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THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875 ARE YOU A WINNER? LotteryNumbers Page7 VOLUME 99 NUMBER 50 FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1975 18 PAGES Ask Conservation Department Help On Landfill Property Auditor Reveals City Near Budget The City Council learned Monday night from- Auditor William R. NoEfckthat "the city is doing quit^ell and staying near the budget." After reviewing the annual audit dated April 30,1974, North commented that at the present rate, "it didn't appear ex­ penditures would be over the revenue as much as last year". He cautioned that the city would have to continue wat­ ching finances carefully or the levy would need to be raised. North noted that the levy was cut from .710 for the previous year to .697 for the fiscal year ending April 30, 1974. Balances in the various funds at the end of the fiscal year were as follows: General fund, $313,285.60; Motor Fuel Tax fund, $234, 180.50; Off Street Parking fund, $29,818.21; Police Pension fund, $179,843.53; Fixed Assets fund, $673,916.73; Federal Revenue Sharing fund, $205,137.33 and Library fund, $20,764.33. Expenditures in the General fund exceeded revenue by $104,624.73. However, a balance of $417,910.33 at the beginning of the fiscal year offset the expenditures and left a balance of $313,285.60 as of April 30, 1974. North pointed out that in addition to the $205,000 balance in the Federal Revenue Sharing fund, an additional sum of $105,000 would be received this year. Therefore, the city must budget for $355,000 from that fund because in order to receive these allocations, "the city must have appropriations for them", North advised. Discussion was held on the advisability of getting the 911 Emergency phone number for the McHenry area. Alderman Pepping reported he had helped install the system into several suburban communities and he doubted it would work in McHenry. He felt there were too many outlying towns and unin­ corporated areas being served by the 385 and 344 exchanges to make it work efficiently. He expressed the opinion that it would be difficult to dispatch all the proper police and rescue vehicles for such a large territory from one central point. , Since 385 and 344 exchange calls could come from areas near Ringwood, Spring Grove, Pistakee Highlands, Fox Lake, Volo, Island Lake, Burton's Bridge^Bull Valley and Wonder Lake, notification would have to be made to various rescue squads, fire, police and sheriff's departments. Chief Kenneth Espey com­ mented that he had been in­ formed by the Crystal Lake police chief that his department was acting as the central dispatching point for the Crystal Lake area. Chief Espey mentioned that when the new communications system is installed in the city ( Continued On Page 9 ) Cutting Back In Inflation Marge Boro holds the teeny, teeny egg laid by one of sixteen large hens she and her husband, John, raise on their property at 4503 N. Crystal Lake road. In comparison, she points to a regular size egg. The best answer to date for the freak occurrence is the familiar story of inflation, and the hen responsible isn't talking! Accept School Curriculum Changes For East Campus STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD Everyone's feeling the pinch of inflation. The Stock Market continues to take frequent dips. Even the chickens are cutting back. Take, for instance, one unidentified bird being raised by John and Marge Boro of 4503 N. Crystal Lake road. It cheated a few days ago and laid the egg shown above, which measured 1 2-8 inches long and weighing under one-third of an ounce. In her loss of pride, the hen clucked her way shamefully to another part of the yard to avoid being pin­ pointed as the offender. The Boros began raising ( Continued On Page 9 ) The board of High School District 156 discussed and then approved a new East campus curriculum proposal for the 1975-76 year. No courses require additional staff members. Where there are options, students must enroll in a pair of courses under any selection. The following are the offerings. English: Option I, What Does a Word Mean? .How do you spell it? and Shakespeare: Not of an Age, but All Times"; Option 2, Comic Book English and Popular Mechanics; Op­ tion 3, Points of View and Popular Culture: Raving, Rating and Writing; Option 4, Mythology and Folklore, and Creative Response; Option 5, Expo '75-76 and Tuning in on the Lingo; Option 6, What's Happening? and The Long and Short of It; Speech: Competitive Speech, Interpersonal Communication, Mass Communications, Speech Communication, and Speech Dramatics. Home Economics: Crafts for Pleasure and Profit. Social Science: Criminal Justice System, Geography in an Urban Age, Ireneology Talented Writer-Humorist To Address Hospital Meeting Is the Plaindealer read nation-wide? Of course! Mrs. L.J. "Bud" Hartmann can attest to that fact. Two weeks ago she placed a classified ad in the newspaper, seeking a renter for a three- room home on a farm, and also for a garage apartment. Last Wednesday wlien she answered her telephone, Mrs. Hartmann found on the other end of the line a New Jersey man. With no indication that this was unusual, he told her he had before him a copy of the Plaindealer, had read her ad and was interested in renting the apartment. He was very disappointed when informed there was a previous taker for the rental unit. So flabbergasted was Mrs. Hartmann that she forgot to ask his name or how he came into possession of the Plain- dealer. We appreciate the efforts of Senator Percy's staff to keep us informed, but when the sixth copy of his eighth annual report to Illinois reached our desk Friday morning, it seemed a little too much. "However, in view of the effort to get the four-page report to us, it behooved us to take a look. He told us we have had a full and productive year. Further, we learned that inflation is not our only economic headache; ( Continued On Page y ) JIM PICKENS Guest speaker at McHenry Hospital the poration'a annual meeting and dinner will be Jim Pickens, multi-talented artist, writer, humorist and lecturer. Pickens, whose subject will be "Humor Relations in Ac­ tion," is widely known as a specialist in graphic presen­ tations for business, civic, educational and youth associations. Commercial art and ad­ vertising were the focus of Pickens' education at Wesleyan university and his graduate work at Indiana university and Notre Dame. However, his career led him successively into creative efforts in book illustration, sales promotion, and custom programs for conventions and other meetings. Pickens is now president of JPA, a firm specializing in management motivation, civic promotional presentations, and educational graphics. He has appeared at such widely diverse conventions as those of the Illinois Dental association, Upjohn company, Classroom Teachers' association, Illinois Farm Bureau, and Magnavox. The annual meeting of the not-for-profit McHenry Hospital corporation will also hear reports from the citizen board of directors on the progress of the planned Nor­ thern Illinois Medical center to be built on Route 31, south of McHenry at Bull Valley road. Memberships in the cor­ poration are open to all in­ terested persons, according to LeRoy E. Olsen, president. The membership fee, which has not risen since the hospital was founded in 1956, will cover the cost of the dinner meeting Saturday, Feb. 1, at the McHenry Country club. Inquiries will be answered at the hospital, by asking for extension 635. Valuable Items Stolen In Several Home Burglaries Valuable items were stolen from the home of Kenneth Carlson, 1502 W. Pine, McHenry, last week. Three cameras, a light meter, a brown camera bag containing camera accessories, a stereo tape player, tape rack and three wrist watches were taken from the home. The theft occurred last Wednesday between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. while the owners were away from the premises. Make Variety Of Charges After Numerous Arrests Last Sunday evening, Deputy Sheriff John Bognar observed an auto driven by Delbert Coss of 3632 McCullom Lake road, McHenry, east-bound on Barnard Mill road near Wonder Lake with only one license plate. He stopped to investigate and discovered that Coss was driving after his driver's license had been revoked. He was arrested for the offense and his bond was set at $1,000. He is to appear in court Feb. 20. David Beaver of 207 N. Church road, Bensenville, was arrested for disorderly conduct last Saturday evening after it was reported he was walking in the vicinity of Barnard Mill and Howe roads near Wonder Lake, acting in a suspicious manner. Several deputies were called and a search of the area was made. Beaver was seen fleeing into a field and was found later lying in the weeds. He was taken into custody and taken to county jail. His bond was set at $25, with a court date scheduled for Feb. 13. Charges of disorderly con­ duct and rpgiuinp a peace otticer were placed against Curtis Waller of 6013 Magnolia drive, Ringwood, last week by Deputy t Anthony Olszewski. The arrest resulted after deputies were called to Crandall's restaurant, Hebron, where it was reported Waller was acting in a disorderly manner and refused to leave whf*n asked to do so. Bond was set at $1,025 and he is to appear in court Jan. 30. When Deputy Sheriff John Bognar stopped an auto last Saturday afternoon near Hebron, to inform the driver he had no brake lights, he discovered open liquor in the auto as well as an unincased rifle. The driver, James Gid- dings of 2413 N. Alton road, McHenry, was arrested for possession of a firearm without a firearm owner's iden­ tification card, transporting open liquor in a motor vehicle and no stop lights. Bond was set at $1,100, with court ap­ pearance scheduled for Feb. 20. Richard Lea of 205 Park avenue. McHenrv. was ( Continued On Page ) Entry was made by breaking the glass in the front door. Steven Kidd of 5425 Highland, McHertry, reported that sometime last week, someone entered a storage shed at­ tached to the rear of his home and stole a Honda motorcycle, skil saw, sabre saw and a tool box containing assorted hand tools. The padlock and hinge were pried off the door to gain entry. A stereo amplifier and two speakers were taken from the ( Continued On Page 9 ) (peacefulness and non­ violence), Making Decisions, Patterns of Civilization: Lessons from the Past; Religions of the World and Solving the World's Problems. Course Modification: Art- Art I. Industrial Arts: Drafting II- III. Science: Action Chemistry. Social Science: The Psychology of Human Behavior II, President James Althoff queried, "How can you explain Comic Book English to parents"? ' The course was outlined by Supt^ Richard Swantz as a method of promoting an in­ terest in reading through use of Comic Book Classics, among them such familiar writings as Knights of the Round Table and Treasure Island. The procedure of instruction was described as a sophisticated approach to the subject. Teachers will deal with the course in terms of analyzing style and vocabulary, with emphasis on sentence structure. It was pointed out that one- third of the students who enter high school are deficient in their knowledge of English. A third of them are at least as low as the sixth grade level and a third of that number are judged to be on the level of comic bo^k English. Administrators explained that the problem exists nation­ wide, and the curriculum change in McHenry is un­ dertaken to get these students involved in a reading program that will interest them. There was agreement that educational television programs designed for children, filled with movement, may be at least partially responsible for the problem. In contrast to these programs, students find the traditional reading program dull. The employment of Raymond Gardien as East campus maintenance engineer was accepted. To save man hours, the bid of Schweppe & Sons, Inc., Lom­ bard, low among five, was accepted to furnish East campus cafeteria with a food cutter, vegetable slicer and steel table. The total cost was $1,192. At the present time, this work is being done by hand. Supt. Swantz was named as administrator member and Mrs. Kathryn Alvary as a board member representative to the SEDOM board of directors. ( Continued On Page 9 ) The Chain of Lakes-Fox River commission will hold its next meeting Friday, Jan. 24, at 1:30 p.m. in the McHenry Illinois City Council room. In addition to the regular business, the commission expects to hear from representatives of the Department of Conservation, and the Division of Waterways concerning the regulations of water levels in the Chain of Lakes and the Fox river as Members of the McHenry County board last Tuesday received copies of the option agreement approved at last week's meeting. It allocates $5,000 for an option to purchase a landfill site south of the city of Woodstock. It is a 214-acre parcel located at the in­ tersection of Rtes. 47 and 176. Members speculated on the possibility of having the County Conservation department entet into the land purchase for the reason that this department would better be able to obtain money from the state. The suggestion is to have the county use part of the property for landfill, which could be con­ verted into a park upon com­ pletion of this use. Board members heard a letter read, written by the Conservation department. Officials of that department had consulted legal advisers who were negative to the idea. A committee of County Board Members Buss, Emricson and Disclose Johnsburg Road Plan At Jan. 28 Meeting The Illinois Department of Transportation, Division of Highways, is presently developing plans for the im­ provement of Johnsburg road from Illinois Route 31 easterly to the Fox River bridge. A meeting will be held Tuesday, Jan. 28, at 8 p.m. in the John­ sburg Community clubhouse for the purpose of contacting residents along Johnsburg road and other interested persons regarding details of the proposed improvement. Representatives of the Illinois Department of Tran­ sportation will have on exhibit preliminary plans and other details relating to construction. Information relating to right- of-way and easements required to complete the project also will be available. After a brief presentation by D O T. representatives, the meeting will be open for questions and discussion concerning the proposed im­ provement. Persons unable to attend the meeting and interested in obtaining information regar­ ding this project may call or visit Alex Jordan at the Department of Tran­ sportation's district office in Elgin at 595 South State street (Illinois Route 31). Written comments regarding this project should be directed to Sigmund C. Ziejewski, District Engineer, 595 South State Street, Elgin, III , 60120, at­ tention Paul F. Riddle. Starr was appointed to carry the matter further in discussions with the Con­ servation department. A resolution was passed authorizing a contract for cooperative police services with five county communities, Lakemoor, Sunnyside, Union, Fox River Valley Gardens and Hebron. The contract included $2,694.65 for Sunnyside and $4,494.05 for Lakemoor in a funded program which will result in no cost to the county. This is a new program which will permit communities with limited or no police forces to receive this service from the county. The board approved a report of the Committee of Local Improvements which included completion of details for three subdivisions which had filed for road improvements. They are Huemann's and Stilling's Riverview subdivision and Mineral Springs Park and Clement Lodge subdivision, both in McHenry township, and Edgewood Acres subdivision in Nunda township. Informal meetings will be arranged with residents of the three petitioning subdivisions. After an estimate of cost is given to assessing officer for the Committee of Local Im­ provement, he will break down the figures to determine the approximate amount each property owner will pay. Bids will need to be secured ( Continued On Page 9 ) Calm Before Storm Chain-Fox Commission Meets In City Friday regulated by the McHenry state dam. State Senator Jack Schaffer (R-Cary), a commission member, urged all interested citizens to attend this meeting. Senator Schaffer stated: "We have heard quite a bit of rumor as to what is and is not policy at the McHenry dam. One of the purposes of this meeting is to find out what the policy is and how it was arrived at. Serenity marks this picture taken by the photographer in front of 708 S. Riverside drive, McHenry Shores, one recent foggy day. . Seventeen Canadian Honkers had settled comfortably in front of the Russell Bingham home, on the Fox river, for the second time in one week. Apparently they were unaware that the balmy breezes were to give 'way to a blast from the north as winter set in. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE " \YLORD