Japan Trench Carlsberg R Arabian Basin Philippine Basin Aleutian Basin Northwest Pacific Basin Mariana Trench e Kuril - Kamchatka Trench S a h a r a D e s e r t Plateau of Tibet Gobi Desert Ural Mts. S i b e r i a Atla s Mts. H i m a l a y a Alps Caucasus PACIFIC OCEAN N ige r Nile R h i n e D nie p er Me k on g Ganges Volga Ob' Yenisey Lena Yangtze Danube Euphrates Irtysh Angara Aldan Lena Amur Huang Salween Indus L. Chad L. Balkhash L. Baykal Norwegian Sea Sea North Sea Mediterranean Sea Baltic Sea Black Sea Aral Sea Arabian Sea Bay of Bengal South China Sea Sea of Japan (East Sea) East China Sea Yellow Sea Sea of Okhotsk Barents Sea Kara Sea Leptev Sea Caspian Sea Red Sea AFRICA EUROPE A S I A 15 N 30 N 45 N 60 N 75 N countyenews.com ONLINE AT $1 Volume XIV • Issue 5 Thursday, March 12, 2015 Toulon, Illinois Traditional in style, progressive in thought A STARK COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS NEWSPAPER Where in the World is The Stark County News? The News has been all over the globe, and now it’s your turn! Take a paper with you on vacation or whenever you travel, snap a pho- to, and send it to [email protected]The Stark County News Advertise your garage sale in the Prairie Shopper and The Stark County News! By Jason Museelman [email protected]Toulon City At- torney Bruce Feh- renbacher revealed Monday night that he and council members Donna Lefler and Con- nie Jacobson had met with States Attorney Jim Owens regarding the alledged misuse of city funds. However, Fehrenbacher held any further discussion for an executive ses- sion. At the February meeting, Mayor Larry Hollis said the council was planning on sit- ting down with Owens to review expenses and see about pursu- ing the investigation further with possible criminal charges. The News was first to report one year ago that Menards receipts included items that were questionable and many of the items could not be account- ed for by the city. After our report, retired su- perintendent of water and sewer Shane Mil- roy came forth to de- fend himself against wrong doing. The council and Owens now must de- cide the next step af- ter a lackluster Illinois State Police report shed little addition light. In other business, the council was in- formed of a sewer tile problem in the Mus- selman subdivision. Mike Richardson re- ported they are work- ing to remedy the sit- uation and will bring reports in the near future on replacement costs. The council ap- proved employee pol- icies, which includes a list of holidays and how many vacation days, sick days, etc. that employees will receive. Several mem- bers questioned a clause that said em- ployees get 20 carry over days of vacation. According to dis- cussions at the meet- ing, the days stem from when Mayor Col- lins “let go” employee James Gerard. Gerrard was given 20 days paid vacation and so was every employee to be fair. However, the 20 days was a onetime allotment and regular vacation days could no longer carry over. The 20 days were the only carry over days and when they were used, they were gone and didn’t accumulate again. The council will look into the actual wording of the 20 days previously approved. The employee policy By John A. Ballentine [email protected]Bradford has a new police chief, with the oath of office taken by Landon Horrie Mon- day evening during the village’s monthly board meeting. Horrie re- places his uncle, Pat Horrie, as police chief who resigned last month. The new chief then pre- sented the board of trustees with a monthly report of activity by the Bradford Police Department. Pat Koga, minister of the First Baptist Church of Brad- ford spoke with the board in- forming them that the church will hold a Gospel Crusade. Koga explained that the event will be held on church property, with worship bands performing outside during the August 28-30 dates. There will be local speak- ers during the three day Brad- ford area revival. Youth night will be Friday the 28th, and there will be, “Fabulous free food!” as their flyer advertises. Hours for each day are Fri- day 6 p.m. – 10 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. – 10 p.m. and Sunday 1:30 p.m. – 10 p.m. The church is located at 111 Bonita Avenue, Bradford. For questions, con- tact Pat Koga at 309-883-2884 or email: koga.pat09@gmail. com. Approval was unanimous for a revised Bradford liquor li- cense ordinance. Changes involve a word change to correct a ty- pographical er- ror; the fee being raised from $800 to $850; license holders must file two weeks prior to the expiration of their state and local licenses; and how the fees are received. Acceptable forms of fee pay- ment may be with cash, mon- ey order, corporate or cashier’s check. Approval was unanimous for the potential transfer of funds from the water quality account to the sewer account for April 1st. The purpose stat- ed during the agenda action was to “cover potential bills” that would be arriving for the sewer department. One of those bills is a $1,800 charge from Altorfers to repair the sewer plant gen- erator. Also, there is an IEPA loan payment due of $23,037 and approximately $10,265 in other bills due, to be paid for various charges. Three mowing bids were opened and Boch’s lawn Care, of Galva won the contract to mow both the Bradford Ceme- tery and Elsie Hodges Park this season. Boch’s bid of $325 per mowing/trimming each week for the cemetery and $35 per week for Hodges Park were the lowest bids submitted. Residential swimming pool permits will be due May 1 for a yearly fee of $75. The reason given for the fee is that the village does not have water meters and this charge is for the water utilized to fill a pool. In addition to the pool or- dinance fee, private pools are required to be enclosed with a fence or other structure of not less than four feet in height. For a copy of the ordinance and a permit, contact Brad- ford’s village hall. Discussion occurred con- cerning the hiring of tempo- rary personnel for the Bradford Swimming Pool. The agenda item is scheduled to be on next month’s agenda. Steps prior to the actual construction of the Reverse- Osmosis plant pre-filtration project were approved. The Landon Horrie is sworn in as Bradford’s police chief at Monday evening’s village board meeting by Village Clerk Diana Cobb. New Bradford police chief takes office SCN photo City council members, attorney meet with States Attorney Owens Results of the meeting kept private in closed executive session Chief Landon Horrie America’s US Miss Illinois Tween Kylie Salisbury of Toulon (center) presented Stark County Girl Scout Daisy Troop 4527, Alexis Welch (left) and Lena Longabaugh (right), a monetary donation to Operation Cookie Share. Operation Cookie Share is a program that allows customers to let military troops know that we appreciate their service by purchasing cookies for them. submitted photo (continued on page 8) (continued on page 8) Tyler Dorsey earns Eagle Scout status PAGE THREE SBT Trivia Night PAGE TWELVE SWCD holds 72 nd annual meeting PAGE SEVEN
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Kermadic Trench
Tonga Trench
Japan Trench
Carlsberg Ridge
ArabianBasin
SomaliBasin
PhilippineBasin
AleutianBasin
NorthwestPacificBasin
S. Australia Basin
Australian - Antarctic BasinEnderby Abyssal Plain
Weddel Abyssal Plain
ArgentineBasin
Amundsen Abyssal Plain
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CentralPacificBasin
PeruBasin
ChileBasin
Canada Basin
LabradorBasin
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countyenews.comONLINE AT countyenews.comONLINE AT $1 Volume XIV • Issue 5 Thursday, March 12, 2015 Toulon, Illinois
Traditional in style, progressive in thought A Stark County CommuniCationS NEwspApEr
Where in the World is The Stark County News?
The News has been all over the globe, and now it’s your turn! Take a paper with you on vacation or whenever you travel, snap a pho-to, and send it to [email protected]
Toulon City At-torney Bruce Feh-renbacher revealed Monday night that he and council members Donna Lefler and Con-nie Jacobson had met with States Attorney Jim Owens regarding the alledged misuse of city funds. However, Fehrenbacher held any further discussion for an executive ses-sion.
At the February meeting, Mayor Larry Hollis said the council was planning on sit-ting down with Owens to review expenses and see about pursu-ing the investigation further with possible criminal charges.
The News was first to report one year ago that Menards receipts included items that were questionable and many of the items
could not be account-ed for by the city. After our report, retired su-perintendent of water and sewer Shane Mil-roy came forth to de-fend himself against wrong doing.
The council and Owens now must de-cide the next step af-ter a lackluster Illinois State Police report shed little addition light.
In other business, the council was in-formed of a sewer tile problem in the Mus-selman subdivision. Mike Richardson re-ported they are work-ing to remedy the sit-uation and will bring reports in the near future on replacement costs.
The council ap-proved employee pol-icies, which includes a list of holidays and how many vacation days, sick days, etc.
that employees will receive. Several mem-bers questioned a clause that said em-ployees get 20 carry over days of vacation.
According to dis-cussions at the meet-ing, the days stem from when Mayor Col-lins “let go” employee James Gerard. Gerrard was given 20 days paid vacation and so was every employee to be fair. However, the 20 days was a onetime allotment and regular vacation days could no longer carry over. The 20 days were the only carry over days and when they were used, they were gone and didn’t accumulate again.
The council will look into the actual wording of the 20 days previously approved. The employee policy
chief, with the oath of office taken by Landon Horrie Mon-day evening during the village’s monthly board meeting.
Horrie re-places his uncle, Pat Horrie, as police chief who resigned last month. The new chief then pre-sented the board of trustees with a monthly report of activity by the Bradford Police Department.
Pat Koga, minister of the First Baptist Church of Brad-ford spoke with the board in-forming them that the church will hold a Gospel Crusade.
Koga explained that the event will be held on church property, with worship bands performing outside during the August 28-30 dates.
There will be local speak-ers during the three day Brad-ford area revival. Youth night will be Friday the 28th, and there will be, “Fabulous free food!” as their flyer advertises.
Hours for each day are Fri-day 6 p.m. – 10 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. – 10 p.m. and Sunday 1:30
p.m. – 10 p.m. The church is located at 111 Bonita Avenue, Bradford. For questions, con-tact Pat Koga at 309-883-2884 or email: [email protected].
Approval was unanimous for a revised Bradford liquor li-cense ordinance. Changes involve a word change to correct a ty-pographical er-ror; the fee being raised from $800 to $850; license holders must file two weeks prior to the expiration of their state and local licenses;
and how the fees are received. Acceptable forms of fee pay-ment may be with cash, mon-ey order, corporate or cashier’s check.
Approval was unanimous for the potential transfer of funds from the water quality account to the sewer account for April 1st. The purpose stat-ed during the agenda action was to “cover potential bills” that would be arriving for the sewer department.
One of those bills is a $1,800 charge from Altorfers to repair the sewer plant gen-erator. Also, there is an IEPA
loan payment due of $23,037 and approximately $10,265 in other bills due, to be paid for various charges.
Three mowing bids were opened and Boch’s lawn Care, of Galva won the contract to mow both the Bradford Ceme-tery and Elsie Hodges Park this season. Boch’s bid of $325 per mowing/trimming each week for the cemetery and $35 per week for Hodges Park were the lowest bids submitted.
Residential swimming pool permits will be due May 1 for a yearly fee of $75. The reason given for the fee is that the village does not have water meters and this charge is for the water utilized to fill a pool.
In addition to the pool or-dinance fee, private pools are required to be enclosed with a fence or other structure of not less than four feet in height. For a copy of the ordinance and a permit, contact Brad-ford’s village hall.
Discussion occurred con-cerning the hiring of tempo-rary personnel for the Bradford Swimming Pool. The agenda item is scheduled to be on next month’s agenda.
Steps prior to the actual construction of the Reverse-Osmosis plant pre-filtration project were approved. The
Landon Horrie is sworn in as Bradford’s police chief at monday evening’s villageboard meeting by Village Clerk Diana Cobb.
New Bradford police chief takes office
sCN photo
City council members, attorney meet with States Attorney OwensResults of the meeting kept private in closed executive session
Chief Landon Horrie
america’s uS miss illinois tween kylie Salisbury of toulon (center) presented Stark County Girl Scout Daisy troop 4527, alexis Welch (left) and Lena Longabaugh (right), a monetary donation to operation Cookie Share. operation Cookie Share is a program that allows customers to let military troops know that we appreciate their service by purchasing cookies for them.
submitted photo
(continued on page 8)
(continued on page 8)
Tyler Dorsey earns Eagle Scout statusPaGE tHrEE
SBT Trivia Night
PaGE tWELVE
SWCD holds 72nd annual meeting
PaGE SEVEn
Community Calendar
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Bradford School Board meeting, 7 p.m.Friday, March 20
First day of Spring
March 12Chris Demetreon – Toulon
Brandon Owens Ken Sendelbach – Wyoming
March 13Larry St. John – WyomingAmanda Wier – BradfordJimmy Grant – Bradford
Frank Merrill – Camp GroveColby Wall
Judy Newton – BradfordJohanna Mueller – Wyoming
Matt MoodieDavid Graham – Chillicothe
Kelly Strom-HopkinsMarch 14
Eileen StoneChris Ebeling – Oslo, Norway
March 15Sheila Lindahl – Wyoming
Kimberly Rediger – TaylorvilleMarch 16
Alexandria Bender – WyomingMikayla Bender – WyomingJimmy Golden – Bradford
no Anniversaries
Champaign — Dean’s Lists honorees and graduates for the fall semester 2014, as well as those who gradu-ated in August 2014, have been announced by the Uni-versity of Illinois.
Bethany L. Stapel of Toulon was an August 2014 graduate.
Six thousand three hundred and forty one students were named to the Dean’s List in December. Dean’s list eligibility is limited to the top 20 percent of a student’s college class or curriculum. To be eligible for the Dean’s list recognition, students must complete at least 14 aca-demic semester hours taken for a letter grade.
David Braker of Speer, Carol R. Baumann and Taylor M. Wilkinson, both of Wyoming were named to the Fall 2014 Dean’s List.
U of I Dean list and grads
Springfield – The stu-dents listed below have been named to the Univer-sity of Illinois Springfield Dean’s List for the 2014 fall semester.
UIS announces fall 2014 semester Dean’s List
Myrle PlotnerSamuel Kaurin – Kansas, IL
Sheryle Krans – KewaneeMarch 17
Bob Ewing Pat Horrie – Toulon
March 18Nancy Piper
birthdays continued
Join University of Illi-nois Extension on Tuesday March 17 on a bus trip to Chicago’s Navy Pier where you’ll be amazed at the 25-plus landscaped gardens. Get inspired with garden-ing and greening tips from industry professionals and DIY solutions to educate and motivate. This year’s theme is “Do Green Do Good” with a focus on sus-tainability and the ways gardening benefits us all. Speakers on March 17 are at 11 a.m. “Secrets to Suc-cess with Container Gar-dens”; 12:30 p.m. “How to Create the Garden of Your
Join Uof I Extension for a bus trip to the Chicago Flower and Garden Show
Dreams”; 2 p.m. “Don’t Let Your Lawn Stop You;” and at 3:30 p.m., Bochar! An Amazing Additive for the Home Garden.” There will be more than 100 ven-dors; “Garden Gourmet” demonstrations from top Chicago-area chefs creat-ing dishes from fresh and home-grown ingredients; “Tablescapes” created by some of Chicago’s top flo-rists; and more!
The fee is $55 per per-son which includes show admission and charter bus transportation. The mo-tor coach will depart from the Rock Island County
Fairground, 4200 Archer Drive, East Moline, IL at 7:10 a.m. and from the An-nawan Best Western Hotel, 315 North Canal Street, 7:50 a.m. It will depart the flower show at 4:30 p.m. for the trip home.
Register Online for the “Chicago Flower Show Bus Trip 2015” at University of Illinois Extension – Henry, Mercer, Rock Island and Stark Counties website: http://web.extension.il-linios.edu/hmrs Or call 309-756-9978 (Rock Is-land); 309-853-1533 (Hen-ry/Stark) 309-582-5106 (Mercer).
To qualify for the des-ignation, a student must be an undergraduate who took at least eight graded semester hours and main-tained a grade-point aver-
age of at least 3.75 for the semester.
Local students are: Michael Lotspeich, Brad-ford.
Found in the Novem-ber 7, 1879, issue of The Stark County News:
General Grant Slept at Lombardville
General U. S. Grant’s special train left Gales-burg last Tuesday evening and, to avoid the numer-ous trains on the main line, proceeded toward Mendota via Elmwood and the Buda and Rush-ville branch. The train arrived at Lombardville, in this county, at about ten o’clock Tuesday eve-ning [November 5, 1879], where it was switched on
a side-track and remained overnight. At about seven o’clock Wednesday morn-ing the train pulled out, and the party proceeded on their way to Mendota via Buda.
The party sought a quiet place to remain overnight and found it but, had the Lombardvil-lians known of the event, Grant would have been compelled to do some hand-shaking even there. As it was, except the sta-tion agent, the people there knew nothing about it until Wednesday morn-ing and the station agent, being a lady, of course kept
the secret.A respectable crowd
gathered Wednesday morning as soon as it was known who was there, and Gen. Grant came out upon the platform and made them a short speech. Lucky Lombardville.
[NOTE: General Grant had completed his two terms as U. S. President and he and his family had taken a two and one half year world tour. In No-vember 1879 he had been to California and was on his way to Chicago where a big reception was planned for him.]
Tidbits from the past
Cooking with Cristin
Welcome to Cooking with
Cristin! This next recipe is my new favorite way to cook pork chops! Caesar Pork Chops are
a super, fast way to get a gour-met meal on the table. The ingredients
are found in most people’s pantries. A real family pleaser that even kids like. Happy Cooking!
CAESAR PORK CHOPS¼ cup flour 3/4 tsp. Italian Seasoning ½ cup creamy Caesar salad dressing 4 pork loin chops with bone (1/2 inch thick) ½ cup shredded parmesan cheese (1oz.)
Heat the oven to 375°F. Spray a 12 x 8 glass baking dish with cooking spray or line a 9 x 13 pan
with foil and then spray the foil. In a plastic bag, mix flour and Italian seasoning.
One at a time, coat both sides of each chop by placing in the plastic bag with the flour mixture, and shaking until completely coated.
Pour the Caesar salad dressing into another small dish, dredge the floured chops in the dressing and coat both sides well. Put into your baking pan. Sprinkle the top of each pork chop with the parmesan cheese.
Bake uncovered 30 -35 minutes or until no longer pink in the center, but not dry. Serve immediately.
Note: Pork chops cook very quickly. Watch your cooking time. If they sit on the counter for a while after you take them out of the oven, they will continue to cook. Serve right away.
Note #2: To make your own Italian Season-ing, mix 1/4 t. garlic pwd.-1/4 t. oregano, &
1/4 t. parsley.Helpful Hint: Instead of putting your dress-
ing in a small dish, I poured it out of the bottle onto each chop and spread it around to coat.
Then, put it into the pan, dressing side down, and spread dressing on the other side.
Food for Thought: When life throws you scraps, make a quilt.
Pray for warmer weather to start ap-pearing during this month of March.
Here’s Cooking at You!Cristin
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The pinnacle of Scout-ing is the Eagle Scout award. Tyler Dorsey, 18, of rural Toulon, son of Sue and the late Barry Dorsey completed that achieve-ment Sunday, March 8, 2015.
During an hour long ceremony held at the Toulon United Method-ist Church witnessed by a large crowd of individuals, Tyler officially became a prestigious Eagle Scout.
His award represents a 12-year journey from entering Cub Scouts dur-ing the first grade as a Ti-ger Scout in 2003 to Boy Scouts while in the fifth grade (2007) to Eagle Scout on November 20, 2014.
While in Scouting, Ty-ler earned 32 Merit badges for various subjects, such as chemistry, citizenship, and environmental sci-ence.
Tyler Dorsey earns Eagle Scout statusBy John A. Ballentine For his Eagle project,
Tyler planned, organized and supervised the reshin-gling of the Junior Football league shed at Gary John-son football field in Wyo-ming. It was completed on October 8, 2011.
Tyler has been a Scout patrol leader, Senior Patrol leader, member of Order of the Arrow, and attended Ingersol Scout Camp, Loud Thunder Scout Camp and Camp Drake. In addition, he has served as Junior Assistant Scoutmaster of Troop 150.
A senior at Stark Coun-ty High School, Tyler is in-volved in football and bas-ketball. He serves as the Co-President of the Stark County Clovers 4-H Club, the local Future Farmers of America secretary, FFA Representative for the Stu-dent Council and is inter-ested in athletic training.
Tyler joins a special company of people by be-
ing an Eagle Scout. There are members of Congress who are Eagle Scouts, businessmen, and a for-mer U.S. President (Gerald Ford).
As stated during the ceremony, “Becoming an Eagle Scout will put a dia-mond on your résumé.” Employers notice that spe-
cial achievement of some-one’s life.
Tyler will carry his Scout training experiences and knowledge with him for his entire life. With this background, Tyler no doubt will be successful in whatever endeavors he challenges himself to ac-complish.
Tyler Dorsey of Toulon is pictured with the awards presented to him during his Eagle Scout recognition ceremony last Sunday.
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Farm Bureau Scholarships Available
The cost of education is on the rise. Nearly 70% of college graduates with bachelor’s degrees entered the work force with student loans in 2014. This number was higher than ever before and it is expected to rise even higher this year. With these increasing costs it might seem overwhelming to enroll in college courses, but we are here to help!
Every year the Stark County Farm Bureau Foundation offers scholar-ships to students who have a passion for agriculture. The Stark County Farm Bureau Foundation offers three scholarships each year that normally total a value of $2,000. The board of directors provides one scholarship to a student who will be a freshman or sophomore in college and one scholarship to a stu-dent who will be a junior or senior in college. The third scholarship is available to the most deserving applicant in either category. The Foundation Board of Directors made a criteria change a couple of years ago - Applicants must be a member or be a dependent of a member of the Stark County Farm Bureau OR a Stark County resident pursuing a degree in agriculture, agribusiness, or a field related to agriculture. In previous years, applicants had to be both a member and majoring in a field related to Ag. This year, it is one or the other, but the applicant must be from Stark County. Applications for the Stark County Farm Bureau Foundation scholarships must be turned in to the Farm Bureau office by 4:30 p.m. on March 31, 2015.
For more information on the Stark County Farm Bu-reau Foundation scholarships please contact the Stark County Farm Bureau at 286-7481 or send us an e-mail at [email protected]. Scholarship applications are also available online at http://www.starkcfb.com/foun-dation.php.
The March Stark County Genealogical So-ciety quarterly publica-tion is chock full of great history of Stark County. This very active group is headed by Sharon Perkins of the Osceola area.
The publication has stories about the Colgan Horse Farm near Brad-ford, a humorous piece from the Stark County News in 1872 about insane farmers’ wives (written by a farmer’s wife), and a number of profiles of fas-cinating people.
I was particularly in-terested in learning more about Henrietta Silliman of Toulon, truly a lady of the world in the early 1900s.
As a young woman, Henrietta attended Welles-ley College, the University of Illinois and Columbia University in New York City, where she earned a master’s degree.
Later, after Henrietta retired as principal of the Toulon High School at age 48, she earned further de-grees at Oxford University in England and the Sor-bonne in Paris, two of the most renowned universi-ties in the world.
Henrietta, who never married, visited every state in the nation and, among other travels, took an around the world trip.
In the 1960s, when I was in my 20s and sta-tioned at Fort Gordon, Georgia in the Army, I had a call from my old friend Ernest Robson, who each winter drove Henrietta, then in her 80s, to Florida for the winter.
Ernest would leave Henrietta’s car with her and take buses back to
County Watch — Sharon; Henrietta; Aaron
Toulon, returning the same way to bring her back in the spring.
Ernest said that he and Henrietta were re-turning from Florida and
would be staying over-night in Flat Rock, North Carolina, and would I like to come up from Georgia to have brunch with them on Sunday.
I didn’t know Hen-rietta but had heard lots about her, so I jumped at the chance to join the two.
I arrived on Saturday. Henrietta was staying at the mansion of a grand re-sort while Ernest was put up at a more modest hotel, where I also stayed over-
night. After visiting the home where Carl Sand-burg lived near Flat Rock (we didn’t see the famous author), Ernie and I had dinner that evening at the
restaurant attached to the resort.
I still vividly recall the brunch the three of us had on that fine spring Sunday morning on the lawn of the resort. Henrietta “held court,” politely leading the conversation. She was quite a lady.
When I told Henrietta that my sister was living in suburban Atlanta, she reminisced about how her father had been wound-ed at the Battle of Stone
Mountain near Atlanta—in the Civil War!
That made me appre-ciate how close that great conflagration was a cen-tury later and why many southerners of the 1960s were still fighting the war, at least in their minds.
I can only muse as to why Henrietta never mar-ried. With all her degrees and strong personality, she probably intimidat-ed men. Or maybe she just didn’t care to marry. Teachers were all single in those days. See a photo nearby of Henrietta at age 19 in 1903, taken from the Genealogical Society’s publication frunished by Floyd Ham of Toulon.
By the way, if you have interest in joining the so-ciety, membership is $20 a year. Call Sharon at 853-4545 for more informa-tion.
U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock will speak at the Stark County Republican Lincoln Day luncheon Saturday, March 21 at the News Room Bistro in Tou-lon. The event is $25 and runs from 11:30-1:30.
If interested in attend-ing, contact county GOP chair Mike Bigger at 238-0113 or at [email protected].
At age 33, Aaron has moved rapidly up the ranks in the U.S. House and serves in GOP lead-ership as a deputy whip. In addition, he is on the important Ways & Means Committee and has just been appointed to the House Budget Commit-tee, replacing Paul Ryan of Wisconsin.
As readers know, Aar-on has been in the news recently, criticized by some for having decorated
his D.C. office in the style of Downton Abbey and for his travel.
It will be fascinating to see how he handles this notoriety at the luncheon.
Also attending the event will be new Illinois lieutenant governor Ev-
elyn Sanguinetti (whose name I have heard pro-nounced a million differ-ent ways), state Sen. Darin LaHood, state Rep. David Leitch and GOP national committeewoman Dem-etra Demonte of Morton.
Henrietta Silliman, 1903 submitted photo
Katie Bowles
Theatre of Operations and was awarded two Battle Stars (Western Carolines Campaign and Phillipines Campaign). From 1946-1951 he served with the US Army Reserve in Peoria, Il-linois, and was recalled to active service in 1951.
He married Ella Miller in May 1951 and in the fall
of that year they moved to Germany where he served until November of 1954 and was promoted to Ma-jor. Frank continued his service stateside until 1959 at which time he was assigned to the U.S. Army Military Advisory Group to the Republic of China, Taiwan, until 1961 and was promoted to Lieuten-ant Colonel. From 1963 to 1964 he served in Vietnam as an Advisor to the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. Upon his return to the U.S. he was based at Fort Sheridan, Fifth U.S. Army Headquarters and retired from active service the fall of 1966 and transferred to the US Army retired Re-serve. From 1967 until his retirement in 1984, he worked with the Chicago High Schools Junior ROTC program as a Supervisor, Acting Director and Assis-
The Stark County News • countyenews.com March 12, 2015 • Page 5OBITUARIES
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THEME: The 1970s
ACROSS1. Libra symbol6. Weep convulsively9. Under-dress garment13. Knucklehead14. *Some Watergate bur-glars had worked for it15. On the rocks16. *”Fear of Flying” au-thor, given name17. *”___ My Children”18. Gossipmonger’s infor-mation19. *iPod predecessor, debuted in Japan in ‘7921. *Its fall ushered the end of Vietnam War23. Snakelike reef dweller24. You can’t have this and eat it too?25. Business school reward28. Tibetan teacher30. #20 Down, to Shake-speare35. Miner’s bounty, pl.37. Measles symptom39. Dictation taker40. Signal receiver41. *Punk rock, e.g.43. “I’m ____ you!”44. Kindle content46. ____ lamp47. *Travolta and Newton-John, e.g.48. Historically, they were sent to colonies50. Sacred Hindu writings52. *Martial artist53. Ambience55. Genetic initials57. Like a bikini?60. *Type of men’s suit64. The present65. Calendar square67. Forty-niner, e.g.68. Arabian chieftain69. “But I heard him ex-claim, ___ he drove out of sight...”70. Plug-in71. Something necessary but lacking72. Hi-___73. Film director Sergio
DOWN1. Old World duck2. Countess of Grantham, “Downton Abbey”
3. Seed coat4. English philosopher John5. Canine’s coat6. *First clinical CT- or Cat-____ in ‘717. *Subject of 1970s crisis8. Model-building wood9. Like a bug in a rug10. Stretched ride11. Clickable picture12. For every15. Bay windows20. Eye opener22. *Arthur Herbert Fonza-relli, ___ “The Fonz”24. Source of tapioca and a staple in the tropics25. *Cheryl Tiegs or Beverly Johnson, e.g.26. Palm grease27. Famous fabulist29. Sledgehammer31. At the summit of32. Of the kidneys33. Undo laces34. *She had a hit TV sitcom36. Old Woman’s home38. Bee home42. Military group
45. *Kramer’s opponent49. Small amount of liquid food51. *”______ House”54. Actress Winona56. Out of the way57. Not all58. Capped joint59. Like a decorated cake60. Cleaning cabinet sup-plies61. Backward arrow com-mand62. Seabiscuit control63. European sea eagle64. A Bobbsey twin66. Present plural of “be”
Frank Clifton McCle-nahan, Lt. Col. (ret) USAR, died peacefully on March 3, 2015, at Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox, Il-linois, after a brief illness. Frank lived a full life of 95 years, the last 64 of them with his wife Ella. They were longtime residents of the south suburbs, Frank-fort, Crete and Park Forest, Illinois, and maintained a home in Minocqua, Wis-consin, as well. In addi-tion to his wife, Ella, he is survived by three children, Marcia, David, and Mary (Christopher Fielding); five grandchildren, Laura and Sarah McClenahan, Jack McCabe and Had-ley and Declan Fielding; and three nieces, Suzanne Vondruska, Linda Shaner and Carol Reiff. Frank was preceded in death by his sister, Cary Ublauer.
Frank grew up in Tou-lon, the son of Dr. Frank C. McClenahan, a dentist, and Lucille Blanche Cary McClenahan, a commu-nity volunteer. He gradu-ated from Toulon Town-ship High School in 1937 and matriculated at the University of Illinois where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Educa-tion in 1941. On the day of his graduation he was commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant in the United States Army. The summer of 1941 he entered training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and by May of 1944 was pro-moted to Captain. From 1944-1946, he served with the 316th Field Artillery Battalion, 81st Infantry Division Asiatic-Pacific
Frank C. McClenahantant Director.
During their retire-ment years, Frank and Ella enjoyed spending the win-ter months golfing in Ari-zona and puttering around their lakeside home in Wis-consin over the summer months. They were long-time members of Trinity Lutheran Church in Park Forest, Illinois. In addition to serving his church com-munity, Frank coached little league baseball, ran marathons, played bridge and was a voracious reader of Civil War history, biogra-phies and popular fiction. He was seldom seen with-out his trusted newspaper with the crossword puzzle page open and a cup of black coffee by his side. His children and grand-children can attest that his love of physical exer-cise, reading and working crossword puzzles kept his mind sharp and curious until his last days.
Frank will be deeply missed and fondly remem-bered by all who knew and loved him.
Visitation was held at the Kurtz Memorial Cha-pel, Frankfort, Illinois, on Friday, March 6, and fu-neral services at 10 a.m. on Saturday March 7 at Trin-ity Lutheran Church, Park Forest, Illinois.
Burial with full mili-tary honors was held at 4 p.m. at Toulon Cemetery, Toulon, Illinois.
Contributions can be made in his memory to Doctors Without Borders or Lutheran World Relief.
Frank McClenahan
Letters in The NewsDear Editor,
Our nation is ap-proaching a significant moral crossroads as it re-lates to the proper defi-nition of what society regards as marriage. The historic and morally/spiri-tually secure definition of the past – between one man and one woman – is under assault.
This question is before the supreme court and will be decided between nine unelected persons, requir-ing a majority of five per-sons (to change it).
It surprises me that de-ciding on such a momen-tous question as to what constitutes a marriage
(one man and one woman, or between persons of the same gender) can be left for nine persons to decide. To me, this usurps the will of the electorate.
It doesn’t take a proph-et to conclude that the su-preme court will decide in favor of the new definition that will recognize intra-gender marriages as legiti-mate. Then, will they okay polygamy and similar con-figurations?
When the founda-tions of moral law begin to crack, and are weakened, it follows that trifling with proven (and strong) moral order will most likely cas-cade into a disorder that will negatively impact our nation as time unfolds.
It is disheartening that a general silence ex-ists among the moral leaders of society. Where are the prophets, the pas-tors, and the mentors who ought to be standing up to multi-faceted “marriage” unions?
We all have the right to pursue happiness. Yet, I don’t think society should give authentication to far-fetched concepts of mar-riage.
True, divine marriage consists of one man and one woman. It always will.
Perry KlopfensteinGridley, IL
Letters to the Editor may be mailed to:PO Box 240, Toulon IL 61483
Page 6 • March 12, 2015 The Stark County News • countyenews.comAROUND THE COUNTY
The Henry and Stark County Health Depart-ments’ Environmental Health Division announces that March 8-14, 2015 has been designated National Groundwater Awareness Week.
Dorothy David, Health Department Director of Environmental Health Services states, “Through National Groundwater Awareness Week, we would like to recommend to area residents that maybe it’s time for your annual water well checkup!”
Just as you check your furnace or smoke detec-tor batteries seasonally, spring is a good season to have an annual water well checkup before the peak water use season begins, according to the National Ground Water Association (NGWA).
Why is it a good idea to have my water well checked annually? “The truth is an annual checkup is the best way to ensure problem-free service and quality water,” says David. “Also, preventative mainte-nance usually is less costly than emergency main-tenance, and good well maintenance ‹ like good car maintenance ‹ can pro-long the life of your well and related equipment.
NGWA fur-ther rec-ommends you test your water w h e n e ve r there is a change in taste, odor, or appear-ance, or when the system is serviced.”
Sched-ule your a n n u a l water well c h e c k u p . Wells can p r o v i d e high-quali-ty drinking water, and about half the U.S. population receives its drinking water from wells. But with well ownership comes the responsibility of keeping the water well in good working order.
David also recom-mends that well owners:
• Keep hazardous chemicals, such as paint, fertilizer, pesticides, and motor oil far away from your well, and maintain a “clean” zone of at least 50 feet between your well and any kennels and livestock operations.
• Maintain proper separation between your well and buildings, waste systems, and chemical storage areas.
• Periodically check the well cover or well cap on top of the casing (well) to ensure it is in good re-pair and securely attached. Its seal should keep out in-sects and rodents.
• Keep your well re-cords in a safe place. These include the construction report, and annual water well system maintenance and water testing results.
• Make sure aban-doned wells are sealed properly within 30 days of abandonment.
For more information
on the Health Depart-ments’ Water Program, water testing and sealing abandoned wells, contact the Health Department at (309) 852-0197 Main Of-fice. You can also visit our website at www.henrys-tarkhealth.com or find us on Facebook at Henry and Stark County Health De-partments.
Renee’ Spradlin, Environmental Health Sanitarian with the Henry and Stark County Health Departments, takes a “point of use” water sample for testing from a house with a private water supply. The Health Department Environmental Health Division is noting National Groundwater Awareness Week, March 8-14, 2015.
Groundwater Awareness Week – March 8-15
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In honor of Red Cross Month in March, the Amer-ican Red Cross encourages people to uncover their in-ner hero and donate blood or platelets, volunteer their time or sign up to organize a blood drive.
Since 1943, every president has designated March as Red Cross Month to recognize how the Red Cross helps people down the street and across the country.
“The everyday he-roes are those who donate blood, volunteer, take a lifesaving class, host a blood drive or make a fi-nancial contribution to help neighbors here in Illi-nois and across the nation,” said Greg Novinska, CEO of the Heart of America Blood Services Region. “We thank and honor these everyday heroes who support the Red Cross.”
People also can be-come everyday heroes by hosting a SleevesUp virtual blood drive or creating a team via the Blood Donor App. SleevesUp provides an easy way for Red Cross supporters to encourage those in their networks to give blood or platelets to honor someone’s life, cel-
ebrate a special occasion or simply bring people to-gether to help save lives. Campaigns can be created online at redcrossblood.org/SleevesUp.
The Blood Donor App allows individuals to find a local blood or platelet donation opportunity, schedule appointments and track their donation history. Plus, it lets users create teams and recruit friends and family to roll up a sleeve with them. The Blood Donor App is avail-able for download by tex-ting BLOODAPP to 90999 or by visiting redcross-blood.org/BloodApp.
“It doesn’t take super-powers to be a hero for a patient in need – just a little time,” added Novin-ska. Blood donors with all blood types, particularly O negative, A negative and B negative, and platelet donors are encouraged to make an appointment to give.
How to donate bloodSimply download the
American Red Cross Blood Donor App, visit redcross-blood.org or call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) to make an appointment or for more information.
Support the American Red Cross and become an everyday hero
The Stark County News • countyenews.com March 12, 2015 • Page 7AROUND THE COUNTY
The Henry and Stark County Health Depart-ment, the Stark County Citizen’s Mental Health Task Force, and the Black Hawk College Commu-nity Education Center, Ke-wanee announce they will be sponsoring two “Issues and Actions on Mental Health” Town Hall Meet-ings.
These special meet-ings are scheduled for Thursday, March 19 from 10 a.m. - noon or from 6 -8 p.m. at the Black Hawk College Community Edu-cation Center, 404 E. 3rd St., Kewanee.
Beth Smith, Task Force Secretary and the Com-munity Health Educa-
tor with the Stark County Health Department notes, “These two mental health town hall meetings will as-sess our community needs regarding mental health, the stigma associated with mental illness, access to care and identify what area residents feel are the mental health issues we are facing today.”
The event is free and the public and interested individuals are encour-aged to attend.
For more information about the Thursday, March 19 “Issues and Actions on Mental Health” Town Hall meetings, call Beth Smith, at 309-852-7255.
The Stark County Soil and Water Conserva-tion District held its 72nd Annual Meeting on Fri-day, February 20, 2015 at the Toulon Firehouse. The meeting began with breakfast at 9 a.m. and was held in conjunction with the Stark County Land Improvement Contractor Seminar. A short meet-ing was chaired by Lon-nie Wilson to conduct the Annual Meeting business. The minutes from the last meeting in 2008 were ap-proved, as well as the Fis-cal Year 2014 financial report. Associate Director David Sager conducted the officer election. Directors Miriam Mock and Robin Nowlan were elected to serve two-year terms.
Following the business meeting, Roger Windhorn, Geologist with the USDA Natural Resources Conser-vation Service, presented an informational program on “Soil Health”. Steve Baker from Springfield Plastics discussed infor-mation on “Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategies” and other related topics. Joe Streitmatter of Streitmat-ter Land Improvement provided an update on the Illinois Land Improvement Contractor Association.
Following the meeting, door prizes were awarded. A special thanks to Rum-bold and Kuhn and Streit-matter Land Improvement for their donations toward the Land Improvement Contractor Seminar.
Health Dept. and Black Hawk College to host Mental Health Town Hall meeting
SWCD holds 72nd annual meeting
Steve Baker talking about Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategies.
Roger Windhorn discussing Soil Health at the 72nd annual Stark County Soil and Water Conservation District meeting.
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was passed excluding that portion until clarification is received.
It was noted that Mil-roy was paid those 20 days upon his retirement, as well.
The council also ap-proved a two year contract with Don McCauley to serve as water and sewer operator for the city. The wording is the exact same language as the one year contract that is set to ex-pire in May with McCau-
grant writer administra-tion contract and the re-quest for qualifications from engineers were passed.
The purpose of the pre-filtration project is to alleviate any debris brought into the system by the well pumps, thus blocking or damaging the R/O membrane filters. Membrane filters cost thousands of dollars to re-place, so pre-filters would be less expensive to ex-change.
A TIF job description and a grants job descrip-tion for committees were approved. The village board entered into Execu-tive Session for a “Discus-sion of potential litigation with the village attorney” without stating a reason, or specific subject of the discussion.
The meeting ad-journed following the closed Executive Session.
ley.The streets and alleys
committee was authorized to purchase a replacement spreader for the plow truck up to $4,300 if needed in an emergency situation
before actual quotes can be obtained.
A donation of $500 was approved to the Stark County After Prom pro-gram. Also approved was the quarterly Stark County
Economic Development bill of $1,500 from the TIF fund. Mayor Hollis report-ed that the TIF adminis-trators are still working on paperwork with the gro-cery store LLC.
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Illinois Central College will host a Cover Crop Field Day on Friday, March 27, from 3-5 p.m., on the East Peoria Campus. The field day will in-clude a short presentation and plot tours for area farmers and agricul-tural businessmen.
Pete Fandel, an Associate Profes-sor in agriculture and Illinois Coun-cil on Best Management Practices
Cover Crop Specialist, is currently working with cover crop research at various locations in Central Illinois including many plots on the Illinois Central College campus. Participants will learn about different cover crop species and what some of the bene-fits of each species are, and will have the opportunity to ask questions re-garding crop cover management in
their own operations.Participants may park in Lot G,
which is off Hosta Lane, just to the south of the main entrance to ICC off Illinois Rt. 24.
To register, call ICC Associate Professor Pete Fandel at (309) 694-5410, or email [email protected].
ICC hosts Cover Crop Field Day March 27
Champaign – The U.S. Department of Agricul-ture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has extended the deadline for new enroll-ments in the Conserva-tion Stewardship Program (CSP) for fiscal year 2015. Agricultural and forestry producers interested in participating in the pro-gram can submit applica-tions to their local NRCS field office through March 13, 2015. Illinois State Con-servationist Ivan Dozier is pleased that more time is available for producers interested in taking a bold step in 2015.
“Extending the enroll-ment deadline will make it possible for more agri-cultural and forestry pro-ducers to apply for this important Farm Bill con-servation program,” says Dozier. “Through their conservation actions, these good stewards are ensuring that their opera-tions are more productive and sustainable over the long run and CSP can help them take their operations to the next level of natural resource management.”
CSP is a voluntary program that encour-ages producers to main-tain and improve existing
conservation systems and adopt additional activities (practices and enhance-ments). The program em-phasizes conservation performance — producers
earn higher payments for higher performance. Pro-ducers adopt conservation activities to make positive changes in soil, water, and other related natural re-
sources.Eligible producers in
Illinois can enroll in CSP through March 13th to be eligible during fiscal 2015. While local NRCS field of-fices accept CSP applica-tions year round, NRCS evaluates applications during announced rank-ing periods. To be eligible for this year’s enrollment, producers must have their applications submitted to NRCS by the closing date.
Learn more about CSP by visiting the NRCS website www.il.nrcs.usda.gov or contacting the local NRCS field office.
USDA extends deadline for Conservation Stewardship Applications
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 10TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
STARK COUNTY - TOULON, ILLINOIS
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.PLAINTIFFVs.Jeffrey A. Turner a/k/a Jeffrey Allen Turner; et. al.DEFENDANTS
14 CH 00008
NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 7/11/2014, the Sheriff of Stark County, Illinois will on 4/16/15 at the hour of 9:00AM at Stark County Courthouse 130 Main Street Toulon, IL 61483, or in a place otherwise designated at the time of sale, County of Stark and State of Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate:PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER (NE 1/4) OF SECTION TWO (2), TOWNSHIP TWELVE (12) NORTH, RANGE SIX (6) EAST OF THE FOURTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, MORE PARTICULARLY BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTH-EAST CORNER OF THE NORTH-EAST QUARTER (NE 1/4) OF SEC-TION TWO (2); THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 19 MINUTES WEST, ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER (NE 1/4) OF SAID SECTION TWO (2), A DISTANCE OF 33 FEET; THENCE NORTH 33 FEET WESTERLY OF AND PARALLEL WITH THE EAST LINE OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER (NE 1/4) OF SAID SEC-TION TWO (2), AND ALSO BEING ALONG THE WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF STATE ROUTE 91, A DISTANCE OF 675.50 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 19 MINUTES WEST, 223 FEET TO AN IRON ROD, SAID IRON ROD BEING THE PLACE OF BEGINNING FOR THE TRACT TO BE DESCRIBED; THENCE CONTINUING NORTH 89 DEGREES 19 MINUTES WEST, 215.5 FEET; THENCE NORTH 109.5 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 59 MINUTES EAST, 215.5 FEET TO AN IRON ROD; THENCE SOUTH 112.1 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; SUB-JECT TO THE PRIVATE ROADWAY, 33 FEET IN WIDTH OFF THE WEST SIDE OF THE ABOVE DESCRIBED TRACT; ALSO TOGETHER WITH A 12 FOOT ROADWAY EASE-MENT DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS; BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE ABOVE DE-SCRIBED TRACT; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 59 MINUTES EAST, 21.9 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 19 MINUTES EAST, 110.0 FEET, THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 59 MINUTES EAST, 12.0 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 0 DEGREES 19 MINUTES WEST, 122.0 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 59 MINUTES WEST, 33.9 FEET; THENCE NORTH 12 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGIN-NING; ALL SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF STARK AND STATE OF ILLINOIS.PIN 07-02-219-025, 07-02-200-007Improved with Residential
COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 111A W. South Street Wyoming, IL 61491
Sale terms: 10% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The bal-ance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The sub-ject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assess-ments, or special taxes levied
against said real estate and is offered for sale without any repre-sentation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.If the property is a condominium and the foreclosure takes place after 1/1/2007, purchasers other than the mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If the property is located in a common interest community, purchasers other than mortgag-ees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgag-ee’s attorney. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after Confirmation of the sale. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/expense of evicting any tenants or other indi-viduals presently in possession of the subject premises.The property will NOT be open for inspection and Plaintiff makes no representation as to the condi-tion of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the Court file to verify all informa-tion.IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSES-SION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.For information: Examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s at-torney: Codilis & Associates, P.C., 15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100, Burr Ridge, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876. Please refer to file number 14-14-05865.I647380Published 3/5 3/12 3/19/2015
ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE
Public Notice is hereby given that on February 27, 2015, a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Stark County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post-office addresses of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as ONE ELEVEN COFFEE, located at 111 N 7th St., Wyoming, IL 61491.Dated this 27th day of February, 2015./s/ Linda K. Pyell By Heather L. Hollis, DeputyCounty Clerk
Published 3/5 3/12 3/19/2015
ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE
Public Notice is hereby given that on February 19, 2015, a certifi-cate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Stark County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post-office addresses of all of the persons owning, conduct-ing and transacting the business known as YER KILN ME located at 101 N. 7th Street, Wyoming, IL 61491
Dated this 19th day of February, 2015./s/ Linda K. Pyell County Clerk
Published 2/26 3/5 3/12/2015
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUITSTARK COUNTY, ILLINOIS
Estate ofLARRY D. INGLENo. 2015-P-6
Notice is given of the death of Larry D. Ingle, Letters of Adminis-tration were issued on February 13, 2015, to Melinda A. Philbee, P. O. Box 4, Williamsfield, Illinois 61489, as Administrator, whose attorney is Michael E. Massie, 115 Northwest Third Avenue, Galva, Illinois 61434.Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Stark County Circuit Clerk, Courthouse, Toulon, Illinois 61483, or with the representative, or both, within six months from the date of first publication, the BAR DATE, and any claim not filed within that period is barred.Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within ten days after it has been filed.
Massie, Quick & Sondgeroth, LLCMichael E. MassieAttorney for Estate1 I5 Northwest Third AvenueGalva, IL 61434Telephone: (309) 932-2168
Published 2/26 3/5 3/12/2015
STATE OF ILLINOISIN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF ILLINOIS
STARK COUNTY – IN PROBATE
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MICHAEL C. HOLMES, Deceased.
No. 15-P-7
NOTICE OF CLAIM DAY
Notice is given of the death of the above and that letters of office were issued on February 13, 2015 to TRUDY A. HOLMES, Indepen-dent Representative, whose at-torney is KETRA A. MYTICH, LTD., 1230 W. Candletree Drive, Suite A, Peoria, Illinois 61614-1589.Claims must be filed on or before September 12, 2015 - (being six months from the date of the first publication of this Notice of Claim Day), and that any claim not filed before that date is barred.Claims against said estate may be filed on or before said date in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court, County Courthouse, STARK County, Illinois, or with the repre-sentative, or both. If filed with the court copies must be mailed or delivered to said legal representa-tive and to said attorney of record within ten days of filing. Claimant must file proof of mailing or deliv-ery of said copies with the court.
Dated This March 12, 2015.
TRUDY A. HOLMES, Independent Representative the Estate of MICHAEL C. HOLMES
BY: /S/ kETRA a.MytichKETRA A. MYTICH, ATTORNEY
KETRA A. MYTICH, LTD.Attorney at Law1230 W. Candletree Drive, Suite APeoria, IL 61614-1589Telephone (309) 673-1805 Published 3/12 3/19 3/26/2015
2015 CONSOLIDATED ELECTION NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT ON APRIL 7, 2015, AT THE FOLLOW-ING POLLING PLACES:WEST JERSEY #1 WEST JERSEY WEST JERSEY TOWNSHIP BLDGGOSHEN #3 TOULON GOSHEN TOWNSHIP BLDGESSEX #5 WYOMING ESSEX TOWNSHIP BLDGWEST TOULON #6 TOULON TOULON TOWNSHIP BLDGEAST TOULON #7 WYOMING WYOMING FIRE STATIONELMIRA #8 ELMIRA TWP. ELMIRA TOWNSHIP BLDGVALLEY #9 VALLEY TWP VALLEY TOWNSHIP BLDGPENN #11 CASTLETON PENN TOWNSHIP BLDG
IN THE COUNTY OF STARK, STATE OF ILLINOIS, AN ELECTION WILL BE HELD FOR:MUNICIPAL OFFICERS:ALDERMAN-COMMISSIONERS-COUNCIL MEMBERS-TRUSTEESVILLAGE OF BRADFORDVILLAGE OF LAFAYETTECITY OF TOULONCITY OF WYOMING
PARK DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS:BRADFORD PARK DISTRICTLAFAYETTE PARK DISTRICT
LIBRARY DISTRICT TRUSTEES:BRADFORD LIBRARYIRA C. REED LIBRARY (LAFAYETTE)KEWANEE LIBRARYTOULON LIBRARYWILLIAMSFIELD LIBRARYWYOMING LIBRARY
EDUCATION OFFICERS:REGIONAL BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES: BUREAU, HENRY, STARK COUNTIES & KNOX COUNTY (WEST JERSEY TOWNSHIP)
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS: BRADFORD UNIT #1, STARK COUNTY UNIT #100, WETHERSFIELD UNIT #230, WILLIAMSFIELD UNIT #210,& PRINCEVILLE COMMUNITY UNIT #326
COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD TRUSTESS: BLACK HAWK COLLEGE #503, ILLINOIS CENTRAL COLLEGE #514 & CARL SANDBURG COL-LEGE #518
THE POLLS OF SAID ELECTION WILL BE OPENED AT 6:00 A.M. AND WILL CLOSE AT 7:00 P.M.
DATED: MARCH 12, 2015
/S/ LINDA K. PYELLLINDA K. PYELLSTARK COUNTY CLERK
Published 3/12/2015
PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE TO ELDERLY &HANDICAPPED VOTERS
This is to inform you of your right to vote. Various aids are avail-able to help. You must be registered. Regis-trars will come to your home if necessary.2. You may request voting assis-tance from judges of election.You may request an absentee ballot to be mailed to your home. A physician’s affidavit is no longer required.For more information on any of the above, contact the Stark County Clerk’s office at (309) 286-5911.
Published 3-12-15
The final program in the Lillie M. Evans Library District’s Created Equal se-ries will be “Oh Freedom! Songs of the Civil Rights Movement” on Tuesday, March 17th at 6:30 p.m. at the Princeville Heritage Museum (325 N Ostrom Av-enue). Award-winning folk singer, Chris Vallillo, will perform essential songs that inspired and sustained participants in the Civil Rights Movement and will discuss the importance of music to this vital chapter in American history. This program is partially sup-ported by an additional grant from the Illinois Arts Council.
Created Equal: Ameri-ca’s Civil Rights Struggle is made possible through a major grant from the Na-tional Endowment for the Humanities, as part of its Bridging Cultures initia-tive, in partnership with the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. The films provided through the grant include: The Abolitionists, Slavery by Another Name, The Loving Story, Freedom Riders, and Freedom Sum-mer. All are available at the LME Library. The goals of the Created Equal grant focus on telling the stories of individuals, creating a deeper understanding of the ways Civil Rights have been obtained, and helping people understand Civil Rights history as central to the American story.
In addition to the Cre-ated Equal programs, the LME Library is hosting a se-ries of video presentations at the Library. All video pre-sentations are part of the Presidential Primary Source Project, a series of free, fifty-minute, interactive video conferencing programs fo-cusing on human and civil rights themes. There are two more video presenta-tions that will be held at the Lillie M. Evans Library (207 N Walnut, Princeville). On Wednesday, March 25th at 2 p.m. the program, President William Jefferson Clinton: Civil Rights Les-sons from the Cassidy’s will be presented by President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home Historic Site. This presentation will include stories of President Clinton’s childhood, influ-ences on his views of race relations, and legislation passed during his tenure in the White House. The final video presentation will be on Thursday, March 26th at 10 a.m. The program, Abraham Lincoln: “Natu-rally Anti-Slavery” will be presented by the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace Nation-al Historical Park. All pro-grams are free and open to the public. More informa-tion can be found on the LME Library’s website at lmelibrary.org.
Songs of the Civil Rights Movement at Princeville Heritage Museum
Champaign - Planting cover crops is a hot trend but farmers who haven’t tried it yet have one ques-tion: “What’s it going to cost me?” USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) devel-oped a simple digital tool to answer that question. It’s called the Cover Crop Economic Decision Sup-port Tool. It helps farmers, landowners and others make informed decisions when considering adding cover crops to their pro-duction system and it’s free.
“The tool offers a par-tial budget analysis,” ex-plains Ivan Dozier, Illinois NRCS State Conservation-ist. “It focuses only on op-erational changes farmers
make—actual costs and benefits farmers see when they add in cover crops. We focus on benefits and costs we can easily express in dollars,” Dozier adds.
Benefits & Costs To Measure
Direct nutrient creditsInput reductionsYield increases & de-
The tool’s analysis de-pends on data users enter. Users can run “what if”
Cover crop costs - there’s an NRCS App for that
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In the March 5th edi-tion of The News in the arti-cle titled “Bond reduced in domestic battery/assault case,” we stated that Mr. Hawley said “his employer has provided the means to hire private counsel.”
This is not the case and his employer, Rum-bold & Kuhn states it is company policy that they do not get involved in any domestic matters related to employees in any way.
Correction on Hawley article
The Stark County News • countyenews.comCOURTHOUSE/LEGALSPage 10 • March 12, 2015
Conservation District at 309-286-2261 Ext. 3 for order information.
Wanted to Hire:Petroleum Transport
Driver. Local hauls, home daily. Prefereably 2 years
work experience with tanker hazmat endorse-ment. Must have clean
DMV. We offer health in-surance, vision insurance, paid vacation and simple
IRA. Please call (309) 879-2221.
Ag View FS, Inc.,a Retail Agricultural
business is accepting ap-plications far a full-time
Driver with class ACOL HazMat qualifica-
tions. Benefits including Health Insurance, 401K,
Profit Sharing, Paid Vacatian.
Send resume or apply at Ag View FS - 22069 US Hwy 34, Princetan, IL 61356 (815-875-2808)
Ag View FS, Inc.,a Retail Agricultural
Business is acceptingapplications for
SEASONAL, PART-TIMEHELP at our Toulonlocation. Positions
available for COL ClassB. Must have ability towork extended hours
when necessary.Send resume or apply at
AgViewFS-7417ASt. Rt 17, Toulon, IL
61483(309-286-2561)
Ag View FS, Inc.,a Retoil Agricultural
business is accepting ap-plications for Seasonal
Part -time TenderDrivers with COL
HazMat qualifications. Must have ability to
work extended hours when necessary.
Send resume or apply at Ag View FS - 22069 US Hwy 34, Princeton, IL 61356 (815-875-2808)
3-2-15 – Timothy J. McKune – Registration ex-pired.
2-24-15 – Kathryn J. Hines – Driving 21-25 mph above the speed limit.
3-4-15 – Lily A. Sauer – Driving 11-14 mph above the speed limit.
3-3-15 – Patrick M. Garst – Driving 15-20 mph above the speed limit.
3-6-15 – Miguel N. Guerro – Driving 15-20 mph above the speed limit.
3-8-15 – Thomas L. Rayburn – Driving 21-25 mph above the speed limit.
3-6-15 – Donna L. Riggs – Driving 15-20 mph above the speed limit.
3-6-15 – Blaire A. Sambdman – Driving 15-20 mph above the speed limit.3-6-15 – Christopher M. Smith – Driving 15-20 mph above the speed limit.3-8-15 – Wendy L. Studt – Driving 15-20 mph above the speed limit.
2-25-15 – A domestic problem was reported from a rural Bradford residence.3-1-15 – A residential break-in attempt was received from a LaFayette resident
located on East Main Street. The incident remains under investigation.3-2-15 – Jayden E. Bantz, 18, of Williamsfield, was ticketed for driving on an ex-
pired vehicle registration.3-2-15 – Timothy J. McKune, 47, of Cambridge, was ticketed for driving on an ex-
pired registration.3-7-15 – Ravon W. Barnes, 20, Kewanee, was charged with disorderly conduct. She
was released with a notice to appear.
3-1-15 – A private property accident occurred on North Franklin Street in Tou-lon. Driver Robert L. Kamerer, 59, of Toulon, stopped to turn around the city owned snowplow, when he backed into a parked vehicle owned by Joseph M. Rediger, 25, of Toulon. There were no injuries reported, but damages to the vehicles were estimated over $1,500.
3-2-15 – Brenda Walker to Ryan Peterson; PT Lot 24 NW ¼ 18-13-5.3-4-15 – Cheryl Calef, Kenneth R. A. Calef, Virginia Ann Wilson to Cheryl Calef,
Kenneth R.A. Calef; Wyoming, Hoffman’s Sub, Lot 4.3-4-15 – Francis D. Webster to Kenny L. Gurnsey, Tracy A. Gurnsey; PT N ½ NW &
PT NE ¼ 14-12-5.3-5-15 – Carolyn S. McMillen, Christopher L. McMillen to Carolyn S. McMillen
CO-TR, Christopher McMillen, CO-TR; 41.66% INT E ½ W ½ SW ¼ & S ½ SW ¼ SW ¼ 33-13-6; 33-1/3% INT S ½ NW ¼ SE ¼, PT SW ¼ SE ¼, PTS SW ¼ plus easement & W ½ NW ¼ 27-13-6; E ½ SW ¼ & PT SE ¼ SW ¼ SW ¼ 21-13-6; S ½ Sw ¼ 28-13-6.
3-6-15 – Dolores J. Plotner, Trustee, Jean A. Plotner, CO-Trustee, Robert E. Plotner,CO-Trustee, Robert E. Plotner, Executor to Jill I. Stahl, Weston C. Stahl; E ½ SW ¼ & PT SE ¼ 1-13-7.
3-6-15 – Dolores J. Plotner, Trustee, Jean A. Plotner, CO-Trustee, Robert E. Plotner, CO-Trustee, Robert E. Plotner, Executor to Kevin W. Plotner, Kim D. Plotner; PT SE ¼ 1-13-7.
3-6-15 – Robert E. Plotner, Executor to Robert E. Plotner, CO-Trustee, Jean A. Plot-ner, CO-Trustee; E ½ NW ¼ 1-13-7.
Area residents will have an opportunity to learn basic principles of safe hunting at a Depart-ment of Natural Resources hunter safety education course to be held at the Chillicothe Sportsmen's Club. The club is located north of Chillicothe, at 21228 North Yankee Lane, east of the Iowa Interstate railroad tracks.
The 13-hour course, which is free, will be held over three days, meet-ing from 6 - 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 12, 6 - 9:30 p.m. on Friday, March 13, and from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 14, according to Shawn Calvin, one of the instruc-tors. Students must attend all 13 hours of the class.
DNR Hunter Safety course A 1996 Illinois law
requires that all hunters born after January 1, 1980 successfully complete the hunter education course before they can receive their first hunting license. Participants complet-ing the hunter education course receive a Hunter Education Certification, valid in all fifty states and Canada, verifying that they have passed the safety in-struction.
"This will be an excel-lent opportunity for young hunters in the area who need the course in order to qualify for their first hunt-ing license before turkey begins in April," instruc-tor Lowell Bennett said. "It also can be beneficial for advanced as well as begin-
ning hunters, even those born before 1980. This class is required by many western states, such as Colorado’s date of January 1, 1949, for adults who are planning to hunt in those states, so maybe mom and dad should also take the course."
The free course in-cludes instruction in wild-life management, firearms safety, hunter ethics, game identification, first aid, survival techniques and hunting regulations.
For more information about the course, and to reserve a seat, since space is limited, contact the coordinating instructor, Lowell Bennett, at 309-274-5586.
Illinois Law Now is an ongoing series of short answers to common legal questions distributed monthly by the Illinois
State Bar Association and Illinois Press Association.Question: Must an or-
ganization require its em-ployees to receive vaccina-tions for measles, mumps and rubella?
Answer: A complex set of laws govern what employers must consider before making decisions related to personal health. State law does not require hospitals or similar health care institutions to ensure that employees have re-ceived the shots for mea-sles, mumps and rubella. Yet, hospitals must get health assessments from employees, including their immunization status. Em-ployers must also be mind-ful of anti-discrimination laws which prohibit them from requiring vaccina-tions based on religious or medical grounds.
Question: Is there a cost involved to get a re-voked or suspended driv-er’s license reinstated?
Answer: When a driv-er’s period of revocation
or suspension has ended, he or she must pay a re-instatement fee to regain the license – typically from $70 to $500, depending, in part, on the reason that the license was taken away. The driver may also have to meet other conditions or pay additional fees.
Question: How often should a will or estate plan be updated?
Answer: It’s a good idea to review your will and estate plan annu-ally or after a major life change, such as marriage or divorce, the birth or death of a potential heir, a significant shift in one’s fi-nancial situation, a major adjustment to an invest-ment portfolio, or a real estate purchase or sale. Make sure you also review the beneficiary designa-tions on your retirement and insurance policies; as-sets in those accounts will be transferred automati-cally to your named ben-
eficiaries when you die. A will does not determine the provisions of benefi-ciaries on 401(k), pay on death accounts, and life insurance.
Question: Does “chronic pain” qualify as a condition for an Illinois resident to obtain and use medical marijuana?
Answer: It does not. The Illinois Department of Public Health lists the qualifying conditions on its website at http://goo.gl/AxJ1Xt. The site also includes the process for Illinois residents to peti-tion the department about additional medical con-ditions. To become reg-istered to use the drug, a patient must submit an application and required forms to the department’s Division of Medical Can-nabis.
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scenarios if they want to evaluate a range of values. The tool offers results in both dollars and graphs, showing short- and long-term benefits.
“Our hope is that an-swers to some of the big economic questions will help more Illinois farmers give this conservation op-tion a try,” says Dozier. Ac-cording to NRCS and other research, long-term results in renewed soil health of-fer huge returns in crop yields, water quality and infiltration improvements, weed and pest control and
more. “Cover crops are a good trend and one that can actually pay off,” Doz-ier adds.
This NRCS tool, which is being used nation-wide, was developed by Agricultural Economists in Missouri and Illinois. Farmers can download the spreadsheet and run it at http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/por tal/nrcs/detailfull/il/soils/ health/?cid=stelprdb1269028 or visit the Illinois website and find a factsheet about the tool and download the tool there.
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A primary goal of the Stark County Education Foundation is to support Stark County District 100 graduates as they continue their education after high school. Through the generous support of donors, the following awards are available. Eligible candidates must be graduates of Stark County High School in the Class of 2015 who are continuing their education or training after high school in a vocational school or program, community college, or university.
Applications are available in the high school guidance office (286-4451) or on the community page of the district website (www.stark100.com). Completed applications are due in the Stark County High School Principal’s office by 4:00 p.m. on Friday, April 10, 2015. Award winners will be announced on May 11, 2015 at the High School’s Awards Night.
Number of Awards
Title of award Amount Donor
6
Stark County Education Foundation Scholars
$500 each Stark County Education Foundation
5 Elsie Mueller Memorial Scholarship
$1000 Roy Mueller
3 Rumbold & Kuhn Agri-Business Scholarship
$1000 each Rumbold & Kuhn
2 Stark County Elementary Parents’ Club Scholarship
$250 Stark County Elementary Parents’ Club
1 Leezer Agency Scholarship $250 John Leezer
1 Glenn Buchert Memorial Scholarship
$1000 Family and Friends of Glenn Bu-chert
1 Jack and Kay Phillips Memorial Scholarship
$250 Doug and Jackie Hampton
1 Bradley Wood Memorial Scholarship
$500 Family and friends of Bradley Wood
1 Lolabel Taylor Blackburn College Scholarship
$500 Lolabel Taylor
1 Kristin Keane Educational Scholarship
$500 Family and Friends of Kristin Keane
1 Class of 1968 Scholarship $500 Members of the Class of 1968
2 George Fritch Memorial Scholarship
$1500 Friends and family of George Fritch
2 Levi Berg Memorial Scholarship $500 Family and Friends of Levi Berg
1
Kyle Boarman Memorial Scholarship
$500 Family and friends of Kyle Boarman
1 C.J.Donath Memorial Scholarship $125 Family and Friends of C.J. Donath
3 Margaret K Poe Memorial Scholarship
$10,000 each
Margaret K. Poe Trust/Stark County Education Foundation
Stark County Education Foundation announces scholarship opportunities for all 2015 SCHS graduates
Galva – Galva High School finished first at the 2015 Lincoln Trail Confer-ence Scholastic Bowl Meet hosted by Black Hawk Col-lege. Fifty high school stu-dents from 10 schools in the Lincoln Trail Confer-
ence competed Feb. 28 at the college’s East Campus near Kewanee. Annawan High School placed sec-ond, and Wethersfield High School took third.
In this event, student teams compete to answer
questions from a variety of categories such as history, literature, mathematics, music and science. This was the fourth year Black Hawk College hosted the event.
The participating
schools were AlWood, Annawan, Cambridge, Galva, Mercer County, Princeville, ROWVA, Stark County, West Central and Wethersfield.
Top 10 Individual award winners from left to right: Kirk Watson (Black Hawk College faculty), Claire Fettis (4th, Annawan), Liz Wolf (5th, Annawan), Jetta Taylor (tied for 9th, Princeville), Jenna Speer (tied for 9th, Mercer County), Tristan Akers (3rd, Cambridge), Chris North (1st, Galva), Sean Welch (6th, R.O.W.V.A), Brock Titlow (7th Wethersfield), Audrey Vice (2nd, West Central) and Alan Abbott ( Black Hawk College faculty). Not pictured was Grace Klooster (8th, Stark County).
Galva High School places first at Lincoln Trail Conference Scholastic Bowl
submitted photo
Relive all the memories of the 2014 Stark County football season with a book that every Rebels fan must have. Just $10 and available at the SCHS and The Stark County News. Featuring full color photos from Colgan Photography, news articles from all the local papers, and more!
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The State Bank of Toulon Relay For Life team hosted their annual Trivia Night at the Elks Club in Kewanee on March 7. The evening was hosted
by Mark Rewerts of the State Bank of Toulon, Kewanee Branch. In the 10 years that the team has been hosting this event, they have raised and
donated approxi-mately $50,000.
This year the winning team was The Boilermak-ers (captain Mark Ebert) and the Care Bears came in sec-
ond. The theme for this year was for teams to dress in their favorite decade attire. The winning group costume was the Dysfunctional Hip-
sters (team captain Amy Sternes) and Justin Sternes won as best individual costume. This year’s event raised around $3,800.
Above, the State Bank of Toulon employees who volunteered their time and donated to this event.At right, Mark Rewerts, the Master of Ceremonies for the event.
The trivia winners, The Boilermakers, with captain Mark Ebert.
