Dixon High student recalls Sweden Rotary year abroad
Chrysti Nelson, 17, returned from a year in Svedala Sweden as a Rotary exchange student. She visited Austria, East and West Berlin, France, Denmark and Austria and attended a Malmo school. Nelson enjoyed language learning, a skiing trip, and the host family, while looking forward to her senior year at Dixon High.
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France
Dixon High School
Nelson
Paul
Inga Alfons
Svedala
Sweden
Dixon
Katrina
Daniel
Alexandra
Southern Illinois
Malmo
United States
East
West Berlin
Jim
Linda Nelson
Dixon Rotary Club
Thompson signs pay pension hike bill in Illinois
Gov. James R. Thompson approved a bill boosting pay for most legislators by 6,000 and expanding pension benefits for constitutional officers. The measure increases legislative office allowances, adds four leadership posts, and retroactively applies to January. Approximately 50 of 59 senators and 90 of 118 House members gain raises.
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Csn
James R. Thompson
Wisconsin
House
Senate
General Assembly
Thompson
Mary Frances Fagan
Rochelle council to introduce $22.3 million budget for 1989 1990
Rochelle city council will introduce an appropriations ordinance of 22.3 million dollars for the May 1, 1989 to April 30, 1990 fiscal year. Several department budgets rise while airport expansion and utility costs drive overall increases, with a proposed five percent wage raise for many city employees.
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Rochelle
Kenney
Department of Public Health and Safety
William Kassul
Gail Loefgren
Electric Department
Loefgren
Frank Bemis
Weiser case ends with no changes in ruling
Former Lee County deputy Carol Weiser, fired for neglect of duties and feigning sickness, loses appeal. Judge John Rapp affirms the Lee County Sheriff's Merit Commission decision, upholding her dismissal from September 1988 after an alleged 1987 incident. Sheriff Tim Bivins notes the evidence supports the commission.
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Carol Weiser
Lee County
John Rapp
15Th Judicial District
Lee County Sheriff's Merit Commission
Merit Commission
Weiser
Tim Bivins
Bivins
Rapp
Oregon council to vote on vacation cabins plan
Oregon City Council faces a Monday decision on the Planning Commission’s recommendation to rezone Bill Messenger’s River Road lot from residential to commercial for 10 to 12 vacation cabins. If approved, construction could start immediately with two to four cabins ready by autumn, marketed for Autumn on Parade and upcoming seasons.
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River Road
Planning Commission
Bill Messenger
Messenger
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Jim Barnes
Bill
Margarite Messenger
Margaruite
Franklin Center girl in Japan exchange
Misti Logan a 13 year old Franklin Grove 4-H member is chosen as one of 16 Illinois 4-Hers to visit Japan for the LABO exchange this summer. She departs Tuesday for one month staying with Yo and Keiko Yamazaki near Ut sunomiya about 35 miles northeast of Tokyo. Logan will celebrate her 14th birthday August 9 while abroad and returns August 15 to begin as a freshman at Franklin Center High School.
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Misti Logan
Franklin Grove
Illinois
Japan
Language Laboratory
LABO
Logan
Keiko Yamazaki
Tokyo
Utsunomiya
Mai
Ayako
Franklin Center High School
Grove-Go-Getters
Robert and
Diane Logan
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Lee County Extension
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Lee County 4-H Federation
Lee County Homemakers Extension
Mason & Green
Polo, Ill
Franzen Brothers Circus
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Polo Chamber of Commerce
Polo Credit Union Kidswear Mount Plumbing Plaza
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