The Huntley Farmside

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VOLUME 1&-NUMBER 23 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12,1978
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HOMECOMING PARADE
Homecoming day's weather may have been bleak but the Redskins had the winning spirit and it was a sensational day. The day began with the traditional parade lead off by the Huntley Police and Fire Departments. Darrell Pfaff rode a horse wearing Indian head gear representing the Redskins. Numerous Fire Department vehicles followedup. Next in the line up were Al 9 Joyce Allen from the Huntley Supermarket in an Antique car.
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GRAND OPENING
HUNTLEY AUTO SUPPLY
October 15th
FARMSIDE AUTO SUPPLY wants to get off to a flying start and will be giving a ride in a Hot Air Balloon to the lucky person whose name is drawn for the Grand Prize I If Mother Nature is agreeable and provides a nice afternoon on Sunday, October 15, there will be a balloon tethered at FAS in the Huntley Center on Route 47, to come out and join the fun.
There will be lots of other prizes to win and refreshments served
all day from 10 AM to 6 PM. Some good buys will be featured for the
do-it-yourself auto mechanic - check out their ad elsewhere in the
paper and save yourself some money while enjoying the Grand
1 Opening Celebration I
BOARD-TEACHER NEGOTIATIONS
SUPPORT
LIONS
CANDY DAY
OCTOBER 13th & 14th
On  Tuesday,  October   10 1978. the Huntley School Boav' and The  Huntley  Education Association participated in med iation with a federal mediator.
There was productive discuss¬ ion regarding a two year contract. Both parties agreed to a tax shelter teacher retirement program.
An average of 5.5% salary increase was offered for this school year equal to $33,899.00 over last year salary expendit-
VILLAQE BOARD MINUTES
The Regular Meeting of the ViUage Board of Trustees was held October 5, 1978 in the Board Room of the Village Hall and was brought to order by President Enstrom at 8.00 P.M.
Trustees present were: Stroupe, Ackman, Mercer and Lohneis. Also present were Attorney Caldwell, Percy Swan¬ son and the Chairman of the Zoning and Planning Commis¬ sions. Absent: Trustees Frank and Eisenmenger.
The President presented the minutes of the September 7th, 1978 meeting and asked for any additions or corrections.   Tnis-i tee  Mercer advised the Clerk that the minutes should be corrected in that the residents on Lincoln Street between Heinz and Mill were ^ne-half in favor and one-half in'objection to the one-way street proposal and all; would agree to the proposal of one-way traffic at certain times. Trustee Eisenmenger then en¬ tered the meeting and also; advised the Clerk that in the' same order of business the minutes needed correcting in' that it was Trustee Mercer only and not Trustee Mercer and Trustee Eisenmenger who pro¬ posed setting time for one-way^ in  order  to further protect children from traffic on school; days.    With these corrections, the minutes then stood approv-l ed as corrected.
The financial reports were brought before the meeting, the Board noting that financial' reports from the auditing prople were before the Board for the first time in several months. : Trustee Stroupe stated thmt there was no way the-Treaaur-i er's report and the financial statements could be checked on such short notice. He made a{ motion to accept the Treasurer'i
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UTCS. I'he second year proposal was for an average salary increase of 7% equal to S4S,518.00. The first year offer of 5.5% was rejected by the H.E.A. However the second year salary increase of 7% was accepted.
Extra-curricular aciivities were also discussed. A Board offer of 17.8% increase in the extra-curricular salaries was not accepted.
No settlement was reached and no further meetings have been scheduled.
LETTERTOTHE EDITOR
^Jht Huntley Education Asso¬ ciation and the Board of Education failed to reach agree¬ ment on a new contract during a Federal Mediation session Tuesday evening. The major issue remaining unsettled is salary. The Board is offering » 5.5% increase in total dollars during 1978-79 and 7% in total dollars during 1979-80 These figures are misleading, however because teachers with many years of experience in the district would not be able to receive those percentages. Exp¬ erienced teachers would prob¬ ably receive individual raises of 4.5% and 6% respectively. under the Board's offer. The current inflation rate is 7.7% and cost of living is predicted to increase by at least that rate throughout 1979. The HEA has come down in its salary request to 6% total dollars increase in 1978-79 and 7% in 1979-80. hus. we are only Vi% apart ($3000) to reach a settlement. Obviously even by our own last offer the faculty is going to lose dollars to inflation. The Board has stated repeatedly that it is committed to balancing the district's bud¬ get. The faculty is equally committed to balancing their family budgets!
There comes a point at which we can not move down any farther! It is indeed a sad commentary that several fine teachers on the faculty, with dozens of years of combined service to District #158, are eligble for the district's reduced price lunch program for their own children. Perhaps, if the Board of Education and com¬ munity better understood the above facts, it would be easier to understand the faculty's insist¬ ence on securing a fair offer.
Lorraine Lid President HEA