Community Meetings and Events Digest
Birdwatch at Lowell Park Nature Center at 9 am. Dixon Public Library hosts PBS Great Performances at 7 pm. Loyal Order of Moose meets at Dixon Moose Lodge 7 pm. Narcotics Anonymous gathers in Loveland at 7:20 pm. Adult Children of Alcoholics meet in Loveland at 7 pm. Welcome Wagon session in Loveland at 7 pm. Lioness Club meets at Brown Shingle 6 50 pm. AAUW Book Review group at Evelyn Street 1 pm. Rock River Grange card party at Masonic Temple 7 30 pm. Ladies Missionary Circle luncheon at home of Mar Valene Manus noon.
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Alanon
Loveland
Overeaters Anonymous
St. Paul Lutheran Church
S. Peoria Ave
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Dixon Moose Lodge
Euchure
Heritage Square
Mendota Community Hospital
Pankhurst Library
Amboy
Violet McWethy
Dixon Public Library
PBS
Loyal Order of Moose
Dixon
Lioness Club
Aauw Book Review Group
Evelyn Street
Rock River Grange
Masonic Temple
Ladies Missionary Circle
Church of God Abrahamic Faith
Marvalene Manus
Community event schedule for Jan 26 and 28
A string of local meetings and activities listed for Thursday January 26 including PIC at IVCC, DHS guidance and financial aid sessions, Red Cross bloodmobile at Franklin Center High School, Weight Control Clinic at KSB Hospital, Sweet Adelines at Sterling YMCA, Lee County Board of Commissioners at 1000 Washington Ave, adoption information at Congregational Church Rockford, ABWA Rock River Chapter, Golden Corral gathering, Bridge group at Senior Center, Dixon Moose Lodge suppers, Swinging Stars square dance in Rock Falls, OA meeting at KSB Hospital, and NIU Faculty Quintet at Stronghold by Ogle Arts Alliance. Event times span day into evening.
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Lee County Red Cross
Franklin Center High School
KSB Hospital
Sinnissippi
Sweet Adelines
Sterling Ymca
Lee County Board of Commissioners
Washington Ave
Bensenville Home Society
Game Congregational Church
Rockford
Rock River
Golden Corral
Turned tables on smoking after thirty years of anti tobacco push
In 1989 a retrospective looks at the 25th anniversary of the 1964 Surgeon General report on smoking. Smoking has declined from 40.6 percent in 1965 to 26.5 percent in 1986. Public policies restrict smoking in restaurants and workplaces. Local officials note rising awareness and business non smoking policies.
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Oker
Luther Terry
U.S
C. Everett Koop
Koop
The
American Cancer Society
Lee County
Richard Innis
Ogle County
Mike Williams
Lee County Health Administration
Innis
Mount Morris Community Unit
Leo Marshal
Raynor Manufacturing
Bill Wadsworth
Woods
Hesston Corp
Oregon
Bo Vanman
Manson
The Prega phone and its impact on unborn babies
The piece discusses a yellow three part device placed on a pregnant mother's abdomen to amplify voice to the unborn child. It claims ten thousand owners report reactions such as a baby's heart rate increase during ultrasound. It humorously imagines a dialogue between mother and child and riffs on future communication with infants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mommy
Ma Bell
MCI
Survey on sex life after marriage shocks readers
Landers catches reader mail from ages 17 to 93 with 52 percent male responses. Eighty two percent report sex after marriage less pleasurable and unfulfilled desires rise. Letters cite tired spouses, parenting, and booze as factors behind decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
San Francisco
Newark
West Palm Beach
Ann Landers survey exposes troubled sex lives across cities
An Ann Landers style column compiles reader letters from across North America detailing unhappy or complex sex lives in marriage. The notes reveal boredom, infidelity, mismatched expectations, and calls for counseling amid varied cultural and religious backgrounds.
ABWA Rock River meeting on Time Management module
The Rock River Chapter of the American Business Women's Association will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Golden Corral Family Steak House. Teddy Behrendt will present Time Management as the program. All members and guests are welcome. No dinner reservations needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock River
ABWA
American Business Woman's Association
Golden Corral Family
Teddy Behrendt
Phillips to speak in Rochelle at Open Bible Center
Rochelle author Phil Phillips author of Turmoil in the Toy Box speaks at Open Bible Christian Center at 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday. He has appeared on Phil Donahue Morton Downey Jr Sally Jessy Raphael and the 700 Club. Center is 22 miles west on Route 38.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Author Phillips
Rochelle
Open Bible Christian Center
Phil Phillips
Phil Donahue
Morton Downey, Jr
Sally Jessy Raphael
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Rock River Valley
Dixonelegraph
St. Lucy
NAIM
St. Mary's Church
Walton
Birdwatch
Lowell Park Nature Center
Narcotics Anonymous
PIC
DHS Guidance Department
Perpe
Bridge Group
Rock Falls
Ogle Arts Alliance
NIU
Stronghold
Dix
Patty Gluntz
Steph Gratt
Commonwealth Edison
Bob Mansen
Mansen
Surgeon General's Office
Annette Funicello
Wit
By Erma Bombeck
Landers
Ann Landers
Anonymous
Lawrence
Kan
Grand Rapids
Mich
Louisville
Ann
Waco
Tex
Calgary
Canada
Atlanta
Dickinson
N.D
Manhasset
Long Island
Los Angeles
Big Ox
San Antonio
Barstow
Calif
P.O
Chicago
Los Angeles Times Syndicate and Creators Syndicate
Swinging Stars
Swinging Stars Square Dance Club
Rock Fall
Tommy Manning
Donna Dodson
Franklin Center Pto
Franklin Grove
Franklin Center
St. Anne’s
St. Anne’s School
Father Callahan
IMSA
Madison School
Aurora
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
LuAnn Smith
Madison Junior High School
Division St
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