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• UITUU* / THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER +HY SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875" VOLUME 103 NUMBER 12 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8.197® 1 SECTION 22 PAGES 20' f M i • Mutin* and MeanderiIn' .1. Students View Freedom Loss By Closed Campus DARRELD SEK Junior EMMA STOCKWELL Junior been asked to bid and none had been informed of Tuesday's agenda. "Naturally, 1 deeply resent the fact that we are being made the scapegoats for a situation we were urging the city to rectify for several years. "Had we been extended the same cooperation the city gave Gallagher, we could have done (Continued on page 8) TERRY GREVE Senior ELAINE SWEETWOOD Senior WILBUR FARRELL Teacher recent years," he said "Now that we have room to keep the students in the building, we are able to have a closed campus." Apparently, West campus had become to overcrowded in recent years, and campus was opened to ease the overcrowded situation Junior Darreld Sek viewed the closing of West campus as being unfair "Last year they had it," he said, "and this year they don't It isn't fair for us " Sek will also miss the tran­ sferring students. "Some of my friends aren't around, although there are less people and less teachers." Brian Wilson, a Physical Education teacher at West, sees no problem with the Johnsburg students not being around "There is no problem at all," he said "There are some good people gone, but there are also some bad people gone " Junior Emma Stockwell already misses the friends she had made in her first two years in school "I feel real bad and I miss them," she said "I had lots of fun with them and now I won't be able to see them very often." Teacher Wilbur Farrell notices several positive aspects with the opening of Johnsburg high "It's less crowded and there are less students in the hallway," he said Farrell, who teaches Con­ sumer Economics, Business Law and Accounting, explained that the transferring students did not lower his class loads "1 have more students in my classes this year than last," he continued "Last year, there were eight sections of ac­ counting. this year there are only four " Most course offerings have been reduced at West and the staff reduced proportionately According to most faculty members, their work load has been increased this year. Farrell also felt thai the closed campus would help the student academically "The students will be more accountable for their time," he said, "and will be able to get their homework done in school. (Continued on page 8) Agree On Two-Year High School Salary Schedule The board of High School District 156 Tuesday night approved the negotiated salary agreement of a two year contract for teachers This is believed to be the first time in the history of the district that a two-year contract will be in effect The agreement calls for a 7 96 percent increase for 1978-79 and 8.27 percent increase for 1979-80 or an average of 8 12 percent The McHenry Community High School Teachers association met last week and ratified the negotiated agreement by a vote of 54 to 7, after all changes had been outlined Because the official document is being drawn up at this time, the board took action only on the salary agreement Tuesday night Action on the entire contract is expected to 1* taken at the Sept 19 meeting Mr and Mrs A Serritella were present on behalf of ob­ taining time away from school so thbt their son could work The youth is not part of the work release program and under the new closed campus rules is not allowed to leave the school grounds Board President James Althoff noted that the reason for starting school early this year is to allow for many students to work longer hours (Continued on page 8) BRIAN WILSON Teacher Under the watchful eye of a West campus faculty member, students are shown working during a study hall last week. This picture was taken during one of the few class periods during the day when the study hall was not full of students. With the transfer of students to Johnsburg high school, students returning to West last week found themselves without many of their friends and in a closed campus. Students are no longer allowed to leave the school building during the day and when not in class must report to an assigned study. The only students allowed to leave the building are those participating in an approved work program. A school administrator explained that with the transfer of the students to Johnsburg, there is room in West campus to keep the students there all day, eliminating the need for open campus. STAFF PHOTOS-WAYNE GAYLORD A closed campus, less students (including many missing friends) and fewer teachers greeted West campus students, teachers and ad­ ministrators when they returned to school last week With the opening of John­ sburg high school this fall, the enrollment at West campus dropped to approximately 850 students, and according to West campus students, this presented two major problems. "To tell you the truth," said senior Elaine Sweetwood, "I really miss my friends. I grew up with many of the kids who transferred to Johnsburg and now for senior year, they're not here." Miss Sweetwood also shared her views concerning the closing of West campus. "There is no sense in it," she said. "All the other students were able to enjoy the freedom of West campus, but now we're forced to spend hours in a Study hall." According to Donald Blume, the transfer of the Johnsburg students allowed for the closed campus. "We've been returning gradually to a closed campus in Five Homicide Charges In Crash Deaths Of Family everyone wants, is not good The story is an old one that can be told in most other states too. Revenues can't keep pace with the expenditures and the expenditures are having trouble making a dent in the backlog of road problems This year's state budget saw about $472 million alloted to improve the state's existing roads Big money, you say0 Yes, but not big enough to do the job. And this doesn't take into consideration local agency roads which receive little in federal aid but rather a portion of the state collected Motor Fuel tax Besides this source, local road monies come from local property taxes The Transportation Study commission has classified about one-half of the state's rural roads as below minimum acceptable condition Another study shows that half of the roads are posted at least part of the year It has been estimated that upgrading half of the miles in the rural system to at least minimum acceptable con­ ditions could cost $500 million to $1 billion. Keeping these figures in mind, we may consider our selves lucky in McHenry to have received priority rating for our small Dutch creek bridge K A F Two McHenry men and a former Wonder Lake resident were named in indictments returned by the McHenry County Grand jury Tuesday. The three persons and a man from Harvard were all named on true bills returned by the jury to Judge Jarrres H. Cooney An indictment against John As McHenry welcomes Margarita Correa of Columbia. Caterina Simon of Italy, and Anun Chonchawalit of Thailand, the local chapter of the American Field Service Americans Abroad is again seeking applicants from young people in McHenry to par ticipate in its 1978-79 exchange program On Monday. Sept 18 at 7 p.m. in West campus, a committee will introduce the program to all those interested in applying The student should be a junior or senior in high school willing to live in a foreign country for the summer (summer C Waite, 21, '2710 Sterling drive, McHenry. charged Waite with five counts of reckless homicide A traffic accident on Route 12 at Winn road near Spring Grove which killed five members of one family, was allegedly caused by Waite while he was program > or for a year, (winter program) The student usually lives with a host family, at­ tends school, and gains much understanding and experience about a country and its people. When the student returns, many schools, clubs and organizations in McHenry benefit from the speeches the young person gives. This is often a once-in a- lifetime experience, and the young people from McHenry, during the many years this program has been in existence, have represented the city and country admirably. The McHenry chapter is proud of under the influence of alcoholic liquor According to police, Waite disobeyed a stop sign at Winn road and Route 12, striking a car on Route 12. Samuel Rapporport, his wife Maureen, and three of their (Continued on page 8) these young people who so capably adapt to cultural change and understanding Recent returnees who have shared their experiences with many people in McHenry are Carolyn Smith, Japan, and Rob Thomas, Australia Currently Tammy Johnson is in South Africa and Linda Janik recently returned from a summer in Mexico This year's chairman of the committee to ihterview ap­ plicants, Mrs Carol Johnson, urges parents to accompany their son or daughter to the meeting Sept 18 Open AFS Exchange Program Clash Ames study a cookbook telling about the fine art of good eating. More than 700 enjoyed the pancake breakfast last year. Tickets may be purchased from Lion members or at the door. STAFF PHOTO WAYNE GAYLORD Recently we talked about McHenry's good fortunate in being pushed ahead on the state's priority list sufficiently to acquire a new bridge on Rt 31 north before 1981 In fact, we are a good three years ahead of any commitments made a year and a half ago and this is a rare occurrence when one is dealing with governmental units But there is another problem facing the entire state and there is little reason to expect this will be solved so suc­ cessfully When John Kramer was appointed secretary of the Illinois Department of Tran­ sportation he estimated that 25 percent of the state's road system needed resurfacing or widening He also said that I DOT needed from $600 to $650 million a year just to keep the existing road system open without any new construction But the words were not new Before Kramer, the secretary said that more than 3,000 of the 17,000-mile state maintained road system needed repairs Other IDOT officials are saying ' e roads are deteriorating 50 percent faster than they can be rehabilitated And the outlook for getting that repair done, as well as building the new roads READY FOR THE GRIDDLE - Members of the McHenry Lions duk prepare for their fourth annual pancake breakfast, to be served between 8 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 10, at the American Legion home on Ringwood road. From left, Jim Doherty mixes the batter as Co-Chairman Bill Thomas and Chairman Carl Chairman Resigns City Insurance Angered when it became apparent the city's insurance package, with its approximate annual premiums of $90,000, would go to an out of town firm. First Ward Alderman William Bolger resigned as chairman of the Insurance committee at Tuesday night's Council meeting Despite strong objections by Bolger and Alderman Raymond Smith, the Council voted 6-2 to award the in surance package to Arthur J Gallagher & Co of Rolling Meadows for one year "It was a serious breach of ethics." said Bolger when in terviewed following the meeting, calling the selection of the Gallagher a "farce " "The local agents should have had a chance to bid on the proposals,' he explained "It was unfair, immoral and possibly illegal," said Bolger when discussing the manner in which the insurance package was awarded Bolger expressed his concern that the Gallagher firm could now name its own price "The mayor and city clerk lobbied hard for it." Bolger said, "and I think it is a giant step backward I expect there will be some serious reper­ cussions " Bolger and Smith had ex­ plained to the Council that Jim Gault of the Gallagher firm had been hired to draw up specifications of the city's insurance needs, at which time those specifications would be put out to bid "I am astounded at tonight's proposal." said Bolger after hearing Gault propose that the city hire his firm to handle the insurance Gault had told the Council that his company is expert in the field of municipal in surance. and that it handled the insurance for thirty to forty municipalities in the Chicago area The city 's insurance has been split among five local agents in the past, and several meetings ago. the Council decided to allow Gallagher & Co to draw up the specifications to allow one firm to bid on the entire insurance oackage H C. Reihansperger, of the Stoffel & Reihansperger In­ surance agency of McHenry, had these comments upon learning of proceedings at the Tuesday night meeting: "In my opinion the city of McHenry administration has treated local McHenry in­ surance agents very unfairly while extending every courtesy to an agency from Rolling Meadows, 111 "For several years our local agents urged the City Council's Insurance committee to review the city insurance program and we offered to draw up a set of specifications for submission for competitive bids at no cost to the city "The Council never followed up this offer but now blames us for "lack of expertise", the "mess", "being remiss", etc "Back in June the Council hired Arthur J Gallagher & Co of Rolling Meadows to reveiw its insurance and to draw up specifications for submission for bidders On Tuesday, Sept f>, Gallagher's representative appeared at the Council meeting and was awarded the entire city insurance account although the cost is unknown at this time "No McHenry agents had