Local Meetings and Health Screening Schedule for Monday
American Legion Post 497 meets at Legion Hall 7 30 p m. Conservation Department meets in Loveland 1 30 p m. Ogle County Health Department hosts Adult Health Screening at Mount Morris Senior Center 8 30 to 11 30 a m. Oregon Planning Committee meets City Hall 7 p m. Oregon School Board meets in high school library 7 30 p m. Sauk Valley Bridge group gathers Sterling YWCA 6 50 p m. Lee County Housing Authority Board meets 1000 Washington Ave 4 45 p m.
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American Legion Post
Legion Hall
Conservation Department
Loveland
Ogle County Health Department
Mount Morris Senior Center
Oregon Planning Committee
Oregon School Board
Sauk Valley Bridge Group
Sterling Ywca
Lee County Housing Authority
Board of Commissioners
Washington Ave
Community notices and meetings scheduled for Tuesday
Lee County Red Cross hosts a blood drive at KC Hall from 1 to 6 p.m. Ogle County Board holds a courthouse meeting at 9 a.m. Overeaters Anonymous meets at St. Paul Lutheran Church at 421 S. Peoria Ave. at 7:30 p.m. Northwestern Home Health Care offers cholesterol and glucose testing at Yellow Bird Senior Center from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Alanon meets in Loveland at 8 p.m. TOPS meets at St. Luke's Episcopal Church at 5:45 p.m. Northern Ill. Mood Disorder Group meets at KSB Hospital at 7 p.m.
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Lee County Red Cross
KC Hall
Ogle
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
Northern Ill
Ksb Hospital
Personal Holiday Creations Shine in Small Spaces
An interior designer shares inventive budget friendly ideas for festive decor in tight spaces. A pine mirror garland, jewelry adorned trees, and tall papier mache flower sculptures show how color schemes and personal memories can create dramatic decor without floor use.
Community notices from Franklin Grove and nearby towns
Local groups announce meetings and events including American Legion Post 497 at 7 30 p m Monday at the Legion Hall. Dixon Woman's Club Garden Division meets 1 30 p m Monday at Loveland Community House with a Christmas program and carols and a Little Store item drive.
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Conservation Department Garden Division
Dixon Woman’s Club
Loveland Community House
The Customer Is Always Right Dear Bruce
A furniture dealer asks how far customer service should go and hears that service matters as far as necessary. Nordstrom’s legendary refunds and prompt delivery are cited as examples of exceptional service, while caution is given against a confrontational seller persona.
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Bruce
J.F
Bath
Maine
Nordstrom
Consignment car sales scheme questioned
A reader asks about consigning a car to dealers who take a commission and accept payments from buyers. The adviser warns this hides credit risk, suggests not to finance others, and recommends lowering the price for a quick cash sale without guarantees.
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J.F
Beltsville
Are Psychiatrists More Credible Than Chiropractors
Dear Dr Gott reply noting chiropractors cannot treat mental illness and that psychiatry’s credibility cannot be directly compared to spinal adjustment. It explains mental illness varies in severity from chronic psychosis to other forms and discusses cure rates with nuance.
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Dr. Gott
Understanding Mental Health Treatments and Cures
The passage contrasts extremes of mental illness from incapacitated patients in need of care to neurotic individuals who cope in society. It notes improvements from psychiatric intervention including tranquilizers mood stabilizers antidepressants and psychotherapy. It questions cure definitions and highlights the need for help from psychologists clergy and social workers.
Debating teen woes across generations in Dear Abby
A reader from Georgia contrasts today’s teens with those of the 1930s, asking blunt questions about parental divorce, suicide, ulcers, virginity, AIDS, guns, drugs, PCP, rehab, school security, and nightly gunfire. The column probes perceived differences in teen hardship and safety.
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Dear Ann Landers
Georgia
Ann Landers and Readers Compare Riches to Happiness
In a reader exchange from Indianapolis, Ann Landers cites a letter from Georgia about money and happiness, noting wealthy teens’ misery. The page also promotes Art Buchwald’s book Whose Rose Garden Is It Anyway at Putnam, priced $18.95, syndicated by Los Angeles Times and Creators Syndicate.
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Art Buchwald
Putnam
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American Legion Post 497
Conservation Dept
Hub City
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Tommy Russell
Oregon
Yellow Bird Center
Northwestern
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Washington St
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Housing Authority Board
Lee County Housing Authority Board of Commissioners
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Peter Gott
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Joyce Scheffler
Dixon Chapter
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Derek Hoyle
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