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NOfljHLANO AR|A ARJ LEAGUE TUES. TOM HANAHAN CARES! • SCHOOLS: We should make education the first priority of spending...with special emphasis on special education. • UNEMPLOYMENT/MINIMUM WAGE: i ts t ime to take care of the working man...provide dignity and survival to the unemployed... • RTA: ni continue to oppose the RTA. • SENIOR CITIZENS: Let's show the senior citizens our gratitude for past efforts,for improvements we now enjoy... they.are our best natural resources. IT'S TIME TO BRING ILLINOIS INTO THE 20th CENTURY h ip' & THOMAS i. HANAHAN 4> State Representative - Democrat 5 ^ Pd. for by Citizens tor Hanahan, Thomas J. Ilanahan. Treasurer, 2012 W. Grandview, McHenry, Illinois 60050 C PROVEN LEADERSHIP BY DETERMINATION! BY ACTION! 20th Century Thinking Bicentennial Barns EDWARD OPFERFARM 1308 S. Crystal Lake road, McHenry <near Mason Hill road) Design: Lori Wilhelm Volunteers: Lori Wilhelm, Jack Pepping, Lynn Schirmer, Chas. Jahnke, Carolyn Burr, Ester Dubsky and Lena Wells Completed: May, 76 MEL KRUEGER FARM 514 E. Rt. 120, McHenry (near Volo and Darrell road intersection) Design: Lori Wilhelm, McHenry Volunteers: Elvi Mikk, Lori Wilhelm, Sally Miller, Barb Gay, Maggie Woolfe, Sherry Sadilek, Marty Shroyer and Hank Miller Completed: October, 75 LAKE DEFIANCE STATE PARK Lily Lake road, McHenry (near Lakemoor) Design: Lori Wilhelm Volunteers: Lori Wilhelm, Sally Miller, Lynn Schirmer and Kathy Freund Completed: May, 76 The Northland Area Art league has joined this country's - birthday celebration with a gift of five Bicentennial barn murals.. Over fifteen designs were submitted by membersof the league, and; farm owners then selected the design of their choice. The barn painting idea was born from admiration of "big-city"- murals. Being in the "big-country", however, posed a problem of space. Barns, symbols of mid-America across the country, were unanimously chosen; and murals were designed to relate to existing structures wherever possible. * The barns chosen were over a scattered area in McHenry county; on major roads. The league was refused, at first, but soon received • many requests as the initial barns were completed. With a limited number of workers and weekends, the only request accepted was from the State of Illinois at Lake Defiance State park. The league did not accept money for their art work and time,;- which totaled over 200 hours. The major goal, goodwill within the^ community through art, will remain as a large scale reminder fdrr several years to come. Armed with encouragement of business^1 firms, help, and brushes, the first barn was begun. i 5 Citizens' Alert Issued By State Board Of Elections A citizens' alert has been issued by the State Board of Elections to help prevent vote fraud in the upcoming elec­ tions. "An alert citizenry is the chief safeguard against such fraud," according to Franklin J. Lunding, Jr., Chairman of the State Board. Lunding said that the average citizen can play a major role in helping to guarantee a clean election by being avyare of unusual ac­ tivities at or near polling places and then reporting those ac­ tivities to election authorities. "Vote fraud, which is a clear intent or action aimed at depriving a voter of his right to vote or falsifying actual votes cast, generally is carried out in very obvious ways," Lunding explained. The four most common methods are: Vote buying, offering money to a voter to vote for a specific candidate. Chain balloting, by someone passing a previously marked ballot to a voter entering the polls. Ghost voting, voting under the name of a deceased person, a fictitious name, or at a non­ existent address. Altering the figures during the tallies. If a voter knows what should NOT be happening at the polls, a lot of vote fraud could not take place," Lunding remarked. He listed eight telltale signs voters should be suspicious of and report. 1. If you see money changing hands near the polls between precinct captains or com­ mitteemen and voters. 2. If you see someone passing a folded piece of paper to a voter who hides it on his person. 3. If you hear someone giving an address of a place that you know is an empty lot. Or, if you know a person doesn't live at the address which he claims. 4. If you see more than one pair of legs in a voting booth, except under these cir­ cumstances: If a disabled person signed an affidavit requesting assistance, he may have a friend or two judges of election (one from each party) assist him in the voting booth. If a person is illiterate and requests assistance and signs an affidavit, one judge from each major party may join him in the booth. 5. If you see electioneering within 100 feet of a polling place. 6. If you see • someone drinking liquor in the polls. 7. If you do not see election judges representing both major parties in the polling place. 8. If it appears that the judges of election are not in control of the polling place; for example, a precinct captain or com­ mitteeman giving orders to judges. "Any of the above should be reported to a local board of elections or the State Board," Lunding said. He also pointed out that many voting irregularities are often misconstrued as vote fraud. These occur as a result of misunderstanding voting rules, election * laws, or through malfunction of a voting device. However, Lunding advocated that these, too, should be reported to the authorities The State Board of Elections will have staff members on hand to answer questions from 5a.m. to 10 p.m. on election day in both the Springfield and Chicago offices. The Springfield office of the State Board is at 1020 South Spring Street, 217 782-4141. The Chicago office is at 100 North LaSalle Street, 312 435-6440 * • * * Don't expect everyone to agree with you; variety of opinion makes the world interesting. potential voters. Young voters could determine the outcome of many local and county races and could have a tre­ mendous impact on the re­ sults of the state and national contests. In 1974 only 39.4 percent of the eligible young voters reg­ istered to vote and only about 1 out of 5 actually went to the polls on election day. Voter turnout dropped to an all time low in the elec­ tion two years ago. Only 36.1 percent of the voters across the country cast ballots. In Illinois, 37.3 percent voted. This was a dramatic drop from the 62.7 percent turnout in Illinois in 1972 and the 51.3 percent turnout in 1970. Illinois has been a crucial state in Presidential elections for decades. The fate of many national candidates has hinged on whether or not they car­ ried Illinois. Every President." elected since 1916 has won Illinois. The nation's policies and programs are most directly affected by the public will ex­ pressed at the polls. Every vote counts. Do not miss your opportuni­ ty to make your voices heard^ Vote for the candidates of your choice after careful thought and deliberation. But by all means, vote on Novem-» ber 2. REHABILITATION Over 13 percent more physically or mentally disabled clients were rehabilitated and successfully placed in jobs during Fiscal Year 1976 than during the previous year ac« cording to the Illinois Divisiort of Vocational Rehabilitation: VICTOR MILLER FARM 3401N. Richmond road, McHenry (Rt. 31 near Johnsburg road) Design: Sally Miller, McHenry Volunteers: Marty Shroyer, Hank Miller, Sally Miller and Win Flanagan Completed: September, 75 ROBERT CARPENTER FARM 115917 N. Rt. 14, Woodstock (atHartland road) Design: Lori Wilhelm Wuunteers: Lori Wilhelm, Lynn Schirmer, Blake Mueller, John and Carolyn Burr Completed: July, 76 Letter from Washington SECTION 2 -PAGE 7 PI XIM>EAl.EIM KIDAY, OCTOBER29, by Senator Charles H. Percy A recent national survey revealed that less than 50 per­ cent of the nation's eligible voters may decide the out­ come of the 1976 Presidential election. If this prediction be­ comes a fact, Americans will celebrate the closing months of the nation's Bicentennial year by taking a step back­ wards in our effort to main­ tain a democracy. Non-voters fail to realize that by not voting they for­ feit their power to help deter­ mine who will hold office at the national, state and local levels and thus abdicate their influence on public policy. Young people between the ages of 18 and 24 are espe­ cially cynical about the elec­ toral process. But in Illinois, the 18 to 24 year olds repre­ sent 22 percent of the poten­ tial voters. In four Downstate counties, this age group repre­ sents more than 50 percent of