VOTE FOR CHRIS BISHOP REPUBLICAN FOR IL STATE SENATE - 37TH DISTRICT
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VOLUME 135 • NO. 9
REGIONAL NEWS
Extension educator Schweitzer named new family life educator. / 2
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Prophetstown, Illinois
SECOND PLACE
REGIONAL NEWS
Bi-County Bulldogs Bi-County basketball team heading to state. / 18
Sports Roundup Find out how high school teams fared. / 22
Alex T. Paschal
Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico Middle School’s Jackson Melton (right) gets a thumbs up from a spellling bee comrade Thursday, Feb. 22, at the Lee-Ogle-Whiteside regional spelling bee. Melton, who finished as runner-up, missed on the word “theorem” in round 13. See page 3.
WHAT’S INSIDE Glimpses of the Past.........................6 Your Health.........................................6 Property Transfers............................12 Published every Tuesday 32 pages • One section
Sports .................................18, 20-23 Church News............................24-25 Classifieds..............................26-31
DEATHS Richard Dykstra, Sara Jo Beswick Stuart, Marsha Welfer, Krisa Lynn (DeBuysere) Heinsen, David Allen Gilroy, Albert “Al” Pierce Jr., Ruth L. Letcher, Becky V. Piester, Janice K. Brightman Stone, Donna B. Dykstra, LaVonne M. Latham, Pages 4, 5, 7