Residents push Nw. Bensenville flood and stench concerns
Northwest Bensenville Homeowners Association president Jerry Bochniak told trustees that west of Route 83 and north of Irving Park Road faced flooded basements and a strong septic odor from fields to the west after Spruce Street lift station flooded again. The board asked the DuPage County Health Department to investigate. Public Works discussed relocating a compressor to Spruce Street lift station, and noted potential elimination of Spruce Street with deep Irving Park sewer work. Officials blamed inadequate storm drainage and sump pumps discharging into the sanitary sewer, and considered smoke tests and a village ordinance to keep surface water out of sewers plus a possible special-assessment storm sewer.
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Bensenville
Jerry Bochniak
Green Valley
Northwest
Bensenville Home Owners Association
Irving Park Road
Bochniak
Spruce Street
DuPage County
Armin Korthauer
Public Works
Mohawk
Ritchie Thomas
Irving Park
Robert Doty
Doty
Change in State Law Forces Library Board Election
Six member Bensenville library board must face a special April 10 election under new state library laws. Five incumbents seek re election while Mrs John Spence does not. Tom Wiley seeks a seat. Candidates include Clarence Thiemann Mrs Carl Weber Mrs Dwight George Moreth and C Sahagum. Straw draws will assign how long each term lasts.
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Bensenville
John Spence
Tom Wiley
Deerpath
DuPage County
Clarence Thiemann
Carl Weber
Dwight “Agi George Moreth
C. Sahagum
Ta Teeoman
Library Board
Ing Board
Thiemann
Regnew
Flowering Crab Tree Becomes Village Symbol in Bensenville
The Bensenville Garden Club promotes planting flowering crab apple trees as a village symbol. Members urge residents and businesses to plant this ornamental tree, noting blossoms from pink to rose, green foliage that bronzes in fall, bright red fruit, and appeal to birds and winter silhouettes. Nurseries offer varieties like Almei, Radiant, Hopa, and Bechtel's with new types each year.
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Bensenville
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Garden Club
Lombard
Radiant
Hopa
Bechtel’s
Chamber and Board clash on Elsie Knaack farm rezoning
Bensenville village officials and the Chamber of Commerce industrial development committee clash over a petition to rezone the Elsie Knaack farm north of the village for heavy industrial use under DuPage County M-2 zoning. The county board would need a 24 of 31 vote. The zoning board has not yet made a recommendation and action is not expected before April 17.
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Bensenville
Chamber of Commerce Industrial Development Committee
Elsie Knaack
DuPage County
Sandy Howell
Centex
Elk Grove Village
County Zoning Board
County Board
McLennan
Signs Along Road Called Eyesores In Bensenville
Signs advertising homes for sale on E Irving Park Road were branded an eyesore by Trustee Pete Martyniuk who urged action. The board favored a personal approach via Panoramic Homes official Norman Chern, with Village Clerk Dierking to request state highway removal if needed. The signs sit on highway right of way.
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Don Fuller
Bensonville Terrace Home Owners Association
Norman Chern
Panoramic Builders
Herb Dierking
State Highway Department
Police Hear 20 Complaints About Loose Dogs
Bensonville police recorded twenty complaints about dogs running loose in the past week. Patrolman Jack Long reminded residents that village laws allow fines from five to twenty five dollars for owners who fail to secure dogs.
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Bensonville
Jack Long
Long
Hit and run blamed for car forcing driver into ditch
Chester A. Mysiewicz, 42, of Chicago, said a hit-and-run motorist forced his car off County Line Road near Green Street last Friday near Bensenville. Mysiewicz, a craneman at Griffin Wheel, was treated at Elmhurst Hospital for side and rib pains after police aided him.
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Chester A. Mysiewicz
S. Saginaw
Chicago
Griffiih
County Line Road
Green Street
Elmhurst Hospital
Stranger in Town Attracts Notice in Bensonville
A man visiting a Bensonville tavern mixed whiskey wine gin and beer into a single drink, then consumed three more schooners before beating everyone at pool. Police noted his clothing resembled an officer’s but found it to be an Andy Frain usher.
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Bensonville
Bensenville
Andy Frain
Surrendered motorist tied to double accident case
Henry Hauschild twenty formerly of 15W490 George Street walked into Bensenville police Monday night surrendering after police sought him in connection with a double accident last Friday evening. Norman J. MacLean twenty of 2123 Gunderson Berwyn told police he was involved in an earlier crash near Irving Park Road and Church Road. Police said the other driver fled after the collision and Hauschild faces a hearing Friday before Justice of the Peace Jack Parish for leaving the scene. Hauschild had pleaded guilty earlier this year to theft of auto parts in Bensenville and was fined three hundred fifty dollars and placed on probation.
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Henry Hauschild
George St
Bensenville
Norman J. MacLean
Gunderson
Berwyn
Irving Park Road
MacLean
Hauschild
Justice of the Peace Jack Parish
Flags Donated By VFW Women to Bensenville
Tioga VFW Auxiliary donated two American flags to Bensenville. One flag is placed in the fire hall second floor room used by the village board and Justice of the Peace Jack Parish for court. The second flag sits in the village hall.
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Bensenville
Tioga Vfw
Justice of the Peace Jack Parish
Two Firms Seek Scavenger Licenses in Bensenville
Two applications have been filed with Bensenville for scavenger licenses in the village's commercial and industrial zones. Charles Lenz & Co of Cicero and Van Der Melen Disposal Co of Melrose Park are the applicants, with the requests referred to the village board ordinance committee. The board recently amended rules to allow more than one licensee in commercial and industrial areas. Reliable Trucking holds the village wide exclusive residential franchise.
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Bensenville
Charles Lenz & Co
Cicero
van der Melen Disposal Co
Melrose Park
Reliable Trucking
Grand Jury Indicts Two Men in Multiple Crimes
DuPage County grand jury handed three true bills against John Skomac 18 of Gary and Harry Tenney 38 of Villa Park. Skomac linked to Lincoln School burglary and named as accomplice in an armed robbery at Mac Donalds Villa Park with Roy Irvin. A third indictment covers an armed robbery and weapon use at Sav-O-Rama Wheaton involving Tenney Skomac and Raymond Schultz.
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Harry Tenney
DuPage County Grand Jury
Skomac
Hayes St
Gary
Lincoln School
Bensenville
Villa Park
Roy Irvin
Wheaton
Tenney, Skomac
Raymond Schultz
West St
Elmhurst
Tell Fund Proposal To Finance Guards
Bensenville Village Board heard a plan to raise money for school crossing guards. Bensenville Terrace Homeowners Association proposed adding a crossing guard contribution with water bills, a model Elmhurst has used successfully. The group backs a guard on the west side of York Road at the railroad tracks and aims to fund guards at other dangerous spots, but funding remains a problem.
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Bensenville Terrace
Isoiation
Don Fuller
Bensenville Terrace Group
Sug
Elmhurst
Fuller
York Road
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