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^oonsetaf "It's a thankless, time-consuming job. It is hard enough to get solid, qualified people to serve if their vote doesn't matter," said Bryce Klontz. "There is a distinct wave of anti-business in city government," commented Suzanne Kauss. "Over 70. percent of the city budget comes from sales tax but the city will force revenue out of ttae city." "Some decisions have been illogical," was Annie Cuda's feeling. "Some recommendations have been illogical. These were comments of the City of McHenry Zoning Board of Appeals members concerning recent recommendations they have made to the Council and the the Council's actions on those recommendations. The Zoning board recently voted 5-0 in favor of recommending the City Council grant the request of James Althoff to change zoning on Front street for the purpose of establishing professional offices at the site. The City Council, by a vote of 4-3, denied the petition. The McHenry Zoning Board of Appeals .« members have found themselves extremely busy in recent months. Hearing after hearing continues to fill their calendar. The Zoning board is comprised of people appointed by the city to serve. They are not compensated few their time in any way. They are, in fact, volunteers. "The board has the power of recommendation only," said Mrs. Cuda. "However, we are the only board to hear all the testimony in a petition." "Repeated overrulings would make me wonder what function I'm performing," Klontz explained. "The board and Council must get in concurrence." "What's the purpose ,$f our board?" asked Ms. Kauss. "We are the pnly group to hear all the testimony, yet otir recommendations sometimes don't mean anything." Several Council numbers who voted against the Althoff petition cited the fact the request was against the city's comprehensive plan, which indicates ^he east side of Front street should be residential, while the west side should be indust The plan, which was prepared in 1970, updated the plan adopted in the 1960's. It has not been updated since 1973. In recent hearings before the Zoning board, expert witnesses have testified the plan is outdated and needs to be redone. "I believe the plan is outdated," Klontz agreed. "Personally, I ddn't feel it carries as much weight anymore, being outdated, as one that was hot off the presses." "The plan needs updating. It is inadequate," charged Ms. Kauss. "In fact, it has never even been implemented." "The plan is obviously just a guideline," indicated Mrs. Cuda, "and we are not obligated to follow it. If we were, we wouldn't need the ZBA." Mrs. Cuda explained the board considers each petition on its individual merits glistens to the testimony and deliberations relative to each petition. "We base our judgments on the petitions based on the testimony we hear," she reported, "and determine if the request is the (Continued on page 16) THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER * "SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875' VOLUME 103 NUMBER 63 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1979 2 SECTIONS 26 PAGES 20* Smart IDinmng fhtospaptr 1978' Illinois Press Association Newspaper ('onU>st More Emergency Funding May Come To Local Governments A Day In The Newsroom It was 8:31 a.m. Our coat was partly off, our feet still firmly entrenched in boots, but the persistent buzzer told us someone wanted attention immediately. "I have a complaint and I'm coming in to see you at 2:30 this afternoon". "Sorry, I won't be here at that time. Could you tell me what your complaint is about?" "I'll tell you when I come in". 8:45 a.m.--(same voice) "I'm complaining about the accident you carried in your paper last week. You had the wrong name for the person who hit my car. And I didn't hit him". "Did we say you were at fault? "No". "Was there a ticket given?" "No, but anyone who read the item hurriedly could think I was wrong. You didn't put any space between my accident and the next one and that driver got a ticket". 9:30 a.m.-'Tm crushed to think you would run that accident about my cousin". "I'm sorry, but there were three people killed and a newspaper has to carry stories that have news value". "But my cousin wasn't to blame like you said". "The sheriffs office blamed him and law enforcing agencies are the only source we have for facts". "But the sheriff wasn't there. Besides, doesn't our friendship mean anything?" 10:15 a.m.-(Disgruntled reporter returns) "I just picked up the police tickets. The talk at city hall is that we're a sensational paper". "Are you kidding? This is one of the most conservative newspapers I know. Isn't it funny, we're never sensational enough except to the fellow who's in the news". 11:20 a.m.-(Lady at the counter) "Here's an article for the Friday paper. I included the heading and hope you can use it just as it is". "We'll try, but we may have to make some changes. You have 15 words in the head and only two paragraphs of story. 12:05 p.m.-(Neighborhood correspondent) "Sorry my column is late but I just get carried away with Spring. I even wrote a poem about it and I hope you can lead my column with it". •"We'll do the best we can but there are ten columns and we try to keep them strictly for news. Maybe we could put it in the Poet's Corner". 1:00 p.m. - "I have a Public Pulse letter. Both my husband and I attended the meeting and he wanted me to tell everyone exactly how he felt. But don't use our name, we used to be part of the organization we're writing about". "I'm sorry, we ask that all letters to this column be signed. Without a signature many people tend to make libelous statements". "If that's the way it is, just forget the whole thing and throw away the letter". 2:10 p.m. - "I'm the fellow who called several times before about the situation in my subdivision. You just have to do something about it, we can't live next to these people". /y "I checked the court records for an hour this morning. There were numerous charges, but most of them were dropped. There really isn't anything more we can do under the circumstances. And there is no record of the fight you said occurred outside city hall". 3:30 p.m.-"I notice you ran a small story about my daughter, who made honors at college. But the type was so small I don't think it will be much of an incentive for her". "Was her name smaller than the others"? "No, but it wasn't in the heading and a girl's name in another story was". "That's probably because your daughter was one of eight honored." 4:00 p.m.-"Say, what do you think of that crime story you printed last week? Wasn't that a terrible thing? "We thought so and we editorialized on it". "Keep blasting them!" 4:30 p.m.-(On the same subject) "Say, I read that story and it sure did a lot of harm mentioning the names of good people in connection with that case". 4:55 p.m.~"This is your aunt in Woodstock. I just wanted you to know we're still enjoying your column. In fact, your uncle says he reads it before anything else in the paper". Whoopee! Throw away the Gelusil tablets, put the cap on the aspirin bottle. One good thing came out of this whole miserable day! KAF Funds For Winter Relief McHenry county residents are experiencing one of the most severe winters in history. Because of this, Governor Thompson has obtained federal funds for McHenry county for a Winter Related Disaster Relief program. This program will help the elderly and limited income families who qualify, to pay their extremely high fuel bills. In some emergency cases, special assistance can be provided to income eligible families experiencing a weather-related crisis. Persons may be eligible for assistance if they meet income guidelines and pay their own heating costs. The McHenry County Housing Authority has been designated as the ad­ ministering agency for the Winter Related Disaster Relief program and will receive approximately $90,000 to assist McHenry county residents. For further information please call the Housing Authority at 338-7838. Erie Jones, director of the Illinois ESDA (Emergency Services and Disaster agency, chats with Mrs. Lester (Betty) Smith, assistant coordinator of ESDA for McHenry. Mrs. Smith was presented by Jones with an accreditation certificate for 1979 at the monthly meeting of McHenry County Municipal association this past week. STAFF PHOTO-LLOYD BURGER Floro Choice For State's Attorney At noon Friday, Richard Klemm, McHenry County board chairman, announced his recommendation of Theodore (Ted) Floro of Woodstock as his Area Man Heads Heart Campaign Robert M. Martens, Sr., of Spring Grove has been named by the McHenry County Heart association as McHenry county Heart fund chairman for 1979. Martens is executive director of Family Service and Com­ munity Mental Health Center for McHenry County. He is married and has three children. As heart fund chairman, Martens is responsible for organizing and coordinating the Heart association fund drive throughout tha county. He holds a Master>p£gree m Social Work from George Williams college in Downers Grove. He has worked for the past fourteen years in com­ munity mental health, seven of which have been in mental health administration. He is a member of the National Association of Social Workers and the Association of Mental Health Administrators. New Mobile ICU Director Named George M. Gallant, M.D., specialist in emergency Medicine at McHenry hospital, has been appointed medical director of the Mobile ICU (Paramedic) program for McHenry county and Western Lake county, according to Anthony Corcoran, MICU project director. Dr. Gallant succeeds James H. Mowery, M.D., who served as medical director of the program since its introduction in September, 1975. Prior to that time, only Basic Life Support was available in the 750-mile area now covered by the MICU Advanced Life Support network throughout McHenry county and Western Lake county. "Great strides have been made in the emergency Medical system of our region during the past five years," Corcoran explained. "When the Trauma center was opened at McHenry hospital in 1972, the 16 ambulance services enrolled their personnel for training as choice to succeed William Cowlin for the office of state's attorney. With the consent of the entire County board in session March 20, Mr. Floro will take office. The appointment, of course, is contingent on the resignation of the present office holder, who announced almost a year ago that if his brother, Henry, should be elected to the post of Circuit Court judge, he (William Cowlin) would resign as state's attorney. Klemm said Friday it was Cowlin's intention to resign earlier, but because of two important matters requiring the legal expertise of an ex­ perienced state's attorney, Klemm asked him to remain beyond the month of February. The advice needed by the County board concerned the resignation and appointment procedure when Sheriff Tyrrell left office and the public hearings of the Board of Ap­ peals on the proposed zoning amendment. Klemm said his invitation to become candidates produced six initial inquiries, of which five sent resumes and ap­ plications. Two later asked to have their names withdrawn. From the remaining three, he selected Floro as candidate. The County board chairman described Floro as having a broad background in all facets of the law. Klemm counted as (Continued on page 16) e m e r g e n c y m e d i c a l technicians and applied for MERCI radio communication Today, those 16 ambulance services have 140 trained and certified emergency medical technicians-II (paramedics). and they have telemetry communication for the tran­ smission of electro­ cardiograms, in addition to radio communication." The introduction of Advanced Life Support for ambulance services also made possible the physician-approved dispensing of medications and the establishing of intravenous solutions at the site of accidents and heart attacks, Corcoran added. Dr. Gallant*, who is now associate medical director of the Mobile ICU program, completed his residency in Emergency Medicine last year at the Akron (Ohio) General hospital. He had previously graduated from the University (Continued on oage 16) Career Day For MCHS Students Principal Greg Johnson, left, of West campus; Bonnie Gaza, vice-president of the McHenry Area Chamber of Commerce; and Ron Dale, MCHS vocational director; become acquainted with the GIS sytem operated by Barb Ludwig, Job Placement officer at West. The system, funded through Illinois Job Service and C.E.T.A., has as its function career exploration, providing assistance in that area through college, financial aid and armed services. A total of 680 West campus students have utilized the GIS and are now looking forward to personal contact with employers on Career day. STAFF PHOTO-JOE DEHN The McHenry Area of Commerce and McHenry high school District 156 are spon­ soring a Career day at both East and West campuses Wednesday. April 4. Speakers from nearly eighty career areas will be donating their time and thoughts to McHenry high school students. In an effort to point out»the many and varied cc^'patior*5 and professions that exist in this community, most of the resource people will be from the McHenry area The vocational director of high school district 156. Kon Dale, conducted a com­ prehensive survey of the vocational interests and in tentions of McHenry high school students. including (Continued on page 16) monthly meeting of the McHenry County Municipal association. Included was Mrs. Betty (Lester) Smith assistant coordinator of ESDA for McHenry. Jones described how FEMA" was formed by consolidating 11 agencies previously handling various aspects of emergencies and disasters. The aim of the reorganization was to establish one agency which would be accountable to Congress, Erie said, that would provide one point of contact for state and local governments. He claimed that in prior years state agencies had to deal with 37 different federal agencies for the various fundings and services requested. Jones noted that previously lengthy justification was required for acquisition of equipment and supplies, and they were supposed to make one point, that it would be for use only in case of a nuclear attack. Any actual use of equipment beyond a four-day period had to be approved at Washington, he claimed. The establishment of FEMA has wiped out all this early restrictive legislation, Jones added, and was brought about by supporters of the earlier (Continued on page 16) BRYCE KLONTZ ^SUZANNE KAl'SS STAFF PHOTOS- JOE DEHN a director for the newly formed F e d e r a l E m e r g e n c y Management Agency (FEMA) has caused problems in processing snow aid claims and in other areas. Jones also distributed the accreditation certificates for 1979 to ESDA coordinators or village representatives at the Erie Jones, director of the Illinois ESDA (Emergency Services and Disaster Agency) told mayors Feb. 28 that reorganization of agencies at the federal level should make more funds available to local groups and give faster service. He noted that the delay of President Carter in appointing