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dailyGAZETTE Friday, February 6, 2015
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First Fridays in Oregon
OREGON – The First Fridays Open Stage music show will return at 7 p.m. today to Oregon VFW Post 8739, 1310 W. Washington St. Each musician or band plays country, bluegrass, blues, gospel, folk, soft rock, or an eclectic mix for 15 minutes. Admission is by donation.
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City eyes rate hikes Mayor warns rising temps could cause flooding BY PAM EGGEMEIER peggemeier@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5570 @pam_eggemeier
ROCK FALLS – City residents will see higher water and sewer bills in the next 3 years, if the City Council approves increases proposed by both departments.
The proposed increases for water rates for 2016 through 2018 would be 15 cents in the basic rate, and 10 cents in the user rate in the first year; 10 cents in the basic rate, and 15 cents in the second year; and 15 cents in the basic rate, and 10 cents in the user rate in the
final year of the plan. Based on a bill with minimum usage, the increase would amount to about $3.20 a year, Water Department Superintendent Ted Padilla said at Thursday’s meeting of the Public Works/Public Property Committee.
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Music and art at Rosbrook Studio
DIXON – The Midwinter Meltdown Concert and Live Art Show will be held Saturday night at Rosbrook Studio, 107 S. Peoria Ave. Bands to play are Dirt Simple, Frank F. Sydney’s Western Bandit Volunteers, Dirty Beet Brothers, and The Ditchrunners. Local artists will be featured. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m., with music starting at 7:30. Admission costs $10.
Sterling duo creates board game, needs help kickstarting first run
DHS makes some music
DIXON – The Dixon High School concert band will perform a winter concert at 2 p.m. Sunday in the school’s auditorium, 300 Lincoln Statue Drive. A variety of traditional and contemporary music will be played. Admission is free. 4
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BY CHRISTI WARREN cwarren@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5521 @SeaWarren
STERLING – Breaking news: In the battle of good vs. evil, evil wins. Well, that’s according to Matt Brown and Bobby Dillon, both of Sterling, and the new board game they built around the idea. In “Dark Lord: The Board Game,” players embody characters – all with macabre names and sinister powers – in a battle to decide who will reign as the new Dark Lord. Players choose a lord from three classes: blood mage, liche, and revenant. Then the game begins. With 470 playable cards, players work to defeat other lords by exploiting the land’s resources and building armies as they make their way toward the middle of the board – The Eye.
Happy birthday, Mr. President!
The 104th anniversary of the birth of Ronald Reagan will be celebrated with an open house from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at the Tampico Historical Society Museum, 117 Main St. Cake, punch and coffee provided will be provided. Also, free tours will be up the road at the Reagan Birthplace Museum, 111 S. Main St. Over in Dixon, free tours of the Reagan Boyhood Home, 116 S. Hennepin Ave., will begin at 9 a.m. and end as interest slows.
Sledding party in Polo
POLO – A free sledding party will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Edgewood Golf Club, 10684 W. Edgewood Road. Adult supervision is required. Hot dogs, mac and cheese, hamburgers, fries, chips, hot chocolate, soft drinks, and coffee will be sold inside by the fireplace.
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Help kick-start the project
Photos by Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com
Matt Brown, 27, (left) of Sterling, and Bobby Dillon, 25, of Dixon are working toward producing 1,000 copies of “Dark Lord: The Board Game”. It’s taken them more than a year and many overhauls to create the tabletop game, which they’ve been demonstrating at businesses such as The Rusty Fox Wine and Alehouse in downtown Sterling, where they showed it off Tuesday night.
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6 write-in candidates file 3 family members filed petitions to be on ballot DIXON – Six residents have filed as write-in candidates for the Dixon Park District Board’s April election, filling out a ballot that previously had three candidates for four available seats. Three full-term (4 years) seats and an unexpired, 2-year term will be on
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Click on this story at saukvalley.com for a link to the Kickstarter page, where you can help to fund the game “Dark Lord: The Board Game.”
2015 ELECTION | DIXON PARK DISTRICT BOARD
BY MATT MENCARINI mmencarini@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5529 @MattMencarini
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UP-AND-COMERS | MATT BROWN AND BOBBY DILLON
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The proposed sewer rate increase is be 25 cents on the basic user rate. A 20-cent increase is proposed for pretreatments over three, but that situation would apply to only one city sewer customer.
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the April 7 ballot. The deadline to file or withdraw as a write-in candidate was Thursday. According to the Lee County clerk’s office, Benjamin Nagy, Robert Ennenga, Tim Deem, Sarah Imfeld and Maranda “Mandy” Dallas filed as write-in candidates for the full terms. WRITE-IN CONTINUED ON A4
CROSSWORD....B12 LIFESTYLE ........... A7 LOTTERY ............. A2
OBITUARIES ........ A4 OPINION .............. A6 POLICE ................ A2
Students raise abuse awareness Four students created an award-winning video with a powerful message. More on A2
Today’s weather High 33. Low 22. More on A3.
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