Dixon Public Library Nonfiction Roundup Highlights Noted Authors
A list of new nonfiction and fiction titles at Dixon Public Library. Notable works include Shirley MacLaine on inner transformation, Martin Katalin's T-Factor Diet, Garrison Keillor’s life sketches, the divorce study Second Chances, Durand’s Stalag Luft III chronicle, and Antonia Fraser’s The Warrior Queen. Fiction selections feature Gaskin’s The Charmed Circle, Solomita’s A Twist of the Knife, Brookner’s Latecomers, and Roosevelt’s Murder in the Oval Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley MacLaine
Martin Katalin
Garrison Keillor
Lake Wobegon
America
Antonia Fraser
Boudica
Meir
Gandhi
Thatcher
Catherine Gaskin
Julia
Constance
Alex
Stephen Solomita
Stanley Moodrow
Manhattan
Johnny Katanos
Moodrow
Anita Brookner
Hartman
Fibich
Nazi Germany
Oval Office
Elliott Roosevelt
White House
Eleanor Roosevelt
Faith Christian Names March Student of the Month
Kristen Benson, daughter of Rev and Mrs Robin Benson of Kaneville, is honored as Faith Christian School Student of the Month for March. She maintains high academic standards in Bible, Physical Science, Spanish II, Geometry, World History, Sophomore English and Literature, and Home Economics, and participates in volleyball, basketball and softball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faith Christian School
Kristen Benson
Benson
Robin Benson
Kaneville
Faith Christian
Dixon High honors banquet speaker is Linda Giesen
Linda Giesen will speak at the 37th Annual Dixon High School Honor Banquet in the Dixon Masonic Temple at 6 30 p m Monday. She holds a BA in sociology from Southern Illinois University Carbondale and an MS. she teaches criminal justice at Sauk Valley Community College and previously worked for the Illinois Department of Corrections. The event honors freshmen through seniors with Superior Honor Roll status and top tenth percent seniors or department award recipients, sponsored by the Dixon branch AAUW and the Dixon Woman's Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Giesen
Dixon High School
Dixon Masonic Temple
Giesen
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Sauk Valley Community College
Illinois Department of Corrections
Dixon Branch
American Association of University Women
Dixon Woman’s Club
Unorthodox opening changes bridge declarer fate
James Jacoby discusses a rare one no trump opening that leads South to declarer with nine tricks. East passes with nine points and no five card suit, while West’s takeout double is avoided, altering the typical outcome. The piece notes strategic plays and references Jacoby books available from Pharos Books in 1989.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
West
East
Declarer
James Jacoby
Jacoby
Oswald Jacoby
Pharos Books
Newspaper Enterprise Ass
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Dixon Public Lie Library
DHS
Snyder Heating & Cooling, Inc
Ney
Ewe
Franklin Grove Rd
By James Jacoby
NORTH
Qor
Aes
Sonover
Connie Shoes
Conover Square
Oregon, Illinois
Weflora Dixon Woral Co
Delores E. Pitzer
Dixon
Barb Coppotelli
Barb
Body Toning Studio
S. Peoria Ave
Dixon, IL
Lee Allyn’s
Allyn
Mason Street
Polo
Illinois
Spurgeon
Peete
First St
Spurgeor
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