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Plaindealer-Hrrald Photo by Anthony Oliver New Names • • LIFE TODAY Plaindealer-Heraid Photo by Anthony Oliver "'!i 'I'M,!, PRM 1 1 ' -- PLAINDEALER- HERALD S H A W F R F E P R E S S M F D ! A . I N C F R I D A Y , N O V E M B E R 9 , 1 9 8 4 Water management agency approved by wide margin Driver not seriously injured A C*. 1 firefighter looks at what is left of a car that Orchard Beach The sole oc- Crashed into a telephone pole on Oi Drive at about 1:37 ajn. Thursday oopant and driver of the car, GaH Jernberg, 2723 Myaag, McHenry, was taken to Northern Illinois Medical Center, where ho whs treated released. County police said the car was ap­ parently northbound when the driver lost control of the vehicle. The car burst into flames when it struck the pole. Jernberg was charged with im- (e and driving under the influence. Good news, bad news told ^|gjrate$j Wy Anthony Oliver _ purchase of teland Park Water may become reality in dibit time, according to in- at Monday night's council that ttie system fii JjjB well and perhaps city jbould continue for another SMk r^ The council agreed and with unanimous vote decided to. the on for one week. Bernard Narusis, city at- ,badnewi The people ' more for the same to object. tax a the tax and the benefit derived. In 's terms, so much per year would be The new legislation says a ta may be levied so as to provide rational basis between die ta hitch is that Chapman and | say parts of the new legislation are unconstitutional and will not write an opinion. Without an opinion, bond buyers good , had good news, " news for the council financing the pur- The good news was that a new ' about special service areas s signed and was "tailor- made for our use." m3m A £&r financing was that the r was taken according to a rty owner's assessed tion. Thus, adjoining > owners could be paying y different charges for and financial houses will not buy bonds. "Is Chapman and Cutler the only authority?" asked Aid. Wffliam Bolger, 1st Ward. Narusis said unfortunately they have the reputation and most ftawriai institutions on them. Hie other good news is that Chapman ana Cutler reversed benefitted area pays more for service for a set number of years. After the bonds are paid, that area of the city t»ys the same as all others. "It seems tome right now that there is no option, we have to go with the differential rktes, unless Chapman and Cutler change their minds (not likely in the near future)," Narusis said. The council voted unanimously to proceed with the paperwork involved in the purchase. In other business: -The council voted to support "whole-heartedly" the 1985 Fiesta Days and said no last minute bills for labor would be sent. Hie Finance Committee was directed to act as liaison between the Chamber and the city. --It was noted that November would be the last month for brush pick-up. Brush pick-up will resume in April, 1985. --Tlie city will ask the county to post Bull Valley Road, bet­ ween Route 31 and Crystal Lake Road for 45 mph speed limits. Oak Street between Orleans and Prairie will be 20 mph. -The council approved the saleof the two McHenry Shores houses after septic plans are approved by the county. The houses will be sold as-is with the approved plans. -The council voted to go to bid on a parking enforcement vehicle. By Donna Santi At the polls Tuesday night, residents of the Fox-River Chain of Lakes region proved that they are desperately concerned about the preservation of their water­ ways. Although several other ef­ forts have failed, voters this week approved a referendum to establish the Chain of Lakes-Fox River Water Management Agen­ cy. In a bill, sponsored by Sen. Jack Schaffer in the Senate and Rep. Dick Klemm in the House, a Fox River-Chain of Lakes Agency will now be established. It is an alter­ native to the Chain of Lakes-Fox River Commission, a political agency created in the early 1970's to study the problems of the Chain of Lakes-Fox River area and assigned to report back to the legislature and governor on pro­ blems and to recommend solu­ tions. That agency was abolished in the spring of 1984. The Water Management Agency is proclaim­ ed by sponsor Schaffer as a solu­ tion to the problem. It will in­ troduce user fees for recreational and commercial boating on the Chain and Fox River and in­ troduce a board of directors, local­ ly elected, which will pursue fun­ ding mechanisms in state and «SS1mt,rarth»t what was needed wss not a pro­ gram, not another study," said Schaffer at ah earlier promotional program. "We needed some way to get some progress instead of statistics on paper, and so we drafted a bill to create an agen­ cy." The interesting part of this referendum was that the voters did not have to make the common decision of "tax or not to tax." The agency will be fundfd totally through boating user fees and grants. Voters in Antioch. Grant, Lake Villa and part of Cuba Township in Lake County; and parts of Algon­ quin, McHenry and Nunda Townships in McHenry County voted on the issue. Only those precincts which bordered the ef­ fected area were allowed to vote on the issue. When all the votes were tallied, McHenry County voters were in favor of the water management agency by 8,456 "yes" votes and 3,028 "no" votes. In Lake County, the agency was approved with 9,987 "yes" votes and 5,101 against. The final version of the Water­ way Management Act specifies that that a user fee will be in­ stituted for all recreational and commercial boats using the Fox River and Chain. According to Schaffer, there will be "a $10 max­ imum fee on small boats and $50 on large boats. All are annual rates. "It's considerably less than one tank of gas per year," said Schaffer. Benefits of the agency include the fact that there will be a local­ ly, publicly-elected board, rather than a political agency. The following "safeguards" iff the agency were stressed in the campaign: • A public hearing is required in' order to alter the fee schedule. • The board must have an an­ nual audit of finances and give an annual public hearing on its k^^The agency, by law, must spend at least 75 percent of its gross collections on hands-on pro­ jects, rather than overhead. • Five percent of the voters may have the issue of the agency put on the ballot to be repealed, if dissatisfied. • After 10 years, the agency ceases to exist unless the legislature votes to reinstate it. An important part of the new agency, according to sponsors of the bill, is that it will have a better chance of obtaining state and federal grants. According to Schaffer, the government has ap­ propriated funds for such waterway-maintenance projects, but has not provided them due to lack of adequate application-grant procedures. "It won't work Just on fees col­ lected from boats," stated Schaf­ fer in an earlier interview. "The agency can apply apd accept money from governmental agen­ cies. I believe if we get an agency created, and have good, responsi­ ble directors, we can get an an­ nual appropriation from the state government, because there is a. spot there for the Chain." Election of board members will occur in April, 1985. Three direc­ tors will be from Lake County;, three from McHenry County; and the chairman will be elected with candidacy from 200 signatures from each county. Those concerned about the preservation of the chain base their concerns basically around three areas: cleanliness of the water; the safety factor of boating; and lack of dredging possibilities for silt infiltration. The search for acceptable sites for depositing silt is a major pro­ blem for the residents of the Fox River and Chain of Lakes. Schaffer explains that the pro­ blem is not getting dredging pro­ jects appropriated, but getting the money spent. "Getting a permit to dump silt is difficult," he said. "The permit requirements are tough. The problem Is not getting the money, it's getting the sites. 1 think if we had an agency in place, we can start finding sites as early as next spring." "The voters put this agency in existance, and the voters can also terminate the agency," said Schaffer. "I think it's a beginning. It's the best hope the Chain of Lakes has seen in years. We need this agency to coordinate the state and federal government agencies and get those funds... Without that collective effort, I frankly don't know what will pass on to our children and grandchildren." Republican slate wins District 2 pioneer Center receives major allocation Jim Nash •TThe McHenry County Mental $felth 708 Board Monday night approved the nore than . 10 county health 2T"? more ».l last year's total allocation of $1,149,852. Three • agencies will absorb more than $1 million of the budget. The agencies are Pioneer Center ($425,928 [), the McHenry County >rding to statistics Ml by the board, $1,171,400 ; be released to the agendas. : is a 2 percent Increase over Family Service and Community Menial Health Center ($429,918) and the Woodstock-based Youth Service Bureau ($107,911). contract, thf*TO board mem- GOOD MORNING! • ' • . I N D E X Tuesday's election brought about the expected results, as Republicans around the county won big victories. A rundown of the voting totals appears on page two. Plge 2 PlSi Volume 199, Number 23 Edit**!, lifetodey Obituaries mm 2 Sections, 21 pages .. Page 6 It. 19.20 bers approved a new funding formula designed to improve services to county residents. Under the new proposal, substance abuse programs for Family Service and YSB are guaranteed 75 percent of the money they are allocated. If, at the end of the first fiscal quarter in March, one agency has not served a designated number of patients, it loses the right to claim the remaining 25 percent of the funding. If the other agency meets its , it will receive full fun- . This agency must set a quota for the second ouota. If it meets the revised figures, it will get the other organization's unused 25 per­ cent. Family Service will have to serve a minimum of 187 un- duplicated patients a month. YSB must meet a 93 patient-per- month goal. * Both agencies' board of directors nave agreed to the measure, mental health board Executive Director Dennis Smith said. One mental health board member jokingly said the it would instill a "spirit ition." Bob Martens, executive (Please turn to page 3) It was _ conclusion as GOP for county board seats in District 2 soundly defeated their Democratic cnallengers by nearly a 2-1 margin. The Republican slate of Thomas Huemann, Dean Cunat, Edward Buss and William Fitzgerald take office with votes of 13,506, 12,775, 13,032 and 12,546, respectively. At the top of the list of the Democratic challengers was Carol Sek, who polled 7,281 votes. The other hopefuls in­ cluded Patricia Milbratz, 5,133; Steve Schneider, 4,768; and Ray Bujak, 4,642. ' The Democrats gained some ground from the last county board election, held in November, 1962. On that ballot, none of the four challengers encouraged" by the support she received. "I give credit to the D e m o c r a t i c W o m e n ' s Organization, which was only garnered more than 4,950 votes. In 1982, Edward Kennedy topped the list at 4,950, followed by Patricia Milbratz (4,982), Diedre Kent (4,853) and Ray Bujak (4,683). Some of the Republican candidates had no opposiion, and those who did carried a large majority of the vote. However, several Democratic candidates tallied respectable totals, considering the county's strong Republican tradition. Democrat Janet Pence, Crystal Lake, in her first try for county office, garnered 17,134 votes in her bid for recorder of deeds. The Republican can­ didate, longtime county board member Phyllis Walters, Algonquin, easily won the position with 41,909 votes. "I plan on putting all my ef­ forts into the recorder of deeds office and maintaining the good service offered by nil Russel over the years," Walters said. She said that her plans for modernizing the office include cross-training of staff and computerizing the office "as soon as possible, while looking ahead to the future." Pence said she was "really and m proud of the showing," Pence said. Incumbent Cleric of the Circuit Court Vernon "Bill" Kays Jr., Marengo, ran away with the lead early in the vote count and received 45,542 votes while his o p p o n e n t , F r a n c i s "Frank "Sweeney Jr. McHenry, received 15,725. GOP County Auditor A1 Jourdan of McHenry retained his post with 41,953,72 percent of the vote, while challenger, Rick Bronars, McHenry, received 16,349 votes. Republican State's Attorney Theordore "Ted" Floro of Woodstock and Republican Coroner A1 Querhammer of Crystal Lake ran for reelection \ with no opposition. Michael J. Sullivan of Woodstock was elected to serve as judge of the 19th Judicial Circuit for McHenry County with 50,027 votes. He was elected to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Leonard Brody. of Henry Cowlin of Crystal Lake, who was on the ballot for retention as judge of the 19th Judicial Circuit, received 39,694 yes votes and 10,129 no votes. To remain on the bench, the judge needed 60 percent affirmative votes of those cast in Tuesday's election, and he received 79.17 percent. Brisk walk It was a nippy, blustery November Wednesday but that didn't Eve Dumelle (left) and Elsie Soderholm from taking a afternoon walk In Whispering Oaks.