Polish woman hailed as hero for WWII rescue of Jewish boy
Anna Kossowska, then 17, aided Polish underground to save John Swirski from a Jewish ghetto, later taken to a concentration camp. In Dixon, officials from the American Jewish Council and Polish American Congress honored her, calling her actions heroic and describing the lasting bond between Polish and Jewish Americans.
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Telegraph
Jerry Pauser
Anna Kossowska
Dixon
David G. Roth
American Jewish Committee
Kazimierz Lukomski
Polish American Congress
George Szabad
Kossowska
Chicago
Szabad
John Swirski
Swirski
Sauk Valley Community College
David Roth
American Jewish Council
AJC
Board of Governors
Roth
Poland
Anna
America
Brandywine Inn
Dixon Developmental Center
U.S
Australia
Rochelle Council Accepts Bid for Collier Demolition
Rochelle City Council accepted a $23,000 bid from John Helfrich Trucking and Excavating to demolish the Collier Hotel on North Main Street. Work must finish within 30 days and the city will retain title to the property for potential downtown parking use. Other bids included Hardesty Excavating and Kessen Construction, plus related sessions on sewer work and bond transfers involving Jepson Corporation. The council set a special meeting for June 23 to discuss Bond transfer covenants and wage talks, and also approved several MFT funded projects and rate adjustments.
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Telegraph
Rochelle
Collier
North Main Street
John Helfrich
Hardesty
Hardesty Excavating
Chana
Kessen Construction Company
Kessen Construction
John
Skip’’ Kenney
Caron International
Jepson Corporation
Caron
Jepson
James S. Yerbie
William Kassul
Gail Loefgren
Stenstron Company of
Rockford
Sergeant Welsh Scientific Company
Skokie
Council
Seneca Petroleum of
Chicago
Rochelle Stone
Jones and
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
General Superintendent of Public Works
Jim Gross
Security force hired to patrol beer garden at Petunia Festival
Dixon Park Board hires 15 security guards plus four auxiliary deputies to patrol the beer garden during this year’s Petunia Festival. Two deputies will be on-site from opening to 10:30 p.m. each night. The board also extended July 4 park hours and received a $2,500 Adopt-a-Park donation from First Bank/Dixon to improve John Dixon Park with tree planting and playground upgrades.
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Petunia Festival
Lee County
Tim Bivins
Shomaker
Sheriff’s Department
Beer Garden
Park Board
Mike Venner
Venier
Dixon
Dave Greenwalt
Lowell Park
First Bank/Dixon
John Dixon Park
Dixon Park District
First Bank
Venner
Trial Continued in Beating Case Involving Elderly Man
Bennett expressed remorse for the event and fear for her son as she asked for the minimum sentence to stay young enough to rebuild life after prison. Fish argued for the maximum, describing the beating and stabbing of Duncan as brutal and fatal, with a foray left in the cold. Her attorney called for a new trial citing jury verdict inconsistencies.
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Bennett
Fish
Duncan
Rolfe Ehrmann
Hornsby
Ehrmann
Polo fest expands as Town & Country Days grows
Polo Town & Country Days expands again with events from Wednesday to Saturday. New bingo in the beer garden 7 to 10 p.m. Wednesday, carnival opens Thursday 5 p.m., band Chaser 7 p.m. to midnight, Kids Day Friday with reduced rides and Kiddie Parade, Junction band 7 p.m. to midnight, coed volleyball Saturday morning and a parade at 5 p.m. Polo’s King For A Day crowned Saturday.
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Kris Clothier
Clothier
Crenshaw Amusements
Loves Park
Beer Garden
Golden Bowl Lanes
Junction
Dixon trio injured in single vehicle crash on Maples Road
One of three people hurt in a Sunday crash remains hospitalized in good condition at KSB Hospital. The car left Maples Road northeast of Dixon, hit an embankment and tree, then split in half. Driver David Koch, 19, of Amboy, was released on Monday. Passenger Mark Van Weelden, 19, Dixon, stays hospitalized. Douglas North, 19, Dixon, was released after treatment. Koch cited for improper lane usage by Lee County deputies.
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KSB Hospital
Maples Road
Dixon
David Koch
Amboy
Koch
Mark van Weelden
Douglas North
Lee County
U S 20 bypass work starts June 19 near Rockford
Construction on the U S 20 bypass and Illinois Route 2 interchange near Rockford begins Monday June 19. The Route 2 northbound ramp to eastbound bypass 20 will be rebuilt with skid resistant bituminous material and remains open with flagmen directing traffic. Rock Road of Illinois Inc of Rockford is contractor. project cost 108803 dollars. completion is targeted for mid July.
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U.S. 20
Rockford
Illinois Department of Transportation
Rock Road of Illinois, Inc
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