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Snowiest Halloween ever in Illinois

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Isn’t that terrifying? The snow, that is, not the ghouls. Mother Nature delivered rare chills by pounding us with record-setting October snowfall, blanketing Halloween displays such as this one at the corner of Seventh and West streets in Peru. Children in La Salle, Peru and Dalzell will have to wait until Friday to satisfy the sweet tooth, as the three cities postponed trick-ortreat by 24 hours.

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Jeff Grove isn’t just the mayor of La Salle, he’s also a father of four — and that made it a little easier to explain to some irritated parents why he moved trick-ortreat to Friday. “Some parents who took the night off from work are not happy,” Grove said of the city’s unprecedented Halloween postponement. “Unfortunately, there are always going to be situations where people are negatively impacted no matter what is decided.” Eventually, everyone will cool off and accept that La Salle and Peru were among the communities (see inset box) to postpone only because of safety. The forecast called for record-breaking snow on Halloween — the old record was a mere tenth of an inch — and the weatherman, sadly, nailed this one. We’re looking at 1-3 inches through midday, with an additional inch possible after lunch time. “The worst of the snow should be through early afternoon and then the snow will start to taper off after 2 or 3 (p.m.),” said meteorologist Ricky Castro. When asked if the snow is unprecedented, the answer was an emphatic yes. “Yesterday and today are certainly the earliest snows of this magnitude that I can recall.”

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Some children (but not those in La Salle and Peru) will trudge out tonight in conditions like this. La Salle residents Jose Ramos and Hevibeta Sanchez, seen here at Third and Gooding streets in La Salle, were among the residents who bundled up before braving October-record snowfall that has made this the whitest Halloween in Illinois history. Grove was among the mayors who digested the bleak forecast and saw no choice but to postpone the festivities for 24 hours. His own children, however, took the news in stride — “They are glad we’re still going to have it” — and none of their friends plan to picket city hall, either. In fact, children told the NewsTribune said they aren’t unhappy with waiting a day to

collect their holiday loot, nor are they counting down the days (well, years) until they can vote Grove out of office. A few even welcomed rescheduling trick-or-treat. Sarah Peters, 15, of La Salle said she was disappointed at first, but then she shrugged off the postponement as a weather-related fluke. “This kind of weather doesn’t happen every year,” Sarah said.

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Right before Labor Day, a Chicago-area Democrat proposed moving Halloween from Oct. 31 to the last Saturday in October. Nobody has co-sponsored Thaddeus Jones’ bill (House Bill 3874). But after getting walloped with snow, one Illinois Valley lawmaker said she might give Jones’ bill a fresh look. “Today, as I’m driving almost north in a snow storm, there might be some merit to it,” said state Sen. Sue Rezin (R-Morris).

is sure to put Jagiella’s students in the holiday spirit once 5 p.m. rolls around and they can start ringing doorbells. One community where kids can double-dip, so to speak, is Utica. Village officials decided at midday Wednesday not to postpone but to hold trick-or-treat on Halloween night, giving Utica kids the chance to ask for goodies near home tonight and then trot off with L-P friends on Friday. Mayor David Stewart held off on postponing trick-or-treat until the short-term weather outlook was in hand, at which point he decided the roads would be cleared and conditions would be safe for Utica children to roam See HALLOWEEN Page A2

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“It will be snowing on Halloween and I wouldn’t want kids on the street while cars are trying to drive in the snow.” Kate Duncan, 10, of Peru said Friday is a better night to go door-to-door, anyway. “Friday is a weekend and we get to stay up late,” Kate said. “And Friday is when we take our tests so now we won’t have to stay up late (Thursday) studying.” Kate’s little brother and sister took the news well, too. Claire Duncan, 5, said she doesn’t like cold or snow and embraced the chance to trick-or-treat when it’s warmer. Eight-year-old brother Jack figures he can hit more houses Friday, and pocket more candy, without the snow impeding his gait. A similar consensus was detected at Peru Catholic Schools. Teacher Kathy Jagiella said her craftier students noted which cities opted to postpone and which didn’t and greedily hatched plans to go trick-or-treating on consecutive nights. “Some students are thinking outside the box,” Jagiella said. “Spring Valley and Oglesby have not (yet) moved theirs. Opportunity!” It didn’t hurt that there were Halloween activities scheduled Friday, anyway. The first-graders are dressing as saints for All Saints Day and trunk-or-treat will be in the gym. All of which

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats have set the stage for certain House approval of the ground rules lawmakers will use when they consider impeaching President Donald Trump as the chamber braced for its first showdown over the inquiry. There was no doubt that the Democratic-controlled body would approve the eight pages of procedures on Thursday, with each side likely to lose a handful of defectors, if any. “As much as this president flaunts the Constitution, we are

going to protect it,” House Rules Committee Chairman James McGovern, D-Mass., said on Wednesday as his panel debated the procedures. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told The Associated Press that the package creates “much more of a politically closed system than an open system.” That echoed Republican complaints that the Democratic-run process has been secretive and tilted against them. Democrats say their plan follows how impeachment efforts against Presidents Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton were run.

The investigation is focused on Trump’s efforts to push Ukraine to investigate his Democratic political opponents by withholding military aid and an Oval Office meeting craved by the country’s new president. It is likely to take weeks or more before the House votes on whether to actually impeach Trump. If the House impeaches Trump, the Senate would hold a trial to decide whether to remove him from office. Both parties’ leaders were rounding up votes as Thursday’s roll call approached, with each side eager to come as close to unanimity as possible.

Republicans said a solid GOP “no” vote would signal to the Senate that the Democratic push is a partisan crusade against a president they have never liked. Democrats were also hoping to demonstrate solidarity from their most liberal elements to their most moderate members. They argued that GOP cohesion against the measure would show that Republicans are blindly defending Trump, whatever facts emerge. Republicans said they’d use the vote to target freshman Democrats and those from districts Trump carried in 2016.

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Ford, auto workers union Ok tentative contract By Tom Krisher

fication vote. The tentative agreement “preserves job security and rewards UAW Ford members for their quality work,” Union President Gary Jones said. The agreement likely will mirror the pact approved last week by General Motors workers after a 40-day strike. The GM contract has a mix of pay raises and lump-sum checks, a quicker path to full wages for new hires and assurances that temporary workers can become full-time. It also includes $7.7 billion in investments at U.S. factories.

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DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union has reached a tentative contract agreement with Ford after three days of intense bargaining. The union said the deal was reached Wednesday night but didn’t give details. The deal still has to be approved by committees of national union leaders and local officials who will meet in Detroit Friday. Then it will be sent to Ford’s 55,000 union workers for a rati-

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the village. “We kind of just felt it was best to keep it where it was,” Stewart said. Whatever Mother Nature has up her sleeve, one Utica mom welcomed Stewart’s decision not to postpone. Nicole Mertes said she simply didn’t like the idea of moving the holiday observance, even if she did warn daughter Quinn, soon to be 10, to brace for cold and snow. “That’s OK,” Quinn said, “you can drive me.”

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Lightfoot, in sometimes heated remarks, said Wednesday night that she would not meet the union’s demand. Lightfoot accused the union’s top leadership of “moving the goal posts” by raising the issue Wednesday rather than in a face-to-face meeting with her on Tuesday. “Not once during that threeand-a-half-hour meeting did they raise compensation for strike days,” Lightfoot. “Not once.” Lightfoot has refused strike to lengthen the school year to make up days since the strike began Oct. 17. Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson said it would require cutting winter or spring break days or adding days to the end of the year. Union president Jesse Sharkey said the teachers are not asking to be paid for a strike but do credit the walkout for forcing the district to compromise on some contract issues.

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CHICAGO (AP) — The union representing 25,000 striking Chicago’s teachers voted to approve a tentative contract agreement with city officials but refused to end a strike that has canceled two weeks of classes unless the city’s mayor adds school days to cover that lost time. Elected delegates for the Chicago Teachers Union voted Wednesday night to accept a tentative agreement with the nation’s third-largest school district but say they won’t come back without Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s commitment. The union also encouraged members to fill the streets outside City Hall on Thursday, hoping to pressure Lightfoot into accepting its terms. The impasse cancelled classes for an 11th day on Thursday for more than 300,000 students.

La Salle — 5-7 p.m. Friday Peru — 5-7 p.m. Friday Naplate — 5-7 p.m. Friday Dalzell — 5-7 p.m. Friday. All events are moved to Friday including trunk-or-treat at the Grade School and the costume parade. Truck-or-treat lineup starts at 10:40 a.m. and begins at 11 a.m. The parade lines up at 3:45 p.m. at the grade school and starts at 4 p.m. The parade route is from the school to the village hall where there will be hot dogs and treats. Wenona — 4-7 p.m. Friday, but some businesses will proceed with Halloween-themed events today, Businesses open either night will have a ghost out front.

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On Friday, the day GM workers approved their contract, the UAW picked Ford as its second company to bargain with. While talks began in earnest Monday, bargaining had been going on since last summer. If Ford workers approve the contract, bargaining will then focus on Fiat Chrysler, which may not be as open to granting the terms of the GM contract. The GM deal also includes an $11,000 signing bonus and scraps a cap on annual profit sharing based on the company’s North American pretax income.

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That’s not exactly what mom wanted to hear — and Quinn had better not get her hopes up about double-dipping on Friday. “I doubt we will go twice, considering once is more than enough,” Mertes said. “Although that may change once her siblings ravage her candy bag.”

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UAW Vice President Rory Gamble, the chief negotiator with Ford, said bargainers were talking during the GM strike. The union’s “pattern bargaining strategy” won unspecified salary and benefits gains with Ford and secured over $6 billion in product investments in American facilities, Gamble said in a statement. The investments will create or keep over 8,500 jobs, but no number of new jobs was given. Ford confirmed that the agreement had been reached on a new four-year contract but said details would be provided later.

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Chicago Symphony Orchestra trumpeter featured in IVSO concert Sunday

Hagstrom Imagine an afternoon of music by the highly acclaimed Illinois Valley Symphony Orchestra, directed by Music Director and Conductor Daniel Sommerville, that will feature a brilliant trumpeter and member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra playing Alexander Arutiunian’s Trumpet Concerto in A-flat Major. Music lovers from the Illinois Valley, along with area music students are invited and encouraged to attend this concert at La Salle Peru Township High School Matthiessen Memorial Auditorium at 3 p.m. Nov. 3. Admission to the concert is free for students K-12, and $5 for college students with a student ID. The concert will feature John Hagstrom, who has been a member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra since 1996. Before joining the CSO he was principal trumpet of the Wichita Symphony Orchestra in Kansas and assistant professor of trumpet at Wichita State University. Hagstrom graduated from the Eastman School of Music. He spent six years in the United States Marine Band in Washington D.C., where he was principal trumpet for three years. He has also worked extensively with Yamaha to create several professional trumpet designs. Yamaha has selected the Chicago Artist Model C Trumpet in 2006 to be their 10 millionth instrument ever produced. In June of 2006 his first solo CD was released on the Albany Records label. Recordings featuring John Hagstrom include his performance of the Bellini Oboe Concerto and the Sachse Concertino with the Chicago Brass Choir, and he can be heard as lead trumpet on Daniel Barenboim’s recording on the Teldec label entitled Tribute to Ellington. The concert will also include Dvorak’s New World Symphony and In Autumn by Grieg. Admission is by season membership or individual ticket, available online at ivso.org or at the door. Adult tickets are $20, Students K-12 free, and College with an ID $5. The auditorium is handicapped accessible. The Illinois Valley Symphony Guild will hold an after-concert reception. Guild Ambassadors will greet concertgoers, who at this time will have an opportunity to join the Guild (advocacy group) that greets concertgoers, ushers, and hosts receptions. Both men and women are welcome to show their support for the IVSO by joining the IVSO Guild. This concert is sponsored by Aziz and Wendy Asphahani. Season Sponsors are Regional Radio and Ottawa Radio.

BRIEFS Smorgasbord is back in Arlington ARLINGTON — St. Patrick Parish, Arlington, is sponsoring its annual Smorgasbord & Bake Sale on Sunday, Nov. 3. Serving is from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in Bishop Franz Hall. The menu is turkey and dressing, ham, mashed potatoes and gravy, salads, vegetable dishes, dessert and beverage. Cost is $10 for adults, $4 for children under 12, and free for children under 5. Dinner tickets may be purchased at the door and carry-outs available.

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Joe Peshel as William Gillette performs in “The Game’s Afoot” at Stage 212. The comedic thriller takes place in December 1936, and Broadway star William Gillette, admired the world over for his leading role in the play “Sherlock Holmes,” has invited his fellow cast members to his Connecticut castle for a weekend of revelry. But when one of the guests is stabbed to death, the festivities in this isolated house of tricks and mirrors quickly turn dangerous. The play runs Nov. 8, 9 and 10 and 14, 15, 16 (two performances) and 17 at Stage 212, 700 First St., La Salle.

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unveil “The Game’s Afoot (Holmes for the Holiday)” in 2011. Once in a while, Stage 212 “The main character is takes on a play with adult William Gillette, who actually themes and lets folks know not was a real person. He was a to bring the kiddies. U.S. actor on the Broadway But there’s no reason to stage in the early to mid-20th stay away from the Sherlock century. (From) Arthur Conan Holmes-themed “The Game’s Doyle, he actually got perAfoot” — unless you have mission to write a play about a problem with a comedic Sherlock Holmes. He starred thriller packed with surprising in it on the Broadway stage for and sudden revelations about like 30 years,” Kelsey said. the characters, or actors who Set at the holidays in 1936, occasionally blurt quips from the play takes place in living Shakespeare out of the blue. room in Gillette’s Connecticut Joe Peshel of La Salle, a castle, and in real life, Gillette veteran of the stage and the had a castle-like mansion in military, has the lead role, Connecticut. portraying an actor who turns “There’s some basis in fact. into an amateur sleuth after Everything else about it is fica fellow actor is murdered at tion,” Kelsey said. a Christmas gathering at his In Ludwig’s story, Gillette house. packed his mansion not only “It’s got everything,” Peshel with guests but also with the says of the play, noting there’s latest technological gadgets the murder to solve, the lead (circa 1936), such as recorders actor who normally plays an intercom and more. Sherlock Holmes engaging in a “The premise of the story is do-it-yourself murder investigahe and his cast mates are on a tion, and an intricately-detailed break from doing the show. It’s plot. “It’s really, really fastChristmastime. He has invited paced … a mile-a-minute show.” his cast mates, who are all ficPeshel embraced the chaltional, as far as I know, up to lenge of playing William his mansion in Connecticut. Gillette, in part because of the While they’re there, somebody wide variety of emotions he gets stabbed. And having played goes through as the story unthe character (Holmes) for so folds. long, he can’t resist kicking Director Larry Kelsey said into Sherlock Holmes mode,” Peshel fits the role. Kelsey said. “The police do get “He’s the right age. He has involved, but to largely comic the right delivery. The characeffect.” ter has a certain gravitas about Kelsey said Peshel only has him, and Joe conveys that really one longer monologue, and for well. Even when the character the most part, characters have a is being a little bombastic he has similar number of lines, in rapid that air of character and seriinteraction. ousness about him,” Kelsey said. “It’s an ensemble cast, no bit The director shared a bit of parts. It’s a lot of interaction history about what inspired among everybody,” Kelsey said. playwright Ken Ludwig to He said playwright Ludwig is NEWS EDITOR

Felix Geisel, played by Ken Shroeder, acts out a scene with a pistol during a rehearsal of “The Game’s Afoot” at Stage 212. known for comedies, especially physical comedy, farces. “Lend Me a Tenor” is probably his most famous. “Ludwig is a master at writing comedy, verbal and physical,” Kelsey said. “There’s a lot of comedy to this, but it also really is a whodunit. There are a lot of laughs. In a whodunit, there are a lot of twists and turns and there are a lot of surprises, which I don’t want to give away.” Peshel said after getting the script, he realized he’d missed some comedic moments and intricacies when he saw the play the first time. The audience will notice a transformation by characters. “There are people in it who are not really who they seem to be,” Kelsey said. Also featured in the cast are Ellen Marincic as Martha Gillette (William lives with his mother); Ken Schroeder as Felix Geisel, Zoë Peshel as Madge Geisel, Alejandro Botero as Simon Bright, Liz Svadbik as Aggie Wheeler, Kathy Missel as Inspector Goring and Bobette Roberson as Daria Chase.

Production staff includes Kelsey, producer Traci Tomasson, assistant director/set crew Caryn Brown, stage manager Zoe Piano, set designer/ decorator Glen Gerrard, lead set builder Cory Tomasson, set crew Brian Brown, Tony Christopherson, Tracy Daugherty, Rosie Brown and Joey Brown, costume coordinator Kyle Showen, prop coordinator Reid Tomasson, sound designer Kyle Foley, lighting designer Yvette Lucas, light operator Abby Bertrand, stagehand Becky Christopherson and set decorator Laurie Innis. “The Game’s Afoot” will be presented Nov. 8-10 and 14-17 (with two performances on the 16th) at Stage 212, 700 First St., La Salle. Thursday, Friday and Saturday evening performances begin at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday matinees begin at 2 p.m. Tickets and may be purchased by visiting the box office 4-6 p.m. Mondays and 9 a.m.-noon Saturdays or by calling (815) 224-3025 during the same hours. Tickets may also be purchased online by visiting www. stage212.org.

Witches and Warlocks event benefits Westclox Museum and building

Master gardener wins sustained excellence award

The Witches and Warlocks event will be 5-10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2 at Westclox, 350 Fifth St., Peru. The night includes a DJ, vendors, tarot cards, palm reader, crystals and mediums, performance by The Hocus Pocus Hags, a scavenger hunt, special cocktails from Star Unions Spirits and more. It is an 18 and over event. Proceeds will benefit the Westclox Museum and also historic Westclox Building.

Marshall-Putnam volunteer recognized by U of I Extension Master Gardener Volunteer Barb Dahlbach of Toluca, Illinois received a well-deserved University of Illinois Extension State Master Gardener Sustained Excellence Award. The award was given during the annual State Master Gardener Conference held this year in Moline.

The State Master Gardener Sustained Excellence Award recognizes previous State Outstanding Master Gardener Award winners who have continued to develop in their Master Gardener career with new responsibilities and initiatives, and those whose breadth and depth of involvement in the program is exemplary and has continued on that level since receiving the Outstanding Master Gardener Award. Each person nominated is an

exceptional example to Master Gardeners within their County and Unit, as well as to others in the state. Dahlbach has been an Illinois Master Gardener since 1996. In that time, she has won the State Master Gardener Teamwork Award for the “Healthy Gardening” Project (2015), the State Master Gardener Teamwork Award for the “Seeds to Harvest” Project (2016), and the Outstanding Master Gardener Award (2017).

In March of 2019, she was awarded a “Know More Grow More” mini-grant for the Healthy Gardening Project, a project she has chaired since 2011, and was selected in April of 2019 to be a member on the University of Illinois Extension Master Gardener State Advisory Committee representing the Northwest Region. In her spare time, she loves throwing seed sorting parties and being with her grandchildren.

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Missed chance for the Dems Sen. Cory Booker, a Democratic presidential candidate, recently tweeted something he couldn’t have possibly read too closely. It was a link to a Glamour magazine piece about men and abortion. The senator wrote: Kathryn Jean “Women shouldn’t be Lopez solely responNEWSPAPER sible for sharENTERPRISE ing their perASSOCIATION sonal stories as evidence of their humanity. When reproductive rights are in danger, it’s on all of us to join the fight. Thanks to these men for sharing how abortion has impacted their lives.” It should be an unwritten campaign rule that if you’re not going to say anything life-giving about abortion — something that acknowledges pain and touches on hope and healing — don’t say anything at all. It’s simply not a humane reaction to that Glamour piece to say, “When reproductive rights are in danger, it’s on all of us to join the fight.” Michael Wear, who did faith-based outreach in the Barack Obama administration, has written that the Democratic party needs to express some moral lament about abortion. Tweets like Booker’s do the very opposite. Because abortion has become such a core issue for the Democrats, it was probably a little brave for Booker to even acknowledge the existence of men in the scenario — and some of the responses to his tweet expressed outrage that the piece included a testimony of a man who wished his girlfriend had consulted him before getting an abortion. There was some real human misery revealed in the Glamour article. The testimonies in the piece run the gamut. One man even expressed his belief that “abortion is wrong.” He regretted that his girlfriend didn’t talk to him before getting an abortion. He said, in part: “I’m hurt that that baby never had a chance. I’m hurt that my girlfriend thought that was the right decision to make, especially without consulting with me. Because even though America says this is a women’s issue, it’s as much a man’s issue because it takes a man and a woman to make a baby. And that’s something that we’re both going to carry the rest of our lives, the memory of what could have happened. I think about that baby — not, like, every day or every week — but I think about that baby a lot.” And there’s also this, from a different man: “It was so scary through the whole process. Getting the sonogram and seeing that she was actually pregnant, (I was) more sentimental than I thought I would get about it.’” George Mason University law professor Helen Alvare uses the word “immiseration” to describe what abortion has done to women; it’s also a cultural condition. And so, of course, we would see it on social media, which has been known to exacerbate some of our worst tendencies. But we can and need to do better.

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City officials should give serious thought to speaker’s message Newer isn’t always better. Author Charles Marohn reminded us last week of this adage in front of a full house of Starved Rock Country movers and shakers during a presentation at Illinois Valley Community College, applying the message to economic growth within our communities. At the end of World War II, he said the trend was to grow outward, similar to what was happening in Detroit, which was then considered an innovative city. Now that we’ve seen decline play out there, Marohn warned growing outward taxes a city’s infrastructure and liabilities. Instead of growing on the

outer edge of a community, requiring more roads and extended water and sewer lines, Marohn said city officials should consider how to make better use out of what already has been built and strengthen already established framework. It’s part of what he calls a “bottom-up revolution,” and the basis for his book “Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity.” Marohn presented a unique perspective and we’re glad so many city officials showed up to hear it. He warned about massive gaps in the city, where the infrastructure costs far exceed what surrounds them. Specifically, he’s noticed an abundance of parking. Parking is an issue in almost every community. Residents and businesses see it as a convenience to have ample parking close to destinations. One per-

son in attendance said if people struggle to find parking, they may not visit downtown at all. Marohn challenged that notion. “If you think of a place as being something that is creating wealth in your community, parking is an anti-place. It’s something that is actually denuding and destroying your wealth,” he said. Marohn said if parking is a priority, downtowns will inevitably lose the battle against big box stores. Instead downtowns have to sell the experience and the variety of shops. “You’ve destroyed your city so that I never have to take more than 20-foot walk,” he said. “I want your city to be so beautiful it’s worth a six-block walk.” It’s refreshing to hear accepted values challenged, because it allows us to rethink them and ask if they truly are

the best practices. It’s our hope community leaders in attendance will go back to their boards, or share among fellow business leaders what they heard. We also hope it triggers a conversation that generates questions. Is there more we can be doing with empty spaces or buildings within our towns? Is a parking lot the best use of space? Should a community extend infrastructure in its outskirts to generate growth? To be clear, we don’t think these questions have clear answers. There are times when it costs too much to restore an old building or it makes sense to capture commerce along a main highway or interstate. What we ask is our city leaders give serious thought to the items Marohn presented before extending its infrastructure, and ask ultimately — is this sustainable?

No-pressure Thanksgiving right around corner After decades of doing the same old thing, I’ve decided to host an Alternative Thanksgiving this year. I’ve sat through too many turkey-and-stuffing dinners to count, and many of them weren’t all that much fun: family squabbles, Jim Mullen kitchen disasNEWSPAPER ters, drunken ENTERPRISE uncles, outASSOCIATION of-control children, outof-control adults, missed plane connections, you name it. We’ve turned it into some kind of horrible high school prom where everything has to be just like it’s always been, and the stress levels are through the roof. This year, I want to get out of the traditional Thanksgiving rut. So I asked myself: What is the opposite of a formal turkey dinner with all the fixin’s, served on fine china? My answer was shrimp. Shrimp may not actually be the opposite of turkey, but neither is a goose, or a tur-

ducken, or tofurkey, or a ham. For all I know, caviar might be the true opposite of turkey, but I can’t afford that. So, shrimp it is. I invited my friends and neighbors Bob and Helen, and explained that my Alt Thanksgiving was going to be everything you wouldn’t expect at a Thanksgiving dinner. I mentioned the shrimp and they kindly explained that I was out of my mind, but that they didn’t want to get on a plane and visit their kids, so — sure, they would come. They asked what they could bring. “What,” I wondered, “would be the opposite of cranberry sauce?” They settled on fondue. Tom and Betty, down the road, said they’d been to 60 Thanksgivings and were ready for a change. “What can we bring?” I told them, “the opposite of sweet potatoes.” Betty said sauerkraut, but after a little thought about the shrimp and the fondue, she decided on California rolls. My next invitees, Rose and Bucky, said they would bring the opposite of stuffing. “And what would that be?” I asked. “Oh, it’d have to be some-

thing that is healthy and tastes awful, like kale.” “No one will eat that.” “Hmmm, then something light that goes with shrimp, fondue and California rolls,” they said. “Seaweed salad?” “Yes! That’s thinking outside the bento box.” This was actually starting to sound like a fun dinner party. So I started telling more and more of my neighbors about the shrimp, fondue and California rolls, and more and more friends started coming up with things they would really like to eat besides the same-old, sameold. Oh, did I mention the idea of “festival seating” and paper plates? And everyone I invited can walk to my house. No picking anyone up at the airport then finding out their flight has been delayed for four hours. No relatives we don’t agree with; no sulky teenagers. I can fight with them any day of the week, so why should I let them wreck my Thanksgiving? I’m not spending any time worrying about fine china and seasonal tablecloths and whether Aunt Helen is bringing her green beans in mushroom soup that we’ve all eaten for the last four

decades. Life is short. Eat what you want and spend time with people you like. As for tradition, do you think all the Pilgrims liked each other? As I recall, there were a lot of people accusing each other of being witches and warlocks — a tradition that continues to this day. I’ve been to many Thanksgiving dinners that turned out to be “Dr. Phil” shows instead of parties. Enough of that. We’ve got to relax. Now, when I hear someone on TV telling me how to make the “perfect” turkey, all I can think is, “It’s a turkey! It’s not perfect to begin with.” If you enjoy making turkey and stuffing, have at it — but if it’s making you crazy, nervous or stressed out, start your own tradition. What is the point of having a day off if you spend it working harder than you do at work? If you want to create a memory, do something memorable. Why can’t shrimp become your traditional Thanksgiving meal? Or brats in sauerkraut? Or spaghetti and meatballs, or General Tso’s chicken? Do what you want and have a happy holiday for a change.

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food and specialty shops. The big question is: Who will come? In today’s retail landscape, consumers are glued to their iPhones and smartphones, where they can do their shopping without ever leaving their couch. Amazon has morphed into the biggest online retailer in the world. And overall traffic at malls, which had been on the rise in the late 1990s, has declined 10% since, according to an estimate by Coresight Research. A report from Credit Suisse published two years ago predicted that up to a quarter of the shopping malls will close by 2022 given the increasing popularity of online shopping and a rash of store closings. Since 2015, only nine malls have been built, a dramatic fall from their peak construction in 1973 of 43, according to CoStar Group, a real estate research firm.

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Amid that new reality, American Dream is looking to draw 45 million to 50 million visitors in its first year. Entertainment will account for more than half of its space, including attractions like a bunny field and an aviary. There will also be a doggy day care and a luxury wing, where shoppers can sip champagne and sample caviar as they wait for their designer handbags to be wrapped. American Dream won’t be fully operational until next spring. The indoor ski slope will open in phases by the end of the year; stores and restaurants will open in March. At the ice-skating rink, spectators were watching professional skaters do routines. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and his wife Tammy took a spin on one of the rollercoasters, along with other state officials.

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“The Game’s Afoot” – Nov. 8-10 and Nov. 14-17. Stage 212, La Salle. Ken Ludwig’s comedic thriller directed by Larry Kelsey. Thursday, Friday, Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. Tickets

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Special Olympics 17th Annual Auction Fundraiser — Nov. 7. Senica’s Oak Ridge Golf Club, La Salle. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. with a buffet dinner at 6:30 p.m. The live auction segment will begin at 7:15 p.m. Proceeds will benefit athletes that train and compete within Region A. Tickets are $30 and available in advance at (815)-220-8128 or email anichols@soill.org. Walk-ins welcome. Opening Reception for Jayson Tuntland — Nov. 8. 6:308:30 p.m. Music Suite 408 Paintbox Gallery, Peru. Free, family-friendly, open to the public, Light refreshments. Exhibit runs through November. Tuntland Exhibit opening is part of the 2nd Friday: Time for Art & Music at Westclox. The North Central Illinois (NCI) ARTworks art center will host the work of local artist, Carol Crane. Tuntland is a photographic artist, U.S. Army veteran, and native resident of La Moille, Christmas in the Valley — Nov. 9. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. St. Margaret’s Hospital Gift Shop, Spring Valley. Refreshments, raffles, 30% off many items. Free gift wrap. St. Thomas More Chicken Dinner — Nov. 10. 11a.m. – 2 p.m. Church hall in Dalzell. Baked or fried chicken, spaghetti, salad, bread and butter, dessert, drink. Adults $10, kids 6-10 years $5 (drumstick, spaghetti, bread, dessert and drink). 5 & under free (spaghetti, bread, drink and dessert). Carry-outs available Mendota Museum & Historical Society Veterans Event — Nov. 10. 1-3 p.m. Hume-Carnegie Museum in Mendota. For veterans, current service members, their families and the general public. Featured veterans are Greta Bates, Dave Jones, Otto Meyer, Jack Pope, Bob Sondgeroth and Joe Spanier. There will also be displays in memory of Captain Thomas J. Heitmann and Sgt. 1st Class Julianna Gehant. Perfectly Flawed Evening 2019 — Nov. 14. 5-9:30 p.m. Senica’s Oak Ridge, La Salle. Presented by Miller Group Charitable Trust. Dinner, auction. (815) 830-8675 or www.perfectlyflawed.org. Pork Chop Sandwich Dinner — Nov. 14. 5-8 p.m. La Salle VFW. Sandwich and chips $4 with carryouts for $4.50. Open to the public and all are welcome. (815) 223-6665. Proceeds to benefit veterans groups. Feather Party Bingo — Nov. 16. Starting at 6:30 p.m. (doors open at 5 p.m.). Immaculate Conception Church, Ohio. Each bingo game winner gets a 10-12 pound turkey; refreshments, 50/50 raffle, plus turkey door prize; $1 admission; $6 for three bingo cards all night; doors open at 5 p.m; barbeque sandwich, chips, desserts for sale. Proceeds benefit Immaculate Conception OCCW charities and church building maintenance fund. (815) 376-6641 or 894-2092. The Ottawa Rescue Case– Nov. 21. 6:30 p.m. Peru Public Library. Heinz-Dietrich Suppan will be speaking about the Ottawa Rescue Case, a fascinating tale about how the people of the Illinois Valley helped a slave on his harrowing journey from Missouri to Canada in the 1850s. perulibrary.org or (815)223-0229 Annual Fall Bake Sale – Nov. 23. 9 a.m.-noon. St. George Orthodox Church, Spring Valley. Presented by Ladies of St. George Orthodox Church. Featuring Middle Eastern pastries, breads, meat and spinach pies as well as traditional American bakery. Pre-orders by Nov. 6 at (815) 228-1646. Polar Express Pajama Party — Dec. 7. Showings 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Music Suite 408, Peru. This theme party is for children and their parents. The movie, “The Polar Express”, will be shown on the big screen in the arts center. Guests are invited to come in their

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pajamas. Children 14 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Hot chocolate and treats will be served following the movie. Every child will receive a silver bell like the one they will see in the film. $8 per person. Seating is limited. Advance ticket purchase required. (815) 223-4408 Preventing Spinal Injuries — Dec. 10. 6:30 p.m. Utica Public Library. Featuring Dr Alan Yepsen. 17th Annual Christmas Cookie Sale — Dec. 14. Beginning at 8 a.m. Sacred Heart Church parish hall, Granville. Presented by Altar and Rosary Society of Sacred Heart Parish. Assorted cookies and candies will be sold on a first come, first served basis at a cost of $6 per pound. Italian succarines available for $10 per pound.

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Hegeler Carus Mansion — La Salle. Mansion tours Wednesday-Sunday. Noon-3 p.m. starting on the hour. All tours: $15 for adults. $5 for K-12 students, and free for Children under 5 years. www.hegelercarus.org. (815) 224-5892 Lock 16 Center/La Salle Canal Boat — La Salle. Center includes exhibits, visitor information, gift shop and café. Open year-round. Canal Boat operates May-October. (815) 223-1851 Westclox Museum — Peru. Located within a portion of the historic Westclox building. Displays of clocks, watches, military products, photo displays, reference and research materials, Tick Talk magazines and more. (815) 200-8604. Free admission. www. westcloxmuseum.com Spring Valley Historical Museum — 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday through Friday Oct. 7-Dec. 13. Tours of the museum may still be arranged by contacting (815) 664-2178. Featuring items related to John Mitchell, coal mining, area businesses, sports, music and schools. For all ages La Salle County Historical Society Museum Complex — Utica. Nov. 10-Jan. 23. Special tours during this time by call (815) 667-4861. Schedule resumes Jan. 24 noon-4 p.m. Friday. Saturday and Sunday. Reddick Mansion — Ottawa. Reddick Mansion, built in 1858, is listed on the National Register of Historic Sites. During January and February, tours Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays. On Sundays, the mansion will be open 11a.m.-2 p.m.; the other three days, hours will be 11-a.m.-3 p.m. (815) 433-6100 Owen Lovejoy Homestead — Princeton. Former station on the Underground Railroad. Open May-October; Friday, Saturday, and Sunday afternoons. (815) 879-9151 Cherry Mine Museum and Library — Public library, Cherry. Summer hours 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Wednesdays and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays. Features include a large, highly detailed model of the mine prior to the 1909 disaster. To arrange a tour at an alternate time, call DeAnn Pozzi at (815) 894-2977. Bureau County Historical Society Museum — Princeton. Tour of Clark-Norris Home (1900) and Newell-Bryant House (1853); Lincoln and Civil War displays; Native American artifacts; Immke photo collection. Open March through November; Wednesday through Saturday. (815) 875-2184. Bureau County Genealogical Society-Family History and Research Library —Princeton (815) 879-3133.Open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday Friday and the first Saturday of each month 10 a.m. -3 p.m. Other times by appointment. Putnam County Historical Society Pulsifer House — This “Jewel of the Prairie” on the National Register of Historic Places. Tours/ information (815) 925-7560. Open mid-March through mid-December. Breaking the Prairie Agricultural Museum — Mendota. (815) 539-3373. Earlville Historical Society Museum — Downtown Earlville in the old hardware store. Open 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays; noon-2 p.m. Sundays and anytime by appointment. (815) 246-9778. Hume-Carnegie Museum — Local history. Open 1-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday March 1-Dec. 13. (815) 539-3373 for more information (office open during week.) mmhsmuseum@yahoo.com Union Depot Railroad Museum — Local train history. Open Saturday and Sunday noon-4 p.m. (815) 538-3800 or 5393373 Magnolia Township Preservation Association— History and artifacts of township villages, families, and farms. “Preserving the Past to inform the future.” Open March through November. (815) 257-0707 Charles Perdew Museum — Henry. Open every Sunday through Sept. 29. 2-4 p.m. Museum on Main — Tiskilwa. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. every Saturday. (815) 646-4016 for an appointment.

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Is the stethoscope dying? High-tech rivals pose a threat By Lindsey Tanner

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Auto-brewery syndrome makes sober people drunk Dear Doctor: I heard about a guy who tested as drunk but hadn’t had any alcohol. Is that really even possible, or is it some kind of urban legend? Dear Reader: It certainly sounds like the product of an overactive imagination, but the scenario you’re referring to did happen. According to news reports, a young Chinese man who had moved to Australia to attend college suddenly started getting drunk. The catch was he swore he hadn’t imbibed any alcohol. Upon returning home to China, the breathalyzer tests he took during subsequent episodes showed a blood alcohol level up to 10 times the legal limit. In 2014, he became gravely ill and was admitted to the hospital, 10 years after the onset of the mysterious episodes. He was diagnosed with fatty liver disease, in which a buildup of fat in the liver causes inflammation that leads to organ damage. The condition is common in people with chronic alcohol abuse, which outstrips the liver’s ability to manage and clear the resulting toxins from the body. The Chinese man was eventually diagnosed with auto-brewery syndrome, a rare condition in which the carbohydrates that a person eats or drinks are fermented in the gut and turn into ethanol, also known as grain alcohol. As it turns out, the young man wasn’t drinking alcohol, but he was drinking a lot of fruit juice and eating carbohydrate-rich foods, thus giving the rogue microbrewery in his gut plenty of raw material. While this case is interesting on its own, it also holds promise for people with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, or NAFLD. As the name suggests, this is a type of fatty liver disease that occurs in the absence of heavy alcohol use. In NAFLD, inflammation and cell damage can be severe enough to result in fibrosis and scarring, and can even lead to cirrhosis or liver cancer. The cause of NAFLD isn’t known. But recent studies have found that the guts of people with NAFLD were far more likely to contain certain alcohol-producing bacteria than the guts of healthy individuals. Send your questions to askthedoctors@mednet.ucla.edu, or write: Ask the Doctors, c/o UCLA Health Sciences Media Relations, 10880 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1450, Los Angeles, CA, 90024.

BRIEFS Next IVCH blood drive planned for Nov. 4 Illinois Valley Community Hospital will sponsor a blood drive 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 4 in the IVCH 6th Street oﬃce building. To make an appointment to give blood, call Carolyn Freed at (815) 780-3387. All presenting donors will be given a voucher to use online to order a state pride T-shirt.

Blood drive Nov. 8 in Mendota MENDOTA — Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center will host a blood drive noon-5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8, in Conference Room C at OSF HealthCare Saint Paul Medical Center in Mendota. Volunteer blood donors may schedule an appointment by calling the Community Health Services Department at (815) 539-1411 (appointments preferred, walk-ins also welcome). Bring a photo ID for use in donor registration.

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CHICAGO (AP) — Two centuries after its invention, the stethoscope — the very symbol of the medical profession — is facing an uncertain prognosis. It is threatened by hand-held devices that are also pressed against the chest but rely on ultrasound technology, artificial intelligence and smartphone apps instead of doctors’ ears to help detect leaks, murmurs, abnormal rhythms and other problems in the heart, lungs and elsewhere. Some of these instruments can yield images of the beating heart or create electrocardiogram graphs. Dr. Eric Topol, a world-renowned cardiologist, considers the stethoscope obsolete, nothing more than a pair of “rubber tubes.” It “was OK for 200 years,” Topol said. But “we need to go beyond that. We can do better.” In a longstanding tradition, nearly every U.S. medical school presents incoming students with a white coat and stethoscope to launch their careers. It’s more than symbolic — stethoscope skills are still taught, and proficiency is required for doctors to get their licenses. Over the last decade, though, the tech industry has downsized ultrasound scanners into devices resembling TV remotes. It has also created digital stethoscopes that can be paired with smartphones to create moving pictures and readouts. Proponents say these devices are nearly as easy to use as stethoscopes and allow doctors to watch the body in motion and actually see things such as leaky valves. “There’s no reason you would listen to sounds when you can see everything,” Topol said. At many medical schools, it’s the newer devices that really get students’ hearts pumping. “Wow!” ‘‘Whoa!“ ‘‘This is awesome,” Indiana University medical students exclaimed in a recent class as they learned how to use a hand-held ultrasound device on a classmate, watching images of his lub-dubbing heart on a tablet screen. The Butterfly iQ device, made by based by Guilford, Connecticut-based Butterfly Network Inc., went on the market last year. An update will include artificial intelligence to

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A Butterfly iQ handheld ultrasound device is attached to a tablet on a bed at the Indiana University medical school in Indianapolis. The device shows instant images of the heart and other organs, helping doctors diagnose a range of ailments. help users position the probe and interpret the images. Students at the Indianapolisbased medical school, one of the nation’s largest, learn stethoscope skills but also get training in hand-held ultrasound in a program launched there last year by Dr. Paul Wallach, an executive associate dean. He created a similar program five years ago at the Medical College of Georgia and predicts that within the next decade, hand-held ultrasound devices will become part of the routine physical exam, just like the reflex hammer. The devices advance “our ability to take peek under the skin into the body,” he said. But Wallach added that, unlike some of his colleagues, he isn’t ready to declare the stethoscope dead. He envisions the next generation of physicians wearing “a stethoscope around the neck and an ultrasound in the pocket.” Modern-day stethoscopes bear little resemblance to the first stethoscope, invented in the early 1800s by Frenchman Rene Laennec, but they work essentially the same way. Laennec’s creation was a hollow tube of wood, almost a

foot long, that made it easier to hear heart and lung sounds than pressing an ear against the chest. Rubber tubes, earpieces and the often cold metal attachment that is placed against the chest came later, helping to amplify the sounds. When the stethoscope is pressed against the body, sound waves make the diaphragm — the ﬂat metal disc part of the device — and the bell-shaped underside vibrate. That channels the sound waves up through the tubes to the ears. Conventional stethoscopes typically cost under $200, compared with at least a few thousand dollars for some of the high-tech devices. But picking up and interpreting body sounds is subjective and requires a sensitive ear — and a trained one. With medical advances and competing devices over the past few decades, “the old stethoscope is kind of falling on hard times in terms of rigorous training,” said Dr. James Thomas, a cardiologist at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago. “Some recent studies have shown that graduates in internal medicine and emergency medicine may miss as many of half of murmurs using a stethoscope.”

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Hospitals could soon face shortages of critical surgical tools because several plants that sterilize the equipment have been shut down, government health officials said Friday. The Food and Drug Administration flagged the issue in an online statement to medical professionals, saying the result could be years of shortages of supplies used in heart surgery, knee replacements, C-sections and many other procedures. The warning follows the recent closure of several sterilization facilities that use ethylene oxide. The gas is critical for cleaning medical equipment, but it can be hazardous at elevated levels and is increasingly being scrutinized by state health and environmental officials. “The impact resulting from closure of these and perhaps more facilities will be difficult to reverse,” said FDA acting commissioner Ned Sharpless, in a statement, adding that the shortages “could compromise patient care.” The FDA urged hospitals to inventory their supplies and alert government officials if they face major shortages. The agency said regulators could help identify alternative devices for those impacted by the issue. Sterilization is a daily process at hospitals and many other health care facilities, used to remove bacteria from medical scopes, catheters, surgical kits and other reusable instruments. Hospitals use various cleaning methods, including heat, steam and radiation. But the oxide gas is the only method for cleaning many devices made from plastic, metal or

Northwestern is involved in testing new technology created by Eko, a Berkeley, Californiabased maker of smart stethoscopes. To improve detection of heart murmurs, Eko is developing artiﬁcial intelligence algorithms for its devices, using recordings of thousands of heartbeats. The devices produce a screen message telling the doctor whether the heart sounds are normal or if murmurs are present. Dennis Callinan, a retired Chicago city employee with heart disease, is among the study participants. At age 70, he has had plenty of stethoscope exams but said he feels no nostalgia for the devices. Chicago pediatrician Dr. Dave Drelicharz has been in practice for just over a decade and knows the allure of newer devices. But until the price comes down, the old stalwart “is still your best tool,” Drelicharz said. Once you learn to use the stethoscope, he said, it “becomes second nature.” “During my work hours in my oﬃce, if I don’t have it around my shoulders,” he said, “it’s as though I was feeling almost naked.”

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned hospitals that they could soon face shortages of critical surgical tools and equipment due to a dwindling supply of the chemical used to sterilize many U.S. medical devices. glass, according to the FDA. About half of all sterilized medical devices in the U.S. are cleaned with the gas, according to studies cited by the agency. Exposure to dangerous levels of ethylene oxide can cause cancer including leukemia and lymphoma , according to the National Institutes of Health. Factories that emit the gas are subject to safety standards by both state and federal environmental laws. Earlier this year, Illinois authorities closed a large plant owned by sterilization company Sterigenics after detecting high outdoor levels of the gas. This month, the company announced the plant would not reopen. Another Sterigenics plant in Georgia has been closed for maintenance since August after state oﬃcials detected potentially dangerous emissions at the Atlanta facility. The company has been working to reduce emission levels from the plant. The FDA will hold a two-day meeting next month to discuss new sterilization techniques for devices.

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HBO orders 10 episodes of ‘Game of Thrones’ prequel

The Ladies of St. George Orthodox Church will present their Annual Fall Bake Sale on Saturday, Nov. 23. The bake sale will be 9 a.m.-noon. In St. George Orthodox Church, Spring Valley. It will feature Middle Eastern pastries, breads, meat and spinach pies as well as traditional American bakery. Preorders are due by Nov. 6 at (815) 228-1646.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — HBO is green-lighting a new “Game of Thrones” prequel after reportedly canceling another that starred Naomi Watts. The cable channel said that it’s given a 10-episode order to “House of the Dragon,” set 300 years before the original series that ended its eight-season run in May. The prequel is based on George R.R. Martin’s “Fire & Blood,” HBO said.

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IN BRIEF Earlville soccer players honored Six members of Earlville soccer team were named to the All-Little Ten Conference Team. Manny Gomez, Johann Rico and Devyn Kennedy were all repeat unanimous selections, while Jarred Fries, Landon Larkin and Mike Sansone were honored as well. The Red Raiders won the Little Ten regular season and tournament championships and also claimed a regional title.

Love, Thompson lead Cavaliers past Bulls CLEVELAND (AP) — A year after losing their first six games, the Cleveland Cavaliers are putting a scare into other people during the first week of this season. Kevin Love, who had 17 points and 20 rebounds in Cleveland’s 117-111 over Chicago on Wednesday night, went with the Halloween theme while sitting at his locker talking to reporters following the game. Love donned a hockey mask in honor of Jason, the evil character from the “Friday the 13th” movies. He also arrived at the arena before the game wearing the mask. “I know my scary movies,” said Love. “That’s my favorite scary movie.” Cleveland, which has split its first four games didn’t get its second win until its 13th game last season. Love and Tristan Thompson, who had 23 points 10 rebounds, have had double-doubles in each of Cleveland’s four games. Markkanen and Zach LaVine each scored 16 points for Chicago, which has lost three straight. Carter and Otto Porter Jr. added 15 apiece.

PREP VOLLEYBALL: CLASS 1A ANNAWAN REGIONAL

Lady Bruins upset host Bravettes By Don Baldin SHAW MEDIA

Wamhoff Had 19 assists, 12 digs in regional semifinal win

The underdog St. Bede volleyball team came in to the Class 1A Annawan Regional semifinals to face the tournament host Bravettes, and the Lady Bruins certainly brought their “A Game.” The No. 7-seeded Lady Bruins prevailed in a thrilling 25-23, 25-15 victory over No. 3 Annawan. “The girls showed up tonight and it’s where we want to be in the postsea-

son,” St. Bede coach Karrie Damerell said. “I’m happy with their play, I’m happy with their defense and offensively we made some great plays. So that’s what we want to see, that’s what we need to see this time of year moving onto (tonight).” St. Bede (14-21-1) advances to the regional final against No. 2 Princeville () at 6 tonight. Princeville advanced with a 25-15, 25-15 victory over Wethersfield in Wednesday’s other semifinal. “We have been in the regional championship the last two years and we’re

ready for it,” Damerell said. “We’re playing well and I hope that we can prove ourselves (tonight) and that what we have worked for all season is going to pay off.” The Lady Bruins came out on fire Wednesday, jumping out to a 5-1 advantage on the service of Elaina Wamhoff and a kill each from Reece Ludford and Marissa Boehm. St. Bede led 6-2 after Payton Giordano made a big-time dig to set up Claire Morrow for a spike. The Bravettes battled back on the

PREP FOOTBALL: LA SALLE-PERU (5-4) AT ROCHESTER (8-1)

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Hamilton charged with injury to a child KELLER, Texas (AP) __ Former All-Star slugger Josh Hamilton has been charged with injury to a child after his 14-year-old daughter told his ex-wife that he had struck her. Hamilton, 38, surrendered Wednesday to the Tarrant County Jail in Fort Worth, Texas, and was released on $35,000 bond. If convicted, he could be sentenced to two to 10 years in prison. According to an affidavit by a Keller Police Department detective, Hamilton’s daughter told police that he went on a rampage Sept. 30. She says she made a comment to Hamilton that upset him, so he threw a full bottle overhand at her, hitting her in the chest, then cursed and shouted at her. He pulled away the chair on which she rested her feet and threw it, breaking the chair. It didn’t hit her, but he then grabbed her by the shoulders and lifted her from the chair on which she sat. She fell to the floor, and he lifted her up, threw her over his shoulder and carried her to her bedroom.

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La Salle-Peru’s Tre’von Hunter (No. 44) runs the ball during the Cavaliers’ 13-0 loss to Morris on Oct. 11. The Cavs (5-4) travel to Rochester (8-1) for a Class 5A first-round playoff game at 3 p.m. Saturday.

La Salle-Peru (5-4) at Rochester (8-1) Kickoff: 3 p.m. Saturday Radio: WLPO-AM 1220, WLPO-FM 103.9 Twitter: @NT—SportsEditor Last playoff appearance (result): L-P — 2009 (5A first round), Rochester — 2018 (4A semifinals)

PREP FOOTBALL: HALL (6-3) AT PEOTONE (6-3)

By Kevin Chlum

NEWSTRIBUNE SPORTS EDITOR

The Rochester football program has been among the most dominant in the state over the last decade. The Rockets have claimed seven Class 4A state championships in the last nine years and lost in the 4A semifinals last fall. None of that intimidates La

Salle-Peru. “That’s in the past,” L-P senior linebacker Nathan Hachenberger said. “That’s not this year. I know they have a good record this year and we respect them as a team. They have a great coaching staff, obviously, but this year is this year. Other years don’t mean anything.” While the No. 2-seeded Rockets (8-1) have had plenty of

postseason success, the No. 15 Cavaliers (5-4) will experience the postseason for the first time in a decade when they travel to Rochester for a Class 5A firstround playoff game at 3 p.m. Saturday. “Everybody starts 0-0 in the playoffs,” L-P coach Jose Medina said. “We’re happy we made it. We’re excited. All it takes is to See CAVS Page B3

PREP FOOTBALL: NORTH BOONE (5-4) AT PRINCETON (8-1)

Hall looks to establish Tigers facing ‘own kind of run, play solid defense animal’ in Viking offense

By Kevin Chlum

NEWSTRIBUNE SPORTS EDITOR

The Hall and Peotone football teams have similar philosophies. They both want to establish the run offensively and play solid defense. “They’re not really big, but they’re very scrappy and play fast and physical, especially defensively they really come after you,” Hall coach Randy Tieman said. “They run the Wing T and want to run it first.” Peotone coach Apostolos Tsiamas saw similar things from the Red Devils. “They have some explosive players on offense, defensively they have some beef up front that’s probably going to give us some fits and you can tell they’re extremely well coached,” Tsiamas said.

Hall (6-3) at Peotone (6-3)

Kickoff: 1 p.m. Saturday Radio: WAJK-FM 99.3 Twitter: @NT_SportsEditor Last playoff appearance: Hall — 2018 (3A second round), Peotone — 2017 (3A second round)

Hall (6-3) will travel to Peotone (6-3) at 1 p.m. Saturday for a Class 3A first-round game. “Obviously, establishing our run game, being able to chew up clock and finish drives,” Tieman said about keys to the game. “Defensively, we have to play our assignments and not chase and get caught with something coming back at us if we’re over pursuing.” See RED DEVILS Page B3

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When North Boone comes to Bryant Field for a Class 3A first-round playoff game, the Princeton football team will see something it hasn’t yet this season. “Nothing close,” PHS coach Ryan Pearson said when asked if the Tigers have seen an offense like North Boone’s this year. “They are their own kind of animal. Teams run spread in our league but they’re not lining up to throw the ball 40-45 times per game like North Boone is doing. They want to get their athletes out in space. Their quarterback does a phenomenal job reading coverages and he’s not afraid to throw those 50-50 balls. He has confidence his receivers are

North Boone (5-4) at Princeton (8-1) Kickoff: 7 p.m. Friday Radio: WZOE-AM 1490 Twitter: @bcrsportsed Last playoff appearance (result): PHS — 2018 (3A second round), NB — 2018 (3A second round)

going to go up and make those tough catches in traffic. As far as passing game wise, they’re unlike any team we’ve seen this year.” Pearson said a big key for the No. 1-seeded Tigers (8-1) is not allowing the No. 16 Vikings (5-4) to make explosive plays when they come to Princeton at 7 p.m. Friday. “The thing we’ve talked

about with our kids all week is we can’t give up the big play,” Pearson said. “North Boone loves to throw the ball vertically. We can’t let their receivers get behind us and burn us for big plays. We have to keep their guys in front, let them catch the short stuff and our guys have to rally to the football from there. The biggest key for us is forcing North Boone to drive the football on us and not give up one play, explosive 70-yard touchdown passes.” North Boone quarterback Logan Emmanuel has thrown for 2,300 yards and 20 touchdowns this season. “If we can get pressure, we may force the quarterback to make decisions quicker than See TIGERS Page B3

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serve of Ella Manuel to bring the hosts to within one at 6-5, but Boehm drove home a kill off a Wamhoff set to regain control. But the Bravettes got a fourpoint run off the service of Kaley Peterson with a kill by Emily Miller thrown in to take a 12-8 lead. Miranda Mazzorana delivered a thunderous spike to stop the Bravettes’ run. St. Bede came back and took

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Class 3A Ottawa Regional Championship: La Salle-Peru vs. Geneseo, 6 p.m. Class 1A Annawan Regional Championship: St. Bede vs. Princeville, 6 p.m.

Atlantic Division W Philadelphia 4 Toronto 4 Boston 3 Brooklyn 1 New York 1

Class 2A Princeton Regional Championship: Princeton vs. Orion, 6 p.m. Class 2A Riverdale Regional Championship: Bureau Valley vs. Riverdale, 6 p.m.

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the lead at 16-15 in the seesaw affair on the arm of Mazzorana and a fine touch shot from Wamhaff. The teams continued to battle until the score was tied at 19-19, making it essentially a six-point contest. The Bravettes surged ahead 21-19 on kills by Reese Randall and Miller before Mazzorana again dialed up a run-stopping kill. The teams ould traded sideouts until Annawan held a 23-21 lead, but after a long rally, Mazzorana floated the ball to the back corner of the court to get the serve

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9:30 p.m. Saturday’s Games New Orleans at Oklahoma City, 4 p.m. Brooklyn at Detroit, 6 p.m. Denver at Orlando, 6 p.m. Minnesota at Washington, 7 p.m.

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back to St, Bede. St. Bede’s Gia Gayan closed the set with a little help from a formation error from Annawan before an ace ended it. The second set started in back-and-forth fashion before the Lady Bruins wrestled away a 7-5 advantage on the serve of Reese Ludford, who added a kill for good measure before the Bravettes got a kill from Keegan Rico to stem the tide. The Lady Bruins began to inch ahead on Mazzorana’s service and take a 13-8 lead. The teams again fought for

points until Boehm hammered a kill that gave the serve to Renn Ludford, who went on a fourpoint run aided by kills from Gayan and Reese Ludford to give St. Bede an 18-12 advantage. The Bravettes pulled within seven at 22-15 before the Lady Bruins got a push shot and a kill from Wamhoﬀ on consecutive points before Reese Ludford closed the show with a monstrous kill to bring the ﬁnal tally to 25-15 Following the contest Damerell pointed out few areas of Bruin dominance and a thought on

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the title contest Thursday night against Princeville, “Our middles played really well tonight,” Damerell said. “Marissa (Boehn) and Miranda (Mazzorana) played excellent at the net and played big. We had some great touches and great blocks and that really is a game changer. Setting wise, Elaina (Wamhoﬀ) is a very smart player and a three-year varsity player. She has great hands and has a great sense of the court. She knows how to take advantage of situations and who to give it to and when.”

PREP VOLLEYBALL: CLASS 1A EARLVILLE REGIONAL

Lady Red Raiders battle in regional semiﬁnal loss By Brad Martin Sr. NEWSTRIBUNE SPORTS WRITER

EARLVILE — The final score may not have shown it, but the No. 5-seeded Earlville volleyball squad gave No. 3 Forreston everything it could handle. But in the end, the Lady Red Raiders fell 25-16, 25-12 in a Class 1A Earlville Regional semifinal Wednesday. “I definitely don’t think the final score indicated how close this game was,” Earlville coach Tonya Scherer said. “They’re a good hitting team, but their defense is tremendous. Every time it looked like we were going to get a rally going, they would have the dig and be setting the offense up and they did it all night in both

sets, but I’m very happy with the way we played tonight.” With the game tied early on at 3-3, Alexa Houston ﬁred a shot that regained the lead for the Cardinals. Another big hitter in Rylee Broshous followed with one of her own to give Forreston a 5-3 advantage. Jadyn Pickert used a nice touch shot for the Lady Raiders, but Forreston’s Lauren Melton got a big kill oﬀ a nice set from freshman Brooke Boettner. “We knew with their defense we were going to have to mix it up a bit,” Scherer said. “We would try the big shot on the outside or the middle or the dink shots, but Forreston did a nice job of having someone in place to get just about every dig they

“I definitely don’t think the final score indicated how close this game was.” Earlville coach Tanya Scherer could get.” After a quick shot down the line from Alexis Olson and a kill from Kylie Koontz, the Lady Raiders trimmed the lead to 1210. But that was as close as Earlville got the rest of the way. Five straight errors from the Lady Raiders capped oﬀ a 9-2 run that gave the Cardinals an 18-11 lead. Brycelynn Smith found a

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hole in the Earlville defense for a point and the teams traded some errors before a touch shot from Melton ended the ﬁrst set. Forreston started the second set strong with a 4-0 advantage with the help of a carry and double hit to go along with an ace from Kara Erdmann. Koontz picked up a kill and before a double hit by the Cardinals pulled Earlville within two at 5-3. Pickert got a much needed kill, but the Cardinals came right back and answered with a kill from Taylor Greenﬁeld. With the score now 10-8, Forreston started to pull away with the help of a couple Earlville shots that sailed long and one net violation on the Lady Raiders, which led Scherer to call a time-

out down 14-8. Another carry from the Lady Raiders and a block attempt that landed out put Earlville in a deep 17-9 hole. Melton blasted a shot that went oﬀ the Lady Raiders’ defenders to increase the Cardinals’ lead to 22-11 en route to a 25-12 victory for Forreston. “I thought we played well tonight,” Forreston coach Shannon Williams said. “We did a good job on their big girls at the net and played solid defense. And I thought our passing was exceptional as well.” Forreston plays Fulton at 6 tonight for the regional title. Brad Martin Sr. can be reached at 220-6939 or at ntsports@ shawmedia.com.

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Sports PREP FOOTBALL: WEST CARROLL (5-4) AT FIELDCREST (9-0)

Thunder ‘not your run-of-the-mill 5-4 team’ By Kyle Nevins SHAW MEDIA

Fieldcrest football coach Derek Schneeman doesn’t believe his Knights have put together a complete game yet. “I don’t think we’ve played a total 48 minutes yet in all phases,” said Schneeman, whose squad has outscored the opposition 316-58. “We’ve had spurts where we’ve played really well in all three phases for, you know, a quarter or half, but we haven’t put it all together for 48 minutes. “We’re still looking to do that.” That’s a scary thought, considering the undefeated Knights — rated second in the final AP Class 2A poll after being perched atop the rankings the previous five weeks — ran the table through the gauntlet known as the Heart of Illinois Conference. “Anytime you can do well in our conference it sets you up well for a good postseason run,” Schneeman said “(Our kids’ confidence is) very high ... And we’ve seen improvement every single week. I really like where we’re at right now.” Fieldcrest (9-0), the No. 2 seed in the upper bracket of 2A, plays host to No. 15 West Carroll (5-4) in its playoff opener at 6 p.m. Friday at Veterans Park in Minonk. The schools met in the first

West Carroll (5-4) at Fieldcrest (9-0)

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round a couple years ago as well with the Thunder beating Fieldcrest 40-0 in Minonk. “They came down here and took it to us,” Schneeman said. “And we have a lot of seniors who were starters as sophomores (on that team) and still have a bad taste in their mouth from 2017. “We’d like the opportunity to get another crack at them.” West Carroll, which won four of its initial five games before losing three of its last four, competes in the rugged Northwest Upstate Illini Conference where it went 3-3 in the South Division that features defending 1A state champion Forreston (38-36 loss) and Aquin. “It’s not your run-of-the-mill 5-4 team. They’ve played some really good competition,” Schneeman said. “Obviously, playing in the NUIC and making the playoffs out of that conference, you’re going to have to be physical and battle-tested, and they’re that.” West Carroll coach Matt

Leitzen feels his team is ready to compete. “We feel more like a seven-win team than a five-win team, for sure,” Leitzen said. “We’re not overly confident, but we’re a confident team. I think we can play with anybody. “I think it’s going to be an interesting game.” West Carroll is averaging 21.3 points and 287.4 yards per game (206.9 rushing, 80.6 passing) led by dual-threat quarterback Derek Tracy (57-of-107 passing, 725 yards, 5 TDs, 9 INTs; 97 carries, 573 yards, 7 TDs). The running backs are Aiden Sullivan (122748-9) and Kody Sipe (81-370-3). Michael Popkin has 23 receptions for 273 yards and a TD. “We’re going to have to be able to (run and throw) when we call on it,” Leitzen said. The Knights have been stellar defensively, yielding just 6.4 points and 150.9 yards per game (98.3 on the ground, 52.6 through the air). Spearheading that “D” is linebacker Travis Sunken (50 total tackles). Jaxon CusacMcKay has four interceptions. “They have a lot of different athletes you have to keep an eye on offensively,” Schneeman said. “They run multiple formations, so they do a lot of things you need to account for. “We’ve just got to make sure

“They came down here and took it to us. And we have a lot of seniors who were starters as sophomores (on that team) and still have a bad taste in their mouth from 2017. We’d like the opportunity to get another crack at them.” Fieldcrest coach Derek Schneeman, on facing West Carroll again after losing to the Thunder 40-0 in the first round in 2017 we play low, establish the line of scrimmage and control the running game, have them throw it and make them one-dimensional.” The Thunder are allowing 15.2 points and 231.4 yards per game (146.3 on the ground, 85.1 through the air). Leading the defense — a unit that has registered 53 tackles for loss — is linebacker Zach King (100 tackles). Popkin has 11 TFLs and three INTs. “They’re physical,” Schneeman said of West Carroll’s defense. “We need to control the line of scrimmage and get the running game going early, and take some shots (passing) eventually.” Fieldcrest is averaging 35.1 points and 359.6 yards per game (195.9 rushing, 163.7 passing) behind the trio of tailback Kenton Castrejon (173-1,160-19), QB

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have confidence and I think we have the confidence to go in there and do something good.”

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Hall quarterback Grant Resetich (No. 10) hands the ball to Marshall Walk (No. 25) during the Red Devils’ win over Fulton on Oct. 18. Hall (6-3) travels to Peotone (6-3) for a Class 3A first-round playoff game at 1 p.m. Saturday.

Red Devils FROM PAGE B1

the injury bug this season. The Blue Devils will be without several key players on Saturday, including leading rusher Ben Balmer (781 yards, 10 touchdowns this season), who has missed the last three games. “Before we had all the injuries we were a physical football team that could run the football,” Tsiamas said. “We played really solid defense. Offensively, we’ve kind of struggled the last few weeks with some of the guys who have gone out. We’ve been able to maintain our defensive integrity. “We’re still going to be pretty short-handed on the offensive side of the ball, but it is what it is. No excuses. We still have to line up and play.” The Blue Devils have scored just 21 points over the last three weeks as they have gone 1-2.

FIXING SPECIAL TEAMS An area of concern for the Red Devils in recent weeks has been special teams. Last week, a Hall punt bounced off a Red Devil player to give the Boilermakers good field position to set up a score. “Our special teams have to be a lot better this week than they have been the last few weeks,” Tieman said. “That’s something we have to shore up. On kick and punt coverages, we have to be able to get down there and cover the ball, not give up returns and extra yardage. “We’re trying some different things (this week in practice) and replacing some kids who aren’t doing what they’re supposed to PLAYING THE RUN do. We’ll see if that helps.” Both teams rely heavily on the ground game. INJURY PLAGUED Peotone has rushed for 1,885 Peotone has been hit hard by

WORLD SERIES GAME 7: NATIONALS 6, ASTROS 2

Nats win first title

By Ben Walker

AP BASEBALL WRITER

HOUSTON — Stephen Strasburg paraded the MVP trophy for delirious fans packed behind the dugout. Max Scherzer tearfully hugged his teammates. Gerardo Parra did the Baby Shark chop, Sean Doolittle flapped snow angels next to the mound. Almost out of contention in May, champs in October. Howie Kendrick, Anthony Rendon and the Washington Nationals completed their amazing comeback journey — fittingly with one last late rally on the road. In Game 7 of the World Series, no less. Kendrick and Rendon homered in the seventh inning as the Nationals overcame a two-

run deficit, rocking the Houston Astros 6-2 Wednesday night to win the first title in franchise history. With all eyes on Scherzer and his remarkable recovery after a painkilling injection, these Nationals truly embraced their shot in the only Series when the road team won every game. Even more against the odds: Juan Soto and Washington came from behind to win five elimination games this postseason, an unprecedented feat. Strasburg, new lefty Patrick Corbin and the Nats brought the first World Series championship to the nation’s capital since ol’ Walter Johnson delivered the crown for the Senators in 1924. Cy Young Award winner had been unable to lift his right arm due to nerve irritation near his neck.

yards while throwing for 420. Sam Biedron is the Blue Devils’ second-leading rusher with 526 yards and a TD. “We have to play our assignments,” Tieman said. “We have to stay where we’re supposed to be and not be chasing misdirection stuff.” The Red Devils have racked up 2,536 yards on the ground while throwing for 336 yards. Marshall Walk has led Hall with 913 yards and seven touchdowns, while Cole Wozniak has rushed for 731 yards and seven scores and Austin Heinecke has gained 554 yards and scored five TDs. “We just have to be fundamentally sound and gap sound,” Tsiamas said. “We have to tackle really well. Their guys have some speed and if they get the edge it can be a really long day for us.” Kevin Chlum can be reached at 220-6939, or at kchlum@ shawmedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @NT_SportsEditor.

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what he wants to and maybe force him to become uncomfortable,” Pearson said. “With his throwing ability and his talent reading defenses, we can’t let him get into a rhythm. We have to keep him off balance with what we do defensively. We have to give him different looks and different pressures.” North Boone coach Phil Baker said the Vikings will look for mismatches with the Tiger defense, which allows just 8.9 points per game. “Their defensive players do a good job of breaking down, keeping contain and swarming to the ball,” Baker said. “We will try to spread them out and look for things to exploit whether it’s situational or more personnel based.” BEST DEFENSE IS GOOD OFFENSE While the Tigers hope to use pressure and different looks to slow down the North Boone of-

COMPLEX OFFENSE The Cavs have seen spread offenses this season, but they haven’t seen an offense as complex as Rochester’s. The Rockets, who average 52.3 points per game and scored 55 points or more five times, use more than 30 different formations and use plenty of pre-snap motion. None of L-P’s other opponents used more than 12 formations. “They’re a very good offense,” Medina said. “They like to move people around and try to make it into a guessing game to try to get an advantage.” Hachenberger said the L-P defense is simplifying their strategy against the Rockets’ multiple formations. “We’re not going to make it complicated,” Hachenberger said. “If there are three receivers, we’re going to do the same thing every time. If there are two, we’ll do the same thing.” The Cavs hope to get into the backfield and make things difficult for Rochester quarterback Clay Bruno, who has completed 136-of-205 passes for 2,440 yards and 32 touchdowns with four interceptions. His top target is Hank Beatty, who has caught 64 passes for 1,188 yards and 16 scores. Bruno also is the team’s second-leading rusher with 305 yards and six touchdowns. Jacob DuRocher has rushed for 1,246 yards and 17 TDs. “We need penetration on the quarterback,” Hachenberger said. “In the two games we watched on film, the other teams did not put pressure on him. He sat back there comfortable, but I think with our line that shouldn’t be a problem.”

Matt Lorton (93-164, 1,218 yards, 12 TDs, 5 INTs) and receiver Cusac-McKay (39-550-9). Anchoring the O-line is 6-2, 280pound left guard Mason Faulk, who also anchors the D-line. “We need to be disciplined (defensively). I think we need to play aggressive and control the line of scrimmage and take away (Castrejon),” Leitzen said. The Knights certainly possess the potential to be playing football well into November. “I think (these kids) can make a deep run,” Schneeman said. “Now with that being said, they understand that you can’t make a deep run without winning the first-round game. So all of our attention is totally on West Carroll. “It all starts with Friday night. We’ve got to take care of business.”

“We’ve been finding the red zone these past few weeks, but we’re not executing in the red zone. That has really been the downfall the past three weeks.” L-P quarterback Tyler Hartman, on fixing the offense after three consecutive shutouts during the last three games, but Medina and quarterback Tyler Hartman said it’s simply a matter of finishing drives. “We have to be more successful in the red zone,” Hartman said. “We’ve been finding the red zone these past few weeks, but we’re not executing in the red zone. That has really been the downfall the past three weeks. “One big thing is ball security and not shooting ourselves in the foot with penalties and negative plays.” Rochester coach Derek Leonard said the Rockets must handle L-P’s size and physical nature. “Up front we’ve been good,” Leonard said. “We have some size and good depth there. We have to match their physicality and make them throw the ball.” Leonard said the Rockets have seen a few teams that run a similar offense to L-P’s triple option over the years but not many. This season, Leonard said the only team the Rockets have faced that run a similar offense is Jacksonville, which Rochester beat 71-31 in Week 3.

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fense, they also look to simply keep the Vikings’ offense on the sidelines. “When you play an offense as explosive as North Boone’s, I think our offense at times is going to be our best defense,” Pearson said. “If we’re able to establish our run game, we’re able to keep their offense off the field. Certainly, that’s been something we’ve stressed to our kids. We have to be able to run against these guys. Even with 3-4 yards a pop, we’re still going to move the chains and keep their offense on the sidelines.” The Tigers will rely on junior Ronde Worrels, who has rushed for 1,185 yards and 26 touchdowns on 138 carries this season. While Princeton plans to establish the run, the Tigers are capable of throwing it as well as junior Tyler Gibson has completed 79-of-120 passes for 1,605 yards and 13 touchdowns with five interceptions. Senior Wyatt Davis has been his top target with 42 receptions for 918 yards and eight touchdowns. “Princeton looks to be a tough

opponent,” Baker said. “They look fast and well coached. Offensively, they have some powerful weapons at running back and also at wide receiver.” ELECTIC ATMOSPHERE Although the predicted high for Friday is 39 degrees with a low of 29, Pearson expects stands full of enthusiastic fans at Bryant Field. “I think our atmosphere is going to be electric,” Pearson said. “I love the atmosphere for playoff games in Princeton. Everybody comes out and shows support for our kids. I think the crowd is going to be a big one even though it will be cold. “To get that opportunity to have a playoff game under the Friday night lights, I think that makes it even more special. I’m looking forward to it and I know our kids are as well.” Kevin Chlum can be reached at 220-6939, or at kchlum@ shawmedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @NT_SportsEditor.

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— A change to the ways in which you handle people and personal matters will help you avoid complaints or criticism. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Travel and educational pursuits are favored, and spending more time with a loved one will bring you closer together. ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Make adjustments that will take the pressure off of you. Look at your options and consider the best way to go about improving your life. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) —Get together with people you work well with to finalize plans. Spend time with someone you love. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Put more time into personal changes. Address health

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Scott McAlister, 56, of Tom “Tinker” Inness, 80, of Mendota passed Peru died peacefully Oct. away Oct. 29, 2019, in his 28, 2019, at home surhome surrounded by famrounded by his family. ily and friends. A Celebration of Life Funeral services will will be at 6 p.m. Monday be at 11 a.m. Saturday in in Hurst Funeral Home, Bache Memorial Chapel, La Salle. Visitation will Van Orin. Burial will be be from 4 p.m. until time in Repose Cemetery, Van of services Monday in the Orin. funeral home. Visitation will be 4-7 Scott was born Nov. 20, p.m. 1962, in Friday at Ottawa Merritt to Terry Funeral and Home, Sharon Men(Van dota. Dorn) Tom Shugars. was He born married March Kayla Mr. Inness Mr. McAlister 23, (Dana) 1939, in Ravenden Springs, Kennedy of Ottawa in Ark., to Lee and Cordelia 1986. (Simington) Inness. He was superintendent He owned and operated of Parkes Co. in Franklin, Inness Plumbing, Heating Tenn. He enjoyed fishing, and Cooling and Inness traveling and collecting Pallet Co. He enjoyed travdie-cast trucks. He was eling, casinos and spendadventurous, he was not afraid to try anything once. ing time with friends and family. Scott is survived by his Tom is survived by his fiancée, Bonnie Welch wife Edna; his brother of Peru; five children, Ben Inness and his sister Scott (Gennett) Smith of Carma Inness, both of Peoria, Michael (Mandi) Arkansas; two daughters, McAlister of Milwaukee, Terry Mazur and Penny Wis., Steven (Galen) (Bobby) Estes, both of McAlister of Pulaski, Arkansas; six stepchildren, Tenn., Jacey (Chris) Becky Clark, Tina (Kevin) Etscheid of Seatonville Moore, Jeff (Joy) Sterling, and Terri Welch of Peru; five grandchildren, Mason all of Illinois, Tony (Becky) Cain of Missouri, and Cash Smith, Harper Candy (Ralph) Mattingly and Emerson McAlister, and Maya Grace Etscheid; of Kentucky and Dena Scarbrough of Illinois; one sister, Pam (John) 16 grandchildren and 24 Myers of Clarksville, great-grandchildren. Tenn.; and one brother, He was preceded in William McAlister. death by his parents; a He was preceded in son-in-law, John Mazur; death by his parents; and one granddaughter, one sister, Cheri Russell; Candice Sterling. and one brother, Ken Memorials may be diMcAlister. Online condolences may rected to the family. be viewed and remembrances shared at www. OBITUARY DEADLINE hurstfuneralhomes.com.

David McBride David McBride, 78, of Ottawa died Oct. 10, 2019, in his home. A memorial service will be at noon Nov. 16 in Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ottawa. Visitation will be 10 a.m.-noon in the church. Arrangements are entrusted to Mueller Funeral Home in Ottawa.

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Katelynn Rasmunson, 27, of 138 Creve Coeur St., La Salle was charged with driving while license suspended at 2:23 p.m. Wednesday at Third and Joliet streets, La Salle police said. George Eilbeck, 57, of Leland was injured in a two-vehicle accident at 9:51 a.m. Thursday on Route 23 at Del Monte Court, Streator, state police said in a report issued Tuesday.

Eilbeck was hurt after a collision with Zahid Mehmood, 56, of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, as Mehmood attempted a turn. Mehmood was issued a citation for improper turning. Eilbeck was transported to OSF Streator; a condition report was not available before press time. Kevin Vanarsdell, 38, homeless was picked up at 4:50 p.m. Wednesday in the 800 block of La Salle Street, Ottawa, on a La Salle County warrant for criminal damage to property, La Salle County Sheriff’s Office said. A 13-year-old was charged with domestic battery and assault on a peace officer at 6:18 p.m. Wednesday in the 1000 block of First Street, Mendota police said. Shakeela T. Williamsby, 25, of 1416 Dakota Drive, Ottawa was charged with no valid driver’s license and disobeying a stop sign at 2 a.m. today at Main and Washington streets, Mendota police said. PRINCETON — Stephanie L. Wilkinson, 29, of Princeton was charged with theft at 7:20 p.m. Sunday at Becks West, according to Princeton Police Department.

Oglesby police: Review your debit card statements Oglesby Police Department is investigating multiple reports of debit card fraud and is urging all local card holders to review their statements. In a press release, Oglesby police said they received a report of possible fraud on Oct. 12. La Salle State Bank told police several debit

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Fire nearly destroys historic castle TOKYO (AP) — A ﬁre broke out early Thursday and spread quickly through historic Shuri Castle on Japan’s southern island of Okinawa, nearly destroying the UNESCO World Heritage site. Fireﬁghters battled the

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1BR & 2BR Apartments for rent in LaSalle Peru area. Stove & refrig , some utilities included. Call 815-252-3004 3 houses for rent in Magnolia Call 815-866-0409 for more information. Lasalle-3br 1.5 ba detached garage. $700/mo +$1,000 dep. No pets. 815-488-6813

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! RECEPTION/INSURANCE BILLING/CLERICAL Person for Dental Specialist Office. 28-32 hours per week. Prior healthcare experience helpful. Must be willing to train to help chairside if needed. Please send resume to: NewsTribune, Box 441, 426 2nd St., LaSalle, IL 61301 by November 1, 2019

Looking for Floor installers assistant. Interested call 815-339-2345 MECHANICS TIRE TECHNICIANS Princeton Tire Service Inc. Has positions open for Mechanics and Tire Technicians. Apply within at 901 N. Main St., Princeton or call 815-872-9241 to schedule an interview

110 Wright St. LaSalle 1,000 sq. ft. will build to suit. Call 815-481-7820

Business Closing/Garage Sale 802 1st St. LaSalle – Sat. Oct. 26th, Nov. 2nd, 9th & 16th 12pm-4pm. See my Living Enviroments FB page Buy 1 get one FREE (equal or less price) MOVING SALE LaSalle- 70 Mary Senica AveSat 2nd 8am-3pm Peru 739 28th St. - Sat. 8-2 & Sun. 8-12. Hshld, kids nb – 6x, adult clths, shoes, furn., toys HUGE ESTATE SALE 318 W. Third St. DePue, IL November 1st & 2nd 9am – 5pm November 3rd 9am – 3pm at a 169-year old home, tools, guns, antiques & more! Details at estatesales.net keyword “depue”

3BR apts. Available in Oglesby. All utilities included No pets/smking Laundry on site. Background check req. 815-579-1786

Lasalle 3Br, 2ba, newly remodeled, $875/mo. Call 815-343-0350 after 5pm. LaSalle: 1 bd, off street parking, utilities included except electric, $400mo. Text 815-641-6460 PERU OAK TERRACE APTS. Studios, 1-2 BR, Appli., Large, Spacious,Patios, Quiet area, near shopping & I-80 Starting at $505. Call 815-579-8561 OR 815-410-5150 Peru,Spring Valley, Oglesby, Ottawa 1,2,3 bd Apts & houses 626-262-1673

LEGAL INVITATION TO BID The City of Peru Electric Department is seeking bids for a new heavy-duty deck over tilt trailer. Minimum requirements are: GVWR of 31,000 lbs, 24’ tilt bed length, and 72” tongue length. Bids are to be submitted to the Peru City Clerk’s Office at 1901 4th Street, Peru, IL no later than 12:00 p.m., Friday, November 22, 2019. For bid specifications, please contact Sara Balt at the Peru Electric Department at 815-223-0044 or at sbalt@peru.il.us. (Oct. 31, Nov. 2, 2019)

LEGAL The following items will be offered for sale Saturday Nov 9th. Please call for an appointment 815223-3032. Sean Davenport - Household Items Sean Davenport - Household Items (he has two) Hannah Filipiak - Household Items Tyler Link - Household Items Jeremy Lenski – Vehicle Stor-Galor Self Storage (October 31, November 7, 2019) LEGAL IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 13TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LA SALLE COUNTY - OTTAWA, ILLINOIS The First National Bank of Ottawa PLAINTIFF Vs. Jacob T. Kettman; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants DEFENDANTS 2019CH000126 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Jacob T. Kettman Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants That this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 114 S Garfield Street Ransom, IL 60470 and which said Mortgage was made by: Jacob T. Kettman the Mortgagor(s), to The First National Bank of Ottawa, as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of LaSalle County, Illinois, as Document No. 2015-22482; and for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law and that the said suit is now pending. YOU MAY STILL BE ABLE TO SAVE YOUR HOME. DO NOT IGNORE THIS DOCUMENT. By order of the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, this case is set for Mandatory Mediation on 12/6/19 at 1:00 pm at the LaSalle County Courthouse, 119 W. Madison Street, Ottawa, Illinois. A lender representative will be present along with a court appointed mediator to discuss options that you may have and to pre-screen you for a potential mortgage modification. For further information on the mediation process, please see the attached NOTICE OF MANDATORY MEDIATION.YOU MUST APPEAR ON THE MEDIATION DATE GIVEN OR YOUR RIGHT TO MEDIATION WILL TERMINATE. NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this Court, Greg Vaccaro Clerk of the Circuit Court LaSalle County Courthouse 119 W. Madison Street, Suite 201 Ottawa, IL 61350-0617 on or before November 18, 2019, A DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU AT ANY TIME AFTER THAT DAY AND A JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRAYER OF SAID COMPLAINT. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100 Burr Ridge, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 DuPage # 15170 Winnebago # 531 Our File No. 14-19-05446 NOTE: This law firm is a debt collector. I3134817 (October 17, 24 & 31, 2019)

LEGAL ANNUAL STATEMENT OF AFFAIRS SUMMARY FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2019 The summary must be published in the local newspaper. Copies of the detailed Annual Statement of Affairs for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2019 will be available for public inspection in the school district/joint agreement administrative office by December 1, annually. Individuals wanting to review this Annual Statement of Affairs should contact: Oglesby Elementary School District 125 755 Bennett Avenue Oglesby, IL 61348 • 815-883-9297 • 8 A.M. - 4 P.M. Also by January 15, annually the detailed Annual Statement of Affairs for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2019, will be posted on the Illinois State Board of Education’s website@ www.isbe.net. SUMMARY: The following is the Annual Statement of Affairs Summary that is required to be published by the school district/ joint agreement for the past fiscal year. STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS AS OF JUNE 30, 2019 Educational: Local Sources (1000) $1,413,219; Flow-Through Receipts/Revenues from One District to Another District (2000) $0; State Sources (3000) $2,729,723; Federal Sources (4000) $471,338; Total Direct Receipts/Revenues $4,614,280; Total Direct Disbursements/Expenditures $4,429,806; Other Sources/Uses of Funds $928,426; Beginning Fund Balances July 1, 2018 $1,453,596; Ending Fund Balances June 30, 2019 $2,566,496 Operations & Maintenance: Local Sources (1000) $505,808; Flow-Through Receipts/Revenues from One District to Another District (2000) $0; State Sources (3000) $484; Federal Sources (4000) $0; Total Direct Receipts/Revenues $506,292; Total Direct Disbursements/Expenditures $474,190; Other Sources/Uses of Funds $0; Beginning Fund Balances - July 1, 2018 $313,405; Ending Fund Balances June 30, 2019 $345,507 Debt Services: Local Sources (1000) $385,189; State Sources (3000) $0; Federal Sources (4000) $0; Total Direct Receipts/ Revenues $385,189; Total Direct Disbursements/Expenditures $400,954; Other Sources/Uses of Funds $13,039; Beginning Fund Balances - July 1, 2018 $59,188; Ending Fund Balances June 30, 2019 $56,462 Transportation: Local Sources (1000) $65,515; Flow-Through Receipts/Revenues from One District to Another District (2000) $0; State Sources (3000) $294,460; Federal Sources (4000) $0; Total Direct Receipts/Revenues $359,975; Total Direct Disbursements/Expenditures $383,418; Other Sources/Uses of Funds $0; Beginning Fund Balances - July 1, 2018 $247,454; Ending Fund Balances June 30, 2019 $224,011 Municipal Retirement/Social Security: Local Sources (1000) $159,002; Flow-Through Receipts/Revenues from One District to Another District (2000) $0; State Sources (3000) $29,116; Federal Sources (4000) $754; Total Direct Receipts/Revenues $188,872; Total Direct Disbursements/Expenditures $179,848; Other Sources/Uses of Funds $0; Beginning Fund Balances July 1, 2018 $22,367; Ending Fund Balances June 30, 2019 $31,391 Capital Projects: Local Sources (1000) $0; State Sources (3000) $0; Federal Sources (4000) $0; Total Direct Receipts/ Revenues $0; Total Direct Disbursements/Expenditures $0; Other Sources/Uses of Funds $0; Beginning Fund Balances - July 1, 2018 $0; Ending Fund Balances June 30, 2019 $0 Working Cash: Local Sources (1000) $31,660; State Sources (3000) $0; Federal Sources (4000) $0; Total Direct Receipts/ Revenues $31,660; Other Sources/Uses of Funds $202,503; Beginning Fund Balances - July 1, 2018 $941,089; Ending Fund Balances June 30, 2019 $1,175,252 Tort: Local Sources (1000) $56,722; State Sources (3000) $0; Federal Sources (4000) $0; Total Direct Receipts/Revenues $56,722; Total Direct Disbursements/Expenditures $57,000; Other Sources/Uses of Funds $0; Beginning Fund Balances - July 1, 2018 $3,940; Ending Fund Balances June 30, 2019 $3,662 Fire Prevention & Safety: Local Sources (1000) $26,873; State Sources (3000) $0; Federal Sources (4000) $0; Total Direct Receipts/Revenues $26,873; Total Direct Disbursements/Expenditures $31,393; Other Sources/Uses of Funds $0; Beginning Fund Balances - July 1, 2018 $14,799; Ending Fund Balances June 30, 2019 $10,279 SALARY SCHEDULE OF GROSS PAYMENTS FOR CERTIFICATED PERSONNEL & NON-CERTIFICATED PERSONNEL This listing must be published in the local newspaper, sent to ISBE, and retained within your district/joint agreement administrative office for public inspection. GROSS PAYMENT FOR CERTIFIED PERSONNEL Salary Range: Less Than $25,000: Christine Adelmann; Sally Aderton; Doreen Anderson; Mackenzie Benning; Mackenzie Borio; Deana Brown; Andrew Busken; Samantha Carlson; Anne Claahsen; Victor Croasdale; Courtney Curley; Debra Ernat; Dominic Giacobazzi; Elyssa Glenn; Barb Halcott; Lisa Hallen; Mary Jauch; Susan Knoblauch; Susan Konieczny; Kathleen Koscielski; Susan Marshall; George McClane; Erin Myers; Melissa Pinter; Karan Player; Cynthia Pozzi; Kaitlin Raineri; Bonnie Richard; Keaton Smith; Lauren Tomasson; Thomas Walsh; Janis Watkins; Jodi Weber; Parker Weber; Cory Willet; Katharine Young; Jessica Zellmer; Janet Znaniecki Salary Range: $25,000 - $39,999: Serena Armstrong; Tara Cozzi; Matthew Dennison; Claire Entwistle; Alicia Ernat; Kendra Heiden; Katie Huss; Jennifer Jones; Rachael Landrey; Kassie Myer; Rachel Pescetto; Amanda Ragsdale; Brittanee Reding; Kathleen Ritchie; Alyssa Schmitt; Allison Twardowski Salary Range: $40,000 - $59,999: Rose Bell; Linda Buffington; Cara Burr; Michelle Coble; Glen Flodstrom; Julie Goff-Rietgraf Zimmer; Brooke Jeppson; Kelly Legrenzi; Amy McGunnigal; Birgit Mertes; Kathleen Milner; Max Pierce; Jennifer Pillion; Andrea Politsch; Jennifer Porter; Charles Trovero, Jr.; Amy Turri; Brooke Urinikis Salary Range: 60,000 - $89,999: Michael Balestri; Janice Benning; Merritt Burns; Esmeralda Harris; Craig Neu; Mary Newcomer; Jodi Porter; Gail Sunken Salary Range: $90,000 and over: Michael Pillion GROSS PAYMENT FOR NON-CERTIFIED PERSONNEL Salary Range: Less Than $25,000: Karen Anderson; Amy Arthur; Wendy Christmann; Paul Danekas; Tara Ebner; Terri Essl; open every Wednesday Dodie Grotti; Karen Guynn; Susan Hagerty; MaryNew Kay Keutzer; Stacyhouses Konczak; Danielle Ksiazkiewicz; Mary Ellen Lopatic; Linda Porter; Brenda Savage; Britney Stokes; Glenda Valle; Kara Vogel Salary Range: $25,000 - $39,999: Diane Chapman; Kimberley Crook; Lynn Delvallee; Karie Giordano; Suzette Hancock; Amanda Kohr; Georgia Kulis; Tina Naumann; Diana Roda Salary Range: $40,000 - $59,999: Gregory Hybki; Elizabeth Kutz; Russell Lemmer; Traci Tomasson; Matthew Tomsha EWand salaries. ISTINGS Payments over $2,500, excluding wages This listing must be published in the local newspaper, sent to ISBE, and retained within your district/joint agreement administrative office for public inspection. Oglesby Elementary School District 125. 35-050-120-02 Person, Firm, or Corporation, Aggregate Amount: AT&T, 2,763.63; L.E.A.S.E, 71,693.48; AMEREN IL, 24,158.01; KANSAS STATE BANK, 13,039.20; AMERICAN FUNDS, 29,300; KOHL WHOLESALE, 82,414.86; CARD SERVICE CENTER, 57,054.44; LIGHTED WAY ASSOCIATION, 115,969.84; CHG ALTERNATIVE ED INC., 43,852.07; MARCO, INC., 11,352.57; CITY OF OGLESBY, 68,540.13; MARK KARLOSKY, 61,114.57; COMCAST, 5,932.03; OGLESBY TEACHERS UNION, 9,568; COMMON GOAL SYSTEMS, INC., 5,734; CONTRACT 144 W.7,444.45; Bluff St., OTTAWA 2ELEMENTARY 9th Street Adams Circle SCHOOL,504 PAPER GROUP, 6,279; PERMA BOUND, 4,857.74; LLC, PERU ELEMENTARY $12,000 CURRICULUM Streator ASSOCIATES, $115,000 La Salle $285,000 Utica86,480; SCHOOLS, 19,900.29; DELTA DENTAL INSURANCE, FARMS, 24,807; DRESBACH .38 Acre 45,747.30; #09887978PRAIRIE 4BD/3.5BA #09897863 4BD/1.5BADISTRIBUTING 09898952 CO., 8,382.62; PRO TECH INSURANCE, 23,389.12; PSIC, 45,124; ENVISION HEALTHCARE, Linda EDWARD Kaszynski JONES, 3,600; Katrina Jarrell Katrina Jarrell 9,187; BRITTANEE REDING, 4,257.92; FICEK815-228-5622 ELECTRIC, 2,853.23; REPUBLIC HILLMAN 815-228-9779SERVICES, 8,792.43; 815-228-9779 PEDIATRIC THERAPY, 63,386.64; ROBBINS SCHWARTZ ETC, LTD., 9,277.50; HOMETOWN NATIONAL BANK, 387,915; ROENFELDT & LOCKAS CPA, 7,400; HR IMAGING PARTNERS, INC., 4,712.50; RUPPERT CONCRETE, 6,090; H & S CONTRACTING, 33,826; SEICO, INC., 11,850; HUMANA INSURANCE COMPANY, 432,814.71; SPECIALIZED DATA SYSTEMS, 5,440; IDEAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, 5,096.08; STAPLES, 3,577.73; ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS, 9,190; STREATOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, 8,199.05; ILLINOIS CENTRAL SCHOOL BUS, 383,026.53; TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS, 2,850; ILLINOIS FIBER RESOURCES, 16,800; THE HOME DEPOT PRO, 20,800.02; IMPREST FUND, 12,857.20; TIEMAN BUILDERS, INC., 4,400; JANE FLYNN, 3,578.70; TWO RIVERS IMAGING, 5,346.63; 4 Baker JOHNS Park AveSERVICE 1531 5th Street 2643CONSTRUCTION Rte 178, Unit E-1 CO., 49,669; JOHNSON CONTROLS, 13,617.26; VISSERING & SALES, 13,118.83; $499,000 Peru $15,000 La Salle $75,000 Utica WALMART, 5,042.37 4BD/3.2BA #09904331 80x160 Lot #09906298 2BD/2BA #09901484 (October 31, 2019)

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