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TELEGRAPH Monday, April 6, 2015
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2015 ELECTION | DIXON MAYORAL RACE
PAC runs pro-Arellano TV ad Same group mistakenly sent mailer that read ‘Paid for by Citizens for Arellano’ BY MATT MENCARINI mmencarini@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5529 @MattMencarini
DIXON – Outside money has made its way into the Dixon mayoral election. A 30-second TV ad supporting candidate Liandro Arellano Jr., 34, has been running in the Sauk Valley market. The ad could have been running as early as Thursday. That’s when Arellano posted a link to the ad on his campaign
Online extra Click on this story at saukvalley.com to see the 30-second ad run by Liberty Principles PAC, and to see the email from a Cook Multimedia representative explaining why a mailer from the PAC errantly stated it was paid for by Liandro Arellano Jr.’s campaign, Citizens for Arellano. page after, he said, a friend asked him about it. Arellano said he didn’t have any involvement with the ad and was surprised to see it running, but said it’s likely a result of the Rita Crundwell scandal. “I think that’s what happens when you make national news
for the reasons we did,” he said. Arellano is running against Commissioner Jeff Kuhn, who was elected to the City Council in 2011, to succeed Mayor Jim Burke as the city’s first new mayor since 1999. Kuhn said his support and campaign funds have all come
from local residents or labor unions with local ties. “I think elections need to be run locally and financed locally,” he said. “It’s the city of Dixon. ... When groups like that get involved, it distorts the election.” TV AD CONTINUED ON A4
DIXON | SISTER CITIES ASSOCIATION
DIXON
Clippin’ it old school
Group asks city for $15K
Longtime barber quite the cut-up BY ASHLEY POSKIN Special to Sauk Valley Media
DIXON – It might be considered a counterproductive business model: He doesn’t advertise, doesn’t really want any new clientele, and never has taken appointments. The only way to get in touch with him, in fact, is to stop in: There is no telephone at Ken’s Barber Shop. Still, at 72, Ken Masters has gotten along just fine, thanks, for the better part of 5 decades. He graduated high school, enrolled in barber college, then moved into a shop at 208 W. First St. downtown. A full half-century later, he’s still there. Back in the day, he charged around $2.25 for a haircut, offered straight razor shaves and paid a 30 percent commission on all of his services to the previous shop owner until it became his, all his, on April 1, 1972. A handful of things have changed – Ken’s haircuts now are $10, and straight razor shaves are passé – but much has stayed the same. One noticeable change that has come at the tail end of Ken’s 50 years are his hours. Even a few years ago, a typical work week ago was somewhere in the neighborhood of 40-plus hours, Tuesday through Saturday. And he worked for 38 years without taking a single day off. He’s making up for it now, though, cutting back on cutting hair to spend much of those hours on the golf course, bowling, or gambling at the casino. On this particular day, he had a full house; half the people who showed up were clients. The other half just wanted to socialize. If you’ve ever wondered what goes on in a truly old-school barber shop, keep reading. Longtime client Roddy Lowry walks in, and Ken makes a Santa Claus reference. “You come in for the BS?” Ken asks. “Nope, just gotta look pretty for the weekend,” Roddy says.
Money to replace some of what Crundwell stole BY MATT MENCARINI mmencarini@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5529 @MattMencarini
DIXON – Later this month, the City Council will vote on whether to grant a Dixon Sister Cities Association request for $15,000 related to former Comptroller Rita Crundwell’s theft. In March, Mayor Jim Burke sent an email to several council members and city staff supporting the city using some of its recovery money to make the nonprofit whole. That issue will likely be on the council’s April 20 agenda, after the group sent Burke a letter April 2, requesting $15,000 to replace what Crundwell stole. SISTER CONTINUED ON A4
DOG DAYS IN DeKALB Photos by Ashley Poskin/Special to Sauk Valley Media
After making a Santa Claus reference about his customer, Ken Masters takes a break from shooting the bull to trim Roddy Lowry’s hair. On March 30, Masters started his 50th year of manning at Ken’s Barber Shop in Dixon.
On April 1, 1972, Masters became the outright owner of his shop at 208 W. First St. in Dixon.
OLD SCHOOL CONTINUED ON A12
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Liandro Jeff Arellano Jr. Kuhn Candidate Opponent says says he had no “elections need to involvement with be run locally and TV ad run by PAC financed locally.”
ABBY ................... A7 COMICS ...............B6 CROSSWORD....B12
LIFESTYLE ........... A7 LOTTERY ............. A2 NATION/WORLD A12
OBITUARIES ........ A4 OPINION .............. A6 SPORTS ...............B1
Read all about 2 days of dog shows at NIU over the weekend on A11.
Today’s weather High 63. Low 49. More on A3.
Rock Falls Student of the Month, A3.
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