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PAGE t - PLAINDEALER - FRIDAY, JANUARY It. 1M2 Highlights Of Past Year In Community Reviewed JANUARY The mayoral appointment of Richard C. Weber to Superintendent of Public Works was confirmed by a nearly unanimous vote of the McHenry City Council. An eight-year employee of the city, Weber will be filling a spot that has been vacant since the October retirement of Fred J. Meyer. He will be making $24,000. E. K. Shaw, president of B. F. Shaw Printing Co. of Dixon, has announced the promotion of two staff members of the McHenry Plaindealer and McHenry County Citizen. Thomas C. Miller joined the firm in 1967 and for 11 years has served as advertising manager. He was recently appointed assistant publisher and now has been named publisher. He succeeds Lajry Lund, who after 19 years is leaving to oversee his family-owned newspapers, the Daily Monroe Times, Monroe, Wis., and the recently acquired weekly, the Darlington, Wis., Republican-Journal. Sam Zito, employed in the ad­ vertising department for the past seven years, is being appointed advertising manager, filling the vacancy left by Miller. The McHenry City Council is con­ sidering an application to the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) which would designate the intersection of S. Route 31 and Bull Valley road a "high hazard area". Mayor Joseph Stanek reported to the council that there is the possibility of "90-10" federal money for high hazard areas. In this case, the city is striving for traffic lights at the intersection. The cost of the project would be split 90 percent-federal and 10 percent local. The Illinois Health Facilities Plan­ ning Board (IHFPB) issued an "intent to deny" decision regarding the proposed relocation and expansion of McHenry hospital to a site at the in­ tersection of Route 31 and Bull Valley road. An estimated $10,000 damage was done to the tavern on the southwest corner of Front and Main streets after a two-car collision in which one of the autos involved was pushed into the building. The McHenry Township Road district has legally accepted five new sub­ divisions located within the township. They are Cherokee Ridge, Dutch Creek Woodlands, Unit 6, Boat and Saddle 2nd Addition, Schneider Estates and Chapel Hill Estates. As a result, the Road district will receive about 3 miles credit on its motor fuel tax income. These five subdivisions have met all requirements of the county ordinances. Two McHenry natives are serving in the top two positions in DePaul university's Student Government association this year. Lee Snyder, 2914 W. Lincoln road, is president, and James Delelio, 5501 Cleveland chive, is vice-president. The meeting was short and to the point as an unanimous vote was cast for all nominees at the four-year caucus of the McHenry Township Republican Central committee. Albert A. Adams, who presently holds the office of township clerk, was nominated by Anthony Varese for supervisor. That post is now held by Walter J. Dean, who did not seek reelection. There followed the nominations of Ted M. Pitzen for assessor, Thomas Birmingham for clerk and Clarence Regner for highway commissioner. Sibre Whiting will not seek reelection as assessor. Representing the McHenry Classroom Teachers association, David Miller presented the McHenry Elementary School District 15 school bdard with a list of recommendations for budget cuts in the 1981-82 school year. The enumeration included 19 proposals to be considered by the school board as possible alternatives to a reduction in the certified teaching staff. Four of the recommendations were shortening the school day, closing and selling or renting Landmark and the White house, closing Parkland and extending the indebtedness of the district to the maximum allowed by law. 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The plan called for the development of a western bypass around the City of McHenry using Ringwood and Curran roads connecting with Route 31 to the north. A further bypass was indicated around the City of Richmond using a part of the proposed FAP 420 right-of-way and Tryon Grove road. Other im­ provements included upgrading Route 120, from Route 31 in McHenry to Route 60 in western Lake county, and Route 176 from the county line to River road south of Mchenry. The City of McHenry will be distributing approximately $207,000 in revenue sharing monies during the next fiscal year. The deaths of two young people and numerous near fatalities related to snowmobiles have prompted rescue groups and police to issue stern war­ nings. At the meeting of the McHenry County board, Supervisor of Assessments Willard Hogge submitted his written desire to retire from that office as soon as possible after April 1. He has held that position since Sept. 15, 1973. Formal applications are now being accepted for persons to live in the Group home under construction by the McHenry County Association for the Retarded. Construction is nearing completion at Ponca and Marietta streets in McHenry. Financing of the $336,000 home has been made possible by a loan from the U.S. Housing and Urban Development. McHenry County board members and others are being encouraged to provide input on county reapportionment, which according to law must be com­ pleted by July 1 of this year. At present, the County board consists of 24 mem­ bers who are elected by districts, with eight members from each of the three districts. "Washington, D.C., is exciting anytime, but it was particularly ex­ citing because of the presidential inauguration and the hostage situation, said McHenry State Bank President -Thomas Bolger." Bolger was invited to attend the week's ceremonies because he is also president of the Independent Bankers Association of America. The highlight of the Washington trip was a reception for newly elected Senators and Cabinet appointees at the home of Sen. and Mrs. Warner (Elizabeth Taylor). With Michael Wieser's decision not to file his petition it appears that the office of mayor of McHenry will be un­ contested April 7. Both Wieser and incumbent Mayor Stanek had taken out •petitions and Stanek filed on opening y day, Jan. 26. Wieser was frank In his * -explanation of the change 6f mind! He told of securing the services of a ( professional, political survey, at random, of registered voters within the city. Results, he continued, showed that 80 percent of the people contacted . thought the present administration was providing the necessary leadership. The board of Elementary School District 15, McHenry, voted unanimously to approve an April 7 referendum date which will ask public support of a 45-cent increase in the Education fund. This would put the figure at 1.83 from the present 1.38. The Education fund's largest expenditure is for teacher salaries. FEBRUARY The board members of McHenry hospital terminated the contract of Administrator Anthony Corcoran for what was described as an "unrecon- cilable" situation. Corcoran has been administrator of the McHenry hospital for 19 years. A split decision at the meeting of the McHenry City Council denied a request from the McHenry Business and Professional Women's club (BPW) to have a "Citizens' Initiative Advisory referendum" placed on the ballot in the April 7 election. Firemen from seven companies, representing five area fire depart­ ments, battled an early morning Maze at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Leonard, 1147 Rocky Beach, McHenry. The home was formerly the Villa nursing home and later the Pistakee Bay home. Ernest Schooley, completing his first term as alderman in Ward IV, has filed an objection with City Clerk Barbara Gilpin, declaring the petition of Cecilia Serritella invalid. Mrs. Serritella is his opponent in a two-way race in the April 7 city election. In two separate actions, the McHenry City Council voted to permanently replace metered parking in the city with two-hour free parking and leased another 20 parking spaces in the Green street lot to the Northern Illinois Medical association. Virginia T. Williams of McHenry has been named a Woman of Achievement for 1981 by Career guild. The McHenry woman is the founder of Family Nur­ sing in McHenry, the first service in Illinois to provide guidance to families interested in caring for their own ill and aged in their home. McHenry county was in the midst of "very rapid" growth both in population and in the number of locally created jobs, until the nationwide slowdown in business, according to a report recently released by the McHenry County Planning commission. The county, the report stated, was growing at rates "well beyond the national averages." Speaking with optimism and en­ thusiasm after an election of officers of the board of McHenry hospital, President LeRoy Olsen said members would put forth every effort "to proceed toward the successful completion of the Certificate of Need. The election which followed the annual meeting resulted in the reelection of LeRoy Olsen as president, Dean Cunat second vice-president; M. Kendall Bird, secretary, and Dan Sch- mitt, treasurer. The only new officer is Harry Jones, named first vice- president. He replaces John McGee, who did not seek reelection. The Electoral board of McHenry did not sustain objections made by in­ cumbent Alderman Ernest Schooley to the nominating petition as candidate for alderman submitted by Cecilia Serritella following a hearing at the Woodstock courthouse. Landmark school, built in 1894, has been mentioned for historic plaquing consideration. In the first of a number of meetings, the Finance committee of the McHenry City Council wrangled with the budget for the upcoming fiscal year. According to preliminary information received, the projected revenues for the 1981-1982 fiscal year were set at $2,389,650. Total expenditures for the same time frame were estimated at $2,876,967, leaving a deficit of $487,317. Stressing priorities mpm a number of big-ticket items in each department, rapping went through the proposed budgets and cut $304,100, leaving a deficit of $183,217. The McHenry Planning commission has made minor corrections in the comprehensive planning map and clerified for the City Council its intent for light commercial use contained in the plan recommendations. The commission action on«the light com­ mercial recommendation was in response to a request for clarification made by Mayor Joseph Stanek on behalf of the Council. Revenue sharing probably is the best opportunity to clean lower Boone creek through dredging, Mayor Joseph Stanek suggested at a meeting of the City Council. He noted that Boone creek has been deteriorating for the past 40 years. Arnold Rauen was one of the 3,500 hotel guests who escaped from the fire that swept through the Las Vegas Hilton hotel. He was attending a Savings and Loan national convention and had arrived shortly before the fire broke out. The finance committee recom­ mended a 90-day moratorium on hiring new and replacement personnel at the February meeting of the McHenry County board. The committee also recommended a 90kiay freeze on non­ essential materials. John Ruzicka of Harrison school in Wonder Lake won first place on the eighth grade level in the DAR Fourth division American History essay contest. An ominous harbinger of the times, Finance Committee Chairman Jack Pepping said he would recommend a wage and hiring "freeze" to the McHenry City Council aS Round 2 of the budget meeting continued. The alderman was hesitant to call the recommendation a "freeze" and said the Council should take a "fresh look," at the salary situation in six months, if the revenues improve. Judge Leonard Brody, at a hearing in the 19th Circuit court, overruled the decision of the McHenry Electoral board in the case of Ernest Schooley, who had raised six objections to the petition of Cecilia Serritella for alderman of McHenry's Fourth ward. The judge's decision was in favor of Schooley. Seven groups in addition to the aldermen submitted requests for a piece of the $207,000 revenue sharing pie at a public hearing. The requests according to Alderman Jack Pepping, finance committee chairman, totalled $275,000 without taking into account requests from city department heads. When a 251-acre parcel of land with frontage on Lincoln road, McHenry, was reclassified from agricultural to estate zoning by fie McHenry County board, it opened the way for a new residential cluster development. Development plans for the property have not been completed, but the petitioners' representative explained that more than half of the property, which has four ponds, will remain as open space. It is expected that between 150 and 200 housing units will be con­ structed in a cluster design on a portion of the site. Over 130 School districts located in 15 counties in Commonwealth Edison's service territory, including McHenry High School District 156, have banded together as the association of "Project COST-Conserve Our School Taxes"' to protest Commonwealth Edison com­ pany's proposed increase in electric utility rates. Edison is seeking an average annual revenue increase of 19.7 percent of $628 million. In a year marked by severe budget cuts, the "needs of tfye city" were ad­ judged to be the most important by members of the Finance committee. The committee was charged with developing a recommendation for the disbursement of revenue sharing funds totalling $207,144. From nine requests from outside groups for revenue sharing funds, only one, the McHenry Area Rescue squad, received the support of the finance committee. Judge LeonMOBridy denied a motion from the McHenry Electoral board to vacate m earlier decision regarding the petition of Cecilia Serritella, candidate for alderman of the fourth ward. In denying the motion, the court said it was too late to object to the Schooley petition and that the ob­ jection "should have been filed within the statutory time." Mrs. Serritella's name will not appear on the ballot. MARCH . A fire which was believed to have smouldered for many hours entirely gutted the women's washroom lounge in the basement of St. Patrick Catholic church. Concluding several weeks of hassle and judicial hearings, Cecilia Serritella of McHenry's Fourth ward announced that she would continue in her bid for the alderman's seat as a write-in candidate. McHenry's City Council voted 6 to 1 to approve the Revenue Sharing recommendations proffered by the Finance committee. Alderman Michael Wieser suggested dropping the water system improvements ($15,000) and the Boone creek project ($45,000) and using the funds to help alleviate the projected $160,000 deficit. Alderman Jack Pep­ ping noted at the outset of the discussion that the deficit did not in- Lillian Bolger winner. Woman Of Year V/V>.V ehd>. Miss Taj STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD