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
MT. MORRIS TIMES Produced by special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc.
VOLUME 54 NO. 38 • SERVING THE MT. MORRIS AREA SINCE 1967
Friday, December 2, 2022 • $1.00
NEWS
Staff Moves
Oregon’s superintendent of schools to retire in 2024. / 5
NEWS
KEEP IT RED!
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
Photo supplied by Rob Hough/Mt. Morris Fire Protection District
Mt. Morris firefighters placed the red wreath on the front of the fire station recently. The “Keep the Wreath Red” program is part of the fire district’s safety awareness campaign. Story 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