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By Ken [email protected]

HENNEPIN – The old-est courthouse in the state is in need of some major renovations, and at least one board mem-ber questions if it’s really worth it.

The Putnam County Courthouse was built in 1839, with later additions in the 1870s. However, repairs to the building’s exterior have primar-ily been aimed at solving the short-term problem instead of long-term solu-tions. That situation is

now haunting the current county board.

Putnam County Sher-iff Kevin Doyle said the building’s mortar, which has seen patch-ing throughout the years, is stronger than the bricks. As the mortar contracts and expands

during the seasons, the process knocks bricks off of the walls. With years of repair work but lit-tle renovation, parts of the building have vastly different composition, which makes a long-term solution hard to predict.

Doyle has had engi-neers and architects from Basalay, Cary and Alstadt

– an engineering firm in Ottawa – examine the building. Their prelimi-nary recommendation is an analysis of the build-ing, checking the qual-ity of the building’s lime-stone and mortar and also testing for moisture absorption. However, the cost for those tests is $21,580, an amount

that board member Wil-lie Holmes isn’t thrilled with, especially since other buildings with simi-lar problems have cost close to one million dol-lars to fix. Holmes didn’t push for abandoning the courthouse, but he does question the spending.

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A sit-down jobSee Page 2

Fun at the fairSee Page 9

Courthouse renovation?

West Nile Virus confirmed

Marshall-Putnam Fair royalty

Putnam County Board discusses options

Diseased mosquitoes found in Bureau, Putnam counties

PC’s Larsen and Passini bring

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By donna BarKerShaw Media Service

Diseased mosquitoes infected with the West Nile Virus have been found in both Bureau and Putnam counties.

Kurt Kuchle, director of health protection for the Bureau/Putnam County Health Department, said the Bureau County sample was collected June 25 and tested July 2. The Putnam County sample was col-lected and tested on July 9. The health department usually tests on Tuesdays, he said.

To date, the local health department has collected 26 mosquito samples this season for testing with 21 of those tests in Bureau County and five in Putnam County, Kuchle said.

Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Director LaMar Hasbrouck also confirmed the first dead bird testing positive for West Nile Virus (WNV) in Illinois for 2013, report-ed by the Monroe County Health Department. To date, 17 counties in Illinois have confirmed positive bird and/or mosquito WNV tests this year, he said.

“We are now starting to see West Nile Virus in both mosquitoes and birds, which means it’s only a matter of time before we start seeing West Nile Virus in people,” Hasb-rouck said. “Remember to protect yourself by wear-ing insect repellent and getting rid of any standing water around your home.”

Kuchle agreed, saying the positive WNV tests in Bureau and Putnam coun-ties make it a good time to remind people of the pre-cautions they should take to protect themselves from mosquito bites.

“People should take this seriously,” Kuchle said. “As I have said before, most transmission to humans happens late July through early August, so it’s time to heed the precautions.”

As stated by the IDPH, those precautions mean following the three Rs, which are: Reduce expo-sure by avoid being out-doors when mosquitoes are most active, especially between dusk and dawn; Repel mosquitoes by wear-ing shoes, socks, long pants and long-sleeved shirt and insect repellent when out-doors; and Report areas of stagnant water to local health or municipal offi-cials.

Kuchle said common symptoms of WNV include fever, nausea, headache and muscle aches. The onset of symptoms may begin three to 14 days after being bitten by an infected mosquito. Symptoms may last from a few days to a few weeks.

However, four out of five people infected with WNV will not show any symptoms, Kuchle said. In rare cases, severe illness including meningitis or West Nile Encephalitis, or even death can occur. Peo-ple older than 50 are at higher risk for severe ill-ness, he said.

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HENRY – The Marshall-Putnam County Fair got off to a royal start with the three annual queen pag-eants July 10. Contestants competed for the titles of M-P Fair Little Miss Pag-eant, the M-P Fair Junior Miss Pageant and the M-P Fair Queen Pageant.

Local Putnam County contestants fared well with Hennepin resident Eliza-beth Larsen winning the Junior Miss Pageant. Larsen said the contest had gone better than she had hoped, and her interview was sharp.

“I thought it went real-ly well. In my interview, I was really smiley, and I just answered everything truth-fully,” said Larsen.

The Junior Miss Pageant winner earns a $100 cash prize from the M-P Fair Association; her crown, sashes, luggage, flowers and a gift bag from the pageant committee; a $100 EE U.S. savings bond from the First State Bank of McNabb; a photo session and photo from Summitt Photography of Henry; and a gift from Renee Streitmatter, a Mary Kay consultant in Sparland.

Lauren Passini of Stan-dard then took home the M-P Fair Queen pageant crown. Passini had worked to make her interview skills stronger after competing in the contest last year.

“I was a little worried. I think it had gone pretty well, and I was very excited about it,” she said.

PCR photo/Dixie SchroederThree new queens were chosen July 10 at the Marshall-Putnam County Fair. Chosen were Abbie Stanbary (from left) of Henry, in the Little Miss Pageant, Elizabeth Larsen of Hennepin winning the Junior Miss Pageant, and Lauren Passini of Standard winning the Fair Queen pageant crown. See Page 9 for more fair photos. See Royalty Page 2

See Courthouse Page 3

Just ask Phil Hansen


HENNEPIN – For the handyman with time on his hands, building chairs and benches is not a dif-ficult thing as long as you have some instructions or a guide to follow. But before you can build it, someone else has to do so and write down the instructions.

Right now, in Henne-pin, that job is halfway finished.

Phil Hansen, 80, has always been a bit of a mechanical prodigy. If he could see it, he could build it. In fact, some-times he didn’t need to see it; while in the service, he once took a machine apart and re-assembled it blindfolded for a commanding officer. This has served him well, especially recently.

“My son opened a convenience store in McNabb, and he said, ‘Dad, I wish I had a bench that I could set out front, so people come in for an oil change, they could get a can of beer and sit out there and wait for the oil change,’” Hansen said. “I looked in my books, and I couldn’t find anything I liked. One night, there it was. I saw a big picture of

what I wanted. So I woke up the next morning and built my first bench.”

Hansen calls his bench-es and chairs a “Hen-nepin Bench,” as a con-trast to Adirondack-style furniture. While he can build furniture from

scratch, he doesn’t have the knowledge to trans-late that into instruc-tions that someone else could follow. So Hansen is looking for someone to help him by writing down the plans for one of his chairs.

“The reason I want a pattern done is I want-ed to give them to the library, so they could sell them for the proceeds,” Hansen said. “The state’s attorney said we can’t do that, but we can ask for donations for the plans.”

Hansen said he wanted the school to do it.

“When I was a kid, one of the things I did in shop was build a Klond-ike sled. When I built it, all I had was a picture from a Boy Scout mag-azine. The school saw it and put a picture of it in the local paper,” said Hansen. “Somebody came to me and asked if they could buy it.”

Hansen is constantly changing and refining the design of the Hen-nepin furniture, each piece of which usually takes him about a day’s work. While his first build was a bench, he’s also branched out into chairs and, just recently, rockers.

“Willie Holmes looked at a chair and said, ‘You ever built a rocker?’ I said ‘No,’ so I came home and built one,” Hansen said. “What the heck, the chair was already there. The rest just came to me.”

One notable thing about his furniture is there’s very little waste. Any cutout pieces are used elsewhere for sup-port or decoration. Han-sen sells his chairs and benches starting at about $70. If you’d like to pur-chase a chair, or would like to help Hansen write up the plans for the chairs, call him at 815-925-7270.

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Putnam County Record photo/Ken SchroederHennepin resident Phil Hansen has been building his self-designed Hennepin benches and chairs for awhile, and has just recently branched out into making Hennepin rockers.

Passini won a Miss Illi-nois County Expense package from the M-P Fair Association; a Miss Illinois County clothing allow-ance, crown, sashes and gift package from the M-P

Fair Pageant committee; an academic/trade schol-arship from local busi-nesses and municipalities; flowers from Barb’s Flow-ers of Lacon; a photo ses-sion from Summitt Pho-tography of Henry; and gifts or gift certificates from the 2008 Miss Alaine Noll and family of Toluca,

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The 2013 M-P Fair Little Miss Pageant was won by Abbie Stanbary of Henry.

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Fair Queen Terra Brozak was thrilled the pageant went well.

“I was very pleased with the quality of con-testants that we received this year,” she said. “I am very pleased with my royalty. It’s great to have Putnam County girls rep-resenting us again. I was a

Putnam County Queen as well. It’s very nice to have Lauren and Elizabeth to come from the Putnam County area. Also we love the support we have received from all the busi-nesses this year and indi-viduals and look forward to a great year with these three girls.”

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“Twenty-one thousand dollars is a lot of money before the first work is done,” Holmes said. “We could have a really nice building with a million dol-lars. Do you want a brand new Chevy, or do you want to drive a Model A?”

Board member Chaun-telle Biagi-Bruer pointed out there is a bit of prestige in having the oldest func-tioning courthouse in the state, while board Presi-dent Duane Calbow assert-ed the idea of building a new courthouse is not one he would embrace.

“There’s been years of additions and repairs done to this building. We can’t really stop now,” said Cal-bow. “We’re just custodi-ans of this building. We have to do what’s right.”

When asked by the board how much the repairs might cost and how soon work would begin, Doyle said that would depend on the results of the testing.

“We can’t do anything until they take a look at the drillings and see just what we have to do,” Doyle said.

In other action, the board:

• Heard reports from county highway supervisor Jim Burger. He said he has contacted the railroad to start assessing the cross-ing just south of the Dollar General site to ascertain

whether it needs upgrad-ing. Burger also noted that Illinois Emergency Man-agement Agency (IEMA) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) representatives are starting their inspec-tion of county and state road damages following the spring flooding.

• Heard from Doyle about the failure of the battery back-up system for the sheriff’s office. The power system is meant to continue communications and monitoring in a power outage during the time it takes for the generator to kick in. The system has failed three times in recent weeks. The batteries are being replaced at a cost of $5,000.

• Learned from Jim Goldasich that IEMA and FEMA agents will be in the county receiving applica-tions for individual assis-tance since the approval by FEMA last week. Appli-cations must be complet-ed by July 24. Goldasich also told the board that the bids will be opened for the construction of the new Emergency Medical Services Building on July 16. A special board meet-ing was set for July 22 to consider those bids.

• Met Nicole Tonioni, the new probation officer for the county.

• Appointed Brad Grass-er to replace Mike Vaske as the McNabb Fire Protec-tion District trustee.

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Quinn suspends pay to Illinois legislators

McNabb Village Board hits the ditch

CHICAGO – Gov. Pat Quinn said he is tired of waiting for Illinois legisla-tors to pass legislation on pension reform. On July 10, Quinn issued a line-item veto of House Bill 214 to suspend pay for Illinois state legislators. According to a press release issued by the governor’s office, since taking office, Quinn has been pushing for compre-hensive pension reform to resolve the state’s worst-in-the-nation pension crisis. This action follows years

of legislative inertia on pension reform, while the state’s unfunded pension debt grows by millions of dollars a day.

“In this budget, there should be no paychecks for legislators until they get the job done on pension reform,” Quinn said. “Pen-sion reform is the most critical job for all of us in public office. I cannot in good conscience approve legislation that provides paychecks to legislators who are not doing their job

for the taxpayers.”Quinn will not accept

his salary until the Gen-eral Assembly sends him a comprehensive pension reform solution.

In June, Quinn proposed a legislative conference committee as a vehicle to break gridlock between the two chambers and asked the legislative conference committee to act on a com-promise that erases the unfunded liability and pro-vides 100 percent funding for the systems by July 9.

Members of the Illi-nois General Assembly make $67,836 annually, along with additional stipends for leadership positions. Both of these payouts are affected by the veto.

“This is an emergency, the taxpayers of Illinois are waiting and there is no excuse for further legislative delay,” Quinn said. “The taxpayers cannot afford an endless cycle of delays, excuses and more delays.”


MCNABB – Complaints came before the McNabb Village Board at the regular meeting July 10 regarding the ditches in the subdi-vision west of the tracks. Parts of the ditches in the division were dug up by Ossola Construction dur-ing sewer work a couple years ago, and many resi-dents feel their ditches are now too steep to mow safely.

“That’s an issue that we’re going to have to pick up because we created that problem, although some of it falls back on Tom Osso-la,” said board President Mike Vaske.

Several board members

countered that all of the blame should be put on Ossola Construction, since they left the ditches in that condition.

“Shouldn’t someone have gone out and inspect-ed it from the board before we signed off on it?” said board member Frank McNaughton. “Was some-one supposed to be over-seeing this job? I think you dropped the ball.”

Additional work is planned for the subdivi-sion, since the street is cur-rently a few inches above the shoulder, making walk-ing along the street hazard-ous. Board member Brandi Sandberg pointed out the board needs to decide on a course of action quickly.

“Before we put all the

gravel along the sides, we better figure it out,” said Sandberg. “It’s stupid to have all this new gravel put in, then decide a month later we’re going to remove half of it, so we can recon-figure half of the ditches.”

In other action, the board:

• Discussed the issue of the playground equipment in the park. The protective mulch under and around the equipment has been knocked out of the con-tainment blocks. Some of the blocks have been dam-aged as well. The board will look into replacing the containment blocks and getting new mulch.

• Reviewed progress of clean-up of several local residences whose owners

were warned they need-ed to be fixed up. There are other structures that need more work and the board is investigating legal options.

• Streets supervisor Bobby Mekley told the board of a water pipe that has shown traces of chlo-rine in the water. The leak has not been found, and the problem is complicated by the installation of a gas line just above the water line.

• Reviewed the village’s insurance policies and charges with agent David Campbell of Campbell Insurance.

• Reviewed the annual financial audit with Joel Hopkins of Hopkins and Associates.

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Meeting calendar

Illinois legislature passes concealed carry law

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By Goldie CurrieShaw Media Services

Editor’s note: This is first in a two-part series on the new concealed carry legislation.

HENNEPIN – On July 9, Illinois became the last state in the nation to allow a gun owner to carry con-cealed weapons, after the Illinois General Assembly voted to override Gov. Pat Quinn’s amendatory veto of House Bill 183.

The Senate vote was 41 yeas to 17 nays with Sen. Sue Rezin (R-Mor-ris) voting in favor of the override. The House vote was 77 yeas to 31 nays with Rep. Frank Mau-tino (D-Spring Valley) also voting in favor of the override.

In a statement on the concealed carry over-ride, Quinn expressed his disappointment.

“Despite my objec-tions, members of the General Assembly sur-rendered to the National Rifle Association in the waning days of session and passed a flawed bill that allows people to carry guns in establish-ments that serve alco-hol and allows people to carry unlimited guns and high-capacity ammuni-tion magazine,” he said.

After Quinn took amendatory veto on the bill last week, he released revisions to what he called a “flawed bill that jeopardized pub-lic safety.”

“We will keep fighting for these critical provi-sions that will save lives and establish a better, more responsible con-cealed carry law in Illi-nois,” Quinn said July 9.

What does this mean now?

In order to take part in the new concealed carry law, a person must be 21 years old, have a valid Firearm Owner’s Identifi-cation Card and be issued a license by the Illinois State Police. The State Police have been given six months to make applica-tions for concealed carry licenses and must issue a license within three months of receiving a valid application.

To be granted a license, a person must complete firearms training. Stipu-lations on the ability to carry a concealed weapon are: A person cannot have a background of being con-victed of a misdemeanor involving a threat or vio-lence within five years of applying for a license; have a record of two or more DUIs or drug viola-tions; cannot be a subject of a pending arrest war-

rant; and cannot have a record of court-ordered treatment for alcoholism, alcohol detoxification or drug treatment within the five years of applying for the license.

An applicant must also pay $150 for a new license or a renewal of a license.

According to Section 65 of the bill, some areas will automatically be pro-hibited of a concealed carry. A licensee cannot carry on several properties including school property grounds or child care facil-ities; government grounds; before a circuit court, appellate court, Supreme court or building under control of the Supreme Court; in jails and pris-ons; hospitals and mental health facilities; on pub-lic buses and trains; at a public playground; in pub-lic libraries; amusement parks; or property grounds owned by a college or uni-versity.

It’s nearly time again for the annual Beef and Ag Tractor Ride!

The dates for this year’s ride are July 19-21. Each day the ride will depart from and return to the Bureau County Fair-grounds in Princeton.

The Friday ride will begin with a biscuits and gravy breakfast served at 7 a.m. with a freewill donation for the breakfast. A drivers’ meeting will be held prior to the 8:30 a.m. departure for Francis Park just outside of Kewanee. The drivers will travel country roads to reach Francis Park where lunch is provided to all partici-pants. The return trip to Princeton will include some travel time on the Hennepin Canal Parkway before parading around Courthouse Square in downtown Princeton and back to the fairgrounds.

Saturday’s tour will find the drivers traveling to Putnam County with the first stop at the Marquis Energy Ethanol produc-tion plant. Lunch will be served in the park in Hen-nepin followed by a trip to the Putnam County Agricultural Museum and returning to Princeton via Tiskilwa.

The Sunday ride takes a rural route to Ohio and a visit at the “Ol’ Fashun Threshin Days” hosted by the Bureau Valley Antique Associa-tion at Albrecht’s Grove. While there, the drivers will participate in their parade as well as the tractor pull and dyna-mometer testing for any-one so inclined to do so. The return trip to the fairgrounds will bring the 2013 Beef and Ag Tractor Ride to a close.

As has been the practice in the past, all proceeds from the ride are donat-ed to the Bureau County Cattlemen’s Association for its scholarship fund and local food pantries. Registration for the ride is still available for either all three days or just one day. Anyone wish-ing to drive their tractor is invited to attend and may call any of the fol-lowing for information: Doug Cook 815-878-3789, Gary Peach 815-303-7107, Terry Swear-ingen 815-878-7750, or Dave Doty 815-739-5983.

Registration fee is $50 for all three days or $35 for either Friday or Sat-urday. Participation in the Sunday drive is free.

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household trash, and the wind blew embers on the corn crib where the roof started on fire. The firefighters put out the fire quickly, without

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cArs2012 Ford Focus Hatchback SE, 37,000 miles . . . . . . . . . . . $15,7002011 Ford Fusion SE, 64,000 miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $16,5002008 Ford Taurus SEL, 92,000 miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,500 2008 Ford Crown Vic LX, 70,000 miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,900 2008 Ford Taurus SEL, 64,000 miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,500 2008 Chevrolet Impala LT, 104,000 miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,500 2006 Ford 500 SE, 94,000 miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,300 2006 Pontiac Grand Prix, 69,000 miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,200 2006 Chrysler Sebring Convert, 41,000 miles . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,900 2004 Cadillac DeVille DHS, 117,000 miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,900 2004 Pontiac Grand Am, 67,000 miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,400 1966 Ford Mustang, Dark Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $22,000

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Theodore DannisGRANVILLE — Theo-

dore Paul “Ted” Dannis, 76, of rural Granville passed away Saturday, July 6, 2013, at St. Mar-garet’s Hospital in Spring Valley.

Ted was born Dec. 17, 1936, in Chicago, the son of James and Lillian (Kelly) Dan-nis. He grad-uated from Hyde Park High School.

He mar-ried Janice C u n n i n g -ham June 9, 1962, in St. Francis DePaul Catholic Church in Chicago.

Ted worked as a press-man for the Chicago Sun Times Newspaper for 48 years, retiring in 1999. He was a former member of the Fraternal Order of the Moose Lodge and Graph-ic Arts Communication Union Local 7 in Chicago. He was also a member of the Teamsters Union.

Ted is survived by his wife, Janice; one daughter, Lillian (Kevin) Kazmierczak of McNabb; three sons, Christopher, formerly of Davenport and recently of Granville, Peter of Granville and Todd (Angela) of Arling-ton; and five grandchil-dren, Zachary, Kate and John Kazmierczak, and Amber and Bret Dannis.

He was preceded in death by his mother and father; one brother, Jim; one sister, Nancy; and Esther Lyons.

Per his request, crema-tion rites were accorded.

A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. July 20 at the Dysart–Cofoid Funeral Chapel in Granville. Visi-tation will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 20.

Online condolences may be sent to the family of Ted Dannis at www.dcfunerals.com.

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PC tentative multiplier announced

Starved Rock nominated as ‘8th Wonder’

Putnam County Courthouse

SPRINGFIELD – Put-nam County has been issued a tentative prop-erty assessment equal-ization factor of 1.0000, according to Brian Hamer, Director of the Illinois Department of Revenue.

The property assess-ment equalization factor, often called the multipli-er, is the method used to achieve uniform prop-erty assessments among counties, as required by law. This equalization is particularly impor-tant because some of the state’s 6,600 local taxing districts overlap into two or more counties (e.g. school districts, junior college districts, fire pro-tection districts.) If there were no equalization

among counties, substan-tial inequities among tax-payers with comparable properties would result.

State law requires property in Illinois to be assessed at one-third of its market value. Farm property is assessed dif-ferently, with farm home-sites and dwellings sub-ject to regular assessing and equalization pro-cedures, but with farm-land and farm buildings assessed according to standards based on pro-ductivity.

The equalization factor is determined annually for each county by com-paring the sale price of individual properties sold over the past three years to the assessed value placed on those proper-

ties by the county super-visor of assessments/county assessor.

If this three-year aver-age level of assessment is one-third of market value, the equalization factor will be one. If the average level of assess-ment is greater than one-third of market value, the equalization factor will be less than one. If the average level of assess-ment is less than one-third of market value, the equalization factor will be greater than one.

Assessments in Put-nam County are at 33.39 percent of market value, based on sales of proper-ties in 2010, 2011 and 2012.

The equalization factor currently being assigned

is for 2013 taxes, payable in 2014.

Last year’s equalization factor for the county was 1.0000.

The tentative factor is subject to change if the County Board of Review takes actions which sig-nificantly affect the county assessments or if local officials or others can present data show-ing that the Department of Revenues estimates of the average level of assessments in the coun-ty should be adjusted. A public hearing on the tentative multiplier will be held between 20 and 30 days after the tenta-tive factor is published in a newspaper of general circulation within the county.

A change in the equaliza-tion factor does not mean total property tax bills will increase or decrease. Tax bills are determined by local taxing bodies when they request money each year to provide services to local citizens. If the amount requested by local taxing districts is not greater than the amount received in the previous year, then total property taxes will not increase even if assessments may have increased.

The assessed value of an individual property determines what por-tion of the tax burden a specific taxpayer will assume. That individual’s portion of tax responsibil-ity is not changed by the multiplier.

ROMEOVILLE — The Heritage Corridor Convention and Visi-tors Bureau has entered Starved Rock State Park into VirtualTourist.com’s quest to crown the “8th Wonder of the World.”

Public voting is now open at VirtualTourist.com.

Starved Rock State Park in Utica may just be the 8th Wonder of the

World. Recently designat-ed as Illinois Fan Favor-ite in a contest held on Facebook, and as one of the 7 Wonders of Illinois, Starved Rock State Park is a world apart from any-thing else in Illinois.

“When people ask what area the Heritage Cor-ridor CVB represents, the overwhelming major-ity responds that he/she has visited Starved Rock

State Park and has stories to tell about their stay,” said Mary Beth DeGrush, vice president of the Her-itage Corridor CVB.

With numerous tour-ism boards, chambers of commerce and visi-tor bureaus sending in nominations, the public is asked to vote for their favorite out of the more than 300 submissions. Voters can visit www.

virtualtourist.com to vote for a landmark until Sept. 30.

The wonder with the most votes will be crowned the winner. The winner will be featured in a national broadcast TV segment on a popular

syndicated program, as well as receive a massive media relations campaign push from VirtualTourist.

To vote for Starved Rock State Park for 8th Wonder of the World, just visit www.virtualtourist.com.

The following fines and penalties were recently handed down in Putnam County Cir-cuit Court.

Driving 15-20 mph above limit

Richard J. Casey; 62; Streator; fined $120.

Julius E. Jenkins Jr.; 19; Chicago; $120.

Daniel T. Joseph; 38; Dunlap; fined $120.

Willie E. Price Jr.; 45; Peru; fined $120.

James P. Stibal; 62; Granville; fined $120.

Jeremiah E. Zack; 28; Princeton; fined $120.

Brian Zielinski; 25; Granville; fined $120.


Klaudia Rees; 33; Put-nam; fined $140.


Leshia Y. Wilbon; 34; Chicago; fined $140.

Possession cannabisDaniel W. Ward; 24; Oak

Lawn; fined $2,299 plus 12 months supervision.

Driving under the influ-ence

Anthony M. Kerivan Sr.; 43; Hennepin; fined $2,500 plus 24 months supervision.

Fishing without a license

Haley Leora Rott; 28; Hennepin; fined $120.

Possession controlled substance

Tyler R. Tucker; 37; Henry; fined $6,500, 90 days in jail plus 36 months probation.

Failure to obey stop sign

Brien N. Redshaw; 27; Hennepin; fined $120.

Candise B. Lunger; 26; Hennepin; fined

$120.Seat belt required

driverFrank E. Crew; 41;

Henry; fined $60.Seat belt required

passengerJames B. Holling-

sworth; 19; LaSalle; $60.

Child restraint viola-tion

Angela Hughes; 47; Princeton; $120.

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Fifty-three looms ahead of me like one of those obe-lisks in “2001: A Space Odyssey.” To be honest, there were times in my youth when I didn’t think I’d make it this far.

Looking back though, there are so many things I miss — those bits of nostalgia that are nearly impossible to explain to the younger genera-tions.

• Sitting in front of the TV (from a distance; radiation danger) eating TV dinners out of tin trays watching a “National Geographic” special, Jacques Cousteau or “Mutual of Omaha’s Wild King-dom.”

• Bell bottoms for guys (Probably alone on this one).• “Beanie & Cecil;” “Heckle and Jeckle;” “Super

Chicken;” “Here Comes the Grump;” all of those car-toons that were silly and never edgy enough to survive in today’s animated wasteland.

• Cartoons before the movie at the theater, which often was a double feature. Better yet were drive-in theaters for the atmosphere and the playground near the screen.

• Musicals at the movies. The last one I remember seeing was “Xanadu,” and I sincerely hope there’s been more since then, since that would be a crappy ending to the idea of movie musicals.

• Irwin Allen. Whether it was the genre of the disas-ter movies which he owned during the ‘70s or the long line of slightly campy sci-fi TV shows of the late ‘60s, his output was always good for an escape from reality.

• Stingray bicycles with sissy bars and banana seats, and nobody thought of wearing a crash helmet.

• Bands like Chicago, Blood Sweat and Tears or Chase that used wind instruments and had lyrics you could actually understand.

• Soda in glass bottles.• Corn flakes with Instant Bananas (Good Night Mrs.

Callabash, wherever you are.).• Bonomo Turkish Taffy. After a day of swimming

at the pool, a taffy and a Mr. Freeze were the perfect follow-up.

• Captain Kangaroo. To this day, I can’t see a ping pong ball without chuckling.

• Super Balls. Not quite as hard as a hockey puck, they bounced high and fast. They also hurt like heck when you got clocked by one.

• Cap guns, dart guns, lawn darts — all those toys that today’s lawmakers believe are “too dangerous” or “bad influences.” Mattel’s “Creepy Crawlers” was another one of those cool toys. You poured a plastic “goop” into a mold, set it on the glorified hot plate, and several minutes later you had a plastic toy to play with.

• ABC’s Wide World of Sports; “The thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat.”

• Rear-wheel drive cars, jacked up with over-sized tires in back and an 8-track player (home installed) blaring “Born to Be Wild” as you made “the cruise” (Every town had a “cruise,” where you drove in your car to see and be seen).

There’s more, of course, and everyone has their own nostalgia (although please, no more leisure suits ...), but sometimes, it’s kind of fun to put on that Monkees’ album, drink a root beer float (A & W, frosty mug, of course) and remember when.

Putnam County Record Staff Writer Ken Schroeder can be reached at [email protected].

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Field of Dreams

A writer looks at 50 ... plus

Here in our county we have special young people doing great things. Sisters Angie and Mia Serafini donated their “tips for a cause” to fight cancer. These wonderful girls wait tables at the Coal Miner’s Cafe in Mark. Rotary exchange student Austin Pletsch left for Italy for a stay of six weeks. Austin has been a leader in the FFA and sports and was sent to Boys State by the American Legion. He will be a great ambassador for Putnam County and our country.

•••We went to Jeanne’s second-

grade student Sarah Brizgis’ marriage. Sarah grew up in Magnolia and is the daughter of Alan and Ruth Brizgis. Sarah is a first-grade teacher in Ottawa. She married U.S. Marine Shawn Robertson, also from Ottawa. It was a patriotic wedding. When everyone left the church after the wedding, we were given U.S. flags to wave to send them well wishes as thy began their jour-ney in life.

•••Trivia Question: What

explorer introduced Italians to spaghetti in the 14th century? Answer at the end of the col-umn.

•••Jeanne and I took a two-day

trip to the exciting and beauti-ful city of Chicago. We left early in the morning arriving on Lake Shore Drive and drove north to Foster Avenue, to Clark Street in Andersonville. We ate at a small Swedish restaurant named Sula. We then visited the Swed-ish Museum where Jeanne is a member.

That evening we attended the “Buddy Holly Story” at the Cadillac Theater. Jeanne and I loved the Buddy Holly music back in the ‘50s. Buddy had become famous in a little town in Texas named Lubbock. In three short years that preceded his death, he soared into the top of the charts with multiple hit records, all created through-out a period of three months. It was a great musical show; we enjoyed listening to dozens of hit songs. My favorite Holly song is “That’ll be the Day That I Die.” Other songs were “Peggy Sue,” “Heartbeat,” Raining in My Heart,” “Johnny B. Goode” and “Why Do Fools Fall in Love.”

Holly and three friends started a band in his garage when they were 19 years old. They record-ed their music, and when they listened to the records, there was a background noise. They realized the noise was from crickets in the garage, so they named themselves Buddy Holly and the Crickets. They played in New York, at state fairs, all throughout the country. But soon they argued over what music to play, and they broke up. On a wintry night in 1959, at the age of 22, Holly died in a plane crash in Iowa with the singer and musician Big Bopper and 17-year-old Ritchie Valens of La Bamba fame. The plane

was flying to play at the Les Buzz Ballroom in Spring Valley.

The next morning Jeanne and I arrived at Wrigley Field at 11 a.m. to watch the team practice, but the tarp was on the infield. It started raining at game time. We were sent to a tunnel near by. We stood there for an hour before going up in the grand-stand. There was no place to sit. We decided to go sit in our car nearby. But at the gate, we were told we could not return if we left. I knew there would be a game because the Cubs have a reputation for waiting a rainout. We bought plastic raincoats and went back to our seats. But we were stopped and told that we could not go back to our seats. There was one highlight during the rain, we got to meet and talked to former track coach and PC teacher Jim Davis. After three hours we were allowed back to our seats, while they removed the tarp. The Cubs won after the three-hour rain delay by a score of 3 to 1 against the Astros. We saw three Cub homers, and Matt Garcia pitched a four-hitter. This game added to the million wonderful moments that Jeanne and I have spent at Wrigley Field.

•••Answer to the trivia question:

Marco Polo introduced Italians to spaghetti in the 14th century.

•••May your life be long, success-

ful and happy.Darrell Alleman of Granville

can be reached in care of this newspaper at Putnam County Record, P.O. Box 48, Granville, IL 61326.

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Selene Garza, Magnolia

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Emily Bruch, Granville

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COMMENTARY

First Amendment“Congress shall make no law respecting an

establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom

of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”

Constitution of the United States, 1789

Darrell Alleman

COMMENTARY

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois farmers soon will have a cheap and convenient opportunity to dispose of their empty agrichemical containers.

The Illinois Depart-ment of Agriculture has arranged to offer a free pesticide container recy-cling program this sum-mer. Beginning in late July, sites throughout the state will collect the con-tainers and grind them into small plastic chips that will be used to make shipping pallets, fence posts, drainage tubing, plastic lumber and other useful products.

“This program is an excellent example of the care Illinois farmers are taking to protect our environment,” Agricul-ture Director Bob Flider

said. “Since its inception, more than two million agrichemical containers destined for landfills have been collected and recy-cled into useful products.”

Metal and household pesticide containers are not eligible for the recy-cling program. Collection sites will accept only high-density polyethylene, #2 plastic, agrichemical containers that are clean and dry. Participants are responsible for rinsing them and removing all caps, labels, booklets and foil seals.

The program is a coop-erative venture between the Illinois Department of Agriculture, Agricul-ture Container Recycling Council, Growmark, Inc., Illinois Fertilizer and Chemical Associa-

tion, Container Services Network, Illinois Farm Bureau and University of Illinois Extension.

To obtain a free pro-gram brochure, call the Illinois Department of Agriculture toll free at 800-641-3934.

The single day collec-tion sites and dates for the 2013 Pesticide Container Recycling Program are as

follows:• Henry County, Aug.

6, 9 to 11 a.m. River Val-ley Coop, Galva, Shane Schmidt, 309-932-2081.

• Whiteside County, Aug. 6, 1 to 3 p.m. Gold Star FS, Lyndon, Jim Anderson, 815-778-3331.

• LaSalle County, Aug. 9, 9 to 11 a.m. Grainco FS, Lostant, Steve Puetz, 815-368-3215.

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IDOA to offer free recycling program for agrichemical containers

June hog report released

Property transfers

Health department releases scoresSPRINGFIELD – The

Illinois Field Office of NASS released the USDA June 1 Hogs and Pigs Report June 28.

The number of hogs and pigs on Illinois farms on June 1 was 4.75 million head, 1 percent more than last year and 2 percent more than the March 1, 2013 inventory. Breeding hogs was at 500,000 head, unchanged from last year, but up 2 percent from last quarter. Market hogs, at 4.25 million head, were up 1 percent from June 2012 and up 2 percent from March 2013.

The Illinois March-May pig crop, at 2.627 million, was up 2 percent from a year ago. There were 255,000 sows that far-rowed, unchanged from the previous year but up 2 percent from last quar-ter. The litter rate for the quarter was 10.3 pigs saved per litter, up from 10.1 the previous quarter.

Farrowing intentions for the June through August quarter of 2013 are 255,000, 2 percent more than the actual farrowings during this period a year earlier. The first estimate of farrowing intentions for the September through November quarter of 2013 is 255,000 sows, up 4 per-cent from the previous year’s actual farrowings.

United States inven-tory of all hogs and pigs on June 1 was 66.6 mil-lion head. This was down slightly from June 1, 2012, but up 2 percent from March 1, 2013. Breeding inventory, at 5.88 million

head, was up slightly from last year, and up 1 percent from the previous quar-ter. Market hog inventory, at 60.8 million head, was down slightly from last year, but up 2 percent from last quarter.

The March-May 2013 pig crop, at 30.1 million head, was up slightly from 2012. Sows farrowed dur-ing this period totaled 2.92 million head, down 2 percent from 2012. The sows farrowed during this quarter represented 50 percent of the breeding herd. The average pigs saved per litter was a record high 10.31 for the March-May period, com-pared to 10.09 last year. Pigs saved per litter by size of operation ranged from 7.70 for operations with 1-99 hogs and pigs to 10.40 for operations with more than 5,000 hogs and pigs.

United States hog pro-ducers intend to have 2.93 million sows farrow dur-ing the June-August 2013 quarter, down slightly from the actual farrowings during the same period in 2012, and down slightly from 2011. Intended far-rowings for September-November 2013, at 2.92 million sows, are up 1 per-cent from 2012, but down slightly from 2011.

The total number of hogs under contract owned by operations with more than 5,000 head, but raised by contractees, accounted for 46 percent of the total United States hog inventory, down from 47 percent last year.

The following proper-ty transfers were recent-ly recorded in the Put-nam County Recorder of Deeds office.

July 8Michael W. Benedict

and Cathy L. Benedict to Robert R. Brosius and Virginia M. Brosius; lot 189, Lake Thunderbird Hills; $4,000.

William W. Penn and Stephanie G. Penn to Robert R. Brosius and Virginia M. Brosius; lot 188 of Lake Thunder-bird Hills; $4,000.

William P. Elliot and Judith A. Elliott as Trustees to William P. Elliott II and Wendy S. Bray; Lots 1 & 2, block 3 Charles Smith Addi-tion village of Granville; exempt.

Robert E. Terando and Michele A. Terando to

Arthur R. Bradford and Susan D. Brandford; Lot 8 on Block 29 village of Hennepin; $82,500.

James R. Serrine to Carol R. Serrine; Lot 6 of block 3 Oppers sub-division of Gunn’s addi-tion village of Granville; exempt.

Stefan Petrov to Daniel Borkowski and Andrew Borkowski; Lot 117 of Lake Thunderbird Hills; exempt.

The Bureau/Putnam County Health Depart-ment makes routine and unannounced visits each month to various food service establish-ments in Bureau and Putnam counties to inspect the operation.

Health inspectors use an identical scorecard at each facility, where they check for health code compliance in 45

areas. Each area carries a rating from one to five, with five being the most critical. Inspectors check the entire opera-tions of the facility in 14 different categories, such as food protection, personnel and garbage and refuse disposal.

Beginning with a score of 100 points, the health inspector deducts one to five

points for every viola-tion. The final total is the facility’s inspection report score. A passing food inspection score is 65 or above.

At 65, the Bureau/Putnam County ordi-nance allows the health department to close an establishment, but a score doesn’t have to be that low for the department to close it.

It depends on the num-ber of critical and non-critical violations and the type of violations. Certain combinations can create a domino effect for food borne outbreaks.

All inspection reports are a matter of public record and can be seen at the Bureau County Health Department in Princeton.

Bureau County food service establishments

CherryBruno’s 91J.T.’s Bar & Grill 86

DalzellGeno V’s 90

DePueMi Oficina Bar 99Casey’s General Store 92The Junction 99

LaddJoe’s Pizza 91Lanuti’s 91Rip’s Tavern 91

MaldenThe Feed Store 95

ManliusBrickhouse 100

NeponsetMartin Engineering Cafe 99

PrincetonGalleria 95Grandma Rosies Sweet Treats 90Perry Memorial Hospital Cafeteria 99Pizza Cellar 93Rebecca’s Catering & Event Planning 98Sullivan Foods/Deli 95Walmart Super Center Bakery & Deli 93Wendy’s 94Princeton Soccer/Zearing Park Concession 96Princeton Youth Soccer/Westside 96Right Down Town Inc. 96

Sullivan Foods/Retail 93Walmart Super Center/Retail 92Wyaton Hills Golf Course 97Beck’s 13 98

SheffieldCasey’s General Store 95

Spring ValleyThe Big House 77Spring Creek Golf Course 96The Outhouse 93

TiskilwaPiccolo’s Pizzeria 98

WyanetOuthouse 97

Putnam County food service establishments

GranvilleKaddywampus Sports Grill 94Fast N Fresh-Subway 89Pagan O’Leary’s 86Spring Valley Boat Club 97The Corner Store 89

HennepinRay’s Place 92Hennepin Food Mart 97

MarkCoal Miner’s Cafe 86

McNabbEdgewood Park Golf Course 92

PutnamSnack Shack Lake Thunderbird 81All inspections conducted June 1 through June 30

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Sports

Cyclones football programshold registration on July 20LACON – A second registration for the 2013

Cyclone football season will be held in Henry from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Henry American Legion on July 20. Registration will also be held in Lacon from noon to 2 p.m. at the Club LaCon restaurant and in Washburn at Washburn Junior High School library from 3 to 4 p.m. Players are desperately needed of all ages to complete rosters for teams. Registration prior to the first week of practice is crucial for establishing coaching staffs and teams.

Registration will be for tackle football (ages 8-14), cheerleading (ages 8-14), and flag football (ages 5-7). Registration costs are $75 for tackle, $50 for cheerleading and $35 for flag football. Payment terms and sibling discounts are avail-able for tackle football only. Please call Jeff at 309-231-0809, Dave at 309-474-4040, Sandra at 309-678-7429, Don at 309-238-3728, Dave at 309-364-2042 or Michelle at 309-238-3732 if you have any questions.

This year will mark the 17th anniversary of the Cyclone program. For those who already reg-istered, get a friend to join you. Many improve-ments have been made, and more are still to come before the new season ahead.

Last year, the program consisted of more than 100 boys and girls from Marshall and sur-rounding counties. The Cyclones management is working hard to make the 2013 season the best ever. They welcome everyone from all surround-ing communities to register for the program and join the fun.

The first tackle football practice will be on Aug. 5 in Lacon. Flag football’s first practice will be Aug. 12 in Lacon. Cheer first practice will be Aug. 6 in Lacon.

Local athlete taking her sport to the next levelBy Dixie SchroeDer

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GRANVILLE – Don’t look now, but the swim-mer you saw blazing past you in the pool is Char-leigh Holmes. Holmes, daughter of Anne Holmes and Chris Holmes, has been swimming at a brand new level.

During April of this year, she started swim-ming for the Academy of Bullets team out of the Romeoville area. Holmes will be a member of this team through July, then take August off and start up with the Illinois Valley YMCA Dolphins team out of Peru. The Dolphins’ season runs from Sep-tember through early March.

“I’ve done pretty good,” she said. “In the 400 meter freestyle, 50 meter freestyle, all the free-styles and backs (back stroke).”

Holmes started swim-ming about three years ago on the advice of a couple of family mem-bers.

“My cousin Olivia Holmes was doing it. My Uncle Mike (Holmes) told me about it, so I could do something in the winter

instead of sitting around at home,” she said. “So I tried it and liked it.”

Beginning swimmers start with simple stroke races like the backstroke or the freestyle. As ath-letes get older and more proficient, they can add more strokes to their rep-ertoire like the breast-stroke and butterfly stroke.

“When you start, you swim the events you can swim,” said Ann Holmes. “If there is a certain stroke you don’t know, they are not going to put you in that event. That is why a lot of the young-er ones will only do the backstroke and the free-style.”

Charleigh swam for a while before she really began to feel her place was in the pool.

“It kind of came about a year after I started,” she said. “I went to a different coach, Kenya Machetta of Marseilles. She works us more. She does more endurance swims with us. She makes me lead the lane.”

“Lead the lane” is a swimming exercise in which a slower swimmer starts in one lane and a faster one is swimming

right behind her almost at the first swimmer’s feet. This makes the first swimmer work harder to swim faster.

An average workout per week consists of 7,000 yards of swimming. Holmes practices in Peru or Romeoville.

The next step for Char-leigh is to get faster. One of her ultimate goals would be to qualify for nationals. To qualify, a swimmer must be at least 12 years of age and swim the minimum qualifying time that is set forth.

“My goal is to make nationals,” she said. “Nationals is one of the highest things you can get as a swimmer. In my 50-yard freestyle, I actu-ally made it when I was 11, but it was at the end of my relay, so I couldn’t count it.”

Swimming is not just a physical sport; it is part mental. Both Charleigh and her mother agree that if a swimmer’s head is not in the game, he or she will not do well.

“Last year or the year before that I had this attitude,” Charleigh said. “Then in the summer I got better about it and listened to my mom. She

told me to say to myself that I would do better next time. Then I always did.”

Charleigh plays other sports and hangs with her friends like any other 11 year old in her off-time. She has played other sports at Putnam County Junior High School. She has what she calls her “swimming friends” and her “school friends.” She spends time as she can with each but is deter-mined to heed the call of the swimming pool.

“It’s not about winning; it is about getting a better time,” she said. “I want this time, and I am going to get it.”

Charleigh Holmes

Photo contributedCharleigh Holmes is competing for the Academy of Bullets team at a meet in Munster, Ind., earlier this summer.

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Hennepin wins tournamentThe Bi-County Little League Instructional Softball League held its annual tournament at host Tonica’s softball field. Hennepin’s squad took first place. Team members include Sadie Heinrich (front row, from left), Tia Green, Maddie Hultz, Morgan Hundley and Ali Ciucci; (second row) Kaitlyn Ahearn, Madi Brannon, Shayla Arroyo, Emily Bruch, Grace Ebel and Alivia Sanchez; and (third row) coaches Allison Voss and Venessa Voss.

PCHS girls basketball hosts golf fundraiser

By Dixie [email protected]

MCNABB – The Putnam County Girls Bas-ketball Golf Tournament will be July 27. Lady Panther coach James Barnett will host a four-person scramble golf tournament for the over 18-year-old players at Edgewood Golf course in rural McNabb.

Starting at 9 a.m., golfers will tee off. Prizes will include $1,000 for first place and $500 for second place. The cost to enter the event will be $60 per person and $240 per team. Entry fee will entitle a person to golf, a cart, skins and a meal.

There will be a raffle and participants could win the following: an Odyssey White Ice put-ter, a Cleveland 56 degree wedge, a Cleveland 60 degree wedge, a King Cobra Baffler hybrid, a Cleveland TL310 driver and a Nike Ignite driver.

There will be a hole-in-one contest at all three par 3s. Each participant will receive a gift at each hole they participate in. If they score a hole-in-one, they will receive one of the fol-lowing prizes depending on the hole, there are four total chances to win the following: On Hole 16, a four-person golf trip to Arizona in which the winner will play five different courses near Scottsdale, the retail value of the trip is $6,000. The other prizes include on Hole 4 - $5,000 in cash; a set of Callaway irons or a flat screen TV.

Barnett explained the tournament is to raise money for the girls basketball program.

“The reason we are hosting this tournament is to raise money for playing in different shootouts and leagues in the summer and pay for hotels so there will be no cost to the girls and their families,” he said. “We are also looking at getting new warm-ups for next season and hope to make enough money for that to happen. It should be a fun day with all the events that we have planned and prizes we have available to win. Golfers should have a very good chance of walking away winning a raffle prize, the prizes from the hole-in-one event or money.”

To register for the four person golf scramble tournament, call Barnett at 217-779-9718 or email him at [email protected].

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Magnolia places secondThe Bi-County Little League Instructional Softball League held its annual tournament at host Toni-ca’s softball field. Magnolia’s squad took second place. Team members include Regan Poole (front row, from left), Selene Garza, Meleah Mertes, Alexis Davis and Cassie Johnson; (second row) Chelsea Siegfried, Hope Keller, Alex Joop, Tay-lor Lenkitis and Katrin Holocker; and (third row) assistant coach Heidi Duffield, head coach Jenni-fer Keller and assistant coach Sara Duffield.

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Sacred Heart, St. Patrick’s churches strong in community service, faith

Community

St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Hennepin

Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Granville.

Vocational scholarships open for

application in Hennepin

Bus driver training classes scheduled

HENNEPIN – Recently graduates who resided in Hennepin and attend-ed Putnam County High School during their last two years of high school are encouraged to apply for the Hennepin Voca-tional/Trade Grant if they are planning to attend a vocational school or pro-gram, a trade school or a community college in pursuit of a vocational career such as cosmetol-ogy, nursing, horticul-ture, truck driving, auto mechanics or another career on the Federal Stu-dent Aid Code List.

This will be the ninth year since the Deck Voca-tional Scholarship was first awarded. The schol-arship program is subsi-dized through proceeds from the Adam and Ida Deck Fund. Adam and Ida Deck, former residents of the village, established this fund for the purpose of promoting educational and recreational activi-ties.

The first place scholar-ship will consist of $1,200. The second place award is $1,000. The third place award is for $800. These scholarships are intend-ed to help defray tuition, room and board, fees or other necessary expens-es of a vocational/college training program. The scholarships may be used in addition to any other financial aid the student may receive.

The Hennepin Village Board selected the schol-arship committee which annually reviews all appli-cations and reports to the Board the names of all applicants. Members of the Deck Scholarship Com-mittee are Steve John-son, Mary Gilbert, Debbie Urnikis, Gilbert Tonozzi and Robert Myers.

The deadline for appli-cations will be Aug. 1. For details on the application process, contact Regional Superintendent Phyllis Glazier at [email protected] or 309-248-8212.

WASHBURN – The Regional Office of Educa-tion for Marshall, Putnam and Woodford counties announced it will host an initial bus driver training on July 23 - 25. All three days of classes need to be attended as part of the requirements in obtain-ing the bus driver permit. The proper classification on the driver’s license needs to accompany the bus permit in order to be compliant with the law.

If a candidate, 21 years or older, is interested in becoming a school bus driver, several guide-

lines must be followed. Those guidelines can be found on the Secretary of State’s website at www.cyberdriveillinois.com.

The Initial Bus Driver Training, for all interested candidates, will be held at the Regional Office of Education in Washburn, 117 S. Jefferson. Registra-tion information can be obtained by calling the office at 309-248-8212. The training dates are July 23 and 24 from 6 to 9 p.m. and July 25 from 6 to 8 p.m. Please pre-register to be sure space is available.


GRANVILLE – Over five years of service to the Putnam County community has left the Rev. Patrick DeMueule-meester as the head of the Sacred Heart Church in Granville as well as St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Hennepin.

DeMueulemeester has worked in the priest-hood for 18 years. This is the fourth position DeMueulemeester has held.

The Peoria Diocese has just finished a sev-eral year study to clus-ter parishes. What this means is that each clus-ter of Catholic churches then work together in their service to God.

“We are hoping to do things in common with each other,” DeMueule-meester said. “We are hoping to use the clus-ter parishes to start a church youth group.”

Sacred Heart and St. Patrick’s church-es are clustered with Holy Family Church in Oglesby and St. Mary’s Church in Utica.

Both Sacred Heart and St. Patrick’s churches have the Knights of Columbus men’s group.

In the Sacred Heart Church in Granville there are several groups that parishioners can join. The Ladies Altar and Rosary Society and the St. Patrick’s Church group meet the second Tuesday of each month. The men of Sacred

Heart have the Holy Name Society. The LaSal-le area parishes, which include both St. Patrick’s and Sacred Heart, have a group that is meeting for instruction on Sundays in Peru.

Both Sacred Heart and St. Patrick’s Church have a Grief Support Group. When a parishioner suf-fers the loss of a loved one, members of this group contact the family and help out any way they can. This service goes on for a year and the fam-ily is remembered with cards, support and visits.

For elderly homebound members of either church, DeMueulemeester will go to their homes and offer prayer and the Sacrament as requested.

DeMueulemeester holds Mass between the two churches every day of the week. Sunday mornings have two Masses being said at 7 and 11 a.m. at Sacred Heart. A 9 a.m. Mass is held at St. Pat-rick’s Church. Mass is said at Sacred Heart Church on Mondays at 5:30 p.m.; Wednesdays and Fridays at 7:30 a.m.; and Satur-

days at 4 p.m. Mass is said at St. Patrick’s on Tuesday at 5 p.m.; Thurs-day at 7:30 a.m.; and Sat-urday at 5:30 p.m. The first Saturday of every month, a Mass is said at 8 a.m. at Sacred Heart as well.

DeMueulemeester said, “As priests, we are obliged to say Mass everyday.”

DeMueulemeester also

keeps busy with Sunday school responsibilities. Sunday school is held from 10-11 a.m. at St. Patrick’s while Sacred Heart holds Sunday School from 9:45-10:45 a.m. Wednesday chil-dren’s services are at 5:30 p.m. at St. Patrick’s and at 6 p.m. at Sacred Heart.

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Brandstatters note 35th anniversary

Mr. and Mrs. Rodger Brandstatter of Henne-pin celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary on July 15.

Rodger Brandstatter and the former Diana Casey were married July 15, 1978, in DePue. They are the parents of one daughter, Sarah (Jeremy) Wright of Bloomington, and one son, Ross Brand-statter of Hennepin. They also have two grandchil-dren.

He is owner and mas-ter plumber of Brandstat-ter & Sons Plumbing &

Heating. She works for the village of Hennepin as village clerk. The cou-ple enjoys playing pool, restoring motorcycles, bird-watching and gar-dening.

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Births AnnouncedGrubar

Eric and Whitney (Grosenbach) Grubar of Tonica are the parents of a son, Luke Owen, born July 5. He weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces, and measured 19 1/2 inches in length. He was welcomed home by two brothers, Evan and Kyle. Maternal grandparents are Scott and Suzanne Grosenbach of Oglesby. Paternal grandparents are Ed and Karen Grubar of Tonica.

RueAdam and Amber (Newingham) Rue are the par-

ents of a son born July 1 at St. Margaret’s Hospital in Spring Valley.

ReaskaTyler Reaska and Jackie Moore of Magnolia are

the parents of a son born July 2 at Illinois Valley Community Hospital in Peru.

Mr. and Mrs. Matthew (Michelle) Keigley

Michelle Swon and Mat-thew Keigley of Granville were united in marriage May 18 during a double wedding with the bride’s sister at Timbercreek Suites in Sandwich. The ceremony was officiated by Ashley Bark. Nuptial music was provided by Jammin’ DJ Services of Davis Junction.

She is the daughter of Jeff and Gloria Swon of Somonauk. He is the son of Norma and Bill Foltynewicz of Oglesby, and Mike and Nancy Keigley of Channahon.

Tracy Ross was the maid of honor and Rebec-ca Swon was the matron

of honor. Bridesmaids were Jamie Wellington and Sara Swon. Flower girls were Ashlyn and Alyssa Keigley.

Dan Wren served as best man. Chris Nesbitt was a groomsman.

A reception to honor the couple was held at Timbercreek Suites in Sandwich.

The bride is a 2003 grad-uate of Somonauk High School in Somonauk. She is a student and at-home mom.

The groom graduated from Hall High School in Spring Valley in 1996, and is employed at Mar-quis Energy in Hennepin.

Swon-Keigley

Janice Lesch of Gran-ville and Matthew Holst of Granville are announc-ing their engagement and upcoming marriage. She is the daughter of John “Jay” Lesch of LaSalle and the late Janice Lesch. He is the son of Patrick Holst of Granville and Jerrilyn Holst of Batavia.

The bride-elect is a graduate of LaSalle-Peru High School. She is employed by Helena Chemical Co. of Princ-eton as a secretary.

Her fiancé is a gradu-ate of Putnam County High School and North-ern Illinois University with a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering. He is employed by Wahl

Clipper of Sterling as an industrial engineer.

The couple will be mar-ried Sept. 7 at The Cider Mill at A Hundred Acres Orchard in Princeton.

Lesch-Holst

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Five generations gatherFive generations got together for a photo recently at Liberty Village in Peru. Pictured are Irma Wright, formerly of rural Lostant and Tonica, Mike Supan, Sr. of Tonica, Michele Straughn of Hennepin and Eric and Lucas Straughn of Ottawa.

Ariel Schwarting graduates from University of St. Francis

JOLIET – The University of St. Francis graduated students with bachelor degrees on May 4. University of St. Francis President Michael Vinciguerra present-ed the degrees. Ariel Schwarting of Mark received her degree in this ceremony.

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Recipe CornerI love casseroles, especially in the summer when

there’s so many other things needing our attention. I hope you like these two. They are some of my favor-ites.

Shepherd’s Pie1 pound hamburger meat1 teaspoon thyme1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce1 bag frozen hash browns1 14.5-ounce can corn, drained and juice reserved1 14.5-ounce can green beans, drained and juice

reserved1 14.5-ounce can carrots, drained and juice reserved1 to 2 packets brown gravy mix (prepare with

reserved vegetable juice)1/2 box instant mashed potatoes2 cups waterSalt and pepper to taste

Place uncooked meat, seasonings and Worcester-shire sauce in the slow cooker, pat down ingredients. Add hash browns, vegetables and gravy. In a bowl, mix instant potatoes with water, spread on top. Cook on high for 4 hours or on low for 7 to 8 hours.

Little Meats and Gravy2 pounds stew meat, cut into 1/2-inch pieces1 package onion soup mix2 cans cream of chicken soup2 soup cans waterCooked noodles, rice or potatoes for serving

Combine all ingredients in the slow cooker. Stir. Cover and cook on low for 8 to 10 hours or on high for 5 to 6 hours. Thicken if desired and serve over pota-toes, noodles or rice.

Do you have a casserole recipe you’d like to share with other readers? Email it to me at [email protected]. Please remember to include your name, address and telephone number (telephone number won’t be published). Happy Casserole-ing!

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Rotary student exchange program offers positive experiences


MCNABB – Oh to be young and be ready to travel internationally! Two young men, one a Putnam County resident and one a resident of Atripalda, Italy, are living the dream and having a great adventure this sum-mer traveling far from their homes.

Austin Pletsch of rural McNabb and Nicola Ama-tucci of Atripalda in Italy are participating in the Rotary Summer Youth International Exchange program. Amatucci came first to stay at the Pletsch home from June 7 to July 5, then he and Pletsch returned to Italy on July 5 for Austin’s turn at for-eign travel and fun.

“My mother is someone who always wants the best for me,” said Ama-tucci. “Everything about my school and my life she cares about me.”

Amatucci said his mother heard about the short term exchange pro-gram through the Rotary and asked him if wanted to participate. He said he agreed pretty quickly.

Both young men are from diverse back-grounds which has made for an interesting visit for Amatucci. He is from the town of Atripalda which has more than 12,000 residents. Pletsch lives in rural McNabb on his fam-ily’s farm in the small-est county in the state of Illinois.

“It’s very strange,” Amatucci said. “I’m from a large town. It is some-thing to get used to.”

Amatucci said when he enrolled for the exchange program he was given three choices of geo-graphical areas for the

United States. He said he picked California and New York for the farthest east and west; then aimed for the center of the Unit-ed States and came up with Illinois.

Being bilingual helped his stay here. Amatuc-ci said students in his school start to study Eng-lish in elementary school. The course of study does not take into account for American slang words.

“Sometimes it isn’t really good how they teach you. If you want to improve your English, you have private English lessons,” Amatucci said.

One of the more unusu-al things Amatucci has done with the Pletsch family is shooting. Pletsch stepped in to explain this.

“Shooting a shotgun. It’s the first gun ever he shot,” he said.

Of course, the second

day that Amatucci was on the family farm, Pletsch woke him up and put him to work with him, shovel-ing what nature has com-ing out of the back end of most animals.

“That was something I didn’t like,” said Ama-tucci.

The Pletsch family has taken Amatucci to Chica-go, St. Louis and Spring-field for the FFA conven-tion and to see various others tourist things while he has been here. Pletsch said Amatucci really enjoyed a ballgame where parachuters came down displaying a giant American flag.

Amatucci is planning on returning the favor by

taking Pletsch to interest-ing places in Italy.

“I’m really, really close to Leavos, Italy. That is where pizza was invent-ed. I am going to take him there,” he said. “We will go to Rome and Florence and then he can choose where to go.”

Pletsch professes no nervousness for the upcoming trip, and has been very happy with the experience so far.

“The whole point of this exchange is for the expe-rience,” he said. “Nico said that whatever we did with him, he would ‘go with the flow.’ So that is what I will be doing with him. I will ‘go with the flow’ too.”

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Tonica Alumni Dinner to be held OGLESBY – The Tonica Alumni Dinner will be held Sept. 14 at the Oglesby Elks Club at 800 E.

Walnut St. Tickets are $25 person. Make checks payable to “Tonica Alumni.” Send checks no later than Aug. 24 to Sara Bartoloni Pierson, 2147 Donahue St., LaSalle, or call 815-252-0012, or email [email protected]. The dinner includes all Tonica Grade School graduates.

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There are about 300 active members of the church at Sacred Heart and around 200 active members at St. Patrick’s.

DeMueulemeester said the churches collect weekly offerings which help a lot of places.

Special offerings are held that go to the dio-cese, to help Eastern churches that were in the former communist countries in Europe, retired religious people, missionaries and for the Pope and his offices.

Both Catholic church-es work with the Putnam County Food Pantry on a regular basis. Besides parishioners who volun-teer their time, St. Pat-

rick’s Church donates tow-els and sheets while Sacred Heart donates clothing for the food baskets each year at Christmas.

The Christ Child Society of Peoria is another orga-nization that both Catho-lic churches here donate to. Parishioners also vol-unteer at the Illinois Val-ley Homeless Shelter or PADS.

D e M u e u l e m e e s t e r said each of the individ-ual groups through the church work hard to give back to the community. Last year, the Knights of Columbus had a fish fry and the $1,800 proceeds were given to the food pan-try. Proceeds from another event support the group’s charitable work all year.

“One of the things with the church is that we are a part of a bigger church,”

DeMueulemeester said. “The Bishop comes and invites parishioners to the Diocese in Peoria at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Con-ception. It is a beautiful church.”

D e M u e u l e m e e s t e r prides himself as being a “normal” guy, one who he hopes his parishioners find accessible at all times.

He said, “I always pride myself in being approach-able. A person who needs me can call the church offices, my cell phone, text and fax. We welcome new people and love to have them come to a service and see what we are all about. We are autonomous, but yet under diocese and the Church in Rome. I feel my purpose is to bring people into a deeper relationship with Christ.”

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NOTICE OF SHERIFF SALE Public notice is hereby given that in pursuance of a judgment of said Court entered in the above-entitled cause on April 18, 2013, I, Sheriff, Kevin Doyle of Putnam County, Illinois, will hold a sale on August 22, 2013, commencing at 9:00 a.m., at Fourth & High Street, Hennepin, IL 61327. to sell to the highest bidder or bidders the following described real estate, or so much thereof as may be sufficient to satisfy said decree, to-wit: Commonly known as: 112 Roberts Street, Mark, Illinois 61340 P.I.N.: 02-00-089-210 First Lien Position; Single-Family Residence; Judgment Amount $45,127.57 IN ACCORDANCE WITH 735 ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) AND (H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), AND 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE PURCHASER OF THE PROPERTY, OTHER THAN A MORTGAGEE, SHALL PAY THE ASSESSMENTS AND LEGAL FEES REQUIRED BY SUBSECTIONS (g)(1) AND (g)(4) OF SECTION 9 AND THE ASSESSMENTS REQUIRED BY SUBSECTION (g-1) OF SECTION 18.5 OF THE ILLINOIS CONDOMINIUM PROPERTY ACT. The property will not be open for inspec-tion. Terms of Sale: CASH - 10% down at the time of sale and the balance due within 24 hours of the sale. All payments fo the amount bid shall be in certified funds payable to the Sheriff of Putnam County. The person to contact for information regard-ing this property is:Steven J. Lindberg at FREEDMAN ANSELMO LINDBERG LLC 1807 West Diehl Road, Naperville, IL (866)402-8661. For bidding instructions, visit www.fal-illinois.com 24 hours prior to sale. This communication is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.FREEDMAN ANSELMO LINDBERG LLC1771 W. Diehl Rd., Ste 150Naperville, IL 60563-4947630-453-6960 866-402-8661 630-428-4620 (fax)I548072Published in the Putnam County Record July 17, 24 and 31, 2013.

ESTATE AUCTION409 ELM ST., CEDAR POINT, ILESTATE Of PIO bIAgINI

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HOME: 3 bedrooms,, modem type ranch home; attached garage; full basement; HUGE LOT; newer furnace; central air; city water & sewer; move in!bASIC TERMS: $4,000 down payment day of sale that will guarantee closing; sale is ‘as-is’; closing within 45 days; all common auction terms and State Laws apply; announcements day of sale take precedence over all advertising.VIEWINg: 815-481-6264 - Don Kolowski!CONTENTS: antiques & collectibles; household; World War II items; Navy aircraft carrier;gUNS: Remington Wing Master 12 gauge pump & a German Derringer; oak round table; wooden chairs; jewelry, diamond wedding set; glass; knick knacks; cast iron dog door stop; cuckoo clock; clocks; vintage kitchen; model promo car; fancy work; vintage flatware set; advertising; Christmas box lots; Garage & Basement items; tool bench area items; tools; big box lots; (old time Estate sale, unlisted items)

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NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING PUTNAM COUNTY

BOARD A special meeting of the Putnam County Board will be held on Monday, July 22, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. in the board room at the Putnam County Courthouse in Hennepin, Illinois. The meeting’s agenda will be limited to the review and approval of a con-tract bid recommen-dation for the Putnam County Emergency Management Agency’s equipment building con-struction project.

Duane A. CalbowChairman, Putnam

County BoardPublished in the Putnam County Record July 17, 2013.

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At this time, the Board ofDirector's for the PutnamCounty Conservation Dis-trict is looking to fill theposition of TRUSTEE ,from any township locat-ed in Putnam County. Thisis a five year term com-mencing on July 22,2013, during the Annualmeeting. The Board meetsmonthly, the fourth Mon-day of each month at 6:00pm. Anyone interested,please send your resumeto the Putnam CountyBoard: %County Clerk,120 North 4th Street, Hen-nepin, IL 61327, by Au-gust 7, 2013

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LEGAL At the regular June meeting of the McNabb Fire Protection District Board of Trustees, Ordinance #01-2013 was passed regulating wages pursuant to “An Act Regulating Wages of Laborers, Mechanics, and Other Workers Employed in Any Public Works.” The general prevailing rate of wages under the jurisdiction of the McNabb Fire Protection District is the same as determined by the Department of Labor of the State of Illinois for the County of Putnam as of June 1, 2013. A copy of the full resolution and the Department of Labor determination is avail-able for inspection at the Village of McNabb Fire Department, at 391 IL Hwy. 89, McNabb, IL 61335.

Secretary, Board of Trustees

McNabb Fire Protection District

Published in the Putnam County Record July 17, 2013

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620 Training $500.00621 Travel $1500.00Total 2013-2014 Operation Expenses $43,925.00

2013-2014 Program/ Office ExpensesAccount Account 2013-2014Numbers Description Expenses619 Printing Reproduction $350.00620 Program Supplies $500.00621 Miscellaneous $200.00 Total 2013-2014 Program Expenses $1050.00622 Office Supplies $750.00624 Maintenance Office Building $2300.00623 Purchase Office Equipment $150.00625 Maintenance Office Equipment $100.00626 Postage $300.00 Total Office Expenses $3600.00

2013-2014 NL Operating Expenses628 American Disabilities Act $100.00629 Building Maintenance $300.00630 Equipment Maintenance $3500.00631 Equipment Purchase $700.00632 Site Development,50% pond 21,145 ,10% clay 10,000 $31,645.00633 Road Maintenance $ 0634 Prairie Restoration $0637 Communications $3000.00638 Garbage $950.00639 Utilities Electric $1900.00640 Propane $1500.00641 ADA Portable Toilets x 2 $2400.00642 Tools and Supplies $1000.00 Total NL Expense 2013-2014 $46,995.00

2013-2014 LS Operating ExpensesAccount Account 2013-2014Numbers Description LS Expenses643 American Disabilities Act $100.00644 Shelter Maintenance $100.00645 Barn Maintenance $100.00646 Equipment Maintenance $1000.00647 Habitat $150.00648 Site Development $3000.00649 Road Maintenance $0650 Garbage $950.00651 Utilities $700.00652 Real Estate Tax $400.00653 Tools/ Supplies $400.00654 Equipment Purchase $500.00655 Portable Toilet $1020.00LS 2013-2014 Operating Expense $8,420.00 Approved and Adopted March 25, 2013AMENDED AND APPROVED APRIL 22, 2013Board President- Heidi Duffield

Board Treasurer- Kathy ZurinskiPublished in the Putnam County Record July 17, 2013.

PUBLIC NOTICE OF ORDINANCE NO. 13/14-1

AN ORDINANCE TO LEVY AND ASSESS A TAX FOR PUTNAM COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT OF THE COUNTY OF PUTNAM,

STATE OF ILLINOIS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 2013 AND

ENDING JUNE 30, 2014 BE IT ORDAINED, that the Putnam County Public Library District of the County of Putnam and State of Illinois shall levy a tax of .02% of the value of all taxable property within said District, for building and maintenance purposes, subject to the right of the electors in said district to petition and require an election concerning the imposition of such tax, pursuant to 75 ILCS 16/35-5. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that within fifteen (15) days from the date of adoption of the ordi-nance, it shall be published in the Putnam County

Record, a newspaper of general circulation in the Putnam County Public Library District and it is effective immediately upon adoption. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunder set our hands in Hennepin, Illinois this 8th day of July, 2013.1. The specific number of voters required to sign

a petition requesting that the question of adop-tion of the ordinance be submitted to the electors of the District is 425.

2. The petition must be filed on or before August 16, 2013.

3. The referendum would be held March 18, 2014./s/Merry Bassi

Secretary of the Board of Trusteesof Putnam County Public Library District

% Putnam County Library DistrictPO Box 199Hennepin, IL 61327Published in the Putnam County Record July 17, 2013.

NOTICE OF PROPOSED TAX LEVYFor the Putnam County Conservation District1. A public Hearing to approve a proposed

property Tax Levy for Putnam County Conservation District for the 2013 Tax Levy Year will be held on August 26, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. At the natural Lands Area Office, 4526 E 1000th street, Hennepin, Illinois 61327.

Any persons desiring to appear at the public hear-ing and present testimony to the Taxing District may contact Kristen Pantenburg, Site Operations Manager for the District during regular office hours, 815-882-2319.2. The corporate and special purpose taxes

extended for the Putnam County Conservation District for 2012 were $85,176.00. The proposed corporate and special purposes property taxes proposed to be levied for 2013 are $85,176.00.Putnam County Conservation District President.

Published in the Putnam County Record July 17, 2013.

REQUEST FOR LODGE EXTERIOR

CLEANING & REPAIR PROJECT

BIDS - Lake Wildwood Association is currently accepting bids for the “2013 Lodge Exterior Cleaning & Repair Project” including power washing the siding, porch and deck, clean-ing the windows, stain-ing the deck, repairing woodpecker holes and painting the repairs. To request bid documents, call the Lake Wildwood Office at (309) 463-2047 (ext. 1). Bids will be due by July 26, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. Lake Wildwood hires and awards con-tracts in accordance with all Federal and State non-discrimination law.Published in the Putnam County Record July 17 and 24, 2013.

F11110060 CHOH IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE

10TH JUDICIAL CIRCUITPUTNAM COUNTY- HENNEPIN, ILLINOIS

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association )sbm with Chase Home Finance LLC, sbm )with Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation ) Plaintiff, ) vs. )Michael Siegmann; First Federal Savings Bank; )Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants ) Defendants. )

11 CH 24 Property Address: 112 Roberts Street, Mark, Illinois 61340

NOTICE OF SHERIFF SALE Public notice is hereby given that in pursuance of a judgment of said Court entered in the above-entitled cause on April 18, 2013, I, Sheriff, Kevin Doyle of Putnam County, Illinois, will hold a sale on August 22, 2013, commencing at 9:00a.m., at Fourth & High Street, Hennepin, IL 61327 to sell to the highest bidder or bidders the following described real estate, or so much thereof as may be sufficient to satisfy said decree, to-wit:

LOT NUMBERED THIRTY-FIVE IN JOSEPH GARIGLIETTI’S SECOND ADDITION TO THE VILLAGE OF MARK, EXCEPTING AND RESERVING HOWEVER, ALL OF THE UNDERLYING COAL AND FIRE CLAY WITH THE RIGHT TO DIG, MINE AND REMOVE THE SAME, WITHOUT ENTERING OR OCCUPYING THE SURFACE THEREOF, SITUATED IN PUTNAM COUNTY, ILLINOIS.

Commonly known as: 112 Roberts Street, Mark, Illinois 61340 P.I.N.: 02-00-089-210 First Lien Position; Single-Family Residence; Judgment Amount $45,127.57 IN ACCORDANCE WITH 735 ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) AND (H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), AND 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE PURCHASER OF THE PROPERTY, OTHER THAN A MORTGAGEE, SHALL PAY THE ASSESSMENTS AND LEGAL FEES REQUIRED BY SUBSECTIONS (g)(1) AND (g)(4) OF SECTION 9 AND THE ASSESSMENTS REQUIRED BY SUBSECTION (g-1) OF SECTION 18.5 OF THE ILLINOIS CONDOMINIUM PROPERTY ACT. The property will not be open for inspection. Terms of Sale: CASH - 10% down at the time of sale and the balance due within 24 hours of the sale. All payments for the amount bid shall be in certified funds payable to the Sheriff of Putnam County. The person to contact for information regarding this property is: Steven J. Lindberg at FREEDMAN ANSELMO LINDBERG LLC 1807 West Diehl Road, Naperville, IL (866)402-8661. For bidding instructions, visit www.fal-illinois.com 24 hours prior to sale. This communication is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.FREEDMAN ANSELMO LINDBERG LLC1771 W. Diehl Rd., Ste 150Naperville, IL 60563-4947630-453-6960 866-402-8661 630-428-4620 (fax)I548072Published in the Putnam County Record July 17, 24 and 31, 2013.

PUTNAM COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT ORDINANCE NO. 126

THE ANNUAL BUDGET and APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE FOR THE

CURRENT YEAR 2013-2014 WHEREAS, There has been prepared in tenta-tive form, a Budget and Appropriation Ordinance for the Board of Trustees of the Putnam County Conservation District, in the State of Illinois, and the Secretary of said District has made the tentative Budget and Appropriation Ordinance conveniently available to the public for inspection for at least thirty days prior to the final action thereon, and WHEREAS, a public hearing will be held on such Budget and Appropriation Ordinance on the 22nd day of July, 2013, notice of which hearing was given at least one month prior thereto a weekly publication of notice thereof in the Putnam County Record, in said District, and all other legal require-ments having been complied with; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF THE PUTNAM COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT, situated in Putnam County in the State of Illinois, as follows: SECTION 1: That the fiscal year of said Putnam County Conservation District, and the same is hereby fixed and declared to be from April 1, 2013 to March 31, 2014. SECTION 2: That this Board finds that there is the sum of Ninety Nine Thousand, Sixty Five Dollars and Eighteen Cents (99,065.18) cash bal-ance on hand on April 1, 2013, and that the estimate of receipts of said District for said current year will be as follows: Personal Property Replacement Tax 49,000.00 Conservation Areas and Miscellaneous Income 21,195.00 Taxes from 2012-2013 Levy 85,176.00 TOTAL 155,371.00 And that the estimate of the receipts of said District for said current year, plus the balance on hand, is the sum of Two Hundred Fifty Four Thousand Four Hundred Thirty Six Dollars and Eighteen Cents (254,436.18). SECTION 3: That there be and there is here-

by appropriated (said Appropriation hereinafter following, being estimated expenditures of said District for the current year) To be provided for by General Tax Levy and out of any monies in the cus-tody of said Board of Trustees, for the current fiscal year, the aggregate sum of Eighty Five Thousand One Hundred Seventy Six Dollars. $85,176.00 for the corporate purpose of said Putnam County Conservation District, as hereinafter specified. For Employee Salaries 74,000.00 For General Operations 43,925.00 For Office Expenses 1,050.00 For Environmental and Programming 3,600.00 For Lake Senachwine Operations 8,420.00 For Natural lands Operations 46,995.00 TOTAL 177,990.00 SECTION 4: That this Board estimates that there will be Seventy Six Thousand Four Hundred Forty Six Dollars and Eighteen Cents (76,446.18) cash on hand at the end of the current fiscal year.

Heidi Duffield, Board President-Jeff Greathouse, Board Secretary-

Passed and Adopted: July 22, 2013PUTNAM COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT BOARD of TRUSTEESPublished in the Putnam County Record July 17, 2013.

PUBLIC NOTICENotice of Public Hearing

In accordance with Section 17-20 of the Property Tax Code (35 ILCS 200/17-20), notice is hereby given that a pubic hearing will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, August 1, 2013, in the Offices of the Department of Revenue, 101 West Jefferson Street, Springfield, Illinois, for the purpose of taking evi-dence which may be pertinent to the Department’s estimate of the percent to be added to the aggregate assessment of locally assessed property in Putnam County for the assessment year 2013. This hearing is required by the Property Tax Code. Based on the comparison of assessed valua-tions, the analysis of property transfers, and other available information, the estimated percentage to be added to the aggregate assessment of locally assessed property other than property assessed under Sections 10-110 through 10-140 and 10-170 through 10-200 of the Property Tax Code (35 ILCS 200/10-110 through 10-140 and 10-170 through 10-200) is 0.00%. Accordingly, the tentative equal-ization factor is 1.0000. This meeting will be accessible to handicapped individuals in compliance with Executive Order #5 and pertinent state and federal laws upon notifica-tion of anticipated attendance. Handicapped per-sons planning to attend and needing special accom-modations should contact Dana Baisden, either by telephone (217/785-6619) or letter (Department of Revenue, Local Government Services - 4-500, 101 West Jefferson Street, P.O. Box 19033, Springfield, Illinois 62794-9033), by July 29, 2013, to inform of their anticipated attendance.

/s/Brian HamerDirector

Published in the Putnam County Record July 17, 2013.

PUTNAM COUNTY CONSERVATION2013-2014 BUDGET

Income400 Money Market Interest $550.00402 Putnam County Property Tax $85,176.00403 Personal Property Replacement Tax $49,000.00404 LS Cabin Leases $18,000.00405 Horse Camping Fees/ Registration $850.00406 LS Shelter fee / camping $500.00407 NL Shelter fee/ camping $500.00408 Site Rental Fees/ Programs Activities $500.00409 Certificate of Deposit # 27608 $50.00410 Certificate of Deposit # 28182 $50.00411 Certificate of Deposit # 26932 $45.00413 Corporate/ Private Sponsors $100.00414 Memorial Fund/ Donations $50.00 Total Anticipated Income from all accounts $155,371.00Cash Balance on hand as of March 31, 2013 $99,065.18Combined cash balance and anticipated income $254,436.18Total Expenses from all accounts $177,990.00

2013-2014 Budget ExpensesAccount Account 2013-2014Numbers Description Budget Amount607 Site Manager $32,000.00608 Ground Maintenance $32,000.00 609 Part Time Ground Maintenance $10,000.00Total Employee Benefit Expenses $74,000.00

2013-2014 General Operations ExpensesAccount Account 2013-2014Numbers Description Operating Exp601 FICA Employer Share taxes $4300.00602 Medicare Employer Share taxes $1200.00603 Work Comp Insurance $3000.00605 IL Employment Insurance $450.00606 Employee Disability Insurance $275.00610 General Yearly Audit $2200.00611 Liability Insurance $10900.00612 Conservation District Dues $4000.00613 Legal Publications $500.00614 Trustees Expenses/IACD $3000.00615 Donations to Organizations $100.00616 Legal Fees $1000.00617 Gasoline $7000.00618 Diesel $4000.00

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July 22 — Baked tilapia, roasted whole potatoes, zucchini with tomatoes, pineapple chunks, white bread.

July 23 — Chicken patty on a bun, cheesy hash browns, lima beans, fruit cocktail, mayo.

July 24 — Birthday and Anniversary Day! (catered meal)

July 25 — Baked chicken quarter, garlic dice potatoes, pea salad, tropical fruit, wheat broccoli.

July 26 — Beef stroganoff with rotini noodles, steamed spinach, fresh cabbage, fresh orange, fruit juice.

“Have Book – Will Travel” is taking adults and children in the Putnam County Library District on an adventure around the world.

Hennepin: Story hour continues at 10:30 a.m. Fridays for young children. Themes will coordinate with the summer reading program, and stories and crafts will be appropriate for the very young. Chil-dren in the summer reading program will explore South America from 1 to 2 p.m. July 17. Adults and teens are invited to “Travel Africa” with the Bassi Family at 6:30 p.m. July 18. From the peaks of Tanzania, to the deserts of Egypt, the Bassi family will take us on an exploration through Africa!

Magnolia: Magnolia’s summer reading program will be from 3 to 4 p.m. every Wednesday. On July 17, children will explore North America.

Granville: Children in the summer reading pro-gram will explore Asia from 10 to 11 a.m. July 23.

McNabb: Saturday Stories for ages preschool through early elementary are held every Saturday morning at 10 a.m. On July 20, travel to Australia with us!

Condit Library located in Putnam: Children in the summer reading program will explore Europe from 3 to 4 p.m. July 18.

Standard: The summer reading program is held from 1 to 2 p.m. On July 18, children will explore Asia.

Fourth of July Rosary WalkHENNEPIN – Members

of two central Illinois par-ishes didn’t need fireworks to make it clear where they stood on the subject of reli-gious freedom on Indepen-dence Day. All they did was raise their voices in prayer.

About 50 people joined the Knights of Columbus, Father Delo Council 11223 of St. Patrick Parish in Hen-nepin and Sacred Heart Parish in Granville, for a rosary walk on July 4. As the village’s holiday cele-bration was taking place in Walter Durley Boyle Park, the Knights of Columbus led a peaceful walk down Court Street while the Rev. Patrick DeMeulemeester, pastor, led parishioners in prayer.

The walk came at the end of the Fortnight for Free-dom, which was called for by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and held June 21 to July 4. In Henne-pin the observance includ-ed holy hours on June 21 and July 3, and a Mass on July 4, in addition to the rosary walk.

“Our faith is more than just worshipping God,” DeMeulemeester told the group before they started. “It’s also doing what God wants us to do and that is to continue His mission – to spread the Good News, to feed the poor, to give drink

to the thirsty, to visit those who are sick and to care for those who are sick, to visit those in prison, to clothe the naked.”

He said Catholics do this through their schools, hos-pitals and Catholic chari-ties. In some of these areas, the Catholic Church and other people of faith have been asked to do things they find morally offensive, which is a violation of their religious liberty.

“If you read the history of the church, praying – espe-cially the rosary – has even averted wars,” DeMeule-meester said. “That’s why we’re here. It’s not just for Catholics but for people of all faiths, so we can worship in faith.”

Making their witness visu-

al as well as vocal, parishio-ners wore blue T-shirts that had an image of the cruci-fied Christ and the words, “He Died for Us, We Must Stand Up for Him,” on the front and “Pray for Religious Freedom” on the back. The banner carried by Knights of Columbus Dave Giudici and Bill Migliorini also invit-ed people to “Pray for Reli-gious Freedom in America.”

The idea for the walk came up during a Knights of Columbus meeting. DeMeulemeester told the men about some of the ways religious groups were feeling pressured and one of the members suggested doing something when everyone was gathered for the Independence Day fes-tivities.

They got encouragement not only from DeMeule-meester but from the Rev. M. Duane Leclercq, former pastor and now a senior priest of the Diocese of Peo-ria.

Migliorini ordered 60 T-shirts for the walkers to wear and expected to sell out of them.

“I think everyone should have the right to religious freedom, how we worship God, and no one should have the right to take that away from us,” said Jolene Loebach, who wore the rosary she received at her First Communion in addi-tion to a T-shirt. “It’s more important than anything else.”

Source: Jennifer Willems of the Catholic Post.

Photo contributedMembers of St. Patrick Parish in Hennepin and Sacred Heart Parish in Granville came together for a rosary walk on July 4.

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