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Colona turns its eye to the X
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COLONA -- Aldermen on Monday night discussed the "custody" of the "Big X" interchange of Interstates 74, 80 and 280. Mayor Danny McDaniel said there is no legal description placing the intersection within the Colona city limits. What the city needs, he said, is the property on both sides for development purposes. Ald. Mike King said the city is interested in the nearby land, not the interstates. "We're trying to push growth out there, so we can have our nice community here," he said. Ald. Dale Hillman cautioned the city's claim of the exchange could force it to handle accidents at the busy exchange. Ald. Larry Swemline, however, noted the city already responds to such accidents. The site won't be on the short-list of concerns Colona representatives share with state lawmakers when the visit Springfield March 29. Instead, the focus of that trip will be money for East 550th Street across U.S. 6, south from the Stonebridge subdivision, and widening Illinois 84. Mayor McDaniel said Illinois has agreed to the Illinois 84 work, but at the cost of wiping out several businesses and homes. "That was not an option we would take," he said. He noted a Quad-Cities group will take the same issues to the state capital in April. The council also heard the opinion of attorney Graham Lee that the city has been overcharging its three mobile home parks. An annual license should be $50 for an entire park, Mr. Lee said, not per home. The mayor noted the matter could end up in court. The council also: -- Accepted the resignations of two part-time police officers. -- Approved spending $670 to test air quality in the police department due to mold. -- Approved a resolution supporting the Rock River Trail Initiative. -- Directed Mr. Lee to draft a letter asking the applicable lending institution to either bring the former T.K.'s restaurant up to code or tear it down. The city tried to buy it to demolish it, but was turned down. -- Heard from Mike Smitty of Hillsdale, a candidate for the Illinois House 71st District. 
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Today is Tuesday, May 21, the 141st day of 2013. There are 224 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: On Monday the 11th inst. on Center Ridge in Mercer County,some citizens got out their cannon to celebrate the taking of Richmond. The gun wasoverloaded and burst. No one was injured, but one 30-pound piece went though thesecond story of a house.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The old folks concert at the Harper Theater last night to benefit St.Luke's Cottage Hospital, attracted a large audience.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Unless depredation by vandals in Rock Island parks is halted,special policemen will be assigned to night duty to protect the flowers and other property.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Station WHBF has received a special citation from Washington forits participation in Air Mail Week, which was observed this week throughout the nation.
1963 -- 50 years ago: A 10-year high in employment in the Quad-City area was reachedat the end of the last quarter, according to an industrial employment barometer releasedtoday.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Pee Wee teams will be able to play baseball and softball as usualon Diamond Three at Dorrance Park this summer, but after that, the ball field is doomed.County crews have put the diamond back in shape after heavy trucks marred the playingfield earlier this spring. Illinois Department of Transportation crews drove onto it to makeborings for the relocation of the junction of Illinois 84 and the Port Byron-Hillsdale road.
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