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"My Dad's The Greatest" Contest Ends June 8 THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER ^ SERVING THE CHAIN O LAKES REGION SINCE 1875 VOLUME 103 NUMBER 89 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1979 2 SECTIONS 26 PAGES 20' Johnsburg Graduation Lost Film Returned ftuth Marshall, daughter of Mrs. Susanne Marshall and the late Earl Marshall, McHenry, was recognized at Marian Central Catholic high school's weekend commencement exercises as the highest ranking member of the class of 1979. She and Kathleen Foresman, class salutatorian, addressed classmates, faculty, and parents at Honors day and graduation. Ruth will be attending Marquette university. - Outstanding members of the recognized at Honors day Marian Central Catholic high Friday, June 1. with Principal school class of 1979 were (Continued on page 8) | Cleanup McHenry Cleanup week starts next Monday, June 11, and extends through Thursday, June 14. The city crew will pick up items in designated areas one time only. Everything must be at the curb by 6 a.m. and may welcome from Bill Hayes, principal. Addresses will be given by both the Salutatorian and the valedictorian who have not yet been named. Presentation of the Class of '79 will be done by Dr. Duane Andreas, superin­ tendent of District 12 schools, and' the diplomas will be presented by Charles Boak, president of the school board, and other board members, John Heidler, James Preston, and Mrs. Robert Stanell. The Baccalaureate will be held Friday, June 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the Johnsburg high school auditorium. An in­ vocation will be given by Father Bartel, followed by the Johnsburg high school choir singing "My Way7. The welcome will be given by the valedictorian of the Class of '79. The main address will be given by the Rev. Eric Snyder of Faith Presbyterian church. The school choir will present the "Theme from Mahogany". The Rev. Ruth Wickersham will lead an audience response entitled "Sending Forth". At 8 a.m Friday. June 8, there will be an all-school honors assembly. It is scheduled to provide recognition to seniors and un­ derclassmen for their high school achievements Other students will observe op­ portunities for themselves and learn what they must do to (Continued on page 8) 724-Acre Farm Land Dr. Carleton Smith is shown editing hundreds of feet of film taken more than two years ago when he was one of a delegation of chiropractors on a mission to Europe and the Soviet Union. The film was lost at Kennedy airport upon his return to the States and was returned only recently by a New Yorker who had purchased It at a flea market. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD Zoning Goes To County If there is a moral in the story told by Dr. Carleton Smith, it is that patience and hope are rewarded more often than not. More than two years ago, documentary film he had made of his historic trip to Russia was lost from the trunk of a taxi at Kennedy airport upon return to the States. The film consisted of 1,500 feet of sound motion picture film, 600 still pictures and four 90-minute cassette tapes. Although every effort was made to recover the film, it seemed lost forever. Dr. Smith believed someone had found the container, dumped out the film and kept the bag. Although little hope remained, he would oc­ casionally think of the loss, which was especially important to him because he had intended to show the film to the chiropractors' homecoming in August of the same year. In May of this year, almost two years to the date of the loss, he received a phone call from a man in Long Island, New York. One Melton Johnson informed him that he had something that belonged to Smith - the film. Johnson related how he had purchased the film at a flea market and after having several rolls developed, realized that this was not something that someone would throw away. Looking further, he found Dr. Smith's name in the bag and called him immediately. The film is now in the hands of its owner and in the process of being edited and titled. The McHenry County Zoning Board of Appeals <ZBA) concluded its two-day public hearing Thursday afternoon concerning the proposed zoning change of some 724 acres of farm land adjacent to the Village of Bull Valley. If the zoning change is ap­ proved by the County board, it will allow the May Develop­ ment company to build 1,400 clustered, single-family units- two, three and four small houses sharing a common wall. The petitioners are also asking for commercial use of 24 acres located roughly at the in­ tersection of the Crystal Lake blacktop and Crystal Springs road. Dennis Thompson, ar­ chitectural consultant for the development, conceived of these structures as similar to those at the Lake Barrington Squeeze was noted that most support costs were fixed and could be phased in but administrative adjustments of salaries would have to be figured in later Budget figures were not released Jean Dooley, chairperson for the advocacy committee, said that one subject for discussion at a weekend meeting of the committee is how important the advocacy association is and if the consensus is that it serves no useful purpose, it should be disbanded Shores development. Thomp­ son said he thought the houses would be two or two-and a-half story structures which he likened to a town house or a condominium. Both Thompson and the company president, Robert May, referred to the development as an almost self sufficient community, with its own fire and police protection, sewage treatment, water supply, road maintenance and the like. Neither May nor Thompson gave any substantial details on just what manner these essential services were to be provided. This led to con­ siderable skepticism and doubt on the part of area residents, including some from McHenry. "The petitioners are asking for a free hand to develop as they see fit. They are not familiar with the surrounding area, except for a brief walk­ through," said Gerald Stern, president of the Crystal Springs Homeowners association The petitioners presented four expert witnesses who testified as to their "con­ ceptions" of what the development would look like "I am concerned," said James Rakow, county superintendent of highways, "that these concepts have been done with little solid engineering We're in a dif­ ferent ballpark here, because he's asking conditional use to do things that would not nor­ mally be allowed How can we be sure that changes won't be made9" Rakow then asked Thompson why 400 feet of frontage on Crystal Springs road was necessary if it was not going to be developed May and Thompson had both said that the commercial area would be set back from the road Thompson said that an ac­ cess road to the commercial area from Crystal Springs road was needed. "Four-hundred feet"' That's a large access road." Rakow said Then William Caldwell, Crystal Lake, took issue with the 24-acre commercial zoning request Thompson said that the area was intended to be a con­ venience center for the residents of the development only and would blend in with the surrounding area because the plan was to use existing (Continued on page 8) Days June 11-14 \ The 124 graduates will march into the gymnasium to a processional played by the Johnsburg high school concert band under the direction of Hal Thompson. An invocation, given by Father Matt Rauen will begin the ceremonies, followed by a Shown above, explaining a point to ZBA Chairman Schweiger, is Dennis Thompson, architectural consultant for the petit ioners. Below is Robert May. president of May Development company, l istening to remark from the audience. STAFF PHOTOS-ANTHONY OLIVER include nothing heavier than two men can lift. Grass clippings, leaves and small branches must be in bags and newspapers must be tied. No rocks or large pieces of lumber will be picked up. On Juqe 11 there will be pickup on the north side of First Graduates ^Johnsburg high school has announced its first com­ mencement exercises to be held at the new school Satur­ day, June 9, at 3 p.m. Open Band Season The city's fine stage band will open a new season of concerts Thursday, June 7, at 8 p.m. in the Pearl street park. Mayor Stanek will extend a welcome to the band and listeners. The talented musicians will then open the program with a Basie number and will conclude with one. Selections will include "Basie Straight Ahead", "My Funny Valentine", "Nobody Does It Better", "Night Train", "The Way You Look Tonight", "Feels So Good", "Come Sail Away", "South Rampart Street Parade", "In The Mood" and "I Remember Basie". Waukegan street and east of the railroad tracks Tuesday is set aside for south of Waukegan and east of the tracks Residents south of Elm and west of the tracks will be serviced Wednesday, June 13, and north of Elm and west of the tracks on Thursday. Mental Health In Space their contract with the 708 board so that when the contract is renewed their concerns would be incorporated in that contract. Kecent.County board refusals to reappoint people to the 708 l>oard seemed to reflect a move to control that !>ody, some directors indicated. Associate Director Scott Campbell predicted that ads being run in professional publications for a new medical director and additional staff people would be successful because of a number of ap­ plications received already. It was noted that Dr Martinez, who is presently medical director lor FSCMHC. has cut back his time to hours weekly because he has ac­ cepted a position as clinical director at the River Edge hospital An application has been received from a staff doctor at the Downey V A hospital as a possible replacement, the board was advised Following an executive session when the services of executive director Martens was considered, the directors characterized his performance as excellent President Brown appointed directors Don Brodie. Douglas Pratt. Mary Stompanato and herself as an ad hoc committee to negotiate a new contract with him The l)oard noted that when this is accomplished, the salaries of the balance of the staff can be determined and the budget for the coming year prepared Some budget figures were discussed at the meeting and it The current push for a national health insurance program reminds us of San- tayana's famous adage, "those who have forgotten the past are doomed to repeat it". Only in this case we might coin another phrase, "those who neglect to learn from others' examples may also find themselves in the same hot water". The waiting list for minor operations in British hospitals, where a National Health S&fice has been in operation lore than 30 years, has irn to 800,000. That's a country with a population one- rter of the United States, growth has been steady over several years, which means the seven-week hospital workers' strike can be blamed for only a fraction of the trouble. When a key local government bureaucrat in England got sick needed an operation, a decision was made to spend almost $2,000 of government money to pay for the surgery by /ate doctors when it should ive been taken care of by the National Health Service. It was a choice, according to a spokesman, of having a key man back on the job or waitir. ?. The sick gentleman could have paid for it himself. But whatever the state of his finances, why should he? He had already paid for it once through his taxes. To complicate things further, the other taxpayers had also already paid once for the man's operation. And now they're going to have to pay again. And, in theory, so is the key official. Finally, consider the bureaucrat faced with the wrath of the National Union of Public employees. When he was hospitalized recently for two days in a public ward, NUPE officials, unhappy with his past performance, gleefully took advantage of having him at their mercy. All the little things that could have made his hospital stay bearable - morning tea, mail, newspapers -- were denied him. If he had to be moved to the X- ray room, nobody would carry him. The hospital planned to feed him, but no one could be found to clean the area around his bed. With the escalating cost of getting sick, the sound of a national health insurance program has appeal, to be sure. But some of the experiences of this model of a "sick" program overseas might be an example. Once, about 200 years ago, a British colony made a lot of noise about excessive taxes and government interference. Judging from our mother country's example, maybe we should be wary! KAF Top Marian Graduate Expanding programming due to additional federal fun­ ding is causing the Family Services and County Mental Health Center (FSCMHC), based at McHenry, to search for additional space for its eight programs, discussion revealed at the recent meeting. A Title XX federal grant payment of $20,000 had been received and allocations under v4he National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) eventually totalling $1.2 million for the coming year are due to be received, noted Robert Mar­ tens. executive director for FSCMHC These monies are disbursed through the McHenry County Mental Health board (708 board), Martens noted. Martens pointed out to the FSCMHC directors there is a problem where to put the growing adult day treatment program and other pilot projects. He urged that Joan Brown, president of FSCMHC, appoint an ad hoc committee of two or three members to find what's available and how to meet the cost of space, which he claimed was "astronomical." Director Jean Dooley added that they would have to watch the zoning. Martens reported on some disturbing developments at a recent 708 board meeting where it appeared that this body was going to let the Title XX program lapse because it didn't seem to be "worthwhile". Martens said he spoke up because $30,000 for FSCMHC programs and $55,000 for Pioneer Center activities were at stake. He conceded to the 708 board that dealing with the Illinois Department of Public Aid, < IDPA) which administers the program is a hassle, but funding for clients is not easy and personnel of the various agencies are used to hassles. They didn't want to see the programs depending on this monev go down the drain money bought. And strangely, Martens added, on the day of the meeting, the first Title XX program check for $20,000 arrived. The 708 board agreed to keep the program one more year and look at the track record.-Martens noted. The Title XX program was explained by Martens as grant money made available through federal legislation to states for social services. It is intended to serve people who fall below the median family income In Illinois, the IDPA is the disbursing agency, acting on proposals processed through FSCMHC and the Department of Mental Health Its grant monies must be matched on a 75-25 basis by local funds This is done with the 25 percent being guaranteed by certified funding from the 708 board. The money goes for a program for children and adolescents and for additional services for the adult day treatment program Martens also pointed out that with the $1,200,000 NIMH grant they will be able to add 12 staff people of various skills and training over the next year to expand programs and to do more in depth treating, in­ cluding community education and interagency referral The FSCMHC board also considered a recommendation from its attorney regarding apparent conflicts between the McHenry County board and the 708 board which involved control of monies and deter minations of staff salaries and some procedures. The attorney suggested that they review Martens' criticism of the 708 board was its singular concern with the budget and attitude of "What's $20,000 or $30,0009" with no mention of what that