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first rwflort LOCAL THE PANTAGRAPH, Thursday, March 16, 1995 A3, Warm thoughts take a hike in B-N Weather records Fines, jail loom if Cayuga trash cleanup delayed Judge hits owner's 'do-nothing' plan -Mi. if i mm' Jh- i I 'This in no way constitutes a plan, much less a reasonable plan. This is a statement the defendant plans to do nothing and doing nothing will be done at a rather leisurely Judge Charles Glennon The PantagraphKURT ERICKSON In the plan submitted Tuesday, Tierney asked for an additional 60 days to have an assessment of the waste at the site completed and indicated he would then have the refuse hauled to one of the nearby bring people out By DAVID WICKERT and KURT ERICKSON Pantagraph staff A second day of record-breaking heat drove Twin City residents to distraction Wednesday as thoughts turned to in-line skating, tanning, outdoor grilling and other outdoor activities. As surely as buds on a branch, warm weather brought people out of hibernation at least temporarily as the temperature rose to 74 degrees at the Bloomington-Normal Airport and 75 at Illinois State University, well above the record 67 degrees set in 1946. People took to picnic tables, parks and lakes in an effort to make the best of the unseasonably warm weather, which is expected to last through the weekend.

Dozens of Illinois Wesleyan University students traded backpacks of books for suntan lotion, which they applied while lying out on the quad. Brian Shafer spent the morning in-line skating around downtown Normal before reporting to work at First of America Bank. "I've been working all week," he said. "This is the first time I've had a chance to get out" At Evergreen Lake, where only a slight breeze rippled the surface, at least a half-dozen fishermen put boats in the water. Still others fished from the banks.

"We probably wouldn't have come out if it wasn't like this outside," said Jorge Infante of El Paso, who was taking his 3-year-old son, Robert Paul, fishing for the first time. George French, meanwhile, took a three-hour cruise around the northwest side of the lake in an inflatable raft "I blew this thing up myself," said the 70-year-old Bloomington resident "Nothing wrong with my lungs. This keeps me in shape." Not everyone was enjoying the sun, of course. Some, like Dick Smith, were helping others enjoy it Smith, the owner of Wildcountry outdoor shop in Normal, spent Wednesday mounting in-line skates in place of ski displays. "It was a wimpy winter," Smith said, summing up the ski season.

"Winter's dead. We may get some cold By TONY PARKER Pontiao bureau chief PONTIAC A fine will be imposed on a Clarendon Hills man unless truckloads of waste he dumped in unincorporated Cayuga are removed by April 18. That was the decision reached Wednesday by Livingston County Circuit Judge Charles Glennon after he ruled the one-page cleanup plan submitted bv J. Michael Tierney was unacceptable. Glennon also indicated Tierney could face an additional fine or jail term if he is held in contempt of court for failing to follow the court order signed Wednesday.

"This in no way constitutes a plan, much less a reasonable plan," Glennon said after reviewing the document filed by Tierney just 12 minutes before a noon Tuesday deadline. "This is a statement the defendant plans to do nothing and doing nothing will be done at a rather leisurely pace," the judge added. Glennon issued an emergency injunction Feb. 9 prohibiting Tierney or Tenex International Corp. from hauling more refuse to the site or burning the paper, plastic and wood pallets already there.

Tierney is president of the company, which was involuntarily dissolved by the Illinois secretary of state's office in November. The injunction was not obtained, however, until after abandoned railroad right-of-way apparently leased by Tierney was filled five or six bales high with waste paper and plastic. In addition to waste stored about 10 feet high outside, plastic and paper have filled two Quonset huts, an abandoned wooden grain elevator and a small wooden office building on the property, which is within 300 feet of two residences. The injunction obtained by the Livingston County state's attorney's office was indefinitely extended at a Feb. 15 hearing and Tierney was ordered to submit a removal plan by March 7.

He appeared In court for the first time last week, but did not have a plan prepared. 3 Above, Jorge Infante of El Paso introduced his 3-year-old son, Robert Paul, to the finer points of fishing Wednesday at Evergreen Lake. At right, no shirt was required during the record-breaking warm weather as Jason Yount of Towanda leaped to catch an Aerobie thrown by a friend, Joe Cinkovich, at the West Detention Basin in Normal. weather, but it's gone." Some people simply tried to make the best of their work day. A group of State Farm employees gathered for lunch at a picnic table outside the Old Courthouse Mu-.

seum in downtown Bloomington. "You don't get too many chances to do this in March," said one. And a BroMenn Healthcare corporate leadership group elected to hold a training session in Franklin Park, rather than in a windowless basement conference room. Why? "Because it's really, really nice outside," said Tom Carroll, manager of employee relations and development Others, like florist Donna Juris, simply counted themselves lucky they could leave work early. She planned to take off by 2 p.m.

at Washburn Flowers in Normal to pick up her son at school. "The afternoons really are long, that's for sure," Juris said. "It'll be depressing when it gets cold again." But that won't happen in the coal-burning power plants. He said the material is suitable for burning at coal-fueled plants. But Glennon said even if coal-burning plants would accept the waste the proposal submitted by Tierney did not spell out a timetable for removal or transportation arrangements.

Tierney was not at Wednesday's hearing. "Apparently, the plan is if we wait long enough the material at the Cayuga site will simply blow to the coal-burning plants where they can scoop it up," Glennon said, adding, "The defendant apparently is making no effort other than to stall this process." As a result, Glennon approved a disposal plan suggested by Livingston County Assistant State's Attorney Catherine Bellario that gives Tierney until March 28. to have a consulting engineer do an analysis of the waste at the site. The judge said Tierney must then have the waste hauled to a properly permitted landfill and the site cleaned up by April 18. A status hearing to determine compliance was scheduled for 9 a.m.

March 29. Public health officials are concerned decaying waste at the site, which is located five miles northeast of Pontiac along Old U.S. 66, may attract mice, rats and flies. Adjacent property owners also have complained about air pollution from the burning and waste being blown onto their properties. Tht PtntagraptVUiOYD YOUNG with a high around 70.

Friday should remain sunny with a high in the middle 60s. By Saturday, the high temperature will dip to about 60 degrees, with a chance of rain that night The high Sunday is expected to be 55 to 60, with another chance of rain. next several days, according to the National Weather Service. Although the forecast calls for gradual cooling, temperatures still are expected to be well above the norm for this time of year, when the high temperature usually hovers In the upper 40s. Today should be partly sunny Party in order for St.

Patrick, et al Don't just get a lot of talk or be told a story. Trust The Oldest Authorized Cellular One 3-1 Corned beef plus Dealer In The Bloomington-Normal Area CeCOm. Here to Motorola Ultra Classic II Hand Held Cellular Phone I Following are a few tidbits of Irish lore as they relate to McLean County. Irish heritage in McLean County began nearly 170 years ago when Andrew Biggs moved from Northern Ireland to Ohio and on to McLean County, where he served as a teacher, according to the writings of the Rev. James J.

Burke, pastor of St. Patrick's Catholic Church In west Bloomington In the early 1900s. The real Influx of Irish came In the 1850s with the railroads, Burke wrote In papers available at the McLean County Historical Society. Working on construction crews for the Illinois Central and Chicago Alton railroads, the Irish descended upon Bloomington and stayed. Many of the original wave of Immigrants settled In what Is known as the 40 Acres area of Bloomington, west of the old rail yards and near Burke's church.

Five years ago, St. Patrick's Day went down In flames as the Eddy Building In downtown Bloomfngton caught fire and was destroyed. Key quote from Burke: "Many of the Irish who came to this country 50 or more years ago followed canal digging or railroad grading. At a distance from home and church Influence some of them may have become noisy, reckless and hilarious at times." Bloomington would have Its first Irish mayor, John W. Trotter, In the 1880s.

The statue In Withers Park In downtown Bloomington is In honor of him and his sister, Qeorglana, who helped push for construction of a library. The name of the county sounds Irish, but the McLean namesake, from a frontier congressman named John, Is, alas, Scottish. 1 Motorola. 2002 Attache Phone 2 batteries extended battery life desk top charger carrying case 3 year warranty I 3 year warranty F01Clilw NEC Talk Time EXEC 700 Irish Mist aplenty By KURT ERICKSON Pantagraph staff While you won't see an army of shillelagh-waving men in green parading down Main Street on Friday, the smell of corned beef and cabbage will be drifting through the Twin Cities. Green-tinted beverages will be quaffed and maybe, just maybe, a few revellers temporarily will adopt Ireland as their homeland and artfully accomplish a jig or two.

St Patrick's Day is special this year, mainly, because the celebration of Irish heritage is Friday. In Bloomington-Normal, there will be traditional Irish dinners and a unique fund-raiser that has been going on for a decade. It is so special this year, the Catholic church has invoked a special dispensation for its members. Steve Mamanella, spokesman for the Catholic Diocese of Peoria, said Bishop John Myers traditionally issues a waiver to the Catholic flock when St Patty's Day falls on a Friday. The reason is not so Catholics can go out and whoop it up, but rather because it is the Lenten season, which calls for abstinence from meat on Fridays, Mamanella said.

"It's our way of being helpful," Mamanella said. "A lot of the Irish population is Catholic. Traditional St Patrick's Day meals include corned beef and cabbage. Some may choose another day to abstain." Although not on the scale of Chicago's big affair, the Twin Cities actually are not bereft of a St Patrick's Day parade. The 10th annual One Float Parade will hit the streets to benefit the Multiple Sclerosis Society, Greater Illinois Branch, and the Veterans Administration hospital in Danville.

Jeff Prochnow of Bakery Banc, Jerry Prochnow of Prochnow Landscaping and Bob Greotken and Mike Svob of Schooners restaurant in Bloomington, will don tuxedos and kick off the shortest parade with the longest route. In keeping with past years, the lone float begins its route at Schooners, 810 E. Grove St, at 2 p.m. and visits local clubs, pubs and restaurants, including Shani-gans, the VFW, Knights of Col- Motorola Flip Phone DPC 550 1 $25 1 year warranty Til 135 minutes of talk time 36 hours of standby time More Convenience More Features Si- MOTOROLA Authorized Safes Service Center ne CELLULARONE- i VISIT OUR NEW LOCATION 202 ELDORADO BLOOMINGTON (Across From State Farm Corp.) Irish Mist, one of the Midwest's most-sought-after St. Patrick's Day acts, will return to the Twin Cities for a performance Friday at the Bloomington Knights of Columbus Hall, 525 N.

Center St. Locally Owned -Locally Serviced 664-6500 umbus, Stan's, Rhino's, Times Past Inn, Killarney's and the Elks Club. The clan will be selling Irish memorabilia for donations. Meanwhile, the of will kick off its 43rd annual St Patrick's Day celebration at 11 a.m. at its club at 525 N.

Center St, Bloomington. Corned beef sandwiches and dinners will be served. A full dinner costs $6, and sandwiches will go for $3. Food will be served until 8 p.m. At that time, the band Irish Mist will continue the festivities at the of which will host its annual dance until midnight Irish Mist, which plays traditional Irish folk music, will lead the way.

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