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16TH DISTRICT, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Kinzinger calls killing of Iranian general by U.S. ‘the right move’

BY BRENT BADER Shaw Media U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger has called the killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani “the right move,” but his political opponent in November said she is concerned about the repercussions.

Kinzinger, R-Channahon, spoke with CNN’s John Berman during the Jan. 3 “New Day” program to offer his support of the decision after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the airstrike was conducted due to “imminent threats to American lives.”

“If anyone is doubting whether there was imminent intelligence of something that was going to happen, just look at the last week,” Kinzinger said on the program.

“Stuff had already happened, right? The breaching of the U.S. base, the attack on American contractors at an American base we know wasn directed by Iranian proxies and those militias, so obviously Soleimani had a say in it. So the idea that something would be coming up soon is not really that far fetched.”

Kinzinger said it follows 30 years of “constant” Iranian provocations, which led to many deaths including 600 Americans.

“So when we respond not by targeting 100 people operating a surfaceto-air battery but targeting the man that has been driving this agenda with Iran for 20 years in the region, I think it was the right move,” Kinzinger said.

“Mess with the bull, get the horns,” Kinzinger tweeted Jan. 2.

Soleimani was killed following a U.S. airstrike near Baghdad’s airport the evening of Jan. 2 and was

the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, according to the Associated Press.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei war ned “harsh retaliation is U.S. Rep. waiting” for the U.S. Adam after the airstrike Kinzinger while Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called the killing a “heinous crime” and said his country would “take revenge.”

The United States urged American citizens to leave Iraq “immediately” following the Jan. 3 airstrike that killed Soleimani and nine others.

Kinzinger acknowledged the attack may result in further loss of American lives.

“Will there be escalation? Yes. But the escalation is not on our part. We’re finally responding to continued provocations by Iran,” Kinzinger said.

Democrat Dani Brzozowski, of LaSalle, who is now the lone Democrat running in the 16th District, criticized the decision in a press release saying it further escalates tensions with Iran and will lead to “endless wars.”

“Soleimani was certainly not an innocent man, but the tit-fortat, revenger-centric nature of President Trump’s approach to a complex situation for which he himself is partly responsible for demonstrates a blatant disregard for the consequences of his ‘foreign policy.’ ” She said the decision is evidence of Trump’s “contempt” for Congress and he should not have the authority to commit “an act of war” without Congress’ consent.

“Make no mistake: the latest error

is a grave one that will continue to implicate the U.S. Military in more endless wars that Trump claims to avoid, resulting in the loss of countless innocent lives and further destabilizing a region.”

Brzo zowski was critical of Kinzinger’s stance, noting Soleimani isn’t “a poor victim,” but she is concerned for the possible repercussions.

“At a time when the stakes are extraordinarily high, members of Congress like Adam Kinzinger, who should certainly know better given his military service, choose hawkishness and party lines over cooler heads and the delicate handling that tensions with Iran require,” Brzozowski said.

State Sen. Sue Rezin, running for Congress in the 14th District, also agreed with the decision calling it “strategically brilliant,” in a press release.

“This is peace through strength.

Iranians only respect power and the will to use it. No U.S. response to the storming of our embassy in Baghdad would have emboldened Iran to escalate their series of recent attacks,” she said.

Rezin said Trump wisely “turned the other cheek again and again again” in the past.

“But there comes a time when the tail of the tiger is pulled and the tiger needs to demonstrate the full force of its power. President Trump wisely did just that yesterday,” she said.

The United States is sending nearly 3,000 more Army troops to the Mideast following the killing of Soleimani.

of LaSalle County Broadcasting Corp.

McCullough closed out her career as the radio stations’ general manager on New Year’s Eve, and longtime local radio personality John Spencer became general manager on New Year’s Day. Spencer will be general manager and is president of Starved Rock Media Inc. As of midnight Jan. 1, Starved Rock Media Inc. owned and began operating WLPO, WAJK and WLWF (96.5 The Wolf).

Spencer, president and owner of

Starved Rock Media Inc., is starting his 28th year at the radio stations located east of Illinois Valley Community College. Spencer joined the staff as morning show host on WAJK and as production coordinator for LaSalle County Broadcasting.

“This wouldn’t have happened without Cathy Miller and Joyce McCullough’s commitment to keeping these stations local,” Spencer said of the sale.

Note to readers: The Associated Press contributed to this report.

IN BRIEF FCC approves transfer of licenses for three radio stations LaSalle County Broadcasting received authorization Dec. 31 from the Federal Communications Commission to transfer broadcast licenses for radio stations WLPO, WAJK and WLWF to Starved Rock Media Inc. “We closed on the sale of radio operations to Starved Rock Media at about noon today,” said Joyce McCullough, president

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TONICA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT

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Multiple area fire departments took part in a unique training exercise presented by the Tonica Volunteer Fire Department on Sept. 7, 2019, when an old house was repeatedly set ablaze and extinguished for training purposes.

Tonica’s emergency calls total 168 for the year TONICA — During 2019, the Tonica Volunteer Fire Department responded to 168 emergency calls, compared to 176 calls in 2018.

The 2019 calls consisted of 17 fires, 17 accidents, 112 medical-ambulance and 22 others.

In 2018, the calls consisted of 28 fires, 24 accidents and 110 medical-ambulance and 14 others.

For 2019, the 17 fire calls were nine structures, four vehicles, one field fire, one mutual aid change of quarters and two brush/debris. The 22 other calls were four odor Investigations, two pole (wires down), two weather storm watches, three good intent calls, two MABAS team activations, four false alarms, one smoke investigation and four hazardous conditions.

Fire or accident assistance was provided to Oglesby, Lostant, Leonore, Utica, Cedar Point-Standard, Grand Ridge, LaSalle and Hennepin.

Fire or accident aid was received from Oglesby, Utica, Leonore, Lostant, Cedar Point-Standard, LaSalle and Putnam County EMS. Ambulance medical aid was received from Oglesby, Lostant and Ottawa Fire.

Ambulance medical aid was provided to Grand Ridge.

In addition to the Tonica Area, the Tonica Fire Department provides emergency ambulance service to the Leonore and Cedar Point areas.

Tonica Fire provides these emergency services without property tax assessments.. knots, rigging, and rope rescue equipment, high-pressure rescue air bags, vehicle stabilization, cribbing, supply and attack hose loads and hose rolls, hose test procedures, hose streams and specialty nozzles, city and rural water supply, deck gun master streams and ladders.

Additional training Tonica Volunteer Fire Department members conducted fire prevention safety programs and participated in

various community events during the year.

Chief Al Stremlau conducted new member orientations with Gage Hoover, Rob Hoover, Morgan Brandner, Cody Anderson and Wendy Bernabei.

Deputy Chief of Training Rick Turri attended the following trainings outside of Tonica: • LaSalle County EMA weather related tabletop exercise at Peru Fire Station covering Carus, P.Q. and

Flint Hills Emergency Plans (Peru).

• Pipeline safety program (La­­ Salle).

• IFSI Fire Ground Communications (Granville).

• Naplate tornado resource review.

• Motor carrier safety class (Peru).

• IFSI pumper, tanker operations with rural water supply (Wenona).

Deputy Chief Rick Turri and Lt. Dan Francisco helped with portions of the Basic Fire Fighter Operations classes that were held at various area departments during the year.

Chief Stremlau completed a Leadership Principles for Fire Officers training at the Dalzell Fire Department.

Fire department directors, Chief/ President Al Stremlau and Treasurer Sue Huss completed the annual Strategic Planning and Financial Review of TVFD operations.

NIMS training • Cadet Firefighter Gage Hoover completed NIMS 100, 700, 800.

• Firefighters Cesar Mejia and Rob Hoover completed NIMS 100, 200, 700 and 800.

• Lt. Dan Francisco completed NIMS 144, 200 and 800.

The NIMS (National Incident Management System) Incident Command and Control structure was used by the department for various tabletop exercises and hands-on events.

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TONICA — The Tonica Volunteer Fire Department’s volunteers engaged in extensive fire and rescue trainings during 2019.

The many hours of trainings are conducted in order to stay proficient at the many tasks that are required to provide expert emergency services.

The topics they covered included the following: • Annual hazardous materials awareness refresher.

• Traffic incident management and accident scene safety.

• Blood-borne pathogens, infectious diseases and incident rehab for emergency responders.

• Driver training with emergency vehicles and review of driving SOGs. • Ladders.

• Tanker, fold-a-tank with rural water supply operations.

• Weather spotter training.

• Controlled burn (live fire using a residential structure) covering inside and outside operations.

• Pre-plan walk-through of target hazards and new businesses.

• Grain bin and confined space rescue training.

• Communications.

• SCBA drills including collapse escape drill.

• Rapid Intervention Team (RIT) SOGs, and hands-on review of RIT tasks with SCBA and tools needed for RIT team.

Some of the firefighting and operational trainings were conducted with the following Mutual Aid and Auto Aid departments: Oglesby, Cedar Point, Leonore and Peru departments.

Officer Lead Squad Trainings covered command and control, leadership, communications and organizational skills, along with the review and operation of apparatus and equipment.

Auto extrication included the use of hydraulic extrication tools to successfully complete agility and skill tests. Rescue personnel also reviewed a newer generation of extrication tools.

Because the situations that may require extrication are endless, multiple sessions covering extrication were conducted. These involved hands-on drills using various tools, on various vehicles, under various simulated accident conditions.

Focus trainings covered orientation, fire department history, firefighter safety, introduction to SCBA, (P.P.E.) Personal Protective Clothing, building construction, fire behavior, fire attack hose and nozzle, ropes,

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Baer drops from 16th Congressional District run Petition was short four signatures after challenges

BY BRENT BADER Shaw Media Dani Brzozowski, a LaSalle Democrat, will now challenge Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a Channahon Republican, for the 16th Congressional District as she runs unopposed in the Democratic primary.

Benjamin Baer, a Coal City social studies teacher who was running as a Democrat, announced on social media he will not be running in the primary after coming up short four petition signatures after some were discarded.

He collected signatures in October and November with friends and supporters on weekends and after work, but objections were raised over the final number collected.

“We were very grassroots and inexperienced, but we did collect a

number of signatures which we believed to be over the amount expected,” Baer said on Facebook.

“Challenges are fairly common in our state. They are part Benjamin of the game and it Baer is cheaper to eliminate a candidate through this process than it is to run a race against them,” Baer added.

The 2020 State of Illinois Candidates Guide issued by the Illinois State Board of Elections states that a candidate must have no fewer than 0.5 percent of the qualified primary electors of the part in the congressional district at the last presidential election. This year, that number for the 16th Congressional District was 607 signatures for a Democrat and 1,192 signatures for a Republican.

Efforts to track down some of the

SOCIAL SECURITY

Public hours expand at Social Security offices Full service returns on Wednesdays As of Jan. 8, Social Security offices nationwide will be open to the public on Wednesday afternoons, Andrew Saul, commissioner of Social Security, announced.

This change restores Wednesday public service hours that were last in place in late 2012.

“I don’t want someone to come to our office at 2:30 on a Wednesday only to find our doors closed,” Saul said.

In another move to improve service to the public, Saul announced the agency is hiring 1,100 front-line employees to provide service on the agency’s National 800 Number and in its processing centers.

The agency is currently bringing on board 100 new processing center employees and approximately 500 new teleservice representatives for the 800 Number. An additional 500 hires for the 800 Number will occur later in 2020.

“Improving service is my top priority,” Saul said.

Before the change, a field office was generally open to the public from 9 a.m. to noon on Wednesdays.

As of Jan. 8, offices will remain open until 4 p.m. on Wednesdays, with typical field office hours from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Saul reminds the public that most Social Security services do not require the public to take time to visit an office. People may create a my Social Security account, a personalized online service, at www. socialsecurity.gov/myaccount.

Through their personal my Social Security account, people can check personal information and conduct business with Social Security. If they already receive Social Security benefits, they can start or change direct deposit online, and if they need proof of their benefits, they can print or download a current Benefit Verification Letter from their account.

Many Social Security services are also available by dialing toll-free, 800-772-1213. People who are deaf or hard of hearing may call Social Security’s TTY number, 800-3250778.

eliminated signatures were unsuccessful and Baer came up short by four signatures, or 0.7 percent shy of the requirement. “The closeness of the whole situation proves how much impact a few people can make on the democratic process,” Baer said.

“It is disappointing that such a tactic will remove choice from the voters of the Congressional District 16. The suppression of an election is by its very nature undemocratic. Minutiae such as these also make it arduous for outsiders and working people to become involved in the political process,” he added.

Still, Baer accepted the loss as his own and acknowledged he could have “knocked on some more doors” or started earlier.

He suggests, “Next time, I will.”

“The goal of this whole endeavor was to learn more about the process and in the past few months, I have been taught countless lessons. My

resolution is to use this knowledge in the future to become more involved in the democratic process,” Baer said. “Our society needs less egos making decisions Dani and more individuals Brzozowski with life experience and level heads.”

The Democratic primary, in which Brzozowski will now run unopposed, is scheduled for March 17. The general election is set for Nov. 3.

In the 2018 race, four candidates vied for the Democratic nomination — nonprofit director Amy Murri Briel, immigration attorney Sara Dady, health care management consultant Neill Mohammad, and farmer and nonprofit director Beth Vercolio-Osmund — with Dady elected as the Democratic candidate.

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LASALLE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE La­Salle Street in Tonica for violation of an order of protection. He was transported to the LaSalle County Jail.

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The child is the second for Escatel and her partner, Alvaro Rodriquez.

Certified nurse midwife Barb Tieman from the Women’s Health Care Center at IVCH delivered the baby.

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Violation of order of protection LaSalle County deputies arrested Tyler Maschek, 33, of Tonica at 5:48 p.m. Dec. 30 in the 100 block of

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“And the stations are a legacy to longtime chief engineer Steve Vogler, who passed away Oct. 1.”

Miller sold the NewsTribune and Agri-News newspapers to Shaw Media around Labor Day 2019.

LaSalle County Broadcasting celebrated the 70th anniversary of WLPO-AM two years ago. The local radio stations have evolved through the years, but listeners should not expect many major changes.

“I’ve been involved in the dayto-day operations for a number of years, and obviously changes will happen; they’re inevitable. But we have no desire or intent to make any significant changes immediate at three successful radio stations,” Spencer said.

“There have been subtle tweaks to WAJK since I’ve been here, but WAJK has pretty much stayed in its lane, providing top-40 music for adults,” Spencer said.

WLPO has gone from a full-service AM with everything from farm markets, recipes and the clearinghouse, which was a radio-driven garage sale or trading post, to conservative syndicated talk and live local talk in the early 2000s. Today, it features a combination of news, talk and classic rock including a popular morning program.

Since Spencer became program director, LCB added 96.5 FM WLWF (The Wolf), which had been an oldies station.

“It’s a very popular station for younger country fans now,” Spencer said.

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The Lostant Grade School Student Council delivered a ton of holiday cheer recently as they distributed 573 Christmas cards. Students and staff were thrilled to receive messages from others.

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Breakfast Jan. 13 — Cinnamon roll, yogurt/granola, cheese stick, fruit, cereal, juice/milk.

Jan. 14 — Cheese omelet, yogurt/granola, cheese stick, fruit, cereal, juice/milk.

Jan. 15 — Banana bread, yogurt/granola, cheese stick, fruit, cereal, juice/milk.

Jan. 16 — Pancakes, yogurt/granola, cheese stick, fruit, cereal, juice/milk.

Jan. 17 — Poptart Friday, yogurt/granola, cheese stick, fruit, cereal, juice/milk.

Lunch Jan. 13 — Grilled cheese, tomato soup, crackers, celery with peanut butter, fruit, milk.

Jan. 14 — Taco salad bowl (meat, cheese, refried beans with cheese, peppers), fruit, milk.

Jan. 15 — Chicken patty sandwich, cheese, corn, fruit, milk.

Jan. 16 — Hot ham and cheese, red peppers with ranch, chips, fruit, milk.

Jan. 17 — French bread pizza, marinara, sidekick, Romaine lettuce, fruit, cookie, milk.

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Mark and Sarah Walczynski of rural Tonica hold a copy of The Tonica News on the summit of Temple IV at Tikal, a Mayan archaeological site located in the jungles of the Petén district of Guatemala. Settlement at Tikal first began during the Middle Pre-Classic period (approximately 1,000 BCE). Occupation at the site ended around the year 900 CE. If the site looks familiar, it was used as a filming location for Yavin 4 in “Star Wars: Episode IV, A New Hope.”

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LIFT event set for Jan. 19 in LaSalle LASALLE — Christian women of all ages are invited to attend a Ladies In Fellowship Together (LIFT) event at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 19, at the Grace United Methodist Church, 1345 Chartres St. in LaSalle.

The theme for the afternoon is “Beautiful, Inside and Out.” Group members will model clothing from Peru Mall’s Christopher and Banks inventory. Store manager Jo Ann will share fashion tips and strategies, while

showcasing clothes and accessories for all styles and ages.

All women in the Illinois Valley area are encouraged to come take a relaxing break.

The afternoon will include fellowship, fun, and a mix of healthy and indulgent refreshments. The snow date for the party is Jan. 26, if needed. RSVPs are encouraged, but are not required to attend. Contact Lois at 815-6631724 or vcroasdale@comcast.net.

Breakfast Jan. 13 — Pancakes, sausage patty and syrup or cereal, toast, granola, yogurt, fruit, juice, milk.

Jan. 14 — Oatmeal with choice of dried fruit, chocolate chips or brown sugar, fruit parfait or cereal, toast, granola, yogurt, fruit, juice, milk.

Jan. 15 — Scrambled eggs or cereal, hash browns, toast, granola, yogurt, fruit, juice, milk.

Jan. 16 — Mini pancakes and syrup or cereal, toast, granola, yogurt, fruit, juice, milk.

Jan. 17 — Glazed doughnut or cereal, toast, granola, yogurt, fruit, juice, milk.

Lunch Jan. 13 — Breaded pork patty, bun, baked beans, carrots, fruit, milk.

Jan. 14 — Mandarin orange chicken, egg roll, rice, peas, fruit, fortune cookie, milk.

Jan. 15 — Cheese bosco sticks, marinara sauce, lettuce and salad dressing, fruit, milk.

Jan. 16 — Popcorn shrimp or peanut butter and jelly sandwich, onion rings, juice box, fruit, zert pudding, milk.

Jan. 17 — Cheese or pepperoni pizza, lettuce and dressing, fruit, cookie, milk.

Putnam County Community Center Jan. 13 — Tuna, egg noodles, three-bean salad, applesauce, French bread.

Jan. 14 — Ground beef, spaghetti with sauce, lettuce with tomato and cucumber, peaches, garlic bread, dessert.

Jan. 15 — Chicken salad on bun, pasta salad, cooked carrots, fruit cocktail.

Jan. 16 — Sausage with sauerkraut, parsley potatoes, green beans, roll, mixed berries, dessert.

Jan. 17 — Swedish meatballs, egg noodles, mixed vegetables, tropical fruit mix, roll.

Bread, butter, fruit juice and 2% milk are available with meals.

For reservations, call 800-757-4579, 24 hours in advance of the day’s meal. The menu is subject to change. Meals are available to senior citizens 60 plus at no cost, but donations are appreciated.

The meal program is partly funded by donations, so they have a suggested donation of $5 per meal. Lunch is served at 11:30 a.m.

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