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Sauk Valley Sun shopper total market coverage for Dixon, Sterling and Rock Falls IL.TRANSCRIPT
March 2012 Vol. 1 Issue 1
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Pastor Scott’s CornerHello, my name is Scott Porter. I am the pas-tor of Abiding Word Church in Sterling, Illinois. I have been in ministry at Abiding Word for 26 ½ years. I was born in Dixon, raised in Rock Falls, and I now live in Sterling. I have been invited to share with you each month, a column I call PASTOR SCOTT’S CORNER. I hope you enjoy it. You can send questions or comments to [email protected] or check out our church website at www.abidingwordchurch.orgIf you’ve ever studied the life of Jesus Christ, you’ll notice one thing. He always knew the right thing to do. If you studied His life, you’d find that sometimes Jesus avoided conflict, sometimes he resolved conflict and sometimes Jesus actually created con-flict. Yes, Jesus provoked it. He induced & instigated it. In your life, all three of these responses are sometimes going to be ap-propriate. Sometimes you need to avoid conflict. Sometimes you need to resolve conflict. But sometimes you need to create conflict. Most people have a misunderstanding that keeping the peace means avoiding confrontation at all costs. It means swallow my hurts, hide my feelings, repress the truth, ignore problems in my life, and pretend that everything is OK. But the Bible says that only causes more problems. Repressing the truth rather than dealing with the truth causes trouble.Proverbs 10:10 says, “Someone who holds back the truth will cause trouble. But the one who openly confronts works for peace.” One of the biggest motivations that is very common in our lives, and we don’t recognize it, is we often criticize in other people the weak-ness we see in ourselves. Have you ever done this? I know I have. If you know your weaknesses and you don’t like them in you, you also don’t like them in somebody else. So if you tend to be a gossip, you notice other people who gossip and you really don’t like it when they do that. If you tend to be prideful, you can pick out ego in a sec-ond. If you tend to be lazy, you notice other lazy people. We tend to criticize in other people the very thing we don’t like in ourselves. That’s why Jesus says this in Matthew 7, “Why worry about a speck in your friend’s eyes when you have a log in your own? First get rid of the log in your own eye and then perhaps you’ll see well enough to deal with the speck in your friend’s eye.” Pretty good advice. He said make sure you’re not doing the same thing. Before you confront anybody in the spirit of love, make sure you’re not doing it yourself. But Pastor Scott, didn’t Jesus say, “Judge not lest you be judged.” Yes, He did. And that is prob-ably one of the most misused and misunderstood verses in the Bible. When Jesus said don’t judge, He was not saying ignore problems in a friend’s life. He was not saying tolerate sin. He was not saying don’t be discerning, set your brain on a shelf and let anything go on around you, never make any observations or cor-rections about it. He was not saying allow evil to exist. People want to say, “Judge not lest you be judged” means just let anybody do what they want to do. No, that’s not what He was saying at all. When Jesus said, “Don’t judge,” He was saying don’t hypocritically condemn in other people the very thing that you yourself are doing at that moment. That’s what He’s talking about. He’s saying you don’t build yourself up by tearing other people down when you’re doing the exact same thing. He’s not saying don’t be discerning and don’t point out something that’s wrong in a person’s life, a re-lationship or in our society. You start with the correct motivation. What is the right motive? To help, and not to hurt. The reason you speak the truth in love is you confront with a loving attitude, is to help the person, not to hurt them. You’re doing it in love. Proverbs 24:26 says this, “An honest answer is the sign of a true friendship.” Real friends speak the truth. They tell their friends what they need to hear not what they’d like to hear. Sometimes love must be tough. Sometimes love hurts. It hurt Jesus to die. That’s the kind of love Jesus had for you. But the end results were worth it.
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Getting Older...As a gift for Christmas about five years ago, one of our daughters gave my us a DVD player along with the DVD “Finding Nemo”. After my hus-band put our new DVD in our new player he sat down and we were ready to watch Finding Nemo. Soon two fish were swimming (as fish do). One of those fish (the boy fish) said to the other fish (the girl fish), it’s time to make a choice. They kept swimming and soon the girl fish said to the boy fish, or we could just keep swimming and swimming. My husband and I thought the fish and the effects were cute....so we just sat there watching, figuring the movie would start soon. Soon the boy fish said, it really is time to make a choice and again the girl fish said, or we could just keep on swimming and swimming. We sat there watching these two fish swim-ming for about ten minutes and then the phone rang. It was my brother in law. He wanted some information from my husband but before my husband found out what he wanted, he told him about the movie we were watching or trying to watch. My husband told him that we couldn’t figure out why these two fish just kept swimming and talking to each other and the movie didn’t start. It took us awhile but we did finally realize we were doing something wrong! My brother in law (probably laughing quietly) said, you have to press “enter”. By Darlene Rego
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Good Business Sense By Jane Sheaffer There’s no doubt about it. This economic world crisis is hard on everyone. Jobs have evaporated. Companies have closed. Govern-ment services have been curtailed. We’re on the edge as we watch and wait for financial news from the rest of the world and try to decipher the meaning and impact on our investments, our expenditures, our lives.Meanwhile, technology has changed communication tools, record keeping, transportation - just about everything from the way we play games, pay our bills, and repair our automobiles to the way we do business. Of course, you know that I’m talking about computers and the gargantuan impact that the Internet has had on economies everywhere. There’s no denying, it’s just plain convenient to shop on-line. But local economies can lose much of their business to out-of-state Internet sales. Dan Houston, an Austin, Texas based economic de-velopment consultant, conducted some market studies a few years ago and concluded that for every one dollar spent within a commu-nity, 45 cents is invested locally. By contrast, only about 13 cents is kept within the community when shopping non-locally. In another market study, for example, Houston says that for a 10% shift to local spending in Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1600 jobs could be created with a payroll of $53 million. Others dispute the importance of these findings. But what doesn’t seem to be disputed are the non-monetary benefits from doing busi-ness in the community in which you live. Shopping locally makes possible a healthy downtown with unique flavor, stores with vitality, and business owners and employees who know who you are when you walk in the door. It can all add up to a much richer, quality shopping experience. And face it, most of us spend a good deal of our time pursuing acquisition of the physical items that contribute to a comfortable life.As far as that “downtown with unique flavor” reference I made, have you thought much about what all goes into creating that local char-acter? Well, usually there’s some kind of a theme to tie the vendors together, to give the local marketplace a unified and quickly recog-nizable identity. Princeton, a thriving town south of us, has been quite successful with promoting their persona as a place of antique, art, and specialty shops. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, there was quite a different theme developed to entice consumers. It was considered to be the standard not just for the marketplace, but for the whole community. The City Beautiful Movement was sweep-ing America. Mass attention was bestowed upon parks, landscaped boulevards, natural scenery, and pleasure drives. The University of Illinois’ Art Extension Committee provided leadership in such programs as beautifying school grounds, farms, and highways. The Committee sponsored a photography contest of the “100 Beauty Spots of Illinois.” The Chambers of Commerce were active in preserving and enhancing the natural beauty of their communities—because as local business owner, Dixon’s first park board president, and active chamber member E.N. Howell said in 1922: “Beauty pays. Those who cannot enjoy beauty from an artistic point of view will find consolation in the fact that it pays big dividends in a material way. It is a plain business duty for our citizens to develop and make proper use of the natural beauties surrounding Dixon. Nature has given us a monopoly over other towns and we are not getting out of it all we should. People like to live in an attractive city. People like to journey to a beautiful city. That is why thousands come to Dixon to enjoy themselves, do their trading and acquire a hope of
living here some day. It is a plain business duty for our citizens to develop and make proper use of [natural beauty].”As a result of this widespread “beauty” ethic that Mr. Howell championed on behalf of Dixon and all our citizens so many years ago, we have an outstand-ing system of city parks. Howell Park, John Dixon Park, and Lowell Park, among others, are all a result of his insistence that easy access to the riverfront and tranquil picnic spots be enhanced, preserved, and maintained as green and open, natural spaces for our community and its visitors. And while I can’t prove it with any studies or statistics, unabating stewardship of our powerful and local natural landscape still makes good business sense.
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green livingAllow me to introduce myself. I am Jill Horn. I live in Dixon and have been interested in preserving the earth and using as few toxins as pos-sible for many years now. I also try to avoid pollut-ing the planet if I can. I am going to talk about an issue related to this topic each month for as long as I have topics. My first topic is “green” transportation. Not only does “green” transportation save our planet, it also saves us money. If you see a woman on a bicycle riding around town, sometimes with a tennis racquet in her bike basket, that’s me. I ride my bike everywhere I can most months of the year. I am a math teacher at Sauk Valley Community College and live only three miles from where I work. I have ridden my bike to work twice this year already. I have considered going much longer distances during these warm spells but have opted against it since it’s still pretty cold out for long bike rides. I have seen many others around town on their bikes all winter long. This is definitely a “green” form of transportation. In fact, I encourage all of you to either walk or ride a bike somewhere this month instead of taking the car. Even if it’s only a few blocks, it’s a start. I also take my bike into Green River Sports for any repairs. I am sorry to hear that business is closing but the owner will still do bike repair and sell bikes and kayaks until he has sold them all. Right now, he is having some sales so now is a good time to go in and find a bike or kayak or accessories. One of my coworkers at SVCC took her kayak to work. She lived across the river and would kayak to Sauk on weather permitting days. Again this is good exercise and also very “green”. More recently I have started to learn more about electric and hybrid vehicles. I did some investigating about what is available right here in the Sauk Valley area since I don’t plan on purchasing any gas only cars again. I went to Ken Nelson Chevrolet in Dixon and met with Jamie Curia. He took me for a ride in the Chevy Volt. I had heard much about it and was anxious to see it for myself. The Volt uses both electricity and gas. One of the first things I noticed is when the car is on, there is no engine noise. The car can go up to 40 miles on the electric charge of the battery. The car automatically changes to gas when needed. There is no danger of running out of battery and being stranded (at least no more than with any other car) since if the charge in the battery runs down, the engine automatically switches to the gas engine. The charging cord has one end that plugs into the car and the other end that plugs into a 110 outlet in the house or garage of your home. Ken Nelson has 220 volt charging stations that anyone can use and the car comes with the charger for this as well. The Volt takes all night to completely charge at home on a 110 outlet but can be charged in half the time at Ken Nelson on the charg-ing station. Pete Harkness Chevrolet in Morrison also has the Volt for sale and a charging station. Ken Nelson also sells the Toyota Prius. The Prius is a hybrid and does not need a charging station. The technology used in the Prius is called Hybrid Synergy Drive. This engine switches back and forth between electric and gas all the time using whichever is more efficient. The friction used in braking the tires also recharges the battery and is the reason in town driving actually gets better gas mileage than highway driv-ing for the Prius. The federal and state government are giving tax credits for purchasing “green” vehicles. I haven’t mentioned carpooling. I don’t do this as often as I should but that is also another way to save our planet and save money. So there are many different options for “green” transportation including things I didn’t write about in here. I think going green does require some imagination and oftentimes exercise but both are things we need to practice on a regular basis. I encourage you to use your imagination and find alternate ways of transportation.
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“There are some who can live without wild things, and some who cannot.” These are the opening words to a book called Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold, an Iowa na-tive, Yale graduate, and early U.S. Forest Service employee.“Like winds and sunsets,” he goes on to say, “wild things were taken for granted until progress began to do away with them. Now we face the question whether a still higher ‘standard of living’ is worth its cost in things natural, wild, and free. For us of the minority, the opportunity to see geese is more important than television, and the chance to find a pasque-flower is a right as inalienable as free speech.” Although these words were writ-ten in 1948, they remain as relevant as if they were written today. “These wild things,” Leopold continues, “had little human value until mechanization assured us of a good breakfast, and until science disclosed the drama of where they come from and how they live. The whole conflict thus boils down to a question of degree. We of the minority see a law of di-minishing returns in progress; our opponents do not.”In case you haven’t guessed, I am one of those who cannot live without wild things. This column, Green Scene, will be explor-ing, scrutinizing, deliberating, and sharing observations of the natural world that surrounds us – no! – that sustains us, each and every one. This won’t be just a walk in the Northern Illinois woods. In addition to presenting some of the magical encounters I experience right outside my back door in northwestern Lee County, I’ll be setting out in many directions, taking some hard looks under all sorts of rocks, traveling along some “less-traveled” paths, making you uncomfortable, and probably getting myself lost a few times, as well. And I will be asking for your input on a variety of subjects. You will be able to email me at [email protected]. I hope you will join meevery month. Author’s note: Reprints of A Sand Coun-ty Almanac are available from local booksellers.
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At long last the holidays are over, the decorations stored, the pine needles and tinsel finally out of the carpet, returns made to the proper stores and the worry of obtaining that perfect gift put aside. Suddenly, the sound of adhesive tape being removed from a tape dispenser prompted me to investigate. Leaving my winter’s nest with my most favorite passion in the world, the tele-vision remote, I spied my yearly doom, the large red hearts and cupids being adhered to every window in the house. Oh no! For a man it is possibly the most dreaded gift giv-ing time of the year. Christmas comes with lists, birthdays, anniversaries are cookie cutter (flowers, dinner, a card, etc.) and the “I’m sorry, dears,” anything fast, but not so Valentine’s Day. These proclamations of our undying devotion have to be perfect.Foregoing the attempt to keep the remote buttons at body tem-perature, I cast off the fleece lined slippers that looked like a large yellow bird, a gift from the kids for the holidays, pulled on boots, donned my heaviest parka and trudged out to the car thinking I might as well get on with it. Now for the perfect depiction of what my beloved would appreciate. Unfortunately, only on February 14th does a gift’s meaning take on the aspects of a psychology fi-nal exam. I was doomed I tell you, doomed! Calming myself down with a cup of coffee laden with whipping cream, more spices than a galleon returning from the Philippines and a cinnamon roll as big as my head I began to put a plan together. Ask a sales per-son, who would know better than a sales consultant of the same gender as my significant other. I approached with confidence of a man in a one party political race and promptly ask, “What would you like for Valentine’s Day?” I was promptly chastised by the store manager and told to leave and don’t bother their employees with lewd remarks. As I slunk down the aisle figuring I was now branded by every video camera in the area I retreated to my car and whipped out into traffic with no destination in mind except to get away. My face returned to its normal color and a plan came to mind like Thor’s clap of thunder. Stick to the basics, flowers, candy and jewelry and for goodness sake, no lingerie. Lingerie immediately puts you into the danger circle, unflattering color, wrong style, wrong size and “I’ll catch my death of cold in this.” Thank you for someone establishing the basic three. First stop, the florist shop and a florist indicating that not only should I spend a fortune on something that is going to be tossed out, they also have to “say something.” I didn’t know plants could talk. The only plant I have seen close to talking is a Venus Fly Trap that can open its mouth and I don’t think that one is say-ing the right thing. Finally selecting just the thing they pushed me toward and arranging to have it delivered right on the appropriate day, I headed to the candy store. Candy stores are a dangerous place for anyone but for me, once I enter and get a whiff of all that chocolate I have a tendency to dance across the floor toward the counter on tip toes like a cartoon character in a child’s movie with my nose sniffing the various confection. Again, when face-to-face with the clerk I was asked to name her favorites, yea, right. Not knowing this I once again found out that not only flowers have a language, so does candy. I simply decided to wave my hand across the front of the showcase and managed to gather a collection of candy to appease any palate. Dragging the chocolate covered wonders to my car I found what is referred to as, “the family jeweler” and tossed the conun-drum in their corner. Immediately they pegged me as a man try-ing to get the perfect Valentine’s gift and headed for the counter that had metal body decorations that would make the Queen of England blush from her inadequate collection. After releasing my hands from around my throat and getting my breath back I was steered to that little counter in the back corner of the back of the store where the lighting is more mood and moola. Education was eminent for I never knew there were so many pieces that could hand, drape, wrap, pin and otherwise fasten to the human body or garments. My selections were suddenly limited by the phrase, “How much did you wish to invest?” Invest, not a good word, however, this eliminated a lion’s share of the counter’s wares.
Being the thrifty shopper I pride myself I se-lected something on sale at a decent price as it had a “no return” clause. Heading home and pulling myself into the house, shedding my coat and don-ning the yellow bird slippers, I dropped into my chair and grabbed the remote feel-ing proud of myself that I was a couple of weeks ahead of schedule, life is great. Sud-denly my life was turned upside down when
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Healthy Aging - By Jill Horn - Shaklee Independent Distributor I am 48 years old but look much younger. Many people think I’m in my 30’s or 20’s. I recently had someone say she thought I’d just graduated from high school. There are some things I do that slow down the aging process and two things I do that actually have shown to reverse the effects of aging. I recently listened to some published research (on the Nov. 2011 Hotline CD distributed by Shak-lee) that said exercise does, in fact, reverse some effects of aging. The research showed that exercise increases muscle stem cells and the genetic profile of those subjects in the study who exercised actually reverted back to that of someone younger. This was an unexpected finding. The researchers expected to see no aging but not a reversal of aging in those subjects who exercised. I was so happy to hear this since I regularly exercise a few hours every day. There is also much research on resveratrol (found in grape skins), which corrects “typos” in our cells and then we regenerate healthy cells instead of unhealthy cells. Resveratrol is known to have antioxidant, anti-carcinogenic, anti-inflammatory, and anti-aging properties. Some changes I’ve noticed since I started using Vivix (the Shaklee product that has resve-ratrol and is 10Xs more powerful than resveratrol alone); are increased memory, and my scars are disappearing or have already disappeared. My sister noticed age spots have gone away. Some other things I do to slow down the aging process are I use skin care products that have Vitamin C and E in them and also have nothing toxic in them (most skin care products do so be careful). I have noticed my skin does look younger and when I look at pictures of myself, sometimes my skin seems to glow. I also use a soy protein to give me more energy and it also eliminates acne. Along with putting antioxidants on my skin, I take them internally. Again it is good to make sure the supplement you are taking is not genetically modified and doesn’t contain anything bad, like many do. Antioxidants reduce inflammation. Eating a healthy diet is very important as well as proper supplementation. All of the things I’ve listed above I started at different times and each time, I noticed improvement in my skin appearance, except exercise. I know some of the reason I look young is because my mother also does but I can definitely see the Shaklee difference in my skin since using these products. Look for the Shaklee coupon on page 7 for Vivix, Enfuselle skin care products or nutrition products including soy protein shake mix or bars.
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by Josh AlbrechtA Bit Of Irish In Downtown DixonDixon Main Street has launched a concept of creating a One Dixon Culture which would allow for greater partner-ships within the community and would allow for greater opportunities for teamwork to make our community great. That is why we were delighted when the Lee County Irish Heritage Society asked DMS to be a part of their annual St. Patrick’s Day festivities. In an effort to create a unified idea to present to the community, we came up with the concept for the Irish Family Fleadh. The title comes from the Gaelic word “Fleadh” which means a festival of music, dancing and culture. Since the event would take place on the same evening as the March Second Saturdays events in the downtown, we knew we wanted the event to have a cultural and artistic theme. Thus, the “Fleadh” was born. The Irish Family Fleadh event features The Matt Stedman Band playing a mix of traditional and contemporary music for the whole family, with an extra Irish twist. Jeremy the Amazer is know for his all-ages magic shows and for providing kids with balloon animals at Scare-crow Festival and the Christmas Walk. And, the Eastman School of Dance will delight the crowd with an opening number that will feature 28 dancers. The event is just $10 for adults and $4 for kids and seniors. And, if you order your tickets online at www.dixontheatre.com, you can save $2 per ticket. Along with the great entertainment that will be showcased during the Fleadh, it is also a great opportunity to experience the Historic Dixon Theatre. For those of you that haven’t had the chance to experience this fantastic theatre in a while, I urge you to do so as soon as possible. The theatre is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year and has been beautifully restored by a very dedicated group of volunteers. Notably, Tom and Jodi Elmendorf and their family work tirelessly to keep the theatre running smoothly, along with a dedicated board that includes Linda Brantley, who has worked as a volunteer with the theatre for more than 25 years. Just a week later, come celebrate on St. Patrick’s Day Eve on Friday, March 16 at The Stables in downtown Dixon. Volunteers will be guest bartending throughout the night to raise money for Dixon Main Street events and programs.
Other Dixon Main Street EventsMarch 21 -- Lunch and Learn at the Post House Ballroom at Noon. Guest Speaker is Dixon Schools Superintendent Mi-chael Juenger. Cost is just $3 and includes lunch.
April 11 -- Founders’ Day Celebration at the Dixon Historic Center. Enjoy a soup and sandwich supper from 5-6:30 p.m. and a program on local history at 6:30 p.m. DMS will name this year’s PRIDE Award for downtown revitalization and the Langan Award for Excellence in Local Historic Preservation.
April 27-28 -- Save the date for the Spring City-Wide Garage Sales event. Call 815-288-2308 to register your sale.
Around the Community ...March 10 -- Second Saturdays Art Happenings throughout downtown Dixon from 6-8 p.m. Get all the details on venues and artists participating at www.second-saturdays.com. And stay for the after party at The Studio.
March 10 -- Art for Art’s Sake Fundraiser for the Next Picture Show at Sauk Valley College. Includes live art, auctions, music, hors d’oeurves and much more. Tickets are $35 per person. For details, call 285-4924.
March 17 -- Don’t forget about the Shamrock Club’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade starting at .... Following the parade, you can wander over to their annual bash at the Knight’s of Columbus Hall for music and food. Just bring a donation for the food pantry to join the party.
March 18 -- The American Roots/Celtic Soul duo, Switchback, will be re-turning to Dixon for their 7th annual Irish Music concert at the Dixon High School Auditorium on March 18 at 4pm. Tickets are $10 for anyone 13 and over. The Kosier Studio of Dance Irish Dancers will be performing.
March 30 -- LCCOA/Post House Ballroom Community Prom event. Relive the magic of time gone by at this 2nd Annual event. Call 288-0892 for de-tails.
March 31 -- Kiwanis Club of Dixon Annual Pancake and Whole Hog Sau-sage Day at Dixon High School Cafeteria from 7 a.m. - 1 p.m. Donation is $6 for adults, $3 for kids.
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The Community that Cares (CTC) Project is a combined effort of over 54 community organizations, commu-nity groups, and parents who have joined forces in order to build a Children’s Mental Health System of Care. Given research findings, it is clear that children’s mental health is made up of all areas of development and includes the child’s ability to learn, grow physically, communicate and problem solve, and thrive socially and emotionally. The CTC Project, funded under the Illinois Children’s Healthcare Foundation, aims to include all child and family serving pro-viders and/or systems such as medical, mental health, prenatal providers, early childhood, educational, public health, faith based, juvenile justice, promotion and prevention programs, community members/groups, parents, and many others that touch the lives of children and families every day. The Illinois Children’s Healthcare Foundation (ILCHF) launched a Children’s Mental Health Initiative, Building Systems of Care in September of 2009. Sinnissippi Centers, Inc. (SCI) collaborated with multiple providers across the area and was one of five communities selected in May of 2010 to receive a planning grant. Many providers came together and developed an Implementation Plan which described how we will build an integrated network of care within Carroll, Lee, Ogle, and Whiteside County. The Plan was submit-ted to ILCHF in May of 2011. Sinnissippi Centers, Inc., the Lead Organization for the grant was notified in late August of being one of four sites selected for a 5 Year Implementation Grant. “This a wonderful opportunity for our community to be able to improve the way we work together and the way we deliver services to children and families” says Amy Adams, Community that Cares Project Director. There
are many advantages of having an integrated network of care in our community such as ensuring no child or family falls through the cracks, minimizing duplication of services, and maximizing the limited resources within our area. Our vision is that all children from conception through the age of 18 living in Carroll, Lee, Ogle, and Whiteside County will be sup-ported within their communities to reach their optimal level of social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development. Early identification of children’s needs is a clear priority to improve the child’s overall outcome” says Clyde Lipp, Director of Family Services at Sinnissippi Centers. Beginning in January of 2012, several agencies have begun collecting data on children to address specific goals and a pocket of children will be following through the system to determine if children
are improving and to further identify gaps within our current service system. Year 1 participating sites include Dixon Schools K-8, Carroll County Health Department, CGH Main Clinic- Dr. Iyer and Dr. Cannal, Community that Cares- Parent and Family Forum, Developmental Assets Council of the Sauk Valley, Kreider Services, KSB Family Health Center, Lee County Health Department, Lutheran Social Services
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Morrison Schools K-8, Ogle County Health Department, Sinnissippi Centers, Inc., Sterling Schools K-8, Tri County Opportunities Coun-cil- Head Start and Early Head Start, Whiteside County Health De-partment. “We are so delighted to have so many coming together on behalf of children’s mental health. This is absolutely wonderful!” says Irene Lewis Wimbley, Whiteside County Family Care Coordi-nator. For further information on the Community that Cares Project, please contact Amy Adams at the Sterling Sinnissippi Office at 815-625-0013 ext. 120.
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Abiding Word ChurchPastor Scott Porter806 E. Lynn Blvd.(815) 626-1827Saturday Service at 6:00 p.m.Sunday Services at 10:00 a.m. abidingwordchurch.org
Immanuel Lutheran Church ELCA - Pastor Frank Langhoff1013 Franklin Grove Road.(815) 284-2804Saturday Service at 5:30 p.m.Sunday Services at 8 a.m.and 10:30 a.m.Immanueldixon.org
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