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w VOLUME 106 NUMBER 22 THE 1875 'SERVING CHAIN O LAKES REGfOS SIXCE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1981 1 SECTION 20 PAGES 25 Oct 15-17 War On Gypsy Moths Assessed By State These handsome young MCHS seniors form the king and queen court for 1981 homecoming, to be held next weekend. From left, front row, are Kathy Costigan, Philanne Scully, JoAnn Campbell, Jamie Kirk, Rhonda Sweetwood, Dawn Paris I, Jenny Prust and Melissa Dowe. In back, from left, are Dave Smith, Kelly Gartner, John Bazan, Dennis Deja, Curt Rehberg, Rick SkinnerrFritz Larsen and Paul Snyder. The king and queen,who are to be selected by a student vote, will be crowned at intermission during Satnrifey night's homecokning dance. STAFF PHOTOfWAYNE GAYLORD The highlight of the MCHS fall season homecoming -- will be held this weekend, starting with the traditional bonfire Thursday, Oct. 15, at 7 p.m. in the West campus parking lot. Coaches will spark the enthusiasm of the crowd with their talks, and team members, cheerleaders and pom pom girls will be introduced. The king and queen will be announced at this time anfl begin their reign over weekend festivities. * Friday's parade starts at 1:30 p.m. at ---4 -- Pearl street park. Marchers, including a band representing the two campuses, will proceed south on Green street to Main, turn west to Center and then south to Kane. They will turn east to Green street and disband on James street, in the old bus lot. Included in the parade will be the IS contenders for the crtiwns of king and queen of the 1981 homecoming. They are Kathy Costigan, Philanne Scully, .JoAnn Campbell, Jamie Kirk, Rhonda Sweetwood, Dawn Parisi, Jenny Prust and Melissa Dowe for queen; Dave Smith. Kelly Gartner, John Bazan, Dennis Deja, Curt Rehberg, Rick Skinner. Fritz Larsen and Paul Snyder for king. A vote of the senior class named the candidates, and from their ranks a second vete. also by ike tninMMl' the king and queen They will be crowned by the 1980 ruling pair, Cheri Patzke and John Doessel. k Highlight of the three-day event will $ occur Friday night on McCracken field /'when a fine Warrior squad goes into •faction against the Dundee Cardunals. . The sophomore game starts at 6 p.m followed by the varsity game at 8 p.m. The Saturday night dance begins at 8 p.m in West campus gym Theme for this and otfjifer events held in con­ junction f'with homecoming is "Hollywood^Night " IDOT Takes Dim View Of Dam Plans From the Daily Bluff, Elgin: "Van is the best journalist in McHenry county and his paper will make the rickety old Sentinel and noisy Nunda paper tremble in their boots." From the Belvidere Northwestern: "We welcome the Plaindealer to a place on our exchanges and wish the editor all success in the rough path of journalism he has chosen to tread". FVom the Geneva Lake Herald: "We have often wondered why McHenry had no newspaper and now it is plain; they were waiting for J. VanSlyke to come with his well timed 6-column Plain- dealer". Those were the greetings to the new McHenry Plaindealer after the first newspaper rolled off the press in August of 1875. The press, and all other operations, were contained in a building on the street known as the Riverside block. And the Plaindealer's motto was "Pledged but to Truth, to Liberty, and Law; No Favors Win Us and No Favor Shall Awe". This is National Newspaper week, a time all of us in the business are dedicated to telling our reading public how our product has changed and improved through the years. It's a time when we compare yesterday's product to the one we offer today and take pride; a time when we look ahead and pledge to make it better tomorrow. Those who have doubts that we have become better, or different, need only rflftd the following item ~ the most important we could find in one of the Plaindealer's first issues: "Dead Beat - A person calling his name John B. Goffe came to our town last week and advertised to lecture in the Congregational church. Subject: 'Medicine and Quackery'. "The last part of his advertised subject he is a practical, personal lecture of. When the time arrived lo! he had one person to lecture to. He ad­ journed, sine die, departed next morning minus his carpet bag and contents. "Fred Foster, who is on the lookout for such customers, saw the notice in l (Continued on page 18) SHAW MEDIA NfVW SERVICE The Wonder Lake Master Property Owners association (WLMPOA) has received warning not to attempt dam repairs in a piecemeal manner from a dam safety specialist with the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), division of Water Resources. Ralph Fisher, chief of dam safety with IDOT, said an association plan to build a cofferdam to prevent the aging structure from falling apart was "crazy" without a definite plan of action. In September, the association ap­ proved construction of the cofferdam - a temporary, watertight structure which holds back water so that dams, bridges, etc. can be built. Failure to take any action could result in a breaching of the dam by the Tran­ sportation department. "In my opinion, what you're doing now is foolish. Let's not do this piecemeal," Fisher said. WLMPOA President Ed Beard said property owners are not trying to repair the dam in a piecemeal fashion, rather, they are attempting to do as much as they can with available finances. Fisher responded that the state department was pleased with the ef­ forts of the association, but made some suggestions. He said that the first order of business would be to hire an Engineer to determine what has to be done "in toto." "Until we (IDOT) know what you're going to do, how you're going to do it financially and when you're going to do Prepare For Stamp Price Hike Effective Oct. 13, nondenominated "C" postage stamps and related items of postal stationery went on sale at post offices to correspond with new rates that go into effect at 12:01 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 1. At that time, the co6t of mailing a first class letter will rise to 20 cents from the current 18 cents ajid increases will take place in other classes of mail. The nondenominated postal items were produced as a contingency and the decision to issue them was made to insure that there will be an adequate supply of stamps to meet the nation's needs, the postal service said. A "C" embossed stamped envelope and a nondenominated postal card also will be issued. The embossed envelope will sell for 24 cents (20 cents postage, four cents for the envelope), and the postal card for 13 cents, the new postal card rate. The postal service stressed that the nondenominated items are for use within the United States only and are prohibited for use on international mail. In addition to the nondenominated stamps, there is an abundant supply of one and two-cent stamps available, which may be used in combination with currently available 18-cent stamps to meet the new first class rate. There also will be an increased supply of 13- cent stamps made available for use on postal cards. The supply of "C" stamps will be phased out eventually and replaced on regular stamp issues. Clean City Water System The City of McHenry will be flushing fire hydrants and the water system beginning Oct. 15. in order to clean out the water distribution system. The actual flushing dates have been set for Thursday and Friday of the next two weeks. On Oct. 15-16, hydrants east of the railroad tracks to the Fox river will be flushed. On Oct. 22-23, all the hycfrants west of the tracks to the city limits will receive the same. i The flushing procedure may give the water a reddish hue, but this has no effect on human consumption, according to the city. The city does caution, however, that the tint may stain clothes being washed during these operations. The coloration is attributed to materials removed from the water mains when they are flushed. By Anthony Oliver The fight against Gypsy moths in McHenry may have been won, but the war on a statewide level continues, according to Norman Seaborg, of the Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA). "It appears that we are out of the woods as far as McHenry is con­ cerned," Seaborg said as he noted that none of the moths were trapped in McHenry this year. The Agriculture department spokesman said there were a lot of things in their favor this year, which made it difficult to pinpoint the reason for success The first factor he mentioned was the weather "More than anything, when there is a long, wet spring, it increases the chances that when the moths string off, they will land on something other than a host plant," Seaborg explained. "Certainly the two sprayings of Bacillus Thuringiensis (BT) by the department and one by the Concerned Citizens group had an effect, but it's hard to point to any one thing," he added "Evidently, we did something right." Statewide, however, the picture is not as nice, he said. Gypsy moths have turned up in 13 counties and 84 municipalities and nearly 3,000 of the insects were trapped in 1981 Seaborg noted that there are seven or more areas where some type of controls had to be applied. "DuPage county seems to be the worst, particularly around the Wooddale-Bensenville area," he pointed out. "We have about 1,500 acres to treat there." Seaborg commented that the state may have more than 4,000 acres overall where some controls will have to be applied next year. Compared with years previous, this is a four fold increase in the amount of land that has ever been treated. "The most we've ever treated was 1,000 acres in Palos Park in 1976," Seaborg said. "I'm somewhat op timistic that these are isolated in festations." He noted that department officials are hoping for a decrease - a population collapse - of the Gypsy moths in the northeast. "We are getting more and more exposure," Seaborg said and he added that in a number of instances, moths in Illinois have been traced to someone who had recently moved from or visited the northeastern United States "I still think we'll see an increase next year," he commented "It'll be an uphill fight until at least 1983 " He noted that if eradication of the moths is not possible, then the depart ment would probably bow out of the program and reassess the situation "We don't want to sink money into a losing effort," Seaborg said "We'll evaluate the impact on the people and the environment." For TIHS^Seaborg said the plans are to trap in the>spre area in McHenry at a slightly higher-density than the normal survey level When asked about results in portions of Lake county, which were infested at about the same time McHenry was. Seaborg noted that eradication had also been achieved there with Sevin. a commonly-used insecticide Chamber Crackdown On Bad Checks Continues it, we're going to be at an impasse," Fisher said. The IDOT representative commented that the department would hold off breaching work until Jan 1, 1982, when he would expect the engineering study and a timetable for repairs. He noted that the Wonder Lake dam is a "Class I" dam, which refers to a high hazard structure. He explained that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Continued on page 18) Murder Charge Against Loom is Donald Bailey Loomis, 73, of 6001 Kishwaukee street, Marengo, was bound over to felony court last Friday in the 19th Judicial circuit on a charge of murder. Loomis was arrested and charged with the Sept. 15 shooting death of his 62-year-old common-law wife, Margaret Carr Marengo police reported that Ms. Carr was shot soon after she made a telephone call for help She allegedly told Loomis' son that the two had been arguing, according to Marengo Police Chief Gene Westergren. The police sent a squad car to the scene, but before it arrived, the police (Continued on page 18) Free influenza Shots Offered Area Seniors McHenry hospital is sponsoring free influenza shots for senior citizens Thursday, Oct. 15, in the hospital cafeteria. The flu shots will be ad­ ministered by the McHenry County Health Department of Nursing, and will be given from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. Participants must be 60 years of age or older to receive the free shots. For further information, call the hospital public relations office at 385-2200, ex­ tension 622. Carol Nelson, chairman of the McHenry Chamber of Commerce Bad MThecks committee, has announced that a survey will be taken as the first step in the crackdown on bad checks. This survey will have a two-fold purpose. First, it will give specific scope to the problem within the community, and secondly, it will assess the deter­ mination of business people to solve the problem. The committee members agree that unless a positive, united action is supported by all, the problem will continue to go unabated. While bad checks are covered by fraud under the various laws and punishable by payment of all costs and expenses in curred, plus fines, or imprisonment, various law enforcement agencies are reluctant to pursue these individuals . The reason given by the committee is lack of continued cooperation from area business people which results in their being used as nothing more than a collection agency. "Unfortunately, it's our own fault," commented one member." We did not want to embarrass or cause ill-will in our customers. Now it's gotten so out of hand for many of us, that we just have to sit down together to find a feasible answer ." (Continued on page 18) Reign Over This happy pair, Rust Beck and Sue Freeiand, are shown moments after they were crowned king and queen of Johnsburg high school homecoming last weekend. Announcement of j j • their selection was made at the bonfire, when l lOJTlBCOJTl lJ IS th*y Started their weekend reign. Sue is the O daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Freeiand. Russ' parents are Mr. and Mrs. Robert Beck. "So / Hear" . MCHS Homecoming Candidates Classified Advertising... New Home Two Wil l Reigg v Can Work For You Page 4 Page 3 ' Pages 10, 11, 12 • V