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Midwest Food Bank’s operations felt
throughout the nation, world
By drew veskauf
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With the Morton Community Foundation’s annual Spring Grant Cycle
approaching, Scott Witzig gives insight in this
months MCF column.
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What was once an organization that distributed food to just 10 food
pantries in Bloomington
is now a multi-million dollar operation serving hundreds of thousands.
The Midwest Food Bank
has grown since it was first
established in 2003 and
Morton was able to join in
on the giving in 2012 after
opening its facility at 700
Erie Ave.
“The MidWest Food
Bank isn’t designed to Above, a shipment of food from the Midwest Food
feed individuals at the in- Bank is delivered to the Philippines after typhoon
dividual level. It’s designed Haiyan struck in 2013. Right, Midwest Food Bank volto essentially pass through unteers Roy Welch and Jim McNair clean off a machine
large quantities,” said pres- used for the packaging of Tender Mercies and other
ident of Morton’s advisory food items that are distributed to those in need. Above,
board Bart Rinkenberger. submitted photo. Right, drew veskauf/Timesnewspapers
The Morton branch focuses on three main parts
contains four hoppers to load the food
of operation, Rinkenberger said.
into individual packages that can output
“We’re storing food for Bloomington, 20 per minute.
Peoria and the national agency and that is
“The capability it has to produce is
what the warehouse is doing. The second much faster than actually what we do,”
part is packaging Tender Mercies and the Rinkenberger said.
third part is volunteer opportunities,”
Loads of food of 2,200 pounds per
Rinkenberger said.
container are brought in for making the
Tender Mercies is a packaged meal Tender Mercies.
of four servings that was developed for
The machine is maintained by volMFB. It includes beans, textured vegeta- unteers.
ble protein, natural herbs and seasonings
About 100 volunteers come through
and essential vitamins.
the doors at the Midwest Food Bank in
Rinkenberger said the cost of each Morton to assist with operations.
Tender Mercie for the food bank to make
And volunteers is what makes MFB
is less than 60 cents.
operate efficiently.
Packaging Tender Mercies is a machine
At each of
specifically developed for the meals. It the food
See MFB page A5
Sherman’s legacy aided
library, community for years
By drew veskauf
TimesNewspapers
Janice Sherman has
done much and more while
employed as the director of
the Morton Public Library.
After 36 years with the
library, she is throwing in
the towel and heading off
into retirement. Sherman
will be retiring June 30.
“When young people ask
me how I stayed in this job
for so many years, I say the
job didn’t stay the same.
The position stayed the
same, but the job changed,”
Sherman said.
During her time as
director, the library has
undergone several changes The Morton Public Library director Janice Sherman
to adapt to the modern age will retire June 30 after 36 years of serving the Morton
community. Sherman’s accomplishments with the liwith
See janice page A6
brary brought building and collection expansions and
community out reach. drew veskauf/TimesNewspapers
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Classifieds............ B7-8
Obituaries................ B6
Opinion.................... A4
Sports................... B1-3
Pleasants achieves state berth
Morton High School senior Gabe Pleasants, center, qualified for the IHSA Class
2A wrestling state finals with a first-place finish at 152 pounds Saturday at the
Sterling Sectional. Pictured with Pleasants are, from left: MHS wrestling head
coach Josh Prichard and MHS athletic director Greg Prichard. submitted photo
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School board
candidates
face off
By Steve stein
GateHouse Media Illinois
Common Core state
standards. Facilities.
Transparency.
Those were the hot
topics Thursday at a
District
709 School
Board candidates forum hosted
by the Morton 9-12 Tea
Party group.
About 100
residents
filled Freedom Hall to
hear the candidates give
prepared statements
and answer questions
submitted to the tea
party group via email.
Incumbents John Applen, Michelle Bernier
and Tim Taylor are being challenged by Shad
Beaty, Ron Hale, David
King and Jeff Schmidgall in a race for three
open seats in the April 7
election.
Applen, Hale, King
and Schmidgall are
from the K-12 district’s
unincorporated area.
Because of state School
Code regulations, at
least one must be elected to be the board. Hale
was on the board from
2003 to 2007.
As for Common Core,
Applen, Beaty, King and
Schmidgall expressed
opposition to
what’s known
in the state as
the new Illinois Learning
Standards.
Beaty and
Schmidgall
predicted the
standards
would drive
families out of
the district.
Hale said he doesn’t
have concerns about
Common Core “as long
as we remain committed
to local control.”
The School Board expects to make a decision
Feb. 24 about whether
to gather more information about building
a new high school or a
new grades 5 through 8
middle school to meet
future needs.
Beaty, King and
Schmidgall oppose a
new building.
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Ladies Bible Study
9-10:30 a.m. or 6:30-8 p.m.
Wednesdays in the fellowship hall at Grace Church in
Morton, 1325 E. Jefferson
St. The group will study
the Book of Ephesians
together. The study begins
on Sept. 3. For more information or to register, call
the church office at 2669281 or visit the website:
www.gracemorton.org.
Celebrate Recovery Tues.
nights at New Life Christian Church, corner of Detroit Ave. and W. Edgewood.
Meal and fellowship at 6
p.m., 6:30 p.m. meeting
and 8:30 p.m. Solid Rock
Café. For more info, contact Steve at 253-9365, or
visit www.newlifeonline.
org.
DivorceCare 6:30 p.m.
Mondays at Bethel Lutheran Ministries, 425 N.
Missouri Ave., Morton.
DivorceCare is a special
weekly DVD seminar and
support group for people
who are separated or divorced. Visit the church
website DivorceCare page
for more info at www.
blcmorton.org. Pre-registration is strongly recommended. Child care may be
arranged per prior request.
There is no fee to attend
the support group. Call the
church to register before
4 p.m. Monday-Friday at
263-2417 or email at convenience.
Bible Prophecy Classes
7-9 p.m. first and third
Monday at Groveland
Missionary Church, 5043
E. Queenwood Road,
Groveland, and second
and fourth Monday at
Northwest Baptist Church,
5430 N. Big Hollow Road,
Peoria. These classes are
sponsored by Until He
Returns Prophetic Bible
Ministries, an independent,
non-denominational organization. The instructors
are Dr. J.B. Hixson, senior
pastor at Groveland Missionary Church, and Phil
Cooper, former associate
pastor at Cornerstone
Baptist Church. No fees
are required to take these
classes. A free-will offering
will be taken at each class.
For more information, visit
website untilhereturns.info,
or call Malcolm Amstutz at
284-1678.
GriefShare 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Mondays at Grace Church,
1325 E. Jefferson. GriefShare is a 13-week Biblebased DVD and discussion
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Area entertainment
PEORIA
Jukebox Comedy Club, 3527 W. Farmington Road, Peoria. 673-5853. Greg Hahn
8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Feb. 5-7. Prices are $13 for the 8 p.m. Feb. 5 and 10: 30 p.m.
Feb. 6-7 shows. The 8 p.m. Feb. 6-7 shows are $17. All acts are to be considered not
for general audience unless specified otherwise.
Peoria Civic Center, 201 S.W. Jefferson Ave., Peoria. 673-8900. Alton Brown Live:
The Edible Inevitable Tour, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 12. The Food Network TV host will perform
a pinch of comedy, talk show antics, a multimedia lecture, live music and a dash of
“extreme” food experimentation (ponchos are provided for those in the first few
rows), and of course, puppets. Tickets for the show cost $48 and $58 and can be
purchased at www.TicketMaster.com.
Peoria Symphony Orchestra 2014-15 season tickets on sale now. Visions of Vienna, 8 p.m. March 14 at Grace Church; Matinee at the Movies, 3 p.m. April 19 at
Peoria Civic Center Theater; Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 7, 8 p.m. May 9 at Peoria
Civic Center Theater. For more info, call 671-1096 or visit peoriasymphony.org.
series designed to give
hope and encouragement
to anyone who is grieving
the loss of a loved one. This
support group provides a
safe and caring place to
meet others who are also
on this difficult journey of
grief and who understand
the heartache and questions of loss. The DVDs feature clips from counselors,
pastors, and others who
offer practical suggestions
and reassurance. There are
no fees to participate. For
further information or to
register, call the church office at 266-9281.
is offered for adults. DC4K
is a hands-on interactive
“kid friendly” support
system that presents
skills to assist children in
maneuvering through the
difficult places of divorce
or separation. Topics include: what’s happening
to my family?; facing my
anger; how to deal with my
sadness; it’s not my fault;
dealing with loneliness;
telling my parents how I
feel, as well as others. For
more information or to register your child, call Linda
369-9290 or the church,
266-9291.
DivorceCare at Grace
6:45-8:30 p.m. through
April 2 at Grace Church,
1325 E. Jefferson St., in the
FireSide Room. A 13-week
DVD series and support
group for anyone who is
separated or divorced
will be held. The support
group provides a place to
meet others and share in
a caring, safe and loving
environment. There are
male and female facilitators. A meal and snacks are
available throughout the
evening. For more details
contact the church office
at 266-9281. No need to
register. There is no fee.
One can join at anytime
during the 13 weeks. Child
care can be made available
by calling in advance.
school
DivorceCare for Kids
6:45-8:30 p.m. each Thursday — program for children
(ages 5-12) of families
experiencing divorce and
separation. Meets at Grace
Church in Morton, 1325 E.
Jefferson St. They meet in
the room next to the Fireside Room. It is a 13-week
program that meets each
Thursday until April 2. It is
offered at the same time
the DivorceCare program
Kindergarten pre-registration and screening
March 12-13 at 1050 S.
Fourth Ave. Call 263-2581
for an appointment. Children who will be 5 years old
by Sept. 1, 2015 are eligible
for kindergarten in the
fall. Bring a certified birth
certificate, immunization
records and most recent
physical, dental and vision
exam if available.
Free Developmental Preschool Screening Feb.
25-26. For children who
live in the Morton School
District ages 0-5. For children birth-3 are screened
with parent for about 30
minutes, children 3-5 are
screened individually lasting about one hour. These
are focused on developmental skills. To schedule
an appointment, call 2630522.
Library
Toddler Time at the
Morton Public Library Fri.
mornings. Two sessions
available at 9:30-10 a.m.
and 10:30-11 a.m. Includes
fingerplays, songs, stories.
Rhythm and Rhyme Story
Time 1-1:45 p.m. every
Tuesday Feb. 24-March
31 at the Morton Public
Libray. The sessions will
include stories, fingerplays, rhythm instruments
and songs. Story times are
limited to 20 children and
registration is required. To
register, visit the library,
315 W. Pershing or call 2632200.
MEETINGs
Kiwanis Club noon-1 p.m.
the second and fourth
Tuesdays of the month at
Morton Pizza Ranch.
IL 1856 Tops Chapter
Meetings 8:20 a.m. every
Thursday at the Morton
Public Library. Weigh-in at
7:30 a.m. The group is a
weight-loss support group
and wellness education organization. Go to the back
of the library and follow the
sidewalk to the back door.
Toastmasters Meetings
5 p.m. the first Tuesday of
the month at the Morton
Public Library. Each meeting, a speech manual project will be explained and
demonstrated through a
presentation of the topics:
happiness and/or wellness.
Members and guests are
encouraged to participate
to develop speaking and
leadership skills. Call Linda
at 397-7778 for more info,
or visit www.toastmasters.
org.
Morton/East Peoria
Christian Singles meet at
7 p.m. every Thurs. at East
Peoria First United Methodist Church, 154 E. Washington St., in East Peoria.
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Morton Area Woodcarver Association
meets at 6:30 p.m. on the
second and fourth Thurs.
of the month in the conference room at the Morton Public Library. Come
chip and chat with fellow
woodcarvers. Visitors and
new carvers welcome. For
more information contact
Ralph Lee at 266-9126.
Central Illinois OCD
Support Group meetings
are second and fourth
Thurs. of each month. Any
person with obsessive
compulsive disorder, or a
friend or family member
may attend. Meetings are
7-8:30 p.m. at Morton
Public Library, 315 W.
Pershing St., Morton. 7133277.
PArK DISTRICT
Morton American Legion Auxiliary Post 318,
24 E. Adams St., meets
at 6 p.m. the last Mon. of
the month. New members
welcome.
Fit and Fun Exercise
will be 8:30-9:30 a.m.
Tuesdays and Thursdays
from through March 5.
Instructor Anne Risinger
will give the class that includes walking, stretches,
low-impact exercises,
resistant training with
bands, balls and weights.
To register visit www.MortonParkDistrict.com. The
cost is $30 for residents
and $60 for nonresidents.
For more information
contact the park office at
263-7429 or visit at 349
W. Birchwood St. during
office hours, 8:30 a.m.noon and 1-5 p.m.
Euchre Tournament from
7-9:30 p.m. every Mon. at
the Morton Knights of Columbus Hall, 616 W. David
St. For more info, call Bill
at 231-5616.
Soccer Field Rentals
are available during nonscheduled times for $100
an hour. On weekdays
before 5:30 p.m. is good
for an after-school activity
or party.
Area Events
YogaClasses will be held
in two sessions. The first
session will be through
March 6 with no classes
on Feb. 16. The second
session will be March
11-May 8 with no classes
April 3, 6, 8 and 10 at the
recreation center, 324 S.
Detroit. Classes will meet
9:30-10:30 a.m. Monday,
Wednesday and Friday.
Participants are required
to bring their own mats.
The cost is $60 for residents and $120 for nonresidents. To register visit
www.MortonParkDistrict.
com. For more information, call 263-7429.
Morton VFW Auxiliary
Meeting first Thurs. of
every month at 6:30 p.m.
at the VFW Post Hall. New
members welcome.
Summer Flowers-Davis
Fundraiser 9 a.m.-1 a.m.
Feb. 28 at Safari Bowl,
Morton. On June 14, 2014,
Summer was diagnosed
with invasive ductal carcinoma breast cancer.
Day-long “fill the bra”
fundraiser to help offset
financial burden. Fundraiser will feature 9-pin
style bowling tournament
starting at 9 a.m., live
music and entertainment
starting at 2 p.m. and a
unique pink bowling party
at 7 p.m. Throughout the
day there will be opportunities to win prizes, as well
as live raffles, drawings
and silent auction items.
Like Fill the Bra on Facebook. For more info, call
Matt at 264-9471 or email
[email protected].
Knights of Columbus
Fish Fry 5:30-8 p.m. Feb.
20 at the KofC Hall, 616 W.
David St. Menu includes
both a baked and fried
walleye buffet for $10 and
a fried catfish dinner for
$15. Buffet and dinner
include fried and baked
potato, baked beans, cole
slaw, applesauce, coffee and bread. For more
information, visit www.
MortonKofC.com.
Dead Language at the
Sound Bar 8 p.m. Feb. 21.
The local Morton band will
be the only act play. Cost
is $5 in advance or $10 at
the door. Tickets can be
purchased at www.LimelightEventPlex.com. For
more information on Dead
Language, visit www.DLBand.com.
Encore 2015 Morton
Civic Chorus Show May
19-24 to support Central
Illinois Memorial Kidney
Fund’s effort to help keep
food on tables of kidney
dialysis patients in central
Illinois all year long. To
make a donation or for
more info, visit CIMKF.org.
Early Morning Walking
7-9 a.m. every Monday,
Wednesday and Friday
through April 1 at the
Recreation Center, 324 S.
Detroit. There is no cost.
Participants are asked
to wear clean soft-soled
shoes. No food or drinks
of any kind are allowed on
the soccer field.
OTHER
Semi-annual Cemetery
Clean Up first two weeks
of March. The Morton
Township asks to remove
anything to be saved, as
all items are discarded.
The next clean up will be
in October.
American Cancer Society Relay For Life for
Tazewell County 4-10
p.m. April 18 at Illinois
Central College. For more
info, visit relayforlife.
org/northtazewellil. Volunteers and teams are
needed. Call Mallory at
688-3480 or mallory.
[email protected].
Prostate Cancer Support Group, Us Too
7-9 p.m. on the fourth
Tuesdays of January,
April, July and October
in the Proctor Professional Building No. 1 in
classrooms No. 2 and 5
GOT
NEWS?
Give us a call at
(309) 686-3068
in the lower level, 5409
N. Knoxville, Peoria. The
next meeting will be Feb.
23 with speaker Dr. Tobias
Kohler, who is associate
professor at Southern
Illinois University at
Springfield. His topic will
be incontinence and impotence. Bring questions
for the Q & A. For more information, call 266-5239
or 691-6523.
Totes for Ta-Tas is currently selling straw
brooms from Quinn
Broom Company to raise
funds for their event in
November. They are offering the three brooms
— the Fautless (standard
kitchen broom) for $15,
the Toy for $6 and the
Whisk for $6. Brooms can
be purchased by calling
Sharyl at 657-0992, by
E-mail at sharylnuske@
gmail,com or by stopping
in the Morton Tourism Office. Cash, check, credit
and debit are accepted.
Visit the website at www.
TotesForTa-Tas.com for
pictures.
mation to be mailed or
emailed later. No address
information, actual or
email, for the following
individuals: Michael John
Borman, Linda Lou Cornell, Dave Rief, Charlotte
Sander, Victoria Elizabeth
Schopp, Karen Lee Seaman, Francis Jeanette
Selman, Cliff Snodgrass,
Ron White and Steven
H. Ziegle. If there is any
information about these
individuals, send it to
[email protected]
or mail to LaVonne Hamilton, 964 E. Monroe St.,
Morton, IL 61550.
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Monday night the whole
month of January for
their upcoming fundraising event “Encore” held
May 19-24 at Bradley’s
Hartmann Center Theater.
All proceeds go to the
Central Illinois Memorial
Kidney Fund to assist patients of chronic kidney
disease throughout Central Illinois. For additional
information, contact
director, Denise Adams
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Rauner and unions struggle to find middle ground
Illinois Gov. Bruce
Rauner is putting his
muscle where his mouth
is, issuing an executive
order to end “fair share”
union dues that require
workers to contribute
toward collective bargaining.
Not only would he extend right-to-work rules
to Illinois public employees, he’d seek a U.S.
Supreme Court decision
declaring fair share unconstitutional nationally
and in the private sector,
as well. To that end he
has already retained the
services of a prominent
Chicago law firm.
“An employee who is
forced to pay unfair share
dues is being forced to
fund political activity
with which they disagree,”
said Rauner. “That is a
clear violation of First
Amendment rights and
something that, as governor, I am duty-bound to
correct.”
Some thoughts:
First, for all of his prattling on about constitutionality, there is a question whether Rauner’s
own executive order
meets the same muster.
Evidently that occurred
to him, too, as he’s filed a
preemptive federal lawsuit seeking to have this
act declared legal. Union
leaders, of course, think it
isn’t. We get that Rauner’s
hero is former Indiana
Gov. Mitch Daniels, who
did this same thing back
in 2005, but unlike Indiana, fair share is written
into state law, and collective bargaining is guaranteed by Illinois’ Constitution. Rauner, Obama
... what is it with these
Chicagoans and their executive orders, like they’re
kings or something?
Second, America is the
land of the free, so arguably no one should be
forced to back a cause he
or she doesn’t believe in.
Rauner says those who
wish to continue paying
dues will be unaffected; if
unions are delivering for
their members, then arguably few will bolt from the
ranks, so union leaders
need not worry. But as a
professed conservative,
Rauner also must be of
the opinion that people
shouldn’t get something
for nothing; consistency
demands that those who
choose not to support
their union should not
enjoy the benefits derived from the collective
bargaining done on their
behalf. Perhaps the more
than 6,000 state employees Rauner cited as having
differences with their representation can negotiate
their wages and pensions
individually.
Their employer might
pay them the same, and
they can pocket the dues
they used to pay. But
the motivation here is to
lower government and
business costs, remember? Unions exist for a
reason. There’s a history.
At some point laborers
grew weary of being told
they should take what’s
given and be grateful for
it. Is it by accident that
right-to-work states tend
to have lower wages and
benefits for all but the
bosses (and not necessarily higher employment)?
Would the disappearance
of collective bargaining be
good for the middle class,
as Rauner contends, or
would it put its members
totally at the mercy of
employers under whom
they have not fared well in
decades?
Third, Rauner says that
“government union bargaining and government
union activity are inextricably linked,” but Illinois
law forbids fair share
dollars from going to political contributions. Does
it happen anyway? Well,
money like water tends to
find its way through the
cracks, and this is Illinois,
after all. Yet oddly, Rauner
perceives no such linkage
and no “corrupt bargain”
between corporate contributions and the legislative
process and outcomes.
Really, here in Special
Interest America? Clearly,
Rauner has chosen to see
this issue solely through
a CEO’s lens; sometimes
he sounds as if an oligarchy/plutocracy would be
just his cup of rare-butexpensive tea. At least he’s
now dropped the pretense
regarding the “union
buster” tag he sometimes
rejected during the campaign.
Fourth, from a strategic standpoint, maybe
Rauner sincerely believes
that not just taming but
terminating the unions is
critical to righting Illinois’
fiscal ship, but picking
this fight out of the gate
is still quite the gamble.
If it’s for future leverage, ill will can introduce
an irrational element to
negotiations. To suggest
as he does that it won’t
harm his relationship
with Democratic leaders
is wishful thinking. If he
gets bogged down and accomplishes nothing as a
result, well, they’ll all be
failures.
Fourth, do unions go
too far? Sure, sometimes.
A distinction should be
made here between public
sector and private sector
unions, even if Rauner
has contempt for both.
If the former have flourished, the latter have not
had the upper hand for a
long time. Even FDR, nobody’s conservative, was
wary of collective bargaining in government, where
the people — taxpayers
— are the employer. Let’s
face it, most taxpayers in
Illinois, even those in private sector unions, have
not been well served by
the contracts bargained
and many other decisions
made by their state government.
Conversely, do employers go too far in the
absence or weakness of
unions? Sure, sometimes.
Income inequality isn’t in
the national headlines for
no reason.
Ultimately, we have yet
to see a working pendulum that stops in the middle. Given that, and given
that greed is part of the
human condition, arguably most are best served
by competing interests
that counterbalance the
inevitable extremes of the
other. Springfield needs
shaking up, and Rauner
is doing that, but we respectfully suggest that his
early energies would be
more productively spent
elsewhere.
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Morton Community Foundation: Did you know?
The Morton Community Foundation is
now accepting applications for its 12th annual Spring Grant Cycle
until March 13. We will
likely receive $85,000$90,000 in requests
from local charities,
schools and governmental entities (Village,
Park District, Library,
etc.).
A committee of about
15 individuals from our
community will review
the grant applications
and make a recommendation to the Morton
Community Foundation
Board of Trustees on
how much each organization will receive.
This year, the MCF
has $38,775 to give in
grants. It’s quite an
impressive and rather
extensive process, and
for the organizations
requesting the funding, the grants are both
needed and greatly appreciated.
But, did you know the
annual Spring Grant
Cycle is only the beginning?
In 2015, the Morton
Community Foundation
will also be providing
$15,000 in memorial and field of study
scholarships, primarily
to Morton area high
school seniors who plan
to go on to colleges and
MFB
haven’t gone unnoticed.
Recently, Charity Navigator, a national agency that
evaluates over 7,000 charities, gave MFB a four-star
rating for its third consecutive year.
MFB currently holds
the No. 1 spot on www.
CharityNavigator.org in
the 10 Top-Notch Charities category and 10 Highly
Rated Charities Relying on
Private Contributions category.
Rinkenberger says it’s the
volunteers that have given
MFB these recognitions.
“That’s why it’s ranked
one of the top charities
in the country, is because
of volunteers giving their
time at no charge. There’s
so many charities and food
banks that have to pay
staff,” Rinkenberger said.
“We don’t go in and politic. We financially report
what’s going on and explain
what we’re doing and then
they rank.”
MFB doesn’t just reach
to local food banks, but
provides relief efforts to
disaster situations. It partners with the Salvation
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banks in the United States,
Bloomington, Peoria, Indianapolis, Morton and
Peachtree, Georgia, there
are only four paid employees at each site, Mike
Hoffman, senior director
of operations said.
Hoffman said the organization as a whole in
2014 had almost 12,500
volunteers produce about
114,000 hours of volunteer
work.
“(The) board doesn’t take
a penny, there’s a number
of professional services that
don’t take any money ...
it all goes to the cause of
serving others and feeding
people and it’s making a big
difference in a lot of communities,” Hoffman said.
Between all of the facilities, the food bank is able
to serve 894 food pantries
and about 600,000 people
per month.
Hoffman said MFB was
able to distribute $83 million in food in 2014.
The efforts of the MFB
universities, and
who qualify either
because of
their efforts durScott Witzig ing high
school, or
because
of their chosen field of
study.
Grant checks totaling
an additional $87,500
will be presented in
2015 by the MCF to
charities and organizations as directed by
individuals who hold
Donor Advised Funds
and Designated Funds
at the MCF.
Donor advised funds
allow donors to have
ongoing involvement
in the use of their gifts.
Designated Funds have
been established by donors to provide annual
funding that is “designated” to a specific organization or purpose.
Another $17,000
in grants will be presented to charities in
2015 from the Foundation’s Agency and
Field of Interest Funds.
That makes a total of
$158,275 worth of support being sent out
from the Morton Community Foundation to
help all the area organizations in their work.
Did you know that
the Morton Community
Foundation serves as a
central donation point
for many of our local
capital projects?
Two examples of these
types of projects are
the Idlewood Arts Pavilion and the Morton
Downtown Plaza. It is
estimated that about
$100,000-$300,000
will go to these two capital projects in 2015.
We’re proud to be the
one local charity whose
sole purpose is to support both the charitable
purposes of donors, and
the charitable organizations serving our area.
When you give to the
Morton Community
Foundation, you are impacting all of Morton.
Please contact me
anytime if you would
like to learn more about
the MCF or have questions about any of our
funds at 291-0434 or
email at mcfmorton@
gmail.com.
Also, “like us” on Facebook or send us your
email so you can be included in our electronic
newsletters.
Every dream matters.
Every gift counts.
— Submitted by MCF
executive director Scott
Witzig
Victims of the typhoon that struck the Philippines in 2013 stand with Tender Mercies provided by the Midwest Food Bank. submitted photo
Army to provide disaster
relief kits which include
toiletries, protein, carbohydrates and a Bible or devotional item for spiritual
nourishment.
In 2013 when typhoon
Haiyan struck the Philippines, MFB was able to
ship its disaster relief for
assistance, Rinkenberger
said.
Hoffman said MFB regularly ships to Mexico, Haiti
and Jamaica. An East Africa branch was also recently
established to help with
hunger issues.
The Morton MFB facility
will be evolving in the coming months. It will assist
the Peoria and Bloomington facilities with distribution and volunteers will be
sought.
For more information on
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School board candidates sat down for a Q & A at Freedom Hall Thursday, sponsored by the Morton 9.12 Tea Party. They are, from left,
challengers Shad Beaty, David King, Jeff Schmidgall and Ron Hale; and incumbents, Michelle Bernier, Tim Taylor and John Applen.
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“We debated the superintendent’s contract in open
session.”
Here are other statements made by candidates:
Applen: “Ultimately,
we’re judged by how much
the community trusts you.
Janice
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Sherman and the board at
the forefront.
Before a personal computer was in every household, the library board
purchased one of the first
Macintosh computers to
have the library’s collection information stored
digitally.
“To have the board be
willing and open to new
trends in libraries and
willing to be on board was
just so supportive,” Sherman said.
This was just one of the
changes to take place during her more than three
decades of service.
In 1979, when Sherman was first hired as the
director, the library was
located on Main Street
in a store front across
Janice Sherman poses for
a photo during her first
year of work for the Morton Public Library in 1979.
photo courtesy of janice
sherman
the street from the Dairy
Queen. With her knowledge of building projects,
Sherman said the board
was looking for someone
who knew what to do
when time for expansion
came.
“The board has pur-
I think we’ve lost some
trust. We have some work
to do on that.”
Bernier: “We all believe
in the U.S. Constitution
and obeying the law. Common Core is a law. Daily
P.E. is a law. We’re doing
our best to obey those
laws.”
Hale: “As a board member, you have to say the
same things in closed sessions as you do in open
sessions.”
King: “I’ve been attending School Board meetings for 15 to 20 years.
From what I’ve seen, I
don’t think all taxpayers
are represented on the
board. I’ll do that.”
Taylor: “In the four
years I’ve been on the
board, we’ve raised our
reserves from $28 million
to $32 million and spent
$3.2 million for 12 new
classrooms, $3.5 million
for a new heating system
at the high school and
(about $1 million) for a
new bus facility without
asking the taxpayers to
pay for those projects.”
chased this land and
wanted someone who
could handle a building
project and I was fortunate to have experience in
writing a building project
with a team,” Sherman
said.
Just three years later, in
1982, the ribbon cutting
was held for the library’s
current location at 315 W.
Pershing St., a plot of land
just under 5 acres.
The latest addition
was built in May 1, 1998,
which doubled the size of
the library.
Building size wasn’t
the only thing to have
changed during Sherman’s legacy. Content had
to be collected to fill the
shelves. Books, digital media, magazines, reference
guides and everything else
was collected.
“Building a library collection is an art. We have
basic skills and principals
we learn in library school,
but we’re still tailoring
the collection to the community that we live in and
that we serve and every
community has more
diversity in it than most
people realize,” Sherman
said. “It’s always a balancing act of having a limited
materials budget and
selecting from everything
that’s produced.”
The library’s first Macintosh was a step in the
right direction, but collecting the information
and transferring it into a
digital catalog was a task
in itself, but a necessary
one.
“We first put our items
on computer in the early
‘80s. In 1984 we started
with our computer system,” Sherman said.
With the help of about
30-40 volunteers, the
catalog was completed
and the Morton Library
was networked with other
libraries.
The process of sharing materials with other
libraries once took two
to three weeks, but in
the computer age, books
from across the country
can make it to Morton in
about three days.
Computers and the
books themselves are an
important aspect to the
functioning of a library,
but Sherman said the key
component is the staff
itself.
“The most important
resource the library has
is the staff members. We
have a wonderful collection. We have a wonderful
amount of computers and
technology, but the staff
are crucial in learning to
use technology and helping people find what they
need,” Sherman said.
“In the future, we will
still need that personal in-
termediary and that’s the
role librarians can play.”
While attending college to earn her Masters
of Library Science degree
at Rosary College in Riverton, Sherman said her
view of the library’s role
changed.
“As a result of the library
classes I took, I came to
realize the library has a
really strong role to play
in the community and
helping community development and helping
education in formal and
informal ways,” Sherman
said.
And this view was not
lost on serving the Morton
community.
“I’ve been blessed to
have a wonderful career,
wonderful coworkers, a
wonderful community to
get to know and work with
and it’s been great,” Sherman said.
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details,” Hale said. “I don’t
want bells and whistles
but I do want a building
that will function for decades.”
Applen said public opinion on the need for a new
school has been steered in
that direction by the district’s administration.
Beaty, King and
Schmidgall said they have
concerns about board
transparency, with Beaty
citing the need for a new
school and Schmidgall
noting the board’s purchase of land on South
Fourth Avenue as examples of less-than-transparent decisions.
Bernier said transparency has increased through
the televising of board
meetings and 709Connect
community engagement
initiative, and Taylor said,
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This week’s big tournament:
The Morton wrestling team will be represented this week at the IHSA Class 2A state finals by senior Gabe
Pleasants. The first-time qualifier will take a 35-2 record at 152 pounds to the State Farm Center.
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Potters regain crown
Seventh Mid-Illini girls
title in last 11 seasons
Girls basketball
Final Mid-Illini standings
By bryan veginski
TimesNewspapers
The first time was no fluke.
Canton swept the Mid-Illini
Conference girls basketball series from Morton on Feb. 10
with a 57-44 home win.
The Lady Giants stopped the
Potters’ 12-game winning streak
by scoring 39 second-half
points in Alice Ingersoll Gymnasium.
Canton derailed Morton
49-40 on Jan. 6 while top scorer
Chandler Ryan was sidelined
with an injury.
This time, even with Ryan on
the floor, the Lady Giants prevailed again to lock up third
place in the league, the squad’s
best finish since the 2008-09
season.
Cloe Churchill led a balanced
Canton offensive attack with 15
points, sharing game-high honors with the Potters’ Brandi
Bisping.
Ryan added 13 points for the
visitors and Jadison Wharram
10 in Morton’s first defeat in
five weeks.
MHS 42, Washington 29
The Potters emerged on top
Friday in a winner-take-all scenario.
Morton
Washington
Canton
Pekin
Limestone
Dunlap
East Peoria
Metamora
W
12
11
10
7
7
6
2
1
L
2
3
4
7
7
8
12
13
Morton (26-3, 12-2) earned
its seventh conference championship in the last 11 years by
holding last year’s champ,
Washington (24-3, 11-3), to a
season-low 29 points.
“I loved the effort tonight,”
MHS head coach Bob Becker
said. “I’m proud of them.”
Bisping and Ryan both had
13 points to lead the host Potters on their Senior Night. The
former snagged seven rebounds.
“We just buckled down and
made sure to stop them,” said
Morton guard Emma Heisler.
“We knew defense was going to
win the game tonight.”
Caldwell and Tia Sherman
shared Lady Panthers teamhigh scoring honors with six
apiece.
Morton was ranked No. 8
See GIRLS page B3
Chandler Ryan, center, a Morton junior, draws a foul from Washington’s Madi McCoy during a girls
basketball game Friday. The Potters clinched the outright Mid-Illini Conference championship and
improved to 26-3 overall with a 42-29 Senior Night home win. rex urban/timesnewspapers
Sectional a Pleasants experience
Senior first Morton state
qualifier since 2011
By bryan veginski
TimesNewspapers
The Morton wrestling team
will be represented this week in
Champaign.
For the first time since 2011,
the Potters had an individual
qualify for the IHSA Class 2A
state finals.
After barely missing a berth
last year, senior Gabe Pleasants
left no doubt this year.
Pleasants (38-2) stayed undefeated in the postseason with
a 10-2 major decision over
Geneseo’s Joey Medina in the
championship
match at 152
pounds in the
Sterling Sectional.
The Morton athlete in the
previous two weeks won MidIllini Conference and Metamora Regional titles under the
direction of second-year head
coach Josh Prichard.
Pleasants slipped past Collin
Groleau of LaSallePeru 3-2 in
the quarterfinals before a 5-2
decision over Sterling’s Nicolas
Terronez.
Pleasants became the first
Potter since Vince Hill at 119
four years ago to earn a state
wrestling bid.
Cliff Yerby (26-13) , a Morton
junior, also participated. He
went 0-2 at 138 in his first sectional.
State: Classes 1A, 2A and 3A
begin competition Thursday at
the State Farm Center on the
campus of the University of Illinois.
The 2A preliminaries are
scheduled to begin at about 3
p.m. Thursday.
The opening-round match
for Pleasants is against Mason
Lee of Highland.
Pleasants was ranked No. 9
last week at 152 and Lee 12th by
Illinois Matmen.
The winner will face either
Jaelen Pate of Richton Park
Rich South or Woodstock Marian’s fourth-ranked Nick
Remke.
Each of the 2A 152 wrestlers
rated in the top nine made it to
state.
Session 2 (quarterfinals)
starts at about 11 a.m. Friday
for 2A. The semifinals are set
for 7 p.m. Friday in Session 3.
The start of the grand march,
followed by the championship
matches, occurs at 5:30 p.m.
Saturday in Session 5.
The top-six finishers in the14
weight classes will received
medals.
Franklin rallies past
MJHS eighth-graders
By bryan veginski
TimesNewspapers
The Morton Junior High
eighth-grade boys basketball
season ended Saturday.
The Junior Potters lost 36-31
to Champaign Franklin in the
quarterfinals of the Illinois Elementary School Association
Class 4A state tournament.
The Knights outscored MJHS
(23-3) 16-4 in the fourth quarter to overcome a seven-point
deficit entering the final sixminute segment.
The Junior Potters, directed
by eighth-grade coach Kirk
Schick, were led by Jarrett Crider’s 12 points, which shared
game-high honors with Franklin’s Torious Caston.
Eric Hanson had 10 points
and Barik Olden nine for MJHS,
which reached the state tournament at Urbana Middle School
after beating Normal Parkside
29-21 on Feb. 11 in the Sectional
6 title game in Bloomington.
This was the first time in 11
years the Junior Potters eighthgrade boys qualified for state.
The 2004 squad placed second.
Boys basketball
Mid-Illini standings
As of Feb. 16
W
10
9
8
7
4
3
3
0
Washington
Metamora
Pekin
Morton
Dunlap
Limestone
East Peoria
Canton
L
1
2
3
4
7
8
8
11
Another
trey aides
Morton
By bryan veginski
TimesNewspapers
Morton senior Gabe Pleasants, top, pictured Jan. 31, earned a
berth at the IHSA Class 2A wrestling state finals with a firstplace finish at 152 pounds Saturday at the Sterling Sectional. He
is 35-2 on the season. bryan veginski/timesnewspapers
IHSA Class 2A wrestling state finals
Thursday-Saturday at State Farm Center
Session 1: 3 p.m. Thursday (preliminaries); Session 2: 11 a.m.
Friday (quarterfinals, followed by first-round wrestlebacks);
Session 3: 7 p.m. Friday (semifinals); Session 4: 9 a.m.
Saturday (quarterfinal, semifinal wrestlebacks and third, fifth
place matches); Session 5: 5:30 p.m. Saturday (grand march,
championship matches).
Participating Potter: Senior gabe pleasants (35-2).
Dunlap soars past co-op swim team
By bryan veginski
TimesNewspapers
The powerful Dunlap boys
swimming and diving team left
the Five Points Washington
Aquatics Center with a 37-point
victory Thursday.
The Washington/East Peoria/Morton co-op won four
events in their final tune-up before the postseason, but that
was not enough to prevent the
Eagles from claiming a 110-73
decision.
Seth Swartzendruber and
Brennan Schmidt were twoevent winners for the home
team.
Swartzendruber clocked a
time of 23.49 seconds to capture the 50 freestyle and finished the 100 free in a meet-best
:53.05.
Schmidt prevailed in the 200
individual medley in 2:10.97
and the 100 breaststroke in
1:06.47.
Postseason: W/EP/M is in the
14-team Normal Sectional,
which is Saturday.
All swimming and diving
event winners at the sectional
will advance to the IHSA state
final on Feb. 27-28 at Winnetka
New Trier High School.
Additionally, all contestants
who equal or exceed the minimum qualifying time also will
move forward.
Two boys basketball teams
collided Feb. 10 in a game that
had postseason pairings implications.
Normal University pulled
away from Morton in the fourth
quarter to seal a 72-63 road victory in a matchup between
squads in the same regional.
The guest Pioneers outscored
the Potters 21-11 in the fourth
quarter after trailing at the end
of each of the first three periods.
Ryan Altenberger of Morton
was 6-for-12 from 3-point range
to lead all scorers with 21
points.
Jared Liddle hit a trio of 3s to
account for 17 points, while Potters teammate Isaac Stephens
added a dozen after making all
five of his field-goal attempts.
Jake Starkey compiled eight
points with two treys for a
squad that was 12-of-29 from
long range.
Four Pioneers were in double
figures, with Nick Patkunas
leading the way with 17 points.
Morton and U-High are both
in the six-team Class 3A regional the Potters host the first
week of March.
MHS 55, Pekin 52
The Potters won another
thriller Saturday.
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NFHS attempts to curb roughness
Bantam state contestants
Steve Marvin, 8, left, participated at the Illinois Kids
Wrestling Federation bantam state tournament and
placed second in the 8-and-under group. His younger
brother, Danny Marvin, 7, split four matches wrestling
at bantam state for the first time. submitted photo
Soccer substitution changes adopted
ported to enter the field
of play (during a stoppage
of play when bench personnel are cautioned or
disqualified) is consistent
with substitution procedures, game management
principles and commitment to student participation,” said Mark Koski,
director of sports, events
and development and liaison to the Soccer Rules
Committee.
The other rule change
approved by the committee involves a revision in
the goalkeeper’s uniform.
In addition to the two
rules changes, the Soccer
Rules Committee approved five points of emphasis for the 2015-16
season.
Points of emphasis are
developed by NFHS rules
committees and should
receive special focus and
attention by officials,
coaches, players, fans and
other leaders within the
high school setting.
Points of emphasis developed by the Soccer
Rules Committee for
2015-16 are as follows:
ness.”
Bob Colgate, director of
sports and sports medicine at the NFHS and editor of the NFHS football
rules, noted that an example would be when a defensive player who is not
in the vicinity of the ball is
“blindsided” by a blocker
on the offensive team.
Another change with a
focus on risk minimization is a revision of the
spearing rule — one of
several examples of illegal
helmet contact listed in
Rule 2-20. Spearing is
now defined as “an act by
any player who initiates
contact against an opponent at the shoulders or
below with the crown (top
portion) of his helmet.”
With “targeting” now
defined as contact to an
opponent above the shoulders, the committee more
clearly defined “spearing”
as contact to an opponent
at the shoulders or below.
In other changes, the
rules committee revised
the 2014 rule change regarding free-kick formations. A new Rule 6-1-4
was added to state that
the timing of the foul for
not having at least four
players on each side of the
kicker now occurs when
the ball is kicked.
A change also was made
in the listing of penalties
in Rule 9-4, Illegal Personal Contact. Beginning
next season, an automatic
first down will not be
awarded for a 5-yard incidental face mask penalty
against the passer. Previously, this violation was
included in the penalty for
roughing the passer, which
calls for a 15-yard penalty
and an automatic first
down.
The rules committee
also approved new language in Rule 10-2-5 regarding the enforcement
of dead-ball fouls. The
distance penalty for unsportsmanlike, non-player
or dead-ball personal fouls
committed by teams can
offset.
The final change approved by the Football
Rules Committee related
to a series of downs. A
new Rule 5-1-1b will read
as follows: “The referee
shall have authority to
correct the number of the
next down prior to a new
series of downs being
awarded.”
According to the
2013-14 NFHS High
School Athletics Participation Survey, football is
the most popular sport for
boys at the high school
level with over 1 million
participants in 11-player
football.
Regular season
winding down
Morton senior Jared
Liddle, center, drives
through the Metamora
defense during a Jan. 30
boys basketball game.
Just three regular-season
contests remain for the
Potters, including one at
home on Feb. 27 against
Washington, which also is
Senior Night. Morton enters the week with wins in
three of its last four outings, including Saturday
against Pekin. The Potters
currently are 10-16 overall
and 7-4 in Mid-Illini Conference action. Class 3A
postseason pairings will
be revealed Friday, one
day after seeds are determined. Morton is a boys
regional host, two weeks
after it conducts the girls
tournament at the same
level. jason white/jrwhite
photo.com
See SOCCER page B3
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Substitutions in high
school soccer now will be
permitted during a stoppage of play when bench
personnel are cautioned
or disqualified.
This addition to the
listing of substitution opportunities in Rule 3-3-3
was one of two rules
changes recommended by
the National Federation
of State High School Associations (NFHS) Soccer
Rules Committee at its
January 26-28 meeting in
Indianapolis. T hese
changes were subsequently approved by the
NFHS Board of Directors.
Substitutes from both
teams who have already
reported per Rule 3-4-1(d)
may be beckoned by the
referee and may enter
when the clock is stopped
for a caution or disqualification of bench personnel.
The
other
opportunities for substitutions by players on either team who have
reported include goal
kick, player yellow card
and player red card.
“Allowing substitutes
who have already re-
In its ongoing effort to
minimize the risk of injury
in high school football, the
National Federation of
State High School Associations Football Rules
Committee expanded the
provisions of unnecessary
roughness to include contact with a defenseless
player.
This revision in Rule
9-4-3g was one of six rules
changes recommended by
the Football Rules Committee at its January 23-25
meeting in Indianapolis.
These changes were subsequently approved by the
NFHS Board of Directors.
The revised rule now
reads, “No player or nonplayer shall make any contact with an opponent,
including a defenseless
player, which is deemed
unnecessary or excessive
and which incites rough-
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015
B3
MORTON SPORTSHORTS
The district Free Throw Championship followed the local competition Feb. 15 with all competitors from the
East Peoria and Morton Knights of Columbus councils shooting 25 free throws to establish the winners. All
district champions are eligible to advance to the regional competition March 1 in Princeville. Winners are, in
front, from left: Drew Tutor, 12, East Peoria; Andrew Replogle, 11, Morton; Joseph Eggemyer, 10, East Peoria;
and Jillian Rochford, 10, Morton; second row: Ryan Schmidt, 14, Morton; Sam Abbey, 13, East Peoria; Amelia
Johnson, 12 East Peoria; Kylie Shaffer, 11, East Peoria; Madison Morge, 9, East Peoria; and Jolienne Varquez,
13, Morton. Not pictured are Cooper Keech, 9, Morton; and Abbey King, 14, Morton. submitted photo
Continued from Page B1
Washington tied for
sixth in the Feb. 11 Associated Press Class 3A state
poll.
The Potters also won the
first meeting between the
teams one month earlier
45-39 in Washington.
Morton lost a share of
the M-I crown last year in
the regular-season finale
on its home floor with a
stunning setback to East
Peoria.
There would not be a
second such occurrence.
After generating 12 firsthalf points at Torry Gymnasium, the Lady Panthers
mustered just 10 this time
BOYS
Continued from Page B1
Morton moved a step
closer to Pekin in the MidIllini Conference standings on a 3 at the buzzer
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SOCCER
• Heat acclimation.
• Fighting/reckless play.
• Tape or similar materials on socks.
• Communication.
• Goal kick.
According to the
2013-14 NFHS High
School Athletics Participation Survey, soccer is
the fifth-most popular
sport for boys at the high
school level with 417,419
participants and the
fourth-most popular sport
for girls with 374,564 participants.
Continued from Page B2
Knight of Columbus district winners determined
GIRLS
MGSA sign-ups
continue Feb. 28
Morton Girls Softball
Association registration
will be from 9 a.m. to 3
p.m. Feb. 28 at the Morton Recreation Center on
Detroit Avenue.
Teams are available for
all girls ages 4-18. Early
registration fees still are
$65.
Call 266-8487 or
349-2633 or go to the
website www.mortongirlssoftball.com for details.
on the road.
“I thought we got a lot of
good looks in the first half,
we didn’t knock ’em down,”
said Washington head
coach Maggie Mose.
Washington led when
Kara Caldwell canned a 3
for the game’s first points,
but trailed the rest of the
way after an 8-0 Morton
spurt that included five
Bisping points.
The Potters blanked the
Lady Panthers for the first
5 minutes, 42 seconds of
the second quarter, with
scoring from four different
players, to push ahead
17-5.
But a Kassy Caldwell
triple and Learned basket
created a 17-10 separation
at halftime.
A 10-2 spree to end the
third period allowed Morton to take its biggest lead
at 29-16.
Caylie Jones had two
pivotal buckets in the segment as part of a 3-for-4
effort from the floor.
“She played with such
confidence,” said Becker of
the freshman reserve forward.
Particularly damaging
was a 3 with 32 seconds
left when Ryan got open
from the top of the key.
“That one’s definitely
frustrating as a coach,” said
Mose of the Potter who is a
focal point of the scouting
report. “We just lost her.”
Said Ryan, “Right there,
I knew we had it in hand.
The defense was phenom-
enal tonight.”
Threes by Jess Learned
and Lauren Ely got Washington within nine points,
but the guests got no
closer.
Morton
converted
8-of-10 free throws over
the last 2:43, including
four straight by Ryan.
The Potters were
16-for-22 at the charity
stripe, committed fewer
turnovers and their defense allowed just 30-percent shooting (12-for-40).
“The way we did it was
very effective tonight,” said
Becker.
Washington leader
Learned had only five
points, missing nine of her
11 field-goal attempts.
Ryan said regular
switching of who was
guarding Learned was a
factor. Becker pointed to
the objective of not losing
track of her.
Kathleen Saunders and
Heisler were the senior
honorees. A pregame video
tribute was among the
highlights.
The crowd supporting
both sides arguably was as
big as the Potterdome has
seen for a girls game.
Postseason: No. 1 seed
Morton faces either Pontiac or East Peoria at 6
p.m. Wednesday in the
semifinals of the 3A Morton Regional.
No. 2 seed Washington
takes on either Prairie
Central or Metamora in
the second semifinal of
the night.
The two winners meet
at 7 p.m. Friday for the regional title.
“Postseason is the best
time of year. You get to
show everybody what type
of team you are,” Bisping
said.
The Potters are seeking
their ninth regional crown
in the last 11 seasons.
They have been careful
to not look ahead to a potential round three with
Washington, knowing the
finicky nature of the postseason.
The Morton Regional
champion advances to the
LaSalle Sectional semifinals to square off against
the Streator Regional winner at 6 p.m. Monday.
by Starkey.
The Potters pulled
within a game of the
Dragons for third place,
while knocking Pekin out
of a second-place tie with
Metamora.
The Morton (10-6, 7-4)
season sweep of Pekin,
which had won its previous six games in M-I play,
was finalized when Liddle
drove and fed Starkey on
the left wing. His trey fell
through the net as time
expired.
Liddle had 17 points to
pace four Potters in double digits. He hit 7-of-9
free throws.
Dan Bolt had 12 points,
Altenberger 11 and Stephens chipped in 10 on
5-for-6 shooting.
Starkey had the other
five points for Morton,
which was 7-of-15 from
3-point range.
Pekin, which has Washington and Metamora
coming up on its schedule, was paced by Noah
Kesselmayer’s 13 points.
The win was the third
in the last four outings for
the Potters, who locked
up an upper-division
league finish. The next
closest pursuer in the M-I
is 4-7 Dunlap.
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Morton CUSD 709 upgrading security system
By steve stein
TimesNewspapers
District 709 school buildings are getting a security
shot in the arm.
A plastic card access system will replace keys in a
project partially funded by
a state grant.
Superintendent Lindsey
Hall said administrators,
teachers and custodians
will receive cards. There
are no plans for students to
have them.
Bill Schock, the district’s
coordinator of electronic
communication and security, said the system will
provide accountability as
well as better security.
“We’ll know who is in
the buildings and when,”
he said.
Not every exterior school
door will have card access.
District Director of Operations Rodney Schuck said
switches will monitor the
opening and closing of the
other doors. If a door is
open, staff will know about
it.
Cards eventually will be
integrated into the district’s
security camera system.
Work on the project began last month at Morton
High School. Plans are to
install the system at Morton
Junior High School and the
district’s four elementary
schools by the end of the
school year.
Low bidder MidCo Inc.
of Bloomington will do the
work for $261,982. Tech
Electronics of Bloomington was the only other
company that made a bid
($430,931).
Part of the cost will be
offset by a $71,000 grant
from the Illinois Emergency Management Agency’s
$25 million Illinois School
and Campus Safety Grant
Program for K-12 schools
and colleges.
The program was a response to the Dec. 14,
2012, shootings at Sandy
Hook Elementary School
in Newtown, Conn., that
left 26 dead, including 20
students.
Besides accountability,
another advantage of Morton’s new system is better
control over outside groups
that use the district’s facilities.
“Whether they’re a ‘repeat
customer’ like the (Morton)
Park District or someone
celebrating a birthday or
anniversary, they’ll have access when they’re supposed
to have access,” Schuck
said.
Lost keys no longer will
be a problem.
“We’ll issue a new card
and do some programming
work instead of possibly
having to re-key a building,”
Schock said.
When employees leave
the district, “we won’t have
to go through the process
of getting their keys back.
Their card will be deactivated,” Hall said.
Hall said a security upgrade has been on the district’s to-do list for a few
years.
“When the grant became
available, it was time to do
the project,” she said.
Murderer may accept ‘sexually violent’ label for 1976 murder
By andy kravetz
GateHouse Media Illinois
PEKIN — An attorney for
a convicted murderer due
to be released Feb. 9 on parole told a Tazewell County
judge that his client might
sign off on being held in
custody possibly for the rest
of his life.
Luke Taylor, who was
assigned to represent Paul
R. Phillips, told Judge
Paul Gilfillan on Feb. 9
that his client didn’t want
to bother the victim’s family and just wanted to get
the entire thing over with.
That “thing” is a petition
by Tazewell County State’s
Attorney Stuart Umholtz to
have Phillips, 61, declared a
sexually violent person.
Such a designation,
if found by a jury, would
mean Phillips, who was due
to be released from prison
after serving about half of
a 70-to-95-year term for
the 1976 slaying of Brenda
Kay Roberts, 21, of Morton,
would remain in custody, albeit at a secure Department
of Human Services facility
in Rushville.
Approved about 15 years
ago, the state’s Sexually Violent Persons Commitment
Act allows prosecutors to
involuntarily commit a person if he shows a substantial
likelihood he will commit a
sexually violent act in the
future.
A prosecutor or the Attorney General’s Office will file
a request in civil court seeking commitment. A judge
must first decide if there is
enough cause to proceed,
then two more evaluations
must be done, one by an expert chosen by the inmate.
Finally, there is a trial.
Taylor agreed there was
cause to proceed and told
the judge he planned to
meet with his client soon.
Taylor had been assigned
the case recently and only
met with Phillips 15 minutes before the hearing with
the judge. But in that time,
Phillips indicated he would
agree to the state’s request
and not require a trial.
In summer of 1976, Roberts was a student at Illinois
Central College. On Aug. 18
of that year, a janitor found
her nude, lifeless body in a
women’s restroom stall, a
nylon stocking around her
neck. Phillips, an acquaintance and classmate who’d
lured her to the school to
supposedly seek spiritual
advice, confessed to the slaying the next day. In court, he
said he tried to rape Roberts
but “couldn’t do it.”
A Cook County judge a
few years before the murder
refused to sentence Phillips to a long prison term
and ordered him held as
a sexually dangerous person, a variant of the sexually
violent program. He was
held for about two years before being sent to a halfway
house and then released.
After the brief hearing,
Umholtz said he took some
consolation in hearing Phillips didn’t plan on contesting the petition.
“A judge erred many
years ago with tragic consequences, and myself and
my predecessors have been
determined that mistake
wouldn’t happen again,”
Umholtz said.
Phillips will be back in
court on March 13.
Motorist faces upgraded charges in fatal Mackinaw collision
By Michael Smothers
GateHouse Media Illinois
PEKIN — A Peoria man
now faces a felony charge
for allegedly driving away
from the pedestrian he fatally struck on a dark road
outside Mackinaw last November.
Calvin Kramer, 23, told
detectives he panicked when
he realized the “object” he
struck, and which became
pinned under his vehicle
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as he slowed to a stop, was
a person, according to the
charge of leaving the scene
of a fatal accident.
Kramer was cited several days after the accident
with leaving the scene of
a fatal accident as a traffic
violation. The felony charge
filed in court Feb. 5 carries
punishment ranging from
probation to three years in
prison.
More than an hour passed
before he reported the ac-
cident, the charge alleged.
During that time, Kramer’s
cellphone logged about 18
other calls.
Robert Gilder, 57, of Dunlap was pronounced dead
at the scene at Fast Lane
near Park Trail Road after
the accident was discovered
shortly after 11 p.m. Nov.
22.
Kramer said he was driving west on Fast Lane at
about 50 mph when he
“suddenly struck an object
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in the roadway,” according
to a prosecutor’s court affidavit. He “gradually came to
a stop” and drove backward
to dislodge the object and
got out to see what it was.
He “was five feet away
when he realized he (had)
struck a person,” the affidavit stated. “He stated
he panicked and returned
to his car” and drove to a
friend’s house nearby.
The affidavit did not state
whether Kramer was driv-
ing alone when the accident
took place.
A woman reported finding Gilder lying unconscious on Fast Lane about 11
p.m. with no other vehicles
around. She said she had
seen a man walking alone
on the unlit road on Mackinaw’s north end about 10
minutes earlier and, after
dropping off her son at a
friend’s house, returned to
see if he needed a ride.
Other witnesses told
Tazewell County Sheriff ’s
Office detectives that Gilder
had been attending a party
in Mackinaw that Saturday
night when he decided to go
for a walk.
No evidence that alcohol
may have played a role in
the fatal accident was cited
in the affidavit.
Kramer remains free on a
$5,000 recognizance bond
pending his arraignment,
scheduled for March 4.
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POLICE
reports
morton
arrests/Citations
Ayman Nouri, 41, of Morton,
driving with no driver’s license, in the 900 block of W.
Jefferson and Detroit, Feb. 5
Gary Seidell, 61, of Morton,
traffic violations, in the 500
block of Main and St. Paul,
Feb. 6
Russell Gilroy, 58, of Morton,
in-state warrant, in the 100
block of Yordy Road, Feb. 7
Matthew Power, 31, of Morton, driving with suspended,
revoked license, in the 100
block of Main and Adams,
Feb. 7
Tamra Heynen, 60, of Marquette Heights, ordinance
violation of animal at large,
in the 1000 block of Morton
and Courtland, Feb. 7
Ryan Helms, 23, of Morton,
DUI, blood alcohol content
above .08, in the 2000 block
of Veterans, Feb. 8
Brett Toland, 30, of Peoria,
operating motor vehicle with
Morton Times-News
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
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About POLICE NEWS
All information is obtained from police reports at the Morton Police Department. We print ALL arrests from Morton and
ones pertinent to our community. “Arrested” does not necessarily mean being taken to jail in handcuffs.
suspended registration, in
the 500 block of North Morton, Feb. 11
Patrick C. Salinas, 36, of
Pekin, driving with a suspended license, Feb. 5
correction
Mark A. Marvin, 59, 528 Harbor Point Drive, DUI, blood
alcohol content above .08
percent, Feb. 6
In last week’s Morton-Times
News, it was reported that
Michael D. Kuehn, 46, of
Washington, was arrested for
possession of cannabis and
furnishing alcohol to minor
on Jan. 30. That information
was incorrect. The person
who was arrested for those
charges was Michael S.
Kuehn, 25, of Washington.
East Peoria
arrests/Citations
Brian K. Rhoades, 51, of Peoria, burglary from a vehicle,
criminal damage to property,
Feb. 5
Ray K. Anderson, 23, of Peoria, driving with a suspended
license, Feb. 5
Timothy J. Cansino, 55, of
Peoria, operating an uninsured vehicle, driving with a
suspended license, Feb. 5
Robert F. Law, 55, of Peoria,
Piatt County warrant, Feb. 6
Shante L. Horton, 23, of Peoria, driving with a suspended
license, operating an uninsured vehicle, Feb. 6
Washington, violation of
order of protection, Feb. 6
Leeanna R. Abbey, 36, of Peoria, Peoria County warrant,
Feb. 7
Dawn E. Burnett, 41, of Creve
Coeur, battery, Feb. 6
Aaron A. White, 32, of Peoria,
Peoria County warrant, Feb. 7
Doneta L. Pleasant, 53, of
Eureka, battery, Feb. 6
Corey M. Hittle, 25, of Pekin,
domestic battery, criminal
damage to property, Feb. 7
Angela S. Wilson, 52, of
Peoria, burglary, retail theft,
Feb. 6
Willie B. Hill, 24, of Peoria,
Peoria County warrant, Feb. 7
Robin A. Bach, 27, of Washington, unlawful visitation,
Feb. 6
Rena L. Wright, 37, of Peoria,
Stark County warrant, Feb. 6
Anna G. Gillespie, 28, of
Debbie S. Zerwer, 47, of
Washington, Tazewell Coun
warrant, Feb. 10
Amy N. Kennedy, 37, of Peoria, driving with a suspended
license, Feb. 7
Tammy L. Jones, 29, 203
Harmony Ave., DUI, Feb. 7
Talier W. Stewart, 20, of
Pekin, DUI, blood alcohol
over .08 percent, operating
an uninsured vehicle, driving
with a suspended license,
possession of cannabis, possession of drug equipment,
illegal consumption by a
minor, Feb. 7
Thomas J. Flesner, 21, of
Washington, Tazewell Coun
warrant, Feb. 10
Keisha T. Murphy, 37, of Peoria, theft of labor, possession
of drug equipment, Feb. 7
Ryan P. Kay, 26, 900 Meadow
Ave., domestic battery, Feb. 6
Steven L. Knickerbocker, 54,
315 Oakbrook Drive, Peoria
County warrant, Feb. 6
Teresa A. Ochadleus, 46, 50
Chicago, domestic battery,
Feb. 10
Taria L. Oates, 39, of Peoria,
driving with a suspended
license, Feb. 7
Jeff M. Allbritton, 50, 125 E.
Washington, disorderly conduct, Feb. 6
Jessica N. Smith, 23, of Peoria, reckless driving, Feb. 7
Timothy J. Tiller Jr., 32, of
Pekin, criminal damage to
property, disorderly conduc
Feb. 9
Marisol Villarreal, 26, of
Forsythe, driving with a suspended license, Feb. 11
Cord A. Sweatt, 19, 300
Valley View Court, battery,
resisting police, Feb. 7
Whitley S. Holloway, 26, of
Forsythe, criminal trespassing, Feb. 11
Janet L. Christy, 51, of Peoria, Peoria County warrant,
Angela L. Arner, 23, of Washington, domestic battery,
disorderly conduct, Feb. 8
Brent A. Kellenberger, 36, of
Creve Coeur, speeding mor
than 35 mph over the limit,
Feb. 11
Amanda Lei Pasco, 25,
of Peoria Heights, Peoria
County warrant, Feb. 8
Courtney M. Andrews, 24, o
Peoria, Peoria County warrant, Feb. 11
Rafael Rosales, 29, of Peoria,
driving with a suspended
license, Feb. 9
ICC Art Galleries hosts exhibits that feature photography, sculpture
A pair of exhibits opening today, will be featured
in the Illinois Central College art galleries, located
on the East Peoria Campus.
Water, an exhibit of the
photography of Michael
Ellison, will be on display
in the ICC Performing
Arts Center Gallery beginning today, with an opening reception with the
artist from noon to 2 p.m.,
in the gallery. The exhibit
will be on display through
March 13.
“Domesticating Matter,”
an exhibit of the sculpture
and installation of Greg
Blair, will be on display
from now through March
6, in Gallery 336B, located
in the Academic Building.
Ellison developed a love
of photography when he
purchased his first camera
in 1969 during his combat
tour in Vietnam. Upon his
return home, he studied
photography at Randolph
Technical Institute and
earned a bachelor’s degree
from Montreat College
while continuing to hone
his skills as a still photographer.
Ellison grew up in
North Carolina, where he
developed an appreciation for water. He works
solely with film, using a
Hasselblad 503cx and a
4x5 Shen Hoa. Blair is
originally from Red Deer,
Alberta, Canada.
He earned a bachelor’s
degree in sculpture from
the University of Lethbridge and a master’s degree in sculpture in 2004
from the University of
North Dakota.
Blair recently completed
his doctoral degree in art
theory from the Institute
for Doctoral Studies in the
Visual Arts based in Portland. Blair is an associate
professor of art at Northern State University at Aberdeen, South Dakota.
Regular hours of operation for the art galleries at
ICC are Monday through
Thursday from 9:30 a.m.
to 7:30 p.m. and Friday
from 9:30 a.m. to noon.
Galleries are closed during college holidays and
breaks.
The Performing Arts
Center Gallery also is
accessible when the Performing Arts Center is
open for public events.
The Arts at ICC has a
history of enhancing the
arts community and expanding education beyond
the classroom. Arts at ICC
presents more than 500
exhibits, performances,
lectures, rehearsals, meetings, master classes, clinics, seminars, receptions,
orientations, forums, auditions and tournaments
annually.
For more information,
visit ArtsAtICC.com or
contact the ICC Arts &
Communication Department at 694-5113.
Water, an exhibit of the photography of Michael Ellison, will be on display in the ICC Performing Arts
Center Gallery on the East Peoria Campus beginning
Feb. 18, with an opening reception with the artist from
noon to 2 p.m., in the gallery. The exhibit will be on
display through March 13. submitted photo
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OBITUARIES
linda
schlacter
moved to
“Joy Girls” with her sisters,
Morton,
a singing group led by
where Linher mother, through the
da worked
United Methodist Church
MORTON — Linda L.
at Dietrich
of Secor.
(Herncjar) Schlacter, 67,
ManufacShe continued her faith
of Morton, died peaceturing Co.
fully at 3:39 a.m. Tuesday, as a member of Eufor 47 years
reka United Methodist
Feb. 10, 2015, at the OSF
Linda
as a steel
Richard L. Owens Hospice Church. She also worked
Schlacter
buyer.
in the family restaurant,
Home in Peoria.
Surviving are one
The Kozy Corner Café,
She was born March
daughter, Stacy Schlueter
throughout high school.
30, 1947, in Washington
of Dunlap; two grandLinda graduated from
to Edwin and Margaret
children, Isobel and Izik
Eureka High School in
(Baldwin) Herncjar. She
Schlueter; one brother,
grew up on a farm in Secor 1965 and married David
Walter Herncjar of El
Schlacter on July 9, 1967,
and began her faith jourCajon, California; and four
in Eureka. The family
ney as a member of the
sisters, Peggy Malcom of
Morton, Marjorie Netherton of Congerville, Mary
Shaffer of Springfield, and
Janet Cobus of St. Michael, Minnesota.
She was preceded in
death by her parents.
Linda’s passion in life
was a love of animals. She
provided a loving home
for many dogs throughout
her life who gave her many
hours of love and companionship. She especially
loved her first bulldog,
Brutus, who was constant-
ly by her side as well as
her current dogs, Sophie
and Zoey, who provided
a calming joy during her
long illness.
Her daughter, sisters and
brother remember her as a
loving, kind and extremely
giving person who loved
her family, adored her
grandchildren and had a
strong faith in God.
The family would like
to thank OSF Hospice
Services, Alpha Care CNA,
Joann and the Hospice
Home staff for their kind,
dedicated care.
Cremation will be accorded. A public memorial
service will not be held.
Ludwig Mortuary in
Morton is handling cremation arrangements.
The family requests
memorial gifts be made
in Linda’s memory to
the ALS Society or to the
Peoria County Animal
Protection Services.
Online condolences may
be sent to the family at
www.ludwigmortuary.com.
donna bratland 1929, in Grafton, North
children; and one brother, Leonard (Judy) Kulas
of Gadsden, Alabama.
Donna was a member of
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Morton and
its Altar & Rosary Society.
A visitation was held
Feb. 11 followed by a
funeral Mass at 11 a.m.
at Blessed Sacrament
Catholic Church in Morton, officiated by the Rev.
Kyle Lucas.
Burial will be in Hillcrest Memory Gardens in
Morton.
Knapp-Johnson Funeral
Home and Cremation
Center in Morton is handling arrangements.
Memorials may be made
to a charity of the donor’s
choice.
Online condolences may
be sent to the family at
www.knappjohnson.com.
samuel hirstein
Swearingen, both of Morton,
Ryan (Melissa) Hirstein of
MORTON — W. Samuel
Sarasota, Florida, and Carrie
“Sam” Hirstein, 95, of MorSund of Spring Hill, Florida;
ton, died at 2:45 a.m. Friday, nine great-grandchildren;
Feb. 13, 2015, at Apostolic
and one sister, Ann RuppreChristian Restmor in Morcht of Morton.
ton.
Sam owned and operated
He was born June 10, 1919, the Stable Tavern and The
in Lakeville, Indiana, to
Buckeye from 1949 to 1954.
Edward and Mary (GerHe then moved to Minber) Hirstein. and married
nesota, where he owned Bio
Waunita E. Rinkenberger on Distributors of Minnesota in
March 8, 1941, in Davenport, Meadowlands and St. Cloud,
Iowa. She died June 4, 2014. Minnesota, from 1955 to
He also was preceded in
1964. He later moved back
death by one grandchild,
to Morton, where he owned
Tracy Hirstein; four brothers Sam & Doug’s Tavern from
and six sisters.
1963 to 1965. He moved to
Surviving are two sons,
Colorado in 1968, where he
Douglas Hirstein of Morowned and operated Sam
ton and David Hirstein of
Hirstein Trucking of ColoKissimmee, Florida; one
rado and 301 Corporation
daughter, Cindy (William)
of Denver, a truck leasing
Wiedman of Morton; four
business.
grandchildren, B.J. WiedHe attended Harvest Bible
man and Libby (Spencer)
Chapel in East Peoria and
was a lifetime member of
Kennel Lake Sportsman’s
Club in Morton. He was a
former member of the Morton Optimist Club.
A visitation was held Feb.
15 at Knapp-Johnson Funeral Home and Cremation
Center in Morton. A further
visitation was held Feb. 16,
followed by a funeral service
at 10 a.m. at the funeral
home, officiated by the Rev.
Mike Klopfenstein. Burial
will be at Roberts Cemetery
in Morton.
Memorials may be made
to Sam’s favorite charity, St.
Jude Runners Association,
4722 N. Sheridan Road,
Peoria, IL 61614.
To view Sam’s video tribute
or to leave an online condolence for the family, visit
www.knappjohnson.com.
Arlette lange
She worked in the comptrollers department at JewelOsco in Melrose Park for 18
years, retiring in 1986.
She was a member of
Blessed Sacrament Parish in
Morton.
Cremation has been accorded. There will be no service or visitation. Burial will
be in Mount Hope Cemetery
at a later date. Davis-Oswald
Funeral Home in Tremont is
handling the arrangements.
Memorials may be made to
Blessed Sacrament Parish in
Morton.
MORTON — Donna
Mae Bratland, 85, of
Morton, died at 8:15 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015, at
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria.
She was born May 20,
Dakota, to Edward and
Emily (Ebertowski) Kulas
and married Raymond
D. Bratland on Sept. 10,
1951, in Grafton, North
Dakota. He died June
30, 1991. She also was
preceded in death by one
infant son, Joseph Bratland; one infant grandson, her parents; and one
sister.
Surviving are two children, Shelly (Rufus) Perry
of Las Vegas, Nevada, and
Robert (Janelle) Bratland
of Metamora; four grand-
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(Cindy) Lange of ThouMORTON — Arlette
sand Oaks, California; five
Lange, 91, of Morton, forgrandchildren; 11 great
merly of Elmhurst, died at
grandchildren; one great
7:25 am Friday, February 13, great granddaughter; three
2015, at Apostolic Christian sisters, Renilde Phillips and
Restmor in Morton.
Bertha Verswyvels, both of
She was born May 23,
Antwerp and Josie Van Pelt
1923 in Antwerp, Belgium
of Breham, Texas.
to Justin and Sophia Zelis
She was preceded in death
Humble and married Ray
by an infant daughter and
Burton Lange on Nov. 20,
one brother.
1945, in the Cathedral of Our
She and her husband had
Lady in Antwerp, Belgium.
lived in Elmhurst for 47
He died Sept. 28, 2010.
years and Morton for the
Surviving are one daughpast 11 years.
ter, Linda (Gary) Abts of
Arlette was a homemaker.
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The following area students have received recognition on the dean’s list for the fall semester at Bradley
University in Peoria. To be eligible for the dean’s list a
student must achieve a minimum 3.5 grade-point average for the semester on a 4.0 scale.
Elizabeth Schultz and Quentin Young of Groveland
were named to the dean’s list.
Brandon Allison, Aaron Alvarez, Adam Bazzetta, Arwen Boyer, Rebekah Gudeman, Allie Hufford, Nicholas
Kaiser, Lindsey Key, April Kohtz, Michael Lacy, Olivia
Lu, Jessica Martin, Ben Maurer, Brandon McCormick,
Emily Miller, Sara Pilcher, Caitlin Pribble, Matthew
Psinas, Logan Rapp,Brock Schwartz, Cole Stalter and
Carly Woodin, all of Morton, were named to the dean’s
list.
— In the Jan. 28 issue of the Morton Times-News,
a list of students achieving dean’s list honors was not
correct on behalf of a computer error at Bradley University. The names printed above are the correct ones
for the 2014 fall semester.
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