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By Liz Padalino ON LABOR DAY WEEKEND, area dog lovers and their canine counterparts were surprised by the notice that loomed at the entrance to the Frankfort Dog Park, located at the Frankfort–Elberta High School track. It read simply DOG PARK CLOSED. After 16 months of successful dog days,
Green Elbertians
DIANE JENKS ASKED that audio recordings be made of all future council meetings. Linda Manville asked Village treasurer Laura Manville to find out the renewal date for the Village employees’ health care package and where we stand vis à vis the new state health care benefit bill for municipal employees,
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The Master Plan Committee has released their draft to the Village Council, and Council has released it to the public for the official 63-day review period. Copies are available at the Village Office, and here's a pdf of it... 2011 Draft Master Plan for the Village of Elberta
Culture Bluffs
Who has time to read, let alone write? Well, Hendrik Hertzberg, for one, has argued that folks today actually write more than ever before. The Elberta Alert goes some way to proving Hertzberg's point with our Two-Minute Reviews. This set came in via text message right after the
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This Wednesday night, October 5, a benefit spaghetti dinner will be held at the Mayfair Tavern from 4 pm to 9 pm for Kelly Beaton, who was recently diagnosed with cancer. Dinner is by $10 donation, with a cash bar. One hundred percent of proceeds go toward medical expenses for
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A full-time Elberta resident since 1952, Ruth Nanni spent summers before that visiting her grandparents here, in the house her grandfather built from $100 worth of green lumber bought from Crane's. She taught the Village children how to tap dance, how to find the books they wanted at
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The Village of Elberta and several area property owners have given permission for phragmites eradication on several sites in Frankfort and Elberta. The invasive "common reed" has been known to overtake wetlands and shorelines, destroying native habitat for fish and wildlife, and has been successfully fought off in
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The Village Council is considering a lawn maintenance ordinance for the Village, modeled on Frankfort's, which requires all lawn grass to be maintained at a height of no more than 8 inches. The complete text of Elberta's ordinance will be available to the public in the
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At Thursday's council meeting this week, we'll have two special guests, Aubrey Parker and Jordan Bates, founders of the embattled Frankfort Dog Park. They'll be proposing a dog park to be located in Anderson Park in Elberta. Come out and have your say. Also
Open Season
By Westley Allen HELLO AGAIN, FELLOW readers. I do hope that my last article ["July Fishing Preview," Elberta Alert no. 5, June] was helpful in your quest of catching fish. In this article I will be outlining the necessary tactics to catch the elusive King salmon. The majority
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This report is an amended version of the Issue 7 print version. Amendments are shown in brackets. COUNCIL BEGAN the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance for the first time in recent memory. During the agenda approval period Ken Holmes said the Village has been lax about enforcing the junk
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