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PAGE!6 P1.AIM)1YU:U . hi;/ vV, Al tiLST2I, WM MUSIN' AND MEANDERIN' (Continued from page 1) their local officials. But they also feel volunteers have been handicapped by limited local resources and lack of contact with other neighborhoods that have already solved similar problems. The resort type community that surrounds McHenry is fertile ground for burglars - both the novice and the professional. Many homes are occupied onlv during the summer months. In isolated areas they are easy targets for there and vandlism after Labor day. These are the areas the new clearinghouse operation hopes to reach. The address of the Neighborhood Watch group will appear on the Service Line column on the editorial page of each Wednesday issue of the Plain- dealer. KAF CYCLIST DIES IN CRASH (Continued from page 1) investigated several traffic accidents during the weekend. Police on Sunday afternoon observed a motorcycle speeding at 88 mph in a 55 mph zone on Route 31 near Gracy road, McHenry, and pursued the machine at speeds to 100 mph until the operator abandoned it near Shady Oaks lane and walked away from the area. Police report locating the driver, 19- year-old Edward Stoddard of 5701 Terra Cotta avenue, Crystal Lake, and he was arrested on charges of speeding, fleeing and attempting to elude police and violation of driver's license classification. Bond was set at $1,070 for an Aug. 27 court appearance A utility pole was broken when struck by a car Sunday evening on Wright road in Nunda township. Seventeen-year-old Renee M. SHgting, of McHenry, told Sheriff's police she was driving east when her vehicle went off the foad and she lost control of the car, which^ruck the pole and a tree. Miss Sligting and her\ passengers v.ere treated at the emergency room of McHenry hospital. James A. Bleeker, of Spring Grove, escaped serious injury when his car rolled over in an early Saturday ac­ cident on Chapel Hill road at Washington Park road, McHenry. Bleeker, 23, told Sheriff's police his vehicle was northbound on Chapel Hill road when his right tires strayed off the pavement, became caught on the muddy road shoulder and the vehicle went into a ditch, where he lost control of the car which rolled over. A vehicle driven by 22-year-old Kathryn M. Hignight, of McHenry, swerved to avoid a deer Sunday night on Mason Hill road in Nunda township and struck a large rock off the roadside. No injuries were reported. MARCHING BAND ROLE BOOSTED (Continued from page 1) much for formations. It's more the drum and bugle corps style with a music change every week. The em­ phasis is on sound. This community has a strong history of participation in drum and bugle corps." He then recalled the McHenry Viscounts which disbanded about 10 years previously A board member asked if the students knew of this proposal for the marching band yet, and Dodds in­ dicated they were still unaware but letters were ready to send out when the board approved Ms. Zid, noting the possible increased numbers, asked, "What about uniforms?" Swartzloff said, "We will uniform those who earn it and the others would be rotated. But we would love to face that problem (of too many band members). When it was explained that the band would be seated at the 50-yard line in the middle of the stands to boost the school aprrrt, Robert Anderson asked, "Aren't'we using up good seats that parents want in order to watch their sons play?" and also he wanted to know how they planned to deal with rowdyism sometimes noted when the band was seated at one end of the field. Dodds said the band in the center of the stands would "fire up the crowd" and also that position would keep the band under observation and inhibit members wandering away during the game. In other action the board agreed to eliminate its redundant representation on the board of the Special Education District of McHenry County (SEDOM > by appointing Barbara Slater as a director from District 156 in addition to her place on the executive board. .Judith Zid asked to be relieved as District 156 representative. Ms Zid told her board that she at­ tended board of director meetings of SEDOM at which each member district had only one vote, while Ms. Slater attended the executive board meetings in which SEDOM matters were discussed in detail. She believed that Ms. Slater would have a greater knowledge on which to base her balloting and should be the voting member. School board members asked about SEDOM member districts being in a probationary status with the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE > due to" three items of alleged non-compliance by the SEDOM staff. Robert Swartzloff, superintendent of District 156, noted that the problem of credentials for Dr. James Albert, SEDOM s superintendent, had been cleared up. However, two regional administrative assistants for SEDOM still did not meet certification requirements, apparently a problem with earning proper credits in education courses. Both persons are accredited psychologists. It was noted that one would have his credentials within one year The membership of SEDOM had agreed not to pursue further appeals of (he state probationary status but wait for the employees in question to meet their certification date. If they failed they would be removed, Swartzloff indicated. The board approved bids for services and materials for the building trades program applicable to the site at 4833 W Pvndale drive for the coming year. Low bids on building supplies totalling $7,773 were approved for four dealers listed as: Hall and Eckert, $222; Totem Wholesale Lumber, $3,777; Edward Mines Lumber, $2,386; and Alexander Lumber Co.. $7,773. Services accepted were McHenry Ready Mix for ready INSTALL CENTRAL AIR CONDITIONING NOW AND DEAT THE HEAT NEXT TIME • 1 ton $890°° •2 ton $93QOO •2Va ton s101500 •3 ton $1092" •37* ton s126000 •4 ton s1305°° Completely installed irregular installations will cost extra Creative Kitchens & Baths Inc. Heating Division 3012 W. Rt. 120 McHenry 344-1 ISO American Legion Post 491 -- RINGW000 ROAD, McHENRY -- OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FISH FRY EVERY FRIDAY (5:00 - 9:00 P.M.) • PERCH AIL YOU CAN EAT • OTHER MENU AVAILABLE PLUS GIANT SALAD BAR INCLUDED HALL FOR RENT PERFECT FOR WEDDINGS. BANQUETS, PARTIES AND MORE 411 Hwy • Come to our celebra- ^ tion for an unforget- able thrifty shopping )+. if trip. K mart has every- ^ thing all together in Dodge Aries K. } 9o.*.° V.SS2 * T ments awaiting your ^ J selection. ^ * ••••••••••••• "Actual highway ml*ag« will probably b* !•««. Come to Kmarf s grand opening and...register to A K CAR From Benoy Motor Sales WIN Register At Your New Woodstock Kmart on August 20,21,22,1981. Drawing Held Sat. Aug. 22nd, 1981 at .5:00 P. Illinois Residents Only. No Purchase Necessary. Winner Need Not Be Present. Benoy Motor Sales Employees, K mart Corporation Employees and Families Ineligible. Win­ ner Liable For All Taxas & License Fees. Limit 1 Entry Per Person. BENOY SSI?" 656 LAKE AVE. WOODSTOCK, IL 338-5100 M,T,TH, 8 am to 9 pm - W,F, 8 am to 6 pm - Sat. 8 am to4 pm CLOSED SUNDaVS I IIKlMtK JacJqr OMpp Trutki mix concrete (five bag mix) $38 per cubic yard; and Hughes Inc.. McHenry, lor excavating and backfilling at total cost of $988. Among certified personnel, the board accepted the resignations of Eileen Reagan as special education teacher and Thaddeus Novak as English and journalism instructor. New employees approved included Patricia Ann Marks, West campus remedial reading and math instructor: and Margaret S. Smith, part-time business education instructor: E Gail Rock, learning disabled self-contained in­ structor; and Mary Simkin. learning disabled resource instructor, all at East campus. The board recognized Ron Dale for a complimentary approval by the Department of Adult. Vocational and Technical Education of the ISBE for the one and five-year plans for vocational education at the high schools. Establish Agricultural Area In County By Angela Burden Shaw Media News Service The McHenry County board established the first county "agricultural area" as provided for under a state farmland conservation act and also explained a new farmland assessment bill and approved agricultural rezoning. The board adopted a petition calling for the establishment of an agricultural area under the Agricultural Areas Conservation and Protection act, which was adopted by the state government last year. The board action designated 2,240 acres owned by 11 people as the first official agricultural area in the county. The property in question is located in Hartland and Seneca townships, and is designated as general farming, residential, woods and permanent pasture on the county's land use map. About 150 acres of the property comes within the planning jurisdiction of the city of Woodstock, which adopted a resolution in support of the petition last month. The land is contiguous acreage zoned A-l Agricultural and is all prime far­ mland, with the exception of a wooded area east of Hughes road. Adoption of the resolution creating the area was held up about two hours Tuesday when some board members wanted further opinion from the state's attorney, who was unavailable, before casting their votes. Ervin Walters, chairman of the county's Agricultural Areas Hearing board, urged passage of the resolution, which was recommended for adoption by his committee. "I feel agricultural areas are most essential to preserve the land and to inform people of our intention that the land remain agricultural," Walters said. "We have to preserve our agricultural land to feed the people of the world," he added. The newly-created agricultural area becomes effective immediately and is designated to remain as a special district for 10 years. Landowners wishing to withdraw from the district will be required to file a petition before a hearing board, according to Walters. The landowners filing the first petition under the new agricultural areas law in the county include Earl and Mildred Hughes, Robert and Genevieve Hughes, Earl and Ann Hughes, John and Flora Losbaugh, Bruce Olbrich, Everett Marts and Helen Hughes. Randy Woloski, McHenry county supervisor of assessments, informed the board that Gov. James Thompson last week signed into law Senate Bill 764 Revise Local Bus Schedules Minor schedule changes corresponding to new attendance hours at Marian Central Catholic high school in Woodstock will go into effect Mon­ day, Aug. 24 on Route No. 807 (Wood* stock-McHenry) the Regional Tran­ sportation Authority has announced. Under the revised schedule, the westbound No. 807 bus will arrive at the school at 7:45 a.m. In the afternoon, the No. 807 eastbound bus will arrive at 2:42 p.m. Eastbound No. 807 trips formerly departing from Throop street in Woodstock at 2:35 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. have been rescheduled to depart at 2:30 p.m. and 3:35 p.m. In the morning, the eastbound trip from Front Royal and Hanley in At State Fair -- McHenry at 7:13 a.m. and the west­ bound morning trip from McHenry city hall at 7:32 a.m. have been eliminated and replaced by a new westbound departure from McHenry city hall at 7 a.m., which arrives at Throop street in Woodstock at 7:57 a.m. In another service change, a No. 807 westbound trip at 6:03 p.m. will start at the Chicago and North Western station in McHenry in order to pick up com­ muter train passengers who would ordinarily walk two blocks to McHenry city hall to board the No. 807. For more information, riders can call the 24-hour, toll-free RTA Travel In­ formation center at (800) 972-7000. 4-Hers Score Big McHenry county 4-H-ers scored big with their exhibits in the 1981 Illinois State fair Junior department. Ten of the 4-H'ers received superior awards for their entries. They included Todd Borchardt, Wonder Lake, ceramics; Janette May, McHenry, drawing; Lee Tomlinson, McHenry, stitchery; and Mark Zvonar, McHenry, electrical device. Superior awards are presented at the discretion of the judges to exhibits they consider exceptional. In Share-the-Fun competition, the Huntley Harvester's 4-H club earned an A rating for their act, "Huntley Jam­ boree". Other local 4-H'ers, their exhibits and their ratings are as follows: Also participating at the State fair in events for which no awards are given were: Jodi Beutel, McHenry, dress revue; Kelly Brough, Scott Brough, Steve Smith, and Jeanette May, action, presentations, McHenry. Happy Paws 4-H Dog club, established in the McHenry area, had eight qualifying scores from 10 members who went to the State fair this year. In the Beginner class, six qualified among the top 20 in a class of 70. They were Kim Hill, Lynn Reiland, Karla Stueben, Tammy Johnson, Michele Gahgan and Vanessa Everett. In the Graduate Beginner class, Bob Henning took first place and Valerie Boeldt was sixth. Linda Redmann placed eleventh in I he Novice class, and Vanessa Everett was third in Open B. Vote For 'Farm Woman Of Year' Eleven farm women in McHenry county, including two from this com­ munity, have been nominated for the second annual "Farm Woman of the Year" award to be presented by the McHenry County Farm Bureau Women's committee. Announcement of the winner will be made at the Farm Bureau annual meeting at Richmond, Sept. 14. Nominations for this honor were made by friends and neighbors of eligible women living on a McHenry county farm. Nominees are Mrs. Audrey Hardt, Mrs. Gladys Renner, and Mrs. Linda Wappler, Woodstock; Mrs. BarbKearns, Huntley; Mrs. Rose Miller, Ringwood; Mrs. Shirley Nichols, Hebron; Mrs. Betty Sawallisch, Wonder Lake;- Mrs. Dorothy Schultz, Algonquin; Mrs. Esther Shanks, Garden Prairie; Mrs. Donna Staehnke, Marengo; and Mrs. Jeanette McCullough, Harvard. Mrs. Carolyn Lillegard, chairman of the committee, said the nominees will be judged on the basis of knowledge of agriculture, their interest in agriculture and their attitude toward their role as "a modern farm woman". Judging takes place this week at the Farm Bureau building. Judges are Mrs. Tillie Faulkner, Gurnee, executive director of the Lake County ASCS office; and Mr. and Mrs. Everett Madaus, Walworth, Wis. Madaus is president of the Walworth county Farm Bureau. Committee members include Carolyn Rath and Betty Justen, McHenry ; and Mrs. Lillegard, Crystal Lake. which amends the state revenue act and calls for a change in the equalized assessment of farmland. According to Wbloski, the new bill primarily will call for farmland to be assessed on a productivity formula per acre and not, as in the past, on market sales value. He explained that the new law limits reassessment to a $30 change per acre, either lower or higher. "I feel this is a wise measure, both a safeguard for the taxpayer and the taxing district," Woloski said. The assessment supervisor em­ phasized the new law would not have any great effect on the county's tax base. He said the farmland taxes ac­ count for only about 7'^ to 10 percent of the county's tax base. Although there is a high percentage of farmland in McHenry county, Woloski said im­ provements on land, industrial, com­ mercial and private residences add to the assessed valuation of land and creates the higher tax base. He said farm buildings and farm residences are assessed at the same level as private residences and buildings. Board member Ann Hughes noted that in Illinois, "three percent of the population are farmers with two per­ cent of the state's income and paying nine percent of the taxes." Recommendations of the McHenry County Zoning Board of Appeals were upheld Tuesday by the county board. The board granted zoning reclassification from A-l Agricultural district to B-3 Business district for petitioners Betty M Benson, Earl Tessendorf and Philip Hoaglund. The petitioners applied for the zoning reclassification on a five-acre tract with frontage on the east side of Route 31, south of the Bull Valley road in­ tersection, Nunda township. Testimony presented at the zoning hearing indicated the petitioners intend to operate an automobile sales and service business on the property. DAYS LEFT! 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