Parents: Don & Rosene Schielein
Marital Status: Married 11/28/92, w. Bernadine Kay (Bird)
Children: 4, Alyssa, 7/88, Ian 9/93, Dane 9/95, Joelle 6/97
Occupation: Self-employed - Grain Farmer '84-Present
Approx 900 acres split between Corn/Soybeans. Still farm
the home place in Chillicothe/Mossville. Moved to Dixon 2/85
College: SIU, Carbondale 82-84, Ag-Economics, left school in ‘84 to start farming
Professional Associations: President of Lee County Farm Bureau 1997-present, Legislative Chairman 1992-1997, served on various committees ‘85-’92
Supervisor of South Dixon Township 1991-present, appointed ‘91,
Currently serving 2nd 4 year term of office, Township Trustee
‘89-’91
Lee County Industrial Development Association 1994-present
Township Officials of Illinois 1989-present
Lee County Farmland Board of Review, appointed 1998
Rock River Local Partnership Council 1994-present
Social Associations: Knights of Columbus 1990-present
Dixon Noon Lions 1998-present
Church: St. Patrick’s Parish,
Jim— part-time organist,
Bird --- liturgy committee
Recreation: We enjoy camping, fishing and boating, especially now that the kids are getting a little older. Bird makes various crafts, floral arrangements, wall hangings, etc. Bike riding and Morel mushroom hunting in the spring are some other things we enjoy.
Here's the family picture:
Ian-Alyssa-Joelle-Bird-Jim-Dane
High School photo - (Yes, that’s right, I really DID have hair back then!!) High School
Larger (if you dare!) - 2K
Ian-Alyssa-Joelle-Dane
Larger Version - 11K
Jon McGhee wanted a story from my SIU days: One of my best memories of SIU was when my pledge class (I had joined Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity) went on skipout to Murray State University in Tennesee. Skipout is a required part of pledging where you visit another chapter of your national frat.
The other pic is to explain to all who are wondering how we got rid of all that beer.
That's a vaccuum hose attached to a plastic planter that ran under the door of the trailer. We made it down to Murray on a Saturaday in about 3 hours, played in a softball tournament, partied and made it back in time for class the next Monday.
This is the Kids latest Photo: Ian-5, Alyssa-10, Joelle-18mos & Dane- 3
There was 20 in my pledge class, plus about 20 more from the house, who piled in a livestock trailer with 2 kegs of beer, munchies, and various other forms of adult beverages and headed down to Murray State. We had covered the sides of the trailer with insulation so no one could see inside. We also had 2 chase cars to run interference in case any troopers decided to see why a livestock trailer had its sides all covered up. The first picture is of me and my pledge father inside the trailer.
