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STERLING | CHAMPS LEASE AGREEMENT
WHAT’S IN A NAME? A LOT, WHEN SIGNED ON A PINK HEALS TRUCK
Alley open to special events Thanks to council approval, help from nonprofit BY PAM EGGEMEIER peggemeier@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5570
Photos by Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com
Suzy Perino of Rock Falls signs the Pink Heals “Jessica” fire truck Monday evening along the Rock Falls riverfront. Perino is a 7-year breast cancer survivor. Pink Heals’ vehicles drive across the country to promote cancer awareness, and they made several stops throughout the Sauk Valley on Monday. Check out pictures from their visit in Dixon on A3.
ABOVE: Pink Heals’ vehicles drive nationwide to help promote cancer awareness, and to collect signatures of cancer survivors and family members of those lost to the disease. RIGHT: Khloe Strader, 4, of Sterling, looks out the window of the Pink Heals “Jessica” fire truck Monday evening along the Rock Falls riverfront. Khloe lost her mother, Jessica, last year. The truck is named after a cancer survivor from Johnsburg who was paralyzed from the waist down and learned to walk and drive while keeping a perfect grade-point average.
STERLING – The council unanimously approved a lease agreement Monday that allows a downtown business to use a city alleyway Wednesdays through Sundays and for special events. Champs Sports Bar & Grill, 11 E. Third St., with help from nonprofit development group Sterling Today, will use the Light Street alley that runs from Second to Fourth streets. The lease calls for Champs to pay the city $200 a year for use of the alley. The agreement is in sync with ordinances regarding sidewalk cafes. The hours are restricted to 5 to 10 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, and 10 a.m. to closing Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Sterling Today first brought the idea before the council on March 4, 2013. Mayor Skip Lee said the city’s support of the project never wavered. The delay came with drawing up the paperwork. “There was no doubt about wanting to do this,” Lee said. “Paperwork takes time, and there were some other pressing issues that made this a lower priority, especially during the winter.” ALLEY CONTINUED ON A4
Bounce house update Council considering waiving annual fees for Fun Jump, A4.
OREGON | ALONG THE ROCK RIVER
New park also site of burial mounds? Family donates 10 acres for variety of recreation BY VINDE WELLS vwells@shawnews.com Shaw News Service
OREGON – Hikers, canoeists, boaters and anglers at this river city’s newest park might be sharing the space with the ancestral remains of the area’s Native Americans. Experts are in the process of determining if burial mounds are located at Jack’s Landing, a 10-acre parcel on the east side of the Rock River near Daysville that
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About the new park, Jack’s Landing Jack’s Landing, on the east side of the Rock River near the intersection of Second and Lafayette streets, is open from sunrise to sunset. There is a parking lot, and plans are in the works to install a pier. The hiking trails are bare ground, and will remain natural if Indian mounds are identified, so as not to impact the burial grounds. Go to www.oregonpark.org or call the Oregon Park District, 815732-3101, for more information. was donated to the Oregon Park District in November. “They potentially have identified two burial mounds on this property,” park district Executive Director Erin Folk said. “That has not been verified.” Craig and Bette Williams of
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Oregon bought the land to build a home, but their plans changed, and they donated the land to the Chris Johnson/cxhjohnson@shawmedia.com park district, Folk said. Named after their son, Jack, it was opened A view of the Rock River from the Oregon Park District’s newest park, Jack’s Landing, a 10-acre parcel on the east to the public on June 14. side of the Rock River near Daysville that was donated to PARK CONTINUED ON A2 the district in November, and opened June 14. DEAR ABBY ......... A7 LIFESTYLE ........... A7 LOTTERY ............. A2
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