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Thursday, February 2, 2017 n SERVING DIXON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA SINCE 1851
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Decisions in tow Agency takes command of new emergency trailer BY RACHEL RODGERS rrodgers@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5529 @rj_rodgers
DIXON – Lee County is on its way to establishing a mobile command center to better coordinate responders and equipment in times of emergency, and it plans to share the resource with other communities. Kevin Lalley, director of the Lee County Emergency
Management Agency, recognized the need for a trailer to centralize operations at the scene of critical incidents following the EF-2 tornado that tore through Woodhaven Lakes campground in 2015. Emergency responders were faced with damaged properties and people to attend to and account for amid hundreds of downed trees, scattered across the area. COMMAND continued on A54
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Kevin Lalley, director of Lee County Emergency Management Agency, talks about the organization’s new trailer that he said can be used “for any [emergency] incident in Lee or adjoining counties.”
TWIN CITIES | NATIONAL CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK
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RIGHT: His cups falleth over ... A couple of cups take a tumble Wednesday as kindergartner Jackson Verhulst stacks plastic cups at St. Mary’s School in Sterling. Various interactive learning stations from Rockford’s Discovery Center Museum were set up in the gym as part of the school’s activities for National Catholic Schools Week, a celebration of Catholic education that starts the last Sunday in January and runs through the week.
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The Reagan Boyhood Home’s executive director will fly nearly a dozen flags over the former president’s boyhood home at 2 p.m. Monday, on Dutch’s birthday, and put them up for sale.
BELOW: A leap of faith ... Sixthgrader Daniel Jackleg jumps out of the way of a ball during a game of dodgeball Wednesday at St. Andrew Catholic Grade School in Rock Falls. Students took some time off from the classroom to have fun and get a workout as part of the school’s activities for National Catholic Schools Week.
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Director runs an idea up the flagpole to raise cash for Reagan home BY KATHLEEN A. SCHULTZ kschultz@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5535 @KathleenSchul10
DIXON – It’s a serendipitous celebration with a somewhat serious purpose. Monday, Feb. 6, is the 106th birthday of President Ronald Reagan, and as always, festivities are planned in Tampico, at the Ronald Reagan Birthplace and the Tampico Historical Society. Free cake is involved. Because the Reagan Boyhood Home is closed for the season, though, things usually are pretty quiet in Dixon. Not much public celebrating there. This year, though, something new is planned. FLAGS continued on A44 Photos by Philip Marruffo/pmarruffo@saukvalley.com
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
Her life’s sweet rewards
Keeley Knie, 25, of Sterling takes a selfie with children in an Indian village, including Senea (alongside Knie), who held her hand everywhere she went while Knie was doing mission work. Knie and her sevenmember World Race team are in the first of 11 countries they’ll visit over 11 months.
Sterling woman’s journey helps her shed bitterness of life’s emotional baggage BY CHRISTOPHER HEIMERMAN cheimerman@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5523 CHeimerman_SVM
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ABBY.................... A8 BUSINESS............ A7 COMICS................B6
STERLING – Keeley Knie is in a very different place. Literally, she’s a couple of hours east
CROSSWORD.....B10 LIFESTYLE............ A8 LOTTERY.............. A2
OBITUARIES......... A4 OPINION............... A6 POLICE................. A2
of Hyderabad, India, in the first foreign country of an 11-nation, 11-month mission trip called World Race. Figuratively, she’s reached a different level of consciousness. The 25-year-old Sterling resident was anxious about India – its food, smells, and Christian persecution among her chief concerns. Few of her worries were validated, and the beauty she found more than offset the fears confirmed. MISSION continued on A54
Today’s weather High 28. Low 13. More on A3.
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