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Birds on the barbecue Local residents complain about sewer backups Rain infiltrates sewers, floods local homes By Gail Peckler-Dziki CORRESPONDENT
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Antioch Lions Club members combine their culinary efforts wth Antioch firefighters at the village’s largest grill during the annual Lions Chicken BBQ held at Williams Park, 741 Main St., on Sunday. The crew was among many who volunteered to make the popular event a success again this year by keeping area residents well fed. More than 1,800 half-birds were served to attendees. A drive-through line was available for people to get their meal to go. In addition to the food, those on-hand were entertained with live music and games.
Heavy rains earlier this month brought trouble for some Antioch residents living near the intersection of Hillside Avenue and Crest Lane. Robert McCarty appeared before the Antioch Village Board July 20 to bring the subject forward during citizen comments. “I’m here because my daughter is home with her new baby and couldn’t make it tonight,” he said. He explained that his daughter’s home has flooded five times in the past three years and yet the village has done nothing to stem the tide. “The last time her home flooded,” McCarty said, “it cost $10,000 in repairs and her homeowner’s insurance rates rose.” According to McCarty, his daughter is not the only resident on Hillside Avenue who experiences the recurring problem. “We call public works when it happens and they are concerned during the rain events,” McCarty said. “Then when the rain event is over,
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they are no longer concerned. “This time, they came out and said they were puzzled by the water bubbling up from the ground and the depression in the ground and thought it might be a water main issue,” McCarty said. Village Administrator Jim Keim said he was aware of the problem, but not that it was recurring. “We can’t fix what we don’t know about,” he said. Keim said the village is under a state compliance order for this sort of thing and has paid fines, but did not offer specific times or amounts. He admitted that the sanitary sewers do overflow during massive rainfalls that occur over a short period time. Trustee Scott Pierce said that pipes should be tested with smoke to find leaks and then the leaks need to be plugged or pipes replaced. The sewer pipes running throughout Antioch are about 100 years old, according to Keim. “It will cost millions to fix the problem,” he said.
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