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Death For Albanese HeJpJlor s??S!aL"?°dJfJd.ents by Judith Irwin $30,000 due to an increaae ta> the child teachcr coordinator. by Angsts w Medte N mni?ICI0Q Albanese had Cbarlee M. a death penalty htan Wedaeeday by the same Jory that feund hha guilty of the arssaic murder of family mean- . 44, of Spins Grove, was triad and convicted of killing his 00- year-old father, Michael Joaeph Albaneee and his wife's grandmother, Mary Lambert, II, and the attempted BHBdsr of Ms 34-year-old brothsr, Michael Jay Albanese. McHenry County State's Attorney Theodore Flore told die jury the IwoBotuUuu waa soshlin the death penalty because "Albaneee is a cold­ blooded killer." He said rehabilitation for Albaneee was not pooeibte end that ^Defense counsel*'Richard Kelly •dal for leniency, saying Albaneee has no history of criminal behavior. Kelly asked the Jury to heed the biblical teaching, "Thou shalt not kill." » The Jury returned its death penalty verdict after about 34 hours deliberation. During the trial, Floro produced witneeoes who testified the accused man obtained 34 pounds of arsenic, that the victims' bodice all contained a massive amount of the poison, that the defendant's finances were hi critical condition and he beasflttod financially from the dee the. ~ Albanese, who testified in the trial last week, denied any part in the poisonings. Judge Henry Cowlin, of llth Judicial Circuit, preeided over the trial, which started May 3 in McLean county courthouse,, where it was moved because of extensive pretrial publicity in northern Illinois. Judge Cowlin has set June 33 for s e n t e n c i n g A l b a n e s e . by Judith Irwin The hiring of an additional full-time peychuhiglst-tsachar coordinator for im iww scnooi y«tr vu approved by the McHenry School District IM board at its May II meeting. Because of a recent change in die ruiee and regulations relating to Title I 8*313 funds end the eligibUity of behavioral disorder students, Dennis Welter, director of Special programs, made application for funding, claiming the students in the District lM B.D. program for the first time. Funding waa approved at $^450 for iuonadly, Pu $30,000 due to an ineraaae ia the child count and to the elimination of LMRP (Lake-McHenry Regional Program) sikulnliliatlie coots, with SDOM assuming responsibility for the grant application process and the flew of monay. v Federal aad state regulations do not permit dtatrich| to expand this new grant money to supplant the coat of iwtaHwj programa that serve theee fptfiel need studsnts. The money can be used only to supplement programa and services that are already provided. As a result, the District 194 adminiatratioc recommended the Additionally, Public Law 94-141 flow-through funding for next year has increased by approximately /would aleo function as a prevoca tteatal •rant money be expended to hire a full-time school psychologist who teacher cooa dine tor The anticipated coot for this position is 311,000, funding to be derived from the 1*313 grant, state professional worker reimbursement in the amount of IU50, and the M-143 flow-through finds. The individual to be hired will be a district employee, and will not be contracted through SEDOM. Ad­ ditionally, the 3-5ths part-time intern psychologist position purchased through SEDOM for this year will be ilia-- oil* -S catconunueo Dennis Welter eddreesed the Board to explain the dutiee of the new poaition, stressing that the services provided by the teacher coordinator (Continued on paftli) VOLUME 106 NUMBER 85 "SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875 FRIDAY. MAY 21. 1982 1 SECTION 18 PAGES 25 "*TQ 23D PRESENT CITY WARD MAP PROPOSED CITY WARD MAP City Redistricting The McHenry McHenry City councilman. At Monday night's council meeting a vote was taken which sent the matter to a committee meeting of the whole. The committee that dealt with the rediatrictina matter was comprised at those aldermen facing reelection -- Aldermen Ronald " statutes say that a community of between 3,000 and 15,000 population can have four wards. The plan recommended by the committee would enlarge the third ward, located in the northeast part of McHenry, by taking portions of the first ana second wards. Shown in map above on the right, the recommended plan would extend the third ward weet along the south side of Route 130 starting at Industrial drive, The third ward would also order to obtain The committee that deelt with the '̂iminhebited are. Juet weet ct the railroad track, wee .Uo included in the third ward, according to the by Anthony Oliver tical ward realignment proposed by a committee of the has met with varied and vocal reaction from encompassing Whispering Oaks, north of the creek The third incorporate a portion of the northem-moet first ward In Jack Pepping. Meurer (chairman), George Harker, Michael Wieser and According to City Clerk Barbara Gilpin, the redistricting issue was brought about as a result of the McHenry Shores annexation. The annexation of the Shores added 1,041 voters to the first ward, primarily the southesst part of the city. Mrs. Gilpin said the committee looked at figures obtained from recent Census reports to determine a method of reetmcturing the political wards. State plan. Some third ward residents have expressed displeasure with the propoeed plan noting that residents of the extension are between one and two miles from the rest of the ward. * Another reeult of the propoeed plan would place Alderman Jack Pepping (1st ward) in the third ward. Snouldboth incumbent aldermen run for reelection, would face Alderman Michael Wieser^ It Monday's meeting, Pepping said he did not mind being put in the third ward. "I guess my feeling is that I would run on my record," Pepping said. "From a Pepping At Mor logical point of view, ward III had to gain between 000 end 700 people. The only logical thing to do was to lop off the northern part of the first werd. Pepping said he was not In favor of Jerrymandering the ward lines to keep Mm m the first ward. He responded to an obaervation that the first ward alderman could avoid running againat a McHenry Shoree candidate for the first ward seat. "TheShoree could put someone up, but 1 would doubt that there would be Just one candidate." Peeping said "Trie Shoree would have a third of the ward population and I thirst they'd have a difficult time bee ting en incumbent." Pepping said his wUlingnese to be put in the third ward had nothing to do with "I try not to play politics with the redistricting," he said, reiterating that the meat contiguous and logical place to take voters was the first ward. "I'm willing to be the sacrificial lamb." Pepping commented that the "finger" to the weet on the proposed plan was a "definable area" that had the proper number of people to redistricting. "Geographl complete the hmSHUI lically it looks very weird," Pepping said. "I would support it (Continued on page 16) Meanderin9 Argue Village Sewer Rates the weatherman as we will, sometimee nothing he could say would suit our capricious temperament. On Monday we were hoping the clouds would unleaah buckets of drops in behalf of tennis-weary musclee from weekend play. Inatoad, the sun shone beautifully until I p.m., giving us a choice of watching with guilt while neighbors worked, or putting further strain on the body by digging in. And dig in we did, until dark. We remember mumbling something about the beauty of last Winter's quiet nights as we placed s tired body on the bed. By Wefeaaday our outlook had changed; we were ready for work. Our garden had basn tilled had that inviting look that only freshly turned eoil can give in the Spring. The weatherman said the sun would shine and allow us to diapnee of our dwin­ dling window garden to the earth Instead, the rains came bef noon, aad the miaery of waiting rnntiniMa Ths count now stands at two tomato plants and three peppers, of only ona horticultural A late Winter project which had atarted aa fun haa deteriorated Into a day-to-day drudgery with the en. No one takae It seriously and there are when even we who planted the tiny seeds have doubts But the ultimate In when someone placed signs in the window over the plants. One reeds, i'Day room for the terminally ill. If no reeponee, please call the coroner". liiat sign hangs over the very green plants that continue to make a valiant struggle. . Over several that were given every opportunity but refused to try, the sign reads: "The morgue - it's too late!" The story of our window failure ia a - story of our life among moat living plants Only an inventive mind savea us et timee. For instance, the clusters of silk violets that can be purchaaed in some floral shops can easily be cut apart for single blooms. Drop them casually Into an African Violet plant that refuaea to send forth blooms and you can fool all but the moet discer­ ning eye. For a porchbox that refuses to yield either with planta deelgned for the sun, or those for the shads, the ar­ tificial variety la alao the answer. But it muet be done with finesse. A new layer of soil and suggestions from experts give us new hope this year, but If all falls, there to a good collection of handmade i****Mtutta hiddsn in our garage. Mixed with soane live greebery, the appearance can be deceiving Barnum may have been right - you can't fool all of the people all of the time. We never asked for perfection. We're satisfied to fool some of the people soane of the time. KAF The village board of Lakemoor threatened to force tenants of the Fritxache Industrial subdivision out of their buildings in sn effort to compel hookups to the village sewer system in a position statement issued May IS. Village Attorney Mike Poper said the superintendent of utilities would "red tag" the buildings again (notice of non-compliance and that the buildings were not habitable) and removaJ of the tags would reeult in criminal penaltiee being asked by the village for the owner and tenants. Poper indicated that industrisl users in the subdivision would be given 30 days to comply^etarting with May 14, and then the village would bring the perties into court every day until they get what they want. William Fritxsche, vice-preeident and general manager of the Fritxsche Industrial subdivision, charged the board with politics, and becauee of its immediacy of taking an "ex poet facto action". Fritxsche said sftor the meeting that his attorney would fee inatoad of the high flat rate for treetment of industrial use. Fritxache says the boerd wants the nine buildings in the industrial park to pay one-third of the total coat of service for the village. "It would be the equivalent of ISO houeea," Fritxsche claimed. "If meters were allowed, there would be no suit," he said. The dispute da tee back about two and one-half to three years (the faU of 1971) whan the village of Lakemoor installed a connecting sewer line to , the new Island Lake disposal plant to ' make service available to village residents. Island Lake charges Lakemoor $1.33 per thousand gallone for treatment, and the village adds cost of line maintenance and operation and administration coots and spreads the charge over village an injunction against the village board propeeal to "chut down the subdivision". He aeserted that the village's attempt to coerce the sub­ division tenants to pay an extra high rate as industrial ueers is un­ constitutional and they were not being treated under "equal protection" of the law clausee. At stake is the contention by JFritx- sche and his tenants that th^ want to install meters for their sewage use so that they can pay a lower metered use Fritxsche said that about three years ago the sewer ordinance was psased setting flat monthly rates for users which were $10 for rosidsntial, $30 for commercial and $75 for in­ dustrial. In a meeting with village officiate, representativea of the subdivision sought to negotiate use of meters, contending that the only waste they as industrial users could discharge into the sewer was from toilet units in each building and these for moet of the small buslnsssss generated far less sewags than the average home. The village poeition wes that aince the buainesses were zoned induetrial, they would have to pay induatrial ratee. Fritxache aald there was no wsy he could abeorb this coat and there waa no way he could peas it on to the tenants Because they couldn't afford what waa described aa an exorbitant rate, he filed suit againat the village. Fritxache noted that the village allows some users to have meters. Ironically, the buildings have been rod-tagged, but the village refuses to iaaue permits, Fritxsche notee, "It's a 'catch 33' situation. We can't uee the buildinga, but the only argument (iaaue) ia ratee." About a year and half ago, Fritxache continuea, they were negotiating while Tom Baker waa atill municipal attorney," and thought they had reached a compromise. Then other attorneya stepped into the proceedings and the village's attorney seemed to make a 110 degree turn (In his position). This resulted In the suit being filed in the llth Circuit court, which is still pending with no date set for hsarincs yet. During the meeting Poper told the board and the 14 vial tors that in 1171 oc« 71 the village had a written contract with the elder Fritxache to install and connect sewers in his subdivision. And in spite of the litigation pending, the state statute providse that owners must connect up to public sewer systems within 10 days when available, or the municpality can declare the affected build uninhabitable ldlngs In Fritxsche's esse, the village public works director had red-tagged the induetrial buildings, snd sc- cording to witnesses, shortly thereof tor the tags had been removed or covered over. Poper advised that the tags were going to be replaced and should stay on. If they were removed the village would file criminal chargee against both owner and tenanta, although the owner was liable, and let the Judge sort out who is responsible. To svoid this action^ occupants and owners in the industrial subdivision must, within 30 days, psy the tap on feee, the $300 security depoeit, and 4gn a statement with the village that broking up will not Jeoperdlxe either psriy's position in the pending litigation. Also, the owner must agree to pay the fees for each user Poper ssid they could be in court in shout three weeks U tne owners (to not cooperate snd be there every day "until we get what we want". As reprceentativee of the sub­ division snd tenants protected, Poper noted that they had been arguing for the last two years, without results. Trustee Carol Schmidt added, "We're not making what we need " She said, "The reeioents psy ;* it". Others have been paying (more) because the industry wss not paying Richard Pierce, a tenant in the subdivision, asked if the fee structure in the new ordinance, passed that evening, wss based on projections of (Continued on pagt 16) Club To Help Handicapped FREE Tent Caterpillar Control Club To Help Handicapped mmrnwrnrnm * FREE Tent Caterpillar Control Organ lxa% May 22 Jil l ' TV Guide In It Won't Kil l Trmes Paga^5 * ^ ^ * Today's Edition Pag• 9 MM'*