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I %V\. PAGE 16 - PLA1NDEALER - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4,1979 ALDERMANIC CANDIDATES FACE COMPLEX PROBLEMS ^ (Continued from page 1) help. He said there are no f1; simple solutions, but the ~if) community does have to "bite the bullet". IBc Smith said he had been asked why he would be interested in ? ' being an alderman when the s 'pay is no good, and explained that he enjoyed the work, helping someone, liking the *' community and helping it to grow. People move here because it is a good city, he claimed. He thought the issues all come down to the same thing, maybe * they should slow the growth, • but not stop it completely. The big items take time, but . there should be no decisions without outside help. However, he added, the final decisions rest on the elected officials. And he must listen to the people in his own ward. That is the reason he is elected. Smith noted that he doesn't mind criticism, and observed that none of them were experts or they would be getting more money in some other job. And he asserted that the city is in not as bad a shape as claimed although the traffic is bad. Teta, who said he cut his political teeth in Wheeling township, claimed that growth is the key issue. To be good for the city it must be managed. There is already a traffic problem and he recommended a blue ribbon task force to accept community input for its problems. Building the com­ munity is the responsibility of all citizens, Teta said. He would schedule a meeting for them to present their ideas on the problems for the Council to work with. Wieser said the reason he was running for office was that he had made a good living in the community and wanted to pay it back by contributing his thoughts to its leadership. About the choice for a com­ munity building or pool, he outlined his opinion poll proposed for the aldermanic election on April 17 which he said would give the residents a chance to voice their wants and help the Council in its decisions. Wieser noted that per­ sonally he was against the building, but thought they needed a pool, preferably at the A.P. Freund park because of the polluted lakes and river. About zoning, Wieser said the city should encourage new business growth so that residents don't have to go elsewhere for shopping and provide for local employment and tax revenue receipts. He .thought the relations between the city boards were tacky but he was glad to see the city update its plan and zoning ordinance. The comprehensive plan had been rapidly outdated, Wieser claimed, and will be subject to rapid change. He advocated increasing the ZBA to nine members so that at least seven could be present and avoid the five-member situations now occuring where a vote to recommend frequently fails. He charged that the Council is in a no- growth posture on business. He suggested a liaison committee between boards. Wieser also agreed that the ills of traffic were almost impossible to cure as this is one of the fastest growing areas in the state. He said the city should put a premium on the completion of Highway 420, and they need to build a replacement for the Route 120 bridge, probably four lanes wide with Revenue Sharing money. He urged further traffic signalization at certain street intersections and that people control their tempers while living with the problems. Wieser asserted that the Council needs to work with the police department, which needs five more patrolmen. While this seems a simple problem, testing and training people for this position takes time and $4,500 per man and the pay scale results in a street department worker making more than the patrolman. He said money could be saved (6.7 percent on the police social security program) which could be applied to correct this inequity. At this point Moderator Len Duncan cut him off because of expired time. On questions from the audience, candidates gave the f o l l o w i n g r e s p o n s e s paraphrased: Does McHenry need a city manager instead of a Mayor and council and at what size population is one indicated? Wieser: No need, don't know if size is important, don't believe the plan is good. Managers come and go and don't stay in the community. Teta: I agree we don't need. With good Council and mayor there is no need. Smith: It never has come up with the Council. Operations are always smooth. Can't foresee the need. For myself I say no. It has a place but not here. Pepping (criticizing use of words instead of mayor and Council in question) Manager is an employee. The mayor is the head of the Council. One does not replace the other. Population is not indicative. It's the wants of the com­ munity. Manager is an ad­ ministrator. Clerk Gilpin is doing a beautiful job in that area. If we get outside help it should be in engineering or planning. Meuer: Don't feel we would need it at this time. Maybe feasible in future. Harker: Don't feel it is in­ dicated for this city. They come and go like buses. Being a stranger affects any efficiency they might produce. Cuda: Not knowledgable about city managers and will study up on them. The (city) staff might have to be in­ creased as their workload goes up. Arbruzzo: I feel the present arrangement works and a manager is no advantage. Would the development by RDG give big problems for McHenry expecially on weekends? Cuda: Any large develop­ ment would create problems and on traffic, yes. But for one particular subdivision this is not necessarily true. Other subdivisions also impact. Building would not come all at one time. Harker: The impact would be every day and not just for traffic on weekends. There would be effects on sewer, water, police, etc. Pepping: The Planning commission (of which he is chairman) showed the same concern. If annexed it should be limited to a growth rate of units so that economics don't cause an increase all at once. Pepping noted that the population served by McHenry is not the 10,000 indicated on the signs, but is more likely 40,000 or 50,000 which is in the area served by the post office. The city is a center for shopping for a "larger turf" which con­ tributes to the congestion, much of which is outside the control of the Council. Smith: The question of the impact and can we handle it was considered in the Council and we think we can. Teta: The annexations raised many questions and traffic is one. Wieser: We can't stop growth so hopefully people will come in and spend their money. Abruzzo: In the long run it benefits everybody. Do you feel the industrial growth is excessive as some believe in neighboring com­ munities and why? Harker: It's not excessive. There are areas set aside but not developed. We have to be selective for the type we invite into the community. We want solid industry that will con­ tribute to jobs and the tax base. Pepping: I feel there is adequate land for industry but we have been negligent in seeking out mdustry for the city. The Planning commission recommended a joint com­ mittee to search for the right kind. We have to look for it aggressively. Meuer. There is a lot of land for an industrial park such as in Lakeland Park, but I feel we have been lax. Smith: The city is not anti- industry, it's not anti-anything. We have allowed areas for such use. Maybe help problems (labor supply) in the area have restricted industry growth. Available land, though restricted, is not bad. Don't know other reasons. Teta: Industry can be an asset to the community and should be located properly. Wieser: I agree, except there is little land available. (In­ dustrial) People come in (Wieser is a realtor) but sites with water and sewer are not available. There is none on the market today. Abruzzo: Industrial property is short. This problem for the city requires attention. Cuda: If residential areas are annexed, we should balance it with industrial growth. I disagree that lack of available help is a primary factor. We should make the city attractive for industry, making con­ cessions if necessary. Why build a swimming pool when we already have the great pool at West campus? Pepping: The area has not caught up with its recreational needs yet. The pool is a joint community effort that would benefit all. Sometimes people don't want to swim indoors. The community will should win out. Meuer: The pool is needed and at Petersen park. I favor an outdoor pool as more for family recreation. Smith: The school pool is not related to the city needs. We can't depend on it. There will be a lot of discussion (on what and where). Teta: Spending for a pool is a matter of funds and priorities. It needs study.. Wieser: We old timers must remember that the old swimming hole is polluted today. Abruzzo: We need an ad­ ditional pool. We could support both. Cuda: We have been talking about a pool ever since I came here. It would be an asset and a drawing card for people coming here. We need other recreational things also. I would like to see a study and priorities established. Harker: The Health Department has indicated that the lakes and river are unusable much of the time. The high school pool is not our jurisdiction. A connotation for the school pool is discipline/ which people want to get away from. Do you feel the area can support (more industry) when help is available? Meuer: We have some in my ward now. With other problems (layoffs and gas shortages) people are looking for jobs closer to home and could fill them. Wieser: I'm sure we would find people to work there. Plenty of people work elsewhere. There's the gas savings alone. Abruzzo: Industrial growth is the right direction and people would want to work there. Cuda: Older people in the community would appreciate the industrial base added to the tax support of the dty. Don't you feel that sitting back and evaluating the present industrial community would be a hazard to the growth of the economy and tax base? addressed to Meuer. Meuer: I fed we should develop the industrial property we have now. We could use the employment in the area. Cuda: A study is not detrimental in the long run if you can avoid pitfalls by it. HOME INVADER BEATS WOMAN. TAKES PURSE (Continued from page 1) facial bruises and neck bruises. The subject was described as a white male about 6 ft. tall and weighing 180 lbs. Sheriff's police are looking for a reported flasher, following an incident on Bull Valley road early Friday morning. According to Sheriff's police, just after midnight, a woman saw a blue compact car parked along the road as she drove south on Route 31 approaching Bull Valley road. As she turned onto Bull Valley road, the vehicle began following her, finally passing her auto. When she approached the intersection of Barreville road, the other vehicle had stopped at the stop sign and the driver had left his vehicle and was only partially clothed. The woman passed the of­ fender and sped away from the scene. The identity of the subject was not known. YOUNG FARMERS COME FORTH WITH IDEAS ON LAND USE (Continued from page 1) plosion in world wide population, the need for farm products to trade for oil and other imports and a limit on the amount of land that could be First for Fashion. Elgin-Crystal Lake DOfS WITH CASH from California...designed with the quick-paced sun lov­ ing woman in mind. (Left) a pert two-piece pant suit with a loose, free flowing top in cocoa brown polka dot over frosty white pants. Easy care. Sizes 8-16, 30.00. (Right) For sun and shade-this two piece sun dress. Elastic waist .broad straps and slit skirt. Mat­ ching jacket. Washable. Sizes 8-16, navy with white dots. 26.00. Not shown, red shirtwaist dress. 8-16, 28.00. HOME AND TOWN. ELGIN-CRYSTAL LAKE BUY WITH CASH OR YOUR SPIESS CREDIT CARD \ converted into production are among those factors. The farmers added a view about the extraordinary cost involved in bringing land into production from alternate tillable lands. "This added cost will be passed on in the food chains, making food more expensive. With growing demand combined with a possible drop in the supply of food, this will tend to drive up prices," they told County board members. ^Recognizing that the USDA and state governments are becoming more actively in­ volved in efforts to preserve prime farmland, the young farmers say they believe the local government "is in a far better position to know and feel what's best for its people, but if it can't come to the realization of the need for proper legislation, then it will become necessary to take proper steps to solve this problem of land preservations." * Deaths Master Charge Bank Americard JOSEPHINE M. BAXLEY Josephine M. Baxley, 71, Elgin, mother of John Baxley, McHenry, died Thursday, March 30, in Americana health Center, Elgin. She was born Feb. 25,1906, in Chicago, the daughter of Fred and Katherine Taylor LaForge. A resident of Elgin for six years, the deceased was a proofreader with the Chicago Tribune for twenty-five years, retiring in 1973. She was a member of the Chicago Typographers Union 16. Surviving are her son, John L. Baxley, McHenry; a daughter, Mrs. Leo (Jeanne) Thelen, Elgin; a sister, Mrs. Harriet Milburn, Evergreen, Colo.; twelve grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and daughter-in-law, Mrs. John Baxley. Visitation took place at Stout funeral home after 3 p.m. Friday, and Saturday until 9:30 a.m. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, at St. Lawrence Catholic church, with Father Philip O'Neil officiating. Burial will be in Mount Hope cemetery, Elgin. The family requests that no flowers by sent. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer society. ALLEN M. JACOBSON Allen M. Jacobson, 69, a retired engineer for the Chicago Fire department, died Sunday, April 1, in Memorial hospital, Woodstock. His home was at 4620 Osage road, Wonder Lake. A Navy veteran of World War 11, he was a member of William Stratton Post 1169, American Legion post, Wonder Lake He also was a member of Christ the King Catholic church and served as treasurer of the Wonder Lake Senior Citizens club. Mr. Jacobson was born July 3, 1909, in Racine,Wis., son of Christian and Ella (Brown) Jacobson. He was married Jan. 28,1937, in Chicago to Blanche M. Kozla, who survives. He also leaves two daughters, Mrs. Jake (Janice) Wegener of McHenry and Mrs. Edward (Barbara) Caron of McCullom Lake; one son, Alan, of Chicago; five grandchildren and one brother, Virgil, of Arlington Heights. The deceased was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, Earl, in 1965 and a grandchild, Kristann, in 1970. Visitation was scheduled at the Freund funeral home, Wonder Lake, from 2 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, with the Prayers for a Christian Wake at 7:30. Father Dorrance Tranel will officiate at a Mass at 11 o'clock Wed­ nesday morning at Christ the King church, with burial in the church cemetery. OSCAR R. ADLER Oscar R. Adler, 74, of 2219 N. Woodlawn Park avenue, McHenry, died April 1 in McHenry hospital. He was born Feb. 1, 1905, in Milwaukee, Wise., the son of Frank and Johanna (Varl) Adler. The • deceased was the founder and president of the Adler Corporation of North Chicago for forty-five years. He is survived by his wife, the former Myrtle Lahey, to whom he was married in 1940 in Chicago. Also surviving are a son, Robert, of McHenry; a brother, Emil, of Waukegan; and a sister, Mrs. Victor (Mae) Galster, Belvidere. Visitation took place from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday at the Peter M. Justen and son funeral home, where services were conducted Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. Interment took place in Highland Memorial Park cemetery, Libertyville. BENJAMIN E. KRANZ Benjamin E. Kranz, 71, of 5103 N. Nimitz drive, Wonder Lake, died April 1 at Memorial h o s p i t a l , W o o d s t o c k . He was born May 6, 1907, in Indiana, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kranz, and had been employed by Hall Prin­ ting, Chicago, for forty-one years. He was a summer resident of Wonder Lake for ten years, and had been a per­ manent resident since 1952. The deceased is survived by his wife, Evelyn E., to whom he was married Nov. 10, 1925, in Chicago. Also surviving are two sons, Richard E. of Cary, and Robert H. of Wonder Lake; and seven grandchildren. There will be no visitation at the Peter M. Justen and- Son funeral home. Services and burial were private. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Christ the King church. EUNICE DENMAN Mrs. Edwin (Eunice) Den- man, a resident of McHenry from 1933 to 1946, and more recently a resident of Gurnee, died April 2 in St. Therese hospital, Waukegan. She was born July 16,1896, in Lake county. She was a member of the Milburn Congregational church Ladies' Aid, the Lake County Homemaker Extension Ser­ vice, and the Newport Historical society. The deceased is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Frank (Laura) Schmitt, McHenry, Mrs. Vene Cermak, Antioch, and Mrs. Charles (Alta Mae) Harding, Gurnee; ten grand­ children; and eight great­ grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Edwin, in 1965; a granddaughter, Elaine Har­ ding in 1974; and a son-in-law, Charles Harding, in 1076. Visitation was Tuesday, from 6 to 9 p.m., and will also be Wednesday, from 2 to 9 p.m. at the Gurnee funeral home, 4190 Old Grand avenue. The ser­ vices will take place Thursday, at 1 p.m., at the funeral home, and burial will be in Warren cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Lake County Association for the Blind, or the Milburn Congregational church. Presbyterian Church Will Present Cantata On Palm Sunday,^ April 8, at 10:30a.m., the 23-voice choir of Faith Presbyterian church will be presenting the stirring cantata, "It Took a Miracle" by John Peterson. The cantata presents in both drama and music a portrayal of the momentous last days of Christ's life. Hence, it will be both inspiring and beautiful. The choir is directed by Allan Cook. The narrator will be Maribeth Karas. Musical ac­ companiment will be provided by Sandy Heffelfinger and Evelyn Zvonor. Members of the Faith Presbyterian Church drama guild will also be par­ ticipating in the presentation. The public is invited to at­ tend, but everyone should come early to find a seat. Faith Presbyterian church is located next to the outdoor theater on the corner of Lincoln and Chapel Hill roads. INDIAW LAND... This reconstructed earthlodge is located in Fort Lincoln State Park, south of Mandan, North Dakota. It is built on site of the original Slant >»«"«« Village occupied from approximately 1650 to 1760. U Window and Wall Decor ELGIN FREE PARKING CRYSTAL LAKE FREE PARKING JANE PAGE. PERSONAL SHOPPER Ticket validates first 2 hours, upper deck Elgin Plaza Parking Direct entry into Spiess thru enclosed ramp • Convenient free parking for 2300 cars at Crystal PoM MaM • For Elgin store, call her at 741-4300. For McHenry County store, call her at Crystal Ufca. 455-3600 I L. L.