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dailyGAZETTE Tuesday, October 21, 2014
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DIXON | REAGAN MIDDLE SCHOOL
‘General threat’ found on site Investigation underway; backpacks, bags to be searched today BY JERMAINE PIGEE jpigee@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5525
DIXON – A threatening message found Monday in a Reagan Middle School bathroom prompted a police investigation and an automatic call to parents from Superintendent Michael Juenger.
“We do not believe the threat is credible, but we are taking precautions to ensure everyone’s safety as we continue to investigate this,” Police Chief Danny Langloss said Monday afternoon. That means there will be an increased police presence today, and students will have their bags checked
as they enter the school, Langloss said. He declined to say what the message read, when it was written, or if it was found in a boys or a girls restroom, citing the investigation, which is being conducted with school district officials. THREAT CONTINUED ON A4
STERLING | TOUCHDOWN FOR TATAS
‘‘ ’’ I’m willing to send members of my family to the school. I’m that confident we will have the proper safety measures in place. Dixon Police Chief Danny Langloss
STERLING CRIME
Putting up pink flags
Man shot five times in torso, arms, legs Suspect’s bond set at $200K; victim in fair condition
Fundraiser gets locals into game, battle with cancer
BY CHRISTI WARREN cwarren@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5521
Photos by Alex T. Paschal/apaschal@saukvalley.com
ABOVE-RIGHT: Olivia Ham of Sterling, a quarterback on the team organized by CGH Medical Center, keeps an eye on the ball while practicing for the Touchdown for TaTas fundraiser Saturday at Sterling High School. Last year’s inaugural event raised about $30,000 for breast cancer research and awareness and saw about 3,000 participate. ABOVE-LEFT: Meaghan Coward of Harmon looks for running room while practicing with her CGH Medical Center team. Get all the details on Saturday’s event on A10.
STERLING – A Sterling man shot five times Saturday night still was in fair condition at CGH Medical Center on Monday afternoon. Sterling Police say Bryant Cotton, 35, was shot in the torso, arms, and legs following an argument with Alfred G. Lee, 41, at 503 Ave. B. The argument happened less than a block from where the shooting occurred, Sgt. Alex Chavira said. Police received calls about shots being fired at 10:42 p.m., and responded to the area of West Sixth Street and Avenue B. While they were en route, though, Cotton was making his way to the Citgo gas station a block away, at 602 Locust St. Amid the flurry of calls from people reporting a shooting, the gas station attendant, too, called police to report a man who showed up bleeding from gunshot wounds. SHOT CONTINUED ON A4
STERLING
Twin birth ... with a twist
Mackenzie Jordan, 8, explains how she remained calm when she had to help her mom, Melissa, give birth to twins Oct. 13 at their Sterling home.
Bundles of joy arrive, with assistance from 8-year-old BY CHRISTI WARREN cwarren@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5521
STERLING – Melissa Jordan has a high tolerance for pain. That’s why, at 1:30 a.m. on Oct. 13, she says she didn’t think she was about to give birth until it was too late. Well, that and she was only 31 weeks along, making
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her about 6 weeks early, by twins pregnancies’ standard. It all leads to how, at 2:04 a.m., she came to deliver the first of her twin daughters in her sweatpants, with no one at home but her two daughters. Melissa’s husband, Lamar, was at work at the time. Mackenzie Jordan, 8,
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who until that fateful night didn’t understand how babies were born, stayed by her mom’s side until about 2:10 a.m., when Melissa’s mother and sister arrived to help deliver the second baby – minutes before an ambulance arrived. TWIN CONTINUED ON A2
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