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3 vie for Granville president seat Q&A with Jared Baker
Q&A with Randy Borio
Q&A with Lucian Verda
Where you work now: James Hardie Building Products as a shift supervisor and owner/operator of Baker Lawn Care, LLC. Age: 37. Education: Putnam County schools, St. Bede Academy, Illinois Valley Community College. Jared Experience: Currently serving as a village Baker trustee. What are your Top 3 goals if elected? 1. More community involvement, I’d encourage the public to attend board meetings so they can be more aware of where their tax dollars are being spent. I believe most people aren’t aware we have a public comment portion of the meeting that rarely gets utilized. 2. I’d like to repair the broken relationships with the surrounding communities. We all live in the same community; I don’t see any reason why we couldn’t work together to strengthen it.
Where you work now: 40 years this April at American Nickeloid Co. in Peru. I also serve as financial secretary for United Steelworkers Local 4268. Age: 60. Education: Graduate of LaSalle-Peru Township High School. Experience: I’ve served three terms as a Randy Borio trustee on the Granville Village Board making me the senior board member. I’ve been chair of the water and sewer committee for all three terms. I also represent the village in our current president’s absence on the North Central Illinois Council of Governments and the Bureau-Putnam Enterprise Zone. All of these opportunities have allowed me to establish working relationships with other local officials and business and community leaders in the Illinois Valley. I’ve also served as a union officer in one capacity or another for most of my 40 years at American Nickeloid.
Where you work now: Retired. Age: 69. Education: Hopkins Township High School, University of Illinois Police Training Institute. Experience: Hands-on; Granville Police Department for 17 years; Granville Public Works superintendent for 14 years; trustee Lucian Verda on Granville Village Board for more than five years; coordinator for Putnam County Emergency Services and Disaster Agency for four years. What are your Top 3 goals, if you are elected: 1. Attempt to secure funding for ongoing street repairs 2. Continue with McCoy Street revamping 3. Replacement of undersized water mains, on a timely and affordable basis, to give the people the quality water they deserve. In what ways will you be fiscally responsible to taxpayers: Maintain a balanced budget.
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Healing heroin epidemic Help is there for those who want it By Goldie Rapp
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gram (ITP) were started during the 2015-16 school year. Through PAES, ITP, and the dedicated work of educator Wendy Louis and aide/job coach Missy Carlson, students have been assessed for appropriate transitions, skills, behaviors and interests.
The Illinois Valley has been working to tackle the widespread heroin epidemic that took hold of the area in 2015. Now with more programs in place to help cure addiction and save lives of those at risk of an overdose, it’s safe to say the community has stepped up its game and doing what it can to cure the widespread disease. At the end of 2015, members of CPASA (Community Partners Against Substance Abuse), which also has a strong presence in Putnam County, were forced to call a town hall meeting to announce the sudden heroin problem that had taken eight Bureau County lives alone that year. According to Janice Wamhoff, Bureau County coroner, before 2015, the county had only been averaging around one to two heroin-related deaths in years prior. Law enforcement agencies and members of CPASA quickly recognized the issue and began rolling out various programs
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Beth Jackson, 18, a senior at PCHS, enjoys a visit with Pete while working at McNabb Veterinary. “We’re very happy with how the program has been working and are happy to be able to help,” Dr. Allison Spayer said.
Pride in a job well done PCHS skills program is a success By Dave Cook
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GRANVILLE — While classrooms are incredibly important to education, there’s also great Vol. 149 No. 28 One Section - 16 Pages
value in practical, hands-on experiences. A relatively new program at Putnam County High School is helping special education students discover new skills and find work they’re not only good at, but also enjoy doing as well. Working in conjunction with several area businesses including Spring Valley’s Valley Flowers and
Gifts, Hennepin Foods, McNabb EMS, McNabb Veterinary and Peru’s Lily Pads, students have had the opportunity to step outside the classroom and gain realworld employment experience in a variety of settings. The Practical Assessment Exploration System (PAES) and the Independent Transition Pro-
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