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Interest Heightens In School Elections District 156 Candidates JAMES L. ALTHOFF DONALD B. ARVIDSON H. VILA BENRUD GEORGE GUETZLOFF EDWARD J. NEUMANN, JR. Recognize Three Honor MCC McHenry Students This year, as in most elec­ tions, a Public Pulse letter has reached our desk favoring a particular candidate. In keeping with past policy, this letter will not be printed. In today's issue, a page is devoted to biographical sketches of each candidate for school office, along with an outline of those problems the individual candidates believe to be most important and how they propose to correct them. Friday's issue will include the same information on city and village candidates. In McHenry's fast growing community, there are four local villages in addition to the city in which candidates seek office. There are also five local school elections, including McHenry County college. Any newspaper is limited in the amount of free space it can offer. With more than two pages devoted, without charge, exclusively to facts one needs to vote intelligently, anything beyond this information becomes strictly partisan and in so doing enters the realm of advertising. And speaking of in­ formational material contained in local candidates' statements, we recall none presented so simply as the recent comic strip in which the king ad­ dressed his subjects in a way to end all controversy: "The more I give you, the more you want; the more you get, the more taxes you pay; the more taxes you pay, the madder you get - so you see, the less you get the happier you are." Whatever one thinks about today's teen-ager, his (and her) talent can't be denied. Everyone who sat in the audience of "Anything Goes" in (Continued on page 17) McHenry county college's Chi Upsilon chapter of Phi Theta Kappa will initiate new members in a candlelight ceremony on Thursday, April 12, in Room D108 at the college. The event is scheduled for 8 p.m. The group is a national honor fraternity for junior colleges. Members must have completed at least , one full semester of work at McHenry County college and have an overall 3.00 ("B") average. In addition, winners of the S t u d e n t A c h i e v e m e n t Recognition program for MCC will receive their certificates. The two winners to be honored are Charlene Bruhl of Fox River Grove and Patrick Morehead of Crystal Lake. Those students who were included in "Who's Who Among American Junior College Students" will be recognized. They are Bruce Berger, Patricia Black, Sharon Balfour, Benjamin Nurya, John Olinick, and Andrew White of Crystal Lake: Charlenf Rmhl of Fox River Grove; Lucretia Burch and Craig Rudi of Woodstock; Glenn Borhart of Huntley; Cynthia Andersen, Randall Mencel and Robert J. Weingart of McHenry; Janet Handwerk of Marengo; Mason Croker of Cary and Mignon A. Swanson of Algonquin. These students have received national recognition for being out­ standing campus leaders. Coffee will be served after the awards are given. The public is invited to attend. Two Motorists Hurt, One Seriously In Area Crashes Susan E. Hill of 2608 N. Manitou trail, McHenry, was seriously injured Friday af­ ternoon about 4:30 when the car in which she was riding ran off the road and hit an em­ bankment. She was thrown from the auto and it landed on top of her. Ms. Hill was taken to Memorial hospital, Woodstock, by the Woodstock Rescue squad. Driver of the auto, Joseph M. LaFlamme of Route 1, Spring Grove, told deputies he was driving south on the highway, about one-half mile south of Charles road, north of Wood­ stock, when the steering mechanism caused his vehicle Observe Special Week Photographic Exhibit At McHenry Library The staff of the McHenry Public library has announced that during National Library Week there will be featured an exhibit of art work from the collection of photographic pictures of Shedrich Williames of Portland, Ore. They have been given to the library, and following the exhibit will become part of the library's growing art collection. Williames was born in Detroit's eastside ghetto and his only creative outlook was with a box camera. Seven year* ago, however, he dedicated himself seriously to photography and began to explore the world and sen­ sitivity his camera saw. His formal education has been with Portland Community college and Portland State university, where he majored in Art. Recently, he has had shows at the Standard Plaza gallery and Mudlark gallery, Portland, Ore. to swerve on the road and he lost control. LaFlamme was cited for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident. Jeffrey L. Hicks of 914 Chippewa Circle, Car- pentersville, was taken to McHenry hospital by the rescue squad following a one-car accident Sunday morning about 1:45 on Lincoln road near Woodlawn Park road, nor­ theast of McHenry. Hicks' auto was east-bound on Lincoln road when he failed to negotiate a curve in the road. (Continued on page 17) The artist is married to the former Jennifer Kuhlman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Kuhlman of McHenry. Mrs. Williames worked as a library page in McHenry while she attended high school. In addition to the art selec: tions an exhibit of cameras both old and new, will be on display at the library this week. They have been loaned to the library by Jerry Mathews of McHenry. B i o g r a p h i c a l i n ­ formation on all candidates for the five local school boards, together with their views on existing problems and ways of meeting them, appear on a separate page five Juveniles Apprehended In Radio Theft Five juveniles were ap­ prehended by city police last Friday night and charged with the theft of radios from school buses owned by George Worts. Lt. Robert Kranz and Sgt. Greg Burg, on routine patrol last Friday night at 9:25, saw the boys in a field off the high­ way, between a store in the Market Place and a creek. When the officers played a spotlight on them, the 'boys started to run. After apprehending them, the policemen searched the area and found several radios. The boys then admitted that they had broken into the buses at the Worts Transit Co., Inc., 1315 N. North drive. The five will appear in juvenile court April 25. Earth Week Opens Youth Poster Contest Earth Week 73, April 9 to 15, marks the start of an ecology poster contest for grade school students in McHenry county. The contest, sponsored by the McHenry County Defenders, has as its general theme, "Preserving our County's Natural Resources". Students might choose to portray recycling projects, pollution or litter prevention, wildlife and forest preservation, power conservation, etc. Posters will be judged on t h o u g h t s e x p r e s s e d , originality, artistic ability and neatness. Prizes will be awarded in three categories. Group I will include students in Grades 3-4. Group II will in­ clude students in Grades 5-6. Group III will include students in Grades 7-8. First prize in each group will be $15. Second and third place winners will receive $5 each. Information about the contest (Continued on page 17) Much activity is anticipated as interested school voters go to the polls in five local elections to name board members Saturday, April 14. In High School District 156, five candidates seek to fill three vacancies for three-year terms. They are James Althoff of 6411 Roundup and Edward J. Neumann, Jr., 404 N. Country Club drive, both seeking reelection, and Donald B. Arvidson, 7002 Barnard Mill road, Ringwood, H. Vila Benrud, 3714 Millstream, and George Guetzloff, 4005 N. Delores drive, candidates for the first time. Voting will take place in five precincts, 1 - the East campus building, boys' gym entrance; 2 - the old fire house at Lakemoor; 3 - the beach house, McCullom Lake, 4 - Johnsburg District 12 elementary school house building; and 5 - Harrison school, Wonder Lake. An even larger field of candidates is evident in Con­ solidated Grade School District 15. Six candidates are running for three-year terms and two for one-year term. Three vacancies exist for three years and one for one year. Incumbents are Henry Nell of 1710 N. Court, Lester Smith of 311 N. Green street and M. David Cain, 3331 Bayview lane, the latter serving on an ap­ pointment. Seeking office for the first time are Anita Mc- Nulty of 2004 N. Woodlawn Park, Joseph Podpora of 2805 Bayview lane and Robert Popovich, 2310 N. Riverside Drive. All are candidates for three-year terms. Seeking the single one-year vacancy are Julianne Cepulis, 6511 Roundup road, and Marilyn Munz, 5208 W. Park­ view. Voting in District 15 will be held in the following locations: 1 - East campus building, boys' gym entrance; 2 - Fire house in Lakemoor , and 3 - beach house, McCullom Lake. At Johnsburg, where voting will take place in one location, the Johnsburg elementary school, there are three can­ didates seeking to fill two vacancies. The office seekers are Robert L. Hurckes, 5605 M. Woodland drive, McHenry, Tom C. Miller, 924 W. River Terrace drive, McHenry, and James W Preston, 4301 Ringwood road, Wonder Lake. There is no contest for the Harrison school election in Wonder Lake, where Henry C. Setzler of 4810 Seneca drive and John Bazan of 4810 Osage drive are candidates. Voting will be held at Harrison school. Thirteen voting precincts have been established by the board of trustees of McHenry County college for the election. The electorate will vote for three members of the board for the full term of three years and one member for a one-year term. Candidates for three years are Barbara Pautz and Earl R. Hermansen of Crystal Lake, Herbert Lutter of Cary, Walter Turner of McHenry and John A. Kise of Woodstock. Running for the one-year term are Kevin Michael of Crystal Lake and Thomas J. Leahy of Woodstock. Locally, voting will take place as follows: Precinct 8, East campus high school; Precinct 10, Johnsburg school; Precinct 11, Harrison school (for Wonder Lake and Greenwood residents) and Precinct 9, the lobby of the Richmond-Burton high school. The polls for all school elections locally will be open from noon to 7 p.m. Discuss Future Policy In Setting School Credits A study in a cost savings if the 5V4-credit year should be reduced to 4 in the high schools will result in the board of School District 156 deciding on the future policy of the school. The matter came up for discussion at last week's in­ formational meeting of the board, prompted by remarks of Principal Robert Swartzloff. He viewed with some concern the rapidly growing number Of seniors who are asking to graduate in mid-term. Swartzloff said eight studen completed work early an petitioned for February graduation last year. This year there are fifty-two and there are ninety-eight interested in early graduation in 1974. His question to the board was whether or not members (V wanted such a large number to leave school in mid-year. The policy has been that those who meet requirements may graduate early with school and parents' permission. Under the 5V4-credit year, many qualify. Member Clint Claypool asked if there would be a savings in money if there should be a return to a four-credit year. Supt. Richard Swantz replied that there would necessarily be less cost by dropping one and a half subjects. Member Lloyd Freund, in viewing the large number graduating early, suggested il might be wise to just say three and a half years is the intention of the school system. Asked why there are so many dropouts, the administration observed that some students with difficulties see their friends carrying the load and become discouraged. The Gifted Student program also came in for considerable discussion. It was disclosed that there are eight freshmen and nine sophomores enrolled in the Gifted program at East campus and between thirty-five and forty at West. Recently, Lee Larsen of Waukegan, a former East campus teacher, obliged the board by evaluating the (Continued on page 17) McHenry Senior Named In "Who's Who" Edition KENNETH BLAKE Kenneth E. Blake, a senior in McHenry high school, will be featured in the seventh annual edition of "Who's Who Among American High School Students, 1972-73, the largest student award publication in the nation. The young man is the son of Mr. arid Mrs. Roy M. Blake of 811 N. Allen avenue. He is a member of the National Honor society, was named an Illinois State scholar and National Merit finalist. He belongs to the golf and intramural basketball teams. Students from over 18,000 public, private and parochial high schools throughout the country are recognized for their leadership in academics, (Continued on page 17) Hold Hearing On Six Acres Of Land Near City McHenry County Buildings and Zoning Officer Fred W. Otto announces that a petition has been filed for hearing before the Zoning Board of Appeals for petitioners Alfons and Irmgard Oberhuber and Robert C. and Doloris Steiner. They are requesting a zoning Reclassification from "F" Farming district to "R" Residential district for ap­ proximately six acres of land which lies south of the River and Black Partridge, roads and north of Emerald drive, two miles southeast of McHenry in Nunda township. The hearing will be con­ ducted at the city hall in Crystal Lake, 121 N. Main street, Wednesday, April 11, at 3 p.m. All interested persons may attend. VOLUME 97' NUMBER 73 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1973 20 PAGES FIFTEEN CENTS Eight Seek Posts On District 15 School Board JULIANNE CEPULIS MARILYN MUNZ • .For l year For 1 year THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER £ 15 "SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875 ROBERT POPOVICH For 3 years LESTER SMITH For 3 years M.DAVID CAIN For 3 years JOSEPH PODPORA For 3 years ANITA McNULTY For 3 years HENRY NELL For 3 years ' • <