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McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, IL), 7 Sep 1983, p. 1

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At County College Page J 6 schools would I ".Major housed cupancy, he said. The slowed ec< t \ I* ! > 5,,'- m SERVIffG THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875 \ WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1983 VOLUME 108 NUMBER 9 1 SECTION 18 PAGES 25* Four Convie Servev Time . by Anthony Oliver Eligible for parole on Nor. 23, 1983, if convicted murderer Mark Smith served his entire sentence, be would by »0 years old when Mart Smith, Richard Otto Macek, Philip Lee Soper and Charles are among the most notable McHenry area murderers of the last is years. ' A spokesman for the Illinois Department of Corrections, in Springfield, said the prison review board dose not normally grant currently residing in the maximum security orison in Pontine, 111. "Smith is still considered a maximum security risk and be hasn't moved through the system (to lower security) at all," skid the state parole on the first request for people Corrections department spokesman, with "heavy duty" sentences. Im- The possibility of a parole not- prisoned in December, 1970, Smith is withstanding, Smith is scheduled to be released from prison on July 13, 2229. Smith was sentenced in 19th Judicial Circuit court, Woodstock, in 1970 to serve two, 200-year sentences for the murders of Jean Irene Bianchi and Jean Ann Lingenfelter. He was also sentenced to life im­ prisonment by an Arkansas court for the murder of Mrs. Obie Fay Ash, in Mountain Home, Ark. On Jan 27, 197$, Jean Irene Bianchi, 33, disappeared from a McHenry laundromat. The family laundry was untouched and nothing was heard of, or from, Mrs. Bianchi. During an extensive search, her body was found under a bridge on Barrevilie road, south of McHe^y. Mrs. Bianchi had been beaten and stabbed to death. No arrests were made concerning the murder. The body of a 17-year-old McHenry high school student, Jean Ann Lingenfelter, was pulled from the waters of McCullom Lake on May 28, $970. Later tests showed that Miss Lingenfelter died of strangulate S Following "an investigation by McHenry County Sheriffs police. Smith, 4708 Shore drive, McHenry, was indicted and, charged With two counts of murder He wooid later be indicted and convicted of the Arkansas mutter of Mrs. Obie Fay Ash. In December, 1970, Smith received sentences of not less than 199 years and not more than 200 years for the two McHenry murders. It was mere than three years before Richard Otto Macek was sentenced in connection with the September, 1974, murders of farmer McHenry resident, Nancy Lossman, and her daughter, Lisa. On Sept. 9,1974, Crystal Lake Fire department and police personnel responded to a structure fire at an apartment at 210-Elmhurst road, Crystal Lake. Inside the apartment, police and firemen-found the bodies of Nancy Lossman, 27, and her daughter, Lisa, age 3. Mrs. Lossman's six- year-old son was revived by firemen. Nancy Lossman had been assaulted and strangled with a green nylon cord. Her daughter, Lisa, had for help, a Woodstock policeman noted the car and license4 plate number «of an auto driving away from the scene. The car wafe later, traced to Macek. y Suspecting MacekJn the Lossman murders, investigators were unable to tie him in With the crime untti some dental evidence was un­ covered. * / \ Macek had all his teeth removed and had been fitted with plates sometime within two years before his arrest for the Kufisek attack. Finding the Crystal Lake dentist who performed the oral surgsry, experts were able to reconstruct from dental records Macek's mouth as it was at the time Mrs. Inasman and her daughter were killed. The reconstructed mouth matched bite marks on Mrs. Lossman's right breast.« In November, 1977, Macek pleaded guilty and was sentenced in 19th Judicial Circuit court by Judfi Roland Herrmann to a prison tana of between 200 and 40 Herrmann noted, however, that Illinois sentences were to be t after sentences imposed by courts in Wisconsin. In April, 1976, Macek was com­ mitted for an indeterminate amount of time to Central State hospital (for the criminally insane), in the maximum security penitentiary at Waupun, Wis. The sentence stem­ med from a rape conviction in Milwaukee. He was also returned to Walworth county to stand trial for the August, 1974, murder of a 24-year-old woman in Fontana, Wis. Paula Cupit, an employee of the Abbey resort, was found murdered in one of the rooms. She had been strangled, stabbed in the heart and had her back broken before she died. Macek pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life. Derailment At Morton Plant that derailed Thersday at the Morton said three of the taak car* were empty and one there was no leak involved in the derailment and the can were set ea the track by abenft II :S0njn. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD by Anthony Oliver A four-car train derailment at the Morton Chemical plant, Ringwood, created some excitement for of­ ficials of tip railroad, the company, fire department and county. At about 12:90 p.m. Thursday, the McHenry Township Fire Depart­ ment was notified of the derailment at the chemical plant. Fire Chief Glenn Peterson said four tank cars were derailed, all but one of which was empty. The one tank car was carrying 20,000 gallons of vinylidene chloride. After close inspection of the derailed cars, officials found there was no leak involved. McHenry County Emergency Services and Disaster Agency Director John Shay said the tran­ sportation company had hired another firm to right the overturned cars. The Hulscher Co„, which { arrived at about 6:90 p.m. By about plastic bags, like potato chips, and 11:30 p.m., all of the cars were other con tamers. righted and pushed to the siding for Peterson noted that the chemical, unloading. was volatile and could have posed a I Peterson said the accident ap^^jproMem, had there been a leak, parently occurred when one of the Though volatile, the chemical is not The Investigation leading to Macek's guilty plea in November, 1977, was a convoluted one. Macek was being held in McHenry county jail in October 1976 for the attempted murder of Sharon Kulisek, 20, in Woodstock. He pleaded guilty and 19th Judicial Circuit Judge Charles S. Parker sentenced him to serve 50 to 75 years fa- the charge. Responding to Mrs. Kulisek's call According to Wisconsin lOfjCorrecUons in DfcpaH- IHfnrrfr Gentrtf State hospital, at WaUpun prison. Hi is eligible for parole on May 22,1988' Should Wisconsin authorities ever release Macek, he is scheduled to begin serving the 50-to-75-year and the 200-to-400-year sentences in Illinois. Philip Lee Soper, convicted in 1970 of the murders of Marlene Ahrens (Continued on pogo 14) undercarriage trucks derailed during a switching operation, which caused a total of fo#- cars. to be either partially or completely < trades. Vinylidene chloride is a ch< dfnical toxic, officials said. Both Peterson and Shay com­ plimented Morton Chemical officials for, their response to the incident. - "They notified all the right agencies and took all the right specialises in this type of work, ^ weed as an air-moisture sealant of Haps," Peterson said. $2.2 RTA Surplus For McHenry County Probation For Tax Fraud In this highly technical aociety, whore it's possible to take a ride into space with almost as much safety as taking the family for a jaunt in the car, something is missing. Our friends tell us it's service, and recent experiences have placed us in agreement. Consider the morning newspaper. Where did you find it this morning? During a particularly busy wade last winter we drove out of, the driveway one morning to find the current issue and the one from the previous day on the snow in our lawn. We had forgotten to pick it up on Monday. The driveway was clear and no boots were necessary to reach the car, but to retrieve the newspapers would have required some kind of footgear. This situationprompted us to conduct * personal experiment. , How many days would the newspaper be flung helter skelter to decorate the snow? By Friday we were sporting a mosaic-style lawn, with black and white paper inserted into the snow to form an unique pattern. Certainly passersby were tiring of the display, and we were ready to catch up on the news of the week. With payment for the next month's, newspapers we included a polite note asking only that the young delivery man throw the newspaper under the carport. It was not' necessary to put in on the doorstep, although the memory of that luxury of another time is still vivid. After several days the service improved and our ecstasy knew no bounds. But it was short lived. * After two weeks we were back to donning boots and ploying hide-and- cle, of his tice by the seek with the morning paper. Oc­ casionally it was flung under a bush, to be recovered only by chance when the news was history. Considering our own career choice in the newspaper business, we tried to view the matter with good humor but the predicament needed further investigation., Yes, our neighbors were receiving the same treatment and at least one of them had complained. Another had not for his previous experience in the delivery business con* him of the sad truth. We are destined, forevermore, to have tossed from a moving' landing near enough the the subscriber to merit the product. The pr widespread, made large number Of people to be served. "There wouldn't be anyone volunteer for the job, and they couldn't make the rounds in one delivery day if someone should", was the straightforward explanation of one who had himself been a deliverer of newspapers. It's as simple as that. And so, dear friends, accept the inevitable. Don your boots in the winter ahead, grit your teeth, and retrieve the news that is a must to start the day. It may be sitting in a puddle of water, or on top of a pile of snow, but it's yours and you fcaid for it. • - " No matter that sevice was part of the price. For all the gains we've made in modern America, there are a few things we've lost and service is one of them! KAF J.R. Starkey, district director of the Internal Revenue Service for Northern Illinois, said Friday that Albert F. Dormeyer of McHenry was sentenced Sept. 1 to two years probation for failing to file federal income tax returns for 1976 and 1977. Dormeyer, 96, resides at 820 Black Partridge Road in McHenry. During the years charged, he was an officer of A.F. Dormeyer Manufacturing Company, an electronics equipment firm in Chicago. Dormeyer had pleaded guilty last June 30 to two counts of a three- count criminal information, filed March 23, 1983, which charged him with failure to file federal income tax returns for the years 1976 through 1978. The information charged that he received income totalling over $130,000 from the Dormeyer Company and a family trust. Judge Paul E. Plunkett announced the sentence. As a condition of probation, Dormeyer must file all past tax returns. Under existing law, a person convicted of criminal tax offenses, in addition to whatever sentence is imposed, is also required to pay the tax determined to be due as well as interest and civil penalties that may be assessed. The investigation was conducted by the Internal Revenue Service. The finantially ailing Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) has a $41 million surplus--all of it ear­ marked for the suburbs. McHenry County will receive $2.2 million. RTA Treasurer L. MichJfel Fultz said the money stems from restricted revenue, federal operating assistance grants, interest income and local government contributions. Fultz stressed that these funds are separate from tax revenues. "There is no way tax money from McHenry County is used to support Cook (County)," Fultz said, adding that RTA statutes prohibit such an occurrence. - "We have always returned benefits equal to the taxes collec­ ted," Fultz explained. Jerry Boose, RTA suburban board representative, said it is suburban Enrollment Rise Bf Marion Olsen A surprise spurt in elementary school enrollments led the District 15 school board to employ an additional half time kindergarten teacher. School registrations show an unexpected district-wide growth pattern, according to Asst. Supt. Dan DeRoche. Although final enrollments were not immediately known, a class size "watgh list" was established to deal with overlaods at some grade levels, he said. Kindergarten enrollments are up 18 over last year and Edgebrook school has 52 more students registered. This pattern is emerging throughout the district, causing some alarm, DeRoche said. Expansion is limited in all the schools. One extra room is available at both Hilltop and Valley View, none at Edgebrook, and art rooms at Parkland and McHenry Junior high schools would have to undergo 'VMajor housecleaning" for oc­ cupancy, he said. economy last March influenced enrollment projections, DeRoche added, and although some additional students were expected from the Winding Creek develop­ ment and the Hillcrest apartment complex, enrollments from all parts of the district have surpassed ex­ pectations. * Some reassuring statistics also cropped up at - the last board meeting when DeRoche reported) results of the 1982-83 Science Research Associates standardized achievement tests for grades 3, 5 and 8. In every grade level tested McHenry Elementary school students scored above the national average of the 50th percentile-, DeRoche said, "A three-year review of SRA scores shows, generally, the scores have been significantly above the national average at all grade levels." He said this indicates the elementary school programs are effective. For the 1982-83 year, grade 3 average scores were: Reading, 56 percent; Mathematics, 53 percent; and Language Arts, 57 percent. Grade 5 average scores showed: Reading, 62 percent; Math, 59 percent; Spelling,-60 percent; Language Arts, 66 percent; Library Skills, 68 percent; Social Studies, 67 percent; and Science, 67 percent. Eighth graders scored on average: ^Reading, 60 percent; Math, 64 percent; Spelling, 55 percent ; Language Arts, 57 percent , Referehce Materials, 61 percent; Social Studies, 65 percent; and Science, 61 percent. Cook County that winds up sup­ porting Chicago. In the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1962, $1.6 million was collected in taxes from McHenry County, Fultz said. The RTA spent $1.8 million here in administrative plus $4,000 targeted for _ cai projects. Fultz pointed out means a $208,000 surplus. The money has accumulated in high-interest savings account^ diving the past five years, and according to a transit authority ruln^ it must be spent on operations in DuPage, Lake, Kane, Will and McHenry counties. Fultz downplayed the importance of the money, sinee the RTA regularly receives funds for the restricted fund. So why hasn't it been spent? "There will be a growing need for transportation services," Fultz said. "It is better to bank these funds and use them in the future." The slice of the pie each collar county gets is determined by route miles, population density and passenger use, Fultz said. According to figures from the Northeast Illinois Railroad Corp., a subsidiary of the RTA, 3,479 people ride the commuter trains each day in McHenry County. Five RTA bus routes in the county serve 12,27g people. The board could vote to spend the $41 million to help reduce the system's projected $100 million deficit tin 1984, but suburban members indicated it is unlikely that a suburban-dominated board woul£ approve such an action. Boose acknowledged: "We'ji tried to hold it (reserves) sacred^ But the threat of a budget i is very real next year, he Boose said the RTA must pay state back $60 million in 1984, just .remain solvent. He added possibility of additional from Springfield looks slim. Free Tuberculosis Testing i-'V.i » - I ** • • ^ Retail Seminarx Chamber Offering • Pofl. 9 Garden Walk Field Day At MCC Sept. 10 Page 4 1

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