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SAUK VALEY | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Our business is his business Director discusses ways to become partners in progress with local leaders BY PAM EGGEMEIER peggemeier@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5570 @pam_eggemeier
MORRISON – Before Jim Schultz would agree to lead the state’s economic development efforts last year, he needed reassurance that the process would change.
Gov. Bruce Rauner named Schultz director of the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity in February 2015, and a year later, the state had a new economic development arm and Schultz had a different job title. The governor announced Feb. 3 the creation, by executive order, of Intersect
Illinois, a privately funded nonprofit corporation that would use public-private partnerships to recruit business to the state. Schultz is its CEO. Schultz was in Morrison on Thursday to visit Whiteside County Economic Development Director Gary Camarano and other regional business leaders.
Schultz, an Effingham native, has been an agribusiness entrepreneur and private equity executive and has been involved in starting 40 businesses, two of which went public. A desire to give back was motivation for finally accepting Rauner’s offer, he said. BUSINESS continued on A44
DIXON CITY COUNCIL
STERLING
Council meets the problem half-way City opts for 1-sided solution to bridge issue: Repair just the east rails BY RACHEL RODGERS rrodgers@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5529 @rj_rodgers
DIXON – The city will fix only the east side Galena Avenue Bridge railings, because the west side is in much better shape, the council decided Thursday. The cost to repair the corroded railings jumped from about $55,000 to about $200,000 last week, on top of the $269,000 to sandblast and repaint them once repairs are done. At a special meeting – and after more than an hour of debate – the council voted down a proposal to fix all four inner and outer railings, which would cost roughly $178,000. Exactly how much that will save is not yet known. Councilman Mitch Tucker said the “rusted, blown-out” steel on the east side had to be fixed, but the city could do without spending an extra $60,000 on the other side. The west railings aren’t showing the same deterioration as the east railings, which were not sealed properly and allowed water and corrosive material such as road salt to get inside, Tucker said.
Alex T. Paschal/apaschal@saukvalley.com
Dealing with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome doesn’t bring Anniah Rose Garcia down. She enjoys having fun as much as the next toddler.
Battling With a Smile Dealing with health challenges can be difficult, but life’s a lot happier when you see it through Rose-colored glasses
BY CHRISTOPHER HEIMERMAN cheimerman@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5523 CHeimerman_SVM
Online extra Read this story at saukvalley. com to watch video of Anniah Rose Garcia and her family.
STERLING – Just barely 2 years old, Anniah Rose Garcia was rather calm as doctors took her blood and did an ultrasound on her tummy Monday at CGH Medical Center. It was the first time she didn’t throw a fit. “She’s getting used to it, and I don’t know if that’s a bad thing, for her to be used to doctors and things being done to her in the hospital,” said her mom, Abbie Capp, 20. SMILE continued on A104
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Craft show returns to church
STERLING – The third annual Fall-In Craft Show runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at New Life Lutheran Church, 702 W. Lynn Blvd. There will be door prizes, a bake sale and concessions. Call 815499-6552 for more information. W SH O
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Shocking twists and turns
COMO – The Shocker 3D Haunted Maze is open from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday at 25119 Indian Ridge Road. Admission is $3. The maze is a fundraiser for Huntington’s disease awareness and research. Its owner, Terry Warren, lost his wife, Jennifer, to the disease in May 2015. He previously ran a maze in his front yard at 201 Seventh Ave. in Rock Falls. Find The Shocker/ Haunting for Huntington’s group on Facebook for more information.
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Enjoy fall in Nachusa
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NACHUSA – The Nachusa Lutheran Home Fall Fest runs from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday at 1261 state Route 38. Activities include a petting zoo, pumpkin decorating, face painting, and tours. A pork chop lunch will be sold. Project Lead of Lutheran Social Services of Illinois will present “Hidden in Plain Sight,” in which people walk through a mock teenager’s bedroom to identify the warning signs of drinking and substance abuse. Admission is by donation; proceeds benefit United Way of Lee County. Go to lssi.org/ events.php for information.
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Movies at the skate park
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DIXON – Project GenNex’s “A Fright Day/Night at the Movies and Skate Sesh” will be held today at Vaile Park, at the corner of West Third Street and Custer Avenue. A temporary “skate park” will be set up from 3 to 10 p.m. and horror flicks shown from 6 to 10 p.m. Admission is free. Food and drinks will be sold. Find the event and group on Facebook for more information.
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Farmers markets take a rest
With the fall air getting crisper and the days getting cooler, three farmers markets are getting ready to go into hibernation. • The final Mount Morris Community Farmers Market runs from 4 to 7 p.m. today in the parking lot of Rockford Bell Credit Union, 4 E. Main St. • The final Dixon Park District farmers market runs from 7 a.m. to noon Saturday at Haymarket Square, 317 W. Third St. • The final Rock Falls farmers market runs from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at 400 W. Second St.
Today’s weather High 69. Low 61. More on A3.
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