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DECISIVE RUN
Honoring the fallen
Memorial Day ceremonies take place in Oregon and Polo / 3 and 5
Forreston catcher Mikey Probst reaches to try to tag East Dubuque’s Angel Reyes, but Reyes beats the throw to score the winning run in the championship game of the Class 1A Forrestion Sectional on May 25. East Dubuque scored two runs in the top of the seventh to edge the Cardinals 4-3 and move on to the supersectional. Story on page 15.
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Earleen Hinton
INDEX Betty’s Column......... 4 Classifieds.......... 18-19 Colbert Column.......14
Crime and Courts..... 6 Library News............. 2 Mt. Morris Police.... 10
Otto’s Column........... 4 Property Transfers.. 10 Sports.................. 12-16
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