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Mendota teachers, school board are far apart on issues; Mediator on way

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The higher taxes you’ve been paying at the pump this summer have started trickling in for area municipalities. “It was really high this month because we’re seeing the effect of the increases,” said Emily McConville, Mendota’s city clerk. She reported to the city council this week that state motor fuel tax revenue from July and paid in August 2019 for Mendota came in at $24,515 — an 82 percent increase from what came in during the same month the previous year, $13,462. The state’s increased fuel tax took effect July 1, increasing from 19 cents per gallon to 38 cents. With city councils and county boards complaining about increasing construction costs and decreases in MFT revenue — citing, in part, more-efficient cars and trucks over the past 15 years — Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed legislation for the fuel tax increase. The tax provides a stream of tax money dedicated for road repairs and related improvement. An amendment to the state constitution adopted by Illinois voters in November 2016 prohibits revenues from the Motor Fuel Tax to be used for purposes other than transportation costs, the Illinois Comptroller’s office notes. The city of Peru reported its August 2018 allotment was $22,504.57. The August 2019 allotment for was $18,894.34, and then the new “MFT Transportation Renewal Fund” allotment arrived in a separate check for $15,340.61 for a total of $34,234.95, according to the city clerk’s office. See FUEL Page A4

Motor Fuel Tax revenue July taxes, received in August Aug. ’18 City Mendota $13,462 Peru $18,894 Oglesby $8,287 La Salle $21,005 Spring Valley $12,149 Utica $2,958 Princeton $17,365 Ottawa $41,026 Streator $29,967

Aug. ’19 $24,515 $34,235 $12,606 $31,954 $18,538 $4,496 $25,473 $62,411 $45,591

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Jonathan Polhemus, 16, of Princeton prepares for takeoff with instructor Joe Zeman of La Salle at Illinois Valley Regional Airport in Peru. Polhemus was the first student to fly a plane in a class offered through the Area Career Center at La Salle-Peru Township High School.

Don’t ground these teens Fifteen students take to the sky in high school aviation class By Ali Braboy

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The view of the lush green trees and grass was a sight to see, especially considering it wasn’t an everyday, regular classroom. His hands were at 10 and 2 as the sights of Interstate 80, the Illinois River and the white wind mills in Bureau County eventually came into view. But he wasn’t learning to drive a car like every other high school student. Jonathan Polhemus, 16, was 3,000-4,000 feet up in the air, flying a Cessna 172 aircraft at 100 mph. He was traveling to Princeton, the town he lives in, as part of a class he attends. This semester, the Area Career Center at La Salle-Peru Township High School is offering its first aviation class. Fifteen students from Princeton, L-P, Ottawa and DePue are enrolled. The NewsTribune flew with Polhemus and instructor Joe Zeman of La Salle this past Friday during the course’s first flight. “They actually get to manipulate the controls and fly the airplane,” said instructor John Thompson of Ladd. Each student will get two hours of flying time in the pilot seat this semester, and then the students also get observational

Polhemus is about to fly a plane to Princeton and back to Peru. “With this introductory flight, it’ll give them the opportunity to control the airplane , bank angle, control the airplane pitch angle, control the power levels so they can increase power or decrease power, which relates to climb and descent,” said instructor John Thompson. “So it’s trying to give them as much opportunity to facilitate what they pick up in the classroom.” time in the back of the plane when other students fly. “With this introductory flight, it’ll give them the opportunity to control the airplane, bank angle, control the airplane pitch angle, control the power levels so they can increase power or decrease power, which relates to climb and descent,” said Thompson. “So it’s trying to give them as much opportunity to facilitate what they pick up in the classroom.”

WATCH A VIDEO We take you inside one student’s flight. www.newstrib.com The students meet for an hour each morning MondaysFridays for class at the Illinois Valley Regional Airport in Peru. This past Friday was the first See AVIATION Page A2

MENDOTA — For Mendota residents, this may sound familiar: Mendota elementary teachers who’ve filed an intent-tostrike promise to show up YOU in force at a COMPARE: school board The meeting toNewsTribune night, as well will cover as before a meetings scheduled tonight and session with a Thursday federal mediaat Mendota tor Thursday. Grade School, Some crewhere the ative negotiteachers’ ating through union has filed the fall of an intent-to2013 into strike notice. January 2014 Today, read resulted in the Mendota a three-year school board’s contract just statement hours before on contract Mendota negotiations Elementary and the School teachMendota ers were set to Education go on strike Association that time, response. but Mendota Both schools have statements not always appear in their a v o i d e d entirety on strikes. page A5. Mendota Grade School teachers went out on a six-day strike in 2001 and a two-week-long strike in 2005, and Mendota High School teachers went on strike in 2006. When the 2005 strike was settled, Mendota Grade School See MENDOTA Page A5

‘Couldn’t find an ant’ Neighbors thought doc at fetus house a ‘hoarder’ By Derek Barichello SHAW MEDIA

PC public defender enters plea in prostitution case By Tom Collins

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OTTAWA — Putnam County’s public defender pleaded guilty this morning to a misdemeanor charge filed in connection with a prostitution sting completed earlier this spring. Roger Bolin, 65, pleaded guilty to one count of battery, a Class A misdemeanor, carrying up to a year in county jail. However, under the plea presented to Chief Judge H. Chris Ryan Jr., Bolin was sentenced to a year of court supervision, a non-reporting form of probation that would result in dismissal of the charge if and when it is successfully See BOLIN Page A2

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Roger Bolin (second from left) follows defense attorney Darrell Seigler out of La Salle County court today after Bolin received court supervision for misdemeanor battery. Bolin, public defender for Putnam County, pleaded out a case charged this spring when he and eight other men were charged following a prostitution sting.

Otis Jack thought he lived behind a hoarder, but he never imagined the gruesome extent of it. Jack was shocked last week to learn that his neighbor – Dr. Ulrich Klopfer – had 2,246 medically preserved fetal remains at the abortion doctor’s Crete Township house. It was common for several cars to be parked in the driveway, Jack said, noting he and other neighbors never saw a car in the garage. “I thought maybe he worked on cars or something, had a hobby,” he said. “We all thought he was one of those hoarders.” Klopfer, who died Sept. 3, provided gynecological care, abortions and vasectomies at three Indiana clinics. The Medical Licensing Board of Indiana suspended his license See DOC Page A5

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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has warned the U.S. it will retaliate “immediately” if Tehran is targeted over a weekend attack on Saudi oil installations, its state-run news agency reported Wednesday, further raising Mideast tensions. Iran’s president and foreign minister also may not be able to attend next week’s highlevel meetings at the United Nations as the U.S. has yet to issue them visas, IRNA reported. The U.N. meeting had been considered as an opportunity for direct talks between Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and President Donald Trump amid a summer of heightened tensions and attacks in the wake of America’s unilateral withdrawal from Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers a year ago. However, such talks are increasingly unlikely in the wake of the recent attack in Saudi Arabia, U.S. accusations that Tehran was behind it and hardening comments from Iran. Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels have claimed the attack in response to the Saudi-led war in Yemen, which has sparked the world’s worst humanitarian crisis and killed tens of thousands of people. Iran sent a note through Swiss diplomats in Tehran on Monday, reiterating that Tehran denies being involved in the Saudi attack, IRNA reported. The Swiss have looked after American interests in Tehran for decades. “If any action takes place against Iran, the action will be faced by Iran’s answer immediately,” IRNA quoted the note as saying. It added that Iran’s response wouldn’t be limited to the source of the threat, suggesting it would inflict damage beyond what it had suffered. IRNA separately reported Wednesday that Iran’s first delegation for the annual U.N. event had not left Iran due to not having visas. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was to travel to New York on Friday, with Rouhani following Monday, according to the agency. As the host of the U.N.’s headquarters, the U.S. is mandated to offer world leaders and diplomats visas to attend meetings there. But as tensions have risen, the U.S. has put increasing restrictions on Iranians like Zarif. Since becoming Iran’s president in 2013, Rouhani has spoken each year at the General Assembly. The U.S. State Department did not respond to requests for comment Wednesday.

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Anika Mead, Jorge Escobar Jr., Karsen McGill, Gavin Carnes, Logan Gaughan and Alexis Kerley listen to instructor John Thompson after as their classmate Jonathan Polhemus, 16, of Princeton was leaving in an airplane. This semester, 15 students are enrolled in an aviation class through the Area Career Center at La Salle-Peru Township High School. enough,” Mentgen said about Studer. Jane Goetz also was instruFROM PAGE ONE mental. She is president of the Illinois Valley Flying Club, flight of the semester. and they provide the plane Polhemus looked like a pilot and Zeman’s ability to fly it, with his aviator sunglasses Mentgen said. shielding the sun from his eyes “Mentioning her role is a and the headset over his ears. tribute to those people from the He’s a junior who’s homecommunity who want our kids schooled. Before this experito have the best opportunities, ence, he’d flown a plane twice at Cushing Field in Newark but and put forth an area that they have a passion for,” Mentgen never was able to fly over his said. house. The students will not land or “It’s always a possibility,” he take off the plane, Zeman will said about becoming a pilot. be doing those tasks. “It’s a good career choice. The average student pilot will There’s a lot of open pilot spots. have 20 hours of flying time “I felt very free,” he said before they land the airplane about his experience. “I will alone, Thompson said. say, I was a bit nervous about Is it difficult to teach kids the controls,” as this plane was how to fly? a bit different from the one he “These kids are sponges that flew previously. absorb information,” Thompson The idea for the class started said. “We are very cautious of when Illinois Valley Regional Airport manager Chuck Studer trying to make sure they have a grasp of what we’re talking gave some ideas to L-P’s suabout and understanding. I perintendent Steve Wrobleski who then got Dwayne Mentgen, think they probably understand it more than what I give them director of the Area Career credit for.” Center, involved. When the kids are done with “I cannot emphasize his help this at the end of the semester,

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is poised to revoke California’s authority to set auto mileage standards, asserting that only the federal government has the power to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fuel economy. Conservative and free-market groups have been asked to attend a formal announcement of the rollback set for Wednesday afternoon at Environmental Protection Agency headquarters in Washington. Gloria Bergquist, spokeswoman for the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, said Tuesday her group was among those invited to the event featuring EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler and Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao.

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very near future” to take steps toward establishing one nationwide set of fuel-economy standards. California’s authority to set its own, tougher emissions standards goes back to a waiver issued by Congress during passage of the Clean Air Act in 1970. The state has long pushed automakers to adopt more fuel-eﬃcient passenger vehicles that emit less pollution. A dozen states and the District of Columbia also follow California’s fuel economy standards. The deal struck in July between California and four of the world’s largest automakers — Ford, Honda, BMW and Volkswagen — bypassed the Trump administration’s plan to freeze emissions and fuel economy standards adopted under Obama at 2021 levels.

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When the kids are done with the course at the end of the semester , Thompson will give them an endorsement on a document that allows them to take a private pilot test. Passing that test is a requirement for a private pilot license. “Naturally, the best people to get involved are the young kids, and there’s a lot of interest, and a lot them don’t know how to get started and get involved,” said Studer about why he wanted to do this. Toward the end of the semester, those involved will meet to talk about what went well and what could be adjusted. “But deﬁnitely we want this to be a continuing program so that next year we’re working with the ﬂying club and just making it better,” Mentgen said. Those interested in donating time or expertise for the future of the L-P ACC aviation class can contact the department at (815) 223-2454.

completed. Bolin’s record could remain clean a year from now. Bolin also was ordered to pay a $750 ﬁne. When Ryan asked for a factual basis for the plea, assistant La Salle County State’s Attorney Jason Goode said the facts would show Bolin touched a woman, identiﬁed only as Nicky, on the shoulder. All other charges were dismissed as part of the plea. Bolin declined an opportunity to address Ryan. Outside the courtroom, Bolin and Ottawa defense Attorney Darrell Seigler both declined comment. La Salle County State’s Attorney Karen Donnelly, who was not in the courtroom, could not be immediately reached for comment. Bolin’s plea comes on the heels of a ruling that may have spurred this morning’s plea. Last week, Ryan ruled investigators who organized the prostitution sting got the OK to make an “overhear” recording while nine men, including Bolin, allegedly tried to solicit prostitutes. But that recording may not be played for a jury. James G. Schaefer of Peru, one of the nine suspected “johns,” hoped Ryan would throw out his case by barring the recording and everything in it, alleging the recording was illegal. La Salle County prosecutors urged Ryan to uphold the recording. He did neither. In a mixed ruling, Ryan refused to suppress the recording and to kick the legs out from under Schaefer’s case. The judge ruled that prosecutors cannot use the recording in making their case. The only way jurors will learn what was caught on tape is if prosecutors think a key witness is lying, in which case they can trot out the recording and let jurors decide whether to believe the witness or the tape. With the inconclusive ruling in hand, the stage was set for both the prosecution and the defense to cut their losses and reach a plea for Bolin, and possibly for the remaining suspects.

Sept. 18, 2009 — Bureau County oﬃcials said a wind farm dispute could be on its way to court if not resolved soon. County oﬃcials said Iberdrola Renewables, who are theowners of the Providence Heights wind farm in Milo and Indiantown townships, was in violation of road agreements with the county since roads were damaged during the installation of the wind turbines. Sept. 18, 1994 — The Merl Heise family donated the 200-year-old burr oak Witness Tree to the Bureau County Soil and Water Conservation District.

Located in Mineral Township, local historians suggested the tree was the site of many tribal ceremonies and pacts between the Sac and Fox Indians. Sept. 18, 1969 — A car vs. car crash was fairly common on U.S. 51, but car vs. plane? A ﬁve-passenger Cessna struck a car about three miles north of Interstate 80 after it overran its runway at Vogel Airport. There were no reported injuries to the driver of plane passengers, but plane damage was estimated at $3,000 and vehicle damage was estimated at $200.

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BRIEFS Support Cops 4 Cancer at Sept. 28 car show The eighth annual Cruisin’ Against Cancer car show and fundraiser will be 4-8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28 at The Rootbeer Stand in Oglesby. There will be a 50/50 drawing, music by AMC Sound, dash plaques sponsored by Magnum Auto Restoration and awards for Top 50, and best original and modified as well as the chairwoman’s choice. Proceeds go to Cops 4 Cancer. For details, call Chuck Reynolds at (815) 223-0268.

Become a ‘Citizen Scientist’ with NASA Globe Observer at La Salle Public Library La Salle Public Library will host a Citizen Science workshop about Land Cover, as part of the NASA Globe Observer protocol, at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 21. In this hands-on program, participants will explore land cover in different areas of the community and learn how to measure distance within a selected space, recognize various land forms, and gather data to record. Data collected will be compared to data gathered by satellites to see the results of participants’ observations. Citizen science is designed to engage the public in science investigations. NASA’s Globe Observer free mobile app enables citizen scientists of all ages to contribute to NASA science by taking photos and submitting observation data via uploading. Data gathered and uploaded by participants in the Globe activities is used by scientists around the world. This work is supported by the NASA Earth Science Education Collaborative. This program will begin promptly at 10:30 a.m. at the La Salle Public Library, and is primarily field work. Observations will take place at nearby sites; an information sheet will be distributed to participants. During the program, participants will use the NASA Globe Observer app. Participants are encouraged to bring their own device with them. This program is free, open to the public and is for adults and children, ages 8 years or older. In the event of inclement weather, the program will be postponed until Sept. 28. For more information, call (815) 223-2341.

2-day Vintage Illinois returns to Matthiessen State Park By Brett Herrmann

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Illinois’ largest wine and music festival returns to Matthiessen State Park this weekend, and this year’s event features more vendors than ever before. The annual Vintage Illinois festival showcases wineries from around the state and this year there will be almost 30 different vendors on hand. “The best way to get people accustomed to Illinois wine is to get them to try it,” said Lisa Ellis, executive director of Illinois Grape Growers and Vinters Alliance. “We’ve got 28 wineries that are going to be participating and that is up from last year.” IGGVA hosts the event with assistance from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources and Enjoy Illinois. The festival was first started in 2003. This year, Ellis said four of the six Governor’s Cup state wine competition winners will be in NEWSTRIBUNE FILE PHOTO attendance. The festival is held Migdalia Bishop and Maria Ramos of Elgin enjoy some wine at last year’s Vintage Illinois festival at Matthiessen State in the Matthiessen River Area. Park. The wine festival returns to the state park this weekend featuring 28 Illinois wineries and four bands. WHAT’S THE PRICE? Ellis encourages people to purchase tickets online ahead of the festival. Online purchases cease at the end of Thursday. “The online price is the same as it has been, but the day-of price they will pay $10 more,” Ellis said. Advance tickets cost $25 and include a souvenir glass, wristband and seven drink tickets. At the door tickets cost $35 and include the glass, wristband and five drink tickets. For non-drinkers, advance tickets are $10 and include three tickets for non-alcoholic beverages. At the gate, tickets cost $20 and include two

non-alcoholic beverage tickets. The wristband and glass can be brought back on Sunday. Buying tickets in advance gives festival organizers a better idea of what the crowd will look like. And people who purchase online tickets will be allowed into the festival an hour earlier than people purchasing tickets at the gate. To purchase tickets online, or to learn more about the festival, visit https://www.vintageillinois. com/.

2:30 p.m. and then Jack Dupp and the Empty Bottles from 3-6 p.m. Sunday features the Steve Sharp Band performing noon-2 p.m. and The PriSSillas from 2:30-5 p.m. Passini’s Wood Fire Pizza and Mickey’s Massive Burritos will be serving food.

Because space is tight, Ellis said this year guests are asked to leave pets at home. The festival will be open and accommodating to service animals. Outside alcohol is not allowed at the festival. Coolers and bags will be checked by security prior to entering festival grounds. Food brought in from the outTIPS FOR FESTIVAL GOERS side is welcome, but grilling is Space is limited at the event, only allowed in the parking lot. so Ellis reminds festival attendees to keep others in mind when Brett Herrmann can be staking out a spot. Guests are reached at (815) 220-6933 allowed to bring blankets and or bherrmann@shawmedia. WHAT’S THE ENTERTAINMENT? Saturday features the Big Fun lawn chairs for seating as long com. Follow him on Twitter @ Band performing 11:30 a.m.- as there is room. NT_SpringValley.

Peru Eagles meet at The Right Spice on Thursday The Peru Eagles will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at The Right Spice.

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City OKs zoning to allow pot dispensary Economic chiefs talk to city council By Brett Herrmann

Injury reported in Peru collision

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Peru firefighters Earl Hocking and Jake McKinney pick up pieces of a bumper from a two-vehicle crash at the corner of Orleans and Sixth streets in Peru. The accident happened shortly after 2:30 p.m. Tuesday. One patient was transported to Illinois Valley Community Hospital, Peru. Airbags deployed in that driver’s car. A police report including a traffic ticket was pending, expected for release later today or on Thursday.

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Peru approved an ordinance this week amending the zoning ordinances pertaining to adult use cannabis. This allows the soon-to-be legal establishments in areas zoned B-4 on the city’s zoning map. It also allows for growers or cultivators to build facilities in areas zoned M-2. There are stipulations in place on how close a cannabis store can be to schools, day care facilities or residential areas. Peru also passed a 3% tax, like other local cities, on the sale of marijuana should a store choose to locate within the city. CEO HOPES TO BRING IN JOBS The new president and chief executive officer of North Central Illinois Economic Development Corporation introduced himself Monday at Peru’s city council meeting. Mike Kirchhoff, who took over See PERU Page A4

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Police: Most car seats installed incorrectly By the NewsTribune staff

Local car seat technicians checked 46 car seats at an event over the weekend, and only four had been found installed correctly, Peru police said. Two seats were replaced due to them being expired. The car seat technicians were from the Peru Police Department, Illinois Valley Community Hospital and St. Margaret’s Hospital at the Peru Hy-

Vee as part of National Car Seat Safety Week. The theme for this year’s event was “Love them enough to use the right seat.” Peru police deputy chief Bob Pyszka called the event “extremely successful,” in that there are now 46 more children riding safely in their vehicles. Want help? To schedule your seat to be checked, contact the Peru police department at (815) 2232151.

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BRIEFS Cookout Saturday benefits local museum MENDOTA — Mendota Museum and Historical Society will benefit from a cookout in the Sullivan’s Foods parking lot this weekend. The event will be 11 a.m.- 2 p.m. Saturday, and volunteers will serve bratwurst, rib-eye sandwiches, burgers, pork chops, hot dogs, chips and drinks

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Monico Nunez named to Illinois 4-H Foundation’s 4-H Hall of Fame PRINCETON — A Bureau County volunteer was honored for their service as a 4-H volunteer. Monico Nunez of Princeton was one of 80 volunteers recognized by the Illinois 4-H Foundation as a 4-H Hall of Fame recipient during a ceremony this summer at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield. “These volunteers fully embody what 4-H strives to instill in youth,” said Angie Barnard, Illinois 4-H Foundation executive director. “They are caring, dedicated, generous leaders, and the Illinois 4-H Foundation is extremely proud to be able to provide this honor to thank them for their service to this wonderful organization.” The Illinois 4-H Foundation established the statewide Hall of Fame in 2004 to honor and celebrate extraordinary 4-H alumni, volunteers, and former 4-H staff. Each inductee receives a commemorative Hall of Fame medallion. “As a result of these volunteers’ years of service and leadership to Illinois 4-H,” Barnard said, “the program they love will continue to create wonderful opportunities for the young people whose lives it touches.” Those honored also include Karen Pillion, La Salle County; the late Allan Esgar, Lee County; and DiAnn Kuehn, Marshall County. “The Foundation provides avenues to support the work of Illinois 4-H by accepting financial gifts specifically directed to the program you wish to support,” Barnard said. “Estate planning services are available to those wishing to continue their 4-H legacy.” The Illinois 4-H Foundation raises private funds that are invested in Illinois 4-H programs that provide meaningful, positive development experiences for Illinois youth to develop leadership, citizenship, and life skills. To learn more, visit: 4hfoundation.illinois.edu.

Freedom House to train salon pros to recognize domestic violence signs PRINCETON — Freedom House has scheduled a training session in Kewanee for salon professionals on domestic and sexual violence. The course fulfills the Cosmetology/Nail Technician one-hour CEU requirement by the state of Illinois. This will be the final one given before the deadline for the salon professionals licenses, which expire Sept. 30. Training date will be 5:306:45 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26 at Black Hawk College Community Education Center, 404 E. Third St., Kewanee. Registration is required by Sept. 23 at https://www.freedomhouseillinois.org/salon-professionals-course/. For details, call (815) 872-0087.

Princeton police offer free safety seat checks PRINCETON — Princeton Police Department will provide free child safety seat checks 8 a.m.-noon Saturday at the department, 605 Elm Place. For help at another time, call (815) 872-2351.

National Voter Registration Day event comes to Princeton PRINCETON — Princeton Public Library, a National Voter Registration Day partner, will host a voter registration event 1-3 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24, at the library in celebation of National Voter Registation Day. Www.NationalVoterRegistrationDay.org provides a listing of National Voter Registration Day events across the country. Founded in 2012, National Voter Registration Day is designed to create an annual moment when the entire nation focuses on registering Americans to exercise their most basic right – the right to vote. For details, call Laurie Anderson at (815) 875-1331.

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La Salle-Peru Township High School senior Ashley Heagy (center) receives a letter of commendation from LPHS interim principal Dan Marenda and counseling division chair Emily Carney. Heagy is among the top achieving students who took the 2018 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.

Ashley Heagy earns an honorable-mention from Merit L-P senior Ashley Heagy has been named a Commended Student in the 2020 National Merit Scholarship Program. A Letter of Commendation from the

school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation, which conducts the program, will be presented by the principal to this scholastically talented student, said La Salle-Peru

Township High School interim principal Dan Marenda. Heagy is the daughter of Eric and Jennifer Heagy of Peru.

Hall’s Draper honored Abigail Draper has been named a Commended Student in the 2020 National Merit Scholarship Program, Hall High School principal Adam Meyer (left) announced this week. A letter of commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corp., which conducts the program, will be presented by the principal to this scholastically talented senior. “Those being named Commended Students have demonstrated outstanding potential for academic success,” commented a spokesperson for NMSC.

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Jerry Uranich of La Salle, longtime La Salle businessman who owned the former Beacon gas station not far from the 101 Club, waited for Ron Volpe to open his historic station for the day in La Salle this morning. Uranich doesn’t worry too much about the increased fuel tax, and actually is willing to pay a dime more to fill up, have his oil checked and visit with his friend.

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Spring Valley’s city clerk noted that the regular motor fuel tax revenue went down from last August to this August, from $12,149 to $10,256, but an additional check from the added tax came in last month for $8,282. Spring Valley clerk Becky Hansen said she anticipates people driving less as fuel prices go up.

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the position this month after past president and CEO Ivan Baker resigned, said he has more than 30 years of economic development experience in both the public and private sectors. He said he has conducted about $2 billion in deals and created 15,000 jobs in various communities under his guidance. He has worked with communities as small as Tuscola and Jacksonville, Ill., and cities as large as Indianapolis and Kansas

One price-pushing event just occurred in the past week — attacks on Saudi Arabian oilfields. Rebels from Yemen claimed responsibility. “As soon as they see the gas price go up, people don’t want to drive and do anything,” Hansen said. However, the price of gasoline does not directly impact the revenue, said La Salle finance director John Duncan IV “This is a flat tax per gallon. The price of gas shouldn’t im-

pact us,” he said, though factors can cause people to buy more or less fuel in Illinois. If prices go high, a small portion of people who live near a state line might drive into Indiana, Iowa, Missouri or Wisconsin if they can get it cheaper there, Duncan said. High gasoline prices can prompt people to fly or take the train or bus or not travel at all, said Duncan. Travel and fuel purchases

City. Kirchhoff said his most recent stop was in the Clinton, Iowa region, which he billed to developers as a west suburb of Chicago. He said the La Salle, Bureau and Putnam county region may be an easier sell on that description. “There is absolutely growth coming this direction,” Kirchhoff said. Before laying out what he thinks the areas vision should be, Kirchhoff said he wanted to meet and local leaders and hear about their goals. Following Kirchhoff, Luke Tomsha, founder of the Perfectly

people, including 500 youth. That’s one of the foundation’s main goals is to provide support and enrichment activities to people in the area as a way to combat the drug and opioid crisis. Feeding off of Kirchhoff, Tomsha said jobs are important to the area, but if you do not have capable, well-rounded people in the workforce, those roles Flawed Foundation, gave an up- can be tough to fill. date on what his group is looking to accomplish in the area. Brett Herrmann can be He thanked the city for provid- reached at (815) 220-6933 ing support at the Back2School or bherrmann@shawmedia. Bash, which took place on com. Follow him on Twitter @ Sunday and served about 800 NT_SpringValley.

also go down in December and January. “We see peaks and valleys at certain times of year,” he said. But Duncan just buys gas when and where he needs it. “Regardless of where I fill up, if it’s in the state of Illinois the city of La Salle is getting its fair share of that tax,” he said. Craig Sterrett can be reached at (815) 220-6935 or ntlocal@ newstrib.com. Follow him on Twitter @NT_NewsEditor.

EVENTS ON PERU STREETS — La Salle-Peru Township High School’s homecoming parade was OK’d for 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26. No-parking signs will be placed around Rotary Park. — And the city OK’d the route for the annual IVCH Fall Fitness 5K run/walk on Oct. 12.

PetSmart grant for $25,000 will help Friends of Strays replace van PRINCETON — Friends of Strays No-Kill Animal Shelter has received a $25,000 grant from PetSmartCharities, a leading funder of animal welfare in North America. The grant, designed to support daily operations already has funded the purchase of a new van, which will allow the organization to transport additional homeless pets to adoption events

and spay/neuter procedures throughout the Princeton and Bureau County area. Before the grant, FOS relied on a van with well over 100,000 miles to transport pets to receive care and to help them find loving homes. The mission of FOS is to care for abandoned, homeless and abused cats and dogs until they can be adopted.

FOS participates in adoption services in four PetSmart stores in Illinois and Iowa while also transporting pets once a month for low-cost spay/neuter services a distance of 60 miles each way — ensuring all pets have been spayed or neutered before adoption. Since purchasing the new van, the organization has transported over 420 pets for veterinary care and/or adoption.

“This grant gave us the funds to purchase a new, safe van to transport these animals for spay/ neuter clinics or PetSmart adoption events, as well as transportation for any medical attention they may need. By participating in these events, we are helping to reduce the number of stray, unwanted cats and dogs in our area,” said Tania Foley, FOS Treasurer.

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in 2016 after ﬁnding he violated state law and regulations. His neighbors knew of his career and suspension but didn’t learn until last week the cluttered garage was a sign of ]deranged behavior. The condition of Klopfer’s home stood out in Willowbrook Estates. The siding was worn or gone. One neighbor said made the home looked like “a barn.” Ray Peterlin, president of Willowbrook Estates Homeowners Association, said Klopfer had been cited for violations involving the home’s appearance. Klopfer lived there with his wife for about the past 30 years, Peterlin said. On Tuesday, dumpsters and a storage unit were in the front yard. Neighbor Antoinette Zimmerman, 92, knew Klopfer was an abortion doctor. She recalled a 1999

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teachers’ union members received a one-time bonus that brought the base salary to $26,568, according to NewsTribune archives. They also were allowed to keep a 5-by-5 salary schedule with annual increases in pay as well as increases for advancing their

international benchmark, dropped 5.3% to $65.34. A gallon of regular in the U.S. stood at $2.59 on Tuesday, up 3 cents from the previous day, according to the AAA auto club. Analysts warned that pump prices could rise as much as a quarter in the coming weeks, but it all depends on how quickly Saudi Arabia returns to normal production. Tuesday’s reversal in prices came as Saudi Arabia’s energy minister reported that 50% of the production cut by the attack had been restored. Prince Abdulaziz bin

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Junk cars, dumpsters and storage units litter the Joliet property of Dr. Ulrich Klopfer.

incident where two busloads of anti-abortion activists pulled up in front of his house to protest. “You couldn’t ﬁt an ant in that garage,” Zimmerman said. “There were boxes to the door.”

education in 2005. In January 2014, teachers had been paying a fixed dollar amount for their health insurance while the district wanted them to change to paying a percentage of the premium. After teachers received a 4.7% salary increase in the 2014 contract that avoided a strike, administrators and noncertified staff members received a matching 4.7 %

Klopfer conversed with neighbors but Zimmerman noted a quirk. “He would always interrupt conversations, and think that people were talking about him,” she said. Jack said Klopfer was quiet. “I’d wave to him when he was mowing his lawn, but he wasn’t the type of guy I’d have a beer with and talk about baseball,” Jack said.

increase from the school board in February 2014. The ensuing Mendota Grade School District 289 contract passed more quietly than the previous ones. Craig Sterrett can be reached at (815) 220-6935, csterrett@newstrib.com and ntlocal@newstrib.com. Follow him on Twitter @ NT_NewsEditor.

IN THEIR WORDS What the Mendota grade school board said this month:

What the Mendota teachers union said this week:

We, the Board of Education for Mendota Elementary School District 289 wish to share with you some facts regarding our negotiations. As of our last negotiation, the Board made significant offers to the Mendota Education Association (MEA) in an effort to settle a new contract. We have been bargaining in good faith, and put forth a more than fair financial offer to the MEA. The board is trying to be fiscally responsible while offering fair compensation to our great teachers. The MEA has requested a total compensation increase of 10.54% in year 1, 7.05% in year 2 and 6.84% in year 3. These increases are their lowest requests to date and total $2,226,333 in additional compensation over the three year contract. The Board proposal includes a 5.66% raise in year 1, 4.32% in year 2 and 4.41% in year 3. These increases are a combined $1,247,262 in additional compensation for salary over the course of the next 3 years. Our current salary package for teachers costs taxpayers $4,025,804 this past fiscal year. The Board also paid additional medical benefits of $1,068,524. The MEA only pays $179,412 per year for their health insurance, which is 14.38% of the total cost for benefits. We have also offered several new language items in the contract to help attract and retain teaching staff and provide additional benefits. There are still several other language items that have not been agreed upon. We have no official notification of a strike (as of Sept 6), negotiations are ongoing with the union and we are hopeful for a resolution.

Mendota Education Association (MEA) Elementary Teachers want to respond to the 289 Board of Education’s Press Release, dated September 6, 2019. We feel that the board is grossly misleading the community by stating that the MEA has asked for a 10.54% increase in compensation in year 1, 7.05% in year 2 and 6.84% in year 3. MEA has asked for a fair salary increase, making us comparable to schools in the surrounding communities. MEA has asked for the following increases to the base of our salary schedule: 4% in year 1, 4.5% in year 2 and 4.5% in year 3. Based on a teacher salary schedule, this percent will offer an increase to all teachers, as opposed to the Board of Education’s proposal to substantially increase only a first year teacher’s salary. With the Board’s current proposal, teachers with more experience and education will actually earn less than what they earned in the last contract. MEA has also requested board contribution to TRS. (TRS is the Teacher Retirement System, which is in lieu of Social Security). When surveying surrounding schools, most have 100% of TRS paid by their board in addition to salary. The total TRS contribution for teachers is 9% of their salary. Currently, the 289 board pays 2% of a teacher’s TRS but teachers at Mendota Elementary are responsible for paying the remaining 7% off the top of their salary. Mendota Administrators have 100% of their TRS paid by the 289 Board of Education, as well as 100% of the premium for single coverage insurance. The board is also required by law to increase the minimum starting salary to $40,000 by the 2023-2024 school year. With our current starting salary and board-paid TRS, the board must legally raise these amounts by over $8,200 to be in compliance with the law. Over the past 10 years, the Mendota Elementary Teachers have taken a 2% increase to the base salary for 4 years, a 1% increase to the base salary for 4 years, or a pay freeze for 2 years. By taking these small salary increases and efficiently managing our insurance costs, we have enabled the board to accrue a working cash fund of over $3,000,000 at last year’s end. We also want to add that our bargaining unit has analyzed the district’s financial statements and would like to emphasize that what we are asking for is completely within the means of the district and would not require any additional funds from the community. Our main goal when we began these negotiations was to bargain a contract that helps the district attract and retain quality educators. There have been major issues with teacher turnover in recent years within the district. Since 2012, there have been 82 new teachers hired, including 28 new teachers over the last two years. Our students deserve the best educators, not the cheapest.

— Mendota Elementary Schools Community Consolidated School District 289 BOARD OF EDUCATION Sean Pappas, Board President Tim Pohl, Board Vice President

MENDOTA CITY COUNCIL

Alderman commends police department MENDOTA — During the Mendota City Council meeting this week, Alderman Bill Hunt commended the Mendota Police Department for its handling of a downtown window-breaking spree and an arrest late last week. Also, Hunt called for a Sept. 26 public safety committee meeting for discussion of Mendota Fire Department and ambulance staﬃng. The department is down a person after the retirement of Randy Simpson.

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DALLAS (AP) — The price of gasoline creeped higher after a weekend drone attack devastated Saudi Arabian oil output, but if the disruption to global supplies is shortlived, the impact on the U.S. economy will probably be modest. Prices spiked Monday by more than 14%, their biggest single-day jump in years, but retreated Tuesday, reversing some of the increase. U.S. oil fell nearly 5% to $59.96 a barrel, while Brent, the

Salman said full production would resume by the end of the month. Even before Tuesday’s reversal in prices, economists downplayed the prospect that the price spike could send the economy reeling. After all, Monday’s surge only put prices back where they had been in May. The drone attack knocked about 5% of the world crude supply oﬄine. Oil prices have been trending mostly lower since spring because of concern about weak demand due to slowing economic growth.

Stocks fall ahead of Fed decision on interest rates the tech sector lower after giving investors a weak proﬁt forecast. Banks, including JPMorgan and Bank of America, moved lower. Bond prices rose and the yield on the 10-year Treasury fell to 1.76% from 1.81% late Tuesday. Investors typically shift money into bonds when they grow more concerned about the economy’s health. For banks, lower bond yields mean less lucrative interest rates on loans. FedEx plunged and dragged down industrial stocks after issuing a disappointing earnings report. Utilities held up the best in the early going and swayed

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks moved broadly lower on Wall Street in early trading Wednesday ahead of a highly anticipated decision from the Federal Reserve on interest rates. The Fed is expected to cut its benchmark interest for a second time this year. Close attention will be paid to any clues Fed Chairman Jerome Powell gives about future rate policy during a 2:30 p.m. press conference. Industrial, technology and bank stocks were among the biggest losers in the early going as investors headed cautiously for lessrisky holdings. Adobe fell 3.8% and led

between small gains and losses. The sector is typically considered a safer place to park money amid concerns about economic growth. Consumer product makers, such as Kraft and Colgate, showed small gains. Investors largely expect the Fed to cut short-term interest rates by another quarter of a percentage point, following a similar cut in late July.

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Saudi oil attack Pedestrian safety is part of dangerous a priority new pattern By Jon Gambrell

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The assault on the beating heart of Saudi Arabia’s vast oil empire follows a new and dangerous pattern that’s emerged across the Persian Gulf this summer of precise attacks that leave few obvious clues as to who launched them. Beginning in May with the still-unclaimed explosions that damaged oil tankers near the Strait of Hormuz, the region has seen its energy infrastructure repeatedly targeted. Those attacks culminated with last Saturday’s assault on the world’s biggest oil processor in eastern Saudi Arabia, which halved the oil-rich kingdom’s production and caused energy prices to spike. Some strikes have been claimed by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, who have been battling a Saudi-led coalition in the Arab world’s poorest country since 2015. Their rapidly increasing sophistication fuels suspicion among experts and analysts however that Iran may be orchestrating them — or perhaps even carrying them out itself as the U.S. alleges in the case of Saturday’s attack. “Iran can count on public skepticism to afford it some deniability under any circumstances, but an attack of this magnitude stands a much greater chance of provoking very severe diplomatic and military consequences,” warned Michael Knights, a senior fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. For its part, Iran only claimed one attack during this period, the shootdown of a U.S. military surveillance drone it alleges entered its airspace on June 20. It publicly gave medals to the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard members who manned the anti-aircraft battery that downed the drone. It separately has acknowledged seizing oil tankers. However, the attacks on the oil tankers and the Houthiclaimed assaults on Saudi Arabia’s oil infrastructure would match up with previous incidents blamed on Tehran. Experts describe Iran as relying on so-called non-attributable attacks, when blame is difficult to assign given the circumstances. The reasons for this are several-fold. Since its 1979 Islamic Revolution, Iran has been unable to purchase sophisticated weapons from the West like its Gulf Arab neighbors. Its air force remains replete with pre-revolution, Americanmade F-4s, F-5s and F-14s, as well Soviet- fighter jets. The U.S. Navy sank half of Iran’s operational fleet in a one-day naval battle in 1988 amid the so-called “Tanker War.” While it has built its own missile arsenal, experts say Iran’s armed forces would suffer in a head-to-head military confrontation. Launching attacks that can’t be easily linked back to Tehran limits the chance of direct retaliation. Separately, Tehran has worked to grow a network of proxy forces in the Mideast. Iran backs the Lebanese militant group and political party Hezbollah, which offers it a way to pressure Israel.

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The damage that can be done to the human body when it is hit by a moving vehicle can be catastrophic. The most tragic result of a vehicle-versus-pedestrian crash can be death, but even those who are fortunate enough to survive the trauma can be left suffering from chronic pain or a permanent physical disability. If a driver who hits a pedestrian is not drunk or under the influence in some other way, they may not face any more sanction than a traffic citation. Take the example of a March crash outside the McHenry Home Depot store, where

William Dammeyer, 71, of Johnsburg, was struck and killed by a pickup truck driven by 19-year-old Christian J. Zientko of McHenry. McHenry police cited the driver for failure to stop at a stop sign. Although officials have said publicly that the investigation is closed, the police have refused to release details about what witnesses said they saw that day. Any crash in which driver negligence causes the death of another seems like it ought to command a more serious response from the justice system than a simple traffic ticket. At least drivers who are found to be at fault in a crash where a pedestrian in a crosswalk is killed can have their license suspended for a year by the

Secretary of State. That’s not the case if the pedestrian survived but suffered a “Type A” injury, which the state defines as severe “wounds, distorted extremities, and injuries that require the injured party to be carried from the scene.” A person could be left suffering from chronic pain or lasting disability, and outside of a potential lawsuit, the driver would face no sanction. A new law signed in August by Gov. JB Pritzker will close that loophole in July. Dubbed Mason’s Law, it now allows the Secretary of State to invoke a one-year suspension on a driver who hits and seriously injures a pedestrian either in a crosswalk or a school zone. State Sen. Jason Barickman (R-Bloomington) was the bill’s

chief sponsor in the Senate. “This new law will help make sure that pedestrians can cross the streets safely, and that people who endanger the lives of pedestrians, especially children, are held accountable,” Barickman said. Accidents can happen on the road, but among the basics we learn in driver education is to always give the right of way to pedestrians and to drive carefully in areas with a lot of people on foot - including parking lots, city streets and school zones. There should be penalties beyond a simple fine and a moving violation for drivers whose carelessness is found not only to kill someone, but also to seriously injure them, as well.

‘Owning the libs’ is whole pointless point One reason I failed to see Donald Trump coming is that I never saw even a single episode of “The Apprentice.” Indeed, I’d be hard put to name a single “reality TV” program I’ve watched from beginning to end. The hallmark of the genre, of Gene Lyons course, being its sheer artiNEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ficiality. ASSOCIATION For entertainment, I mainly watch ballgames. So everything I knew about Trump came from the New York tabloids: He was a vainglorious blowhard with more garish taste than Liberace. A publicity hound who’d inherited a whole lot of money; a playboy and an epic fabulator. (Good grief, the guy even lies about his height. He claims to be 6-3. Did you see him hanging a medal on basketball great Jerry West the other day? Even at age 81, West stands an athletic 6-2. He’s got at least two inches on Trump, who’s maybe 6-0, tops. What kind of guy does that? (Maybe the kind of guy who phones tabloid gossip columnists pretending to be his own press agent, bragging about all the sexual favors he’s scoring. Your commander-in-chief.) But I digress. Because I’d watched a lot of pro wrestling from Sunnyside Gardens in Queens during middle school, which my friends and I found hilarious, I was quick to recognize Trump’s trademark WWE

Bahamas as terrorists and crimcampaign style. The phony inals. It’s called “owning the feuds, fake threats and endless libs,” and to a certain nihilistic boasting were telltale features subset of Trumpists, it’s the in a televised “kayfabe” camonly thing that paign — a term really counts. of art for the make-believe What the researchers To them, the president’s erdramas of professional wresfound was a strong ratic governing style isn’t a bug, tling. (Also, correlation between it’s a feature. I suspect, Indeed, it’s what Trump an appetite for pretty much the meant when whole point. he tweeted chaos and support for I come by the nonsense insight word “covfefe” Donald Trump. Also, this courtesy of during a ritual B. attack on the to a lesser extent, for Thomas Edsall in The press. He just New York couldn’t spell Bernie Sanders. Times. Edsall it.) devoted a reHe even apcent column pears to have to a scholarly paper by two stolen his pompadour hairdo Danish and one American politfrom the swaggering bleachical scientists entitled “A ‘Need blond “heels” of the era — nofor Chaos’ and the Sharing of tably Dr. Jerry Graham. The Graham Brothers regularly sold Hostile Political Rumors in Advanced Democracies.” out Madison Square Garden The authors surveyed thouback in the ‘50s when Trump sands of voters in the U.S. and was a lad. He was a master of Denmark, seeking individuals the balsa-wood chair and fake “drawn to chaos” by their posblood capsule. itive responses to statements And what kind of Ph.D. did like “I fantasize about a natural Dr. Graham hold? disaster wiping out most of hu“He’s a tree surgeon,” his manity such that a small group manager told a TV announcer. of people can start all over,” Just so Donald Trump. What and “Sometimes I just feel like took me by surprise was how destroying beautiful things.” many viewers out there in TV Actually, starting over has land fell for it: the political been a staple of popular fiction equivalent of those poor souls since “Robinson Crusoe,” and who believe that professional of movies like “On the Beach,” wrestling is real. Or who don’t care, so long as “The Postman” and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s “Terminator” Trump is insulting people like series. What the researchers me, who think they’re so damn found, however, was a strong smart. correlation between an appeEven now, while he’s spendtite for chaos and support for ing his days feuding with the Donald Trump. Also, to a lesser National Weather Service and extent, for Bernie Sanders. denouncing refugees from the Such persons also eagerly devastated island nation of the

consume and disseminate conspiracy theories like the Comet Pizza story (aka Pizzagate), the “QAnon” fantasy, and Alex Jones’ lunatic claim that the murder of 20 children at Sandy Hook Elementary School was a government hoax to promote gun control. Trump’s promotion of the “birther” conspiracy theory of Barack Obama’s illegitimacy was another. The authors write that it’s not so much that alienated individuals traffic in such absurdities “because they believe them to be true. For the core group, hostile political rumors are simply a tool to create havoc.” The internet and social media — Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and the rest — have “mainstreamed” political pornography much like the sexual kind. Isolated individuals can share their destructive fantasies with like-minded others from the privacy of their own homes. Their enemies are smug “elitists” symbolized by Hillary Clinton and every girl wearing eyeglasses who ever looked down her nose at them. To such persons, facts mean nothing. Scholars, scientists and experts of all kinds — even local TV weather forecasters — are the enemy. Truth isn’t literal; it’s tribal. And then, every once in a while, Trump brings his road show to town, and they can all get together.

THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY “Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.” — Margaret Mead, American anthropologist (19011978).

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Whether you are picking them at the market or off a tree, there are many great things to do with apples that don’t include making a pie.

Got a haul of apples for fall? From cakes to homemade applesauce, here are some creative ideas By Elizabeth Karmel

salt, and serve them with any egg dish to brighten up breakfast. In the South, these are NEW YORK (AP) — It’s that sometimes “fried” with bacon fat time of year again, when fresh and called “fried apples,” but I apples are piled high at farmer’s prefer butter. Sauteed apples are markets. If you are lucky enough also great in pancakes. Let them to live near an orchard, you can cool, and add to your favorite take the day and pick your own pancake batter. If you are a fan bushel of apples. But whether of cinnamon like I am, add a you are picking them at the mar- pinch and they’ll taste like apple ket or off a tree, there are many pie. great things to do with apples n Make an apple upside-down that don’t include making a pie. cake, and add cranberries for a Besides apple pie, some ideas festive touch. Use your favorite you might not have thought of: pineapple upside-down cake recn Cut apples into matchipe but substitute apples. stick-size strips and add them to n Make a gourmet open-faced your favorite kale salad for a tart tartine, aka sandwich with brie and crunchy addition. cheese and apples. Brush the n Saute chunks of peeled apbread with your favorite jam — ples in butter, season them with think fig, apricot, raspberry, etc. a touch of sugar and a pinch of and top with apples, brie and ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

walnuts. Melt under a broiler and enjoy! n Make a faux sauerkraut for fall sausages by cooking down grated apples, sliced onions and fennel. Finish with a pinch of caraway seeds and a couple of tablespoons of butter for richness. n Cook apples slowly until they melt into homemade applesauce. Begin by peeling and coring the apples, and add the juice of a large lemon, and a little sugar and cinnamon. Put the lid on the pot and slowly cook on the stovetop. When they have cooked down to the texture of chunky applesauce, taste and season as you like. n If you have a juicer, make your own apple juice and serve it cold or hot.

n Make your own apple butter. Cook about 5 pounds of apples with ½ cup of apple cider until they are deep brown and have a creamy, “buttery”consistency. Season with your favorite autumn spices. No sugar necessary. You can do this easily in a slow cooker or a pressure cooker. The slow cooker is the slow, all day method and the pressure cooker is the fast method. Reminder: If you get a bunch of apples, keep them in a cool place. I have had success keeping them for months in the crisper drawer of my refrigerator. If you picked your own and went a little crazy, and have too many to fit in your refrigerator, wrap each apple individually in

From common to cool: The lowly cabbage has become a star By Katie Workman

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Here’s a sentence that might come as a surprise: Cabbage is cool. That taken-for-granted vegetable, that sturdy, dense staple of many a poor, ancestral homeland, is finally getting respect. “It’s all about how it is prepared, how it’s elevated,” says Paul Kahan, a James Beard award-winning chef in Chicago and self-professed cabbage freak. He thinks that because cabbage has mainly been associated with sustenance, it hasn’t been given its due. Cabbage is part of most of the world’s cooking history. Perhaps most famously, it was one of the only sources of sustenance in famine-ravaged Ireland in the mid-19th century. Thus the classic Irish dish corned beef and cabbage, not to mention colcannon. In China, there’s cabbage sauteed with bean curd. In England, cabbage cooked with potatoes and other vegetables in bubble and squeak. In Norway, the hot and sour surkal. In the U.S., coleslaw. Fermented and pickled cabbage dishes abound, including kimchi in Korea, and sauerkraut in Poland, Germany and other parts of middle and Eastern Europe. Stuffed cabbage rolls are part of just about every cuisine, form golabki in Poland to holishkes in Jewish cooking to sarma in Croatia. There’s more, but the point is: In all times and places, cabbage has been valued for its plente-

ousness, cheapness, long shelf life, and ability to be preserved for an even longer shelf life. It can be eaten raw or cooked in pretty much any way a vegetable can be cooked. Now, it’s also trendy. “It’s just delicious,” says Kahan. He has been on the cabbage bandwagon for years, serving it at his upscale Chicago restaurants in various guises. At Publican, they char wedges of cabbage in a wood-burning hearth and then finish them in a pan with butter and shallots. Kahan remembers being inspired by a dish made by New Orleans chef Alon Shaya: “It was the first time I ever saw a chunk of cabbage served at a restaurant.” And that’s how kitchen trends start — chefs get inspired, borrowing from other restaurants and other cultures; food publications take their cues from the chefs; and suddenly, cabbage recipes proliferate. Robert Schueller, the “Produce Guru” at Melissa’s Produce, a specialty company out of Los Angeles, says chefs and restaurants are the clear drivers behind the cabbage movement. Cabbage is being used as everything from a taco topping (common in Mexico) to a base or nest for menu items such as marinated fish. Chefs like how cabbage maintains a crisper texture than other greens when served with warm foods, he says. “We have seen a rise in Napa cabbage, too, which is used in See CABBAGE Page A8

paper — unprinted newsprint paper works well — and store in the garage or basement where it is cool. Be careful of any rotting apples, because the old saying “One bad apple spoils the bunch” is true. My favorite thing to make with extra apples is my Grandmother Odom’s Apple Cake . The recipe doesn’t call for any liquid because the fresh apples give up their juice as the cake bakes, and that creates liquid in the batter. It’s a simple cake to make and is positively addicting. In fact, anytime I have a prickly relationship with someone, I make them my grandmother’s cake and it changes our relationship! I call it The Power of Grandmother Odom’s Apple Cake.

Rhubarb Boysenberry Crisp Active Time: 20 minutes Total Time: about 1 hour, plus cooling time Yield: Serves 6

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This crisp was inspired by fresh rhubarb and boysenberries.

What grows together goes together — in a fruit crisp By Lynda Balsley TASTEFOOD

There’s no better way to enjoy ripe fruit than in a good old-fashioned crisp. In the summer, stone fruit and berries reign supreme, while in the fall, apples and pears take over. This crisp was inspired by fresh rhubarb and boysenberries. I spied them at my weekend farmers market. A little rickety garden table in the far corner of the maze of stalls was lined with blotchy pintsized cartons, stained blue and violet, from the juices of wild raspberries, blueberries and (best of all) boysenberries. Boysenberries resemble a

floppy cone-shaped blackberry, and taste like a tart cross between a blackberry and raspberry. Next to the berries was a wicker basket filled with dainty upright new rhubarb stalks awash in green and pink. I made this dessert for our dinner guests that night, one of whom is gluten-free. The topping was crisp, nutty and sweet, faintly spiced with cinnamon. It was delicious for gluten-free and gluten-lovers alike, and a perfect embellishment to my farmers market find. If you don’t have access to boysenberries, feel free to substitute blackberries or raspberries.

Topping: 3/4 cup almond meal 3/4 cup rolled oats (gluten-free or regular) 1/2 cup walnuts 1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar 1/4 cup granulated sugar 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/8 teaspoon salt 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, chilled Filling: 1 1/2 pounds rhubarb, cut into 1/2-inch pieces (about 4 cups) 2 cups boysenberries 1/4 cup granulated sugar 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 tablespoon cornstarch 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Combine all of the topping ingredients, except the butter, in the bowl of a food processor and pulse to coarsely chop the walnuts. Add the butter and pulse until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Place the rhubarb and half of the boysenberries in a bowl. Sprinkle the sugar over and gently mix to combine. Whisk the lemon juice and cornstarch in a small bowl. Pour over the fruit, add the zest, and gently stir to coat. Spread the fruit in an 8-by-8-inch (or similar size) baking dish, or, alternatively, divide the fruit between individual gratin dishes. Arrange the remaining boysenberries over the top of the fruit, and then evenly spread the topping over the fruit. Bake in the oven until the topping is golden brown, the rhubarb is soft, and the juices are bubbling, about 45 minutes. If the topping browns before the filling is fully cooked, then loosely cover with foil to prevent burning. Remove and cool. Serve slightly warm or at room temperature with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

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Lifestyle onion, oil, vinegar, and salt and pepper, maybe with some julienned gruyere cheese mixed in. “It goes with everything; it’s refreshing, it gets better with a few days macerating time, it’s soft and crunchy, it’s healthy,” Kreuther says. At the restaurant, they make their own sauerkraut, a dish he grew up with in his native Alsace region of France. Kreuther serves the sauerkraut in a smoked sturgeon; his sauerkraut tartlet topped with caviar mousseline is in a ﬁlo pastry shell and served under a wine glass ﬁlled with smoke.

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Asian stir fries, fermentation and pickling, all of which are gaining in popularity. The most interesting thing is that the rise of Napa is not just in Asian groceries and restaurants,” Schueller says. Gabriel Kreuther gets creative with cabbage at his eponymous restaurant in New York City. He purees well-cooked cabbage as a base for some garnishes; uses it in a side dish with trumpet mushrooms warmed in duck fat; and serves up a simple slaw of shredded cabbage,

Actress’ Emmy night comes down to the dress By LeAnne Italie AP ENTERTAINMENT WRITER

NEW YORK (AP) — Jessica Hecht, the “Special” actress, inherited at least a couple of things from her mother: “I’m lucky to be sample size. My mother gave me many gifts and this was a very speciﬁc one.” That, she laughed, and “a lot of neurosis.” Being a size 2 came in handy as Hecht was deciding on just the right

red carpet look for her big night Sunday at the creative arts Emmys, to air Saturday on FX ahead of the main slate. She didn’t win, but she had a ball picking out a dress. For fashion assistance, she headed straight to Atelier Caito for Herve Pierre, a nearly 2-year-old collaboration between the Frenchman who styles ﬁrst lady Melania Trump, and Nicolas Caito, a compatriot and veteran patternmaker.

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Will family judge her blue-collar beau? Dear Harriette: I come from a professional family. For several generations, everyone has been college educated and has had a great professional job. I took SENSE & SENSITIVITY that route Harriette Cole myself, and I UNIVERSAL am now UCLICK working in finance, which I like. I have met and fallen in love with a man who does not have a college degree. He and his family are simple people who live pretty modestly. They are saltof-the-earth people, too. I love him, and I love them. My boyfriend does landscaping. He has his own truck and all of the tools he needs in order to be self-sufficient, and he does very well. In fact, he already makes way more money than I do in my junior banking job. I know it’s not enough for my family. They expect me to bring home somebody with a pedigree. I haven’t met anybody like that who makes me this happy. Even though our backgrounds are different, my boyfriend and I like enough of the same things

that I think it will be OK. How can I introduce him to my family so that they will accept him? — Off Class Dear Off Class: Being in a relationship with someone of a diﬀerent class is one of the classic love story tropes, not unlike Cinderella and Prince Charming. Family beliefs and differences can be diﬃcult to overcome, but you do not have to give in. If you love this man and believe that you can build a life together, drum up the courage to make that known to your family. Start by talking to him and making sure that he understands what to expect when meeting your family. Get him ready so he isn’t too awkward when he meets them. Prep them by letting them know that you will be introducing them to the man you love. Ask them to give him a chance. Time will tell whether you two can withstand the judgments of your family and carve out a place for you to thrive. Harriette Cole is a lifestylist and founder of DREAMLEAPERS, an initiative to help people access and activate their dreams. You can send questions to askharriette@harriettecole.com or c/o Andrews McMeel Syndication, 1130 Walnut St., Kansas City, MO 64106.

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IN BRIEF Fieldcrest stays No. 8 The Fieldcrest football team remained at No. 8 in the latest Associated Press Class 2A Poll. The Knights (3-0) take on 2A No. 1 Gibson City-MelvinSibley at 7 p.m. Friday in Minonk. Princeton (2-1) continues to receive votes in Class 3A.

Area players make Friday Night Drive Team

VOLLEYBALL: LA SALLE-PERU DEF. SYCAMORE 25-11, 25-15

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Howie Kendrick just missed the cycle but he will take the win instead for the Washington Nationals. Kendrick finished a double shy of hitting for a cycle, Patrick Corbin pitched six strong innings, and the Nationals beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-2 Tuesday night. St. Louis leads the NL Central by two games over the Chicago Cubs and Milwaukee Brewers, and the Nationals hold the NL’s top wild card by 1 1/2 games over the Cubs and Brewers.

VOLLEYBALL: PRINCETON DEF. ST. BEDE 25-9, 25-20

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Three area football players were voted onto the Week 3 Friday Night Drive Team of the Week. Fieldcrest quarterback Matt Lorton, Princeton running back Ronde Worrels and Hall offensive lineman Greg Larsen all made the squad. Lorton threw for 168 yards and a touchdown while running for a score in the Knights’ 42-7 win over Tremont, Worrels scored four touchdowns in the Tigers’ 49-7 victory over St. Bede and Larsen helped pave the way as the Red Devils racked up 340 rushing yards in a 35-12 win over Monmouth-Roseville. Each week, players throughout central and north Illinois are nominated. Readers can vote at www.fridaynightdrive. com. The player with the highest vote total is named FND Team of the Week MVP. CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs had been scoring in bunches lately. Then Sonny Gray took the mound for the Cincinnati Reds. The Cubs were shut down by Gray and two relievers Tuesday night, falling 4-2 to the Reds in a loss that hurt their playoff positioning. Chicago had won five in a row, outscoring its opponents 59-18 during the stretch. But it managed just two runs against Gray (11-7) before Michael Lorenzen and Raisel Iglesias closed out the five-hitter for Cincinnati. The Cubs (82-69) dropped into a tie for the second NL wild card with Milwaukee, which held off San Diego for a 3-1 victory. They also missed out on an opportunity to gain ground on NL Central-leading St. Louis, which lost 6-2 to Washington. Rookie Aristides Aquino hit his 16th homer for Cincinnati (71-81), and Joey Votto and Eugenio Suárez each drove in a run. Yu Darvish (6-7) struck out 13 in seven innings for Chicago, but was hurt by a slow start. Kyle Schwarber had three hits and two RBIs.

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La Salle-Peru senior Paige Champlin (No. 23) sets the ball as teammate Ashley Urbanski looks on during the Lady Cavaliers’ 25-11, 25-15 victory over Sycamore in an Interstate Eight Conference match Tuesday in La Salle.

Lady Cavs extended unbeaten streak to 24 sets By Kevin Chlum

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The La Salle-Peru volleyball team is aware of its streak, but there’s not much discussion about it. The Lady Cavaliers are still perfect on the season without dropping a set after rolling to a 25-11, 25-15 victory over Sycamore in an Interstate Eight Conference match Tuesday in La Salle. “We haven’t really talked about it because we don’t want to jinx it, but we definitely want

and chemistry have been key to L-P’s streak of 24 consecutive “We have a lot of good sets“I won. think we’ve just put our skills together,” Champlin said. talent. Since we have “We have a lot of good talent. we have 10 returning se10 returning seniors, Since niors, we have a good bond. We work well together.” we have a good bond.” allL-P coach Mark Haberkorn atL-P senior Paige Champlin, tributes the streak to the team’s competitive nature. on the team’s 12-0 start “The girls are such great competitors,” Haberkorn said. “They to keep it going,” L-P senior love to compete. In practice, when we start scrimmaging, one Paige Champlin said. Champlin said experience See LADY CAVS Page B3

The Princeton volleyball team came out firing on all cylinders in the opening set and then battled back in the second set for a 25-9, 25-20 victory over St. Bede on Tuesday at the Academy. Junior Elaina Wamhoff opened the match with an ace for the Lady Bruins, but it was all Tigresses from that point on. Katie Bates’ service game was lethal all night long for the Tigresses as she served for 19 points an six aces. An early ace by Bats gave Princeton a 4-1 advantage. Addison Grove was another of the Tigresses who had a big night on offense and defense. Several of her digs kept plays alive, and Gracie Ross picked up a kill for a 5-2 lead. The Lady Bruins got a kill of their own from Reese Ludford that cut the deficit to 5-3. Moments later, the Lady Bruins’ block attempt went wide and then Ludford was whistled for two hits. Taylor Wetsel served up an ace of her own before Grove hit a nice shot down the line into the corner for a 13-7 PHS lead. “Addie Grove was unbelievable tonight,” Princeton coach Andy Puck said. “I really feel she won the match for us tonight, especially that first set. We have some girls who are banged up but played well tonight. The super sophs are starting to really step up. I know St. Bede is a different team with Macy Bosnich (who was out with an injury), but they’ll be solid by the end of the year after they adjust.” Claire Morrow sailed a shot into the net and Ross had a big block while Wetsel got some tough digs and Bates served up another ace. From there, Grove had back row to extend Princeton’s lead to 18-8 and three straight St. Bede errors padded the Tigresses’ lead before Grove ended the set with an ace. The Lady Bruins were much sharper in the second set, which kept it neck and neck. Marissa Boehm started the Lady Bruins off with a big kill and Morrow added one moments later to tie the set at 2-2. McKenzie Hecht shot a kill off the Lady Bruins’ attempted block to tie it at 5-5. Wetsel briefly gave the Tigresses the lead with an ace. After the teams traded errors and service errors, the score was once again tied at 10-10 before a couple of big serves gave Princeton a 12-10 edge. The Lady Bruins fought back and looked as it they were going to force a third set. Berklee Linnig had a kill off a block attempt and then Wamhoff and Miranda Mazzorana combined for a block to tie the game at 16-16. See TIGRESSES Page B3

BOYS SOCCER: DEPUE-HALL 8, PRINCETON 1

Dynamic duo of Heiden, Fuentes lead DePue By Kevin Hieronymus SHAW MEDIA

DePue-Hall’s Endika Banuelos (center) dribbles the ball as Princeton’s Reid Orwig (right) defends during the Little Giants’ 8-1 victory Tuesday in DePue. SHAW MEDIA PHOTO/ KEVIN HIERONYMUS

DEPUE — Jackson Heiden and Bryan Fuentes may not be Batman and Robin, but they played like a Dynamic Duo on Tuesday. They had five goals (Heiden) and two assists (Fuentes) between them to power the DePue-Hall boys soccer team to an 8-1 win over bigger neighbor Princeton on the DePue soccer pitch. Sophomore midfielder Mauricio Ruiz added two assists and a goal as the Little Giants improved to 5-4. “It’s nice to win. It’s good for the boys,” DePue coach Martin Moreno said. Heiden, a junior from Hall who has played soccer since preschool and has Division I aspirations, knows he has to be ready to score

at all times for the Little Giants. “I try my best to get as many goals as I can for them because they rely on me. But most of the time, we usually use me and Bryan Fuentes,” Heiden said. “Me and him are neck and neck for leading scorers. We’re kind of like the Dynamic Duo. Whenever I’m off, he’s there for me. Whenever he’s off, I’m there for him.” Heiden had one of DePue’s two goals scored on headers off corner kicks from the sophomore Ruiz. Senior midfielder Calvin Schmollinger had the other. “It’s nice being first to the ball and just attacking the ball,” Heiden said. Endive Banuelos, another sophomore midfielder, also found the back of the net for the Little Giants. The Tigers were swift to the See GIANTS Page B2

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Scoreboard Hall at Erie-Prophetstown, 7 p.m. Mendota at Genoa-Kingston, 7 p.m. Orion at Princeton, 7 p.m.

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

WED

THU

FRI

SAT

SUN

Cardinals Cardinals Cardinals Cardinals Reds 1:20 p.m. 1:20 p.m. 1:20 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 6:15 p.m. ABC7/ WGN/ NBCSC/ FOX WGN MLBN MLBN TBS Twins 6:40 p.m. NBCSC

Tigers Tigers Tigers 6:10 p.m. 5:10 p.m. 12:10 p.m. NBCSC WGN NBCSC

OFF

Nationals Cubs Cubs Cubs Cubs 12:15 p.m. 1:20 p.m. 1:20 p.m. 6:15 p.m. 1:20 p.m. FSM/ FSM/ FSM/ FOX FSM/TBS MLBN MLBN MLBN

OFF

Redskins 7:15 p.m. ESPN

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

Newman at Bureau Valley, 7 p.m.

Central Division

West Carroll at AmboyLaMoille, 7 p.m. Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley at Fieldcrest, 7 p.m.

MEN’S GOLF

West Division

MEN’S SOCCER

Houston Oakland Texas Los Angeles Seattle

Joliet at IVCC, 4 p.m.

SATURDAY La Salle-Peru, Hall, Mendota, Bureau Valley at Princeton Invitational, 8 a.m. Putnam County, AmboyLaMoille at Riverdale Invitational, 8:30 a.m.

BOYS SOCCER Princeton at MonmouthRoseville, 11:30 a.m. Earlville at Geneseo, 11 a.m.

TODAY

Hall, Putnam County, Mendota, Princeton, Amboy-LaMoille, Fieldcrest, Henry-Midland at Bureau Valley’s Dale Donner Invitational, 9 a.m.

Morrison, Fulton at St. Bede, 4 p.m. Putnam County, Midland at Seneca, 4 p.m.

Hinckley-Big Rock at Earlville, 4:30 p.m.

CO-ED CROSS COUNTRY

Bureau Valley, Rockridge at Orion, 4 p.m. Hinckley-Big Rock at Earlville, 4:30 p.m.

Hall, Putnam County at St. Bede, 4:30 p.m. Amboy-LaMoille at Rochelle Invitational, 4:30 p.m. Earlville at Dwight, 4:30 p.m.

BOYS SOCCER

CO-ED GOLF

Earlville at Somonauk, 4:30 p.m.

Fieldcrest at Livingston County Invitational, 1 p.m.

CO-ED CROSS COUNTY

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

Putnam County at St. Bede, 4:30 p.m.

La Salle-Peru at Rochelle, 6 p.m.

GIRLS GOLF

Bureau Valley at Hall, 6 p.m.

St. Bede, Putnam County at Fieldcrest, 4:30 p.m. Sterling, Indian Creek, Prophetstown at Princeton, 4 p.m.

MEN’S SOCCER

Peoria Christian at Putnam County, 7 p.m. Rockford Lutheran at Mendota, 6 p.m. Princeton at Newman, 6 p.m.

IVCC at Triton, 4 p.m.

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

WOMEN’S TENNIS IVCC at DuPage, 3 p.m.

DePue at Lowpoint-Washburn, 6 p.m.

THURSDAY

Flanagan-Cornell at Fieldcrest, 7 p.m.

BOYS GOLF

FOOTBALL Sherrard at St. Bede, 2 p.m. Lowpoint-Washburn/Henry at Bunker Hill, 1 p.m.

GIRLS GOLF La Salle-Peru’s Lady Cavs Scramble, 9 a.m.

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

La Salle-Peru at Rochelle, 7 p.m.

L 67 69 69 81 86

Pct GB .556 — .543 2 .543 2 .467 13½ .430 19

W L x-Los Angeles 98 54 Arizona 77 75 San Francisco 73 78 San Diego 68 83 Colorado 66 86 x-clinched division

Pct GB .645 — .507 21 .483 24½ .450 29½ .434 32

St. Louis Chicago Milwaukee Cincinnati Pittsburgh

W 84 82 82 71 65

West Division

Tuesday’s AL Results N.Y. Yankees 8, L.A. Angels 0

Philadelphia (Eflin 8-12) at Atlanta (Teheran 10-9), 6:20 p.m. San Diego (Lamet 2-5) at Milwaukee (Houser 6-6), 6:40 p.m. Cincinnati (Mahle 2-11) at Chicago Cubs (Lester 13-10), 7:05 p.m. Today’s Interleague Games Seattle (Dunn 0-0) at Pittsburgh (Musgrove 10-12), 6:05 p.m. San Francisco (Samardzija 10-12) at Boston (Chacín 3-10), 6:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (McKay 2-4) at L.A. Dodgers (Gonsolin 3-2), 7:10 p.m.

W L T Pct PF Dallas 2 0 0 1.000 66 Philadelphia 1 1 0 .500 52 N.Y. Giants 0 2 0 .000 31 Washington 0 2 0 .000 48 South W L T Pct PF Tampa Bay 1 1 0 .500 37 Atlanta 1 1 0 .500 36 New Orleans1 1 0 .500 39 Carolina 0 2 0 .000 41 North W L T Pct PF Green Bay 2 0 0 1.000 31 Detroit 1 0 1 .750 40 Minnesota 1 1 0 .500 44 Chicago 1 1 0 .500 19 West W L T Pct PF San Francisco 2 0 0 1.000 72 L.A. Rams 2 0 0 1.000 57 Seattle 2 0 0 1.000 49 Arizona 0 1 1 .250 44 Thursday’s Results Tampa Bay 20, Carolina 14

PA 38 51 63 63 PA 45 48 55 50 PA 19 37 33 24 PA 34 36 46 50

Sunday’s Results Dallas 31, Washington 21

Thursday’s AL Games L.A. Angels at N.Y. Yankees, 5:35 p.m.

Detroit 13, L.A. Chargers 10

Toronto at Baltimore, 6:05 p.m.

Indianapolis 19, Tennessee 17

Detroit at Cleveland, 6:10 p.m.

Baltimore 23, Arizona 17

Kansas City at Minnesota, 6:40 p.m.

New England 43, Miami 0 Seattle 28, Pittsburgh 26

San Francisco 41, Cincinnati 17 Houston 13, Jacksonville 12

MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T New York City 16 5 9 Philadelphia 15 8 7 Atlanta 15 11 3 Toronto FC 12 10 9 D.C. United 12 10 9 New York 12 13 5 New England 10 1010 Montreal 11 16 4 Chicago 9 1210 Orlando City 9 13 9 Columbus 9 15 7 Cincinnati 6 21 3

Pts GF 57 56 52 55 48 48 45 53 45 40 41 49 40 45 37 42 37 48 36 40 34 36 21 30

GA 37 43 36 49 38 48 52 57 43 44 45 72

WESTERN CONFERENCE

W L T Pts GF GA Los Angeles 19 4 7 64 77 33 Seattle 14 9 7 49 50 47 Minnesota 14 10 6 48 49 40 Real Salt Lake 14 12 4 46 42 38 LA Galaxy 14 13 3 45 49 49 San Jose 13 12 5 44 49 46 Portland 13 12 4 43 45 42 FC Dallas 12 11 7 43 47 42 Sporting KC 10 13 7 37 44 54 Colorado 10 15 6 36 51 58 Houston 10 16 4 34 41 51 Vancouver 7 15 9 30 32 54 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Wednesday’s Results Toronto FC 1, New York City FC 1, tie Houston 2, Minnesota 0 Colorado 2, LA Galaxy 1 Real Salt Lake 1, San Jose 0

Buffalo 28, N.Y. Giants 14

Saturday’s Results New York City FC 2, San Jose 1

Oakland 2, Kansas City 1

L.A. Rams 27, New Orleans 9

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

Tuesday’s NL Results Milwaukee 3, San Diego 1

St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, 6:15 p.m.

Atlanta 24, Philadelphia 20

New England 3, Orlando City 3, tie

Thursday’s Interleague Games

Monday’s Result Cleveland 23, N.Y. Jets 3

Los Angeles FC 1, Philadelphia 1, tie

Thursday’s Game Tennessee at Jacksonville, 7:20 p.m.

Vancouver 2, Houston 1

San Francisco at Boston, 12:05 p.m.

FOOTBALL

Sunday’s Games Miami at Dallas, Noon

Toronto FC 3, Colorado 2

NFL

Oakland at Minnesota, Noon

Seattle 4, New York 2

Cincinnati at Buffalo, Noon

AFC

Baltimore at Kansas City, Noon

LA Galaxy 7, Sporting Kansas City 2

Princeton, Mendota at Sterling Quad, 9 a.m.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

Toronto 8, Baltimore 5

Philadelphia 5, Atlanta 4 Washington 6, St. Louis 2

Fieldcrest Knight Invitational, 8 a.m.

Cincinnati 4, Chicago Cubs 2

Henry at Mercer County’s Judy Richmond Classic, 8 a.m.

Miami 12, Arizona 6

MEN’S GOLF

IVCC Fall Classic

N.Y. Mets 6, Colorado 1 Tuesday’s Interleague Results Seattle 6, Pittsburgh 0 L.A. Dodgers 7, Tampa Bay 5 San Francisco 7, Boston 6, 15 innings

IVCC at Madison, Noon

WOMEN’S SOCCER

IVCC at Madison, 2 p.m.

FOOTBALL

BOYS SOCCER

W L Pct GB z-Atlanta 93 59 .612 — Washington 83 67 .553 9 New York 78 73 .517 14½ Philadelphia 77 72 .517 14½ Miami 53 98 .351 39½ z-clinched playoff berth

Miami (Alcantara 5-13) at Arizona (Leake 11-11), 2:40 p.m.

East

SOCCER

GIRLS TENNIS

MEN’S SOCCER

Newark at Earlville, 4:30 p.m.

East Division

N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 10-8) at Colorado (Hoffman 2-6), 2:10 p.m.

NFC

San Diego at Milwaukee, 3:10 p.m.

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

BOYS GOLF

Pct GB .651 — .599 8 .487 25 .450 30½ .417 35½

Today’s NL Games Washington (Scherzer 10-6) at St. Louis (Wainwright 12-9), 12:15 p.m.

Monday’s Game Chicago at Washington, 7:15 p.m.

Minnesota 9, Chicago White Sox 8, 12 innings

Newark at Earlville, 6:30 p.m.

Somonauk at Earlville, 4:30 p.m.

L 53 61 78 83 88

Texas (Allard 4-0) at Houston (Cole 17-5), 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Rams at Cleveland, 7:20 p.m.

Houston 4, Texas 1

Rockford Christian at Mendota, 4 p.m.

FRIDAY

W 99 91 74 68 63

Chicago White Sox (Covey 1-8) at Minnesota (Odorizzi 14-6), 6:40 p.m.

Cleveland 1 1 0 .500 36 46 Cincinnati 0 2 0 .000 37 62 Pittsburgh 0 2 0 .000 29 61 West W L T Pct PF PA Kansas City 2 0 0 1.000 68 36 Oakland 1 1 0 .500 34 44 L.A. Chargers1 1 0 .500 40 37 Denver 0 2 0 .000 30 40

La Salle-Peru co-op Pentathlon, 10 a.m.

GIRLS SWIMMING

SUNDAY

Henry at Roanoke-Benson, 4 p.m.

Pct GB .616 — .583 5 .430 28 .368 37½ .300 47½

Detroit (Turnbull 3-15) at Cleveland (Civale 3-3), 6:10 p.m.

Thursday’s NL Games Philadelphia at Atlanta, 11:10 a.m.

Woodland at Henry, 6 p.m.

IVCC at Lincoln, 6 p.m.

W L 93 58 88 63 65 86 56 96 45 105

Cleveland 7, Detroit 2

Princeton at Geneseo, 9 a.m.

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

Princeton at Sherrard, 4 p.m.

Pct GB .651 — .586 10 .527 19 .397 38½ .325 49½

Central Division

La Salle-Peru at Geneseo, 9 a.m.

Sterling at Princeton, 6 p.m.

W L 99 53 89 63 79 71 60 91 49 102

NATIONAL LEAGUE

BOYS GOLF

CO-ED CROSS COUNTRY

BOYS GOLF

Minnesota Cleveland Chicago Kansas City Detroit

IVCC Fall Classic

and Bears games can be heard on WBBM-AM 780.

Mendota at Winnebago, 4:30 p.m.

New York Tampa Bay Boston Toronto Baltimore

BASEBALL MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE

Today’s AL Games Kansas City (Duffy 6-6) at Oakland (Bailey 13-8), 2:37 p.m. L.A. Angels (Peters 3-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 5-8), 5:35 p.m. Toronto (Buchholz 1-5) at Baltimore (Bundy 6-14), 6:05 p.m.

East Division

Seattle at Pittsburgh, 11:35 a.m.

East W New England 2 Buffalo 2 N.Y. Jets 0 Miami 0 South W Houston 1 Indianapolis 1 Tennessee 1 Jacksonville 0 North W Baltimore 2

Giants FROM PAGE B1

SHAW MEDIA PHOTO/KEVIN HIERONYMUS

Princeton’s Ian Sampson (No. 17) battles DePue-Hall’s Mauricio Ruiz for possession during the Little Giants’ 8-1 victory Tuesday in DePue.

goal when junior Jacob Swift scored in the 26th minute to tie the game at 1-1. But that was the only highlight of the day for the Tigers. “As a coach, you wish you could put on a uniform and help them being a former player, but I’m not allowed to do that,” PHS coach David Gray said. “We try to make changes to the lineup here and there and try to tweak to find the right combination … But we’re just not a very good team. That’s the bottom line. “Tonight, I feel like we didn’t put forward our best effort and that’s what’s frustrating. (Monday) night we felt really good about it (in an 8-1 loss to

L T Pct 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.000 2 0 .000 2 0 .000

PF PA 76 3 45 30 19 40 10 102

L 1 1 1 2

PF 41 43 60 38

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .500 .500 .500 .000

PA 42 47 32 53

L T Pct PF PA 0 0 1.000 82 27

Green Bay 21, Minnesota 16

Chicago 4, FC Dallas 0

Kansas City 28, Oakland 10

Columbus 3, Atlanta 1

Chicago 16, Denver 14

Cincinnati 1, Montreal 0

Sunday’s Results D.C. United 1, Portland 0 Minnesota 3, Real Salt Lake 1

Atlanta at Indianapolis, Noon Detroit at Philadelphia, Noon Denver at Green Bay, Noon N.Y. Jets at New England, Noon N.Y. Giants at Tampa Bay, 3:05 p.m. Carolina at Arizona, 3:05 p.m. Houston at L.A. Chargers, 3:25 p.m. New Orleans at Seattle, 3:25 p.m. Pittsburgh at San Francisco, 3:25 p.m.

“We try to make changes to the lineup here and there and try to tweak things to find the right combination. ... But we’re just not a very good team.” Princeton coach David Gray Orion-Sherrard). We took steps forward, but I feel like tonight was a couple steps backward. I don’t know if it’s because we were playing back-to-back nights. But it was not our best night, that’s for sure.” Gray said the Tigers (2-11) had no answer for Heiden.

Today’s Games Atlanta at Cincinnati, 6:30 p.m. New York at Portland, 9:30 p.m. FC Dallas at Seattle, 9:30 p.m. Saturday’s Games San Jose at Atlanta, 2:30 p.m. Columbus at Vancouver, 4 p.m. Chicago at Cincinnati, 6:30 p.m. Real Salt Lake at New England, 6:30 p.m.

“He’s a good player, but he even looks better when we leave him standing free, too. Good players make you pay when you leave them open and let them dribble through you,” Gray said. “Obviously, five goals is a good game for him.” Gray, who coached three years at DePue — two as head coach — in the mid-2000s, knows any time the Little Giants can beat Princeton it’s a big win for them. He did encourage the Little Giants at one point not to stretch out their celebrations too long. “I’m sure in the past, it wasn’t easy for them to beat Princeton. They have the right to be happy. It’s just hard to watch when you’re on this side of it,” Gray said. “They’ve improved. Year in and year out, they’re competitive now. When we’re down, they’re going to get us.”

AREA ROUNDUP

Mendota soccer wins battle of BNC unbeatens BY NEWSTRIBUNE STAFF

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

The Mendota boys soccer team took sole possession of first place in the Big Northern Conference on Tuesday. Emiliano Arteaga, Ivan Figueroa and Yahir Diaz each scored a goal as the Trojans defeated fellow conference unbeaten Dixon 3-1 in overtime in Mendota. Rafa Romero added an assist for MHS, which is 6-0 in the conference.

Putnam County def. Midland 25-27, 25-23, 25-17 Morgan Hundley had 20 digs, 16 assists, four kills, three points and a pair of blocks Tuesday to lead the Lady Panthers to a TriCounty Conference victory in Varna. McKenna Solomon added 13 digs, seven kills, six points, three aces and three blocks for PC (6-4-

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1, 2-0 TCC), while Caitlyn Golf Club. to lead the Red Devils. Cioni contributed seven The Panthers carded a kills and five digs. 163 to top Somonauk (187) At Princeton and Stark County (216). Trent Kloepping and Earlville def. HinckleyBen Cyr had a 36 for PC. Jamie Reinhardt each carded a 38 on Tuesday Big Rock 25-7, 25-12 At Oregon as Princeton finished secJadyn Pickert served up ond in a Three Rivers Taylor Joyce carded a 44 11 points and nine aces and added five kills Tuesday as on Tuesday as Mendota Conference triangular at the Lady Red Raiders rolled won a triangular at Silver Wyaton Hills Golf Course. The Tigers scored a 160 to a Little Ten Conference Ridge Golf Course. Ethan Hannaman added to beat Bureau Valley (193) victory in Hinckley. Emma Benson had 11 as- a 45 for the Trojans, who and lose to Fulton (151). Trent DeVenney led the sists for EHS (8-4, 2-1 LTC). scored a 186 to beat Oregon Storm with a 37. (199) and Polo (249).

Newman def. Bureau Valley 25-18, 25-21

Carly Konneck had 12 digs and four kills Tuesday as the Storm fell in a Three Rivers Conference East Division match in Manlius. Lauren Wirth added 12 assists for BV (10-6, 2-1 TRC East).

Gibson City-MelvinSibley def. Fieldcrest 18-25, 25-23, 25-17

Morris 172, La Salle-Peru 173

CO-ED CROSS COUNTRY

Ayden Sines fired a 40 to earn medalist honors as the Cavaliers were edged out in an Interstate Eight Conference match in Morris.

La Salle-Peru swept the team titles Tuesday at Catlin Park. In the boys meet, the Cavaliers scored 31 points to beat Fieldcrest (48), Streator (65), St. Bede (102), Ottawa (123) and Mendota (140). Putnam County also participated. The Knights had three in the top 10 in Victor Echeveste (fourth, 18:31), Christian Skaggs (seventh, 18:55) and Andrew Gochanour (ninth, 19:07). In the girls race, L-P scored 34 points to beat Ottawa (48), Streator (54) and Fieldcrest (98). Ellen Hood led Fieldcrest as she placed 12th in 25:03.

At Eureka Koy Allen scored a 36 on Tuesday to place third individually and help Fieldcrest to a fourth-place finish at Eureka’s Birdhouse Open. Isaac Morse had a 40 for the Knights, who carded a 174.

At Ottawa

Maci Fandel had 16 assists, 11 digs and a pair of aces Tuesday as the Knights suffered their first loss of the season in a Heart of Illinois Conference match At Sterling in Minonk. Nathan Potthoff shot a 39 Gracie Schultz had 11 kills on Tuesday to share medalfor FHS (8-1, 1-1 HOIC). ist honors as the St. Bede boys golf team finished BOYS GOLF second in a Three Rivers At Walnut Conference triangular at At McNabb Princeton swept the boys Emerald Hills Golf Course. Ian Roach fired a 33 on The Bruins carded a 191 to and girls meets Tuesday. Lexi Bohms and Hannah Tuesday to lead Putnam finish behind Newman (169) Muelschlegel placed secCounty to a triangular but ahead of Hall (212). victory at Edgewood Park Rivers Jordan shot a 46 ond and third, respectively,

to lead the Tigresses, who scored 30 points to beat Bureau Valley (58) and West Carroll (76). Hall senior Tea Cattani ran a 23:30 to win the individual title. The Lady Red Devils did not have enough runners for a team score. Mckenzie Hunt finished fifth to lead the Storm. In the boys race, Reece Bohms and Luke Peacock finished fourth and fifth, respectively, to lead Princeton, which had 61 points to top West Carroll (64), Bureau Valley (67), Hall (68) and Kewanee. Hall’s Kaden Crowther was the top area finisher as he placed third in 19:23. Elijah House led the Storm as he finished seventh in 20:01.

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

Black Hawk def. IVCC 25-18, 25-20, 25-27, 25-22 Princeton graduate Kaylee Hammerich had 15 digs and 11 kills Tuesday as the Eagles fell in an Arrowhead Conference match in Oglesby. Hall graduate Gertie Savitch contributed 23 digs for IVCC.

GIRLS TENNIS

Princeton 3, Streator 2 The Tigresses won at No. 2 singles, No. 2 doubles and No. 3 doubles to earn a victory Tuesday in Streator.

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Sports GIRLS TENNIS: OTTAWA 5, LA SALLE-PERU 0

Lineup tweaks help Pirates blank Lady Cavs By J.T. Pedelty SHAW MEDIA

OTTAWA — The most competitive and latest-running match of La Salle-Peru and host Ottawa’s Interstate Eight Conference girls tennis meet Tuesday featured a pair of usual doubles player slugging it out at No. 1 singles. Like the other four varsity bouts, it ended with a Lady Pirates victory. Ottawa defeated the visiting Lady Cavaliers 5-0 at the King Field courts, a victory capped off by Regan O’Fallon’s 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 win over Olivia Ernat at No. 1 singles on Court 5 in a fun, backand-forth matchup of players adjusting on the fly to the singles game. “You know, that was my high school singles debut in dual conference matches, and I’m undefeated now with a 100 percent win record,” said O’Fallon with a chuckle. “It was ugly, but I got the job done. “(Singles) is really lonely. I get really competitive and I’m hard on myself, so it’s good sometimes to have a partner, someone on my side to cheer me on, someone to high-five on every point, and for me to cheer them on too. It’s really weird going from having someone with you to being by yourself on a smaller court ... but I finally woke up and got the job done.” After splitting the opening two sets, O’Fallon — moved to singles by OHS coach Steve Johnson to maximize the Lady Pirates’ chances of wins across the board — took control of the rubber set by claiming the first three sets. Olivia Ernat countered by taking three of the next four to draw to within 4-3, but O’Fallon composed herself and was overpow-

Lady Cavs FROM PAGE B1

side doesn’t let the other side gain an advantage. Everybody just loves to beat everybody else. When they get on the court (for a match), they love the competition. They strive for it. That’s part of it. They also love to play and love playing with each other. “It’s been a great start.

ering down the stretch to finish things off game, set, match and wrap up the shutout for Ottawa. Olivia Ernat, too, just recently made the switch from doubles play to singles, and while she would have loved the “W,” she was happy with her performance in the ultra-competitive match. “I think that was one of my best matches yet,” L-P’s new No. 1 singles player said. “I haven’t really faced that level of competition. The transition (from doubles to singles) is different ... but I felt good. I thought I played well. “I was getting tired and a little out of breath (by the final set), but I knew if I held my base and swung through and didn’t guide the ball, I could get some winners out of that. I know I didn’t win, but I thought I played pretty well.” O’Fallon moved into the No. 1 singles spot via a switch with normal No. 1 singles player Sara Meyer. Meyer took O’Fallon’s spot alongside Ella Marvel at No. 1 doubles with the Ottawa duo defeating L-P’s Ame Ernat and Lauren Klein by scores of 6-1 and 7-5. At No. 2 doubles, La SallePeru’s Bri Strehl and Sterling Tunget fell 6-3, 6-3 to the OHS team of Marta Johnson and Rebekah Felty. At No. 3 doubles, it was Ottawa’s Mally Charbonneau and Emily Walker handling the Lady Cavaliers team of Karissa Etzenbach and Olivia Woods 6-2, 6-1. At No. 2 singles, the Lady Pirates’ Mary Riva got stronger as the match went on en route to a 6-4, 6-1 triumph over La SallePeru’s Arisu Oya. Coach Aaron Guenther’s Lady SHAW MEIDA PHOTO/KATY ARNOLD Cavs are now 6-2 on the season (1-2 in the Interstate Eight). La Salle-Peru’s Sterling Tungent hits the ball during a No. 2 doubles match Tuesday against Ottawa. The Lady Pirates Ottawa improves to 5-0 (3-0). won 5-0 in an Interstate Eight Conference match in Ottawa.

The kids come out and play hard, practice hard and get along. It’s been a great ride so far.” The Lady Cavs (12-0, 5-0 I8) rode strong serving to Tuesday’s win. The first set was tight early as L-P led 10-9 before Kamryn Olson rattled oﬀ six straight points, including three aces, to propel the Lady Cavaliers to a 17-10 lead and a 15-2 run to close the set. “We played so well to-

gether,” L-P coach Mark Haberkorn said. “I really like how the team gelled out there. Our serving got them out of system and we just kept attacking. We served aggressive. We served short and served long. We hit our spots. “We ﬁnished strong (in the ﬁrst set) and the same thing happened in the second set. We got to a point where all of a sudden we turned it on. We played s smooth.”

The second set was tight early on as well before Champlin served four straight points for an 11-6 lead. The Lady Cavs led by at least ﬁve points the rest of the way. “Habs has really been emphasizing serving at practice,” Champlin said. “We do a lot of serving drills. A lot of zone serving. We end every practice with someone hitting a zone. It’s really a key focus.” The Lady Cavs served ﬁve aces and only had two service errors. “La Salle-Peru is a very skilled team,” Sycamore coach Jennifer Charles said. “We knew we had to rise to the occasion. We’ve been in kind of a lull right now,

but for the most part, I was happy with the pace of the game we had throughout the match. Serve-receive did get better in the second set. That’s going to be key for us throughout the season. “We just have to be conﬁdent on serve-receive and want the ball every single time someone serves it to us. I thought offensively when we were in system, the girls did a very good job of creating shots for themselves knowing La SallePeru plays a diﬀerent style of defense than we’ve seen all year.” Olson had 11 points, four aces, nine assists, seven kills and six digs, senior Arika Richardson put down seven kills, Champlin

contributed 11 points and 11 aces and senior Emma Happ added 12 points, one ace, five digs and three kills. “I thought we did pretty well,” Champlin said. “We haven’t really been playing that tough of competition, but this week we’ve played some good teams and I think we’re playing really well.” Q Note: L-P won the sophomore match 24-26, 25-14, 25-20. L-P swept the freshman level as the Red team won 25-14, 25-2 and the Green team won 25-16, 25-9. Kevin Chlum can be reached at 220-6939, or at sports@ newstrib.com. Follow him on Twitter @NT_SportsEditor.

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Ashley Heagy La Salle-Peru Swimming & Cross Country

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La Salle-Peru senior Arika Richardson (left) hits the ball past Sycamore’s Caylee Sharkey during the Lady Cavaliers’ 25-11, 25-15 victory in an Interstate Eight Conference match Tuesday in La Salle. The Lady Cavs improved to 12-0 overall and 5-0 in the conference with every victory coming in straight sets.

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After a couple of miss hits by the Tigresses and a Wamhoﬀ ace, the Lady Bruins led 20-18. After a Princeton timeout, the Tigresses regained control. Bates blasted another ace’ and after a Lady

Bruins’ timeout’ served up another one as the Tigresses closed out the match with a 7-0 run. “Give Princeton credit, they came out and took advantage of our errors,” St. Bede coach Karrie Damerell said. “We played much better in the second set and we have had to change the lineup a bit with Macy’s injury and

we’ll continue to make adjustments, but overall, I was pretty disappointed with our eﬀort tonight.” Grove led the Tigresses (7-4, 5-0 TRC East) with six kills, while Bates had 18 assists and Abby Peterson had seven digs. Brad Martin Sr. can be reached at 220-6939 or at bmartin@shawmedia.com.

Heagy had a busy and successful week. In swimming, she won two individual events and swam on two winning relays Tuesday, won an event and earned three seconds on Wednesday and had two seconds and a third on Saturday. In cross country, she won the Princeton invitational by nearly two minutes.

Kamryn Olson La Salle-Peru Volleyball

Yahir Diaz Mendota Soccer

Matt Lorton Fieldcrest Football

Olson reached some impressive milestones this week as she recorded her 1,000th career kill and her 1,000th career point as L-P remained perfect. She had 12 points, 10 digs, seven kills, two aces and a block against Morris and 17 points, 12 assists, six digs, four kills and two aces against Plano.

Diaz had a big week with a hat trick against Byron, a goal against Ottawa and an assist in an overtime win over Genoa-Kingston.

Lorton complete 14-of-18 passes for 168 yards and a touchdown while also running for a TD as the Knights moved to 3-0.

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Craig Deming

Candace Schultz

Craig E. Deming, 62, of Mendota passed away Sept. 16, 2019, in OSF St. Paul Medical Center, Mendota. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday in Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota, with the Rev. Mary Bohall officiating. Cremation rites will be accorded after the funeral and burial will be private at later date. Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until the time of services Friday in the funeral home. Craig was born March 2, 1957, in Mendota to Richard and Joyce (Gehant) Deming. He married Becky Stuber on Aug. 12, 1978. Craig graduated from Mendota High School in 1975. His most recent employment was with James Hardie, where he was able to complete several certifications. Craig was also known by his neighbors for building skateboards with motors and also model airplanes. He was a member of Illinois Valley Flying Club. He was known for his enthusiasm for fixing almost anything. Family was very important to Craig. He will be sadly missed by his family. He is survived by his wife Becky of Mendota; two sons, Chris (Skye) Deming of Ohio and Nick (Julie) Deming of North Carolina; five wonderful grandchildren; three siblings, Beth (Butch Haines) Kerchner of Mendota, Steve Deming of Wisconsin and Sue Deming of Oklahoma; and his mother-in-law, Ellen Stuber. He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Pam Boelk. Memorials may be directed to the First United Methodist Church, Mendota.

Candace Schultz, 72, of Warrenville, formerly of Wenona, died Sept. 11, 2019, in Northwestern Hospital of Central DuPage. Graveside services will be at 11:30 a.m. Sept. 29 in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Wenona. Hurst Mrs. Schultz Funeral Home, Wenona, is handling the arrangements. A memorial gathering will be 5-7 p.m. Sept. 27 in Arrowhead Golf Club, Wheaton. Candace was born Jan. 22, 1947, in Streator to James Donald and Ellenor (Hoge) Kane. She married David Schultz on June 16, 1982. Candace graduated from Wenona High School and Illinois State University in Bloomington and received her Master’s Degree at Northern Illinois University. Candace moved to the Warrenville area in the 1970s. She was a math teacher in School District 200 in the Wheaton and Warrenville area. She was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Wenona. Candace was an avid reader and loved spending time with her family. Candace is survived by two children, Josh (Janelle) Zenner and Megan (Charlie) MacConnachie; two stepchildren, David (Dee) Schultz Jr. and Paul (Priya) Schultz; four grandchildren; two step-grandchildren, and several loving nieces and nephews; two sisters, Wendy (Michael) Zilm and Kathleen (Dale) Peters; and one brother, Hogan (Paula) Kane. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, David on June 23, 2013. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Chicago Journey Hospice, Wenona Bond Library or to the donor’s choice. Online condolences may be viewed and remembrances shared at www. hurstfuneralhomes.com.

George Johnson

George J. Johnson, 87, of Ottawa passed away Sept. 14, 2019, at Pleasant View, Ottawa. Services will be at noon Saturday in Mueller Funeral Home, Ottawa, with the Rev. David Yim, pastor of Evangelical United Mr. Johnson Methodist Church, officiating. Interment will be in Shrine of Rest Mausoleum at Oakwood Memorial Park where full military rites will be conducted by American Legion Post 33 Veterans Group Honor Guard. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until the services Saturday in the funeral home. George was born Feb. 5, 1932, in Ottawa to George and Lillian (Crear) Johnson. He was a graduate of Ottawa Township High School, class of 1950. George served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. He married Darlene M. Friestad on Oct. 6, 1957, in Evangelical United Methodist Church, Ottawa. George worked at Libby-Owens-Ford for 42 years until his retirement. He was a member of the Evangelical United Methodist Church, Glassworkers Local 19, Ottawa VFW, American Legion Post 33, and the Ottawa Moose Lodge. George created Johnson Subdivision in Ottawa that in turn became a neighborhood of 50-plus single-family residences. He is survived by his wife, Darlene; his four children, Michael (Janet) Cheryl Kaeding Johnson of Inverness, Brenda (Steve) Van Fleet Cheryl (Gebhardt) of Southport, Conn., Kaeding, 67, of Morris John (Kelly) Johnson of died Sept. 14, 2019. Chicago and George W. Cremation rites have Johnson of Summerfield, been accorded and a priFla.; 10 grandchildren, vate ceremony will take Katie, Kelsey, Kelly, Sarah, place in Wenona at a later Anna, Taylor, Sydney, date. Jack, Joe and Georgie; four Fred C. Dames Funeral great-grandchildren, Lilly, Home is assisting the famAva, Colton and Mia; and ily. two brothers, Richard (Sharon) Johnson of Utica and Kenneth (Mary) Johnson of Chillicothe. Gregory Tondi He was preceded in death by two sisters, Gregory C. Tondi, 59, of rural Peru died Sept. 16, Edith Hastings and Janet 2019, in his home. Newell; and three brothServices will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in Sacred ers, Gary, Robert and Heart Catholic Church, Granville. The Rev. Patrick James Johnson. DeMeulemeester will officiate. Burial will be at Sacred Pallbearers will be his Heart Cemetery. sons, Mike, Johnny and Visitation will be 6-8 pm. Friday in Helmer-Shields George; and grandsons, Funeral Home, Granville, with a rosary at 5:30 p.m. Jack, Joe and Georgie. Additional visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until the In lieu of flowers, metime of services Saturday in the church. morials may be directed Greg was born Feb. 19, 1960, in Peru to Ronnie and to Evangelical United Carol (Helmig) Tondi. He married Christine Ramey on Methodist Church, 1116 July 20, 1991, in St. Valentine Church, Peru. Illinois Ave, Ottawa Greg worked as a grain company manager. He was an 61350. You may sign the avid golfer, bowler and Cardinals fan. He enjoyed playonline guestbook at www. ing poker, euchre and pinochle. Most of all Greg was MuellerFH.com. known for his “witty repartee.” He touched many lives and will be greatly missed by all who knew him. Bruce ‘Butch’ Bray Survivors are his wife, Christine; his son, Brian; his parents; two brothers, Eric (Susan) Tondi of Standard Family and friends are and Mark Tondi of rural Peru; sisters-in-law, Pamela welcome at a memorial Tondi, Tania (John) Theisinger; a brother-in-law, Art Mass in memory of Bruce (Terri) Ramey; and aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. “Butch” Bray in the St. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Lauren Bede Abbey chapel at 4 Tondi in 2001. p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28. Memorials may be directed to the family.

Gary ‘Pot’ Falassi Barbara Mize I would like to thank the neighbors, firemen, the EMTs, amd also the Red Cross for all the help and support. Also to all the businesses for donating food to the firemen. Thank you to all the people who donated items and money.

Gary J. “Pot” Falassi, 65, of Oglesby died at 12:51 p.m. Sept. 16, 2019, unexpectedly in Illinois Valley Community Hospital, Peru. Arrangements are pending in the Shields Funeral Chapel, Oglesby.

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322 E. Dakota St., Spring Valley was charged with misdemeanor theft at 3:40 p.m. Tuesday at Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores, Oglesby police said. Rebecca Cisek, 48, of 145 E. Second St., Oglesby was charged with disorderly conduct and public intoxication, both violations of Oglesby city ordinance, at 7:21 p.m. Tuesday in the 100 block of East Second Street, Oglesby police said. Ryan Rix, 21, of 942 Sixth St., La Salle was picked up at 10:32 p.m. Tuesday at 356 N. 2969 Road, La Salle on a failure-to-appear Stephenson County warrant, La Salle police said.

Lawyer: Chicago archdiocese paid $80M to clients of law firm CHICAGO (AP) — The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago has paid $80 million to 160 victims of sexual abuse by clergy represented by a single law firm since 2001, the lawyer who heads the Minnesota-based firm told reporters Tuesday. According to a statement issued later by the archdiocese, it has paid around $200 million in all to settle litigation accusing clergy of sexual misconduct over recent decades. Jeff Anderson, one of the most prominent attorneys representing accusers nationwide, told a Chicago news conference it was the first time he’s publicly revealed the sum of payments to clients abused by nearly 50 clergy. The $80 million includes recent settlements for seven accusers represented by Anderson’s firm. It doesn’t include payments to survivors represented by other law firms, and doesn’t include more than 35 still-ongoing cases handled by Anderson and his fellow lawyers. If the $80 million figure is correct, that means clients of Anderson and his colleagues may have received around 40 percent of the total $200 million in payouts by the archdiocese. The brief Tuesday statement from the archdiocese said it doesn’t disclose settlement payouts to specific law firms or individuals. It did acknowledge the payments have strained the budget of the archdiocese, which serves more than 2 million Catholics in and around Chicago. “The Archdiocese of Chicago has made significant progress in recent years in sta-

bilizing our finances,” the statement said. It added that the archdiocese still faces challenges “due to misconduct settlements, the declining size of our congregation and other factors.” A July Chicago Tribune report cited archdiocese officials as estimating they may have to pay $156 million more to settle legal action by survivors in years to come. Anderson said the payments to his clients over nearly 20 years averaged $500,000 per victim, with some payouts to individuals running into the millions of dollars and others only into the tens of thousands of dollars. The archdiocese fought litigation throughout the ‘80s and ‘90s but slowly developed a settlement process, Anderson said. He called the relationship with the archdiocese “arduous and inconsistent” but said that there’s been a positive “sea change” in approach in recent decades. “We have so much more to do,” he said. “But make no mistake about it: this is progress.” Anderson was asked by a reporter if some might raise eyebrows about how his law firm has profited from the litigation. He answered: “You’re damn right we made a lot of money.” But Anderson, who began representing clergy-abuse victims in the 1980s, said his firm has donated large sums of money to the decades-long movement to force the Catholic Church to “come clean” about the abuse. And he said money secured by the firm helped survivors take control of their lives.

Israel’s Netanyahu faces uphill battle after repeat election JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s two main political parties were deadlocked Wednesday after an unprecedented repeat election, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu facing an uphill battle to hold on to his job. The election’s seeming political kingmaker, Avigdor Lieberman, said he’ll insist upon a secular unity government between Netanyahu’s Likud and Benny Gantz’s Blue and White parties, who are running neck-and-neck to become the country’s largest party. Without Lieberman’s endorsement, though, neither party appears able to secure a parliamentary majority with their prospective ideological allies. With results still pouring in, Lieberman insisted the overall picture was unlikely to change. He also demanded a secular “liberal” government shorn of the religious and ultra-Orthodox allies the prime minister has long relied upon. “The conclusion is clear, everything we said throughout the campaign is coming true,” he said outside his home in the West Bank settlement of Nokdim. “There is one and only option: a national unity government that is broad and liberal and we will not join any other option.” That could spell seri-

ous trouble for the continuation of Netanyahu’s lengthy rule. Gantz, a former military chief, has ruled out sitting with a Netanyahu-led Likud at a time when the prime minister is expected to be indicted on corruption charges in the coming weeks. It raised the specter of an alternate Likud candidate rising to challenge Netanyahu, though most of its senior officials have thus far pledged to stand solidly behind their leader. Netanyahu, the longest serving leader is Israeli history, had desperately sought an outright majority with his hard-line and ultra-Orthodox allies in hopes of passing legislation to give him immunity from his expected indictment. Israel’s attorney general has recommended charging Netanyahu with bribery, fraud and breach of trust in three scandals, pending a long-awaited hearing scheduled in the coming weeks. A formal indictment would increase the pressure on Netanyahu to step aside if he does not have immunity. Near-final results released Wednesday by the Central Election Commission had Blue and White with 32 seats out of the 120 in parliament and edging past Likud, who had 31. The tally is based on a count of 63% of eligible voters. Overall turnout

was 69.4%. According to the partial results, Likud with its natural allies of religious and ultra-nationalist parties mustered just 55 seats — or six short of the needed majority. Gantz’s Blue and White and its center-left allies garnered 56 seats, placing Lieberman’s Yisrael Beiteinu and its nine seats in the middle as the deciding factor. The only precedent for a unity government in Israel came after the 1984 election and saw a rotating premiership between the heads of the two largest parties. The joint list of Arab parties, who have never sat in an Israeli government, also finished strong, with results indicating they had earned 13 seats to become the third-largest party in parliament. Should a unity government be formed, its leader Ayman Odeh, would become the country’s next opposition leader, an official state position that would grant him an audience with visiting dignitaries, a state-funded bodyguard, monthly consultations with the prime minister and a platform to rebut his speeches in parliament. Odeh mocked Netanyahu’s drop in support by stating that “incitement has a price,” and some constituents showed cautious optimism.

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2014 Ford Escape Crossover SUV 49,000 miles, includes 6 year 100,000 mile warranty, excellent condition, gold color, blue tooth, media, phone, USB, backup cam,$12,000 or best offer, Peru, IL 815-223-5146

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2019 Time: 10:00 A.M. -

View Listing and Photos on website: www.tumblesonauction.com PRIMITIVE, ANTIQUE & MODERN FURNITURE: Yellow Vintage Metal Yard Glider; Yellow Painted Pine Cupboard & Lg. 2 Door Cabinet; Sm. Library Table; 2-Lg. Arm Rocking Chairs; China Cabinet Top; Chrome Table & Chairs; Vintage Caloric Gas Stove; Oak Thrashing Table & Chairs; Old Flat Top Trunk; Silvertone Floor Model Radio; Antique Dresser; Wicker Chair; Wood Commode; Old Belvedere Hair Sylist Chair 2-Wood Desks & Chair; Sewing Machines: Bernina, Mont. Ward & Hamilton Beach; Kitchen Table & Chairs; Modern Curio Cabinet, Bookshelves & Washstand; Sm. Apt. Size Refrigerator; Exercise Equip.; File Cabinet BOOKS, ADVERTISING & TOYS: Lg. Group of Old Books Including Many Little Big Books, Classic Children’s Books, Little Golden Books & Comic Books; MANY flats of Books; Old Farm Machinery Manuals; Ladd Adv; Atlas of Illinois, Standard Atlas of Bureau Co & Plat Book; Adv. Pens & Pencils & Yardsticks; John Deere Contemp. Collectible Items; Cubs Collectibles; 33, 45 & 78 Records; Old Games; Many Old Western Puzzles, Kids Puzzles & Jig Saw Puzzles; Vintage Composition Doll in Box; Sm. Squeeze Box Accordion; Child’s Metal Stove w/ Accessories; Mechanical Speaking Dog Iron Bank; Harmonica, Guitar & Tambourines; Plastic Ideal Cars; Doll Furniture; Fisher Price Toys; Many New Radio Flyer Items ANTIQUES, COLLECTIBLES & HOUSEHOLD ITEMS: 2-cuckoo clocks; 4-5 Handmade Quilts; Rag Rugs; Linens & Doilies; Cast Iron Skillets Including Griswold; Westclox Alarm Clocks; Cigar Boxes; Old Cameras; Jadite Bowl; Cedar Jewelry Boxes; Porcelainware; Currier & Ives Dishes; Cups & Saucers; Creamer & Sugars; Painted Plates & Dishes; Teapots; Clear Glass; Carnival; Many Holiday Decorations; Christmas Dishes, Teapots & Lg. Yard Ornaments; Usual Line of Kitchenware Items-Sm. Kitchen Appliances, Tupperware, Pots & Pans; Please Note: This is a Lg. Quality Auction w/ Many More Items too Numerous to List!!! Sellers: Wayne Vogt, Lynn Pinter, Tammy Helm & Dawn Whalen -

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DePue 1BR, off St. Parking $400/mo. + dep. Call 815-878-8903

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LEGAL INVITATION TO BID Sealed Bids will be received by the City of Oglesby for “2019 MFT-Prospect Street Water Main Improvements” and is further described as follows: Approximately 300 feet of HMA resurfacing, water main reconstruction via horizontal directional drilling on Prospect Street between Main and Elm. Bids shall be submitted no later than 10:00 a.m. at the office of the City Clerk, at 110 E. Walnut St., Oglesby, IL 61348 on October 4, 2019. Proposals will be opened and publicly read at that time. Plans and specifications may be accessed on-line at: www.chamlin.com Plans may also be viewed at: City of Oglesby, 110 E. Walnut St., Oglesby, IL 61348 Full-size plans and specifications are available from Chamlin & Associates, Inc., 3017 Fifth Street, Peru, IL 61354. Bidders are advised that this Contract will be subject to the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act. The Bid shall be accompanied by a certified check or bid bond, in the amount of five percent (5%) of the gross amount of the bid and be payable to the order of the City of Oglesby. Bids may be held by the City of Oglesby for a period not to exceed 60 days from the date of the opening of Bids for the purpose of reviewing the Bids and investigating the qualifications of Bidders, prior to awarding of the Contract. The Owner reserves the right to accept or reject any or all Bids and to waive any informalities in the bidding. BY ORDER OF: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL CITY OF OGLESBY (September 18, 2019)

LEGAL IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LaSALLE COUNTY, ILLINOIS OLD SECOND NATIONAL BANK, ) a National Bank, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 2017 CH 183 ) JAMES R. CAMPBELL, UNKNOWN ) OWNERS AND NON RECORD ) CLAIMANTS, ) ) Defendants. ) NOTICE OF JUDICIAL SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered by the Court in the above-entitled cause on August 27, 2019, the property hereinafter described or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said judgment, will be sold to the highest bidder. (A) The name, address and telephone number of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate is: Aaron Johnson Old Second National Bank 92 Frontage Road Sugar Grove, IL 60554 (630) 466-6356 (B) The common address and other common description of the property, if any, of the real estate: 1304 Reva Lane, Sandwich, Illinois 60548 (C) The legal description of the real estate is: Lot 1304 in Addition Number 6 of Lake Holiday Development, Northville Township, according to Plat thereof recorded May 10, 1966 as Document #522190 in Plat Book Y at page 14 in LaSalle County. (D) A description of the improvements on the real estate is: single family residential property (E) The real estate may be inspected prior to sale at the following times: Drive by only. (F) The time and place of the sale is: October 16, 2019, 10:15 a.m. 707 East Etna Road – Lobby Ottawa, IL 61350 (G) The terms of the sale are: Cash (10% at time of sale and the balance within twenty-four (24) hours.) The subject property is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the Court. The property will NOT be open for inspection. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than the mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). (H) Title will be conveyed subject to all general real estate taxes which are a lien upon the real estate, and special assessments, if any, pre-existing and/or superior liens, liens not foreclosed (including, in this case, a first mortgage to a different creditor), and easements and restrictions of record. Potential buyers are admonished to perform due diligence. This is a second mortgage. /s/ James C. James, III One of the Attorneys for Plaintiff Attorney James C. James, III ALSCHULER, SIMANTZ & HEM, LLC Attorney I.D. #06185536 1961 West Downer Place Aurora, IL 60506-4384 (630) 892-7021 - Phone (630) 892-7158 - Facsimile ashlaw@ashlaw.net (September 18, 25 & October 2, 2019)

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The Following Collection of Large Quality Yard Statues, Furniture & Collectibles will be sold at the ON SITE LOCATION of 109 N. Main Street In Princeton, IL On:

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2019 TIME: 4:00 P.M.

View Listing & Photos on website: www.tumblesonauction.com COLLECTION OF OVER 75 CEMENT YARD STATUES: LG. Pair of Elk Horns; Quality Large Ornamental Statues including: Cowboy, Indian, Snakes, Bear, Fox, Deer, Alligator, Squirrels, Dogs, Pheasants, Eagles, Horses, Pandas, Full Size Panther and Lion, Skunks, Big Horn Sheep & Many Others. FURNITURE & COLLECTIBLES: Round Glass Top Patio Table & Chairs; Sm. Wood Bench; Glass Top Wood Desk w/ Lane Leather Ofﬁce Chair; Glass Door Etched Gun Cabinet; Coffee, Credenza & Sm. Tables; Wire Plant Stands; Bakers Rack; Bear Design Table w/ 4 Sm. Stools; Wood Bookcase; Dresser; Glass Top Table w/ Chairs; Sm. Heaters & Sm. Electric Fireplaces; Many Artiﬁcial Trees; Many Decorative Items; Lamps Please Note: This a Nice Quality Auction - Plan to Attend!!

SELLER: Blitsch Estate, Princeton, IL

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AUCTION

The Following LARGE ESTATE of Furniture, Primitive, Antiques & Much More will be sold at the ON SITE LOCATION of 24 S. Pleasant Street in Princeton, IL on:

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2019 TIME: 10:00 A.M.

View FULL Listing & Photos on website:www.tumblesonauction.com PRIMITIVE, ANTIQUE & MODERN FURNITURE, CYLINDER VICTOROLAS, LG. AMOUNT OF PRIMITIVE ITEMS, ANTIQUES, COLLECTIBLES, LADIES ITEMS: LG. AMOUNT OF OLD BOOKS, POSTCARDS, ALBUMS, PICTURES & FRAMES & MORE, OLD TOYS, GAMES, CHILDREN’S ITEMS & DOLLS PLEASE NOTE: Many More Items too Numerous to List!!! This is a Very Lg. Quality Auction!!! MANY YEARS OF COLLECTING TO BE SOLD!! PLEASE PLAN TO ATTEND!! -

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

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