Excerpt from "All eyes on mayor's vision" published in the July 16 edition of the Morton Times-News:

Durflinger later called on residents to stand behind Morton School District 709, financially and vocally, as it begins to study the needs of a new facility.

"If we are not competitive then our property values will go down," he said. "Parents want schools that have high test scores and ones that are new or look new."

"Look around -- almost every other community in the area have either built new schools in the last five years or are planning on building new schools the next five years," he added.

Jefferson School is 80 years old, he said.

"That is a prime location for a community area," Durflinger said.

"We need to be proactive on that. We need to make a downtown recreational area."

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