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PLAINDEALER -HERALD SECTION 2 NDEX S SHAW FREE PRESS MEDIA, INC. Hughes mad over alleged FBI probe Wire Mwffibors Business.. .. Pag« 2 P«ge 34 .. Page 5 The title game of the girls' basketball sectional at Rockford East Wednesday night appears to be a good one from all reports. See Chris Juzwik's column and a preview, in sports, page 18. Church . . .. Pages* Classified Pages 7-11 Sports Pages 12-18 ByMikePennock Confirmed child abuse cases rising in county By Mike Pennock Plalndealer Herald Newt Service Confirmed cases of child sexual abuse in McHenry County are climbing, according to Tom Engle, associate director of McHenry County Youth Services Bureau. There are currently about 10 confirmed child sex-abuse cases per month in McHenry County, Diane Breske, a Department of Children and Family Service (DCFS) child protection supervisor, reported. Child sexual abuse reports began to rise drastically last year, Engle said, after the airing of a television program entitled "Something about Amelia," a show about a father who sexually abused his daughter. After that show, and from January to February 1964, there was an a vera# one sexual abuse case confirmed each day in both McHe and Lake counties. After the program, reporting them (sexuj is probaBly not any more going on than in previous years. There is just a lot more beinq reported." Last year there were 86 substantiated cases in McHenry County, Breske said. Reports have continued to increase since 1982, when about 23 cases were confirmed each year, Engle said. Sexual abuse cases are referred to the McHenry County Youth Services Bureau for counseling after DCFS in­ vestigation confirms a case. This referral procedure began July 1,1984. Twenty-five cases from McHenry County and 37 from Lake County have been handled by YSB since then. When DCFS concludes investigation of a reported case and decides, "Yes, it happened," Engle said, tne next step is to answer the question: "To what degree did it happen? ' J * ' -• • • Some cases are found to involve one-time offenders, he said. One-time offenders are requested to seek counseling or risk criminal, charges. The more frequent abusers face criminal prosecution. - lenry the conscience of people rose for them (sexual abuse cases,)" Engle said. "There Herald Newsservice An angry shouting match erupted at last week's Nunda Township board meeting after an angry resident asked township trustees "why the FBI was snooping around" into the affairs of township Road Commissioner Ed Hughes. That question sparked a five- minute outburst by several audience members at the end of , the meeting. A motion to adjourn the meeting was dropped when audience member Sandy An­ derson asked the board to "entertain questions from the floor." Anderson then asked township Supervisor Anita Sherwood why an FBI in­ vestigation was being con­ ducted. Hughes and several audience members, including relatives of Hughes, followed the question with verbal attacks on Sher­ wood, accusing her of offering information to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. -"Listen, when the FBI asks, I comply," Sherwood said, adding that she first released public records after an agency request in August 1982, in a bureau in­ vestigation into alleged "im­ proprieties" by Hughes in­ volving township funds. The ^FBI office in Chicago refused comment on the matter. "We ^an neither confirm nor deny" that Hughes is under investigation, an FBI agent stated Friday. As shouting continued at the meeting, Hughes yelled tr. the trustees, asking why Ed Dvorak, present at the meeting, had received "budget in­ formation." Dvorak defeated Hughes in the Republican primary for the township road commissioner post last month. Sherwood rep"«d that the township's sta data nractice was to issue a copy of any requested pi'1 iic document after charging ' tee for copying the material. Hughes said people seeking budget information about the township highway department should come to him and not the township board. He was told that, as part of the Freedom of Information Act, public documents are just that, available to the public as a whole. Hughes continued to ask why information about "my" road district was allowed in anyone else's hands. Shouting from board mem­ bers eventually ended the uproar. "I would ask that the meeting be continued," Hughes said, but the board quickly rejected the idea and adjourned. Nunda Township to award revenue sharing Plalndealer Herald News Service The township board of trustees voted last week to recommend providing 16 agencies with federal revenue sharing funds. Board members will vote on the allocation of almost $20,000 to the agencies at a later date when federal funds are more concrete. Nineteen agencies had originally requested a share of tne federal money. Three agencies were denied funding. In discussion on distribution of federal revenue sharing money, Trustee John O'Hagan said, "It's not our point to share with every Tom, Dick and Harry that comes along." Of the $34,950 requested by the agencies this year, $19,280 is scheduled to be alloted. Last year, $18,200 in federal revenue sharing funds was given to 14 agencies. The McHenry County Sheriff's snowmobile patrol and the McHenry County Genealogical Society were each denied $1,000 requests. A $3,000 Lake County Crisis Center request was also refused. The snowmobile patrol received $500 last year. Neither of the other two agencies received federal revenue sharing funds through the township. Five groups, this year are scheduled to be granted the entire amount they had requested. The Task Force on Aging asked for and received tentative approval for $100; the Senior Citizens Council, $2,500; Crime Stoppers, $500; Turning Point, Inc., $1,300; and Family Care Services of Lake and McHenry counties, $974. •i I !» McHenry resident stars in comedy McHenry Jordan will resident Colleen appear in PM&L Theatre's next production, "Light Up The Sky." Jordan plays Irene, an actress hoping for a bis break in the show she is performing in. The comedy, by Moss Hart, takes place in the Ritz-Carleton Hotel in Boston during the 1940's. Also appearing in the play will be Harry Bartlett aiid George Cina, both of McHenry. 'Light Up The Sky' will open Friday, April 5 at the PM&L Theatre in Antioch. It will run weekends through April aer - - ~ Tickets may be ordered by calling (312) 395-3055. State studies financing of institutions ByMikePennock Plalndealer Herald Newsservice What role should local com­ munities and the state play in determining mental-health policies? No answers were found by a task force of 40 people last week in Springfield, where com­ munity mental health services and funding at the state and local level were discussed. Bob Schneider, president of the McHenry County Mental Health (708) Board, who attended the meeting, reported on five policy alternatives to the county mental health board recently. The main difference in the five policies, Schneider said, is resolving who should be required to finance local residents in state institutions - the municipality or the state? The current mental health policy in Illinois, he said, allocates money to local com­ munities to fund mental health services, and, if a "local" person were sent to a state mental institution, the state foots the bill. Scheider said the problem with that type of policy is that no deterrent exists to keep people from being institutionalized. The average annual cost per patient at the mental health facility in Elgin is $35,000, he noted. "Whatever system you develop," Director Dennis Smith said, "it has to have the incentive for users to not use hospitals - the most expensive care." That is where the "Wisconsin Model" fits in, Schneider said. It is the complete opposite of Illinois policy: municipalities receive a given state allowance for mental health services, and, if a resident requires state care, the local community is responsible for paying for it. The board conducted its regular meeting last week in Woodstock at the Family Ser­ vices offices in order to become closer with its affiliate agencies and plans to have joint meetings in the future, possibly with its entire nine agencies before 1986. The board passed a resolution to allocate $570 to Family Services to enable a member to attend the April 9-13 'National Council of Mental Health Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. Tentatively, four members of the mental health board and staff will attend. • ,-?v- •sbk *':p mmm • >' -V Employee insurance renewed By Robert Gordon Plalndealer Herald ataff writer : A renewal contract with Blue Cross - Blue Shield for employee' health insurance was unanimously cits McHenry resident Colleen Jordan, right, plays the part of the ac­ tress Irene in PM&L Theatre's presentation of "Light Up The Sky." The comedy will open Friday, April 5. the insurance premium for' single health insurance by only five percent (from $57.60 to $60.47). The family coverage will increase eight percent (from $158.80 premium to $191.50). In addition, the renewal contract reduces the insurance deductable by allowing self- insurance by the city on the second $100 of the $250 deduc­ tible for up to three family members. "As usual, we are being very generous with our employees,' Mayor Joseph Stanek said. "Last year we requested them to pay half of their dependant average. 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