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VOLUME 145 NO. 42 • tonicanews.com

Friday, September 27, 2019

Making concrete progress

Construction crews at the new Casey’s General Store in Tonica have been busy with concrete work as they prepare the site, which will feature ample parking and several fuel pumps. The existing Casey’s, located farther south on Route 251 at Pontiac Street, has less parking space available for customers. (Tonica News photo/Dave Cook) Vol. 145 No. 42 One Section 12 Pages

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LASALLE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT

Putnam County public defender enters plea in prostitution solicitation case Bolin pleads guilty to battery, sentenced to court supervision

BY TOM COLLINS Shaw Media OTTAWA — Putnam County’s public defender pleaded guilty Sept. 18 to a misdemeanor charge filed in LaSalle County Circuit Court in connection with a prostitution sting completed earlier this spring.

Roger Bolin, 65, pleaded guilty to one count of battery, a Class A misdemeanor, carrying up to a year in county jail.

However, under the plea presented to Chief Judge H. Chris Ryan Jr., Bolin was sentenced to a year of court supervision, a non-reporting form of probation that would result in dismissal of the charge if and when it is successfully completed.

Bolin’s record could remain clean a year from now.

Bolin also was ordered to pay a

$750 fine.

When Ryan asked for a factual basis for the plea, assistant LaSalle County State’s Attorney Jason Goode said the facts would show Bolin touched Roger a woman, identified Bolin only as Nicky, on the Putnam shoulder. All other County public charges were disdefender missed as part of the plea.

Bolin declined an opportunity to address Ryan. Outside the courtroom, Bolin and Ottawa defense attor ney Dar rell Seigler both declined comment.

LaSalle County State’s Attorney Karen Donnelly, who was not in the courtroom, could not be immediately reached for comment.

Bolin’s plea comes on the heels of a ruling that may have spurred the Sept. 18 plea. The previous week, Ryan ruled investigators who organized the prostitution sting got the OK to make an “overhear” recording while nine men, including Bolin,

allegedly tried to solicit prostitutes.

But that recording may not be played for a jury.

James G. Schaefer of Peru, one of the nine suspected “johns,” hoped Ryan would throw out his case by barring the recording and everything in it, alleging the recording was illegal. LaSalle County prosecutors urged Ryan to uphold the recording. He did neither.

In a mixed ruling, Ryan refused to suppress the recording and to kick the legs out from under Schaefer’s case.

The judge ruled that prosecutors cannot use the recording in making their case. The only way jurors will learn what was caught on tape is if prosecutors think a key witness is lying, in which case they can trot out the recording and let jurors decide whether to believe the witness or the tape.

With the inconclusive ruling in hand, the stage was set for both the prosecution and the defense to cut their losses and reach a plea for Bolin, and possibly for the remaining suspects.

TONICA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT

Firefighters respond to 17 calls in August Old rescue truck put up for sale TONICA — At the September meeting of the Tonica Volunteer Fire Department, Chief Al Stremlau reported there were 17 emergency calls during August.

The calls included three fires consisting of a mutual-aid structure fire in Utica; a mutual-aid structure fire in Lostant; and a grass fire along Interstate 39.

There were also two accident calls, nine ambulance requests, one good intent call for a car fire, one call for a nuisance garbage fire and one hazardous condition caused by a small anhydrous ammonia leak.

Stremlau thanked everyone who helped with the Tonica Fest celebrations. This included fire department members, as well as community members who support the

This 1988 Ford medium-duty rescue truck has served the Tonica Volunteer Fire Department well for the past 30 years, but was recently replaced. The old rescue truck on display outside of the fire department is for sale.

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Tonica News file photo operation of the department.

He also noted the fire department has received updated MABAS box cards from the Peru Fire Department.

Training for the month included EMS respiratory emergencies, and multiple exercises focused on vehicle extrication.

The membership reviewed the application of Cody Anderson and accepted him as a probationary cadet member. Anderson is the fifth generation of his family who will be serving with the Tonica Volun-

teer Fire Department.

Assistant Chief Bill Gray performed annual maintenance on pumper-tanker 1716. He also reported on the progress of the replacement of rain gutters damaged earlier in the year.

After the meeting, members reviewed the operation of the rescue winch that is part of the new rescue truck.

The old rescue truck on display outside of the fire department is for sale. Contact any department member if interested.

TRI-COUNTY DRUG ENFORCEMENT NARCOTICS TEAM

LASALLE — On Sept. 17 at about 3:15 p.m., the Tri-County Drug Enforcement

Narcotics Team (Tri-DENT), assisted by the LaSalle Police Department and Peru Special Investigations, conducted a controlled purchase of less than 1 gram of purported cocaine from Tyler W. Dennis,

24, of Wenona and Maceo M. Johnston, 22, of DeKalb in the 900 block of Third Street in LaSalle.

Following further investigation, both Dennis and Johnston were charged

with unlawful delivery of a controlled substance — cocaine (a Class 2 felony.) Dennis and Johnston were later transported to the LaSalle County Jail to await a felony bond hearing.

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A CLOSER LOOK

‘A disgusting, nasty person’ Clinician, patient, documentary filmmaker recall abortion doctor’s life

By KATIE SMITH

ksmith@shawmedia.com FORT WAYNE, Ind. – It’s been six years since Dr. Ulrich “George” Klopfer performed his last known abortion.

The vacant clinic building at 2210 Inwood Drive has cobweb-veiled windows and gas station coffee cups lined neatly along the window sill, suggesting the property has been neglected for years.

But residents who live and work nearby each have their own stories about the frail, gray-haired abortion doctor who, for years after the office closed, visited the building every week. He slept in the basement and left town the next day like clockwork.

“He would make the drive from Crete, Illinois, and best I could tell just went into the abortion facility and spent the night,” said Cathie Humbarger, executive director of Allen County Right to Life, which has a building next door to the clinic. “And the next morning you’d see him, depending on the season, either shoveling snow or trimming bushes.”

Klopfer, who acquaintances described as “lonely” and “reclusive,” died of natural causes Sept. 3. The discovery of more than 2,200 preserved fetal remains stored in cardboard boxes in the garage of his Will County home has left his family, former patients and colleagues in disbelief.

Many have speculated about why the abortion doctor, described as a “hoarder” by his neighbors in Crete, might have held on to those remains.

Some, such as Dr. Geoffrey Cly – who was Klopfer’s backup physician for three years – wonder whether it began as an attempt to cut corners and avoid the cost of safely disposing of biohazardous materials.

“Could he have started that process because he didn’t want to pay extra money?” Cly wondered. “ … Maybe that was an initial thought, but then it seems like it morphed into a pathological behavior, just collecting them and collecting them.”

Cly said Klopfer prided himself in helping women “avoid suffering” by ending their unwanted pregnancies, but the harm he caused them through “sloppy” procedures seemed to add to the women’s suffering. One woman had to undergo a hysterectomy after

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Investigators remove several filing cabinets, boxes and other items from the former abortion clinic owned by Dr. Ulrich “George” Klopfer on Thursday in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Klopfer operated on her, Cly said.

Early career

Klopfer received a medical degree from the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1971, and was licensed to practice in Illinois, Florida and South Dakota by the time he went to South Bend, Indiana, in 1978.

Klopfer began his career in 1974 performing abortions in Chicago. He would go on to operate three Indiana-based clinics in South Bend, Gary and Fort Wayne. Klopfer established his Fort Wayne clinic in a building across the street from the Statewood Baptist Church, and Humbarger soon established her Right to Life facility next door.

“As I looked out my window, I could see people going in and out of the abor-

tion facility. It was especially heart-wrenching on procedure day, which was Thursday,” Humbarger said. “I would see the women go in, and then when they came out after their procedure, many of them would be stumbling down the steps. They would have an arm around the person who brought them Geoffrey Cly and an arm around a staff member from the abortion facility, staggered to the car and pretty much collapse in the back seat.”

Serena Dyksen was 10 years old when she received an abortion from

Klopfer. She described the experience as the most “excruciating pain” she’d ever felt. During the procedure, Klopfer told her to “stop making noise,” she said.

“Many years later, I would find a journal of my mom’s where she wrote she could hear me screaming in the waiting room, but they would not allow her to come back with me,” Dyksen said.

When women began regularly presenting at emergency rooms with pain, infections and fetal remains in their uteruses, Cly wondered who was performing these seemingly “botched” abortions, and why he or she was allowed to practice medicine.

“That’s when I found out about this abortionist who only comes into town one day a week and then leaves, does

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Mark Archer, a documentary filmmaker who interviewed Klopfer in October 2018 at the Fort Wayne clinic, said the trauma Klopfer endured during the firebombing of Dresden played a big part in shaping him.

“The gospel of George Klopfer goes like this: ‘In the beginning, the air forces bombed my home and destroyed everything, and I saw a bunch of people die,’ ” Archer said.

“That painted every aspect of his life after that.”

Klopfer was 4 years old and living with his aunt near Dresden in February 1945 when

Officers from the Fort Wayne Police Department search the former abortion clinic owned by Klopfer on Thursday in Fort Wayne, Indiana. hundreds of British and American bombers attacked the city in a series of raids, burning more than 1,600 acres of the city and killing civilians, many of whom were women, children and the elderly.

Archer and his wife, Amber Archer, spent a year filming a documentary about the abortion doctor’s career.

“Toward the end, he really seemed like he was looking for an answer for his life,” Amber Archer said. “He really did.”

During their interview with Klopfer, he spoke candidly about his experience in Dresden.

“Where we lived at that time, the Russian soldiers were driving through the fields with their AK-47s, shooting at anything and everything,” Klopfer told the Archers. “The house across the street from us was destroyed in the bombing – [not] the Dresden bombing, but another bombing, and most of that family got killed.

“So, ahh ... the effects of the war may have probably not have had a positive effect on my perception, OK?” The Archers later confirmed that Klopfer could have lived in Dresden at the time of the bombing raids, and the story seemed to check out, they said.

“No. 1: I was very sad for the boy who became the mon-

Cathie Humbarger, executive director of Allen County Right to Life, speaks to Shaw Media at the woman’s clinic in Fort Wayne, Indiana. ster,” Mark Archer said. “No. 2: Whereas most people would see living through a horrific event like your home being firebombed, and they would take away from that, ‘Let’s promote peace, let’s promote life,’ and George took away from that, ‘Let’s replicate that thousands of times over.’ ”

Klopfer’s downfall

Between 2010 and 2013, Cly said he treated only one woman with an infection related to an abortion procedure performed by Klopfer.

“In those three years, he cleaned himself up and he wasn’t as sloppy. … He didn’t leave any more pieces inside women, so I felt like some of

the women were protected.”

By 2013, complaints against Klopfer became more frequent, however.

“I would tell [women], ‘Look, if you’re going to do an abortion, do not do it in town,’ ” Cly said. “Do not do it with George Klopfer because your life will be in jeopardy.”

That year, Klopfer was accused of failing to report that he had performed abortions on 13-year-old girls in Gary and South Bend, and of omitting information on mandatory reports, among other complaints.

“At that point I said …

‘What you’re doing is awful,” Cly said, “and I’m no longer going to be that backup physi-

The remains

It’s unclear to police and prosecutors why the wellknown abortion doctor was hoarding the remains of thousands of fetuses in the garage of his Crete Township home.

Investigators have determined the fetal remains dated from 2000 to 2002. The remains were sealed in small, plastic bags, containing formalin, a chemical used to preserve biological materials, and stored in 70 cardboard boxes.

Will County authorities are working with the Indiana Attorney General’s Office to transfer the remains to their custody for their investigation.

Only hours before a news conference, investigators with the Indiana Attorney General’s Office and local police began searching Klopfer’s Fort Wayne clinic. After spending more than seven hours searching through the clutter reportedly inside, investigators began loading boxes of Klopfer’s belongings into a large U-Haul truck Thursday.

It wasn’t immediately clear what, if anything, was found.

A search of the doctor’s Indiana clinic turned up no more remains, but thousands of patient medical records were discovered, authorities have said.

“It all goes to the God complex,” Mark Archer said. “He was just nasty. He was just a disgusting, nasty person.”

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cian for your emergencies if they happen.’ And that caused him to not be allowed to do any more abortions.”

In 2014, Klopfer was charged in Indiana with failing to report to state officials within three days of performing an abortion on a 13-yearold girl. He ultimately entered a pretrial diversion program and was sentenced to $330 in fees and 24 hours of community service.

The same year, the Indiana State Department of Health filed a complaint to close Klopfer’s Women’s Health Pavilion facility in South Bend, where Klopfer performed his last documented abortion Nov. 5, 2015.

His license to practice medicine in Indiana was suspended the next year.

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not provide any coverage or emergency care for the patients he’s doing abortions on,” Cly said.

In 2010, Cly agreed to work as Klopfer’s backup physician and provide care for patients who required treatment after their abortions. They met in person only once, to finalize paperwork regarding their relationship.

“He had a guard who was outside, and she was reportedly pretty tough,” Cly said. “I remember her having a weapon – she was an armed guard, and she would sit up on the stairs out there.”

Early in their conversation, Klopfer offered a troubling piece of information about his childhood in Germany, where he witnessed the Allied firebombing of Dresden during World War II, in which more than 22,000 people were killed.

“He was somehow relating that to … how many lives of women and children were killed in the bombing, and somehow that was OK then, but it’s not OK to have abortions now,” Cly said.

“I thought, ‘Oh, my gosh. Is he getting revenge on the Americans because of what the Americans did to his people during the war?’ That was a question I had in my mind, and now knowing the keeping of several thousand babies’ remains and the other perverted stuff that I heard he was saying to women, and the way he treated women during abortions, I think that is a more valid theory now.

“It’s sad, sick and disgusting.”

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ILLINOIS VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

College’s new website a topic of discussion It’s designed to recruit and also retain students OGLESBY — Illinois Valley Community College’s new mobile-friendly website was the topic of the “campus update” portion of the recently held monthly board meeting.

Director of Admissions, Records and Transfer Services Quintin Overocker and educational technologist Dawn Lockwood provided a general overview of the new website

launched this summer.

Overocker said the entire site is now mobile-responsive, meaning it can be viewed on any device — smartphone, tablet or desktop computer.

“The site’s design is first and foremost to recruit and retain students,” he said. “The clean, contemporary look helps define IVCC’s brand. And the user-friendly design focuses on the needs of students and community members.”

Lockwood and Overocker also showed a student testimonial creat-

ed by student trustee Matthew Klein and two short films produced by Chicago Productions of Peru. Video will be a vital element of the new site, Overocker said.

In other business, the board approved a “letter of agreement” regarding overload pay for union faculty.

Full-time faculty overload pay will increase from $680 to $700 per credit hour this academic year and from $690 to $720 per hour in 2020-21. The change will be made to the current

three-year collective bargaining agreement between the board and Union Local 1810 of the American Federation of Teachers.

Under the accord, the union voluntarily agreed to withdraw all unfair labor practice charges currently filed with the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board.

The ag reement also addresses the “scope and processes” of IVCC’s labor-management team, the Educational Excellence Council (EEC).

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therefore applicants must submit only one essay application. Individuals may only win one time per species.

The following breeders have donated animals for the 2019 contest: steer/heifer from Schafer Stock Farm, Owaneco; wether/ewe from Jacob Black, Streator; barrow/gilt from Brockman Farms, Verona; and goat wether/doe from Woodside Farm/Robson Family, Marseilles.

Applicants will need to submit their essay, parent/guardian approval, and a complete essay application form. To be judged, applications will need to be postmarked no later than Monday, Oct. 15.

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Winners of the contest will be announced at the 2019 LaSalle County Stockman’s Harvest Rewards Banquet on Tuesday, Nov. 26. Winners will be notified and must be present at the banquet to win. For more information, visit the Stockman Facebook page or call Janell or Dan Lukach at 815488-4020.

OGLESBY — Illinois Valley Community College will host its fall ag open house for all prospective students and parents on Tuesday, Oct. 8, in Rooms CTC124-125. Session I will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and session II will be from 6 to 8 p.m.

Guests will interact with current IVCC students and faculty, learn about the program and tour campus. Enrollment, financial aid and scholarship information will be provided.

An Ag College Fair for current students will be from 2 to 3 p.m. featuring representatives from the University of Illinois at Urba-

na-Champaign, Illinois State University, Southern Illinois University and Western Illinois University.

“It’s an exciting time in our program as we’re continuing to grow and embarking on new learning and storage spaces. This event is a great opportunity for prospective students and their parents to learn about us,” said instructor and program coordinator Willard Mott.

Students are asked to preregister online by Friday, Oct. 4, at www. ivcc.edu/agopenhouse.

For more information, contact Mott at 815-224-0413 or willard_ mott@ivcc.edu.

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OGLESBY — Illinois Valley Community College’s Wind Ensemble will offer a free concert at 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 3, in the Dr. Mary Margaret Weeg Cultural Centre.

The performance will include the music of John Williams, Malcolm Arnold, James Barnes, Glenn Osser, Clifton Williams, Harold Arlen and John Philip Sousa. Selec-

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STREATOR — Applications are now being accepted for the LaSalle County Stockman’s Association essay contest.

The Stockman’s Association’s “Win a Show Animal” essay contest” is open to any LaSalle County 4-H member, LaSalle County FFA member or resident exhibiting at the LaSalle County Junior Fair.

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Dynamic Controls Inc. sponsors HVAC scholarship at IVCC

OGLESBY — Dynamic Controls Inc. recently donated $10,000 to the Illinois Valley Community College Foundation to endow a scholarship for students seeking the Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) certificate.

The first recipient of the scholarship, Guadalupe “Gio” Ortiz of Spring Valley, recently graduated from IVCC’s Adult Education “Bridge to Manufacturing” program. A father of four, Ortiz received $1,000 for tuition, books and educational expenses.

“I came to the U.S. from Durango, Mexico, for a better life in the U.S.,” said Ortiz. “Having an education will help me provide a better future for my family.

My goal is to get my HVAC certificate, eventually own my own business and help others in the process.”

IVCC President Jerry Corcoran said the scholarship will open doors to high-demand careers.

“Mr. Ortiz’s appreciation for the award is genuine and heartfelt,” said Corcoran.

“He believes it will help him learn a new trade and secure his family’s well-being.”

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According to local statistics from the Illinois Department of Public Health, up to 14 percent of persons have been diagnosed with diabetes. Diabetes is a serious chronic disease posing a major health problem. In the United States, nearly 30.3 million have been diagnosed, and in Illinois, 12.5 percent of adults have diabetes.

An estimated 84 million Americans have pre-diabetes, of which 3.6 million live in Illi-

nois. Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death nationally and in Illinois. Individuals with diabetes are at an increased risk for heart disease, stroke, blindness, kidney failure, dental disease, and lower extremity amputations.

The “Back on Track” group will meet from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 3, and Tuesday, Dec. 10, at Bruce Township at 216 N. Sterling St. in Streator.

Food demonstrations and tastings will be included.

To register, call the U of I Extension at 815224-0889 by Oct. 1 for the first meeting, and by Dec. 6 for the second.

If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate or need more information, contact the U of I Extension’s Nutrition and Wellness Educator Susan Glassman at 815-224-0889.

Extension offices are located in Princeton, Ottawa, Henry, and in Oglesby on the IVCC campus. The mission of University of Illinois Extension is to provide practical, trustworthy education to help people, businesses and communities solve problems, develop skills and build a better future.

Breakfast Sept. 30 — Breakfast pizza or cereal, toast, granola, yogurt, fruit, juice, milk.

Oct. 1 — Waffle and syrup or cereal, toast, granola, yogurt, fruit, juice, milk.

Oct. 2 — Cheese omelet or cereal, hash browns, toast, granola, yogurt, fruit, juice, milk.

Oct. 3 — Sausage, egg and cheese English muffin or cereal, toast, granola, yogurt, fruit, juice, milk.

Oct. 4 — Powdered sugar or chocolate doughnuts or cereal, toast, granola, yogurt, fruit, juice, milk.

Lunch Sept. 30 — Hamburger, cheese slice, pretzel bun or hamburger bun, baked beans, juice box, fruit, potato chips, milk.

Oct. 1 — Crispy chicken patty, bun, tater tots, side kick, fruit, milk.

Oct. 2 — Tacos, fruit and veggie bar, chips, milk.

Oct. 3 — Toasted ravioli, marinara sauce, cheddar cheese cubes, green beans, fruit, milk.

Oct. 4 — Cheesy garlic French bread, marinara sauce, lettuce and salad dressing, fruit, cookie, milk.

Putnam County Community Center Sept. 30 — Barbecue pork chops, brown rice, asparagus, citrus fruit cup.

Oct. 1 — Barbecue pulled pork on bun, coleslaw, baked beans, applesauce, chips and dip, dessert.

Oct. 2 — Breaded veal patty, scalloped potatoes, stewed tomatoes, apple with peanut butter, wheat bread and butter.

Oct. 3 — Ham slice, scalloped potatoes, baked beans, roll with butter, apricots, dessert.

Oct. 4 — Deli turkey with tomato, lettuce and wheat bread, garlic potatoes, split pea soup, sliced peaches.

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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IN THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF LASALLE COUNTY Estate of WILLIAM A. MARKS, Deceased.

No. 2019-P-180 NOTICE TO CLAIMANTS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the death of WILLIAM A. MARKS. Letters of office as Independent Executor were issued on September 4, 2019 to CAROL SCHINZEL, 508 N. Locust Street, Wenona, Illinois 61377 and whose attorney is M.G. GULO & ASSOCIATES, LTD., 123 S. Monroe Street, Streator, Illinois 61364.

The estate will be administered without Court supervision, unless under Section 5/284 of the Probate Act (Ill. Compiled Stat. 1992, Ch. 755, Par. 5/28-4) any interested person terminates independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the Clerk.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court, 119 W. Madison Street, Ottawa, Illinois 61350, on or before April 1, 2020, or if mailing or delivery of notice from the representative is required by Section 5/18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed within that period is barred.

Copies of any claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the estate representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed with the Clerk.

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