Community event listings for Dixon Loveland and surrounding area
The notice compiles a dense schedule of local group activities in Dixon and nearby towns including VFW Ladies Auxiliary fundraisers, Moose Lodge meals, Narcotics Anonymous meetings, Order of the Eastern Star events, Rock River Trail dinners, Master Gardeners workshops, DAR gatherings, square dancing, children's story hours, a farm toy show, library programs, coed indoor soccer at Armory Rec Center, church services, a choral concert, breakfast at Dixon Moose Lodge, health and senior programs, tax aid for the elderly, a baseball card exchange, and various skating and social activities across March dates and venues such as Dixon Park District, Sauk College, Dixon Public Library, and local churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VFW
Floyd J. Tilton
Dixon Moose Lodge
Narcotics Anonymous
Loveland
Order of the Eastern Star
Dixon Masonic Temple
Rock River
Sauk College
Dixon
DAR
Blackhawk
Nash Rec Center
Franklin Grove
Polo Town Hall
Dixon Public Library
Dixon Park District
Armory Rec Center
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Dixon High School
DHS
Family opens home to three mentally handicapped siblings in Illinois
Joan Hobbs and her husband Max of Amboy opened their home 23 years ago to three siblings Joe Maruel and Ruth all with mental handicaps Joining the family at ages three four and 18 They attended Kreider Rehabilitation Center learned to share and care for each other Their siblings Kathy and Bart grew up with them and later pursued helping fields Kathy works at Sinnissippi Mental Health Center and is a surrogate parent while Bart teaches at a vocational school in Sandwich Ruth keeps scrapbooks and Joe loves flying using balloons parasails and helicopters They all benefit from a shared commitment to surrogate parenting and teaching compassion, with Joan directing local surrogate parent efforts in Lee County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe
Maruel
Ruth
Joan Hobbs
Hobbs
Max
Amboy
Joan
Kathy
Bart
Marnel
Manuel
Aaron
Kreider Rehabilitation Center
Illinois
Lee County
Lee County Council On Aging
Marsha Smith-Erwin
Sinnissippi
Sandwich
Ann Landers
Bill
Florida
William
Ohio
Tinker Air Force Base
Oklahoma
Jim
Ann
Gram
Dixon Area Arts and Community Events Digest
Dixon High School’s Choral Department hosts its Mid Winter Choral Concert at 2 30 p m in the high school auditorium featuring Robed Choir Treble Choir Girls Chorus Boys Chorus and the Jazz Show Choir J W and Company in new costumes Doors open at 2 p m Admission is free Community groups hold meetings on WIC coupon pickup Rock River Sane Freeze Vietnam veteran presentation PBS series America Dixon Franklin Grove and Ashton Alcohol discussions plus senior aerobics at the Armory Recreation Center and kindergarten registration in Ashton Local groups discuss safety in the kitchen and plan can drives for a spring tour to Opryland Nashville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixon High School
J.W. and Company
Rock River Sane/Freeze
Sauk Valley Community College
Stan Campbell
Rockford Urban Ministries
Vietnam
Rockford Peace and Justice Action Committee
DHS
Opryland
Nashville
Tenn
Kingdom Club
Parkway
Kingdom
Parkway North
Sterling Aglow
YWCA
Ann Landers column discusses trust and family boundaries
A reader seeks guidance on a long ago marital betrayal and a persistent former lover. Ann Landers advises therapy to address anxiety and reassures fidelity remains likely, urging caution not to overreact. A second letter from a grandmother questions a young girl’s behavior and calls for parental guidance to protect the child as she ages.
Dear Ann Landers on Husband Abuse and Sugar Convo
A reader recalls a Shaw quip about sugar and the lone word ending in gry and shares an account of abusive behavior by a wife toward her husband. The columnist notes that abused men exist, urging sympathy, hotlines, and counseling for victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Landers
George Bernard Shaw
Shaw
J.B
Bloomfield, Mich
Jacksonville
Fla
Patrick G
Baltimore
Pat
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rock River Valley
S. Peoria Ave
Dixon Vfw Lodge
Overeaters Anonymous
KSB Hospital
Dixon Church Council
Lee County Health Department
Franklin Grove Rd
Alistair Cooke
Oregon Park District
White Pines
Lee County Senior Center
Sauk Valley Bridge Group
Rock River Lane
Freeze
SVCC
Franklin Grove Woman’s Club
The
Church of the Brethren
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
Dixon Telegraph
Jack Skrogstad
WIC
Health Rtment
Cooke
America
Woman’s Club
Nelson Home Extension
Frances Harden
Harden
Margaret Daley
Vera Durso
Park District
Ashton
Nachusa Unit
HEA
Nachusa
Wylda Johnson
N. Jefferson
Winifred Shippert
Sterling
Sterling Woman's Aglow
Shirley Overton
Cortland
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