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* iiiteus* THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER % i'\^ SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875" VOLUME 100 NUMBER 18 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1975 1 SUPPLEMENT 20 PAGES 15' Hold Open House Sunday In Three Fire Stations Politics Enters Confusion Of Johnsburg Fest Incident Richard Kelly Speaks Out . . . Assistant State's Attorney Richard Kelly held a news conference Thursday morning to answer various statements made by Sheriff Arthur Tyrrell during a news conference the previous day. He said he had talked to Tyrrell in a private conversation Monday morning and had "discussed the possibility of my running for state's attorney on the Democratic ticket and asked if he would endorse me." "I did not indicate to him that I had made any decision in this regard and I still have not made any decision," Kelly said. He said he told Tyrrell he did not want to know immediately what his position would be but that he would consult with him later. Kelly followed this statement by saying that Tyrrell approached him about six months ago and asked if he was going to run for state's attorney. (Continued On Page 18) Fireman Ray Simon of McHenry Co. I supplies Sister Paulina of St Patrick's Primary center with posters and literature for Fire Prevention week, Oct. 5-11. Getting an early review of one of the books is Tiffany Ford of the fourth grade. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD The seasons continue to rush us into preparations for which we are not ready. Most recent reminder comes from the Post Office depart­ ment, in deep trouble for want of money. A familiar complaint we have shared with others for years. The first hint of trouble came from Uncle Sam's represen­ tative who announced the need for a hike in first class stamps from ten to thirteen cents. The uproar was to be heard around the country. Then, in the role of the psychologist that he is, the representative related that we have a Christmas gift awaiting us. It is none other than a reprieve until we boost the U.S. coffere with the millions of dimes that each year are in­ vested in greeting card stamps at holiday time. Then, sometime about the first of the year, with the greetings from bill collectors and Uncle Sam in the guise of Collector of In­ ternal Revenue, we will have thrust upon us the additional three cents each time we put our hand to a personal note --or even pay our bills. As we sit behind our typewriter, close by is what we affectionately refer to as File 13. It is heaped high to over­ flowing with those choice pieces of mail referred to as junk, or in more fashionable circles, junque. Why can't you price some of these out of business? We are sad. Bill collectors will probably still find their way to our door. But oc­ casionally we would like to hear from family and friends we seldom see. We would also like to think we could continue that beloved custom of exchanging birthday and holiday greetings, especially with those close to us who seldom are able to leave home. We still love you, Uncle Sam, but you "done us wrong". K.A.F. Open Conservation Area For Fall Walk The McHenry County Conservation district will open the Joslyn Woods Conservation area to the public for a Fall Color Walk the first three weekends in October. The area will open at 10 a.m. and close at dusk. District personnel will be on the site but the walk will be selfguided. Only the entrance on Valley Hill road will be open. PROCLAIM 4-H WEEK The week of Oct. 5-11 has been proclaimed National 4-H week. Representatives of the Lincoln Cloverleaves 4-H club met with Mayor Joseph Stanek Monday night and watched while the Mayor signed the proclamation designating next week in honor of all 4-H clubs in the area. Present for the signing wpre Chuck Wegener, Lisa Boyer, Deb Leonard, Joy and Judy Vyduna and Shelly VonBreunchenhein. Again this year, McHenry Township Fire Protection district will join in the ob­ servance of National Fire Prevention week. The three fire houses in McHenry district will have open house Sunday, Oct. 5, from noon until 3 p.m. All equipment will be on display for the public's inspection. Throughout the week firemen will be holding fire drills in schools and will be giving tours through the fire house to pre­ school and kindergarten children. The Fire district has pur­ chased a movie, "Don't Get Burned", on fire safety and it will be circulated through the entire school system, from grade four through high school. For kindergarden children, the firemen will give out "Sparky" coloring books and grades one, two and three will receive "One More Fire Danger" coloring books. State's Attorney Salaries Boosted Through New Bill Without fanfare, Governor Dan Walker has granted the next McHenry county state's attorney a $10,600 pay raise by affixing his signature to a bill strongly supported by the Illinois States' Attorneys association. Starting in December, 1976, the McHenry counlfl^state's attorney will earn $42,600-up from a current salary of $32,000. McHenry county's 33 percent jump is dwarfed by the 91 percent leap in some smaller counties like DeKalb. There the salary will go from $22,000 to $42,600, an increase of $20,600! Crystal Lake Accepts Sewer Line For New County College Dr. James' Davis, McHenry County college president, reported at last Thursday's meeting that the city of Crystal Lake had accepted the sewer line and it would be the city's responsibility to maintain in the future. The president also has made a request to the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) that con­ sideration be given to the ad­ dition of the new MCC campus site to the planned bus routes of the RTA. Gerald Smith, vice- chairman, presided due to the absence of Barbara Pautz, board chairman. The board approved a transfer of funds from the site and construction fund to two operating accounts. This action is necessary as the receipt of revenue from state and local governmental agencies does not coincide with the scheduled disbursement of funds. Authorization was made for $450,000 to be transfered to the Education fund and $50,000 to the Building and Maintenance fund with the amounts to be repaid to the site and con­ struction fund within one calendar year. Other items in the presidents report were: the State will be putting the college greenhouse out for bid next week, the main hall building will be enclosed in a few weeks, enrollment is up to 19,000 credit hours, and round- the-clock security of the new Applied Science building. Herb Lutter requested that for maximum security a yearly lock-change system should be considered. Bill Ryan requested that a list of students approved for the 1976-77 nursing class be publicly posted along with the alternates. The application period for this program is from Oct. 1 through Oct. 31. In other business the board approved the purchase of secondary lighting equipment for the theatre department from Major corporation, ap­ proved six chargebacks and denied one, and approved additional part-time personnel. Classified personnel approved for employment were Pat Hansen, Woodstock, and Debbie Steinsdorfer, Crystal Lake. Mrs. Nancy Loomis, Crystal Lake, was approved for part-time employment to develop an affirmative action program for the college. Arrest Berwyn Man For Arson Paul Mulder of Berwyn was arrested for arson following a fire at the Anchor House restaurant. Route 12 and County Line road, near Spring Grove, Monday night. The Fox Lake Fire depart­ ment had been called to ex­ tinguish a blaze in the outer walls on the south side of the restaurant Monday night about 7:30. After the fire was out, inspection revealed that gasoline had apparently been splashed on the side of the building. While interviewing wit­ nesses, it was learned that Mulder had lived above the establishment until ten days ago when he was evicted. He was known by area residents who had seen him walking from a shed on the property carrying a bucket a short time before the fire. Other residents had ob­ served him driving away from the scene in his auto. Deputies began a search of the area and later found Mulder sleeping in his auto behind a restaurant at the corner of routes 12 and .31, near Rich­ mond. He w&s taken into custody and his bond was set at $7,500. He is to appear in court Oct. 7. School District 156 Citizens Committee Names Officers; Views Unit Study The District 156 Citizens' Long Range Planning com­ mittee has set forth new directions for the 1975-76 school year. At the committee meeting held last week, the first order of business was to elect new officers. The new officers of the committee are chairperson, Joanne Higgins; associate chairperson, Dan McNulty; and secretary, Tom Joynt. It was also decided that the student councils at both East and West campus would be contacted to provide for student representatives from each Arrest Four On Charges Of Burglary And Theft Two McHenry people were arrested on three charges of burglary after county detec­ tives completed their in­ vestigation of burglaries in McHenry, Richmond and Crystal Lake. Charged were Carlos Montanez of 3308 W. Elm street, McHenry, and Ms. Laurie Rudin of 3320 Idyll Dell road, McHenry. Montanez' bond was set at $15,000 and Rudin's at $9,000. During investigation of a burglary at the residence of Harry Nielsen at 815 W. Bay road, McHenry which occurred Sept. 12, information was developed which led to the identity of Montanez and Rudin. Further investigation revealed they were also in­ volved in burglaries at the home of Harry Loeding at 5309 Terra Cotta, Crystal Lake, on Sept. 8, and the Ladell Nelson residence at 7303 Route 31, Richmond, Sept. 12. Two McHenry men were arrested Saturday for stealing a bicycle from Patricia Brechel of 2408 Lilac drive, Holiday Hills, McHenry. Gordon Bradley and Donald Daumke, both of 302 Fritzsche drive, McHenry, were charged with theft and bond was set at $1,000 each. The arrests took place after deputies were called to in­ vestigate a suspicious ap­ pearing auto in Holiday Hills subdivision about 10 o'clock Saturday night. The vehicle was found parked along River road, near Sunset drive. Deputies kept the vehicle under (Continued On Page 18) Assistant State's Attorney Richard Kelly, in effect, has denied a statement made by McHenry County Sheriff Ar­ thur Tyrrell at a news con­ ference Wednesday morning that Kelly has asked Tyrrell to back him when he runs for state's attorney on the Democratic ticket. "I have made no com­ mitment to do any such thing," Kelly asserted Wednesday afternoon when told of the Sheriff's remarks. Asked if he thought he might be a can­ didate, Kelly replied, "I will not run against William J. Cowlin on any ticket." Contrarily, Tyrrell an­ nounced that Kelly had come into his office Monday morning and said he was running for state's attorney of McHenry county on the Democratic ticket and asked for Tyrrell's support. Kelly then informed Tyrrell he had dropped all charges made against Peter Hellios in connection with a riot or disturbance Sept. 14 at the Johnsburg Saufen und Spiel. Hellios, who lives at 8710 Shady lane, Wonder Lake, is supervisor of the Secretary of State's driver license examining station in Wood­ stock and is also vice chairman of the Democratic Central committee. Six people were arrested in the disturbance at the John­ sburg festival, one of whom was Hellios. Nine charges^toefe placed against him, mainl^ by Sheriff's deputies. When informed that the charges had been dropped against Hellios, Tyrrell said he was "quite disturbed, needless to say". "Nobody is going to interfere with this department when politics is involved, be it Republican or Democrat," Tyrrell stressed. "I will not tolerate any interference," he asserted. Tyrrell said it was his opinion charges should be reinstated against Hellios but he would wait until the conclusion of his investigation before taking any action. It was mentioned that Kelly had "denied politics in all of this." Tyrrell replied that Kelly told him he had talked to Hellios about running and had asked for Tyrrell's backing. "I am a Democrat also," Tyrrell said. " I do not want to do this but if they think they are going to put my men in the trick box, they are badly mistaken," he emphasized, Tyrrell said he felt the in­ vestigation should be based on what happened rather than who was involved. "There was no reason to drop the charges against Hellios and not the others," he argued. "The big thing here is whether or not we have politics mixed in with it; whether or not it should have gone to the courts to find out who was right and who was wrong; whether or not it should have been held over until State's Attorney William J. Cowlin was back in, the county and who was at fault," Tyrrell explained. Cowlin has been on vacation for three weeks and is due back Monday, Oct. 6. Instead of waiting for Cowlin's return, Kelly called the Grand jury into session Wednesday and summoned eight men from the Sheriff's department to testify on the matter along with other individuals. The deputies were Edgar Fair, Mel Schuth, Les Kotke, John Bognar, Richard Vance, Anthony Olszewski, Michael Keane and Edward McFadden. (Continued On Page 18) Five McHenry Seniors Nationally Commended Five seniors at McHenry Community high school West campus have been named Commended students in the Merit program by the National Merit Scholarship corporation (NMSC). Principal Robert Swartzloff announced that the following students received Letters of Commendation: Jeffrey N. Boyer, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Boyer, 3207 N. River- park drive; W. Bret Jackson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tommie Jackson, 416 N. Ridge road; Cynthia A. Landin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Landin, 1213 N. Eastwood lane; Rosemary Pintozzi, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pin­ tozzi, 3119 Riverstream drive; and Craig H. Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Smith, 311 N. Green street. These students are among the 35,000 Commended students named nation-wide on the basis of their high performance on the 1974 Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test-National Merit New Fire Lane Ordinance Approved By City Council class to serve as committee members. Former chair­ person, Ward Duel, resigned his position because he lives in Johnsburg and, therefore, is not a resident in the new boundaries of District 156. One of the new directions identified by the committee was to learn community feelings about the school program through a survey designed with the help of the District 156 administrators A sub-committee was created to present a proposed survey at the next committee meeting Oct. 15. Committee members include chairperson, Barb Sch- maling, Jill Olszewski, Nancy Peterson, Bruce Domoto, and Tom Joynt. Also discussed was a possible unit district study which would involve the entire district or a part of the district. Generally, committee members felt that additional information needed to be viewed before a possible unit is investigated. It was suggested that the committee invite an Illinois Office of Education representative to a public meeting to discuss questions related to such a study. This meeting will be open to the public and in­ terested citizens are invited to attend. The specific date for the (Continued On Page 18) At Monday night's meeting, the City Council instructed City Attorney Bernard Narusis to draw up a proposed ordinance to effect a Fire Lane ordinance which could be enforced by city police. Letters were received from the Market Place, Hornsby's, McHenry High School District 156 and North Fox, Con­ dominiums authorizing that fire lanes be established in their areas and that en­ forcement of the "no parking in fire lanes" be handled by the city police department. Prior to enactment of the ordinance, it will be published in the Plaindealer so the public will be aware that tickets will be issued for violation of said ordinance in the designated areas as listed above. Mayor Stanek read a letter from Brittany Builders in which they indicate they would agree to pay one-third of the cost of extending a water main to the northeast corner of the Parkland school property. They further stated they would limit their contribution in sharing of the costs to $25,000. Brittany stipulated its offer would be valid and binding for a period of 30 days from the date of the letter to allow the city to get cost sharing commitments from the other parties. At a previous meeting, the Council had agreed to try to receive cooperation from prospective developers of property west of the city to participate in cost sharing to get the water line out to their property. Stanek said he had met with Parkland school authorities and they seemed to be willing to give an easement for crossing their property if one fire hydrant would be put on their property. Stanek had also been in touch with a representative of Pheasant Valley, a proposed land development along the south side of Route 120 bor­ dered by Draper road on the west. He indicated a tentative agreement to cost sharing, Stanek said. Discussion was also held with Arnold Kaufman, who is the contract purchaser of the Glosson property located on the north side of Route 120, bor­ dered by Ringwood road on the west and Parkland school property on the north. He verbally indicated he would contribute one-third of the costs if the other parties would also agree to do so, Stanek reported. Stanek made his report to keep the Council informed of what was taking place on the water extension problem. (Continued On Page 18) Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT-NMSQT). Commended students represent less than 2 percent of those who are ex­ pected to graduate from high school in 1976. Although Commended students ranked high on the PSAT-NMSQT, they do not continue in the Merit Scholarships competition because their scores were just below those of the 15,000 Semifinalists publicly an­ nounced by NMSC in Sep­ tember. Edward C. Smith, president of NMSC, said: "The high standing of Commended students in the Merit program shows their great promise, and their attainment in this nation­ wide competition deserves public recognition. Com­ mended students should be encouraged to continue their education. Both these students and our nation will benefit from their further educational and personal development." To increase their op­ portunities for college, NMSC reports the Commended students' names to the regionally accredited U.S. colleges they named as their first and second choices when they took the PSAT-NMSQT in October, 1974. Acquire Rescue Equipment Carmon Hodges, second from left, representing the McHenry Area Rescue squad, receives check in the amount of $3,500 from Don Howard, Rotary president. The sizable sum, approved at previous meeting, was used to buy a defribr ilia tor, also shown, necessary for the squad in its participation in the new Mobile Intensive Care unit program recently approved by the State of Illinois Department of Public Health. Proceeds were realized from the annual ham dinner sponsored by the Rotarians. Others shown above are Dave Benrud, left, past president of Rotary; and to the right, Stanley Johnson and Ron Schaefer, Rescue squad members. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD Observe Fire Prevention Week October 5-11