Former Crystal Lake South High School Shop & Auto Teacher, McHenry Grade School Board Member Arne Waltmire, R.I.P.

Arne Waltmire, a member of the McHenry Grade School Distrcit 15 Board of Education is no longer with us.

While the school board post is non-partisan, Waltmire was an avind Democrat.

He ran for the McHenry County Board several times after he retired from his teaching and Illnois Education Associaiotn union posts.

He also ran unsuccessfully for the McHenry County College Board.

Waltmire epitimizes what Teddy Rosevelt said:

“the credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.”