Illiana Web president wants acceptance from Hoopeston

HOOPESTON – Illiana Web wants to stay in Hoopeston. It wants to bring a more advanced technology to the people who need it the most, more jobs, training for young men and women in this advanced field and to build the Hoopeston economy, according to Ed Hubbard, president of the company.

But the president said he wants acceptance and tolerance, not antagonism, from the council, the mayor and the few opposed to his religion.

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