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May 12, 2008

Spring "Take all" clean-up going on all week in Macomb

The City of Macomb is offering its Spring “Take all” clean-up event this week. Items should be placed at the curb for collection no earlier than 48 hours before your regular garbage pickup day. Clean Up collection begins at 6:00 AM on your normal collection day. Materials should be placed in containers or bundles weighing less than 50 pounds. Sturdy bags will be permitted containers for the Spring Clean Up week event only. Loose refuse is not permitted. Bulk items, such as furniture and appliances should be placed as near to the curb as possible. Items not included in the pick up are: Yard Waste, Liquid Waste (paint, motor oil, thinner), Hazardous Waste (gasoline, propane, chemical wastes, insecticides/pesticides), Tires, Batteries, Large Auto Parts, Construction and Demolition Debris, or Concrete Preparation. A second spring clean up day will be offered in the university area on Monday, May 19th.



Myers votes to reject lawmaker pay raise, "Just does not make sense"

Macomb area State Representative Rich Myers voted last week to reject a substantial pay increase for Illinois legislators stating “it just does not make sense to increase our salaries while we can not even fund our current programs.” Myers cited the state’s mounting backlog of unpaid Medicaid bills, unfunded pension system and a budget hole that may be as high as $750 million as reasons for rejecting the increase. Myers says the economy is unstable, people are struggling with record gas prices, home foreclosures are at their highest levels in recent memory, and the state is not paying its current bills. The Compensation Review Board has recommended a 7% pay increase for all General Assembly members and Constitutional officers. When the Board recommends raises for these offices they are automatically adopted unless a majority of lawmakers in both chambers vote to reject the increases.


Rich Myers

New Jersey man pleads guilty to conspiring to distribute meth in McDonough County

A 50-year-old man that pleaded guilty to conspiring with others to distribute methamphetamine in McDonough County has been sentenced to 97 months in federal prison. According to the Peoria Journal Star, Richard Hoffman from New Jersey pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine. His plea agreement states Hoffman worked with a trucker to distribute meth in Illinois, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. In May last year, a unnamed person was caught with 1.75 pounds of meth, of which a pound was to go to Hoffman. After his arrest, the informant tipped authorities to Hoffman, who was receiving several ounces of meth on a regular basis. When he is released from custody, Hoffman will spend five years on supervised release, the federal version of probation.

Macomb will begin spraying for mosquitoes tonight, all through the summer

The City of Macomb plans to spray for mosquitoes throughout the summer months starting tonight. The sprayings will occur on Mondays to areas North of Jackson Street between 7 and midnight and on Wednesdays to areas south of Jackson Street between 7 and midnight. The city of Macomb says if weather conditions are not conducive to spraying, then spraying operations will be rescheduled for the next available night when conditions warrant.
WIU plans to treat four groupings of campus trees this summer

Western Illinois University Physical Plant personnel will treat four groupings of Red and Austrian Pines on the WIU-Macomb campus during summer break for Diplodia Tip Blight. According to WIU Campus Planner II Tara Beal, this blight, which is a fungal disease that affects all species of pine, spreads quickly and easily among neighboring trees and causes decline and eventual death. Affected campus trees are located in four main groups: south of the Heating Plant; north entrance to Hanson Football Stadium; Stipes Hall/Malpass Library service drive; and north of Lot 17, between Knoblauch Hall/Malpass Library. Four Red Pines south of the Heating Plant (along Sherman Drive) are scheduled to be removed this summer.


Diplodia Tip Blight
LaHood helps to honor graduates of Spoon River College Saturday

Spoon River College celebrated its 47th Commencement Ceremony on Saturday. The afternoon ceremony, held at the Cuba Middle Senior High School recognized the achievements of 130 graduates. U.S. Congressman Ray LaHood of the 18th District - and a Spoon River College alumnus - gave the commencement address, telling the graduates that he had something in common with the students...Ray LaHood. After his address, the Spoon River College Board of Trustees awarded LaHood an Honorary Doctorate in Public Service.

Ray LaHood

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Edgar B. Umphryes Sr. 72 Versailles
Corinne Killip 82 LaHarpe
Doris Tabb 97 Macomb
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John B. Willbanks 53 Browning
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