Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Chrysler refuses NHTSA demand for 2.7 million Jeep SUV recall - Jun. 4, 2013
Chrysler says that the design of the gas tank cited by NHTSA -- placed behind the rear axle -- is a commonly accepted design used in many other vehicles. It also says that the fatal accidents that occurred involving the vehicles were almost all high-speed, high-energy accidents in which a different design would have made no difference.
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Tollway replies to Fire Chief’s request that Johnson Bridge be replaced
The following letter was recently received and is available on the county website at: https://www.boarddocs.com/il/boone/Board.nsf/files/98BL3K5404E2/$file/5-28-13%20letter%20from%20Tollway_201305310928.pdf
Please note paragraph 2 in which the Tollway acknowledges they are responsible for the bridge. There was some debate about this fact earlier.
Read the Chief’s letter at: http://boonecountywatchdog.blogspot.com/2013/05/possible-bridge-teardown-threatens.html
This is a continuation of the following posts: http://boonecountywatchdog.blogspot.com/2013/05/spring-township-readies-response-to.html
http://boonecountywatchdog.blogspot.com/2013/05/possible-bridge-teardown-threatens.html
http://boonecountywatchdog.blogspot.com/2013/05/boone-countys-letter-to-tollway.html
Monday, June 3, 2013
Northwest Herald | Obama signs bill on lying about military medals
The new law is narrower, making it a crime to lie about being decorated with the intent to profit personally or financially. That could include those who claim medals in order to receive veterans benefits, land a government contract or get a job reserved for veterans.
Violators could face up to a year in prison.
Saturday, June 1, 2013
Dairy Breakfast June 15 in Poplar Grove - Rockford, IL - Rockford Register Star
Breakfast will be held from 6:30 to 11 a.m. June 15 at Johnson Family Dairy Farm, 6431 Stateline Road, Poplar Grove.
Activities include a craft show, horse drawn wagon rides, children's games, a petting zoo, Cow Pie Bingo and antique tractor and Model T car displays.
Farm Bureau joins efforts to save bridges over Interstate 90 | Belvidere Daily Republican
Written by Bob Balgemann
Boone County Board Chairman Bob Walberg also has addressed the issue in a letter to the Illinois Tollway. He recited t he resolution approved by the county board at its May 15 meeting, which read, “…approve request to the Illinois Toll Highway Authority that all Boone County bridges under their jurisdiction be replaced as part of their capital plan.”
“The county supports the efforts of Spring Township in having the bridges replaced as part of your Jane Addams (I-90) rebuild,” he wrote in the letter to Paul D. Kovacs, P.E., of the Illinois Tollway, dated May 21.
Read the entire story by clicking on the following: Farm Bureau joins efforts to save bridges over Interstate 90 | Belvidere Daily Republican
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