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7 1980 VOLUME 105 NUMBER 29 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1980 2 SECTIONS 24 PAGES 25* THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER SERVING THE CHAIN-O-IAKES REGION SINCE 1875 Waiting For Victory Election Photos Change In Assessments •i Real Estate All Conference Warriors Foi( Valley Choices . f. Page 4 Pages 13-14-15-16 Page 6 Enrollment Projection Republicans-All The Way Interest was at a high point, hope was high, and enthusiasm reigned at Republican county headquarters in Crystal Lake Tuesday night. Some of the large crowd of Republican leaders are shown before a television set, where they watched with growing confidence as votes poured in throughout the Decrease Anticipated better indication than condominiums and apart­ ments of the expectations in student enrollment in the years ahead. Permits for 1978 were 233, and the following year were only 79. Norb Wolter, of the ad­ ministrative staff, made the presentation to the board. He said Pheasant Valley had Erejected there would be etween 100 and ISO homes constructed there this year. By July, only one had been built. In another area sub­ division feeding local schools, the expectations were 1,250 homes in the 10 years ahead. This would average 125 each year. Thus far in 1960, 25 have been constructed. Wolter said enrollment in the McHenry high school for the year 1964-85 is projected at 1,517 based on the present economy. The survey will continue, with an update each year. Some parents were present to see recognition certificates presented tq members of the varsity golf team, which finished eighth in the Illinois High School association state golf tournament. Principal Greg Johnson of West campus introduced Charles "Chuck" Cuda and his team, Joseph Bauml, John Costigan and Michael Lawler, seniors; Daniel Long, Douglas Mullen and Mike Nank, juniors; Bradley Adams, Kirk Barnicle, Michael Bauml and Steven Svec, sophomores. The Illinois Law En* forcement Commission (ILEC) will provide a grant to fund the Outdoor Growth Experience Resources services for the East campus Achieve program, according to Tom Carl, assistant principal at that school. The purpose is to reduce truancy by providing a different type (Continued on page 17) country for their candidates. The landslide victory provided the GOP with one of its happiest moments in the past 25 years. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD Board members of Grade School District 15 in McHenry looked at the - revised demographic update for the community with interest at Tuesday night's instructional meeting. The purpose of the continuing survey is to make it possible to make accurate projec­ tions of student growth. Revisions indicate that the present trend toward a decrease in students will probably continue. Projections at this time point to fewer numbers over the next five years if the economy remains at the present level. For this school year there are 1,632 students on the two campuses. This com­ pares to 1,700 in the '79-80 year. A significant drop in the number of building permits for single family homes is reflected in the lower number of students. Educators point out that this type of construction gives a As Edgebrook Goes, So Goes The Nation Henry A. (Hank) Nulle, a veteran member of the McHenry County Sheriff! department, gives his victory salute to friends gathered at Republican headquarters in Crystal Lake Tuesday night. Nulle emerged victor over Democrat John J. Tyrrell, brother of former Sheriff Art Tyrell, who waged a vigorous campaign for the office. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD, As Ronald Reagan con­ founded the pollsters Tuesday and swept into the country's highest office by the biggest landslide in history, McHenry county GOP candidates happily did same. difference was mm ivi mv country, such a large GOP victory is big news, while in traditional Republican McHenry county, the final tally brought no surprises. Reagan's strong stand almost everywhere was supported, as might be expected, in this county, where he polled 64.97 percent of the votes cast for President. The Carter- Mondale team received 14,617 votes, while John Anderson polled 5,921. Down Dixon, 111., way, where the new President used to be a lifeguard, the spirit was described as "wonderful". More than 3,000 persons jammed the downtown streets in the town where he spent his boyhood to listen as vote tallies were announced. Later, they celebrated the victory. The only county race predicted to have been close was for the office of sheriff. But when the votes were counted it was Henry "Hank" Nulle (R) winning by a 3 to 1 vote against Jack Tyrrell, who conducted an aggressive campaign. Tyrrell, a Democrat, was seeking a post held until about two years ago by his brother, Art Tyrrell. The latter, a Democrat like Jack Tyrrell, had given his Citizens Group Tells Cost Of Referendum Members of the Citizens' committee of the McHenry Grade School district are anxious to get facts into the hands of all voters con­ cerning the Nov. 15 referendum. This committee has been preparing in­ formation for distribution in the school district. Knowing that an im­ portant part of the voting on this rate increase will be the cost, the committee has prepared tables for voters to use in trying to calculate what effect this referendum would have on people's taxes. This same committee, after studying the financial picture of the grade school district, recommended to the board of education that they propose a 45 cent rate in­ crease. The present educational fund tax rate limit is 1.38 per $100 of equalized assessed valuation. This 45 cent rate increase would put the new rate at 1.83. In preparing their materials, the committee used the information that property values in McHenry county are assessed at about one-third of their market value. In reviewing this situation, committee members felt that in (Continued on page 17) campaign support to the Republican Nulle. Nulle received the support of 44,866 against 15,443 for Tyrrell. Republican Alvin J. Querhammer was another winner. The popular Crystal Lake undertaker garnered 72J0-percent of the votes "fegainst James O. O'Laughlin. Their totals were 42,021 and 16,268. A McHenry man, Albert Jourdan, was returned to his county office of auditor by a vote of 39,083 to 17,870 for Ron Stroupe of Huntley. The heavy GOP vote also swept into office Theodore J. Floro, who captured 74.88 percent of the vote against challenger Mario J. Perez, a Democrat, for state's at­ torney. Vernon W. Kays Jr. was returned as clerk of the Circuit court with the highest percentage of any county office seeker. He received 43,971, more than 75 percent of the votes cast. His Democratic rival for the job was Lorens P. Tronet. The Republican sweep was not all into office. For County board seats, it swept out two incumbents from McHenry, Charles "Chuck" Weingart, who had been a member for 16 years, and Donald Doherty, who is completing his first term. Headed by James D. Curran, the four GOP office seekers were successful. Curran, the only incumbent, is completing his first term and received 11,741 votes to be returned to office. Others elected from the same party, indicating straight party voting, were William J. Fitzgerald, 10,594; John P. O'Hagan, 9.665; and Paul E. Fidler. 8QQQ ,jJW. High vote getters in District 1 were Lou Anne Majewski, George W. Hubbard, Dean A. Marlowe and William P. Caven. In District 3 they were Ann Hughes, Ervin Walters, Amendments Fare Well A mandate from the voters of Illinois in last Tuesday's general election scrapped the 110-year-old cumulative voting system of the state legislature. The 2 to 1 vote in favor of the Legislative Cutback amendment to the Illinois constitution reduced the number of seats in the legislature from 177 to 118. Since 1870, Illinoisans have elected three represen­ tatives to each district, an effort originally designed to halt the bitter sectionalism of the Civil War. Under the system, each political party nominated two candidates for three House of Representative seats in each district. Each voter would then choose three of the nominees - using three votes for one, one-and-a-half votes for two or one vote for each of the candidates. The top three vote getters would win. The referendum was authored by Patrick Quinn. (Continued on page 17) County Board Winners Thore Emricson and Robert Stoxen. In judge races, McHenry's Leonard Brody, a Republican, was elected over Democrat Daniel L. Weisz. The votes were 41,611 to 15,998 in this county. Brody also carried Lake county. William -Block was a winner for the office of judge over Democrat Kathryn. Marshall, receiving 63 percent of the McHenry county vote and holding the lead in his home county of Lake. It was Jack Hoogasian (R) over Robert E. Lessman for judge in both counties to continue the Republican trend. The definite GOP preference that spelled doom for any candidate not on that ticket was evident in the 13,275 straight tickets cast in McHenry county. This was 81.41 percent of all the votes. A total of 2,795 Democrats cast straight party votes. So strong was the Republican vote locally that even the popular Alan Dixon would have lost his bid for a U.S. Senate seat if he had Business Man CM. Nlesen Dies Nov. 5 Clarence M. Niesen, a McHenry businessman since 1921, died Wednesday, Nov. 5, following a short illness. Mr. Niesen owned and operated the Fox dance hall from 1921 to 1940. He also operated Niesen's Variety store from 1950 to 1958, and since 1940 had been in business as owner of Niesen's Floors. A complete obituary ap­ pears elsewhere in this .issue. depended on McHenry county voters. His opponent, Republican David C. O'Neal, polled 5,665 votes, or 58 percent of those cast. However, O'Neal was not able to carry that sup­ port elsewhere in the state and lost by a wide margain. Lynn Martin of Rockford was elected in the 16th Congressional district for a seat in the U.S. Capitol. Mrs. Martin won the GOP primary after John An­ derson left his post to seek the presidency on the In- . dependent party. She defeated Democrat Douglas R. Aurand by a vote of 16,289 to 6,049 in McHenry county and went on to carry the entire district. In the 13th Congressional district, which includes the area south and east of McHenry, it was Robert McClory for another term. He defeated Democrat Michael Reese with more than 76 percent of the votes. State Senator Jack Schaffer chalked up what he described as the biggest win of his life when he defeated Cary Mayor Gus Alexakos by more than a 3-1 margin to be returned to office. For Schaffer, it was 71,497 votes district-wide in his bid for a third term. Alexakos received the support of 20,693. In McHenry county the vote was 46.448 to 12,221. In the 33rd Legislative district, cumulative voting put the two Republican candidates, Jill Zwick and Richard Klemm, and Thomas J. Hanahan <D) of McHenry into office Hanahan is an 18 year office holder. However, both Republicans will provide new faces in the Illinois House. Mrs. Zwick was high vote getter in the primary, as she was Tuesday, and Klemm, McHenry County board chairman, narrowly (Continued on page 17) received the support of 324, John Anderson, 133; and Jimmy Carter, 80. Each of the students portraying one of the can­ didates received a trophy for a splendid presentation. Fifth grade teams taught by Jody Cruse, Pat Guzzetta, Eloise Leighty, Audrey Regner and Pat Schmitt carried out necessary functions for the election As the country was colored Reagan Tuesday evening on every projection map, one of the most unusual and unpredictable elections in history was winding down. The great American game of Politics was quickly coming to an end. Only the "hows"and "whys" remained to be answered - and maybe they never will have an answer. Hie game, serious as it is, provides an education for everyone who would be a participant. Why were the polls so far astray? Red-faced analysts were still trying to explain to a nation's TV audience well past the midnight hour something they had not quite figured out for themselves. The biggest problem probably was that most of the commentators who felt they must explain, had smacked of anti-Reagan sentiment all along the campaign trail in spite of claims to neutrality. Now it was time to go with the winner and try to explain why their man didn't make it. The strategy was to ignore Anderson, who seemed the obvious choice of the big majority of TV commentators and newspaper columnists until he began to slip in popularity. To ignore was a bit of face-saving. It was easier to try to -apologize for the President's poor showing. He had never really been at the top of their totem pole anyway. And so one of them took off something like this, telling why the polls went so far afield: 1 - Reagan began to gain in the last few days; 2 - The undecided votes went to Reagan - in fact, he had the votes of the "old and the young, the in-town and the out-of- town"; 3 - The current hostage situation came up late in the campaign and president Carter just couldn't do anything to resolve it. How's that for being an observant analyst? Sounds more like a teenager trying to explain to his Dad how a broken car made him three hours late getting home. Dad knew the answer before he was told, and so did the audience addressed by the commentators. Until Tuesday night they had pegged Reagan, the candidate, as a has-been, two-bit, movie actor with too little experience to lead his country. Besides, they hinted, could he be trusted? But Reagan, the President, was another matter. Suddenly he was surrounded by a mystical aura in the eyes of his new friends. In one commentator's words, he got where he was by "being smart, choosing the high road, and convincing voters he was presidential timber". Besides, the expert continued, the country wanted a change. For our money, the commentators and columnists were eating humble pie and were choking. As for President Carter, we thought he showed a class we hadn't always been aware of. His concession speech was forthright, and in spite of the heartsick feeling that had to be deep inside him, he displayed a sportsmanship to be admired. Maybe - just maybe - his message in defeat was one of his strongest hours in the presidency. KAF PAUL FIDLER JOHN P. O'HAGAN Continuing a Republican trend established early Tuesday evening, the four GOP candidates for membership on the As Edgebrook school goes, so goes the nation. A similar election slogan beepme popular referring to the state of Maine many years ago. Now it can be coined by McHenry's Edgebrook school, where 525 students in the first five grades named the winner later chosen throughout the country. In a vote held this past week, Ronald Reagan County board in District 2 were elected. James Curran of .McHenry was high vote getter among the winners. WM. J. FITZGERALD JAMES D. CURRAN