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Seaborg said there are a number of states which pool money each year to use in the event of an outbreak, such as McHenry. "The spray program was not in the IDOA budget for I his year and the state of Michigan vouched for us so that we could get the money for the spray program,". Seaborg said. Lou Marchi, a leader of the opposition to the Sevin spray program since the first meeting, once again asked about spraying the area with a bacteria, Bacillus Thuringensis (BT). Seaborg said the Agriculture department would probably be reluctant to use the bacteria because it is: a) not dependable, b) encountering opposition, and cJ expensive. "In heavy populations, the bacteria is about 70 percent effective," Seaborg said. "But that varies." He could not speculate about the effectiveness of BT The adversary nature of the gypsy moth controversy changed to one of cooperation as Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) officials met with several McHenry area residents last Friday to begin a progressive trapping program to control the moth population. Norman Seaborg, representing the IDOA, emphasized that this was not an eradication program and exhorted the people not to lose interest. "We'll have to do this again next year and I'm counting on you (the people of McHenry) not to lose interest in it," Seaborg said. Vhe first stage of the trapping was directed at the larval, or caterpillar, stage. The traps used are simple starting the project as soon as possible and'the first such trappings began last Saturday as teams went out to band all thetrees in an area delineated by Seaborg. He said the teams should pay particular attention'to the area around Boone creek. Mayor Joseph Stanek asked the people of McHenry to cooperate with the gypsy moth trapping effort. When asked if the people banding trees would have to get permission to* work on private property, Seaborg said they would. He added that state and federal Agriculture departments have no liability since this is a voluntary effort. The follow-up to the banding of the trees is daily checking of the traps, preferably at 1 or 2 p.m., and in both construction and theory. Rectangular strips of burlap are tied around the trunks of trees and are left with a three or four inch overhang. During the first four in- stars (molts) of the cater- pi}U&s life,v the insect feeds at night on the tender leaves at the top of a tree. In the daytime, the caterpillar descends the tree to take refuge in a shady place. In theory, the insect will remain under the fold of the burlap overhang out of an instinct to stay under cover as it ascends the next evening. "Hopefully, they'll stay under the flap long enough for someone to check the trap and kill them," Seaborg said. Seaborg recommended fltoart fiftnmitg Heto*paper ' jfe, 1979-- SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875 Illinois Press Association Newspaper Contest VOLUME 104 NUMBER 81 WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1980 2 SECTIONS 28 PAGES 25 City Presents "Bottom Line" On Agreement For Annexation surface and 8-foot paved shoulders (non-driveable) on either side. Faestel estimated the cost of the 40-foot road, according to state specifications, at <„• $365,000. In a letter to the City Council from the engineering firm of Baxter land Woodman, which is retained by the City, the road, built to City specifications, would cost about $254,000. The City conceded, ac­ cording to Mayor Stanek, the 48-foot road originally discussed, a sidewalk along the length of the bypass roaJ. and a time limit on the construction of the road. Faestel said. "A road of that size is not warranted in our opinion." Alderman Jack Pepping pointed out that the 40-foot road was only $26,000 more expensive than the 42-foot road proposed by Faestel. The 42-foot road would be (Continued on page 18) intersection of this bypass road with Route 31. More of the City's prerequisites for annexation included an "up front" dedication of the right-of- way for the bypass road, the specifications of the road to be built and a dedication, with no credits, by a certain date of the park land-open space along Boone creek. The City is bargaining"for and trying to get Faestel to agree to build a 40-foot road - - 24 feet of paved driving The City of McHenry presented Valleybrook subdivision developers David Faestel and Ray Sch­ midt, of Faestel In­ vestments, Inc., Crystal Lake, its "bottom line" regarding the proposed annexation agreement last Wednesday night. The meeting concerning the 209-acre tract at the southwest corner of Bull Valley road and the Crystal construction of a bridge across Boone creek as part and parcel of the McHenry bypass road. The bypass road is an extension of Curran road which would swing through the property from Bull Valley road in the northwest and exit onto the Crystal Lake blacktop in the southeast. Envisioned in plans for the future is an Lake blacktop was a con­ tinuation of the meeting recessed April 14. The proposed subdivision would include a small business area at the Bull Valley- Crystal Lake road in­ tersection and "R-l" and " R - 2 " r e s i d e n t i a l classifications. Part of the City's bottom line to annexation, according to Mayor Joseph Stanek, was a $75,000 contribution to the Mother's Day Dinner Cancelled By Death Sunday honoring her mother. Nancy was in the back of the truck which was driven by her cousin, Charles Studdie, and with another uncle as a passenger. Police said Studdie ran a stop light and his truck collided with a car. A motorcycle in the rear of the vehicle was thrown on top of Nancy by the impact of the crash and it was the injuries that caused her death. She was declared Mother's day in the Jerry Rudd home, 9001 W. Ramble road, Wondier Lake, was to be a very special time last Sunday, as it was in many other homes. But the special dinner planned had to be cancelled when 14-year-old Nancy Rudd was killed in the crash of a pick-up truck early that morning. Jerry Rudd said he had taken his daughter to Chicago to spend Saturday with an uncle. She was to return for the noon dinner dead on arrival at St. Anne's hospital, Chicago, where her cousin was recovering from injuries on Monday. The accident occurred about 1:40 Sunday morning. Funeral arrangements appear elsewhere in this issue. A 9-year-old Woodstock boy was seriously injured at about 7:45 a.m. last Friday after he was hit by a car on Raycraft road near Wood­ stock. (Continued on page 18) David Rigby testa n pond near Johnsburg Jr. high school property M part of the science coarse he teaches. Rigby was recently named McHenry County Soil and Water Conservation District Teacher of the Year. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD Conservation Teacher Of Year The McHenry County Soil and Water Conservation district recently announced that David Rigby, science teacher at Johnsburg Junior high school, has been named "McHenry County Soil and Water Conservation District Teacher of the Year." This award is given on a competitive basis, based on the quality and scope of the teacher's environmental conservation educational program and activities. In Rigby's classroom, students play an important role in determining their course of study and specific goals tbey will pursue. They are also responsible for Cite Group Home As Major Achievement For Retarded Money may, or may not, be the root of all evil as the words to an old song suggest. But if evil is not the term, then dissension Is. Andjt isn't money, but the lack of it, that's the culprit. In our own community there has been a growing coolness between teachers and school board over the past year. Mostly it has been a quiet kind of friction, but occasionally it has surfaced to the point of public recognition. (Con*l -- * or j Scott Spengel (Bill Sikes) and Heidi Reihansperger (Nancy), both of McHenry, will display their talents in "Oliver" at Marian Central's Spring musical production. In the scene above, Sikes is threatening Nancy in the sinister-appearing workhouse, but soon the popular tunes of Broadway will follow including "Consider Yourself'. "Where is Love", "You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two", and "As Long as He Needs Me". The curtain rises on "Oliver" May IS. 11 and 18 at 8 p.m. Tickets may be reserved by calling Marian high school. DeWane Studio Photo "Oliver" Opens At Marian Hiei Brick and mortar projects dominated? major part of the efforts of the McHenry County Association for the Retarded board and staff, Robert Lambourn, executive director, told an annual meeting audience of 75 people at. Johnsburg. But Lambourn - said toning success also contributed achievement of the significantly to a "most association during the past successful year." decade. He explained the succes in Early this year the expanding residential McHenry County board alternatives with rezoning to approved a land use plan permit the Group Home that ' included ^zoning concept ranks as a major provisions to pave the way achievement, probably the for residential alternatives r o t # s t s i g n i f i c a n t (Continued on page is;