Troy Tribune (Newspaper) - June 5, 1980, Troy, Illinois City Well Nears Completion USPS 642200 troy trib une progressive paper in a progressive town June 1980 23 14 PAGES cents by Cindy Phillips Bud Gen eral told city council members Monday evening he expects the new city well located In Collins ville to be in the filtering process by June He read a letter which will be sent to all water customers explain ing what to do if there is any water discoloration during the The letter will be sent ten days prior to the filtering Pictures of the new well and an addi tional story appear on Page u Construction began on the project last summer and was expected to be completed by December However the project was delayed several times because equipment and materials were not readily Most of the work was completed by February but the city still anxiously awaited of a control which reads the level of water in the well and automatically begins the filtering process when the water level is That panel arrived 2 weeks ago and the city implement ed partial operation of the who is in charge of operations at the new said he expects city customers to experience discolored water once the tillering process begins and urges local customers to contact the city hall if they have any questions about the Alderman Vic Wesemann told the council that on May 27 Dan found guilty for not having demoli tion and building John Geisman appeared before the council asking permission to build a produce stand west of Adel hardts Geisman told the council two high school students will run the market during the The request was referred to the Building and Zoning Dentist To Open Office in Troy Committee to discuss ob a building John proprietor of OK Fasteners in the Troy Industrial appeared before the council seeking help with a ditch in front of his According to when he purchased the land three years the Indus trial Park Committee asked if Knauss would move his property line toward the ditch so another lot could be sold in the Knauss said the committee promised to improve the ditch if he agreed to move the property Knauss told the council the ditch has not been improved and the sides of the ditch are erod He said it is impossible to maintain Mayor Carl Taake told Knauss he would look into the matter within the next two weeks and report to the council at the June 16th Taake reported that the citys gas for the month of May was about Taake said he feels this is too high and the police force should do some footwork at least a couple hours a Alderman Gus Emmer told other members that he has seen the policemen walking during the Alderman Leroy Chasteen agreed with Emmer that the department was doing its part to con serve No action was Taake also told the council a letter must be sent to the state requesting permission to close city streets for Homecoming July 25 and All members were in favor and passed a motion to send the A special meeting of the city council and planning commission will be held at June to review the new zoning regu Triad Gains Accreditation Treasurer Deposits To Aid Farm Home Mortgages Mike Slape D has announced that State Treasurer Jerry Cosentino will begin deposit ing extra state funds in rural banks to provide capital for farm loans and in savings and loans to spur low interest home Although it is late in the planting some farm ers need the money to pay for seed already Many farmers are given 30 days to pay for fertilizer and and then the banks dont have the money to lend for the shortterm said who sponsored the The banks cant make loans to the farmers because they have no capital to Slape Under deposit pro small town banks will be able to get the capital they need to meet the loan demands of their farm The Cosentino deposit plan earmarks million in state funds for deposit in rural banks as capital for farm loans and another million for deposit in savings State Aid To Rise July 1 The Illinois House approved legislation last putting the final touches on a billion budget for public schools beginning July The House also rejected nearly million in special education grants and rejected a billion public aid despite arguments that the states poor are having a tough time making ends The public aid budget included a 9 percent boost for welfare The House fell 31 votes short of the total it needed to approve the public aid Opponents of the argued against its provisions for a 9 percent increase in general The education package approved by the House authorizes the State Board of Education to distribute billion districts under the states school aid The formula would raise the total amount of aid guaranteed for each pupil to next The current formula calls for per student to be allocated to local school and loans as capital for home The interest rate on the mortgages can not be more than percent above the interest rate paid on the state according to Given the current ings rate of that means mortgages of 10 per far below the prime Slape To get the bankers must make specific requests for listing loans it will make with the Slape The state will then make a deposit in an amount equal to the loan Cosentino said the re from bankers about has been tre The phone hasnt stopped he Slape noted that in addition to helping farmers with their this pro gram will also spur a much depressed housing To qualify for state backing on a construction of a home must have started before December The biggest housing prob the market today are unfinished homes awaiting Slape This program should provide enough capital to get the housing industry moving Slape Build ers wont build new homes until they sell the unfinished Slape noted the deposit program will have a ripple effect on the states economy and state It will stimulate both farm sup pliers and housing tors while providing much needed jobs for construction Slape Public Meeting Set Tonight A public meeting for local service profes government and other interested citizens will be held at the Park pavillion this evening at 8 The meeting has been scheduled to enhance busi government achieve foster area coopera and the meeting will be moderated by Reverend Edward Weston of Farewell Party Planned A farewell party will be held on June 8 for Father who will be leaving Jeromes and Johns Churches in Troy later this The party will be held at the Troy American Legion hall from 25 Everyone is invited to Principal Richard Mason of Triad High School an recently that the schools accreditation has been extended through the 197980 school year following the review and approval of its Annual Report at the North Central Associations Annual Accreditation is for one year at a time and must be renewed Once every seven years each NCA school must undergo a comprehensive followed by an NCA evaluation team re Principal Mason ex This school was last evaluated in In the interim a school is accredited on the basis of its report on conditions existing in the school and on such supplementary information as the Commission on Schools Our report for 197980 assures us of on going NCA membership and This continued accreditation means that the conditions for effective edu cation exist in the The North Central Asso is the largest of the regional accredit ing It is a voluntary league of over 4700 schools and 850 colleges and uni in 19 plus the Department of Defense Dependent Schools through out the twentyseven schools are ac credited in The Asso works with individual schools to improve the quality of education through a continuous process of evaluation and John NCA State Director at the Uni versity of lated Triad High School on its continued accreditation for He The school has been a member of the North Central Asso since and in all those years it has been fully This should be a matter of satisfaction to the students and the parents of the since accredita tion gives assurance that the school meets those minimal yet rigorous preconditions for effective education estab by the Through this voluntary membership in the the school and the people in the district have committed themselves to the pursuit of quality in Mark will maintain hours at his new Troy office on a parttime basis beginning around June Friederich has estab tentative hours on Friday and Satur day and plans to continue his practice in Granite City on Wednesday and A 1968 graduate of Granite High he received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemistry from Southern Illinois Uni versity at Edwardsville in 1972 and graduated from the SIU Dental School in Atlon in Friederich won special honors while an undergraduate student and also won a special dental school Married to the former Kam Kimmle and the father of one and a Fried erich has practiced in Granite City for the past five Persons interested in scheduling appointments with Friederich may call Troy City Superintendent Bud Is pic tured reading a control panel at the new city located In Klauster who oversees oper ations at the said the city waited several months for the final portion of the control panel to The panel he Is reading deter mines when the water level at the well Is Insufficient and triggers the entire process which brings the water level back to Additional photos appear on page Approves Fare Increases be nied for a school years of and Leo of wen the citizenship of John two citizenship Brenkendorf of and M and Angellne who winners place flowers at the daughter of Junior School this provided money and land to each The Board of Commis of the BiState De velopment Agency at a special meeting last week approved a fare increase for area bus This is the first time we have raised fares since said James Na acting chairman of the and while we regret the necessity to do we have no choice if we expect to maintain the present level of service to the Because of inflationary BiState faces a deficit in the millions for its transit operation next The fare coupled with internal will enable us to continue serving the people of the Changes were made in the originally proposed fare in crease as a result of the public voicing con cerns at nine public hear Fares for the which be fore the hearings were pro posed at for local and for commuter service during peak were reduced to for any oneway trip on local or commuter service at any time of the Trans fers will be issued free to all elderly and handicapped We listened to their concerns and heard that the new as originally pro pc would indeed be a severe hardship for the elderly and handicapped riders in the metropolitan said Nations In this regard we have decided not raise fares for the elderly and handicapped as previ changed as a result of the were charges for the weekly 10ride com muter punch down from the originally proposed to and the monthly un limited down from the originally to Basic local fare will be for adults and for chil ages five through with no zone charges throughout the A special adult commuter fare of and child commuter fare of will be instituted for shopper and Trans fers will be Special Services will have a basic fare of for adults and for the elderly and Special services include the Six Opera and Race Track Scooter service will be for all riders on the central business district and Clayton No transfers or passes will be accepted on Scooter Weekly good for unlimited local riding during the week of will be This pass will be valid on shopper and lines with pay ment of an additional The weekly pass will be valid on special services with the payment of A weekly commuter punch ticket is being offered for the first The commuter which is good for 10 rides on shopper and routes will also be If a transfer is it will cost The commuter ticket will also be valid on special services with payment of A monthly com muter pass is also being offered for the first This pass is good for un limited riding during the month on all shopper and It will be valid on special services with pay ment of additional and will not be valid on Student tickets for both Missouri and Illinois will be a They will be a 10ride punch ticket valid for a period on local With the payment of students can ride on shopper and rapid This ticket will not be valid on special services or If a transfer is it will cost a weekly pass during the summer in lieu of the Student Ticket for use by youths 19 years of age and will be Super pass entitles the holder to unlimited riding on local service for a It will be valid on ex shopper and rapid lines with an additional payment of will not be valid on special services or File for Real Estate Tax Exemption Now owners of owner occupied property may qual for a reduction in their assessed value of up to under Senate The amount of re duction depends upon the amount of increase over the 1977 assessed value but the reduction is not automatic You must file If you have not filed since January you most file again This exemption for people of any age hot just for senior The deadline for filing has been set for but dont wait for the dead line to roll around or it might be forgotten and you will lose out on the Everyone is urged file and also tell your and friends about this 1790 exemption only of the who could have qualified actually filed last Dont let that happen this Applications are available at the Township 103 Market where help can be given if you have any questions about this Every resident of property is urged to file We also urge you to leave your applications with the local assessor where your filing records are kept cur Lucille Jarvis Township said that all Senior Citizens who filed renewals for their Home stead Exemption have al ready annual because the two forms had been sent to them together in early She also said that her office now has the Circuit Breaker forms for Senior Citizen snd Disabled who have an income of or
