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County Board OKs budget, levy Members approve $247.9M spending plan, spurn tax levy increase By KEVIN P. CRAVER kcraver@shawmedia.com WOODSTOCK – The McHenry County Board approved a balanced 2014 budget Tuesday evening that for another year freezes its property-tax levy. Board members voted, 20-1, to ap-
prove the spending plan for the 2014 fiscal year, which for Illinois counties begins Dec. 1. The $247.9 million budget maintains the county’s fiscal health – McHenry County is one of only three Illinois counties with a Aaa credit rating from Moody’s Investors Service – while rejecting the automatic 1.7 percent inflationary
tax increase taxing bodies are entitled to next year under the tax cap. The budget includes slightly more revenue than the $247.5-million spending plan that was put on 30-day review last month. It is down $4.2 million from this year’s $252.1 million budget, which was down $6.7 million from the 2012 budget. On
How they voted In two 20-1 votes Tuesday, the McHenry County Board approved its 2014 budget and 2014 tax levy. Board member John Hammerand, R-Wonder Lake, cast the sole opposing vote on both matters. Board member Robert Martens Sr., R-Spring Grove; Mary McClellan, R-Holiday Hills; and Paula Yensen, D-Lake in the Hills, were absent.
top of other cost-cutting measures, the board has reduced 85 board-approved job positions over the past four years. “In this environment of stagnant revenues, the budget as presented is a maintenance budget that has only
150 years later, words of Lincoln honored
See BUDGET, page A7
DATING BEHAVIOR
By MARK SCOLFORO
Study finds teens who date early are more prone to risks
The Associated Press GETTYSBURG, Pa. – In solemnity, thousands of people gathered at a central Pennsylvania battlefield park Tuesday to honor a speech given 150 years ago that President Abraham Lincoln predicted would not be long remembered. The inspirational and famously short Gettysburg Address was praised for reinvigorating national ideals of freedom, liberty and justice amid a Civil War About the that had torn the country into pieces. speech “President Lincoln sought to heal a President nation’s wounds by Abraham Lindefining what a nacoln’s Gettystion should be,” said burg Address Gov. Tom Corbett, was delivered calling Lincoln’s Nov. 19, 1863. words superb, his Because faith deep and his of varying genius profound. transcriptions, “Lincoln wrote his scholars gener- words on paper, but ally put the text he also inscribed at 268 to 272 them in our hearts.” Echoing Lincoln, words. keynote speaker and Civil War historian James McPherson said the president took the dais in November 1863 when it looked as though the nation “might indeed perish from the earth.” “The Battle of Gettysburg became the hinge of fate on which turned the destiny of that nation and its new birth of freedom,” McPherson said. In the July 1863 battle, considered the turning point of the war, Union forces fought back a Confederate invasion of Pennsylvania. Lincoln’s speech was delivered four months later, at the dedication of a national cemetery for the battle’s casualties.
“Parents have to play a role in teaching children how to date. Kids don’t automatically know what is appropriate and what is not.”
By STEPHEN Di BENEDETTO sdibenedetto@shawmedia.com Parents need to strike a delicate balance with their teenage children as they enter an age when dating and temptations such as sex and drug use become prevalent, area experts said. Parents also should start that balancing act earlier in their child’s life, according to a recent study on teen dating published in the Journal of Adolescence. Researchers from York University in Toronto found that teens who entered into intimate relationships earlier in life are more susceptible to risks such as unsafe sex, alcohol and drug use, and delinquent behavior. “If nobody is monitoring our children, they get into relationships that are unhealthy and stay in relationships that are unhealthy,” said Jane Farmer, executive director for Turning Point of McHenry County. “Parents have to play a role in teaching children how to date. Kids don’t automatically know what is appropriate and what is not.” The study used data collected from 1996 to 2003 based on yearly surveys from about 700 students. The early bloomers, on average, began dating at 11.6 years compared with 14.9 years for late-dating teens. The younger teens also reported twice as many acts deemed delinquent, including lying, cheating, picking fights, truancy and disobedience.
Jane Farmer executive director for Turning Point of McHenry County
See DATING, page A7
Photo illustration by Kristina Peters – kpeters@shawmedia.com
See GETTYSBURG, page A8
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PROSECUTORS OUTLINE ABUSE CASE Michelle Mathieu’s death in March 2012 was the culmination of a violent relationship with Robert Signorile of Huntley, Assistant State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally said. Signorile is accused of beating her to death. But his defense lawyer said no neighbors reported anything the night of her death and there were no signs of a fight. For more, see page B1.
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