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New gates await installation A barge holds massive new gates near the Starved Rock Lock and Dam, for the refurbishing of the structure to begin later this year. / Page 2 Vol. 146 No. 9

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Installation slated this summer for new Starved Rock lock gates Upper and lower lock gates stored on Illinois River

BY CRAIG STERRETT Shaw Media UTICA — Tourists, nature lovers and eagle watchers who venture out to the Illinois Waterway Visitor Center may notice some massive structures on barges near Starved Rock Lock and Dam. The large pieces will stay where they are throughout the winter and spring, says Allen Marshall, district spokesman for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Rock Island District.

The assistant lockmaster at the dam in Utica said the barges are storing both the upper and lower gates for Starved Rock Lock and Dam and the upper gates for the Marseilles lock.

This summer, the Corps and contractors will engage in major projects all along the Illinois River.

Long-range commercial shipping will halt from Dresden to Grafton through the summer and early fall on the Illinois River.

“The dates are going to be fluid based on Mother Nature,” Marshall said. As for Starved Rock, “their upper and lower miter gate installation is schedule for July 1 through Oct. 29. That will be a full closure of the lock.

“Originally there were six closures scheduled for 2020 and that was to do long-overdue maintenance,” Marshall said.

Businesses and industries that ship materials ranging from gravel and corn to oil, coal and sand have been preparing for the river closure and altering schedules and planned shipping methods. Marshall said industrial users believed it was easier for the Corps to do the projects “in one big chunk.”

“They’ve been coordinating these

closures for several years,” Marshall said.

“They are aging pieces of infrastructure, and if we don’t maintain them, they won’t function efficiently,” Marshall said.

Starved Rock Lock and Dam was constructed between 1926 and 1933.

The Corps plans work and closure this summer from the LaGrange dam near Grafton upstream and including locks at Peoria, Starved Rock, Marseilles and Dresden.

“Brandon Road is a little too much to get to this year,” Marshall said of the Joliet lock. “They’ll look at Brandon Road in a couple of years.”

The river will remain open for local recreational and commercial boats.

“One of the things we have been trying to be sure is communicated, is the locks are going to be closed, but the pools will still be open,” Marshall said. “There’s no drawdown of the river. Recreational boating can occur, they just can’t get from pool to pool.”

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Regional spelling bee will be Feb. 8 at Ottawa Township High School Local students from Tonica and Lostant set to participate ​T he LaSalle, Marshall, Putnam Regional Spelling Bee will be held on Saturday, Feb. 8, at the Ottawa Township High School Auditorium, 211 E. Main St. in Ottawa.

The bee will start at 9 a.m. Contestants are advised to arrive at or before 8:30 a.m. for instructions and seating assignments.

The 60th annual spelling bee, sponsored by the Peoria Journal Star, the Ottawa Kiwanis Club, and the LaSalle, Marshall, Putnam Regional Superintendent’s office, is open to the public and admission is free.

Thirty-three school district win-

ners will be competing for the county championship.

Representing Tonica Elementary School will be Olivia Barton, an eighth-grader. The alternate is Holly Gingerich, a sixth-grader.

Representing Lostant Elementary School will be Jaden Busch, a sixth-grader. The alternate is Salina Breckenridge, an eighth-grader.

The winner of the regional bee will then compete in the Grand Finals to be held at WEEK-TV Studios, 2907 Springfield Road, East Peoria, at 1 p.m. Friday, March 27.

The spelling bee will air at 9 a.m.

Saturday, March 28.

The first-place winner will receive a $50 gift certificate to Prairie Fox Books and a $200 cash prize provided by the William Ieuter Trust, and a first-place plaque.

The Stretch Miller Memorial Spelling Bee traveling plaque is

presented to the first-place winner for one year. The plaque will have the winner’s, name, school and year engraved on it. The traveling plaque is to be on display in the school of the winning contestant for one year.

Second prize will be a $50 gift certificate to Prairie Fox Books from the Regional Office of Education, a $100 cash prize provided by the William Ieuter Trust and a second-place plaque. Each participant will receive a trophy as winner of their school’s spelling bee.

Christopher Dvorak, LaSalle, Marshall, Putnam Regional Superintendent of Schools, in commenting on the spelling bee, said, “The spelling bee continues to be a high priority among the students, teachers, and administrators in the LaSalle, Marshall and Putnam County schools.”

ILLINOIS VALLEY

Ready to roll out new water park, outdoor pool later

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Matthew Kosch, vice president, and Bill Peterson, general manager at Grand Bear Resort at Starved Rock, stand next to the bear fountain at the front of the lodge. The owners have completed all repairs in the water park since a mechanical room fire caused extensive damage in the pool area and are excited to welcome guests to the renamed resort. entered receivership.

Sonnenschein launched into action last summer and Utica’s mayor was among the first to take note. David Stewart met with the new ownership and liked everything he saw and heard.

“Since the Sonnenschein Groupe purchased the Grand Bear Lodge last year, the village has definitely noticed the changes happening,” Stewart said. “We are very happy that the water park got back up and running after the fire occurred in January of 2018. The village looks forward to seeing the additional improvements being made to the Grand Bear Lodge, and we wish them great success.”

Improvements at the resort are by no means finished, but Kosch estimates the water park is about 90 percent complete. Among the most nota-

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ble improvements is a giant ceiling fan to circulate fresh air when the waters are being chemically treated.

The dumping bucket and flumes are operational again, and coming soon are new poolside furnishings and a mezzanine to expand seating.

Above all, Kosch and his partners are paying scrupulous attention to customer feedback, not least through social media.

“We really strive to listen to our guests,” he said. “Our ears are open.

We’re listening.”

Call Out to Old Tri County Conference Fans!

The new Timber Ridge Golf Club(formerly the Lacon Country Club) is in the process of remodeling and opening a new steakhouse/sports bar open to the public. The steakhouse will be called the “1923 Steakhouse” and the sports bar will be called “The Eagles Nest”.

The sports bar is going to feature old sports memorabilia from the Old Tri County Conference Schools. We are currently looking for sports memorabilia(jerseys, trophies, awards, signed equipment, articles, etc) to feature in our enclosed sports viewing area. We are in need of any sports memorabilia and can assure you your items will be displayed in an enclosed case and secure. We need jerseys from all sports and hope that we can secure jerseys from the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, 80’s etc that represent all of the old Tri County Conference Schools.

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UTICA — Those who have phoned Grand Bear in Utica and asked if their kids could play in the water park were likely told the water park was for guests only.

Not anymore. Two years after an accidental fire gutted the resort’s pump room, the water park is back up and running and the guests-only rule is being relaxed.

The resort’s new owners plan to issue sporadic “pop-up” passes for local kids to splash around at $5 a head.

It’s a different tack than what Grand Bear’s founders put in place 15 years ago. Local families now will be able to enjoy the water park on select days. The restaurant menu will be revamped with family budgets in mind.

And Grand Bear wants to have a back-and-forth relationship with the businesses and residents of Utica and neighboring communities.

“This is a family resort,” stated Matthew Kosch, vice president of the Sonnenschein Groupe, based in Oakbrook Terrace. “We love having weddings and we love having events, but this is a family water park.”

The Sonnenschein Groupe acquired Grand Bear in July and then quietly set about making façade improvements to the lodge, landscaping the grounds and, not least, refurbishing the water park.

None was an overnight project.

The exterior and grounds were in need of a major spruce-up after past owners battled debt and the lodge

And while the signage hasn’t been updated yet, the resort has a new name: Grand Bear Resort at Starved Rock. While guests might not notice many improvements at first blush — Sonnenschein anticipates a two- to three-year overhaul — the common areas, rooms and grounds all will be refurbished with the aim of making past consumer complaints a distant memory.

The former Grand Bear Lodge was by no means a failure. The village of North Utica collected $1.1 million in pillow taxes from the resort in the first four years of operations alone.

Those funds were crucial as the village recovered from a devastating tornado the year before Grand Bear opened in 2005.

Nevertheless, Grand Bear did not fulfill its potential. A combination of inexperienced management and bad timing (the Great Recession hit three years after opening) impeded the founders’ plans to host conventions and business conferences. The resort entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy by 2011 and was in receivership when the fire struck in January 2018.

Enter the Sonnenschein Groupe, which operates hotels and resorts across the world. Sonnenschein holdings are in Austria and the Caribbean islands of Antigua, but it had none in North America. Kosch said Sonnenschein couldn’t resist a family-oriented resort in Chicago’s backyard, and assembled an experienced management team to set about refurbishing the resort.

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PUBLIC HEALTH

Coronavirus still a low-risk situation in area Health department gets daily briefings from CDC and state

BY TOM COLLINS AND MICHAEL URBANEC Shaw Media A case of coronavirus has spread from one person to another in Chicago, but area health organizations are saying the risk in the Illinois Valley is still low.

A LaSalle County Health Department official said the agency is briefed daily by the Center for Disease Control and the Illinois Department of Public Health, and the agency is monitoring the situation closely.

“We’re in constant communication with our working partners and based on what the CDC is saying, people have developed mild to severe respiratory illness,” said Jenny Barrie, from the LaSalle County Health Department.

Barrie said the symptoms are similar to respiratory flu; the virus

causes fever, cough, shortness of breath, pneumonia and potential respiratory distress.

“It’s an evolving situation and we still have a lot to learn,” Barrie said. “The Cook County Health Department said the risk to the general public is low.”

Meanwhile, a LaSalle businessman who makes frequent trips to China, as well as Chinese boarding students at St. Bede Academy, have been monitoring the situation closely.

Jerry Phlippeau, president of the Flipo Group, a LaSalle-based importer and sales business, plans to be in China for business in April, and he’s convinced the epidemic will have leveled off by that time.

“I went through SARS — I was in China at that time — and I think it will run its course,” Phlippeau said, recalling the virus that swept through China in 2002 and 2003.

T h at s a i d , t h e c o ro n av i r u s already is having an impact on his business.

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At the health department, Barrie said prevention is important to keep in mind, and coronavirus can be combated in manners similar to other illnesses: • Wash hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds and if soap and water aren’t available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer.

• Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands.

• Avoid close contact with people who are sick with respiratory symptoms.

• Stay home when you are sick.

• Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue, then throw the tissue in the trash.

• Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces.

OSF Health Care, which has hospitals or medical facilities in Ottawa, Mendota, Streator and Pontiac, among other areas of the state, has been monitoring the situation as well: their experts believe the risk to most of the population is low.

down due the epidemic. The extended shutdown has been disruptive for the Flipo Group.

Chinese boarding students at St. Bede Academy of rural Peru are decidedly more worried than Phlippeau.

St. Bede Superintendent Ted Struck said the issue isn’t that their families are in the line of fire — most students hail from Hunan province, some distance from where the epidemic has raged — but rather, the conflicting U.S. and Chinese media reports have them concerned about the threat level.

“Chinese people know that what they read and what the media there spits out isn’t necessarily the case,” Struck explained. “So in a situation like this, they’re probably getting conflicting numbers between what they’re seeing here on TV and what their parents are getting back home.”

“They’re all very concerned.”

Earlier Jan. 30, Struck confirmed St. Bede canceled a trip planned in April to Hunan province. Several American students and teachers had planned to go. To avoid the stu-

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Feb. 20 court date set in former Streator funeral director’s case

BY TOM COLLINS AND MICHAEL URBANEC Shaw Media Victims of an alleged pre-paid funeral scheme in Streator should see reimbursement, said the Illinois comptroller’s office.

William “B.J.” Elias, 51, who had operated Elias Funeral Home in Streator, appeared Jan. 30 in court on 14 felony counts prosecutors said he stole more than $130,000 from “pre-need

OGLESBY — High school students in certain Illinois Valley Community College dual credit courses may pay as little as $30 per class next fall, the board’s audit finance committee learned Jan. 28.

IVCC’s administration is recommend-

ette Bolinski, Deputy Communications Director for the Comptroller’s Office. “If after the criminal trial is over and the victims have still not received their money back, they can apply for a refund through the Illinois Office of the Comptroller.”

Some of the victims who have loved ones who have died have been reimbursed from the Illinois Funeral Consumer Protection Fund, which gets $5 from every pre-need funeral contract sold in the state.

Elias is scheduled to appear in court Thursday, Feb. 20, on charges he stole from pre-paid funeral funds.

He will be represented by public defender Tim Cappellini. Elias’ case will go next to a grand jury on Tues-

day, Feb. 18, and he will seek trial dates two days later.

“Funeral directors who violate the public’s trust must be held accountable,” said Illinois State Comptroller Susana A. Mendoza. “I appreciate the priority LaSalle County authorities placed on this investigation, and I look forward to Elias’ victims receiving prompt justice.”

A June Illinois comptroller’s order said Elias submitted false annual reports to cover up the theft. His pre-need license was revoked in February and his funeral director’s license was revoked in October.

Elias is out on bond, having posted $7,500 after surrendering himself to Streator police.

ing the $30 fee for courses taught at high schools by qualified high school instructors.

In addition, the administration will recommend high school students enrolled in any IVCC online course pay just 75 percent of the tuition rate or about $95 per credit hour.

Courses taught at high schools by

IVCC instructors will maintain the 75 percent tuition rate, and students qualifying for free and reduced lunch will continue to pay just the $5 registration fee.

IVCC offers dual credit at 17 of its 21 district high schools, and about 10 percent of its enrollment is generated by dual credit.

For the second straight year, the administration is recommending no tuition increase.

At its 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13 meeting, the full board will consider a plan to freeze for a third consecutive year the combined tuition and universal fee rate at $133 per credit hour for 2020-21.

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funeral funds” over a 16-year span. If convicted of the most serious counts, Elias could face 3-7 years in prison.

Seven counts are for violating the Illinois Funeral Funds Act; four for theft with deceptive intent less than $10,000 and three for theft with deceptive intent on a senior citizen amounting to more than $5,000, according to court documents. All counts include the possibility of probation.

The Illinois State Comptroller’s Office previously stated in a press release Elias stole $136,112 in preneed funeral funds from 31 victims between 2003 and 2019.

“If the judge orders full restitution in the criminal case, the victims will be made whole that way,” said Jay-

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Breakfast Feb. 10 — Sausage patty with toast, granola, yogurt, cheese stick, fruit, juice/milk.

Feb. 11 — Waffle and syrup, granola, yogurt, cheese stick, fruit, juice/milk.

Feb. 12 — Biscuits and gravy, granola, yogurt, cheese stick, fruit, juice/milk.

Feb. 13 — Cheese omelet, granola, yogurt, cheese stick, fruit, juice/milk.

Feb. 14 — Poptart Friday, granola, yogurt, cheese stick, fruit, juice/milk.

Lunch Feb. 10 — Bacon cheeseburger, carrots, Goldfish, fruit, milk.

Feb. 11 — Cheese quesadillas, Spanish rice, bean with corn, pudding, fruit, milk.

Feb. 12 — Chicken bowl (popcorn chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, corn), fruit, milk.

Feb. 13 — Fish sticks with tartar sauce, broccoli, fries, cheese sticks, fruit, milk.

Feb. 14 — No lunch, early dismissal.

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Jaden Busch (right), a sixth-grader at Lostant Grade School, won this year’s geography bee on Jan. 29. The runner-up was fourth-grader Ian Walder (left) and third place went to eighth-grader Landon Mertel (center).

The geography bee started with 33 students from grades 4-8. Each student was allowed to miss two guestions before being eliminated. After 75 minutes, with seven rounds of questions, Busch was declared the winner. When asked how it felt to win, he replied, “Wait till my mom hears this!”

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IVSO announces winners of 2020 Young Performers Competition

OTTAWA — The Illinois Valley Symphony Orchestra has announced the winners of the 2020 Young Performers Competition held at Ottawa Township High School Auditorium on Jan. 4.

The winner of the junior division was Nora Maier, performing Fauré’s “Pie Jesu.” She is the daughter of Brandi Anderson-Maier and Michael Maier of Peru, and an eighth-grader at Parkside School. Her voice instructor is Jenilyn Roether.

The winner of the senior division was Emma Anderson, performing Hummel’s Trumpet Concerto, first movement. She is a senior at LaSalle-Peru High School, and the daughter of Todd and Doreen Anderson of Oglesby. Her trumpet instructor is Dave Peterson.

Winners in both divisions will be featured soloists with the Illinois Valley Symphony Orchestra at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 8, at the Ottawa Township High School Auditorium.

They will also perform with the IVSO at two educational school concerts on Feb. 21 at Ottawa High School.

The runners-up and honorable mentions will be featured in an honors recital at 6 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 7, at the Westclox Fine Arts Fac-

tory, 408 Fifth St. in Peru.

Sponsors for the March 8 concert are Season Sponsors Regional Media and Ottawa Radio, and Concert Sponsor Miller Group Charitable Trust.

Honorees of the 2020 Young Performers Competition in the junior division were Nora Maier, winner, voice, eighth-grader at Parkside School in Peru; Virginia Anderson, runner-up, clarinet, freshman at LaSalle-Peru High School from Oglesby; Emily Kmetz, honorable mention, voice, eighth-grader at Lincoln Junior High in LaSalle; and Gabriel Hawley, honorable mention, violin, eightgrade homeschooler from Seneca.

Honorees of the 2020 Young Performers Competition in the senior division were Emma Anderson, winner, trumpet, senior at LaSalle-Peru High School from Oglesby; Erin Daniel, runner-up, junior at Ottawa High School from Ottawa; Aubrey Garretson, honorable mention, flute, junior at LaSalle-Peru High School from Peru; Jaidynne Lash, honorable mention, flute, junior at LaSalle-Peru High School from Peru; and William Hawley, honorable mention, violin, senior homeschooler from Seneca.

Breakfast Feb. 10 — Breakfast slider or cereal, toast, granola, yogurt, fruit, juice, milk.

Feb. 11 — Waffle and syrup or cereal, toast, granola, yogurt, fruit, juice, milk.

Feb. 12 — Ham and cheese omelet or cereal, hash browns, toast, granola, yogurt, fruit, juice, milk.

Feb. 13 — Muffin or cereal, toast, granola, yogurt, fruit, juice, milk.

Feb. 14 — Powdered sugar or chocolate doughnuts or cereal, toast, granola, yogurt, fruit, juice, milk.

Lunch Feb. 10 — Turkey and gravy, mashed potatoes, juice box, fruit, dinner roll, zert pudding, milk.

Feb. 11 — Cheesy garlic French bread, marinara sauce, green beans, fruit, fruit snacks, milk.

Feb. 12 — Taco in a bag (taco meat, shredded cheese, refried beans, shredded lettuce, diced tomatoes, onions, salsa), fruit, nacho corn chips, milk.

Feb. 13 — Noodles, meat sauce, lettuce and salad dressing, fruit, garlic bread, gelatin with Cool Whip, milk.

Feb. 14 — Shaped chicken nuggets, dipping sauces, carrots, side kick, cookie, milk.

Putnam County Community Center Feb. 10 — Hamburger chow mein with Chinese vegetables and rice, coleslaw, pears.

Feb. 11 — Beef and noodles, cooked carrots, orange and apple slices, bread and butter, dessert.

Feb. 12 — Sliced turkey with bacon, lettuce and tomatoes, baked beans, chips, banana.

Feb. 13 — Fried chicken, mashed potatoes with gravy, green beans, peaches, roll with butter, dessert.

Feb. 14 — Roast beef, mashed potatoes, green beans, roll with butter, apricots.

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CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LaSALLE COUNTY, ILLINOIS ESTATE OF GARY J. FALASSI DECEASED. NO. 2019-P-248 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of GARY J. FALASSI of the City of LaSalle, LaSalle County, Illinois. Letters of office as Executor were issued on December 11, 2019 to WILLIAM C. FALASSI, PO Box 1, Utica, IL 61373 whose attorney is Nicholas Balestri of Bernabei, Balestri & Fiocchi, 149 Gooding St., LaSalle, IL 61301.

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