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Tuesday, November 22, 2016 n SERVING DIXON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA SINCE 1851
DIXON CITY COUNCIL
Leaders don’t want any parlor tricks Council doesn’t want to see all bets off, but it wants gambling businesses to live up to their license BY RACHEL RODGERS rrodgers@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5529 @rj_rodgers
DIXON – The city is concerned that video gambling parlors are taking up limited liquor licenses and not living up to their intended use. Restaurants, bars and other establishments with a liquor license can have video gambling machines under the
Video Gaming Act and with approval by the Illinois Gaming Board, but Mayor Li Arellano Jr. said Monday that there’s not much room for the city to regulate the number of gambling facilities. Some businesses were given licenses because they were supposed to operate as a restaurant or a bar, but instead have turned into video gambling parlors that aren’t based on selling food or liquor, Arellano said.
“There’s a lot of prime real estate in the city being taken over by gambling,” he said. “We’re not trying to be Sin City here.” City code makes 71 liquor licenses available in several categories – for restaurants, bars, grocery stores and other businesses – and many of the categories are maxed out, he said. “I’ve turned down a number of licenses because there aren’t any left,” he said.
Arellano suggested looking into the city’s authority to better regulate or remand liquor licenses held by video gambling parlors – for example, by setting a space requirement to receive a license. Councilman Chris Bishop said they shouldn’t require a minimum square footage because it could take away from smaller restaurants. CITY COUNCIL continued on A54
OPIOID CRISIS | TREATMENT
LEE COUNTY
Goodbye to the high Lee County plans to give inmates a fighting chance against addiction with a new drug that kills their cravings BY KATHLEEN A. SCHULTZ kschultz@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5535 @KathleenSchul10
Photos by Philip Marruffo/pmarruffo@saukvalley.com
Kaleel’s Clothing & Printing in Dixon has a full-service print and embroidering shop. George and Mona Kalee have run Kaleel’s Men’s Clothing in Amboy since May 4, 1956. Two more generations of Kaleels are running Kaleel’s Clothing & Printing at 704 N. Galena Ave., Dixon
Patterns of success More than a century ago, an immigrant with a dream came to America and rode a horse and buggy to success. Today, the business he started is still growing, thanks to a family that’s cut from the same cloth
BY PAM EGGEMEIER peggemeier@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5570 @pam_eggemeier
DIXON – Nemer Kaleel arrived at Ellis Island from his native Lebanon in 1905, with nothing but his dreams. The 17-year-old Nemer, who spoke no English at the time, left Beirut on a cattle boat and eventually settled in Spring Valley. He scraped up enough money to buy a horse and buggy, and the framework of a family business was born – Kaleel’s Country Peddler. “Dad journeyed out to the Earlville, Troy Grove, Ohio, and Mendota area to peddle his merchandise,” said Nemer’s son, George. “He would leave the horse and buggy at a farmhouse, take the train, and continue his route.” PATTERNS continued on A124
More information Kaleel’s Clothing & Printing is open at its new location, 704 N. Galena Ave. in Dixon, from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Call 815-284-5033 to reach Kaleel’s in Dixon, or find the Kaleel’s Clothing & Printing’s Facebook page. A website is in the works.
DIXON – Lee County plans to offer opioid-addicted jail inmates a shot that kills their cravings, and could help them stay off heroin and other drugs after their release. Vivitrol, or naltrexone, approved by the FDA in 2006, is a nonaddictive drug that targets receptors in the brain’s reward system, blocking euphoria and extinguishing urges. In short, you cannot get high while on Vivitrol. Stopping its use does not cause withdrawal, and a single shot, given in the buttocks, lasts 4 weeks. A person must be completely clean 7 to 10 days for it to be effective. The Submitted original cost of a single Lee County plans to offer opioid- shot was $1,100, but a addicted jail inmates Vivitrol, a recent shift for its covershot that kills their cravings, and age under Medicaid has could help them stay off heroin lowered that to $3 a dose. It is heavily regulated, and other drugs after their release. and because it is injected into the body, people who are administered the drug can’t resell it on the street. Any health care provider can administer it. Among its drawbacks, though, is research on its long-term effectiveness is not conclusive. ADDICTION continued on A44
ILLINOIS
Oversight blinded at group homes Investigation: Facilities police their own problems, reveal them to few CHICAGO (AP) – A newspaper investigation has found that self-policing played a role in determining whether neglect has occurred in investigations of Illinois group homes serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The Chicago Tribune reports group home employees handled at least 550 cases and helped clear their own group home of wrongdoing in the majority of instances. Federal regulators say no other states have given caregivers at group homes full-fledged investigative powers. OVERSIGHT continued on A54
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ABBY.................... A7 BUSINESS.......... A12 COMICS................ A9
CROSSWORD.....B11 LIFESTYLE............ A7 LOTTERY.............. A2
OBITUARIES......... A4 OPINION............... A6 POLICE................. A2
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