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Welcome to the 2021 Boone County Fair HIP HIP HOORAY!!! We’re back here in 2021 at the Boone County Fair for six fun filled days! I would like to personally welcome everyone back. It’s been a challenging year, to say the least, in planning ahead since a lot of what we do has to happen months before the fair opens. Thank goodness the CDC guidelines on wearing masks have been relaxed so masks will not be required at the fair. If you feel you would like to wear one please do. There will still be hand sanitizer stations throughout the grounds. When we ordered the show tickets in the Spring, the CDC guidelines were calling for limited capacity and social distancing so that’s when we decided to go with general admission seating in the grandstand for all the shows. We’re trying our best to keep up with the ever-changing COVID-19 situ- ation. Our ultimate goal is for everyone to be safe and have a great time at the fair. Speaking of a great time we have another wonderful fair planned for you and your family. Tuesday the Grange Food Stand will start at 6:00 a.m. with a delicious breakfast. At noon we will have the flag raising ceremony followed by har- ness racing. We will also crown a new Fair Queen that evening. We have a lot of great entertainment lined up this year in the grandstand. Wednes- day and Thursday we will have truck and tractor pulls and Friday, Bull rid- ing. Saturday night is Diamond Rio followed up by the Demo Derby’s on Sunday. We have several free acts throughout the grounds, All Star Stunt Dog Show, The hilarious Pork Chop Revue, Mr D’s House of Magic, Zoli’s Chainsaw Wood Carvings and more. There are also lots of great free shows at the Entertainment Pavilion day and night. On Wednesday, special guest Orion Samuelson will be live at the Pavilion from noon to 1:00 p.m. Please check out our new website this year, www.boonecountyfair.com, for a complete schedule and more information on the various events and such. We have Skinner’s Amusements for all the thrilling rides. Plus lots of displays to be enjoyed from home grown to handmade. As I write this letter I’m beginning to smell all of the delicious fair foods we can’t wait to enjoy. Don’t forget kids, Wednesday and Thursday we have Midland States Bank’s Kids Day games at 10:00 a.m. Good old fash- ioned fun! With reduced midway rides in the afternoon. Also Thursday is Seniors Day for those 65 and older, it’s free admission to the fair. Come one, come all and hope you are as anxious to see us as we are to see you!! Many Thanks, Lyle Lee, President

The Boone County Journal August 6, 2021 3 4 August 6, 2021 The Boone County Journal Little Miss Contestants 2021

Contestant #1 Savanah Lynn Fowler is the 8 Contestant #2 Madelyn Lou Noble is the 8 Contestant #3 Kasia Kapri Meyer is the 8 year-old Daughter of Jessica and Brad Fowler of year-old Daughter of Julia and Matt Noble of year-old Daughter of Kelly and Peter Meyer of Belvidere. Savanah’s favorite food is Steak Ta- Poplar Grove. Madelyn’s favorite food is Poplar Grove. Kasia’s favorite food is Grand- cos. Savannah is sponsored by Fowler Farms. Mac and Cheese. Madelyn is sponsored by ma’s Tortellini Soup. Kasia is sponsored by Gal- Next Level Pro Bull Riding. lano Farms.

Contestant #4 Hayden Olivia Blackmer is Contestant #5 Haezel Lorise McNair is the 9 Contestant #6 Nora Camille Geske is the the 9 year-old Daughter of Katrina and Lukas year-old Daughter of Kelsey Temple and Rahmel 10 year-old Daughter of Leslie and Will Geske Blackmer of Belvidere. Hayden’s favorite food McNair of Belvidere. Haezel’s favorite food is of Caledonia. Nora’s favorite food is Mac and is Popcorn. Hayden is sponsored by Mr. Good- Chicken. Haezel is sponsored by Mom and Dad. Cheese. Nora is sponsored by Mom and Dad. water.

Contestant #7 Olivia Faith Bahena is the 10 Contestant #8 Valerie Lyn Spotz is the 9 year- Contestant #9 Lillian Louise Bryan is the 9 year-old Daughter of Melissa and Juan Bahena old Daughter of Katrina and Chad Spotz of Bel- year-old Daughter of Nicole and Josh Bryan of of Poplar Grove. Olivia’s favorite food is Pizza. videre. Valarie’s favorite foods are Donuts and Poplar Grove. Lillian’s favorite food is Cotton Olivia is sponsored by J&D Countryside Mara- Tacos. Valerie is sponsored by Mom and Dad. Candy. Lillian is sponsored by Mom and Dad. thon. The Boone County Journal August 6, 2021 5 Little Miss Contestants 2021

Contestant #10 Rose Marie Nelson is the Contestant #11 Brielle Karelynn Becker is the Contestant #12 Ava Lynne Usmiller is the 9 9 year-old Daughter of Dana Nelson and Jeff 9 year-old Daughter of Michelle and Brent Becker year-old Daughter of Abbey and Mike Usmill- Nelson of Poplar Grove. Rose’s favorite food is of Caledonia. Brielle’s favorite food is Canned er of Belvidere. Ava’s favorite food is Mac and Mac and Cheese. Rose is sponsored by Kimberly Mushrooms. Brielle is sponsored by Lindberg Cheese. Ava is sponsored by Mom and Dad and McMahon Keller Williams Realty Signature. Farms. Papa and Yaya.

Contestant #13 Abigail Leann Branom is the Contestant #14 Cheyenne Skye Lachman Contestant #15 ILa Florence Steines is the 8 9 year-old Daughter of Tara and Matt Branom of is the 7 year-old Daughter of Brooke and Frank year-old daughter of Heather and Kerry Steines Rockford. Abigail’s favorite food is Tacos. Ab- Lachman of Poplar Grove. Cheyenne’s favorite of Belvidere. ILa’s favorite food is Mozzarella igail is sponsored by the Boone County Shopper. food is Chocolate and Vanilla swirl Ice Cream. Sticks. ILa is sponsored by Sips and Sprinkles. Cheyenne is sponsored by Mom and Dad.

Contestant #16 Grace Ann Hammer is the Contestant #17 Stella Rylin Lindberg is the 8 Contestant #18 Madelyne Nicole Mancini 9 year-old Daughter of Michelle and Spencer year-old Daughter of Amber and Ryan Lindberg is the 9 year-old Daughter of Cathy and Sam Hammer of Caledonia. Grace’s favorite food is of Caledonia. Stella’s favorite food is Salt and Mancini of Belvidere. Madelyne’s favorite food Ice Cream. Grace is sponsored by Hammertime Vinegar Chips. Stella is sponsored by Lindberg is Chicken Fries. Madelyne is sponsored by Sports. Pumpkin Patch. Mom and Dad.

6 August 6, 2021 The Boone County Journal ‘Cows are Very Social Animals’: Tech, Humane Treatment of Herd Focus of Virtual Dairy Tour by Christopher Heimerman elaborate, anaerobic digester that … well … digests In addition to producing natural gas, the digester For Illinois Press Association methane from manure and turns it into energy used produces biodegradable, comfortable bedding for the PEARL CITY – It’s good to be a dairy cow at on the farm. cows, which is added every morning to the stalls. The Hunter Haven Farms. Brenner spends all of 10 minutes a day with the farm sells tons of additional bedding to a neighboring That was made abundantly clear during a virtual biodigester. He compared its digesting process to that dairy farm. tour hosted midday on a Thursday in mid-July by the of a cow, and said its performance hinges on what the Exploring new solutions Illinois Milk Producers Association and University of cows are eating. The farm could explore integrating solar panels Illinois Dairy Extension. “It’s a flow system like a cow, and the digester into the operation someday, but Brenner said a project The emphasis of the tour, given by farmer Scott has to be treated like a cow,” he said. “If cows slug proposed would cost nearly a million dollars. The Brenner, was technology. In a moment we’ll get to [down] feed and get a gut ache, that thing will get farm is instead investing its resources in air flow to the methane biodigester that puts the 2,000-acre a gut ache. If you treat it as a piece of equipment, keep the cows comfortable and, in turn, productive. operation on the cutting edge. you’re going to be frustrated with it.” It’s invested in massive tunnel fans on the end of the But humane treatment of the herd is a key factor To really drive home the comparison, the digester dairy barn, and more fans are being installed inside, in the nearly 100 pounds of milk per day the farm uses a boiler and heat coils to heat water to 101 with the goal of getting steady air flow up to between gets from each of its 900-plus cows. Participant Mike degrees – the same temperature of a healthy cow. 7 and 9 mph. Hutjens, a professor “For us, air flow, and emeritus at U of I who the animals’ comfort, was raised on a 313-acre that’s what it’s all about,” dairy farm near Green Brenner said. “We don’t Bay, Wisconsin, asked have an endless supply Brenner what, exactly, of money. Everybody’s he monitors on his farm. looking at solar, but we “You can tell a lot made this system fit us. about how a cow is We’ll let the solar thing feeling by just looking at work its way out for us. her,” Brenner said. “Are It might be something we her ears up? How do her can get involved with, eyes look? Is her udder but I don’t know.” full?” The farm finds plenty He said the simple of other ways to be a good act of keeping heifers, steward. Brenner and animals who have never the team are constantly given birth before, and tinkering with their cover cows, animals who crops, although seeding have already given rye in the fall, right after birth, separate reaps big Farmer Scott Brenner (middle) and Phil Cardoso (left) and Derek Nolan from the University of the harvest, is a standby. dividends. Illinois Dairy Extension are shown during the opening of the virtual dairy farm tour Thursday in “Cows are very social Pearl City. (Photo courtesy of Illinois Farm Bureau) Continued on Page 7 animals,” he said. “They have a pecking order, just like people.” Brenner said it’s crucial to consistently crunch the numbers to know exactly how many heifers you need to maximize the operation, and to leverage the data and control the size of the herd and minimize the number of animals that get sold into feedlot operations. “We’re trying to get the numbers right, so there aren’t many animals who don’t make the team,” Brenner said. On the subject of efficiency, the farm uses an

An aerial shot from the virtual tour shows the 2,000-acre Hunter Haven Farms in Pearl City. (Photo courtesy of Illinois Farm Bureau)

Cows are shown grazing at Hunter Haven Farms in Pearl City during a virtual tour hosted Thurs- day by the Illinois Milk Producers Association and the University of Illinois Dairy Extension. (Photo courtesy of Illinois Farm Bureau) The Boone County Journal August 6, 2021 7 Cows from page 6 The farm’s soil contains a lot of clay, and its rolling THE BOONE COUNTY JOURNAL topography means a great deal of erosion. “We’ve learned a lot in the past three or four years real journalism for a real democracy about what cover crops work, and what won’t. What --In Our Opinion-- works one year might not work the next. It’s a very fickle thing,” Brenner said. “Anything we can do to help with soil replacement is very important to us.” Rockford’s “Suburb” Is Restless Being agile with decision-making and being willing to scrap aspects of the operation are crucial A recent YouTube video by Chris Harden, titled to a farm’s longevity. Who is to blame? A grabby Rockford “Rockford’s Largest Suburb: Belvidere, Illinois”, or a lazy Boone County? “Maybe you just need to tear the whole thing seems to have caused a local identity crisis. down and build it again. We’ve done that here,” Boone County is constantly told that we are in the Harden has traveled to several Illinois commu- “Rockford Region.” We “must be Rockford’s good Brenner said, citing the farm’s overhaul of its nities and filmed them. Overall, his treatment of breeding program, which included shipping excess little suburb” and support Rockford’s wild pipe Belvidere is positive and charming. He shows off dreams of “Transformation.” But how does that re- heifers to a farm in southwest Kansas. some of Belvidere’s best assets, including the park “If you’d told me I’d have cows in Johnson City, ally work out when it’s Belvidere’s turn? and the river. He mentions the fairgrounds and ig- Case in point. Moving beyond the highly unfair Kansas, I would have told you you’re crazy,” he said. nores the Belvidere Oasis. The Kansas farm features a dirt lot and a concrete exclusion of Boone County from local casino and He earned the wrath of many Belviderians by pot-peddling revenues, Belvidere recently landed feed pad, which conditions in northwest Illinois don’t calling Belvidere a suburb of Rockford. A flood accommodate. the Advanced Technology Center of Rock Valley of online comments was summarized best by “Jus- College. The tax-supported college is supposed to “Just because it’s the way things have been done tin”: “Hell hath no fury like a Belvidere native the past 25 years doesn’t mean it’s right,” Brenner serve both Winnebago and Boone Counties. Rock scorned by a YouTuber calling their town a suburb Valley College already has its main campus and 5 said. “You just need to take a holistic approach. of Rockford.” There’s never anything that’s off the table.” satellite campuses in Winnebago County. There are Using the outdated definitions of the US Depart- no other facilities in Boone County. Whether determining economic benchmarks ment of Commerce, yes, Belvidere is legally a sub- or discussing succession plans, open, honest, and Winnebago County leaders were furious that the urb of Rockford—mainly because the government college trustees accepted an offer from the Belvidere proactive conversations are vital. has said so. But, by using these World War II-era “There are some hard questions that need to be School District to locate the sixth satellite campus definitions, you can also conclude that Baltimore is in Belvidere. After all, that project “belonged” to asked and answered, and some of those conversations a suburb of Washington, Saint Paul is a suburb of aren’t very fun,” Brenner said. “There’s give and Rockford. The Winnebago bigwigs went so far as to Minneapolis and Philadelphia is a suburb of New demand special state legislation changing the make- take, just like anything, but if everybody has the York. At the end of the day, it’s all nonsense. same goal in the end, you can make it work.” up of the Rock Valley College Board of Trustees to Times have changed. The nature of metropoli- strengthen Winnebago County’s control of the col- tan areas has evolved from the model of a defined lege’s board! central city and a discrete suburban ring. The Winnebago rationale for opposing higher Since World War II, a 140-mile-long, string city education in Belvidere was all part of Rockford’s has formed along the Interstate 90 Corridor. It ex- fixation with somehow bringing back its Downtown tends from Chicago to Madison. All but about 40 and/or its West Side. In Rockford’s halcyon fantasy, miles of the corridor is urbanized. Each commu- all the shoppers will be returning to State and Main nity along the string is interdependent, yet unique. any day now, and Stewart’s Department Store will As the city is continuous, focusing on which of be waiting for them. They’ll be riding on the shiny these communities makes up which region is ar- new “high-speed” train from Chicago’s West Loop, bitrary and sophomoric. It’s a waste of time and dontcha know! obscures the road to progress and prosperity. Who can blame Rockford for dreaming? The Suburb of Rockford or not, Boone County is last half-century has been pretty rough for them and restless. those were the last generally prosperous times in the In most of the surrounding counties this year, Forest City. Still, reality bites, and Rockford needs voters returned their elected mayors, village boards, to get over itself. Downtown Rockford and the West and other local officers for another four years, often Side are dead. They have been kept alive for de- without opposition. cades only by massive government outlays. Not so in Boone County. Our electorate is rest- We have many dear friends in Rockford and Win- less. We turned out the chief official in each of our nebago County, and we truly do wish them ever the three largest communities and we replaced a previ- best. But Belvidere, just like DeKalb, Woodstock, ously appointed fire board with new, now elected Beloit or anywhere else, wants and deserves its own trustees. destiny. We are restless because it’s way past time The situation in Belvidere was illustrative. A for our leaders in Boone County to step up to the lot of little things began to add up. An abandoned plate. Please don’t expect us to cling to 1950s think- downtown factory that was owned by the city was ing, definitions, or values. left to decay until it partially collapsed. Taxes were raised a few times without any shiny new objects Moving on to show for it. Flooding revealed that the city We are less than one hour away from O’Hare Air- needed $40 million in sewer improvements. The port. With direct service to 220 cities in the US and be- city (and its state representative and state senator) yond, O’Hare is the only airport in the Americas (and didn’t bother to apply to be included in the Illinois one of only 5 in the world) with nonstop service to all Capital Fund appropriations. Marengo lobbied the six continents. Those logistics make Belvidere a viable state legislature and got $28 million for water and home for both road warriors and remote workers. sewer improvements. Belvidere didn’t get a dime. Jobs to the east of here pay better than jobs to the In the Chicago Southland, dozens of commu- west of here. An $8 billion expansion of O’Hare is nities in both Will and Cook Counties stand to underway. That means 60,000 new, high-paying jobs get a share of local casino money. Not so here! within commuting distance. We desperately need via- (Oh, don’t worry, Rockford’s northern suburbs, ble and affordable public transit to O’Hare Airport and Machesney Park and Loves Park, are getting a cut those jobs. from the casino.) But nothing for Boone County, Downtown Chicago is outside commuting range. which is a few thousand feet away from the casino. A two-plus-hour, shiny choo-choo train ride to the Nothing for “Rockford’s Largest Suburb,” Belvi- West Loop won’t get us to O’Hare. For Belvidere and dere, whose outskirts are a couple miles down the Boone County, a train that doesn’t serve O’Hare isn’t road. transit; it’s a mirage; an expensive carnival ride, de- A recent study by the Paul Simon Institute at signed to once again appease Downtown Rockford’s Southern Illinois University notes that Boone commercial property owners. County receives the lowest return on state tax dol- To new Belvidere mayor Clint Morris’ credit, he has lars of any downstate county in Illinois. That’s already moved to begin demolition of the former facto- right--dead last! ry, which has become a safety hazard. But we caution Why shouldn’t Boone Countians be restless and that if Belvidere is to thrive, we will need a stronger resentful when their elected politicians are doing so program than a sewer project and slum clearance. We little for them? are eager to hear more about his hopes, dreams, and goals for Belvidere. 8 August 6, 2021 The Boone County Journal the Sun as a basketball in New York. The closest “That’s Bobby Rush,” whispered friend star, Proxima Centauri, would be a volleyball in Gordon, nodding to an obvious leader of a lively Moscow. Think about that for a minute. discussion ongoing at the foot of the Lord’s The Earth would be a grain of barley house. Letters to Editor 851 feet from the Sun. Saturn--1.5 miles Seeing us, the gang leaders (even a Downstater out. Neptune? 4.8 miles out. Pluto? 6.4 miles like me could tell that’s who these dudes were) out. The farthest out planetoid, with its temporary beckoned us up. They put quart beer bottles in name being FarFarOut, is the most distant solar our hands, and we bantered about nothing for a Editor system object known. Try 21.3 miles out. You few minutes, then departed with a wave, beers There’s been a lot of chatter about the new haven’t even traveled out on Long Island that far in hand. The Black Panther and Young Lords space race lately. Jeff Bezos’ Doctor Evil Rocket yet. Your theoretical star ship by comparison is leaders had more important things to talk about successfully reached near-space last week. A lot smaller than a speck of tiny dust, and the one-way during their powwow. of resources and brain power are being devoted trip would take 70,000 years travel time with our My takeaway: Back then there were just a few to a private Mars colony. Yes, we have enough best (but unproven) technology. Out beyond Pluto, big gangs in Chicago, So, bad as the gangs were, backing for a visit, and it will probably happen. But there is something called the bow shock... it’s the there was identifiable leadership. And power can colonization is just not viable. Gravity on Mars is limit of the Sun’s solar wind range. Beyond that, talk to power, when absolutely necessary. Just as very low, the soil is toxic, the atmosphere is thin, The Voyager spacecraft encountered temperatures city leaders did from time to time, through back and there is no magnetic field to contain a better, of 50,000 degrees Celsius after leaving the Sun’s channels, with an earlier gang leader, Al Capone, thicker atmosphere even if we could terraform protection. In addition to this, there is heavy when necessary to see that an election came off it. Let’s be practical. The logistics and costs are space debris in the Oort Cloud and Kuyper Belt without any mayhem. just impossible. that gives the ship an almost 100% chance of Today, in Chicago, there are about 60 gangs, Using Mars as a stepstone to the stars is what being hit. We don’t even know if the star ship according to the Chicago Crime Commission, the media touts often, but the distance of such will even withstand those conditions, or endure and many more semiautonomous offshoots, some an adventure is hard to grasp. I’ll use a scale long enough even under ideal conditions. Even on but single blocks, and 100,000 plus members. comparison to help understand why this endeavor the best star ship is NOT going to make it. Gang members outnumber the Chicago Police is worthy of putting aside. Seriously. Imagine Let’s theorize that safety is a nonissue. There’s 9-to-1. How do you like them odds?! No wonder still a problem or two-or-five, or 150. Proxima so many cops long to depart the city for safer Centauri will have moved. Stars shift position due jobs in nearby suburbs. to gravity pull, even at unimaginable distances. Its Nor is there anyone for the cops and city companion star at 3.2 miles away-- Alpha Centuri leaders to talk to. Power is atomized, and We don’t care (of Lost in Space fame), will be unreachable. In Chicago’s poorest neighborhoods must often if you would the worst-case scenario, the star ship will NEVER seem like free-fire zones among teens. catch up with Proxima. None of their planets may Fast forward from Bobby Rush, now a 15- rather wear a be livable. And we just spent trillions of dollars term veteran of Congress, to the early 1980s. My building the ship! The likelihood of the astronaut boss, Gov. Jim Thompson, directed me to spend mask. children having a mutiny is even higher than some time in East St. Louis, to see if there were It looks good! the possibility of gravity waves pulling the ship any positive leaders in that benighted city across ridiculously off course. from its Missouri namesake, whom the governor We have to go back to watching Star Trek for might support with social and law enforcement entertainment only. Then clean up our messes and programming. plant some trees with that money. I spent a month in and out of ESL (there was Jack Richardson no place in the city of 40,000 to stay). I met Obituaries Sister Julia Huiskamp, a tough, saintly sort of the Mother Teresa variety. There are a rare few like her in many of our depleted neighborhoods; Adamson, Julianne, 98, Poplar Grove, July 31 not enough to make much of a difference. There Fincke, Gary “Red”, 69, California, July 31 was a young man, a college graduate, who had Gay, Elizabeth, 87, Belvidere, July 28 started a printing company. Locals were pinning Geissler, Judith “Judy”, 76, Belvidere, July 30 some hopes on him. A printer myself, I could tell OP-ED from the outdated equipment in his shop that the business wouldn’t last a year. It didn’t. I reported back to Big Jim: There is really no Many Share Blame effective leadership you can deal with. The city is too far gone. Role models like businessmen, For Inner-City Crises; the middle class, school teachers and cops, who lived elsewhere, have all abandoned ESL and Small Thinking Won’t neighborhoods like it. Fix The Problem Fast, fast forward to a couple of years ago. I return to ESL to be on a panel discussion, By Jim Nowlan sponsored by the Illinois Humanities Council, a Not long after college, in the late-1960s, I fine, do-good group. We meet in a government was visiting friends on the gentrifying Near Est. 1996 building, the only kind still standing. On my Northwest Side of Chicago. My host couple purposeful, slow drive through the city of 25,000 and I took a stroll, before a night on Old Town real journalism for a real democracy (82,000 in 1950), I see little business activity Publisher/Editor David C. Larson nearby. As we came upon the Armitage Avenue other than liquor stores and storefront churches, Senior Writer/Editorial Charles Herbst Methodist Church, we saw maybe a dozen young a neon cross faintly blinking above one of them. Photography Susan Moran men lounging on the broad concrete steps that continued on the next page David Grimm April 1938 - Dec. 2000 led to the imposing church doors. Richelle Kingsbury Aug. 1955 - June 2013

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Tuesday Aug 10, 2021 Once vibrant neighborhoods on the South and 8:30am - 9:30am West sides of Chicago mirror ESL. You can see this, by taking the Number 20 CTA bus west on 4-H Horse Show Madison from Michigan Avenue out to Austin 12:00pm - 2:00pm Boulevard, on the border with Oak Park. (I’ll Harness & Colt Racing bet you don’t.) The bus takes you from glitter to Wednesday Aug 11, 2021 litter. 9:00am - 5:00pm The homicide rates in ESL and Downstate cities like Peoria are even higher than in 4-H Horse Show Chicago, yet they don’t have the Magnificent 12:00pm - 2:00pm Mile of Michigan Avenue and tourism to protect. Harness & Colt Racing No, it’s Chicago that national newscasters imply, 4:00pm - 5:00pm that is on the bubble, between vitality and fateful Mule & Pony Team Driving Obstacle disarray. course Liberals, conservatives, the middle class— 5:00pm - 6:00pm we’re all at fault. For example, when I was a college student in the 1960s, Aid to Families with Horses (Draft or Light) Team Driving - Dependent Children was barred to households Obstacle Course in which there was a man present! Further, we 6:00pm - 7:00pm ploughed new expressways expressly to keep Team Feed Race followed by 4-H Driving blacks separate from whites. And we built high- Drill Team rise hellholes to house lots of poor folks behind Thursday Aug 12, 2021 those expressway walls. We put “Willis Wagon” trailer classrooms (named for a city school 9:00am - 2:30pm superintendent) on segregated school grounds, Pony Classes to keep blacks away from our kids. 4:00pm - 6:00pm There is a lot of blame to go around. Draft Horses Junior Performance and Cart What to do? Get 20,000 to 30,000 at-risk Classes teens out of their neighborhoods. After all, that’s what everyone else who can has done. Maybe to (Sponsored by Byron Bank) programs like the Lincoln ChalleNGe residential 6:30pm - 9:00pm school “boot camp,” located Downstate, started Draft Horse Hitch Classes by former Governor Jim Edgar (the camps are for Friday Aug 13, 2021 the National Guard, which runs the program). And 9:00am - 11:00am maybe to CCC-type camps in the wilderness, the types that lifted thousands of young whites out Draft Horse Halter Show of their poverty plight during the Depression— 9:00am - 11:00am and which mostly barred blacks. Pony Halter & Performance Classes We also have to repair, somehow, the crumpled Saturday Aug 14, 2021 subcultures of our depleted neighborhoods 9:00am - 10:00am (including as well those for young white single mothers in my rural Illinois). Too many of these Pony Performance & Hitch Classes young mothers in urban and rural America have 10:00am - 12:00pm neither parenting skills nor positive support Draft Horse Hitch Classes networks, and find drugs and alcohol a comfort (Sponsored by Byron Bank) in a world that overwhelms them. 1:00pm - 4:00pm Small ball won’t make a difference. President Pony Hitch Classes Biden thinks big, but he apparently wants Sunday Aug 15, 2021 simply to throw money at people, and not use it to hold them accountable for striving to better 9:30am - 1:00pm themselves. Six Shooters at Dawn N. Illinois Outlaws As for Chicago, I think Mayor Lori Lightfoot Mounted Shoot should take a page from the playbook of another female Chicago mayor. In 1981, Jane Byrne moved into the infamous Cabrini Green public housing project on the Near North Side of Chicago. Sure, it was a gimmick, but it focused awesome public attention. And Cabrini Green is now gone, though probably more-so because developers wanted to put upscale condos in its place. Lori — and her inner team — should move to Englewood or another violent neighborhood for six months. Take apartments, live there, and Est. 1996 set up a mini-City Hall, where supplicants would real journalism for a real democracy have to visit to do business. After all, Englewood Publisher/Editor David C. Larson is just as much a part of the city as Lake Shore Senior Writer Charles Herbst 880 Belvidere Rd. (now DuSable) Drive. Editorial Charles Herbst Belvidere, IL Reporter Sofi Zeman Chicago’s out-of-control gangs pose an Advertising Manager Dena Roethler 815-547-7111 existential threat to Chicago’s future, which is Photography Susan Moran Visit us Online at www.goldsilverjewelrycoin.com otherwise bright and shining. Small ball won’t do it. David Grimm April 1938 - Dec. 2000 We are reaping what Richelle Kingsbury Aug. 1955 - June 2013 we have sown. Jim Nowlan is a former state legislator and aide to three unindicted Illinois governors. A retired Each week, the Journal seeks to present a variety of voices. Every attempt will be made to print all letters professor of American received with the exception of those that are libelous or politics, he writes a obscene. Letters should be signed and include an ID or phone number, so that we can contact the author prior to publication to newspaper column verify authenticity. on Understanding Community leaders are encouraged to submit guest columns consistent with our editorial guidelines Illinois. for possible inclusion in the Journal. The opinions expressed in the Journal are those of their authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of The Boone County Journal management or ownership. 10 August 6, 2021 The Boone County Journal And there is the rub. In the American government have to prohibit such a thing? After caste system, the homeless have become our all, panhandlers have the same First Amendment OP-ED untouchables. rights as anyone else in society. They are the ones many folks want out of We shouldn’t punish someone for being sight and out of mind. homeless. Simple Human Kindness I’ve fallen into that trap myself. Last winter, I That said, the New York Times reported By Scott Reeder was in the Springfield Public Library researching Monday that the nation’s most populous city used car prices. (I’m too cheap to buy a Kelly has undertaken an aggressive campaign to push Sometimes hearts rather than policies need to Blue Book.) A man wearing a bathrobe kept homeless people off the streets of Manhattan so be changed. coming over to the reference desk and asking tourists will feel more welcome. A good case in point is how we as a society questions while I stood there. The reference In other cities, including Springfield, city address homelessness. librarian was patient and humane. officials have pondered doing something Mark Kessler, an owner of Recycled Records But I became a bit annoyed and thought: Why similar. in Springfield, has said he and his brother, is he getting more attention from this librarian But here is a better approach: kindness. Gary, are selling their business in part because than me? I’ve noticed that Café Moxo is changing panhandlers are driving potential customers As soon as that thought crossed my mind, customers attitudes. It’s not uncommon for a away from their store. I knew I needed to check my middle-class business person or other professional to buy a “Let’s say you are a 60-year-old woman. If privilege at the door. After all, I don’t have any meal for a needy person they see on the street. a panhandler comes up to your car, you may be more right to use a public amenity -- whether When approached by a panhandler, I’ll say, too frightened to get out and shop,” he said. it’s a public library, a sidewalk or a street – than “I won’t give you money. But I will buy you a Kessler said he would like to see the the fellow wandering about the bookshelves in meal.” Springfield police roust panhandlers out from his bathrobe. Is that response always embraced? No. the area near his shop. And, hey, I’ve devoted my life to free But kindness never hurts. And when I do buy “Why do people panhandle? Because they are speech and free expression. Every week I get someone a meal, where do I go? too lazy to work,” he said. “You can’t convince letters from those who like what I write – and I go to Café Moxo. After all, why not help a me, that with as many job openings that there those who don’t. If all speech were popular, it business that is helping others? are now that these people can’t find a job if they wouldn’t need to be protected. Scott Reeder is a veteran journalist. He want one.” So, if someone wants to use a public sidewalk works as a freelance reporter in the Springfield During the decades I’ve been a journalist, to ask for money, who am I to say they can’t? area. [email protected] I’ve spent a lot of time talking to homeless Or for that matter what standing does a local folks. At one point in 1988, I went and lived on the streets with them just so I could share with readers the challenges they face. My observation: Many end up panhandling to feed an addiction. Also, because of addiction or mental illnesses, some have become unemployable and use panhandling to survive. Now, please note the homeless folks I’m talking about aren’t the ones sleeping on the sofas of friends or residing in a temporary shelter because of a missed rent check. I’m talking about those sleeping on sidewalks. It’s important to remember that not all homeless people panhandle. And not all panhandlers are homeless. But there is a pretty big overlap between the two. Interestingly enough there is a business a little over a block from Kessler’s record store that is taking a radically different approach. Café Moxo is showing the downtrodden hospitality. “I believe in the Golden Rule: treat others the way you would like to be treated,” said Brandon Hughes, who manages the Springfield restaurant. On many mornings, the café is full of business people, politicians, lobbyists and community power brokers eating breakfast, sipping coffee and opining on the problems of the world. And often sitting among them is an older woman talking to herself. She always has a hot cup of coffee and warm meal in front of her. “She pays us when she can. When she can’t, we make sure she has something to eat,” Hughes said. This approach of radical hospitality reflects the philosophy of the restaurant’s owner, Mark Forinash. During the pandemic, the restaurant partnered with Springfield businesses and gave away thousands of sack lunches to those in need. “At the end of the day, we are all people and we all deserve to be treated with dignity and respect,” Hughes said. The Boone County Journal August 6, 2021 11

Contestant #1. Chloe Renee Konieczki Contestant #2 Haleigh Jean Rasmussen Chloe is the 18-year-old daughter of Sheri Bochmann of Belvidere. Haleigh is the 17-year-old daughter of Holly and Shawn Rasmussen of Chloe is a 2021 Graduate of Belvidere High School. She was the Senior Belvidere. Class President and has been awarded the Spirit of a Teacher Award, BHS Haleigh is homeschooled and has attended Hallstrom Homeschool Scholar Award, the Mark Frailey Award, Prairie Grange Scholarship, State Workshop. As a senior Haleigh will be graduating in 2022. She is enrolled Grange Scholarship, Zonta Scholarship, Simon Music Scholarship, Wilbur in Rock Valley College dual credits courses. She plans to attend an out- and Williams Cummings Scholarship and the Branden Ramey Scholarship. of-state university, pursuing her bachelor’s degree in political science and She will be attending NIU in the fall to get her BFA in acting. then continue her education in law school. She would like a career in patent Chloe is currently employed at McDonald’s. law and cyber security.Haleigh won First Place in the Science Fair for her During her high school career Chloe has been in cheerleading, tennis, project, “Do Disinfectants Work?” She is the yearbook director and graphic track, theater, band and chorus. Chloe has also participated in several designer for large co-ops. Haleigh has maintained a 4.5 GPA. productions with the Main Street Players of Boone County. Haleigh is presently employed at Piscasaw Gardens. Chloe is a member of Prairie Grange, Boone County Pomona Grange and Haleigh is taking piano lessons, volunteers with the service group, Love Boone County Youth Fairboard. in Action, and is in her 6th musical theatre production with the Studio of Chloe’s Platform is Overcoming Adversity. Rockford. She enjoys reading, gardening, embroidery, longboarding and Chloe is Sponsored by Prairie Grange. running. Haleigh’s Platform is Alzheimer’s and Dementia Awareness. Haleigh is Sponsored by Fuzion Studios Salon.

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Contestant #3 Brianne Marie Jankowski Contestant #4 Brianna Marie Fowler Brianne is the 18-year-old daughter of Brian Jankowski of Belvidere Brianna is the 17-year-old daughter of Shelia and Ron Fowler of Belvidere. and Jolene Arroyo of Beloit.Brianne graduated early from Belvidere High Brianna will be a senior this year at Belvidere High School. She is looking School in Dec 2020, Cum Laude, but considers herself an official member at Illinois State University, Upper Iowa University, Eastern University and of the 2021 Graduating Class. Northern Illinois University. Brianna goal is to receive her Bachelor’s During her high school career, Brianne has attained a Division 1 for Degree in Elementary Education and then further her education in family IHSA solo, was chosen for ILMEA Senior Chorus, been active in theater, consumer science. choir, Acapella and Choraleers. Brianna’s desire to become a teacher relates back to her early school Brianne will be attending NIU in the fall, studying to be an English and days and recognizing that not only does learning require hard work and theater teacher. She has received the NIU Merit Scholarship, and a Husky dedication from the students, but also from the teachers to make sure all Pledge Grant. students are able to progress to the best of their ability. We need to know Brianne is currently employed by Dari Ripple. our students’ likes and dislikes, family environment and social capabilities. Brianne has enjoyed volunteering with Twisted Crypt Haunted House Taking the Intro to Child Care and Preschool Zone courses has put me on for over 5 years, being a member of the “Thespian Troop,” reading, video the track I want to travel. games, anime and art. Brianna is currently employed at Dari Ripple. Brianne’s Platform is Theater and Music. Brianna has been on Honor Roll for 3 years, and has been nominated Brianne is Sponsored by Risseeuw Concrete. for the Future Teachers Award. She has also received perfect attendance multiple times. She proudly donates blood to the Rock River Valley Blood Center, is the Boys’ Bowling Manager, Fall Cheerleader for 4 years, is a Girl Scout, sings with the Show Choir and Choraleers, and participates in track and field. Brianna enjoys babysitting, preparing her nieces for kindergarten and going on tractor rides with her dad. Brianna’s Platform is Early Childhood Education. Brianna is Sponsored by Smokin Coop. The Boone County Journal August 6, 2021 13

Contestant #5 Allyson Sue Aves Contestant #6 Aniya Morgaga Gaines Allyson is the 17-year-old daughter of Brenda and Todd Aves of Belvidere. Aniya is the 20-year-old daughter of Monique Gaines of Belvidere. Allyson will be entering her senior year at Belvidere High School this fall. Aniya is a 2018 Graduate of North Boone High School. She was a member She is on the Belvidere High School Student Council. Allyson plans on getting of the dance team and did shot put in track. her associate’s degree in Dairy Science with minors in Political Science and Aniya’s future plans include joining the United States Air Force and Entrepreneurship and a bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Law with hopes of further her education while serving her country. To help prepare herself for lobbying for agriculture. Allyson is looking forward to starting her own farm- the Service, Aniya is studying her Ham Radio License Manual. to-table store and practicing agricultural law. Aniya is hoping to see the world and would love to visit Paris, France, the Allyson is currently employed at Flora View Farms. United Kingdom and many other countries she has only read about. Allyson’s honors include 4-H President, Section 6 STAR Farmer, Section Aniya Likes to play video games, go biking, shoot BB guns and bowling. 6 1st Prepared Public Speaking, Section 6 FFA President, Boone County Asked what she would miss the most in joining the service besides her 4-H Teen Teacher, Boone County 4-H Science Ambassador, and Illinois 4-H family, Aniya said all the good food at Thanksgiving, especially the Pumpkin Livestock Ambassador Team. Pie. She enjoys reading, biking, listening to music and tending to the dairy cattle. Aniya Platform is Service Members. Allyson is a member of Flora Grange and Boone County Youth Fairboard. Aniya is Sponsored by The American Legion, Jefferson Horton Post 340. Allyson‘s Platform is Prioritizing Foundational Educational Agriculture. Allyson is Sponsored by Flora Grange and Selective Superior Seeds.

Diamond Rio Formed in 1989 in Nashville, TN, the band consists of Gene Johnson (mandolin, tenor vocals), Jimmy Olander (lead guitar, acoustic guitar, banjo), Brian Prout (drums), Marty Roe (lead vocal), Dan Truman (keyboards), and Dana Williams (bass guitar, baritone vocals). Diamond Rio’s most recent release “I Made It”, is their tenth studio album. The title track was co-written by the band’s lead guitarist Jimmy Orlander and features 11 new songs. “I Made It” is available on iTunes and www.diamondrio.com. Diamond Rio released of “Meet In The Middle” in 1991 and became the first country music group in history to reach No. 1 with a debut single. The band is also known for their hits “How Your Love Makes Me Feel,” “One More Day.” “Beautiful Mess,” “Unbelievable,” “In A Week or Two,” and more. They released their first-ever autobiography in 2009, Beautiful Mess: The Story of Diamond Rio. The band, known for playing every note on every album, recently celebrated their 30th Anniversary – and with zero band member changes. 14 August 6, 2021 The Boone County Journal Fair Schedule TuesdayAug 10, 2021 10:00am - 9:30pm Non-Livestock Bldg. Open 7:30am – 9:00am 4-H Poultry Show 10:00am - 12:00pm Kids Day (Games & Contests) 12:00pm - 5:00pm Reduced Carnival Rides 8:30am – 9:30am 4-H Horse Show 12:00pm - 2:00pm Harness & Colt Racing 12:00pm – 2:00pm Harness & Colt Racing 12:00pm - 1:00pm Orion Samuelson & Dale Rhode and the Crossroads 12:00pm – 1:00pm Music by Hallie(Country/Bluegrass) 1:00pm - 3:00pm VIP Classes 12:00pm – 12:30pm Flag Raising - VFW Color Guard 2:30pm - 3:30pm Chip Messiner - The Bull 2:30pm – 5:30pm Galaxy (Classic Country) 3:00pm - 4:00pm 4-H Dairy Steer Show 4:00pm – 8:00pm Weigh-In Swine Jr. & Open Show 4:00pm - 5:00pm 4-H Beef Carcass Show 7:00pm – 10:00pm Dale Rhode & the CrossRoads (Country) 4:00pm - 5:00pm Jung’s Tae Kwon Do 7:30pm – 10:00pm:Queen Pageant & Little Miss Pageant 4:00pm - 5:00pm Mule & Pony Team Driving Obstacle course 5:00pm - 6:00pm Antique Tractor Parade WednesdayAug 11, 2021 5:00pm - 6:00pm Horses Team Driving - Obstacle Course 7:30am – 11:30am Open and Jr. Poultry Show 6:00pm - 9:00pm 4-H Rabbit Show 8:00am – 11:30am Open Rabbit Show 6:00pm - 7:00pm Team Feed Race and 4-H Driving Drill Team 8:30am – 12:00pm 4-H Carcass and Purebred Swine Shows 6:30pm - 9:30pm Multi-Event Truck Pull and Shoot Out Challenge 9:00am - 5:00pm 4-H Horse Show 7:00pm - 10:00pm Grass Attack (Blue Grass/Country) 9:00am - 12:00pm 4-H Sheep Show ThursdayAug 12, 2021 8:00am - 1:00pm Junior Sheep Show 8:00am - 10:00am 4-H Goat Show 8:30am - 11:30am 4-H Crossbred Swine Show 9:00am - 2:30pm Pony Classes 9:00am - 12:00pm 4-H Dairy Show 9:00am - 11:30am 4-H Beef Show 10:00am - 9:30pm Non-Livestock Bldg. Open 10:00am - 4:00pm Farm Tractor Pulls 10:00am - 12:00pm Kids Day (Games & Contests) 11:00am - 5:00pm Reduced Carnival Rides 11:30am - 2:00pm Gene Shepherd & Mike Schneider Band 12:00pm - 2:00pm Matthew Wundrow Band 1:00pm - 4:00pm Junior Dairy Goats 2:00pm - 3:30pm Local and Regional Tractor and Truck Pulls 2:30pm - 4:30pm Acoustic Millennium Band 4:00pm - 6:00pm Draft Horses Junior Performance and Cart Classes 5:00pm - 7:00pm 4-H Livestock Auction 5:30pm - 10:00pm Kevin Burns - Good Vibrations (Beach Music) 6:00pm - 7:00pm Mother/Daughter Look Alike Contest 6:30pm - 9:00pm Draft Horse Hitch Classes 6:30pm - 9:00pm Tractor and Truck Pull The Boone County Journal August 6, 2021 15 THE WEEKEND 7:00pm - 8:00pm Father/Son Look Alike Contest

FridayAug 13, 2021 9:30am - 10:00am Amateur Talent Content Signup 8:00am - 9:30am Dairy Goat Show - Open Classes 10:00am - 9:30pm Non-Livestock Bldg. Open 8:30am - 9:30am Open & Jr. Market Barrow Show 10:00am - 12:00pm Draft Horse Hitch Classes 9:00am - 11:00am Open & Jr. Beef Show 10:30am - 12:00pm Junior Talent Contest (Age up to 14) 9:00am - 11:00am Draft Horse Halter Show 12:30pm - 3:30pm Senior Talent Contest (Age 15-21) 9:00am - 11:00am Pony Halter & Performance Classes 1:00pm - 4:00pm Pony Hitch Classes 9:00am - 10:00am Open Sheep Show 2:00pm - 3:00pm Supreme Grand Champion Dairy Selected 10:00am - 9:30pm Non-Livestock Bldg. Open 3:00pm - 4:00pm Fur & Feather Auction 10:00am - 1:00pm ATV Racing by KICKABUDA Promotions 4:00pm - 5:00pm Main Street Players of Boone County 12:00pm - 3:00pm Detour Band (Old Country, 50’s & 60’s) 4:30pm - 7:00pm Gene Shepherd and Mike Schneider Band 3:30pm - 4:30pm Magic by Herb Rosene 5:00pm - 6:00pm Celias Dance & Education Center 4:30pm - 7:00pm Gene Shepherd and Mike Schneider Band 7:00pm - 10:00pm Missing Links 5:00pm - 6:00pm 4-H Master Showmanship Contest 8:00pm - 11:00pm Diamond Rio 5:00pm - 6:00pm Mary Lee’s School of Dance 6:30pm - 8:30pm Open Wether Show SundayAug 15, 2021 7:00pm - 10:00pm Silver Creek Band 8:30am - 9:30am Church Service (Conducted by the Gideon’s) 7:00pm - 10:00pm Next Level Bull Riding and Barrel Racing 9:00am - 10:00am Alpaca Show 9:30am - 1:00pm 6-Shooters at Dawn N. Illinois Outlaws Mounted Shoot 10:00am - 4:00pm Non-Livestock Bldg. Open SaturdayAug 14, 2021 10:00am - 12:00pm Pedal Pushers Pull 7:30am - Noon Rock County Pullers and Amateur Garden Tractor Pull 10:00am - 11:30am Jr. Dairy Cattle - Pee Wee Show 8:00am - 12:00pm Weak End Antique Tractor Pull 12:00pm - 1:00pm Wood Carving Auction 9:00am - 12:00pm Open & Jr. Dairy Cow Judging 12:30pm - 1:30pm Lip Sync Contest 9:00am - 11:00am Open & Jr. Dairy Show (Heifer Classes & Other) 1:00pm - 2:30pm Demolition Derby 9:00am - 11:00am Boer Goat Open Show 1:30pm - 3:00pm Karaoke Contest 9:00am - 11:00am Open Sheep Show 6:00pm - 9:00pm Boone Boys 40th Anniversary 9:00am - 10:00am Open & Jr. Steer Judging 6:00pm - 8:00pm Demolition Derby 9:00am - 10:00am Pony Performance & Hitch Classes 16 August 6, 2021 The Boone County Journal

Contestant # 7 Adriana Anya Anderson Contestant #8 Nickole Ann Ryan Adriana is the 19-year-old daughter of Ashley Nyen of Belvidere. Nicole is the 17-year-old daughter of Marilyn and Jack Ryan of Belvidere. Adriana is a 2021 Graduate of Belvidere High School. She presently is a Nickole is a 2020 Graduate of Belvidere High School. She is presently sophomore attending Highland Community College in Freeport. Adriana is attending Kishwaukee College to earn her associates degree in pre-vet. studying animal science. Her future plans are to attend either UW- Platteville Nickole plans to attend a 4-year college to major in veterinary medicine, or UW- River Falls and majoring animal nutrition with a minor in agriculture followed by another two years of specialization and internships. Her top education. two career options are becoming a veterinary radiologist and becoming a Adriana is currently employed at Kahl Farms and Complete Feed Service. wildlife vet for a conservatory. Adriana is a member of FFA and has been a Chapter Officer, 2nd Illinois Nickole is currently employed part time at Farm and Fleet in Belvidere PAS Job interview, State Delegate, Ag Club Officer, Dairy Judging and and seasonally at a family-owned greenhouse. NJCAA Bowler. Nicole is an Illinois State Scholar. 4.0 GPA throughout high school, Adriana’s hobbies include going shopping, bowling and hanging out with Emerald State 4-H Award in leadership (highest award), Reserved Champion friends in her free time. in state dog showmanship and a robotics team welder. Adriana’s Platform is Agriculture. Nickole’s activities include being a member of FFA, Flora Producers 4-H, Adriana is Sponsored by The Nutrition Cave. Boone 4-H Federation, Boone Ogle DeKalb Expansion Committee, sheep showman, dog showman, basketball and track. She enjoys running, crocheting, preparing for shows with sheep and dog, teaching 4-Hers, working on entomology projects, social media platforms for robotics, TIGG welding and writing Christmas cards for overseas veterans. Nicole’s Platform is The Importance of Medical Camps. Nicole is Sponsored by Murphy Orthodontics.

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Contestant #9 Kimberly Marie Nicolosi Contestant #10 Dellana Jean Muck Kimberly is the 18-year-old daughter of Ruth and Frank Nicolosi of Dellana is the 17-year-old daughter of Suzette and Dale Muck of Caledonia. Rockford. Dellana will be a senior this year at Belvidere North High School and her Kimberly is a 2021 High School Graduate / Homeschooled, attended second year at Rock Valley College in the running start program. Hallstrom Homeschool Workshop, Rockford Christian High School Upon finishing high school, Dellana plans to pursue her bachelor’s and and Rock Valley College dual credit courses. She will graduate with her master’s degrees in crop science. Dellana‘s goal is to work in the agronomy Associate of Science degree. Kimberly will then transfer to a 4-year sector of agriculture, specifically sales. university with a major in biochemistry on a pre-medicine track and a minor Dellana is currently employed at Axis Seed Company and High Prime LLC in music. Obtaining her Bachelor of Science degree she plans to attend Dellana is the 2021-2022 Section 6 FFA Vice President, 2021-2022 medical school to become a pediatric anesthesiologist. Belvidere North FFA President, 2020-2021 Key Club Secretary, 2021 Sure Kimberly is currently employed at Meg’s Daily Grind. Champ Leadership Team, 2021 National Honor Society, 2020 Cross Country Kimberly is President of Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society Toughest Runner. at Rock Valley College, She was chosen for the ILMEA - 2021 All -State Dellana’s activities include Belvidere North Cross Country, Belvidere Honors Chorus, Most improved Girls Varsity Swimmer, Silver Tassel for North Track and Field, National Junior Hereford Association, Illinois Junior volunteer service and Christian Education Award. Kimberly is a FFA Hereford Association, Key Club, FFA, 4-H, National Honors Society, and alumni member. National Science Honors Society. Kimberly was on the Varsity Cheer and Competition team, member of In her spare time, Dellana enjoys showing cattle, creating clay earrings the Key Club and choir. She has performed at the Starlight Theater, CYT, and running her earring business, volunteering at her church, volunteering at The Studio and Pec Playhouse. She enjoys barefoot waterskiing, sunflower Braveheart’s riding center, running, and spending time with my family and gardening and paddle boarding at Rock Cut State Park. looking at my new nephew’s pictures. Kimberly‘s Platform is Living Legacy. Dellana‘s Platform is Bridging the Gap Between Urban and Rural America. Kimberly is Sponsored by Cheng Orthodontics. Dellana is Sponsored by Axis Seed Company. Roman’s Blacktop Sealing Driveways & Parking Lots

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Contestant #11 Hannah Nicole Beran Contestant #12 Emma Katherine Karl Hannah is the 18-year-old daughter of Nicole Beran and Randy Salzman of Emma is the 17-year-old daughter of Rebecca and David Karl of Poplar Grove. Caledonia and Philip Beran of Walworth. Emma is entering her senior year at Belvidere North High School and Hannah is a 2021 Graduate of North Boone High School. She was a member has been inducted into the United State Navy, where she will report after of Student Council, the Leo Club and played Varsity Girls Softball and Basketball. graduation in 2022. Hannah will be attending Beloit College and plans to study biochemistry and will Emma’s activities include Theater, where she is President, Band, flute and be playing softball for the Buccaneers. After college she is planning to attend piccolo, various NHS Choirs, Choir Board, Poms and Dance, Zonta Club, University of Illinois College of Medicine in Rockford to pursue a Doctor of Key Club, Thespian Honors Society, Science National Honor Society, Tri Pharmacy degree. –M President, Umpire at NBYB, for 3 yrs. Softball and Scouts. Hannah is currently employed at Mert’s Ice Cream Shoppe. Emma is currently employed as a Lifeguard at Six Flags Hurricane Hannah was selected for the Big Northern All-Conference Honorable Mention Harbor, Rockford. Softball Team, the 2020 Illinois 4-H State award winner in personal growth In her free time, Emma enjoys biking, reading, Diamond Art, dancing, and received the Donald & Betty Paulson Memorial Award. She was named playing with her dog and volunteering whenever possible. Treasurer of the Year for Boone County 4-H, received the Boone County Project Emma’s Platform is Support the Arts. Honors for Project Mastery in Foods and Nutrition, Photography and Visual Arts, Emma is Sponsored by Window World of Rockford. the 4-H Champion Award at the Illinois State Fair in cake decorating and named Outstanding Mid Teen, Pre-Teen, and Jr Member for Boone County 4H. Hannah is the Treasurer for the Boone County Youth Fairboard and the Leroy Commandoes 4-H Club. She plays softball for the Lady Sting 18U Travel Team. Hannah enjoys taking her dogs Ruger and Kimber for walks and participating in community service projects. Hannah is a Member of Big Thunder Grange and Boone County Youth Fairboard. Hannah Platform is Perseverance. Hannah is Sponsored by Myrt’s Ice Cream Shoppe. KFO • Digital Color & Black & White OC RD • Multi Functional R * Copy * Print * Fax * Scan * Service • Supplies • Toner Sharp ~ Canon ~ Toshiba ~ S Lexmark ~ HP ~ Xerox ~ Richoh Y S Sales Service STEM 815-608-1173 815-282-4002 The Boone County Journal August 6, 2021 19

Contestant #13 Jillianne Nicole Cummings Contestant #14 Yaratzen Avila Jillianne is the 17-year-old daughter of Katrina Klinefelter of Garden Yaratzen is the 19-year-old daughter of Adriana and Armando Avila of Prairie and Matt and Brandi Cummings of Caledonia. Belvidere. Jillianne will be entering her senior year at Belvidere High School. Yaratzen is a 2020 Graduate of Belvidere High School and attends Jillianne would like the further her education by attending Kishwaukee the University of Illinois at Chicago. Yaratzen’s goal is to graduate with College to acquire her associate’s degree and then transfer to a larger college her Masters in Occupational Therapy. She will then become a certified to pursue her interest in becoming a Veterinary Technician or Veterinarian. ASL translator and Spanish translator to expand her assistance in varying She has always been interested in taking care of animals ever since she was individuals with disabilities. little, helping her uncle Bob feed the baby calves. Yaratzen Is currently employed at Caravel Autism Health. Jillianne is currently employed at Northwoods Care Center and as a Yaratzen is an Outreach Coordinator of UIC Rehabilitation Science club, babysitter.While attending Harlem High School, Jillianne enjoyed being on Secretary of UIC’c Applied Health Student Council, Event Coordinator of the Volleyball team, and was on the Rockford Aces Volleyball Club Team. UIC Pre-Occupational Therapy Club. She also enjoys dancing, swimming, singing and spending time with family Yaratzen recently joined a workout group at the university where she is and friends. tracking her daily activities. Yaratzen also enjoys dancing, singing, baking Jilliannes Platform is Substance Awareness. and new events at the university to broaden her varying life-impacting Jillian is Sponsored by Minnihan Tree Service and Epoxy Works. experiences. Yaratzen’s Platform is Mental Health disparity in the Latino Community. Yaratzen is Sponsored by Fiesta Market and Chapko and Shah. 20 August 6, 2021 The Boone County Journal

Contestant # 15 Delphine Marcelle Calabrese Contestant #16 Skyler Ceria Melillo Delphine is the 18-year-old daughter of Fabienne and Tim Calabrese of Skyler is the 16-year-old daughter of Vince Melillo and Lydia Sal of Belvidere. Belvidere. Delphine will be entering her senior year this fall at Belvidere North High Skyler attends Belvidere High School where she will be a junior this fall. School. Skyler plans on attending Rock Valley College for her associates degree Delphine is currently employed at Cracker Barrel. and then would like to transfer to the Chicago Institute of Art for her Delphine is looking at several universities, University of Illinois, bachelor’s degree. Art is very important to Skyler and her ultimate goal is to Northwestern and the University of California. She is on the National Honor acquire her graphic designer degree. Trying to find her personal style, along Society, received the Go for The Gold award, and is the Vice President for with her artistic drawings of animals, Skyler said if I accomplish this I will Future Farmers of America. She belongs to the National Wildlife Turkey be able to making a living doing something I love and makes me happy. Federation, Pheasants Forever, Competition Dance, Poms, Football Manager, Watch out Walldogs! teaches Hunter Safety Classes Restorative Circle for school, North Way Skyler is currently employed at McDonald’s. Mentor, Volunteering for Habitat for Humanity and Safety Town. Skyler is on the Honor Roll and holds a 3.4 GPA, Won Delphine is a member of Flora Grange, Boone County Pomona Grange the Junior Granger of the Year Award for the State of Illinois and the Boone County Youth Fair Board. and is on the Belvidere tennis team and Student Council. Delphine enjoys cooking, reading, gardening, dancing and quilting. In her free time, she joins her grandma to help an elderly lady with her Delphine’s Platform is Self Esteem. shopping and house cleaning. Living on a horse farm, Skyler helps with the Delphine is Sponsored by Cracker Barrel. young horses and has been showing Mini’s at the fair and riding in parades since she was very young. Skyler is a member of Flora Grange. Skyler’s Platform is The Value of Hands on Art. Skyler is Sponsored by Flora Grange and Main Street Players of Boone County. The Boone County Journal August 6, 2021 21 attraction and winery at 8428 Blaine Rd. Poplar Grove, IL 61065. PIN: 02-21-300-002, W 1/2 E 1/2 SW The applicant, Austin Reisetter, 11801 Cardinal Lane Caledonia, IL Legal Notices 61011, is requesting a variance pursuant to section 3.5.4(Lot Develop- ment Standards) of Section 3.5 (Single Family Residential District) of the Boone County Zoning Ordinance to allow an increase in size of an acces- IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE Brunn, and the termination of your parental rights with regard to said sory structure from 798 square feet to 1374 square feet at 11801 Cardinal 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT child. Now therefore, unless you, ASHLEY HYDE, BRENDEN Lane Caledonia, IL 61011 PIN: 05-06-127-005, FOX RUN LOT 15 BOONE COUNTY BRUNN, and all whom it may concern, file your answer to the Petition The applicant, Allyssa Dunn, 107 James Circle SE Poplar Grove, 601 NORTH MAIN STREET, BELVIDERE, ILLINOIS in the action or otherwise file your appearance therein in the said Circuit IL 61065 is requesting a variance pursuant to section 3.2.4 (Lot Devel- ESTATE OF Matthew Levy, DECEASED 21 P 40 Court of 17th Judicial Circuit, Boone County, 601 North Main Street, opment Standards) of Section 3.5 (Single Family Residential District) Notice is given to creditors of the death of the above named decedent. Belvidere, Illinois, on or before the 29th day of August, 2021, a default of Boone County Zoning Ordinance to allow a decrease in rear lot line Letters of office were issued to Adam Levy, 1737 Mission Hills Road, may be entered against you at any time after that day and a Judgment from 15 feet to 10 feet for the installation of a pool at 107 James Circle Northbrook, Illinois 60062, as Independent Administrator, whose entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition. SE Poplar Grove, IL 61065, PIN: 03-26-152-030. W 90.58 N 138.79 E attorney of record is Michael W. Brandwein, Brandwein&Brandwein, Dated this 28th day of July, 2021 76.81 S 153 1707 Shermer Road Suite 126 Northbrook, Illinois 60062. Linda Anderson, Clerk of Court All persons interested may appear at the hearing and be heard at the The estate will be administered without court supervision, unless Prepared by: stated time and place. under section 5/28-4 of the Probate Act Ill. Compiled Stat. 1992, Ch. 755, Robert E. Canfield (3122943) Tony Savino, Chair, Boone County Zoning Board of Appeals par 5/28-4 any interested person terminates independent administration CANFIELD & McKENNA Published in the Boone County Journal on August 6, 2021 at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the clerk. 1111 S. Alpine Road, Suite 704 STATE OF ILLINOIS Claims against the estate may be filed with the clerk or with the Rockford, IL 61103 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL representative, or both, on or before January 30, 2022, or, if mailing or (815) 968-7200 phone BOONE COUNTY delivery of a notice from the representative is required by Section 5/18-3 (815) 968-7227 fax JEANETTE OROZCO Plaintiff of the Probate Act, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed on [email protected] -VS- CASE # 2020D123 or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must Published in The Boone County Journal July 30, Aug 6, 13 DAVID RAMOS-GARCIA Defendant be mailed or delivered by the claimant to the representative and to the NOTICE OF PUBLICATION Notice is given to you, DAVID RAMOS-GARCIA, Defendant that attorney within 10 days after it has been filed. this cause has been commenced against you in this Court asking for an E-filing is now mandatory for documents in civil cases with limited ACTION FOR DIVORCE and other relief. exemptions. To e-file, you must first create an account with an e-filing Unless you file your response or otherwise file your appearance in this service provider. Visit http://efile.illinoiscourts.gov/service-providers. cause in the office office of the Circuit Clerk of Boone County, Boone htm to learn more and to select a service provider. If you need additional County Courthouse, 601 N. Main St., Belvidere, Illinois, 61008 on or help or have trouble e-filing, visit http://www.illinoiscourts.gov/FAQ/ before the 1st day of September, 2021 a Judgment or other gethelp.asp. relief as prayed for by the Plaintiff may be granted. Michael W. Brandwein Dated: 07-30-2021 Linda J. Anderson Brandwein&Brandwein Clerk of the Circuit Court 1707 Shermer Road, Suite 126 17th Judicial Court Northbrook, Illinois 60062 Boone County, Illinois (847) 509-9200 Published in The Boone County Journal 8/6, 8/13, 8/20 6269255 Published in The Boone County Journal July 30, Aug 6, 13 STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT STATE OF ILLINOIS OF THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT BOONE COUNTY - ILLINOIS STATE OF ILLINOIS IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF: LAURA CABALLERO, Petitioner COUNTY OF BOONE And ISRAEL COBOS PENA, Respondent IN RE: BRAYLON ALEXANDER BRUNN, a Minor, and IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF BOONE CASE NO.: 21-D-87 ASHLEY HYDE, BRENDEN BRUNN & UNKNOWN PARTIES. NOTICE OF PUBLICATION Respondents. CASE NO: 2021 AD 7 PROBATE DIVISION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to Respondent ISRAEL COBOS ADOPTION NOTICE - County of Boone, State of Illinois In the Matter of the Estate of DELORES B. MOORE, Deceased. PENA, that Petitioner LAURA CABALLERO has caused to be filed To: Ashley Hyde, Brenden Brunn, and Unknown Parties CASE NO. 2021 P 47 a PETITION FOR DISSOLLUTION OF MARRIAGE in the above- Take notice that a petition was filed in the Circuit Court of Boone CLAIM NOTICE captioned cause of action. You are further notified that if you fail to County, Illinois, for the adoption of a child named Braylon Alexander Notice is given of the death of DELORES B. MOORE. Letters of answer an answer or otherwise appear on or before 8/27/2021, a judgment Office were issued on July 8, by default may be entered against you at any time thereafter for the relief 2021, to STANLEY A. MOORE, requested in the petition. 881 Park Er Woods Drive, /s/LAURA CABALLERO, Petitioner ORDINANCE NO. 2021-1 Prepared By: Nataly Skrabak BUDGET AND APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE Rockford, IL 61102, who is the Published in The Boone County Journal 8/6/21, 8/13/21, 8/20/21 OF THE BOONE COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT #2 Independent Executor of the BOONE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR Estate. The attorney for the Estate BEGINNING MAY 1, 2021, AND ENDING APRIL 30, 2022 is MICHAEL J. SCHAPPERT, On July 21st, 2021 at a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Boone County Fire Protection District # HolmstromKennedyPC, 800 2, Boone County, Illinois, the said Trustees adopted the Budget and Appropriation Ordinance of the Boone North Church Street, Rockford, Assumed names County Fire Protection District #2 for the General Fund for the period May 1, 2021 through April 30, 2022, Illinois 61103. the following: Claims against the Estate may GENERAL FUND be filed on or before Febuary 6, ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION ANTICIPATED REVENUES AND RECEIPTS 2022, that date being at least six STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY of BOONE Estimated Cash Balance on hand as of April 30, 2021 (6) months from the date of first This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact Checking Account & Capitol Reserve $1,494,674.51 publication, or within three (3) towing business in said County and State under the name of ALLEN’S months from the date of mailing or FULL SERVICE TOWING at the following post office address: 6849 Pin Anticipated Revenues and Receipts: Oak Lane, Garden Prairie, IL 61038 that the true and real full names of all Property Taxes to be received in FY 2021-2022 $ 1,018,000.00 delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by persons owning, conducting or transacting such business, with respective Illinois Replacement Tax $ 25,000.00 residence address of each, are as follows: Christopher C. Allen, 6849 Pin Interest Income $ 2,500.00 Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Oak Lane, Garden Prairie, IL 61038; phone # (847) 456-7829. Non Resident Billing $ 25,000.00 Act, 1975 as amended, whichever Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed) to before me, this 15th day of July, Illinois Municipal League $ 15,000.00 date is later. Any claim not filed A.D. 2021 Grants $ 12,100.00 by the requisite date stated above Julie A. Bliss, County Clerk Miscellaneous $ ____ 0.00 shall be barred. Published in Boone County Journal 7/23, 7/30, 8/6 Total Anticipated Revenues and Receipts $ 1,097,600.00 Claims against the Estate may Total Cash Balance May 1, 2021 and Anticipated Revenues & Receipts $2,592,274.51 be filed in the office of the Boone County Circuit Clerk - Probate CHANGE IN CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP OF Less Anticipated Expenditures May 1, 2021 through April 30, 2022 $1,490,225.00 BUSINESS PUBLICATION NOTICE Anticipated Cash Balance April 30, 2022 $1,102,049.51 Division, at 601 N. Main Street, Belvidere, Illinois 61008, or with Public Notice is hereby given that on July 15, A.D. 2021, a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Boone County, Illinois, GENERAL FUND BUDGET AND APPROPRIATION the Estate legal representative, or concerning the business known as ALLEN’S FULL SERVICE TOWING, The following amounts shall be tentatively budgeted and appropriated for the General Fund pur- both. located at 6849 PIN OAK LANE, GARDEN PRAIRIE, IL 61038, which poses of the Boone County Fire District #2 for the Fiscal Year May 1, 2021 through April 30, 2022. Copies of claims filed with certificate sets forth the following changes in the operation thereof: BUDGETED APPROPRIATED the Circuit Clerk’s Office - DISSOLUTION OF BUSINESS Probate Division must be mailed Dated this 15th day of July, A.D. 2021 A. Administration: Julie A. Bliss 1. Insurance $ 75,000.00 $ 90,000.00 or delivered to the Estate legal representative and to his attorney Boone County Clerk 2. Office Operations $ 31,900.00 $ 38,280.00 Published in the Boone County Journal 7/23, 7/30, 8/6 3. Professional Fees $ 13,000.00 $ 15,600.00 within ten (10) days after it has 4. Training $ 30,500.00 $ 36,600.00 been filed. Dated: July 13, STATE OF ILLINOIS 5. Trustee Compensation $ 4,000.00 $ 4,800.00 CIRCUIT COURT BOONE COUNTY 6. Utilities $ 20,900.00 $ 25,080.00 2021STANLEY A. MOORE, Independent Executor of the PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR 7. Volunteer Compensation $ 50,000.00 $ 60,000.00 NAME CHANGE (MINOR CHILDREN) 8. Labor $ 464,300.00 $ 557,160.00 Estate of DELORES B. MOORE, Case No.2021-MR-89 9. Miscellaneous/Contingency $ 3,000.00 $ 3,600.00 Deceased REQUEST OF: ALMA D TAPIA to change name of minor child: 10. Unemployment Fund $ 100.00 $ 110.00 HolmstromKennedyPC Current Name of Minor Child DYLAN ARON COSMEL; Proposed New TOTAL ADMINISTRATION: $ 692,700.00 $ 831,230.00 His Attorneys Name of Minor Child DYLAN ARON TAPIA. Court Date information: on August 31, 2021, at 9:30am, Boone County Courthouse, 601 N. Main St., B. Equipment By:MICHAEL J. SCHAPPERT Attorney Michael J. Schappert Belvidere, IL 61008, Courtroom #3 1. Repairs, Maintenance $ 15,400.00 $ 18,480.00 Published in the Boone County Journal 07/30, 08/07, 14 2. Firefighters’ Equipment $ 61,500.00 $ 73,800.00 HolmstromKennedyPC – ARDC #3128183 3. Other New Equipment Purchases $ 64,725.00 $ 77,670.00 ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION TOTAL EQUIPMENT $ 141,625.00 $ 169,950.00 Attorney for Independent Executor 800 N. Church Street STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY of BOONE C. Station Expenses This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a 1. Building and Grounds $ 72,400.00 $ 86,880.00 Rockford, IL 61103 food trailer business in said County and State under the name of TACOS TOTAL STATION EXPENSES $ 72,400.00 $ 86,880.00 (815) 962-7071 EL REY at the following post office address: 1613 Jillian Court, Belvidere, D. Apparatus Expense [email protected] IL 61008 that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting 1. Operation (Gas and Oil) $ 17,000.00 $ 22,100.00 Published in The Boone County or transacting such business, with respective residence address of each, are Journal Aug 6, 13, 20 as follows: Maria Reyna Torres, 1613 Jillian Court, Belvidere IL 61008; 2. Vehicle Maintenance $ 71,500.00 $ 121,550.00 phone # (815) 520-4287. TOTAL APPARATUS EXPENSE $ 88,500.00 $ 143,650.00 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed) to before me, this 26th day of July, E. Capital Reserve $ 1,404,298.00 $1,404,298.00 BOONE COUNTY ZONING A.D. 2021 1. Apparatus Replacement $ 395,000.00 $ 500,000.00 BOARD OF APPEALS Julie A. Bliss, County Clerk Published in Boone County Journal 7/30, 8/6, 8/13 2. Apparatus Upgrades $ 0.00 $ 0.00 Notice is hereby given that 3. Fire Station $ 100,000.00 $ 140,000.00 the Boone County Zoning Board ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION TOTAL CAPITAL RESERVE EXPENSE $ 495,000.00 $ 640,000.00 of Appeals will hold a public RECAPITULATION STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY of BOONE hearing on Tuesday, August 24, This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Total Administrative and Operating Expense $ 831,250.00 2021 at 7:00 p.m. in the County Total Equipment Expense $ upholstery shop business in said County and State under the name of JC Board Room, 1212 Logan Ave, UPHOLSTERY at the following post office address: 6506 Logan Avenue 169,950.00 Belvidere, IL 61008 upon the Unit D, Belvidere, IL 61008 that the true and real full names of all persons Total Station (Building) Expense $ following petitions: owning, conducting or transacting such business, with respective residence 86,880.00 The applicant, Margaret and address of each, are as follows: Jose C. Cervantes Hernandez, 1204 Union Total Fire Apparatus Expense $ 143,650.00 Russell Johnson, 8428 Blaine Avenue, Belvidere IL 61008; phone # (815) 914-7045. Capital Reserve Apparatus, Building $ 640,000.00 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed) to before me, this 26th day of July, Rd. Poplar Grove, IL 61065 is re- A.D. 2021 TOTAL TENTATIVE BUDGET AND APPROPRIATION-GENERAL FUND $1,871,710.00 questing a special use permit un- Jeff Spradling, Treasurer Julie A. Bliss, County Clerk der section 2.7 (Special Use) and Published in Boone County Journal 7/30, 8/6, 8/13 Board of Trustees BCFD # 2 Section 3.16.1 (Table of Permitted Published in The Boone County Journal 7/30, 8/6 Uses) of the Boone County Zon- More on the next page ing Ordinance to allow a seasonal 22 August 6, 2021 The Boone County Journal ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION Capitol News Illinois reached out to the STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY of BOONE This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact tax Illinois Department of Public Health as to what prep and bookkeeping business in said County and State under the name of MELISSA WALTER DBA H & R BLOCK BUSINESS SERVICES percentage of individuals who had contracted, at the following post office address: 13506 Julie Drive, Poplar Grove, IL been hospitalized or died of COVID-19 were 61065 that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business, with respective residence address of each, are unvaccinated during the June and July surge, but as follows: Melissa Walter, 5143 Arbutus Road, Rockford, IL 61107; phone did not receive a response as of this publication. # (815) 765-3888. Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed) to before me, this 22nd day of July, WCIA-TV Champaign’s Mark Maxwell A.D. 2021 Julie A. Bliss, County Clerk reported last week that IDPH said 87 percent of Published in Boone County Journal 7/30, 8/6, 8/13 the June COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations

ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION were in unvaccinated individuals, along with 92 STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY of BOONE percent of COVID-19-related deaths. This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a hauling and towing locally and interstate business in said County and State Approximately 51 percent of the state’s under the name of CK HAULING & TOWING at the following post office population is fully vaccinated, or about 6.5 million address: 9586 Doris Court, Belvidere, IL 61008 that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business, people. The vaccination pace has accelerated amid Enjoy The Fair! with respective residence address of each, are as follows: Christopher McCollom, 9586 Doris Court, Belvidere, IL 61008; Karen McCollom, the surge, with 28,250 vaccine doses administered 9586 Doris Court, Belvidere, IL 61008; phone # (815) 540-9614. daily on average over the past seven days. That’s Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed) to before me, this 29th day of July, A.D. 2021 up from a pace of 16,423 on July 9, but down from Julie A. Bliss, County Clerk Published in Boone County Journal 8/6, 8/13, 8/20 a pace of more than 130,000 in April. Over the past week, 44 individuals testing ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY of BOONE positive for COVID-19 were reported to have This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a died by IDPH, bringing the state’s death toll to general contractor business in said County and State under the name of C & H SERVICES at the following post office address: 4491 Harris Drive, 23,458, with another 2,482 probable COVID-19 Poplar Grove, IL 61065 that the true and real full names of all persons deaths reported. owning, conducting or transacting such business, with respective residence address of each, are as follows: Christopher Marney, 4491 Harris Drive, For southern Illinois’ Region 5 of the state’s Poplar Grove, IL 61065; phone # (815) 319-8284. mitigation plan, there were 15 of 85 ICU beds Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed) to before me, this 30th day of July, Advance ticket purchase required A.D. 2021 that were unoccupied as of Monday night, or 18 Julie A. Bliss, County Clerk Visit Published in Boone County Journal 8/6, 8/13, 8/20 percent of the total supply in the region. There were 28 unoccupied ICU beds out of 108 in motorcycleshows.com/chicago ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY of BOONE Region 4, the Metro East area on the Missouri for tickets This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a craft booth business in said County and State under the name of KO border, or 26 percent of the total supply. VACATIONS at the following post office address: 915 North State Street, But it wasn’t just southern Illinois that had Belvidere, IL 61008 that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business, with respective residence address scarcities, as Region 1, in the northwest corner of of each, are as follows: Kristina Olsen, 915 North State Street, Belvidere, the state, had 18 percent of ICU beds, or just 32 of IL 61008; phone # (815) 323-9925. Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed) to before me, this 2nd day of 181, available. August, A.D. 2021 Julie A. Bliss, County Clerk The state’s rolling seven-day average case Published in Boone County Journal 8/6, 8/13, 8/20 positivity rate increased to 4.4 percent, matching

ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION the mid-April peak of the most recent virus STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY of BOONE surge. Since June 2020, the highest positivity rate This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a freight brokerage firm transporting business in said County and State under recorded was 13.2 percent, logged in November. the name of MEGA TRANSPORT SERVICES CORP. at the following The state reported 2,682 new cases of post office address: 410 Buchanan Street, Belvidere, IL 61008 that the 42w813 Reinking Road true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting COVID-19 Tuesday, a high since May 7. such business, with respective residence address of each, are as follows: Pingree Grove, IL 60140 Felicia Williams, 14540 Vail Avenue, Dixmoor, IL 60426; phone # (815) 313-2099. 847-464-5952 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed) to before me, this 30th day of July, A.D. 2021 Visit us at Julie A. Bliss, County Clerk Published in Boone County Journal 8/6, 8/13, 8/20 www.goebbertspumpkinpatch.com MALDEF Amends Statewide COVID-19 Redistricting ICU Bed Usage Jumps Complaint 15 Percent Overnight New petition argues specific harms to individual plaintiffs Seven-day average positivity rate matches peak of previous April wave by Peter Hancock Capitol News Illinois by Jerry Nowicki Capitol News Illinois Attorneys for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, or MALDEF, Hospitalizations for COVID-19 jumped by have filed an amended complaint in federal court more than 13 percent from Sunday to Monday in a lawsuit that seeks to block a newly-enacted night while intensive care bed usage jumped 15 legislative redistricting plan from going into effect. percent as the delta variant of the virus continued The amended complaint, filed Wednesday in the to cause a surge nationwide. Northern District of Illinois, is intended to address According to the Illinois Department of Public some of the issues raised in a recent motion by Health, 1,107 individuals with COVID-19-like Democratic leaders in the General Assembly to illness were hospitalized as of Monday night, an dismiss the case. increase of 130 from the night before. ICU bed Specifically, the new complaint argues that usage for COVID-19 jumped to 243 from 212, each of the individually named plaintiffs – Julie and ventilators jumped 18 percent, to 103 from Contreras, Irvin Fuentes, Abraham Martinez, Irene 84. Padilla and Rose Torres – live within districts that While those numbers were below previous are malapportioned under the new maps and that, spikes in disease spread, they represented a rapid as a result, their votes would be diluted in the 2022 increase from recent pandemic lows. elections. Ventilators were up nearly 4 times from the The new complaint also argues that the Illinois 28 in use by COVID-19 patients as of a July 15 continued on page 26 pandemic low. Hospitalizations were three times more than their July 4 pandemic low of 380, while ICU bed usage increased by three times since that date as well. The one-day hospitalization totals were the highest they’ve been since late May and early June. According to IDPH, about only 2.4 percent of the COVID-19 deaths since January have occurred in vaccinated individuals. IDPH’s weekly report showed 169 COVID-19-related deaths in people who had received the vaccine since January while 644 vaccinated individuals have been hospitalized at some point this calendar year. The Boone County Journal August 6, 2021 23

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Pork Chop Revue Featuring “Oink” the Singing Pig all in their repertory and under the guidance In, the Tonight Show, Ed Sullivan and many Press Release-The Pork Chop Revue offers of Cousin Grumpy and his crew they present more. one of the most inventive and swinable shows them flawlessly. With each appearance, audiences grew to for the last 50 plus years! Check out this Started in 1956 by Boyd (Uncle Heavy) love the semi acrobatic antics of these pigs as show at the Boone County Fair. An awesome Kimes, The Pork Chop Revue has toured they performed and outsmarted their human display of some of the smartest swine in the the United States for over 50 years. making caretakers. Then and now they are one of the country. These bodacious barnyard buddies appearances on just about every major variety most popular acts around. Combining and present a show that features amazing stunts and television show, fairs and festivals. perfecting the training skill his father taught laughable antics. You will laugh as you watch Boyd’s son, Les took over the show in the him, Les made his professional solo debut at these bundles of bacon jump hurdles, waltz and early 80’s. His love of the animals, performing the age of 14. His love for the animals and his even sing! But these pigs don’t race, they’re and making people laugh, has kept the show energy on stage made him the natural ham his too smart for that. With the direction of Cousin going strong. Now,with his sons, Logan and father always knew he was. Grumpy the pigs and hogs are put through their Morgan the tradition continues. The Pork Chop Revue continues on today paces with each act leading up to the star of the Born and raised in show business, Les and will be going into it’s third generation as show. Kimes is the son of one of the most comical Les’ own sons take over. Logan and Morgan The cast of characters include Oinks friends animal trainers of our time. At age 3, he began have trained under thier dad - and this family and the zany antics they get up to give great performing alongside his father, Boyd Kimes, act continues. amusement as the porkers caper and shine! With the originator of the up to 30 minutes of rib tickling entertainment, Pork Chop Revue. the Pork Chop Revue brings home the bacon This act toured and serves up the laughs. The kids will squeal nationally, making as these performing porkers do tricks and appearances on The show off skills no other animal has. Balancing, Mike Douglas Show, athletic acrobatics, dancing and singing are Merv Griffin, Laugh- 24 August 6, 2021 The Boone County Journal Entertainment Pavilion TuesdayAug 10, 2021 9:30am - 10:00am SundayAug 15, 2021 12:00pm - 1:00pm Amateur Talent Content Signup 8:30am - 9:30am Music by Hallie(Country/Bluegrass) 10:30am - 12:00pm Church Service 2:30pm - 5:30pm Junior Talent Contest (Conducted by Gideon’s International) Galaxy (Classic Country) (Age up to 14 - Sponsored by Parnell Foods) 12:30pm - 1:30pm 7:00pm - 10:00pm 12:30pm - 3:30pm Lip Sync Contest Dale Rhode & the Crossroads (Country) Senior Talent Contest 1:30pm - 3:00pm (Age 15-21 - Sponsored by Parnell Foods) Karaoke Contest WednesdayAug 11, 2021 4:00pm - 5:00pm 6:00pm - 9:00pm 12:00pm - 1:00pm Main Street Players of Boone County Boone Boys 40th Anniversary Orion Samuelson with Dale Rhode and the 5:00pm - 6:00pm Crossroads Band Celias Dance & Education Center 2:30pm - 3:30pm 7:00pm - 10:00pm Chip Messiner (One-man Country Band) 95.3 Missing Links The Bull 4:00pm - 5:00pm Jung’s Tae Kwon Do 7:00pm - 10:00pm Grass Attack (Blue Grass/Country)

ThursdayAug 12, 2021 12:00pm - 2:00pm Matthew Wundrow Band (Polka - Old Country Music) 2:30pm - 4:30pm Acoustic Millenium Band 5:30pm - 10:00pm Kevin Burns - Good Vibrations (Beach Music) 6:00pm - 7:00pm Mother/Daughter Look Alike Contest (Sponsored by Parnell Foods) 7:00pm - 8:00pm Father/Son Look Alike Contest (Sponsored by Parnell Foods)

FridayAug 13, 2021 12:00pm - 3:00pm Detour Band (Old Country, 50’s & 60’s) 3:30pm - 4:30pm Magic by Herb Rosene 5:00pm - 6:00pm Mary Lee’s School of Dance 7:00pm - 10:00pm Silver Creek Band SaturdayAug 14, 2021 The Boone County Journal August 6, 2021 25 field, California (7th year), Cornbelly’s Fall Festival in Provo, along with many more county fairs, festivals, exos, corporate events and half-time shows for the NFL, NBA, and college sporting events. We will finish off our tour in November on the west coast, as we produce our performing arts 90-minute theatre program featuring our “Stunt Dog Expe- rience” which features over 20 stunt dogs and 4 human performers. This show includes “six” seperate challenges that test our dogs intelligence, speed, accura- cy and leaping ability. Audiences will be split into teams as they cheer on their team of rescued stunt dogs. This is our premier production and has undergone numerous additions over the years, since it’s orgination in 2008, after appearing on the Oprah Winfrey Show! Our 5 star show feature the most talented Frisbee dogs, performing dogs, trick dogs, and is the premier stunt dog show in the in- dustry. You’ll cheer on jump rope dogs, racing dogs, high jumping dogs, and big air dogs. These canine stars will sure to entertain people of all ages.

All-Star Stunt Dogs A show not to be missed, A first class act! Press Release-All-Star Stunt dog show will certainly entertain having been featured on the Ellen Degeneres Show, the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Animal Planet’s Pet Star!, Disney Plus It’s a Dogs Life, NatGeo Wilds Worlds Greatest Dogs, Fox Sports “You Gotta See This!”, the CBS Early Show and much more. Stunt Dog Productions has produced over 8,000 live shows since 1999. Over half of these productions have been featured at state fairs, county fairs, festi- vals, and expos. We have produced shows at some of the largest venues in the country including: the State Fair of Texas, the Minnesota State Fair, the Great New York State Fair, Iowa State Fair, Tulsa State Fair, North Dakota State Fair, Montana State Fair, Erie County Fair, Los Angeles County Fair, Louisiana State Fair, Nebraska State Fair, Missouri State Fair, MontanaFair @ Metrapark, South Flor- ida Fair, and 100’s more! Over 10,000 live shows since 1999.! This October will mark the 16th year perform- ing at the Tulsa State Fair, where the show has be- come a tradition for many years. We are excited to bring our “All-Star Stunt Dog Splash” show to the Boone County Fair this year. We are honored to re- turn to the Minnesota State Fair for a seventh year in a row; 12-day production. These shows will fea- ture our unique and original “All-Star Stunt Dogs Splash” show, held in the Northwoods area of the fairgrounds. Our All-Star Stunt Dogs Show will also reappear at the Kern County Fair in Bakers- 26 August 6, 2021 The Boone County Journal Redistricting Continued from page 22 hate crime law include race, color, creed, religion, Pritzker Signs ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, physical or State Board of Elections and each of its individual mental disability and national origin. members are responsible for administering the Immigrant Protection That bill was sponsored by Jacqueline Collins elections. and Rep. Theresa Mah, both Chicago Democrats. The suit, which was filed June 10, seeks a Bills It takes effect Jan. 1. declaration that the new maps violate the U.S. Executive order establishes ‘Welcoming House Bill 121, by Chicago Democrats Rep. Constitution’s one person-one vote requirement Illinois Office’ Will Guzzardi and Sen. Ram Villivalam, is aimed because they are based on population estimates by Peter Hancock Capitol News Illinois at protecting people covered by the Deferred from the Census Bureau’s American Community Action for Childhood Arrival program, or DACA. Gov. JB Pritzker signed four bills into law Survey rather than official numbers from the 2020 It prohibits work employment discrimination Monday aimed at protecting the state’s immigrant decennial census. It also asks the court to bar the based on a person’s work authorization status, and refugee populations, saying they will help State Board of Elections from administering next defined as “the status of a person born outside make Illinois “the most welcoming state in the year’s races based on those maps. the United States, and not a U.S. citizen, who is United States” for immigrants. It is one of two lawsuits challenging the new authorized by the federal government to work in Among those are a requirement for local maps and the cases are being heard together by a the United States.” governments to end partnerships with U.S. three-judge federal panel in Chicago. The other And finally, Pritzker signed Senate Bill 2665, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a law suit was filed by the top two Republican leaders in by Sen. Celina Villanueva and Rep. Aaron Ortiz, making a person’s citizenship or immigration the General Assembly, House Minority Leader Jim both Chicago Democrats, establishing an Illinois status a potential motivation for a hate crime, and Durkin, of Western Springs, and Senate Minority Immigration Impact Task Force to examine issues protections from workplace discrimination based Leader Dan McConchie, of Hawthorn Woods. involving immigrant communities in the state and on a person’s work authorization status. Both lawsuits also name House Speaker to report its findings and recommendations to the Speaking at a bill-signing ceremony at East Emanuel “Chris” Welch, of Hillside, and Senate General Assembly by May 31, 2022. Aurora High School, Pritzker said the measures President Don Harmon, of Oak Park, as defendants. In addition to those bills, Pritzker also signed an were in keeping with actions his administration The new maps were approved along partisan executive order establishing a Welcoming Illinois has been taking since its beginning to expand lines in the final days of the spring legislative Office within the governor’s office to develop opportunities and protections for noncitizens in session. Democratic leaders argued that the use of and coordinate policies to make Illinois a more Illinois – actions that have included extending ACS data was appropriate because official census welcoming and equitable state for immigrants and eligibility for Medicaid and state-based student numbers won’t be available until mid-August, long refugees. financial aid for noncitizens regardless of their past the June 30 date set in the Illinois Constitution So far, Pritzker has signed 232 bills from the documentation status. for lawmakers to approve a redistricting plan. spring 2021 session into law. Another 434 bills “I think many of you know that throughout my After that date, under the state constitution, are awaiting action. governorship, I’ve directed my administration the process is handed to a bipartisan commission Capitol News Illinois is a nonprofit, nonpartisan to adopt policies that make Illinois a welcoming where partisan advantage could be determined by news service covering state government and state for immigrants, and I’m very proud to sign a random draw. distributed to more than 400 newspapers these accountability measures into law to advance On July 16, attorneys for Welch and Harmon statewide. It is funded primarily by the Illinois our cause,” Pritzker said. filed a motion to dismiss the case, arguing, among Press Foundation and the Robert R. McCormick The bills were all part of a package of legislation other things, that the plaintiffs lacked standing to Foundation. sue because they had not asserted that they were pushed by the Legislative Latino Caucus, many personally and individually disadvantaged by the members of which attended the bill-signing, plan. along with immigration rights advocates. Many They also argued that there is nothing in state or in attendance said the measures still don’t go far federal law that requires the use of official census enough, and called on the federal government to Miles From 2019 data in drawing state legislative districts and, in enact more comprehensive immigration reform. fact, that courts throughout the country, including “The only way to ensure safety for all immigrants Aurora Shooting, in Illinois, have allowed the use of ACS estimates. is citizenship for all immigrants, ending detention, Finally, they argued that the case is not ripe deportation, and ultimately abolishing ICE,” said Pritzker Signs Gun for litigation because it won’t be known until the Hwangchan Yu, a community organizer for the official census numbers come out whether the new HANA Center, an advocacy group for Korean Law Overhaul into maps violate the standards that courts have set for American and multi-ethnic communities in equal representation. Chicago. Law Measure creates optional fingerprints The next hearing in the case is scheduled for Senate Bill 667, dubbed the Illinois Way for renewals, beefs up revocation Tuesday, Aug. 24, about one week after the official Forward Act, prohibits both the state and local enforcement census numbers are expected to be released. Trial governments from signing or renewing contracts by Jerry Nowicki Capitol News Illinois in the case is tentatively set for Sept. 27-29. with the federal government to detain immigrants. Within five miles of the scene of a 2019 Capitol News Illinois is a nonprofit, nonpartisan It also prohibits law enforcement from asking about workplace mass shooting that left six people dead news service covering state government and or investigating the immigration or citizenship and five law enforcement officers injured, Gov. distributed to more than 400 newspapers status of a person being held in custody. It was JB Pritzker signed a wide-ranging bill reforming statewide. It is funded primarily by the Illinois sponsored by Sen. Omar Aquino, D-Chicago, and the state’s gun laws Monday at the Aurora Police Press Foundation and the Robert R. McCormick Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez, D-Cicero. Department. Foundation. Senate Bill 1596 enhances penalties for certain crimes by classifying them as hate crimes if they Advocates for the new law – including Illinois were motivated, even in part, by the victim’s State Police Director Brendan Kelly – hailed it actual or perceived immigration or citizenship as a measure that would provide the statutory status. Other categories protected under the state’s backing and funding necessary to retrieve ROOM FOR RENT: Belvidere: Nice guns from those with revoked Firearm Owners furnished room w/ fridge, near downtown, bus St. Johnʼs United Church of Christ Identification cards, while also streamlining the stop, Aldi, Drug & Dollar Stores. No Sec. application and renewal process for law-abiding 401 N. 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He used that gun to steal these precious violence, and half will go to award grants that use affordable housing tax credit that would have lives,” she said. “He had a revoked FOID card, and promote the National School Mental Health expired by the end of the year. That credit is for which should have rendered him unable to Curriculum model for school-based mental health 50 percent of the value of a qualified donation to continue owning a firearm, but a broken system support, integration, and services. affordable housing developments. Donations for caused the revocation to fall through the cracks.” Capitol News Illinois is a nonprofit, nonpartisan the program that began in 2001 have included Her officers “immediately began working with news service covering state government and land, buildings and funding. lawmakers” to try to fix the system, she said. distributed to more than 400 newspapers Karen Davis, assistant director of the state’s Following the shooting, Kelly began a push statewide. It is funded primarily by the Illinois Illinois Housing Development Association, said to seek what he called “modernization” of the Press Foundation and the Robert R. McCormick “Illinois was already facing a shortage of safe, FOID system, while ISP also began serving more Foundation. firearms enforcement details – more than 450 affordable housing for extremely low-income since the shooting, “with over 1,300 prohibited households” prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. persons placed directly in compliance,” according She said the state would have to add 250,000 to Kelly. affordable housing units to meet the current Kelly said those actions were made possible by New Law Aims to demand for such facilities. She said the extension stable state government budgets, and the pace of of the tax credit is important, as it has created or revocations could be accelerated with the new Expand Affordable supported 21,000 affordable housing units since law’s dedicated revenue streams for those actions. its creation in 2001. The new law, which was supported by gun Housing Through $75 Another provision in the bill directs chief reform advocates while the Illinois State Rifle county assessment officers to create special Association remained neutral, creates a number Million Investment, assessment programs to reduce the assessable of changes to gun statutes, including: property value for newly built and rehabilitated • Within 90 days of the bill’s Jan. 1, 2022, Tax Credits affordable housing developments that serve seven effective date, State Police must create a Pritzker also signs bill expanding low- or more families. While the program is required “prohibited persons portal” to track people who income energy programs in counties with more than 3 million inhabitants, which includes only Cook County, all other have had their cards revoked or suspended. Law by Jerry Nowicki Capitol News Illinois enforcement agencies, state’s attorneys and the counties can opt out by passage of an ordinance. attorney general would have access to that portal. Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday signed a measure Pritzker also signed Senate Bill 265, a • The bill also requires ISP to establish the aimed at increasing affordable housing investment measure expanding access to the state’s Low- Violent Crime Intelligence Task Force to aid in Illinois, as well as a measure expanding the Income Heating and Energy Assistance Program in enforcement of FOID card revocation or state’s low-income energy assistance program. to undocumented individuals and prioritizing suspension enforcement. The task force would House Bill 2621 aims to create incentives for families with children under the age of 6 years “conduct enforcement operations” for those with building and maintaining affordable housing old when it comes to distributing funds. LIHEAP suspended or revoked licenses, with a priority on projects through investment of federal funds and helps low-income families pay heating, gas, individuals “presenting a clear and present danger tax credits. Pritzker signed the bill at the Hope propane and electricity bills. to themselves or to others,” according to the bill. Manor II affordable apartment complex in the The General Assembly dedicated more than • The $10 renewal fee for FOID cards will Englewood neighborhood on the South Side of $252 million to LIHEAP from the American remain the same under the law, but beginning in Chicago. Rescue Plan Act in its current-year operating 2022 half of it will go to the State Police Firearm Nancy Hughes Moyer, the CEO and president budget. Services Fund which oversees applications and of Volunteers of America Illinois which developed The law is also changed to expand eligibility to renewals, and half to the State Police Revocation and owns Hope Manor II, said the facility is an households earning up to 60 percent of the median Enforcement Fund. Previously, $6 of that fee went example of “affordable supportive housing at its income level. to the state Fish and Wildlife fund while $3 went best.” The campus-style facility is specifically The formula for the fee on utility bills funding to the Firearms Services Fund and another $1 designed for head-of-household veterans and their the LIHEAP program will change beginning in went to the State Police Services Fund. families January 2022. It will be a 48-cent base fee for • FOID card applicants would not be required to The Englewood community has seen its residences, and will increase by 16 cents each submit fingerprints, but if they do, or they share population decline from just less than 100,000 in year in which at least 80 percent of LIHEAP funds with the Illinois State Police the fingerprints they the 1960s and 1970s to less than 30,000 today. The are spent, capping at 96 cents for residences. filed to receive their Concealed Carry License, Hope Manor development and the area around it The bill will be 10 times the base amount for they would be eligible for automatic renewal aims to bring people back to the community with non-residential customers using fewer than 10 without a renewal fee, provided they purchased a “high quality affordable housing,” Moyer said. megawatts of electricity and 4 million therms of gun sometime within the 10-year period between “Affordable housing is a very, very powerful gas, and 375 times the base rate for those using renewals and passed the ISP background check in tool in creating and advancing community above that amount. the process. That process is to be established by revitalization,” she said. “It brings people and Previously, those fees were 48 cents for 2023. density, and often replaces vacant land and residences, $4.80 for non-residential and $360 for • Starting in 2024, private sellers will either have abandoned properties with vibrant positive higher-use non-residential bills. to work with federal licensees, paying a fee not to developments and activity. And what is least The changes in the fee structure are aimed exceed $25, or with ISP to “determine the validity” understood about the potential of affordable at doubling participation in the Percentage of of the purchaser’s Firearm Owners Identification housing, is that it can be a very effective pipeline Income Payment Plan program by 2024. That card “under state and federal law including the for home ownership, especially in communities program allows utility customers to pay a certain National Instant Criminal Background Check struggling with negative perceptions and a amount of their income to a utility bill. The law System.” Buyers would have to submit a record desperate need of population density.” is also expanded to include customers of smaller of the transfer to a federal firearm license dealer HB 2621, sponsored by Chicago Democrats utilities. within 10 days of receiving the gun. Rep. Will Guzzardi and Sen. Mattie Hunter, aims Capitol News Illinois is a nonprofit, • Beginning in January 2022, State Police must to incentivize further development of housing nonpartisan news service covering state develop a stolen gun database through which complexes similar to Hope Manor II. It is expected government and distributed to more than potential buyers may search the serial number of to fund the development and preservation of up 400 newspapers statewide. It is funded a gun to determine whether it is stolen. to 3,500 affordable rental homes and apartments primarily by the Illinois Press Foundation • The measure also requires the State Police to by the end of 2024, according to the governor’s and the Robert R. McCormick Foundation. monitor state and federal databases for residents office. The new law directs charged with firearm-related crimes and to the Illinois Housing correlate the records with FOID and Concealed Development Authority Carry Licenses to identify individuals who should to launch a COVID-19 not be allowed to own a gun. Affordable Housing • The bill also creates a FOID Card Review Program and directs Board to consider appeals on denied or revoked $75 million in federal cards. 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