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arb Winning J^etoSpaper 1978-- Illinois Press Association Newspaper Contest VOLUME 104 NUMBER 17 * WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1979 1 SECTION 24 PAGES 20' V * _ Land Use Plan For Adoption The entire Proposed Plan and Comprehensive Zoning amendment for McHenry county will be presented for adoption at the special County board meeting Thursday, Oct. 4, at 9 a.m. in the county courthouse. • Some revisions to the plan are being considered. These are incorporated into a final draft now available to the public through the Planning department. Single copies are free. The proposed Land Use plan is a general guide for development and is advisory in nature. It has been in a state of development for over a year. The plan was publicly presented during a series of local meetings last month, followed by a three-week period for accepting written com­ ments. Special joint meetings by the Regional Planning commission and the Land Use committee of the County board have been held frequently during this time to review comments and to recommend changes. T h e C o m p r e h e n s i v e amendment to the zoning or­ dinance .will also be considered Oct. 4 at the special meeing. Voting on the zoning maps will be continued on Oct. 9 and 11 in evening sessions beginning at 7 p.m. in the County board room of the courthouse. Area Woman Dies In Rescue-Auto Accident Conservation Events Slated Two special attractions are planned for those attending the thirty-third annual meeting of the McHenry County Soil and Water Conservation district Steve Aradas, director of the McHenry County Regional Planning^Commission, will speak onwe land use plan and jte 11 how it is intended to serve Sunday*/Stept. 30.^* : v **£Mde to zoaiqft boards, A tour of the Glacial Park Conservation district betweea 2 and 4 p.m. is planned by district officials, Charles Budreck, Jr., chairman, said in inviting the public to participate in this annual meeting. Second feature will be an evaluation and discussion on the land use plan now being prepared and up for con­ sideration by the McHenry County board in early OctOber. county boards, and others for the next several years. Aradas has been instrumental in providing technical and professional input into the development of the plan which was prepared by the Planning Commission staff, revised after public hearings, and revised again after added public written statements and County board member recom­ mendations. Another highlight at the business session at the Gacial Park Conservation area north of Ringwood on Harts road, will be a demonstration by Joe Savin and his students on the solar heating project used to heat the library at Cary Grove Community high school! Savin is a biology and environmental (Continued on page 22) A Richmond woman was killed and two people failed to stop for cars turning left in front of them in separate ac­ cidents over the week. Elsie Gr'ochocki, 63, of Rich­ mond was fatally injured when the car she was riding in was struck by a Crystal Lake ambulance at the intersection of Main street and Route 14 in Crystal Lake lastv Thursday. Scott Anderson, of 2506 W. St. Francis avenue, McHenry, was driving the northbound am­ bulance when the collision occurred. The driver of the other car* Eugene Grochocki, also of Richmond, was taken to McHenry hospital where he is listed in satisfactory condition. There were no citations issued at the time and the in­ vestigation into the accident is continuing, according to the Crystal Lake Police depart­ ment. Guillermo C. Tello, of 2710 Old Oak drive, McHenry, was ticketed for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident when his car ran into the back of a motorcycle that was waiting to make a left turn off of Route 31. The driver of the motorcycle, William E. Miller, of 1602 Flower street, McHenry, was not seriously injured. Also on Route 31, Laura M. Bell of Lake Marian, 111., was ticketed after her car ran into the back of another which had stopped in front of her. According to the Sheriff's (Continued on page 22) |Cow//n Out Of Geske Case| County Aid Roll Drops Circuit Court Judge Henry Cowlin has disqualified himself from the case involving LeRoy Geske, Nunda township road commissioner. Cowlin said he removed himself from the case, "because I knew the man." "I have lived in Crystal Lake all my life and have known Geske, not intimately, but I have known him," Cowlin said. Geske was recently indicted for official misconduct stem­ ming from his alleged interest in "a contract he should not have been interested in," ac­ cording to the State's At­ torney's office. There was no trial date set as of Tuesday morning. McHenry county recorded a drop from 1,649 in '78 to 1,424 in 1979 as statewide public assistance rolls have dropped by 39,192 persons (4.0 percent) between June, 1978, and June, 1979, it was announced by Public Aid Director Arthur F. Quern. "Given other indications of a downturn in the economy, the decline in the number of per­ sons on public aid is en­ couraging. Trends in the coming months will be affected by economic conditions but efforts on the part of the Department of Public Aid to improve its managment of these programs will continue to have an impact on caseload changes," Quern said. In June, 1979 there were 950,493 persons receiving assistance statewide, com­ pared with 989,685 in June, 1978. Public aid rolls reached their highest point in March, 1976, when 1,097,336 persons received assistance. The June, 1979, figure represents the lowest total in recent years. Serves Health Agency "If in our newspaper career we have wronged any man we want to take him by the hand and ask his forgiveness. If, on the contrary we have made any life better or brighter, we are repaid. "Finally, goodbye. We know not what the future may have in store for us, but wherever our lot may be cast we shall ever remember with pleasure the tried and true friends we have found in the pleasant village of McHenry." Those were the words of J. Van Slyke, founder of the McHenry Plaindealer, as he said goodby to his readers on Feb. 8, 1899. On Oct. 10/the Plaindealer staff of 104 years later will have an opportunity to meet the founder's grandson, Dr. W. Barton VanSlyke, of Water- town, New York, when he visits the midwest to attend a medical meeting. It is a visit we are an­ ticipating with excitement for we have vivid memories of our 1975 newspaper centennial and the large portion devoted to its beginning. It is a proud history of his grandfather that Dr. VanSlyke will examine on microfilm Oct. 10. Through the miracle of that modern invention, he will be able to review the journalistic endeavors of his grandfather from his initial issue of 1875 until he sold the business to the Honorable F.K. Granger after piloting the Plaindealer for almost a quarter of a centrury. The senior VanSlyke did what many boys did in his time - he began his apprenticeship at the age of 12 in the office of the Jeffersonian in Watertown, New York. In these relatively primitive days, the short trip from his home in Antwerp had to be made by stagecoach. From Watertown he went to the Springfield Republican in Springfield, Mass., then returned to New York and accepted the foremanship of the St. Lawrence Plaindealer in Canton. Later he became the newspaper's editor and publisher. In 1869 VanSlyke came to Illinois and became editor of the.Woodstock Sentinal. Seven years later he moved to McHenry and established the Plaindealer. Today, J. VanSlyke would certainly have been called McHenry's Man of the Year. During his years at the helm of the Plaindealer he also served as city postmaster under President Harrison, and held such offices as town clerk, village clerk and village president. In his farewell, Van Slyke commented, "For nearly 24 years we have piloted the (Continued on page 22) , Adult education courses will be offered by McHenry County college in five locations in McHenry this fall. Classes will meet at the Carestoel Nursing home, McHenry Community high school, the McHenry Depot hotel, St. Mary's convent and St. John the baptist convent. Courses begin the week of Oct. 1 in crocheting, oil painting I and II. Yoga I, antiques, and prepared childbirth. At the high school there are classes in typing, bookkeeping, keypunch operating, training to work in a travel agency, driver education, speed reading, conversational french and spanish, oil painting, beginning and intermediate guitar, modern dance and yoga exercise, beginning and in­ termediate sewing and sewing for the home. Recreation classes at the high school include beginning karate, snorkel swimming, a mini-scuba course, scuba diving, adult physical recreation for men and for women, yoga I, and Judo I & II. There is also a course to help Adults prepare for high school diploma equivalency tests. Seminars and workshops offered by the college this fall at McHenry locations include a photography and poetic vision seminar beginning Nov. 14 and a photography workshop on the zone system beginning Oct. 10. A variety of other seminars and adult education classes will be offered at the MCC campus west of Crystal Lake and at other locations throughout the college district. Students are encouraged to register early by telephoning the college. Registration will also be available at the McHenry Community high school West campus main office October 1,2,3,4,9,10 and 11 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Details of the fall courses are included in the MCC adult education schedule recently mailed to all homes in the district and local libraries, or one can telephone the college for more information. Many Answer Nur$e Shortage "It is gratifying to report that professional nurses in our service area are responding in generous numbers to our recent call for help," Anthony Cor­ coran, executive director of McHenry hospital, announced this week. As a result, the hospital will be able to continue offering full services in all departments, he said. ,v "In view of the trend toward a long-range shortage of registered nurses and licensed practical nurses, however, we continue to seek qualified professional nurses for both full time and on-call positions. "The intensity of' care required by many of our patients is such that the skills and expertise of registered nurses and licensed practical nurses are needed to meet this demand," Corcoran declared. "We do not employ professional nurses simply as supervisors of ancillary per­ sonnel. It would be un­ characteristic of our nursing service to delegate primary nursing care to non­ professionals, even though this would have helped to solve our nursing shortage." Corcorn reported that since the critical nursing shortage at McHenry hospital was an­ nounced three weeks ago, 14 professional nurses have been hir$d in ithe Obstetrics department (5 full-time and 9 part-time), and 11 professional (Continued on page 22) Eight-year member of the McHenry City Council, George Harker, was recently appointed to the Board of Directors of the Health Services Agency for Kane, Lake and McHenry counties. The agency is concerned with all aspects of health for the three county area and board members must be elected officials of some taxing body, like the City, according to Harker. STAFF PHOTO-ANTHONY OLIVER Second Ward Alderman George Harker was recently named to serve on the board of directors of the Health Systems Agency for Kane, Lake and McHenry (HSA-KLM) coun­ ties. The general objective of the HSA-KLM is to improve the general health of the general population-looking to all aspects of health in the three- county area, Harker said. Harker added that this ob­ jective was not confined to hospitals, nursing homes and the sufficiencies or in­ sufficiencies of doctors. In certain ways, he said, it goes into drinking water and to some extent air pollution. "Joe (Stanek) asked me to put my name in the running and I agreed," George said. "I told them at the interview in Cary, that beyond having reached what is normally called old age and having served eight years on the Council, I hopefully have gained some wisdom, but I don't have any expertise." "A couple of weeks later," Harker said, "I was informed that I was the winner, or loser, depending upon how you look at it." My knowledge is limited, Harker said, but their primary objective right now is the supervision and control of hospital expansion so as to eliminate the duplication of expensive services. "Hospitals, like most human endeavors, operate with some parochialism-they like to point with pride to their facilities," Harker said, s According to a HSA-KLM publication, oh July 26, the board voted to ask two nor­ thwest Lake county hospitals to voluntarily submit their emergency room-outpatient clinics to review by the HSA- KLM to avoid a duplication of services. The clinics received their permits to operate before the July 23 deadline and so review by the HSA-KLM is not man­ datory. I Also at that meeting, Kathleen La Greca, mobile intensive care unit coordinator for McHenry and western Lake counties, told the board that the Ambutal clinic in Crystal Lake had recently lost its state license to operate. t. Ms. La Greca said that the Ambutal lost its license to operate as an emergency room because it is not a "full ser­ vice" hospital and this violates the state Hospital Licensing act. The Ambutal can operate as medical clinic,- though, and continues to do so. v-> THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER "SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875 ---- Five Area Locations College Classes In McHenry First Bag Sold Although the gentleman here was the fortunate buyer of the first bag of Kiwanis dry roasted peanuts from Little Miss Peanut, Erin Money, there are hundreds of bags still waiting to be sold. Local Kiwanians will be on the streets of McHenry Sept. 28 to make sure everyone has an opportunity to make a purchase. Money goes for local youth projects. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD f • • - 7 " • • . i j . . , 1 i . i ^ Head Student Council • • • • - f 79-80 Plans At MCHS ' 'L ' Eighty students, o record number, hove been chosen os representatives to the " McHenry West campus Student Council this year. They are already planning ac­ tivities for the year that will increase school spirit and community-school in- volvement. One of the main events planned this year is the 1979 homecoming scheduled for the weekend of Oct. 4, 5, and 6. The Student Council will be working closely with the East campus government to make this year's-homecoming en- joybale for hundreds. Pictured above, from left, are Dennis Adams, Council president; Jim Wilson, vice-president; Micki Blake, treasurer; Norma Argy, recor­ ding secretary; and Sundae Morrison, corresponding secretary, \ : . ' V ~ STAFF PHOTO/WAYNE GAYLORD 1 J