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VOLUME 18-NUMBER 39
Thursday; January 12, i978
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SERVING THE PEOPLE OF HUNTLEY SINCE 1960
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RON HISEL WINS ART AWARD
Senior Rod Hisel Is shown receiving a $25.00 Savings Bond from Prin¬ cipal William Moylan The bond was awarded by the Huntley Fire Prot¬ ection District to Rod for designing the logo that will become the distr¬ ict s uniform emblem
The design reflects the dual responsibilty of the members for both fire protection and rescue operations  Rod's design was the winner chosen by the fire protection members from 30 entries submitted by Huntley MltbJili'SP^ "^ students.
HEDY LEONARD SENTINEL CORRESPONDENT
Mrs Wallace (Hedy] Leonard has been appointed Huntley Cooresp- ondenf for the Woodstock Daily Sentinel and will accept any news item- 5, personal, social, fraternal or civic events Pictures [black and white) will be used where possible Hedy Leonard lives at 151 E. Main St. and her telephone number is 669-3151  Feel free to call and keep her Informed
SNOMOBILE SAFETY COURSE
On Tuesdays January 17 & 24 from 6 to 10&00 P.M. ttie Huntley Park District will be holding a snowmobile certification and safety course. This is tor stud¬ ents ages 12-16 Registration fee is $2.50. Pencil and paper required. Mrs. Hank Wozniel will be the Instructor. For more iniormation call Mr. Glen Delaney at 695-8058.
UONS CLUB NEWS
The Huntley Lions Club wishes to thank Mr. Tom Ramsay and Mr. Dennis Rudsinski for their generosity and donation for the Needy Families at Christmas time. These gentlemen also accompanied   Mr.   Charles   Ruth
on his rounds Dec. 23.    Also a thank  you   to  the   Harold   Lake family tor their donations. The     Huntley     Lions     Club
supplied a needy child with glasses in December - also donations to the Forgotten Childrens Fund • 500 stockings for the Grade School Christmas Program - Santa's Fund - and membership into the McHenry Co. Historical Society.
Volunteers are needed for a Volleyball team tor Feb. 4 Lions are encouragaed to join in the benefit for Mr. Bob Peterson.
Next meeting will be Jan. 24, with a Directors meeting at 7 P.M.
Selection c' Lion of the Year has been made, and our nominee will be honored at a later dae. He remains anonymous af this time. The Board of Directors have approved this selection as required by the District IJ Cabinet Officers.
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KINDERGARTEN WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS
A typical week in the lives of forty kindergarten with only days to go till Christmas includes the following.
On Monday, we finished stringing popcorn (lots of eating too] and decorated our room tree Our hand made ornaments and popcorn string- s look lovely on our artificial tree
On Tuesdav, we finished decorating our room along with our usual academic subjects
Wednesday and Thursday, we worked extra hard on our songs for the Christmas Concert which was held in gym on Thursday night
Our big disappointment of the week was our suprise for the parents wasn't ready to take home on the night of the concert Sue and Mary Ann, the high school teacher aides, helped us with the science surpris¬ es.
Friday is Show and Tell day and everyone has lots to show and tell.
We're all very excited about baking cookies next week. We get to bake, decorate, eat and take home some cookies.
VILLAGE BOARD MINUTES
The regular meeiing of the Village Board of Trustees was held In the Board Room of fhe Village 'Hall on January 5, 1978 and the President brought same to order at 8:00 P.M
The following were present: President Enstrom, Trustees Stroupe. Ackman, Lohneis, Mercer, and Eisenmenger. Also attending were Attorney Caldwell, Mr. Schwegel of Baxter and Woodman, Percy Swanson and the cahirman of the Zoning and Planning Commission.
The minytes of the previous meeting Dec. 1, 1977, were brought before the Board, and there being no additions nor .corrections, they stood approved as set out.
The next order of business was the review of the financial reports . Trustee Stroupe requested the
Clerk to check on a discrepancy in the managerial report to the treasurer's report in the Water and Sewer Cash Account. Also, the Treasurer was asked to finish the annual treasurer's report and have published as this is past due. With these exceptions, he made a motion to approve the above report, seconded by Trustee Eisenmenger, and upon roll call, all trustees voted aye and the motion carried.
The bills were spread before the trustees for their review and all were to be paid as presented with the exception of the Lester Witte invoice. Due to the lateness of the reports, the trustees advised the Clerk to withhold $375.00 of the invoice. A motion was made by Trustee Lohneis to approve all invoices with the above exception and said motion was seconded by Trustee Mercer. Upon roll call, all trustees voted aye   and. the   motion   carried.
In    connection     with     the
investment ot su-plus funds, thfr State Bank of hnntley advised that a Commernal Savings Account was now available which could replace the certificate cf deposit system of investment now used by the village. It was [rfoted th.ji C'v^lnterest would be ipaid quarterly and that Interest 'would be earned from day of deposit to day of withdrawal. Trustee Stroupe recommended that the Clerk switch the funds to a Commercial Savings Account so that monies can be made thoroughly invested and withdrawn at lime of need. This was put into the form of a motion authorizing the Clerk to do so. with a Resolution to be drawn by the attorney, said moiion seconded by Trustee Lohneis Upon roll call, all trustees voted aye and the motion carried.
President Enstrom then called on Mr. Vernon Brunschon who gave a summary of a letter received in regard to a stop and go light at the intersection of Rt. 47 and Main St. It was noted that this has been requested for several years The Dept. of Transportation has deemed it justifiable tor a traffic light to be installed at this point with the costs as follows; Overall cost: $61,000 (Includes a fire preemption that must be installed). Participation to be as: State: $46,600, Village: $9,000, Fire Dept., $6,000. A motion was made by Trustee Stroupe, seconded by Trustee Lohneis, to approve of this action but requested fhat fhe "left turn on green arrow" stipulation be asked. Upon roll call, all trustees voted aye and the motion carried. President Enstrom then tabled this discussion pending the arrival of the Fire Chief for the fire department's reaction to this matter.
In the meantime. Mr. Schwegel recommended that a rebid be made for the influent sewer as soon as possible (by the March meeting), tt was noted that the former bidding was turned down. A motion was made by Trustee Ackman, seconded by Trustee Eisenmenger, to advertise for these bids.and upon roll call, all trustees voted aye and the motion carried,
Mr. Freund then entered the meeting at this point. He announced that the fire departmet\t would have to ask for assistance regarding their share of the payment of the traffic light. (Trustee Frank then entered Into the meeting.) Trustee Stroupe Continued oti Back Page