Alton Telegraph (Newspaper) - November 17, 2008, Alton, Illinois Landmark eatery changes menu pricing Illicit PET PROBLEM LIST dumping plagues Alton shelter Presidentelect faces finance overhaul TELEGRAPH Serving the River Bend since 1836 November 2008 Site work troubles city The BADMAN Trucks move rock around on a large area behind the Wood River Shop n Save in the 1900 block of East Edwardsville also known as Illinois Route The owned by the WRB Refining Wood River Refinery LLC in will be the location of a new training cen office space and parking lots in connection with the billion expansion Increased flooding possible in Wood River By CYNTHIA ELLIS The Telegraph WOOD RIVER Preliminary site work for the billion expansion of WRB Refining Wood River Refinery LLC in Roxana has city concerned about increased traffic and ter Motorists driving along the 1900 block of East Edwardsville Route 143 probably notice con struction work going on behind Shop n Crews are preparing the which is owned by the to build several facilities and some infrastructure work that would be used during the All of a sudden one there are The city didnt know anything about FRED UFERT expansion People are proba bly seeing a lot of big truck said Melissa a spokeswoman for the The area will include a ware training office space and Erker said crews went in more than a month ago and started clearing ground to SOUND OFF or call make way for the large trucks to haul in rock and other material so that construction could She said tempo rary entrances and exit roads were installed during this phase so contractors could access the property more easi She said the refinery wanted to minimize traffic so only allowed to enter on the west and trucks must be traveling east along Edwardsville Drivers can only make right both entering or exiting the she City officials said they have some concerns about the con struction and the access Mayor Fred Ufert said he knew construction plans were in the works he did nt realize that the refinery was going to put in access roads where it All of a sudden one there are Ufert city didnt know any thing about See Page A other offices up for grabs Retired corps colonel circulating petitions By JILL MOON The Telegraph GRAFTON Seven seats are up for grabs among Grafton elected officials in Aprils The mayors along with the city clerk and city are open for as are two 1st one 2nd Ward and one 3rd Ward aldermen Mayor Richard Mosby has not stated whether he will run Michael who retired as a colonel with the Army Corps of has announced his candidacy for He began collecting residents signatures on his candidate petition after Wednesday nights City Council which was uled from Tuesday night because of Veterans appropriate timing for a career military The first day to file petitions with the city clerk is and filing runs through Ive served my country for 33 years and served every com munity Ive been Morrow I live in and I want to continue to serve my who served as com mander for the Corps of Engineers Louis said he is particularly con cerned about Graf tons river front and its property I want to see our riverfront See Page A7 HEART OF BRASS Police seek owner of scrapped urn By LAURA GRIFFITH The Telegraph EAST ALTON Weeks a small brass heart was sold for scrap the which since has been identified as an is being held as evidence at the East Alton Police Department in case its owner wants to claim Eric Staten of the Police who worked the said a young man brought the heart in to Summit Processing and was inter ested in selling it for scrap Staten said he believed the man received 55 cents for the 1pound Because he thought it was the man who received the heart took it to his who discovered upon examin ing it more closely that it was filled with what appeared to be cremated Staten On the who wished to remain turned the object in to the authori He thought it would be of value to East Alton Police Chief Dwynn Isringhausen The department made See Page A Charity campaign on overdrive T The GRIFFITH A member of the East Alton Police Department holds a brass urn that was turned into the department on According to a young man sold the heart to Summit Processing for scrap metal weeks When the cremated remains Inside the item were the urn was turned in to the By DAN BRANNAN The Telegraph I he Community Christmas campaign is operating under a tight deadline in 2008 with col lection of items set to end 4 and distrib on Community Christmas is an annu al holiday collection sponsored by the United Way and The The campaign collects new SITES A3 See Page A7 Community a United Way and Telegraph cam ends 4 with distribution on WHATS OUTSIDE Partly cloudy and cool HIGH Low 22 DRAWING BY CAROLINE WOODLAND ELEMENTARY WHATS EDITORIAL LOTTERY NATION TELEVISION COMING TUESDAY ACCENT Bossanova fashion show will raise money to fight child slavery OUR EVERYDAY PEOPLE still plays racquetball at Nautilus Sailor helped capture Nazi submarine PACE A2 WHATS TODAY 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