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Campaign on to get drunk drivers off road PAGE 3 - PLA1NDEALER -|WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 22, 1984 by Cliff Ward Shaw Free Press News Media Spurred on by a, growing awareness of the threat posed by the drunk driver, additional state money and easier arrest procedures, county and some municipal law .enforcement agencies have increased their number of drunk driving arrests in the past several years. The McHenry County Sheriff's Department and police in Woodstock, Crystal Lake, Hebron and Richmond recorded approximately 593 DUI (driving under the influence) arrests in 1982. That figure climbed to approximately 758 in 1983. Most of the chiefs polled pointed to several reasons for the increase. Extra state funds from the Illinois Department of Transportation for weekend patrol in the "border towns" of Hebron and Richmond, where underage youths travel through to Wisconsin to drink, have resulted in a large number of arrests. Hebron Chief Richard Karolus said his department had only a handful of arrests in 1982, because funds and time weren't available for patrol. "Primarily, my officers were spending 80 percent of their time on (night) security patrol, so we didn't have time to devote to it," he said. However, with state grant money made available in May 1983, the number of DUI arrests in Hebron averaged six monthly in 1983, as compared with six for all of 1982, the chief said. The scope of the problem has rubbed off positively on Hebron police, Karolus said. "Of course, it has stimulated the other officers to work more diligently at DUI arrests," he noted. However, those state funds will only be available until May 1984, pending renewal after review. If funds for the added patrols dry up, so will the number of DUI arrests by Hebron police, the chief said. But overall, Karolus said he has been happy with extra patrol. "I feel we've done our bit to control drinking and driving." On character of arrests, Karolus said persons between ages 21-30 are statistically the largest group of offenders. As the program has progressed, he said his officers now find more often carloads of underage drinkers with a driver who is not drunk or has had few drinks. Andrew Mayer, Richmond police chief, said his officers, relatively speaking, made more arrests for DUI in 1982 than any other law enforcement agency in the county. "We're talking five officers making 240 arrests," Mayer said, who says DUI is a priority because of his town's unique position near the state line, where underage Illinois youth border hop to Wisconsin, a state whose drinking age is 18. Mayer said his department has been going after the drunk driver seriously for the past three years. "Before anyone said there was a problem, Rich­ mond was arresting drunks," Mayer said. However, the Richmond total for DUI arrests dropped in 1983 to 214 arrests, and Chief Mayer attributed the drop to manpower shortage. Mayer was gone three months, attending the FBI academy in Quantico, Va., and a patrol sergeant, who eventually died, was hospitalized for a period. • Woodstock doesn't face the border hopping problems Rich­ mond and Hebron do, but arrests there have increased significantly, up from 26 in 1981 to 71_in 1982. _ In 1983, the McHenry County sheriff's police recorded a near 50-percent increase in drunk driving j arrests over the previous year, Safety Education Officer George Corson said. In 1982, sheriff's police recorded 228 DUI arrests. That figure was 340 for last year, he reported. Corson also provided statistics that dramatically portray the correlation between drunk driving and traffic fatalities. Of 26 traffic fatalities in the county in 1962,18 were alcohol related, and eight involved underage drinkers. Of 32 traffic fatalities in 83, 21 were alcohol-related. The large increase in drunk driving arrests has not added a large burden on prosecutors, McHenry County State's At­ torney Ted Floro said, since most DUI arrests by village and municipal police departments are prosecuted by city at­ torneys. Although the sheriff's department has been "aggressively and actively" enforcing the DUI laws, "it's been no real problem" prosecuting the cases, Floro said. State police also make many DUI arrests in the county - 351 in 1981-83. general yoi ioi ai News Cloverleafs support 4-H fund drive Monthly secretary and treasury reports were the opening order of business for the the last Lincoln Cloverleaf 4-H 4_H NEWS meeting. The Federation report was given by Sean Darmody. The club members voted to support the $4 million 4-H fund drive. Due to spring break vacations we do not have enough members available to participate in Share-The-Fun. Several new members from the Group Home joined our club as we enjoyed an International Night with guest Terri Cluff, Rotary Exchange student from Equador. After viewing slides we sampled foods from other countries. Theresa Smith, Club Reporter MCC BALANCED 1,501 students not returning in spring have been surveyed, 18 percent of them had no specific reason, Bartlett said. Fifteen percent indicated work, per­ sonal or time constraints. The largest drop was among part- time students, ages 25 to 35, who were taking one or two classes, he added. Darla Trimble, director of management information and registrar, credited the decline to the "revolving student." "We have a lot of older students that come to this in­ stitution with very specific goals," Ms. Trimble said. These part-time students can no longer afford to take several classes at once because of rising tuition, Trustee Michael Mc- Nerney said. One program which has continued from page 1 surpassed expectations is computer science. 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