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VOLUME  14 — NUMBER 32 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1»73
—  PHONE  — M9-5«21 — II No AMWer 459-0998 459-145< or 459-M12
FRANK PARISEK PO  19a
HUNTLEr,   ILL
19 PAGES
"BE SURE you ARE RIGHT, THEN GO AHEAD" — D«tU Crockett
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Judge Gleason Views Olson House    Village Board
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The Village's oondemnatjon suit against a house owned by Knute Oteon on Woodatock Street oame to trial on Friday, November 2nd in Judge Wm. Gleasm' scourt in Wood¬ stock.
Mr). Bernard N*:v54s, attoroeiy for Mr. Olson, asked for a cantJm»nce Tih« c(>nbinuance was granted until Thursday, November Sitih/ at 11 a.m. Mr. Nanisis tiien asked the judge to visit the house on Woodstook Street He said tlBs was by agree¬ ment oi the two afttomeys. "Hie judge judgre agreed to nteet the attorneys at the premises at 10:30 a.m. on SatiHiday, Noveontoer 3rd.
A small crowd ol neighbors, resi¬ dents of Hintiey, ii}e attorneys, mCTnfcei* of the lewd dergy, Vill¬ as Board members and the press were on hand Sotuiday morning alt 10:30 am. to greet Judge Gleason as he inspected the premises in question on Woodlstock St. The judlge made an inve^tlgatiaQ of the exter¬ ior ami iinterilor of tihe houee but was unable to in^peot the baseoienlt as there were no stelrs.
On Thursday, November Sth tfve judge will hear Mr. Narusis's pre¬ sentation. The trial has been set fori II a.m.
Jr College Meeting MSOth.
The PT.A. and the Board of Edu¬ cation for Ditrica No 158 will held an information meeting Tuesday, November 20th at 8:00 P.M. in the grade sdiool gym. The purpose (rf tiie meeting is to dliscuss the Boards need to indicate a choice for annex¬ ing to either Elgin Oommunity CoJl¬ ege or McHenry Oommunity CoUege. Huntley residents ^lould examine the bre«th of the education programs for the average citizen and for those who ne«d career retraining.
By December 1, 1973 the Board of Educataxm of any non-junior ooil- ege territoty which adjoins two or more junioc oollege districts may file a resolution with the HUnois Junior CoUege Board designating the jumor college tBistrict to yMxh the desire that territo.'y to be an¬ nexed- The board ot that odiege d^rtiict must by lesoiution file with ContinDed oa Page Two JR COLLEGE MEETING
Planning Commission Meet
A meeting of the Huntley Wan¬ ing commission was held on Monday November Sth in the Board Room at the Village Hall.
Conunjs^ionens Lamb, Dahmer, Hansen and Miackeben answered pre¬ sent Oommissioners RoWwing, and Hayes were absent. In addiiioo to the Planning OommissJoners, VMage President Enstrom and SpeciM Plan¬ ning ConsuUiant Mrs. SSdney Wd^, were present.
In the absence of Chainman Hayes, Commissioner Maok6ben was elected President Protem.
Mrs. Wright reported <that she had attended a meeting of the Kane Oounty Planning OommissiQn re- gatrding the pcuposed amusement, park south of Huatley. She stated the the parking k)t of the proposed park falls within the mile and one half jurisdk^n ofthe Hintiley Hen- Contioued nn Page Two PLANNING COMMISSION
The regudar meedng of the Hunt¬ ley Village Bc»id was held on No¬ vember 1, 1973 alt the VtUage Hail with aU members pecesent.
Mr Randy Woodman, ViHasre En- gineer, was present ait the meeting end stated Ifaat Ms firm wodd be conducting smoke tests in the Vil¬ lage to detennine whidh homes had itl^al surface water drains hobked up io the sanitary sewer. Trustee Ackman infonned Mf. Woo^nan that a smoke test had been conducted some years ago and that few homes had downspouts cDonected to the storan sewer. He suggested that the engineers should chedc sump pumps throughout the Village connected to the sanitary sewer. Woodmen stated that his firm was noit too far away from finding the reiasoa lor the ex¬ tremely high Aniitary sewage flow durinc heavy iiain storms.
Th? board newt discussed the wells in Huntley. It was reported ithat the new w^ near the Hintley Center which ordinarily pumps 600 gallons per minute is now Ofiiy pump, ing 300 gaUoos per minute. Mr Woodman stated that Mr. Swanson, superint«ident of streets, feels that it b the golf ootimse which caused the decline in the amounl of water pomved by the V}N««e weU Wood¬ man aald he dU not f^el it was true reason as the goif course does not operate in tiie winter and tiwre was not a great deal of water coming from tlie well last winter. He said that wiien the weli was acid tested last wirJter and a ^leat deal of red water came out indicating imn. He said alter the weil was cleaned and put back into service U was pi«np- ing dose to fuil capacity. The pre¬ sent wdl is api»t>ximiately 100 feet deep. Trustee Z^inrrniermag asked Mr. Woodman why it was not drilled deeper. Woodman sakt that they had reached the bottom o( their sand and gravel depo(Mts and wcxdd have gone into shale. He added, 'There was no sense in going any fudther with it."
Trustee Cole atalted that the best water in this area was at 340 fedt. The well at the Huntley Center is pumping water at approodmateiy the same depth as the one downtown, Woo&nan stiptdated- The oiki VUlage well now beiog renoivated.
Tbe Board next discussed tbe li¬ quor ordtnaoce. They passed, an amendment to the presrent mdinaince to conform vMh State law giving in¬ dividuals 19 years of age the light to purchiase beer or wine and giving women the right to be hired as bar¬ tenders In the Village. Previously only an owner or owner's wife were tile only women wtio could tend bar Coatlnued on Page Two VILLAGE BOAKD
School Bd to Meet
The November meeting of the Huntley Sdiool Baaad will be beid on MondiQr, November 12, at 7:45 P.M. in the board room- Items of old business are ptans for switchmg Under^gtarten sessions, nans for setoction of Junior Coilege, church request for use of dasstaom No, 6, schooi plan and vooaitiaoai joiiit agreement- Items of new business are science requirements for high sciwol gdad- uation, semester ttet plan fov the high sdbocH, and capital outtay.
Bills will be paid atter appnmng minutes, committee reports wilt also be heard.
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With the excevtioa of over $500.00 worth of damage at Plnecrast Ck4f Counse, yntfalBm in Huntley was kept at a miiaimum over Hattoween. a great mindwr of eggs were thrown at cars, windows soaped and a ^top sign set on fire. Both the Lutfaenn Church end OathfoMc Church wene petted with eggs.
The reasoD for tbe minimum a- mount of damage io the main part
of town was the fact that in addi¬ tion to the regiiar polue force the Fox VaHey Police raservee were on duty. These men uaiag tbeir own cars and oamnuinfaattng by radio apiHieiiended many youths who w<Bie throwing ^gs at automaUtes and pedestrians. When a yoooglter was £9Pnhonded, tie was t^)Kn iflto ttie
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