Huffman Oil adds 24 hour store, canopies work under way
Telegraph photos by Jack Skrogstad show workers installing one of 30 canopy lights above the Huffman Oil Co. pumps on Galena Avenue as a major upgrade proceeds. Owner Graham Huffman says the 24 hour convenience store opening is planned for the second or third week in April, with delivery delays pushing the date back slightly.
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Jack Skrogstad
Huffman Oil Co
Galena Avenue
Graham Huffman
Art Institute reopens flag exhibit amid protest
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago announced the exhibit would reopen with restricted viewing after about 60 veterans protested outside. Five veterans groups and one student filed suit seeking an order to remove the flag or limit access to prevent desecration concerns while ensuring safety and First Amendment rights. The exhibit opened February 17 titled What is the Proper Way to Display the American Flag, with a floor flag, coffins draped flags, and a ledger for responses.
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Chicago
UPI
School of Art Institute of Chicago
American Civil Libertities Union
Harold Washington
Cook County
Joseph Morris
The
Mid-American Legal Foundation
Veterans’ Coalition
Morris
Art Institute of Chicago
School of Art Institute
Scott Tyler
Unicorn to stage free Cuckoo's Nest at Dixon Theatre
Unicorn Theatre will present a free performance of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest on March 9 at the Dixon Theatre after a vent failure caused pigeon droppings to spill into the venue. Volunteers will clean the theater with masks and vacuums, while officials inspect and repair a wooden vent. Brent Young directs the production in his debut, with a 7:30 p.m. start.
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Unicorn Theatre
Cuckoo’s Nest
Dixon Theatre
Unicorn
Betty Bloemker
Paul Harvey
Bloemker
Dixon Building
Gregg Hubbell
Robert Bloemker
Cuckoo's Nest
Brent Young
Young
Oregon couple acquitted in Rochelle BMX track case
Marilyn Dakis was found not guilty of four counts of theft by deception in Ogle County after a three day bench trial. Prosecutors presented 20 witnesses and 200 documents alleging a scheme to defraud businesses connected to an indoor BMX track in 1985. George Dakis remains at large with a $150,000 bond and an FBI fugitive warrant.
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Oregon
California
Rochelle Area
Ogle County
Alan W. Cargerman
Marilyn Dakis
George
Dakises
Dennis Schumacher
Frank Giamapoli
Aurora
Dakis
Schumacher
George Dakis
FBI
Dixon Sister Cities OK for Tashkent Conference Trip
The Dixon Sister Cities Committee has official authorization to attend a conference in Tashkent Russia from May 27 to June 4. Participants include Dixon Mayor James Dixon his wife Judy Glenna Beckman and her husband Charles plus the Dixon chair. The group plans to sponsor three visitors from Dickson Siberia in 1991 and will bring gifts such as a heart peace quilt pins and bookmarks. A fundraiser in April or early May is planned to cover trip expenses.
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Dixon Sister Cities Committee
Tashkent
Russia
Dixon
Glenna Beckman
James Dixon
Judy
Beckman
Charles
Dickson
Siberia
Madison School
Kartamyshev
Verna Slain
Soviet Union
Herritage Square
Sauk Valley Community College
Dixon-Dickson
Illinois budget salvo boosts education funding and adds state projects
The plan increases education funding with about $3 billion for grade and high schools and $1.5 billion for colleges, though Thompson says requests justify more without an income tax hike. The budget also calls for expanded addiction services, CHIP coverage for about 3,800, child welfare grants, a Moscow trade office, and 39 expanded or new recreation sites. Prison expansions, youth centers upgrades, $92 million for psychiatric patient moves, 25 million for anti drug efforts, 450 patrol cars, and an animal disease lab in Galesburg are included.
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Madigan
Thompson
Illinois
Thomson
Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Department
Dixon Correctional Center
Joliet
Harrisburg
Mental Health and
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East Moline
Vandalia
Galesburg
Rolland Metzger
N. Brinton Ave. Dixon
E. Lincolnway
Sterling, Il
OSU
Pyrott
Country Primitive Furniture Works
Conover Square
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