Two Carroll County Public Use Areas Attract Visitors
Lyndon B Johnson urged See America First as Carroll County Public Use Areas draw thousands yearly. The Thomson Causeway and Big Slough areas, built in 1961 along the Mississippi River, offer free camping and fishing with basic facilities and ongoing improvements by the Rock Island District Corps of Engineers. Visitors from across Illinois and Iowa enjoy year round access, with many regulars returning annually to camp, fish, and picnic in these federally managed sites.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Review
Carroll County
Thomson Causeway
Potter's Road
Richard S. Gustafson
Rock Island
Corps of Engineers
Ilinois
Army Chief of Engineers
Thomson
Big Slough
Wisconsin
Iowa
Iinois
Missouri
East Moline
Moline
Coal Valley
East Peoria
Cambridge
Emerson
Rock Falls
Sterling
Elizabeth
Hampton
Cedarville
Fenton
Geneseo
Davenport
Clinton
A. L. _ Batson
Harmon Greenlee
R. W. Baker
Kenneth Kraft
Krafts
Slough
Victor Moore
Illinois
Scream Tops The List Of Woman's Legal Weapons
A Illinois ISBA guidance cites screaming as a legal and effective self defense for women. It notes no legal barrier to shouting for help, while carries of concealed weapons are restricted and tear gas pens are illegal.
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Ilinois State Bar Association
Illinois
ISBA
Family Camping Show Slated in Lee County
A rural Lee County camping show will display 40 couples rigs from across Illinois May 17 18 19 at the Lee County 4 H Center. The Cooperative Extension Service of the University of Illinois organizes the event to demonstrate family camping gear from homemade to luxury trailers.
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Illinois
Lee County
Cooperative Extension Service
University of Illinois
Northwestern
White Pines
Lowden
Prophetstown
Corn Planting Timing and Extension News Digest
Ground temperatures at 2 inches were 43 degrees this morning as corn planting approaches. The note discusses DHIA openings and a new owner sampler plan, pesticide precautions, a root worm control demo at Shannon and the U S D A Farmers Bulletin 2232 on asparagus and expert guidance. Extension events listing upcoming 4-H and unit meetings follow with dates and hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Newinock
DHIA
Russ Carpenter
Lanark
Vernon Gordon
Lawrence Woessner
Shannon
Harvey Charged In Auto Deal Case in Carroll County Court
Donald Harvey a Savanna used car dealer appeared in Carroll County Circuit Court on an indictment charging theft by unauthorized control of a vehicle. Complainants Kenneth and Irene Rand alleged Harvey paid $35 on a $500 auto and owed $300 balance. Harvey says $35 was the total price and no balance is due. Bond set at $5,000. case continued to May 14.
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Donald Harvey
Thomson
Carroll County
Helen M. Rutkowski
Kenneth and
Irene Rand
Savanna
William B. Petty
Rands
Harvey
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Kenneth Appel
H. Bushman
Milledgeville
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Robert Block
Pearl City
Ella Beck
Cram & Smith
Blaine Hardacre
Alfred Hinrichs
Jason Johns
Mount Carroll
Donald & Edwin Keim
Mt. Carroll
Charles Kessler, Jr
Mt. Carrolls
Lowell Keim
Lyle Law
Lyle Coats
Lloyd Johnson
Duane Law
Dr. Specht
Jim Schmidecamp
Lowell — Terdlark
Robert Wagenknecht
Otto Wagenknecht
Merna Zemke & Son
Harold Brinkmeier
Beverly Forth
Diane McKenna
Louise Tels Nycum
Larry Dunham
Route 72
Horse & Pony
Thomas Jones
la Kapp
Carroll Day
Amelia Knapp
Cherry Grove Atoms
Kenneth Moll
Palisades
Harvey Shafer
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