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IWCJK 4 - PLAINOKALKH - WEDNESDAY4 APKIL 27. 1983 EARL WALSH" So I Hear No way a person could write a column without the well known grapevine and the little bird with stories. This week that little bird says to watch for a proclamation designating the month of May as beautification month in the City of McHenry. We also hear that Liz Nolan and other City Council members (I didn't get the committee names) are knee deep in plans to make the city more attractive than ever. The little bird who told me about beautification month said it doesn't mean just planting flowers. Nope. It means clean up, spruce up and keep it up. For years I have urged a day be set aside in the middle of the summer for weed cutting. This doesn't mean only vacant lots. Dwelling areas, business places and industrial sites should all be included. My idea has fallen on deaf ears in the past, but there can be no harm in trying. Another little bird told me that "Mac" McCracken will celebrate his 80th birthday on Friday of this week. Never one to move slowly, "Mac" has packed a lot of action into those 80 years. He\coached every sport in the books during his many years at MCHS, then took care of the many duties as atretic director. I hope that little bird will enlist a flock of other little birds to wish "Mac " a Happy Birthday. Newspaper reports and TV an­ nouncements can get a fellow all mixed up. One newspaper notice said to turn your clocks back for daylight saving time. Another said to set the clocks ahead. Then came a TV announcer to correct himself after telling us not to forget to turn them back. Farmers have never been too keen about daylight time. At haying time, the dampness holds up their work in the morning. Moisture is still on sun time. Golfers, other sports enthusiasts and gardeners like the longer evenings. It won't make much difference to me. My gardening has been cut in half. Our asparagus bed conked out. Still have the rhubarb. CITY SIGHTS: Mrs. Ed Houlihan coming out of church carrying a doll. SUDDEN THOUGHT: Why does everybody want a black gumdrop when they put a coin in a machine? ANOTHER THOUGHT: Doesn't a gal kissing a man with a beard think about getting a mouth full of whiskers? Thinking more about asparagus brings me back to boyhood days when I tramped the fields with Grandma in search of choice sprouts. Seems we always found the most along the fence lines. April 20,1983 Dear S.I.H.: If the millennium for the faithful Sox fans is not at hand, it is not far off. Within days - two scores-double numbers - SOX scores! Enjoy, K. Brown That was a mighty pretty wedding Saturday with Ron and Linda Bykowski as the main characters. (Among Ron's many admirable at­ tributes is his ability as a "good picker".) At the reception, Bob Adams came to our table to say Ron had requested a Lawrence Welk number for me. Then came Pat Coughlan to wonder why I wasn't dancing. Forgot my golden slippers. Listening to TV certainly sharpens your thinking. This morning I heard this statement, "This is for all women regardless of race, sex or creed." Hold Environmental Awareness Seminar McHenry County college (MCC) has scheduled a late spring seminar for Tuesday, May 3, that focuses on the individual experiencing a connection to nature and reaching a level of serenity available to all of us. Jim May, MCC counselor, will lead the seminar from 12:30 to 2 p.m. in Room 143 at MCC, Route 14 and Lucas road. To register ii Ivance, stop at the registration office at MCC during regular office hours: Monday through Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. or on Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Door registration is accepted on available seating. | Planning For The Future DIABETIC CAMP The thirtyi-fourth annual American Diabetes association summer camp for children with diabetes will be held July 24 to July 30 at the Covenant Harbor camp on the shore of Lake Geneva in Wisconsin. For a camp application and additional in­ formation, call the Northern Illinois Affiliate office at (312)346-1805. Spaces are limited. spurgeons SALE DATES SUN. : WED. APRIL27thru MAY 1 ONLY McHENRY MARKET PLACE 395-4100 DAILY 9 TO 9, SATURDAY 9 TO 6 SUNDAY 10 TO 5 (This is the seventh and final release. The questions posed last week con­ cerned the board of education or school Boards The school board is, perhaps, the most distinctive characteristic of American public education. The school board is composed of citizens of the school district who are elected or appointed to their office. Appointed school boards are rare in Illinois, but are found in a couple of very im­ portant areas with which you may be familiar: Chicago and the Illinois state board of education. With few exceptions, however, the 1,010 Illinois school districts elect school board members in non­ partisan elections. Most of these school boards have seven members with four-year terms which are staggered so that all members are not elected at the same election. The first question last week asked about the responsibilities of the school board. One should perhaps have also asked where the school board derives its authority. The ultimate repon- sibility for education rests with the State of Illinois. The state has seen fit to delegate much of that responsibility to the local school board. School boards are, therefore, state agencies carrying out a state function. This makes school board members state officials (although elected locally) and not local officials. It also means that school boards have only those powers and respon­ sibilities specifically given them by the Illinois General Assembly or which can be clearly implied from the statutes. For example, the law requires school boards to maintain school buildings, but does not say they may hire custodians. Hiring custodial or maintenance persons is implied in the responsibility to provide school buildings. School boards cannot do just whatever seems to them to be reasonable and in the interest of the children of the district. All their ac­ tions must be rooted in laws, passed by the state legislature, and their implementing regulations. School board elections are held in FIRE SAFETY Spring is a special time to consider fire safety, according to the Office of the State Fire Marshal. "Lives and property can be spared if simple fire safety precautions are taken during spring house- cleaning time," says State Fire Marshal H. Carter. Carter advises: keep stored materials away from furnaces and other heating devices; keep flammable liquids in tightly-sealed metal containers, away from November of each odd-numbered year, such as 1983. In most school districts, board candidates run at-large. This means members of the board can live anywhere withfn the district and a voter can cast his-her ballot for any candidate. The responsibility for conducting all elections rests with the county clerk. Illinois school board elections are held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each odd-numbered year. The next election for school board members in District 15 will be next fall on Nov. 8. A candidate for an Illinois school board must be at least 18 years old, must have lived in the school district for'at least one year, and must be a registered voter. To become a shcool board can­ didate, one must file a Statement of Economic Interest, file a nominating petition signed by at least 50 registered voters, and file a Statement of Candidacy. There are certain filing deadlines which must be strictly observed. A prospective candidate may obtain detailed in­ structions from the District 15 board of education office, the Office of the Regional Superintendent of McHenry County Schools, and in part from the county clerk. Both of the McHenry county offices are located in the county courthouse in Woodstock. All school board meetings are open to the public. Portions of a meeting might be closed under carefully prescribed conditions. For example, when a school board discusses the possible expulsion of an unruly student, a potential legal action or possible purchase of real estate, the board may meet in executive or closed session. However, a board can take no action in private. All votes must be cast and recorded in public. The McHenry elementary schools board of education meets on the second Tuesday evening of each month at 7:30 p.m. The monthly business meeting is held in the board room at 3926 West Main street. The board also meets on the fourth Tuesday evening of each month of the school year. These meetings em­ phasize some aspect of the education program of the district. They are held in the various school buildings of the district as well as the board of education office. The board of education of District 15 is made up of your neighbors. There are four women and three men on the present school board. They are homemakers, an architect, a nurse, a lawyer and an educator. They all have children in the McHenry schools. It should also be pointed out that they do not receive a "salary, stipend, or any other monetary consideration for serving in this public service position. School board members are serious good citizens and welcome the public to their meetings and other activities of the McHenry elementary school system. MCHENRY SHORES Nino Keen 344-2665 marked, containers, and never use gasoline for cleaning or to start a1 fire; properly maintain chimneys and electrical a p p l i a n c e s a n d equipment; and keep matches and lighters out of the reach of children, direct sunlight or heat-producing ap­ pliances and fixtures. Local Youths Win Awards Congratulations to. two of our McHenry Shores youngsters, who recently placed among the top spellers at Edgebrook grade school. Four students from each grade level, including Nicole LaFrancis, representing the third grade, and Jimmy Mays, representing the fourth grade, were among the students last Wednesday night to be presented with a pin and award certificate at the Edgebrook School P.T.O. meeting. Our congratulations to these fine students! BIRTHDAYS There are early May birthdays coming up that we don't want to forget. Both Donna and Allison Heald will be celebrating, with Donna's birthday on May 2 and Allison's day May 4. May your days be filled with lots of fun! WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Belated. NEW BABY GIRL Our happy wishes to Dan and Jane Lindgren on the birth April 12 of their daughter Allison Marie. Joining in their happiness are Allison's sister Kristen and brothers Craig and Matthew. Much happiness to you, and may God bless and watch over your precious little one! P.S. Like Mom doesn't have enough to keep her busy, we hear the Lin­ dgren kids decided to bring home chicken pox too! Oh well! GARAGE SALE REMINDER Remember to call Johann Bartell to sign up for the upcoming Shores Garage Sale to be held May 20-21. For more information call Johann at 385- 0286. And don't forget to tell your neighbors who might not see it here. and neighbors here on Biscayne drive. Here's to many more good years ahead for the two of you! GET WELL WISHES Get well wishes for a speedy healing to Marilyn Kumpula, that "softball slugger', who is hobbling around now in a cast for a broken ankle. Bet you won't try that once again for a while, Marilyn]^ Good cheer and wishes to you! RECYCLING BUY-BACK In celebration of Recycling week (proclaimed by both Gov. Thompson and the McHenry County board as April 22-29) the Defenders will begin a mid-week glass and aluminum buy- back program in McHenry Thursday, from 10-12 atJJie regular ion tir 1 corner of the McHenry Market Place parking lot. Through Junei it will be held weekly, with the possibility of a frequency change after that. Glass containers and aluminum cans will both be purchased. The addition of the glass buy-back program will be the first in this area and the Defenders are hoping that it will stimulate a greater removal of this material from the solid waste stream. Save 33% to 58% :Health-tex Save! 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