Service News still alive . sfssvSSffe mmmm W -.r 5* 'M • "d - A • i | -V - ' S . • x> -'.'i- SECTION 2, I I i l l ' ' f i t T PLAINDEALER -HERALD GOOD MORNING 7 p.m. in the Learning Center: Three-minute statement by aldermanic and administrative candidates. 7:30 p.m. Questions and answers in each of the four ward rooms. 7:50 p.m. in the Learning Center: One minute closing statements by each candidate. 8:10 p.m.: Intermission. Coffee will be served in the foyer. 8:30 p.m. in the Learning Center: Mayoral Debate. 9:30 p.m.: Adjournment. S H A W F R E E P R E S S M E D I A . I N C . SHAW FREE PRESS MEDIA. INC Wednesday, March 2(^ 1985 3 5 C E N T S INDEX County sheriff's detectives and the detective unit of the Fox Lake Police Department. The charges stem from an armed robbery at Kristi's Pizza Place, 6817 State Park Road, Spring Grove, early on March 9. Two employees were attacked and robbed at knife-point. The offenders reportedly fled the scene with a large amount of money. Two suspects arrested Dan Curran, chairman of the Legislative Advisory Council,' states, "We are pleased to present a second opportunity for the Mayoral Candidates to present their views and goals, as well as the opportunity for the aldermanic and administrative candidates to have a personal encounter with their constituency." Questions for the candidates will be accepted at the Chamber office at 1257 N. Green St. and-or at the candidates' night itself. Questions for the mayoral debate will be selected prior to the debate itself, however, and the mayoral debate will be limited to the response to those questions. Two men are being held in the McHenry County Jail on charges connected with the March 9 armed robbery in Spring Grove. Scott M. Springer (also known as Scott Raynor), 20, of 39224 Jackson Drive, Spring Grove, is being held on $170,000 bond on charges of attempted murder, armed robbery* aggravated battery, armed violence and conspiracy to commit armed robbery. Dana J. Grogan, 17, of 38701 N. Route 59, Lake Villa, is being held on $235,000 bond on charges of attempted murder, armed robbery, armed violence, aggravated battery and con spiracy to commit armed robbery. Both suspects were arrested over the weekend as a result of a joint investigation by McHenry By Robert Gordon PUindealer Herald staff writer With the election day of reckoning looming closer and closer, the three mayoral candidates are trying to realize their goal by making signs, distributing pamphlets, in vesting in billboard and newspaper ads, and spending most of their spare time with the voters. But it takes some hard work to canvass for the office of mayor. "Where I've really noticed the difference is obviously evenings and weekends," Alderman William Busse said. "There just isn't any free time at home. We're always thinking about the campaign from the break of dawn until late in the evening." Both Mayor Joseph Stanek and Alderman Frank Mc- Clatchey agree that it takes time, but like Busse, they said meeting with the people of McHenry and listening to their concerns is the most important part of campaigning. Busse said he has probably visited approximately 2,000- 2,500 homes so far; McClatchey estimated he's hit 450 houses and Stanek guessed his people have knocked on about 1,000 doors. Stanek is the only one of the three candidates who has a campaign manager. He said Alderman William Bolger has been his "valuable aid, and he's done the type of government we've had." McClatchey said he has three or four "key people" helping him, and Busse said that he has a campaign committee that comprises 16 people. He also has block captains in his campaign organization. All of the candidates have been making extensive ap pearances at small group meetings, and informal get- togethers, as well as the large public debates. To finance their bid for election, the candidates have approached the campaign in similar styles. They all said they are trying to keep expenditures to a minimum. if a candidate invests $1,000 or more into his campaign, he must file that information with the state board of elections. Stanek has already filed; McClatchey said he plans to in the very near future, and Busse said his goal is to keep expenditures under $1,000, "and I think we'll make it." "So far, I've kept a low budget," McClatchey said. "A lot of the things nave been donated, like the car-top signs." McClatchey said 30 of nis large signs are old painted-over doors. CAMPAIGNS--Page 3 in Pizzeria robbery Earth now moving on R V development By Marion Olsen Plaindealer Herald News Service Mounds of paperwork and ma village board meeting \ & seen last week at the Lakemoor meeting will lead soon to onsite mounds of dirt to the Ports of Lake Sullivan Recreational Vehicle Park at van Lake. Developer Richard Schaff sat on the edge of his seat as village officials and his attorney, Dennis Tehaney, reviewed changes in the • annexation agreement amendment and the board sut unanimously passed an ordinance approving the rezoning of his and his partners' 40 acres. Heavy equipment was planned to be moved onto the property on Friday, according to Village President Pro-tern Pat Morrison. After the meeting, Schaff also contracted with the village police department for dawn to dusk protection of the equipment. A private security force will take over a\x>ut April 9, she said. The rezoning from "R-5 with an interim commercial use for a temporary RV park including B-2 special uae," to "R-5 special use for kV's in a recreational vehicle p^rk," will allow the work to proceed immediately. Village officials also authorized the annexation agreement amendment with a number of changes. They included assurance to the village of taxes from sales of RV units, police department rights to enforce village laws A " previous attorneys fees, the amendment and rezoning, constructing private roads. The agreement also guarantees no rental of lots. The Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions of the homeowners' association also underwent changes requiring weekly garbage removal, maintaining lawns, and pumping of septic holding tanks. A fund established as part of the association fees will insure rubbish removal and annual septic holding tank pumping if homeowners do not do so, according to the agreement. RV PARK--Page 3 V 1 r • Clark robbed at gunpoint A man brandishing a .22- caliber pistol stole an estimated $425 from the Clark gas station in McHenry last Thursday night. McHenry Police said more than one person was probably involved in the robbery of the is station located at 3811 W. St., McHenry. The cashier told police a man wearing a camoflage mask and an orange stocking cap entered the station shortly before 11 p.m. and demanded money. He was described as a white male between 18- and 20-years-old, 6 feet tall and weighing 160-180 pounds. The robber wore a tan plaid work shirt, blue jeans and brown work boots, police said. After obtaining the cash, the robber fled on foot in a southeasterly direction from the gas station. Police noted this was one of a number of robberies and at tempted robberies being per petrated in McHenry County. Other areas that have been hit include Spring Grove, Wonder Lake and areas in unin corporated McHenry County. no part of suit By Donna Santi Plaindealer Herald editor Several „ . School District of the aftd 156 transportation department say they want no part of a class action lawsuit that has been filed in circuit court Against their employers. "(The suit) gives the wrong opinion/' stated Sharon Price, a wis driver. "It makes it look like we're all suing them and the transportation director is terrible." - Nearly a dozen other drivers and mechanics besides Price, have signed their names to a statement saying the courtroom squabble involves them in "raise representation," adding that they "do not condone the lawsuits of four employees on the tran sportation department." The drivers disagree with wordage jn the "class ac tion" stoit, which names t h r e e e m p l o y e e s specifically, Marlane Gurske, Cheryl Wright and Donald R. Wendt, in ad dition to "all similarly situated transportation fees," and members of the transportation association union. The suit was filed Jan. 30 by attorneys for the McHenry Schools' Tran sportation Association (IEA-NEA affiliate). Defendants are McHenry Elementally School District 15, McHenry High School District 156 and Director of Transportation Bill Web ster. The suit alleges that, since the beginning of the 1964-85 school year, while the transportation employees first discussed unionizing, Webster secretly tape recorded and listened for conversations by the em ployees. An election held Feb. 12 officially brought in the McHenry Schools' Tran sportation Association as a collective bargaining representative. LAWSUIT--Page 3 Head Start preschoolers meet community friends Tots from the Head Start Program in McHenry took a little trip around their neighborhood last week, without even leaving the building. One of the favorite units of study during the year for the youngsters is "Community Day." Attention is focused on the business and professional members of the community and their contributions toward the welfare of the local citizens. Teachers assumed the roles of various business and professional people, and through "visits" to the doctor's of fice, post office, pizzeria, ice cream shop, theatre and beauty shop, the children hopefully learned to appreciate the relationship they have with the community. The Head Start Program, also known as the Community Action Agency for McHenry County, is a federally-sponsored program which provides developmental services for low- income pre-school children. In McHenry County, Head Start services 161 children in three centers, including those in McHenry, Crystal Lake and Harvard. Second chance given to judge candidates Area residents, as well as voters within the City of McHenry, are welcome to attend the Candidates' Night sponsored by the Legislative Advisory Council of the McHenry Area Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday, March 20, at Parkland Junior High School. According to county sheriff's police, a male employee was struck several times on the head with a metal pipe while a female employee was threatened with a knife. The injured man was transported to Northern Illinois Medical Center, where he was treated and released. A head start preschooler gets his first "shave" from his neigh- Getting height and weight checked by a nurse was an In- borhood barber during Community Day. teresting experience, judging by the expression of this preschooler, who took part in Community Day at the Head Start program. Church Sec. 2. Page 6 Life Today Page 6 Neighbors. Sec. 2, Pgs 3-4 Volume 109. Number 60 Obituaries Page 7 Schools Page 12 Sports.. Sec. 2, Pgs 1218 2 Sections 38 pages D. William Dodds, principal at McHenry High School's East Campus, has been in vited to speak at North Cen tral Association of Colleges and Schools. For more in formation on the honor, see schools, page 12.