Granger cell tower triggers lawsuit
Neighbors fear health effects, reduced home values.
BY JEFF PARROTT
Tribune Staff Writer
GRANGER — As a boy, Tim Janowiak recalls camping so often on his grandparents' farm — land that is now the Knollwood subdivisions — that his parents jokingly claimed they hardly ever saw him.
As a man, that love of nature led him in 1991 to build a log cabin-style home on his parents' heavily wooded 10-acre property across Adams Road.
In his backyard, the 55-year-old South Bend firefighter had especially enjoyed raising pheasants and relaxing at a bonfire pit.
But he says his world changed in December 2006 when Charles S. Hayes Inc., despite heavy opposition from Janowiak and his neighbors, won county approval to erect a 120-foot cell phone tower next to Janowiak's home.
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BY JEFF PARROTT
Tribune Staff Writer
GRANGER — As a boy, Tim Janowiak recalls camping so often on his grandparents' farm — land that is now the Knollwood subdivisions — that his parents jokingly claimed they hardly ever saw him.
As a man, that love of nature led him in 1991 to build a log cabin-style home on his parents' heavily wooded 10-acre property across Adams Road.
In his backyard, the 55-year-old South Bend firefighter had especially enjoyed raising pheasants and relaxing at a bonfire pit.
But he says his world changed in December 2006 when Charles S. Hayes Inc., despite heavy opposition from Janowiak and his neighbors, won county approval to erect a 120-foot cell phone tower next to Janowiak's home.
Read More...
http://www.southbendtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080914/News01/809140364/0/ENT
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