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PAGE 8 - PLA1NDEALER - FRIDAY, APRIL 25.196* $500,000 Loss In Flowerwood Blaze - A blaze which required the services and equipment of eight county fire depart­ ments to - extinguish, destroyed a storage building and fiberglass greenhouse at Flowerwood, Route 176 and Route 14, in Crystal Lake. The cause of the fire was sjuspected to be burning debris from a trash fire which blew into the 200- square foot building, ac­ cording to the police report. The storage building con­ tained redwood lawn fur­ niture, twine, burlap, peat moss, fertilizer, umbrellas, lawn mowers and snow throwers, etc. "This was their month," Krecker said, "They had more inventory now than at any other time of the year." Damage was estimated at $500,000. Crystal Lake Fire Chief Harold Krecker said the sparks blew throughout the building and in the high wirids, worked "just like a tunnel." The wind also inhibited first efforts by the Crystal Lake Fire department to put out the blaze. 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Water had to be trucked in from the city to fight the fire. Krecker called for large diameter hoses and equipment from Algonquin and McHenry fire depart­ ments. "We had to stretch large diameter hoses down Route 176 for about 2,000 feet," Krecker said. "Well... it takes time." The Crystal Lake Fire department was notified at 2:38 p.m. but firefighters did not leave the scene until about 10 p.m. There were no serious injuries but four firefighters were overcome. They were treated and released from Woodstock and McHenry hospitals. More than 60 firefighters from Crystal Lake, Algonquin, Cary, Fox River Grove, McHenry, Nunda Rural, Woodstock Rural and Huntley fire departments took part. A Lesson Wisdom is knowing what to do, skill is know­ ing how to do it, and virtue is doing it well. -Grit. Mental Health Decisions At Annual Meet The lack of a quorum caused the McHenry County Mental Health board (708 board) to postpone its annual and organizational meeting last week When insufficient members appeared to hold the session, Dennis Smith, director of the board, urged immediate rescheduling of the meeting. He was con­ cerned because early decisions or opinions were required on several con­ tracts for which the deadline was approaching or on Mental Health Board policies on spending which affected grant monies whose terms were ending. 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Wi AtC OPEN I Cta^ck oar guarantee...it means a let! 1 815-459-6200 owerwoc *t. 17 * 171, Crystal Ube, «. m ivii j Moa-Thar*. t-4:38; FrL M; Sot #•§; MyM NEW HOUBS EFFECTIVE APRIL tt- Msuk-FriM Set M; flat. »-t signed, was losing money on the reserved space. The Woodstock Residence ad­ ministrator, in effect, wanted the Mental Health board to make up its mind. In addition, Smith said (he Comprehensive Mental Health agency for the county needed v guidance in obligating about $245,000 unspent from NIMH grant funds before the end of the fiscal year May 31. This also should be accomplished as soon as possible or the un­ spent funds would be reverted to the federal government. The risk, Smith indicated, was that the reversion would result in reduced amounts of grants in the next several years affecting the establishment or continuance of programs. Smith pointed 6ut several areas where the money could be spent, most for prepayment of rents or purchase of capital equip­ ment. Federal agencies had already approved Up to $24,383 for prepayment of , rent on 708 board office and meeting space, for the Child Abuse office space in Woodstock, McHenry and Crystal Lake, and for the purchase of a leased'vehicle being used by the Pioneer center transitional living facility. Another psosible area for prepayment was the rent for the Youth Service bureau offices in Crystal Lake, but the adequacy of the facilities were questionable because they were located on the second floot.and were not accessible to handicapped persons as required by federal standards. Smith reported to the board that the consultants who made the computer feasibility study indicating that the Mental Health board did not necessarily need a computerized system for billing and accounting had only charged $7,500. This left $2,500 from the $10,000 allotted by the 708 board for the study to be applied toward a procedures manual which the study noted should be in place to standardize the paperwork and accounting procedures and which would be tooked for by the federal monitors. The total cost of the preparation of the manual by the consultants would be $13,500 or $11,000 more than the remainder from the first allocation, Smith noted. Smith also commented on conflict of opinions by representatives of the outside auditor who wei*e examining the county records and accounting. They criticized the lack of documentation for ex­ penditures for mental health service at the county level, apparently not realizing that the supporting papers were on file at the agencies and with the 708 board. Smith said the auditors also probably did not realize that many of these records dealt with personal histories of people and the service which they required by law were classed as confidential One of the auditors hfcd recommended that they adopt the purchase care billing system such as is used in hospital financial administration. Smith noted that at present they periodically voucher the payments from the agencies and handle a maximum of 40 documents per month and they would be forced into a computerized system at an additional cost oft $100,000. He said that in ,a| meeting with ,the auditors 4iis staff had explained some of these objections to their ^^com­ mendations and they ex­ pected a letter of clarification from, the firm on the auditing recom­ mendations to the county. Bob Schneider of the, 708 board asked also that if. the documentation verification was shifted to the cotihty fiscal offices, what would be the point of the 708 board. Board member Clint Claypool said he would try to carry the message back to the Health and Agriculture committee of the County^ board and also he would like a list and record of the at­ tendance ,of 708 board members to report to the committee in order fbr them to take action to replace ti ; consistent absentees wil i people who would atten meetings. He was conceme what the absentees wei doing to the members wh attend faithfully and to th staff of the various agenciei who depend on the board for action. Smith noted Another concern about who was to carry on the child abuse program in the county for which they were committed to the federal government for/rant moneys received. The County Department of Health, which originally had Title XX money for this purpose, due to budget reductions was reluctant to carry on the program. Smith said the only alternative seemed to be for the 708 board to directly continue this program temporarily until a private agency could be found to take it over. Raise Montini Budget At its regular April meeting, the board of education of Montini Catholic schools adopted its budget for the 1980-81 fiscal year (July 1,1980 to June 30, 1981). The budget an­ ticipates income of $276,800 and expenditures of $275,265. This represents a $16,000 (6Vfe) increase over the 1979- 80 budget. Included in the budget are the tuition rates for 1980-81: $390 for families^ of St. Mary's and St. Patrick's parishes ^rith one child at J Z^ACHOICE FOR I $ j TIRE VALUE IN 1980 j ĵ p WHATEVER YOU DRIVE, MICHEUH 5ŝ • W4H MAKES AM AFFORDABLE RADIAL • for YOUR CAR! COME PRICE THEM TODAY! iPl 15fl WA 0 TOYOTA Jepsen Tire Service 3331 Elm St. 385-0424 McHenry HOURS: 8:30-6:00, SAT. 8:00-4:00 CUT AND CATCH I WITH A SIMPLICITY 80RII HP REGENT LAWN •150 TRACTOR. * Equip a new Simplicity Regent with the big rear-mounted grass catcher. Then see how it combines with the 36" free-floating rotary mower to cut and • groom your lawn in a single pass. 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"This lever per pupil cost is the died result of the dedication! of the religious and lay staf who work for a much lowelsalary than their public schiol counterparts out of conviction for the of Catholic a school (plained. of new (first insfer students >w in progress at both the Mftdle school and the Primary lenter. In other tisiness, the board approvti a contract for Sister Adri Hrabowsky to teach fourthcrade at the Primary centf and for­ mulated plans ti update and improve pfcyground facilities at Uiattenter. :v, . HOSPITAL I0TES WOODSTO Admissions: ILester Sherman, Mrs. Ama Hose, Neil Barth, Mrs. Iercedes Morenz, Mrs. lElaine Gleeson, Mrs. Annabilligan and Mrs. Deborah yeffers, all of McHenry. HARVAREl Admissions: Dustir. 1 Holembeak and [Helen Rasmussen, both of yonder Lake. necessity schools," spokesman Registrati grade) and for 1980-81 is I A pound of ginger wad so valuable during the Middle Ages that it was worth a w h o l e s h e e p . / • • Accidents will happen. 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