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i&isa McHenry Country club was tran­ sformed (Hie recent day for four hours, and the metamorphosis took a variety of forms. It became East campus more than 40 years ago; it was the bleachers back of a barbecue stand on Et. 120; it was a train bringing students to school when no lighter vehicle could fnake it through the snow drifts. To the casual observer, nothing in its appearance had changed, but to 20 members of our MCHS graduating class it was reunion time and every story was colored by memories of another day and other places. It was the year of the biggest snow storm until the record fall of three years ago. That was probably the clearest recollection of class members who still remembered the days away from school. One senior of a few decades ago recalled, with chagrin, how she and a few friends came from the Spring Grove area, only to find their McHenry classmates hadn't made the short trip to school. Another, from the Wonder Lake area, recalled taking horse and sled to the Ringwood depot, from where she boarded the train for McHenry. Harold Nelson, who now makes his home in Sterling, 111., remembered the centennial celebration of the City of McHenry which followed closely our graduation. Other long time residents may also recall a tragedy of the day. An ox roast in the Pearl street was a big part of the celebration - until it was discovered the meat had spoiled. One of the class remembered hosting a shower for Lillian Doherty before her magtfage to another high school Clarence Anglese. brought other memories of Mrs. Anglese's successor in the French department, Miss Maurie Taylor. One of her "A" students enjoyed remem­ bering her attempts (And those of others) to lead the new teacher astray in forgetting the hard French lesson for a mentally less taxing discussion about the France she had just visited. Wednesday night, after»school dancing classes in the old gym was another recollection of the day. Shy boys, and girls with less than 1961 daring to encourage them to take to the floor, sometimes made for less than successful lessons. Coach Gerald Reed's days with the athletes of the school were happy memories, especially since two of the Andersons, Glenn and Clarence, were members of the class. Cigareti held furtively behind a or in the chemistry lab, lee to the" €hm. led OM 1981 nOn-smoker to that at least some kick today are smarter - they know 'who the cigaret is hurting. "Mitt" McCracken came in for memories too, as did Miss Helen Miss Margaret O'Gara and Holden Gibbs. One clfcssmate, with a hint of mischief displayed in high school, remembered that "Mac" gave the same test to morning and afternoon classes. The secret, fes it probably is today, was to become a buddy of someone in the morning class and get the answers. There were more memories - many more - and one had to be suspicious that not all of them represented exactly what happened. But it was fun remembering, and if some of the details had become lost through the years, it was nOt important. Wh£d was important was that friends of four decades and more were sharing something that can only be shared by high school classmates. It is a reunion like no others. Ours ended with 100 percent com­ mitment to meet at the same place, same time, next year. The approval came after one of the class expressed a thought others were reluctant to acknowledge - that time was passing quickly, and too much had been used up. It reminded us of a poem that applies to friends and classmates alike. It's called Around The Corner. A city away lives an old friend, In this great country that has no end; Yet days go by and weeks rush on, and before I know it a year has gone And I never see my old friend's face; For life is a swift and terrible race. He knows I like him just as well, As in school days when I rang his bell, And he rang mine. We were younger then; But now we are busy, often tired men... Tired of playing the money game; Tired of trying to make a name "Soon," I say, "I'll call on him." It's still just like it has always been. But tomorrow comes and tomorrow goes, And the time between visits grows and grows. Then one day, from a city away, A telegram comes. He died today. I didn't know it was near the aid, Being out of touch with my late, good friend. And so, God willing, it will be ....same time, same place, next year! KAF * . "SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875" VOLUME 106 NUMBER 1 FRIDAY. JULY 31, 1981 1 SECTION 18 PAGES 25' To ShTiwaw Offmr By Anthony Oliver In response to a proposal from Sherman hospital, the board of directors for McHenry hospital met in a special meeting Wednesday night to discuss a proposal from Sherman hospital to jointly build a replacement Response hospital. According to McHenry hospital board president David Cain, a counter­ proposal was sent to Sherman hospital representatives on Thursday. Late Tuesday afternoon, the Sherman proposal was; sent from Steven Reagan, chairman of the Sherman bbinl of managers, to the McHenry hospital board. The proposal detailed a donation of $5 million to McHenry hospital as well as neurj jercent e, with of the Illinois Department off Nuclear Safety field worker, Vince Muzzalupo, checks a bus for radiation at part of a practice drill held Wednesday in Richmond. The drill included representatives of all the state, federal, county and local that Evacuate 180 would be called in the event of a nuclear accident. Tfyjfc scenario for the simulated accident involved the leak of radioactive gas at Zion, similar to Three Mile Island, and the : resulting evacuation of area residents. ; . STAFF PHOTO-ANTHONY OLIVER title to the 44-acre Crystal Lake Ambutal site. In addition, the proposal asked that the governing board of McHenry hospital be made up of 40 percc membership from Crystal Lake, preference given to members Ambutal advisory board, 40 percent membership from McHenry, and the remaining 20 percent membership from the public at large. The letter sent by Reagan to the McHenry hospital board calls for a "management contract" for the day-to­ day management of McHenry hospital for a period of not less than 60 months. "Consideration to be given to the current administration of McHenry hospital Ifor this responsibility," the letter said. In the McHenry hospital counter- 1, Cain noted that the previous I position was that the hospital was not for sale. He emphasized that the "not for sale" position applied to the management of the hospital as well as the deed and title. According to Reagan, this latest proposal, which falls between the Heaitn systems Agency and Illinois Health Facility Planning board hearings, is a "good faith attempt to bring about an accessible and economically feasible venture so as to provide improved quality of care at the lowest possible cost to patients in the Crystal Lake-McHenry communities." The two-hour Wednesday night meeting of the McHenry board of directors resulted in a counter-proposal which retains the Bull Valley road- Route 31 location for the new hospital. The counter proposal further stipulates that any agreement must be made before Aug. 6, that $5 million is a minimum contribution based upon offers from other health care providers and that any monetary contribution should await an extension of the working relationship between the two hospitals. The Illinois Health Facilities Planning board is scheduled to meet Aug. 7 in Chicago to make a final judgement on the proposed relocation plan. McHenry hospital directors also indicated in the counter proposal that Sherman hospital either retain or transfer the Ambutal to the new hospital with five to ten acres of land. The remainder of the 44-acre Ambutal site could then be sold, with Sherman hospital keeping the proceeds. A negotiating team, comprised of David Cain, James Bishop, David Kent, Dr. James Mowery, Clint Clavpool and Kenneth Bast, was named at the special meeting. Throughout the various agency hearings, McHenry hospital representatives have maintained that the 105-acre Bull Valley road site and the management-control of the hospital were not negotiable. In hearings before both the Project Review committee and the board of directors of the Health Systems Agency for Kane, Lake and McHenry (HSA- KLM) counties, James Bishop noted that previous discussions and negotiations with Sherman hospital and Crystal Lake factions had "deteriorated" into an argument over the location. The original application for the $29 million project was rejected by the HSA-KLM and received an "intent to deny" from the state board. The agencies said the scope of the project (Continued on page 16) Fair Follows Year Of Work Simulate Nuclear 'Accident' By Anthony Oliver iJlu. jency was at the Zion nuclear power plant - the first step in a practice run of the Illinois Plan for Radiological Accidents. Later, the governor declared a general emergency and steps were taken to evacuate nearly 180 people from areas near the power plant to a relocation site at Richmond-Burton high school. McHenry county's role in the drill was to serve as a reception area for the ;,*iWKtlfes from the Zion ariStr* According to McHenry County Emergency Services and Disaster Agency (MCESDA) Director John Shay, the plan calls for sites in the county,^ primarily schools, large meeting areas, etc., to house up to 40,000 people in the event of an actual emergency. The test called for a gas leak, emanating from the core of the reactor, City Action Allows Work In Development The McHenry City Council has acted to take the freeze off escrow money deposited by the Wexford Group to pay off a water and sewer contractor so that stalled work on the system in the McHenry Lakes development could be completed. At the special meeting July 23, Alderman George Harker noted, "The city should be willing to bend a little and rely on the agreement (with Gluth Construction) made by the at­ torney to permit Orleans (of Wexford) to go ahead." Mayor Joseph Stanek explained to the council that he had called the special meeting at the request of Howard Orleans, president of Wexford Group, so the city could consider releasing the escrow, 10 percent of the estimated cost of improvements required by the city in its prean- nexation agreement with the developer. Orleans noted that other money was just not available from lenders such as savings and loan institutions because of government policies and he was unable to pay Gluth for his water and sewer (Continued on page 16) t o b e d l i i -- W t t f r n o forewarning. Buses were called for <he 180 evacuees at about 10:30 a.m., as members of MCESDA and the Red Cross prepared for their arrival at Richmond high school. Shay noted that 12 of the evacuees were to have simulated injuriets which would have required ambulance assistance from Richmond, McHenry, Spring Grove, Wonder Lake and Fox Lake. This part of the drill had to be scrapped because this exercise and the funeral of Wonder Lake Fire Chief Edward O'Brien would have lefY. parts of the county without enough .trained emergency medical personnel. The evacuees arrived at Richmond high school shortly before noon and were promptly ushered to waiting tables, where Red Cross registrars took names and vital information. A major part of the Red Crosas func­ tion in such a disaster is the pool ing and transmitting of information On the people involved to a central location. Before the evacuees were allowed to disembark from the buses, Vince Muzzalupo, of the Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety (IDNS), made radiation checks of the vehicles and spot checks of the people. Should it have been necessary, (Continued on page 16) When the McHenry County fair opens next week, it will be the culmination of a year of activity. That was the word from Mrs. Winnie Cassiani, full time secretary in the fair office, where the While this is the most frantic time of the year for volunteers, exhibitors, and those making final plans for the fair, months ago arrangements were being made to assure a successful fair Aug. 5- 9 at Woodstock. The Fair board meets monthly, and late last fall contracts for en­ tertainment were approved and a review of needed repairs and im­ provements were discussed. In the spring, committees began to function, preparing to rent both inside and outside exhibit space. The growth of the fair through the years has prom­ pted development of several exhibit buildings in addition to the more than 50 outside exhibit locations. "In January, committees seek in­ formation for the premium book, the 'Bible' of the fair with its listing of events, premiums, classes, department officials, and health rules," said Mrs. Cassiani. Mrs. Cassiani has become a veteran of the hustle and bustle that increases as fair time nears. She's worked at the office since 1969 and this year she is assisted by Margaret Szlachta and Diane Heinrich. Those three are staffing the office full time now, first to accept entries in open class and to assist committee chairmen with the commercial exhibitors' scheduling. In the late spring they help order ribbons, plaques, and other supplies, such as ring books, covers, extra pages, and checks. "We write over 1,200 checks to pay out premium money to open class exhibitors," shejmiles appreciatively, "and we do all trie check writing before the close of the final day so that these exhibitors can pick up their premiums the final day." Mrs. Dorothy Schultz, secretary of the fair board, provides yeoman ser­ vice in helping with the solicitation of donors for plaques, figuring out ribbon requirements and processing results when they trickle in during the fair. The entries must first be arranged in alphabetical order by the name of the exhibitor. Then the entries must be entered in the respective ring books, such as for open class sheep, flowers, foods, or swine - each entry must be logged carefully so the department clerk can verify the entry at the time of judging. Then the results must be posted by the clerk so the people in the office can verify awards and prepare checks, explained Mrs. Cassiani. "The fair office is the information headquarters for a month before the fair and during the fair," said Mrs. Cassiani. "We are pleased to be the coordinator of so much activity, the hub of the fair for so many people. The fair is so successful because a great many people provide their services as (Continued on page 16) Comparing Fiesta Days Celebrations DONNA BROWN "This year's Fiesta Days were the best. The parade was a lot nicer and my kids loved it". VITO RACANELLI "We've been here five years. We took the kids and it was excellent". DORIS McCARROLL "I went to the sidewalk sales, stnd my daughter went to teen night. Everyone was telling us liow crowded it was but we enjoyed It". JOE FLEISCHMANN "Sunday was kind of crowded, but it was really nice. They put on a good parade. LINDA ROWLETT "The bargains weren't as good as last year, but the parade was really good". 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