The Huntley Farmside

              THURSDAY, July 21,19W VOLUME 23- NUMBER 14
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MCED    AWARDS GRANTS
Master of ceremonies Bill Hubbard, chairman of the McHenry new diversified jobs in McHenry County. Pictured, from left. County Economic Development Committee (MCED) welcomed on the platform are MCED members Thore Emricson and Dean Gov. James Thompson and other guests to special proceedJnp'Cunat.  Mubbard,  State  Sen:  Sack  ScMHat., -S«ue  Rep. Ron
at the McHenry Country Out July  1 J. Close  to 565,000  in grants and a loan were announced which will  result in many
Wait, County Board Chairmai Clint Claypool. Thompson and and Auditor Al jourdan.*
Ninety-eight new permanent jobs and numerous construc¬ tion and contracting jobs were assured for McHenry County when two govemment grants and a loan totaling $643,816 were awarded July 13 in ceremonies at McHenry.
The McHenry County Eco¬ nomic Development Commit¬ tee coordinated the late aftemoon program aS a highlight of the annual Republican Day at the Mc¬ Henry Country Club. Honored guests were Gov. James Thompson. Mike Woelffer, acting director of the state Department of Commerce and Community    Affairs    (DCCA).
Sen. Jack Schaffer and Reps. Die Klemm and Ron Wait.
Presentations were made to the following:
•Stariine Products. Inc. in the city of Harvard, a SI86.000 low interest loan for plant development and expan¬ sion which will generate 21 new jobs. Ray Boge, plant superintendent, and Mayor Frank Godo accepted the award.
 Pioneer Center in Mc¬ Henry, in excess of S300,000 toward construction of a 16,000-square-foot  addition  to
the vocational center which will make it possible for 77 more  develonmentally   disable
clients to be gainfully employ¬ ed. Robert Lambourn, director of the McHenry County Association for the Retarded, accepted.
•The  City   of   McHenry,   a grant for approximately S15S, 000   to   construct   a   sanitary sewer   line   and   lift   station along Green Street to link up with  the  new   hospital  being built.  Mayor Joe Stanek said this    will    have    the    added advantage   of   "opening   up" 350  acres to  commercial   and industrial development.      ___ In bringing his "good news to tbe McHenry  area,"     the Govemor       explained      <hat CDAP   (Community   Develop¬
ment Assistance Program) grants are federal funds but are administered differently than in the past. "The state takes the applications and approves them." he said. "It's the New Federalism right here in Illinois." DCCA is the state department which reviews the request and designates the recipients.
"MCED chairman BUI Hub- Wd thanked the local and state iofficials for the cooperation •extended in furthering economic 'development whhto McHenty ¦ County.
Village of  Huntley    Board Report
The Regular Meeting of the Village Board of Trustees of the Village of Huntley was held on Thursday evening. July 7, 1983, in the Board Room of the Village Hall and brou^t to order by President Enstrom at 8:00 P.M.
Present were Ptesident Enstrom, Trustees Dhamer, Wicke, Ahrens, Mercer and Brown with Tnistee Berlin absent. Also attending were Attoraeu Szura, Village Engin¬ eer Schwegel, Pblice Chief Rossi and members of the Public Wo^s Department.
The minutes of the finance meeting of June 15. 1983, the Regular Meeting of June 2,1987 and Public Hearing for Federal Revenue Sharing, June 2. 1983. were reviewed and thete being no additions or corrections, all stood approved as presented.
Financial repoits were put before the trustees at this time. Tnistee Mercer made a motion
to approve the Treasurer's Report, seoonded by Trustee Dhamer and upon roll call, all trustees voted aye and the motion carried.
The bills for current expenses were examined where¬ upon a motion was made by Trustee Mercer, seoonded by Tnistee Wicke, to approve payment of same. Upon roll call, all trustees voted aye and the motion carried. At this same time an invoice from McHenry Farm Service in the amount of $69.85 was brought in for approval. A motion was made by Trustee Mercer, seoonded by Trustee Ahrens, to approve of its payment and roll noted: Brown, aye, Ahrens, aye, Dhamer, aye Wicke, pav and Mercer, aye. Motion carried.
The next order of business to come before the Boatd was the PubUc Hearing for the BaUey Annexatbn which are to be I known aa the "North Pa«:el"
and the "South Parcel", description of same is on file. Attoraey Dan Curran announc¬ ed he was representing John and Florence Schaffenegger as objectors to the proposed annexation of the North Parcel in particular, and explained that their property was adjacent to Union Road which is on' the North end of ^B^eyh Parcel. Attomey Bai « representing Kenneth and Joan Bakley, asked that the Sdiaggeneggers be heard in re their objection.
President Enstrom queried as to why fhey hui not registered complaints in the normal procedure at the required Planning and Zoning Hearings, to which they replied that they had been unaware of same until this past publication of the Public Hearing at this Regular Meeting. Attomey Curran briefly spoke, upon the President's request, as to the actual    objection    that    the
aa»»— Schaffenegger's had. He stated that the drainage pattern of the Area 3 property was certain to be affected due to the type of zoning that was being assigned thereon; also that they were objecting to the buffer strip which Mr. Bakley was reserving because h would be outside the village's control.
At this time Attoraey Baker then presented to the Board all necessary and requited Proofs and Publications relating to the proposed annexation. He - brought Mr. Bakley forward for testimony at which time the Oerk swore him in.
Attomey Baker advised that the first draft of the Annexation Agreement had been changed in Paragraph 13 and Paragraph 4 to reflect requested changes. He also stated that the Bakley's be committed not to future ordinances but to those no^ in effect and would not be able to accept the recommendation fot future ordinances.
Mr. Bakley under oath testified to the same facts that were presented at the Planning and Zoning hearings. He had
BLOOD DONERS NEEDED.
Coming up on Tues, July 26, Huntley Unit #673 will sponsor a blood drawing for the Aurora Area Blood Bank. The need for blood is always urgent and it is vital that many types of . blood are available to those people who may need it.
A single blood donation provides a unlit of whole blood, which can be used to transfuse a patient or may be processed into several blood products, such as plasma, red blood cells or white blood cell concentrate, fc Aurot stores blood from drawings in a nine county area. Any resident of McHenry county is entitled to free blood. However, blood is available anywhere in the United States to a family member of a donor to the Aurora Blood Bank.
Huntley's blood drawing will take place on Tuesday, July 26, from 3 to 7 'p.m. in the social hall of the Congregational Church. For further information call May Chesak, Huntley Blood Bank chairman, 669-5654.
QiPL SCOUT REGISTRATION
Huntley girl scouts and brownies are asked to register on August 9, the same day as school rigistration. h will be held at the home of Mrs. Janet Graff, at 11617 Douglas Avenue, Huntley, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
We are in desperate need of volunteers, to be leaders or helpers in any way. At this time we are short leaders in the Junior tixMps and one brownie troop. If we are unable to obtain volunteers, we may have to cut back on the number of troops and girls. Pleaae help us and the giris. You may call Mrs. Janet Graff if you are able to help in any way. Phone 669-3658.
the opinion ofthe Board that the land donated for a pail would qualify as the Developer Donation whick the Park District had accepted • 15.4 acres. He reaffirmed that the only legal voters residing on either parcel were David and Patricia Britton on the South Parcel and that they were not objecting in any way to this matter.
He stated also that he would conform to all ordinances regarding streets and drainage and retention areas and that all must meet the Subdivision Ordinance in any regard.
Attoraey Baker asked the Board Members if they had any questions of Mr. Bakley. They asked him about alleviating the drainage problem on Church and Douglas and he also confirmed that he intended to work on that problem as soon as this was approved and before the fall rains came. Attoraey Curran then questioned Mr. Bakley regarding the land donation for aimezation fee, the access to the park (»hich Mr.
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