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thank each and everyone of you educational field trips until the problem was solved. The McHenry County Farm Bureau board of directors has voted to give $15,000 to the Cooperative Extension service in McHenry county to help its executive council purchase a building in Woodstock. Twelve-year old Donald Smith, a seventh grade student in McHenry Junior high school was electrocuted about 4:45 April 25, when he touched a piece of equipment being used in a track meet on McCracken field. MAY In a discussion of pending legislation in Illinois at the meeting of mayors and village presidents, Mayor loe Stanek of McHenry >poke out in opposition. He suggested that the association oppose "House Bill 800 which" would provide for collective bargaining for employees of the state and municipalities. This, Stanek said, would cause the cities to lose their autonomy and could destroy the country. He noted that even today, if the teamsters struck, it could cripple the country, as they have already demon­ strated. He urged that the mayors write the legislators to try to block this legislation. Stanek claimed that the employees in the public sector are paid better than comparable employees in private industry. Twenty-nine students out of 81 who attend Special (SEDOM) classes from Elementary District 15, McHenry, have been recommended for summer school this year. That word came to the board following its reorganization this past week. A referendum for a tax supported McHenry county career center was nixed by a group of businessmen, in­ dustrialists, Chamber of Commerce representatives and school officials at a special meeting to decide future direction. Thi^ recommendation is subject to acceptance or rejection by the board of control ap­ pointed from the ad­ ministration and boards of ten member high school districts in McHenry county. The battle over salaries PAGE 8-PLAINDEALER-WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30,1S60 between the Police depart­ ment and the City Council was resolved-much to the chagrin of the police department. The Council voted 5 to 2 to accept the Finance committee's recommendations. Sgt. Patrick Joyce appeared e before the Council and* stressed the point that police officers receive no overtime pay for court time. He went on to say that at the end of four years, a top patrolman in Crystal Lake would be making $1,3000 more per year than a top patrolman here. The Citizenship and Safety committee of the McHenry County Homemakers Ex­ tension association has initiated a countywide project to help high school juniors and seniors become registered voters. . * The City Council was split over Mayor Stanek's con­ troversial nomination of Robert Jessup to the Zoning board. The controversy centers around Jessup's membership in the Con­ cerned Citizens' group which- currently has a lawsuit pending in court against the Machine To Crime Lab This is the Cloud Nine machine which was responsible for the electrocution of 12-year old Donald Smith Wednesday afternoon. The machine inflates a mattress which rests in the high jump pit to prevent injuries to the high jump participants. Police have turned die machine and extension cords nsed to connect it to a power source to the Northern minds Crime Lab. , STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD City of McHenry to stop a commercial development on south Route 31. Willard Hogge, McHenry county supervisor of "John wishes to for your patronage during business." PRESENT LOCATION 4811 RTE. 120 McHENRY (Across From Sunnyside Dodge) % % % I JOHN'S SPORT STOP i "Your One-Stop Sport Shop With The Personal Touch" GROWING TO SERVE YOU BETTER! vy •Team Equipment •Footwear-Featuring NIKE •Apparel •Jogging Suits •Team Accessories •Racketball Equipment •Baseball Gloves •Golf Accessories •T-Shirts •Custom Printing •All Types of Uniforms •Jackets WATCH FOR OUR MARCH 1980 GRAND RE-OPENING! Due to your fantastic respon­ se, John's Sport Stop will move to a new, larger facility at: 3706 W. Elm St. McHenry, Illinois (Across From A & P Grocery) Effective: March 1,1980 In their new location, the $p«rt Step will offer an even greater selection of name brand athletic equipment, apparel and footwear. NEW, LARGER MARCH 1, 1980 McHenry Location! 3706 W. Elm St. (Across From ASP) % MORE NAME BRANDS I GREATER SELECTION I JOHN'S SPORT STOP 4811 W. RTE. 120, McHENRY, ILLINOIS (Across From SunnptdbDodge) assessments, has confirmed what many residents an- ticipated-real estate taxes to be priced in 1979 will be higher than their taxes a year ago. He explained In­ flation is a contributing factoF. The board of Elementary School District 15 approved an attendance boundary change and reaffirmed ' its dge requirement for kin­ dergarten attendance. A formal motion implemented an earlier proposal to shift a portion of the Valley View- Parkland attendance area to the Edgebrook-Junior high area by extending the north- south boundary along the railroad track to the north edge of the district and in­ cluding in the Edgebrook area all the land east to Riverside drive. The Illinois Department of Local Government Affairs has certified a 1978 final multiplier of 1.3153 to McHenry county. The multiplier must be applied to the assessed valuation of all locally assessed non farm property in the county before taxes can be extended. The multiplier is determined by c o m p a r i n g a c t u a l assessment levels observed in the department's annual assessment to sales price ratio study to the level required by law. The pur­ pose of the multiplier is to equate the average assessment levels among counties. Acceptance of a county- state agreement for im­ provement of a local inr tersection, and the ap­ propriation of $3,450 as its share of the project were two actions taken by the McHenry County board. Those actions followed announcement to improve the intersection of Rt. 31 and Johnsburg road. This will include the widening of the highway to provide a left turn bay and the installation of .traffic signals. The theme for this year's Fiesta Day week long celebration " will be "Hollywood on Parade". Floats and general decorations of stores will depict the varhJus ' eras of that grea^'town of en- tertainment and its stars of bygorie'years. The board of education of Mbntini Catholic schools has adopted a budget of $259,400 for the 1979-80 school year. Included in.it are the 1979-80 iWtion ir#^iqTibft )Mget PWHSentfirfyg ptfcefife{w$ •aibiti' ttiS ' V^r.n ryrtiin' iTi'j.'ii ri't ^snorr i the greatest increase in the area of teacher salaries. Two members of the 300- plus class of 1979 at McHenry Community high school shared honors as co- valedictorians at the fifty- ninth commencement exercise. They were Richelle Allen and timothy Kozelsky, who had identical 4.000 scholastic standings. A recent Plaindealer survey of some of the McHenry area merchants has shown an almost unanimous opposition to some stores' being open Thursday night,1 some on Friday night and the dwindling few that are still open on both nights. JUNE After twenty-seven years and two and a half feet of paper work, Lakemoor is about ready to hook up to its sewer facility. June 1,2 and 3 have been declared Royal Flush days for the village. The total cost of the project is $1,700,000. Financing was accomplished through a grant from the State of Illinois Environmental Protection agency for $1,175,000, by General Obligation bonds of $185,000, Revenue bonds of $270,000 and the balance by the local residents through their hookup fees. After polling the business community, the Chamber of Commerce has recom­ mended that in the interest of consistency, those stores that open only one night should do so Friday nights. Construction is under way on a 20,400-square foot building to provide a new headquarters for the rehabilitation and ad­ ministrative departments of the McHenry County Association for the Retar­ ded. The. New facility is being built in Tonyan In­ dustrial park, south of McHenry in McHenry Shores. The brick front building with beige metal siding- is being financed through loans from the Small Business ad­ ministration and the Illinois Industrial Development authority. proposed zoning change of an approximately 714-acre parcel of land ad­ jacent to the village of Bull Valley has met witji stiff opposition from residents of Bull Valley, Crystal Lake and surrounding com­ munities, including the City of McHenry. Although this one-and-one-half 00S.J h'jmrj vtiiAtrW A' ° to *vi;osqs:» f