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Crackdown On Drinking W\ 1; ; ' : • . WWm' "SERVING THE CHAIN-OLAKES REGION SINCE 1875 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1983 i * ; . LUME 108 NUMBER 1 1 SECTION 22 PAGES 25* Boats Collide; All Escape Richmond and McHenry County Sheriff's police officers (top) put the ammer down on drinking motorists last Saturday night and early Sunday morning. "Operation SAID" was stepped up last weekend in order to get impaired drivers off the road and reduce the number of alcohol-related accidents. Below, this car sheared off the top of a natural gas line when it crashed into the utility pole and hot dog stand, just across the Wisconsin state line Sunday morning. Further details concerning the accident were not available at press time. STAFF PHOTOS- ANTHONY OLIVER - w ̂ Anthony Oliver A short jaunt to Wisconsin for area youths nbt old enough to drink in Illinois could mean a very long night visiting with police. Area police agencies in Lake and McHenry counties have stepped up their efforts against the drinking driver. It was shortly after midnight Saturday when a call came over the scanner in the Richmond Police department. There was a 10-50 PI (traffic accident with injuries) on Route 12 near the Wisconsin state line. Police officers from Richmond, deputies from the McHenry County Sheriffs Police and officers from Genoa City, Wis., rushed to the scene. They found that a light-colored automobile had careened off Route 12 and crashed into a utility pole and hot dog stand on the east side of the high­ way. What made matters worse was that the car also sheared off the top of a natural gas line, which spewed gas into the atmosphere at a pressure of 400 p.s.i. It was nearly a half hour before gas company employees dug out a valve and closed off the escaping gas. Richmond firemen stood by with charged lines as rescue volunteers tended to the accident victims amid the loud hissing of the escaping gas. Police officers closed that portion of Route 12 to traffic, a gdod deal of which was returning to Illinois from a concert at Alpine Valley. "I'd be willing to bet there was alcohol involved here," remarked one police officer. The remofk wtta teUingone because Saturday night-early Sunday morning was the first operation against the alcohol-impaired drivers instituted by Richmond and county police. Operation SAID (Stop Alcohol Impaired Drivers) is operated under the auspices of the Lake-McHenry County Comprehensive Alcohol Safety program. The operation launched Saturday night was essentially a dragnet to stop drivers under the influence of alcohol. "We want people to know we mean business," said Sgt. George "Pete" Corson, of. the McHenry County Sheriffs police. From 1081 through June of 1963 there have been 323 traffic deaths Lake and McHenry counties. Of these fatalities, 99.4 percent (192) were alcohol-related accidents. More thah half of those alcohol-related aceidents (103) involved ability-impaired drivers under the age of 24. "That's why we're doing this," said Richmond Police Chief Andrew Mayer. He referred to both the statistics and the accident that oc­ curred earlier that night. Mayer commented that the problem was heightened in Richmond because it is a border town. That border delineates not only two states, but different legal drinking ages as well. "We're going to have problems with ng drivers until all the states have the same drinking age," Mayer said. "I'm not for any certain age, but all states should have the same." Corson commented that from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. on any given weekend there are a lot of alcohol-related accidents. The program, he said, was an all- out effort to get the impaired driver off the road. Saturday night and on into Sunday morning, seven officers from the county police and sixfrom Richmond worked the Route 12 gateway to Illinois. In the first hour and fifteen minutes, one Richmond officer had (Continued on pog* 20) File With State For Alcohol Abuse Treatment Program In Area Memorial Hospital for McHenry County has filed an application with the State of Illinois to open an in­ patient Alcoholism-Chemical Dependency Treatment program to include detoxification and rehabilitation. Announcement of the filing and information on the major new program was made last Thursday in a joint statement by Lee Pesce, executive director of Memorial hospital, Woodstock, and Robert Martens, executive director of the Family Service and Community Mental Health Center, McHenrv. If this is not a disposable society we live in, you won't convince the city crew working at Pearl street park or in any business section during Fiesta Days. The litter was immense and the fact that it disappeared almost magically, and in a short period of time, can be attributed to the efficiency of the clean-up personnel. But as they cleared away the debris to fill huge containers, each of them must have questioned a society that feel? freedom allows this kind of conduct MI public property. And the act of disposing is not confined to litter,' although that particular act affects the largest segment of the public. Products have also become disposable, to the chagrin of the consumer. Five years ago we received a digital watch as a birthday gift. As watches go, this seems a short period of time for we have friends wearing well running timepieces of 25-year vintage. Nevertheless, when it seemed time for a battery change we were told there was something else wrong with the watch. Suspicious of what it was the merchant, in her wisdom, suggested sending it back to the manufacturing firm, which happened to carry the name of one of the leading watch makers in the country. Several weeks later the word came back - there were no parts for this 'watch because of its age. They were making a newer model and after five years apparently it was no longer in the interest of the manufacturer to keep parts for the older watches. We hardly find time to look at our watch more than once a day, which means that in five years that watch still owes us a bit of time. But if watches are disposable, think of the computer equipment which (Continued on pago 20) The program concept is to build on and expand services currently available on an outpatient / basis through the Family Center for Alcohol and Substance Abuse, located in Woodstock. This is a program of the Family Service and Community Mental Health center. "The proposed chemical depen­ dency inpatient program will be a hospital-based distinct unit and will include four beds for medical detoxification and 10 treatment beds," said Martens, "In addition to referrals from the Family Center for Alcohol and Substance Abuse and the McHenry County Driving Under the Influence (DUI) project, state-funded and private referrals will be ac­ cepted." The comprehensive program has been under development for over a year,and planning included con­ sultation with the regional Health Systems Agency for Kane, Lake and McHenry counties, the Illinois Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities, and the McHenry County Mental Health board. ' The initial feasibility study for inpatient alchoholism-chemical dependency detoxification and treatment services was initiated by Memorial Hospital for McHenry County and the McHenry County Mental Health board, and was prepared by Robert Lesser, then employed by the hospital. The fin­ dings of the feasibility study, com­ pleted in March of 1983, supported the need for a community-based treat­ ment program. During the study, it became ap­ parent that a positive and unique joint venture relationship could be established by Memorial Hospital for McHenry County' and the Family Service and Community Mental Health center. This venture builds on the existing Family Center for Alcohol and Substance Abuse which offers a variety of individual and group outpatient services and is a major source of referrals for detoxification and inpatient treatment services. Pesce said early discussions in­ dicated contracting with Family Service would help keep patient care costs to a minimum and provide much more effective movement of patients (Continued on pago 20) by Donna Bertulis Occupants of two pleasure boats, which collided in Pistakee Lake, miraculously escaped serious injury Saturday afternoon. Four persons were thrown into the lake after a 16^-foot runabout was struck by a 30-foot Thunderbird Formula, at 4:20 p.m., Aug. 6. The runabout was completely destroyed in the crash, and an Oak Brook Terrace family was treated at McHenry Hospital, yet all were released with minor injuries. According to the Lake County Sheriff's Department Marine Patrol Unit, the Thunderbird was traveling northeast at approximately 30 miles per hour, west of Coon Island and south of Eagle Point, when it collided with the runabout. The driver reportedly told police he4 did not see the smaller craft, or hear its oc­ cupants founding the horn and shouting in warning, before the ac­ cident. The larger boat reportedly struck the second boat broadside, continued over the top of the craft, and came to rest on the opposite side. The runabout was stopped at the time of the accident, as the Oak Brook Terrace family was preparing to water ski, said Deputy Gale Walker of the marine unit. Following the collision, the driver of the second unit, as well as a passing boater, Jeff Pearson of Aurora, stopped to help passengers thrown overboard by the impact. Transported to McHenry Hospital by the Johnsburg Rescue Squad were: TYacy Picotte, 14, her sister Susan Picotte, 20, and their mother Kaylene Schaudenecker, all of Oak Brook Terrace. Uninjured was their father, Harold Schaudenecker. Driver of the Thunderbird was Timothy Sullivan of Oak Park. His passengers were: Marisa Sullivan, 4, Michael Sullivan, 7, and Marian Sullivan, all of Oak Park; and Elizabeth Stocker, 26, of Chicago. All reportedly escaped injury. The runabout was completely destroyed in the crash, while the Thunderbird showed only slight Area Pilot Slightly Hurt A professional pilot from McHenry was slightly injured in a light plane accident last Friday in Wisconsin, the Fond du Lac County Sheriff's office has reported. Verne Jobst suffered only superficial injuries when the aircraft in which he was a passenger crashed on Lake Winnebago, south of Oshkosh, at approximately 9 a.m., Aug. 5. Police say Jobst and the pilot, Dr. Bill Harrison, of Tulsa, Okla., were making a routine landing in an air show,- which was part of the Ex­ perimental Aircraft Association convention, held annually in Oshkosh. The men were flying in a Grumman Widgeon amphibian, an antique war plane, which went down ap­ proximately one half mile from shore on Lake Winnebago. An obstruction hidden beneath the surface of the water may have caused the accident, police said.. Jobst is a pilot for United Airlines, and is a director of the Experimental Aircraft Association's air show. Harrison is president of the War Birds of America, an organization con­ cerned with the preservation and continued operation of antique war planes. damage to the port bow at the water line, said Ms. Walker. Sullivan was reportedly cited for reckless operation. Four people were taken to McHenry hospital last weekend for treatment of injuries sustained in a three-car collision at the intersection of Route 12 and Fox Lake Road. Helen M. Even, 236 E. Grand Ave., Fox Lake, was cited by county police for failure to yield the right-of-way. Ms. Even was heading west on Route 12 when she made a left turn in front of an eastbound auto, driven by Conrad F. Hawkins, 1756 Fairview, Lake Geneva, Wis. Both cars then crashed then struck a vehicle operated by Edward A. Gorski, 4903 Promontory, McHenry. Ms. Even, Hawkins, and two passengers in the Hawkins vehicle, Amy S. and Sandra R. Hawkins, were taken to the hospital by Johnsburg and Fox Lake Rescue squads. Gorski and his daughter, Julie, escaped injury. The accident occurred at 9:35 a.m. Aug. 6. A three-car collision at Front and Elm streets in McHenry resulted in a (Continued on pog* 20) Joins Staff Of Plaindealer DONNA BERTULIS Donna Bertulis, former city editor of the McHenry Herald, has joined the editorial staff of the McHenry Plaindealer with the merger of the Shaw Media Group and Free Press Newspapers. Ms. Bertulis has been a resident of McHenry since 1979, coming to this community from Chicago. A graduate of Bradley University School of Communications and Fine Arts, she received a B.S. degree in Journalism in June of 1979. She has had four years of editorial-newspaper experience. From June of '79 to September of 1981 Ms. Bertulis worked for Lakeland Newspapers in Lake county as editor of the Fox lake Press. She joined the Free Press Newspapers in September of 1981 and worked for two months as "Focus" (society) editor for the Crystal Lake Morning Herald. Later the same year she accepted an inter­ office transfer and worked as city editor of the McHenry Herald from November of 1981 until the recent merger. She is the daughter of Albert and Elena Bertulis of Oak Lawn. Area Youths Win Fair Honors McHenry area youths contributed their talents to the 1963 County Fair and brought home a good share of prizes. Among the top winners was Phillip Wolff of McHenry, who captured other honors in addition to showing the grand champion among "other breeds" in the Junior dairy show. In 4-H entries, Phillip had the grand champion Bantam chicken, the champion Cochin, the champion of all other feather-legged varieties, and the champion crossbred goose. He is a member of the Busy Three & Happy Paws club. 'Laurie Wolff, of the same club, was judged to have the grand cnampion standard chicken in the 4-H poultry class. She also had the champion Oriental entry in standard chickens and the champion of all other breeds. Margi Reiland of McHenry entered the grand champion waterfowl and champion Bantam. The champion meat goose was shown by Rachel Behm. The champion Cayuga, Orpington and Swedish duck was owned by Lynn Reiland. Lynn and Margi belong to the Busy Three & Happy Paws, and Rachel to the Insect Seekers. Among 4-H small breed entries of rabbits, Terri Steinmetz of Wonder Lake had the champion Rex. Jennifer Schnulle of McHenry entered the reserve senior champion red and white among colored cattle breeds, and the reserve champion red and white, both in 4-H judging. Laurie Wolff of McHenry had the junior champion among other breeds and Phillip Wolff had the reserve junior champion in the same category. In the open class of art and photography, Tracy Atchison of McHenry won in the 14-19-year-old class with a picture of a horse. Stephanie Hankins of McHenry was declared winner in the 14-to-19 age class for needlecraft among the 4-H entries. Champion Hereford female and reserve champion Hereford female honors in 4-H went to Don Young of Spring Grove, a member of the Clovers & Gophers. He also entered the champion and reserve champion Hereford female among junior beef entries. ^ ^ In open class dairy competition, the name of Phillip Wolff was again prominent for showing the best two junior champion animals of breeds other than Holstein. In the poultry open class, Phillip Wolff had the grand champion Ban­ tam chicken. Deborah Durrenberg of McHenry entered the champion Cayuga, Orpington, Swedish duck. Bruce Mohnen of McHenry had his entry of honey declared best in open class judging. Richmond youths winning top honors in various categories included Karen Kantlehner, Scott Carey, Tim Carey, Lisa Carey, Denise Alexander, Cindy DeHaan, Randy DeH'an, Bobette Schoenbeck, Ricky Schoenbeck, Les Kantehner, Lisa Patrone and Jenniler Jones. 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