State awards grants to fight meth production

SPRINGFIELD — Two local businesses were on the list when Governor Rod Blagojevich last week awarded $535,000 in Anhydrous Ammonia Security Grants to 50 Illinois agrichemical dealers throughout the state. Ag View FS of Princeton received $3,417, and Michlig Agricenter of Manlius received $4,000 as part of funding to help businesses secure their facilities to prevent the theft of anhydrous ammonia, a farm fertilizer and key ingredient used to manufacture methamphetamine. This is the second installment of grants since the governor created the Anhydrous Ammonia Grant Program in August 2006.