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7 THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER SERVING THE'CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875 ' ' -aJ . atoarU Winning ihtatfpaprr 1978-- Illinois Press Association Newspaper Contest VOLUME 103 NUMBER 44 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1978 1 SECTION 20 PAGES 20' u City Election Date Set Even /before the new year, word from city hall is that the terms of four aldermen expire in 1979. The election to fi l l those seats has been set for Tuesday. April 17 The men who are completing four-year terms are Will iam Bolger in Ward 1. George Harker in Ward 2. and Raymond Smith in Ward 3 Also vacant will be the seat of Jerome Rogers, who is serving on an appointment in Ward 4 He was named to that post when Walter Schaedel moved from the ward The first day to f i le nomination papers is . Ian 8 and the last day is Feb 12 They are available in the office of the ci ty clerk, located in the ci ty hall The number of s ignatures needed on nominating peti t ions varies according to the number of votes cast in the 1977 general election in each ward Not Jess than 5 percent or more than 8 percent of the votes cast at that t ime are needed Ward 2, with 1,036 votes, had the largest vote in the last general election Others were Ward 1. 806. Ward 3, (>45; and Ward 4. 627 As a result of the latest ci tv census, ward boundary l ines were adjusted by the City Council in an effort to equalize the population in each ward The only change affects the Cooney Heights subdivision, which was formerly in Ward 2, along with Whispering Oaks and Fox Ridge It is now located in Ward 3. The present ward boundary l ines are as follows: Ward 1 - Bordered on the north by" John street , on the west by the rai lroad tracks and on the east and south by the ci ty l imits Ward 2 Bordered on the nopth by Rt 120 on the east by Crystal Lake road and on the west and south by the ci ty l imits Ward 3 - Bordered on the south by John street , on the west by the rai lroad tracks north of Rt 120 and by Crystal Lake road south of Rt 120. and on the north and east by the ci ty l imits Ward 4 - Bordered on the south by Rt 120, on the east by the rai lroad tracks and on the north and west by the ci ty l imits Further information is available at the ci ty clerk s office $3,800 Police Equipment Stolen Speech-Debate Team Winners McHenry debaters (above) proudly displaying one of three trophies won at the Dundee invitational tournament are, sitting from left to right, Barb Pintozzi, Sandi Gilbert and Jill Hutchinson; behind them, Joe Mullen and Derek Gilbert. Missing from picture is Stephanie Allen. Tami Gunder and Eileen Ahem, at right are speech team trophy winners for their dramatic duet performance at the Dundee tournament. GREG NOWAK PHOTO STAEF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD Members of both McHenry's speech and debate teams captured trophies at the recent Dundee Invitat ional tour­ nament Out of thir ty part icipating teams, McHenry's junior varsi ty debaters, Derek Gilbert and Ji l l Hutchinson, both juniors at West campus, won the third place team trophy with a perfect 4-0 record Novice debaters from East campus. Stephanie Allen. Joe Mullen. Barb Pintozzi and Sandi Gilbert , also captured the third place trophy in their division Sandi Gilbert , daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Gilbert , won an individual speaker trophy for third highest speaker points among all the competing novice debaters Russ Crit tenden and Ruth Snyder, seniors at West, had earl ier taken the third place at the Belvidere "Early Bird ' tournament Speech team members, Aileen Ahern and Tami Gun­ der, advanced to the f inals and were awarded team trophies for their outstanding dramatic duet performance of Anastasia Aileen and Tami are both students at West. McHenry's speech team, which numbers approximately twenty-five this year, entered tournaments in Crystal Lake and Crown high schools Future tournaments include North Chicago and the Woodstock Fox Valley tour nament in January Students perform dramatic and humorous duets and in­ terpretat ions, oratory, radio speaking, verse and prose readings. extemporaneous speaking, original comedy and declamation Team members include Peter Bender. Sandy Fuller . Debra Maris. Tami Gunder. Aileen Ahern. Steve Parisi , l / i r i Robertson. Cindy Van Cleave. Jeannette May, Mary Higgins, Doug Maris, Kathv M errick. Cindy Gunderson. Terry Landis. Derek Gilbert . J i l l Hutchinson and Russ Crit tenden **« Debate and speech team coach is Mrs Gloria Burke, teacher at East campus About $3,800 worth of equipment has been stolen from the McCullom Lake police The equipment was taken from the department 's squad car which had been parked in a garage at 4813 Parkview, McCullom Lake The burglary was in \est igated Tuesday by Sheriff 's police, when it was discovered that the garage had been broken into The offenders broke the windows of the squad and removed a portable police radio and a speed detector radar gun unit Over $100 in currency and change were reportedly stolen from Gies Shoe store. 1307 N Riverside drive, early Thur sday morning City police are investigating the theft The thieves entered the business by breaking the front window of the building Also taken was a shoemaker 's hammer, which had been in the shoemaking businessi j»r over 2<H) years The injer had been made and used in Germany A coat which had been left at the repair shop to be f ixed was also stolen The sheriff 's police in vestigated a burglary Tuesday at the Vernon Kennedy residence. 1100 Stonewei<; Point road A rear door had been broken into at the residence and a stereo unit and a television reportedly taken The county police ' also in vestigated a burglary at the Orthwein home at 2706 Kash miri Tuesday Burglars entered the home by breaking through a rear door Taken by the offenders were $15 in quarters, costume jewelry, a flashlight and a hand lantern McHenry police are in vestigating the Saturday burglary of the I 'mon 76 stat ion. 3702 Elm street Police were notif ied at 6 48 a m by the stat ion's manager. Larry Oonk. that sometime during t l ie early morning hours, someone had gained entry to the business, by shattering the east office window of the building Taken by the offenders were about $50 in change and the keys to a 1976 Jeep, which had been in the office The vehicle, which was the maintenance vehicle for the stat ion, was found to be missing from the lot outside The Jeep had been equipped with a snowplow On Dec. 24, police were notif ied that a customer 's car , which had been parked in a service bay inside the stat ion, had also been burglarized Taken was a CB radio, valued at $150 Also that morning, the ci ty department was notif ied by the Sheriff 's department that they had located the stolen Jeep in the parking lot of the American Legion home. 2505 Ringwood road The plow had been removed from the vehicle Sheriff 's police had been called to the Legion home, when it was discovered that i t had been burglarized During the night, the glass door to the meeting room had been broken to gain entry to the building Once inside, the thieves broke an office window and removed a small safe containing about $250. Also taken were $50 in a gray cash box and a quanti ty of change, including a collection of coins It had been the second t ime the Legion home had been burglarized in recent weeks Police had not determined if there was any connection between the American Legion burglary and the abandoned Jeep discovered outside Police are continuing their investigation into the thefts United Way Drive Lags New Year 's eve -a t ime to celebrate Good! New Year 's eve -a t ime to reap the harvest of careless celebration Sad' Yet, in spite of admonit ions, each holiday start ing a new year takes more than the normal traffic count of fatal i t ies because too many people feel the "don' t drive or don' t drink" warning is for the other fel low Too often the vict ims are the innocent Results of a study made by the Selective Traffic En­ forcement program of the county reveals that 60 percent of al l t raffic fatal i t ies outside municipali t ies in McHenry county this year, to Nov. 15, implicated a driver found guil ty of alcohol abuse This was the day-to-day count The holiday weekend finds more people celebrating and driving at the same time, putt ing the highway risk at a n^uch higher level , Speed is another factor to be reckoned with if we can judge by authori tat ive sources who have studied the effects of the "double nickel", speed l imit . One authori ty is the In­ ternational Association of Chiefs of Police, whose spokesman endorses the l imit because of the substantial reduction in traffic fatal i t ies The 1ACP also urges str icter enforcement of i t . And for those drivers who would l ike to hear that maybe there are t imes and places where a higher speed is safe, they will have to go to another source. According to the organization, the 55 mph limit is intended for ideal road and weather condit ions, which "is entirely too fast during winter condit ions that result in sl ick pavements and poor visibil i ty". Sit t ing behind the desk in a news room brings one in con­ stant touch with the reali ty of carelessness on the highway The reader can scan the headlines and turn to something more pleasant We who write these accidents, from the fender-bender to the tragedy of highway death, are confronted daily with the unhappy results of poor (Continued on page 17) Theater Patrons Injured In Collision With Auto Two pedestrians were sl ightly injured Saturday night when they were struck by a car as they crossed Green street Helen E Davis, 4610 Ringwood road, and her husband. Lloyd A Davis, were crossing the street after leaving the McHenry theater at 10:50 p m They were struck by a car driven by Theodore J Hollander. 1010 N River road, which was reportedly moving slowly Hollander told police he was southbound on Green street as the theater was let t ing out. and he slowed as he saw people crossing the street from left to r ight Suddenly he observed the Da vises and the car struck them, with Mrs Davis fal l ing to the pavement Witnesses told police the car was moving slowly at the t ime of the mishap Both pedestrians were treated and released from McHenry, hospital No t ickets were issued following investigation into the accident. Both drivers escaped injury in a two-car crash on Elm street Christmas morning Antonio F Navarroli . H16 V Green street , told police he was turning right onto Elm street (Continued on page 17) The annual fund raising compaign of the l ot ted Way of McHenry County has reached beyond the halfway point . hut contributions have only reached the one third of goal mark, reports Merle Johnsen. executive director of the McHenry County I ni ted Way "I 'nless contributions from corporate and business gif ts pick up." said Johnsen. "the 1978 79 Tinted Way goal of $315,000 for McHenry county county will not be achieved " Johnsen feels, as do other board members, that the lack of momentum in the drive is due to the I 'mted Way being expanded county wide this year Some McHenry county corporations and businesses do not fully understand what the I 'ni ted Way is al l about, do not have the full I 'ni ted Way story However, there are many who do. and have, supported the drive generously The United Way concept embodies i^any individual fund drives in one big annual drive Each agency part icipating receives a share according to i ts needs This plan el iminates the multiplication of efforts and expense involved in many (Continued on page 17) Mother Of Publisher Dies Mrs Arnold (Florence) Lund, 70. died Wednesday- evening, Dec 27, in KSB hospital . Dixon, 111 She was the mother of Larry Lund, publisher of the McHenry Plaindealer There will be visi tat ion at the Allen Buckley chape! Friday Full detai ls appear elsewhere in this issue Alcohol Abuse Blamed In 60 Percent Of Accidents With the new year holiday, one of the most celebrated of the twelve months, only a few days away, a sobering study was released by the Selective Traffic Enforcemt program of McHenry county It showed that 60 percent of al l the traffic fatal i t ies in the unincorporated area served by the sheriff 's police were at tr ibuted to alcohol abuse. The stat ist ics studied were from Jan 1 to Nov 15 of this year During this t ime, there were twenty-seven fatal ac cidents which kil led thir ty- seven people The study showed that six­ teen accident occurrences and twenty-two deaths could be l inked to intoxication of one of the drivers in the crash A review of the percentages of alcohol in the blood of the drivers involved in . the ac­ cidents showed that they ranged from 087 percent, just below the legal presumptive level of 10 percent, to a high of 32 percent which is next to unconsciousness for most people Fifteen ot the intoxicated drivers were male, between the ages of 18 and 55. and the six­ teenth was a female, aged 22 Ten of the sixteen fatal ac cidents involved one car only Eight of the ten single car accidents occurred after midnight and involved the driver running off the roadway and being kil led The most hazardous period for being involved in a fatal i ty with alcohol is from midnight to 4 in the morning and the safest is during the early evening hours The program called STEP was established recently in the county as the result of a grant (Continued or. page 17) City Officer Graduate FBI National Academy sgt i' \ t rk k Joyce Law enforcement officers of the 115th session of the FBI National academy were honored in graduation ceremonies at the FBI training facil i t ies at ( juantico. Va. Friday. Dec 15. the FBI in Washington. D C . has an nounced Among the graduates was Detective Sgt Patrick Joyce ol the City of McHenry department Wilson F. Speir , director. Texas Department of Public Safety was the principal speaker The 249 otf icers receiving diplomas will be represented by the elected class spokesman. Lt Frank Alberts of the New York City Police department The graduation ceremonies concluded eleven weeks of executive level training tor the officers who represent forty nine states. Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and 10 foreign countries In addit ion, the United States Army. Air force. Marine corps, and six federal law enforcement agencies were represented by officers in the graduating class A total of 12.400 officers have been graduated from the FBI National academy since a was begun July 29, 1935 Of this number 8.068 are st i l l act ive in law enforcement work Many have gone on to assume executive level posit ions within their departments One out of every six FB.I National academy graduates occupies the top executive posit ion in his or her agency The new graduate lV one of only three among McHenry county law enforcement of f inals to have completed the course The others are Chief George Pasenell i and Sheriff Arthur Tyrrell The FBI National academy curriculum is designed to meet the needs of contemporary law enforcement in such areas as police management, recent court decisions, urban police problems, and behavioral sciences The FBI. through i ts modern facil i t ies that opened in June. 1972. invites approximately 1.000 law enforcement officers each year to part icipate <n the FBI National academy New FBI agents and veteran agents, as well as special ized law enforcement grouga. also uti l ize the trai t t iufi . , "fcqpiplex