Sentinel The Shorewood
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
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Vol. 17 No. 49
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Peterson search over Week-long search ends without any leads in Stacy Peterson case By Laura Katauskas Sherri Dauskurdas Staff Reporter
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renewed search for Stacy Peterson, missing wife of convicted Drew Peterson, concluded after a weeklong search of the Hammel Woods Forest Preserve in Shorewood with nothing found. The Illinois State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation confirmed that an ongoing investigation into the case concluded after the weeklong search in a statement release Nov. 9. The Illinois State Police were offering no official comment on a joint effort with the FBI when the search began. But the See PETERSON, page 2
Forest Preserve says farm leases could reap $1 Million By Nick Reiher Managing Editor
Will County Forest Preserve District officials expect to receive $1 million in revenue after approving 24, three-year farm leases at their Nov. 8 meeting. That anticipated revenue is up $600,000 three years ago when the original leases were approved.
Board Members also considered their budget for 2012-2013. The $54.9 million budget includes $15 million for operating expenses, which is down slightly from last year. Debt service expenditures are up 5 percent to $22.4 million due to a refinancing of bonds that officials say will save the district on interest costs. Officials say the district’s tax rate will increase slightly due to
a drop in overall property values in the district. But overall, the tax revenue property owners send to the district should not change, officials say. Executive Director Marcy DeMauro said the new budget also would include money to help reduce the amount of paper the district uses. One idea, she said, was to buy each Board Member an iPad or tablet so the district wouldn’t need to
print the hundreds of pages of committee and board agendas and other documents each week. Board Member Jim Moustis said to make sure fellow board members would use them. He remembered a time when they were issued laptop computers a few years back, “and within six months, half of the members returned them.” DeMauro said they just
wanted to have money set aside in the new budget for the initiative. She said they would survey board members to find out whether they would use an iPad, tablet or laptop, or any such equipment at all. She added that going paperless likely would pay for the cost of the equipment within a year. Postage alone could be reduced $15,000 to $20,000 a year.