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The members of the John- imj sburg school board and atf» poc ministrative personnel of the bet high school, continuing to wfc monitor a year that was an- ten ticipated to produce "growing £rc pains" and some possible cid testing of their discipline itei policy, once again tackled the rer difficult questions posed by sur problems which have surfaced fro the first year. ,• J Difficulties fall into two Fa] categories, as stated at last pre requires separate handling. S ".i ... i Vandalism, which Assistant ^Principal Robert CkMigh con­ siders to be the lesser problem, is evidenced in the plaster^ surface of a rounded g&SuiJgk* and entryr area considers plaster, wift& is only used on this one area, to be an ENRY liiilM y- V,i"; > V ' . . . . • • . - . . • •."• a'S..;' ; '• ,>.! • v * • • • • • • * * • _ * * * * * * * * * * material and a for school use, it marks easily even \ no damage is being at- I. Some damage to the been done by ac- bumping, by taping up (whei< the tape is so is some of the surface), and some has come from intentional scratching. Business manager Dr. Ken 'Falklnham, is looking into the problem of a more durable week's board meeting: van- surface for the drama-entry dalism and truancy, and each area, and an eight-foot high wainseot of carpeting is being considered. Seven-foot trophy casesmight also be built and eventually mounted. other area where soma lion has occurred is a hall of lockers, ^..^ately broken and defaced. Because the hall is in a spot not easily supervised, it is felt by the administration that students with bad intentions might readily choose iffor their pranks. This apparent weakness has prompted of­ ficials to locate the office of the newly-appointed dean of students. Bill Haag, in this vulnerable location. Locked bookcases with > 4 - inch plexiglas fronts are being constructed as precautionary measures for several classrooms. Asked what guidelines were being used to judge acts of vandalism, Gough replied that standard police guidelines were used to decide what was major and minor vandalism. In the case of major acts of destruction, police would logically be called in. Regarding the matter of unexcused absences. Gough considers the high school's truancy rate "abysmal", though other members of the administrative staff caution that his figures are unofficial. Gough blames the problem directly on a policy of allowing all missed work to be made up, regardless of the reason it was Gough feels state guidelines work against a school district's refusing to allow make-up work, denying credit or dropping a student from a class, preferring that all avenues of counselling and supportive service be tried first. He points to Johnsburg's strong record in meeting all state mandates for supportive services, and because of this compliance, a program of negative reinforcements was found by the school's lawyers to be legally acceptable. A tight tardiness, attendance and discipline package was accepted by the board after discussion in executive session. One aspect of the package was that students would not be leaving classrooms and walking the halls unsupervised to serve detentions. The new three-point conduct approach includes a full time dean of students; an office located in the area where most of the deliberate vandalism occurs; and a well-defined tardy, attendance, discipline policy. . Gough Feels that this carefully thought out program, in combination with available supportive measures, will be a deterrent to future vandalism, and will lessen the temptation to cut classes. SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875' VOLUME 103 NUAftBER 97 '•fr ̂ TUESDAY* JULY 3, 1979 1 SECTION 18 PAGES 20' Crown Queen At Wonder Lake Lake, Patty McMillan, after being crowned In competition held last Thursday night. She wears the crown and carries roses presented to her by the sponsoring organisation, the newly formed Wonder Lake Jaycees. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLOED McMillan, a petite - Wonder Lake relatives and friends. * For the talent portion of the contest, she played the guitar and sang, "I Believe in Music". Patty, who stands 4'lOV, weighs 94 lbs., and whose measurements are 32-23-32, will be a senior at McHenry West campus this fail. After graduation, she plans to attend Patt; vear * represent Wonder Lake in the -Miss McHenry County contest "because Wonder Lake has always been good to me", received her wish June 28 as she was crowned the 1979 Miss Wonder Lake. Patty was very much at ease in a peaking before the five judges, representatives of the NattaM^jfiottege *<*• Education in Evanston, where will major in elementary Education specializing in pre­ school. There to share in the ex­ citement with Patty were her mother, Mrs. Dolores McMillan and two of her sisters, Mrs. Jeanne Schatz and Miss Jayne McMillan. Her rather was the late Thomas McMillan. The City Council met" In an informal session last week to discuss the possibility of applying for a grant (jjjbm the Illinois Department at Con­ servation to offset the cost of *• a municipal swimming location of the pool are still open to question. lite grant which the Council is considering applying for is a reimbursement type grant arid not direct aid. The grant Js limited in scope to outdoor Kite Council's intimations prove to be true, the Council ™ ana tne Als0' will probably not apply for the grant, at least as far as the swimming pool is concerned. This is not to say, though, that a pool will not be built. Indeed, the Council is unanimous in' its conviction to build the pool, but the size and The Fourth of July - a time when we usually look forward to picnics, sporting events, small trips and just a pleasant day Off. The picnics may be possible if they're in the bpek yard, and the sporting events if they're Within the city - but the trip? That's a question this year. McHenry's gasoline Situation, up to this point, has caused only minor in­ conveniences. Occasionally there has been only one station open on Sunday, and some shut down service early in the day, but usually there has been a choice. If anyone went gasless it was because he refused to admit that , indeed,'there is-a gas crunch and didn't even try to meet the reduced hours scheduled. But last week Tuesday the potential seriousness of the situation couldn't be ignored locally. After 8 o'clock in the evening a driver could travel the length of the city and find only one full service station anyone considered that the new five-year plates may turn out to be only our license to park the car in the family garage7 For the moment, however, if there is enough energy - either human or machine--to get across town, the city promises a community type celebration July Fourth. Our City Fathers are holding another picnic at Petersen park, with attractions for young and old alike. Just bring a picnic lunch and have a good holiday while cooperating with the warnings to save fuel. But as the day is celebrated, wherever the place may be, parents and young people alike are cautioned that they must face the menace of fireworks. Even though there's a strict law in Illinois regulating the sale of dangerous fireworks, it hasn't stopped the flow of illegal firecrackers and other hazardous pyrotechnics. Last year, 48 persons, most of them children, sustained serious injuries to their eyes while celebratfhg In­ dependence day. And this doesn't include injuries to other parts of the body from ex­ ploding firecrackers. Sparklers have been labeled by the Illinois Society for the Prevention of Blindness as probably the most common and the most dangerous of the fireworks. The society says the end of the sparkler wire may reach sJtenMferature of 2,000 some of the wires too often end up into eyes. Regarded as equally dangerous are : such pyrotechnics as highway flares that burn at several times the heat of a gas flame and (Continued on page 16) A Look At The Shelf It is time, once again, to look back down the grocery store aisles of the last six months and compare a few prices. A June 15th survey of some 50 commonly purchased food and non-food items at McHenry's three largest grocery stores shows a 5.1 percent increase in. food prices overall. If one of each of the items were purchased, the cost of the groceries in January would have been - $62.03, while in June, those same bags of groceries would cost $65.24. - The 50 items were broken down into five categories: produce, milk products, meats, breads and miscellaneous- a hodgepodge of everything from dog food to paper towels. Leading the list of increases was produce, up. 15.5 percent over January, with the meat category coming in) second with an increase of 9.1 percent. The other groups all marked increases of 2.3,1.7 and 1.5 percent in miscellaneous, milk products and breads respectively." / " (Continued <^n page 16) once an application has been made, the money can only be used for the project listed in the request. After the City had paid the bill for the project, the department would reimburse the City nn in a mayimnm of $k>6. . KenJFiske, of the McHenry County Conservation district, appeared at Mayor Stanek's request to give the Council an idea of what was involved with applying for a land and water conaervation (LAWCON) grant. The conservation district has applied for a number of these grants and Fiske said they would be glad to help the City get through the paper work. Fiske then illuminated some of the problems the City would face if it applied for the grant. "First, you have to say what you think they want to hear," Fiske said, "Then you have to decide what you want, make your case and ask for it, don't beg." Fiske said the nine people who ultimately decide the fate of each application are not interested in buying back old school buildings, under any circumstances, and purchasing privately 'owned facilities only when absolutely necessary. "At Springfield, you'll have two-and-a-half minutes to state your case to nine people who have been listening to requests for seven years.and are looking for' any reason to throw the application out," Fiske said. ' "You had better know your costs, right off the bat too," Fiske cautioned. "If the project costs more, tough; if it costs less, then they'll pay less." Fiske went on to say "the feds" are sure to check out the request. For example, if the request is for money for a swimming pool and there are four schools in the area with pools that are not being used, the chances of getting the grant are slim, he said. Fiske said that missing any of the deadlines for the paperwork or the 18-month deadline for completion of the project would be cause enough to cancel the grant. According to Fiske, there is a $12 million' backlog that probably will not be used because people did not finish their project on time. Neither are there many of the grants to go around. According to Fiske, the department has about $7 million of federal money to use for grants. About $3 million is allocated to development grants, like the one the City is considering, while the rest is used for land acquisition grants. ..., If all of the grants that were to be given out in a single year went to the $200,000 maximum (not all of them do), there would be only 15 grants for all of the municipalities in Illinois. Because the money is federal money, Fiske said, federal requirements and standards must be met and proof provided that they have been merfbefore the money will be forwarded. What this means for both City and the contractor, is ths reams of papers and forms must be filled out and filed, all of which will add to the ad­ ministrative costs of the project. Swimming pool builder, Gunnar Jensen, also present at Mayor Stanek's request, said that he once turned down a project because the added cost so increased the total cost as to put it out of reach of the City concerned. itinued on page 16) A Day Up North Most Gas Stations Be Closed July 4 Ronald M. Bykowski presented his petition to the McHenry county Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) Thursday afternoon in an effort to have the current "R-l" residential zoning on a half acre plot near the Fox river changed to a "B- 1" business classification. There is a frame house located orttie property at the intersection of Lincoln road and Charles street that formerly housed the Don Roberts Beauty school. The half acre in question is, and was, primarily a gravel parking lot. Bykowski said he planned to continue to use this land as a parking lot and lease the building for office space. There have been a number of inquiries for just this purpose, according ' to Bykowski. Bykowski said that the house might be used as offices for the McHenry Evangelical church. * ' : i • 4 •' v .* > Originally, Bykowski had planned to put a music school in the building, but told the board this idea "has been put in the back of my mind." Remembering the over­ crowded parking situation when the beauty school was in operation there, Angela Brown and Virginia Brzenk voiced their concerns over possible parking problems. /bykowski said that the lot capacity was 35 cars and that none of the intended uses would have "anywhere near that amount"" The board will meet to deliberate, the petition and make its recommendation on July 24, at 8:30 a.m. at the county courthouse. As could well be expected, those people wanting to fill - their gas tanks on the Fourth of July are not going to have "tax easy time of it. f ' A .random poll made by the Plaindealer of nine McHenry area service stations Monday morning, showed only one station that said it will definitely be open on the Fourth. Another station said it might be open. Tbe rest of the stations contacted said they would not.be open. All of One McHenry service station said it was out of gas now, but expected to have some by the Fourth. "At 35 or 4* degrees below sero. It doesnt take long for your mustache to freeze up," saM Richard Matt, standing at Besolute Bay, a point 70S miles north of the Arctic Circle and 1M miles from the magnetic north pole. A long cherished dream will become a reality Sunday, July 8, for members of the First United Methodist church of McHenry, when a ground­ breaking ceremony and celebration for the new addition to the church is held. There will be only one service that day, at 9 a.m. for which many invitations have been extended to former members who have moved aWay, former pastors, and prominent church •ri .' y Vc-.V-V'-' ^ 5';V§ and local officials, including Bishop Papl Washburn, District Supt. Robert Schumm, and the Rev. Ernest Carder, who will represent all former pastors. In addition to Pastor Ralph J. Smith. Bishop Washburn and the Rev. Carder, other par­ ticipants in the services will include William Abel, Clyde Bailey. Vivian Bassett. Helen Borland, David Dolby, Donald Gerstad. Bruce Gertsma, Ray Jensen, Lilah Jordan, Louise Kennebeck, Carl Kohrt, Frank Pieplow, Mite Stinespring, Elmer Thorpe, Judy Wallace, Dale Willfatas and Agnes Wissell. There will be choir music to enhance the beauty of this special occasion, when members celebrate the bceaking of the ground for the much needed and long awaited ; to the church. Most'»common are those people who go south for the '«winter and not uncommon are those who go north for the summer. Well, there are those who refuse to follow the beaten path, to follow the crowd. Richard Matt, professional photographer, pilot, ad­ venturer and raconteur, is just < such a person. He'll go anywhere on a few days notice and in this case it was the north pole in the spring A few weeks ago he was ' • : • M in Florida making some commercials and doing some promotional photography for a large boat manufacturer, when he received a call from a friend in an advertising agency., "How would you like to go to Resolute Bay? " the caller said. "Where the h$ll is Resolute Bay." Matt asked. "Oh. it's 700 miles north of the Arctic Circle and about loO miles from the magnetic north pole?" the fellow on the other end of the receiver answered. Five days later. "It most he said, "Ihe vind'chili fact-"' of the to the (referring