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dailyGAZETTE Wednesday, November 13, 2013
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DIXON| FIRST CITY ADMINISTRATOR HIRED
Landfill might be opened to asbestos
Nord on board
Officials to circulate proposal to lift ban BY DAVID GIULIANI dgiuliani@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 525
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David Nord (left) shakes hands with DIxon Mayor Jim Burke after being sworn in Tuesday evening as the new, and first, city administrator. Nord’s hiring was unanimously approved Tuesday, and he’ll begin work today.
City Council makes city administrator hire official BY MATT MENCARINI mmencarini@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 529
DIXON – It’s official. Dixon has its first city administrator. David Nord was hired Tuesday night during a special meeting of the Dixon City Council. The council and Mayor Jim Burke voted unanimously to hire him. Just moments after the vote, Burke led Nord in the oath of office. After the meeting, with a handful of residents wait-
ing to meet him, Nord said it was “a great honor” to become Dixon’s first city administrator. “[Dixon] is a David self-contained Nord community, which I really like,” he said. “It’s just that idea of being able to be a part of hopefully bringing the community along and getting a little more recognition for the good things that are going on. I’m really looking
committee that reviewed the résumés of 40 applicants before reaching a consensus on Nord. A verbal agreement was reached Oct. 25 and Nord’s contract was placed on file for public review Nov 4. “I really feel great about the team we put together and the process and finding David,” Langloss said after Tuesday’s meeting. “I think he’s a perfect fit for the city. It’s really a win-win for everybody.”
To attend The Dixon City Council next meets at 6:30 p.m. Monday at City Hall, 121 W. Second St., on the second floor in the Council Chambers. Go to www.DiscoverDixon.org or call City Hall at 815-288-1485 for an agenda or more information. forward to that.” Police Chief Danny Langloss led a 10-person hiring
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MORRISON – In September, the Whiteside County Board allowed Prophetstown to use the county’s landfill to dispose of asbestos from the rubble of a downtown fire in July. Now, officials are considering whether to drop the asbestos ban permanently. Joel Asbestos has been Horn prohibited since the county set up the landfill in the early 1990s – a way to alleviate neighbors’ concerns. Next week, the county will have public hearings in Morrison and Sterling to get feedback on ending the ban. “The county wants to take a deliberate look at whether we should allow asbestos in general to go forward,” County Administrator Joel Horn said Tuesday. Prophetstown saved significant money by disposing of asbestos at the landfill, which is east of Morrison, rather than going somewhere farther away, he said. Horn said he had heard of no opposition to allowing asbestos at the landfill. Before the fire, he said, the county health department reported that it had heard of instances in which people had improperly disposed of asbestos because of the ban. “That’s what we don’t want,” Horn said. “We want to make it easier for people to dispose of asbestos the proper way, so it doesn’t become a health issue.” ASBESTOS CONTINUED ON A4
DIXON | THE CRUNDWELL AFTERMATH
Prized Crundwell horse euthanized by new owner Good I Will Be sold for $775,000 in 2012 auction BY MATT MENCARINI mmencarini@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 529
DIXON – Good I Will Be, one of the prize horses sold last year in the federal auction of former Comptroller Rita Crundwell’s assets, had to be euthanized by its new owner Sunday. The bay stallion successfully underwent surgery for kidney stones Saturday, but never fully woke up from the anesthesia, said manager Stephen Stephens of Dry River Ranch in Weatherford, Texas. The horse started to show signs of discomfort about a week earlier and was taken to the Texas A&M University Veterinary Hospital for treatment, Stephens said. Kidney stones are rare for horses because of
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their regulated diet, Stephens said. Good I Will Be was “100 percent” healthy, he said, when purchased by Stephens for Sandra Morgan of Vancouver, British Columbia, who won $35 million in the Canadian lottery in 2011. The horse, which was purchased for $775,000 plus an additional 10 percent buyer’s premium, had already started to perform as a sire for its owners, bringing in at least $100,000 in its first year, Stephens said. “He was probably the up and coming sire of the industry,” he said. “He was the head honcho.” The horse’s offspring had been “dominating” competitions for showhorses, Stephens said. HORSE CONTINUED ON A4
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A worker with Meri-J Ranch in Beloit, Wis., walks the bay stallion Good I Will Be, also known as “Willy,” at the Rita Crundwell ranch southeast of Dixon on Sept. 21, 2012. The horse was purchased for $775,000 at auction 2 days later. On Sunday, its new owner had to euthanize Good I Will Be, which had undergone surgery for kidney stones the previous day.
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