The above is taken from: http://www.igb.illinois.gov/revreportsVG/VGStat201307.pdf
Saturday, August 17, 2013
Poplar Grove votes to allow video gaming machines in town | Belvidere Daily Republican
Michelle Burke, manager of Mortimer’s Roadhouse and Grill, was at the meeting and said she was “thrilled” by the vote.
“I’m happy our customers will no longer be going somewhere else to play,” she said.
Mortimer’s has received approval of its application for a state license and now can have up to five machines on its premises.
Burke said there already are machines at Boone County establishments in Belvidere, Capron and Garden Prairie.
John Patch of Allied Gaming said villages Poplar Grove’s size that have machines are averaging $1,300 to $1,700 a month in revenue. They get 5 percent of the revenue from each game.
Poplar Grove votes to allow video gaming machines in town | Belvidere Daily Republican
Annexation of Candlewick Lake back on table | Belvidere Daily Republican
Written by Bob Balgemann
two Candlewick Lake residents appearing before the Poplar Grove Village Board Monday night and encouraging talks with the association’s board of directors.
Resident Lennard Lund said he thought four of the six Candlewick Lake Association board members would be agreeable to hearing what Poplar Grove officials had to say. He said he also thought annexation would bring benefits to both the village and his community.
Agreement came from another Candlewick Lake resident, Phil Saia, who also asked Poplar Grove officials to approach the association board. He said residents are having major problems with the company that supplies the community with water and with the cost of water. Some who live there currently are paying $100 to $140 a month for water, he claimed.
Newly seated village trustee Owen Costanza also lives in Candlewick Lake and said when he moved there, his bill was $25.
A civic organization within Candlewick Lake pursued incorporation in 2011. But the Candlewick Voice attempt was thrown out in circuit court late that year and no referendum ever was held.
Saia told trustees and village president John Neitzel that he would call them in to security, should they want to come into the gated community and talk with the board of directors. Monthly meetings start at 7 p.m., with a public forum at 6:30 p.m.
Neitzel said annexation “is a much more difficult process than ‘let’s do it,’ Many layers of due diligence would have to be done. I’m not opposed to exploring the possibility. That’s all we can do at this point.”
“The stage is set,” Saia said. “Now is the perfect time for you to approach Candlewick Lake
For a few days you can read the entire article by clicking on the following: Annexation of Candlewick Lake back on table | Belvidere Daily Republican
Friday, August 16, 2013
saukvalley.com | Residents sue over wind farm in Lee County in Dixon IL, Sterling, IL and Rock Falls IL
BY DAVID GIULIANI dgiuliani@saukvalley.com
The lawsuit said the wind farm is incompatible with surrounding land uses. The project, it said, will decrease property values, destroy views, create shadow flicker and “incessant and annoying” noise, and hurt wildlife.
The lawsuit identified what the landowners consider procedural errors leading up to the county’s approval of the special-use permits for the project.
The company, for instance, failed to provide a turbine layout, a noise model, or a plan for how it would decommission abandoned turbines, the lawsuit said.
Mainstream’s materials also lacked a certificate from a registered professional engineer that the tower design is sufficient to withstand wind load requirements, according to the lawsuit
Remember this on a cold January night.
What good is the warmth of summer without the cold of winter to give it sweetness?—John Steinbeck
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Belvidere to serve as enrollment site for cancer study - Rockford, IL - Rockford Register Star
The American Cancer Society’s Epidemiology Research Program is inviting individuals between the ages of 30 to 65 who have no personal history of cancer to participate in the Cancer Prevention Study-3. The group is aiming for least 300,000 adults of various racial and ethnic backgrounds across the United States to participate.
District to serve as enrollment site for cancer prevention study
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The Belvidere School District, in partnership with the American Cancer Society, will serve as an enrollment site for the society's Cancer Prevention Study-3.
The American Cancer Society is looking for people between the ages of 30 and 65 to help them create a cancer-free world - a world with more birthdays. You can do this by volunteering for their Cancer Prevention Study-3.
Please check back as additional information about the study, expectations and time commitments of volunteers, and where/when you can enroll will posted.
Click on the following to check back at District 100 website: http://www.district100.com/Newsroom/Pages/District-to-serve-as-enrollment-site-for-cancer-prevention-study.aspx
Count complete, meals begin for those in-need | Belvidere Daily Republican
Written by Bob Balgemann
The recently conducted summertime count of homeless in Boone County only turned up nine who fit HUD’s new definition of homelessness.
And that may be partially responsible for such a low number, said Danice Loveridge, president of the Boone County Homeless Project task force.
Previously, people living with relatives or going from friend to friend met the definition of being homeless. But now those in such a situation are considered to be at-risk for becoming homeless. And they aren’t eligible for some services that assisted them in the past.
This church[Poplar Grove United Methodist Church] will continue to serve meals from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. every Thursday. There is no charge, with food being supplied through a grant obtained by the Belvidere/Boone County Food Pantry.St. John’s United Church of Christ in Belvidere is expected to formally approve serving a monthly meal sometime this week.
Read the complete article: http://www.belvideredailyrepublican.net/news/count-complete-meals-begin-for-those-in-need/
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