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Winter Has Come to Northwest Illinois!

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Some Events This Weekend!

FHN Festival of Trees Holiday Movie Series for children on Saturday with the remaining schedule as follows:

All at 10 am
Nov. 16 — Thor: The Dark World PG-13 ($3.50)
Nov. 23 — Labyrinth PG (FREE)
Nov. 30 — Frozen PG ($3.50)

Fall Instrumental Music Concert at Highland Community College – Friday November 15 at 7:30 pm in the Ferguson Fine Arts Theatre at Highland Community College, 2998 W. Pearl City Road, Freeport.

Congratulations to Area Football Teams in the State Quarter Final Games!

Quarter final games for area teams this weekend:

Class 1A
Lena-Winslow at Stockton, Saturday, Nov. 16, 1:00 pm
Winner will play either Ottawa Marquette or Chicago Leo

Class 3A
Winnebago at Stillman Valley, Saturday, Nov. 16, 1:00 pm
Winner will play either Aurora Christian or Seneca

Class 4A
Harvard at Rockford Lutheran, Saturday, Nov. 16, 1:00 pm
Winner will play either Chicago Phillips or Geneseo

Class 6A
Crystal Lake Prairie Ridge at Rockford Boylan, Saturday, Nov. 16, 1:00 pm
Winner will play either Lake Forrest or Batavia

If your team keeps winning, then plan on the championship games at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb:
Class 1A, 2A, 3A & 4A: Friday, November 29
Class 5A, 6A, 7A & 8A: Saturday, November 30

Monthly Meeting of the Stephenson County Board Tonight – Online Information Limited!

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Next meeting on November 14, 2013 at 6:30 pm at the County Board Room at the Stephenson County Court House, 15 N. Galena Avenue, Freeport.

Although there is an agenda online, information to be discussed on the agenda is not included making it impossible to evaluate items to be discussed and voted upon.

Some items to be covered this meeting:

Adoption of the Annual Appropriation Ordinance for Fiscal Year 2013-2014 (not attached)

Adoption of the Property Tax Levy for Fiscal Year 2013-2014 (not atttached)

Approval of Real Estate Agent Contract to represent the County in the sale of Mill Race Crossing Property (Agent not named on Agenda)

For a brief outline of the agenda go to
http://co.stephenson.il.us/board/Minutes/2013/CoBrd/11-14-2013.pdf

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Case of the Week – If You Make Noncash Donations – Those Appraisals Made by Employees of Charities May Be Worthless!

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The Tax Court disallowed charitable deductions for clothing valued at $9,500 by the taxpayers because they did not obtain qualified appraisals for the contributed property. The taxpayer said that while they could not definitively identify the various persons whose initials appeared on the appraisals submitted as evidence, they assumed the appraisers were volunteer employees of the thrift shop. The court said that the regulations preclude the charity or an employee of the charity from serving as a qualified appraiser.

See Haskett v. Comm’r, T.C. Summary 2013-76 (9/26/13)

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Fall Instrumental Music Concert at Highland Community College

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This annual event is on Friday November 15 at 7:30 pm in the Ferguson Fine Arts Theatre at Highland Community College, 2998 W. Pearl City Road, Freeport. It features the Highland Concert Band under the direction of Scott Stich and the Highland Big Band under the direction of Bill Petersen with talented student and community musicians.

The Concert Band is a 40 member instrumental ensemble comprised of students, faculty, and community members of high school age or older. The Big Band is comprised of students and community members high school age or older.

Tickets are Adults: $10; Seniors: $8; Students: $6. Ticket information at 815.599.3718 or on line at http://www.highland.edu/news_events/eventdetail.asp?id=63

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Veterans Day 2013 – Good Day Illinois Salutes Our Veterans

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On this Veterans Day we celebrate the service of all United States military Veterans.

Packer Fans Don’t Care – They Want to Watch the Bears Play Today (Sunday Nov 10)!

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Packers (Philadelphia) and Bears (Detroit) play today on Fox at 12:00 pm. Of course, if you Packer fans have Comcast, no game for you! Remember, as of October 16, the Madison station which showed Packer games was deleted from the Comcast channel line up in Freeport! The City of Freeport receives $375,000 in cable television taxes from Comcast.

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2013 FHN Festival of Trees Has Begun!

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You don’t have to wait until Thanksgiving to start enjoying the holiday season. FHN has sponsored this event for years and there is something for everyone from movies on Saturdays in November for children to a special showing of White Christmas, a community holiday tree in front of FHN Memorial Hospital, a tree decorating contest to benefit non-profit organizations, musical events, visits with Santa, and Casino Loyale Holiday Gala to benefit FHN’s Beyond Words therapy dog program and Friends Forever Humane Society. Good Day Illinois intends to keep everyone up to date on these fantastic events beginning with Holiday Movie Series at the Lindo Theater.

The Holiday Movie Series for children begins tomorrow with the schedule and movies as follows:

All at 10 am
Nov. 9 — Free Birds PG ($3.50)
Nov. 16 — Thor: The Dark World PG-13 ($3.50)
Nov. 23 — Labyrinth PG (FREE)
Nov. 30 — Frozen PG ($3.50)

And on Wednesday, December 18 there will be a special showing of the classic, White Christmas at 1 pm and 7 pm. A special bonus after each showing will be a discussion of the movie led by Alan Wenzel and Ed Finch. Admission is a free-will offering and/or a food drive donation. Sounds like fun – you enjoy a classic movie and get to help the holiday food drive.

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It’s The Second Week of Boys High School Football Playoffs With Many Area Teams Advancing!

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Here are the games with area teams:

Class 1A
Stockton at Galena, Saturday, Nov. 9, 1:00 pm
Freeport Aquin at Lena-Winslow, Saturday, Nov. 9, 1:00 pm

Class 2A
Pearl City-Eastland at Sterling Newman Central Catholic, Saturday, Nov. 9, 2:00 pm

Class 3A
Kankakee McNamara at Winnebago, Saturday, Nov. 9, 1:30 pm
Oregon at Aurora Christian, Saturday, Nov. 9, 6:00 p.m.

Class 4A
Rockford Lutheran at Rochelle, Saturday, Nov. 9, 1:00 pm

Class 6A
Rockford Boylan at Cary Grove, Saturday, Nov. 9, 1:00 pm

Class 7A
Rockton Hononegah at Lake Zurich, Saturday, Nov. 9, 1:00 pm

If your teams keep winning, then plan on the championship games at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb:
Class 1A, 2A, 3A & 4A: Friday, November 29, 2013
Class 5A, 6A, 7A & 8A: Saturday, November 30, 2013

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Good Day Illinois Reports That San Francisco Is Getting Ready for the Holidays!

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It still looks fall like in Northwest Illinois, but soon all over the country we will be decorating for the holidays.

Pictures below show snow flakes on lamp posts on Market Street, Ferry Building, Bay Bridge, and Gold Gate Bridge.

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We are experiencing higher than normal system traffic. To avoid long wait times, please try to access the system during non-peak periods – weekdays, before 9:00 am or after 6:00 pm or on weekends. We apologize for the inconvenience.

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The above is a recent notice on an IRS website – translated this means:

We have spent billions on our computers, but they still do not work. We recommend that if you wish to get through to us that you contact us between 1 and 3 am. Our agents will be sleeping at that time, but will review your message during normal working hours. Please avoid any profanity when leaving messages since we have computer programs written by the National Security Agency that automatically delete messages containing profanity or obscene gestures. These deleted messages are then forwarded to the appropriate governmental agency for further action. And frankly we don’t give a damn if this inconveniences you. Remember we non-essential employees have had to go to back work and deal with people like you which we find rather inconvenient.

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