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THE DAILY ENQUIRER~DEMOCRAT FOUND AT ENQUIRERDEMOCRAT.COM Stay locally informed for Macoupin County’s Dominant Newspaper $100 Macoupin County ~ Carlinville nquirer~Democrat OUR 166TH YEAR NO. 40 E THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2019 EIGHTEEN PAGES, TWO SECTION INSIDE Carlinville to lose only jewelry store By MISTY FRITZ Enquirer-Democrat Reporter After serving the Carlinville com- munity for 31 years, Karla’s Jewelry, located on the square, will close for good as of Friday, Feb. 15. Karla Denby opened the store in October 1988 after purchasing the Ibberson named building from Dorothy and Ed Schae- fer; prior to them, the store was owned finalist in state by D. Schaefer’s family. “Her maiden pageant name was also Schaefer,” said Laura See page 2A Convery, who has been managing the store for the last few years while Denby has been in ill health. “When they took it over, everyone thought it had been his family’s because they didn’t change the name.” Karla Denby examnies a diamond. The building — which Conv- Photo provided ery said is older than the Macoupin County Courthouse — has been a and the way the community reacted, jewelry store since the late 1800s. In it chokes me up.” the early 1900s, pianos were sold up- Convery said the community has stairs, and at some point in the 1900s, been especially compassionate re- Palmyra American boxing matches were held upstairs. garding Denby’s health. “It’s so Legion Auxiliary The business has been for sale for wonderful to witness,” she said. receives award more than two years, with no luck. When the decision to close was an- “I’m sure the community would love nounced, Convery didn’t expect the See page 3A for it to continue to be a jewelry store, store would remain open into Febru- but for over two years we’ve tried to ary, based on how many people start- do it that way,” said Convery, who ed coming in, but weather played a lamented the prevalence of online part in stretching out the store’s end. shopping. “I didn’t think we’d have enough in- News of the store’s impending clo- ventory to last until February,” she sure was first announced in mid-Jan- said. “Then the snow came.” uary, soon after the Brockmeier fam- Convery had a message for the ily announced they would be closing community: “We would just like to Carl’s IGA. “Everyone has been so thank the community from the bot- devastated that they’re both closing tom of our hearts for the love for the Karla Denby did many of the renovations to her jewelry store herself. She has owned the building since 1988. at about the same time,” said Conv- business and the dedication to our Cavaliers snap losing Photo provided ery. “I’ve worked here seven years, store over the last 30 years.” streak, flirt with first conference win Vehicle theft See page 1B Council hears plans for new water source suspect arrested By CHRIS BEST uct of the water purification process. in rate among those various entities. the application is denied, there would following chase Enquirer-Democrat Writer Drone footage was shown follow- The current estimated rate is $4.30 be at least seven years without an en- Representative Cindy Campbell ing portions of the proposed path for per 1,000 gallons of water. If any terprise zone before a second applica- By MISTY FRITZ Saturday and Bob Manns of Heneghan and the trunk pipeline. This line roughly other entities enter the agreement, tion could be submitted. Enquirer-Democrat Reporter 2/9 33 Associates led a presentation at Mon- follows Route 16 and turns north as Campbell suspects they will, that The benefits and exemptions pro- A car chase through portions of 24 Macoupin and Montgomery coun- Sunday day night’s Carlinville City Council along Stagecoach Road to reach number would go down. vided by designated enterprise zones meeting regarding the status of the Carlinville. Property easements will In other business can be a huge asset to growing towns ties on Wednesday, Jan. 30, culmi- 2/10 28 36 ongoing Illinois Alluvial Regional be essential for this project; the goal The ongoing matter of convert- and communities that may otherwise nated in the arrest of a suspect in Water Company (IARWC) water is to avoid using public lands. ing Carlinville into a quiet zone for be passed up by businesses for more connection with a car theft last week. project which will eventually replace “Our goal is to have 100 percent of train whistles was briefly discussed. lucrative opportunities. Mt. Olive Police Chief Matt INDEX Carlinville’s current water source. the waterline on private property so “It’s a lengthy process and when I Ridley and Torricelli urged the Spaller said someone observed the A good deal of attention was dedi- that long-term, as the roads do their get time, I’ll continue to work on it,” counsel to hire their consulting ser- stolen vehicle — a 2012 GMC Aca- Society 3A cated to the country property that is improvements, that’s on the road dis- City Attorney Dan O’Brien said. vices to guide Carlinville through the dia — coming trict’s nickel to relocate the water lines Later in the meeting, Warren Rid- into Mt. Olive Editorial 4A to be the 54 acres well site for the process. The two-phase plan they of- project. “It’s a beautiful site,” Camp- and not on Alluvial’s nickel,” Manns ley and Jeff Torricelli spoke to the fer would first guide Carlinville and on Wednesday. Obituaries 5A bell stressed. said. “So we’re starting with the goal council regarding the renewal pro- any other associated parties through An officer at- A PowerPoint presentation pre- of 100 percent private easements. If cess for the Macoupin County En- the process to the award for a fee of tempted to stop Court 7A viewed pictures of the site in addi- we have to, we can jump out to public terprise Zone. The current enterprise $60,000. In phase two, they would the driver but was unable to Calendar 8A tion to various diagrams illustrating right-of-way as a last resort.” zone has been in effect since 1991 then guide the parties through the how the six proposed wells would Following the PowerPoint presen- and will expire in 2021. transition for an additional $30,000. do so, and pur- Church 8A function, along with their proposed tation, Campbell reviewed the water The enterprise zone law was The proposal will be brought before suit was initiat- Dalton J. Best locations on the property. supply contract for Carlinville with amended in 2012, changing the pro- the Finance Committee at its next ed. Spaller said School Zone 9A The proposed locations of “sludge the council. cess for enterprise zones. This year meeting Monday, Feb. 11, at 6 p.m. speeds ranged between 30 and 40 Sports 1B lagoons” were also included. These “Each contract is individualized to is the last opportunity Carlinville The city council next meets on mph, and the chase never entered a lagoons would hold the accumulated each entity’s situation,” she said, in- will have to apply to be an enterprise Monday, Feb. 18, at 7 p.m. at Carlin- residential area. Ultimately, the pur- Classified 5B natural sludge produced as a by-prod- sisting there would be no difference zone until 2028. This means that if ville City Hall. suit ended on Shoal Creek Trail in Montgomery County, and the sub- Trades 7B ject was taken into custody. Mt. Olive and Litchfield po- lice departments, the Montgomery Contact us: Polar vortex brings extreme cold County Sheriff’s Department and Il- linois State Police were involved in advertising@ the pursuit. By MISTY FRITZ -11 in Modesto. enquirerdemocrat.com According to Montgomery Coun- Enquirer-Democrat Reporter The cold snap was the result of Advertising needs. ty Chief Depurt Bruce Sanford, Dal- Like most of the country, Ma- a polar vortex, which according to 217-854-2534, Ext. 20 ton J. Best, 25, formerly of Staunton coupin County saw a spate of dan- National Weather Service is “a large but currently homeless, was charged info@ gerous cold on Wednesday and area of low pressure and cold air sur- in Montgomery County with unlaw- Thursday, Jan. 30-31, with tempera- rounding both of the Earth’s poles” enquirerdemocrat.com ful possession of a stolen vehicle tures dropping to at least -20 degrees that exists at all times but is stronger General information and and criminal damage to property. in some areas and wind chills reach- in winter. “Many times during winter print orders. He posted bond on Feb. 4 and is no ing around -40 degrees. in the northern hemisphere, the polar 217-854-2534, Ext. 21 longer in custody. Macoupin County Emergency vortex will expand, sending cold air Carlinville Police Chief David editorial@ Management Coordinator Jim Pitch- southward with the jet stream… This Haley confirmed Best is the same enquirerdemocrat.com ford said those coldest temperatures occurs fairly regularly during win- person who was pictured in a secu- News, obituaries, were in the Scottville area, which tertime and is often associated with rity camera photo from the Amtrak birth, engagement, was much colder than further south large outbreaks of Arctic air in the station in Carlinville and suspected wedding & anniversary in the county. United States.” in the Jan. 28 theft of the vehicle announcements, etc. According to Weather Under- Because of the dangerous tem- from the west side of the Shell sta- ground (wunderground.com), low peratures — in which frostbite could 217-854-2534, Ext.