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Tliursday, November 5,1998
A Press Publications newspaper ar serving the Huntley community
Volume 38 Issue 30
Vote close in Dist. 158 election
Steve Brosinski
Press Publications Two $9 million referendums to build elementary schools in Huntley and Lake in the Hills appeared as of press time Tuesday evening to have been approved by school District 158 voters.
If the two referendums were approved, School District 158 could now begin constructing new schools at the Harmony Road Campus in Huntley and on
Reed Road in Lake in the Hills.
The Harmony Road proposal had strong support from District 158 voters, but the district's request to build a school on Reed Road appeared to have met more opposition.
District officials said that no matter what the final results tumed out to be, they would continue to address concems regarding student-population growth and overcrowding.
"Should only one pass, will
still go for another referendum in the spring," said Jim Crabill, president of School District 158.
School officials made the proposals in order to provide space for about 800 students in each school. Construction would begin this spring and be completed for the 2000 school year, when enrollment is expect¬ ed to skyrocket to another 1,000 students.
Passage of the referendums would mean the district is eligi¬
ble for $5.4 million in state grants from a $324 million con¬ struction bond. The district would receive $2.7 million this fiscal year and the remainder the following year.
Developer fees would kick in another $1 million.
Voters were asked to pass ref¬ erendums that were twice nar¬ rowly defeated in the past. In March, a referendum lost by 18 votes, and a previous one failed by 22 votes last year.
Home restoration project reveals detailed glimpse of Huntley's past
Steve Brosinski
Press Publications
When Kevin and Dawn Ellison began their renovation of the tum-of-the-century house on Lincoln and Main Street, they hoped to restore some of the home's charm that was lost from years of disrepair.
But they had no inkling that hidden beneath layers of dust and cobwebs they would dis¬ cover some hidden treasures that would reveal a slice of Huntley's past.
Two previous homeowners, one a minister and the other a judge, left behind a variety of documents that gives two wide¬ ly different glimpses of what life was like in town during the first half of the 20th century.
Built around 1903, the nine- room brick Dutch colonial home was home to village magistrate William R Whittemore and later to Rev. Louis Baumgaertner, former pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church. Baumgaertner bought the home in 1937, before passing it on to his youngest
Photo by Steve Brosinski
Dawn Ellison (center) and members of her family look through a journal found inside the home she and her husband, Kevin, bought in March and recently remodeled. The house was formerly owned by William Whittemore and Rev. Louis Baumgaertner, both of whom left many documents that shed light on Huntley's past
daughter, Marguerite, who sold lived there with her 88-year-old Until the Ellisons began the the home to the Ellisons in cousin, George, and a boarder restoration, few knew of the March.  Marguerite,  now  93,    known as Amie "the pilot." see Restoration-page 2
RESULTS
Following are vote totals in contested races in Tuesday's elections as of press time. These are only partial results.
DISTRICT 158
REED ROAD
McHenry (Y-N)    674-636
Kane (Y-N) 10-22
DISTRICT 158
HARMONY ROAD
McHenry (Y-N) 775-535
Kane County (Y-N) 13-19
STATE REP. 64TH DISTRICT
Cal Skinner Jr. (R)    8,485
Jeannine Smith (D) 7,563
McHENRY COUNTY BOARD DISTRICT 6
(pick two)
Mary Lou Zierer (R)  . .5,088 Ann Gilman (R) 4,412
Lynn McEstes (D) 2,245
Diane E. Oltman Ayets (D)...2,165
McHENRY COUNTY SHERIFF
Keith Nygren (R)    25,446
Arlie "Lee" Page (D) 7,906
19TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
(to fill a vacancy)
Barbara Gilleran
Johnson (R) 21,060
Terrence J. Brady (D) 11,111
KANE COUNTY BOARD DISTRICT 25
Bill Morris (R)    2,822
Chris McArdle (People's Voice)  1,163
14TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
Jay Dennis Hastert(R) 50,779
Robert Cozzi Jr (D) 20,356
ILLINOIS GOVERNOR
George Ryan (R) 24,626
Glenn Poshard (D)   9,331
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