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Got the winter blues?

By Goldie Currie [email protected]

WYANET — With more snow this past weekend, spring doesn’t seem any closer.

The snow is piled up; tem-peratures are still dipping below zero; and the common

winter blues are beginning to set in for some people.

Licensed clinical profession-al counselor Nancy Carper, whose office is located in down-town Wyanet, said it’s common around this time of year to feel down about the weather.

The holidays have quieted

down; social activities might have come to a halt; there is less sunlight outside; and the cold weather makes it difficult to get outside for exercise and to catch some fresh air.

Luckily, there are some things to try to shake off that blue feeling.

Carper gave her top ideas to try:

1. Get creative with exerciseChances are people are put-

ting off their outdoor exercise

routine. If so, Carper said when it’s too snowy and cold for exercising outside, be creative and try adapting the exercise routine indoors. Utilize the staircase more; try different stretches; do a yoga routine; or get the cardio in with push-ups and jumping jacks.

2. Be productiveTackle the tasks that keep

getting pushed aside. Try cleaning out a closet, or sort out a junk drawer. It’s a win-

win situation; the tasks are being accomplished, and the mind is being taken off of what-ever is going on outside.

3. Phone a friendCarper said cabin fever can

make people have a sense of feeling isolated from others.

“It reminds us we’re missing out on contact with a larg-er support group,” she said. “Being inside so much, we lose

Nancy Carper gives some suggestions on how to beat them

Preparing for the big day

By Goldie [email protected]

PRINCETON — Prepa-rations for Valentine’s Day are in full swing this week at local flower and gift shops. As the holiday begins to creep up this

Friday, flowers, cards and chocolates will become items in high demand.

At Valley Flowers and Gifts in Spring Valley, owner Chuck Taliani said preparations were begin-ning to get hectic during the week, but he’s work-ing ahead of the game.

Taliani has estimated his business will make about 400 deliveries this Friday.

“We’re hoping people will call in during the week, and not last minute.

We’re expecting about 100 orders on Friday morning alone, and we always plan for our walk-ins,” he said.

The business is expect-ing to be a little busier this year with their new promotion of having their bouquets of flowers deliv-ered by someone dressed in a tuxedo.

With a new tuxedo busi-ness now leasing a spot within Valley Flowers, Taliani got the idea to combine both businesses for the holiday. The eight

delivery drivers will be dressed up in tuxedos by Something Different Tux-edos and More in con-junction with Jim’s For-mal Wear.

“It’s just something dif-ferent,” Taliani said. “But there’s been a lot of talk on the street about the new idea.

“Who wouldn’t want to get a dozen of roses delivered by someone in a tuxedo? It makes the

Thousands of roses will be delivered

on Friday

‘Act of God’

By donna [email protected]

Many area school dis-tricts, but not all, have applied for waivers to amend their school cal-endars to account for all the weather-related school cancellations they’ve had this year.

On Monday, Angie Zarvell, Regional Office of Education superin-tendent for Bureau, Henry and Stark coun-ties, said lots of local school districts have already applied for the Act of God school day waiver. It’s a one-step process for school dis-tricts to amend their school calendars and submit that amend-ment approval request to her office, which is then submitted to the State Superintendent of Education for final approval.

All school districts in Illinois are required to have five emergency days built into their school calendars each year, and it’s very rare for a school district to need more than that number in a school year, Zarvell said, add-ing but this has been an usual winter.

Hopefully there will be no more emergency days this year, Zarvell said.

On Monday, Prince-ton High School Super-intendent Kirk Haring said PHS has applied for an Act of God waiver

day for the Feb. 5 school day, which was its sixth missed day this year. The regional superin-tendent has approved this waiver request, and PHS is waiting for final approval from the state. If approved, these days reduce number of required days of school attendance without a negative impact to gen-eral state aid, Haring said.

In his administra-tion experience, he’s never had to apply for an Act of God waiver day before. Hopefully, better weather is just around the corner, he said.

Ladd Elementa-ry Superintendent Michelle Zeko said her district reached its sixth emergency day last week, on Feb. 5. The five emergency days already built into the Ladd School calen-dar were all used up in January. She also will apply for the Act of God attendance waiver for her district.

This has been a very unusual year, Zeko said. There are some years when few, if any, emer-gency days are needed. Hopefully, there won’t be any more emergency days needed this year, she said.

Spring Valley Ele-mentary School Super-intendent Jim Hermes said his district has also applied for an Act of God calendar waiver day. The district is on it sixth cancelled day and will not be mak-ing up that day. The

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BCR photo/Goldie CurrieLindsay Funderberg, a designer at Flowers by Julia in Princeton, arranges a vase of roses, much like the bouquets that will be delivered later this week for the Valentine’s Day holiday. Flowers by Julia owner Julia Cain said the store has thousands of roses and a variety of other flowers to meet the needs of those wish-ing to surprise their special Valentine.

delivery more special,” he said.

The large orders of roses are already in and ready to be arranged. This year, Valley Flow-ers ordered about 4,000 long-stemmed roses.

At Flowers by Julia’s in Princeton, owner

Julia Cain is calling this time the “calm before the storm.”

As orders come in, there is still time to wait before the flower arrangements can be built. In the meantine, employees continue to take orders, stack vases, prepare products, cut balloon strings and make ribbons.

Once it’s time to

arrange, Cain will gather her workers.

“We pretty much call in the troops who are willing to help us when they can,” she said.

Thousands of roses sit in the coolers waiting to be arranged.

Aside from the popu-lar roses, lilies, carna-tions and daisies are also top sellers for the Valen-tine’s Day business.

Cain also talked about how the holiday falling on a Friday this year will help out business.

“It’s still a work day and a big holiday for us,” she said. “When it’s on a Monday, we get hit hard because people are com-ing back from the week-end and thinking about

it that day. When it’s on a Saturday or Sun-day, it’s not as big of a day for florists. Having it on a week day is big, mostly because people like having their flowers delivered to work.”

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Old Man Winter has us shivering, but a good pot of soup or stew is sure to take off the sea-sonal chill. Casseroles offer the same trick, as do great pasta, rice and other comfort food to soothe our cold souls. Recipe columnist Judy Dyke would like to feature one or more of your recipes in an upcoming edition of the Bureau County Journal. Send your recipes to her at [email protected]. You can also mail them to her atten-tion at the BCR, P.O. Box 340, Princeton, IL 61356.

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BCR photo/Amelia BystryTuxedo-clad delivery men will be showing up at doors in the Illinois Valley to deliver Valentine Day’s roses for Valley Flowers in Spring Valley. Pictured get-ting some practice with their delivery techniques are Kevin Taliani (seated, from left), Joshua Slavin, Valentine Faustina Bystry, John Caresio and Michael Taliani. In the back, from left, are Darren Raiter, Tom Vallero and Chuck Taliani.

Valentine’s Day by the numbers233 million: Estimated number of roses

produced for Valentine’s Day in 2003.$1.9 billion: Total estimated spending on

flowers for Valentine’s Day last year.$18.6 billion: Total estimated spending on

Valentine’s Day last year.$130.97: What the average adult intended

to spend in 2013 on flowers, candy, cards, gifts and more. The number was up from 3.9 percent from 2012.

$175.61: What the average male intended to spend for Valentine’s Day in 2013. Women averaged $88.78.

59.9 percent: Percentage of those polled who planned to celebrate Valentine’s Day in 2013.

$36.77: What the average adult intended to spend in 2013 on flowers.

Did you know?Opinions differ as to who was the original

Valentine, but the most popular theory is that he was a clergyman who was executed for secretly marrying couples in ancient Rome, in 496 A.D. Pope Gelasius I declared Feb. 14 as Valentine’s Day. Esther Howland, a native of Massachusetts, is given credit for popularizing Valentine’s Day greeting cards in the 1840s.

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touch with people.”To get out of the funk,

Carper encourages peo-ple to phone a friend they haven’t talked to in a while or call and catch up with a relative. Stay-ing in touch with oth-ers helps remind people they are not alone and not the only ones feeling isolated.

4. Play around with new recipes

With new year reso-lutions still hanging in the air, people are still searching for ways to eat heather. Play with the recipe book a bit, or look up new healthy recipes the whole family would enjoy. It’s a win-win situ-ation; it’s keeps people active and promotes healthy eating.

5. Relax, enjoy a hobby

or start a new oneWhen stuck inside, peo-

ple can pick up that book they’ve been wanting to read, or get out that old board game and get the whole family involved. Or get on the Internet and start researching a new hobby or interest that’s been on the mind.

6. Start thinking for-ward

According to Carper, this is the perfect time to

begin thinking ahead. Sit down and make a list of home improvement proj-ects that could be done in the spring or think about outdoor landscap-ing ideas to tryout this summer.

“It brings up memo-ries of nicer times, and it helps us start to feel better and make things a little more hopeful,” she said.

It’s also the time when

people can start thinking about what to do with the income tax return check that will be coming in the mail.

“Whether it’s to pay off bills, plan a vacation or help with those home improvements, it get us in the mode of forward thinking,” she said.

7. Start a projectA fun project to look

into is getting out the photo albums and going through old pictures. It can spark a trip down memory lane and get the mind off of the weather.

It’s a good time to orga-nize photos, put photos in albums or transfer photos to new albums.

8. Embrace the snowCarper said another

thing to remember is we live in a place where we have winters.

“We need to embrace that idea,” she said. “If the temperature gets to be around 20 degrees, there is not a thing wrong with going out and taking a walk in the snow.”

There’s also a lot of snow-related sports to try out — skiing, ice skat-ing, snow shoeing, snow-boarding or sledding.

Take a camera or a pair of binoculars, and see what’s out there.

“We have to remind ourselves the winter is temporary. Try think-ing about the positives. We live in a farming area and have to appreciate all the snow that will create more moisture for our farmers and their crops,” she said.


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Dueling pianosBrian Griffith (left) and Joe Montanava per-form Saturday night at the Midwest Dueling Pianos event, hosted by the Princeton Park District Foundation at the Bureau County Metro Center. The event included dinner, a silent auction, entertainment and plenty of fun for all.

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Going back to school in Neponset

By Donna Barker [email protected]

NEPONSET — The Neponset Historical Soci-ety Board is seeking help on the development of a “school room” for its muse-um, located in the former Bertelsen’s Manufacturing Co. building in downtown Neponset.

The board has sent let-ters to more than 175 Neponset schools alumni and “Friends of Nepon-set,” near and far, to seek monetary support for the project.

On Friday, spokesperson Verna Cinnamon said the board would like to get the designated school room framed in as soon as pos-sible this winter, which will take some time since the board only has volunteer workers to help with the project.

As stated in its outreach letter, the board has many wonderful school items waiting to be displayed,

including “Beebe,” the Greek Goddess of Youth who presided over the south front entrance of the Neponset High School building. Hebe was a gift from the Neponset High School Class of 1925, which also had additional money to help the smaller Class of 1926 buy the “Horse and Indian” statue which was positioned over the north front entrance of the high school for many years.

There are also large murals, display cases, classroom photos, FFA memorabilia and other items in storage which the board is anxiously waiting to display in the museum, the letter stated.

As far as the estimated cost of the school room project, Cinnamon said the board has accumulated a lot of artifacts to use in the room and is using vol-unteers to help with the construction work project. The board will further dis-cuss the cost estimates as

its upcoming meeting, she said.

In its letter to Nepon-set High School Library and friends of the com-munity, the board stated it will be costly to construct the school room to pro-tect “these special items for many years to come.” The society has recently received a donation from the Howard Carley Memo-rial Fund that will give a good start toward the schoolroom project, the board stated in its letter.

For those who would be interested in helping with the school room proj-ect, they are encouraged to donate to the Nepon-set Historical Society at P.O. Box 105 Neponset, IL 61345. All contributions are tax deductible.

On Friday, Cinnamon said the Neponset Histori-

cal Society museum has already come a long ways, with a reference room com-pleted, as well as a kitchen, living/bedroom, military room, bathroom and the reception office area. The board is also working on a farm room, complete with a focus on the Neponset elevator, with all kinds of artifacts, documents and photos.

Looking at other out-reaches of the Neponset Historical Society, the group has installed eight stones designating all the country schools around Neponset. The society is also co-sponsoring anoth-er stone which will be installed two miles north of Neponset, designing the first local settlement of Brawby, named for the community’s hometown in England.


Help needed for expansion project Young Leader curling outing

The Bureau County Farm Bureau Young Leader Committee will take part in the annual District 4 Young Leader curling outing from 7 to 10 p.m. Feb. 21 at the Waltham Curling Club in Triumph.

Everyone who participates in the curling activity will have to sign a liability waiver before they can play. All should wear clean tennis shoes. The cost is $20 per person to curl. All Farm Bureau members between 18 and 35 years old can participate. To register, call the Bureau County Farm Bureau office at 815-875-6468 before noon Feb. 19.

Farm Bureaus plan ACA meetingThe Marshall-Putnam and Bureau County Farm

Bureau and Country Financial have teamed up to help farmers understand the Affordable Care Act, the mar-ketplace, identify important dates and follow steps to getting covered. Small business employer responsibili-ties will also be covered as well.

Dan Eiten, the Affordable Care Act program coor-dinator for the Bureau and Putnam County Health Department, will speak, followed by Kelly Hardy, CPA and senior manager at Clifton Larson Allen LLP.

The session will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Feb. 18 at the former Steelworker’s Hall in Hennepin. To register to attend, contact the Bureau County Farm Bureau at 815-875-6468 or the Marshall-Putnam Farm Bureau at 309-364-2501. There is no cost to attend, but reg-istration is required.

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Farm Bureau plans grain handling safety trainingThe Illinois Farm Bureau and Grain Handling Safety

Coalition are partnering to provide grain handling safety training for grain elevator employees, farmers, farm employees and commercial operators.

The training will be held from 8 a.m. to noon or 1 to 5 p.m. Feb. 25 at the Black Hawk College Community Education Center, 404 E. Third St., Kewanee.

The morning session will cover safe handling and storage of grain and fall protection. Handling and stor-age will introduce the six major hazards associated with grain handling, lock out/tag out, risk management prin-ciples and community pre-planning. Fall protection will look at height hazards and best practices to avoid falls and other accidents.

The afternoon session will cover grain bin entry and lifeline demonstration and entanglement hazards and guarding. Grain bin entry and lifeline will cover how to identify hazardous conditions before entering the grain bin and the best practices procedures to use when entering. The hazards and guarding course will provide an in-depth look at entanglement hazards associated with grain handling equipment, identification of hazards, abatement of hazards through proper guarding and lock out/tag out.

The training is made available through a grant given to the GHSC, and a partnership between the Bureau, Henry and Stark County Farm Bureaus. Professional CEUs are available through the University of Illinois. Registration is required by Feb. 18; seating is limited. For more infor-mation or to register, contact the Bureau County Farm Bureau at 815-875-6468,.

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last scheduled atten-dance day for Spring Val-ley is still June 5.

One local school dis-trict which isn’t having to apply for an Act of God waiver so far is the Bureau Valley School District which covers most of western Bureau County.

On Monday, Superin-tendent Dennis Thomp-

son said Bureau Valley is at its maximum of the five emergency days built into the school cal-endar. Hopefully, there won’t be any more emer-gency days this year for Bureau Valley, he said.

But Thompson said school districts aren’t necessarily out of the woods yet when it comes to emergency days. His concern now is the potential flooding that could occur when the all the snow starts melting

this spring. Plus, there are other possible emer-gency situations which could also happen, like tornadoes or something else that prohibits a school from being in ses-sion.

In his 14 years or so as a school administra-tor, Thompson said he’s never had to apply for an Act of God school day waiver. Again, it’s been an unusual winter with not just the snow but also the extreme cold,

he said.According to the Illi-

nois School Code, the Act of God day may only be used only after the district has used all of its proposed emergency days built into the school calendar. An Act of God day may only be used for a “condition beyond the control of the district that posses a hazardous threat to the health and safety of the students.”


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Flippin’ for pancakes in WalnutRobert Miller (left) and Eric Behrens flip pancakes during the pancake and sausage breakfast, held Sunday at the Walnut Fire Station. The fundraiser breakfast was sponsored by the Walnut Fire Department.

Ellertsen featured on Thursday at Wyanet LibraryWYANET — The Wyanet Library’s 2nd Thursday@

the Library in February is sponsored by the Illinois Humanities Council. At 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Illinois Road Scholar Pete Ellertsen will present his program, “Swing Low: Dwight Moody, An Original Crossover Music Artist.”

Ellertsen will talk about Chicago evangelist Dwight Moody and his music director Ira Sankey. He will explain how their incorporation of Anglo-Celtic and African-American spiritual music became the basis of

much of the music we listen to today, including coun-try, jazz, blues and rock.

He will also talk about how their music took form from many cultures. It will be an entertaining pro-gram.

Refreshments will be served. For more information, visit Ellertsen’s web/blog “Hogfiddle” at http://hog-fiddle.blogspot.com/p/road-scholars.html. See more at: http://www.prairie.org/bios/road-scholars/pete-ellertsen#sthash.RfADbDyp.dpuf.

Meeting MinutesLadd Village Board

LADD — The Ladd Village Board conducted the following business at its Jan. 28 meeting:

• Agreed to compensate Dave Flaherty $178.25 for crop loss due to the Cleveland Street Sewer Separation Project.

• Approved a request from Spring Valley Girls Softball to hold a tag day in Ladd on April 5.

• Granted permission to Chief Bill Gaefcke to seek a quote from Braniff Communication on a sec-ondary method of activating the outdoor warning sirens.

• Heard that many unattached garages have recently been entered with smaller items being reported as stolen. Gaefcke

encouraged residents to keep their doors locked and to report any suspicious activity.

• Granted permission to Chief Gaefcke to obtain pricing on secu-rity cameras to be used on village properties.

• Directed Superintendent Doug Englehaupt to obtain pricing on a back-up generator for the Ladd Community Center. The center is designated as an emergency warming shelter should a disaster or a wide-spread power outage occur.

• Heard that the cases regard-ing the Pyzner property were continued to the end of February. The owner has responded that she intends to cooperate and to clean up the Main Street property.

• Discussed a possible renova-tion of the Village Hall. Due to the condition and age of the building, the board feels that a new build-ing would be a better option.

• Passed a resolution for the Convoy Against Cancer Big Truck Show and the Closing of Illinois Route 89 on May 3.

• Approved liquor licenses for Cancun, Dick’s, Lanuti’s, Rip’s, Softails, Casey’s, Ladd Lanes and Greg Colmone Scholarship Fund.

• Commended the Street Department for the fine job done on clearing snow from the vil-lage’s streets.

• Approved payment of bills in the amount of $124,608.77.

The board will meet at 6:30 p.m. today, Tuesday, in the Village Hall.

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Gene LindPRINCETON — Gene Lind, 74, of Princeton

passed away Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, at Meth-odist Hospital in Peoria.

He was born May 25, 1939, to Hugh R. and Ada J. (Strader) Lind. He graduated from Bureau Township High School in 1957. He enlisted into the U.S. Army from 1962 to 1964 as a military police. He married Connie Haefner on Feb. 14, 1976, at Wyanet Methodist Church.

Gene worked over 41 years in the seed business. He started working at Rudy-Patrick in Princeton in 1964 part time in the warehouse. He later became location manager adding more responsibilities as the years went on. Rudy-Patrick went through many name changes over years – Olin Corp., Nickerson Seeds, Agri-Pro Seeds, NAPB and ABI. Gene was involved in sales and marketing in the U.S. and Canada, production manager for alfalfa, U.S. distribution manager for Agri Pro Seeds and customer service manager for ABI. Gene was awarded the Distin-guished Service Award and served on the National Alfalfa Review Board. He retired in 2005 only to join the working field again first as a seed consul-tant and later in sales for Target Seeds and Pro-ducer’s Choice.

Gene coached women’s softball for Wyanet and helped build their softball diamond. He also coached Paul’s soccer teams. He loved his Cubs and Bears.

He is survived by his wife, Connie; one son, Paul (Sabrina) Lind of Belleville, Ill.; and two grand-daughters, Alex and Gabi Lind, also of Belleville, Ill.

He was preceded in death by his parents.Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12,

at the Norberg Memorial Home, Princeton, with the Rev. Michael Slutz officiating. Burial will follow in the Elm Lawn Memorial Park, Princeton.

The family will receive friends from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11, at the funeral home.

Memorials may be directed to Illinois Central Kidney Foundation.

Online condolences may be left at www.nor-bergfh.com.

Ruth SteenrodBUREAU — Ruth I. Steenrod, 91, formerly of Bureau,

passed away Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014, at Apostolic Christian Home in Eureka.

Services will be at a later date. The Norberg Memorial Home, Princeton, is in charge of arrangements.

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JoAnn HarjuLASALLE — JoAnn “Jo” Lydia Harju, 55, of LaSal-

le passed away Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, in Heritage Health Care in Peru.

Jo was born in Han-cock, Mich., on April 28, 1958, to Wm and Hilda (Ethel) Harju. She lived most of her life in the Illinois Val-ley area and grew up in Spring Valley. She attended Triton Col-lege in Chicago, where she studied the arts. Jo worked as a photo journal-ist for BCR newspaper in Princeton and later for Riverstone Group in Utica as an office manager for many years before her illness.

Jo was a beautiful and gentle soul. She was a talented writer and artist who loved nature and the outdoors. Her deepest love was for that of her children and grandchildren, family and friends. She was a quick witted, easygoing, compassion-ate person and was kind to everyone. She will be missed every moment of every day by those of us who loved and knew her. Her life made ours better.

JoAnn is survived by her five children, Manessa (Terry) Trench of LaSalle, Dax (Harmony) Nelson of Spanaway, Wash., Jared (Adrienne) Nelson of Tacoma, Wash., Candice (Timothy) Pratt of Princ-eton and Trevor (Jade) Halm of Cedar Point; one brother, Dr. Mel (Gwendolyn) Harju of Benton, La.; three sisters, Tess Harju of Spring Valley, Patri-cia (David) Belanger of Longview, Texas, and Fay (Rahn) Data of LaSalle; her grandchildren, Calista, Jaycee and Jocelyn Pratt, Damien Nelson, Michael Trench, Ericha Olalde, Rileigh Smith, Raakel Nel-son, Laiken, Landen and Lennox Halm; her nieces and nephews, Jessica, Jarrek, Jenavieve and Justin Dyer, Autumn Franklin, Blake Harju, K. Ashlee (Kristen) Harju-Jalley, Shawn Jackson family, Lena (Bernhard) Bittl family, Amy (Bill) Sommer family, Rob Hash family, Cindi (David) Baldwin family, Kimberly (Daniel) Vermillon-Fulmer family; the Nelson nieces and nephews; and JoAnn’s many cousins and loved ones.

JoAnn is preceded in death by her mother and father and beloved aunties, Pearl and Esther.

A Celebration of Life will be at 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14, in the Hurst Funeral Home in LaSalle. Visitation will be from 5 p.m. until the time of services.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to her family.

The family wishes to thank IVCH Special Proce-dures, IV Hospice, Illinois Regional Cancer Care and Heritage Manor for the loving care they showed JoAnn.

Gene Lind

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Obituaries

Harlow BrownPRINCETON — Harlow Douglas Brown, 71, of

Princeton passed away Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, at Perry Memorial Hospital in Princeton.

He was born April 11, 1942, in Princeton to Harlow A. and Jeanne (Kasbeer) Brown. He graduated from Princeton High School in 1960. He worked and was the owner of Tribune Printing for over 50 years. He also had joined the National Guard Reserves. He was a longtime member of the Princeton Game and Fish Club, enjoyed hunting, gardening and was an artist. He loved all facets of nature!

He is survived by his longtime significant other, Jonsie Bohnsack; his children, Shawn (Kellie) Brown of Princeton and Maura (Shawn) Nichols of Princ-eton; three grandchildren, Noel and Ian Nichols, and Allison Brown, all of Princeton; two brothers, Michael (Dawn) Brown of Princeton and David (Judith) Brown of Princeton; two sisters, Susan (Ron) Bohnsack of Princeton and Linda (Lee) Pol-lack of Princeton; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

He was preceded in death by his parents.All services will be private.Memorials may be directed to the family for chari-

table disbursements. The Norberg Memorial Home in Princeton is in charge of arrangements.

Barbara StuepfertLAMOILLE — Barbara J. Stuepfert, 69, of LaMoille

died Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014, at OSF St. Francis Medi-cal Center in Peoria.

Born Aug. 16, 1944, in St. Charles to Donald L. and Virginia Kline Barkman, she married Alan Stuep-fert May 17, 1967, at the Zion Lutheran Church of Clarion. He preceded her in death on Oct. 10, 2010.

She was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church of Clarion and active in activities of the church. She was a 1962 graduate of LaMoille High School and graduated from Illinois State University with a Bach-elor of Arts degree. She taught home economics at LaMoille High School for 20 years. She was a chaper-one for high school students on overseas educational trips. She served on the original LaMoille Buffalo Days committee and also was in charge of the food stand at the celebration. She was a former queen of the LaMoille Buffalo Days.

Surviving are three sons, Jeffrey (Kristin) Stuep-fert and Phillip (Carissa) Stuepfert, both of Yor-kville, and Douglas (Dr. Nicole Norris) Stuepfert of Arlington; nine grandchildren; three sisters; Carol (Richard) Haas of Ohio, Ill., and Janice Becker and Diana Barkman, both of LaMoille; and three broth-ers, Ronald (Marilyn) Barkman and Charles (Gayle) Barkman, both of LaMoille, and Stephen (Brenda) Barkman of Mendota.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, in the Zion Lutheran Church of Clarion with the Rev. Kevin Weeks officiating. Burial will be in the Clarion Lutheran Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12, in the Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota. Memori-als may be directed to the LaMoille Ambulance Ser-vice or the Zion Lutheran Church of Clarion.

Obituary deadlinesDeadlines for obituaries are 2 p.m. Monday for Tues-

day’s paper, 2 p.m. Wednesday for Thursday’s paper and 2 p.m. Friday for Saturday’s paper.

Spring Valley PoliceAccidents

An accident involving Abigail E. Milus, 20, of Peru and Joseph S. Bry-ant, 31, of Hennepin occurred on Dalzell Black-top near Route 6 at 8:58 a.m. Feb. 4.

An accident involving Jeremy R. Blom, 20, of Spring Valley and Kristin S. Bezely, 45, of Spring Valley occurred on Saint Paul Street near Spalding Street at 7:58 a.m. Feb. 3.

An accident involving Jonathon D. Greening, 19, of Spring Valley occurred on Route 6 near Mary Street at 6:54 p.m. Feb.

1. Greening was charged with driving too fast for conditions. He was also arrested and charged with possession of cannabis and picked up on a LaSalle County warrant for failure to appear for possession of narcotic equipment.

An accident involv-ing Randy S. Dean, 45, of DePue and Clifton W. Cradle, 55, of Spring Val-ley occurred in the Spring Valley Super Market park-ing lot at 10:01 a.m. Feb.

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Traffic stopLynnett J. Graves, 33, of

Spring Valley was charged with driving while license suspended and operat-ing and uninsured motor vehicle on Route 6 near Route 89 at 10:21 a.m. Feb. 4.

Telephone harassmentDestiny M. Carlton,

21, of Spring Valley was charged with telephone harassment in her home

at 423 E. Dakota St. at 12:52 p.m. Feb. 4.

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On the street If money was no object, what would you give your valentine this year?

“I would buy him an extended stay near the beach with a nice golf course and new golf

clubs. Of course, I would like to go along as well.”

Kristie Cass, Princeton

“I would purchase her a vacation home in Maui on the beach we

were married on.”Mark Hall, Princeton

“I would take him out for a nice dinner and then to a concert of his choice.”

Carol Walker, Princeton

“I would buy him a farm. He misses farming.”

Cindy Musselman, Princeton

“I would buy her a new car.”

Ryan Atherton, Walnut

“My wish for any holiday is for good health.”

Adrian Lind, Walnut

From the editor’s deskIn Saturday’s Bureau County Republican, we ran

a photo/story package on Page 2 telling readers of the Princeton High School Concert Choir which performed recently at the Illinois Music Educators Association (IMEA) conference in Peoria. If you didn’t get a chance to read it, I hope you’ll either find it on our website (www.bcrnews.com) or get a Saturday copy of the BCR.

It was really quite an honor for PHS to be chosen to sing, since only three choirs were selected from throughout the state to perform at the conference. It was PHS’ first time to appear there. Brandon Crawford directs the choir, and guest director was Joy Schertz.

On behalf of the BCR, I’d like to extend our congratulations to the PHS Concert Choir, Crawford and Schertz for this well-deserved honor and your ability to repre-sent Princeton and Bureau County in such a fine manner. We are proud of you!

•••Also in Saturday’s BCR, I wrote a story about the

demise of the Bureau County Pork Producers and what that means to our annual Homestead Festival/Pork Days celebration in September. For years, I’ve covered different events and taken tons of photos of the local Pork Producers, and I have to tell you it saddens me to learn that worthwhile organiza-tion is hanging up its hat. While I understand the reasons behind the decision to disband, it’s still a difficult reality. While I understand everything changes, I’d like to personally applaud the Bureau County Pork Producers — now and from the past — who brought a lot of smiles to many, many peo-ple throughout the years. Your hard work will not be forgotten.

•••Customer Service Kudos: We all feel good when

we receive good customer service, whether it’s from a business or from an individual who works there. Where have you received customer service that has gone above and beyond the norm? Send me an email at [email protected], and I’ll include it in my next Customer Service Kudos in this column. Here are the Kudos I received this week:

• Connie said she had a brief stay at Perry Memorial Hospital in Princeton. “I want to give Kudos to Perry Memorial Hospital. The emergency department was wonderful. The ICU was very good; they took very good care of me. It was clean and nice; the whole hospital was nice. Everyone was concerned for me, and the food was wonderful. We’re very lucky to have a hospital like that Princ-eton.”

• Carol said, “I shopped for my first time at Pat-terns of the Past on South Main Street (Princeton), and I will definitely go back. Even though I was just looking and not buying, the people in that store treated me like I was family. I’m new to Princeton, and this is one of the reasons I like it here. People have been so nice.”

• Burt said, “I had breakfast the other day at ZBest (Sheffield), and after I ordered one meal, I changed my mind and asked to order something else. The waitress was so nice about it and asked the cook if it would be OK to change the order. It was. That was good customer service to me.”

•••Are you watching the winter Olympics? I’d have

to be a little bit crazy to attempt some of those events, but I sure admire those who have dedicated their lives to these sports. What do you think? Should I try snowboarding or not?

•••Friday is Valentine’s Day. Please try to buy your

Valentine treats in Bureau County. It’s a win-win for everyone that way. I hope you have a big day planned for the one you love ...

Thought for the day: “Immature love says: ‘I love you because I need you.’ Mature love says: ‘I need you because I love you.’” Erich Fromm.

Thought for Valentine’s Day: “I have found the

paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.” Mother Teresa.

•••Did you see the 50-year anniversary of the Bea-

tles on TV Sunday night? Wow! Fifty years! Why I remember when they first took the stage on the “Ed Sullivan Show,” and how my grandfather shook his head at the sight of those four young men from Liv-erpool as they performed. Fifty years! Where has the time gone!

•••Have a great week. The weather forecast looks dry

— cold but dry, so maybe our spring is headed this way. Maybe not, but I guess there’s not much we can do about it. It is what it is. Please try to be gentle with others this week, and also don’t forget to save some of that gentleness for yourself. And remember ... you are important to me and the BCR.

BCR Editor Terri Simon can be reached at [email protected].

The secret to working with your spouseGuests often ask us what the

secret to working with your spouse is. They usually chuckle and say they’d likely kill each other if they had to be together 24/7/365. While I don’t believe that, I do believe not all couples can tolerate working together. This doesn’t say anything about the strength of their marriage or relationship, but more about individuality and the way people communicate.

In our particular case, we estab-lished our relationship as friends. First and foremost we enjoy each other’s company and have a lot in common which makes the day-to-day grind a lot easier to deal with. Beyond that, we have worked together in numerous jobs and know we have no problem negotiating the division of labor, so to speak, without contention. With that in mind, however, I will offer just a few nuggets of advice on how to make working together a little more painless.

1. Know who does what. Having a defined list of chores that each of us knows is our responsibility is helpful. It keeps us from step-ping on each other’s toes, and it also insures we get everything done without assuming the other person will do it. In our case, Jeff does all the laundry, linens, handiwork, snow shoveling, wait-ing tables, helps with dishes, sets tables, dusts, vacuums and takes care of non-bathroom cleaning. He also cleans the litterbox, but I digress. I am in charge of all the cooking, bathroom cleaning, assisting with dishes, social net-working, emails, blogging, website

maintenance, accounting and any other computer-related items. That doesn’t mean we don’t dis-cuss these tasks to make sure we know what’s going on, but by allowing the other person to do their job without having too many chefs in the kitchen so to speak, we streamline efforts and mini-mize conflict.

2. Give each other space. This one is tough. In our case, our living quarters are basically con-fined to one large room, which means, there is nowhere to go if we want to be left alone. We have figured out ways to get our “quiet” time though by allowing one another to do what we like. In Jeff’s case, it may be watching sporting events; in mine, it might be watching Celine Dion videos on You Tube with my headphones on (don’t judge). In either case, we let each other be and don’t argue about it. We are also good about allowing each other to pur-sue our hobbies. Jeff loves golf, so when weather allows, I have no problem sending him off to play a round while I man the fort. He knows what he has to get done, so he can play without worrying about his chores, and I know it’s good for both his mind and body to get the exercise. For me, it’s reading or yoga or playing in the kitchen.

3. Keep business and personal

separate. What I mean on this front is that even if you have a disagreement about something relating to operating your busi-ness, i.e. where to spend money, how to plate a dish, etc., once you are done discussing it, let it go and move on. It’s not personal and shouldn’t be brought into your “private space.” We never fight. We may have a heated discussion, but we either com-promise or agree to disagree and move on. It’s just business. It doesn’t represent who we are as a couple.

4. Have fun and make each other laugh. This is probably the most important part of the equa-tion. Not a day goes by where we don’t laugh about something. Often it is something only the two of us think is funny. We firmly believe in doing what you love with the one you love, so it’s easy to have fun. That’s not to say there aren’t stressful moments in our day-to-day lives, but in the end, you find a way to make it fun despite challenges, fatigue or stress.

So what is the secret to working with your spouse? There really isn’t one. Ultimately it comes down to respect for what you do and who you love. Maintain that respect for one another, and the rest falls into place. And laugh. Always laugh. It’s the best medi-cine for the mind, body and soul, and it’s good for business.

Monika Sudakov is the chef and innkeeper at the Chestnut Street Inn in Sheffield. She can be reached at [email protected].

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Life&ArtsPPL plans ‘Pride and Prejudice’ ball — The Princeton Public Library will hold a Jane Austen, “Pride and Prejudice” inspired ball at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Ron McCutchan will lead several English country dances. Historical or evocative costume is encouraged, but optional. For more information, call 815-875-1331 or visit www.theprincetonlibrary.org. The program is free and open to all.

Community NotesWorkshop planned

PRINCETON — American Legion Woman’s Auxiliary Unit 125 of Princeton will conduct its February veterans workshop at 9 a.m. Wednesday. Members are reminded to bring treat donations for the sacks. For information, call Clara at 815-872-0430.

Genealogy meetingOTTAWA — The LaSalle County Genealogy Guild

will meet at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Guild Library, 115 W. Glover St., Ottawa. Brian Nolan will speak on the Rock Island and LaSalle Railroad.

Widmark Centennial group to meetPRINCETON — The Richard Widmark Centennial

Committee will meet at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Matson Meeting Room at the Princeton Public Library. The public is invited to attend and get involved. At 6:30 p.m. in the same room, a Widmark Wednesday movie will be shown.

Legion meetingSPRING VALLEY — American Legion, Dominic

O’Berto Post 182 of Spring Valley will have a fish fry Thursday after its regular meeting. Ray Biagione is the chief cook. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. at the KC Club Rooms, 307 W. St. Paul St., Spring Valley.

Root, Fatz make presentation to Rotary ClubPRINCETON — Princ-

eton Rotarian Carl Pacu-nas introduced his guest speakers, Jim Fatz and Chief Tom Root, at the Jan. 21 weekly Rotary meeting.

Fatz is currently com-mander of special oper-ations for a local law enforcement agency and Root is the current chief of police in Princeton. They are both certified Learn 2 Be Safe instruc-tors and teach Illinois Concealed Carry class-es. These classes are approved curriculum by the Illinois State Police. They discussed the importance of prepara-tion and safety through education that approved Concealed Carry classes offer and answered ques-tions regarding the Illinois Concealed Carry Law.

Rotary is an organiza-tion of business and pro-fessional leaders united worldwide, who provide

humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in their own

communities, as well as in the world. Anyone inter-ested in joining the Princ-eton Rotary Club should contact Phil Kaufmann,

Rotary president, or any Rotary member. The club meets every Tuesday at noon at the Princeton Elks Lodge.

Photo contributedPrinceton Rotarian Carl Pacunas (left) invited Jim Fatz and Princeton Police Chief Tom Root to be the guest speakers at the Jan. 21 Rotary meeting

PPSF plans annual trivia nightPRINCETON — The

Princeton Public Schools Foundation will hold its annual Trivia Night Feb. 22 at a new location, A Hundred Acres Orchard and Market, 14180 1800 East St., Princeton.

Doors will open at 6 p.m. with refreshments and cash bar available. Trivia will begin at 7 p.m.

Tickets are available for $15 each and are being sold by any PPSF Board member or at Heartland Bank’s down-town location. Attendees must be 21 years old to play. Trivia teams will be vying for cash prizes of $300 per team for first place, $200 for second place and $100 for third

place. Teams of eight only are allowed in any time after noon to claim their table and decorate it for fun.

All proceeds from the event will go to PPSF. For questions, contact PPSF president Dixie Schro-eder at 815-876-0486 or email [email protected].

PAC will host annual gala fundraiser on Saturday

PRINCETON — The Prairie Arts Council will hold its annual gala fun-draiser, “An Evening of Dance,” on Saturday at A Hundred Acres Orchard, west of Princeton.

The evening will begin at 6 p.m. with compli-mentary wine and hors d’oeuvres. A cash bar will also be available. “Ivory

Plus,” a five-piece band will play live music for ballroom and swing danc-ing throughout the eve-ning.

More than 30 pieces of art in all mediums, donat-ed by local artists, will be offered for silent auction and tickets for a 50/50 raffle drawing will be sold throughout the evening.

Tickets for “An Eve-ning of Dance” are $30 per person with advance reservations, or $35 at the door. Reservations can be made by calling the Prairie Arts Center at 815-875-2787 or by mailing a check to: Prai-rie Arts Center, 24 Park Ave. East, Princeton, IL 61356.

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Auxiliary, Legion to meet on WednesdayPRINCETON — Amer-

ican Legion Woman’s Auxiliary Unit 125 of Princeton will con-duct its February veter-ans workshop at 9 a.m. Wednesday at the post home. Members are reminded to bring treats for the sacks. Members should also note the time change for the meeting.

After a break, the Unit will conduct its regu-lar business meeting to begin at 10:30 a.m. at the post home. Since the January meeting was cancelled the agenda is large for February with many items to be dis-cussed. They include: VA&R, upcoming nomi-nations and elections, establishing fundraiser committee, a proposed new standing rule to be discussed, an Easter workshop, Operation Warm Troops, plus much more.

For VA&R informa-tion, call Clara Pease at 815-872-0430. To make a monetary donation for veterans work, send to Clara Pease, 321 Briar Lane, Princeton, IL 61356 or mail to ALA 125, 1549 W. Peru St., Princeton, IL 61356, Attn: Veterans.

Anyone interested in

membership may attend this or any regular busi-ness meeting scheduled for the second Wednes-day of each month at 7 p.m. at the post home or call Carol Allicks, mem-bership chair, at 815-872-7891 in the evening.

All eligible prospective members are invited to attend.

Roger L. Eickmier American Legion Post 125 of Princeton will conduct its regular busi-ness meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the post home.

Usual and customary business will be heard, along with upcoming fun-draisers for the post and the Princeton Veterans Group.

Veterans meeting eligi-bility should attend this or any scheduled busi-ness meeting on the sec-ond Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the post home for informa-tion.

Donations to the Legion for their veter-ans work can be sent to: Commander Terry A. DeSalle, 119 N. Church St., Princeton, IL 61356 or mail same to American Legion Post 125, 1549 W. Peru St., Princeton, IL 61356, Attn: Donations.

Rotary makes donation to libraryPrinceton Rotary Presi-dent Phil Kaufmann pres-ents a $250 donation check to Julie Wayland, director of the Princ-eton Public Library. The check was presented at the club’s recent weekly meeting. Princeton Rotary continues to be engaged in the community through its monetary donations, as well as community and international service projects. The club meets every Tuesday at noon at the Elks Lodge in Princ-eton.

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Dean’s listGreenville CollegeGREENVILLE — Quinn

Johnston of Princeton has been named to the 2013 fall semester dean’s list at Greenville College.

Drake UniversityDES MOINES, Iowa —

Benjamin Dagraedt of Cherry and Adam Sickley of Peru have been named to the 2013 fall semes-ter dean’s list at Drake University. Students must achieve a grade

point average of 3.5 or above to earn this honor.

University of Wisconsin-PlattevillePLATTEVILLE, Wis. —

Nichole Kriz of Walnut and Nicole Swanson of Manlius have been named to the 2013 fall semester dean’s list at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville.

Students who receive this academic honor in the College of Business, Industry, Life Science

and Agriculture and the College of Liberal Arts and Education must achieve a 3.75 grade point average and stu-dents in the College of Engineering, Math and Science must earn a 3.5 grade point average.

Northern Illinois University

DEKALB — Northern Illinois University has announced its 2013 fall semester dean’s list. Area students who made

the list are: Nicholas Rounds of Ladd, Mary Bartoli of Arlington, Amanda Atherton of Mendota, Erin Phalen of Ohio, Hannah Shearburn of Princeton, Natasha Jensen of Bureau and Kyle Etheridge of Wyanet.

The dean’s list is compiled by NIU’s aca-demic colleges accord-ing to varying criteria. Students must meet a minimum semester grade point average of 3.75 on a 4.0 scale to receive this award.

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Cub Scouts hold popcorn saleCub Scout Pack 4151 had a wonderful 2013 fall popcorn sale which helped fund an action-packed scouting year for 65 boys in first through fifth grades from Princeton, Tiskilwa, Bradford and Malden. Pack 4151 recognized four special scouts who went above and beyond. “Top Pop” sellers who sold more than $1,000 each were Jacob Bickett (from left), Andrew Bartolucci, Connor Maltas and Peter Campbell.

‘Connecting Threads’ art show at the Princeton Public LibraryPRINCETON — The

Princeton Public Library will host its fifth exhibi-tion of artists April 1-19. This year’s show will feature various textiles, including needle arts, textiles, woodworking, paper craft, pottery and other three dimensional arts.

Various organizations regularly meet at the library and they wanted to feature their artistic talents along with oth-ers in our community. The theme, “Connect-ing Threads,” not only refers to the textile arts featured but also con-necting the various art-ists in our community.

The exhibition is open to students and adults

who would like to dis-play their projects in the library. The works can be traditional, contem-porary or avant-garde. It is open to the origi-nal artists of quilting, weaving, fabric design, embroidery, needle-work, knitting, crochet-ing, rug hooking, paper crafts, wood-working, print making, wire crafts, jewelry mak-ing, ceramics, stained glass or any other three dimensional artwork.

All applicants must submit a photo of their art work with their application, that can be picked up at the library after Feb. 7. These appli-cations must be submit-ted by March 7 at the lat-

est. Each piece must be no larger than 39 inches by 6-foot-10-inches. Submissions must be by the original artist and all submissions should be appropriate for the general audience (fami-ly-friendly).

After review by the “Connecting Threads” committee, artists will be notified of accep-tance into the show the week of March 14. The selected artwork will be displayed throughout the library from April 1 to April 19.

For more information, contact Margaret Mar-tinkus, [email protected], or Lau-rie Anderson, [email protected].

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HighHonorRollEighthgrade:Daphane

Ahrens, Gage Andreoni, Lauren Bulak, Kaelyn Condon, Gabriel Cruz, Mackenzie Delaney, Nathaniel Draper, Kyle Golgin, Hallee Heredia, Cassidy Jablonski, Jordan Kraml, Damien Love, Noah Martin, Gunner McCormick, Alan Ruiz, Ty Rybarczykm Westley Schmidt, Aubrey Schramm, Emme Taliani, Jenna Tonozzi and William Zaragoza.

Seventhgrade: Juan Avila, Brooke Bianchi, Tori Bogatitus, Anthony Buchanan, Shannon Casey, Jamal Dahir, James DeAngelo, Paisley Chesse, Fianna Elias, Erik Enriquez, Morgan Filippini, John Fousekas, Tristan GonzalezMitchell, Alaina Hannon, Kallie Hansen, Matti Heiden, Anna Herrmann, Devan Janssen, Richard King, Alexandria KinkinRacicot, Samuel Lucas, Sara Perkins, RoseMarie Puentes, Chance Resetich, Elian Rivera, Gertrude Savitch, Christian Stefaniak and Marlene

Vazquez.Sixthgrade: Cecilia

Aldana, Reese Alvarez, Anna Argubright, Paige Blackburn, Alexander Castaneda, Sarah Croasdale, Dillon deJong, Jeffrey Delaney, Bentley Delhotal, Justin Doran, Abigail Draper, Haleigh Evans, Janessa Floyd, Bruan Fuentes, Hanna Goodrum, Jacob Grush, Averi Hansen, Kendall Hansen, Hanah Hart, Charleigh Holmes, Kennedy Keegan, Addison Konczak, Christopher, Gracie Martinaitis, Pablo Morales, Mackenzie Mrowicki, Olivia Novero, Leonardo Ochoa, Elvin Payan, Kelton Pelzer, Desree Petzel, maxwell Puentes, Grant Resetich, Regina Scarpaci, Calvin Schmollinger, Madeline Spayer, Jonathan Tang, Ander Vanko, Hannah Vanko, Aleksandar Vasic, Knowlton Wamhoff and Jacob Wilson.

Fifthgrade:Aaron Baltikauski, Sophie Bergagna, Levi Bland, Marissa Boehm, Jaclyn Cinotte, Kylie Craig, Nichole Delaney, Armani DeLeon, Tyvon Epps, Andrew Esquivel, Maddison Gentry, Alysia Gonzalez, Rayghan

Haase, Madeline Hannon, William Hash, Jackson Heiden, Victor Heredia, Hunter Hernandez, Violet Hurtado, Ashleigh Huston, Payton Johnson, Luke Kelty, Kayleigh Kirsch, Lance Kovacs, Morgan Krewer, Brianna Lara, Juan Martinez, Jordyn Meyer, Zoe Morris, Mark James, Aaliyah Perez, Gennaro Piccolo, Payton Plym, Aleksander Puentes, Alexander Regalado, Tresdon Rybarczyk, John Savitch, Arianna Soto, Alek Sparling, Dante Templeton-Teasley, Jillian Vazque, Alondra Villagomez, John Zaragoza and Logan Zeglis.

HonorrollEighthgrade:Eli

Komadina and Erica Smith.Seventhgrade: Maria

Cano, Jedidiah Delhotal, Mya Dietman, Sean Domkuski, Angelina Flores, James Kellerman, Rayme Loehr and Giuseppina Piccolo.

Sixthgrade:Michael Arrate, Dalton Brust, Brayden DeBates, Robert Harrison, Destiny MorganDeLao and Breanna Pelka.

Fifthgrade:Alec Bulak, Faith deJong and Addison Smith.

IVCC is offering spring gardening seminar March 8

OGLESBY — People interested in gardening can attend the Spring Garden Seminar on March 8 at Illinois Val-ley Community College (IVCC) in Oglesby. Paul Barrett will help any-one interested in learn-ing more about garden-ing with garden-related seminars, co-sponsored by University of Illinois Extension and IVCC.

The Spring Garden Seminar will have four sessions with four to five classes available in each session. Check-in is at 8

a.m. with the first class starting at 8:30 a.m. Classes are one hour and 15 minutes long, with 15-minute breaks between classes. The last class ends at 3:15 p.m. There will be sev-eral vendors to visit dur-ing breaks and lunch. A continental breakfast, cold drinks and snacks between classes, lunch and an afternoon snack are all included in the registration fee. There will also be door prizes awarded throughout the day. Advance registra-

tion is required by March 1 to the LaSalle Coun-ty Extension Office. To sign up for the course and get fee information, go to http://web.exten-sion.illinois.edu/blmp/ or call the LaSalle County Extension Office at 815-433-0707.

If a reasonable accom-modation is needed to participate, indicate when registering. For more information, con-tact Paul Barrett, Uni-versity of Illinois Exten-sion at 815-433-0707 or email [email protected].

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Regional roundup — Visit www.bcrnews.com/sports for updates of the IHSA girls regional basketball tournament scores from Monday Night.

PHS sends five to sectional

Shaw Media Service photo/Chris JohnsonPrinceton’s Chaz Williams works to keep Polo’s Jacob Cain on the mat during an opening round 195 pound match Saturday at the Polo Class A Regional.

Boys basketball: St. Bede 52, Princeton 50

Bruins, Bradyhold off Tigers

By Kevin [email protected]

PRINCETON — Fri-day’s game between the Princeton Tigers and St. Bede Bruins looked like it was going to go down to the last shot. It did, but the Tigers ran out of time.

Garrett Duffin sank two free throws with 7.1 sec-onds to bring the Tigers within 50-47 and Jack Brady answered with a pair of free throws at the 6.6 mark to put the Bru-ins back up by five.

PHS inbounded and J.J. Vaccaro brought the ball upcourt, but the score-board clock did not tick until the St. Bede bench and crowd erupted. Vac-caro buried a three-point-er with time still showing on the clock. Game offi-cial Kenny Wilcoxen of Princeton rushed to the

scorer’s table signaling the shot was good, and then waved off the game, saying time should have expired.

“Thank God the referee knew what was going on. There may have been a little bit of time left, but as an official you can’t guess. You’ve got to say, ‘No, this is over,’” St. Bede coach Mike Kilmar-tin said. “That could cost you the game. That could be another possession. We could throw the ball away.”

PHS coach Jesse Brandt said Wilcoxen made the right call.

“I didn’t know it didn’t start, but there was only 1.6 left and they didn’t start (the clock) until halfcourt. It’s probably a good call on their part,” he said.

By Andy [email protected]

POLO — On the strengths of its lower weights, Princeton will be sending four wres-tlers to this week’s Byron Class 1A Sectional. Tyler Wood (106), Luke Mar-selle (113), Austin Wetsel (120) and Casey Pierre (182) extended their sea-sons at least one more week by picking up sec-ond or third place finish-es at the Polo Regional.

St. Bede had one quali-

fier in senior James Pea-cock, who placed second at 132.

Lena-Winslow won the meet with 241 points, eas-ily out-distancing Ster-ling Newman, who had

126.5. In a close battle for fourth place, Polo (94) edged West Carroll (92) and Princeton (90.5).

Wood, a 23-15 sopho-more, used a pin over Carter Funfsinn of St. Bede to win the third-place match. Still, coach Steve Amy wanted more.

“He should have been in the finals,” Amy said. “He made a mistake in the semifinals and got his hips too high.”

Marselle advanced to the title match against Paawan Dandona of

West Carroll. Dandona, a senior, got in early on Marselle (18-13 sopho-more) and pinned him at the 55-second mark of the first period.

“Luke came out aggres-sive, maybe too aggres-sive and was taken down off of that,” Amy said.

In a tight match at 120, Wetsel lost 6-5 to Kon-nor Smith of Rock Falls. The 27-12 freshman kept it close throughout, but was hurt was an early takedown.

See Game Page 13

Polo 1A RegionalArea qualifiers:

Princeton - Tyler Wood (106), Luke Marselle (113), Austin Wetsel (120) and Casey Pierre (182). St. Bede - James Peacock (132).

Team champion: Lena-Winslow.

See Regionals Page 12

BCR photo/Mike Vaughn

All tangled upPrinceton’s Jimmy Kurth gets a good grip during Sunday’s Tiger Town Tanglers’ IKWF Invitational at Prouty Gym. Nearly 500 youth wrestlers were on hand.

Boys basketball: Hall 76, Sherrard 59

Red Devils cruise past SherrardBy dAn dwyer

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SPRING VALLEY — A second quarter offensive explosion by the Hall Red Devils propelled them to a 76-59 victory against the Sher-rard Tigers Friday night at Red Devil Gymnasium.

Hall went on a 21-1 scoring run spanning the last 5:08 of the sec-ond quarter and the first 20 sec-onds of the third quarter to open up a 19-point lead and a 41-22 score at the 7:40 mark of the third quarter.

“We didn’t cover in the second quarter; we just did not cover. We did not play very good defense, and we’re giving up way too many points and we know that,” Sher-

rard coach Barry Jackson said.Sherrard struggled with the

combination of senior Hall guard Miguel Villarreal’s ability to drive the lane for layups and draw the defense and his counter part junior guard A.J. Gaeta’s ability to shoot from range.

“A.J. gets a lot of his threes off of Colin (Aimone), Taggert (Ven-egas) and Miguel’s dribble pen-etration. That’s a big part of our offense, get dribble penetration and if they help then we kick it and if they don’t help we make a layup,” Hall coach Mike Filippini said. “The kids did a great job following the game plan and like I said, Miguel is great at taking it to the hoop, and you know he had another monster game for us.”

“I thought we came out in the first quarter and played very hard. We talked about who their shoot-ers were and what they could do, and the Villarreal kid got to the rim very well and we knew that and we did not step up and slow him down,” Jackson said.

Villarreal and Gaeta led the Red Devil offense during the stretch, as Villarreal scored six points and Gaeta scored nine points. Each player finished with a game-high 20 points.

“Miguel had a huge, huge game. He carried us; I said to the kids at halftime, ‘You better thank Miguel because he’s the one that kept us in the first half.’ I mean he was unbe-lievable in the first half, the second

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BCR photo/Mike VaughnSt. Bede’s Sam Halm gets a shot off over Princeton’s Zach Hicks Friday night at Prouty Gym. The Bruins won 52-50.

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“It was a great match,” Amy said. “One mistake at the beginning caused him to be taken down.”

Pierre, a 10-11 senior, gave the Tigers their final sectional berth with a decisive 16-1 technical fall over Carlos Loyola of Rock Falls.

“I wrestled him in the first round (pin by Pierre) and the second time seemed easier,” Pierre said.

Peacock lost in the 132-pound title match to the younger brother of Quin-cy Kalkbrenner, fresh-man Kyle. That makes it four straight trips to the sectional for Peacock, who is still looking for his first berth downstate.

“We’re going to the toughest sectional in the state,” St. Bede coach Sean Hobson said. “Last year, 11 of the 14 state champs came out of there and it will be just as tough. Hopefully, we’ll get a good draw.”

In a surprise, John Barnes of St. Bede, the No. 2 seed at 285 missed out on qualifying for the sectional. Two unseeded wrestlers were in the title match and Barnes and No. 1 seed, Bran-don Anderson (25-5 senior) had to wrestle for third. Anderson won in a 32-second pin.

“It’s all about peaking at the right time,” Hob-son said.

Two other Princeton wrestlers had chances to advance, but lost in third-place matches. Tyler Webster was pinned by Chase Pokoj of Lena-Winslow at 126 and Luke Hoffman was pinned by another Lena-Winslow wrestler at 170.

At 138, Doran Piper won by a pin but lost twice in the wrestlebacks. Dylan Tyner-Williams also won once and lost twice at 220, to close out his senior year.

Tyler Hammit (145) and Chaz Williams (195) lost their only two match-es.

In the toughest weight class of the tournament, 160 pounds, Drew Pran-ka won his first match by a pin. Then he faced defending state champ Quincy Kalkbrenner of Lena-Winslow, who bumped up from 152 to 160 for the regional.

Kalkbrenner, a 34-2 senior, pinned Pranka on his way to the title. The other two qualifiers were sophomores Brady Rude of Newman and Ethan Cain of Polo, both with a combined record of 64-8.

• At LaSalle: The Hall/Putnam County co-op was unable to qualify anyone from the LaSalle-Peru 2A Regional.

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RegionalsFrom Page 11

Girls bowling

Lady Devils bowlers advance to sectional

By BCR [email protected]

The Hall Lady Devils advanced to sectionals, placing third as a team at Saturday’s LaSal-le-Peru Regional at the Illinois Val-ley Super Bowl in Peru.

Hall senior ace Kaitlyn Padgett placed third indi-vidually with a 1,275 six-game series. Also rolling for Hall were sophomore Heidi Nielsen (1,101) and seniors Olivia Bergagna (1,089), Clarissa Ger-rard (1,068) and Rebecca Schmidt (842)

St. Bede qualified

sophomore Emma Wilke (1,095) and freshman Kaytlin Brandt (920) .

Also qualifying were Mendota’s Megan Vickrey (1,090) and Eliza-beth Willis (918) and L-P’s Mari Brown (1,118), Tiara Golgin (1,100) and junior Ali Kutz (1,065).

Moline (5,817) was the team champion with East Moline (5,504) taking sec-

ond.The area contingent

advanced to the Moline Sectional to be held this Saturday.


Kaitlyn PadgettLeads Hall with third-place

1,275 series

half he was too,” Filippini said.

Gaeta scored on con-secutive plays to end the first half as he made a transition layup off a nice bounce pass by senior guard Colin Aimone. On the next possession, he popped wide open to the corner and drained the 3-point base line jump-shot to give the Red Devils a 39-22 lead at half time.

Sherrard steadily chipped away at the Red Devils lead for the remainder of the third quarter before senior for-ward Jake Kissner cut the Hall lead to 54-46 on a base line drive with 7:23 left to play.

Gaeta answered the bell on the next Hall posses-sion with a three-pointer from 2 feet behind the arc.

The remainder of the fourth quarter saw the Red Devils gradually add to their lead en route to downing the Tigers by 17-points with a score of 76-59.

“Our defense in the sec-ond quarter and our box-

ing out the entire game is what won us the game,” Filippini said. “Miguel had a great game, and A.J. had a great game shooting the ball as well.”

• Notes: Hall will host rival Princeton Tuesday night.


BCR photo/Dan DwyerHall’s Taggart Vene-gas goes wide to shoot around the Sherrard Tigers Friday.

DevilsFrom Page 11

Shaw Media Service photosSt. Bede’s James Peacock (above) works on an escape in regional action Saturday at Polo. He advanced to sectional for the fourth time. Hall/PC’s Marco Guttierez makes his move at the L-P 2A Regional.

Princeton freshmen Austin Wet-sel works his way free in 1A regional competition Saturday at Polo. He was one of five Tiger grap-plers advanc-ing to sec-tionals, plac-ing second at 120 pounds.

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Basketball roundup

Action heats up at PC Shootout

By BCR SpoRtS [email protected]

Putnam County played host to the Coaches for Cancer Shootout Saturday at RM Germano Gymnasium.

The host Panthers played the marquee game of the day squar-ing off against Seneca in the nightcap. Coach Russ Witte’s Irish claimed a 29-21 halftime lead and held off the Panthers 56-46.

Conlon Callahan had 25 points for the Irish. PC was led by Harold Fay (17 points) and Alec Veverka (15).

The St. Bede Bruins also took part, falling to Fairbury Prairie Central 50-45. The Bruins led at the half, but were outscored 28-17 in the second half.

Jack Brady and Jarrett Olson led the Bruins with 11 points each. Ed Shaper had 28 points for the Hawks.

The day got off to a slow start when Sherrard was unable to make the trip when its’ team bus was involved in a minor accident. No one was injured, PCHS athlet-ic director Joey Ohnesorge said.

The PC JV took its place, fall-ing to Midland 57-32. In other games, Dwight beat Marquette 61-60, Roanoke-Benson downed Newark 58-48 and IVC defeated the North Lawndale JV 55-41.

Girls basketballHall52,Princeton10: Becca

Herrmann had 10 points and Emily Hoscheid and Brenna Faletti added nine each for the Lady Devils who cruised to vic-tory at Red Devil Gymnasium Saturday. Zoe Mead had four points for Princeton, playing its second game of the day.

Princeton29,Henry18: The Tigresses got their day started off Saturday afternoon with a win over the Lady Mallards at Prouty Gym. PHS trailed 10-2 and 16-8, but capped a rally with Ivy Rhodes’ three-pointer to tie the

game at 16 going into halftime. The Tigresses held the Lady Mallards scoreless until the final minute of the second half.

Stephenny Farrell led the Tigresses with nine points. Kelly Schmidt, Mead, and Rhodes each had four.

BureauValley53,Fulton39: The Storm outscored the Steamers 21-2 in the second quarter to close out the regular season. The game was played as a winner take all with the Storm rewarded with two wins in con-ference play as a result of previ-ous cancellations.

Helena Osk Arnadottir scored 16 points for BV (10-17, 3-11), with Darcy Kepner adding 15 points, five rebounds, six steals and three assists. Nicole Bornsheuer had seven points and 13 rebounds, and Carlie Bickett pulled down 11 boards.

Earlville/Leland51,LaMoille/Ohio47: Shiela Browning had 25 points to go over the 1,000-point mark for her career, but the Lady Lions could have used just a little more, falling in overtime Friday. Browning also had 18 points for the Lady Lions (9-14).

Orion64,St.Bede56: The Lady Chargers outscored the Lady Bruins 15-8 in the fourth quarter Friday to pull away to victory. Hanna Bima had 17 points, Raley Mauck 15 and Laura Sickley 12 for the Lady Bruins.

The St. Bede sophomores clinched the sophomore crown with a 25-17 victory. Julia Pohar had 13 points and Rachel Sickley added 7 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists.

•Girlsregionals: IHSA regionals got underway Monday night at St. Bede, Earlville and Roanoke. Visit www.bcrnews.com for updates.

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The Tigers executed their game plan with senior Zach Andersen getting prepared for his future enrollment at West Point with some tight defense employment on St. Bede sophomore gun, Jarrett Olson. Averaging more than 18 points per game, Olson was held to 10 points.

However the Tigers were unable to contact St. Bede junior guard Jack Brady, who led all scor-ers with 23 points, including three 3-pointers.

“I thought Zach Andersen did a great job on him holding him to 10 points,” Brandt said. “Give Brady credit ... he stepped up and hit some shots and that was the difference in the game. We wanted other guys to beat us, and he was the guy that did it tonight.”

“There’s parts this year he has not shot like that. This is the Jack Brady from last year. If they take Jarrett away and Jack shoots like that, as you can see, we can weather that,” Kilmartin said.

Princeton (4-19) led for most of the first half, going up 14-12 on Garrett Duffin’s 3-pointer from the top of the key to end the first quarter and 16-12 on a hoop by Andersen to start the second quarter.

Back-to-back hoops by Tyler Clark on assists from Duffin and Zach Hicks had the Tigers up 22-19 with 2:02 left in the half. A three by Brady and a two by Sam Halm put the Bruins up 26-24 at the half.

The Bruins used a 11-0 run early in the third quarter to go up 37-28. Baylee Hopps’ putback made it 39-33 at quarter’s end.

Vaccaro heated up in the fourth quarter, hitting back-to-back threes to bring PHS within 45-39. He hit another trey at the 52.4 mark to make it

49-45 and added his fourth to end the game.Vaccaro finished with a team-high 16 points.“At the beginning of the season, I haven’t

been shooting too well, but at practice lately, I’vie been shooting a lot more and getting my shot back. So, it’s starting to come along. It feels good knowing this was going to be one of my last home basketball games.”

Duffin had 10 points and Andersen eight for PHIS (4-19).

• Notes: The four senior PHS players — Vac-caro, Andersen, Hicks and Nate Duffy - were rec-ognized with their parents along with the senior members of the cheerleaders, poms and Star Spangled Singers. ... PHS (15-7, 7-2) won the sophomore tilt 56-52 behind Jake Reinhardt (20 points) and Skye Behrends (17). St. Bede was led by Nathan Bartley (17) and Jon Dose (16).

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ScoreboardBasketball

Junior collegeAt Oglesby

WoMen: iVcc 72, olive Harvey 59. iVcc: MacDavitt 32, Kistenfeger 14, rhodes 5.

Men: olive Harvey 86, iVcc 77. iVcc: Arteaga 27, Heister 22.

HigH ScHool girlSAt Spring Valley

Princeton 1 2 3 4 – 10Hall 17 15 8 12– 52Princeton (2-25, 0-12): Barajas 0-2 (0-1)

0-0 0, Farrell 0-5 0-0 0, Van Den Bussche 0-0 0-0 0, Strom 0-3 2-5 2, Sims 0-1 0-0 0, Mead 1-13 2-4 4, Schmidt 1-4 1-2 3, Hughes 0-3 0-2 0, rhodes 0-0 0-0 0. Frank 0-5 1-2 1, clark 0-4 (0-1) 0-0 0. totals: 2-40 (0-2) 6-15 10. rebounds: 29 (Barajas 8, Schmidt 7.

HAll (8-16, 4-8): e. Herrmann 1-5 (1-2) 0-2 3, golden 2-7 1-2 5, Hoscheid 3-5 3-6 9, Faletti 3-7 3-4 9, Foster 0-1 0-0 0, galassi 1-3 2-2 4, Barroso 1-2 (1-1) 0-0 3, lusietto 0-1 0-0 0, B. Herrmann 5-9 0-0 10, Azarskis 2-4 (1-3) 0-0 5. totals: 19-46 (3-6) 11-18 52. Fouls: 17. turnovers: 14. rebounds: 35 (B. Herrmann 6, Hoscheid 8).

SoPHS: PHS won.

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Farrell 4-12 (1-2) 0-0 9, Van Den Bussche

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Arnadottir 7-11 0-0 16, Williams 0-1 1-2 1, Dean 1-4 2-5 4, Bornsheuer 3-6 1-5 7, V. reuter 4-5 0-0 8, S. reuter 0-2 0-0 0, Kepner 3-7 9-12 15. totals: 19-41 13-24 53.

At OrionSt. Bede 13 17 18 8 - 56orion 15 16 18 15 - 64SBA (11-18, 5-7): l. Sickley 3 (2) 4-6

12, Morrow 2 (2) 0-0 6, Miranda 1 0-0 2, gregorich 0 0-0 0, Phegley 1 0-0 2, carus 0 2-2 2, Bima 15 7-8 17, Mauck 6 (3) 0-0 15. totals: 18 (7) 13-16 56. Fouls: 24.

SoPHS: SBA 25-17. SBA (10-2 trAc): Pohar 13, r. Sickley 6 (8 rebounds).Other area girls

Byron 57, Mendota 54 (ot).

At Roanoke-Benson 1A RegionalMonDAy: game 1 - (4) Midland vs. (5)

Henry. game 2 - (3) r-B (11-11) vs. (6) DePue.tueSDAy: game 3 - Putnam county vs.

winner 1, 6 p.m. game - (2) Flanagan (14-12) vs. winner 2, 8 p.m.

tHurSDAy: title - winners 3-4, 7 p.m.

At Earlville 1A RegionalMonDAy: game 1 - (4) earlville/leland

vs. (5) Paw Paw, 6 p.m.WeDneSDAy: game 2 - (1) ic vs. winner

1, 6 p.m. game 3: (3) Somonauk vs. (3) laMoille/ohio (9-14), 6 p.m.

tHurSDAy: title - winners 3-4, 7 p.m.At Wethersfield 1A Regional

MonDAy: game 1 - (4) galva vs. (5) Wethersfield. game 2 - (3) AlWood vs. (6) roWVA (7-19).

WeDneSDAy: game 3 - (1) Annawan vs. winner 1, 6 p.m. game 4 - (2) Stark county (21-2) vs. winner 2, 8 p.m.


At St. Bede 2A RegionalMonDAy: game 1 - (4) Hall (7-16) vs. (5)

Bureau Valley (9-16). game 2 - (3) St. Bede (11-17) vs. (6) Princeton (2-23).

tueSDAy: game 3 - Prophetstown vs. winner 1, 6 p.m. game 4- (2) riverdale (16-10) vs. winner 2, 8 p.m.


At Biggsville 2A RegionalMonDAy: game 1 - (4) West central vs.

(5) Mercer co., 6 p.m.tueSDAy: game 2 - (1) Sherrard (25-2)

vs. winner 1, 6 p.m. game 3 - (2) rockridge (19-8) vs. winner 2, 8 p.m.


At Farmington 2A RegionalMonDAy: game 1 - (4) Kewanee (15-14)

vs. (5) Farmington (13-13). game 2 - (3) Mon-rose (16-12) vs. (6) Monmouth united.

tueSDAy: game 2 - (1) Peoria christian (17-7) vs. winner 1, 6 p.m. game 3 - (2) Knoxville (21-7) vs. winner 2, 8 p.m.


HigH ScHool BoySAt Princeton

St. Bede 12 14 13 13 - 52Princeton 6 10 6 7 - 50SB (11-13, 4-4): Pyzka 3 0-1 6, Brady 7 (3)

6-7 23, Hopps 1 0-0 2, olson 3 3-5 10, Shipp 1 0-0 2, Halm 3 0-0 6, Duttlinger 19 (5) 9-12 52. Fouls: 15.

PHS (4-19, 2-7): Friel 0 0-1 0, Duffin 3 (1) 3-4 10, Vaccaro 6 (4) 0-2 16, Schmidt 2 1-1 5, Andersen 3 2-2 8, Hicks 1 (1) 2-2 5, Duffy 1 0-0 2, clark 2 0-0 4. totals: 18 (6) 8-12 50. Fouls: 18.

SoPHS: PHS 56-52. PHS: reinhardt 20, Behrends 17.

Little Ten ConferenceTournament at Somonauk

FriDAy: third place - .(1) indian creek 60, (3) Paw Paw 56

title — 4) Somonauk 64, (2) newark 47

Lincoln Trail Conference TournamentSAturDAy: third place - galva 58, Stark

county 54title — (1) Wethersfield 70, Annawan 65.

Other area boysHenry 71, Peoria christian 63. Henry (18-

3): Helle 27, Schlosser 17.Mendota 68, oregon 49. M (16-6, 4-2):

carrol 22, reeder 17, Bowne 15.

Mat-thew

Harris is picture perfect

for a head-line in

the TTT Invite

Sunday.BCR

photo/Mike

Vaughn

tanglers take eight firstsPRINCETON — The Tiger Town Tanglers hosted their

annual IKWF Tournament with nearly 500 kids competing.Eight Tanglers claimed first-place finishes including

Danny Cihocki, Evan Driscoll, Kaegan Hansen, Nathaniel Irizarry, Augie Christiansen, Luke Peacock, Chase Tatum, and Jackson Mangold.

Seconds went to Ace Christiansen, Karter Monroe, Payton Walowski, Matthew Harris, Kody Mongan, Peyton Hammerich, Shaylynn Hartmann, Charley Korey, Brody Spencer, Zeke Klingenberg, Michael Kurth and Gavin Lanham.

Third-place-finishers were Robert Nelson, Brody Reviglio, Mitchell Taylor, Cohen Vetter, Ronde Worrels, Braden Boyles, Mason Goodrum, Jimmy Kurth, Conner Alter, Alexander Peck, Gavin Vetter, Mason Cooney and Landon Mangold,

Taking fourths were Jack May, Izaiah Smallwood, Anthony Vujanov, Coby Hill, Kameron Wersinger, Dallas Hill, Giovanine Romagnoli, Josh Walker, Nolan Kloepping, Grady Cox, Kai Walowski and Kameron Wersinger.

janitorial positionPart time (25 hrs a week) janitorial position with the Bureau County Housing Authority in their Spring Valley location. Must complete and pass a background check, drug screening, and fit for duty test. Must fill out our application which can be picked up at 415 W. Erie St, Spring Valley, IL or 444 S. Church St., Princeton, IL or email [email protected] and request an application electronically. Temp to hire position. Equal Opportunity Employer

EOE/AA

PrincetonSummer Positions

EOE/AA

Field Safety Technician: Focuses on field safety during the growing season. Must have strong communication skills and be able to react quickly to correct an unsafe working environment. Responsibilities include working with field crews and conducting safety audits around seed field activities. Preferred candidate would have or be working toward a bachelor’s degree in nursing or occupational health.

Field Scout/Area Assistant: Assists in monitoring pest activity or detasseling activity and data collection. Applicants should have a strong interest in agriculture and be working toward a bachelor’s degree in an ag related field. Ability to work overtime hours in outdoor conditions is required during peak season. Valid driver’s license and reliable vehicle is required.

Apply in person at 2700 Pioneer Drive, Princeton, ILFor questions, call815-875-2845

PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE/REGISTERED NURSE

• Part-time hours with flexibility• School nursing along with public health nursing• Requires dependable transportation• Bilingual/Spanish very helpful• Potential for growth to full-time employment

Please send resume to:Bureau County Health Department

526 Bureau Valley ParkwayPrinceton, Illinois 61356

HARMONY VALLEY FARM IN VIROQUA, WI IS HIRING 36 TEMPORARY

FARMWORKERSFrom 04/01/2014 - 12/20/2014

Each worker must have 3 months verifiable experience driving 35hp or larger tractors. Workers will drive tractors, pulling harvest wagons and assembling and moving irrigation equipment. They will work in greenhouses and transplant plants using mechanical transplanters. Workers also will dig, cut, pick and bunch crops by hand. Must be able to lift 50 lb crates, and make 50 bunches/hour of leafy greens. Wage rate is $11.49/hr., 40hrs/week. Guarantee of of the workdays. All work tools, supplies and equipment furnished without cost to the worker along with free housing to workers who cannot reasonably return to their permanent residence at the end of the workday. Transportation and subsistence expenses to the worksite will be paid by the employer, with payment upon 50% completion of the work contract. Apply at the nearest State Workforce Agency or WI Dept. of Workforce Development, Attn: FLC/H2A, P.O. Box 7972, Madison WI 53707-7972

reference job order number: 1487399.

The Bureau CountyRepublican reserves theright to classify correctly,edit, reject or cancel anyadvertisement at any timein accordance with its poli-cy. All ads must bechecked for errors by theadvertiser, on the first dayof publication. We will beresponsible for the first in-correct insertion, and its lia-bilities shall be limited tothe price on one insertion.

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228 • Help Wanted

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or send resume to:PO Box 510, Utica, IL61373. 815-223-4464

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Full-time Head Mechanic,application forms areavailable at Bureau ValleyTransportation Office,9198 2125 N. Ave., Man-lius, IL 61338.

Return completedapplication and resume by

March 7, 2014 to:Tom Mott, Bureau ValleyTransportation Director,Manlius, IL 61338 Phone 815-445-2161

HEAD FOOTBALL COACHSend letter of application

and resume to:Principal Eric Lawson,

Bureau Valley HighSchool, 9154 2125 N

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WANTED: Full-timeHEAD MECHANIC.

Application forms areavailable at Bureau ValleyTransportation Office,9198 2125 N. Ave., Man-lius, IL 61338. Returncompleted application andresume by March 7, 2014to: Bureau Valley Trans-portation Director TomMott, 9198 2125 N. Ave.,Manlius IL 61338. Phone 815-445-2161

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Seeking residential HVACTechnician for Illinois Val-ley area. Past service ex-perience is required. Com-pensation based on expe-rience and skill level. Musthave excellent customerservice skills and validdrivers license. Must beavailable for overtime and24 hour service when oncall. Background checksand drug screening re-quired. We offer full bene-fit package. Send resumeto: Summit Heating & AirConditioning, 216 WestSt Paul Street, Spring Val-ley, IL 61362

SECRETARY, BV North El-ementary at Walnut;SECRETARY, BV HighSchool at ManliusDISTRICT FOOD SERVICEDIRECTOR.Application forms areavailable at Bureau ValleyDistrict Office, 9068 2125N Ave., Manlius, IL 61338.Return completed applica-tion and resume no laterthan March 31, 2014 toSupt. Dennis Thompson,Bureau Valley District Of-fice, 9068 2125 N Ave.,Manlius, IL 61338

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PRINCETON DEPOTPart- time. City of Prince-ton seeks reliable part-time persons to assistwith passenger and sta-tion duties at the Prince-ton Train Depot. Positionis an independent con-tractor position. Duties in-clude radio contact withincoming trains, safelyguiding passengers tocorrect platform, and lightjanitorial duties. Openingsare for daily evening trainsand all trains on Satur-days and Sundays. Send qualifications to:

City of Princeton,ATTN: City Clerk,

2 South Main Street,Princeton, IL 61356

Wanted: Looking for aPHS student to TUTOR afreshman from the highschool. Knowledge ofmath and literature.Please call 815-872-1000

228 • Help Wanted

229 • Professional/Clerical

LAW FIRM, opening anew branch office indowntown Princeton, isseeking a motivated

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for a part-time position,with full-time potential.Candidates should have 1-3 years secretarial or re-ceptionist experience, pri-or legal experience is aplus. Must have excellenttyping (85+ WPM) andproofreading skills, aswell as, the ability to com-municate with companiesand clients. Attention todetail, organizational andcommunication skills areextremely important. Mustbe a team player, depend-able, have excellent atten-dance and punctuality andbe able to work indepen-dently. Requirements:Knowledge of MicrosoftOutlook, Microsoft Office.Some knowledge ofTimematters and Account-ing, preferred. Submit resume and salary

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Opening for Night Nurse(11am-7pm). 32 hour po-sition includes full bene-fits. Apply in person:

508 Park Avenue East,Princeton, IL

229 • Professional/Clerical

232 • BusinessOpportunities

- 400 -Merchandise

444 • Farm Equipment

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Does not have the op-portunity to fully inves-tigate the credibility ofeach advertiser appear-ing within thesecolumns. If an offersounds “too good to betrue” it probably is.Proceed with caution ifyou are asked to sendmoney or to give acredit card number.Proceed with caution incalling 900 phone num-bers. All phone num-bers prefixed by”900”are charged to theCALLER. Charges maybe assessed on a “perminute” basis ratherthan a “per call” basis.The Bureau County Re-publican Classifiedsmakes every effort toqualify these chargesfor the reader.If you have a concernabout an advertiser,please contact:

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330 North WabashChicago, IL 60611

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PUBLIC AUCTIONBUREAU COUNTY FARMLAND

220+/- Acres – Indiantown TownshipOn behalf of the Irma D. Rodseth Family Trust the following described

farmland will be offered by PUBLIC AUCTION. Sale day location: Redi-ger Auction Service “The Shed”, 401 W. Main St., Wyanet, IL 61379.

ThURsDAY,FEB. 27, 2014

10:00 A.M.TRACT 1: Located SW ¼ of Section 18 of Indiantown Township, Bureau County, Illinois. 147 +/- acres with 134.48 +/- acres tillable with soil types that include Plano, Elburn, Osco, Sawmill and Lawson. The productivity index is 138 +/- on tillable soils. Improvements include 3 grain bins equaling 16,000 bu., 30 x 45 Lester building (flat grain storage), older machine shed, barn and corn crib. Tax I.D. # 21-18-300-003. $3,941.78 paid in 2013.TRACT 2: Located W ½ of the SW ¼ of Section 7 of Indiantown Township, Bureau County, Illinois. 73.75 +/- acres with 72.22 +/- acres tillable with soil types that include Osco, Saybrook, Muscatune and Parkway. The productivity index is 134.3 +/- on tillable soils. Improvements included are 6,000 bu grain bin.Tax ID # 21-07-300-001. $1,502.88 paid in 2013.

sale Catalog is available at www.rickrediger.comAerial, soilmaps, FsA aerials, etc.

TERMs AND CONDITIONs:1.) These tracts will be sold separately and on a per surveyed acre basis.2.) 2014 survey provided by Seller.3.) The successful bidder will be required to enter into a standard pur-chase agreement contract. A Buyer’s Premium of 1% of the high bid will be charged to the buyer and added to the bid amount to arrive at the contract purchase price. 10% of the contract purchase price will be due immediately following the auction. The balance will be due and payable on or before March 27, 2014.4.) The seller shall provide a title insurance policy in the amount of the purchase price of the subject property.5.) The estimated 2013 real estate taxes due and payable in 2014 will be credited by the Seller to the Buyer. All subsequent real estate taxes will be the responsibility of the Buyer.6.) The property is being sold in “AS IS” condition, with no implied warran-ties of any kind.7.) The information is believed to be accurate. However, we strongly urge all prospective buyers to thoroughly research all pertinent data and to draw their own conclusions.8.) All announcements made the day of the sale take precedence over any previously printed material.9.) For additional information or to view the property contact Rick Rediger, Auctioneer at 815-699-7999 or Scott Brummel.

Seller: IRMA D. RODsETh FAMILY TRUsTAttorneys for Seller:

Nash, Nash, Bean and Ford, LLPJames Nash, 445 US Hwy 6 East, Geneseo, IL 61254

Number System will be Used • I.D. RequiredNot Responsible for Accidents

Auctioneers: RICK REDIGER • JEREMY REDIGER • JONATHAN MOONREDIGER AUCTION sERVICE

Rick Rediger, Auctioneer815-699-7999

www.RickRediger.com

BRUMMEL REALTY LLCScott Brummel, Broker

630-553-3200www.BrummelRealty.com

OPENTENANCY

2014

OPENTENANCY

2014

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Accepting applications for waiting listfor 2 Bedroom Apartments.

Rental Assistance May Be Available.Stop by our office or give us a call

1-815-663-4100Professionally Managed By

Professional Property Management, LLCis an Equal Opportunity

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PUBLIC AUCTIONSUNDAY, feBrUArY 16, 2014

in the pitstick pavilion – 3401 n. state, Rt. 23, 31/2 MILES N. OF 1-80 • EXIT MILE MARKER 90OUTSTANDING AUCTION OF ART & ARTIFACTS, ANTIQUES, FOSSILS, PAINTINGS, PICTURES, AMERICAN INDIAN ART,

DUCK DECOYS & ARTIFACTS & OTHER COLLECTABLESPrevIew frOm 8:30 A.m. ‘TIL AUCTION STArTS AT 10:30 A.m.

Auctioneers: Bart & Mark HigdonHIGDON AUCTION SERVICES3564 N. IL 71, MARSEILLES, IL 61341

PHONE (815) 496-2587 (FAX)Contact Sale managers mark & Tim Higdon

Terms: Cash, All new buyers must present a current bank letter of credit with a personal check. Not responsible for accidents and articles after item is sold.

We are proud to bring you great auctions with NO BUYerS PremIUmS! PLEASE CALL US WHEN YOU WOULD LIKE TO SELL A FEW ITEMS

OR YOUR ENTIRE COLLECTION!Phone/Fax (815) 496-2587 E-Mail: [email protected]

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EXCELLENT AUCTION of Art & Artifacts, Antiques, Duck Decoys, Swords, Oil Paintings, Fossils, Rocks, Native American Items, Chinese Items, African & Many Other Collectables from the Worlds Past to the Present! Many Nice Signed Oil Paintings, Including a Portrait Painting of Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) Italy’s Most Famous Composer - Painted for the Verdi Family in the 1870’s, Many Other Nice Paintings, A Nice Collection of lnuit Sculptures, Many Eskimo Carved Ivory Items, A 160 Year Old Coat Made by an Eskimo in Fairbanks, Alaska; 1800’s Native American Snow Shoes, Beaded Fetishes, Beaded Bags, Beaded Dress & Other Beaded Items, S.W. Pottery, Old Muzzleloader Rifle, War Clubs, Wood Bow, 1800’s Baleen Basket, Hupa Baskets, Wooden Masks, Other Wooden Items, Axes, Celts, Spearpoints, Arrowheads, Birdpoints, Squash Blossum Necklaces, Silver Spoons with Indian Designs, Belts, Indian Head Pennies, Other Coins; One of the Finest Hand Woven Persian Rugs Ever Made from the 1800’s; Chinese Old Lacquer Container, Eastern U.S. Stoneware Jug from 1800’s, Many Miscellaneous Items and Much More Coming in Daily!

HIGHLAND ApArtmeNtsOglesby, IL

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Rental Assistance May Be Available.Stop by our office or give us a call

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH

JUDICIAL CIRCUITBUREAU COUNTY,

ILLINOISESTATE OF )RICHARD L. GIBONS,) Deceased. )

NO. 14-P-1CLAIM NOTICE

Notice is given of the death of Richard L. Gibons. Letters of Office were issued on January 7, 2014 to Richard F. Gibons, 1110 W. Willow Lane, Peoria, Illinois 61614, as Independent Executor, whose attorneys are Russell, English, Scoma & Beneke, P.C., Ten Park Avenue West, Princeton, Illinois 61356. Claims against the Estate may be filed in the office of the Circuit Clerk, Bureau County Courthouse, Princeton, Illinois 61356, or with the representative, or both, on or before August 15, 2014, or if mailing or delivery of a notice from the rep-resentative is required by Section 18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed by that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk are to be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed. Dated this 30th day of January, 2014.

s/ Mary C. Dremann Bureau County

Circuit Clerk Published in the Bureau County Republican Feb. 4, 11 and 18, 2014.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH

JUDICIAL CIRCUITBUREAU COUNTY,

ILLINOISESTATE OF )EURITH EDNA ) STRADER, ) Deceased )

NO. 2013-P-60CLAIM NOTICE

Notice is given of the death of Eurith Edna Strader. Letters of Office were issued

on June 28, 2013, to Frank L. Strader, 305 Liberty Street, Walnut, Illinois, as Independent Executor, whose attorneys are Russell, English, Scoma & Beneke, P.C., Ten Park Avenue West, Princeton, Illinois 61356. Claims against the Estate may be filed in the office of the Circuit Clerk, Bureau County Courthouse, Princeton, Illinois 61356, or with the representative, or both, on or before August 6, 2014, or if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by Section 18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stat-ed in that notice. Any claim not filed by that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk are to be mailed or delivered to the rep-resentative and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed. Dated this 30th day of January, 2014.

/s/ Mary C. DremannBureau County

Circuit ClerkWilliam S. BenekeARDC #6182046RUSSELL, ENGLISH,SCOMA & BENEKE, P.C.Ten Park Avenue WestPrinceton, IL 61356(815) 875-4555Published in the Bureau County Republican Feb. 4, 11 and 18, 2014.

VILLAGE OF WYANET

INVITATION FOR BIDS

The Village of Wyanet is accepting bids for the mowing and trimming of the following locations:

*Forest Hill Cemetery *Village Park/Larson Park*Baseball Diamond/ Baseball Diamond Parking Lot

Bid proposal forms may be picked up at Wyanet Village Hall,

116 North Locust St., Wyanet, IL 61379 (815)699-2631 Bids must be returned no later than March 11, 2014 by 6:30 p.m. Bids will be opened at 6:45 p.m. prior to the monthly board meeting. The Village of Wyanet reserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids.Published in the Bureau County Republican Feb. 11 and 13, 2014.

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Metal gold leaf antiqueglass top coffee table$100; hide-a-bed (twin)loveseat, maroon floral,$30. Call 815-866-3630

Woman's black leatherlined coat, 2XL $100;men's black genuineleather lined biker coat,5XL $75. 815-303-2963

Oldie country westerncassettes (Patsy Cline,Hank Snow...) $.50 each;5 king size flat sheets,new, $5. 815-646-4741

FREE - Pool table withping pong table topper.Must disassemble andprovide your own truckand movers.

Call 815-872-1709

Tan dinning room hutch,glass doors, $40; Dellcomputer, desk, $300; 3dressers, 2 tan/1 white,$15 each. 815-200-2334

448 • Pets & Livestock

450 • Under $1000

451 • Free

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614 • Car Sales

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Hurry cane, like new, hardly used. $40 value,now $20. 815-663-0122

TOY FOX TERRIER, male(fixed). Free to goodhome. Friendly, indoordog. Call 815-664-2248

DONATE NOW!“The animals are crying”

Tri-County Humane Soci-ety. LaSalle, Bureau, Put-nam Counties. Call 815-875-6145 or815-872-9781 or senddonation to: PO Box 1601,LaSalle, IL 61301

Avon perfume. 2 piece setEmeraude $8; 2 piece setsand/sandels $8; vintagejuice glasses 2 piece sets,$5 set. 815-993-3347

615 • Truck Sales

- 700 -Real Estate For Sale

767 • Mobile Home Sales

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1964 T Bird 60,000 miles,2 owners. Needs love.$5,999.

Call 815-303-4756

3 Bedroom Mobile Homefor sale. $2,000 down,$188.02 plus lot rent of$225 per month for 3years. Call 815-303-2948

PRINCETON double widemobile home for sale. 3bedroom, 2 full bath, openfloor concept. $20,000 orbest offer. If interestedplease call 815-875-7668or 815-875-1282

PRINCETON 2 bedroom,$570. 437 East Marion.Heat, water, garbage, cov-ered parking, laundry. Nopets. Call 309-912-8017

PRINCETON 2 bedroom.heat & utilities included.Deposit, no pets. $625 amonth. Call 815-303-7066 / 815-303-7621

767 • Mobile Home Sales

768 • Homes For Sale

- 800 -Real Estate For Rent

856 • Apartment Rentals

SEATONVILLE 2-3 bed-room. Contract Sale. Bestqualified with highestdown payment gets thehouse. 507 South PeruStreet. $60,000 sale price.$600 per month.

Call 815-664-2808

PRINCETON 3 bedroom, 1bath on 4 lots with a hugeyard & 2 car garage.$69,500 (possible con-tract.) Call Kristi at

815-876-6282

PRINCETON 1 bedroom,recently remodeled. Greatneighborhood. Lease, de-posit. $425. 810 SouthEuclid. Call 217-766-8497

PRINCETON 1 bedroom,upstairs. $450 plus de-posit. Heat, water includ-ed. No smoking. No pets.

Call 815-879-8616

PRINCETON 2 bedroomapartment. Laundry onsite. $515 per month,lease & deposit required.

Call 309-238-0168

STOP RENTING! Use yourtax refund to finance oneof the following homes:Schult, 12'x60', 2 bed-room, 1 bath;. Hollypark,14'x70', 2 bedroom, 1bath, with hardwood lami-nate floors, large deck,carport & shed; Fairmont, 14'x72', 3 bed-room, 2 bath, with fire-place, carport and shed; Skyline, 16'x80', 3 bed-room, 2 bath, with newhardwood laminate floors.Offering financing for allhomes, located in MapleAcres MHP. Easy applica-tion process & affordablemonthly payments! Call 875-1502 for moreinformation

PRINCETON 3 bedroom,1-1/2 bath, 2 story, fullbasement. 2 car garage. 3year old furnace. $69,500.Call 815-866-1638

PRINCETON For Rent/Saleor Rent to Own. 4 bed-room/2 bedroom tri-levelhome. Nice size lower lev-el family room, will .con-sider pets. 624 Aleta.$1,150 per month plusutilities. Call 815-739-6842 for application.

Broker Owned

PRINCETON Like New2 bedroom, 2 bath, centralair, laundry room, garage.Security deposit. 815-713-0234/630-632-4113

PRINCETON 540 SouthEuclid. 2 bedroom, lowerlevel. Sun-room, halfbasement, half garage.References & deposit.Heat included. $650.

Call 815-879-6021

PRINCETON Fritz Apart-ment for rent. Quiet liv-ing, heat/water furnished,2 bedroom, living room/dining room/kitchen/bath.Starting at $600 permonth, includes carport.References and depositrequired. 815-879-6021

856 • Apartment Rentals

858 • Homes for Rent

PRINCETON Modern &Clean 2 bedroom. Hard-wood floors, garage, allkitchen appliances includ-ed. No pets. No smoking.$695/month + utilities. Call 815-878-1984

RURAL PRINCETON5 bedrooms. Princetonschool district. References& security deposit, $850per month. Call

RAY FARMMANAGEMENT SERVICES

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PRINCETON Apartment.Utilities furnished.

Upstairs, $600.Phone 815-875-1336

PRINCETON Two apart-ments for rent. (1) 1 bed-room, (1) 2 bedroom. Deposit & references re-quired. 815-879-7491

PRINCETON 441 EastMarion. 2 bedroom. $550.Heat, water, garbage.Laundry. Covered parking.No pets. 309-288-3008

PRINCETON Duplex Stove& fridge furnished, wash-er & dryer hookups. Nopets. No smoking. Refer-ences. $595 per month +Deposit. Call 815-879-0005 or 815-878-3020,ask for Todd

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Weekly weatherThis year One year ago Records

High Low Prec. High Low Prec. High Low

Sun & MoonSunrise..............................................................6:59.a.m.Sunset............................................................... 5:26.p.m.Moonrise...........................................................2:47.p.m.Moonset............................................................4:36.a.m.

Feb. 9. 16. -3. TS. 34. 25. 0. 59.(2009).. -21.(1951)

Feb. 8. 18. 9. 2S. 29. 23. 0. 62.(1990). -6.(1971)

Feb. 7 12. -4. 0. 36. 30. TS. 58.(2009). -8.(1949)

Feb. 6. 4. -8. 0. 42. 22. 0. 47.(1987). -11.(1982)

Feb. 5. 19. 1. 4S. 35. 14. 0. 54.(2012). -19.(1999)

Feb. 4. 19. 4. 2S. 31. 16. T. 57.(1962). -17.(1996)

Feb. 3. 14. -8. 0. 24. 13. TS. 56.(1992). -22.(1996)

Source:.National.Weather.Service.Reporting.Station,.Princeton..asterisk.means.new.record.temperature

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