New Books at the Dixon Public Library
A roundup of recent titles across fiction and non fiction. Yogi It Aint Over by Yogi Berra offers baseball life anecdotes and encounters with legends. Doc The Rape of the Town of Lovell by Jack Olsen details crimes by a town physician. But Not a Drop to Drink by Steve Coffel reviews droughts and water quality. Day of the Cheetah by Dale Brown features AI in a Navy jet. The Education of Harriet Hatfield by May Sarton follows a Boston bookseller facing prejudice. Maze by Larry Collins centers on a telepathic sub sea race. Ritual by William Heffernan depicts a murder at a Toltec exhibit. Perry Mason in The Case of Too Many Murders by Thomas Chastain.
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DiMaggio
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Lovell
Jack Olsen
John Story
Wyoming
Steve Coffel
Dale Brown
Navy
Pat McLanahan
Harriet Hatfield
May Sarton
Harriet
Boston
Maze
Larry Collins
America
Russia
William Heffernan
Metropolitan Museum
NYPD
Perry Mason
Thomas Chastain
Lead from three small cards against slams
James Jacoby analyzes a bridge hand where South bids six spades and West opens a heart lead. East’s king on hearts and defensive misdefense give declarer access to ruff and discard rights, producing a successful slam, illustrating the danger of leading from three small cards against high-level contracts.
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James Jacoby
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West Seat
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Declarer
East
Lauts to Celebrate 25th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Gene J Lauts of Amboy mark their silver anniversary on July 25 recalling their July 25 1964 wedding at St Marys Church Polo. Attendants were Leon Full Amboy and Sharon Drew Dixon. They have a daughter Bernadine Willstead of Amboy and will celebrate with friends and family.
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Gene J. Lauts
Amboy
Eileen C. Dresden
St. Mary’s Church
Polo
Leon Full of
Sharon
Drew
Dixon
Lauts
Bernadine (Lauts) Willstead
Seniors honored at Tri-County picnic mark program's second year
Tri-County opportunities Council celebrated Senior Companions at Moose Park Mount Morris, acknowledging second year of service. Honorees included Erma Albright Thelma Crabtree Dixon Helen DeGeorge Amboy Marjorie Garman Polo and Alice Greenfield. Companions provide in home person to person support to Community Care program clients with no charge funded by Illinois Department on Aging.
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Tri-County Opportunities Council
Moose Park
Mount Morris
Tri-County
Erma Albright
Thelma Crabtree
Dixon
Helen DeGeorge
Amboy
Marjorie Garman
Polo
Alice Greenfield
Illinois Department On Aging
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