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Bait shop hooks zoning change
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And just in time for King Kat Tournament BY PAM EGGEMEIER peggemeier@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5570
Photos by Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com
Danielle Vance, the executive director of Windsor Manor, talks about the features of the one-bedroom-sized rooms. The public will get a chance to see the new building Saturday from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m.
Tours will be given Saturday; tentative open set for July 15 BY PAM EGGEMEIER peggemeier@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5570
MORRISON – Windsor Manor Assisted Living Community will tentatively open on July 15, but the public will get a sneak peek on Saturday. Although construction crews are still at work, the new facility, at 403 Scenic St., will be open for tours from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Windsor Manor has 30 assisted living apartments in addition to The Gardens, a 10-unit area for residents with Alzheimer’s disease and other memory impairment issues. “This is the first and only memory care offering in Morrison,” said Danielle Vance, executive director at Windsor Manor. “Everything is tailored to their needs – activities, food, atmosphere – and there is a private enclosed courtyard.” HOME CONTINUED ON A2
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Concert series kicks off
MOUNT MORRIS – The Friday Night Campus Concert series begins tonight when the blues band The Jimmys perform at the band shell downtown. Concessions will open at 6 p.m., with the show starting at 7. The concert series continues through Aug. 8
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STERLING – It took a little longer than anticipated, but owners of a local fishing gear store can add the words “live bait shop” to the signage. After back-to-back special meetings of the Plan Commission and City Council on Thursday, a zoning amendment was passed to allow Shannon and Heidi Scalise to sell live bait – just in time for this weekend’s Cabela’s King Kat Tournament in Dixon. “This has been a long process – 2 months in the making,” Heidi Scalise said. “But we’re very happy with the end result.” The Scalises own and operate the Fine Line Body Art studio and the fishing business in the former Sauk Medical Clinic building at 705 W. Third St. Shannon makes custom fishing rods, and the couple wanted to expand the fishing venture by bringing live bait into the shop. A seemingly simple request became ensnared in an oddity of the city’s antiquated zoning code. The building has a B-2-1 zoning designation, which by definition, would be fine for the expanded use. Decades ago, however, someone felt it was important to specifically cite live bait shops among the uses in a B-3 district, a zoning designation for more intensive use. The owners were told by the city they would have to file a petition to the Plan Commission for a zoning change to accommodate the live bait, which they did in early April. BAIT CONTINUED ON A3
Windsor Manor offers three sizes of residences, including one-bedroom, deluxe onebedroom, and two-bedroom. The new assisted living home in Morrison will even allow pets in its facility.
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PRINCETON – The Beach Boys will play at the Bureau County Fair this year. You read that right. The Beach Boys will be at the Bureau County Fair at 8 p.m. Aug. 21. Tickets for the show, and for the fair, which runs Aug. 20-24, go on sale at 9 a.m. Saturday. Information is available and tickets can be bought at www.bureaucountyfair.com, at the fair ticket office, or at 815-875-2905. Beach Boys concert tickets range in price from $27 to $37.
ASHTON – The Ashton Summer Celebration, Saturday and Sunday in the downtown, will have a petting zoo, dunk tank, tractor pulls and more. A car show Sunday will have a trophy presentation at 3 p.m. Also Sunday are a parade starting at 4:30 p.m. and fireworks at 9. Go to ashtonusa.com for a complete schedule.
Relay for Life fundraising events for the American Cancer Society are this weekend in Dixon and Rock Falls. The Lee County Relay for Life will begin at 5 p.m. today at Dixon High School. The Whiteside County Relay for Life begins at 6 p.m. Saturday at the track at Rock Falls High School’s Hinder’s Field. In the event of rain, the Whiteside event will move to Westwood Fitness and Sports Center.
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BUSINESS ......... A13 CHURCH............ A11 COMICS ...............B4
CROSSWORD....B12 DEAR ABBY ......... A8 LIFESTYLE ........... A7
Relays for Life in region
LOTTERY ............. A2 OBITUARIES ........ A4 OPINION .............. A6
‘‘ ’’ I never lost faith in the process.
Heidi Scalise, co-owner of Fine Line Body Art
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King Kat back on the Rock
Cabela’s King Kat Tournament Trail returns to the Rock River today and Saturday. Tournament weigh-in is at Page Park in Dixon. Tournament hours are 6:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. both days, with fishing done between Milan and Oregon. A Cabela’s King Kat Kids event will take place at the weigh-in site. It’s free and open to kids 12 and younger. Sign up from 8 to 9 a.m. and fish from 9 to 11 a.m.
Today’s weather High 82. Low 59. More on A3.
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