Know Your Neighbors: Shelly 
Harrington, 
Office 
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Shelly Harrington, 46, is the office manager at Henning Smith Realtors in Dixon. She lives in Dixon with her husband, Jim Harrington, 45. She has two children, Derek Ranken, 26, and Amber Bowers, 23, a step-granddaughter and two sisters, Debbie Camacho, 54, and Kathy Jones, 51, all of Dixon.

Alma mater: I graduated in 1981 from Dixon High School.

Philosophy: Live each day to the fullest.

Oughta be a law: There’d be no wars.

Hearts: Shooting pool in my basement, playing euchre and “That ’70s Show.”

Haunts: Home and my sister Kathy’s house.

Hero: My son Derek. He’s a Lee County sheriff’s deputy.

First car: A Mercury Monarch when I was 16.

Phobia: Spiders.

I’d like to meet: Country musician George Strait.

In the dictionary next to: Silly.

Trading places: I’d like to be a legal secretary.

Trading spaces: I’d like to visit Australia.

Best thing about Dixon: The small-town atmosphere.

Shout out to: My family.

Do you know someone who ought to be featured in Know Your Neighbors? Write to Phil Hartman at phartman@svnmail.com or call 800-798-4085, ext. 524.

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