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Fourteen Schools Take Part THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER In Annual Institute Day -serving the chain-o- l a k e s r e g i o n s i n c e i s t s Fourteen public and parochial schools are scheduled to participate in the Friday, Nov. 10, Teachers' institute day according to publicity chairman Don Ryniecki, superintendent of Montini school. Schools in­ volved are Edgebrook, Hilltop, Landmark, Valley View, Montini Primary Center, Montini Middle school, Harrison, Johnsburg, John- sburg Junior high, McHenry Junior high, Parkland, Ringwood, East campus and West campus. The teachers will meet to jointly observe a day of professional sharing. Purpose of the institute is to bring together all teachers from grades kindergarten through high school (K-12) in an effort to provide the teachers with a better understanding of their mutual roles in education as well as sharing common goals designed to benefit all children. Meetings will take place in the following schools: Harrison, Johnsburg Junior high, McHenry Junior high, Montini Middle, Parkland, East campus and West cam­ pus. Morning sessions will be held from 8:45 to 11:30 and afternoons from 1:15 to 3 p.m. Teachers will look into the past, present and future progress of students and discuss such matters as drug abuse, discipline, promotion and retention and other problems relative to educational school operations. Teachers will be assigned to attend various meetings where these problems will be discussed. Parents are welcome to attend any of the morning sessions and git in on discussions taking place. During the afternoon, teachers will meet at their own grade levels and determine how matters brought up in earlier discussions can be applied to their grade-level teaching. VOLUME 96 NUMBER 132 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1972 24 PAGES TWO SECTIONS-ONE SUPPLEMENT 10<f Loca[ Board Vigilant-- Review Drug Situation in Schools; Set Policy Expressing Themselves In The American Way The secrecy of tha American vote is well exemplified as early morning voters at the city hall marked ballots for their favorite candidates. What they had to say won't be known until all votes are counted, but one thing is sure, there were a large number taking advantage of the privilege of expressing themselves. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD Boy Hit By Auto Improves; Other Crashes Investigated Read it and weep! That seemed to be the message of State Game Warden James Vavra of Cary last week as he made his prediction on the kind of winter we can expect in Northern Illinois this year. Waukegan's Mathon, who has been predicting the severity of the winter by action of the fish for many years, has done so with varying degrees of success. Now McHenry county's Vavra is in the competition for accuracy. The game warden is basing his prediction on the muskrats, which he has been watching carefully over a period of several winters. He notes that when the winters are long and hard, the furry creatures make larger huts and build them on shore. Vavra says that this is done for two reasons. Snug within his large hut, the animal foresees extreme cold and doesn't want to forage for food. In the larger home he can enjoy eating the sides of the winter residence, which con­ sists mainly of roots and other vegetation. By building on shore, he assures that heavy snows will not flood him out when melting occurs. Vavra says during winters when there is less snow, the muskrats build farther out in the streams. Now we're not attempting to suggest that Mr. Vavra might not be 100 per cent correct. But isn't it discouraging to think what we pay meteorologists to make forecasts that Mr. Muskrat knows through in­ stinct? At a time when following the Stars to find out who we are and where we're going, is the thing to do, we have viewed the whole subject with less than a passing interest. But this past week a column came to our desk and the Cancer sign (our own) loomed in heavy print. Right there before us it told us some complimentary things and our ego told us that maybe there was something to this business of horoscopes after all. Our mistake was in con­ tinuing to read. Very clearly it stated Monday was our lucky day. You won't see that one in print. Everybody knows that Monday in a newspaper office is the worst of all days - and no horoscope expert can convince us to the contrary! Eleven-year-old Fred Gieseke of 2211 N. Alton, McHenry, was listed in satisfactory condition Monday morning by McHenry hospital authorities after being struck by an auto Friday evening about 9:10 on Route 120 near Meadow Lane, Lakeland Park. The boy was taken to the hospital by the McHenry Rescue squad. Driver of the auto. Bethel R Barnett of 8016 Maplewood drive. Wonder Lake, stated he was westbound on the highway when he saw the boy run into the road. He slammed on his brakes, slid sideways and struck the boy. The Gieseke boy was questioned at the hospital the next day and said he couldn't remember what had happened. Ernest Reed of 5908 Wilmot road, McHenry, was taken to McHenry hospital by the McHenry Rescue squad where he was treated and released after his pickup truck rolled over near his home. The ac­ cident occurred Saturday night about 11 o'clock. Reed told officers he was northbound on Wilmot road when for no apparent reason, he lost control of his vehicle after cresting a hill, crossed the southbound lane, struck the west hank and rolled over. Three Zoning Hearings Of Interest Locally Three zoning hearings of interest locally are scheduled in mid-November. The first is an amended petition requesting a change or a variation from "F" farming to permit the petitioner, Oscar Borst, to continue use of the property for multiple dwelling units. The property is a triangular parcel with 750 feet of frontage on Barreville road, consisting of about 4.5 acres, located south of the intersection with Nish road. The hearing is scheduled Nov. 15,at 3p.m. in the City Council chambers, 121 N. Main street, Crystal Lake. Other petitioners are Her­ man and Pauline Dowe. AJ. and Joan Granger. Rudolph and Eleanor Ficken. They ask for reclassification, amend­ ment and variation pertaining to acreage in Nunda township. 'I'he property is located on the east side of Rt. 31, a quarter mile south of the city limits of McHenry, containing 7.76 acres in Nunda tpwnship. At present, the land is zoned "F" farming. The petition asks that it be zoned to "B-3" commercial and that a variation be granted to allow one single-family dwelling unit on the second floor of a proposed building. The hearing will be held Nov. 16 at 3 p.m. at the Crystal Lake city hall. C. Bayard and Sylvia L. Sheldon are petitioning for a zoning reclassification from "F" farming to "conditional use" for a private landing strip near Spring Grove. It consists of part of a 22-acre farm located east of the village, boardering on the state park. The hearing will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, at the village hall in Spring Grove. K.A.F. CHARGE DRIVER Robert P. Prather of 916 S. Totem trail, McHenry, was charged with driving while under the influence of in­ toxicating liquor and vehicle turning left after his auto collided with another driven by Daniel T. Hellios of 4602 Spruce lane, McHenry. CANDY FOR RETARDED - The McHenry Council No. 1288 of the Knights of Columbus will hold a "Tootsie-Roll Day", on Saturday, Nov. 11, for the benefit of retarded children of Illinois. Members of the Council pictured above are, Gerald Wegener, program director. Mayor Donald Doherty, James Boger, membership director and Wayne Tronsen, lecturer. Officers at the scene noted the surface of the road was slip­ pery because of a fresh seal coat. Derek J. Bardleigh of 819 Cumnor, Barrington, was cited for failure to yield right-of-way following a two-car accident^ Saturday everting about at the intersection of Route 31 and Three Oaks road near Crystal Lake. Thomas A. Simpson of 1101 Oakleaf, McHenry, was nor­ thbound on the highway when the Bardleigh auto crossed directly in front of him and Simpson was unable to stop in time to avoid a collision. Bardleigh told officers Simp­ son was in his lane of traffic. Evidence at the scene in­ dicated Simpson was in the northbound lane and left 6 feet of skid marks prior to point of impact. Mark Stuebner of 1121 Rosewood, Ingleside, was ticketed for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident after he struck another auto driven by Henry S. Boelens qtf 5908 Fox Lake road, McHenry. The accident took place Friday evening about 7:25 at the corner of Route 120 and Chapel Hill road, east of McHenry. Stuebner was eastbound on the highway when he noticed the Boelens auto stopped in traffic- waiting to make a left turn. Stuebner applied his brakes but skidded on the wet pavement and slid into the rear of Boelens' auto. Willie Kloepfer of 1708 Knoll avenue, McHenry, was taken to McHenry hospital by the McHenry Rescue squad after he was hit by flying glass when an unidentified auto struck the Lamp Lighter cafe at 3313 W. (Continued on page 3) Leaves Still Problem For City Council McHenry's City Council has attempted to solve the problem of disposing of leaves by an­ nouncing that city trucks would pick up leaves put in plastic bags and placed on tree banks near the curb. This seemed to be a solution to the "no bur­ ning" laws in the state. Now comes a problem. Some persons are putting tin cans and other items in the bags. These items belong in the garbage cans, say city officials. . Officials further state, "This is not a clean-up. The service is for removal of leaves only " The city has made arrangements with a f armer to take leaves to be used for bedding for cattle. Obviously, he cannot accept bags con­ taining sharp tin cans, bottles, and other items. As one property owner stated, "We've got a good thing going. Let's not spoil it." Disaster Office Reduces Hours Robert A. Dwyer, Mid­ western Regional Director of the Small Business Ad­ ministration, announced rqyised hours for an SBA disaster office in Marengo. Effective immediately, the SBA schedule in the village hall at 120 E. Prairie street in the McHenry County community will be reduced to three days a week. Hours on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday will be 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The SBA phone number in Marengo is 815-568-8850. The disaster office has been open on a six-day-a-week basis since Oct. 10, following an SBA disaster declaration citing McHenry County as the result of heavy rains Sept. 17 and 18 and subsequent flooding by the Fox river. The declaration subsequently was amended to include Lake County victims of the Sept. 17- 18 storm. According to Dwyer, 410 interviews thus far have been conducted in the Marengo office, resulting in 139 home loan applications for $474,337 and six business loan ap­ plications for $173,933. He said forty-six home loan applications have been ap­ proved for $141,600. The SBA disaster declaration enables home owners and tenants, business people, churches, private schools, and other non-profit organizations in the affected areas to qualify for low-cost, long-term SBA loans to restore or replace damaged property not covered by insurance. Considerable time was devoted to discussion of the drug situation in the McHenry schools when the board of High School District 156 met last week in East campus. At the conclusion, it was voted to pass, unchanged until further notice, the Drug Abuse policy adopted for a thirty-day trial period a month ago. During this time, school officials have also reviewed policies from other districts, as well as literature from the state office. The study indicated to them that high schools cannot stop the drug abuse alone; that this is a community problem and must be dealt with in such a fashion. School policies, it was learned, vary from extremely punitive to very lenient. Results convinced school authorities that students should be informed of the positive and negative consequences of drug use for themselves, as in­ dividuals, and for society. The principal reservation of the board, expressed during the trial policy, was a lack of establishing a more punitive position for "pushers, sellers or purveyors" of drugs. A f t e r c o n s i d e r a b l e discussion, it was agreed that scare type policies have failed. In the future a cooperative policy will be tried. The approved District 156 policy covers students found in possession, or control of, or using, or under the influence of drugs or marijuana (as defined in state statutes) while in at­ tendance at school, or at school- sponsored activities. The school administration will determine final procedure, although the offenders may be subject to these penalties: 1-Suspension from school for ten school days. 2--The student will forfeit existing, and be excluded from, future positions in athletics, cheerleading, class or club offices and Student Council for one school year. 3--The student will be held strictly accountable for all time spent at school, thereby for­ feiting use of the student commons. 4-The student will be in­ volved in a program of drug counseling and information on a regular basis, for a minimum of eighteen hours. The program may be supplemented by family counseling when ap­ propriate. Portions, or all of this program may be held on Saturdays or after school hours. The administration has the right to recommend expulsion as a result of the first offense of the policy if, in its opinion, the degree of seriousness warrants it. If the student fails to comply with the procedures mentioned above, or be found guilty of a second offense, the ad­ ministration may recommend expulsion from school to the school board. The minimum expulsion period was set as the duration of the current semester. During the meeting the board received results of the recent drug abuse discussion between about twenty-five faculty members held at West campus. Opinions on this controversial subject were reported to have been honestly expressed and varied considerably. The purpose of the meeting was to share ideas and opinions. Of interest was the dif­ ference in viewpoint on the need for an improved drug information program. Some staff members felt it was needed, others that high school is too late for such a program. It was agreed that studies indicate experimentation is moving out of high schools and into lower grades. Another area of agreement was the need for total com­ munity involvement and leadership within the school. A number of actions were suggested, covering a two-year period. Four persons were featured in the informative portion of the meeting, planned on the subject of Special Education. They were James O'Hare, SEDOM supervisor. of high school programs, teaching at Woodstock; Mrs. Ruth O'Donnel, coordinator of the West campus program; Vern Peterson, teacher, East campus program, and Mrs. Jackie Smith, psychologist for District 156. Supt. Richard Swantz opened the meeting, emphasizing the importance of both sides of the Special Education program­ me handicapped and | the brilliant student. O'Hare spoke of the SEDOM objectives'and progress within the county. He explained the Trainable Mentally Han­ dicapped (TMH) programs which serves those with an. 1Q of betv^en 35 and 55 (half of the averagt^. These young people are housed in St. John's school, Woodstock. He also spoke of the Educable Mentally Han­ dicapped (EMH) who attend schools locally. (Continued on page 3) Occupational Area "Overwhelming" County College Enrollment Shows Substantial Increase The Office of Instruction at McHenry County college has released the final enrollment figures for the fall semester. The total head count in credit and non-credit programs is 1,991. This figure reflects a 15.9 percent increase over last fall's enrollment. Of the 1,482 students enrolled in credit courses, there are 491 full-time students and 991 part- time students. The remaining 509 students are enrolled in non- credit courses. Towns represented in the total head count figure are Cary with 187 students; Crystal Lake with 620; Fox River Grove, 48; Harvard, 145; Hebron, 23; McHenry, 338; Richmond, 24; Ringwood, 8; Solon Mills, 3; Spring Grove, 14; Wonder Lake, 76; Wood­ stock, 321; Lake-in-the Hills, 40, Marengo, 98 and Union, 13. The remainder of the students are from towns not included in the college district. "The largest increase came in the occupational area with a total increase of more than 43 percent. The sophomore oc­ cupational students reflect an overwhelming 88.9 percent increase over last fall's enrollment. What this means is that the students in oc­ cupational programs at the college are finding the programs satisfactory and are staying for the second year to complete the program," says Marvin Lieske, dean of in­ struction. "The total sophomore count is up 37.8 percent, which in­ dicates that the trend toward remaining for a second year is not confined to the occupational student," added Lieske. Jr FIVE CAR PILE-UP. A five-car chain-reaction accident Sunday afternoon about 12:30 at the corner of Elm and Green resulted in slight injuries to several people. All were taken to McHenry hospital by the McHenry rescue squad where they were treated and released. Lawrence Deja of 1511 Freund, McHenry, was eastbound on Elm street and was starting to slow down when his brakes failed and he struck the auto in front of him driven by John Jacobs of 2448 East street, Berwyn. Jacobs' auto was forced into a vehicle driven by Eva Hansen of 2010 Broadway, Crystal Lake, which was pushed into an auto driven by Gart Weisenberger of 3816 W. Main, McHenry, which in turn struck a car driven by Lester T. Thomas of 2206 Mill lane, McHenry. Car pictured at left, was driven by Deja who was ticketed for following too closely. (STAFF PHOTO/WAYNE GAYLORD)