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Newspaper
Dixon Telegraph
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1990
Page
6
To list your event in the calendar call 284 2222 ext 241 or write to the Lifestyle section at Dixon Telegraph 113 S Peoria Ave Dixon IL 61021. To be included in the calendar, information should be four days before the event.
The Blackhawk Bridge Club holds a meeting on Thursday February 22 in Mount. Members gather to discuss upcoming games and club activities with plans for a social event and schedule updates.
Saturday events include Farm Toy Show at Forreston High School from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Illinois Valley Singles meet at Presbyterian Church at 7 p.m. Swinging Stars square dance at Rock Falls Building from 8 to 10 30 p.m. Monte Carlo Night at Dixon Elks Lodge from 6 to 10 p.m. Overeaters Anonymous meets in KSB Hospital on the fifth floor at 8 30 a.m. Dixon Public Library hosts Friends Bookstore 9 a.m. to noon and offers Children’s Story Hour.
Morris Senior Center hosts a Narcotics Anonymous meeting at 1 p.m. A bridge group for men and women meets at Lee County Senior Center at 1 p.m. in Loveland and surrounding area.
Sunday Feb 25 features a Winter Band Concert at DHS auditorium followed by two Sunday Afternoon events at St Luke's Church and Middleton's Magic. Other activities include Newman Breakfast Buffet open house from 7:30 to 12:30 and 9 to 1, Conservation Dept meeting in Loveland at 1:30, Sauk Valley Bridge Club at Sterling YWCA at 1, and Chapter AC-PEO Sisterhood meeting.
Home of Mary Mubarak hosts Beta Sigma Phi gathering at 1:30 p.m. with another meeting planned at 7:30 p.m. at the same address, 712 Washington.
On Tuesday February 27 various groups hold meetings at local venues. KSB Hospital hosts the Northern Illinois Mood Disorder Group at 7 p.m. United Methodist Women convene at First United Methodist Church parlor at 9 a.m. Rockford’s Second Congregational Church hosts Bensenville Home Society adoption information at 6 p.m. Lee County Senior Center offers tax help for elderly handicapped and low income from noon to 3 30. St Paul Lutheran Church hosts Overeaters Anonymous at 7 30. St Luke's Episcopal Church hosts TOPS at 5 45.
Editor Gail Beck notes CHD is the leading U.S. killer with over half a million deaths yearly. While diet matters, smoking, hypertension, obesity, inactivity, and genetics are key risk factors. Quitting smoking, regular BP checks, weight control, lipids testing, balanced diet, exercise, and stress reduction lower risk. not all CHD is preventable, but onset may be delayed through risk modification.
A reader questions parental personality gaps while a priest explains how opposing traits can complement. He notes marriages endure when couples grow in love, communicate, and share activities, even amid conflict, emphasizing that liking differs from loving as couples mature together.
A winter band concert starts at 3 p.m. Sunday at Dixon High School with the DHS Concert and Jazz bands reforming and no admission fee. Sauk and Blackhawk bridge clubs at Sterling YWCA share wins with multiple pairings. Amboy Alumni Basketball Game set for March 24 at Amboy High School, registration due March 12.
Franklin Grove Health Care Center will host a Teddy Bear Tea at 2 p.m. Sunday. Ted D. Bear will attend and guests are asked to bring teddy bears.
Dear Ann Landers counselor, the writer argues for inclusion of in laws in wills. After nursing a terminally ill mother and seeing the sister favored, the writer reveals lifelong rejection, quitting a job, no reimbursements, and final resolution by rejecting the mother at her death. The piece expresses deep resentment toward a self centered parent.
A collection of reader questions and responses features harsh remarks about Ann Landers, a note on a woman’s death and inheritance, a question about husbands and in laws, and a closing invitation to obtain a poetry and essay collection from Gems with payment details. The tone mirrors a syndicated advice column from the era.
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