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Jurors to hear never-charged domestic report at murder trial Judge OKs exception to past crimes rule

jury will hear about an allegation of domestic abuse brought by Kenneth’s wife, who died two years later in a suspicious drowning. Cusick appeared Thursday for a status hearing on his upcomBy Tom Collins ing murder trial. He would face NEWSTRIBUNE SENIOR REPORTER 20-60 years in prison if convicted of murder for allegedly drowning OTTAWA — Though a charge wife Tracy Lynn in a home toilet was never ﬁled, Kenneth Cusick’s

in 2006. Jury selection is scheduled to begin Dec. 2. Thursday, prosecutors persuaded Cusick’s judge to hand down a potentially signiﬁcant ruling. The state can call to the stand an Ottawa police oﬃcer who interviewed Kenneth after police were alerted to a domestic disturbance at the Cusick home on Feb. 29, 2004.

A charge was not ﬁled and the report not disclosed. Prosecutors said Kenneth twice pushed Tracy Lynn out of the way trying to leave the house. Defense attorney Ryan Hamer painted a divergent picture, saying Tracy Lynn was blocking Kenneth’s way and he simply moved her in an attempt to de-escalate the dispute. Whatever occurred, Kenneth

Cusick spoke at some length to an Ottawa police oﬃcer. Now, prosecutors want that oﬃcer on the stand to repeat Cusick’s statement and show the troubled state of his marriage — a step toward showing Cusick had a motive to kill his wife. Ordinarily, evidence of past crimes is not admissible at trial; a See TRIAL Page A2

Best sales year ever?

Retailers are busting records, have big hopes for holiday sales By Tom Collins NEWSTRIBUNE SENIOR REPORTER

She’s had one slow month this year and she missed her target sales by such a tiny margin that it was easily made up the following month. Denna Leifheit owns Peaces of Fashion in La Salle’s resurgent downtown and 2019 is shaping up to be an exceptional year in business. “I do see customers spending and I do see a confidence in them,” Leifheit said. “I also think people aren’t running to the city to shop. I think they are slowy absorbing the message, ‘Shop local.’ More people are comfortable shopping small.” It isn’t just Leifheit and it isn’t just La Salle. The retail sales figures are in for the first half of 2019 — July and August totals have not been released yet — and the data suggest a robust economy. Several communities have numbers in hand that, if current trends hold, will have business owners clink-

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Online retailers such as Amazon may have hurt department stores, but local retailers such Amia Boutique in Spring Valley are busting sales records with decorative downtown stores and online sales options. Amia owner Christine Pellegrini enjoys brisk foot traffic at her stores in downtown Spring Valley and La Salle and has so boosted her online sales that she’s hired models to promote her inventory on her website. ing champagne glasses by year’s end: Ç Spring Valley is headed for its best-ever year, having set monthly records in four of the ﬁrst six months and just missing toppling sales records in March and May.

Ç Ottawa is in hot pursuit of its best sales year, having also toppled four monthly records. Ç Oglesby is projected to ﬁnish just $10,000 short of tying its best year, and a strong Christmas shopping season could thrust 2019 atop the city’s annals.

Ç Peru is poised to have its second year above $600 million in sales and, as with Oglesby, could yet see 2019 with a record haul. Ç Mendota posted a 4% increase in retail sales in ﬁscal year 2018-19 from the previous ﬁscal year. Mendota had posted

comparable increases over each of the past ﬁve years. And Utica, Princeton and La Salle all are having strong years. Utica posted its best-ever June and has ﬁngers crossed of a strong fall-colors season, as See SALES Page A2

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Friday turned out to be a good evening to hunker down with a movie and some microwave popcorn. Storm after storm passed through, causing the evacuation of high school football stadiums such as those in Spring Valley and La Salle-Peru, dropping hail on Bureau County and ﬂooding roads and ﬁelds throughout the region. Sheriff Tom Templeton is-

sued a warning for motorists to stay home if they did not need to travel on Friday, with storm and flash-flood warnings in effect and after 4 inches of rain already had fallen in southern La Salle County in a 2½-hour span by lunchtime. Templeton cast a wary eye at Friday night’s forecast and was telling motorists to grab milk on the way home from work and then put the car in park. “Please don’t drive through standing water. Stalling out in standing water could be a real problem, you could get swept away,” Templeton said. “And it

may possibly be the worst rain is coming tonight.” His concerns came true, as a severe thunderstorm moving at about 35 mph and which had produced 60-mph gusts passed through Dalzell, La Salle-Peru and Spring Valley, causing the stoppage of high school football games (see Sports for details), knocking a tree down on U.S. 6 near Coal Hollow, causing a power line ﬁre on Cleveland Street in Spring Valley and temporarily ﬂooding some roadways. That storm dropped more than an inch of rain in an hour on Illinois Valley Regional Airport

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in Peru and flooding Orleans Street near L-P. At 7:40 p.m., La Salle County Sheriff’s Office had a list of flooded roads including U.S. 52 near Interstate 39 near Troy Grove, U.S. 52 near Prairie Center as well as U.S. 6 near E2625th Road near Marseilles. Earlier, on Friday afternoon, Templeton urged anyone who had to go out to temper their speeds, maintain safe following distances between cars and to turn around rather than attempt to drive through standing water. While waves of rain were passing through Friday afternoon, two See STORMS Page A4

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10, 25, 50 YEARS AGO Sept. 28, 2009 — La Salle police were investigating a dog napping after a German shepherd went missing from a backyard in the 2000 block of LaHarpe Street. The owner of the missing dog suspected his ex-wife was on the lam with the pup and another man was charged with obstructing a peace officer for withholding information regarding the dog napping. Sept. 28, 1994 — Casey’s General Store announced they were looking to build in Ladd. The gas station was approved for a liquor

license and building permit by the Ladd village board and the plan was to break ground in 1995 with an estimated 10-12 local employees when the store opened. Sept. 28, 1969 — “The plane was rolling around like a chicken with its head cut off.” Jonesville resident Jerry Tucker described a scene on the Plum Island air strip where a plane started riving around with no pilot in the cockpit. The unmanned plan eventually came to a crashing stop after driving aimlessly for about five minutes.

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Pellegrini said it’s no longer an either-or choice of managing a storefront FROM PAGE ONE or running an online shop — today’s retail climate October typically produces demands both. stronger sales for the vil“There are just more lage than at Christmas — a changes in the business phenomenon unique to world and we’re doing our Utica. best to keep up with them Princeton sales have an succeed.” climbed 8% over the past Emily McConville, five years. La Salle has Mendota city clerk and diconsistently posted strong rector of economic develnumbers and sales averopment, said retail figures ages are at five- and 10climbed in part because year highs. of construction of the new ADM facility, which WHAT’S GOING ON? increased foot traffic at Savvy business owners retail establishment. But have discovered they can even with ADM finished, bring in customers to she sees a bright future for charming storefronts and retailers. reel in customers online. “I do expect it to conChristine Pellegrini tinue. We’re adding retail owns Amia Boutique in all of the time and I see no Spring Valley and La Salle. reason for it to decline.” She said she’s invested in Leifheit said her sales her website and enabled have benefited from recustomers to buy product tail events such as Small with the touch of a button Business Saturday and when they don’t feel like from the new facades browsing. The strategy has adorning La Salle’s busbeen so successful that she tling downtown. employs not only two store “There’s always a buzz managers and a corps of about La Salle and how part-timers but also four good it looks,” Leifheit models whom she photosaid, “and people want to graphs for demonstration be a part of that.” shots uploaded to her While small businesses website. are making their mark, the “That’s new for us this retail corridors of Route year,” Pellegrini said. 23 in Ottawa and Route “That helps our online 251 in Peru dwarf their presence for people to neighbors in terms of sales see clothes on a body and volume. A good month in show what sizes they’re Peru will be about douwearing.” ble what Utica brings in

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to the jury — prosecutors won’t be able to use the so-called Drew Peterson rule — but anything that Kenneth Cusick might have said about his marriage is fair game. And in the context of the never-disclosed domestic report, the judge said, “He talks too much, frankly.” Lawyers aren’t finished arguing pre-trial motions. They will be back Nov. 7 (an October hearing date was canceled) to debate the use of Tracy Lynn’s autopsy photos at trial. Another, potentially final, pre-trial conference is set for Nov. 27 — and Raccuglia had stated previously she means for this trial to proceed in early December.

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The “Shop Small” campaign is working. Denna Leifheit, owner of Peaces of Fashion in La Salle, is among the local retailers enjoying a strong sales year. She attributes the increase partly to campaigns intended to boost local shopping such as “Small Business Saturday.”

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Warning: Dangerous pills on the streets Unknown narcotics used in homemade, Xanax-like pills The Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team is investigating the local sale and use of look-alike black market Xanax, according to a news release. A large volume of look-alike Xanax is believed to be produced by a local homemade pill press,

Tri-DENT officials reported. “The narcotics contained within the homemade pills are unknown and potentially dangerous,” says Tri-DENT. The investigation revealed illegal pills have caused medical problems for several local people who used them. Individuals who consumed them showed signs of overdosing, similar to an opioid overdose, from a single pill, TriDENT reports. The investigation is ongoing. Tri-DENT officials are releasing information for public safety. “Users of these look-alike Xanax — or Xanny Bars, as they

are commonly referred to — may not realize the street drug they are buying from a dealer contains a potentially lethal compound of unknown narcotics such as fentanyl and/or other opiates or synthetic opiates,” Tri-DENT stated in a news release. The pills may look similar to prescription Xanax, but the internal properties vary. Alprazolam (Xanax) is a drug with effects including significant depression of the central nervous system, anti-anxiety properties and sedation. Since fentanyl is powerful in small quantities, a dose the size of a pen tip is

enough to induce an overdose, Tri-DENT officials said. Cutting alprazolam with fentanyl is an inexpensive and effective way of increasing the sedating strength of the pill, while simultaneously reducing the amount of Xanax needed to cause a high. Fentanyl has been responsible for multiple deaths in the last several years in La Salle County and the surrounding area. The combination of Xanax and fentanyl, as well as other opioids and depressants such as alcohol, is dangerous because it can cause respiratory depression, in which a person’s breathing is drastically

L-P’s big week marches along

Hospital tested SIREN response in disaster drill Exercise didn’t just take place near Flint Hills, Water Street Thursday morning

Left: With red and green face paint, Stephanie Funfsinn twirls her flag in the L-P color guard during the homecoming parade on Thursday. The parade featured the band, sports teams, emergency personnel, homecoming court with the king and queen and much more. A powder puff football game was held at the L-P Sports Complex after the parade. Below: Karissa Etzenbach throws candy from the back of a truck during the L-P homecoming parade. Lower left: Members of the L-P football teams travel east on U.S. 6 into La Salle in the homecoming parade.

A major disaster drill Thursday morning at Illinois Valley Community Hospital confirmed the readiness of both on- and offduty IVCH employees to respond quickly to an emergency. Photos appeared in Thursday’s NewsTribune, which went to press as the drill continued. The drill scenario was that a collision between a boat and a barge at the Flint Hills Resources plant in Peru resulted in an explosion that killed seven people and sent another 11 to the IVCH emergency room. One of the goals of the exercise was to test the effectiveness of the SIREN emergency notification system, an automated method of finding and asking off-duty IVCH employees by text, e-mail and phone if they could report to work, according to IVCH. The result: 238 replied almost immediately that they could come in to help deal with the emergency. The number increased as the day progressed and more off-duty employees learned of the messages. “This was the first time we had used the SIREN system in this See DRILL Page A5

Police serve ‘high-risk warrant,’ arrest parolee in Peru

Left: L-P Renaissance Club members dance and throw candy from their hayrack float on U.S. 6 in La Salle. Renaissance is a nationally recognized program that has proven to be a successful motivator in encouraging students to reach new academic and behavioral heights.

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Peru police detained a parolee this morning after an hour-long search of a residence in the 1700 block of First Street. The suspect was identified as 31-year-old Travis A. Billups, listed at numerous former addresses in the Illinois Valley, who was paroled in September 2018 after serving part of a 4-year sentence for a La Salle County drug Billups conviction. The Illinois Department of Corrections further showed he served two prior prison terms for aggravated domestic battery and criminal trespass. Peru police chief Doug Bernabei said charges were expected to be announced later. Meanwhile, Billups will be held in La Salle County Jail under a parole hold, meaning he will be unable to bond out, while awaiting transfer back to prison. Billups was detained after a “high-risk search warrant” was executed around 6:15 a.m. today at 1716 First St. by a team comprised of the Peru Emergency Response Team, Peru Police Special Investigations, TriCounty Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team, IDOC Parole Unit and La Salle County State’s See ARREST Page A5

slowed and sometimes stopped. The following three symptoms are signs of an opioid-related overdose: constricted pupils, unconsciousness and respiratory depression, which is identifiable by examining a person’s breathing patterns, depth of breath and blue skin tint. If a person is showing signs of opioid overdose, immediately call 911 for emergency medical personnel. Tri-DENT officials said the look-alike Xanax warning only applies to street-level pills, not those prescribed by a doctor or obtained from a pharmacy.

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UTICA

Finishing touches coming soon for new Waltham school By Tom Collins

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Waltham School contruction is all but finished — only a limited number of “punch-list” items remains — but visitors will see plenty of work on the grounds.

Waltham superintendent Kristi Eager reported Wednesday that trees will be planted this fall and a maintenance shed will be constructed. Waltham’s new school is otherwise finished; Eager said the student body (199 as of Wednesday) is comfortably sit-

uated in the new building with only a smattering of unfinished tasks. Also, the board finalized a budget that leaves the district with robust reserves. Eager projected the district’s piggy bank will remain full when the eighth-graders

graduate, with anticipated reserves of about $4.7 million. The board next meets Oct. 16. Tom Collins can be reached at (815) 220-6930 or TCollins@ shawmedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @NT_Court.

Utica sets 3% marijuana sales tax; No dispensaries have inquired about locating there By Steve Stout

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As other Illinois communities have done in recent weeks, Utica trustees approved an ordinance Thursday that places a

3% tax on the sale of any “adult use cannabis” in the village starting next year. Village President David Stewart said state law mandates cities must establish such ordinances before Oct. 1 even if no

marijuana is sold in the village or if the board decides not to allow such businesses. “At this moment, we have no such dispensaries in town and have had no inquiries to open one,” Stewart said.

He emphasized the tax vote does not mean Utica is authorizing or endorsing any marijuana business in the village limits. Stewart said if someone wants to open such a dispensary, the See UTICA Page A5

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It all starts with hello It all starts with a simple hello. Students at Logan Junior High this week are celebrating Start with Hello Week, a movement designed to call attention to social isolation. Part of the Sandy Hook Promise, Start With Hello Week emphasizes connections with peers and gives students opportunities to reach out to those around them in their school settings. Logan students included a welcome activity as one of the events marking the week.

Property owners: Watch for mail PRINCETON — Property owners in Bureau County will be receiving a certified letter to inform them of three administrative omissions that occurred in the County Clerk’s Office for the 2018 real estate taxes payable in 2019. Included in the certified mailing will be a corrected real estate tax bill that includes the tax levy or levies omitted from the original bill. See ERROR Page A5

BRIEFS Mendota approves 3% marijuana sales tax MENDOTA — Mendota City Council still has not passed ordinances or created zoning rules for Jan. 1, when recreational marijuana is legalized in Illinois. However, in a special meeting Wednesday, the council approved adding a 3% tax on sales of recreational cannabis products, should a dispensary be established in town. The council also still needs to review its ordinances to see if some need to be adjusted or amended, for instance city ordinances pertaining to drug paraphernalia possession.

Church pastry sale a part of chicken dinner event LADD — St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church Fundraiser will be 5-8 p.m. Monday at Rip’s Tavern in Ladd. In addition to the fried chicken or chicken strips meals, dine-in or carry-out, there will be a bake sale of assorted Middle Eastern pastries.

Brush collection starting soon for Ladd residents LADD — Fall brush collection in the Village of Ladd will be Oct. 7, weather permitting. Crews will pick up tree and shrub trimmings 3-8 feet in length and up to 6 inches in diameter. Piles should not exceed four by 8 feet in size. Larger branches and items such as stumps, roots and professional tree trimmings will not be collected. Bundles should not be tied or bound and are to be stacked with the cut end toward the street. Crews will start working early in the morning and make one pass only through the area. For details, contact the village garage at (815) 894-2806.

Ladd to flush hydrants LADD — Water mains in the Village of Ladd will be flushed on Tuesday, Oct. 1 and Wednesday, Oct. 2, weather permitting. Customers are advised to run cold water until it clears.

Volunteers are needed by Freedom House to help victims of violence PRINCETON — Freedom House is in great need of volunteers to support victims and their families impacted by domestic violence and sexual assault. Volunteers primarily serve as on-call medical advocates and crisis hotline workers. For community members wishing to learn more, Freedom House is holding an informational session 5:15-6:15 p.m. Tuesday at 440 Elm Place in Princeton. Snacks and beverages will be served. People wishing to volunteer will receive in-depth training in a series of free classes Oct. 29Nov. 19 in Princeton. Classes will be held on four Tuesday evenings (6-9 p.m.) and three Saturdays (9 a.m.-4 p.m.). Participants must attend every class. Applications are due Oct. 4. For more information, or to obtain an application, visit www.freedomhouseillinois.org or call (815) 872-0087.

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McCullough earns Distinguished Service Award Current La Salle County Broadcasting leader, ex-publisher of NT to be celebrated at Inland Press event

Association as a new merged association. Named after the former executive director La Salle County Broadcasting who retired president Joyce McCullough in 2009, the will be honored next month Distinguished McCullough with the 2019 Ray Carlsen Service Distinguished Service Award Award critefrom Inland Press Association. ria state it is intended for “memMcCullough of Peru prebers who have distinguished viously served as president themselves in service to the asof The Daily NewsTribune sociation and its affiliated founInc. and publisher of the dation, who have been exemNewsTribune. (On Sept. 1, plary in service to their commuShaw Media bought the famnities and their companies, and ily’s flagship newspaper, the who deserve the recognition of NewsTribune as well as its their peers and colleagues.” weekly AgriNews publications.) McCullough is a current diShe will be honored Oct.7 rector on Inland’s Association in Chicago during the inauguboard and a former director for ral meeting of Inland and the Inland Press Foundation. While Southern Newspaper Publishers she has served on several board

committees, she is most widely associated, along with Marc Wilson, as a champion of the Inland Fellows Program, which pairs management-track newspaper employees with mentors from Inland papers with an aim towards cultivating a new and diverse generation of newspaper leaders. “It’s great being able to deal with young people,” McCullough said. “I love their enthusiasm. Just seeing them talk to each other and listening to their conversations — you realize they are talking about things we were talking about 30 years ago.” The Fellows Program, she said, is important for the industry in general because “we want people in our organizations and heading our organizations to reflect the community” in all their diversity. McCullough joined the Miller

family-owned NewsTribune in 1969 as an accountant that year, and was promoted to general manager of the newspaper in 1993. She became its publisher in 2002. The next year she added the role of general manager of the radio stations. In 2011 she was promoted to president of newspaper and broadcast operations. When McCullough joined the NewsTribune, the Miller family owners were members of Inland, but more involved with what was then called the American Newspaper Publishers Association and is now the News Media Alliance. “At some point at one Inland meeting, Ray Carlsen approached and said he’d like to get the newspaper more involved with the association,” McCullough said. “It’s the best thing we ever did. Inland really served us well.”

PUTNAM COUNTY COURT

McNabb standoff suspect pleads guilty to criminal damage Marcano has served his time By Kim Shute

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HENNEPIN — The man who destroyed an apartment while he held McNabb police in a seven-hour standoff in February has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge

of criminal damage to property. Billy J. Marcano, 32, now living in the Chicago suburbs, was sentenced Thursday to a year of probation along with $3,864 in restitution and $1,449 in fines. He was credited with 101 days he had served in county jail. Marcano was released in May. On Feb. 5 Marcano allegedly hacked his way through the door to a restaurant adjacent to his apartment which was

also owned by the restaurant owner. For the remainder of the day, Marcano held off officers who attempted to get him to come out of the residence, while he demolished appliances and fixtures inside. Marcano initially was considered unfit for trial, having to be heavily restrained during his initial court appearance. However after a two-month stay in a se-

cure treatment facility, he was deemed fit to proceed with his case. Marcano initially was charged with burglary, but that charge was dismissed in exchange for Thursday’s guilty plea. Kim Shute can be reached at (815) 879-5200 or kshute@ shawmedia.com Follow her on Twitter at NT_Princeton2

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State now 0-for-3 on charges from alleged overtime scam Prosecutors drop charges against ex-deputy auditor By Tom Collins

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OTTAWA — La Salle County auditor Jody Wilkinson wants her two fired deputies reinstated. La Salle County state’s attorney Karen Donnelly, who unsuccessfully prosecuted all three, wants

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spinouts were reported on rainslicked Interstate 39 in the Wenona area at 4:20 p.m. Firefighters had to extricate one driver from a vehicle in the ditch near Wenona. Just before 9 p.m., emergency responders were called about a car water-filled ditches on I-80 near Marseilles and near Serena. Princeton firefighters were called after a downpour about a semi truck accident with injuries on Interstate 80 around 7 p.m.

Wilkinson’s case thrown out. A judge could resolve the dispute as early as Oct. 10. Circuit Judge Joseph P. Hettel has been assigned to Wilkinson’s request for a court order reversing the suspension and dismissal of deputies Tori Artman and Pamela Wright. Wilkinson wants both reinstated with back pay. Donnelly filed a motion to dismiss. In her filing, Donnelly argued the dismissal of the deputies was already dealt with when

Judge Eugene P. Daugherity ordered Wilkinson readmitted to her county office (Wilkinson had at one point been locked out) while pointedly refusing to address the deputies’ status. Donnelly also argued that Artman and Wright have a pending union grievance, which is a more appropriate remedy than the filing by Wilkinson, whom Donnelly alleges has no standing in the case. As previously reported, the auditor and deputies were indicted

last year on felony charges stemming from an alleged overtime scam. There were no convictions, however. Wilkinson was acquitted at a bench trial. Artman was acquitted by a jury. Prosecutors then cut their losses and dismissed the remaining case against Wright.

National Weather Service forecasters had a flash-flood watch in effect for La Salle County until 1 a.m. today. “Basically, there are thunderstorms trending across the area,” meteorologist Gino Izzi said. “It should start to wind down tonight. You can’t rule out showers tomorrow morning.” Parts of Livingston County and the La Salle County panhandle were under a flash-flood warning by midday Friday, with Pontiac, Flanagan and Dana receiving 5-6 inches of rain by 4 p.m. The headwaters of the Vermilion River were among the rivers and creeks under watch.

Rainfall totals varied. At Lostant, fire chief Andy Forrest measured 2 inches of rain by 4 p.m. but not far away, another Lostant resident told him he had 3.5 inches in the gauge. Neither Forrest nor Toluca fire chief Jason Faw said their fire departments had any storm-related calls, as of 4:30 p.m., but Faw said Toluca had received about 4 inches of rain. It didn’t get better for Toluca; by 9:30 p.m., firefighters were filling sandbags and trying to push water away from a business after a storm-sewer issue. While water was receding from roads that initially flooded

during the heavy rains, some other drainage areas were seeing flooding by 9:30 p.m. Water briefly encroached on Interstate 80 between Marseilles and Seneca around that time, too. Sheriff’s deputies were given routes to drive Friday to ensure they kept a sharp eye on creeks and tributaries prone to sudden flooding. Utica fire chief Ben Brown said Clark’s Run would be under surveillance. Major rivers were less of a concern; the Illinois River stood, at 7 p.m. Friday, 4 feet below flood stage. The Vermilion was rising, but still was below flood stage Friday.

Tom Collins can be reached at (815) 220-6930 or courtreporter@newstrib.com. Follow him on Twitter @NT_Court.

Challenger Breeden takes a jab at state Rep. Yednock having job fair, with jobs ‘moving out’ By the NewsTribune staff

job fair at IVCC drew a critical jab from a a job fair 2-6 p.m. Oct. 15 at the college. declared campaign opponent. Travis Breeden of Utica, who seeks to unState Rep. Lance Yednock’s plans for a Yednock (D-Ottawa) had announced See POLITICS Page A5

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-seat Yednock next year, called it a contradictory move by the incumbent. “He states that it’s extremely important that employers and job-seekers connect to help keep the area’s local economies going,” Breeden said in a statement. “He’s the one that needs to connect to residents and businesses to find out why they’re closing and moving out of Illinois. “I can tell you why. They’re shuttering their doors because of Springfield. In total, 21 new ways to extract money are estimated to raise $4.7 billion to pay for infrastructure and the state’s fiscal year 2020 operating budget — which despite the new money may still be as much as $1.3 billion in the red.” Yednock issued a statement shrugging him off. “I worked across the aisle to balance the budget and to invest in our infrastructure and to do a lot of things in a bipartisan manner,” Yednock said. “I also want to help job seekers. Whatever spin Mr. Breeden wants to put on it, that’s fine. I’ll continue to work for the 76th District.”

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This bill must be paid by Oct. 30. Payments received after that date will be assessed penalty/interest. ä The first error was the omission of the Township Permanent Road Levy for 21 townships, The only townships not affected were the self-levying townships, Arispie, Berlin, Westfield and Wyanet. ä The second error omitted a bond levy for the Bureau Valley Unit 340 School District, ä The third error was the omission of the newly formed Lake Arispie Sanitary District tax levy. Questions? Call Matthew Eggers, county clerk at (815) 8752014 or Joseph Birkey, County Treasurer at (815) 872-3241.

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trustees would consider those special use requests on an individual basis or not at all. The board would have to formally adopt an ordinance According to the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, signed into law by Gov. J.B. Pritzker in June, municipalities can’t outlaw adult recreational use or possession of marijuana, but cities may set limitations for when, where and

Family of former park ranger gives artifacts to Starved Rock Items in Costello collection date back 10,000 years

Starved Rock State Park Historian Mark Walczynski looks at a Native American collection of artifacts with donor Dan Costello at the visitors center. Costello’s father was a park ranger on site in the 1960s where he found the tools. Some of them are more than 3,000 years old. They range from the Woodland, Mississippian and late Archaic periods.

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Dan Costello said his father, Dominic, a park ranger from the late 1960 to the early 1980s, used to walk his dog Sam throughout Starved Rock State Park and collect the Native American artifacts he spotted along the way. On Friday, Dan donated that collection to the Starved Rock Visitors Center. To his pleasure, the artifacts were determined to be various tools telling the story of three different periods of human inhabitants at Starved Rock State Park, dating back as far as 10,000 years ago. “It’s what my dad would have wanted,” Dan Costello said of the donation. “I’ve always appreciated them, but it deserves to have a lot more than me appreciating them. It’s where they came from, it’s where they belong.” Dan’s father worked at Starved Rock and Matthiessen, and their family lived in a house near the old entrance. Most of the artifacts were found in the meadow or nearby farm fields, Dan speculated. He said his dad would walk just about everywhere in the park. Historian Mark Walczynski was on-hand to accept the donation. Wasting little time, he identified certain artifacts as side notches of the Archaic period (8,000 to 1,000 B.C.) and durst points from inhabitants who were hunters and gatherers. Other tools were identified from the Woodland period (500 B.C. to 1100) into the Mississippian period (800 to 1600), as native inhabitants transitioned from thousands of years as hunters and gatherers

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to a more agricultural society — and adapted as European settlers entered the area and started trading. One item Walczynski referred to as a “Fox River point,” noting it was “very rare.” Geologist and volunteer Joe Jakupcak said most of the tools are made of flint, and were likely found in fields where farmers tilled up the soil and brought them to surface. He acknowledged finding these kinds of tools are harder today because farmers don’t till these areas of the park. “The Starved Rock area has an unbelievable history,” Walczynski said. “And it goes beyond when the Europeans arrived here. This is one of the most continuously inhabited areas of Illinois. There was a Peoria (Native American) village right where we’re at right now.” Park Superintendent Keri

Utica Village Board members this week approved a $6,000 budget for the “Christmas in the Village” event set for Saturday, Nov. 30, and Sunday, Dec. 1. The costs will be shared by the Utica Business Association.

how many of each type of businesses can operate. Village Attorney Herb Klein told the board predictions are the state’s take combined with local taxes could ultimately place total taxes up to 40% or 45% on all cannabis sales. Klein said the village would not have to be concerned with any “marijuana bars”

opening soon anywhere in Illinois due to insurance concerns statewide. Recreational marijuana sales in communities that do not choose to opt out are set to begin Jan. 1. Illinois is the 11th state to legalize the recreational use and purchase of marijuana, joining 10 others including the District of Columbia.

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situation and we were impressed not only with the way our employees responded but also with the efficiency of the system itself,” said Robert Fortney, IVCH’s chief nursing

Novak said the collection will be put into a display case at the visitors center once a proper display is determined. He said the artifacts will be reviewed, most likely by experts at the state mu-

seum prior to their display. “They will be on display here for people to enjoy,” Novak said. “We’re thankful to the donors and we’re glad to share the history.”

Christmas in the Village approved

IVCH chief nursing officer Robert Fortney (left) talks with Jheri Emmerling, Lisa Lynch and Jon Allen in the hospital’s incident command center during Thursday’s disaster drill.

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These artifacts were used by hunter-gatherers. Some of them date about 3,000 years around the late Archaic period.

officer and incident commander during the drill. SIREN, which stands for State of Illinois Rapid Electronic Notification System, is a tool developed by the state to provide rapid communication between state and local agencies. Fortney said 12 local and county agencies participated in Thursday’s drill.

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Attorney’s Office. “The search warrant was obtained following a lengthy investigation into the distribution of narcotics in the Peru area. Over the past several months, several people have been arrested, others are currently wanted on warrants and are considered fugitives, and various search warrants have been executed at rental properties in the city,” Bernabei continued. Bernabei said more information will be released, but one person most certainly

Fortney said the purpose of the drill was to test IVCH’s overall disaster preparedness, surge capacity, and decontamination techniques that are infrequently practiced. He said the ER staff was at full capacity treating actual patients during the drill but still did an excellent job in handling the exercise’s demands.

will be going back to prison on an IDOC parole warrant. “This morning’s search warrant was considered a high-risk warrant based on information obtained during the course of the investigation,” Bernabei commented. “As a result, a team of 10 highly trained officers entered the home and took one individual into custody. “Several others were present including children. I am very pleased with the work of our officers during this operation. The officers exhibited professionalism, restraint and proper police tactics ensuring that no one was injured as the warrant was served.”

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Trump’s tactics leave Dems looking for some answers By Julie Pace

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WASHINGTON (AP) — In 2016, Donald Trump blew through the guardrails of American politics. In his bid for reelection, he’s poised to blow them up. This time around, he’s aided by the power of the presidency, with its unmatched megaphone and resources. And his latest provocation — prodding a foreign leader to investigate Democratic rival Joe Biden — suggests he sees little issue using his office for his personal political interests. His actions foreshadow a noholds-barred 2020 campaign, regardless of who Democrats select as their nominee in the coming months. If the lesson of Trump’s 2016 victory was that deeply personal attacks and factually inaccurate innuendo are a pathway to victory, his 2020 playbook appears to include more of the same. Democrats are more cleareyed about the effectiveness of those tactics, but still deeply uncertain over the best approach — and the best candidate — to blunt them. Fight back against Trump and risk running a campaign on his terms and elevating his baseless attacks. Ignore him and allow his arguments to percolate unchecked through the conservative media ecosystem. Democrats concede he is jarringly effective at dictating the terms of the political debate and throwing his opponents off stride. “Donald Trump’s greatest political skill is the ability to pull people into his vortex of terribleness where you spend all day every day responding to Trump’s outrage du jour and defending yourself from absurd, baseless accusations,” said Dan Pfeiffer, an Obama campaign and White House adviser. That’s where Biden finds himself at the moment, answering questions about his son Hunter’s work for a Ukrainian gas company at the same time his father was leading American diplomatic efforts to help the country’s fledgling government. There is no evidence of wrongdoing by either man, and Hunter Biden is no longer working for the company. Yet Joe Biden still spent a weekend of campaigning in Iowa deflecting questions about the matter and urging reporters to focus their attention back on Trump.

members are renewing calls for “Ask the right questions,” impeachment. he bellowed when asked by a California reporter how Rep. Adam many times he Schiff, the inhad spoken to If the lesson of telligence comhis son about mittee chairman his overseas Trump’s 2016 who has so business dealfar resisted ings. victory was that impeachment To be sure, Trump’s appeal personal attacks and efforts, said Sunday that to Ukraine’s factually inaccurate Trump’s actions president may “may very well ultimately creinnuendo are a have crossed ate political the Rubicon problems for pathway to victory, here.” the president. and The matter his 2020 playbook hisTrump allies have is part of a months whistleblower appears to include spent laying the complaint the groundwork administration more of the same. for the quesis withholding tions about from Congress, Biden and his citing presison, well aware that the former dential privilege. Congressional vice president would make for Democrats, who have already a formidable general election been stymied by the White opponent given his ties to the House in numerous investigaworking class voters who abantions, are outraged and many

doned Democrats for Trump in 2016. Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s personal lawyer, has publicly acknowledged pitching Ukrainian politicians on investigating the Bidens. Trump is now alleged to have repeatedly asked Ukraine’s president to help with that effort. His request for a foreign leader’s help in the 2020 election came in a July 25 phone call — one day after special counsel Robert Mueller’s congressional testimony effectively quashed Democratic hopes of impeaching Trump over Russian election interference in the 2016 campaign. Mueller’s investigation did little to dissuade Trump about the impropriety of accepting election help from a foreign government. Earlier this year, he said in an interview with ABC News that if another country had negative information about a political rival, he would have no problem accepting it. “I think you might want to

I fought so hard to avoid. It had nothing to do with my office other than to prove my belief that if I was removed from the case, the “system” would find a way to make the case go away. 3. The auditor’s trial was not about the identity of the auditor, so in-court identification, as the judge pointed out, was not required. We lost that case because the court did not believe the testimony of a co-defendant, but I did make my point and send my message that corruption in government will not be tolerated. 4. The two “derailed” drug cases resulted from the Illinois State Crime Lab not getting us the drug analysis results until shortly before trial, and the judges refusing to let us amend the charge to reflect the substance identified in the crime lab testing. We have appealed

that ruling. Late and delayed lab results is a problem for prosecutors throughout the state. So my advice to the NewsTribune editorial board is the next time a disgruntled former employee brings you some “dirt” about a public official, check your facts and, more importantly, make sure you understand what those facts actually mean.

listen, there isn’t anything wrong with listening,” Trump said in the June interview. “If somebody called from a country, Norway, (and said) ‘we have information on your opponent’ — oh, I think I’d want to hear it.” Following revelations that Trump appeared to follow through on those words in his conversation with the Ukrainian president, Democratic presidential candidates called his behavior un-democratic. “It’s beyond laughing or crying,” said Pete Buttigieg, a White House hopeful and mayor of South Bend, Indiana. “It is a betrayal of the United States.” California Sen. Kamala Harris told The Associated Press that Trump’s actions were “inexcusable and an act against the people of the United States.” But Harris, who has hit Biden during recent debates, also subtly reflected the ways in which the accusations Trump unearths can begin to take hold, no matter how accurate they are.

OPEN FORUM State’s attorney wants to present the facts In my three years as your state’s attorney I have learned that criticism comes with the job, especially when I am more interested in reforming the office and providing equal justice for everyone than I am in making friends and being one of the good old boys - or girls. I have learned the hard way that doing the right thing is not popular with politicians, defense lawyers, and even judges. So I’ve learned to take media criticism for what it’s worth - usually nothing. But your September 23 editorial about alleged “bungling” by the prosecution is so factually and legally wrong, so far off base, and so misleading that a reply is required. Newspapers have the right to express any

opinion they want in an editorial context, but because they reach thousands of people, they have an obligation to base those opinions on the truth. Let’s look at FACTS: 1. Our prostitution sting was an unqualified success, with most defendants having already pled guilty. The allegation that using the wrong form to get the overhear order keeps us from using the videos in our cases is simply wrong because emergency overhears can never be used by the state in their case in chief in misdemeanor prosecutions. The evidence we would rely on would be that of the officers on the scene and the two confidential sources. 2. The dismissal of Brian Towne’s charges because of a speedy trial violation was the result of incompetence, or worse, by the special prosecutor

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President Donald Trump 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. Washington, DC 20500 Website: www.whitehouse.gov Dick Durbin–D U.S. Senate 711 Hart Senate Office Building

Washington, DC 20510 Phone: (202) 224-2152 durbin.senate.gov Tammy Duckworth–D U.S. Senate G12 Dirksen SOB Washington, DC 20510 Phone: (202) 224-2854 Website: duckworth.senate.gov

Lauren Underwood–D 14th District 1118 Longworth HOB Washington, DC 20515 Phone: (202) 225-2976 Website: underwood. house.gov

Adam Kinzinger—R 16th District 2245 Rayburn HOB Washington, DC 20515 Phone: (202) 225-3635 District office: 628 Columbus St., Suite 507 Ottawa, IL 61350 (815) 431-9271 Website: kinzinger.house. gov

Darin LaHood–R 18th District 1424 Longworth HOB Washington, DC 20515 Phone: (202) 225-6201 District office: 100 N.E. Monroe, Room 100 Peoria, IL 61602 (309) 671-7027 Website: lahood.house.gov

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THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY “As scarce as truth is, the supply is always greater than the demand.” — “Josh Billings” (Henry Wheeler Shaw), author (1818-1885). “We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it to the full.” — Marcel Proust, French author (1871-1922). “It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realise just how much you love them.” — Dame Agatha Christie (1890-1976). “Make your mistakes, take your chances, look silly, but keep on going. Don’t freeze up.” — From “You Can’t Go Home Again” by Thomas Wolfe (1900-1938). NOTE: Opinions expressed by NewsTribune columnists appearing here or elsewhere in the paper do not necessarily represent the views of the NewsTribune.

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God truly cares for all of us

BRIEFS Pray the rosary Sundays at La Salle shrine Throughout October, the rosary will be prayed every Sunday at 2 p.m. at Queen of the Holy Rosary Shrine in La Salle. Additionally, the rosary will be recited at 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7, the Feast of the Holy Rosary.

La Salle church hosts Oct. 3 ecumenical service Ecumenical services will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3 at Trinity United Church of Christ, La Salle, with the Rev. Joel Stevenor of Waltham Presbyterian Church preaching. Other churches: First Congregational Church of La Salle, Zion UCC in Peru; and Spring Valley, Hollowayville, DePue and Cherry UCC.

Rosary Rally coming Oct. 12 to Ottawa park OTTAWA — A one-hour public Rosary Rally will be held at noon Saturday, Oct. 12 at Ottawa’s Jordan Block Park, south of the downtown courthouse.

IV Cursillo holds Oct. 12 Ultreya in Mendota MENDOTA — Illinois Valley Cursillo will hold its monthly Ultreya Saturday, Oct. 12 at Holy Cross Church, Mendota. The event begins with Mass at 4 p.m. followed by a potluck supper. Foods containing peanuts are strictly prohibited. For details, call (815) 663-7188 or (815) 875-1330.

As we are now into the first full week of autumn, we sense the change of temperature and smell in the air that is coming our way. We enjoy the cooler temperatures, but we may not as much enjoy the shortening of the daylight hours. We anticipate the changing Pastor Rick of color of Wulf the leaves on the trees that EAST GROVE UNION CHURCH brings beauty to the counAMBOY tryside. The last harvests of the gardens are coming as the frost holds off. I am sure that the majority of our farmers are praying for the first frost to hold off for a long time! The Apostle Paul spoke of change in 1 Thess. 15:50-58 when he wrote these words: “I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable and we will be changed. For the perishable

us, will one day be shed, and we are given the promise of a new eternal body. This promise of God for eternity is what gives us the hope for all eternity as God’s children. This is also what separates us as Christians from all other religious people. Our personal relationship with the creator God of Heaven is unique. Even though the “He loves you so very very world classifies Christianity as religion, in actuality it is not. much! He wants only aGod loved the world so much the best for you and that Paul says in Romans 5:6, 8, 10, we read: “You see, at just to spend eternity with the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. But God demonHim in Heaven.” strates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. For if, Paul speaks of change and while we were God’s enemies, many times in this life change we were reconciled to him is inevitable. Many times through the death of his Son, change isn’t always pleasant how much more, having been to deal with and accept. The change to which Paul was refer- reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!” ring to in 1 Corinthians is the As a servant of God, I enchange that we, the children courage you to call out to Him of God, will experience at the resurrection at the end of time. in faith before it is too late. He loves so very much! He wants Our perishable mortality, Paul only the best for you and He says, will be changed in the wants you to spend Eternity twinkling of an eye to be forever with Him in the immortal, with Him in Heaven! This is the most important decision imperishable state of Heaven! you will ever make in your life! This is certainly one of the May God bless you and help most acceptable changes to you with whatever you may be which we can look forward. going through. Please be enThis physical body that houses couraged that God is in control our soul, as a child of God, and He is there to help you! which for many of us is failing must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: ‘Death has been swallowed up in victory.’”

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Happy birthday, Betty Pastor Betty Delgado (with grandson Landon) was honored Sept. 15 with a portrait to be placed in the church hall. Delgado celebrated both her 75th birthday and 25th anniversary in the ministry. Holding the portrait are council president Mike Schoening and Bobbie Sherman.

TEC for boys coming Nov. 2 to Peterstown PETERSTOWN — Applications are being accepted for the Nov. 2-4 Teens Encounter Christ retreat for boys at the TEC Center south of Mendota. TEC is an ecumenical retreat for young adults age 16-23. The cost is $50, with scholarships available. For more information, contact Angie Heiser at (815) 303-7488 or Robin Santman at (815) 780-8402.

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FIRST PRESBYTERIAN 511 Wirt St, Sunday School 9:15am, Worship 10:30am (summer 9:30am), puppet team Wednesdays 7pm 309-364-3083 BUREAU SHEPHERD BAPTIST 1376 County Rd 1350N. FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF BUREAU. GOOD - 10am Worship; Children’s Church 10am; 101 W Nebraska St. 815-659-3170. Pastor John Gray. Sunday Evening Service 6pm. Wednesday Bible Study & Sunday Worship - 9 am. Prayer 6:30. Glenn Foster, Pastor - 815-228-3775. Church Phone: 309-364-3151. gsbchenry@gmail. CHERRY com. www.goodshepherdhenry.com. CHERRY UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST. Worship, Sunday, 8:15am. Pastor Karen Karczewski. For more HOLLOWAYVILLE information, call 815-447-2360. HOLLOWAYVILLE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST. HOLY TRINITY. (815) 894-2006. Mass Times: Confirmation Class 8:30am; Church Service 9:30am; Tuesday & Thursday 12:15pm, Saturday 4:00pm, Sunday School 9:45am. Pastor Mike Slutz Sunday 8:30am. CherryHolyTrinity.org

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KASBEER COMMUNITY CHURCH. Pastor: Eric Siebert COMPTON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. Sun. (815) 875-1030. Sunday Service at 9:30 a.m. Worship: 9am. Sunday School all ages: 10:15am. Pastor Glen Stewart. Ph. 815/497-2491. Handicap LA MOILLE IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH Sunday Worship 8:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. www. COMMUNITY UNITED METHODIST 73 North Main Worship 9am Sunday School 10:15am Pastor David immanuellutherancompton.org. 815-539-6567. Jungnickel 638-2348 or (815) 303-3516

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ST. THOMAS MORE CHURCH. Mass Times: Wednesday & Friday 8:00am, Saturday 5:30pm, Sunday 5:30pm, First Saturday Mass 8:30am Divine Mercy Chaplet Friday 3:00pm, Divine Mercy Adoration Chapel 8:00am-8:00pm daily

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FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF DEPUE. Sun. worship. 10:15am; Sun. school. 10:30am. Bible study, Tues. 1:30pm. Pastor Karen Karczewski. Office: 815447-2332. pastor@depueandcherryucc.org ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH. Sat Vigil Mass 4pm; Sun 10:15am & 12 Noon in Spanish; Confession Sat 3:15-3:45pm; 815-447-2552

DOVER

DOVER BIBLE CHURCH. Sunday Worship 9:30am. Sunday School 11:15am. Tuesday Women’s Bible Study 9am. Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6pm. Pastor: Joe Denner (815) 643-2255.

EARLVILLE

IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH. Sunday Worship 9:00 am. Sunday School 10:15 am. 815-246-9642 www.ImmanuelEarlville.net UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. 313 Stilson St. Worship Service 10:30a.m. Sunday School 9:15a.m. Pastor Sandra Smith. 246-9692

GRANVILLE

FIRST LUTHERAN (ELCA) 411 E Hopkins Ave Worship Service 10:30am Church School 9:15. SACRED HEART. Saturday Mass 4:00 p.m.; Sunday Mass 7 & 11:00 a.m.; Daily Mon. 5:00 p.m., Wed., Fri. 7:30 a.m. Confessions Sat. 3:00 p.m. UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST CONGREGATIONAL. 103 N. Church St. 8:30 a.m. Summer Garden Service. Traditional Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. Pastor Ron McNeill. 815-339-2305

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ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP. lasallechurch. org. “Life, and Life More Abundantly.” On the corner of 5th and Hennepin St. Join us in “VISION: PSALM24/7” as we plan to open our doors for prayer and live worship 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We are currently open Tuesday thru Friday 9am-4pm, Sunday Morning Service & “KIDCORE” Children’s Ministry at 10:30am, Sunday afternoon Teen Service at 2pm, Wednesday Adult Bible Study at 6pm, Thursday Corporate Prayer at 10am-11am. CALVARY APOSTOLIC SANCTUARY. 16 Gunia Drive. Services Sunday 3pm and Thursday 7pm. 815566-3902 Find directions on our website www. calvaryapostolicsanctuary.webs.com CHRIST FAMILY CHURCH OF THE FOURSQUARE GOSPEL. 931 Third St. Sunday 10 a.m. Worship Service. Wed. 7 p.m. Graded Classes FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. 200 - 24th Street. 815223-1333 firstbaptistchurchoflasalle.com Sun Sch9:30am, AM Service-10:30am, PM Service-6pm Wed. Services (adults, teens & children) 6:30pm FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. 5th and Joliet St. Sunday Worship 10:15 a.m.; Sunday School 9:00 a.m. www.firstconglasalle.org. GRACE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 1345 Chartres St. Sunday Worship - 9:00am; Sunday School 10am. HAVEN OF HOPE BIBLE CHURCH. 116 Sterling. Services Sunday 10 a.m. Prayer Service Thursday 6:30 p.m. Gospel Songfest first Sunday of the month at 5 p.m. joining with THE LIVING WORD CHURCH OF GOD at 159 Gooding St. in LaSalle. THE LIVING WORD CHURCH OF GOD. 159 Gooding St. Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Wednesday Evening 6 p.m. Wednesday Evening School 7 p.m. Rev. Cres Rios MIGHTY WORD CHURCH 599 Canaan Dr 815-2244067 Pastors Tom & Phyllis Arnold Sunday Worship 10:30am Wednesday service 7:00pm QUEEN OF THE HOLY ROSARY SHRINE. 529 4th St. Masses: Mon. & Fri. 8am; Tues., Wed. & Thurs. 7am & 8am (when school is in session, Wed. Masses are 7am & 9:15am); Latin Mass Sun. 10am. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: Mon. 8:30am-5:30pm, closing with Benediction 5:15pm. Confession: Mon. 4:30-5:15pm (except second Mon. of month). 815/223-0641. SERVANT’S HEART OUTREACH MINISTRIES. 1119 8th St. Wed. Bible Study 7pm; Fri. Service 7pm; Sun. Service 9:30am; Pastors Michael & Robin Shaver. ST. HYACINTH. 927 10th St. Masses: Sat 4:00pm, Sun 9:00am & 12:00pm (Spanish). Adoration Tues, Wed, Thurs 9am-9pm. Confession: Tues, Wed, Thurs 7pm8pm (Thurs in Spanish & English). 815/223-0641. ST. PATRICK. 725 4th St. Masses: Sat 5:15pm, Sun 7:00am & 10:30am. 815/223-0641. ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 344 Joliet St., Worship Sun. 10:30am 815 220 0238. www.lcem.org.

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TRINITY UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST 829 4th St. Sunday School 9am; Worship 10:15; Air-conditioned; Handicap accessible; Childcare provided; Groups: Couples, Trinity 3, Youth Group. Pastor Betty Delgado - Cell 815-343-4426; Home 815-664-2783; Church 815-326-0480

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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. 1110 S. Columbia Ave. Sunday School 9:30am. Worship 10:30am. 883-8715. HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC CHURCH. 311 N Woodland Ave. Mass Sat 4pm & Sun 8am & 11am; Confession Sat 3:15-3:45pm; Sun 7:15-7:45am/10:30-10:45am. 815-883-8233. holyfamilyparishoglesby.com OGLESBY UNION CHURCH 100 E Walnut LEONORE RICHLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. Worship Evangelical,Sunday School 9am Worship 10:30 am - 8:00 am 1st Sunday each mo. CC Class - 8:20am SEVENTH-DAY PROTESTANT CHURCH - Pastor Paul Sun. School 9:00-10:00am. Rev. Mark Nowakowski Rahoi, Saturday Services, Sabbath School 9:30 a.m., ST. PAUL’S LUTHERAN CHURCH. 1851 East 950th. Worship Service 11:30 a.m., 110 W. 8:30am. Sun. Worship. Pastor Dan Stalker. OTTAWA STS. PETER & PAUL OF LEONORE. 1 mile S. of Leonore (957 N. 17th Rd, Tonica). Saturday - CROSSBRIDGE COMMUNITY CHURCH. 4161 Confession 5:45pm, Mass 6pm; Sunday Mass 10am; Columbus St. Services - Sat. 5pm; Sun. 9am & Wed. Mass 9am. 815-672-2474 10:30am. www.crossbridgecommunity.com DEER PARK COMMUNITY CHURCH. “The Little Church on the Prairie” 1103 2401st Road (Deer Park LOSTANT LOSTANT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. Worship Road). Sunday Service 10 a.m. FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD. 1131 First Avenue, Service 9am. Rev. Mark Nowakowski, Pastor. RIVER OF DESTINY CHURCH. Sun. Worship 9:30am; Ottawa, IL 61350. Sunday Pre-Service Prayer 9:00 Wed. Bible Study 7pm Pastor Yong Brierly. 368-8117 a.m. Sunday Morning Service 10:00 a.m. ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST CATHOLIC CHURCH. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. 103 W. McKinley Rd. Sunday Mass at 8:00 a.m. Confessions are by Worship 9:30am. Sun. School 11am. 815-433-0239 appointment only. Mass at 8:00 a.m. on Thursdays FIRST CONGREGATIONAL UCC Sunday - 9:00 a.m. Adult Education & Sunday School; 10:00 a.m. (815) 853-4558. Father Patrick Greenough OFM Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Coffee Hour. FREEDOM LUTHERAN CHURCH. 1527 East US MAGNOLIA CROSSROADS COMMUNITY CHURCH. 14030 IL Highway Rt. 52. Services 10:30 a.m. 815-792-8642. Hwy 18 (Jct Rt 18 & 89). 815/869-3019. Sunday HERITAGE CHRISTIAN CENTER, 900 Hitt St. Sun. School 9am Children & Adults; Sun. Worship 10am Service: 10AM. Wed. Bible Night Study: 7PM. 815Nursery avail.; Wed 6:30pm Prayer & Bible Study. 434-0507 www.heritagechristiancenter.net Pastor Dave Van Laar / Fire Chaplain. MAGNOLIA UNITED METHODIST. Worship 9am. PAW PAW Pastor Gaurav Holkar 309-750-9389. PAW PAW BIBLE CHURCH. 410 7th St 627-8704 Sunday School 9am - Worship Service 10am Awana Sunday 5pm - Wednesday Prayer 7pm MCNABB EMMAUS LUTHERAN Hwy 89 Morning Worship 8:30 a.m. Church School 9:30 a.m. PERU McNABB UNITED METHODIST. Worship 10:30am. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY. 703 Grant. Sun Pastor Gaurav Holkar 309-750-9389. Worship 11am. Testimonial Teleconference Mtg, Wed. NEW HOPE PARISH OF THE UNITED METHODIST 7:30pm. 712-432-1620, access code 1081395#. CHURCH Worship: Hennepin 8:00; Magnolia 10:00; CROSSBRIDGE COMMUNITY CHURCH. 1725 4th McNabb 11:15. Pastor Joshua Wiggs 618-201-5677 St. (by Debo Ace Hardware). Sun. Services 9am & pastorjoshuawiggs2017@gmail.com 10:30am. www.crossbridgecommunity.com SOCIETY OF FRIENDS-QUAKERS, Sunday School EAGLE ROCK CHRISTIAN CENTER. 2930 Meridian 10am. Sunday Worship 11am. Contact Rachel 815- Rd. (Dalzell Rd.) Fri. 7pm, Sat. 6pm (663-1478) 339-2530 or Dick 815-866-8282. FAITH CHURCH, 800 Wenzel Rd. Sunday Worship Service 9:45am; Wed. Midweek Ministries 6:30pm. Steve Adamson, Pastor. 815-223-2701. www. MENDOTA CHRIST’S CHURCH 1107 Main St. (815) 503-3273. faithchurchag.com Sunday Bible Study (all ages) 9:30am; Sunday FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH PERU 1124 Sycamore St Worship 10:30am (nursery provided); Prayer Sunday School 9:30am; Worship 10:35am. Evening Service 5pm; Doug Karius, pastor 815-664-8227. meeting every Wednesday 6:30pm FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 1003 5th Ave. FIRST CHURCH. 1830 7th St. 815-326-9474. Sunday: Worship 10am; Coffee Hour 11am; Bible Study Wed. Kidzchurch 1:30pm; Worship 3pm. Thursday Bible 9:30am and 7pm. Rev. Susan Presley. 815-538- Study 7pm. firstchurchperu.org 5603. www.fpcmendota.com FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF PERU. FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 100 E 6th 1431 4th St 815-223-0722 Sun 10:30am Worship. St. 815-538-5587. Fall Schedule: 9am Praise Nursery/Children’s Church provided during service. Worship. 9am Sunday School. 10:30am Traditional 9am Sunday School all ages. Pastor Carl Hammer Worship. For details call (815) 538-5587 or visit GRACE BIBLE FELLOWSHIP 2403 Shooting Park firstumcmendota.org Rd. Sun. Bible Class 9am; Worship 10am; Childrens ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN CHURCH. 607 10th Ave. 815- Church & Nursery. Tyler Sultze, pastor. 815-223-2854 539-5626. Services: 5pm Saturday; 9am Sunday IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH. 2146 Meridian UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH, Rt 251 North, Rd. Sunday School 9:15am. Sunday Worship Mendota;Sun.Chr.Ed.10 am, Worship 11:30 am 10:30am. Pastor Dan Stalker. Wed.7 pm;mendotaupc.org KINGDOM HALL OF JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES. ZION UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 808 Jefferson 916 Monks Ave, Peru, 815-224-1621. 10 am Sun St 538-2186 9am Worship 10:15am Sunday School (English), 1 pm Sun (Spanish) Everyone welcome, no collections. Dave Jacobs (815) 780-1297 PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH. Holiday Inn Express NEW BEDFORD Room, 5253 Trompeter Road. Elder Robbie NEW BEDFORD CHRISTIAN CHURCH. (Disciples Meeting pastor. Phone 312-809-0871. 10:30 a.m. and of Christ). Sun.: Adult/Youth Sun. School 9:15am; Webb, Blended Traditional/Contemporary Worship 10:30am 1 p.m. each Third Sunday. (children’s church during worship); Mon.: Adult Bible REDEEMER MO SD LUTHERAN Rte. 6 W edge Peru. Study 10am; Wed.: Youth Grp 6pm. Pastor Brian Sun. - Church Service & Sun. School 10:30am. 815Moore. Facebook: “New Bedford Christian Church” 220-1550 www.redeemerlutheran.comcastbiz.net SHOOTING PARK ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH. 4281 Shooting Park Rd. SS 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m., NORWAY 6:30 p.m.; Prayer & Bible Study Wed. 7 p.m. Gary A. NORWAY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. 2642 N. McKee, pastor. 223-2800 3650th Rd., Sheridan, IL 60551. Located in Norway. ST. BEDE ABBEY CHURCH, 24 US 6 West. Services Pastor Rich Fassig. 815-751-2290 Monday-Saturday 7:45 a.m., Sunday 10 a.m.

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ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN, 2000 Luther Dr., Peru. Worship: Saturday 5:30pm; Sunday 10:15am; Sunday School 9am. Interim Pastor William Weidenbach ST. JOSEPH’S. 815 Schuyler St. Masses: Sun. 7, 10 & 11:30am; Sat. 4pm; Peru Catholic School Mass Fri. 10:15am (unless elsewhere). Msgr. Soseman, Admin. ST. MARY CHURCH 1325 6th St. Mass: Sat. 5:30pm; Sun. 9:15am. Thurs. 12:10pm. Confession Sat. 5:15pm. 223-0315 ST. VALENTINE CHURCH 1109 Pulaski St. Mass: Sat. 4pm; Sun. 8am & 10:45am. Latin Mass 5:30pm Tues. Confession Sat. 3:15-3:45 ZION UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST. 1521 Sixth St. Sunday School 9am, Worship 10:15 am Handicapped, A/C. 815-223-2671. www.zionuccperu.org.

PRINCETON

BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH (SBC) 1028 S. Sixth St., 815-879-9181. Sunday School/Bible Study 9:45am; Sunday Morning Worship 11am; Sunday Evening Bible Study 6pm; Thursday Prayer/Study Group 10:30am & 6:30pm. Rev. Frank Gervasi. FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH 116N Pleasant St. 815875-1685 Pastor William Shields. Sunday Worship 9:30am. Sunday School 10:45am. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 320 Park Ave. E. “The Story” All Ages 9am; Sun. Worship 10:30am; Office Hrs: M-Th 12-4pm; 815-875-1306; Rev. Angela McClane FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF PRINCETON. 316 South Church St. 8:00-9:00am Traditional Worship; 9:15-10:15am Sunday School, children & adult; 10:30-11:30a.m. Contemporary Worship. All are invited to join with us in worship each Sunday morning. Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors. HAMPSHIRE COLONY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. 604 S. Church St. 815-875-2329. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. Pastor David Barnes. HERITAGE BAPTIST CHURCH. 818 N Church St. Sunday School 9:30; Morning Service 10:30; Pastor Chad Delhotal. 815-303-7462 OPEN PRAIRIE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST. 25 E. Marion St., (815) 872-5150. Rev. Dr. Adam Webber. Sun. Worship 10:30am. Wed. Centering Prayer 8:30am. On Facebook or at www.openprairie.org. THE PEOPLE CHURCH. www.thepeoplechurch.com 3525 N. Main St. Sun. 8:30am & 10:15am. Childcare. Lead Pastor Bob Henkelman. ST. JOHN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH. “Church on the Hill.” 15199 2825 E. St. 815-8752313. Sunday Worship 9am Memorial Day Weekend through Labor Day; 9:30am Sept.-May. Sunday School, ages 3 through Grade 6, held during worship hour Sept.-May. Rev. S. Kim Lee-Brown, Pastor. ST. LOUIS CATHOLIC CHURCH. Mass Schedule: Mon. & Thurs. 5:15pm, Tues., Wed. & Fri. 7:00am, Saturday Vigil 4:00pm, Sunday 7:30am, 9:00am & 10:30am. Confessions Mon. & Thurs. 4:30-5:00pm, Saturday 3:00-3:45pm or by appointment. ST. MATTHEWS LUTHERAN CHURCH. 416 E. Dover Rd. 815-879-6491. Pastor Scott Schmidt. Sunday Worship 9:00 a.m.; Sunday Education 10:15 a.m. (all ages, Sept-May); E-mail: StMatthewsPrinceton@ gmail.com; Twitter: @prscott-stmatts UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF PRINCETON. 2303 South Main St. Sun 10am & 5pm; Wed 7:30pm

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SHERIDAN UMC 219 S. Bushnell. Worship 9am; Sun Schl 10:15am. Pastor Melissa Meyers 815-496-2021

SPRING VALLEY

GRACE MINISTRY CHURCH. 121 E St. Paul St. Sun. 10:30am-12pm. Wed. 7pm-8pm. Every third Sun. of mo. 6pm-8pm. Pastor Rey Limberg 815488-6174. https://graceministrychurch.wixsite.com/ graceministrychurch NATIVITY OF OUR LORD. Weekly Masses at St. Anthony Church, 510 Richard A. Mautino Drive: Saturday 4:30pm; Sunday 8am & 10:30am. SPRING VALLEY APOSTOLIC TABERNACLE 14012 Route 89; Kids Power Hour Sunday 10am (transportation provided); Sunday Service 11am & 6pm; Wednesday Bible Study 7pm; 815-878-8884 SPRING VALLEY UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST (Congregational). 227 E Erie St. Sun. Serv. 10am. 815-663-1951. www.springvalleyucc.com. ST. GEORGE ORTHODOX CHURCH 211 E. Minnesota St. Spring Valley Sunday Divine Liturgy 10am TEMPLO CHRISTIANO CHURCH. 100 E. 4th St. (815) 663-3023 Worship Sun. 10am Bible Study Wed 7pm. VALLEY COMMUNITY CHURCH, 327 E. St Paul. Sun. 10am; Wed. 6:30pm Youth Ministry and Bible Study. 815-780-1301 www.valleycommunitychurch.net

TISKILWA

ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH. Sat Vigil Mass 6pm. Confession 5:45-6pm. 815-447-2552 TISKILWA BIBLE CHURCH, 235 W. Main St. Pastor David Ross. 815-646-4463. Adult Sunday School 9:30. Service 10:30. WILLOW SPRINGS MENNONITE,16621 Kentville Rd,Tiskilwa,815-646-4287 Sunday Worship 9:30am Sunday School for all after worship.

TOLUCA

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TONICA

TONICA UNITED METHODIST-423 E Wauponis. Adult Sunday School 8:30am; Ages 3-14 Sunday School 9am. Worship 10am followed by Fellowship. Nursery provided. 815-442-8465. Pastor Deepak Samuel Holkar

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UTICA

ST. MARY’S CHURCH 303 S. Division St. Fr. Mike Driscoll; Mass Sat 5pm; Sun 8 & 10am; Confession Sat 4-4:45pm & Sun 7:15-7:45am. 815-667-4677. stmarysutica.org UTICA BAPTIST CHURCH 211 E. CHURCH STREET 10:30AM&6PM SUNDAY SCHOOL 930AM 815-667-4867. PASTOR LLOYD JOHNSON. Facebook: “Utica Baptist Church” WALTHAM PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 809 N 3450 Rd. Sunday Worship 10am; Sunday School 9am. Rev. Joel Stevenor. 815-667-4611.

PUTNAM CHRISTIAN CHURCH. 301 Center St. (off WALNUT Rt. 29). Sunday School 9am. Worship 10am. Terry Broady, pastor. 815-437-2292. P.O. Box 22, Putnam, FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF WALNUT (Disciples of Christ). 109 Red Oak Rd. Sun.: Adult Bible Study IL 61560 8am; Blended Traditional/Contemporary Worship 9am; Youth Sunday Church 10:15am; Christian SEATONVILLE Women’s Fellowship 1st Thurs. mo. Pastor Brian SEATONVILLE COMMUNITY CHURCH Sun Worship Moore. Facebook: “First Christian Church Walnut IL” 9am. Sun Schl. 10:15am Mid-Wk Service Thurs 6pm. Rev. Bill Jacobsen.

WENONA

ST. MARY’S. Masses 4:45pm Sat. & 9am Sun. Father SERENA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. 2259 E. Rt. Patrick Greenough OFM #52. Pastor Rich Fassig. 815-751-2290

SERENA

WYANET

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sort of creative ownership over it that I have been able to have in the theater, but not really anywhere else as of yet,” the Tony Award winner said. “And so that was really attractive to me.” Platt wasn’t the only actor who Murphy wooed with a perfect pitch. Jessica Lange, who has won two Emmy Awards starring in Murphy’s “American Horror Story” series, said the producer knew just how to get her to sign on. “He reels me in because he knows what I like and what’s going to kind of trigger my imagination right away,” said Lange, who plays the shady grandmother of Hobart’s running mate.

Dear Harriette: I conducted a workshop for a client, and we did a survey to see how the participants felt about it. I thought it went really well, and most of the participants SENSE & agreed SENSITIVITY and shared Harriette Cole bits about UNIVERSAL their exUCLICK periences in the comments. About a third of the participants didn’t like it, though. I know I shouldn’t hold on to those negative comments, but I can’t help myself. I feel like I can do better and may be able to win everybody over. I’m wondering if I should ask the administrator if I can contact the participants to ask for more feedback. My direct supervisor told me that she thought the survey reflected well on my abilities and added that nobody gets a perfect score. Should I leave it at that? — Survey the Participants

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Dear Survey The Participants: Our natural inclination, as human beings, seems to be to become fixated on imperfection. I believe this is something that we should resist. You just explained that you received overwhelmingly positive feedback from the survey results of your workshop. That is excellent. Accept that. It is OK to take note of any areas where you can improve, but you should not attempt to identify participants who may be able to further clarify their thinking. Typically, surveys are anonymous, so finding out could be challenging any-

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Dear Harriette: I just turned 21, and I decided to dye my hair. I’m still in college, so it’s not that big of a deal there. I’m worried that my conservative parents will blast me when I come home from school and they see me with green hair. I think it’s fun, but I know how cautious they are about everything. I needed to do something for myself, and I figured this wasn’t so bad. I can always dye it back. How can I get my parents to lighten up? I know it’s going to be an problem when I see them. — It’s Just Hair Dear It’s Just Hair: You already know that your parents take the stands that they do out of caution for your health and your future. They are part of a different generation, for whom it was much harder to get a job and build a successful life if you presented yourself in any type of extreme way. Your job is to educate them. For starters, you can explain that hair color can be changed easily, so when it is time for you to apply for jobs or internships, you can become more conservative — if that is what you choose. You do need to point out that it is now time for you to begin to make independent choices that may not always reflect theirs. This doesn’t mean that you do not love or respect them. It means that you have to live your own life. Let them know that you do not intend to do anything to embarrass them or yourself.

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Weekend, September 28-29, 2019

PREP FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD La Salle-Peru 0 ppd Plano 0 10 a.m.

Hall St. Bede

6 0

M-R 21 Bureau Valley 0

Fieldcrest at Illini West

2 p.m. today

ppd noon

IN BRIEF

Dixon Mendota

51 0

Amboy-LaMoille noon at Aquin today

Thursday Princeton Sherrard

49 14

PREP FOOTBALL: LA SALLE-PERU VS. PLANO

‘Amazing’

Rays, Athletics round out MLB playoffs The creative Tampa Bay Rays and the tenacious Oakland Athletics earned playoff spots Friday night, filling out the 10-team field for the Major League Baseball postseason. Most of the pairings and sites are still to be determined before the playoffs begin Tuesday night with the NL wild-card game. Any tiebreakers that need to be decided on the field would be played Monday. The Rays, back in the playoffs for the first time since 2013, and the A’s will meet Wednesday night in the AL wild-card game, with the host to be settled. Injury-plagued Cleveland was eliminated with an 8-2 loss at Washington. Washington ace Max Scherzer is set to start the NL wild-card game against St. Louis or Milwaukee. The winner of that game will begin the Division Series on Thursday at Dodger Stadium against NL West champion Los Angeles. The same day, Freddie Freeman and the NL East champion Atlanta Braves take on the Central winner, either the Cardinals or Brewers. The AL division champs — Houston in the West, the Yankees in the East and the Minnesota Twins in the Central — will start the bestof-five Division Series on Friday. Tampa Bay has the lowest payroll in the majors at $66 million. The Rays pioneered the use of a reliever to start a game for an inning or two, an opener concept that has spread throughout baseball. “We do some crazy stuff and people scratch their heads a lot,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said after a clinching 6-2 win at Toronto. “These guys don’t care. They want to win.” Cash indicated Charlie Morton will start against the Athletics. Oakland’s spot was sealed with the Indians’ loss. Several A’s hugged in the dugout before starting their game at Seattle.

ppd 7 p.m.

La Salle-Peru junior Brady Blanco (No. 40) runs into the end zone on a play run just before kickoff of the varsity game between the Cavalires and Plano on Friday at Howard Fellows Stadium. Blanco has a rare condition that prevents him from playing sports, but he got to suit up Friday. NEWSTRIBUNE PHOTO/ SCOTT ANDERSON

L-P junior with rare condition scores TD By Kevin Chlum

NEWSTRIBUNE SPORTS EDITOR

La Salle-Peru wingback Gaige Noonan went in motion as quarterback Tyler Hartman called out the cadence. The ball was snapped, Hartman turned to his right and handed the ball to Brady Blanco. The L-P junior ran through the hole, weaved between a couple

Plano defenders and into the end zone where he spiked the ball in celebration. “It was amazing,” Blanco said. “It’s probably a feeling I won’t feel again.” Blanco has a rare progressive neurogenetic disease that prevents him from playing sports. “I can’t even put it into words,” Brady’s mother, Janell, said about the play that was run just prior

to the Cavaliers’ varsity contest Friday at Howard Fellows Stadium. “This is what normal looks like. That’s what many parents experience. We don’t get to see this.” Brady’s touchdown came about after Janell contacted L-P coach Jose Medina, who said he was immediately all for it and contacted L-P athletic director Dan Le to get the ball rolling.

FOOTBALL ROUNDUP

Weather postpones games

NEWSTRIBUNE PHOTO/SCOTT ANDERSON

La Salle-Peru football players Dominic Kelm (left) and Jake Wagner walk toward the tunnel after their game against Plano was postponed Friday. The Cavaliers and Reapers were scoreless in the second quarter when the game was postponed due to inclement weather. It will resume at 10 this morning at Howard Fellows Stadium. BY NEWSTRIBUNE STAFF

they will restart.

Mother Nature wasn’t a high school football fan Friday night. Despite the effort of area athletic directors to get games in by moving them earlier in the night, only one area game — Mendota at Dixon — was completed Friday. Most games played into the second quarter or reached halftime before being postponed to today. Below is a look at what’s happening in the games and when

La Salle-Peru 0, Plano 0 The wet conditions certainly played a role in the Interstate Eight Conference game at Howard Fellows Stadium as neither team could get much of a running game going while both teams turned the ball over twice. The Cavaliers fumbled on their second offensive play and later missed a toss second-and-goal from the 7-yard line that Plano’s

Gabe Rodriguez scooped up. L-P senior defensive lineman forced a recovered a fumble on Plano’s second drive, while senior defensive back Evan Hardy intercepted a pass in the end zone on second-and-goal. The Cavs were driving before the delay. L-P marched 90 yards on eight plays, highlighted by a 23-yard run by L-P quarterback Tyler Hartman down to the 10-yard See ROUNDUP Page B2

“We talked about it and some of the kids were anxious for this to happen and some of the parents really wanted to see this dream come true for us,” Janell Blanco said. “We got with coach Medina and he got with Mr. Le and they got with Plano and everyone was on board. “Brady was just ecstatic. He got See BLANCO Page B3

PUTNAM COUNTY’S MORGAN HUNDLEY Year: Senior Nicknames: Morg or Morgy Superstitions: I get Dunkin Donuts before every game. I get a french vanilla iced coffee with cream and sugar. What is the last movie you saw at the theater? ‘It.’ It has been a long time since I’ve been to the movie theater. What is your favorite subject in school? My ACC class. I take a CNA class at LaSalle-Peru High School. Do you have someone you call an idol? My dad, Jeff Hundley. He’s always pushing me to do my best and he expects a lot out of me. I think it helps me as a player and as a person in general. If you could only eat one thing for the rest of your life, what would it be? Mashed potatoes, definitely. I love mashed potatoes. What band or musician is the most played on Hundley your listening device? I like Khalid and I’ve been listening to “Hey Panini” by Lil Nas X. Last week’s accomplishments: Hundley did a little bit of everything for the Lady Panthers last week as she recorded 26 assists, 25 digs, 16 points and six kills in two matches. Hundley on her performance: I got to hit a lot and set a lot. I like being all over the place. Playing all-around gives me the opportunity to do everything and get better at everything. I’ve played all-around all season. Coach Amy Bell says: Morgan has been a huge leader on our team and she will do everything. She is an excellent setter and she does a really great job of putting up hittable balls. She knows which hitter she needs to connect with at the right time. Morgan is super smart. She has a great serve and she is a force to be reckoned with at the net, too. She is the best of both worlds and I

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Scoreboard GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

St. Bede at Seneca, 6 p.m. Mendota at Plano, 6 p.m. Lowpoint-Washburn at LaMoille-Ohio, 6:30 p.m.

SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE Home games are dark, road games are white

SAT

SUN MON

TUE

Cardinals Cardinals END OF 6:15 p.m. 2:15 p.m. SEASON ABC 7 FOX

END OF SEASON

Tigers Tigers 6:10 p.m. 2:10 p.m. WGN NBCSC

END OF SEASON

Cubs Cubs 6:15 p.m. 2:15 p.m. FOX FSM

OFF

Vikings 3:25 p.m. CBS

END OF SEASON

TBD

WED END OF SEASON

END OF SEASON

TBD

OFF

Cubs games can be heard on WSCR-AM 670, White Sox games can be heard on WGN-AM 720, Cardinals games can be heard on WLPO-AM 1220 or WLPO-FM 103.9 and Bears games can be heard on WBBM-AM 780.

TODAY BOYS GOLF

La Salle-Peru, St. Bede, Hall, Putnam County, Princeton, Bureau Valley, HinckleyBig Rock, Kewanee, Morris, Newark, Ottawa, Rock Falls, Stillman Valley at Mendota Ryder Cup, 8:30 a.m.

Princeton, Mendota at La Salle-Peru Invitational, 8:30 a.m.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

St. Bede, Hall, Putnam County, Mendota, Princeton at ReedCuster Lady Comet Classic, 9 a.m.

SUNDAY

BOYS SOCCER

No scheduled events.

Earlville at Princeton, 10 a.m.

CO-ED CROSS COUNTRY

MONDAY BOYS GOLF

St. Bede, Hall, Putnam County, Mendota, Bureau Valley, Amboy-LaMoille, HenryMidland at Kewanee’s Boiler Invitational, 9:30 a.m.

Putnam County at Hall, 4 p.m.

Fieldcrest at Herscher Invitational, 10 a.m.

FOOTBALL

La Salle-Peru at Interstate 8 Conference Tournament, TBA Midland, Roanoke-Benson at Henry, 4 p.m. Plano at Mendota, 6 p.m. Princeton at Kewanee, 6:30 p.m.

Plano at La Salle-Peru (game resumed in second quarter), 10 a.m.

Earlville at Stillman Valley, 4:15 p.m.

St. Bede at Hall (game resumed in second quarter), 7 p.m.

La Salle-Peru at Putnam County, 4 p.m.

Bureau Valley at MonmouthRoseville (game resumed at start of third quarter), noon

GIRLS GOLF

Princeton, Bureau Valley at Sherrard, 4 p.m.

GIRLS TENNIS

Lowpoint-Washburn at Henry, 6 p.m.

Tennessee at Atlanta, Noon

Salem 48, Trenton Wesclin 14

Conant 31, Hoffman Estates 6

Sangamon Valley/Tri-City Co-op 65, Decatur Lutheran/ Decatur Christian Co-op 28

New England at Buffalo, Noon

Kishwaukee at IVCC, 4 p.m.

Seattle at Arizona, 3:05 p.m.

Rochelle at Earlville, 6:30 p.m.

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

Tampa Bay at L.A. Rams, 3:05 p.m.

Dakota 7, Lanark (Eastland)Pearl City 0

Jacksonville at Denver, 3:25 p.m.

Deer Creek-Mackinaw 16, Heyworth 12

South Fork/Edinburg/ Morrisonville Co-op 34, Martinsville 21

Dixon 51, Mendota 0

Stillman Valley 35, Oregon 7

Downs Tri-Valley 28, LeRoy 7

Tuscola 41, Clinton 6

DuQuoin 45, Pinckneyville 9

Vandalia 59, Litchfield 0

Eureka-Roanoke-Benson 49, Colfax Ridgeview (co-op) 7

West Carroll 36, AshtonFranklin Center 8

Fairfield 40, Carmi White County 8

Williamsville 55, North-Mac 22

Fithian Oakwood 41, Gilman Iroquois West 0 Forreston 54, Milledgeville 8

POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS Abingdon vs. Astoria/VIT Coop, ppd. to Sep 28th.

Freeport 42, Rockford Guilford 0

Aurora (East) vs. Streamwood, ppd.

Genoa (Genoa-Kingston) 21, Rockford Lutheran 0

Biggsville West Central vs. Stark County, ppd. to Sep 28th.

Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley 42, Fisher 0

Canton vs. Pekin, ppd.

MEN’S SOCCER

Lincoln Land at IVCC, 4 p.m.

IVCC at Sauk Valley, 6 p.m.

FOOTBALL

TUESDAY

NFL

BOYS GOLF

AFC

La Salle-Peru at Mendota, 4 p.m.

Minnesota at Chicago, 3:25 p.m. Dallas at New Orleans, 7:20 p.m. Open: San Francisco, N.Y. Jets

East W 3 3 0 0

L 0 0 3 3

T Pct PF PA 0 1.000 66 47 0 1.000106 17 0 .000 33 70 0 .000 16 133

W Houston 2 Indianapolis 2 Jacksonville 1 Tennessee 1

L 1 1 2 2

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .667 .667 .333 .333

PF 68 70 58 67

PA 62 71 60 52

W 2 1 0 0

L 1 2 3 3

T 0 0 0 0

Pct PF .667110 .333 49 .000 54 .000 49

PA 60 66 83 85

Putnam County, HenryMidland at Tri-County Conference Meet at Marquette, 4:15 p.m.

W Kansas City 3 Oakland 1 L.A. Chargers 1 Denver 0

L 0 2 2 3

T Pct PF 0 1.000101 0 .333 48 0 .333 60 0 .000 46

PA 64 78 64 67

Fieldcrest at El Paso-Gridley, 5 p.m.

NFC

New England at Washington, Noon

East

Arizona at Cincinnati, Noon

St. Bede, Hall, Princeton, Bureau Valley at Three Rivers Conference Meet at ErieProphetstown, 10 a.m.

Buffalo New England N.Y. Jets Miami

BOYS SOCCER

South

La Salle-Peru at Interstate 8 Conference quarterfinals, 4:30 p.m.

North

CO-ED CROSS COUNTRY La Salle-Peru at El PasoGridley, 4:15 p.m.

St. Bede, Hall, Princeton, Bureau Valley at Three Rivers Conference Meet at Rockridge, 4 p.m.

CO-ED GOLF

Fieldcrest at Heart of Illinois Conference Meet, 9 a.m. La Salle-Peru at Interstate 8 Conference Tournament at Rochelle, 10 a.m.

GIRLS SWIMMING

La Salle-Peru co-op, Newman at Morrison, 5 p.m.

GIRLS TENNIS

St. Bede at Peoria Christian, 4:30 p.m. Princeton at Alleman, 4 p.m.

BOYS SOCCER

Hononegah 21

Columbia 55, Carlyle 0

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Princeton, Somonauk at Putnam County, 4 p.m.

La Salle-Peru, Princeton at Sterling’s Rock River Run, 9 a.m.

Chester 14, Johnston City 12

Fieldcrest at Eureka, 7 p.m.

GIRLS GOLF

Amboy-LaMoille at Morrison Invitational, 8 a.m.

Washington at N.Y. Giants, Noon

Crete-Monee 35, Harper Woods, Mich. 7

Roanoke-Benson at DePueHall, 4:30 p.m.

OFF

El Paso-Gridley at Fieldcrest, 7 p.m.

Pontiac at Mendota, 4:30 p.m.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

Kaneland at La Salle-Peru, 6 p.m. Kewanee at St. Bede, 7 p.m. Newman at Hall, 6 p.m. Putnam County at Seneca, 7 p.m. Mendota at Stillman Valley, 6 p.m. Princeton at ErieProphetstown, 6 p.m.

Fieldcrest at Illini West, 2 p.m.

La Salle-Peru at Sycamore, 4:30 p.m.

Amboy-LaMoille at Aquin.

Coal City at St. Bede, 4:30 p.m.

LaMoille-Ohio at Somonauk, 6:30 p.m.

GIRLS TENNIS

Princeton at Newman, 4:30 p.m.

Peoria Christian at DePue, 6 p.m.

Mendota at Rochelle, 4:30 p.m.

Baltimore Cleveland Cincinnati Pittsburgh West

Dallas Philadelphia 105 N.Y. Giants Washington

Thursday, Oct. 3 L.A. Rams at Seattle, 7:20 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 6 Atlanta at Houston, Noon Minnesota at N.Y. Giants, Noon Baltimore at Pittsburgh, Noon Jacksonville at Carolina, Noon Buffalo at Tennessee, Noon Chicago vs Oakland at London, UK, Noon Tampa Bay at New Orleans, Noon

W L T Pct PF PA 3 0 0 1.000 97 44 2 2 0 .500110

N.Y. Jets at Philadelphia, Noon

1 2 0 .333 63 94 0 3 0 .000 63 94

Green Bay at Dallas, 3:25 p.m.

South W New Orleans 2 Tampa Bay 1 Atlanta 1 Carolina 1 North Detroit Green Bay Minnesota Chicago

Monday’s Game Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 7:15 p.m.

W 2 3 2 2

West W L.A. Rams 3 San Francisco3 Seattle 2 Arizona 0

L 1 2 2 2 L 0 1 1 1 L 0 0 1 2

T 0 0 0 0 T 1 0 0 0

Pct .667 .333 .333 .333 Pct .833 .750 .667 .667

T Pct 0 1.000 0 1.000 0 .667 1 .167

PF 72 68 60 79 PF 67 85 78 50 PF 77 96 76 64

PA 82 77 75 70 PA 61 69 47 39 PA 49 54 79 88

Thursday’s Result Philadelphia 34, Green Bay 27

Denver at L.A. Chargers, 3:05 p.m. Indianapolis at Kansas City, 7:20 p.m.

Cleveland at Baltimore, Noon Kansas City at Detroit, Noon Oakland at Indianapolis, Noon L.A. Chargers at Miami, Noon

Greenfield-Northwestern 22, Carrollton 14

Elmwood-Brimfield vs. West Prairie-Bushnell-Prairie Coop, ppd. to Sep 28th.

Hamilton County 20, Eldorado 16

Fulton vs. Rockridge, ppd. to Sep 28th.

Illinois Valley Central 27, Fairbury Prairie Central 7

Joliet Central vs. Plainfield South, ppd. to Sep 28th.

Kaneland 42, Rochelle 14

Kankakee (McNamara) vs. St. Francis, ppd.

Kankakee def. Rich South, forfeit Lake Zurich 28, Stevenson 20 Machesney Park Harlem 59, Rockford East 0 Maine South 28, Niles West 0

Lincoln Way West vs. Lincoln Way Central, ppd. to Sep 28th. Lincoln-Way East vs. Homewood-Flossmoor, ppd. to Sep 28th.

Maroa-Forsyth 54, Pleasant Plains 7

Niles Notre Dame vs. St. Patrick, ppd.

Milford/Cissna Park Co-op 50, Alden-Hebron 6

Normal Community vs. Peoria Manual, ppd. to Sep 28th.

Moline 56, East Moline United 21

Oswego vs. Plainfield North, ppd. to Sep 28th.

Monroe City, Mo. 22, Warsaw West Hancock 0

Rock Falls vs. Winnebago, ppd.

Mt. Sterling (Brown County) 20, Routt Catholic/Westfair Christian Academy Co-op 6

St. Edward vs. Guerin, ppd.

Athens 48, Auburn 7 Belvidere North 28, Rockford Auburn 8

Mt. Zion 43, MahometSeymour 8

Belvidere North 28, Rockford Auburn 8

Murphysboro/Elverado 41, Herrin 0, OT

Bethalto Civic Memorial 14, Mascoutah 11

Nashville 53, Sparta 14

Bloomington 58, Urbana 6

Olney (Richland County) 30, Marshall 18

Monday, Oct. 7 Cleveland at San Francisco, 7:15 p.m.

High School SCORES AROUND THE STATE Antioch 20, Grant 0

Camp Point Central 36, Triopia/MeredosiaChambersburg/Virginia Co-op 0 Champaign Central 28, Richwoods 14

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East Peoria vs. Bartonville (Limestone), ppd. to Sep 28th.

Lisle vs. Wilmington, ppd. to Sep 29th.

Roundup

Hall’s Jose Castro (No. 35) grabs St. Bede quarterback Braden Damerell during their Three Rivers Conference Mississippi Division game Friday in Spring Valley. The game will resume at 7 tonight after being postponed in the second quarter due to inclement weather.

Grayslake Central 56, Round Lake 28

Zion Benton 22, Mundelein 13

Marion 55, Mount Vernon 2

Open: Detroit, Miami

Byron 54, North Boone 7 Sunday’s Games Carolina at Houston, Noon

Flora 13, Lawrenceville 6

Senn 20, Chicago Academy 6

line. However, on first-and-goal, the Cavs were whistled for a false start before a 3-yard loss put L-P in second-and-goal from the 18 before lightning struck with 6:11 left in the first half. Jake Wagner leads the Cavs (3-1, 2-0 I8) with 52 rushing yards on nine attempts, while Hartman has 37 yards on six carries. He also completed a 56-yard pass to Drake Weber. The game was initially delayed before L-P officials and referees decided to postpone until 10 this morning.

Hall 6, St. Bede 0 Even though the start time of the St. Bede and Hall Three

Newton 33, Red Hill 8

Paxton-Buckley-Loda 44, Momence 7

St. Ignatius vs. Loyola, ppd. to Sep 28th. Sterling vs. Quincy, ppd. to Sep 28th. Thornton Fractional North vs. Lemont, ppd. to Sep 28th. Tinley Park vs. Bremen, ppd. Tremont vs. El Paso-Gridley, ppd. to Sep 28th. Washington vs. Morton, ppd. to Sep 28th.

Prairie Ridge 48, McHenry 3

Wheaton Warrenville South vs. Batavia, ppd. to Sep 28th.

Robinson 20, Casey-Westfield 0

Wheeling vs. Hersey, ppd.

Rockford Boylan 55,

Rivers Conference Mississippi Division football game was moved from 7 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday, dark clouds, rain, thunder and lightning couldn’t be defeated. After multiple lightning sightings, the game was called at the 2:13 mark in the second quarter with Hall ahead 6-0. The Rt. 6 rivalry will resume at 7 p.m. today. Hall (3-1, 2-0 TRC Miss.) scored the lone touchdown on the first possession of Friday’s action on a 1-yard run touchdown by senior ball carrier Cole Wozniak. The score was set up by a 28yard pass completion to senior tight end Jakob Grush by freshman quarterback Mac Resetich, a 15-yard personal foul penalty called against the Bruins and a 21-yard gainer by Wozniak. The senior running back ac-

Yorkville vs. Aurora (West Aurora), ppd. to Sep 28th

counted for 93 yards and the touchdown on 12 carries. The Bruins (0-4, 0-2 TRC Miss.) may not have changed the scoreboard but they did move the chains. Junior quarterback Braden Damerell was 5-of-9 for 79 yards and had 10 rushing yards on six carries. Sophomore Tyreke Fortney was Damerell’s No. 1 target as the receiver had four grabs for 77 yards.

Monmouth-Roseville 21, Bureau Valley 0 In a Three Rivers Conference crossover battle between winless teams, the Titans grabbed a three-touchdown lead before the game was postponed Friday in Monmouth. The game will resume at noon today.

PREP FOOTBALL: PRINCETON 49, SHERRARD 14

In rare Thursday game, PHS rolls to victory By Tommy Rose SHAW MEDIA

SHERRARD — It was a tale of two “Tigers.” One, Sherrard, celebrating homecoming, and the other, Princeton, rolling in to put a damper on that celebration with a 49-14 victory Thursday in a Three Rivers Conference Mississippi Division game. Expected excessive rain for Friday night prompted the reschedule of the game to play a day early, which PHS coach Ryan Pearson was fine with. “It was an odd experience,” he said with a laugh. “It’s my first time in 18 years as a coach that we played on a Thursday night, but I thought our kids adjusted well, and looking at the forecast, I thought it was the right decision. “I knew Sherrard was going to come out with a lot of intensity on their homecoming game and I’m happy our kids matched that and got a big win on the road.” Sherrard got the first turn at the ball, but Princeton made the first visit to the end zone with running back Ethan Wright scoring on a 7-yard run and Jamie Reinhardt’s PAT kick put PHS ahead 7-0. Reinhardt was 7-for-7 on his PAT kicks for the evening. “I thought we executed well, especially on a Thursday.” Wright said. “Obviously, we have some things to fix, but our offensive line did a great job picking up their guys. We came out and played hard.” Sherrard answered back on its next drive less than a minute later when quarterback Kyle Yeater connected with running

SHAW MEDIA PHOTO/TOMMY ROSE

Princeton’s Wyatt Davis (No. 21) runs the ball down the field during the Tigers’ 49-14 victory over Sherrard in a Three Rivers Conference Mississippi Division game Thursday in Sherrard. The game was scheduled for Friday but was moved up due to Friday’s forecast of inclement weather. back D’Angelo Moody on a 43yard TD pass to tie the score at 7-7. Moody seemed the only real challenge from Sherrard’s offense, but that was short-lived when he hit one brick wall too many from the Princeton defense, winding up on his back midway through the second quarter and spending the rest of the game watching from the sidelines. “Our defensive staff does a phenomenal job of scouting our opponents, trying to take away their strengths and make them beat us with their weaknesses,” Pearson said. “I think our kids

came out and executed that game plan very well, and the results speak for themselves.” Those waiting for Princeton running back Ronde Worrels to make his first big play of the game got their wish when the “Rondo Express” chugged to the goal line on a 26-yard run to extend Princeton’s lead to 14-7. Worrels went on to collect a total of four TDs and rush for 131 yards on 17 carries. “I think three of my touchdowns were really scored by my line, maybe one you can give to me, but it’s all right,” he said with a laugh. “We had great reads to-

night. The big men block and you just go off what they do for you.” Princeton pulled off a great surprise on the following kickoff when Reinhardt delivered an onside kick, which his teammates recovered at midfield to set up another scoring drive as Wright notched his second TD on a 10yard run at 4:05 in the first quarter. Worrels followed with his second TD of the game to start off the second quarter with his latest trip to the end zone upping the Princeton lead to 28-7. “It’s nice to have a big back like (Worrels) to put back there,”

Pearson said. “His best attributes, obviously, are going north and south, but at the same time, he made some nice cuts in traffic to elude a defender. It’s definitely a luxury having him in the backfield.” The Princeton defense put up another brick wall against Sherrard, allowing Princeton to take over the ball on downs to set up another scoring drive that again ended with Worrels crossing the goal line for a 35-7 PHS lead with five minutes left in the second quarter. Princeton got another big boost when Noah Atkinson intercepted a Yeater pass to set up a touchdown on a quarterback keeper by Tyler Gibson to make Princeton’s advantage 42-7 at halftime. For his interception, Atkinson received his team’s “Turnover Chain” award, which he wore proudly at the end of the game. “Honestly, I didn’t think I was going to catch that ball,” Atkinson said. “It was kind of a late reaction. I saw the kid was going to get a hand on the ball, but I ended up catching it and took off running.” After a scoreless third quarter, Princeton got its last points on the board for the evening when Worrels scored on a 12-yard run to make it 49-7 in the Big Blue’s favor. Sherrard managed another touchdown with 1:50 left on a 5-yard run by Caleb McWhorter to complete the game’s scoring at 49-14. “The thing is, we haven’t even reached our full potential yet,” Wright said. “We have so much room for improvement, but we can be an absolutely great football team, for sure.”

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Sports PREP FOOTBALL: DIXON 51, MENDOTA 0

Trojans falter after strong start in Dixon By Cody Cutter SHAW MEDIA

DIXON – Unlike most football teams in the Illinois Valley, Mendota actually got its Big Northern game at Dixon in with no delay or interruption. Playing a full 32 minutes of football was something the Trojans got done at A.C. Bowers Field with rain tricking down only on occasion, despite losing 51-0 to the Dukes. Mendota (0-5, 0-5 BNC), whose losing streak reached 18 games, amassed just 67 yards of total offense to the Dukes’ 407, but showed signs of strength early in the game. The Trojans began with an onside kick and recovered it, and forced and recovered two more fumbles in the first quarter. Just one touchdown, a 41-yard connection from Jacob Shafer to Nathan Long, was allowed in the first quarter, and the Trojans took that as a positive. “We played really hard in the first quarter,” Mendota coach Keegan Hill said. “We forced turnovers, got the onside kick and executed on those tipping-point plays. We got to the plays that mattered, but didn’t get it done.” Shafer and the Dukes finally got through in the second quarter with 30 points to lead 36-0 at half. Long added a 24-yard TD run, Carlos Quintana followed with a 5-yard TD and Shafer connected with Jacob Gaither twice for scores — the final one with no time remaining.

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Mendota’s Cody Jenner (No. 2) wraps up Dixon’s Cal Kyker during the Trojans’ 51-0 loss in a Big Northern Conference game Friday in Dixon. The Dukes (3-2, 3-2) tallied 11 tackles for loss and two sacks on Trojans quarterback Ted Landgraf. Mendota’s Cole Stremlau had a pair of tackles for loss in the first quarter. “Going into it, we had jobs to do, and we executed those jobs to our best ability,” Stremlau said.

“We had our own expectations, and we carried them out as well as we could.” Dixon, which has outscored Mendota 156-7 in the last 3 years, triggered a running clock with a Shafer-to-Long connection in the third quarter. Mendota had just five first downs on offense — one of them

“It was just amazing all around,” Brady said. “I just want to thank them so much.” FROM PAGE B1 Janell was thrilled the Reapers to be in the homecoming parade agreed to participate. “I can’t thank Plano enough,” Thursday. It’s been amazing. I have not seen him smile like this Janell said. “I’m going to call in a long time. He just had sur- them. That was fantastic. I’m so gery and has another one coming glad they were on board. Brady’s grandup, so this was father, Marty, perfect timing.” Brady, who is “I have not seen him couldn’t believe what he saw named after New smile like this in a from the stands England Patriots as Brady’s quarterback Tom touchdown was long time.” Brady because kept a secret Janell is a big Michigan football Janell Blanco, on her son, from him before fan, said he was Brady, scoring a TD Friday the game. “I’m very shocked when happy,” said his mom told him Marty Blanco, who added his he’d get to suit up. “My mom said, ‘You’re going wife, Tressa, was a very proud to score a touchdown for L-P,’” grandma. “These are things he’ll said Brady, who ran out of the never experience, but thanks to tunnel with the Cavs. “It didn’t the L-P administration, the athregister right away. After a while, letic director, coach Medina and I thought, ‘Oh gosh, I’m really all the football squad — what a doing this.’ Today, it felt really bunch of good kids — he did now. It was a good experience. nice to actually do it.” “I had no clue. This is the bigBrady, wearing No. 40, said it was “indescribable” to get the gest surprise I’ve ever seen. It’s like a Christmas present. It was ball in his hands. After spiking the ball, Brady fantastic.” was surrounded by the rest of After scoring, Brady hung the Cavaliers, and Plano’s players around on the L-P sideline as the came over to offer support as well. Cavaliers battled to a scoreless tie

with the Reapers before the game was postponed until 10 this morning due to inclement weather. “It was fun,” said Medina, who gave Brady a L-P helmet to commemorate the experience. “He wanted to be around the whole thing. I’m happy he stayed (for the game). It was a great experience. The kids did a great job as far as embracing him and accepting that.” Brady is unable to play football after being diagnosed with disautonomia with inappropriate sinus tachydaria, a condition that means his body can’t regulate his body temperature, heart rate or blood pressure. Brady also has Von Willebrand disease, which prevents his blood from clotting properly. He experienced epileptic seizures for years but did not respond to seizure medication. An inoperable abnormality in his left frontal lobe was determined to be the cause of the seizures, but specialists in Chicago and Peoria noticed other symptoms that led to further testing and ultimately his diagnosis.

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came on a flea flicker from Landgraf to Jager Thorne and back to Landgraf for a 15-yard pickup. No other Trojans rush play went for more than 8 yards and no pass play for more than 9. “Each week we’re getting better,” Dixon coach Dave Smith said of his defense. “That’s the

group that’s really come around. From Week 3 (after an 0-2 start), they started playing really good football, and each week they are getting better.” The Trojans reached the Dixon red zone in the game’s final seconds, but couldn’t beat the clock. Staying in the game regardless of lopsided outcomes is one of the things that Stremlau stressed as a positive going forward. “This is a good foundation,” Stremlau said. “We’re starting from the bottom and we’re building our way to the top. We’re getting better, and that’s all that matters.” The Trojans come back to their home turf on Friday to take on defending 3A runner-up Byron, which is 4-1 after a 54-7 win over North Boone. The Tigers’ lone loss came to unbeaten Stillman Valley in Week 2 — a 18-16 defeat. Stillman Valley’s 35-7 win over Oregon and Genoa-Kingston’s 21-0 victory at Rockford Lutheran were the only other Big Northern games played Friday. Rock Falls hosts Winnebago today at 1 p.m. The unbeaten Cardinals, fourtime state champions, will follow for the Trojans the week after Byron. “We play in a really good conference with some really physical teams,” Hill said. “We’re playing a lot of young players who are getting game experience, and I’m just making sure that they’re in the right mental framework to grow and develop and not let the score define their attitude and their effort. They’re doing good stuff.”

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Janell Blanco cheers as she watches her son, Brady, score a touchdown on a play run before the La Salle-Peru vs. Plano varsity contest Friday at Howard Fellows Stadium. Brady Blanco, an L-P junior, has a condition that prevents him from playing sports, but he was able to suit up Friday.

NFL: VIKINGS AT BEARS

Chicago looks to extend streak against Vikings By Hub Arkush SHAW MEDIA

Minnesota trails Green Bay in the NFC North by a game going into Week 4, but that is mainly because QB Kirk Cousins gave a game to the Pack that the Vikings dominated for the last three quarters in Week 2 at Lambeau Field. The Vikings probably will be particularly prickly when they show up at Soldier Field on Sunday after the Bears swept them last year and left a particularly bad taste in their mouths by going into Minneapolis in Week 17 and dominating, costing the Vikings a trip to the playoffs. That Week 17 loss was as much about Vikings failures as it was Bears success, but players rarely recognize that distinction about themselves and they will be trying to use it as motivation Sunday.

and Chicago’s “D” is one of the best at getting off the field on third down, too. However, Minnesota has a completely healthy Dalvin Cook through the first three weeks of this season, and for the first time in his three years with the club, he’s the best back in the league, leading the NFL with 57-375-4 rushing and also leading the NFL in total yards from scrimmage, as quarterback Kirk Cousins’ third-favorite target behind Adam Thielen and Stefon Diggs. Other than tight end Kyle Rudolph, who has become pretty much a red zone and short yardage post up receiving specialist, Cook, Thielen and Diggs are their only consistent weapons, making them fairly easy to scheme. And you have to add to that Cousins’ record of not showing up in big games. How the right side of their offensive line with rookie center Garrett Bradbury, right guard Josh Kline and second year right tackle Brian O’Neill holds up against Khalil Mack and Co. could dictate the outcome of this matchup. Important to monitor will be the status of Akiem Hicks, a major thorn in Minnesota’s side last season, who’s a question mark as of press time with a knee injury he suffered Monday night. EDGE: Bears

VIKINGS OFFENSE VS. BEARS DEFENSE The Vikings do not match up with the Bears particularly well here, as they are a run-based team that has some weapons in the passing game, but often finds trouble trying to use them, and so their plan is to run the ball, eat clock, wear out the opposing defense and keep the other guys’ offense off the field. The problem for the Vikings is BEARS OFFENSE VS. VIKINGS D The Vikings “D” is one of the the Bears have the best run defense in the NFL dating back to few units in the league that can the beginning of the 2018 season, be mentioned in the same breath

with the Bears, and like the Bears, it has very few soft spots to probe. Edge Rushers Danielle Hunter and Everson Griffen are close to if not a match for Mack and Leonard Floyd, and Charles Leno is going to have to be better than he’s been thus far. Chicago should welcome back RT Bobby Massie, a late scratch Monday with vertigo. Replacement Cornelius Lucas was fine against Washington, but a huge drop-off overall. Linval Joseph and Shamar Stephen are excellent inside up front, and on the back end Xavier Rhodes, Trae Waynes, Harrison Smith and Anthony Harris are in the same league with the Bears’ All Pros in the secondary. The Vikings are not as good as the Bears at linebacker, and their best, Anthony Barr, was out last Sunday with a groin injury. Minnesota is tied for 5th best in the league in points allowed and they are 6th sacking the quarterback and 6th on third down. While there are no soft spots, the Vikings are just 13th vs. the run and 18th in average gain per run allowed, which probably should make the Bears a run-first team Sunday. EDGE: Vikings SPECIAL TEAMS Early in the season, no team has really stood out on special teams, but the Vikings have placekicking concerns with veteran Dan Bailey claiming the job again in part by default after a failed trade for Kaare Vedvik.

Any team is going to struggle matching up with the Bears, though, with Tarik Cohen and former Viking first-round draft choice Cordarrelle Patterson returning punts and kickoffs, unless they just refuse to kick to them. EDGE: Bears COACHING These are two veteran staffs with the Vikings led by defensive guru Mike Zimmer and the Bears by offensive whiz Matt Nagy. Nagy is coming off a Coach of the Year campaign while Zimmer had his most disappointing season last year at the Vikings helm, but it’s tough to favor either right now. EDGE: Even KEYS TO SECURING VICTORY NO. 3 1. Line on Cook: With two of the NFL’s best defenses facing off, the difference in this one very easily could be a few big plays on either side of the ball. And while both clubs have plenty of playmakers on defense, the Vikings’ Cook is easily the biggest threat for either club on offense. There is no doubt Cook is going to get 25, perhaps 30 touches in this game, and the Bears aren’t going to shut him down, but if they hope to win, they are going to have to slow him as best as possible and be sure he isn’t able to rip off any big chunks either on the ground or though the air. 2. Capitalize on Kirk: The Bears

were easily the best in the NFL taking the football away last season, but started a bit slower this year prior to Monday night’s five-takeaway onslaught. Kirk Cousins has a deep history of coming up short in big games and is known for throwing big picks at bad times. Pressure is always the name of the game for the Bears defense, but against Cousins, it is even more important than normal to have pressure in his face at all times and disguise coverages wherever possible to get him to put the ball up for grabs. When Cousins turns the ball over, the Vikings often lose, and the Bears have to make a few takeaways a priority here. 3. Ground control: The Vikings rush the passer with the best of them, and as badly as everyone may want Mitch Trubisky to start taking over games for the Bears offense, the key to this one could be making it the David Montgomery and Tarik Cohen show here with a small dose of Cordarrelle Patterson mixed in. The best way to slow the Vikings pressure is to run the ball right at them. An added benefit is the Vikings are solid everywhere on defense, but the linebackers are the least impressive of the group. If the Bears can hand it off to Montgomery, Cohen and Patterson and get them to the second level a couple times, it could be a chunk from their ground game that is the difference in this one.

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Hall budget could end with surplus By Becky Kramer SHAW MEDIA

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Rex Piper, executor of the Georgia M. Fay Trust, gifted four community organizations on Wednesday each with a $195,000 donation.

Georgia Fay leaves fortune to charity Trust donates $195,000 checks to local hospital, library, church By Goldie Rapp SHAW MEDIA

PRINCETON —Four community organizations this week were each gifted with a generous donation from the Georgia M. Fay Trust. During an open house event at Perry Memorial Hospital, Rex Piper, Fay’s executor, handed out donations each in the amount of $195,000 to St. Matthews Lutheran Church, Perry Memorial Hospital Foundation, Princeton Public Library and the Illinois Valley Community College Foundation for a scholarship fund for Bureau Valley graduates. Fay passed away in 2017 and left $805,000 in her estate, which was to be divided up among the organizations that were most important to her. Piper said $25,000 was already donated to the Blue Raider Foundation earlier this year, which is a nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering a community center to continue the memory of Walnut High School. Fay was a 1964 graduate of Walnut High School. Aside form the Walnut community, Piper said Fay’s Christian faith, education and community hospital were all a big part of her life. In a press release handed out during the open house event, it stated Fay lived for community, music, dinners and conversations. “Over the course of her

Rex Piper (second from left), executor of the Georgia M. Fay Trust, poses for a photo with organization representatives that received a donation from the trust on Wednesday. Pictured (from left) Dr. Sue Schmitt, IVCC Foundation Board President; Piper; Sue Spratt, board chair of the Perry Memorial Hospital Foundation; Pastor Scott Schmidt of St. Matthews Lutheran Church; Carolyn Schafer, president of the Princeton Public LIbrary Board of Trustees; Lani Swinford, Princeton Public Library Board Trustee and Julie Wayland, Princeton Public Library Director. life, Georgia set roots in Bureau Township and the City of Princeton. Friends and family distinctly remember her singing with her church choir, volunteering at family picnics and cheering on the Bureau Valley Storm basketball team. “All along the way, Georgia’s life journey was guided by doctors at Perry Memorial Hospital. “She was fiercely loyal and committed, and nothing could stop her from making it to her scheduled doctor visits … Georgia had a special place in her heart for the connections she made with people throughout her life. She loved being with people and connecting at community events, and she valued the importance of local health care supporting the people and community she loved.” Following the presentation, Sue Spratt, board chair of the Perry Memorial

Hospital Foundation, announced Fay’s donation kicks-off the Living Legacy Campaign, which plans to raise $500,000 for the new family health clinic. Library board president Carolyn Schafer and trustee Lani Swinford were on hand along with director Julie Wayland to accept the donation Wednesday at Perry Memorial Hospital. As a result of Fay’s generosity, the library will be able to sustain services to the community well in to the future and adapt to technological advances as they become relevant, said Schafer, who added: “This gift will benefit the library patrons of the community for years to come. “We will always be grateful for Georgia Fay’s thoughtfulness in remembering the library. The library is humbled to be acknowledged in such an unexpected and heartfelt manner.”

Finances are improving at Hall High School. Superintendent Jesse Brandt reviewed the tentative fiscal year 2020 budget which the board approved later in the meeting. The budget shows $8,675,277 in total revenue and $8,241,979 in total expenditures. If all goes as planned, there will be a surplus of $433,000. There are no special projects planned for this year. “The budget looks very positive,” Brandt said. “We are moving in the right direction. We will be receiving $200.000 in new evidence-based funding from the state.” Brandt told the board that if the budget goes as planned he would like to use some of the new money to hire a full time social worker. He explained that this would take some of the workload off of the counselors. The board heard a presentation of the FY19 audit by Samantha Casey of Hopkins and Associates. Casey noted that federal aid increased and that expenditures were consistent though a little more was spent on instruction due to teacher raises. During FY 19 there were two big purchases which affected the budget. Bleachers were purchased and also a new van. Casey said, “Everything looks good. Your bookkeeper is doing a good job.”

NO SMOKING, OR VAPING, IN THE BOYS ROOM Community Partners Against Substance Abuse will donate two vape detectors to the school. They can be installed in a room such as a bathroom and will notify staff if students are vaping. SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT Principal Adam Meyer reviewed the School Improvement Plan for 2019-20. The four main goals have remained the same over the past few years. The committee is discussing ways to meet the goals. The first goal is to increase the student perception of Hall High School as a safe and supportive environment. The other goals include developing a responsible student population, increasing college and career readiness, and increasing the graduation rate.

that there was not an announcer or cheerleaders at a recent fresh-soph home football game.” The administrators were surprised to hear that the cheerleaders were not there and would look into it. Announcers were not hired because no money is taken at the gate and they were trying to keep costs down. Board Member Jack Boroski said, “I agree with Betsy. The kids need the recognition.” Other board members agreed that the announcers are important and are worth the small cost. The administrative team will look into this further and see if there is someone that SMALL FRESHMAN CLASS Enrollment is down this they can have announce at year, with 424 students the game. registered — a decrease of 17 students. Assistant OTHER BUSINESS ä Brandt told the board Principal Eric Bryant said the graduating senior class the recently-completed was large and that the bond refinancing will save current freshman class is approximately $600,000 small, so the change in over the next six years. Brandt said the bonds also numbers was expected. On a positive note, the will be paid off several board learned that atten- years sooner. ä The board accepted dance is up ½ % from last with regret the resignation year. of Randy Tieman as assistant baseball coach. COMPLAINT ABOUT THE ä Julie DeAngelo was ‘FROSH’ GAME Board member Betsy hired as Pep Club Sponsor Sobin shared a complaint for the 2019-20 school that she recently heard year. ä The next meeting will with the board. Sobin said, “A parent approached me be at 6 p.m. Oct. 16 in the and was disappointed school library.

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‘It’s real’ Marseilles man says of Publishers Clearing House prize Kate Reynolds

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MARSEILLES — Jason Baron has been visiting the Publishers Clearing House website for 12 years, entering their contests with the hopes of winning $5,000 a week for life. That’s what the Marseilles man always hoped for. Thursday night his hope came true when the Prize Patrol appeared on his front porch. He was a $10,000 winner, and no one was more surprised than he was. Dave Sayer, executive director of the Publisher’s Clearing House Prize Patrol, and cameraman Dave Pierro paid a surprise visit to Baron’s home to award him a $10,000 check. After making sure someone was home, they parked in Baron’s driveway. There was no flashy car with Publisher’s Clearing House logos. It was just Pierro and Sayer walking toward the front porch, carrying flowers, balloons and champagne. When Sayer knocked on the front door, Baron’s father answered, trying to keep two small barking dogs inside while he opened the door. “We’re looking for Jason Baron,” Sayer said. “Don’t tell him anything,” Sayer said. “This is a surprise.” And what a surprise it was. When Baron opened the door, the first thing he saw was Sayer holding balloons, flowers and a

huge cardboard $10,000 check. “I didn’t expect this,” he exclaimed. “I love it! This is just a pleasant surprise. Actually, I’m shocked. I honestly never really expected to win. But I kept entering for 12 years because I always had that hope even though I knew the odds weren’t with me. Well, here I am, standing on my front porch holding a check. I just can’t really believe it.” “What are you going to do with the money?” Sayer asked. “Pay off my car,” Baron replied. “Well, I hope you’ll keep some of it for fun,” Sayer said. “I’m going to play it by ear,” Baron laughed. “I’ll be boring for while, while the money’s sitting in the bank.” They say timing is everything and for Jason the money was very much appreciated. He said he’s been looking for a job “so really, this is so amazing, I still can’t really believe it!” Pierro took more photos of Baron, the cardboard check and Sayer handing Baron a bouquet of flowers and a bottle of champagne. Asked what advice he had for people who don’t believe real people win the Pubishers Clearing House Prize Patrol Contest, Baron didn’t have to even think about his answer. “I never thought the contest was real,” Baron said with a huge smile on his face. “But I sure do now!”

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LIBRA (Sept. 23Oct. 23) — Address BY EUGENIA issues that LAST bother you. If you are blunt about what you want to see happen, you will find out who is willing to help you and who isn’t. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — An emotional situation will surface if you get together with people you haven’t seen for some time. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — A positive attitude will make a difference when you’re dealing with people who are looking for a fight. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Don’t overreact, but be wary of being misinformed or drawn into something

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that could disrupt your life or a meaningful relationship. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Take a look at investment opportunities and expand your interests, skills and knowledge. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Offer help, but within reason. It’s essential to stick to what you feel comfortable spending or doing. Don’t feel guilty if you must step back. ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Don’t be judgmental, but do protect your reputation and question the relationship you have with this person. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Changes can be made that will help you gain strength and give you the courage to try something new.. GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

— Refuse to let someone’s negativity or criticism stop you from making personal adjustments that will help you feel good. CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Relax and think about what’s happened or what you want to initiate. You’ll face opposition from someone who wants to meddle in your affairs. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Spending time with a loved one or starting a routine that will help you look your best is favored. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Look, see and do. Turn a negative into a positive. Fortitude and courage will help you bring about positive change. Newspaper Enterprise Assn

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Obituaries

For the Record

Dennis Baker

Brunes ‘Bernice’ Turczyn

Dennis Lee Baker, 58, of Spring Valley passed away Sept. 27, 2019, in Illinois Valley Community Hospital, Peru. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in Mueller Funeral Home, Peru with the Very Rev. Paul Carlson, pastor of La Salle Catholic Parishes, officiating. Burial will follow at Peru City Cemetery. Visitation will be 10-11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Mr. Baker was born March 15, 1961, in Peru to Romeyn and Gloria (Cesario) Baker. Mr. Baker was a resident of Horizon House and worked in the Horizon House workshop. He was a member of Queen of the Holy Rosary Church, La Salle. Survivors include one brother, Glenn (Debra) Baker of Davenport, Iowa; two half-brothers, Robert Ganze of Tonica and Anthony (Teresa) Ganze Jr. of Napa, Calif.; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his stepfather, Anthony J. Ganze Sr.; his sister, Susan Wiese; one brother, Dale Baker; and a stepsister, Judy Ganze. Memorial contributions may be directed to Horizon House. The online guestbook may be viewed and remembrances shared at www.MuellerFH.com.

Brunes “Bernice” Marie Turczyn, 93, of La Salle closed her eyes on this world and breathed her last breath in the company of her family at her home at 9:45 a.m. Sept. 25, 2019, from heart complications. Visitation will be at Burgess Funeral Home 4-7 p.m. Monday with a recital of the rosary by Sister Norberta of Holy Rosary at 6:45 p.m. Additional visitation will be in the St. Valentine’s Annex 10-11 a.m. Tuesday, with an 11 a.m. funeral Mass at St. Valentine’s Church, Peru with the Rev. Gregory Jarzombek officiating. Burial will follow at St. Hyacinth Cemetery, La Salle. Celebration of Life will be right after the Cemetery Service at Burgess Memory Lane Lounge 860 Bucklin St. La Salle. Bernice was born at 7 a.m. Feb. 10, 1926 on a very cold day with snow on the ground in La Salle, to Mrs. Turczyn Vince and Marie (Samolinski) Pelka. Bernice married Chester T. Turczyn on Aug. 10, 1946, in St. Hyacinth Church, La Salle, and they have been married for 73 years. Chester is currently 94 years old and resides at the Illinois Veterans Home at La Salle. Bernice was educated at St Hyacinth’s Grade School and La Salle-Peru High School. Bernice worked early in life at Kresge’s Department store, Illinois Bell Telephone Co., and Westclox Co., before becoming a stay-at-home mom and raising five children. Bernice was a member of St. Valentine’s Church, a Eucharistic Minister, helped in cleaning the church, and was a member of the Family Circle Club and Catholic War Veterans Auxiliary of La Salle. Bernice loved to help the CWV in all their local and state conventions and events along with dancing to the bands afterwards. She helped with the corned beef and cabbage dinners, chicken dinners, all to raise monies for the organization. She loved hosting and cooking for all the family gatherings for every holiday, birthday, and anniversaries. She also loved taking care of her flowers on their five-acre country property for the last 45 years. This was the third and final home they built together. She is survived by her husband, Chester of La Salle; four children, Allen (Cheri VanValey) Turczyn of Dalzell, Dale (Janice Nogay) Turczyn of La Salle, Tim (DeeAnn Jost) of La Salle, Michael (Wendy/girlfriend) Turczyn of Granville. She was preceded in death by her daughter Linda (Lou) Turczyn (car accident) and her brother Al Pelka. Bernice had five children listed above, 10 grandchildren, Tom (Lori) of La Salle, Jim (Shannon) Turczyn of Peru, Bill (Renee) of Peru, Dan (Jamie) Turczyn of Utica, Cari Ann Ptak (Ted) Banning of Nice France, Luke Ptak of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Alisha Turczyn of Franklin Park, Casandra Turczyn of Eagan Minn., Justin (Donna) of Cedar Point and Ryan (Brittany/fiancée) of Cedar Point, and 12 great-grandchildren, Kelsey (Casey) Swingel of Utica, Abigail Turczyn of Washington, D.C., (Shayla, Gianna, Aria Rose, Turczyn of La Salle), (Kylee, Kara, Turczyn of Peru) Cooper Turczyn or Utica, Paris Caldwell of Dallas, Texas, (Blake, Kensley Turczyn of Cedar Point) Rya Turczyn of Cedar Point and three great-great-grandchildren, Shae Swingel of Utica, Kayden and Juliana Caldwell of Mark Ill./Texas. Pallbearers will be some of the Turczyn grandchildren Tom, Jim, Bill, Dan, Justin, Ryan and Luke Ptak. Memorials can be directed to the family for Mass offerings at St. Valentine’s Church, Peru.

Terrie Edwards Terrie Edwards, 66, of Pompano Beach, Fla., formerly of Wenona, died unexpectedly Sept. 24, 2019, in Florida. Funeral arrangements are pending in Hurst Funeral Home, Wenona.

Irene Hildenbrand Irene M. Hildenbrand, 91, of Princeton died Sept. 23, 2019, at Liberty Village. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in St. Matthews Lutheran Church, Princeton. Arrangements are pending by Norberg Memorial Home, Princeton.

Richard ‘Blade’ Mackjust Richard Jerome “Blade” Mackjust, 70, of Galesburg, formerly of Peru, passed away Sept. 22, 2019, in his home. Memorial services will be at 5 p.m. Wednesday in Mueller Funeral Home, Peru with Monsignor Richard Soseman, pastor of St. Joseph’s Church, Peru officiating. Burial will follow at St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Webster Park with full military rites conducted by Peru Veterans Memorial Group. Visitation will be 3-5 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home.

Aloysius ‘Al’ Perra Aloysius “Al” Perra, 90, of DePue died Sept. 26, 2019, in St. Margaret’s Hospital, Spring Valley. Arrangements are pending with Barto Funeral Home. A complete obituary will be available Monday.

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White House attorneys: Seal the phone transcript By Zeke Miller and Eric Tucker and Mike Balsamo

ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITERS

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Friday confirmed a key detail in the intelligence whistleblower’s complaint alleging President Donald Trump abused the power of his office. A senior administration official acknowledged that the rough transcript of Trump’s July 25 phone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was moved to a highly classified system maintained by the National Security Council at the direction of attorneys. The motivation and timing of the move remained unclear. The whistleblower complaint, which is at the center of House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry, said the move to “lock down” details of the call suggested that “White House officials understood the gravity of what had transpired in the call.” Trump has argued everything was “appropriate.” White House attorneys were made aware of concerns about Trump’s com-

Thank You The family of Ralph Mertes would like to thank everyone who sent food, cards, money, visits, hugs and phone calls. Thank to Dr. Montevecchi, Dr. Tom Curry and Linda, Lostant EMT's, a special thank you to Joe Freitag for everything you did. Thanks to Mueller Funeral Home and to Father David for the beautiful service. Most of all, thank you Ralph Mertes for giving me a huge, wonderful family. Love you soo good.

ments on the call before the intelligence community whistleblower sent his allegations to the inspector general. The official was granted anonymity Friday to discuss sensitive matters. Confirmation of the detail came as Trump stepped up his campaign against the anonymous whistleblower and the unnamed “White House officials” cited in the complaint, drawing a warning from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi against retaliation. The complaint alleges that Trump abused the power of his office to “solicit interference from a foreign country” in next year’s U.S. election. In the July 25 phone call, days after ordering a freeze to some military assistance for Ukraine, Trump prodded the new Ukrainian president to investigate Democratic rival Joe Biden and volunteered the assistance of both his personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, and Attorney General William Barr. Late Thursday, Trump denounced people who might have talked to the whistleblower as “close to a spy” and suggested they engaged in treason, an act punishable by death. Then on Friday, he targeted the complainant, a CIA officer, tweeting, “Sounding more and more like the so-called Whistleblower isn’t a Whistleblower at all.” He also alleged without evidence that information in the complaint has been “proved to be so inaccurate,” though none of the allegations have been demonstrated to be incorrect.

NEWCOMERS MILLER — Mr. and Mrs. Jake Miller (Leslie Thompson) of Mendota, boy, Sept. 25, Illinois Valley Community Hospital, Peru. NEWSTIP There is no winner of

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POLICE REPORTS Curtis M. Dawson, 38, of 341 E. Walnut St., Oglesby was charged with no valid driver’s license at 9:16 a.m. Thursday at Walnut Street and School Avenue, Oglesby police said.

2-year-old run over by mower at Putnam PUTNAM — A 2-yearold child was transported to Peoria via helicopter after being run over by a lawnmower Thursday morning. Putnam County Sheriff’s Office, along with Henry Ambulance, were dis-

patched at 9:46 a.m. Thursday to Putnam, where the child had reportedly been run over by a riding lawnmower, the sheriff’s office said. The child was transported by Henry Ambulance to the Lacon

Airport where the child was then transported via LifeFlight helicopter to St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria. The sheriff’s office on Friday said the child was reported in stable condition Friday morning.

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Students from Spring Valley, Peru, Oglesby and La Salle schools crowded the football field at St. Bede for a Hy-Vee KidsFit event photographed by Andreoni Photography.

Hy-Vee KidsFit event on St. Bede grounds attended by 750 students four-city area Hy-Vee KidsFit visited Peru to work with more than 750 students from Northwest Elementary, John F. Kennedy Elementary, Oglesby Lincoln Elementary, Peru Catholic, Trinity Catholic Academy and Holy Family for a program designed to teach students how they can incorporate healthy lifestyles into everyday living. The event took place at St. Bede Academy and students completed part-

ner, team and individual challenges they can use at home and at school. Daira Driftmier, HyVee KidsFit certified personal trainer, along with Registered Dietitian Haleigh KneeboneAugspols, the Peru HyVee team and St. Bede students, led kids in exercises and discussed the grocery chain’s free interactive health and wellness website (www.hy-veekidsfit.com). Children learned about nutrition informa-

tion and tools designed to help them stay healthy. The workouts and activities featured on Hy-Vee KidsFit require no equipment or gym memberships, making it accessible year-round to people of all ages and skill levels. Participants can then earn virtual trophies and badges to help monitor their progress. In addition to the website, the KidsFit mobile app is available for both iOS and Android devices.

Schimmer hosts Pet Adoption Day Schimmer Automotive will host Pet Adoption Day 10 a.m.-2 p.m. today to help support Illinois Valley Animal Rescue. Pets available for adoption will be at Schimmer Chevrolet-Buick, Route 251 South, Mendota. Schimmer also will collect items off of IVAR’s wish list in order to help the shelter prepare for the colder months. There also will be free hot dogs and refreshments.

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Bike-share reset WILMINGTON — The I&M Canal BikeShare ribbon-cutting that was scheduled at Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie today has been postponed to 1 p.m. Oct. 5 at the Iron Bridge Trailhead.

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LaSalle County Childrens Advocacy Center is looking for a part-time Therapist 6.5 hrs a week for one to two evenings a week. Must have Masters degree and be licensed. Email: lasallecacdirector@mchsi.com or Fax resume: 815 433-1120

Mendota Twp. High School is accepting applications for a full-time custodian starting December 2, 2019. Duties include daily maintenance/cleaning for 1st shift. Send resume, letter of interest, and references by Oct. 9th to: Andy Knowlton, 2300 W. Main St. Mendota, IL 61342 or email: aknowlton@mendotahs.org

Male Blue Heeler Buddy was last seen downtown. REWARD $5,000 Call 1-815-866-4753 with any information

The Learning House Childcare Preschool has openings. DCFS Licensed. Call 815-224-1248

Health Care Now Hiring La Salle County Nursing Home RN's, LPN's, & CNA's Full time PM's & Midnights Excellent Benefits Health and Wellness Vacation Paid Holiday's Sick/Personal leave County Retirement Plans Life Insurance Optional Benefits: Dental and Vision Apply on line: lasallecounty.org or in person: 1380 N. 27th Rd. Ottawa, IL 61350 815-433-0476 Part time positions available!

City of Wenona Town wide garage sales Sept. 27th & 28th Maps available at local businesses. Earlville town wide garage sales Sat 8am.- 3pm. Church Food stand & maps avail. Dozens of homes participating GARAGE SALE 313 Claire Ln, Utica Thurs 9/26 8:30-2:00 Fri 9/27 8:30-2:00 Girls, boys, juniors apparel and shoes, home goods, toys Granville: 13716 N. Division Ext.- Fri. & Sat. 8-3 Barn Sale! Hshld, antiques, farm goods, livestock supplies & more Peru: 1409 Sunset Dr. Thurs. - Sat. 9-? Moving sale! All Furniture, appliances and hshld items. No Early Sales! Peru: 1824 Main St. - Fri. & Sat. 9-4 Clths, Misc. Avon Rain Date Sunday Peru: 907 Charles Pl. Fri. & Sat. 8-12 home décor, furn, bikes, infant boy - 2T, youth boys, mens & womens clths, misc Spring Valley: 909 W. Dakota St. - Thur – Sat. 9-3. clthing, home décor, furn., hshld misc. ($1 or less in 70% of items)

LEGAL NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF AUDIT REPORT OF PERU TOWNSHIP Peru Township hereby provides public notice that an audit of its funds for the period April 1, 2018 through March 31, 2019 has been made by Miller, Shevokas, Mason Accounting Group Inc. and that a report of such audit dated September 26, 2019 has been filed with the County Clerk of La Salle County, in accordance with 30 ILCS 15/0.01 et seq. The full report of the audit is available for public inspection at 1009 Peoria St., Peru, IL 61354 during regular business hours 9 a.m.–12 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday except for holidays. (September 28, 2019)

LEGAL Public Notice Public notice is hereby given to all persons in the County of LaSalle, State of Illinois, that a public hearing will be held, by the LaSalle County Zoning Board of Appeals, on October 16th, 2019 at 5:00 P.M. at the LaSalle County Governmental Complex, 707 E. Etna Road, Room 250, Ottawa, Illinois. The applicant, SkyYield Wind Farm, LLC and the owner, Bernice Yeater Living Trust, dated March 22, 1995 are requesting a special use to allow a meteorological test tower on the property legally described as follows: The East Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 8, Township 31 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principle Meridian, except for the following: commencing at the Northeast corner of said Section 8, thence South 323.26 feet along the East line of said Northeast Quarter of Section to the true point of beginning; thence continue south 422.91 feet along the East line of the Northeast Quarter of Section to a point; thence West 206.0 feet to a point; thence North 422.91 feet parallel with the East line of said Northeast Quarter of Section to a point, thence 206.0 feet to the point of beginning, situated in Hope township; all situated in LaSalle County, Illinois. PIN 30-08-202-000 Currently this property is zoned Agriculture (A-1) and located at the southwest corner of N 17th and E 2nd Rd. The special use petition (19-09-SU) submitted by applicant SkyYield Wind Farm, LLC on behalf of the Bernice Yeater Living Trust, dated March 22, 1995 is on file for review at the LaSalle County Environmental Services and Land Use Department located at 119 West Madison Street, Room 107A, Ottawa, Illinois (Phone 815-434-8666). Any person interested is invited to attend said hearing and be heard. Additional information regarding public hearing procedures is outlined in section 14.12 of the LaSalle County Zoning Ordinance. The ordinance is available to view at the following link: http://lasallecounty.org/lasalle-countyzoning-ordinance (September 28th, 2019)

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Chairside Dental Assistant M-Thurs. Please apply to: Michael J. Grabowski DDS. 2200 Marquette Rd. Suite 107 Peru, IL 61354

Farm help needed for Harvesting and tillage work. Call 815-252-8576

Vermilion Riverfront Farm for Sale Deer Park Township 65.7 Acres with buildings Cropland, Timber, Pasture, Hunting, Fishing cddmfarm2018@gmail.com

POLICE OFFICER The Mendota Police Department is in the process of testing for the position of Full Time Patrolman. Power Test & Written exams will be administered on the same day at 1p.m on October 26,2019 at Mendota High School location at 2300 Main St., Mendota, IL. Applicants may pick up an application packet at the Mendota Police Department 607 8th Ave., Mendota, IL or the Mendota City Clerk's Office 800 Washington Street, Mendota, IL. Applications should be between 21 and 35 years of age. All applications are to be turned in to the Police Department by October 21, 2019 Equal Opportunity Employer

Oglesby spotless 2BR, CA, all appliances, detached garage, $800/mo. 1St, last & dep. Call 815-228-2211

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LEGAL IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LA SALLE COUNTY, OTTAWA, ILLINOIS CITY OF LA SALLE, ILLINOIS, a Municipal Corporation, Plaintiff, vs MARCUS WILLIAMS, THE COUNTY OF LA SALLE, ILLINOIS, UNKNOWN OWNERS, NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS and UNKNOWN TENANTS AND OCCUPANTS. Defendants. NO. 2019-MR-319 NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF ACTION - SUMMONS (735 ILCS 5/2-206, 735 ILCS 5/2-413 and 65 ILCS 5/11-31-1) NOTICE is hereby given to Unknown Owners, Non-Record Claimants and Unknown Tenants and Occupants of the real estate described in the Petition to Have Property Declared Abandoned Pursuant to 65 ILCS 5/11-31-1(d) and for Equitable and Other Relief filed in the above entitled case, defendants in the above entitled case, pursuant to provisions of 735 ILCS 5/2-206 and 735 ILCS 5/2-413, that the above entitled suit is now pending in said court and the day on or after which a default may be entered against said defendants is October 22, 2019. The undersigned certifies that an Affidavit for Service by Publication has been filed with the Clerk of the Court. The undersigned further certifies that the above entitled action was filed on September 18, 2019, and is now pending. (i) The names of all plaintiffs and the case number are identified above. (ii) The court in which said action was brought is identified above. (iii) The name of the title holder of record is: Marcus Williams (iv) A legal description of the real estate sufficient to identify it with reasonable certainty is as follows: The West Half of Lot 10 in Block 116 in the Original Town, now City of LaSalle, LaSalle County, Illinois, excepting the following described parcel: Beginning at a point on the South line of Lot 10 in Block 116 in the Original Town of LaSalle, 30 feet East of the Southwest corner of said Lot 10; thence running northerly on a line parallel with the West line of said Lot 10, 120 feet to the North line of said Lot 10 at a point 30 feet East of the Northwest corner of said Lot; thence running West along the North line of said Lot 10 a distance of 0.22 feet; thence running Southerly 120 feet more or less to the South line of said Lot 10 to a point 0.85 feet West of the point of beginning; and thence running easterly along the South line of said Lot 10 a distance of 0.85 feet to the point of beginning, except the coal and minerals and the right to mine and remove the same, being situated in the County of La Salle and State of Illinois (PIN 18-15-417-019) Said Subject Property also being described in that certain Quitclaim Deed executed by Elias Cerda, grantor, and given to Marcus Williams, dated May 18, 2016 and recorded with the La Salle County Recorder’s office as Document No. 2016-06834 as “Old first st pub. Red brick building on corner of first” (v) A common address or description of the location of the real estate is as follows: 1001 1st St., LaSalle, IL 61301 Greg Vaccaro Clerk of the Circuit Court Jacob J. Frost Attorney & Counselor at Law Attorney for Plaintiff 102 East St. Paul Street, Spring Valley, IL 61362 • Telephone (815) 664-4151 (September 21, 28, October 5, 2019) LEGAL IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LA SALLE COUNTY, OTTAWA, ILLINOIS CITY OF LA SALLE, ILLINOIS, a Municipal Corporation, Plaintiff, vs LEROY BENCKENDORF, DOUGLAS J. JOHNSON DBA TAX LIEN INVESTMENTS, FINANCIAL PLUS CREDIT UNION, THE COUNTY OF LA SALLE, ILLINOIS, THE STATE OF ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, UNKNOWN OWNERS, NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS and UNKNOWN TENANTS AND OCCUPANTS. Defendants. NO. 2019-MR-320 NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF ACTION - SUMMONS (735 ILCS 5/2-206, 735 ILCS 5/2-413 and 65 ILCS 5/11-31-1) NOTICE is hereby given to Unknown Owners, Non-Record Claimants and Unknown Tenants and Occupants of the real estate described in the Petition to Have Property Declared Abandoned Pursuant to 65 ILCS 5/11-31-1(d) and for Equitable and Other Relief filed in the above entitled case, defendants in the above entitled case, pursuant to provisions of 735 ILCS 5/2-206 and 735 ILCS 5/2-413, that the above entitled suit is now pending in said court and the day on or after which a default may be entered against said defendants is October 22, 2019. The undersigned certifies that an Affidavit for Service by Publication has been filed with the Clerk of the Court. The undersigned further certifies that the above entitled action was filed on September 18, 2019, and is now pending. (i) The names of all plaintiffs and the case number are identified above. (ii) The court in which said action was brought is identified above. (iii) The name of the title holder of record is: Leroy Benckendorf (iv) A legal description of the real estate sufficient to identify it with reasonable certainty is as follows: LOT 14, EXCEPT THE WEST 17.48 FEET THEREOF, IN BLOCK 82 IN THE CITY OF LASALLE EXCEPT COAL AND MINERALS AND THE RIGHT TO MINE AND REMOVE THE SAME, SITUATED IN LA SALLE COUNTY, ILLINOIS (PIN 18-15-242-014) (v) A common address or description of the location of the real estate is as follows: 1155 4th St., LaSalle, IL 61301 Greg Vaccaro, Clerk of the Circuit Court Jacob J. Frost Attorney & Counselor at Law Attorney for Plaintiff 102 East St. Paul Street, Spring Valley, IL 61362 Telephone (815) 664-4151 (September 21, 28, October 5, 2019)

Industrial Maintenance Electricians James Hardie Building Products, a recognized leader in the fiber cement industry, is currently hiring Electricians for our Peru, Illinois plant. How would you like to work with state-of-the art equipment, and gain the valuable training and experience needed to advance in your career? At James Hardie, you will be able to work with the latest PLCs and process controls, 480 V motors and servo controls, Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs), encoders, instrumentation, communications networks and other specialized equipment. If this sounds like a career opportunity for you, we encourage you to apply.

2007 Layon Camper trailer, w/ 2 slide out, sleep 6, fishing boat, grill. At FishNFun, McNabb, IL. 17Ft. Clark Built deep well fishing boat. Yamal 82 HS, moter w/150 HS kicker, boat trailer w/new tires. Call 815488-8106 for more information.

We offer excellent 1st day benefits including health, dental, prescription and vision insurance; 2 weeks paid vacation; paid holidays; 401(k) savings plan with a dollar for dollar company match up to 6%, shift differential, plus many other perks. A great company is a place you can do great things. James Hardie is a company that promotes from within, provides opportunities for career development and advancement, and provides a challenging work environment. Drug Free Workplace, EOE, M/F/D/V

2010 Winnebago Via Motorhome, 25' Class A, 1 slide, Mercedes Diesel Motor, excellent condition, most all options, 52,000 miles. Asking $64.500 815-481-3564

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Machine and Forklift Operators

. If you are self-motivated, want a long lasting career, and have the following qualifications, we encourage you to apply: Basic math skills, the ability to read a tape measure and the ability to lift 35lbs. Ability to work 12 hr day or night shift, including weekends. Solid work history and the ability to pass a physical, drug screen, and criminal background check. Machine operator experience in a manufacturing environment a plus. Forklift experience a plus. Pay & Benefits

2012 Madza 5. - 5 door hatchback, 135,000 hwy miles, well maintained, new brakes & tires. $4,000 obo Call 815-894-3560 leave message. CAR FOR SALE 2015 1.6 liter Black Nissan Versa SL, 4 Door, EXCELLENT condition, 62,900 miles. Asking price is $8,000 or best offer. Call 630877-1686. Location is Oglesby, IL

The starting rate is $16.91/hr, with a $1.00 shift differential when working night shift. We offer excellent 1st day benefits including health, dental, prescription and vision insurance; paid vacations; paid holidays; and an optional 401(k) savings plan with a dollar for dollar company match up to 6%. Drug Free Workplace, EOE, M/F/D/V Interested applicants should apply online at: jameshardie.jobs2web.com You may also apply in person at: 17 Unytite Drive Peru, IL 61354 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

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Spring Valley: 1 bd, appllia, lawn care, off st parking, No Smoking/Pets $525mo + dep. Call 815-830-3386

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ON DEMAND War at home: Billy Boys challenge the Peaky Blinders in Season 5 By Jessica Gosse TV Media

WHAT’S NEW ON NETFLIX: “Peaky Blinders” Season 5 The latest installment of the critically acclaimed BBC series “Peaky Blinders” premieres Friday, Oct. 4. Starring Cillian Murphy(“Inception,” 2010), this dark British series tells the story of a family of gangsters known as the “Peaky Blinders.” Murphyplays fierce gang leader TommyShelby, who returns from the trenches of the Great War to lead the family business and face opposing gangs. At the end of Season 4, Tommy stepped into politics in an effort to legitimize the family and expand their influence, but the Shelbys will never leave the gangster life behind. Season 5 continuesto follow Tommy’s political career and kicks off on “Black Tuesday,” the day of the infamous Wall Street Crash on Oct. 29, 1929. The family is faced with dire financial circumstances, and the fallout fractures relationships and alliances. On top of their money problems, the Shelbys are forced to contend with the Billy Boys, a ruthless rival razor gang from Glasgow, Scotland, who want the Peaky Blinders’ turf.

Aidan Gillen (“Game of Thrones”) also stars in this season of the world-class drama, and you won’t want to miss a minute of it. “Big Mouth”Season 3 On Friday, Oct. 4, the Hormone Monster returns in Season 3 of this raunchy adult cartoon series. Created by Nick Kroll (“The League”),“Big Mouth” follows the studentsof Brighton Middle School as they go through puberty, and the show tackles uncomfortable topics, such hormones, depression and shame, in a hilarious way.Featuring the voices of comedians John Mulaney (“Saturday Night Live”), Maya Rudolph (“The Good Place”)and Jordan Peele (“Key and Peele”), this series is worth catchingup on before the Season 3 premiere. “Raising Dion” This newest Netflix comic book adaptation premieres Friday, Oct. 3. Based on the comic of the same name by Dennis Liu, “Raising Dion” focuses on widow Nicole Warren (Alisha Wainwright, “Shadowhunters”) as she raises her 8-year-old son, Dion (Ja’Siah Young), in the wake of the death of her husband, Mark

(Michael B. Jordan, “Creed II,” 2018). Being a single mom is hard enough, but when Dion starts to exhibit several superhuman abilities, Nicole must protect him from those who would exploit his gifts while she tries to figure out where the gifts came from. With the help of Pat (Jason Ritter, “Another Period”), Mark’sbest friend, Nicole tries to balance life as they all cope with the loss of a husband, father and friend, and keep Dion’s new abilities under control.

WHAT’S NEW ON PRIME: “Goliath”Season 3 The wait is finally over! After more than a yearlong break between seasons, fans of this original series can rejoice as Season 3 premieres Friday, Oct. 4. The show follows Billy McBride (Billy Bob Thornton, “Fargo”), a Los Angeles defense attorney, as he seeks out personal and professionaljustice.In Season 2, we saw Billy get further involved with councillor Marisol Silva (Ana de la Reguera, “Power”) from East Los Angeles and the La Mano cartel, ending with the latter sending a very clear message via a shocking amputation. Don’t miss the drama as Billy takes on the La Mano cartel in Season 3.

Cillian Murphy in a scene from “Peaky Blinders” “SaturdayNight Fever” (1977) Take a trip back to the ‘70’s on Monday,Sept. 30, when AmazonPrime adds this classic film to its lineup. John Travolta (“The Fanatic,” 2019) stars as 19-year-old Tony Manero, who lives an unexciting life in Brooklyn, fightsconstantlywith his father and works a deadend job at a paint store. Saturday nightsare his only reprieve from the grind — he escapes his mundane life at the local disco, where his impressive dance moves make him king of the club. When he meets Stephanie (Karen Lynn Gorney, “Empa-

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WHAT’S NEW ON HULU: “American Dad!” Season 13 The absurd adventures of the Smith family continue on Monday, Sept. 30, when Season 13 of this animated adult comedy series premieres on Hulu. Coming from the mind of Seth MacFarlane (“Family Guy”), “American Dad!” follows the life of CIA agent Stan

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HOLLYWOOD Q&A By Adam Thomlison TV Media Q: What has happened to “The Good Fight”? A: Not to worry, “The Good Fight” is just on a break between seasons and should be back for more (though we don’t know when). But that only tells part of the story. If you’re watching it on regular television, you just saw the end of its first season at the beginning of August on CBS. But it’s actually aired three seasons already on CBS’s web-based streaming service, CBS All Access. It premiered online in 2017, two years before CBS moved it to traditional TV. And there are more episodes to come. CBS All Access renewed the show for a fourth season, though it hasn’t announced a release date. For the traditional TV viewers, this all means there are two more seasons already in the bag, and one more on the way for CBS to air — assuming it chooses to do so. And it likely will. “The Good Fight” averaged 3.2 million viewers per episode on CBS, which is not amazing (especially by CBS’s standards), but it is respectable, especially in the summer. But that’s again where this is an interesting case — numbers like that are almost certainly good enough to justify putting it back on the air, considering that the episodes have already been made and are just sitting in the vault. Q: Is there any reason why John Goodman was never in “The Big Bang Theory”? A: It seems there was no particular reason for it, but I see your point. Mega-hit 2000s sitcom “The Big Bang Theory” was pretty stacked with stars from mega-hit ‘90s sitcom “Roseanne,” including Johnny Galecki (Leonard on “BBT” and David on “Roseanne”), Laurie Metcalf (Sheldon’s mom, Mary, on “BBT” and

called a “rite of passage” for sitcoms. And it’s not just restricted to the ‘90s — AdWeek’s quote was in reference to the modern sitcom “Blackish” going to Disney World in 2016. There are a couple of things all of these shows have had in common: they’re all family shows, and they all air on ABC. And ABC, of course, is owned by Disney. This trend seems to have begun with “Blossom” in 1993. That show aired on NBC, but it was produced by Disney-owned Touchstone Television. But it’s not just about corporate synergy. As AVclub. com writer Myles McNutt pointed out in his history of “the Disney episode,” Disney didn’t yet own ABC when “Full House” went to Disney World in 1993. Instead, he pointed out, the episode was just a “mutually beneficial arrangement” between a park trying to promote itself to families and a family show trying to borrow some of Mickey Mouse’s wholesome cachet for itself. It is, however, undeniable that the vast majority of shows that have done a Disney episode have been owned by Disney. That’s not to say that the shows’ writers were just following orders by sending their characters to Orlando, though. They got something out of it, too — at the very least a change of scenery, and to some pretty great scenery. “For the most part, we don’t remember Disney episodes because they were particularly good,” McNutt said. “We remember them because, in shows with long runs and lots of episodes that tell variations on the same story, they have an undeniable novelty.”

Christine Baranski in “The Good Fight” Jackie on “Roseanne”) and Sara Gilbert (Leslie on “BBT” and Darlene on “Roseanne”). But the real glue that binds these shows together is Chuck Lorre. The “Big Bang Theory” creator wrote for “Roseanne” early in his incredible career. But despite all of these links, John Goodman, one of the more popular stars on “Roseanne,” never made an appearance. The only reason for this seems to be because he was just too busy. Roseanne Barr was, of course, the focal point of “Roseanne,” but in terms of general acting success, Goodman was always the biggest name on the show. And throughout his sitcom success, he has also maintained a parallel career as a critically acclaimed big-screen star. That’s continued in recent years as well and has expanded to include a niche as a voice actor (in such smashes as the “Monsters, Inc.” and “Transformers” movies). When he has appeared in sitcoms, it’s tended to be lead roles, such as the Amazon series “Alpha House” and now the HBO comedy “The Righteous Gemstones.” Q: Why does it seem like all ‘90s sitcoms went to Disney World (or Disneyland)? I remember “Full House,” “Family Matters,” “Roseanne” and others going there during their runs. A: You’ve spotted a TV trend that AdWeek magazine

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Today, millions of students across the country went back to school. Kids told their parents, “I’ll miss you so much!” and their parents were like, “And I’ll see you after school.”

President Trump once tore off the cover of a magazine that called Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau the anti-Trump. He then mailed this torn-off article to Trudeau, but not before writing on it, “Looking good! Hope it’s not true!” Trump communicates with world leaders the way a kid in junior high sends notes to their crush.

New York City public schools are trying to be healthier this year, so they’re no longer serving salami or bologna sandwiches. Instead, they’re going with organic freerange pigeon. Tomorrow is the official start of the NFL 2019 season. That’s right, for the next six months, 31 teams will battle for a chance to lose to the Patriots. Seriously, I am so pumped that football is back. For once it’ll be nice to see someone fumble that isn’t Joe Biden. The third democratic presidential debate is in less than a week. This debate will be on ABC, which is nice because the winners will get a boost in the polls and the losers will get a spot on “Dancing with the Stars.” Yellowstone’s Steamboat geyser had a record number of premature eruptions this year. Today, park rangers walked up to it and said, “Don’t worry, this happens to lots of geysers.”

The Late Show With Stephen Colbert President Trump didn’t just have wrong ideas about the hurricane, he also had some wrong ideas about what to do about hurricanes. During one White House briefing about the ongoing threat of hurricanes, Trump said, “I got it. I got it. Why don’t we nuke them?” So, the most powerful man in the world wants to nuke the wind. Trump wants to nuke hurricanes, which is obviously crazy. And Marianne Williamson knows the only true defense against a hurricane is a giant coastal dreamcatcher.

According to a new study, one in five young people say that they have regretted a social media post they made when they were high. Meanwhile, the other four regretted posts made when they were drunk, sad, lonely and horny.

Jimmy Kimmel Live Not only do we have fake news, we now have fake weather, too. I’m hoping we get fake sports, because I want to see the Mets win the World Series. The only American who’s really using his vacation is Donald Trump. The first item on Trump’s schedule today — and this is true — was at 11:45 a.m.. People who work at marijuana dispensaries get to work earlier than that. It’s a little bit weird when Guillermo is actually working harder than the president of the United States.

Late Night With Seth Meyers According to a new study, nearly half of Americans have worn the same pair of underwear at least two days in a row. That’s right: nearly half of Americans are men. President Trump faced international criticism this weekend after he was seen playing golf instead of staying in the office to monitor the progress of hurricane Dorian. Though honestly, would that be better? Making Trump monitor the hurricane would be like making your fouryear-old do the dishes. After about five minutes, you’d be like, “You know what, Tyler? Go out and play.”

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FEATURE STORY Family dynamics: New Fox drama asks what it truly means to be family By Kenneth Andeel TV Media

amilies come in many shapes and sizes, and the term can mean something very different from person to person. Family dramas have always been a staple of prime-time television, and this season, Fox presents a fresh new take on the genre. “Almost Family” premieres Wednesday, Oct. 2, on Fox, and the series has a lot of promise. First of all, it has a great cast. Brittany Snow (“Pitch Perfect 3,” 2017) and Oscar winner Timothy Hutton (“American Crime”) star as a daughter and father whose happy, loving relationship is fractured after a shocking revelation. Second, the series is based on an already successful Australian series called “Sisters,” which you can stream on Netflix. But what makes this drama so compelling (besides good writing and a great cast, of course) is that the central storyline is ripped right from real headlines. Snow plays Julia Bechley, a young professional in New York City who works as a communications director for her famous father’s fertility clinic. Hutton plays the longstanding figurehead of that clinic, Dr. Leon Bechley, a highly sought-after expert who has a reputation for impressively high success rates. The Bechley family enjoys both close personal relationships and a strong working relationship with one another, but their happy equilibrium is destroyed when a journalist confronts Leon with a disturbing accusation. An unnamed source is accusing him of using his own sperm to impregnate a patient at his clinic. As that news story develops, children whose mothers were treated at the Bechley Clinic — some decades ago — begin to take paternity tests. It soon becomes clear that Leon himself is the biological father of dozens of these children, and a formal investigation is launched into his practice.

In addition to Snow and Hutton, “Almost Family” stars singer and actor Emily Osment (“Young & Hungry”), network drama veterans Megalyn Echikunwoke (“CSI: Miami”) and Mo McRae (“Sons of Anarchy”), and young newcomer Mustafa Elzein (“Sequestered”) as just some of the numerous other people caught up in the controversy that takes over the life of the two leads. The creepy premise of the series really does have its roots in real world. Take, for example, the case of American doctor Cecil Jacobson. He was convicted on 52 counts of fraud and perjury in 1992 after he was proven to have artificially inseminated patients with his own genetic material. Though only 15 cases were proven, he’s thought to have secretly fathered up to 75 children. In addition to such realworld drama, “Almost Family” has “Sisters” to draw from. While the premise of the series remains the same, Fox has made some changes to the detail. In “Sisters,” for example, Dr. Bechly’s public exposure stems from a deathbed confession rather than an exposé at the height of his career. It makes sense that “Almost Family” would make that tweak to the “Sisters” storyline. There’s such potential in the heavy drama of Julia navigating the new boundaries of her relationship with her father after learning about his devastating moral failure and reprehensible behavior. Beyond the father-daughter conflict, Julia must deal with the potential collapse of her father’s clinic and the threat that poses to her own career. Meanwhile, Leon himself will need to undergo the scrutiny of the law and deal with whatever punishment is handed down to him. What a waste it would have been to kill off Hutton in the very first episode! As dark as those narrative threads sound, “Almost Family” is not only about trauma, loss and deterioration. Though the revelations about her father are devastating, Julia also gains a few dozen siblings overnight. Echikun-

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Megalyn Echikunwoke, Brittany Snow and Emily Osment co-star in “Almost Family” woke’s character, Edie Palmer, is a family friend of the Bechleys, and has shared a complicated relationship with Julia over the years. When the girls suddenly learn that they’re half-sisters, everything changes for the pair. Osment plays Roxy Doyle, a former Olympian with trou-

bling personal issues and an uncertain future. She’s also confirmed to be a half-sister of Julia and Edie, but she approaches the prospect of new familial relationships with eagerness and excitement. “Almost Family” looks at the nature of familial bonds and explores what it really

means to be kin. If the series can sink its teeth into audiences and assure its continuance, the sky is the limit for future seasons. Any number of new siblings can be introduced down the line, with endless possibilities for variation (and special guest stars!).

See the premiere of “Almost Family” when it premieres Wednesday, Oct. 2, on Fox, and find out what can happen when someone’s life is turned upside down by a sudden, massive increase in the number of cards they need to send whenever a holiday comes around.

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Saturday 6:55 a.m. ESPN2 F1 Auto Racing Qualifying Russian Grand Prix. From Sochi Autodrom-- Sochi, Russia (1h05) (Live) 8:00 a.m. ESPN College GameDay (3h) (Live) 10:00 a.m. (32) FOX Kickoff Sunday (30m) (Live) 10:30 a.m. (32) Bears Game Day Live (30m) (Live) 11:00 a.m. (7) (8) (17) (19) NCAA Football Northwestern at University of Wisconsin (Madison). From Camp Randall Stadium-- Madison, Wis. (3h) (Live) (18) (32) (43) NCAA Football Texas Tech at Oklahoma. From Oklahoma Memorial Stadium-- Norman, Okla. (3h30) (Live) ESPN NCAA Football Texas A&M vs. Arkansas. From AT&T Stadium-- Arlington, Texas (3h) (Live) ESPN2 NCAA Football Middle Tennessee State at Iowa. From Kinnick Stadium-- Iowa City, Iowa (3h) (Live) 11:30 a.m. (5) (6) (13) (25) EPL Soccer Manchester City at Everton. From Goodison Park-- Liverpool, England (2h) (Live) FSMW NCAA Football Delaware at Pittsburgh. From Heinz Field-- Pittsburgh, Pa. (3h30) (Live) 1:30 p.m. (5) (6) (13) (25) IAAF Track & Field World Championships. From Khalifa International Stadium-- Doha, Qatar (1h) (Live) 2:00 p.m. (7) (8) (17) (19) ESPN ESPN2 College Football Scoreboard (30m) (Live) 2:30 p.m. (2) (4) (23) (31) NCAA Football Mississippi (Ole Miss) at Alabama. From Bryant-Denny Stadium-- Tuscaloosa, Ala. (3h30) (Live) (5) (6) (13) (25) NCAA Football Virginia at Notre Dame. From Notre Dame Stadium-- South Bend, Ind. (3h30) (Live) (7) (8) (17) (19) ESPN ESPN2 NCAA Football (3h) (Live) (18) (32) (43) NCAA Football USC at Washington. From Husky Stadium-- Seattle, Wash. (3h30) (Live) 5:30 p.m. (7) (8) (17) (19) ESPN ESPN2 College Football Scoreboard (30m) (Live) 6:00 p.m. (7) (8) (17) (19) College Football Scoreboard (30m) (Live) (9) MLB Baseball Detroit Tigers at Chicago White Sox. From Guaranteed Rate Field-- Chicago, Ill. (3h)

(18) (32) MLB Baseball (3h)

(Live) (43) MLB Baseball Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals. From Busch Stadium-- St. Louis, Mo. (3h) (Live) ESPN NCAA Football Mississippi State University at Auburn. From Jordan-Hare Stadium-- Auburn, Ala. (3h) (Live) ESPN2 NCAA Football Connecticut at Central Florida. From Spectrum Stadium-- Orlando, Fla. (3h) (Live) 6:30 p.m. (7) (8) (17) (19) NCAA Football Ohio State at Nebraska. From Memorial Stadium (Lincoln)-- Lincoln, Neb. (3h30) (Live) 9:00 p.m. ESPN ESPN2 College Football Scoreboard (30m) (Live) 9:30 p.m. ESPN NCAA Football UCLA at Arizona. From Arizona Stadium-Tucson, Ariz. (3h) (Live) ESPN2 NCAA Football Hawaii at Nevada (Reno). From MacKay Stadium-Reno, Nev. (3h) (Live) 5:30 a.m. ESPN2 Formula One on the Grid Live (35m) (Live)

Sunday 6:05 a.m. ESPN2 F1 Auto Racing Russian Grand Prix. From Sochi Autodrom-- Sochi, Russia (1h55) (Live) 9:00 a.m. ESPN Sunday NFL Countdown (3h) (Live) 11:00 a.m. (2) (4) (23) (31) The NFL Today (1h) (Live) (5) (6) (13) (25) IAAF Track & Field World Championships. From Khalifa International Stadium-- Doha, Qatar (1h30) (Live) (18) (32) (43) Fox NFL Sunday (1h) (Live) Noon (2) (4) NFL Football New England Patriots at Buffalo Bills. From New Era Field-- Buffalo, N.Y. (3h25) (Live) (18) (32) (43) NFL Football Kansas City Chiefs at Detroit Lions. From Ford Field-- Detroit, Mich. (3h) (Live) (23) NFL Football (3h25) (Live) (31) NFL Football Oakland Raiders at Indianapolis Colts. From Lucas Oil Stadium-- Indianapolis, Ind. (3h25) (Live) 12:30 p.m. (5) (6) (13) (25) Countdown to Green (30m) (Live) 1:00 p.m. (5) (6) (13) (25) NASCAR Auto Racing Monster Energy Cup Series Roval 400. From Charlotte Motor Speedway-- Charlotte, N.C. (4h) (Live) ESPN2 NWSL Soccer Port-

land Thorns FC vs. Reign FC. From Cheney Stadium-- Tacoma, Wash. (2h) (Live) 1:30 p.m. FSMW Cardinals Live Pre-game Show (30m) (Live) 2:00 p.m. (7) FSMW MLB Baseball Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals. From Busch Stadium-- St. Louis, Mo. (3h) (Live) (8) (17) (19) eSports San Francisco Shock vs. Vancouver Titans From Wells Fargo Center-- Philadelphia, Pa. (2h) (Live) ESPN WNBA Basketball Final Game 1 Playoffs. (2h) (Live) TBS MLB Baseball (3h) (Live) 3:00 p.m. (18) (32) (43) The OT (30m) (Live) 3:25 p.m. (2) (4) (31) NFL Football Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears. From Soldier Field-- Chicago, Ill. (3h05) (Live) (23) NFL Football (3h05) (Live) 5:00 p.m. ESPN Baseball Tonight (1h) (Live) FSMW Cardinals Live Post-game Show (1h) (Live) 6:00 p.m. (5) (6) (13) (25) Football Night in America (1h20) (Live) ESPN2 Baseball Tonight (1h) (Live) 7:20 p.m. (5) (6) (13) (25) NFL Football Dallas Cowboys at New Orleans Saints. From Mercedes-Benz Superdome-- New Orleans, La. (3h10) (Live)

Monday 12:30 p.m. ESPN NFL PrimeTime (1h) (Live) 1:30 p.m. ESPN NFL Live (1h30) (Live) 7:15 p.m. ESPN NFL Football Cincinnati Bengals at Pittsburgh Steelers. From Heinz Field-- Pittsburgh, Pa. (3h) (Live)

Tuesday 11:00 a.m. TNT UEFA BR Football Matchday (55m) (Live) 11:55 a.m. TNT UEFA Soccer Champions League. (2h05) (Live) 12:30 p.m. ESPN NFL Live (1h30) (Live) 2:00 p.m. TNT UEFA Soccer Champions League. (2h) (Live) 3:30 p.m. ESPN2 College Football Live (30m) (Live) 4:00 p.m. TNT UEFA BR Football Post-Match (30m) (Live) 6:00 p.m. ESPN Baseball Tonight (1h) (Live) 7:00 p.m. ESPN WNBA Bas-

SPORTS FEATURE CFP bowl game: Notre Dame set to host Bowling Green By Ryan Guebert TV Media

hree of the four teams that reached last year’s College Football Playoff had undefeated records going into their bowl game. Notre Dame was 12-0 before falling to the eventual CFP National Champion Clemson Tigers in the Cotton Bowl. The Fighting Irish opened their 2019 season with a win over Louisville and will take on the Bowling Green Falcons on Saturday, Oct. 5. Tune in to NBC for live coverage of the action in South Bend, Indiana. Having returning players in the college game is essential to building a stronger team, and Notre Dame has some key returners, including quarterback Ian Book, running back Tony Jones Jr. and wide receiver Chase Claypool — all seniors playing in what will likely be their final college season. Of course, Dexter Williams and Miles Boykin will be sorely missed, as they led the Fighting Irish last season in rushing and receiving, respectively. Williams was drafted

ketball Playoffs. (2h) (Live) TBS MLB Baseball National League Wild Card. (3h30) (Live) 10:30 p.m. TBS Inside MLB (30m) (Live)

Wednesday 11:00 a.m. TNT UEFA BR Football Matchday (55m) (Live) 11:55 a.m. TNT UEFA Soccer Champions League. (2h05) (Live) 12:30 p.m. ESPN NFL Live (1h30) (Live) 2:00 p.m. TNT UEFA Soccer Champions League. (2h) (Live) 3:30 p.m. ESPN2 College Football Live (30m) (Live) 4:00 p.m. ESPN2 Baseball Tonight (1h) (Live) TNT UEFA BR Football Post-Match (30m) (Live) 6:00 p.m. ESPN Baseball Tonight (1h) (Live) ESPN2 Baseball Tonight (1h) (Live) 7:00 p.m. ESPN ESPN2 MLB Baseball American League Wild Card. (3h) (Live) FSMW NCAA Volleyball Kansas vs. Iowa State. Women’s (2h) (Live) 11:00 p.m. ESPN2 Baseball Tonight (30m) (Live)

Thursday 12:30 p.m. ESPN NFL Live (1h30) (Live) 3:30 p.m. ESPN2 College

by the NFL’s Green Bay Packers, and Boykin is expected to win the WR1 position with the Baltimore Ravens, having drawn comparisons to all-star receiver Michael Thomas of the New Orleans Saints. Book won the starting role as quarterback in Week 4 of last season after head coach Brian Kelly benched senior Brandon Wimbush in favor of the junior, despite Wimbush’s 12-3 record as Notre Dame’s starter. Book ended up having one of the most memorable debuts in college history, throwing for 325 yards and two touchdowns, and running 43 yards for three touchdowns in a 56-27 road win against Wake Forest. He entered this season with an 8-1 record as an Irish starter and will look to improve that record with another push to the College Football Playoff. Find out if Book can keep the Fighting Irish on path to another CFP bowl game when Notre Dame hosts Bowling Green for the very first time at Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 5. Catch live action of the game on NBC.

Football Live (30m) (Live) 4:00 p.m. TBS MLB Baseball Game 1 National League Division Series. (3h30) (Live) 6:00 p.m. ESPN College Football Countdown (1h) (Live) 6:30 p.m. (18) (32) (43) NFL Pre-game Show (30m) (Live) 7:00 p.m. (18) (32) (43) NFL Football Los Angeles Rams at Seattle Seahawks. From CenturyLink Field-- Seattle, Wash. (3h30) (Live) ESPN NCAA Football Temple at East Carolina. From Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium-Greenville, N.C. (3h) (Live) ESPN2 H.S. Football Brentwood vs. Knoxville Catholic Knoxville, Tenn. (3h) (Live) FSMW NCAA Soccer Kansas State at Oklahoma. Women’s From John Crain Field-- Norman, Okla. (2h) (Live) 7:30 p.m. TBS MLB Baseball Game 1 National League Division Series. (3h30) (Live) 11:00 p.m. ESPN2 Baseball Tonight (30m) (Live) TBS Inside MLB (30m) (Live)

Friday 8:30 a.m. FSMW NBA Basketball Indiana Pacers vs. Sacramento Kings. Pre-season. From NSCI Dome-Mumbai, India (2h30) (Live)

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