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City Considers Ways To THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER Smart) Winning i lru*paptr 1978-- Rescue Squad In Fund Drive SERVING THE CHAIN O LAKES REGION SINCE 1875 John Schlofner, left, president of the McHenry Area Rescue squad, and Carmon Hodges, chairman of the 1978 fund drive, stand beside the rescue vehicle as they prepare to place in the mail letters asking for financial support for this volunteer service. Support is needed urgently to keep pace with an anticipated 850 calls to be handled by the close of 1978. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD Nothing in l i fe is t ree That 's the message the McHenry Rescue squad finds i t necessary to spread to local residents as it makes i ts annual appeal for f inancial support Letters asking for monetary assistance to maintain the service provided went into the mail this week Major items of expense in one calendar year include truck replacement, $35,000; in­ surance on equipment, building, personnel and mal practice, $9,000; and repair or replacement of major medical equipment. $2,500 The squad recognizes the generosity of McHenry residents in the past , but must make a new appeal because of the tremendous increase in the number of persons served This number has gone from 360 in 1972 to an anticipated 850 by the end of 1978 The volunteer McHenry squad works hard for the community and is now engaged in the Il l inois Heart associat ion drive to teach Cardio­ pulmonary Resuscitat ion to the public The squad has eight cert if ied CPR instructors and plans to teach at least one CPR class monthly start ing in January No charge will be made Members emphasize I hat the squad can only handle emergency calls and cannot respond to ambulance calls where the only need is t ran sportat ion You have a friend who starts l ife with you, follows you through every important happening and is even present when you die This fr iend is present at your f irst Communion, at high school graduations, when you become engaged and are married The same friend welcomes the arrival of your children and is present at your twenty-fif th and even your golden wedding anniversary Certainly i t isn t your parents, and not even the family pastor In fact , you can' t count on any human who might accompany you through all these milestones of l i fe But s tep by step, your hometown newspaper is always present when you want i t to be to record the important detai ls of today that wil l become the memories of tomorrow This is National Newspaper week, and we think it is ap propriate to let our readers know the many ways we are a part of your l ife The night your l i t t le gir l topped the field to become Lit t le Miss Peanut, the cold November day when you kicked a field goal to bring victory for home team, and the fal l Halloween contest when the l i t t le one in the family won first prize for the spookiest costume Or remember the t ime you won a top place in the I)AK cit izenship essay contest ; or the June you learned you were among the top ten students at MCHS These were big moments and we were there for many of you For others, the day is st i l l ahead when we will be able to Hold Candidates Night share your successes and your joys with others Indeed, you are an important part of our newspaper In fact , i t is the news of the individuals, organizations and govern­ mental units that create the history of the McHenry community Some of that history also includes the bargains brought by merchants and the classif ied ads presented to you through neighbors who are buying and sel l ing, renting or leasing, losing and finding How many newspapers become clip services, with i tems of interest being sent to Aunt Mame in Chicago or Uncle Joe, who long ago moved South' ' And when the newspaper has been read, cl ipped, and bargains followed, what do we do with i t ' ' In some homes it s tarts the f lame for the f ireplace, in others i t l ines cabinet shelves, drawers, and even the cat 's l i t terlxix In other homes it is pi led neatly for the next recycling drive, when it is brought to you a second t ime, again to inform and to entertain Excuse our lack of modesty, but we think newspapers are very important fr iends We are proud to be a part of that fr iendship K A F HOt Sl\<. \ l TIIOKITY MEETS The McHenry County Housing Authori ty wil l hold i ts regular business meeting Oct Hi, a t 12 15 p m in the Housing Authori ty office. 329 Lake avenue. Woodstock The Harrison Teachers ' associat ion of Harrison elementary school in Wonder Lake will hold i ts pre-election Meet the Candidates night Oct 19. at 7:30 pm in the Harrison school gymnasium in Wonder I>ake The purpose of this special night is to provide local voters a chance to meet with, and l isten to the various candidates Meet the Candidates night , under the sponsorship of the H a r r i s o n T e a c h e r s ' associat ion, gives the voters an excellent opportunity to question the candidates on issues such as taxes, local control , and school aid This is one of the rare t imes when the people can meet the office seekers on a personal basis It is open to the public and all area voters are welcome at Harrison school to part icipate The format of the program will be for each candidate to have three minutes to present his views, then a question and answer period will fol low Tradit ionally the Meet the Candidates night has been well at tended by the public and the Harrison Teachers ' associat ion hopes that this year the voting public wil l turn out to meet the hopeful office seekers Can didates for the county offices ot sheriff , clerk, t reasurer and the ' Circuit judgeship have ac cepted the invitat ion One-Car Crash Claims Life Of Huntley Man A one car accident near Woodstock claimed the l ife ol a young Huntley man late Tuesday night Brian .J Briscoe. IK. was pronounced dead on arr ival at Memorial hospital in Wood stock, where he was taken following the accident which occurred on Pleasant Valley road and Dean street Briscoe was one of three passengers in a car driven by Tern D Stuffle. 14. also of Huntley Investigation by Sheri f f s (Continued on pa^e 19; VOLUME 103 NUMBER 22 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1978 2 SECTIONS 28 PAGES 20' View School Growth The school board of McHenry s Elementary School Distr ict 15, in the October business meeting Tuesday night , discussed problems connected with the instal lat ion of two mobile classrooms tone each i a t Valley View and Landmark schools and the longer range problem of how to deal with the probable growth of the elementary school population Dr Richard Farmer, superintendent, noted that at this t ime there was no other choice than mobiles for space for the expanding student population Board member. Gary Lock wood questioned the wisdom of the stopgap measures and asserted "Now is the t ime to think of providing for the ad dit ional children' Dr Fanner reminded the board. It has been determined that there is a poor chance for success for a bond referendum for building at this t ime' ' Lockwood insisted that the board is two years behind on planning But he thought they would have to wait unti l the need is present before the taxpayers will okay it ' the building program > He pictured classes being held in the hallways and gyms before people woke up to school room needs Board member. Anna Mae Cuda, advised that in the next couple of months there should be some hard decisions by the ci ty about development She said applications by two of the bigger developers are being considered, and it approved Land DevelopersAsk Hearings Two land developers wil l appear at the City Council meeting Monday. Oct Hi. to request hearing dates for continuation of proposed an­ nexations Falcon Development com panv which is seeking an nexation of 125 acres of land north of Washington street on Route 31, wishes to appear before the Council Wednesday, <kt 18. at H p m Resident lal Development group plans to present a proposal for annexation of ;»5 acres of the Backhaus farm, located on Crystal Lake road, and is asking for a hearing date of Monday. Oct 23, at 7 to p in The Council will either confirm those dates or reset them at its regular meeting at 8 p m Oct Hi Persons interested in attending the meetings may call city hall after Monday they will have more idea of what the growth will be She suggested asking represen tat ives of these developers to meet with the board about their plans and what their projection on the number of children which will result Board member Dorothy Vick. noting that plans for the subdivisions had probably been submitted, asked if the developers had already told the ci ty their projections Mrs Cuda said she didn' t know if the ci ty was programming growth, but i t was becoming aware of the impact She asked that the board schedule a meeting with the larger developers before the f irst of the year In discussion of the treasurer 's report and the audit several facts were brought out al l tax an t icipation warrants had been paid off and no more would be issued unti l af ter next February, and superintendent for operational services. Will iam Landis reported that he was gett ing 7 ' to 8 percent on investment of unused school funds Most of the tax collec t ions had been received, he noted The auditors reported that some of the bond issues would be paid off s tart ing in 1980, result ing in a significant decrease of the levy for that purpose A board member asked if that meant the available bonding power of the distr ict would then increase Factors in keeping the school levy low. auditors noted, was the 17 percent increase in assessed valuation The ex penditure per student was held to 3 percent increase, which some board members believe might indicate some reduction in service, s ince it didn' t equal the rate of inflat ion Board president . David Cain. pointed out the shortfal l in I l l inois Municipal Retirement fund al lotments indicated in the audit report with only $18,030 on deposit leaving $284,429 un­ funded Ot this $103,392 was at tr ibuted to prior service Dr Farmer, to al lay the evident dismay of some board members, noted that they had to play the game according to the rules The state is per mitt ing them to amortize the shortage over a 40 year period, and this condit ion existed in al l school distr icts Landis indicated that the distr ict is currently charging about 15.6 percent for ret irement costs , both FICA and IMRF. result ing in about $8<>.(XH) annually for ret irement funding The auditors also indicated that excess money accumulating in the bond and interest fund ' result ing mostly (Continued on page 19) Johnsburg Board Consider Harsh For Completion Measures Of School Concern for a completion date for the new Johnsburg high school was evident as l)oard members met at the first October business session Tuesday night XI Cox. the architect 's representat ive reviewed the same old problems with l i t t le progress reported Bil l Hayes, principal , af f irmed the fact that the con t inuing disruption of normal school functioning is affecting school morale and may be adding to disciplinary problems The school board considered withholding monies, which admittedly doesn' t seem to bother suppliers or contractors Finally, i t was decided to check into the potential of legal act ion plus a request for Mr Hen derson of K M Associates to be present at the next meeting Bids were accepted in relat ion to the high school building and trades house Some minor points needed clarif icat ion and the electr ical bid could not be determined as now bid Sunnyside was generous in providing a free building permit to the school with one interest ing st ipulat ion that each student involved in the building program learn how to fi l l in a building permit application properly Mr Quick building trades instructor, verif ied the need for a truck as part of the program Its value in t ransport ing students, in carrying or going for materials , and in case of an (Continued on pa,?e 19) Lions Combat Traffic Problems The major activi ty of a special City Council meeting last Friday was to plan ways to combat the ever increasing traffic problems in the ci ty Consultants present were Jim Rakow. county superintendent of highways; Les Swieca, Il l inois Department of Tran­ sportat ion; and Paul Taylor transportat ion planner of the region Areas sensit ive to many McHenry ci t izens were discussed: Stop and go l ights at Crystal Lake road and Route 120; at Ringwood road and Route 31; and at Pearl s treet and Route 31. Other projects included work on Draper road at Route 120 and on Kane avenue The thinking stage was reached on the need for a l ight on the corner of Front street and Main street and for the possible widening of Front street Even the potential of a by­ pass route being marked around McHenry for Route 31 and for northbound traffic on Route 120 was discussed The Consultants revealed that nothing can be done legally on other than state contrcl ied roads and that the. cost of engineering, much less con struction of such a by-pass, is prohibit ive When costs of any of the above projects are considered, a decision must be made to fi t them into Area Streets Program <ASP>. Federal Aid Urban < FAU > or Safer Off Streets programs <SOS>. Each has special requirements and each provides certain per centages of federal , s tate and local monies Any ASP project has to be planned and approved by Oct 30, 1979 The consultants seemed to agtee that in order to meet such a t ime l imit for any project not well along at this date would require l ightning fast coordination Jim Rakow suggested that the ci ty of McHenry needs to make a l ist of projects by priori ty with engineering plans and figures accurate enough to be ready to put into action whenever federal and state monies are available Don Gersted. president of Residential Development group, presented detai led plans for the development of the Whispering Point Commercial center Engineering plans have been drawn for the storm sewer needs along the west s ide of Crystal Lake road His group offered to construct the necessary storm sewers and curbing for the proposed development It was suggested that the ci ty consider the need for drainage t i les under Crystal Lake road and with possible widening of the east s ide to the south en trance of McHenry high West, as needed The Sidewalk comittee was assigned the task of determining the curbing needs Brvce Klontz of the McHenry Kiwanis club was present to explain that Kiwanis was will ing to purchase and instal l playground equipment*, to the Center s treet park Mayor Stanek, in behalf of the Council , gratefully accepted the offer Candy More than sixty Lions, fr iends, relat ives, and volun­ teers wil l be giving away candy Oct 14. for the twenty sixth annual I l l inois Lions Clubs Candy day for Humanitarian Services The effort of the McHenry Lions club will be in com­ bination with Lions clubs throughout the state of I l l inois in an at tempt to raise $1,000.004 to support a variety of services, projects , and research to help the blind, visually han­ dicapped, deaf, and hearing impaired "Rain or shine, we're going to be out there," said Frank Cady, Candy day general chairman for the McHenry Lions club "Statewide there will be 30,000 of us, al l joining (Continued on page 19) MCHS Committee For Evaluation Members ol the high school Steering committee meet to plan for directing the school's efforts during its self-study and North Central association evaluation. From left, they are Harriet Chandler. Bob Putnam, Bill Day, Ken Ludwig, Sandy Vitale, Marilyn Munz, Gloria Burke, Don Seaton and Jim Blum. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD Superintendent Robert Swartzloff of McHenry High School District No 156 recently announced the names of the Steering committee members who will direct the school ' s efforts during i ts self study and North Central association evaluation The committee will be composed of eight members and will be chaired by James Blum, who is administrative intern The other members of the committee are Marilyn Munz. counselor at Fast , ( iuidance committee chairperson. Gloria Burke English instructor at Fast Staff and Administrat ion chairperson. Don Seaton. Math instructor at Fast . School Facil i t ies chairman Harriet Chandler, l ibrarian at East , Media Services committee cha rperson. Bil l Day. History ins' uctor at West. School and Community committee chairman. Ken Ludwig. Physical Education instructor at West . Student \ct ivi t ies committee chairman Bob Putnam. Social Studies coor dinator at West Philosophy and Objectives committee chairman Sandra Vitale, Business Education instructor at West . Curriculum committee chairperson NCA membership requires that a school undergo a self s tudy and an evaluation once every seven years It is the responsibil i ty ol the Steering committee to coordinate the school 's self s tudy, establish the t ime schedule tor both the self s tudy and the outside committee visi t , synthesize al l Ihe reports from the various staff sub committees and make the necessary preparations for (Continued on pa^e 19) preparing for the annual observance of Lions Candy day, scheduled Saturday, Oct. 14, are Frank Cndy, left, chairman; Rich Mercure, BUI Thomas, cochairman; and Ken Sheridan as they unload truck of the candv to be sold on the streets of McHenry. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD