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Everyone plays a roll It’s not every teacher who wants to see their students just coast through class – but sometimes, coasting can really pay off BY CHRISTOPHER HEIMERMAN
ROCK FALLS – No angles went uninspected. All funnels were fully affixed. Loop-de-loops were secured. Meanwhile, students put the finishing creative touches on their roller-coasters Wednesday in Laurel Darby’s eighth-grade science class at Rock Falls Middle School. Marbles tore down the paper thrill rides, sometimes surprisingly hopping an end of one track and landing on another, and sometimes flying off the track altogether and bouncing on tables and floors, sending group members scrambling to corral their translucent coaster cars. If it were simply about physics, the second-quarter assessment would be as simple as, say, an apple falling on your head.
But staying on track came down to teamwork. “You have to work together, or you’ll never get it straight – and nobody will want to work with you,� 13-year-old Mackenzie Lindsley said, drawing a laugh from her teammates. “You have to learn to compromise.� Even something as simple as deciding how much tape to use in mending a curve could be a point of contention. A teammate reminded Lindsley that aesthetics count toward their grade. Their coaster was the only one that screamed its theme – “The Walking Dead,� complete with images from the AMC series, blackened zombie dolls and, of course, red splatter. “We had to bring in some paint to make it look real, and authentic,� Lindsley said.
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A student in Laurel Darby’s eighth-grade science class tapes up the supports Wednesday on her team’s “The Walking Dead�-themed coaster at Rock Falls Middle School. Scotch tape roller coaster carcasses were scattered around the room, as teams ran time trials, made adjustments, then ran more trials. Chief among their goals during the couple of weeks they’ve been working on the project is to keep the marble on the track as long as possible. For every second it’s on there, they get a point, and 30 are possible. Chief among Darby’s goals is to get her students to fully grasp the relationship between potential and kinetic energy – as a team. “They’re from the Google generation, where they might think they can go online to find anything,� the sixth-year teacher in the school said. “They can find trivial knowledge, but can you apply that knowledge to something? Can you work as a team to troubleshoot and problem-solve?� Each team’s group members rotated through four roles each day: team leader, notetaker, norm-enforcer
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(basically the person who keeps everyone on task), and the timekeeper. Darby said the emphasis is for students to show what they know, rather than tell – right smack in line with the relatively new Illinois learning standards, which are aligned with Common Core standards – specifically, Next Generation Science Standards. “It’s a lot different from the way I learned, where the teacher talks, you take notes, you take a test,�
she said. “It’s much different from that, and the kids are really responding to it. That’s so nice to see.� It’s a project-based class, so the youngsters have been through this sort of deadline scramble before. Nonetheless, many of them planned to stick around after school Wednesday for some extra help. After all, they’ve come too far to not bring it home. It’s a huge part of their grade, Darby said. “It’s kind of a final, in
the old way of thinking, I guess,� Darby said. And they don’t want to let their teammates down, another cornerstone of the new learning standards. “You have to learn to intertwine and include everyone’s ideas,� Lindsley said. She bounced eagerly during one of her team’s last time trials. The marble clocked in at 22.06 seconds – just 8 more to go. “This is much harder than it looks.�
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LEE COUNTY | SHOOTING SIMULATION
They couldn’t afford to fail Public safety personnel were back in school, being put to the test – and how they performed could well mean the difference between life and death BY ANGEL SIERRA
DIXON – The faint scent of spent weapons cartridges make the air smell like the Fourth of July. It lingers down the third-floor hallway Thursday at the former Lincoln Elementary School building in Dixon, as local police and Lee County sheriff’s deputies scramble to find a shooter. Three deafening shots ring out; a staggered squad of eight officers advances toward the sound. “Sheriff’s department; get on the ground now!” yells the point man. Everyone is in character. They have to be. This might just be a test, but it’s a test where a passing grade can mean the difference between life and death. A moment later, the perpetrator is dead. Bodies lie in odd corners of the school, and it is now up to authorities to finish securing the floor. They go room by room, using hand signals to telegraph movements, all in an effort to bring the devastating realism of an active shooter scenario to life. It’s all part of a simulated shooting exercise held at the building to test the county’s public safety system, from dispatch to police and fire response, Dixon Police Chief Danny Langloss said in a news release. No detail is overlooked. Officials can’t afford to. Even the simulated bullets make their point with participants. “Those rounds sting,” Lee County Sheriff John Simonton says, referring to the Simunition. The non-lethal training ammunition is so similar to the real thing that officers often can train with exact copies of their service weapons. The sheriff emphasizes communication in being able to address these types of threats, which is why Thursday’s exercise brings together several agencies, including the Lee County Sheriff’s Department, Dixon Police, and both Dixon fire departments. Emergency health crews, who normally stage in a safe zone, also join the training by entering with police to provide immediate care. “We pray that something like this never happens in Lee County, but we must be prepared,” Langloss adds.
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A Lee County Sheriff’s deputy walks through the second-floor hallway Thursday at Lincoln Elementary School in Dixon with his gun drawn as he clears classrooms during an active shooter training simulation.
Lee County law enforcement personnel make their way down a hallway Thursday at Lincoln Elementary School in Dixon. They were searching for an active shooter during a training exercise.
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LRB finds a buyer Longtime Dixon distributor sells to Galesburg company BY KATHLEEN A. SCHULTZ
DIXON – LRB Distributors Inc., in business locally for nearly 60 years, is being bought by G&M Distributors Inc. of Galesburg, the companies said in a news release Thursday afternoon. The majority of the 40 LRB workers will keep their jobs, G&M’s President, Adam G. Vitale, said in the release. Terms of the sale, which will be finalized Monday, were not revealed. LRB did approach G&M, LRB General Manager Dave Cain said, and as the deal progressed, he became more and more pleased with the decision. “This is a positive change for our team and Dixon,” Cain said. “The jobs will remain in Dixon, and I am confident that G&M will be involved in the local community.” LRB, 1425 Franklin Grove Road/state Route 38, was founded in 1956 by Louis
ers, as well as free R. Berrettini; it distributes Anheuserholiday taxi rides Busch products in and visits by the nine counties in famed Anheusernorthcentral IlliBusch Clydesnois, and services dales. Cain said products from A-B, he’s more than Bell’s Brewery, The confident that Gambrinus Co. and many of those several other local same activities Dave Cain and craft brewers. will continue LRB general G&M is a familyunder the G&M manager says owned beverage deal is a “positive banner. distributor founded change,” and jobs “The beauty of in 1946 by G. Louis will remain in Dixon this is that G&M Vitale; it services a is very commu20-county region in north, nity-minded as well,” he central, and western Illi- said. “We just feel really nois. With this acquisi- good about this. It’s a good tion, it will have about 130 hand-off.” employees, and distribu“The Berrettini, Cain, tion will originate in Dixon and Vitale families have and Galesburg, the release been longtime friends,” said. Vitale said. “The relation“Dixon and the sur- ship began between my rounding communities grandfather and Paul Berare extremely important to rettini in the late 1950s our business,” Vitale said. and has continued for “Maintaining a facility in multiple generations. We Dixon is part of our growth are excited by this new plan.” opportunity, and look forOver the years, LRB has ward to calling Dixon our sponsored many commu- second home.” nity events and fundrais-
Flu reports down in Illinois amid warm December Officials: Season likely to peak this month or February CHICAGO (AP) – Health officials say reports of influenza are down this winter in Illinois compared with recent years. Data from the Illinois Department of Public Health show that that from Dec. 20 to Dec. 26, there were 49 flurelated intensive care unit admissions and two outbreaks. During roughly the same time last year, there were 323 ICU admissions and 70 outbreaks statewide. December’s higher-than-average temperatures helped keep the flu season in check, the Chicago Tribune reported. Health officials say flu reports are down in part because the influenza virus lives longer in the cold. “We know that the virus itself does live longer when it’s colder or when it’s dry out,” said Allison Arwady,
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Hooked on books A new program at Dixon’s Jefferson Elementary School is getting students to turn the page instead of turn the channel BY CHRISTOPHER HEIMERMAN
DIXON – Mike Smith describes his daughter, Brooklyn, as “self-driven and very competitive.” But when it came to reading, the motivation used to be lacking. “It just kind of didn’t keep my attention,” said Brooklyn, 8, a third-grader at Jefferson Elementary School. Her big sister, Sarah, always has been a bookworm. But it wasn’t until Brooklyn met her teacher, Dorry Kingry, and her veritable treasure trove of books that she got hooked on books. “When Mrs. Kingry passed out Laura Ingalls Wilder’s [“Little House on the Prairie”], I really liked that book,” Brooklyn said. “It was an adventure, and I saw that horses can swim. I learned a lot of things about back in the old days.” “I’d say that book was what started it,” her mom, Audrey Smith, said. “She told the neighbor lady about it. Then she told her about ‘Anne of Green Gables,’ and then she got that book. I always thought it would be ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid,’ or something, but no, it was that book. She wanted to be Laura Ingalls Wilder.” And this year, Brooklyn’s Christmas wish list was topped by a reading tablet and books. Mom and Dad delivered, Brooklyn said. “It was in a box, and I was like, ‘What’s in it?’” Brooklyn said. “Then I opened it, and was like, ‘Oh, my gosh.’” “And then we didn’t see her the rest of the day,” Audrey said. Brooklyn no longer is just reading words, Kingry told Audrey, but is into reading concepts. “I’m remembering the books in my head,” she said. In her first year as principal at Jefferson, Crystal Thorpe implemented Turn off the TV and Read, a program that she used in the same position at Dakota Elementary School, and that she admits she “borrowed and tweaked” from her 8-year teaching stint at Washington Elementary School in Sterling. During four Tuesdays this school year, students are encouraged to turn off the tube and spend time reading with a parent, for 5, 10, 15, or 55 minutes – however long they’d like. It gets the parents involved in the learning process, and it’s up to the students what they read. The loose requirements are at the core of the district’s mission to show kids the appeal of reading. Two years ago, the district cut ties with the Accelerated Reading program, which rewarded kids for reading more challenging material but led to a lot of memorization and recitation – at a cost of $5,000 per year. “It is a costly program, and when we looked at assessment, we just weren’t seeing the direct impact from the program,” Superintendent Margo Empen said. “And we were looking at other programs that might have direct impact.” Thorpe was one of several principals who wanted to ditch Accelerated Reading. “We don’t miss it,” she said. “The students would earn points, and they were reading for answers to questions. Literacy is so
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Brooklyn Smith, 8, sits with her books and tablet at her family’s home in Dixon. The Jefferson Elementary School third-grader admits books didn’t use to hold her attention, and now she’s one of the most voracious readers in her class. much more than reading for answers on a test. I don’t care how many AR points a book is worth, as long as it’s worth something to the child.” Similarly, last year, Madison Elementary School replaced AR with Battle of the Books for its fourth- and fifth-graders. Empen got the idea from her nephew, Cade Empen, a seventh-grader in the suburbs who gushed about the Scholastic Bowl-style program in which each team of five to six students must read 30 books, culminating in a competition in May. Sarah Smith took part last year, and read 53 books. And now it seems another Battle of the Books combatant is coming down the pike. “I used to have a bookshelf in my room, and now it’s in Brooklyn’s room,” Sarah said. Both programs’ costs are negligible and funded by PTO fundraising. “It’s a win-win situation,” Madison Principal Joseph Sagel said. “Not only is it a great event that students enjoy, but it’s also helping teachers build up their classroom libraries. That’s one of the best things we can do for literacy.” Programs for sixth- through eighth-graders at Reagan Middle School are in the works. But often, the programs are only as powerful as the teachers who implement them, and Audrey Smith lauds Kingry. “This is Brooklyn’s year, and Mrs. Kingry has really found a way to hone Brooklyn in on what she loves to pay attention to. She’s such a great lady.” About 130 students participated in the first Turn off the TV and Read Tuesday, and this past month, the number jumped to about 170. Kingry, who had seven students miss out the first time because they missed
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Cost nailed down for water well Construction should begin in spring BY PAM EGGEMEIER
ROCK FALLS – The city knew it needed a new water well. It got the goahead to pursue a loan and put out bids. But it was missing one thing: The exact cost. On Thursday, the city got that number when an engineer filled in the blanks for the City Council. Now, officials can move forward with requesting money from the state Environmental Protection Agency to help pay for the project. Before the exact cost was known, the council had approved a resolution in June allowing the city to ask for up to $1.2 million from the EPA, giving themselves some wiggle room until the bids came in. It turns out they they’ll
was always $660,000, so we’re coming in a little under that,” Water Superintendent Ted Padilla said. Padilla said the city wouldn’t have to ask for a rate increase to help pay for the new well. Because one of the city’s three water wells, No. 4, is failing, the new well, No. 7, will be built at the water plant. The project also includes some upgrades at the water department building and road work at the plant’s entrance at Eighth Avenue. Padilla said iron bacteria has been clogging the well screen since 1997, and the situation has gotten progressively worse. Water quality isn’t a problem, but the well eventually will become completely clogged, he said. Hansen agreed with Padilla’s assessment that the city had gotten
need about half of that. And what’s more, a wild card in the project could reduce the principal on that loan by as much as half. Engineer Matt Hansen of Willett, Hofmann & Associates presented numbers to city officials during Thursday’s Public Works Committee meeting. Hansen, who has been working on the loan application, said he would ask for $522,158 from the EPA, which would include engineering fees and a small contingency. An additional $100,000 is needed for a water pump, which brings the total close to the early estimates from the city’s water department. The pump money will be taken from the water department’s budget. “Our budget estimate for the project
its money’s worth from the well, which dates back to the late 1980s. Although the well will be removed, it hasn’t completely outlived its usefulness. “We can scrap and rehab the old well, and use it as backup equipment for many years,” Hansen said. The bids will be brought before the council Jan. 19, and the project should be started in the spring. “The bid awards are contingent on the EPA loan, but there is money in that program, so I’m not expecting any problems,” Hansen said. “In the first part of March we should be ready for a preconstruction meeting.” Even after the bids are approved, a big wild card remains in the financing of the project – one that could possibly reduce the loan by
half. “What is the percentage of forgiveness on the loan?” City Administrator Robbin Blackert asked. The EPA has a point system to assess hardship qualifications. It is a complex system that is based on factors ranging from population to unemployment levels and median income. “There is a possibility of forgiveness on the wastewater and water side that could cut the principal by 50 to 60 percent,” Hansen said. The loan request will be made from the EPA’s Public Water Supply Loan Program. Padilla had hoped to replace the well sooner, but the city decided to wait until after October, when EPA financing guidelines changed, to get a better interest rate.
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Stepmom’s defense team sorting through ‘astronomical’ number of files BY ANGEL SIERRA
DIXON – The state’s case against the woman charged in the 2011 death of her 7-year-old stepson is “moving forward,” Lee County State’s Attorney Anna Sacco-Miller said, and a hearing in the matter is set for later this month. Tiffany Fassler, 40, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and four counts of aggravated battery of a child in the death of Colton
Fassler. from Colton’s “The number of mediinjury until his cal records in this case death – about is astronomical and 11 months involve complex medi– “this case cal issues,” which is is extremely what Fassler’s defense complex,” team is sorting through, Tiffany Fassler Sacco-Miller (in 2011) Sacco-Miller said in an said. email Monday. ProsecuWhen Fassler’s team is tors say Colton was done, the prosecution brain-damaged on Dec. will evaluate the need for 30, 2010, when Fassler additional experts that it kicked him in the chest might need to testify, she and caused his head to said. hit a bathroom vanity. Because of the nature of Seven months later, the injury, complications she was indicted on two stemming from the inju- counts of aggravated batry, and the length of time tery.
About 4 months after that, on Nov. 10, 2011, Colton died at Rockford Memorial Hospital. In August 2012, a Winnebago County coroner’s jury ruled his death a homicide, and prosecutors added the murder charge that Sept. 13, then took the matter to a grand jury, which issued a five-count indictment a week later. In February 2013, an amended bill of indictment was filed, adding the second murder charge. Defendants often are
charged with multiple counts of the same crime, the legal elements of which vary enough to give the judge or jury options when considering a verdict. Dixon attorney Paul Whitcombe was appointed to represent Fassler; she has a pretrial conference Jan. 20. Fassler remains free on $200,000 bond. If convicted, she faces 20 to 60 years in prison on the murder charge. Aggravated battery of a child carries 6 to 30 years.
Rock Falls man arrested in stabbing Woman stabbed 30 times BY ANGEL SIERRA
ROCK FALLS – A Rock Falls man is in Whiteside County Jail, accused of stabbing a woman 30 times with a pair of scissors, causing life-threatening injuries. Christian L. Bowman, 30, is charged with aggravated battery, punishable by 2 to 5 years in prison, and one count of misdemeanor battery. Bond was set at $100,000 Tuesday afternoon, and a public defender was appointed. His preliminary hearing is Jan. 11. Bowman was arrested about 11 a.m. Monday at the home the two share in the 400 block of West 19th Street. Officers found the woman lying in a pool of blood with a pair of scissors in her hand, Assistant State’s Attorney Jennifer Kelly said at a bond hearing Tuesday. He is accused of “knowingly” causing “great bodily harm” to the woman by repeatedly stabbing her, court documents state. She was listed in fair condition at CGH Medical Center, staff said Tuesday morning. The woman is in her 50s, Rock Falls Police Chief Tammy Nelson said. She declined to provide more information, including her relationship to Bowman, citing privacy concerns. Bowman was convicted in 2003 of aggravated battery after he punched a Rock Falls High School teacher’s aide in the face, court records show. He was sentenced to 30 months’ probation and 120 hours of community service.
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Bean your way to better you Adding legumes to meals can bring multiple benefits
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f you’re struggling to come up with meaningful resolutions for 2016 (eat less, floss more, hit the gym, that kind of thing), you could start by adding something simple to your diet – beans. According to the website nutritionfacts.org, beans can solve a lot of problems. Sure, portion control and calorie restriction are keys to losing weight, but it turns out that simply adding legumes to your meals can bring additional benefits, including limiting a pre-diabetes risk known as “metabolic syndrome,” according to the website. “Bean consumption is associated with lower body weight, a slimmer waist, less obesity and lower blood pressure in population studies, but whether the association of bean consumption with healthier body weight and risk factors of metabolic syndrome is due to physiological effects of the beans themselves or is simply an indicator of a healthy lifestyle is uncertain,” says the website. “Anyone smart enough to eat beans may be smart enough to eat all sorts of other healthy foods, so maybe bean consumption is just a marker for a healthy diet.” That led researchers to pit caloric restriction
against bean consumption and see whether beans – including split peas, lentils and garbanzo beans (aka chickpeas) – could make you healthier. The bean group was assigned the task of eating more beans, while the calorie group in the study was asked to cut 500 calories a day. Who won? Apparently eating beans is a really good idea and reduces the risk of metabolic syndrome even if nothing else about your diet changes. Why am I writing this? For one thing, before I left home this morning, I began soaking a pound of dried beans in a pot. I will be making soup with them tonight in a pressure cooker, which is a timesaving way to cook them. If you’re looking for pressure cooker tips and recipes featuring legumes, check out hippressurecooking.com. The website’s Laura Pazzaglia has also written an excellent book, “Hip Pressure Cooking,” which includes several recipes and ideas related to legumes. Another good resource is the website Forks Over Knives (forksoverknives.com). In fact, I just made this recipe, Vegetable White Bean Hash, a couple of nights ago. It’s so tasty and healthy, this is the fourth time I’ve made it. In addition to beans, it
includes kale and sweet potatoes. Last time, I used a minced onion instead of a leek and it worked fine. In fact, this recipe is easy to tweak. I also added garbanzo beans to the mix. One of my resolutions for 2016 is to cut down on sugar intake and try to limit desserts to once a week. That’s going to be quite a challenge, especially since I just happened upon an amazing vegan chocolate chip cookie recipe at Food52. One of the websites I check regularly is by retired sports medicine doctor Gabe Mirken, who is no fan of sugar and suggests restricting sugar intake to times when you are exercising (i.e. during long bike rides, runs or hikes). In other words, if I want to eat more cookies, I need to ride more miles. I started cooking with legumes much more about 6 months ago, when I decided to stop eating meat. I can attest that the health benefits are real and the variety of legumebased recipes is plentiful. Try the one I mentioned above and see what you think.
Vegetable White Bean Hash Serves: 4 Prep: 15-20 minutes Cook Time: 30 minutes Making hash is a great way to use whatever vegetables you have left over
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Vegetable White Bean Hash is shown in the final stages of simmering. The recipe is from the Forks Over Knives website. from the night before. But in the case of this delicious recipe, it seems unfair to consider it just a dish of leftovers. 1 leek (white part only), finely chopped 1 red bell pepper, seeded and diced 3 cloves garlic, peeled and minced 2 teaspoons minced rosemary 1 large turnip, peeled and diced 1 medium sweet pota-
to, peeled and diced Zest and juice of 1 orange 2 cups cooked white beans, or one 15-ounce can white beans, drained and rinsed 1 cup chopped kale Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste Place the leek and red pepper in a large saucepan and sauté over medium heat for 8 minutes. Add water 1 to 2 tablespoons at a time to keep the vegetables from
sticking to the pan. Add the garlic and rosemary and cook for another minute. Add the turnip, sweet potato, orange juice and zest, and the beans and cook for 10 minutes, or until the vegetables are tender. Add the kale, season with salt and pepper, and cook until the kale is tender, about 5 minutes. – From “Forks Over Knives — The Cookbook”
Espresso shortbreads offer sweet pick-me-up BY LEAH ESKIN Tribune News Service
Calendar once meant a grid, on paper. I scrawled tasks into its boxes, producing a craze of arrows and exclamation points and scratch-outs. Thoroughly informative. Now I live wireless, penless, clueless. My calendar is virtual, figuratively. I type in a plan – say, dinner. My computer pulls up restaurant reviews, maps the traffic, adds a pic of my companion. Then, when I glance aside, it eats the date, whole. Making my calendar virtual, literally. It snacks on anything I’ve got: appointment, meeting, deadline. It swallows vacations whole. I suspect I’m booked, but my calendar claims a clean slate. Still, I know that time is fleeting. So I turn my attention to shortbread. Each tiny, tender cookie is short and sweet. Each offers an espresso rush of punctuality. And, it makes an excellent
Instant espresso powder gives a bit of a kick to buttery shortbread cookies. snack. Just don’t tell my computer.
Espresso Shortbreads Prep: 25 minutes Chill: 1 hour Bake: 12-14 minutes
Makes: About 4 dozen cookies 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened 2/ cup sugar 3 2 egg yolks 2 teaspoons instant espresso powder dis-
solved in 1 teaspoon warm water 1 teaspoon vanilla extract ½ teaspoon kosher salt 2 cups flour 3 tablespoons cocoa powder Edging: ¼ cup sugar mixed with 1 tablespoon
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ground coffee 1. Cream: Settle butter in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. (Alternatively, use a hand mixer.) Cascade in sugar. Mix until fluffy, about 2 minutes.
2. Mix: Whisk together yolks, dissolved espresso, vanilla and salt. Pour into the butter mixture and beat, 1 minute. Don’t fret over grainy batter. Whisk together flour and cocoa; slide into batter. Mix until smooth. 3. Roll: Scrape onequarter of this sticky dough onto a length of parchment paper. Shape into a log, about 1 inch in diameter and 6 inches long. Roll log in edging mixture. Roll up in parchment and chill, at least 1 hour. Repeat, shaping and chilling 3 more logs. 4. Bake: Unwrap logs, slice each into ½-inchthick coins. Set on parchment-lined baking sheets, leaving 1 inch space between cookies. Bake at 350 until dry to the touch, 12-14 minutes. Cool. Nice with coffee.
Let’s eat: Galette Complete BY GRETCHEN MCKAY Tribune News Service
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repes are an easy, elegant breakfast for long, lazy weekends, but this year, why not try a galette? Not the free-form, rustic French pastry that’s typically served for dessert, but a savory pancake made with buckwheat flour and filled with meat and dairy. This classic galette from French chef/restaurateur Bertrand Larcher’s new book, “Crepes and Galettes from the Breizh Cafe,” is one for your recipe files. Consider it the Parisian version of Amer-
ica’s ham, egg and cheese breakfast sandwich. It uses the same ingredients but somehow feels (and looks) so much more sophisticated. It’s very simple, and very delicious. I used gluten-free buckwheat flour (available in the organic section at large grocery stores), and substituted Gruyere. If you like, you can add an egg to the batter to make it smoother.
Galette Complete For batter 5½ cups stone-ground buckwheat flour
6 cups water, divided 2½ tablespoons coarse sea salt For filling 2 tablespoons butter 1 egg ½ cup grated Comte or other semi-firm cow’s milk cheese 2 ounces ham Make batter: Combine buckwheat flour, salt and 4 cups water, and mix until smooth. Work batter by hand, beating in as much air as possible. Bubbles should appear on the surface. Chill overnight, or at least 3 hours. Add remaining 2 cups
water, then bring the batter to room temperature for at least 1 hour before making the galette. But if you must rush, that’s OK. If it seems thick, add a little more water. Make galettes: Heat a flat, round, cast-iron griddle (known as a billig) or shallow frying pan. When the pan is sizzling hot, wipe with a little lard or butter. Pour 2/3 cup batter onto pan and swirl with a wooden spreader, then spread with half the butter. Break egg in the middle of the galette, spreading the white around to separate it from the yolk. Add
grated cheese and top with ham. Fold galette into a rectangle and let cook for 3 more minutes. Spread with remaining butter and serve.
Each pan makes 1 galette. — Adapted from “Crepes and Galettes from the Breizh Cafe” by Bertrand Larcher (Jacqui Small, September 2015, $29.99)
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FARM LAND & RECREATIONAL REAL ESTATE AUCTION THURS. FEB. 18, 2016 10:00 A.M.!
Charles M. Eller Trust 3542 Grandview Rd., Milledgeville, IL
Note: Auction to be held at Milledgeville Men’s Club - 204 N. Main Ave., Milledgeville, IL
Section 17 Elkhorn Grove Township, Carroll County, Illinois
292+ Acres, offered in 8 tracts:
Tract 1 - 14.740 A. Farm land Tract 2 - 68.643 A. Farm land w/ house Tract 3 - 108.702 A. Farm land Tract 4 - 31.029 A. Farm land Tract 5 - 14.301 A. Farm land w/ 2 Sheds Tract 6 - 15.807 A. Farm land Tract 7 - 39.420 A. Recreational w/ pond Tract 8 - Combination of all tracts
Soil Types: Primarily Greenbush & Fayette – gently rolling. Productivity Index: 119.3 Notes: Outstanding opportunity to own a diversified piece of N.W. Ill. Farm land. This is a highly productive farm with many access points and roads. In addition Tract 7 includes timber for the avid hunter, as well as fishing and camping opportunities. Elkhorn Creek runs through this tract. There is a small shelter at the stocked pond and sand beach; perfect weekend get away in a secluded area. Terms: 10% down day of sale w/ balance due at closing in 30 days. Current letter of credit from financial institution required. Taxes prorated. Property sold subject to Trustee confirmation. All property sold by the acre and in as-is condition. Possession given at closing. All property is officially surveyed. Ralph Elliott of Elliott & Trainor, P.C. and Heather McPherson of McPherson Law Offices, Freeport, IL and State Bank of Freeport Trust Department Rick Garnhart, Auctioneer WI LIC#2844-52, IL LIC #440000901 German Valley, IL 61039 815-238-3044
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