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Scramble Clue The Men in Blue Won't provide a clue, It's away from bars, Watch out for cars. irs Peanut Day> - Meet On Pre-Annexation Agreements Pretty Tracey Kotlw, Little Miss Peanut of McHenry, and Chuck Larson, chairman of the local Kiwanis club's annual Peanut day, are getting ready for Friday's big sale. A special appeal is made to the Easiness people since this is the Kiwanis club's only solicitation for funds (hiring the year. Proceeds remain In the home community to benefit children's programs. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD Those who have provided the impetus to save the old Pearl street bridge found. should certainly place those responsible for its demise in a found, recent less thas comfortable position vernor Witter '*TKev*n»^ T the interesting. In mid-August, he signed the first comprehensive legislation to prevent destruction of historic sites in Illinois. The new law establishes strict regulations for the preservation of sites registered as Illinois Historic Places. It was ironic that about the same time city, township and county governmental units locally went steadily ahead to destroy a site designated as a local landmark. This Saturday the Illinois Historic Sites committee will make its decision on whether or not the old McHenry bridge merits a place in the National Registry. A favorable vote would not prevent destruction of the bridge through use of Revenue Sharing funds, but it the political process as we have come to know it, one can't be too optimistic that the state committee will not be in­ fluenced by the relentless move of local agencies to get rid of the old and on with the new. Saturday will tell the story. If by some chance the bridge should be accorded greater historic significance than it now enjoys, it does not mean the bridge will be saved but it could bring a blush to the faces of those responsible. If --and it is a very remote if- -this happens, the greatest credit goes to one Nancy Fike, whose efforts have continued against the most discouraging odds. Whatever the outcome, here is one McHenry resident (Continued on page 15) Lions Pancake Day To Aid Community Service McHenry Lions club mem­ bers will be hard at work at the grills and tables of the American Legion hall on Ringwood road Sunday, Sept. 26, as they present their second annual Lions Pancake day to raise funds for their com­ munity service and blind ac­ tivities. Chairman Robert C. Steiner reports that all plans Mayor Joseph Stanek an­ nounced at Monday's City Council meeting that he is calling a meeting Friday, Sept. 24, at 7:30 p.m. for the purpose of hearing pre-annexation agreements regarding the Wheelock property located three-fourths of a mile south of Route 120 on Draper road. The Wheelocks propose to annex 130 acres and develop"it for residential single family homep. Stanek said also that Herman Mass hM more information he wishes to present to the Council regarding his request for an­ nexation of land on the eastern shore of McCullom Lake. The Plan commission, Zoning: Board of Appeals and the entire Council will be asked to attend the meeting to discuss the proposed annexations.' Jim Thennes of the Lakewood Property Owners association, Allen McKifn, president of McCullom Lake, and Kenneth Petersen have also been sent invitations. City Clerk Terry Wilde read letters of resignation from three employees in her department. Mrs. Grace Blake resigned as deputy city clerk, Mrs. .Barbara Koeppen as billing clerk for the Water and Sewer department' and Mrs. Maureen DeRosier as Lakeland Park Special Sewer assessment clerk. Mrs. Wilde announced she had accepted the resignations and asked the Council for authority to hire replacements for the three women. -.. < Before any action could be taken, Mayor Joseph Stanek asked that the Council go into ^executive session at the end of the meeting because "I feel we Should hear some of the in­ formation from these people who resigned. The fact that three resigned at one time I think indicates an unique Situation," he said. •£ Mesdames Blake, Koeppen and DeRosier were present at the meeting and went into executive session with the Council for one hour and fifteen minutes. Each had a prepared statement for presentation to the aldermen. At the conclusion of the executive session, the three women left the meeting in tears from the emotional strain of their ordeal. When the open meeting reconvened, Pepping moved to accept Deputy Clerk Grace Blake's resignation. Schaedel cast the only "no" vote. Smith then made a motion to give City Clerk Wilde authority to replace the three women and to accept the resignations of Mrs. Koeppen and Mrs. DeRosier. It passed on a 6 to 2 vote with Schaedel and Mrs. Hromec casting the negative votes. The meeting adjourned at midnight following executive session. Stanek ask&i aldermen to present their suggestions for establishing a Capital Im­ provement Fee (CIF) for multi- family residential, industrial and commercial buildings. This fee will be put in a CIF fund to be used to pay for future ex­ pansion of sewer and water facilities. A residential CIF of $200 for water and $200 for sewer has already been established and is in operation. It is paid when the building permit is issued. However, the CIF ordinance adopted recently states that the fee for multi-family residential, industrial and commercial buildings must be negotiated between the owner or user and the city based upon the volume and strength of the proposed usage. Stanek is seeking some type of formula or guidelines which could be applied to these structures. Following lengthy discussion, it was agreed to hold a special meeting on the CIF Monday, Sept. 27, at 7:30 p.m. At that (Continued on page 15) THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER " S E R V I N G T H E C H A I N - O - L A X E S R E G I O N S I N C E 1 8 7 5 VOLUME 101 NUMBER 16 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1976 2 SECTIONS 24 PAGES 20' County Seals Fate Of Bridge Teachers Voice Contract Concern Ray Kaulig, Jr., president of the Elementary Teachers association, Thursday morning issued his assessment of the teacher-board contract disagreement in District 15. His prepared statement read as follows: » "There is concern on the part of the elementary teachers of District 15 due to the delay in arriving at a settlement of the contract for the 1976-77 school year. Teachers are presently being paid according to last year's salary agreement. In some cases, teachers are being paid less than they received last year. The costs of food and other essential items have risen substantially. The gap between rising costs and a freeze in salary creates financial dif­ ficulties for teachers and their families. "This year there is greater concern on the part of teachers in improving and clarifying their working relationship with the administration and the board. Because of these con­ cerns and the delay in arriving at a settlement, teachers are becoming increasingly troubled." Kaulig's statement was in response to the evaluation of the situation by Dr. Robert Boos, superintendent, the previous week Dr. Boos had reported negotiations as "amicable" and said the morale was "high". According to Kaulig, weekly meetings are held to arrive at a settlement. Kaulig joins Greg Lofgren,*chief negotiator, and Vince McHugh to make up the teachers' negotiating team. The board is represented by Lester Smith, chief negotiator; Marilyn Munz and Gary Lock- wood. Quinn Asks Tough Ethics Reform On Monday, Sfept: 20, Patrick Quinn, secretary of the Coalition for Political Honesty, spoke before the McHenry Business & Professional Women's club of McHenry at Chapel Hill Country club. He announced plans for "the most massive citizen lobbying campaign in Illinois history" in support of a three-plank Political Honesty Platform. "We intend to make state­ wide and legislative candidates acutely aware of the tremen­ dous citizen support for legislative ethics reform," said Quinn. "The Illinois Supreme court may have knocked the Political Honesty amendments oft the November ballot, but: they haven't knocked the desire for tough ethics laws out of the minds of Illinois citizens." Quinn said the Coalition's 12,000 volunteers have been asked to pressure candidates to endorse and co-sponsor a bill to outlaw doubledipping, the practice of state legislators holding two or more public payroll jobs. They are also asking endorsement of a bill to outlaw conflict-of-interest voting by state legislators and a constitutional amendment that would give citizens the power to propose laws by initiative petition and enact or reject them in a state-wide election (a "Sunshine Initiative"). Quinn said the last proposal "would counteract the effect of the recent Illinois Supreme court decision, which virtually eliminated the citizen initiative as a means to reform the General Assembly." The Coalition's conflict-of- interest proposal is patterned after a tough statue enacted by California voters in 1974. It includes specific definitions of situations in which a state legislator will have to abstain from voting. The General Assembly has refused time and time again to outlaw the outrageous prac­ tices of double-dipping and conflict-of-interest voting," Quinn said. "We intend to put every candidate on record before Nov. 2, so that citizens in each district will be able to cast a vote for Political Honesty when they choose their state legislators and state-wide of­ ficials." The Coalition has sent a questionnaire to each state­ wide, legislative and Supreme court candidate, asking each for his or her opinion of the Political Honesty planks. Results will be released in October. Debate County Board Leadership are in readiness for the event, which attracted capacity throngs last year. Many thousands of pancakes, topped off with delicious sausage, plus beverages, will have been served to the hun­ dreds expected when the event winds up Sunday afternoon. Serving begins promptly at 8 (Continued on page 15) Reserving a half hour at the end of the meeting, the McHenry County board Tuesday debated establishing a position of administrative assistant to assist a part time County board chairman, or to continue with a full time County board chairman with some realignment of responsibilities and assistance from the vice- chairman. Richard Klemm, chairman of the Finance and Salaries committee, who had asked for some expression from the County board so a relevant entry could be made in the coming year's budget, said he favored instead of an ad­ ministrator working for the chairman, a more important role for the vice-chairman G. Bill Hubbard said he would feel more comfortable with the title of personnel manager to work directly under the chairman. A full time administrator would make the chairman of the board's job available to more people. He thought the figure of $15,000 was low and urged raising the amount to $20,000. Such a person would sit in on all the committee meetings, he said. Harold Freese said he felt they needed someone full time to run the county and a new assistant from the board. "There are too many inter­ related committees", he claimed. "There are qualified people on the County board and there will be more when he and others left. There are too many opinions and we have to tie them together." Ron Morris said he believed the board needed a full time chairman, although they need somebody %ho knows per­ sonnel, someone is needed to tie this together. A part tame chairman is a step backward, he insisted. Marx Jones advised that a full time chairman would restrict the choice of a person for chairman to three or four (Continued on page 15) The McHenry County board accepted the low bid of William Zeigler and Son, at $879,767.42 for the construction of the Pearl street bridge over the Fox river in McHenry at the regular meeting Sept. 21. After board members ascertained that McHenry city and the township concurred with the amounts designated as their shares, the County board approved the bid with one dissenting vote, A.B. McConnell, District 3, who explained that he voted "no" only because he believed the bridge was being placed in a bad location where it would channel more traffic through McHenry. The bid was $22,000 under the engineer's estimate of Jan. 8 at $901,836.05. The bridge cost was broken down as $879,767.42 for the low bid; $6,500 for Estimated right-of-way and construction easement; $68,500 for engineering; total $954,767.42. To be subtracted was $45,327,38 assessed to the Illinois Bell Telephone Co. for its facilities on the bridge, leaving $906,440.04 to be shared among the four governmental units affected. The city of McHenry will pay 25 per cent or $226,610.01; McHenry Township 12.5 per cent of $113, 305, McHenry Road district, the same amount, and the county 50 per cent or $453,220.03. Board member Willis Simms urged that a use for sections of the historic old Pearl street bridge be found, perhaps by the McHenry County Conservation district as small bridges in the various forest preserves. Ken Fiske, director of the Con­ servation district, noted that he could see no problems in handling the sections, and there was a precedent for using such historical items over small creeks as in the case of parts of an original Ferris Wheel from Harvard. Willis Simms said the old bridge ma:I T would be discussed in the Oct. 5 meeting of the Transportation com­ mittee. In other Transportation department business, the board accepted a bid for use in the Richmond Road district, for gravel from the McHenry Sand and Gravel Co., Inc., at $1.90 per ton. : A request by the Public " Safety committee for the board to support the tax referendum for the Sheriff's department triggered a discussion hbout the sheriff's actual needs and a demand for more information. Committee Chairman G. Bill Hubbard said the board ought to actively support the referendum for the general election Nov. 2 which it authorized. Board member Marx Jones said he thought the board needed more information. Harold Freese added that he talked with a number of his constituents about the proposed tax and most seemed to think the sheriff needed it. He found very little opposition. Thore Emricson also opted for more detail from the sheriff about what he would do with the additional money. The October meeting would still give the board plenty of time if they decided to support the issue. Ron Morris agreed on deferring board support. A.B. McConnell warned they would need time to work for the referendum, if they should take a stand. Hubbard predicted that if they waited until October to do so, there would be np time to get it passed. He added, "If we don't act at this time, it is doubtful if it will pass." Chairman Walter Dean pointed out that the next meeting would be Oct. 12. Jones argued that inaction by the County board on support of the tax referendum shouldn't delay the start of the campaign, and the board could still act in October. Emricson noted further that premature publicity might be detrimental to the issue. A simple explanation of the proposal and its need just before the election would be more effective than a long campaign, he said. Emricson pointed out that he also questioned the need of the resolution for the use of the (Continued on page 15) Head Chamber Activities McHenry Hospital TV, Tours, Dance Mark Anniversary As the celebration of McHenry hospital's twentieth anniversary begins this Sun­ day, Sept. 26, station WBBM- TV (Channel 2) will rebroad- cast a television documentary which praises the hospital's philosophy on patient rights. The documentary, "Let's Hear It for the Patient", ap­ plauds McHenry hospital's Patient Representative system, pointing out that the rights of each patient are safeguarded best when a hospital-based advocate ad­ vises each patient of his options from admission until discharge. At McHenry hospital these advocates are Patient Representatives. Featured in the program to be telecast at 10:30 p.m. Sun­ day is Patient Representative Marian Boswell of Wonder Lake, who is interviewed on the advocacy system which was instituted at McHenry hospital in 1971. She will also participate in the panel discussion which follows the original (Jocumentary. Earlier on Sunday, the events of the hospital's anniversary week (Sept. 26-Oct. 2) will be opened with a 3 p.m. tour for interested citizens through service departments such as the hospital's model unit-dose pharmacy department, dietary, and emergency ser­ vices and poison control center. "These tours will inform our area's citizens of the professionalism involved in performing these services, as well as the personalized way in which all must focus on the needs of each patient as an individual," commented LeRoy E. Olsen, president, of the Board of Directors. "Each meal must be planned for that post-operative or diabetic patient, for instance, by our Registered Dietitians. Each medication must be dispensed by our Registered Pharmacists at the exact time and to the exact formula prescribed by the physician." These tours will be limited to persons over 12 years old because of a State of Illinois law barring younger children. The tours will be offered to junior high school classes at 2 p.m. daily, and to all other citizens at 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. An anniversary dinner dance Saturday, Oct. 2, will climax the week's events and will benefit the hospital's "Com­ munity Outreach" programs. Dr. Edward F. Wilt, Jr., chairman of the hospital's Internal Medicine section, is medical advisor to the "Outreach" committee. Dean Cunat is chairman. "We see this as a time to show support for the hospital which has cared for us and our loved ones for the past twenty years," Olsen commented. "This year the hospital has started a series of free Com­ munity Outreach programs, including educational seminars for school nurses, diabetic screenings, Telecare for those who live alone, community health-care programs, "I Quit Smoking" clinics, and so forth. The dinner dance Oct. 2 at Andre's restaurant in Rich­ mond will benefit these programs." Among the guests at the banquet will be men and women who helped to found the hospital, according to George P. Freund, emeritus member of the board of directors. "We will sorely miss long­ time directors of McHenry hospital - Joe Conerty, Harry Eckland and Harry P. Stinespring, Jr.--who died within the past year; but many of us are dedicated to carrying on their work and continue to participate in the hospital's development," said Freund. A group of women who founded the hospital's auxilairy also will be present at the dinner dance. Olsen added. "We would like to salute the women founders for both their volunteer inpatient service as Pink Ladies and their dedicated efforts at fund- raising. "In 1956 a group of these (Continued on page 15) 9 These men and women will lead planning for the McHenry Area Chamber of Commerce as the result of the annual election held Tuesday evening during ihe third quarterly meeting held at Indian Manor. From left, front row, are Bonnie Gaza, 3-year board member; George Zinke, treasurer; Tom Low, president; Suzanne Kauss, second vice-president; Dick Nethaway, first vice- president ; and Camille Collins, C of C secretary; second row, Winn Phillips, Rick Lane, 1-year director; Kit Carson, 3-year director; Gunther Scheel, 1-year director; Bill Dumalski, tieorge Thompson and Larry Lund. Those not otherwise designated are hold-over members of the board. Elected to the board but not present were DonCarey, John Huemann and Ray N'ovotny, 3-year directors.