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Member of famed family with Dixon roots dies
SVM ATHLETES OF THE WEEK DIXON, B3
CHARLES WALGREEN III, A9
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LEE COUNTY | WIND FARM
EDUCATION
Board nearing a vote Members could make a recommendation today BY RACHEL RODGERS rrodgers@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5529 @rj_rodgers
Jerry Rodriguez, left, and David Grande measure a piece of cardboard for their team’s boat Monday evening.
Thinking outside the
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Students combine creativity and stick-to-itiveness to get keep their physics project afloat
BY CHRISTOPHER HEIMERMAN cheimerman@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5523 CHeimerman_SVM
STERLING – Duct tape fixes everything, right? Sterling High School junior Jerry Rodriguez hopes it can fix nerves, too. He and senior David Lagunas arrived at their work site (Rodriguez’s garage) Sunday afternoon with the heaviest-duty duct tape they could find. After all, the Great Pirate Regatta Cardboard Boat Race is no joke. “We’ve got the pre-boat jitters, basically,” Rodriguez admitted. “I just want it to end up working out, not just go into the pond and sink right away.” That’s right: the pond, regatta superfans. The annual gala, celebrating its 20th birthday, will return at 9 a.m. Wednesday to its original site: the pond at Thomas Park. “I’m very excited,” physics teacher Elisa Gatz said Monday. “We’ve got the fountain in there, so if you veer too close, you get wet from the top. It’s like an obstacle course now.” BOX continued on A104
DIXON – The Lee County Zoning Board is likely to make a recommendation today on a first-of-its-kind project to decommission and rebuild the Mendota Hills Wind Farm. The board continued its discussion on the plan Monday on the wind farm’s proposal to uproot its 63 turbines and replace them with 27 to 34 larger, more efficient models. It’s the fourth time members have gathered to discuss the topic in meetings that have spanned 8 hours over the past few weeks. WIND FARM continued on A54
STERLING SCHOOLS
A surplus of mostly good news
Education fund is in the black, schools add teachers, and music will fill the day – but state uncertainty still exists BY CHRISTOPHER HEIMERMAN cheimerman@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5523 CHeimerman_SVM
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STERLING – The good news? The Sterling School Board will vote Wednesday on a budget that has a surplus in the education fund for the first time since 2011. The caveat? The surplus could have been twice that projection, if not for the state’s decision to recover taxes it says it overpaid over the past couple of years. A public hearing will precede the board’s vote on a fiscal year 2017 budget with an education fund that is BUDGET continued on A54
Photos by Philip Marruffo/pmarruffo@saukvalley.com
ELECTION 2016 | RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE
Sparks fly at the debate
AP
Donald Trump, at Monday’s presidential debate.
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HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) – In a combative opening debate, Hillary Clinton emphatically denounced Donald Trump Monday night for keeping his personal tax returns and business dealings secret from voters and peddling a “racist lie” about President Barack Obama. Trump repeatedly cast Clinton as a “typical politician” as he sought to capitalize on Americans’ frustration with Washington. Locked in an exceedingly close White House race, the presidential rivals tangled for 90-minutes over their vastly different visions for the nation’s future. Clinton called for lowering taxes for the middle class, while Trump focused
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more on renegotiating trade deals that he said have caused companies to move jobs out of the U.S. The Republican backed the controversial “stop-and-frisk policing” tactic as a way to bring down crime, while the Democrat said the policy was unconstitutional and ineffective. The debate was confrontational from the start, with Trump frequently trying to interrupt Clinton and speaking over her answers. Clinton was more measured and restrained, but also needled the sometimes-thin-skinned Trump over his business record and wealth.
CROSSWORD.......B8 LIFESTYLE............ A7 LOTTERY.............. A2
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OBITUARIES......... A4 OPINION............... A6 POLICE................. A2
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Hillary Clinton, at Monday’s debate in Hempstead, New York.
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