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NL NWL Chicago Tribune, Tuesday. November 12 1991 Section 2 3 flews from Lake County Council divided on Ft. Sheridan i vJ- I it, tfi, 1ST- i 7 Precision cut North Shore Homeowners to pay higher rates for gas For the first time in seven years, North Shore Gas Co. is raising the rates it charges to its residential customers. The Illinois Commerce Commission approved an increase of $5.3 million, or 3.5 percent, for the utility on Friday.

The company was seeking an $8.8 million boost. The increase, effective Monday, means that an average residential customer who uses gas for heating, cooking and other household purposes will pay $3.83 more a month, said Donald Keller, vice president of the company. North Shore Gas serves 120,000 customers in 54 communities, including the Cook County suburbs of Winnetka and Glencoe as well as most of eastern Lake County, Keller said. "We've been fortunate enough to avoid it a rate increase for seven years, even reducing our rates once, about three or four years ago," Keller said. He said that even with the increase, North Shore's gas prices still will be lower than they were five years ago as a result of the past rate cut.

Lake Villa Bond issue planned for school additions Lake Villa Elementary School District 41 plans to ask voters to approve a $2.5 million bond issue next March to pay for additions and renovations to Pleviak and Intermediate Schools. The school board has to vote before Jan. 1 5 on the specific amount of the bond issue to be put before the voters in a referendum, but Board President Robert Link said that the board will meet the deadline for the referendum. "We'll make it happen," he said. Edward Voce of Crystal Lake marks a piece of while working on lumber with care before beginning to cut it on Lincoln Avenue Lake Forest chose democracy Disapproval not behind school board vote, leaders say U.S.

Rep. John Porter criticizes Lake Forest's previous stand on how the land should be used. But Clarke said that no matter how the council votes Saturday, he docs not believe the city's action will influence the Defense Department's decision on the future of the fort. Clarke said he came away from a meeting held last week with representatives from the Forest Preserve District and the VA with the feeling that the Defense Department could "care less" about Lake Forest, Highland Park and Highwood. "They are going to do what is in their best interest," Clarke said.

"The Navy needed the housing, so they got the housing. It's a done deal. Porter says it's not a done deal, but the Defense Department says it is." But Aid. John E. Preshlack (1st) said he hopes the council's recommendation on the north end of the fort will make a difference.

Preshlack, who believes the north property should be preserved for recreation and open space, would like to galvanize public opinion behind the forest preserve proposal. "It has to be a tripart effort: the county, the communities in Lake County, the residents that is our only glimpse of light," Preshlack said. By Jodie Jacobs Just days before it is expected to reconsider its position on the future of Ft. Sheridan, the Lake Forest City Council appears deeply divided. The question, when the council debates the matter Saturday, is whether the northern end of Ft.

Sheridan, slated for closure in 1994, should be preserved for parks and open space or for a national cemetery for military veterans. A poll of council members Monday showed three committed to a Lake County Forest Preserve District effort to buy the land and preserve it for open space. Two others favor the cemetery plan of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. One council member said he was leaning toward the forest preserve plan, but two others were unavailable for comment.

If the council splits 4-4 on the issue, Mayor Charles Clarke who has been a strong supporter of the VA cemetery proposal, would cast the tie-breaking vote. In the past the council and the Plan Commission have endorsed the VA cemetery plan. Lake Forest has refused to join neighboring municipalities in backing a land use plan endorsed earlier this year by the Ft. Sheridan Commission, a body made up of federal, state, county and local officials. The commission recommended a VA cemetery at the south end of the base.

It recommended that the northern portion, which adjoins Lake Forest, be designated as park-style open space. U.S. Rep John Porter (R-Ill.) on Sunday attacked Lake Forest's support for a VA at the north end, saying that the city's position sent mixed signals to Defense Secretary Dick Cheney. Cheney, who will make the final decision on disposition of the fort, last August accepted a Navy plan to use the southern end for housing. Porter said Sunday there is "zero chance" that Cheney will reverse his decision for Navy housing unless Lake Forest switches its position on the future of the northern portion of the fort.

vii 11 Tribune photo by Hung T. Vu a home remodeling project in Barrington. when she was appointed to the board last May, contends the board has changed. "They have made dramatic progress," she said, pointing to a new format of regularly scheduled committee meetings and a hot line announcing meetings and events. Stotts said, however, that residents "want self-determination." Mayor Charles F.

Clarke Jr. said the outcome might also be taken as a slap at the board of High School District 115, which has always been an elective board. Residents have been turning out in force at high school board meetings to protest overruns on a multimillion-dollar school expansion project. "I think people are concerned about accountability because of the high school. They think having an elected board will give it, but the high school board is elected," Clarke said.

Clarke, who had appointed the last two elementary boards, was all smiles when asked what he thought about an elected board. "It's great. They can't point the finger at me," he said. NO A Mil NTT Jv swMdtr ill democratic process" and called the appointed system "outdated." The proposition was put on the ballot by the league. The question of an appointed or elected board grew out of a larger study on the caucus process of choosing candidates for city and school boards and commissions, Albrecht said.

Albrecht attributed the overwhelming margin to people moving into the area who are used to doing things differently. "People coming into town would say, 'What do you mean this is the way it's always she said. Also, people working on the study were "not old-guard Lake Forest residents) who accepted the status quo," Albrecht said. Wendy Stotts, who organized the study of an elected school board, said the mood of the town was to have a choice of candidates. "You couldn't do that if the board was appointed," Stotts said.

She also said that in the past, residents didn't believe the board was responsive enough. But Stotts, who obtained firsthand knowledge of operations We're here to hear from you If you have news, announcements or Information about upcoming events in Lake County, please contact us: Chicago Tribune 9450 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. Suite 650 Rosemont, III. 60018 Lake County news staff: 708-671-8041 Deliverynewsstand sales: 1-800-TRIBUNE in the Village Hall, 200 E.

Cook Ave. The Lake County Retired Teachers Association will meet at noon at Meadows 21 Restaurant, 1760 Milwaukee Ave. Call 708-244-4209. Long Grove The Village Board will meet at 8 p.m. in the Village Hall, 3110 N.

Old McHenry Rd. Mundelein The Board of Education of District 120 will meet at 6:30 p.m. in Mundelein High School, 1350 W. Hawley St. Prairie View The retiring Board of Education of District 125 will hold its final meeting at 7:30 p.m.

in Adlai Stevenson High School, 16070 W. Highway 22. Vernon Hills The Village Board will meet at 7 p.m. in the Village Hall, 290 Evergreen Drive. Call 708-367-3700.

15000 Wadsworth Rd. Call 708-662-0531. Waukegan Narcotics Anonymous will meet at 8 D.m. Monriav In Vintnrv Mammal Hneni. tal, 1324 N.

Sheridan Rd. Call 708-360- 4U9U. Overeaters Anonymous will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in Victory Memorial Hospital, 1324 N. Sheridan Rd.

Call 708- 360-4148. Families Anonymous will meet at 7:30 p.m. weanesaay in tne adolescent chemical dependency conference room in Vio tory Memorial Hospital, 1324 N. Sheridan HO. Uail Utj-360-4090.

Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Victory Memorial Hospital, 1324 N. Sheridan Rd. Call 708- 360-4090. ALATOT support group for children will meet at 7 p.m.

Wednesday in Victory Memorial Hospital, 1324 N. Sheridan Rd. Call 708-360-4090. Al-Anon support group will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Victory Memorial Hospital, 1324 N.

Sheridan Fid. Call 708- 360-4090. By Jodie Jacobs A desire for self-determination, not disapproval of current board actions, led to the overwhelming defeat of the appointive system of choosing board members in the Lake Forest elementary school district, community leaders say. But a backlash of public sentiment against recent actions by the separate high school board may have fanned the flame toward an elected board. they say.

After having a board appointed by the mayor since the elementary school district was formed by city charter in 1861, voters opted by a 3-to-l ratio in last week's referendum to have an elected board in Lake Forest Elementary District 67. District 67 has been the only Illinois district outside Chicago with board members appointed by the mayor. The elected board will be chosen in November 1993. Phyllis Albrecht, president of the Lake Forest-Lake Bluff League of Women Voters, said she was "not surprised that people chose the Today's events Antioch "Adolescence and Substance Abuse" will be the lecture topic at the meeting of' the Junior Woman's Club at 7 p.m. in the First National Bank of Antioch, 485 Lake St.

Call 708-395-1384. Deerfield The Deerfield Woman's Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the Jewett Park Community Center, 836 Jewett Park Drive. Fox Lake The Village Board will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Village Hall, 301 S.

Highway 59. Hainesville The Village Board will meet at 7 p.m. in the Village Hall, 83-1 W. Belvidere Rd. Highland Park The City Council will meet at 7 p.m.

in the City Hall, 1707 St Johns Ave. The Board of Education of District 113 will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Administration Building, 1040 Park Avenue West. Lake County The Board of Education of Lincolnshire-Prairie View School District 103 will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Daniel Wright Middle School, 1370 Riverwoods Lake Forest.

Lake Forest "Dispelling the Myth of the Model Minority: Asian-American Dilemmas" will be the topic of a free lecture by Shinhee Hanat 10:30 a.m. in Holt Memorial Chapel at Lake Forest College, 555 N. Sheridan Rd. Call 708-234-3100, ext.259. Libertyville The Village Board will meet at 8 p.m.

registration is required. Call 708-540-5070. Libertyville An early pregnancy class, for couples who are planning a pregnancy, will be held at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Condell Medical Center, 900 Garfield Ave. Call 708-362-2905, ext.

5275. The Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders support group will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday In Condell Medical Center, 900 Garfield Ave. Call 708-362-2905, ext 5275. Make Today County support group will meet at 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday in Condell Medical Center, 900 Garfield Ave. Call 708-362-2905. Special Delivery MOMS, a support group for mothers of multiple births, will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday In Condell Medical Center, 900 Garfield Ave. Call 708-362-2905.

Wadsworth The Great American Multiple Sclerosis support group will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday in St. Patrick's Church, There will be a Building Committee meeting at 7:15 p.m. Nov. 25 at Pleviak School to discuss the issue.

The meeting will be open to the public, and the architects will be in attendance. The $2.5 million would pay for 13 additional classrooms in Pleviak, as well as some remodeling, and 6 classrooms and a multi-purpose room for Intermediate School. The 19 new classrooms are merely a short-term solution, Link said. The board has not yet decided on a long-range plan to deal with the growth expected in the district. Round Lake Beach Village trustee resigns from board Round Lake Beach Trustee Andrew Sanders has resigned from the Village Board for professional reasons.

Sanders was not present when his resignation was announced at a meeting Friday. But Mayor Carl Schrimpf said Sanders was resigning because the company he worked for temporarily transferred him to Washington state for training. Sanders was elected to the Village Board in April after previously serving on the school board. Hoffman Estates Tollway exit ramp closing is postponed A previously announced construction-related closing of the eastbound exit ramp from the Northwest Tollway to Illinois Highway 59 has been postponed until spring by the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority. The authority said that the change in construction scheduling was caused by the unseasonably cold weather.

The Illinois Highway 59-tollway junction is being rebuilt as a full, four-way interchange to accommodate the traffic anticipated when the new Merchandise Group headquarters of Sears, Roebuck Co. opens nearby next fall. Health notes Barrington The Parents of Asthmatic Children support group will meet from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday in Good Shepherd Hospital. 450 W.

Highway 22. Call 708-381-9600, ext. 5024. Lake County Dr. Pedro Q.

Palu-ay was recently appointed to a three-year term on the Lake County Board of Health's Medical Services Advisory Committee. Lake Forest The Mobile Health Service will be available to Lake County residents from 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday in St. Mary's Parish Center, 201 E. Illinois Rd.

Call 708-234-0802. Lake Zurich The FireRescue Department will hold an adult, child and infant CPR class from 7 to 10 p.m. Nov. 26 in the Fire Station, 321 S. Buesching Rd.

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