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Wednesday, July 20, 2016 n SERVING DIXON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA SINCE 1851
DIXON | HIGH SCHOOL REFERENDUM
Price goes up before school does Inflation drives up high school’s pricetag, making it even more pressing that voters approve the project BY CHRISTOPHER HEIMERMAN cheimerman@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5523 CHeimerman_SVM
DIXON – The cost to build a new Dixon High School has gone up. That’s to be expected, said school board Vice President Jim Schielein. “The price for everything has gone up,” he said Tuesday. “The price for a new high
school has gone up, and so has the price for tuck-pointing the old high school, as well as all the life safety work we’ll have to do.” Tonight, the board will go over the language that could go on the general election ballot in November. For now, there are blanks, which will be filled as soon as Superintendent Margo Empen hears back from GreenAssociates, the firm the district has worked with in its facilities planning,
to confirm exactly how much the cost has gone up. “As things become more expensive, to keep putting more money into an older structure that’s going to require more maintenance over time, the harsh reality is – and we love that old school – that it would cost us more to stay there than to build a new high school,” Schielein said. SCHOOL continued on A54
To attend The Dixon school board will next meet at 6:30 p.m. today at the school district’s central office, 1335 Franklin Grove Road. Go to dps170.org or call the school district’s central office at 815-284-7722 for an agenda or more information.
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Judicial center could get a neighbor: A new jail Board will vote on site for $27 million project BY CHRIS JOHNSON cxjohnson@shawmedia.com Shaw Media
Photos by Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com
The marketplace to be on a Tuesday ABOVE: Liz Fischbach (right) of Baked by Liz in Morrison, talks about her products Tuesday at her booth during the Midweek Market in Sterling. The Twin City Farmers Market isn’t just a weekend-only offering anymore; it’s put down roots on a weekday. Through Sept. 27, the market will be open from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesdays at the downtown Grandon Civic Center, offering an array of goodies and goods, including produce, art and other treats. Janna Groharing, executive director of Sterling Main Street and market manager, said customers have been clamoring for a midweek market, and vendors were only too happy to oblige. For those who still prefer going to market on Saturday, the Twin City Farmers Market is open from 8 a.m. to noon all year ’round, in the Twin City Produce Building, 106 Ave. A. Admission is free. RIGHT: Rachel Woessner of Green Leaf Farms sells her produce Tuesday. She was among the 10 vendors who set up booths at the market.
OREGON – The new jail should be built on South Sixth Street, on county-owned property across the street from the judicial center. That’s the recommendation of the Long Range Planning Committee, its chairInside man, Don Griffin, Two told his fellow Ogle “halves” County board members Tuesday. The could board is expected to equal one: consider the site at Voters will weigh on its next meeting in merging August. townships. Before the counPage A5 ty meeting, Griffin attended an Oregon Planning Commission meeting to ask city officials to consider vacating a portion of Sixth Street, between Washington and Jefferson, for the project. The county owns the judicial center on the east side of Sixth and all the vacant lots on the west side. Preliminary plans call for building a jail large enough for 180 to 200 beds for adults and 32 beds for juveniles, at a cost of about $27 million. JAIL continued on A54
STERLING
City makes a hard sell harder Ordinance amended in response to rising complaints about solicitors BY PAM EGGEMEIER peggemeier@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5570 @pam_eggemeier
STERLING – While cities can’t lawfully prohibit all solicitors, officials in Sterling are trying to make it more difficult for them to go about their business. The Sterling City Council on Monday approved amendments to an ordinance governing solicitation
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within the city limits. The changes target the timeframe in which peddlers and marketers can go door to door, and the cost of the required permitting. The administrative fee, which covers the cost of fingerprinting, was doubled from $5 to $10, and the permits were bumped from $25 to $35 a day, and from $75 to $85 for an entire week. HARD SELL continued on A114
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