Weekend Community Activities Preview
Saturday events include St Luke's Concert Series at 7 p.m. at St Luke's Episcopal Church. Also on Saturday are Overeaters Anonymous at KSB Hospital Classroom III at 8:30 a.m. Franklin Grove Library hosts a story hour at 9:30 a.m. Dixon Library offers Children’s Story Hour from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. and an exhibit by Ed Beatty at 7 p.m. Rochelle Woman's Aglow Fellowship hosts a dinner meeting.
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St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
Overeaters Anonymous
KSB Hospital
Franklin Grove Public Library
Dixon Public Library
Ed Beatty
Rochelle Woman's Aglow Fellowship
The
Sauk Valley Bridge Club Meeting Evening At Sterling YWCA
The Sauk Valley Bridge Club meets at the Sterling YWCA at 6:50 p.m. A guest speaker appears in the Garden Room of the Hickory Grove Civic Center at 6 p.m. for a separate event.
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Hickory Grove Civic Center
Sauk Valley Bridge Club
Sterling Ywca
Fiochelle
Rochelle
Rochelle Women’s Aglow Fellowship
Elizabeth Austin
Betty
Joyce
Leta Thome
Ed Cummings
Sterling
Mimi Swanson
Dick Gibons
Princeton
Rosy Kittler
Fred Dinkelman
Bernie Sexton
Cookie Carrino
Community meetings and blood drive clash in Jan schedule
On Tuesday January 9 the Lee County Red Cross will host a bloodmobile at the Paw Paw Community Building from 1 30 to 6 30 p m The Northern Illinois Mood Disorder Group will meet at KSB Hospital at 7 p m Overeaters Anonymous will gather at St Paul Lutheran Church at 7 30 p m TOPS meets at St Luke's Episcopal Church at 5 45 p m Al Anon meets in Loveland at 8 p m.
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Lee County Red Cross
Paw Paw
Northern Illinois
KSB Hospital
St. Paul Lutheran Church
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
Alanon
Loveland
Help for Drug Abusers From a Dear Ann Letter
A reader argues addicts lose control and cites Leary's view on freedom of choice. The answer suggests calling hotlines such as 1-800-ALCOHOL and 1-800-662-HELP, with a Spanish option at 1-800-66AYUDA, to seek assistance.
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Ann Landers
Timothy Leary
Alabama
America
Leary
C.G.C
Ann Landers column questions grief and gown gift rudeness
Dear Ann Landers offers sympathy on shrine rooms after a loved one dies and notes grief varies by person. A reader from California vents over not being invited after loaning a wedding gown, while a Oregon caller asks who held a record for nonstop talking and learns Wayne Morse spoke 22 hours 26 minutes in 1953.
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Ann Landers
Mr. Realist
Illinois
Realist
Buster
California
J.R
Portland
Ore
U.S. Senate
Wayne Morse
Tidelands
Static electricity in winter how to tame the charge
A Boston Children's Museum expert explains static electricity thrives in dry air and friction and cannot be eliminated. The piece covers fabrics that spark, and consumer fixes including humidifiers fabric softeners anti static sprays and natural fiber choices plus tips from industry figures and experts.
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Bernie Zubrowski
Children’s Museum
Boston
Nylon
Orion
du Pont
Norma Fulture
Olga
Antron III
Fulture
Nish
Los Angeles
Fashion Institute of Technology
Pete Smith
Lisa Posey
Saks Fifth Avenue
Posey
The Scented World We Live In
A humorous riff on pervasive perfumes and scented products shaping daily life. The narrator vents about magazine scent strips and shopping ads triggering allergic headaches while imagining a world dominated by odor. It ends with a playful image of a paper cut on the ear during a scented moment.
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Elizabeth Taylor
Gulf of
Moscow
New American Theater adds Behind Closed Doors talks
NAT launches a monthly Behind Closed Doors talk-back after Friday performances starting with The Boys Next Door on Jan 12. The session features NAT staff explaining sets props lighting and sound and answering audience questions. Remaining shows Our Town March 2 Wenceslas Square April 13.
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Rockford
New American Theater
Nat
J.R. Sullivan
Our Town
Wenceslas Square
Franklin Grove Library Story Hour Planned for Saturday
The Franklin Grove Public Library schedules a story hour at 9 30 a m on Saturday January 6. Children from three through six grade are invited. The free program features stories movies and crafts and is co sponsored by the Franklin Grove Woman s Club and the library board of trustees.
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Franklin Grove
Franklin Grove Public Library
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Mexico
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