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In the Central region Wasatch Academy and Manti were tied for first. Manti won the coin toss and the first seed. Wasatch Academy will go as the second seed.
- 11:53 a.m. April 27, 2014
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I will call it today, all the Region 9 teams will win their first round games and that the ultimate State Champion will come from Region 9. In fact both finalists will be from Region 9. That is my educated opinion. I really feel that last years Region 9 Champion-Desert Hills should have been able to play in this years tournament. They were a solid team. As it is, every other Region has all but 1 of their teams playing post season while Region 9 has 3 teams that do not qualify. How much sense does that make???? There need to be some sort of a play in game for Region 9's 5th place team. Richfield needed only 1 win and 1 tie in Region play to qualify. Doesn't make any sense to me.
- 3:51 p.m. April 28, 2014
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I completely agree. There is a ton of talent down here, and the 5th and 6th place teams would spank the 4th place teams in other regions.
- 9:47 a.m. April 30, 2014
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ahh the southern clan has spoken, there will be a couple teams up north that will squash your plans
- 7:21 a.m. May 1, 2014
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I still for the life of me cannot figure out why Park City is ranked....
- 11:41 a.m. May 1, 2014
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I agree with most everyone here, region 9 has been a class above everyone else. Hurricane who finished 6th in the region beat Park City pretty easily 2-0 early in the year. I think that anyone in region 9 outside of Canyon View is capable of beating any other 3A team in the state. I think that region 9 will sweep the first round with Stansbury and Cedar being the only close game and I would not be surprised to see an all region 9 final four.
- 3:09 p.m. May 1, 2014
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We'll likely be seeing at least 3 region 9 teams in the semis. Juan Diego is about the only one that'll get in the way of that as well as travel could do Cedar or Snow Canyon in.
- 3:35 p.m. May 1, 2014
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Well, I am now 4 for 4 on my predictions. Region 9 just won 4 out of 4 of their
opening games. But hats off to Stansbury for playing a highly competitive game
that could have gone either way. I knew it would be a difficult game for either
team to win. I just felt that the more difficult region schedule that Cedar
played would pay off in the end. Now we are coming to the second and more
competitive round of games Saturday. I predict, using the same logic I used for
the first games, that every Region 9 team will again come out on top. This is
not to say that any of these games will be easy wins. But playing the extremely
hard region 9 schedule will make the difference.
I am also in agreement with Equinox Fox22 and Simpe Spectator. We left two solid teams out of the tournament, Hurricane and Desert Hills. Both teams could have competed very well if they were allowed in. Either team could have won games against the first place teams from the other regions.
- 9:47 p.m. May 1, 2014
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Park City lost early in the year down south. Playing outdoors after a winter of inside on small fields is a challenge. The semifinals should have Park City, Juan Diego, Dixie, and Pineview. A great final four.
- 10:09 p.m. May 1, 2014
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Region 9 proved how tough they are today although not as dominantly as I thought
they would. I blame it on nerves that come with the playoffs. For the second
round I think that Dixie easily handles Payson on the road. Pine View and Uintah
will be close for the first half and the heat will take its toll and Pine View
will win.
The two closest games will be Park city vs Cedar and Snow Canyon and Juan Diego, I see both games going to overtime with the Cedar game going to a shootout just like last year. I believe that both region 9 teams will be able to pull it off in the end. Here's hoping to go 8/8.
- 10:58 p.m. May 1, 2014
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I'm a region 9 homer for sure, and hope they all do well, but I'm also impressed that region 10 advanced its 3 top seeds. I would have liked for them to advanced all 4 so dixie could have a home game, and so it could be a 9 vs 10 showdown, but oh well. Best of luck to Dixie and the rest of region 9.
- 11:46 p.m. May 1, 2014
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I have both Cedar and Snow Canyon winning in close games, but neither going to PK's. Dixie and Pine View will win their easier games with a few more goals.
- 1:02 p.m. May 2, 2014
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Cedar pulls out a big win at Park City. Cedar-2, Park City-1. Center Referee
would not shake hands with the Cedar players after the game. No explanation.
Summer home in Park City? Who knows? Referee gave 4 to 6 minutes of extra time
at the end of the game. Longest extra time given out at any other Cedar game all
Park City would have tied the game at 2-2, except for the fact that the player was offside. Good intense play by both teams, similar to last year but with Cedar winning. Great game to watch.
- 4:32 p.m. May 3, 2014
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First place Pine View only beat 8-9 Uintah 1-0??? Hmmm
- 7:21 a.m. May 4, 2014
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Good point. But Pine View did win. We have 3 region 9 teams in the final 4. I would say that this demonstrates a strong conference showing. Cedar has now won both a #1 and #2 team from the other regions and will now try to extend their streak by playing the region 9 champion, Pine View. It just shows how tuff the competition has been all season long. Desert Hills and Hurricane should have also qualified for the playoffs.
- 3:49 p.m. May 4, 2014
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Uintah came in with a good game plan and played very physical on Pine View. It
worked but then it ended up costing them with a penalty kick. Pine View was the
better team all game and controlled possession. Uintah only had one scoring
chance early in the first half and never got close to a shot the rest of the
Congratulations to Juan Diego for playing well and knocking off Snow Canyon by the way. For the semis I see Pine View easily beating Cedar to move onto the final. Dixie has been under performing so far in the playoffs and unless they fix things in practice this week Juan Diego will beat them. No matter who wins I think that Pine View will be the eventual champion in the end they are playing really good defense and their offense keeps the pressure on all game.
- 3:51 p.m. May 4, 2014
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Strange you bring that up, WeberCatBasketballFan. Juan Diego only beat 8-9 Uintah 4-3 and again 3-2 in OVERTIME. Hmmmmm.... But really, Uintah was a lot better than their record showed, but Pine View significantly outplayed them despite the underwhelming 1-0 result.
- 4:21 p.m. May 4, 2014
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Yes, region 9 is the strongest region but not to the degree stated. #1 Pine View beats #3 Uintah 1-0 on a penalty kick. One unlucky play and the results could have been different. I wouldn't call that domination.
- 6:25 p.m. May 4, 2014
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Once a team makes it to the quarterfinals they should be of a higher caliber. I think the teams were this year. The scores were and should be close. Uintah, Park City, Snow Canyon, Payson and Stansbury are all quality teams. They all played real tough teams and unfortunately lost to other quality teams. Many of the games could have easily gone the other way. I disagree with Equinox Fox22, "I see Pine View easily beating Cedar to move onto the final." In my opinion it has no basis in fact. I don't call a 2-1 or even the 2-0 game an easy game. Both teams know one another well and I believe it will be very difficult for Pine View to win a third game against Cedar. If Pine View does come out victorious, it won't be "easy". I feel that any of the teams remaining have an equal chance to play in the finals and will need to make a little luck for themselves to come out with a victory. I see all of the game being close....
- 7:24 p.m. May 4, 2014
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Ha, I know Uintah is a scrappy team and Juan Diego only beat them by a goal. That comment was mostly bait to see how the strongly biased comments would continue. ;-)
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The basic formula for American-style loaf bread made by hand is two to three cups of flour, a cup of water, one packet of dry yeast, one or two tablespoons of sweetening, and up to one teaspoon of salt, for a one-pound loaf.
The traditional method begins with "proofing" or "proving the yeast." Warm the water to 105 degrees Fahrenheit (until it feels warm, not hot, against your wrist). Sprinkle in the yeast. Active dry yeast should begin to foam in five minutes or less. When it foams, "set the sponge" by stirring in sweetening, salt, and most of the flour until the mixture is smooth.
Next, knead the dough. It's possible to put the dough into a plastic bag and knead it there, if you really want to keep your hands out of the dough. Otherwise, use part of the flour to coat the dough, your hands, and the counter, and knead it in. The more air you mash and squeeze into the dough, the more cohesive and less sticky it becomes. Resist the temptation to work in too much flour to reduce stickiness faster. Although most recipes give a range of measurements of flour, flour and yeast need to be in reasonable proportion to make a nice light bread.
When the dough reaches the right consistency, clean the mixing bowl, film it with oil, and set the dough back in the bowl to rise. In a warm room, yeast dough will normally double its volume in about an hour, sometimes a little longer. Covering the dough with a light, dry kitchen towel is usually recommended to keep off dust, but yeast breathes air.
When the dough reaches the right volume, punch it down, knead out most of the air bubbles, and shape it to fit into a well-oiled loaf pan. Cover it with the towel again and let it rise. The dough does not have to double in volume, this time, but should expand by at least half. (The scientific rule here is that longer rising equals more fermentation and more sour flavor.) Preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
Before the final stage, baking the loaf, some bakers like to coat the top of the dough with butter. Bake for 30-40 minutes. When bread is done, it will sound hollow when tapped. Turn it out of the pan and tap the bottom. If the outside is firm and the loaf sounds hollow, butter the crust if you like, and let the loaf cool.
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Jeffrey Gettlemen of the New York Times has spent more time with Somali pirates than anyone else I read. His reporting has been comprehensive, brave, and thrilling reading. He has a piece in the New York Review of Books that has some fascinating insights into the world that piracy has created.
This excess has created a budding pirate culture. Pirate weddings are elaborate two- or three-day affairs, stretching deep into the night, with bands—and brides—flown in from outside Somalia and convoys of expensive 4x4 trucks. The prettiest young women in pirate towns dream of a pirate groom; little boys can hardly wait until they are old enough to sling an AK-47 over their shoulder and head out to sea. In these places, the entire local economy revolves around hijacking ships, with hundreds of men, women, and children employed as guards, scouts, cooks, deckhands, mechanics, skiff-builders, accountants, and tea-makers.
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Location of Komagane in Nagano Prefecture
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|Chūbu (Kōshin'etsu)
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Komagane (駒ヶ根市 Komagane-shi?) is a city located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 34,409 and a population density of 207.38 persons per km². The total area is 165.92 km².
The city was founded on July 1, 1954. Situated at the 220 km marker on the southern (Nagoya) branch of the Chūō Expressway, the city lies in a north-south running valley between the Central and Southern Alps. Despite relatively poor transportation infrastructure (there is no Shinkansen link and the existing railway is a single track local line), the city derives a large proportion of its overall income from tourism. The Silk Museum is situated to the east of the city, while on the western side of town the Komagatake Ropeway (gondola) ascends Mount Komagatake in the Central Alps. The city has several popular tourist hotels (including one on the mountain which is only accessible via the ropeway), a youth hostel, onsen and a ski resort. It is also host to the Nagano prefectural college of nursing.
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It's August in New York, and the only thing that's hotter than the pavement is Manhattan D.A. Alex Cooper's personal and professional life. Just as she's claiming an especially gratifying victory in a rape case, she gets the call: the body of a young woman has been found in an abandoned building. The brutality of the murder is disturbing enough, but when a second body is found in Brooklyn, beaten and disposed of in the exact same manner, the city's top brass want the killer found fast. Relying on razor sharp instincts, a whip-smart partner, and one big break Alex races to find the killer and keep him from killing again, even if it's at her own peril.
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Cavor, a brilliant scientist who accidentally produces a gravity-defying substance, builds a spaceship and, along with the materialistic Bedford, travels to the moon. The coldly intellectual Cavor seeks knowledge, while Bedford seeks fortune. Instead of insight and gold they encounter the Selenites, a horrifying race of biologically engineered creatures who viciously, and successfully, defend their home.
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Electrochemical oxidation of phenol was studied using Ti/IrO2/RuO2 anode and a carbon/polytetrafluoroethylene (C/PTFE) O2-fed cathode which generated hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) by the reduction of oxygen in the undivided cell and the divided cell with a cotton diaphragm. For degradation mechanism of phenol on the cathode and anode, two kinds of cells are similar. However, the basic condition of the cathodic compartment in the divided cell was prone to H2O2 changed to and HO 2 − and HO·. So, the mineralization of phenol in the divided cell was better than that in the undivided cell.
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Foundations for the first stage of the $17 million Shotover
Primary School will be laid by the end of April and Otago's
newest state school will open for its first pupils in term
one of 2015.
New plans provided by the establishment board of trustees
give the clearest picture yet of how the school for
eventually 450 pupils will be laid out on 3ha at the heart of
the Shotover Country residential estate and how land has been
set aside for more facilities as the school needs.
The plans show a north-facing, landscaped site with play
areas and courts.
Board chairwoman Sally Mingaye-Hall said ''stage 1 A'' would
involve construction of the school's administration and staff
block (coloured red on the plan) and its two closest
''learning communities'' (coloured dark orange).
Stage 1 A will open for about 160 pupils in years one to
four. Enrolment will not overlap with the catchment of other
Wakatipu schools.
Contractors start work on ''stage 1 B'', which involves the
multipurpose hall (coloured dark purple), plus three extra
learning communities (coloured dark orange), in the detached
''By the end of March 2015, they will have those other three
learning communities open and operating as well,'' Ms
Mingaye-Hall said.
A learning community was a group of teachers and pupils who
studied together, based on the pupils' level of ability, not
their chronological age, Ms Mingaye-Hall said.
''They are doing this in Auckland schools and in Australia,
so we're not guinea pigs. This is a tried and true way of
teaching ...''
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The Highlands of Scotland is a place of great rugged beauty, a place where distant Islands appear and disappear from the horizon. A tantilizing landscape to test your patience, where mountains and hills stand majestically before you - then like the Islands great clouds close in and the Highlands retreat - stay a while - when the sun shines - even briefly - your senses will indeed be rewarded.
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Yet another great Scotland page, Joan! Keep up the good work.
Hi Joan, loved your tips & photos on the Highlands! We're returning this year in September, and also visiting Edinburgh again... can't wait! Really looking forward to it. Greetings / Jess
Our Edinboro Highland Games & Scottish Festival is July 22-24, 2010.
Joan, such a great page about Highlands. We'll be visiting next July and we are looking forward to it.
Excellent Highland travel page with superb photographs. Loch Ness and Ben Nevis certainly look interesting to visit and explore and so are the suspention bridge and the castle. Thanks for the virtual tour. ~ho & pang
Lovely page, full of interest, only wish you could send some of those deep Lochs over here, we need them! Accommodation very nice, worth remembering, thanks!
It really is a lovely area with so much greenery and monsters in the water, but harmless except for tourists.
Another beautiful website of you with great tips!
What a lovely description of the Highlands - and the photos make me yearn to be there, exploring the mountains with you.
I would like to be sheep Elvis and go around Scotland by myself ! :-))
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Our menu features everything you love about country cooking, plus a few items that might just surprise you.
Starved Rock Marketplace
The Starved Rock Marketplace is home to Cattails Gift Shop, The Starved Rock Inn (a seasonal, roadside Inn) and Chillin' On 6 (artisan ice cream and gelato). You'll find unique gifts, gourmet food, candles, floral arrangements, jewelry, home decor, garden accessories, signature Starved Rock Wines and more.
CITY:North Utica
Nel's Catering
Family owned and operated since 1982, Nel's Catering is known locally for it's excellent food at fair prices. Nel's Catering is known for their potato salad and Italian Beef Sandwiches, but they carry a large variety of salads and meat choices in the deli. They will cater to your needs and ideas. No job is too big or too small. They can create menus to match your tastes and themes.
Hi-Way Restaurant
Easy-access, casual dinning offering a wide variety of foods, along with a selection of appetizers, salads, sides and desserts in a relaxing and casual atmosphere. Cocktails available. Open 7 days a week, 6am - 9pm.
Country Kitchen - Somonauk
Serving Good Home cooking for Breakfast, Lunch and dinner with daily specials.
Village Courtyard
Come to the Village Courtyard for the "home-like" feel. Between our friendly service and comfort food, you wont leave disappointed. We have alot of regulars, but enjoy meeting and serving new people! Come in for just one meal, or become one of our regulars-it will be hard not to! Try one of our specials!
Rambo's Bar and Grill
Rambo's is the consummate "neighborhood" style establishment where friends stop in to meet friends. We offer Friday night fish fries, broasted chicken, smoked meats, pizza, and much more! We provide live entertainment most Saturday nights, which you can find details about on our website.
The Silver Fox
Unique, historic, elegant venue located in the former Masonic Temple in downtown Streator. Available for weddings, receptions, or any special occasion. Tours by appointment.
LaSalle County Historical Society Heritage Center
The LaSalle County Historical Society's museum lies on the north side of the historic Illinois and Michigan Canal, itself a historical landmark. The museum building, erected in 1848 during the presidency of Zachary Taylor, is a beautifully restored sandstone building that was originally a granary and warehouse. The two-story building has walls of sandstone blocks between 18 and 32 inches thick, quarried in Utica, and secured with hydraulic cement of the same kind used in the construction of the I&M Canal. James Clark, the man who commissioned the building, came to Utica in 1833, where he became a land squatter. In 1842 he became a contractor on the I&M Canal and in 1845 he bought the local cement mill. He made it a huge commercial success by selling the cement to the canal contractors and the general public. The cement was used in many parts of the canal.
CITY:North Utica
Salt Tree Yoga
Healthy activities including a Salt Cave, Yoga, Full Spectrum Infrared Sauna, Skin Rejuvenation Bed with red blue infrared light. Salt Tree Yoga also features Flotation Hydrotherapy, Massage, Reiki, workshops, Essential Oils and retail products.
Chef Tom's Guest House
Wonderful lodging choice in an owner-occupied bed and breakfast. Makes a perfect choice while visiting the I&M Canal Heritage Corridor. No pets, no smoking. Wi-Fi, kitchen, laundry and tastefully furnished.
Baldwin House
Built in 1880, the Baldwin House is the ideal alternative to hotel accommodations and offers all the comforts of "home" while you are away. This fully furnished guest house comfortably sleeps 6 people and includes a formal dining room, sunroom, modern and well equipped kitchen, and a wrap-around porch with swing. WiFi and DirectTV are also provided for guests' use. Overlooking a beautiful downtown park, The Baldwin House is conveniently located in central Streator and is within walking distance of several local eateries.
Relax Inn - Streator
Recently renovated and locally owned, the Relax Inn features rooms with wood floors and flat screen TV's, microwaves and refrigerators are also available. This pet-friendly hotel is located within 20 miles of four state parks.
Hampton Inn - Peru
Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton, in Peru is conveniently located off of I-80 and 10 minutes from Starved Rock State Park. Free WiFi, hot breakfast, indoor pool/whirlpool and fitness center.
Festivities Unlimited
Banquet hall and event center specializing in corporate meetings, weddings, family reunions and fundraisers. In-house catering. Handicap accessible.
MJ's Pub & Grill
Great pub food a notch above the rest. Video games, patio, weekly entertainment, friendly, comfy, safe atmosphere, where our guests are the best! Hours: Sun-Thurs, 10am-Midnight, Friday 10am-2am and Saturday 10am-3am.
Riverfest Taste of Ottawa
Let's rock on the river! LaSalle County's largest festival, Ottawa's Annual Riverfest, celebrates summer with a bang! Carnival rides, art shows, craft and flea markets, kids activities, sidewalk sales, music and the now famous Taste of Ottawa all come together at the fest. You are sure to find something for everyone! Visit their website for everything this fest has to offer.
Red Dog Grill
Red Dog Grill is Heritage Harbor Ottawa's new full service restaurant, and they encourage you to share your favorite pet stories over dinner - the restaurant is named for Sam the red rescue dog. Featuring Friday night family movies and Saturday night live music.
The New Chalet Restaurant
Ottawa's South-side restaurant. Popular breakfast & lunch site. Daily Specials, After Hour Parties, Catering, Pick-Up Window, Fri & Sat All You Can Eat Specials. Business Hours: Sun 7am - 2pm, M-Thurs 6am-2pm, Fri & Sat 6am - 7pm.
Honest Abe's Tap & Grill
A family owned bar & grill, open daily at 11am. Variety of 100% angus beef burgers, fresh salads, sandwiches and appetizers, Illinois Horseshoes and Ponyshoes, 12 beers on tap.
Nettle Creek Country Club
Introducing Nettle Creek Country Club in Morris, Illinois. Nettle Creek is links-style golf in a beautiful prairie environment rich with wildlife. Renowned on the Chicagoland golf circuit for its fabulous greens, this upscale, 18-hole championship course is an easy drive from the populous Naperville-Bolingbrook-Plainfield area and just 18 miles west of Joliet on I-80.
Halftime Restaurant, Pizza & Cocktails
We offer a full menu, kids menu and made from scratch pizzas. Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner as well as homemade soups daily and a salad bar.
Relax Inn - Streator
Recently renovated and locally owned, the Relax Inn features rooms with wood floors and flat screen TV's , microwaves and refrigerators are also available. This pet-friendly hotel is located within 20 miles of four state parks.
Mark Allen's American Kitchen
Mark Allen's American Kitchen is a comfortable place to be and is perfect for lunch, dinner or just a quick drink or snack. We take great pride in preparing our food with the finest and freshest ingredients available.
The Right Spice Supper Club
A family friendly casual dining restaurant known for good food, good people and great times! Open Monday - Thursday 3:30pm - 9:00pm. Friday and Saturday 3:30pm - 10:00pm. Sunday Winter hours.
The Lone Buffalo
We created The Lone Buffalo to be a restaurant and a brewery under one roof with one goal: to serve good food and beer in a comfortable atmosphere. We believe in the idea of "slow food" and we want our guests to savor what we offer. Chef Brok and his brigade use fresh products from our own farm and from other local farmers and producers. Everything on the menu is freshly cooked, every day, and varies with the seasons. Our beer is crafted, using traditional methods and equipment, from the best malts and hops available – including some from our own farm. We take care not to get in the way of the complex flavors of the simple ingredients in our food and beer. We won't get in the way of your enjoyment of either – take your time and come back soon!
Sunfield Restaurant
Easy access off I-80 and open 7 days a week from 6:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. Serving delicious breakfast, lunch and dinner. The banquet room has seating for 70. Sunfield is ideal for showers, meetings, family gathering, birthdays and other celebrations.
Spirit Farms
We are a diverse, modern farming operation located in the heart of Illinois farm country with state of the art facilities and equipment. We can arrange tours and have banquet and meeting space for groups and weddings.
River House Bed & Breakfast
Welcome to The River House Bed and Breakfast. An historic Queen Anne built in 1890. The River House sits over the spot where the Illinois and Fox Rivers cross paths with beautiful views of both rivers and the town of Ottawa. The location is walking distance to the bars and restaurants in the beautiful town of Ottawa Illinois and a quick drive to Starved Rock State Park, wine tasting in Utica, golf courses, sky diving, canoe rentals, boat and water ski rentals, and many other fun activities.
Country Lights Soy Candles
Country Lights Soy Candles started making candles as a hobby in 1999. At first, the candles were a soy/petroleum mix. After some experimenting, we were happy to go to a 100% soy candle. It did not take long for us to realize that soy candles were becoming very popular. Our "factory" is located on our family's Centennial Farm in north central Illinois. All of the candles are hand poured by family members.
Cherokee Winds
Their handmade products are made in small batches to ensure that your family and theirs only get the best. They use the best ingredients they can get their hands on. They are not 100% organic but very close. Their products change with the seasons.
Morris Chop Shop
Specializing in fresh local raised beef, produce and organic-antibiotic free pork & poultry. We make everything from scratch in our kitchen so we know what is in our food, more important we know what is not in our food – food additives, chemicals, fillers. Real wood fire – we cook all of these great local beef, poultry & pork over a wood burning char grille & rotisserie giving a natural smoke and char distinctive to cooking over live fire. We also donate to having trees replanted every year to replace the wood we take from our planet.
Pleasant Creek Campground
Pleasant Creek Campground is located 5 miles from the entrance of Starved Rock State Park in the gateway town of Oglesby Illinois. Pleasant Creek Campground is situated in a wooded setting along a tributary of the Virmilion River, surrounded by hills and mature trees. Pleasant Creek Campground has undergone numerous renovations and upgrades. There are 140 spacious sites with plenty of room for slide-outs and awnings. A variety of sites are available. Several sites, including full hook-up sites, are located right along the creek. All sites include a fire ring, picnic table, and varying amount of shade. One highlight of the campground is a spring-fed fishing pond that is naturally maintained year round. Our Camp Store, located at the Welcome Center, is stocked with camping provisions, ice, firewood and all of the supplies that you may have forgotten to pack. Our Bathhouse is equipped with sinks, counter tops, showers, and a laundry room (coin operated). Illinois' Newest RV & Tenting Campground is located just 5 miles from Starved Rock State Park. We have Creekside Campsites, Stocked Fishing Pond, Well Supplied Camp Store. Our Campground Features: Campground Features, BBQs or Fire Pits, Bike & Walk Paths, Dump Station, Fishing Area, Pets Welcome (some restrictions), Picnic Pavilion, Recreation Hall and Security Our Nearby Activities are: Art Festivals, Fishing, Hiking & Biking Trails, Lake Fishing, Restaurants Nearby and Watercraft Rentals.
Tangled Roots Brewing Company
At Tangled Roots Brewing Company, we're about beers, not bandwagons. Flavors, not fads. Liquids, not labels. This is beer done right. With an appreciation for natural elements, and an aversion to pretense. With a devotion to craft, a dedication to authenticity, and a respect for where we came from. A respect for our roots.


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Mark Millar and Bryan Hitchâs run on âFantastic Fourâ comes to an end with Millar on plotting duties and Hitch providing just the cover. Now, there are very good reasons for each creatorâs absence, but Iâll say right off the bat that it does take away from this finale. Stuart Immonen filling in for Hitch is a smart decision, though. Millarâs inability to write this issue completely is a little off-putting since this issue isnât just the end of his 16-issue run on the title, but also is the âFantastic Fourâ element of his multi-book crossover between â1985â and the âOld Man Loganâ story in âWolverine.â Itâs all been leading to this issue and it kind of fizzles out.
With Doomâs master, the Marquis of Death, on the attack, the Fantastic Four are also under siege by alternate versions of the group that are upset with Reed, because he did not kill an earlier incarnation of the Marquis to save the multiverse. And thatâs just the first few pages of plot, folks; it doesnât get much clearer as the issue progresses, which also takes a lot of the energy out of this conclusion. What should be a big blowout starts and stops in fits, because of the convoluted plot and the equally convoluted twists that get throw in.
That said, there are some shining moments here. The means by which the Fantastic Four fight the alternate versions of themselves and the Marquis are inventive and told in an interesting way. As well, the revelation of the identity of the Marquisâs new apprentice is surprising and a bit of a game changer if it sticks. As well, the wedding of Ben Grimm and Deborah Green is handled well.
Joe Ahearneâs scripting over Millarâs plot is competent. There are a few rough patches where characters spew dialogue that sounds forced, like Ahearne is trying too hard to capture their voices and it comes out as clichéd FF dialogue. Otherwise, he manages to strike a balance between Millarâs dialogue stylings and what we expect Fantastic Four dialogue to sound like.
Stuart Immonen delivers his standard excellent art, seemingly while trying to mimic Bryan Hitchâs style when he can. If you look at the preview pages, youâll notice that he maintains the soft panel borders that Hitch has used throughout the run, and his shot compositions are very reminiscent of Hitch. While it still looks more like Immonen than Hitch, the influence is very much in display here. As such, the shift in styles isnât nearly as jarring as it could be. Beyond that, Immonen is one of the best artists drawing superhero books today, and this extra-sized issue puts that in display quite well. He really shines in the post-battle wedding scenes where he gets a chance to focus on characters instead of action.
The finale of the Millar/Hitch run ends with neither on the book completely, but I donât think that would have helped this mediocre, convoluted story since Millar still plotted it and Hitch is replaced by an artist very much his equal. Itâs a shame that this 16-issue run couldnât end with more of a bang, but it does have some rather good moments.