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Congratulations to Fairfax LEAD & COPPER MONITERING
and F' .A.T , i . e . , The Fairfax When the lead & copper
Arbor Team, upon receiving a samples were last taken, the
1994 grant, from Iowa. - Illinois City was , found to be in
Gas & Electric Cols . "GREEN violation of the lead levels of
TEAT" program. The amount of 151 ppb, in some of the samples .
the grant is $1 ,000 and must be The City does not have any
matched by the Community. lead, or minute amounts , when
!'GREEN TEAM" is a partnership we pump the water into the
between Iowa. - Illinois Gas & mains , but as the water sets in
Electric Co and Trees Forever . your hone lines it picks up
With Grants provided by Iowa - lead from the solder in your
Illinois and matched by the home plumbing. The City has no
Community. GREEN TERM assists sol.der', we use all fla'r'ed
local volunteers in organizing fittings .
a steering committee to oversee Why are we telling you this?
planting and caring for trees We must try to cut the
as well as establishing long-- corrosi.vn.ess of the City Water
term forestation goals for the and we cannot do that without
community. your cooperation. Therefore we
This year the Fairfax Arbor ask each of you that sampled
Team will use the award funds last time to take correct
to replace trees lost during a samples again, when we leave
July wind storm. Trees being you the bottles . If we da not
offered are . 1 ) Sugar Maple, 2 ) get this cleared up, it may
Green Spire Linden, 3 ) Skyline cause the City to raise Water
Honey Locust ( seedless) and 4 ) rates to cover the cost of
Green. Ash (seedless ) . We will sampling and educational.
be able to plant ten (10 ) trees programs .
this year . We will be leaving the bottles
If you lost a tree during the on your door knobs the 7th of
July storm and would like to be November, with an instruction
considered for a free tree, sheet on sampling procedures.
please submit your name to We would appreciate , very much,
Betty Panek, City Clerk, at if you would return them to the
City Hall , Fairfax , and which door knob by 9 : 00 a . m. ,
variety of tree you would like . November 8th or 9th.. If this is
Dwight Hughes , of Dwight Hughes not con:vient , drop them by City
Nursery, will be planting the Hall . Thank you for your
trees in the spring. The cooperation. Lud Svoboda .
Fairfax Arbor Team will choose
the names of the recipients .
Next spring F .A.T. will again RAY AND EESSIE MIZN'ER aOTH
sponsor a fund raising pancake ANNIVERSARY OPEN HOUSE—LIBRARY
breakfast - please lend your NOVEMBER 13 , 1.994 - 1-4 P.M'.
support to our community.
SIREN TESTS Limits . We have Yard Waste
The City of Fairfax will be pickup, so you should not have
testing ' the Storm Watch and to burn your leaves and garden
Fire Sirens the First Wednesday waste , The City may consider
of each month, at approximately bannning all burning, because a
9 : 00 a.m. few break the rules on what and
how to burn.
GARBAGE NEWS
You may continue to purchase REMEMBER WHEN YOU POST A SIGN
your green tags at Bob's Meats, ABOUT A SALE, OR OTHER
the Waterworks , City Hall and FUNCTION, PLEASE GO BACK AND
now you may also get them at REMOVE THEM, SO THEY ARE NOT
the Fairfax HandiMart . BLOWING ALL OVER THE CITY .
On the Recycling, they will
now take all # 2 plastic ' s (no PARENTS WHERE ARE YOU KIDS?
lids ) , also magazines - shinny There has been a rash of
pages only, catalogs , such as vandalism in Fairfax , Park
Sears , Penneys , etc . These type restrooms , several concrete
of magazines they will not statues and bird baths have
take : TV Guide, Readers Digest , been taken from front yards . If
Coloring Books , Crossword you have any information to
Books . Stack your magazines help put a stop to this please
separate from your newspapers . let the sheriff ' s dept hear
FINAL YARD WASTE COLLECTION from you.
WILL BE THE FIRST & THIRD
TUESDAY OF NOVEMBER ONLY . WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK BOB
CARSON, CARSON CONSTRUCTION,
DOGS FOR HIS HELP IN BORING THE
Remember all dogs must have a WATER LINE UNDER PRAIRIE AV .
City Dog Tags , they are to be
on a leash when being walked.
Please do not let your dogs
roam the neighborhood , doing Unrepaired �3�i
their thing in someone else ' s
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yard or in the City Parks . You
wouldn' t like your children
playing where the dogs roam.
'Water Last. in Gallons
SIGNS Leak
Emergency Snow Route Signs this Loss per Day Loss per Month
Size
have been posted around the
City, make sure if your street 120 3,600
is one of them, that you must 0 360 10,800
have your vehicles removed from
the street if it snows, or they 693 20,790
will be towed.
1,200 36,000
During the snow season 1,920 57,600
remember it is every citizens
responsibility to keep their 40 3,096 92,880
sidewalks shoveled. Their is
also a City Ordinance against SEC I)ME
'IM
pushing snow from your
driveways onto the City Street . Considnment
Shop'�*'D
Shop
BURNING -guality Hous'ehold Items
Remember their is no open -Women'&/MaternityAnfwts
burning allowed in the City •Children's Clothing/Accessodes
-Toys/Baby Furnishings
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Now accepting We above.plus men's jeans
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