PRSRT STD U.S. Postage Paid Permit #250 Dwight, IL 60420 ** ECRWSS ** Local Customer IT’S EE! FR Volume 21 • NTumber 49 h e Proudly servPing the areaa since 1999 peWednersday, December 4, 2019 GARDNER HELD ITS TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY, with area residents helping boost Marks, Randy Marks, Sarah Marks, Carl Marks, Luke Marks (child), Rick Marks, Blake the holiday spirit. Pictured, front row, are Jackie Marks, Rhonda Marks; back row, Lori Marks, Ben Greenawalt, Mia Greenawalt (baby). Village of Dwight Considers Tax Levy Dwight Prohibits Recreational Cannabis Businesses by Madelyn Fogarty from a police standpoint outlin - pump/slurry filter at estimated [email protected] ing enforcement concerns and cost of $2,932.00 from Tucker how a local dispensary might Refrigeration. Repairs to the The Dwight Village Board task current police personnel. pool fence were also approved of Trustees is considering the With recreational cannabis at estimated cost of $1,975.00 proposed 2019 Tax Levy and becoming legal in Illinois Jan - from All Type Fence, Streator. will hold a public hearing on uary 1, 2020, the board passed Following direction from December 9 at 6 p.m. with re - an Ordinance prohibiting any the November 25 Administra - gard to the proposed tax levy. type of adult-use cannabis busi - tion Committee, the Dwight While holding the local tax ness establishments to locate in Village Board’s 2020 meeting rate of 1.2 percent, due to an in - the Village of Dwight. Trustee schedule was approved. creased EAV primarily in Liv - Marla Kinkade opposed the Dwight’s Village Board of ingston County, the proposed move with all other board Trustees will meet on second property taxes to be levied for members approving. and fourth Monday of each 2019 are $867,055.00, which The board also approved an month in 2020 with a few noted represent a 6.78 percent in - intergovernmental agreement exceptions. Due to holidays, crease over the previous year. with Grundy County Emer - the months of May and Decem - USS Nevada BB36 This increase would mean gency Telephone System Board ber in 2020 will have only one $55,061 in new money for the allowing an antenna on the meeting scheduled as May 11 Village of Dwight. The total North Water tower to assist the and December 14. property taxes extended for Fire Protection District. The The 2020 Plan Commission Harald Jensen Christopher Fought 2018 were $811,994.95 agreement is for a five-year and Zoning Board of Appeals At the time of the meeting, lease beginning December 1, meeting schedules were also to Save the USS Nevada at Pearl Harbor official Grundy County assess - 2019 with two automatically approved to continue on the Recounted by Andy Kelleher avoid being sunk in any man - ment numbers were still pend - renewing five-year extensions third Tuesday of each month. ner that might obstruct the har - ing. Once final EAV numbers to the term of the lease. Plan Commission meetings The weather was a fairly bor. Taussig lost a leg in that are received from Grundy Recommendations from the begin at 6 p.m. while Zoning clear 73 degrees, and the USS battle, County and applied, and fol - November 21 Property Com - Board of Appeals meetings are Nevada was just underway With the ship beached and lowing the public hearing on mittee were approved. Superior set for 6:30 p.m. with the ship’s band playing in peril on a coral ledge near December 9, the board will re - Excavating, Minooka, has been Christmas gift certificates “Morning Colors,” when the Hospital Point, the fight contin - view and discuss any modifica - awarded the James Street storm were approved for all village attack on Pearl Harbor began at ued to save it. The five-inch tions to the tax levy proposal sewer and sanitary sewer im - employees and committee 7:55 a.m. on December 7, guns brought down three more before adopting the final 2019 provement project with a low members at $50 each for a total 1941. Japanese fighters, at least seven Tax Levy. bid of $274,205.00. The project cost of $2,200. Ensign Harald Jensen in total. However, the ship In other November 25 Vil - consists of replacement of the A Zoning Appeal for vari - Christopher, age 22, from eventually slipped off the ledge lage of Dwight business, ac - existing sanitary sewer along ance was approved. The re - Dwight, Illinois, was aboard and sank. tions were taken by the Board James from Old Rt. 66 to Lin - quest, made by Paul and the great ship and fought to Harald Jensen Christopher of Trustees on recommenda - coln Street and installation of Jennifer Johnson for property save it. He left his usual post fought from turrets until he was tions made by various commit - storm sewer along Lincoln located at 305 E. William and took a position, assisting killed by an exploding bomb. tees. Street from James to William Street, will allow for the con - furiously and valiantly at the Harald Jensen Christopher He was among 60 others killed Following its November 12 Street. Anticipated construction struction of a detached garage five-inch guns, firing away at and 109 wounded on that ship meeting, the Dwight Ordi - timeframe is 60 days and work measuring 36 feet wide and 30 Japanese bombers as the ship harbor, and it was the oldest that day, and he was among the nance, Judicial and Licensing must complete by June 1, 2020. feet deep in the side yard. was under fire and struck by six ship at the port. It was in the 2,403 people killed in the at - Committee recommended to Superior Excavating has indi - Trustee Jennifer Johnson ab - to ten bombs. open, and the Japanese were in - tack on Pearl Harbor. the Board not to approve or cated they may start work in stained from the vote. The ship was listing from a tent on sinking it. Various Ensign Christopher was allow a recreational cannabis January if weather allows. The board also approved: torpedo or two, taking on more bombs breached several deck awarded the Navy Cross for dispensary, or related business, The board also approved • payment of bills totaling water intentionally to right it, areas. A decision was made by Valor in Combat, posthu - to locate in Dwight. Chief of 2020 repair and maintenance $90,590.73. and it was ablaze. the officer in charge, Ensign mously. Police Tim Henson had pro - requests for Stevenson Pool in - • the October 2019 Trea- The USS Nevada was the Joe Taussig, to run the ship The USS Nevada was re- vided input to the committee cluding the purchase of a trash (continued on page 14) only ship on the move in the aground in shallow waters to (continued on page 3) Page 2 Wednesday, December 4 , 201 9 The Paper FOR THE RECORD Tickets Issued disturbance. The incident is ical, Riverside; Washington, by Dwight Police under investigation; 4:44 a.m., trauma, refusal; Mazon, med - November 21: Jason W. Dwight Police were dispatched ical, Morris; Mazon, medical, Painter, 16, Campus, driving to the 600 block of W. Mazon. Morris; Prairie, medical, re - 15-20 MPH above limit. The officer was advised by the fusal; Main, trauma, refusal. November 22: Chance M. clerk a black Chevrolet Ava - November 23: Mazon, med - Schultheis, 26, Chatsworth, lanche had pumped around ical, Riverside. driving/no license/permit/age. $30.00 worth of fuel and drove November 24: Main, med - November 23: Andrew R. off without paying. ical, Morris; Mazon, medical, Tangen, 74, Montgomery, driv - November 25: 8:43 a.m., Morris; Judd, medical, refusal; ing 21-25 MPH above limit; Dwight Police were dispatched South, medical, Morris; Lester E. Grampp, 60, Streator, to the 500 block of S. Franklin Chippewa, medical, Morris. driving 15-20 MPH above St. to speak with a subject who November 25: Mazon Ave., limit; John C. Gengler, 52, An - had been having trouble with medical, Morris; S. Franklin, chorage, AK, driving 21-25 her mail possibly having been trauma, Morris. MPH above limit. tampered with. November 26: Mazon, med - November 25: Vincent E. November 28: 12:45 p.m., ical, Morris; 2600 N., trauma, Kelly, 26, Dwight, fail right-of- Dwight Police were dispatched St. James. way/intersection. to E. Northbrook Dr. for a sil - November 27: Mazon, November 26: Theodore H. ver Nissan having pumped trauma, Morris; Watters, med - Peterson III, 64, Momence, gasoline and driving off with - ical, Morris; Main, medical, driving 21-25 MPH above out making payment – no Morris. limit. amount was given. November 28: Bannon, November 28: Anitta Barn - medical. LIVINGSTON COUNTY EDUCATORS experienced first-hand operations at employers abas, 41, Bloomington, driving Accident Report s November 29: Delaware, within Livingston County. 15-20 MPH above limit; Nic - Friday, November 22, 10:25 medical, Morris; Taylor St., hole M. Howell, 25, Peoria, a.m., an accident was reported medical, St. James, mutual aid driving 21-25 MPH above at Washington at Rt. 17 involv - from Gardner. limit; Lamont D. White, 48, ing a 2011 Ford passenger car, Livingston County Educators Chicago, fail to stop at intersec - driven by James Dinelli, which Temps - 2019 tion, fail to stop at intersection. struck Neftoli Santellano, who Tour Employers’ Job Opportunities was riding a bicycle across the Nov. 21 – high 55°, low 28° Livingston Workforce Serv - beyond. graduation. Persons in the police report westbound sidewalk, Dinelli Nov. 22 – high 37°, low 22° ices hosted an Educator Em - Livingston Workforce Serv - Lunch was provided by the are innocent of any charges had stopped at sign, proceeding Nov. 23 – high 37°, low 28° ployer Tour November 14, with ices collaborated with OSF Livingston Area Career Center until proven guilty in a court of north.