Skare Park golf plan faces referendum push in Rochelle
Rochelle residents challenge funding of the Skare Park Jamestown Hills nine hole golf course. Art Venator leads petitions demanding a public vote on $1.2 million in general obligation bonds and an eight cent per $100 tax increase starting 1990. The park district says surveys show support and yes, the board may bow to public pressure for a referendum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochelle
Skare Park
Art Venator
Venator
Flagg- Rochelle Community Park District Board
Jamestown Hills
Park District Board
James Moorhean
Park District
Lyle Kunde
Kunde
Thursday
Spring Lake Marina
Normh Share Heritage Preservation Association
Runde
Ohio schools set public hearing on tax levy increase plan
Public hearing is scheduled for December 20 at 7 p.m. to discuss a proposed tax levy increase for Ohio High School and Grade School. District 505 and District 17 adopted a tentative levy above 105 percent of last year’s extension, with expanded curricula and higher graduation requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
District 17
John Scherrer
Scherrer
Ohio High School
New NICCF Chapter to Support Bereaved Families in Rochelle
The Northern Illinois Chapter of Compassionate Friends led by Kathleen Espe will aid bereaved parents and siblings with friendship and support. The group’s first meeting runs 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at St. Patrick's Catholic Church Parish Center on Caron Road and Kelley Drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochelle
Nothern Illinois
Compassionate Friends
NICCF
Kathleen Espe
Espe
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Caron Road
Kelley Drive
Tourist council seeks Lee County helpers for 1989 drive
The Lee County Tourism Council aims to recruit 200 members from local businesses and chambers to boost travel and events in 1989. Plans include a brochure listing fairs, festivals, historic sites, campgrounds, and motels, distributed at welcome centers, historic sites, and chambers of commerce. Contacts are Inez Winn and Denise Ross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee County
Foster
Tourism Council
Chamber of Commerce
Illinois
New York
United States
John Nicholson
Inez Winn
Denise Ross
Reagan says peace path remains open after Gorbachev meeting
President Reagan spoke after a joint appearance with Mikhail Gorbachev and George H. W. Bush in New York, noting progress since the 1987 INF treaty signing. He described ongoing momentum toward peace, recalled their Geneva stroll photo, and defended U.S. defense spending while outlining steps toward arms reductions and continuation of aid to the Contras in Nicaragua.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gorbachev
Bush
Armenia
Reagan
Geneva
New York Harbor
Statue of Liberty
U.N
Press Corp
Toronto
Congress
Carter
Soviet Union
U.S
Europe
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jerry Pauser
Commonwealth Edison Company
Dixon Avenue
Seventh Street
Dixon
Keith Hinthorn
Bloomington
Hanthorn
Skare Golf
Louise Brass
Telegraph
Dixon Chamber of Commerce
Commerce Towers
Dixon Industrial Development Association
Ehrmann, Gehrbach and Beckman Law
KSB Hospital
Medical Arts Clinic
Quality Cleaning Service
First Health Care, Financial Resources Inc
Lindgren, Callihan and van Osdol Cpa
Tourism Group
Nicaragua
Vicki
Mary
Depot Street
Avanti’s
Salel
Concord Inn
New Hickory Grove
Rochelle, Il
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!