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PAGE 16 - PLAINDEALER - WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 2. 1977 v MUSIN' AND :MEANDERINf (Continued from page 1) • spirit of sharing concern for .» others-had touched Rose , Cappetta. v; And while that spirit was : reaching out to a McHenry .. woman, it was extending even farther through the efforts of . local youngsters who did their - trick-or-treating for UNICEF. A little fellow came to our ,, door, Sunday, stated his - message, and waited. While we . were delving into our purse to help his cause, we asked him where he lived. The boy thought - a moment, then said, "Oh...in ' Illinois. - And there were more in Illinois, in fact, right here in - McHenry, who collected to send , money overseas to help the less fortunate. ->•, Out of an old custom has ~ come something worthwhile. « KAF .CAR COLLISION INJURES THREE (Continued from page 1) '* The witness further stated that - he saw the Heldt car pull into - the path of the Parker car, with * the collision then occurring. v Elsewhere, Gerald C. Fejedelem of 7614 Wooded Shores drive. Wonder Lake, ' was ticketed by police for disobeying a no passing' zone, ' after the pickup truck he was ' driving collided with a car driven by Marvin A. Janeway of Crystal Lake, Sunday af­ ternoon on E. Wonder Lake road. Neither driver was injured in the crash, which caused less than $100 damage to Fejedelem's truck. He told police he was nor­ thbound on E. Wonder Lake road and attempted to pass the Janeway car. He added that he saw an oncoming vehicle, and attempted to return to his lane. He then struck the Janeway auto on the left, front fender. Three mailboxes along E. Wonder Lake road were damaged early Sunday mor­ ning when they were struck by a car driven by Jeffrey A. Naber of 4118 S. Ridgeway, Ring wood Naber was not injured in the crash, which caused an estimated $1,000 damage to his auto, and damaged mailboxes belonging to Albert Lorr, Murray Smidt, and A1 Jung. In addition, a tree in the Jung yard was damaged. Naber told police he was northbound on E. Wonder Lake road at about 40 mph when he apparently fell asleep, causing his auto to cross the southbound lane, run off the west road shoulder, and strike several mailboxes and the tree. Christopher J. Howard of Lake Villa was ticketed for disobeying a stop sign, and also for leaving the scene of an accident, in connection with his involvement in a traffic ac­ cident early Sunday morning at the intersection of Spring Grove road and Ringwood road. Loren D. Schmitt of 5917 W. Spring Grove road, McHenry, was the other driver involved in the crash, and he reported the incident to police. He said that he was nor­ thbound on Spring Grove road at about 50 mph, and was ap­ proaching the intersection when a maroon-colored vehicle, eastbound on Ringwood road, failed to stop at the stop sign. Schmitt added that he tried to avoid a collision by swerving, but was unable to avoid contact. He further stated that the other car then fled the ?cene. The investigating officer reported that he located the Howard auto on Rt. 12 after following tracks from the car (gas dripping, etc.). Howard then apparently said that he was hit and decided not to stop. An unusual incident at the McHenry Outdoor theatre early Sunday morning resulted in about $100 damage to a parked car, owned by Dawn L. Conway of 3004 W. Spring road, McHenry. Ms. Conway's auto was damaged when a car driven by Burta J. Marshall, 3327 Bay View lane, McHenry, struck a speaker, knocking it onto the Conway car, breaking a win­ dow. Ms. Marshall was not ticketed in connection with the accident, which caused an estimated $100 damage to the Conway auto. Ms. Marshall stated she was leaving and making a left turn when she hit the speaker and stand, knocking in into the Conway auto, where it damaged the left door and broke a window. Sandra L. Hetz of 5306 Leeside street, McHenry, was victimized by a hit-and-run driver Thursday afternoon while her auto was unoccupied in a parking lot on Rt. 120. More than $100 damage was done to her auto. She told police she parked her car in the lot at 2020 W. Rt. 120, and sometime between noon and 3 p.m., someone hit the rear of the auto. Finally, a successful attempt to avert one disaster brought another upon Debra R. Bentz of 5409 Thelen drive, McHenry, early Thursday morning on Ringwood road. She was injured when her auto crashed into a mailbox, a rose bush, and damaged the lawn of Craig Johnson of 814 Ringwood road. Ms. Bentz told police that the accident occurred because she was attempting to avoid hitting some pedestrians who were standing in the road. She ex­ plained that when she swerved, she panicked and eventually struck the mailbox. There was no ticket issued. » • * • Every individual owes society more than can be repaid in one lifetime. SPEAK OUT ON PROPOSED SEWAGE PLANT OUTFALL (Continued from page 1) A voice from the audience interrupted to say that people living on the lake were con­ cerned with dumping the sewer plant effluent into the Pistakee lake., Klemm continued to say that the County board is concerned also. Hanahan scolded the group. "We can't conduct a civilized meeting by interrupting the speaker." and urged everyone to wait their turn to speak. Senator Jack schaffer added that when things came to a head, they wanted a hearing and got it. He had brought the top officials from Springfield who were involved in granting the permits: Don Vonnahme, assistant director of Water Resources and Mike Mauzy, acting director of the Illinois EPA Vonnahme advised that his agency granted permits for outfalls, but was concerned only with two criteria, effect on flood control, and whether it would be a hindrance to navigation. The outfall was originally planned for the center of Pistakee lake, but was relocated in a plan revision in 1975 to the Fox river chute. Most of the complaints and correspondence that his agency received regarding the outfall, including the most notable one from the McHenry County board, concerned water quality about which his agency had no voice. They had received no evidence of any effect of the outfall on flooding problems or navigating difficulties. So he could see no reason for his agency to withhold the permit. Senator Schaffer asked him if pollution should prove to be a problem, would his agency authorize an increase in water flow, which the director had explained was controlled by the McHenry dam. Vannahme said he could not do that unless he was ordered to by an agency concerned with and having some expertise about pollution. Klemm noted that Fox Lake was proceeding with the project. Did Vonnahme grant them a permit? He said he had not; but he saw no reason for not granting it. At this point Hanahan took Vannahme to task as an example of a double-talking state employee, one of the problems that legislators had. And he cited the letter from George Heck, an engineer consultant working for Baxter and Woodman, requesting the division of water resources to dismiss the objections as being non-specific and unjustified about navigation and flood hazards. But Janahan didn't explain how the employee was at fault. Mauzy related the method of authorizing and constructing sewage paints. The enabling act requires that the EPA issue the permit for the construction and operation of the facilities after it has received detailed plans and specs. The design must be for treatment to meet the water quality and effluent standards Available are the 75 percent' federal and state assistance grants for most projects. He remembered the 1974 public hearing on the Fox Lake plan with the outfall in the center of the lake, but they couldn't grant a permit for that location (as explained later); They also considered land application for disposal of the effluent, but this was not cost effective (too expensive), he said. Mauzy cited the measured rate of flow in the river of 50 cubic feet per second (CFS) as" the reason for relocating the outfall of the entry point from Pistakee lake. The design capacity of the outflow was 10 CFS with a maximum output two and one-half times that, or 25 CFS. This would convert to 6 million gallons per day, he said. He also quoted the figures for BOD and suspended solids allowed in the effluent and indicated that an observer couldn't distinguish a glass of the treated effluent from a glass of drinking water. About requirements for discharging into the lake, Mauzy said they couldn't design a plant to do this because the technology to meet these standards doesn't exist yet. The problem is phosphates or phosphorous compounds which in a quiescent body of water accelerates the growth of algae. Mauzy said he believed that the proposed location of the outfall was environmentally safe and most practical for the plant. A person in the audience asked if this was the best solution because of the cost factor, what would be the difference in cost for an outfall in the middle of the lake. Mauzy replied that additional cost would be infinite (actually couldn't be done) and for that reason the EPA couldn't issue a permit for that location. The questioner also asked, "Why not a land project?" A problem of available acreage and cost, it Was ex­ plained. Hanahan insisted that this hearing is not the end of the question. The end of the question is in preventing the Fox river from becoming an open sewer, he said, and got a round of applause. . What's beyond Phase I (of the sewer plant construction)? referred to earlier in the.:'| meeting asked another cHidfe^. Do the permits have a time'* limit and can you rescind them? Mauzy said that Phase 2 would be to add another capacity of 6 million gallons per day to the plant in 1980, although that time schedule has slipped. Permits have to have the okay of both agencies and they have no time limit, and they have no authority to rescind them. SALE FOR RETARDED - John Doherty, grand knight of the McHenry council, Knights of Columbus, holds hAge tootsie roll as other council members look on. From left, near Doherty, are Neil Miller, one of the workers preparing for the tootsie rollsale Nov. 4- 5 in McHenry; Mitch Przetacznik and Bill Miller, past grand knights. Bill Miller is also chairman of the sale. Proceeds will assist the mentally retarded in Illinois. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD i#77 NOVEMBER "77 g M w T 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24©26 1977 DECEMBER 1977 s M T W T F 27 28 29 30 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 2122 2324 *6 27 28 29 30 31 PRE-CHRISTMAS Special Offer OPEN A SPURGEON'S CHARGE ACCOUNT AND RECEIVE A FANTASTIC 20% Rose Lillegard, president of McHenry Shores, said that other municipalities are thinking about sewer plants. What is the capacity of the Fox river? ("Are we to cut McHenry county short to take care of Lake county? she asked.) Dan Goodman, identified as another state official, said that if the same level of treatment is considered, then the river would have unlimited capacity. Mrs. Lillegard asked if a one- inch rainfall would cause the sewage plant to bypass treatment because of excess water in the system. Goodman assured the group that it is no longer legal to construct plants that would require this or permit the bypassing of treatment in rainstorms. Goodman described what comes out of the sewer plant as being close to drinking water. Hanahan pointed out that there were a lot of chemicals added to achieve that. Will this (effluent) kill fish or other aquatic life? Goodman explained that the main additives would be aluminum sulfate which would leave some residual chemicals but only a higher concentrate of what is normally in water. Goodman added that in case of plant malfunction there might be more chlorine used whicji might cause some small adverse affects ?at the discharge point. Somebody asked how bad the river is right now. The officials did not have the statistics, but Goodman guessed that the effluent would be of better quality than the water in the river. Another party asked if the proposed plant wouldn't eliminate some pollution from existing septics which it will replace. Goodman agreed. He said that sewage is going into the river now, but with the plant it would get the proper treatment for a change. Howard Dowell, who iden­ tified himself as the operator of the McHenry Sewer plant, asserted there is more chlorine in their drinking water than they would find in the sewer effluent. This remark drew jeers from many people who claimed they had pure water from their own wells. Some property owners who live in flood prone areas, asked about the additional impact of this sewage inflow to the river during times of high water. Wouldn't this cause more problems? The officials said that even if the amount from the outfall should be 50 CFS it would be immeasurable against the volume of water involved in the high water stage of the river. Another resident said that he understood Johnsburg would have a 275 percent increase in population in a few years nd would require a sewer system. Where would they have their outfall? could they have two outfalls side by side in the river? Another citizen said the state people had discussed the alternative of disposal on land, but he knew they wouldn't get that. But the people who lived on Pistakee lake are worried too about the effect if the ef­ fluent is discharged in the lake, and many of the residents on the lake live in McHenry county also. Hanahan admitted that he knew when he and others ad­ vocated the lake outfall that the EPA wouldn't permit that solution. But he figured by insisting on it, they could buy time for other considerations. The cost factor of the proposed plant is important to Lake county, but not to McHenry county resident9>rMjiiQ4e4, PLAN FOR McHENRY DEFENDED (Continued from page 1) The McHenry Zoning board denied Buss' request to rezone the land from single-family to commercial, but the McHenry City Council, which makes the final decision, chose to allow the rezoning. Mayor Joseph Stanek then vetoed the Council action, but the aldermen overrided the veto. The result was a lawsuit. The trial began Friday morning with the Concerned Citizens' witnesses taking the stand. Will Battles, a city planner, was the first witness, and Monday, the plaintiffs continued their case by calling both Dyke and Francis Lorenz Jr. to the stand. Lorenz, a real estate ap­ praiser, testified that there are other parcels of land in the city that he believed would be suitable for an auto dealership. Lorenz also said that he felt putting a car dealership on the property in question would change the character of the neighborhood surrounding the land. He added that he felt the land is best suited for residential development. Dyke followed Lorenz to the stand, also as a witness for the Concerned Citizens, and he defended the plan which called for single-family homes on the Buss property. The Comprehensive plan was developed several years ago. \ The defense had not had the opportunity to present its side of the case as yet, as the trial continued Tuesday morning. Marian Students At Seminar Of Fine Arts Representatives of Marian Centrals Drama club recently attended a Fine Arts seminar on the campus of Rockford college in Rockford. The students attending were Dave Cooney, Sarah Peasley, Jay Jackson, Marie Leslie, Kelly Fallaw and Rita Brown. They were accompanied by Frank Marks of the Marian English department. The group attended demonstrations on a variety of subjects including lighting, costuming, dance, ceramics, print making, scenery and music. The highlight of the day was a tour of the theatre facilities at the college, which are ranked among the finest in the country. The facilities in­ clude an elevator stage and a computerized lighting system. Also of particular interest was the costume collection of the college containing hundreds of original costumes dating from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. All students who attended this seminar will be performing in Marian's suspense comedy, "All Set For Murder" Friday and Saturday, Nov. 4 and 5. Curtain time will be at 8 p.m. both evenings and all who at­ tend are promised plenty of laughts. plus suspense and murder., . - . , i ic1n;.rt HAfI flfrhnnnnm 4-H NEWS g 4-H FEDERATION "Happy Halloween!" says McHenry county's 4-H federation. On a recent chilly night, children ages 8 to 19 haunted the Massey hall at the Woodstock fairgrounds. The 4- H'ers dressed funny, ugly and pretty. A short meeting preceded the Halloween party. New officers led the meeting with a good turnout. The Youth council is planning the annual honors banquet which is going to be held at Andre's Steak house Nov. 4. The president, Dawn Vogts, and vice-president, Mike Fritz, had the honor of presenting a 4- H flag to the old courthouse to fly there above the historic building in Woodstock. ; :uU IV New business for the night started off with plans for a rock concert. A famous rock group will be performing at the Amphitheater Dec. 1 and the 4- H federation will be attending if fortunate enough to get the tickets. Other business was talk concerning the club officers' training at the next meeting in November; whether or not to sponsor a paper drive; and buying new flags for the honors banquet. The meeting was adjourned and Jeff Riley, recreation chairman, guided the ghosts and goblins to a game of breaking a pinata, and dunking for apples. The costumes were also judged according to the prettiest, the ugliest, funniest, most original, and best over all. O DISCOUNT ON YOUR FIRST TOTAL PURCHASE! (SALE ITEMS EXCLUDED) £pur, 9e0 Os MARY CUSTQI GOOD WITH CREDIT CARD ONLY - ALLOW TWO WEEKS FOR CREDIT APPROVAL spurgeons 4400 W. RTE. 120 - McHENRY. ILL. 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