Grand Slam Baseball Cards opens in Rochelle
Ron and Theresa Priebe open Grand Slam Baseball Cards at 1201 Highway 251 South Rochelle midway between Dixon and DeKalb. The shop offers cards books plaques autographed photos and posters with a weekly Saturday bidding board for top card prices. Cards range from 25 cents to 1 dollar with future value uncertain and the couple plans future expansions.
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Ashton
Ron
Theresa Priebe
Dixon
DeKalb
Highway 251
Ron Priebe
United States
Korea
Hawaii
California
Kansas
Priebe
Johnny Unitas
Jim Brown
Joe Namath
Namath
Telegraph
Louise Brass
Ashby Named Centel Speaker of the Year in Dixon
Sharon Ashby, Centel's coordinator for Pekin Dixon and Galesburg, earned Centel's speaker of the year at a recent Arlington Heights banquet. She received a special award for enthusiasm and innovative programs. A Center employee since 1966, she volunteers with Adopt-A-School Junior Achievement Project Business and serves Dixon United Way, Dixon Chamber committees, and has been United Way board president.
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Ashby
Centel
Sharon Ashby
Pekin, Dixon and
Galesburg
Dixon
Arlington Heights
Ill
Center
Dixon Chamber of Commerce
Dixon ‘United Way Board of
Croegaert earns top sales honors in August
Gary Croegaert unit manager in Amboy for The Franklin Life Insurance Company Springfield has earned an Honorable Mention qualifier for Franklin Centurion Club based on August sales totals. President Howard C Humphrey noted his achievement as a national honor for the company's top sales associates.
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Gary Croegaert
Amboy
Franklin Life Insurance Company
Springfield
Franklin
Howard C. Humphrey
CLO
Humphrey
Croegaert
Franklin’s Centurion Club
Dollar up gold down on thin markets ahead of jobs data
The dollar rose in thin trading on major markets while gold fell. Traders waited for Friday’s U.S. November jobs report with forecasts showing unemployment edging up to about 5.4 percent from 5.3. The dollar in Tokyo closed at 143.68 yen, up 0.20, and edged lower in Singapore, flat in Hong Kong, and up in Frankfurt and Zurich.
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U.S
Labor Department
Tokyo
Asia
Singapore
Hong Kong
Europe
Frankfurt
Zurich
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Michael
Desiree
Adam
Chicago Tribune
Walter Payton
Topps
Herschel Walker
Jim Kelly
Jim McMahon
Walker
Rock River Valley
Dad
Love, Laurie
Mercy Health Care Professionals, Inc
E. 3Rd St
Sterling
Mercy
Dixon Radio Shack
Plaza North
Sterling Northland Mall
Peter
United Press International
Childrens and Girlswear Department
Carters
Oshkosh
Health-Tex
Buster Brown
Lee
Levi
Knitwaves
Amy Too
Weather Tamer
Barrel
London Fog
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