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PAGE 12 - PLAINPEALER-WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2». It7« MUSIN AND MEANDERIN' (Continued from page 1) result of driver error -- generally that often repeated phrase, "speed too fast for conditions". Hie officer admits there an exceptions, but says in the overwhelming majority ot cases a skid is brought on by the driver through over- steering or over-powering." Failure to stop in time to avoid an accident is almost always the direct result of driving too fast for the available friction between the tires and the road surface. The problem, as Capt. Murphy sees it. is that few drivers recognize the extreme hazards involved in driving on icy surfaces, where the braking distance may be as much as 9 or 10 times the normal dry pavement distance. Death, injury or property destruction is a big price to pay for a small lack of knowledge. KAF LAKE CLAIMS McHENRY MAN (Continued from Mire 1) Rescue squad to McHenry hospital following a serious one-car accident in which the Hacek car was demolished. Ms. Hacek said she was westbound on Rt. 120, near Chapel Hill road, when she hit an icy patch and the car went off the rdpd toward the nortn side She tried to bring the car back under control, ^it couldn't, and the vehicle went down an embankment. While the vehicle was sliding down the embankment, the door opened and Ms. Hacek fell out of the car. No ticket was issued. DISTRICT 156 FACES UNCERTAIN FUTURE (Continued from page 1) Structure, and we re going to analyze eacn ana every one of the items on the list." Possible areas of cutbacks will be analyzed in three dif­ ferent areas. The three catagories are "finiancial implications" - hov^ much money will be salved by eliminating the p^gram' "impact on students" V.how greatly affected will the students be by eliminating this program; and "ease of im­ plementation" - how feasible is eliminating a certain program going to be. Ideally, the first programs cut will be the ones that save the most money, don't affect the students in any way, and are easy to implement. There are no such programs! "What we are going to do," Swantz said, "is to establish a task force to examine each of the sixty-eight possibilities. The task force will consist of teachers, parents, and students, and they will rate the items on a type of priority list. "From there," Swantz ad­ ded, "we'll begin eliminating programs." The task force will be created sometime next year. But, there is a more pressing problem facing the school board. "We want to let the thirty- five teachers whom we have to let go, know this Spring that their contracts will be ter­ minated," Swantz said. "That would give them at least a year- and-a-half to find another job." The questions is, how to select which teachers have to go? "Hopefully, the school board will soon establish an objective criteria for deciding which teachers must go," the superintendent said. "This will not be the time for grinding axes and picking out the teachers who have caused us trouble, or who make the most money. "We must have", Swantz continued, "an ob­ jective criteria so no one can say we dismissed just the mediocre teachers. "We want it understood," Swantz finished, "that we hate to have to let anyone on our staff go, and we aren't going to use this unfortunate situation to get rid of anyone just to get him or her out of our hair." The logical solution to the teacher problem would be if Johnsburg would sign up the teachers that McHenry has to let go. But it doesn't work that way. "I personally have taken the position that Johnsburg has a moral obligation to hire the teachers we dismiss," Swantz said. "But they want flexibility over there, and won't commit themselves to taking our teachers." The real winners in the messy picture appear to be the residents of Johnsburg. For, whether McHenry residents know it or not, they are paying $1.7 million toward the new high school, a school from which only Johnsburg students will benefit. Simply stated, Johnsburg students comprise 23 percent of the present McHenry high school. Therefore, when the new school was okayed,' McHenry had to give Johnsbug 23 percent of all its assests, which amounted to $1.7 million. To do this, McHenry's school district had to float a bond-a bond that will be paid for in increased taxes for McHenry residents. "While McHenry people's taxes are going up, the quality of education (through the cutbacks) is going down," Swantz sighed. Still, with the elimination of teachers and programs, the pressing question on most people's minds is, "What if I want my child to finish at McHenry high school"? While the present school board position is that if the school is ready in August of '78, then all Johnsburg students must go, there is a hitch. Swantz has already received two petitions from the sophomore class, (seniors in '78) stating that the class wants to graduate together. "One petition came from all the Johnsburg sophomores," Swantz said. "And I received another from 365 non- Johnsburg sophomores saying the class wants to stay together. , .; "It's an emotional thing," Swantz added. "Perhaps something wilV be worked out and the sophomore class cat- stay together. As for any Johnsburg residents who will want their chiidren, for some resason, to attend McHenry high school, they can if they are willing to pay the tuition cost out of their own pocket. "This year we have three students from Richmond who are paying the $1,702 tuition and attending McHenry high school," Swantz said. "It can be done, but it obviously is an expensive decision." Basically, the only people who will be able to attend McHenry high school from the Johnsburg school district and vice versa, without paying tuition, will be those people who live right on the border. Those people can petition the school board and get a tuition wavier. For right now, no one knows for sure whether the sophomore class will be able to stay together or not. No one knows what teachers will be dismissed or if they will be hired by the Johnsburg school board. No one knows what programs will be cut to make the McHenry budget balance when the Johnsburg students leave. Really, the only thing certain for now, is that the future looks uncertain. Limited time only. V2 price outerwear sale. $31-*40 off. Tailored suits. A. Men's ski-look jacket is belted. 12£LH, •25 Coated nylon repels water. Handy tuck-away hood snug knit storm cuffs, polyester fill. Machine wash. 4 colors. S,M,UXL. D. 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So are welP^FQ STORE HOURS p . 1 f 1 105 Northwest Highway Mon. thru Fri. 10 a.m. 9 p.m. 1 jurpTo I I 1 Route 14 Siiturday 9:30 a.m. 5 p.m. Sunday 12 Noon 5 p.m. V^rySCal LctK6 Phone 459-6450 Siiturday 9:30 a.m. 5 p.m. Sunday 12 Noon 5 p.m. •r F R E E P A R K I N G * (Sixty-eight possible areas of savings are outlined in an article on the editorial page of this issue). CATHOLIC , ENROLLMENT 5 PERCENT BELOW 75 (Continued from dage 1) superintendent, pointed out, "When enrollment is declining and costs are increasing - as they are - it becomes in­ creasingly difficult to maintain quality programs. Our schools have been able to maintain and even expand quality educational programs for two reasons: the competence and good will of the staffs, and the increased involvement and contribution of the various Parents' Associations. The McHenry County board of Catholic education serves the teaching mission of the church through seven elementary schools: St. Margaret Mary, Algonquin; SS. Peter and Paul, Cary; St. Thomas the Apostle, Crystal Lake; St. Mary, Woodstock; St. Joseph, Har­ vard, St. John the Baptist, Johnsburg; Montini Middle and Primary, McHenry; Marian Central Catholic high school in Woodstock, which serves all fourteen parishes of the county; programs of C.C.D. (Religious Education), and SPRED (Special Religious Education for the Retarded). The McHenry County Board of Catholic Education is part of the Rockford Diocese Catholic Education system. WEINGART TO HEAD FAIR ASSOCIATION (Continued from page 1) The annual meeting par­ ticipants accepted the nominating committees' recommendations for directors during the annual meeting that preceded the directors' meeting. Don Stoxen, Harvard, presented this slate for directors: George Ainger, Alden township; Jack Hayes, Dorr, William Davidson, Dunham; Ronald Hansen, Greenwood; Dorothy Schultz, Grafton; Lester Dinder, Marengo; Brad Scott, Rich­ mond; Floyd Griebel, Riley; and Bob Schoenbeck, El wood Davis, and Jeanette Mc- Cullough, directors-at-large. Directors discussed the need to consolidate some classes of livestock. They may need to add some classes in recognition of the increased number of Angus breeding herds in the area. They also discussed the possibility of red and white Holstein classes. Weingart asked the livestock superintendents to meet before the January Fair board meeting in late January to go over recommended changes. Laurie Fisher, Miss McHenry County, will represent the McHenry County fair in the Miss Illinois County fair contest at Springfield in January. COMMENDED STUDENT IN MERIT PROGRAM (Continued from page 1) will continue in the Merit Scholarship competition, their test performance indicates exceptional academic promise. Edward C. Smith, president of NMSC, said: "The high standing of Commended students in the Merit program shows their great promise, and their attainment in this nationwide competition deserves public recognition. Commended students should be encouraged to continue their education; our nation as well as the students will benefit from their further educational and personal development." To increase their op­ portunities for college NMSC makes it possible for regionally accredited U.S. colleges to obtain, on a cost basis, the home addresses of Commended students. Principal Thomas J. Parsley has announced that James McDonough of Crystal Lake, senior at Marian Central Catholic high school, has been named a Commended student in the Merit program. Deaths ARTHUR KURBYUN A longtime resident of the McHenry area, Arthur Kur- byun, died at the Peru Nursing home after a three-year illness. - Prior to his confinement, he had made his home at 150 W. Warren street, Peru, In. He was 69 years of age. Mr. Kurbyun was born in Chicago Feb. 4, 1907, the son of Fred and Emma (Lichter) and had been a mechanic most of his life. His widow, Katherine (Genteman) whom he married in 1930, survives as well as two daughters, Mrs. Nancy Stratton of McHenry and Mrs. Richard (Patricia)' Dickerson of Peru; seven grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Clara Jourdan of Stewart, Fl., and Mrs. Louise Sigg of Pierce, Fl., and a brother, Albert of Niles, II. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Walter and Michael. The George R. Justen & Son funeral home held visiting hours Monday afternoon. Services were held Tuesday at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran church, with the Rev. Roger Schneider officiating. Burial was in Woodland cemetery. PATRICIA M. DeVOS Mrs. Patricia DeVos of 4319 W. Crestwood, McHenry, died Saturday, Dec. 25 at Sherman hospital, Elgin, at the age of 57. The deceased was the daughter of James and Margaret (Finnegan) Herlihy and was born in San Francisco, Ca., Jan. 30,1919. She had been an area resident for the past twenty-two years and was formerly from Chicago. Surviving are her husband, Maynard L., whom she married in Chicago in 1944; two sons, James of Warrenville, II., and John of Mcenry; one grandson; three sisters, Mrs. Bart (Eileen) Maughan, Menlo Park, Ca., Mrs. Robert (Margaret) Daugherty, San Francisco, Ca., and Mrs. Russ (Rita) Abano, Corte Madera, Ca.; two brothers, James of San Francisco, Ca., and John of San Jose. The Peter M. Justen & Son funeral home held visitation hours from 2 to 9 p.m. Monday. Mass of the Resurrection was offered at St. Mary's Catholic church Tuesday morning at 10 a.m. with burial in the church cemetery. MARIE A. CHRISTIANSON Marie A. Christianson, 70, of 3002 Hickory drive, McCullom Lake, died at Lutheran General hospital, Park Ridge, II., Saturday, Dec. 25. Mrs. Christianson was born Jan. 14, 1906 in Elmhurst, the daughter of Carl and Marie (Olsen) Drewes. She had been employed as a buyer for City Products Co., Des Plaines, an affiliate of the Ben Franklin store. Her husband Thomas preceded her in death Jan. 27, 1967. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. David (Lillian) Hansen of McHenry; four grandchildren; one great grandson and a sister, Mrs. Bentley (Helen) Buxton of Florida. The Rev. Roger Olson of Nativity Lutheran church, Wonder Lake, officiated at services Monday in the chapel of the George R. Justen & Son funeral home. Visitation was held Sunday. Interment was in Irving Park cemetery, Chicago. HOWARD JOSEPH HANSEN Howard "Howie" J. Hansen, 25, of McHenry died Dec. 24 following an accident on Lake Geneva when the car in which he was riding broke through the ice. Mr. Hansen was born in Chicago Feb. 12, 1951, and resided there until moving with his family to this community eighteen years ago. He was educated in the local schools and in recent years was engaged in the building- construction trade. Survivors include his widow, Joanne (Miller); one daughter, Anne Florence; two sons, Joseph John and Howard Joseph; his parents, George nd Doris Hansen of McHenry; two brothers, George and John Hansen of McHenry; two sisters, Mary Kloth of Fox Lake and Mrs. Greg (Deborah) Mayer of Crystal Lake; his mother, Florence Miller, of Ingleside, nieces and nephews. A funeral Mass was offered at 11 o'clock Tuesday from St. Bede's Catholic church, Ingleside, with burial in the church cemetery. Visitation was held Monday at the K.K. Hamsher chapel, Fox Lake. IMA JEAN McCULLOCH Ima Jean McCulloch, 71, of 1903 N. Rogers, McHenry, died Monday, Dec. 27, at McHenry hospital. Mrs. McCulloch was bom in Imogene, la., April 12,1905, the daughter of Howard and Mary Ellen (Craig) Pickrel. She married James F. McCulloch Aug. 17, 1920, in Nebraska. The deceased was a member of the McHenry American Legion Post, No. 491. Her husband survives as well as two sons, Warren of Berkeley, II.; and Elden of Carpentersville; eight grand­ children and four great grandchildren. A daughter, Eleanor McCulloch, preceded her in death in 1971. Visitation was scheduled for 3 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Peter M. Justen & Son funeral home. The Rev. Roger Schneider will officiate at chapel services Wednesday at 11 a.m. In­ terment will be in Mt. Auburn cemetery, Stickney, II. Memorial contributions may be made to the McHenry Area Rescue squad. LELA IRENE ECKLUND A Wonder Lake resident, Lela Irene Ecklund, 41, died Saturday, Dec. 25, at Memorial hospital, Woodstock. She had made her home at 8715 Memory trail. Mrs. Ecklund was born in DeLong, II. Aug. 4, 1935, the daughter of Charles E. and Minnie (Poole) Bodenhamer of Oglesby, II. Survivors include her husband, Clare D. Ecklund, whom slfe married Jan. 19, 1954; two daughters, Mrs. Thomas (Patricia) Smith, Harvard, and Mrs. David (Peggy) Mansfield, Wood­ stock; a son, Gary at home; two grandchildren; a brother, Bill, of Arlington, II.; and three sisters, Mrs. Robert (Charlotte)'Gerald, Kirkwood, II., Mrs. Richard (Carol) Cromwell, LaMoille, II., and Mrs. Alden (Marilyn) Davis, San Jose, II. Visitation was scheduled from 2 to 9 p.m. Tuesday af­ ternoon at the Peter M. Justen & Son funeral home. The deceased wHI be at rest at the Wonder Lake Bible church from 1 until 2 p.m. Wednesday, at which time the Rev. Richard N. Wright and the Rev. John Walsh will offer services. Burial will be in McHenry County Memorial Park cemetery. JOSEPH SADILEK Joseph Sadilek, 54, of Ingleside died Sunday, Dec. 26, at his home. He had been an area resident for the past twenty-five years. The decased was born Jan. 13, 1922, in Czechoslovakia and came to the United states shortly after his birth. Mr. Sadilek was a graduate of Midwestern Aviation school, In., and prior to enlistment with the U.S. Coast Guard, was associated with the Howard Aircraft corporation at Midway airport. Following his military assignment in the Alaska area, Mr. Sadilek was associated with United Airlines for thirty years as a second flight officer. He was owner of the Chain-O- Lakes Aviation Repair services and also a member of the Chain-O-Lakes Shrine club and had other Masonic affiliations. Survivors include his widow, Lorraine; a son, Joseph, of Grayslake; two daughters, Mrs. Ronald (Sherry Lee) Patterson of McHenry and Charmaine Lorraine, at home; three grandsons; his father and a sister, both in Ohio. He was preceded in death by his mother, Marie, in 1968. Visiting hours began Tuesday from 6 to 9 p.m. and continued Wednesday, 2 to 9, at the K.K. Hamsher funeral home,, Fox Lake, with Masonic services at 8 p.m. The body will rest at the Fox Lake Baptist church Thursday from 10 a.m. until time of services at 11 a.m. Burial will be in Grant cemetery, Ingleside. ROY V. MONAHAN The Plaindealer learned Monday of the recent death of a 30-year Emerald Park, McHenry, summer resident, Roy V. Monahan, of 7921 Kenneth avenue, Skokie. He died unexpectedly of a heart attack Dec. 13 at Skokie Valley hospital. Mr. Monahan was a native of Dixon, II He was a retired veteran Chicago building contractor for fifty years and was retired as the secretary of the Gust K. Newberg Con­ struction Co. Survivors include three sons, Robert V. of Park Ridge, James M. of Skokie and William J. of DesPlaines; three daughters, Lois M. Hauptmann and Jean R. Moses of Skokie, Sister M. Thomas Leo, 0,.P., principal of Visitation school, Elmhurst; one sister, Pearl M. Monahan of St. Petersburg, Fl.; nineteen grandchildren and eleven great­ grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Kathryn Devine Monahan, April 7 of this year, and a son, John A., in 1974. The deceased was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic church, McHenry. The Rev. Leon R. Wagner, a long time family friend, celebrated the Mass of the Resurrection with ten other concelebrants at St. Lambert church, Skokie. Burial was in All Saints cemetery, DesPlaines. STANLEY ODROWOSKI Stanley Odrowoski, 61, 1505 Palimino, Val Mar Estates, died Friday, Dec. 24, at his home. Arrangements were handled by the Skaja funeral home, Milwaukee avenue, Niles,Tl. MEMORIAL SERVltt A memorial service for Carl A. Strom, 19, of 3001 N. River road, McHenry, will be held Wednesday, Dec. 29, at 1 p.m. at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran church, 410 N. Green street, McHenry. Pastor Roger Schneider will officiate at the service. Mr. Strom died Sunday morning, Dec. 5, in a one-car accident which occurred on Rt. 120, near Chapel Hill road. MFTFUNDS From monies computed on the basis of motor vehicle registration fees taken in by McHenry county, $65,205.35 was allocated as its share of motor fuel tax paid into the State Treasury during November. Motor fuel tax funds are allocated monthly to the various counties in Illinois for their highway needs.