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No state budget for our schools? Superintendent considers possibility of no K-12 budget from state.
By Dave Cook
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GRANVILLE — Superintendent Jay McCracken discussed the possibility of there being no K-12
educational budget from the state if the current, nine-month long budget standoff in Springfield continues. McCracken had attended a meeting with Tony Smith, Illinois State
Superintendent and the other superintendents of schools, using the alternate funding formula. The effects of the political battle in Springfield will be increasingly felt within the
walls of the state’s classrooms. “There is still a strong consideration that there will probably not be a K-12 funded budget in place for this coming year. We’re
hearing this over and over again, which is just mind boggling. The state will basically be holding our children hostage as far as I’m concerned because there will be many chil-
dren who will not be able to attend school next year or will have to look for alternate districts to attend. We’ve done projections,
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Feeling the effects of no state budget Putnam County Community Center feels the effect of no state budget By Dave Cook
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An Easter for all ages
PCR photo/Dave Cook
It was a weekend full of Easter celebrations for the residents of Putnam County. On Thursday the Putnam County Community Center hosted an Easter luncheon followed by an afternoon of Bingo. Hennepin hosted a well-attended egg hunt, which included an official start by the Easter Bunny himself, at the park district building on Friday. Granville’s egg hunt was held on Saturday in Hopkins Park. See Page 2 for more photos.
STANDARD — The Putnam County Community Center (PCCC) is a small but important link in making sure residents are healthy and in good spirits. Without this community outreach program, there could be people needing assistance, or perhaps just a friendly visit, who wouldn’t receive it. As with many state-funded entities, there are considerable funds being withheld due to the state being unable to pass a budget. The small staff and others involved with the center continue their good work though and are determined to keep it going. PCCC Executive Director Michelle Slutz described the funding challenges the center faces. “We receive federal and state funding; but we have to match the federal money, and we have to raise that ourselves through a variety of fundraisers. The federal part of our budget is only a part though. The state owes us $20,000, and some of the core programs we provide like our Senior Health Insurance Program (SHIP) or our Congregate Meal Program are state-funded, and we’re not getting any money for those. Costs
for building maintenance and the monthly utilities are also a large amount,” said Slutz. Attendance at the many monthly activities and programs has remained steady, but Slutz spoke of the importance of outreach worker Tamara Beaber’s addition to the center last year. “We had Tamara come on board last March as our outreach worker, and she has done a fantastic job of identifying people who have needs and who we previously hadn’t reached in the community. It’s great she’s been finding these people, but it’s also alarming because without her, those people would go without the help they need. Her salary is state-funded. She canvases the community and has identified high-risk clients, keeps track of them and has helped more people benefit from our services than I can count, and she’s only been here a year. These are people who either didn’t know about our services or couldn’t get to us,” Slutz said. An important part of many of PCCC’s programs is the socialization they provide. There are different programs each month, but also many reoccurring favorites, such as Bingo, cards, music, meals, crafts, movies, adult col-
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A PJ party: A fun event on a worrisome journey Breast cancer survivors are invited to enjoy an evening of relaxation, fun
By Goldie Rapp
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to host its second Pink PJ Party at the AmericInn in Princeton on Friday, April 15, and Saturday, April 16. The overnight event
brings together breast cancer survivors from all over the Illinois Valley and provides a fun, relaxing evening for them to
kick-back and take a break from the worries and stress endured on their journeys with cancer. The party includes an
evening of manicures, pedicures, massages, facials, Reiki therapy, pizza and other fun options for relaxation. There is also
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Hopping into Hennepin The children of Hennepin excitedly followed the Easter Bunny toward the egg-filled field at the Hennepin Park District building. Once the egg hunt began, it was finished in a matter of a few minutes, as the children quickly ran to gather as many candy-filled eggs as they could. PCR photos/Dave Cook
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K-12 budget From Page 1 and our district has enough reserves that we would be able to keep the district open all next year, but many neighboring districts can not do that,” McCracken said. The state still owes the Putnam County district $38,996 for a combination of Early Childhood Education and the Free Lunch program funding, but the lack of a state budget will also restrict federal funding. “Strangely enough, I’ve found out that federal dollars won’t even flow through the state because those are only done on a voucher basis, so if the state has no budget, then there’s no voucher for those funds. There’s a very bleak picture ahead for the
schools of Illinois,” McCracken said. The financial prudence of the Putnam County School District is being shown to have been a wise decision as the state’s financial condition continues to worsen. “The state superintendent has spoken of how districts who have saved their reserves have done the right thing because if you remember, we were heavily criticized. He has said they should not be because look what happens to those who have not been able to save,” McCracken said. In other school board news: • The board approved a resolution to lease a second activity bus after a presentation from PCHS Assistant Principal Carl Carlson showed the school how it would save a significant amount. • A new contract for legal services from Robbins Schwartz was
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approved. The new contract includes a $5 an hour increase. • The superintendent recommended against a license and permit bond request from Magnolia Township because it would be cost prohibitive to do one with each district. • The PCPS media staff gave a presentation concerning the benefits gained by their attendance at the Illinois School Library Media Association Conference. They also spoke of the success of their current projects, their plans for the future and their appreciation of the support provided by the district and the community. McCracken said, “Myself and the board would like to give thanks for the wonderful work you do and for making the Putnam County school libraries exactly what they should be for our children.”
Correction The sale amount of the Deno Orlandi estate’s property transfer to Zachary J. Mennie listed in the March 23 issue of The Putnam County Record should be $33,250. The PCR was provided with the wrong information.
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DNR hunter safety course scheduled PUTNAM — Area residents will have an opportunity to learn basic principles of safe hunting at a Department of Natural Resources hunter safety course on Friday, April 15, and Saturday, April 16, at the Putnam County Conservation District, Senachwine Unit, Putnam. The class will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday. A 1996 state law requires that all hunters born on or after Jan. 1, 1980, successfully complete the hunter education course before they can receive their
first hunting license. Participants completed the course receive a Hunter Education Certification card verifying that they have passed the course of instruction. The minimum 10-hour course includes instruction in wildlife management, firearms safety, hunter ethnics, game identification, first aid, survival techniques and regulations. For more information about the course, call Randy Witko at 815437-2070. or the Putnam County Conservation District at 815-882-2319.
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ple pledge an amount to be paid for each birdie made during the PGA’s John Deere Classic which will be held this year from Aug. 11 to Aug. 14. Donations are always welcome at any time, and this year the PCCC must raise more than $36,000. Slutz said “We always appreciate donations of necessities, but unfortunately what we need the most are financial donations.” For more information call 815-339-2711, 800757-4579 or visit www. pcaservices.org.
From Page 1 movies, adult coloring and storytellers. Some of the different fund raising events the PCCC will hold throughout the year are two vendor fairs (the first of which will be held on April 30), raffles, a dinner at Marko’s which will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. on April 12, tortellini sales and the Birdies For Charity event. During this event peo-
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Illinois Farm Bureau programs work to counter rural doctor, nurse shortages
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ATLANTA — The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small aquaculture businesses and private nonprofit organizations in Illinois that April 12 is the deadline to apply for a working capital disaster loan due to excessive rain and flooding beginning on June 1, 2015. The loans are available in all counties in Illinois except for Lake; the counties of Clinton, Des Moines, Jackson, Lee, Louisa, Muscatine and Scott in Iowa; and Cape Girardeau, Clark, Jefferson, Lewis, Lincoln, Marion, Mississippi, Perry, Pike, Ralls, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Saint Louis City, Sainte Genevieve and Scott in Missouri. “When the Secretary of Agriculture issues a disaster declaration to help farmers recover from damages and losses to crops, the Small Business Administration issues a declaration to eligible entities affected by the same disaster,” said Frank Skaggs, director of SBA’s Field Operations Center East in Atlanta. Under this declaration, the SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan program is available to eligible farm-related and nonfarm-related entities that suffered financial losses as a direct result of this disaster. With the exception of aquaculture enterprises, SBA cannot provide disaster loans to agricultural producers, farmers or ranchers.
The loan amount can be up to $2 million with interest rates of 2.625 percent for private nonprofit organizations and 4 percent for small businesses, with terms up to 30 years. The SBA determines eligibility based on the size of the applicant, type of activity and its financial resources. Loan amounts and terms are set by the SBA and are based on each applicant’s financial condition. These working capital loans may be used to pay fixed debts, payroll, accounts payable and other bills that could have been paid had the disaster not occurred. The loans are not intended to replace lost sales or profits. Applicants may apply online using the Electronic Loan Application (ELA) via SBA’s secure website at https://disasterloan. sba.gov/ela. Disaster loan information and application forms may also be obtained by calling the SBA’s Customer Service Center at 800-659-2955 (800-877-8339 for the deaf and hard-of-hearing) or by sending an email to disastercustomerservice@ sba.gov. Loan applications can be downloaded from www.sba.gov/disaster. Completed applications should be mailed to: U.S. Small Business Administration, Processing and Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155. Completed loan applications must be returned to SBA no later than April 12.
By Peggy Romba, program manager, Illinois Farm Bureau Special to the BCR
For urban and rural residents alike, rural America is famous for wide open spaces, gorgeous landscapes, quiet small towns and friendly neighbors. But in many rural communities across the country, there’s one crucial thing missing from the picturesque villages and towns: Doctors and nurses. The shortage of primary-care doctors and nurses in rural communities extends nationwide. Only 34 percent of U.S. doctors practice primary and family care, while the rest are specialists, leaving many rural communities unable to recruit and retain doctors.
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But the shortage of primary care doctors isn’t the only reason rural communities have been left out in the cold. For doctors and nurses just graduating, working in rural communities can be intimidating, with long hours and frequent on-call hours, not to mention the difficulties physicians’ or nurses’ spouses encounter when trying to find work in places with limited economic opportunities. To help combat the rural medical professional shortage, Illinois Farm Bureau in partnership with the Illinois State Medical Society, administers two programs: the Rural Illinois Medical Student Assistance Program (RIMSAP) and the Rural Nurse Practitioner Scholarship Program. Both programs help
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encourage and develop the pool of rural health practitioners to help meet primary health care needs in rural Illinois by offering scholarship and financial assistance. Since 1948, RIMSAP has been dedicated to bringing more physicians into rural Illinois communities and has helped more than 800 students with a recommendation for acceptance to medical school and assistance with loan monies. Students must be willing to specialize in family practice, or another approved primary health care field. Students who are in their fourth year of college, or who will have completed study for a bachelor’s degree, may apply by Nov. 1, 2016. Now in its 24th year, 70 registered nurses have
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Spring sales are here MP-SWCD will have its annual spring fish delivery. All order forms are available in the office and online at www. marshallputnam.com. To have a form emailed, mailed or fax, call 815364-3913. The deadline for grass carp is Friday, April 8. All other orders for fish are due in on Friday, April 22. For trees and plants, the deadline to get orders in is Friday, April 15. For more information, call 309-364-3913, ext. 3.
Are your fish numbers low? Are the fish floating on the water instead of swimming around? Are your flower beds looking a bit .. dead? Thinking about a windbreak? Maybe it’s time to restock, plant and replant. Contact the Marshall-Putnam Soil and Water Conservation District in Henry and get more information about the spring fish, tree and plant sale. Plants will be available Monday, April 25, through Friday, April 29. On Thursday, April 28, at 7 a.m., the
crop insurance programs work undermine our nation’s collective efforts to conserve our soil and water. I’ve seen and heard about things happening with crop insurance here in the Midwest for years that make me believe those concerns are well-founded.” said Bill Furlong, farmer, Iowa City, Iowa. “Farmers have told us the program was helping
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CHICAGO — Anita Lynn Bailey (Fiedler), 53, of Chicago passed away at 3 p.m. Friday, March 25, 2016, at Elmhurst Memorial Hospital in Elmhurst. She was formerly of Granville and resided in Hillside, Ill. Anita was born Oct. 22, 1962, in Spring Valley to Kenneth and Marilyn Fiedler. She was one of a set of triplet sisters. Anita Bailey She graduated from Putnam County High School and graduated summa cum laude from Illinois State University. Her professional career was in the insurance field, most recently with CNA Insurance and Illinois Medical Society of Chicago. Anita loved reading, movies and spending time with her three dogs. She was an enormous Chicago Cubs and Blackhawks fan. Surviving are her mother, Marilyn Fiedler of Granville; one brother, Richard (Christine) Fiedler of Granville; four sisters, Suzanne Hollingshead of Spring Valley, Nancy (Gary) Koehler of Memphis, Tenn., Amy Fiedler (Mike Holler) of Du Pere, Wis., and Ann (Bradley) Meisenheimer of Sammamish, Wash. Anita is also survived by her beloved son, Colin Bailey, 17, of LaGrange and her fiancé, Douglas Staczic of Hillside. Other survivors include several aunts, cousins, numerous nieces, nephews, great–nieces and great-nephews. She was preceded in death by her father, Kenneth Fiedler, her maternal and paternal grandparents, and aunts and uncles. Her funeral will be a private graveside family service. At the request of the family, memorial contributions may be made to the Colin Bailey College Fund. The Dysart-Cofoid Funeral Chapel in Granville will be assisting the family with the arrangements. Online condolences may be made to her family at www.dcfunerals.com.
MAGNOLIA — Irma E. Renini, 91, formerly of Magnolia, died Friday, March 25, 2016, at Heritage Health in Streator. Irma was born July 14, 1924, in Sparland to Ernest and Etta (Strong) Colwell. She married Ezio F. “Ace” Renini Oct. 30, 1965, in Mt. Palatine. Ezio “Ace” died Oct. 25, 2002. Irma Renini She was a homemaker and also worked at a dress maker factory. Irma was a great cake decorator. She also played in a band with her brothers where she sang and played the guitar. Surviving are one son, Joseph Renini of California; one daughter, Judith Crane of Magnolia; seven grandchildren, Matthew Renini, Michael Coble, Steven Coble, Samantha (Steve) Davis, Alicia Renini, David Renini and Thomas Renini; and eight great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Ezio “Ace” Renini; three brothers, Bethel, Virgil and Harold; and two sisters, Helen Costin and Pauline Beck. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, at the Dysart-Cofoid Funeral Chapel in Granville with Pastor Jerry Haley officiating. Burial will be in Magnolia Cemetery in Magnolia. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Pallbearers will be Mike Hamilton, Steven Davis, Eugene Costin, John Costin, Shane Putman and Thomas Putman. Honorary pallbearers will be Lillian, Dani, Elizabeth, Emmalynn and Payton. Contributions may be directed to donor’s choice. Online condolences may be made to her family at www.dcfunerals.com.
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friend,” she said. Lorraine Hamilton of Peru was another attendee at the 2014 PJ Party. Hamilton who was diagnosed with Stage 3B Triple Negative Breast Cancer 14 years ago at the age of 45. She had eight chemo treatments over six months, followed by a mastectomy and 33 radiation treatments. She has since been breast cancer, however, five years ago she was diagnosed with a rare leukemia. The diagnosis is an active malignant blood cancer which has remained stable and is currently being monitored. “There was something so wonderful about bonding with a group whose common denominator is cancer, but cancer was never a part of the experience,” she said. “It was so much fun. Still makes me laugh to think about it.” Hamilton said she hopes everyone who attended in 2014 will be back, along with many new survivors from around the area. “It’s great to take a break from cancer no matter what stage of the journey you’re on,” she said. Nancy Jackson of Mendota was diagnosed with Lymphedema in 2011
From Page 1 and “bling” their PJs before showcasing them on the grand stairway of the hotel lobby. Sonnie Blocki, Pink Ribbon Club founder, said the club hosts this party to have fun and be silly, just because it feels so good. “Laughter is good for our souls,” she said. “Who didn’t like a good PJ party growing up? It brings back great feelings and creates great memories. Our 2014 participants still talk about the party.” The 2014 event brought together about 25 area survivors, and Blocki is expecting to see about that many again this year. “Some stay overnight and some just come for the night. Whatever makes it fun,” she said. Abbie Cochran of Princeton was one of the attendees in 2014. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in January 2014 at the age of 31. Cochran underwent a double mastectomy, chemotherapy, radiation and reconstructive surgery. Her treatments ended in September 2014, and since then,
she has been cancer free. Cochran admits she had some hesitations about attending the PJ Party. The day before she had just shaved her head and began wearing a wig. “Then I figured, what better place to debut the new (hair)do than with a bunch of people who can relate. So it was great timing and gave me the confidence I needed to go to other public places,” she said. Cochran said once she was at the party, the worries fell away, and she had a great time. “It was so nice to relax and be pampered after all I had been through. The social time you get with other survivors is invaluable,” she said. “Still being fairly new to my own personal cancer journey, it was important to surround myself with other survivors and to do that in a fun, light-hearted environment.” Cochran highly recommends this event to other survivors needing a night of relaxation and enjoyment. “It’s impossible to leave this event without having fun, being relaxed, pampered, feeling inspired and hopefully with a new
during her yearly mammogram. It didn’t come as much of a shock to her as she had lost both her mother and brother to cancer, and had watched another brother battle and beat prostate cancer. Today, Jackson is still taking a chemo pill and will do so for two more years. Along her journey with cancer, Jackson met Blocki, who asked her to help startup the website and support group for the Pink Ribbon Club. “I have the greatest family and friends, but none of them truly get what I and the other breast cancer survivors have gone through and will continue to go through. The women in the Pink Ribbon Club get it. They lived it and continue to live with a
Crop From Page 4 mega-farmers outbid beginning, and small and mid-sized farmers on farmland, putting upward pressure on land values,” explained Traci Bruckner, senior policy associate with the Center for Rural Affairs. “We decided to investigate. And to explore the impact subsidized crop insurance places on land values, we worked with Mike Duffy, professor emeritus of economics, Iowa State University.” Duffy’s research shows that subsidized crop insurance has an impact on land values. He identifies a couple of ways the program impacts land values. The first is subsidization of the insurance premium. Duffy points out that the premium farmers pay is not the actuarially sound premium. Rather, it is the premium certain amount of fear that it will come back, and with the side effects of the surgeries, the chemo and the radiation. We see our scars every time we look in the mirror, and we have a certain amount of scars the human eye cannot see,” she said. Jackson commended Blocki for being so giving of her time for the Pink Ribbon Club. “She is our backbone of our group,” she said. Jackson was also an attendee at the 2014 PJ Party and said it was a blast and a great opportunity to meet and talk with more survivors. “My daughter, Rachel, came with me. At breakfast the next morning, Rachel said, ‘This was so not what I thought it was going to be
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minus a subsidy from the government. That premium subsidy is a benefit the farmer receives. Second, crop insurance reduces the income risk associated with crop production, either through loss of revenue or crop failure. This risk reduction adds value because future returns are not as uncertain as they would be without crop insurance. Duffy used data available from the USDA Risk Management Agency (RMA) to examine if federal crop insurance programs influence land values by the amount of the subsidy and the reduction in risk. The RMA provides detailed summaries of their business for the nation, by crop, by state, and by year going back to 1989. For this study, he used Iowa as the example. A full copy of the report can be viewed and downloaded at www.cfra.org/ impact-of-crop-insurance-on-land-values. like. I thought we were going to sit in a circle, tell our sad stories and pass the Kleenex box,’” she said. “There were tears there, but only from laughing so hard.” Jackson hopes more survivors attend this year’s event. She said it’s a great way to know more of the Pink Ribbon Club women at a deeper level. “I really formed deeper relationships at the event, and we still laugh about some of our memories at the meetings now,” she said. The AmericInn of Princeton is donating rooms for the event. Those interested in attending may bring family and friends. RSVPs must be made by Friday, April 8. Email pinkribbonclub@sbcglobal.net for more information.
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6 Perspective
6 • The Putnam County Record • Wednesday, March 30, 2016
The Editorial Page Observations from the Field of Dreams
Sam R Fisher
Terri Simon
Publisher
Editor
Shredded It’s an interesting machine, to say the least. Born out of the need to protect oneself from others, I assume. It’s that relatively inexpensive gadget that eats paper, allowing you to feed it sheet after sheet, and then shreds each piece into oblivion. Terri A paper shredSimon der. Yet another invention I wish I’d COMMENTARY thought of, which falls in line right behind paper towels, plastic liners for your slow cookers, Band-Aids for African Americans and a whole plethora of other common sense items. While my paper shredder overheats and shuts down for a while after it’s had enough, I’m surprised at how many people actually own one of these machines. With identity theft being a constant worry for all of us (if it’s not, it should be), a paper shredded keeps those bandits from piecing together bits and pieces of your life, including account numbers, addresses and more. I mean really ... I guess if someone wanted to steal your identity and then spent the next 10 years attempting to piece together those little shreds of paper, I’d almost applaud them for their efforts. Thus, the need for a personal paper shredder. It’s the time of year when we are going through a ton of old papers. It’s a tedious job, and not one I enjoy in the least. There are about a million other things I’d rather be doing, but with identity thieves creeping among us and a household that keeps getting fuller and fuller, the need to purge is upon us. Like my grandfather and my mother, I am a saver, so throwing anything away isn’t in my nature, not to mention the permanency of shredding something and destroying it forever. It’s difficult for me, but it has to be accomplished. The filing cabinets are only so big, you know. (Just for the record, though, I could never be featured on an episode of “Hoarders.”) So back to the shredding — financial documents, tax returns, medical information, old bills, anything that has personal information on it, which is a ton of stuff. It’s surprising really, how much one can stow away. And I don’t know about you, but there’s that little fear buried deep within my soul that knows the minute these sheets of paper become shredded into a bazillion pieces ... well, that’s the exact moment I’m going to need it. But I suck it up and look the other way ... and the shredding continues. While it clearly is a hassle — patiently feeding sheet after sheet into this monster’s mouth — I have to admit there’s more to this than just the act of destroying sheets of paper. I know this will sound a bit weird, but shredding old documents from the past is a tremendously cleansing experience. Not only do you have the opportunity to study things that happened years ago, the bigger advantage is the chance to rid yourself of the burden of those documents and move forward. I guess what I’m saying is there are more benefits than just extra room in the filing cabinets. When you shred those old items, they are gone forever, never ever to clutter your mind again. It’s nice. As I was sitting there in front of that shredder the other day, I had this epiphany. Wouldn’t it be great if we had our own personal shredder built into our heads and our hearts, where we could destroy all those things in our lives that tend to eat away at us? Those things that clutter our lives, much like those papers clutter our homes — just feed those thoughts and issues into the mouth of the monster ... and POOF ... gone forever, never ever to haunt us again. What a great contraption that would be! While I have to assume the negative things that eat away at us are there for a reason, I think at some time we have to move forward and let them go, allowing that now proverbial shredder to destroy those thoughts so we can make room in our lives for more productive ones. We tend to be a society that holds on to too much, I think — grudges, words said without thinking, unkind situations ... I could go on and on. I guess I have to wonder just how much better off we would be if we allowed ourselves to let go now and then ... Putnam County Record Editor Terri Simon can be reached at tsimon@putnamcountyrecord.com.
The Putnam County Historical Society’s winter program was held recently at the Agriculture Museum in Hennepin. Rick Seibert, the site supervisor for Hennepin and Hopper Lakes of The Wetlands Initiative, spoke on the recent developments with the wetlands at Hennepin and the location of duck clubs in the local Illinois River Valley. The Wetlands Initiative is dedicated to restoring the wetland resources of the Midwest to improve water quality, increase wildlife habitat and reduce flood damage. Rick started out by telling about his family. He said his grandfather, Ivan “Buster” Seibert, and his grandmother, Viola Seibert, both were born in Putnam County and moved in 1941 to what was called the Hartman Place by Sawmill Lake. He trapped and duck hunted and commercial fished. In 1950, he built a fleet of 16 wooden boats out of Redwood with no knots, 14 16-footers and 2 20-foot boats. He rented these boats to fishermen for close to 20 years at $2.50 for half of a day and $5 for a full day. One of his clubs had members who were airline pilots from Chicago on Sawmill Lake. His hunting club had helpers. Later he
joined Roland Mahaffey’s club north and west of Hennepin. His mother and father, Paula Rolando and Gene Seibert, married in 1955. “I followed my dad and helped up and down river at various clubs through the years,” Rick said. “The three oldest clubs still operating in Illinois are right here in our area. The Swan Lake Duck Club, the Senachwine Duck Club and the Princeton Game and Fish Club, along with many other clubs, have changed hands over the years.” Mildred Stenartson of Hennepin cleaned ducks for hunters and she saved the feathers. When a couple married in Hennepin, she would give them a pair of pillows as a wedding present. Hennepin School would close at noon on opening day for duck hunting to let boys go duck hunting, Rick said. The Sue and Wes Dixon waterfowl refuge has restored the site to a rich mosaic of wetlands, prairies and backwater lakes. It now supports more than 270 bird species and 570 native plant species. Rick also said they are putting in a new two and one-half mile trail that can be walked or bicycled. ••• Question: How old was Moses when he died — 100, 120, 160 or 190?
Darrell Alleman COMMENTARY Answer at the end of the article. ••• Helen and Kelly Carlson celebrated 75 years of marriage recently with their large family at Capponi’s restaurant in Toluca. Forty-three family members celebrated with them. During the dinner Kelly sang a long, beautiful love song to Helen with his strong voice, with his arm around her. Way to go, Kelly. ••• I would like to announce that my family and I have published a booklet of Jeanne’s beautiful poems that she wrote over the years. We will sell it at cost to anyone interested. I would like to thank Mary Jane Kidd for publishing the book. ••• The answer to Bible trivia: Moses was 120 years old when he died. Darrell Alleman can be reached at news@putnamcountyrecord.com.
TO Letter THE Editor
‘Fatima message still stands’ To the Editor, Sister Lucia asked Our Lady of Fatima on June 1917 if they (the three children ) would be taken to heaven. She said yes, I will take Jacinta and Francisco soon. But you are to stay here some longer time. Jesus wishes to make use of you to make Me known and loved. He wants to establish in the world a devotion to my immaculate heart. And I promise salvation to those who embrace it. Our Lady gave these three children three secrets, the first was a vision of hell, the second was World War I would end, but a worse war will break out in the reign of Pius XI; and the third would be made known before 1960. Interestingly, Pius XI was not the Pope at that time, and he became Pope five years later in 1922. Our Lady knew who was going to be the Pope at the start of World War II and what his name would be. How did she know this? Chance does exist when God wills it, and it is only through Our Lady that God’s will is spoken. Pope John XXIII became Pope long after Pius XI and should have known all of this. Father Malachi Martin was given the privilege of reading the third Secret of Fatima because he was highly esteemed by Pope John XXIII. Father Martin was grieved by Pope John’s decision to suppress the Third Secret, and he longed to reveal its contents to the world. He was prevented from doing so by the oath of secrecy that had been required of him. Pope John felt if he published the secret it would ruin, at the time, negotiations with Nikita Khrushchev, the boss of the Russians. And in a speech on Oct. 11, 1962, in St. Peter’s
to an assembly of bishops who had come to the Vatican Council, he derided contemptuously the people he called “Prophets of Doom.” And there was no doubt in any of our minds he was talking about the three children of Fatima. Father Martin said, “The release of the Third Secret would be a shock, that will jolt people and fill the confessionals. This will fill up the cathedrals and the basilicas and the churches with worshipers, kneeling down and striking their breasts.” The reason for the mission to establish in the world a devotion to my immaculate heart of Mary ”failed” can be blamed on the church. Even the Popes for reasons, suppressed, downplayed and misrepresented the Fatima message. Lucia was silenced by all the Popes, so she wasn’t able to make known a devotion to Our Lady’s immaculate heart. It became difficult to do this when she was denied to speak publicly by her superiors. The Fatima message still stands, and it is up to us, to carry on what Lucia said about the three secrets of Fatima. These three secrets should be listened too and held in high esteem, regardless of what the hierarchy of the church denied for a long time to the religious and laity of our time. We can begin upholding the devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary by adding these words to the Memorare — Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help or sought your intercession and is now devoted to your immaculate heart ... was left unaided etc.. Carlo Olivero Dalzell
First Amendment “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” Constitution of the United States, 1789
7 Sports
Wednesday, March 30, 2016 • The Putnam County Record • 7
Panthers win four, lose two
Sports Players selected for IV All-Star Game By Kevin Hieronymus Shaw Media Service
GRANVILLE — Putnam County High School will host the fifth annual Illinois Valley All-Star Basketball Games Saturday, April 9 at R.M. Germano Gymnasium. The event consists of senior players from the Illinois Valley, nominated by their coaches and selected by media and coaches. The girls will tip off at 5:30 p.m. with a 3-Point Contest and boys’ game to follow. Putnam County will be represented by Alec Veverka and Tori Smoode on the South squads The South Boys squad will include Keegan Bertsche, Jonathon Barth and Austin Dutko of Flanagan-Cornell, Issac Gassman and Keating Rombach of Ottawa, Drew Barth of Fieldcrest, Ryan Fehr of Roanoke-Benson and Ethan Zulz of Lowpoint-Washburn. All-Stars for the South Girls are Ashley Van Weeldon and Haley Hoekstra of Flanagan-Cornell, Brooke Klendeworth of Fieldcrest, Shelby Fulk of El Paso-Gridley and Madison Gerdes, Kaitlyn Gastman, Madge Sullivan and Olivia Rossman of Roanoke-Benson Ivy Rhodes of Princeton, Amanda Scheri of Hall, Hanna Bima and Julia Pohar of St. Bede and Marisol Rios of DePue will team up for the North Girls. Other area players include Odette Garza of Mendota, Madison Held, Quincy Weber and Abbie Senica of L-P, and Caroline Downey of Henry. Brady Huebbe, Christian Soderholm, Ryan Atilano and Isaiah Tubbs, all of L-P head up the North Boys squad. Also suiting up for the North will be Jake Reinhardt of Princeton, Drew Pullam and Chris Ballerini of Hall, Andrew Pyszka of St. Bede, Ramon Puga of DePue and Mason Marquis of Mendota. Coaches for the 2016 game will be James Cherveny (L-P) and Brian Yoder (Flanagan-Cornell) for the boys and Hollis Vickery (L-P) and Mitch Neally (Fieldcrest) for the girls.
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Ed Young (left) was hired as the women’s soccer coach while Tim Cottingim (right) was hired as the men’s soccer coach at Illinois Valley Community College.
IVCC hires soccer coaches Illinois Valley Community College recently announced the hiring of its first men’s and women’s soccer coaches: Tim Cottingim for the men and Ed Young Jr. for the women. Cottingim is a former assistant men’s coach at Waubonsee Community College in Sugar Grove and former head coach at Earlville-Leland High School. He attended IVCC and is pursuing an online bachelor’s in psychology. Young has headed Princeton High School’s girls’ soccer team the past 15 years. He earned an associate in criminal justice from IVCC and is pursuing a bachelor’s in legal studies from the University of Illinois-Springfield. “Athletic Director Cory Tomasson and I are very pleased to add quality coaches like Ed Young and Tim Cottingim to our staff. Ed’s teams have qualified for the IHSA state championship series twice during his tenure, and his players are known for playing the game respectfully,” said IVCC Associate Vice President for Student Services Mark Grzybowski. “Tim starred and coached at Earlville High prior to becoming a volunteer assistant coach at Waubonsee. He is active with club soccer and has a genuine passion for the game. Like Ed, his teams have the reputation of playing the game cleanly.” Both coaches’ contracts start July 1, and IVCC’s inaugural soccer seasons begin in August.
The Panthers won four games and lost two this past week. The team’s record is now 6-2. Panthers sweep doubleheader The Panthers beat Seneca in a doubleheader by scores of 2-1 and 5-4 on Saturday, March 26. Putnam County and Seneca were locked in a scoreless game until the eight inning when the Panthers pushed across two runs and held on as Seneca scored just once. The Panthers had five hits and limited Seneca to six hits. Caleb Dzierzynski pitched seven innings, striking out six. Alec Veverka pitched onethird of an inning while Neal Stasell pitched two-thirds of an inning. In the nightcap, PC pushed across three runs in the top of the seventh inning to win 5-4. Seneca lead 4-0 at the end of three innings. The Panthers also scored twice in the fifth. Neal Stasell had two hits and three RBIs in the game. Neal Stasell pitched two innings for the win, allowing one hit and two walks. He recorded three strikeouts. Matt Donelson pitched three innings, allowing four hits and walking one. Alec Veverka also threw two innings, striking out four..
Pontiac 11, Putnam County 1
The Panthers ran into a solid Pontiac team on Friday, March 25, and lost 11-1. The Panthers managed two hits in six innings and scored its only run in the second inning. Kaleb Wright took the loss, throwing two innings and walking seven. He recorded two strikeouts. Owen Mallory pitched 1.2 innings and walked seven while Michael Kettman pitched one inning, allowing four hits.
Putnam County 7, Brimfield 6
Alex Veverka scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the seventh in the Panthers’ 7-6 win over Brimfield Wednesday, March 23. Veverka walked and was stealing second when Matt Donelson laid down a sacrifice bunt. Veverka reached third base as Donelson was thrown out at first. Brimfield tried to throw across the diamond to get Veverka at third and threw the ball down the left field line so Veverka got up and scampered home for the winning run. Veverka had four RBIs during the game. Neal Stasell, who went 3-4 at the plate and scored three runs, got the win when he came in with the bases juiced the top of the seventh with two outs. He struck out the only batter he faced. Matt Donelson (three strikeouts) and Matt Magana (four strikeouts) pitched three innings each while Kaleb Wright pitched two-thirds of
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Putnam County’s Matt Donelson pitches during the Brimfield game on Wednesday, March 23, won by the Panthers, 7-6. an inning.
Putnam County 6, Somonauk 1
Alec Veverka pitched seven innings in the Panthers’ 6-1 win over Somonauk Tuesday, March 22. Veverka struck out 11 Somonauk batters while allowing four hits and two walks in going the distance. Matt Magana was 2-3 at the plate. Others who got hits were Neal Stasell, Jarod Williams, Connor Bean, Matt Donelson and Kaleb Wright.
Plano 5, Putnam County 2
Putnam County Panthers lost 5-2 to Plano on Monday, March 21. Putnam County jumped to a 2-0 lead in
the first innings, but were blanked the rest of the game as Plano scored one run in the second, two in the third, one in the fourth and one in the sixth. Putnam County had five hits on the night while Plano had eight hits. Neal Stasell was 2-3 on the night including a triple and a RBI. Connor Bean, Matt Donelson and Matt Magana had the other hits for the Panthers. Caleb Dzierzynski pitched four innings, allowing six hits and four runs. He recorded five strikeouts. Donelson pitched two innings, allowing two hits and one run. He had two strikeouts.
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Putnam County’s Neal Stasell gets ready to take his lead off second base during the Brimfield game on Wednesday, March 23, won by the Panthers 7-6.
Putnam County boys, girls track teams compete at relays The Putnam County Panthers and Lady Panthers opened their season by competing in the 50th annual Joseph Cogdal Relays at Illinois State University Saturday, March 26. Lady Panthers’ results Liv Lawley was 11th in the 60 meter hurdles in 10.77. Margaret Voss was 12th in the girls high jump in 4-4. Emma Cyr was 15th in the 100 meter run in 3:54.15. McKenna Downey was 21st in the girls 1000 meter run in 4:05.70. Downey was 24th while Ashlyn Haage was 28th in the 1600 meter run in 6:54.20. Annie Sabotta was 22nd in the shot put with a throw of 24 feet, 2.5 while Becky Ramey was 24th with a throw of 23 feet, 4.5. Putnam County’s 4x200 meter relay team was 15th in 2:06.46, the 4x400 meter relay team was 12th
in 4:44.47 and the 1600 spring medley team was 11th in 4:51.08. Destiny West was 36th in the girls 60 meter dash in 9:48. Panthers’ results Terrance Haig was 27th in the boys 60 meter dash in 8.2 while Joseph Mecagni was 34th in 9.22. The boys 1600 sprint medley relay team was seventh in 4:03.12. Jon Sabotta was 13th in the 100 meter run in 3:10.02. Mike Dzierzynski was 14th in the 1600 meter run in 5:31. Dominic Green was eighth in the triple jump with a leap of 38 feet, 8 inches. The boys 4x800 meter relay team was seventh in 9:31.18. The boys 4x400 meter relay team was eighth in 3:54.37. Seth Carlson was 20th in the shot put with a throw of 31 feet, 11 inches while Joseph Mecagni was 23rd with a throw of 27 feet, 9 inches.
Lady Panthers lose to Somonauk, Plano The Lady Panthers lost two games this past week to see the team’s record fall to 1-2. Somonauk 14, Putnam County 4 Olivia Holmes took the loss as the Lady Panthers lost on the road against Somonauk Tuesday, March 22. Holmes pitched six innings, allowing 16 hits, and 14 runs. She struck out three and walked three. Paige Veronda went 2-3 at the plate with one RBI and one run. Allie Pletsch was 1-3 at the plate with two RBIs, a run and a double. Others who got hits were Taylor Kreiser, Holmes, Brea Schorn, Kali Pettit and Shyan Kreoger.
Plano 12, Putnam County 8
The Lady Panthers lost 12-8 to Plano on Monday, March 21. Losing pitcher Olivia Resurreccion (1-1) pitched five innings, allowing 12 runs on eight hits, 6 strikeouts and 6 walks. Olivia Holmes pitched one innings, walking two and striking out two batters. Resurreccion also went 2-3 at the plate, knocking in three runs. Taylor Kreiser was 2-4 (double and two stolen bases) while Paige Veronda was 2-3 (two runs scored and four stolen bases). Holmes, Jordyn Friel, Kali Pettit, and Brea Schorn all had hits.
8 Life
8 • The Putnam County Record • Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Community Hopkins High School Alumni to meet GRANVILLE — The Hopkins High School Alumni will hold its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, April 4, at the home of Peg Gonet, 104 S. Archie Drive, Granville. President Bob Peterson
will conduct the meeting. Plans for the Tri Annual Alumni Reunion, to be held Saturday, Aug. 6, at the Spring Valley Boat Club will be finalized. All members are encouraged to attend.
PC Rotary will host annual Ag Night on March 31 MCNABB — The Putnam County Rotary Club will host its annual Ag Night (Agri-Business) on Thursday, March 31, at the Jim Goldasich Hall, located at the McNabb Community Building (fire station). The evening will begin at 6 p.m. with social time. Dinner will be at 6:30 p.m. followed by program guest speaker Chad Colby. Colby is founder of Colby AgTech, where he works with progressive farmers, leading companies and government agencies around the world to provide deeper understanding of new technology and
Salad luncheon April 28 PERU — The members of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Peru will host a salad luncheon from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, April 28,
at the church, 2000 Luther Drive. Tickets are $8 and available at the door. For more information, call 815-223-1144.
Pancake breakfast in Hennepin on April 17 HENNEPIN — The Hennepin Relay For Life team will hold its annual pancake and sausage breakfast on Sunday, April 17, at Cindy’s Country Stop Restaurant on Route 26 in Hennepin with serving from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. The menu will consist of all-you-can-eat pancakes, Hennepin Food Mart’s
homemade sausage, applesauce and beverage. Ticket are $8 for adults, $4 for children 12 and under, and free for preschool children. Carry-out meals will also be available. All proceeds will go to the team’s total for the 2016 Relay For Life to be held at the Henry High School track in early June.
Princeton DAR chapter will meet April 2 PRINCETON — The Princeton-Illinois Chapter NSDAR will meet Saturday, April 2, in the meeting room at the Bureau County Republican in Princeton. Coffee time will be at 9:30 a.m. The chapter will be celebrating its 120th anniver-
sary. Founded on April 13, 1896, by 16 women from Princeton, the chapter is among the earliest groups established by the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. The program presenter will be Carrie Schwiderski, health professional.
recommendations of its practical applications. He is also well known for his industry-leading work as an advocate for commercial unmanned aerial system use in agriculture. Colby developed AgTechTalk.com to provide ag technology experts and enthusiasts with on-time information about the latest in technology advance. This provided a platform for him to share his insights and knowledge at meetings and conferences, as well as through media programs, around the world. To date, he has provided information and demonstrations at a major-
ity of U.S. agribusiness companies and organization meetings, such as National Association of State Department of Agriculture, Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International and the Farm Progress Show, and conducted hundreds of media interviews, including This Week in Agribusiness, WGN Radio, RFDTV Market Day Report, XM Satellite Rural Radio and Iowa Public Radio Market to Market. The public is welcome and tickets are available from any PC Rotary Club member or by email to PutnamCountyRotary@gmail.com.
Healthy gardening programs announced HENNEPIN/MCNABB — At 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 7, at the Hennepin Branch Library and at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 23, at the McNabb Branch Library, the University of Illinois Extension will be offering two informative programs on gardening, from garden planning to harvest and everything in between. A panel of Master Gardeners and a Master Naturalist will discuss different types of vegetable gardens and answer questions from the audience. Program topics include
container gardening, raised beds and in ground gardens. Additionally, the Master Gardeners will be giving advice on small space gardens including pallet, window box, pizza or salsa gardens, square foot gardens and even the layering of garden material for a lasagna garden. Following the gardening program, the University of Illinois Extension will direct the distribution of seeds, plants, containers and soil at the food pantries in Marshall and Putnam counties on May 7, 14 and 21. These programs are part of
the three-phase, state of Illinois award-winning, Healthy Gardening Project, aimed to educate residents on how to garden, to help those in financial need with garden seeds and plants and to give new ideas on taking these vegetables from the garden to the table. The Hennepin Branch Library is located at 214 N. Fourth St., and the McNabb Branch Library is located at 322 Main St. These programs are free and open to the public. For more information call 815-925-7020 or 815-882-2387.
M-P Fair spaghetti dinner benefit on April 4 LACON — Be sure to stop by Club LaCon Restaurant on Monday, April 4, for the Marshall-Putnam Fair’s 19th annual spaghetti dinner benefit. A dinner including spaghetti,
bread, salad, dessert and coffee or tea will be served by one of the fair directors or one of the many fair volunteers. Dinner will be served from 4:30 to 8 p.m., and carry-outs are also avail-
able at the back door of Club LaCon. Adult tickets and all carry-outs are $10 and can be purchased from any board member or at the door. Child tickets (ages 10 and under) may be purchased at the door for $6.
McNabb townwide garage sale Bake sale, village cleanup also on schedule MCNABB — The village of McNabb will sponsoring a townwide spring garage sale from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 7. Anyone with a McNabb address wishing to have a garage sale should call Candace Haar at 815-882-2224
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by April 30. Please leave a message with name, address of sale site and telephone number. There is no fee for the garage sale. Ads will be placed in seven area newspapers, and the sale will also be announced on WLPO and WAJK radio. The Emmaus Lutheran Church will provide a Mother’s Day bake sale and coffee hour at the James
Goldasich Community Center (fire hall building) from 8 to 10 a.m. or until sold out on Sunday, May 8. The village of McNabb will have a spring clean-up day on Tuesday, May 10. Village customers with regular garbage pick-up may leave items at curbside for recycling. Unacceptable items are building materials, tires, paint, batteries, yard waste, concrete and hazardous waste.
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9 Life
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Loebachs will note 40th wedding anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Loebach of 1054 E. Market St., Hennepin, will celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary with a family dinner at a later date. Lawrence Loebach and the former Jolene Fillipeck were married April 3, 1976, in Holy Family, Oglesby, by the Rev. Denis MacKessy and the Rev. William Carey, both deceased. Their attendants included Mary Navin Larsen, maid of honor, and Chuck Loebach, best man; and Bonnie Moriarity Peterson, Laurie Watson Doyle, Chris Loebach Stillson, Laura Loebach Weiden, Tracey Ristau
MacCleod (flower girl), Gary Foltynewicz, Doug Campbell (deceased), Bob Cofoid, Mark Fillipeck and Jason Jones (ring bearer). The ushers were Tony Loebach ad Greg Foltynewicz, and Ken Stopa and Kerry Stopa were altar servers. The couple has one daughter, Jillian (Tony) Phelps, and one granddaughter, Clara. Larry works at Mexichem in Henry, and previously worked at Polyone and B.F. Goodrich. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus. Jolene is a homemaker. They belong to St. Patrick’s Church in Hennepin.
‘Fling into Spring’ dinner set for April 9 HENNEPIN — The Hennepin United Methodist Church fish fry is being replaced by an after Easter “Fling into Spring” dinner. Smoked pulled pork with spring picnic fixings will be served from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Saturday, April 9, by the Always Smoking Smokin’ Somethin’ BBQ Team. The dinner plate will include an applewood smoked pulled
pork sandwich, barbecue baked beans, buttered green beans, homemade potato salad, potato chips and fresh baked dessert. The price is $9 for adults and $6 for children 12 and under. An extra sandwich may be purchased for $3. All proceeds from the dinner will benefit the ministry of the Hennepin United Methodist Church.
Nowatka receives scholarship from WGU SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Melony Nowatka of Peru has received the WGU Continuing Graduates Scholarship from Western Governors University (WGU). As a non-profit, online university that is committed to making higher education more affordable and accessible for everyone, WGU typically awards scholarships
based on the applicant’s academic record, readiness for online study, financial need and other considerations. In 2015, WGU awarded more than 2,300 scholarships, more than $3 million in needbased scholarships; and 73 different scholarships for current and aspiring nurses, teachers, information technology and business professionals.
Annual spaghetti dinner set for April 4 LASALLE — Lighted Way and Uptown Grill will co-sponsor the annual spaghetti dinner fundraiser on Monday, April 4, at Uptown Grill in LaSalle. Dinner will be served from 4:30 to 8 p.m. Tickets may be purchased from Lighted Way by calling the school at 815-224-
1345 between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. Monday through Friday. Tickets can also be purchased at the door that night. The donation for the dinner will be $8. Carry-outs will be available. The chairman for the dinner is Jane Duncan Wamhoff.
Birth Announced Keegan Josh and Jennifer (Pytel) Keegan of Mark are the parents of a daughter born March 25 at Illinois Valley Community Hospital in Peru.
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Menus Putnam County Schools Breakfast April 4 — Funnel cake or cereal, fruit, juice, milk. April 5 — Sausage and toast or cereal, fruit, juice, milk. April 6 — Breakfast sandwich or cereal, fruit, juice, milk. April 7 — Whole grain muffin or cereal, yogurt, fruit, juice, milk. April 8 — Whole grain waffle with syrup or cereal, fruit, juice, milk. Lunch April 4 — Pizza, green beans, pineapple, juice, milk. April 5 — Chicken gravy over biscuit, vegetable medley, applesauce, cookie, milk. April 6 — Hot dog on bun with choice of chili, cheese sticks, baked beans, corn chips, peaches, milk; 2:05 p.m., early dismissal. April 7 — Junior high/high school - salad bar, elementary/primary - pork sandwich with tomato on bun, banana, ice cream, milk. April 8 — Spaghetti, garlic bread, salad, apple slices,
Diabetic support group SPRING VALLEY — A free diabetes support group will meet from 3 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 5, at St. Margaret’s Hospital in Spring Valley. The “Living Well With Diabetes” group meets the first Tuesday of each month, and registrations are appreciated by the Thursday before each meeting. For more information, or to register, call 815-664-1501.
Health care provider CPR course SPRING VALLEY — St. Margaret’s will host a “Health Care Provider CPR” course from 6 to 10 p.m. Tuesday, April 5, in the hospital’s First Floor Presentation Room. The class is for any health care professionals, including lifeguards, firefighters, health care workers, etc., who need to know how to perform CPR, as well as other lifesaving skills in a variety of in-hospital and out-of-hospital settings. The class cost is $30, which includes the instructional book. For more information, or to register, call 815-664-1486.
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‘Don’t Dress for Dinner’ auditions announced
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Students in the picture (front row) are Isac Alvarado, Eddie Reveles, Molly Roach, Alyssa Keigley, McKindley Cwikla and Lillian Sanberg; and (middle row) Erin Brooker, Ferdese Zulbeari, Jaidin Trone, Kalyn Grant, Faith Pack and Isaac Wujek; and (back row) Connor Brooker, Renae Ramey and Paige Terando.
Putnam County Junior High students participate in Rebecca Caudill program MCNABB — The Putnam County Junior High School sixth-grade students participated in the Rebecca Caudill Young Reader’s Award program. This Illinois award is determined by student votes. This award encourages students to read for personal satisfaction and develops a statewide awareness of outstanding children’s literature. The book “Hidden” was chosen, as being the favorite among the sixth-grade participants out of the 20 books. This program was introduced to the students through a cooperative effort among Amy Carboni’s sixthgrade classes and Debbie Thompson, PCJH media paraprofessional. A
special thank you goes to the Putnam County Educational Foundation for approving the grant that helped pay for copies of the books and the treats for the party. A thank you also goes to Annette Davis for helping with this program. She took the time to pick up all the treat items and came down to help with the party. Casey’s General Store made the cookies for the party. Thank you to Mike Olson and Jay McCracken for supporting this program. After each student reads one of the books, they must pass the Accelerated Reader test, and then fill out a story balloon. A balloon report helps the student understand the parts of the novel. After reading and reporting on
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three Rebecca Caudill books, the student did receive a certification stating they are eligible to vote for the Rebecca Caudill Young Reader’s Book Award. On Tuesday, Feb. 23, 15 students voted, and a total of 119 books have been read so far. Students were treated to cookies, soda, ice cream and toppings in celebration of Rebecca Caudill’s February birthday. Any sixth-grader who reads all 20 of the Rebecca Caudill books will have their name engraved on a plaque to be displayed at the school in honor of this accomplishment. Students have until April 29 to meet the requirements to have their name on the plaque.
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STREATOR — Community Players of Streator, Inc. announces auditions for its second production of the 2016 season, “Don’t Dress for Dinner.” With his wife out of town, an alibi from his best friend and a gourmet chef to add culinary spice, Bernard has the perfect romantic evening planned for his French mistress — or so he thinks. Hidden identities and outrageous infidelities and expose in Marc Camoletti’s sequel to “Boeing – Boeing.” Director Doug Bartelt will hold auditions at Engle Lane Theatre in Streator at 7 p.m. Friday, April 1, and 2 p.m. Saturday, April 2, in the rehearsal hall. Roles to be cast include: Bernard, male, age 40-60; Jacqueline, female, age 40-60; Robert, male, age 40-60; Suzanne, female, age 20-40; George, male, age 20-60; and Suzette, female, age 20-60 with a French accent.
Bartelt notes this is a fast-paced farce with some physical requirements with all cast members, including but not limited to falling, running, tripping and more. No previous theatrical experience is required, and auditions are open to anyone. Those wishing to read the script prior to auditioning may contact the director at 815674-2633. Rehearsals will begin later in April, with production dates set for June 12-18. Rehearsal schedules will be available at auditions, so come prepared with a list of any conflicts. Those who cannot make the audition dates and would like to make alternate arrangements may contact the director. Season tickets are currently available for Engle Lane’s 2016 season by calling the box office manager at 815-672-4066. Prices begin at just $60 for all six shows.
Vegetable gardening A-Z at Toluca Library April 2 TOLUCA — The University of Illinois Extension Marshall-Putnam Master Gardeners will presenting a program on vegetable gardening at the Toluca Library, 100 N Main in Toluca, starting at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 2. A panel of Master Gardeners will be on hand to answer gardening questions. They will also touch on several different subjects, from starting a garden for the beginner to more complex gardening for the advanced gardener.
This program will also be presented in Lacon at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 20, at the city hall. Everyone is welcome to attend at no cost. Advance registration would be helpful by calling the extension in Henry at 309-364-2356 or Barb Dahlbach at 815-452-2850. Some of the gardening topics will be container gardening, square foot gardening, raised beds, and fun garden ideas for adults and children alike. There will also be a question and answer session.
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10 minutes to help save a life Putnam County Treasurer Kevin Kunkel did his part to help save lives when he attended the American Red Cross blood drive which was held at Putnam County High School on Good Friday. The drive was sponsored by the Putnam County Rotary Club and the New Hope Parish.
STEM summer program coming to the area in June Camp Invention encourages creativity, problem solving through STEM learning OTTAWA — Camp Invention, the nation’s premier summer enrichment day camp program, supported by the United States Patent and Trademark Office and a product of the National Inventors Hall of Fame is coming to Central Intermediate School the week of June 13. For students entering Grades 1 through 6, Camp Invention is a week-long adventure that will turn the summer from ordinary to extraordinary through hands-on problem solving, using science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Camp Invention provides an opportunity for inventive young minds to exercise their creativity and use their imagination in ways they don’t normally get to in the classroom. Program participants do not realize they are learning and developing new skills as they build prototypes, take
things apart, explore different types of technology and so much more. Alice Opperman, director of curriculum for Emerson Public Schools in Emerson, N.J., shared the following thoughts on Camp Invention: “The hands-on curriculum helps to further insert curiosity into a child’s everyday lifestyle. As the need for skilled STEM professionals increases, we believe we are setting our students up for success by offering programs like Camp Invention.” This year’s Camp Invention curriculum is called Epic, inspired by some of our nation’s most brilliant minds including experienced educators, Inductees of the National Inventors Hall of Fame and developed in partnership with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Epic features hands-on modules like CrickoBot, where campers construct and per-
sonalize a DIY solar-powered cricket and a unique habitat; Epic Park, where campers work in teams to design an eco-adventure park; I Can Invent: Maker Studio, where campers brainstorm product ideas and build original prototypes using real tools and components found in everyday devices; and The Lab: Where Pigs Fly, where children can discover the science of slime, demolition, electronic sound, giant squid and coding. Learn more about this year’s curriculum at http://campinvention. org/2016-program/. Local programs are facilitated and taught by educators who reside and teach in the community. Camp Invention serves more than 94,000 students every year through nearly 1,400 camps across the nation. For additional information or to find the nearest location for registration, visit www.campinvention.org.
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IVCC Foundation will host annual ‘70s Night party April 8 OGLESBY — The Illinois Valley Community College Foundation will take guests back 40-plus years at its second annual ‘70s Night Party at 6:30 p.m. Friday, April 8, at Senica’s Deer Park Golf Club northeast of Oglesby. Master of ceremonies Mike Riley of Frankfort will again bring ‘70s music, video, classic memorabilia and funky dance moves to the event. Guests will have the
opportunity to bid on dozens of live and silent auction items such as tickets to major and minor league sports, comedy clubs, concerts, restaurants, plays, zoos, museums and local artworks. Special items include Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Cardinals tickets, “Corks for a Cause Winepull,” an award-winning lasagna dinner by IVCC’s Lorri Foockle and a package including an HD TV, DVD player and complete
“That ‘70s Show” series. In addition, a pair of custom-designed metal guitar barstools constructed by IVCC MIMIC students will be auctioned, and every guest will be eligible to win two tickets to see Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart at the iWireless Center in Moline May 17. Tickets are $25. For information, contact alumni coordinator Janice Corrigan at 815-224-0253 or janice_corrigan@ivcc. edu.
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Red Cross has significant need Rezin visits LaSalle Veterans’ Home for type O negative blood Type O negative is often needed in trauma situations PEORIA — The American Red Cross has a significant need for type O negative blood donors to donate blood for patients. Type O negative blood can be transfused to patients with any blood type and is often used in emergency situations. While less than 7 percent of the U.S. population has type O negative blood, hospitals depend on frequent O negative donations to ensure it’s always available for patients in need. Eligible donors with type O negative blood are encouraged to make a whole blood or double red cell donation, where available, through the Red Cross. During a double red cell donation, two units of red blood cells are collected while most of the plasma and platelets are returned to the donor. “Type O negative donors are an important part of the Red Cross trauma team,” said Nick Gehrig, communications director, Red Cross Blood Services. “While all blood types are needed, type O negative donations are necessary in emergency situations when there is no time to determine a patient’s blood type. Because there is such
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a high demand for type O negative blood, O negative donors are needed to donate often.” Blood donation appointments can be quickly and easily scheduled by using the Red Cross Blood Donor App, visiting redcrossblood. org or calling 800-RED CROSS (800-733-2767). Because of generous donors, the Red Cross is able to provide blood products to trauma patients like Carla Randecker. In 1995, a semi-truck failed to halt at a stop sign, changing Randecker’s life forever. She suffered a broken neck and femur. She woke from surgery to see a bag of blood attached to her IV. “I’m O negative, a rarity,” said Randecker. “All I remember was, wow, someone gave their blood for me. I made a promise that day to do the same. When I was well enough, I’d return the favor.” Randecker became a regular blood donor and gave for many years. This past year, her family fulfilled her wish to give blood together. Five of the family members who gave were type O negative, and since then, donating blood has become a family tradition. “If I teach them nothing else, it’s that
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they should always, always, do for others,” said Randecker. The Red Cross must collect approximately 14,000 blood and platelet donations every day for the patients at about 2,600 hospitals and transfusion centers nationwide. Blood and platelets are needed to respond to patient emergencies, including accident and burn victims, heart surgery and organ transplant patients, and those receiving treatment for leukemia, cancer or sickle cell disease. Those who donate through May 15 will be entered to win four single-day tickets to any of 10 Cedar Fair theme parks in the U.S. For a full list of participating parks, visit redcross.cedarfair.com. A blood donor card or driver’s license or two other forms of identification are required at check-in. Individuals who are 17 years of age (16 with parental consent in some states), weigh at least 110 pounds and are in generally good health may be eligible to donate blood. High school students and other donors 18 years of age and younger also have to meet certain height and weight requirements.
LASALLE – Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs Director Erica Jeffries and Illinois State Sen. Sue Rezin (R-Peru) toured the Illinois Veterans’ Home in LaSalle March 21 and spoke with veterans about issues impacting them. “This was an incredible opportunity to tour the Illinois Veterans’ Home in LaSalle with Jeffries, and more importantly, to speak personally with veterans, learn about issues important to them, and hear their stories,” Rezin said. “We can never do enough for our veterans and their families, as they are the reason for our freedoms and democracy.” “The staff at this home provides the very best care for our heroes and truly cares for each one,” said Jeffries. “We are proud to provide this wonderful home to our veterans.” After touring the Illinois Veterans’ Home, Rezin and Jeffries met with leaders from several area vet-
PRINCETON — Starting in April, Freedom House will implement a parental support group. This group, which will meet twice a month and invites parents of children who have been exposed to domestic/sexual violence, will be facilitated by Shan-
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uled adult support group. Note that children’s group runs at the same time, so children are welcome to come. The adult support group will still be held the first and third Thursday and facilitated by Amber. For more information, call 815-872-0087.
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has a capacity of 200 beds, including 40 special-needs beds for veterans suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease or related dementias. “This home is a model for the services it offers and the way caregivers make sure veterans are looked after, provided for, and served in the most respectful and honorable way,” Rezin said. This year, Rezin is spearheading efforts to bring more awareness and help Gold Star Families who lost a loved in service to our nation. Following her graduation from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Jeffries served as an active duty Army aviation officer. She was a platoon leader and an executive officer in an aviation battalion as a UH-60L Blackhawk helicopter pilot, and later as the assistant secretary of the general staff for all of III Corps and Fort Hood, one of the Army’s largest installations. Jeffries was medically retired in 2003.
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erans’ organizations to discuss important topics. The organizations included Chief Shabbona DAV Post 86 (Morris), John Martin Steele VFW Post 6049 (Morris), American Legion Post 294 (Morris), LaSalle County Veterans Assistance Commission, VFW Post 4668 (LaSalle), Illinois Veterans Home, American Legion Post 375 (Peru), American Legion Post 235 (Marseilles), VFW Post 5506 (Marseilles), American Legion Post 260 (Tonica), American Legion Post 182 (Spring Valley), American Legion Post 938 (Ladd), American Legion Post 731 (Utica), American Legion Post 1242 (McNabb). “We’re constantly looking for ways to improve our care for Illinois’ veterans,” Rezin said. “Director Jeffries is a strong advocate for our heroes and is working hard to help veterans across this state.” The Illinois Veterans’ Home provides skilled nursing for veterans and
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF ILLINOIS PUTNAM COUNTY, HENNEPIN, ILLINOIS PROBATE DIVISION ESTATE OF ) BARBARA C. ) GRIFFITH, ) Deceased. ) No. 16-P-3 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of Barbara C. Griffith of Magnolia Township, Putnam County, State of Illinois. Letters of Office were issued on March 22, 2016 to Robert T. Griffith a/k/a R. Trent Griffith of 13466 N. 1100 Avenue, Granville, IL 61326 and Laura G. Eshleman, 1658 N. Jackson, Unit 102, Milwaukee, WI 53202, as Co-Executors, whose attorney is John S. Duncan, Herbolsheimer, Duncan, Eiten & Hintz, P.C., 654 First Street, Suite 400, LaSalle, IL 61301. Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Circuit Clerk, Probate Division, Putnam County Courthouse, 120 North 4th Street, Hennepin, IL, or with the Representative, or both, within 6 months from the date of the first publication of this Notice. If claim notice is personally mailed or delivered to a creditor of the above estate, then claim must be filed in
the above entitled cause within 3 months from the date of mailing or delivery, whichever is later. Any claims not filed within the above periods are barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the Representative and to the Attorney within 10 days after it has been filed. Published in the Putnam County Record Mar. 30, Apr. 6 and 13, 2016.
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The winter weight limits on Hennepin Township Roads has been lifted. Normal garbage pickup will resume April 4th. The garbage dumpster at the Township building will be removed as of April 6th. We wish to thank everyone for their cooperation and patience. Published in the Putnam County Record Mar. 30 and Apr. 6, 2016.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT PUTNAM COUNTY, ILLINOIS ESTATE OF ) HAROLD GUYNN,) DECEASED. ) NO. 2016-P-4 PUBLICATION FOR CLAIMS CLAIM NOTICE Estate of HAROLD GUYNN, Deceased. Notice is given of the death of HAROLD GUYNN of Standard, Illinois. Letters of office were issued on March 24, 2016, to TAMARA SCHLESINGER, whose address is PO Box 176, Cedar Point, IL 61316, whose attorney is GERALD M. HUNTER, 129 W. Walnut Street, Oglesby, IL 61348. Claims against the estate may be filed with the office of the Circuit Clerk, Probate Division, Putnam County Courthouse, Hennepin, IL 61327, or with the representative, or both,
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS The Village of Hennepin will receive bids for two separate street maintenance projects until 9:00 a.m. April 19, 2016 at the office of Hennepin Village Clerk. The First project consists of the hot mix asphalt overlay of approximately 5 blocks of Village Street and is designated as 16-0000000-GM. The Second project includes seal coating approximately 9 blocks of village streets and is
designated as 16-0000000-GMNON MFT. Each project will be awarded separately. Contract documents, including Plans and Specifications, are on file at the office of Illinois Valley Surveying and Consultants Inc., 401 Court Street, P.O. Box 302, Hennepin, Illinois 61327. A Certified Check or Bank Draft, payable to the order of the Village of Hennepin, or a satisfactory Bid Bond executed by the Bidder and an acceptable surety in
an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the total Bid shall be submitted with each Bid. Attention is called to the act that not less than the minimum salaries and wages as set forth in the Contract Documents must be paid on these projects, and that the Contractor must ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of their race, color, religion, sex or national origin. The Village of Hennepin is
an equal opportunity employer. The Village of Hennepin reserves the right to reject any or all bids, or to waive any informalities in the bidding. No bid may be withdrawn after the scheduled closing time for receipt of bids for 30 days. The successful bidder will be required to furnish a performance and payment bond in 100% of the amount of the contract. The form of bond will be satisfactory to the Owner.
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way of North 945 Avenue, being part of the NE 1/4., of Section 18 and the NW 1/4., of Section 17, Township 32 N Range I W, all situated in Putnam County, Illinois; And the Highway Commissioner having conducted a hearing and examination in regard to the vacation of said road on March 22, 2016, and having made a preliminary determination that said road be vacated; NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Final Public Hearing on the Certificate of Vacation will be held on the 11th day of April, 2016, at the hour of 6:30 p.m. at the offices of Granville Township located at 212 South My Street, Granville, Illinois. Granville Township Road Commissioner Carl Naumann Deputy Clerk, Granville Township Road District Rick Serafini Published in the Putnam County Record Mar. 30 and Apr. 6, 2016.
STATE OF ILLINOIS ) COUNTY OF PUTNAM ) GRANVILLE TOWNSHIP ) ROAD DISTRICT ) NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON VACATION OF ROAD Carl Naumann, the duly elected and acting Highway Commissioner of the Township of Granville Road District having filed a Certificate of Vacation pursuant to the provisions of 605 ILCS 5/6-303, certifying that the following described road be fully and finally vacated: That portion of East 1100th Street beginning 100 feet north of that street’s intersection with North 900 Avenue and continuing in a Northerly direction to the southern boundary of the right of
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Second year of PARCC testing begins This year’s assessment features simpler format to improve the process and reduce testing times SPRINGFIELD – Illinois’ second administration of the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) assessment began recently with about 1 million students expected to complete the exam in English language arts (ELA) and math throughout the next three months. In response to feedback from school districts, this year’s PARCC assessment features a shorter, simplified format to improve the process for students and educators. “We are pleased to provide the same high-quality assessment that corresponds to the higher expectations of the Illinois Learning Standards in a structure that better meets the needs of our schools,” said Illinois State Superintendent of Education Tony Smith, Ph.D. “The assessment of readiness has to be a part of how we address the need to prepare students to continue higher learning, enter the working world, and become active, engaged members of their local communities.” The PARCC assessment debuted in 2015 and focuses on students’ mastery of key concepts as well as their critical thinking and writing skills. It originally
was divided into two parts that measured different types of knowledge and skills. This year’s assessment has only one testing window, which extends from March 7 until June 10. Districts selected their own 30-day testing period within this time frame. The single window reduces the amount of time necessary to administer the assessment and allows teachers and students to spend more time on classroom instruction. Test time is also reduced for most students by 60 minutes for the math portion and 30 minutes for ELA. However, time will remain the same for a limited number of students who will participate in an additional embedded ELA field assessment. Students in Grades 3-8 and select high school courses are taking the PARCC assessment, with roughly 85 percent expected to take the exam online. Last year, about 75 percent of the nearly 1 million students who completed the assessment did so online. The PARCC assessment will continue to measure the full range of standards. It will also provide valuable information about whether students are mastering the
knowledge and skills they need to stay on the path for success in college and/or their chosen career field. Assessments are simply one measure to track our progress, and data from the PARCC assessment provides a clearer picture of where Illinois schools are succeeding and what areas need improvement. The second year of results will help teachers and parents determine if a student requires remediation or more advanced instruction earlier in his or her schooling, ensuring they graduate from high school ready for college and career. Illinois expects to receive the 2016 results sooner than the 2015 results, with districts receiving score reports sometime this fall. The faster turnaround time for the 2016 scores will give teachers more time to tailor their instruction to meet specific student needs and better support improvement efforts. For more information on the 2016 PARCC assessment, visit PARCC Place at www.isbe.net/parccplace/default.htm and ISBE’s Hot Topics page at www.isbe.net/hot-topics. htm. Source: Illinois State Board of Education.
Illinois Health and Hospital Association releases quality awards compendium NAPERVILLE — In conjunction with National Patient Safety Week, March 13-19, the Illinois Health and Hospital Association’s (IHA’s) Institute for Innovations in Care and Quality is releasing the fifth annual Quality Excellence Achievement Awards Compendium of projects. In 2015, dozens of hospitals from across the state submitted synopses of innovative projects designed to enhance patient care and improve hospital operations. The compendium highlights their expertise and commitment to improving health care in Illinois. Projects included in the compendium were submitted by Illinois Valley Community Hospital, Peru, and Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital, Dixon. “The Quality Excellence Achievement Awards Compendium is a tremendous resource for
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Ag Matters
Nine minutes to an education Bureau County Ag Fair runs like a well-oiled machine
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Students learned about farm safety and the functions of different buildings and equipment on a typical farm during their nine minutes at this University of Illinois Extension and 4-H sponsored station.
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Princeton FFA member Zach Read took part in the recent Bureau County Ag Fair at the Bureau County Fairgrounds on March 17. Read shared what he’s learned about the care of goats with the county’s fourth-grade students. Other animals the students learned about at the animal stations were pigs, cattle, horses, donkeys, chickens and rabbits.
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PRINCETON — The two-minute warning expired; a cow bell rang in the distance. The students stood and quickly followed their guide to the next station. There, they’d stay for the next nine minutes, their new instructor imparting as much information as possible concerning one of the many facets of Illinois’ agricultural landscape. On March 17, Bureau County fourth-graders were fortunate enough to be a part of the 22nd annual Bureau County Ag Fair held at the Bureau Coun-
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The Farm Bureau Women’s Committee and the Bureau County Ag Coalition Committee started the Ag Fair. The Women’s Committee handles the organizing process, and the Ag Coalition members then handle the planning of their individual presentations. Any considerations for changes come through observation of the event, teachers’ input and suggestions from the volunteers. The planning process begins about five months in advance, and the committee works with local businesses, farmers, state and county commodity groups, the
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Ag Fair From Page 2B University of Illinois Extension, FS, the Soil, Water and Conservation District, local FFA members and Gateway. Volunteers are recruited, 75 in all, to serve as presenters, time-keepers, bus directors, goodie bag distributors and several other positions which help keep the fair running as smoothly as possible. “Ag Fair is the best kept secret in Bureau County,” a teacher attending the event said. This year more than 375 students from 19 classrooms attended the Ag Fair. Presentations throughout the event were well organized, clever and engaging. Students learned about soil conservation through a game show style format. While learning about farming equipment students were able to see precisely how seeds moved through the machinery and into the soil and also how sprayers make their applications to crops. The wheat and corn stations each had a wide range of everyday items containing products from the different grains. Another station used a small scale model of a farm to teach students about safety, how farms are laid out and the different uses for each building and piece of equipment. Students visiting the animal stations were able to talk with and ask questions of local FFA students about the care involved with each different animal. There were rabbits, chickens, sheep, goats, bucket Shaw Media photo/Dave Cook calves, a donkey, a piglet, a horse and a cow. There was also plenty of petting available. Keith Burkman (left) and Mark Miller used their nine minutes to give each class an informative and visual demonstraBeth Schultz, chairman of the Ag Fair, said “This tion of farm equipment, its purpose and safety concerns. Students learned how corn is planted, about the technological event and the work of our volunteers, who all do features of modern tractors and how chemicals are efficiently applied to crops. such a great job, teaches our children how important agriculture is to Illinois and helps provide them with an understanding of the many different parts of the farming in our communities.”
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Jill Frueh (left), manager of the Bureau County Farm Bureau and Beth Schultz, chairman of the Ag Fair, both Shaw Media photo/Dave Cook commented on how smoothly the event runs after 22 years and of how much its success depends on the work of the When students visited the animal stations they not only learned about the care needed for each animal, but were also able to interact with them. Here, Princeton FFA member Aaron Sears shows the students one of his sheep. 75 volunteers involved.
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From the crop to the tank ... Marquis Energy hits 1 billion gallon milestone By Dave Cook Shaw Media Service
HENNEPIN — Since April 20, 2008, Marquis Energy has been producing ethanol in Putnam County. Seven and one-half years later, through the continuous enhancement of their production method, the team at Marquis Energy — approximately 150 people, reached the milestone of having produced one billion gallons of ethanol. Everyone knows it’s an ethanol plant and has seen the endless parade of trucks traveling to and from the facility or the barges regularly working their way down the river, but what about having an understanding of what actually happens there? Marquis Energy produces more than just ethanol. The process of making ethanol creates additional opportunities for marketable products. They also make use of every advantage Putnam County has to offer an industry located within its borders: Easy interstate access, rail roads, the Illinois River and manpower from throughout the area. Jeff Peterson, president and director of risk management, said, “That’s our strength here, the logistics. Being located on the Illinois River is a huge key to our success.”
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The transition from corn to ethanol begins as the corn, from as far away as 60 miles, is loaded into one of the roughly 300 to 400 trucks per day traveling into the plant. Those trucks deliver a total of 300,000-400,000 bushels of corn per day. After being weighed at the entrance, the corn is unloaded and directed into storage silos. The plant can store up to 2.4 million bushels, enough for approximately six to seven days worth of ethanol production. After the corn is taken out of storage, it travels by conveyor to the hammer mill where it’s ground into a flour. From there, the flour is mixed with water and enzymes to create a mash that begins the chemical process of breaking down the starch into simple sugars. This helps prepare the corn for efficient fermentation, and optimized fermentation leads to increased yield and profitability. The mix enters a slurry tank for retention time to allow the enzymes time to work. The corn mash absorbs heat from the 200-degree cook water, so to maintain the optimum 185 degree temperature for the enzymes, the mixture travels through steam-powered jet heaters. The heat provides a physical process of breaking down the starch. Andy Rowe, process manager, said, “After more retention time and enzymes, an operator will send yeast into the tank and let it grow and reproduce for about eight hours before we fill the fermentation tank with the mash
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Calvin Tussey, process board operator at Marquis Energy, is able to monitor every aspect of the corn to ethanol fermentation process from his station at the Hennepin ethanol plant. Marquis Energy took seven and one-half years to produce 1 billion gallons of ethanol. With the addition of its new facility, the company expects to reach the 2 billion milestone by 2020. mixture.” Fermentation is the biological process which converts sugars into cellular energy, producing ethanol and carbon dioxide as a result. Some ethanol plants sell the carbon dioxide to industries which have a need for it, such as beverage companies, providing the plant with another product and revenue source. “We don’t sell our CO2, the logistics for us to reach a viable market do not work out favorably, so we do not market it,” said Peterson. Marquis’ typical fermentation time is about two days. “You might hear in the alcoholic beverage industry of fermentation times of weeks or months, but we don’t
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Marquis Energy From Page 4B have that kind of time. We add a lot to help it out, enzymes and yeast propagation come into play,” Rowe said. When the fermentation process is finished the mixture is typically 16 percent alcohol by weight. From one of the 16 fermentation tanks, the blend travels through three columns of distillation. Distillation is the action of purifying a liquid through a process of evaporation and condensation. “One separates the liquids from the solids, which then go to a different part of the plant. The other two columns refine the liquids into 190 proof alcohol, the most you can distill before you start to boil off too much water. To get to 200 proof (or 100 percent alcohol) we use molecular sieves. They’re big enough for water molecules, but not for ethanol. We put it under pressure, and it gets squeezed through and removes the last 5 percent of water. The water removed goes back into the distillation process. The ethanol is also denatured with gasoline to make it unfit for consumption,” Rowe said. The separated solids are sent to the dryer building where they travel through a centrifuge. After the centrifuge the solids are a wet cake called wet distillers grains with solubles (WDGS) with an approximately 60 percent moisture level and are usable as animal feed. Due to the level of moisture and chance for spoilage, the WDGS is not suitable for export and typically remains in the local area. The solids designated for export leave the centrifuge
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and travel through a set of three dryers, each removing more moisture. The 60 percent moisture of the WDGS is lowered to about 11 percent. These solids are called dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) and are suitable for export as animal feed after an additional step. “The water that’s spun out of the centrifuges goes through a series of evaporators and basically gets boiled down to a syrup. The syrup goes through another set of centrifuges that removes the corn oil which is then sold to bio-diesel and different entities. The syrup is then added to the DDGS to make it a higher quality product rich in protein and fat. It’s a highly digestible and cost effective feed supplement for livestock,” Rowe said.
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These non-stop and complicated processes are managed and monitored continuously with a state-of-the art control system and a surprisingly small staff considering the size of the operation. Marquis’ production capability has recently doubled since the completion of their new south unit, essentially a mirror image of the north unit. Approximately 25 maintenance people, two lab techs, one chemist, the board operators and others work to ensure the plant runs cleanly, efficiently and is producing the highest quality products possible. Lab technician Mary Ann Kidd said, “We continuously collect various samples from throughout the plant and run various tests. We check moisture levels, sugar analysis, acid levels and more.” Process board operator Calvin Tussey jokingly began by saying he liked to call himself a 21st century moonshiner, but added more seriously, “This is one of the last, truly domestic industries left in the rust belt. I think it makes people feel good that something is expanding in the area.”
The finished product
The finished ethanol is delivered to one of the six storage tanks, each holding approximately a million gallons. Two of those tanks are near Marquis’ barge terminal. There are barges for both the DDGS and ethanol. Trucks drop loads of the DDGS into a hopper which feeds them up through a chute and into the barge. As ethanol is loaded into it’s barge, a flare
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Marquis Energy Process Manager Andy Rowe stands in front of one of the several fermentation coolers designed to drop the temperature of the mixture to proper levels. burns off the excess vapors to ensure everyone’s safety. Marquis also delivers ethanol to the marketplace via truck and rail car. According to Bio-diesel Magazine, a truck holds about 7,000 gallons, a rail car roughly 25,000 gallons and a barge is capable of holding approximately 400,000 gallons. This means each barge is the equivalent of 16 rail cars or almost 60 trucks. “We’re constantly taking product out to our barge terminal where our logistics team schedules loads. With the added production from the new facility, we’re going to have to start doing a DDGS barge about six days a week. The ethanol barges will probably be about one a day. We haven’t done a lot of rail in the past, but with the added volume, we’ll be shipping out every month on rail as well, but not as much as we do on barges,”
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29 new industrial products open new markets for soy Farmer-funded projects drive innovations in soy chemistry ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Last year, the soy checkoff partnered with researchers to develop 29 new soy-based products that replace petrochemicals and help manufacturers meet sustainability objectives. These products, and hundreds of others developed with checkoff support, add value to U.S. soy and expand its market potential. “At a time when prices are low, it’s more important than ever to increase demand for U.S. soy,” said checkoff farmer-leader Jim Domagalski, a soybean farmer from Columbus, Mich. “Part of that is finding new ways to use it.” Products developed with checkoff support in 2015 include an insulating foam that helps green building contractors earn LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification, soy-based adhesives that replace formaldehyde without compromising quality, lubricants and solvents that reduce reliance on petrochemicals, and rubber belting that farmers can use in their equipment. New uses have helped farmers increase demand for U.S. soy from 14 million bushels in 2003 to more than 111 million bushels in 2013. This sales trajectory is expected to continue as a result of the soy checkoff’s ongoing commitment to support the discovery of new soy technologies and share previous research findings that companies use to create more sustainable products. New soy-based products and ingredients introduced in 2015 as a result of checkoff support include:
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Illinois farmland values, rent trends continue downward
Prices paid for Illinois farmland as well as rates being paid to rent the same ground have continued their downward trend for a second year according to a state-wide survey conducted by the Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers. The results were released recently at the annual Illinois Farmland Values Conference. Prices paid for land rated excellent and good both dropped by 8 percentage points during 2015, while average land dropped 9 percent last year, according to the study results. By definition, excellent land typically yields more than 190 bushels of corn per acre, Good land yields between 170–190 bushels and average yields between 150-170 bushels per acre. The study is a result of a state-wide survey that was conducted in January among Illinois Society members and others within the industry. In releasing the survey results, it was noted values regressed but remained relatively strong for excellent land, and there are pockets of strength that still exist. The presentation was made by David Klein, AFM Soy Capital Ag Services, Bloomington, overall co-chair of the annual Land Values Project which is conducted by ISPFMRA. His co-chair is Dale Aupperle, AFM, ARA, Heartland Ag Group, Forsyth.
Klein went on to explain buyers are still willing to pay a premium for high quality soil. He noted average prices paid for excellent quality land in January 2015 were at $12,600 per acre. This compared to $11,600 at the end of the year. Lower farm income to blame In all cases, reduced commodity prices were blamed for the reductions in land prices as well as rent rates across the state. “All of agriculture is watching corn and soybean prices to see which direction our earnings will take in 2016,” Klein explained. He referred to the overall earnings outlook as ‘diminishing,’ and added that crop insurance is an important income safety net. Aupperle also cited lower commodity prices for drop in Return on Investment (ROI). “Our traditional 3.5 percent to 4.0 percent ROI has been diminished as well. Those returns are now in the 2.5 percent range.” He added, however, that “investors still find this acceptable in an unstable general economy.” Cash rent levels will continue decline An analysis of cash rent levels was done by Gary Schnitkey, Ph.D., University of Illinois Department of Ag and Consumer Economics. “Survey results indicate that income levels in 2015
from owning farmland were below 2014 levels, continuing a string of declining return years that began in 2013. Cash rents in 2016 decreased from 2015 levels and, if trends continue, we’ll see lower cash rents again in 2017. Respondents expect very little farmland to change hands because the current farm operator is unwilling to pay the desired cash rent. They also feel they could find other farm operators to replace current operators if the need arises. In those same categories, incomes in 2015 decreased from 2014 with net drops of $46 per acre of excellent land for traditional crop share, negative $37 for cash rent and negative $58 for custom farming. Projected rent rates for will vary from a high of $350 per acre to $275 per acre for excellent land; $300 to $250 for good land; $260 to $191 for average land, and $208-$150 for fair land. In retrospect, mid-range rent rates for 2007 were $183 for excellent land, $164 for good land, and $144 for average soil. Values peaked in 2013 at $396 for excellent land, $339 for good land, and $285 for average land. Looking to the future the survey respondents expect 2017 cash rents to be lower than in 2016. Forty-one percent expect decreases of between $25 and $50 and 50 percent expect the decrease to range between $5 and $25
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per acre. None are expecting rents to increase. A challenging year According to Klein, “2015 provided us a challenging year. Record harvests of our main crops the past two years led to downward pressure on prices. Farm income and farmland values are adjusting, but there are signs of optimism. “Interest rates and farm debt-to-asset ratios remain historically low as farmers manage their balance sheets. Crop input costs continue to come down. Domestic beef, pork and poultry production are all projected to increase in 2016 – pork and poultry to record levels.” Summary observations • Sellers of farmland Estates accounted for 54 percent of the volume of Illinois farmland sold. Will there begin to be a higher percentage of other categories in 2016? • Buyers of farmland Farmers accounted for 60 percent of the purchase made in 2015. Most were reinvesting into their farm business, where they know the value as well as anyone! When farmers stepped aside, investors were looking for opportunities in an uncertain financial market. • Methods of sale - Most farms were sold by private treaty in 2015, a sign more negotiating was occurring. Thirty-five percent of the transactions were at auction. In an uncertain mar-
ket, auctions can bring decision-makers together in a hurry! As a result, some firecrackers continued to be let off and more “no sales” occurred at auction. • Cash rents – Generally speaking, farm incomes were lower in 2015 and are projected to be even lower in 2016. This reduced crop share leases as compared to cash rents. Cash rents for 2015 declined by roughly $25 per acre to a $350 average on excellent quality farmland. Most ISPFMRA members expect 2016 cash rents on excellent quality soil farms to be another $25 per acre lower than the current year at $325 or less. • Belt tightening can be heard throughout the countryside. Lower corn and soybean prices will reduce net farm income by over 20 percent in 2016. Spring crop insurance prices will be the lowest since 2006, and input costs today are nearly double what they were then. • Livestock industry - Beef, swine and poultry production numbers are all planned to grow in 2016, but livestock farmers have started to feel their own pinch of lower prices. • Auction sales – Auction sales continue to show pockets of both strength and relative softness. Class A farms selling at Mt. Carroll for $14,400, Brimfield for $13,500, and Mendota for $12,000 early in 2016 show strength still exists in areas,
but an increasing number of “No Sales” in November/ December 2015 also shows that every farm auction isn’t bringing expectations every time. • Tract sizes - Tract sizes were generally larger in 2015 than 2014. The largest tracts were often purchased at a premium by institutional or absentee investor landowners seeking to place significant holdings into farmland. • Transitional/development land – Fewer tracts of land were sold for development than in past years in downstate Illinois. More activity is picking up in the collar counties. • Institutional money – Larger tracts of land have drawn interest again from institutional investors, pension funds and others. • Drainage pays – 2015 taught many landowners across the state the value of good drainage on our productive cropland. • 1031 tax free exchange influence – These continue to be used by landowners making even money trades to create larger tracts of land where they can be farmed more efficiently. • Farmland availability – Farmland supply to the market remained fairly tight throughout 2015 until year end when the seasonal increase occurred in November and December. Most of our membership expects 2016 to see a larger supply come to the market.
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A drought in the political field Presidential candidates failing to address agricultural issues By Dave Cook
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Harold Steele, 93, of Dover has had a long and distinguished agricultural career which has taken him all the way to Washington, D.C.. A lifelong farmer from Bureau County, Steele has served in many important roles, including president of the Illinois Farm Bureau and a member of the board of directors of the American Farm Bureau. In 1987, he was appointed by President Ronald Reagan as chairman of the National Commission of Agricultural Finance. President George H.W. Bush selected Steele as chief executive officer of the Farm Credit Administration, the regulator of the farm credit system. Steele was recently asked why agricultural issues don’t play a bigger role in Midwestern presidential politics. “I think it’s very simple; farmers aren’t many in numbers,” he said. “A politician is looking for votes, so farm-
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ers don’t cut it unless the politician understands that many other people have jobs because of the farmer. “It’s unfortunate, but that’s the way it is. But, more politicians are going to continue in the same way because there are going to be fewer and fewer farmers, and politicians don’t look at this correctly.” Although the presidential election kicked off in Iowa, where corn is king, candidates in both the Republican and Democratic parties have managed to dodge what’s most important to Midwestern farmers. “If it weren’t for there being such an important early primary in Iowa, we might not hear anything about ag from the candidates,” said Adam Nielsen, director of national legislation and policy development for Illinois Farm Bureau. Farmers say renewable fuels is about the only issue that has brought much input from the candidates because of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s November ruling on biofuel requirements.
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“Short of the Renewable Fuel Standards, I haven’t heard any significant policy statements for ag from any of the candidates,” said Jim Schielein, a Lee County farmer. Steele said politicians aren’t the only ones to blame for the current state of politics. “I think we, the people, have been very shortsighted for many years,” he said. “We haven’t been helping this nation by not having a very high quality of person getting into politics. We don’t have many good politicians who are here for one purpose, to serve the country.” Nielsen said farmers are challenged by a cyclical downturn, and while this environment certainly isn’t reminiscent of the great farm crisis of the 1980s, lower commodities prices should merit some discussion. “We’re just coming out of the ‘glory days’ where income was high, and farmers were able to make invest-
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ments, and now income is running behind production costs,” Nielsen said. Plunging commodities prices, especially oil and metals, are shaking the global economy, leaving farmers wondering how low ag-related commodities could go. “Oil has been a wake-up call for farmers, and it’s been a nervous time for any commodity,” Schielein said. “If you translate what’s happened with oil prices to corn, we’d be at $2.” While the 2014 farm bill has brought a workable safety net, farmers fear crop insurance might fall woefully short if corn drops below the $3 level. That scenario could have farmers calling for the return of the ad hoc disaster system that disappeared in the farm bill. The importance of finding new markets grows as crop prices drop, pushing trade issues near the top of Farm Bureau’s legislative priority list this year. Ag leaders are struggling to find a candidate in either party who can make strides on exports. “There is a protectionist strain that runs through both parties now, and they are equally bad on trade,” Nielsen said. Ag interests are pushing for the enactment of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade agreement with 12 Pacific Rim nations, that among many other things, would lower trade barriers for Midwest farmers. Negotiations between the nations that started nearly 8 years ago wrapped up in October, but the pact faces stiff challenges in Congress. Some of ag’s top issues mirror those of business at large, so the candidates have addressed them in a general fashion. Immigration would be a prime example, and Nielsen fears the issue is one of many to have fallen victim to theatrics. “Farm Bureau has worked hard on immigration for the last few years, and it’s obvious that we need a clearer policy,” Nielsen said. “The candidates haven’t talked about it much in reference to ag, and it’s almost turned into a competition to see who’s most anti-immigrant.” The immigration issue also is a good example of how difficult it can be to figure out the candidates’ positions on an issue. Several have flipflopped on their immigration policy stances since the campaigning began, and complicated conditions are often attached to those positions. Political analysts are struggling to find clarity, so it’s no surprise that voters are as well. Farm Bureau doesn’t formally endorse presidential candidates, but it takes a key leadership position in smoking out
Ag Matters candidates’ positions on their prioritized issues. That task is made more difficult by the GOP logjam that remains – 11 candidates were still in the race going into the Feb. 1 Iowa caucus. The field began to winnow soon after. “When we have nominees, they’ll sit down with advisers and write specific positions on ag,” Nielsen said. “Then we’ll look more carefully at the candidates’ records, but now there isn’t much to look at.” Schielein said he’s hoping the tenor of the campaigning will become more thoughtful as the field narrows. “As some candidates drop out, we should start seeing more focus on the issues,” Schielein said. “It’s the nature of the beast – there’s a lot of theater early, but at some point, they have to stop with the reality-TV politics.” Voters were trying to decipher the politics of 12 GOP candidates and three Democrats who were still in the game heading into Iowa. Polls showed only Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio grabbing more than 7 percent of the vote among the crowded Republican field. “This election field is different – we have a billionaire who went bankrupt and resurrected himself, a self-described socialist, and populists on
either side of the aisle,” Schielein said. The ag lobby is still well organized and wields considerable influence in both parties, but political pundits contend there are some dynamics at play that have made it riskier for candidates to line up with ag interests. “The ag lobby is still powerful, but it has generally fallen out of favor with both parties,” said Scot Schraufnagel, a political science professor at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. The declining number of farmers who are running bigger businesses can make support of many key ag issues a tougher sell with political strategists. “With fewer small farms, Democrats that used to identify with the family farm are less inclined to support farmers who now are running a large corporation,” Schraufnagel said. He said the GOP is hesitant to be linked with such issues as price supports and ethanol while espousing fiscal conservativism. Political strategists call for ignoring an issue you can’t win, and many ag issues can be painted as lose-lose propositions. “While candidates don’t want to offend the ag lobby, openly supporting the ag lobby can be perceived as support of more government spending,” Schraufnagel said.
Regulatory pressures on farmers is a key concern every year, but the ag lobby has rallied hard against the implementation of the Waters of the United States, or WOTUS, rule. The rule would pinpoint the reach of the nation’s Clean Water Act, bringing some smaller waterways such as streams and wetlands into federal jurisdiction. Farmers using those areas would be forced to meet environmental permit requirements of the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers. The issue has stalled along party lines, with Republicans calling the rule another example of “executive overreach”, and a violation of the rights of states and private property owners. “We’re hoping they’ll take their foot off the accelerator on regulations when ag prices are down,” Nielsen said. U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Channahon, who formed an agriculture committee in the 16th Congressional District, also has his eye on the regulatory hurdles faced by agriculture. “I think our next president needs to empower our agribusinesses, and allow them to continue driving our economy without fear of costly and burdensome regulations,” Kinzinger said. “It will be important to keep the standards of the 2014 House Farm Bill intact,
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and I hope that our next president gives greater attention to reigning in the overreaching EPA.” The congressman said he, too, is disappointed in the lack of meaningful conversation about several important ag-related issues. He said he holds out hope that something of substance will come up in future debates. “I do wish there was more discussion of what the candidates plan to do to tackle the WOTUS regulation, address the EPA’s slow rollout of RFS levels, expand trade with foreign countries, and other areas that are still in flux,” Kinzinger said. Steele, the Bureau County farmer, spoke with sadness as he discussed the generation of young farmers that agriculture lost back in the early 1980s because of politics and finances, and he doesn’t want to see that happen to future generations. He also spoke of the importance of education. “We need more young farmers, and it takes
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U050909 - $199,000
2005 Case IH MX255
1,724 hours, MFD, Deluxe Cab, 4 Remotes, 1,000 PTO, 3pt Hitch
U0101655 - $110,000
1350 Western Ave • Henry, IL 61537 (309) 364-2336
2012 Case IH Magnum 290
924 hours, MFD, Pro 700, Deluxe Cab, 1,000 PTO, Front Weights
U0101557 - $163,500
2006 Case IH MX215
3,114 hours, MFD, Deluxe Cab, 3pt Hitch, Dual PTO, 3 Remotes
U050768 - $99,500
407 S East St • Annawan, IL 61234 (309) 935-6768
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