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?•"*»: fej / • , r- ! HIGH SCHOOL BOARD WRESTLES WITH BIG PROBLEMS TRIMMING THE BUDGET (Continued from page 1) figure, what would this mean to the taxpayer? A person who owns a $30,000 home would find his tax bill increased by about seventy-five dollars if the (ax rate is increased seventy-six cents. A 180,000 homeowner would pay an additional $150. A $40,000 homeowner would pay an additional $100. II must be noted that for every $100,000 in cuts that can be made, the required tax rate increase would be reduced by about nine cents. The school board may not increase the tax rate in the Educational and Building Maintenance funds without a tax referendum being passed by the district's residents. It was explained at the meeting that such a referendum, if held, must be passed before Dec. 1,1977, or else the tax increase, if the referendum passes, would not go into effect next year. Thus, should a referendum not pass by Dec. 1, the school district would go another $750,000 in debt, unless budget cuts were During Task Force meetinp, it had been brought out that the public would net support a seventy-six cent tax increase. Cut $7se,eee With No Tax Increase The Task Force proposal and the administrative proposal both listed cuts totaling $750,000, meaning that it would be necessity for a tax LIONS OFFER GLAUCOMA (Continued from page 1) Glaucoma is most prevalent among adults. Since the unit began its work in 1909, more than 250,000 Illinois residents have been screened. More' than 1,400 people have been found to have glaucoma in various stages of the disease, and as a result, have been able to undergo treatment necessary to preserve sight. The McHenry Lions club announced that screening tests for visual acuity also will be given. All tests are free. TEST " "Considering how serious glaucoma can be if it is not detected in its early stages, this is a rare opportunity to safeguard your eyesight," said Lion Frank Cady, club president. CITY SOLVENT', AUDITOR REPORTS (Continued from page 1) personnel who work with the financial ledgers would result in greater savings to the city. The Council agreed, and authorized the expenditure of up to $2,000 over the next twelve months for the auditors to train and guide city clerk personnel, and for planning work in the consolidation of bank accounts. Monthly financial 'reports would also be made, which would reduce the cost for the annual audit at the end of the fiscal year (April 30). In other action, the Council spent 50 minutes in discussion before giving final approval to the development of Glacier Ridge, located on the old Wheelock property on Draper road, just south of Rt. 120. The development calls for single family homes on large lots. The Planning commission, and the aldermen were satisfied with the proposal^ but debate ensued concerning the developer's , contribution toward the maintenanQ of the 471 feet of Draper road which fronts Glacier Ridge. the developers were willing to pay 50 percent of the cost of re-matting the portion pf Draper road affected, and eventually, after lengthy discussion, wrote out a check for $3,000 to cover the cost of the repair work. With check in hand, Mayor Joseph Standi put his signature on the necessary documents, approving the development. Final approval was also given to the second stage of the Brittany Park development, located just north of Parkland school. Alderman Walther Schaedel cast the only dissenting vote. Supt. of Public Works Fred Meyer reported that "everything is going fine" concerning the planned con­ struction of the water treat­ ment plant. The city is also going ahead with very preliminary plans on a proposed standpipe on Sher­ man Hill. The city also authorized putting up street lights in various areas of the city. Twenty-four lights will be put up on Rt. 120 between Rich­ mond road and Front street, and another ten will be mounted on Main street bet­ ween Crystal Lake road and Rt. 31, with six more to be put on Front street. '* The city also approved the purchase of lights for the Freund field tennis courts. When they lights are put up, it will be possible to play tennis at Freund field until 10 p.m. It was reported that the city will receive $125,000 in revenue- sharing fundi from the federal government this fall. Hearings on the possible uses for the money will be held. In con­ nection with revenue-sharing, Mayor Stanek presented * check for $5,000 to the McHenry Area Rescue squad. The city awarded the money from last year's revenue-sharing funds. The city will advertise for bids soon on the purchase of a new two-ton truck! The pur­ chase of a truck was approved at an earlier meeting, with specifications for the vehicle being approved Monday night. The city is also considering the purchase of a microphone and tape recorder for the purpose of taping the Council and various board meetings. Several boards, especially the Zoning board, rely heavily on tapes and the recorder the city has does not adequately pick up all voices. Finally, Aldermen Edward Datz and George Harker were commended for their out­ standing work as members of the Planning commission. Both resigned from the commission recently due to commitments to numerous other boards. MCC BOARD BRISTLES OVER "MISMANAGEMENT" (Continued from page 1)} • Hour executive session just fifeen minutes after the call to order. At the conclusion, President Gerald Smith of Woodstock noted the board had discussed faculty salaries on three different occasions. The board approved in­ dividual salaries of full time faculty members, with Pautz and Lutter giving negative votes. The total amount for full time faculty salaries is $752,706.34. Individual salaries for ad­ ministrators and claasified staff were sent back to the negotiation committee. CHERI JAMES SELECTED NEW COUNTY QUEEN \ (Continued from page 1) title holder. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon James. Runnersup for the title were Maggie Grant, Miss Lake in the Hills, first; Beckie Jayne Harm, Miss Huntley, second; Bonhiesue Rohrer, Miss Crystal Lake, third; and Kelly Baxter, Miss Woodstock, fourth. Nora Pagni, Miss Hebron, was selected by a vote of the contestants as Miss Congeniality. The new queen, sponsored by the Miss Algonquin committee, has brown hair and brown eyes. She is 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighs 106 pounds. A senior at H.D. Jacobs high school next fall, she lists her hobbies as jogging, swimming, reading, sewing and skiing. THOUSANDS EXPECTED FOR FIESTA PARADE (Continued from page 1) Green street, Riverside drive from Pearl to Washington, on Pearl street from Riverside drive to Court, on Court from Pearl to Broad, and on Broad from Washington to Court. From noon until 3 p.m. Sunday, the Jaycees will be serving a chicken dinner in the perk. Other highlights occur Friday night, when there will be square dancing in the park startta*. M JM ,pjn.{, *nd, Banjo-Beer night, alao in the park at the same time Satur­ day. The Sidewalk Sale sponsored by many McHenry hqalneiBes will be held throughout the day Saturday. Annual Fiesta week activities are sponsored by the McHenry Chamber of Commerce. Special MCHS Meeting The board of education of McHenry Community high school, District 156 has scheduled a special meeting for Aug. 9, at 7:30 p.m. in the West campus Learning center, 4724 Crystal Lake road, for the purpose of discussing program curtailment. **••• The hard work of some people often explains their success. A-l HEARING AID SERVICE Free Looners • Complete Sorvice on oil Mokes . Custom Eormolds - 30 Day Trial en New Aids. Try Before Yew Swyl Maico-Otkon-RodJo Car Cuttem Mode All In the Ear Models R0BT. STENSUND A ASSOCIATES 3937 W. Mein St., 305-7461 Behind-the-eor AN) •« aa Roe. $239 '199 Cmm in and bromf. yeeH M-- tor fereloMeg your both and dlwww many charming glfu. a t k & H - mm S012W.au. ISO, NcMmry io«ofWa«ertdg»rw Pa>*ieg Mon^Tbnn. 94:30, Prt *9,Sol** •ffinareaali v?M' The Task Force and administration didn't agree on all the possible areas of cutbacks. They did agree that if $750,000 in cuts were made, the effect would be devastating to the educational system. Tuesday, Swartzloff presented the administrative proposal to the school board. According to the proposal, should $750,000 in cuts be made necessary, there would be no athletic program, no cfHmrricular program, no musk program, no building trades prograkn, no alternative school, etc. A $750,000 budgetary cut would be necessitated by either of two things: 1) the school board decides not to hold a tax referendum for any amount of money, or 2) the tax referendum fails. Both Task Force members and administrative personnel emphasized to the board that not all of the $750,000 in listed cuts should be made. To that end, the administrative report lists cuts in priority order in increments of $100,000. In other words, if the board deckles to cut $200,000 from the budget and hold a referendum for the remaining $550,000, then the administration has listed what if feels should be cut from the budget to least affect the quality of education the students receive. However, that leads up to the third option the school board has, which is... Make Some Cats And Hold A Referendum The size of a tax referendum would depend on the amount of cuts made. As noted previously, Kelly stated Tuesday that $100,000 in cuts would reduce the tax increase by nine cents. The pnsriWlltirs are endless. For example, the school board could decide to make $400,000 in budgetary cuts, and have increased taxes supply the remaining $350,000. That would require a forty cent tax increase (76cents minus 4x9 or 36cents leaves 40 cents). A forty cent tax increase would add forty dollars on the tax bill of a $30,000 homeowner. Another example could have the school budget reduced by $800,000, with the tax increase making up the remaining $190,000. This would result in a tax increase of twenty-two cents (76 cents minus 6 x 9 or 54 leaves 22 cents). A twenty-two cent tax increase would put an additional twenty-two dollars on the tax bill of someone owning a $90,000 home. What formula will be used and which way the board will go will be decided Tuesday night RECOMMEND EXPANSION (Continued from page 1) DevelopmenMxtard (CDB) for e co.»«uvv.«m ^ ycvj.. selling of East campus and the athletic field, ah* expaftd West campus to accommodate 1,900 students. That cost would be about $6.4 million, lees revenue from the two-sales. Since the district presently could only spend about $9.9 million on the protect, School board President James Althoff said that "without the CDB funds, there is just no way an addition to West will fly." _ "Unless you know something we don't know, you're right," Peterson sekL With no CDB money available, the architects conceived a proposal tar an expansion to West campus which would fit within the board-budget of $2.3 million plus about $1 million from the sale of East campus and McCracken field. "The alternative concept is based on the premise that, at some point in time, additional space may have to be added in order to accommodate increased enrollments," the report read. The new school would hold about 1,609 students. Althoff expressed concern that by constructing a 1,600 student facility, it would be necessary to come to the public again in a short period of time, asking for more money to put another addition onto West campus. The cost for a an expansion of West to hold 1,600 students would be $9.2 million, "exclusive of site construction coots beyond the building lines, architectural and engineering fees, fanrishtufs, and equipment," Peterson said. " FRIDAYS StoUPAA PERCH DINNER... $2M g POOR MAN'S LOBSTER $3* SMELT DINNER 0PEM7MYSPERIIEEX UmCHfOWV 11:19 5PM PlfHIffV Tft 19PM FRI-SAT: 549-11PM TIIMMT ITMflim RT. 31R. TO J0HNS8UR6 R0., EAST TO RT. 12, LEFT H Ml TO NEW ENTRANCE CflLLHW TfgRBTlONl- (15/675-2302 COMPUTE IMQUCT fACUITIES MMIIMU •J <?' mm mm 20% OFF New and Exciting Woven Woods Roman Folk-Spring Roller or Pully Shades HAVEMEYERS ROUTE 120 BETWEEN VOID MID McHERRY 939*39 ft* v \ Ife: "You've got a tough problem," the architect added, stating the obvious. "This (report) doesn't have all the answers. What this proves is that you don't have enough money. You either are going to have to scale down the proposal or come up with more money." After listening to the architect's report, some school board members questioned Peterson, inquiring about other possible solutions. Edward Neumann asked about putting 1,000 students at West, 500 at East, and blocking off a portion of East campus. Neumann argued that the cost of restoring East was predicated on keeping the 2-2 arrangement, theorizing that expense would be reduced if a portion of the building were blocked off. "I agree with you that since 1,200 students exist in East right now, that 500 students could do so quite nicely," Peterson said. Althoff inquired as to the possibility of using East campus solely for vocational and laboratory courses, again trying to detennine if restoration costs would be reduced. "If you limit East to industrial arts, vocational education, home economics, etc., I think what you're getting at is operating |two schools again. Certainly, there would be remodeling that toould be required. " Peterson then listed some of the numerous repair costs that would be assumed at East, adding that "anyone can get by there for a few years. Heck, you can get by in a tent. - - "You're making a long term commitment to a buildir*," Peterson added. "Rather than just going in there and spending money, you want to do it right." In searching for possible answers, Althoff mentioned making the addition to West campus a low budget endeavor, by using metal or prefabs. Peterson agreed that some money could be saved by putting up a building with less costly materials, but the money saved would depend on many variables. After the meeting was nearly completed, Neumann blasted die discussion concerning the $6 million figure for the addition to West campus. "To me, this is a pie-in-the-sky program that we can't make fly," he said. "Even with CDB participation, we're asking people to give us $3.5 million at a time we're losing 550 students." He then added that he wanted to know when the school board would get down and discuss something practical. Practical or not, the school board will make some decisions on which direction to pursue at its next regularly scheduled meeting Aug. 16. PAGE 19 • PLAINDEALER - FRIDAY. AUGUST 5, POLICE SEEK ASSAILANT FOR SHOOTING (Continued from page 1) 1 Encephalitis The first recorded case of St. Louis Encephalitis this year has occurred in an 89-year-eld Texas man who became ill recently. The Illinois Depart­ ment of Public Health's En­ cephalitis early warning team again recently reported that they are finding evidence of the Encephalitis virus in southern Illinois and also Cook county. Health officials emphasize that control of the virus-carrying Culex mosquitoes is the only known method of preventing an outbreak of St. Louis En­ cephalitis in the human population in Illinois. the owner returned from vacation. During his absence, someo. * succeeded in gaining enti# through a window, with the offender taking a television seg a pellet pistol, and a leatheq shoulder holster. A pontoon boat, owned b$l Evelyn Westphal of 612 Regnei; road in McHenry, was stolen from her pier last week. The craft was later found aban{ doned near W. Oak Grove road; but the 40 hp. outboard motor and two gasoline tanks had been stolen from it. J Ten head of cattle were stole from the Hillview farm Arnold May in Richmond las( week. 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