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A ‘definite need’ for senior housing Plan calls for 60 units near Social Security building in Peru By Brett Herrmann
members learned about a potential senior housing development project north of Wenzel Road. More senior housing could be “We would really like to bring on its way to the city of Peru. our brand of senior housing to the At Monday’s committee of city of Peru,” said David Porush a whole meeting, Peru council of 3 Diamond Development. NEWSTRIBUNE REPORTER
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Porush said Peru offers attractive amenities for a community that is considered non-metro. He said 3 Diamond would apply for federal housing credits to fund the project. Those credits would be sold to
a major bank, which would provide funds for land purchases and construction. Porush said the current plan would be to build a 60-unit complex at a cost of about $8-12 million. The housing would specifi-
cally be for seniors for at least 30 years. The issue right now is the property is not in city limits. Porush said they are eyeing parcels northeast of the Wenzel Road See HOUSING Page A2
Hitting the street for trick or treat?
Dalzell police investigating who’s distributing, intent By Ali Braboy
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LADD — Information encouraging people to join a hate group showed up in Bureau County this past weekend. Around 1 p.m. Sunday, Joanne Buczkowski of Ladd came home to find in her yard six plastic bags filled with leaflets encouraging people to join the Ku Klux Klan. “I was shocked,” she said. “When does that ever happen in Ladd? In my lifetime, I’ve never had anyone throw a KKK info bag in my yard.” She reported the incident to the Bureau County Sheriff’s Office. The notes inside the bags include information that say, “Local White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan wants you to join” with a hotline phone number to call, a website to visit and a radio station to listen to. Other sheets say, “Love your own race” and “Stop homosexuality and race mixing.” There are rocks inside the bags. Buczkowski doesn’t know who left the information but she noticed there were other bags in other Ladd yards. Sheriff Jim Reed said he had not seen the bags yet, but his office had received a call from a Ladd home, and when the information got to him, he would review it. The information showed up in Dalzell, too. Dalzell police chief Mark Manicki said his office had received four reports of the bags in town. A Facebook post was created to ask Dalzell community if others had received one as well, and Manicki thinks there were more out there than just the four reported based on the Facebook See KKK Page A2
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Brynlee Wiesbrock, 2, of Tonica receives candy from Maddy Mudge in downtown La Salle on Saturday during the city’s Hometown Halloween celebration. Celebrations, such as La Salle’s or trunk-or-treat events, are growing in popularity throughout the area. But have the increasing opportunities for candy led to a decrease in traditional trick-or-treat traffic?
Parents, kids embrace alternative trick-or-treat events By Brett Herrmann and Brent Bader SHAW MEDIA
With only about 15 blocks to hit up, a seasoned trick-ortreater can likely cover the entire village of Bureau Junction in under an hour. But an hour is all they will have this year. The village is looking at new ways to keep kids in town this Halloween, and this year that means reducing some of the traditional activities in favor of a trunk-or-treat event. “Last year the village saw very few trick-or-treaters and they wanted to do something to entice them to stay here in-
stead of going to other towns,” village clerk Karen Podobinski said. “The idea was discussed at a town picnic and although everyone was excited not everyone was in agreement with doing away with the traditional form.” So regular trick-or-treat will stick around from 5-6 p.m. But right afterwards, the community will have a trunk-or-treat event at the village fire station where there will be food, games and costume judging. “The board decided why not do both? In a small town you can do that,” Podobinski said. It’s a thought process that is not unique to the village of Bureau Junction. As Halloween inches closer, kids are preparing
to don their Halloween costumes and arm themselves with candy baskets to collect sweet treats from neighbors in their communities. But are they heading out in reduced numbers in favor of alternative events like trunk-ortreat? Ottawa Police Chief Brent Roalson said he’s seen a reduction in trick-or-treaters on Halloween over his time with the police department. “What we’ve seen, it’s a trend getting away from trick-or-treating in neighborhoods and we’re seeing more of these events with trunk-or-treat,” Roalson said. The success of trunk-or-treat events is coming as a surprise to
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LOVE CANDY? Here is a list of trick-or-treat for area communities. Page A3 many of the organizers as well. President and CEO of Starved Rock Regional Center for Therapy and Child Development Tracy Beattie said their trunk-ortreat event earlier this month exceeded expectations with trunkor-treat lines snaking across the 4-H Fairgrounds property. She doesn’t expect events like trunk-or-treat are replacing traditional trick-or-treating, as See TREATS Page A2
Army officer says he raised concerns about Trump and Ukraine By Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick and Colleen Long ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITERS
WASHINGTON (AP) — A military officer at the National Security Council twice raised concerns over the Trump administration’s push to have Ukraine investigate Democrats and Joe Biden, according to testimony the official is to deliver Tuesday
in the House impeachment inquiry. Alexander Vindman, an Army lieutenant colonel who served in Iraq and, later, as a diplomat, is prepared to tell House investigators that he listened to President Donald Trump’s July 25 call with new Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and reported his concerns to the NSC’s lead counsel.
“I was concerned by the call,” Vindman will say, according to prepared testimony obtained Monday night by The Associated Press. “I did not think it was proper to demand that a foreign government investigate a U.S. citizen, and I was worried about the implications for the U.S. government’s support of Ukraine.” Vindman is the first official who listened in on that call to
testify as the impeachment inquiry reaches deeper into the Trump administration and Democrats prepare for the next, public phase of the probe. He’s also the first current White House official to appear before the impeachment panels. The inquiry is looking into Trump’s call, in which he asked Zelenskiy for a “favor” — to See TRUMP Page A2