Lee County tourism brochure targets 1990 launches
The Lee County Tourism Council plans a 40 page four color booklet highlighting attractions such as Reagan Home Amboy Depot Museum Franklin Creek State Park and Old Settler’s Memorial Log Cabin. It will list events like Petunia Festival Sublette Toy Fair and Franklin Grove Harvest Festival and promote member businesses including campgrounds motels B and B inns crafts and antique shops. The brochure is expected in March or April with Tour Illinois ads in May reaching about one million papers. Lee County anticipates 6000 brochure requests last year and similar in 1990. Foster will remain president with Nicholson, Dinges, and Ortgiesen in officer roles.
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Telegraph
Lee County
LCTC
Pat Foster
Tour Illinois
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Foster
Blackhawk Hills
Thompson elected to presidency of IACO
Lee County Treasurer Sharon A. Thompson has been elected president of the Illinois Association of County Officials for a one year term. The conference in Chicago elected her to succeed Terry Desmond and she notes the 2000 member group will focus on legislation and education for county officials statewide.
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Telegraph
Lee
Sharon A. Thompson
Illinois Association of County Officials
IACO
Chicago
Terry Desmond
DeKalb
Thompson
Sangamon State University
Department of Revenue
Illinois County Treasurer’s Association
Lee County
ESDA Chief Speaks at Drill on Byron Station Radiation Leak
Dave Smith, chairman of ESDA field services, points to a map of areas labeled contaminated by a Byron Station radiation leak. He briefs at the Joint Public Information Center in ComEd's Dixon HQ as part of a full-scale emergency disaster plan drill.
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Dave Smith
The
Emergency Services & Disaster Agency
ESDA
Commonwealth Edison
Byron Station
Mark Sauer
Smith
Joint Public Information Center
ComEd
Dixon
Byron drill tests emergency plan at sixarea plants
Officials held a full scale drill with Byron Station and neighboring high schools to simulate sheltering and response to a nuclear accident. Twenty eight evaluators assessed actions while state and federal officials prepared for aftermath decisions at the ComEd Dixon center. A public meeting will summarize findings at Byron High School Saturday at 3 p.m.
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Terry Gilman
ComEd
Byron
Gilman
Byron High School
Dixon Mayor Seeks Campaign Structure After Announce
Dixon, in his second mayoral term and first re-election bid, pledged to stay active in governing Dixon. He backs current farm policy highlighting its export impact and vowed to secure services for farms including hospitals and paramedics. He announced from Dixon City Hall with wife Judy and son Luke, planning staff hires and a future full-time coordinator.
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Dixon
Dixon City Hall
Judy
Luke
Hillcrest hosts part of Hillcrest exercise drill
Forty five members of the Department of Nuclear Safety converged on Hillcrest as part of a two day drill near the Byron Nuclear Power Plant. Officials said the exercise tests local response and monitoring of radiation levels while noting safe background radiation and strong safety records at Byron.
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Hillcrest
Department of Nuclear Safety
Nuclear Safety Exeerses
Ogle County
John Helfrich
Byron
Steve Dunas
Rochelle
Freeport
Dixon
Dunas
DNS
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