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PAGE 18 - PLAINDEALER - FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 10. 1978 NEW BEACH FOR CITY (Continued from page 1) much about the issue as the rest of us do." Although there was a motion on the floor, a roll call vote was not taken as discussion con­ tinued. Mayor Stanek asked Jerry Raycraft. a member of the Conservation Club, for his opinion regarding the matter. Raycraft suggested to the city that it postpone voting on the purchase until the Con­ servation club could formulate its opinions • regarding restrictions that they felt would be necessary for the beach Raycraft told the Council that the club would like to see maximum restrictions placed on the proposed beach prohibiting boat launching and vehicle access to the beach "The beach should be used just for swimming," said Raycraft Aldermen Schooley and Nolan agreed that restrictions should be placed on the beach "The Parks committee could work something out regarding the restrictions," said Alder­ man Nolan, "but these con­ cerns should not postpone the consummation of the sale." Alderman Rogers asked several questions concerning the property, in an attempt to quickly familiarize himself with the issue at hand. Superintendent Meyer posted a map of the property in question, and city leaders examined the map in an at­ tempt to determine how much of the property was actually lake shore property. Following the review of the map, Mayor Stanek asked for a roll call vote of the Council. The Council decided to purchase the property by a vote of 5 to 3. Alderman Schooley, Nolan, Bolger/ Adams and Rogers voted yes, while Smith, Datz and Harker voted no Mayor Stanek asked City Attorney Narusis to draw up a contract for the purchase, and indicated that the purchase would be made as soon as the necessary legal documentation was presented to Narusis by Mass. Following the discussion and vote, John Gacek. representing the subdivision of Lakewood, addressed the Council "The subdivision of Lakewood is disappointed that the city of McHenry did not consult the village regarding this proposed purchase," said Gacek According to Gacek, the city and village now become neigh bors, and the village thought that this fact should have necessitated the need for discussion between the two concerning the property. Gacek concluded that the subdivision of Lakewood was extemely hurt and very sorry that they weren't consulted by the city NAME COUNTY RTA OFFICER (Continued from page 1) newsperson for thirteen years with Waukegan radio station W'KRS covering McHenry county. Previously, she was with the Woodstock Daily Sentinel and the McHenry Plaindealer Mrs Sells has been a resident in McHenry county for the last thirty years She has been a member of many McHenry county civic organizations. MUSIN' N MEANDERIN' , (Continued from page 1) didn't say whether it was "for real" or fiction. It concerned a poor, hard­ working farmer with a not-too- profound trust of the U.S. mail. In the age before gasoline combustible engines, the sturdy farmer relied on a mule. American Legion Post 491 - RINGWOOD ROAD, McHENRY - FISH FRY EVERY FRIDAY (5:00-9:00 P. M.) PERCH-ALL YOU CAN EAT OTHER MENU AVAILABLE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC I* '2ND TIME AROUND SAT. NITE COCKTAIL MOM.--WED.--THURS.--FRIDAY HOUR 3:30 to 6:00 Cut Price* >ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooocooooi 1 Finally--a Sale on Something you love! 20% off Watferly Made-to-Measure Draperies Prints - satins - batistes ... with Roc-Ion "Rain-no-Stain" linings. Why settle for readymades when for so little more you can own custom-style draperies to your exact window measurements. Lined too if you wish with roc- Ion® to keep l&uft summer heat and winter cold. Resists water spots and mildew, too. Come in and see our wide assor­ tment of decorator selected colors to beautify any room in your home. iMcJtfenvpy Qhtafiwy, V ^o. 1253 N. Grttn St. McHenry, III. 60050 385-7531 Daisy, for power to turn the soil, reap the fruits of his toil and cart them to market And so it was that when Daisy died it was a disaster to the hard working tiller of the soil. "Lord", called the farmer. "I ,don't know how to pray and I never have But I've been a good man all my life and worked hard I ain't going to make it without Daisy, so I'm asking you to send a hundred dollars for a new mule". I nfamiliar with prayer, the farmer decided to ma il hi$ request in spite of his distrust in the postal system He simply addressed the letter "The ",1-ord" When the letter was discovered in the outgoing mail department at the post office, the clerks, not knowing what else to do. opened it to seek a* return address After reading the humble message, employees were so touched they passed a hat and collected $r><) for the farmer and mailed it to him When the mail arrived the next day. the farmer was overjoyed He immediately grabbed a pencil and wrote a letter of thanks to "The Lord" "Dear Lord, thank You very much for the money But the next time You send me a hundred dollars, don't do it through the mails The crooks down at the post office took hall of it" K A F INVESTIGATION OF JUVENILE CLEARS THEFTS (Continued from page 1) the arrest of numerous juvenile offenders. According to city police Detective Gary Wigman. "Investigation led to the arrest of seven juveniles on felony charges, including burglary, felony damage to property and felony theft Wigman continued by saying. "Two McHenry area boys are being held in the Lake County Youth home, pending trial on the matters Sheriff's police report that several thousand dollars worth of property has been recovered and the following burglaries have been cleared up: Five homes on North Country Club road in McHenry, including the Paul Jessup residence, the Stanley Sawko residence, the Guy Fett residence, the James Kennedy residence and the Elizabeth Joza residence; the Rustic Harbor restaurant on Front street and the James Mowrey home on Clover street in McHenry The Mowrey burgalry alone had netted the thieves over $1 (KM) worth of merchandise. Investigation into the mat­ ters is continuing. "More juvenile arrests are expected in the near future." said Detective Wigman, "and the recovery of more property is also expected." Two area juveniles were referred to juvenile authorities by Sheriff's police after they were seen leaving an unoc­ cupied residence at 4:50 p.fri. on Feb. 3. v • McHenry County Sheriff's police received a report that someone had been seen inside the unoccupied home of Stanley Nieman, 2425 Riverside drive, McHenry. When a deputy arrived at the scene he observed two young males departing through a rear door of the premises. The juveniles were detained by the deputy but it could not be determined if anything had been taken Following the incident, both juveniles were turned over to juvenile authorities. Thieves stole a reported $200 from a home in Wonder Lake Feb. 5. Ruth Knott. 7H13 Oakwood drive. Wonder Lake, told Sheriff's police that she had been away for the evening and when she returned she discovered that someone had gained entry to her house by forcing open the rear door. The only thing taken was the money which had been left in an envelope on a table. Investigation into the in­ cident is continuing. Four snowmobiles and a pick-up truck were stolen from the Charles Ruth residence sometime during the night of Feb. 1. Ruth, who resides at 1501 Chapel Hill road, McHenry, told McHenry County Sheriff's police that the truck was equipped with snow removal equipment and had been parked in the driveway. The snowmobiles were parked in the backyard. The truck was found aban­ doned on Wilmot road Feb. 2. but the snowplow, CB radio, AM-FM radio, tape player and several tools were missing. According to the police report, the snowmobiles, belonging to various owners, have not been recovered but investigation is continuing. for the comfor t o f SprjHg n your home, a l l w in ter long. . Humidify with an npnifflijc 9 HUMIDIFIER HUMTDIFIER ca": Carl Woerner HEATING AND COOLING SINCE 1931 3511 S. Wright Rd. 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In other Council news, Robert Mortell, representing the McHenry Junior Youth League, addressed the Council regar­ ding the yearly donation to the VFW by the city to serve as rental for the baseball fields used by the league. According to Mortell, the city had been most generous in previous years, allocating $1000 to the VFW. However, costs have gone up, and the VFW is requesting a rate hike and Mortell asked the Council to consider raising its con­ tribution to $1500. When questioned as to the number of games played at the VFW by the Youth Baseball league. Mortell answered, "We now have thirty-seven teams, and play over 500 games at the VFW fields." Alderman Bolger suggested a compromise figure of $1250, but Alderman Harker made a motion to grant the $1500 fee. A vote was taken and the increase was granted unanimously. Chairman of the Water and Sewer committee, George Harker, told the Council of preliminary discussions bet­ ween the committee and Baxter & Woodman, Inc., environmental engineers, and a letter was given to each councilman regarding a study of McHenry's sewage facilities. For a cost not to exceed $6000, the firm would conduct a study of the city's sewer system. The study would evaluate the present system and sewage treatment needs for the population anticipated to the year 20(H). Alderman Harker felt that the study would be very beneficial to the city. "We need the figures to be able to explain the sewer costs to proposers of future an­ nexations." explained Harker "It's an excellent idea," agreed Alderman Datz. "We need to know where we are going." The Council voted unanimously to authorize Baxter & Woodman to conduct the study. The Council also said that decision to allow McCullom Lake to hook into the city sewer cannot be made until an in­ tergovernmental working agreement between the village and the city can be reached. McCullom Lake needs the consent of the city of McHenry before it can apply to the federal government for grants to apply toward the cost of hooking into the sewer system. Mayor Stanek informed all the alderman that they are invited to attend a discussion sponsored by the League of Woman voters concerning land use and the planning of the community. The discussion will be at St. Paul's Episcopal church March 9 at 9:30 a.m. A l d e r m a n S c h o o l e y questioned the mayor as to whether or not the city could regulate taxi cab fare in­ creases. Mayor Stanek said that although the city ordinance require cabs to be inspected. A new public address system recently installed in the City Council chambers was used for the first time at Monday night's Council meeting. Above, Alderman Edward Datz is shown questioning the mayor about the airport zoning proposal while Alderman Ray Smith looks on. The new sound system, purchased from Tones in McHenry at a cost of over $2,000, includes a microphone for each alderman, the mayor, city clerk, superintendent and the city attorney and four speakers in the ceiling, enabling everyone attending the meetings to hear discussions. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD there is nothing in the or­ dinance regulating their fares. Stanek also explained that the taxis had not been inspected on a regular basis, and asked new Police Chief George Pasenelli. who was present at the meeting, to begin a regular inspection of the cabs. City Clerk Gilpin reminded Council members that the first hearing regarding the proposed use of new revenue sharing funds would be Feb 20 at 7 p.m.. prior to the start of the regular Council meeting Although $125,500 has already been allocated, another $62,500 is available because revenue sharing funds are being worked into the fiscal year calendar. At the close of the meeting, Alderman Bill Bolger, who is also president of the Library board, told the Council that the elimination of parking in front of the library on Green street has resulted in the library parking lot being "overrun". It was Bolger who suggested at the last meeting that the elimination of the parking be tabled until the situation could be studied more closely The Council ignored his suggestion and followed the suggestion of the Street and Sidewalk committee and. prohibited parking on Green street from Waukegan street to John street Alderman Bolger concluded by saying that something will have to be done to correct the parking situation at the library THE FfAG J AT NIGHT (Continued from page 1) project benefitting the city. At the regular Rotary meeting at noon. Mayor Joseph Stanek accepted the 8x12 flag which was later mounted on the 70-foot flagpole at the northeast corner of Waukegan and Third streets It will be lighted each night, and hopefully will be seen by motorists entering the city from all directions. "We hope it will serve much the same purpose as the popular star that attracted admiring glances on the old standpipe ". one Rotarian commented The club, now headed by Dennis Conway as president, has long range plans to develop a small park at the location of the flagpole, to contain shrubs, benches and other con­ veniences for those who would like to utilize the spot as a rest area. Hilary Rodenkirch WEEK! The next 7 DAYS Hilary Can Sell Any •P0NTIAC •CADILLAC or •USED CAR For The LOWEST PRICES WE HAVE EVER GIVEN! If you are thinking of making a trade, call Hilary at 815-385-6000 immediately for "The Best Deal Ever"! OVERTON f /////////'-PONTI AC RT. 120 ond RT . 31 McHENRV 385 -6000 FUND PROSPECT CHANGES DATE OF REFERENDUM * (Continued from page 1) although no assurance was given, he had the impression the district might also get 43 percent funding for a new football field, baseball diamond and for parking. Member Edward Neumann urged for the presentation of other options. Among the options Neumann set forth were filing East for a highter price or requesting the use of Life Safety money combined with Capitol Development board funding to renovate East and build on to West. "What will we do if the referendum is defeated"" he asked Catherine Alvary noted that the bond issue may need to be only in about the same amount that would be required to renovate East campus for life safety, which would be a requirement if the building is to be used. Neumann persisted as he asked. "Are we going to have a 2-2 system or two four-year buildings if the referendum doesn't pass?" Swartzloff answered that it was impossible for him to proceed in every direction at one time, adding that his im­ mediate problem is to arrange for the dismissal of 25 percent of the teachers because of the lowered enrollment which will result due to the opening of the new Johnsburg school next fall. He said in view of the many proposals that had been presented and the inability to resolve the district's problems immediately, it is his opinion if the referendum should lose the present system should be carried out for the year ahead After more discussion, Dave Benrud made the two motions, on canceling the Feb. 25 referendum and the other scheduling another for April 8, with no dollar figure stated until after March 10. Originally, the referendum request was in the amount of $2,900,000. In other action, an O.K. was given to submit a third year continuation proposal to the state office for the SEE (Simulated Employee Ex­ perience) program. The board also committed itself to maintaining the SEE project for one year after state funding ceases. These commitments are necessary so that funds are available for the third year. The fourth year of operation is required so that successful projects can be maintained as demonstration sites to make easier the task of diffusing efforts to other districts. McHenry high school is a pilot school for this program. To date, $68,000 has been received in funding for three years and it was pointed out that another $45,000 may come the way of the local school district next year. Between sixty and seventy children are involved in the program, which is dedicated to engaging in small projects About $800 has been realized by the sale of these handmade articles to date No action was taken on a written request of the Teachers' association, asking the board to rescind action taken at the Aug 23 special meeting in which teaching loads were established at 5'^ classes beginning next year. The association had been made aware of the motion that read, "to increase teaching load to 5'_> courses unless con­ solidation of courses or some other alternative can be found that will cut $55,000 from the v budget"; The association has not recommended any alternatives that would save $55,000 from the budget, but asked that the decision be reconsidered based upon the quality of education and other related factors The board accepted the first * of two offers for the 1976-77 « Building Trades house, acting ' on a statement in a letter sent « to local realtors that * "preference will be given to the • earliest offer received in ! writing". The first offer was for j the school's established sale | price of $65,000, less 6 percent « commission to the realty firm ' The second offer was for * $65,500, less a 6 percent realty « commission ! The board approved Steve * Glasder for long term sub • stitute pay. He has been sub « stituting for Tony Stumbris, I Industrial Arts teacher at East \ campus, since Jan 17, when the • latter was badly injured in an I accident * Medal Of Honor Holder Speaks At Legion Home 1 Commander Jim Chesler of ' Legion Post 491, McHenry, has * announced that Medal of Honor / Holder Allen Lynch, ! representing the federal V.A ; system, and Len Kaufman, . state of Illinois representative ' will be at the Legion home, 250£ N.Ringwood road. The two men will answer all questions regarding pensions, a l l o w a n c e s , b e n e f i t s , hospitalization, etc. All veterans, widows and depen-, dents in the area are invited to - attend and ask questions. It is • not necessary to belong to a' veterans' organization to be heard Take A Note Keep a note pad in the kitchen to jot down supplies that need* restocking. LAETRILE THERAPY FOR CANCER The findings of important and new I | experiments by Dr. Harold Manner, PHD, { Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois are now I { available. This may be the answer for you. • J See and hear about these results, presented by I J I • Michael Maggio, Loyola University. No Charge. I PLACE: First United Methodist Church 3717 W. Main St. McHenry, Illinois 8 p.m. Thursday, B February 16, 1978 | Assembly Room j TIME: /