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Board rejects measures to fix, repair Lufkin Over 60-year-old pool on brink of closure; Bulthuis: ‘Sorry, residents’
By Paul DelGuidice
FOR THE VILLA PARK INDEPENDENT
Despite the advent of the winter season and growing cold weather, the hot-button topic at the Village Board of Trustees meeting on Monday, Nov. 6 was swimming pools, specifically, the aging Lufkin Pool located on south Ardmore. The discussion was spurred by two agenda items: 1) seeking Board approval to spend $25,000 for an engineering plan to consider options for fixing or replacing the pool. That item almost failed to even come to a vote; and 2) seeking approval of an $88,492 pool liner for Lufkin Pool.
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Montini begins Golden Gobbler Drive
Student Government President (senior) Michael Vosicky (jumping turkey) kicks off Montini Catholic’s 21st Annual Golden Gobbler Food Drive, which began Monday, Nov. 5. Joining Mike are seniors (from left): Samantha Salvo, Rachel Kelly, Kailey Baessler, Olivia Kutella, Isabel Coyne and Jake Karczewski (Pilgrim in front). Montini Catholic students have donated more than 325,000 items since the program’s inception.
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Residents speak out at public forum Before discussions among Trustees even began, concerned residents addressed the dais during the Public Comments portion of the meeting. The first resident told the Board that Jefferson Pool on the north side of town doesn’t fit her family’s needs because there is no shallow area near the main pool as there is at Lufkin. “It’s [Lufkin] a great community pool,” she said. “It is a great asset to Villa Park.” Steve Seden said he believes
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