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Mount Carroll photographer Bill Delp works on framing a photograph of Allison Law, a West Carroll High School graduate from Mount Carroll, made with wood siding and roof sheathing from her great-grandparents’ old barn, hand-picked by Delp. His 35-year career as a photographer has seen many changes, but has kept ahead of them by diversifying. See this week’s Cover Story on PAGE A4. (PA photo/Tom Kocal)

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LANARK – Since its inception in 1976, Rolling Hills Progress Center, an industrialized workshop for the developmentally disabled, has taken great pride in never having a quality problem, always completing work on schedule and at a more-thancompetitive price. Rolling Hills functions as a light manufacturing company emphasizing completing assembly and packaging contracts for the government as well as commercial industries. “We are in our 40th year of operations,” RHPC Executive Director Brandon Rumler said. “We opened back when there were a number of group homes in the area and they were looking for a workshop, so they built the Rolling Hills Center in Lanark.” The facility found its beginnings as a sheltered workshop and provided vocational training for folks with disabilities. “Our main goal is to train our clients so they can go out into the work world and get regular jobs,” Rumler said. “It doesn’t always work out that way, but that is our ultimate goal.” Beyond getting their clients ready to work in manufacturing environments, Rolling Hills also focuses on everyday life skills that most folks take for granted. “We service all different levels of intellectual disabilities, so we have some low functioning

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Rolling Hills Progress Center can save industry time and money through the use of skilled workshop subcontracting. (PA photo/Tracy Siegner)

About this series There are seven agencies applying for 2016-2017, 708 Board funding in Carroll County. The Prairie Advocate will visit each of the facilities during July and August as the board reaches its appropriation decisions and announces the apportionment of funds at its Aug. 16 meeting. individuals and some high functioning clients,” he said. “Some of those lower functioning individuals may not be able to function in our workshop, but we do simulated job tasks for them so they can still go through the routine and perform their tasks throughout the day. As you can imagine, it has its challenges and it has rewards as well.” Rolling Hills provides services for clients from all the group homes in Carroll County and is working with 90 clients. “We do contract work for a number of businesses in this area,” Rumler said. “That might include packaging, product assembly, recycling and fulfillment shipping.” There are several revenue streams for the facility. “We receive funding from grants; we receive tuition

for servicing certain lowfunctioning clients, and we receive revenue from our subcontracting work,” Rumler said. “The funding we receive from the Carroll County 708 Board is very important for us because it affects our transportation services.” Rolling Hills buses its clients to the center, which can be a costly because it involves vehicle and maintenance costs. “The 708 funding also reaches our staff members who work directly with our clients,” Rumler said. “Those funds really are key to making a difference in people’s lives.” Rumler said he would like to see the center continue

growing into the future. “We want to help as many clients as we can.” he said. “One of the areas that sets us aside from other similar facilities is that we do not discriminate based on whether a client brings tuition. I understand there are agencies that only want to help those clients that come in with funds, but we want to help everybody, so we have clients that have tuition attached to them and we have clients that do not receive any money, but we want to give them all an opportunity to do real work and feel that sense of accomplishment.” Rolling Hills Progress Center is incorporated as a not-for-profit agency under the statutes of the State of Illinois and is governed by a volunteer board of directors who, as concerned and responsible citizens, guide and oversee the overall policies, financial status and operations of the agency.

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MILLEDGEVILLE – For 64 years the Carroll County Fair has created memories for thousands of fairgoers, and this year, more memories will be made Aug. 9-13 at Schell Park in Milledgeville. As you enter the fairgrounds from the Milledgeville/Polo blacktop, you will see something brand-spanking new. Mark Dettman of Shanks’s Veterinary Equipment is building a new arch. “That’s an historic landmark for our fair. The old arch has been removed, and Mark is donating a new steel frame and new lettering, so we’re going to have a new look from the road with the new Carroll County Fair Association arch!” said Liz Hutchison, Fair Board president. She said the fair books are in the mail, and this year’s Carroll County Fair has a lot to offer. “The grounds look great. Our work nights have been going well,” Hutchison said. “We’re not having a

lot of major improvements, due to the fear of state funding being cut. But the good news is that just last week, we got word that fair funding was included in the appropriation bill passed June 30. “It will take several more months, but we will receive 2015 funds, around $20,000, for rehab and premium reimbursement. Our vouchers for premiums went to the comptroller’s desk Thursday, for all county fairs. I’m more than happy to wait – at least it’s coming. We thought it was money we’d never see.” Hutchison said the fair has received great support from businesses and volunteers throughout the county. “The Carroll County 4-H Foundation worked hand in hand with us to get $3,000 in funding from ADM for a grant I applied for. That’s a nice donation,” she said. “It’s our volunteers and patrons that keep us going.” There may not be a lot of changes, but Hutchison said there have been several major improvements completed. The Milledgeville Men’s Club is donating the rebuilding of a new handicap ramp to the main stage, and new stairs on the back side.

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MOUNT CARROLL | BILL DELP STUDIO

Evolution of a love for photography Carpentry and fine art now are Delp’s trademarks BY TOM KOCAL Prairie Advocate TKocal@prairieadvocate.com 815-493-2560

MOUNT CARROLL – A picture speaks a thousand words. Bill Delp and Rhonda Lampe of Bill Delp Studio in Mount Carroll are living proof. And it’s not just the photos that tell the story. People who know Delp and Lampe, and what they do, have left all kinds of items to re-use in their next piece or photograph: an old Volkswagon Beetle, carriage doors, window frames, benches, wooden yard sticks, pillars from an old house, lightning rods with 100-year-old copper, you name it. “I have barn wood from a Depression-era barn that the owners said never had snow on the roof back then, because their grandparents had a working still inside,” Delp said. “They were eventually arrested because of that! So if someone buys something made from that wood, I personalize it with a photo of the old barn.” Delp did his first photo shoot for a high school senior in 1978, his first wedding a year later, then went to full-time photography in 1981. “I’m proud of the fact that we’re still in business,” he said. “My peers are gone, all over this country. The best of the best. I used to be part of an organization that dealt with one film photo lab. We would meet up once a year in various places and brainstorm. They were the best photographers, wellloved in their communities. And they are out of business, many of them looking for jobs.

Rhonda Lampe said the image on the left was only “tweaked” a little digitally, to make the neon sign look brighter. (PA photos/Tom Kocal) “We’re lucky. But we diversified. “Photography was still at its peak for me, but I didn’t want to lose my passion for my art. I moved to the country, sold my boat and bought a tractor, got a chain saw, then started to enjoy the timber, cutting firewood, just getting away from the photography for a bit. I got my love for it back.” Lampe said there are some people who are developing film – it’s their niche. “They shoot medium format film, and that’s their way of trying to corner a niche market for the novelty of it. Eventually, that will be gone, too,” Lampe said. “They don’t even make film anymore. People are scrambling to get their hands on what they can.” Delp said digital photography is everything now. “Rhonda will tell you: I almost waited too long, for many reasons. I didn’t believe in it. I went to digital kicking and screaming. But she’s brought the digital age to this old-school photographer. She’s the reason we’re still in the game.” Artistically, Delp and

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The refurbished log cabin is part of the studio, complete with a Delp original bench on the porch. Lampe said they are having the best creative times of their lives. “Our customers are constantly challenging us – ‘Can you do that?’ Sure we can! Then when they leave, we wonder how we’re going to do it! Once we master it, then we add it to our brochures,” Delp said. Looking around the office, decorated with 20 or so beautifully framed pieces of their work, he was sure to give credit where credit is due. “A lot of this is Rhonda’s work. If it’s my photograph, she’s the one that takes it to the next level. It’s not just me anymore.” As a fine art photographer,

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In his workshop, Delp has the front door of the original Bert’s and his famous Bull Burgers, still one of this reporter’s favorites. “Only people that new Bert can appreciate him. Wasn’t he something? If you hung out there, you got good life lessons,” Delp said.

Delp said, Lampe is second to none. She came on board 8 years ago, and immediately had an impact on the digital photography work. “The digital effect is my part of the portrait,” Lampe said. “I like to composite things. I’ll use my photographs, but take bits and pieces to make a creative image.” Delp said their creative partnership is gaining a nice following in the fine art photography world, and that Lampe’s unique approach to the art of digital photography is a major factor in their success. DELP continued on A54

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MOUNT CARROLL — Going on 36 years in an ever-changing business, photographer Bill Delp moved buildings and log cabins, and has created unique settings everywhere on his property, located in the rolling hills of rural Carroll County between Mount Carroll and Savanna. Delp broke ground on his studio in April 1998. By July, the back room was done enough for him to get back to photo work. By late in that year, he was well on his way, but it was years before the inside was finished. “And we’ve been working on it ever since,” Delp said. “I love it.” The log cabin moved

and restored is a story in itself. Delp said “an old hippie” who drove an old Milwaukee Road panel truck, Pat Engelking, grew up in the rural hills around Mount Carroll, and was born in the cabin. “When I was able to move it, with the help of Merle Law, I didn’t tell him until it was sitting on the property. He’d drive out on his motorcycle with his girlfriends to show them the cabin he was born in.” Walking along the outside of the studio, everything is a set. You’ll see an alley scene, and old windmill, boulders, and ornamental prairie grasses, some with morning settings, others are evening, “unless it’s a gray day, and I can use it all,” Delp said. STUDIO continued on A94

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MOUNT CARROLL — Dwana McFadden, 71, of Mount Carroll, passed away Saturday, July 9, 2016, at Good Samaritan Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Mount Carroll. Dwana was born Oct. 26, 1944, in Savanna, the daughter of Floyd “Fuzzy” and Mildred (Sack) Dittmar. She is a 1962 graduate of Mount Carroll schools, where she excelled at cheerleading and playing the flute in the band. On April 16, 1962, Dwana married Wayne “Butch” Sipe. They were raising two sons when he passed away Feb. 14, 1984, in Freeport after a short illness. Dwana met Joel McFadden in 1985. Dwana and Joel were married July 20, 1991. They have celebrated 31 years of being together. Dwana worked 41 years for the Mount Carroll and then West Carroll Schools. She had also worked at the Caroline Mark Home, Sievert’s and the Good Samaritan Nursing Center. She was a member of the First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mount Carroll, and served on the Carroll County Election Committee. Dwana loved raising

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DIXON — July is a busy month at the newly established Granny Rose K-9 Enrichment Center in Dixon. The next agility class sessions start Monday, July 18, obedience and ring ready novice obedience start Tuesday, July 19, and puppy classes start Wednesday, July 20. “Our training facility welcomes all breeds and mixes,” said Mark Knie, president of the Granny Rose Animal Shelter. “We offer classes at all levels of obedience, household manners, rally, agility, conformation and more.” Knie said the training center is not a “one size fits

all” facility. Instructors use varying training methods and techniques to best achieve the goals of each individual class. “Our goal is to help you achieve your goal, to further enrich the experience between you and your dog, from house breaking and socialization of your puppy, to advanced skills for those wishing to compete at the highest levels.” The Granny Rose K-9 Enrichment Center is at 613 River Lane in Dixon Class schedules, fees and registration forms may be found online at GrannyRoseK-9. org, or contact Office@ GrannyRoseK-9.org or 815677-9350.

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Successful blood drive

A big thank you to all those responsible for the Lanark Blood Drive being a success this year. We collected 31 pints, three of which

were “double reds” donors and two first-time donors. Thank you to all those donors giving of their precious blood so that others in need will have it available when they need it. Of those people who came in, tried to give and were deferred, we say a special thank you, and to try again next year. We had several volunteers who gave of their time and talents. A big thank you to Mary Block, Alan Brunner, June Hasz, Butch Hasz, Jeff Hoak and John Lamoreux. We are always in need of willing volunteers and are very appreciative of these wonderful people giving of themselves. The Lanark Lions Club came through again this year with willing volunteers and the Lanark Mothers Club provided a wonderful snack for our hungry donors; Lanark Food Center donated the delicious sandwiches again this year; The Prairie Advocate again helped out with advertising. A special thanks to the Lanark

Methodist Church for providing a cool, air-conditioned location to hold our mobile. A final thanks to all the blood donors for your “gift of life” for helping others. Yvonne Nelson, chairman Lanark

MCH Open House

The staff of the Morrison Community Hospital would like to thank the over 300 guests who attended our open house on June 26. We were so excited to hear the comments such as, “this is beautiful” and “this new Family Care Clinic is so spacious.” Visitors also gave positive feedback on the new CT, the operating rooms and the expanded Rehab department. We encourage everyone to stop in and check out our remodeled Family Care Clinic on the main floor. Appointments can be made anytime between 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., seven days per week, or simply walk-in. Mick Welding, public relations Morrison Community Hospital

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Portrait photography, like weddings and senior photos, is a mainstay of the business. “I’m a photographer,” Delp said, “but Rhonda design the albums. Her wedding albums are second to none. That’s a part of what’s kept us going. “We know there are people who see the difference. I’ve never been a high-volume studio. But we’ve hung on, where our peers had to quit. We have no plan B. We know that between the fine art and what we can do with portrait photography, we have to diversify. “We just started offering lodging in this cabin. We had a couple who had a tie to the area years ago, and came from Chicago for senior pictures. When we called to tell them their daughter’s album was ready, he said he’d like to surprise his wife, and asked if the cabin was available. It’s a nice fit,” Delp said. “It’s been a progression,” Lampe said. “The light bulbs would go off, and we’d say, ‘Oh, that’s a neat idea. I never thought of

Remember Bert’s in Mount Carroll? The hames on the side of this piece were hanging off the ceiling with other artifacts, “and a lot of grease and dust!” The wood backing came from an “old boy” who had everything numbered, and Delp points out one of the numbers that looked the best. (PA photo/ Tom Kocal) that.’ It just came to us as we started doing more and more, just to keep up with the times. For example, Bill’s been making some really neat wine racks from reclaimed wood and old bed springs!” “I build all this rustic furniture and frames in the cabin, and we hope it will all feed off of each other, because we love it,” Delp said. “For us, it’s been a natural progression. I never thought of offering lodging. But people come for photographs and want to stay! We tell them stories about the place the whole time we’re shooting. You can tell who loves it.

“One couple who stayed loved the fact that there was no TV or internet. He said he and his wife just sat and talked.” “It takes him a long time to pick out just the right pieces of wood,” Lampe said. “He looks for all the knots and holes and grooves that give it character. A lot of things will take shape because of the shape and imperfections. He hates cutting gnarly old boards and pieces of wood. It’s got to fit.” His customers know that they aren’t just buying a bed or a bookcase. They’re buying a story. “Before I take a barn

down, I try to get a pretty picture. People can buy a firewood box made from the barn wood, and also a fine art image of the barn to hang over the box. And I’ll tell them the story. “I thought that items like these would only interest those who liked rustic. But people will buy a weathered old, whitewooded firewood box to go in their contemporary home. Our pieces will either blend in a rustic environment, or be a signature piece in a more contemporary setting.” Delp, born and raised in Savanna, said he’s worked other jobs — on the railroad, factories, and river barges. “All honorable professions, but man, not for me. I had to leave Savanna to appreciate it. As years go by, I am so proud to be a small town nobody! Being able to do what I do right here, ... the creativity of what I do is what I love,” Delp said. “As photographers, we’re asked to be a part of the very best moments of people’s lives. Marriage, babies, the highlights. Now I’m on the third generation of some families. I love it, and I never look back.”

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Milledgeville Farmers’ Market

Corner of state Route 40 and Polo Road, Milledgeville, 3 to 6 p.m. every Wednesday, May through October. Phone: 815-266-1345

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Shannon Farmers Market

North side of Main Street, 1/2 block east of Blarney Stone Popcorn, 3 to 7 p.m. every Friday, June through September . Visit shannonillinois.com, Email: shannonchamber@gmail. com. Phone: 815-864-2194

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Mount Carroll Farmers Market

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Highland Community College Lifelong Learning is offering a Basic Digital Photography class from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays, July 13, 20 and 27, at the Apple Canyon Lake Clubhouse. Cost is $109. To register, visit highland.edu/lifelong or call 815-599-3413. For more information about Lifelong Learning classes, call 815599-3403.

July 14

FHN Sports Physical clinic – West Carroll Schools

From 1 to 5 p.m. Thursday, July 14, at FHN Family Healthcare Center, 2107 Chicago Ave., Savanna. $20 sports physical meets Illinois eligibility requirements for all sports and is good through the 2016-2017 school year. FHN will donate the proceeds of this clinic to West Carroll School District. No appointment is necessary. Forms are available at fhn.org; call 815273-3323 for more information. Thomson Library Summer Reading Program

The Thomson Library Summer Reading Program continues at 10:30 a.m. with Ducks and Geese Day, Thursday, July 7. Pre-register by calling the library at 815-2592480 or stop by the library. Free community meals

From 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church, corner of Lincolnway and Genesee St. in Morrison. Come for a free hearty, well-balanced meal and social time. Handicap accessible. Call 815-772-3510 for information. Songwriters Night

Hey songwriters! Put it on your calendars — The Crooked Roof in Lanark is hosting Songwriters Night. Join other musicians and share your originals. It’s always a great night of music, sharing, collaborating and Morrison Farmers Market 204 E. Lincolnway, be- fun. If you don’t play, come hind Whiteside County Court out to enjoy. Services, 8 to 11 a.m. rain or July 17 shine, May 21 to Sept. 24. Beswick/Milnes Reunion Visit morrisonfarmersmarket. The Beswick/Milnes com. Call 815-772-4874 or family reunion has been 772-2018. Like us on Face- scheduled for 12:30 p.m. on book Sunday, July 17, at Wiersema Hanover Farmers Market Charter Service Bus garage, Main St. in downtown 15049 Lyndon Road, MorHanover, 9 to 11 a.m. rain or rison. Families should bring shine, May through Oct. 1. a dish or two to pass, their Call 815-858-5217. Like us own table service, beverage on Facebook. and lawn chairs. Come to share a day of eating, visitJuly 13-20-27 Basic digital photography at ing, and sharing events of the 700 block of N. Main Street next to Shivers Ice Cream Shop, Downtown Savanna , 3 to 6 p.m. every Saturday, May to October. Visit Savannaillinois.com. Phone 815-273-2722

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information regarding any University of Illinois Extension programs, call 815-858past year. All descendants of 2273. Richard and Hanna Beswick July 19 and their families are invited. CC Democrats meeting For more information, conThe Carroll County tact Bev Lundquist at 815- Democrats will hold their 244-9684. regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 19, at July 18 the York Township Library, Coloring for Adults at Odell It is all the rage right 1225 West St. in Thomson. now - Adult Coloring! The For more information, call Friends of Odell Public Li- Gerald Bork at 815-244brary is offering an afternoon 8975. of coloring from 2 to 4 p.m. River Cities Quilters Guild River Cities Quilt Guild on Monday, July 18. Bring your colors and books and 3rd Tuesday of each month join friends in this new, but at the Fulton Presbyterian old, trend. If this is something Church, 311 North 9th St., new for you, Odell will fur- Fulton, Illinois at 7:00 p.m. nish pages and colors. Odell July 20 Public Library, 307 S. Madi- Morrison Blood Drive son St. in Morrison. Call the Mississippi Valley Relibrary at 815-772-7323 for gional Blood Center, exclumore information. sive provider of blood and CCQ Guild meets blood components to patients The Country Crossroads at hospitals in Morrison, ClinQuilt Guild will host former ton, Geneseo and the Quad guild president Pat McLeland Cities, asks potential donors at its meeting at 7 p.m. July to schedule an appointment 18 at the Forreston Grove from 1 to 5 p.m. on WednesChurch, 7246 Freeport Road; day, July 20 to donate blood Forreston. McLeland will at the Morrison High School share her journey of opening Key Club Blood Drive at Ema quilt store in historic Ben- manuel Reformed Church in tonsport, Iowa. The meeting Morrison. Sign up by calling also will include quilt demo Kris Bielema at 815-778warmups and time for social- 4801. Or, schedule online at ization at 6:30 p.m. The guild bloodcenterIMPACT.org; use meets the third Monday of the sponsor code 2771 to locate month at the church. Visitors the blood drive. Bring photo are charged a fee of $5 at the ID. door. For more information Library Ag in the Classroom call Ann at 815-238-6489 or The Carroll County Farm Carol at 815-535-3432. Bureau Ag in the Classroom Thomson Library Petting Zoo program will be promoting The Thomson Library ag education to children ages will be sponsoring a petting 3-12, on Wednesday, July 20, zoo from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Lanark Public Library at the library. Call 815-259- at 10 a.m., and the Savanna 2480 or stop by the library for Public Library at 1 p.m. Conmore information. tact your library to RSVP by July 18-21 two days prior to their event. Jo Daviess County 4-H Fair A story will be read along The 2016 Jo Daviess with an interactive hands-on County 4-H Fair is just activity, and snack. No cost around the corner. Local to attend, but reservations 4-H’ers have submitted their requested to ensure we have entries and the judges have enough supplies. For more been secured. The 4-H Fair information, visit carrollcfb. will be held on July 18-21, org, or call 815-244-3001. at the Elizabeth Community Thomson Library Summer Fairgrounds. The 4-H Fed- Reading Program The Thomson Library eration and local 4-H Clubs will also operate a Food Summer Reading Program Stand throughout the fair. For continues at 10:30 a.m.

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The Friends of the Lanark Public Library will be meeting at 6 p.m. on Thursday, July 21, at the Lanark Municipal Building, 111 S. Broad St. New members are Aug. 2 &9 welcome. Call 815-493-2166 Tai Chi at HCC Highland Community for more information. NARFE meets College Lifelong Learning The National Associa- is offering a Tai Chi course tion of Active and Retired from 9:30 to 11 a.m. on TuesFederal Employees Palisades day, Aug. 2 and 9 at the ApChapter 604 will hold it’s ple Canyon Lake Clubhouse. monthly luncheon and meet- Cost is $20. To register, visit ing at 12 noon on Thursday, highland.edu/lifelong or call July 21, at Manny’s Pizza in 815-599-3413. For more inSavanna. Jean Ferris of the formation about Lifelong Savanna Historical Society Learning classes, call 815will provide the program, ex- 599-3403.

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forgot last week to thank one other group for our membership appreciation breakfast. A big thank you goes to Thermogas for letting us use the pancake griddle and tanks. Also, to our Carroll County Pork Producers for the use of the cooker. Who wants to take a European cruise? The Northern Illinois Farm Bureaus are sponsoring a Romantic Rhine and Mosel River Cruise in Europe with Lindstrom Travel in September of 2017. You will fly into the Netherlands where you will then get on a chartered river ship which will be home for the next 7 nights. Stops along the way will include Cologne, one of Germany’s oldest cities, Cochem, Boppard and Rudesheim, Strasboug,

and finally to Lucerne, Switzerland, where you will have an overnight off the ship to explore the city, then departing back to the U.S. from there. Flyers on the trip are available online at carrollcfb. org or our office. We also have flyers on the trip to the Rose Bowl Parade and to Panama. If you have not checked out our website lately, please do so! We have a number of different flyers and happenings posted on it. Flyers to register for many kids programs we have coming up at the Carroll County Fair include the Progressive Ag Safety Day and the Ag Olympics. The CC Farm Bureau Tractor Drive will be taking place this Friday, July 15. We are leaving from the Lake Carroll ski hill around 8:30 a.m., and will

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proceed east towards Peace Farm Bureau and Quiet Road, then on to Classifieds Spring Valley Road, then south on Kittridge Road to Carroll County Farm Bureau Georgetown Road to Center members can place up to two (2) free classified ads per week, Drive. We will drive through with a limit of 250 characters Lanark and then out to Stone per ad (not including spaces). Bridge Road. From there Ads are limited to personal or farm items for sale/wanted to we will head onto Townline buy, or farm labor or services Road to Mount Carroll and available or wanted. No ads plan on being at our office by for the sale or rental of real estate, garage sales, or com10:30 a.m. mercial businesses will be acFrom the office we will cepted. To place an ad, call drive by Good Samaritan, the Farm Bureau office at 815244-3001 by 4 p.m. Thursday and then to Loran Road to to get your ad in the following Georgetown and back to the week’s paper. Lake. It is hard to believe FREE: Iron I beam 13 ft. long that this is already our 10th by 1 ft. deep. First come, first Antique Tractor Drive. I feel served, 643 E. Franklin St. in like we have covered all of Lanark. 815-441-1370 Carroll County a number of FS: Power Fleet 18 hp twin times. cylinder 42 inch cut, new belt and battery. Right out of mower Have you ordered your shop. $400. 815-273-3598 or Southern Illinois peaches 815-238-4582 yet? You only have until Aug. 3 to get your order in. members. Order forms are Peaches come in 25 pound available at our office and on boxes. They are $27 for our website. members and $32 for non-

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Outside the studio, every 10 feet or so, is a different door or window; a scene that straight on, looks like a porch, but shoot from the side and it looks like a gazebo. The peak at the rear of the building was made to look like a hay loft, complete with carriage house doors. “The people who had the doors actually delivered three pairs for me. I never even met them, they were just here one night. Only in a small town.” Delp said he drew up the shape of the building on a piece of paper, had the concrete base poured by Burkholder and Son, then hired Denny Green and Russ Hartman of Construction Plus to build it. “All I had was a second-grade drawing, no blueprints, and they built this. We thought and changed as we went.” Eventually, the steel support posts were replaced

with oak barn timbers from one of Delp’s reclamation projects. Inside, every room has northern light exposure for superb, natural lighting, a photographer’s dream. The studio has mostly oak woodwork and cabinetry because of an oak tree on the property that fell during a storm. He uses everything. “We moved whole buildings here. I moved a building that makes up part of the studio years ago from down by the Army Depot. I made a frame from the shutters, and put antique windows in the openings.” In one of their indoor sets, the front porch from the log cabin that makes up part of the studio serves as one of the props. Everything is repurposed, nothing is wasted. Delp has the pillars from the house burned down in Savanna to make room for the parking lot for the LawJones Funeral Home several years ago. “The Savanna Fire Department was controlled-

burning it for training, but they saved the pillars and an oak door with beveled glass for me. God bless ‘em, I love small towns!” The lower level of the studio building is his workshop. “We have buildings full of artifacts, and I get most of it from great people within a 10-mile radius. If someone had to clean up after me tomorrow, they’d think I was eccentric! And I’m thinking of putting up another building.” “So we’re combining all of these things, and again, it was a way to survive. We’ve always played with all these things, and it’s been one step at a time for the past 15 years. “The reason I’ve held on to a lot of my favorite stuff is because I want to develop better skills. I want to be able to use nothing but these old materials and build furniture with really wonderful joinery. I don’t want to just slap some boards together; I want to create a really beautiful

tabletop, or bed frame. I see so much beauty in the old, weathered wood.”

COLETA — Brittni Hutchison and Brandon Walls of Coleta are the parents of a son, Brent Boyd Walls, born Friday, June 17, 2016. Maternal grandparents are Elizabeth and Marcel Hutchison of Milledgeville. Paternal grandparents are Brent Walls and Laura

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LANARK — The City of Lanark’s deadline for response from residents to return the income survey forms was set for Friday, July 1. Twelve days later, City of Lanark Intern Lexie Woodward said the response rate is only 47 percent — shy by almost 200 households. But in this case, it’s better late than never. “We cannot stress enough how important it is for all residents to complete and return the survey, as well as to answer honestly,” Woodward said. “A 75 percent response rate is required and all of the survey questions must be answered.” A cover letter, income survey forms and a self-addressed stamped envelope were mailed to all Lanark residents in mid-June. The city needs help with its plan to carry out street repair, drinking water infrastructure, sanitary sewer, and other general maintenance and improvement projects. “In order to continue applying for these Community Development Assistance Program grant funds, from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, which help finance these types of projects, the City

Part of the estimated $160,000 Lanark city park handicap accessible sidewalk improvements were completed in time for Old Settlers Days, but the income surveys are essential to apply for more Community Development Assistance Program grant funds to help finance these types of projects. (PA photo/Tom Kocal) needs to complete a new submitted one,” she said. city-wide income survey,” “If your income survey has said Woodward. a name on it and you don’t “If you haven’t already want that, it can be whited sent in your income survey, out as we don’t use or need please still do so. If you it. The labels were simply crossed your address off printed out with your water the survey, we can’t count bill address and it would’ve it. I’ll be following up with taken too much time to your address, as I will for white them out or hand the ones who haven’t yet write just the address.

“It is the address that has to be on there. If you got one at your business, please do not fill it out, and let me know so I can remove the address from the follow-up list,” said Woodward. She said not to worry about privacy issues, as the information provided will be kept strictly confidential in accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974. The income survey is separated from the radar questionnaire as soon as the envelope is returned and opened. “Those envelopes are opened by Community Funding and Planning Services in Stockton. They keep the income surveys and give me the radar questionnaires. Neither I, nor anyone from the City of Lanark, ever see the income surveys.” Woodward said if you have any questions about CDAP grant programs or the survey, please contact Sharon Pepin of CFPS at 815-947-8224. Woodward said if anyone wishes to follow-up on anything written on the radar questionnaire, to write your preferred method of contact on the questionnaire itself, and she will contact you. “Some of you have received two envelopes, and that is simply a mistake. It is not my intention to waste public money on additional stamps,” she said. “I’m doing the best I can with

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LANARK

Group plans to Transform the community BY TOM KOCAL Prairie Advocate TKocal@prairieadvocate.com 815-493-2560

An abundance of gently used clothing, donated for the Old Settlers Days Fashion Flip, is now available at Transformations, a new booth in The Special Touch/ Unique Mall. (PA file photo) fundraiser, Transformer Denise Williams’ brainchild, was very successful and generated tremendous donations of gently used clothing during Old Settlers Days in June. The excess clothing has been relocated to “Transformations,â€? a new booth in The Special Touch/ Unique Mall at 504 W. state Route 64. Transformations offers gently used clothing from newborn to adult sizes, with prices starting at 50¢. “The response for the Fashion Flip both in donations and purchases was very surprising and generous,â€? said Rosemary Flikkema, owner of The Special Touch, Unique Mall and member of the Transformers. “We felt that the community has a need for a gently used clothing outlet. As of now we hope folks will find Transformations at the mall as easy to buy from as the park. If we are able

to have the response and interest as Twice-Sold Tales has, I believe it will be an ongoing project.� “All proceeds will benefit Transformers Team projects and events, such as ‘Walkabout,’ and the new multi-use information center,� said Denise Krysiak, a Transformer Team member. “August 2 is ‘National Night Out,’ a nation-wide, community-building campaign to promote neighborhood fellowship. In conjunction with this event, the Transformers Team is sponsoring Walkabout from 6 to 8 p.m. that evening,� said Krysiak. “Residents are invited to come out and visit with friends and neighbors and to listen for the jingle. Transformers members are teaming up with city aldermen to offer ice cream treats from traveling carts throughout the town. A jingle will announce their

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FULTON – Sauk Valley’s sole medical marijuana dispensary is open for business. The Dispensary opened July 1 to serve the 150 or so people in District 1 who have medical marijuana permits, owners said. “We want people to know that our doors are open,” general manager Jeff Soenksen said. “The Dispensary seemed like a good fit for District 1. Fulton has welcomed us with open arms.” Those with permits – at the moment, about 7,900 statewide – can buy medical marijuana at The Dispensary as long as they designated it on their application; it mostly will serve patients in Whiteside, Carroll, Lee and

The Dispensary, where patients with state permits can purchase medical marijuana, is open. The only medical marijuana dispensary in the Sauk Valley is located in this shopping center at state Routes 84 and 136 in Fulton. (Sauk Valley Media photo/Alex T. Paschal) Ogle counties. Patients with one of 39 conditions and diseases – including cancer, glaucoma, HIV, hepatitis C, multiple sclerosis, and post traumatic stress disorder – are eligible for a permit, which requires a doctor’s approval. “We sell a wide range of cannabis products such as flowers, herb and smokable concentrate,” Soenksen said. “We also sell different cannabis oils.”

The 3,150-square-foot facility at 1801 16th Ave. has seven employees and occupies one of three spaces in the new Fulton Crossing Development on the southeast corner of state Routes 136 and 84, in the town’s tax increment financing district. The Dispensary had to pass a state inspection before it could open, which was “a pretty lengthy process,” Soenksen said. “Once we

got state approval, we then had to get all the products moved in.” “We are all very excited about it,” Fulton City Administrator Ed Cannon said recently. “We are all in favor of it, and the city has been behind this 100 percent. Every vote before the City Council was unanimous to support this.” The day before The Dispensary opened for business, Gov. Bruce

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The Illinois Department of Public Health officials said the agency must draft emergency rules, develop forms and adjust online registration and registry cards before those with PTSD and terminal illnesses can apply for the medical marijuana program. IDPH will post information on its website when applications can be accepted, spokeswoman Melaney Arnold said. Lawmakers legalized a 4-year pilot program in 2013, but the first sales weren’t until November 2015. Without Rauner signing the legislation, the program would have expired at the end of 2017. Lawsuits are pending that challenge the state’s decision to not include osteoarthritis, autism, chronic post-operative pain, migraines, irritable bowel syndrome, polycystic kidney disease and intractable pain. – The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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on Thursday night that will pay out prizes for the top three places. And the Ag Olympics will be a grandstand act this year. “Our entertainers, Rae Lynn and Dylan Scott, we hope will do well Friday night,” she said. “And we’ve doubled our prize money for the demolition derby on Saturday. We’re paying out $8,000 in prize money, which is a nice payout for the demo drivers, which we hope will bring in more cars.” Regardless of how small the improvement, everything matters, Hutchison said. “Everything is on course,” she said. “And I pray daily

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EDUCATION

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Teaching Positions Available Full-Time 1st grade, Park-Time pre-k 4 Please send replies to Box #:1341 ,c/o Sauk Valley Classifieds, P.O.Box 498, Sterling, IL 61081

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NOTICE OF ESTABLISHMENT OF PREVAILING WAGE The City Council of the City of Lanark, Carroll County, Illinois, pursuant to 820 ILCS 130/1 et seq., Prevailing Wage Law, hereby gives notice the it has made a determination as required by said law of the prevailing hourly rates of wages being paid to all laborers, workmen, and mechanics engaged in work of similar character in the locality of the City of Lanark to that of the construction of public works coming under the jurisdiction of the City Council of Lanark. A copy of said determination is available for inspection at the office of the City Clerk, City Hall, Lanark, Illinois. Dated the 21st day of June, 2016. By Order of the City Council of the City of Lanark, Illinois

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Prophetstown Pork is seeking a dedicated full time employee to work with pigs. Need reliable transportation, will train. Call 815-291-9025.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ANNUAL BUDGET & APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE OF CHADWICK PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, August 09, 2016, at the hour of 6:45 p.m. At the Chadwick Public Library, Chadwick Illinois a public hearing will be held on the annual Budget and Appropriation Ordinance for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, and ending June 30, 2017. Any person interested in said Budget and Appropriation may be present at said time and place and may be heard in regard to the budget and appropriation. This tentative budget is now on file at the Chadwick Public Library and may be reviewed upon request prior to said hearing by the public. Dated this fourteenth day of June, 2016 By order of the Board of Trustees Chadwick Public Library District /s/ Gary P. Imel Kimberly Haan, President ATTEST: /s/ Arlene Johnson Arlene Johnson, Secretary

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CHADWICK SCHOOL SPECIAL EDUCATION INSTRUCTIONAL AIDE Chadwick ElemenHigh tary/Junior School Special Ed. 2016-2017 Aide school year, seven per day hours while school is in Hourly session. rate based on experience but no less than $11 per hour. Must have a paraprofessional certificate. Send letter of application, resume, and references by July 22nd to: Tim Schurman, Superintendent ChadwickMilledgeville CUSD #399 15 School St. Chadwick, IL 61014 Phone 815-6845191, ext. 223

Cliff Viessman Inc. is accepting appliCasey's General cations for RegionStore in Franklin al Tanker Drivers Grove accepting for the Cedar applications for Rapids terminal. Shift Leader, $1,000 Sign On Kitchen and Bonus. $50 K+ per Cashier P/T help year. Health, Den& Food Service tal, 401K. Profit Leader Paid Sharing. Must be willing to Weekly. Monthly work days, nights safe driving bonus. weekends and CDL with tanker some holidays. reendorsement Apply online at quired. Two years www.caseys.com experience reor mail applicaquired or driving tions to P.O. Box school graduate 836 Sterling IL. with six months ex61081 perience. Some weekend work reContact quired. The Crooked Roof Nate at 800-353is now hiring bright 0344. Option 5. and energetic natev@viessman servers and trucking.com. kitchen staff. www.viessman Please apply in trucking.com. "A person. Driver Friendly Closed Monday. Company"(MCN)

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Part Time Editorial Assistant, 24 hours per week. Editing, research, writing for travel magazine. Polo location. 815-946-2341 or employment@ busmag.com The Prairie Advocate is looking for a reliable, conscientious carrier to deliver the paper one day a week (Tues. or Wed.) beginning as soon as possible. The successful applicant must be detail oriented and a good worker to deliver to every home and business on the southwest side of Lanark. No collecting as this is a free delivery paper. Also, taking names for future openings for carrier routes. If interested, stop in at the Prairie Advocate office at 104 North Broad Street or call 815493-2560 for more details. WANTED Experienced Painters 2 or more years experience with brush/roll and spray. MUST HAVE valid driver's license 815-626-5289 WANTED Housekeeper to work on Weekends Please apply at: Heritage Square 620 N. Ottawa Ave. Dixon, IL EOE NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE. WANTED IMMEDIATELY HAIR STYLIST EXPERIENCED and EFFICIENT. Please apply in person: Avonlea Cottage of Sterling, 2201 East LeFevre Rd. Sterling, IL

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PETS & PET SUPPLIES 775 KITTENS, KITTENS, KITTENS and Cats too ... ALL are in need of a great HEARThome! LAND PET WELFARE is located at 2720 Wacker Rd. in Savanna, IL. Please call 815990-5780 or 815244-6543 to make an appointment or to get additional information about our felines. Check us out on Facebook!

LAWN MOWERS

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Murray MTD riding lawn mower. 38” deck. Like new. 3 yrs old. $500 815-284-2433

LAWN & GARDEN

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EXERCISE EQUIPMENT

785

Moving to San Diego. Instant gym. Treadmill, plaits, bike, weight bench,free weights Full size slimming mirror. All in good cond. Paid $1500 for all. Make offer! 815-535-2380

WANT TO BUY 795 NEWSPAPERS, aluminum cans for Senior Services recycling project. Will pick up in Lanark & Milledgeville on the 2nd Sat. of month; Chadwick on the 3rd Sat. In Lake Carroll, take to the Ctr. Conference Shed. In Mt. Carroll, take to the Sr. Center from 8AM -1PM, Mon. thru Friday. 244-1800 Skid loader in any condition Call or text 563-212-7699

MISCELLANEOUS 796 FOR SALE 2 adjacent graves in The Garden of Faith at Chapel Hill, Dixon. $1590 for both. 503-9313389. 2005 Gas Golf Cart Club Car Great Cond. $2700 815-499-2548

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AUTOMOBILES

905

BOATS/MOTORS

940

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Like New Oak Kitchen Cabinets, includes center island, 2 Double Dacor convection ovens, & Dacor gas cooktop. Please Call 815-878-8988

16ft. Sylvan 60HP Johnson motor w. power trim and tilt. Trolling motor, depth finder, live well & trailer. $2,400 OBO DONATE YOUR 815-499-4179 CAR, TRUCK OR BOAT TO HER2000 Hurricane ITAGE FOR THE Deck Boat model BLIND. Free 3 Day FD201, Mercury Vacation, Tax De- 240HP, I/O, 5.0L. ductible, Free Tow$8900. 773-425ing, All Paperwork 9810 Taken Care Of. 12013 16' Qwest 800-283-0205 Pontoon Edge (MCN) Boat, & 2012 18' Trailer, 909 Trophy S.U.V.S many amenities, like new, used 1996 Chevy Sub- only a few times, urban, 150,656 mi. serious inquiries 4whl.dr. As is, runs only, $15,500 815but needs some 652-0286 work. $1500/ obo. Family owned 815- TRAILERS/RVS 945 Call 815-535-3663 after 5pm. 1989 Chevy Motor 2006 Ford Expedi- Home (Bounder) tion XLT. White. ready to go, stored 4 wd. 87k. $8850. in winter, asking Call 815-499-0199 $7000 815-5358021 910 TRUCKS 2004 28' fifth wheel camper. 1995 Chevrolet S Terry Quantum by Fleetwood. Great 10 Blazer 4x4 new motor trans. 6.4 cond. Many extras. $3000. Call 815- $11,500! A MUST SEE! 815-499-8761 441-2559

Please Don't Quote Me, the book $25. Available at The Prairie Advocate, 104 N. Broad St., Lanark or call 815-4932423. By mail add $5.00. A GREAT GIFT IDEA!

2006 Freight Liner Columbia, $34,999/obo, fair cond., w/ daycab & built on fork lift, set up for deliveries, 10 sp., 611120 Detroit motor, clean title. Contact 815-441-2135

2007 Montana 5th Wheel, 3 slides, 36' long, rear $20,500 kitchen, 815-973-4697

Buying and Selling Gold & Silver, collector coins, diamonds, gold jewelry, silver dollars, pocket watches, antiques, rare currency, 200+ gold coins for sale, any gold or silver items. Will travel to buy! 34 years same retail location. Fairmont, MN, Kuehl's Coins, 507-2353886 (MCN) Custom Round Baling 815-499-8182 Heat your entire home, domestic water and more with the Classic Outdoor Wood Furnace. Dual fuel ready models available. Northwest Plumbing, Heating & Pumps (815) 684-9977. Klipsch chorus 2 speakers, Excellent cond. $800-Firm. Call 815-994-3900 lv. msg.

Schwinn Multispeed bike,unisex. Small ages 815yrs. Great shape. $130. Call 815-994-3900 Trailer Sale: Close-out on all fuel trailers 500 & 990 gallon ; 66”X 12'X15” solid side utility trailer with 12 tie downs, LEDs, board slots, 15” radials, treaded floor $1,349.00 with this ad. 7'X18'X82” cargo side & ramp door $4,599.00; 7'X16' V-nose ramp door $4,169. 515-972-4554 www.FortDodge TrailerWorld.com (MCN)

FARM EQUIPMENT

855

1948 I.H. C Tractor with wood's 59 belly mower. Run's great.$2,800. Good rubber & paint. 815-973-0024

CLASSIC CARS

904

1984 Buick Riveria T type, 3.8 turbo charge, Gold, motor needs work. $3,500. Call 815-285-8148

AUTOMOBILES

905

1984 Corvette, bronze, 350 automatic, Exc. cond. New carpet & exhaust. $4,000. 815-441-5353. 1999 Cadillac DeVille; black; Good condition. $2,900 obo. 815288-7910 ★2006 Chrysler★ ★300C★ 4 door, 39K mi., vg cond. $12,000 858-212-1952 2011 Nissan Versa, 4 dr hatchback, 4 cyl, 51,500 mi., exc. cond., $7500 815-631-4467

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VANS

911

2000 Ford Van ½ New rear ton, heavy leaf springs, tires alternator, plus spare, newer brakes & shocks. Runs very good. Does not leak oil and serviced regularly. $1,400. OBO 815-590-1419

4X4S

912

2000 Subaru Forester, 128k mi., reliable, recent brakes & exhaust. $3950 Call 815312-0037 2004 Ford F250, reg. Cab, V-10, auto., 4x4. Towing pkg., DMI bumper. 112K mi. $5700. 815-622-5152. 2010 Ford Explorer Sport Trac, 4D Ltd. 18,900mi. Fully loaded. Like new. Settling estate. $21,000. Call 815626-1663.

MOTORCYCLES

935

1999 Harley Dyna Super Glide FXD 12K mi., saddlebags, windshield, lots of extra asking chrome, 815-288$4900 3301 2000 Honda CBR929, changed front and back sprocket & muffler, tires in good shape, 33,379 mi., $3800/obo 815-718-0333 Call after 3PM. 2002 Harley Davidson Road King Classic. 2 helmets.1 Jack. $6,700obo. Call 815-440-6023

BOATS/MOTORS

940

16 ft. 1984 Champion Bass Boat, 150hp, runs good, metallic. red $3,000/obo. 815716-6347.

2013 244DS Starcraft Travel Star sleeps 4, U-shaped dinette slide out. Outside refrigerator. Completely furnished. $14,000 Call 815-438-2122.

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MORRISON

A changing of the Seasons at Morrison hospital Clinic expands to former living center, and it’s just the beginning of more improvements BY JERMAINE PIGEE Sauk Valley Media 815-625-3600, ext. 5501

MORRISON – Morrison Community Hospital’s Family Care Clinic has moved up in the world. The clinic, which started life on the ground floor, is in a new, larger location in the first-floor spot that formerly housed the now-closed Four Seasons Living Center nursing home. The newly renovated space opened May 5, and it’s just the beginning of improvements planned for the city-owned, nonprofit MCH, the biggest of which will be a larger, more efficient and more advanced emergency department. Family practitioner Dr. Nicky Eustace is thrilled to have more room. “I have space to do cartwheels and I have a yoga mat in here,” Eustace said with a laugh. “All of the rooms are bigger and it’s definitely a big change.” Not only has the clinic doubled in size, but it also has doubled its exam rooms, from six to 12, and added a procedure room and an ultrasound room. Patients enter through the hospital’s main entrance at 303 N. Jackson St. “Our doctors needed more space for their offices,” said Mick Welding, MCH’s director of marketing and communications. “Some of the doctors were sharing offices before. This gives us a chance to spread out.” The waiting room also is twice as large. “We can accommodate more people, and it’s quiet,” Welding said. “We have new carpeting, new floors and new exam tables. They are all furnished with allnew materials.” To keep costs down, MCH’s maintenance department did all the work

Morrison Community Hospital’s Family Care Clinic is open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. 7 days a week. Appointments are encouraged, but walkins are welcome. New patients also are being accepted. Call 815-772-5511 or go to morrisonhospital. com for more information. on the $139,000 project. With the additional space, Eustace said she can work closely with Kelli Jepson, her registered nurse. “In the previous space, we were farther away from each other. Now, we are able to work side by side,” Eustace said. “She was almost halfway across the hallway and now, I think we are able to work more effectively since we are in the same space together.” MCH also remodeled and expanded the Rehabilitation Department, moving it into the family clinic’s groundfloor spot. “They were able to add a private room for massage therapy and another private room for speech therapy,” Welding said. “The rehab staff has also moved into cubicles, so they have more privacy to do their paperwork.” Up next: A feasibility study is in the works to help set the course for expansion and fundraising for a new emergency department

Vanessa Metton works the admitting desk at the expanded and upgraded Morrison Community Hospital Family Care Clinic. The clinic opened May 5. (Sauk Valley Media photos/Alex T. Paschal)

Nurses work in the nurses station at the Morrison Family Care Clinic. that will include private treatment bays, a trauma room and a waiting area for friends and family members, who now must sit in chairs

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normal electricity receptacles and no emergency power outlets, and the recovery area did not have emergency outlets labeled with panel and circuit numbers, among other problems. MCH also had to update its sprinkler system. But “these projects are totally different, and there is no link to that at all,” Pfister said. “We are in compliance with CMS. We just wanted to add more space to the hospital.”

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another room for some privacy,” Welding said. The project is in the early stages, so no cost estimates have been made, CEO Pam Pfister said. A re-certification survey conducted by the Illinois Department of Public Health in summer 2011 found MCH to be out of compliance with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services standards. Inspectors found medical and surgery rooms had only

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in the hallway and must be taken elsewhere to get news of their loved ones. “Right now, we have to take family members to

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2162 IL RT. 78N, STOCKTON, IL FROM JCT. 20/78, 3 MILES N. ON 78 TRUCK: 1990 GMC 3500 SLE Sierra, 4x4, V-8, auto, air, 121,019 miles; TRAILER: 9x18 flatbed trailer; SKIDLOADER: Mustang 940, D., 1927hrs; 5 ½ & 5ft. buckets; fork; wood splitter; GUNS: Springfield Model 944 Series A, 12ga., single shot; Remington Model 788 w/scope, 22-50, w/clips; assorted ammo; MOWERS: Honda 13.0 commercial 36, 334hrs.; Grasshopper 55in., 18hp.; Grasshopper 1820, 18hp.; GARAGE ITEMS: Powermate Pro-Gen 5000; PorterCable 240v, 175PSI, 6hp. 80gal. air comp.; tiller; Magna Force 5hp. air comp.; (2) Johnson Energy wood burners; Makita cement saw; Protemp PT125-KFA 125,000BTU; ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES: copper lightening rod & cable; 3-wheel Schwinn bike; beer signs; MANY MORE ITEMS TERMS: CASH OR CHECK MUST HAVE PHOTO ID TO REGISTER

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SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS

By Craig Lang Prairie Advocate Sports

Summer league tourney schedules

PeeWee Boys at Savanna July 11 1) – Savanna 1 vs. Lanark 2, 6 p.m. 2) – Pearl City 2 vs. Mount Carroll at Pearl City, 7:30 p.m. 3) – Shannon vs. Thomson, 7:30 p.m. July 12 4) – Savanna 2 vs. Lanark 1, 6 p.m. 5) – Pearl City 1 vs. game #3 winner, 7:30 p.m. July 13 6)-Milledgeville 1 vs. game #1 winner, 6 p.m. 7) – Milledgeville 2 vs. game #2 winner, 7:30 p.m. July 14 8) – Game #6 winner vs. game #4 winner, 6 p.m. 9) – Game #7 winner vs. game #5 winner, 7:30 p.m. July 15 Championship game, 6 p.m. Small Fry Boys at Thomson July 11 1) – Milledgeville vs. Shannon, 6 p.m., small diamond 2) – Lanark vs. Pearl City 1, 6 p.m., diamond with lights 3) – Pearl City 2 vs. Savanna, 7:30 p.m., diamond with lights July 13 4) – Thomson vs. game #1 winner, 6 p.m., diamond with lights 5) – Game #2 winner vs. game #3 winner, 7:30 p.m., diamond with lights July 15 Championship game, 6 p.m. Junior Boys at Mount Carroll July 12 1) – Milledgeville 1 vs. Lanark, 6 p.m., back diamond 2) – Milledgeville 2 vs. Mount Carroll, 6 p.m., front diamond 3) – Pearl City 1 vs. Savanna, 7:30 p.m., back diamond

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LEFT: Polo 2 Tiny Miss Cali Zies takes a cut at a pitch during Friday evening’s game against Savanna 1 at Old Mill Park in Savanna. The Polo team came away with the hard fought 15-7 victory. RIGHT: Savanna 1’s Emilee Derrer swings at a pitch during Friday night’s game in Savanna. The Savanna squad played hard but fell to Polo by eight runs. (PA photos/Craig Lang) July 13 4) – Pearl City 2 vs. game #1 winner, 6 p.m., back diamond 5) – Game #2 winner vs. game #3 winner, 7:30 p.m., back diamond July 14 Championship game, 6 p.m., back diamond

2) – Pearl City vs. Milledgeville, 6 p.m. July 12 3) – Thomson vs. Shannon, 6 p.m. July 14 Championship game, 6 p.m.

Senior Boys at Milledgeville (all games played on diamond 1) 1) – Milledgeville wins by forfeit over Savanna July 11

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Plan ahead for ‘Squirt Out Cancer’ color water walk/run BY TOM KOCAL Prairie Advocate TKocal@prairieadvocate.com 815-493-2560

SAVANNA — Debbie Long of Savanna and her family are all too familiar with cancer. That’s why on Aug. 6, her Relay For Life team, the Patriots, is sponsoring the Squirt Out Cancer 5k Color Water Run/Walk in Savanna’s Marquette Park. Long is a team member with the American Cancer Society and its national signature activity, Relay For Life, a team-based event that brings together neighbors, friends, work associates, and families to celebrate those who have survived cancer, and remember those lost to the disease.

“The first year my family took part in the relay was in 1999 in honor of my niece, Nicole, who was only 6 months old when my sister found out that Nicole had cancer,” Long said. “Little did we know what cancer was going to do to our family in the coming years.” Today, Nicole is the mother of two daughters and is cancer free. “But not everyone in my family was that fortunate. My father passed away from lung cancer as well as my mother. On my brother’s 50th birthday, we were at his funeral because of lung cancer, and my husband passed away in 2013 just 20 days after he was told that he had cancer,” Long said. “For my family the Relay

is a way to fight cancer. It’s not just fun and games to us. Today, our team has 20 members. with 18 of them being my family and the youngest being 8 and 6 years old. This event is the way we are fighting cancer. All money raised goes to Carroll County Relay For Life.” Early bird registration for $20 is required by July 15. T-shirts and hat are guaranteed to all who pre-register. Registration forms are posted in many local businesses in Savanna and you can visit Get Me Registered.com to register online. Children under 5 are free with paid adult, but they will not receive a race pack and will need eye protection.

Race packet will be available for pick up from 6 to 7 p.m. on Friday, August 5, at Manny’s Pizza in downtown Savanna. “This is is not a timed event,” said Long. “The course begins and ends in Marquette Park. This is a fast and flat course along the Mississippi River and down a scenic bike path.” Strollers are welcome. Children under 5 are free with a paid adult, but note they will not receive a race pack and will need eye protection. Long said color runs are a lot of fun, as colored corn starch is tossed on the runners and walkers as they go through a color zone. She assures participants that the colored corn starch does

not contain the common allergens, like latex, dairy and casein, egg, gluten, peanut and tree nut, or soy. Participants are invited to a special after-event party at Manny’s, where you will enjoy pizza, and special prizes will be awarded to the first registration, best color costume and more to be announced. “This 5K will be fun for both veteran and amateur runners alike,” said Long. “Make it a family event or go at it alone. It’s always fun to run in a color costume, which are encouraged, but not required.” The event is sponsored by Manny’s, J.C. Carey Motors, Metform-Division of Maclean-Fogg,

Cornerstone Chiropractic & Rehabilitation, Brad Deery Motors, Law-Jones Funeral Homes, Savanna Fire Department, Sandburr Run, Casey’s General Stores, Mirror-Democrat, Savanna Times Journal, Lockhart & Law Insurance Agency, Celebration River Cruises, Jewel-Osco, and Prairie Advocate/Sauk Valley Media. This walk/run is an event to raise money for the Carroll County Relay For Life. If you cannot participate but wish to make a contribution, please mail to The Patriots ℅ Debbie Long, 1711 Pike Rd., Savanna IL 61074. Contact Debbie Long at dlong52@hotmail.com or 815-218-7496 for more information.

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THOMSON — The Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge has announced the 2016 applications for the special deer hunt at Lost Mound are available. Two managed deer hunts, one for youth, ages 10-17, and one for adults with disabilities, 18 and older, are conducted within designated closed areas of Lost Mound. The age for youth is now 17 instead of 15 as in past years. All hunters must be accompanied by an adult, able-bodied attendant that is capable of tracking and retrieving a deer. The application period extends through July 31 and is open to residents and non-residents. All applications will be entered into a random drawing for the

35 hunt sites at 10 a.m. on Aug. 3, at the Refuge Office, 7071 Riverview Road in Thomson. The drawing is open to the public and applicants do not have to be present. All hunters, attendants and any accompanying individuals must attend a mandatory safety orientation with two sessions held at Manny’s Pizza, 211 Main St. in Savanna. The first is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 1; and the second from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 11. Both sessions will be followed by a visit to the hunt area. The youth hunt will be held Oct. 8 and 9, which coincides with the Illinois Youth either sex deer hunt. A Jo Daviess County deer permit must be obtained and brought to the orientation. All youth must

show certification of completion of a state approved hunter safety course. The hunt for adults with disabilities will be held Nov. 12 and 13, which is the SaturdaySunday prior to the Illinois Firearms deer first season. A minimum P2a Illinois disability classification, or similar disability certification from non-resident states, is required. A Jo Daviess County deer permit is not needed in order to apply for this hunt, as this permit is provided by the Refuge. Application and regulations can be downloaded from fws.gov/ refuge/upper_mississippi_river or picked up at the refuge office, 7071 Riverview Road, Thomson. For more information, contact the Refuge office at 815-273-2732.

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SAVANNA — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that applications will be accepted from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for Potter’s Marsh waterfowl hunting sites on Saturday, July 30, at Manny’s Pizza, 211 Main St. in Savanna, with the drawing to be held at 1 p.m. You must apply in person and must be present at the drawing. A $10 application fee is required. When your ticket is drawn in the lottery, you will select your choice from the 49 available sites. A $100 nonrefundable fee is charged for each applicant that receives a hunt site. Applicants are required to

show photo identification, 2016 hunting or sportsman’s license, 2016 federal waterfowl stamp, 2016 Illinois duck stamp, and for Illinois residents, a Firearms Owner Identification card. Residents under 21 do not need the FOID but must be accompanied by an adult, 21 or older, who has a valid card. Non-residents can provide a current year license and state stamp from their resident state. Applicants must be a minimum 16 years old. For additional information and copies of the regulations, hunters may visit fws.gov/refuge/ upper_mississippi_river, call the Refuge office at 815-273-2732 or stop in the office at 7071 Riverview Road, Thomson.

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suspect is a township employee, not a club member, Chavira said. No arrest has been made. Township Supervisor Matt Howze, who reported the incident to police, refused to confirm to Sauk Valley Media whether a township employee is under investigation or whether a township employee has quit or been put on leave. The money comes from fundraisers, donations, rent

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