The Huntley Farmside

              SERVING THE PEOPLE OF HUNTLEY SINCE 1960
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HUNTLEY, ILLINOIS
THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1993
VOLUME 32, NUMBER 52
USPS 580-360
Senior Citizens Reach End Of The Line?
Huntley Senior Citizens Club took a trip to Dry Gulch, where they helped Emma Gerhke celebrate her 91st birthday and enjoyed many other activities.
By Alice Jordi
Who says becoming a senior citizen is the end of every¬ thing? As the picture attests, there are plenty o£ us who enjoy doing things, going places and meeting people. This group just went to Dry Gulch, where we helped Emma Gerhke celebrate her 91st birthday, plus, another star was discovered in our group
and put on a nice performance for us. A good time was had by all and prizes were won by six lucky people on the way home on the motorcoach.
Our next trip is to the Dog Races May 4th, at Geneva Lake Kennels, for a cost of $12, which includes admission, lunch and a program. As of this writing, there are 10 seats remaining, .^t our April
22nd meeting, a representative is coming concerning our 6-day trip to Branson, MO, Sept. 15th.
Anyone is welcome to attend and please feel free to join us for our potluck dinner at noon at the Congregational Church. Anyone wishing to go to any of these trips or any questions, call Alice Jordi at 669-5643.
Huntiey Fire District Achieves Lower iSO Ratings
By Tracey Schwartz
Huntley Fire Protection District Chief Dave Veath announced the department's improved fire insurance classification to Class Five (5) from Class Seven (7).
This improved rating from ISO Commercial Risk Services, Inc., has the potential to benefit all commercial and residential property insurance policy holders in the Huntley Fire Protection District. Chief Veath recommends that each person contact their individual insurance agency and advise them of the new rating. It could mean lower premiums. According to Veath, not only will this affect Huntley but also a large portion of LITH.
Veath says he is "extremely proud of the work the department did to be able to bring this classification down." In addition, he wishes to thank Huntley Public Works Director Jim Schwartz, the Village of Huntley Water Department and the LITH Water Department for their work with the fire hydrant testing required for the better rating.
Veath says the rating came back "within a few points of Class 4, so now they will work toward achieving that even lower rating."
The rating is based on l) receiving and handling fire alarms; 2) response times; 3) training records of
personnel; 4) maintenance and updating of equipment; and 5) water supply. This rating applies to those areas within 1,000 feet of a public fire hydrant, and 5 road miles or less to the responding fire station. All other areas up to 10 road miles are rated Class 9 and areas over 10 road miles to the responding fire station are Class 10.
The classification applies to properties with a needed fire flow of 3,500 gpm (gallons per minute) or less. The private and public protection at properties with larger needed fire flows are individually evaluated, and may vary from the village classification.
Dhamer Clinches Third Term
By Kristina Price
Jim Dhamer will get another chance to direct the future of Huntley as he clinched the presidential title for the third time.
Wilh 464 votes, Dhamer will serve his rhird term as Huntley's president.
One of Dhamer's opponents, Terrence Hoeft, recieved 65 votes and lost the chance to regain his trustee postition. James Greve, who also ran for president, came closer to Dhamer's lead garnering  246 votes.
Dahmer will be getting help in making decisions for Huntley from three new trustees. The new village trustees include John Todd with 433 votes, Dennis Shamhart with 410, and Jerome Eckel with 369 votes. Milford Brown trailed behind with 188 votes, as well as Douglas Clavey with 199 votes.
Results from the Huntley Park District reveal that incumbant commissioner, Grahm Knott, who recieved 431 votes, lost to two new candidates, Clark Borhart and William Awe.  Borhart recieved 663 votes, and Awe followed with 497 votes.
Jim Dhamer Re-elected
Trustees tor the Huntley Library District who ran unopposed will be Wade Runge and Margaret Hackworthy, who will serve 6-year terms, and Nancy Livingston, who will serve a two-year term. Runge recieved 694 votes, Hackworthy garnered 713, and Livingston recieved 794 votes.
When answering the questions for the Huntley Fire District, 602 people voted yes to increasing the number of trustees from three to five, and 302 opposed the proposition.  People also voted in favor that trustees of the district should be elected rather than appointed. There were 770 in favor of this proposition and 137 were opposed.
IHuntley Parl( District Easter Egg Hunt
The annual Easter Egg hunt held at Deicke Park on April 10th was well attended as the weather was beautiful. The Huntley Park District would like to thank all their helpers plus the Huntley Jaycees, Becky Schmalbeck, Dayna Frihart, Denice Ball, Connie Lombard and Jessica Tash.