Rochelle School Board approves $115000 asbestos plan
Rochelle district acts on asbestos removal at two elementary schools costing 115000 this summer with 24100 postponed until 1990. Additional asbestos work at Lincoln and Tilton Schools totals 115100 and 100000 respectively. A new communicable disease policy, including AIDS, is approved with strict reviews and privacy safeguards.
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Rochelle
Board of Education
Lincoln School
Tilton School
Haskel Nutgrass
Illinois Department of Pubic Health
Nutgrass
Journal of the American Medical Association
Tom Gospodarczyk
Mount Morris loses bid for Illinois freedom bell marker
The Illinois Historical Society denied Mount Morris a historical marker for the town’s official state freedom bell, used since 1963 and designated as the state freedom bell in 1971. Village officials plan to appeal and seek other marker options. The bell rings annually on July 4 to honor the original 13 colonies and stars and stripes.
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Mount Morris
Illinois Freedom Bell
Illinois Historical Society
Let Freedom Ring Committee
Carr
Kablere
Philadelphia
Connecticut
Eric Hatch
Eric Sloane
Chicago Daily News
Clarence
Sandy"’ Sandstrom
Sandstrom
Legion
Kable Square
Rochelle board to vote on golf course referendum
The Flagg Rochelle Community Park District plans a 7:30 p.m. meeting at Spring Lake Marina to decide if a 1.2 million nine hole golf course at Skare Park will go to the April ballot under general obligation bonds. If approved taxes would rise eight cents per 100 assessed value.
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Spring Lake Marina
James Town Hills
Park District Board
James Morehead
Moonlight Bay set to change hands
Moonlight Bay Marina and Restaurant will change owners with closing date Feb 1. New owner Harlene Hammett plans to open the restaurant in April near Rock River past Sauk Valley Community College toward Sterling. She seeks permits and liquor license and will present plans to the Lee County Board on Jan 17.
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Moonlight Bay
Lee County Board
Harlene Hammett
Hammett
Rock River
Sauk Valley Community College
Sterling
Regional nature guardians lecture marks 25th anniversary
A joint Lee County and Whiteside County Natural Area Guardians meeting features a slide show at Sauk Valley Community College at 7 p.m. The program honors the Illinois Nature Preserves Commission 25th anniversary, presented by Bob Szafoni of the Illinois Department of Conservation for about 30 minutes. Lee County hosts Foley Land Prairie Temperance Hill Cemetery Prairie Bartlett Woods and Franklin Creek State Park. A Byron Mount Zion man, Albert G Nichols, 48, was arrested by the Ogle County Sheriff after a Commonwealth Edison search at Byron Station found a loaded gun and unlawful use of a weapon charge.
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Lee County
Whiteside County
Sauk Valley Community College
Illinois Nature Preserves Commission
Bob Szafoni
Illinois Department of Conservation
Foley Land
Temperance Hill Cemetery
Bartlett Woods
Franklin Creek State Park
Byron
Mount Zion
Ogle County
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Rockford
Thomas Williams
Williams and Rachey Associates, Inc
Illinois Department of Public Health
May School
Kathy Kasewicz
MM Bell
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Telegraph
Joyce Miller
Medical Arts Clinic
Spurgeor
Additiony
First St. Dixon, III
Spurgeon
Ole
Dan Fish
Public Building Commission
Charlie Dunphy
Lee County Nursing Home
Fish
Ed Conroy
Ron Conderman
Jack Truckenbrod
Dunphy
Sauk
Kroger
Worr BS
Kroger, i
Usda Ee
Holly Farms
California
Rte. 2
Freeport Road
S Grea
Salvation Army
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