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- 0:05Speaker 1: LaSalle Council unanimously approves special use permit for LP agriculture program.
- 0:11Speaker 1: Written by Emily Beebe. This article is being read by
- 0:15Speaker 1: an automated voice brought to you by Everlit. The LaSalle
- 0:19Speaker 1: City Council unanimously approved a special use permit for LaSalle
- 0:23Speaker 1: Peru Township High School's agriculture program Monday, clearing the way
- 0:27Speaker 1: for live animal instruction at the Eureka Savings Bank Agriculture Center. The...
- 0:33Speaker 1: The vote follows a Planning Commission recommendation from August 27th,
- 0:37Speaker 1: where no members of the public or the council spoke
- 0:39Speaker 1: in opposition. The permit allows the school to keep cows, horses, sheep, goats, pigs, chickens,
- 0:46Speaker 1: and rabbits at the Crevecoeur Street property for veterinary science
- 0:50Speaker 1: and animal science instruction. 4th Ward Alderman Jordan Crane, a
- 0:54Speaker 1: 2006 LP graduate who took agriculture classes during his time
- 0:58Speaker 1: at the school, said he saw no reason not to
- 1:01Speaker 1: approve the permit. I think this is a good thing,
- 1:04Speaker 1: Crane said, adding praise for future Farmers of America advisor
- 1:08Speaker 1: and agricultural educator Riley Hintja for bringing the program back
- 1:11Speaker 1: to LP. The district's ag program has grown from roughly
- 1:16Speaker 1: 30 students to 102 in less than a year, with
- 1:20Speaker 1: 25 students currently enrolled in veterinary science classes. The animals
- 1:24Speaker 1: would not live permanently on campus, instead being brought in
- 1:28Speaker 1: for specific educational periods ranging from two days to six
- 1:31Speaker 1: weeks and returned to their owners.