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"SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875 A WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1982 VOLUME 106 NUMBER 46 1 SECTION 22 PAGES 25 Waives operation was set at about 600,000 gallons a month. "I think we can handle this without jeopardizing fire fighting or domestic water usage," Marker commented. Harker also noted concerns about "wasted" water but said the company was Willing to pay for it. "As of now we can handle it," Harker said. He added that when the operation reaches fruition, with an expected water usage of 1.65 million gallons a month, the city could look at, and pocsibly require, the use of a cooling tower in order to conserve water. Alderman Michael Wieser said he was not opposed to the usage but said he would like an opinion from the engineering firm of Baxter & Wood­ man, which is retained by the city. A motion to authorize the water usage, waiving the sewer charges and conditioned upon the company receiving the proper permits from the environmental protection agency was approved on a 6 to 2 vote. Voting in favor were Aldermen Nolan, Pepping, (Continued on page 20) by Anthony Oliver The McHenry City Council approved a request from Illinois Coil Springs company Monday night to waive sewer charges on a proposed plant expansion project. Plant manager Joseph Dicks said at the last council meeting the company was planning to expand operations at the McHenry site to include the in­ jection molding of plastic parts, which would require water for cooling. Alderman George Harker reported that the process would involve no danger of contamination of the water supply and would not necessarily have to be treated at the sewer plant. Dicks told the council at the previous meeting that the only effect on the water would be a slight increase in temperature (of two or three degrees) as it leaves the plant. He added that temperature would probably be normal by the time it reached the outfall at Boone creek. Alderman Harker reported that the projected water usage for the pilot Major* Snow Storm Closes Area Schools the part of winter Florida visitors avoid became a the downtown area being cleared before noon. Falling reality in McHenry Monday morning. The photographer temperatures later in tUeday put a hard crust on the wet found city crews busy clearing Elm street, near snow and retailed in. roads packed with a snow-ice • Riverside drive, using two pieces of heavy equipment, mixture that made driving treacherous. Aetkmof the pay loader ainegrader resulted in moat of ~STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD Winter IHAHf MIMA NIWI UfiVtCI Youngsters of school age in the McHenry, Johnsburg and Wonder Lake areas received an extra day of vacation as all schools were closed Monday due to the heavy snows that fell Sunday night. . Spokesmen for , the McHenry. Johnsburg, Wonder Lake and SEDOM districts, at weU a* Marian Central Catholic high school, all reported schools clossd Monday. According to Emergency Services and Disaster agency Director John Shay, the official snowfall was 4.7 in­ ches. "It all depends on who measures it, but that is the official snowfall," Shay said. The director said that deeper snows may have resulted due to drifting and he noted that slightly more snow was received in the northern part of the county. Winds, which caused driftrog problems on many roads, reached a top speed of 45 mph at 11:04 a.m. Monday, Shay said. The agency, he noted, coordinated a couple of rescue squad runs with county highway trucks in case' help was needed, but other than that, few calls were received by the agency Monday. In McHenry, Supt. of Public Works Richard C Weber reported at Monday night's council meeting that the city road crews had been called at 3:30 a.m. Monday. Weber commented that an icy road covering prior to the heavy snowfalls had "made it tough" to clear the roadways. He noted that many of the roads were still slick and said they might stay that way for some time. The Police department reported a (Continued on page 20) Mice Set Up Weather Phone f hey Live In McHenry police have their weather phones in - operation again this year. T The road condition reports are pre­ recorded, and updated four times a day, at 5 a.m.. 11 d.m., 3:30 p.m. and 8^0 p.m., and more often as weather conditions change: Road conditions for the surrounding states are also given: Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan, Iowa, Missouri and Kentucky. These states will be added to (he report as weather and road conditions change. (Continued on page 20) • ' ' s •: . _ added to the list. Some families > > were sent to a copp#rating merchant who promised to fit them to the best of his ability with sale shoes. According to Mrs. Bauer, clothing was the item .most requested. . ^ Surprisingly, not as many food donations are made at Christmas as Thanksgiving, she pointed out. "We call or send a letter", she si continued, "to determine the , most important needs. Almost without exception they refrain from requesting gifts, but often seek the important food items for their families. And it was important to Mrs. Bauer to know that the sensitivity of the persons in need seldom permitted them to name a par­ ticular toy when they were asked. "Most of them were just so pleased to get anything", she noted. AH of the children received hats, mittens or gloves. And what would Christmas be for a child without a tree? Seven were donated, one in­ dividual giving the last ones on his lot. * • t ' With a warm humor in her voice, Mrs. Bauer said, "They were so nice I would have liked to have traded my owjrtree for one of them". j But for both Joan Bauer and Sheila Grandt, the real joy of this heartwarming activity is to see it "jn action". That action took place in the basement hall of St.' Patrick's church on Washington street before Thanksgiving and again aFChristmas time. Two couples who had just read the story of FISH walked into the hall, one with a request to adopt a family, fpr the hqlid^f. The other was so impressed with the project he convinced business associates to contribute. There was $100 from a Penn­ sylvania firm, another $35 from Rhinelander, Wis. And from \the couple in McHenry? A check for $1,000. This money, and other con­ tributions, will help the family with three children that is getting along on $11.50 a day. The only food in their Woodstock home when they called was a half gallon of milk and part of a jar of peanut butter. Another case is indelibly fixed in the minds of volunteers who tried to help in vain. A young mother calling frofrn a service (Continued on page 20) Priorities - where to make govern­ ment cuts and how much - occupy much of the controversy over the current effort to keep the federal debt from tecotning even more staggering than it now is. _ . . How would you ttclabout donating three'buses to a fafti ski resort? Or "Maying for tranalaMpns of Playboy i%*gazine into braille? It's too bad if those won't appeal to you because as U.S. taxpayers, we have paid for them. The federal budget now cornea to more than 1700 billion a year, but some members of Congress haverit found the f nerve to make any cuts. Even though . the '82 budget actually will be more than $50 billion greater even after the 'cuts' are implemented, many legislators still argue that belt r tightening will put millions of : Americans out on the streets. While they look at us straight in the • eye from their legislative chairs, ex- . penditures like thefef are being made: ...The National Science foundation (Continuedon page 20) Winter Fun Special Tax Benefits * For Older Americans erage Severe Storm 'Model Tho Cold Hard Facts 9 Defenders Hold Open House Out/In* Activ i t ies Pa9» 12 \ «1 v. ,r£a