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* Lilymoor Husband Shot G*fts To 4,5oo After Threatening Wife P.P. Tax Refunds April 30 Robert B. Barhyte, 37, of 1006 Ravine drive, Lilymoor, was held in McHenry hospital under deputy sheriff guard late Monday afternoon after sustaining leg injuries when he was shot by police late the previous night. It is expected that charges of attempted murder and aggravated assault will be filed against him upon his release. At 11:19 Sunday night, McHenry police received an alarm relayed through a citizen band radio call made by Barhvte's wife, Ruth, 31, trom her home She asked help, indicating her husband was going to shoot her. After alerting the sheriff's department, Deputy Prosen hurried to the scene in time to observe the man and woman struggling on the porch. Barhyte was armed with a rifle. As Prosen approached, Barhyte warned the d? that he would giv^him five minutes to leave or he would kill him. Fearing for the life of Mrs. Barhyte, Posen backed off, awaiting back-up units from his department. As he threw his wife to the ground, Barhyte repeated that Prosen had only five minutes to leave. Soon after the warning, he fired at the deputy. Prosen then returned fire as a warning shot and called for the crazed man to halt. Barhyte ignored the warning and continued walking toward officer, still armed. At this poinK Prosen returned the fire, wounding Barhyte in both legs. Approximately 4,50.0 McHenry county taxpayers will have their 1971 personal property tax payments refunded with interest by April 30. Mrs. Audrey R. Walgen- bach, McHenry County Treasurer, announced Monday. These plans are subject to only one possible legal hitch, an unfavorable ruling or delay that might be imposed by a Cook County "Circuit court where an April 4 hearing will consider refunding of 1971 personal property taxes. "The U.S. Supreme court decision abolishing the per­ sonal property tax as to in­ dividuals by Upholding the November. 1970, referendum has been received along with an option from William Scott. Attorney General for Ill inois, on applicable procedure. I can now proceed to refund the escrow fund totaling about $550,000." Mrs. Walgenbach said: The McHenry County Treasurer had announced at the t ime of collection last fall that she was placing 1971 personal property tax payments from! individuals in an interest earning escrow account pending the U.S. Supreme court decision. William Cowlin. State 's At­ torney. has confirmed the procedure to be employed which directs her to refund the payments with interest, less the "reasonable costs of ad­ ministering the refund procedure." "It will not be necessary for any eligible taxpayer to file a request for refund or fill out any forms. We are examining the personal property schedules filed with the township assessors and the tax receipts, and we will refund all payments assessed to and paid by individuals, without any action in the way of letters or telephone calls by the tax­ payers." said Mrs Walgen­ bach The ordering of check stock for refunds, examination of the tax rolls for individual payments, and programming of the refunds for computer processing h'as been going forward while Mrs. Walgen­ bach awaited a copy of the court decision and the directive from State 's Attorney Cowlin and Attorney General Scott . "This is the most pleasant task undertaken in my years in the Treasurer 's office, and I 'm delighted that our escrow fund arrangements have made it possible to expedite refunds to the taxpayers." Mrs. Walgenbach said (Continued on page 19) 15 xvU^c THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER "SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875 % Enna, 15 VOLUME 97 NUMBER 65 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1973 20 PAGES & 2 SUPPLEMENTS Present New Plans For Development Night Of Music At Junior High MISS PAT BERKLAND AND JUNIOR HIGH CHORUS (STAFF PHOTO/WAYNE GAYLORD) Women's lib is either a threat or a promise, depending on the individual. It's a subject that stirs deep emotions and thr­ eatens a good many behavior patterns. Certainly there is still discrimination against women. But there is also discrimination against men, religions, ethnic groups and almost anything else that comes to mind. This doesn't alter the fact that this year of 1973 women are out in front in the race to end it all. Some folks don't agree, as we have found out through a couple of complaints in our office, about our use of Ms. to designate women without divulging their state in life. On most other points, women's lib is for someone else to be con­ cerned about, but from the standpoint of a newspaper this was one thing coming out of the whole confusing mess that has proved a godsend. For instance, police records fail to designate whether or not the driver is a Miss or a Mrs. Just try writing a complicated accident report without the use (Continued on page 19) It will be a night of music in the McHenry Junior high gymnasium Thursday evening, March 15, at 8 p.m. when the school chorus, cadet and concert bands will combine talents to present their annual spring concert. There is no admission charge. The cadet band will be heard in "Conestaga" overture, "Cha Cha Banana", "The Big Rock" and "American Patrol" march to open the program. The large school chorus will sing "I'm Goin' to Sing when the Spirit says Sing", "Let There be Peace on Earth", "What Color is God's Sin"? "No Man is an Island" and "Black and White". The concert band has selected "Kentucky-1800" overture, "Trish Trash" polka, "Arlington" overture, "Who Do Voodoo" and "Burnished Brass" march. In addition to the organization selections, there will be special numbers by members of the instrumental and vocal groups. Miss Pat Berkland is director of the chorus and Carl Kohrt leads the band. Mrs. Pat Gattone will accompany the chorus. Historical Treasures Moved To New Museum Jazz Festival First For City A first for McHenry will be the all-city Jazz Festival scheduled Friday evening, March 16, at 7:30 p.m. in West campus auditorium. There is no admission charge, and the public is invited to attend. The Harrison Junior high stage band from Wonder Lake will begin the two-hour concert. At 8 o'clock, the stage band from East campus will per­ form, and a half hour later the West campus musical aggregation will take the stage. At 9 o'clock, the city band will round out the concert of jazz bands. Usually this fine group (Continued on page 19) Masked Man Robs Train At Gunpoint A young, masked man with a knowledge of railroads suc­ cessfully robbed a Chicago Northwestern train at 2 o'clock Monday morning, but got away with little more than $20.00 The train engineer, Bob Galitz, told police he had stopped the west-bound train near milepost 34.7 because of a lighted fuse on the tracks. As he did, Ralph W. Dahelke, 23, of Mokena, the brakeman, opened the middle door of a car and found himself confronted by a single barrel shotgun. The masked man behind the gun (Continued on page 19) These are moving days for the McHenry County Historical society. Items are being moved from the headquarters at 101 S. Jefferson to the new museum on Main street at Union. The Chicago Historical society has given fifteen Invite Public To Wastewater Treatment Meet A public information meeting will be held Wednesday, March 14, at 7 p.m. at the Woodstock high school regarding an Army Corps of Engineers proposal on a wastewater treatment study. There is a possiblity that McHenry county will be one of the three counties selected as a site for wastewater treatment for the Chicago south end of Lake Michigan area. If this system should be adopted and several thousand of acres of land are used for wastewater treatment, there could be an impact on agricultural land and local communities. It is important that the public attend and hear, first hand, what may be con­ templated. showcases, some of them large enough to hold mannequins dressed in uniform or dress; also two large mahogany wall cases, two smaller cases, two counter cases and a safe by a long time jeweler of Crystal Lake. It has cost the society almost $1,000 to get these cases delivered. None of these cases could be made or bought for under less than $400 each. The plea for money to meet these expenses and continuing ex­ pense for renovating the building to bring it up to safety standards is most urgent. Those who have not done so are urged to make a generous contribution so that the work can be completed and the building opened to the public. Recent gifts include a dental chair, motor drill, cabinet, in­ struments, together with a tapestry portraying the interior of a dentist's office. This has been appraised, by others, at (Continued on page 19) A capacity crowd was in attendance at city hall last Thursday afternoon for the fifth heading held by the McHenry County Zoning Board of Ap­ peals in connection with the proposed development in the Snug Harbor area known as Port Royal. At the close of the three-hour session, Board Chairman Charles Smith continued the hearing until Wednesday afternoon, March 14, at 2 p.m. A completely new and revised set of drawings and plans were presented by Paul Thomas of Northbrook, a planning consultant or land use architect who had been hired by petitioners, James Taggert and Fred Brodie. Thomas was hired to replace the first planning consultant of the petitioners who died unexpectedly in December. Thomas visited the site, studied surrounding areas and came up with the revised plans. The petitioners originally requested that the 238 acres of land be rezoned from "F" farming district for the development of multiple uses containing a motel, marina, recreational facilities, com­ mercial uses, industrial uses and for single and multiple family dwellings. In the new plans presented Thursday, several changes were noted The industrial use section was eliminated, as was a marina and recreational facility for public use. The original plan proposed that River road be closed at the lagoon area and a new county road would be built from a point south of the lagoon to the Chapel Hill extension road. The revised plans were basically the same here except that another road was added which would connect the new county road with Route 120 at the eastern edge of the city limits. Many of the objectors protested the closing of River road because the distance to McHenry would be increased by several miles from areas south of the Snug Harbor area. Also many residents in that area walk to town and this road closing would cause great in­ convenience to these pedestrians and bike riders. Because of this concern, the developers included the ad­ ditional road in their plans. Thomas said that by using this new roadway, the distance to McHenry would be increased by only :tH of a mile. To further accommodate pedestrians and bike riders, an underpass was proposed to carry that traffic under the new road. The plans presented Thur­ sday proposed 432 con­ dominium units, 428 single family attached homes such as town houses or row houses, 240 single family detached houses, a lO1^ acre commercial area, a S'u acre site for a motel, a lagoon to accommodate boat slips for private owners, numerous open spaces con­ sisting of walkways and park areas and a 5.8 acre site for an elementary school. Overall density was ap­ proximately 5 units per acre of 1,100 units in the entire development. Thomas characterized Port Royal as a finer urban development at a moderate density. "Developments such as these are rare and only now planners are starting to recommend land mixes such as are proposed in this develop­ ment", he explained. He pointed out that this develop­ ment was planned as an ex­ tension of the city and could come under city ordinances." "The McHenry area is on the fringe of the Chicago area and will come under enormous industrial growth in the next decade," Thomas emphasized. He felt there was a need for a development such as this in the area Attorney Michael Caldwell representing the petitioners, questioned Thomas on various aspects of the development. When asked why the industrial and commercial uses were changed from the plan, he explained that "strip com­ mercial uses" as indicated on the original plan meant the establishment of commercial units along the highway. He felt this would have an effect on merchants in McHenry and would also prove a problem in regard to highway traffic conditions along Route 120. In the revised plan, the commercial use property would only be 10* acres in one location. There would be room for a grocery store and drug store which would be mainly used by area residents. He recommended a B-l zoning ordinance for this commercial property. For the motel property, he recommended a B-2 ordinance with a liquor permit for use in a possible restaurant operation. Thomas felt a typical 100-room motel could be built on the 5' j acre site. Thomas eliminated the in­ dustrial use property from the plan because since the area available is not on a major arterial street it would necessarily mean a heavy traffic flow through the com­ munity. In his studies, he found there are sufficient industrial sites available in McHenry with more advantageous features. In answer to the question of how the development might affect traffic in the area, Thomas replied he felt it would improve the flow of traffic and relieve congestion especially at the intersection of 120 and River road. He consulted McHenry county highway officials regarding proposed roads in the subdivision and designed the main roads and highway exits with recom­ mendations received from that department. With minor ex­ ceptions. the plans are in compliance with McHenry county highway recom­ mendations. With respect to the lagoon, Thomas said the shoreline would be changed to ac­ commodate slips for boat owners in the subdivision and possibly those stopping at the motel He noted that the present pond has an average depth of 18 inches. It would have to be dredged to a depth of at least five feet to ac­ commodate boat traffic. Attorney for the objectors, William Franz, cross-examined Thomas following his testimony. After numerous questions, Franz made a motion to the board that the hearings be continued until the planning consultants could obtain more data. He felt they (Continued on page 19) Thursday D-Day Simulated Disaster "Hits" County As a vital part of their emergency preparedness program, the McHenry County board and the McHenry County Civil Defense will test the emergency readiness capability of the county Thursday afternoon at the new Emergency Operating center in the McHenry county building, Woodstock. A simulated disaster will "hit" the county about 1:30 p.m. Thursday, when Civil Defense personnel and local govern­ ment officials will meet to solve about 200 problems created by the "disaster". The Emergency Operation Simulation exercise (EOST) will be conducted by the University of Illinois, Civil Defense Extension division. There will be no sirens soun­ ded, nor will any emergency vehicles such as fire equipment or ambulances, be used. However, to the fifty to seventy-five McHenry county citizens taking part in the EOST, the disaster will be very real. The participants don't know what kind of disaster it will be, only that the county will be "hit" by a disaster on Thursday afternoon. In addition to the people from the University of Illinois, members of a state and federal Civil Defense Emergency Readiness Assistance team have been working with John J. Shay of McHenry, McHenry County Civil Defense director, for the last few weeks. They have been talking with per­ sonnel in the various county departments, as well as the members of the County board and government leaders in cities within McHenry county. They want to know how people feel about Civil Defense and how the program can be made more effective. Members of the Emergency Readiness team will continue to work in and with the people pf the county until an acceptable level of emergency readiness is achieved. The team is not here to grade the exercise or criticize the program in any way. but to provide at the state and federal level in order to help the county Civil Defense organization. The ERA team members, representatives of the University of Illinois and the McHenry County* board, will meet following the exercise to review the county's disaster plan and how well it works during the EOST. The aim is to develop a realistic workable program in the event of any major disaster, such as a tornado, flash flood, explosion, transportation accident or national emergency. Shay said, "Emergency readiness means having a realistic plan for alerting and keeping the people informed, saving lives, alleviating suf­ fering, protecting property, assessing damage, and speeding recovery in any disaster. During the first few hours of a disaster, we will have to stand alone and make the decisions that many lives will depend upon. Last year President Nixon declared over (Continued on page 19) Warriors Win Regional Title For the second consecutive year, the MCHS Warriors have won the regional basketball crown. They did it last Friday night with a 49-45 win over Antioch and will now travel to Rockford for the sectional tourney. West Campus Principal Bob Swartzloff said a few words to the boys prior to presentation of the regional trophy by Antioch Supt. Warren Polley, shown at right. Game details appear on sports page. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD •