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Bowlers Advance
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Kindergarten
The Lady Hawks finished second to advance to the bowling sectional. B1
Make plans now to attend an annual fundraising cooking event. A4
Registration for kindergarten at Oregon Elementary School is underway. A3
February Finds draws more than 600 shoppers By Vinde Wells vwells@oglecounty news.com A combination of mild weather and an array of treasures brought a record crowd last Saturday to the sixth annual February Finds. Organizer Edie White said more than 600 people â the biggest crowd ever â turned out to buy antiques and collectibles at the Mt. Morris Moose Family Center on Feb. 5. âI think everybody likes to get out because of the time of year it is,â she said. âPeople like to come out to shop and just get out of the house.â Those who attended seemed pleased with the variety of merchandise offered by the more than 20 vendors, who went home happy as well, White said. âEverybody did really well,â she said. Ron and Jan Clemens,
Angie Burke, Mt. Morris, canes the seat of a rocking chair at her booth Feb. 5 at February Finds. Photo by Cheryl Newcomer, Leaf River, right, smiles as visits with Lori Wolff and Chris Weller Vinde Wells at the let Freedom Ring Committeeâs bake sale Feb. 5 at February Finds. Photo by âI like it,â she said with Oregon, came to browse. Vinde Wells
âWe enjoy looking at antiques,â Ron said. âItâs a good time to see people and visit with them.â Diane Rasmussen, Polo, said it was her first time at the event and she was pleased with what she was finding.
a smile. âIâve bought two things already.â She was discussing a shadow box with vendor Laurie Friemuth, Oregon. âMy grandparents had something like this,â Rasmussen said. Friemuth said business at
her booth was brisk. âItâs been good. Weâve been busy,â she said, adding that it was the fifth year she and her mother Anne Thompson, also of Oregon, have set up at the event. Vendor Tom Buskohl,
Polo, was also pleased with the crowd. âItâs been steady all day,â he said. Joe and Kelly Fielding, Morrison, came to the event for the first time and had nothing specific in mind
that they hoped to buy. âItâs a nice little show,â Kelly said as she purchased three items from Buskohl. Proceeds from the event will be split between the Moose Club and Serenity Hospice & Home, Oregon.
Lucky day for one Leaf River lottery player By Zach Arbogast zarbogast@oglecounty news.com It was truly a lucky day in Leaf River for Linda Schreiber; she picked the right numbers for the $1 million Illinois Lucky Day Lotto, and has officially came forward as the winner. Schreiber did her daily routine Jan. 23 of heading down to the local Citgo, 403 E. Third St., Leaf River, to pick up a $1 ticket for the Lucky Day Lotto. Her system, this time, was her daughterâs birthday: April 10, 1973. She finished it off with 36, which she claims she is still unsure why she chose that. Schreiber walked away with her 4-10-7-3-36 ticket, unaware that she was holding
a million dollars. Schreiber hadnât watched the drawing, and at work the next day she received a message from the Citgo station owner Mangid Singh telling her to check her ticket. âHe texted me the numbers, and I still couldnât believe it,â said Schreiber. âI checked everything many times, I checked the Illinois website - I even had Raina come from the front desk and check it out, too!â âI was so excited, and it wasnât even my ticket!â said Raina Dyck, who works at the Bertolet Memorial Library with Schreiber. âI know she buys one every day, and when I caught wind the winning ticket was sold in Leaf River, I immediately Turn to A2
Ogle County Board Chairman Kim Gouker, right, listens to a question as he stands with Oregon City Commissioner Jim Barnes during a Feb. 2 meeting about the proposed Ogle County Jail. Photo by Earleen Hinton
Residents speak out against new jail location on Sixth St. By Vinde Wells vwells@oglecountynews.com
Linda Schreiber holds up her winning ticket, which cost her $1 and earned her $1 million. Photo by Zach Arbogast.
In This Weekâs Edition...
The need wasnât the sticking point, but the location was Feb. 2 when more than 60 people attended a meeting at the Oregon VFW to discuss a new Ogle County jail. Several Oregon residents voiced their opposition to building the facility on county-owned property on South Sixth Street. Oregon City Commissioner Jim Barnes, who moderated the meeting, summed up what seemed to be the opinion of several who spoke. âI know the jail is needed badly. When I was county board chairman it [the current jail] was nickel and diming us to death,â Barnes said. âItâs just that we think thatâs not the right location.â Barnes served on the county board
Church News, A5 Classifieds, B5-B8 College News, A4 Entertainment, A6 Fines, B4
Library News, A3 Marriage Licenses, A4 Public Voice, A7 Property Transfers, B3 Sheriffâs Arrests, B3
âYouâve heard the old saying âthe squeaky wheel gets the grease.â Letâs make this wheel squeak.â â Jim Barnes Oregon City Commissioner from 2006 to 2012, and was its chairman for the final two years of that time. He urged residents to sign a petition opposing to the location and to contact county board members, several of whom attended the meeting. âYouâve heard the old saying âthe squeaky wheel gets the grease,ââ Barnes said. âLetâs make this wheel squeak.â The Ogle County Board voted in
Social News, A4 Sports, B1-B3 Stateâs Attorney, B4 Weather, A3 Zoning, B4
November to approve a concept design for the new jail located in the 100 block of South Sixth Street across from the judicial center. The plan calls for the new jail to connect to the judicial center by a sally port for transporting prisoners to both buildings and back and forth to court appearances. The sally port would go across South Sixth Street, making it necessary to close the street. The county board has filed a formal request asking the city council to close the street, but no decision has been made, pending the outcome of traffic and engineering studies. Several neighbors said they do not favor having the jail in their backyards. Gerald Virgil, who lives at 606 Turn to A2
Deaths, B4 G. Maynard Hammer, Martin R. Whetsel, William Whitmore
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