By: James Pruitt
THE VILLAGE REPORTER
Residents are being urged to be aware of meth making in the village and be especially suspicious of any strong cat urine odors.
This from Maintenance Department crew member Chip Vance who attended training recently to learn how to spot meth-making paraphernalia in the community.
“I learned I had been pulling meth cookers from the back of our park,” Vance said.
People manufacturing meth use many common household items and chemicals including pop bottles and coffee filters. The manufacturing process allows people to use pop bottles to make the narcotic in a vehicle.
“They call it shake and bakes,” Vance said.
While the cookers are often in the woods or cars, there is one clear indication of the drug being manufactured.
“If you smell a strong odor like cat urine it’s a real indication of meth in the area and you should call the sheriff.
Other tell-tale signs are pieces of foil laying around on the ground, Vance said.
See a piece of foil laying around – there’s meth.
Mayor Ken Wysong said the class was for the safety of village employees.
“It’s here, it’s in our county, it’s in our village.” Wysong said.
Voters in Metamora will be asked to approve a 0.5 mill levy this fall for the parks.
The council agreed to purchase 20 tons of salt through the state.
The council has agreed to allow library patrons to use the village lot for parking in the grassy area. The village won’t pave the area since it would around $60,000 to accomplish.
With Vance working shorthanded and a lot of baseball and softball games on tap, council approved 2 hours of overtime per day to allow him to get the fields ready.
Vance was cleared to purchase up to $250 of weed killer to wipe out dandelions on village land.
Council changed their meeting schedule in June to handle members who won’t be in town. The first meeting has been rescheduled for June 1 and the second for June 27.
James Pruitt may be reached at
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