Birthday a Century Apart At Local Nursing Home
Mary Aydellotte 103 and Clara Heinzroth 102 celebrated at Lee County Nursing Home with 15 residents attending. Cake baked by Harold Reed, staff and Mary Lou Burkardt organized the party in Occupational Therapy room, with Aydellotte recalling church activities and teaching in Sublette. Heinzroth, a former area farmer’s wife, has four children and has been at LCNH since 1984. Only three residents are over 100. Jesse Sullivan will turn 104 in July.
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Lee County Nursing Home
LCNH
Mary Aydellotte
Clara Heinzroth
Harold Reed
Robert Bufford
Vanita Trader
Mary Lou Burkardt
Bufford
Reed
Aydellette
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Sublette
Dorothy McWethy
Harriet Woessner
Aydellotte
Heinzroth
Mary Blackburn
Phyllis Massey
Delores Nagy
Lyle Heinzroth
Jesse Sullivan
Water testing continues in Woosung pesticide probe
Woosung residents are told not to drink or cook with local water as the EPA expands sampling after eight pesticides were found in five wells. Health Administrator Mike Williams says 24 more samples were collected and officials seek to determine the contamination extent while considering safe water options.
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Woosung
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Ogle County
Mike Williams
EPA
Williams
Amboy council rejects local bid for Deans Foods site
Amboy City Council, by a 4-3 vote, accepted the top bid from a St. Charles area businessman to purchase the old Deans Foods building, rejecting Amboy resident Doug Foster whose bid aimed to start a microwave popcorn business. Foster argued his plan would employ more people, but a three-fourths vote may be required to sell real estate, prompting possible reversal or a special meeting. The winner plans a plating business with 20 to 30 employees, while Foster’s projection could reach 37 workers initially.
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Amboy
Deans Foods
Doug Foster
St. Charles
Jim Ross
Foster
Mike Guilfoyle
Guilfoyle
Illinois Municipal League
Bernie Klingenberg
Klingenberg
Dixon candidates endorsed by Northwest Illinois Labor Alliance
Dixon city politics gained early support as Marilyn Coffey and Leo McGinnis earned endorsements from the Northwest Illinois Labor Alliance after a Sauk Valley Community College presentation. Coffey urged exploring a full time administrator and a long range street plan while noting tax policy and education funding concerns. McGinnis touted city and county experience and sought Dixon Township Trustee position amid challenges to four incumbents.
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Dixon Street
Marilyn Coffey
Dixon Township
Leo McGinnis
Northwest Illinois Labor Alliance
Sauk Valley Community College
Little Theatre
Coffey
Assembly
Dixon
Dixon High School
Paul LaRussa
McGinnis
Lee County Board of Review
Robert Burrs
Louis Apple
Donald Buckingham
Max Douglas Schuler
Man on trial claims self defense in 1988 knife incident
Oregon man David Twining 44 testifies he acted in self defense during a June 19 1988 alleged sexual assault at a neighbor’s apartment. He says the woman wielded a steak knife and asked him to stop, while the accuser says he grabbed her throat and threatened her. Police and lab testimony follow as the trial continues.
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Oregon
David Twining
Twining
Rochelle Community Hospital
Illinois State Police
Districts move closer to merger in rural Illinois
Forreston and Leaf River boards vote unanimously to annex Leaf River into Forreston by July 1, seeking debt relief and tax relief for residents. Regional board hearings will decide, then state approval. Merged district would enroll about 1,000 students with some Leaf River buildings used for elementary and possibly junior high classes while high school students would be bused to Forreston.
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Leaf River
Forreston
Ogle County
Mount Morris
Byron
Ed Olds
Olds
Ted Gapinski
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Pioneer
Cargill
Pioneeer
AgriPro
Tom Stecker
Creston
Leonard Bauman
Polo
Lee County
Duane Jacobs
Walnut
Ron Lippens
Harmon
Mike Gill
Hybrids, Inc
North Geneseo
Donald Rice
Chirotoons, Ltd
Rice Chiropractic Clinic
Plaza North
N. Galena
Dixon Elks Lodge
S. Galena Ave
Nachusa House
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