TT- n , ■ V H o a g & S o n s Book Bindery Inc. a Sprlngport, Michigan 49204 Illmitdealei: V SINGLE COPY30* CHATSWORTH, ILLINOIS (60921), THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1984 One Hundred Tenth Year CoeorieM 1M «, CemheW ttmtm tac. Number 41 County treasurer projects. September mailing for county tax bills •'M- Uvuigston county property owners can week from Fairbury and Dwight residents to putting the tax bills in the mail around rapid-fire order. look for their 1963 tax biUs in the mail his plans for “townkiip factors.” September 20. If so, she says, the installment The treasurer's optimum calendar wmiid sometime in late September. Once Kiesewetter and the sUte agree on a payments «rlll be due on November 1 and see the tax bills goii^l out Friday, Saptambrr That’s the best guess Uiis week of County multiplier. County Clerk Am<4d Natzke’s staff December 1. The state forbids requiring a 7. Meeting that scheduie would penult Treasurer Sylvia Bashore as she projects Uw will begin working on valuations, and then total payment in one installment. payments to be due October U and NovcmlMr work to be yet completed across the summer later, tax rates. 13, speeding up, somewhat, the availability of calendar. Mrs. Bashore has also pieced together an lax revenues to schools and other units of The fust nurdle to be cleared will be the All of this material must be forwarded to "optimum” timetable, one where all of the government. determinaUon of a tax equalization multiplier Manatron, tl)e Kalamazoo, Mich., company week to be done is completed in the shortest for the county. Supervisor of Assessments which prints the county’s tax bills. possible time and the mklings back and forth Mrs. Bashore said she sees "no way we can Duane Kiesewetter met stiff resistence last Mrs. Bashore’s projections have her office between Pontiac and Michigan are made in do it any faster.” Jackson explains ‘black ink’ for Unit 3 by Rick Jones First, the district has received about district in the past year to hold the line on the In the end, those four primary areas have Superintendent Calvin Jackson's recent $100,000 in “early taxes" for the 1964-85 fiscal purchase of materials, supplies and supplied enough revenue to push Unit 3 into disclosure that the Unit 3 school system will year from Mcl,ean county. equipment. "We felt we could do it for one the black. “We estimated at the beginning of year and the entire staff worked hard to the fiscal year that we would end with a deficit finish the fiscal year “in the black" has caught Then. too. the district sold the building reduce purchases” of about $194,865 in the educational fund,” many district residents off guard. trades house which had been on the market for For the past two years, the board of Jackson said. After all, these same taxpayers earlier this more than a year. The selling price; $62,000. year approved a 75-cent increase to avoid education has broken an established practice implementation of massive staff and program Jackson said the district accumulated of purchasing a new school bus each year. cutbacks to supplement the annual rkluctions more interest on investments of revenue from "We’re looking at $28,000 to $30,000 for a new "We couldn’t anticipate the early tax imposed by the school board in recent years. its various accounts. That is, the district bus," Jackson said. monies or the sale of the building trades house. invested some of its tax revenues until they "And with consolidation up before us. it But those things, combined with the reduction However, Jackson says the district's ledger were needed for operating expenses. doesn’t make sense to go ahead and order a in spending, have helped put us in the black. has gone from "red ink” to “black" because of new bus for this fall. We’ll wait to see if two major unexpected sources of revenue as In the educational fund alone, the consolidation passes. Then the three boards “That’s good news for us, but it is also well as a determined effort to hold down investment interest totaled about $45,000. Add will have to assess the transportation needs of helpful with the consolidation because the spending. another $12,500 from the bond and interest the new district." state will now pick up the entire combined Specifically. Jackson lists four reasons for account and about $1,000 from the transporta­ The other savings in this area have come at deficit of the FSW and Chatsworth districts.” the turnaround at the close of the 1983-84 fiscal tion fund. the expense of new textbooks and educational Jackson estimates that state payment at year. A major effort was undertaken by the materials and supplies. $850,000. Frank Brunacci selected as File second suit in Forrest Futures Unlimited director fire when four die A second suit has been filed in the June 24, and there were inadequate grounding Frank Brunacci of Chatsworth has been and instructor. 1962, fire which killed four people at the instructions. named as the new executive director of The company is designed to give vocational Harold Harms rural farmhouse, four miles Futures Unlimited in Pontiac. reliabilitation to the disabled and to persons north and two miles west of Forrest. The suit also alleges that Mrs. He was chosen June 28 by the board of ■,,with d i^ abuse problems. Two children of Frances Kammermann, Kammermann was a "business invitee" into directors. 1'raining of clients includes instruction in Fairbury, who was killed in the fire, filed suit the Harms’ residence when she died, and two His last previous position with Futures daily living and work habits. June 27 seeking an excess of $15,000 in counts of the suit allege negligence on the part Unlimited was in the capacity of director of He is 36, holds two degrees from Illinois damages on each of six counts naming The of Harold Harms in the upkeep and safety of rehabilitation, a post he held for four years. State university, and is married to Kristen, a Maytag Co., Chicago; Ron and Rick Harms, his home. He went to Futures Unlimited ten years physical education teacher at Chatsworth co-administrators of the estate of Harold A DOUBLE DOSE of Old Glory flying in front of the Chatsworih Legion is a Two counts allege that Sanders performed ago, and has served as a vocational counselor High school. Harms; and Rich Sanders, doing business as reminder of the July 4 holiday and of the many events in American history that repairs and maintenance on the house a week Sanders Electrical Service, Forrest. formed our republic. prior to the fire. Those counts allege John Kammermann, of Michigan and negligence by failing to properly maintain the Cynthia Keeley, Fairbury, acting for her.>elf electrical system; failure to properly ground 4 -H Livestock judging team selected and as administrator of her mother’s estate, the dryer; permitting a ground fault to exist allege in the suit that the fire which leveled the Ford County held their annual 4-H livestock Chatsworth; Second-Amy Stevenson, Ludlow; through the farmhouse and failure to warn of farmhouse originated in a Maytag electric Neighborhood Watch topic judging contest on June 4. IJvestock classes Third-Keith Wilken, Chatsworth; Fourth- the likelihood of fire. were jddged at Decker’s Hog Market, the Kristin Tjardes, Gibson City; Fifth-Dave Mc­ clothes dryer in the kitchen. Harry Tjardes farm, and the Wayne Birky Clure, Gibson City; Seventh-Kurt Tjardes, In addition to Harms and Mrs. Similar allegations pgainst Maytag and farm. Tom Poskins of Crescent City served as Gibson City; Ninth-Lynne Haren, CuUom and Kammermann, the fire killed Harms' wife, Sanders were filed Dec. 12, also in Livingston for Senior Citizens dinner the official judge. Tenth-Mark Stevenson, Ludlow. Judges from Bette, who'was Mrs. Kammemnann’s sister; county, by Ronald and Rick Harms, as co- Besides providing the 4-H’ers and parents Ford County who placed in the top ten of the and another of Mrs. Harms’ sisters, Helen administrator of the estates of Bette and The Chatsworth Senior Citliens met at the of the Mid-Central Community Actions, who with a judging experience, the contest was us­ junior division (13 and under) included First- Knight, Exton, Pa. Harold Harms. American Legion hall for their third poUuck explained the possibilities of low income ed to select Ford County’s 4-H livestock judg­ John Wilken. Chatsworth; Third-Kent Tjardes. The suit alleges that the dryer was That suit, which seeks in excess of $15,000 luncheon meeting on June 28. Eighty people families being helped with problems such as ing team that represented the county at the Gibson City; Fourth-Tim Abrahamson, Loda; defective in that it was likely to cause a fire; also on six counts, was filed on behalf of the enjoyed the noon meal after a short devotion energy, weatherization, crisis intervention state contest, June 26. Team members Fifth-Susy Abrahamson, Loda; Sixth-Craig there was no warning about that likelihood; couple’s surviving sons, Rick, Ronald and and prayer by Rev. Melvin Meister of the and community gardens. Also, Ruth selected were Mike Miller and David lind- Little, Chatsworth; and Seventh-Chris there was no cut-off to prevent a fire; there Kent S., and daughters, Lynn Harms and Calvary Baptik church. Seggerman, the outreach worker for senior quist, Chatsworth and Amy and Mark Steven­ Abrahamson, loda. was no warning device in case of overheating; KeUy J.