Second year after long absence Farmer's Picnic scores big
Telegraph staff writer Rochelle reports the 1989 Farmer's Picnic at Atwood Park from noon to 7 30 p.m. drew steady crowds for a family day. Organizers John Bearrows and Mayor Gail Loefgren highlighted revived local tradition with pork chops, free corn, pony rides, balloon rides, farm equipment displays, contests, and a tractor pull. 700 pork chops and 3 000 ears of corn were served. 250 balloon rides were taken. prizes came from Walker Shork, J D Kings, and A C McCartney Farm Equipment.
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Atwood Park
del Monte U.S.A
Bearrows
Gail Loefgren
Loefgren
Rochelle Area
Rochelle
David
Mary Lamp
RACC
Jean Tess
Tess
Ogle County
Carl Dillings
Walker-Shhork International, Inc
J.D. Kings
A.C. McCartney Farm Equipment Company
No strike for FDL workers in wage and benefit deal
About 400 unionized workers at FDL Foods voted by a 3 to 1 margin to accept a three year contract package. The agreement maintains a base pay of 9.25 dollars per hour while adding dental and optical benefits and increasing weekly sick pay from 175 to 200 dollars. Workers at the Dubuque Iowa plant approved the contract by a strong margin, with FDL stating they pay top wages in meat slaughtering.
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Rochelle
FDL Foods
United Food and Commercial Workers, Afl-Cio
Charles Naylor
Naylor
Dubuque
Iowa
FDL
IBP
Monfort-Swift
Excel Corporation
Burris wooed by Lee County Democrats at picnic
About 400 Democrats gathered in Lee County for the annual Democratic Family Picnic as Illinois State Comptroller Roland Burris urged unity in the attorney general race. Burris outlined environmental and crime-fighting priorities, emphasized upholding existing laws on abortion, and noted potential opposition to tighter abortion restrictions. He highlighted collaboration with agencies and local officials to combat drugs and pollution while courting ongoing party support and signaling potential candidate dynamics for the primary.
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Telegraph Stavi
AMBOY
Democratic Party
Lee County
Illinois
Roland Burris
Burris
IEPA
Lee
Whiteside
Lyndon LaRouche
U.S
Paul Simon
Neil Hartigan
Jerry Cosentino
Hartigan
Cosentino
Simon
Peg Breslin
Ottawa
Breslin
General Assembly
Carl
Schwerdtfeger
Minois
O’connell
Yogi Bear Jellystone Park
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Telegraph
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Rochelle Farmers
Rich Daugherty
Walder, Rhodes, Palen & Corken
Craig Harrison
Marty Eccles
Bob Shomaker
Tom Corken
Paul Ratner
Bill Palen
N. Galena Avenue
Dixon
Burris Woos Lee
Democrats
16Th Congressional District Central
Lynn Martin
James Dixon
Joyce Holmberg
Rockford
Richard Mulcahey
D-Durand
Martin
Sharon A. Thompson
Richard Mantino
Spring Valley
Bill Sarto
Elgin
Galena A
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Sterling
Brian Mueller Dixon
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