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J O I I V S H l H ( . M I D D I h S C f l O O l M l | { \ | THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER S E R V I N G T M E C H A I N O - L A K E S R E G I O N S I N C E 1 8 7 fS 50 Volunteers In Cleanup Of *3,500 Estimated Damage In House, Garage Blazes Fires with an estimated total damage of $3,500 occurred in separate house and garage fires this past weekend. About 5:12 a.m. Sunday, Mrs. Phillip Mullins of 904 N. River road was awakened by the smell of smoke. Upon in­ vestigation, she found it originated in the kitchen area. Mrs. Mullins took her three small children to a neighbor's home while her husband trrned in the alarm. Members of Company I arrived on the scene to find the blaze was caused by a compressor refrigerator. The fire was confined to the kitchen, but there was smoke damage throughout the home. Fire Chief Glenn Peterson said damage would probably be about $2,000. Small children playing in the building are believed to have caused a fire in a detached garage that resulted in about $1,500 damage on the Richard M. Moore property* 2410 Country lane, Eastwood Manor. The fire occurred about 3:40 Friday afternoon while Mrs. George Colomer and her children were visiting at the Moore home. Damage to the structure and contents was estimated at $1,500. Company I volunteers fought the blaze. V Members of Company III were called out on a wash-down at Lily Lake road and Rt. 120 following an accident Saturday evening. The problem of new planning in High School District 156 as ifte result of the withdrawal of large numbers of students in the next three years is being faced by educators responsible for meeting the challenge. Johnsburg District 12 will soon be operating a high school for students living in that area. When the new Johnsburg high school begins to operate a significant number of students will be withdrawn from McHenry high. Some estimates indicate that as many as 600 to 700 students will enroll in the new Johnsburg school This will mean that the enrollment in McHenry will be reduced by this number. Along with fewer students, District 156 will also not receive as much money to finance Three Charges Against Youth - f Following Friday Accident Award Contract For Johnsburg Road- Work Recent communication from the Department of Aging for the State of Illinois indicates that McHenry county is one of two that will not benefit by funding for a supplemental nutrition and socialization program. This is federal money channelled through the state agency. The story given out by the state is that the local Region 2 area is over-funded in the Title VII program. Funds are distributed on the basis of the percentage of elderly poor in each planning and service area. The agency claims that even with increased allocation to Illinois from the federal government, the region renlains over-funded by $^,647. Apparently this is the second year McHenry county has lost in its bid for money to provide a service called"Meet and Eat". The only hope seems to lie with what the state director, Ken­ neth W. Holland, calls "a remote possibility that funds may be redistributed within Region 2". One of the absurd possibilities suggested recently by a high postal service official was the feeler put forth that mail delivery might be curtailed to three-times-a-week delivery. Citizen suggestions of late have indicated that new top leadership is needed in the postal service, and this statement will hardly lessen that feeling. If this country should come to something less than daily mail delivery, while most of the world's other developed nations provide it, something is obviously wrong with management. The idea of mail delivery was originally one of government service to the people, especially in rural areas, it is still a service the people expect. Whoever serves as President, voters would surely turn against him if such a scheme were ever inaugurated. It's hard to imagine the thinking - or lack of it - behind the suggestion. .f* K.A.F. FAMILY SERVICE MEETING The Family Service and Mental Health Clinic of McHenry County holds its regular monthly board of directors meeting at 8:30 p.m Wednesday. May 19 The Illinois Department 6f Transportation announced the award of a $383,726.15 contract to Lakeland Construction company, McHenry, for the widening and resurfacing of Johnsburg road between Illinois Route 31 and the Fox river in McHenry county. In addition to the work performed by Lakeland Con­ struction company, other improvements by Illinois Bell, Alleged Rape In Wonder Lake Area Found Hoax The report of an alleged rape in the vicinity of Harrison - Benwell Forest preserve, Wonder Lake, Saturday af­ ternoon, was investigated by McHenry County Sheriff's police and found to be untrue. Investigation revealed no evidence of the crime or pur­ ported offender. It was learned that the victim was a walk­ away from Chicago Reed Mental center, Chicago. At­ tendants from the center came to Wonder Lake to return the unidentified woman to the institution. Northern Illinois Gas and Commonwealth Edison will be performed at the same time. Drivers are cautioned to be alert to barricades, warning signs, lights and contractor's equipment. The road will not be closed to traffic, but temporary traffic signals will be installed for the widening of Smith bridge near the intersection with Riverside drive. Police Chase Ends In Arrest Of Two Persons Two Wonder Lake persons were arrested on numerous charges by county police following a chase on Route 14 at Deepcut road, near Woodstock, Saturday morning about 3:20. Robert Simon, 22, of 7301 Spatz road, was charged with permitting unauthorized person to drive, open liquor in a motor vehicle and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. His bond was set at $1,050. Timothy Bryan, 17. of 7610 Beach road, was arrested for (Continued on page 14) Three tickets were issued to Gary W. Gabriel of 2809 Tower drive, McHenry, Friday evening following an incident on Route 176 near Burton's Bridge. He was cited for leaving the scene of an ac­ cident, failure to give in­ formation following an ac­ cident and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident. Helen S. Lively of 2608 S. Forestwood drive, McHenry, reported she was east-bound on the highway when Gabriel's car ran into the rear of her auto two or three times. She ran off the south shoulder and Gabriel's car struck her again, causing the car to spin several times The auto then left the scene but Mrs. Lively took the license number. Gabriel told deputies he didn't recall anything about the accident and didn't believe he was involved. Mrs. Lively was taken to McHenry hospital by the Nunda Rural Rescue squad, where she was treated for slight injuries Her two children who were in the car, Randy, 11, and Sandy. 9, were not hurt. County police handled twenty-nine accidents over the past weekend. Many were blamed on wet roads and foggy weather conditions. A one-car accident on River road, south of State Park road, Saturday afternoon resulted in serious injuries to Leah D Way of 310 E. Judd street. Wood stock. She was taken to McHenry hospital by the Lake Region Rescue squad after her car hit some trees No statement was taken from Ms. Way at the scene due to her Innovations Outlined For Mid-June Country Art Fair Time is drawing near for the twentieth annual McHenry Country Art Fair. Many new innovations have been added to this year's Fair, sponsored by the Woman's auxiliary to McHenry hospital June 11. 12 and.13. are the dates, and the location is McHenry Junior high school on Kane avenue Featured as a special ad­ dition will be a retrospective of all artists who have had one- man shows during previous fairs Photography entries will be hung with the entire show, instead of a separate exhibit in itself Jon Rountree, Wood­ stock. will answer any questions. concerning photography entries The Children's show has been set aside for this year, perhaps to be added in another form later The Junior college will offer its excellent addition of talent from McHenry County college under the direction Of Joe Rvbacek of Woodstock A single judge will decide the award winners to be announced Friday evening. June 11. at an awards announcement Mack Gilman. renowned Chicago gallery owner and resident of McHenry county, will do the judging. Artists from McHenry county are encouraged to enter The deadline for registration is May 24. Details may be obtained from registration co-chairman, Mrs. Nicholas I (Karen) Gemell. 4313 New Hampshire. Crystal Lake 'The fair is an excellent one and offers both the artist and injuries. A witness reported the Way auto was north-bound at a "fast rate of speed considering the rain and wet pavement" in the area. The car left the roadway and smashed into some trees. The following day at the hospital. Ms. Way told deputies a German Shepherd dog ap peared in her path She swerved to avoid hitting the animal and lost control of her car. A three-vehicle accident at Route 120 and Lily Lake road, west of Lake moor Saturday evening resulted in a ticket for an improper turn being issued to Egbent Flowens of 621 Amanda, McHenry. According to county police, Flowens was east-bound on the highway and was making a left turn into the J&L service station when he was hit by a car driven by Michael C. DePatie of 15909 Nelson road, W< stock, which was west-bourn As the result of impact, the DePatie auto crashed head-on into a vehicle traveling behind Flowens' truck. It was driven by Oliver T. Hagood,Jr .of 2908 N. Spaulding, Chicago DePatie was taken to McHenry hospital by the McHenry Rescue squad for treatment of injuries suffered In the accident Anne E. Hecht of 9335 Bull Valley road, Woodstock, was injured Saturday night about 9:40 when the car she was driving ran through a fence and hit the Kenneth Fiske house at 9313 Bull Valley road Mrs Hecht said she was west-bound on the roadway in very heavy fog when she suddenly came upon a sharp curve and was unable to stop in time to avoid the accident Heavy fog was also reported as the cause of an accident on Riverside drive, one fourth mile south of Johnsburg road, north of McHenry. Sunday morning about 3:45. Thomas J. Hanahan III of 2012 W Grandview drive, McHenry, told deputies he was* north bound on Riverside drive when his car failed to negotiate a curve in the thick fog The car raveled off the east shoulder, ran over an underground terminal box of Illinois Bell Telephone company and then struck a utility pole head on (C ontinued on page 14) education McHenry educators are aware that this situation will cause problems which mast be faced in district planning Some of the concerns in this matter were discussed at a May meeting sponsored by the District 156 teachers' association. Supt. Dick Swantz. and Assistant Supt Tom Joynt were asked by the association to speak about the effect of the Johnsburg withdrawal on eventual program and staff cutbacks to be faced in McHenry high school. Joynt started the discussion by indicating that the problem was one which would have to be shared Ur teachers, ad­ ministrator* and taxpayers in District IM Earlier this year he attended a national con­ ference which shared ideas from other districts that have had to face similar cutbacks because of reduced enrollment Educators at the conference suggested that often the focus of the blame for cutbacks is directed toward the superin­ tendent and the school board One suggested way to avoid this is to keep people informed and to involve a variety of people in the study of where cutbacks might take place Swantz indicated that recently the school board directed him to identify a plan which would allow the high school to thoroughly plan for the eventual withdrawal of students Swantz suggested that to date, no specific plan could be described but he personally would like to involve teachers and community people in an advisory capacity to help; the district arrive at final decisions To show the effect of the withdrawal. SwanU said that in September. lt?7. ap proximately 300 students would not enroll in McHenry high school as the first phase of developing a school in John sburg Prior to their with drawal, Johnsburg's school district will be paying district 156 about $1,600 per student as tuition District 156 will no longer receive the tuition payment of $1,600 for the 300 Johnsburg students after they start attending their own high school. The result will mean that McHenry will have a $480,000 cut from available revenue to fund education Swantx suggested, "The $480,000 reduction in the budget n>eans something has to be Cut " According to the superintendent, a task force committee would be useful in making recommendations to the board where cuts could be considered Swantz also suggested that it would be his goal to let those people who will be cut from the staff because of the decline in enrollment, know about future personnel reductions as soon as possible In conclusion, the superin­ tendent said he felt cutbacks Would necessarily place a hardship on District 156 but he felt confident the eventual program in the district would continue to offer quality to McHenry students Aftsiit SKOOM During the business portion of the last instructional meeting of the High School District 156 board, members voted to offer tuition free Special Kducation summer school to l^'vel I students only. These particular students are functioning from one-third to one half of what might be ex- (( ontintied or page 14) Commemorate Bicentennial the community a worthwhile project ", stated John Burr, co- chairman of the fair Money raised is used to buy equipment for McHenry hospital Charges Against Wavward Driver Michael A Lorch of S001 Barnard Mill road. Ringwood. was ticketed by city police for driving while his license was suspended, open liquor in a motor vehicle and disobeying a traffic light at the corner of Green and Elm streets The arrest took place Saturday night about 8 o clock after Officer Gary Wigman. on routine patrol, saw the Lorch car proceed through a red traffic light. When he stopped the car at Green. and pearl streets, liquor was observed in the vehicle M U1 PHOTO \ \ WNK ( . WI.OKI) A mural commemorat ing the Bicentennial was painted at the Johnsburg Middle school by students from Johnsburg Junior high who part ic ipated in a mini -paint ing course Mrs Deborah Wagner 's c lass painted the mural which measured 44 feet by y feet I t depicts f lags , drums, drum mers. eagles and George Washington Mrs Wagner and her nineteen mini-course s tudents painted the mural during their c lass t ime and during lunch hours A blueprint of the chosen design was the work of Mrs Wagner , and the s tudents t ransferred i t to the wal l The large paint ing, portrayed on a wal l next to the ad minis t ra t ion off ice , cost a minimum of SHO Students in the paint ing c lass who par t ic ipated in the project were Kene Aldenbrook. Sherrv Allen. Bar and Melinda An dersen John Crokin. 1 'a t t i Franz. Kris ta Kaefer Ten Kenney. Pam Kilca\ne Karen Mitchel l . Steve N'ethaway. Dennis <>ehler Bruce Olson Kim Ray. Debbie . I>onna j j id Linda Schaefer . Michel le Si lz t ' r and Kelly Snow For the past three >ears . at>out 100 mini-courses have been offered each yean at the Junior high The\ are held once •a \ear for s ixth. seventh and eighth graders This year they were held f rom March 29 to \pril 4 Students may select s ix courses each one an hour long \ lot tery was held to choose le t ters of las t names to determine when s tudents would s ign up tor the courses which included golf , bowling pain t ing macrame etc Some courses also included f ie ld t r ips Fox River Dam Area 2 SECTIONS 24 PAGES 20' I . __________ Problem VOLUME 100 NUMBER 83 WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1976 Discuss Student Withdrawal A member of the Northern Illinois Prairie Pounders, a four-wheel drive club, is shown directly above picking up one of the hundreds of cans found in a cleanup of the McHenry dam area Saturday. Above, right, are other volunteers working in the steady downpour. District 156 Faces Sponsored by the Di\ision of fc&shenes. Illinois State Con servation department, volunteers cleaned up a portion of the Fox river amidst a steady rainfall Saturday. Because of the muddy con­ dition the cleanup was con­ fined mostly to small items since large equipment would have been needed to remove large discarded articles Harvev Rrown. coordinator for the area surrounding the dam. said about a half dozen members of the Northern Illinois Prairie Pounders, a four wheel drive club, ac­ complished much of the work with their special type of equipment Other volunteers and Roy Scout groups brought the total number of helpers to about fifty In all. a half mile section (C ontinued on page 14)