Special license plates boost Dixon Petunia Festival
A limited run of 200 Dixon Petunia Festival plates, designed by local artist John Morley, will commemorate the festival's 25th anniversary. Priced at $35, plates feature Dixon Arch and a pink petunia on mauve burgundy trim and replace standard plates for 60 days before the festival. Plates must be displayed with valid registration and can be ordered at Newcomer License and Title Service, with numbers assigned randomly.
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John Morley
Dixon
Larry Newcomer
Newcomer License & Title Service
Newcomer
Secretary of State’s
James Dixon
N. Peoria Ave
Springfield
Jeff Kuhn
Petunia Festival Corporation
Kuhn
Parade
Ed Bushman
Reduced rate mammography available in April at KSB Hospital
In honor of Cancer Control Month the American Cancer Society join KSB Hospital offers reduced rate mammography screenings to area residents during April. Baseline mammograms are advised for ages 35 to 40 with yearly or biennial follow ups, and annual screenings for those 50 and older. Appointments through Medical Imaging at 288-5531 ext 152. screening costs 50 dollars plus doctor interpretation fee.
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American Cancer Society
Cancer Control
KSB
Medical
Rochelle Court project advances despite resident concerns
Rochelle discusses a 32 unit apartment complex on Caron Road planned by Wagner Development of Fort Wayne Indiana funded partly through the Farmers Home Administration. The project will offer middle income and senior citizen housing and is 90 percent booked with residents anxious about noise and traffic though City officials say it will fit the site.
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Rochelle
Caron Road
Wagner Development
Fort Wayne
Ind
Farmer's Home Administration
Caron Ridge Shopping Center
Harold Rogers
Greenhurst Addition
Gabrini Green
Rogers
Mark Gillis
Gillis
Gail Loefgren
Master gardeners set to help
Master gardeners in Lee and Ogle Counties begin spring office hours to answer horticulture questions. Ogle hosts two workshops: pruning April 7 at 1 15 p.m. in Byron and grafting April 11 at 9 30 a.m. at the Oregon extension office. Lee County hours start April 17 at Amboy and Dixon offices with weekly times through July.
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Lee
Ogle County
Lloyd Funk
Byron
Lee Road
Everett Lane
Ogle County Cooperative Extension Office
Ogle County Farm Bureau
Oregon
Ogle County Extension
Stan Eden
Lee County
Lee County Cooperative Extension
Amboy
Peoria Ave
Lee County Extension
Jim Morrison
Eden
Ogle
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Land OF
Lincoln
Dixon Petunia Festival Corporation
Jack Skrogstad
Telegraph
Bill Boos
Dixon Township
James G. Kirby
Dick, Mike, Jon, Ron & Fay Santos
Walgreenr
Bree
Dixon Shopping Plaza
Kessler
Windsor
Jim Beam
Paul Masson
Carlo Rossi
Chateau Lasalle
Berringer
Zinfandel
Milwaukees
Blatz
Kingsbury
Gilbey’s
Christian Brothers Brandy
Schnapps
Schweppes Club
Bartles Jaymes
Matilda Bay
Bartles and Jaymes
Giacobazzi
Martini and
Rossi
Lancers
Strohs
Michelob Beer
ST. Pauli
Red Cross
Mit
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