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NAMED TO CITY OFFICES - William Brda and Mrs. Terry Wilde are shown after they were named city treasurer and city clerk, respectively, at last Monday night's Council meeting. Brda replaces Thomas F. Bolger, and Mrs. Wilde will assume duties held by Earl R. Walsh. Bolger and Walsh recently announced their resignations, effective at the end of the city's fiscal year May 1. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD Arrest Three In Disturbance At Pizza Hut Three young men were arrested following a distur­ bance at the Pizza Hut on Rt. 120 west, at 1:02 a.m. Thursday morning. There was some damage to the interior of the building. David Kroncke, 19, of Johnsburg was arrested by city police for obstructing a police officer. His bond was set at $1,000 and he was given a March 10 court date. Michael Berent, 19, of Eastwood Manor was charged with aggravated assault and obstructing a police officer. His bond was in the same amount, and he will appear in court March 10 also. Ralph Berent, 21, of East­ wood Manor was charged with disorderly conduct. His bond was $25 and he was given the same court date. Schools--because they deal with almost everyone in the community in some way --are often the targets of critics. The biggest share of the property owner's dollar goes for education, whether or not he is educating a child, and this fact alone is inclined to make one cynical, although often unconsciously. The flexible system known as a modular program was in­ stituted into local high school back in 1968 with the move to West carppus. Since then it has drawn raves from some and criticism from others. Generally, high ranking students, and those with responsibility have fared well under the program. Complaints are more frequent among young people who have dif­ ficulty in studying, or have not yet sufficiently matured to direct their own activities in a constructive way. Last week the district 's Long Range Citizens Task Force heard Supt. Swantz outline an educational proposal which would allow a combination of the more traditional method of teaching and the progressive, flexible approach, all within the two existing high school buildings. There would be no choice of which students would attend East campus and which go to West. There would be ex­ penditures only in the area deemed most prudent for ex­ pansion, namely the junior- senior building. Only interior rejuvenation would be un­ dertaken at East, where out­ side expansion is generally felt to be unwise because of limited space. Working closely with the schools, we realize the tremendous effort put forth by administrators and board members to accomplish what they feel should be done educationally, and at the same time accommodate a cost- conscious public. Even keeping this in mind, there have been times when we have found ourself among the ranks of the critical. Because' this was so, we feel compelled to say that the new proposal, as we understand it on its initial presentation, represents a trend in the right direction. Although it is still much in the planning stage, the idea of encouraging respon­ sibility among those mature enough to accept it, and providing a firm, guiding hand where needed, makes good sense. After many years under a system which grants more freedom for upper class students, it might be im­ possible, and probably not prudent, to return to a com­ pletely traditional system. On the other hand, there will always be students who have not attained the maturity at 16 or 17 to allow an entirely flexible school operation without serious problems both in school discipline and students' progress. And so we have reason to hope that McHenry may have something very worthwhile to offer its young students in the future. At least we are en­ couraged, and believe others who feel the same should let school leaders know. K.A.F. Refuse Presidents Resignation School Board Vocational Proposal Accepts Rash Of Accidents Injuries, Tickets To Bring Many Four cars were involved in two separate accidents which occurred within one minute of each other near the intersection of Johnsburg and Spring Grove roads Tuesday morning about 7:35. The first accident involved cars driven by Karen E. Covalt of 3719 N. Hillcrest place, McHenry and Barbara Him- pelmann of 3611 N. Middle avenue, McHenry. Condominium, Business, School Burglary Targets Two McHenry youths were arrested for burglary by McHenry police after they entered an apartment in Garden Quarter last Sunday afternoon. Daniel L. Deja of 1511 N. Freund avenue and Rdmond L. Brady of 5110 East lane, McHenry, were charged with burglary. Bond for each was set at $5,000. They are to appear in court Feb. 27. The arrests resulted after police were notified by Roman Kotiw, owner of the con­ dominium, that he and a friend were painting a bedroom in the Grand Jury Meets Twice To Return Many Indictments The Grand jury met twice this month, Feb. 11 and 18, and returned the following in­ dictments to Judge James H. Cooney in Circuit Court, Woodstock: Richard C. Palmer, 6417 Blaine, Spring Grove, possession of cannabis; William G. Mueller, 4500 Parkway, McHenry, burglary and theft of the Roy Beaman home, McHenry; ' Michael B Donovan, 3112 Pheasant, Wonder Lake, burglary and theft of a home in Harvard. Basil A. Stefanski, 2308 Johnsburg road, McHenry, burglary of St. John's church in Johnsburg; Donald W. Bockhorst, 715 N. Center, and Robert W. Mueller, 4500 Parkway, both of McHenry, burglary of the Charles Conway home; Kenneth Shoulders, 802 W. Friendly, McHenry, robbery; Richard Pechous, 4851 N. Harlem, Chicago, burglary, theft and contributing to the delinquency of a minor; James N. Bryan IV, 7217 S. Cowlin, Crystal Lake, possession of controlled sub­ stance; Robert J. Schnell. 491 Lake, Crystal Lake, unlawful possession of controlled sub­ stance; Mark Morrisey, 1223 Madison, Wauconda, armed robbery; Michael J. Girmscheid. 810 Noel, Mundelein, possession of controlled substance; Scott H Myer, 2717 Eschol, MCC Announces Voting Absentee Procedures Fourteen voting precincts have been established by the board of trustees of McHenry County College District 528 for the special election scheduled March 8. On that date the electorate will vote on the proposition of increasing and establishing the annual tax rate for educational purposes from the present .07 per cent to .12 per cent. Applications for an absentee ballot for this special election must be submitted personally or by mail to Election Clerk, Office of Business Services, McHenry County College, 6200 Northwest Highway, Crystal Lake, 111., 60014. Absentee ballots are now available. Applications by mail must be received by the college by March 3. The deadline for coming in personally for voting by absentee ballot will be Wednesday, March 5. Further information may be obtained by contacting the Office of Business Services, McHenry County College, Crystal Lake. Zion, possession of cannabis; Patrick J. Buckley, Car- pentersville, armed robbery, attempted murder, aggravated battery and armed violence in connection with his entrance into a business establishment at Algonquin, Jan. 11; Patrick J. Buckley, Car- pentersville, theft over $150; Tom Keifer, Route 1, Loyal, Wis., delivery of cannabis and possession of cannabis; Mary Jane Pepper, 6603 Mathews, Louisville, Kv., two counts of forgery; Larry J Lundy, 706 University, Harvard, burglary and possession of burglary tools; Walter Henricksen III, 529 S. Williams, Palatine, criminal damage to property, aggravated battery, escape and violation of curfew; Ronald Lagerman, 7412 Pingree, and Charles Wilson, 7511 Manor, both of Crystal Lake, theft under $150 Randolph S. Meyer, 114 Amarillo, Carpentersville, James C. Barber, 1782 Maple, Elgin and Thomas F. Peluso, 15051 ^ Hollywood, South Elgin,- burglary, possession of burglary tools, criminal transport to land and possession of cannabis; Fred M. Hill, 430 N. Shore, Crystal Lake, burglary and theft: , Gordon D. Mertens, Jr,, Robert L Mertens, Gordon D. Mertens. Sr., and Marcella L. Mertens, 94 W County Line, Barrington. five counts of theft o v e r $ 1 5 0 . apartment when they heard someone in the other room Upon investigation, they found Deja and Brady in another bedroom attempting to take items from a closet. The of­ fenders ran out the front door and were later apprehended at their homes. During a routine inspection of Tri-Marine, 4019 E. Lake Shore drive, Wonder Lake, early last Friday morning, deputies discovered the business place had been entered. A piece of lumber had been used to break a front window. Taken from the premises were an electric trolling motor, an outboard motor, pair of snowmobile gloves, a boating jacket and about $8.CK) in change. Sometime Sunday night, Valley View school, 6515 W. Route 120, McHenry, was en­ tered by breaking a classroom window. Keys were taken from the office to gain entry to classrooms, where the desks of teachers were searched. It was determined about $20 in cash was taken. Lloyd Simon of 3901 W. Main street, McHenry, was charged with theft from a coin-opera ted machine by city police after he was observed tampering with a machine at the Main Street Coin Wash, 3925 W. Main street, McHenry. His bond was set at $1,000 and he is scheduled to appear in court Feb. 24. Feb. 12, while on routine patrol during the early morning hours, Officer Duane Lan^e noticed the business place was dark, which was not normal. He turned on squad car lights which illuminated the inside of the building. As he did so, Officer Lange saw Simon prying on a money changing machine in the establishment. When the officer approached, Simon fled through the back door. He was chased to his apartment and later taken to the station,- where charges were placed against him Michael Wilber Pease of 21 W. 49th avenue, Lombard, v.as arrested early Tuesday mor­ ning by Lake County deputies after he was apprehended driving a tow truck stolen from Arthur J. Keevil, Jr of McHenry in Lake county. i The truck was taken from Bruce's Standard service, 3522 W Elm street. McHenry, where it had been parked "anight (Continued on page 9) Ms. Covalt was ticketed for failure to yield right-of-way. The report stated that the Covalt car pulled away from a stop sign into the path of the other auto. Ms. Covalt said she failed to see the Himpelmann car in time and was unable to stop due to snowy and icy road conditions. Ronald B. Hoes of 720 E. Liberty street, Wauconda, told officers he noticed the accident in front of him and stopped. As he did so, he was hit in the rear by an auto driven by Brian Huebner of 1712 W. Ringwood road, McHenry. Huebner said he saw the other vehicle stop and as he applied his brakes he skidded sideways and hit the rear vf Hoes' truck. Huebner was charged with driving too fast for conditions. Debra L. Miller of 4503 W. Lake Shore drive, Wonder Lake, was reported in satisfactory condition Wed­ nesday following an accident at the intersection of Route 120 and Queen Anne road, east of Woodstock She was taken to the hospital by the Woodstock rescue squad after the collision Tuesday afternoon about 5:30. Miss Miller and the other driver, Michael G. Patterson of 522 McHenry avenue, Wood­ stock, were both ticketed. Patterson was charged with failure to yield at a stop or yield intersection and Miss Miller was cited for driving without headlights. According to the report, Patterson hit the Miller auto as it was passing the intersection. Patterson said the other driver had only parking lights on and as he pulled out, he failed to see it until it was too late to avoid impact. Mark E. Gibson of 3703 Claremont, McHenry, was charged with driving while intoxicated following a collision at 613 W Route 120 Saturday morning about 1:30. Driver of the other car, William E. Kearns of 3813 E Wonder Lake road, Wonder Lake, was injured in the ac­ cident and was taken to McHenry hospital by the McHenry Rescue squad for treatment. According to deputies, Kearns was east-bound on the highway when the Gibson car approached from the opposite direction and crossed into his lane of traffic, where impact occurred. Gibson said the road was snow covered and oncoming traffic was crowding him so he drove to the right but was hit by Kearns' auto. Officers noted the collision occurred completely in the east-bound lane of the highway. Three women were taken to McHenry hospital by the rescue squad following a rear-end collision at 810 N. Front street Sunday morning about 11:45. Sandra Curtiss of 9412 Elm, Crystal Lake, and the other (Continued on page 9) A proposal to hold a District 156 referendum next fall, probably in October or November, to realize money to update the school's vocational department, met with unanimous approval by the board last Tuesday night. The proposal also calls for a referendum on an Area Career center to be voted in early winter, probably December. The action came about as the result of a letter sent to board members following the last meeting In it, President James Althoff announced his intention of submitting his resignation as president at the Feb. 19 meeting. His decision Was made after he found himself the only board member to CPat a negative vote on two issues Feb. 4. i;ne of these was approval to par­ ticipate in the Area Career center. He based his opinion on the contention that McHenry high school's vocational department is poor and the area center consists of an accelerated program. With the vote on the latter scheduled first, Althoff said he could envision that referendum passing and the possibility of a failure to pass a local request for funds. He pointed out that he could not support the ad­ vanced center program without assurance that students had the fundamental knowledge gained through an adequate program in the local schools. In speaking to the board last Tuesday, he said, "This resignation of mine is of valid concern. How do you resolve action caused by a negative vote that may have a bearing on future actions of the board'. ' How do you support something you didn't vote for?" The president added that he had submitted his resignation to help resolve the problem No motion was made to ac­ cept it, and when Althoff proposed that he would make the motion, there was no second offered. Then he commented, "There may be contrary positions later and I believe discussion may resolve a particular position". Supt. Richard Swantz ob­ served that "the difficulty may be settled by pursuing other options of this complex problem". Swantz then presented three options concerning the center The third, which met the ap­ proval of the board, calls for the local referendum first, followed by the vote on the area center. The superintendent told the board he would submit the f eeling of local members to the Area Center committee in meeting Wednesday. Members asked Wayne Gamble, center director whe was present at the meeting, whether that referendum could be delayed, but he said the committee would have to make the final decision. In a conversation Thursday morning, Swantz said the Area Center control board voted not to hold its referendum before Dec. 1. Member Edward Neumann commented that he failed to see how the board could propose anything that would be more economical than to have juniors and seniors attend the center and to bring the fresh man-sophomore building up to modern standards. Phillip Bartmann, a board member, expressed his opinion (t ontinued on page 9) Concert Features Seniors These seniors will be featured as soloists or members of ensembles when the West campus band presents its annual mid-winter band concert Sunday, Feb. 23, aC 8 p.m. in West campus auditorium. Seated, from left, are Laurie Bender, Donna Pritchard, Linda Randall, Carol Leighty and Anita Paunescu; standing, from left. IJz Pintozzi, Mara Jones and Denise Higgins. Cheryl Riply is absent from picture. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD Sunday night, Feb. 23, at 8 p.m. in the West campus auditorium, the West campus band will be playing its thir­ teenth annual mid-winter band concert The sixty-piece concert band will be performing "American Scererio" by Giovonni, "Colas Breugnon" by Kabalevesky, "Barnum and Bailey's Favorite" by King "Suite for Woodwind Quintet" by Mad­ den, "Flutes, Flutes, Flutes" by Nielson, and "Concertino" by von Weber. The stage band will also perform several selections. The concert will be conducted by John Leighty. There is a small admission charged for this event, to be used for the scholarship fund. Name New City Clerk, Treasurer Vacancies which would occur May 1 due to the resignation of City Clerk Earl Walsh and City Treasurer Thomas Bolger were filled through nominations made by Mayor Joseph Stanek at Monday night's City Council meeting. Mayor Stanek nominated Mrs. G.C. (Terry) Wilde, Jr., of 3416 W. Fairway drive for city clerk and William Brda of 3712 W. Grand avenue for city treasurer. Both were given unanimous approval by the Council. Mrs. Wilde has been em­ ployed in the city clerk's office for twenty-five years. She also has served as deputy clerk for a number of years. Along with her city clerk duties, she will serve as city collector as Walsh has done. B.rda has1 a» ; Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and presently employed at Brake Parts, McHenry, in the accounting department. He also has had advanced training in various aspects of his field. Since he is employed locally, he would be available when needed, his resume stated. Both new appointees will take office May 1 of this year. The Council was asked to review ordinances proposed by the McHenry County Depart­ ment of Public Health regar­ ding water and sewer facilities. City Attorney Bernard Narusis, who was asked by the Council to look over the or­ dinances and report back, strongly recommended protesting the adoption Of the proposed ordinances. In his remarks, Nirlisis said in many areas the ordinances were "clearly invalid" and "gave almost unbelievable power" to the County board. He pointed out that adoption of the ordinances would "essentially interject county government or the County board into your municipality". "You have all been elected from your own respective wards and are cognizant of your local problems," Narusis explained. "And yet your legislative judgment is subordinated to the legislative judgment of someone elected from Harvard," he pointed out. Narusis felt that this piece of legislature, as read, goes a long way toward seriously destroying the function of the municipal government. , Narusis suggested there were three ways to avoid the problem: let the city's feelings be known to the Health department by lobbying so the County board does not adopt these ordinances; establish a ficer, or challenge the or­ dinances as soon as they come up According to Narusis, to solve the problem, there should be a provision in each one of the ordinances which excludes the operation of those ordinances within municipal boundaries. The Council agreed. Stanek was authorized to write a .letter to the County board stating the city's op­ position to the adoption of the ordinances unless they meet the provision mentioned above. Alderman Laverne Hromec suggested that possibly Mayor ^ -- . v - u i u i p v » o o i u i y i v i a ^ U I local Health department and-^Srartek^bould get together with employ a full time health of- (Continued on page 9) THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1975 18 PAGES FIFTEEN CENTS VOLUME 99 - NUMBER 58 J