Journal Gazette from Mattoon, Illinois • Page 1

fmm: LIFESTYLES: There's gnome place like home. CI Mattoon ournai Wednesday August 2, 2000 size ad 3 124 Yea; No. 161 50 Cents 2000 MU-ttnob Newspapers Inc. PROPOSED LANDFILL tte Allied to meet additional requirements County's consulting attorney engineering firm request conditions for application's approval; additions won't delay process, attorney says "A lot of these (conditions) look like clarifications, which are fine." Larry Shilling, Allied district manager Inside today's newspaper OUTSIDE 8565 Partly cloudy with scattered thunderstorms. Showers tonight Full report on All.

SPORTS during the period for written comments on Allied's application. The written comment period ended Monday, but items such as the report that were postmarked by Tuesday were included. The report from attorney irry Clark and the engineering firm of Camp, Dresser McKee Inc. addressed each of the criteria in the county's landfill siting ordinance and state law. For some of the criteria, the report said Allied would meet the requirements if it also complies with the additional conditions.

Contacted Tuesday, Clark said the report's recommendations won't delay the landfill application process. He said the county's Regional Planning and Development Commission can still vote on a recommendation on Aug. 17 and the County Board can still have its vote on the application on Sept. 12 as scheduled. Clark said if the commission and the board vote in favor of Allied's application, the votes could carry the condilion that the company meet the additional requirements.

Allied would then have to show the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency how it will meet the conditions before the IEPA would issue the company an operating permit, he explained. When informed of the report's BY DAVE FOPAY Staff Writer CHARLESTON Allied Waste Industries Inc. should have to meet some additional conditions if the Coles County Board were to approve the company's landfill siting application. That's the recommendation in a joint report by the county's consulting attorney and engineering firm, which submitted the report CLIFFHANGER 4l i ni i a contents, Allied District Manager Larry Shilling said he felt the company wouldn't have a problem with complying with the additional conditions. "A lot of these look like clarifi- II I 8 Young Radiator owner agrees to demolish unsafe parts of structure BY CARL WALWORTH City Editor MATTOON The owner of the Young Radiator building on 14th Street in Midtown agreed to promptly demolish unsafe portions of the structure once the ongoing environmental cleanup is complete.

The agreement between the city and Magna Tax Service Co. was approved 4-0 Tuesday by the Mattoon City Council. City Attorney John Hefner said it's speculative to say when the demolition will start but it shouldn't be long. "I think within weeks or a few short months they will start the demolition," Hefner said Tuesday at the council meeting. Hefner said the city won't be out any money in the matter once the work is finished.

The Young Radiator owners agreed in a settlement in federal court to pay to bring the property into compliance with EPA standards, Hefner said. That work's been underway for many months. Young owners and Magna for many years argued about responsibility for the cleanup after Magna purchased the industrial property at a tax sale. Since that agreement was signed, asbestos and PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls, have been found at the site. Hefner said Magna hired Bodine Environmental Services to remove the asbestos and PCBs at Magna's expense.

Once that's complete. Hefner said Magna in the Sec itvDivnm. -ft Shanna, Corey and Mara Hutchcraft take a ride on the Cliff Hanger Tuesday at the Coles County Fair. Corey, a graduate of Charleston High School, and Shanna are from Louisiana; Mara lives in the state of Kansas. All are here visiting friends and relatives during fair week.

REPUBLICAN CONVENTION IX )( LAW I IK ADSTAFF PI 101 OCHAI'I II.H call' state GOP optimistic about 'close Locals lead harness racers There weren't any wrecks and there weren't any horses running wild during Tuesday's harness races at the Coles County Fair. DetailsBl TOP THIS No 'great escape' for N.Y. fugitive QUEENS BURY, N.Y. (AP) A fugitive wanted on felon drug charges was enjoying a day at an amusement park until he ran into 60 police officers also enjoying the day at an amusement park. The park's name is "The Great Escape." Not so for Warren Dixon, 31, of Schenectady.

Assistant Chief Michael Seber said officers were coming off a ride when they spied someone familiar. One points out the suspect, Seber said, and exclaims: "Hey, isn't that Warren Dixon?" Dixon allegedly tried to flee, but didn't get far from officers on a Police Benevolent Association's function. He was charged with second-degree assault for the alleged biting of an officer. Seber said there also had been a domestic warrant for Dixon on second-degree harassment. CLASSIFIEDS Want to save a little money? Read the Classified Ads.

To place one, call 235-5656 INSIDE CLASSIFIEDS Dl-8 COMMUNITY LIFESTYLES LOCAL 13,910 LOTTERIES All MARKETS OBITUARIES All 0 Pi me (J? appreciated the cheers from the crowd, and said he planned to return to the event in future years. Full results from Tuesday's tractortrucksemi pull are as follows, with distances pulled: Coles County results, 4-wheel drive trucks: First, Steve Snider of Lerna full pull, plus 215.35 feet "Second, J.D. Laster of Mattoon full pull, plus 184.97 feet Third, Chris Buescher of Lerna full pulL plus 158.32 feet Fourth, Roger Dunaway of Trilla full, plus 144.78 feet Fifth. Gene Cox full, plus 132.18 feet St TRACTORS. A8 Republican polls at we also ahead of Illinois evenly.

"Illinois state," candidate has been ahead in the the time of the convention. However, understand that a lot of work remains us." Recent polls have shown that voters rate Gore and Bush almost has always been a very competitive said Lt. Gov. Corinne Wood. She also "You sound like a bunch of old cows! Come on, let's sound like young bulls!" Dudycz yelled, waving his arms in the air.

Throughout the evening, delegates from Texas waved their cowboy hats in the air, while members of the California and Illinois delegations did the wave. "Everyone here is really upbeat," said former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar. "This is the first time since 1984, when Ronald Reagan was campaigning for the nomination, that the By Stephanie Reinhart Philadelphia we ready for tonight?" yelled Illinois delegate Walter Dudycz, a state senator from Chicago. "No!" came a voice from the crowd.

"OK, you can go to your room now," Dudycz joked. As the rally coordinator, he led both the Michigan and Illinois delegates in cheers before the Tuesday evening session of the Republican National Convention 2000. 8 Large crowd pulls for drivers; drivers pull for glory Ism CS) Battery Specialists for his overall win and eighth place finishes in the 4 wheel drive truck division, said his truck's diesel power made all the difference in the world. "You want power, you get diesel," said Snider. "You want to play, you get gas." Snider said he drove his own 1999 Ford Diesel, which brought him first place in that division and also a truck owned by his brother in-law, Gary Shoot.

He said he volunteered to drive his Shoot's truck, since the Coles County Fair "does not allow people from surrounding counties to participate" in the pulls. Snider said he thought this policy was "a bunch bull." Snider said he found the competitions to be tense, although he BY JEFF KELLY Staff Writer CHARLESTON Steve Snider of Lerna worked a successful double-duty Tuesday night at the Coles County Fair, placing with two different trucks at a tractortrucksemi pull. The event saw a variety of large vehicles, including the newly added semi division, which emcee Denny Wilson described as "a real treat for everyone." The fair's grandstands were nearly full with observers, families, youngsters and older fans, while approximately 350 more people packed the track's infield to get a closer look at the action. Snider, who took home a $250 check and a gift certificate from ON THE INTERNET READ of ii I kKN TRF.VWTHAVSl FV PHOTlK.n PHl.R Puller Brian Jones begins his run down the track during the Truck and Tractor Pud at the Coles County Fairgrounds Tuesday evening. LOCAL NEWS, SPORTS AND LIFESTYLES STORIES ONLINE AT www.jg-tc.com.