Amboy Fifth Annual Lee County Science Olympiad Highlights Egg Drop
About 125 students in third through seventh grades from Am boy Ashton Saint Anne Saint Marys Jefferson Lincoln Washington and Madison competed in 10 events across three divisions. The Egg Drop saw teams use tape paper and string to drop eggs from 642 meters without breaking them, limited only by the gym ceiling.
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Brown
Amboy High School
Amboy
Ashton
Saint Anne’s
Saint Mary
Architect & Associates
Contig
Dixon Petunia Festival wild game dinner kicks off 25th year
Telegraph staff reports the Dixon Petunia Festival marks its silver anniversary with a Sunday wild game dinner at the Dix on Moose Lodge from noon to 6 pm to fund a larger fireworks display. Committee chair Bob Shomaker notes planned fireworks spend around 10000 dollars, up from about 6000. Dinner features fish and wild game, tickets five dollars at the door, and sale of shaving permit buttons for four dollars. Beards and facial hair are urged for all male residents through July. Also on sale are annual Petunia Festival souvenir buttons.
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Dixon Petunia Festival
Dixon Moose Lodge
Bob Shomaker
Shomaker
Brothers of the Brush
Oregon man linked to knife assault in neighbor case
Oregon trial recessed as prosecutors seek to recall alleged victim for retestimony about a June 19 incident in which David Twining, 43, is accused of sexually abusing his neighbor at knifepoint. Police and lab findings described wounds, marks, and questions about marijuana use as testimony resumes Monday.
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Oregon
Ogle County
Dennis Schumacher
David Twining
William Fearer III
James Bald
Twining
Ogle County Corp
Barbara Schlickman
Edward Bowers
Schlickman
William Hitchcock
Fearer
Water hookups eyed for Byron area by fall
EPA plans extending IEPA funded water main to 27 more Byron area homes near the Byron Salvage Yard to curb future contamination risk. The plan includes well plugging, 30 years of monitoring, and public input. A Dirk's Farm study will begin this year with or without ComEd help.
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Byron
Rock River Terrace
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Steve Davis
Illinois
EPA
Byron High School
U.S. Epa
Bill Bolen
IEPA
Bolen
Razorville
Acorn
Razorville Road
Oregon
Ogle County
Grant Landis
Mike Williams
Dale Hillers
ComEd
Dirk
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Aaron Gerdes
Lee County
Jack Skrogstad
Tom Brown
Telegraph
Petunia Festival
Medical Arts
Cid
Red Cab Co
LeRoy & Joyce Kreger
St. Galena Ave
Reebok
Klines
SALE
Susie Host
Dixon
Sterling
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