Postman Relives Jeopardy Fun In Three Day Run
Telegraph staff writer Dixon mailman Dan Bowman from Lost Nation won 23 802 dollars from a three day Jeopardy appearance aired on local TV. He traveled to California for the tapings and qualified after a Davenport area tryout last year. He recalls timing as crucial and says some topics he studied never came up.
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Telegraph
Dixon Mailman
Dan Bowman
Bowman
Lost Nation
California
Davenport
Iowa
Soviet Language Teacher Joins Siberia School Board
Nadia Naumenko, introduced by Charles Beckman, will teach Russian language and Soviet culture starting Feb. 1. She notes Soviet schools lack formal school boards and cites monthly parent, teacher, student evaluations. She adds Soviet and American practices include smoking areas and fines by police. Parent-teacher conferences for kindergartners are Feb. 15 and 16.
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Dickson
Siberia
Nadia Naumenko
Dixon/Dickson Sister Cities Committee
Charles Beckman
Naumenko
Accident disrupts Dixon long distance service and fibre optic cable
A tow truck driver left Route 2 near Grand Detour causing a pole to snap and a fibre optic line to break. Service to Centel customers in Dixon and surrounding areas was cut from 11 p.m. Wednesday until about 7 a.m. Thursday as Centel activated its fibre repair plan. Deputy tickets issued for DUI and leaving roadway. a passenger faced unlawful weapons charges. power disruption to ComEd customers occurred temporarily.
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Telegraph
Dixon
Richard Reuter
Grand Detour
Lee County Sheriff's Deputies
Reuter
Robert Smith
Tom Durband
Centel
Durband
Center
Commonwealth Edison
ComEd
Grand
Officer seeks access to impounded file in wire tap case
Lee County Circuit Judge Tomas Magdich will decide today whether to open a court impounded file that may reveal why Corporal Dennis Smith faced a court authorized wire tap last year. Smith and his attorney Jordan Gallagher seek inspection to assess if false information influenced the order. Local officials declined further comment and confirmed the file is sealed.
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Lee County
Tomas Magdich
Lee County Sheriff’s Department
Dennis Smith
Dixon
Smith
Jordan Gallagher
DeKalb
Gallagher
Magdich
Dan Fish
Fish
Tim Bivins
Lee County Sheriff's Department
North side Hardee’s closes in Dixon leaving questions
The north Dixon Hardee’s restaurant closed Sunday after 20 years. Dominion Investments plans to renew the lease only if it owns the building, which is owned by Batchelder Co. in Peoria. About nine staff moved to the south side store while others left. River-side Chevrolet-Cadillac Geo Inc. was rumored to consider buying the property in 1989.
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Telegraph
Mark Sauer
Dixon
North
Hardee’s
Jim Campbell
Dominion Investments
Everett Street
Dixon’s
North Side
Scott Hallbeck
Hudson, Wis
South Side
Hallbeck
Dominion
Batchelder Company
Peoria
Vicki Orr
Riverside Chevrolet-Cadillac Geo Inc
Chris Mullery
Riverside
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Patty Glant
He Ap
U.S
J. Humphreys
Hemlock Dixon, Ill
Best Western
Brandywine Lodge
Ssestaci
Rock River Valley
Paul
Phoenix Room
Chicken Paul
Amil
N. Side
Mary Ann Polascik, M.D
Joseph Elie
M.D
McNichols Clinic Ltd
S. Galena Ave
Dixon, Ill
KSB Hospital
East First Stree Dixon
Illinois
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