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Hours M ThufS 9 5 3C Fr.Ba* 9 8 3C C,J! 9 5 3d Sundai 9100 ANNUAL WINTER Boot Sale Wednesday, Jan. 23-Tuesday, Jan. 29 OUR ENTIRE SELECTION OF Men's, Women's & Children's Fashion & Snow Boots NOW P VGK 22 - V I MNDEALER . WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23,1980 Meet Jan. 23 A Big Blaze McHenry firefighters Bob Zvjewski, Gary Adams and Ron Schaefer (left to right) are shown on top of the smoldering house that used to stand across from the Market Place. MUSIN' AND winning score promises to be PEDESTRIAN Walters, of 5117 Thornwood, - • • - -- reflected in a reduction in McHenry, said an uniden- MEANDERIN' the waistline during the next KILLED WHEN tified car swerved into his measuring session. lane and he drove off Mc- (Continued from page 1) STRUCK BY CAR Cullom Lake road to avoid it Whv not trade it for a fruit Remember, nothing is the accident. The Walters comDote described as an fattening unless you eat too (Continued from page 1) auto hit a telephone pole, compote aescr Dea much of it, one of the very ^ . especially virtuous dessert. saddest facts of l i fe! J struck a utility pole. On Porten road, icy That s the game, folks. Not jn an accident with a conditions caused a car much fun at the time, but the KAF similar result, David P. driven by Nancy L. WERE WORKING FOR YOU. AND WE NEED A RAISE. appeared among the county school districts regarding next year's < 1980-81) school calendar and County Superintendent Ed Hall had phoned to request the board defer approval action until another meeting can be held. Swartzloff indicated that apparently Crystal Lake schools are seeking to deviate from the oroposed schedule for Christmas vacation which envisions attendance on Monday arid Tuesday before Christmas. Reportedly they are asking that these days be taken off also. In addition, pressure is being exerted for another institute day for the November election during which many schools are used for polling places. Swartzloff noted, too, that many school employees seem to be active <<n 'hat day and are absent from school duties for that purpose. The board also discussed the problem in McHenry high school because of the calendar wording that graudation occurs about a week before school ends due lo no snow days being used. Members urged adjusting this schedule for next year. In other business, the board approved the low bid of Midwestern Athletic Distributors at $2,715.25 for equipment for the weight lifting station at West campus. Three suppliers had submitted bids. Board member Judy Zid wanted assurance that the equip­ ment would be available to students who were outside of school athletic programs. School athletic officials indicated that nine out of 10 useii-s would be in the programs, but that others who wanted to work out on the equipment could when supervision was available. The "York" machines would provide more modules for individual use, it was in­ dicated. Following the lead of the board of Elementary School District 15, the high school board approved the Prairie Grove Developer ordinance agreement. Schwartzloff said that only a small section of the district was in Prairie Grove, but that because of the mile and a half influence area, the agreement could have a greater impact than indicated. District 15's at­ torney had reviewed and approved the agreement, noting with reservations, a provision that after 10 years the resulting funds or donations would revert to the developer if not used for the purpose shown in the agreement. Swartzloff said this provision now was common in developers' agreements. Municipal Leaders To At the January meeting of the7 McHenry County Municipal association, scheduled Jan. 23, guest speaker will be Richard Lessner of Alfred Epple & Associates. His topic will deal with fringe benefits, group life and health in­ surance, and how to reduce cost without a reduction in benefits. The 7:30 dinner will be preceded by a cocktail hour at Al-Kaya Hong Chow restaurant, Roberts road, Island Lake. MEET FOR RETARDED The board of directors of the McHenry County Association for the Retarded will hold its regular meeting Jan. 24, at 8 p.m. at 4001 Dayton street, McHenry. McHenry Fireman Matt Oik cuts an opening into the side of a house which was set afire during a practice exercise held last Sunday. Members of all three companies take part in attacking and controlling the blaze with a 2% inch line in Sunday morning's exercise. ( Bukovsky, of 4716 Garden Quarter. McHenry, to run off the road and strike a utility pole. An auto driven by Andrew M. DeCraene, of 4601 W. Prairie avenue, McHenry, slid on an icy Route 120 and struck a guardrail, ac­ cording to the police report. Debra L. Otto, of 4222 Cn^stwood, McHenry, was driving north on Valley Hill road when her car slid on the wet pavement and struck a tree. ALLOW SCHOOL LAND FOR CIRCUS (Continued from page 1) According to Supt. Swartzloff. differences have About eight months ago. we asked the Illinois Commerce Commission for an emergency rate increase. ^Several weeks ago we got a very small portion of it. Now, we can't blame you if you're not broken up about that. It seems like every time you tum around these days, prices are going up. So it must be nice to see somebody hold the line for a change. But this isn't the right time. We're getting hit by inflation the same as you. It's costing us more and more to generate the electricity you use. And the plain truth is, we can't keep up. Transformers that were $600 five years ago cost us $950 now. Fifty-eight percent more. The poles that we need to hold our power lines. Fifty-three percent more. The crossarms on those poles. One hundred and thirty-three percent more. And that's just for instance. It's the same story with every piece of equipment we need. If that's not enough, wages have gone up, and just about everything else as well. Even ourstate and local taxes are sixty-five percent higher than they were back then. Three hundred and thirty-seven million dollars in 1978 alone, the biggest tax bill in the state. So the money's been going out faster than it's been coming in. Earnings are down. And our stock has sunk to less than half its 1967 value. If we can't turn that around, if we can't keep attracting investors, if we can't borrow the money we need at reasonable rates, we simply won't be able to keep gofhg. Not only won't we be able to cover the rising cost of day-to-day operations, we won't even be able to maintain the kind of reliable service you're getting now. Because reliable service takes new plants and equip­ ment to handle the increasing demand for electricity. But say the impossible actually happened. No one ever bought another appliance or built another home; no new office buildings went up and factories never ex­ panded an inch; northern Illinois quit growing tomorrow. Even then we'd still need new plants and equipment. Virtually,everything we own, from wires and poles toour Generating stations themselves, is going to wear out. ooner or later, one by one, they'll have to be replaced. The trouble is, that'sran awfully expensive proposition. More than one billion six hundred million dollars for a single generating station, like the one we're finishing up right now at LaSalle. And what our customers pay for electricity dwsn't begin to provide enough money. The difference has to come from investors. Only, investors aren't likely to put up the money without a fair rate of return, which they won't get as lon^ as our rates stay where they are. And whether you realize it or not, where our rates are is cheap compared to most places our size. • Roughly half of what they pay in New York City. Over twenty-fiveipercent less than in Boston or Newark. Even substantially less than in lots of smaller cities close to home, like Terre Haute and Des Moines; and their costs--for wages, land, construction, and much more--aren't anywhere near what ours are. There's just one solution. Adequate rate relief. A realistic increase, and s<x)n. Before it's too late. Since we're all in.the same boat, we thought you ought to know. Commonwealth Edison This ad is paid for by the company and not published at our customers' expense. STAFF PHOTOS-WAYNE GAYLORD Removing Odors When odors develop in and around your waste disposers, grind up some lemon or orange rinds to deodorize the unit. A good flushing can be done once a week by filling th«* sink with about three ini he* of water and then releasing the stopper. Nev er leave wastes in the dis|M>ser. especially acid foods •-- they not only leave odors but can corrode metals