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Gasoline Pump, Car In Conflict City Employees Benefit From New Council Budget A fireman from McHenry Company I directs water onto a burning gas pump which caught Are after being knocked off an island at the Union 76 service station, 3702 W. Elm street, Sunday morning. The driver of the pictured station wagon, Anthony E. Miron, Cary, told police that he had pulled into the station slowly, when the vehicle suddenly lunged forward, striking the gas pump and knocking it completely loose. According to Fire Chief Glenn Peterson, only the gas in the pump burned, because of a pressurized shut-off valve underground. Damage to the pump, which was completely destroyed, was estimated at over $500. » STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD The McHenry City Council voted unanimously to approve a tentative budget Thursday night which calls for a pay raise for all city employees, The final budget was approved with no changes Monday night. Heading the list of employees receiving pay raises is Superintendent of Public Works Fred Meyer. Meyer's salary is being raised 8.04 percent from $19,900 to $21,500. Police Chief George Pasenelli is receiving a 7.09 percent pay increase. The raise will boost the chief's salary from $19,500 to $21,000. All other city employees will be receiving a five percent pay increase and an increase in city contributions to employee benefits. Following discussion of the budget, the Council voted to approve purchases for the Public Works department. Bids will be let for a new two- ton dump truck and two used pick-up trucks will be pur­ chased along with two chain saws, a power air jack, a diaphragm pump and lawn mowers. Miscellaneous tools to equip a tool room at the enlarged city garage will also be purchased. Mayor Stanek indicated that the troublesome intersection of Front and Elm streets will be resolved within a few years at no cost to the city. According to Stanek, the project has an estimated cost of $250,000 and will be paid by state and federal funds. The preliminary plans call for widening the road for a eastbound left turn lane; enlarging and extending the right turn lane for eastbound traffic on Route 120; and moving the traffic lights, fire hydrants and street lights back. Bids for the repairs are ex­ pected to be put out next spring. Stanek also discussed the possibility of the city receiving funds for the repair of Draper road. If the city can secure the necessary right-of-ways along Draper road, improvements, including stop-and-go lights at the intersection with Route 120, may begin in the fiscal yea* 1979. The project has an estimated cost of $450,000, of which the city would have to pay thirty percent. THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER • MltUU * SERVING THE CHAtN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 187S VOLUME 102 NUMBER 71 WEDNESDAY. APRIL 5. 1978 1 SECTION 24 PAGES 20* Hold High School Referendum April 8 Musin' And Meanderin9 concerning candidates Information school board and their views appears elsewhere in this issue. A letter arrived in our mail the other day that reminded us time is passing quickly and changes occur of which we are q&ncluaion reminded that it was not for publication, "just a friendly comment", we feel the writer has made a point and made it well. Her letter reads: "Ever since I moved here six years ago, I have read and enjoyed the column, Musin' and Meanderin'. But I've always wanted to offer my opinion of that caption. Have you ever tried to say, 'Did you see such- and-such in the Musin' and Meanderin' column? Terrible! Besides, leaving off the g's is so cutesy for such an informative feature". It started us thinking. It was more than twenty years ago - how much longer we can't remember - that our typewriter laboriously pounded out the first column. It was on activities of Marine day and we made sure there was no promise there would be a followup. Writing a column weekly seemed like a fantasy of someone else's imagination. Never, we thought, would we get enough ideas to guarantee a column on a regular basis. Then, after some persuasion, we were induced to try. Very well we recall making the pronouncement throughout every section of the newspaper plant that if anyone should try to persuade us to inject his thoughts in the column, we would put away our pen for all time. - No one ever did from the inside, but we continuously get suggestions from the outside, some of which we can use and others must discard. The column started as a kind of chatty bit about nothing in particular and the name Musin' and Meanderin' seemed to fit With the passing years, however, the community grew and with it came the turmoil that accompanies growth. Somehow the chatty column, more often than not, turned into a more serious expression of opinions reflecting our own thinking on subjects that seemed important to us personally. test* Musin'and Meanderin* seemed like a perfectly fine name for the column in 1958. But the lady is correct, it doesn't fit nearly so well twenty years later. Now the question is, how do you change something that's been your identification for lo these many years? The answer probably is that you don't - you just learn to live with it. KAF Although contests exist for board membership in both High School District 156 and Grade School District 15, the real interest this year is focused on the request for approval of a bond issue Saturday , Ajprti The high school board of education is asking authorization to alter and remodel and build additions to McHenry West campus school and to equip same. The request is for the issuance of bonds in the amount of $2,150,000 for this purpose. The bond sale would increase local taxes $.18 per $100 assessed valuation. A house with a market value of $30,000, with an assessed valuation of $10,000, would have an increase in taxes of $18. " $ 1 The Illinois Department If Local Government Affairs his just certified a 1077 tentative, multiplier of 1.2080 tjft McHenry county. If this is unchanged §y the McHenry CountylBoard |>f Review, it will result in 3a change in property assessment. Last year, with a county equalizer of 1,0745, a $10,Ow pieocof property wastaseaaad, at $10,745. If the tentative multiplier is used, the same property will be assessed for tax purposes at $12,000. In the high school district, voting on the referendum and for board members will be in the same four precincts bet­ ween the hours of 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. The locations are as follows: Precinct 1, East campus boys' gymnasium; 2, Community center, Lakemoor; 3, beach house, McCullom Lake; 4, Harrison school, Wonder Lake. In the high school district, the terms of Catherine Alvary and Dave Benrud expire. Mrs. Alvary will not be a candidate for reelection but Benrud has filed for another three-year term. Two others also seek to fill seats on that board, Judith Zid and Russell Williams. Mrs. Zid is now serving on an ap­ pointment following the recent resignation of Henry Nell* Dan McNulty seeks the one year remaining on Nell's term. There will be only three voting precincts in Grade School District 15. Precinct I is at East campus boys' gym­ nasium; 2 at the Lakemoor municipal building and 3 at the McCullom Lake beach house. The hours for this election, too, will be 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. In this district, three can­ didates are seeking two (Continued on page 20) Continue Murder Inquiry McHenry County Sheriff's police detectives are continuing their investigation into last week's murder of a Barrington woman. According to one detective, over one hundred people have 34, 116 Eastwood avenue, Fox River Valley Gardens. Mrs. Cheshier was found dead in her home by her children, who notified their neighbors. They, in turn, called the Island terviewed in an effort to obtain any leads regarding the brutal murder of Karen J. Cheshier, The victim had many marks and bruises on the facial area which appeared to have been caused by a blunt instrument. No more details are available as police continue to piece led that UW Sheriff's department handle the in­ vestigation. and neighbors, in «a determine a motive suspect. Child Seriously Hurt After Running In Front Of Car Arrest Brothers Armed Robbery At Grocery Store Two brothers were arrested in connection with the armed robbery of a grocery store in Wonder Lake Sunday night. Mark A. Prushinski, and John E. Prushinski, both of 8924 Woody Trail, Wonder Lake, were taken into custody less than an hour after the Sunset Grocery, 3412 Thompson road, reported a robbery. According to Sheriff's police, Mrs. Helen M. Asmus, owner of the store, reported at 8:05 p.m. that a white male wearing a mask and armed with a knife had just entered her store and demanded all her money. The man then ran southbound from the store. After interviewing Mrs. Asmus, a description of the offender was established and police began canvassing the area in search of him. From the description, a suspect was determined and police notified mobile units to watch for him and a vehicle he may have been traveling in. At 9:12 p.m., Detective Sgt. James Connelly spotted the vehicle and suspect and stopped him for questioning. Other police units responded to assist Connelly, who had stopped the vehicle on Woody Trail. The suspect, Mark Prushinski, and his brother, who was also in the vehicle, began struggling with police but were eventually taken into custody. During the struggle, Connelly and Detective James Fit­ zgerald were injured and required treatment at Memorial hospital. Both men were treated and released. Mark Prushinski was charged with armed robbery, aggravated battery and resisting arrest and is being held in lieu of $11,000 bond. His older brother, John, was charged with aggravated battery, resisting arrest and possession of cannabis and is being held in lieu of $4,500 bond. A nine-year-old McHenry boy was admitted to McHenry hospital for treatment of in­ juries he sustained when he was struck by a car on River road Saturday afternoon. Donald B. La kin, 2500 Scheid lane, reportedly darted across River road at Scheid lane into the path of a westbound car driven by Ward R. Duel, 4907 West street. According to Illinois State police who investigated the accident, the driver and wit­ nesses said the boy ran into the path of the auto. The auto skidded in an attempt to avoid the boy, but then struck the youngster. Donald reportedly sustained extensive internal injuries and injuries to his pelvic area. He was transported to the hospital by the McHenry Area Rescue squad where he is listed in good condition. An area driver was injured early Monday morning after the car he was driving left the roadway and flipped over. Daniel J. Schneider, 1513 Sunnyside, told police that he was driving northbound on Riverside drive when his right front wfteels went off the road onto the shoulder. Apparently he overcompensated, causing the vehicle to cross the road into the southbound lanes. The vehicle left the road and went up an embankment anil then flipped over. The car was extensively damaged and Schneider'* injuries were reported to bfe minor. No injuries were reported following three separate April I accidents. William C. Hart, 3711 Greenwood drive, Wonder (Continued on page 20) Tentative Multiplier For County Arresf Maren9° Man The Illinois Department of Local Government Affairs has certified a 1977 tentative multiplier of 1.2080 to McHenry county, according to J. Thomas Johnson, acting director. This multiplier is tentative and is subject to change if the McHenry County Board of Review makes significant changes in local assessment levels. The multiplier is applied to all locally assessed personal property and all non-farm real estate. The purpose of the multiplier is to equalize average assessment levels across counties. Assessment uniformity is a legal requirement as inter-county equalization is necessary if the tax burden in taxing districts which overlap county lines is to be distributed fairly among the taxpayers, and if state aid to schools is to be allocated properly. Under Public Act 79-703, passed in 1975, all property in Illinois should be assessed at one-third of its market value. The multiplier is determined by comparing actual assessment levels derived from the department's annual sales ratio studies with the target level prescribed by law. Ac­ cording to the department's assessment-sales ratio studies, non-farm property in McHenry county is assessed at 27.59 percent of market value. A multiplier of 1.2080 was calculated to bring assessments to one-third of market value. The law requires that assessment ratios for the three years immediately preceding the assessment year be used in computing the multiplier. The assessment-sales analysis reflects the recent increases in property values. Although increases in assessed valuations either through local re-assessment or through a higher state multiplier may be required to maintain the statutory assessment level, such in­ creases do not necessarily cause an increase in tax bills. If taxing districts do not increase their spending, tax rates will go down, and tax bills will not increase. County Boards of Review, in addition to their powers to act on complaints, also are required by law to equalize assessment levels among various geographic areas or property classes within a county. If certain classes of property or certain areas are not assessed at the statutory level, the board should assign local multipliers to adjust assessments to the proper levels. Before such multipliers are, applied they must be published and the affected property owners must be given a chance to be heard. Farm property is to be (Continued on page 20) For Attempted Rape A Marengo man was arrested and is being held in county jail following an investigation into an attempted rape in the rural Crystal Lake area Friday night. According to Sheriff's police, the victim, a fifteen year-old female juvenile, whose name and address are being withheld, reported that a male gained entry to her home after requesting to use the restroom. Once inside the premises, the offender attempted to rape the young girl. The attempt failed when the victim's mother and sister arrived home. The man reportedly then fled the scene in a vehicle. Investigation which began at 8 p.m. and continued throughout the night and into the morning resulted in a suspect being developed and a vehicle description being formulated. On April 1, at 3:13 a.m., Andrew L. Juris, 21, 520 £. Prairie, Marengo, was taken into custody at his home and charged with the attempted rape. Other charges against Juris include indecent liberties with ft child, battery and unlawful restraint. He is being held in lieu til $11,000 bond with a preliminary court date of April 6. Candidates For McHenry School Boards If DAVE BENRUD High School Three years RUSSELL WILLIAMS High School Three Years JUDITH ZID High School Three Years DAN McNULTY High School One Year GARY LOCKWOOD Grade School Three Years TERENCE HOWARD Grade School Three Years FRANCES LARSEN Grade School Three Years ROBERT THORNTON Grade School One Year NANCY GLOSSON Grade School One Year BARBARA WILLIAMS Grade School One Year