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Helping dad find ‘missing piece’ Korean War vet surprised to have medals replaced BY PAM EGGEMEIER peggemeier@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5570
Photos by Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com
Dare I Dream rocks the Dixon High School band shell Saturday night during Project GenNex Teen Band Night 2. Surviving Sunday and The Defeated Royals also played the event. Despite thunderstorms late that night, listeners grabbed spots at the front of the shell to shield themselves from rain, and each band played its set as planned. RIGHT: Raven Valdivia (right) and Jordyn Martin of Surviving Sunday perform at the Dixon High School band shell. Sow Belly’s and Dairy Delite provided pizza and ice cream to be sold at the event. BELOW: Hunter Seidel (right), also a member of Dare I Dream, performs an impromptu acoustic set with Zach Emry. See more photos of the event on A9.
ROCK FALLS – Air Force veteran Frank Ochoa Jr. woke up early Saturday morning knowing that a yearlong mission would soon be accomplished. That was the day he would take his father, Frank Ochoa Sr., 86, of South Holland, to Rock Island to claim some honors that were long overdue. Frank Jr., of Rock Falls, and Frank a few other family Ochoa Jr. members picked up the elder Ochoa in the south suburbs bright and early Saturday, but kept their destination a surprise until they got there. “Dad’s not an early riser, and we Frank left at 7 a.m.,” Frank Ochoa Sr. Jr. said with a laugh. “He kept asking where we were going, but we just kept telling him we going on a little road trip.” PIECE CONTINUED ON A2
CLOSER LOOK | MEDICAL MARIJUANA
A THIRD-GENERATION BARN ON TOUR
Job, revenue growth promised Aspiring entrepreneurs vying for 21 cultivation permits
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Kile Long of Sterling explains the milking process Saturday to visitors of his family’s dairy farm, the only thirdgeneration operation on the seventh Whiteside County Barn Tour. Those who took the tour saw equipment both antique and modern. See more pictures on A3.
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CHICAGO (AP) – The prospect of adding jobs – even as few as 30 – has led officials in many shrinking Illinois communities to set aside any qualms about the state’s legalization of medical marijuana and to get friendly with would-be growers. The aspiring growers and their agents have been racing from town to town, shaking hands with civic leaders and promising to bring jobs and tax revenue, if they’re able to snag one of the 21 cultivation permits the state will grant this fall. Although not a single plant has sprouted, Illinois’ new medical marijuana industry is pushing the boundaries of what is considered attractive economic development. “It’s been a long time since we’ve had a company say, ‘Hey, we want to bring in 50 jobs and we want to bring in tax revenue to your school,’” said Liz Skinner, the mayor of Delavan, a central Illinois city of 1,700 residents.
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GROWTH CONTINUED ON A4
LIFESTYLE ........... A7 LOTTERY ............. A2 NATION/WORLD A10
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Mayor Liz Skinner of Delavan, a town of 1,700 in central Illinois, talks Friday about the annexed property optioned by Joliet-based ICC Holdings as a possible site for a marijuana cultivation center. The soybean field is where the center would be built.
OBITUARIES ........ A4 OPINION .............. A6 SPORTS ...............B1
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