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•* ' m V- .• . 1 1 £i Lake Weed Harvesting giant m •••>», a harvester h placed la GrisweM Lake al the start at the three dsy weed harvesting prefect. Pheteaadstory by Ray Hupke The Griswold Lake Preeervatkxi Association (GLPA) successfully launched its lake weed harvesting program this past weekend on Griswold Lake. GLPA was formed last year by concerned lake residents to stop the use of questionable chemicals to control lake weeds. Robert A. Schultz, public relations spokaaman for GLPA, said that money was raised through donations to seek an alternative to the uae of chemicals as a method of weed control. GLPA contracted a Wisconsin firm to harvest 90 of the lake's 147 acres. "Weeds will be cleaned out of the lake's five beachee and the two channels (at Riverdale and Holiday Hills) will be opened," Schultz said. The harvesting project, which is recommended by the Illinois Department of Conaervation as the best method of weed control, began last Friday and took three days to complete at a cost of IS,400. Approximately 80 truck loads of lake weeds were harvested and distributed to local farmers and Duke- Haven Game club for use as fertiliser and fasd. Schultz said that GLPA would be seeking donations this week from lake residents for future lake harvesting programs. : •••• population sign indicated we wer were entering The wfucn small town. At the historical museum the following day we occupied ourself until the hour of the nearby library opening by reading a brief history of Parker college. It listed the 1875 population of the same little town at 1500. This is the small, southern Min­ nesota city we had called our second home because of frequent visits until 25 years ago. It is where we have family who can remember with us some of the vacation joys of growing up Some communities have a way of remaining as they have always been, and this is one of them. They tell us this is not progress, and we must believe them, but there is something comforting and peaceful in a way of life that finds time to enjoy the small, unimportant things. One of the biggest pluses is starting across a very wide business street with the fair expectation of making it before a parade of cars converges on you. Even so, we had one near mishap with one unrestrained driver, an adult, whose antics in driving sideways acroas four lanee at a high rate of speed may well have "provided one of the few thrills residents of the small community experience in a year's time. A beautiful Saturday morning lured us to the highway. The name Delavan on the sign post reminded that here was a familiar name of a place we could not even recall. Maybe it would be larger than Winnebago and so we set out to see for ourself. Grain elevators are big in this part of the country. In fact, this particular elevator, which completely. over­ shadowed the tiny business district, waa the only bit of shining evidence of the year IMS that came before our of this Maty. In it we found what we knew had to be there. Fruits, vegetables and canned goods on one side; a small meat counter in the rear; dry goods down one center aisle, farm needs in a back section; hardware offerings south and front. Next door was the bank. Along with the grain elevator, that was the town of Delavan. We asked directions and found an elderly townsman who eagerly, and with much detail, guided us by hand to a nearby lake. A lady who had returned from Wisconsin to attend her mother's funeral pleaaantly con­ tributed her geographic remem­ brance of childhood to give assistance. Their friendliness was in contrast to the brusque manner of the only clerk in the general merchandise store, emphasising the point that people are very much alike wherever you go. On Sunday morning we stepped into the car with some reluctance. We knew that 10 hours later we would need to battle endless lines of traffic on the highway, make judgments on newspaper stories, and set policies in a business that challenges the patience each hour of the day. There was no choice, of course. The car was set to go and we would be driving. But if we had a choice, we would have had it no other way. One of the attractions of McHenry for us has always been that we are close enough] to Chicago to fad metropolian, ybt far enough away to feel rural. On occasion we nave had to (CenNneed mm page 10) • • I THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER / * "SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 187S" VOLUME 106 NUMBER 94 WEDNESDAY. JUNE 23, 1982 1 SECTION 20 PAGES 25' Murder Charges Suspect by Angela Burden Although a reputed hoocBum turned government informant has been spilling the beana" against a former underworld companion, McHenry county authoritiee are auspicious of information being supplied on a ltd uneoived double slaying in Lakemoor. Frank J. Cullotta, a former Chicago mobeter, reputedly has tokl Federal Bureau of Inveetigation agents in Las Vegas that Laurence Neumann, who vegaa tl worked with Mm last egas burglary ring, I operator of a Lakemoor tavern and at year in a killed the on Ma barmaid on June S, 1901. Ronald Scharff, 37, and Patricia Freeman, 32, were found shot to death in the livit* quarters of the P.M. Pub, 330 Rand road, Lakemoor. "We've been talking to the task florce working on the Las Vegas case and they have no poaitive evidence to provide...they can't tell us anything," said Chief Deputy Sheriff George Hencfle, who neadi the sheriffs detective division. Cullotta told the FBI that Neumann had driven out to McHenry county from Chicago and killed the couple in the tavern in revenge because his former wife had been thrown out of the P.M. Pub by Scharff. Hencfle said about 13 questions put to FBI agents on the Cullotta matter have been answered incorrectly. "They've given us three different answers on the time of the killings and none of them are right," he said. No information is available from the FBI informant on the type of gun ueed in the Lakemoor crime, Hendle said. "They can't answer a queetion on the condition of the bodiee, whether the two people killed were dressed, handcuffed or not, and the poaition of the bodiee "It seems to us that Cullotta is trying to make a deal for himself with the FBI. He's supposed to be giving all this information, but nothing he's said can be proved. Everything he's saying is second-hand," Hendle said. Local authoritiee have a suspect in the Lakemoor murders, who has failed several lie-detector tests. the suspect sat in a from the crime scene Reportedly, vehicle ecroes ( night of said, "to District 15 Request Debate Support Ends In Of Cost Council Sharing A |700 contribution requeet from District 15 met with vocal oppoaition from some council members at Monday night's regular meeting. Park Director Peter Merkel brought the requeet to the council, noting that the district was seeking to split the cost of a new scoreboard in one of the schools. The city uees the gymnasium for a variety of park programs, notably, basketball and volleyball leagues. Aid. Jack Pepping (1st wsrd) said the school district was responsible for maintaining some facilities, as was the city. "We have to mow and resurface facilities," Pepping said, noting that the city does not ask for contributions to theee costs. The first ward alderman pointed out that the school districts had received thousands of dollars they might not have had through the developer donation ordinance pessed by the council. Supporting Pepping's position, Aid. Michael Wieeer (3rd ward) said the council had bean receiving a number of requests for assistance from other taxing bodiee. He commented that the entire township was taxed "very heavily" and said he would not support assistance to another taxing body. In defense of the District 15 requeet, Park Committee Chairman Elizabeth Nolan said the 1700 was s smsll amount to pay considering the district allows the use of other school facilities at no charge. "If the council approves the request, would the 1700 be recovered in future fees?" asked Aid. Pepping. "It could be," snswered Merkel Merkel pointed out that the district does have extra costs associsted with additional janitorial costs and having the building open at odd hours "We've got an excellent working relationship and I want to maintain that." Merkel said. "This is not a 'we' versus 'they' thing. We can get the donation from the various league fees." Aid. Ronald Meurer (4th ward) commented, "I'd sure hate to lose facilities such ss these." He noted that the school district provides other litiee than just the gymnasium, cooking and sewing Aid. Raymond Smith (3rd ward) said that perhaps the city should withhold developer donations and he made a motion to deny (he request Peppfftg said he would be in favor if there was a guarantee that the costs would be recovered Voting in favor of denying the request were aldermen Wieser, Smith, Datz and Harker. Voting against were aldermen Nolan, Pep­ ping, Serritella and Meurer. The tie was broken by Mayor Joeeph Stanek, who cast a vote against the motion. A motion to approve the 1700 con­ tribution and recapture the cost from league fees was approved 5 to 3. Aldermen Pepping, Nolan, Datz, Serritella and Meurer voted in favor. Aldermen Harker, Wieser and Smith opposed At the very end of the council meeting, Aid. Wieser commented that he was "very disappointed" in the vote "I will be thinking about asking to rescind developer donations in the future." Wieser said. on the night of the murders, and, police saia, "to get himself off the nook he would surely have been glad to involve Neumann if he could. Another reputed Las Vegas hoodlum, Thomas Amato, told Las Vegas police that he had driven the Neumann car from Chicago to Lakemoor on the night of the double slavings. However, Amato has since withdrawn his statements on the McHenry county killings. Amato was apprehended in McHenry county the day after the Lakemoor incident, when polioe discovered he was wanted on a hot- car warrant" in Las Vegas. ' . i Hendle said Amato had heard some details of the Lakemoor murders when he sat around the area drinidqg that day. "We would love to make a pinch in this case, and if we coula prove Neumann was involved, we'd be only too happy to get this off the books, Hendle said. McHenry County State's Attorney Theodore Floro said the sheriff's office is investigating all avenues of the case. Local authorities Monday said there is not enough evidence from Cullotta to make any charges against Neumann. "Cullotta has supposedly supplied statements on shout io Chicago area murders, but I haven't seen any other police agencv make any murder charges on information he's given the FBI, Hendle said. tedlitte. namely Concern Over Radioactive Material In Car Rollover Public Hearings On Cuts In Bus Service The Regional Transportation Authority board of directors has voted to hold a public hearing at the McHenry County college Thursday, June 24, to seek public input on propoeed bus service reductions and eliminations. The hearing will begin at 4 p.m., receos at 5:30 p.m. and reconvene at 7:30 p.m. It is being held in the college's student lounge, located in the lower level, at 0000 West Route 14, Crystal Lake. RTA is proposing eliminating Route 000 A-B < McHenry-Fox Lake feeder) because of low usage. Service reductions are propoeed for the following routee: - Rt . 000 (Crystal Lake- Fox Lake) • extend the headways from one hour to two hours during mid-day -Rt. 000 (Crystal Lake - Harvard) eliminate the first hour of service. -Rt. I»Saturday service (Wonder Lake, Woodstock, McHenry and Crystal Lake) - eliminate the first and last counterclockwiae tripe. Theee service revisions have been endorsed by the McHenry County board, the McHenry county mayors and managers and the Joint McHenry County Mayors snd Managers Transportation committee. Any person msy present views st the hearing orally or by submitting written material not later than seven days- after the conclusion of the hearing Thooe attending the hearing will be asked to register before they testify Written material should be mailed to the RTA offices, 300 N. State St., , Chicago, 111., 00010. A copy of the propoeed reductions and eliminations is available for public inspection in Room 700 at the RTA offices. by Anthony Oliver A variety of state and local agenciee were called to the scene of a one- vehicle rollover" accident near Marengo, when it was discovered that the car was carrying a small amount of radioactive material. According to McHenry County Sheriff's police. Donald L. Klop- fenstein, of 137 Armitage, G lends le Heights, lost control of the vehicle on Collins road. The vehicle rolled and caught fire. At 12 43 p m , units of the Marengo Fire department and Rescue squad were dispatched to the scene. McHenry County Emergency Services and Disaster Agency (MCESDA) Director John Shay said the Fire department called his sgency when Klopfenstein told them what was in the car Shay said about 45 millicuries of "Technitium 99-M," was in the vehicle The material is used for medical purposes. "We notified the Illinois Depsrt- ment of Nuclear Safety and they dispatched a man from Rockford." Shay said. David G. Brown, of the state nuclear agency, recommended precautionary evacuation measures of 100 yards upwind from the crash scene snd 500 yards downwind. "At the time, we did not know if any of the material had been released." Shay said. While waiting for Brown to arrive on the scene, MCESDA assistant director, Barry Valentine, a radiological defense officer, srrived and tested the srea. When Brown arrived at 2:35 p.m., he said the area was not dangerous and there wss no contamination of residential or farm areas Klopfenstein and four Marengo Rescue squad members were taken to McHenry hospital, where they were checked for radioactive con­ tamination. All were checked and released Shay said this wss the first such incident the county has handled The car was registered to Isotope Measurement Labs, in Northbrook Okay Eagle Expansion Intareeting -homespun - unique - all of theee words were fitting deecriptions, but not shiny. However, the pictureequeness had appeal and we could not be denied the pleasure of walking into the only store that gave evidence/Of serving all the BUSINESS MAN DIES Walter Bjorkman, a McHenry business man since 1040, died Saturday, June 10, in McHenry hospital. Mr. Bjorkman and Ms son, Stanley, formed a partnership in the herdware bus ins-- on Riverside thrive by Anthony Oliver The 1,000-square-foot expansion of the Eagle food store received the hardware I 34;, Ace Hardware moved to Ehn The aanlor Mr. Bjorkman remained associated with the businsaa until six months ago. unanimous approval of the McHenry City Council at Monday night's regular council meeting. One of the owners of the retail food store, Phillip Ryan, of Waukagan, said the store was expanded 10 years ago to the prsasnt size of about 30,000 rffiierr teat, which waa considered large at the time. remodeUng'o?the stor^wouSdMillow tor new services and would keep it in competition with the Jewel store, which recently opened acroas the street from the shopping center. As noted by Ryan, the stare will extend into the parking lot about 30 feet, with entrancea from both the east and the The McHenry Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) recommended ap­ proval of the petition following a 0 to 0 vote June 4. According to teetimony preeented at that hearing, the planned expansion will provide about 0,000 square feat of retail space in the front of the store snd approximately 3,000 square feet of storage and packing space in the The variation approved HI from th petition allows a the off-etreet parking not to exceed 31 apneas. In other business, the council voted unanimouely to deny a raqusst to waive park uae feaa for the Senior Citiasns Bowling club. Aid. Raymond Smith (3rd ward) said waiving the fees would be a precedent mailt a motion to deny (CerttaMdMpetetO)^ Blast Off For Fourth properstiees for the Jety Fourth fireworks et Petersen », Tim Altheff, left, eed John Haemaaa. Donations sad Mastiag off park are ce-chalraMB. volunteers are esedsd to ssoare a successful holiday celebration. Donotieub will be accepted at the Ckaasbor of Commerce office. 13S7 N. Green street. Volunteers are lavlted to attend a most lag at city hall Wed--day eveaiag, June 33, at 0 o'clock. Assistance else will be sccepted for theee who ore enable to attend tMs meeting STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD Senior Insurance Workshop Ask Fair Share Of Federal Dollar A Day At The (Bed) Races In McHenry June 28 Illinois Chamber . Fiesta Days Innovation Page IS Page 14 Page 5