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Transportation For Elderly Mental Health Clinic, Senior Citizens and the Community Action Agency for McHenry County. The McHenry County Transportation consortium will hold a public meeting Nov. 22 at 7:30 p.m. at the McHenry county courthouse building, Room 112, located in Wood­ stock. The purpose will be to discuss a Transportation Capital grant filed under the provisions of Illinois Revised Statutes (1973) and the Urban Mass Transportation Ad­ ministration act of 1964, as amended - The grant request is for $102,500. a total of $82,000 from the Urban Mass Transportation Administration United States Department of Transportation; $13,666 from the Illinois Department of Transportation; and the remaining $6,834 to be provided by local funds. The public and private transit operators are invited to attend the meeting.. The application may be viewed at the Vioneer Center for the Exceptional facility at 5005 West McCullom Lake road, McCullom Lake, and the McHenry county courthouse between the hours of 9 a.m. to o 3:30 p.m. Comments regarding *the application should be submitted to the Division of Public Transportation. 300 North State street. Room 1002. Chicago. II.. 60610, by Dec. <> THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER "SERVING THE CM A IN-O-LAKE S REGION SINCE 1875 State Trees Planted In Bicentennial Garden Seek A grant request for the purchase of five buses to help provide for the transportation needs of the elderly and han­ dicapped in McHenry county is being sought. Participating agencies are the McHenry County Association for the Retarded, Family Services and VOLUME 101 NUMBER 31 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1976 2 SECTIONS 22 PAGES 20' Teacher Settlement Sign District 156 Contract Edison Asks Fox Crossing Permit Commonwealth Edison Co. has filed an application with the State of Illinois Department of Transportation, Division of Water Resources, for a permit authorizing the relocation of an existing \wre crossing over the Fox river at McHenry. Plans reveal the proposed work to consist of installing poles on opposite sides of the river and suspending four wires 425 feet between them. A 30-foot clearance will be provided between low wire and the high water elevation of 751 feet. The crossing will be located on the upstream side of the old Pearl street bridge. No work will begin until a permit is issued. Plans may be seen at the Chicago , district office, Division of Water Resources, Woodfield Plaza building, 1000 Plaza drive, Schav^iburg, II. 60196. In­ terested persons are invited to send written statements with reference to the proposed work to the Springfield office of the Division of Water Resources, 2300 S. Dirksen Parkway, Springfield, II., 62764 before Nov. 24. Andy and Matthew Rogers, students at Valley View and Parkland , schools, are shown helping plant several state trees in Petersen Revenue Sharing park for the McHenry Bicentennial commission. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD The work of the McHenry Bicentennial commission is drawing to its conclusion and one of its last works is to plant the state trees of the original thirteen colonies in the Bicentennial garden in Petersen park Trees which were donations by ten of the local schools were planted The remainder will be transplanted in Spring The commission, which recognized all those who have helped in its many functions through the year, will bring to a close efforts in this Bicen­ tennial observance with a short public ceremony at City Council chambers Monday, Dec. 6. The commission will present a proclamation of gratitude to ihe V.F.W. American Legion and World War I Barracks in recognition of the debt tiWed to the mem­ bers of the organization for their participation in past American history. There will also be a public "thank you" to all who have contributed time, money or effort on behalf of the Bicentennial celebration. The Bicentennial quilt. "Presidents Heads", made by the Grandmothers club of McHenry will be displayed for the last time *81,569 To McHenry In Four Years The city of McHenry is scheduled to receive $81,569 as its share of Revenue Sharing funds over the next four years. The announcement was made this week by Congressman John B. Anderson (R-Il.) as he included McHenry county area governments targeted to received a total of $2.3 million in the four-year period. Other local communities are listed for the following amounts: Lakemoor, $1,637; McCullom Lake, $2,875; Rich­ mond, $8,329; Spring Grove, $4,457; Sunnyside $2,285 and Sunrise Ridge, $856. McHenry township is slated to receive $77,160 and McHenry county, $123,700. In listing the projections Anderson reiterated his con- sistant support for federal revenue sharing proposals, and called the recent extension of the General Revenue Sharing program 'a significant attempt to return effective fiscal control to state and local governments, where the people hold the keys to access and accountability." The new funds were provided under the State and Local Assistance amendments to the General Revenue Sharing program, whick President Ford signed into law Oct. 13 of this year. The allocations for Fiscal Year 1977 will cover the nine month period from Jan. 1, 1977 to Sept. 30, 1977, due to recent changes in budgetary procedures in Congress. Court Decision McHenry Area Thefts In For Henenberg is upheld pasf Week Investigated Many of us in McHenry would like to forget about the Regional Transportation Authority, otherwise known as the RTA. At the newspaper office they won't let us. Not a week passes---and spmetimes this is on a daily basis-news releases arrive on the accomplishments of this highly controversial service. Unfortunately, we have no first hand experience to judge. On Nov. 1 we received the exciting news that the new transfer program had been an immediate success in the first week. More than 10,000 tran­ sfers were being sold daily, allowing riders to move from one bus company to another for a nominal transfer fee Sounds great, but out here in the boondocks we're still hunting for all those bus companies. „ On Nov. 11 another release proclaimed the happy news that a total of $50,597,841 had been approved by the RTA board of directors in fifteen grants for local bus service in communities throughout the RTA region. Hastily we scanned the favored communities. We saw Elmhurst, Evanston, Glen Ellyn and many more, but nary a mention of McHenry. * Then, in the same mail along came a notice that significant progress has been made in improving the comfort and safety of commuters on the Rock Island railroad. Too bad, McHenry, but that Rock Island railroad and the area it serves is so far away. But take heart, we will probably never again be caught up in the type of demagoguery that brought us under the jurisdiction of this monstrosity. True, McHenry county, and our own area in particular, fought hard before succumbing to the superior vot ng power of the city. Just wait, next time when we know better and cannot make our point, something really drastic in opposition could result. K.A.F. In an opinion dated Nov. 9, the Appellate court of the Second district has upheld the decision of the 19th Judicial District Circuit court in the conviction of Frank Alex Henenberg on charges of murder and armed robbery which the lower court rendered April 19, 1976. The latter date marked the second trial of the defendant on the same charges, after an appeal had overturned an earlier conviction. i The body of Martin Zloger was discovered on a farm in McHenry county by hunters on Dec. 13, 1969, and Henenberg was subsequently apprehended and charged with his murder. Henenberg was sentenced to concurrent terms of 150 to 300 years for murder and 50 to 150 for armed robbery. His first conviction resulted in a sen­ tence of death. Several thefts were reported in the McHenry area this week, according to the Sheriff's department. Just after mid­ night Friday, Donna Wright. McHenry. complained that she discovered her car was entered during the evening while it was parked along Lincoln road, and somebody stole her CB radio At Magic Town. 2951 Route 120, a bike was reported found and another stolen, indicating that someone had possibly made a swap At 4:40 p.m. employees at Magic Town said a purple 26-inch girl's bike had been left in the parking lot. Then at 6:50 p.m. Brian Clark, 100 Rand road, complained that while he was at Magic Town, his yellow 10-speed Schwinn had disappeared. On Nov. 10, Jean Lasusa, 9315 Wilmot road. Spring Grove, reported to the sheriff that sometime during the early morning, someone stole her 7- year-old purebred female Irish setter. On Thursday. Dale Anderson, 504 Bayview courts McHenry, reported to the sheriff that after being gone from home all night, he returned to find his house had been entered. In­ truders had broken through a window and stolen three shotguns and two bars.of silver. He said nothing else was disturbed. Deputies reported recovering a car Thursday that had been stolen several hours earlier from the parking lot of the Captain's Anchor at US 12 and (Continued on page 13) If there were any misgivings concerning the 1976-77 teacher contract in High School District 156 (as indicated in a Nov. 17 McHenry Plaindealer Public Pulse letter) it was not evident when that contract was signed at Tuesday evening's meeting of the school board. Representing the board were President James Althoff and Secretary Edward Neumann, and for the teachers, Sandra Holstine, president of the High School Teachers association, and Jeanne Hertz, association secretary. All displayed broad smiles as the contract became official. The teachers were assured that the insurance provision of the contract was retroactive from the signing to the first of the month when the agreement took place. The matter was of special interest to the teachers because more than one faculty member had reason to take advantage Of the insurance provision through illness in the interim. Later, members discussed the necessity to revise the budget approved earlier. With the adjusted salary schedule, there is a deficiency of $20,000 and mefibers pointed out they must cut expenditures in some areas of the Education fund to meet the increased salaries. The board dealt at length with a request from the Ski club to provide free transportation for students to an overnight ski activity in Wisconsin. The trip will require two buses to carry sixty students and their equipment. At the present time no formal policy exists in this area. Supt. Richard Swantz presented this specific request along with another asking the possibility of an overall board policy regarding student transportation to co-curricular activities. When the discussion focused on other events, such as athletic and music where free transportation is allowed. Member Edward Neumann noted that some of these represent a school activity. He questioned whether or not the Ski club trip would be con­ sidered to represent the school Donald Seaton, East campus assistant principal, expressed his opinion that all trips represent the school since the behavior of students reflects on the district regardless of the area of interest Althoff asked the board to consider what should be done if other groups decided to ask for similar treatment. "Where will we draw the line?" he questioned Further discussion took place, and at its conclusion there was an unanimous decision to allow $400 toward the Ski club trip, and future problems will be met when they arise. The administration revealed that six architectural firms were interviewed concerning assistance in making recom­ mendations on future use of the two campuses. A total of $7,000 was allocated for this purpose. Board members hope to have the findings at their disposal in three months. One possibility the board has considered is renovation of East campus. Another is sale of that building and a construction program at West to house all four classes. Members hope the expertise of architects will help them in making a correct decision on future planning. Some discussion was held over results of the evaluation of the Learning Management program, designed for students with particular learning dif­ ficulties Conducted by the teaching staff as well as outside consultants, it was the con­ sensus that it is a worthwhile undertaking but some changes , were recommended One of the most important conclusions of last summer's evaluation was the need for a single department coordinator (Continued on page 13) Council Repaid Insurance Money Mayor Joseph Stanek an­ nounced Monday night that former clerk. Terry Wilde, had presented a check in full for $946.53 to repay the city for insurance monies she received James Kirk Coordinator For Fall Good Turn Day James Kirk, 119 N. River road, has been named coor­ dinator of the McHenry Scouts for the fourteenth annual Scout Good Turn day Saturday. Nov. 20, according to Frank Meenach, Kishwaukee Scout executive. Unit leaders from this community are: Raymond C. Jensen, Joseph Turuc, Thomas Kusmerz, John R. Miskovic, Thomas Kusmere, Martin A. Foley and Donald V. Pascarella of McHenry; Bruce Crum, Doug Albrecht and Richard A. Gonzales of Wonder Lake and James Peter Lilla, Richard R. Below, Sr., and Walter D. Garver of Spring Grove. They will be assisted by den mothers and den dads as well as other volunteer Scouters. In order to expedite the Scout Good Turn day drive, householders are asked to attach the flyer they received during the past week to the bags and boxes of material. This is by order of the com­ munity coordinators. By at­ taching the flyers to the articles the Scouts will know that they are intended for them. On Saturday more than 1,500 Scouts and volunteers will gather clothing and small household articles for the handicapped trainees at Abilities ' Center Goodwill Industries to rework and renovate. during her illness which were declared improper. Alderman Jack Pepping, chairman of the Finance committee, also reported that Mrs. June Stuart had repaid $180 and Mrs. Dorothy Uttich, $115.91, for similar insurance monies paid to them. Both are' Public library employees. The other two employees who are to repay insurance monies are Officer William Zujewski of the Police department and James Keevil of the Communications department. Zujewski owes $125 and Keevil, $270. Both agreed to deductions from their salaries over .aljne-year period of time to repay the money. Chairman James Wegener of the Police committee reported that his group recommended the approval of Police Chief Kenneth Espey's request for two more men on the Police department. However , he asked that the Finance com­ mittee look into the situation further to determine whether or not this request would fit into the budget. Pepping, therefore, called for a Finance committee meeting Monday, Nov. 29, at 7 p.m. prior to the regular (Continued on page 13) Vandals Blamed For Bus Storage Loss Vandalism is believed responsible for a fire that destroyed a High School District 156 bus and athletic equipment Wednesday afternoon at 1:30. The old bus, used for storage, was discovered afire by Mrs. Robert Bitterman, who resides across from the James street parking lot where the vehicle was parked. Company I firemen arrived to find the bus engulfed in flames. Contents, which included football tackling dummies and track equipment, was completely destroyed. It was not determined whether or not the bus was locked. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD