Oregon craft fair set to start
Oregon organizers expect nearly 1000 people to attend the Third Annual Hometown Days craft fair at the Coliseum this Saturday and Sunday. Forty four booths, up from last year, offer crafts clothing and baked goods from local exhibitors. Admission is free with door prize draws and a Saint Marys Bazaar adjacent Saturday.
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Oregon
Oregon Coliseum
Donna Mann
Saint Mary’s Catholic Church
Mann
Ogle County
Fourth St
Treii's Jewelry Wins Dixon Window Decorating Contest
Treii's Jewelry wins first in a Christmas window contest sponsored by the Dixon Commercial Progress Association. Calico Goose takes second and Pilgrim Book and Bible third. Prizes of 100, 75, and 25 dollars come from Dixon National Bank and First Bank/Dixon, with Treii's staff Eric Brantley Vicky Turner and Vicky Lee pictured beside the display designed by Linda Brantley.
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Treii’s
Dixon Commercial Progress Association
Calico Goose
Pilgrim Book and Bible
Dixon National Bank and
First Bank
Dixon
Treii
Eric Brantley
Vicky Turner
Vicky Lee
Linda Brantley
Benson wins SVCC top honors in honors program
D Robin Benson Jr. of Franklin Grove won the Sauk Valley Community College SVCC Foundation Scholarship worth 400 plus a merit certificate for his project on French regulatory content of Quebec radio. He holds 76 credits and a 3.77 GPA and aims for diplomacy or international trade.
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Quebec
Sauk Valley Community College
Franklin Grove
D. Robin Benson Jr
Robin Sr
Judy Benson
Svcc Foundation
Foundation
Stanley Weber
Dorothy Tyler
Tyler
Benson
Competiton
Dale Heuck
Lucas Como
Kirk
Kurt Kringelis
Dixon
Becky Boddiger
Meg Kness
Polo
Sally Sinclair
Ryan Conner
Phil Beelendorf
Jamison Hill
Sterling
Sabrina Rodriguez
Mathew Green
Rock Falls
Michelle Reisenbigler
Kathleen Ellicott
Morrison
Dixon Library wins state award for summer reading program
The Dixon Public Library's Children's Department earned the Illinois Library Association prize for the best summer reading program for populations between 15,000 and 25,000. The six week Devour a Book scrapbooked program by Gloria Richardson impressed judges and marked the department’s second such honor after 1986. About 400 children joined reading activities, meals themed segments, rover programs, pizza party and a soup demo. library staff including Richardson and Dorothy Schumacher led the effort and a rocking chair will be awarded at the ILA convention in April.
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Dixon Public Library
Illinois Library Association
ILA
Gloria Richardson
Children’s Department
Nancy Gillfillan
Gillfillan
Domino’s Pizza
Richardson
Dorothy Schumacher
Gladys Toppert
Lynn Roe
Lori Craft
Helen Stouffer
Carl Chidley
Downtown Dixon candlelight walk tonight with carolers
The Dixon Commercial Progress Association hosts a downtown candlelight Christmas walk from 6 to 9 p.m. Tonight streets will glow with luminaries and shoppers hear carolers. Santa arrives 4 to 9 p.m. in his hut and a live nativity scene is at 81 S. Hennepin Avenue parking lot.
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Dixon Commercial Progress Association
Santa Claus
S. Hennepin Avenue
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Patty Gluntz
Telegraaph
Jerry
SVCC
Robin Benson, Jr
Heuck
Confucius
Sauk
Dixon Library
AL J-Bonn
P.O. Box
Dixon, IL
Hazel M. Lenox
Preston-Schilling Funeral Home
Darrell Sample
1St United Methodist Church
Palmyra Cemetery
Preston-Schilling Funeral Homes, Ltd
Tale Maelorb Vy
Prescott
Northland Mall
SBM
Obi
SBM Business Equipment Center
A. Br
Locust St. Sterling
Peoria Dixon
Sterling — Dixon
Best Western
Concord Inn
Illinois
Rochelle
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