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Volume 40 No. 3
Your hometown newspaper
Thursday, January 20,2000
© 2000 Press-Republican Newspapers
Inside
More rooftops?
The Plan Commission votes to approve two new sec¬ tions of Del Webb's Sun City, bringing the total number of homes either completed or In development to 2,265. Page 3
Your kids
Huntley North Elementary enjoys a party time, com¬ plete with Bozo buckets.
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Grand opening
Prairie Lodge opens in Del !
Webb's Sun City and the 1
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Takin' care of business
i al i liside photo by John Cox antd Mark Busch
Jim Greeve, president of Greve Construction, cleans the salt off a snow plow. His business removes snow for School District 30&and School District 55, as well as the Huntley Outlet Mall.
Park Board seeks $9.35 million
Proposed referendum asks residents to help fund recreation center
by Christopher Petersen
The Huntley Farmside
The Huntley Park Board has agreed to take their desire to turn the South Elementary School building into a recre¬ ation center to the voters.
The Park Board voted to ask Huntley residents for a $9.35 million referendum at its meeting last Tuesday night.
The referendum would go
towards the purchase and renovation of the 12-class- room building into a commu¬ nity center and the con¬ struction of an aquatic cen¬ ter on the same site.
The decision to put a ref¬ erendum on the March bal¬ lot came just under the wire, as the board needed to make a decision by Jan. 18 for the referendum to be placed on the ballot this spring.
The referendum, if passed, would mean an increase in the tax rate for homeowners in Huntley of about 9 cents per $100 of assessed value.
This means that the owner of a $150,000 home in
the village would pay an estimated $45 more in prop¬ erty taxes. However, park officials have said that the continued growth in the area would cut into that increase over time.
If the referendum is passed, $4 million will be, spent on the construction of an aquatic center on 8 acres of land southwest of the school building.
The land would also host athletic fields, a nature trail and concession stands.
The board also discussed what was to be done with the school building itself.
See Referendum Paee 2
Webb to village: How much more must you spend?
by Christopher Petersen
The Huntley Farmside
With enrollment in the vil¬ lage's school district rising more and more and another referendum to build new schools looming, residents of Sun City are becoming con¬ cerned that they will not be able to keep up with the dis¬ trict's need for income.
See Webb Page 2