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NEW FACES In NEW PLACES Clean Streams Observance (In an effort to keep our readers informed as to who's moving in "across the street, next door, or down the block", the Plaindealer will publish, as they become available, the names of our town's newest residents. The Plaindealer extends a "Welcome" to these newcomers and hopes the reader, as a neighbor, will do the same.) The Lakeland Park com­ munity can boast the most new residents in recent months. Prairie avenue is popular with three homes occupied including Norman and Marie Hammond from Chicago along with their two children Toby and Sheryl at 4421 Prairie. Just down the block at 4320 Prairie, Jamie Duncanson, son of James and Liz Duncanson, has probably already made the acquaintence of the Hammond children as Toby and Jamie are the same age. The Duncanson family are •formerly from Lake Zurich. Settling in at 4219 are Ralph- and Jane Gaulke who moved to McHenry from Crystal Lake. Former Chicago residents, David and Elizabeth Harrison, have chosen the house at 1917 N. Park lane, Lakeland Park, as their home while at the east end of the subdivision the Devivo family, Louis, Elayne and children, Barb and Bob, are living at 4314 Parkway. They are former Woodstock residents. Almaletica, Issa Maria, Juan, Ernesto, and Yolanda are the five children of Juan and Gloria Enriquez and they have moved into the house at 1907 N. Oak. They also lived in Woodstock prior to the move to McHenry. Closer to town are the members of the Parks family who, either by accident or design, decided to live on Park street, at house number 1307. They are from Crystal Lake and family members include Edward, Mary and Teri, 6, and Kevin, 3. Hailing from Vernon Hills are Tom and Judy Mc- Cutcheon at 3716 W. Grand. Fairview in Dutch Creek Woodlands has two new homeowners. From Niles are John and Debbie Hujer at 2504 Fairview and at 2417, are William and Luann Mielke who moved to the area from Morton Grove. „ Mrs. Margaret Kluth is from Burbank, 111. and she has four children, Fred, Brian, Kenneth and Ann. Residency has been taken at 1213 Capri terrace in McHenry Shores. t, John and Jcssica MacPhail are living in Island Lake at 143 Darrell following a move from Chicago in March. r-- ^educational^ I Know Law Regarding Stopped School Busses PAGE 3-PLAINDEALER--WEDNESDAY. MAY ̂ 1977 I Senior Hot Line Open house visitors see the equipment and techniques used to inject and cover human, industrial and animal waste at Hillview farms, Richmond. Arnold May, farm owner, left, held the open house as part of a Clean Streams week observance. (DON PEASLEY PHOTOGRAPHY) An open house to permit the public to see a modern way to dispose of" human, industrial and animal waste in an en­ vironmentally satisfactory manner was held during Clean Streams week at Hillview farms, Richmond. The public also toured sewage treatment plants at Algonquin and McHenry in recognition of the Clean Streams week observance, Bob Layer, planner and en­ vironmentalist with the McHenry County Planning commission, said. One significance of the livestock farm handling of waste is that Arnold May, owner, and his advisers have developed a system to combine industrial and human waste (in the form of sludge) with hog and beef animal waste in a huge underground storage tank. "We have the equipment to mix this sludge brought to the farm, under control of the Environmental Protection agency, with the animal waste so that we haul it onto our fields, then inject it into the soil and cover it-all in one operation," said May "I wanted to kill the hog odors in the beginning, and I contacted the state eight years ago to obtain a permit to bring sludge to the farm. About three years ago I obtained an EPA permit to put the sludge mixed with livestock waste on the ground. "Eighteen months ago, I decided there is a better way than spraying it. I engineered the device attached to the back of a 3,000 gallon tank truck that injects and covers the liquid. This keeps the area virtually odorless." May said engineers from the University of Wisconsin and the University of Illinois tell him a chemical reaction of the sludge with the livestock manure seems to reduce the ob­ jectionable odor. Visitors during the open house saw a major develop­ ment since a year ago. A storage tank that covers an entire acre and holds 3 million gallons has been completed. A slatted floor covers that tank, and about 1,100 head of cattle are located above the tank in four pens. Action of the animal's feet works the manure through the slats, and that helps reduce the odor also since manure is not above ground long! With an earlier beef con­ finement structure, May has facilities for 1,500 cattle and 4 million gallons of underground storage. < College Honors | EARNSARTDEGREE Fay L. Liberty received the bachelor of arts degree with a major in literature at the 118th May commencement of Wheaton college, May 23. She spent the summer of 1975 as a member of the Wheaton in England study group. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. Liberty, 5107 W. Fountain lane, McHenry, 111. DEGREE CONFERRED Mary Jane Smolzer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Smolzer, 2712 Shorewood drive, McHenry, was awarded a bachelor of arts degree Saturday, May 21 from Edgewood college. Altogether, May has 1,500 head of cattle and 2,500 head of hogs on the farm. The area where the animals are kept in confinement is surrounded by a berm to prevent runoff. A pond has been built to accept runoff from the swine area. May told visitors application of the liquid is equal to a $35-$40 an acre savings in fertilizer costs. He is paid for accepting the industrial and municipal sludge, some compensation for the ten years of study, trial- and-error, and sizable in­ vestment. "This project is saving a national asset, fertilizer that otherwise goes into streams and open water," observed May. "We are under constant EPA surveillance and some tests are run on grain raised on the farm. I like the com­ pleteness of this program." Layer, the county's representative on the 208 clean water project, describes May's Hillview Farms operation as "one of the most sophisticated sludge disposal facilities in the midwest." Layer pointed out people may question the acceptance of industrial waste with heavy metals, but he suggested this is a good way to keep track of where those wastes are going because the applied material is closely monitored and analyzed. Otherwise, we don't know what happens to it if it is buried in a city landfill or unceremoniously dumped on some farmland." May's operation needs such huge storage facilities because he can't inject during the growing season for his crops or during months when the ground is frozen. The Illinois State police at Elgin want to remind the motoring public that with spring already here and the days growing warmer, there seems to be a growing number of motorists who disregard signals from a stopped school bus receiving or discharging children to stop. A driver who fails to stop when required could cause a great tragedy. The Illinois State police urge all motorists to exercise their responsibility to obey the law when ap­ proaching a school bus from either direction. The Illinois Vehicle code requires the driver of a vehicle to stop upon a street or highway when meeting or overtaking, from either direction, any school bus which has stopped on the street or highway for the purpose of receiving or discharging pupils, when the school bus has in operation the alternately flashing red signal lamps and the stop signal arm has been extended. The motorist must stop his vehicle before reaching the school bus and may not proceed until the school bus resumes motion or the alternately flashing red signal lamps and the stop arm are no longer actuated. To clear up any confusion or doubt, many school buses are now equipped with the new eight lamp flashing signal system. The alternately flashing amber signal lamps must be actuated just prior to a stop and they are simply warning devices to alert a motorist that the school bus is about to come to a complete stop for the purpose of receiving or discharging children. Once the bus comes to a complete stop, the red, alternately flashing signals will be actuated and the stop arm extended. All motorists must stop until these red signals are no longer actuated. On school buses still equipped with the older four lamp signal system, the alternately flashing red lamps will be actuated from 100 to 200 feet prior to a stop. This is to alert the motorist that the bus is about to stop. When the school bus comes to a complete stop, the stop arm will be extended. At-this point, all motorists in both directions must stop until the signals are no longer ac­ tuated and the stop arm is retracted. The only legal ex­ ception to the above requirements pertains to the driver of a vehicle upon a high­ way where the opposing traffic lanes are separated by a strip of ground or a median strip not suitable for vehicular traffic; the motorist need not stop his vehicle upon meeting or passing a school bus which is on the opposite roadway. Even though most schools will begin a general recess in early June, use extreme care and caution during the summer when approaching a school bus because some special projects and school uctivities continue during the summer months. I • (Written under the auspices ot Lieutenant Governor Dave O'Neal) Q. How many older • Illinoisans are there? A. About one in every ten persons in Illinois is age 65 or older--a total of 1,095,922 per­ sons. In this century, the percentage of Illinois' population who are 65 or older more than doubled. It was 40 percent in 1900 and increased to 9.9 percent in 1970. The older population in Illinois is growing older. In 1900, 28 percent of the population, 65 or older, were age 75 or older. In 1970, 39 percent of the population 65 or <, older were age 75 or older. The proportion of population 65 or older varies by race and language. Of all whites, 10.5 percent are 65 or older, 5.7 percent of all blacks are 65 or older and 2.4 percent of all Spanish speaking persons are 65 or older. The senior population is increasing and it is estimated that in the year 2,000, there will be 81 percent more adults aged 35 to 44 than at present, and the number of people over 55 will be up by 27 percent. However, it is calculated that in 1995, there will have been a 20 percent drop in the 18 to 24 year-old population from the level in 1980. While the number of young adults is expected to I I I I peak at 29.4 million, older persons in Illinois pride themselves on self-sufficiency and independence. Most want the opportunity to support themselves. Much has been done to assist older persons in. their attempts to lead proud and dignified lives in their later years. However, much more help is needed and many more opportunities must be created if the hopes and dreams of the "golden" years are to be fulfilled. Lieutenant Governor Dave O'Neal's Senior Action centers in Springfield and Chicago help with information, tax rebates, public aid, homestead exemp­ tions, housing, social services, nutritional programs, social security, SSI, medicare, medicaid, transportation, senior rights, consumer complaints and any other concerns. Write us at 160 N. LaSalle, Chicago, 111., 60601 or 3 West Old Town Mall, Springfield, 111., 62701 with questions or complaints, about any government agency or program. This column will be covering the many questions senior citizens have on various subjects. Call Statewide: Toil-Free Dial 800-252-6565 Metropolitan Chicago: Dial S-E-N-I-O-R-S 736-4677 *€ Death Benefits Veteran Information Available At VFW Post The Ladies auxiliary to Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4600 rehabilitation chairman urges all veterans to get a copy of an informative form which she has made available at the post home. Vi Abbink, rehabilitation chairman for the auxiliary, states this form, when filled out, can become very valuable to the family of a veteran at the time of death. This form is available to all veterans, they need not be a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars or any other veterans' organization. All that is necessary to obtain one is to stop in at the post and ask for a copy. Included on it are spaces for service record, insurance records, social security and birth and marriage records. Servicemen should give the Ladies auxiliary to Veterans of Foreign Wars of McHenry an opportunity to make it possible for their families to have all the information they may need at the time of death. from HISTORY'S SCRAPBOOK DATES AND EVENTS FROM YESTERYEARS May 27, 1937--A one-week celebration marks the opening of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. . May 28; 1942---Adolf Hitler orders a "blood bath" in Czechoslovakia supposedly in reprisal for the murder of his com­ patriot, Reinhard Heydrich, a day earlier. May 29, 1790--Rhode Island ratifies the United States Con­ stitution, the last of the 13 colonies to do so. May 30, 1868--The first formal observance of Memorial Day--honoring the nation's dead--takes place. May 31, 1913--The Seventeenth Amendment to the Con­ stitution--providing for the popular election of U. S. Senators--goes into effect. June 1,1792--Kentucky is admitted as the Union's 15th state. June 2,1851--Maine passes the first prohibition-of-alcohol law in America. EVANSTON TRIP-Four young acolytes of St. Paul's Episcopal church, McHenry, were recently guided through the impressive St. Luke's Episcopal church in Evanston by the Rev. Arthur McKay and John Byers, master of acolytes at St Paul's. The boys attended high Mass and viewed the three altars in the main church and the chapel of Our Lady. The boys, left to right, John Stewart, Danny Heldt, Rory Fiala and Bobby Boak, are all striving for membership in the St Vincent's guild of Acolytes. They enjoyed the tour and were treated to lunch before the late afternoon return to McHenry. $ That'll Help Guest: "This party is very dull. I think I'll leave." Host: "Yes do. That'll help some." FIREMEN'S DANCE The annual spring dance sponsored by the Wonder Lake Volunteer Firemen's auxiliary, Company 2, will be held Saturday, May 28, from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at Christ the King Catholic church, Wonder Lake. There will be a fine band for dancing enjoyment. For in­ formation, phone 653-2761. Courthouse Squares RUMMAGE SALE The Sunrise Ridge E.S.D.A., serving the county and Wonder Lake area, is having its annual rummage sale Saturday and Sunday, June 4 and 5, at the Highland Shores community house located on the west side of Wonder Lake just off of Thompson road and Woody trail. The sale will begin at 9 a.m. Many items will be available at very reasonable prices. The McHenry Plaindealer Established 1875 *: 3812 West Elm Street Phone 385-0170 McHenry, Illinois 60050 Published Every Wednesday A Friday at McHenry, Illinois Second Class Postage Paid at McHenry, Illinois By McHENRY PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscriber* or* rtqudtxl to provide immediate notice of change of address to The McHenry Plaindealer. Ml2 W. Elm St.. McHenry, III. 60050. 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