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Volume 39, Issue 32
Teen brings home countywide title
By Jennifer Hull
Press Publications
After more than a quarter of a century, Huntley has once again had one of its own named as Miss McHenry County.
I&ista Jurs, a 17-year-old who has lived in Himtley her •entire life, was selected above the 13 other participants to be queen of the McHenry Counly Fair. She is the first Miss Huntley since 1973 to be named queen of the coimty. Jiu^, who was sponsored for the town pageant by the Bill Ruth Landscaping Co., was named Miss Hunttey in May and has spent the summer
"I didn't expect
to be in the top
five. I just did it
for fan."
Krista Jurs
Miss McHenry County 17 years old, of Huntley
with other local pageant win¬ ners preparing for the fair.
"We've been practicing all summer," Jurs said. She and the other young women worked on their performances this summer by attending lo¬ cal parades and brushing up on their interviewing skills.
The first day of the McHemy County Fate started with the panel of judges in¬ terviewing each of the con¬ testants for four to five min¬ utes. The girls then changed into their formal gowns and moved on to the stage. They each gave a one-minute speech about theu- towns.
Jurs said she spoke about how much Huntley is growing and why she likes living there, mentioning the library and schools.
Next came the bathing suit competition. Jurs said there was a fairly large audience, including her family and members of her pompom squad, who held up signs and cheered for her.
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Construction season
The long-awaited widening of Route 47 and Main Street in Huntley has begun. Motorists are asked to avoid the Intersection if possible. The project is expected to take some time.
The judges announced the top five psurticipants, and Jurs was named last of the five.
"I didn't expect to be in the top five," she said. "I just did it for fun."
The remaining five were sequestered in a trailer and brought out one at a time and asked the same question: What is the most important thing you did to prepare for the pageant?
Jurs was the last to be brought out, and she re¬ sponded that in preparation, she spent time with her fam¬ Uy.
"They gave me confidence," she said. "I know^hey loye me either way."
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Krista Jurs
Developer searches for parking solution
By Tim Anderson
Press Publications
Himtiey Towers' developers are getting some sympathy from village officials about their parteng problems, but they may not get what they really want — more spaces.
After a plan to add new parking spaces by purchasing land behind S.S. Clippers was rejected by both the village's Zoning Board of Appeals and Plan Commission, officials for Huntley Towers strip mall approached the Village Board on Aug. 5.
The reception for solutions to the strip mall's parking dilemma was once again cool. At the Aug. 5 meeting, Hunt¬ ley Towers' officials offered what they had hoped would be a compromise and a solution.
They proposed adding four more spaces in the current lot, making for a total of 42 spaces in the strip mall, which is located on Route 47.
Village   trustees,   though.
said four new spaces is not enough to ease their concems that parking would become a terrible problem once the strip mall is filled with ten¬ ants. A bank and real-estate office have been slated to move into^untiey Towers.
"I think it's not a solution," Trustee Sue Lamb said about the plan to add four parking spaces.
"When the parking becomes full, what other solutions do you have?" she asked.
Huntley Towers' officials admitted that they were run¬ ning out of ideas.
"I have nowhere else to go," said Don Wolf, developer of Huntley Towers.
The developers' original plan was to ask the viiiage to allow for another parking area behind S.S. Clippers. This plan was met with opposition by both village officials and resi¬ dents who feared the paridng was too close to a residential area and historic homes.
Without   enough   parking
spaces, the strip mall cannot
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