Light turnout in Lee County election expected
Voters go to the polls in Lee County on Tuesday with turnout projected to be light. Only a few races and contests exist, leaving absentee ballots low and precincts to be staffed by minimum judges. The column notes 52 ballot styles, printing costs, and per-vote expense, plus local government salary points and a call to exercise civic duty.
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Lee County
Rosemary Emmert
Emmett
Emmert
Dixon
Illinois
Dixon Township
America
Voices of Readers Courting Community News Letters
Readers thank local businesses for support of the first Junior High Leadership Conference at Sauk Valley Community College on March 11. A separate note praises Dixon city staff for salting alleys after an ice storm, and a third letter questions missing cemetery wreaths and asks for guards at family graves.
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Sauk Valley Community College
Jr. High Leadership
Sinnissippi Centers, Inc
Jr. High
Charley’s Pharmacy
Polo
Haskell’s
Sterling
Northwestern Steel & Wire Company
Dixon
IBM Business Equipment
Shaws Hardware
Amboy
Sue Coers
Maranatha ‘Productions
Dixon Theatre
Marilyn Coffey
Robert Bloemker
Dixon Theatre Renovation, Inc
Telegraph letters policy for Dixon Telegraph
Letters to the editor must be signed with full address and telephone number Unsigned letters will not be published Letters are limited to 400 words and may be edited for length Writers may submit up to 12 letters per year Submissions should be sent to Voice of the People Dixon Telegraph 113 S Peoria Ave Dixon IL 61021
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Voice of the People
Dixon Telegraph
S. Peoria Ave
Dixon, IL
Travelling at one’s own risk analysis piece
Copley News Service questions whether public awareness of FAA warnings could curb or aid terrorism, noting European air travel continued during Easter weekend despite a high risk alert. The piece argues travelers deserve credible warnings, not every detail, and urges government openness about genuine threats to help passengers assess risk.
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Europe
U.S. Transportation
Samuel Skinner
Federal Aviation Administration
Skinner
London Daily Express
FAA
Bahrain
Yemen
Pakistan
Bush Administration
Pan Am
U.S
Real reform in Soviet agriculture foretells perestroika
The Central Committee approves a major shift allowing private farming on state lands, with life leases and inheritance, signaling a fundamental challenge to collectivized agriculture. It envisions 25 million farmers leaving collective farming, while 49,200 farms become holding companies. The plan faces resistance from farm bureaucrats and skeptics of reform.
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Central Committee
Mikhail Gorbachev
Yegor K. Ligachev
Gorbachevy Perestroikas
China
Moscow
Gorbachev
Russia
Soviet Union
FFA Members Learn Illinois Government on Springfield Trip
Dixon and surrounding area FFA members from Dix on Ashton Amboy Franklin Center and Paw Paw joined a Lee County Young Farmers trip to Springfield to gain insight into Illinois government. Sponsored by Farm Bureau members, the delegation reflected local youth engagement in public affairs.
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Lee County
Future Farmers of America
Illinois
Springfield
Lee County Young Farmers
Farm Bureau
FFA
Dixon
Ashton
Amboy
Franklin Center
Paw Paw
Rte. 30
Rock Falls
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C. A. Maronich
Ken Brown
Sandy Burker
Louise Brass
Lori Fagan
Patty Gluntz
Clark Kelly
Donna Lessman
Chip Marshall
Jerry Pauser
Jack Skrogstad
Jim Nelson
Ed Bushman
Cathe Barnhart
Donna Boatman
Deana Heintzelman
Elizabeth Lovett
Diane Shehorn
Linda Ross
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Rhonda Klavenga
Jane Monroe
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Tracey Lenigone
Judi Ross
In E. Smith Jr
Trina Aebly
Scott Brown
LeeAnn Laem
Mark Fane
Thomas Mekeel
Gunars Kulikovskis
Richard Devine
Robert Poguier
Rosemary Flowers
Robert Gorman
John Jacobs
Dick Kibble
Joe Leadman
Angela Bester
Robert Fenwick
Bruce Belman
Dave Johnson
Maria Nicholson
Jo Anne Mills
Carol Hemminger
Barbara Mayes
Carole Houck
Joanne Smith
Delbert Pitman
Joseph Stalin
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Spratly Islands
France
South China Sea
British North Borneo
French Indo-China
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