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Among the less pleasant anticipations awaiting us is a withholding on interest and dividends effective" next July 1. At that time banks and savings and loans are required to withhold 10 percent of all interest income our savings account may generate. This seems highly unfair when one considers that 95 percent of American taxpayers already pay the taxes they owe on interest ana dividend income. When the law was passed by Congress, its members had in mind, as their goal, catching the small minority who evade taxes on their interest and dividends each year. In effect, however, the law penalizes the .great majority of savers and investors who pay their taxes faithfully. When the law goes into effect, 80 million savers and investors will lose an estimated $1.5 billion. • Besides being unfair, the ^withholding provision of this -legislation is unnecessary because I financial institutions already provide - the IRS with the information needed to catch those few people who do cheat on their tax returns. The IRS seems unable or unwilling to do anything about it. The new bill is also a costly administrative nightmare. Just to implement withholding is going to cost an amount estimated to equal what we, the savers, will lose. Senior citizens and low income folks are exempt from the tax but it's necessary to file an exemption form with each institution where they have an account. This may well discourage many. Let's say one has a bank savings account, a six-month certificate of deposit from a savings and loan, a money market mutual fund, and receives dividends from two corp­ orations. It will be necessary to file five exemption certificates, one at each institution. In addition to the investment of time by the saver, imagine the mountains of paperwork under which (Continued on page 18) by Angela Burden SHAW MEDIA NEWS SERVICE A woman died and a teenager was critically injured Friday evening during a brutal attack in their Madison street home. Mary Calista Barter, 67, died in Memorial Hospital for McHenry County, Woodstock, after suffering severe beatings to the head, according to McHenry County Coroner Alvin Querhammer. Julie Kim, 15, who has lived in the Barter home at 731 N. Madison street, Woodstock, for some years, was transferred from Memorial hospital by helicopter to St. Anthony hospital, Rockford, where she was listed in serious condition Tuesday frTthe in­ tensive care unit. The dead woman's husband, Ed­ ward "Joe" Barter, was not -home at the time of the attack. About 7 p.m., someone entered the lower apartment of the residence and beat the two occupants with a blunt instrument, authorities said. (Continued on page 18) Phil Gusi (left) views the Rural Health award with recipient Carmon Hodges, of the McHenry Area Rescue squad. Hodges has been very active in the McHenry community as a Red Cross Advanced First Aid instructor, CPR instructor and charter member of the McHenry Area Rescue squad. At 65, he is also the oldest active certified paramedic in the slate, to the best of anyone's knowledge. Gust is the director of paramedics and emergency services coordinator for McHenry hospital. STAFF PHOTO--WAYNE GAYLORD Carmon Hodges, charter member of the McHenry Area Rescue squad, has been chosen from nominees in every county in the state to receive the "Illinois Rural Health Award." The presentation of the award was made Jan. 25 in Springfield by representatives of the Illinois Health Improvement Association (IHIA). Donna Peterson, manager of the McHenry county office of the IHIA, said, "Carmon more than qualifies for this award. He was selected as the person to receive this award out of all the counties in the state." Ms. Peterson commented that this was the first time, to her knowledge, that the award was presented to someone from a northern county. "Usually the Rural Health award goes to someone in the central or southern counties," she pointed out. The county office manager said the award is made to those people who have made a lasting impact on health care for the people in their area. "It is a much coveted award among rural health care providers," Ms. Peterson said. Hodges was one of the founding members of the McHenry Area Rescue squad and he has remained an active member throughout its life. He is also an Advanced First Aid in­ structor for the American Red Cross and a Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) instructor in the county. (Continued on page 18) \ Toll Free Tax Line Six Names On Ballot Auxiliary Police Course• Returns March 1 Lakemoor Vi l lage 1 Opens In County Feb. 6 Page 8 , Page 20 . Page 19 THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER " S E R V I N G T H E C H A I N O - L A K E S R E G I O N S I N C E 1 8 7 5 " AIdermanic Challenge VOLUME 107 NUMBER 54 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1983 1 SECTION 20 PAGES 25' Set Water Rate Hearing by Anthony Oliver The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) has set the hearing schedule for the pending water rate increase requested by the Lakeland Park and McHenry Shores water companies, it was reported at the Monday night council meeting. Late last year, the companies, both owned by Thomas P. Mathews, petitioned the ICC for a general rate increase. The move was vocally opposed by local residents and the McHenry City Council voted to appear at the hearings as an objector. In response to mail received by the mayor and advertisements which imply inaction on the part of the city, McHenry Mayor Joseph Stanek pointed out that letters should be directed to the ICC. "We have had ongoing con­ versations with the owner (con­ cerning the purchase of the water company), and he has insulted us with some of the prices," Mayor Stanek said. City Attorney Bernard Narusis said the ICC had set March 1 as the date for the city's cross-examination of water company information and witnesses. In February, the attorney will be taking depositions and gathering information concerning the proposed rate increase. Also at the March 1 hearing, the ICC is expected to act on a motion to permit interim, or temporary, rate increase for Lakeland Park residents, conditioned upon the outcome of the hearing. If the permanent increase is denied by the ICC, the water companies would have to refund appropriate monies to the consumers in Lakeland Park and McHenry Shores. On March 22, the city will file its testimony in opposition to the proposed rate increase. On April.. 14, the petitioner (Mathews) will be able to cross- examine and rebut the city's testimony. In other business, the council voted unanimously to reject bids submitted for the Riverside drive-Venice court water main improvements. According to Supt. Of Public Works Paul Halvensleben, the lowest bid came in 30 percent higher than the $18,000 estimated cost. The bidder. Lakeland Construction, turned in a bid of $27,700, but did not quite meet the specifications of the project. The other two bidders were Dodge Plumbing and Heating ($34,000) and Melahn Construction ($36,252). "Only one bid (Melahn) conformed to the specifications entirely...and he was the highest," Halvensleben said. (Continued on page 18) Third ward resident Frank Mc­ Clatchey, 1623 N. Riverside drive, McHenry, will challenge incumbent alderman David Gelwicks in the city election in April. Although he filed last Friday, Jan. 28, his name will appear at the top of the ballot due to a little known part of election law. The Dec. 13 deadline was to determine whether more than one candidate would be running under the same party label. If that was the case, a primary would have been held in February. As it turned out, the candidates in each of the wards ran independently. McClatchey admitted he had not filed in December because he was not: eager to run against an incumbent. Michael Wieser, the incumbent in Ward 3, resigned the aldermanic position for personal and business reasons. Gelwicks, the only other candidate at the time, was appointed to the post by Mayor Joseph Stanek. With the necessary five percent of the voters in his ward signing the petition. McClatchey filed on the Conservative party. Election law states that established' political parties, Democratic and Republican, are placed first on the ballot. Next on the ballot are new parties and then independent can­ didates. According to the state election board, in Springfield, the only way a candidate "could improve his or her position on the ballot would be to with­ draw the original petition and file anew under a "new party" name. In November, McClatchey was. defeated as Democratic candidate for state Representative in the 63rd district by incumbent Richard C. Klemm (R., Crystal Lake). Traffic Control Signals Ma^y Be Mandated Uniform by Anthony Oliver Traffic control signs in McHenry may, of necessity, be of uniform size and height, according to Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) specifications, if the McHenry City Council decides to participate in an IDOT grant. Presented at Monday night's council meeting, the state Tran­ sportation department has funds available for updating traffic control signs, other than electric traffic lights, within municipalities. According to McHenry Police Chief George Pasenelli, the state would provide 75 percent of the cost if the city provides 25 percent matching funds. The chief noted that if the city installed the signs, this would con­ stitute the 25 percent "soft match." Pasenelli said the city would be required to have a survey completed by an engineering firm and paid for by the city, compile inventory costs (signs, poles, cement, etc.) and have all signs up within one year of the grant approval date. "Every sign regulating traffic -- stop signs, speed warnings, school crossings, truck routes, snow removal signs, parking signs, -- in the whole city would be covered," Pasenelli said. Aid. Elizabeth Nolan (1st) asked, "Is it necessary?" "Absolutely," Pasenelli answered. He noted that uniform height and sign size would eliminate a lot of confusion for motorists. / "I assumed this was routine work that we took care of," Mrs. Nolan said. "Some are not high enough, some are not reflecterized, some are not of the same size," Pasenelli noted. The chief noted that the variations from the IDOT guidelines were not caused by anyone, nor was there blame to be cast. The grant would (Continued on page 18) Medical Center Remains In Contention For Ames Funds i Woman's Murder Probe Continues $30,000 Fire Loss , McHenry Township Fire Protection district equipment truck "1205" provides light for fire fighters preparing to ventilate the roof of a home on Flanders road, which caught fire Sunday night. Firemen and equipment from Companies I and II, McHenry, and two tankers from Wonder Lake were called to the scene shortly before 9 p.m. Sunday. STAFF PHOTO--WAYNE GAYLORD *«*•,. bjtoAngela Burden SHAW MEDIA NEWS SERVICE i A motion to dismiss two lawsuits seeking funds from the Thomas W. Ames Trust was dismissed Thursday in 19th Judicial Circuit court. Judge Leonard Brody granted a preliminary injunction to Memorial Hospital for McHenry County, Woodstock, which enjoins the Home State Bank of Crystal Lake, as trustee under Ames' will, from distributing funds "because it could cause irreparable harm." The injunction also covers Northern Illinois Medical Center, successor to McHenry Hospital, which had joined Memorial Hospital's motion for in­ junction. In arguments during the motion to dismiss the hospitals' lawsuits, Woodstock lawyer Thomas Nuelle for Memorial hospital said the hospital has complied with each and every part of the terms of the Ames trust. He said the hospital had sufficient grounds for action and that the Ames will was "clearly directory and not mandatory." Attorney Jeffery Ladd, represen­ ting the Northern Illinois Medical center, repeated Nuelle's assertion. Attorney ' Richard Zukowski, representing the trust, argued that the motion to dismiss was based on the direction In the Ames will that a hospital association or foundation be* established in the Crystal Lake area after his death. Zukowski said both hospitals were founded before Ames died in 1963 -- Woodstock in 1937 and McHenry in 1956. "If he (Ames) wanted them to have the money he would have given it to them. They were already established," Zukowski argued. Both medical facilities had applied to the trustees for funds and their applications were denied by the bank, resulting in the lawsuits. Both lawsuits are asking the court to declare them as qualified beneficiaries under the will to receive (Continued on page 18) Wins State Rural Health Award Firemen from two McHenry companies and Wonder Lake Fire department responded Sunday evening to a blaze that caused an estimated $30,000 damage to a home on the west side of McHenry. According to Asst. Fire Chief Chris Bennett, the house on Flanders road, near the McCullom Lake beach house, was 50 percent involved when the firemen arrived at the scene. Coming in from the south, along Route 120, the fire was hidden by trees and houses. However, from the north, along McCullom Lake road, the orange' glow was visible from Petersen park. Companies I and II of the McHenry fire department, two tankers from Wonder Lake and the McHenry Rescue squad were called to the scene. Company III, McHenry, was held at the station in Lakemoor for standby. Bennett said the fire was brought under control within about 20 minutes. McHenry Fire Chief Glenn Peterson said the summer home was owned by Lillian Gaul, 7227 Higgins road, Chicago. He noted that relatives of Mrs. Gaul were at the home earlier in the day and into the evening hours. The fire broke out shortly before 9 p.m. Jan. 30. The cause of the blaze, which caused primarily internal damage, is under investigation by McHenry and state fire officials. On Jan. 28, a vacant home at 723 Porten road, McHenry, was destroyed by fire. According to McHenry County Sheriff's police, no cause or damage estimate of the blaze was determined. The Wauconda Fire department was called to the Porten road location at 4:20 a.m. Jan. 28. Area residents said the home had been vacant for some time.