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‘Strong Towns’ author: Look inward toward the future

Big money to battle big issue $680,000 opioid-crisis grant will help retrain recovering users for jobs, help employers By Craig Sterrett NEWS EDITOR

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Charles L. Marohn Jr., author of “Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity,” addresses a large crowd Tuesday evening at Illinois Valley Community College about the importance of focusing on infrastructure to maintain community finances rather than excessive growth.

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As many cities are rushing to seek future investment on the outer edge of their city limits, Charles L. Marohn Jr. is asking what’s wrong with the established infrastructure in the heart of those cities. Marohn gave a presentation to city officials and residents Tuesday night at Illinois Valley Community College about the importance of increasing a city’s focus on the buildings in its downtown rather than adding to an already difficult-to-maintain infrastructure. It’s part of his mission to share this message through his nonprofit organization Strong Towns and book with the same name. “We have created a machine that allows our cities to grow very, very quickly but is one that is costing long-term solvency,” Marohn said. HOW DID WE GET HERE AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN? Marohn said the trend began at the end of World War II when many cities, fearful that another depression was on the horizon due to demobilizing many people, took a page from the city of Detroit’s development book,

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Dave Lourie, vice chairman of Starved Rock Country Alliance, presents Dick Janko (right) with an award prior to the presentation Tuesday. the country where families are in ers a “bottom-up revolution,” greater debt and their wealth has which requires communities to embrace a little of the “chaotic” stagnated. in order to end with smart longterm solutions. WHAT SHOULD WE CONSIDER? He admits it can be a less atInstead of growing on the outer edge of a community, tractive option in the short-term thus requiring more roads and as new buildings and new projextended water and sewer lines ects often appear to create new and adding to a community’s lia- growth, drive the economy and bilities, Marohn said city officials make up insolvencies of the past, should consider how to make but they ultimately don’t help better use out of what already repair what’s already been built has been built and strengthen when it begins to crumble. “At some point, the backlog of the already established framework. See TOWNS Page A2 It’s part of what he consid-

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LA SALLE-BASED PERFECTLY FLAWED INVOLVED “Something we’re going to be doing locally is working with Perfectly Flawed and hiring an education coordinator for them who would go out into the community and they would be working with families who are impacted, providing support, providing education to the community,” Furlan said. See GRANT Page A4

Need help, or interested in hosting a worker? Interested individuals and businesses can obtain more information by contacting Pam Furlan at (815) 224-0375, or visiting the NCI Works website at www.nciworks.org any time after Nov. 1. Furlan, BEST Inc. executive director, says BEST Inc. will be helping people in its region including La Salle, Bureau, Putnam, Lee, Carroll, Jo Daviess, Ogle and Whiteside counties.

Did Mendota school district try to ‘chill’ union activity? Union files unfair labor practice charges By Ali Braboy and Craig Sterrett

which at the time was an innovative city and has since struggled to maintain its infrastructure. “When you take a wealthy and successful city and you spread it out over a massive area, denuding the tax base and raising liabilities to extreme levels, you get the insolvency of Detroit,” Marohn said. “Like every bankruptcy, it happens very slowly, then all at once,” he added. He further used examples such as the town of Lafayette, La., which had a population of 33,000 at the end of World War II and has since increased three and a half times to 120,000. Their water system, which used to measure 5 feet of water per person, has increased 10 times that amount, and the number of hydrants per thousand people has increased 21 times that amount. “While we’re able to grow very quickly, what we’re seeing is that we’re growing our liabilities even faster,” Marohn said. “This may be justified if we’re becoming wealthier, if we’re becoming more successful, if people are actually becoming more prosperous and are sufficient enough to be able to sustain all of this,” he added. But the town of Lafayette is mirroring the rest of those across

More than a half million dollars in state and federal funds are coming in to directly help area people recovering from heroin and opioid dependency. The grant announced Tuesday includes an award of up to $681,146 to BEST Inc. on behalf of NCI Works to hire five people to aid families and individuals in an eight-county area, and to help 30 people re-enter the workforce after going through treatment. “We’re going to be employing five positions that are going to actually be working with that population,” said Pam Furlan, executive director of Business Employment Skills Team, which serves La Salle, Bureau, Putnam, Lee, Carroll, Jo Daviess, Ogle and Whiteside counties. The funds coming in through Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity from the U.S. Department of Labor will pay for two job coaches and trainers, put 30 recovering individuals to work in the region and employ two nurses to provide patient support and to assist practical nurses at three Sinnissippi treatment centers located in Dixon, Sterling and Oregon, Ill. The Department of Labor specifically calls these funds an opioid-crisis Dislocated Worker Grant.

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MENDOTA — The Mendota Education Association recently filed two unfair labor practice complaints in connection with its eight-day-old strike. The Mendota Elementary board and union will meet today, but not after some disagreements over the meeting place.

In a new unfair labor practice charge, the teachers’ union alleges the Mendota Elementary administration implied that a strike or new contract could result in the elimination of the music band program. Tuesday, the NewsTribune obtained copies of two unfair labor practice charges filed by the union Monday toward the Mendota Elementary district; the charges were filed through the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board. One charge, filed Monday, says that on or about the first week of October “The School District administration attempted to inti-

mate the Association as a whole by asking a bargaining unit member about possible changes to staff scheduling, which would in all practically, entirely eliminate the music band program … such an inquiry, made without the Association’s presence and prior discussion, was done in an attempt to chill union activity.” The teachers previously had filed an intent-to-strike notice. The other act included in that charge says that on or about Oct. 4, the district was involved in bad faith bargaining when it threatened the “staff would not make up days of pay if a strike were to occur. This was announced

without prior bargaining or any discussion with the Association whatsoever. Under the circumstances, it was intended to, and did in fact chill union activity.” The other charge, also filed Monday, says that on or about Oct. 10, the district “engaged in bad faith bargaining when it engaged in regressive bargaining. The proposal submitted by the Employer at 9:10 p.m. was regressive from the proposal submitted at 8:23 p.m., being thousands of dollars less than previously offered less than an hour before.” See MENDOTA Page A3

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maintenance is going to be something where there’s a conscious decision of, ‘This neighborhood we ﬁx, this neighborhood we let go,’ “ Marohn said. IDENTIFYING ‘GAPS’ IN THE COMMUNITY He asked those in attendance to walk their own streets and take in the amount of investment already paid by the community. If they notice curb and gutter, manhole covers, hydrants and more, then it could cost $2,000 to $4,000 a foot. Then he said to look to the side of the road and see

what wealth it is creating. “What you will discover, and it will become sickening to you, is that our cities are nothing but massive, massive gaps. They are huge enormous gaps. They are everywhere and overwhelming,” he said. Marohn said he’s noticed many in local communities already in the form of an abundance of parking spaces when asked about them during the meeting. He suggested many communities easily could cut 70% of their parking and still have an “abundance.” “If you think of a place as being something that is creating wealth in your community, parking is an anti-place. It’s something

that is actually denuding and destroying your wealth,” Marohn said. One person said if people struggle to ﬁnd parking, they may not visit a downtown at all. Marohn said any attempt to add additional parking is usually done to compete with the parking of big-box stores on the outskirts of a city, which is a battle they will lose. Instead, downtowns can compete with a variety of shops, local entrepreneurs, beautiful environments and pleasing aesthetics. “You’ve destroyed your city so that I never have to experience more than a 20-foot walk,” Marohn explained. “I want your city to be so beautiful that

it’s worthy of a six-block walk.” Ultimately, Marohn said no community should undergo signiﬁcant change but no community is exempt from change, and it starts by identifying where people struggle in the community when it comes to forming a business and ﬁnding the quickest and simplest way to help them. “The challenge we have today is not how do we grow more and more in the current style. It’s how do we make better use of what we built,” Marohn said. “And if we can go out and humble ourselves to observe where people struggle, respond to that struggle in the quickest

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way we can and continue to observe and iterate not only can we make the lowest risk, highest returning investment that is possible to make, not only are we building wealth and stability and prosperity throughout our community but we cannot help but improve people’s lives in the process.”

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Lots of good terns: Bird ready to ﬂy off endangered list

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9:30am Photos of costumed kids at the NewsTribune (426 Second St.; side of the building facing Wright St.) 10:30am Performance by the Hocus Pocus Hags at the KC Parking Lot 10:45am Parade Line-Up at KC Parking Lot (209 Gooding St.) 11:00am Costume Parade & Judging - Prizes for Best Costume by Age Group: 0-1, 2-4, K-2nd Grade, 3rd-5th Grade, 6th Grade & up, Family/Group. 11:30am Trick-or-Treating at local businesses (until 1:00 pm) Look for the bright orange pumpkins in the windows. 11:30am-4:00pm Children’s books given and activities planned at the La Salle Public Library 12:00pm Children’s games, snacks and Barrel rides at the KC Parking Lot (209 Gooding St.)-Courtesy of AX Church

In case of rain the parade and photos will be at the Grove Center 1055 6th Street in La Salle.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — After 34 years on the endangered species list, a tiny Midwestern bird is ready to fly free of federal protection. Once hurt the by the damming of major rivers like the Missouri and before that diminished by hunting for feathers for hats, the interior least tern population has increased tenfold since 1985 to more than 18,000. The number of nests has jumped from 48 to 480, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Wednesday in proposing to take the bird off the list. The delisting started six years after the service first suggested that the species has recovered and after a computer modeling showed the population will be stable. Even conservationists and advocacy groups that often battle the Trump administration over what goes on and off the endangered list hailed the long-trek migrating bird’s recovery as an environmental success story. After nearly being hunted to extinction for feathers for women’s hats in the 1800s, the Midwestern population of least terns started doing better until after World War II, Fish and Wildlife Service recovery biologist Paul Hartfield said.

Oct. 23, 2009 — Unemployment rates for September in all 12 Illinois metropolitan areas were above previous-year levels for the 28th consecutive month, according to Illinois Department of Employment Security. Locally, Putnam County’s rate bounced back up to 15 percent in September after a slight seasonal drop in August; La Salle County’s rate for September was 12.4 percent, Bureau and Lee, 10.9 percent; and Marshall, 10.6 percent. Oct. 23, 1994 — Sue Ocepeck, a nationally certiﬁed counselor, opened an oﬃce on Bucklin Street, La Salle. Her specialties included adolescents and adults. Oct. 23, 1969 — Bureau County Farm Bureau announced its poster contest winners. The contest promoted good meals. Winners included Christine Lehman of John F. Kennedy School in Spring Valley and Peter Lunn of Ladd.

Marine dead in Humvee accident BRIDGEPORT, Calif. (AP) — Military oﬃcials say a 21-year-old Marine was killed in a vehicle accident at a Northern California training facility. The Marine Corps says Pfc. Christian Bautista was serving as a turret gunner on an armored Humvee when the accident occurred at the Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport. Oﬃcials didn’t immediately provide details about the accident.

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BRIEFS Utica fire department haunted house continues throughout the weekend The Utica Fire Protection District will hold its annual haunted house 6-10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 25-26 and 6-9 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27. Prices are $7 for adults, $5 for children ages 10 and under. $5 for students with ID’s. The site is handicapped accessible. They will provide lights on or toned down tours upon request.

Haunted boat ride offered at Lock 15 Area residents can take an hour-long “haunted boat ride” on the Illinois and Michigan Canal on the packet boat replica at Lock 14, La Salle this weekend, according to Canal Corridor Association. As dusk falls, riders can hear about legends and mysteries. The boat casts off at 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday. For more information, call (815) 220-2848 Ext. 1838.

Cocaine charges for parole absconder Police searched Rock Street home a month ago By the NewsTribune staff

A search of a residence in Peru more than a month ago has led to a new arrest and new felony charges related to cocaine distribution, Peru police chief Doug Bernabei announced this morning. Shortly after 6 a.m. Sept. 13, members of the Peru Police Special Investigations Unit, Peru Emergency Response Team and Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotic Team executed a narcotics related search at 726 Rock St. (the southwest corner of Fourth and Rock streets). This search warrant was part of numerous other drug investigations and search warrants served over the summer and fall months in the city of Peru. Arrested that morning was Robert E. Waltz, 58, of 726 Rock St., Peru. Waltz initially was held on a felony of possession of cocaine charge but as result of the ongoing investigation the La Salle County State’s Attorney has upgraded felony drug charges against Waltz. On Sept. 17, an arrest warrant was obtained for Waltz’s daughter, Tiffany J. Waltz, 27, also of 726 Rock St. The warrant was a Class 2 felony for unlawful delivery of a controlled substance where it is alleged that she delivered cocaine during the summer 2019 investigation. Police believed she fled the area, possibly to Indiana, and the Peru police turned to social media announcing the warrant for Tiffany Waltz. On Tuesday at about 11 p.m., a group of La Salle police officers went to 1120 Lafayette St. in La Salle after receiving information that she might be at that location. La Salle police officers located her and took her into custody for the warrant as well as an Illinois Department of Corrections parole warrant. The bond on the local warrant is $500,000 million dollars. She was taken to the La Salle County Jail. She would need to post $50,000 to be released. Recent search warrants and all of the arrests over the past several months were obtained following a lengthy investigation into the distribution of narcotics in Peru. This morning, Bernabei issued the following statement about his department’s policy on drugs and the Peru special investigation unit: “The distribution of illegal narcotics simply will not be tolerated in our community and strict and aggressive enforcement efforts by SIU will continue to be one of our greatest priorities as a City and police department. I am very pleased with the work of our drug detectives assigned to SIU as See COCAINE Page A5

Trending: Heavier rain events State climatologist says we’re having worse downpours, warmer ‘low’ temperatures By Jeannine Otto

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It might be getting darker sooner now that it’s autumn in Illinois but the nights overall are getting warmer — and wetter. Trent Ford, Illinois state climatologist, visited Illinois Valley Community College and talked about climate change, global warming and the changes Illinois is seeing. “The problem for this region, as in most of the northern half of Illinois, is too much water,” said Ford. While 2019 likely won’t go on record as the wettest year when it comes to county and state records, Ford said the year will make history. “2019 is currently the third wettest in Livingston and Putnam counties and second wettest for La Salle County on record, as of Oct. 20. Even though it’s looking at forecasts, it’s looking unlikely that this will be the wettest year, calendar year, on record. For most of this area, it’s likely to be in the top five,” said Ford. It’s not just how much precipitation Illinois has received lately, it’s how it’s coming down — fast and hard. “It really does matter, not just how much rain falls, but how in-

tensely it falls as well,” said Ford. Ford said the state and the northern Illinois region have seen a marked increase in the frequency and number of extreme daily precipitation events. Those events are defined as events with rainfall of 2 inches or more. “For the most recent 20 years or so, we’ve seen a pretty large increase in those extreme precipitation events,” Ford said. That increase includes most of the state. “If we look at pretty much everywhere in Illinois, except maybe the extreme far southern Illinois, this is something that we see, that precipitation has increased over the last 50 to 60 years and precipitation intensity has increased over the last 50 to 60 years,” said Ford. Another change Illinois has experienced is are minimum or nighttime temperatures increasing faster than maximum temperatures. “Our daily minimum temperatures are increasing about twice as fast as our daily maximum temperatures. Part of that is because of increased humidity and cloud cover. We have cloudy days, maximum temperatures are reduced. When we have cloudy nights, minimum temperatures are increased,” said Ford.

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State climatologist Trent Ford talks about climate change, global warming and the changes Illinois is seeing. Ford shared information about how Illinois climate and weather is measured by his office. The state’s divided into nine climate districts. The borders of the districts are drawn to include whole counties. “The idea was to create these so the climate within that climate division is relatively homogenous, so it’s about the same everywhere,” said Ford. Ford discussed climate change

and global warming and noted that the two terms are not interchangeable. “It’s two very different processes. Global warming causes changes in the climate,” said Ford. Ford’s presentation at IVCC was one of a series of meetings sponsored by Tri-County Regional Planning Commission and North Central Illinois Council of Governments.

Race a rubber duck, win prizes, raise money for the IV YMCA By Tom Collins

No, he’s not drawing a bath for a large group of rubber ducks. Jeff Ellis is trying to win a Nov. 3 race at the Illinois Valley YMCA. The Y is raising funds through a Ducky Derby in which contestants race rubber ducks down the water slides in the Link Aquatic Center.

certificates, while 10th place gets $250 cash. (Prizes are being updated on ivymcaduckyderby. com) Ducks will be available for adoption through the day of the race, but anyone not interested in the competition still is invited to the open house. Free food and demonstrations will be available to anyone in the community interested in what the Y has to offer. “We are very excited about the upcoming inaugural Illinois Valley YMCA Ducky Derby,” said Jeff Ellis, board president of the Illinois Valley YMCA and ‘Head Duck.’ “It promises to be a fun and family-friendly day which will give the community a chance to check out all of the great things that are happening at their local YMCA, as well as hopefully help us raise a bunch of money to support our Strong Kids fundraising campaign. Plus, one lucky winner will get to take home the $2,500 top prize.” For details, contact Cain at (815) 223-7904 ext. 030 or pcainivymca@gmail.com.

And this is one time when it’ll win a 2019 Nissan Rogue Sport. be OK to finish fifth, as the winAdditional prizes for top-10 ner gets a mystery prize valued at finishes include three-month more than $100 and a chance to YMCA memberships and a gift

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are not available to meet on Wednesday until 4 p.m., so we will begin the session at that time. “The Association has offered to hold the session at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Mendota. The church has the necessary meeting rooms, WiFi, copiers, etc. etc. As of last night (Monday night), the board attorney had rejected the site with no explanation. This morning (Tuesday), we resubmitted the site for consideration and requested an explanation for why the board found it unacceptable. We are still waiting for a reply.” The board has agreed to meet at the church at 4 p.m. However, board president Sean Pappas said he and the board members had been upfront about their reason why they did not want to meet at the church. This morning, Pappas said he had three board members who did not wish to meet at the church. The board’s attorney on Tuesday sent the following email to Stacie Walton, Illinois Education Association UniServ director, who is assisting the MEA: “Stacie, some board members are not comfortable with the church because a church is: A place of worship is sacred to many people, including several board members and likely teach-

and they are all ok with our selection. Additionally, the church itself is a better judge of what is appropriate in the confines of their walls and they have welcomed the opportunity to help us reach a settlement.” Prior to the Mendota teachers’ strike beginning Wednesday morning, negotiations took place at Northbrook School, which houses the district office and most board meetings. Now the teachers, including co-president Brandon Scheppers, have said they cannot enter school property. Grade school board president Sean Pappas over the weekend said the board actually would welcome the teachers’ union negotiators onto school property for bargaining sessions, but the teachers don’t want to cross the picket line they have established. Little or no headway was made in a brief negotiation session Saturday. A federal mediator has informed both sides that he cleared his schedule and is available to meet at anytime.

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Ever wanted a pet duck when you were a kid? The Illinois Valley YMCA has some easycare quackers that don’t need food but will raise funds for a good cause. The YMCA will hold its first “Ducky Derby” during an open house running 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 3. In this feather-free contest, 5,000 rubber ducks will race down the water slide of Link Aquatic Center, with prizes awarded to the owners of the fastest ducks. One ducky (er, lucky) winner will even have a chance to win a car. “Right now we have over $25,000 in sponsorships and over 1,600 ducks adopted,” said Peggy Cain, community development director for the Y. “A lot of people are asking, ‘What’s this about?’, and it’s been fun explaining it. “There’s been a good response and getting the word out has been good for the YMCA.” The owner of the first-place duck gets $2,500. Secondplace and third-place prizes are stays in Myrtle Beach, S.C. and Wisconsin Dells, respectively, and the fourth-place winner gets a 55-inch TV.

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Also on Oct. 10, the administration “engaged in bad faith bargaining when it submitted a proposal relating to a two-tier benefit package that it had not presented previously. The valuation of the proposal was arguably only a fraction of the cost for the School District than previous proposals.” Approximately 1,100 students, kindergarten through eighth grade, have been out of school since the strike began Oct. 16. NOT AGREEING ON MUCH The board and union have been noting more disagreements on issues this week than during negotiations prior to the strike. On Tuesday, most of the day went by without the board and union agreeing on a location where they could meet, for example. The board members had notified the teachers that they could meet at 4 p.m. Wednesday. However, where to meet for collective bargaining has become an issue. Tuesday afternoon, Illinois Education Association spokesperson Bridget Shanahan stated: “The board has stated they

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NEXT NEGOTIATION SESSION: After some disagreements on a meeting place, the grade school board and Mendota Education Association have agreed to meet at 4 p.m. today for their second negotiation session since the strike began Oct. 16. ers. We wish to maintain that as a place of comfort and peace in their lives, holding oppositional bargaining teams in a place not tied so closely to members of both the board and teachers is requested. We ask you consider the Chamber Offices — as I understand they have been offered to us. Let us know if that is okay with the union.” Walton’s response: “The strike headquarters is not a place of worship and you rejected that also so I am not inclined to give your explanation much veracity. And please don’t include the teachers I represent as part of your explanation for why you don’t want to meet at the Lutheran Church. I am better able to ascertain what my members are comfortable with

Ali Braboy can be reached at (815) 220-6931 or abraboy@ shawmedia.com. Follow her on Twitter @NT_County. Craig Sterrett can be reached at (815) 220-6935 or csterrett@shawmedia.com.

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Gala Nov. 14 will help Perfectly Flawed help others in opioid crisis Senica’s Oak Ridge will host dinner A Perfectly Flawed Evening 2019 presented by Miller Group Charitable Trust will take place 5-9:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14 at Senica’s Oak Ridge Golf Course in La Salle. Last year, more than 500 supporters gathered at Senica’s Oak Ridge Golf Club to support The Perfectly Flawed Foundation’s mission to strengthen communities aﬀected by addiction by investing in children, individuals and education. Corporate tables and individual tickets which include dinner and dessert are still available. Additional sponsorship

opportunities are available, with recognition throughout the evening. Contact The Perfectly Flawed Foundation for more information. Since the foundation’s inception in 2017, over 250 individuals and families have reached out for help pertaining to drug use or dependence. The Perfectly Flawed Foundation has educated over 2,500 individuals through over 30 Community Education — events, panels and forums. Over 800 youth and family members attended Perfectly Flawed’s first Back 2 School Bash. In addition, the Foundation now oﬀers a weekly SMART Recovery Peer Support Group. There

are limited resources for individuals and families impacted by substance use and addiction within our communities. With help from this annual fundraising event, Perfectly Flawed Foundation is able to continue to help those individuals and families who need their services. Contributions for the evening can be directed to The Perfectly Flawed Foundation’s auction committee which will continue to meet weekly to prepare silent and live auction items for the event. Tickets and sponsorships can be purchased by calling (815) 830-8675 or online at www.perfectlyﬂawed.org.

By Stan Choe AP BUSINESS WRITER

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes held close to their record highs following a mixed set of earnings reports this morning, where some big companies topped Wall Street’s expectations and others warned that the slowing global economy and trade tensions are hitting their proﬁts. The S&P 500 ﬂipped between small gains and losses as trading opened for the day, similar to how it’s been trading over the past couple weeks. It remains within about 1% of its record, set in July. Overseas stock markets were mixed as the United Kingdom’s pending exit from the European Union appeared set for yet another delay. Treasury yields fell, as did the price of oil. One of the biggest drags on the S&P 500 was Texas Instruments, which said its customers have become far more cautious than they were even 90 days ago.

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None shall pass over Seatonville bridge The Peru Road bridge over Negro Creek in Seatonville is closed. Barricades between Brookie Avenue and U.S. 6 block any cars from crossing the bridge. More caution barricades, tape and a board block a spot in the roadway on the north side of the structure. The village, village engineers and the Illinois Department of Transportation are in the process of assessing the structure and corrective action needed, according to the village clerk’s office. The bridge was built in 1987 and scored a 94.9 sufficiency rating out of 100 during its last inspection in 2017, according to IDOT.

Stage 212 sets auditions soon for “Nunsensations!” Auditions for Stage 212’s 2020 winter production, “Nunsensations!: The Nunsense Vegas Revue,” the musical comedy by Dan Goggin, will be at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1 at Lighted Way Agency, 941 Sixth St., La Salle and at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 2 at Stage 212, 700 First St., La Salle. Callbacks will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2 at Stage 212. Director Bill Crane will cast the roles of Reverend Mother, Sister Leo and a troupe of singing and dancing nuns. Sister Amnesia, Sister Robert Anne and Sister Hubert have been cast, reprising their roles from previous Stage 212 “Nunsense” productions. Auditioners should come prepared to showcase their voices with a 16 bar/30 second a cappella piece. Familiarity with the script is not required. For more information, visit www.stage212.org. “Nunsensations!: The Nunsense Vegas Revue,” will be presented Feb. 7-16, 2020. Stage 212 auditions are open to all regardless of prior theatrical experience.

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Up to $681,000 is coming in as an Opioid-Crisis Dislocated Worker grant for the eight-county area served by BEST Inc., to help put 30 people back to work for local employers after drug rehabilitation, for the employment of two job coaches and two nurses, plus an employee to work with individuals and families through La Salle-based Perfectly Flawed Foundation. Luke Tomsha, who struggled with opioid use for years and founded Perfectly Flawed, (shown at a fundraising banquet a year ago) says this grant is excellent because it helps provide pathways back to gainful employment for people who have battled drug problems.

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Luke Tomsha, founder and executive director of La Salle-based Perfectly Flawed Foundation, said he’s pleased that his relatively new organization is being put in a position to help more individuals and families. He also likes the approach BEST Inc. is taking with this program. “I think it’s awesome. I think it’s important that we build supportive services and provide pathways for people to make re-entry, to be active members in the community and gainfully employed,” Tomsha said. To date, Perfectly Flawed and Tomsha have been active in local education, direct support to users or people in recovery, outreach to children affected by family members struggling with drug problems, and lobbying and getting involved in state and national efforts to improve governmental response to the opioid crisis. Tomsha, a former drug user, said one of his struggles in recovery was adapting to a new way of life. The grant enables BEST to hire a person for Perfectly Flawed for a wide variety of tasks. Just a few of those include job-finding assistance, budgeting assistance, helping individuals to re-adapt to a new life and helping guide and support their efforts to realign on a positive path, and working as a liaison between an individual and family members so they understand opioid use and can develop supportive relationships. “We serve as peer navigators as an entry point for people who are struggling and don’t know where to turn,” Tomsha said. JOB COACHING FOR 30 AFTER TREATMENT The two job coaches will be based out of two of the 10 BEST offices — which offices will depend on need and data BEST gathers in the weeks to come. “They will work to place another approximately 30 people who have successfully completed a recovery regimen and will be ready to be re-integrated into the community,” Furlan said. BEST hopes local employers welcome the new, temporary for now, employees placed by BEST. “One of the stakeholders we really need are our local businesses. We need the local businesses to offer their sites to employ these individuals,” Furlan said. Employers could benefit tremendously, with low-cost hires, as the program provides a tangible incentive. “We will pay the wages and we will also

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ABOUT OPIOID CRISIS DISLOCATED WORKER GRANTS Business Employment Skills Team announced the more than $680,000 grant “will make available training and employment opportunities to reintegrate eligible participants affected by the crisis into the local workforce, as well as to encourage individuals to enter professions that could provide relief and support to those affected by opioid use. … The grant also will provide services to eligible individuals in Illinois impacted by the health and economic effects of widespread opioid use, addiction, and overdose.” pay the FICA and workers comp. BEST will be the employer for up to a year,” Furlan said. “Our job coaches, part of their responsibility will be to work with the employers, the supervisors and managers, to help them understand these people may need a little more oversight or support to make sure they stay on their career path.” The grant funds will kick in Nov. 1, and the program is scheduled to end June 30, 2020. “There’s always a chance with Department of Labor grants for them to be extended,” Furlan said. Tomsha is hopeful this program will help strengthen the workforce and increase the number of employable people in the community. “Helping people understand the impact that drug use can have on a community is important,” Tomsha said. According to the press release and announcement Tuesday, “BEST will enlist the assistance of area agencies that deal with mental health and substance abuse to make referrals to the new program. It will also be recruiting area businesses that are interested in serving as worksites for subsidized employment opportunities as well as those that are able to provide unsubsidized employment for individuals who are prepared to enter self-sustaining employment critical to a stable recovery.” Interested individuals and businesses can obtain more information by contacting Pam Furlan at (815) 224-0375, or visiting the NCI Works website at www.nciworks.org any time after Nov. 1. Furlan said regions including Will County, Cook County, the Galesburg and Quincy area and Decatur also applied for and received the grants. Craig Sterrett can be reached at (815) 220-6935 or ntlocal@newstrib.com. Follow him on Twitter @NT_ NewsEditor.

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Semis crash and burn on I-80 By Brett Herrmann NEWSTRIBUNE REPORTER

A crash between Utica and Ottawa on Interstate 80 resulted in a fire Wednesday morning. Wallace fire, Utica fire and Ottawa Fire Ambulance responded to the scene around 5:50 a.m. near mile marker 85 in the eastbound lane where a semitractor and a semitractor with trailer had collided and were fully engulfed with flames, Utica chief Ben Brown said. Brown said one semitractor was on the side of the road when the other collided with it. In a Facebook post, Wallace fire said both drivers were on the side of the road outside of the vehicles when firefighters arrived on scene. One was transported by Ottawa Fire Ambulance, condition unknown, and the other refused treatment at the scene. Illinois State Police District 17 advised SUBMITTED PHOTO motorists to use caution at In a photo from Wallace Fire Department, steam rises from a the time of the call since truck at sunrise today after firefighters used foam to extinguish the right eastbound lane a fire along Interstate 80 between Ottawa and Utica. was blocked as first responders worked the scene. Wallace fire said it took about 60 minutes to extinguish the fire, and Brown said his department returned to the station around 8:15 a.m.

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Some workers changing actions amid #MeToo By Michelle R. Smith and Hannah Fingerhut

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Barbara Myers started work as an apprentice electrician in 1995, and over the years she learned to shoot back sexual banter on the job site as much as she had to take it from some of her coworkers. Those days, she says, are starting to change. “I have worked over the last several years, actually, to really be much more circumspect in my conversation,” Myers said. “And so, basically, I don’t talk about things like that. And I know a lot of the guys are the same way.” Myers is among the roughly one-third of American workers who say they’ve changed how they act at work in the past year, as the #MeToo movement has focused the nation’s attention on sexual misconduct and highlighted issues of racial and ethnic diversity at the same time, according to a new poll of Americans who are full- or part-time employees. The survey, conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research in collaboration with the software company SAP, also found that about a third of all working adults say they have talked about sexual misconduct in the workplace with coworkers in the past year. “I have worked construction. And I grew up during that time period, where banter of that type was much more free,” Myers said. The poll finds American workers view the #MeToo movement more favorably than unfavorably, 45% versus 27%. Half of women had a favorable opinion, compared with 4 in 10 men; just over 3 in 10 men view the movement unfavorably. Those who say they have been subjected to workplace sexual misconduct are especially likely to view the movement favorably, compared with of those who say they have not been victims of misconduct, 60% versus 42%. About half of working adults think things will change for the better for working women in general as a result of the recent high-profile sexual misconduct cases. And as a result of recent focus on issues of racial and ethnic diversity, about 4 in 10 working adults think change for the better is likely for African Americans, while about a third say the same for workers of Hispanic origin. Still, the poll found that few Americans expect positive change will come to their own workplace or for them personally. Count ShaeTiaunna Green, 26, a cashier from Wyoming, Michigan, among them. The poll finds that diversity and inclusion policies are much more important to black and Hispanic workers than to white workers and are slightly more important to women than to men. About 4 in 10 working Americans say their employer has established new training on harassment in the workplace, instituted new policies about harassment or introduced new training on workplace diversity in the last two years.

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Tip for Oglesby: Hedge bets against legalized pot Oglesby residents have good reason to be excited about the coming expansion of Green Thumb Industries. The city is losing a chunk of change from the transfer of cement property to the state parks and GTI’s cash Tom Collins infusion NEWSTRIBUNE could replace SENIOR that missing REPORTER revenue and then some. But here’s a word of advice to the city: Bank on it only in the short term — don’t bet on a steady stream of cannabis revenue 10 years from now. That may sound gloomy or flippant, but there are reasons to treat GTI as a short-term boon to the city rather than a longterm gain around which the city

can anchor its fiscal future. The debate over legalized cannabis bears some notable (and frankly unsettling) similarities to the debate we once had over gambling. Longtime residents will remember when gaming generally, and the lottery particularly, was pitched as a moneymaker for our schools. Not only has the money proven to be a drop in the bucket, but the mere premise of wealthier schools looks now like a swindle. There are reasons to forecast a similar future for cannabis revenue. As the NewsTribune published earlier this year, lawmakers anticipate hundreds of millions, not billion, in direct revenue. That wouldn’t put a dent in our pension crisis. And what will happen to that revenue stream when cannabis ceases to be the flavor of the month and yields market share to another vice? It is true that Oglesby stands to benefit from the indirect revenue of cannabis, which is

to say the construction and taxation of facilities. GTI’s pledge of a $10.5 million investment will not necessarily translate into a $10.5 million increase to Oglesby’s tax base, but an eight-figure investment still figures to give the city a muchneeded boost. But for how long can Oglesby bank on cannabis revenue, directly or indirectly? It may only be a few years before GTI finds that market conditions have deteriorated and that fewer workers are needed. GTI then could go cup-in-hand to La Salle County’s Board of Review seeking property tax relief, as they did two years ago when the medical cannabis market failed to meet projections. Oglesby should project only short-term gains from cannabis and hedge its bets accordingly. The city’s best option: General obligation bonds. Oglesby could anticipate a reasonable sum to borrow, float bonds and then set an

aggressive repayment schedule in case the well suddenly runs dry. The city has pressing needs that include infrastructure improvements, an upgrade of its electrical service and Senica Square. Short-term bonds would provide a means to fund these projects with a managed level of risk. Get the bonds and get the pot money now. If GTI exceeds expectations and proves to be a durable moneymaker, then great, the city can renegotiate the borrowing terms and even talk about tax cuts or general fund infusion. But a tandem of short-term borrowing and fiscal discipline would ensure the city won’t be left holding the bag if GTI founders or the market for pot suddenly changes. Tom Collins can be reached at (815) 220-6930 or TCollins@ shawmedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @NT_Court.

Seeing rural Arkansas through different eyes When it comes to chronicling the bumpkins of darkest Arkansas, New York Times magazine writer Monica Potts is working in a long tradition. Mark Twain got there first in “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” His portrait of Gene Lyons slack-jawed “Arkansaw NEWSPAPER lunkheads” ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATION watching dog fights in ramshackle riverside towns fixed the region’s image for more than a century. H.L. Mencken’s influential 1917 essay, “The Sahara of the Bozart,” was even less polite. He depicted the entire South as a “stupendous region of worn-out farms, shoddy cities and paralyzed cerebrums.” To him, “the Civil War ... finished off nearly all the civilized folk in the South and thus left the country to the poor white trash, whose descendants now run it.” Of course Mencken was also a cynic who defined American democracy as “the worship of jack-als by jackasses.” Potts would never permit herself anything so coarse; nor would The New York Times publish such a thing in these enlightened times. A native of Clinton, Ark., on the southern edge of the Ozarks, she escaped via Bryn Mawr College, but returned to her hometown to write a book about the lives of poor women there.

She found it a dispiriting experience: “My partner and I knew it would be a challenge: The county (Van Buren) is very remote, very religious and full of Trump voters, and we suspected we’d stand out because of our political beliefs.” As somebody who recently moved back to the city after 10 years in Perry County, Arkansas — just down the road from Clinton, and also chock-full of Trump voters — I too could have stood out due to my political views. However, nobody who didn’t broadly agree with me ever brought them up. It’s con-sidered rude. Also, not terribly important. With religion, all that was ever necessary to put off people proselytizing was, “We’re Catholics.” Unlike most of rural Arkansas, Perry County has a substantial Catholic minority centering upon St. Boni-face church in New Dixie — most descended from 19th-century German immigrants. Otherwise, the two counties are demographically almost identical. One north, and the other southwest of the college town of Conway; both hilly, forested and covered with cows. Curiously, though, Potts and I appear to have inhabited very different places. She and her part-ner seemingly couldn’t get out of Van Buren County fast enough; I continue to miss Perry County every single day. Partly, I miss my cows and horses. I miss the quiet days, the nightly chorus of frogs and owls; the crows and red-shouldered hawks feuding over the east pasture; the bald eagles overhead.

I miss the night sky. Potts came home hoping to effect change. I moved to the country hoping everything would stay the same. She might say I lived like a tourist, my children already grown and educated. Potts, however, made the mistake of involving herself in local politics: specifically, a campaign to raise the county librarian’s salary from $19 to $25 an hour. It failed. This persuaded her that “many here seem determined to get rid of the last institutions trying to help them, to keep people with educations out, and to retreat from community life and concentrate on taking care of themselves and their own families. It’s an attitude that is against taxes, immigrants and government, but also against helping your neighbor.” To me, that’s way over the top. True, many cling to the Republican dogma that low taxes are the key to prosperity. It’s never worked, but hope springs eternal. Also, foreigners are viewed with suspicion by rural folk worldwide. But a retreat from community and helping your neighbor? First, community life in rural Arkansas centers in churches, not county government. (Conway, a 45-minute drive from Clinton, has three colleges and several excellent libraries.) Second, country people routinely do more for their neighbors than city dwellers can easily imagine. People constantly share vegetables from their garden, and venison during deer season. After my horse Rusty died,

my neighbor Paul Bentley showed up unbidden with his backhoe at 8 a.m. and spent the whole morning burying him. Somebody told him about it at the feed store. I was terribly grateful. Another time, my hay guy drove his tractor five miles in a snowstorm to put out round bales for my animals. “You might could get your truck down in there,” he said, “but I don’t believe you could get back out.” Again, I hadn’t asked. I could tell 20 similar stories. I’ve no idea who either man voted for, nor even if they did. It wasn’t anything we talked about. Me, I always kept a tow-chain and jumper cables in my truck in case anybody needed help. Otherwise, my only useful skill was that I’m very good with runaway livestock. So I hustled whenever the need arose to make up for my lack of tractor/ chainsaw/fence-mending skills. Of course, if you pretended not to notice people’s animals loose in the road, they wouldn’t think you were much of a neighbor.

THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY “I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated.” — Al McGuire, American Basketball Hall of Fame coach (1928-2001).

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Stir-fry basics for people who just want to cook at home By Katie Workman

your ingredients are all cut and ready to roll. You don’t want to realize suddenly that you still For every home cook hapneed to mince the garlic that’s pily tossing together a stir fry supposed to be sauteeing along at home, there are a dozen with the broccoli. would-be stir fryers wanting 3. Make sure your ingredients to make chicken-broccoli-sugare of similar size. Most stir fries ar-snap-pea stir fry . and then involve fairly small-cut ingredisheepishly reaching for the take- ents added in stages, sometimes out menu. in batches, so everything ends Stir-fry technique has many up properly cooked at the same people intimidated. But if you time. When chopping broccoli can slice and stir, you can stir for instance, or cubing chicken, fry. try and make all the pieces So, let’s break it down, review roughly the same size. the basics, and get everyone on 4. Feel free to swap or subtheir way to stir-fry success. stitute ingredients. If you want broccoli instead of sugar snap DIRECTIONS: peas, great! Again, just make 1. Read the recipe all the sure the vegetables you sub in way through. The ingredients, are cut comparably and have a the steps, everything. Getting a similar density, therefore a simsense of the order of events so ilar cooking time. Or adjust the you know what’s coming will time as needed: Sliced carrots make you more conﬁdent as you will need more cooking time cook. than spinach, for instance, so 2. Prep ALL the ingredients add a few minutes to the cookbefore you start cooking. Stiring time, or add them earlier in frying goes quickly, so make sure the recipe. Cubed pork can be ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

used in place of chicken, tofu can be swapped in for shrimp — most stir fries are flexible. 5. A skillet may be better than a small wok. The bowl-shaped pans sold as woks are not always the best answer for a home cook. Because there is a lot of sloped side area to a wok, there isn’t much flat bottom sitting directly on the heat. I like using a very large skillet, so the food in the pan is less crowded and gets a better distribution of heat. If you do want a wok, get a big one! 6. Make sure the pan is hot. You need high heat to get the best flavor from the ingredients in a stir fry. And you need the pan to be hot before the ingredients hit it, so they have a chance to sear a bit, locking in color and flavor. 7. Cook in layers and batches. The secret to great stir-fries (and lots of other cooking methods, like frying and sautéing) is to not crowd the pan, and to leave the food alone between stirs.

Sheet Pan Chicken Breasts with Tomatoes and Chickpeas Total Time: 40 minutes Active Time: 10 minutes Yield: Serves 4 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil 3 garlic cloves, minced 2 tablespoons finely chopped cilantro and/or mint 2 teaspoons smoked paprika 2 teaspoons sweet paprika 1 teaspoon ground cumin 1/2 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest 1/4 teaspoon cayenne or piment d’Espelette

Salt 4 large boneless chicken breasts, with skin, 6 to 8 ounces each 1 pound grape tomatoes 1 (15-ounce) can chickpeas, drained and rinsed Yogurt Sauce: 1 cup Greek whole milk yogurt 2 tablespoons lemon juice 1 small garlic clove, minced 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin 1/4 teaspoon cayenne or piment d’Espelette

Heat the oven to 425 degrees. Whisk the oil, garlic, cilantro, paprika, cumin, zest, cayenne and 1 teaspoon salt in a medium bowl. Arrange the chicken, skinside up, on a rimmed baking sheet. Rub half of the oil all over the chicken pieces, between the skin and meat, and lightly season with additional salt. Add the tomatoes and chickpeas to the bowl with the remaining oil and turn to coat. Spread on the cooking sheet around the chicken. Transfer to the oven and roast until the chicken is thoroughly cooked, 25 to 30 minutes, depending on the thickness of the meat. While the chicken is roasting, whisk the yogurt sauce ingredients in a small bowl. Arrange the chicken on serving plates, with couscous if desired. Garnish with fresh mint or cilantro and serve with the yogurt sauce.

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Giving individual pieces of food a chance to come in direct contact with the hot pan on a continuous basis is the diﬀerence between nicely browned pieces and a pile of steamed food. That’s why many stir-fry recipes call for cooking ingredients separately or in batches. And because stir-fry food is cut small, cooking goes quickly. So doing it in stages and batches and then combining it all at the end adds only a handful of extra minutes. 8. Add the sauce at the end. Only once your ingredients are cooked do you want to add any liquid. Otherwise, you wouldn’t really be stir frying, but braising or poaching. A bit of cornstarch mixed into the sauce will allow it to thicken as it simmers. 9. Make some rice. It’s nice to have something to soak up that sauce. Choose any kind of rice you like: white, brown, jasmine, basmati, whichever. Noodles, especially Asian noodles, are another nice base for stir fries.

Some stir-fry recipes to get you started Chicken, Broccoli and Sugar Snap Pea Stir Fry Stir Fried Chicken with Scallions Spicy Stir Fried Beef and Vegetables Pork and Bok Choy Stir Fry Shrimp and Broccoli Stir Fry with Udon Noodles Chicken and Spinach Stir-Fry with Ginger and Oyster Sauce Mongolian Beef

INGREDIENTS: Here are a handful of condiments called for in many Asian recipes. Once you get to know them, you can play with them like mad. Q Soy sauce. Indispensable in Asian cooking (and interesting in non-Asian recipes as well). It packs a rich, salty taste, and is See STIR Page A8

Sheet plan meal promises ﬂavorful twist The key is in the sauce, yogurt By Lynda Balsey TASTEFOOD

There are one-pan dinners, and there are sheet-pan dinners. They both make sense. By limiting the cooking action to a single pan, there is less to wash up, which is a deﬁnite bonus at the end of a long day. But there’s a more important advantage: One-pan cooking ensures that every ingredient mingles together during the cooking process, sharing the spices and ﬂavorings while contributing to the pan juices, which, in turn, promises a very tasty and comforting dish. I’ve prepared this recipe in

various iterations for years. It was originally inspired by a Bon Appe-tit recipe, and since then I’ve tweaked and improvised it along the way. The key method remains the same — which is that the whole lot is spread on a rimmed baking sheet at once, coated in a spicy garlic-infused oil, and then banished to the oven for just enough time to thoroughly cook the chicken. During the cooking process, the tomatoes cook down to a juicy sludge and melt into the pan juices, while the nubby chickpeas enjoy a bath in the fragrant sauce. Before you know it — voila — you have a fragrant, saucy chicken dinner, ready in about 40 minutes, while most of that time is hands-oﬀ oven time. The ﬂavorful sauce is the best part to this dish, so I serve the chicken over a bed of couscous

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Sheet pan chicken with tomatoes and chickpeas is an easy meal for busy weekday nights. to capture every drop, and serve the ﬁnished dish with a cooling dollop of spiced yogurt.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Macy’s Inc. says it will stop selling real fur by the end of its ﬁscal year 2020 at its namesake stores, Bloomingdale’s, as well as at its discount outlets. As part of the announcement, the department store chain says it will close its fur vaults and salons. Macy’s CEO Jeff Gennette says company representatives have met with the Humane Society of the United States and other groups.

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salted or fermented. This is the kind of thing you might want to keep to yourself until your kids have eaten and enjoyed fish sauce in a recipe. Two items to keep in the fridge: Q Ginger. Fresh ginger is one of the greatest ingredients in stir fries. Spicy, bracing, uplifting. It’s an easy way to add bang-for-your-buck flavor. Q Garlic. Usually finely minced, sometimes thinly sliced. The base of garlic and ginger heated together in oil is a sign of a terrific stir fry in the making.

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Q Oyster Sauce. Made from oyster extracts combined with sugar, soy sauce, salt and thickeners. This thick, dark brown sauce is a staple in Chinese family-style cooking. Another way to add saltiness and umami (savoriness) to stir fries. Q Fish Sauce, or nam pla in Thai. A basic ingredient in Southeast Asian cuisines, particularly Thai and Vietnamese. It has a pungent odor, but when used in cooking, the ﬂavor is much milder. The aroma comes from the liquid given oﬀ by anchovies that have been

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IN BRIEF Princeton moves up, Fieldcrest remains No. 1 The Princeton football team jumped to No. 7 in the latest Class 3A Associated Press Poll, which was released Tuesday. The Tigers (7-1) beat Monmouth-Roseville 42-13 last week. Princeton closes the regular season by traveling to Erie-Prophetstown (2-6) on Friday. Fieldcrest (8-0) remained the No. 1 team in Class 2A. The Knights beat 3A No. 10 Eureka 21-17 last week. The Hornets fell out of the rankings. Fieldcrest wraps up the regular season Friday by traveling to El Paso-Gridley (2-6).

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

BOYS SOCCER: CLASS 1A PEORIA CHRISTIAN SECTIONAL

‘We really wanted to get back here’

Area players make FND Team of the Week Two area players were voted onto the Friday Night Drive Week 8 Team of the Week. Fieldcrest defensive lineman Mason Faulk was selected after recording three tackles for loss in a win over Eureka, while Amboy-LaMoille running back Austin Norman earned a spot after running for 238 yards and four touchdowns in the Clippers’ 25-8 victory over Milledgeville, which was A-L’s first win of the season.

Vegas beats Chicago in shootout CHICAGO (AP) — Vegas played its ace, and it beat all the hands for Chicago. Marc-Andre Fleury made 31 saves through overtime and two more stops in the shootout, leading the Golden Knights to a 2-1 victory over the Blackhawks on Tuesday. Playing for the second straight night for the last stop of a three-game trip, Vegas used a stellar performance by Fleury to improve to 7-0-0 against Chicago since entering the league for the 2017-18 season. “He’s our ace. I mean he’s been outstanding all year for us,” coach Gerard Gallant said. Fleury was beaten by Jonathan Toews in the first round of the tiebreaker, and then turned away attempts by Patrick Kane and Alex DeBrincat. Jonathan Marchessault and Shea Theodore scored on Robin Lehner on the other end, giving Vegas the victory after it lost 6-2 at Philadelphia on Monday night. It was win No. 446 for Fleury, snapping a tie with Terry Sawchuck for seventh on the NHL career list. “I thought our game got better as the game went on,” Fleury said. Kirby Dach scored his first goal in his second NHL game for Chicago, and Lehner had 33 saves in an impressive performance. Dach was selected by the Blackhawks with the No. 3 overall pick in this year’s draft. Lehner, who signed a $5 million, one-year deal with the Blackhawks in July, was working on his 15th career shutout when the Golden Knights replaced Fleury with an extra attacker late in the third period. Nick Holden then tied it at 1 when he shot it between Lehner’s legs with 1:33 left.

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Earlville’s Devyn Kennedy (No. 19) battles Roanoke-Benson/Eureka’s Logan Nix (left) for possession during the Red Raiders’ 2-1 victory in a Class 1A Peoria Christian Sectional semifinal Tuesday in East Peoria. Earlville (18-2) advances to play Quincy Notre Dame (13-8-1) in the title game at 6:30 p.m. Friday.

Earlville returns to sectional final; Mendota falls to defending champ QND By Kevin Chlum

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Mendota’s Josue Arteaga heads the ball during the Trojans’ 7-2 loss to Quincy Notre Dame in a Class 1A Peoria Christian Sectional semifinal Tuesday.

EAST PEORIA — Since winning a sectional title last season, Jarred Fries and the rest of the Earlville boys soccer team have been working to get back. The Red Raiders are a step closer as they scored early in both halves Tuesday to edge RoanokeBenson/Eureka 2-1 in a Class 1A Peoria Christian Sectional semifinal at EastSide Centre. “It feels really great,” Fries said. “We got here last year and all of us seniors really wanted to get back here again.” Earlville (18-2) will take on Quincy Notre Dame (13-8-1) at 6:30 p.m. Friday in the championship game. Quincy Notre Dame, which is the defending state champion,

beat Mendota 7-2 in Tuesday’s second semifinal. “We never really played a team like them, but they never played a team like us,” Fries said. “So anything can happen.” Earlville coach Larry Heiden said the Red Raiders must do a better job capitalizing on opportunities Friday. “The one negative (from the semifinal) is we couldn’t find the back of the net,” Heiden said. “We had a lot of chances to score in that first half. We have to do a better job, especially against (Quincy Notre Dame). Other than that, we played great, but if we don’t finish, it’s going to be a struggle Friday.” The Red Raiders finished enough times Tuesday. On the second of back-to-back See SOCCER Page B2

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match in Mendota. TRC East). Katie Bates led the Tigresses Amellia Bromenschenkel conKamrny Olson served for 22 (20-14, 8-4 TRC East) with 16 as- tributed six kills for MHS (21-11points to go along with 18 assists sists and eight digs, while Abby 2). and nine digs Tuesday to lead Peterson recorded 14 digs. Indian Creek def. the La Salle-Peru volleyball team to a 25-17, 25-14 victory over Erie-Prophetstown def. LaMoille-Ohio 25-14, 25-12 Sandwich in an Interstate Eight St. Bede 25-21, 25-27, 25-21 McKenna Klein had eight digs Conference match in Sandwich. Elaina Wamhoff had 28 as- Tuesday as the Lady Lions fell in Anna Quesse put down 10 kills sists, 13 digs, 11 points, 10 kills a Little Ten Conference match in for L-P, while Kenzie DeFosse and four aces Tuesday as the LaMoille. added nine kills and five digs. Lady Bruins fell in a Three Rivers Conference East Division match GIRLS SWIMMING Bureau Valley def. in Peru. Claire Morrow put down 17 La Salle-Peru co-op 97, Princeton 25-22, 25-16 kills for St. Bede. Pontiac 71 Jenna Nordstrom had nine points, seven digs and an ace Cora Walker, Nicole Pocivasek Rock Falls def. Tuesday to help the Storm to a and Peyton Heagy each won two Three Rivers Conference East Mendota 25-12, 25-15 individual events Tuesday to lead Division victory in Princeton. Ella Massey had 12 assists and the Lady Cavaliers to a victory in Sam Bohm added five kills and 10 digs Tuesday as the Spikers See ROUNDUP Page B2 four blocks for BV (22-13, 7-4 fell in a Big Northern Conference

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Henry at Peoria Christian, 6 p.m.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Putnam County at DePue, 6 p.m.

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Class 1A Peoria Christian Sectional Championship: Earlville vs. Quincy Notre Dame, 6:30 p.m.

GIRLS TENNIS La Salle-Peru at IHSA Class 1A state tournament

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FOOTBALL La Salle-Peru at Kaneland, 7 p.m.

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

Rockridge at St. Bede, 7 p.m.

St. Bede at Hall, 6 p.m.

Princeton at Erie-Prophetstown, 7 p.m.

Oregon at Mendota, 7 p.m.

Putnam County at Woodland, 6:30 p.m.

At East Peoria

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Class 1A Peoria Christian Sectional

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burn/Henry, 1 p.m.

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FRIDAY

Region IV Tournament Joliet at IVCC, 3 p.m.

GIRLS TENNIS

Mendota at Oregon, 6 p.m.

Riverdale at Bureau Valley, 7 p.m.

Bureau Valley at Kewanee, 6 p.m.

Amboy-LaMoille at Ashton-Franklin Center, 7 p.m.

DePue at Midland, 6 p.m.

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

La Salle-Peru at IHSA Class 1A state tournament

GIRLS SWIMMING La Salle-Peru co-op at Metea Valley’s Mustang Invitational, 10 a.m.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Fieldcrest at McLean County/ HOIC, TBD

SATURDAY CO-ED CROSS COUNTRY La Salle-Peru at Class 2A La Salle-Peru Regional, 9 a.m. St. Bede, Hall, Putnam County, Mendota, Princeton, Amboy-LaMoille, Henry-Midland, Earlville at Class 1A Seneca Regional, 10 a.m. Bureau Valley at Class 1A Rock Falls Regional, 10 a.m. Fieldcrest at Class 1A Olympia Regional, 10 a.m.

FOOTBALL

Earlville at Stillman Valley Tournament, 8 a.m. IVCC at Parkland Tournament, 9 a.m./1 p.m.

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SOCCER HIGH SCHOOL

Hall at Kewanee, 1 p.m.

BOYS

Bunker Hill at Lowpoint-Wash-

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Scoring: QND — S. Anderson (Whittaker), 8th minute; QND — Bailey, 10th minute; QND — T. Anderson (S. Anderson), 25th minute; QND — S. Anderson, 53rd minute; QND — S. Anderson, 53rd minute; QND — Vincent, 62nd minute; MHS — Figueroa, 69th minute; QND — Zanger (Evans), 74th minute; MHS — Ruiz (Figueroa), 77th minute

WORLD SERIES GAME 1: NATIONALS 5, ASTROS 4

Soto helps Nats past Cole, Astros in Game 1 By Ben Walker

AP BASEBALL WRITER

HOUSTON — Juan Soto and the Washington Nationals quickly derailed the Cole Express. A 20-year-old prodigy with a passion for the big moment, Soto homered onto the train tracks high above the left field wall and hit a two-run double as the Nationals tagged Gerrit Cole and the Houston Astros 5-4 Tuesday night in the World Series opener. “After the first at-bat, I just said, ‘It’s another baseball game,’” Soto said. “In the first at-bat, I’m not going to lie, I was a little bit shaking in my legs.” Not even a history-making home run by postseason star George Springer — and another shot that nearly tied it in the eighth inning — could deter Washington. Ryan Zimmerman, still full of sock at 35, also homered to back a resourceful Max Scherzer and boost the wild-card Nationals in their first World Series appearance — tres bien for a franchise that began as the Montreal Expos in 1969. “They waited a long time,” Nationals manager Dave Martinez said. Otherworldly almost all season, Cole looked downright ordi-

nary. Trea Turner singled on the second pitch of the game and the Nationals were off and running, ending Cole’s 19-game winning streak that stretched back 25 starts to May. “I didn’t have my A-game tonight,” Cole said. Not what Cole or anyone else at Minute Maid Park expected, especially after he led the majors in strikeouts, topped the AL in ERA and finished second in the big leagues in wins to teammate Justin Verlander. Cole had breezed through the AL playoffs, too. Yet it was a further testament to an eternal truth about baseball: It doesn’t matter what you do the whole season if you don’t get it done in October. “I think he’s been so good for so long that there builds this thought of invincibility and that it’s impossible to beat him,” Astros manager AJ Hinch said. “So when it happens it is a surprise to all of us because we’ve watched for months this guy completely dominate the opposition.” Soto finished with three hits and a stolen base. Three days shy of his 21st birthday, the wunderkind left fielder also snared Michael Brantley’s late try for a tying hit. Relentless at the plate, he’s al-

ready become one of those rare players — like Springer — who seems to turn pressure into production. How’s he do it? Better launch angle? Improved swing path? Uh, not really. “Sometimes I just put gum in my mouth,” Soto said. “But most of the time, just take a deep breath and focus. It’s just the pitcher and me.” “Everybody around, I forget about everybody around. It’s just you and me,” he said, adding, “try to enjoy it.” The MVP when Houston won its first crown in 2017, Springer set a record by connecting in his fifth straight Series game to make it 5-3 in the seventh. But reliever Daniel Hudson threw a fastball past rookie Yordan Álvarez with the bases loaded to end the inning. In the eighth, Springer put a charge into a drive to deep right-center, and it appeared as though he might’ve hit a tying, two-run homer. Springer took a couple of hops out of the batter’s box to watch, and had to settle for an RBI double when the ball glanced off the glove of a leaping Adam Eaton at the fence. Heavily favored at the start, the 107-win Astros will try to get even Wednesday night when Verlander faces Stephen Strasburg in an-

other matchup of aces. Scherzer slipped in and out of trouble for five innings. But every time the stadium got rollicking, he found a way to get out of jams. There’s a reason ol’ Max has won three Cy Young Awards. “We got old and young guys,” Scherzer said. Projected Game 4 starter Patrick Corbin threw a scoreless sixth for the Nationals. Springer connected off Tanner Rainey for his 14th career postseason home run before Hudson fanned Álvarez on three pitches. Hudson retired José Altuve, and Sean Doolittle got Brantley on a lineout to strand Springer at second in the eighth. Doolittle then closed for a save to give the Nationals their seventh straight victory and 17th in 19 games dating to their September playoff run. Leading the way was Soto, whose eighth-inning hit in the wild-card win over Milwaukee sent the Nationals on their path. “He’s got kind of the ‘it’ factor,” Hinch said. “He’s got the twitch. He’s got fast hands. He’s got no fear.” Soto looked overmatched when he fanned on Cole’s 99 mph heater in the first inning. Turned out Soto was just getting warmed up.

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corner kicks, the Rockets headed the ball away from the net, but Earlville’s Devyn Kennedy corralled it and booted the ball into the goal from just outside the box in the eighth minute. “It was about putting good placement on it,” Heiden said. “A lot of times kids see a shot there and want to strike the ball as hard as they can, and he didn’t. He used his instep, found the open part of the goal and he buried it.” Heiden said grabbing an early lead has been a focal point for the Red Raiders. “That’s something we’ve been talking about the last three weeks is getting that early goal and setting the stage for the rest of the game,” Heiden said. “We’ve done it the last 2 ½ weeks where we come out and score in the first 10-15 minutes. That was big for us. We would have liked to stack goals, but that was important.” The Red Raiders put four more shots on goal in the first half and had a couple good chances with the R-B/ Eureka goalie out of the net in the 34 minute, but went into halftime up 1-0. It didn’t take long for Earlville to extend its lead in the second half. Less than two minutes into the second period, Fries settled the ball, beat a defender and put it in the net to put Earlville up 2-0. “I messed up, but the defender whiffed the ball so I was able to counter it, get a shot off and was able t score,” Fries said. The Red Raiders held

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Pontiac. Walker won the 200yard freestyle (2:27.75) and 400 freestyle (5:16.95), Pocivasek took first in the 50 freestyle (30.37) and 100 backstroke (1:15.45)

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Earlville’s Johan Rico (No. 13) and Roanoke-Benson/Eureka’s Ashton Hubert battle for the ball during the Red Raiders’ 2-1 win in a Class 1A Peoria Christian Sectional semifinal Tuesday. their two-goal advantage for the next 12 minutes until Ashton Hubert notched a goal for the Rockets. “We talked at halftime about how we had chances in the first half we didn’t score,” Heiden said. “We needed to get a quick one. We knew (Hubert) and (Michael Rasmuson) were really dangerous players, so we wanted to get out front more. That was big.” The Earlville defense kept the Rockets off the board the rest of the way to advance to another sectional final. “We marked well and we communicated well,” Heiden said. “The only real bad play we had was the goal they scored. At this stage in the season, mark-

ing well and communicat- my boys. They never gave ing well will take you really up. They hung with it. We were a little overmatched, far.” obviously. We’re a younger QUINCY NOTRE DAME 7, MENDOTA 2 The Raiders showed their skill early and quickly took control of the match with two goals in the first 10 minutes. QND junior Seth Anderson scored the first of his three goals by finishing an assist from Gabe Whittaker in the eighth minute. Two minutes later, senior Chance Bailey blasted the ball into the net off a rebound for a 2-0 lead. “It’s the defending state champs so you’re getting the best of the best,” Mendota coach Nick Myers said. “I commend

and Heagy claimed the 200 individual medley (2:45.64) and 100 freestyle (1:06.79). Emma Mertes, Paige Marks, Pocivasek and Heagy won the 200 medley relay in 2:24.71, while Walker, Emma White, Pocivasek and Heagy won the 400 freestyle in 4:41.97.

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He justified his place in the 4-spot, launching a leadoff drive in the fourth to make it 2-all. He became the fourth-youngest player to homer in the Series, behind Andruw Jones, Miguel Cabrera and Mickey Mantle. The ball was later retrieved from the train tracks and donated by Soto for a long ride to the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Washington took the lead in the fifth. Eaton hit a tiebreaking single and Soto doubled with two outs for a 5-2 advantage. After the game, Soto agreed to donate his home run ball to the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Zimmerman hit the first World Series homer in Nationals history, connecting in the second. He was the first player drafted by the team for the 2005 season. “It’s been a long ride,” Zimmerman said. UP NEXT Nationals: Strasburg was 3-0 with a 1.64 ERA in the NL playoffs. He went 18-6 and set a career high for wins during the regular season. Astros: Verlander is 0-4 with a 5.67 ERA in five World Series starts. He got this far with Detroit in 2006 and 2012 and the Astros in 2017.

team and they have state experience. We came out and fought hard. We got down a couple goals early. That’s always tough, You come in hyped up then you get down by a couple and that’s a little disheartening. “We were able to punch two in. I’m super proud of them. It wasn’t the result we wanted, but we’re a young team and we definitely expect to be back here next year.” QND freshman Tanner Anderson scored on a cross from Seth Anderson to put the Raiders up 3-0 at halftime. Seth Anderson scored two goals in the 53rd minute and junior Philip Vincent scored to extend QND’s lead to 6-0. The Trojans (18-5-1) finally got on the board when senior Ivan Figueroa blasted a penalty kick into the net. After QND sophomore Logan Zanger headed in a corner kick, Mendota sophomore Jose Ruiz headed in a free kick from Figueroa. “This is going to be huge

for us to be able to get a lot of our freshmen and sophomores out here on a run through the postseason,” Myers said. “They got regional championship experience and sectional experience. Having that experience is going to make us all the more dangerous next year. I’m hoping we use this as a little motivation that getting to Quincy’s level is where we want to get and now we have to put the work in during the offseason to get there.” Tuesday’s game was the last for MHS seniors Figueroa, Emiliano Arteaga, Jose Sandoval, Abraham Guzman, Anthony Tolentino, Josh Wiley, Justin Donovan and Gabe Guzman. “It’s tough for our seniors,” Myers said. “They contributed to three regional championships in four years.” Kevin Chlum can be reached at 220-6939, or at kchlum@shawmedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @ NT_SportsEditor.

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Wanda Esther (Kuhn) Gumuski, 90, of Oglesby passed away Oct. 20, 2019, at her grandson’s home in Spring Valley surrounded by her family. Private graveside services Mrs. Gumuski were at Oakwood Cemetery, La Salle with the Rev. Marc Strand officiating. Arrangements are through Prey-Mueller Funeral Home, Oglesby. Mrs. Gumuski was born Jan. 11, 1929, to John and Ruth (Clausen) Kuhn. She married Thomas E. Gumuski on May 2, 1959, in McNabb Lutheran Church. She was a waitress at Garzanelli’s and she worked at Westclox before becoming a homemaker. Mrs. Gumuski was a member of the Oglesby Women’s Club and loved spending time with her family. She is survived by her son, Jeff Gumuski of rural Tonica; five grandchildren, Jeffrey, Joseph, Diamonte, Roberta and Wesley; two great-grandchildren and one brother, Douglas Kuhn of Spring Valley. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas on July 7, 2007; one brother, Stanley; and two sisters, Dorothy and Kathrine. Memorials may be directed to Illinois Valley Community Hospice. The online guestbook may be viewed and memories shared at www. MuellerFH.com.

Louis E. Rohs, 82, of Roscoe died at 4:43 p.m. Oct. 21, 2019, in Swedish American Hospital, Rockford. Funeral ceremonies will be at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in McCorkle Funeral Home, Rockton chapel, with the Rev. Dan Herman of Old Stone Church officiating. A visitation will be held in the funeral home from 4 p.m. until ceremonies Thursday. Burial will be at Troy Grove Cemetery at 11 a.m. Friday. Born June 25, 1937, in Mendota, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Eric and Ida (Hanson) Rohs, he graduated from Mendota High School, class of 1955. He also graduated from Bradley University, class of 1961, receiving a degree in industrial engineering. He married the former Caryl Coulton in Newton, Mass., on Sept. 3, 1960. He was employed as a quality control manager by Outboard Marine Corp. in Galesburg and in Beloit, Wis. Louis enjoyed boating at Lake Geneva and later in life found great pleasure in spending time with his great-granddaughter Arianna. Survivors include his wife, Caryl Rohs of Roscoe; son Eric (Margaret) Rohs of Kenosha, Wis.; daughter Susan (David) Bieganski of Yale, Mich.; son Curt (Teri) Rohs of South Beloit; grandchildren Christopher (Angel) Rohs, Leah (Patrick) Rohs Wilbert, Collin Rohs, Courtney Rohs, Hannah Rohs, Colton Rohs; great-granddaughter Arianna Rohs; sister, Arlene Brandner of Peru; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by two sisters, Adele Schaper and Betty Christiansen. In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established to Harlem Roscoe Fire Protection District.

Carol Wren, 56, of La Salle died unexpectedly at 10:06 p.m. Oct. 21, 2019, in Illinois Valley Community Hospital, Peru. Cremation rites have Mrs. Wren been accorded. Funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in St. Hyacinth Church, La Salle with the Rev. Paul Carlson officiating. Burial will be at St. Hyacinth Cemetery, La Salle. Visitation will be Saturday from 9 a.m. until services in the church. Burgess Funeral Home in La Salle is in charge of arrangements. Carol was Aug. 16, 1963, in La Salle to John and Adele (Sobkowiak) Koenig. She married Mark Wren on May 21, 1988, in St. Hyacinth Church, La Salle. Survivors include two daughters, Lauren Wren of La Salle and Haley Wren of La Salle; two sisters, Jane (Patrick) Crowe of Kentucky and Mary Ann (Michael) Boehm of Peru; and one brother, Michael Koenig of Oglesby. She was preceded in death by her husband in 2015 and her parents. Online condolences may be expressed at www.burgessfh.com.

Alice Helene Poland, 87, of Kankakee, formerly of Tonica, died Oct. 21, 2019, in Wilmington. Services are pending at Hurst Funeral Home, Tonica.

Joan Kinzer Joan Kinzer, 92, of Peru died Oct. 22, 2019, at Manor Court, Peru. Arrangements are pending at Mueller Funeral Home, Peru.

James Threadgill Jr. James Reuben Threadgill Jr., 82, of Ottawa died Oct. 22, 2019, in Ottawa Pavilion. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday in Mueller Funeral Home, Ottawa with Joe Sanders, Senior Minister of the Central Church of Christ in Streator, officiating. Burial will be at Oakwood Memorial Park, Ottawa. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until services Friday.

In Loving Memory of Heather Bowers October 23,1986 April 27, 2014 Happy 33rd Birthday in Heaven Hold on to what is good even if it is a handful of earth. Hold on to what you believe even if it is a tree which stands by itself. Hold on to what you must do even if it is a long way from here. Hold on to life even when it is easier letting go. Hold on to my hand even when I have gone away from you u. We hold on to your memories. Happy 33 rd Birthday Heather Love you always Mom and Dad and Kevin

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Johnelle L. Pijanowski January 30, 1966 ~ October 23, 2009 Who Passed Away Ten Years Ago Today Those we love don't go away, They walk beside us every day, Unseen, unheard, but always near, Still loved, still missed and very dear. We Love You and Miss You Always, Jim, Clayton, and Austin

Dorothy Lemmer Dorothy Lemmer, 87, of Sublette died Oct. 21, 2019, at The Meadows Assisted Living, Franklin Grove. Arrangements are pending in Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota.

Margaret Wamhoff Margaret M. Wamhoff, 100, formerly of Dimmick, died Oct. 22, 2019, in Heritage Health, Peru. Services are pending in Hurst Funeral Home, La Salle.

Russell Heilman Russell E. Heilman, 79, of Aperion Care of Toluca, formerly of Peru, died at 7:52 p.m. Oct. 21, 2019. Arrangements are pending with Ptak Funeral Home, Peru.

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Some Peru residents may have been surprised to see a trench at the end of their driveway when attempting to back a vehicle out this week. The city of Peru fielded complaints from a number of residents about construction work in their neighborhoods. The problem was the contractor did not notify residents that this work would be taking place. “The contractor failed to See PERU JOB B6

NEWCOMERS VAZQUEZ — Mr. and Mrs. Rigoberto Vazquez (Julia Soto de Vazquez) of La Salle, boy, Oct. 20, Illinois Valley Community Hospital, Peru. POLICE REPORTS MENDOTA — An investigation into a domestic disturbance early Tuesday in Mendota eventually led to an arrest in the afternoon in Putnam County, according to Mendota police. Mendota police were dispatched to a domestic disturbance at 506 12th St. at 6:18 a.m. Tuesday. Upon arrival officers discovered the suspect, Edward B. Lopez Jr., 31, had fled the location. From the investigation, officers put out an attempt to locate Lopez on two counts of domestic battery. Lopez also was wanted on an outstanding warrant issued by La Salle County for failure to appear on traffic offenses. At 1:30 p.m., Mendota Police Department received a call from Putnam County Sheriff’s Office advising they had located Lopez in the town of Mark and he was in custody. Lopez was transported to the Mendota police station and then to the La Salle County Jail.

PRINCETON — Amanda E. Galligo, 30, of Princeton was charged with disorderly conduct at 7:40 a.m. Oct. 16 in the 300 block of West Central Street, according to Princeton police.

M. Klobertzanz, 42, of Princeton was charged with retail theft at 10:10 a.m. Thursday at Walmart, according to Princeton police. PRINCETON — A 17 year-old female from Sheffield was charged with illegal consumption of alcohol by a minor at 2:24 a.m. Sunday in the 400 block of West Washington Street, according to Princeton police. Kristine M. Johnson, 45, of 17737 1410 N Ave., Princeton was charged with failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, leaving the scene of and accident and “duty upon damaging unattended vehicle or property on Oct. 12 at 400 East Street near 1750 North Avenue, Bureau County Sheriff’s Office reported Friday. Mark S. Hirschman, 27, of 107 S. Clinton St., Arlington was charged with no valid registration and speeding at 7:49 a.m. Oct. 12 at Plank Road and 1700 North Ave., Bureau County Sheriff’s Office reported Friday. Sarah T. Joop, 40, of 401 E. Cherry Ave., Cherry was charged with domestic battery at 12:31 a.m. Oct. 13, Bureau County Sheriff’s Office reported Friday.

Tyler Charles Williams, 34, of 410 SE Walnut St. #6, Wyanet was giving a warning for speeding and PRINCETON — Maurice charged with operation R. Martin, 45, of Princeton of an uninsured vehicle was charged with disorand driving while license derly conduct at 11:15 revoked or suspended a.m. Thursday in the at 10:25 a.m. Oct. 13 on 1600 block of North Route 29 at 2700 East Main Street, according to Street, Bureau County Princeton police. Sheriff’s Office said. PRINCETON — Julie

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do that yesterday,” city engineer Eric Carls said. Carls said the contractor, Universal Asphalt of La Salle, was hired to do general maintenance projects across the city. These projects, which started in September, include road resurfacing, milling and fixing curb and gutter, which is why the sides of roads were dug up in some spots. Carls said there is not one specific location this work is taking place. It covers about 20 blocks across the city’s four wards. Carls said the city does have a policy where the contractor has to notify residents that work will be taking place and fines can be — and were — imple-

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Andrew B. Munson, 24, of 8686 1250N Ave., Buda was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, improper lane use and operating an uninsured vehicle at 2:41 a.m. Oct. 15 at 1225 North Avenue near 785 East Street, Bureau County Sheriff’s Office reported Friday.

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A trench along the side of Calhoun Street, between 13th and 14th streets in Peru, blocks residents from backing out of their driveways as the city completes road resurfacing and curb and gutter work on that block. City engineer Eric Carls said the contractor failed to notify residents of the work and the contractor will be fined for the contract violation. mented when they fail to do so. “Once I was made aware of it yesterday, we immediately had a conversation with the contractor,” he said. The city extended an

apology to residents affected by the work who were not notiﬁed about the work. Carls said the projects are about 75% complete right now and are expected to be completed within a month.

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SIMPLICITY 18 H.P. LANDLORD DL4 MOWER; SIMPLICITY 22 H.P. ZERO TURN 46 IN MOWER; 14 FT JOHN BOAT AND TRAILER; CRAFTSMAN 25 GAL AIR COMPRESSOR; CRAFTSMAN 10’ TABLE SAW; CRAFTSMAN VINTAGE DRILL PRESS; MAKITA HAMMER DRILL; MAKITA CIRCULAR SAW; CRAFTSMAN AIR BRAD NAILER; SKIL BELT SANDER; B&D 4” CIRCULAR SAW-BATTERY; COMPOUND MITRE SAW; 1800 PRESSURE WASHER; STIHL BATTERY MOWER, BLOWER, CHAINSAW, WEEDEATER; HEDGE TRIMMER; AGRI FAB LAWN SWEEPER; 5 FT. FIBERGLASS LADDER; MISC HAND TOOLS; VIZIO TV; WALNUT BED SUITE-DRESSER, CHEST OF DRAWERS; SECTIONAL CORNER SOFA; SINGLE BEDS; CEDAR CHEST; WALNUT HALLWAY GLASS BOOKCASE CABINET; GLIDER ROCKER AND FOOTSTOOL; PARLOR TABLE; OCTAGON TABLE AND PADDED CHAIRS; ROCKERS; PARLOR TABLE; JEWELRY ARMOIR; BOOKCASES; DRAFTING TABLE; WICKER LOVE SEAT; LOVE SEAT RECLINER; DINING ROOM TABLE AND CHAIRS; BUFFET; PATIO TABLE AND CHAIRS; SEARS GAS GRILL; MISC GLASSWARE, HOUSEHOLD AND ITEMS FOUND AT THIS TYPE AUCTION. THIS IS A CLEAN AUCTION WITH A GOOD LINE OF TOOLS AND CLEAN MODERN FURNITURE.

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Illinois State Police District 17 announced several recent drug arrests. After a traffic stop at 2:56 p.m. Oct. 14 on Interstate 80 near Seneca, Allysa Bogart, 29, of Jackson, Mich., and Jahmera Brown, 21, of Detroit were charged with possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine and manufacturing of methamphetamine, according to Illinois State Police District 17. A probable-cause search of the vehicle uncovered approximately 32 pounds (14,515 grams) of suspected methamphetamine, police said. After a traffic stop in Ottawa at 3:24 p.m. Oct. 14, Derrell Brown, 26 of Peoria and Javion Younger, 21, of Peoria were charged with possession of a controlled substance, according to Illinois State Police District 17. A probable-cause search of the vehicle revealed approximately 483 grams of purported cocaine, state police said. After a traffic stop at 8:39 a.m. Oct. 17 at the eastbound Interstate 80 rest area near Princeton, Brandon Stephens, 25, of Chicago was charged with unlawful use of a weapon and possession of a firearm by a felon, state police said. “The arrest followed a traffic stop at the Interstate 80 eastbound rest area near Princeton, after a trooper observed indicators of criminal activity. A subsequent probable-cause search of the vehicle resulted in the discovery of a loaded 9mm semi-automatic pistol,” state police reported. Stephens was transported to Bureau County Jail.

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View Listing & Photos on website: www.tumblesonauction.com APPROX. 30 BARN FIND VEHICLES: 1950 Ford 4-Door; 1950 1 Ton Truck; 1968 Ford Mustang (Green); 1976 Triumph; 1990 & 2011 Buick Reatta; 1988 Dodge Daytona; 2007 Ford Focus SES; 1996 Ford Ranger Splash (Runs); 1984 Ford Ranger 4X4; 1985 Mercury Capri; 1978 One Ton Ford Truck w/Camper Duals (No Title - Buyer is Responsible for Getting Title Work); 1999 Dodge 2 Door - New Motor; 1997 Dodge Dakota w/ Topper; 2005 Chrysler Touring Edition (Runs); 1981 Datsun ZX; 2 - Datsun 1982 Pick Up Trucks (White & Blue); 1981 Ford Escort; 1985 Merkur; 1978 Mercury Colony Park Ave. Wagon; 1974 Ford Maverick; 1985 Dodge Daytona; 1988 Merkur 4 Werke - Germany; 1990 Ford Probe; CONVERTIBLE CARS TO INCLUDE: 1994 Chrysler LeBaron GTC, 1990 Buick Regatta, 1984 Ford Mustang LX, 2001 Mitsubishi (No Title - Buyer is Responsible for Getting Title Work) & 1967 Ford Galaxy PLEASE NOTE: Vehicles are Sold AS IS - ROUGH CONDITION - Some Run & Some are Parts Only Cars!! OLD AUTOMOBILE ITEMS: Old Sun Scope Machine; Fram Filter Cabinet; Adv. Signs; Old Prestone Machine; Car Caddy; Car Parts; Corvette Wheels; Old Headlite Adv. Cabinet; Car Manuals EQUIPMENT, DIAGNOSTIC MACHINES, ANTIQUE ITEMS, TOOLS & MORE: Allis Chalmers: Dig Tractor w/Wide Front (Runs), Borc Tractor & 716 Hydro Mower; Fuller Johnson (Popper) Engine Plus 2 Others; Several Maytag Kick Start Engines; Troy Built Chipper; Morton Motorized 3 Wheel Bike/Trike; Old Antique Golf Cart; AC#316 Hydro Mower, Old Riding Mowers & Push Mowers; New Yard Machine Snow Blower & Other Snow Blowers; Many Diagnostic Testers SUN-820-504-920; Volt Ampere Tester; Oxy & Ace. Torch Set; Commercial Grinder; Buffer on Stand; Car Jack Stands; Old Valve Grinding Machine; Many Tool Boxes w/Hand Tools; Pro Tech Table Saw; Weed Eaters; Hyd Floor Jack; New Parts Cleaner; Elec. Power Generator; Many Old Electric Motors; Roto Hoe Shredder; Bench Drill Press; Old Tire Balancer; Many Electric Power Tools; Old License Plates; Old Tire Changer; Old Hand Corn Sheller; Rear 3 Point Blade; Sm. 2 Wheel Trailer; Chainsaw

ROBERT NOLAN ESTATE, TISKILWA, IL ADMINISTRATOR FOR ESTATE ATTORNEY: ANDREW RUSSELL, PRINCETON, IL

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See Full Salebill Over 200 Photos at bradleyauctionsinc.com 2- Vehicles (To Sell at Approx 1:00 P.M.): 1977 Chevrolet Corvette, 350 Engine, Auto. Trans., T-Top, 80,375 Actual Miles, (Dark Blue), (New Exhaust); 1991 Dodge Shadow 2 Dr. Convertible, 2.5 Liter 4 Cyl., Auto. Trans., 31,200 Actual Miles, (Red) Boat (To Sell at Approx 1:00 P.M.): 1988 Bayliner 15 Ft. Bass Trophy Fiberglass Boat, Force 50 HP Motor, on 1988 Escort Trailer Shop Equipment & Tools: Shop Smith Multi Function Tool; Delta Side Kick Frame & Trim Saw; Ryobi Planer 13; Delta Rockwell Table Saw; Ace Compound 10 Miter Saw; Craftsman 25 Gal. Air Comp. 5 H.P.; Craftsman 9 Table Saw; Porter Cable Belt Sander, Model 362; Tool Kraft 6 Jointer on Stand; Ryobi Heavy Duty Router; Pro Tech 10” Bench Saw on Stand; Smart Roll Around Battery Charger; Stihl & Mack Gas Hedge Trimmers; Kohler 2250 Watt Gas Generator; Homelite 14” Gas Chain Saw; Shop Smith Lathe Chisel Set; Snap-On Scanner; Ryobi Jointer; Task Force Air Nailer; Stanley Air Nailer; Porter Cable Brad Nailer; Dove Tail & Hinge Butt Templates; Tackle Boxes (Full) & Fishing Equipment (5 wagons of small tools) Juke Box & Gaming Equipment: Pioneer “Laser Juke” Compact Disc Jukebox; “Treasure Tens” Video Game; “Crazy Bugs” Video Game; I.G.T. Wild Dolphins Video Game; I.G.T. Sizzling 7’s Electric Slot Machine; Takasago Electric Slot Machine “Target 7”; Harvard Foosball Table; Lg. Air Hockey Table; Small Gun Safe, (21W x 16D x 55H) Browning Compound Bow Antique Furniture: Oak Hall Tree w/Seat & Coat Hooks; Mahogany Hi-Boy Dresser w/Mirror; Ornate Walnut Pump Organ; 2- Oak Stacking Book Cases; Eastlake Walnut 4 Drawer Chest; Walnut Dresser w/Marble Insert, Hanky Boxes & Wishbone Mirror; Primitive Kitchen Cupboard; 1930’s Buffet, Walnut Veneer; Walnut & Pine Wash Stands; 3- Walnut, 3 Drawer Chests; Round Oak Dining Table; Round Oak Lamp Table; 1930’s Chest of Drawers, (Waterfall Style); Curved & Flat Top Trunks; Solid Cedar Blanket Chest; Oak Church Pew; Oak Ofﬁce Desk; Dbl. Door Book Case: 4- Walnut Lamp Tables; Oval, White Wicker Lamp Table; Mahogany China Hutch; Old Dressers w/Mirrors; “Push-A-Pak” Cigarette Machine; Old Coca Cola 4-Head Fountain Soda Dispenser; G.E. Refrigerator w/Bonnet-Fan Top; 6 Pc. Victorian Parlor Set; Old Round, Iron Heating Stove; Philco Floor Model Radio; Wind Up Victrola; Brass Parlor Lamp, (Floor Style) w/Painted Shade; Old “Skil pool” Coin Operated Bumper Pool Table; Walnut Drop Leaf Table; Primitive Wood Bench; Old Metal Lawn Glider; Lincoln Style Caned Rocker Small Antiques & Collectibles: Hall China: Teapots, Cups, Bowls, Shakers; 4- Old Brass Parlor Lamps w/ Painted Shades; 2- Glass Brides Baskets; 3- Satin Glass Cracker Jars; Pair of Pink Bristol Vases; Several Longaberger Baskets; Fenton Glassware; Dazy No. 60 Glass Butter Churn; Crocks & Jugs; Crockery Bowls; Assorted: Pink, Green, Yellow Depression Glass; Wooden Sugar Bucket; Fiestaware Dishes; Frankoma Pottery; Cape Cod Glassware; Old Bottles; 2- Hand Sewn Quilts; Large Assortment of Archie Comics; Very Large Assortment of Costume Jewelry; Lg. Assortment Precious Moments Figurines; Madame Alexander Dolls; Metal Banks Beer Signs: Bud Light, Bud Light Wisconsin, Budweiser; Assorted Budweiser Signs & Tappers; (Newer) Comic Books: Star Wars, Death Blow, Street Fighter, Storm Watch, Vanguard, Glory, Blood Strike Modern Furniture & Appliances: Beverage Air Single Door Cooler, 30 W x 6’6 H GE Gas Dryer; Whirlpool Gas Stove; GE Air Conditioner, (Window Unit); Speed Queen Wringer Washer; Samsung 42 LCD T.V.; 45” Fireplace Insert, (Never Used); Memorex 19 LCD T.V.; King Size Sleep Number Bed w/ Polished Brass Frame; 5 Piece, Heavy Pine Queen Bedroom Set; Meade Digital Telescope; Tall Oak Jewelry Chest; La-Z-Boy Rocker Recliner, (Mauve); Golden Electric Lift Chair, (Maroon); 2- Metal Baker’s Racks; Various Aquariums & Equipment Collector Toys: Buddy L. Mack Dump Truck; Buddy L. Ride on Dump Truck; Buddy L. Circus Truck; Arcade Cast Iron Wrecker; Lg. Assortment Ertl & True Scale Farm Toys (See Photos Approx. 30); 2- Die Cast Metal 1958 Cars; Nylint Die Cast Semi Tractor Trailer, NIB; Older Tonka Car Hauler; Tonka Crane; Tonka Dump Trucks; Tonka Camper #70 w/Box; Tonka Indian Motor Home; Several Metal Hook & Ladder Fire Trucks; Marks Climbing Tractor, (NIB); 2- Old Cast Iron Motorcycles w/Riders Exercise Equipment: Bow Flex Motivator 2; Golds Gym MultiStation Exercise Machine Proform Electric Treadmill, Folding; 2- Weight Benches; Everlast Punching Bag Miscellaneous Items: Old Wooden Flare Box Wagon; Old Wooden Feed/Auger Wagon; Set of Bob Sled Runners; Old Wooden Wagon Axles w/Wheels; Old Wooden & Iron Wagon Wheels AUCTIONEERS’ NOTE: This will be a Very Large Auction with a Wide Variety of Items. Over 20 Wagons Full of Small Items, This is a very Partial Listing. 3 Auction Rings will sell simultaneously. View photos at bradleyauctionsinc.com & plan to attend!! SELLERS Ruby & Angelo Magelli - (Formerly of Marseilles, IL) Tim Donahue Estate - Ottawa, IL Kathy Billard - Peru, IL • Robert Newkirk - Marseilles, IL Marlene Scott Estate - Kangley, IL George Warren Ottawa, IL • Sharon Ondrey - Streator, IL

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