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REIGNING CHAMPS FINISH AT FRONT AGAIN
ILLINOIS BUDGET, A8
DIXON REAGAN RUN, B1
TELEGRAPH Tuesday, July 5, 2016 n SERVING DIXON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA SINCE 1851
RIVERFRONT DEVELOPMENT
DIXON | PETUNIA FESTIVAL
Seeing green soon?
People watch the Petunia Festival fireworks from the foot of the Peoria Avenue bridge Monday night in Dixon. MORE PHOTOS FROM THE FEST ON PAGE A12
Rock Falls considers $5M in TIF bonds for green space work BY PAM EGGEMEIER peggemeier@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5570 @pam_eggemeier
PHOTOS BY PHILIP MARRUFFO pmarruffo@saukvalley.com
A blast to the very end!
ROCK FALLS – The city will ask for permission tonight to issue up to $5 million in alternate revenue bonds to fund its planned riverfront green space project. The Rock Falls City Council will take action on the bond ordinance, as well as giving an area company the green light to start work on the project’s first phase. Martin & Company Excavating of Oregon submitted the low bid of $491,380.80. The ordinance language allows the city to use the bonds for any projects within the new downtown tax increment financing district. Plans include an amphitheater, water feature, skate park, public restrooms, improvements to the riverbank, and development of a bike and walk path. ROCK FALLS continued on A54
s In Rock Falls The Rock Falls City Council next meets at 6:30 tonight at City Hall, 603 W. 10th St. The agendas will be posted at rockfalls61071.com and at City Hall. Call 815-622-1100 for more information. The council meeting also airs live on Channel 5.
People walk through the booth of Donna Moore on Saturday at the 35th Annual Nuts About Art show in John Dixon Park during Petunia Festival in Dixon. Moore, of Franklin Grove, works with custom made stained glass pieces.
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More coverage inside! n Photos from Sunday’s Petunia Festival parade. Page A3 n Full results from Saturday’s Reagan Run. Sports, Page B4-5
Kylie Vaupel, 4, of Amboy, lets out a big laugh as she paints Monday afternoon at the Brush Bloom and Boom event on First Street in downtown Dixon. The family event was sponsored by Dixon Main Street. Artists had four hours to paint a 4-by-4-foot square. Paint and brushes were supplied.
The Sterling City Council meets at 6:30 tonight at City Hall, 212 Third Ave., in the first-floor Council Chambers. Go to sterling-il.gov or call City Hall at 815-632-6621 for an agenda or more information.
Sterling looks to finalize TIFs for downtown BY PAM EGGEMEIER peggemeier@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5570 @pam_eggemeier
The Peoria Avenue bridge fills with classic cars and spectators Monday for the Cruise In’ Style Car Show during the final day of Petunia Festival in Dixon.
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INDEX
ABBY.................... A7 COMICS.............. A10 CROSSWORD.....B11
LIFESTYLE............ A7 LOTTERY.............. A2 OBITUARIES......... A4
OPINION............... A6 POLICE................. A2 SCOREBOARD.....B3
STERLING – The Sterling City Council will look at four ordinances Tuesday that would finalize plans for a new downtown tax increment financing district needed to help finance a downtown development project. Three of the ordinances are required for the new East Central Business District TIF, and the fourth is needed to amend the West Central Business District TIF so the Lawrence Building and nearby rights of way can be moved from the expiring TIF district into the new East Central TIF. STERLING continued on A54
Today’s weather High 87. Low 70. More on A3.
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