Mel and other Dixoners(reagans hometown)

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Mel and other Dixoners(reagans hometown)
Thu, 06-10-2004 - 3:09pm

found this in the AP


Dixon, Illinois-AP -- Ronald Reagan is being remembered in his childhood hometown of Dixon, Illinois.


A local minister remembered the 40th president as a man who reached the pinnacle of power -- but never lost his "small-town roots."



The Reverend Bob Jones says Reagan made a positive difference in the world, but more importantly, taught everybody else they could also make a difference.



At a church where Reagan was baptized at age eleven, more than 100 people jammed into the pews to hear speakers including U-S House Speaker Dennis Hastert. About 400 people packed another church to watch the proceedings on closed-circuit T-V.



Reagan moved to Dixon when he was nine and graduated from high school there. He also spent the summers as a lifeguard.