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Some Warren Township
High School board members
are questioning the timeli-
ness of communication from
the superintendents oce
and the wisdom of making
nancial decisions based on
what they claim is incomplete
information.
Roberta Pfeier, a veteran
board member at Gurnee-
based Warren District 121,
raised the issue of communica-
tion from Superintendent Phil
Sobocinski during Tuesday
nights school board meeting.
She said the superintendent is
supposed to provide informa-
tion to all board members.
In a sharp response, Sob-
ocinski said board mem-
bers cant submit last-minute
questions to him or other top
administrators and expect a
quick answer before a meet-
ing. He said the administration
oce has a heavy workload
and is thinly staed.
If you want communica-
tion faster, then I want more
people, Sobocinski told Pfe-
ier during the meeting.
Board member Charles
Crowley Jr. challenged Pfeier
to cite specic problems with
Sobocinskis communication.
She was unable to immedi-
ately provide details, but said
she could put together such a
list.
Pfeier also voiced concern
about new board member Jea-
nette ommes possibly not
receiving all necessary district
information she needs before
a meeting.
Board President John
Anderson informed Pfeier
that he and Sobocinski dont
play favorites when it comes to
relaying District 121 informa-
tion. Anderson said hed never
withhold facts from other
ocials.
Roberta, Im sure you feel
Im part of the problem,
Anderson said. And Im OK
with that.
Meanwhile, board mem-
ber Richard Conley entered
the fray by saying major nan-
cial matters deserve thorough
debate, and should not go to a
vote before all available infor-
mation is presented. Conley
pointed to an April 28 vote for
PMA Financial Network Inc. to
handle a bond sale so Warren
can borrow $23.7 million for
construction projects.
Conley, Pfeier and om-
mes were the dissenters in that
4-3 vote.
Conley also said the board
majority should have agreed
with his request to seek com-
petitive bids from nan-
cial companies willing to sell
bonds at a cheaper set price,
instead of PMAs method of
having its fees wrapped into
principal and interest pay-
ments over time.
Crowley countered that
Warren saved $2.5 million in
interest costs by voting April
28 to let PMA take advan-
tage of Build America bonds.
He said District 121 had to act
quickly on the Build America
opportunity.
Dist. 121 board members
question communication
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Alex Rieger of Lake Zur-
ich was excited when he saw
a snake while hiking with his
sister in Tennessee along the
Appalachian Trail.
But he bothered what
turned out to be a poisonous
copperhead when he picked it
up, held it and got a picture in
before it bit his left hand.
I found it, and I was playing
with it, and it bit me, Rieger
said. I didnt know it was poi-
sonous until it bit me.
Rieger, 20, is recovering in
the Johnson City Medical Cen-
ter, where he was own by
helicopter ursday night after
the attack.
ey had to helicopter me
in here because it was the only
hospital around that could
treat this, Rieger said. ey
got me the anti-venom pretty
quick.
He said doctors have told
him he might be out of the hos-
pital in one day, or it may take a
week. Rieger is still recovering
from the venom, which moved
up his left arm, although he
said he is no longer in serious
condition.
Rieger and his sister, Ash-
ley, were on a two-week trip
through the Appalachians.
ursday was their second
day.
After the bite, hikers they
met earlier supplied a snake-
bite kit and suggested they call
for more help.
When it bit me, it felt like
a gunshot hit my hand. I was
hysterical, it was hurting so
bad, Rieger said.
However, he thought the
pain would go away and
planned to camp out that
night. When the pain wors-
ened, they called for a rescue
team.
e pair was about two miles
from any main roads, so it took
some time for an emergency
crew to nd them. Rieger esti-
mates three hours passed.
Ashley Rieger, 19, said her
brother has kept snakes as pets
in the past. Shes not as fond of
the scaly reptiles.
I was pretty scared; I kind
of screamed and said, Dont
bring it near me, she said.
She said the snake looked
timid it wasnt coiled up and
didnt look like it was about to
attack.
Alex Rieger said the snake
was gray with vibrant brown
stripes and about 2 feet long.
According to the Tennessee
Herpetological Society, deaths
from a copperhead snakes
bite are rare and the snakes are
usually shy, but they will bite
when disturbed.
Not the souvenir he wanted: Hiker bitten by snake
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Palatine residents Doro-
thy and Gene Hlavacek are
preparing to celebrate their
50th wedding anniversary this
weekend, but they wont be
the only Hlavaceks honoring a
marriage milestone.
Genes nephew Jim and
his wife Rhoda, of Lake For-
est, also are celebrating their
50th anniversary. In addition,
each couple has a son cele-
brating a 25th wedding anni-
versary. Kenneth and Deanna
Hlavacek of Bolingbrook and
Scott and Jeanne Hlavacek of
Libertyville all were married in
1984.
You dont see 150 years of
marriage anymore, Kenneth
Hlavacek said.
Dorothy and Gene Hlava-
cek were married in May of
1959; Jim and Rhoda Hlavacek
were married seven days later
before Jim reported for active
Air Force duty.
Dorothy, Gene and Jim grew
up together in Chicago. Bill
Hlavacek set Dorothy up with
his brother Gene. Dorothy was
hesitant she didnt know
Gene was much younger than
Bill.
Good lord, this man is old
enough to be my father and
hes trying to shove his brother
on me, Dorothy recalls.
But, she says, Bill was
right. We were made for each
other.
Jim Hlavacek met Rhoda
at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign while he
was in the Air Force ROTC.
Gene also served in the Air
Force.
e couples would double-
date during the holidays when
everyone was home.
In June of 1960, Dorothy
and Gene welcomed their rst
child, Kenneth. Two weeks
later Jim and Rhoda had Scott.
Everything seemed to hap-
pen a week apart at that time,
Rhoda said.
In 1984, Kenneth mar-
ried Deanna, who he met at
Southern Illinois University
while both serving in Air Force
ROTC. ey eloped in March
and held a formal ceremony in
Palatine that September, with
Scott serving as a groomsman.
In June of 1984, Scott mar-
ried Jeanne, who he met at Illi-
nois Wesleyan University.
All those marriages have
resulted in lots of children.
Jim and Rhoda have three
kids and three grandkids,
two of whom are Scott and
Jeannes. children
Dorothy and Eugene have
ve kids and 11 grandkids,
four of whom are Kenneth and
Deannas children.
Last November, they cele-
brated their 50th anniversa-
ries early, taking a ship across
the Atlantic and spending ve
days in Italy.
Family marks 150 years of marriage
COURTE S Y OF THE HL AVACE K F AMI L Y
Jim and Rhoda Hlavacek, standing, and Gene and Dorothy Hla-
vacek, seated, will celebrate their 50th anniversaries tonight,
along with each couples sons, who are celebrating their 25th
anniversaries.
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