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Helping their fellow students TGS Community Club donates to United Way’s HUSKY program By Dave Cook

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TONICA — It’s likely that everyone has some loose change somewhere in their lives — in a jar on the counter, at the bottom of a purse, under the sofa cushions or even in a forgotten pocket. Members of the Tonica Grade School Community Club saw a way for those random nickels and dimes to help other students. The club held a schoolwide coin drive after drafting a letter which was sent home with each student. Jars were then decorated and placed in each classroom. As their fellow students brought their change to school, the jars quickly filled. When the coins were counted they were impressed to find they’d collected $600.

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The students of the TGS Community Club recently presented the United Way with a donation of $600. The money raised through a coin drive will benefit the United Way’s HUSKY program which helps provide school supplies to more than 4,000 students in the Illinois Valley.

Summer, science and fun IVCC releases summer camp schedule By Dave Cook

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OGLESBY — If you’re a child, some of the best parts of summer vacation are summer camps. While the biggest appeal is that they’re fun and often outdoors, many are also educational and STEM-related. IVCC’s Continuing Education Center (CEC) has recently released its summer youth camp schedule for children aged 5-14. The camps will be held from June 12 through Aug. 10. “We are excited to announce two offerings at the Ottawa Center this year, ‘Cookies and Canvas’ and ‘Super Solvers: Science Camp,’” CEC program coordinator Kim Koehler said. Koehler said the IVCC youth camps attract more than 300 local youth each summer and added that having additional programs in Ottawa will help them to better serve the eastern part of their district. The other new camps this year are the Super Solvers Science Camp, Radical Robots, Code Breakers, Number Ninjas, Kids in the Kitchen, Drones and Lego Comics. Some of the returning youth camp favorites are Dino Daze, Minecraft Modders, Little Ninjas Tae Kwon Do and the Fab Lab Academy. A week-long Ed’Venture Camp runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. from July 24-27 with students selecting a morning major they attend each day and three different afternoon minors to attend Monday through Wednesday. View the full summer youth schedule at www.ivcc. edu/cec or call 815- 224-0427 to request a copy or for more information. Vol. 143 No. 22 One Section - 8 Pages

Lostant looks at Fieldcrest agreement Simulated shooter situation planned for June By Zachary J. Pratt news@tonicanews.com

LOSTANT — The Lostant School District has decided it is time to revisit the intergovernmental agreement it has with Fieldcrest. “We have five (students going there), and three of them are failing, flunking out of school. One is graduating,” Lostant Superintendent Sandra Malahy said. With one student graduating, one on track to graduate, and three failing, the viability of upkeep for this agreement was called into question. “If and when we have students out of town going to Fieldcrest school, I have to put another driver on the morning route,” Malahy said. “It doesn’t work otherwise.” Furthermore, certain students are expected to remain for beyond the standard four-year term,

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bringing them to their 21st and 22nd birthdays. “Since these children are choosing to fail school and go to school — according to their father — we will be driving them for a long time,” Malahy said. One option was to not renew the agreement. When the current agreement expires, this would cause students to revert from Fieldcrest back to Lostant. Another was to make a formal request to Fieldcrest they pick up rural transportation, though Malahy did not find this option likely. Lostant Board President Mike Phillips suggested the district consider one more two-year agreement, essentially negotiating the last two years. “That way, the kids that are going there, if they want to pick up the pace and graduate, they can,” Phillips said. Malahy said the need

“That way, the kids that are going there, if they want to pick up the pace and graduate, they can.” Lostant Board President Mike Phillips for a decision is due to no fault of Fieldcrest, instead pointing toward the lack of funding for mandated categoricals, which would help with the transportation costs. “We have to look out for the health of the district; and we have to cut somewhere; and this is a lot of money for one house,” she said. Also at the recent school board meeting, the board learned come June, Lostant Elementary School will see an influx of law enforcement officers. But this is not a cause for concern. The officers will be gathered in the school gym for training, simu-

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St. Bede Auction: A record-breaker PERU — The 34th annual St. Bede Auction closed out another night of generosity Saturday that even included the outgoing Class of 2017. Prior to the live auction kicking off, members of the Class of 2017 presented Abbot Philip Davey, OSB ’65 Class Gift to help “bridge the gap” for future Bruins. It was the first time a donation by a class to “bridge the gap” was ever made before even graduating. To honor the Class of 2016 and the 124 years of graduates before, the bidding for the night started with asking guests for $20.17. Announced at that time was a match by the Miller Group Charitable Trust for the Class of 2017 gift and all those who raised their paddles for $20.17 up to $5,000. Jaci Cain, who represented the Class of 2017 and made the presentation to Abbot Davey, stated, “We are excited as a class to be able to do this before we graduated, and we will always have this memory as a class. It was awesome that the Miller Group Charitable Trust was so kind to help raise even more money for St. Bede with their match!” Prior to dinner, during Abbot Davey’s blessing, a special gift was announced that all auction attendees would be

given complimentary tickets to attend the Men’s and Women’s NCAA Golf Tournament at Rich Harvest Farms in May donated by Rich. The night once again was a sell out with more than 330 people in attendance and more than 100 new attendees. With a special highlight on their 125th anniversary, a special video to commemorate the event created by senior Lauren Giordano was shown and with 43 classes of alumni represented in the room, it was a touching moment. The return of mobile bidding was a great success with bringing in almost double of what the totals were for silent auction in 2017. The doors opened with almost $20,000 in bids blowing away the $12,000 from the year before. “The impact of mobile bidding on the auction has been a winner! Everyone loves how easy it is, and that everyone can get involved in the night no matter where you are,” stated Bonnie Prokup, manager of the auction/special events. Before the night was over mobile bidding was just shy of reaching twice the amount as last year coming in a little more than $53,000 for all silent and super silent auction items. The live auction was

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Eighth-grader Taylor Sterchi said she enjoys being in a club focused on helping others in the community, and that it’s important to do. The Community Club is administered by teachers Nick Heuser and Shannon Marcinkus. They help the club decide on which projects to work on and help coordinate their efforts. Another past project of the club was performing neighborhood yard clean-ups for senior residents of Tonica. The club decided to donate their collected coins to United Way’s Helping Underprivileged School Kids Year-round (HUSKY) program. This program helps provide economically disadvantaged local students in kindergarten through eighth grade with their basic school

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quite the entertaining evening when Catholic Schools Charity Auctioneer Greg Dellinger took the stage along with emcee John Spencer of LaSalle County Broadcasting to begin the bidding on a “Mass in your home” celebrated by Abbot Davey. When the bidding battle reached $2,750, both bidders were quite happy as Davey agreed to do two masses. St. Bede once again was fortunate to offer the Rich

Harvest Farms Weekend. The exclusive golf weekend donation was sold two times with final bids of $9,000 each and then matched generously by Rich. “The generosity from our St. Bede family is what makes it possible to keep our tuition affordable and offer a Catholic education to young people in the Illinois Valley.” stated Abbot Davey. The net numbers are still being finalized, but SBA Development Direc-

supplies. More than 40 percent of area students are economically disadvantaged and need financial assistance. Of the more than 9,000 students in the program’s area, HUSKY has provided help to more than 4,000 this year. The 31 schools in the United Way Illinois Valley service area include Arlington, Cherry, Cedar Point, Dalzell, Earlville, Granville, Ladd, LaSalle, Leonore, Lostant, McNabb, Magnolia, Mark, Mendota, Oglesby, Peru, Spring Valley, Standard, Tonica, Triumph, Troy Grove, and Utica. Applications are mailed to area schools in April. To qualify for the HUSKY program, students must be eligible for the federal free lunch program. The supplies provided are tailored to each school’s supply list and the quantity of supplies will be determined by student enrollment.

tor Julia Yaklich said the gross total of more than $300,000 for the auction this year has exceeded last year’s gross number and “quite possibly our net number could break another record.” Each year the auction gala raises money to help offset the cost of tuition for each and every St. Bede student. More than a third of the students and more than 130 volunteers assisted with the school’s largest fundraiser.

“We’re very happy to receive such a wonderful donation from these students. They should be proud of themselves for helping other students,” United Way Executive Director Julie Sloan said. HUSKY program chairman Steve Siska attributed the increasing rates of low income eligibility to the IV area’s underemployment and unemployment rates. “It’s been a large population shift,” Siska said. TGS Superintendent James Whitmore watched the donation presentation with obvious pride in his students. “It’s amazing to watch these kids learn how to give back and see how much they care about helping others. This is a wonderful club to have as part of Tonica Grade School, and I’m very proud of them all,” Whitmore said.

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Police reports ISP issues safety awareness ahead of prom and graduation season LASALLE — Illinois State Police (ISP) District 17 officials are reminding young drivers to think responsibly as they celebrate during the upcoming prom and graduation season. Their primary safety message is in the word PROM which asks teens to “Please Return On Monday.” Now that prom and graduation are upon us, area high school students will soon be participating in celebrations that occur not only at school but at private locations. During the next couple of weeks, ISP District 17 Troopers will be conducting high visibility patrols with aggressive enforcement of the Fatal Four violations: DUI, speeding, seat belt violations and distracted driving, with a focus on DUI violations. “This is a time for celebration, not tragedy,” states District 17 Commander Capt. Victor Markowski. “Illinois State Police District 17 will remain vigilant with traffic law enforcement. We would rather approach a teen’s window with a citation, than their front door with tragic news for their family.” We want to modify teen driving behaviors which include distractions, carelessness, fatigue and inexperience. These behaviors, when combined with drugs or alcohol, can be lethal. Car crashes kill more teens during the weekends of prom and graduation season than any other time of year. Seat Belt Enforcement Zones will also be conducted in addition to directed patrols. The goal of these concentrated efforts is voluntary compliance. With the motoring public’s assistance, troopers can help ensure this year’s prom and graduation memories are positive ones. Think responsibly, put the phone down, “Drop it and Drive,” buckle up and don’t use alcohol or drugs.

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At 7:13 a.m. on April 24, deputies cited Jesse Garcia, 25, of Aurora for speeding 85 mph in a 55 mph zone following a traffic stop on Route 18 in Richland Township.

ISP announce results of ACE

LASALLE — Illinois State Police (ISP) District 17 has released the results of Alcohol Countermeasure Enforcement (ACE) patrols completed n LaSalle County during April. These ACE patrols allowed the ISP to focus on preventing, detecting and taking enforcement action in response to violations associated with impaired driving and illegal transportation or consumption of alcohol or drugs. During the detail, troopers made one arrest for DUI and another for other alcohol/drug violations. One citation and three warnings were given out for driver’s license offenses. Troopers issued a total of six citations and 38 warnings for other offenses during the patrols. Alcohol and drug impairment is a factor in more than 30 percent of all fatal motor vehicle crashes in Illinois. There is one alcohol-related traffic fatality every 53 minutes in the U.S. The ACE program allows officers to work even harder at removing dangerous DUI offenders from the road. This project is funded through the Illinois Department of Transportation.

ISP to conduct Occupant Restraint Enforcement Patrols

LASALLE — Illinois State Police (ISP) District 17 will conduct Occupant Restraint Enforcement Patrols (OREP) in LaSalle County during May. OREPs allow the ISP to focus on safety belt and child safety seat laws. Illinois law requires all vehicle passengers (front and back) to be buckled up. Safety belts are still one of the most effective safety devices in vehicles, estimated to save nearly 14,000 lives each year.

ISP to conduct STEP

LASALLE —Illinois State Police (ISP) District 17 will conduct Special Traffic Enforcement Patrols (sTEP) in LaSalle County during May. These sTEPs allow troopers to focus on the four fatal violations which contribute the greatest to traffic crashes and fatalities: DUI, safety belt and child restraint use, speeding and distracted driving. The ISP will increase its daytime and nighttime patrols to ensure the safety of vehicle travelers through enforcement of all traffic safety laws. Impaired driving is a factor in more than 30 percent of traffic deaths in Illinois. Likewise, speeding is a factor in nearly 35 percent of fatal crashes and nearly 50 percent of vehicle occupants killed in traffic crashes were known to not be buckled up. The project is funded through the Illinois Department of Transportation.

IHA recognizes IVCH program Illinois Valley Community Hospital’s transitional care program was one of a number of quality initiatives from hospitals across the state recognized at the Illinois Hospital Association’s Quality Advocacy Showcase April 5 at the state capitol in Springfield. In its second year, the showcase is designed to visually demonstrate the often-overlooked and under-reported work of physicians, nurses, quality improvement leaders and hospital administrators to develop solutions to improve care, according to the IHA. The transitional care program at IVCH was started to help the hospital reduce readmissions for patients who have pneumonia, heart failure or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Patients who sign up for the program are visited at home by IVCH nurses who help them manage their medications and assist them with prompt physician office follow-up appoint-

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Following up with patients on the telephone is one part of transitional care nurse Hope Turigliatti’s job at Illinois Valley Community Hospital. ments. Telephone coaching also plays a role in helping patients manage their illnesses. “The program helps patients manage their own health while improving communication with their doctors,” said Hope Turigliatti, RN, an IVCH

transitional care nurse. Launched in late 2014, the program helped IVCH have an 8 percent reduction in readmissions during its first year, saving the hospital almost $900,000 in costs. A readmission is defined as a patient who is readmitted to the hospital less than 30

Travel Connections earns top sales award PERU — Travel Connections was recently honored for its sales achievement in 2016, among 225 travel agency members of the MAST Travel Network, at an awards ceremony held recently in Addison, Illinois. Travel Connections was a recipient of the All-Star Award for highest sales in 2016 with 45 nationally-known tour and cruise companies. This recognition ranks Travel Connections, 1112 Peoria St., Peru, among the top 15 percent of travel agencies in the MAST Travel Network, a sales and marketing organization comprised of travel agencies and suppliers known for exceptional customer service and quality.

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Prudence Halm (from left), agent at Travel Connections; John Werner, president and chief operation officer of MAST Travel Network; Erin Foster, agent and marketing manager at Travel Connections; and Colleen Mitchell, agent/owner of Travel Connections, celebrate the Peru firm being honored for sales achievements in 2016.

Western Illinois Area Agency on Aging sets public hearing ROCK ISLAND — Western Illinois Area Agency on Aging (WIAAA) Public Information Document (PID) provides a summary of the Fiscal Year 2018 Area Plan. Each year we submit an area plan to the Illinois Department on Aging requesting federal and state funding to provide home and community-based services for older adults and their caregivers living in Bureau, Henderson, Henry, Knox, LaSalle, McDonough, Mercer,

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Let’s bring back Gov. Jim Edgar The state many of us hold dear is being wrecked by elected officials of both parties. I say, let’s sweep them all off the table and bring popular, effective former Gov. Jim Jim Edgar out of retirement. Gov. Bruce Rauner Nowlan is into his third year without ever having COMMENTARY proposed a credible balanced budget, with nothing on the horizon. Rauner has also talked about the need for a big infrastructure program as well as education finance reforms, both badly needed. Yet he has never proposed anything for either. Budget, infrastructure, education — that’s pretty much what state government is all about. And the collateral wreckage is incalculable. Higher education is imploding; non-profit social service agencies are undergoing a die-off; business investment is tanking because of fiscal instability; and uncertainty, and people across Illinois are in a deep funk about their state, which probably encourages flight. It is surprising that after a successful career doing deals in the private sector, Rauner is an abysmal failure at deal-making in Springfield. He would like to dictate his policies in a setting where the opposition party holds most of the cards. I am confident Rauner could have gotten half or more of his agenda if he had simply sat down man-to-man at the beginning of his term with House Speaker Mike Madigan. Now, if ever there is a budget, he will get one-third of that at best, plus wear the collar for the wreckage. Madigan is behaving no better. After half a century in office, Speaker (and Illinois Democratic Party chair) Madigan has ossified in place. After being called corrupt and the worst kind of scalawag by Rauner in endless ads and even a movie, Madigan is now obsessed with knocking the governor off his pillar in 2018, while in the meantime, the state and its needs be damned. Then, at stage left, there is the silent Greek chorus of state legislators. I have come to think of the present set of lawmakers as “the little people.” They have convinced themselves their re-election is more important to the state than is the state’s well-being itself. As a result, they cower, voiceless, in fear of doing anything to upset their patrons, the governor and speaker respectively, who hold the money and power critical to their re-election. Senate leaders John Cullerton (Dem.) and Christine Radogno (GOP), who both care about the state, are to be commended for their efforts to craft a budget. Yet they are surrounded by the helpless little people and a governor who undercuts Radogno at every turn. I am fascinated by how little most Illinois residents know or care about state government. If state funding were required to keep the lights on for Friday night football, there would never have been a budget impasse. Outrage would have forced action. Yet other than the several thousand who follow incisive pundit Rich Miller and his Illinois CapitolFax and blog, no one else seems to much care about Illinois, certainly not to outrage. I say it’s time to bring back two-term Republican governor Jim Edgar (1991-98). (Disclosure: I have not discussed this with old friend Edgar, as I know what his wife would say.) Edgar took over during a budget crisis and brought it into balance. Those who went into his office to seek more spending came to call him “Gov. No.” When Edgar left office, the state had a budget surplus. Edgar was the first governor to address the state’s pension funding shortfall, though sharply increased payments into the undernourished retirement funds did not begin until he was safely out of office. In 1993, folks along the Mississippi River suffered a oncein-a-century flood. They were devastated; thousands of homes and small towns ruined. Though he couldn’t, like King Canute, order the waters to recede, Edgar focused state resources and his own attention laser-like on giving comfort and support to the victims. His efforts should be a Harvard Business School case study in public leadership. Edgar left office with the highest approval ratings of any governor in Illinois history. Edgar doesn’t have much money but wouldn’t have to raise much. He has the name recognition and public respect to crowd fund enough in contributions over the Internet to make his case to voters. We need an experienced hand running the state. What we have hasn’t worked, and apparently isn’t going to work. I say, let’s bring back Jim Edgar.

Life should be a bit more ‘dandy’ When I was a little girl, it was a daily thing. I’d pick huge handfuls of dandelions throughout the yard and present them with pride to my grandmother and my mom. Without exception, they would ooh and aah about my beautiful bouquets, and then they’d place them in a glass (vase) and sit them in a prominent place for everyone to see. Together, we’d smell the beautiful flowers throughout the day, and if I found another perfect dandelion to add to the vase, I’d bring it in the house, snap off the bottom of the stem, and add it to the arrangement. I’m not sure why they made a big deal of those dandelion bouquets. They were either teaching me to be a benevolent little girl, eager to bestow a bouquet of “flowers” on someone I loved — or they were happy I was kept busy for many minutes choosing, picking, smelling and finally presenting them with the fruits of my labor. Either way, their apparent love of those dandelion bouquets urged me on — thus, the daily bouquets of what we now consider to be those dastardly weeds. Imagine my surprise — no, imagine my horror when I came to realize dandelions were not flowers. What? Those beautiful yellow blooms were weeds? How could that be? And why would the adults in my home be so tickled about receiving daily handfuls of weeds? It didn’t make sense to me. Fast forward several years, and now I see a dandelion as an uninvited intruder in my yard — and an expensive one at that. For years, we’ve plucked, dug and sprayed these atrocious trespassers, only to have them take up residency year after year. They seem to think they have squatters’ rights, and their persistence and perseverance isn’t impressive. And forget about the back-break-

Terri Simon COMMENTARY ing work it takes to eradicate these golden scoundrels. There’s another element here, and that’s the dollars these lowlifes have caused us to spend. Between gallon-after-gallon of poison, lawn service and every other remedy we’ve heard about, it’s all for naught. Just like the spring that arrives every year, so do the dandelions — those once beautiful bouquets that have turned into backyard, side yard and front year rascals who are clearly hardier than I am. OK, I admit I’d be happy if our yard looked like a golf course. It’s an unspoken goal, but it’s an unrealistic one, at best. And while dandelions aren’t the only uninvited guests (can you say Creeping Charlie, crabgrass, chickweed ...), dandelions are the ones we notice most — their sunny yellow disposition stands out like ... well, like the blasted weeds they are. And did I mention how relentless these dandelions are. These perennial weeds grow long taproots, which means the best way to cause a permanent death is to dig them by hand. And if you don’t get enough of the root — well, they become like that house guest that never leaves. That’s right. They’ll be back — again and again and again and again. And OMG! Don’t let them go to seed! Remember those wispy end-of-theseason dandelions that were perfect for blowing into the wind? The result of that is another new batch of dandelions that will continue to cause (and cost) you more weed grief. And so it was the other day as I

stood on my backyard deck sipping an early morning cup of coffee. The tulips, daffodils, red buds, blue bells and all the items that were planted on purpose were absolutely breathtaking, but you can guess what my eyes were drawn to — a handful of dandelions scattered intermittently throughout the yard that had braved all the things we use to kill them. There they stood — proud, vibrant and seemingly happy among the backyard splendor. Their bright yellow heads sprouting in defiance, yet somehow they seemed to fit in with the rest of the spring colors throughout the yard. Memories of youthful handfuls of dandelions immediately came rushing back, and it caused me to wonder how something that was once so special had turned into something so dreadful. When did that change? And then my eyes were drawn to a little plaque we have that hangs on one of the deck posts. It simply says, “May all your weeds be wildflowers.” I’ve read those words a bazillion times as I pass back and forth on my deck, but for the first time, those six, little words seemed to be aimed at those ruthless dandelions that keep returning, despite the time and energy and money we’ve devoted to ridding them from our lives, our yard, our world. By definition, they probably aren’t really wildflowers, but to a little girl who wanted to make her grandma and mom smile, they seemed to be the perfect bouquet. In the scope of things, a few dandelions here and there in the yard shouldn’t be such a big deal. Like anything that gets under our skin, maybe if we embrace things a bit more, and detest them a bit less, we will realize that life can just be “dandy.” Tonica News Editor Terri Simon can be reached at tsimon@tonicanews.com.

A ‘shot’ of remembering When I was kid, one of the things I dreaded was having to go to the doctor and get my vaccine record updated. Usually, my mom would schedule the appointments for after school. So, I would sit through class all day worrying about what would come when the last bell of the day rang. Those were the rare times I wished the school day would never end. I remember my stomach aching and my head spinning with fear. Sometimes I’d get myself so upset that by the time we were at the doctor’s office, I was pretty close to hyperventilating and passing out. One time, I got myself so upset, the nurse made me sit on the floor with my head between my legs to help get the blood pumping faster, so I could calm down. I’m pretty sure she even had to smooth talk me into having whatever shot I needed on that particular day. How embarrassing, right? I’ll always remember when the nurse would open up the alcohol swab she’d wipe my arm with, and I’d smell that sterile smell — it’s almost like that was the sign for no turning back. I knew whether I wanted it or not, it was the prick that followed. When I look back on those times

Goldie Rapp COMMENTARY today, I never remember a shot actually hurting. Probably because my adrenaline was running so wild and my mind blocked it out. But I do remember, when it was all over, I’d look at my mom and say, “Now, that wasn’t so bad.” I’m sure she was rolling her eyes like crazy in her head as she replied, “I told you so.” No matter how many “I told you so-s” I got over the years, we always seemed to go through it all over again every time another appointment came up. I have two younger sisters who, I’m pretty sure, were much braver than I was when it came to shots. This went on up until my late junior high years. As I got older, my fear diminished. In fact, since I was 23, I’ve been giving myself shots once a week to help control my rheumatoid arthritis. Maybe it was my payback for acting like a baby all those years. But now as a mother, I’m discov-

ering that’s it’s even worse being the one watching my daughter panic and scream about her shots. It’s enough to bring me to tears every time we go. She’s only a year old, but the doctor appointments don’t seem to be getting any easier. I’m living my school days all over again when I sit at work on the days of her check-ups with knots in my stomach and the anticipation of what’s to come when I have to leave to take her in. No mother likes the emotional toll that comes on these days. It’s not a fun deal to be asked to hold down a scared baby who has no idea why it’s getting pricked in the leg more than once. I am finding that the only thing that helps get me through these days is knowing that I’m helping prevent her from something way more serious than a little shot. As we sit in the waiting room and anticipate her name being called, I ask myself over and over, do I want my daughter to have one bad day or a series of bad months/years fighting a lift-threatening disease? When I look at it this way, I’ll take the shots any day of the week. Tonica News Staff Writer Goldie Rapp can be reached at grapp@ bcrnews.com.

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Lostant March Students of the Month recognized

Witzman inducted into honor society BATON ROUGE, La. — Jonathan Witzman of Lostant was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. Witzman was initiated at University of Wisconsin-Platteville. Witzman is among approximately 30,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa

Phi each year. Membership is by invitation only and requires nomination and approval by a chapter. Only the Top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors are eligible for membership. Graduate students in the Top 10 percent of the number of candidates for graduate degrees may also qualify, as do faculty, professional staff and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction.

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Breakfast May 8 — Blueberry muffin, yogurt, cereal, fruit, juice, milk. May 9 — Breakfast pizza, yogurt, cereal, fruit, juice, milk. May 10 — Omelet, yogurt, cereal, fruit, juice, milk. May 11 — Danish, yogurt, cereal, fruit, juice, milk. May 12 — Biscuits and gravy, yogurt, cereal, fruit, juice, milk. Lunch May 8 — Ham, whole white potatoes, gravy, green beans, pineapple, bread, milk. May 9 — Cheese ravioli in meat sauce, peas, pears, bread, milk. May 10 — Turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, corn, bread, peaches, milk. May 11 — Tenderloin on bun, french fries, applesauce, milk. May 12 — No lunch, early out.

Lostant Grade School kindergartner Payton Lawless, fourth-grader Amos Vincent and eighth-grader Lexie Hawthorne were recognized as Students of the Month for March. They were recognized for their outstanding effort, respect and responsibilities during the month. They will be treated to a lunch from Dave’s Lost Ant.

Marshall-Putnam Quilt Guild will meet May 10 a dish to pass. Drinks and table service will be provided. After the potluck, the meeting will start at 1 p.m. On the agenda is the election of officers for 2017-18. Please consider taking an office as there are several that will be open.

HENRY — The Marshall-Putnam Quilt Guild will hold its final meeting of the 2016-17 year on Wednesday, May 10, at the Henry Presbyterian Church in Henry. The event will start at noon with a potluck. Members are asked to bring

Members who did the birdhouse block exchange will display their finished projects. After the meeting there will be a show and share. Members who have not paid their dues for next year yet can do so at this meeting.

Tonica Grade School Breakfast May 8 — Breakfast pizza or cereal, toast, granola, yogurt, fruit, juice, milk. May 9 — Pancake and sausage on a stick and syrup or cereal, toast, granola, yogurt, fruit, juice, milk. May 10 — Cheese omelet or cereal, toast, granola, yogurt, fruit, juice, milk. May 11 — Sausage, egg and cheese tortilla or cereal, toast, granola, yogurt, fruit, juice, milk. May 12 — Cinnamon rolls or cereal, toast, granola, yogurt, fruit, juice, milk. Lunch May 8 — Cheese Bosco sticks, marinara sauce, carrots, fruit, cookie, milk. May 9 — Chicken drumstick, mashed potatoes, fruit, dinner roll, milk. May 10 — Turkey burger, cheese slice, bun, lettuce, fruit, milk. May 11 — TGS lunchable (ham or turkey), cheese, crackers, fruit and veggie bar, chips, milk. May 12 — Pizza Bosco stick, carrots, fruit side kicks, milk.

Putnam County Community Center May 8 — Chicken patty on bun, tater tots, zucchini/ tomatoes, diced apricots. May 9 — Goulash, tossed salad with toppings, pears, roll and butter, grapes, dessert. May 10 — Fish sandwich, baked macaroni and cheese, salad with toppings, broccoli, banana. May 11 — Chicken tenders, mashed potatoes and gravy, buttered corn, yogurt with fruit, roll and butter. May 12 — Sweet/sour pork with oriental vegetables, brown rice, green beans, peaches.

Morgan Sondergoth’s third- through fifth-grade ELA class

Published authors at Lostant Grade School LOSTANT — There are now published authors at Lostant Elementary School. Studentreasures Publishing offers teachers the opportunity to create a hardcover book in their classroom for free. Students are able to see their writing and drawings in a published book. The first- and second-graders published their illustrated spring acrostic poems in their book. Morgan Sondergroth’s third through fifth ELA class published their poetry unit full of different

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IVSO will present music of Schumann and Respighi on May 13 Featured soloist is Joseph Stern Kingma

Open house planned for Peg Cooper on May 7 Virginia “Peg” Cooper of Tonica will be celebrating her 99th birthday with an open house, hosted by her children, from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, May 7, at the Tonica Fire Department in Tonica. Peg was born May 15, 1918, to Lloyd and Ruth Hilton in Deer Park Township. She and her husband, Clifford, farmed in the Tonica area and raised three children, Bruce (Dianne) Cooper and Karen (Don) Breckenridge, both of Lostant, and Katy (George) Hauser of Texas and Montana. She has six grandchildren, 11

great-grandchildren, five step-great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren. Peg worked at the Village Inn in Tonica and was famous for her homemade pies. She enjoys playing cards, which she belonged to many card groups, and also plays bingo. She keeps up with the Bulls and the Cubs and was pleased she got to see them win the World Series. Those unable to attend the open house may send her a card at 801 E. Etna Road, Apt. 139, Ottawa, IL 61350.

Jazz Ensemble in concert OGLESBY — Illinois Valley Community College’s Jazz Ensemble will be in concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May, 9 in the Cultural Centre. Directed by Brandon Czubachowski, the concert features many jazz classics including “Rhapsody in Blue,” “Cabaret,” “Lady is a Tramp,” “Orange Colored Sky” and “Peter Gunn.” Czubachowski said, “Soloists are featured within the band this concert as well as our own jazz combo. Attendees can look forward to a great concert.”

OGLESBY — Lucia Matos will return to the stage at the Illinois Valley Community College Cultural Centre at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 13, to present the Illinois Valley Symphony Orchestra in a concert featuring the music of Schumann and Respighi. The featured soloist will be pianist Joseph Stern Kingma, who has been praised as “spell-binding,” “poetic” and “flawless and expressive” by conductors and concert presenters across the United States. He brings to the stage of the Cultural Arts Centre an outstanding resume of performances across the United States, which include appearances with the Brevard Music Center Orchestra, Manassas Symphony, Illinois Valley Symphony and the Brazos Chamber Orchestra. He has also competed in numerous international competitions, winning Audience Favorite in Rounds 1 and 2 of the 2015 Cincinnati World Piano Competition. As a semi-finalist in the 2012 New Orleans Piano Competition, the Musical Arts Society of New Orleans blog applauded his “dazzling technique.” Kingma is in the final year of his Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Texas at Austin. He received his Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from Rice University, where he studied under the tutelage of Robert Roux. A committed teacher, he is the assistant professor of piano at the Louisiana College in Pineville/Alexandria, La., where he teaches piano and piano-related courses. He currently lives in Alexandria, La., with his wife, Rebecca, and their dog, Spunky. Kingma will perform the Schumann “Concerto for Piano in A Minor.” The Illinois Valley Symphony Orchestra and Kingma will lead

Pianist Joseph Stern Kingma listeners to agree that Schumann’s piano concerto stands as one of the most famous of the Romantic era concertos, a beautiful work from beginning to end. The music critic David Frances Tovey said, “Every note inspires affection … Fashion and musical politics have tried to play games with Schumann’s reputation, but works like this remain irresistible.” The concert will also include Elgar’s “Chanson de Nuit” and “Pines of Rome” by Ottorino Respighi, who is identified with the musical past, writing modern compositions of old Italian music. Respighi is most famous for composing a trilogy of tone poems between 1917 and 1928

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING On May 12, 2017 at 3:00 p.m., a meeting conducted by Lostant CUSD 425 will take place at Lostant School, 315 West 3rd Street, Lostant, IL 61334. The purpose of the meeting will be to discuss the district’s plans for providing special education services to students with disabilities who attend private schools and home schools within the district for the 2017-2018 school year. If you are a parent of a homeschooled student who has been or may be identified with a disability and you reside within the boundaries of Lostant CUSD 425, you are urged to attend. If you have further questions pertaining to this meeting, please contact Sandra Malahy at 815368-3392. Published in the Tonica News May 5, 2017.

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