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PAGE 20 - PLA1NDEALKK - WEDNESDAY. UIX'KMUKU 12. !»?» CAREER CENTER DIES WITH RETURN OF MONEY (Continued from page 1) vocational opportunities for others. Various ways of meeting these needs were explored and the eight high school districts agreed to form a vocational cooperative. The purpose of the agreement was to share students and facilities so as to broaden offerings in vocational education. After district represen­ tatives met for planning and discussions it became evident that there were problems with tran­ sportation and scheduling. Only a few of the districts had facilities open to receive students. It was obvious that the cooperative could not meet its goals and school administrators sought alternatives for offering vocational education. Exploratory meetings involving representatives from the eight high school districts, (Johnsburg district was formed later), McHenry County college, Special Education District of McHenry County, McHenry county elementary districts, the Division of Vocational and Technical Education fDVTE) and the regional superintendent of education resulted in a plan for a centrally located career WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES ON SALE ITEMS center to service the 10,000 high school student? in the county. This led to a Phase I proposal by the eight high school districts for the McHenry County Area Career center which was approved by the state of Illinois DVTE in June, 1974. A statement of the "rationale" in the center's application pointed up the problem and goal of its founders. "Of those students currently ' enrolled in McHenry county secondary schools four out of ten will go on to academic college- level work. One-third of those will drop out before getting a baccalaureate degree. That means that seven out of ten present secondary school students should be receiving vocational instruction of some sort. But only about one of those seven students is, in fact, receiving such instruction. "The Area center will prepare secondary students for advantageous initial entry into employment in specific or closely allied occupation. The in­ structional program will be based upon clearly defined skills, proficiencies, and knowledge needed for successful entry into a particular occupation in which there are op­ portunities for em­ ployment." The goals set by the group included a desire to provide vocational training which is realistic in the light of actual or anticipated opportunities for gainful employment and to provide training stations at the area center to ac­ commodate 35 percent of the eleventh and twelfth grade students in McHenry county. Once the Organizational framework of the proposed ^center, was set up, the director and board of control established committees and began a program that was designed to result in a successful referendum. The director was to conduct career interest and em­ ployment needs surveys, select occupational programs and plan a public relations program. < The first target date for the referendum was set for Dec. IN 1974. However, McHenry high school and one other school district were scheduling referen- dums at that time and requested the Career center control board to defer its proposed election. Ironically the McHenry (District 156) referendum was not held. Later, McHenry high school was also involved with Johnsburg splitting off which delayed the referendum due to legal questions about future bonding. When the referendum was finally held, it was badly beaten. The board of control and its advisory committees held a postmortem meeting to determine what went wrong. They came up with a number of reasons which included: false starts creating •m n - " ' ' •• , • yV*.' i-, questions (in the minds of £ superintendent of the voters), the present flnan- district, will recommend to cial condition of the districts, ... the board of education that in 1978), opposition from x. the monies returned be educators who feared losing allocated to the vocational their jobs (in vocational education group for use in ed:), lack of clear un- I the McHenry high schools, derstandihg between i' However, Dale continues, districts and the Illinois the absence of an area School Consulting service, > career center leaves no lack of understanding fat* place to refer students if McHenry county regarding they wish vocational ed the difference between general and vocational education, little empathy for the "non-college" student, and the voters' perception that the area center might duplicate programs being offered at the ' McHenry County college. Benrud notes that for practical purposes action for a career center is dead with no further scheduled meetings for the board of control beyond the Dee. 12 session to act on the member districts' ballots. He adds that there is no budget so no more reports will have to be submitted; but the articles of joint agreement are still in effect. Benrud points out that the defeat of the project does represent a loss of opportunity for a number of non-college students who now enter the job market with no real marketable skills. Ron Dale, director of vocational education for the District 156, McHenry high schools, says the failure of the area career center concept does affect the local schools. He notes that Robert Swartzloff, .courses other than those available in the local program, which though considered excellent, is nevertheless limited in scope. This, Dale says, leaves the district with four options: 1. the local district will not be able to improve its vocational ed program but will have to put it on hold or status quo ; 2. to improve or diversify opportunities they could send students to neigh­ boring districts if openings are available or do as Johnsburg does and par­ ticipate in the career center programs in neighboring counties (Lake County); S. do a better job of extended campus by finding more cooperative education positions in business and industry where students are now getting "capstone" experience. 4. the most desirable alternative from the school viewpoint in which new programs can be set up and controlled by the school that would give students "capstone" ex­ perience, but this would require more money. Dale said that the ad- BEER SALE I NOTICED NO SALES TO MINORS MERCHANTS 385-3200 SAlltOOD: Pt<. ItaK. It HARVEY'S A IIISTOt CREAM OF FINE WINES AND LIQUORS 4610 W. RTE. 120, McHENRY, ILL. 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And if pressed, Dale notes, he could name the ones deprived in recent years. POSTAL NEGLECT ADDS UP BIG (Continued from page 1) seldom have the sender's address inside. "So", said Tomlin, "the sad fact is that a lot of Christmas messages and New Year wishes will be wasted unless you remember to apply proper postfege". Tomlin's office handles undeliverable mail for all of Illinois and lower Michigan. Similar dead letter offices serve other sections of the country. Mail without postage goes to a dead letter office, rather than back to the sender, only if it has no return address. Postmaster Smith also cautioned that careless addressing is even greater cause for mail to wind up in a dead letter office. He noted that the Chicago dead letter office received more than 200 000 nieces of mail during the first three weeks in November that couldn't be delivered because of incorrect or illegible address, and had to be opened because there was no return address on the envelope. Last year, the nation's post offices had to handle more than three billion pieces of mail that couldn't be delivered as addressed. The cost of this handling was estimated at $344 million. i ' - • / . v . ,; V-. ... GEO. P. FREUND, MAYOR 12 YEARS, DIES (Continued from page 1) Kiwanis membership and for many years belonged to Moose Lodge 691. He belonged to St. Mary's Catholic church and to the Catholic Order of Foresters. In the C.O.F. he held a 50- year pin, was a member of the Legion of Honor and served as financial secretary from 1919 to 1949. Mr. Freund founded George P. Freund, Inc., ' Farm Implements and Tractor Co., 41 years ago, a business in which he maintained interest until his death. He was born Dec. 1, 1897, in the McHenry community, son of Mathias and Catherine (Smith) Freund. On June 6, 1923, he was married at St. Mary church to Mary (Meyers). Their home for many years has been at 1404 N. Green street. Besides his wife, he is survived by three sohg, George M., James and Robert, all of McHenry; 14 grandchildren; two great­ grandchildren; and. one sister, Mrs. Tony (Helen) Williams. He was preceded in death by three sisters, Mrs. Tillie Gerasch, Mrs. Elizabeth Michels and Barbara Freund; and four brothers, Charles, Leo, Paul and Alfred Freund. A concelebrated Mass of Resurrection will be offered at St. Mary church Friday morning at 11 o'clock, with Father James Gaynor and Father Eugene Baumhofer officiating. Visitation will be held Wednesday from 6 to 9 p.m. and Thursday from 3 to 9 p.m. at the George R. Justen & Son funeral home. Rosary will be recited each day at 4 o'clock. Buriai will be in St Mary's cemetery. Memorials may be made to the McHenry Area Rescue squad or the McHenry County Cancer fund. Safety Hints CB'BI NNNBBNN By Alan J. Dixon , Secretary of State Following distance is the space ahead of your vehicle. This space is easily con­ trolled and can provide drivers with enough distance to stop safely if necessary. Remember, most rear end collisions are caused by following too closely. The best way to avoid following too closely is to practice the two-second rule. To use the two-second rule, choose a fixed object on the road ahead, such as a sign post, tree, overpass, etc. When the vehicle ahead passes that object, begin to count, "One thousand one, one thousand two". If you reach the object before you finish saying "One thousand two", you are following too closely and should slow down. This procedure applies to any speed under good road and weather conditions. If road and weather conditions are not good, increase your following distance to a four or five second count. Consider the space bet­ ween your vehicle and another vehicle as your space cushion and your safety insurance. (A copy of the Rules of the Road will be sent to you upon request. Write to Alan J. Dixon, Secretary of State, Springfield, 111., 62756). * • * • In spite of all the ads, we haven't found a way to lose ten pounds pain­ lessly. Century III Gov. James R. Thompson last week announced the release of $4.5 million in Capital Development Bond funds to build Food for Century III facilities at Illinois State University (ISU), Normal, and the University of Illinois (U of I), Urbana-Champaign. The release will provide $1.68 million for planning and construction of an Agriculture Laboratory building at ISU, $1,026 million for conversion of the Large Animal clinic into a Meat Science laboratory at the U of I, and $1,742 million for construction of a Swine Research center at the U of I. Ask Cards For Hostages Two readers have called with addresses to mail Christmas cards to the hostages in Iran. The first gave this ad­ dress, with the information that airmail rate is 31 cents for each half ounce. Send to Hostages, U.S. Embassy, 260 Takhte Jamshid Ave., Teheran, Iran. The second caller said postcards can be sent for 21 cents and gave the same information on cards in envelopes as the first caller. Most cards, she said weigh about an ounce. She suggested sending cards to Fellow Americans, care of Alex Paen, KMPC, Hotel Intercontinental, P.O. Box 12-1517, Iran Novin, Teheran, Iran. The caller explained that Alex Paen, a correspondent for KMPC in California, was the man who first obtained a recording of the voice Of one of the hostages which aired on TV last weekend. ' She said he has established a rapport with, and is trusted by some of the students at the fence surrounding the American Embassy. These students, she continued, have promised Paen they will deliver any cards he hands to them through the fence. The lady urged not to write any personal messages in the cards because they will probably not reach the hostages in the screening process by the students. Cards are intended to show the hostages that fellow Americans are supporting them and care about their plight. Hold Recycling Saturday In School Parking Area Saturday, Dec. 15, is the regularly scheduled third- Saturday-of- every-month recycling drive. It will be held this month and this month only in the West campus high school parking lot, located on Crystal Lake road. This month, students and faculty of Parkland school will be working along with the McHenry County Defenders on the day of the drive to make sure materials are properly prepared for the next step toward being recycled. The funds earned by the school will be used to help finance an Outdoor Education experience for the sixth graders this coming spring at George Williams campus on Lake Geneva. Recycling helps save our natural resources, saves space in landfills, and aids the groups working on the drives. The following guidelines may be of help to any citizens interested in becoming a part of M c H e n r y ' s r e c y c l i n g project. Newspapers ~ should be tied in both directions in bundles 8 to 10 inches high or placed neatly and securely into strong, brown paper bags. All plastic bags should be removed. Wet paper is not accepted, since newspaper is processed immediately upon unloading and must be dry. Recycled baling twine is available for those who would like to take some home with them. Magazines and corrugated cardboard -- should be bundled separately from the newspapers since they are sold to different outlets. Glass bottles and jars -- should be clean and have all metal and plastic removed. Paper labels do not need to be removed. Do not pre- crush glass. Clear, green and brown glass are ac­ cepted for recycling. Please do not bring light bulbs or crockery of any sort. All-steel cans - should be rinsed out, labels removed, bottoms cut out and cans flattened to conserve space. Aluminum - should be separated from the all-steel c a n s s i n c e t h e y a r e processed through different p l a n t s . A l l - a l u m i n u m beverage cans usually have " a l l - a l u m i n u m " o r " r e c y c l a b l e a l u m i n u m " printed on them. If in doubt, use a magnet, for a magnet will not stick to the side of an all-aluminum can but will be attracted to the side of a bi­ metal can and not to the top. Bi-metal cans are not ac­ ceptable. Used motor oil - should be in a plastic jug with a secure lid. For further information on the drive held this Saturday or on any of the other drives held in McHenry county that might be more conveniently located, call the McHenry C o u n t y D e f e n d e r representative at 385-8512. Junkyard Owners In State Must Register The Illinois Department of Transportation reminds p r o s p e c t i v e j u n k y a r d owners that they need to register with the department at the time they apply for their permit from the secretary of state's office. To be in compliance with state law, it is necessary for anyone planning to start a junkyard to obtain a permit from the Illinois Department of Transportation if any portion of the junkyard will be within 1,000 feet of the nearest edge of highway right-of-way. In order to obtain a per­ mit, the yard must be either located in an industrial area or be screened so that it is not visable from the high­ way. It is also necessary for the prospective operator to obtain, a license from the secretary of state's office. Permits must also be renewed by the owner by Jan. 1 of each year sub­ sequent to their initial issuance. Each yard will be inspected prior to renewal of the permit to determine if it is still in compliance. If the yard is judged not to be in compliance, the existing permit will become void upon written notification by the department. Anyone desiring further .information may contact the Illinois Department of Transportation's Bureau of Land Acquisition, 217-782- 3980.