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Schedule Public Hearings On Proposed Health Ordinance MCHENRY PLAINDEALER "SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875 . '. V- A. ' . ' * ' •' . T • WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13,1974 18 PAGES & TWO SUPPLEMENTS meeting and the remainder on the second night. The hearings were deemed necessary when questions from the public were not heard at the special committee meeting of the Health and Agriculture committee of the County board Jan. 31. This was due to the large number of questions raised by the board members themselves. Questions should be sub­ mitted in writing to members of the Health and Agriculture committee, who will screen them for duplications before submitting them to representatives of the County Department of Health for comments. A limited number of copies of the proposed ordinance are available for purchase from the health office, located in Room 103 of the new courthouse. Persons wishing to question some portions of the proposed Public Health ordinance should arrange to be present on the night when the particular ar­ ticle to which it refers will be discussed. VOLUME 98 NUMBER 56 'McHenry Alert' To Drug Use, Abuse Open To Public The fourth session in the five-, part series, McHenry Alert, an awareness seminar to drug use and abuse in the community, will be held Thursday, Feb. 14, at 7:30 p.m. in the McHenry Community high school West campus auditorium. This session will focus on rehabilitation and services for drug abuse problems. The program will begin with a film, "Brian at Seventeen", a provocative look at the life style of an average youth of today*. \ Following the film, small discussion "groups will be formed and led by professional resource people in areas of drug rehabilitation and youth services. On the program for this session will be Mark Thennes, director of the Youth Network council, Chicago; Gary Knudson, Youth Services department of Arlington Heights and the Bridge of Palatine; and James Aull, executive director of the Proviso Township YMCA and Youth services. The public, adults and students are encouraged to attend. Admission is free. Refreshments will be served. Public hearings have been scheduled concerning the proposed Public Health or­ dinance for the county, at which time questions may be submitted. They will be held Feb. 19 and 26. at 7 p.m. in the County board room of the courthouse, 2200 N. Seminary avenue (Rt. 47 north), Wood­ stock. v Since the ordinance consists of twenty-one articles, the two nights will be required to review the entire document with the County board and public. The first ten articles will be discussed at the first Separate Snowmobile Accidents injure Two Eight-year-old Jeffrey A. Roltsch of 1110 W. Bay road, McHenry, was reported in satisfactory condition at McHenry hospital Monday afternoon. He was admitted to the hospital Saturday night following a truck-snowmobile accident. The mishap occurred at 1110 W. Bay road, Pistakee Bay, about 11:30 Saturday night. Driver of the truck, Walter Nelson of 3209 River Park drive, McHenry, was west­ bound on Bay road and as he approached a driveway, a snowmobile driven by the Roltsch boy turned in front of his truck and they collided. No statement was taken from the child due to his injuries. However, he did admit to his father that he did not look before crossing the roadway. Sixteen-year-old Trudi Theis of 477 W. Ann, West Chicago, was treated and released from McHenry hospital - Sunday afternoon following a snowmobile accident on Pistakee Lake near the Oak Park hotel. She was taken to McHenry hospital by the Johnsburg Rescue squad. The girl was riding on a sled being towed by a snowmobile, operated by Lynn Sch- muggerow of Winfield. Wit­ nesses reported that the machine towing the sled pulled out in front of a snowmobile being driven north-bound by Edward Miller of 5024 Barnard Mill road, Ringwood. The extent of the girl's in­ juries was not immediately determined by officers at the scene. Harry R. Recker of 4914 W. Shore drive, McHenry, was cited for leaving the scene of an accident involving property * •*& damage after he hit a car owned by Gregory Smith of 1508 W. Hickory, McHenry. The accident occurred Saturday afternoon at 127 W. Route 120, east of McHenry. Smith stated his car was .parked in a private lot when Recker backed out of a driveway and hit the front of his vehicle. Recker thai left the scene. Smith pursued the other driver and stopped the car in Lilymoor. Officers were notified and later located the driver and issued a ticket for the offense. A rear end collision between two autos at the intersection of Wonder Lake road and Deep Springs road Sunday morning resulted in a ticket for failure to reduce speed to a void, an ac­ cident being issued to Kathleen B. Leonard of 8207 Gerson drive, Wonder Lake. Ms. Leonard was traveling behind an auto driven by Edgar J. Beaumont of 1358 Estes, Chicago, when its left turn signals were put into operation. As he started to make his turn, she applied her brakes but was unable to stop in time to avoid impact. A ticket for failure to yield right-of-way was issued to Glen R. Glos, Jr., of 2616 W. Apache trail, McHenry, following a pickup truck-car accident at the intersection of Routes 31 and 176 Friday morning. Glos stopped at the light, looked both ways and then proceeded into the intersection where a collision occurred with the pickup truck driven by Clyde H. Cleinmark of 3614 W. John street, McHenry. Cleinmark told officers he had the green light and started southward on Route 31 when (Continued on page 17) Drug, Liquor Charges Are Filed Against Five Numerous charges, including drug possession, have been , filed against five McHenry youths by county deputies. Arrested for possession of cannabis were James R. O'Brien of 907 N. Wood, Donald Fiedler of 1807 Indian Ridge, Timothy Cordrey of 2509 N. Villa lane, Thomas Schulien of 2510 N. Villa lane and Pamela Minter of 2504 S. Kenilworth, all of McHenry. When open liquor was found in the vehicle, James O'Brien, the driver, was also charged with transporting open liquor in a motor vehicle. A switchblade knife found in the possession of Miss Minter, resulted in an additional charge against her for unlawful use of weapons. The arrests resulted after deputies observed the O'Brien auto fail to stop for a sign at tbe intersection of Route 120 and Chapel Hill road, east of McHenry. While stopping Dm vehicle, a passenger was Ob­ served attempting to conceal something beneath the front seat. The offenders age scheduled for a Feb. 14 court appearance. Hit By Car Crystal Lake Fire department's mighty snorkel unit b shown at the height of Monday's fire which destroyed The Bootery and The Candy Box on Green street. The tremendous force of the snorkel focused heavy blasts of water on the tin roof of The Candy Box, breaking it sufficiently to allow the fire to break out. The snorkel is designed for use at high levels, where a concentration of water is impossible in any other way. After the greatest intensity of heavy smoke had been brought under control, members of the snorkel unit continue to focus on the roof of the burning building as McHenry firemen work at a lower level. The destroyed structure was built more than a hundred years ago. Damage to the building and contents of two stores was estimated at more than $100,000. PLAINDEALER PHOTO Flames swept through a more than century old Green street business building housing two stores Monday and left damage estimated in ex­ cess of $100^000. Destroyed were The Bootery, 1246 N. Green street, operated by Jerry Adair, and The Candy Box (Agatha Gifts & Candies), 1242 N. Green, a business owned by Vivian J. Vallumstad. The building was owned by Julia Regner. Fire Chief Glenn Peterson set The Bootery store loss at about $42,000 for contents and The Candy Box merchandise destroyed at $10,000. Harry Dean, who operates the nearby Ben Franklin store, lost about $7,000 in furniture and new spring stock stored above The Bootery. The Ben Franklin store, located just north of the bur­ ning building, sustained only a small amount of smoke damage. Exact cause of the blaze will Good news for parents and teachers who sometimes wonder if their children will ever mature, are results of a recent poll conducted by a popular magazine. They refute the belief of some that the nation's young people are a lost generation of drug addicts, social tnisfits, etc. Answers to questions asked in 2,000 schools were highly encouraging. One of them concerned a ban on tobacco smoking in public places, to which the young people queried expressed themselves as overwhelmingly in favor. On another timely subject, a majority supported the proposal for mandatory tests of high school students to determine the presence of drugs. A large majority also agreed their future in America is largely in their own hands, to make it of what they will. For those people who don't happen to have the opportunity to mingle with this type of young people, the results of questions asked juniors and seniors should be encouraging. This year of 1974 it indicates that a good number have their feet rather solidly on the ground. The problem seems to be that (Continued on page 1*7) State Board Approves New College Budget McHenry County college president, James R. Davis, attending the Feb. 5 meeting of the Illinois Board of Higher Education in Chicago, reported that the board has approved the college's revised budget for the construction of a new campus. The project, which was bid late in 1973, had to be revised because of the rising prices between the time the building applications were made and the bids were opened. "While the IBHE approval is contingent upon the approval of ithe Illinois Community college board, the latter group has (Continued on page 1?) probably never be learned, Peterson observed, because it was necessary, for reasons of safety, to demolish the building. Lakeland Con­ struction company started work in the late afternoon to break down the crumbling walls of the gutted Bootery. "Probably greatest credit goes to the Crystal Lake snorkel unit", the fire chief commented Monday night. It opened the tin roof of The Candy Box with heavy blasts of water, letting the fire break out. "We could have lost the whole corner without it", Peterson added. It was the first major fire answered by the Crystal Lake Fire department since the equipment was purchased and the first time the snorkel was put to use. Adair was the first to detect the smell of smoke about 9:55 a.m. Although a walk through the entire store revealed no sign of fire, he notified police and firemen. Arriving on the scene, Peterson said he realized the origin of the smoke was in The Candy Box, which had not yet been opened for business. So intense was the smoke in the basement that firemen found it necessary to don masks. Three firemen were partially overcome by smoke during the morning hours, but only one of them, Gordon Rehberg, was taken to the hospital for treatment. He was later released. Peterson said at first he believed the fire might have started in the apartment above The Candy Box occupied by Alice Stock, who was at work at the time. However, flames soon began breaking out the south wall leading to an alley. Fur­ ther investigation convinced firemen the origin was in the basement. Firemen from McHenry Companies I and II remained on the scene, while Company III stood by at Lakemoor. Besides the snorkel unit, masks were loaned by the Wonder Lake and Crystal Lake Fire departments. The local department had three pumpers directly on the fire and three booster pumpers feeding other lines.The snorkel used 500 gallons of water a minute. Peterson said the job of fighting the blaze would have been easier except for the tin roof which contained the fire. Rescue squad trucks stood by to aid, and many portable tanks of oxygen were in use at the scene to assist firemen when the smoke was most dense. Harry Dean taped the door to his store to prevent smoke from entering. There was a firewall and between two and three feet of space separating" the Ben Franklin store from The Bootery. Dean recalled complaining about the heavy snow last week. Monday he was crediting the one-foot layer on the roof for possibly saving his building from sparks. The brisk south breeze fanned the blaze and sent the billowing smoke northward. The smell entered homes several blocks away on Green street. Firemen were hampered by the extreme cold. Icicles for­ med on their hair and eyebrows moments after water from the hoses fell on them. It was almost five years ago that the Justen Furniture store at the corner of Green and Elm streets was destroyed by fire. Chief Peterson said Monday's blase approximated that blaze in its intensity. Firemen said improved equipment acquired since the 1969 fire was helpful. This in­ cluded a four-inch feeder hose attached at one end to the snorkel and at the other to the pumper located at the creek. The large supply of water was considered a boon in keeping the fire from destroying more buildings. Firemen and a city crew remained on the scene all night, as well as stand-by workers and equipment. The grim job of cleaning up continued into Tuesday morning. Firemen said most drivers were cooperative, but some became belligerent when they were refused access to the long business block. One little human interest story came out of Monday's fire. Within recent days Mr. Adair went to the McHenry State bank one evening to place a deposit in the night slot. In doing so, he noticed that another business deposit had not been shoved completely inside. Adair notified the firm owner and returned the money. Yesterday, as he sat partially in shock after the fire reflecting on his own misfortune, the businessman said, "I'm still glad I did what I had to do and returned the money". Five-year-old Pearl Ann Zabroski of 109 W. Sunnyside drive, Lakemoor, was described in serious condition in the intensive care unit of St. Therese hospital, Waukegan, Tuesday morning. The child was hurt early Monday evening when she was struck by a car at 1112 N. Front street, McHenry. Roger Fox of Antioch told city police he was turning south on Front from Elm street when the child ran from the east to the west side of the road, stepping out from behind vehicles stopped at the sign. Authorities said Pearl Ann was standing with her mother, Mrs. Charles Zabroski, when she suddenly darted into the path of south-bound traffic and was hit by Fox. The accident occurred at 5:45 p.m. She was taken by the McHenry Rescue squad to McHenry hospital and later transferred to St. Therese hospital. "South Pacific" School Choke For Musical McHenry Community high school is planning for its annual musical spectacular. This year's choice is the popular "South Pacific" by Rodgers and Hammerstein, a story of romance and suspense on a Pacific island during World War II. The well known songs of this hit musical include "There's Nothing Like a Dame", "Bali Ha'i", and "Some Enchanted Evening". Tryouts were held at both East and West campuses, and the final cast will be selected this week. "South Pacific" will be presented April 4, 5, 6 and 7 in West campus auditorium. RECYCLING DRIVE On Saturday, Feb. 16, the McHenryrWoodstock League of Women Voters and the Defenders will combine efforts to collect newspapers at the Market Place Shopping center on Route 120, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Students of McHenry County college will accept glass containers at the same location until 1 p.m. All-aluminum and tin cans may also be brought to the site. Call the Defender representative at 385-8512 for additional information. Girl Seriously Injured When