Hoag & Sons Book Bindery Inc. Sprlngport, Michigan 1+9284 C h atsw o rth Happenings s_____________________ ) THURSDAY, Dae. IS 7:30 p.m. - School board meeting 7:J0 p.m. • Chatsworth Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, potliick sapper, school of i»- stm ctko, »»««* regular meeting. SATURDAY. Dec. IS i:N pjn. - Chatsworth Merchant’s Draw­ ing for microwave oven SUNDAY, Dec. 21 4 p m • Christmas cantata, “Carol of -ig^tasaw■ . Christmas” at First Baptist church, public in­ vited. TUESDAY, Dec. 23 7:31 p m -Town board meeting JOHN HABERKORN SEEMS to be enjoying the turkey dinner prepared last FRIDAY, Dec. 31 Thursday for Chatsworth senior citizens. According to Supt. James Langan, this 5 pm -O m tsw orth Holiday Tournament at year’s dinner was the most successful ever, _______________ high school - SATURDAY, Dec. 27 ____ 3:30 p m • Chatsworth Holiday Tourna­ _ __ ment at high school _ MONDAY, Dec. 23 3 p m • Chatsworth Holiday Tournament at high school TUESDAY, Dec. 30 3 p m - Chatsworth Holiday Tournament at __________ high school DIRECTOR PAM HASS, center, sings right along with her high school mixed photos by Dave Clark _ chorus as the group entertains Chatsworth’s older residents last week. y Mabel Teter wins $100 Five ares residents are richer this week as Single copy 2 5 * /■ a result of last Saturday’s merchant’s draw­ ing. Chatsworth area merchants offered a $100 funny money first prise, and five other |23 funny money prises. Funny money can be spent like cash at nay participating Chatsworth business. 'P leU tuU aiU n . First prise winner of $100 was Mabel Teter CHATSWORTH, ILLINOIS (60921), THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1980 of Chatsworth Chatsworth resident Eileen Weller hit the jackpot by having her name ONE HUNDRED SEVENTH YEAR NUMBER 12 drawn twice, so she walked away with $50 in APPROXIMATELY 140 senior citizens attended last Thursday’s annual pre- ________________________ 1980, Cornbelt Press. Inc. funny money to spend. The other three win­ Christmas dinner at the Annual high school. ners were Norma Martin, Rick Perkins, and Rosie Gregory. The final pre-Christmas drawing is this Saturday, Dec. 20 at 2:30 p.m. The grand prize 'Remedy suits' is a microwave oven. Again, area residents may register for this week’s drawing at any of the participating businesses • Furniture store clutter local courts changes hands by Rick Jones seeking restoration of good time. One went to • Miscellaneous remedy is not a collection of court to challenge the authority of the Having changed hands early this month, "home cures" hidden away in the courthouse. Institutional Adjustment Committee for Haberkorn Furniture store in Chatsworth is Rather, it is one of the fastest growing meeting out discipline inside the prison. now Chatsworth Furniture and Flowers, under dockets in Circuit Clerk Judy Cremer’s office, A written disciplinary report against the the management bf Mildred DUler. covering a variety of legal needs. inmate resulted in a hearing before this prison A clearance sale, beginning Dec. 5, drew The average citizen rarely encounters the body. The inmate had his yard privileges Bryant wins prospective buyers from throughout the area. world of miscellaneous remedy. But, if you taken away for 90 days, he lost a year of good The store cleared out about 85 percent of its commit a crime in another state and officials time and he was sent to segregation for one stock within three days. A few items, mostly there seek extradition you may wind up year. DAR award under miscellaneous remedy. In his law suit, the inmate claimed the chairs and paintings, remain to be sold at Tammy Sue Bryant, daughter of Mr. and If a law enforcement agency needs a actions of the prison disciplinary board clearance prices. Mrs. Albert Bryant of Chatsworth, has been Mrs. DUler plans to restock immediately, search warrant to enter your house, it is fUed “adversely effect (sic) on his eligibility for here. selected by the faculty and her classmates at and received her first shipment of new parole." Chatsworth High school to receive the furniture this week. She says that the store This inmate sought the following Daughters of the American Revolution good remains open to the possibility of expansion And, if you are an inmate at the Pontiac or miscellaneous remedy: that his records be Citizen Award. later. Dwight correctional centers, miscellaneous expunged of an incident; his good time be Her selection was based upon the A new feature of the store is Mrs. Diller’s remedy is the key that unlocks the courtroom restored; his return to the normal prison guidelines set forth by the DAR of dependabili­ silk flower arrangements. She plans a grand doors for aU manner of civil suits. population; $25,000 in compensatory damages ty, service, leadership, and patriotism. The opening for the latter part of March or the first Six years ago, only 33 miscellaneous from the Department of Corrections; $10,000 DAR award is a scholarship program, part of April next year. remedy actions were filed in Livingston from each of the five defendants; and $25 for culminating in the national winner receiving a SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER Francis Haberkorn stops to chat with one of the county. This number has grown to 220 for 1980 each day spent in segregation. $1,000 scholarship. many local residents who enjoyed the hospitality of the school at last week's through Monday, Dec. 9, with 152 of these Judge Caisly dismissed this suit last Tammy has been active in school, com­ annual turkey dinner. coming from the prison. summer. munity, and church activities. She has main­ Fifth graders A majority of the inmate complaints center Another inmate filed a law suit after he tained a high scholastic average while par­ around the question of “good time," a method was convicted of a felony while out of prison on ticipating in volleyball, basketball, Swing Senior citizens enjoy of reducing a prison term to reflect exemplary parole. He did not want to lose the good time choir, the pom-pon squad, vocal and in­ write to pals behavior by the inmate during his from his earlier sentence even though he had strumental music events, Madrigals, incarceration. just been convicted of attempted murder. musicals, and high school plays. She has held Mrs. Elizabeth Gillette’s fifth grade class is For those cases which seem clearly out of various offices in the 4-H, Luther League, keeping the VS. post office busy these days as Gov. James Thompson’s Class X Felony bounds, there are those that, as earlier Gass of 1981, and Homemakers of Tomorrow. the children take part in the Weekly Reader’s annual school dinner statute opened a can of worms with a provision suggested, may center on legitimate issues. Tammy plans to enter Eastern Illinois Writing Pals program. for changing the way “good time” was A Muslim inmate has a suit pending as a university at Charleston in the fall where she The students are writing to 25 pals in the Approximately 140 of Chatsworth's older Nearly a third of the high school students par­ computed. result of the prison cancelling his normal will major in special education. fifth grade at Gerke school in Franklin, Ohio. citizens enjoyed a "turkey with all the trimm­ ticipated in the occasion, either by serving the According to Circuit Judge William prayer time in the chapel in order to show an Michael Bradstrset, the Ohio teacher, was ings” dinner at the high school cafeteria on tables or by performing in the mixed chorus Caisley, some inmates found they would be “R” rated movie. This inmate seeks court- very interested in having his class contact our Thursday afternoon, Dec. 11. Several school which provided the afternoon’s entertainment. disadvantaged under the new system. They ordered sanction for recognized religious local youngsters. board members were able to be present. The dinner is an annual affair, and sought action on their behalf through the services. In this nationwide letter-exchange The dinner was prepared by the cafeteria Superintendent James Langan reports that miscellaneous remedy route. The miscellaneous remedy files are program, students get ideas and views from staff under the direction of Mrs. Virginia Lee. this year’s dinner was the most sucessful yet. One case from the Pontiac Correctional growing at a rate surpassed only by traffic pupils of similar ages but different Center progressed all the way to the Illinois tickets in Livingston county. This rate of backgrounds, who are located in other areas of Supreme Court. And Caisley feels that case, growth has an adverse effect both in terms of the country. As the students write to their pals, Johnson vs. Franzen, opened the way for the time and money. they are finding out that writing assignments heavy influx now hitting the courthouse. Let’s talk money. The county is not can be funl C om belt papers on early reimbursed one cent for an expense generated "Fortunately, these cases are usually by miscellaneous remedy suits. It costs the matters of law," the judge said this week. "We county $41 just to file such a case. From there, Republicans hold have very few contested facts so they lend the costs mount through attorney fees and other court expenses. Yule p ress schedule themselves well to motions to dismiss and summary judgments." Ih e county has had to pay more than $6,200 Christmas party Most of the Pontiac Correctional Center just to file the 152 prison-generated cases in miscellaneous cases end up before Caisley. He 1930. Because of the Christmas holiday individuals.