The Huntley Farmside

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Thursday, July 15,1999
Faimside
A Press Publications newspaper mr serving tlie Huntley community
Volume 39, Issue 14
Reed Road proposal up for review
By Craig WIeczoridewiez
Press Publications
Residents should get the op¬ portunity later this month to voice their opinions regarding the proposed Reed Road development
The Pulte Home Corp. has proposed to Himtley officials a possible devel¬ opment that would be located on the
north side of Reed Road that would include the construction of 330 houses and a shopping center on the 160-acre parcel of land commonly referred to as the Meier farm.
'N^age officials told residents at a meeting late last month that they should get the chance to voice their opinions regarding the proposed de¬ velopment sometime in late July, at a meeting time yet to be determined
Some residents of the south side of
Reed Road have complained that they are worried that building such a de¬ velopment would bring too much traf¬ fic into the area and therefore take away from the nural feel of that part of the community.
A long-term traffic study recently prepared for the viUage by CivUtech Engineering predicts that there would be significantly heavier traffic volumes on Reed Road due largely to the pro¬ posed development
Village officials are looking at sev¬ eral options for alleviating ttie added traffic burden, including a westem ex¬ tension of Reed Road aroimd the nearby Oak Crest subdivision. They are also considering rerouting the east-west road so that it tums north through part of the Meier form land.
Those options will be discussed more at the public feedback meeting later this month.
Hansen, Herrera at top of class
When Htmtiey High School had its commencement ceremonies at the end of the school year, the class of 1999 was led by Valedictoricm Cristina Hansen and Sal- utatorian Jennifer Herrera.
Cristina Hansen is the daughter of Rich and Sue Hansen.
She has been involved in numerous extracurricular activities throughout her four years at HtmUey. She has been a member of the math team, taking first place in the regional geometry competi¬ tion; a member of the band, taking seven solo and en¬ semble first places; and a member of the WYSE team, taking sixth place in the state competition.
Hansen has also assumed leadership roles with the academic and cross country teams, where she was the team captain; the student coimcU, where she was sec¬ retary; and the National Honor Society, where she was treasiurer.
Hansen also participated in
Cristina l-iansen
Jennifer Herrera
the track program and was the school's American Legion girl states represen¬ tative tlie summer of her junior year. She also is an Illinois State Scholar, and a Presidential Education and John Phillip Sousa award wirmer.
This fall, Christina wiU at¬ tend the University of Illi¬ nois, where she wiU major in animal science with the in¬
tention of becoming a veter¬ inarian. At Illinois, Hansen wiU be a James scholar and is the recipient of a $4,000 Tumer Scholarship and an $800 ChanceUors Scholar¬ ship.
Jennifer Herrera is the daughter of Elvelio and KeUy Herrera.
During her four years at Huntiey, Herrera has been active in many activities, in¬
cluding National Honor Society, the Academic team, band and SnowbaU. She was the school's representative to Illinois Girls State the sum¬ mer of her junior year and has had perfect attendance throughout her high school years.
Herrera has received many awards and scholar¬ ships, including the Xerox award given for humanities
and social studies achieve¬ ment and exceUence, the HunUey Education AJssoci- ation Scholarship given to the highest-ranking student pursuing a career in educa¬ tion, the HunUey Lions Club Scholarship and the Harris Bank Scholarship.
Hererra wiU be attending National Louis University, where she wiU major in elementary education.