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Sunrise Ridge Plan Group Answers Charges Winner Of Memorial Scholarship Award A happy Robyn Fullmer show* scholarship award to High School Supt Robert 8wartzkff. Robyn, a sophomore at East campus, is winner of a summer journalism workshop made in memory of Maralyn Levens, East campus English teacher who died in an auto accident last February. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD Musin And Meanderin9 The lives of few McHenry area residents have not been touched in some way by the service of the city's rescue squad. That contact may have been through family, friends, or even acquaintances, but the knowledge of the presence of this invaluable unit in times of emergency has been reassuring to hundreds of people. Although the squad was farmed only seven years ago, the efforts of members have been so widespread and so important, it is difficult to imagine McHenry without this organization of well disciplined ana knowledgeable men. But like many very worthwhile undertakings serving large numbers of people, those people sometimes get in the way of a completely successful undertaking. This has been true on an increasingly regular basis with the rescue squad. One of the difficulties is individual members trying to reach the squad headquarters in private cars so they can take the rescue vehicle. Time is not always the all important ingredient for saving a life, but very often it is. These members are never sure, and for (his reason must treat each call as an extreme emergency in which a matter of minutes means the difference between life and death. Accidentally hindering these members enroute to the squad vehicle is more than an inconvenience. Deliberately slowing members and demonstrating outright resentment for the necessity to get out of the way is much more serious. The fact that it happens often is a sobering thought. Last month alone, to answer the emergency calls made, about 500 individual cars found it necessary to make their way to rescue squad headquarters. This large number is enough to point up the Robyn Fullmer, a sophomore at East campus and daughter of Glenna Fullmer, has been awarded a full scholarship to the Summer Journalism workshop at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. This is the first such award to be made in memory of Maralyn Levens, East campus English teacher who also sponsored the school newspaper, "East Side Story." Mrs. Levens was the victim of a tragic auto accident in early February of this school year and a scholarship fund was set up in her memory. This scholarship fund will pay all tuition, room and board to a summer journalism workshop for an interested journalism student. Scholar­ ship applications were made available to any freshmen, sophomores or iuniors. From (Continued on page 5) Although a press conference in Woiider Lake is a rare oc­ currence, recent developments in the proposed annexation of 147 acjnes to the only in- corporated area in Wonder Lake', the village of Sunrise in com­ mission. It was held Tuesday, June 13. The conference referred to recent action by the village board through a letter to each member of the commission, dated June 6,1978, telling them of their dismissal. Don Olson, former Plan commission chairman, made it clear in the beginning that the answers of the commission were not directed toward in­ dividuals but toward the letter. In a statement to the press, the commission reacted to charges of lack of concern and interest for the Wonder Lake area as being totally false. Olson told the press, "Every member has contributed time and effort in not only the Planning commission but other organizations or the com­ munity. No member has realized a single penny for that time and effort. We have contacted every subdivision president and business owner regarding their appearance at the Planning commission's public hearings and regular meetings. We have made very successful contact and have worked with governmental organizations outside of the Wonder Lake area. Every trustee was invited to every public hearing just prior to mat hearing and every trustee has an open Invitation to our regular meetings. The people have been what we believed in all of this time." The "animosity" charged to the commission was "a lack of understanding", according to Olson. "Counter ideas", he said, "are good for any organization". Another reason for dismissal was listed as the failure of the Plan commission to produce a comprehensive plan for the village. Olson stated that this should take from one to two years, depending on the area involved. The Plan commission was formed and held its first meeting Sept. 30,1976. By Dec. 6,1976, it had a list of priorities established for the com­ prehensive plan. On Dec. 8, members requested the village to pass a zoning ordinance to establish zoning guidelines which were needed as a base for a comprehensive plan. According to the commission, this zoning still has not been passed today. In January of 1977, they were asked to review the Gunderson In March, the Waste property. Water N A for their wimni^ m eiipnewt toy word of --swab recommendation was ana a published notice in the Needs analysis was toUIHIW1̂ foe and a made on this to the village board April 5, 1977, according to information given the press Tuesday night. According to the com­ mission's report, the first response members received from letters and memos dating back to December of 1976 were received from the village board Aug. 13,1977. On Sept. 6, target dates for research information for the comprehensive plan were established. Commission members stated that they were informed of the village's proposed annexation paper. Since December of 1977, the Plan commission's regular meetings of twice a month have increased to four or five meetings a month with work on the annexation agreement as well as the comprehensive plan. The commission (Continued on page 5) Clarify Agricultural Proposal Land Use Report To County Board But hlhdering these driven is only one of die ways in which people are destroying a service vital to McHenry today, and certainly essential in the years of growth ahead. The McHenry Rescue squad was formed to serve the community in time of emergency. In actual practice, it has been serving medical problems that are in no way related to urgency. These are just a few of the unnecessary time wasting calls that have been answered in the last year: 1 • Call comes in as "subject in pain". When squad responds, man has sore throat ' --- 2 - Call is reported as "patient with chest pains". When squad arrives, finds patient has had chest pains for several days ana has appointment at hospital for chest X-rays. 3 - Report of person with "injured leg". On arrival, squad finds that subject has gout and doctor wants her in the hospital for checkup. 4 • Report of child bleeding from head. When squad responds, bleeding is stopped, band-aid is all that was necessary. Mother wants squad to take child to the hospital for checkup anyway. Three other adults were present and there were two cars in the driveway that could have taken child. Do these factual reports from the McHenry Rescue squad indicate why this excellent organization is in trouble? There is noway of knowing when a call is received whether an actual emergency exists. Only the common sense and cooperation of the public served by the squad can reduce the number of nuisance calls. We in McHenry can't afford to let our own selfish interests destroy something that has provided such an essential service! K.A.F. \ (Starting in the near future, a column will appear in the Plaindealer on a regular basis concerning the McHenry Rescue squad, written by John Schkfner, president) Following last week's meeting where public discussion on land use planning was aired, a statement on agriculture and zoning was issued June 14 by Mrs. Dianne Easty, Cary. She is chairman of the special zoning committee of the McHenry County board. A second meeting Thursday evening was scheduled by the Land Use committee of the County board to seek public comments and suggestions before it sends a report to the County board. Mrs. Lou Anne Majewski, Algonquin, chairs this committee. Mrs. Easty decided to issue a clarifying statement on the 35- acre agriculture zoning proposal after* several people made comments on that matter. "The maintenance of Agricultural land in Illinois is an important concern, but it is plagued with legal constraints and misunderstanding," she asserted. "The draft goals discussed at last week's meeting support the concern of maintaining prime agricultural farmland. Public discussion, however, showed some misconceptions about the place of agriculture in the proposed comprehensive amendment to the county zoning ordinance. This new amendment would implement the land use plan. "In the existing zoning or­ dinance, farm zoning has a minimum acreage of 5 acres. Aa a result, McHenry county is experiencing a helter-skelter division of land that is taking good farmland out of production. The proposed amendment to the zoning or­ dinance defines agriculture and sets up an agricultural zone for that purpose. A 35-acre minimum will be enforced for those residences not associated with the agricultural purpose, as defined." "Just as it is possible to ask for a rezoning of agricultural land now, it can be sought in the future, too," she explained. "Estate zones with minimum sizes of 1, 3 and 5 acres will be available for people wishing to have a smaller parcel of land but wanting to keep a limited number of farm animals. "Health codes must be ob­ served in all zones under both the present and proposed or­ dinances." Summarized Mrs. Easty: "The end result of both land use planning and zoning is to have a variety of environmentally sound uses in the county with a minimum amount of conflict." Comments on such matters as transportation planning, residential goals, place of in­ dustrial development, and open space goals were offered by citizens at. the first meeting. One speaker asked the com­ mittee to consider the refuse problem, asserting "at some point we must deal with gar­ bage within our county bor­ ders." At present, it is hauled to approved places outside the county. McHenry Youth In Dam ien Omen 2 Jacobi, 15, of 1915 Brentwood lane, McHenry, appears in the i new movie, Damien Omen I, now playing in county theatre*. The movie was filmed at Northwestern Military and Naval academy in Lafcp v Geneva, Wis., which Tom it- tends. Although he doesn't have a speaking part, he appears not only as a student in the school but in other scenes outside the academy. y The teen-ager attended Junior high school in McHenry before transferring to tfee military school. " THOMAS JACOBI McHenry friends will be interested to learn that Thomas He is the son of Roy and Roe Ketcher and the brother of Cathie Jacobi. >. Expand Bank Facilities Former McHenry Youth Hurt Seriously In Cycle Accident Pictured above is architect's drawing of the new McHenry State Bank building to be located at the corner of Pearl street and Richmond road. Work on the new structure is scheduled to begin shortly and is scheduled for completion within eleven months. Six feive-in lanes will be located at the new facility and five teller stations will be located inside. Also inside will be the new accounts department, the loan officers, bookeeping, customer service, auditing, and the proof department. The new building will be two stories with a full basement and will contain approximately IS,Ml square feet of space. Friends of Todd J. Murphy, 14-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Murphy, learned this week he was seriously hurt in a motorcycle accident last week at Kent, Washington, where the family now resides. The former McHenry youth was riding on a trail covered on either side by heavy brush. Another boy was approaching on a vehicle and neither saw the other until it was too late and the cycles collided. Todd suffered broken bones in his face and his left arm and leg were broken in two and three places. He will be hospitalized for about two months. A McHenry man received two tickets following a two-car (Continued on page 5) Work is scheduled to begin immediately on a two-story building which will enlarge the banking facilities of the McHenry State bank. The building will contain approximately 10,000 square feet of space and will be located at the corner of Pearl street and Richmond road. It is scheduled for completion in eleven months. Six drive-in lanes will be serviced by the new structure. According to Bank Officer Ormel J. Prust, the new drive- in facilities will correct the traffic situation on Green street that occurs when the present drive-in lanes are in operation. "The f»ew facilities will take approximately forty cars off the street," explained Prust. "At present, twenty cars in line would back traffic up to Pearl street." Cars using the drive-in lanes will enter off Green street and exit onto Pearl street. The new building will also have five inside teller stations on the first floor. Office space on the first floor will contain the new accounts department and the loan officers of the bank. (Continueo on page 5) VOLUME 102 NUMBER 92 FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1978 2 SECTIONS 28 PAGES 20* * IN Till!* p\> THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER "SERVING THE CHAIN-O-lAKES REGION SINCE 1875 w Pains With Because of enrollments described as "showing no slacking of pressure", the board of Elementary School District 15, in meeting Tuesday evening, spoke favorably on the purchase of three mobile units. Two will be used at Valley View school and the third either at Landmark or Edgebrook. The board considered future use of the White House on Waukegan road for which the lease with High School District 156 expires this month. Because that district has not secured necessary funding for another year of the Alternative high school, the Planning and Building committee of District 15 had recommended that the building be returned to use as a classroom annex to Landmark school. It had previously been used as a kindergarten. However, input by other members indicated thev were to using the White louse for kindergartners because it would involve them crossing the street for bus transnortation. With that decision made, the board agreed to give District 156 first chance to use the White House if the Alternative school should continue. Second chance would go to the Special Education District of McHenry County (SEDOM). Because of growing enrollment at Valley View, there is a need for two ad­ ditional classrooms beginning next fall. The mobile units to be located there were suggested to be attached to the building so that the Learning center, which is a two-room space housing library materials, along with other audio-visual aids, be moved into the mobiles. The new classes would be housed in the present Learning center. Business Manager William Landis reported that costs he obtained on new mobile units were as high as $25,000. However, he answered classified ads of Chicago schools not now in operation where units are offered at a fraction of that price. One offered each mobile unit for $1,000 each; another had four to sell for a total of $5,000. A third sale is under in­ vestigation. Three teachers will be needed to conduct the extra classrooms. After several weeks in which evaluation of the cafeteria feeding program in the junior high school buildings was made, continued use of the existing program at both Junior high and Parkland was recommended by the ad­ ministration. Units No alternative was found to be more acceptable. The administration found that while it is not as complete a system as the elementary school, where there are regular cafeterias, it offers the young people a hot, fully approved meal recognized by the Illinois Office of Education as meeting all requirements. It was noted that Parkland shows excellent student par­ ticipation. An effort will be made to increase participation at Junior high. The board approved the district's participation in the Regional Child Find and Diagnos t ic program of ' SEDOM. District 15 is the second largest user of the Child Find services in the county, with 193 served during the 1977- 78 year. In order for youngsters to' (Continued on page 5) * One Will Be Queen Only a few days remain before a new Miss McHenry will be named from the lovely young women shown above. From left, bottom row, are Karen Heubner, Charlette Freund, Debbie Welsh, Natalie Ready, Kathy Musielak, Diane Williams, Debbie Suchor and Patti Smith; top row, from left, Linda Bonk, Karen Stall, Patti Burman, Kim Jergens, Charlynda Johnson, Kathy Graef, Patti Gundlace, Diane Engelhardt and Mary Wynveen. The public is invited to the judging, which will be held Tuesday, June 21, at 8 p.m. in the Legion clubhouse, Ringwood road. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD