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Newspaper
Dixon Telegraph
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1989
Page
6
Schedule of upcoming events in the Rock River Valley with submission details. To list an event, call 284 2222 ext 34 or write to the Dixon Telegraph community calendar at 113 S Peoria Ave Dixon IL 61021. Include event information four days before it occurs.
Dixon Evening Homemakers hold a picnic at 1414 Non in Oregon Park District at 6 p.m. Free blood pressure checks offered by KSB Hospital lobby noon to 2 p.m. TOPS meets at St. Luke's Episcopal Church 421 S Peoria Ave at 5 45 p.m. Family Support Group in KSB Hospital Classroom III fifth floor at 7 p.m. After Five Club dinner at Brown Shingle 6 30 to 8 30 p.m. Alanon meets Loveland at 8 p.m. Overeaters Anonymous meets St Paul Lutheran Church 421 S Peoria Ave at 7 30 p.m. Amboy Afternoon Extension scramble at St Patrick's Hall noon.
On Wednesday August 16 activities include Dixon Public Library free movie Beat the Heat at 1 30 p m Brandywine Inn luncheon at 12 30 p m Dixon Sterlining Christian Woman's Club Mount Morris Board of Education and Act I Community Theatre meetings at respective venues plus a full moon lunar eclipse walk at Nature Center. Social and support group meetings occur in Loveland including Narcotics Anonymous and Adult Children of Alcoholics in the evening from 7 30 p m onward.
Dixon Christian Singles meet at Immanuel Lutheran Church at 7 p.m. Palisades NARFE picnic at Old Mill Park noon to 3 p.m. Center Stage Dance Studio open house 12312 E First St 4 to 8 p.m. Lee Whiteside ADA meeting at CGH Medical Center 7 p.m. Dorothy Chapter 371 Dixon Masonic Lodge meeting 8 p.m. Dixon Moose Lodge serves supper 5 to 8 p.m. Cataract Center free vision screening at Senior Citizens Center 100 W Second St 12:30 to 4 p.m.
A Friday lineup lists the Lee County Senior Center bridge group meeting at 1 p.m. and the Freeport Area Singles dance at the Freeport Holiday Inn at 7 30 p.m. The item notes community social events for residents and visitors.
Saturday events include a Rock River Trail and Horseman Association trail ride and fun show at Franklin Creek State Park starting 2 p.m. Also on Saturday Overeaters Anonymous meets at KSB Hospital Classroom III at 8:30 a.m. Noahs Ark story hour occurs in Loveland at 2:30 p.m.
Bob Evans Farm at Route 35 Rio Grande Ohio opens daily April to October from 830 am to 5 pm. New programs include horse drawn buggy rides and evening hay rides with chuck wagon cookout. Visitors may hike, tour the farm museum, join free wagon tours, or pay small fees for horseback riding canoeing overnight trips and paddle and saddle. Special events run most weekends including the International Chicken Flying Meet May 20 and the Bob Evans Farm Festival in October featuring over 125 craftspeople.
The Savanna Palisades NARFE Chapter 604 holds a noon to 3 p.m. meeting and annual picnic Thursday at Old Mill Park. After lunch, updated reports on federal employees' needs and rights will be presented. All members and retirees invited. Vision screening at Freeport Memorial Hospital Friday at 12:30 to 4 p.m. in the Lee County Council on Aging. OD doctors Bailey and Lawless screen for acuity glaucoma and cataracts with guidance for further exams if needed. Freeport Singles hosts a Friday dance at the Freeport Holiday Inn from 8 p.m. to midnight with social hour 7:30 to 8 p.m. Members pay 3, non-members 4.
The Grant cabin on Busch farm near St. Louis County's Grant's Farm underwent full reconstruction and now anchors public tours. Visitors ride a trackless train from Grant Station through farm exhibits to the cabin and Clydesdale stalls, with free admission and reservations required.
The 40th annual Fall Tour of Historic Galena Homes runs September 23 and 24, 1989. Galena’s rich 19th century heritage includes the Nagle House, Grandview Guest House, Eagles Nest, Mother's Country Inn, the Harrison House, and the First Presbyterian Church. Tickets cost 9 for adults, 4 for students, with under 10 free, and shuttle buses will link homes, church, and parking areas. Proceeds support the First Presbyterian Church and Chamber of Commerce information lines provide contact numbers.
A senior couple vents their frustration over news bulletins breaking into beloved soap operas. They cite Days of Our Lives and General Hospital as part of their nightly routine and describe how a Peter Jennings bulletin on Chinese student executions disrupted a pivotal scene.
Readers vent anger over network anchor interruptions during daytime soap episodes. They accuse anchors like Tom Brokaw and Peter Jennings of breaking in with special reports, arguing bosses, not anchors, decide airtime. Call local stations to protest.
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