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Captain Haws Bicentennial Celebration to commemorate Putnam County’s first settler
Magnolia Township Preservation Association will host event Aug. 17
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The Magnolia Township Preservation Association will celebrate the first settler in Putnam County during the Captain Haws Bicentennial Celebration on Saturday, Aug. 17.
The day’s festivities kick off with a car show from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the
Magnolia Township Preservation Association Museum parking lot. Preservation association members also will sell pork chop sandwiches, drinks and snacks. A slideshow presentation about Capt. William Haws will be on display in the museum meeting room.
In 1824, Haws was passing through the area now known as Magnolia Township on his way to Galena. He liked the region’s countryside and decided to settle in Putnam County. Haws carved his name on a tree before he continued to Galena. In 1826, after finishing his business in Galena, he returned to the Magnolia area and took possession of his claim.
Haws is credited with being the first permanent settler in Putnam County. He built a log cabin on the north side of Little Sandy Creek. Putnam County was organized in 1831 at a meeting in Haws’ cabin.
Haws was the captain of a company of state militia during the Black Hawk War.
He led a wagon train to Oregon in 1847, and he excavated lead in Galena, gold in California and silver in Mexico.
The mission of the Magnolia Township Preservation Association is to research, collect, preserve, promote and communicate the history of Magnolia Township to educate future generations.
Library to host bird migration programs in October
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The Putnam County Public Library District on Wednesday announced that it has received a Citizen Science grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and SciStarter.
With the funds, the library will host programs on bird migration in October.
The upcoming programs include a screening of the PBS Nature documentary “Flyways,” a guided bird hike at the Sue and Wes Dixon Waterfowl Refuge in Hennepin, and virtual presentations with site educators at the Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge in Havana and the Sue and Wes Dixon Waterfowl Refuge in Hennepin.
In addition, individuals have the opportunity to apply for the SciStarter Ambassador Program, a volunteer training program for those ages 18 and older with diverse backgrounds and experience levels. This program is designed for anyone who wishes to introduce SciStarter and Citizen Science to their communities.
For information about any of these programs or the SciStarter Ambassador Program, call the Granville Branch at 815-3392038. To register for the virtual programs, visit the Program Portal at sites.google. com/putnamcountylibrary.org/programportal/home.
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presentations with site educators at the Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge in Havana
the Sue and Wes Dixon Waterfowl Refuge in Hennepin.
OSF plans for Peru approved by state panel
Hospital says it may take months to sort out Ottawa plans
By MARIBETH M. WILSON mwilson@shawmedia.com
OSF HealthCare’s plans for St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Peru were approved Thursday by the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board.
The plan was unanimously approved to allow OSF to add seven surgical beds and four intensive care beds at a cost of about $5.59 million. OSF expects to complete the changes by the end of 2025.
“This decision allows us to begin work on the addition of four intensive care beds in our Peru hospital that we acquired in 2023,” OSF said in a statement following the approval. “This is a significant step in our regional health care model that will preserve and sustain medical care for future generations in all communities served by OSF HealthCare.”
OSF’s plans for health care in
Ottawa, however, may take months to sort out, according to an official.
About 20 Illinois Valley residents traveled Thursday to the board’s meeting at Double Tree Hotel in Bloomington with some asking the board to postpone its decision until September. Those residents said OSF’s proposed plans for the Ottawa hospital were originally submitted together with the Peru plan. OSF requested a deferral last month for its state permit applications to build a new hospital in Ottawa. The plan in Ottawa is to build a $139 million hospital, but reduce the amount of beds and eliminate the intensive care unit and obstetrics.
Colleen Burns, Citizens for Healthcare in Ottawa, said OSF’s plan will leave a “gaping hole” of health care coverage over the majority of the population in the coverage area and that all three of the projects have a clear relation. Burns said if OSF’s regional plan were to move forward the region would be left with a dangerous shortage.
“It’s crystal clear these projects do not stand independent of one another,” she said.
See ST. ELIZABETH, page 7
Scott Anderson
OSF HealthCare’s plans for St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Peru were approved Thursday by the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board.
Chemistry and science can be fun, especially when they’re part of Science FUNdamentals in Illinois Valley Community College’s summer camp series. During the two-hour camp, youngsters hypothesized whether objects would sink or float in water in an exploration of density, then created their own bouncy balls by mixing various properties together. The camp is sponsored by Carus Chemical and was led by chemists Rachel and Akila.
Photo provided by Peggy Schneider
IVCC archaeology professor joins professional digs in Britain, Michigan
Instructor fascinated by the stories from the past
By PEGGY SCHNEIDER IVCC Community Relations
Illinois Valley Community College professor Jeff Spanbauer did some time traveling this summer.
He excavated an alleyway of a 4th century Roman garrison in June in Britain. In July, he jumped forward a few centuries to a fur trading fort in Michigan.
The thrill of uncovering secrets buried for centuries never gets old, and the history/anthropology instructor concedes he “geeks out” over it all.
“You are touching something that’s not been touched in 1,800 years. That’s so cool!”
For a second there, the man who holds master’s degrees in American history and anthropology and a doctorate in archaeology almost sounds like that kid who got caught up in the Indiana Jones movie craze of the 1980s. His parents then added fuel to the fire by presenting him with a “Wonders of Archaeology” book that featured a photo of Machu Picchu, the lost city of the Incas. And he was hooked.
But not by the adventure part.
“I wanted to understand why people did the things they did. The finds are neat, but what do they tell us about the people then, and about us?”
When people learn his interests, they’re full of questions. Does he dig up dinosaurs?
“That’s a big, huge no. I study the stuff humans have messed with.”
What’s the best thing he’s ever found?
“Sometimes nothing’s the best thing. Even if you don’t find something, that tells you about the area, that maybe people weren’t using it.”
He’s never stumbled over gold or bodies, either, in case you ask. But deep in his Roman alleyway, he scored something finer.
“We figured out my alley was a gated alley between two barracks. There are only two documented dated examples of gated barracks in
This box kept him busy at the British site and includes different types of Roman pottery, animal
England, and I had just found the second one!”
The Michigan excavation yielded beads, lead shot or ceramics – things “that tell us what they were using any given day.” Trash pits become archaeologists’ keys to hidden kingdoms, exposing new pages of human occupation soil level by soil level.
“They tell time.”
Everyday items reveal the people who used them and how they see themselves and want others to see them. Items uncovered at the Vindolanda excavation in Britain have included hun -
dreds of Roman sandals dating from 300 and bark tablets on which lonely soldiers wrote home.
“They wrote to ask for socks and underwear because it was cold, or to complain they ran out of beer.”
On the Michigan site, Spanbauer can imagine himself on the American frontier.
“They’re there to do this job and interact with all the local people they don’t like and are not liked by – how do they navigate that?”
See ARCHAEOLOGY, page 9
Photos provided by Peggy Schneider
LEFT: Illinois Valley Community College archaeology professor Jeff Spanbauer picks small finds from a sieve while working at the site of colonial Fort Michilimackinac, Michigan. RIGHT: Spanbauer enjoys assembling pottery shards as he discovers them.
bones, iron artifacts and nails.
Ralph Weber, a Certificate of Need consultant for OSF, told the board the hospital chain initially asked all three projects be together, because the facilities are close in proximity – not because the projects are together. He said the discontinuation of the current Ottawa facility and its replacement facility are the two that are linked.
“I think the reason for separating them now is that we did not anticipate the concerns raised by the people in Ottawa as significantly as they have expressed them,” he said, referring to the Ottawa City Council and other neighboring governments passing resolutions against the plans, along with a strong showing of public comments at recent public hearings disapproving of the plan.
Ottawa Mayor Robb Hasty said he hoped the board approved Peru’s application, but wanted the panel to be aware Peru was part of the regional plan and the board should review all
of the applications together. Hasty said the city of Ottawa and a large number of its residents were opposed to the other plans proposed by OSF health care.
“My concern is that if it goes today, it will adversely affect your decision to the applications in September,” he said.
Weber said it could take months to reach some kind of understanding of what should happen in the Ottawa facility. He said if changes are made to the plans they have to be resubmitted to the state as a modification. OSF already has proposed a modified plan that would add eight more beds – four of them immediate care beds – and a second procedural room to the proposed Ottawa hospital, but the Ottawa City Council still believes the plan needs further modification.
“It’s going to be a Type A modification, if it has beds,” he said. “So, the timing of possibility and probability of another public hearing (with the state board) is something that we are really talking about in early 2025.”
He said OSF didn’t want to delay
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the opening of Peru any further as it is going to take a little more than a year for the development of the ICU.
A.J. Querciagrossa, CEO for OSF HealthCare’s Western region, spoke to the board outlining the project proposing the modernization of St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Peru by expanding the capacity from 38 beds to 45 and doubling the amount of ICU beds.
“The project before you is not just a request to add beds to inventory,” he said. “But a comprehensive regional plan that ensures the future health care services for the entire CO2 planning area.”
He said the regional plan is a hub scope model centered on Peru for ICU and obstetric care, while supporting care at its surrounding facilities.
The board will have its next public meeting Sept. 19 at the Bolingbrook Golf Club. It then will have input on a final report and a recommendation to be released online that day. Check online as the location may change.
For information, call the board at 217-782-3516 or visit hfsrb.illinois.gov.
JOHN “BUTCHIE” R. MARCHETTI
Born: August 14, 1944 in Spring Valley, Illinois
Died: August 5, 2024 in Spring Valley, Illinois
John “Butchie” R. Marchetti, 79, of Spring Valley (formerly of Granville) passed away on Monday, August 5, 2024 at Goldwater Health Care in Spring Valley where he has lived since 2004.
There will be a private graveside service at Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery in Granville. Dysart – Cofoid Funeral Chapel will be assisting the family with the arrangements. John was born on August 14, 1944 in Spring Valley to John and Rose (Gandolfi) Marchetti. He is survived by numerous cousins. He was preceded in death by his parents. Online condolences may be made to his family at www.dcfunerals.com
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Blood drive set Aug. 26 in McNabb
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The Methodist Churches will host a Red Cross Community Blood Drive from 1 to 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 26, at Goldasich Hall in the McNabb Fire Department, 391 N. Route 89, south of McNabb. Participation offers a chance for
repeat and first-time donors to help others in need, with their donation of blood. All blood types save lives. Donors will receive a $20 Amazon gift card by email following the event.
For appointments, call 1-800-733-2767. Donors may also sign up and pre-register on line using RapidPass at redcrossblood.org
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Community College archaeology professor Jeff Spanbauer became a time-traveler on his summer vacation, joining archaeology expeditions in Britain and Michigan and uncovering the past. Spanbauer says he wants to understand why people did the things they did, and what the artifacts tell us about people then, and about us today.
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Archaeology is about more than digging, he said.
“Honestly, that’s the smallest investment of your time.”
It’s what happens after you dig and start piecing together the past – and wondering. Spanbauer joins expeditions as a volunteer. It’s worth his time, he said, because “I spend two weeks doing something fun, being part of something meaningful and doing good work.”
Digs bring together enthusiasts of all ages and from many nations, and the ones he’s been on in Britain attract tourists from near and far who stop to chat and admire.
“They are interested and eager to learn.”
While he hasn’t faced Indiana Jones’ poisonous snakes or vicious
antiquity looters, he had his share of challenges from weather and insects. He dove for shelter from a passing tornado in a World War II ammunition bunker. His biggest battle is usually against himself.
“I soon realize the difference between ‘gym strength’ and ‘work strength.’ It’s different pushing a wheelbarrow full of dirt and stones for six hours.”
The Roman dig was on his bucket list, so is a Viking site. He’s always wondered, who were they, really?
He’ll share his travels with students when he returns to his classroom this semester.
“When they can touch or see an article, it means more to them than a picture in a book. They’ll see an instructor who can bring real life experience to a classroom that a textbook can’t!”
Spanbauer is scheduled to teach Introduction to Archaeology for the first time this year.
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You can’t have too many friends, even if they are books
I have thousands of friends. In my basement.
They huddle and mingle within hundreds of books that line the shelves that I lovingly put together myself for their comfort –and my joy.
And those bookshelves are jammed because I keep buying books. Books that I might never read ... simply because I will run out of time.
The word “hoarder” has come up a few times. Jokingly. Sort of. Which is why I was pleased to see a Facebook post this week by my friend, Ricardo.
He shared a quote from author and philosopher Umberto Eco (“The Name of the Rose.”) And noted that Eco owned 50,000 books.
Eco had this to say about home libraries:
“It is foolish to think that you have to read all the books you buy, as it is foolish to criticize those who buy more books than they will ever be able to read. It would be like saying that you should use all the cutlery or glasses or screwdrivers or drill bits you bought before buying new ones.
“There are things in life that we need to always have plenty of supplies, even if we will only use a small portion.
“If, for example, we consider books as medicine, we understand that it is good to have many at home rather than a few: when you want to feel better, then you go to the ‘medicine closet’ and choose a book. Not a random one, but the right book for that moment. That’s why you should always have a nutrition choice!
“Those who buy only one book, read only that one and then get rid of it. They simply apply the consumer mentality to books, that is, they consider them a consumer product, a good. Those who love books know that a book is anything but a commodity.”
I doubt I will ever have as many books as Mr. Eco. I know I have at least 845. Actually there are hundreds more. I am still counting.
I make use of an online system available through librarything.com that allows me to file or index each
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book by title and author and any other detail I think is important including a book review. I add a photo of each book cover also.
Most of those 845 books I have listed are books I bought since I joined LibraryThing in July 2017. (I frequent a lot of used book outlets.) Much of my library has not been added yet.
I don’t buy books simply to read them. I give them a home. Books are my friends. Not sure there’s a better way to explain it. I bring them into my life and they stand ready for me when I need them. They give me support when I need it. Make me laugh. Make me cry. Make me angry. Mostly they remind me who I am or what I should be. Stuff like that. Friends.
Some would call that a library, and I find I am often buying a book because it deserves a place in my library. I am building something for the future. Not my future, which is a dilemma.
These books will need a home someday. Most of them have earned their place in literary history, not a landfill.
I’d love them to someday be part of a different kind of library – more of a literary museum. Where they can be borrowed and read and returned with a personal note. Notes that remind us how books become part of our personal lives.
This is a fantasy, of course. I imagine most of my books eventually will join those many piles of used books that I search through.
Maybe that’s OK, though. After all, every stack of books offers a treasure hunt and discovery is half the fun.
• Lonny Cain, retired managing editor of The Times in Ottawa, also was a reporter for The Herald-News in Joliet in the 1970s. His Paperwork email is lonnyjcain@gmail.com. Or mail The Times, 110 W. Jefferson St., Ottawa, IL 61350.
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1936: The U.S. wins the first Olympic basketball gold medal with a 19-8 win over Canada. The game is played outdoors on a dirt court in a driving rain in Berlin.
Pistol Shrimp win first Prospect League title
By KEVIN CHLUM kchlum@shawmedia.com
PERU – Hundreds of children stood in line outside a gate along the firstbase line at Schweickert Stadium chanting, “Pistol Shrimp, Pistol Shrimp.”
When the gate opened, they flooded onto the field to celebrate with the newly crowned Prospect League champions, first with the traditional running of the bases followed by high-fives and autographs as music blared over the loudspeaker, including “We Are the Champions.”
Soon, family, friends and other fans came onto the field to join the celebration of the Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp’s 4-2 victory Wednesday over Rex Baseball in Game 2 of the Prospect
League Championship Series, giving the Shrimp a series sweep.
“It feels pretty good,” Ottawa native Jared Herzog said. “This is my first ever championship in my collegiate career. This is the most wins I’ve ever had in my collegiate career. It’s surreal.
“This team meshed early on in the season. We had a lot of returning guys, so that helped. Brought the new guys in. From there, we just became family, and it felt like home.”
The on-field party lasted nearly an hour as manager/owner John Jakiemiec, Herzog and others were doused with water, players sported their new league champion shirts, took photos with the trophy and hugged family and friends. Jakiemiec stood in the dugout hugging players and accepting congratulations from fans.
It’s the first Prospect League title for the Shrimp, who debuted in 2019 as the DuPage Pistol Shrimp before moving to Peru in 2021.
The Shrimp finish with their best record at 39-21, eclipsing their previous best of 38-21 in 2022.
“It means the world to [general manager June Keeley] and I,” Jakiemiec said. “This is our fourth year here. It’s gotten bigger every year. The fans have really embraced the team. I had a chance to talk with Prospect League commissioner David Brauer after the game and he was beaming that the championship game was here in front of this crowd with this energy.
“I’m still soaking it in. I’m just very grateful for the support of the community.”
Herzog said the crowd’s energy
played a key role in the ninth inning.
For the first time all game, Herzog found himself in a jam as Rex loaded the bases with one out. After a mound visit, Herzog stuck out Caden Mason, and the crowd rose to its feet in anticipation.
“The emotions are everything, especially being a hometown kid. I’m right down the road, from Ottawa, so everybody knows my name,” Herzog said. “Just listening to the crowd yell after every single strike I threw in the ninth, that just shows you something.
“Energy is everything. The crowd can change everything.”
Herzog then struck out Gabriel Arroyo looking and he ran to hug catcher Brandon Mahler as gloves were tossed in the air and players and coaches rushed out of the dugout.
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Hundreds of children run the bases while giving players high-fives after the Prospect League Championship on Wednesday at Schweickert Stadium in Peru.
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Herzog, who was named MVP of the playoffs, earned the win in relief as he pitched six scoreless innings, allowing one hit while striking out 11 batters and walking three.
Herzog came on in the fourth with the Shrimp leading 3-2.
Rex scored in the top of the first inning when Eli Riley reached on a soft grounder in the infield, stole second base, took third when the throw went into center field and scored on a wild pitch.
The Shrimp tied it when Ryan Niedzwiedz launched a home run to start the bottom of the first for his third consecutive leadoff homer.
“They came with a lot of energy. They were really chirpy and had a loud bench that first inning,” Jakiemiec said.
“The moment he hit that home run, they knew they were in for a ballgame.”
The Shrimp went ahead 2-1 on a sacrifice fly by Spring Valley native Chance Resetich in the second, and after Rex tied it in the top of the third, Kyle Gibson walked and later scored on a balk in the bottom half.
Illinois Valley added an insurance run in the fourth on an RBI single by Tyler Dorsch.
“We missed some opportunities to extend some leads, but scoring one run in each of those first four innings was key to just let them know we were going to keep putting pressure on,” Jakiemiec said.
Niedzwiedz and Lucas Smith finished with two hits each. Niedzwiedz scored twice and drove in a run.
Zach Kempe started on the mound and tossed three innings, allowing two runs (one earned) on one hit with three strikeouts and one walk.
Members of the Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp
team celebrate after winning the Prospect League Championship against Rex on Wednesday, Aug. 7, at Schweickert Stadium in Peru.
Illinois Valley Pistol
pitcher Jared Herzog, of Ottawa, kisses the Prospect League trophy after the Shrimp won the Prospect League championship. Herzog was named playoff MVP. ABOVE: Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp player Tyler Dorsch nickname “Mr. Peru” poses for a photo with Peru Mayor Ken Kolowski after winning the Prospect League Championship.
LEFT: Members of the Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp baseball team pose for a photo after winning the Prospect League Championship.
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PUBLIC NOTICE
Ordinance #615, entitled AN ORDINAN CE APPROPRIATING FOR THE VILL AGE OF H ENNEPIN, COU NTY of PUTNAM, STATE of ILLI NO IS for the FISCAL YE AR 2025, was adopted July 17th, 2024, by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Hennepin The pamphlet form of Ordinance #615 is posted at the Village Hall, 627 E. High St., Hennepin, IL, where copies are available for public inspection The ordinance can also be view ed on our website at ww w.villageofhennepin.c om Diana Brandstatter
Hennepin Village Clerk
(Published in Putnam County Record August 14, 2024) 2183601
NOTICE IS FURTHER HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing on said Budget and Appropriation Ordinance will be held Wednesday, September 18, 2024 at 6:45 p.m., at the office of the Secretary of said District, 326 South Milan, Hennepin, Illinois, and the final action on said Ordinance will be taken by the Board of Commissioners of said District at the regular meeting thereof on Wednesday, September 18, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. at the office of the Secretary of said Dist rict, 326 South Milan, Hennepin, Illinois. Dated this 1st day of August, 2024.
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The Ci ty of Henr y is seeking a Skilled Laborer to perform routine and emergency manual work in constructi on, maintenance and repair of public works water, sewer and street infr astruc ture Must have a valid Cl ass B CDL. Union environment. Annual pay $33,758 00- $41,600.00 depending on qual if icati ons E- mail a resume to sher ry@henry-i l.com or call 309- 364-3056 to obtain an applicat ion.
LARGE LIFETIME COLLECTION ESTATE AUCTION
HENNEPIN PARK DISTRICT By: Board Secretary
A Li fetime Collection From the Muhl ach Estate (Leo's Studio' s) to be SoldLIVE IN PERSON ONLY at the DO WN TO WN ON SITE LOCATION of 604 8th St (Old City Brick Buil di ng by RR Tracks) in Mendota, IL on: SA TURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2024
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ESTATE OF LEO A. MUHLACH & NORMA LE E HOTCHKISS-MUHLACH, Mend ota, IL TT TUMBLESON AUCTION COMPANY, PRINCETON, IL
E-mail : ttauct ion@ yahoo. com or Phone 815- 872- 1852
Auct ioneers: TOM & MA RY TUMBLES ON / TI FFANY FOES
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the School board of School District Number 535 in the counties of LaSalle, Marshall, and Putnam , State of Illinois, that a tentative budget for said School District for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, will be on file and conveniently avail able to public inspection at the District Office in the Primary School Building 400 E Silverspoon Avenue, Granville, Illinois in this School District from and after 8:00 a.m. on the 16th day of August, 2024. Notice is further hereby given that a public hearing on said budget will be held at 6:30 p.m. on the 17th day of September , 2024, at the Primary School Building 400 E Silverspoon Avenue, Granville, Illinois in the School District Number 535, in the C ounties of LaSalle, Marshall, and Putnam , State of Illinois.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the School board of School District Number 535 in the counties of LaSalle, Marshall, and Putnam , State of Illinois, that a tentative budget for said School District for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, will be on file and conveniently avail able to public inspection at the District Office in the Primary School Building 400 E Silverspoon Avenue, Granville, Illinois in this School District from and after 8:00 a.m. on the 16th day of August, 2024. Notice is further hereby given that a public hearing on said budget will be held at 6:30 p.m. on the 17th day of September , 2024, at the Primary School Building 400 E Silverspoon Avenue, Granville, Illinois in the School District Number 535, in the C ounties of LaSalle, Marshall, and Putnam , State of Illinois.
Board of Education of School District No 535 in the counties of LaSalle, Marshall, and Putnam , State of Illinois.
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Putnam C ounty Record Cl assi fi ed Call : 833- 584-N EWS Emai l: classified@shawl ocal .com
STAT E OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCU IT C OURT OF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCU IT PU TNAM COUNT Y - IN P RO BATE In the Matter of the Estate of Cregg Andrew Olszanow ski, Deceased Case No. 2 024 PR 7
NOTICE OF CLAIM DATE
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The farm is located 3 miles northwest of Washburn, IL or 22 miles northeast of Peoria, IL. It is further described as being located in Sections 22, 23, 26 & 27, T29N-R2W, Richland Township, Marshall County, Illinois.
The J&B Farms Inc property is a truly unique property. A well-located combination of productive tillable farmland, mature timber, and recreational bottom land. It also has excellent whitetail deer and turkey hunting and the potential for immediate and future timber
Board of Education of School District No 535 in the counties of LaSalle, Marshall, and Putnam , State of Illinois.
J&B FARMS INC
Representing Attorney: Michael T. Mahoney, Ltd. 1011 North Second St, Chillicothe, IL 61523 | (309) 274-5451 Auction Manager: Kevin Haas (309) 264-7767
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Notice is given of the death of Cregg A ndrew Olszanowski, on March 26, 2024, and that Letters Testamentary were issued on July 11, 2024 to Ryan Olszanowski as Administrator of the Estate of Cregg Andrew Olszanowski, whose attorney is Robert G. Day, Jr., 201 W. McClure Ave., Peoria, Illinois 61604 and whose phone number is (309) 685- 2326.
Claims may be filed on or before the 7 th day of February, 2025, or 6 months from the date of the first publication of this Notice of Claim Date, whichever is later, and any claim not filed on or before that date is barred.
Claims against the Estate may be filed in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court, Putnam County Courthouse, Hennepin, Illinois, or with the representative of the Estate, or both. Within 10 days after a claimant files its claim with the Court, the claimant must mail or deliver a copy of the claim to the representative AND to his attorney, Robert G. Day, Jr., AN D file with the Court proof of mailing or delivery of said copy.
Dated this 20th day of July, A.D. 2024. Ryan Olszanowski, Administrator of the Estate of Cregg Andrew Olszanow ski Robert G. Day, Jr
Attorney for the Estate of Cregg Andrew Olszanowski
201 W. McClure Ave. Peoria, IL 61604
(309) 685-2326 hw ood7889@yahoo.com
(Published in Putnam C ounty Record August 7, 14, 21, 2024) 945109
Attention: Putnam County Republicans
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Our Family Sandwich Bags 150ct 3/$5
Snack Pack Pudding Cups 4pk 4/$5
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