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- . SUPPLEMENT TO McHENRY PLAINDEALER - PAGE 3 -FRIDAY. JANUARY 19, 1979 Resume Of News Events In 1978 Highlights Of Past Year In Community Reviewed JANUARY With the support of the McHenry coufity Sheriff's department, Sheriff Arthur Tyrrell has announced that an active snowmobile patrol is now in existence in the county. It will function is an educational capacity. "Excited" was *the word Tammie Johnson used to describe her feelings after she waFlIUtriied that she would be spending the next year going to school in Johannesburg, South Africa. Tammie, 17, was selected by the American Field service to become a foreign exchange student in South Africa. Associate Judge Michael Sullivan of the 19th Judicial Circuit court for McHenry county, has ruled against the Concerned Citizens for McHenry in their suit against the City of McHenry and Ed­ ward Buss and Buss Ford Sales. He ruled that the Con­ cerned citizens group had failed to challenge the validity of the ordinance change with clear and convincing evidence. Carestoel, the all-new 310-bed skilled care nursing facility and rehabilitation center at 803 Royal* drive, McHenry, will open next week to - receive residents, Miss Dorothy Kerr, R.N., executive director, has announced. The Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) asked the McHenry City Council at its regular meeting Tuesday night for a consensus regarding the RTA proposal of parking two passenger trains near the McHenry station overnight. Aldermen Harker, Datz, Adams, Nolan and Schooley said they were in favor of the location south of Main street, where the trains would be parked behind Alexander Lumber company and the other businesses along Front street. Alderman Bolger favored the site north of Rte. 120, while Aldermen Smith and Schaedel remained uncommitted. A grain storage bin filled with one million bushels of shelled corn collapsed causing a large explosion to be heard and knocking out electrical power in the Ridgefield area, between McHenry and Crystal Lake. The bin, located at Seegers Grain, Inc., broke apart at 12^26 a.m., spilling its contents of dried corn over the area and breaking an electrical pole, knocking out power for ap­ proximately fifty homes. Thirty-two McHenry mer­ chants will be participating in ' the first of the 1978 Dollar Days the weekend of Jan. 12. Columnist Jack Mabley of the Chicago Tribune will be guest speaker at McHenry hospital's annual dinner meeting at the McHenry Country club, ac­ cording to LeRoy E. Olsen, president of the hospital's board of directors. The Plaindealer has received notice of recognition in the form of a national award in the 1977 editorial award com­ petition sponsored by Suburban Newspaper of America. Competing with newspapers across the nation with a cir­ culation up to 30,000, Photographer Wayne Gaylord will be awarded a "certificate Photojournalism Spot News category, Class I. Two people were killed, in­ cluding a young McHenry man, following a two-car accident on Rte. 31, near the narrow bridge south of Johnsburg road Jan. 13, at 8:30 p.m. Donald Mc- Bride, 19, of 4311 N. Dennis boulevard, McHenry, died at McHenry hospital at 1:30 a.m. Jan. 14, as the result of injuries he sustained in the accident which occurred during a heavy snowstorm. McBride was a passenger in a car driven by Debora M. Slobe of Wildwood who was pronounced dead on arrival at McHenry hospital. One of the high points of the testimonial dinner for retiring Chief of Police Ken Espey was the presentation of a framed cartoon by Chester Gould, creator of the Dick Tracy comic strip. The dinner was planned by a committee of five friends and those attending presented him with a gift of luggage at the dinner and program held at the McHenry Country club. The City of McHenry Zoning Board of Appeals was forced to rescind its recommendation to the City Council to grant a zoning variance to Barbara Gerasch for the purpose of constructing a residence with office facilities following a t- special meeting Jan. 16. Board Member Edward Parks asked for the special meeting in order fthat he could withdraw his previous vote of "yes" which he had rendered at the zoning hearing Dec. 29. With McHenry area residents entering the majority of the 110 entries in this year's American History essay contest spon­ sored by the Kishwaukee Trail chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, two fifth graders from Montini school took top honors in their class. Topping fifty-six entries in the fifth grade division, where competition was most keen, were Marie Stumpf, first, and Cindy Kinsala, second. To make the community aware and informed about drug problems, the Johnsburg PTO will present Alcoholism-Drug Abuse Mini-Course-Parents Are You Concerned? This program, one of the first of its kind offered free locally,, will feature guest speakers, Sheriff Art Tyrrell, Judge Conrad Floeter and Crystal Lake Police Officer Keith Nygren. A young McHenry woman, Pamela G. Mennella, 23, of 3613 W. James street, was released on bond after having been arrested Jan. 25 andrchdrged with aggravated battery for allegedly beating 2-year-old Jason D. Adkins. Ms. Mennella had been babysitting for the child for a couple of days and the bruifces were discovered by the baby's mother when^she "went to pick him up. FEBRUARY The McHenry City Council will decide at its next meeting whether to purchase property fronting * McCullom Lake, adjacent to Petersen Park, to enlarge the park by adding a beach to it. The property in question is 4.7 acres presently owned by Herman Mass and is located adjacent to Petersen An alderman from McHenry's 4th Ward an­ nounced his resignation from office at Monday night's City Council meeting. Walther E.I. Schaedel resigned because he had accepted a job with Southern Bell and will be moving to Pensacola, Fla. Mayor Stanek ignored the suggestions of the Lakeland Park Property Owners association and resigning Alderman Walther Schaedel and named former Alderman Jerome Rogers to fill the vacancy in Ward 4 Created by the resignation of Walter Schaedel. A blaze that swept through the Nick Miller residence, 1513 Draper road, McHenry, in midmorning left damage estimated by Fire Chief Glenn Peterson at $30,000. Following a lengthy discussion the City Council voted to purchase property fronting McCullom Lake from Herman Mass. The property, which is adjacent, to Petersen park, will be added to the park and the 500 feet of shoreline will be made into a city beach. Mass told the Council that he would sell the 4.67 acres to the city for $47,500. In his original offer he had asked for $100,000 for the property. Vannesse Sells of Wonder Lake was appointed to the Regional Transportation Authority as the regional af­ fairs officer for McHenry county. The City Council opposed the Shamrock Beef Cattle cor­ poration request for a con­ ditional use permit from the County Zoning board to enable it to use part of its property for a private airstrip. The State of Illinois Department of Highways announced preliminary plans to correct the traffic situation existing at Front and Elm streets. A seminar in estate planning is being cosponsored by the McHenry county Chambers of Commerce and McHenry County college. Encouraging news on funding came from a visit of High School District 156 personnel in Springfield, Supt". Robert" Swartzloff and Business Manager Michael Kelly told board members that all in­ dications l&int to 42 percent funding ofS the proposed ad­ dition to West campus. MARCH The McHenry high school District 156 Alternative school % is facing a serious financial* shortage for. the coming year and is conducting fund raising activities to help alleviate the problem, according to Director Doug Pratt. The school which has been fully funded by a trust set up by the Illinois Con­ tinental Bank and Trust for the past three years, will no longer receive full funding from the bank. A former McHenry man is the recipient of more than $1.5 million, reported to be the second largest personal injury settlement in the state of Illinois. The award was made in a Chicago Circuit court. The former local resident is Niaz A. injured in a Nov. 19, 1976 ac­ cident which occurred on Rt. 120, 4 miles east of McHenry. Ann M Snyder, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Snyder, a senior at McHenry Com­ munity high school, West campus, has been chosen as a finalist in the 1978 Merit Scholarship program. As'such she is among a highly select group of 14,000 students who represent less than one-half of 1 percent of the nation's graduating secondary * school seniors. A gambling raid at two business establishments in Island Lake resulted in the arrest of seven men on charges of gambling and keeping a gambling place. Twelve in­ vestigators from the Illinois Department of Law En­ forcement, five State troopers from Elgin District Two and the Island Lake police department, in conjunction with the Lake County State's attorney's office conducted the raid. The record snow cover ex­ perienced this year in nor­ theastern Illinois may also result in record fish die-offs, according to Illinois Depart­ ment of Conservation fishery biologists. Although the severity of fish mortality or "winter kill" will not be known until spring tests indicate that several lakes in northeastern Illinois are in trouble. Fred Kusch, assistant principal of Grade School District 15, outlined the evaluation process now in progress for pre-school children to board members. Kusch siad testing of 3 to 5 year-olds for early iden­ tification of all types of disabilities should be com­ pleted by mid-March. Under the new law, school districts must assume responsibility for searching out and assisting children from the ages 3 through 18. At this time there are 358 children, kindergarten through eighth gracfe- found to have some type of disability, although many of them are of high intelligence. The City Council allocated the largest share of the $62,596 of Revenue Sharing funds available to the city, to the city owned parking lot on Green street. Following a suggestion by Alderman Raymond Smith the council voted to allocate $20,000 of the funds to the im­ provement of the parking lot. Members of High School District 156 passed a resolution calling for a special election April 8 for the purpose of passing a referendum which will ask $2,150,000 for new school construction at West campus. A provision for two additional officers for the Police depart­ ment was included in the proposed budget for 1978-79 which was presented to the McHenry City Council by the Finance committee. A five percent wage increase for city employees is also worked into the budget. People of McHenry county were urged to stop fighting to get out of the RTA and start fighting to make it work by Keith Ryan, Lake county Regional Affairs officer for the RTA. ' In the interest of saving money, the board of Grade School District 15 rejected two plans for summer school. On a recommendation of the ad­ ministration, there was unanimous approval that District 15 should not par­ ticipate in the SEDOM summer school. Fire at the Flame and Hearth Fireplaces showroom and (Continued on page 4) Chief In The Spotlight One of the high points of the January 14 testimonial dinner for retiring Chief of Police Ken Espey, right, was presentation of this framed cartoon by Chester Gould, creator of the Dick Tracey comic strip. In the cartoon, Tracey addresses Espey: "Chief, after your twenty-five years of service to the community we sentence you to Florida sunshine and all the nice things you always wanted to do". In response Espey replies: "How about joining me? You're no spring chicken". The dinner was planned by a committee of Ave friends, and those attending were friends, many of whom had . been associated with him through his police work. They presented him i^ifh a gift oi luggage at the dinner and program held at the McHenry Country club. <? yf*y ** f *• •* PHOTtMWAYNKGAXlARP.