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In s u r a n c e p l a n n i n g p e r s o n a l i z e d S T A T I F A R M • N S U R A N C I Members of the school board of District 15 unanimously agreed to continue opposition to an effort by a group of petitioners to withdraw from the local district and join Johnsburg District 12. The parents represent the Robert Bartlett Estates, located on Barnard Mill road, between Ringwood and Wonder Lake. The development adjoins the Johnsburg district and is located closer to the new Johnsburg high school. The McHenry City Council voted to accept an $80,000 contribution to the Capital Development Park fund in lieu of park land from the developers of the Martin property, if the city annexes the land. The land is located on the west side of Ringwood road at Route 120. Council members decided that rather than accept a 4-acre donation of land to be used as park on the property, that the cash donations, $20,000 a year for four years, would be more beneficial to the city. If the twenty-one school districts in McHenry county could agree on a uniform school calendar there could be a savings of approximately $60,000. Copies of a tentative calendar for the school year, 1979-80 were presented to the boards of local school districts in meetings held this month. Lengthy discussion con­ cerning proposed increases in the Capital Development fund for the city ended with no action being taken. Much of the V" discussion centered on the Capital Development con­ tribution for city sewer, as aldermen addressed them­ selves to the sewer plant capacity problem. A possible infestation of the gypsy moth in McHenry county has state and federal forestry experts on guard against the pest in the Chicago area. Eight gypsy moths have been trapped within a one-mile radius in the city of McHenry. the Johnsburg school district appeared to be in a close race with the calendar whether its new high school and junior high school facilities will be ready for use when school opens in September. Reports by ad­ ministrators to the school board indicated that some areas would be "occupiable" but others would not be available until perhaps mid- October. Officer James Rust of the (Continued on page 11) (Continued from page 8) Mayor Joseph Stanek broke a 3-3 tie Monday night and voted to deny a McHenry resident a request to construct a fence on his corner lot to protect his children. •' A program aimed at making young people aware of the services available for their use if they need them has been established in McHenry and throughout the county. Helping Numbers was formulated by the Youth Service Bureau of McHenry County and the League of Women Voters. Helping Numbers is a list of phone numbers of agencies that dealwith problems faced by many teenagers. McHenry high school will operate as two four-year schools starting with the year 1979-80. That fact became evident with a vote of 4 to 2 by the board of education in special meeting. A group of "concerned taxpayers" in McHenry is' opposing the proposed an­ nexation of the Backhaus Droper'y, located on Crystal Lake road, to the city. The group, headed by Shamrock Beef Cattle corporation, has begun circulating petitions throughout the city, asking that the City Council deny the Residential Development Group's request for annexation of the property. The property in question is 385 acres of former farm land, on which RDG is asking for zoning to allow them to build 1,638 units. Governor James R. Thomp­ son declared McHenry county a major disaster area after storms and flash flooding July 1 and 2. Thompson also added McHenry county to his request of June 29 to the U.S. Small Business administration that businesses damaged by the storms be eligible for low in­ terest loans. An estimated $1.5 million in damages was done to about 310 McHenry county homes by the July 1 and 2 storms. As residents of the Lakeland Park area continue .to he plagued by rusty water and the expense of coping with it, the Illinois Environmental Protection agency indicates SUPPLEMENT TO McHENRY PLAINDEALER • PAGE 10 club which represents the consolidation of several smaller clubs that have existed in the past. A total of $15,882 will be spent, a reduction of $4,000 over the amount previously agreed upon by the board. Supt. Robert Swartzloff pointed out that for the past four years the district has purchased the services of two psychologists from SEDOM, but the board recently reduced this service to one in order to realize a savings of $14,000. He may be the smallest parade marshal ever to head a McHenry Fiesta day parade, but his courage and charisma are the very qualities that prompted his choice to lead the city's biggest celebration. He is Tony Zidek, the 1978 National Easter Seal child. Ward Duel, McHenry, received the Mangold award given annually to an out­ standing member of the National Environmental Health association at its annual education conference. Announcement was made that Walter J. Dean, McHenry, has accepted the appointment of Governor James R. Thompson to the Tax Advisory commission. that a new well scheduled to be in operation within a few weeks should reduce the problem. Service totalling eighty-two years ended for three members of the McHenry Public Library board. They were William J. Bolger, Earl R. Walsh and Mrs. Clarence Anglese. New members were welcomed to replace the retiring board members. They were Ruth Fenwick, whose mother, Mrs. C.J. Reihansperger was one of the original board members; Karen Kent and . Robert O'Brien. A tentative budget listing expenditures of $4,570,718 was presented to the board of Elementary School District 15. The budget estimates $3,329,433 will be needed in the largest fund, for Education. This compares with $3,306,139 spent last year. A special situation has arisen relating to mosquito an­ noyance. Local officials in Lakemoore, McHenry, Rich­ mond, Spring Grove, Island Lake, McHenry Shores and Sunnyside have been notified of an "extreme nuisance alert". Due to the late June and early July series of heavy rainfalls (mosquito eggs hatch off when emersed in water) mosquito biting through the end of July will be the worst in years. The culprit is the Aedes vexans species, better known as the floodwater mosquito. Traffic accidents in McHenry are down 10 percent for the first half of 1978 as compared with 1977. Police Chief George Pasenelli, in his six month report, also indicated that a decrease of 40 percent in personal injuries accidents is also evident. Tom Low, president of McHenry Area Chamber of Commerce, was presented with the Man of the Year award. Low is serving his second year as president. He has been very active for many years in Fiesta days activities. Efforts to conduct school operations under reduced spending in High School District 156 were evident with actions taken at the July meeting, Stipends were ap­ proved for a Co-Recreational AUGUST Harry Lowther, Jr., who was the subject of a fictionalized account of his brush with the law, written by his wife, has been sentenced to four years and four months in the Illinois state penitentiary. His sentence will be served concurrently with a sentence he had previously received in the DuPage county court on charges of theft and forgery, he began serving that sentence Aug. 12, 1977. The newest sentence was given the 65-year- old former Wonder Lake man after he entered a plea of guilty to one count of theft. Top voter getter in the Town and Country Newcomers club "Cutest Baby" photo contest was eleven-month-old Steven DePasquale. A condominium garage in Fox Ridge subdivision was destroyed by fire after it was struck by a car whose driver had apparently suttered a heart attack. The vehicle exploded into flames after hitting the building. James Ball, Sr., 79, was reportedly returning to his home at 602 Devonshire court, after visiting his wife in the hospital, when an apparent heart attack caused -FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1979 him to lose control of his car and crash into the garage. After an intensive in­ vestigation that continued for fourteen months, Orange county, Calif., authorities have arrested a 20-year-old son of an apartment manager for the stabbing death of a former Wonder Lake girl. On a warrent issued by the District At­ torney's office, F. Dowell Bradeen was arrested and is being held on $250,000 bond for the death of Deborah Kay Liem, who was buried June 8, 1977, on her twenty-first bir­ thday. On Aug. 9 McHenry gained a third high school. With the opening of the fall term, the McHenry Alternative high school will open its doors as a private, four-year high school. For several ytears the school had operated afs a part of school District 156, buVdue to financial considerations, "the board of District 156 voted to discontinue the school for the coming year. Since that time the ad­ m i n i s t r a t i o n , t e a c h e r s , students, parents and friends of the school have been working to find some way by which it could continue to function. At the present time money has been received from various sources, and with tuition received from students, the school is a reality. Thomas J. Carl took over his new duties as assistant prin­ cipal of East campus. Discussion centered around the sewer and water capacity of McHenry during a public hearing and joint conference regarding the proposed an­ nexation of the RDG-Rackhaus property to the city. Hal Sun- deen of the city's engineering firm said that because of recent flows due to storm water the sewer plant is nearly at capacity and that an addition would be necessary to ac­ commodate more people. Space is available at the present sewer plant for an addition that could serve a population equivalent to 7,500. The cost of the addition would be approximately $1,159,000 and could be completed in a little over two years. Work goes forward on the construction of a new bridge over Dutch creek on Rt. 31, north of McHenry. The narrow bridge being removed has long been considered one of the most dangerous spots of highway in this area, resulting in several traffic deaths in recent years. State Farm Matchmaker Service is free. And so simple. You tell us a little about yourself, your family, your goals. We feed this information to our computer and in a matter of seconds it prints out a State Farm rife insurance program that matches your needs. One you can live with. See or call: RTA Chairman Milton PKarsky third from left, and McHenry Mayor Joe Stanek and McHenry ^l la«e^8ldent 086 LUIe8ard cut the ribbon (above) announcing the beginning of RTA bus LT. om A McHenry county. The ribbon-cutting was held at the Crystal Lake communter station and was attended by many RTA and county officials. Pictured above assisting with the ribbon cutting 1 « C?u"ty Hl8hway Superintendent Jim Rakow, RTA Director Richard Newland, « jJ?"* V .?arJ?^Harold Ben°y. President of Lakewood Village, and Leo Cusick, h^iH in P/vat'°"sIoffb,cer for the RTA. (Below) Pikarsky speaks to those in attendance at the luncheon >vct*m£ m u * ^ to the rtbl>on-cutUng. 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