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1 M u n i n * a n d Meanderin' more than fa i r and pa id h i s share A consensus vo te was t aken to de te rmine i f t he fees shou ld he waived , and Aldermen Bolger . Nolan . Marker , Smi th . Adams and Mayor S tanek vo ted to wa ive the fees in ae cordance wi th the gen t leman ' s agreement reached ea r l i e r Aldermen Datz and Schooley vo ted aga ins t wa iv ing the fees , whi le Alderman Rogers passed , because he wasn ' t on the Counc i l a t the t ime the gen t leman ' s agreement was reached Another va r ia t ion reques ted by the pe t i t ioner concerned the improvement of Hi l l s t r ee t Mi l i t e l lo exp la ined tha t the var ia t ion was tha t RAE Motors no t be compel led to improve Hi l l s t r ee t , bu t tha t i t would pay i t s f a i r sha re of 50 pe rcen t o f the road i f t he c i ty shou ld dec ide a t a l a te r da te to im prove o r ex tend the s t ree t A reques t was a l so made tha t would a l low the f i rm to l eave the pa rk ing lo t unpaved . un t i l Hi l l s t r ee t was improved The Counc i l dec ided to have the pe t i t ion changed to s t a te tha t the f i rm would pay the en t i re cos t app l icab le to im prov ing 50 pe rcen t of Hi l l s t r ee t immedia te ly ad jacen t to the p roper ty Improvements of the park ing lo t wi l l no t be requ i red un t i l Hi l l s t r ee t i s improved o ther var ia t ions g ran ted inc luded a l lowing a 38- foo t se tback ins tead of 40 fee t , and a l lowing the wes t s ide ya rd to be 3 .5 fee t , r a the r than the requ i red 15 fee t The var ia t ions were g ran ted because the bu i ld ing was a l ready bu i l t wi th those yard res t r i c t ions Alderman George Harker moved tha t the Ci ty Counc i l pass an ord inance approv ing the annexa t ion agreement Schooley was the on ly a lder Sep t 5 i s the dead l ine fo r the payment of the second in s t a l lment of the 1977 t axes wi thou t add i t iona l pena l ty in te res t . County Treasure r Audrey VValgenbach s t a ted th i s week The in te res t pena l ty on the f i r s t ins ta l lment wi l l in c rease to 2 pe rcen t on the f i f th o f Sep tember Second ins ta l lment payments pos tmarked the f i f th o f Sep man to vo te aga ins t the mot ion . A mot ion by Smi th fo l lowed , to pass an o rd inance to annex the p roper ty , and the Counc i l vo ted approva l unan imous ly An unan imous vo te fo l lowed , approv ing the zon ing of the newly annexed land BLOOD DK1\ K A b lood d r ive sponsored by the McHenry Jaycees wi l l be he ld Tuesday . Sep t 5 . be tween 3 and 7 p m a t the V F W c lubhouse 4 tember wi l l be accep ted without penalties Second in­ s ta l lment payments th rough the fifth of September can be made at all the county banks After the fifth, work will begin on the statutory process fo r f ina l i z ing the 1977 t ax year , I j eg inn ing wi th the adver t i s ing of a l l de l inquen ts , judgement and f ina l ly the t ax sa le in Oc tober Tax Deadline Sept. 5 Schedule Lead Poison Tests Pioneer Cente r fo r the Ex- - cep t iona l , McCul lom Lake , in coopera t ion wi th the I l l ino i s Assoc ia t ion fo r Re ta rded Ci t i zens and the Depar tment of Pub l ic Hea l th , has announced tha t f ree l ead po i son ing sc reen ing t es t s wi l l be p rov ided Wed nesday and Thursday . Sep t 6 and 7 The tes t ing se rv ice wi l l be p rov ided in the mobi le p reven t ion van of the I l l ino i s Assoc ia t ion fo r Re ta rded Ci t i zens Th is van wi l l be c i r ­ cu la t ing th roughout McHenry county . Loca l ly , the van wi l l opera te on th i s schedule : Wednesday . Sep t 6 . 9 a .m. . McCui lom Lake ; 10 am. Johnsburg . 11 a .m. . L i lymoor -Lakemoor ; "12 p .m. . McHenry - Fan tasy fa rm; i p .m. . I s l and Lake- Bur ton ' s Br idge - Fa i ry Ta le house Al though paren t s in a l l types of homes and communi t i es a re urged to "have the i r young ch i ld ren , ages 9 months to 6 years , t e s ted fo r th i s hea l th p r (?b lem. those fami l i es l iv ing in homes bu i l t be fore 1955 which may have ch ipp ing pa in t o r b roken p las te r shou ld make very spec ia l e f fo r t s to t ake advan tage of th i s f ree se rv ice Even though the youngs te r s may seem hea l thy , l ead may be presen t ing o h idden danger which can on ly be de tec ted by t es t s . In mos t cases , symptoms of the p rob lem don ' t appear un t i l i t i s a lmos t too l a te and damage has occur red Th is ch i ldhood i l lness i s cons idered to be an impor tan t , bu t p reven tab le , cause of menta l re ta rda t ion and o ther hea l th p rob lems Advanced cases may resu l t in dea th , i f unde tec ted The federa l government es t imates tha t the re a re a t l eas t ( iOO.OdO po ten t ia l cases each year S ta t i s t i ca l ev idence shows tha t mos t l ead po ison ing v ic t ims a re very young ch i ld ren , those be tween n ine months and four years of age In o rder to avo id a l i f e t ime burdened by brain damage or other in ju ry , pa ren t s shou ld be- su re to have the i r youngs te r s tested in this free program It; will o,nly take a few minutes of- t ime and on ly invo lves a s imple p r ick" of the f inger In mos t cases , the tes t r e su l t s wi l l - be ava i lab le wi th in a few seconds Trea t s fo r the to t s wi l l Ik ' ava i l ab le a f t e rward Anyone who would l ike fu r ther in format ion about the pro jec t , o r would l ike to he lp ou t in th i s wor thwhi le e f fo r t .* shou ld ca l l Cvndy Col le t t i a t 344 r> : in ' ~ THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER "SERVING THE CHAIN-O-IAKES REGION SINCE 1875 VOLUME 103 NUMBER 10 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1978 2 SECTIONS 24 PAGES 20' City Annexes Rae Motors The Ci ty Counc i l vo ted Monday n igh t to accep t the Zoning Board of Appea l s recommenda t ion and annex the RAE Motors corpora t ion RAE Motors i s loca ted on a f ive -ac re pa rce l in the Sherman Hi l l Indus t r i a l complex The dec i s ion to annex came a f te r a l eng thy d i scuss ion concern ing var ia t ions p roposed by the corpora t ion per ta in ing to the annexa t ion , dur ing Mon­ day ' s pub l ic hear ing . l ames Mi l i t e l lo . an a t to rney f rom Crys ta l Lake represen t ing the f i rm, to ld the Counc i l tha t the numerous var ia t ions had been reques ted on the o r ig ina l pe t i t ion fo r an nexa t ion , bu t tha t the f ina l pe t i t ion con ta ined on ly those var ia t ions tha t were recom mended a f f i rmat ive by the /HA The 30 ,000 square foo t bu i ld ing and ad jo in ing p roper ty had been zoned I Indus t r i a l under county o rd inances and the zon ing reques ted in the c i ty would be I 1 , which conforms to the zon ing of the a rea RAE Motors manufac tu res smal l e lec t r i ca l motors one var ia t ion reques ted tha t the wate r t ap on fees and o ther fees be waived Accord ing to t e s t imony presen ted a t the hear ing , an agreement had been reached when the McHenry Sand & Grave l p roper ty was annexed , s t a t ing tha t i f $80 ,000 was dona ted tow a rd the ex tens ion of the c i ty wa te r main to the in dus t r i a l pa rk wate r t ap on fees would be waived Severa l a lde rmen ques t ioned whe ther o r no t RAF Motors was a par t o f the verba l agreement reached wi th Char les Mi l le r owner of McHenry Sand & Grave l Mayor S tanek ind ica ted , fo l low ing a phone convers ta ion wi th Mi l le r , tha t RAE Motors was a par t o f the agreement , because the corpora t ion i s con t r ibu t ing a por t ion of the $80,000 cos t o f the wate r main ex tens ion Alderman Bolger exp la ined tha t in dea l ing wi th Mi l le r in the pas t , he has a lways been Opening Day Scenes like this were repeated throughout the land on opening day of school for kindergartners*. Some, like the little girl at left, exhibit an eagerness to delight a mother's heart. On the other hand, despair is sometimes the emotion of the day as evidenced by this unidentified lad as he makes his way reluctantly to the door at Landmark. Regardless of the initial impact of the first day of school, teachers assure that never have they "lost" a child because of emotional stress. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE (.AYLORD The wonder fu l f reedom of summer for mi l l ions of youngs te r s has come to an end for mos t McHenry a rea young fo lks who were reca l l ed by the be l l l a s t Monday For John sburg s tuden ts the day of r eckoning has been ex tended un t i l pas t the Labor day weekend Mixed fee l ings g ree t the s ta r t o f school For some i t was the necessa ry t r agedy" of the fa l l season For o thers i t was a h igh ly an t ic ipa ted end of boredom and the chance to ge t r e acqua in ted wi th f r i ends unseen s ince the end of the spr ing t e rm Even lo r the Huck F inns , who love f reedom under b lue summer sk ies , the re i s one th ing very spec ia l a ln iu t f a l l tha t has appea l fo r everyone , bu t e spec ia l ly lo r smal l lx>ys who daydream for b ig boys who want to be a spec ia l k ind of he ro , and for f a thers whose p r ide knowes t no g rea t he igh t s They a re the l i t t l e boys who look ahead to the day they w i l l s t a r on the g r id i ron the b ig hoyp who a re s ta r r ing today , and l a thers whose sons have made the b ig t ime on every f ie ld th roughout the l and . Th i s i s foo tba l l season , when mi l l ions of Amer icans a re exper ienc ing a par t i cu la r k ind of f ever charac te r ized by the mos t in tense an t ic ipa t ion produced by any Amer ican spor t Foo tba l l f ever i s un ique I t ' s a h igh ly exc i t ing , spec tacu la r game wi th a phys ica l v io lence tha t s t i l l has i t s a t t r ac t ions fo r many I t a l so has pagean t ry , wi th h igh ly t echn ica l maneuvers by bands tha t work fo r weeks to p roduce someth ing new and d i f fe ren t ioy ha l f t ime c rowds Amer ican foo tba l l e spec ia l ly a t the profess iona l l eve l , a l so * spe l l s danger and very o f ten in ju r ies , bu t these very qua l i t i e s many t imes p roduce in c rowds some of the t r auma of bu l l f igh t ing Oh. the Wor ld Ser ies of Major l eague baseba l l may take the l imel igh t b r ie f ly ea r ly *n Oc­ tober. but to r the mos t pa^ t TV wil l cont inue to d raw more footbal l watchers than any o ther spor t has done And the compla in t s of "widowed housewives wi l l ve ry l ike ly fa l l on deaf ears Local ly, we expec t MCHS * and Johnsburg foo tba l l w i l l be Cap tur ing the g rea tes t a t t en t ion and th i s i s a s i t shou ld t i e Every Mom and Dad who watches a son on the f i e ld can env is ion a fu tu re O J S impson KAF McHenry Tavern Among Many Burglaries Investigated The McHenry po l ice a re inves t iga t ing the repor ted burg la ry of Vic ' s Tap . loca ted on Main s t ree t somet ime ear ly Wednesday morn ing Accord ing to Po l ice Chie f Pasene l l i . po l ice were no t i fed of the burg la ry a t 5 40 a m and inves t iga t ion d i scovered tha t a back door had been fo rced open , a l lowing someone to en te r the p remises An unde te rmined amount of cash was repor ted to have been t aken in the the f t At 7 15 am Wednesday , Sher i f f s po l ice inves t iga ted an a t t empted break in a t the Ring wood school Accord ing to po l ice repor t s . dur ing the n igh t someone had used a l a rge rock to b reak the door knob of f the door to the Ixn le r room in an e f fo r t to ga in en t ry to the school bu i ld ing Po l ice repor t tha t the e f fo r t f a i l ed and the bu i ld ing was no t en te red Har ry Cygnar . 2505 Michae l cour t , no t i f i ed Sher i f f s po l ice a t 4 :30 pm Tuesday tha t h i s home had been broken in to tha t a f t e rnoon whi le no one was home The home had been locked a t the t ime of the in t rus ion Taken by the in t ruders were a d ig i t a l c lock rad io , a ca lcu la to r , a t rans i s to r rad io , a l ewel ry box con ta in ing ea r r ings and o ther j ewel ry and two, $5 b i l l s A th ree speed b icyc le was s to len Monday a f te rnoon dur ing the t ime i t was parked whi le the owner was v i s i t ing l ane Gas iorowski . Wes t s t ree t , to ld Sher i f f ' s po l ice tha t whi le she was v i s i t ing ano ther home on Wes t s t ree t , he r b icyc le was t aken At tached to the b ike was a luggage ca r r i e r , con ta in ing Ms Gas iorowski s wal le t con tamg SI 39 A g rapp l ing hook was repor ted ly t aken f rom a t rac to r pa rked a t a job s i t e on Li ly Lake road somet ime over the weekend Year Supt. Richard Swartzloff of High School District 156, left, and Dr. Chris Pipho review notes before the latter addresses the teaching staffs of both the high school and grade school at the Pre-School institute held this past week. Dr. Pipho. a renowned education writer, explained to the teachers the present status of state laws mandating competency in basic skills. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE (i AY LORD The 1978 79 school year opened of f ic ia l ly fo r the t eachers of McHenry h igh school and the facu l ty o f the McHenry e lementa ry schools wi th an in format ive ta lk by Dr Chr i s P ipho . renowned educa t ion wr i t e r The two school d i s t r i c t s have begun a combined d r ive to assure tha t a l l s tuden ts a re competen t in ce r ta in bas ic sk i l l s Dr P ipho in formed the McHenry educa tors of t he presen t s t a tus of s t a te l aws manda t ing such competenc ies Accord ing to Dr P ipho . s t a tes which have had a t rad i t ion of s t rong s ta te con t ro l of educa t ion l ike F lo r ida have es tab l i shed s ta tewide com pe tency t es t s fo r e lementa ry and o r h igh school g radua tes In s t a tes wi th a h i s to ry of s t rong loca l con t ro l of educa t ion such as I l l ino i s , ques t ions such as wha t com pe tenc ies a re" requ i red , wha t s t andards to se t . e t c . have been le f t to loca l school d i s t r i c t s to dec ide Even so . Dr P ipho po in ted ou t the re i s a b i l l pend ing in the I l l ino i s l eg i s la tu re manda t ing a s ta tewide examina t ion i f l oca l school d i s t r i c t s fa i l to t ake the l ead Both Dis t r i c t 15 and Dis t r i c t 156 wi l l be s tudy ing th i s ve ry complex i s sue th roughout th i s school year as part of the regu la r p rocess o ! cur r icu lum rev i s ion and se l f -eva lua t ion On Friday. Aug 25, (he combined staffs of Districts 15 and 15»l apprec ia t ive ly l i s t ened to an insp i ra t iona l speech f rom Bern ie Saggau execu t ive secretary of the Iowa High School Ath le t i c a ssoc ia t ion , 'You ' re lucky to be in fhp f ines t p rofess ion in the wor ld . J ' Saggau told his audience "You mat te r you make a d i f ­ fe rence * At the c lose of h i s very s t i r r ing p resen ta t ion he was g iven a s tand ing ova t ion Er ra t i c d r iv ing by two McHenry men led to the i r a r res t by Sher i f f s po l ice in separa te inc iden t s At 3 :15 a m Monday , po l ice observed a ca r acce le ra te rap id ly a t the in te r sec t ion of B a s i c S k i l l s D r i v e Institute Officially Opens New School J u n i o r H i g h Johnsburg Orientat ion, James Van Bosch p r inc ipa l of Johnsburg Jun ior h igh school wi l l hos t a s tuden t and paren t o r ien ta t ion p rogram Wednesday Sep t i . a t K p m S ix th g rade s tuden ts and s tuden ts new to Johnsburg Jun ior h igh school th i s fa l l a re u rged to a t t end th i s in fo rmat ive mee t ing and br ing the i r pa ren t s The purpose of th i s o r ien­ ta t ion mee t ing i s to p rov ide s tuden ts and paren t s wi th an oppor tun i ty to become more in formed about the school they wi l l be a t t end ing th i s fa l l Represen ta t ives I rom the var ious t each ing a reas wi l l be p resen t to exp la in the school ' s va r ious p rograms and cur r icu lum of fe r ings S tuden ts , a s wel l a s paren t s wi l l have an oppor tun i ty to ask ques t ions concern ing p rocedures and the cur r icu lum a t the school A lour of t he bu i ld ing fac i l i t i e s wi l l a l so t ake p lace so s tuden ts can become somewhat acqua in ted wi th the school bu i ld ing before the s ta r t of t he school year WELCOMED TO MONTINI STAFF-As the new school year begins, Montini Catholic schools welcome five new teachers. From left, are Mrs. Margaret Fallon and Sister Louise, who are leaching at the Primary center, and Mrs. Patricia Moeller and Al Helfert. who teach at the Middle school. Ms. Eileen Gallagher, not present for the picture, will also teach at the Primary center. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD D & R Wood produc t s . Alden , no t i f i ed Sher i f f ' s po l ice a t 12 (5 Monday , tha t the hook had been t aken f rom the job s i t e a t 21J S . L i ly Lake road (Continued on page 17) Erratic Driving Leads To Arrest Of Two Men Routes 31 and I7 t i in Crys ta l I , ake When po l ice s topped the ca r to inves t iga te , open l iquor was d i scovered ins ide the veh ic le and i t was de te rmined tha t the d r ive r ' s l i cense of the man dr iv ing the ca r was suspended Rober t \ l i l l e r . 31 , 422 S High land d r ive , was a r res ted fo r t r anspor ta t ion of open a lcohol ic l iquor and dr iv ing whi le h i s l i cense was suspen ded Bond was se t a t $1 ,035 wi th a p re l iminary cour t hear ing scheduled fo r Sep t 25 . On Thursday , a t 2 55 a m Sher i f f ' s po l ice observed a veh ic le on Route 31 near Johnsburg road be ing d r iven in an e r ra t i c manner Po l ice s topped the of fend ing d r ive r and inves t iga t ion revea led a quan t i ty of l iquor in the veh ic le and a l so tha t the d r ive r ' s l i cense of t he d r ive r w a s suspended Kur t Schwengle r . J r . 25 . 2710 S te r l ing d r ive , was a r res ted for d r iv ing whi le h i s l i cense was suspended and t ranspor t ing open a lcohol ic l iquor in a motor veh ic le Po l ice l a te r l ea rned tha t Sch wengle r was a l so wanted fo r fa i l ing tp appear in cour t to r p rev ious t ra f f i c o f fenses Bond for Schwengler was se t at $3 ,000 wi th a court hear ing scheduled for Sept 18