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* Business Leader In Competition School District J56 Favor Tenure In Staff Reduction Discussion of a Reduction in Force policy statement, tabled at the last meeting of the board of High School District 156, was brought forth for further opinions Tuesday night. "Let's discuss it", com­ mented Member Dave Benrud as the question was voiced again, whether the action regarding which teachers remain on staff when John- sburg students move to their own school should be on merit or tenure. It was Dan McNulty's opinion that individual opinions on the merit of any one teacher make it almost impossible to select this method of reducing the staff. Mrs. Sandra Holstine, president of the High School Teachers association, was asked if the association had discussed the matter and what the opinion was. She told the board the association lawyer had recommended tenure as the best solution to prevent possible legal action. Another opinion was voiced by Board Member Edward Neumann, who cautioned that retaining all tenure teachers would mean keeping those on the highest wage scale, which would mean creation of an even bigger deficit than is foreseen at this time. In a vote that followed, Neumann was the only member casting a dissenting vote to the cutback which favored retaining tenured teachers. The approved policy will now go to the Teachers association for an opinion, and then returned for final action by the board. Program proposals con­ sumed considerable time, with action taken in all cases. The board approved the expenditure of $16,250 as the district's share to permit continuation of the Alternative school. Confirmation has been received that the Continental Trust will fund 75 percent of the program,or a total of $48,750. The program is completing its second year of operation described by the ad­ ministration as "very suc­ cessful".During these two years it was fully funded. It will be necessary for the district to assume an additional quarter of funding for the next three years, after which all funding is due to cease. Dennis Welter, who heads the program on Self-Contained Classroom for Behavioral Disorder Students, was present to explain its growth.,. He foresees an additional nine students from present eighth grade classes in need of this highly structured program. Welter continued to compare costs of the SEDOM program with that of instructing students within the school district. He pointed to a savings of more than $15,250 anticipated based on a class with thirteen pupils. In addition, Welter pointed to the advantage of "having the students in the mainstream" by allowing them to further their education in their own school. The third program under consideration was ACHIEVE, which is currently funded through special funds from the state of Illinois. It is known that if funds are allocated, District 156 will receive them. However, because of the uncertainty at this time, in fairness to the teacher, the board felt it was timely to make a decision. Further discussion was concluded through a decision to continue the program and budget $12,500 for the teacher's salary. ACHIEVE is a type of in- school suspension program Also in the line ot salaries, Supt. Richard Swantz disclosed that an anticipated enrollment decrease at West campus and an East campus enrollment increase will mean the necessity to reduce the West staff by one teacher and add one and one-half teachers at East. Action was taken to adopt a school calendar for the 1977-78 year which is identical with those of Districts 15, 12 and 36 (McHenry grade school, Johnsburg and Wonder Lake). From a list of twenty-three names, the board ap­ proved seven to serve on the district Vocational Education Advisory committee. They are William Cristy, Lenora Frisby, Rita Hahn, Robert Hewitt. Tim Low, Cindy (Continued on page 8) THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER "SERVING-THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875 VOLUME 101 NUMBER 55 FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1977 3 SECTIONS 38 PAGES 20* Dianne Smith, president of the McHenry high school chapter of the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) will attend the state FBLA convention in Springfield March 25. Dianne will be in charge of one session of the convention, which more than 800 students from around the state will attend. She is also entered in the "Who's Who" contest at the convention among state FBLA members. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD Cut Precincts For Town Vote Does McHenry appreciate an outstanding rescue squad? You can bet it does! And does the rescue squad appreciate McHenry? -•It. does, and just as en­ thusiastically. Recently the squad com­ pleted its annual drive for funds, the only way members have of serving the local public. They knew they had set their goals at a high level for the purpose of purchasing mobile intensive care equipment and a vehicle. The public responded in a heartwarming fashion and the rescue squad is enthusiastic in its praise of this support. But while the money given is very important to the squad, just as important is the morale booster it must be to men and women who have given so very much to serve their fellow citizens. Many thingTchange, but the weather can be relied on to cause much the same con­ versation it did a century ago. Newspaper reports of 100 years ago told of a heavy snow storm March 20, the sixty- fourth of the season with wind, snow, hail, etc. As we approach that date and look back on the St. Patrick's day festivities, one outstanding difference is evident. Even in thriving metropolis of Chicago, the parade of March, 1877, had to be cut short because of muddy streets. Today we worry mainly about cars dropping into potholes already rearing their ugly heads as the frost leaves. A cherub is described in the dictionary as "an innocent looking, usually chubby and rosy person". Some of the most charming cherubs -and some of the most talented-of our acquaintance are members of the children's choirs of the local Methodist church. It was our good fortune to share the stage with them a few years ago and learned, first hand, they are show stealers. After too long an absence, they are returning to the West campus stage next Sunday afternoon to present a delightful musical, "The Story- Tellin' Man". It promises to be a pleasant way to spend an hour. (Continued on page 8) Open Forum For School Candidates There will be an open forum for candidates for the McHenry District 15 school board March 21, at 7:30 p.m. at Edgebrook school. The purpose will be to allow candidates to give their reasons for seeking office. The forum will be moderated by a member of the League of Women Voters. It will be sponsored by the Edgebrook, Hilltop, and Valley View P.T.O.'s and the McHenry C l a s s r o o m T e a c h e r s association. There will be an opportunity for the public to present questions to the candidates after their initial presentation. Survey Results Guide To Transportation Services The Regional Transportation Authority has develped a preliminary list of tran­ sportation corridors and potential services from which a McHenry County Tran­ sportation plan will be produced. Copies of the options have been sent to local officials for review. RTA staff assigned to McHenry county developed the list from the results of three surveys in the county. The surveys measured tran­ sportation needs of workers within the county, commuter rail users, and residents such as- senior citizens who have no basic transportation. Specific recommendations for service will be determined after local officials have reviewed and commented upon the complete list of alter­ natives. Basic corridors for potential bus or train service include: ...Richmond, McHenry, Crystal Lake and Elgin; ...Harvard, Woodstock, Crystal Lake, Cary and Fox River Grove; ...Walworth (Wis.), Solon Mills, Spring Grove and Fox Lake; ... All other areas of McHenry county. - Different types and amounts of service for each option will be recommended based on the travel needs indicated in the surveys. For further in­ formation, contact Louis Dombrowski, RTA Public Information, (312) 836-4030. Thieves Cut Fence, Take Horses In Trailer-Truck It is not unusual these days for a CB radio to be stolen from a person's car. In fact, there Counter-Suit Filed In City Tavern Closing Neither the tavern itself, nor the "book" on the Jake's Dead End lounge case, is closed. The tavern was reopened this week after receiving a tem­ porary court injunction from the Circuit court of Cook county. Richard C. Jager, owner of the tavern, has also filed a suit in Circuit court, which names Mayor Joseph Stanek as a co- defendant. The temporary restraining order, issued by Judge Arthur L. Dunne, allows the tavern to remain open until March 24, the date of a court hearing in Chicago. Besides Stanek, who was named as a defendant because of his role as the city's liquor commissioner, Jager is also making charges against the Illinois. Liquor Control com­ mission, which affirmed Stanek's decision not to renew the tavern's liquor license. The exact wording of the injunction reads as follows: "That a writ of temporary injunction and stay order be issued herein, by the clerk and under the seal of this court, restraining and enjoining defendants, Illinois Liquor Control commission, Joseph Stanek, local Liquor com­ missioner, and their agents and employees and each and all of them, from doing or taking, or causing to be done or taken, any action to interfere with the operation of the dram shop known as Jake's Dead End lounge, located at 3311 W. Elm street, McHenry,...and to allow said aforementioned dram shop to continue operation.. .until the further order of this court." So, the tavern will remain open at least until March 24, when Judge Dunne will hold a hearing on Jager's motion for a preliminary injunction. The case will be heard in room 2510 in Ihe Chicago Civic Center building. were three of them reported over the weekend. What is unusual these days, in an era of motorized tran­ sportation, is for someone to steal a horse. But that's what happened to Carmen Reporto, Schiller Park, Sunday, when he reported to sheriff's police that someone had stolen his six- year-old mare and four-year- old Palomino pony from his property at 6650 Barnard Mill road, Ringwood. Reporto told police that when he went to feed his horses, he observed that fencing had been cut and that the two horses were missing Police inspection revealed that a truck and trailer ap­ parently had been used to haul the animals from the property. However, at this time, the identity of the offender has not been determined. On a more familiar note. Mayoral Candidates To Be Featured By C of C When the McHenry Area Chamber of Commerce members meet for the mid­ winter session at the Longhorn Steak house Tuesday evening, March 22, scheduled speakers will be Mayor Joseph Stanek and George Harker, both mayoral candidates in the upcoming city election. The topic matter will be, "McHenry Today and ' McHenry Tomorrow". The social hour will begin at 6:30 with dinner following. A short business meeting will give Tonyan construction an opportunity to display a plat layout of the industrial sub­ division to be erected on Route 120 west of McHenry. The candidates will be featured after the meeting and a brief question and answer period will conclude the affair. Reservations may be made through the McHenry Chamber of Commerce, Tom Low, president, Ray Novotny or Winn Phillips, co-chairmen. Prospective new members are invited to attend. Salute Agriculture Day March 21 The McHenry County Farm Bureau again this year is sponsoring & salute keyed to Agriculture day which is Monday, March 21, traditional first day of spring. Don Luerrsen, president, will host a luncheon for men and women, boys and girls to include the exact number an American farmer is able to feed with his productive skills each year- fifty-six. In contrast, USDA data shows a Russian farmer can produce enough to feed only eight people. It i nearly im­ possible to tell IOW many people a Japanese armer or a Polish farmer feeds because those and most other countries are not importers of food. "The United States produced half the food in the world last year," explained Luerrsen. "We are blessed with productive land, adequate rainfall at the right time and people willing to work diligently on the farm. "We also have an economic system that encourages ef­ ficiency, risk of captial and hard work. We are the breadbasket of the world with one of every four acres of our feed grains exported. We need exports to provide market volume to keep our farms functioning efficiently. As the American public grows in number and needs more food, we'll have that food supply „ available." Elaborating on the production skills of the American farmers, Luerrsen said if the larger farmers classed by the USDA as commercial farmers are considered ($10,000 gross sales of agricultural products an­ nually), those farmers produce enough to feed 200 people. Furthermore, a small per­ centage of farmers produces a hugh amount of food. - "The 300,000 top farmers in the U.S. out of the 2.8 million farmers we have produce over 60 percent of this country's food output. Translated into com- (Continued on page 8) three area residents reported that their CB radios had been stolen from their cars. Carroll Mills, 801 Paul street, McHenry, reported to sheriff's police that someone stole his CB while it was parked in his driveway overnight. Then, on Saturday morning, Michael Schaeffer, 5420 Or­ chard Way, McHenry, reported that while his auto was parked at a bowling alley on Chapel Hill road the night before, someone stole his CB radio. At approximately 6:30 p.m. Sunday, George Lane, McHenry, reported that while visiting at the home of a friend at 4821 Flanders, McHenry, that same evening, someone entered his unlocked van and stole his CB radio. In all three instances, the offender had not been seen, and the incidents are still under investigation by the McHenry county Sheriff's police. CB radios weren't the only target of thieves over the weekend, with several other items being reported stolen. At 5:55 p.m. Saturday, Carol Whitehead, 104 Navajo, McHenry, reported that some time during the previous night, someone stole her garbage can and flower planter from her front yard. Again, the identity of the offender is not known. At approximately 2 p.m. Sunday, Terese Behrle, Woodstock, reported that in going to her former residence at 8925 Woody Trail, Wonder Lake, she discovered that someone had stolen her aluminum, square, stern canoe. There was also an act of vandalism reported, with Ronald Calahan, 4403 Mapleleaf drive, McHenry, being victimized. Calahan told police that some time during the night of March 11, someone damaged his outdoor, above ground swimming pool, making holes in it and ripping the material. The offender had not been seen or heard. Also, at approximately 1:25 p.m. Monday, Oscar Borst reported that sometime during recent days, someone entered his barn at 4091 Barreville f road, McHenry, and stole several items. Taken were a grandfather (Continued on page 8) McHenry township will have only five voting precincts in the April 5 township election compared to the usual twenty- seven. The economy move for McHenry was made at the February meeting of the County board and a resolution passed Tuesday at the March meeting permits the same procedure to be followed elsewhere in the county. All township offices will be filled this year in accordance with action by the Legislature in 1975 which extended the terms of the supervisor and highway commissioner two years so that all township of­ ficials are elected every four years. Previously a staggered policy was in effect which prevented the possibility of all new officials taking office the same year. Candidates selected at the recent Republican caucus were Walter Dean for supervisor; Albert Adams for clerk; Clarence Regner for highway commissioner; and Tom Birmingham, Howard Snyder, Bruce Novak and Eugene Jakubowski for trustees. Sebre Whiting will seek reelection as assessor on the Independent ticket. T o w n s h i p D e m o c r a t s selected not to caucus and did not present a slate. The annual town meeting is scheduled April 12 at 7:30 p.m. at the VFW clubhouse, to which the public is invited. At Tuesday's meeting, the board approved the report of the McHenry County Regional Planning commission, a part of which included the Regional Transportation (RTA) request for a Capital Assistance grant from the U.S. Department of T r a n s p o r t a t i o n . T h i s f u n d would be used for the acquisition and rehabilitation of 151 buses for suburban ser­ vice expansion, bus replacement and RTA development - demonstration project This project, at a total cost of $11,031,062, will receive funding from three sources. Federal, $8,824,850; local, $761,671; and state, $1,444,541. Four of these vehicles have been earmarked for McHenry county. Another discussion brought board members to the familiar topic of donations of land or money by subdividers. Members are anxious to draw up an ordinance that legally requires some donation. The report of the School Payment Formula sub­ committee, chairmaned by Donald Doherty of McHenry, disclosed the consensus that a cash donation must be based on the cost of the land, and that the payment should be made at the time the occupancy permit is issued It was noted that school boards in the county had given the opinion that they would comply with a county "developer donation" or­ dinance. Member Thomas Huemann of Johnsburg added his hope that there is something in writing to compel subdividers to comply with the request. He also said he hopes the or­ dinance will be fair to all. Chairman Doherty assured that at this time it is only in the p l a n n i n g s t a g e s . Walter Dean of McHenry, chairman of the Board of Review, said tax bills are ex- (Continued on page 8) Voting Procedures For City Election Outlined The procedure for voting by absentee ballot in the general c i t y e l e c t i o n s c h e d u l e d f o r Tuesday, April 19, was an­ nounced this week by City Clerk Barbara Gilpin. At that election, a mayor, city clerk, city treasurer and one alder­ man from each of the four wards will be chosen for four- year terms. Registered voters who are physically incapacitated or who will be unable to vote between 6a.m. and 6 p.m. April 19 may vote by absentee ballot. Absentee voting begins Monday, March 21. A polling booth will be set up in the city clerk's outer office at McHenry city hall, 1111 N. Green street, to accommodate voters. A qualified voter who wishes to vote by absentee ballot must first make an application for absentee ballot on a form provided by the city clerk. Persons who cannot go to the clerk's office during regular office hours may obtain an application by calling or writing Mrs. Gilpin at city hall. When the application is signed and returned, Mrs. Gilpin will send out the ballot and its af­ fidavit envelope along with a (Continued on page 8) Nurses Present Book To Library Mrs. June Stuart, right, McHenry Public library head librarian, accepts book from the 16th district Illinois Nurses association in honor of Illinois Nurses week, being observed March 13-19. Making the presentation of "One Strong Voice", the story of the American Nurses' association and nursing in the U.S.A. is Margaret Harris, R.N., president of the 16th district Nurses association, as Virginia Williams, R.N. of McHenry, a member of the district Nurses association looks on. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD