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hospitals in the United States with a Cancer Activities program and Tumor registry approved by the American College of Surgeons McHenry hospital has been saluted" TW WBBM TV in a documentary,"Let 's Hear It for the Patient", and has been awarded repeated maximum accreditations by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals "As long as the hospital continues to develop and achieve, we all tend to become passive spectators." Olsen added "What we need is greater involvement by a larger segment of the public." Information on becoming a member of the McHenry Hospital corporation may be obtained by calling 385-2200, extension 635. For Buses Okayed The board of Elementary School District 15 acted to implement two of the recom­ mendations for bus safety, but deferred action on the teachers ' group health and life insurance bids and sidestepped a decision on transporting District 36 children to Montini school at the regular meeting Tuesday. Dec. 12 Alter hearing details of costs ,md work necessary to ac­ complish. the board moved to retrofit as soon as possible the 11 buses not so equipped with padding and covers for the rear of the seat back rests with an expenditure estimated at $5,318 Dick Glawe. director of transportation services, said that it should take no more than two to four hours to install the toam rubber padding and covers in each bus, and the work could be done by inex­ perienced volunteers The material would have to be purchased from two Renn sylvania firms. He added it would be no problem to get it done when the board wants it after board secretary Dorothy Yick asked why they would have to wait until next summer for the padding retrofit as in dicated in Glawe's presen tat ion It was believed that the work could be done in January or February The l>oard also okayed a trial use of volunteer aides to ride the buses to help keep order and assist students with alighting from the buses The aides would be trained to make them familiar with operating TAI.K TO S \ \T \ The Wonder Lake Jaycees will make it possible for children to talk to Santa by calling H15-728 0404 between I and 5 p.in Sunday. Dec 17 Observant Pre-Teen Leads v*- r* Police To Burglary Arrest Following a burglary reported Dec 8 at 4302 Spring Grove road, McHenry. Daryl Youth's Attempt To Flee Police Fails An attempt by a young McHenry man to flee city police after leaving the scene of an accident failed Tuesday morning when his car struck a police car Larry Bockhorst. 20, 7lf> Center street, was taken into custody and charged with numerous offenses after the chase, which started at ap proximately 7 a m According to police, the vehicle Bockhorst was driving, struck a school bus while travelling on Route 120 The Bockhorst auto then reportedly fled the scene of the accident The bus driver followed the offending vehicle and used the radio in the bus to summon police assistance A city patrol car was dispatched to the scene and a chase ensued, which ended it Route 31 and High street, where the Bockhorst car struck another patrol car Damage to the police car was estimated a ' $400 Bockhorst has been charged with fleeing and eluding police, leaving the scene of an ac­ cident. speeding and reckless driving Licastro. 21. 2035 Stone Lake road. Woodstock, was charged with burglary and theft under $150. according to the McHenry County Sheriff 's department His bond was set at $6,000 for a court date Dec 20 According to investigators the burglary was discovered when a young family member, home alone, heard the unlocked front door open and saw somebody go to Ins parents bedroom The 12 year old in vest i gated and lound the suspect searching the jewelry Ixix on the dresser He con fronted the intruder, who left hastily However information identifying the vehicle and the man's description was given to police authorities They sub sequently arrested the suspect, who allegedly sti l l had a stolen ring in Ins possession Over $500 in cash and currency was reportedly stolen from the American Legion home on Ringwocd road Tuesday Sheriff 's police are in vestigating the break-in and theft Entry to the premises was reportedly gamed by breaking the glass doors at the entry to the building Another burglary was reported Dec 7 at Neeley's Auto Repairs. 640 Wegner road, McHenry , which had occurred the previous night In vestigators said the thief had knocked a panel from an overhead door to get in The loss was listed as two chrome wheels with t ires, an impact air gun. an electric dril l . :i circular saws, arid numerous hand tools and repair manuals A series of w heel cover thefts have been reported in the Johnsburg area since Dec 6 (»n t i iat date a Crystal Lake resident complained that he parked his car at Crescent Landing. 3309 N Chapel Hill road, and when he came out all tour wire spoke covers were (Continued on page 14) ruiesT w bat ~TTTey carT^cio fn emergencies on the bus and the scope of their activities and authority Mrs Yick noted in the discussion that she thought aides a fine idea if they were given a training period in which their relationship with the drivers and students could be defined so as to be a positive one She worried about the ef­ fect of the strict disciplinarian riding at one time and the anything goes "aood Joe" the next t ime. Dr Richard Farmer, district superintendent, added that an examination of the present rules and laws reveals the power of drivers and con sequently that ot aides, to discipline is very l imited They can't lay a hand on a child, he said Discipline matters would have to be referred to the various school principals Board member Anna Mae Cuda wondered if they would accomplish what they wanted She added that it seems as if they are just adding another body to the bus and lengthening the chain of command It was pointed out that the presence of the aide would free the driver to concentrate on driving As the board okaved the trial period, Dr Farmer rioted one undetermined factor the volunteers had not materialized yet While the trial would be for one or two routes, he cautioned that it would take many people to cover [he 36 runs At least twice that many would be required, if a different person served m the morning and afternoon Glawe asked if t ie would have any input as to where the trial volunteers would be assigned He said there wore some urgent discipline problems on certain runs now Dr Farmer warned (Continued on page 14) Health Ordinance Rules Debated A difference of opinion over provisions of the proposed public health ordinance for McHenry county resulted in discussion at the recent feorganization meeting of the County board One portion of the ordinance calls for a $50 fee to be charged when the Health department is called to evaluate a private water supply system and-or a sewerage disposal system at the t ime af the sale or transfer pf property. The and-or arrangement had been agreed upon because members said that traveling to the site provided the greatest ex­ penditure of t ime However, at the recent meeting A1 Collins asked if these evaluations should not be made mandatory rather than voluntary. Member Thomas Huemann of Johnsburg believed dif­ ferently and said., "Leave the provision as it is" He reminded that the county can be sued if approval is given to a system and a short t ime later something happens At an earlier meeting Huemann had pointed out the conditions which make a long range evaluation diffieut. . As a result of the divided opinion, a vote was taken and. only five votes were counted for the mandatory provision Also in connection with the health ordinance. Dean Marlowe moved that the legislative committee make a study to determine if property owners living within«200 feet of a municipality should be required to hook up to the city or village Some cities, it was noted, required a hookup for property within 300 feet The matter was settled when Health Administrator Richard Wissell informed members that state law requires the hookup within 200 feet Members elected in the November vote were officially seated, including Thomas Huemann, Edward Buss, Dean Cunat and Clint Clavpool representing District 2 < McHenry >. In a vote for leadership, Richard Klemm was unanimously reelected chairman and Ronald Morris was named vice-chairman to replace AI Collins of Wonder Lake Klemm is from District 2 and Morris from Harvard, which is in District 3 June Girard w as reappointed chairperson of the Zoning Board of Appeals and John Shay of McHenry was reap pointed director of the Emergency Services & Disaster agency THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER SERVING THE CHAIN O-LAKES REGION S INCE 1875 Peeking In Is that a giant looking through the window into the empty room? No. actually, he is an VOLUME 1 03 NUMBER 40 FRIDAY DECEMBER 15 1978 2 SECTIONS 24 PAGES 20' area man who has an interesting and creative hobby. Eight years ago, Tony Freund 1 retired as a carpenter. Now, he is still a carpenter, although the houses he works on are much smaller. For an insight into this interesting and creative hobby, see page 6, Section Hospital In Membership Drive Safety Measures The annual membership drive of McHenry hospital 's not-for-profit corporation has been launched this week by the hospital 's board of directors, according to LeRoy E Olsen, board president "As a community-sponsored, non profit hospital , we seek the interest of the public at large." Olsen said "Members of the hospital 's board of directors are volun­ teers who are charged with the responsibili ty of making hospital policy decisions. These decisions, however, affect the health care available to all individuals and families in this area "We ask. therefore, that our fellow citizens show their support by enrolling as hospital corporation members." Founded in 1956 as a com munity hospital . McHenry hospital now is the Trauma center for McHenry county and western I^ake county It is the Coronary Care resource center for the Mobile ICU program which covers a 750 square-mile area. It is one of only 600 Common Problems Presented By Johnsburg School Clubs McHenry underwent growing pains almost 150 years ago, and probably has experienced recurring signs at times of stress along the way. Our city was not alone in being stricken with the malady It has been familiar to almost every new village and city. The illness runs its course and the "patient" has always survived A similar malady has come to light this past season with the opening of another high school in our midst. Johnsburg opened its doors to more .than 500 former MCHS students last September and at once the symptoms began to appear The "patients" are not usually the students, members of the boards of education or the administrators. They are the parents and friends of these young people who fail to realize that when they do something to make news, teens are entitled to coverage whether they are students in McHenry or Johnsburg. We know of one instance in which the lines of similar stories were counted so the reader would be certain the hometown newspaper had given no more coverage to one than the other. Most often eyes are focused on the sports area, for it is here that the greatest ongoing interest seems to lie. Again, the number of words are counted and if the writer for one school fails to come up with the wordage of the other, the gun is loaded and aim is taken. We have carried homecomings, honor rolls and other miscellaneous stories to date this year covering the activities of both schools. One of this week's issues has a feature story on MCHS; recently another highlighted a particular Johnsburg program In the sports-area, full pages were devoted to the basketball teams of MCHS, Johnsburg and Marian -- all this in addition to game coverage at home and away and considerable linage for minor sports. Anyone who feels he has a complaint with column coverage should talk to the individual writers whose names appear At first the "doctor" felt the "patients were recovering and decided a column of this type "medicine' was unnecessary But this morning our mail brought a complaint that the snow- cancelled McHenry-Jacobs game carried only one sentence compared to "a lengthy article on the Johnsburg cancellation". The writer threatened to cancel his subscription and seek his information elsewhere. That did it! What do you say about a cancellation? More power to the writer who can come up with a story about something that didn't happen Now, for the sake of some very nice kids, will the "patients" please get out of bed and quit complaining? We have two good, public high schools within the circulation area of the Plaindealer It makes no difference to us which school the student attends when he makes news. The "patients" are big boys and girls now, so let's forget our parochialism. KAF concerned enough to fry to divide the services of an oc cupational therapist The Johnsburg district would only need the services for one-half a day per week according to present enrollment. Continuing the school 's policy to provide for students ' needs, he was (Continued on page 14) Continue Trial In Fatal Crash The trial of a McHenry man indicted by the grand jury in connection with a fatal traffic accident Memorial day weekend has been continued An Forney for John C Waite. 2710 Sterling drive, asked the court to continue Monday's scheduled trial Judge Roland Herrmann granted the request, postponing the trial until Jan 18 On Sept 5 the McHenry County Grand jury returned an indictment charging Waite w ith five counts of reckless homicide following in­ vestigation into the May 26 traffic accident The accident, which claimed the lives of f ive members of one family, occurred on Route 12 at Winn road near Spring Grove It was allegedly caused by Waite while he was under the influence of alcoholic l iquor Waite reportedly disobeyed the stop sign on Winn road at Route 12, striking a car travelling on Route 12 The driver of the other car, Samuel Rappoport. his wife. Maureen, and three of their (Continued an page 14) Dance For Dystrophy machine Another cost i tem discussed was the complete three-year insurance package that must be let out for bids this spring With the complex specifications needed to cover the district 's buildings and contents, theft and vandalism, and particularly personnel liabili ty, it will take time to prepare the bid Bill Hayes, high school principal, reported on his trip to Dallas to attend the Vocational Education National convention He said Vocational Education is sti l l receiving added emphasis in the educational field In keeping with the state grants handled by Johnsburg. a breakfast program was sponsored to promote pre employment education for high school youth Representatives from five major businesses participated in the breakfast program Jim VanBosch. Junior high principal, outlined plans lor a drug awareness workshop to be held Jan 16. It is a follow up of last year 's successful program and more details will be for thcoming Mike DeWolfe explained that five districts in the Lake McHenry SEDOM area are These are some of the nineteen dancers who completed the 24-hour dance marathon for Muscular Dystrophy at ( hanges Disco last weekend. Forty-two young people were on the floor at the start of (he marathon, each having secured pledges from sponsors for each hour danced. More than $3,000 was realized for the benefit. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYL ilD As the school year progresses in Johnsburg District 12. active participation in the various clubs and organizations has raised a number of questions. As a result , teachers and students crowded the facili t ies of the board meeting room at Tuesday night 's meeting Common questions about fund raising, uniform < where neededi rental or purchase, grade requirements for par t icipation. etc . led Board President Charles Boak to recommend that they work as a committee, and by using the Junior high's club constitutions as a guideline, evolve a com mon constitution lA-e Ann Cristy represented the Pom-Pom squad Mary Beth Harbecke. cheerleading. Paul Schlieve, Outdoor club. Clyde Fazenbaker, Drama club. and Cathy Abreu. American Youth Exchange and 9 American Field Service During the discussion the Outdoor club advisor. Paul Schlieve revealed that trips were being planned to Rhinelander. Wis., and to Ely, Minn The Drama club has been writing a Christmas play to present to grades 2, 3, 4, and 5 Dec 20 In addition, the Foreign Language advanced class is preparing to present a Charlie Brown Special -in Spanish to the Junior high students Aside from miscellaneous items on equipment and school grounds summarization, a major item receiving attention is the need to switch to a more sophisticated piece of ac counting equipment to comply with the state 's deadline for July 1. 1980 The record han­ dling system must be expanded to more account numbers in order to offer cost analysis for greater departmental ac­ countabili ty in the future A used machine has been located and the !>oard approved continued negotiations for it I t could mean considerable savings compared to the $18.000 tq $20.(HK) cost of a new