Supervisors Ease Liquor Rules and Name County Appointees
The Board of Supervisors approved a resolution simplifying liquor control law including a clause for revoking licenses unused for 60 days and discussed after hours sales. They accepted bids for gasoline for the sheriff’s office, noting potential monthly savings. Appointments were made to Civil Defense, Zoning Board, Tri County Council, Extension Service, Airport Board, and other county bodies. A county highway parking lot and nursing home parking were approved, with July 15 set for the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Ing
Whiteside County Nursing Home
Hospital Discharges From Community General Hospital
Persons discharged from Community General Hospital June 14 include Mrs L. Rodriguez, Mateo Barron, Charles E. Anderson, Mrs Gary Coers and daughter, Mrs Anna Shirley, Mrs John Freed and daughter, Kenneth White, Mrs W Roy Turner, and Mrs Carroll James and son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community General Hospital
Bes L. Rodriguez
Mateo Barron
Charles E. Anderson
Gary Coers
Anna 0. Shirley
John M. Freed
Kenneth D. White
W. Roy Turner
Carroll James
Supervisors Approve Lee County Board Reapportionment
The Lee County Board of Supervisors voted to reduce the board from 30 to 28 members and create four districts. The 18-10 decision came after seven minutes of debate with Chairman Dumphy abstaining and Vernon Gittings absent. Reapportionment must take effect by May 1, 1972, and an election will decide new board members. District I includes Palmyra Nelson Harmon Hamilton East Grove May Amboy Marion South Dixon and a new 18 Dixon Township precinct on the city’s southwest edge.
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Dixon
Lee County
Nelson
Harmon
Hamilton
East Grove
May
Amboy
Marion
Sauk Valley College Board Holds Line on Staffing
The Sauk Valley College board approved hiring a full time Law Enforcement instructor while rejecting two other full time posts due to financial strain. They tasked administration with a skeleton survival plan within 30 days and created an Office of Community Services and Public Information led by Ralph Gelander. The panel noted enrollment rising for fall with ISU recognizing junior standing for Sauk Valley graduates.
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Sauk Valley College Board
Ade Sored
Sauk College
Edward Sabolov
Sabel
Sabot
Administrative Services
Walter Clevenger
Clayton Schuneman
Schuneman
Dr. Sabol
Thomas Walter
Kenneth Reuter
William Reigel
Sabol
Ralph Gelander
Dr. Sabo
Gelander
Dean Barton
Illinois State University
Sauk Valley
Office of Admissions and Records
ISU
Catherine Perkins
Dixon City and Rural Fire Departments Consider Consolidation
Mayor Warren Walder of Dixon urged combining the city and rural fire departments. The city will decide within 60 days whether to stay in the 64 year old structure or move to new quarters possibly at the Commonwealth Edison plant, which could leave no room for a new fire station. Rural and city departments currently operate from different riverbanks. Walder aims to remove the pension fund barrier by seeking state legislation to allow merger.
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Dixon
Warren Walder
Walder
Commonwealth Edison
Rural
Rock River
General Assembly
Get Weeds Mowed To Eliminate Health Hazard
Sterling Police Chief Delbert Bradley urges property owners to mow weeds to reduce health hazards. The city ordinance allows mowing by the police department at owner expense, but cooperation saves money. He suggests yards be mowed every three weeks to curb rats snakes pollen and unsightly growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling
Delbert Bradley
Morrison High Board Accepts Three Resignations
Morrison High School board accepts three resignations and discusses staffing for 1971 72. The district considers two hires to cut costs as English vocal music and agriculture instructors depart. A roof replacement bid of 8200 from Reitzel Roofing Co. is approved along with a pool chlorine pump purchase and a folding classroom door. Four new members join the Agriculture Advisory Committee.
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Morrison High Board
Morrison
Morrison Community Gh School
Board of Education
Morrison High School
Victor Corder
Ee A Dramatics
Glen Ellyn High
Bard
James Liljegren
California
Robert Liehr
MCHS
Monay
Donald van Ormer
Reitzel Roofing Co. of
Sterling
Reitzel
Engineered Roofing Co
Bi-County
Agriculture Advisory Committee
Harvey Zuidema
Don Dykema
Jim Aggen
Norman Horack
Undercover Speaker Set for Sterling Coliseum Meeting
Author and lecturer David E. Gumner will discuss his undercover work exposing Communist influence at a Sterling Coliseum event on Monday June 21 at 8 p.m. The talk titled Revolution Underway covers his FBI and congressional subversion probes, with tickets $1 in advance $1.50 at door.
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David E. Gumner
Sterling Coliseum
Gumner
DuBois Club
Communist Party
Students For A Democratic Society
SDS
Trotskyite Socialist Workers Party
Young Socialist Alliance
FBI
Congress
Dave Gumner
Lee-Whiteside
Charles Reuter
Dixon
Darold Stephanson
Sterling
Ed Wagenecht
Morrison
Citizens Group Restores Athletics At Streator High
The SHS Board of Education reinstates athletics for the 1971-72 year after a citizens group raised 16000 to support the program. The group will sell season tickets and staff games, replacing teacher duties with volunteer ushers and ticket takers. Streator rejoins the North Central Illinois Conference, keeping Sterling and Rock Falls on the basketball and football schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Streator High School
SHS Board of Education
Board of Education
David Goerne
Edward X. Rashid
Citizen’s Committee
North Central Illinois Conference
Sterling
Rock Falls
Morrison Couple Licenses Issued At County Clerk Office
Marriage licenses were issued to Kent Eugene Connelly and Victoria Lynne Prentiss of Morrison, Terry Lee Schmidt of Milledgeville, and Jo Anne Stenson of Sterling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrison
County Clerk
Kent Eugene Connelly
Victoria Lynne Prentiss
Terry Lee Schmidt
Milledgeville
Jo Anne Stenson
Sterling
Referendum on repeal of firearms act favored by Senate panel
Illinois Senate Executive Committee narrowly approved a bill to set a statewide advisory referendum on repealing the Firearms Owners Registration Act. The measure, already passed by the House, would require a 2 percent petition to trigger the vote and would be nonbinding but shape legislative opinion. The call to unite gun law opponents stresses mobilization by gun clubs and sports groups statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Senate Executive Committee
Illinois House of Representatives
Senate
Robert Cherry
Chicago
Cherry
Negotiations Reach Impasse In Dixon
Dixon teachers notify the board of education that the 1971 1972 salary talks are at an impasse. Superintendent Stanley Weber asks State Superintendent Michael Bakalis for five mediators to help resolve the dispute. Weber cites money as the main issue and says mediation could fail, pushing fact finding to late July. More details expected at Wednesday’s board meeting.
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Dixon
Dixon Teachers Association
Board of Education
Stanley Weber
Weber
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Liehr
VanOrmer
Sterling High
van Ormer
Goral Brothers
Sabon
Terry Paul
Morri
Dave Gumaer
Citizens’ Group
Streator
Marie Lee
King Arthur Pub
Holiday Inn
E. Lincelnway
Goodsheing Int
Klocke
East
Lincoln Way
Associated Press
Michigan
Gazette
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Rock River Family Loan Corp
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