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Thursday, August 5,1999
Farmside
A Press Publications newspaper mr serving the Huntley community
Volume 39, Issue 31
Gary Miller of Selgles Cabinet Center In Elgin unloads home equipment donated by Seigles for the local Habitat for Humanity.
Del Webb pitches in for Habitat for Humanity
By Tim Anderson
Press Publications
Although Del Webb deci¬ ded it no longer needed the Clover Series model home in Sun City, materials and supplies from the house will soon become an essential part of ongoing area Habitat for Humanity projects.
The model home's coimtertops, windows, sinks, toilets and other parts will soon be placed in homes be¬ ing built for low-income families in the area.
"They will be used in the homes that we are now constructing," said Yvoime Fanizza, executive director of the Habitat for Humanity of Northem Fox Valley.
The local Habitat group is
building four homes in its
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Village plans for road construction
By Tim Anderson
Press Publications
When it comes to road con¬ struction, thinking about the future may be the best way to ease the headaches caused by closed-down lanes, one-way traffic and major backups.
Such is the case with the beginning this week of the construction project at Route 47 and Main Street.
ViUage officials are predict¬ ing major traffic delays with the estimated three-month project.
But when complete, the newly constructed intersection will vastly improve traffic flow in the area, Village President James Dhamer said.
"It will help immensely," Dhamer said. "By widening the comer and adding tum
lanes, the traffic situation will improve."
Plans for the project include the following:
¦ A left-tum lane will be added to allow traffic heading north on Route 47 to tum left and travel west on Main Street.
¦ A left-tum lane will be added to allow traffic heading south on Route 47 to tum left and travel east on Main Street.
¦ A left-tum lane will be added to allow traffic heading west on Main Street to tum left and travel south on Route 47.
¦ A left-tum lane will be added to allow traffic heading east on Main Street to turn left and travel north on Route 47.
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Press Publications' owner buys out Glen Ellyn chain
Pat Sharpe of Habitat for Humanity carries trim pieces donated by Dei Webb.
Kenneth Serota, president and CEO of Liberty Group Publishmg, and Stuart Stone', owner and publisher of Glen News Printing company, have aimoimced that Liberty, pub¬ lishers of LIFE Newspapers, Press Publications and Press- Republican Newspapers, has acquired the 24,000- circulation, four-newspaper Glen Ellyn-based group.
Glen News Printing pub¬ lishes the twice weekly Glen Ellyn News, which was founded as the Gleii Ellyan in 1911, as well as the Wheaton Leader, the Winfield Estate and the WarrenviUe Post, aU of which were founded after the Stone famUy purchased the company in the early 1940s.
The group, owned for many years by the Stone family, wUl become a part of Liberty Suburban Chicago News¬ papers. Stuart Stone wiU re¬
main as pubUsher during the transition.
"All of the Glen News pub- Ucations are first class, quaUty products," Serota said. "We admire their high level of commitment to their readers, to their advertisers and to the commimities they serve."
With the acquisition, Liberty Suburban Chicago now pub¬ Ushes 52 weekly and multi- weekly newspapers in 75 communities with a combined circulation of more than 220,000. The group also fi^ six monthly pubUcations with a combined circulation of more than 150,000.
"FuUy half of our total cir¬ culation is in affluent DuPage County where we have news¬ papers in each town in the county," said Larry Randa, president of Liberty Suburban Chicago Newspapers. "Add that to the strong presence we ¦   LIBERTY, Page 2