Still time to get your Lee County K9 shirts

August 25, 2023 at 3:00 pm CDT

Lori Miller and Devon Gugerty of the Lee County Sheriff's Department hold up shirts that are being sold to help cover costs for the department's two K9 program. The sheriff's department had a booth at Discover Dixon's Sizzling Summer Block Party at the Plaza North Shopping Center in Dixon on Saturday, June 10. Shirts will also be available at Dixon City Market on June 14 and at other upcoming community events. — Lori Miller and Devon Gugerty of the Lee County Sheriff's Department hold up shirts that are being sold to help cover costs for the department's K9 program. The shirts will be sold Saturday, Aug. 26, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Granny Rose Animal Shelter – Illinois State 4H Dog Show and Sunday, Aug. 27 at Amboy Depot Days from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. (Earleen Hinton/Shaw Media)

DIXON – There’s still time to show your support for the Lee County Sheriff Office’s K9 program and get a new shirt to boot.

Shirts will be available this weekend at two locations: from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 26, at the Granny Rose Animal Shelter, Illinois State 4H Dog Show, and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 27, at Depot Days in Amboy in front of the Dinges Fire Co. store.

Upcoming dates are: Sept. 4, Paw Paw Celebration; 7 a.m. to noon Sept. 17, Compton Fireman Breakfast; and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 21, Scarecrow Festival.

Prices are $25 for T-shirts in sizes youth small to 3XL and $45 for hoodies in sizes adult small through 3XL (no youth sizes). Payments must be made with cash only.

Earleen Hinton

Earleen creates content and oversees production of 8 community weeklies. She has worked for Shaw Newspapers since 1985.