Dixon Petunia Planting Counts 27000 at Nichols Greenhouse
Dixon set to plant 27000 petunia plants this Saturday as the Dixon Men's Garden Club and community groups begin the Petunia Capital of the World project. Nichols, official grower for the club, notes 47 blocks will be planted despite road construction while the Adopt A Block program continues with eight blocks awaiting adopters. Planting starts at 9 a.m. with groups each tending a block and adoption contact available at 284-3805.
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Telegraph
Jerry Pauser
Terry Nichols
Dixon Streets
Petunias
Petunia
Nichols Greenhouse
Dixon Men’s Garden Club
Dixon
Men’s Garden Club
Nichols
Garden Club
Palmyra Avenue
Galena Avenue
Everett
Fellows
East Second Street
Good Prospect for Illinois Crops This Growing Season
Illinois State Water Survey reports a favorable long range outlook with near average rainfall expected in June through August. Farmers in Lee County report corn emergence on schedule while wheat and oats look solid. Subsoil moisture remains a concern, drought memories linger, but officials urge calm and continued best practices as counties see drought relief consideration.
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Illinois State Water Survey
ISWS
Champaign
Wayne Wendland
National Weather Service
Wendland
Lee County
Jim Morrison
Lee County Extension Aviser
Morrison
Dixon
Mike Pratt
Larry Hummel
Lee County Farm Bureau
Hummel
Pratt
Illinois
Plains
Congress
Agriculture
Clayton Yeutter
Madigan switches to push 20 percent Illinois income tax hike
Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan proposes a 20 percent rise in the state income tax to raise about 800 million dollars for education and local governments. The plan would direct funds to education, higher and elementary levels, and to a local government distribution fund, with a two year temporary duration.
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Chicago
UPI
Illinois
Michael J. Madigan
Madigan
James R. Thompson
Police chase reaches extreme speeds in Dixon incident
South Elgin man Andrew Milam, 20, was pursued by District 15 and other agencies across Lee and Ogle counties. He reached 115 to 118 mph in multiple zones before a Rochelle arrest at 1:35 a.m. charged with DUI, speeding, eluding, obstructing justice, reckless driving, minor liquor use, and suspended license.
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Rochelle
Lee
Ogle
South Elgin
Lee County
District One
Andrew D. Milam
South
Elgin
Ill
District 15
Dixon
Milam
NASA astronauts near miss as T-38 nearly hits Pan Am jet
NASA jet trainer piloted by Atlantis mission commander David Walker deviated from its assigned altitude near Washington while en route to Andrews Air Force Base. The T-38 came within about a quarter mile of Pan Am Flight 140, an Airbus A310 bound for Paris, amid bad weather. FAA investigates pilot deviation as weather and air traffic factors are reviewed.
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Washington
UPI
NASA
Pan American World Airways
David Walker
Andrews Air Force Base
Federal Aviation Administration
John Leyden
Walker
Bush
White House
Atlantis
Venus
Kennedy Space Center
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Leyden
FAA
Pan Am
Alan Loflin
Loflin
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Johnson Space Center
Houston
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Stan Eden
Ogle County Extension
Los
Eden
Andy Atkinson
Franklin Grove
Herndon
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