Ashton Girl Wins Lee Spelling Bee at Dixon High
Dara Phachantry, an eighth grade student from Ashton Middle School, won the 14th Annual Lee County Spelling Bee held at Dixon High School. Fourteen contestants from across the county competed, with Phachantry earning two trophies and a Britannica encyclopedia set. She will represent Lee County in the National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., late May.
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Dixon High School
Dara Phachantry
Lee County
Tom Wadsworth
Dara
Phachantry
Ashton Middle School
Washington, D.C
Shannon’ Ames
St. Anne’s School
Alyssa Knutson
Amboy Junior High
Toby Sanders
Madison Junior High
David Anderson, Jr
St. Mary
Anderson
Britannica
Bonnie Phachantry
Ashton
Dixon National Bank
Dixon Telegraph
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Merriam Webster
Random House
the World Almanac
Tom Brown
Lee County Schools
Joan Lemme
Joyce Gibson
Beverly Power
Debra Julifs
Jerry Pauser
Polo nursing home appeals fine over patient care allegations
Polo Continental Manor Nursing Home appeals charges of neglecting bed ridden patients. Administrator Dennis Grobe says they are in compliance and seek a hearing. State officials cite a January $5000 fine for Type A violations and a November survey finding床 patients not turned regularly. The facility holds a conditional license for six months and faces a lengthy hearing process.
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Polo
Polo Continental Manor
Department of Public Health
Dennis Grobe
Mary Heck
State Health Department
Heck
Health Department
Grobe
Share to distribute food through Steward Share Program
Cecile K. Bales coordinates Steward’s Share program with an April 22 distribution from 1 to 3 p.m. at Village Hall. The program lets anyone join community service work and receive food at a reduced rate, with two hours of monthly service earning about $35 worth of food for $12. March marks Steward’s first participation.
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Steward
Cecile K. Bales
Share In Steward
Judge finds Holomon guilty of robbery in Dixon
Lee County Circuit Court Jury found 39 year old William Holomon of Dixon guilty of robbing Adolfo Revollar on December 8 in a downtown Dixon alley after leaving a tavern. Holomon claimed Revollar paid him with two bank money orders totaling 150 dollars for cocaine, which Revollar denied.
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Holomon
Lee County Circuit Court
William Holomon
Dixon
Adolfo Revollar
Revollar
Rochelle to Combat EPA Fine in Pollution Dispute
Rochelle seeks to reduce a 25000 dollar EPA fine for wastewater plant compliance lapses. City officials plan negotiations with EPA lawyers, aiming to lower the flat penalty while continuing a multiyear, multi million dollar improvement project. Bond payments and potential rate increases threaten the department finances.
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Rochelle
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Mick Finn
Finn
Caron International Yarn Company
FDL Foods
Gail Loefgren
Dennis Hewitt
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Eles
American Medical Association
Illinois State Medical Society
Lee County Medical Society
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Erik and
Nathan
Jloarts Clinic
Physicians & Surgeons
1St Street
Dixon, Ilinois
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Chicago and Northwestern
McRoberts Crossing
North West Credit Union
Mount Morris
North West Illinois Credit Union
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Maxwell Graphics
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E. Main St
North West
Illinois Credit Union
Amboy
E. Main
Amboy, IL
CES
Ponderosa
Ponderosa, Inc
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