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e Buntled li^armsfdie I'USPS 580-360 VOLUME 19>NUMBER 6 THURSDAY, MAY 17,1979 7'rSbrfE- ... 669-562Mf BO aaeimht'-' 459-1456 or 45941996 PRANK PARlTiEK Hi> 192 JIUrMLEY. ILL PAGE$ MBVIWC THE PEOPlB OF HUMp«WWCE I9t§ IScPEBCOPY SCHOOL BOARD MAY HUNTLEY DAY AT THE HISTORICAL CUT PROGRAMS MUSEUM At last Thursday nites School Board nneetlng, the Board took a strong stand on school programs. The Agriculture Position was nearly cancelled. The position was voted on 3 times and it was finally decided to run the program for one year ONLY. Next year will be the last yeer for Agricultural Studies and clubs at the school. The Library Aide for K-8 was voted down. It was decided not to renew one custodial position which had been paid by CETA. Shirley Williams was kept on as a Library Aide but the Board is planning or closing the High School Library for part time. The Board voted not to hire custodial help for the summer. Joe Manning wfx) has heid this position for 11 yrs. and Bill Leggee were to have been custodians for the summer. The Board voted against Mr. Moerke typing thecurricuium work for next years school. At the Board meeting, Gary Keesling resigned. In two weeks at the Board meeting the School Board will consider cutting the following: THE HIRING OF 5 NEW TEACHERS; THREE P.E. COURSES; LIBRARY AND SPECIAL ED AIDES; GENERAL LEDGER AND COMPUTER SERVICES COSTING $4000; LEARNING DISAB-- I LITY SERVICES; THE > HLETIC PROGRAM; ALL EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES; MUSIC; BAND AND ART. All these teachers will be assigned to regular classrooms. As far as the buildings, there will be no remodeling or repair work in the grade school i, which will eliminate an expenditure of $16,500 ii with an additional $5,000 for custodians. $12,000 will t>e saved by not blacktopping. No emergency funds will be kept available in the building fund for furnace repairs etc. Usually $10,000 was on hand. The $66,000 in utility bills will have to be paid out of the Education fund. In transportation, the two new buses will be eliminated. Pickups in the nfX)rning will be doubled with possibly a 7:15 and 7:45 pickup by the same bus. There wilt be pickup points instead of door to door service. According to state law children can be picked up Within a 1 Vz mile radius of their home. According to Dr. Bunt, even with all these cuts, there will still be a $263,000 deficit. Bids for the new gym roof are out and will be returned by June 18. The Board was going to wait until the law suit was concluded but decided to go ahead with the work.,The gym possibly could be ready by the start of school in September. MEMORIAL DAY scheduled to begin $t 10:301.111. tt the Hondey Anerican Legion Home and at 11:00 a.ni. at the Huntley cemetety. Tbe program at the oemetety is aa foUowa: ln»ecBlta«i Kev. L. 0. Day, St. Mary's CathoUc Church. Huntley af Wrairth at bane if M Douglas ^!^ ¦ IlaUt Jeff Hudren SelM WUUam L^gee Continued oo Page 2 Memorial Day ceremenies will be conducted mi Monday, May 28 at Huntiey under the sponsorship of Huntley American Legion POat 1673, Post Commander Ralph Peters has announced. All residents at Huntley and surrounding areais are Invited to attend and participate in tUs patriotic commemorative obser¬ vance, Commander Peters re-' minded- The oeremooles are large crowd attended Huntley Day at the Historical Museum on (Mother's Day. Henry Marlowe was Master (rf Ceremonies. He ll introduced Huntley dignitaries - Mayor Don Enstrom; Dean Marlowe, County Board Member; Jack Brunschon, Grafton Township Road Commissioner and Virginia Brunschon, Grafton, Township Assessor. Historical President Shuji Kimura was on hand to welcome the Huntley crowd and to thank them for their support. Bill Leggee directed the BeU Choir of the Pitst Congregational Church. The group gave a lovely recital from Maple Leaf Rag to Q Jubilee of seven different songs. The Bell Choir consists dt Betsy Warrington, Penny Mealiff, Gail Eckman, Mary Lou Hardy, Shelby Hillard and Nancy Grau in the front row. The back row consists of Marge Marlowe, Helen Marlowe, Larry Warrington, Rev. Roger Mealiff and Carl Hill. Mr. Leggee also sang a solo of ".Unchained Melody" with Helen Marlowe accompanying him on the piano. The choir program was lovely with a variety of bells ftom large to small. Mrs. Marlowe explained that today there is a 2V] year wait on getting bells from England. They run from S600 to $1,000. MC Henry Marlowe then introduced Jack Pettigrew from Dean's Milk who had a display of some Dean's products. There was also an outside display of old-time Dean's trucks snd a horse-drawn wagon used to deliver milk. The Huntley Harvestors 4-H Gub presented their prize winning "Harvestor's Hoedown". Their cute aong, accompanied by Luann Lamz on the piano, was about a rooster who helped out a farm that was losing money. The rooster went into the chicken coup and there were eggs. Then he went to the garden and eggplants grew. He got around to the cows who then gave eggnogg and lastly to the gum tree which produced chicklets. They then produced a square dance as part of their sUt. Leaders, Mrs. Becker and Mrs. Meyer were introduced. The Harvestors washed 70 cars the day before in an effbrt to eam money for their trip downstate in August, so they weren't singing as loud as they could as most got a bit wet the day before. Continued on Inside Page IMPORTANT SCHOOL OPEN FORUM MAY22 Huntiey District 158 CAC requests all parents, stodents, and members of the oommunity to attend an open forum to discuss the current financial dilemna. The forum will be held in the elementary school gym on Tuesday, May 22, at 8:00 P.M. The CAC vill h<4d a business meeting at 7:00 P.M. prior to the forum. The fociim is for the purpose of allowing the community to express thdr feelings regarding the purposed cuts in the school program and to make sugges¬ tions regarding the future directicm ofthe district. Everyone is welcome to attend. 23 ACRE ANNEXATION HEARINQ IN FAVOR OF HUNTLEY Last Monday, May 14, an Annexation Hearing held by the McHenry Coun School Board to take 23 acr^ out of the Huntiey Scho District and place them in t) Crystal Lake District. Boai members were Mr. Nichols, M Gitlin, Chairman Pintozza, Mr Blaul and Mr. Barber. Eighteen Huntiey resideii attended the meeting. The were; Nancy Livingston, Robe Zirk, Bob Bunt, Quin O'Brier Sue Seaver, Betty Zitk, Kathy. Bill Leggee, Jerry Collins Virginia A Jack Brunschon, Jo Manning, Duke Manning, Dea. Mariowe, Marge O'Brien, aot Mrs. McLaughlin. Tom Henley, attomey for th< Petitioners, presented his cast for the annexation. He caller Mr. Malcolm E. Marsh, one ot the owners of the property to the stand. Mr. Marsh stated that the land in question was in Grafton Township on the north edge of the Huntiey School District north of Bard Road and east at Haligus bordering on Tumberry. The 23 acres is part of a no acre development. Mr. Marsh stated that the Village of Lakewood had annexed ti : land and had asked him to change the 23 acres to the Crystal Lake School System. Mr. Henley presented the titie, tax bills, county assessors map of the parcels and tax certificates into evidence. Mr. Marsh stated tiiat he had a trailer on another parcel of land and that he spent about 2 weeks each year In the trailer. Mr. Qitinn O'Brien brooght out that that woold make him a vacationer, not a resident. Mr. Marsh told of all tfae available shopping oentera, library, mov :e theatres, ete. in Crystal Lake available to the people tfaat would reside on his land. However, it waa bron^ ont that this land wae being annexed to Ckkewood, wfaidi Continued on Inside Page
Object Description
Title | The Huntley Farmside |
Date | 1979-05-17 |
Month | 05 |
Day | 17 |
Year | 1979 |
Volume | 19 |
Issue | 6 |
Decade | 1970-1979 |
Creator | The Huntley Farmside |
Coverage | Huntley, Illinois, United States |
Description | Weekly Newspaper from the Huntley Area Public Library Collection |
Subject | Newspaper Archives |
Rights | This material may be protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S. Code). |
Publisher | This Collection was digitized and loaded into CONTENTdm by OCLC Preservation Service Center (Bethlehem, PA) for the Huntley Area Public Library |
Source | Reproduction of library's print newspaper archives |
Contributing Institution | Huntley Area Public Library |
Language | ENG |
Collection Name | Huntley Area Newspapers |
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Title | The Huntley Farmside |
Date | 1979-05-17 |
Month | 05 |
Day | 17 |
Year | 1979 |
Volume | 19 |
Issue | 6 |
Decade | 1970-1979 |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
Technical Metadata | Image was scanned by OCLC at the Preservation Service Center in Bethlehem, PA. Archival Image is a 1-bit bitonal tiff that was direct scanned from original material at 300 dpi. The original file size was 172 kilobytes. |
FileName | 19790517_001.tif |
Creator | The Huntley Farmside |
Date Digital | 2007-07-18 |
Coverage | Huntley, Illinois, United States |
Description | Weekly Newspaper from the Huntley Area Public Library Collection |
Subject | Newspaper Archives |
Rights | This material may be protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S. Code). |
Publisher | This Collection was digitized and loaded into CONTENTdm by OCLC Preservation Service Center (Bethlehem, PA) for the Huntley Area Public Library |
Source | Reproduction of library's print newspaper archives |
Contributing Institution | Huntley Area Public Library |
Language | ENG |
FullText | e Buntled li^armsfdie I'USPS 580-360 VOLUME 19>NUMBER 6 THURSDAY, MAY 17,1979 7'rSbrfE- ... 669-562Mf BO aaeimht'-' 459-1456 or 45941996 PRANK PARlTiEK Hi> 192 JIUrMLEY. ILL PAGE$ MBVIWC THE PEOPlB OF HUMp«WWCE I9t§ IScPEBCOPY SCHOOL BOARD MAY HUNTLEY DAY AT THE HISTORICAL CUT PROGRAMS MUSEUM At last Thursday nites School Board nneetlng, the Board took a strong stand on school programs. The Agriculture Position was nearly cancelled. The position was voted on 3 times and it was finally decided to run the program for one year ONLY. Next year will be the last yeer for Agricultural Studies and clubs at the school. The Library Aide for K-8 was voted down. It was decided not to renew one custodial position which had been paid by CETA. Shirley Williams was kept on as a Library Aide but the Board is planning or closing the High School Library for part time. The Board voted not to hire custodial help for the summer. Joe Manning wfx) has heid this position for 11 yrs. and Bill Leggee were to have been custodians for the summer. The Board voted against Mr. Moerke typing thecurricuium work for next years school. At the Board meeting, Gary Keesling resigned. In two weeks at the Board meeting the School Board will consider cutting the following: THE HIRING OF 5 NEW TEACHERS; THREE P.E. COURSES; LIBRARY AND SPECIAL ED AIDES; GENERAL LEDGER AND COMPUTER SERVICES COSTING $4000; LEARNING DISAB-- I LITY SERVICES; THE > HLETIC PROGRAM; ALL EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES; MUSIC; BAND AND ART. All these teachers will be assigned to regular classrooms. As far as the buildings, there will be no remodeling or repair work in the grade school i, which will eliminate an expenditure of $16,500 ii with an additional $5,000 for custodians. $12,000 will t>e saved by not blacktopping. No emergency funds will be kept available in the building fund for furnace repairs etc. Usually $10,000 was on hand. The $66,000 in utility bills will have to be paid out of the Education fund. In transportation, the two new buses will be eliminated. Pickups in the nfX)rning will be doubled with possibly a 7:15 and 7:45 pickup by the same bus. There wilt be pickup points instead of door to door service. According to state law children can be picked up Within a 1 Vz mile radius of their home. According to Dr. Bunt, even with all these cuts, there will still be a $263,000 deficit. Bids for the new gym roof are out and will be returned by June 18. The Board was going to wait until the law suit was concluded but decided to go ahead with the work.,The gym possibly could be ready by the start of school in September. MEMORIAL DAY scheduled to begin $t 10:301.111. tt the Hondey Anerican Legion Home and at 11:00 a.ni. at the Huntley cemetety. Tbe program at the oemetety is aa foUowa: ln»ecBlta«i Kev. L. 0. Day, St. Mary's CathoUc Church. Huntley af Wrairth at bane if M Douglas ^!^ ¦ IlaUt Jeff Hudren SelM WUUam L^gee Continued oo Page 2 Memorial Day ceremenies will be conducted mi Monday, May 28 at Huntiey under the sponsorship of Huntley American Legion POat 1673, Post Commander Ralph Peters has announced. All residents at Huntley and surrounding areais are Invited to attend and participate in tUs patriotic commemorative obser¬ vance, Commander Peters re-' minded- The oeremooles are large crowd attended Huntley Day at the Historical Museum on (Mother's Day. Henry Marlowe was Master (rf Ceremonies. He ll introduced Huntley dignitaries - Mayor Don Enstrom; Dean Marlowe, County Board Member; Jack Brunschon, Grafton Township Road Commissioner and Virginia Brunschon, Grafton, Township Assessor. Historical President Shuji Kimura was on hand to welcome the Huntley crowd and to thank them for their support. Bill Leggee directed the BeU Choir of the Pitst Congregational Church. The group gave a lovely recital from Maple Leaf Rag to Q Jubilee of seven different songs. The Bell Choir consists dt Betsy Warrington, Penny Mealiff, Gail Eckman, Mary Lou Hardy, Shelby Hillard and Nancy Grau in the front row. The back row consists of Marge Marlowe, Helen Marlowe, Larry Warrington, Rev. Roger Mealiff and Carl Hill. Mr. Leggee also sang a solo of ".Unchained Melody" with Helen Marlowe accompanying him on the piano. The choir program was lovely with a variety of bells ftom large to small. Mrs. Marlowe explained that today there is a 2V] year wait on getting bells from England. They run from S600 to $1,000. MC Henry Marlowe then introduced Jack Pettigrew from Dean's Milk who had a display of some Dean's products. There was also an outside display of old-time Dean's trucks snd a horse-drawn wagon used to deliver milk. The Huntley Harvestors 4-H Gub presented their prize winning "Harvestor's Hoedown". Their cute aong, accompanied by Luann Lamz on the piano, was about a rooster who helped out a farm that was losing money. The rooster went into the chicken coup and there were eggs. Then he went to the garden and eggplants grew. He got around to the cows who then gave eggnogg and lastly to the gum tree which produced chicklets. They then produced a square dance as part of their sUt. Leaders, Mrs. Becker and Mrs. Meyer were introduced. The Harvestors washed 70 cars the day before in an effbrt to eam money for their trip downstate in August, so they weren't singing as loud as they could as most got a bit wet the day before. Continued on Inside Page IMPORTANT SCHOOL OPEN FORUM MAY22 Huntiey District 158 CAC requests all parents, stodents, and members of the oommunity to attend an open forum to discuss the current financial dilemna. The forum will be held in the elementary school gym on Tuesday, May 22, at 8:00 P.M. The CAC vill h<4d a business meeting at 7:00 P.M. prior to the forum. The fociim is for the purpose of allowing the community to express thdr feelings regarding the purposed cuts in the school program and to make sugges¬ tions regarding the future directicm ofthe district. Everyone is welcome to attend. 23 ACRE ANNEXATION HEARINQ IN FAVOR OF HUNTLEY Last Monday, May 14, an Annexation Hearing held by the McHenry Coun School Board to take 23 acr^ out of the Huntiey Scho District and place them in t) Crystal Lake District. Boai members were Mr. Nichols, M Gitlin, Chairman Pintozza, Mr Blaul and Mr. Barber. Eighteen Huntiey resideii attended the meeting. The were; Nancy Livingston, Robe Zirk, Bob Bunt, Quin O'Brier Sue Seaver, Betty Zitk, Kathy. Bill Leggee, Jerry Collins Virginia A Jack Brunschon, Jo Manning, Duke Manning, Dea. Mariowe, Marge O'Brien, aot Mrs. McLaughlin. Tom Henley, attomey for th< Petitioners, presented his cast for the annexation. He caller Mr. Malcolm E. Marsh, one ot the owners of the property to the stand. Mr. Marsh stated that the land in question was in Grafton Township on the north edge of the Huntiey School District north of Bard Road and east at Haligus bordering on Tumberry. The 23 acres is part of a no acre development. Mr. Marsh stated that the Village of Lakewood had annexed ti : land and had asked him to change the 23 acres to the Crystal Lake School System. Mr. Henley presented the titie, tax bills, county assessors map of the parcels and tax certificates into evidence. Mr. Marsh stated tiiat he had a trailer on another parcel of land and that he spent about 2 weeks each year In the trailer. Mr. Qitinn O'Brien brooght out that that woold make him a vacationer, not a resident. Mr. Marsh told of all tfae available shopping oentera, library, mov :e theatres, ete. in Crystal Lake available to the people tfaat would reside on his land. However, it waa bron^ ont that this land wae being annexed to Ckkewood, wfaidi Continued on Inside Page |
Collection Name | Huntley Area Newspapers |