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Community Monday, January 6, 2003 Page 3 Northwest Herald mote location to see if it's a live device. If it is live, we would South Elgin resident calls Kane County bomb squad after finding WWII relic if" tjltS blow it up. We would" not be standing over it when we do it." Tredup expressed relief that the explosive was removed from her home. "I'm glad it's Tredup as a South Elgin historian. He wrote a book about his Army experience and a book about South Elgin, as well as articles for area publications." Tredup also alerted the South Elgin Heritage Commission to check its other war-era donations to make sure there are no other mortar rounds.

"We were shocked," commission Vice President Debbie Martin said. "We don't know how long it had been there at village hall or at the village garage all that time, then at Peaslee House." The Peaslee House, 180 N. Main is an 1850s-era house that serves as the village's museum. Martin said commission members would examine other war memorabilia for similar explosives. "What a relief to have it gone," she said.

with Japanese writing. It worried me, so I called the police to come check it out." South Elgin police called the Kane County Bomb Squad, and they removed it. Bomb squad Sgt. Verne Bjornson confirmed that the cylinder was a Japanese mortar round of the type used in World War II. He said it probably posed no danger.

"We had about three of the exact same model in the past year," Bjornson said. "We had another one up in Elgin and one in Carpentersville. It's a 50 mm mortar similar to a grenade, but it's not thrown, it's launched out of a tube. "The World War II vets picked them up for souvenirs. They are 99.99 percent inert." Bjornson said the mortar round might contain picric acid, which the Japanese used instead of TNT.

Picric acid is a toxic yellow crystalline solid derived from phenol that detonates when exposed to heat. It also is used as a yellow dye, antiseptic and insecticide. Still, the bomb squad kept the grenade just in case it was live. "We've got it in a bomb magazine where we store stuff. There is no firing mechanism in the bottom, so more than likely it is inert.

We will probably take it apart in another week for training. "We take it apart in a re- By BRENDA SCHORY Shaw News Service SOUTH ELGIN Lorraine Tredup was going through her late husbands World War II souvenirs when she came across a black cylinder with Japanese writing on it. She saved it on a shelf for about three months, pondering its origin Ralph Tredup was awarded a Bronze Star in Germany then called the police. "His things were down at the Peaslee House museum. They sent the box here for me to go through.

I was looking for a couple of souvenirs to keep. "And there was this hand grenade. It was 6 inches high out of my house. I came near to throwing it in the quarry, but I was told I should not do that," she said. "They are supposed to be waterproof, but that pin could rust out, and it could have gone off in the quarry," Tredup said.

"It was an exciting adventure, it really was." Tredup, 83, wondered where her husband might have acquired a Japanese war relic because he served in Germany. Ralph Tredup, who died in 1998 at age 79, was well-known Photo provided A Japanese Type 99 grenade similar to this one was found among South Elgin resident Lorraine Tredup's collection of World War II souvenirs. MCCD slates candlelight cross-country skiing events Administrators say bags must remain in lockers during the day Geneva High enacts no-backpack rule to ease crowding; change begins today S. Route 23, Marengo. Ian.

24-25: Prairieview Education Center, 21 12 Behan Road, Crystal Lake. Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Rush Creek Conservation Area, 20501 McGuire Road, Harvard. This program is for every skill level and age.

Trails will be illuminated by candlelight. Bring your own skis and enjoy refreshments after. For information, call (815) 338-6223 or visit HERALD NEWS SERVICE WOODSTOCK The. McHenry County Conservation District is planning several candlelight cross-country skiing events. Skiing takes place from 5 to 9 p.m.

Fridays and Saturdays. Friday and Saturday: The Hollows, 3800 Route 14, Cary. Jan. 17-18: Marengo Ridge Conservation Area, 24 1 1 sra -tsm mtmm "When 28 students come in and set 28 backpacks on the floor in aisles, we have major trip hazards. We've had people trip on backpacks.

We have to maintain clear aisles in the classrooms," Fantozzi said. Injuries: Heavy backpacks cause repetitive stress and spinal injuries to the back, shoulder and neck. To restrict containment of contraband: Fantozzi said the lesson of Columbine High School, the site of a 1999 shooting rampage, is to restrict what can be brought into school. Weapons and controlled substances are too easily transported into a school through backpacks, he said. "I agree with the reasons for it," Lentz said as she packed her books physics, pre-calculus, psychology, Advanced Placement French, a French workbook, French-English dictionary, two thick folders, one binder and the "Frankenstein" paperback.

"There's not enough space in the halls for students and backpacks they're way too crowded," she said. "But it will take time to coordinate and make the Why the backpack ban? Hallway crowding Crowded classrooms Injuries To prevent school violence empty out their backpacks into their lockers, compress the backpack into the locker and carry everything." Exceptions will be made for students with special needs or medical conditions, he said. Girls still will be allowed to carry purses without restriction, Fantozzi said, but they must be carried over the shoulder. Purses designed to be worn like a backpack must be used as a purse, and not a mini-backpack. The decision evolved over time and included extensive research to arrive at four reasons behind the ban.

Hallway crowding: With enrollment at 1,500 and and expected to reach 1,800 in three years, there is not enough room for backpacks. Crowded classrooms: By BRENDA SCHORY Shaw News Service GENEVA Jackie Lentz's textbooks, workbooks, notebooks, file folders, bulging day planner and paperback copy of "Frankenstein" stack up like a sandwich for Bigfoot. "My math and science books are definitely the heaviest," said Lentz, a Geneva High School senior. Like most students, she toted her 30-plus pounds of books on her back from class to class. But starting today, backpacks will be relegated to lockers when school officials begin enforcing a no-backpack rule.

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