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SPORTS PLAINDEALER-HERALD Council takes exception to landfill allegations By Anthony Oliver PUindMler Herald suit writer The proposed Lanfilgas test site once again took center stage at Monday's regular council meeting as councilmen responded to a letter from concerned citizens presented at the last meeting. ; The council took exception to the letter's charge that the council acted irresponsibly in not investigating GAS, Inc. and not taking the issue to the people. •; Mayor Joseph Stanek leveled jsome charges of his own, stating 'that Some of the allegations in a subsequent "community alert" letter were misrepresented even after people had been told otherwise on more than one occasion. listening to people with new ideas. We're too wasteful. We must face up to the groundwater pollution problem." Stanek said. The council then dealt with some of the more constructive suggestions made in the Oct. 29 letter. Stanek said having an outside group monitor the project was utready in the works. \ "We have asked the McHenry County Defenders to be the watchdog group. I don't think anyone can challenge the Defender's guarded position concerning McHenry County," Stanek said. Greg Lindsey, Defender's executive director, made cleat the position of the group. "We've been involved in a search for alternatives. Sear- ches for alternatives are For example, the alert letter positive. Our participation by no indicates that a commercial means is an endorsement of the facility (160 acres) would be developed on or near the test With people site. "We specifically told them any commercial facility was not to be on any of the test sites," Stanek said. "There is no excuse for this.... The expansion to 160 acres is predicated on our desire the economic jroject. We can opt out at any time." The mayor also commented that, as the alert letter states, the council does not want to to proceed and viability of the increased truck traffic, bio debris, more scavenger animals, more odors, or smoke stacks any more than the residents. "We're not trying to do anything detrimental. We're project," Lindsey said. "Some of our members have doubts whether portions of the project will work, but that does not limit us from looking at it." Aid. Cecilia Serritella, 4th Ward, commented that some of the suggestions from the con- cernedcitizens, the outside monitoring, public hearings, etc., made sense. "A public hearing is a tot different than people coming to a council meeting and being put a^m)ft^rriteUa said. icessful, I have no problem with it," Stanek replied. Aid. William Busse, 2nd Ward, said he talked with many con­ stituents from his ward and presented their feelings. the exception of two who were to the whole everyone talked to the project had some but did not want it near their property, for obvious reasons, "There is no empirical evidence that the project will succeed outside ( of the laboratory. We won't know unless we try," Busse said. It was noted that GAS, Inc. has been more than willing to eliminate those proposed test sites that were particularly objectionable to residents or council members. The council and the company, however, believe they nave found a good candidate in the Tonyan Industrial Park and are proceeding with more ground­ work and permit approvals from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (DEPA). Aid. Ray Smith, 3rd Ward, ted out that the agreement been made and the test site phase was proceeding. He cautioned that this would not mean a blanket approval of a commercial facility. "The test site will continue unless something unexpected turns up," Smith said. Representing the concerned citizens, Gary Iieder said the council's comments Monday did "shed some light" about concern for ti Spanking fof he Sail) the citizens acted out of love for their children, bors and community and he commented, "Let's make sure we have checked out all the facts." Henry Rahn, left, commander of World War I Barracks 1315 and Bernie Matchen, Legion historian, look over the names of McHenry Township servicemen who died in World War I. The names of the fallen war heros are engraved Plalndealer Herald Photo by Donna Santl on a bell in front of St. Mary's Church, McHenry. Veterans Day services, to salute all those who served in America's wars, will be held Nov. 11 at the American Legion Post, RingwoodRoad. Services Nov. 11 will remember veterans of all American wars Joyce new at chief's post A 10-year veteran of the McHenry Police Department, Patrick Joyce was named Chief of Police and assumed those duties Nov. 2. Joyce joined the Chicago Police Department in 1961 after leaving military service. His first assignment was to the Rogers Park district, in a station house that still had a horse trough in front of it. From there, Joyce worked seven years in the Cabrini Green housing projects and shorter stints in vice and other stations. "We'd had a summer cottage in McHenry for four or five years and it became more difficult to go back to Chicago," Joyce said. "We liked it out here. When there was an opening, I took the test, a cut in pay and moved out here. That was 10 years ago." Joyce has attended seminars and kept up on vances in law enforcement. He is a graduate of the FBI Academy. Monday night, Joyce told councilmen he was fc "pretty dynamic individual' added that he "was not George Pasenelli and did not do things like PasenelU did." In his new position, Joyce said there would be , some reorganization of the police department, which he wants to have accomplished by January. According to Veterans Ad­ ministration, only one percent of the American population today are veterans of the "war to end all wars." In McHenry, the number has dwindled down to a small number of men, who meet monthly and proudly call themselves World War I Barracks 1315. Tbose men, along with many othert who served their country in times of both war and peace, will be the subject of McHenry's Veterans Day observance Sunday, Nov. 11 at the American Legion Hall, Ringwood Road. •fiie public is invited to the 10 a.m. ceremonies, which will cers, color ic music. The lean Legion Rifle Squad will post the colors. Hie com­ bined McHenry High School chorus, directed by Bill Toalson and John Leighty, will present the "Star Spangled Banner" and other songs. Soloist Sally Roth will sing "God Bless America" and Henry Rahn, commander of Barracks 1315 will recite the poem, "Flander's Field". Brief talks will be given by Bernie Matchen, Legion Historian; McHenry Mayor Joseph Stanek; and Assistant County Chaplin Harold Vydtal will give the invocation. Local veteran posts which will participate include: the World War I Barracks 1315; the Polish Legion of American Veterans ; the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars and their auxiliaries. On the national level, Veterans Day, 1984 will continue the tradition of honoring the tomb of the unknown soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Throughout the nation, ceremonies are held on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, the anniversary of the World War I armistice. There may be few men and women still living today who served in this country's earliest wars, but the Veterans Day observance is far from in­ significant. Well over 1 million people have died in the defense of their country in all American wars since 1776, according to the Veterans Administration, and there are more than 28 million living former servicemenberS who served during both war and peace. More than half of the men and women who have worn their country's uniform in wartime are still alive. Another 4.4 million living veterans saw only peacetime service. Today's population of living veterans, including those who served in more than one period, is made up as follows: World War H, 39 percent; Vietnam, 29 percent; Korea, 19 peacetime, 18 pei World War I, less than percent; rcent; and one percent. Only 22 veterans, America's oldest, remain from the Spanish-American War. The Veteran's Administration has released the following statistics s showing the number of Americans serving, and the number of casualties, in each war: -Civil War: 5 million served; 364,000 Union soldiers died and 133,000 Confederate soldiers died. -American Revolution: 290,000 fought; 4,000 died 91 service. -War of 1812 . 287,000 served; 2,000 died. -Mexican War: 79,000 were in uniform; 13,000 died in service. -Spanish-American War: 392,000 U.S. participants; 11,000 died. -World War I: 4,744,000 an­ swered the call to arms and 116,000 died. -World War H: 16,535,000 served; 406,000 deaths in ser­ vice. -Korean Conflict: 6,807,000 saw service; 55,000 died. -Vietnam Era: 9,834,000 Americans were in service; 47,000 died in action. MCC studies tougher admission standards Chief Patrick Joyce GOOD MORNING! NltHLieNT McHenry's Chris Creutz qualified for the IHSA state cross-country meet Satur­ day, as he finished 12th at the ' Niles West Sectional in Skokie. Details in Sports, page 20. ' »«••*» »« >1111 Church .. Sec. 2. Page 2 School Sec. 2. Page 10 »«••*» »« >1111 Editorial. . Page 2 Society. i Page 6 »«••*» »« >1111 Neighbors Sec. 2. Page 8 Sports Pages 18.19. 20 Volume 109. Number 22 2 Sections. 36 pages 1 " it A board planning session was held recently at McHenry Count College to consider changes in mission, requirements for bac­ calaureate programs. The changes may be necessary in the face of recommendations for stif- fer entry-level requirements ad­ vocated by the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE). Over 20 faculty, a* well as staff and administrators, were in atten­ dance to contribute their thoughts and hear members of MCC's Ad­ missions Task Force discuss the issue with members of MCC's Board of Trustees. Last November, MCC received a document from the IBHE recommending that high school students wishing to prepare for a baccalaureate degree meet specific requirements. All public universities in the state were to submit an admissions progress report by July 1 this year. They are to submit a final report of new requirements, the reason for them and a timetable for implementa­ tion, by July 1, 1985. The Illinois Community College Board is to report changes in community col­ lege admission requirements by July 1,1986. The IBHE issued a memoran­ dum Sept. 5 summarizing findings from the initial progress reports submitted by the four-year univer­ sities. It said admission standards contemplated by the universities are no higher than minimum high school graduation requirements passed by the legislature in 1983. The IBHE recommended that the public universities make their admission standards tougher than h i g h s c h o o l g r a d u a t i o n minimums. Specifically recom-. mepded are four years of English; three years each of math, social studies and science; and two rears of elective# in foreign languages, music or art. On Oct. 2, the IBHE formally approved the recommendations. They are to go into effect by 1990, thus allowing time for the state's secondary schools to get their pro­ grams for baccalaureate degree- seeking students in line with state recommendations. According to MCC President Bob Bartlett, "The recommenda­ tions passed Oct. 2 ate called recommendations, but they will be reflected in a school's funding down the road. The universities are now turning to the community colleges for input. We are one of the few community colleges ac­ ting. The others are waiting for the universities to decide what they are going to do." In January of 1984, MCC's Cur­ riculum and Academic Policy. Committee created an Admissions Task Force, made up of faculty and administrators, to study the issue and prepare recommenda­ tions for action. It is hoped that recommendations specifying ad­ mission requirements for MCC's transfer programs will be com­ pleted by the end of the fall semester so that an experimental plot can be run in 1985 to test the ideas. The Admissions Task Force has spent considerable time identify­ ing the varied implications of establishing and implementing program admission standards for a college of MCC's type. When one considers the age range MCC serves, the varying levels of prior > training students arrive with and the "open door" policy the college is based on, the task becomes complex. Bartlett told those assembled, "This is one of the most impor­ tant, most poignant tasks we have undertaken since we opened. A key thing for us will be getting students to the point of successful­ ly transferring as a sophomore or junior. Universities are going to have to define what they .expect. Students will have to stay here un­ til they meet the standards re­ quired. The role of the community college may well be changing." . "We have a two-fold problem," added board member Lee Schup- pert, "we've got to increase enrollment and increase admis­ sion standards." Dean of Instruction Dick Fuhlef mentioned that the requirements recommended by the IBHE are for general admission to a univer­ sity, not to a particular college within a university. Specific col­ leges may have requirement^ beyond the minimum requited for admission to the unversity. Board Chairman David Murphy summarized the achievements of the three-hour board planning ses­ sion, "What came out of th*$ meeting tonight was a free- flowing pollinization of informa­ tion helpful and healthful to this school." The board plans to keep the faculty and administration in­ formed about statewide admis­ sions requirements proceedings. S H A W f R F F P R E S S M E D I A . I N C . Wednesday, No.vembt» 7. 1934 Wedding Bells LIFE TODAY