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' 1 v 7y\,. *• MJb . i Grimes Resigns Presidency David Grimes, president of the village of McHenry Shores, submitted his resignation Tuesday night to die board of trustees, citing a number of unresolved problems that he couldn't foresee being worked out at the present time. Grimes was in the middle of his four- year term when a dispute in the village over a proposed special assessment road improvement program resulted in four new trustees being elected in April. The control of the village board went to the pew trustees who represented people opposed to the special assessments. One of the first actions of the new board was to halt all hearings and procedures that would advance the proposed road improvement program and consequently die village faced a 190,000 plus bill for engineering, lawyers' fees, and other costs related to the special assessment proposal. Richard Panerali, a new trustee who has been elected president pro tern, will serve until the village board selects a new president. William Cowlin, attorney for the village who replaced David Rogers, said the applicable state statutes prescribe that the board makes the selection when the remainder of the term of a president who leaves office is less than 24 months. Less than 21 months of Grimes' term remains. Panerali notes that he is not par­ ticularly interested in being president. Also reelected to the board in April is Rose Lillegard, former village president who was defeated by Grimes in 1979. ' In Ms letter of resignation. Grimes pointed out five important unresolved issues: a lack of a sewer collector and trunk system; needed street recon­ struction; a professional police department; a publicly owned water system (It's privately owned now); and completion of the planning for a regional sewer system under1 a federal grant already approved. Grimes claimed also that growth and expansion for the village is at a stand­ still with no change in sight. They have nothing to offer potential developers, he said, add they do not have a good rapport with a number of the larger builders in the local area. He charged that conditions would not improve unless the commitment of the village takes a 180 degree turn. The village was advised Tuesday that the grant Was received for planning for the regional system with the Baxter and Woodman firm, which was in­ volved with the special assessment engineering, doing the technical work and engineering for the proposed sewer and disposal plant. McHenry and the nearby unincorporated area are to be involved. Panerali indicated that a committee to participate in the planning process will consist of two members from McHenry Shores, two from McHenry, and one from the unincorporrffeo area, but progress will probably be in limbo until the new president is appointed. George Heck, vice-president for Baxter and Woodman, noted that the planning process and grant receipt is behind schedule. In other business, Attorney Cowlin advised the trustees about the recently passed "Truth in Taxation" state law which specifies certain actions to be taken when the new tax levy is 105 percent or more of the previous year's figures This includes tentative totals for the levy, certain time limits jfor the hearing and appropriately published notices in local newspapers. All Sundays are not disasters from the point of view of weather, although it might be hard to convince parishioners of McHenry churches who were rained out for two weeks. Our own account of a picnic fiasco Aug. 2 reached sympathetic ears and one response came from as far as Chicago. Elmer "Biff Meyer sent a note which read, "You made that bivouac sound so appealing and the food so tasty. It truly brought bade shades of memories of days spent in a foxhole in Deutschland, vintage 1943. Sure wish I could have been at your party". Biff would have been welcome. There was plenty of food - just no time to eat it between raindrops - and it would have been nice to have had company as we kept a lonely vigil waiting for the rain to stop so we could take our belongings home. The McHenry County fair last weekend very nearly had some disastrous consequences as the result of the weather too; but showers were timed better. All of the main events went on as scheduled, resulting in a whopping crowd which fair leaders said early Monday morning reached about 100,000. This wasn't a record, but it was far ahead of last year's 80,000. The record occurred in 1179, when there were* 107,000 fair-goers amidst ideal weather conditions. Last Saturday marked the biggest to (to MRl* tnc fair. t always interesting ob» i to be made, and in this kind of undertaking some can be helpful in future planning. McHenry county, once known for its strength in dairying, has been losing ground. For this reason it was gratifying to learn that there was some increase in 1981 entries. But quality is what is really Im­ portant. One long time fair observer said he talked with one of the 4-H judges who answered his question about quality with one word, "excelJMt", then added that he was also impressed with the showmanship of McHenry county youth. Itefair grows in popularity, and that well for the men and women janrk through the year to assure a first class presentation. One of them is Charles "Chuck" Weingart of McHenry, who has headed the Fair aseocation for many years. There are others, and to them goes at least partial credit for the fair's suc­ cess. There were many marks of that success. One of them was the waiting list for both commercisl and educational exhibit space. Another was the increased attention from the media, indicating that the various forms of public Information services realize this is something people want to read about. A good example was the special guidebook to fair activities published by the Shaw tteHa Group, including the Plain- dealer, in cooperation with the County Fair assocation. Our own connection with the fair this year oame through the talent contest. It was our first year in the Judge's seat and we were pleased at the quality of talent. McHenry and Wonder Lake were represented, and exceptionally well. We would like to see more from our area. Attendance at local en­ tertainments is enough to convince anyone of the caliber of talent within this one community. The talent portion of the fair was conceived by William Tammeus as early as 1965 to fill a void in the en­ tertainment one evening. It proved to be Just what the public wanted, and became a permanent, popular put of each year's event since then. Mr. Tammeus is still a guiding figure in the competition and uses a relaxed --1gmtr as MC to set the mood for a very' excellent evening of en­ tertainment. Probably every one among the state's 108 counties has a fair. Although smaller in attendance than Lake county, McHenry must rank very Ugh in die state for attendance and in the quality offered. The 1881 event pleased a large segment of the county population. KAF THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER "SERVING THE CHAIN O LAKES REGION SINCE 1875" _yOLUME 106 NUMBER 5 FRIDAY, AUGUST 14 1 SECTION 20 PAGES 25' Spartan Measures Continue In County SHAW MBNA MWS URVKi The stringent hiring and capital expenditure freeze adopted by the McHenry County boerd earlier this year will remain in effect because of a drop in revenues. The County board ordered the hiring freeze in February on the recom­ mendation of the Finance committee when the county's financial woee were brought to the board floor. Most of the county's annual income is based on the economy, according to County Auditor A1 Jourdan. "And, that hasn't turned around yet," he said. The auditor said there had not been much of a change in the county's financial picture and noted, "We could do with a healthier fund balance." He explained the 1981 general fund's (Uiuc'ipauw ivVmjM WCTC $7.9 and the incoming real estate tax money " of. ity depends on its income from other sources, such as revenues from building permits, recorder of deeds fees, clerk's feee and fees from the health department, sales tax, etc., and theee are all lower than an­ ticipated," Jourdan said. According to McHenry County Board Chairman Ronald Morris, the hiring freeze and replacement of personnel is still in effect, with the exception of those areas where replacements are essential to the health and welfare of the general public. "We are down 29 employees since the freeze end I'd like to emphasize how grateful I am to department heads who have all been moet cooperative... it hasn't been easy ... they've done wonders in doing with lees employees," he said. Morris said he is "very concerned" that each month the receipts are lagging behind the fiscal year 1981 budget. "However," he added, "we are running better than anticipated in the income tax revenues." Morris said the county's sales tax receipts are down by about $18,000 to $20,000 each month. He noted that because real estate sales were down, ths rKOfH* of dmds fees were con- % siderably less than anticipated, and % Which is usually thTheaviSrbSlSng permit period, the permits fees are lees than expected. "By the end of the year, the county will be down $450,000 to $500,000 more than we expected. We are going to get by this year by tightening our belts ... but next year we'll have a worse problem when federal and state funding will be down," Morris noted Welcome To New Family Two residents of the Group Home, at 4510 Ponca, McHenry, arrive home after work. The home, which is run under the auspices of the Pioneer center, provides a home for 11 developmentally disabled adults and strives to develop independent living skills. More pictures and Information are available on page 19 of this issue. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD New Marian Principal ' 1 5 0 <0 0 0 RePair Plan For Dam I ft , jhawmiwa niwsservice Wonder Lake has two sluice gates Alternative one: the replacement of Sets Goals For School SHAW MMMA NfWS SHtVKt The administration at Marian Cen­ tral Catholic high school underwent a leadership change earlier this year, and indications are that the new principal hopes to establish a different educational philosophy for the school's future. Sister Ann Rena Shinkey was named principal of Marian high school following an administration shake-up that resulted in the firing of former principal, Thomas Parsley, and the resignation of Dean of Students Lou Hartlieb. "We look toward broadening the base of support and including faculty input into initiating programs at Marian in the future," said Sister Ann Rena Shinkey, Marian's new principal. Although Sister Shinkey refused to elaborate on how this would be done, (Continued on page 18) Plan Rescue Classic One of several alternatives, a dam sluice gate repair plan and maximum flood engineering study estimated to cost $150,000 was chosen by the Wonder Lake Master Property Owners association. The association agreed to a plan calling for the replacement of Wonder Lake's two dam sluice gates at a total cost of $102,000 plus a $40,000 engineering analysis of the Nippersink creek watershed, according to Frank Higgins, a member of the association's Dam committee. Reconstruction of the two sluice gates at their present upstream location would cost about $45,000 each, not in­ cluding mechanically operated gates, which would run an additional $12,000. "We opted for replacing all the dam's east and west sluice gate mechanisms so that maintenance costs one or two years down the road wouldn't prove to be more than $102,000 in capital ex­ penditures," Higgins said. "The present dam is designed to be an upstream dam and the association decided it would be in the beet interests of the lake to replace and rebuild the current dam sluice gate than to con­ struct a downstream dam located beyond the current dam," he added. "With two gates operational, the association felt that it would be able to control the flood level a little bit bet­ ter." Wonder Lake has two sluice gates located within 140 feet of one another on the lake's north side, where the earthen dam is located. The government mandates that on man-made lakes a maximum flood study be made of similar lakes rather than the 100-year flood study maximum used by Wonder Lake in the past. Wonder Lake already has had two 100- year floods during this century, one in 1938 that topped the present dam and another which occurred in 1971. "Donahue and Associates will be performing a $40,000 engineering analysis of the whole Nippersink creek watershed which extends for 29 square miles into Wisconsin," Higgins said. "The study will calculate the total maximum or probable maximum flood required by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the State of Illinois." If Wonder Lake fails to repair the dam and complete the flood study, the state could ask the Army Corps of Engineers to breach, or break, the lake's current earthen dam, which is what happened to former Lake Marian located in the Dundee-Carpentersville area when officials failed to comply with man-made lake requirements. Four alternatives were presented to the association's dam committee by Donahue and Associates Inc., an engineering and architectural firm from Waukesha, Wis., which performed the survey of the current dam in July. Alternative one: the replacement of portions in the existing sluice gate at a cost of 139,000 per gate. Alternative two: construction of new gates upstream at a cost of $45,200 a gate. Alternative three: construction of new gates inside the present dam at a cost of $36,100 a gate. Alternative four: construction of a new gate downstream at a cost of $32,100 a gate. The maintenance costs for the first alternative would remain high even after the construction repairs were completed while the other three proposals hold a low maintenance cost following completion, according to the Donahue survey report. In addition, a cofferdam, which is a temporary en­ closure built in the water and pumped dry to permit work on the dam, estimated to cost $13,000, would have to be built for the sluice gate part replacement plan and the new up stream gate construction plan, while the other two alternatives incur no cofferdam costs. According to the engineer dam survey, the possibility of problems and unknowns during construction remain high for the sluice gate part replacement idea, medium for the new upstream gate building, medium-low for the inside the present dam new gate construction and low for the con­ struction of a new gate downstream. School Frustration Persists Reverse Stand On IASB Membership McHenry Mayor Joe Stanek kicks off this year's Rescue Classic by buying ticket No. 1 from Tony Varese, one of three co-chairmen of the event "It's a great bargain, and the money supports an even greater cause," said the Mayor. The Rescue Classic Is an annual Joint rand raising event to support both the McHenry and Johnsburg Rescue sqaads. Monies raised by this golf outing at Chapel Hill Country club, Sept 23, will help defray the mortgage on Johnsburg's squad barn, and go toward the purchase of a new Mobile Intensive Care Unit for McHenry. Mayor Stanek is at right. The McHenry Area Rescue squads, McHenry and Johnsburg, have an­ nounced the second annual Rescue Classic golf outing to raise much needed funds. This is the only fund (Continued on page 18) The board of Elementary School District 15 reversed its stand on Illinois Association of School Board (IASB) membership Tuesday and voted to pay the full fee in spite of their continued feeling that IASB was not equitably representing elementary districts. At a previous meeting the board had authorized sending in half the fee for the full coming year's membership on the assumption that they were only being halfway represented in lobbying for adjustments in the resource equalizer for state aid to schools. As expected, IASB refused the offer of half fee, but officials did send a letter of concern. Board president Gary Lockwood suggested they pay the full dues as requested and invite Nancy Giovannoni of Harvard, Kishwaukee division director of IASB, to their next meeting and discuss with her what the board considered as disservice to elementary districts. The board also adopted a resolution, prepared by Roger B Marcum, superintendent of District 26 in Cary, which urges formation of a statewide task force committee to study the state aid formula for inequities and, if found, work toward a revision. Elementary districts feel that recent changes in the resource equalizer favor secondary (high school) and unit districts. These districts also are members of IASB and exist in large urban areas such as Chicago and are (Continued on page 18) Johnsburg Joins N.W. Conference "With The Blg Boys" Page 7 FREE TV Guide In Today's Edition Fiesta Follow-up Friday In Park Page 18