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VOLUME IC — NUMira SI IHUItSDAY. OOTQBBR 8«, 1975
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To coapdlwito KiClUffean aelifi* Uaa ot (be innwwMMty a&d Meaoaa ol oupcwit over Ihe aiialy eCoiiil- dnen duriag uHafioween tihe foUow- ing aaggestions have been made.
(1) NEVER kft aassB diUikatt «o ttUkot^tn^Hot daoa. Th^r aboold ba aoeotDfaniad by older dnUreD or adolts.
(2) SattttkJMt   «rtciMr4R»t
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(3) lypMlrt^hBuaaiwiamtettw obndreB uMlocywnfpcd or aaalad treate oaly. Soma ouqr aMi to ihw moMy la plaoe of traatt. No loaae or BauuvMiul oandy, popoofs, inut or other aoodks.
(4) VrfB GhfldPen to waMcaH «bcy getfaaoM to taate dieii'TVBats" 30 tbat parents can first iOBpeot ¦NBi. Mpoit MOT mMMi ar eav^ KMB vBHi «> fare—, aaw eeK ¦bA XHBcatbar nlwra yovflol tt.
(5) Ask hooMhoUees to keep ax- terior or poRb nifils on ttiaft avie- aioc ifllMgr «Mi to participate. Ad- i4m <liiMt«Q ta eril oeAy at boatea «(lbli|Ms OB aad to abay oat «< dartDesed arOak.
(«) Warn actfaat tbe ii««ii« o< vMoB-reatiiotad Kanaweea aMks er Mbar head^ovana^ by yoaafMcfa. Uae oakriM Haelaa aMfeaop iiiBtead. (7) AdvMa cMnrao to acar caa- taawB iMeh are Ugbt in oolor. ahort to pravMUt trivial* and noo- Cbituntes «an be oower- •d wMi nOeDtive te^e or "itow" amy paiat so tliey i4ck up tbe of aoto headlights and other
<t) CMbren ^xwtd carry n«ah- BUbla after dark. If a pnm|*to is emted it abouM be lit wtth a bat- tav^l^itod davioe. not a caofie.
(9 CUUMn sboadd be told: (1) cfTosf only at uunuera, nover bctMatu oaia aad newer dkafoHlly aooas aa inte(«e<3bion (2) watch for and ab«y aa tMlBe Bi^rfs (3) kook In all (SractlanB boBore croailwt the atreci (4) Mflk. never ran aeroaa Ihe street (5) use stdenmUs, not the atreat, for waBdny ^ nttai areas where no sldawitfkis, cUldren sboold agrik agaiaet on«oaiiag tralfie. (6) wait on the ODit>, not <»i the street, natf! street is dear to cross.
(10) Want moitoiiats to eaercise extreme caution on HaUoweaa be- cawe of the estra "apook" traftie.
(U) Soccest Btifbbors night or- •laae tdoek parties in plaoe of trlek-oHreatiBc.
"nkk or Treat Ni^ is FMday. Oct 31. 5:30-7:00 pjn.
2nd Antntal Childrens Halloween Party
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Fofioivlnr ia the final scbeMe of erveoti:
Ftiday. ootober M S:30 pun. — 7:00 pjn. IVict or Treatfag Jayoeaa BeaB»ad Ho>as« • U 9«iSt 7K» p.ai. Sfaaip Parade at the Vtti^ Sqisart
to the Are ataUon. Agea tar Pmde Prescfaool thru Sth iftade Yesl AduMa too! Juat make auie yoa doitt nnas panade tbte at 7:00 pjn. or yoo tatiy miss oot in winnjnc a priM.
A new mti^Kiim aot will offiknv the judging ct oomAumes. Also re- fieatanents wHi be served as soon as each gnoup is finished being jod- ged.
The Jr. High and High School Danoe will be held from 9:00 p.m. to 18:00 p.m. Dancing with "Pre A BrimstoBes."
Parents.   pHease  nttke   arrange- aients to bave your «hShl picked up •t that time! See you aft October 31st.
HEA News
JC Haunted House
Ilie Hunttey Area laycees will have a Hanatai House between 6:30 pLOi. and 7:00 pm. at the oraner ol 3n] and Chuith Stracta; 58 ard St. Admis$ii(» is free. The Jaycees in¬ vite oU Hunttey idds to come.
DON'T FORGET IHE UON*S PANCAKE BREAKFAST THIS SUNDAY NOV 2ND
Meet The Queens
The Huntley Lion's dub wiH host the "Qneen's Bat" on Novemher 8 at the Lion bediming at 9:00 p.m. Durirtg tho dtaince the seFectlon of tlie Queen will be announced and the judges along with Lomrie Old- iiMn, ohairaian, vM present a short psxjgnam and the Queen will re¬ ceive the gifts donated' by Hunt¬ ley nterahanlis. Her court wiU also receive special gifts. "RciDets are •till available from any Lion's Club meaiber. Door prizes will ind'dde a porUiUe T.V., coffee maker, jewel¬ ry, flower arraneement etxx
Piotured are: Katfay Meyer. Lori MoCuen. Sandy KoUey. Sue WeU- sien and Becky Harms.
School Menu
Meao W«ek of Nav. 3 - 7
Monday — Hamtwrgars on ban, cheese sticks. plckHes, nrastard, cat¬ sups potatoe chips, chilled mixed ftnust, milk.
Tuesday — Chai wtth crackers, peanut hiAter and jeSly sandwich, applesauce, mtlk.
Wednesday — Ravioli with meat and tomato saoee, buttered green beans, buttered bread, cbooofaite cake, milk.
¦niursday aod Friday — Schod dosmissed at noon.
Meeting Notiee
Parents and boys between the a«es of 10 and ::3 are invited to an irifontation meeting of the new Pee Wee Tackle FootbaU program of the Huntley Area Jaycees. Tbe meriting wOl be held at 7:30 pjn. iMonday. Nevenfaar Srd is the Grade School Gynmasium. The pur¬ pose «€ the meettng is to expUn to parents the rules ahd retnlabonB of the league and the equipmcaA to be used. Ann interested parentB are invited to attend.
The league is aasociated with tbe Fox Valley Boya (Football Lear gue which will stwly the i
Oommnssioiier Lou Moore of the Federal Mediation and Concilliaftion Senice trdered as a ground  rule that bofij the SScSwol Board and the teachers could have anyone present ithat  they desired and the parties were to meet together. The Board natused   to    follow    oomniassioner Moore's gixyxmd rules and did not meet   with   the teachers   although the parties were present in separate rooms fro.Ti 7:30 pjn. -   1:30 a.m. The only dialogue that took place was  when the  Commissioner  con¬ vinced the Board to aUow the teach¬ ers to ask some questions of the Superintendedt. Steve Leavitt, duef spokesman flor the Teachers said, "A major  question  we wanted  to ask was, why is our school district budgeted re\'enue in state aid and local taxes almost the same as last yeans." Ste\'o stated, "The Superin¬ tendent  responded  by  saying  that they received a corrected state aid figure but they (fid not put it in the budget, the SuperintMident said that the new figm-e was an ina-easc of $17,000.00. Steve said, "Tlte Superin¬ tendent's  explanation  of  the  local tiar figure is the most incredulous .'itory I nave ever heard, the Super- tendenrt adnritted that he made n mistake, that through a mlscatojfl.i- tion in the tax levy, the district will ¦not collect :-5% of the taxes avail¬ able to them, a sum thart amounts to $83,902.00.  fiven with this  mis¬ take,  the budget shows $15,000.00 lass than the actual amount levied." Steve went on, "Tbe Superintendent also agreed thait there is  another $15,000.00 he has not put into the budget because he thinks  he may have  to  pay  the  county  for ool- leotlng taxes. A Will Count.y Circuit cdluTt  declared  it  unconstitutional for the county to do this."
Steve e.\p!ained, "The $17,000.00 additional from state aid, the $15,- 000.00 more drue from the local taxes, and the $15,000.00 set aside for the ooumty even though no one has asked for it, are amounts that are not -n the budget. Additionally, the Superintendent admits that the ditsriot had a surplus last year ot $57,000.00 which is also not listed in tbe revenue section of the buudget. Tliese figures come out to $104,000.00, we have also found what looks like pad(fing in the budget in certain areas, for exam¬ ple, the Superintendent budgeated $20,000 last year under fixed chais¬ es for insurance and thds year $30,- 000. When we asked him about the adddtiooal $10,000. he sadd be didnt know why."
"It is reaily apparent that there is more than suftWent revenue aivailable to pay the teachens what they are astking," said Steve. "We agreed that the difference in our positi*^ is only $21,00O-$25,00a(0O apart, and this is in a bjdget of over $1,000,000.00."
Steve further e«i4atoed, "The Sur perintendent agr^ that tbe Board's total pr(^)osal ovar imaremenls was about an average of 3% for some teachers did not represent any raise over their increment. TTiis is ait the same timt that the Chicago area Consumer Price Index rose 7.8% from Septenjber 1974 to Saptember 1975."
Steve said, "The Board, the Su- perinteodect, Comniusiioner Moore, and the teachers aU know there is adequate revenue to pay the teach¬ ers what we are asking. These same pec^ know that we deserve more money. The Board wili not meet with us again until Noveniber   3,
1975. We arc atten^itlng to suppoK our families en laat years aaiaiies, this cannot last much longer. The Board's apparent disrespect for the teaohers is causing a great deal of trauma. Wo have beeri directed by the teachers that in toe event we do not settle on November 3 ,1975, a strike \ote is to be taken m November 4, 1975.
Board Of Education LETTER
At the me^aOon meeting of Oc¬ tober 22 the- board negotiators ob- pected to the direct participation, of a represeritaUve of the QMnois Education Assocwtion. The objec¬ tion was ba<=ed on the 1973 Board- Association ReoognWcMi Agreement which reads in part "Thds recogni¬ tion may bo denned invalid if any outside orgamdzBtion affiliated with the association interferes in board .-md association matters of business unless agreed to by the board ex¬ cept counsel in case of dismissal of a member of the Assodiation. This applies to organizablons af¬ filiated with the board or outside parties hired by "the board to nego¬ tiate." (Editor's Note: This quote was publisdictl in the Humtley Farm- side as part of an aillide Oct. 18, 1973.)
Based on the existing agneement, since )ihe entire board wias not avwl- aible to consider EEA iowdvement, the board negotiators were bound to reject IL'A r^wesentation.
The mediator meolianed that he would me(>t with anyone, anytime. but told the bo«td negotiatore that if it was important for other rea¬ sons that they qualify who they ntet with, he would respect and honor their position.
No new offers were made by eith¬ er side during the six hour sessian. Despite the fact that the HEA had rejected the last board proposal, no new offers were foalhoondng from the HEA. The majority of time was spent discussh^ fund ava^abdli- ty and differing cost figures.
At the end of the meeting, the meitator told the Board negotiators that he was not available danng the week cf Ootober 27, and that all federal medkators would be at a National ConveoWon in New Or¬ leans during the week of Novem¬ ber 3. Based on this. Ihe next med^ ation session was set for We(toe»- nesday, Nov. 12. A negotiaUon meet¬ ing was tentatively set l)etwe€n the two negotiating teaaaS for Monday, Nov. 3.
it should also be noted that aU District 158 teachers at preset* are under contract and being paid un¬ der the 1974-75 salary agreemeoL Schoo* Code states. "Any teacher who has been emqp>loyed in any dis¬ trict as a fuU time teacher for a probationary pertod of 2 oonseou- tive school tenns shall enter qpon contractual continued servioe," 34 Distiiot 158 are covered by this statement, tfae others have sipied kidi'^^ual oontraolis.
To dat'^ the Board of Bduoadon still bas iiome ilexibility in tfae last offer it gave to the HEA, however it will not meet the requests of the HEA. The issue is not that the IXstrict 158 cannot gather enough money, education piiorities oan be rearranged ao as to geoei«te enough nwoey. The Board of Bdwsatilon feels that tbey are paving a fak and just offer and are not wffiing to rearrange education priorities.
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XND ANNUAL PARTY PRnUT. OCnnOt 31
The  HHA  negotiating  team  held a  press   conference   last   Monday, Ootober 26th. In a prepared i^eleaise read by Mr. Steve Leavitt, painted eLse\vhere in this paper. It w^ an¬ nounced that if  settlement  is  not reached  by  next  Monday,  Nov.  3 a strike vote will be taken on Toes- day, Nov.  4!th.   Mr.   Leavitt stated that theiie was money available to meet the teachers demands as is ex¬ plained in the H£.A. news release. He added that the inorease is need¬ ed to meet the rising cost in living. .Mr Leavitt said that grievances will be filed fgadnst the high sohool prin¬ cipal  William   Moytan  for  mdscon- duct in the negotiating procedures. He questioned the board's wilJiag- ness to n«'gottate. Mr. Russell CrcJl. the I£.A. a«Msor to the HEA stated that  it  wias  his   opinion   tbat  the school board did nOt appeaf to un¬ derstand the mediation process. Mr. Leavitt said that he had made a 4 point iM^>posal to the board in re- glard  to further negotiations.   The four points are as follows:
That the staff be allowed to at¬ tend.
2. That the full board be pre¬ sent.
3. That the ixiblic be invited to attend.
4. That tfae meettng be held in a district room with n^crophones SO everyone could hear.
He added under questioning ihat the invitation would be for the puh- Uc to observe, not participate, in negotiations. He said that be didn't feel that any of the teachers want¬ ed to strike and added tbat the Boani didn't seem to reoBze th^ they were dealing with human be¬ ings. Mr. Oroil stated that to hia knowledge, Huntley was the only town where the salary schedule is negotiated The entire press oon- Eerence was videotaped by Mr. Gene Lindsay and is availat^e for view¬ ing.
October, 29. 1976 Mr. Leavitt: Re:  Our current impasse.
1. The Board bas directed its negotiatinfi team bo barg^n. The entire Board will not, nor does it wish to l)ecome involved in bargain- nig, particuliariy in public.
2. Aooonding to our contract. you are wtoome to have anyone in the KE.^ to be on your bargatning group; Iwiwever, the contract also excludes any outsider. We feel that the contract should be honored. We agreed to mediate in a sincere effort to reach c scfctiement, even though wre were not required to do so. However, we do not fee tbat this effort on our part should t>e taken as a wiUingness to aUow the HEA to tell us how to do it
3. Should yoa stiU wish to meet on November 3, we will be willing to dkouss mediatJoTi ground rules so that we oan possibdy reach agree¬ ment to discuss medaftion ground rules so that we can possiUy reach a^eemeiit with the mediator. To add in reachinig setlemcnt, we have agreed to medUtion; however, if mediation flails, the Board will not ooBBider any further impasse ppooedufe beyoud mediatiou.
4. As mediation is not spelled out In o«r exsisting contract, we win negotiate ground niies fiiist
Please advise us as to your wish¬ es regarding the Novemb* ^vmeet; log. We need to meet if we exi>eet to mediaite oo November 12. gjnoerely. Charfes W Rulh N<«otiatioa Chairman Board of Edticntion OM«otI58 ^1