jection from McHenry area legislators and businessmen. The move came in an extension of Chicago's home rule powers which require some McHenry businesses to register for Chicago sales and service taxes. A jury in the 19th Judicial Circuit court has handed down a verdict of $175,000 concerning the city's attempt to purchase a 31-acre tract of land on the southern part of McHenry. The City of McHenry instituted condemnation proceedings on the tract, known as the Decker property, more than a year ago. , The parcel lies between the Fox river and a 27.5 acre piece of land, which was originally designated a s a possible site for a water treatment facility. The 27.5 acre parcel was dedicated to the city as part of the annexation of the Bauer farm. The McHenry City Council has postponed action recommended by Baxter and Woodman, engineers for the city, following a survey of the Boone creek area sewer. With only one dissenting vote, the board of High School District 156 decided to hold only one graduation ceremony for East and West campuses. Expenditures for mental health supported by local taxes may increase 12 to 14 percent totalling $1,053,943, according to a proposed budget. The total of budget requests was $914,878, with the larger slices allotted to Pioneer center, $407,338, and Family Service and Mental Health cento*, $388,953. The McHenry City Council reviewed a survey of city offices and manpower use th&t could lead to a restructuring for better accountability and efficiency. The boards of education of McHenry Elementary District 15 and High School District 156 have agreed to authorize the purchase of the current tran sportation facility located at 5805 West Rt. 120. A series of road improvements, in cluding more street lights and traffic control signs, have been approved by the board of trustees of the Village of Wonder Lake. The McHenry City Council nixed smoke testing for a problem section of sanitary sewer and quarreled over assigning tag days. Also troubling some aldermen were large payments to expert witnesses involved in the Decker property condemnation suit. The council committed the city to visual inspection of residences along the overloaded section of the Boone Creek area sewer instead of the proposed smoke testing in a search for sources of excess water being discharged into the interceptor during heavy rains. The McHenry City Council approved participation in the McHenry Area Economic Development com mission, a joint City-Chamber of Commerce venture as a quasi-public commission, to further business health and expansion. Included in the action was the acceptance of 14 appointees from the government, business and institutions in the community. The expenditure budget for Elementary School District 15, adopted by the board totalled $6,079,000. OCTOBER The board of High School District 156 i adopted a $6.8 million (expenditures) budget at a special meeting after it had j been available for public examination for 30 days. No members of the public appeared to observe or comment on the t proposal. From the Retail committee of the McHenry Chamber of Commerce, a new committee has been formed. This new Committee on Bad Checks is searching out ways to handle the growing rash of bad checks that is plaguing the business community. After more than 45 years, the So I Hear column of Earl R. Walsh moves from the sports page to a permanent home on Page 4. On a split vote of 4 to 4, the McHenry City Council denied a request for a water utility hook-on at a business site on the east side of S. Route 31. A balanced budget was adopted by the Johnsburg Community School District 12. The total figures show $5,481,290 in revenues with $5,476,145 in A Big Hit It was big -- it was interesting -- it was exciting! AU those accolades, and many more, were fitting de McHenry's eighth annual Trade fair, held fr evening through Sunday afternoon at Parkla sponsored by the McHenry Area Chamber of Com probably most important of all, the fair was the time the last weary worker had left the school at 5 o'clock riday :hool, sc erce. But lar. By U* doors For Sunday, about 10,000 people ha and on to a variety of exhibits Donald "Butch" Meyer it was * Jbb well done, with tremendous amount of cooperation from individuals, businesses and organizations. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD expenditures, leaving a surplus of $5,145. The McHenry County board approved $17 million in tentative appropriations for the 1981-82 budget. Included in the approval was a General fund ap propriation deficit of $500,000 and an increase in the General fund tax levy of .0242, from .0958 to .12, based upon total assessed valuations of $1.25 billion. A preliminary plan for a new drug and alcohol prevention program was approved by the McHenry Community High School District 156 school board. The Wonder Lake Master Property Owners association has received warning not to attempt dam repairs in a x piecemeal manner from a dam safety specialist with the Illinois Department of Transportation division of Water Resources. John Huemann was voted "Man of the Year" at the annual McHenry Area Chamber of Commerce meeting and dinner dance. Representatives of the City of McHenry and the McHenry Area Chamber of Commerce announced intentions to send letters objecting to a proposal to remove the ticket agent from the train station in McHenry. The McHenry City Council rejected a request to waive sidewalk construction requirements at the new Jewel-Osco being built at Industrial drive and Route 120 in McHenry. "Black Friday" was Senator Jack Schaffer's reference to the day the special Illinois Legislative Redistr ict ing commission, Democratically controlled, adopted the new unofficial map. Schaffer serves what is now the 33rd Legislative district, which has been altered con siderably. To retain his Senate seat, Schaffer must relocate his residence in order to seek office in the new 32nd district. For a varied career as teacher and counselor, and for a full-time retirement service to others, Lillian Bolger was honored by the McHenry Business & Professional Women's club as McHenry's 1981 Woman of the Year. NOVEMBER With object ions raised by two aldermen, the McHenry City Council voted to approve a proposal to start a family video game center in McHenry. McHenry hospital is sponsoring a free "Quit Smoking" clinic in November and interested persons are urged to call the public relations department to enroll. Getting ahead of winter weather, workmen have started setting forms and pouring the foundation for McHenry township's new office building, located on Rt. 31, near the highway building. The marriage of McHenry and McHenry Shores will work no miracles for the Shores residents, warned village trustee Rose Lillegard, and president Richard Panerali agreed as the village board met with the McHenry Gity Council, their attorneys and officials to further explore the annexation process and its possible results. Gary Lockwood retained his presidencey of the board of education PAGE 7 - PLAINDEALER - FRIDAY. JANUARY ».1M2 for Elementary School District 15 in the selection of officers following the can vassing and certifying of the totals from the Nov. 4 election. The reorganized board also retained Eileen Zurblis as secretary and chose Karen Salman as president protem and Joan Miller as secretary protem. Despite a last-minute try by McHenry County Board Chairman Ronald Morris to reduce some proposed expenditures during the next year, the board adopted a budget with1 total appropriations of $17 million and a projected deficit of $504,000. Audrey Walgenbach, treasurer for McHenry county, announced that she would not be a candidate for reelection next year. Ms. Walgenbach's decision ends more than 40 years of service in the treasurer's office. Efforts at restructuring the municipal pay and job schedule con tinued as an attempt was made to reach consensus on a number of different questions about the relative level of each job. Alderman Jack Pepping reported that originally the budget had projected a decrease in reserves of about $160,000. He noted that now there is a possibility that there will be no decrease in reserves if the year-end projections hold. A projected $30,000 General fund surplus dropped to between $10,000 and $15,000 as the committee, the depart ment heads and concerned council members made a l ine-by-l ine evaluation of the budget. An ex-convict from McHenry has been named job developer for a new non-traditional program of community services offered through McHenry County college to aid people returning home to the county after serving prison or jail sentences. Randy Marchese, a graduate of McHenry high school, has been out of prison for about 4^ years Ex-convicts found to be job-ready will be referred to him. The City of McHenry is taking on the Chicago and North Western (CNW) railroad in an attempt to prevent the rail service from removing a ticket agent at the McHenry station. The move would relegate the McHenry station to "associate status" and has prompted reaction from municipal'and civic officials. At the special meeting of School Board Distr ict 156, Edward J . Neumann, Jr., was named to another year as president; James S. Tonyan, secretary; Judith Zid, president protem; and Barbara Slater, secretary protem. Parents of severely retarded children learned of the f inancial problems that could lead to the closing of the Day school conducted by the McHenry County Association for the Retarded at a special meeting. Robert Lam bourn, executive director of Pioneer Center for the Exceptional, said that if services were continued at the present level, they would face a deficit of $88,861 by the end of the school year and they had to explore alternatives to this situation A Spring Grove man has been charged with two counts of homicide and one count of attempted murder following an arrest made Nov. 18 Our bank. Our attitude. Capital Strength We're neither the largest nor the smallest within the county in terms of total assets. 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