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Shores President Heads Group -- Municipal Officials Elected Rose Lillegard addresses members of the McHenry County Municipal association after being unanimously named association president at a meeting last week. Standing with the new president are John McFee (arms folded), new vice-president, and Don Enstrom, retiring association president. Mrs. Lillegard is president of the village of McHenry Shores. STAFF PHOTO-JEFF BONATO THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875 VOLUME 101 NUMBER 84 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29. 1977 2 SECTIONS 26 PAGES 20' City Named In Law Suits City Will Act Against Violators Of Sprinkling Rule A special meeting of the McHenry City Council has been called for Wednesday evening, June 29, at 8 p.m. in the Council chambers on Green street. dividual cities and villages encounter, as well as to work as a united body for the best in­ terests of the county's residents. In addition to the election and ensuing installation of officers, several guests addressed the group, informing them of ac­ tivities pertaining to McHenry county. County board president, Richard Klemrn, spoke on several issues, including the fact that McHenry county now qualifies for federal drought assistance Klemm stated that by Sept. 30, municipalities which experience a water shortage due to drought con­ ditions may receive federal funding for the expansion of water facilities, deepening of wells, etc. Money is not available for water shortages created by annexations and ensuing in­ creased water use, or to alleviate any shortage not created by a drought. Klemm's other major point was that the county now qualifies for economic development assistance. The federal money is now available because county unemployment has topped 6 percent. He ex­ plained that this means cities may now receive up to 50 percent funding for public works projects if it creates new jobs, 50 percent funding for industrial developments if it c r e a t e s n e w j o b s , a n d businesses can get loans if expansion created new jobs. He added that McHenry county will probably get one project per year for five years funded by the government. No taxpayer money is involved in the project. Another prominent speaker at the meeting was Terrence Brady, a lifetime Lakemoor resident, who is presently an associate judge in Lake county. He spoke on the cities' use of condemnation, and the cities' obligation^ and requirements in using it. Condemnation is when a public body seeks to acquire a piece of private land for public use. "Under the constitution, private property can only be taken with just compensation," Brady said. "Just com­ pensation is the fair cash market value, which is what a willing buyer would pay to a willing seller in the market place." It was emphasized that a municipality may only pur­ chase land for a public purpose, such as a park, and cannot be purchased, then rezoned and resold to a private developer. Brady stated that three f a c t o r s d e t e r m i n e t h e f a i r market value of a piece of land. First, the jury which will decide the fair value if a price cannot be agreed upon, will go out and look at the land. Second, comparable sales will be examined. Finally, experts in real estate will give their opinions. Another speaker at the meeting was Larry Harris of the McHenry county Farm bureau. He discussed a resolution which the bureau has formulated in an effort to save the county's farmland. Harris stated that the county lost 37,500 acres of farmland in the seven-year span from 1967- 1974. The bureau is concerned that if the trend continues, the (Continued on page 18) Juvenile delinquency is an ugly subject, yet it makes almost every paper. Recently, McHenry and county Sheriff's police have been apprehending large numbers of juveniles involved in vandalism, burglaries and thefts. The response of the public has quite generally been enthusiastic. This doesn't mean that people don't like children. It does mean that the public wants children to be nice, young people and not villains. Because of the growing awareness that mere youngsters are committing these illegal acts at an un­ precedented young age - and too often getting away with it, there has been great interest in three bills in the hopper in Springfield. Last week the Illinois Senate passed three bills to help d i s c o u r a g e j u v e n i l e delinquency. The first makes parents financially responsible up to $1,000 for wilful or malicious vandalism damage caused by their minor children. The second gives Illinois counties power to set up programs under which juvenile delinquents could be required to perform useful public ser­ vice work such as picking up litter in parks, or along road­ sides, or maintaining public facilities. Hie third authorizes judges to sentence juvenile offenders to perform such public service work as a condition of their probation or release. The latter two go directly to the desk for Governor Thomp­ son's signature. The first returns to the House for a review of amendments. The public should be indebted to the House and Senate for approving these proposals. Contrary to a first impression which might be that very young people are being treated harshly, the bills might very (Continued on page 18) Local Beauties 4 Seek Dairy Title Announcement was made Monday that warning tickets will be issued this week to violators who sprinkle gardens on days not designated. Star­ ting July 3, the city will issue tickets that call for a penalty of not less than $5 and not more McHenry County Dairy Princess candidates, Janet th^n „ Bauer, Ringwood, left, and Cindy Schmitt, Spring , Sprinkling is allowed only Grove, offer Don Doherty, McHenry, a double header between the hours of 6 and 10 taste treat-cheese and milk-during the Milk break at P m- Persons with house last week's McHenry County board meeting. Annual numbers ending in an odd diary banquet and crowning of the new McHenry number may sprinkle on odd- county Dairy Princess will be Wednesday night, June numbered days and those with 2f. even numbers on even- (DONPEASLEY PHOTOGRAPHY) numbered days To be a legally called meeting, it must be called at least thirty-six hours in ad­ vance and the request signed by three or more aldermen. The purpose of the meeting was described as threefold: 1 - To receive advance notice on appointments; 2 - To recon­ sider th* approval of Steve Stanek as a member of the McHenry Library board; 3 - To consider any matters that would help the Council to be a more democratic and open forum. Richard Swantz, superin­ tendent of High School District 156 for the past six years, and a member of the staff for eighteen years, has resigned his post Next September, he will assume the position of superintendent of the LaCrosse school system in Wisconsin, including both elementary and high schools. After arriving at his decision last weekend, he was out of state until Tuesday evening and RICHARD SWANTZ unavailable for further com­ ment. Swantz's resignation is the third of a McHenry school administrator in recent weeks. The first came from Gary Fields, who leaves the prin- cipalship of East campus for a similar post in Woodstock. Three weeks ago, Dr. Robert Boos resigned as superin­ tendent in Consolidated Grade School District 15 to assume the position of superintendent in Liberty ville. Mr. Swantz came to McHenry in 1959 as a History teacher at East campus. He was named principal of West campus when it was opened in 1968, and three years later, when the grade and high school districts selected to name their own superintendents, he was named to the top potion in District 156. Swantz served as director of Special Projects for both (Continued on page 18) Rose Lillegard, president of the village of McHenry Shores, has been named president of the McHenry County Municipal association. Mrs. Lillegard v was unanimously elected by the association at its monthly meeting Wednesday night, replacing outgoing president, Don Enstrom of Huntley. The McHenry County Municipal association is composed of city and village officials from each of the county's twenty-three in­ corporated areas. In addition to Mrs. Lilligard, also unanimously elected were ^ice-president, John McFee, mayor of Lake in the Hills, and secretary, James Wittiken, mayor of Fox River Grove. The purpose of the monthly association meetings is to discuss problems which in­ The Illinois Liquor com­ mission has denied an appeal by Richard Jager, owner of Jake's Dead End lounge, requesting that the commission overrule a local decision to not issue Jager a liquor license for the 1977-78 license year. Local Liquor commissioner, Mayor Joseph Stanek, denied a request from Jager for a liquor license for the year beginning May 1, 1977. Jager appealed the decision to the State Liquor commission, which denied the appeal last week. The denial of the appeal is the latest in an ongoing series of derisions which have combined to keep Jake's lounge closed in recent months. In May, 1976, Stanek denied the reissuance of a license to Jager, citing numerous in­ cidents which had occurred near or in the tavern as his reasons. Stanek's decision on the 1976- 77 denial was affirmed by the State Liquor commission and the Circuit court. Presently, the fate of a 1976- 77 license is pending an appeal by Jager to the Appellate court. The latest decision concerned Stanek's denial of a 1977-78 liquor license. The mayor's (Continued on page 18) Postpone Hearings On Windgate Revocation The hearings regarding the state Department of Children and Family Services move to revoke the child care license of Windgate, Inc., Woodstock, have been rescheduled for July 11-13. They had originally been scheduled to start June 27. The postponement was made at the request of Oliver Spurlock, the Chicago attorney who is serving as the hearing officer. Spurlock cited other legal commitments as his reason. The hearings will take place at the State of Illinois building, 160 N. LaSalle street, Chicago, beginning at 10 a.m. each day. DCFS originally notified Windgate of its intention to revoke the facility's license May 13, 1977. It later issued a Copter Crashes Onto Highway A professional pilot from Sharon, Wis. was not injured Monday night when the helicopter ne was flying crashed onto Rt. 14, near Dody (Continued on page 18) bill of particulars alleging various violations of state licensing standards. At the hearings, DCFS will present evidence to support its allegations. Windgate will have the opportunity to respond to each charge and present evidence challenging the revocation. The city of McHenry has been named in two separate suits filed in Circuit court, including one filed by the McHenry grade school board of education which, if successful, would prevent the city from forcing School District 15 to purchase vehicle stickers for school busses. The second suit, filed by the Concerned Citizens For McHenry, would, in essence, prevent Edward Buss from constructing a car dealership on property along Rt. 31, west of the Edgebrook Heights subdivision. The suit asks that the court repeal the City Council action which rezoned the property in question, six acres east of Rt. 31 across from the Indian Manor restaurant, from single-family dwellings to commercial business. Both suits were filed in Woodstock Thursday af­ ternoon, and the city attorneys, Narusis & Narusis, are presently working on responses. • The school suit is in objection to the city's position that for each bus which the district has, it must purchase a vehicle sticker for five dollars. The board of education claims to own twenty-six busses, meaning that the city is being sued on an issue totaling $130. The board of education asks the court to "enter a permanent injunction enjoining and prohibiting the defendants or any of their employees from enforcing said ordinances against , the plaintiff board of education." The court is also asked to grant the board of education "such other and further relief as the court deems ap­ propriate". The school board is arguing that the city ordinance governing the requiring of city vehicle stickers is in violation of a state statute. The city ordinance reads as follows: "It shall be unlawful for any...association or cor­ poration having its principal office or place of business in the city to use...for any longer period of time than thirty days, any motor vehicle in the transportation of persons or property for the conveyance of loads upon the streets...of this city unless such motor vehicle be licensed..." A Solon Mills \ woman was killed early Saturday morning when she was run over by a car while lying in the middle of Rt. 12, where she was hurled after the motorcycle she was riding was struck by another vehicle just prior to the fatal accident. Dead is 39-year-old Ruth H. Freund of 3448 E. Solon road in Solon Mills. She was pronounced dead on arrival at McHenry hospital, where she was taken by the Johnsburg Rescue squad after the ac­ cident. Injured in the accident were the motorcycle driver, John E. Simms of Ingleside, and the driver of the car which originally struck the motor­ cycle, Kenneth S. Koss of Antioch. Koss, who was ticketed for making an improper U-turn, and Simms were both listed in satisfactory condition in McHenry hospital Tuesday morning. A passenger in the Koss auto, Maureen Sumner of Salem, Wis., and the driver of the auto which ran over and killed Ms. Freund, Steve Slolodecki of Chicago, were not injured. According to the police report, Koss was westbound on Rt. 12, just west of Wilmot road, between Fox Lake and Spring Grove. Koss stated he was making a U-turn when he saw the headlight of a motorcycle, also westbound. He added that he was unable to avoid the crash. He said after the collision, he went over to help the injured The state statute says..."All property of schools...shall be exempt from taxation..." The city appears prepared to argue that the school busses are not the property of the schools, but rather are leased. The suit filed by Concerned Citizens For McHenry, headed by Richard Golbeck and his wife Helen, asks the court for several things. The suit asks that the city action taken to reclassify the land from residential to commercial "be declared in­ valid, void, and of no force and effect." The suit asks that the city, along with Edward Buss, be prohibited from "issuing any building permits relative to said real estate based on a B-l zoning classification." The suit asks for a permanent injunction which would prevent the city and Buss, co- defendants, from utilizing or permitting the use of the land in question "for any use other than that authorized and permitted under the R-3 ( s i n g l e - f a m i l y h o m e s ) classification." Finally, the suit asks that the court enter such other and further orders that it finds equitable and proper. The Concerned Citizens suit is in answer to the City Coun­ cil's action to override the McHenry Zoning board's recommendation, and change the zoning of the land in order for Edward Buss to move his car business onto the highway. F o l l o w i n g e x t e n s i v e discussion, the Council voted to approve the rezoning request by Buss, although a similar request from Anthony Pintozzi for an apartment complex was denied. Pintozzi's property was directly east of the proposed car dealership, and just west of Edgebrook Heights. The Zoning board recom­ mended denial of both requests, but the Council chose to grant Buss his desired zoning. Mayor Joseph Stanek then vetoed the Council action, but the alder­ men voted to override the veto. As a result, the city and Buss are being taken to court. Carol Lelghty Soloist With Stage Band Carol Leighty of McHenry will be guest vocal soloist when the McHenry stage band presents its third concert in the city park Thursday evening, June 30, at 8 p.m. Director Bill Toalson an­ nounced that the band will open with "Apple Honey", followed by "Turn Yourself Around" with Bob Cummings as soloist , "St. Louis Blues" and "Medley Ala Miller". (Continued on page 18) Open McHenry Business By And For Handicapped Solon Mills Woman Thrown From Cycle, Crushed By Car Freund woman, when the two were struck by the Slolodecki auto. The accident occurred at approximately 4:20 a.m. Elsewhere, Ruth L. Glowe of 201 N. Emerald drive in McHenry was taken by the McHenry Rescue squad to McHenry hospital for treat­ ment of injuries sustained when her car struck a parked auto Sunday night on River road. Ms. Glowe was ticketed for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident in connection with the crash which caused an estimated $1,500 damage to her auto. Also damaged in the crash were three parked cars, one which Ms. Glowe hit, and the other two which were unat­ tended in front of the car she struck. (Continued on page 18) $ Council Calls Special Meet Something very special in the McHenry business area is opening this weekend. When the Knick Knack Shoppe, 1328 N. Riverside drive, opens Friday, July 1, it will be an operation employing han­ dicapped people, with proceeds used for handicapped people. Robert Lam bourn, executive director of the McHenry County Association for the Retarded, said Mayor Joseph Stanek will cut the ribbon at 10:30 a.m. A number of officials from the Department of Mental Health and local agencies have also promised to be present. The shoppe will feature ceramic items and supplies, macrame and supplies, and imprinting and specialties manufactured at Pioneer center rehab facilities at McCullom Lake. The board expressed hope that people in the community would support the activity. Mark LeFebre, Pioneer center official, explained the development of the retail outlet. Pioneer center, he said. (Continued on page 18) Superintendent Resigns