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Feds back proposed Randall fix Agency commits $10.6M toward intersection project By KEVIN P. CRAVER
McHenry County resisting Ecstasy resurgence By JEFF ENGELHARDT • jengelhardt@shawmedia.com
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RYSTAL LAKE – Methylenedioxymethamphetamine. The name of the increasingly popular drug is as difficult to say as it is for officials to determine what elements are in it. The drug, known as Molly, is essentially a powdered form of Ecstasy that can be combined with any substance from caffeine to cough syrup to cocaine, said Craig Riehle, access director at Rosecrance Health Network. It is that factor of the unknown that could have fatal consequences for users, Riehle said. “It’s not going to be a
drug that you are going to see a lot of deaths or overdoses in and of itself. It’s the other stuff the drug has been cut with,” he said. “These [providers] are out to make as much product as they can sell as cheaply as they can produce it and use things to increase its profitability.” Molly has drawn national attention after a number of deaths at nightclubs were linked to the drug. Riehle said the drug gives users the same feelings of connectedness and hallucinations that made Ecstasy popular in the 1990s, only it is stronger because it is
inhaled and not ingested. He said it does not have the same addictive nature of drugs such as heroin, making it difficult to pick up on signs that someone has used. “We have about 20 percent of the kids we see that say they have experimented with club drugs, but it’s not something they generally go back to,” Riehle said. “It’s not as big of a threat as something like heroin, where you develop such a dependence that you become reliant on it just to get through the day.” See CLUB DRUGS, page A9
kcraver@shawmedia.com Federal funding announced Tuesday will cover most of the cost of the proposed Randall Road continuous-flow intersection, should the idea get the ultimate green light. The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning announced Tuesday that about $10.6 million in funding is being allocated for the project. It was one of 51 projects selected by the agency for a total of $286 million from the federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program over the next four years. The funding would defray more than 80 percent of the estimated $13 million cost to turn the busy intersection of Randall and Algonquin roads into a continuous-flow
Killer storm hit near hometown By JIM DALLKE WOODSTOCK – As a college student in the Philippines, Eric Miranda remembers surviving the worst storm of his life. In 1984, Typhoon Ike ravaged the central Philippines, killing more than 1,000 people and displacing thousands more. In Miranda’s hometown of Cebu, the storm toppled communication towers, caused sinkholes in piers and closed his college for two weeks. So when Miranda, now a
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Related n Relief operations pick up pace in typhoon-devastated region of the Philippines. PAGE A7 n NIU employee still searching for word of relatives after Typhoon Haiyan. PAGE B2 Woodstock resident, heard that an even stronger storm would hit the Philippines he feared the worst. “It went about 30 miles north of where my sister lives,” he said. “It kind of missed us by a miracle.” On Friday afternoon, Typhoon Haiyan blew through the central Philippines,
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WOODSTOCK District 200’s tax levy proposal would mean an extra $11 on the average resident’s property tax bill, according to projections. Administrators have prepared a $59.97 million 2013 tax levy, a 4.98 percent increase over the $58.18 million collected last year. Board members will vote on the levy at their Dec. 10 meeting. For more, see page B1.
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“[Molly is] not going to be a drug that you are going to see a lot of deaths or overdoses in and of itself. It’s the other stuff the drug has been cut with. These [providers] are out to make as much product as they can sell as cheaply as they can produce it and use things to increase its profitability.”
intersection. The intersection is part of an $80 million improvement package for the Randall Road corridor between Ackman and County Line roads. County Board Chairwoman Tina Hill, R-Woodstock, expressed cautious optimism over the fund announcement, given that the controversial plan to build a continuous-flow intersection is far from a done deal. “We’re very excited to receive these funds, but we are still working through this project,” Hill said. “We don’t know, if we don’t end up doing a CFI, if we’ll still get those funds or not.” One of the reasons the county considered a continuous-flow intersection, besides the much shorter wait time for vehicles, is
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