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I Summer's Your FREE TV Listing Magazine Inside! THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER "?:p: • v /. ' • jt ' . ̂ • . • •* SERVING THE CHAIN-O-IAKES REGION SINCE 1875 fltoarb Winning ihbMtpajxr 1979-- Illinois Press Association Newspaper Contest VOLUME 105 NUMBER 1 FRIDAY. AUGUST 1, 1980 1 SECTION 20 PAGES 25' y\ ------------ III •III I III • --WIM----W------M--M---- I ' A radiant lt-year-old Cary girl. Jane Titus, wears the Miss McHenry County crown which moments before had been placed on her head by the 1179 reigning queen, Denlse From left are Lisa Grlmmonpre. Miss McHenry, third runnerup; Ellen Becklinger, Miss Marengo, first runnerup; Miss Tltua; Karen Beres, Mis# Wonder Lake, second runnerup; and Beth Bobek, Miss Crystal Lake, fourth runnerup. STAFF PHOTOS-WAYNE GAYLORD Pretly Jane Tilus, entered in the Miss McHenry County compelion as Miss Cary, was crowned queen for 1980 in front of the grandstand at the lair on opening night Wednesday, July 30. Two of the five finalists were McHenry area entries. Karen Beres, 17, Miss Wonder Lake, was named second ninherup and Lisa Grimmonpre, also 17, Miss McHenry, was third run­ nerup. The other lop spots went to Miss Marengo, Ellen Becklinger, first runnerup, and Miss Crystal Lake, Beth Bobek, fifth runnerup. The new queen was crowned by Denise Lindley, 1979 queen and the thirty- first Miss McHenry County. Last January she placed in ihe top ten in the state contest. Dorothy Kleckner of Harvard, a former beauty queen and chairman of the annual competition, welcomed the large crowd, then turned over the program to Master of Ceremonies Larry Leafblad of WXLC F M , Waukegan. Patterned after the Miss Illinois County Fair contest, i he girls were judged primarily on beauty, with 70 percent of the total points assigned to beauty of face and figure. Personality, poise and the ability to talk also entered into ihe final decision. The IS young ladies ap­ peared both in formals and swimsuits. Patty McMillan of Wonder Lake, daughter of Mrs. Dolores McMillan <.and the late Thomas McMillan, presented the Miss Congeniality trophy to Linda jbro Krapf, Miss Hebron. The new queen is Ihe daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Titus of Cary and was sponsored by the Cary Chamber of Commerce. She is 16 years old, 5 feel 6 inches iall. weighs 130 pounds and has brown hair and blue eyes. Miss Beres is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Beres of Wonder l^ake and was sponsored by the Wonder Lake Jaycees. Miss Grimmonpre is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Grimmonpre and was sponsored by McHenry Post 491 American Legion and its auxiliary unit. School Budget Concerns Prompt Tax Referendum Consideration Budget concerns and the feasibility of a tax referendum for the increase of ihe education fund levy are to be considered by the board of Johnsburg com­ munity Unit School District 12 at August and September meetings. The board set the budget hearing for Sept. 9 during discussion at their regular meeting July 22. Despite heroic conservation measures for use of utilities and restraints on staff, Dr. Duane Andreas, superin­ tendent, said the district will probably? have a small deficit this current year. The aboard scheduled a meeting of tfffe "TTffcnce com nj it tee 10 complete a tentative budget for the coming year and will con­ sider this, probably at the Aug. 12 meeting, and sometime between that meeting and Sept. 9, members will decide whether lo call a referendum for the iax increase. This would be targeted for November or December in order, if successful, to be included on ihe tax bills for "Ihe coming year. Andreas noted that with >he present funding for school aid from the stale, unit and elementary districts are rapidly falling behind financially in meeting their commitments. Dr. Kenneth Falkinham, assistant superintendent for business affairs, reviewed the district's efforts to conserve energy- at the various buildings. He noted ihai ihe most effective savings will result from converting the electric heating unit at ihe new high school building to gas, which he estimates will pay for itself in one year. The still new electrical unit will be kept in reserve, and if the cost ratios in available heating sources ever change in favor of electricity, the unit could be re-installed in short order. As board members asked what more they should be doing to effect savings of energy, Dr. Falkinham said he was reactivating the energy committees for the various school buildings and would work with ihem. A key part in saving is the cooperation of the staff, he said. He reported that although all of ihe regulators had been recalibrated during ihe past year, ihey planned to do more calibrating this year and lo further reduce ihe "set back temperatures" and to add anti-freeze to the heat circulating systems to guard against unforeseen freezeups. Use of air- conditioning at the various buildings during warm weather was largely eliminated and the staff agreed that a little sweat was more than offset by the possibility of avoiding further layoffs or gelling more supplies through savings. The school pays jusi as much for summer electricity as does the regular con­ sumer, Falkinham said. He noted also that energy use ai ihe high school is the hardest lo control because of the many after school ac* dvities laking place there. It had cost $100,000 to heal the (Continued on page 18) Postmaster Looks At Zip Change KAREN BERES IJSA GRIMMONPRE With four more digits scheduled to be added to zip codes beginning in 1981, Postmaster Leroy Smith reminisced how zip (Zoning Improvement Program) got under way on July 17, years ago. "Ii started ai a Washington ceremony with Eihel Merman belling out ihe lune, MZip-a-Dee Doodah." Initially, it created a public furor with some dire things predicted about what would happen to ihe mail system by adding five numerals to an ad­ dress," Smith said. "Today i here is almost universal acceptance, with nearly 95 percent of all first class mail coming in with zip codes." He noted that some public criticism to the upcoming nine-digit code has been heard, but predicted that the new system will be readily accepted. "Resistance to change isn't surprising," the postmaster pointed out. "There was a big public to- do in 1863, a hundred years before zip code, when the Post Office department came up with the then revolutionary idea that mail should be addressed by street and number. Up to that time, mail was ad­ dressed to an individual in a city or town, and the ad­ dressee had to come to the post office to get it." Postmaster Smith said the nine-digit code is intended primarily for business mail, which accounts for about 80 percent of all mail. However, all mailers will be encouraged lo use the added digits. Teacher Contracts ^ There are times, such as -r4ie mail announcement of pirly this week, when we g^ve thanks for the lighter side of life - the McHenry Fiesta days and the McHenry County fairs. It was the first of an ex­ pected influx of invitations to political affairs in behalf of those who want the public vole and have an even more immediate concern thai we make that fact known in the free part of the newspaper. As a result of this great desire, there are numerous opportunities for newspaper folks to become either obese or alcoholics. This bit of mail, plus a Variety of phone calls and visits on subjects ranging from animal piece of copy, i matter of which still us, has prompted a reflection on times. Fiesta week is over, but even at this early date the experiences are being noted carefully for an avoidance of problems another year and ways to improve an already great bit of entertainment. Leaders of various • - we have talked to shown an interest in the Of the public. nii.1 were the events most enjoyed? What were ihe activities ihai might be skipped without loo much complaint? Certainly the majority opinion gave an A-plus to ihe (Continued on page 18) Court Reinforces No-Strike Law The Supreme Court of Illinois has ruled that it is legal lo include no-sirike clauses in individual teacher contracts. Counsel for one of the McHenry school districts, in commenting on the ruling, said it was a re­ statement concerning a practice that is known to be illegal. Locally, ihe dictum is of interest because of the lengthy teachers' strike in Elementary District 15 last September. A two-year contract came out of that settlement. High School District 156 is in the midst of negotiations at this lime on a contract for year ahead. After being advised of the court ruling. Dr.Richard Farmer, superintendent of District 15, noted thai it stems from ihe fact thai teachers are not heavily fined by the state when they do strike illegally. "There have been fines assessed by ihe state in ihe past", he observed, "but never has a crippling fine been given that would slop them from striking in the future". He noted thai most strikes are settled peacefully and because "the track record is excellent", the state has had no need to fine the teachers. However, Dr. Farmer believes ihai because of ihe new ruling, more schools without the no-strike clause will begin to udd ii to their contracts Her.ry Kenyon, vice- president of the District 15 Teachers association, said in his opinion the recent ruling is justified for the reason ihai the Illinois Constitution prohibits public employees from striking in Illinois. This ruling was only a re­ statement, reinforcing an earlier ruling, according to the association officer. Although the no-strike clause was not questioned last year, Kenyon said the District 15 strike could probably have been avoided (Continued on page 18) Fair Entrants / » From McHenry Tiger Nelson, 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. BUI Nelson of McHenry, left works on his 4-H woodworking project, a chees hoard. Tiger la competing In the McHenry County fair which apened July 30 and will run through Aug. 3 In Woodstock. He Is a member of the Lincoln Cloverleafs 4-H club and Is also Involved In 4-H electricity, small engines and photography. At right, Kathryn Byrnes, 11, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Byrnes, McHenry, checks over some of her 4-H Indoor plants. Kathryn Is a member of the Cherry Valley 4-H club and competed in 4-H Indoor Gardening competition at the fair. Don Peasley Photography The additional numbers will pinpoint mail automatically lo individual blocks, office buildings and companies with large mail volume. The present five digists help sort mail only lo post offices, stations and branches. H Smith said zip coding speeds bolh manual and automatic sorting of mail, especially when addresses are difficult to read or show the wrong city or stale. He also noted that incorrect zip codes can route mail to the wrong cily and sometimes can cause delay in delivery. Correct zip codes for any address can be obtained at ihe post office if not listed in the yellow pages The phone number is 385-0816 Dog Virus On Rampage A new Parvo virus which kills dogs in as short a lime as two days is reported lo be on ihe rampage in McHenry county. McHenry is said lo have been one of ihe locations hit hard. Dr. John Johnson, county veterinarian, said the virus is new, and while il was probably in existence prior to this year, has only become prevalent throughout the United Stales in 1980 Dr. Johnson said young dogs are particularly susceptible, leading to the belief that older dogs may have some natural im­ munity. Little is known about the virus However, a vaccine is on the market, either developed or found by ac cident, that provides im munization The county veterinarian explained thai the cat distemper vaccine has been found io provide im munization The U.S. Food and Drug administration has released it for use, although one veterinarian pointed out ihat drug companies have found it difficult to keep pace with the requests Dr Johnson recom­ mended thai pets be protected because of the highly contagious nature of he virus County Queen Crowned