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It was a special night at Christian Liberty Academy in Arlington Heights.The private school, which used to be the old Arlington High School, draws students from towns as far as Chicago, Elgin and Crystal Lake.Tuesday night, it drew a lot of visitors from the northwest suburbs and elsewhere in a benefit for well-known and longtime official Bill Spicer, who is battling a rare form of leukemia.Spicer stays involved with the Arlington Heights Youth Athletic Association, which he has guided as its president since 1989, and with the Prospect Performing Arts Endowment, which he helped to form after his three children graduated from Prospect High School.A total of $36,000 from admission, concessions, donations and raffles was raised in support of Spicer as the Chargers hosted a junior high boys basketball game and varsity girls and boys contests against Harvest Christian of Elgin.The Chargers’ girls varsity team received 16 points, 14 rebounds and 10 blocked shots from junior center Shelbi Hernandez in a 44-27 Northeastern Athletic Conference victory.