Area residents aid Jerry's Kids telethon efforts
Telegraph staff report Dixon area residents raised about $2,701.97 through phone pledges and fishbowls at Eagle Foods during the Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon. Fifty three volunteers staffed the office at Walder Rhodes Palen and Corken, with total local contributions around $20,000 for MDA events this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lori Fagan
Jerry Lewis
Dixon Lion’s Club
Walder Rhodes Palen
Corken
Leo Eccles
Andy Near
Lion’s
Near
Eagle Foods
Eccles
McCaslin’s Bakery
McDonald’s
Tim & Dave’s
Jack and Jill
Wrp&c
Dixon
MDA
Telegraph
Mark Sauer
Marion Wienman
Walder Rhodes Palen and Corken
TCI
Sauk to hold first flea market and antique show
Sauk Valley Community College plans its first fall flea market and antique show on Sunday from 9 AM to 4 PM on the riverside grounds. Dean John Sagmoe notes a $1 admission with proceeds aiding SVCC athletic programs for the Redmen baseball startup in 1990. Notables include Guinness-listed collector Dick Fuss, Richard Moore with antique instruments, radio collector Jean Cogdall, and seed expert Dee Walburn. The event features area dealers, guest collectors, and family activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sauk Valley Community College
John Sagmoe
Riverside
Sagmoe
Sauk
SVCC
Redmen
Dick Fuss
Fuss
Richard Moore
Moore
Jean Cogdall
Cogdall
Crosley, Radiola
RCA
Atwater Kent
Dee Walburn
Inmate seeks suppression of statements in murder-for-hire case
An attorney for Dixon Correctional Center inmate John LaTona asks Lee County Circuit Court to suppress statements made to a state inspector. LaTona, charged with solicitation of murder and solicitation of murder for hire, allegedly tried to hire a hit man to kill his daughter's Chicago boyfriend Shamoon. A preliminary hearing heard he wanted Shamoon beaten and stated if he meets his maker so be it, and prosecutors seek details on the informer who tipped off authorities. No hearing date set.
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Dixon Correctional Center
Lee County Circuit Court
Thomas Hornsby
DCI
Dixon
David Williamson
John LaTona
LaTona
Danny Shamoon
Chicago
Shamoon
Williamson
Dixonites plan slide show on Soviet trip at Holloway Center
A 7 p.m. Thursday community program at the Holloway Center St. Patrick's Catholic Church will feature slides from four Dixon residents who toured the Soviet Union from May 25 to June 6. Mayor James Dixon and family, Dixon Sister Cities Chair Glenna Beckman and her husband Charles will discuss gifts and future Sister Cities plans. The free event also presents previously unseen slides and a talk on their experiences.
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Soviet Union
Holloway Center
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
James Dixon
Judy
Dixon
Glenna Beckman
Charles
Tashkent
Moscow
Dickson
Siberia
Addiion
Beckmans
Dixons
New radio station WLLT planned for Rock River Valley
WLLT FM 107.7 plans to serve Lee Ogle and Whiteside counties with news and music from studios on Illinois Route 2 near Sauk Valley Community College. Owners Tom and Mary Ellen Burns, former WSDR staff, also run WEFM and WXFM and expect operations within a few months with a community oriented format and tower space lease on Mound Hill Road south of Polo.
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WLLT
Lee
Ogle
Whiteside
Illinois Route 2
Sauk Valley Community College
Sauk Valley Human Services
Philip Jorgensen
Tom
Mary Ellen Burns
WSDR
Sterlng
Mary Ellen
Dixon
WEFM
Michigan City
Ind
WXFM
Decatur
Burns
Dixon Theatre
Illinois
Mound Hill Road
Polo
Dixon High School Names Kent Johansen Principal
Kent Johansen and his family moved to Dixon in 1979 when he became Assistant Principal at Dixon High. In 1984 he was named Principal and continues in that role. He and wife Kristen have two children, Kyle and Kurt, and he serves on local boards, coaches youth teams, and supports community education through a new DHS Community Service course.
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Kent Johansen
Dixon
Grand Detour
Kent
Dixon High School
Kristen
Kris
Kyle Brandon
Madison Junior High
Kurt Andrew
Washington School
Eut
Dixon Area United Way
United States Concert Corporation
Dixon Branch
al Morrison
Dixon Rotary
Dixon School Board
DHS
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Saint Anthony Medical Center
Freeport Road
Ogle County
Flynn
Colliopoulosthorpe
Community General Hospital
Polo Ambulance
Saint Anthony's
Rock River Valley
By Lori Fagan
Dixon Pharmacy
Onsore
First Bank/Dixon
First Bank
First Bank Dixon
Galena Ave
Dixon, IL
Southside Financial Center
Poplar and
Crawford
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