VOLUME 157 NO. 3 • SERVING THE FORRESTON AREA SINCE 1865
Friday, May 26, 2023 • $1.00
NEWS
Tractor Jamboree More than 400 participants at 14th annual AJ’s Garden Tractor Jamboree at Hinrichs farm / 9
NEWS
Shops celebrate
HIGH ACHIEVEMENT
‘Gateway’ stores in Polo celebrate one-year anniversaries with ribbon-cutting / 4
Memorial Day events Memorial Day ceremonies, parades taking place throughout the area / 5
Earleen Hinton/Shaw Local
Forreston’s Michael Taylor high jumps at the Class 1A Rockridge Sectional on May 19. Taylor won the event and will compete this week at the state finals in Charleston. Taylor is one of several Forreston-Polo qualifiers. Story on page 11.
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INDEX Betty’s Column......... 6 Classifieds.......... 15-18 Colbert Column.......12
Library News............. 2 Oregon Police...........14 Otto’s Column........... 6
Sheriff Activity.........14 Sports.................. 10-13
DEATHS Published every Friday by Ogle County Newspapers, a division of Shaw Media
Melvin L. “Huck” Jones, Page 5