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VOLUME H — NUMBER 46 .„ jMIUHSIOAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1974 T _  PHONE  —
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©i DKiewior New Huntley Officer
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MMdl is ptaoured a Viliage Star on P, Diniewior. Offker
afSicinted   at   Itast
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'to the Bitol|ley Pe|^ Depa(«ment-
The in»w 'pataofcalp haa 6 years
': {XtsvioW exMiMoaj||«th the Car-
penteaKdlle^Pbice fskpartment and
^taB faiy^nueifcus 1Mni«g schools.
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To beoooie a Hunfcy policeman, candidBtes piust take wffitea, oral and phyeiaal tests under tlie direct ion (tf the Huntiey Poiice Commit¬ tee.
Officer   Dziewior   oomes    highly
recimanded by numerious law en-
forc^nent  adjendes  and  municipal
officUais.
The new officer is 28, was up for
the raiik of sargent in Carpenters¬ ville and will be moving to th? com¬ munity .
Chief Freild staled, "I feei that oificer Dziewior will be an asset to ithe Huntley Police Depaftnient and the entire oomrnwoiity."
Pkdice Report
Chief WrtL Frield reports tAwt 2 more cas^ oC crindaal dantage . %aw been st^vad. One tasideoitlQtfk place at the State Bank of Huntley, the other invtrfved defacing the police (iepartment and village hall. Both crimes were done by juven¬ iks under the age of 17.
The youngster was apprehended throug'h the efforts of Chief Friedl and  OfTicer  Dziewior,
The juvenile has been placed imder the supervision of his parents and the Huntley junvcile officer.
Mower Shop To Open Saturday
PWtured ahove are: Biia Mc- Sliane, Jerry Schtffers and Joe Cina iriefirdsenting the Hurttley Mower Repair store which will open this Saturday, Fehruary 16 at 55 E M«n Street, Huntley,
The new firm wiil sieU Toro lawn, snotv and garden machines. lliey also wiUi service aU types uf 2 aad 4 cycle engins. hi addition to the Toro Une, they wiM hamfie a viarieity of garden roppSes surti as fertilizer, turf buiAders and de- oktuoug plant Ufe. Ait a latter date the firm will also sell pado and garden deoor.
Fox yU'ey LaiKtooaping, tht ptj> ent con^ieoy, wiil avMQ Hantiey Mower Repair ouBtomers of their many yeans of experienoe, Mr. Joe Cina,   PtisidMit of  die   oompany,
stated.
In addition to the Mahi Street shop, the Crtniparny will open Fox Valley Floresit al Rt.47 and Coral Streets under the dirpction of Kas¬ yle Cina. on March 16th.
The floral siiop will feature, in addition to cut flowers and plants, flowers arengements, planters, Wick en, Statuware.and exterioi*' giarden displays The flower slhiop will be located in the remodeled chatot to tho north of the Hundey Land¬ scaping buttdin^.
Tlio company extends a cordial invitation to everyone to stop in and have a cup of oolfee and roil and register for the 19" Toro self pro¬ pelled mower this Satiffday, Feb¬ mary  16 from 9 A.M. 10 5 P.M.
Huntiey Plamdng Comnnsdtut Gives Amusement Park Green Light
The Huntley Phanlun Cbmmiss- ion InBtructed Mrs. GUteey WVtght to draft a letter to the Huntlev Viill^e BoQtd ittfabtg' ro ^ -ct- lons to the pfaposed airr'^:-^-'* park sovth of Htaitley. tSfr" V'-- is to urge tfie fadaiti th t.-'-'v • trafRc, fire protedtton '<'"» '^' - at the parte.
Prior to mnldng th-'r '•- *•    :'••¦ Pfemrtng  OomntlsB*--  •- --•   ,,rtru-¦ ment for and agaJrr^* *"•/'- reoOmen- (fetion by Mir. *'T!f  and Ben»ard Johnson and members of the REPA.
It mas stilted th^ by monkorin^ these three items, HunHey shoi4d be abie to keep on top of any sltu- aition whidhi mi^ ailse.
It was hrou^ out that one of the most importiftnt thfage Huntley should do is plan Por a byipnas for Route 47. If the Stette shouid de- fsde to take on such a project. Runt leys [dan wouM ^be an hupottxA cotvMeraitkm. The bypn«s pian is to be drafted kito a|0eteB to, tbe VOI* age Board. * ; ,
the Oommlaaifc t^wltjaJ the upgnadbis ot Vbe dpwnfowO lousiness dUnct. They duiBecfted tM the vdlBee ohtaia off itim, flKliar fieilHIea in htdt^ etitik *oit^eM other areas.
The Commission Is taJdng under advisement a mflp widch would set the jurisdkiion Of ttie Otyi^bal Lake and Huntley P antiiag Oommissiions. Alt present the areas (rf jurisdiction overlap.
There being no fufiher Iwsiness, the meeting was adjourned.
Herb Eg£ers On Village Board
Taft Sends
AN OPEN LETTER
AN OPEN LETTER TO cmZENS KANE AND McHENRY COUNTIES FROM   FAMILY   LEISURE  CEN TERS, INC.
We believe that it's important for everyone to Ihiow aU tl^ facts in the case of Famiiy Leisure Centers, Inc.'s proposed theme park near Huntley. At the same time, Uiere has been a crtain amount of con¬ fusion caused by a three month's delay in the zandng process and certain newspaper articles. There¬ fore, we are writing this letter to reaeate our company's posidon on the projeat.
Kings Island in CSndnneiii has now (jompleted two years of oner". tion, and Kings Domtakm in R'"i mond will open in 1975 after thr <; years of planning and oonat'-ictior As in Oincdinnati and Richmond. OUT compaiy pians to be a pe-man- ent part, of Kane County tbt>ugK the park and not me-ely a develop¬ er of Land. Our history indicates tbat we are sucoessful park opera¬ tors because we not only offer aU citizens a unique rcreation area of which tiiey can be prood but, ot the seme time, are completeiy sensi¬ tive to the sumouoding oommunides
The Huntley park wiU bring only 20 to 25 new park families to the area, but aipproxamaitely 250 lotal c'liazens will be hired for fuB-lime park jobs .and over 2,000 atuleats and young peopie will be needed each summer to run the peak. The sohool system wdl not be sedtfied wath large numhes^ Of new ahidents as a residt of the park. H<Mv«ver, Kane Ounty and the HunOey Sdhool District will benefit fnom lax rev¬ enues of hundreik of thouaandB of Continued from Pa^ One OPEN  LETTER
Hert> Eggers vmis appointed to fill the 'Vacancy created by Gien Cole's dtaih at the Ihuraiay's VS. lage  Board  Meeliniir.
Fotlowfne tiie appoiafanent of Mr. Bgsua,^ Mr. Cooper, aa ,jlteraiey fram Elbnrn reiN«Malffl«^lip &.& P.A., was reoBtnized by the ^o»d. Mr Cooper slated at bit begmning of his taik, "These people (mem¬ bers of the R.E.P,A.) have not made up thtlr nands to this date tiiat they are opposed to the park." He conduded his taik by stating "They are not opposed to the Taft Project at this point betsause they feci tihey don't know enough about it and I can assure you that Kant; C^)unty doesn't know enough about it bcause all tiiey know is whait the Taft peopie have told them." In between Mr. Cooper's introductio.i and conolusion he poidnted out the traffit; piohlems wihich mlghit ef¬ fect Hunfcley, stated that sonic<iay Humtley may be buying- water from lake Michignn becsause of the im¬ pact wliich oouH possibly oome as a result of the Taft people drillinij; welis and genea^Hy urged the board to get more facts befbre they grant¬ ed their Eqrproval to the amuse¬ ment park.
FoUowiing Mr. Cooper's talk. President Enstrom asked the Board if Ihey wished to eiutonse or reject the amusement park sentiing a let¬ ter to the Kane County Board. On the suggestion of Trustee Franks. the matter was turned over to the P'wining Cxjoarrisslon which met last IToTf'iay- Attomey Oaidwell stated that this was proper procedure be- 'cne the board made a detrision. Ti-ustee Aokman stated that the Taft Corporation had aontacted the Huntley Fkie Protection Distriot and retpiested a meeting vwBi them.
At tlie Moodlay meeting of the Ptenning Commission it was de¬ coded tfut a letter should be writ¬ ten to the ViUage Board sitiating that the Commission had no objec¬ tion tr; the proposed amusement park but that traffic, water and fire proteotion should be monitortxl and controlled. The next meetinK of the Kane Oounty Boatd is Fe*- vOBLty 19th. The nexl meeting of the Huntley Village Boaid is Marah 7th.
President Enatrom appointed Dan. iel Daewoir to the Huntiey Police Dep«Htment.' Dr. Frank, dudiman of the Huntley Poiice Committee stated thet they had hv^ve appii- VILLAGE BOARD
Cowttnned oa Bark Pate
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jMMheh 19 |«li«ijif1^'''nM«»^iilfer^'*ii- be 18 years old ott «r befere Maroh 19 are eUflSile to ngMir aaat tivts, R citiy takee a few minotas, aocoitl- img to Mrs. SttxM^, to legiater at her house, 122 WtKaMnck St- To be sure she wiil be there, teiefihone 669-5644. In adcttion, thoae who plan to be away on Man:h 19 can obtain an afipDcaiQon for an ab¬ sentee ballot bun Mrs, Stroupe.
National F.F.A. Week Feb. 16 to 23rd
Feb 16 to the 2.3od U National FFA Weekend the HunHey FPA Chapter will he involved In many activitits.
One is the Businessmen's Break- fas! which will be heW on the mom- iii? of Feb, 20 in the Agriculture Shop. The FFA members \tSi start serving at 7:(M) A.M. The class- roo.-n and shop wili be on display and exhibits of interesit wiS be present.
Also dming FFA Week the Himt¬ ley FFA chtt^er is sponStRriog a Barnyard Zoo. It will be on Feb. 22 during the schodi day and vvill also be open in the evening for public view, Thene wtM ie a variety of aninnals and other disjplaya pre¬ sent The e:diibit wiM be in the AgricuKure Shop,
On Saturday, Feb- 9 tiie HUotley FFA d«pter partKipated with the Hampshire FFA Ctotpter in an ex¬ citing Donkey BasketbaH gmne. The night staited with sevei«l mechaai- cal dcrkey naces and a cracker race on live cbnkeys. This was MturwiBd by a donkey basketball game which ended in a 0-0 tie beln^een the Hampehine FFA and FHA girls. Then came ihe renin eweoft, tfae Hampshire and Htntiey FFA Chap¬ ters participaited in a dorflcey bttdcet- ball game. The Hanv(rhlt« OhMpter got off to a good firat bait and lead at half time 10 to 6. b die seoond half the donkegns w«re switched hbxnimS and tfie HuriUey Chafiter outsoocvd the HamfMiitre team to win 16 to 12. On ttae whole the game wm very eajOyaUe ahd highly entertadoini; tor txxCh tha spectators and the pllg^n. Huntiey F.FA. Chapter B^porte* Tom Kofaley