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Village leaders ask for law change Oakwood Hills wants IEPA approval before power plant projects can be considered By JEFF ENGELHARDT jengelhardt@shawmedia.com OAKWOOD HILLS – Paul Smith does not want to see any city or village go through the headaches and tribulations Oakwood Hills experienced this summer. Smith, village president of Oakwood Hills, has called on
state lawmakers to revamp the process potential power plant developers must go through before approaching municipal leaders with an offer. Smith, along with the rest of the Oakwood Hills Village Board, suggested legislators change the law to require power plant projects
to receive approval from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency before consideration at the local level. The process would be similar to landfill projects that must go through the IEPA before approaching a municipality. “The first thought I had was why are we even deal-
ing with this if we are not 100 percent sure they are going to be able to build it,” Smith recalled about being approached by power plant developers looking to build in Oakwood Hills. “When you have to go through advanced siting requirements like a solid waste facility, there are public hearings. People
would’ve known what was going on before it even came to the village.” Smith told lawmakers in a letter that the $450 million power plant proposal presented to village officials caused “damage to the relationship between the village, its residents and its neighbors that will take some time to repair”
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Volunteer Jason Bitton (left) of Vernon Hills helps Hooves of Chicago’s Laura Vandersnick (center) of St. Charles and Hooved Animal Rescue and Protection Society President Donna Ewing of Barrington distribute donated hay to one of the horses up for adoption in Hampshire. The horses have been living in inadequate conditions for the past two years, Ewing said.
Adopting the abandoned ‘Overwhelming’ response gives many horses new homes By ALLISON GOODRICH HAMPSHIRE – When Laure Hempe of Lake Zurich read the news of 75 abandoned horses in need of adoption, she knew she had to do something. “I saw the article in the Northwest Herald, printed it, and went running around, showing people, telling people we had to do something,” Hempe said. “I thought, ‘What can I do?’ ” The care of 75 quarter horses, now located in Hampshire, was recently taken over by two area animal rescue organizations, Barrington-based Hooved Animal Rescue and Protection Society and Hands
CRYSTAL LAKE – An autopsy for a Crystal Lake man who was killed Friday in a single-vehicle accident in Darien, Wisconsin, was inconclusive at this time. Norbert J. Gravel Jr., 67, of Crystal Lake, died after the rollover crash just before 11 p.m. on Highway 14 at Christie Road in the town of Darien, according to a news release from the Walworth County Sheriff’s Office. Gravel had been driving southbound on Highway 14 in a 2008 Jeep Patriot when he crossed over the center line, entered the northbound lanes and overturned in the ditch, officials said. No one else was in the vehicle at the time. There were no indications
of braking or evasive driving before the Jeep overturned, according to the news release. Responding Walworth County Sheriff’s deputies found Gravel trapped in the vehicle. They reported he showed no signs of life at the time, the release said. Emergency workers extricated Gravel from the vehicle. The Walworth County Coroner’s Office pronounced him dead at the scene at 11:53 p.m., according to the release. Deputy Coroner Thomas Miller said the autopsy performed Sunday did not yield a conclusive cause of death. As is typical in those situations, results of the autopsy will be sent for toxicology tests – the results of which can take months, Miller said.
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On the Web For more photos and video on the quarter horses seeking new homes, visit NWHerald.com. and Hooves of Chicago. The horses’ previous owner fell on difficult times, lost the family farm in Harvard, and was unable to maintain the horses’ care. Before the two organizations teamed up for a rescue mission, the horses had spent the past two years exposed to harsh weather, surrounded by excess manure and without any human handling for a majority of that time.
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and did not want to see other municipalities suffer the same stress. While requiring power plant proposals to receive IEPA approval first would help, Smith also said local officials could use more training and education to make
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Hooved Animal Rescue and Protection Society’s Ronda Ewing-Griffin (front) and Vandersnick work with two of the horses that have been adopted to get them acclimated to traveling in a trailer. The groups teamed up to find homes for the 75 American quarter horses.
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DALLAS – A “breach of protocol” at the hospital where Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan was treated before his death led to the infection o f a h e a l t h Dr. Tom care worker Frieden, with the dead- Center for ly virus, and Disease other caregiv- Control and ers could po- Prevention tentially be exposed, federal health officials said Sunday.
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