Performing Arts Guild Presents
December 9 & 10 at 7:00 p.m., and December 11 at 2:00 p.m. Order online at www.performingartsguild.com, click on tickets
Ticket Prices Include Dessert General Admission: $16.00....Students: $14.00 For Information and/or Tickets, call 815.734.2103 Reservations are recommended Pinecrest Grove Community Center South McKendrie & Evergreen Mount Morris, Illinois 61054
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VOLUME 156 NO. 30 • SERVING THE FORRESTON AREA SINCE 1865
Friday, December 2, 2022 • $1.00
NEWS
Staff Moves
Oregon’s superintendent of schools to retire in 2024. / 5
NEWS
HOLIDAY FUN
Man Charged
An Ohio man is charged with trying to run over an Ogle deputy. / 5
Sports Lena-Winslow wins the 1A
state championship; Ogle teams hit the hardcourt and mats. / 11-14
Earleen Hinton/Shaw Media
Performers of the Byron Dance Academy perform along Candy Cane Lane during Oregon’s Candlelight Walk on Nov. 26. Forreston hosts its Christmas in the Country this Friday and Saturday. Schedule on page 2.
One section • 20 pages
INDEX Betty’s Column ........ 6 Classifieds ........ 18-20 Colbert Column ......13
Library News ............ 2 Otto’s Column .......... 6 Police Reports.........15
Property Transfers..16 Sheriff Activity........17 Sports..................11-14
DEATHS Published every Friday by Ogle County Newspapers, a division of Shaw Media
Robert M. Smith, Eldon Stukenberg, Virginia Lee “Ginny” Thorn, Page 10