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DIXON | STREET REPAIRS
SURVIVORS, FAMILIES BROUGHT TOGETHER BY PINK HEALS
Project to cost $480K Work on nearly 20 sections will start next week BY MATT MENCARINI mmencarini@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5529
Photos by Alex T. Paschal/apaschal@saukvalley.com
Lynne Drew of Dixon signs her name on a Pink Heals fire truck Monday morning during its stop at the Lee County Courthouse. Drew is a cancer survivor who was diagnosed in December 2012. Dixon was one of several stops made by the northern Illinois chapter of Pink Heals, a nonprofit that promotes cancer awareness nationwide and raises funds for research.
ABOVE: Dianne La Coursiere of Dixon snaps a photo of what she wrote on the Pink Heals fire truck Monday morning at the Lee County Courthouse. La Coursiere signed the truck for her husband, Dean, who passed away in October.
DIXON – In about a week, repairs to nearly 20 sections of city streets will get underway. The work is part of the city’s street maintenance program and will cost about $480,000, Commissioner Jeff Kuhn said during Monday night’s City Council meeting. Jim George and Sons LLC of Sycamore will do the seal coat work, and Universal Asphalt and Excavating Inc. of LaSalle will do the resurfacing. While Universal told Jeff Kuhn the work Kuhn could be fin- Commissioner ished in 4 days, solicited public’s the commis- recommendations, sioner expects then drove streets it to take sev- to prioritize project eral weeks. In March, Kuhn asked residents to submit recommendations as to which city streets should be repaired, and he later drove those streets and others to determine which were priorities to be repaired. The goal was to repair some streets in each part of the city, Kuhn said. Eleven portions of Dixon streets will get completely resurfaced, Kuhn said, and streets and alleys that got seal coating last year will get addition coating. STREET REPAIRS CONTINUED ON A4
RIGHT: Pink Heals’ vehicles, named after cancer victims, bear thousands of signatures of survivors and those who have lost family members to the disease. The Lee County Health Department wants to remind people not to let insurance or costs keep them from looking for treatment; the department has programs and can help.
See the list Breakdown of streets to be repaired on 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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