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Old McHenry hospital sold for elderly housing M. David Cain, chairman of the Northern Illinois Human Services (NIHS) Corporation board of governors, announced Tuesday that an agreement has been reached with Lee F. Sutliffe of Sutliffe and Associates, Inc., Kansas City, Mo., regarding the purchase of McHenry Hall, the forme j* McHenry Hospital building located on Waukegan Road in McHenry. Sutliffe, a developer associated with five elderly housing developments and nine nursing homes, plans to renovate the building for use as an adult congregate care- assisted living center for senior citizens. NoraC. O'Malley, president of Northern Illinois Medical Center, the health care entity of NIHS Corporation said, "We are very pleased to have reached an agreement with Mr. Sutliffe as his project represents an im­ portant service for the growing senior citizen population. It will be a boost to the economic development, too, of downtown McHenry. Several human service needs will be met with the implementation of this project." - The building will be renovated by Design Building Collaborative, Inc. of St. Louis, Mo., Sutliffe said, in association with Carol A. Zandlo, ASID, IBD. "The project will be called McHenry Villa," Sutliffe stated, "and will be adult congregate assisted living for the elderly. Renovation will begin this summer, in time for a fall opening." Adult congregate living may be summarized as independent living with the benefits <>f common dining and recreational services. NIMC will work closely with McHenry Villa residents in providing health care services. Dean Cunat, chairman of the NIMC board of directors said, "The project offers transition between total independence ind institutional nursing care. This allows an elderly person to reside within an independent residential environment where living assistance and other needed services are available." "There has aWays been a need for a safe, dig.. ':°6 home environment for eniors able to live alone, h «t who would welcome c .lain types of assistance and security," Cain added. "This need is growing with the increase in our elderly population. The congregate living concept, as expressed in the McHenry Villa project, meets a genuine need for the communities of northern Illinois." Proximity to stores and bus service was an important factor in selecting McHenry Hall as a site for the new venture. Transportation to banks, stores and churches is another plus for seniors no longer able to drive, but still interested in an active social life. Linen ana housekeeping service and maintenance of living quarters is also part of the benefits in­ cluded in congregate living. McHenry. !!Hno»s Wednesday. April 17. L^85 3 5 C I E N r s X--, / ' iMtt ' i* tend to one of the passengers involved y one-vehicle accident on River Road. The driver in River Road crash Plalndealer Herald photo by Robert Gordon of the vehicle, John Kosar, died of injuries sustained in the accident. enry man A McHenry man was pronounc­ ed dead Friday night after being transferred by helicopter to a Rockford hospital with injuries sustained in a traffic accident. John D. Kosar, 22, of 5310 W. West St., died as a result of the one-car accident Friday on River Road, south of State Park Road, according to McHenry County sheriff's police. Preliminary investigation in­ dicated that the Kosar vehicle crashed when it left the roadway. Kosar and his two passengers, Jenny A. Borowski, 19, of Lake Zurich and 38-year-old Richard J. Palcheck, were taken to the Nor­ thern Illinois Medical Center, where they were treated. Kosar was then transported by helicopter to St. Anthony Hospital, Rockford, where he was pro­ nounced dead. Albanese appeal denied By Angela Burden Plalndealer Herald New» Service r • - For the second time in six months, the United States Supreme Court has refused to hear the appeal of convicted arsenic killer Charles M. Albanese. & Miry County State's Attorney Ted Floro, who ited the case, said Albanese, president of the Allied Grove, death for the, Mueller, in Lake County. Albanese previously had been convicted of the Mcfo County arsenic poisoning deaths of his father, M.» Albanese, and his wife's grandmother, Mary Lambert. He was also convicted for the attempted murder of his younger brother, 34-year-old Michael J. Albanese. McHem )rosecut ie Casting Corp. of McHenry when the poisonings oc­ curred in 1980 and 1981, committed his crimes'for financial gain through inheritances. The nation's high court left intact the murder conviction and death sentences when they turned down an Albanese appeal in Oct. 9, 1984. At that time, Floro said he was not surprised the Supreme Court upheld the Albanese death sentence. He said then that the convicted man would probably continue to seek further post-conviction relief in the state courts and possibly a remedy in the federal high court. Earlier in 1984, the Illinois Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for Albanese and ordered he be executed with a lethal injection of drugs on Sept. 28,1984. No date has been set for his execution this year. Nineteenth Jucjfbial Circuit Judgg Henry Cowlin entered the death penalty against Albanese on June 23, 1982, in Woodstock, on the order of a Bloomington jury, which found him guilty of charges brought by McHenry County authorities. The murder trial was moved from McHenry County to Bloomington because of widespread publicity of the ar­ senic-poisoning case in Chicago-area media. Salary increases passed for township employees By Robert Gordon PlaJndaaler Herald staff writer The McHenry Township Board approved a 10 percent salary increase for those township employees with at least one year tenure in its first regular meeting of fiscal 1985-86. According to Township Supervisor Albert Adams, last year the salary increase for employees was "minimal" or approximately five percent. However, there were some exceptions to the 10 percent increase in the assessor's department. Clerk Nancy McAuliffe had Area fish population gets a boost thanks to efforts of fish hatchery her ap-salarv inflated from proximately #9,550 to $11,700 and Dei jputy Assessor Harry Dean's salary rose from approximately $10,500 to $12,000. Betty Rode, a clerk, i received a 4.5 percent raise, and Field Man Harry TOWNSHIP--Page 3 pr Mi C< More money needed for pothole patching in WL Plalndealer Herald New* Service The Wonder Lake Village Board continued discussion this week on the fiscal 1985-86 village budget. Al Zeman, village director of public works, said that, in order to patch and repair potholes on Thompson and Wondermere roads, more money^ould have to be budgeted *man was in Trustee Brian JHcLaughlin's first budget drat- Zeman said about $10,000 would be needed. - The first budget draft would leave about a $33,000 surplus, but McLaughlin said that money is being set aside so the village can embark on another major road project in 1987-88. "We're not keeping that money on hand because we want to be rich. We have definite plans for it. We've-got to realize what we're giving up when we WONDER LAKE-Page 3 By Anthony Oliver Plalndealer Herald staff writer Imagine, if you will, 10- and 11- pound walleyed pike lurking like "Jaws" in the waters of the Chain O' Lakes and the Fox River. Long, slender fish with large, staring eyes (and teeth) rowling the waters of eastern cHenry and western Lake ounties with their slightly smaller relatives. Thoughts of these lunkers, as they are sometimes called, make the limbs of local anglers tingle with excitement, and well they should; those fish are there. The Illinois Department of Conservation (IDOC) crews were out on the Chain and Fox River recently netting walleyed pike for the annual restocking project. The largest, fish taken as of Friday "morning was a female weighing 10.5 pounds. The term "pike is actually a misnomer as the walleye is a member of the perch family. Last year's catch saw an average of 1.5 quarts of eggs being "stripped from a five- pound female walleye. This year they are running larger and GOOD ' r iORNING! t INDEX In today's issue, a special series begins on the ac­ tivities, problems and grow­ ing influence of senior citizens in the Fox Valley area. For the first install­ ment, turn to page four. SHAW FREE PRESS MEDIA INC Business Page 9 Church. *. vSec. 2 Page 8 Life Today Page 6 Obituaries Page 5 School . Sec. 2. Page 2 Sports Sec. 2. Pages 16-20 ? fectiorr r>?pp* female this year is weighing seven pounds and generating two quarts of eggs. Incidentally, there are about 125,000 eggs to a single q quart. "We're hoping to get 20 million fry this year," Brown said. As of Tuesday morning, 15 million eggs had been taken and the 20 million goal was within sight. The biologist said six million walleye fry were released in the Chain O' Lakes and Fox River last year.- If all goes well, at least another six million will be released this year into the Chain and the remainder will be used in other areas of the state. He also commented that these were robably adults from the first tch of fry released five years FISH-Page 10 mm m H j T ' a* * I m Harvey Borwn, IDOC biologist, displays a 10.5 pound walleyed pike which was netted earlier this week in the Chain O' Lakes. This was the Plalndealer Herald photo by Anthony Oliver largest fish taken as of Friday morning in the annual stocking project each spring.