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* . Set Payment Dates For Tax Bills Out Next Week McHenry county taxpayers will be able to pay 1976 tax bills in two installments more than 30 days apart this year, the first such opportunity for widely separated installments since 1969 bills were issued, McHenry county treasurer, Audrey R. Walgenbach, announced Wednesday. "Tax bills will be mailed on or before May 13, and the first installment due date will be June 13. The second installment due date will be Sept. 6, the Tuesday after Labor Day," Mrs. Walgenbach said. Interest on late payments begins the day following the due date for each installment at the rate of 1 percent per month. Advertising costs, petition for judgment on delinquencies and the annual tax sale will follow the due date on the second installment of 1976 taxes for all delinquencies then existing. "I want to alert taxpayers that legal descriptions will not be printed on tax bills this year for the first time in McHenry county history," Mrs. Walgenbach said. "The installation of the new numbering system for parcels on the tax rolls, which was begun two years ago, has resulted in a substitution of an identifying number for a legal description." The ten-digit permanent parcel number which will be shown instead of a legal description has been called to the attention of all McHenry county taxpayers by postcard mailings from the office of the supervisor of assessments in recent weeks. This numbering system is similar to the system employed in many other counties in Illinois. "Every effort is made to deliver tax bills to the rightful taxpayers," Mrs. Walgenbach said. "However, it is the responsibility of the taxpayer to inquire about a tax bill if one is not received. Non-payment ot taxes is costly to the property owner." Personal property tax bills are payable on the June 13 due date. Both real estate and personal property tax bills may be paid by any one of the three methods customarily offered to taxpayers: at McHenry county area banks; by mail to the treasurer or in person at the treasurer's office in the McHenry county courthouse, at 2200 N. Seminary avenue, (Route 47) Woodstock. 100 TEARS m 197S THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875" VOLUME 101 NUMBER 69 FRIDAY. MAY 6, 1977 1 SECTION 20 PAGES 20* Overturn Zoning Board Recommendation IS Set Forth Two Program Changes At West Campus Program changes scheduled next year at West campus for students who meet requirements were outlined at Tuesday night's instructional meeting of the board of High School District 156. Making the presentation were West Campus Principal Robert Swartzloff and two staff members, Marguerite Van- dagriff and Bill Day. Last fall a change was made to the more traditional ap­ proach to education, and Swartzloff indicated it was working well. He pointed out that any special privileges must be earned. One of the changes involves a more flexible scheduling as suggested by an Optional Planning committee made up of seventeen teachers and administrators who have been working on the plan throughout the year. It will allow a com­ bination of traditional and flexible scheduling for those who are able and willing to abide by the requirements. The plan calls for structured classes, and study halls, as usual except that some teachers will be allowed to reschedule as they see fit during the first two classes in the morning and the last two in the afternoon. Students who feel they can handle this type of program will enroll in these classes. The second change is a student advocate program. About thirty-five teachers, aides and administrators will be available to discuss problems with individual students. There will be six others who will serve as alternates, providing each young person with an op portunity to select that adult with whom he feels he can best communicate and receive help. (Continued on pag»? 18) Unsuccessful Burglary Results In Three Arrests Edward Buss reads letter to the City Council and the large audience promising to cooperate with all city regulations in the construction of his new building should the aldermen choose to grant him the required zoning to put his commercial business on the residentially-zoned property across the highway from the Indian Manor restaurant. The Council voted six to three to grant Buss his needed zoning, thereby overriding the recommendation of the Zoning Board of Appeals. STAFF PHOTO--WAYNE GAYLORD The alertness and concern of a Wonder Lake resident resulted in the aborted burglary, and ensuing arrest of three youths attempting to burglarize a Wonder Lake resident Monday night. Mack Good and Ronald W. Smith of Chicago and Paul Carmon of Porun, Okla., were arrested and charged with burglary in connection with an incident at the home of Leonard W. Warpinski, 8019 Maplewood drive, Wonder Lake. According to the police report, county authorities received a call at ap­ proximately 9:45 p.m. Monday from a neighbor who, knowing the occupants were away, observed an unfamiliar car The legislative pulse has not yet been learned regarding big news in the field of taxation before the Illinois General Assembly. It would create a School District Income Tax act. Under its provisions a school district could levy, subject to a direct referendum of the voters of the district, a local income tax to obtain additional revenues. There is no top rate (Contiiued on page 18) Board Appoints Dodds East Campus Principal A Following intense discussion and sometimes heated debate, the McHenry City Council voted to rezone six acres of land along Rt. 31 for the purpose of allowing Edward Buss to establish a car dealership on the property. The Council also voted to deny the rezoning request of Anthony Pintozzi, who was seeking to rezone property east of the proposed car dealer and adjacent to Edgebrook Heights subdivision. Previously, the entire area had been zoned for single family homes. After Monday's action, the six acres of land across the highway from the Indian Manor restaurant is now zoned for commercial business. The six acres owned by Pintozzi remains zoned for single family homes. The Council action went contrary to the recom­ mendation of the Zoning Board of Appeals. Last month, Pin­ tozzi and Buss, who made their rezoning request together, appeared before the Zoning board. After hearing testimony from both the petitioners and numerous objectors, the Zoning board voted five to one with one abstention to deny the rezoning request. Monday's Council action was unprecedented in city politics, with six of the eight aldermen voting to grant Buss his rezoning request. Aldermen William Bolger and Elizabeth Nolan, both from the first ward in which Edgebrook Heights is located, voted against the request from the car dealer. They were joined by Mayor Joseph Stanek who was required to vote on this matter. The six other aldermen voted in favor of the Buss request, thereby assuring the two-thirds majority needed to override the Zoning board recommendation. Everyone voted against the Pintozzi request. Numerous objectors spoke to the Council before the vote was taken with both Pintozzi and Buss also making an ap­ pearance. A petition signed by seventy- seven persons was turned in to the mayor, signifying dissatisfaction with both zoning requests. Roughly that same number of persons appeared at Monday's meeting, jamming the Council chambers and spilling over into the hallways. (Continued on page 18) Chamber Nominating Committee Selected A nominating committee consisting of George Thomp­ son, George Zenke and kit Carstens was appointed at Tuesday's Chamber of Com­ merce board meeting. They will make recommendations for directors and officers to serve the C of C in 1978. At this week's meeting, a decision was made to employ someone to work on Chamber membership and development. John Goettsche was named to replace Don Carey on the board. Carey will no longer be able to serve because he is leaving the community. A retail meeting was scheduled May 10 at 7:30 at the city hall. Board members are asking for nominations from among the membership who would be deserving to receive the Per- son-of-the Year award. Anyone who would like to submit a name should contact the Chamber office at 385-4300. with the lights and engine shut off, parked around the corner from the Warpinski house. Upon arriving at the home, police found it had been for­ cibly entered, and the offenders had fled on foot. After a short search, they were apprehended, taken into custody, and charged with the offense. The initial court date for the three youths will be May 10. While the Warpinski burglary was being solved, nearly a dozen others were successfully committed during the week as area police departments continue to be swamped with reported thefts. At 2 a.m. Wednesday, Steve Stone, 1505 Lakeview, McHenry, reported that during the night, while he was at work at the Intermatic corporation, 7777 Winn road, Spring Grove, someone succeeded in gaining entry to his locked auto and stole his CB radio. Bob Allen of 902 Hayden drive, McHenry, also had his CB radio stolen from his car. (Continued on page 18) Kansas City, Here We Come! Hold Woodstock Man For Shooting Death DR. WILLIAM DODDS At the board of education meeting Tuesday, May 3, D. William Dodds was approved by the board to be principal of East campus. He replaces Gary Fields, who resigned to become principal of Woodstock (Continued on page 18) A Woodstock man was being held in custody Wednesday afternoon in connection with the murder of another Wood­ stock resident early Wed­ nesday morning. Juan G. Soto, 30, 2117 Stone Diogenes Finds His Honest Man In an era when crime is commonplace and greed seems to rise above all else, it's refreshing to find a story where honesty overcomes greed. Mrs. Dorothy M. Langelok, 518 Country Club drive, McHenry, certainly believes there are honest persons in the world. Her money, wallet, and credit cards were returned to her untouched by a Rockford man who found her purse next (Continued on page 18) Lake road, Woodstock, is the suspect being held in the shooting death of Patrick E. Vermett, 30, 913 Clay street, Woodstock, at the Dug-Out tavern about 12:02 a.m. Wednesday. According to Woodstock police, who are handling the investigation, an apparent fight broke out between the victim (Continued on page 18) C Of C Sets Festival Week Announcement was made Wednesday of this week that McHenry Festival week will run from July 31 to Aug 7. Details of the week's feature events will follow in future stories. There will be no Drum Corps Magic show this year, but the colorful parade will again highlight the Sunday, Aug. 7, festivities. I An enthusiastic West campus chorus is shown prior to leaving Friday, May 6, for Kansas City, Mo., where they will compete in a Mid-West Festival of Choirs at the Worlds of Fun amusement park. Many weeks of preparation and fund raising will be culminated in this venture, a first for the chorus. Other musical aggregations in competition come from the states of Missouri, Texas, Kansas, Arkansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, North and South Dakota and Illinois. In addition to the competition and the enjoyment of the amusement park, the chorus will visit the Nelson gallery of Sacred Circles, and the Truman library. They will return to McHenry late Monday night, May 9. The trip is being made possible largely through the cooperation of many businesses and individuals who contributed toward the expense of the trip. Without their assistance the young people would have been unable to realize their dream. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD