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Thursday, January 29, 2015 Vol. 9 No. 28

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From Your Home Away From Home

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A photographer’s dreamWinter is filled with photogenic moments. From

the way the snow hangs on the trees to a long line of icicles hanging from a rooftop — the artistic eye behind the lens of a camera can have a heyday while snapping images that preserve the beauty of the season.

But perhaps in this area of Illinois, the biggest treat for photographers is the ability to focus in on the nation’s national bird — the American Bald Eagle, which are plentiful at this time of the year in both Bureau and Putnam counties. Whether it’s the Illinois River or the Hennepin Canal, bald eagles abound, and if you’re quick enough, you can capture an image that will create plenty of oohs and aahs for those who appreciate not just this majestic bird, but also the skills of a great photographer.

If you want to stray a bit further west, the Missis-sippi River is home to hundreds of these birds, and at this time of the year, photographers line up alongside the banks of the river to capture their images. Some even use slingshots to shoot a fish into the water, while other photographers stand ready to swoop in with their cameras, as the bird swoops in for the fish.

But even in our own backyards, the distinctive eagle soaring through the air, landing on branches high above the water, is enough for many photogra-phers. If you’re lucky enough to capture one with its powerful talons snatching its lunch from the water or even fighting over a fish with another eagle, your photographic day is complete.

And even if you aren’t a photo enthusiast, many in the area enjoy sitting quietly along the banks — or even inside their vehicles — to watch our national bird in our their own backyards, so to speak. It’s clearly a magnificent bird — whether you capture it with your camera or just put it in your memory banks for safe keeping.

Happy eagle watching!IV Scene photo/Mike Vaughn

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PRINCETON — The Princ-eton Public Library is one of the drop-off locations for the Bureau County Repub-lican-sponsored program, Dear Soldier. Illinois Valley residents are encouraged to stop by one of the many participating locations around Bureau and Putnam counties to submit a letter of appreciation which will be sent out to our servicemen and women and veterans. The letter-writing campaign will continue through April 5 and is the result of a part-nership between the BCR and the non-profit organi-zation Operation Gratitude. The letters will be collected and included in personal-ized care packages sent out to U.S. veterans and military personnel all over the world. The library’s mailbox is locat-ed at the circulation desk.

Thursday, Jan. 29, an adult craft night will be at 6:30 p.m. Scrapbooking —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 photo-graphs. If you would like to bring prints to use.

Tuesday, Feb. 3, there will be a preschool story time with music at 10:30 a.m. The theme will be dogs.

SPRING VALLEY — The Richard A. Mautino Memo-rial Library Board meets the second Tuesday 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. Dona-tions are always accepted in good usable condition.

LADD — The Ladd Pub-lic Library has resumed preschool story times. Pro-grams are held at 10 a.m. Tuesdays in the children’s department. Programs

feature a variety of activities including stories, songs, crafts and much more. The theme for the Jan. 27 story time program will be polar bears.

The library offers eBooks through the OMNI con-sortium and also e-Read Illinois.

OHIO — The Ohio Public Library is going to be offering computer courses every Wednesday in February. On Feb. 4 and 11, the class will be on Microsoft Word and Excel basics. It will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. and will be a two-part class. Pre-reg-istration is required so that everyone has a computer to use. If interested, please stop in to the library to get signed up.

BUREAU — The Leep-ertown Township Public Library is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 2 to 6 p.m., Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m. and on Satur-day 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 Pub-lic Library is offering basic instruction on using a com-puter, email or the Internet. During twice a month ses-sions, patrons can schedule times to learn computer basics.

Tuesdays with Computers is every first and third Tues-days 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 Tuesday and Thursday nights from 4 to 5 p.m. throughout the school year. Children have the opportunity to have their completed homework checked or seek help understanding homework in progress. The library pro-vides materials and equip-ment for help with school homework 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 Discovered” pro-gram.

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

After-school activities take place most Thursdays from 4 to 5 p.m. for children in early elementary school. Come to the Hennepin Library for stories and relat-ed crafts, activities and games.

The Hennepin Book Club meets at 7 p.m. on the second Thursday of every month at the Hennepin Library headquarters. The group discusses a single title all participants have read together and selects a title for the following month.

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

GRANVILLE– Join the library for stories and crafts. The preschool program 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-favorite titles par-ticipants have read. Join the library on Thursdays at 10 a.m. for stories and songs. This program is ideal for little ones under 3 years of age.

MCNABB – Every Saturday at 10 a.m. the McNabb Branch Library features youth programming for children in early elementa-ry school. Preschool story times are held at 11 a.m. Saturdays and are ideal for children ages 3, 4 and 5 years old with adult partic-ipation. Enjoy stories, and make a small craft to take home.

This Week The 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 meeting will immediately follow. At the meeting, officers as well as directors will be elect-ed for the upcoming year. For more information or to purchase a ticket, call the Bureau County Farm Bureau at 815-875-6468.

The Spirit Siberian Res-cue will return for a sled dog demo Sunday, Feb. 1, at Starved Rock. There will be seminars in the LaSalle Room. An outdoor sled dog demo will take place along the sea wall just southeast of the Starved Rock Visitors Center.

The Princeton Moose Lodge will host a bingo night at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 3. Doors will open at 5 p.m. and sandwich-es will be available for purchase. The lodge will continue to host bingo the first and third Tuesday of each month. The lodge is at 1339 N. Euclid Ave. in Princeton. For more infor-mation, call the lodge at 815-879-5261.

The Heart of Illinois Knitting Guild will meet at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 3, at Memorial Hall at Maple Lawn Homes in Eure-ka. Those attending are asked to bring their favor-ite: favorite friend, favor-ite free pattern, favorite needles, favorite fiber tip along with a favorite food for lunch. For more infor-mation, call Char Rickey at 309-472-7085 or email

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UpcomingThe Volunteers of Ron-

ald Reagan Birthplace and the Tampico Historical Society will celebrate the 104th anniversary of the birth of President Ronald Reagan from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6. An open house will be held in the Historical Museum with cake, punch and coffee. There will be free tours of the birthplace. For more information, contact Joan Johnson at garyjoan@thewisp.net or call 815-622-8705.

The Covered Bridge Quilters Guild will meet at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6, at the Evangelical Covenant Church, 24 N. Main St., Princeton. Valerie Langue of the Quilt Merchant quilt shop in Winfield will present the program “Trunk Show.” Guests are welcome to attend for a $5 fee. She will also teach the workshop “Lucy Boston, Patchwork of the Crosses” from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 7 at the church. The cost is $20 for members and $25 for nonmembers.

Stage 212 will hold auditions for its spring production of “Always a Bridesmaid” at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6, and Satur-day, Feb. 7, at the theater, 700 First St., LaSalle. Callbacks, if necessary, will be held on Sunday. “Always a Bridesmaid” will be presented April 17-19 and 24-26.

Starved Rock Visi-tors Center will hold a cross-country ski week-end Saturday, Feb. 7, and Sunday Feb. 8. There will

be basic cross-country ski instruction available. Participants will meet at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. at the Matthiessen State Park Dells area. Ski rentals are available. If there is no snow, there will be a guided hike though Mat-thiessen State Park.

CorrectionIn the Jan. 22 edition of Illinois Valley Scene in the story “Everyone is welcome

at Ali’s Pantry,” the location of the village of Nerashte was incorrect. Nerashte is actually located in the Republic of Macedonia. The Illinois Valley Scene regrets the error.

Auction CalendarJan. 31 – John Sitterly

(The Spoon), real estate plus equipment, 10 a.m., 541 S. Main St., Prince-ton, 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. 7 – Gary Hulin, duck decoys, arrowheads, axes and celts, long guns and related, knives, fish-ing, coins, instruments, cap guns and toys, 10 a.m., 1635 N. Main St. (Tumbleson Auction Center), Princeton, Tum-bleson Auction Co., auc-tioneers.

Feb. 10 – Patricia Wamhoff, Glenn Lovgren, Virginia Becker, Trina Owens and Nicole Fisch-er, farmland, 10 a.m., sale held at 308 Howard St. (LaMoille Lions Club building), LaMoille, Redi-ger Auction Service, auc-tioneers.

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.

Feb. 28 – Richard Fay, farmland, 10 a.m., sale held at 107 N. Chicago St. (Magnolia Fire Depart-ment), Magnolia, Rediger Auction Service, auction-eers.

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This Sunday, the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks will play the biggest football game of the season.

The Illinois Valley Scene asked area residents who they would have liked to have seen in the Super Bowl.

“I want the Bears to win, so we can have another Super Bowl Shuffle.”

Jessica Johnson

“I’d like to see the Green Bay Packers in the Super Bowl because to me, they had the best quarterback I’ve seen in 10 years. And I am a Bears fan, and we are both in the same divi-sion; they beat the Bears and they deserve to be in the Super Bowl. But I’m sorry they didn’t make it.” To play the Packers, Smith said he would like to see, “Probably the New England Patriots ... They’re all good teams; they’re all just very, very good teams.”

Don Smith

“I’d like to see Cleveland and Oakland because I haven’t been to the circus in a long time.”

Evan Sandullo

“The Chicago Bears — they’re my team!” Smith said. He wouldn’t really care who they play, but it would be fun to see them beat the Packers in the Super Bowl — even though they’re in the same division and that wouldn’t happen.

Scott Smith

“I’m a Buccaneers fan and Bears fan … I’ll say Buccaneers because it’s been I think 11-12 years since they’ve been.” Play-ing the Buccaneers, Waca said he would like to see, “The Ravens again because they’re horrible.”

Eric Waca

“I would have liked to see the Chicago Bears in the Super Bowl because I’m a die hard Bears fan.” Playing the Bears he would have liked to see the Colts, for what he said were regional reasons.

Eric Heaton

Jessica Johnson

Figge Museum features Yuriko YamaguchiDAVENPORT, Iowa —

The Figge Art Museum presents the work of artist Yuriko Yamaguchi in the exhibition titled: Yuriko Yamaguchi: Interconnect-ed in Art, Nature, Science and Technology.

A native of Japan and longtime resident of Wash-ington, D.C., Yamaguchi creates organic, web-like sculptures from nets of wire and resin forms cast from dried curls of pota-toes, onion ends, leaves and seed pods found in nature. She scours the neighboring woods and local grocery stores in search of these aesthetically pleasing forms that she dries and cuts up until they bear only a pass-ing resemblance to their former selves. She then cre-ates a silicon rubber mold from the material she col-lects and mixes liquid resin with color dye, which she then pours into the mold.

Biological in origin but no longer natural, the resin

pieces that she produces embody the delicate bal-ance that exists between various dualities. Through her art, she seeks to explore the constantly fluctuating but ever-present “intercon-nections” that bind us to one another and to the nat-ural world.

Yamaguchi said, “I [cre-ate] works that remind people that we are all con-nected in many overlap-ping webs woven out of the common forces that affect the human condition: family origin, economic stressors, religious beliefs, nature, time, place and technology. After all, we are only human beings who were born and will die, only to be replaced by others in the community of man.”

Yamaguchi takes on a holistic world view that sees all existence as intrin-sically interrelated. Social concerns, politics, tech-nology, ecological issues and other aspects of our

reality must not be under-stood in isolation, but with-in a broader context and her work resists definitive interpretations.

Yamaguchi currently teaches sculpture at George Washington University. She has exhibited her work both nationally and inter-nationally, including the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Field Museum in Chicago, Muse-um of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas, the Ise Contempo-rary Art Museum in Japan and many others. Her art-work also is included in major museum collections both in the United States and abroad.

This exhibition will be on view from Jan. 24 to May 31, and an exhibition cat-alogue will be available in the Museum Store.

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There’s nothing better than some warm, sliced bread with cold butter all over it. It sure sounds good to me.

Strawberry Banana Bread

1 cup vegetable oil plus more for the pan

3 cups all-purpose flour plus more for the pan

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon baking soda1 teaspoon freshly grated

or ground nutmeg1/2 teaspoon salt4 large eggs1 1/2 cups granulated

sugar1 tablespoon vanilla

extract1 tablespoon grated

lemon zest2 large ripe bananas1 pound strawberries,

chopped1 1/2 cups walnuts1 cup confectioner’s sugar2 tablespoons fresh

lemon juiceHeat oven to 350°. Oil

and flour a 9-by-13-inch baking dish. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg and salt. In a

medium bowl, lightly beat the eggs. Add the granu-lated sugar, oil, vanilla and lemon zest and whisk to combine. Mash the bananas, you should get about 1 cup, and stir into the egg mixture. Add the egg mixture to the flour mixture and mix just until incorporated. Fold in the strawberries and walnuts. Transfer the batter to the prepared pan and bake until a wooden pick insert-ed into the center comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes. Transfer to a cooling rack and let cool for 5 minutes. Meanwhile in a medium bowl, whisk together the confectioner’s sugar and lemon juice until smooth. Spread the icing over the warm bread. Then let cool completely.

Monkey Bread1 cup white sugar2 teaspoons ground

cinnamon3 12-ounce packages

refrigerated biscuit dough

1/2 cup chopped walnuts1/2 cup raisins (optional)1/2 cup margarine or

butter1 cup packed brown

sugarPreheat oven to 350°.

Grease a 9- or 10-inch Bundt tube pan. Mix white sugar and cinnamon in a large plastic bag. Cut bis-cuits into quarters. Shake 6 to 8 biscuit pieces in sugar cinnamon mixture. Arrange pieces in the bottom of the prepared pan. If using nuts and raisins, arrange them in and among the biscuit pieces as you go along. Continue until all biscuits are coated and placed in pan. In a small saucepan, melt margarine with brown sugar over medium heat. Boil for 1 minute. Pour over the biscuits. Bake for 35 minutes. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, and then turn out onto a plate. Do not cut bread it just pulls apart.

Blueberry Zucchini Bread

3 cups flour1 teaspoon salt1 teaspoon baking

powder1/4 teaspoon baking soda1 tablespoon ground

cinnamon3 eggs1 cup vegetable oil

2 teaspoon vanilla extract2 1/4 cups sugar2 cups shredded zucchini1 pint fresh blueberries

Preheat oven to 350°. Lightly grease 4 mini loaf pans. In a large bowl, combine flour, salt, bak-ing powder, baking soda and cinnamon. In a sep-arate bowl, beat together eggs, oil, vanilla and sugar. Stir in flour mixture until well blended. Fold in zuc-chini and then gently fold in blueberries. Pour bat-ter into prepared mini loaf pans. Top with a crumb topping of 2/3 cup flour, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/2 cup white sugar, 1 tea-spoon cinnamon, 1/2 cup chopped walnuts and 1 stick softened butter mixed together. Sprinkle over the top of the loaves before baking.

Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

1/2 cup butter, softened1 1/4 cups sugar2 eggs1 cup mashed ripe

bananas (about 2 medium)

1/4 cup buttermilk1 teaspoon vanilla extract2 cups all-purpose flour

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1 teaspoon baking powder

3/4 teaspoon baking soda1/2 teaspoon salt3/4 cup semisweet

chocolate chips1/4 cup chopped walnuts

Line bottom of a greased 9-by-5-inch loaf pan with parchment paper. Grease paper. In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar until crumbly. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the bananas, buttermilk and vanilla. In another bowl, mix the flour, baking pow-

der, baking soda and salt, stir into creamed mixture. Fold in chocolate chips and walnuts. Transfer to prepared pan. Bake at 350° for 60 to 65 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. Remove paper.

If you need to reach me, you can email me at judyd2313@frontier.com or drop a line to my atten-tion to the BCR, P.O. Box 340, Princeton, IL 61356.

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Senior spotlightTyler Clark • Princeton

Nickname: Clarkster; T-Chop.School: Princeton High School.Date/place of birth: Dec. 5, 1996.Hometown: Princeton.Family: Mom, Peggy; Dad, Poke;

brother, Zach; sister, Paige.Sports: Basketball and football.Favorite sport and why: Basketball

because I grew up playing pick-up games with my family and friends.

Favorite food and where to get it: The potato salad from the Prime Quarter.

Likes: Video games, YouTube, roller coasters and Batman.

Dislikes: Spaghetti, lag and bore-dom.

Person with the greatest influence on my athletic career and why: My dad because he keeps on suggest-ing what I can do to improve upon my game, and he keeps on pushing me to become better.

Person with the greatest influence on my life and why: My brother because I’ve modeled my life choic-es similarly around what he did when he was my age.

If stranded on a deserted island, I would have to have my: Sense of humor.

The last song I listened to was: “As you go” by Red.

People would be surprised to know that: I have not watched “Fro-zen.”

I stay home to watch: “Gotham.”When I need luck for a big game,

I: Take a power nap.The funniest person I’ve ever met

and why: Michael Camp because he puts things out there, whether or not if it’s random, and he just runs with it.

What they’ll say about me at school after I graduate: “That kid was dedicated.”

Most embarrassing moment: Attempting to sing at a talent show in front of the whole school, when I can’t sing well to save my life.

Most unforgettable moment: End-ing our 20-game win-less streak in football.

Ultimate sports fantasy: To play in the NFL.

What I would like to do in life: Help other people in one form or another.

Three words that best describe me: Loyal, persistent and honest.

A look at the upcoming area sports events:

Thursday, Jan. 29Girls basketball: High

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

Volleyball: Junior high – Lowpoint-Washburn at Putnam County, 4 p.m., Ottawa Shepherd at Princ-eton Logan, 4:30 p.m.

Wrestling: Rochelle at Princeton, 5:30 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 30Boys basketball: High

school – BV at Hall, New-man at St. Bede, Prince-ton at Amboy, 6 p.m.

Volleyball: Junior high – Princeton Logan at Put-nam County, 4 p.m.

Wrestling: Princeton at Sherrard 6 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 31Boys basketball: Junior

high — PC eighth-grade regionals.

Girls basketball: High school – Putnam County

at Alwood, 1 p.m.Wrestling: High School

— Hall/Putnam County Super Dual, 8:30 a.m.

Monday, Feb. 2Boys basketball: Fresh-

man — Putnam County at Princeton, 6 p.m.

Girls basketball: High school – Amboy at St. Bede, DePue at LaMoil-le-Ohio (Ohio), Princeton at Hall, Marquette at Put-nam County, 6 p.m.

Volleyball: Junior High — Princeton Logan at LaSalle Lincoln, 4:15 p.m., Putnam County at El Paso, 6 p.m.

Wrestling: Putnam County at Midland, 5:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 3Boys basketball: Junior

high — PC eighth-grade regionals. High school – BV at Kewanee, QC Chris-tian at DePue, Amboy at Hall, St. Bede at Prince-ton, 6 p.m.

Volleyball: Junior high — Princeton Logan at La Salle Lincoln, 4:15 p.m., Putnam County at El Paso, PCA at Dalzell, 6 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 5Boys basketball: Junior

high — PC eighth-grade regionals. Freshman — Putnam County at Henry, 6 p.m.

Girls basketball: High school – Hall at Newman, Princeton at Kewanee, St. Bede at BV, Putnam County at Peoria Christian, 6 p.m.

Volleyball: Junior high — Henry at Putnam County, Peru Catholic at PCA, 6 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 6Boys basketball: High

school – BV at Princeton, Woodland at DePue, Putnam County at Midland, Kewanee at St. Bede, 6 p.m.

Girls basketball: Annawan at Putnam County, 6 p.m.

Volleyball: Junior high — Putnam County at Mar-seilles Tournament.

Saturday, Feb. 7Boys basketball: Fresh-

man — Somonauk at Putnam County, 9 a.m. Sophomore — Westmin-ster Christian at Putnam County, 10:15 a.m. Var-sity — Evergreen Park at Putnam County Coaches Shoot-out, 6 p.m.

Volleyball: Junior high — Putnam County at Mar-seilles Tournament.

Wrestling: IHSA Region-als.

BCR photo/Mike VaughnPrinceton’s Tyler Clark says his brother, Zach, has had the greatest influence on his life, because I’ve modeled my life choices similarly around what he did when he was my age.

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The $500 shotPRINCETON — There

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Swing into Spring

PERU — 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 equipment and are expected to wear proper baseball attire. Weather per-mitting, some drills may be at the Academy field.

Early registration post-marked 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 Acade-my Baseball may be sent to Booker at St. Bede Acade-my, 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 volley-ball officials clinic from noon to 4 p.m. Feb. 22 at Peru Parkside, located at 1800 Church St., Peru.

The cost is $20 per per-son and includes their $15 membership fee for 2015 for the IVVOA. This would be a great opportunity for any-one 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 por-tion of the clinic and will take all prospective offi-cials 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 pblumhorst@yahoo.com.

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.

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.

Met basketballPRINCETON — The

Princeton Park District youth basketball league for Grades 1-6 will start back up on Saturday mornings from Feb. 14 through March 21. Emphasis will be on teamwork and sports-manship. To sign up, call the Metro Center at 815-872-0840.

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 $95 after Jan. 28 or at the door. Registra-tion will start at 8:15 a.m. with the first speakers beginning at 9 a.m. Speakers include Bureau Valley’s Jeff Ohlson (weights), Tony Holler of Plain-

field North, son of former Princ-eton High School coach Don Holler, and Tyler Gaumer, son of former Princeton coach Max Gaumer. For more information, contact BV coach Dale Don-ner at 309-895-2037 or dale-donner@yahoo.com or visit www.bureauvalleytrack.net.

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Consolation championThe Princeton Tigers took home the consolation championship at the Plano Christmas Classic.

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