Ogle County Election Focus on Park and Library Issues
In Rochelle voters decide on Flagg Rochelle Park District Board seats and a nonbinding referendum on building an 80 acre golf course at Skate Park. Incumbents face challengers for two six year terms and a four year seat. Rich Caron cites feasibility studies and ties vote to Norm Skare Nature Center plans and possible tax impact. An 8 cent increase per $100 assessed value hinges on the referendum outcome.
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Ogle County
Rochelle
Flagg-Rochelle Park District Board
Skare Park
Park Board
Rich Caron
Caron
Norm Skare
Election Day polling and local races across Rochelle area
Voter turnout is set for Tuesday April 4 with polls open 6 AM to 7 PM. Fader and Kenney back the park referendum while Cooley cautions against commercial use of park lands. Numerous unopposed and contested local races appear in Creston Hillcrest Ashton and Mount Morris with board seats, clerk posts, and a 25 cent school tax measure on the ballot.
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Fader
Kenney
Cooley
Lindmark
Mosely
Hendricks
Rochelle
Creston
William Heal
Ronald Schroeder
Joan Myroth
Walnut
Keith Yonk
Yonk
Citizens First State Bank
Crow and Squirrel Fight Over Snow Left Seeds
Telegraph photographer captures a crow and a squirrel quarrel on North Jefferson as they tussle for seeds scattered by the snow.
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Jack Skrogstad
North
Jefferson
Walnut referendum fight shapes school funding vote
In Walnut residents weigh a November defeat, with SOS volunteers campaigning door to door to explain the impact of cuts on grade and high school programs. The article notes a published schedule of events and an empty calendar showing potential reductions if the measure fails, while emphasizing academic reinvestment if approved. Voter precincts in Bureau and Whiteside counties join Wyoming Township in a cemetery land tax measure.
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Sandy Kruse
SOS
Kruse
Walnut
Mick Peterson
Peterson
Bureau County
Whiteside County
Wyoming Township
Dixon man pleads guilty to theft and DUI charges
George Rainey III, 31, pleaded guilty in Lee County Circuit Court to theft under 300 dollars and DUI. He received one year probation, 21 days in jail, 934 dollars restitution, 150 dollars in public defender fees, 100 hours of public service, and mandatory alcohol treatment. He also faced a 21 day sentence for driving with a suspended license arising from an October arrest. The theft involved four rolls of cable from Dixon Cable TV offered for sale.
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Dixon
George Rainey III
Lee County Law Enforcement Center
Lee County Circuit Court
Thomas Hornsby
Rainey
Dixon Police
Dixon Cable TV
Sinow and
Wiewman
Quiet Mt Morris election hearing backs tax hike plan
Mount Morris Community Unit School District seeks a 25 cent tax increase to raise 67000 and balance next year’s budget after cutting 108000 in the current year. A merger with Oregon, Forreston and Polo districts is studied as a long term financial fix, with Oregon and Mount Morris voters set to decide. Superintendent Ed Olds says turnout was low but questions were answered and the district’s financial concerns remain in the news.
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Mongan
Carr
Murray
Dillehay Park
Mount Morris
Oregon
Marilyn Berg
Linda Campbell
Thomas C. Corcoran
Carol Ann Daniels
Nancy Kubat
Jeri Bergner
Craig Carpenter
Kent Ross
Library District
Mount Morris Community Unit
Ed Olds
Forreston
Polo
Olds
Albanians from Lee County join Chicago protest march
About 60 Albanian Americans from Lee County and nearby areas plan a Monday trip to Chicago to protest alleged human rights violations in Yugoslavia. Agim and Karen Gashi organize Lee County participation. the march begins at Daley Plaza at 11 a.m. and proceeds to the Yugoslavian Consulate.
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Franklin Grove
Lee County
Chicago
Yugoslavia
Agim Gashi
Karen
Daley Plaza
People’s Movement
Republic of Kosovo
Gashis
Illinois
Wisconsin
Eagle’s Nest
Karen Gashi
Detroit
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Park and Library
Ogle
By Patty Gluntz
Telegraph
James D
Dave’’ Moseley
Everette H. Cooley
Greg A. Hendricks
James
Jim’’ C. Kenney
Gayle A. Fader
Gary E. Lindmark
Gladys Perkins
Billy Fry
Woburn Brewer
Bruce Baumgartner
Jack Pittman
Ashton
Ray Forney
James Bolen
Richard Russell
Donald Ross
William Helfrick
Darlene Knipe
Ross
Helfrick
Sandra Blake
Elmars Kalnins
Edward Garrison
Doris Heid
Tim Reigle
Steve Mongan
Joyce Carr
Jon Murray
Eller & Willey Block CO
Dixon, Ill
Michelle Marcus
Avenue B
Franklin Creek
Leo McGinnis
Board of Review
Dixon Township
Mt. Morris
Patty Gluntz
David J. Dempsey
Dempsey
Jor Dixon Township
ST. Patrick's Parish
Dina
Danette
Deshonne
David, JR
ST. Annes Parish
Knights OF Columbus
LEE County Board
Republican Precinct
LEE County Volunteers
George Bush
Dempsey Construction Company
Dixon Glass Company
Dixon Chamber OF Commerce & Industry
Downtown Merchants Association
David
ST. Mary's School Board
Marilyn Coffey
Galena Avenue
King’s den
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