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Barbara Gilpin Your Police Department "Safety On Wheels" Workshops McHenry Area School Menus Holiday Burglaries To Aid Elderly Convenience For Famil ies Page 5 Page 18 Page 3 VOLUME 105 NUMBER 39 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1980 2 SECTIONS 24 PAGES 25' THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER SERVING THE CHAIN-O-lAKES REGION SINCE 1875' ftwib Winning 1980 TOYS FOR TOTS. - Little Kristin Anderson was at the Pearl street park in McHenry last Saturday to participate in the Christmas A TV*A/* Frnm A Trkt festivities. While there, she did her share in the Toys for Tots •* J -ti M. \J 1/ program as she gave a doll to Marine Corps Corporal Donald R. Cox., Jr. Cox resides in McHenry and is a member of the Waukegan Marine Reserves. Looking on is Alderwoman Liz Nolan. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD Seven City Offices To Be Filled In April Crowding Santa Claus for a share of attention in the holiday season is an­ nouncement that McHenry will be electitag a mayor, city clerk, city treasurer and four aldermen next year. The municipal election will be held Tuesday, April 7. Mayor Joseph Stanek will be com­ pleting his second term in office, having been elected for the first four-year term in 1973. Both City Clerk City Treasurer William Brda came into office as appointments, Mrs. Gilpin in October of 1976 and Brda in May of 1975. Both were elected to a full term in 1977. The term of Elizabeth Nolan in Ward next April. She has served one term. Edward Datz, the longest serving alderman to have his term concluded in 1961, represents Ward 2. He was first elected in 1973 and returned to office four years later. Both Vincent Adams in Ward 3 and Ernest Schooley in Ward 4 are finishing four-year terms. Nominating petitions and candidacy documents are available in the city clerk's office, 1111 N. Green street. To run for city offices one must have lived within the City of McHenry corporate boundaries for one year. The first day to file nomination petitions is Jan. 19 with the McHenry city clerk's office. The last day to file is Jan. 26. Hie number of signatures needed on the nominating petitions varies ac­ cording to the number of votes cast in the last general election - not leas than 5 percent nor more than 8 percent depending on the ward and office being sought. Tlie following numbers will be used to base the number of signatures required: Not less than 5 percent, nor more than 8 percent of 189 for alderman in Ward 1; 558 for alderman in Ward 2; 586 for alderman in Ward 3; and 189 for alderman in Ward 4; 3,084 for the office of mayor; 2,757 for the office of city clerk; and 3,018 for the office of city treasurer. The offices of mayor, clerk and treasurer run at-large in the city. Pertaining to aldermanic offices, the following ward boundary lines are In effect: Ward 1 • Bordered on the north by John street, on the weat by the. railroad tracks and on the east and south by tha city limita. Ward 2 - Bordered on the north by Route 120, on the eaat by Crystal Lake road and on the weat and south by tha city limits. Ward 3 - Bordered on the south by John street, on the weat by tha railroad tracks north of Route 110 and by Crystal Lake road south of Route 120, and on tha north and eaat by the city limits. Ward 4 • Bordered on the south by Route 120, on the eaat by the railroad tracks and on the north and weat by tha city limits. New Hospital Reversal McHenry hospital's $29 million ex­ pansion and remodeling project had another reversal Wednesday as both the project review committee, and Comprehensive Health Planning Agency for McHenry County itself (CH- PA), recommended denial for the certificate of need. These recom­ mendations will be considered at Thursday's meeting of the Health Systems Agency (HSA-KLM) of Kane, Lake, and McHenry counties, whose project review committee has already recommended denial. Discussion between members at the meeting indicated that earlier com­ mitments made to Crystal Lake for a health care facility were a factor in the CHPA recommendation. The agency added a recommendation that McHenry resubmit the application for a reduced number of beds. Nick Stamatakos, director of the project review for HSA-KLM, claimed that McHenry hospital had not iden­ tified all posaibk alternatives and had not addressed itself to health care for the entire county. According to stan­ dards set by the state, McHenry county is presently entitled to 44 more hospital beds and McHenry's application seeks expansion of 64 beds to a total of 200. The proposal is larger than necessary, Stamatakos advised in his report. Agency member, Rev. Raymond C. Shawl, noting that Stamatakos was pointing out one alternative not con­ sidered in the application (that a new hospital could be established in Crystal Lake), questioned why it would be economically more feasible to over­ build a 100-bed new facility (the minimum normally considered) rather than add the needed beds to an existing facility. He pointed out that Crystal Lake's proposed hospital was halfway between the two cities. Stamatakos repreated Shawl's question, which he termed rhetorical, without answering it, but pointed out that the Memorial hoepital at Wood­ stock had also absorbed some 10 of the beds considered as needed in the county in its remodeling. Member Pat Falconer recalled that she had served on the Operation Health board, which preceded the HSA six or seven years earlier, and reminded the HSA that Crystal Lake had wanted and worked hard for a medical facility. 8he Jeltgyznpathy lor but could not vote 'ves' on its application when it was the previous intention to put the facility in Crystal Lake area. Member Diane Kirchner took ex­ ception. "I can't understand how a definite plan can be measured against somebody else's desire (for a hospital)". Jean Barton, member from Crystal Lake, asked "What about a CrysUU Lake-McHenry joint venture?" Alyce Sir, Crystal Lake real recalled that in 1969 the two citiaa worked toward a regional hoepital with a choice of two sites, one along Route SI just north of Route 176 and one on the Stilling property at Bull Valley road. A consulting agency had recommended the route 176 site as the first alter* native, she said, and the two com­ munities had agreed to buv it. After having the property in hand, she said, McHenry for some reason withdrew from the project-- Crystal Lake Hospital The ryi association later refunded the $27,000 which McHenry had contributed to the project. She noted that Crystal Lake then decided to go ahead with the jject and had turned to Sherman to get the preliminary permit; but the formation of the HSA's precluded further action. Sir asserted that the 8herman hoepital plans action tobuitd at Crystal Lake in the next thratfwra, btf has not entered an application for cer­ tificate of need because it does not wish to spend the $30,000 to $40,000 required to put it together at this time, and the 44 bed allocation wouldn't make It practical. LeRoy Olsen, president of the (Continued on page 17) Quiet Times At McHenry Dam Mayor Salary crease from $3,200 per year to $12,000 per year. The Council defeated Pep- ping's motion in a 5 to 4 vote. Pepping opened the Monday night meeting saying, "This is a meeting I chose not to have. I felt the Finance committee had agreed among our­ selves and thought the Council should have hashed it out." "I am not going to compromise my views to seek agreement with the Council," he stated. The Council is split into two camps on this issue and the basic difference of opinion appears to be just what duties the mayor should assume, hence, just how much he should be paid. "I don't think the mayor should assume any of the responsibilities of the superintendent of Public Works," Alderman Pepping said, stating the views of one side. "I don't see the ad­ ministration of the Public Works department under the mayor's duties and responsibilities." Pepping characterized the mayor's job as "intense" but said he did not see it as a 40-hour-per-week job. "I felt that $1,000 a month was fair compensation," Pepping said. The committee chairman said that in an effort to resolve the impasse, the committee would recommend to the Council a salary to $1,250 a month, or $15,000 a year. "As a taxpayer, I don't know that I could justify more," Pepping com- (Continued on page 17) District 15 Defers Referendum Decision The board of Elementary School District 15 began fiscal planning for the coming year as it arranged personnel and schedules for budget preparation and set initial discussions with the McHenry Teachers association for future negotiations at Tuesday's regular meeting. After a lengthy discussion in executive session, the board deferred a decision for a Feb. 24 second vote on the tax increase referendum pending a determination of the possible effect of a 60-day limitation remaining from regulations prior to the present law which became effective Dec. 1. 1980, on referenda. The board designated Dr. Richard Farmer, district superintendent, and his staff to begin preparation of the budget and set a series of dates for meetings, hearings and publications. The annual audit of school funds presented by David Cain pointed up the district's financial problems as he referred to year end deficits in the two major funds totalling almost $1 million. He said that as of June 30, 1980, the Education fund was $844,000 in the red and the Building Maintenance and Operations fund was inadequate by $126,000. (Continued on page 17) Frank Novak, manager of the McHenry station, a part of the Illinois Department of Transportation, division of water resources, which includes the dam, lock and river control gates, checks to make sure that preparations for the coming winter have been completed. During the winter, the five-man, full-time staff at the lock and 4am will be overhauling and repairing equipment, among other projects. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD The most hectic months of the year at the McHenry lock and dam are during the summer vacation months, but the work does not stop when Fall and Winter roll around. The man in charge of the McHenry station is Frank Novak, of the Illinois Department of Transportation, division of water resources, who said that a pretty drastic change in operation takes place when the summer boat business falls off. He pointed out that the lock is generally open for traffic seven days a week from 8 a.m. to midnight, from May l through Oct. 31 of any given year. During the busy summer months. part-time helpers - including college students and CETA employees - are added to handle the tremendous volume of boat traffic on the Fox river. During the winter, the McHenry station is still manned seven days a week by five regular employees: Frank, F.J. Novak, Bruce Nulle, Alex Raftis and Jeff Thompson This last summer season, Novak said, the lock handled 15,865 boats before it officially closed on Nov. 2. Winter is when the staff at the McHenry station does moat of the tedious maintenance work on all the equipment and structures at the station. "In the middle of summer," Novak said, "you start to look forward to tfeft slower pace of winter. But, in the middle of winter, you start thlnkUfcf about the bikinis and warm weather * Last winter, the main project at the station involved pumping all the water from the lock, sandblasting, painting and doing necessary valve repair wortt. "The first thing we do when the locks officially close is get ready for Winter," Novak said. Getting ready for winter involves making sure the "bubbler" and steam boiler near the river are in proper operating condition. (Continued on page 2, section 2) Debate The question of the mayor's salary again reached the forefront of discussion as the Finance committee of the McHenry City Council met Monday night at City Hall to develop its second recommendation to the Council. At the last City Council meeting, the committee, chaired by Alderman Jack Pepping, recommended a salary in- It's that time of year again. Children are making Christmas lists, Santa and the elves are making toys, and parents are taking a look at the dwindling supply of money in the pocketbook. You don't need to be a senior citizen to be aware that toys today are not what toys were yesterday. What Mbm and Dad considered the rage 30 years ago would probably get the "razzberries" from the small fry today. And the doll Grandma played with would only be acceptable to the discerning child who viewed it as an antique. The biggest craze, of course, this year of 1980 is electronic toys. One major toymaker advertises one of its electronic robots as "a friend, a toy, a teacher". And so it is, offering action, lights, sounds, music and games. That's the pitch that used to come from Hollywood, aimed at adults. Now lights, sounds and action have (Continued on page 17)