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300 HURDLES: THE ULTIMATE FITNESS TEST
TRACK & FIELD, B1
Projects planned at library OREGON, A3
ENCORE, APRIL! ENCORE! ENTERTAINMENT, A9-12
dailyGAZETTE Thursday, May 14, 2015
SERVING ROCK FALLS, STERLING AND THE SURROUNDING AREA SINCE 1854
ROCK FALLS
Three schools get new principals Each has served in that role in other local schools BY JERMAINE PIGEE jpigee@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5525 @JPigee84
ROCK FALLS – This fall, teachers and students at three Rock Falls schools will have new leaders.
Kyle Ackman, principal at Merrill Elementary School, will take over the same role at Rock Falls Middle School. He’ll replace Jeff Brown, who will retire from the middle school after 29 years of service. Brody Rude, who has spent the past 5
years as principal at Dillon Elementary School, will succeed Ackman at Merrill. Rock Falls native Roy Calkins, principal at Prophetstown High School, will become the new principal at Dillon.
Kyle Ackman
PRINCIPALS CONTINUED ON A3
CARNIVAL IN FULL SWING IN ROCK FALLS
Brody Rude
Roy Calkin
HEROIN
Their call is waiting for a hero Hotline volunteers sought; training today and Saturday BY CHRISTI WARREN cwarren@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5521 @SeaWarren
Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com
Ian Cole, 6, of Amboy rides the swings at the St. Andrew Catholic School spring carnival on Wednesday along the Rock Falls riverfront. The rides will resume from 5 to 9 p.m. today and Friday, then from noon to 11 p.m. Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. See more photos from the carnival at saukvalley.com.
DIXON – Since September, the Rev. Michael Cole has eulogized three people who overdosed on heroin – two in March alone. But none of those was the first encounter Cole had with the drug. His involvement with helping addicts goes back about 35 years, he said – much longer than the 23 years he’s been a pastor in the local community. “[A] hotline is a thing that we have been working on for a while as a church, as part of our ministry,” the pastor at The The Rev. Worship Center in Michael Cole Dixon said. “The recent deaths in the community have kind of given enough awareness to where the entire community wants to really be a part of it, and we’ve been right on the front lines of that involvement.” HEROIN CONTINUED ON A4
FAST-FORWARD 150 YEARS IN STERLING ...
BUREAU COUNTY | WIND FARM
Judge rules against developers Walnut Ridge project must clear environmental hurdles BY PAM EGGEMEIER peggemeier@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5570 @pam_eggemeier
CHICAGO – A federal judge has ruled in favor of a group of landowners who had sued the developers of a proposed wind farm in Bureau County. The 123-turbine Walnut Ridge Wind Farm had been planned in northern Bureau County as a joint venture between Minnesota-based Geronimo Wind Energy LLC and a California
Indian tribe. The project, incorporated as MG2 Tribal Energy LLC, found a customer for most of its wind energy in October, when it was awarded a 10-year contract from the federal government. The deal with the U.S. General Services Administration was the largest wind energy purchase from a single source in federal contracting history. The project, however, has again changed hands since the filing of the lawsuit in January. In April, Geronimo sold it to Warren Buffett-owned Berkshire Hathaway Energy. WIND FARM CONTINUED ON A4
Lee, Whiteside County impact Despite ruling, Geronimo will forge ahead on Green River project. Story, A4
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INDEX
ABBY ................... A8 BUSINESS ......... A13 COMICS ...............B4
Submitted
Some of our readers might recognize the structure on this postcard as Grace Episcopal Church in Sterling. By the late 1940s, it had deteriorated to the point where it was too expensive to fix, and so the church built its current building at 707 First Ave. in 1948. An open house is being held today and Friday at the current incarnation, to celebrate the 150-year anniversary.
CROSSWORD....B11 LIFESTYLE ........... A8 LOTTERY ............. A2
OBITUARIES ........ A4 OPINION .............. A6 POLICE ................ A2
Today’s weather High 62. Low 54. More on A3.
It’s back
New Dixon reporter pens column, A5.
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