, 7 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Miami, 7 p.m. Sacramento at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Golden State, 9:30 Portland at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.
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COLLEGE MEN The Associated Press The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through March 1, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week's ranking: Record Pts Prv 1. Kentucky (65) 29-01,625 1 2. Virginia 27-11,547 2 3. Duke 26-31,501 4 4. Villanova 27-21,417 6 5. Arizona 26-31,338 7 6. Wisconsin 26-31,318 5 7. Gonzaga 29-21,244 3 8. Wichita St. 27-31,104 11 9. Kansas 23-61,087 8 10. Maryland 24-51,035 14 11. N. Iowa 27-3 908 10 12. Notre Dame 24-5 879 9 13. Utah 22-6 823 13 14. Baylor 22-7 801 19 15. Oklahoma 20-8 759 16 16. Louisville 23-6 728 17 17. Iowa St. 20-8 536 12 18. Arkansas 23-6 515 18 19. North Carolina 20-9 435 15 20. West Virginia 22-7 389 20 21. Butler 21-8 359 23 22. SMU 23-6 210 21 23. Ohio St. 21-8 114 — 24. Providence 20-9 91 25 25. Murray St. 26-4 79 — Others receiving votes: Dayton 61, Boise St. 53, Oregon 33, St. John's 27, BYU 21, Texas A&M 20, Davidson 18, Georgetown 13, Colorado St. 7, San Diego St. 7, Tulsa 7, LSU 6, Rhode Island 3, VCU 3, Stephen F. Austin 2, Valparaiso 2. USA Today Top 25 Poll The top 25 teams in the USA Today men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through March 1, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. Kentucky (32) 29-0800 1 2. Virginia 27-1 764 3 3. Duke 26-3 732 5 4. Villanova 27-2 688 6 5. Wisconsin 26-3 664 4 6. Arizona 26-3 654 7 7. Gonzaga 29-2 618 2 8. Wichita State 27-3 557 11 9. Maryland 24-5 505 14 10. Kansas 23-6 480 9 11. Notre Dame 24-5 469 8 12. Northern Iowa 27-3 420 10 13. Utah 22-6 392 12 14. Louisville 23-6 384 15 15. Oklahoma 20-8 359 17 16. Baylor 22-7 353 20 17. Iowa State 20-8 275 13 18. Arkansas 23-6 264 16 19. North Carolina 20-9 215 18 20. West Virginia 22-7 203 19 21. Butler 21-8 165 23 22. SMU 23-6 74 21 23. Providence 20-9 65 — 24. Murray State 26-4 50 — 25. Ohio State 21-8 42 — Others receiving votes: Georgetown 35, Dayton 25, San Diego State 22, Boise State 18, Oregon 14, Michigan State 13, St. John's 12, Texas A&M 11, Davidson 9, Purdue 9, Rhode Island 7, Stephen F. Austin 7, BYU 5, LSU 5, VCU 5, Valparaiso 4, Colorado State 3, Kansas State 2, Mississippi 1, Texas 1. SUMMIT LEAGUE Conference AllGames W L PCT W L PCT S. Dakota St 12 4 .750 21 9 .700 N. Dakota St 12 4 .750 20 9 .690 Oral Roberts 10 6 .625 17 13 .567 IPFW 9 7 .563 16 13 .552 S. Dakota 9 7 .563 16 15 .516 Denver 6 10 .375 12 17 .414 IUPUI 6 10 .375 10 20 .333 Nebraska-Omaha 5 11 .313 11 17 .393 W.Illinois 3 13 .188 8 19 .296 Saturday's Games Nebraska-Omaha 87, IUPUI 80, 2OT South Dakota 80, S. Dakota St. 64
IPFW 84, W. Illinois 64 Summit League Tournament Saturday's Games Game 1: 1 South Dakota State vs. 8 Western Illinois, 6 p.m. Game 2: 2 North Dakota State vs. 7 Denver, 8:30 p.m. Sunday's Games Game 3: 4 Fort Wayne vs. 5 South Dakota, 6 p.m. Game 4: 3 Oral Roberts vs. 6 IUPUI, 8:30 p.m. Monday's Games Game 5: Game 1 winner vs. Game 3 winner, 6 p.m. Game 6: Game 2 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 8:30 p.m. Tuesday's Games Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 8 p.m. COLLEGE WOMEN AP Top 25 The Women's Top Twenty Five The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' women's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through March 1, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week's ranking: Record Pts Prv 1. UConn (35) 28-1 875 1 2. Notre Dame 28-2 832 4 3. South Carolina 27-2 796 2 4. Maryland 27-2 774 5 5. Tennessee 25-4 722 6 6. Baylor 26-3 687 3 7. Florida St. 27-3 673 9 8. Oregon St. 26-3 622 7 9. Arizona St. 26-4 577 10 10. Louisville 24-5 540 8 11. Mississippi St. 26-5 508 11 12. Kentucky 21-8 500 13 13. Princeton 27-0 458 14 14. Iowa 23-6 381 17 15. North Carolina 23-7 358 15 16. Duke 20-9 351 16 17. Chattanooga 26-3 290 18 18. Texas A&M 22-8 261 12 19. Stanford 21-9 218 19 20. Florida Gulf Coast 27-2 177 21 21. George Washington 26-3 145 22 22. Syracuse 21-8 115 23 23. Rutgers 21-8 107 20 24. Northwestern 22-7 99 25 25. Seton Hall 26-4 69 — Others receiving votes: California 64, South Florida 43, Ohio St. 24, Green Bay 19, DePaul 17, James Madison 17, Dayton 13, W. Kentucky 10, Oklahoma 9, Iowa St. 8, LSU 4, Nebraska 4, Wichita St. 4, Quinnipiac 2, Texas 1, Washington 1. SUMMIT LEAGUE Conf All W L PCT W L PCT South Dakota 13 3 .813 23 6 .793 South Dakota St 12 4 .750 21 8 .724 Oral Roberts 9 7 .563 15 14 .517 Western Illinois 9 7 .563 17 12 .586 IUPUI 9 7 .563 14 15 .483 North Dakota St 7 9 .438 11 17 .393 Omaha 5 11 .313 10 18 .357 Denver 5 11 .313 8 22 .267 IPFW 3 13 .188 9 20 .310 Saturday's Games South Dakota 78, Western Illinois 75 Omaha 53, Denver 40 Oral Roberts 84, IPFW 56 South Dakota State 82, IUPUI 53 Summit League Tournament Saturday's Games Game 1: 1 South Dakota vs. Fort Wayne, noon Game 2: 2 South Dakota State vs. Denver, 2:30 p.m. Sunday's Games Game 3: 4 Western Illinois vs. 5 IUPUI, noon Game 4: 3 Oral Roberts vs. 6 North Dakota State, 2:30 p.m. Monday's Games Game 5: Game 1 winner vs. Game 3 winner, noon Game 6: Game 2 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 2:30 p.m. Tuesday's Games Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 1 p.m.
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
BOYS BASKETBALL REGIONALS CLASS 2A Riverton Sectional Tue., Mar. 3 Game 1 at 7:00 pm: Macomb vs. Pleasant Plains Wed., Mar. 4 Game 2 at 7:00 pm: PORTA vs. Bloomington Central Catholic Fri., Mar. 6 Game 3 at 7:00 pm: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2
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PGA The Honda Classic Monday At PGA National (Champion Course) Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Purse: $6.1 million Yardage: 7,140; Par: 70 Final (FedEx Cup points in parentheses) Harrington won on second playoff hole Padraig Harrington 67-66-71-70—274 Daniel Berger 68-71-71-64—274 Paul Casey 69-70-68-68—275 Russell Knox 69-68-70-68—275 Ian Poulter 71-64-66-74—275 Jamie Donaldson 68-71-71-66—276 Luke Donald 69-67-74-67—277 Jim Herman 65-72-71-69—277 Jeff Overton 71-68-69-69—277 Patrick Reed 67-67-70-73—277 Brian Harman 70-74-70-64—278 Joost Luiten 71-71-67-69—278 George McNeill 72-70-68-68—278 Rory Sabbatini 68-75-69-66—278 Brendan Steele 66-69-71-72—278 Camilo Villegas 73-71-67-68—279 Jason Dufner 71-69-70-70—280 Martin Flores 67-71-74-68—280 John Huh 70-73-68-69—280 Phil Mickelson 71-67-69-73—280 Daniel Summerhays 71-68-70-71—280 Zac Blair 71-71-69-70—281 William McGirt 71-71-69-70—281 Steve Wheatcroft 74-70-69-68—281 Sean O'Hair 70-71-71-70—282 Ryan Palmer 71-72-71-68—282 Brendon de Jonge 69-71-71-71—282 Ryo Ishikawa 74-65-72-71—282 David Lingmerth 68-75-70-69—282 Lee Westwood 71-73-72-66—282 Jonas Blixt 71-71-70-71—283 Stewart Cink 73-71-69-70—283 Sergio Garcia 72-70-70-71—283 Robert Garrigus 70-69-74-70—283 Adam Hadwin 72-71-68-72—283 Jamie Lovemark 72-70-69-72—283 Ben Martin 70-72-76-65—283 S.J. Park 68-71-72-72—283 John Peterson 74-68-71-70—283 Scott Piercy 68-73-69-73—283 Rickie Fowler 70-73-70-71—284 Stephen Gallacher 73-71-68-72—284 Nick Watney 73-71-71-69—284 Charles Howell III 70-71-72-72—285 Michael Thompson 69-73-69-74—285 Cameron Tringale 71-70-72-72—285 Russell Henley 73-70-72-70—285 Martin Kaymer 68-75-72-70—285
Patrick Rodgers Y.E. Yang Robert Allenby Kevin Kisner Brooks Koepka Scott Langley Marc Leishman Carl Pettersson Tim Wilkinson Blayne Barber Chad Campbell Brian Davis Derek Fathauer Robert Streb Ricky Barnes Matt Every Andres Gonzales Scott Stallings Derek Ernst Ben Crane Scott Pinckney Fabian Gomez Jon Curran
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NASCAR Sprint Cup Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 Results Sunday At Atlanta Motor Speedway Hampton, Ga. Lap length: 1.54 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (37) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 325 laps, 126.7 rating, 47 points335,901. 2. (2) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 325, 131.2, 44284,080. 3. (9) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 325, 120.4, 42184,755. 4. (1) Joey Logano, Ford, 325, 126.9, 41198,838. 5. (36) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 325, 97.6,
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40170,891. 6. (14) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 325, 103.2, 38150,615. 7. (11) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 325, 86.6, 37152,278. 8. (22) Brett Moffitt, Toyota, 325, 77.5, 37144,284. 9. (12) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 325, 96, 36159,261. 10. (7) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 325, 93.9, 34144,720. 11. (23) Aric Almirola, Ford, 325, 82.1, 33148,746. 12. (5) Carl Edwards, Toyota, 325, 105.7, 32107,285. 13. (13) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 325, 79, 31118,085. 14. (10) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 324, 99.1, 30122,985. 15. (21) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 324, 74.5, 29132,943. 16. (18) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 324, 70.4, 28115,760. 17. (38) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 324, 61, 0120,460. 18. (17) David Ragan, Toyota, 323, 78.1, 26146,651. 19. (29) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 323, 63.4, 25145,510. 20. (16) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 323, 63.2, 24126,593. 21. (8) Sam Hornish Jr., Ford, 323, 60.7, 23129,480. 22. (26) David Gilliland, Ford, 322, 50.6, 23121,868. 23. (42) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 322, 53.4, 21110,982. 24. (25) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 321, 73.9, 21134,768. 25. (19) Greg Biffle, Ford, 320, 60.4, 19130,843. 26. (6) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 320, 76.3, 18127,018. 27. (24) Michael McDowell, Ford, 320, 43.8, 1795,310. 28. (31) Brendan Gaughan, Chevrolet, 320, 40.1, 097,785. 29. (32) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 319, 37, 1597,510. 30. (39) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 319, 52.6, 14126,074. 31. (27) Mike Bliss, Ford, 318, 36.7, 096,710. 32. (33) Josh Wise, Ford, 318, 31.4, 1294,035. 33. (28) Joe Nemechek, Ford, 318, 39.2, 093,860. 34. (30) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, 316, 30.4, 093,710. 35. (40) Jeb Burton, Toyota, 316, 30.5, 995,035. 36. (20) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, accident, 302, 53.8, 8101,370. 37. (41) Cole Whitt, Ford, engine, 295, 42.5, 793,204. 38. (4) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 284, 93, 7111,105. 39. (15) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 282, 44.4, 5120,801. 40. (3) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, accident, 256, 73.4, 4110,356. 41. (35) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, accident, 256, 71.3, 3124,401. 42. (34) Ron Hornaday Jr., Chevrolet, rear gear, 187, 24.8, 271,865. 43. (43) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, engine, 92, 37.6, 068,365.
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BASEBALL National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Agreed to terms with RHPs Mauricio Cabrera, Brandon Cunniff, Mike Foltynewicz, Juan Jaime, Tyrell Jenkins, Shelby Miller, Williams Perez, Shae Simmons, Arodys Vizcaino and Dan Winkler; LHPs Luis Avilan, Manny Banuelos, Yean Carlos Gil, Ian Thomas and Alex Wood; INFs Phil Gosselin, Jose Peraza, Jace Peterson and Elmer Reyes; OFs Todd Cunningham, Eury Perez and Joey Terdoslavich and C Christian Bethancourt on one-year contracts. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Suspended Houston G James Harden one game for kicking Cleveland F LeBron James in the groin during a March 1 game. Named Christine Pantoya senior vice president-mobile strategy. PHILADELPHIA 76ERS — Waived C JaVale McGee. FOOTBALL National Football League BALTIMORE RAVENS — Waived CB Victor Hampton. DALLAS COWBOYS — Designated WR Dez Bryant as the franchise player. DENVER BRONCOS — Designated WR Demaryius Thomas as the franchise player. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Designated LB Justin Houston as the franchise player. MIAMI DOLPHINS — Released CB Cortland Finnegan. Designated TE Charles Clay as the transition player. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Designated K Stephen Gostkowski as the franchise player. NEW YORK GIANTS — Designated DE Jason Pierre-Paul as the franchise player. Released C J.D. Walton.
Drake scored nine points in Macomb’s 40-31 regional final win over West Hancock on Friday. Drake also had a pair of key blocks as well as a steal in the fourth quarter of the game to help the Bombers advance to tonight’s sectional.
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QUOTE OF NOTE "There's no question everybody's changed since then. They showed us three or four defenses the last few times we played them, but they've settled into a lot of man and a little 2-3 zone, so we're focused a little more on that stuff." Macomb coach Brock Bainter
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Bombers erase memories of last year in march to sectionals SCOTT HOLLAND Voice Sports Editor
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Standings, schedules and scores IN THE KNOW Blues acquire Bortuzzo, Michalek and Jokinen
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins have acquired defenseman Ian Cole from the St. Louis Blues in exchange for defenseman Robert Bortuzzo and a seventhround pick in the 2016 NHL Draft. Bortuzzo has two goals and four assists in 38 games with Pittsburgh. The 6-foot-4 Bortuzzo is a physical presence along the blue line. His 68 penalty minutes ranked second on the Penguins. The St. Louis Blues bolstered a defense that's been without All-Star Kevin Shattenkirk for a month, acquiring veteran Zbynek Michalek and a conditional thirdround draft pick from the Arizona Coyotes for prospect Maxim Letunov. The 32-year-old Michalek also is out, however, missing two weeks with a concussion. In 53 games, he has two goals and six assists and is among the top shot blockers with 130. The 19-year-old Letunov was a second-round draft pick last year, the 52nd overall pick. The St. Louis Blues made their third move on the trade deadline, acquiring forward Olli Jokinen from the Toronto Maple Leafs for forward Joakim Lindstrom and a conditional sixth-round draft pick in 2016. The 36-year-old Jokinen is making his third stop this season after 48 games with Nashville and six with Toronto. The Blues are his 10th team in 17 seasons. He has three goals, four assists and 28 penalty minutes. Lindstrom had three goals and three assists in 34 games with St. Louis.
IN THE KNOW Sharks trade Desjardins to Blackhawks for Smith
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The San Jose Sharks have traded forward Andrew Desjardins to the Chicago Blackhawks for forward Ben Smith in a swap of fourth-line players. The Sharks also get a 2017 conditional pick. The deal was made Monday, just hours before the NHL trade deadline. Desjardins had five goals and three assists in 58 games for San Jose this season. He also is used as a penalty killer. He is eligible to be an unrestricted free agent after the season. Smith had five goals and four assists in 61 games. He is under contract for one more season. The Sharks also acquired defenseman Karl Stollery from Colorado for forward Freddie Hamilton in a deal of minor leaguers.
MACOMB About one year ago, the Macomb boys basketball team was getting ready for spring sports. The Bombers took state ranked Monmouth-Roseville to the wire in the regional championship game, falling on a buzzer beater in overtime to the Titans. Last Friday in the championship game of the Warsaw Regional, Macomb
exorcised the regional demons, rallying back from a seven-point halftime deficit to top West Hancock 40-31. “This means the world to us,” Bomber senior Alec Drake said. “Last season left a bad taste in our mouth from MonmouthRoseville.” For Drake and his fellow seniors, Friday night’s game was a chance to get that regional title they felt they deserved a year ago. “Before the game, I got everybody and said, ‘listen,
Monmouth beat us last year, let’ not let that happen this year, let’s bring it back to McDonough County and take it home to Macomb,’ ‘’ Drake said.
Unsung heroes rise
To have sustained postseason success, sometimes your lesser-known players need to have a larger impact than they did in the regular season. SCOTT HOLLAND/THE VOICE Tony (EJ) Green has be- Macomb coach Brock Bainter and the Bomber bench See MACOMB - A9
watch the final seconds of last Friday’s Class 2A Warsaw Regional title game.
Rebels closed year on upswing
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Tony Green goes up for a shot during last Friday’s Class 2A Warsaw Regional game against West Hancock.
Bombers, Cardinals meet at sectionals SCOTT HOLLAND Voice Sports Editor
MACOMB – It's been a long time since Macomb played its sectional semifinal foe, Pleasant Plains. The Bombers (21-7) topped Pleasant Plains (1711) in the season opener on November 25, 60-58. "There's no question everybody's changed since then," Macomb coach Brock Bainter said. "They showed us three or four defenses the last few times we played them, but they've settled into a lot of man and a little 2-3 zone, so we're focused a little more on that stuff." The game tips tonight at the Riverton Sectional at 7 p.m. Many things have changed, but the Bombers
are more than aware of the talent Plains has. "They're a great team, we played them in the Pittsfield Tournament," Macomb senior Alec Drake said after Friday's win. "They have a great point guard and role players. "We'll celebrate (Friday) but (Saturday) we'll get back to it and hope for the best. In the first meeting between the two teams, Jacob Billeter hit a jumper with :05 to go, giving Macomb the win. Plains is led by Dylan Bee (13 ppg) and Isaac Collins (12.4 ppg) but also has a trio of players who average at least seven points per game in Landon Davis (9.2), Daulton Nibbe (8.1) and Cole Greer (7.4).
Turnovers too much in WIU loss to IPFW WESTERN ILLINOIS MEDIA SERVICE
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Western Illinois men's basketball was unable to overcome its 16 turnovers in an 84-64 regular season-finale loss at Fort Wayne Saturday evening. The Fighting Leathernecks trailed by as much as 11 points early in the contest before making it a one-point game late in the first half. Fort Wayne,
however, used a 6-0 run to conclude the first 20 minutes of action and took an eight-point lead into the half, 41-33. Western was able to hang around for the first eight minutes of the second half before IPFW used a 16-3 run to create separation from the Leathernecks, 71-48, with just under seven minutes to play. WIU wasn't able to get back within striking HOOPS - A8
Collins is a three-point specialist, making 96-of219 this year, setting a school record for threes made. "As far as offense, last time we did not know much, now we know about the Collins kid who has made nearly 100 threes so far," Bainter said. "Now, we at least have a gameplan for them and can move our defense around how they do things." Greer runs the show at the point guard spot and has handed out 111 assists this season as Plains tries to play a little more uptempo than Macomb's last foe, West Hancock. "No doubt their style is a little different as far as tempo, but they play similar concepts to West Hancock," Bainter said. "They
run a lot of dribble-drive, a lot of drive and dish to shooters. They're not very big, they're similar to West Hancock, but will play a little faster tempo and a lot more sets than just an open offense like West Hancock." Bee leads the team on the boards, averaging 7.3 points per game. The winner of Tuesday night's game advances to Friday's championship game, taking on the winner of Wednesday's game between PORTA and Bloomington Central Catholic.
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Comeback effort comes up short as Western falls at USD WESTERN ILLINOIS MEDIA SERVICE
VERMILLION, S.D. – Tori Niemann's desperation three-point attempt at the buzzer came up short Saturday afternoon as the Leathernecks dropped a 78-75 decision to South Dakota in Vermillion. Western closes out the regular season with a 17-12 record, and a 9-7 Summit League mark. South Dakota claimed the regular season title with the victory, as they im-
proved to 13-3 in The Summit League (23-6 overall). Western ended the season in a three-way tie for third place in the conference standings, joined alongside IUPUI and Oral Roberts with a 9-7 record. Based on tiebreaker procedures, the Leathernecks will be the No. 4 seed in next week's Summit League Tournament, and will face IUPUI, the No. 5 seed, in the opening round. See WIU - A8
ASTORIA – It was not the ending South Fulton boys basketball coach Patrick Pokorny was looking for. But from where the Rebels started from this season, Pokorny is already excited about the prospects for next season. “It was very, very fun watching this group play at the end of the year,” he said. South Fulton’s season ended Friday with a 3225 loss to AbingdonAvon in the Class 1A Regional final at Astoria. The Rebels wrapped up their season with a final record of 16-16 overall, 6-7 in Prairieland Conference contests. “If you were there the whole season, you would have seen two totally different teams,” Pokorny said. “At the beginning of the year, we were not a very good basketball team.” South Fulton started the season 1-5 overall, including a 1-4 record in the Spoon River Tip-Off Classic. The five losses were by a combined total of 17 points. The Rebels were 3-6 entering the holidays. Their season took an upswing at the Williamsville Tournament. Entering as the No. 14 seed in the 16-team event, South Fulton toppled No. 3 seed Roanoke-Benson in double overtime and No. 6 seed Tremont in reaching the semifinals. It would lose to PORTA and host Williamsville in placing fourth, entering the new year with a 5-8 record. “After the opening tournament, we just flipped a switch when we could’ve just given up,” said Pokorny. “We just decided that we wanted to get better every day. And they did.” The Rebels posted a 73 record in January. That included a third place finish at the Beardstown Tournament. Two of the losses were to Brimfield and Carrollton, both ranked among the top of Class 1A schools. South Fulton was 1-4 in February before beating Peoria Heights 4946 in winning its regular season finale. Then came the postseason where South Fulton hosted its own regional at Astoria High. The No. 4 seeded Rebels beat No. 5 Southeastern 63-40 in the opening See REBELS - A9