bc guide - Spring Valley

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Visitors’ Guide
explore our natural beauty and history
Arlington – Buda – Bureau Junction – Cherry – Dalzell – DePue – Dover – Hollowayville
– Ladd – LaMoille – Malden – Manlius – Mineral – Neponset – New Bedford – Ohio –
Princeton – Seatonville – Sheffield – Spring Valley – Tiskilwa – Walnut – Wyanet
2014 Calendar of Events • Local Businesses • Historical Sites • Recreation
Welcome to beautiful Bureau County, Illinois. If you are thinking about visiting,
we are situated in North Central Illinois where Bureau County straddles Interstate 80.
Bureau County has 869 square miles of fertile farm land, beautiful rural countryside
and many unique villages and towns with many great restaurants and shopping
experiences.
Bureau County is located 2 hours west of Chicago, 1 hour east of the Quad Cities
and 1 hour north of Peoria. You can also easily reach us by taking Amtrak. The historic
Princeton Amtrak station services over 40,000 visitors a year. Eastbound trains go to
Chicago’s Union Station daily. Or hop on the California Zephyr Westbound train from
Princeton to travel to Colorado and on to California.
Whether you are hunting for outdoor activities for the whole family to enjoy or
hunting for family history at the Genealogy society we hope this guide will help you
find what you need. Before you visit check our website www.bureaucounty-il.com or
check out our Facebook page for up to the minute activity updates as dates may have
changed from this printing. It’s a good idea to double check before you leave. We
know you will find many activities in Bureau County that are fun for the whole family.
Our Calendar of Events is full of activities – from the plays and musicals performed
by the amazing actors of Festival 56, museums, outstanding musical entertainment,
running races, to summer festivals in many of the villages. Families and friends reunite
every year at the 43rd annual Homestead Festival which is held in September and the
159th annual Bureau County Fair in August.
Many of Bureau County’s restaurants are well known for their terrific food. Each
community has their own restaurants with their own specialties including steaks, fried
chicken and homestyle cooking that are sure to please all of their customers. The
ultimate bed and breakfast for foodies, the Chestnut Street Inn in Sheffield, IL is an
award winning bed and breakfast which features gourmet Mediterranean cuisine using
locally grown foods.
Plan an overnight stay while you take in all of the special activities we have to offer.
Travel down our back roads to find the” Simple Pleasures & Hidden Treasures” that we
cherish in our area. Thanks for coming to visit us in Bureau County and bring along a
friend or two on your next visit!
Follow us on
815-866-3606
www.bureaucounty-il.com
Content has been provided by the Bureau County Tourism Committee.
Please inform the committee of any additions or changes that may
be suggested for future editions of this guide. Every attempt has
been made to verify the information contained in this publication.
To avoid disappointment call ahead. Bureau County Tourism is not
responsible for incorrect, or omitted or outdated information.
Photo Credits:
Kathy Costerisan, Mike Vaughn,
Stephen Beattie, Hal Adkins, and Debb Ladgenski
Inside…
Where is Bureau County?......................2
Calendar of Events........................... 7-26
County Map.................................... 28-29
More on 34............................................30
Festival 56....................................... 32-33
2014 Race Schedule....................... 35-37
Bureau County Museums.............. 38-39
Bureau County Parks...................... 40-42
Bureau County Golf Courses...............41
Fun in Bureau County.................... 46-50
Barn Quilts of Bureau County....... 52-53
Haunted Lores of Bureau County. 54-55
Communities
Of
Bureau County
ARLINGTON
BUDA
BUREAU JUNCTION
CHERRY
DALZELL
DEPUE
DOVER
HOLLOWAYVILLE
LADD
LAMOILLE
MALDEN
MANLIUS
MINERAL
NEPONSET
NEW BEDFORD
OHIO
PRINCETON
SEATONVILLE
SHEFFIELD
SPRING VALLEY
TISKILWA
WALNUT
WYANET
Simple Pleasures, Hidden Treasures 1
Where is Bureau County?
It is 149 feet long and is on the
National Register of Historic
Places. When you drive
through the bridge you will
find a little picnic area on the
other side. There you will have
a lovely view of the bridge and
you can hear the Big Bureau
Creek as it meanders across
the county. A sign on the end
of the bridge states “ Five
dollars fine for driving more
than twelve horses, mules or
cattle at one time or for leading
any beast faster than a walk on
or across this bridge”. Bridges
were built with covers to help
preserve the wood frames in the
old days. It also helped teams of
horses cross the water because the
wooden sides kept them from looking
down onto the water far below and being
spooked. In the winter time snow was
actually shoveled onto the bridge so the
horse pulled sleighs had a place for their
runners.
Bureau County also has one of the
newest covered bridges in the state. The
Captain Swift Bridge was completed in
2006. It was built using 1800’s designs but
it also offers two traffic lanes and enough
height for a combine or truck to travel
through. The bridge is built of wood,
Where exactly is Bureau
County? We are located in North
Central Illinois, just about half
way between Chicago and
Bureau
County
the Quad Cities and 50 miles
north of Peoria. If you have
travelled across Illinois on
Interstate 80 you probably
passed right through
Bureau County and might
not have even known it. In
the summer months you may
have noticed the Four Flags
of Freedom located right next
to the interstate at exit 56. The
huge American flags were placed
in the four locations next to the
Interstate in Sept. 2005. They each
weigh 110 pounds and measure 30 x
60 feet. They are taken down in the
winter months because the wet weather
causes them to fray. The Flags of Freedom
are an excellent invitation to you to come
in to our county and enjoy the many unique
locations we have to offer.
If you turn and go one mile north on
Route 26 you will come to a sign for the
Bureau County ➤
Red Covered Bridge. Turn left and ½ mile
down the road you will find one of the very
few remaining historic covered bridges in
Illinois that is still used on a daily basis. The
Red Covered Bridge celebrated its 150th
anniversary in 2013. A special piece of
music was commissioned for this event and
you can hear the “Red Covered Bridge”
performed by the Princeton Community
Band during their summer outdoor band
concerts. The bridge was built in 1863.
➤ Bureau County
but with a modern twist. A laminated
wood, which is stronger than solid timber,
was used for the main load-carrying
components. Heat detectors in the bridge
are linked to the sheriff’s department and
the wood was sprayed with fire retardant
chemicals. To find this bridge, turn west on
Backbone Road from Main Street and go
about 3 miles to Epperson Road and turn
left. Go one mile and take the right fork
and the bridge will be around the corner.
There is easy access to the Big Bureau
Creek here for fishing fun.
Just a little further up Route 26 from
the Red Covered Bridge is the City-County
Park. There you will find a log cabin where
you can have a picnic complete with a
fire in the huge stone fireplace. The park
has many picnic areas, swings and slides
for the kids and lots of open spaces. The
annual “Shadows of the Blue and Gray”
Civil War reenactment is held here in the
fall. As the soldiers come out of the trees
and join the battle you can imagine how
it looked 150 years ago. The soldiers
have their encampments in the shady
park. Peek into their tents and you will see
the items necessary to life in the 1800’s.
You can probably find President Lincoln
there talking to the people enjoying the
event. Come out in the evening and join
the dancing to period music. This year’s
Shadows of the Blue and Gray will be held
October 11th & 12th. Come to the park
and enjoy watching the living history unfold
in front of you.
You may have entered Bureau County
on Amtrak. The train depot in Princeton
was built in the early 1900’s and has seen
millions of travelers cross its doorways
over the years. Many people from central
Illinois use the Princeton Depot to travel
to Chicago or as far as the west coast.
Crain’s Chicago Business newspaper
recently printed a feature story on
Princeton residents who use Amtrak to
travel to the city to work each day. Many
of them came to Princeton as visitors and
returned to buy a home and stay as a part
of the community. A trip to Princeton
Bureau County➤
Dine In Or Take Out
www.mainstreetbbq.biz
Sun. and Mon. - Closed
Tues. ,Wed., Thurs., Fri., Sat.
6am-8pm
Smoked the true southern way…
Low and Slow!
➤ Bureau County
of Bureau County’s Simple Pleasures and
Hidden Treasures!
If you come into Princeton from the
east on Route 6 or from the south on
Route 29 you will drive past the Illinois
River Road kiosk on the Princeton Public
Library grounds at the corner of Peru
Street (Rt. 6) and Bureau Valley Parkway
(Rt. 29). Princeton is a gateway community
for the Illinois River Road and the kiosk is
has maps and tourism information for the
different communities on the River Road
trail. Learn more at www.illinoisriverroad.
org.
We hope that when you come to visit
Bureau County you will stay in one of our
hotels or bed & breakfasts and spend a
weekend here. We have so many unique
places to see and fun things to do that one
day just won’t be enough time.
from Chicago on the train is a bargain for
only $14. Over 40,000 riders used the
Princeton depot in 2013. Riding the train
through the countryside allows you to relax
and enjoy the scenery without having to
battle the traffic and the weather.
You might enter Bureau County from
the south or the north and wonder about
the many windmills (turbines) that line
the horizon. Gone are the days that the
squeaking wind mill would power the
farmer’s well pump. The white towers of
today are 256 feet tall and the blades add
another 138 feet. The total revolution of
the blades is 285 feet. They spin 3 times
per minute. The wind company says that
the wind farm near Tiskilwa will produce
enough clean, renewable electricity each
year to power the approximate equivalent
of 18,000 typical Illinois homes.
Near the Tiskilwa windmills you will
find farm fields of animals you wouldn’t
normally find on a farm. Alpacas of every
color can be found grazing in the pasture
at Tiskilwa Farms Alpacas. Call the farm
to schedule a visit and learn about these
unique animals and see the products that
have been created from their fleece.
If you come into the county from the
west on Rt. 6 you will see the Hennepin
Canal bridges near the highway. Stop and
take a look at the lift bridges and the locks
and imagine a time when shipments were
transported by boat through the state on
the Canal. The mechanisms of the bridges
and the locks were amazing for the time
period. Nowadays the Canal is a well loved
location for family fishing trips, canoe rides
and bicycle trips along the banks. It is one
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Calendar of Events
Time on the Waters Outdoor, 515 S
Spalding St, Spring Valley, IL
16 – St. Patrick’s Church in Arlington
Annual Pancake and Sausage
Breakfast: 8:00 to 1:00 pm.
21 Bluegrass Jam – 3rd Friday each
month. First Lutheran Church,
Princeton. 6:00 – 10:00 p.m.
22 – Princeton Coffeehouse All
shows will be at Open Prairie
UCC, 25 E. Marion St., with 7:30
show times & a $12.00 admission.
Website: theprincetoncoffeehouse.
com. Featuring Birds of Chicago.
Princeton Coffeehouse website
theprincetoncoffeehouse.com.
Phone number (815) 875-4555 or
(815) 872-6501.
22 Euchre Tournament Hosted by the
Bureau County Fair in the Allen
Building at the Bureau County
Fairgrounds. Tournament starting at 6
pm, registration begins at 5 pm.
29 Walleye Run 5K Race. Contact Penny
Weger 815-664-1707. www.springvalley-walleye.org See page 35 for
details.
29 – 30 Cabela’s MWC Fishing Tournament, Barto Landing on the IL River,
Spring Valley. Contact Bill Guerrini,
815.663.6141. www.spring-valleywalleye.org March 29th – 30th marks
January & February
Winter Ice Skating Echo Bluff Nature &
Recreation Area, Mon., Wed., & Fri. 4-8
p.m. Sat. & Sun. 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. $5 w/
skates; $8 for skating & rental. Private
lessons and rental are available.
www.echobluff.org
[email protected]
March
1 Spring Valley Fire Department’s 2nd
Annual Smoker. 6 p.m. at the Spring
Valley Boat Club. 5 Fish Fries begin
Wednesday March 5, and continue
every Friday evening through Good
Friday, April 18. We serve baked
or fried cod, fries or baked potato,
coleslaw and bread, both sit down
and carryout. Spring Valley Boat Club
8 & 9 Huge Winter Garage Sale at
Bureau County Fairgrounds, 811 W
Peru St. Princeton. 8 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Call 815-303-2905 for info.
10 Tiskilwa Historical Society has made
plans for another banner year. Look
for an interesting diversity of public
programs on the second Monday
evening of each month. The first date
for 2014 is on March 10, with fiddler
and storyteller Dennis Stroughmatt.
15 Big Buck Archery Indoor 3D shoot
– 3rd weekend of every month at
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Calendar of Events
1-19th “Connecting Threads” Art Show
at the Princeton Public Library. The
Princeton Public Library will be
hosting its fifth exhibition of artists
between April 1st and April 19th.
This year’s show will feature various
textiles including needle arts, textiles,
woodworking, paper craft, pottery,
and other three dimensional arts.
The theme “Connecting Threads”, not
only refers to the textile arts featured
but also connecting the various
artists in our community.
1 Edible Book Festival Princeton Public
Library. Drop-off 5:30–6:30 p.m.,
Viewing & Judging 6:30–7:00 p.m. ,
Eating & Frivolity 7:00–???
5 – Dalzell Fire Dept. Vendor Bazaar – 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 30 vendors, raffles,
door prizes, 50/50 drawing, food,
bake sale. Rain or shine.
12 Spring Valley Easter Egg Hunt
downtown. Beginning at 10 a.m.,
sponsored by the Spring Valley
Boosters.
12 St. Margaret’s 10k Race & 3 Mile
Fun Run/Walk 9:00 a.m. Race begins
at 415 E. 2nd Street, Spring Valley, IL.
See page 35 for details.
12 Rumble for the Kids Wrestling Event
to benefit Princeton Schools. Doors
open 4 p.m. Bell at 5 p.m. Rumble
For The Kids is an annual event that
helps raise money for non-profit
organizations that assist in helping
local kids. This event will be held at
Logan Junior High Gymnasium, 302 W Central, in Princeton.
13 Second Sunday Flea Market at
Bureau County Fairgrounds, 811 W Peru St. Princeton. 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. Call 815-303-2905 for info.
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LAMOILLE’S
the 28th year that the Cabela’s Master’s Walleye Circuit Tournament is
being held in Spring Valley. The twoday professional team tournament
is the world’s largest walleye fishing
tournament, attracting people from
all over the globe.
29 & 30 – Sauk Trail Gun Collectors Show
& Sale. Bureau County Fairgrounds,
811 W Peru St, Princeton. Doors open
at 8:30 a.m. Weapons, ammo and
collectible items –buy, sell and trade.
30 Legacy Girls Show at Ladd Grade
School Gym from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
as a fundraiser for Ladd’s 125th
anniversary celebration in 2015. The
Legacy Girls perform music from
the 40’s to the 60’s including many
Andrews Sisters hits.
April
Buffalo Days
JUNE 6, 7, 8
A Family Event!
Live Bands!
A Big Parade!
Buffalo Burgers!
Family Owned Since 1885
Corner of Joliet & Second Streets • LaSalle, IL
815-224-8875
www.buffalodays.org
www.turkfuniture.com
Calendar of Events
13 Spring Valley Historic Association
Easter Bonnet Style Show and
Luncheon. Held at Spring Valley Boat
Club; 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Master of
Ceremonies will be Mrs. Julia Cain,
local millinery expert and owner of
Flowers by Julia; 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.;
Tickets $15 include style show, lunch
and refreshments.
15 Teddy Bear Tea – 1 p.m. in Ladd’s
Community Center.
18 Fish Fry at Spring Valley Boat Club. 19 Community Easter Egg Hunts
including the Bureau County Fair
Queen Easter Egg hunt at Bureau Co.
Fairgrounds.
24, 25 & 26 Friends of the Library Book
Sale at the Princeton Public Library, E
Peru St, Thursday 10:00 a.m. to 8:00
p.m. Friday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (BAG
DAY!)
26 GARDENING TOGETHER WORKSHOPS
at Hornbaker’s Gardens, at 10 am.
Pruning 101: Rich and Dave will
discuss when and how to prune
various shrubs, including hydrangeas,
lilacs, spiraeas, and several others.
22937 1140 N. Ave., Princeton, Illinois
61356.
26 Sheffield town wide garage sales.
26 Princeton Coffeehouse All shows
will be at Open Prairie UCC, 25 E.
Marion St., with 7:30 show times
& a $12.00 admission. Website:
Featuring Ana Egge.
26 Allen Edwards, the Voice of Branson
will perform at Princeton High School
at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Benefit show for
the Bureau County Senior Center. For
tickets call 879-3981
TBA Spring Valley Father Daughter
Dance
Gifts for All Occasions
and All Ages
68
Diamonds • Watches
Remounts • Fine Jewelry
Custom Designs
Years
1946-2014
ruce
BJewelers
631 S. Main
Princeton, IL
815-875-2289
www.brucejewelers.com
Calendar of Events
May
2 Ladd Men’s Club Steak Night – Serving
steak dinners at Ladd’s Community
Center
3 Convoy Against Cancer Big Truck
Show – 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Main St,
Ladd. Truck display, food, music,
raffles, etc to benefit the American
Cancer Society Relay for Life
at Hornbaker’s Gardens 22937 1140
N. Ave., Princeton, Illinois 61356 at
10 am. New Plants for 2014: Join us
at 9:30 for a free pancake breakfast
before learning about the new
hostas, daylilies, perennials, annuals,
trees and shrubs for 2014!
3 Hornbaker’s Gardens Mother/
Daughter Theorem Painting Class.
Early session 10-12:30 or afternoon
session 1-3:30. $45 covers both
people. All materials provided.
10GARDENING TOGETHER WORKSHOPS
at Hornbaker’s Gardens at 10 am.
Veggies R Us: This workshop is
geared to the inexperienced gardener
who wants some general guidance
on how to get started and what and
when to plant different veggies. You
can produce a lot of veggies in a small
space.
Simple Pleasures, Hidden Treasures 9-10 Village of Walnut town wide
garage sales.
10-11 Sunset Ridge Motorcross Track –
Walnut, IL Pro-Am Motorcycle Race
16 Princeton Chamber Golf Outing
17GARDENING TOGETHER WORKSHOPS
at Hornbaker’s Gardens at 10 am.
Outdoor Photography: We are
thrilled to have Mike Vaughn here to
share tips and techniques on taking
photos outdoors. Mike is well known
locally for his outstanding photos of
sporting events, wildlife and outdoor
beauty. Whether you are a beginner
or a seasoned photographer, you are
sure to pick up some great ideas.
17 Bureau Valley Antique Club Spring
Preview at Harold Steele’s farm, west
of Dover, IL from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The show will feature old-fashioned
demonstrations, such as a dog
treadle butter churning, flour milling,
corn shelling, rope making, wood
cutting and homemade ice cream.
There will also be working displays
and museum tours. A lunch stand and
sitting area will also be available. Free
admission.
10 www.bureaucounty-il.com
Calendar of Events
18 Spring Valley Boat Club Fish Fries
-every Friday through April 18
at Hornbaker’s Gardens, at 1 pm.
Kathy O’Malley on color in the
garden without flowers: WGN Radio
personality (of Kathy and Judy fame),
avid gardener, and our friend, Kathy
O’Malley, will share her ideas on
having color in the garden using
foliage. Kathy is a knowledgeable and
experienced gardener and is always
fun to listen to.
23 Lunch in the Park “Kick Off” across
from the courthouse in Princeton.
Lunch will be served every
Friday through Sept. by different
organizations in Soldiers & Sailors
Park. Weather permitting.
24 Farmers Market “Kick Off” Main
Street, Princeton
24 Get your Rear in Gear 5k Run/Walk
– 10 a.m. Ladd Community Center,
Proceeds to benefit the Colon Cancer
Coalition. See page 35 for details.
24 Hornbaker’s Gardens 22937 1140 N.
Ave., Princeton, Illinois at 10 am and
again at 2 pm. Miniature Gardens:
This is a hands-on workshop for all
ages in which you will learn how to
create and care for your very own
miniature garden. Fee includes your
container, soil, and plants. You pick
out and purchase your choice of
miniature accessories, at a special 20%
discount for workshop participants.
Reservations are required, so please
call to reserve your spot. Cost $30
May 24, 2014: Hornbaker’s Garden
Floral Watercolor Painting Class. 10 am – 3 pm. Cost $65. Bring
a bagged lunch and your own
watercolor supplies. Beverages and
snacks provided.
Showing First
Run Movies
7 days a week, 365 days a year
NOW WITH DIGITAL
PROJECTION AND
7.1. Dolby Digital
Surround Sound
Entertaining the Bureau Valley Area
Since 1882
VIP TEXT CLUB
Text APOLLO to 36000
for show times, updates and giveaways
Sunday’s last movies shown with open caption.
Carpet • Vinyl • Ceramic • Laminate • Hardwood
• Mosaic Cut Glass • Custom Waterproof Showers
Simple Pleasures, Hidden Treasures 455 South Main • 815-875-1707
www.apolloprinceton.com
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Calendar of Events
24 Princeton Coffeehouse All shows
will be at Open Prairie UCC, 25 E.
Marion St., with 7:30 show times
& a $12.00 admission. Website:
Featuring guitarist Tom Feldmann.
25 Sunset Ridge Motorcross Track –
Walnut, IL Quad Racing season kickoff Race
26 Memorial Day celebrations
30 Susan G Komen Double Breasted
Track Walk at Sunset Ridge
Motorcross Track – Walnut, IL
31- June 1 Sunset Ridge Motorcross
Track – Walnut, IL ATV National Race
at Hornbaker’s Gardens, at 10
am. Ask an arborist: Listen to local
arborist Dennis Taylor talk about the
basics of tree care, and ask him any
questions you might have on plant
healthcare, selection, installation,
diseases and insects, corrective
pruning, tree enrichment, and root
issues.
Same great care
Same great Staff
June
the difference
is the care
June – October, Wednesday Farmers
Markets, Home Grown & Home
Made Food & Products, Heartland
Bank & Trust parking lot, 100 E.
Dakota Street, Spring Valley. (weather
permitting) Wednesdays, 4 - 6 p.m. To
participate call: 815.303.4327
June – October, Princeton Farmers
Market, Main and Elm Place. Tuesday
3-6 p.m. and Saturday 8:30 a.m. until
2 p.m.
6, 13, 20, 27 Lunch in the Park across
from the courthouse in Princeton.
Lunch will be served every
Friday through Sept. by different
organizations in Soldiers & Sailors
Park. Weather permitting.
Simple Pleasures, Hidden Treasures Contact
Lou Anne Kenwick, RN
Administrator
[email protected]
HEALTHCARE AND REHABILITATION CENTRE
515 Bureau Valley Parkway,
Princeton, il 61356
815-875-3347
www.colonialcarecentre.com
Calendar of Events
1 Starved Rock Radio Club American
Radio Relay League Sanctioned Ham
Radio operators Hamfest at Bureau
County Fairgrounds, 811 W Peru
St. Princeton. Ham radio, RC model
and computer equipment for sale or
trade. Amateur Radio Hobbyist and
collectors show. 8:00 a.m. to 3:00
p.m. ARRL VE Testing 9:30 AM TO
11:00 AM . Tickets $7.00 Advance or
$8.00 at gate. http://www.w9mks.org
1, 15, 29 Princeton Community Band
concerts at 6 p.m. at Soldiers and
Sailors Park in Princeton. The
concerts are free. Bring your own
lawn chairs. Refreshments are
available.
6-8 Buffalo Days in LaMoille.
Buffalo Days is a 3-day event,
encompassing fun for all ages.
Families can look forward to buffalo
burgers and pork chops hot off
the grill, a parade Saturday at 11
a.m., old tractor show on Saturday,
amusement rides, games, tug-ofwar, volleyball and water fights
between local firefighters while
adults enjoy the beer garden and live
music. Prairie Princess Pageant on
Friday night. For more information
about Buffalo Days, visit the website
at www.lamoillebuffalodays.org 7 Buffalo Days 5K Stampede Fun Walk/
Run– register at 7 a.m. and race
at 8 a.m. Register at LaMoille High
School.
7 Village of Ladd town wide garage
sales
7 Hornbaker’s Garden Theorem Painting
Class. 10 am –4 pm. Complete 2
pieces. Bring a bagged lunch. Cost
$65. All materials provided.
7-8 Princeton Sidewalk Sales
6-8 Shipwrecked Weekend at Spring
Valley Boat Club, with a chicken
fry and band on Friday evening,
entertainment and vendor food
Saturday and a band Saturday
evening. Breakfast is Sunday
morning.
Flowers by Julia
fresh and silk flowers • plants • gifts
Open M-F 8:30-5:30, Sat. 8:30-5:00
www.flowersbyjuliaprinceton.com
[email protected]
FREE Continental Breakfast * Pool * Cable
FREE High Speed Internet * Pets Allowed
Simple Pleasures, Hidden Treasures 13 www.bureaucounty-il.com
Calendar of Events
7 Tiskilwa Canal Day – free fishing for
all ages on the Hennepin Canal just
outside of Tiskilwa.
7 Living Works Suicide Prevention Walk
– Princeton
7 Art in the Park – Main Street,
Princeton
Gardening to attract hummingbirds
and butterflies: You can attract more
hummingbirds and butterflies to
your garden by simply choosing the
appropriate plants. Molly will show
you plants and also discuss other
ideas to make your gardens a friendly
and inviting space for these beauties.
7 Village of Ladd 125th Anniversary
Celebration 50/50 drawing. A 50/50
winner will be drawn to kick off the
countdown to the big celebration to
be held July 9-12, 2015
13, 14 and 15. Hornbaker’s Garden
annual Open House and Hosta Walk.
13 3rd Annual Neponset Zephyr Car
Cruisin – Friday evening at Bertelsen
Park with DJ 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. Beer
garden & bags tourney
14Neponset Picnic Day – downtown and
in Scott Park. Includes a community
pancake breakfast, 5K race at 8 a.m.,
parade at 10:30 a.m., tiny tot contest,
softball tourney, antique implement
and tractor show, kids games, beer
garden and music.
14 Neponset Picnic Days 5K - 8 am at
Scott Park. See details on page 35.
13 & 14 More on 34 – Garage sales
throughout Bureau County from
Neponset to LaMoille all along Rt. 34.
Two day garage sale at Bureau County
Fairgrounds, Friday & Saturday from
8 a.m. – 2 p.m. Sale extends from
Galesburg to Aurora. See www.
moreon34.com
Simple Pleasures, Hidden Treasures 14 GARDENING TOGETHER WORKSHOPS
Pruning Perennials with Jane Morris:
Early June is the ideal time to take
out the pruners to pinch and cut
back perennials to control height and
shape and make for sturdier, more
floriferous plants, thus preventing
sprawling plants and the need to
stake. Jane has her own business, The
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pruning and other general gardening
techniques and timing. GARDENING
TOGETHER WORKSHOPS at
Hornbaker’s Gardens, at 1 pm. Basic
Garden Design with Jane Morris: The
basics of good garden design are the
same whether a person is planning
and planting a small intimate area
next to their patio, or a two acre
property. Learn about form, line,
texture, color, repetition, contrast,
focal points and more to create an
outdoor space you love. Learn how
to use all types of plants: annuals,
perennials, evergreens, shrubs and
trees, and man-made items to bring
these design basics to life.
14 Strawberry Festival in Tiskilwa.
Strawberry shortcake and food stands
at the west park. town wide garage
sales.
14 Festival 56 Preview Cabaret 7:30pm
Grace Performing Arts Center, Main
St. Princeton. Tickets: Advance
Tickets - $8, At the Door - $10 The
official pre-party to the start of the
festival season! Here is your first
chance to get a taste of the talented
company of actors who will spend
their summer on the festival stage,
and also hear some songs from The
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling
Bee, Oliver! and Into the Woods.
20 Princeton Summer Solstice – Food
and Wine tasting plus shopping in the
unique Princeton businesses
20 Festival 56 “25th Annual Putnam
County Spelling Bee” June 20th
through June 28th, 2014. Grace
Performing Arts Center, Main St,
Princeton
20 Festival 56 Friday Night Cabarets
June 20th through August 1st, 2014,
except July 4th, Grace Performing
Arts Center, Main St, Princeton.
Tickets: Advance Tickets - $8, At the
Door - $10 Join us each Friday night
Simple Pleasures, Hidden Treasures for live musical performances and
a nightcap at the Grace after the
curtain goes down on Friday nights.
Friday and Saturday of
Father's Day Weekend
June 13 & 14, 2014
Stop in these Bureau
County communities:
LaMoille • Dover
Princeton • Wyanet
Sheffield • Neponset
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21 Spring Valley Outdoors Expo, 10 a.m.
– 4 p.m., Hunting, Fishing, Boating
and all outdoor sports, vendor show
and activities, downtown Spring
Valley. Call 815.303.4327.
21 Tractor Trek for the Farm Bureau
Foundation
21 Old Wheels Antique Car Show – First
Lutheran Church, 116 N Pleasant,
Princeton. 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Cars,
trucks, tractors, great food and fun
for the whole family
20 Susan G Komen Double Breasted
Track Walk at Sunset Ridge
Motorcross Track – Walnut, IL
20-21 Beef & Ag Days – Princeton
Musical entertainment Friday night,
tractor ride, steak dinners
21-22 Sunset Ridge Motorcross Track
– Walnut, IL Loretta Lynn Regional
Motorcross Motorcycle Race
28 Festival 56 Gala at Chapel Hill
(formerly Hunter’s Ridge)
Ave., Princeton, Illinois at 10 am and
again at 2 pm. Miniature Gardens:
This is a hands-on workshop for all ages
in which you will learn how to create
and care for your very own miniature
garden. See details on May 24 listing.
8 Walk for Cystic Fibrosis - 10 a.m. Zearing
Park
July
11,18, 25 Lunch in the Park across
from the courthouse in Princeton
at Soldiers & Sailors Park. Weather
permitting.
3 Fireworks, beginning at Dusk, Hall
High School Football Stadium, Spring
Valley
3 Festival 56 “Sylvia” July 3rd through
July 8th, 2014 Grace Performing Arts
Center
4 Princeton 4th of July celebration and
fireworks. Zearing Park at dusk
3-6 Walnut Hometown Celebration with
huge fireworks display on Sunday
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night, 10k bicycle race and 5k family
bicycle ride, Little Miss Bureau Valley
pageant for girls in kindergarten
through 12th grade, Rotary club
breakfast, Huge 50/50 drawing,
Tractor pull, ATV Raffle, carnival,
food stands, tug of war, craft show,
parade, car and truck show, and
more. Super High School Reunion on
the 5th at Deer Valley Country Club
5 Walnut 5K Run/Walk for ALS. Race
begins at 8:00am, check-in begins at
7:00am. See page 35 for details.
6, 20, 27 Princeton Community Band
concerts at 6 p.m. at Soldiers and
Sailors Park in Princeton. The
concerts are free. Bring your own
lawn chairs. Refreshments are
available.
6 Festival 56 “As You Like It” By William
Shakespeare July 6th through July
27th, 2014 Soldier and Sailors Park,
Main St, Princeton.
8-10 Princeton Sidewalk Sales
11-25 Festival 56 Oliver! Grace
Princeton
11 Festival 56 Friday Night Cabarets
June 20th through August 1st, 2014,
except July 4th, Grace Performing
Arts Center, Main St., Princeton.
12-13 Ladd Daze, sponsored by the
Ladd Men’s Club will be held in
War Memorial Park on Friday and
Saturday. The beer garden and food
stand will open at 5:00pm on Friday
with live music by Al Pottinger and
the Lincolnaires from 5:00 - 8:00pm.
The Craigs will perform at 9:00pm.
Saturday’s events start at 10:00am
with The Golden Chicken Race
beginning from Ladd’s Community
Center. In the park, the food stand
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and beer garden will open at noon,
kiddie games will be held from noon
to 3:00; and Snap Shot will perform
at 9:00pm. Ladd’s 125th Anniversary
items and a 50/50 raffle will also be
available during the event.
11-13 Wyanet Festival - Thurs. night:
food stand, beer garden, Boy Scout
taco stand, Little Miss/Little Mister
contest, Festival Queen contest,
rides. Friday night: food stand, beer
garden, stage entertainment, and
rides. Saturday: 5K race, parade,
food stand, bags tournament in
beer garden, dunk tank, much more.
Sunday: 7am-12:00 noon Boy Scout
pancake breakfast at VFW.
12 Nancy Jo Olds-Bohm 5K Fun Run/
Walk 1-Mile Memory Walk & Kid’s
Fun Run Wyanet Memorial Park
Wyanet, Illinois. See page 36 for
details
12 Bureau County Garden Walk – Visit
many beautiful gardens across the
county and see some of our new Barn
Quilts on a self guided tour.
15 Festival 56 “Boeing Boeing” July
15th through July 19th, 2014 Grace
Princeton
18 – Friends of the Library book sale –
Princeton Public Library – one day
only!
19 Sheffield’s Music on Main, 6pm12:00 , held on Main St. under the big
tent. Beer, wine, local food, and of
course , GREAT music.
19 Z-Tour Bicycle Ride - The Zearing
Child Enrichment Center invites you
to ride in the Z-Tour 2014 Details
at www.z-tour.org. See page 36 for
details.
19-20 Bureau Valley Antique Club 37th
Annual “Ol’ Fashun Treshun Days” at
9:00am. Albrecht Grove, Ohio, IL 2
Miles South of Ohio, IL. or 8 Miles
North of Princeton, IL then 3/4 Mile
West. Crafts show, tractor parade,
petting zoo, threshing demo, music
and food.
Red Barn Nursery
,
Call or check online for hours & driving directions.
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20 Sunset Ridge Motorcross Track
– Walnut, IL Racer X Motorcross
Motorcycle Race
24-27 Bureau County 4H Fair at Bureau
County Fairgrounds, 811 W Peru St.
Princeton.
25-27 Village of DePue Boat Races
with 5K race and Food Stands-Live
Bands and Racing, Racing, Racing.
Championship excitement, free
nightly entertainment, and family
fun- all on beautiful Lake DePue!
At only $3 admission, thousands of
people from over 22 states come to
our shores to experience the Lake
DePue Pro National Championship
Boat Races.
26 4th Annual DePue Celebration 5K
Run/Walk 8:00 a.m. DePue Fire
Station. See more details on page 36.
25-27 Steak Fry Weekend at Spring
Valley Boat Club, with a chicken fry
and entertainment on Friday evening.
Entertainment and Rib Eye Steaks
beginning at 5:00 pm, Saturday. Pat’s “famous” serve yourself
breakfast is Sunday morning.
Bureau County Libraries
Cherry Library — Village Hall, Cherry
Ladd Public Library — 125 N. Main St., Ladd, (815) 894-3254
LaMoille Clarion Library — 81 Main St., LaMoille, (815) 638-2356
Leepertown Township Library — 201 E. Nebraska St., Bureau, (815) 659-3283
Mason Memorial Library — 104 W. Main St., Buda, (309) 895-7701
Princeton Public Library — 698 E. Peru St., Princeton, (815) 875-1331
Mineral-Gold Public Library — 120 E. Main St., Mineral, (309) 288-3971
Neponset Public Library — 201 Commercial St., Neponset, (309) 594-2204
Ohio Township Library — 112 N. Main St., Ohio, (815) 376-5422
Raymond A. Sapp Memorial Library — 103 E. Main St., Wyanet, (815) 699-2342
Richard A. Mautino Memorial Library — 215 E. Cleveland St., Spring Valley, (815) 663-4741
Selby Township Library — 101 Depot St., DePue, (815) 447-2660
Sheffield Public Library — 136 E. Cook St., Sheffield, (815) 454-2628
Tiskilwa Library — 119 E. Main St., Tiskilwa, (815) 646-4511
Walnut Public Library — 101 Heaton St., Walnut, (815) 379-2159
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26 Mingle on Main in Malden at the
Feed Store – Car, truck, motorcycle
and tractor show, craft vendors, food
vendors...and great music.
26 Festival 56 “Into the Woods” July
26th through August 3rd, 2014 Grace
Princeton
31- Aug. 2 Pow Wow Days in Tiskilwa
is a four-day event that includes a
Lil’ Spurs Rodeo with mutton bustin’
and chicken chasing on Friday night,
a parade at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, 5k
race at 8 a.m. Saturday, food stands,
church-sponsored lunches, historical
tours, antique automobiles in the car
show at the Historical Society, class
reunions Sat night, kids games, beer
gardens and many other events.
2 Pow Wow Days 5k Race in Tiskilwa.
1,8,15, 22, 29 Lunch in the Park across
permitting.
2 Manlius Fun Day. We will have a 5K
Color Race/Walk & parade in the
morning, Kids games & food served
by Fire dept. at the park after parade,
Fish Fry at Sportsman Club, Historical
Bank Building open for viewing, Rolle
Bolle tournament, Music on Main
in the evening. See page 36 for race
details.
Walnut, IL AMA Vintage National
Motorcross Motorcycle Race.
3 Festival 56 Closing Cabaret: A
Farewell to Summer - Grace
Performing Arts Center.
9 Dover Day Ballyho in downtown
Dover park. Craft show, antique
equipment show, free musical entertainment, pie auction, food stands
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9 Spring Valley Fire Department Beer
Garden, downtown Spring Valley
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16The Wizards Wonder Faire is from
5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Princeton
Public Library (both the parking
lot and green space and inside the
library). Activities will include: food
and artisans/vendors booths, a music
stage, a fun house, wizarding classes
and games. In conjunction with the
75th anniversary of MGM’s WIZARD
OF OZ, the evening will celebrate the
magical world of children’s literature,
from J. K. Rowling and Frank L. Baum
to Lewis Carroll, C. S. Lewis, and the
Brothers Grimm.
20-24 159th Bureau County Fair at
Peru St. Princeton. Livestock Shows,
Free kids shows, Commercial Exhibits,
Fine Arts Exhibits. Bull Riding, ITPA
Tractor and Truck Pull, Talent Show,
Free musical entertainment daily;
Magic Matt magic show; Demolition
Derby and the famous Beach Boys
on Thursday evening. Huge State fair
carnival and delicious fair food. www.
Bureaucountyfair.com or call 815875-2905.
September
5, 12, 19 Lunch in the Park across
permitting.
5-7 Steak Fry Weekend at Spring Valley
Boat Club, with a chicken fry and
entertainment on Friday evening.
Entertainment and Rib eye Steaks
beginning at 5:00 pm, Saturday and
a band Saturday evening. Pat’s
“famous” serve yourself breakfast is
Sunday morning.
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6 Artisan Market at Hornbaker’s
Gardens 22937 1140 N. Ave.,
Princeton from 10-5 p.m. Our
second annual Artisan Market.....
an art market with over 20 artists,
wine tasting with August Hill
Winery, Kramer’s Kitchen food truck,
fresh-picked local produce from
Coneflower Farm, delicious baked
goods from Flour House Bakery, live
music and more.
Walnut, IL Quad MX racing
13 - Columbus Day – Verucchi’s
Ristorante 100th Anniversary event.
Spring Valley http://www.verucchis.
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13 Spring Valley Historic Association
Antique Car Show, 1988 & Older,
To benefit the Spring Valley Historic
Association, Registration: 10 a.m.
until Noon, Show: Noon - 5 p.m.
100 - 200 Blocks of West St. Paul
Street, Downtown Spring Valley. No
registration fee. Dash Plaques; 50/50;
Food; & DJ
12 – 14 Friday – Sunday 43rd annual
Homestead Festival in Princeton
– A full weekend of events with a
baby contest, pork chop barbeque,
huge 2 hour long parade, theater
performances, rib cook off, horse
drawn wagon rides, Lovejoy
Homestead tours, kids fun fair,
helicopter tours, arts and crafts show,
blues concert, pancake breakfast,
flea market, beer gardens and alumni
reunions. www.homesteadfestival.
com
13 Underground Railroad 5K Race
sponsored by the Princeton Park
District. See page 36 for details.
14 Homestead Festival Flea Market - at
Peru St., Princeton. 8 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Call 815-303-2905 for info.
14 34th Annual Homestead Festival
Car Show. Downtown Princeton,
with over 20 car/truck classes and
5 motorcycle classes. Registration
is 8:00 a.m.-12.00 Noon. Judging
from 12:00 Noon - 1:30 p.m. Awards
at 3:00 p.m. with 3 Trophies Per
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Ave., Princeton at 10 am and again at
2 pm. Miniature Gardens: See details
on May 24 listing.
Walnut Motorcross Motorcyle Race
27 Sheffield town wide garage sales.
October
4 Color Splash Dash 5k Princeton Arts’
Academy, 230 Backbone Rd. Race
starts at 5 with after party to follow.
The website is www.colorsplashdash.
net. See page 36 for details.
4 5K Run Walk for SIDS awareness.
5K run & kids 3K fun walk for SIDS
Awareness begins near Hall High
School, Spring Valley, IL at 9:30 am.
5 Ladd Fire Dept Pancake and Sausage
Breakfast & Open House 7 a.m. to
noon in Ladd Fire Station. Annual kick
off to Fire Prevention week.
3,4, 10, 11, 17, 18, 24, 25 Nightmare
on Fairgrounds Road – Haunted
Attraction at Bureau County
Simple Pleasures, Hidden Treasures Fairgrounds, 811 W Peru Street,
Princeton. Buildings full of lasting
nightmares, plus the Nightmare
Hotel for those who aren’t as brave.
Hayrack ride, Mummies Café,
bonfire and ghoulish delights. www.
nightmareonfairgroundsroad.com
10 Princeton Main Street event - Girls
Night Out
11 2nd Annual Conquer The Hill Half
Marathon in Princeton at 8:30 AM.
Distance: 13.1 miles. Kiddie Fun Run:
Ages 5-12. See page 36 for details.
11 & 12 Shadows of the Blue and Gray Held at City County Park – Princeton,
IL. Come out and enjoy the sights and
sounds of the Civil War Reenactment
with live battles, period dance,
demonstrations of crafts from the
era by period artisans, and talented
storytellers and musicians to bring the
times alive! Be sure to visit with all the
living history exhibits to find out how
people of the time made simple items
such as: candles, brooms, cloth, yard
implements, and blacksmith goods.
Walnut, IL Motorcross Motorcyle Race
& Quad Racing
19 Toy Run. 9am-3pm at Soldiers and
Sailors Park across from the Princeton
courthouse. Participation cost is one
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new unwrapped $10 toy for any age boy
or girl. There will be a DJ & a 50/50 to
benefit the Buddy Bag program. Any
questions, call Scott at 815-643-2040
or [email protected].
25 Halloween Hustle 5k Walk/Run – 9 a.m.
at Ladd Grade School. See page 36 for
details.
25 Princeton’s Scarecrow Days
253rd Annual Pumpkin Race – Noon
downtown Princeton at Marion
Street and Main. Put wheels on your
pumpkin and bring it to race.
25-26 Sauk Trail Gun Collectors Show &
Sale. Bureau County Fairgrounds, 811 W
Peru St, Princeton. Doors open at 8:30
a.m. Weapons, ammo and collectible
items –buy, sell and trade.
TBA Echo Bluff Park Spring Valley Fright
Night haunted trails
November
1 Pigeon Show – Bureau County
Fairgrounds, Princeton
8-9 Huge Winter Garage Sale, Bureau
County Fairgrounds, Princeton
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14 Festival 56 “Love, Loss and What
I Wore” November 14th through
November 22nd, 2014 Grace
Princeton.
15 Northern IL Model Train Show
and Farm Toy Show – 9 a.m. to 3
p.m. Bureau County Fairgrounds,
Princeton.
15 Christmas in the Valley, Special
sales and holiday family activities.
Downtown Spring Valley, Vendor
Show to benefit Hall Twp. Food
Pantry at City Hall. 10 a.m - 2 p.m.
815.303.4327
21-22 Princeton’s Annual Christmas
Open House. Shopping, music and
Santa too!
26 Angus cattle show, Bureau County
Fairgrounds, Princeton
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28 Festival 56 “Rounding Third”
November 28th through December
6th, 2014 Grace Performing Arts
Center, Main St, Princeton.
29-30 Sauk Trail Gun Collectors Show
& Sale. Bureau County Fairgrounds,
811 W Peru St, Princeton. Doors open
at 8:30 a.m. Weapons, ammo and
collectible items –buy, sell and trade.
Tree in Terminal C!” December 12th
through December 20th, 2014 Grace
Princeton.
14 Sheffield Danish Church Christmas
19, 20 & 21 Live Nativity Scene at
Walnut Bible Church from 6-8 p.m.
TBA Christmas in Cherry – Bake sales,
visit with Santa, parade
December
6 Breakfast with Santa & Lion’s Club
Christmas Parade in Princeton
6 Lighted Santa Parade, “Santa’s
Workshop” Travels through
downtown Spring Valley. Begins at
6 p.m. at Hall High School. Contact
815.303.4327 for more information
12Festival 56 “There’s a Christmas
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Scarecrow Days
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Saturday, June 7th
Art in the Park
Soldier & Sailors Park
Friday, June 20th
Beef Days
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Saturday,
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Friday, June 27th
Summer Solstice
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Annual Christmas
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Miles of Bargains for the Savvy Shopper
If you love to hunt
for bargains Father’s
Day weekend, Friday
and Saturday, June
13th & 14th, is the time
to head to Bureau
County. There will be
miles and miles of
bargains at garage
sales and flea markets
all along Route 34. The
sale is actually over 100
miles long, stretching
from Galesburg to
Aurora all along US Rt.
34. Communities in Bureau County that
participate in the sale are (from West
to East) Neponset, Sheffield, Wyanet,
Princeton, Dover, and LaMoille. See www.
moreon34.com for more information.
Start early in the morning because
you will find sales lining the route and of
course you have to stop at each one to
find that special item you are looking for.
You will find sales in yards, parks and in
parking lots along the route. Watch for
signs because many of the communities
host town-wide sales, so you will have
to drive around the village to locate
additional sales.
Bureau County Fairgrounds has
a large indoor and outdoor, two day
Flea Market on Friday and Saturday
with doors opening at 8 a.m. each day.
There is free admission plus great food
and cold drinks in the
concession stand.
Restrooms are also
available there. Call
815-303-2905 for info
on their event.
Some vendors
open on Thursday
afternoon and some
are still open on
Sunday so be sure to
plan to stay overnight
and get some rest
before you head out
for another day of
bargain hunting. Bureau County is a
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dedicated to his love, Rosalind, whom he
does not recognize, of course. As the bard
says...the course of true love never did run
smooth!
Oliver!
June 20th- June 28th, 2014
Words and Music by Lionel Bart
A hilarious tale of six adolescent misfits vying
July 11th - July 25th, 2014
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cast of outsiders for whom a spelling bee is
Bumble, Oliver meets the Artful Dodger
the one place where they can stand out and
and is recruited to pick pockets for Fagin.
fit in at the same time.
There, Oliver finds a friend in Nancy, but
neither she nor the boy are fit for a life of
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By A.R. GurneyGood through Dec 20, 2014.
“Food, Glorious Food,” “Consider Yourself,”
and “Oom-Pah-Pah,” this classic piece of
July 3rd - July 8th, 2014
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Greg and Kate have recently moved to
of porridge.
Manhattan when Greg brings home a
dog named Sylvia, who becomes a major
bone of contention between husband and
wife. To Greg, she offers an escape from
the frustrations and unknowns of middle
age. To Kate, Sylvia becomes a rival for
affection. And Sylvia just thinks Kate doesn’t
understand the relationship between man
and dog. A modern romantic comedy about
a marriage going to the dogs! As You Like It
By William Shakespeare
Soldiers and Sailors Park,
All performances are free and it is suggested that
you bring lawn chairs and blankets to sit on
All the world’s a stage for Rosalind and her
friend, Celia, who run away into the Forest
of Arden when Rosalind’s uncle overthrows
her father, the Duke. Disguised as a young
shepherd, Ganymede, Rosalind meets and
falls in love with the exiled Orlando, who
Boeing Boeing
their first tentative meeting to the climactic
championship game. Don is the tough, bluecollar, win-at-all-costs veteran coach whose
son is the star pitcher. Michael is a corporate
executive who is new to baseball. Despite
their differences, Michael and Don form an
uneasy alliance for the benefit of the team.
And over the course of exhilarating victories,
heartbreaking defeats, and interminable
rain-outs, the two men battle over how to
lead the team.
By Marc Camoletti, translated by Beverly Cross,
edited by Francis Evans
This hilarious, fast-paced farce features selfstyled Parisian lothario Bernard, who has
Italian, German, and American fiancées;
each a beautiful airline hostess with
frequent “layovers”. He keeps “one up, one
down and one pending” until unexpected
schedule changes bring all three to Paris and
Bernard’s apartment at the same time.
Into the Woods
Book and lyrics by James Lapine and
music by Stephen Sondheim
July 26th - August 3rd, 2014
There’s a Christmas
Tree in Terminal C!
by Dexter Brigham
December 12th December 20th, 2014
On the tenth anniversary of its first
production, we are happy to bring back our
most popular holiday musical about four
strangers stranded in an airport terminal on
Christmas Eve. Featuring everyone’s holiday
favorites, including “O Holy Night,” “O
Christmas Tree,” and many, many more!
Worlds collide when everyone’s favorite
storybook characters come together for a
timeless and relevant musical fairy tale.
The baker and his wife wish to have a
child; Cinderella wishes to attend the King’s
Festival; and Jack wishes his cow would give
milk. When the baker and his wife learn
that they cannot have a child because of a
witch’s curse, they set off on a journey to
break the curse. Everyone’s wish is granted,
but the consequences of their actions return
to haunt them.
Love, Loss and What I Wore
by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron
Featuring more musicals
and a new Broadway Pass
November 14th November 22nd, 2014
The dress she wore to senior prom, the heels
she wore on that last first date, the purse she
carried at her mother’s funeral: a woman’s
life is reflected in the contents of her closet.
This funny and powerful play explores the
pivotal moments of women’s lives and how
they become connected to those items that
were worn, the ghosts in the closet.
Please visit the website for
details and to purchase tickets.
Rounding Third
by Richard Dresser
November 28thDecember 6th, 2014
Good through Dec 20, 2014.
The tumultuous journey of two Little League
coaches through an entire season, from
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walking, running, biking
March 29 Walleye Run 5K Race. 9 a.m.
Check in 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. at
Hall High School Contact Penny
Weger 815-664-1707 www.springvalley-walleye.org
April 12 St Margarets 2nd annual 10k
race and fun run, St. Margaret’s
Health Habit For Health 10k Race will
take place at 415 East 2nd Street,
Spring Valley, IL 61362. There will
also be a 3 Mile Fun Run/Walk.
Questions? Contact Gina Mudge
by phone 815-220-1005 or email
[email protected]. Register
Online www.runrace.net/findarace.
May 24 Get Your Rear in Gear 5K Run/
Walk in Ladd. Registration: 7:00
a.m. 5K Fun Run/Walk: 9:00 a.m.
Location: Ladd Community Center
303 S. Central Ave., Ladd, IL 61329.
Pre-Registration (closes Wed., May
21 at 6 p.m. CST) The course is an
out and back with a gently rolling
hill, west of Ladd on blacktop, which
is accurately measured. This is an
event to raise awareness and funds
for colon and rectal cancer. Contact
Kathy Martin at phone 815-878-0268
or email [email protected].
May 30 & June 20 Susan G Komen
Double Breasted Track Walk at
Sunset Ridge Motorcross Track –
Walnut, IL 815-379-9534.
June 7 Buffalo Days 5K Stampede Fun
Walk/Run– register at 7 a.m. and
race at 8 a.m. Register at LaMoille
High School.
June 14 Neponset Picnic Days 5K - 8
am at Scott Park, Neponset. $20
will get your race registration, shirt
and snacks after the race. Send
registration to Village Hall, PO Box
Simple Pleasures, Hidden Treasures 20, Neponset IL 61345. For info call
Annie Pickering 309-854-2848 or
email [email protected]
June 28 Walk for Cystic Fibrosis - 10 a.m. Zearing Park
July 5 - Walnut 5K Run/Walk for ALS.
All money goes to ALS.TDI for
research (Lou Gehrig’s Disease).
Race begins at 8:00am, check-in
begins at 7:00am. Contact Julie Von
Holten, 815-379-2269, or email at
[email protected].
July 6 – Hometown Celebration Tour
Family Bike Ride – length of rides
from 10 miles to 45 miles extending
north and south of Walnut. Different
lengths for different abilities. Not
a race, just for fun. Register from 8
a.m. to 9 a.m. and the ride begins
at 9 a.m. There will be rest stops
with snacks and water and a bicycle
mechanic available. Watch for more
details www.villageofwalnut.com
July 12 Nancy Jo Olds-Bohm 5K Fun
Run/Walk 1-Mile Memory Walk &
Kid’s Fun Run Wyanet Memorial
Park Wyanet, Illinois. 5K & Memory
Walk Start, Kids’ Fun Run to follow
app. 9:00am. Run/Walk starts and
ends at Wyanet Memorial Park. Must
register early to guarantee shirt size.
All proceeds will go to The Believe
Foundation of Princeton, IL and the
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5K (3.1 miles) ~ The race begins and
ends at the Bureau County Metro
Center. Course includes 3 water
stations with Splits at miles 1 and 2.
RACE DAY SCHEDULE: 6:45 - 7:30
a.m. Registration & Packet PickUp 8:00 a.m. Race Starts - Walkers
will follow. Mail registration form
to: Princeton Park District Attn:
Underground Railroad 5K, 837 Park
Avenue West, Princeton, IL 61356
Wyanet Community Club Mail with
payment to: Karen Russell, PO Box
255, Wyanet, IL 61379. Email us at
[email protected]
July 19 4th annual Z-Tour bicycle ride
starting at Princeton’s Zearing Park.
Not a race, just for fun. Each year
the scenic Z-Tour begins and ends
at Princeton’s beautiful Zearing Park.
Details www.z-tour.org. This road
ride provides you a chance to enjoy
some of the best bike roads that
northwest Illinois has to offer.
July 26 4th Annual DePue Celebration
5K Run/Walk 8:00 a.m. DePue
Fire Station. Registration from 7:00
a.m.to 7:45. Contact Information
Call Michael Rodriguez (815)8789024, Ann Rodriguez (815)447-2312
or email [email protected]
Checks Payable to: DePue Men’s
Club Mail to: Michael Rodriguez
P.O. Box 506 DePue, IL 61322 or
P.O. Box 328
Aug 2 – Manlius 2nd Annual Color Race
5K Fun Run/Walk. Registration
at Bureau Valley High School
at 6:00 a.m. Race begins at 8 a.m.
All ages invited to participate. Run
through Manlius and be splashed
with colors during the race. July
1st registration deadline to get a
race Tshirt or sign up on race day
without guaranteed shirt. See www.
Getmeregistered.com for race sign
up
Oct 4 – Color Splash Dash 5k Princeton Arts’ Academy, 230
Backbone Rd. Race starts at 5 with
after party to follow. The website is
www.colorsplashdash.net
Oct 4 – 5K Run Walk & kids 3K fun walk
for SIDS Awareness begins near Hall
High School at 9:30 am. Strollers
welcome. There will be a fun run for
children, ages 4-11, after the race.
All proceeds from this event will be
used to create safe sleep packages
for new parents and will be given out
at the local hospitals before babies
are discharged. We have partnered
with SIDS of Illinois, Inc. to make
this possible. Contact: Ashley Lamps
(815)712-7701 ashley.lamps@gmail.
com Register online at sidsillinois.
org
Aug 2 – Pow Wow Days 5K race 8 a.m.
www.powwowdays.com The race is
to bring people together and raise
money for a scholarship fund.
Oct 11 – Conquer the Hill Park District
Half Marathon Distance: 13.1 miles.
Kiddie Fun Run: Ages 5-12. Course
begins & ends at Zearing Park, at the
South pond. Will run 1 lap on the
path around the pond. South Euclid
St., Princeton, IL 61356. Hydration
stations will be located along the
route. Start Time - 8:30 AM. Kiddie
Fun Run - 11:30 AM.
Sept 13 - Underground Railroad 5K
Princeton Park District. Registration
begins at 7:00 a.m. at the Bureau
County Metro Center, Princeton with
a race time of 8:00 a.m. COURSE:
Oct 25 – Halloween Hustle 5k Walk/Run
– 9 a.m. at Ladd Grade School. Race
sponsored by the Ladd Community
Education & Enrichment Foundation
to benefit Ladd Grade School.
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Hike the Canal with the
Friends of the Canal
PRINCETON, IL
Take a hike with your family and enjoy the
sights and sounds that you will see along
the banks of the Hennepin Canal. See the
wildlife and enjoy nature at all times of
the year. You need not be a member of the
Friends of the Canal to join us in any of the
hikes. There is no fee for the hikes. We ask
that you dress weather appropriately. For
more information, contact Ed Herrmann at:
[email protected] (email)
or 815-664-2403 (home).
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MUSEUMS
Bureau County Historical Society & Museum
109 Park Ave West, Princeton
815-875-2184
The Bureau County Historical Society Museum
occupies two historic homes on Princeton’s
Courthouse Square--The Clark Norris Home, a
handsome Prairie Square mansion built in 1900
at 109 Park Avenue West, and the Newell Bryant
House, a stately Greek Revival house dating back
to 1853, just next door at 634 South Pleasant
Street. Hours: 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. WednesdaySaturday (The Museum is closed in December,
January, and February) Admission: $3.00 for adults
and $1.00 for children 12 years and under.
features the original wood floors and the teacher’s
desk from the early 1900’s, along with all the other
items found in a one-room school.
Mineral Pride Historical Society Museum
115 Main Street, Mineral
Open First Saturday of Every Month
Noon to 4:00 p.m.
Devoted to the preservation of the memories
and history of those who were raised or spent
a part of their lifetime in Mineral, Illinois. www.
illinoishsglorydays.com/mineralhistoricalsociety
Henry Thomas Museum
North King St., Wyanet
Henry Thomas was the first permanent settler
in Bureau County. Born in Virginia; he settled in
1828 in Bureau Township. He was man of many
firsts. Among the firsts in Bureau County, Thomas
was responsible for the first furrow plowed;
his daughter, Mary was the first settler child
born; and the first post office was located at his
Bureau County Township home. View a wonderful
museum of Bureau County Township and Thomas
Family memorabilia. By appointment only by
calling the Wyanet Village 815-699-2631
Bureau County Genealogical Society
629 South Main, Princeton
815-879-3133 or 815-303-7386
[email protected]
The Society is devoted to the preservation of
historical and genealogical records for Bureau
County. Hunting for your family history? A free
library specializing in local genealogical research
records consisting of obituaries, burial locations,
church histories, marriage records, historical plat
maps, county and town historical records, county
newspapers on microfilm, family history books,
and national and international research sources
including Internet searches. Trained volunteers
to assist as desired Mon.Tues,Thurs., Fri., and
the first Saturday of each month from 10:00 a.m.
– 3:00 p.m. Call (815) 879-3133 to arrange for offhour visits or ask for further information.
Wyanet Historical Society
320 East Second Street, Wyanet
815-699-2559 or 815-699-2459
History of town, schools, genealogy, Obituaries,
Veterans WW I & II history, uniforms, Civil War
diaries, Hennepin Canal, Railroads and various
memorabilia. Open April thru October Friday &
Saturday 1-4 PM, or by appointment. Donations
are welcome.
Owen Lovejoy Homestead
Rt. 6 East & Rt. 26
815-875-2616 or 815-879-9151
A Former Station on the Underground Railroad,
the Lovejoy Homestead is located at the eastern
edge of Princeton, IL, and was the home of the
Denham and Lovejoy families for nearly 100 years.
Colton Schoolhouse
The Colton Schoolhouse is located on the
property of the Owen Lovejoy Homestead on
the east side of Princeton, Illinois. It was moved
to that site in 1970 when the Lovejoy home was
restored and opened to the public as a museum.
Today, after careful restoration, the schoolhouse
MUSEUMS
Neponset Township Historical Society
PO Box 105, Neponset 61345
309-594-2197
The Neponset Historical Society is located on
Commercial (Main Street) in the former Bertelsen’s
Manufacturing Co. building in downtown Neponset
just across from the Post Office. Hours are by
appointment by calling 309-594-2197 or email
[email protected]. Some of the items to view are
genealogical information WW II history. The board is
also working on a farm room, complete with a focus
on the Neponset elevator, with all kinds of artifacts,
documents and photos.
Sheffield Historical Society
325 Washington St., Sheffield
815-454-2850
Historic Danish church built in 1880 and museum
with 10 exhibit areas and a research and reference
room for local history of ten towns and genealogy.
Admission is $1 per person. Research fees may
apply. Hours are Thursday-Saturday 11a.m.-4p.m.
Manlius Historical Society
815-445-4102 or 815-454-2532
April 1 - December 1 Thursday & Saturday, 10:00-2:00 or by appointment
The 1915 First State Building was designed by
Parker Noble Berry, a Prairie School architect, who
was chief designer for Louis H. Sullivan. Building is
listed in the National Register of Historic Buildings
and Sites in the United States. Along with the bank’s
old memorabilia inside the building, the historical
society has included memorabilia of all things
Manlius. The bank is open for the public to see and
tour . At other times call for an appointment. www.
Manliushistoricalsociety.org
Spring Valley Historical Society
201 West St. Paul
815-664-4288
Open Wednesdays & Saturdays 1 - 4 p.m. Or by
Appointment 815-830-4303.
Featuring items related to John Mitchell, Coal
Mining, Area Businesses and Schools.
Tiskilwa Historical Society Museum
Museum on Main
“Where the past is present”
110 E. Main St. (former Methodist Church Bldg.)
815-646-4016
Tiskilwa Historical Society offers six galleries
of hands-on experience with Tiskilwa’s colorful
past: Native American artifacts, village, military
and school memorabilia, Hennepin Canal
construction photos, old farm implements, early
domestic items and more. Visit anytime online
at tiskilwahistoricalsociety.org or in person on
Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.Handicapped
accessible.
SHARON SMITH
Floral Designer, Gift Specialist
PO box 417, 118 S. Main St.
Walnut, IL 61376
815.379.3066
815.379.2752
Simple Pleasures, Hidden Treasures Join us for a Day
or Become a Member 815-872-0840
Bureau County Parks
Princeton Park District
Princeton Park District maintains over 192 acres of
parks and its mission is to maintain and develop a
creative, effective and responsive park, recreation,
and nature resource system for residents and
visitors to enjoy quality leisure opportunities. The
Princeton Park District opened a 9 hole Disc Golf
Course located at the Bureau County Metro Center
and the adjacent Alexander Park in the fall of 2006.
The object of the sport is very similar to that of golf,
except that flying discs (also known as Frisbees) are
used in place of clubs and balls.
Joe Meyers Park
2625 East Street, South of Malden
30 Acres of preserved natural woods. Westside Park
Randolph & Marion St.
3 Acres of ball fields with restrooms and concession
stand. City-County
Park
Highway 26
North
Bureau County Metro Center
City-County Park
is a 65-acre shady
setting with trails,
barbecue areas,
log cabin shelter,
playground,
ball field, and
restrooms.
837 Park Avenue West
815-872-0840
The Metro Center is an impressive 52,000-squarefoot complete recreational facility. Featured are a
full-sized gymnasium for basketball and volleyball;
a 25-yard indoor swimming pool with lap lanes,
wading pool and observation balcony; racquetball
courts; weight room; locker rooms; sauna; a cardiovascular room; and elevated walking track. For
receptions, banquets or meetings, the center has
a generous sized multi-purpose area. Admission:
Family: $12.00 Adult: $5.25 Student/Sr.: $4.50.
A daily admission includes the use of the: Pool,
Sauna/Jacuzzi, Gym, Cardio Room, Track, and
Weight Room. Children 7 and under are free when
they accompany a paying adult. Resident member
ship fees are available on their website. www.
princetonparkdistrict.org
Alexander Park and Pool
Anderson St.
Twelve acre Alexander Park has a skate park, six
tennis courts which are also used as a multi-sport
court, outdoor pool, horseshoe pits, barbecue and
picnic areas, shelter, restrooms, playground and
sand volleyball and fishing. Pool Admission.
Zearing Park
South Euclid Ave.
A 72-acre park located in the southeast corner of
Princeton offers the finest ball and soccer fields,
shelters and picnic and barbeque areas. Also
available on site is sand volleyball, horseshoe pits,
playground and concession stand. Check out the
new walking trail and lake. Trails are great for cross
country skiing
Simple Pleasures, Hidden Treasures Spring Valley
Residents and visitors can enjoy outdoor sports and
recreation at any one of the city’s seven parks that
include ball diamonds, soccer fields, tennis courts,
playground equipment, an outdoor swimming pool
and a handicap accessible obstacle course.
Kirby Park
Devlin and Strong
Three shelters, baseball diamond, playground,
tennis courts, horseshoe pits picnic areas and the
Coveny-Veterans’ Memorial swimming pool.
Coal Miners’ Park
East St. Paul St.
A sensory delight, offering spectacular views over
the Illinois River with a variety of trees, fishing
ponds, beauty and serenity close to shopping.
Spring Valley Mini Park
This park is the heart of the downtown shopping
district and host to many events throughout the
year. Every summer, the park comes alive with music
during the Friday evening Municipal Band Concerts.
Illinois River-Barto Landing
nine-hole disc golf, high ropes and zip
lines are some of the activities you
find here. For more information,
call Mgr. 815 252-3894 or
815 663-2085 Private parties
are available. Contact us at
[email protected]
www.echobluff.org
West side of Route 89
Barto Landing offers a lagoon for
launching from three ramps and is
the only calm-water public access
to the Illinois River for forty miles
of boating, water skiing, fishing
or swimming enjoyment.
For more than 20 years it has
been the first stop on the Cabela’s
MWC Tournament Schedule, the
biggest Walleye competition in the state,
drawing fishermen from all over the United
States. ESPN reporters covering the tournament
dubbed our stretch of the river the “Sauger Capital
of the World”. In addition to the MWC several other
fishing tournaments are held here annually. The
landing also offers excellent boating, fishing and
watersports opportunities.
Echo Bluff Park
is located in beautiful and historic Hall Township, off
Route 29 between Spring Valley and DePue, Illinois
Private parties available/High Ropes/Zipline by
appointment. Trails, paintball, ice skating rink,
WALNUT
Walnut Park District
403 Sunset Ave
815-379-2213
Outdoor swimming pool, ball diamonds, community
shelter, playground, tennis courts and restrooms.
Ladd
Veteran’s Park
South Main and Cleveland Sts.
Located at the south entrance to the village,
Veteran’s Park has tennis courts, a playground,
a large picnic shelter, smaller individual shelters
and restrooms. The park is also the site of the
World War I Monument, the Veteran’s Memorial
Monument and a World War II Army tank.
Wyaton Hills Golf Course - 815-872-2641
17879 1500 North Avenue, Princeton
Chapel Hill Golf Course - 815-879-6531
12927 Illinois Hwy. 26, Princeton
Hidden Lake Country Club - 845-454-2660
12985 645 East St., Sheffield
Spring Creek Golf Course - 815-894-2137
286 Golf Course Rd., Spring Valley
Indian Hills Golf Course - 815-646-4856
9468 1725 East St., Tiskilwa
Green River Country Club - 815-379-2227
15212 IL Hwy. 92, Walnut
Mendota Golf Course - 815-538-7241
35666 Route 34 West, Mendota
Just south
of Sheffield
815-454-2660
18 Hole
Public
Golf
Course
12927 IL Hwy 26
Princeton, IL 61356
815-879-6531
Beautiful Public 18 Hole Course
Restaurant, Bar and Banquet Room.
Great for outings, receptions and banquets.
Kennedy Park
East Locust St.
The park contains two ball diamonds, a large picnic
shelter, playground and restrooms and is home to
the Ladd Youth Baseball/Softball league.
Bureau
Children’s Memorial Park
Upper level playground area of Hormel Ponds offers
a basketball court, shelter and picnic facilities.
Cared for and developed by the Bureau United
Men’s Society and the Illinois Department of Natural
Resources.
Hormel Ponds
The ponds are nestled in a secluded basin
surrounded by wooded bluffs, marshland, the
Hennepin Canal and a bottomland woods that
beavers have flooded. The setting is relaxing and
invites one to explore its diversity and offers a
pleasant location for family outings. A state fishstocking program supplements the ponds’ natural
restocking that results whenever the Illinois River
exceeds its banks.
Miller-Anderson Woods
Along Route 29, at the Bureau-Putnam County
border, wooded bluffs rise above the broad Illinois
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create MillerAnderson
Woods Nature
Preserve.
The preserve
protects oldgrowth upland
forest, ravines,
valley forest and a
floating bog. A narrow, ribbon-marked, moderately
difficult trail guides one through the woodland
variety which displays endangered plants and
Ohio buckeye in its most northern range. Once on
top and near the bluff’s edge, one is treated to a
panoramic view of some of the Illinois River valley’s
richest wetlands. Very often seen riding the air
currents are turkey vultures and, occasionally, bald
eagles.
DePue
Donnelley/DePue State Fish
and Wildlife Area
1001 W. 4th St. 815-447-2353
The Donnelley/DePue State Fish and Wildlife
Areas complex is managed primarily for migratory
waterfowl. Since the areas border the Illinois river,
boating and fishing are also popular.
Wyaton Hills
Golf Course
Just 1 mile west of Princeton
off Route 6 & 34
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Lake Front Park
The Witness Tree
First St.
A scenic park stretching along
Lake DePue with playground
equipment, picnic areas and
restrooms.
Mineral
McCune Sand Prairie
150 East Street
Rural Mineral offers two truly unique
features, an Illinois desert with cacti, and a
more than 200 year old oak tree that was already
rather large when Native Americans crossed the
Illinois prairies on the Sauk Trail. North of Mineral
about five miles on county 150 East Street is the
McCune Sand Prairie where native Illinois cacti,
the prickly pear, grow in abundance. This was once
pasture, but due excessive grazing, the soil became
especially sandy, making it too well drained and
dry for many native Illinois plants. Today, there are
more than 200 acres to explore with native grasses,
shrubs, trees, and prickly pear cacti. This is not a
good place to wear sandals, as some of the prickly
pear are rather small and hidden in the grass. From
on top of the hills there are some scenic views of
the farmland off to the west.
County Road 10 and County
Road 1300
The Witness Tree is a more than
250-year-old giant burr oak tree
at the junction of County Road
10 and County Road 1300 three
miles south of Mineral. This
large oak tree along the trail was
supposedly a meeting place for
Chief Shabbona and the Sauk and Fox
tribes. Later on, when the railroad was
being built south of Mineral, surveyors used this
tree as a “witness” or reference point for their line,
from which it now gets its name.
Sheffield
Mautino State Fish and Wildlife Area
16006-875 E. St. – 815-454-2328
Mautino State Fish and Wildlife Area was dedicated
in 1991 and covers more than 900 acres. This park
offers 15 lakes that have been stocked with a
healthy population of fish. Park guests use the lakes
for boating (electric boat troll motors only), fishing
and canoeing. Other park activities include hiking,
hunting, picnicking (bring your own blanket), and
wildlife observation.
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• Arboretum
• Garden Center
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FUN
There are so many fun
things to do across Bureau
County all year long. We
want to salute the many
volunteers who work behind
the scenes to make all of
these events so successful.
You will find many events
that the whole family will
enjoy – from events that may
only be a couple of hours
long to multiple day events.
We are going to highlight a
few of them here. Be sure to
take a look at our calendar
of events on our web page
www.bureaucounty-il.com or
our Bureau County Tourism
Facebook page for week
by week updates of events
that didn’t make this guide.
There are fun family events
going on weekly here in the
heart of Illinois.
Stop out at Echo Bluff
Park near Spring Valley
and take the family for an
afternoon of ice skating
during the winter months.
In the summer you can hike the trails there,
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IN
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take in a ropes course or even
shoot paintballs. They have
events year round that the
public can participate in.
One of the first events of
the year is the Walleye Fishing
Tournament in Spring Valley
in March. Fishermen (and
women) come from across
the nation to compete in the
fishing tournament at Barto
Landing and to take home
the large cash prizes for the
largest catch of the elusive
Walleye. You will see hundreds
of fishermen out on the Illinois
River in all kinds of weather
during the weekend. Stop
by the fish weigh in later in
the afternoon and see what
they have caught. They have
an amazing system in place
to weigh the fish and sort
the males from the females
so that they can be sent to a
breeding facility.
There are many different
running, walking and bike
riding events planned with the
first 5K race during the Walleye tournament
WALT MARINI, MAyoR
City of Spring Valley
215 North Greenwood Street, SPRING VALLEY, ILLINOIS 61362
City Hall • (815) 664-4221 Fax • (815) 664-2114
e-mail: [email protected] • http://www.spring-valley.il.us
City Clerk–Rebecca L. Hansen • City Attorney–James Andreoni; • City Treasurer–Jack Boroski • Aldermen–Dan McFadden,
Mike Herrmann, Chuck Hansen, Tom Nesti, Jack Narczewski, Mark Actis, Dave Pellegrini, James Taliano
and the last ones in October. We have a
special section in our tourism guide with info
on the area races. You can come out and
participate or just cheer the competitors
on. A new bicycle ride has been added
during Walnut’s 4th of July
Hometown Celebration on
Sunday, July 6th. You can
stop for breakfast at their
Rotary breakfast and then
hop on your bike for a 10 to
100 mile (non-competitive)
bike ride. You will be back in
plenty of time for their huge
fireworks display at dusk on
Sunday night. The 4th annual
Z Tour Bike Ride returns
to Princeton’s Zearing
Park on July 19th which
also has many different
length bike tours planned
for Bureau County. Many
of the local communities
have 5K Run/Walks planned
during their local festivals.
Watch our web site at www.
bureaucounty-il.com for
more details as we get closer
to their events.
Many of the fairs and
festivals have a long history
in Bureau County. Dover Day
was being held in their town
park in the early 1900’s. The
Bureau County Fair started in 1855 and will
celebrate their 159th anniversary this August.
They only took off one year during that time
when the fairgrounds was being used for the
troops mustering for the Civil War. Princeton’s
Homestead Festival will celebrate their 43rd
anniversary this year in September. Last year
was LaMoille Buffalo Days 11th year. Pow
Wow Days in Tiskilwa began in 1976 as part of
the nations’ bicentennial. We
hope that when you come to
visit Bureau County that you
will plan your visit around one
of our local festivals.
Buffalo Days in LaMoille
got its start because of a herd
of buffalo that were brought
to town in the ‘70’s. A festival
was started which featured
buffalo burgers and now has
expanded to a three day
event with a parade, Prairie
Princess Pageant, craft and
vendor shows, a 5K race, beer
gardens, music, tug of war
and a tractor show. It will be
held June 6, 7, & 8th, 2014.
One of the highlights of
Saturday afternoon at Buffalo
Days is the Firemen’s Water
Fights. Firemen & women
use a stream of water from
their hose to try and push a
small ball down a wire to the
opposing team’s side.
The first one to push that
ball across the other team line
wins. Grab your lawn chair
and relax and enjoy the day of water fights.
This fun event is on Saturday afternoon June
7 @ 1pm. If you enjoy car shows you can see
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DISTRICT OFFICE
221 E. St. Paul Street
Spring Valley, IL 61362
815/664-2717
FAX: 815/663-1629
[email protected]
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moreon34.com for a list of sales or watch our
a show that’s a little different than usual on
Facebook page “More on 34 Bureau Co” for
May 3rd in Ladd. The Convoy for Cancer big
a list of sales. A lot of people make it a two
truck show will spread out all over Ladd’s
day shopping excursion, starting at one end
Main Street. Stop out and see the shiny trucks of the route and spending the night in Bureau
and trailers, farm equipment
County before heading out to
and more. Buy a 50/50 ticket
shop the rest of the route the
and help out the fundraiser
next day.
to combat cancer. The 34th
The 4th of July means
annual Homestead Festival
fireworks and you will be
car show is held on Sunday,
able to see them all over the
Sept. 14th during Princeton’s
county – some on the 3rd and
Homestead Festival. Main
continuing through Walnut’s
Street downtown is closed
Hometown Celebration
down to traffic because there
massive fireworks display
are many beautiful cars,
on Sunday night. Walnut has
trucks and motorcycles on
added a family bicycle ride
display on both sides of the
as part of their celebration
street. If you walk the length
on Sunday morning. They
of Main Street you will find
will also have beer gardens,
2014
a craft and vendor show
in Bureau County Visitors Guide a car show, a 5K race, an
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front of the courthouse
ATV raffle, food stands and a
Questions:
Call Denise Ward @ 309-944-1673
ortoo.
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the south end and the
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great parade
Cook off at the north end,
[email protected]
When we are making
across from the post office.
the plans for all of these
Grab a pork chop and enjoy
events the ground is covered
the show.
with piles of snow and the
If you enjoy hunting
temperature is way below
for bargains, take a trip
0. We are anxiously awaiting
down Route 34 Friday and
the Bureau County Garden
Saturday during Father’s Day
Walk on Saturday, July 12th.
weekend in June and check
Walking through the beautiful
out the sales for “More on
gardens will be even more
34.” There will be garage
enjoyable after the long
sales, flea markets, and food stands all along
winter we have had. Gardens will be available
Route 34 for the More on 34 event stretching
throughout the county and as an added treat,
from Galesburg to Aurora. See www.
the barn quilt tour stops will be available too.
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A new activity that will be beginning in
2014 will be the Barn Quilt Tour of Bureau
County. No, they aren’t nailing fabric quilts
to their barns. The quilts are actually 4’ x 4’
or 8’ x 8’ hand painted wooden quilt designs
which are hung up on farm
buildings across the county.
By this summer there will be
over 20 quilt designs for the
public to enjoy. If you want
to see a couple of samples
of what barn quilts look like,
stop by the red building at
the entrance of the Bureau
County Fairgrounds. You can
find a map of the farms with
the quilts here in our guide
or see their Facebook page
at “Barn Quilts of Bureau
County.”
Boat racers from across
the nation come to DePue
July 25-27th for the Pro
National Championship Boat
Races. 2014 will be their
30th season for the DePue
Men’s Club to host the US
Title Series. Bring a blanket
or your lawn chairs and sit
on the bank of beautiful
Lake DePue and watch the
high speed boats make
rooster tails in the water
as they speed around the
course. There are many great food stands
with all sorts of tasty treats, craft vendors,
beer gardens (starting on Wednesday
and continuing through Sunday) musical
entertainment, a 5K race, and carnival rides.
Admission is only $3 and that will help the
battle to save Lake DePue so the boat races
can continue for many more years.
Festival 56, Princeton’s
famous theater group, returns
for their 11th season with
dramatic plays, musicals and
comedies and we can’t forget
the summer presentation of
one of Shakespeare’s works
too. Performances begin
on June 22 and continue
through August 3rd. This
summer’s shows are listed
within this guide. If you miss
the summer shows, there will
also be shows in November
and Christmas shows in
December.
Two of the biggest events
of the year are in August and
September. The 159th annual
Bureau County Fair is always
a fun event with livestock
shows, commercial and fine
arts exhibits, great carnival
rides direct from the IL State
Fair, horse shows, bull riding,
truck and tractor pulls, a
community church service and
it’s all topped off by the very
popular demolition derby on
Sunday afternoon. Be sure to get your tickets
early for the Beach Boys concert on Thursday,
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August 21st. The Fair will be held August
20-24th. The 43rd annual
Homestead Festival will be
Sept. 12-14th and it features
a two hour long parade, pork
chop barbeque, 5k race, a
blues concert, beer gardens,
craft show, flea market and a
huge car show. Both events
have so many things going
on we can’t even mention all
of them here so be sure to
check out their web pages
for updates on activities
that they will be having this
summer.
If you like to relax and
are looking for a quiet place
in the country to take your
family, the Hennepin Canal
Parkway is a great place.
Bring your fishing pole and a
lawn chair and while away the
afternoon as you fish or just
enjoy nature. The tow path
along the canal is a great
place to take a walk or ride
a bike. You may scare up a
great blue heron as you travel the path along
the water. There are several
locks along the Canal where
you can park and picnic and
that have restroom facilities
available.
This should give you an
idea of the many diverse
activities you can find in our
little corner of beautiful Illinois.
You will find many events
throughout Bureau County
whenever you come to visit.
Be sure to stop and stay
overnight so you can attend as
many events as possible when
you are here.
Be sure to check our
Bureau County Tourism
facebook page or our web
page www.bureaucounty-il.
com for our upcoming events.
Some events may have been
changed following the printing
of this guide. We hope to see
you here soon and hope you
come back and bring your
friends.
Geocache
What is Geocaching? Geocaching (geo-cashing) is a great outdoor
recreational activity that’s similar to a scavenger hunt. You search for a
hidden object using clues and GPS (global positioning system) coordinates.
It’s incredibly fun, and becoming more and more popular every day. Check
out Illinoisriverroad.org for information on geocaching around Princeton
which has 15 cache locations for you to search for. There are other websites
that show cache’s around Bureau County.
Munzee
Munzee is a real world scavenger hunt game where items are found
in the real world and captured using your smartphone. You then level
up and gain rank based on your score. Points are obtained by capturing
other people’s munzees or when your deployed munzees are captured by
someone else. Munzee is based off of the fundamentals of geocaching and
adds another layer of fun to the hunt.
What do munzees look like? Munzees come in any size or shape but all
must contain a QR-code style barcode. The barcode combined with your GPS coordinates are
the essential gameplay elements of munzee. Munzees can be hidden in containers, camouflaged
or even in plain view. They can also be found at your favorite local business. There are many
Munzee’s hidden in the Bureau County area. Check out munzee.com for how to start your hunt.
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Barn Quilts of Bureau County
Now there is another good reason to visit
one of the most picturesque counties in Illinois.
Actually - 24 new reasons - in the form of Barn
Quilts! Take your map in hand and follow the
new Barn Quilt Trail through the rolling hills
and over the many creeks in beautiful Bureau
County. This is an easy-to-follow, self-guided
tour that winds its way through all corners of
this big county. Stop at each Barn Quilt along
the way and feel yourself unwind, as you
experience firsthand the sensation of seeing
art, agriculture and history come together in
these iconic images. Stay as little or as long
as you’d like. Barn Quilts of Bureau County
is designed to celebrate Bureau County’s rich
agricultural heritage, showcase our rural areas,
and promote agritourism, the arts, and a sense
of community pride.
The Barn Quilt concept originated in Adams
County, Ohio in 2001 and has spread across
the United States and into Canada. Barn quilts
aren’t made of the traditional fabrics that you
may have been expecting. These quilts are a
piece of medium density overlay board, from
4 x 4 feet to 8 x 8 feet in size. They are painted
with exterior paint and each displays a colorful
quilt block, either one chosen from traditional
quilt designs, or perhaps personalized in some
way. It is then installed on a barn, corn crib or
other agricultural building.
You can see examples of barn quilt designs
at Bureau County Fairgrounds in Princeton. The
red building at the main gate of the fairgrounds
on Route 6 has four of our designs on it.
2014 is the inaugural year for the Barn
Quilts of Bureau County. We started the
year with 6 quilts in place. Four more have
been painted and are ready to install. The
other 14 quilts on the map will be installed
as quickly as possible. You should refer to
Simple Pleasures, Hidden Treasures our Facebook page “Barn Quilts of Bureau
County” to check on the progress of the
installations. We can also be contacted by email
at [email protected] or
you may call Valerie Jensen at 815-303-4608
or Rita Dabler at 815-303-2845 to check our
progress. Quilts will continue to be added in
the upcoming years. Our goal is to have at least
one barn quilt in each of the 25 townships in
the county. So come back and see us again and
watch us grow!
We will kick off the Barn Quilt tour on July
12th, 2014. That day Princeton Tourism and
Bureau County Tourism will work together to
present the Bureau County Garden Walk. While
you are touring the beautiful gardens around
the county, you can also stop by our local farms
with barns displaying the new quilts. Watch
our Facebook page or the tourism pages for
locations where maps can be picked up at.
You can also do a self guided tour of the
barn quilts at any time, summer or winter. The
map in our tourism guide is for informational
purposes to show you what road the quilts
are located on. Please see the actual list of
addresses for the best help for locating the
farms. Note that the quilts are all to be visible
from the road. Please drive safely and obey all
traffic laws. If there is no safe place to pull off
the road at the farm to view the barn quilt, you
may pull into their driveways. Please remember
to check for traffic as you slow down to stop to
view a quilt. We are indebted to our barn hosts
for their hospitality.
We hope as you travel across Bureau
County you will enjoy seeing our lovely
landscapes, farms and villages. We hope
you will stop and enjoy our local shops and
restaurants too.
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Barn Quilt locations:
1 Marge Albrecht
14973 Lover’s Lane Road
Princeton, IL 61356
2 Hilding & Joann Allen Farm
17113 1700 North Avenue
Princeton, IL 61356
3 Bill Brothers Farm
Buda, IL 61314
4Arthur & Judy Bland
12966 IL Hwy. 26
Princeton, IL 61356
5 Melvin Carlson
Princeton, IL 61356
6 Joe & Sandy Carpenter
27713 2350 East Street
Ohio, IL 61349
7 Lawrence & Rita Dabler
Tiskilwa, IL 61368
8Rex Elmore
Tiskilwa, IL 61368
9 Jared & Jill Frueh
Ohio, IL 61349
10 Jason & Sara Hildebrand
Princeton, IL 61356
11 Sam & Sandra Hodgett
Sheffield, IL 61361
12 Scott & Valerie Jensen
Tiskilwa, IL 61368
13 Jim & Jeannine May
Princeton, IL 61356
14Aaron Menerey & Kathi Reed
Tiskilwa, IL 61368
15Richard & Terri Molln
1452 Baseline Road
LaMoille, IL 61330
16 Clem & Judy Newton
4271 Wyanet Walnut Road
Bradford, IL 61421
Simple Pleasures, Hidden Treasures 53 17 Max & Marilyn Olds
Wyanet, IL 61379
18 Fred & Carol Pierson
13336 Lover’s Lane Road
Princeton, IL 61356
19Kevin & Teresa Pinter
26802 Angling Road
Malden, IL 61337
20 Jim & Nancy Rapp
Princeton, IL 61356
21 Lonnie & Linda Rieker
Ohio, IL 61349
22 Cary & Beth Rosene
Ohio, IL 61349
23 Bob & Janice Williams
25247 IL Hwy. 92
Van Orin, IL 61374
24Ron & Linda Wright
Sheffield, IL 61361
Haunted Lores of
Bureau County
Written by David Youngquist
What makes a location
haunted? What is it that
draws or keeps spirits
and ghosts here long
after they should
have followed the
white light home?
You could ask any
number of experts
in paranormal
investigation, and
get any number of
answers. There are
common themes
that tend to come
up in those answers
though, and Bureau
County seems to fit the
bill. Keep these things in
mind as you visit the towns,
homes, and other places in our
little corner of the world.
Some researchers say that places of
high emotional levels leave an imprint
behind. Ghosts from a highly charged
emotional life tend to stick around after
they’ve left the physical world. In our
past, Bureau County has been a hotspot
of emotions. Some the result of tragedy,
some political upheaval, and yes, even
war has been a factor on our spot on
the prairie.
Prior to the Civil War, Bureau County
was a hotbed of emotions with Owen
Lovejoy rallying his abolitionist cry. He
and his brother strove to end slavery.
The Lovejoy home became part of
the Underground Railroad and helped
dozens of people to freedom. The home
still stands to the east of Princeton.
Some have reported footsteps in the
home when they were the only ones
there. Closing doors and moving books
Simple Pleasures, Hidden Treasures have also been whispered
about.
Bureau County was
swept up in the Black
Hawk War as well.
Troops marched
through the area
to clash with Sac
and Fox warriors.
Farmers and settlers
fled to small military
outposts scattered
though the county.
The location of one
such fort is marked
just to the north and
west of Wyanet. Future
President Abraham
Lincoln was one of those
soldiers who answered the
call to arms and with his men
put down the uprising.
In 1909, hay which was being moved
to feed work mules deep inside the
earth at the mines in Cherry, caught
fire from one of the kerosene lamps
mounted on the wall. Attempts to put
out the fire failed. An inferno raged
out of control. Initial reports placed
the death toll at nearly 500 workers.
With heroic efforts, and some say God’s
saving grace, more than two hundred
escaped. In the end, 259 men and boys
working that day were laid to rest in the
nearby cemetery. The mine was sealed
and closed, a monument was raised
for the dead, laws were put in place to
ensure no other tragedy like this would
ever strike again. And yet there come
reports of miners dressed in their work
clothes walking the streets of Cherry as
they head to the mines to clock in for
work. 54 www.bureaucounty-il.com
Some researchers say the presence
of running water is another factor
that helps keep ghosts in an area. The
running water creates an energy that
ghosts use. They can use this energy
to make themselves strong enough to
make themselves known. With Big and
Little Bureau Creeks, the Green River,
and the Hennepin canal all flowing
though our area, Bureau County is a
haven for the water sport enthusiast.
But not all these enthusiasts are of
the earthly origins. Reports come from
all corners of Bureau County of ghosts
in the areas where these bodies of
water flow. Near New Bedford to the
north, and old bridge crossed over the
Green River. It was there Bureau County
had its own “Cry Baby Bridge.” Legends
vary as to how it originated. Some say
a car with a family in it crashed near the
site and all were killed. Some say there
was a home on the banks of the Green
River nearby. One night, the home
caught fire and burned to the ground,
consuming everyone.
Before the new bridge was built,
however, amateur ghost hunters parked
their car on the bridge. They sprinkled
powder on the rear of the car, took
the car out of gear and waited. Sure
enough, as the video camera rolled, the
car started to move. Slowly at first, but
then with some definite power. When
they got off the bridge, the three got
out, ran around to the back, and filmed
the small fingerprints left in the powder.
It was a great night for them. The
new bridge constructed not long after
doesn’t seem to have the same ghostly
reputation, but one can wonder if the
children are simply getting used to the
new structure.
Another reported encounter from
the 1930’s has a devilish twist to it. A
farmer on his way to the elevator from
Tiskilwa had his truck overheat on the
bridge over the Hennepin Canal. As he
Simple Pleasures, Hidden Treasures got out of the cab to open the hood
of the old truck, a stranger appeared
from the other side of the bridge.
Something about the man didn’t sit
right with the young farmer as they
talked. Something…just simply made
his skin crawl. He was dressed in bib
overalls with a plain shirt and a wide
brimmed hat, but he just sent cold chills
down the farmer’s spine. The young
man retrieved some water from the
canal to fill his radiator. The man offered
to help start the old truck, so gave the
old engine a crank. The farmer thanked
the man, who leaned against the rail
of the bridge. As the truck cleared the
other side, the farmer glanced back.
The man was gone. When he returned
to the spot, the young farmer found a
handprint burned into the railing where
the other had leaned. He quickly hurried
on his way.
But there are anomalies to these
rules. Outside of Spring Valley, nestled
far back into the wooded hills, is
the Lithuanian Liberty Cemetery.
Established in 1914 by early immigrants,
the stones are engraved in Polish,
Lithuanian, and other eastern European
languages. A lone crypt keeps its
occupants safe for their eternal rest.
Many legends abound about this crypt.
Everything from voices coming from
inside, to glowing orange orbs that
pass through its limestone walls to
chase away unwanted visitors. One
legend which has been confirmed by
researchers is the east wall is several
degrees warmer than the other
three walls. There is no real scientific
explanation.
So come to Bureau County. Visit our
parks. Navigate our waterways. Enjoy
our celebrations. Just remember, there
are some places in the county, you may
not be alone.
Bureau County
Fair August 20-24
JOB
Mark Your Calendars for these Events
March
8&9
22
29 & 30
April
6
9
June
1
Winter Garage Sale
Euchre Tournament
Sauk Trail Gun Club Show
Dave Lewis Auction
Flea Market
Starved Rock Radio Club
Ham Fest
More on 34 Garage Sale
13 & 14
July
24 – 27 4-H Fair
August
3
Queen Pageant
20 – 24
Bureau County Fair
September
14 Flea Market
October
3 & 4, 10 & 11, 17 & 18, 24 & 25
Nightmare on Fairgrounds Road
12
Flea Market
25 & 26
November
1&2
Winter Storage
1
Pigeon Show
8&9
Winter Garage Sale
15
Train & Toy Show
26
Angus Show/Sale
29 & 30
Thursday,
August 21
Show Time 8:00 p.m.
40th annual show
at this year’s
Bureau County Fair
Tickets On Sale
June 7, 9 a.m.
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Since 1855
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