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By John T. Ryan

About 100 Peru households have been subject to a boil water order since Tuesday, August 17^th. Peru Water and Sewer Superintendent Greg Timmons is hopeful that that the order will be lifted sometime today. On Tuesday Peru’s Water Department staff drained and cleaned the Reservoir Rd. water tower necessitating the boil water order. The cleaning is part of an ongoing effort to reduce the town’s drinking water haloacetic acid levels and bring the town into compliance with EPA water quality standards. Peru Town Supervisor Peter Glusho says that significant progress has been made and that one of the acid levels has been brought into compliance. He said, “We’re looking for the most cost effective and the most permanent way to solve the problem.”  Town residents have been receiving periodic “Violation Notices” for the past three or four years. Greg Timmons says he sometimes gets about ten to fifteen phone calls from concerned residents when notices are issued. This is not surprising given the fact that the notice reads, “Some studies of people who drank chlorinated drinking water for 20-30 years show that long term exposure to disinfection by-products (possibly including haloacetic acids) is associated with an increased risk for certain types of cancer.” Read more »

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The 20th Annual “Run for Jon” will be held Saturday, August 28, 5 PM at Forrence Orchards on the Mannix Road in Peru. The Run attracts between 200 and 300 walkers, kids, fun runners and runners every year in addition to their friends and family who come as spectators.  The Run’s mission has always been to raise funds to help North Country families with children in medical crisis.  Along the way, it has also become a much anticipated yearly community event.

For additional information go to www.runforjon.com or call the Race Director, Scott Woodward at 834-7583 or email SWOODWARD@yahoo.com or Shirley or Don Evans at 643-2414 email evans7@charter.net.

The Peru Lions Club will be hosting its 16th Annual Stanley Hughes Golf Classic on Sunday, September 12th at The Barracks Golf and Country Club at 12:00 p.m. The tournament is a four-person scramble with a team handicap of 40+. Cash prizes are awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places. There will also be prizes for closest to the pin and longest drive. A buffet dinner will follow the round. Cost is $65 per person. Barracks members are $35.

For tee times or info, please contact: Jim Kieslich 643-2482 Dave Dalton 643-9618 Ed Eisele 643-2865

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