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Newspaper
Dixon Telegraph
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1989
Page
6
Calendar of events in the Rock River Valley lists how to submit entries by calling 284 2222 ext 34 or mailing to Dixon Telegraph 113 S Peoria Ave Dixon IL 61021. Submissions should arrive four days before the event.
Thursday listings include Job Search workshop by Business Employment Skills Team at 353 W Everett St 9 am to 3 pm. Dixon Men’s Garden Club meets at Heritage Square 7 pm. Adults Caring for the Elderly ACE hosts 7 pm at Whiteside County Senior Center. Dixon Area Singles meet at Immanuel Lutheran 7 pm. PEO Sisterhood KM dinner at 93 Hennepin 5 30 pm. Sauk Valley CC Nature Preserve Slides in Room 2K2 7 pm. Annual Chili Supper at Lee Center Congregational Church 5 to 8 pm. Palmyra HEA unit meets at Norma Bales home 1 15 pm. Divorce Separated and Widowed Christian group listed.
Friday events include China Unit of Lee County Homemakers at Phyllis Willier's home at 1 p.m. Narcotics Anonymous meets in Loveland at 7:30 p.m. Dixon Moose Lodge serves suppers 5 to 8 p.m. DHS band hosts a spaghetti supper 5 to 7 p.m. Bridge group at the Senior Center at 12:30 p.m. Saturday lists Rock River VietNow meeting at Stony Point at 1 p.m.
Sunday January 15 the Sauk Valley Bridge Club gathers at the Sterling YWCA at 7. Participants learn and play duplicate bridge, with informal games and friendly competition among local players.
American Legion Post 497 holds a meeting at the Legion Hall at 7 30 p m. Oregon Park District schedules a downhill ski trip to Chestnut Mountain from 8 a m to 6 p m. A Nash Day event at Nash Rec Center runs 2 15 to 5 15 p m.
On Tuesday January 17, Dixon Moose Lodge Euchure hosts a 7 p.m. Tops meeting. St Luke's Episcopal Church holds a 5:45 p.m. Tops meeting, Loveland hosts Alanon at 8 p.m. St Paul Lutheran Church at 421 S Peoria Ave hosts Overeaters Anonymous at 7:30 p.m. Dixon ISEA Retirees No 202 meets at the Senior Citizens Center at 1:30 p.m. Lee County Red Cross bloodmobile operates at KSB Hospital from noon to 5:30 p.m.
Dixon's Jefferson School sent 12 of its students to contend in NBC News essay contest about Ronald Reagan. A three person NBC crew taped the essays, with 12 finalists chosen from 45 entries, honoring the president who grew up in Dixon.
A reader asks why spare time makes them feel worthless. The columnist compares this to workaholic thinking, explaining psychological guilt and the need to be doing something to feel like somebody, noting it’s a common but burdensome mindset.
The speaker reflects on Captain John Smith’s adage that work precedes food and links it to family upbringing. It explains how critical parenting and achievement focus create compulsive personalities, hindering retirement joy. It urges self friendship and inner peace, noting God’s presence throughout life.
A reader asks if her husband’s binge drinking and rising weight signal diabetes or alcoholism. Dr. Gott confirms diabetes with high blood sugar and urges dietary changes, possible Meds, and cessation of alcohol, plus medical follow up and a diabetes management plan. He notes complex medical issues and advises professional support from doctors and Alcoholics Anonymous.
A reader urged sympathy for overweight children and criticized a nurse for blaming obesity on the mother. Other letters praise cautious driving, advise calm under stress, and defend well behaved triplets against insensitive comments.
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