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Zach Haeffner (right) holds younger brother Matthew Haeffner on the sled as they take their turn sliding down the hill in Mark at Alfonso Mazzini Memorial Park. With tem-peratures staying cold, the hill has become a perfect place to sled. More than 50 hearty Putnam County residents were making the long climb up to the top of the hill to enjoy the roller coaster like thrills of sliding down in saucers, tobog-gans and sleds. The village of Mark has a skating area as well as sledding hill in the park for Putnam Coun-ty residents to enjoy. Other hills around Putnam and Bureau counties have also been busy with sledders, as they enjoy the winter season.

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Circa ‘21 presents ‘Les Misérables’ROCK ISLAND — For

the second production in its 38th season, the Circa ‘21 Dinner Playhouse begins 2015 not only with a musical, but perhaps the most frequently-re-quested musical in the theatre’s history: the Tony Award-winning Broadway smash “Les Misérables.” Running through March 21, this legendary, show is one of the most popu-lar, enduring and beloved musicals of all time, and now it comes to Rock Island’s dinner theatre in a glorious new presentation directed by a veteran of the Broadway cast, and boast-ing a superb assemblage of professional performers.

“Les Misérables” will be performed at Circa ‘21 at 7:45 p.m. on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, at 5:45 p.m. Sundays and at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday mat-inées. Ticket prices are $48 plus tax for the evening dinner-and-show produc-tions and $42.50 plus tax for the plated-lunch mat-inées, with student tickets available for $28 plus tax.

Reservations are avail-able through the Circa ‘21 ticket office located at 1828 Third Ave., Rock Island or by calling 309-786-7733, ext. 2.

Debuting on Broadway in 1987 after a hugely suc-cessful run in London’s West End, composers Claude-Michel Schön-berg’s and Alain Boubil’s “Les Misérables” is the famed adaptation of Vic-tor Hugo’s sprawling 19th-century novel, con-sidered one of the greatest literary works ever written. Hugo’s tale of redemption, romance and revolution quickly became a theatrical smash, breaking box-office records and amassing eight Tony Awards, including the trophy for Best Musical. Its

score has consequently become one of theatre’s most indelible and mem-orable ones – with its most famed songs including “I Dreamed a Dream,” “Mas-ter of the House,” “On My Own,” “Do You Hear the People Sing?” and the glo-rious anthem “One Day More” – and the musical was also turned into a hit 2012 film that received three Academy Awards.

Directing Circa ‘21’s “Les Misérables” is a man well-acquainted with the material: Jerry Jay Cranford, who previ-ously played the roles of Enjolras and Prouvaire in Broadway productions of the show. Cranford’s many years in professional the-atre have led to him also starring in National Tours of the musicals “Singin’ in the Rain” and “Anything Goes”; performing in the European tour of “Evita”; portraying the Genie in Disney’s $10-million stage

presentation of “Aladdin”; and directing and cho-reographing such iconic musicals as “The Music Man,” “The Wizard of Oz,” “Oklahoma!,” “Once Upon a Mattress” and “Fiddler on the Roof.”

For his Rock Island production of “Les Misérables,” Cranford is working with an excep-tional cast of professional talents, several of whom will be familiar to patrons of the Rock Island dinner theatre. Local favorite Don Denton takes on the vocal-ly demanding role of Jean Valjean, and the actor will be familiar to area audi-ences from roles in previ-ous Circa ‘21 productions. Playing Valjean’s eternal nemesis Inspector Javert is Circa ‘21 veteran Adam Clough.

Other returning Circa ‘21 veterans include Will Aaron, Joseph J. Baez, Brittany Church, James Fairchild, Gage McCal-

ester, Grace Moore, Collin O’Connor, Kimberly Stef-fen, Tristan Layne Tap-scott, Kevin Korczynski and Sara Tubbs.

Meanwhile, actors mak-ing their Circa ‘21 debuts with “Les Misérables” include Joey Boos, Caitlin Borek, Joseph Brune, Kait-lyn Casanova, Eboni Fon-dren, Lily Leding, Saman-tha A. Matthews, Elizabeth Mooy, Lili Torre, Cody Webb and Allison Wille.

Circa ‘21 is thrilled to be ringing in the new year with this spectacular and widely-requested musical smash, and urges audi-ence members to secure tickets quickly for what is likely to be one of the most popular productions in the theatre’s 38-year history. Make reservations with the Circa ‘21 ticket office at 309-786-7733, ext. 2, and delight in the electricity of one of the biggest hits in musical history: “Les Misérables!”

Photo contributedRock Island’s Crica ‘21 will present “Les Misérables” until March 21.

Festival 56 holds auditionsPRINCETON — Festival

56 will hold local auditions for its 2015 summer sea-son at 2 p.m. Jan. 24.

Singers older than 15 years old are asked to pre-pare 16 bars of a song and

bring the sheet music in the correct key. An accom-panist will be provided.

“If you are a non-sing-er, please come pre-pared with a monologue of two minutes of less,”

said Laura Brigham, cast-ing director. “Audition-ers may be asked to stay and read from the script or dance. We are looking for males and females of all ages and types for sev-

eral plays: ‘Gypsy,’ ‘The Drowsy Chaperone’ and ‘Julius Caesar.’”

Festival 56 is also seek-ing six to 8 children, ages 8-12, for the cast of “Gypsy.” All must dance

well and sing. Children should arrive at 3 p.m. Jan. 24. They will be taught a song and a dance. Some may be asked to read from the script.

Auditions will be held at

the Grace Performing Arts Center, 316 S. Main St., Princeton.

For more information, visit www.festival56.com or email Brigham at [email protected].

Stage 212 seeks directors, shows

LASALLE — Stage 212 in LaSalle is currently seeking submissions from direc-tors for the 2016 season. The organization is seeking well-known, highly recog-nizable shows for the win-ter, spring, summer and fall slots, but will also entertain proposals for special fifth show productions, typically small cast and a little out of the ordinary, to run in a slot outside of the regular season.

Winter productions are typically small musicals or comedy/dramas, the spring and fall shows are comedy/dramas and the summer production is traditional-ly a big musical, but other proposals will be consid-ered. The organization will consider all submissions, including repeats of past shows if they have not been performed in the last 20 years.

Anyone interested in submitting a play for con-

sideration should contact Natalie Smigel at 815-224-3025 or email [email protected] for application informa-tion. Visitors to stage212.org will find a reference list of all productions Stage 212 has put on in its history. Applications are due March 1 and should be emailed to [email protected], dropped off at the Stage 212 box office, 700 First St., LaSalle, during regular office hours or mailed to Stage 212, Inc. P.O. Box 198 LaSalle, IL 61301. A final selection will be made for recommen-dation to the Management Committee of Stage 212 in May of 2015.

Stage 212 has been the Illinois Valley’s community theater since 1968, and wel-comes anyone interested in participating in a stage production, regardless of previous experience. For more information about its current season, call 815-224-3025.

IVCC announces spring productionsOGLESBY — Illinois Val-

ley Community College’s theatre department has announced spring produc-tions as well as auditions for all shows.

The lineup includes the original historical play, “Legacy,” co-written by director David A. Kuester and Megan Norlin. Kuester will also direct the IVCC Comedy Improv Team.

Musical theatre director Don Grant Zellmer will direct and choreograph “Sugar Babies – The Bur-lesque Musical,” as well as direct and choreograph the IVCC Show Choir for a themed revue.

“Sugar Babies” starred Mickey Rooney and Ann Miller in its Broadway run, and Zellmer worked exten-

sively with Rooney in his touring show.

The show is a fast-mov-ing revue that pays loving tribute to the comics, sing-ers, and “Burly-Cuties” that sang and danced through this type of strictly American entertainment.

“Legacy” will be per-formed in conjunction with the Abraham Lincoln exhibit coming to IVCC March 24 to May 1. The historical drama is pre-sented in the days of “Chi-taqua” entertainment, then diverts to flashbacks during the Civil War era and features vignettes of characters with connec-tions to the Illinois Valley such as Anne Dickey Wal-lace, General Wallace and Abraham Lincoln.

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PRINCETON —Thursday, Jan. 22, former Tiskilwa residents and author Tom Schwerbrock will talk about his new book, “A Joker and Four Aces” at 6:30 p.m.

Monday, Jan. 26, the Monday Night Movie will begin at 6:30 p.m. and feature a man from a family of rich snobs who becomes engaged to a woman from a good-na-tured but decidedly eccentric family.

Thursday, Jan. 29, an adult craft night will be at 6:30 p.m. Scrapbook-ing — Exploding Box, led by Ron McCutchan. All materials supplied. This can be used as a memory box, for up to 12, 3- to 4-inch photographs. If you would like to bring prints to use.

SPRING VALLEY — The Richard A. Mautino Memorial Library Board meets the second Tues-day of every month at 8 a.m. in the library. The following is a list of the meeting dates for 2015: Feb. 10; March 10; April 14; May 12; June 9; July 14; Aug. 11; Sept. 8; Oct. 13; Nov. 10 and Dec. 8.

TISKILWA — The library has had several donations made recently, so stop in and check out the new books, DVDs and audios the library has acquired. Donations are always accepted in good usable condition.

LADD — The Ladd Pub-lic Library has resumed preschool story times. Programs are held at 10 a.m. Tuesdays in the chil-dren’s department. Pro-grams feature a variety of activities including stories, songs, crafts and much more. The theme for the Jan. 27 story time pro-gram will be polar bears.

Patrons who haven’t tried the library’s eBook programs yet should stop in and speak with Amy.

The library offers

eBooks through the OMNI consortium and also e-Read Illinois.

OHIO — The Ohio Pub-lic Library is offering free technology courses. Some of the upcoming topics of classes include: Windows 7/8 basic functions, Mic-rosoft Office basics, tablet basics, Internet safety and resume writing. To get signed up, stop by the library.

BUREAU — The Leep-ertown Town-ship Public Library is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 2 to 6 p.m., Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m. and on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The library has computers for patron usage, as well as copier, scanning and fax services. Call 815-659-3283 for information. (The fax number is the same as phone number).

PERU — The Peru Public Library is offering basic instruction on using a computer, email or the Internet. During twice a month sessions, patrons can schedule times to learn computer basics.

Tuesdays with Comput-ers is every first and third Tuesdays from January to April, between 10 and 11 a.m. Call to schedule a session; walk-ins welcome as space allows.

MAGNOLIA – Magnolia Branch Library will have homework hour on Tues-day and Thursday nights from 4 to 5 p.m. through-out the school year. Chil-dren have the opportunity to have their completed homework checked or seek help understanding homework in progress. The library provides mate-rials and equipment for help with school home-work and projects.

“Greatness Explained: The Great Lakes” will be a presentation given at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 3 at the library. This is another program in the 2014-15 “Traces and Byways Dis-covered” program.

HENNEPIN – Preschool story times are every Tuesday at 2 p.m. and at 10:30 a.m. on Fridays. Join the library for stories, crafts, games and more. This program is ideal for children ages 3, 4, and 5 years of age.

After-school activities take place most Thurs-

days from 4 to 5 p.m. for children in early ele-mentary school. Come to the Hennepin Library for stories and related crafts, activities and games.

The Hennepin Book Club meets at 7 p.m. on the second Thursday of every month at the Hen-nepin Library headquar-ters. The group discusses

a single title all participants have read together and selects a title for the follow-ing month.

Thursday, Jan. 22, at 6 p.m. the

library will show, “Earth to Echo,” rated PG; running time is 91 minutes. The movie revolves around a trio of boys who begin receiving a strange series of signals on their phones before discovering a small alien who has become stranded and needs help to find his way home. This journey, full of wonder and adventure, is their story and their secret.

“The Life and Times of Abraham Lincoln” is the 11th program in the 2014-15 “Traces and Byways Discovered” series. The program will be held in Hennepin at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 12.

GRANVILLE – Join the library for stories and crafts. The preschool pro-gram is ideal for children ages 3, 4 and 5 years old. The more, the merrier – bring friends. Tuesday mornings at 10 a.m.

The Granville Favorites Club meets at 6:30 p.m. on the second Wednesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. Each month the group meets to discuss favorite and not-so-favor-ite titles participants have read.

Join the library on Thursday mornings at 10 a.m. for stories and songs. This program is ideal for little ones under 3 years of age.

MCNABB – Every Satur-day morning at 10 a.m. the McNabb Branch Library features youth programming for chil-dren in early elementary school.

Preschool story times are held at 11 a.m. Sat-urdays and are ideal for children ages 3, 4 and 5 years old with adult par-ticipation. Enjoy stories, and make a small craft to take home.

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Everyone is welcome at Ali’s PantryBy Ken Schroeder

Shaw Media Service

GRANVILLE — On the north end of the business district in Granville sits a local landmark. Serving since 1997, Ali’s Pantry has been the go-to place in town for breakfast, lunch and dinner with a family tradition of good food and hospitality.

From the outside, the building looks small, almost cramped. The feeling disperses once you walk into the restau-rant. It’s still cozy, but a very welcoming atmo-sphere greets you, as does the aroma of food done right. Come in more than a few times, and it’s a sure bet Ali will be able to call you by name.

Although Ali Zulbeari’s name is on the marquee, Ali’s Pantry is a family affair. Ali and his father, Adem, purchased the former Panther Pantry on March 11, 1997, and opened its doors after a short remodeling just 11 days later on March 22. Ably assisted by his brother Safet — known to everyone as Sam — Ali serves up a great variety of food six days a week.

The story of Ali’s starts with Adem, who came to Illinois from Ner-ashte, Macedonia, in the northernmost section of Greece. Adem worked in Sandwich at his broth-er’s restaurant. When his son, Ali, immigrated from “the low country,” the two decided to open their own restaurant. They found the Panther Pantry was up for sale and soon were in the restaurant business for themselves.

Food is great and plen-tiful. From the opening

door at 6 a.m., the locals bring their healthy appe-tite for eggs, pancakes, omelettes and Ali’s signa-ture biscuits and gravy. Lunch is a wide and var-ied selection with burg-ers, sandwiches and daily specials. For something different, try an Ali’s Roll, a homemade flatbread wrapped around ham, beef, turkey or gyros meat and stuffed with mozzarella, green pep-pers and onions. Dinner selections include sea-food, fried chicken and Italian dishes.

New to the menu is Ali’s pizza. Served after 4 p.m., pies start at 8 inch-es for a personal treat to the 20-incher which feeds an entire family and possibly a neighbor

or two. Pizzas are lovingly handmade and baked in the new pizza oven. The dough is homemade, and the pizza sauce is made fresh daily.

Ali’s is open at 104 S.

McCoy St. from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday, and open until 9 p.m. on Friday and Satur-day. Carry-out and deliv-ery are available at 815-339-6575.

IV Scene photos/Ken SchroederBrand new at Ali’s Pantry are fresh-made to order pizzas. Ali Zulbeari starts a fresh pizza with the restaurant’s special recipe dough and sauce. Sizes range from personal to wagon wheel with a generous list of toppings to choose from. Pizzas are offered from 4 to 8 p.m. for dine-in, carry-out or delivery.

Orders come up quick and tasty at Ali’s Pantry with their lunch and dinner offerings of burgers, sandwiches, salads and seafood with homemade fries and coleslaw.

This WeekIVCH is partnering with

the state comptroller’s office to present a free public program about bud-geting at 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 22, in the hospital’s room at the Peru Mall. For more information, call the Office of the Comptroller’s Consumer Affairs Division at 217-782-2673.

The Princeton Coffee-house will host Chicago’s “official troubadour,” Mark Dvorak, at 7:30 p.m. Satur-day, Jan. 24 at Open Prai-rie UCC, 25 E. Marion St.

Starved Rock will host an eagle watch weekend Saturday, Jan. 24, and Sunday, Jan. 25, from the top of Starved Rock. Live bird of prey shows and various family activities will take place at the Starved Rock Lodge, Illinois Water-way Visitor Center and the Starved Rock Visitor Cen-ter. For more information and the full event sched-ule, visit www.illinoisaudu-bon.org.

Twin Rivers ABATE will host its eighth annual motorcycle swap meet from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 25, at the Moose in Sterling, 2601 E. Lincoln Way. Admission is $5 and children under 12 are free. Breakfast, lunch and refreshments will be available. To be a vendor of for more information, call 815-716-3588 or 815-625-4943.

The St. Louis Catholic Church Knights of Columbus will sponsor an all you can eat pancake and sausage breakfast from 8 a.m. to noon Sunday, Jan. 25, in the St. Louis School Gym-nasium. Breakfast includes sausage, pancakes, scram-bled eggs, applesauce, milk, juice and coffee. The cost is $6 for adults, $3 for children ages 4-12 and free for children under 3 years old.

The American Red Cross

will hold a blood drive from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 27, at St. Margaret’s Hospital in Spring Valley.

UpcomingThe Bureau County Farm

Bureau will hold its 100th annual meeting Thursday, Jan. 29, at Wise Guys Bar and Grill, 2205 N. Main St., Princeton. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. with dinner. The business meet-ing will immediately follow. At the meeting, officers as well as directors will be elected for the upcoming year. For more information or to purchase a ticket, call the Bureau County Farm Bureau at 815-875-6468.

Auction CalendarJan. 24 – Myrle W. Plot-

ner estate, farmland, 10 a.m., sale held at Bradford Legion Hall, Bradford, Tumbleson Auction Co., auctioneers.

Jan. 27 – Don Stoner estate, tractors, trucks, equipment, miscellaneous tools and equipment, 9:30 a.m., sale held 1.5 miles east of Wyanet on Route 6, Rediger Auction Service, auctioneers.

Jan. 31 – John Sitterly (The Spoon), real estate plus equipment, 10 a.m., 541 S. Main St., Princeton, Tumbleson Auction Co., auctioneers.

Feb. 6 – Richard and Valerie Ehorn, farmland, 10 a.m., sale held 401 W. Main St. (The Shed), Wyanet, Rediger Auction Service, auctioneers.

Feb. 10 – Patricia Wam-hoff, Glenn Lovgren, Vir-ginia Becker, Trina Owens and Nicole Fischer, farm-land, 10 a.m., sale held at 308 Howard St. (LaMoille Lions Club Building), LaM-oille, Rediger Auction Ser-vice, auctioneers.

Feb. 24 – Alice Dillon Price estate, farmland, 10 a.m., sale held at 906 Walton Road (Walton Tap Banquet Room), Dixon, Rediger Auction Service, auctioneers.

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Some nice warm break-fast rolls and a good hot cup of coffee or cocoa ... even a glass of cold milk is a good way to start your day.

German Chocolate Pecan

Rolls2 packages of active dry

yeast2 1/2 cups lukewarm

water (105 to 115°)1 teaspoon granulated

sugar1 package (2 layer size)

dark chocolate cake mix

6 cups all-purpose flour1 egg1/3 cup vegetable oil1/2 teaspoon salt1/4 cup butter, melted1 1/4 cups miniature

semisweet chocolate chips

1 cup granulated sugar1 cup flaked or shredded

coconut2/3 cup butter1 1/3 cups packed brown

sugar1/3 cup light colored corn

syrup2 cups coarsely chopped

pecansFor dough: In a very

large mixing bowl, stir the yeast into 1/2 cup of the warm water, add the 1 teaspoon sugar. Let the mixture stand for 5 min-utes or until the mixture is foamy. Stir the cake mix, 1 cup of the flour, the egg, oil, salt and the remain-ing water into yeast mix-ture. Beat with an electric mixer on high speed for 3 minutes, scraping sides of bowl, constantly, taking a wooden spoon, stir in the remaining flour to form a soft dough (dough will be sticky). Cover and let rise about 1 hour or until doubled. Lightly grease two 13-by-9-inch baking

pans. Set aside. Stir dough down. Cover and let rise again until doubled (about 30 minutes). Stir dough again. Divide in half; turn one portion of the dough out on a well floured sur-face. Turn to coat lightly. Roll out dough. Mix 1/4 butter chocolate chips, 1 cup granulated sugar and coconut and pecans. Mix well and spread 1/2 of the mixture on top of dough and roll up. Repeat with other half of dough. Slice rolls and place rolls in prepared pans. Bake at 350° until rolls are golden brown. Mix 2/3 cup butter, brown sugar, corn syrup in a pan and cook until well blended and thickened. Pour over rolls when taken out of oven.

Sticky BunsTopping

2/3 cup packed dark brown sugar

3 tablespoons butter2 tablespoons honey2 tablespoons light corn

syrup1/2 cup pecans, toasted

and coarsely choppedDough

2 tablespoons warm water

2 1/4 cups instant yeast (1 envelope)

3 cups all-purpose flour1/3 cup dark brown sugar1 1/2 teaspoons baking

powder1/2 teaspoon baking soda3/4 teaspoon salt1 cup buttermilk1 large egg5 tablespoon butter,

meltedFilling

1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1 tablespoon butter, melted

1/2 cup pecans, toasted and coarsely chopped

Glaze3/4 cup confectioner’s

sugar1 tablespoon water

Preheat oven to 375°. Grease an 8-inch square metal baking pan. Make topping: In a 2-cup mea-suring cup, combine brown sugar, butter, honey and corn syrup. Microwave on high 1 minute. Stir until smooth, microwave 2 min-utes more. Spread half of topping in pan. Sprinkle with pecans. Make dough: In medium bowl, com-bine water and yeast. In large bowl, combine flour, brown sugar, baking pow-der, baking soda and salt. To bowl with yeast whisk in buttermilk, egg and but-ter until smooth. Stir into flour mixture just until liq-uid is absorbed. Set aside. On lightly floured surface knead dough 8 to 12 times or just until smooth. With lightly floured rolling pin, roll into 12-by-10-inch rectangle. Make filling: Combine sugar and cin-namon. Brush dough with butter. Sprinkle with sugar, mixture and 1/2 pecans. Starting from 1 long side, roll dough tightly into log. Place seam side down. With sharp knife, cut into 9 even pieces. Place, cut side down, in pan in 3 rows. Bake buns 30 to 32 min-utes or until golden brown. Meanwhile make glaze. When ready remove from oven and place large plate

over pan, invert buns onto plate. Cool slightly. To serve, microwave reserved topping on high 1 minute until runny. For glaze: In medium bowl, stir togeth-er confectioner’s sugar and water until smooth.

Sweet Roll Dough3 1/2 to 3 3/4 cups all-

purpose flour1 1/4-ounce package

active dry yeast1/2 cup whole milk1/2 cup sour cream6 tablespoons unsalted

butter, cubed1/3 cup sugar2 teaspoon kosher salt1 large egg, lightly beaten

In the work bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine the flour and yeast. In a medium sauce-pan, combine milk, sour cream, butter, sugar and salt. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until mixture reads 120° to 130° on a candy thermom-eter. With mixer on low speed, add milk mixture to flour mixture. Add egg; beat until dough forms,

turn off mixer. Switch to dough hook attachment. Beat at medium speed until dough is smooth and elastic, approximately 5 minutes. Dough should pull away from sides of bowl but stick to bottom. Spray a large bowl with nonstick cooking spray. Place dough in prepared bowl, turning to coat top. Cover and let rise in a warm draft free place until dough has doubled in size approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes.

Nutella S’mores Sweet Rolls

Sweet Roll Dough1 cup Chocolate hazelnut

spread, such as Nutella2 cups miniature

marshmallows, divided1 cup confectioner’s

sugar3 tablespoons heavy

whipping creamGarnish: Crushed

graham crackersSpray a 10-inch cast iron

skillet with nonstick cook-ing spray. Set aside. Pre-pare sweet roll dough and

let rise according to recipe directions.

Lightly punch down dough. On a lightly floured surface roll dough into a 14-by-10-inch rectangle. Spread chocolate Nutella spread evenly over dough. Sprinkle with 1 1/2 cups marshmallows. Starting with one long side, roll dough into a log. Pinch seam to seal. Slice into 9 or 10 rolls. Place rolls in pre-pared skillet. Cover and let rise in a warm draft free place until doubled in size, approximately 45 minutes. Preheat oven to 350°. Bake, uncovered, until gold-en brown, approximately 30 minutes. In a medium bowl, stir together confec-tioner’s sugar and cream until smooth. Spread glaze over warm rolls. Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup marshmallows. Garnish with graham crackers. Broil 5 inches from heat, watching carefully until marshmallows are toast-ed.

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Here’s a look at the upcoming area sporting events:

Thursday, Jan. 22Boys basketball: Freshman –

Princeville at PC, 6 p.m.Girls basketball: High school

– DePue, PC at Tri-County Tour-nament; BV at Kewanee, Amboy at Hall, St. Bede at PHS, 6 p.m.

Volleyball: Junior high - Men-dota Northbrook at Logan, 4:30 p.m.

Wrestling: Princeton at L-P, 6 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 23Boys basketball: High school

- Amboy at BV, DePue at Mar-

quette, Hall at Kewanee, Prince-ton at Newman, 6 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 24Boys basketball: Freshman

– PC at Eureka Tournament. Junior high – PC at Regionals.

Girls basketball: Rockford Christian Life (varsity only), 2:30 p.m., Eureka at PC, 6 p.m.

Volleyball: Junior high - Lady

Puma Classic, 9 a.m.Wrestling: Princeton at LeRoy

Invite, 9 a.m.

Monday, Jan. 26Boys basketball: High school

– Peoria Christian at PC, 6 p.m.Girls basketball: High school

– Princeton at Bureau Valley, Hall at Dixon, Henry at LaMoil-le-Ohio, Kewanee at St. Bede, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 27Boys basketball: High school -

Hall at Serena, 6 p.m.Girls basketball: High school –

BV at Riverdale, Indian Creek at

Princeton, DePue at Faith Chris-tian, 6 p.m.

Volleyball: Junior high – Princ-eton Logan at Streator North-lawn, 4:30 p.m., PCA at Lostant, 6 p.m.

Wrestling: Princeton at New-man, 5:30 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 29Girls basketball: High school –

ROWVA at BV, Hall at St. Bede, Paw Paw at LaMoille/Ohio, 6 p.m.

Volleyball: Junior high – Ottawa Shepherd at Princeton Logan, 4:30 p.m.

Wrestling: Rochelle at Prince-ton, 5:30 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 30Boys basketball: High school

– BV at Hall, Newman at St. Bede, Princeton at Amboy, 6 p.m.

Volleyball: Junior high – Princ-eton Logan at Putnam County, 4 p.m.

Wrestling: Princeton at Sher-rard 6 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 31Girls basketball: High school

– Newman at St. Bede, Hall at Mendota, 7:45 p.m.

Wrestling: High School — Hall/PC Super Dual, 8:30 a.m.

Name: Megan Rehn.Hometown: Magnolia.Family: Mom-Wendy; dad-

Jeff; brother-Brandon.Sports: volleyball, basket-

ball, track.

Favorite sport and why: Basketball, I love the inten-sity and how it is nonstop all the time.

Person with the great-est influence on my athletic career (and why): My dad, Jeff because he has been my coach for almost everything.

The last song I listened to was: “Boom, Clap.”I stay at home to watch: “Friends,” “Modern Family,”

“SVU” and the Blackhawks.The funniest person I have every met and why: My

brother, he says the funniest things and can usually make me smile even on bad days.

What I would like to do in life: I want to go to a Big 10 college and study engineering and a possible chemistry minor.

Three words that describe me: Intense, happy, smart.

Senior spotlight

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Swing into SpringPERU — New coach Bill Booker and the St. Bede Academy

Bruins’ baseball program will host a Spring Training Baseball Clinic on March 7-8. Sessions will be held from 8:30 a.m. to noon March 7 for ages 7-9 and from 1 to 4 p.m. March 8 for ages 10-14.

Participants will learn baseball fundamentals from SBA coaches and players. Campers may bring their own equip-ment and are expected to wear proper baseball attire. Weather permitting, some drills may be at the Academy field.

Early registration postmarked by Feb. 25 will cost $30 for first child, $25 for each additional sibling. After Feb. 25, costs will be $35 per child. Checks made payable to St. Bede Acad-emy Baseball may be sent to Booker at St. Bede Academy, 24 W. US Highway 6, Peru, IL 61354.

Officials clinicPERU — The Illinois Valley Volleyball Officials Association

will host a Level 1 and Level 2 IHSA volleyball officials clinic from noon to 4 p.m. Feb. 22 at Peru Parkside, located at 1800 Church St., Peru.

The cost is $20 per person and includes their $15 member-ship fee for 2015 for the IVVOA. This would be a great oppor-tunity for anyone thinking of becoming a volleyball official to see if it’s something they might be interested in doing.

Patti Blumhorst will run the Level 1 beginning portion of the clinic and will take all prospective officials through every step of becoming an IHSA licensed official, as well as what they can expect.

Blumhorst can be reached at 815-303-3178 or by email at [email protected].

Softball clinicPERU — The IVCC softball program will hold its annual

softball clinic Feb. 14-15 in the school gym. IVCC coaches and players will provide instruction for players in grades 2-8.

Sessions include grades 2-4 meeting from 8 to 10:30 a.m. Feb. 14 and from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Feb. 15. The second session will meet from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb.14 and from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Feb. 15.

Cost is $30 and includes a T-shirt. The one-day fee is $20.To register, call coach Cory Tomasson at 815-224-0509 or

the athletic office at 815-224-0472.

Mendota Little LeagueMENDOTA — The Mendota Little League will have a meet-

ing at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 25 at the Mendota City Council. All returning managers, coaches, board members and umpires are encouraged to attend.

For more information, call Sue or Kevin Kilanowski at 815-539-9710.

Alumni gamePRINCETON — Princeton High School will host its 2015

alumni basketball game at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 28 for all former members of the boys’ program. The format will depend on number of players and ages of players. There will be at least two games, three if enough players sign up.

Cost is $20. To participate, call coach/athletic director Jesse Brandt at 815-875-3308 or send a check payable to PHS Basketball at 103 S. Euclid, Princeton, IL 61356.

Coaches clinicMANLIUS — The Bureau County Track and Cross Coun-

try Coaches Clinic will be held Feb. 7 at Bureau Valley High School. Clinic cost is $70 if mailed by Jan. 28 and $95 after or at the door. Registration will start at 8:15 a.m. with the first speakers beginning at 9 a.m.

Speakers include Bureau Valley’s own Jeff Ohlson (weights), Tony Holler of Plainfield North, son of former Princeton High coach Don Holler, and Tyler Gaumer, son of former Princeton coach Max Gaumer.

For more information, contact BV coach Dale Donner at 309-895-2037 or [email protected] or visit www.bureauvalleytrack.net.

Met youth basketballPRINCETON — The Princeton Park District youth bas-

ketball league for Grades 1-6 will start back up on Saturday mornings from Feb. 14 through March 21. Emphasis will be on teamwork and sportsmanship. To sign up, call the Metro

Center at 815-872-0840.

Sports of all sportsPRINCETON — Eleni Leigh, a former British soccer camp

instructor, will teach children ages 3-8 on how to play a variety of sports at the Bureau County Metro Center. The class will be held March 3-12.

Photo contributedRay Sandrolini was named as the Spring Valley Walleye Club’s Volunteer of the Year for 2014.

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