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I 3QOOO 97*oo nooo 77SOO iuouj '7X# >*000 UbOO IOOOQ 7900 SjtU Village Markj 25th Anniversary Your FREE TV Listing Magazine Inside! .,*> <--&.W Memories of 25 years will be evident in many ways u residents, former residents and friends join in celebrating the silver an­ niversary of the Village of McCullom Lake Saturday, Aug. 16. Activities will take place on the beach. The celebration for the anniversary of the village starts at noon and wQl continue until midnight. activities include ited bicycle and buggy contest at 12 o'clock. Following will be games, booths and a dunk tank, among other offerings. Food and drink will be available on the grounds. A band will start playing music for dancing at 7 p.m. and continue until midnight. Karen Parks and Joanne Weisenberger, co-chairmen of the event, promise a treat for former residents through pictures taken of village activities since its formation in 1985. There is no charge to at­ tend and the public is in­ vited. Hie village was farm land until about 1928, when the ares just west of the railroad tracks to Hickory drive was sold to developers. Gravel roads were installed and the land divided into lots. The area came to be known as McCullom Lake Estates. In the early '30's the land from Hickory drive to what more recently has been known as the west end, was developed into the section known as the Knollwood addition. Homes were being constructed at that time and after 1985. when electricity was brought in, more were built for year 'round living. By the end of the '40's the village looked much as it does today. After being defeated several times, a vote to incorporate was passed and in April of 1965 McCullom Lake Estates and the Knollwood addition were incorporated into the Village of McCullom Lake. Joanne Weisenberger, left, and Karen Parks, co-chairmen for the Village of McCaUom Lake's silver anniversary celebration Saturday, Aug. 16, sit en top of simulated anniversary cake which was part of the Fiesta parade float. At left Is the candle with a message inviting the public to take pert in activities which start at noon and continue until midnight at the beach. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD Teachers Pass Up Registration Contract Talks Stalled THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER -SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875 VOLUME 105 NUMBER 5 FRIDAY, AUGUST~T5", IfrgQ 2 SECTIONS 24 PAGES 25' City Council Reluctant On Sewer Cooperation On Monday evening, Aug. 11, the McHenry high school bargaining team met in an impasse session with the board team and federal mediator, Lou Moore, for three hours. The teacher team reported to the board an unanimous rejection by the faculty of the board's salary proposal. The /teachers continued to indicate their willingness to reach a compromise set­ tlement on the salary question. However, the board continued to refuse to increase its April 28 salary offer. Federal Mediator Moore adjourned the meeting as being deadlocked and asked the parties to reexamine their positions if a set­ tlement is to be reached. No dates*' for further negotiations have been scheduled. District 156 Board President Edward Neumann * Some summers are bummers, and this has been one for quite a few people we know. Any trip to the hospital is designation enough for a low point in the social season. Most people don't receive much publicity on their illness - except public of­ ficials and their families. For instance, take the case of 2-year-old Samantha Jayne Thompson, daughter of the governor, who was taken to her pediatrician because she was running a temperature. If you know the right people, even a mild summer virus such as Samantha had will get you a headline. The Plaindealer was on the list of recipients of a news release describing every detail but we skipped it in favor of local news. The folks we saw while visiting a family member in the hospital this past week had a lot more reason for complaint than the youngster's virus. If nothing else, what we observe in hospitals should make us grateful for the good health most of us enjoy. Hospital visits many times involve either an ambulance or a rescue squad. Am­ bulances are intended for anyone who is not entering as an emergency patient. Rescue squads were organized to handle emergencies only. Unfortunately, the sign "FREE" in big letters on rescue squads attracts people who distort Webster's meaning of the word "emergency". This is one of the reasons our rescue squads are so desperately in need of money. It costs in the neigh­ borhood of $200 every time the squad's vehicle makes a run. McHenry hospital has a bonus for guests in the river channel that provides relief from the proximity to pain. Ducks swim leisurely, or comfortably tuck their bills inside their feathers for a snooze on someone's well kept lawn. A little thing, perhaps, but nevertheless a respite from the illness evident such a short distance away. Most of us would prefer a life that had no hospital as part of it. Unfortunately, this isn't always possible, and when suffering or concern runs high they become No. 1 on our list of favorite places to be. , It should be known that wh~-. people enter a hospital, both patient and family become people other than their usual Selves. They may panic; they may become belligerent; but most of all they become demanding. Maybe they are none of these at any other time, but a trip to the hospital brings out latent characteristics that make most of us low on the popularity poll among staff members. Fortunately, they are accustomed to these "new" people who, in their ner­ vousness or pain, exhibit hostility over very Utile. The staff accepts them. Those who don't make a habit of regular trips to the hospital will find changes through the years. One innovation is the guard system, which at first appears formidable for an institution which deals in gentleness. This was our one source of conflict, but departure time found relations on the smile side. Hospitals have another innovation of recent years in the person of patient representatives. These people do wonderful things. When it's time to leave and the details of getting out become almost more hectic than coming in, these problem solvers get busy and take care of every detail. They arrange for am­ bulances, hospital beds if needed, advise on Medicare funding - the "works". These are pluses that could d e s i g n a t e p a t i e n t representatives as the most important folks in the hospital. ^ Head nurses tend to be solemn and firm. This is the way it should be; otherwise we would tend not to take them seriously. Other nurses, whether by accident or design, flash more smiles that give assurance the head nurse didn't really mean it. Aides come in all sizes and personalities too. We were fortunate to have the cream of the crop. Upon admittance, it soon becomes apparent that all of the above will shower you with attention, some of it unwanted. You have just had your temperature read and blood pressure taken as shifts change. Fed sure the changing of the guard will bring fresh faces into the room to do the same things all over. No amount of protesting helps. They are there to do a job, iuid even though it'# been done by other com- (Continued on page 17) said the school has every expectation of starting classes on the regularly scheduled opening date, whether or not there is a contract. Neumann described "tenure" as a short term for contractual continuing service and said teachers under tenure do not need a contract to start the new year. In the meantime, registration at East campus Wednesday was held with benefit of the assistance of only two teachers, both non- tenured. Faculty members who in the past had assisted were called and asked to be present, but reportedly their mŝ mm school received calls that they could not be present. Leaflets staling their position were distributed by members erf the McHenry High School Teachers association to students and parents at registration. The McHenry City Council acted the part of the reluctant bridegroom in a shotgun wedding as members discussed the import of a letter to the Northeast .Illinois Planning Commission (NIPC) indicat­ ing no objection to McHenry Shores's pending application for a planning grant for the Shores', sewer collector system and a treatment facility. At the Aug. 7 meeting, McHenry's mayor, Joseph Stanek, asked "If they (McHenry Shores) wel% designated as the planning authority for the treatment facility, would we lose? Is there any danger in signing?" Alderman George Harker echoed his concerns, "What autonomy.. will be surrendered?" In the end, the Council agreed to let city attorney Bernard Narusis rewrite the letter suiztzested engineering firm of Sax and Woodman of Crystal Lake, which represents both McHenry and the Shores, in an innocuous fashion that would commit McHenry to nothing. N a r u s i l , w h o characterized the U.S. EPA as a bunch of "low class J bureaucrats" whom he did not trust, said he would eliminate all references to "cooperation" and change . the letter to read that they would not object to McHenry Shores spending the federal money, but reserved the right not to participate. Stanek said he wanted clarification from the state EPA whether McHenry could go ahead and build its own treatment facility without going through Step 1 planning if it were done with their own funds with no federal grant involved. To set the stage for Council discussion, Mayor Stanek explained that McHenry Shores, through Baxter and Woodman, was applying for a Step 1 federal grant of $24,000 as an EPA project to plan for waste water collection and treatment for the area south and east of McHenry. Included in the is some been designated as the planning authority for this area and now this would conflict with that 208 decision. Hal Sundin, president of Baxter and Woodman, reassured the Council that Shores planning would accommodate McHenry. Stands said he had talked with an EPA state official who said this was not true, that the proposed planning would be only for the Shores. Sundin disagreed. He explained that the planning would be detailed and specific for the treatment plant and for the Shores sewers, but for other sewers in the planning area it would be general, and planning for McHenry city sewers would be deferred. Harker said he would be wary of trying McHenry facilities to a neighboring village which has no record of cooperation, and for McHenry Shores to conceptualize, it was just a planning tool. The key point, Sundin noted, was to establish agreement for boundaries between the two municipalities. Sundin explained that the letter which he was offering just assures that McHenry w i l l c o o p e r a t e w i t h information about needs and facilities and give input to the planning. He also warned that EPA officials had said they will not tolerate obstruction of progress. McHenry, Sundin reassured, was not sticking its head in a noose. The agreeing to boundaries was necessary to (Continued on page 17) coopei area on the east side'tJT tfcn^guestioned what autonomy river, but would also involve would be surrendered. parts of McHenry. Also, the grant would result in designating Shores as the planning authority city M>rvin> aroo Stanek noted that with the completion of the 208 Clean Water studies, McHenry has In clarifying the autonomy question, Sundin claimed there would be no commitment with the planning authority being with the Shores. "You can spend your own molley." He said it was okay Vote $ 10 Million School Budget The McHenry Elementary School District 15 board voted Tuesday night to approve a total tentative budget of more than $10 million for 1980411. According to William Landis, assistant superin­ tendent for operational services, the school board has succeeded in paring an estimated $575,000 from the 1979-80 Education fund deficit of about 805,000. Landis said the "no-frills" budget was accomplished by cutting or reducing a number of programs, by operating on a minimal allowance for supplies and equipment and by reducing the staff size where possible. Total budgetary ex­ penditures, for all funds, were set at $5,332,043 and total revenues arc cxpectcd to be $5,423,158. District 15 Transportation Director Fred Goering reported to the board con­ cerning a state-sponsored program that provides free school transportation for some children who live within the mile-and-a-half limit. Transportation is already provided for those children living more than 1.5 miles from school. According to Goering, the state will reimburse the school district for busing those children who must negotiate particularly hazardous roadways when they go to school. Traffic volumes, shoulder con­ ditions, the age of the student, railroads, are all taken into consideration when the Illinois Depart­ ment of Transportation (IDOT) decides whether students qualify for the reimbursement program. The state assigns a number of points to each criteria and when a total of 12 has accumulated, a child may be eligible for the reimbursement program. "The numerical point system must add up," Goering pointed out. "All the allegations will be verified by IDOT." In response to a question from board member Karen Salman, Goering estimated that 150 children in the McHenry school district would be affected. Included in Goering's estimation of the students who would be eligible are: students of Landmark school living north of Route 120 or in Cooney Heights; first and second graders from the same areas who attend Edgebrook; Hilltop students from the Val Mar area and first and second graders living west of Lincoln road; students from Cooney Heights and first and second graders from the Edgebrook and Country Club sub­ divisions/ attending St. Patrick's/ and fifth graders from Cooney Heights at­ tending St. Mary's. (Continued on page 17) Laurie Nanck, McHenry, poses her spaniel mix "Puppy" Who received honors as the first place in the novice division and high scoring advance dog in McHenry county 441 competition at the McHenry County fair. Since that time she has won third place in the Novice division at the Illinois State fair Junior dog show. Magie Gieselman of Wonder Lake placed third In the Graduate Novice Class I division of the State fair. Laurie trained with the Great American Dog club and is a member of the Lincoln Cioverleafs 4-H club. (Don Peasley Photography) Wield Knife At Sleeping Senior Mercury On The f^ay Up McHenry Sheriffs police are investigating the at­ tempted robbery of an 80- year-old McHenry man that occurred at about 3:30 a.m. Sunday. Frank Czyzyk, of 150? Sunnyside Beach, McHenry, was asleep when be was awakened by two men, one of whom wielded a knife. According to the police report, the men said, "We want your money, old man," and threatened to kill Czyzyk when he said he had none. ibor who had just home saw one of the men running down the road and heard the other saying, "Goodbye, Grand­ pa," at Czyzyk's front door. The neighbor, Paul Schroeder, of 1909 Sunnyside Beach, McHenry, attempted to overtake the two, but could not. Both of the assailants, who left the home empty-handed, were described as about 17- or 18-years-old. One had (Continued on page 17), MCC Negotiations Robert Bartlett, president of McHenry County college, told the Plaindealer that board and faculty association negotiators had participated "in very good faith bargaining" in the last contract negotiating sessions. Bartlett added that it would "be unwise to reveal the particulars of the negotiations" but said the points ci impasse were primarily monetary. He predict that a contract agreement between teachers and school board would be reached before classes start. The next negotiating session is slated for Aug. 18at3p.m. Bob Meyer, president of the Jehnsburg Rescue squad (left) and BUI Swartskff, chairman of the building and Bounds committee, need $36,666 to be able to fill in the committee, need $36,666 rest sf the "deusttsu thermometer." According to Swartzleff, the Rescue squad needs this money to help pay for the $80,800-plus remodelling and expansion of the Johnsburg Rescue squad building. The annual dance, coming up on Aug. 23, in Johnsburg. will provldi the lands for the day-to-day operation of the squad. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD