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PAGE 14 • PLAINDE ALER > WEDNESDAY, Ji There are two sides to any strike, as the board and teachers in Elementary School District IS would quickly agree. And there are also two sides for those who merely watch and wait. As picketing teachers march in front of the Administration building on Main street Wednesday morning, another drama unfolds far above. Out of one apartment window, a young mother displays apprehension. But the two children in the second window seem delighted to be part of the "audience" for their teachers, who are the principal players. At right above are some of the many teachers who picketed on Main street for a time Wednesday. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD Determination lo hold the line on expenditures was the dominant feature of the meeting of the Johnsburg school board. It was em­ phasized in several decisions reached after lengthy discussion of the particular issues. The finance com­ mittee has directed a freeze on budget expenditures, except for emergencies, with a cut of $100,000 for the coming year, which is ex­ pected lo have implications beyond that time period. This is due lo an unan­ ticipated $300,000 cut in state aid. Joseph Rizo of Burton's Bridge was fatally injured in a cave-in at^an^abaqdoned gravel site on Nish rdalk The McHenry Classroom Teachers' association of Elementary School District 15 walked out of a general meeting in the ^e£rl street park. A spokesman said efforts of Lou Moore, from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation service, to bring I he teacher and school board negotiation teams to an agreement failed and this precipitated the walkout. The spokesman for the teachers said negotiations broke down between the board and the MCTA over what he described as "he board negotiator's refusal to make any meaningful move on the disputed items." He said negotiations had gone relatively well over the past two years without any crisis situations. However, this year board members em­ ployed an attorney to negotiate for them and negotiations were described as "faltering all summer". Several matters are the cruxes of the dispute, among them money. Kane county resident, Richard C. Burnidge, Elgin, was appointed to fill the vacant seat of Rep. R. Bruce Waddell. SEPTEMBER After a three-hour meditation session between the board of education of McHenry Elementary District 15 and the McHenry Classroom Teachers association, the MCTA broke off negotiations and initiated a strike against the board of education. A school spokesman said the action is in violation of a no-strike pledge contained in their existing contract. It is the first strike ever held in the McHenry school system. The teachers' strike closed the district's six schools. The present dispute centers around increased salaries, • sick leave, personal leave and payment for extra duty assignments, as well as class size, time off for union ac­ tivities, dental insurance, "planning time" and college credit reimbursement. ' The governing boards and the medical staffs of McHenry hospital and the Memorial Hospital for McHeqry County, Wood- consolidate the two organizations, according to a joint statement issued by LeRoy E. Olson, McHenry hospital president, and Farlin Caufield, Memorial hospital president. Construction require-,? ments confront Mc-- Henry county citizens on two fronts-space for the burgeoning county govern­ ment and' space for a number of citizens seeking a home at Valley Hi, the county home at Harlland. The Courthouse Operations committee is reevaluating proposals to find more space for county offices with the Sheriff's department and the health department perhaps the most seriously crowded. The promised suit 3kainst the City of McHenry con­ cerning the 385-acre Winding Creek development abutting the southwest part of the city, has been filed in Woodstock by attorneys for the objectors to the development. The suit charges the City with violating both County and Bull Valley comprehensive land use plans which have the property zoned as either agricultural or single family residential on three to five- acre lots. The 34-page document requests the court to hold the City of McHenry Zoning board hearings invalid because members who were not present during the entire meeting, which was recessed and continued on different days, voted on the recommendations. The suit goes on to say that the development will change the character of the neigh­ borhood, diminish property values, increase storm water and sewage runoff, increase the population density and increase the population by a minimum of 3,896 people. ' ' N o s i g n i f i c a n t movement" was the judgment of the federal mediator. Lew Moore, as he canceled the negotiations session between the elementary School District 15 board of education and the teachers' union. Stanley Eisenhammer, chief negotiator for the board, stated, "I am very disap­ pointed in the warmed over counter proposal submitted by the teachers' union. It is extremely discouraging that the teachers made ad­ ditional demands instead of negotiating the items previously submitted. The main surprise is that they raised their salary demand^ from a 10 percent salary increase to an 11.2 percent increase". The Concentrated Traffic Enforcement program (CTEP) operated by the Illinois State police is scheduled to begin again in the McHenry area. The roads slated for police scrutiny are Illinois Route 120, from Greenwood road 120 to the Kane county line and Routes 31 and 176 to the Lake county line. A variety of business came before the instructional meeting of the board of High School District 156 and in­ cluded in action was ap­ proval of securing an ar- litect and letting bids for a riSw storage building at West campus. The one dissenting vote was cast by Dave Benrud, who felt the work could be done by the Trades class. The distribution of traffic and quasi criminal fines and fees for the three-month period, April through June, was announced. The City of McHenry topped the county list with $25,312.67 in a total of $247,317.97. Park Director Peter Merkel presented a progress report concerning the ap­ plication for the Land and Water Conservation grant for the development of Knox park at the meeting of the City Council. The application for the $200,000 reim­ bursement grant was sub­ mitted in Springfield and word on whether or not the grant is approved is ex­ pected to speculate about the chances of grant approval. The McHenry County Department of Court Ser­ vices will soon be im­ plementing a program of public service work for certain adult offenders. An option available to the McHenry county courts when sentencing individuals to probation, Public Service work participants are placed in unpaid work positions with a public or community not-for-profit agency within the county. The program will afford offenders the op­ portunity to repay the community, as well as provide the potential to teach new skills and promote responsible behavior. During the time the offender is serving the community, he will be under the direct supervision of the McHenry County Department of Court services. The City Council met with the petitioners in what was the first night of the public hearings concerning the proposed Falcon develop­ ment on Route 31, north of McHenry. In the three-hour meeting the Council and the Falcon brothers ironed out minor phrasing and technical problems in the seven-page annexa tion agreement. The items most likely to stir some debate, i.e. money, time frames, exhibits and the completion time of the McCullom Lake road extension, were left until a future date, when the meeting resumes. The board of trustees for McHenry County college authorized the MCC ad­ ministration to seek the necessary state approval for possible construction' of a third building on the college campus at its last summer rite rea churches aftre planning a community-wide survey of 14,000 homes. Six hundred people from all the area churches will form 300 teams to conduct the survey -to determine the church preference of local residents and to distribute a brochure sample offering the names, addresses and worship times of all area churches. A r o u s e d p a r e n t s castigated .the board of Elementary School District 15 and its attorney at the regular meeting, for failing lo reach an agreement with the striking teachers. Board president, Tim Althoff, transferred the meeting from district offices on Main street to the gym at the Junior high school when an estimated 250 persons jammed the designated meeting palce. New and exciting changes await McHenry Community high school students as the new term gets under way. The basic structure of the McHenry Community high school has been altered so as to eventaully have two, distinct, four-year cam­ puses. The new program is intended lo remedy some of the problems inherent in two, two-year campuses. The difference this year is that all of the sophomores and juniors are attending both East and West schools, depending on their place of residence. Those students living east of route 31 are attending East campus, while those west of Route 31 go to West. All seniors go to West campus so they can graduate together and not have to change shcools again. The incoming fresh­ man class goes to East campus. The nine-day teachers' strike in Elementary School District 15 came to an end and nearly 3,000 children were back in the classrooms. The vote of agreement on the package presented by the board was 88-22. Over a two- year period it will be an equitable settlement. The McHenry Plaindealer won honorable mention awards in two categories at the annual Illinois Press association competition held in Springfield. The winnings were in the News Story category, second honorable mention, and News Photograph class, third honorable mention. Competition is healthy! That old admonition was remembered by the McHenry Plaindealer staff as they viewed a new newspaper, the Primary Plaindealer. Complete with volume and number, the replica of the McHenry Plaindealer is published for parents of the Montini Primary center by Sister Patricia, principal. One complete page is devoted to Musin' and Meanderin', another to Most Social and the large classified ad­ vertising section would Pickets On The March