Koapr &- Sons B o o k Bindery Inc. Low income beneft t, Michigan 4 9 2 8 U Sprlngpo .te s s e t Energy assistance program f V for student SINGLE COPY 254 offsets heating/cooling bills At the time of application the applicant will The McLean county Economic Opportunity registration rlcU n d zctie * be given a statement to take to his doctor that Corporation has expended $70,999.00 in will have to be completed and returned before Livingston county, assisting 401 households, Tuesday, Aug. 18, and Wednesday, Aug. 19, CHATSWORTH, ILLINOIS (60921), THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1981 payments can be issued. (including 24 from the Chatsworth area) with will be registration and payment of fees for all ONE HUNDRED SEVENTH YEAR NUMBER 45 The program allocation for Livingston their main heat source bill. The average Chatsworth Unit No. 1 students in preparation t&lWl, C om bctt county ws $181,739.00, $70,990.00 has been heating assistance payment amount per for the 1981-82 school year expended, which leaves $110,749.00. household has been $177.90. The grade school registration and fee Now that the long winter months of 1980-81 The Low-Income Energy assistance payments will be made at the grade school are behind us, it is time for everyone to start science teacher at the junior high. Betti program provides assistance to eligible low- office. The schedule set up for grade school thinking ahead to 1981-82. It's difficult to School Board meeting.. resignations were regretfully accepted . % income households to offset rising costs of students will be on the last name basis as imagine a temperature of zero when the The board voted to offer teaching contracts home energy that are excessive in relation to follows: A-G, 9 a m. to 12 noon, Tuesday, Aug. weather outside is 80 degrees. However in to Carol Amm of Pontiac for the district choral household income. 18; H-M 1 p.m. to 3 p m., Tuesday. Aug. 18; order to stay ahead of those high fuel bills, At the time of application the program N-R, 9 a m. to 12 noon, Wednesday, Aug. 19; music position and will include being everyone should be giving serious participant provided written documentation of S-Z, 1 p.m. to 3 p m., Wednesday, Aug 19. Two teachers resign; sophomore sponsor and Spring musical assis­ consideration to utilizing a monthly gas tant. A half time elementary education posi­ all household members income for the past 90 budget plan. This payment plan allows you to tion was offered to Julie Davis, of Cropeey. days and the most current heating source bill. High school registration and payment of pay a set amount monthly during the entire Miss Davis will also be the girls basketball Applicants do not need an overdue bill or fees will be conducted in the high school office. year, which is applied as a credit to your coach. shut-oiff notice to qualify, and may apply Schedule of registration is: 12th grade, 9 a m. ft" account. Then when it is zero, and your first whether or not they pay for their own heating to 12 noon, Tuesday, Aug 18; 11th grade, 1 tw o offered contracts bill arrives, you will have a credit balance to bills. The amount of assistance depends on the p.m. to 3 p.m .Tuesday, Aug. 18; 10th grade, 9 Linda Koets, last year’s half time Title I help you meet the cost. This will save all the household, and other factors. The payment a.m. to 12 noon, Wednesday, Aug. 19; 9th by Julie Davis from Pamela Haas, the district’s choral music math teacher, submitted a letter asking the pain of having a $200.00 bill due all at one time. amount ranges from $75.00 to $360.00. grade, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19. teacher. Miss Haas had been with the board to re-evaluate and re-instate her on the If you are in need of any information The McLean county Economic Opportunity The Chatsworth School Board met Monday Chatsworth district for the past three years. staff. The consensus of the board was that the concerning the budget plan, or need help in Corporation also administers the Medically night in a special meeting called and accepted She has decided to enroll in graduate study on prior decision to not reinstate her would stand. budgeting, please contact your local gas Fees for the coming school year will be as Necessary Cooling assistance program. This the resignations of two teachers and offered a full time basis. In other action, the board extended con­ company. Everyone is going to have to take a follows: Books - Kdg., $13.; 1-5, $15.50; 68, program is designed to assist income-eligible contracts to two teachers. The board also accepted a letter of resigna­ tracts to all certified and non-certified staffs look at their energy costs, and realize that $16.50; 9-12, $18. Insurance: K 8 , $7.50 ( 35 for households with their cooling bills. The board accepted a letter of resignation tion from Connie Etter, who was half time for the coining year. they are going to continue to rise. 24 hr.); 7-12. $15 <35. for 24 h r.i; Dental, $4. The amount of assistance depends on the Unfortunately, due to the proposed budget households income, the number of persons in cuts, there are no definite plans for the future Towels 9-12, $17.50 semester (with sports the household, and other factors. The payment of an Energy Assistance program in 1981-82. -$22.50 per semestcn. Lunches 18, 85t; 9-12, ranges from $65.00 to $150.00. Any persons interested in applying to the 95<. M ilk - K 8 , $17.60 year. f - Some conditions that may be improved by Iyow-Income Energy Assistance program or Parents with students going into Kdg., cooling facilities are: Respiratory and the Medically Necessary Cooling assistance fifth, and ninth grades, or any new students in Cardiovascular problems, Allergies that program should contact the McLean county the district must bring their completed health require filtered air, skin diseases, strokes, Economic Opportunity Corporation, 116 North cards in order to enroll. Health cards are Diabetes Mellitus, and Heat Exhaustion. Main street, Pontiac or telephone 815-842-4145. available at the school if anyone needs one. If there is anyone on vacation at this time Despite demands made of state . or if it is inconvenient at the appointed time, they should call the grade school office for an appointment. If parents of grade schoolers wish Danny Dill’s promise to register their high school students at the same time as they are taking care of grade school registration, they are welcome to do so, exceeds performance even if it is not the appointed time. by Rick Jones Well, after all. Dill was to be a valuable Danny Dill went through hell on the witness in a multi-million dollar trial which The first day of school for students will be morning of July 22, 1978 had made nationwide headlines. Tuesday, Aug. 25, from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Rioting inmates at the Pontiac But, when Danny Dill was called to the Wednesday, Aug. 26 will be the first full day. Correctional Center brutally attacked the witness stand in Chicago earlier this year, any On Monday Sept. 7, students will have their young prison guard. They savagely beat him identifications he made were "severely first vacation because of la b o r Day and tried to remove one of his arms with a tainted," according to one source. They were observance with school resuming at the shovel. tainted because his written demands were regular time on Tuesday, Sept. 8. Dill was left for dead. He survived only by available to defense counsel and because he playing dead until the uprising was quelled. had not immediately named some inmates he From his bed in a Peoria hospital's later included in his statement. Intensive care unit. Dill sent back word to The result may not have been a surprise to authorities in Livingston county that he could the prosecutors. One source close to the identify some of the inmates involved in the investigation has said there was some question right up until the end whether Dill deaths of three of his fellow prison guards. should be called to testify. Coroner Keith Von Qualen described the There are some who speculate that the riot murders as “ the most vicious” episode he emotional trauma of Danny Dill’s ordeal had ever investigated. But Danny Dill could caused him to say things immediately identify some of the killers. Danny Dill was following the riot that he was later forced to going to be a hero. alter. "Maybe, given what he went through, Gov. James Thompson's aide, Gayle the emotional stress he was under, we Franzen, later director of the state prison expected too much of him,” one source system, was so confident of D ill’s ability to commented. name those responsible that he told The Blade 10 days after the riot there was "no question but what we will be coming up with several Not everyone buys that explanation. But all those involved with the key assailants." prosecution's "star witness” agree on one * No question about it, Danny Dill was going point: Danny Dill went through hell on the to be a very important witness, maybe the key morning of July 22,1978.