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* PAGE i« - PLAINDEALER - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5,1982 LOCAL WOMAN LIVED WITH AZTECS (Continued from pogt 1)- times a day, they will walk to the river to bring water. Everyone in the village works, she said. The girls help their mothers while the fathers take care of the crops. "The boys are stationed in the fields with slingshots to keep the birds away from the corn," she pointed out. Ms. Kidd noted that the village may be in for some substantial changes in lifestyle in' the very near future. Electricity is slated to be brought to the village this year, which could herald the coming of water pumps and a mill for grinding the corn. The children attend about two-and- a-half days of school a week, she said. "They could be educated better, but what good would it do?" she asked. "If a person is bilingual at the sixth grade, they are qualified to teach.". "It was only the children who spoke Spanish," noted Ms. Kidd. Spanish was one of three undergraduate degrees at Northern Illinois univer­ sity. With the children as guides and interpreters, Ms. Kidd commented that sometimes they could be troublesome. Ms. Kidd said she went with her interpreter to a large limestone sink hole, where Mayans used to make sacrifices. They cut their way through the jungle until they reached the site, which provided some treacherous footing. "I was worried about slipping and faUing in," Ms. Kidd said. "It was only then that my little companion said I should be more worried about ihe snakes." She noted that special scholarships are available for those who go on to higher education, but this also tends to siphon off people from the village. The more education a person has, the less likely they are to return to the village. Rather, most seek employment op­ portunities elsewhere. The men, she noted, tend to stay in or near the village in case there is a stand-off. Questions of border rights or politics are settled, on occasion, with violence. The political problems and squabbles were hidden from her, Ms. Kidd added. "On Easter and Palm Sunday, I had wanted to go into a neighboring^ village to observe the celebration, but the transportation was conveniently not arranged," she said. "A yeaf later I found out that several people were killed in town; some buried prematurely. Pollyanna here was totally oblivious to everything." In another instance, her acquain­ tances were somewhat amazed when they discovered she sat for five hours in a village known as a center for political trouble. The Aztecs, she explained, had a wonderful underground system for preserving their religion since the Spanish occupation of the country. The Spaniards dia not teach the Az­ tecs their language and also did not take the time to learn Nahuatl. When the Spaniards thought the "converted" Aztecs were praying to the Trinity, they were in fact praying to their own gods. Much of the hierarchy of the Aztec religion went underground in the form of medicine men, which are prevalent to this day. Ms. Kidd said that throughout the Latin American countries, the primary religious celebrations are Holy Week and Easter as opposed to Christmas in other countries. "It's the Indian tradition to celebrate the death days -- it goes back to the Mayan and Aztec fascination with death," she said. The "witchcraft" and divining of illnesses is more a holdover from earlier religion, she pointed out, and is still widely practiced. "In what appears to be witchcraft, they are actually using medicine men to deal with many of the psychosomatic aspects of illnesses," she said. "The people think that s being done." Regarding the native medical practice, she commented that they were pretty good diagnosticians and well versed in the use of herbs. "Cortisone is an Indian medicine," she said. It can be synthetically produced from certain herbs which are found in Mexico. In a half-day you can go from the mountains to the jungles, so there is a wide range of plants to choose from," she noted. After the four-month stint in the village, Ms. Kidd conducted historical research at the National Archives. She poured through 2,000 pages of documents that no one had ever at­ tempted to translate -- a process that took nearly three years. "The pages were written in Spanish script and were records of the Mexican Inquisition," she said. "But the construction hasn't changed all that much. Spain always realized their major art was the language." Ms. Kidd has also been on ar- chaelogical expeditions in Latin America and she noted that the science is "one percent romance and 99 percent perspiration." "There's always been the rumor about archaeologists incurring the wrath of some god or another," she said. The photo of Ms. Kidd shows her sitting in the lap of a helper to the rain god. "Since that picture was taken, I have been in four floods," she said. "One left its deposits in my first floor room on the morning of my written exam for the Ph.D." Her brother, a pianist, visited her and had a picture taken in the same pose and place. "I warned him, but he said as long as the rain god was torqued off at me, he might as well be mad at the rest of the family," she said. He was. At 6 a.m. Christmas morning, a water pipe broke and filled her brother's grand piano with water. "The classic case of all time was where the men who opened King Tut's tomb in Egypt all died horribly violent deaths," she pointed out. "It is rumored that the man who financed the expedition allegedly died of a heart attack as the tomb was being opened." * More recently, Ms. Kidd has been working as a lecturer on Mayan ar­ chitecture on cruise ships in the Mexican area. MUSIN' AND MEANDERIN' (Continued from pogo 1) So the trip to the station became a necessity and a nice, young officer was on the scene in minutes. With the §jd of some tools he managed to hoist a storm window and break a lock on another. The opening was not large, but in our desperation it loomed like the Grand Canyon. We didn't feel particularly like engaging in calisthenics as the clock ticked away toward 11:30. Yet for some reason, any hope that comes out of none at all gives one the energy and enthusiasm to do what has to be done. Standing on the cat's box, with the officer and a guest pushing, we managed to crawl through the par­ tially opened window and land on a couch before bounding to the floor. The officer seemed to accept our predicament as part of his day's work, and was even cheerful about the whole incident. For the third time we were indebted to McHenry police. The first occurred some eight or 10 years ago when two officers dispat­ ched a bat which had been hibernating for the winter in our basemerit until unintentionally disturbed. In a spirit of revenge, he entered the living quarters to put terra* in our heart as he continued flying back and forth overhead. The second incident was as recent as last spring, when a loud clatter convinced us the pipes of a washer- dryer were about to fall apart even when the electricity was shut off. An understanding officer visited us and put our fears to rest. It was only a howling east wind making its way up the outside vent. , \ -m Let this be proof that our police officers do a lot more than issue tickets. They are on the job to restore some degree of order to Situations brought about by the foibles of humans. Hut's good enough for us, especially when they handle the job with the dignity and good humor some of us don't really deserve. KAF •: $210,000 TO AACC FOR RT. 14 ACCESS COST (Continued from pogo 1) system for hourly employees and the necessary adjustments; ...approved salary placement ad­ justments for two full-time faculty members in accordance with the Professional Negotiations agreement for completed pre-approved course- work; ....approved the reclassification of the job developer position in the jail rehabilitation program to a classified position of job developer aide; ....approved part-time personnel for fall semester credit and non-credit classes. The regular November board meeting will be held Thursday, Nov. 18, in the board room on campus. FURTHER SERVICE SLASH FOR MENTAL HEALTH (Continued from pogo 1) In other business the board authorized Smith to send a letter to the county advising that the in­ formation from the county treasurer regarding mental health fund balances on which they were basing proposed tax levies was incorrect. According to mental health board staff records the 708 board will aid the fiscal year on Nov. 30 with a surplus of at least $120,000 instead of a $4,000 deficit projected by the county. Schneider explained that the mental health system had received i more money from federal grants than expected; instead of the projected $1,357,000 it was actually $1,«25,000. The reMowpftScfcjiiMi were: funds diverted from the project, unused funds left in grant moneys that were later allocated to McHenry county, and more revenue from other contractual services. This made it appear that the 706 board had overspent its budget. But the budget or appropriation didn't contain the additional funds received after ap­ proval. In effect the county auditors couldn't understand how the 708 board could spend more money than members had appropriated. GOVERNOR RACE UNDECIDED (Continuod from pogo 1) community in Congress, won in the Tuesday voting. New boundary lines have taken Ms. Martin to a district Kickoff For Lead Gifts Enthusiastic as they make plans for the McHenry hospital Lead Gift unit drive are three leaders in the campaign who gathered for the kickoff Wednesday evening. From left are James Althoff, the campaign general chairman; Charles Budreck, Lead Gifts chairman; and John Prange, hospital administrator. t STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD The Chapel Hill Country club was the site of McHenry hospital's Lead Gift Unit kickoff Wednesday evening, Nov. 3. Under the chairmanship of Chuck Budreck and with a goal of $680,000, more than 50 volunteers attended a kick-off dinner launching the first community phase of McHenry hospital's $1,600,000 Capital Fund campaign. This unit will be seeking pledges of $10,000 or more over a tnree-to-five- year period. Memorial gift opportunities were outlined in an attractive brochure, to be shared with prospects as volunteer canvassers begin making calls. Budreck announced several anonymous gifts totaling $125,000 and indicated "this should spearhead our jful to our volunteeers as they begin their job." Campaign director, Dick Reault, briefed the volunteer canvassers on the work accomplished thus far in the campaign, outlining the outstanding responses of the hospital's "family unit" which includes, the board of directors, physicians, employees and auxiliary. "This campaign has some of, McHenry's finest volunteers. You have an excellent leadership group behind you, and your efforts on behalf of the new Northern Illinois Medical center will be a great boost McHenry county's economy," Reault told the volunteers. Jim Althoff, the campaign's general chairman indicated that "McHenry hospital has always been fortunate in recruiting community minded citizens, and when they undertake a project, they follow it through to completion and success. Volunteers make things happen, and your efforts in helping our new Northern Illinois Medical center reach its goal is most appreciated. I applaud you all for your dedication and enthusiasm." Volunteers will have approximately six weeks to complete their calls. Rick Lane, will spearhead the second phase of this community campaign, the 'or Gifts unit, which holds a kick- 'or its volunteers Tuesday, Nov. 30. With Budreck's announcement of $125,000, the pledges to date are $652,589 which represents slightly more than 40 percent of the campaign's total goal. Cal Skinner, Jr., Republican, of McHenry county, the only local candidate seeking a state-wide office, was defeated soundly, about 65 percent to 35 percent, by the present state comptroller, Roland Burris. However, county voters were loyal to Skinner. He also topped Burris in all 29 McHenry precinct polling places. McHenry county held true to tradition and voted largely for Republican candidates. There were no close races for offices. Rosemary Azzaro won election to her second term after serving four years. She defeated Darlene Fees, a Democrat, 30,217 to 9,637. Sheriff Henry Nulle won handily over his Democratic challenger, Raymond E. Buhr by votes of 29,698 and 10,210 respectively. Gary W. Verdung, new to county- wide politics, joined Incumbents in being elected to Walgenbach, who J retired. Republican won over Marion Hanson with a vote of 26,899 to 12,467. O.C. "Dixie" O'Hara, unopposed, received 33,212 votes for regional superintendent of schools. The first eight listed on the ticket, all Republicans, were successful for seats on the county board from District 2. Winners and their votes were Donald Doherty, 9,950; Charles Weingart, 9,799; Thomas Huemann, 9,538; James Curran, 8,954; Edward Buss, 8,990; CB. "Clint" Claypool, 8,339; Dean Cunat, 8,328; and Richard Meyers, 8,122. Losing candidates Dolled as follows: was on the proposition which asked whether or not the tax for care and treatment of persons afflicted with tuberculosis should be discontinued. By a narrow margin - 18,959 for continuance and 17,729 against the issue carried and the tax remains. The proposition to permit more stringent bond procedures met with hearty support state-wide. McHenry county contributed to that support with 20,950 in favor and only 2,773 opposed. FLAG DISPOSAL CEREMONY The Wonder Lake American Legion post will hold a flag disposal ceremony at the post home, 4117 E.. Wonder Lake road, Sunday, Nov. 7, at 6 p.m. The Woodstock National Guard will be present, and Pastor Olsen of Nativity Lutheran church will speak briefly. The public is invited to attend the ceremony and enjoy refreshments afterward. DeFosse Says He'll Be Back Edward Kennedy, 4,950; Ray Bujak, 4,683; Patricia Milbratz, 4,982; and Deidre Kent, 4,853. jrhyg^^^jaerac^^h^ounty Shaw Media News Service "We're coming back, and we'll be back after the 12th District in two years," said Daniel Q. DeFosse of the .Democratic loser to me in the state s 12th Congressional District. "We feel like we've made some inroads, and we've accomplished something,". DeFosse said. "Instead of Crane getting 85 percent of the vote and us getting 15 percent, as was predicted, we got 31 percent, and he only got 67 percent. "If he was that strong a candidate, he would've walked away with the 85 percent like he was supposed to," DeFosse said, speaking from his campaign headquarters' in Antioch. In McHenry county, Crane received 26,716 votes, compared to 11,202 for DeFosse and 1,131 for Libertarian candidate Joan T. Jarosz. DeFosse said the newly re-apportioned 12th district covers most of McHenry county, half of Lake Countv and a small part of Cook county, which he characterized as basically Republican territory. DeFosse attributed his loss to Crane to campaign funding and lack of in­ formation to voters. V, "He spent about $300,000, and spent about $8,000," DeFosse saic "It's hard to compete with money like that, even though we do feel that we made a strong showing. "Crane also had the advantage because he was the incumbent, and voters were more familiar with his name," DeFosse said. "But they didn't know that much about him. All most voters really knew was that he was a Republican and that he once was a candidate for president. "In the next two years, we will be educating voters about Crane's voting record and his past performance in Congress," DeFosse said. Crane was unavailable for comment Wednesday but his spokesman, Earl W. 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