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Memories of almost sixty years ago arc reflected la the eyes of Paal Leubscher as he listens to the haaatiag •trains of "My Baddy", sung by Shirley Smith, at right. A tradition of maay years was repeated at the Amcrlcaa Legioa home Friday morning whoa veterans of all wars gsthcrcd for the observance of Veterans' toy. Each carried his own personal recollections of the war years la which he was involved, bat together they honored STAFF PHOTOS-WAYNE GAYLORD New Council Ordinance Build Shelter In Petersen Park • A covered park shelter is under construction In Petersen park by members of the McHenry Jaycees. Whoa completed, It will be similar to the shelter lathe city park, la foreground, Steve Flke, left, and Dong Miller ase a radial arm saw as they prepare an angle beam, la background. Eon Klapperich does some final nailing as the roof takes shape. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD Musin And Meanderin The huge Christmas tree is in place in the triangle near city nail and all that remains is for lights to take their place among ChO, boughs. ' Occasionally, a holiday wreath can be seen on a door, either a sad reminder of Christmas past or a welcome to the: new season. ;v At least one home gives evidence of a holiday display in tae making, with poinsettias adorning the front lawn. It should be no surprise that it can be «seen at the Ralph Ott residence on Main street, always one of the most colorful. All of this constitutes good stens of the approaching Christmas season. Unfortunately, there is another side - something that is present all year but becomes a more serious problem in the heavy shopping days of November and December. It is Shoplifting. Theft from stores has the distinction of being the coun­ try's fastest growing crime. J This week has been declared »e Illinois Retail Merchants nation to be Everything Has A Price week, placing emphasis on the fact that "something for nothing" carries a high price tag. The phenomenal rate at which stealing from stores has grown is evidenced by the dollar loss increase to mer­ chants in one year from $6.5 billion to $7.2 billion nation­ wide. Another alarming fact is that stealing from stores is very often done by residents of a community otherwise thought to be "respectable" and by juveniles who steal, not from need, but to see if they can get away with it. Whenever we see an incident of shoplifting and fail to report it, we're hurting our own future shopping through higher prices, primarily, as well as through a number of other penalities less visible in a cursory glance. Probably the most important of all, turning our back on a crime we see can produce young people who look on stealing from stores as. ac­ ceptable behavior. What a shame! KAF Plaindealer Deadlines Set Ahead For Holiday Both, issues of the Plaindealer will be printed a day early the week of Thanksgiving. Therefore, newspaper deadlines will be set ahead. , The general news and display advertising deadlines for the first paper that week will be noon Friday, Nov. 18. The classified advertising deadline will be 4 p.m. the same day. For the second issue, deadlines are at the hours stated above, Monday, Nov. 21. All correspondents' columns must be in the office by noon Nov. IS for the first issue and noon Nov. 21 for the second. The McHenry City Council unanimously approved a developers' contributions or­ dinance at a special meeting Nov. 11. The action, in form of an amendment to the Sub­ division Control ordinance, provided for cash contributions by subdividers in new sub­ divisions to pay amounts for singlefamily dwellings ranging from $900 to $1,575, and for townbouses or apartments from $230 to $900. The contributions, in line with what McHenry required from developers for Lancers and for the Christiansons property in a recent pre- annexation agreement, was allocated equally between school and park needs and another quarter share designated for the library. For instance, of the $900 con­ tribution, $400 was allocated for schools, $400 for parks, and $100 for the library . Before the Council approved the amendment, the aldermen had to reptaj a provision in the Subdivision Control ordinance that required a hearing by the zoning board of appeals prior to Council consideration of any amendment to the ordinance. In another action, the wor­ ding of an earlier Council ac­ tion superseding a rejection of any application by Photomat for an installation in the Market Place, was clarified, and the Council's position as finally approving the Photomat proposal was made plain, although it was not unanimous. City Attorney Bernard Narusis spent about two hours explaining two alternative ordinances covering the developer donation problem, one a long form, based partly on the precedent setting Naperville ordinance and a recently passed Woodstock ordinance; and the other an abbreviated form with easily read tables and understandable wording. The Council elected to go with the "short form". Narusis acknowledged that there was some artificiality about the developers' or­ dinances and about the for­ mulas used. He related that the landmark Naperville case had, Out Of Control Car Hits Building; Driver Injured Stephen J. Sarabia, 24, 5113 Fountain lane, McHenry, was injured at 4:50 a.m. Saturday, when his vehicle, westbound on Lincoln road at Charles street, went out of control and hit a building at 3031 Lincoln. He was transported by the McHenry Rescue unit to the McHenry hospital* Sarabia told investigators he was driving at no more than 30 m.p.h. when he saw a Mack dog in the road and swerved to avoid it. This caused him to go out of control. His car inflicted structural damage to the building and damaged a gas Armando G. Gomes, 5218 Maple Hill drive, McHenry, admitted that he must have fallen asleep at the wheel in a statement to officers following a ode-car accident at 3:48 a.m. Saturday on Route 120 at Kent road. Gomez was westbound on the highway when his car ran off aid hit a pole. Damage to his vehicle was estimated at $300. Driver confusion resulted in two three-car accidents in or near McHenry last Friday, according to the McHenry county Sheriff's department accident detail. No injuries were reported in either mishap. At 4:40 p.m., three vehicles tangled at the intersection of Route 120 and River road, as left turners could not decide who had the right-of-way. (Continued on page 18) Conduct Interviews For "Nurse Update" Class Caution Parents Poison Found In Meat ; Interviews will be conducted during the next three weeks to ~M)ect members of the next Nprse Update" class to be prefented by McHenry hospital for currently inactive registered nurses and licensed practical nurses, according to Patricia Kelly, R.N., director hospital's staff will graduate our class of 'refresher Nov. 21 and will begin our next class Jan. 9, 1978," Mrs. Kelly announced. "W£ are looking for RN's and LPN's who hold Illinois licenses, but who have been inactive for several years and are hesitant about returning to the hospital setting." Designed to prepare such nurses to resume the practice of their profession in a modern hospital, the courses stresses the introduction and demon- (Conttnnsd orT pfp 18) . The McHenry County Department of Health has once again found strychnine in some sausage and hot dogs which evidently were placed by someone hoping to destroy rats or perhaps by someone in­ tending to poison a specific dog. The department advises all parents of small children to exercise extreme caution to make sure that such food is not present in their children's play area. Also, parents should inform older children not to eet met, food Pel advised to keep their animals under their control at all times and away from areas where persons may have been at­ tempting to poison rsts. Strychnine is s very dangerous poison to human beings as well as to animals. The symptoms are basically the same for a human being or an animal and with sufficient dosage, death occurs rather of strychnine include a general uneasiness, ner- '• r anxiety, twitching of the muscles and stiffness of the neck. If the dose is large enough, the twitching increases and develops into spasms with sudden contractions of all the voluntary muscles in the body. Anyone finding such foods is asked to contact the McHenry County Department of Health at 815-338-2040, Extension 120, so the department may determine if it is, in feet, poisoned and attempt to discover where it is coming from. I > t A " by Supreme court action, af­ firmed the power of cities to require contributions from developers, much like the dedication of roads and right- of-way for public use, to defray the impact of growth on the services provided. He noted that the ordinance, following the Naperville pat­ tern, made findings which included references to statistics and the city's com­ prehensive plan, showed the need per person for schools, park area and library. Then, based on the computed impact on local services, land (for additional facilities) or cash in lieu of land, or simply con­ tributions are required. Narusis said that in McHenry for park needs, 1 acre per 100 persons seemed reasonable from the ranges specified in the city's plan. Also included in the contribution ordinance are results of demographic (population) studies showing the average number of persons found in each size and type of dwelling unit. The formula also is based on the average price of developed land to reach the per acre cost of land donations. At the present time, Narusis noted, he suggested being conservative with a figure of $20,000, and "if faulted for their computations", let it be on the conservative side. Narusis explained further, that the ordinance would provide for payment of the fees or contributions at the time the building permits are issued instead of in advance or within a three-year time span as in the pre-annexation agreements. He also noted that under the guidelines of the Naperville ordinance and resulting ap­ peals in court, the money must be used for land acquisition. In McHenry's ordinance, Narusis said, he eliminated the requirement of a report by the schools of what the money was used for. Let the schools be responsible, he urged, other­ wise it could infer a city ac­ countability for the use of the school donations, and possibly subject to suit if the use were questioned by a developer. And, Narusis added, the proposed ordinance contained no provision for donations of land, but cash only. This would eliminate the possibility of the city being offered unusable land or improperly located tracts to satisfy the con­ tribution requirement. Also, the contributions ordinance* would not preclude the city from requiring other things from developers pre- annexation agreements. This ordinance covered new sub­ divisions or land being re- subdivided already in the city. Alderman Walther Schaedel asked about small builders buying up numbers of lots such as in Lakeland Park and asked if this wouldn't have some impact? Narusis indicated that this was another problem which he would treat in an ordinance which he would draw up later. Narusis explained the figures used in the "short form" or­ dinance were less than were justified from the computations using the data and population trend studies, but there was no data to support the library donation and no mention of it in the Plat act on which the contribution ordinance is based. But Narusis said he would defend it as being linked either with recreation and education or both. He said he couldn't visualize education without a library, but if it wasn't considered part of that program, it had to be recreation. Narusis said that the figures on contributions were reviewable at any time and they could adjust them for the effects of inflation. Superintendent of Public Works Fred Meyer asked what the city would do with the money. ..v Narusis responded that the contributions for schools would go to the school districts and, hopefully, would mean no tax increase for school reasons in the city. An alderman asked if the money could be used for land only or for capital develop­ ments, a question which was not definitely answered during the discussion. Alderman Elizabeth Nolan pointed out in connection with the cash-only feature, that maybe in some case the city might want the land instead. Mayor Joseph Stanek asked if the quadraplexes, such as in Whispering Oaks and Water's Edge, would pay as a single family unit. Narusis said the ordinance indicated no. He said studies held that a different kind of family used condominiums and quadraplex units (having few or no cnildren). Another alderman asked if they shouldn't have a definition of bedrooms, as sewing rooms, dens, etc. tend to become bedrooms when needed. The discrepancy between the park contribution in the or­ dinance and that by Lancer was explainedby Lancer's donation of park land with $150 per unit in addition. In response to a question about which ordinance applied to areas outside of McHenry, that of the county or city, Narusis said their (the city) ordinance would apply to land that may be annexed to the city and to plats within the mile and a half "influence area", because they had a city plan. Getting back to the Lakeland Park lots question, Narusis said the Contribution ordinance is based on the Plat act; and he did not agree with the courts on that interpretation. He believes the courts boxed themselves in with their rulings. He predicted that another case would go up to the Supreme court when some city, like McHenry, (Continued on page 18) VOLUME 102 NUMBER 31 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1977 Judge Roland A. Herrmann last week dismissed the suit of the McHenry High School Teachers association which would have forced Johnsburg Unit School District No. 12 to hire all tenured teach*-s from McHenry who will be released at the end of the next school year. ** In a memo opinion issued by Judge Herrmann in 19th Judicial 3pourt, Woodstock, an order for dismissal was given "for the jeason that the plaintiffs, McHenry High School Teachers association, have no direct interest in the controversy in ^accordance with the cases and the statutes cited to the court". v According to the judge, the statutes involved did not appear to be ambiguous. The memo continued to state that the statute pertaining to "teachers having contractual continued services status" provides that if the control of one school board is transferred toa new or different board of education by reason of the creation of a new school district or a change in boundaries, then a "tenured" teacher who holds a position transferred shall continue to have continued contractual service in that position with the new board. The memo also states "It therefore follows that the issue in this case is whether there is or was a transfer of control over the positions held by plaintiffs. The court believes that there was not such transfer of control of these positions". The Plaindealer learned Monday that the Illinois Education association, whose legal counsel has represented the McHenry teachers, is reviewing thecase before making any decision as to whether an appeal will be made. The McHenry High School Teachers association brought suit last spring and the board of education of District 156 went on record as supporting them. Supt. Duane Andreas of Johnsburg District 12 made only a brief comment reiterating what he had said previously, that interviews were'feeing held with some MCHS teachers and that they will be given every consideration in employment along with other candidates who apply for positions in the district. It is possible fewer teachers may be involved than at the time the suit jyas filed. District 156 Supt. Robert Swartzloff recounted a provision of the law that states non-tenured teachers must be released first. According to the McHenry school's Reduction-In-Force policy, those released in a particular department after non-tenured teachers will be teachers with least seniority. Last school year a notice was sent out by the administration, advising those teachers who might possibly be released. During summer vacation, some tenured teachers resigned and were replaced by non-tenured teachers, accounting for the fewer number who might now be involved The McHenry teachers' suit, in addition to asking Johnsburg to hire the teachers dismissed from District 156, also asked that\ District 12 pay the costs for legal fees incurred by the association and also asked for any additional retribution the court deemed fitting and proper. The civil suit was filed in connection with the opening of die new Johnsburg high school scheduled for the 1978-79 school year. Due to about 500 students leaving McHenry to attend Johnsburg school between thirty and thirty-five teachers (tenured and non-tenured) will be dismissed by the McHenry . high school board. THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER "SERVING THE CHAIN-O-IAKES REGION SINCE 1875" 2 SECTIONS 28 PAGES 20'