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It’s real, it’s live – it’s music Band members tap into their synergy; now they’re about to ‘Come Undone’ BY LUCAS PAULEY lpauley@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5576 @LucasJayPauley
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Robbie LeBlanc (right) and The Real Live Show, featuring Steve Catron (left) and Brian Shippert, will get the music started at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Blues, Brews, BBQs & Bags for the Brave downtown in the 100 block of First Street.
DIXON – “Good-time-feeling music.” That’s how guitarist Robbie LeBlanc, 59, and his band – bassist Steve Catron, 49, and drummer Brian Shippert, 40 – describe their unique brand of music. “We have such a hard time [describing our style],” Shippert said. “We get so many people asking what style we play, and it’s like,
‘Well, we kind of got a bluesy-rockfunk-reggae-Cajun feel.’” Robbie LeBlanc and The Real Live Show have been playing since 2008. “I had an idea about some music I wanted to play,” LeBlanc said. “These guys were game enough to jump on in there.” “I think my band had ended,” Shippert recalled, “and I had actually seen Robbie out one night.” The Dixon drummer told LeBlanc to get ahold of him if he ever wanted to jam. “He told me he was looking for a
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Safety: In numbers
1 program; 2 days; 7 people seeking safe passage from drug addiction BY KATHLEEN A. SCHULTZ kschultz@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5535 @KathleenSchul10
Photos by Philip Marruffo/pmarruffo@saukvalley.com
The circus comes to town ABOVE: She flies through the air with the greatest of ease ... Amanda Valenica performs high in the big top tent Wednesday as the Carson & Barnes Circus comes to Gieson Motorsports in Rock Falls. LEFT: Kids take elephant rides Wednesday during the circus intermission.
DIXON – A new program to help opiate addicts get treatment, rather than jail time, launched Tuesday, and already has seven people in recovery. The Lee County Safe Passage Initiative: Police Giving Hope to Addicts Through the Tools For Recovery encourages opiate addicts – heroin, Fentanyl, and oxycodone users – to ask police officers and sheriff’s deputies to help them get help. Tuesday was the official launch date, but four people already sought treatment last week, two came forward on Day 1, and one came forward Wednesday, Police Chief Danny Langloss said. They range in age from the low 20s to 50; five are men, two are women. One person came in via the Lee County Substance Abuse Hotline; all are invited to use the hotline or simply call or come into the downtown police or sheriff’s departments. “It is incredibly encouraging to see people coming forward, ready for help, and we are here to provide just that,” Langloss said in the news release. “This initiative is poised to do real good in our community.” SAFETY CONTINUED ON A4
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House just says no – resoundingly
Someone new in the driver’s seat
Lawmakers celebrate override vote to keep help coming to addicts BY CHRISTI WARREN cwarren@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5521 @SeaWarren
Geneva car dealer buys Sterling Chevrolet dealership BY PAM EGGEMEIER peggemeier@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5570 @pam_eggemeier
STERLING – A third-generation car dealer from Geneva is the new owner of Sterling Chevrolet. Lee Schreiber, 36, finalized the acquisition of the dealership at 1824 N. Locust St. Tuesday from Jason Hachmeister and Rick Steenbock, who bought the dealership in 2007. Lee’s father, John Schreiber Jr., was a Ford dealer for a quartercentury, at Oakfield Ford in Villa
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I’ve grown up in dealerships – I started as a porter cleaning cars when I was a kid. Lee Schreiber, New owner of Sterling Chevrolet
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Park and Bull Valley Ford in Woodstock. Lee’s grandfather, John Sr., was the general manager at Zim-
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merman Ford in St. Charles for 35 years. John Jr. died in 2012, and Lee’s uncle bought that dealership. “I’ve grown up in dealerships – I started as a porter cleaning cars when I was a kid,” Schreiber said. Schreiber didn’t come to Sterling alone. The man he calls his “righthand man,” Kevin May, is his general sales manager. May, 52, of Schaumburg, has also been in the business most of his life. “I worked for my dad in Villa Park, and started washing cars back in 1973,” May said.
DIXON – Local officials are rejoicing after the House voted to overrule Gov. Bruce Rauner’s controversial amendatory veto of a bill that would ensure Medicaid covers treatment for heroin addicts. On Wednesday, state representatives overwhelmingly voted to override the governor’s changes that would have axed the Medicaid component. The vote was 105-5. One of the people who voted in favor of the override was Rep. Tom Demmer, R-Dixon. When reached for comment following the governor’s amendatory veto last week, Demmer was uncertain as to what his vote would be. His decision today clearly shows he had a change of heart.
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CROSSWORD....B12 LIFESTYLE ........... A7 LOTTERY ............. A2
PLANIT ......... A9-A12 OBITUARIES ........ A4 OPINION .............. A6
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