Dixon Park District Wins Grant for Historic Park Study
The Dixon Park District will undertake a $10,800 historically focused survey of seven Dixon parks with $5,400 from the Illinois State Historic Preservation Fund matched by in kind work from landscape architect Dean Sheaffer. The study will document original designs by Ossian Cole Simonds and successors, identify elements like Haymarket Square’s amphitheater concept, and may lead to restoration or historic registry inclusion for parks such as Lowell Howell Page John Dixon Haymarket and others along the riverfront.
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Dixon Park District
Illinois State Historic Preservation Fund
Dean Sheaffer
Mike Venner
Dixon Park District Board of Commissioners
Sheaffer
Dixon
Ossian Cole
O.C
Haymarket Square
Venner
Lowell Park
Howell Park
Page Park
President’s Park
John Dixon Park
Illinois Central Railroad
Saturday classes eyed for struggling Forrestville Valley students
In Ogle County Forrestville Valley School District notices will invite failing students to attend five hour Saturday sessions starting mid January. Superintendent Ted Gupinski says the plan aims to motivate students who do not participate or complete assignments. The district formed July 1 1989 from a merger of Leaf River and German Valley Baileyville Forreston districts.
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Ogle County
Forrestville Valley
Ted Gupinski
Leaf River
German Valley
Baileyville
Forreston
Reinstatement and fines tied to new landscape dumping rules
The council outlined a 30 day waiting period for reinstatement of dumping privileges with final say by Bridgeman. Immediate termination for gross violations. State EPA fines up to 500 per bag if landfill waste is deposited after June 30. Bridgeman cautioned on unknown program costs and no charges for a year to gauge costs. The Dixon Plan Commission was asked to rezone Third Street and Hennepin Avenue to B 2 for a courthouse parking lot with a variance for parking within five feet of the lot line. An ordinance denying parking on North Brinton Avenue from North Court to the Dixon Correctional Center was filed.
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Bridgeman
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Dixon City Plan Commission
Lee County Board
Third Street
Hennepin Avenue
North Brinton Avenue
North Court
Dixon Correctional Center
New Year's Baby at KSB Hospital: Christopher Lee Born
Sherri James gave birth to Christopher Lee at 12 15 a.m. January 1 weighing 6 pounds 15 ounces and measuring 19 inches. The baby, named for a great grandfather, is the first child of Sherri and Jim. Doctor Kyu Jin Cho has delivered four New Year’s Babies. The family plans to go home to Grand Detour today and will receive gifts from about 24 local merchants.
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Sherri James
Christopher Lee
KSB Hospital
Christopher
Sherri
Jim
Kyu Jin Cho
Cho
Byron plant to face tax board in Byron hearing
Ogle County Board of Review will hold a Friday hearing to decide if Commonwealth Edison Byron Station nuclear plant is properly assessed for taxes. The outcome will prompt an appeal, with Byron schools and ComEd presenting evidence on why the $533 million assessment differs from Miller’s $643 million figure.
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Telegraph
Byron
Ogle County
Board of Review
Byron Board of Education
Commonwealth Edison
ComEd
Chicago
Martin Miller
Miller
German Church Road
Supervisor of Assessments
Jim Harrison
ConEd
Byron Schools
Harrison
State
Bill Young
Elliot
County Board Room
No decision on treatment plant in Amboy council meeting
Amboy city council tabled action on building a water treatment plant at the new tower and well. City engineer Bernie Klingenberg urged timely design by March for completion before year end. Tests show high iron and manganese levels. the city bid $283,000 for the tower from EBI Na-Co Plainsfield Illinois, funded in part by a $350,000 CDAP grant extending to December.
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Telegraph
Amboy
Bernie Klingenberg
Klingenberg
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Ken McCracken
Dixon man sentenced to 12 years for cocaine possession with intent
Ralph Beauchamp 22 was convicted in Lee County Circuit Court for possession of cocaine with intent to deliver and given a 12 year term in the Illinois Department of Corrections. A 3 year sentence for illegal possession of cocaine followed. Beauchamp did not testify at a prior October trial due to a lengthy criminal history.
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Dixon
Illinois Department of Corrections
Ralph Beauchamp
Lee County
Thomas Hornsby
Beauchamp
Chestnut Ave
David Mandigoc
Municipal bonds offer tax advantages and varying yields
Municipal bonds attract investors with tax exemption and competitive returns. Tax rules vary by issue date and type, with pre August 8, 1986 bonds fully tax exempt, AMT bonds yielding more, and post date bonds subject to AMT or fully taxable depending on use such as stadiums or transit. Individual bonds start at 5,000 dollars, diversification advised, but after market liquidity may be limited.
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Treasury
Congress
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Dekalb
Ilinos
Neil B. Levin, D.P.M
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Depoister & Associates Financial Resources Advisory, Inc
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