Walnut Districts Weigh Consolidation Plan and ISBE Review
Walnut high and grade school districts 508 and 285 are examining consolidation. A letter to ISBE manager John Dees outlines criteria like population and identical boundaries, current financial strain, and potential benefits. If approved, plan may seek voter support by November 1990 with possible debt forgiveness and state aid for staff.
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Walnut
Illinois State Board of Education
ISBE
John Dees
Larry Eggleston
Walnut High
John Anderson
Anderson
Eggleston
Dees
Retailers report strong year ahead in Polo and Rochelle
Merchants in Polo expect a busy final week with shoppers returning, while Elaine Mount notes a very good year for local and out‑of‑town customers. The Stone House sees sales steady. Conour Shoes notes cold weather boosting boot sales. The Cat & The Fiddle reports hectic trade with liqueur chocolates and French treats selling well.
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Tle
Dye
Polo
Chamber
Elaine Mount
Mount
Stone House
Evelyn Bowman
Bowman
Rochelle
Steve Conour
Conour Shoes
Conour
Cat & the Fiddle
Stella Bauer
Lighted Christmas tree honors MIAs and POWs in Dixon park
A 12 foot live tree near Galena Avenue in John Dixon Park served as a remembrance of missing in action and POWs. About 35 veterans and families gathered for a 30 minute ceremony. Ninety eight red lights lit for Illinois Vietnam POWs and MIAs. one blue for Korean MIAs. one white for all WWII MIAs. Veterans spoke of pride, memory, and the need for political action to locate MIAs. Local officers and VietNow members recalled experiences and losses, urging continued remembrance and support.
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Galena Avenue
John Dixon Park
Rae Warning
Ashton Mia
LeRoy Schaneeberg
Illinois
Ed Mackh
S.T. Stanley
Dixon Veterans of Foreign Wars
VietNow
Rich Sanders
Vietnam
Rock River Valley
Joe Russian
Stillman Valley
al Loring
James Berry
Foursquare Church
Telegraph
Sanders
Jim James
Two Killed in Rochelle Train Collision
Rochelle couple John L. Vankirk and his wife Mary Ann died Saturday after the van they rode in was struck by a northbound Burlington Northern train near Steward. Vankirk, 57, failed to see the 42 mph train as the van crossed the tracks about a mile north of Steward, rolled and settled at an embankment bottom. They were not belted and were pronounced dead at the scene by the coroner.
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Telegraph
Rochelle
Steward
John L. Vankirk
Elva Road
Mary Ann
Burlington Northern
Vankirk
Lee County
Richard Schilling
Ogle County Senior Services Offers Senior Transport
Oregon based program provides transportation for residents 60 or handicapped. Call 1-800-541-5479 or 732-3252 to schedule bus rides or obtain community schedules. Buses serve Mount Morris Polo Forreston Leaf River Byron Stillman Valley Davis Junction Monroe Center Holcomb Baileyville Chana Kings Rochelle Creston. Local van service operates in Mount Morris Polo Oregon and Rochelle to meals and shopping with calls to Rochelle 562-5050 Mount Morris 734-6335 Polo 946-2411 or Oregon 732-3252. Urgent needs may be directed to Yellowbird Senior Center at 732-3252 or 1-800-541-5479.
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Oregon
Ogle County Senior Services
Mount Morris
Polo
Forreston
Leaf River
Byron
Stillman Valley
Davis Junction
Monroe Center
Holcomb
Baileyville
Chana
Kings
Rochelle
Creston
Call Rochelle
Yellowbird Senior Center
Byron Unit 1 sets new ComEd nuclear run record
Commonwealth Edison announces Byron Units 1 record for continuous operation surpassing Zion Unit 2. Byron Unit 1 reached 310 days of uninterrupted service on December 9, marking the company’s longest operating nuclear generating period in nearly 30 years of nuclear operations.
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Byron
Commonwealth Edison
Unit 1
ComEd
Zion Unit 2
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C.A. Maronich
James
United States
Japan
Hanoi Hilton
SBI Business Equipment Center
S. Peoria Ave
Dixon
Hardee's
U.S
Galena Ave
West
Everett Dixon, Ill
Hardees
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