Sauk Valley College board accepts secretary resignation
Sauk Valley Community College board on Monday accepted the resignation of secretary Edie Peterson of Dixon, effective March 6, with a 60 day window to appoint a replacement to serve until the November elections. Peterson cited an easement request related to her husband Dr. David Peterson’s ambulatory surgical center plans as the reason for resigning. The board held an executive session with legal counsel to discuss the easement, taking no action.
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Sauk Valley Community College Board
Edie Peterson
Dixon
Peterson
David Peterson
Sauk Board
Ed Anderson
James Reese
Rock Falls
Exxon cleanup takes heat as spill worsens
Exxon president Frank Sarossi warned the effort is in trouble as Prince William Sound oil spill responses face mounting criticism from state officials environmentalists and fishermen. The federal government dispatched top officials to Alaska to review cleanup progress while President Bush presses for a thorough, coordinated effort to remove the oil and protect the environment amid worsening weather and slick conditions.
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Exxon
Alaska
Bush
Samuel
Skinner
Environmental Protection Agency
William Reilly
Paul Yost
Reilly
Yost
Omar
Steve McCall
Caution Issued Over In-Town and County Burning Rules
Local officials warn residents that burning grass leaves and brush is prohibited except Oct 1 to Nov 30 and not within 1.5 miles of city limits. County burnings violate the ordinance and may incur fines. Fire officials urge notifying the fire department before burning and advise bagging debris for routine pickup.
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Gene Donoho
Dixon Rural Fire Department
Donoho
Dixon City
Jim Hill
Bill Walls
Dixon Police Department
Ed Slain
Dixon Street
Communists Rebuffed in First Multi Candidate Elections
In Moscow and Baltic states voters delivered sweeping defeats to the Communist Party in Russia’s first multi candidate parliamentary vote. Boris Yeltsin gained a huge share in Moscow while nationalist candidates fared well in Lithuania and Estonia, signaling strong demand for reform and internal change within the party. Results showed several Politburo members losing contests, including Yuri Solovev in Leningrad, with disorders seen over party mismanagement and shortages cited by diplomats. More than 80 percent of the 195 million eligible voters participated for 1500 seats in the Congress of People’s Deputies.
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Leningrad
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Solovev
Yeltsin
Yevgeny Brakov
Lithuania
Estonia
Gorbachev
Congress of People’s Deputies
Supreme Soviet
Dixon Telegraph Shifts to Lifestyle Section Updates
The Dixon Telegraph announces a new editorial format with Community pages renamed LIFESTYLE. Editor Sandy Burke expands scope to Tuesday Focus features plus weekly Teen World pages and daily topics from food to home improvement. Readers are invited to share feedback on the changes.
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Illinois
Sandy Burke
FOCUS
Meese to testify in North trial as prosecutors press case
Prosecutors in Oliver Norths trial planned to conclude their case by calling former Attorney General Edwin Meese. Meese would recount his November 22 1986 interview in which North allegedly lied about Iran arms sales and the Contra resupply operation.
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Reagan Administration
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Reagan
U.S
Gerhard Gesell
National Security Council
Reagan White House
Congress
Justice Department
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