Sewer Rates to Apply on May Billing Another Turn-Off Announced
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■ioai’ ?, Sons <q q \ l"r'or'\r I n f . Sorlrroort, Michigan 4923U Board decides... Sewer rates to apply on May billing i \ \ Board members voted to extend the time employee Jerry Birkenbeil reported to the Development (L.A.D.) program for an s before residents will be charged the new rates baord that the EPA had told him the town additional year at the cost of $300. The <% for water and sewer bills at the Tuesday night must start adding more chlorine to the water program has been going on for m years, with meeting, Nov. 11. to bring the levels up to EPA standards. costs thus far having been absorbed by the Previously the town had planned to Birkenbeil checked into the relative costs county. Now the county ha? asked that f institute the new rates for the January billing, of using chlorine gas as opposed to chlorine participating towns contribute half the cost of which would reflect November/December bleach and discovered that gas would cost the their participation. meter readings. But since the hookup date was town approximately $23 per month, while the Board members Charles Elliott and Ken ( delayed until October, board members felt it current usage rate of chlorine bleach was Sharp have been sitting on the L.A.D. would only be fair to extend the months of free running the town about $355 per month. commission for the past year and a half, a s ' service for the sewer. Engineers calculated the annual savings if the have Town Clerk Virgil Culkin, and local! Hie new rates will be reflected in resident’s town would convert to gas at $3,964. citizens Dave Dibble and Rich Pearson. May bills, covering the months of March and The cost of converting the system is Livingston Area Development plans ways to April. estimated at $4,500, so board members promote the local community and county-wide Mayor Ken Sharp reported that more than estimate it will take about a year and a half to events to the outside public. 100 residents had already hooked up to the realize the full benefits of the savings. The board also tentatively approved a sewer, indicating real cooperation on the part Engineer Neil Finlen submitted an request by Mike Walker to have permission to of townspeople. engineering bill for the firm of Farnsworth run the sewer lines so as to minimize hookup The board also voted to purchase a new and Wylie of $1,233.06, and reported that the costs on seven redivided lots at the east end of chlorinator and the necessary architectural engineers had met with town attorney Harvey Locust and Maple streets. Neil Finlen agreed work to convert from the present chlorine Traub and representatives of Williams Bros, to look at the situation to make sure it posed no bleach system to chlorinated gas. to discuss the overdue Division A contract. problems. In a recent test here in Chats worth, the Finlen reported that nothing had been finally , f Environmental Protection Agency found only resolved. The next regular meeting of the town board a trace of chlorine in one place they tested, In other Action, the board voted to is Tuesdayday, Nov. 25 at 7:30 p.m. in the town and no chlorine in another test area. Town participate in the Livingston Area council room. TRUSTEE CHARLES CULKIN, right, congratulates moved out of the district last month, was the only fireman Wayne Sargeant, center, for 34 years of faithful service to to have served the department since its beginning. the Chatsworth Fire Department Fire chief Joe Baltz, left, Trustee Culkin has served as a trustee since the looks on. Sargeant, who retired from service when he department's inception in July 1946. Plaindealer Photo by Sheryl Hendrix 7 3 U SINGLE COPY - 20C ‘P O xin d ea lct CHATSWORTH, ILLINOIS (60921), THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1980 ONE HUNDRED SEVENTH YEAR NUMBER 7 1980. Cornbelt Press. Inc. Vocational Center holds open house Livingston Area Vocational Center will hold its 12th annual open house, Thursday. Nov. 20, from 7-9 p.m. at the Center facilities at 1100 E. Indiana Ave., Pontiac. The faculty and students of the Area Center will be giving demonstrations and will be available to answer questions. The center presently serves approximately JAYCEES AND 9ELCAS workers teamed up Monday .to save time and save lives in emergencies, says SF.LCAf junior and senior students from 13 area night to prepare 3,000 Vial of Life packets to distribute in manager Bob Stanbary, at right, high schools, including Chatsworth High. the area Saturday. The identification system is designed Twelve Chatsworth High students are enrolled in the program, which prepares A n o th e r students to enter the labor market with G roups to distribute 'Vial of Life' beginning occupational skills, or prepares them for advanced occupational training in community colleges and trade schools In an emergency, every second counts. One sheet should be completed for each tu rn -o ff Four students are enrolled in the auto Through a newly-initiated program, area member of the household, then placed in the mechanics classes. Scott Dehm, Auto Jaycees and the South East Livingston County vial, says Bob Stanbary, SELCAS manager. Mechanics I; and John Frye, John Kroll, and Ambulance Service (SELCAS) plan to save In times of emergency, when a patient is a n n o u n c e d John Stadler, Auto Mechanics II. seconds and save lives. unable to communicate, the vial almost talks Taking clerical and secretarial training at for him, says Stanbary, who has worked with Readjust those alarm clocks again this the center are Jill Haberkorn and Donna In a door-to-door canvass Saturday, Jaycee the sytem in other towns. “It tells who I am, Sharp and SELCAS teams will distribute 3,000 what allergies I have, what medications I weekend, courtesy of your local utility company. Richard Haberkorn is enrolled in Drafting packets containing the "Vial of Life,” an take-it’s a real timesaver,” he says. II, while Pat Hoover and Dennis Aberle chose identification system designed to save time in To aid rescue workers, the vials should be Area utilityman Ron Sheppard reports that CHATSWORTH STUDENTS WORK with the diagnostic tester on an engine in C.I.P.S. customers in the Chatsworth- to study Combined Metal trades. emergency situations. Persons residing in secured with tape or a rubber band to the top Three young men are enrolled in electrical the Auto Mechanics class at the Livingston Area Vocational Center. From left to rural areas may pick up packets at area right hand shelf of the refrigerator, says Charlotte and Cullom areas will be without power from approximately 1:30 a.m. to 3.30 classes; Scott Hoelseher in Cons. Electricity right, they are John Frye, John Kroll, Scott Dehm, and John Stadler. These are banks. Stanbary. “Every house has a refrigerator,” a m. this Saturday, Nov. 15, so that the II. and Joe Brand and John lawless in four of the twelve high school students from Chatsworth who are taking Each packet contains a medicine-size he explains, adding that uniform placement of Industrial Electronics 1. advantage of the vocational center offerings this year. plastic vial, three information sheets, and two the vials allow rescue crews to find necessary company can replace some transmission line poles and transfer the wires. stickers. information quickly. G O P w o m e n 'Curtain Going Up' proves big success Library board acknowledges gift p l a n p a r t y A fire extinguisher has been donated to the need for temporary storage space for seasonal * In a real life “adaptation” of the play they Haberkorn and faculty directory Blaise three acts were set in the high school Chatsworth Township library by the Shafer- library equipment, such as fans, and were producing, juniors and seniors at DeMuth did exceptional jobs at memorizing auditorium and required a minimum of The Chatsworth Republican Woman’s club Pearson Agency. The gift was acknowledged Christmas and holiday decorations, while the Chatsworth High school came through with a the parts with one evening’s notice. staging. will hold its annual Christmas party at the at the regular meeting of the library’s board of storage room at the library is being great performance despite the illness of two The play, “Curtain Going Up," which was home of Mrs. Frank Livingston on Friday, directors Saturday morning, Nov. 8. reorganized. Board member Clara Gillette The audience enjoyed a genuinely cast members. produced Saturday, Nov. 8, was the story of Dec. 4 at 2 p.m. Members and guests are asked The board passed a motion to transfer $400 offered the use of space in her home. entertaining evening, with every one of Standing in for cast members who became several misadventures plaguing the director the to bring something of Christmas to share for from the contingency fund to the building A suggestion was made to hold a Christinas cast members delivering a fine performance ill at the last minute, student director Jill of the high school play at Riverview High. The the program. improvement fund to help cover the expense of open house at the library. Board members hooking up to the sewer system. decided instead to have an open house during In other action, the board discussed the National Library Week in April 198i. # Dancers gear up for Jam boree The Chief City Swingers square dance club March was discussed and will be held if of Pontiac held a dance Friday evening, Nov.