Lawrence Park Pool Revival Sparks Community Debate
The Sterling Park District seeks public input on rehabilitating Lawrence Park Swimming Pool after a long planning history from 1970 to 1973. With Coloma withdrawing, Sterling holds 100 percent responsibility and may seek HUD matching funds while considering out-of-district fees and project scope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Park
Sterling-Coloma Park
Sterling - Coloma Park
Jim Grennan
James Blomberg
James Marx
Robert Ebersole
Kenneth Haag
Gordon McKee
Joseph Conneely
James McGee
James Arduini
HUD Park District
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
Whiteside County Regional Planning Commission
Northwest Council of Public Officials
Sterling Park District
W. Wilson King
Rock Falls
Coalition For Rural America
Adlai Stevenson III
Illinois
Park District
Chicago
HUD
Stevenson
Nixon
Coloma
Sterling - Coloma Park District Board of Commissioners
Coloma Park District
Lawrence Park Pool
Searing Park District
Granted Tenure On Faculty At Milton College
Milton College President Kenneth E. Smith announced that Peter B. Shaffer has received tenure as a faculty member in economics and business administration. Shaffer, a Sterling native, holds a B S from Miami University and an MBA from Illinois. he was Milton’s 1972-73 chair of the faculty and coaches the golf team. his rank will rise to assistant professor in September 1973.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton, Wis
Milton College
Kenneth E. Smith
Peter B. Shaffer
Sterling
Shaffer
Miami University
Oxford
University of Illinois
University of Wisconsin
Milton
Smith
Economics-Business Administration
June calendar of local meetings and reunions announced
Calendar notices list events from June 21 to July 3 including Mothers of World War II meeting at First United Methodist Anne x, Rock Falls High School class of 33 reunion at Jul's Danish Farm, Beck reunion at Sinnissippi Park, LWV board meeting at Mrs Roy Orris home, Whiteside County Kings Dters luncheon at Rock Falls Congregational Church with reservations by June 22, St Marys Altar and Rosary picnic, SHS class of 1983 reunion at Jul's Danish Farm, and National Catholic Society of Foresters picnic at Sinnissippi Park shelter with family and juvenile events and reservations details.
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First
United Methodist
Rock Falls
Jul
Danish Farm
Beck
Woodlawn
Sinnissippi Park
League of Women Voters
Roy Orris
Whiteside County
King’s
Rock Falls Congregational Church
Earl George
St. Mary’s
National Catholic Society of Foresters
Youngest Presidents Roosevelt and Kennedy
Theodore Roosevelt became the United States’ youngest president at age 42, followed by John F. Kennedy at age 43. The pair marked notable records in presidential history.
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Teddy Roosevelt
United States
John F. Kennedy
Sterling pool survey seeks resident opinions on renovations
A Sterling Township questionnaire asks residents to vote on pool plans at Lawrence Park Scheid Sinnissippi and a 50 meter Sinnissippi outdoor pool. It covers funding through federal grants revenues bonds or referendums and contemplates out of district fees and potential abandonment of Lawrence Park.
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Sterling Township
Lawrence Park
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Sterling Park District
Scheid Park
Sinnissippi Park
Sterling Two
P.O. Box
Sterling, IL
Ice Chiller Moved To Rec Center Area
Kinney Excavating Simpson Powelson Lumber and Faulkner Construction coordinated to move a 50 ton ice chiller pump and tower from Sinnissippi Park to behind the Sterling Park District Recreation Center. The equipment supports a 50 by 85 foot artificial ice rink near the Central Maintenance Building slated for completion this fall with rink installation planned by November 1. Public thanks issued to Kinney Marlin Kinney Jack Pickrel and Lou Faulkner for lending equipment and labor as a village service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinney Excavating Company
Simpson-Powelson Lumber Company
Faulkner Construction Company
Sinnissippi Park
Sterling Park District
Recreation Center
Park District
Sterling Park
Locust Street
Thomas Park
Franklin School
Sterling Park District Board of Commissioners
Publicalione
Marlin Kinney
The
Kinney Uemeting Company
Jack Pickrel
Simpson- Powelson Lumber Company
Lou Faulkner
Peneee
Illinois Trauma Center Network Expands to 39 Sites
Illinois now has 39 trauma centers with three more to be named and three Chicago area hospitals likely added. The program began statewide in July 1971 and aims to give rapid life saving care within 25 miles, coordinating with hospitals on emergency services, communications, and prehospital treatment to reduce delays.
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Joan Muraro Copley
Springfield
Ilinois
John Nance
Division of Emergency Medical Services and
Havey Safety
Department of Public Health
Chi
Nance
Emergence
Illinois
Laymen's Sunday Observed at St. John's Lutheran Church
St John's Lutheran marks Laymen's Sunday June 24 with 8:15 and 10:45 a.m. services featuring theme Her ald of the Highest. Liturgist John Hay, organist Ray Cornille, and vocal offering by Trudy Long highlight a program including Buxtehude Mendelssohn and Bach pieces. Acolytes, ushers, and volunteers coordinate the observance ending with a noon church lawn picnic and a July 1 Indochina appeal for Lutheran World Relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken Rahn
St. John’s Lutheran Church
John Hay
Ray Cornill
Buxtehude
Father
Mendelssohn
Bach
Trudy Long
Bob Baither
Lloyd Schott
Katherine Worth
Harvey Johnson
Ray Book
David Trueblood
Mark Smith
Diane Davis
Julie Garland
Leslie Smith
Jeff Aper
Russ Kraus
Scott Marsh
George Davis, Jr
Bud Halliday
Steve Halliday
William Dettman
Sterling Carter
St. John’s
Doris Smith
Doris Clark
Jan Morgan
Barb Penhollow
Indochina
Church Council of
Local psychologist Donald R. Doyle named in regional biographical volume
Dixon teaching psychologist Donald R. Doyle of Sterling at 306 W 9th St is selected for the 1972 73 edition of Personalities of the West and Midwest. Biographies come from nominations and copies are placed in the Library of Congress for reference across colleges and libraries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald R. Doyle
Midwest
W. 9Th St
Sterling
Dixon
West
Library of Congress
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Vern Johnson
Stanley Reeser
Noel Gillette
Glen Pohly
William Durham
William Saathoff
Sterling and Coloma Park District
Sterlin Park
Sterling Par District Board of Commissioners
Dept. of Seeng Sae
Lawrence Ark
Sterlin Township
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Tirana
Rocky Mountain
Maine
Omorgasbord
Vnrwivivy F.mm
Sterling M
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Sammy Jay Sos
Women of the Moose
Rec Center
St. John’s Lutheran
Vernus Johnson
Luther Cooperrider
Richard Hanson
Illinois Synod of the Lutheran Church In America
University Center
DeKalb
Verness Johnson
Leroy Thummel
Wesley Broers
Tameet
Broers
Hallmark
Guzzardo’s
McCaslin’s Bakery
W. 3Rd St
Bosa’s
L Reg
U.S. Pat
LS Dairy Queer Brazier
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Am, D. Q. Corp
Jcpenney
Northland Mall
Washington
George Washington
the Chateau
3Rd St
Millie Beatty
Mgr
Tony & Lee Ancona
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