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Newspaper
Dixon Telegraph
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1989
Page
6
To list your event call 284 2222 ext 34 or write to the community calendar at Dixon Telegraph 113 S Peoria Ave Dixon IL 61021. Include event information four days before the date to be scheduled in the calendar.
A list of local group meetings and public services including Self Help for Mood Disorders at KSB dining room at 7 p.m. free blood pressure checks at KSB Hospital lobby noon to 2 p.m. and several support groups. Also notes Underwater Day at Memorial Pool 2 15 p.m. break and Woman's Aglow at YWCA 6 30 p.m. plus WIC pickup at Lee County Health Department 8 30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and farmer's market at Haymarket Square 7 a.m. to noon.
Pick-up and Amboy Jaycees discuss activities at the Amboy building from 9 to 10 30 a.m. Lee County Sheriff's Reserve meets at the Law Enforcement Center at 7 30 p.m. Nachusa Questers gather at Sylvia Burmeister's home at 6 p.m. Dixon Christian Singles meet at Immanuel Lutheran Church at 7 p.m.
Friday events include a fish and chicken fry at 318 Fourth Ave from 5 to 7 30 p m by the Floyd J Tilton Post VFW Ladies Auxiliary A bridge group gathers at Lee County Senior Center at 1 p m Dixon Moose Lodge serves dinners 5 to 8 Franklin Summer Harvest Fest runs noon to 10 p m at Fun Alley downtown
The 137th Illinois State Fair runs Aug 10 20 with Mud Volleyball Aug 13 and Smile Contest Aug 18 for ages 6 to 16. Bob Dylan performs Aug 19 at the Grandstand for 12 dollar tickets while acts include Alabama Judds and Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Activities include Dumb Dog Trick Contest Aug 20 and various motor events and truck pulls. Tickets available via Grandstand Ticket Office and Ticketmaster. discounts offered with Folgers or Citrus Hill proof of purchase.
The schedule lists Saturday activities including Memorial Pool diving and belly flop contest at 8:30 a.m. Overeaters Anonymous meeting in Classroom III on the fifth floor of KSB Hospital. Noah's Ark story hour in Loveland at 2:30 p.m. American Legion Post 497 pork chop barbecue at Franklin Grove Legion Hall from 4 to 6:36 p.m. Open Historic Log Cabin on Lincoln Statue Drive 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Franklin Grove Presbyterian Women serving kitchen and coffee at the Presbyterian Church at 8 a.m. Franklin Harvest Fest features Gardener's market at Kirchhofer's lot from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Cooking with apples contest at Franklin Grove Village Hall from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sauk Valley Community College announces pre registration and counseling services through Aug. 8 with regular registration on Aug. 16 and 17 and classes starting Aug. 21. Over 1,200 students have pre registered, with orientation sessions Aug. 9-10 and 14-15 for new students.
Readers request help on bladder control in elderly mothers and related comfort. Dr. Resnick notes common causes and treatments, including reversible factors, exercise, medication, or surgery, with products in drugstores and information packets from Simon Foundation and HIP. Other letters praise compliments and share humorous engrained anecdotes about Queen Elizabeth I and Ethel Barrymore, concluding with a chilling funeral mix-up tale and a counselor suggestion.
A digest lists the Nachusa Questers meeting at Sylvia Burmeister home with a 6 pm scramble dinner and program, Dixon Christian Singles at Immanuel Lutheran Church with Colleen Brechon speaking on travel, and a bus trip to the Big Band Bash in Davenport with details on schedule, entertainers, cost, and reservations by Aug 8. Franklin Grove Lions host chicken barbecue during Harvest Festival. Several local scholarship recipients named by Tri-County Opportunities Council. Kristine Bunt earns General Assembly Scholarship. 40/8 locomotive White Ghost wins Grand Promenade trophy. Choo Choo also wins. Ogle County 4-H royalty crowned at fair.
Polo schools begin Friday August 25 with bus pickup at regular time and 11 25 a m dismissal. Second attendance day August 28 runs 8 30 a m to normal closing. Kindergarten fifth and ninth grade students must have current physical exams on file. Transfer students need physical immunization records and birth certificates.
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