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THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER -b-LAKE S Kiwonis M"n nf Vanr SERVING THE CHAIN-o-LAKES Candidates' Night At Legion Home October 28 VOLUMN 96« NUMBER 24 FRIDAY,' OCTOBER 23, 1970 Study Modular System Plan Flood Project A large group of teachers and students plus interested citizens appeared at the meet­ ing of the School Board of Dis­ trict 156 at the administration building Tuesday, Oct. 20. The flexible modular system was the main discussion. A pet­ ition signed by majority of East Campus students was presented to continue the system. A num­ ber of parents spoke in behalf of the system. An interested spectator ex­ pressed opposition to the 15 minute modular system at the school because of too much confusion and two teachers from the school agreed with him. The East Campus teachers will submit a study and sum­ mation of the system to the ad­ ministration and President James Althoff said that a new appraisal of the East Campus modular system will be made. Board member Clint Clay- pool stated he didn't exactly condemn the modular system but the system must be changed so that assistance would be available to the students who need it. It was announced that in two or three years West Campus will not have enough room un­ der the present system and that consideration of the problem must be under study now. The subject of the bombing scare and apprehension of three girls responsible for the Mon­ day incident was brought up and the board agreed they would prosecute the culprits. In other business recommen­ dations a motion was made to accept the proposal of Lee & Ray Electric company to re­ move and relocate the wiring at central office in conjunction (Continued on page 4) Candidates' Night will be ob­ served at the next general meet­ ing of the McHenry Township Republican Women's club, to be held Wednesday, Oct. 28, at the Legion home on Ringwood road at 8 p.m. Fran Herrmann, program chairman, has announced the following candidates: Karl Berning for state Senator; R. Bruce Waddell for state repre­ sentative, 33rd district; Lea Cunningham for state represen­ tative, 33rd district; Vernon W. Kays for county clerk; Audrey Walgenbach for county treas­ urer; Richard F. "Nick" Jus- ten for county sheriff; and Rich­ ard L. Tazewell for superinten­ dent of educational service re­ gion. The public is invited to hear the speakers and enjoy refresh­ ments. At the general meeting held in September, Mrs. John L. (Jerry) Boehm was appointed the new youth chairman and Mrs. Roland (Vera) Payne was named new mailing chairman. Increase Funding For Vocational Education Inspecting site of state drainage improvement project set for January of 1971 are Fred Mey­ er, superintendent of public works, Aldermen Jerome Rogers, Alderman Joseph Stanek, Sen- Residents of the north and northwest side of McHenry will get relief from spring floods because of a $105,000 state drainage improvement project Scheduled to begin after Jan. 1, 1971. Periodic flooding in this area west of the Fox river was at­ tributed to an inadequate drain­ age ditfh. Since the ditch is a contributory stream to the Fox river, the flood problem became the concern of the state Division of Waterways. A bill appropriating $105,000 for the improvement was in­ itiated in the Illinois House by Representatives Lester Cun­ ningham (R-Belvidere) and Thomas Hanahan (D-McHenry). Senator Karl Berning (R-Deer - field) of the 32nd district di­ rected the bill through his branch of the legislature until it ended up on Governor Ogil- vie's desk and was signed. (Continued on page 4) ator Karl Berning, Alderman Frank Hromec and Mayor Donald Doherty. They are looking at large map of the site, located in Lakeland Park. PLAINDEALER PHOTO The 1969-70 Vocational Ed­ ucation plan that provided work orientation and work experience for the students of Community High School District 156 has been reimbursed by state and federal funds in the amount of $29,180. This is an increase of $16,077 over the 1968-69 reimbursement. At a recent meeting of the McHenry county vocational ed­ ucation coordinators, it was announced that McHenry was the only school of the group listed that received an increase in reimbursement for vo­ cational education for the year 1969-70. The reasons were given for this change in the reimburse­ ment pattern throughout the state were two-fold: (1) The new plan is based on total number of students involved rather than total number of ad­ ministrators or teachers; (2) The fact that specific areas of vocational education were designated to be fundable. These areas are Industrial, Health, Agriculture and Applied Bio­ logy, Business Marketing and Management, and Personal and Public Service. Burglaries And Thefts In Area Under Investigation When Curtis Clark of 8418 Burton road, Wonder Lake, ar­ rived at his summer residence Friday evening about 7:15, he discovered the home had been broken into. Entry was made by breaking an 8x10 inch win­ dow pane in the front door with a rock, which was found in the living room. Missing were two six-packs of beer, one alarm clock and a bottle of liquor. An empty bottle of liquor was also found on the kitchen table but nothing else was disturbed. Edward H. Bielinski of 911 Brookwood drive, Arlington Heights, told police that some­ time last week, his boat kept at his summer home at 609 Oeffling drive, McHenry, had numerous articles taken from it. Missing were a crank, tach­ ometer, anchor, fire extin­ guisher, oars, two 6-gallon gas tanks, hoses and two fiberglass fishing fly rods. He valued the articles at approximately $100. Sometime last week, the gar­ age on the James Hager resi­ dence at 106 Lily Lake road, McHenry, was entered and the following items were taken: Me­ ter head, custom seat, custom gas tanks, two carburetors and one handle bar grip. Total value was approximately $300. These items were all parts of a motor­ cycle which was in the garage. Charles Kuhns of 2502 Ring- wood road, McHenry, reported the theft of a 4x8 foot polit­ ical sign valued at about $70. It was taken from the front yard of his residence. A tape player valued at $100 was taken from an automobile belonging to Elmer Borcovan of 1300 N. Eastwood lane, McHen­ ry, sometime between 12:30 and 2 a.m. Sunday morning. The car was parked in the driveway of the residence when the theft occurred. Elio Passagila of 4622 W. Lake Shore drive, Wonder Lake, told deputies that when he arrived at his summer res­ idence Sunday, he discovered a 45-horsepower motor had been stolen from his outboard motor boat. Police Ticket Local Drivers After Crashes Gerald L. Phillips of 6104 Maiden Lane, Spring Grove, was ticketed by county police for illegal transportation of al­ coholic liquor after an acci­ dent Sunday evening about 9 o'clock on Route 173, one half mile east of the Greenwood blacktop. Walter R. Gable of 11407 Maple avenue, Hebron, stated he was traveling west on the highway when the Phil­ lips car struck his vehicle in the left rear fender and bump­ er and then left the scene. Phil­ lips said he was stopped at the sign, preparing to make a right turn, when the collision occurred. Roy H. Miller of 3702 W. Grand avenue, McHenry, was issued a ticket for failure to report an accident to police (Continued on page 4) Anti-Pollution Campaign Probably no one will ever completely understand politics and their workings. Like wo­ men, the subject remains some­ thing of a mystery after all of the centuries the political movement has existed. One small example came to light this past week when we learned that a yard sign ad­ vertising a particular candi­ date had been stolen, although a valuable light which shone upon it remained, indicating political motivation. As we mentioned this to someone lat­ er the same day, we were in­ formed that a hand painted sign, with light attached, had been removed from the yard of the opposing candidate, who figured it was "just one of those things" and saw no reason to report it. This attitude bears out some­ thing that becomes more and more evident to us who are close to the political scene in the newspaper office. For the most part, candidates usually do less (Continued on page 4) The McHenry Area Jaycees have started a community wide canvass and publicity campaign to acquaint the local voters with the Nov. 3 referendum for the passage of the proposed Anti-Pollution Bond Act. The state-wide chairman of Illinois -v Citizens for Clean Water is Charles Brown, president of Illinois Bell. Dr. James Mc- Mahon and Robert Sturgeon are coordinating the local program in cooperation with Illinois Bell, Northern Illinois Gas, and Com­ monwealth Edison. "" The costs of cleaning up Mc­ Henry County's waters will nev­ er be lower than they are to­ day. That was the messsage last week to the Woodstock Cham­ ber of Commerce from Charles L. Brown. As state-wide chairman of Illinois Citizens for Clean Wa­ ter - a citiznes groiq? leading the campaign for passage of the proposed Anti-Pollution Bond Act on Nov. 3 - Brown spoke to Chamber's annual meeting in Woodstock's V.F.W. hall. "The Costs of designing and b u i 1 d i h g sewage - treatment plants and putting to work the other technical methods we have for reducing water pollution will never be lower than they are now," Brown said. "Labor and material costs are going up 10 percent year by year... The cost of cleaning up our environment will only increase- and the mess gets worse. "And we are not dealing with an option. Clean up we must. There is no alternative," Brown told the meeting. "Now is the time to pass the antipollu­ tion bond act." The (act would help prevent an environmental catastrophe, and it will do so fairly and log­ ically, Brown said. "Illinois is, curiously, one of the few industrial states whose laws don't allow for financial help to local governments for their sewage-treatment costs. The bond act will rectify that," he said. Yet the bond act will re­ quire no new property taxes. The bonds - both principal and interest - will be paid off from current, general state reven­ ues. Early in his speech, Brown said municipal sewage is the greatest source of water pol­ lution in Illinois today. "Industries will eventually perfect their technologies e- nough to cut down on their pol­ lution when the laws governing such matters are enforced as strictly as they should be," he said. "Compliance will be­ come a matter of economics for them. But, the human animal being what it is, human wastes will always be with us - and in ever-increasing amounts." The bond isSue provides for the state to pay one-fourth of the cost of new or improved municipal sewage-treatment facilities. "And when the state pays one-fourth of the cost, the way is open for the federal government to raise its share from the present 30 percent to 50 or 55 percent," Brown said. This means local communities would have to pay as little as 20 percent, rather than 70 per­ cent as under existing law. "Many communities in Mc­ Henry County stand to benefit from a successful referendum on Nov. 3,'J Brown said. "The state's Environmental Protection Agency already has identified and labled as nec­ essary thirteen other projects totalling, nearly $9 million. These) include a ^$5^3 million expansion project in Crystal Lake; W-^xjWnsion and nu­ trient-removal facility at Mc- (Cotmnued on page 4) MAN OF THE YEAR -- Ward Ehredt, outgoing president of the Wonder Lake Kiwanis club, named William "Bill" Cristy as "Man of The William "Bill" Cristy of Won­ der Lake was named " Man of the Year" by the Kiwanis club of that community at the annual installation and ladies' night dinner meeting last Monday. Cristy was presented with the club's President's award by Ward Ehredt, who has headed the organization for the past two years. The honored recip­ ient is a past Kiwanis club president, a member of the Har­ rison school board and a mem­ ber of the citizens' advisory committee for High School Dis­ trict 156 at the time of the referendum which approved the West campus school building program. Lt. Gov. Jack Satorius of Woodstock installed officers for 1970-71, who are Gene Bach, president; William Dicker, vice-president; ' Art Chris­ topher, secretary; and Horace Wagner, treasurer. On the board of directors are Leonard Freund, Art Lau, Bob Howe, Bob Bright, Bob Meyrs, Gordy Gran and Bill Cristy. Earlier in the evening, fol­ lowing dinner, Mr. Lau made presentations to Katy Chris­ topher, Shirley Cristy, Alice Wagner and Mrs. Reuben Ar- vidson for their fine assistance on Peanut Day. He also pre­ sented a plaque to Mr. Ehredt on behalf of the club for his outstanding service to the com­ munity and to the club. The lat­ ter responded with a thank-you to officers and members for their cooperation during his presidency. City Council > Approves Concept Of Condomiums Following a recommendation from the McHenry Planning Commission, the City Council approved a new concept of con­ dominium housing presented by David Ladd of Ladd Enterprises at the regular meeting Monday night. The recommendation is as follows: "Recommend the approval of this concept and the confor­ mance to the original ordinance for Whispering Oaks Subdi­ vision which specifies 10,000 square feet of land per living unit and a minimum of 900 square feet of living area per a unit. Approval being contin­ gent on the assurance that there be no discriminatory restric­ tive covenants regarding pur­ chase of ownership". The new plan was submitted to the City Council at a re- cenf meeting and referred to (Continued on page 4) Late Registration For Fall Program Of "Y" Ends Soon The Lake Region YMCA Pro­ gram center at 95 N. Grant street in Crystal Lake is the location for persons to regis­ ter for ^all activities. Most of this quarter's activities be­ gan on Oct. 10*, 12, 13, 14 and 15. Late registrations will be accepted until Oct. 24 for activities that meet for ten sessions. (Continued on page 4) Year" at the installation and ladies' night din­ ner meeting. Mr. Cristy was honored for his service to the club. PLAINDEALER PHOTO Local Schools Will Observe EducationWeek The first meeting of the Mc­ Henry Elementary Class­ room Teachers association this year will be called to order by the president, Marge Hall, at 4 o'clock Monday, Oct. 26, in Valley View school to mark participation in American Ed­ ucation Week. All of the schools will be ob­ serving the week by inviting Mc­ Henry area residents to visit the various schools and observe just how their tax dollars are being spent for the education of local children. It was last July that the Mc­ Henry Teachers association re- (Continued on page 4) Trfck Or Treat Time UNICEF On March Julie and Kent Thomas, children of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Thom­ as, are shown with UNICEF containers which they will use when the annual collection is conducted Sunday, Oct. 25, sponsored by the Methodist Youth Fellowship. Mrs. Richard Wimmer is an early contributor as the children.visit her home. v PLAINDEALER PHOTO "Trick or Treat" is a Hal­ loween tradition almost as old as this nation, but in recent years it has taken on a new meaning in McHenry, as well as in more than 13,000 other communities. Since 1950, when one small group of Pennsyl­ vania youngsters collected $17 and turned it over to the United Nations Children's fund, "Trick or Treat for UNICEF" has grown to tremendous propor­ tions. Last fall, three and one half million children raised$3^ million in nickels, dimes and quarters for UNICEF. (Continued on page 4) VW PAGES - TEN CENTS