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PG, 8 - PLAINDEALER - TUES. NOV. 25,1969 College Site Meeting Marked Mild Chaos (Continued from page 1) By at this meeting and would tes­ tify and give their report if they had an opportunity. Dr. Frank Sek of McHenry was present to question the re­ lationship between McHenry hospital and the college. Why, he asked, is the hospital men­ tioned when there is no con­ tract between a hospital and the college? Dr. J.F. Harris of the col­ lege board explained that the Chicago Regional Planning commission denied the right to build a hospital at Crystal Lake and denied the right to McHen­ ry also. He added that there was no contract with any hospital under way. Dr. Edward F. Wilt, Jr., president of the medical staff of McHenry hospital and pres­ ident of the McHenry County board of health, then took the floor. In referring to Field's talk of an "unnatural marri­ age" for a college and hospital to operate together, Dr. Wilt said it did not appear this way to the state of Illinois. He continued to state that there is a great shortage of nurses and lab technicians in this county.. With a reliable hospital adjoining the college, the latter would benefit, he said, because of the work the hospital could offer to the stu­ dents to help them financially. The hospital, he said, would benefit by putting better pre­ pared nurses and technicians into their work in this area. Truckenbrod spoke up to as­ sert that no agreements on any joint ventures have ever been made. Dr. Sek asked if it was nec­ essary for the college and hos­ pital to be together, to which Dr. Wilt said that mutual ben­ efit would be the same whether the college and hospital were adjoining or were three or four miles distant. He added that such a program, if it could be established, would benefit all county hospitals. ^ Mr. Field said this was the first time he had heard this view voiced. Jim Collins, a pharmacist at McHenry hospital, continued at some length to explain the benefits of a regional hospital and noted that the Anderson property is equally distant be­ tween Crystal Lake, Woodstock and McHenry. In taking the floor, Ivan Hill of Crystal Lake, a real es­ tate business man, said one point should be made clear, that when the city of McHen­ ry and the hospital made their presentation, there were no ob­ jections from anyone. He con­ curred with the opinion that a regional hospital would "be wonderful". However, he said, no matter how wonderful it would be, this board was not elected to consolidate a hos­ pital. "It has one duty, he con­ tinued, "to provide a college for this district' . To this remark, Nichols said he would vote for the best site regardless of the hospital. Field questioned Nichols' sincerity at this point, and tem­ pers flared for a time, with accusations on all sides. After some heated remarks in which Cal Skinner, Sr., a board member, berated Field, Skinner said, in answer to Field's question, that his wife, Eleanor Skinner, is a .licensed real estate agent and is licens­ ed through Essex-Costello, Inc. Skinner then asked the reason for this question, to which Field sought to learn whether or not this brokerage firm is hand­ ling the contract for the pur­ chase of the property in ques­ tion. Wm. Carroll, Jr., attor­ ney for the board, answered in the negative, but to another question said that as far as he knew, Essex-Costello work­ ed on the Doherty andHornber- gerv pieces of land and found them for the hospital (120 ac­ res south of Mason Hill road), not for the board. For the second time, Field and Carroll entered into an argument, with Field charg­ ing that "it seems to me some­ body went around the Mulberry bush to present this hospital contract for land to the school and not to the hospital". Skinner then referred to the fact that Field also owns a piece of property which he is offering to the board. On a ques­ tion by Truckenbrod, Field ad­ mitted he would stand to prof­ it, but not to the degree that the owners of the Anderson site would benefit. LeRoy Smith of McHenry ex­ plained his reason for being present as a desire to clear up things he had read in the paper and heard which disturb­ ed him. He said he felt the public was not getting a clear answer as to why one site is better than another. Considerable discission con­ cerning newspaper stories took place at this point. A news re­ lease sent to all news media was read, but Smith said he had seen that but it still was a conclusion offered and notthe reasons why the conclusion was formed. Joan Hill of the board spoke up in referring to the release which said the Anderson site Hps chosen because it was list­ ed as being the best according to the architect's rating sheet. In reality, she added, she had in front of her the architect's rating sheet which listed the Stilling property first, Field, second, and Anderson , third. She said she is confused as to why the release should have been sent out as it was. Roy Dooley, introduced him­ self as a taxpayer. He said he did not know Meyer Field, but thought the questions raised, even if completely wrong, must be answered in full "or you will Wave a time getting a refer­ endum across." Mr. Truckenbrod then asked if he could list some of them and they could be answered. It was agreed that many had been answered at this meeting. In another reference to the hospital question, Robert Olsen of the Woodstock hospital board said his hospital is interested in cooperating with the college in their new programs when and if all the facts are made known to them. For now, he contin­ ued, " we should be building a college and forget the rest". Hill again spoke up, stating he felt there was not a single board member who stood to benefit from any proceedings, but thinks almost all board members were approached by private interests to secure a locality where they would have a chance of getting the McHen­ ry, Crystal Lake and Wood­ stock hospital group to locate. He continued to state that he thought the board has sufficient information from the Ladds that it would behoove the board to look into«the new offer. Field asked to be heard once more to explain that he had no conflict of interest himself. He said he doesn't care where the college is built as long as it is the best and cheapest for the taxpayer. He said he has of­ fered to establish a library for the college and has agreed to give between $20,000 and $30,- 000 to do so regardless of where the school is erected. Field emphasized his conten­ tion that evidence is over­ whelming against the fact that the Anderson property is the cheapest. He said he would like the rating sheet of the arch­ itect to be made available to the public. "Why should price and other reports be secret"? he questioned. • You not only have to over­ come a referendum in the coun­ ty, you have to overcome the state of Illinois", Field stated. In closing, he recommended that the board set aside the motion and reconsider any and all other pieces of land and arrive at a conclusion in the best interest of the county. He said for the first time he heard people of the hospital say it was hot absolutely essential or necessary to be connected with the college. Skinner asked Field if he would want it made known the figure on his latest offer to the board. Field answered,"By all means, I want everything brought out". He has offered 207 acres at $1,900 for a total of $393,000; also an option on the house for $86,000, a total of 212 acres for $479,300. Nichols later said he felt Truckenbrod and Skinner had been the object of insinuations for conflict of interest. He said he had worked with them, they are both upright citizens, nei­ ther of them guilty, and he want­ ed this made clear. Following recess, Nichols told the gathering that since an interesting property was presented that night, it gave new impetus to the situation. Mrs. Hill then asked if Dr. Forest Etheredge, college president, had any objection to having his professional state­ ment letter, dated Oct. 30, '69, to the board members read at that time. It summed up that each member would need to e- valuate each piece of land as to aesthetic and financial val­ ues. N Dooley then asked how much weight the aesthetic carried in their evaluation of the An­ derson site. Mrs. Hill said she voted for economy and Thomas Parsley said that was primarly his rea­ son. Considerable discussion was forthcoming after questions as to how the college could dump effluent from the sanitary sys­ tem into Boone creek, which is only about 8 feet wide at the point of the Anderson property. The board said they had re­ ceived correspondence from the Illinois Sanitary Water board in Springfield to the effect that it would be allowed providing they met all specifications of the department. To this, Mrs. Hill stated she would certain­ ly not like to go ahead and build a college, only to find that specifications could not be met or would cost more to do so. Others on the board said reports from two engineering firms indicated they could meet the necessary regulations. A McHenry spectator spoke up, asking clarification on the sanitary system. He said Boone Creek runs through his prop­ erty and this sewer system run­ ning into the creek will ruin the body of water and lower the value of his farm. He ques­ tioned how the board could get approval when the city of Mc­ Henry was refused a permit to build a sanitary system in the western part of town. The answer was that the city system would need to handle industrial waste material, which is more difficult to dis­ pose of. The board said an engineering firm had given them a figure of a minimum of $180,000 and a maximum of $220,000 to build a sanitary system on the Ander­ son site. They were unaware of the source of Mr. Field's fig­ ures. It was noted by the board that it is unfortunate that Ander­ son and Stilling have not given permission to make their fig­ ures public, to which Mr. Dooley stated the public is afraid they won't get the figures and in­ formation until the deal is made. As the meeting came to a conclusion, Mrs. Hill asked what the board intended to do about the Ladd property, sug­ gesting that more information be obtained and the matter pur­ sued. She expressed her opinion that it is an excellent piece of property and possibly would be an excellent site. Her recommendation was seconded by Dr. Harris and the next regular meeting scheduled for Dec. 18. Dr. Etheredge suggested there be two meetings a month, one devoted to site and loca­ tion and the other to the op­ eration of the college. The architect will try to take soil borings and get the re­ port turned in so a tentative date of Thursday, Dec. 11, can be met to discuss the proper­ ty. This will be a meeting on the Ladd property only, ac­ cording to Mr. Nichols. (Editor's Note: During the lengthy discussion concerning coverage given by various newspapers on the college site, Mr. Truckenbrod commented that the Plaindealer did not at­ tend the college board meetings. The Plaindealer has had dif­ ficulty, as have other news media, in gaining admission to meetings to obtain more than mea^et information held in pub­ ic session. One example oc- WASTING y2 YOUR LUNCH HOUR WAITING FOR SERVICE Try Bill Lindwalls Lamplighter Cafe 3313 W. Elm St. Fast Service & good Food Open Every Day at 5 a.m. Closed Wed. 10:00 a.m. Musin' N Meanderin' (Continued from page 1) ing the holiday until it was too late, so everybody celebrated Dec. 7 that year. And in 1940 and 1941 there were two Thanksgivings -- some follow­ ing F.D.R.'s idea and the oth­ ers sticking to the old date. All of which made it very hard on turkeys! Speaking of turkeys -- and who isn't at Thanksgiving time -- they remind one very much of a lot of people we know. For instance, they (the turkeys) are freedom-loving, gregarious, vain about their appearance, boastful, like to overeat, have a curred last summer when a Plaindealer reporter was told at the beginning of the meeting, 7:30 p.m., that an executive session might last as long as two hours. However, we have made it a point to check closely with the public relations department of the college. When Mr. Truckenbrod re­ versed his vote on the Stilling property over the Labor Day weekend and the scheduled ref­ erendum was retracted by the board, we called him regarding a public statement as to his reasons. Mr. Truckenbrod said he did not care to make a state­ ment at that time. COCKTAILS BWWJET HMDS Harvest Dinner Dance Sat., Nov. 22nd i RESERVATIONS J" 7-0741 : T - . tendency to become paunchy, subject to„the common cold, good defenders of their Inest, like fights, are quite the lovers, and very gossipy. Realizing these very human characteristics might make some folks think twice before bringing down the axe on some turkey's beautiful neck this week! K.A.F. Highwood Man Dies In Crash (Continued from page 1) 23, when he was struck by a car driven by Madelyn J. Malstrom of Cary. The fatal accident oc­ curred two miles north of Is­ land Lake, near Remus Lodge. The driver stated she was travelling south on River road, another auto was north-bound and a third was turning at Thom­ as court. She continued to say that as she approached the ve­ hicles, she did not notice the pedestrian walking north until her car was upon him. He was walking on the road, she added, on the inside of the white line that edges the thoroughfare. Madelyn Malstrom said when she noticed him, she swerved to the left but was unable to a- void striking the pedestrian, who was taken by ambulance to McHenry hospital. Kathy Tessendorf of 908 S. Kt. 31, McHenry, was taken to the hospital by ambulance, slightly injured, when the car she was driving skidded on the slippery highway last Wednes­ day evening at 6:30. Miss Tessendorf was driv­ ing south on Rt. 31 and came upon a car stuck in the ditch. She slowed to see if she could help, but her auto skidded, left the road and overturned. She was ticketed for driving too fast for conditions. Gene L. Greco of Prospect Heights was ticketed for fail­ ure to maKe an immediate re­ port of a two-car crash east of Crystal Lake last Thursday which involved a car driven by Cecelia A. Ring of 5li2 Park­ view, MeCullom Lake. The latter told police she was west-bound on C rystal Lake road, delivering papers, and had just pulled to the east-bound lane with emergency flasher on. She stated she was almost stop­ ped when a vehicle coming from the east pulled to the south of her auto, hit her on the left side and knocked down the mail­ box but failed to stop. , Greco entered the sheriffs office two hours later and told authorities he didn't stop be­ cause he did not realize he had struck anything. George Gallagher, 73, Mar­ engo, died of an apparent heart attack last Thursday morning at 11:20, when the auto he was driving was involved in an ac­ cident. Mrs. L. Smith stood in her yard in Marengo as the truck came down the road, went out of control and finally came to rest in the ditch. 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