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THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER "SERVING THE CHAIN O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875' VOLUME 107 NUMBER 7 FRIDAY, AUGUST 20. 1982 Need Support For Senior Homo Hie future. McHenry County 1 SECTION 20 PAGES 25' J 01 * m unities. If thiydon't a|M t for the Citizens See End To CNW Sale Battle by Anthony Oliver t-year battle over the sale at 19 milee of Chicago and North Western (CNW) track between Ringwood and Lake Geneva, Wis., may be neering an sad. In the last episode, the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) gave a consortium of businessmen and municipalities known as the Geneve Lakes Area Joint Transit Commission until July SI to come up with 91 ,900,311 " the abandoned track. over the form of the deed necessary for conveyance of the line sent the matter back to the to purchase the abac However, a dispute ICC for a decision. The ICC issued sn indefinite extension of the dosing date, pending a decision. "The form of the deed haa to be reeolved before any sale of the track can be consummated," said Joseph Marren, CNW public affairs manager. The CNW Tranaportation company would prefer the title be traneferred by quitclaim deed, Marren aaid. "Quite often the title is only in regard to transportation righta," Marren explained. "We may not be in a position to give anything Geneva would prefer title to be traneferrodby the more substantial and sauna warranty deed. As long as the cam- muter carrier status of the Hue la maintained, the railroad la allowed to "adversely possess" another paraen's Once tMe atstus is lost, ths reverts to the original ownsr the statue ia very dtffltait to reinstate. It has been eatimated that 01 per- ti Locksie Is A Landlubber la the personnel file at McHenry State locks and dam. Locksie Is listed as "chief rat catcher". She's a 3-year-oM gray tiger cat that came to the locks as a stray kitten aad adopted the crew of five before they had made ep their mind to keep her. Lockaie wen her way Into their heerts to the point of eech employee contributing to some recent surgery. She spends days eajoyli^ the hreesee that enter throat inter through this hopper vent window, and an occasional night She gete along with visitors very well nad enters Into the spult life et the locks with one exception. A landlubber by natare. usin' and Meanderin* Barry Goidwater never made it to the White Houee, but one of his wise observations would certainly garner sufficient votee to put him in con­ tention todsy. Back in 1004, the senator said, "A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away". The man in the White Houee today la trying to cut that government, and > of Ms biggest backers on it score would be a ttttle M-year-oM • in Boiee, Idaho. D mole's is a sad commentary on the cold but she was rights, and happy sodtig. A few moaths ago Bessie donated tl to a youngster in the neighborhood selling raffle tickets for a school carnival. As hick would hsve it, she won the prise - a gift certificate for 0100 worth of grocertae. Certainly she could use it - she supports herself on a small income of 1364 a month from Social Security SSI ?«, ntory is a saa cummenmr and rigid bureaucracy, I Willing to fight for her therefore the tald has a ha to hi three the good fortune that belonged turned into a nightmare, toning her livelihood, when she voluntarily reported her 1100 prize to the Social Security Administration. Asked why she reported it, Beesie answered simply, "Becauae I've always been honest". But did she receive s "thank you" for being so forthright, snd wss she told it wssn't really neceeaary for Uncle Sam to know when a senior citizen wins a prise at a school car­ nival? Of course not! Thet would heve been more common sense than we can expect these days from our bloated Moral bureaucracy. Inatead, the lady received two letters from Social Security officiate, both of them informing her that because she won 9100 worth of food in a raffle, she would lose more than 9100 in monthly SSI payments. „ Ths first letter informed Beesie thet her SSI payments for May and June, which she had already received, had been reduced by 9100. "Please refund the overpeyment of 9100 immediately", she wss ordered The second letter which arrived from Washington told her that star­ ting in July, her monthly SSI mi MS" >0) cent of ths property this fashion, with many of the parcels scattered throughout the line. Representing the commiaaion, George Hcoaoriey aaid part of the problem la that the line opened in 1071, the same year aa the Chicago Fire, and some of the records may have been deetroyod. "How can we argue with aomeone who puta a fence or brick wall acroaa the property, without oupportlng documents?" Honnorloy naked, noting the advantage of the warranty deed. "The Chicago and North Western is not willing to warranty the property to be conveyed." Marren countered, "The Geneva Lakee aaaodation aaya it wants a warranty deed, which conveys rights we don't necessarily pooeeos." Marren aaid that some yeara ago, the ICC had granted the CNW authority to abandon the 10-mile stretch of track. Some commiaaion members con­ tend the CNW purpooely slowed rail traffic on ths line in ordsr to strengthsn its caae for abandonment. The CNW said the traffic was slowed to meet federal standards because track conditions had deteriorated. Further, when the high­ way system waa developed, more and more of the rail freight traffic wee diverted end the line became un­ profitable, the company commented. Marren said that anyone wanting to purchase the line had to do so within a particular time frame, according to state law. This is what the com­ mission attempted to do about aeven years ago. The commiaaion appraiaed the line at about 0800,000 and made their offer to the CNW. It wee rejected. The . traneportation company countered with a price of about 91,000,000. This was rejected by the commisaion and the matter was sent to the ICC. "They (the Geneva Lakee aaaodation) aeked the ICC to set the terms of ths sale," Marren said. ICC set ths price of 91,9000,911 - which disappointed the CNW. The Geneve Lakee saeodatlon accepted uw decision The ICC dedeion waa appealed and, earlier thie year, the 7th U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed the ICC ruling, eetting e doelng date of July 99,19tt. Honnorloy said they are in the procoos of getting the rest of the money together. The essocistion reportedly has s commitment from the Wisconsin Department of Tran­ eportation for a one-year loan of 9454,076 • "The thing that made it difficult was that we didn't know the price until 00 days before deadline," Honnorloy said. "People say this haa been going on for seven yeara. It haa, but you can't expect people to put money in eecrow or make a commitment and then call them on it seven years Ister." Marren said the ICC decision on the form of the conveyance la expected in the neer future, probably within SO days. He aleo noted the ICC would be setting a new cktdng date, which ia expected to be either 90 or 00 daya. The Geneva Lakee Area Joint Transit Commiaaion ia comprtaod of busineeemen in Wieconain and Illinois snd the municipalities of Fontana, Lake Geneva, Genoe City and, moot recently, Richmond. George Hon­ norloy ia the head of the Lake Geneva Chamber of Commerce. munWee. If ttngr don't agree la Mp BMff* the fuadtag for the aoatare "the prated dtao a slow death," Ed BUM said Tueedav. Buss heada McHenry County ^lilnh m MMIT wnicn * mi trancfttea m wuii under certain conditions, la acquMtlon of a county-wide Bum eakf " la ouaprs t throMhthe do buUdiag. the said there wO! be no action on ana program by the county until 00 percent of the county'a dty and villajp goverameato give financial support. "We've received aome positive telephone rsoponoss (from govern­ mental bodtao), but we need ta have them la writing before we caa do anything," Buss aaid Tuaaday. Cal Skinner Sr. of Crystal Lake, In a letter to County Board Chairman Ronald Morrie, aaid it haa been suggooted to him that the couaty hflurd "thfluM *hfHt on certain extraordinary expenditures" SHwpf refined to suggestions for ths possible purchhss of s countywtdo ssnior dtiasn center at 199 Illinois St., in Crystal Lake, which houees the food-preparation facility and preeent headquarters for the McHenry County Senior Citissns Council. "With s reported coot of 9190,000 and a county tax sssessmsnt base of about 91-biillon, this could be ac- compHahed with a one-time levy of 1.0 centa per 9100 of aasessed valuation...or 91.00 for each 910,000 of I valuation. "To provide a contingency factor, it might be well to add a little extra and ootabliah the one-time rate at 1.79 centa to raiee 9179,000 la thia man­ ner," Skinner's letter suggoitsil. The propoeal would enable W and have the caah to pay half the price next June and the remainder in (Continued on pope 10) High School District $359,000 Deficit Anticipated v^Cftts Auguat tkisinees meeting the District 1M echooi board approved a total tentative budget projecting about 99,900,000 in ex penal t urea and 90,510.000 in revenues resulting in s deficit of ebout 9350,000. The budget will be svsilsble for public scrutiny sftsr Aug. 19 snd a public hearing on it will be held Sept 21. The figures reflect the coot of educeting the district's 1,000 students. A breakdown of the figures in­ dicates operating deficita in the Educational fund, Building fund, Illinois Municipal Retirement fund, aad Site end Contraction fund. QuipHowsi 0 a iiWO ta Wind and In* terest fund revenuee and Tran­ sportation and a balance In the Working Caah fund. Since the budget had been reviewed previously, it waa the Wast campua high school roof that received the board's attention Tueaday night. Architect Len Peterson presented the bids and explained the technicalities of repairing one-third of the 14-yeer- old building's roof. Deo pairing over the coat of main­ taining typically flaV school roofs, veteran board member Edward wwnN rook. The board, «--• • i»J finding ao viable nMornetlvo, awarded an 007,000 repair con trad to low- bidding G. E. Riddeford Co. of Arlington Heights In other action jaembera approved the purchaae of building tradee lumber and plumbing materiala, a walk-in cooler, clooeroom furniture and a central office computer. They also okayed a reimbursement policy similar to one now offered to ethletee for students participating in co- curricular competitions. <z/\fe.cfotLatLon.±... The word on a District 156 teachers' contract continues to be "No news" es the negotiation team was scheduled to go into Its 17th meeting Aug. 10, according to Supt Robert Swertsloff. School board Negotiations Committee Chairman David Benrud explained that the silence stems from a in the i & which requires that neither side makes sny public statement rafsrding the status of nsgnHaHons until a until 10 daya after an impasee occurred, a stipulation now ending, two-year contract contract ia agreed upon or Imposes is reached. If an mediator would be called in, he oakl. Swartzloff indicated that he ie hopeful the contract will be settled before school starta. The negotiation team inchkUe Benrud, Barbara Slater and James Tonyan for the school boerd and Tony Stumbris, PhU Zack and Gary Gray representing the teachers. every day life at the locks with one exception. A Inndlubber by Locksie Is reluctant to get a boerd when the crew tnkes to the boots. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD Lower Township Tax Route In '83 Township Supervteor Albert A. Adams announced thia week that McHenry townahip tax pay­ ers will pay leea on their 1903 tax bills for townemp s corporate and general aasistance operations. He said that while other local taxing bodies are increasing their levies at ap­ proximately 10 percent per yeer, McHenry township's levy will remain the same aa last year. After ending with a deficit of ap- proximately 910,000 for the fiacal year 1901-92, McHenry townohipwill have a balance on hand at the end of fiacal year 1902-01. Adams explained thia ia possible with a slight tax increeae last yeer to overcome the deficit csussd by the increase in general sasistsnre (help for the needy) snd ths more efficient operation of the townehip since moving into its now office building at 3703 Richmond road, McHenry. Adama alao said, if at all pooeibie, by coot cutting . and good management, he hoped to keep the levy the same for 1004. Personnel chsnges included the termination of Barbera Sue Williams, Wed campus clerical aide, and Scarlett Dennia, bus driver. A one-year maternity leave wes approved for Bonnie Gonzales Nagel, Weet campua learning diaabilitieo inatructor Approval waa given for certified employment of Jamee Popovich as district psychologist-teacher coor­ dinator; Michael Carpenter, Beat campua chemistry Instructor; Melanie Frett, Weet campus L.D. resource inatructor; and Kimberly S. Overholaer, Eaat campua part-time home economics instructor for the first school semester Claasifled employment approved included Ann Wlrtx, secretary; Carol Henley, ettendance secretary, and Caeoandra Rhode, Karen Farusxi and Elisabeth S. Martin, part-time clerical aidee. An executive seeelon wea called for the purpoee of discussing negotietione. No ection resulted. Mad Mission Against Mosquitoes by Anthony Oliver Moequito. "Any of e large group of two-winged inoecta, the females of wMch have skin-piercing mouth parte used to extract blood from animate, including man...," according to Webeter's New World dictionery. Thet is one wey of putting it. Another is summed up in the word -- pod. Regardlees, McHenry and other of northern Ulinoia have been parte of nor beeioged in unusually large number of the an­ noying little inaecta According to Clark Wood and Larry Erickeon, of Clarke Outdoor Spraying, Rooelle, the moequito counta in three trape in McHenry were ataggering in the first week of August. Both men pointed out that thia was the week when the hungry brood eggs leid before the July 21-22, five-inch downpour should have boon out and about. They were, much to the chagrin of many McHenry reaidenta. Erickaon noted that the Aug. 4 count. In the three trape showed 080 females, in one; 1,090 feme lee In another and 1,990 feme lea, in the laat. Twenty femaloa present in a single trap la considered the "mdeance levd" end ia an indication that remedial action ahould be taken. The average number of females per trap in noftheaatern Illinois over that week wea 000 -- more then 40 times the nuiaance level, Erickaon said. The area included counta from all of McHenry end Lake counties end northern portione of Cook, Kane and DuPege count lee. Erickaon aaid the com pony would have sprayed thet weekend; however, high winds prevented the application. The company will not spray if wind- speed exceeds 10 mph or the tem­ perature drape below 90 degrees On Mondey, Aug. 0, the count of female mooquitoee in McHenry trape waa 200, 02 and 30. The male of the species does not sfflict man and, in fact, feeds on the nectar of flowers, Wood commented. Clarke Outdoor monltora the McHenry trape on Sundey, Tuesday and Thursday, making counta on the alternate daya. Thooe mooquitoee whooe lives are not cut short by predetors, chemicals female, but it alao contains a protein that makee the fertilized egg viable. Even after fertilization, the moequito egg will not hatch without the protein from blood. " Wood pointed out thet the female lays between 100 and 200 egg* *li«ly, ueually on a dry flood plain, nut aleo In areas of standing water. Erickaon added thet the moequito hea a sense, elmoet en inetinct, to detect moiature and knows that the area will soon be wd. Water la neceeeery to complete thA botching end further the life of tho moequito larvae; however, an mediate i as rain ia nd neceeeery. lay dormant for at land ao yeara still rak e aggrat heve e lifeepen of four to six weeks, Wood said. After the female haa mated, she seeks e meal at blood. Tho mam­ malian blood not only feede tho Wood noted thet moequito eggs oaa laaattwoy probably up ta four and live, hungry poota Further, the sheU of tho moequito egg ia very tough end durable, being impervious to many chemicala. Chemicels that might kill the eggs would slso prove to be lethal to many other animal forma. To matke matters worse, the female can reproduce up to four timeo in her life cycle. Immedletely efter meting, the femalee take off looking for a meal (CouNnood on pege 10) Bock To School Supplement Sixteen Hages In This Issue FREE TV Guide In Today's Edition Volo Bog Program Begins August 21 Page 20